₦airaland Forum

MrEverest:
For the record, there is no difference between PDP & APC because non believe in any particular ideology & people change parties at the drop of a hat whenever their interest is not being met in a particular party!

This, bar the support of GEJ (which for the life of me I will never understand) is very true.

Normal countries have right and left, liberal and conservative, social and antisocial etc etc.

Nigerians have thieves, thieves, thieves and theives

Here are the initiatives planned for the 2015 race

a. Voter Accreditation: The Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) and the Electronic Card Readers
were introduced for accreditation of registered voters. Each swipe of the card sends an
entry to a database at INEC. This process is to ensure that the number of votes cast at the
Polling Unit cannot be higher than the number of accredited votes.

b. Database Security: The INEC database has been kept off-line to protect it from hacking or
any other type of external threat. Any breach on the database security can only be from
INEC officials. As a result, INEC has also implemented security protocols to control access
to the database and to ensure that any violation can be traced to the culprit.

c. Voting Materials Management: The ballot papers have a number of enhanced security
features (similar to currency notes) to ensure they cannot be manipulated or forged.
Ÿ The ballot papers are kept in a vault in the offices of the Central Bank of Nigeria
nationwide until it is time to move the materials for the actual voting.
Ÿ The materials are moved from the vaults to the INEC office in the State under the
surveillance of the police, INEC officials, and party officials.
Ÿ From the INEC office, the ballot materials are moved on the eve of the elections to the
Registration Area Centres. Each Centre, which serves as a hub for the storage of electoral materials, has been established at a maximum of 3-hour travel time to the
farthest Polling Unit.

d. Tamper-proof materials: The ballot documents will be transported in tamper-proof bags
which will be opened only at the Polling Units in the presence of INEC officials, security
agents, party representatives and the voters. The ballot boxes also have tamper-proof locks
to prevent any form of interference.

e. Local Transportation of Materials: INEC has formal agreements with transportation
providers in each of the states of the Federation. These service providers will move the
elections materials, under the surveillance of INEC officials and security agents, from the
Registration Area Centres to the Polling Units.

f. Colour Coding of Election Materials: The ballot papers and ballot boxes have been colour
coded by State, Local Government Areas, and Polling Units to make it more difficult for
manipulation. As a result of the colour codes, ballot documents or boxes that are for
particular Polling Units cannot be used at any other Polling Units.

g. Result Collation: INEC officials are no longer involved in the collation of results. Rather,
university Vice Chancellors and senior academics now undertake this role. This model has
been piloted with the governorship elections since 2011 and there have not been any
complaints so far.

h. Integrity of Result Sheet: There is only one result sheet for each Polling Unit. Any
destruction of the Result Sheet nullifies the votes from the Polling Unit. Any errors or
inconsistencies in registering the results must be counter-signed (like a banking document)
by all the authorised parties.

i. Voter Information: Voters can use SMS technology to check their details, voting
locations/centres, etc. prior to arriving at the Polling Unit. Voters are encouraged to send an
SMS to the short code (20120) in the following format: INEC, state of registration, last name,
last five digits of the Voter Identification Number on the Temporary Voters Card.

j. Protecting the Votes: INEC Election Manual states that voters have the right to stay behind
in the polling units to ensure the integrity of the vote counting process. However, police
authorities prefer that the voters should leave the Polling Units after casting their votes for
fear that they may be under-resourced to control the crowd if violence were to ensue
following the announcement of the results.

Source: http://www.nextierlimited.com/publication/

themano:
When the US and UK are against a government, then the Government is probably doing something right for its people. You are a small kid and wont understand international politics

Only if 'what is right' for its people is contradictory to what is right for their own people.

In this case - what is right is beneficial to them as Nigerians will stop flocking into their countries and putting pressure on their resources.

There is no blanket rule to conspiracy theories.

lastpage:
GEJ is NOT a Civil Servant and so the "rules of Civil Service" does not apply to him.
Most of you making noise about "terminal Leave" have never read the constitution and the the "conditions" under which Jega, as INEC chairman, works.
Read it first so that your arguments will be informative and educated.

Jega can only be removed on grounds of "gross misconduct" and on the agreement of 2/3 majority of the Senate.
Jega cant be forced to go on leave by ANYBODY, ....to proceed on "leave" before the end of the election is Jega's prerogative..... not that of any Civil Service rule or president. Period!

Lastpage!

Is there a timeline on the INEC chairman's tenure? Is it like a political appointment where he can only serve for a so and so number of yrs?

If we'll be honest with ourselves INEC weren't ready feb 14. Only a fool will deny that, up to a month later PVCs havent been distributed to an acceptable rate.

I swear one lawyer said on Channels that Jegas time is up? Is his time up or not? lol

Whats the legal antecedence for this?

Im missing something, is Nigeria really producing 2million barrels of oil per day?

How have we come to budgeting 5trn naira per yr?

If my calculator hasnt failed we should be making abt $44trn dollars? From oil alone? Ignoring the other products we export and money made foreign remittance and customs

PassingShot:
It is not surprising that many Nigerians who are very passionate about Change are those living outside the shores of Nigeria. They have seen how a working and sane society should be and wonder why same cannot be replicated back home in Nigeria.

The leaders looters who have equally been to these working societies, are regretably just too wicked and greedy to improve the lots of the country and thus prefer to continue in their stealing "which is not corruption".

The followers have been conditioned to accept mediocre performance. They are "hypnotized" to sing their praise for the exchange of "a plate of porridge" or "protection" as the case may be.

It is really sad for the Nigerian youth!

In this day and age - if Wole Soyinka and Fela could cause trouble for governments passed imagine what we the youth are capable of?

With twitter, facebook and the likes?

We should start embarrassing the government - asking where the money is going, demanding action from representatives.

Buhari will get a solid 15million votes minimum from 14 northern states.

Now I dont know about the rest where are our political analysts to explain.

Gbawe:
This is the crux of the matter. Some Nigerians have now had their thinking and mentality warped by bad governance they do not even realise that they are supporting their own greater enslavement. What else does PDP have to offer after serving up 16 years of darkness? Why would any Nigerian still support Jonathan who has worsened our power woes while making his already rich friends and cronies even richer at our expense?

London underground is over 100 years old, as are some of London's richest institutions banks, and even the best schools.

100 years ago a group of elites were thinking of how to build a great nation, for the benefit of themselves of course but as a consequence the population live decent lifestyles.

100 years later Nigeria is a mes, absolute mess and in this modern day the politicians are brazen with their activities, not an intelligent set, yet they successfully scam and dupe 170million people on a daily basis.

They insult us with propaganda and promises while Nigerians are living in the very darkness they have caused.

alaoeri:
Someone said our problem didn't start in 2010 & my question is must we continue like this? If GEJ can't put us on right track not necessarily to the promised land for 5years then Jona doesn't need our support for additional 4years, time to kick the clueless one out of Aso rock.

My thoughts exactly. So because the administration in 197something was useless Nigeria should remain useless according to these people?

It makes absolutely no sense.

I don't blame them - they have never experienced the benefits of having a truly efficient and ambitious government. Actually thats a lie, Nigeria leaders have been very efficient at enriching themselves and competitive with the amount of money each officer is able to steal.

rozayx5:
sorry get your lazy azz out there and become a success story. Nigeria is not your problem

what on earth are you talking about? We're not discussing me here I'm more than sure I'm more successful than you.

We are talking about a country, where a select few have amassed wealth at the detriment of 170million people.

Stop being ignorant! People are dying from preventable and treatable diseases - they should get their lazy asses out too??

They are dying from accidents because roads are bad - They are lazy too?

Children doomed to illiteracy because education is atrocious ? Let me guess the kids were born lazy right?

Millions displaced - displaced from laziness?

What of the 100million of them living on less than a dollar a day? They should print their own money?

God help them sharing a border with the likes of you.

I agree with the poster - Tinubu is a problem and your integrity will be questioned if you associate yourself with criminals.

If he could ride the likes of Fashola and continue to amass wealth using state funds then his role in the party will clearly be to do so on a federal level.

Given the choices before us, I will still prefer Buhari as the head of state - but this Tinubu issue needs to be resolved. Preferably with a thorough investigation. He needs to return the properties he got through signing those bills and return the money that was lost by the state if he wants to escape jail time. One can only dream. . . . . .

rozayx5:
this is not 1984
we know he is a dictator but nigeria has outgrown illiterate leaders

Of course it has! That's why it remains the worlds leading country . . . .from behind! kmt

Kenai:
Sorry, I see nothing 'inspiring' in this diatribe. Rather, the only thing I see is a very acute case of Stockholm Syndrome, where an oppressed element, either by some stroke of masochism or plain ignorance, falls in love with his oppressor.
It's not to be a thing of surprise, though, as many similar cases abound in the country. A few examples can be seen in Osun State, where the civil servants are about to mark their 4th month of hunger and no salary checks, but their governor has enough money to spray from the top of his campaign bus during his street rallies; Or Lagos state where the people are looted blind as they chant "Ole Eko oni baje o!"

Thanks, but I refuse to join that crowd of zombies and voltrons.

Hmmm stockholm syndrome is when someone loves their oppressor?

Did you read the article? The writer made it clear he has no love for Buhari, I believe the writer and most Nigerians have accepted that the current manner of governance can't be left to continue.

I am almost sure that very soon we will learn, Jonathans reign will be known as the most corrupt in Nigerian history. The billions Abacha stole will be next to nothing when we learn of the indiscretions in his cabinet.

The writer in my opinion has made a reasonable assessment of Buhari's nature and lifestyle and concludes that he demonstrates the decency and integrity needed in our government today. He mentioned Mandela who spent years in Jail, the likes of him having his legacy trampled upon now by Jacob Zuma.

Real progressives (and I mean progressives and not simply members of a party called progressives) understand that this is beyond what was said and done during military rule, tribal, religious or ethnic sentiments. I often find it surprising that Obasanjo was good enough to rule for 8 years when he was also apart of the numerous oppressive regimes Nigeria experienced, yet following 8 years of similarly corrupt civil governance he isn't scrutinized to extent Buhari is.

Anyways I don't see him as a zombie or voltron at all, but more of a realist who has seen the choices before him and is making the right decision.

He's not even the only one the likes of Seun Kuti and Wole Soyinka have been forced to admit. Buhari is our best option as it stands.

I found Lola Shoneyin's piece on Buhari titled, "How My Father's Jailer Can Offer Nigeria A Fresh Start" very engaging although it dredged up some very painful memories. It took me down memory lane; indeed, it was a vivid reminder of an awful road on which l and others like Audu Ogbeh, now an ardent Buhari backer, travelled. It was my painful duty as the “Captain” of the detainees, to receive Lola's father, Engr. Tinuoye Shoneyin into the Abeokuta prison and to make him as comfortable as possible in the extremely difficult prison environment, providing him with clothes, a towel and toiletries. Engr. Shoneyin had, as a matter of courtesy, responded to the invitation of the government of Ogun State then led by Colonel Oladipo Diya, who later became the deputy to Gen. Sani Abacha, to answer some questions and had expected to be back home that evening. He was not to return home for six months!

Lola's account dwelt on the torture that she (at such a young age) and her family had to endure and the telling effect of such an experience on the family. Many detainees never recovered from the torture and the injustice that this experience represented. In many cases, mine included, there was no accusation, much less a charge. One slight misstatement in Lola's account was that the detention was at the behest of Col. Tunde Idiagbon, the erstwhile deputy to General Buhari. I doubt if that is quite true. The problem with autocracy is that once the atmosphere has been established or allowed by the leader, many tin gods at the various levels of the strata will for any number of reasons, exploit the situation for the purpose of settling personal and petty scores including disputations over girlfriends! So in the case of Lola's father, the local despot at the time was Colonel Oladipo Diya who was mean, brutal and sadistic and locked up as many people as he wanted, for good, bad or sometimes no reason at all. He flogged civil servants for lateness, taxed the people on every imaginable score, and signed for nearly 20 people who had been sentenced to death (none of whom his predecessor permitted to be killed), to be executed by hanging in one day. He reveled in making people suffer wherewith he was promptly given the name of "Kunya" meaning tormentor which was the direct opposite of what his name “Diya” means in the Yoruba language. He was, indeed, the harbinger of torment and suffering. He it was who saw a ghost in every situation. If the sun was too bright he blamed it on the dethroned politicians. He was a cruel taskmaster who tried irrationally to get water out of stone. At a stage he rounded up contractors who had done various jobs for the state government and dictated that they should either pay certain arbitrary fines or be locked up in prison.

I was in the gulag for 18 months, 16 of which l spent in the Abeokuta prison. Prior to this time, I had presided over three Ministries in four years and three months. There was never an accusation or a charge of any sort against me. His investigators were surprised at how clean my affairs were and how l could succinctly explain every transaction l was involved in including providing photocopies of cheques that even pre-dated my appointment. "Were you expecting that this type of thing would happen? Why did you leave a thriving law practice for a job like this?" they asked me repeatedly. Therein lies the dilemma of our country that needs good people to preside over its affairs, yet castigates the few who dare to get in the fray. "The punishment for the wise who refuse to take part in the government of their people," said a Greek philosopher, "is to be ruled by fools."

I came to understand that Diya's grouse with me was that l was so close to the late Chief Olabisi Onabanjo, my governor, and that there was no way of getting Onabanjo without getting Adefulu his political son and confidant! "Onabanjo did nothing Adefulu did not know of," Diya was reported to have said repeatedly. So l had to be purged! Oluokun the head of state security, himself a dastardly character, was Diya's hatchet man. When all efforts at intimidation and harassment failed, they changed tactics and tried to recruit me as an informant against Onabanjo. It soon became clear to them however, that I was not going to be party to their pursuit of crass injustice and motive hunting. I asked Oluokun pointedly to cock his gun and shoot and kill me because under no circumstances would l be part of such villainy. In any case, unless l wanted to become a liar, such incriminating evidence did not exist except in the figment of Diya's convoluted imagination. Onabanjo was the quintessential leader - open, fair minded, as straight as a spoke and a great lover of the people; a man who, to this day, several years after his demise, l still hold in the highest regard.

At the time of my incarceration, my family was at a more delicate stage than the Shoneyins, because it was younger and less endowed. My first son Adeoye, was just under 10 years and our last daughter, Dayo was three months old. I was 37 years old at the time of the coup. My family was subjected to a long and extremely humiliating deprivation. It was the unjust compensation l received for a job to which l gave the very best of my life at a very young age (try as you may, such injustice never leaves you. The wound may heal but the scar is there and sometimes stares you in the face). I tried hard to be strong and for the most part, l was. The knowledge that I had served with the very best of my ability in a job l truly enjoyed, gave me peace of mind and assurance. The open and vocal agitation of many well-meaning citizens such as Professor Wole Soyinka for my release was an act of grace for which l will forever be grateful. The only time l broke down was the day my son, Adeoye, turned 10. With a smuggled recorder, I had recorded a birthday message for him and his young siblings admonishing them to be strong in the knowledge that God was on our side. After recording the message, l wept profusely. It was terrible! My co-prisoners, including my Deputy Governor, the late Chief Sesan Soluade, and the present Emir of Suleija, Alhaji Anwal Ibrahim, the erstwhile Governor of Niger State, and the others, tried hard to console me. I had been the strong one, the encourager of the brethren, but l guess the cup had become too full and it ran over.

While time heals, the impact of such injustice endures. It leaves a telling effect which you carry for the rest of your life. Ironically, when l was finally released, l was in hospital where l had just undergone an emergency operation. Liberty had come at last but it met me totally broken and incapacitated. At my release and after, no one offered any apology for this gruesome and very unjust recompense. Nobody, without due process, should ever have the power to visit such humiliation and injustice on any human being. The irony of dictatorship is that a leader can be so conscientiously wrong in his crusading mission. The Buhari regime was very wrong in my case as in the case of several others. I, along with many others, had come into office with the purest motive of service. It was what l had always wanted to do. I thought it was my life's mission and when the opportunity came l did the work as if my life depended on it. I left a lucrative practice to serve my people. I was totally accountable, yet l was unfairly thrown into jail for no just cause for 18 months!

That was many years ago and since l have focused on re-building my life and raising my family. I have prayed and tried hard to forgive my unjust tormentors but l know that the scar is there and people like Lola Shoneyin stroke that weak point now and again, albeit unwittingly. Obviously this is not an experience that can be wished away because it evidently affected my being and changed my life fundamentally. It makes me appreciate people like Mandela so much - 26 years on Robben Island (have you been there?) and he came out with no bitterness and no guile! Such men are rare!

Understandably then, it has taken some effort for me to embrace Buhari's candidacy. I have never voted for him. I did not even like him. But as my friend, Audu Ogbeh said to me once, "so much has gone wrong with our polity, that our emphasis now must not be on ourselves but on the survival of the nation." I have no doubt he is right. This is a time when the overriding interest must be that of the country. As a student of history, l know that while constitutions can be copied and adopted, in the end every nation will only learn by its national experience. The history of many of the democracies we admire today is replete with unimaginable and odious occurrences that characterized their development. It is obvious to me that the trust we reposed in President Jonathan in 2011 has been wantonly squandered.

The sobering state of our nation and realpolitik has made me take another look at Buhari. How viable is he for our polity given the available options? Is the General, the devil he is portrayed to be, or a victim of circumstances or a misunderstood individual? To me President Jonathan has been such a disappointment in many critical areas of our national life. There has been unprecedented violence and blood letting under this administration, which, naively in my view, treated the Boko Haram insurgency with kid gloves and a total lack of resolve. Today, Boko Haram has established a formidable force and has succeeded, before our very eyes, in changing the map of Nigeria. The President appears to have turned deaf ears to the voices of wisdom and surrounded himself with cronies whose main pre-occupation is to exploit him. Some of his spokesmen have made a virtue of rascality and turned public relations upside down. Miscreants who should be in jail for their past deeds are the ones now threatening that our collective vote must go a particular way or there will be insurrection. We never heard of "democracy" at gunpoint till now.

To the discerning, it is clear that the Boko Haram insurgency has been employed as a source of inscrutable abuse, or how else do we explain a Nigerian private plane filled with raw US dollars being impounded abroad? How many such planeloads escaped without being caught is anybody's guess, yet our troops are said to be so ill equipped that the insurgents have better arms. All this despite the huge sums that have been voted for defence under this administration; one wonders where all that money went. Then the massive corruption in every sphere of public office - pension funds stuffed into pillows and mattresses, etc. The disgusting state pardon for a man who, before an incredulous world, broke the terms to a court order and left Britain dressed as a woman! This is not how a leader should exercise such hallowed prerogative power. The President's conduct sent a chilling message down the spine of the polity that corruption and stealing are the way to go. You can add to that the company of shady men wanted abroad for all manner of crimes, including drug offences, who have been installed in positions of leadership in the PDP or have been fielded as Senatorial candidates. The management or lack of it of our foreign reserves (which have become totally depleted) and reports of billions of missing dollars dominate the air. Everybody who is working hard is in trouble. Joblessness has risen to record levels. The youths are, justifiably restless because they have no future in the present dispensation. The tales of woe are just endless. Billions of dollars have disappeared into petroleum subsidy yet even the cost of kerosene, the poor man's fuel, is at an all-time high. It is the oil sheiks that are being subsidized not the ordinary people. To say the ship of state is clearly adrift in Nigeria is an understatement. A land that should be flowing with milk and honey has become the laughing stock of the international community. We simply can no longer tolerate this grotesque level of gluttony and of corruption. There is an urgent need for a change otherwise, we face a huge problem and social dis-location ahead beyond what we already have.

These are the reasons why l have embraced Buhari. If you look at his past, and some of the statements credited to him, he is not an easy man for a person like me to embrace. But 30 years is a long time and l honestly believe he has had enough time to reflect and to change. He is no more a military officer. He has retained a sharp, social conscience for the people. I am impressed with the hunger with which he has fought for elections. I want to believe that it is out of an earnest desire to work for the people and to do some things right that General Buhari has struggled so hard to win the nation's leadership through the electoral process. While he may not be a saint, he is certainly not a villain. His choice of a very good man in Professor Yemi Osinbajo, for a Vice President gave me the assurance that Buhari was listening to the comments on his areas of weakness. There are enough checks and balances in a democratic set up to make fears of a return to dictatorship a joke. I am also impressed by his modest lifestyle, unlike many of his ilk who live in opulence and indulgence. This says something about the man. I can trust this man with my wallet in a way l cannot do with Jonathan who appears to have forgotten where he came from. Jonathan has lost the golden opportunity to fundamentally affect the lives of the ordinary folks. I am persuaded that it will be a tragedy for us to continue in this drift for another four years. While Buhari is far from being my ideal candidate and l worry about some of his deficiencies, my perception is that although he may be short on the skills required for the modern management of a state - technology, economic management etc. - his record shows that he has the ability to enlist support. I hope this time he will choose the right people and avoid those who will use his name to do iniquity. While Buhari may not be the ideal candidate we need, he is, certainly the best we have. There is a time in the history of a nation when an individual is needed to rescue it or perform a historic role. As it was with Winston Churchill who provided Britain with the much needed war-time leadership, General Charles de Gaulle who restored the confidence of France, Madiba, Nelson Mandela of South Africa who championed the cause of majority rule and showed the way to national reconciliation and our own Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo who provided leadership to a country on the brink after the Abacha years, my belief is that this is the hour for Muhammadu Buhari to stop the torment of a hemorrhaging nation and restore its confidence.

Lastly, the General owes me one. I will still like Buhari to vocalize an apology and offer some succour to people like me whom his government brutalized in the past. It is the least he can do. To do so is not weakness. Indeed, it is strength to admit the mistakes of the past and to promote national reconciliation. For now, even ahead of the apology, and in the national interest, l have thrown in my hat with Buhari. So has Lola Shoneyin's father. Now 87 but still spritely and alert, my big brother and comrade, Engr. Tinuoye Shoneyin, always a big heart, is enthusiastically by my side at political rallies and party support meetings. Our jailer has become our hope. Life is indeed nothing if not an agglomeration of ironies.

Adeyemi Adefulu MFR , is a Lagos-based lawyer.

Source http://saharareporters.com/2015/03/04/why-i-support-buhari-my-jailer-adeyemi-adefulu

dominique:
She justs wants to sit on the fence. It's very clears that she doesn't want to dabble into Nigerian politics.

It's a wise move - but in solidarity with those suffering in Nigeria yet still finding some comfort in her music she should speak out (not necessarily be outspoken) against the current state of affairs.

Seun:
What the OP said that she said is not very coherent. Please post video and I guarantee that what she said has been altered for political reasons.

CNN altered her statements for political reasons? LOL! to what end?

Finished listening

Very enlightening, I can take Ribadu at his word with the claims he made, a little . Ole buruku oju yobo

Now on to the US charge - how were the US able to request forfeiture of his assets and neglected charging him to prison thereby saving lagosions from this crook? What were the results of subsequent investigations? I know you can't use probable cause to hold on to his assets forever? Awon ole - they better return the money to Nigerians immediately!

I read from BBC - Dimeji Bankole was accused of securing a loan to pay himself and members of the house inflated salaries and he was cleared because apparently he didn't break any laws.

From my understanding, the prosecution are clutching at straws trying to hit him with a charge but meet constant 'legal' interference I might add which delay the process.

If borrowing money to pay yourself a salary when there is already suitable (and generous) remuneration established for your position isn't illegal then I can assume the current problem with Nigeria is the failure of it's legal system.

The issue of public officers who have clearly attained wealth by questionable means wouldn't seem so flimsy if the law was iron clad.

I think there is a solution here - and I also think it's simple.

An iron clad bill signed into the constitution enforced by Nigerians to be the basis of a public officer being cleared for service.
You can make them pledge to enforcing the bill as a premise for them winning your vote. Every single officer.

Once this has been established a judge can no longer throw out corruption cases like theyre nothing, it will be clear that the law has been broken, money has been obtained illegally and the only question will be the length of the sentence.

At the same time, if this isn't already the case EFCC should be empowered to seize monies, offices and businesses if they are in any way linked such cases. By the time Dangote's production is halted because of one random governor they will know how to speed up judicial processes to ensure these criminals are prosecuted.

They currently only need the motivation to do so.

dapsin999:
Still wondering what the inflated financial implication of this is, compare to the real cost. Nigeria my country!

You hit the nail on the head!!

Rail transport is very expensive and often subsidized by the government. These useless trains unlikely have economic merit (since theyre soo slow) so the government probably wont finance it for too long.

I give them 2 months to show us the real intentions of this useless project.

ignis:
What's the mode of application?


Naija has turned one to be directionless, not knowing what you want.

Applying for every available job... Immigration, Bank, Airforce, Navy, KPMG, PWC, lecturing, Teaching, Driver, Oil company, construction company,Marketer, Sales representative, etc without having a focus.

May God help us

Ehya, kpele.

You should put your PVC to good use and vote for change!

you see now, another politician with his son nicely protected in London, a northern politician for that matter an area where most are deemed illiterates.

How do you trust these people to look after your schools when even they wont send their children there??

Think wisely, you cannot trust a politician who doesnt trust himself!

and yes he is hot - but I must politicize at every opportunity :p

I give him odo% for performance

Odo for personality

Odo for intelligence and decorum

Odo for integrity in campaigning

and a big fat Odo with eyes just for existing.

I feel the videos are biased - it will have been more credible if both sides were interviewed.

I appreciate these young Nigerians pining for change though, can you imagine 5 years to do a 4 yr course?

Your counterparts abroad have completed a Bsc with an Msc and a year in placement by the time you finish the Bsc alone.

Please vote for change and make sure your vote counts!

Not buying it - ask her what was done with the bank established with the now depleted excess crude account?

She can carry her igbo mouth and spew nonsense to the children in Cambodia, she must be the first to vacate office come 28th.

If i hear of Buhari appointing her again it won't be easy.

March 3rd - February salary still not paid. Somebody please tell me how happy you are with current Nigeria?

Bad taste - very bad taste. Much like the bring back Jonathan campaign.

Disrespectful to Funsho Williams, one whom I understand is revered in Lagos.

FFK please stop talking, yourself and Fayose are making us Yorubas look bad.

We need a cleansing of the Nigerian political system ASAP - this is just ridiculous.

PLEXPLEX:
JUST LISTEN TO URSELF. IS GEJ A PRESIDENT OF BAYELSA OR THE ENTIRE NATION?
THAT IS WHY REASONABLE NIGERIANS WANT HIM BECAUSE HE IS A DETRIBALIZED PRESIDENT UNLIKE THE LIKES OF BUHARI & OTHER NORTHERN LEADERS IN THE PAST WHO R SO TRIBALISTIC FANATICAL AS TERRORIST. THE LL VOTE HIM AGAIN & AGAIN

Lol - Goodluck was Governor before he became president, Bayelsans are still poor.

Bayelsans can continue to vote for them - they are fools.

I just wonder if they are stupid because they are poor or if they are poor because they are stupid. . . . . . .

The one place I'm finding hilarious is Bayelsa - majority of them are poor. Their man is now president, still poor yet year after year they vote for the same party!

This year again they'll vote pdp and they will still be poor 4 yrs later when they vote pdp again.

Please tell me why anybody should bother with the poor people of Nigeria?

I think what most of us are interested in now is the money side.

So we have seen physically the projects haven't been completed to working capacity, fine.

How much money has been spent on the project and where has the money gone?

I hate the fact that this information isn't readily available - If i want to know how much a project carried out in the UK cost and who it was given to it will take me a total of 2 minutes. Down to the programme schedule and contractor expenditure!