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The OPC leader chided the president's critics, describing them as pessimists and adding that Rome was not built in a day.

He consequently called on them to give Obasanjo a chance to develop the country and complete what he called the good work the administration has started.

He threatened those that may be planning to remove the present admnistration from power, adding that OPC is solidly behind the president.

He, however, dispelled rumour that he was sponsored by the government to stage the rally saying "all of you know me, I can't be bribed, but no one's child can be so bad that the parents will throw him out for wild animals to consume him".

if not for ethnic sentiments i don't see how Nchara and co wouldn't see the highlighted. They did not accuse any group of anything, their acclaimed critics of Obj was generic and not ijaws.
Also note that they did not support him based on what the yorubas are contributing or av contributed even though they contributed more when it mattered most in our history (in the 50s).

In addition they clearly implied that Obj is not perfect when they release the second bolded part in the quote above.

^^ without doubt the man's plan has failed thus far, and it is clear he has no strong direction of his own. I pity the N-Deltans who still support him blindly.

1stCitizen:
Majority of us ijaws see Asari and his cohorts as common criminals, oil thieves and terrorists with heads sunken in the depths of cowardice.

We joined the protests with other Nigerians to say enough is enough and these bastards speak only for themselves.

God bless U for that comment, may u live long and prosper.

kettykin:
the time is coming when all oil company hq will have to relocate to niger delta the cheating and oppression is getting out of hand , imagne people from non oil states campaignin for oils subsidy and threatening to impeach gej who is from an oil producing zone, it will no longer be tolerated.

they use to be in warri b4 they started using the oil companies to settle score, trust the companies they relocated to PH chap chap ! !

@alj_harem, nice article. I hope they learn and adjust their culture like a constitution just like the writer suggested.

@topic, OBJ ruled for 8yrs and we all know his greatest enemies were his kinsmen in his hometown followed by his state and region respectively. Like someone pointed out Gej's village isn't Dubai yet. Lets watch and see.

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=846785.msg9972710#msg9972710 date=1326665725]Dont mind the iddiot.Why can't he go and ask IBB and Atiku why they preferred Obj to Ekwueme ? The fool though Aboki go handover to yamiri. Everybody knows that the ibos are bitter anytime the presidency doesnt get to them,so let them continue the hating.Bloody he-goats.[/quote]They thought azz-licking the hausas was gonna give them a chance, but no, the best place for an ibo is the servant role. Just like the servant their price is low. They cant be trusted even with the gateman job, if u do? they will come after u the house-owner, '66 coup is a good example. Bunch of azz-lickers.

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=846785.msg9972710#msg9972710 date=1326665725]Dont mind the iddiot.Why can't he go and ask IBB and Atiku why they preferred Obj to Ekwueme ? The fool though Aboki go handover to yamiri. Everybody knows that the ibos are bitter anytime the presidency doesnt get to them,so let them continue the hating.Bloody he-goats.[/quote]They thought azz-licking the hausas was gonna give them a chance, but no, the best place for an ibo is the servant role. Just like the servant their price is low. They cant be trusted even with the gateman job, if u do? they will come after u the house-owner, '66 coup is a good example. Bunch of azz-lickers.

Nchara:
OPC and Yoruba in general used intimidation to get Obasanjo to power (although Obj refused to play out the Yoruba agenda)
Hausa/Fulani and the North have done this over and over and even now with BH
The Ijaws are doing it now (if this news is anything to go by)
The Igbos will do it too, given the opportunity.

Intimidation using ethnic strategies are rife and acceptable in Nigeria.

What are you guys fretting over? What is good for Yoruba and the North is good for fish people too, no?

How did yorubas impose OBJ as a presidential candidate in 1999?

If in the fifhties yoruba contributed more and that did not make awolowo our leader authomatically, i really wonder what these 'irritants' are driving at. GEJ as we all know rigged himself in then, i expect them to keep shut 4 that alone.
This oil belongs to all of us, Nigerians. They can die if they want to. Shld they try anything stupid then they will leave to regret.

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[quote author=edo.girl link=topic=846753.msg9971978#msg9971978 date=1326659593]this your ss/se unity, when and where was it agreed? you jump from thread to thread insulting yoruba people and blaming them for all your personal problems. people by & large ignore you, yet you persist.  thousands of young people all over the country are visiting nairaland for the first time to garner information following the subsidy saga, yet you, a grown man, polute the forum with this nonsense. pls argue for or against the subsidy and keep the ethnic thing to yourself.[/quote]God bless u edo.girl.
The yorubas are the problem with everything bad in Nigeria. They drove the ibos from their land. They even masterminded 9/11. They are the one behind the protest that nearly claimed the life of Remi Tinubu and 3 other senators. They even voted Gej on behalf of the ibos, they are the cabals. They are jealous of Gej. They are everything bad in Nigeria.

Beaf and co., where art thou?

In the 60:40 JV arrangement who gets the 60%.
What about the excess crude account. That'shld be about N9 Trillion in total going by 60 for the FG.

Some of the governors gave assurance to the president  on the basis of the need not to allow “hoodlums to hijack the protest in some states of the federation and go ahead to engage in reprisal attacks as a consequence of the Christmas Day church bombing in Madalla, Suleja and some kept their words”.

That was why, for instance, the Enugu State governor, Sullivan Chime, acted fast by ensuring that there were no rallies or street marches in his state.

It was for the same reason that Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State also swung into action to prevent Muslims from being attacked in his state.

Plateau State, where the strike is als obeing observed, saw a situation whereby workers merely stayed at home without marching on the streets.

Sunday Vanguard was further told that when the strike commenced on Monday, it was a stunned  Jonathan who saw first-hand how Nigerians reacted.

Now it is clear why some Governors acted funny during the strike. Take Enugu state for example, the govt placed an order against public gathering in a bid to check the protest while unknown and unrealiable groups and voices (Nchara and co. on NL also) quickly came out to express their support for GEJ on behalf of the pple, if the pple were in support of it why did the Governor Chime not allow them come out to express their support, he knew what he was doing all along. the True faces of those paying protesters are being exposed. Like Beaf would say, FAILURE. GEJ  u av FAILED woefully on this one.

*Strike would not lastfor more than two days – President’s men

*’We can break the ranks of labour’

By Jide Ajani

But for the misleading counsel and false assurances given to President Goodluck Jonathan by some of his ministers and a few state governors, the president may have done more to avert the commencement of the strike action called by the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade UnionCongress, TUC, Sunday Vanguard can reveal.

The suggestion that Jonathan may have done more to ensure that the strike did not get off the ground, it was learnt, was sequel to security reports provided at a meeting, held, penultimate Monday, January 2, 2012, inside Aso Rock Presidential Villa.

The meeting, which had a few ministers , security chiefs and a former president, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, in attendance, was called to review the implications of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol, about 24 hours earlier.

Sunday Vanguard was informed by a source privy to the meeting that the prognosis, according to the security chiefs, was very terrible. Jonathan was said to be have been made to understand that everything that ought to be done to avert the strike should be done. The briefing made it very clear that should the strike go ahead and last beyond a week, “there would be serious implications for this administration”.

Although the source said the language at the meeting was very weighted, “there was no mistaken the fact that the prognosis was very bad”.

Specifically, it was understood that one of those in attendance at the meeting pointedly stated that allowing the strike to go on for “up to 11 days would mean total disaster and eclipse” for the Jonathan administration.

(SEE DETAILSIN ‘TORN BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA’ in Subsidy Series)

At the end of the meeting, thepresident’s body language reportedly suggested that something would be done earnestly to avoid the mass action.

However, information reportedly suggests that one of Jonathan’s cabinet members from the North Central Zone, Information Minister, Labaran Maku, along with another minister from the South South geo-political zone, Elder Orubebe, prevailed on the president not to shift or accede to labour’s demand.

The Information Minister was said to have impressed it on Jonathan that reverting to N65 would be seen as a sign of weakness and unseriousness. He may have been right!

Secondly, according to SundayVanguard’s source, the president was made “to believe that the strike action would normally kick off on the first day as threatened by labour but would quickly lose steam by the second day.

It was gathered that the impression conveyed to Jonathan was that the strike action would not go beyond “just two days before it loses steam”.

The president, the source further revealed, was misled into believing that, like past strike actions, the involvement of security agencies would contain its spread.

Lagos and the Federal CapitalTerritory, FCT, Abuja, were the main focus of attention.

“It was this advice that President Jonathan took hook, line and sinker”, the source said.

Finance Minister and Head of Jonathan’s Economic Management Team, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and Petroleum Resources Minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke, were also of the opinion that the president did not need to back down.

And whereas Jonathan was said to have made private moves, one of which was to prevail on some state governors to assist in persuading members of the House of Representatives not to sit last Sunday and the telephone calls he made to some state governors to assisting in ensuring that the strike action was not allowed to go ahead “and if it did, must be drawn back,” the president could not achieve his heart’s desire: To pile what was thought to be maximum pressure on the NLC. It did not amount to anything because the leadership of NLC still went ahead.

A few governors reportedly misled the president.

Jonathan, believing what he heard during private conversations “with some state governors, went away with the impression that state governments could tame the monster of the strike.

The governors reportedly assured the president that “they were in talks with the leadership of labour in their states and that moves to break their ranks were almost completed”, a source close to The President disclosed.

“Some of these governors, just as they did during the crisis over zoning and the contest for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, deliberately set President Jonathan up so that he would stick to the N65 and be made to look like an unpopular president on the one hand and on the other hand the fact that he had bargained with them late last year to ensure the removal of the subsidy so that they can have more money,”the source said.

“If some of them had told him the truth, he would have known better that what he was going to confront from last Monday would be so massive that the international community would focus more on other issues of corruption in government, a matter that is at the root of the subsidy issue”.

Some of the governors gave assurance to the president on the basis of the need not to allow “hoodlums to hijack the protest in some states of the federation and go ahead to engage in reprisal attacks as a consequence of the Christmas Day church bombing in Madalla, Suleja and some kept their words”.

That was why, for instance, the Enugu State governor, Sullivan Chime, acted fast by ensuring that there were no rallies or street marches in his state.

It was for the same reason that Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State also swung into action to prevent Muslims from being attacked in his state.

Plateau State, where the strike is als obeing observed, saw a situation whereby workers merely stayed at home without marching on the streets.

Sunday Vanguard was further told that when the strike commenced on Monday, it was a stunned Jonathan who saw first-hand how Nigerians reacted.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/fg-vs-labour-civil-society-how-govs-ministers-misled-jonathan/

In addition to the security problem which the north does not care about, The scheme has been largely ineffective for some years now. It mainly serves to produce cheap labour for our northern school.
U hardly see northern indigenes serving in the south these days. I think they shld scrap it, if it must stay, then corpers must be posted to their state of origin or within their region and posting to far places shld be done with their consent and voluntarily.

revolt:
THIS GUY IS TOO OLD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD TODAY.

WAS IT NOT HIS DUMB GENERATION THAT WERE OFFERING UNIVERSITY GRADUATES CARS AND CAR LOANS WITHOUT ASKING WHERE THEY WOULD GET MONEY TO PAY BACK THE LOANS.

YOU F/CKING OLD FOOL SHOULD GO FIND YOUR AGE MATES AND LAMENT TO.

YOUR DUMB GENERATION BUILT THE PLATFORM FOR ALL THE CORRUPTION WE HAVE TODAY.

The fact that he is on facebook does not make him diff from the so-called failed generation. fyi Achebe is not in the same rank as Gej in terms of achievement.

Recently britain discredited medical students from 9 public schools in Nigeria for failing standard, it was on NL, U can google it up.
Don't listen to those discreting private schools.
I think UNN,UNIBEN, and Ekpoma was among them.

[quote author=see*noevil link=topic=846285.msg9968593#msg9968593 date=1326627858]i have been following this whole "the owner of Nigeria" argument between BEAF and GBAWE and i am not suggestion anything but GBAWE once and for all CAN YOU PLEASE TELL US WHO THE OWNERS OF NIGERIA ARE ? if not for anything but at least to vindicate yourself from BEAF's criticism[/quote]if u can follow that thread and track it down, the context itself vindicates Gbawe. In addition, he clearly stated the answer to ur question in that thread. The owners of Nigeria, the way i understand it from Gbawe are the elites who call the shots in this country and the come from all regions.

Oga beaf keep trying to adjust ppl's perception. The message from Gbawe in that thread was different to what u r potraying it to be both individually or in insolation and cnntextually. The qoute is clear enough on its own and the context of its usage best explain it.

@Beaf, These so called ND Militants are just clowns in criminal bodies claiming fight for their land, we all know they are only concerned about their 'POCKETS'. If they are truly there to protect their land, what are they doing concerning the Bonga oil spill? Why haven't they taken to their criminal mode we all know of. Why stay back and just enjoy the 'booty' of amnesty.
Here is what one of the truely respected and brilliant son of ND has to say to them:

FORMER Minister of Petroleum Resources, Prof. Tam David-West has cautioned the Ijaw against giving ethnic coloration to the fuel subsidy removal crisis.

He told The Guardian in Port Harcourt yesterday that it was wrong for some Ijaw leaders and persons from the Niger Delta to conclude that resistance against fuel subsidy removal was aimed at frustrating and possibly ousting of President Goodluck Jonathan.

The former minister, an Ijaw, who described the fuel subsidy issue as a national one, reminded those who are ascribing ethnic meaning to the ongoing nationwide strike, to recall that the president did not win the April 2011 election with only the votes from the Niger Delta and the Ijaw.

David-West said: “What they are doing is not good for the image of the president. Those protesting on the basis of ethnicity are merely interested in the money they can make from the president and also seeking relevance.  Jonathan is the president of Nigeria and not the Ijaw.”

He warned those trying to wipe up ethnic sentiments not to compound the president’s problem by alienating him from other nationalities in the country.

“Jonathan only got 24 per cent of his votes from the South-South. He is able to occupy Aso Rock because of the votes from other parts of Nigeria. There is a serious need for people to be circumspect at this critical moment,“ he said.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-845955.0.html#msg9963380

Have it at the back of your mind, NL criminals like urself claiming to be more Nigerian than some of us that what u call ur oil belongs to every Nigerian. We don't need criminal to tell us what is good for us.

Beaf:
Those Edo people were just looking for any excuse to strike at malams. Its unfortunate and condemnable, exagerated number of cows or not.

These are the kind of hijacking we shld bother ourselves with and not falsely accusing rival party members to stir up ethnic sentiments.
I hope the perpetrators are brought to book in order to give it the true face of the random criminal act it is, otherwise they may take as an ethnic or religious attack.

Thank God the real deals in Niger Delta are coming out to voice sensible and guided opinions on subsidy removal. Chinue Achebe is surely no match for those eastern/South-South governors advocating hardship on their populace.
To add more weight to the voice of reasoning, here is what the much respected and refined true Son-of-the-ND has to say:

FORMER Minister of Petroleum Resources, Prof. Tam David-West has cautioned the Ijaw against giving ethnic coloration to the fuel subsidy removal crisis.

He told The Guardian in Port Harcourt yesterday that it was wrong for some Ijaw leaders and persons from the Niger Delta to conclude that resistance against fuel subsidy removal was aimed at frustrating and possibly ousting of President Goodluck Jonathan.
The former minister, an Ijaw, who described the fuel subsidy issue as a national one, reminded those who are ascribing ethnic meaning to the ongoing nationwide strike, to recall that the president did not win the April 2011 election with only the votes from the Niger Delta and the Ijaw.
David-West said: “What they are doing is not good for the image of the president. Those protesting on the basis of ethnicity are merely interested in the money they can make from the president and also seeking relevance.  Jonathan is the president of Nigeria and not the Ijaw.”
. . .
David-West who has maintained that petrol should not be sold for more than N40 in the country, said it was inhumane for the Federal Government to plunge Nigeria into the present political and economic crisis.
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-845955.0.html#msg9963380

Nchara, stop this despiration of a thing. The thread itself right from the 1st post is wrong.
The govt lied about the palliative itself, There is no way we can be borrowing to pay subsidy for now and borrow to actualize the palliatives measures when subsidy is gone, if we pay the full price of N141 to the marketers ourselves and the govt was borrowing to pay before that, where do they get the money to actualise their 'palliatives' measure from?

Another mischevious govt logic or argument is the notion that we are subsidizing consumption instead of production. The truth is "we are subsidizing the consupmtion that keeps us productive".
How do u xplain the fact that the average family business is powered by genset and that the business is all about being productive. 
I will strongly advice u to desist from this SS/SE-owner-of-the-Oil mentality. ND oil belongs to all Nigerian because u guys asked for one-Nigeria in the 50s when the relationship favoured u guys in terms of resources.

Arosa:
I just call the devil to find out if IBB is in hell, to my greatest surprise I found out that Lucifer is no longer in charge of the affairs of hell. there has been a coup.  

IBB must av dethroned lucifer then.

U guys need to see the kinda support the man still has in ND as we speak. Someone who has zero record as a governor, they believe he is the mesiah.

Nigerians di egwu! How did this struggle for a new start and justice become ethnicised abeg?

it started with the likes of beaf who r ever ready to divide the populace for SS sake.

^^
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Everyday for the thief, but one day for the owner. The ppl of ND av had leaders and voices who av sold them out for ages. So many conspiracy theories av been used to brainwash these guys, but i am glad the ND is finally getting better opinions from a new set of pple.

While some have chosen to sell their soul for money and speak in favour of subsidy removal blindly, the likes of David West, one of the most refined and respected Niger-Deltan, has chosen to go the way of honour and dignity. I hope beaf and his clique don't come here to betray one of their most truly respected men. The message is crystal clear, there are no ethnically motivated protests anywhere.

David-West Cautions Ijaw Over Fuel Subsidy Crisis

FORMER Minister of Petroleum Resources, Prof. Tam David-West has cautioned the Ijaw against giving ethnic coloration to the fuel subsidy removal crisis.

He told The Guardian in Port Harcourt yesterday that it was wrong for some Ijaw leaders and persons from the Niger Delta to conclude that resistance against fuel subsidy removal was aimed at frustrating and possibly ousting of President Goodluck Jonathan.

The former minister, an Ijaw, who described the fuel subsidy issue as a national one, reminded those who are ascribing ethnic meaning to the ongoing nationwide strike, to recall that the president did not win the April 2011 election with only the votes from the Niger Delta and the Ijaw.

David-West said: “What they are doing is not good for the image of the president. Those protesting on the basis of ethnicity are merely interested in the money they can make from the president and also seeking relevance. Jonathan is the president of Nigeria and not the Ijaw.”

He warned those trying to wipe up ethnic sentiments not to compound the president’s problem by alienating him from other nationalities in the country.

“Jonathan only got 24 per cent of his votes from the South-South. He is able to occupy Aso Rock because of the votes from other parts of Nigeria. There is a serious need for people to be circumspect at this critical moment,“ he said.

David-West who has maintained that petrol should not be sold for more than N40 in the country, said it was inhumane for the Federal Government to plunge Nigeria into the present political and economic crisis.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73803:-david-west-cautions-ijaw-over-fuel-subsidy-crisis&catid=1:national&Itemid=559

^^^ There is only one podium and prize for dishonest and bitter individuals, and every NLder can see u r already standing there with the prize.

Beaf, ur attempt to defend Gej still baffles me.
Gej has lied to us thus far. The man lied about subsidy palliatives, he lied to us about good economic indexes and turn around to lie again about the economy crashing soon. The man is a serial liar.

solomon111:
At least,he is a winner of the gordon bell award,an equivalent for the nobel prize in the field of electronics.That alone is a proof of what he has achieved.
No yoruba dead or alive has ever won it and may never.WHY?
Cos Engineering is not your thing.
Dont cast aspersions on the god of information technology and electronics.(Dr.EMEAGWALI).It is sacriledge.

are u sure of what u r saying?0