I try to look for the slightest good in people. From that, I try to give them many excuses. I don't throw people out of the window anyhow until it's clear such a person is a "mat person".

Many of us would cry more than Tinubu if we were to be in his shoes. There is no God service in Nigeria politics. It's all a game of interest. Tinubu has contributed immensely into making men rise to power, he sacrificed, built and waited. He knew what he wanted and he built for it. The guys he contributed to their rise knew about his ambition. They knew they are part of his strategy to achieve his goal, they agreed by allowing him tool for them.

You can't betray people because it's politics. Many who sees nothing wrong in what those guys did to him has a tendency of doing same to any of their benefactors. They are loyal only when it's beneficial to them. Many human beings are like that. But still, it's a bad trait even when it's ubiquitous.

Ordinary Nigerians have a right to reject Tinubu, not those who knew about his ambition all along and allow him to toil for them only to turn against him. Their is no two ways about it, they betrayed him.

Even if they rig him out of the primaries, I would like to see them try their popularity without him. He should pull his structure out of APC and let's see APC crawl into history.

Never bite a finger that fed you.

whitebeard:

he kept quiet

Lolzzz, is he the only Leader that kept quiet?
At that his level he doesn't need to carry placard and be protesting. He can make call to the president and advice him on that action, he can call Sanwoolu and advice also. He's bigger than using protest ground to pass message. That's for people like Sowore and co.
You can't see Obama protesting against Biden, when he can walk into white House

whitebeard:
tinubu served his interest not the peoples interest. he was blinded by greed and pride that he forgot where the real power is.

the END-SARS incident tinubu had a hand in it, in saner climes tinubu wont even have the courage to still be in politics let alone be president after what he did.

What's your evidence that he has hands in it?
Same way you people are saying he collects 2bn naira from Lagos state monthly. Let's be talking with fact please

I try to look for the slightest good in people. From that, I try to give them many excuses. I don't throw people out of the window anyhow until it's clear such a person is a "mat person".

Many of us would cry more than Tinubu if we were to be in his shoes. There is no God service in Nigeria politics. It's all a game of interest. Tinubu has contributed immensely into making men rise to power, he sacrificed, built and waited. He knew what he wanted and he built for it. The guys he contributed to their rise knew about his ambition. They knew they are part of his strategy to achieve his goal, they agreed by allowing him tool for them.

You can't betray people because it's politics. Many who sees nothing wrong in what those guys did to him has a tendency of doing same to any of their benefactors. They are loyal only when it's beneficial to them. Many human beings are like that. But still, it's a bad trait even when it's ubiquitous.

Ordinary Nigerians have a right to reject Tinubu, not those who knew about his ambition all along and allow him to toil for them only to turn against him. Their is no two ways about it, they betrayed him.

Even if they rig him out of the primaries, I would like to see them try their popularity without him. He should pull his structure out of APC and let's see APC crawl into history.

Never bite a finger that fed you.

DMerciful:
Lagos as a former capital with most of Nigeria's investment belongs to all Nigerians equally!

Hope you have this mindset on Cross River State also as former capital of Nigeria?

MadamVanessa:





Tinubu is a thief that dealt mercilessly with Lagos state money. This is a known fact

And with that Lagos state still report the highest IGR in the country. They still remain the model of development for other states in the country?

And most of people that came to Lagos with poly bag, Lagos turn them to man of honor in there home town.

By Kay Lord.

I want to seriously address an issue today.

This write up I am directing mostly to Yorubas and Nigerian citizens from the southern part of Nigeria.

I have never had any problem with people making a choice of who they want to support for an elective position. I believe as human beings, it is our inalienable right as a homo sapiens to have a freewill to make informed choices over anything in life, including political choices. Even God gave us, His creation a free will to make choices. God as almighty as He is, would never force His will on any human being, how much more another human being to force another to take a position he does not like or want.

In fact, life would lose his colour if we all follow the same route over everything that pertains to life. The English folks says variety is the spice of life. Our forefathers in Yorubaland in their own wisdom too says; “gbogbo wa a le sun ka kori si ibi kanna.” Therefore, I don’t ever have any problem with friends/people who share a different opinion from mine. In fact, I respect people who are confident to have an alternate view over issues, own it and can brilliantly articulate those views, even if I don’t agree with them. Some closest persons to me on Facebook don’t usually agree with me on political choices. It is very okay. That is how life should be.

Having given this background, I need to really ask what sin Tinubu has committed that warranted the level of hatred unleashed on him by people, especially of the same ethnic group with him and folks from the southern part of Nigeria. It is okay not to want a man to be president. My closest friends on this platform are supporting Osinbajo, and this has not changed anything between us. It is their political choice and preference. Your choice does not change who you are as a person. What I find distasteful are the people that have vowed not only to stop Tinubu, but to malign his character. Cook up different stories to make him look like the devil. Whereas it is very hard for you to see other ethnic groups do these to their own leaders.

Since Atiku emerged as PDP candidate and even before the primary, hardly would you find a Northerner disparage him, assassinate his character, and say unprintable stuff about him. Don’t get it twisted, a lot of northerners are not supporting his candidacy, but they would never disrespect him blatantly. Of course, there would always be an exception to the rule, but this is a general observation that is valid. I sat down and ask myself, why are we like this down south?

Tinubu’s detractors are quick to echo about how corrupt he is, yet they have no single evidence to corroborate their claim. Am I saying Tinubu is a saint? Never! Then, the question is, which politician is a saint in Nigeria? Okay, if you say Tinubu is corrupt, what of Atiku? Guess what, how many northerners are daily shouting how corrupt Atiku is? The kind of scathing testament about Atiku written by a man who knows him best, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in his book, My Watch is enough to disqualify someone from ever holding a public office. But did you hear northerners shout themselves hoarse about it?

The next thing is to say Tinubu is too old. At 70 too old? Some wrote a PhD dissertation on Tinubu’s likely age to be 90. I got so angry one day, I told one of those folks I know a 90-year-old man when I see one because my Dad is 89 years old and would be 90 by October. For you to say Tinubu is 90 only shows you don’t have elders and old people in your family. That is the only reason you can say a 70-year-old man is 90 and too old. To them, at 70 Tinubu is too old to run for President, but nobody is saying a word about Atiku who is 75 and just won PDP primary election. Have you heard a northerner talk about Atiku’s age? Yet, my own people go about with the chorus of Tinubu is too old. Se afise ni?
They don't know Biden is 79 years old, Trump, 75; Nancy Pelosi, 82. Paul Biya, 89; Cornelius Smith, 85. Chile's president is 36; Finland, 36. Age is an argument for the ignoramuses.

When Tinubu said it is his lifetime ambition to run for President, guess who the people are who started saying…” ohhh so it is about himself and not Nigeria…” Sometimes, you feel like oh my gosh when you read what they write. Bill Clinton visited the White House at age 16 as part of a school trip on July 24, 1963, and met former and late US President, John F. Kennedy. Clinton said that chance meeting and a few seconds handshake fired his imagination and made it a lifetime ambition for him to be the President of the USA in the future.

The question is, those that have not had ambition to become president in Nigeria and found themselves in office by accident, tell me, what has been their achievement. I hate criminal modesty and humility! How can having an ambition, which is a good thing suddenly become a burden to be used to disqualify a man from becoming President. Is ambition not supposed to be a propelling force to prepare a man for a task ahead in the future? Give me a man who has ambition and is ready anytime, and I would give him my vote. You all can go and beg people to be president.
Question is, Atiku who has been contesting for president for 30 years, what does he have? I guess it is not a lifelong ambition then.

Some went as far as writing to Chicago State University to ask if indeed Tinubu went to school. I like Oyinbo people, they don’t suffer fools gladly. They told them, Tinubu did not only attend our university, but he also graduated cuman cum laude, that is, he graduated first class and top of his class. A friend’s uncle who attended same university with Tinubu regaled us with stories when we visited him in Ibadan few years ago when Tinubu was Governor. He said Tinubu was so brilliant the University hired him to teach his classmates and was paying him salary. He even told us his nickname which was coined from Tinubu’s favourite meal at school at that time. Guess what, who is asking about Atiku’s academic credentials? Who is writing to ABU to find out if indeed Atiku has a Diploma in Law?
But my southern Nigerian people would not let us rest about Tinubu’s academic credentials, as if an Oyinbo man would employ anyone without prerequisite qualification to work with a foremost accounting/Management firm in the world, or one of the world major oil firms where he rose to become a Treasurer at Mobil. Atiku is not even as educated as Tinubu, yet you would never hear a northerner raise issues with Atiku about his education. Our too know go kill us one day!

How many men has Atiku raised as a leader? I know for sure he has raised men, but can you compare him to Tinubu in that regard? If you doubt me, scrutinise and list those who have gone through Tinubu’s political and leadership 'academy' and tell me raising leaders is not the hallmark of a great leader. Both PDP in the past and APC up till now are enjoying the services of those Tinubu raised politically.

It is the same people that would talk down on the economic achievement of Tinubu as Lagos Governor and in making sure that his successors stick to the development plan for Lagos. If you think it is a child’s play to turn the economy of a state to the 5th largest in Africa, try and run a business and let’s see. Read me well, Atiku does not have a clarity of thought when it comes to the management of the economy of this country. Tinubu’s thoughts on the economy and his plan are out there to read. The books he has written or co-authored are there to read. Show me that of Atiku. Let’s make this an issue-based matter. Enough of emotional vituperations that adds no value to our collective development as a people and as a nation.

Anytime the issue of democracy is raised, a lot of people suddenly develop memory loss. Who are the champions of the democracy we now enjoy today? Who are the people that were locked up for standing to the military junta? Was Atiku one of them?
Thank God, during his visit to Kwara State, Tinubu thanked the Emir of Ilorin who as a sitting Judge released Tinubu from Abacha’s detention and was able to escape into exile through the popular Cotonou route, and from there went abroad and was heavily financing NADECO. Prof. Wole Soyinka corroborated all of these. That is why I find it funny when they come up with, where did he get his money? Why did you not ask him that in the 90s when he was dolling out his personal funds to help pro-democracy groups against the military junta. Hardly would you see a northerner ask those questions of Atiku. Meanwhile, Tinubu’s wealth even before he became a Governor is well documented. Okay, Atiku retired from Custom…what next? And he became a billionaire. End of story.

Apart from his guber election before Obasanjo picked him to be VP, has Atiku ever won any other election? But folks won’t let us hear word about how Tinubu is unelectable. For a man who has dealt a big electoral blow against PDP back-to-back since 1999 and a final blow to their 16-year reign in 2015, it is such an insult.

E je ke farabale now...

©️ Kay Lord, 300522.

There was this Welder on our street, every time Accountant Abeh Terzungwe Samson was passing he would hail him "Engineer!". One day like that, Accountant Terzungwe Abeh and I were going to a barber shop.
As usual, he addressed the welder as ENGINEER as we walked pass his workshop.
I did not complain still.

When we got to the barber shop, I addressed the girl who was collecting money as ACCOUNTANT.
My friend quickly corrected me that the girl is a CASHIER and not an ACCOUNTANT. I said "Orne, calm down.
I didn't complain you addressed the welder as ENGINEER, so allow me to address this girl as ACCOUNTANT in peace"...

Engineering is arguably the most misunderstood profession in Nigeria. Even those who are well schooled, their education has failed to inoculate them against misunderstanding the engineering profession.

Some years back, I was working on a construction project in Rivers State.
We had one Oyibo Engineer from Belgium.
We were chatting one day and this man asked me what Engineers do in Nigeria.
He was hired as an Engineer all the way from Belgium, but when he got here he was not being used as an Engineer.
So he was confused and needed a me to explain to him the role of an Engineer in Nigeria.
This is how bad it is.

Nigerians only appreciate the work of people who use tools or operate equipment. They have no regard for brain work.
That is why the saying that Nigerian Engineers do not know "practical" is very popular in Nigeria.

Somehow Nigerians have acquired the unfortunate belief that anybody who is not seeing operating an equipment, or using one tool (say spanner, trowel, hammer, etc) or the other to perform a task does not know "practical". That is why they say Nigerian Engineers only know "theory" without practical.

Come to think of it.
I design, say a building, sitting in my office or house.
After completing the rigorous design process - during which I even forgot to eat and probably slept late - I produce construction drawings.
These drawings serve to instruct the construction process. Yet you say I don't know "practicals" simply because you did not see me wearing an overall dress with boot and a helmet on my head placing concrete, or cutting and bending steel rods, etc.

I use my knowledge of science and maths to generate hydrological data and create a suitable drainage system for Makurdi to halt the incessant flooding of homes.
My blue print is used to construct drainage channels and other hydraulic structures to collect, direct and discharge water appropriately.
But because you did not see me pouring concrete, you say I do not know "practicals".

I conduct research and find that a locally available material can be used to construct roads at a cheaper cost.
My technique is used to construct the road leading to your village.
But because you did not see me operating any of the road construction equipment, you say I don't know "practicals".

Dear Nigerians, what is "Practical"?

But when a Doctor sees a Patient, prescribes drugs and a nurse administers the drugs on the Patient based on the doctor's prescription, nobody accuses the Nigerian Doctor of not knowing "practicals" and the nurse is not recognized as Doctor. But that is exactly what they do to Engineers.

When they are teaching kids about professional careers, they do not show a Doctor as someone driving a needle into the butt of a patient. But they show children a picture of a man wearing an overall with a helmet on his head, holding spanners or some other tools and tell them that's an Engineer.
The kids are asked to repeat so that it will sink.
What nonsense!!!

The job of an Engineer in Nigeria is so much taken for granted.
But this should be expected in a country where knowledge is not respected and people rely on emotions to speak and take decisions.

I was explaining something to someone who had problem with the outcome of a job I directed.
He refused to listen to me saying that he did not study engineering but he as sponsored several construction projects and so he knows something, at least enough to disregard my information that was based on sound scientific principles. I thought he was being stupid but the people around were clapping for him.
Yes, because he heads one organization and has access to funds he could dish out to buy drinks for people and also give handouts whenever he came around, the people thought he was making sense and believed him.

But nobody tells a medical Doctor to shut up and listen to him because he has acquired some medical knowledge from his regular visits to hospitals.

You have not read a book on a subject but you think you know better than those who have.

But when 'gbege' happens, say building collapse, that is when everybody remembers that a bricklayer is not an Engineer.

The other time I did a design for a body.
I produced the working drawings and BOQ. They needed the BOQ to source for funds. But when they started the construction, they felt they did not need me, neither did they bother to consult my working drawings. They hired artisans to do the job.
As they were about to complete the roof, the building started to collapse. That was when they remembered me. They had concluded among themselves to pull down everything and start a fresh, but decided to hear from us - engineers - first. We came and showed them another way of solving the problem without pulling down anything.
I, however, reminded them that the problem would not have occurred if they followed the working drawings I gave them.

That is what engineers do.
We create cost-effective solutions to problems. The job of an Engineer has nothing to do with brawn, it has everything to with brain.
That is why you need to be well verse in science and maths before you can be Engineer.
Engineering is brain work.
If you see someone applying physical strength to do a task using a tool or equipment, such one is either an artisan, an operator or a technician.

Shehu Sani has 2.5 Million followers on Twitter and over 300k followers on Facebook. However, he lost governorship primaries to a man who has less than 10k followers on both Twitter and Facebook.
Peter Obi's followers are also online voting already


Lesson: There is no polling unit on social media. Be guided.

Obalacam:
Who again is Bashir El- Rufai?

The slayer of Igbos... They dare not reply to that his post on Twitter

Truthisunique2:
what economy are you talking

500million economy in 1999 isn't suppose to be 1billion sef in 2007

The land of 1980 that sold for #2naira now sells for #2billion even without the owner doing anything to it

Was Lagos created in 1999 how come you never credit the whites who took that economy from zero and increased it

People increased the economy to where tinubu meet it, naira would always increase with the ever falling rate

But you would give tinubu credit even after the time he left office

Tinubu collect 10% monthly of all Lagos revenue that's how much he is holding lagis

I know Bode George is your source of the 10%, come up with a better source then we can move from here

gozmok1:
I have said it before and will say it again that Tinubu has been scammed. Ribadu, Babachir Lawal, Dogara, Jubril, Ganduje, Shettima and co have really dealt with Lagos state tax payers money. Still, baba eko hasn't learned. Desperation has beclouded bullon van daddy. He hasn't gotten the message that the northern elites would not allow Tinubu to have custody of CBN, NNPC, FIRS, CUSTOM and other cash cows because of his antecedent and manner he had held on to Lagos state economy. The establishment would never allow Tinubu near presidential seat in Nigeria. It's a concluded matter. APC chairman will begin to roll out plans from this week and next.

The antecedent of how he held Lagos economy? And my question is how has he held Lagos economy?

An economy that made less than 500 million naira as at 1999 and made over 50bn naira monthly as of now?

An economy that house most of the industries administrative headquarters?

An economy that can boost of BRT, Metro lines, Waterways amongst other infrastructure?

An economy that remain so attractive that everyone in the country see it as greener pastures?

I don't understand what you're really saying

I will just advice them to produce a strong 2 terms senator for both party so they can lobby for Senate President.

They should not let bitterness to stop them from voting APC for some post so they won't lose out as they lose out Senate President office due to APC haterd for Ngige return.

IBBG:
is he the sitting governor?

Oh! But Tinubu can be blamed for Lekki Massacre even when he left office 20 years ago? The level of hypocrisy in you people is just on another level.

And mind you, you don't need to be a sitting governor before you can contribute your quota. Obasanjo once go to Sambisa forest to dialogue with the Boko Haram guys, he has used different fora to contribute his ideas on societial issues. Even Tinubu has been using colloquium to contribute his quota.

sukar886:

Your mumu too much, na ur type them the use and drop for election, atleast they will give you 50k and u will suffer for 8years,you need to grow up and learn how to make use of your sense... Nigeria have suffered alot in the hand of our leaders

That's the problem, instead of you to tackle the message you resort to abuse. Bring up your own evidence and points.

dedonfranco:
Who will tackle insecurity...........Peter Obi
Who will stop kidnapping...........Peter Obi
Who will bring peace and Harmony.........Peter Obi
Who will bring back our good economy....Peter Obi
Vote His Excellency Peter Obi for President.

As an elder stateman in Anambra, how has he helped to tackle insecurity, kidnapping?
How has he ensured peace and harmony?
Whaat has he done to IPOB menace in his state?

airminem:
The problems of naija starts with politians.

And it ends with them. Remove them from Nigeria space and see development

THE HABITUAL GREED OF THE ACADEMIC STAFF UNION OF UNIVERSITIES, ASUU, IS TARGETED AT THE GREAT NIGERIAN STUDENTS.

It's easy for the ASUU leaders to boast that they can live without their salaries. Yes we Know. They can. But we must rescue the future of the Nigerian students from the damage ASSU embarked on since the 80s.

Apart from churning out half-baked graduates with no skills at all, what else do they do, anyway? They spend the contributions of members as they please. Who asks them to render an account? Nobody. Who do they render accounts to? Again, Nobody.

They are also kicking against the IPPIS, a salaries Payment platform system introduced by the Federal Government which has helped to weed out ghost workers. President Muhamamadu Buhari, VPresident Yemi Osinbajo and even Lauretta Onochie, are all on the System. This means that you receive one salary for one month, paying a fair tax and most importantly, that lecturers are committed to their students.

But ASUU wants UTAS, a rickety platform which they claimed they invented for the payment of their salaries. IPPIS deducts full PAYE taxes from salaries. With UTAS, funds are sent directly to the Universities Finance & Accounts Department where they make 'deals " with the Bursars and State Tax Board officials.

The State Governments will then, in a financial circus show, manoeuvre and approach the Joint Tax Boards (JTB) to demand these cumulative shortfall on tax from the Federal Government of Nigeria. In 2018/3019, the Federal Government paid about ₦800B in this weird situation.

Again they each teach on the average, in FOUR (4) Universities. IPPIS will only pay 100% salaries for University of Primary assignment and 80% of only one other public University. They want to teach in four Universities resulting in low efficiency. They short change our students and get paid four times, for low productivity. Consequently, our lecturers have no sympathy for our young people, entrusted to them to help build their future.

How can one Lecturer have four full time jobs when there are qualified post graduates looking for one? How can an ASUU Lecturer give his best to his students who are the future of our nation while dashing from one university to another? And how can lecturers who are inefficient, who teach in four universities, expect to be paid when they abandon their long-suffering students on perennial strikes?

In other nations, the Unions pay the salaries of their members when they are on strike. How many of the Lecturers have been given any form of payments since the strikes began in the 80s? This is why they get multiple jobs to be able to survive during strikes.

In Nigeria, the monthly union dues deducted from ASUU members, are shared by the present and past ASUU leaders. So the beneficiaries of the strikes, from the 1980s, have not been the University Academics, definitely not the students but the ASUU leaders themselves.

Lecturers in Nigeria, should not be forced to participate in any strike that would result in loss of earnings. As a Lecturer in the United Kingdom, my Union asked me if I wanted to be part of a strike action. I was told it was for five days and that my employers would not pay me for those five days. The Union went on to say it would pay me for three of the five days. So it was my choice to either go on strike and lose two days' pay or continue going to work and get my full pay.

While the leaders of ASUU are living large, the ordinary lecturers are at home, twiddling their fingers, with no salaries from government and no payment from their greedy Union Leaders. The students are left confused, thinking the government is their problem. The truth is that the government is actually, trying to force ASUU to render profitable and efficient duties to Nigerian students.

The Federal government has embarked on massive renovation and re-equipment of it's Universities' structures, including the appalling hostel accommodation our young people were subjected to, across the nation.

ASSU has not told Nigerians why they went on a month long WARNING STRIKE. Who does that?
The truth is this:
The Universities and Teaching Hospitals have been inflating their staff lists and using the inflated lists to collect more money from the FG, which they then divert to OTHER uses. This is clearly against the laws of our land. Consequently, the ICPC has been ramming its ten fingers down their throats and they are vomiting the cash.

Hear the Chairman of ICPC:
Part of our preliminary findings, the summary of which are included in a visual narrative in your folders revealed gross abuse of personnel budget and inflation or padding of the nominal role. As at the time we went to press we had covered about 300 MDAs and the amount inflated was about ₦12b. As at today, we have discovered additional ₦6b making a total of ₦18.624b restrained by ICPC. The exercise is still on going but we can confidently report that culprits are mostly academic and health institutions.

For example preliminary findings show the following —
University of Benin Teaching Hospital ₦1.1b
Federal Medical Center, Bayelsa ₦915m
Nnamdi Azikwe University ₦907m
University of Jos ₦896m
University College Hospital Ibadan ₦701m
University of Benin Teaching Hospital ₦1.1b
Usman Dan Fodio University ₦636m
University of Ibadan ₦558m;
-Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, Chairman, ICPC

The Minister Of State For Education, Mr. Emeka Nwajiuba clearly stated in March that all conditions of ASUU had been met. The strike, therefore, is about the government's insistent that ASSU pay attention to the great Nigerian students by concentrating on not mire than two jobs.

The Nigerian students who are the direct beneficiaries of these dubious acts and trauancy of ASUU, must not join hands with those who have shortchanged them, over the years. They must know that the current blackmail of the Nigerian state by ASUU, is targeted at them, the students.

Members of ASUU who have no access to the fat ASUU bank account must return to work immediately. The students must join well-meaning Nigerians to call on Lecturers to return to work. The only people benefitting from the blackmail of the Nigerian state by ASUU, are the officials of ASUU.

God bless Nigeria.

kindess3:
Nigerians deserve the type of leaders they get. When we have people like Peter Obi, some persons are still talking about voting for Tinubu or rewarding Osinbajo failed 7 years as vp with Presidency.

What makes Obi better than Tinubu? Just give me Obi's 3 legacies that outlived him in Anambra state then I'll follow him.

Yes, Presidency should go to the South East in 2023. But, Igbos must fight for it. Presidency will never be zoned to any Igbo village.

Obasanjo, Buhari, Goatluck, Yar'Adua, all contested against candidates from other regions, including Igbos. So, Igbos too should come out as they have already done, present not more than two consensus candidates and mobilize for them to face candidates from other regions.

There is no single Igbo coward on Earth, none ever existed. Anybody bearing Igbo name and saying that the Presidency should be zoned to Igbo villages without contest by other regions, is definitely a bastard. Igbos will face anybody in any contest.

Several Igbos have contested for and won political offices in UK, USA, Canada, e.t.c., why then will a true Igbo man be afraid of contesting against other regions right here in their father's land?

mycar:
Both are recognition and simple logic will tell you that letter will go round to all the intended recipients and it's more of the thing from the heart than a day in the government house which will not go round to all the intended recipients,and something of media propaganda.

All we want in Nigeria is a young and vibrant leader.

Propaganda is not sustainable, it is a legacy and calling one day governor a propaganda says a lot about you. Don't be myopic

I've traveled quite a bit in Nigeria.

Nobody can lie that any state in this country had a traffic agency. None did. Fact!

Until LASTMA berthed. True, the agency and its operatives have not done everything nice and beautiful. However, if you lived in Lagos in 1999, lie will kill you if you say LASTMA has not improved traffic management in the city of 22million people in a land space of less than 4,000 square kms.

But that's not my point. My point is that like so many other things that was made in Lagos, other states copied. They copied a good thing. They copied Tinubu. They copied job creation. They also copied a system. A structure that works.

Apart from LASTMA in the transport sector, Jagaban's redoubtable public sector reform credentials also touched on vehicle plate number registration and management.

Tinubu used his knowledge of how federalism works to get Nigerian states beat more pie off the central government.

Today, states and FG share nearly equal responsibility in vehicle administration (issuance of plate numbers, renewal, MOT, driver's licence, etc)

This reform gave more money to states till date. He unlocked a revenue plug and expanded expenditure plus employment.

In fact, Tinubu popularised MOT certification. Today, many eat from that. Today, many eat (legitimately) from online vehicle license renewal, et al.

Don't say I didn't tell you. None of the aspirants - whether rumoured or not can stand Tinubu. He's first among equals. Although, he truly has no equal among these upstarts. This is why they envy him. He's better by far...errrm, I'm not referring to UNILORIN sha.

For a candidate that can win, delegates already know. For a president that will open up the nation for jobs and businesses, the people can't wait for BAT.

He is the best. Man for this moment.

#Tinubu2023 #BAT2023

- Uche Nnadozie

The internet space has been disturbed by the letter written to a secondary student by Peter Obi when he was a governor and I'm surprised if this is a worthy campaign materials.
Which would you prefer as a student between having a letter from the governor or sitting on the governor seat for a day and have interactive sessions with the governor and this has remain a legacy for successive government.

We need issue based politics.

GooodHardDick:
Those governors ain't Nigerians to decide who will be president!

However, take Note that Nigerians have decided that it is Peter Obi they want. At least the polls conducted by various platforms online says it all. Peter Obi is the best man for the job.

We Welcome Peter obi, our incoming president Federal Republic of Nigeria

Peter Obi our poll incoming president. The states to govern includes AIT poll, Twitter poll, Facebook poll etc. He go shock you say polling unit no dey online poll and the real voters only register on PVC/TVC not social media accounts

Lanrelagboi:

https://westernpost.ng/sanwo-olu-babachir-lawal-ribadu-others-submit-tinubus-presidential-nomination-forms

No Igbo man is showing up now ooo, when it now comes to dividend of democracy they'll be shouting marginalization up and down.

pinkPUSSY:
Someone that has confidence and boasted that he won't only win, but will rule for eight years and will determine his successor should not beg for anything, he should just give a command and Such command must be obeyed..

Oh, I forgot that people he never expected have joined the race to chalange him hence the begging .


Modified: I don't know why mod is changing the title of the thread

That is why Igbo will never rule this country. They're proud and pompous maybe inexperience contribute more to this. Getting delegate votes is different from getting masses votes, you need to do like a monkey to get the monkey.

Morenikeji090:
And some folks gonna tell Yoruba rubbish lolz some folks don't know that we Yoruba are so powerful in this country... Nigeria flag was made by Yoruba even NYSC still Yoruba too...

Even National Anthem

A Ukrainian soldier fighting Russia's assault in the east of the country found some time this week to return, briefly, to his day job.

An image that circulated on social media on Friday shows Fedir Shandor, a professor at Uzhhorod National University, in full army fatigues with his assault rifle on his lap, giving his students a lecture on the somewhat incongruous subject of tourism.
“Well, lectures to students are sacred, they can not be missed,” the university said in a statement, adding that the professor enlisted on the first day of the war.

“If there are sounds of shelling somewhere in the background, they do not affect the lecture,” Shandor said in the university statement.

“The sound is like a tractor driving nearby. I always give lectures near the dugout. Just now there was a shelling, I went to the dugout and continued the lecture.”

He has lectures at 8 a.m. every Monday and Tuesday and said that so far he hasn't missed one. His commanding officers agreed he could rotate on combat duty overnight so he's available for online classes in the morning.


The photo of Shandor added to the many examples of how Ukraine's war effort is bolstered by ordinary men and women, including many professionals who swapped livelihoods and careers for military drills and live combat.

Ukraine has had some form of military conscription since 2014 when Russia invaded and annexed the Crimean Peninsula as it began hostilities in the eastern Donbas region.


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All men aged 18 to 60 who are able to fight were banned from leaving the country when Russia invaded on Feb. 24.

Russia continues its offensive in eastern Ukraine, where officials have said civilian centers are still the target of strikes.

And for Shandor, there is a principle at stake.

"We are fighting for an educated nation. If I don’t give lectures, it will be a pity," he said. "Then why did I go to war in the first place?"

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ukrainian-professor-gives-lecture-front-lines-fight-russia-rcna27636

Tinubu!!!
I love people that understands their game a lot.

Tinubu Sabi this thing die. Applying Pareto's principle in this game. Using 20% to achieve 80%. Who noticed that he never paid attention to the 5% region? Can't wait to see his campaign strategy to the nation at large once he clinched APC ticket.

Desperation should not be in Tinubu's profile at all. He's one politician that refused to occupy any office for the past 15 years after he left Lagos House as the governor. While he was busy building a formidable networks for this life long ambition(which is not bad for anybody to aim high) Other governors were busy going to the National Assembly. He prepared the platform for 3 presidential hopeful which PMB later won, you never see him contesting primary with them. If Atiku that has become a regular customer with INEC is desperate, using that same words for a man that has stayed cleared of any position for the past 15 years is misuse of words.

Instead of using the word DESPERATE use STRATEGIST, MASTER PLANNER etc

He should be a case study for any politicians who wants to be successful.

God bless Fashola
God bless Soludo

Only Illiterate Igbos(Nigerians) will hate Yoruba people. We set the pace others follow.
El-Rufai once visited Lagos to learn also, Let it be on record that A Yoruba man tutor the best state in the East on Governance

This analysis is not correct, you can only compare Texas Nomination form with INEC Nomination form.
What's happening in APC is a party affairs and if you're not a member of the party I don't know why you should be bothered. The uproar should come if such price is coming from INEC. Let's be rational for once

What should we expect from a generation that glorifies BB Naija?

Abeg let's stop being hypocrite.