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Ayoefa:
They will NOT be able to inflate this time around. They inflated all over SE and SS. That will NOT happen again.


4+4=NEXT LEVEL

You are right I don’t think so either.SS and SE will be militarized and thousands will be disenfranchised

hisexcellency34:
Keyamo said nobody can divide President Buhari's votes in the North. Can he still say that with the crowd in Kano for Atiku yesterday?

Stop being stupiid.

Did the Kano rally divide Buhari's votes?

There are 5 million voters in Kano.

All the people in that rally were not more than 100,000.

That's 2%.

Buhari will win.

hisexcellency34:
Keyamo said nobody can divide President Buhari's votes in the North. Can he still say that with the crowd in Kano for Atiku yesterday?

Crowd here crowd there...... elections are not won by who pulls the most crowd. but parties are looking at the crowd. very wrong analysis.


Elections are won by "who rig pass". both parties are bracing up for rigging.

mknigeriagreat:
Bubu all the way and this analogy below sweetens me.


Multiplier effect of corruption

1. A young man works for one of the state ministries. His salary is 120K. He makes 15,000 everyday on this desk (N75k a week) engaging in corrupt practices. As a result, he spends the daily cash as he cares. Living large and far above his legitimate income.

2. He visits the local joint every evening and buys drinks for friends, and area boys. They hail him. He is married, but has two girlfriends. His "income" is enough to take care of them. The Asun seller at his favorite joint is happy, the joint owner is happy.

3. Everyone was benefiting from his "income". Friends, family, area boys, joint owner, Asun seller, girlfriends, wife and his church. Life was good.

4. Then suddenly the ministry implemented the Treasury Single Account (TSA) at the beginning of PMB administration. His extra "income" disappeared and he had to adjust to the reality of event and live within his real income. That wasn't easy.

5. Initially he reduced his daily visit to the joint to 3 days a week and stopped buying drinks for everyone. He reduced he plates of Asun. The Asun seller started to find it hard to sell a full goat each day and resorted to buy half.

6. The young man's girlfriends started to feel the heat too. No more iPhone 10. The joint owner noticed a drop in sales. The young man finally stopped visiting the joint after a month. The area boys started feeling his absence. The effect cascaded down.

7. The young man started spending more time at home with his wife and kids. The family had to readjust to the reality of the new normal. His hair stylist noticed the young man suddenly stopped tipping. He will even wait for his N200 change after haircut.

8. Things are different. Times are hard, they all cry. The young man is blaming Buhari, his wife is blaming Buhari, the area boys are blaming Buhari, the girlfriends are saying Buhari must go, the joint owner is saying Buhari killed the "economy"

9. The Asun seller is cursing Buhari, the hair stylist is insisting Buhari is too old to rule. This is the story of our nation where corruption fuels the "economy". Those who are not engaging in it are benefiting from it.

10. This tread is not about Buhari's achievement or failure, but rather about the "multiplier" effect of corruption and how we have built a system largely driven by corruption. It's about policy implication (good or bad). It's about the choices we have made.

Finally, the young man had to withdraw his kids from what he called expensive primary school his kids attend. He added:"what are they teaching them there sef " Obasanjo didn't go to a private school. I just laughed

My Take:
Most of the so called rich men and women in Nigeria before now were feeding fat on the populace, imaging a level 15 officer in a state ministry sponsoring two of his/her children's education in Europe but when TSA came to effect, free money dried up but Buhari was blamed for the inability to fund children in Europe! Awon ole jati -jati, ofan a je l'oju onile.

s achievement or failure, but rather about the


Imagine how pleasant the earth would be if your momma had swallow, or miscarried you. You shouldn't glorify poverty. Even till today, people still take bribe. It's a thing. It's even been on the increase. Never have the youth been interested in making illegitimate money until this government came on board.

So what exactly is Buhari fighting? What corruption?

You see you're just an idiot.

hisexcellency34:
Keyamo said nobody can divide President Buhari's votes in the North. Can he still say that with the crowd in Kano for Atiku yesterday?

What about the crowd in Kano? With good money anybody will do the same.

The crowd that gathered for the senatorial campaign of okorocha was three times what gathered for the IMO APC presidential campaign.

Atiku is a desperate man and he understands the power of money. He buys all things that are buyable.
That not withstanding, I still don't see how INEC will declare PDP winner when the results are out. Crowds will gather for rallies, but very many Nigerians are not stupid to vote PDP for president on Sat

chloride6:
No anxiety anywhere..

Atiku will congratulate Buhari before 2pm on Saturday.

Insha Allah!

Its obvious from the records, that PMB cannot go anywhere this time. Pmb is ready with his cabals to rig the election with the INEC CHAIRMAN in collaboration with the force agencies, but my fear is the after election wahala that will be caused by the incubent, i urge the incubent to emulate his predecessor Good luck Jonathan. God bless Nigerians.

tesppidd:
Stop being stupiid.

Did the Kano rally divide Buhari's votes?

There are 5 million voters in Kano.

All the people in that rally were not more than 100,000.

That's 2%.

Hence its also stupid to say Buhari has won the election based on the crowd that came out for him since they are less than 5% of the state population.

HeyCorleone:
s achievement or failure, but rather about the


Imagine how pleasant the earth would be if your momma had swallow, or miscarried you. You shouldn't glorify poverty. Even till today, people still take bribe. It's a thing. It's even been on the increase. Never have the youth been interested in making illegitimate money until this government came on board.

So what exactly is Buhari fighting? What corruption?

You see you're just an idiot.

Laffssss. The moment I see anyone that can't have a very understanding and objective conversation without ending up making abuses and curses, I move away. So I just did.

Atiku all the way

mknigeriagreat:
Laffssss. The moment I see anyone that can't have a very understanding and objective conversation without ending up making abuses and curses, I move away. So I just did.

You don't expect me to have a conversation without insulting your lots. The rhetoric y'all bandy is sickening. You talk as if Buhari has done a lot, and as if anything has changed at all. Which is a lie. We still import rice. The last rice you ate was imported, and you know it. Nothing has changed. Everything is the same, or even worse off.

So there's no reason why he needs come back.

nairavsdollars:
Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos

This weekend, precisely on February 16, 84 million registered voters in Nigeria will troop out to make one of the most important decisions in the history of the nation – the election of a new President and Commander-in- Chief of the Armed Forces, who will pilot the affairs of the nation for another four years.

The election, the sixth presidential election since the return of Nigeria to democratic system of government in 1999 is a crucial one given the fact that it is a choice between continuity, which the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is canvassing and change, as espoused by the major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Aside political parties, Nigerians will also take their destinies in their hands as they choose between President Muhammadu Buhari, the APC candidate and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice-President between 1999 and 2003, who is running on the platform of the PDP. As Bloomberg described it, the election “is a choice between a former dictator and alleged kleptocrat”.

However, not to be ruled out is the threat by other political parties, whose candidates have proven to Nigerians that they are the best alternative to the APC and PDP. These are Kingsley Moghalu, ex- deputy governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) of the Young Progressive Party (YPP); Omoyele Sowore, a former student activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters of African Action Congress (AAC); Fela Durotoye of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN); Gbenga Olawepo- Hashim, a former publicity secretary of the PDP, who is running on the platform of the Peoples Trust (PT), the party endorsed by a coalition of Nigeria’s Civil Society Organisations also known as the ‘Third Force’ movement.

Owing to the crisis within its fold, the leadership of Social Democratic Party (SDP) has already pulled out of the race and has adopted President Buhari as its consensus candidate. The Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) had also adopted Buhari following the withdrawal of its presidential candidate, Oby Ezekwesili. It is expected that within the week, other political parties will also pitch their tent with either the APC or PDP.

‘Atiku’s Last Chance’

Many political watchers and analysts believe that the 2019 presidential election will be the last chance for Atiku given his age. By February 16, Atiku would have clocked 72. Were he to contest and lose again, he would be 76 by 2023 when another presidential election will hold. If he wins, he may, however, seek reelection in 2023, which is allowed by the constitution.

A veteran politician of repute, Atiku is no stranger to contesting presidential elections. In 1992, he contested the presidential primary on the platform the Social Democratic Party (SDP) but lost out to late Chief MKO Abiola. Following the failure of his boss, former President Olusegun Obasanjo to handover to him after the expiration of his tenure, Atiku sought the presidency again in the 2007 general election on the platform of the Action Congress (AC), but came third behind the PDP’s candidate, the late Umaru Yar’Adua, who won the election, and the All Nigeria Peoples Party’s candidate (ANPP), Muhammadu Buhari, who came second.

Undaunted, Atiku contested the PDP presidential primary ticket in 2011 but lost out to former President Goodluck Jonathan, who took over as President following Yar’Adua’s demise.

In December 2014, Atiku, then a member of the APC also contested but lost in the party’s presidential primary to Buhari, who eventually won the presidential election in 2015. Now, he stands a better chance contesting on the platform of the PDP, the nation’s major opposition party, which lost out in 2015 after a 16-year dominance.

Having experienced what the APC can deliver in the last four years, millions Nigerians who felt things were better economically under the PDP government see Atiku as a beacon of hope.

Atiku has not minced words about his chances of defeating Buhari in a free, fair, contest.

“I will definitely beat him this time. He has wasted a lot of his massive goodwill. A lot of people are disgruntled but they are keeping quiet and lying low. Our youths are suffering terribly. They are even now being sold into slavery.

“Everyone knows my track record of inviting and attracting a good team and giving them the opportunity to work professionally. Nigerians are tired of leaders who cannot think big and work big,” he once said.

One of his strongest selling points is his promise that his administration will start the process of restructuring the country within six months of his inauguration. This has won him supports from various groups across the country such as Afenifere, Ohanaeze, PANDEF and other pro-restructuring groups.

Buhari’s Next Level On The Spotlight

President Buhari came to office in March 2015 with focus on three key areas namely, revamping the economy, tackling insecurity and war against corruption. Though the President’s media team and supporters of the APC have claimed that he has delivered on his promises, especially in these three key areas, some Nigerians believe the country has been worse off than how it was four years ago.

One of the misgivings Nigerians had against the President was his inability to hit the ground running in the formation of his cabinet. He was also plagued by ill health for a long time, which adversely affected the pace of his government. Now seeking re-election, the President has promised to take governance to the next level.

Recently, the President, while speaking the State House during the presentation of the book, “Nigeria on Firmer Ground, Towards Lasting Peace & Progress,” put together by the Presidential Media Team, declared that his administration has delivered on its promises made to Nigerians in 2015.

According to him, his administration is ready to do more by taking Nigeria to the Next Level of development, prosperity, peace and stability.

He said, “Coming just a week to the commencement of the 2019 general elections, there is no doubt that today’s event is very significant as the electorate is being offered more insights into the achievements of the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration since we came to office in 2015.

“From the accounts of all the earlier speakers and what can be gleaned from the book, supported by verifiable facts and figures on projects and programmes implemented in almost every state of the federation, it is clear that our administration has delivered substantially on our campaign promises.

“Riding on the wave of the Change Agenda, which we anchored on making positive impact in the three priority areas of security, economy and fighting corruption, I am convinced that we have made real progress and we are poised to do more by taking Nigeria to the Next Level of development, prosperity, peace and stability”.

Divided Votes

Unlike in 2015 when the presidential election was between a southerner represented by Goodluck Jonathan and a northerner (Buhari), the 2019 presidential election will prove to be a very exciting one because it is strictly a ‘Northern affair’. Both Atiku and Buhari are both Muslims with huge following in the North. While Buhari is from the North-West, precisely Katsina State, Atiku hails from Adamawa State in the North- East.

In a recent interview with DAILY INDEPENDENT, Festus Keyamo (SAN), spokesman of the President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, said Atiku can never have a share in the number of votes President Buhari had always scored in Northern Nigeria. He said, “ In 2011, we had four presidential candidates from the North. Nuhu Ribadu, Ibrahim Shekarau, Mahmud Waziri and Muhammadu Buhari. Did they divide Buhari’s votes? In fact, that was when he got 12 million votes from the North. Nobody can divide Buhari’s votes in the North”.

However, recent developments in the country did not support Keyamo’s claims. The Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), one of the popular elite pressure groups in the region, which supported Buhari in the 2015 election, recently said that the forum has dumped Buhari for another Northern presidential candidate.

According to the group’s convener, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, “Buhari was dumped because of his failure to fulfil the basic conditions they handed to him in 2015 when they rejected then president Goodluck Jonathan and elected him.

“Two of the conditions we gave Buhari upon his assumption of office were that he should take concrete steps to address the abject poverty and underdevelopment in the North and he has woefully failed to marginally address any of them,” he said.

Aside the North, both candidates will also battle for votes in other regions especially in the South- South and South East. These two zones were originally referred to as the stronghold of the PDP, but the APC in the last four years has made serious incursion which has culminated in the defection of some former PDP heavyweights such as Godswill Akpabio, former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, a former governor of Delta State, Ken Nnamani, a former Senate president and host of others.
https://www.independent.ng/buhari-or-atiku-crucial-week-for-nigerians/

. Iam not going to anything until the evening of February 16 when all results are coming in.....My epistle will will be posted on 17 February.....This election however reminds me of August 14 2014 Osun Election between APC and PDP.....Time will tell about the winner....Welcome on board Nigerians to the decisive week .

By hook or by crook? El Rufai's brother spotted!

ElsonMorali:
Atiku is losing this election. APC is winning the presidential election either by hook or by crook.

hisexcellency34:
Keyamo said nobody can divide President Buhari's votes in the North. Can he still say that with the crowd in Kano for Atiku yesterday?

there is something you must understand, the average Hausa man will not vote for an Igbo man on the ticket so all these crowd you are talking about is trash, sanusi, ganduje and major forces of the kwankwasiya movement are with buhari,

mknigeriagreat:
Bubu all the way and this analogy below sweetens me.


Multiplier effect of corruption

1. A young man works for one of the state ministries. His salary is 120K. He makes 15,000 everyday on this desk (N75k a week) engaging in corrupt practices. As a result, he spends the daily cash as he cares. Living large and far above his legitimate income.

2. He visits the local joint every evening and buys drinks for friends, and area boys. They hail him. He is married, but has two girlfriends. His "income" is enough to take care of them. The Asun seller at his favorite joint is happy, the joint owner is happy.

3. Everyone was benefiting from his "income". Friends, family, area boys, joint owner, Asun seller, girlfriends, wife and his church. Life was good.

4. Then suddenly the ministry implemented the Treasury Single Account (TSA) at the beginning of PMB administration. His extra "income" disappeared and he had to adjust to the reality of event and live within his real income. That wasn't easy.

5. Initially he reduced his daily visit to the joint to 3 days a week and stopped buying drinks for everyone. He reduced he plates of Asun. The Asun seller started to find it hard to sell a full goat each day and resorted to buy half.

6. The young man's girlfriends started to feel the heat too. No more iPhone 10. The joint owner noticed a drop in sales. The young man finally stopped visiting the joint after a month. The area boys started feeling his absence. The effect cascaded down.

7. The young man started spending more time at home with his wife and kids. The family had to readjust to the reality of the new normal. His hair stylist noticed the young man suddenly stopped tipping. He will even wait for his N200 change after haircut.

8. Things are different. Times are hard, they all cry. The young man is blaming Buhari, his wife is blaming Buhari, the area boys are blaming Buhari, the girlfriends are saying Buhari must go, the joint owner is saying Buhari killed the "economy"

9. The Asun seller is cursing Buhari, the hair stylist is insisting Buhari is too old to rule. This is the story of our nation where corruption fuels the "economy". Those who are not engaging in it are benefiting from it.

10. This tread is not about Buhari's achievement or failure, but rather about the "multiplier" effect of corruption and how we have built a system largely driven by corruption. It's about policy implication (good or bad). It's about the choices we have made.

Finally, the young man had to withdraw his kids from what he called expensive primary school his kids attend. He added:"what are they teaching them there sef " Obasanjo didn't go to a private school. I just laughed

My Take:
Most of the so called rich men and women in Nigeria before now were feeding fat on the populace, imaging a level 15 officer in a state ministry sponsoring two of his/her children's education in Europe but when TSA came to effect, free money dried up but Buhari was blamed for the inability to fund children in Europe! Awon ole jati -jati, ofan a je l'oju onile.

Not everyone is blaming Buhari for your analysis but then again, Nigerian economy needs an economic team with a good policies to revive a the country back to her feet.

Appointing incompetent ministers and delays in taking decisions affects the country. You need to read about the multiplier effect of money.

mknigeriagreat:
Who’s Policy is TSA? : answer is president Jonathan but Buhari's administration implemented it and it is working.

And never forget what president Buhari said when he came into office, he said no new projects until the outstanding ones are fully finished and implemented and that is what his government has done. And the truth is his administration has some loopholes and shortcomings but still better than the previous one and far better than what Atiku would bring.

Impressive, commendable, so please help me understand, TSA was not implemented according to the past Admin because of the heat up of Elections amongst others which also involved rolling out such policy Gradually, when this Admin came in and hurriedly implemented it, we all saw the non compliance by different Governments parastatals which is still ongoing.

On the other hand, you will agree with me that a man can only finish what has been started, If this Admin claims to not be interested in any new projects until those of the past admin are completed, why then do they discredit the past admin if this admin seees reasons to finish what they inherited? I would want to think of a person starts a project that has no economic importance, I wouldn’t want to continue in such precedence. Just like Wike has abandoned Amaechi’s Monorail Project that you will agree with me has no economic importance.

In conclusion, you have admitted that this Administration does nothing but ride on the waves of the past Admin, yet they claim the past admin did nothing. So what exactly is this Admin completing?


My question still stands. WHAT ANTI CORRUPTION POLICY HAS THIS ALMIGHTY CORRUPTION FIGHTER IMPLEMENTED TO CONTINUE HIS CORRUPTION FIGHT WHEN HE LEAVES OFFICE? EVEN HIS ALMIGHTY TOOL (EFCC) WAS A RESULT OF THE SAME PAST ADMIN. Answer my question and I will forever hold it.

ETHIX:
Not everyone is blaming Buhari for your analysis but then again, Nigerian economy needs an economic team with a good policies to revive a the country back to her feet.

Appointing incompetent ministers and delays in taking decisions affects the country. You need to read about the multiplier effect of money.

I really support your analogy and submission 100%. If he had done some things early, it wouldn't have a gotten this bad as well. One thing we take for granted in this part of the world is TIME. And it is a very essential commodity. I think he must have learnt his lessons and Osibanjo is driving it reasonably but they should do better and better if re-elected. I kind of prefer them to the Atiku government.

I HAVE COME INTO CONCLUSION THAT ANY HUMAN BEING SUPPORTING PMB IS PERPETUALLY BLIND AND NEED SPIRITUAL CLEANSING IMMEDIATELY BEFORE 16TH OF THIS MONTH.

Good question

Humility017:
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see how naughty you're....
had it been Jonathan rigged the election...would it have been possible for buhari to come on board...?
the biggest corruption and fraud will be rigging this forthcoming election

Ignoramus of the highest order. That yesterday's crowd not more than 100k? Anuofia

tesppidd:
Stop being stupiid.

Did the Kano rally divide Buhari's votes?

There are 5 million voters in Kano.

All the people in that rally were not more than 100,000.

That's 2%.

HeyCorleone:
You don't expect me to have a conversation without insulting your lots. The rhetoric y'all bandy is sickening. You talk as if Buhari has done a lot, and as if anything has changed at all. Which is a lie. We still import rice. The last rice you ate was imported, and you know it. Nothing has changed. Everything is the same, or even worse off.

So there's no reason why he needs come back.

Nice one. Have a nice day.

84million registered but not up to that amount of PVCs have been collected. People are disturbing INEC to release theirs while INEC is busy printing PVCs for Zombie kids in the north. We are under a political attack by the APC. God save Nigeria.

eddiebruk:
Impressive, commendable, so please help me understand, TSA was not implemented according to the past Admin because of the heat up of Elections amongst others which also involved rolling out such policy Gradually, when this Admin came in and hurriedly implemented it, we all saw the non compliance by different Governments parastatals which is still ongoing.

On the other hand, you will agree with me that a man can only finish what has been started, If this Admin claims to not be interested in any new projects until those of the past admin are completed, why then do they discredit the past admin if this admin seees reasons to finish what they inherited? I would want to think of a person starts a project that has no economic importance, I wouldn’t want to continue in such precedence. Just like Wike has abandoned Amaechi’s Monorail Project that you will agree with me has no economic importance.

In conclusion, you have admitted that this Administration does nothing but ride on the waves of the past Admin, yet they claim the past admin did nothing. So what exactly is this Admin completing?


My question still stands. WHAT ANTI CORRUPTION POLICY HAS THIS ALMIGHTY CORRUPTION FIGHTER IMPLEMENTED TO CONTINUE HIS CORRUPTION FIGHT WHEN HE LEAVES OFFICE? EVEN HIS ALMIGHTY TOOL (EFCC) WAS A RESULT OF THE SAME PAST ADMIN. Answer my question and I will forever hold it.

My answer still stands at implementing what the previous admin put in place. Kudos to the past admin for initiating them and thumbs up for this admin for not abandoning= them and implementing them.

Next Level, PMB for sure.

Agree with you

Akinz0126:
The North are very smart in the sense that they can see through the plan of SW...Buhari isn't that feet and should anything happens to buhari after his reelection, osibanjo will emerge as the president which will inturn spell doom for the 8 years the north intead to spend ruling...haven't said that, the north knows fully well that the SW don't love buhari that much buh because of their selfish intentions they Rather vote for him enmass and hope that he kick the bucket just like our late president Umar musa yaradua.


What most people chanting sai Downbaba don't know is that the north have everything to gain selecting Atiku than maintaining the status quo...They have nothing to lose in the person of sai baba ...The northernerners will eventually make you-turn and vote for atiku @the die minutes.

Atikuloot group get anti hypertensive drugs ready because surely the Heaven of Heavens will not take Nigeria back to Egypt. The Elites and all the selfish politicians are perishing in the FeBuhari 16th red sea.