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NewNigeriaMind:
Only one thing is certain.

Hon. Gbaja is going to be the majority leader.

Dogara has no choice but to accept this, the error was not announcing his candidates before the NEC meeting. Any attempt to deviate from the party wishes will pitch him against the APC leadership and the Governors.

Now the question is, will Tinubu accept these position and that of chief whip in the senate for south west.

Now this is for all Yorubas.

Ithas become imperative for us to give Tinubu our loyalty, from all indications the man will not compropmise for selfish interest againt the Yoruba interest. I am particularly happy he did not attend the NEC meeting and also he has been quite since this crisis broke out.

For those saying he should publicly accept Saraki, I say you are on a long thing.

Tinubu as a matter of urgency should align with Obasanjo now more than ever, the battle for 2019 has started.

For Saraki, there are two options for him to realize his 2019 ambition:
1 Get APC AND PDP to make him candidates in 2019 ( I doubt if he can win APC primaries though, however with his romance with pdp he may win pdp primaries)

2 Decamp to PDP and continue is political vollage, the question is will the PDP accept him. However in all, he must win the Igbo and SS confidence. This should not be too diffuclt to do, all he has to prove is that he is anti-Yoruba. the SS and Igbo will vote him like they just did.

Finally Saraki is a Fulani man, the SW will not vote another Fulani man in 2019. I know it that apart from Buhari, Tinubu does not trust any other Fulani.

Now speaking for myself cause I hate making sweeping general statements.

I AM VOTING WHOEVER TINUBU SAY SW SHOULD VOTW IN 2019.

Thanks

#IStandWithTinubu too

This piece deserves a frontpage view

@lalasticlala

It’s been barely a month after inauguration and the huffing and puffing of discord must NOT be allowed to tear this house down!
Ismail often said that the APC is not a party for the next election, but one for the next generation. We have been the leading party for only a month but we already have a crisis on our hands; this does not inspire hope in the youths of this country, this does not inspire happiness in the hearts of members of the APC youth structure, and this does not increase the prospects of our great party being here for the next generation.
For the sake of Maryam, the student who travels to Abuja from Kano to take part in APC Youth activities, for the sake of Latifah, who attends meeting with her baby in tow, and Bisi, who flies across the country so she can be present at APC rallies, and the MILLIONS of other young people who support the APC in their own way without actually being members of the party, then this challenge is one we must overcome.
For the sake of the millions of Nigerians with miniature APC flags hanging from their windshields, those of us with APC magnets on our doors and refrigerators at home, and those who pay to have APC branded shirts made for them, this house must stand.
Nigerians defied the threats of bombs and trooped out en masse to be present at APC rallies. The crowd in Borno, despite the threat and devastation, was unprecedented, and we received the same warm welcome in Gombe, Kano, Kaduna, Ibadan, Abeokuta, Lagos, and even Bayelsa. Those Nigerians who showed their support both during the campaign and on election day did so because they had finally found a reason to believe.
Leadership is a trust; Nigerians spoke with their thumbs and entrusted this country to the APC. At every point in time and at every step of the way, we must remember this, and make sure that the people have no cause to regret that line of action. There have been calls from many quarters for the President’s cabinet to be fully constituted, but how will this happen when the Senate – which is required to screen candidates – isn’t settled?
Nigerians yearn for real progress – which our party promises – but with this spectacle, how will they not lose patience? With supposedly honourable members of the House of Assembly descending to fisticuffs, how exactly is the party supposed to inspire confidence in the people?
Boko Haram continues to claim lives in Borno but the media is fixated on the drama in the National Assembly so this is not getting the coverage it ought to. Our Chibok Girls are still not back, but pertinent issues like these and a lot more have been pushed to the back burner.
The APC we lent our support and voices to was that party that inspired hope and was laden with promise for a new Nigeria; the APC we are observing right now feels foreign and alien.
This is not the APC we know.
We long for the APC that filled us with hope, pride and sense of purpose and pray that these issues are resolved, and quickly too. If not for any other reason, but for this generation to know that a group of committed Nigerians really can get it right.
Rinsola Abiola is a PR Consultant. She served as PRO of APYF from 2013-2014, and is currently PRO/Secretary of the APC Young Women Forum.

Saturday , June 27th 2015 01PM



APC: This House Must NOT Fall – Rinsola Abiola
By Omojuwa
Published:25 Jun, 2015

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In February, 2013, I – and a handful of other young people – received an email from Barrister Ismail Ahmed, who had aspired to represent his constituency in Kano State at the Federal House of Representatives on the platform of the CPC. His message was concise, yet poignant. He told us that the parties we all supported were in the process of merging and although this was no longer news, young people had to come together and form an organised body even before the registration process had been concluded. Thus, the All Progressives Youth Forum (APYF) was born.
At the time, I was about investing the money I had saved while in the university and during NYSC into a business, but I moved to Abuja instead so that I could execute my duties as PRO of the Forum. Why? Because I felt that it was an opportunity to be a part of something that would outlive me. Many other members of the youth structure made similar sacrifices because they had faith in the vision of the APC and in the people of impeccable character and unquestionable political credentials who would lead the party.
This journey that we embarked upon over two years ago has taken passion, hard work and dedication, and although some gave in to the seduction of wealth that the other party offered, many remained. We were resolute in our decision to stand with the APC not because we wanted some form of reward, but because we wanted so badly to have a departure from the deplorable status quo as established by the PDP. I do not intend to assume the position of spokesperson for all APC Youths, but I do believe that we have never had cause to regret that decision.
Along the line, we faced challenges of our own but were able to overcome them. The drama which ensued after a youth leader was elected is still very fresh in all our memories, but today, we all work together. In fact, I was one of his harshest critics but at the moment, he is a brother, a friend and a highly respected colleague. We overcame that challenge because we knew that it was about the party and the youths of Nigeria, not any of our personal ambitions.
Addressing members of our great party as one of the five youths who unveiled the roadmap at the 2014 APC National Summit was one of my proudest moments ever and I said that day, that my generation was grateful to leaders of the APC for casting personal ambition aside and forging a common front; that generation that I spoke of then, is today doubtful of the party’s ability to take Nigeria to the Promised Land.
The young people who donated their scarce resources and invested their time in campaigning for the APC are teetering on the edge, hanging dangerously close to losing faith in the party to which they entrusted their collective future. This generation now looks on, aghast, at the kind of stories emanating from a party which once filled them with hope and the confidence that Nigeria would be great again. This generation had hoped to read about the empowerment scheme, power projects, prosecution of corrupt officials and plans being made to revamp the healthcare sector but the front pages of newspapers and the blogs we visit for the latest news are instead awash with details of how APC lawmakers are at each other’s throats and the fault lines which suggest deep cracks within the party. This is not the APC we put our names and careers on the line for and this is most definitely not the APC we voted for!
We all have our favourite leaders within the party, people whom we respect so much and whose actions we would never fault, but at this moment, our plea is to these leaders to do everything within their power to ensure that what they toiled so hard and for so long to build does not amount to naught.
The thread of unity that binds us all, without which the APC would not have attained victory over the PDP, must not unravel!

Don't relent,you have the skill...thimbs up

this is sweetly hilarious

I noticed Gov Fashola seldom attend this meeting,infact I never see any....abi I wrong ni?

In what capacity do you think you will be appointed? Special adviser on what matter,any guess? @cramjones
Congrats in advance

We will look into your request and see what we can do,even though when ur so called kinsman is there u didn't make this kind of demand.......
Luckily Sen Chris Ngige will be out of job soon,we can appoint him accordingly

Wetin dey happen NLanders,una just dey view without commenting.....let's have your opinions on the said issue,thank you

Based on report that the current INEC chairman,Prof Jega said he will not be returning as the chairman.which I think is very laudable having conducted two national elections,he needs to bow out when the ovation is loudest.
To the main question,who should be the next INEC chairman? I believe this is one major position NLanders and Nigerians in general are interested in.If am asked,I would say Mr Mike Igini.He is the present INEC REC for Edo state,a very disciplined and straightforward man I have known long before he was made a commissioner, a lawyer by profession and human activist.
NLanders can nominate other suitable candidates you have in mind too,who knows who is reading abi.It is important we continue to consolidate on the gains of our electoral process by appointing the right people to man this sensitive post

I think TVC did the job for dis election...clear pictures,live coverage,on d spot reporting and so on
Channels should just watch their back,my advise

Here in Ikorodu,ward A Eyita-
APC-590
PDP-230

Naso d tin go!

Ambo all d way!

APC!

And may God bless Gov Fashola,he is a great man
God bless Lagos state
God bless Nigeria
Vote wisely

Honestly your opinion is tempting and reasonable but I still disagree.maybe u should suggest a candidate before I comment further

Stop reporting her to her family again,stop calling her repeatedly and show less care....I know,it hard to do abi,but d early u know she is cheating on u already and she will always cheat on you!
But I doubt if u can do all this,u love her too much from your post..a cheat will always be a cheat

SGF is d engine room of d govt,I hope Ameachi can be magnanimous enough to handle d politics of d office and be above board.no doubt he is a workaholic and competent to hold d office,he deserved it.
I want no other person as d senate president other than Bukola Saraki,he contributed more and as well has more to lose then Akume if APC had lost d election.he commands more respect across d nation and very vocal in d now ruling party APC,as d commitee chairman on environment in senate he performed very well and admirably.with him as d senate president we can be sure of a focus and peoples assembly as it should be

I was here too....
God bless GMB
God bless Nigeria

I know it will take a while before d igbos swallow d bitter pill down their throat,honestly I empathize with you guys.But u guys shouldn't forget so quickly how your candidate gathered a whooping 22million votes,was d SE and SS votes that amounts to that? No! The SW was not blinded by tribe when they abandoned their son(Tunde Bakare) and voted for a SS and northerner as president and vp respectively but its convenient to accuse us of being tribalistic now abi...shebi Jonathan has turned d SE to paradise that is why u guys are crying more than d bereaved,igbos better situp and go back to d drawing table and charter a new and reasonable path politically or else...cos no region can lead d nation without d help of d other regions.WAKE UP!
@FreeGlobe

No abracadabra will work this time around...d game is up!
And why do I feel you guys are affirming to my post above....make una CHANGE una ways o!

Its highly worrisome and scaring as I find it difficult to see election results from d SS and SE region since ystday on any online platform....we have been seeing results pouring in from d North and SW,even Ekiti where PDP won.I think PDP is up to something which I will explain now.
Maybe they are waiting for preliminary results from d states APC are perceived to be strong so as to determine d figures that will be required to boost d votes coming from d lesser figures that will be coming from d PDP strongholds,remember 2011 where mysterious figures came from SS and SE.
We need to be watchful and calculating as they are scheming too,we can afford to take chances this time around...we need to see votes from dis regions too as we have been seeing from d North and SW states!

yungbeef:
I was joking nao. I got the intended message. Its wsnt meant to sound derogatory. I guess u are too sensitive. Sorry if u felt that way.

Hahahaha

I see Igbos as d crooked wood dat disrupts d fire,all their plans is to destroy and run dis country down by supporting a bad govt to do d job.Majority of dem knows Gej has performed woefully and cannot lead dis country to greater heights but they support him because of d sentiments above.Nobody is saying u shouldn't love ur kinsman but when ur kinsman falls below expectation u should be bold enough to tell him! D yorubas were d greatest critics of Obj's govt,we never supported him in 1999 and he rigged his way in 2003 to avoid another disgrace in his homefront.In 2011 d yorubas gave Gej a chance by voting him in massively,but now we have decided to shift our support because of Gej low performance.
So d Igbos can vote/support whosoever they like,but please leave d other tribes alone in your 'blind love' cos we know what we want!

[quote author=KwoiZabo post=31026603]I know Jonathan is struggling simply because he is from the minority, assuming Goodluck is from the NW or that he is contesting against a fellow S-southerner e.g Amaechi. we all know it will be a smooth ride for him. But let me remind everyone that as mature as spain's democracy is Barcelona is still agitating for cessation. Same goes to the Scottish people in England. Just Watching in 3D [/quote

Assuming dis,assuming dat!....Is he not from d minority when he was voted and enjoyed a smooth ride in 2011 election,and yet with d same northerner.
Please say something else bro,dis Jonah guy has failed n disappointed many woefully!

omenka:
We know it is mere "propaganda". Even if you were sitting in one of the buses as you type this, you would still tell the world it is "mere propaganda".

Why the bitterness?? What happened to you??

Its a mere sarcasm from from d dude....abi no be so Mynd44?

I will excuse d TANoids....but it beats me when I see d so called people on d fence(Fencist) still undecided.It only means one thing to be a fencist,u don't agree/like/want d status quo but u are not also convinced/sure of d other option.but one thing is also certain,u want a change.....Looking objectively at our democracy and politics in general since 1999 through d various elections,do u really think we can get it wrong by electing another party at d national level.We have all seen d examples of changing a party at d state levels,some pleasant n some not so pleasant but we have always come back to change d unpleasant ones tru d ballot.We all want to progress in life and we know true progress comes with change,change from being poor to rich,baby to adult,illiterate to literate,all dis and many more requires courage cos its all risky.so dis brings us to another defination of change,which is 'change is risk taking'...therefore to d fencist who desires change but are not sure of d change,I say to you TAKE D RISK we can only learn from it and it will surely make us and our democracy stronger.The most important thing is about changing dis corrupt and inept present govt,a govt dat has reduced d pride of every Nigerian both locally n international,a govt that refused to plan for our future by squandering away our resources,a govt dat celebrates medicority.....if we have d courage to look d problem in d eye now and take a stand by changing it then I don't see how difficult it will be for us to change d next govt too if it fails us...

So, I have decided to vote for CHANGE
I have decided to vote APC
I have decided to vote Buhari/Osinbajo
God bless Nigeria!

I will excuse d TANoids....but it beats me when I see d so called people on d fence(Fencist) still undecided.It only means one thing to be a fencist,u don't agree/like/want d status quo but u are not also convinced/sure of d other option.but one thing is also certain,u want a change.....Looking objectively at our democracy and politics in general since 1999 through d various elections,do u really think we can get it wrong by electing another party at d national level.We have all seen d examples of changing a party at d state levels,some pleasant n some not so pleasant but we have always come back to change d unpleasant ones tru d ballot.We all want to progress in life and we know true progress comes with change,change from being poor to rich,baby to adult,illiterate to literate,all dis and many more requires courage cos its all risky.so dis brings us to another defination of change,which is 'change is risk taking'...therefore to d fencist who desires change but are not sure of d change,I say to you TAKE D RISK we can only learn from it and it will surely make us and our democracy stronger.The most important thing is about changing dis corrupt and inept present govt,a govt dat has reduced d pride of every Nigerian both locally n international,a govt that refused to plan for our future by squandering away our resources,a govt dat celebrates medicority.....if we have d courage to look d problem in d eye now and take a stand by changing it then I don't see how difficult it will be for us to change d next govt too if it fails us...

So, I have decided to vote for CHANGE
I have decided to vote APC
I have decided to vote Buhari/Osinbajo
God bless Nigeria!

I think d OP of this thread started on a wrong foot with d opening statements,unless he/she can convince me that he/she is not biased and intends to reach an objective opinion of NLanders,he should explain what he meant by saying "a certain political party is prone to violence" and why he deliberately omitted the Ekitigate saga where d military is presently fingered in committing electoral fraud......
That said...because of d distrust people like me and d opposition parties particularly have,I think d army should be restricted to d troubled region for security during dis election.And my reasons includes d fact that d constitution frowns at d use of d military in elections,and d other regions are not prone to violence during/after elections in recent times and the military has been grossly compromised today...conclusively,I think majority of Nigerians ordinarily do not have problem with d military until d Ekitigate palaver and d attending reaction of d authorities and d presidency.So I say NO to military involvement in our elections for NOW

[quote author=pendy79 post=30865592]you will see i didnt comment on stories that you have been putting up and really i don't want to take you on so as not to damage the little reputation you may have left.

If you go through your PMs to me towards ending of last year, you will realize you have no dignity and i thank my issues of clearance/flag registration for my ship at NIMASA for derailing my planned visit to Nigeria else i would have met you as you wanted.

Thank God i didnt oblige you

I leave the content of those PMs private and confidential to preserve some dignity for you.

This thread was never about you so have no picky conscience.


Busted!!

R.I.P to d dead....he was a great man,we need more of him in our society

[quote author=cramjones post=28891639]I just got out of an all night meeting with party leaders and I can tell you categorically clear, that Ammaechi is the chosen candidate for VP. This will be announced by APC latest tomorrow. Let us join hands and campaign for these change agents!

I think Ameachi is ripe for d post,even though I have my reservations towards him.this has finally balanced d equation of both ethnic n religious matter dat might arise towards d 2015 election
Sir,what are the other considerations in choosing Ameachi over other candidates?