₦airaland Forum

Praisemelody:
No matter what you do in this life, always use your brain

vorigan:
[s]Crisis has hit the Benue State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as party elders are prevailing on Daniel Onjeh, the party’s Benue South senatorial candidate to step down for Chief Mike Onoja, a former Permanent Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Defence.

Trouble started when party elders converged on Otukpo after Daniel Onjeh’s senatorial re-run declaration, which was held last Saturday. The elders, The Trent gathered from an informed source, were concerned over the dwindling fortunes of Daniel Onjeh in the senatorial race. Onjeh, the party elders argued was no longer sellable, hence the need to step down for a candidate who can match David Mark experience for experience.

“The party elders in Benue South came together in Otukpo on Sunday after last Saturday’s declaration and told Daniel Onjeh that they had settled for Chief Mike Onoja as a more viable candidate based on his wealth of experience. But Onjeh was very furious about the suggestion and insisted he was going to run. After a meeting that lasted for almost 4 hours, the party elders could not convince him to step down for Chief Onoja. The meeting ended in confusion”, the source said.

It will be recalled that Chief Onoja was one of the aspirants for Benue Zone C Senatorial seat on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but stepped down for Senator David Mark who later clinched the party nomination. Chief Onoja later decamped to the APC.

The Benue State chapter of APC, The Trent gathered is still in confusion as plans to sell Onjeh to the people of Idoma have continued to hit the rocks. Onjeh’s declining chances have forced the party to begin to reconsider the option of a new candidate who can face the former President of the Senate, David Mark.

Some observers of Benue South politics who spoke to our reporter say the APC is determined to unseat Senator David Mark, hence the desperation to get him out of the Senate at any cost.

“The APC sees David Mark as the last major threat they have in PDP in the Senate. So if they are able to remove David Mark, it would send a big statement across the polity. That is why the APC is very desperate to remove David Mark”, Gabriel Yogbo, a political analyst told The Trent on Thursday.

Another major factor playing out in Benue South is what one political observer who spoke to The Trent described as the Tiv agenda against Idoma land.

“David Mark has always been a beacon of hope to the Idoma people. He is seen as a threat by Tiv politicians like George Akume. So for them, this election is about weakening the Idomas and further reducing them to a political minority in Benue State. If Tiv politicians like Akume can get a yes man like Daniel Onjeh, then they would have pocketed Idomas for the next couple of years”, the political analyst from Idoma land who did not want to be named said.

As confusion rages in the camp of the Benue State APC over a possible replacement for Daniel Onjeh, the Benue South senatorial re-run has been scheduled by INEC for February 20, 2016

http://www.thetrentonline.com/confusion-in-benue-apc-as-party-elders-ask-daniel-onjeh-to-step-down-for-mike-onoja/[/s]

lalasticlala, ishilove, mynd44

1freshdude:
Is it that you have comprehension problem or that you were ill brought up?
The fight to rid Nigeria of corrupt elements will benefits the youth more and not Buhari who is an old man and has always lived in privilege, so Oyeoma Nigeria should have been more appropriate.
The pitiable thing is that you are likely at the receiving end of the likes of Metuhs actions (a church rat lacking in opportunity to turn their status around) and you come here with your 10mb to talk crap? Swerve joor!

modath:
I wish you fit see the kind side eye a dey give you! ... that night was just jamboree, nothing exchanged hands...they won't disclose their account details, we'd have settled this... all na for show!!!

Yorubasgreat:
Must I answer you?.. .we can't be mad at the same time..maybe if I'm jobless like you then I would have had your time..
My appeal is to ppl like you so swerve.

malachytochukwu:
Most times, common sense tells so much about the man/woman behind any comment.

modath:
They didn't raise a farthing, it was all smoke & mirrors..

I dare any of their sympathizers to present any evidence, they will divert attention by mentioning Amaechi or Fashola..

Bunch of Ekpas..

Progressive01 ... wey you?

Aigbofa:
You are effectively making yourself a useful idiot by defending the same people who are determined to condemn you to a life of servitude.

Yorubasgreat:
Yes we hear, but enough of the promises already.. Let us see or feel even one, just one I am asking.. Habbaaa!

koboko69:
Mynd44, lalasticlala i have seen attacks on APC and Mrs Adeosun grace FP on several occasions.
Why is this defence ignored.
That NOI attacked Oshiomole, Soludo and now Falana did not stop newspapers and media houses from publishing her attacks. Neither did it stop NL from publishing it on FP.
Cc seun

kenzysmith:
u and ur entire generation can never attained the height Jonathan ve reach u re of the problem in this country

koboko69:
I already answered u in my original post. Only the blind or the ones who choose not to see will not see....

Which are u...the Blind or the one that chose to be blind?

koboko69:
[size=15pt]Brace for tougher times ahead, Okonjo-Iweala tells Nigerians[/size] -NOV 2014

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/171145-brace-tougher-times-ahead-okonjo-iweala-tells-nigerians.html



THE AIM OF DIGGING UP THIS ARTICLE:

Pleae note: Madam Okonjor made this assertions in November 2014.

1. This is to remind the Wailing Wailers who keep attacking the current minister of Finance that the ex Finance Minister whom they so much believe in and whom they believe would have been a messiah sounded the alarm of a very tough economy ahead even when oil was still as high as 76usd per barrel. Do I need to remind anyone the price of oil per barrel now?

2. The ex Minister of Finance only saw a need to block revenue leakages when Oil prices started dropping low. Was any action taken after her suggestion? No!!! Rather, despite the dwindling oil prices, CBN became am ATM to allies of the president, where raw Dollars/Naira where withdrawn/tansferred under the guise of phantom projects, bogus subsidy claims, arms procurements. Etc. Now we are suffering of dollar crunch.

Who came on board to block the leakages? The new Sheriff off course, President Buhari.

3. If at $76/per barrel, Madam Okonjor was already ringing bells, why do the Wailing Wailers expect a booming economy from a government which is less than a year in office, and currently selling oil at $28 per barrel? Rather than wailing, they should rather support the government in steps taken to move Nigeria forward.

4. Madam Okonjor needs to explain to Nigerians why Nigeria was not saving for the dry season when oil was sold well above $100 per barrel. What happened to all the revenues generated when oil was booming? We only had booming economy on papers, ordinary Nigerians never felt a booming economy under her watch.

To the Wailing Wailers:

President Buhari have succeeded in blocking a lot of revenue leakages, and is driving seriously for non oil revenue generations as it is evident in the changes made in the Nigeria Customs, FIRS, and the appointment of learned scholar Dr. kayode Fayemi as the minister of Solid minerals.Etc

We have also seen efforts to recover stolen money even though some term it political witch hunting. The almost dead EFCC whose duty was reduced to chasing Internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo boys have suddenly rosen up to their responsibilities. Fraudsters like Olisah Metuh, Dansuki and the likes are already feeling the heat.

Efforts to recover stollen money is also a form of blocking revenue leakages.

The fact remains that APC led government can not correct the 16 years rot of PDP in less than a year and it is illogical to blame the current economic woes on the newly elected president. Only the blind will not see President Buhari is really working to make Nigeria great again.

SO FAR SO GOOD, PRESIDENT BUHARI IS PERFORMING ECONOMIC MIRACLES AS HE HAS NOT BORROWED TO PAY ANY SALARIES

God bless the Federal Rubublic of Nigeria

NB: I am a die hard APC supporter with No Apologies!!!!

joseph1832:
Just like your deeds and misdeeds is standing and working against you now.

Imagine your nonsense. "You supported his election, not his buffoonery" Kai! Yeye dey smell for here.

modath:
Not at all, We know the deal & everyone here knows i have no love for El No Clue, i have been singing same song since 2011 (agabaI23 is my witness ) , that he is a wolf in sheep clothing, he is an associate of Satan

He sows discord & feigns concern when it suits him..

Let's take OP as he is, no one is perfect..

Good AM..

TonyeBarcanista:
Who is the you? What concerns me with what a public officer is called? Did I attack anyone whenevr they called him clueless? Abi you de hallucinate?

free2blast:
Watch how the wailing ekpas will be sounding like saints, the same set of E-diots that calls President Buhari all sorts of names everyday. whether you like it or not, your hero is an "INEFFECTUAL BUFFOON"

kenzysmith:
u re a disgrace to dis nation "spits"