₦airaland Forum

Is Nigeria truly one?

EUROBOMBER:
How did the SS & Se look on in 2010/11? Both regions voted massively for GEJ!

Actually, they(SS & SE) looked on in 2010 when Yorubas confronted the north and ensured GEJ emerged acting President. That gave him the leverage to go further in 2011...

hansad:
SW finally gave Nigeria to north when SW voted Buhari to become president. Next election, north can marry SS or SE or SW and win the presidency; north shall continue to win the presidency as long as it wants - until ........

Come on, Abiola defeated the northern candidate in his state/polling unit in 1993.
Dont be myopic!

VirginFinder:
Actually, they(SS & SE) looked on in 2010 when Yorubas confronted the north and ensured GEJ emerged acting President. That gave him the leverage to go further in 2011...

you are lying..The submission of professor Dora Akunyili of blessed memory made GEJ the acting president..stop lying bastard

CyberWolf:
you are lying..The submission of professor Dora Akunyili of blessed memory made GEJ the acting president..stop lying

Honestly nothing person no go hear for Nairaland. Can you imagine! Have we forgotten so soon? Anyway thanks CyberWolf.

AdamsBashforth:
Honestly nothing person no go hear for Nairaland. Can you imagine! Have we forgotten so soon? Anyway thanks CyberWolf.

My brother I think say na only me..they are just miserable entities..reading their lies pricks my heart pathetic set of bastard ediots..

EUROBOMBER:
Stop being silly my friend, you are attaching too much importance to the SW in this matter. It is a fact that if the whole North works with any region in the South, they will get the presidency. The worked with the SE before and got the presidency under Shagari/Ekwueme. The Yorubas have just repeated this in 2015 so stop making it look like any particular zone is too special.

The North will always get the presidency if they can move as a block with just one region in the South.

North+SW= Presidency

North+SE= Presidency

North+SS= Presidency

Why can't you ask the SW to work with other Southerners or give a more balanced argument.

In your previous comment, you lamented how the North dominates the political scene, yet in your permutation above, you'd be quite happy to wait for the same North to partner with your region to reinforce their dominance than for you to end that dominance by working with the SW?

You get sense o.

EUROBOMBER:
Stop being silly my friend, you are attaching too much importance to the SW in this matter. It is a fact that if the whole North works with any region in the South, they will get the presidency. The worked with the SE before and got the presidency under Shagari/Ekwueme. The Yorubas have just repeated this in 2015 so stop making it look like any particular zone is too special.

How does working with the SW make them special?


If you have a disagreement with your wife, you mean you'll not consider a resolution, because doing so will make her feel special?


Very uncivilised approach to life.

EUROBOMBER:
With the way things are going it is looking like Nigeria belongs to the North especially now that they were able to seize power from Jonathan this year as they boasted earlier.

Imagine planning to install another Hausa/fulani as Senate majority leader to work with Buhari also from the core north.

do you have a problem with that?

EUROBOMBER:
For how long will all this continue? Which way for the South? Look at the last presidential election results and you will observe that Just Kano & Katsina states made Buhari win the election.

kano and katsina have a large number of registered voters. it is in order.

CyberWolf:
you are lying..The submission of professor Dora Akunyili of blessed memory made GEJ the acting president..stop lying bastard

Dora Akunyili that was busy raising prayers with the Catholic priests for Yar'Adua's recovery couldnt have been pressing for GEJ's assumption.
Was she in any way out of Turai's kitchen all through?

How can you so easily forget OBJ's advice to absentee YarAdua to resign after returning from his visit to the late former president in sick bed.
Which ibo person was allowed anywhere near YarAdua?

What about the Save Nigeria Group protests led by Tunde Bakare?

What of Wole Soyinka's deployment of his international connections?

What about the efforts of Femi Falana and the rest?

You ibos have short memory. A short while and you'll attempt to take the credit for Buhari's victory.
Maybe in a 100yrs' time, you'll claim Nigeria-Biafra civil war ended in a stalemate if not a decisive Biafra victory because of Gowon' 'No Victor, No Vanquished' statement.

In essence, you are a dullard!

dotna:
how about saraki

dumped for a senator from Niger state

VirginFinder:
Dora Akunyili that was busy raising prayers with the Catholic priests for Yar'Adua's recovery couldnt have been pressing for GEJ's assumption.
Was she in any way out of Turai's kitchen all through?

How can you so easily forget OBJ's advice to absentee YarAdua to resign after returning from his visit to the late former president in sick bed.
Which ibo person was allowed anywhere near YarAdua?

What about the Save Nigeria Group protests led by Tunde Bakare?

What of Wole Soyinka's deployment of his international connections?

What about the efforts of Femi Falana and the rest?

You ibos have short memory. A short while and you'll attempt to take the credit for Buhari's victory.
Maybe in a 100yrs' time, you'll claim Nigeria-Biafra civil war ended in a stalemate if not a decisive Biafra victory because of Gowon' 'No Victor, No Vanquished' statement.

In essence, you are a dullard!

did all this bla bla bla you are ranting made GEJ the acting president?...The answer is no..Only Dora's submission changed the equation instantly.. So I tell you again, stop lying to your fellow gullible minds..

EUROBOMBER:
With the way things are going it is looking like Nigeria belongs to the North especially now that they were able to seize power from Jonathan this year as they boasted earlier.

Imagine planning to install another Hausa/fulani as Senate majority leader to work with Buhari also from the core north.

who is to blame? The SE and the SS didnt return a single ranking senator back.on the platform of Apc. There is nothing fishy in the sharing. The Apc is making do with what they have,

omenka:
I don't support this.

Lolz... Post-May29th Nigeria would be interesting for sure

By d way, leaving aside this Yerima angle which may just be either anoda media propaganda and/or political posturing by so interests, I hope you have taken full cognizance of the how una (APC) have shared all the top positions :

President-- NORTHWEST; Vice president-- SOUTHWEST; Senate President-- NORTHEAST; Speaker-- SOUTHWEST; Chief Justice-- NORTHWEST (although this one is statutory).
These are the 5 TOP positions in the country by the way.

And particularly in the Senate which is the main institution been talked about here:

Senate President-- NORTHEAST; Deputy Senate President--NORTHCENTRAL; Senate Leader-- SOUTHWEST or NORTHWEST.
And those are the TOP 3 positions in the Senate by the way.

Una dey try no be small .....

taharqa:
Lolz... Post-May29th Nigeria would be interesting for sure

By d way, leaving aside this Yerima angle which may just be either anoda media propaganda and/or political posturing by so interests, I hope you have taken full cognizance of the how una (APC) have shared all the top positions :

President-- NORTHWEST; Vice president-- SOUTHWEST; Senate President-- NORTHEAST; Speaker-- SOUTHWEST; Chief Justice-- NORTHWEST (although this one is statutory).
These are the 5 TOP positions in the country by the way.

And particularly in the Senate which is the main institution been talked about here:

Senate President-- NORTHEAST; Deputy Senate President--NORTHCENTRAL; Senate Leader-- SOUTHWEST or NORTHWEST.
And those are the TOP 3 positions in the Senate by the way.

Una dey try no be small .....

Errrm, how do you propose they be shared

aminho:
how is he a child molester?because he married a 13 year old girl?maybe some of you guys are doing worst

. Bleep U

Rexphobia:
The game of Thrones.... Power belongs to the king of the North... He can do whatever he likes with it.






In other news, I think we should organise a census, we really need to know the number of people in the North and by extension, in Nigeria. Why? They may just continue to decide for the majority of Nigerian with this bloc voting tendency...



I dare say, weighted average of votes may be considered

I absolutely concur.
The next census needs to be under strict rules and the results adjudged as accurate as possible.
This is the time to know know

CyberWolf:
did all this bla bla bla you are ranting made GEJ the acting president?...The answer is no..Only Dora's submission changed the equation instantly.. So I tell you again, stop lying to your fellow gullible minds..

Which nonsense submissions are you talking about and to whom were they made?

Stop living in denial.

ibos were patient observers all through.
Vincent Ogbulafor (the then PDP chairman) was totally against GEJ's ascension. How could Dora be contradicting him?

Even GEJ knows Yorubas were most instrumental to his emergence as acting President.

VirginFinder:
God bless you my dear!

Yorubas virtually betrayed the north (it was the turn of the north based on zoning) in order to enable GEJ emerge both as acting president in 2010 and substantive president in 2011. At the time, SS and SE merely looked on.
What did we get in return?
Gross marginaliation.GEJ literarily worshipped the core north and SE to the detriment of the SW.

The northern Christians and middlebelters who supported GEJ in 2011 also paid dearly for it in the hands of Boko Haram and Fulani insurgents with GEJ playing politics with their lives all the way just to please the core north.

In the end, it didnt matter!

Reali?? The SE and SS merely looked on in 2010/2011?? And GEJ marginalized the SW, I presume in terms of political appointments, right??

But if am not mistaken, it was Oga Tinubu, a Yoruba who led his Yoruba lawmakers from the Southwest to prevent their fellow Yoruba from becoming the Speaker of the HOR even when GEJ and PDP fought for the position to be given to the SW. It was these Yoruba guys who collaborated with some Northerners and gave the position to Tambuwal a Northerner. All for political cum financial expediency.

I thought that was what happened but then again rewriting history is allowed sha. Esp after attaining one's aims (so it would seem)

fitzmayowa:
Cradle robber as majority leader, we are in trouble in this country...SMH

In a sane country people like yerima should be cooling down in jail, not rewarded politically...SMH

That's the change you Nigerians voted for and you must have it.
Sai yerima for Senate president!
Allahu is great!

omenka:
Errrm, how do you propose they be shared

No proposald from me o.... I was just asking if you have taken note of it. Just checking

ArodeTsolaye:
That's the change you Nigerians voted for and you must have it.
Sai yerima for Senate president!
Allahu is great!

Nigeria isn't a secular state, but Islamic!

taharqa:
Reali?? The SE and SE merely looked on in 2010/2011?? And GEJ marginalized the SW, I presume in terms of political appointments, right??

But if am not mistaken, it was Oga Tinubu, a Yoruba who lead his Yoruba lawmakers from the Southwest to prevent their fellow Yoruba from becoming the Speaker of the HOR even when GEJ and PDP fought for the position to be given to the SW. It was these Yoruba guys who collaborated with some Northerners and gave the position

Actually, SS & SE looked on in 2010 when GEJ was prevented by Turai from acting as President. In 2011, absence of PVC and card readers ensured the elections were flawlessly rigged in GEJ's favour in both regions.

At least, you agree SW got very few appointments from GEJ.

Didnt the SE & SS reps also vote for Tambuwal as speaker?

edogirl2:
The only answer to this is for the SS and SE to work with the SW. Before people rain curses , they should know the following:


1. Without working with the SW, the SS in particular is doomed to receiving just crumbs from Northern Presidents

2. The hatred some Southern people have for the SW is misplaced and totally unjustified. What exactly has the SW ever done against the SS?

3. I live in Lagos, and even in the SW state where my sister is (not Lagos), all the radio or TV stations have SS and Igbos presenters, some even reading Yoruba news! Their civil service nko? Yorubas are very tolerant and will accommodate & propagate our long term political interest far better than a core Northerner. But people just don't want to accept it becos of some tale their uncles told them about Awolowo during the war.

So, Awolowo of 1970 = SW of 2015?


We need to approach issues with our head rather than our heart.


LET US ENGAGE WITH THE SW or face eternal political slavery.

my dear cease these words your foistering here, it makes no sense.I have said this before and am saying it again Sw is not the only region that host other tribes.
Take a journey down to Uyo they are immensely there heading top positions in the oil company, construction company, radio stations e.t.c likewise in Enugu where I have seen a good number of them as OAPs.
Please quit making it sound as if your region alone is the harbour island we have in Nigeria.

Okehjp:
Is Nigeria truly one?

nope cause some region feels highly sophisticated than the others and the other highly populated than the others.

Comments so far is a testament to the fact that our patriotism are to our regions and not the nation Nigeria.

Only true federalism can attempt to save Nigeria. Our divisions are obvious and we are not scared to be vocal about it.

Sooner or later.... For which I guess sooner, we will have no option than to embrace this federalism we have neglected for too long but probably amidst choas.

Yerima to become the next senate president

fitzmayowa:
Cradle robber as majority leader, we are in trouble in this country...SMH

In a sane country people like yerima should be cooling down in jail, not rewarded politically...SMH

Buhari shld also be serving a life sentence for overthrowing a democratically elected govt.

This man stil be senator? I hear say em give 8year old gal belle na true??

And the change is here...I weep!

As a Northerner, I would have say this is unfair, but after my research. I have no reason to go against this zoning agreement. The SS and SE clearly should be blame their politicians and their citizens for this. They don't have any Senator in APC. I guess giving SS the position of Deputy Speaker is fair, since they have two APC rep.
This is how the incoming Country's leadership with look like;

President ----- North West
Vice President ----- South West
Senate President---- North Central
Speaker ------ South West
Deputy Senate President ---- North East
Deputy Speaker ---- South South
Chief Justice ------ North East
The biggest losers in this arrangement is the South East. Clearly the are the enemy of themselves.
They have already in a sinking ship. But putting their hope in PDP.
North West will forever remain the most powerful political zone in this country.
Even in this clueless administration. North West occupy the position of Vice President and Speaker HOR.
Well, Nigeria is country dominated by North westerns. Nobody can alter this simple fact.