₦airaland Forum

Just imagine who is talking here The "Stone us if APC failed to perform after two years" man.This fellas have taken Nigeria for granted for so long.

Who are the killer-herdsmen? They are gunmen trained by the late Libyan President Muammar Gadaffi, President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday.

The President spoke at the Abuja House in London when Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby visited him.

The gunmen, he said, escaped into Nigeria and other West African countries after Gadaffi’s death.

He spoke, even as suspected herdsmen killed 13 people in Benue and Nasarawa states on Tuesday.



Responding to Welby’s comment on the herdsmen and farmers’ clashes in some parts of the country, Buhari said: ”The problem is even older than us. It has always been there, but now made worse by the influx of gunmen from the Sahel region into different parts of the West African sub-region.

“They were trained and armed by Muammar Gadaffi of Libya. When he was killed, the gunmen escaped with their arms. We encountered some of them fighting with Boko Haram.

“Herdsmen that we used to know carried only sticks and maybe a cutlass to clear the way, but these ones now carry sophisticated weapons. The problem is not religious, but sociological and economic. But we are working on solutions.”

The President said “irresponsible politics” had been brought into the farmers/herders’ crisis, promising that enduring solutions would be found, and justice done to all concerned.

He said he declared his second-term bid on Monday before his London trip because many Nigerians were “talking too much” about whether he was going to run or not.

A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, quoted him as saying: ”I declared before leaving home because Nigerians were talking too much about whether I would run or not.



“So, I felt I should break the ice. We have many things to focus on, like security, agriculture, economy, anti-corruption, and many others. We needed to concentrate on them, and politics should not be a distraction.

“The majority of Nigerians appreciate what we are doing, and that is why I am re-contesting.”

On Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi schoolgirl still being held by insurgents, reportedly because she refused to renounce her faith, the President said: ”We are managing the matter quietly. Making noise would not help. We are collecting as much intelligence as possible, working with the Red Cross and other international organisations.

“There are too many fraudulent people around, who claim they can do this and that. We won’t deal with them. That was how we got the Dapchi girls back, and the Chibok girls.”

The President also recounted some successes of his administration, especially in agriculture.

“We have cut the importation of rice by about 90%, saving billions of dollars in the process. People who rushed into petrol money have now gone back to agriculture. Even professionals have gone back to the land. Nigeria should be able to feed itself comfortably soon. I am so pleased,” he said.

On the war against insurgency, he stressed the need for continuous education of the people, “so that they can be free from religious manipulation,” adding that no true religion advocates the hurting or killing of the innocent.

Archbishop Welby said it was always a delight to see President Buhari, “whom I have tremendous respect for,” adding: “You have my best wishes on your recent decision. I read your declaration speech. We are neutral as a church, but we will pray for you. Great statesmen are those who run for the good of their country. We will be praying for you.”

The Archbishop presented President Buhari with a copy of his recent book: “Reimagining Britain. Foundations for Hope.”

http://thenationonlineng.net/buhari-links-gadaffis-hit-men-with-killer-herdsmen/

And foolish Ortom continued to romance this evil regime Ndi Benue over to you.

Halla Madrid! Holla if you hear me.

Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese John Cardinal Onaiyekan said yesterday that age may not matter as President Muhammadu Buhari seeks a return to office next year.

He said what should be of importance to those seeking to rule should be their concern for others and service to the people in the name of God.

Although he said there was need to give room to younger pe to rule, he expressed regret that from experience, the young people put in office had not performed.

The Cardinal, who spoke at the post-humous launching of the autobiography of a former Foreign Affairs Minister Chief Mathew Mbu, said those seeking re-election must give cogent reasons.



The book, “Dignity in Service,” was written by Mbu before his death about six years ago.

The cleric said: “At the end of the day, maybe it is not a matter of the age but a matter of your own mind, your intention, your love for doing the right thing, especially concern for others, politics and service to the people in the name of God.

“If we start to take these things seriously, then probably, it would not matter whether we declare to seek reelection at 79 or whether we don’t.

“The important thing is: what do we want power for? Why do you want to seek re-election? We are waiting to see because we are told that we are going to see new things in the next year, I am looking forward.

“New things can come from old people, you know and people can change. People can have a change of heart. We are looking forward to that.”

Notwithstanding, Onaiyekan sought opportunity for younger people to be in power in the country.



He added: “M.T. Mbu is a good Catholic and you know we Catholics love ourselves very much. In 1953 when he was a young minister, I was in standard three in primary school and we all knew M.T. Mbu as a minister. There were not too many ministers then unlike today where you have to cover the whole 36 states. In those days, we didn’t have such problem.

“The point I want to make is this, today, when you hear that a young boy was a minister, my mind always goes to those days too and I ask, how many people were old then? The people we now see as ancestors were all young people. I will like to find out the age of Tafawa Balewa and even Awolowo at that time.

“They were all relatively young and when Awolowo and Azikiwe broke grounds then, they were young. I think this is the story we need to tell to our younger people but the question is, where is the space for our younger people when old people like me are still hanging around?

“We have to find a way of giving room to younger people to show what they can do also. Mbu has shown that young people can perform but we have also had experiences of young people who have not performed.”

A former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ignatius Olisemeka, described Mbu as a pacesetter and a hero.

He said: “I met him in London but I wouldn’t want to dwell on his personality but I will like to call attention to the issues Mbu represented as a man.

“I had the privilege of flipping through the book and I will like to draw your attention to page 73. M.T. Mbu was such a meticulous man that when he purchased Nigeria House in London as our pioneer High Commissioner, he paid £35, 000 and he noted that in the book.

He also noted that few years after, the property which still stands for which he paid £35, 000 was refurbished with £12.5 million. That tells of what he noticed. In the later years, he wanted to buy a residence for our High Commissioner in London and we had a bargain for the residence for £4 million. That was the going price. A few years after he left, the same residence was bought for £12 million.”

Nigeria’s former Ambassador to the United States (U.S.) Ambassador George Obiozor expressed regret that Nigeria was not good at honouring its heroes.

He said: “Our country is a country of anti-heroes. We have to look for heroes and honour them. May we pray that a hero will come and salvage our country.”

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who was the chairman of the launch, said: “I have learnt about his brilliance, honesty and hard work.”

He added: “I thought I broke the record of being the youngest governor in Nigeria only to read that Mbu became a Minister at 23. So, I ask the question, what stops us from getting there now? Is it that his father was a rich man or what? The answer is hard work. If we work hard, we will get to where he got to and if we don’t, we won’t attain his height. The next thing I can attribute to him is his believe in one Nigeria.

“Some of us are beginning to ask for the disintegration of Nigeria, I feel that whatever the issues are, they are things that can be discussed and they are things that changes can help propagate the difference that we have.

Those at the book launch included the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Usani Usani; a former Minister of Defence, Gen. Aliyu Gusau;ex-governors Liyel Imoke (Cross River) and Lucky Igbinedion (Edo); the Chairman of NDDC, Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba; the Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Sen. Ita Enang, Amb. Ahmed Umar, who represented the Emir of Kano; Sen. Rose Okoh (who represented the President of the Senate) and Sen. Musa Adede, among others.

http://thenationonlineng.net/buhari-age-may-not-matter-in-2019-polls-says-onaiyekan/

Sweet couple.

“Buhari is not running a responsible government but government of body language. He won in 2015 through propaganda, deceit and lie. Every Nigerian supports fight against corruption, but the APC administration is selective in the fight.
There are some APC members in government that had been indicted for corruption by judicial commissions,they are shielded from trial. That is not how to fight corruption.”
This is the summary of the APC catastrophic regime.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration on Monday was anticipated by Nigerians. He had indicated through his body language that he would run for a second term in next year’s general elections, but was probably waiting for the right moment to make a formal declaration. Nevertheless, it took many Nigerians by surprise.

The declaration elicited a lot of knocks from stakeholders, while others were cautiously optimistic about his chances in the general elections particularly. The following are the views of some of the respondents that spoke to our reporters.





Youths ready to reject Buhari

A consulting guru, leadership coach and public speaker, Mr. Fela Durotoye, said President Buhari’s intent to run for a second term is an indication that the President’s generation failed to groom a succeeding generation to take over from them. He said the youths are ready to make a statement with their voter’s cards, because it suggests that President Buhari’s generation does not believe in the leadership capacity of the younger generation.

Durotoye who has declared for the presidency in 2019 on the platform of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) said: “It is also an indictment on that generation that it has failed to raise leaders that would take over from them. It has failed to mentor and it has failed to empower the succeeding generation. They can’t argue about this, because if a 76-year old man is still aspiring to lead, what are we talking about?

“Are still disappointed that it has happened? I think the young people are disappointed. In a country where the statutory age of retirement from the civil service is 65, it is intriguing that a 75-year old man is still aspiring to take the most difficult and the most tasking civil service job.

“The young people are ready to make a firm statement to reject that generation of rulers who have ruled us for over 50 years. Our generation is united in this objection; the nation as a whole is also united in that regard. It would be the APC’s greatest loss, if it fields Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as its candidate in next year’s presidential election.”

Based on performance, Durotoye said nobody, except members of the APC believe the President deserves a second term. His words: “The whole nation does not think so. Nigerians deserve better; they deserve good, credible leadership and not just an illusion of it. We deserve a leadership that does not condone corruption; one that supports meritocracy; and a leadership that seeks to give a fair chance, equal opportunity to all Nigerians.



“Nigerians are hungry, Nigerians are angry; we can’t see a way out from this current government. Under the government, we cannot see a vision for our nation. There is no communication; we are not inspired; we are not driven by vision and people are hungry. Things are getting worse and we have no indication of when they are going to get better and we don’t know how it is going to get better.

“In my opinion, this is a government that has demonstrated that it has no respect for the value of life of Nigerians. More importantly, the government believes that where you come from is more important than anything else. This government does not deserve another four years and Nigerians do not deserve four more years under this government.”

Durotoye said Nigeria under President Buhari has not witnessed any foreign direct investment, because of the monetary policy of the government. He added: “Nobody wants to invest in Nigeria, including Nigerians themselves, because there is no security. Everyone who can escape from this country has escaped; people are leaving the country in hordes, heading for other nations. People are dying on their way to Libya, because there is total hopelessness. Nigerians don’t have hope in Nigeria anymore.”



APC’s best option

Former Vice President of the Africa Development Bank (ADB) Chief Bisi Ogunjobi said President Buhari must have given the matter a serious thought before making up his mind to run. He said: “I think it is a serious decision, which I believe a person of his stature would have taken very seriously. In doing that, he must assessed his own physical capability now, vis-à-vis what it was this time last year. I assume he has taken that decision in consultation with his medical doctors.

“So, we can assume that he has the physical strength to do the job.

Certainly, I assume that he is doing it in the best interest of our nation. But as far as politics is concerned, his chances would depend on so many factors. One, his own preparation and that of his party, because I believe he is the most sellable candidate for the APC; irrespective of his performance.

“Beyond this, a lot would then depend on the opposition and how prepared they are. Who are the candidates that the opposition would be putting forward. If the opposition is equally prepared and strong, it could give Buhari and the APC a run for their money. I’m not a soothsayer, so I cannot say whether his chances are good or bad. But, to a large extent, he is the best candidate for his party. His chances would then depend on how ready the opposition is.”

On why Buhari’s performance may not be an issue, Ogunjobi said he has seen performance as a serious issue in Nigerian elections, whether at the presidential, governorship or the National Assembly level. He added: “Yeah, it’s never been; at the state level, governors who get their second term do not base it on their performance. I don’t think Buhari’s own is going to be anything different.”



Litany of woes

A lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State, Dr. Godwin Dappa, said President Buhari has not done well so far in his first term to deserve a second tenure. He said: “I see no reason why he is thinking of contesting again for a second term. His party has not been able to deliver the change it promised Nigerians. There have been changes, but what Nigerians wanted was a positive change.

“A positive change is one that impacts positively on the lives of the people; that impacts on the foreign policy of the Nigerian state; that impacts on the lives of Nigerians in Diaspora; the state of our roads have not improved; the stable electricity supply he promised has not been realized; he has not really done well because our health sector is still in a sorry state and Nigerians, including himself, have continued to go overseas for medical checkup; even the clinic in Aso Rock lacks basic facilities like drugs and syringes; he has not done well in the area of human capital development, because our youths continue to roam the streets; and he has not done well because corruption is still the bane of the Nigerian economy.

“What happened to former President Jonathan would repeat itself again. Why is he gunning for a second term? Today, there is another attack in TY Danjuma’s hometown. So, the issue of insecurity in the Middle Belt, the Northeast, the Northcentral, the Niger Delta and elsewhere in the country has refused to go away. I don’t know who will vote for him?”

The lecturer said the refrain has been that he has been incapacitated because the former ruling party, the PDP, has emptied the treasury. He added: “But we are aware that in three years he has borrowed more than what the PDP borrowed in 16 years. So, he cannot say that it is because the PDP has looted the treasury. Nigeria is a blessed state; even if they aggregate all the money they claim to have recovered and put it into the Nigerian economy, they would have nothing to complain about. It could have been an issue of carry-go, as we say in Nigerian parlance.”



End of the road

The National Chairman and founder of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Chekwas Okorie, believes that President Buhari’s three years in office has been a nightmare to most Nigerians and lovers of democracy. He said: “It is also a monumental disaster with regards to poverty level and so on and so forth. There is no security in this country anymore; the attitude of government to matters that concern everybody is not much to be desired.

“For instance, his decision to proscribe IPOB, a non-violent organization, and to slam terrorism charge on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, while the herdsmen that have murdered thousands of Nigerians and destroyed properties worth billions of naira, has exposed his mindset. He has not prosecuted any leading member of their organisation, not to talk of declaring them as a terrorist organization.

“Based on the above conduct, Nigerians have been patiently waiting for him to contest the 2019 presidential election, so that they can come out to reject him. His attitude to federalism is negative. The country has spent over N7 billion of taxpayers’ money to organize a conference, on which over 600 recommendations were made based on consensus, but he decided to set aside such recommendations; leaving Nigeria in a situation where everybody is on edge, with the fear that any little snap will send people running in different directions.

“Many of us cannot wait to see the back of both the APC and President Buhari. The opposition is united in one thing, to see the back of President Buhari; because he and his party have reached the end of the road. The battle line has been drawn. The election is no longer a matter between the APC and the PDP. There is no difference between the two parties. It’s the rest of Nigerians versus the APC and the PDP.

“In spite of the amount of money former President Jonathan made available to his foot soldiers, he still lost in 2015. The coming election would not be anything different for Buhari. So, we are waiting for him at the polls. In this regard, we are watching the present leadership of INEC, because it has not inspired much confidence in Nigerians.”



It’s up to Nigerians

The Secretary General of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Mr Anthony Sani, said it is up to Nigerians to decide whether the President would secure the mandate. On whether the negative publicity arising from his handling of clashes between herdsmen and farmers would affect his chances, the ACF scribe said: “What you consider as negative publicity may not be seen by most Nigerians through the same lenses you see them. What is more, his performance will be based on four years and not three years.”

Lawyer and civil rights activist, Mr Monday Ubani, said President Buhari’s chances will depend on the opponents he will confront in the election. He added: “If there is no credible contender, Buhari will just coast home to victory with ease. It is now left to the opposition parties to come up with their candidates.”

The activist believes the handling of the farmers/Fulani herdsmen clashes may affect the President’s popularity, even if he wins.

The Chairman of the Ogun State chapter of the PDP, Alhaji Sikirulahi Ogundele, believes Nigerians will reject Buhari at the polls, because he has failed to fulfill his promises to the electorates. He recalled that in 2015, the President promised to pay a stipend of N30,000 per month to unemployed youths and N5,000 to indigent people, saying all these are still in the realm of promises.

Ogundele said: “Nigerians are not gullible; they are wiser now, they will use their vote against Buhari this time around. Our prayer in PDP is that APC should present him as its presidential candidate in 2019, so that it will make PDP victory very easy. We will present a very credible and responsible candidate to slug it out with Buhari.

“Buhari is not running a responsible government but government of body language. He won in 2015 through propaganda, deceit and lie. Every Nigerian supports fight against corruption, but the APC administration is selective in the fight. There are some APC members in government that had been indicted for corruption by judicial commissions,they are shielded from trial. That is not how to fight corruption.”

http://thenationonlineng.net/nigerians-rate-buharis-chances-in-2019/

SLIMDON88:
Baba is not a religion fanatic, Baba love the christains and also the muslims and even the herbalist, Baba is a righteous man and shall remain as our president

And he left the only Christain behind in the well scripted
D- apc -hi School Girls kidnap

It's expected that Nigerians will put the dullard where he rightly belongs.

One of the members, who asked not to be named, said: “There is no need for any computer to test the voice. The voice in the leaked audio is exactly that of Reverend Richard Akindele. However, the man is too gentle for such act. The lady purposely set him up.”
See the stupidity of religious people.An undeniable fact have been established but a sheeple is trying frantically to exonerate the randy so called MOG.

Some people stupidity is just like Zee World.

The fella above have said it all-seconded.

One by one they will keep on disgracing themselves.APC remains a scam.

.Buhari is playing Tinubu's roles now.The guy is just calling the shots any how in taking Oyegun to the cleaners not knowing that the grand plan is behind the mischievous smile.
Meanwhile APC can go ahead with all the intraparty intrigues but be rest assured they'll leave our national by next year.Idiots in government.

"Any sane Nigerian who wishes to look beyond ethnic sentiment will completely agree with me that since the return of democracy in 1999, President Buhari’s administration has been the worst.....................................
It is a pity that the average northerner cannot look beyond ethnic and religious sentiment. It beats my imagination why anyone should be rooting for president Buhari after all the pain and suffering unleashed on Nigerians.
We need a progressive minded president irrespective of tribe, ethnicity and religion. If another northerner is elected and he performs brilliantly, Nigerians will care less, if he seeks re-election."

Only APC & their associated zombies think otherwise.

APC have outlived their usefulness.

If only our leaders will be so humble and fear God as this small girl is doing. "Anyone who will not humble him/ her self as a child will never enter into the kingdom of God"-Holy Bible.

calddon:
Let her try transportation by witchcraft.. its spiritually air-conditioned

"Nyiam...............recalled a revelation by the Director-General of the Department of State Security (DSS), Lawal Daura, during a Senate summit on security that “some of the military arms that they found with the herdsmen, the sophisticated ones, are from the military and police armouries.”
......“Because, as it appeared, the armed forces is being used to promote and defend the interest of President Muhammadu Buhari’s kinsfolks’ interest.”
It's clear to well discerning minds.

For real When last did Nigeria had a credible census

“The dynamics of politics can change and people that you perceive today are not with you, will be with you tomorrow. So, your ability to receive them with grace will determine whether they will feel welcome or isolated.”
Was Buhari thinking about this when he made his infamous & wicked mathematically incorrect 97% and 5% speech?
I'm not speaking for the Igbos but I can categorically say the Presidency is not and will never be their primary political concern.
Having the presidency have never been beneficial to any region otherwise the NE/NW should have been the best regions of Nigeria.
What today's Nigeria needs is total restructuring or peaceable disintegration.So all this Igbo presidency concept is a delusional political permutation
[b]

Just imagine.Chime have reduced himself to a nonetity.

This useless immoral show of shame.

"If the lives of Christians were as important as those of Muslims, then our government-nominated and approved negotiators should not have accepted the precondition. It should have been all or none. Give us back all our girls or we take them back. The apparent weakness shown by the government in this so-called negotiation is outstandingly baffling."
.APC is BH & vice versa.

Anyway even Aso Rock Clinic is in shambles.