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The opposition has refused to tell the world that Jonathan is trying now, but they are quick to announce to the world that he cannot crush boko haram.

Some western countries have been investigating the reason why an opposition Party in Nigeria {APC} moved against a budget that supposed to help and stop terrorists from attacking and killing innocent Nigerians. To our own dismay, this same opposition party is still blaming the government in power why it took them six years before taking decisive action against boko haram.Who is actually fooling who? Nigerians must be careful with those shouting change for their own interest.That is my opinion. Do you figure out the voice of Jacob and the hand of Esau?

Lets assume Fashiola is right, but the company is a legal entity separate from the owner, and can sue and be sued. So, why attacking Agbaje instead of his company?

NafeesaAA:
Never ever underestimate the greed and the 'longthroatness' of the ibos. Aguyi ironsi, an ibo man abolished regionalism and foisted the unitary system of government on us. The ibos supported it, ojuku applauded it, but when aguyi ironsi died and the ibos lost out of the power play, they decided to form one useless Biafra republic. Democracy is about numbers ad alliance so get that into your brain OP
Besides, if the north wants power back is it a bad Thing? is it not democracy? we voluntary ceded power to the south when we massively voted for OBJ a Christian from the south, we massively voted for Abiola and infact Tofa a Kano man lost Kano to Abiola. Before the election of Abiola, Yaradua won an election that was annulled by the same military that annulled Abiola election.
Haba, I don't really know what's wrong with these Igbos, You are not at peace with Yoruba..you are not at peace with Northerners....you are temporarily at peace with the Ijaw nation because you see Jonathan as favouring your people in term of ephemeral political patronage.

When the rumour came up that Danjuma was going to be APC Presidential Candidate, your El_Rufai said he cannot support any of the old stuffs for presidency, but he is firmly supporting Buhari today. Why? Danjuma is a Christian North and Buhari represent the Golden Eaglets. You can deceive some people but certainly not all the people. But, religion does not matter?

menabadoo:
God bless you in million folds
you shall never know sorrow in you life for this brilliant and apposite post.
though they won't agree but let it be that we have spoken.
God bless you so much

Amen! And God bless you too.

You can see that some fools have forgotten the real injury they suffered under core North regimes, and are now crying over minor and self-inflicted injuries. No wonder, Chief Akanda suffering from old age diseases said that Jonathan's regime insulted the Yorubas most than any other regime in the history of Nigeria. He even listed the arrest of Bankole and Tinubu's invitation by the Security as insult. A particular regime annulled 1993 election believed to have been won by Abiola. A certain government killed Kudirate and her husband. A certain government also forced Yoruba leaders to go on exiles with hundreds of them gnashing their teeth in the prison walls. Yet, all these have been forgoten by Chief Akande.

Anyway, go ahead, there are many responsible Yorubas I know will reflect on what I posted. I also believe that most people attacking and insulting me here are Northern Muslims and Yoruba Muslims with few Yoruba brainwashed Christians.

Note: Abiola won in the South East, but I think that the real issue is not whether Yorubas need any group, but my advise of avoiding a dangerous virus should be the real issue. I want things work out well for Yorubas because of the poor Yoruba masses and other poor masses in all regions in Nigeria whom I cherish. I love Yorubas.

Food for Thoughts

1. Junaid Mohammed boasted how all the Southern Agenda at the National Conference failed.

2. El-Rufai kicked against Danjuma’s Presidential rumour ambition on the ground that he (El-Rufai) cannot support any old generation for presidency. You can guess Danjuma’s religion). But today, he is a resolute supporter of Buhari.

3. No, inch of Kwara Land will be ceded to South West – By Junaid Mohammed

4. Muslim-muslim tickets does not matter, but try a Christian North and Muslim South tickets and see things for yourself, let alone Christian-Christian tickets.

The above was my warning to Nigerians in 2014 against voting Buhari in 2015, but Nigerians didn't listen. Yes, I warned Nigerians but the ignorant ones insulted me

As an external observer in Nigeria politics that by and large should remain on the verge of Nigeria politics as unwavering onlooker as events unfold daily in Nigeria, but have decided as it may to ogre unending vile. The threshold for political liability of South West action against her neighbours - South East and South-south is like activated robot that has been set in fast motion heading for its defence on self destruction with toy chest loaded with uncertainties. At the sadistic pride parade of violent speech in 2011 by this hoax messiah (Buhari), innocent Nigerians were hacked to death. If the hecklers later stated that they had not intended to incite violence in 2011 as it continues to date, should they be immersed in yet another imminent danger of unguided comments, blood of baboons and dogs soaking on the crowded streets of Nigeria towns and cities? And yet, Nigerians are clamouring for the return of this pride and born to rule caitiff.

I weep for this irrational alliance between the south west and North that many Nigerians particularly some Christians have been brainwashed to believe that religion does not matter, and they are selling their unborn children into perpetual slavery, instead of sending a clear message to those that care to listen that constant bloodletting of thousands of Nigerians and intimidation cannot give any person or group of persons a smooth ride to Aso Rock. Perhaps, you all have come to accept that the smartest ruse of bloodletting and threats as the best ploy to take over power.

Religion does not matter, yet it took your President months with all protests before transcending from Acting President to President. The late Yakowa of Kaduna State provoked stiff resistance, before becoming Governor and his death was jubilation to a particular group of people. Yet, religion does not matter. Religion may not matter in years to come, but it matters seriously in today’s Nigeria
Run away from some Jihadists that want to rule you. The new found love they show is just a concealment of hatred which has already appeared from their mouths. You build your friends and trust for yourself, in large part, through speech. The way you speak to and of others determines whether and on what terms you accept them into your life as groups and as individuals.

The internally displaced persons (IDPs) are scattered all the places in the North East, yet all the politicians promising you paradise have not been able to offer a dollar to assist them. My NGO have spent millions and both Christians and Muslims are beneficiaries.
My problem is not those neglected poor Muslims in the North, but the Muslim politicians who always campaign that power must return to their region, and these same politicians if they takes over power tomorrow, will tell you in future that you should not talk of where the president should come from, but you should talk of a credible candidate. Today, they are telling you it must be them or Nigeria would be set ablaze. The North forms alliance when they need help, but once they achieve their aim, they turn themselves into mini gods. They begin to tell you that power is not given, but is taken. The Middle belt has learned their lessons, but Abiola’s death and influx of their leaders into exiles some years back seems to have been forgotten. Later, when you realize the hidden agenda, you will be outraged. Hope you don’t choke in the vomit you are creating ignorantly. My best wishes to you all.

This is my unbiased and matter-of-fact view on Nigeria and respect to all Nigerians of all tribes.

When we first came to Nigeria, we had our office in Lagos, and later moved to Abuja where our office is presently located. We took our time to study why Nigeria is still lagging behind in development, and our investigations showed that bad leadership characterized with ethnic bigotry and injustice impaired Nigeria hope of being one of the most developed countries in the world despite her huge human and natural resources.
Our NGO also discovered that where you come from determines the voting pattern in Nigeria, and the result of it all was that morons have been ruling a country with highly sophisticated men and women. In Nigeria, our investigations also revealed that no matter how highly qualified you may be to rule Nigeria, if you are not from those tribes, nobody will give you consideration. The past leaders Nigeria produced were only interested in enriching themselves, a situation that made many Nigerians believe that this present government is not doing enough. The damage caused by these past leaders cannot be repaired within 5 years.
Many politicians play politics of rancour and bitterness, and their desperation to take the mantle of leadership is one of the causes of politicizing every national issues that needs collective effort to resolve. They criticize without offering solutions.
There are many Nigerians of high repute that have distinguished themselves in the world level, and we believe that if given opportunity base on trust and love, they will turn Nigeria around for good. The likes of Emeka Anyaoku, Ngozi Okonjo Iwela, Oby Ezekwesili to mention but a few are world class leaders, but it seems that where one comes from determine his or her qualification in Nigeria.
In our last meeting with the Presidency, we discussed extensively on how to ensure that men and women of goodwill are allowed into governance.
We have been following the recent happenings in the National Dailies where a former minister tried to remind a certain ethnic group on how they defeated them in the war is not only condemnable, but it is both uncivilized and barbaric. The speech was full of bitterness and was directed against a whole race. Every war belongs to God. We never expected someone that has had such position in the government to create resentment and hatred among fellow Nigerians.
The worst was his call for a debate. We believe that Nigerians should be calling for a debate on what will improve their economy or on new discoveries that are yet to get approval. This is where a debate should be called to defend your new discovery and not on irrelevant issue that will only encourage hatred.

Let Nigerians live in peace and we will continue to preach love!

Perez
{Deputy Coordinator - West Africa}

@Gist and ediclove,

@ediclove, Normally, our business is to do what we started few months ago, and a research was conducted backed with a poll - not only poll. Thank you,

@Gist, I understand your feelings but the overall general opinions brought the end result. We didn't just pick 5 governors. We started with top 10 performing governors and finally arrived to top 5. Thank you too.

I am not the only one going through the contributions, the researchers are presently following all the contributions and I was directed to explain some points on this particularly those that believe Northern governors should have made the list of the top 5. To be fair, we cannot change the popular views. We are neutral on this. Hope we see reason on this?

We congratulate you all for your opinions, we didn't want to bring this topic here because we thought it would only lead to insult and the use of abusive languages, but the result we see and contributions are quite wonderful.

However, there was a poll for this topic, and to be sure of the votes, we decided to do our confirmation here and some other traffic sites.

It was as a result of the confirmation that we struck out Governors Mimiko and Peter Obi who were narrowly edged out of the top 5 performing governors, but they made the top 10 list.

Good day to you all.

First, let me introduce myself briefly - I am Perez working for an International Organisation in its Regional Office here in Nigeria, and we have been undertaking this research to find out the top 5 performing Governors in Nigeria. We started from top 10 performing Governors and from the votes we gathered, we cut it to 5. Every interested person is entitled to vote but at the end of it all we will come out with accurate results that will represent peoples' opinions. It will interest me to state here some of the views and the rankings of the Governors base on the votes and information gathered so far. We will take opinions here and add them to the ones already gathered. Just vote or say your mind, and I plead that attacking or insulting someone base on his or her opinion is not allowed. Let mature minds vote, and let ones opinion be his or her opinion.

The result gathered so far shows their rankings as follows -

1. Rochas Okorocha – Imo State Governor
2. Akpabio Godswil – Akwa Ibom State Governor
3. Raji Fashola – Lagos State Governor
4. Oshiomole – Edo State Governor
5. Rotimi Amachi– Rivers State Governor
[b]5. Chime - Enugu State Governor (2 Governors battle for the 5th position)[i][/i]

Rochas - Many argued that Rochas has performed more than all the Governors pointing out that his one year in office has transformed Imo State, his Security votes cut down, road constructions, and Imo State University is virtually enjoying free education which no other governor has dreamed off, and employment created. They also stated that Imo State is paying the highest minimum wage in Nigeria despite its little revenue. They argued that if Rochas should have half of Lagos State revenue, Imo State will be like Dubai under Rochas administration . Kicks - Others see Rochas as pretending, stressing that he is just doing this to be considered as the next President or to get second term, and then come back and sell Imo state.

Akpabio - Many also argued that Akpabio has embarked on massive construction of roads, creating employments. They also believed that developments witnessed in Akwa Ibom State have never been seen in the state since its inception. They also said that for a Governor to perform well like this even when he is not coming for second term shows that he is not a pretender. Kicks - Others see his performance as a result of the revenue allocation which Akwa Ibom State is among the top 5 revenue earning states from the Federal Government.

Fashola - Many also argued that Fashola has performed more than all the governors that have ruled Lagos State. Infact, they said that his performance has dwarfed Tinubu's when he was in the Office. They also argued that Lagos roads are being repaired from time to time and new roads constructed on daily basis. The BRT is working perfectly to reduce traffic on the Lagos Roads, and employment created. Kicks - Others argued that Fashola's performance is based on the revenue that is allocated to Lagos, couple with his huge internal generated revenue, and inspite of this revenue, Lagos State University tuition fee is sky-rocketed to the level that the total money a student of Imo State University will spend throughout his stay in the University is lower than that which a student of Lagos State University will spend for only 1 year in the school.


Generally, the opinions maintained that the top 5 states have done enough to keep their states clean, reduce touts, and create employments, construct roads, carry the people along and finally, they are the peoples' Governors.

The above are just few opinions of people for the top 3 contenders. For you, who are the best performing governors? Arrange them in order of your preference.

[b]Note: We are taking our data here: As a matter of fact, Governors Mimiko and Peter Obi got out of the list at the dying minute of our last research, voting and compilation.[/b]