SoNature:


While this sounds really smart, it can only work under certain circumstances.

You see, since there's no national database, people will have to carry their school certificates to their polling boots.

Don't forget that certificates could be forged, and also, fight can break out at polling centers, which will lead to people's hard-earned certificates being torn or burnt.

However, where there's a national database, INEC can independently verify voters' claim of having certificates without voters taking the certificates to the polling centers.

Here's what I think: Most Nigerians don't like their country and will do anything to sabotage its progress. Governance is more expensive where there's no love for one's own country. As a matter of fact, nothing can be achieved in such scenarios.

If we cannot restructure this country, let's split peacefully and collaborate as progressive partners.

We just keep fooling ourselves thinking that the country is making progress. By 2050, don't be surprised that Nigeria will still be grappling with basic infrastructure like water and electricity, if the status quo does not change (who will change it BTW?)

Nothing promotes a people like love. Ask an average youth what they would do if they are given the chance to lead, they would tell you that they'd loot the country's treasury. Yet, some of you still think the country can work?

Again, I will be blunt: Nigerians don't like Nigeria and will do anything to undermine its progress

StreetFight:


Tinubu matter will kill you.

Esseite:
Our politics is too expensive to get the right kind of leaders in, and the Nation has grown poorer to even enable that in the closest future..

Solution:
Enact into the constitution a point based election system, the higher a voters educational level, the higher your number of vote alongside the zoning dichotomy between the North and South still in place.

Primary school cert and below - 1 vote.
Secondary School cert - 2 votes.
Graduate - 3 votes.

Benefits:
- You encourage education 100%, which brings about innovations, ideas and problem solving..
- The chances of the right candidate increases at a very high percentage.
- You encourage birth control on quality not quantity..
- You give more voting power to the educated..
- You discourage vote buying aswell..
- The politicians would begin to seek integrity over popularity..
- the purpose of populating to win elections would be gone..
- 4 graduate votes would equal 12 primary school cert holder votes.

We really need to start thinking outside the box

NubianX:



THE BEST COMBO...THE REAL CHANGE...2 PEOPLE WE CAN BE PROUD OF...

THE LET'S MAKE NIGERIA GREAT AGAIN TEAM!

soberdrunk:
The solution to all this is simple, a modified 'regional government'---- 3 presidents from each of the major regions and they will all answer to the senate, each region conducts their own election based on National guidelines. Some people might scream 'cost' but that can be solved by degrading the expensive gubernatorial offices and election I.e governors will no longer be elected but appointed based on 'qualification' and merit.

Mraphel:
You want him to say "power should stay in the north" so that you can rejoice over the afonja ?


Power is coming to the south in 2023....through both party pdp and apc

Sirjamo:
If not for some people who do not understand politics, we wouldn't even be having this conversation. We told them to vote vote for Buhari, even if they hate him, it's just four more years and he would be gone for good; by now, we would just be waiting for for them to present a consensus candidate.

JasonScoolari:
Lol, Tinubu thinks he's smart.


If you could recall, the short Kaduna demon visited Bola Ahmed Tinubu at his Bourdilion residence few months ago... That visit was not just an ordinary visit, Tinubu used it as an opportunity to strike a deal with El-rufai to sell his 2023 ambition to the North.


But I trust the Arewa mafia's...

Goldencheese:
Ok. So that the southerner can be tasked with rebuilding Nigeria where Buhari failed woefully?

OK o.

Esseite:


If you had a counter opinion, none of that would matter.

Education is open to anyone at any age, it has not cap neither does it have age restrictions..

If you better yourself, you are bettering the society collectively..

armadeo:


You will see 9yr old PhD holders if this happens.
Nigeria always has a way to corrupt anything.

Also it isnt fair saying a man who didnt go to school has less rights than a man who did just because he's smarter.

Like saying not going to school makes you poor jo matter ho hard you work or are successful in business

Esseite:
Our politics is too expensive to get the right kind of leaders in, and the Nation has grown poorer to even enable that in the closest future..

Solution:
Enact into the constitution a point based election system, the higher a voters educational level, the higher your number of vote alongside the zoning dichotomy between the North and South still in place.

Primary school cert and below - 1 vote.
Secondary School cert - 2 votes.
Graduate - 3 votes.

Benefits:
- You encourage education 100%, which brings about innovations, ideas and problem solving..
- The chances of the right candidate increases at a very high percentage.
- You encourage birth control on quality not quantity..
- You give more voting power to the educated..
- You discourage vote buying aswell..
- The politicians would begin to seek integrity over popularity..
- the purpose of populating to win elections would be gone which adversely affects the Nation.
- 4 graduate votes would equal 12 primary school cert holder votes.

We really need to start thinking outside the box

supercase1:

In that case u will start seeing criminals and clueless northerners start parading fake professor degrees from Oxford Cambridge and havard

ForbesHomesNG:

This indeed is a plot to hack someone.

seunmsg:


Power will return to the south in 2023 because it’s the right thing to do in the interest of the country. I know some of you are really pained but there is nothing you can do about it.

Successlane:


SO, YOU WANT POWER TO REMAIN IN THE NORTH?

COME OUT CLEARLY

JasonScoolari:
Lol, Tinubu thinks he's smart.


If you could recall, the short Kaduna demon visited Bola Ahmed Tinubu at his Bourdilion residence few months ago... That visit was not just an ordinary visit, Tinubu used it as an opportunity to strike a deal with El-rufai to sell his 2023 ambition to the North.


But I trust the Arewa mafia's...

Esseite:
Our politics is too expensive to get the right kind of leaders in, and the Nation has grown poorer to even enable that in the closest future..

Solution:
Enact into the constitution a point based election system, the higher a voters educational level, the higher your number of vote alongside the zoning dichotomy between the North and South still in place.

Primary school cert and below - 1 vote.
Secondary School cert - 2 votes.
Graduate - 3 votes.

Benefits:
- You encourage education 100%, which brings about innovations, ideas and problem solving..
- The chances of the right candidate increases at a very high percentage.
- You encourage birth control on quality not quantity..
- You give more voting power to the educated..
- You discourage vote buying aswell..
- The politicians would begin to seek integrity over popularity..
- the purpose of populating to win elections would be gone which adversely affects the Nation.
- 4 graduate votes would equal 12 primary school cert holder votes.

We really need to start thinking outside the box

charlycharles:
Cut-off marks for entrance to Federal UNITY Schools for all 36 states and the FCT
••••
Abia – Male (130) Female (130)
Adamawa – Male (62) Female (62)
Akwa-Ibom – Male (123) Female (123)
Anambra – Male (139) Female (139)
Bauchi – Male (35) Female (35)
Bayelsa – Male (72) Female (72)
Benue – Male (111) Female (111)
Borno – Male (45) Female (45)
Cross-Rivers – Male (97) Female (97)
Delta – Male (131) Female (131)
Ebonyi – Male (112) Female (112)
Edo – Male (127) Female (127)
Ekiti – Male (119) Female (119)
Enugu – Male (134) Female (134)
Gombe – Male (58) Female (58)
Imo – Male (138) Female (138)
Jigawa – Male (44) Female (44)
Kaduna – Male (91) Female (91)
Kano – Male (67) Female (67)
Kastina – Male (60) Female (60)
Kebbi – Male (9) Female (20)
Kogi – Male (119) Female (119)
Kwara – Male (123) Female (123)
Lagos – Male (133) Female(133)
Nassarawa – Male (58) Female (58)
Niger – Male (93) Female (93)
Ogun – Male (131) Female (131)
Ondo – Male (126) Female (126)
Osun – Male (127) Female (127)
Oyo – Male (127) Female (127)
Plateau – Male (97) Female (97)
Rivers – Male (118) Female (118)
Sokoto – Male (9) Female (13)
Taraba – Male (3) Female (11)
Yobe – Male (2) Female (27)
Zamfara – Male (4) Female (2)
FCT Abuja – Male (90) Female (90)


After 50 years of Independence, the government of the so called disadvantaged regions ought to have done something to address the situation. You cannot continue to spoon-feed a child and expect that same child to grow, mature and be independent. A student from Abia scores 130 in the Federal Commonwealth Entrance exam, yet it's almost impossible to gain admission in the school of his choice, yet another child from Zamfara will score less than 5 and gain same admission seamlessly. How do you encourage such a child that hard work and merit pays?


Look at all the appointments the president has made so far, over 90% from the north. They are telling us they are based on merit. My question is how comes, when it comes to appointment, they are hiding under merit to appoint only their own, but when it comes to exams and admission into Federal institutions, they bring in Federal character. I'm an advocate of merit, hardwork, transparency, objectivity and emperical selection process. That way you encourage everybody to work hard for whatever he/she wants. After all, the Bible says, "he who does not work, let him not eat". It's against natural and spiritual justice and principle to take from those who work and give to those who don't work. That in itself is the root of corruption Nigeria. I support the President's fight against corruption.

I advocate the enthronement of merit and objectivity in our national life. So, Mr. President, if you are serious about your anti-corruption mantra, If you are serious about this your new "merit" policy, let's go back to the basis. Start by eliminating all forms of quota system and federal character in the admission process into Unity schools, Federal universities and recruitment/
employment into all federal civil service, agencies, parastatals and let's see who will be qualified. That's my humble submission.

27Pushing30:


Thanks for the bolded, that alone shows itd be a sorry waste of my time engaging handicapped thinkers.

Since you do not want to be enlightened then feel free to continue to wallow in ignorance.

Vote points based on education rotfl. Take care

chriskosherbal:
Really elrufai has really change oooo..this news go sweet tinubu for belly ooo

daroz:
You are sure El Rufai said this?

El-Rufai - It's Time to Restructure Nation
10 AUGUST 2010

For Nigeria to move to the next level, the issue of true federalism must be addressed, according to former FCT Minister, Malam Nasir El-Rufai. He shares his thoughts with Imam Imam.

Apprehension about the composition and workability of the Nigerian nation-state will subside if the country tilts towards true federalism, according to former FCT Minister, Malam Nasir El-Rufai. He said the present situation of things where all the component units get monthly allocations from the Federal Government only makes the states lazy and unproductive, adding that lack of foresight, financial discipline and lackadaisical approach to governance has played huge roles in limiting the country's march to greatness.

https://allafrica.com/stories/201008100105.html

Updated June 29, 2017

Many Of Those Calling For Restructuring Are Opportunists, Irresponsible – El-Rufai

The Kaduna State Governor, El-Rufai has described recent calls for the restructuring of Nigeria as political opportunism and irresponsibility.

El-Rufai, while speaking on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily said President Buhari’s administration has done far more in practical terms than past administrations and that many of those calling for a restructuring rather see it as a means of opportunism.

He stated that some of the practical steps taken towards restructuring included the fact that state governors are now more than ever, involved in economic policy making at the national level.

According to him, things that have always been hidden from state governments are now much more open as they are now more involved in investigations of finances of the excess crude account, among other things.

“We meet every month under the auspice of the National Economic Council and working together with the Federal Government we chart directions of economic policy and that is part of shifting the federal- state balance.

“A lot of the talk about political restructuring is political opportunism and irresponsibility in my opinion

“It is popular and people that have presidential aspirations think there is a platform upon which they will exploit this. As I said, if you look at the APC manifesto, all the elements to divulge power to the state to change the balance in the federation are there and we are committed to that as a party.

“The National Chairman of our party will restate that commitment and we are discussing it and as I said President Buhari and Osinbajo’s government has taken very concrete steps rather than rhetoric to actually move in that direction and we are going to move in that direction but we do not believe that the basis for it is rhetoric and opportunism, we do not believe that the 2014 CONFAB report is a sensible basis to even begin.

“We all know the circumstances in which the so-called CONFAB was put together, we all know the composition, how lopsided it was, how important stakeholders were not taken to account, how even the composition and numbers do not reflect the demographics and the diversity of this country and we took a position as a party not to participate but to encourage our state governors to be there at the table.”

https://www.channelstv.com/2017/06/29/many-calling-restructuring-opportunists-irresponsible-el-rufai/

Urchman200:
erufai did not mention voting, he said in the spirit of equity and fairness power should go back to south, u insult others but the genesis of the problem is from lots like u,if u say the north should not have it the second time based on the spirit of equity and fairness, and u know the igbos has not had a share of it and u here campaigning for the west to have it again who are u?are not promoting injustice in ur own little way?there should be a country built on equity and fairness not on voting patterns, u are a young man always stand on the part of justice which ever divide u belong to ,injustice to one is a treat to justice to many.

Esseite:


Good point, but if the INEC develops voters cards differentiating it with colors after verifications of certificates and data.

At the polling unit, a particular color along side card reader and biometric already in place already indicates the number of votes that voter gets..

That may go a long way in solving that.

Yebosola:
You need to reread the person u just quoted, two of you are saying the same thing in different versions, by now Southeast will be thinking of presenting consensus candidate,he is not referring to Southwest, but for Southeast politic of bitterness, all Southerners has to fight for it.

StreetFight:


Tinubu matter will kill you.

Esseite:
Our politics is too expensive to get the right kind of leaders in, and the Nation has grown poorer to even enable that in the closest future..

Solution:
Enact into the constitution a point based election system, the higher a voters educational level, the higher your number of vote alongside the zoning dichotomy between the North and South still in place.

Primary school cert and below - 1 vote.
Secondary School cert - 2 votes.
Graduate - 3 votes.

Benefits:
- You encourage education 100%, which brings about innovations, ideas and problem solving..
- The chances of the right candidate increases at a very high percentage.
- You encourage birth control on quality not quantity..
- You give more voting power to the educated..
- You discourage vote buying aswell..
- The politicians would begin to seek integrity over popularity..
- the purpose of populating to win elections would be gone which adversely affects the Nation.
- 4 graduate votes would equal 12 primary school cert holder votes.

We really need to start thinking outside the box