I am equally disappointed by all 3, APC, PDP, and LP. It's just that the intolerance and gross lack of logical reasoning capacity of the obidients irritates me more.
What percentage of your time, energy, effort, money and other resources are you using to make a 4th ideology/party viable
Otherwise what is the purpose of this your balablu town hall noise?
If not for Tinubu’s mastery of political strategy, what foolishness would make capitalist Peter Obi join communist LP labourers in his desperate bid to be president
jameshankss: Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has said he is sure the candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, would lose the 2023 presidential election. Soludo said he would not submit to the bullying of Obi’s supporters, who recently descended on him for addressing issues in the state.
The governor made the comments in a lengthy write-up personally authored, with the title, “History Beckons, and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1).”
Soludo said Obi was inadvertently making the pathway to victory much easier for the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and at the same time, toying with the destiny of millions of Ndigbo.
But the chief spokesperson for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign, Yunusa Tanko, accused Soludo of being sponsored by some unknown persons to weaken the base of the party in the South-east.
The former CBN governor had been under intense attack for close to a week for dismissing Obi’s investment in the state as amounting to nothing, during a television interview.
Soludo said in the write-up, “My attention has been drawn to some of the tirades on social media following my frank response during an interview on Channels TV regarding the ‘investments’ Mr. Peter Obi claimed to have made with Anambra State revenues.
“Sadly, several of the comments left the issue of the interview to probe or suggest motives, inferred from my response on ‘investment’ that I am opposed to Peter Obi’s ambition and, therefore, committed a ‘crime’ for which the punishment is internecine abuse and harassment, even to my family.
“Everyone knows that I don’t follow the winds or one to succumb to bullies, or shy away from a good fight especially, when weighty matters of principles and future of the people are involved.”
Soludo said he had urged Obi to return to his former party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), to actualise his presidential bid. He added that he had always told the LP candidate to his face that he was not capable of winning the 2023 presidential election, especially, under LP, which had neither a councillor nor a local government chairman.
Soludo said Obi was not just his friend, but also his brother, but despite that, they have their political differences.
He stated, “For full disclosure, let me state that Peter Obi and I are not just friends, we call ourselves ‘brothers’. But we have political differences: he left APGA for PDP after his tenure as governor, while I have remained in APGA since 2013.
“During the last two governorship elections in Anambra in 2017 and 2021, he led the PDP campaigns but APGA won landslide in both elections. By the way, in 2016, he visited and proposed that I defect to PDP and contest the 2017 election against the incumbent Willie Obiano, but I declined.
“After my victory in November 2021, he called to congratulate me, as I did to him in 2010. That is the Anambra way: we fight fiercely during campaigns but share drinks at the next social events. After all, it was the Great Zik of Africa, who taught us that in politics, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies but only permanent interests.”
Arguing that Obi’s presidential bid would only work in favour of Tinubu, Soludo said, “Indeed, if I were Asiwaju Tinubu, I would even give Peter Obi money as someone heading one of the departments of his campaign, because Obi is making Tinubu’s pathway to victory much easier by indirectly pulling down PDP.”
Obi, according to Soludo, would only deplete the votes of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and pave the path for an APC victory.
He stated, “The current fleeting frenzy, if not checked, will cost Ndigbo dearly for years. The South-east has the lowest number of votes of any region, but it is also the only region where the presidential race might be a four-way race (it is a two-way race in the other five regions) thereby, ensuring that our votes won’t count in the making of the next president of Nigeria.
I never saw it from this perspective. Ideally you are right ,it's wrong but. The reality is, the government has made the country so unlivable that anyone will do whatever it takes to get out of here.
I was talking with a relative who works in Chevron, mind you he is very rich and has been in Chevron for over 15 years as a full staff yet he told me this very morning he is relocating from Nigeria.
So if someone that rich is afraid due to insecurity and chooses to japa , what more the rest of us who are middle class or what more of the poor.
The blame still rests with the government
Since the government does not put itself in power, and cannot keep itself in power without the consent (irrespective of how it’s obtained), then who is ULTIMATELY responsible for the failures of government
If Chevron staff in America don’t do their own part in community service and political activism, where will your relative japa to?
Rebuker: Life, people are going through alot this time. May God help us all.
I am sure that the man who committed suicide is not a Yoruba person that would have been a beneficiary of Tinubu’s Emilokan continuity of Buhari and APC’s shege packaged as Yorubalokan. He can’t be.
Judolisco: Dem Wan close window again... Nigerians Don give dem reason... If no be suffer, how mechanical engineer go dey do health care work for UK dey pack old people shit... Kai
Is this what he deserves for not caring enough about his communities and country to work hard for better people as local, state and federal government officials in the legislative and executive branches
eazzzy1: Why is the test to qualify as a nurse in the UK conducted in Nigeria? Or why is the UK not in charge of the conduct like IELTS or ACCA.
The UK needs to tighten the exam process but I disagree that patience lives are at risk. Sitting and passing an exam doesn’t always reflect ability to do the job. I know people who speak fluent English who can’t pass IELTS.
What do you suggest to let people know that they speak AND write English fluently
Belial06: Off course this is true . I know a lady who used someone to pass her license exam. Omo the thing is expensive but that's the only way a lot of them are able.to.get their license.
No be new thing 😎
I imagine her cursing out the leaders in her local, state and federal government offices instead of accepting them as true reflection of her own wọtọwọtọ ways.
Biodun556: Buhari was borrowing foreign loan to defend the naira. Which means he was subsidizing dollars for billionaires who are importers, manufacturers and children of rich who studying abroad while at same time paying fuel subsidies. He was burning the candle at both ends, left, right and center because he did not want to hurt the feelings of Nigerians.
Billionaire hypocrites like Peter Obi whose desperate switch to communist LO labourers helped Tinubu achieve his Emilokan dream
“’I cannot take anything back about Obi. I said Obi said he wants to move Nigeria back from consumption to production and I said that is not true. He cannot do it because his own business survives on consumption. Is that a lie? He has been an importer and I said he deals with cash and carry economics; container economics, imports”.
“All the goods that can be produced in Nigeria, Obi imports them in his supermarkets. That is consumption economics. That kind of person cannot tell you that he is moving you from consumption to production. He will then be committing self-economic suicide and Obi will not do that to himself”.
“So, Obi is deceiving everybody and I can’t take that back because that is true. What I said about Asiwaju, I gave examples of his vision, knowledge and courage. There is none about Obi. You can’t point to any enduring legacy of Obi in his eight years as governor of Anambra”.
90% of the money to most LG are siphoned by the governor with the exception of some states like Lagos and Kaduna.
How is Tinubu’s Lagos an exception when its 20 LGAs are not employing workers to maintain tarred feeder roads, refuse handling, free primary schools etc?
Atiku's inability to provide leadership and reconcile factions within PDP ☂️put us in this predicament of APC under the fumbling Tinubu ... 🙁🙁🙁🙁
You can only reconcile those who are willing to be reconciled.
How could he have reconciled desperado Peter Obi, who was misled to join communist LP labourers, thereby making Tinubu’s victory easier
How ‘President Elect’, Tinubu Funded Peter Obi’s Campaign To Reduce Winning Chances Of Atiku – Oyo Labour Party Governorship Candidate, Akinwale
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Oyo State, Tawfiq Akinwale, on Wednesday stated that the “President-elect” Bola Tinubu asked popular economist, Prof Pat Utomi to step down for Peter Obi in the buildup to the 2023 general elections.
Akinwale made this revelation while he appeared as a guest on a radio programme on 101.7 YES FM, Ibadan, Oyo State, while alleging that Obi received campaign funds from Utomi, whom he described as Tinubu's "son."
The LP aspirant, who spoke in Yoruba language, said "In the buildup to the 2023 elections, Obi who had purchased the nomination form of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), suddenly announced his exit from the party.
"Initially, Pat Utomi had secured the LP's presidential ticket, but when Peter Obi said he resigned from the PDP and joined the LP. Bola Tinubu, a master political strategist, quickly told Utomi, that everyone knows to be his son to step down for Obi.
"The “president-elect” saw in Obi's presidential bid, a good chance to reduce the winning chances of the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar.
"What Peter Obi didn't know is much more that what he knows, he started collecting campaign funds from Utomi, while Tinubu was giving the money to Utomi.
abhosts: Atiku should leave the stage while there is still some little ovation. He should nominate a competent northerner to be Obi's vice in the next election. All his boyz like Bwala and Reno have moved on, so should he.
Has Peter Obi left the communist LP labourers camp he joined in desperation to be president, but ended up being Tinubu’s crutches in getting his Emilokan dream?
Gerrard59: The 2023 presidential election is less than seven months away. There are three contenders, even though Peter Obi happens to be largely a pretender in my opinion. Tinubu has chosen Shettima to be his VP candidate, Atiku chose Okowa and Peter chose Yusuf. However, of the trio, Tinubu’s choice is the most controversial as it is a Muslim-Muslim ticket, which is very insensitive to the 100M+ Christian populace. To be honest, this choice increases Tinubu’s probability amongst the Muslim community in Nigeria, especially in the north-west and north-east. This brings me to the topic: Peter Obi cannot win in those regions as they will not vote for a Christian when there are two alternatives where Muslims hold sway. In the north-west, Tinubu has a greater probability of winning there as his combination resonates with the populace. Kwankwaso has said he has no problems with the choice he made but with his platform. This means when push comes to shove, he will step down for Tinubu so that BAT’s chances of winning Kano with a wide margin come to fruition. In the north-east where Shettima and Atiku come from, Peter Obi’s odds further decline as indigenes there will rather their sons than someone else.
In the south-west, Tinubu is expected to win. Don’t allow anyone to deceive you that Tinubu will lose his backyard. Yorubas don’t involve religion during elections as they are roughly divided across three religions amidst themselves. Tinubu is seen as a God figure and when the chips are down, the vast majority will tilt towards voting for the APC. However, there exists a section of Yoruba voters especially the Christians who might not/will not vote for the APC or alternatively abstain from voting due to the insensitivity of Tinubu’s choice considering the wanton killings the Christian community has experienced in Nigeria within the last seven years. The massacre in the Catholic Church at Owo rings a bell. To these people, alternatives exist in Atiku and Peter but here is it: due to what I cannot describe as the rivalry between Igbos and Yorubas, the vast majority of these Yoruba Christians will not vote for an Igbo man. They will/might be shamed, mocked at or derided or whatever, but they won’t vote for Peter Obi and/or rather cast their votes for Atiku. On the other hand, Yoruba Muslims will never vote for an Igbo man, certainly not when an illustrious son of theirs has a strong likelihood of becoming the president.
In the north-central, Tinubu’s prospects are pretty significant as people, especially the Muslims in Kwara will vote for him. The same thing in Nasarrawa, Kogi, and Niger especially as the vast majority of people in IDP camps are Christians. Benue, for instance, has one of the highest concentrations of IDPs thereby making them unqualified to vote. His chances in Plateau and Benue are very low but APC’s structures there can deliver the minimum requirement of 25% to scale through. In the south-south and south-east, Tinubu’s chances are extremely low considering he never campaigned in the south-east and only campaigned in Delta and Cross River states in the south-south during the APC presidential primaries. Effectively, he believes he won’t win in those regions, and rightfully so. In fact, I predict that Tinubu will not campaign during the campaign season in any of the south-eastern states and only in Cross River considering the influence of Okowa in Delta. He might substitute Delta with Akwa Ibom but that is it, just two states in the south-south and none in the south-east. The south-south and south-east together are home to the vast majority of Christians in Nigeria. They will not be receptive to a Muslim-Muslim presidency.
chiiraq802: If na Super highways dem dey use rank world power. United States of America for no see first 10.
Bt that highway for Kodovua mk sense shaa!!
True that.
What % of the materials and technology used in building the roads are from Africans who fail to prioritise free education for all children and research
Massiveglory: With the free fall of the naira under this great tinubulation calamity, it is well placed.
If something urgent is not done, we may soon be buying a bag of rice with ghana must go bag full of naira.
How many times in a week do you think this increase in minimum wage will be done, since the free fall of the Naira is not stopping anytime soon, partly because civil servants and politicians are getting paid well above the value they are adding to the economy
"This is if the Naira continues to depreciate and inflation isn't checked. When we were contemplating ₦200,000 the exchange rate was 800 Naira to 1 US dollar." - President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero.
What wisdom is there in doing the same thing that has brought us to this sorry state?
If minimum wage is increased to any amount, what stops politicians from increasing their own total package and making a ridicule of the workers minimum wage
Politicians from the local government councillors up.
In a turn of events that has left the community stunned, a man has called off his wedding at the eleventh hour after discovering that his fiancée is a lesbian. The revelation came as a devastating blow to the groom-to-be, whose identity remains undisclosed.
Did he do a right thing?
First of all, how do we know that this is not acting to create social media content, seeing as the voices are so CLEAR and loud
You dey mind these people trying in vain to mess with our brains as if we be mumus.
Did Tinubu not say that it is his Emilokan turn for president because he alone made Buhari president in 2015, out of pity when he saw him crying in 2011 after his 3rd failed attempt to lulẹ
Crime / Re: Man Knocked Down While Escaping With Woman’s Foodstuffs In FCT by seguno2: 10:18am On Feb 16
