₦airaland Forum

MizMyColi:
Work beckons.
I will mostly be on viewing mode now.
You can keep your mentions coming.
For those who are pained, take Paracetamol for instant relief.

MizMyColi:
Mr Woman, why not go and tell punch to stick their nose where issues truly matter.

Metuh did not call a press conference, Metuh did not invite punch either.

Lawd knows who sent Punch to carry out the investigation. I sense it must be one paid APC chieftain.

I wonder why Punch didn't do this kind of investigation when APC didn't put up Jona's portrait.
Don't you wonder too?

Meiji:
What lie am I spewing? Take note - my issue is not even the fact that Buhari's portrait is not on their office (I couldn't care less), the issue is the public admission. Olisa Metuh, by his public admission of the matter has further eroded his party's reputation in the eyes of Nigerians.

He should have said "no comment" and let Punch run with the news like that.

“We will never hang his portrait in this office, because President Buhari is not known to our party. He is not a leader of our party and therefore we will never put his portrait here. We are a political party, very partisan and therefore, we are not going to hide that,”

When asked whether the party was taking its own pound of flesh, Metuh said no but that since Buhari “is not a member of our party, we won’t put his portrait here.”

etenyong:
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has refused to hang the official portrait of President Muhammadu Buhari at the party’s national secretariat, checks by The PUNCH have revealed.

Over 100 days after the President assumed office, the PDP has yet to hang his portrait at any of the offices in its Wadata House national secretariat, located at Zone 5, Abuja.

The party has also said it would never put Buhari’s portraits on its walls though it has removed that of the former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who ruled on the platform of the PDP.

“We will never hang his portrait in this office, because President Buhari is not known to our party. He is not a leader of our party and therefore we will never put his portrait here. We are a political party, very partisan and therefore, we are not going to hide that,” National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, told our correspondent on the telephone on Tuesday.

Jonathan was also the presidential candidate of the former ruling party during the last general election but he was defeated by Buhari, who was the presidential candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress.

The defeat was the first to be suffered by the PDP since the return of democracy in 1999.

Before now, the party has always been hanging the portraits of all the Presidents at the party’s reception area as well as the National Executive Committee and National Working Committee halls within the secretariat.

Metuh said the APC also did not hang the portrait of Jonthan in its offices before the former President was defeated in the March 28 election.

“Can you find out if the APC had the portrait of former President Jonathan in their office before he was defeated? That is just it,” he told our correspondent.

When asked whether the party was taking its own pound of flesh, Metuh said no but that since Buhari “is not a member of our party, we won’t put his portrait here.”

The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Lai Mohammed, expressed shock at Metuh’s comment.

“This is ridiculous and we have no comment. Let Nigerians judge the PDP on this matter,” Mohammed said.

He said the PDP spokesman had a shallow understanding of the concept of opposition politics.

Meanwhile, work has stopped at the new secretariat of the PDP, located in the Central Business District, Abuja.

Investigations by our correspondent indicated that contractors handling the project were only doing skeletal jobs at the site.

When our correspondent visited the site on Tuesday, there was no visible job being done at the site.

It was gathered that the cost of the project was put at N11.5bn when it was awarded some years ago. At completion, the building is expected to have 12 floors, with two other floors serving as the car park.

The party had claimed that the project was being financed from levies and contributions from members.

When a fund-raising dinner was organised a few years ago, the party was able to realise about N5bn, and the project, which started more than four years ago, was to be delivered in 126 weeks.

The former National Chairman of the party, under whose leadership the project commenced, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, had then said that the complex, when completed, would strengthen the capacity of the PDP to discharge its role effectively in Africa.

The party had claimed on January 5, 2015 that it was going to spend part of the N21.8bn it realised from the party’s fund-raising on the party’s secretariat.

A former Minister for Information and the Chairman of the party’s Fund-raising Committee, Prof. Jerry Gana, had said the money donated to the PDP was not meant for the campaign of the defeated Jonathan alone.
www.punchng.com/news/well-never-hang-buharis-portrait-in-our-offices-pdp/

2n2k:
I agree with MizMyColi in her line of argument. It was Punch that observed the missing portrait and tried to verify from Metuh. When Metuh challenged the Punch to find out from APC whether GEJ portrait was hanged by APC, the Punch should have specifically and explicitly asked Lai about that. Instead, it only went to report its findings in PDP secretariat to Lai.

Hanging of the portrait of the high officers of the state is just a convention not backed by law. Courts in Nigeria even Supreme Court stopped hanging the President's portraits in the courtrooms since 1988 under IBB regime when Gani and Falana challenged the practice saying they would not get justice against IBB with his portrait starring down at the judge.

Between 1979 and 1999, Ahmadu Bello University refused to include the portrait of Obasanjo (as military head of state) among the portraits of former heads of state in its Senate building. Heaven did not fall.

2n2k:
I agree with MizMyColi in her line of argument. It was Punch that observed the missing portrait and tried to verify from Metuh. When Metuh challenged the Punch to find out from APC whether GEJ portrait was hanged by APC, the Punch should have specifically and explicitly asked Lai about that. Instead, it only went to report its findings in PDP secretariat to Lai.

Hanging of the portrait of the high officers of the state is just a convention not backed by law. Courts in Nigeria even Supreme Court stopped hanging the President's portraits in the courtrooms since 1988 under IBB regime when Gani and Falana challenged the practice saying they would not get justice against IBB with his portrait starring down at the judge.

Between 1979 and 1999, Ahmadu Bello University refused to include the portrait of Obasanjo (as military head of state) among the portraits of former heads of state in its Senate building. Heaven did not fall.

etenyong:
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has refused to hang the official portrait of President Muhammadu Buhari at the party’s national secretariat, checks by The PUNCH have revealed.

Over 100 days after the President assumed office, the PDP has yet to hang his portrait at any of the offices in its Wadata House national secretariat, located at Zone 5, Abuja.

The party has also said it would never put Buhari’s portraits on its walls though it has removed that of the former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who ruled on the platform of the PDP.

“We will never hang his portrait in this office, because President Buhari is not known to our party. He is not a leader of our party and therefore we will never put his portrait here. We are a political party, very partisan and therefore, we are not going to hide that,” National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, told our correspondent on the telephone on Tuesday.

Jonathan was also the presidential candidate of the former ruling party during the last general election but he was defeated by Buhari, who was the presidential candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress.

The defeat was the first to be suffered by the PDP since the return of democracy in 1999.

Before now, the party has always been hanging the portraits of all the Presidents at the party’s reception area as well as the National Executive Committee and National Working Committee halls within the secretariat.

Metuh said the APC also did not hang the portrait of Jonthan in its offices before the former President was defeated in the March 28 election.

“Can you find out if the APC had the portrait of former President Jonathan in their office before he was defeated? That is just it,” he told our correspondent.

When asked whether the party was taking its own pound of flesh, Metuh said no but that since Buhari “is not a member of our party, we won’t put his portrait here.”

The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Lai Mohammed, expressed shock at Metuh’s comment.

“This is ridiculous and we have no comment. Let Nigerians judge the PDP on this matter,” Mohammed said.

He said the PDP spokesman had a shallow understanding of the concept of opposition politics.

Meanwhile, work has stopped at the new secretariat of the PDP, located in the Central Business District, Abuja.

Investigations by our correspondent indicated that contractors handling the project were only doing skeletal jobs at the site.

When our correspondent visited the site on Tuesday, there was no visible job being done at the site.

It was gathered that the cost of the project was put at N11.5bn when it was awarded some years ago. At completion, the building is expected to have 12 floors, with two other floors serving as the car park.

The party had claimed that the project was being financed from levies and contributions from members.

When a fund-raising dinner was organised a few years ago, the party was able to realise about N5bn, and the project, which started more than four years ago, was to be delivered in 126 weeks.

The former National Chairman of the party, under whose leadership the project commenced, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, had then said that the complex, when completed, would strengthen the capacity of the PDP to discharge its role effectively in Africa.

The party had claimed on January 5, 2015 that it was going to spend part of the N21.8bn it realised from the party’s fund-raising on the party’s secretariat.

A former Minister for Information and the Chairman of the party’s Fund-raising Committee, Prof. Jerry Gana, had said the money donated to the PDP was not meant for the campaign of the defeated Jonathan alone.
www.punchng.com/news/well-never-hang-buharis-portrait-in-our-offices-pdp/

Firefire:
Childish...

I have the portrait already in my office.

General Mohamodu Buhari is the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and nothing anyone can do about that irrespective of our political differences.

He may be slow, we may attack him objectively to put him on his toes, but he remains the president.

Btw: No law compel anyone to hang any ones portrait. If you like hang Lucifer's portrait, it's a free world.

So, this is non-issue to me.

God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria

God bless the President.

The labour of our heroes past: Shall never be in vain...

Dexema:
Bros! U don see lucifer pix before? Just incase u have a copy abeg mail am to me,therz money to be made.

etenyong:
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has refused to hang the official portrait of President Muhammadu Buhari at the party’s national secretariat, checks by The PUNCH have revealed.

Over 100 days after the President assumed office, the PDP has yet to hang his portrait at any of the offices in its Wadata House national secretariat, located at Zone 5, Abuja.

The party has also said it would never put Buhari’s portraits on its walls though it has removed that of the former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who ruled on the platform of the PDP.

“We will never hang his portrait in this office, because President Buhari is not known to our party. He is not a leader of our party and therefore we will never put his portrait here. We are a political party, very partisan and therefore, we are not going to hide that,” National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, told our correspondent on the telephone on Tuesday.

Jonathan was also the presidential candidate of the former ruling party during the last general election but he was defeated by Buhari, who was the presidential candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress.

The defeat was the first to be suffered by the PDP since the return of democracy in 1999.

Before now, the party has always been hanging the portraits of all the Presidents at the party’s reception area as well as the National Executive Committee and National Working Committee halls within the secretariat.

Metuh said the APC also did not hang the portrait of Jonthan in its offices before the former President was defeated in the March 28 election.

“Can you find out if the APC had the portrait of former President Jonathan in their office before he was defeated? That is just it,” he told our correspondent.

When asked whether the party was taking its own pound of flesh, Metuh said no but that since Buhari “is not a member of our party, we won’t put his portrait here.”

The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Lai Mohammed, expressed shock at Metuh’s comment.

“This is ridiculous and we have no comment. Let Nigerians judge the PDP on this matter,” Mohammed said.

He said the PDP spokesman had a shallow understanding of the concept of opposition politics.

Meanwhile, work has stopped at the new secretariat of the PDP, located in the Central Business District, Abuja.

Investigations by our correspondent indicated that contractors handling the project were only doing skeletal jobs at the site.

When our correspondent visited the site on Tuesday, there was no visible job being done at the site.

It was gathered that the cost of the project was put at N11.5bn when it was awarded some years ago. At completion, the building is expected to have 12 floors, with two other floors serving as the car park.

The party had claimed that the project was being financed from levies and contributions from members.

When a fund-raising dinner was organised a few years ago, the party was able to realise about N5bn, and the project, which started more than four years ago, was to be delivered in 126 weeks.

The former National Chairman of the party, under whose leadership the project commenced, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, had then said that the complex, when completed, would strengthen the capacity of the PDP to discharge its role effectively in Africa.

The party had claimed on January 5, 2015 that it was going to spend part of the N21.8bn it realised from the party’s fund-raising on the party’s secretariat.

A former Minister for Information and the Chairman of the party’s Fund-raising Committee, Prof. Jerry Gana, had said the money donated to the PDP was not meant for the campaign of the defeated Jonathan alone.
www.punchng.com/news/well-never-hang-buharis-portrait-in-our-offices-pdp/

realborn:
PDP's decay rate is faster than expected. The party's woes are more than that of a prodigal child. The continuous wailing by the leadership is ridiculous.

They obviously did not save anything from their loots in cash or kind for the rainy day. No cohesion. A party disorganized in less than 100 days of losing power. Shame!

I think they should study Tinubu's style of politics, take out the chaff, consolidate on the positives if they want a near rebound in 2019. Else it will be a show of disgrace. The party may end up being too broke to fund any electoral activity.

Hanging PMB's portrait concerns them alone. The party's secretariat is of no importance to Nigerians!

cccxxiii:
Again, PDP squanders yet another golden opportunity to warm itself into the heart of Nigerians.

Either you hang it or not, it doesn't the change the reality. And the reality is that Mr Buhari is the President of Nigeria. -lawfully elected and widely accepted.

Practices such as this coming from an opposition is not healthy for democracy.

This is a negation of PDP's promise to Nigerians to provide quality,crisp and useful opposition which would help keep the government on its toes and strengthen our nascent democracy.

Again, if you have decided to follow suit in what you allegedly said the APC did(as it were), so how then can you tell Nigerians the PDP is different from the APC?

I stand by the first statement, a golden opportunity squandered by the PDP

Kennydoc:
No party would lose presidency and still be very strong in Nigeria or even Africa, considering the kind of politics we play, lack of real party ideologies and the ease of defections. It's expected, cos many politicians clinged to PDP solely because they were in power. If APC loses tomorrow, a worse fate would even befall them cos even as the ruling party, they are not united. PDP during it's heyday didn't have as many factions as APC does currently. Let there just be a real crack in the fabrics of APC, and see the party collapse at the national level.

Regional or state politics is a different ball game. PDP may be failing at the national level, but it is still a very potent force in the south east and south south. The Tinubu factor you mentioned only becomes applicable when considering south west APC. Tinubu doesn't have what it takes to hold APC at the national level.
Hope the turn out of things so far has shown you that APC North (CPC + ANPP) is completely different from APC South West (ACN).

realborn:
I agree with most of your views. However, the APC shows that there was a concerted conscious strategy to hold the Party together for a cause, " to wrestle power from PDP", which they achieved.

PDP must in similar vein develop a strategy to reclaim the mantle in 2019. The process may start from understanding the root cause of their loss beyond chanting propaganda. Secondly, there is a need to study what APC did to win. Lastly, need to study what the electorate wants and temperament of same.

I agree with you that APC needs to check their supposed alliance before it consumes them. You may read my article below on this subject:

https://www.nairaland.com/2407522/opinion-apc-polygamous-conglomerate

I understand that this is a public forum and as such have a right to quote anyone I may.
Still, let me ask for permission to wade in
I prefer to mingle with political discussants who aren't heavily partisan.

The part where you mentioned "what APC did to win" got me.
Infact, the three points you put down all boils down to one thing.
The media and Sensationalism.
I will also like to submit here, that while a typical Pro-APC will like to waive off the "Propaganda" charm...It did play a huge part, which leads me to the sensationalism I was on about earlier.

You see, in Nigeria....I have made peace with the fact that there are Kingmakers.
And when they anoint a candidate, the onus lies on their Hench men to employ whatever means necessary to sell such individual to the Nigerian populace.
The media played and still plays a major role in all these.

This is where I blame the leadership of the PDP, it is either Jona (bless his kind soul) was tired of leadership and hence was distributing money to all and sundry to do the bulk of the work for him, without really getting people sold in on his vision to rule again (if he did, FFK would be nowhere near PDP) or the PDP played a crass annoying game of arrogance, highfalutiness, redundancy and negligence. OR the elections were rigged.

That said, I see a restructuring going on in PDP, I see them entering the game with a different kind of machinery and front....The youths.
Depending on their (the youths and the party) sincerity of purpose, and APC's heavy dependence on media machinery, things could either pan out really well for them or go really south.

Besides
With what I hear is going on at the HQ, and how sincere they are at revamping and restructuring....I just might get a PDP card and put my money where my mouth is.

etenyong:
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has refused to hang the official portrait of President Muhammadu Buhari at the party’s national secretariat, checks by The PUNCH have revealed.

Over 100 days after the President assumed office, the PDP has yet to hang his portrait at any of the offices in its Wadata House national secretariat, located at Zone 5, Abuja.

The party has also said it would never put Buhari’s portraits on its walls though it has removed that of the former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who ruled on the platform of the PDP.

“We will never hang his portrait in this office, because President Buhari is not known to our party. He is not a leader of our party and therefore we will never put his portrait here. We are a political party, very partisan and therefore, we are not going to hide that,” National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, told our correspondent on the telephone on Tuesday.

Jonathan was also the presidential candidate of the former ruling party during the last general election but he was defeated by Buhari, who was the presidential candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress.

The defeat was the first to be suffered by the PDP since the return of democracy in 1999.

Before now, the party has always been hanging the portraits of all the Presidents at the party’s reception area as well as the National Executive Committee and National Working Committee halls within the secretariat.

Metuh said the APC also did not hang the portrait of Jonthan in its offices before the former President was defeated in the March 28 election.

“Can you find out if the APC had the portrait of former President Jonathan in their office before he was defeated? That is just it,” he told our correspondent.

When asked whether the party was taking its own pound of flesh, Metuh said no but that since Buhari “is not a member of our party, we won’t put his portrait here.”

The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Lai Mohammed, expressed shock at Metuh’s comment.

“This is ridiculous and we have no comment. Let Nigerians judge the PDP on this matter,” Mohammed said.

He said the PDP spokesman had a shallow understanding of the concept of opposition politics.

Meanwhile, work has stopped at the new secretariat of the PDP, located in the Central Business District, Abuja.

Investigations by our correspondent indicated that contractors handling the project were only doing skeletal jobs at the site.

When our correspondent visited the site on Tuesday, there was no visible job being done at the site.

It was gathered that the cost of the project was put at N11.5bn when it was awarded some years ago. At completion, the building is expected to have 12 floors, with two other floors serving as the car park.

The party had claimed that the project was being financed from levies and contributions from members.

When a fund-raising dinner was organised a few years ago, the party was able to realise about N5bn, and the project, which started more than four years ago, was to be delivered in 126 weeks.

The former National Chairman of the party, under whose leadership the project commenced, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, had then said that the complex, when completed, would strengthen the capacity of the PDP to discharge its role effectively in Africa.

The party had claimed on January 5, 2015 that it was going to spend part of the N21.8bn it realised from the party’s fund-raising on the party’s secretariat.

A former Minister for Information and the Chairman of the party’s Fund-raising Committee, Prof. Jerry Gana, had said the money donated to the PDP was not meant for the campaign of the defeated Jonathan alone.
www.punchng.com/news/well-never-hang-buharis-portrait-in-our-offices-pdp/

realborn:
I agree with most of your views. However, the APC shows that there was a concerted conscious strategy to hold the Party together for a cause, " to wrestle power from PDP", which they achieved.

PDP must in similar vein develop a strategy to reclaim the mantle in 2019. The process may start from understanding the root cause of their loss beyond chanting propaganda. Secondly, there is a need to study what APC did to win. Lastly, need to study what the electorate wants and temperament of same.

I agree with you that APC needs to check their supposed alliance before it consumes them. You may read my article below on this subject:

https://www.nairaland.com/2407522/opinion-apc-polygamous-conglomerate