₦airaland Forum

Oladoony:
Is that what we really need in this country?

Of course! You don’t believe in education… you want the elite to continue pulling wool over your children’s eyes eh? At least, have pity on the little ones even if yours is already a lost case!

aribisala0:
Have you got a link for the constitution

I can find it in the constitution

The Constitution and the Electoral Act are very explicit on disqualification of candidates for elections. For the presidential election, Section 137 (1) (g) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) provides that “A person shall not be qualified for election to the office of the president if being a person employed in the civil or public service of the Federation or of any State, he has not resigned, withdrawn or retired from the employment at least thirty days before the date of the election.”
For election into the Senate or the House of Representatives, Section 66 (1) (f) of the Constitution says that “No person shall be qualified for election to the Senate or the House of Representatives if he is a person employed in the public service of the Federation or of any State and has not resigned, withdrawn or…..

Check it out!!

aribisala0:
Illiteracy seems to be a significant challenge for you
Where did I say SS is my choice? I never said that . I just expressed my opinion that the president in 2023 will either be from the SS or the SW. I did not make any choice. That is my analysis of the political reality in front of me. I am not God> I could be wrong but that is my ANALYSIS
I believe that both the PDP and APC will field candidates from either the SS or SW

My choice will not be based on where the candidates come from but who they are when they eventually emerge.

YOU are the one that are tribal in your outlook . Rather than think and plan like adults you are talking like children about how people voted in 2015.

Jonathan was voted in with SW votes in 2011 and he was voted out in 2015. That should tell anyone with a brain that he was not voted out because of where he came from no matter what charlatans like you say.

You lament about Ibophobia without taking responsibility instead blaming others all the time. If that was an individual we would say they have a PERSONALITY DISORDER
Stop playing victim. Do an analysis of your obnoxious behaviour that makes you "bad market" in everyone's eyes.

Continuing the same madness will get the same results

Very well put! Like the former Governor of Borno Shettima said recently…..where were they when Buhari & Tinubu were doing political merger in 2014/15 ? They were playing local politics in APUGA. Now the meal is prepared, people are shouting ‘betrayal’. What rubbish! You don’t expect Presidency to be handed to you out of pity…..you work with others to show that you mean well and that you can be trusted. Not asking your people to sit at home and starve to death because you want Presidency!

tutudesz:
Dokpesi you see yourself Your selfish Atiku 1 term agenda will be your downfall
Wike get bad mouth O! You call yourself High Chief

He can only be High Chief in his village compound if he’s a Northern apologist. It is people like this that sold their fellow humans into slavery during the Slave Trade era….just to collect mirrors from the white man. High Chief ko, Low Chief ni!

Maxxim:
Very good job from em, very commendable.

Thank you to our Action Governor Santo-Olu. Kudos to you man!!

aribisala0:
Are you sure you are quoting the right section? Maybe you can share a link
This is what I found in Section 197 . I cannot find what you are saying

197. (1) There shall be established for each State of the Federation the following bodies, namely -

(a) State Civil Service Commission;

(b) State Independent Electoral Commission; and

(c) State Judicial Service Commission.

(2) The composition and powers of each body established by subsection (1) of this section are as set out in Part II of the Third Schedule to this Constitution.

(3) In appointing Chairmen and members of boards and governing bodies of statutory corporations and companies in which the Government of the State has controlling shares or interests and councils of Universities, Colleges and other institutions of higher learning, the Governor shall conform with the provisions of section 14(4) of this Constitution.

198. Except in the case of ex-officio members or where other provisions are made in this Constitution, the Chairman and

http://www.nigeria-law.org/ConstitutionOfTheFederalRepublicOfNigeria.htm
This sounds emotional. Not sure how "decency" is defined or what they are "sitting in judgment " on
So are you saying that the President/Governor should resign if he wants to contest for a second term

Section 137 (1) (g) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). Why should your so-called People’s Constitution make one rule for appointees and another for elected officers? Are they not all Public Servants? Anyway, that’s what happens when a Constitution is just foisted on the people without debate. It may be understandable if the elected persons are seeking second term in office but not when they’ve completed their two terms and are seeking a completely different position which is also being contested for by others who are not so privileged. They should be made to resign first! You cannot tell me he will not gain undue advantage over the other contestants by sitting there!

aribisala0:
Which part of the constitution is this? Can you please cite it


It does not apply to Presidents, Governors or Senators

I think you might be thinking of political appointees like Ministers or commissioners Not elected ones also
I do not know if that is in the constitution or a convention

The bit about Public Servants resigning 30 days before vying for elective office is not just a convention but is right there in the Constitution …Section 137, (1) (g). In any case, Elective office or not, they’re all “public servants” in the strict sense of the word and should have the decency not to sit in judgment over matters where they have personal interests with access to information that could put other contestants at a disadvantage. Greedy and shameless lot!

Deadlytruth:
The constitution demands a resignation from the civil service before vying for elective office and not from an elective office before vying for another elective office.

Nothing says we cannot try am…hehehehe . Let him resign nah….if he’s sure he has a large following!

amdo007:
Clark talks too much on Nigeria politics for someone from tiny South South

…..meanwhile, this same Southsouth is feeding the Nigerian nation and you all go cap in hand every month to collect handouts. You should be allowed to starve in your village for daring to use derogatory words “tiny Southsouth” in describing your benefactors!

EcoBrick:
https://tribuneonlineng.com/clark-to-atiku-saraki-tambuwal-dont-run/

Gbam!! Speaking truth to Power! Good man…..may your days be longer than 120 years!!

Wilson212:
where did you get that provision?

If you have not been seeing other political aspirants resigning their positions, you’ll soon find out….!
What is good for the goose is also good for the gander…. is that not what they say??

Sinnmat:
Osinbajo for 2023

I’m still wondering how your VP is going to vie for the APC ticket considering there’s a constitutional provision that requires any aspirant to resign his/her position in government if they wish to contest. I hope the VP is ready to resign first o!
I doubt if he’ll be stupid enough to do that….but you never know!

[quote author=yustuzekko post=109891239]Why?


Use your common sense my friend. Are the rest of the people in the nation called Nigeria to be regarded as slaves of the North, without equal access to the Presidency? Anyway, common sense is no longer common for some people!

alphaNomega:
If someone like Buhari could win elections in Nigeria, any bastard can be president.

You’re absolutely correct. Countries talk about Democracy and guys in Nigeria also come forward to talk about democracy as if na yam.
It is so ridiculous to hear it…..as if any of your past leaders has ever won an election through counting of “votes” cast by the people. All you do is allocation of figures as it pleases you….whether it’s Obasanjo or Buhari presidency…...nobody is fooled. Total rubbish!!

Xscape1993:
I laugh ooo. This one just woke up from his political sleep. Which Tinubu for which president? Nigerians can never repeat the deadly mistake of 2015.

So, who made YOU the spokesperson for the so-called ‘NIGERIANS’? After all you can only cast one vote…so isn’t it ridiculous pontificating about what Nigerians will or will not do. So, just mind your own private business pls and cast your single ballot anyhow it please you!

PrestigeTall:
Mynd44 Lalasticala front page oooo.

This is my candidate Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and his CV is so so so intimidating to his opponents.

2023 is a done deal.

Can Joe Biden match this? But he’s the Leader of the free world today. This guy would do much better as a Professor in some University. The job of President is all about having workable ideas and the ability to implement them. Sorry he doesn’t necessarily possess these qualities. Gandollar or Myetti Allah would just be kicking him around for football….with all his degrees!

PrinceOfLagos:
Tinubu in the mud

At this point, I must say it is over for Tinubu presidential ambition

Buni is going nowhere , Buhari is using him to stop Tinubu

Case closed


Buhari and Buni 7 : Tinubu 0

Really? Is Buni going to constitute himself into Judge and jury? Oversee the Convention and make himself the Chairman as well as Sole presidential candidate of APC? Give people some credit for having a working brain pls. Buni is also supposed to be a Governor of some State of which he has abandoned the duties for several months already…..and you do not expect others to cry fa fa fa Foul?

Vado:
Fayemi has been sworn in twice, he won’t be a candidate.

If that’s the right way of looking at it, then Buhari should not care whether or nor PDP takes over from him….but that’s not the reality. Every Leader wants to hand over to someone or a party that will continue to build on his/her legacies not someone that will rubbish those legacies. Again, that’s just common sense!

nairavsdollars:
Fayose still has mouth in Ekiti politics ooo

Do you see the incumbent Governor Fayemi losing the state to a PDP guy after taking it from Fayose? Highly unlikely!!

Odin13:
Saraki has my votes already...

Yoruba will still come to claim his Yoruba

Them sabi claim people .. especially when e no go dia way.. they will always need something to sooth that ego..

Hope we all can join hand and support saraki.. a Yoruba man .. loves by Nigerians and of good conduct

Pity he left APC for a wrong party….we can NEVER go back to Allison Madueke’s kleptomaniac tendencies again. We’re still whistling for her millions of dollars taken in full view of her boss Jonathan. No way for PDP again….not before year 2050 if they have repented and shown some remorse!!

JAMO84:
So? He should have nominate a PDP member?

Doesn’t common sense dictate that he should nominate neutral and non-partisan individuals into INEC positions? The Electoral Body is supposed to be INDEPENDENT….not filled with APC/PDP sympathisers. Anyway, as they say, common sense is not common!

TechSpecialist:
23 years now after your father's death and you've never still moved on.
Keep seeking for attention or should i say use your dad's death/fame to tactically seek for political appointment

You are not a human being at all. No sense of right or wrong and no conscience whatsoever. All you can think about is someone using the dastardly murders of both his parents to gain political appointment. How shameful….!

LasgidyPort:
I'm telling you facts. If you doubt me, do you personal assessment. Do a survey, minimum of 20 yoruba people who are apolitical and ask them about Tinubu. They wont disrespect him or call him names but they will tell you he is not the best candidate for Nigeria. They will always pick other Yoruba people ahead of him.

Sorry I beg to disagree. How did he manage to convince the bulk of SW states plus Edo state to move enmasse from ACN and to take a gamble in a new party APC? How did he manage to retrieve all the SW states stolen by Obasanjo in 2003? I believe that he’s more politicallly formidable than people give him credit for. I guess we have to just watch and see how the Capone manoeuvres in the next few months!

LasgidyPort:
Tinubu does not have the masses on his side.

Just few people he has personally empowered.

He's not loved by neutrals.

He can't command any mass followership of people in the manner of Abiola, Buhari and even GEJ.

He merely benefited from the bandwagon effect of SW and Northern people who were fed up with GEJ govt.

Someone who was Senator, two term Governor of the richest state in Nigeria, who led his SW region politically from the AD to ACN to APC…..does not have masses on his side?? You would be surprised to see how his Yoruba people will react to a case of “ingratitude” if Buhari chooses to dump him after using him for 8 years. Just get a comfortable chair to watch the movie of how of a ruling party will lose an election for the second time in Nigeria!
In any case, is APGA not controlling Anambra state in the South East? What stops Tinubu’s party controlling Lagos state or even the SW region as the Alliance for Democracy once did? If the Northerners show themselves to be untrustworthy/unreliable people that you cannot work with at the centre, then it will be TO YOUR TENTS O ISREAL!!

bcomputer101:
All this kindergarten parties






They should stop making noise

This party has the potential of forming government at the centre. Remember Abiola won under the flag of SDP…..it’s fortunes will be bolstered dramatically if a personality like Tinubu moves to SDP. Let’s watch out for a lot of drama ahead……Buhari/Osinbajo/Amaechi/Umahi and the rest of them can keep their APC which has proved itself to be a total disappointment. Tinubu will soon show them what political engineering is all about…..Jonathan can tell you all about it from personal experience!

Hisbah21:
funny enough. This people are the average northerners which are few.. the north will never vote for a christain candidate talkless a southern christain. i'm not talking about religion here.. the political sentiment is to vote a muslim candidate from their region,that's what they are taught and preached to them..

So, how did Obasanjo do it in 1999 and 2003 then…..surely some Northerners must have voted for him? Or was it all mago mago??

chinjo:
Buhari has taken that position already. Osibanjo is his candidate. He just want Tinubu to finish spending his money on sharing recharge cards and chin-chin before he declares his preferred candidate.

Like General Obasanjo before him, General Buhari has also made up his mind to shift the Presidency to a region that will ensure the UNITY and SURVIVAL of Nigeria as a nation. Going SW will definitely create a rift between Tinubu and Osinbajo. The core East cannot be trusted with the Presidency due to the avowed declaration of a group (Ipob) to establish the nation of Biafra and their preparedness to employ violent means in achieving same. No sensible General who fought a war to keep Nigeria together will concede the Presidency to the SE at this time….unless Ipob starts to sing a different song. That is the plain truth!
This leaves us with the SS. Therefore the most likely person to fly the flag for APC is AMAECHI since he can get the support of SW, SE as well as the North (once Buhari gives his full backing and indicates his preference). So, Amaechi is indeed the man to watch….the King in the making!

NaijirianKing:
There's no real threat of any of what you mentioned happening. The SS and SE have come to terms with a Northern presidency, that is why none of them have declared, and the ones who have are only doing so to be considered as the VP.

From Wike, to Anyim, all the way to Obi. The SE and SS have all but agreed to take the VP position, and the North has all but agreed that it is the term of the NC or NE. The NC, NE, NW, SE, and SS is enough to win any election. You should be pushing Tinubu to field a Northerner that can compete against a fellow Northerner, or a southerner that the entire south supports.

Unfortunately, he is not thinking politically. The SW will have their man holding the ticket, but no one promised that he will be supported. Democracy is about choice, and we choose that the North should enter power in 2023.

No point wasting saliva on this matter. We shall see how the North will produce President again in 2023 to rule over some slaves in a land to be called “Nigger Area” where mumus and muguns from SS and SE are shameless accomplices!

yyba:
Hehehe criminals

Treasury looters all. Where is Allison Madueke and the millions of dollars salted away under Jonathan’s watch? These people must think we all have short memories. Now they go and carry Eyo caps in Lagos (I dey laugh). A bunch of JOKERS!!!

NaijirianKing:
Tinubu is a billionaire, he will be okay. And besides, the EFCC cases can easily raise enough dust to systematically cage him if he does anything of the sort.

If he was wise, he would look for a candidate that could unite the south, as a united south can stand up to a united North. However, he sided with the North against a southern president, so the North knows he's isolated in his home region, and a stranger in the Northern region. An orphan of sorts...

The North is silently backing out of the APC "arrangement". PDP will be quietly supported before the election, and boldly afterwards. 2023 is for the North, the SS PDP factions agree, and the SE PDP also agree as one of them will get the VP position, this will quiet down agitation in the SS and or SE, national unity will be cemented.

Northerners vote Northerners, the average almajiri roaming the streets with PVC cares little about some "agreement" Tinubu made with some politicians, they will vote their region first.

Your second to the last paragraph simply makes me smile. Go back into history and you would find that there’s never Peace in the land whenever the Yoruba people are marginalised or ganged up against. Dating back to the days of ‘Weti e’’ of the Awolowo/Akintola era. Just because the North forms an alliance with SS or SE does not mean the agitation for self-determination will fizzle out….in fact, it will now be more exacerbated….that’s why they’re refusing to release Igboho ….once the fervour catches on among the Yoruba people, it will be a different kettle of fish completely. It’s completely different from Ipob agitation for Biafra because there are elements in their so- called Biafra that do not want to go with the Ibos….but the Yoruba of Nigeria are monolithic with kith and kin spread all over West Africa and Brazil. It’s only people like Tinubu that are currently dousing the agitation. If they try what you just suggested, before too long, you would not have a place called Nigeria again….c.f. USSR!

alsudan:
If you check na Osinbajo the insult Thiefnibu pass self.

How can just one tribe be synonymous with Betrayal like that. Na Wa!

Hmmm….I guess you have a point. Osinbajo has been blinded by Power but he should go into history to find out the fate of Yoruba sons who allowed themselves to be used against their kinsmen. Akintola was a thorn in Awolowo’s flesh and he was used by the North to incarcerate Awo. So was Abiola when he was championing the cause of NPN against Awo’s UPN in the early days. It is one thing to believe in different Causes but it’s another to work mischievously towards the downfall of another…. particularly if that individual is on a genuine mission to lift up the masses of people. It is not everybody you can wrong and get away with it. Whatever man soweth, he reapeth!
Osinbajo should refuse to be used by the North at this time against his Principal. IT IS CALLED DIVIDE AND RULE. He should summon up the courage to make it clear to his so-called supporters that as long as his principal is vying for the post, he would not be interested.
That is what a true Omoluabi would do and it would put a stop to all these unjustifiable insults and denigration. After taking such an action, it may then happen that Tinubu decides to withdraw from the race to give his younger brother the needed support to lead the Yoruba into battle. As of now, Tinubu is the ASIWAJU (Leader) not Osinbajo. Tinubu is the one the Ondo state Governor described as ‘Our Capone”, not Osinbajo. A word is enough for the wise!

NaijirianKing:
Any Northerner vs. a SW candidate is a win for the Northerner. Especially since they will have a vice from SS or the SE.

This is just simple math, not emotion, but logic and numbers.

Not everyone is blind to the fact that there would be no Country called Nigeria to rule over if the North insists on two consecutive 8 year terms in office. In fact, Tinubu would do well to team up with Prof Banji of Oduduwa Republic fame should this ridiculous idea be pushed too far. People cannot be slaves in their own land. Not only that….the North would have shown themselves to be totally untrustworthy and an unreliable lot given the sacrifices the South-West made in bringing Buhari to power. In politics as in every other vocation, A MAN’S WORD SHOULD BE HIS BOND ….this counts for a lot and they know it too. Of course, you guys wouldn’t know what this means!