₦airaland Forum

Brugo:
This insult is too much. You see why the Vice president of a country needs more power? How can a senator speak to the VP in such manner? Even a senate president is Lower in rank than the VP.

What rank. The Legislature and the Executive are not on the same train. Be informed. When Nigeria is restructured eventually they will hardly be mentioned in the same breath

Wow is this Cyril Stober of NTA reading the news. This guy has become a monument at that broadcaster. He's been there like since before independence.

Happy for them. They will qualify. Nice team.

inimitkel:
Bad boy

I said ball in the singular. Iam not FIFA.

The girls are talented no doubt. It is the attitude that needs work.

And the ball just had to pass that place where the sun don't shine. Cheeky girl.

Abeg back to DSTV. Multichoice has turned me to a cable man. I hope I don't get electrocuted at the back of my console. When last have I seen terrestrial. Dr. G was more meaningful than this rubbush. They will all require an autopsy the way they are playing.

Segadem:
I thought I was the only one I notice her selfishness.

No be una dey cause am. Una sabi hype peson pass British press wen una know say Naija head dey swell pass edo garri.

I heard an analysis on was it Brilla or Nigerian Info or so talking about the pedigree of the Swedish side esp. their gaffer and when compared to the Falcons, it was like, don't bother to turn up. We need something from this match or else.....

Hmmm. PDP did more than this. We all know how it ended. They claimed they will rule for a hundred years, yours is a small, small boast. Kindly enlarge your imagination.

jaytee01:
And what precedent did PDP set for them?
How did senate and house leaders emerge under PDP?

And how did they end?

Charly68:
Leadership is to dictate the direction of an organisation,you don't just wake up to query their sense of vision or else things may go bad. Imagine many of the elected representatives behaving like babies. How can you be in a house & you are destabilising the house. This is uncalled for from someone who claimed he is matured enough to become the number four citizen of this nation. Fro his conduct so far,he has failed. APC leaders won't tolerate disloyalty that I know. Look at the Governor of Lagos state today,at a point he was mandated to bow out of the system & he willingly complied.. This is how you know a good party man ..no matter what people are saying today Ambode is a tested party man. Professor Aluko once said "in the political engineering of any nation,there are people that matters,to forget that is to do so at your own peril" Certain people call the shot in every setting,the moment you disobey them you are finished

That my friend is not democracy. That my friend is what got the PDP in trouble. The ACN under Tinubu may have ridden the 'strong man' saddle in the past but on a national scale you have got to admit his powers and influence will be diluted not magnified. Don't push your party further down these paths.

simplynola:
You people should just keep quiet. Party all over the world determines major decisions for their members. You rode on the party's platform and here you cant act like a stateman. All you do is to make noise because you were not picked as the speakership candidate. Hausa president, Hausa senate president, now you want to be speaker another hausa. Is Nigeria made for you alone.

Then such framework must be agreed before implementation. You cannot inhale election with your nose and expel tribe with your mouth. This is what killed the PDP, dual zone airconditioning. Not good for kids.

enlion:
This is what I don't like about Nigerian politicians,just because Dogara is not having his way now,he is denigrating the same party that he rode on her platform few months ago. APC adopted the best democratic procedure to settle internal party disagreement,yet he is complaining. Supposing APC adopted PDP pattern of imposition in the name of consensus candidate,what would he have done?

That is exactly what Dogara is complaining about - that Hon. Femi is an imposition because the election was a sham and going by his presentation he appears correct.

baby124:
accept your fate, your own party colleagues don't want you. Stop being a nuisance abeg. You can't force yourself on others when they don't want you or believe in you. That voting was open and transparent

It wasn't. Though I prefer Hon. Femi cos of his wider experience being the past Minority Leader (same for Akume in the Upper House), however everything must be done in a satisfactory, fair and competitive manner. Anything short of that will not permit anyone who emerges operate with a full mandate and you will not dare fly long distance with some engines out of action over hostile territory. The APC must sort this out quickly. The country counts on that.

Bayswater:
They should allow a free and fair election, that's all.

That us what I have always advocated. This is exactly the same mistakes the PDP made in the run up to their problems. I reoeat, it is too earky formthe APC to have internal crises, not when the opposition is not ready.

Kogi deserves a mention. That State is stuck in a time machine.

Shell retailing petrol and will have been running refineries if not for the visionless leaders who ran this country aground unfortunately heralded as democratic heroes today by ignorant citizens who donot know or care about their history that has so badly affected their present and will define their future.

musiwa93:
Why most of you don't know the truth. The government run by fashola is an illegal government under international law
.

In international law fashola and other have committed a crime.

The federal republic of nigeria is involve international harressment of the people of western nigeria

Say no to 'Drink Blogging'.

kushma:
Yes they have to be angry becos it will look like their fellow men that die in the fight against BH die for nothing then after the government will start talking about to settle the same BH that killed some of them. Abeg kill all BH people jor

Hmmm. President Charles DeGaulle of France nearly died in the hands of the OAS for something like that. It is a dangerous course to take.

I'm absolutely with the Sheikh on this one.

azimibraun:
I understand ur position bro... But I still think in a democracy we cannot allow numbers decide everything for us. especially when the it's not too harmful like the situation we are in @ the moment. Life is give and take and live and let's live together in equity and fairness. We already knw the outcome if we go by popular vote on the floor of the house but will that represent " the greater good for the greater number" of us Nigerians and especially for ppl of the south" our brothers"?

Bros. Democracy at the end of the day is a game of numbers. Interests split the PDP, numbers won it for the APC. Interests can never be mutual. My philosophy on relationships is very simple: 'a relationship can only maintained when one of the parties is prepared to be cheated by the other....' These are the facts the APC in this unfolding drama must tackle. We want a functional House not one racked by internal party disputes.

azimibraun:
"We left the PDP to join the APC and it won't be a problem for us to walk out of the APC" former speaker kwara state house of assembly and now a member of the house of Reps.. As quoted by the Pro Dogara spokemans on Channels TV news @ 10 last night. Just imagine the kind of ppl the APC leadership is dealing with @ this early stage. Haba!

So you watched it too. That's why I say a democratic contest is the fair way to resolve this impasse. Believe you me it is not in anyone's interest to see the APC having problems this early. If Dogara 'has' to be defeated let it be fair, open and transparent. If the 'North' gets all the slots and all the power, so be it. It will only weaken it but more importantly it will galvanise the 'south' into action. That is restructuring by default. But I'm sure the north is wise to avoid that. It knows it cannot hold this country together without wider support.

duni04:
Autocracy? In all parties allover the world that is how house leaders are selected. The ruling party decides who they'll pick beforehand. Wonder which planet you're from.

I am from Nigeria and as far as the leadership of Parliament is concerned it is a House matter. The party can be the ombudsman but there is a process of 'election', not selection that the APC is well advised not to truncate in ANYONE's interert. Nuff said.

atbu1983:
i am not Pro Tinubu. Neither am I yoruba. I am an edo man. i dont really care whether Dogara or Gbajabimiala wins.. i am only saying that PDP will be so foolish to believe supporting Dogara will lead to Tambuwal threatment. That will be great delusion to Believe Dogara will play PDP (SS/SE party Today) card and oppose Buhari. Between Dogara and Gbajabiamala, Gbajabiamala is more likely to oppose Buhari.

In my innermost heart, i am even thinking it will be better for Dogara to win so dat Buhari will find it much easier to make reforms he want to make.

But the edo man in me, does not want d North to be president, senate president and speaker at d same time. i feel it is too skewed.

Hmm. Fair enough. I don't blame you at all for feeling that way. I too will be perplexed if the cat I bought to catch mice has fed fat on them and turned into a lion. We are back to the same old problem, sectionalism. I am not sure anything can be done to fix this country. Our problems are set default.

duni04:
I think the present system is a far departure from the past where the President simply selected his candidates for the house leadership and mandated his party people to do everything possible, especially with Ghana must go bags, to ensure that his preferred candidate emerged. Now the president has hands off the selection process and allowed the party to establish a consensus between its members in both houses. A very noble scheme! The problem here is the greed and selfish Ambition of Dagora and Saraki who are desperately trying to scuttle a noble process simply because it doesn't favour them. That is the PDP way of doing things. Incidentally both of them recently defected from the PDP.

Trying to scuttle a noble process of pre-selecting favourites? Democracy is democracy. Autocracy cannot work in a democracy. Consensus was the downfall of the PDP. If the APC is not open, fair and democratic, it is just a matter of time.

If Buhari says he would not intervene then no one else should. Buhari is simply saying, let there be democracy, but the other side hides behind 'party' to truncate the system. Is APC the synonym of democracy?

atbu1983:
In summary Na Godwin for Buhari. Buhari is d winner of PDP stupidity.

It is too obvious you are in the pro-Tinubu camp aka APC west. I suggest you guys quit further splitting your party. It is far too early to hand the initiative back to the opposition. I am very, very disappointed.

ziccoit:
I laugh when some people think APC is now going the way of PDP. Disagreement is an important element of a working democracy. People should be allowed the opportunity of showing their grievances. What bothers me in this seneario is why must APC conduct a primary? Is the party has intelligent report that pDP is going to present a candidate against the party earlier announcement?

You just don't get it or like many, see it but pretend its not true. Okay, let me run it for you.

There are two power blocs in the APC at present: the party and the presidency, the north and the west, Buhari and Tinubu. These two forces are struggling to acquire as much political real estate as possible. How is it possible then that the party is seen as having a national, nationalistic outlook when these basic matters cannot be sorted out. Is Nigeria going to be run on a pro-Buhari, pro-Tinubu basis for the next four years. If there is so much internal heat, how will they resist the PDP when it regroups and counter attacks. We are in for it.

atbu1983:
I think you are being Myopic to believe emergence of dogara will
favour PDP. i bliv d North is playing a smart one.

If PDP decide to give Dogara block vote, they will only be doing
Buhari and d North a big favour. The truth is dat Gbajabiamala is
more likely to oppose Buhari than Dogara. If i am Buhari, i will
secretly wish Dogara wins. And Dogara will be loyal to APC even
if most of his votes comes from PDP.

In d case of Tambuwal and Jonathan, Tambuwal only opposed
Jonathan because he is from North west. And for him to be love
in Sokoto and bcome governor, he knew he can only get that by
opposing Jonathan. And it work for him.

In d case of dogara, he will work in d general interest of d North.
which will be giving Buhari all d support he needs.

d PDP reps are not silly enough to support Dogara. because
Gbajabiamala will favour PDP more. because when Southwest
have issue with Buhari in d future, they will use Gbajabiamala
alongside PDP members to fustrate Buhari.

And what makes you think the PDP will not throw in its lot with Buhari and the APC -north against Tinubu and the APC - west, because sadly that is what is beginning to happen.

The APC is slowly splitting along regional lines. Same ol, same ol Nigeria. That is why we say, you can change government, you can change party, but you cannot change the Nigerian.

Godson32:
OK,I ll blame u & the coach if it didn't happen.

If you can't beat Germany now you can't beat Germany later so what is the point.

Thank goodness.

These boys are not playing well. They are technically good but tactically naive. Very naive. There's no clearly defined pathway to goal. I just hope for the best.