₦airaland Forum

EnglandAmaka:
Though I don’t like Tinubu & never will but he has better chances to be APC’s candidate than Osinbajo. Osinbajo is only running for entertainment purposes. He is seen as a betrayal. As leader of the economic team under Buhari, he has destroyed the Nigerian economy. He also lacks the courage to speak truth to power. When the judiciary was humiliated, he did nothing to defend the profession. They used an exparte injunction to remove a CJN, harassed judges, disobeyed court judgments, violated human rights, killed protesters & he said nothing. On Igbo presidency I stand.

In a week that Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus, Vice President Yemi Osibanjo chose to betray his SOLE benefactor by declaring to run against him for Presidency.

I love his running but hate the timing.

I hate betrayal and those who carry it out. I will rather walk away than be part of those who will betray a man who has helped me enormously in life.

you are a disgrace to this country. Osinbajo is far far better than that old man.

Honourable1901:
They are born to rule

Awon werey they are the most selfish and corrupt tribe I have seen in the world,

They rig elections, underage voting ,religious violence just bunch of mesujambas

Oga, YOU ARE LYING....

The North is NOT a tribe.

if an experiment is to be carried out now, draw a random person from "the north tribe" and random person from your tribe. I am sure that person from your tribe will be 70-80% more likely to cheat, more likely to be a selfish person, and more likely to defraud his fellow countrymen of their hard-earned money.

We've seen time and time again, people from your tribe are just looking for the slightest of opportunity to defraud someone... all in the name of being educated or smart.


You're just a delusional person.
even if you hate us this much, at least tell the truth about us.

Miracle2022:
in 2011 when it was the time of the north,why did gej contest? Gej was told not to contest and allow a northerner to finish yaradua 4years tenure,but people like you supported him, now the chicken has come home to roost.

Is buhari that is almost done with Hus 8 years from south abi

EnglandAmaka:
Nigeria was practicing parliamentary system of Government at the time.

The Prime Minister then is like the President now.

The president then is like a Vice President today.

Judging from the above it was only JTU that was the only Head of state of Igbo extraction and he stayed in office the shortest time ever

who cares if he stays for only one day.
Any president that is foolish,have no courage, will be removed the next day.
Did you know how many times they tried to remove IBB? Because IBB is as wise as a serpent no one succeeded.
Ironsi was a mumu president that is why he was cought like chicken. Don't forget that the igbos had majority of the officers in the military as at that time. But iam surprised that the man allow himself to be cought like chicken.

donborg:
Zik started it all when he dashed the Prime Minister to Tafawa Balewa from the North for nothing, despite him being supposed to be the anointed Prime Minister, a favor the selfish North has refused to return till date

I'm not expert on Nigeria's history, but I read it somewhere on the internet, that, on the eve of independence the northern leaders cautioned the southerners that, they [the northerners] are not ready for independence. and suggested that the southerners should go ahead and have a separate country. but for some reasons known to them, the southern leaders insisted on going along with us[the northerners].

I STAND TO BE CORRECTED ON THE ABOVE

The thing is, we also hate our politicians as much as you all do. But there's nothing we can't do.

and let me tell you this. when it comes to presidential election, in the north we more or less treat it as an us vs them thing. which is why it's highly unlikely for anyone to win against a northern candidate in the north.


Finally, I'll say Nigeria is fundamentally broken. maybe dismantling the country would help.

Yes but not old school and old mentality enter your personal account type sha that’s my own someone who has lived abroad holiday na one thing but if you’ve lived you will see why the system works for everyone

Nigerialabalaba:
2. Nnamdi Azikwe | 1963-1966 - South East
3. Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi | 1966 - South East

why dos liars con dey lie say Ibo never rule befor

I get am before nah property? Mumu werey

Honourable1901:
They are born to rule

Awon werey they are the most selfish and corrupt tribe I have seen in the world,

They rig elections, underage voting ,religious violence just bunch of mesujambas

U are smart bro infact I do wonder whats the fool was thinking for.margimg northerners to nigeria or y d idiot colonial masters should give them power from onset

Honourable1901:
They are born to rule

Awon werey they are the most selfish and corrupt tribe I have seen in the world,

They rig elections, underage voting ,religious violence just bunch of mesujambas

We will continue ruling and there's nothing any bitter soul can do about it,the only thing you can do is to come on Nairaland to rant

Mr writer you can go and ommit Northern candidates from the ballots by yourself now.

Lamasta:
Is buhari that is almost done with Hus 8 years from south abi

comprehension is your problem. I said, the south first do it to the north that is why the north is revenging.

This idiot would have just told us that election will not take place in the north.if a northerner should not be on the ballot why then would election be conducted in the same north?

A northern president should emerge from the north central, and GYB. Is the sure man to help Nigerians now

So the middle belt or the North Central will not have a chance to rule?
I believe that the middle belt should be given a chance by 2023.

Yes, a northern candidate should emerge and be on the ballot, it's democracy and everyone has the right to contest.

A northern candidate should be given a chance and it should be the north central who is youthful and useful to tackle insecurity in the nation is not any other person but the Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State

Yes a northern candidate should be on the ballot.... We are all the same and everyone has equal rights

Yes everyone has right to contest and be vote for its time will allow a youthful youth like yahya bello who feels the pain of the youth and the masses to power to change the old narrative

We have equal voting right with our PVC to decide, for me I won't say East
" " " West
North
South
My opinion, we need a born leader.
Young and vibrant Human

Let's support new Age
I tip yahaya Bello

I believe and advocate that the North should produce the president and if the North is to do that they should make is from the North Central so it can bring about balance and this will also solve the zoning issue lingering in Party and also provide a youthful and resourceful leader/ President in the Nation this is where Yahaya Bello comes in GYB is the best man for the Job..

Yes a northern candidate should be on the ballot.... And we need a young and vibrant person [ Yahaya Bello].

Williams3093:
Heads of State and Presidents of Nigeria Since Independence till date and their Zone

By Onyeke Ejike

1. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa | 1960-1963 - North East
2. Nnamdi Azikwe | 1963-1966 - South East
3. Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi | 1966 - South East
4. Yakubu Gowon | 1966-1975 - North Central
5.Murtala Rufai Mohammed | 1975-1976 - North West
6.Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo | 1976-1979 - South West
7.Alhaji Shehu Shagari | 1979-1983 - North West
8.Muhammadu Buhari | 1983-1985 - North West
9.Ibrahim Babangida | 1985-1993 - North Central
10.Ernest Adegunle Shonekan | 1993 - South West
11.Sani Abacha | 1993-1998 - North West
12.Abdulsalami Abubakar | 1998-1999 - North Central
13.Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo | 1999-2007 - South West
14.Umaru Musa Yar’Adua | 2007-2010 - North West
15.Goodluck Ebele Jonathan | 2010-2015 - South South
16.Muhammadu Buhari | 2015 - 2023 - North West

In the past 62 years of leading Nigeria post independence, the North through military heads and democratic presidents has led this country for 39 years. By the time Pa Buhari completes his tenure in 2023, the North must have led Nigeria for 40 years why the South has only led the country for 23 years. And I ask, should the North be in the ballot come 2023 presidential election?

This question brings us to issue of zoning. Zoning is always a beloved topic every time election is around the corner in our various locals, states and in the federal government. But in one way or the other, the greedy politicians who selfishly think leading is their birth right always find a way to subvert the interest of the less represented group. I say the interest of the most represented group because often time, it’s not because the marginalized group is the minority but because they have been intentionally removed from the spheres of influence and power even when in many cases, they are the powerful. This is not even my pain. My pain is the silence and should I say cluelessness and unpatriotic nature of the representatives of the marginalized. For instance those in the opposition party PDP who seems to have been bribed or cajoled into throwing the party ticket open because they may not have been able to build up a good argument for a Southern PDP presidential candidate.

Zoning may not be a constitutional provision in Nigeria but a social contractual obligation. According to social contract principle, we all agreed to come together to rest our political power in one man or group of men to represent our interest not merely according to the provision of the law nor the predispositions of gods but by the rational moral principles tending to the social good otherwise called the COMMON GOOD.

Although laws are explicit social contract such as that of the American constitution constituted by Americans from the circumstances of their co-existence, we cannot depend wholly on ours that was not entirely the dictate of our people hence do not always represent our whole experience as a conglomeration of nations. I hope the 2014 confab features zoning/rotational leadership from federal to local government. This is because it is rationally justifiable that there be an equal representation of all regions in the constitution of the government that manage the affairs that concern them and that entails rotational leadership.

Judging from our differences, this rotation should not only feature the North and South in the general perspective but the six constitutional geopolitical zones that make up this country. Hence, if we want to salvate this country, we must ensure that every zone in the country is always equally represented to give them a sense of belonging.

If someone from the South East is the president today, not only should a Northerner be the Vice, but a Northerner from the zone that should present the next president so that whoever becomes the Vice today will be someone who is expected to take over the presidency after the current administration. This will give room for the incoming president who was the vice to learn the problems of the the current administration and plan on how to salvage it with his team. If this is untenable, the vice should at least come from the zone that is least represented. That being the case, the Chief of Staff must be from another zone different from that of the president and vice, and the Secretary from another zone, the Senate president from another while the Speaker of the house should likewise come from the sixed zone in the light of the federal character principle.

But in a country filled with greedy and self centered politicians, the interest pf the public and the common wealth is not as important as their personal interest.

With the presence of the North in all sectors of the government in the current administration, they should not be in the ballot for the presidency come 2023. A Northerner should be a vice this time but not the president no matter the circumstances because the other region, the South has got credible candidates to succeed pa Buhari.

In the south, the South West and the South South haven been in power recently should give way and political support to the East for the sake of national integration as the East has not test power since the first republic. After the East in the South, the East in the North is expected to take over as they too have not tested power since independence.

In a Nutshell, Atiku Abubakar, Saraki, Bala Muhammad, Bello Yahaya and Aminu Tambuwal should Jettison their presidential ambition. They could pursue anything else for the sake of justice, and should support the South - the south east.

Trash!!! North east can have the same claim as the South east. The last time they were in power was during Balewa.

ArewaTech1:
Oga, YOU ARE LYING....

The North is NOT a tribe.

if an experiment is to be carried out now, draw a random person from "the north tribe" and random person from your tribe. I am sure that person from your tribe will be 70-80% more likely to cheat, more likely to be a selfish person, and more likely to defraud his fellow countrymen of their hard-earned money.

We've seen time and time again, people from your tribe are just looking for the slightest of opportunity to defraud someone... all in the name of being educated or smart.


You're just a delusional person.
even if you hate us this much, at least tell the truth about us.

You may be right but you are wrong

Honourable1901:
You may be right but you are wrong

You know what's right. You just don't to accept the truth.

You can believe what you want to. It's a free world.