₦airaland Forum

HIGHESTPOPORI:
Ngige did nothing as a Senator and we voted him and Apc out,Apc has not place in SE and SS, Imo had 2 reps from Apc,why wasn't they given d Speakership slot? You guys think you are smart,you left people that won election and its Ngige that lost you would have given Senate President,Ike Ekueremadu is our choice,We are Proud of Him as our DSP!

you talk as if all SE and SS are PDP, deriding Ngige in an election that was rigged against him and others. The Apc may not ve won yet the election was rigged with federal might. People don't like Ekweremadu, moreover he achieved nothing in SE with Gej. Not all SE supports the view of PDP and Ohaneze, many Apc menbers are looking forward to next election to return APC in the National Assembly atleast then Election will be free and fair without Pdp intimidation as witnessed in 2015. Apc lost unfairly because the PDP used the police and Sss to intimidate them during the election.

jlinkd78:
I v always known dat Ekweremmadu slot has been d APC cum Buhari greatest burden but unfortunately its one bitter pill providence has forced down on them because of their obvious disregard towards d SE from onset. All these roforofo fight against Saraki is b/c a PDP person and particularly an Igboman is d Deputy Senate President but its getting late by d day that APC is helpless. Nigeria is built on a tripod of Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba, d often contraption 'wazobia' but APC made it clear that d 'bia' leg must be cut off b/c of dia 5% designation but unfortunately God had a different plan for his chosen ppl. Haven't u imagined how come at d date n time of natn'l assembly inauguration, d APC members went for meeting with d party leadership even though d President had earlier sent in his letter consenting to d promulgation. Confusion u may say but dat was a devine masterpiece. Truth is as long as Saraki wants to remain as SP he must continue to align with d PDP/Ekweremadu who are d beautiful brides. U need 2/3rd majority to impeach d DSP and dat d apc cant ever get. If APC continue to push this matter which is naturally dying down, then d more they exhibit their poor knowledge of how democracy works. Apc had a choice of zoning d SP, DSP, speaker n deputy speaker but in a bid to make sure d SE and to a lesser extent d SS do not get any slot, they went against zoning so dat d SW n NW will take turns in addition to d VPn D President.

whenever we judge how past Govts performed, what people remember are Shagari and NPN, likewise Gej and PDP, nobody remembers that David Mark and Ekweremadu held the Senate and where part of the failure, only Gej is taking the heat. My point is this, if PDP and other Nigerians want to judge PMB and APC fairly after four yrs they should give them room to Govern i,e have an APC man as DSP so that after their term we will appraise them.,i personally don't like this PDp hand in the soup pot thing. I want to taste APC's recipe after four yrs and affirm if the soup is okay or not. Ohaneze should learn how to play politics and stop been a mouthpiece for any Political party, if Yoruba's didn't die as outsiders in Gej Govt Igbos won't. We should learn how to strategically align ourselves everywhere next time

APC Senators must understand they are the ruling party, PMB should also understand that Ameachi must be made a minister, not because he can't do without it but it is necessary as Ameachi is the face of APC in the SS. PDP and Wike know this and they are employing all tricks in the book to scater APC faithfuls so as to ve a free reign in 2019,. PMB must stand his ground and get Ameachi confirmed, Ameachi needs an official platform as minister to continue to lead APC faithfuls in SS. This is politics and PMB must understand this. We need Ameachi to take SS in 2019,.

asokoromadam:
Everything Jonathan did right,the Daura President is doing wrong

the beauty is that only pdp faithfuls love the clueless one while Nigerians love the dullard, thank God he gave us PMB

mrborntodoit:
Old people like Clark shouldn't be in politics in the first place I this is a welcomed development.

Nairaland i must confess is now a site for teenagers, the kind of post some people come up with betray them, state how many nations in the world that is ruled by under 40. Ten years ago you were younger so definitely ten years from now you will be older than you are now. What do you ve to offer and not age is want counts

OZAOEKPE:
"if PMB could destroy the economy because of he's looking for saints to direct the affairs of this zoo, and at the end he comes up with amaechi and fayemi, I'm sorry to say,he's a *** man. Anything that makes amaechi a saint and fit to be a minister, then saraki is fit to rule the senate. Sahara reporters(tinubu) interviewing PMB, midolian should tell the whole world what he stands to gain in publicizing SR". Quote me anywhere

you must be one of the lizard in the zoo, i am sure that the fear of pmb won't let you come down from that iroko tree your likes have made their home since may 29.

[quote author=TippyTop post=38494713]84 Senators back Saraki, Buhari nightmare just got real.
www.nairaland.com/attachments/2907676_saraki2_jpeg8b042ac57058c78ceaf9e1f73925069a

Thought APC supporters said, senators would be too scared to support Saraki.
[quote author=Sant1m post=38510794]Pls, lawyers in the house, can an endorsement by senate upturn a guilty verdict if Cct finds saraki guilty? Can the senate after the cct rulling slam and suspend the cct judges for not respecting their earlier popurted endorsement?
Earlier today Osibanjo assured Nigerians that Pmb's Govt will kill corruption, i think he is referring to Saraki's case as the land mark case this Govt, will use to nail corruption. Its simple but i know most Pdp apologists won't agree. A guilty verdict from the cct on Saraki sentencing him to do time will send the dearth nail on corruption as it will become obvious that there is no more sacred cow in the fight. Something tells me the duo of pmb and osibanjo is working towards this, take it or leave it this case is the litmus test the world is waiting for to know if pmb is serious, i ve a feeling he will not want to disappoint. If you know pmb antecedent then get scared for saraki cause pmb is not interested in your endorsement his eyes is set on using Saraki to show Nigerians he is serious

LMAyedun:
Those are the Patriotic Senators.
#SayNoToGodFathers

[quote author=Sant1m post=38510794]Pls, lawyers in the house, can an endorsement by senate upturn a guilty verdict if Cct finds saraki guilty? Can the senate after the cct rulling slam and suspend the cct judges for not respecting their earlier popurted endorsement?
Earlier today Osibanjo assured Nigerians that Pmb's Govt will kill corruption, i think he is referring to Saraki's case as the land mark case this Govt, will use to nail corruption. Its simple but i know most Pdp apologists won't agree. A guilty verdict from the cct on Saraki sentencing him to do time will send the dearth nail on corruption as it will become obvious that there is no more sacred cow in the fight. Something tells me the duo of pmb and osibanjo is working towards this, take it or leave it this case is the litmus test the world is waiting for to know if pmb is serious, i ve a feeling he will not want to disappoint. If you know pmb antecedent then get scared for saraki cause pmb is not interested in our politics and endorsement, he has his eyes set on using saraki to tell Nigerians he is serious.

Pls, lawyers in the house, can an endorsement by senate upturn a guilty verdict if Cct finds saraki guilty? Can the senate after the cct rulling slam and suspend the cct judges for not respecting their earlier popurted endorsement?
Earlier today Osibanjo assured Nigerians that Pmb's Govt will kill corruption, i think he is referring to Saraki's case as the land mark case this Govt, will use to nail corruption. Its simple but i know most Pdp apologists won't agree. A guilty verdict from the cct on Saraki sentencing him to do time will send the dearth nail on corruption as it will become obvious that there is no more sacred cow in the fight. Something tells me the duo of pmb and osibanjo is working towards this, take it or leave it this case is the litmus test the world is waiting for to know if pmb is serious, i ve a feeling he will not want to disappoint. If you know pmb antecedent then get scared for saraki cause pmb is not interested in our everyday politics or senate endorsement, his eyes is set on the message he wants to send to Nigerians using Saraki

owobokiri:
A prehistoric political dinosaur from the most conservative-illiterate part of Africa obviously lacks the cerebral gravitas to become the beacon of change and the driver of modernization in Africa.. The whole of Africa is not as dumb as you think, my good friend midolian.. A man who derided ministers as some inconsequential "noise makers" belongs to the days of Ovaranwen and has nothing whatsoever to do with running a modern economy.

trash! Jesus was born in a manger, most of the worlds great were nobody in the area they made great marks. No rule says to be a great leader you must be first class. All our first class brains ve failed Nigeria at various level of leadership and God need no permission from you to decide to raise Pmb even if he is a dunce to take us to the next level. A million your type cannot change it neither can you change Gods favour on him. We just love him even if he can't read and write, next election we are still going to vote him or whoever he anoint. A man with conscience is far a better leader than a bunch of Harvard, Yale or Oxford professors. Take your academic trash somewhere else.

BlackrulesDworld:
Welcome to one chance government.
A government where the president is always right and can never be wrong.

people just believe in him haven't you noticed, people see him as a one eyed righteous politician in a land filled with blind politicians. Fortunately the more Pdp wails the more Nigerians believe, whether right or wrong, that Pmb must be doing something right. Wailing and criticism won't help Pdp, maybe silence for a while would, i don't know. Pdp should just stop trying, the bond between pmb and most Nigerians is like a love story the more Pdp and her elements work hard to kill that love the more Nigerians get erotic with Pmb. With pmb its like see no evil, hear no evil. May be we hate pdp so much! until pmb came along and like a knight with shining armour he stole our love, stop forcing us to hate him maybe then the haze will clear.

TonyeBarcanista:
Well, commendable? Yes but that's not enough to impress. These are men that are in charge of the security of the President, his family and the seat of power. I think the allowance could be reduced but the stoppage should be reviewed considering that the pay of some of them is nothing to write home about.

you resign that officer guarding the president against threat is not more threatened or important than another officer that is supposed to guard you and me against armed robbers and kidnappers.

Blizzyblinkzy:
Better

mike Ejiofor always supports the old order, where only presidential and guarding digniteries are special bites why guarding the masses is ordinary duty. Until we project every job in this country as special we will never grow as a Nation, what PMB did is good if it can be sustained. A situation where where two officer on the same rank and qualification in the force receives different salary package because one is posted to Aso Rock or Govt House why the other one is posted to a police or Dss post in Afikpo is discouraging and an indictment that the people should be less in priority. Ejiofor you are wrong and Pmb is right

IbokUtoroh:
operation making saraki more popular.
Apc fighting apc, God punish thieves.

That is why PDP failed to grow the polity after 16yrs, "Gov of paddy paddy" was what they frosted on us and nearly destroyed the country with their evil ways and followers. If Nigerians allow Saraki to face the law, i am not saying he is guilty. With PMB it will definitely go round to Ameachi, Tinubu, Atiku and others someday. Until our elites become afraid to break the law we will never progress

oshyno:
Whaz the fuse about. Saraki aint going no where.

Nobody is saying that Saraki should go anywhere, all we are saying is that he should go to court to defend the charges just like you and i would ve been compelled to, if the law wants us. As SP he sits at the apex of our law making organ, we need good examples from them that's all. For God's sake this people are no different from us. Thank God Saraki and Dasuki are not from SE, Metuh and his like would ve accused him of hate and like always gullible Nigerians will fall for it. Just like in advance society nobody should be above the law

chukwudi44:
If Saraki resigns or is impeached Ekweremadu becomes acting Senate President pending when another election is held

Childish! And what did Benue benefit from Mark as SP?, what did SE benefit from Gej when Ekweremadu was DSP? Also, what did SS benefit when Gej was President? And now, what has that Adamu hustling in the street of Kano benefited since PMB became president? Good governance is the only thing that can bring benefit to all, irrespective of class or connection. PMB is the man i belief that can take us on a walk along that road, if we support him to punish people like Saraki, it will emboldened him and eventually it will get to people like Ameachi, Kwankwaso, and others across party lines and we the masses will benefit

just how your likes shouted that Gej can never lose, eventually he lost yet the chest beating has continued, i wonder how Pdp came to love Saraki so much, the same Saraki they called a traitor. In all of this i pity Saraki because he has made himself politically exposed, Saraki should not be deceived that nothing will happen in his battle with the ruling party, most times the Govt wins and all those urging you on will eventually stop at the barricade of the Sss and the police wondering what happened, then and only then will Saraki realise that humans are two faced. Saraki could ve avoided all these if he had like Dogara conceded something to the party.

sdindan:
I hate Buhari.

Your like can hate PMB for all we care, after all we never expected that those that held the Nation captive and plundered her wealth under a 'paddy paddy' democracy will like the change taking place. Metuh Nigerians know what is good for them, because what is good for them can never be loved by PDP, only the guilty and corrupt should be afraid. Metuh keep wailing

mandax:
Pity Yoruba followers of Buhari. Islam is in the details.
If Buhari succeeds in his "Saraki/Ekweremadu must go" moves, appoints Senate Heads of his choice, and becomes a dictator,

Yoruba, as before, shall go to form another NADECO against northern domination. But NADECO as usual, cannot do a fcuck against northern domination.

Go tell the Dogs your hypothesis, tribal and religious sentiment made your party and Gej lose focus yet you people are still flying that kite, PDP and her element are so daft as opposition politics, do you think our SE and SS alone can give PDP the presidency in 2019, without North and SW

5starmilitant:
You wondering about his friends, Have you also wondered why the acting minister of information oshiomOLE hasn't said anything yet? You think this matter is a joke abi?

Just pray it doesn't lead to the fall of apc.

Your wish though, but it can't happen. Saraki, Dino, Goje, Yerima's head can never lead to the fall of APC. The silence from Northern Senators supporting Saraki is for them not to incur the wrath of their constituency, since after some media house alleged that some senators from the North are working against PMB most of them ve been battling to get back the love of their people. I equally no that though Saraki is seen as the new face of Pdp and her supporters they will easily abandon ship with Saraki on it when the time is right. Remember he is a traitor

sonnie10:
See levels. Next move should be to start an impeachment proceedings against Buhari on monday way before hearing at the appeal court.

even in your dream you know the senate cannot impeach PMB, Saraki should go to court and plead guilty, the Judge may find room to be lenient. This pillar to post athletic practice he is engaging in will not help him to scale Aso Rock fence to see PMB.

[quote author=philips70 post=37484435]Metuh is correct in a way. He's indirectly saying money is not flowing because Buhari has kept armored tanks around the treasury that looters have found it very difficult to get in.

Nigerian economy was flowing with illegal monies everywhere. It's surely going to be difficult for some time before we find a balance.[/quote Spot on ! That is the angle he is coming from, flow of illegal income has been halted, and it is affecting Metuh and his cronies along with their e warriors. For the masses their is definitely improvement in electricity, i buy fuel at 87 or 97 these days, corrupt monies are no longer pricing us out of properties and land easily, Naira now has some measure of value, atleast people want to keep Naira instead of Dollars. Our sanity as a people is been restored, the so called data Metuh is referring to atleast we can attest to the genuiness of the data as opposed to PDP and Okonjo data when they held sway. Metuh! When a man is broke and he tells the wife the truth she tend to manage, but when he is broke and tells the wife all is well it causes distrust and friction, this is Pdp's way but PMb has chosen to tell us the truth we are ready to manage until the days of plenty abounds. My advice! Go revive your party as it will be a long walk in the park. PMB is bring Northern minorities and Christian in the fold, consolidating the North soon it will be the SE, PDP is dead

Akpan107:
The APC government is a major disaster we never wished to happen. God will help us.

pdp providing comical relief in opposition since 2015, i laugh when a group of people that should hide their faces in shame is still pointing fingers at PMB forgetting that their faces is still smeared in shit and charcoal. Pdp should be reminded that it is too early in the day to hang PMB on the state of the Economy, forgetting that China is facing downturn right now, are they referring to all the doctored GDP,, Rebasing etc fake data we had under PDP and Okonjo. What do PDP take Nigerians for? Forgetful Jones!, i hope not because we are all aware of how they crippled the economy. PMB is been truthful to Us, no doctored reports, trying to clean up the system and stem corruption, anyway PDP can continue with their kindergarten opposition strategy while APc consolidate. Nigerians cannot be deceived all PDp needs is to genuinely apologise to Nigerians for messing them up.

hinwazaka:
Father Kukah is not advocating or speaking for anyone. In fact he vehemently denied any involvement with the past president or anyone involved in the past administration. All he asked was for the rule of law to be respected and for all functions of government to be focused on, and not neglected for a wild goosechase. Do you see him organising a protest or a roadmarch in defense of anyone. Let's be fair and not contribute to the creation of a monster which even we, will not be able to stop.

watch the interview he granted channels tv, i don't know what to say other than marvel at a country called Nigeria

mrrock:
Is Buhari himself not corrupt?

Buhari is no saint, he is equally not interested to prove to you and your Peace Committee that he is not. All he wants and would do is to kill corruption before corruption kills Nigeria, Gej, Kukah, Abdulsalami and others must be investigated and prosecuted. I ve lost all the respect i ve for Rev, Kukah

seunmsg:
Shehu Sanni is turning to somethings else o. What point is he trying to make by attacking the government of El-Rufai? Even if they disagree on issues of policies, why can't he discuss it one on one with the governor? After all, they belong to the same party.

shehu sanni is in tandem with Saraki and eventually Saraki's desire to be president, so far El Rufai is the only Northern Gov, with a rising profile to take over from PMb. Shehu Sani is opting to do the dirty job for Saraki to tame El Rufai rising profile in the North.

People should start speaking for themselves and stop grouping igbos and what we want and do not want. How did Ihejirika, Okonjo, Osita, Ekweremadu and others appointment affect Igboland if not themselves, there are a lot of igbos who believe in PMB and a stable Nigeria, disregard the rants of these internet hate speakers and see them for who they are, PDP apologists who ve suddenly become freedom fighters. How many of them did anything worthwhile for a brother under Gej, you can doubt whether i am igbo or not, i don't care. PMB will perform and shame all you detractors, i know i can't be deceived all i care to tell some youths buying their sentiments is that this same people bet me under just a year and half will flock to PMB for patronage, most off them cannot survive or maintain that influence they use to lord fellow igbos outside Govt, patronage. For the poor when they will start reaching out and making high powerful lobby for appt, as fed, commissioners and the rest you won't be there, our leaders as we ve them in igbo land have failed us and will keep falling us if we don't embrace good Governance and pray PMB will be able to build a corrupt free society. Stop blaming other tribes blame the rich and corrupt who want the status quo to remain and the poor from all tribes under them and their children.

There are two kinds of demand on the Dollar in Nig,( 1) corruption induced demand- this demand exact pressure on the dollar after every FAAC meetings in the last 15yrs, since the Dollar is seen as a means to store value. It is this demand that devalues the Naira in the market as too many naira is chasing few Dollars,
(2), import induced demand- individuals, companies make demand on Dollars to purchase goods and services abroad. This demand is mostly genuine and is most financed via the CBN through Banks.
The recent CBN policy is a good one that will further help the Naira to appreciate to even 160 by Dec, as it no longer easy to launder or use stored Dollars through our Banks, those with 1m dollars at home will be looking to sell now since property owners will not want to collect dollars, in the long run with a little tweak to the policy the black market is in for extinction if all foreign currency must be declared at the point of entry to receive naira equivalent.
With the ban on importation of certain items the pressure on the dollar by genuine importers have been reduced thereby making it easier for our foreign receipts to cope.. The problem was too much naira from electioneering corruption that were chasing few dollars in the market caused the naira loss of value, When the righteous is on the throne God's mercy and grace will definitely kick start the rise of that Nation, not because the leader is a genius but just because of his favour, PMB is sincere.

ERODEDEAST:
This "Certified Illiterate Terrorist" is just making Jest of Governance.

Linus Okorie is one of those Nigerians that wished we were still in the dark days, PMB owe GEJ nothing, the improvement in Railway and Refineries were only possible due to the no nonsense posture of PMB. Its simple, its to the best interest of any corrupt regime for the refineries to be kept under perpetual Turn around maintainance to enable subsidy scam to fester as long as possible which benefit their cronies. Another augment is the demand to give Gej commendation for improved power, i think no because under a corrupt regime its cheaper for PHCN not to spend much in generating power yet bill us for power, since we ve no choice. It is only PMB anti corruption stance and the increased vigilance via NERC that could ve made the Disco's to actually improve on generation. PMB is working and their is nothing his haters can do about it.

temitemi1:
Nigerians don enter one chance

Lousy opposition, The PDP is just getting it wrong in the way they are going about their new status, you just don't open your mouth for the sake of it, timing is important. PDP likes it or not most Nigerians are out to give PMB and APC time to clean up the mess GEJ left behind, the more PDP come up with these vile attacks the more the masses hates them(PDP) for it. Like a fox PDP should be patient the time to pounce will come definitely not now,

chukwudi44:
nothing will happen.Take that from me.Police can go ahead and investigate whatever they want but Saraki/Ekweremadu will remain as Senate president/Deputy Senate President respectively

The beauty is that you are inconsequential to influence events outcome even in the street where you stay let alone Nigeria, you can't stop Saraki and Ekweremadu loosing out

Bjergtrolde:
This so called meeting can be added to the list of great tactical blunders. I am glad it has been shelved.
You are trying to present a common front against a government, who like every other organisation and individuals is aware of how deadly
your "bite" can be. Are you not giving the a heads up to "arrest/detain" all of you at that meeting?

you are right on point,