₦airaland Forum

Odunnu:
Please please please and please, educate folks on what logo to thumbprint for in ths saturday's election. Some may stil not get it rite and even though they honestly want 'umbrella' they end up voting for the broom because they dnt gerrit that ths is presidential and not gubernatorial or Nass

Yes that's true and come this Saturday please educate everyone around you to vote for goodluck and here are the three logos.

semid4lyfe:
Pharoh, chop knucke jare

Your head dey there

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Me don dey pop champagne already.

Fresh Air 2011

Man the knuckle done full my belle oo

Me one close third mainland bridge self tonight.

Fresh Air 2011

I believe in Goodluck Jonathan . . . . If you believe say fresh air 2011.



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^^

Yeah man , thumbs up to you too.

Can't wait for fresh air this saturday .

• Electricity: Nigerians are seeing steady improvement in the Power supply in the country, gradually disappearing is the long blackouts that Nigerians have suffered for so many years.

• Fuel and Diesel Supply: The long vehicles queues which became normal in the country fuel stations as recent as January this year have since disappeared under the dynamic leadership of President Goodluck Jonathan within weeks of been made Acting President.

• Democracy: To strengthen democracy, the president has appointed Nigerians of impeccable character to be umpire (INEC) for the 2011 elections; these appointments have electrified Nigerians to hope and believe on the electoral process and understand that the President is serious about the new slogan that every vote must count.

• Diplomacy: Nigeria has again regain prominence under President Jonathan leadership as evidenced by the invitations Nigeria President has received since assuming Executive powers; Invitation to the Nuclear Security Summit, by the United States President, the G20 meeting by the Canadian President.

• Terrorism: Nigeria removed from the list of terrorist countries by the United States, thereby removing humiliation, and shame suffered by traveling Nigerians to the United States and other United States friendly countries.

• Drug Trafficking: United States in September removed our country from the list of major trafficking countries.

• Nigeria attained the highest civil aviation rating by the United States Federal Aviation Authority. Nigeria is the only country in West Africa with such certification.

• Niger Delta: Militancy in the Niger delta that has slowed crude oil production and stability has been reduced to the barest minimum has President Goodluck Jonathan continue the policy of Late President Umaru Yar’Adua of engaging the militants, retraining, and reintegrate them into productive citizens.

Mohammed Namadi Sambo was born on the 2nd of August, 1954 in Zaria, Kaduna State of Nigeria. He started his Educational Career between the year 1959 at Baptist Primary School, Kakuri, Kaduna, Kobi Primary School in Bauchi and Towns School No. 1 in Zaria. Between 1967 to 1971, he attended Government Secondary School now Alhuda-Huda College in Zaria. He attended the School of Basic Studies at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1972, after which he gained admission into the famous Department of Architecture, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 1973 and graduated in 1976 with Bachelor of Science degree with Honours in Architecture (B. Sc. (Hons) and holds a Masters degree (M. Sc.) Arch 1978. He served with the Oyo State Ministry of Works and Housing for the National Youth Service Corps up to August1979[4].

In 1988 he was appointed Honourable Commissioner for Works, Transport and Housing, Kaduna. In 1990, Namadi Sambo left the service of Kaduna State Government and went back to his private practice.

In May 2007, Mohammed Namadi Sambo assumed office of the Governor of Kaduna State, Nigeria. His term ended on 18 May 2010. Sambo had an 11-point agenda as Governor of Kaduna State. He once proclaimed "Our 11 - point Agenda will address all the development and social needs of Kaduna state and bring tools of empowerment to youth and women in the state. Operation Yaki is meant to address the issue of security and our e-government strategy will uplift the state economically. I wish to reaffirm my total commitment to the service, Welfare and interest of the people of Kaduna State. We shall spare no effort to make sure that our tenure brings succour and prosperity to our people". Mid way to his term as governor, he was tapped by President Goodluck Jonathan to become his deputy.

His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the Vice President of Federal Republic of Nigeria, was born on November 20, 1957. An Ijaw man from Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State is a Christian and married with children.

SCHOOLS ATTENDED WITH DATES:
St Stephen’s Primary School (now a State school) Otuoke 1961 – 1965, St Michael’s Primary School, Oloibiri, Bayelsa State FSLC 1966 – 1969, Mater Dei High School, Imiringi, Bayelsa State , 1971 – 1975, University of Port Harcourt 1977 – 1981, University of Port Harcourt 1983 – 1984 & University of Port Harcourt 1987 – 1995

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
First School LEAVING Certificate (FSLC) 1969, West African School Certificate (WASC) 1975, General Certificate of Education (GCE O/L) 1976, B. Sc. Zoology. Second Class (Hons) Upper Division 1981, M. Sc. Hydrobiology/Fisheries Biology 1985 and Ph. D. Zoology 1995.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Preventive Officer, Dept. of Customs & Excise 1975 – 1977, Science Inspector of Education Rivers State Ministry of Education, Port Harcourt 1982 – 1983, Lecturer, Dept. of Biology, Rivers State College of Education, Port Harcourt 1983 – 1993, Assistant Director, (Ecology)/ Head Sub – Dept. of Environment Protection, Ompadec 1993 – 1998, Deputy Governor, Bayelsa State from May 1999 - 2005 & Governor Bayelsa State from May 2005 to 2007, Vice President Federal Republic of Nigeria May 2007 – Feb 9, 2010. Acting President Feb 9, 2010 – May 6, 2010. President Federal Republic Of Nigeria May 6, 2010 – Current.

Mohammed Namadi Sambo was born in Zaria, Kauduna State on the August 2, 1954. In 1959, at age of 5, he commenced his educational quest at Baptist Primary School, Kakuri, Kaduna, went on to Kobi Primary School in Bauchi and then finished his primary school education at Towns School in Zaria.

From1967 to 1971, he attended Government Secondary School Zaria (now Alhuda-Huda College) where he completed his secondary school education. In 1972, he attended the School of Basic Studies at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria for one year and was subsequently admitted to the prestigious Department of Architecture, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He graduated with Honours in 1976 with Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture (B. Sc. (Hons) and also holds a Masters degree (M. Sc.) in Architecture which he obtained in 1978.

The first 22 years of Mohammed Sambo’s career covered a gamut of activities:

* In 1976 he gained employment with the newly created state of Bauchi as an architect. He was involved designing various offices and staff housing schemes for the government. He was also responsible for upgrading one of Nigeria’s most famous games reserve - the Yankari Games Reserve Holiday Resort.

* In 1979, he was assigned to the newly created Bauchi State Urban Development Board where he was directly responsible for Development Control and the Production of Master Plans for Bauchi Town and other towns, which include Gombe, Azare etc.

* In February 1986 he was appointed the Honourable Commissioner of Agriculture with the Kaduna State Government, where he executed the Kaduna State Agricultural Development Project, a World Bank assisted programme, which transformed the State into a major food producer for Nigeria and the West African region. He also developed the Strategic Grain Reserve Facilities and Forestry Development and Reserve Projects, which helped with the fight against desertification in Nigeria.

* In 1988 he was appointed Honourable Commissioner for Works, Transport and Housing. During his tenure in the Ministry of Works[b] he concluded the Kaduna Metropolitan Expanded Water Supply Scheme and initiated the implementation of the World Bank assisted First Multi-State Water Supply Project, which benefited a population of over 3 million people. He also initiated the Kaduna State 99 Towns Electricity Project with over 70 towns connected to the national grid power supply[/b]

* In 1990 Namadi Sambo left the service of Kaduna State Government to run his companies: Coplan Associates, Nalado Nigeria Limited and Manyatta Engineering Services Limited. Over the years, these companies have become well known in Nigeria as major Engineering companies and have executed many projects in Nigeria.

In 2007 Mohammed Namadi Sambo entered politics and contested (on the PDP platform) and became the Governor of Kaduna State. On May 19, 2010, he was sworn in as the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo is affiliated with a number of professional bodies/organisations;

* He is a member of the Architect Registration Council of Nigeria,
* He is a member of the College of Fellows of the Nigerian institute of Architects,
* He is a fellow with the Institute of Corporate Administrators of Nigeria,
* He is a member of the Nigerian Water Supply Association,
* He is a member of the Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KADCCIMA),
* He is a member of Nigerian Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCCI),
* He is a member of Franco-Nigeria Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ENCCI),
* He is a member of University of Oyo” Governing Council,
* He is on the Board of Directors of Niger Dock,
* He is a member of the Board of Directors of TOTAL Nigeria Plc.

Having a goal and achieving that goal are two things that are not always successfully executed; yet they are necessary for true success. In the current political clime, true success is a necessity that cannot be dispensed with.

Nigeria has grown and evolved over 50 years and has had an array of leaders; but none quite like Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. His emergence as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a sign that Nigeria has matured in its democracy and governance.

President Goodluck represents a generation of Nigerians that identify with the youths as well as the older population. This gives him the benefit of drawing from a pool of wisdom cultivated over time while looking ahead through the eyes of the youths. His simplicity, sincerity and persistence in keeping a balance between contending parties is a clear testimony that he is a listener, a visionary, a detribalized Nigerian and a patriot.

As an academic and human rights activist, President Goodluck Jonathan has been courageous in the decisions and changes he has made in his cabinet and is aware that in pursuing his vision for a better Nigeria, he will not always have full support.

His vision is to provide honest and sincere leadership by promoting high levels of ethical an moral standardsin governance with a view to using the nation's material and human resources sufficiency in power supply, health, education, and security. President Goodluck also intends to drive Nigeria's economy towards amongst the best in Africa.

President Goodluck has demonstrated to all Nigerians, that he has a vision and has through words and deeds shown that he is committed to fulfilling it. Some of the high points of his tenure includes the recent appointment of an active unionist and political scholar; Professor Attahiru Jega as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman. This is a clear indication that he is not wavering on his promise of delivering credible elections in 2011. Again, his choice of Architect Namadi Sambo as Vice President is true to his plan for positive change.


Goodluck Jonathan represents a welcome departure form the past and has demonstrated, in various ways that it will not be “business as usual”.

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan started life in Otuoke, Bayelsa state where he was born on November 20, 1957.

He commenced his education at St. Stephen Primary School (now State School, Otuoke), and then on to St. Michael Primary, Oloibiri. His secondary education was at Mater Dei High School, Imiringi and from there he proceeded to the University of Port-Harcourt where he earned his Bachelor's degree in Zoology, as well as his Masters and Doctorate degrees.

In the first 13 years of his illustrious career, he worked in various capacities in different organisations;

* The Department of Customs and Excise as a Preventive Officer (1975 - 1977)

* Iresi, Secondary Commercial Grammar School, Osun State (formerly in Oyo state) - Biology Teacher (1981 - 1982)

* The Rivers State Ministry of Education as Science Inspector of Education (1982 - 1983)

* Rivers State College of Education, Port - Harcourt as Lecturer in the department of Biology (1983 - 1993)

* The Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission (OMPADEC(defunct) - now known as NDDC) as Assistant Director (Directorate of Environmental Protection and Pollution Control) (1993 - 1998)

Goodluck Jonathan's foray into politics commenced in the 4th Republic, when he joined the People's Democratic Party (PDP).

He ran along side D.S.P Alamieyesigha in the 1999 Bayelsa gubernatorial elections which they won and were subsequently re-elected in 2003. In 2005 Goodluck Jonathan became the governor after Alamieyesigha was impeached.

In 2006 Jonathan was chosen as the running mate to the Presidential aspirant - Umaru Yar'Adua. The election of Yar'Adua as the President of Nigeria in 2007 made Jonathan the first Vice President from the south south to hold that office.

In May 2010, Jonathan made history again by becoming the first President of Nigeria from the South South region.

President Goodluck is a member of a number of proffessional bodies and has recieved many awards.

The election is almost on our doorsteps and it is time to remind Nigerians who to vote for in the coming election.

Please whatever you can find about the campaign please do post them here: Videos, Pictures, articles etc.

This is a thread for the followers of goodluck so the opposition should please stay away if they can't keep to the rule.

We are not here to argue but to celebrate the emergence of a new Nigeria and the breath of fresh air 2011.


[size=14pt]Let the Celebration begin - Fresh Air 2011[/size]

AjanleKoko:
Like Dimeji Bankole, OBJ, and Iyabo

Nah i dey laugh like goodluck and tinubu . . . . why you go associate me with failures lol.




I have always advocated for marcelo to pair alonso in the middle so we can have six attacking players to be joined by the overlapping wingers.

The goal is to win the match on Saturday and that of copa dey rey while for the champions league progression is the goal. There is no point looking for revenge because it doesn't come immediately and there is another day to do that but not this year.

FBS:
You gotta to like this guy called JM. Started Marcelo in the center. wa daa daa! Experiments eh? ))

So its Barca in the semis. WOW! WOW!! WOW!!!

how many more matches between the two this season eh? other La Liga teams must be sick of it.

Copa Del Rey final is on 20th of April, Here is complete information with timing
Real Madrid Barcelona Live at 19:30 GMT, Venue: Valencia, Stadium: Mestalla

Before Copa Del Rey both sides will be head to head on 16th of April in La Liga
Real Madrid Barcelona Live at 20:00 GMT, Venue: Madrid, Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu

Uefa Champions league semi finals also added which makes it four matches and a kings cup before the start of next season.

We are looking forward to the series of matches with barca but the main priority are those with the optimum benefits. The copa dey rey and the champions league though we are not leaving anything unturned in our quest to still win the la liga.

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I dey laugh

Just as the country is divided so we will always be divided here on nairaland and nothing is going to change that. Abusing people and the candidates they supported was something that should have been avoided in the first place but the did has been done and i don't think we will ever go back to the former ways.

Having a different opinion about any subject has resulted to enmity, abuses and superiority fights all to prove a point or show that i am better than you. We all should go back to those thread, analyze the comments we have made and surely know that we can never go back fully to the former ways. Somebody call you cow in the night and call you angel in the morning na enough reason to think twice oo.

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No candidate can win in a free and fair manner please so stop putting the burden on goodluck alone.

I actually believe that there is no going back and the divide created as a result of this election will remain for a long time if not forever.

The opposition went too far in the way they portrayed goodluck or pdp supporters and that cannot be set aside easily after the election.

They just handed PDP the presidency on a platter of Gold.

This has always been the plan right from the beginning and we are very much prepared for them.

medjai:
Of course, Kaka in his prime was simply unplayable but as per technique, Ibra and Berbatov are exceptionally gifted.

I will take kaka, berbatov and then ibra in that order because that ibra of a guy doesn't know what is team work ( one of his problems at barca ). He is learning from his present play in ac milan but that is not enough because he is still not effective like villa that can play as a point man or winger.

Kaka is good from the midfield and as a supporting striker also, very effective for counter play strategy and can score goals from outside the 18 yard box. Berbatov is just like villa only that he is slow but he uses his thinking faculty more than ibra.

medjai:
An anti-climax at the end of the day. Villareal really missed the services of their captain, Gonzalo Rodriguez, who's out for the season - their defence just wasn't it. Yeah, I think they were fatigued from their midweek EL match. They have a very small squad and it's like they are concentrating their energy on the EL. They're still 8 points ahead of 5th placed Sevilla.
Los Che were just ill on the night. 6 goals in two games for Soldado. Banega, Mata, Pablo Hernandez, Tino Costa, Topal, were all amazing. Until recent, Soldado had been playing from the bench. Emery preferred Aduriz.

Your analysis is right and i think also that they were tired from the Europa league matches and to me there was no point winning this match. The fifth placed team is not going to threaten them anytime soon so they have the right to relax but the goal margin is too much. I don't mind if they pass through the qualifiers for the champions league next season provided that they win the Europa league for la liga.

AjanleKoko:
This week's beauty should be Valencia - Villareal, at the Mestalla. The true top of the table clash, since 1st and 2nd are not really up for discussion anyway. Valencia have shaken off their blip, while Villareal are on and off in the league at the moment. Expect this to be a seriously open game.

The structure of the league table and the avtivities of villareal in the europa league might have affected what we saw yesterday. I want the present top four to represent in the champions league next season but guys who do you wish to qualify for the europa league.

My choice would be from A.madrid, Malorca, sevilla and espanyol. My heart sincerely goes for espanyol out of the lot because they have really impressed this season and wish they will be rewarded for that.

Fresh air 2011

13volts:
Ameachi, goje, and Roland duke are probably the only good thng that ever comes out from the pdp.

Can you name the good things from the other parties please if they are up to five?.

@oyb

You better stop spreading false rumors about me because you surely do not know me or what i do for a living okay.

Who are the oppositions for change?
Examples of former governors contesting for senate

Orji Uzo Kalu(Abia)former PDP governor for 8 years now cotesting under PPA.

Achike Udenwa(Imo)former PDP governor for 8 years now contesting under ACN

Chief Ayo Fayose (Ekiti)former PDP governor now contesting under the plaform of LP

Dr Chimaroke Nnamani(Enugu)former PDP governor for 8 years now contesting on the platform PDC

Dr Chris Ngige (Anambra) former PDP governor now contesting under ACN

Chief George Akume (Benue)former PDP governor, a serving minister and is contesting under ACN.

Boni Haruna (Adamawa)former PDP governor for 8 years now contesting under ACN.

There are more than 300 former PDP members who held different positions and looted public funds currently contesting under different parties in Nigeria.

Are you saying people should vote for these people because we need change?

Credibility of individuals is what matters.

Who are the oppositions for change?
Examples of former governors contesting for senate

Orji Uzo Kalu(Abia)former PDP governor for 8 years now contesting under PPA.

Achike Udenwa(Imo)former PDP governor for 8 years now contesting under ACN

Chief Ayo Fayose (Ekiti)former PDP governor now contesting under the plaform of LP

Dr Chimaroke Nnamani(Enugu)former PDP governor for 8 years now contesting on the platform PDC

Dr Chris Ngige (Anambra) former PDP governor now contesting under ACN

Chief George Akume (Benue)former PDP governor, a serving minister and is contesting under ACN.

Boni Haruna (Adamawa)former PDP governor for 8 years now contesting under ACN.

There are more than 300 former PDP members who held different positions and looted public funds currently contesting under different parties in Nigeria.

Are you saying people should vote for these people because we need change?

Credibility of individuals is what matters.


From a comment on sahara reporters.

agabaI23:
Some people here were running here and there looking for money to enable a kidney transplant for aguy. I respected, for such souls to turn an issue involving 25 lives to politics makes mw think the fundraiser efforts qas because they knew thw person involved and not because of their respect for human lives.

I have since lost my respect for that person hence my stand that no one is more patriotic or compassionate than us. I watched a movie called my flesh and blood and realize the hypocrisy of those who go about adopting healthy children. I have seen so many thing on nairaland and how objectivity, rationality has been thrown into the win because of politics and hatred for someone.

Those campaign for fund raising are clearly done for the people they know and has nothing to do with their compassion. thank God for politics because so many so called saints has been exposed for the true cause that they stand for. It is only in Nigeria that people do not think anymore because they hate the president. By the time the actual killings starts then we will know if it is only pdp members that will be affected. people are not thinking anymore of the danger ahead and think pdp is our problems without looking deeply into the various issues affecting this country.

Chrisbenogor:
The buck stops at their table brother, it is the duty of this government to provide you and I security, how many bomb blasts now and so far no one has been brought to book. Where does the billions we allocate to these security agencies go to? You must understand why people are livid!

No one is against your points brother but my point has always been what is the root cause of our problems. We will be wasting time spending trillions on security if we cannot even know the root cause of our security issues. Bombs and suicide bombing is flowing into Israel and there is no amount of security that can stop that, they know what to do that's why the want to make peace with the Palestinians. Please look at the post by timbuku two and see where i am coming from. it is high time Nigeria goes to the root cause of her problems.

You can spend billions to fight crimes like armed robbery and kidnapping but this bomb issues and the Jos crisis are politically motivated. spending billions will not solve it brother, we must go to the root cause of our political problems to solve some of these so called security issues. The government has wasted money to secure the Niger-delta but the problem is still there because you have to include the political solution as well and that is my point.

If you want to blame the government and how your money is being spent please go ahead but my advice for you, remember the political issues because your opponents there are not wearing kid gloves.

Well may the soul of the departed rest in peace, in the future we might all someday comeback to revisit the comments we have made here and which others have made. We can blame whoever we wish to blame and at this point i will just backoff and be watching from the sidelines. Aisha please i am not here to argue with you so you can draw up any conclusions you wish or try to look at it from any angle. At the end of the day we are all fighting for a better and secured nigeria but limiting your blame to the government and security agencies will not solve your problem fully. I pray buhari wins the election so the expected messiah can come and fix all our problems in this country.

I pray the problems of this country is fixed without too much bloodshed.

Chrisbenogor:
Pharaoh you should leave imhoteps chambers and come to the real world, when there are bomb blasts we blame the government. The pdp is in charge now so we blame them. I feel so sad.

Please blame them for any things bad within the country since thats the norm these days so i have no problem with that anymore.

Let me just keep silent for now.

The problems of Nigeria is never about the party but individual bad and good eggs found within the geographical entity called Nigeria.

efisher:
We are here pointing fingers at ourselves and we are being killed little by little! Almighty America was hit by hijacked planes. Remember 9/11? Nobody heaped the blames on the president. We should remember our human side at times. If it goes wrong, EVERYBODY will lose!

That is my issue brother with people in this forum, everything is now goodluck and pdp without careful analysis. People will be associating the NSA with goodluck and every damn evil in this country. i even wish the so called buhari will win so that we can have some rest in this country.

The government is not made up of pdp alone but you erred when you said the security chief is busy concerning himself about goodlucks campaign, that was very wrong of you to say which is why it seems i am against you. You can't try to blame the government when it is clear that your definition of the government is the pdp all along. They are surely responsible for providing all that but the government we are talking about here goes all the way back even to the 1960s and 1970s. Like i told you before i surely do blame the security chiefs for not doing their jobs but it is important for us to define this government that we are blaming. Anyone that wants to just blame the pdp government is not sincere about solving the problems of Nigeria and that's the issue i am raising.

You can see all over the thread people blaming pdp without thinking that's why i was pissed why you also associated the NSA with goodluck. It does not portray you as different from them even if you want to sound different or you are actually different.

Kay 17:
Therefore we should celebrate this,  PDP GEj more bombings pls. Since we can not solve or prevent all the crimes

Can you provide evidence in a court that pdp and gej are the perpetrators of these bombings?