₦airaland Forum

The last INEC Chair was made an Ambassador. The next one can be made US Ambassador.

How the N word got comfortable in Nigeria lingo makes sense for OF. ONLY FOOLS

Una go carry language wey no dey una culture, rubbish language de use am do woke. Shame.

1. One-time phone number change

Under the new rules, customers can now change the phone number linked to their BVN only once in their lifetime. The policy targets rising cases of SIM-swap fraud, where criminals take over phone numbers to gain access to bank accounts.

Customers are therefore advised to link their BVN to a secure, long-term phone number—preferably one already tied to their National Identification Number (NIN).

This rule is nonsense. As much as it makes sense, it is not a long term thinking. We do not have permanent phone numbers. The number tied to my NIN can expire. People can and should have the right to change numbers any number of times they want. Nigeria should decide whether they are using NIN or not. A phone number should not be a personal identifiable number, it is even dangerous. The other time Minister of Interior under Buhari said no passport without NIN. Now, CBN wants to limit your BVN with NIN and OTPhone number. Let's stop making life more difficult for the average Nigerian.

Edit: A phone number is not an identity number and should never be tied to an identity. It is something you have, not something you are. There is no law that insists you must have a phone number for your bank account.

bablon20:
At times I wonder how and what these politicians are using to deaden the brains of this people campaigning for them. Do they forget so quickly how they were treated 4 years ago or they are just legitimately jobless

I like that guy's smile

WorkTheTalk:
It’s troubling when the government’s narrative doesn’t match reality. Alex Barber says he wasn’t deported, yet officials claim otherwise. This lack of transparency is the same inactive posture we see on insecurity—Nigerians are left vulnerable while leaders play politics with the truth. Tinubu’s government must stop the lies and start tackling the real issues facing the people.

Nlfpmod

propaganda
/ˌprɒpəˈɡandə/
noun
1.
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a particular cause, doctrine, or point of view.
"he was charged with distributing enemy propaganda"

APC Is A Party Founded On Lies, Propaganda - Wike - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSnFkQOElNk

Buhari, Tinubu, Akande Lead APC Protest TO INEC Headquarters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPUG_vLjn44

Buhari, Tinubu, Akande Lead APC Protest TO INEC Headquarters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPUG_vLjn44

Gboss247:
Cheap oil without subsidy?

All these terms don't concern the common man. That's what I try to tell you guys. What is government for if there is nothing to enjoy from it?

Backward never, forward ever please

Tinubu Refutes Claims of One Party State

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1EATc4TmtY


Tinubu is a strong democrat even though he has said it in public that he is happy the opposition is in disarray

"It is indeed a pleasure to witness you in such disarray"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDa7ierZDuk

You have these two wise words to reconcile 👇

He changed the national anthem so that they only tune you will all remember is ON YOUR MANDATE. You think the guy who is good with propaganda doesn't know how long it will take you all to fall for his mass psyop? Add hunger to it. Una go hear am

I love reading Tinubu's speeches before he became President. Baba Jagaban. Best Democrat Ever


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GAh_3H_y_A

The other day when I said the State should have fixed its refineries, someone started explaining the issue. And I thought, the man on the street does not care about all of these. Just give us oil! Cheap oil. That's the duty of government. I cannot blame Dangote. Never.

The refinery had earlier raised the price to around N1,275 per litre, citing pressure from volatile global oil markets, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Repost

When Trump posted that he would bomb Iran to ancient civilization by targeting their bridges and energy infrastructure, the only thing that came to my mind was energy infrastructure. I've given up on bridges because in Nigeria, mediocrity is celebrated. 4th Mainland bridge is still on their mega plan while the Lagos-Calabar highway is completed since Obidients, Wailers and enemies of the State are already selling gala on its highway, hide your face!!!🙈

In this ongoing war, Iranian officials announced last week that they have restored electricity to their people despite attacks from Israel/US. 👇

Iran restores power to most parts of Tehran and Karaj after suspected attacks on infrastructure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLGojjLbXKU?

It makes me ask the question, are we living in any civilization if we can't have light

A country at war cares so much to restore power to its people, they didn't use the war as an excuse but in my own country, these wicked people use all manner of man-made excuses to put us in darkness, pain and suffering. Every Nigerian becomes an analyst, analyzing waterfalls from Kainji Dam to river sediments of Bakassi peninsular. May woe betide una 👐 It's not a curse. It is what you need because what you have shown us is that you are ungrateful. We are ungrateful people in this country and we should stop insulting God. Nigerians are the most ungrateful people on earth because God blessed us with abundance of resources and wealth but we insult the creator by giving weak excuses and ensuring that people suffer while we take care of our own immediate family and friends. We don't like ourselves, we just pretend we do.

In other countries, they make sure people are okay first. Here, we want to steal everything for ourselves and family, most people don't care about the state. They send their kids abroad, no excuses. They holiday abroad. They show off abroad. What kind of people are these? I can't just speak for God because if I were the one who created this kind of people, I would be so irritated because I see how you take pride in making your own people suffer but stash the money abroad. The president is in power, the supporters are more interested in peppering Obidients. If the president does well, isn't it to everyone's enjoyment and benefit? What sort of tomfoolery makes you bothered about opposition when you have the opportunity to use the goddamn power to fix things? I see in the war threads how people support either side but they don't reason. That country is a terrorist country as they claim here on NL but they have light. They have freaking light. No excuses. They are under sanctions. Here, they give all manner of excuses, sabotage the country, cache out our money, only for it to be used by their oppressors. Clowns 🤡

Nigerian incompetence thrives on world chaos so they can have something to justify their dirty bottoms. It's such a shame and a disgrace that Libya and Iran can have light but in Nigeria, we are ready to blame the world economy. Hisses

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7555386949716987144[/quote]

89green:
So Iran already considering pulling out of the ceasefire and may likely make sure the Strait remains shut to enemies

We should not die in their war but until they brought these their religions to us and their ideas, Africans were first on the side of humanity. Today, no.


https://www.tiktok.com/video/7518085683878087992

Blingblings:
Are you guys "for" or "against" Tinubu? I need know first so I can know if na to pray or curse una

Wait, eat watch and see. That's what they are gathering for. Nigerian politics is familiar "G5 endorses Adamu", "Northern Governors endorse Obinna", "Oodua Governors Forum endorse Charles". It's not hard to get a group of consensus in Nigeria who are all serving their own interests that's why we need to rethink this democazy and know if we want some people to choose for us. At least, they do this in the middle East, let's stop wasting money on fake elections where they are not interested in what the masses want. The only difference is that while those ones in the middle east can at least provide the basics of life - electricity, education, housing, road etc, these ones here will loot the money abroad. They hate their own people. They are only interested in stepping on others and showing off in expansive toys. Clowns.


https://www.tiktok.com/video/7555386949716987144

The list of governors at 1999

SixSeven:
As of March 2026, here are the approximate ages of the surviving members of the 1999 Class of Governors:

* Victor Attah (Akwa Ibom): 87
* Bisi Akande (Osun): 87
* Olusegun Osoba (Ogun): 86
* Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa): 79
* Peter Odili (Rivers): 77
* Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Lagos): 74
* George Akume (Benue): 72
* Attahiru Bafarawa (Sokoto): 71
* Achike Udenwa (Imo): 77
* Joshua Dariye (Plateau): 68
* Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano): 69
* Lucky Igbinedion (Edo): 68
* Niyi Adebayo (Ekiti): 68
* James Ibori (Delta): 67
* Ahmed Makarfi (Kaduna): 69
* Orji Uzor Kalu (Abia): 65
* Donald Duke (Cross River): 64
* Saminu Turaki (Jigawa): 62

2003 Class of Governors (Surviving) — Approximate Ages (March 2026)

Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Lagos): 74
Orji Uzor Kalu (Abia): 65
Boni Haruna (Adamawa): 74
Victor Attah (Akwa Ibom): 87
Chris Ngige (Anambra): 73
Adamu Mu’azu (Bauchi): 70
George Akume (Benue): 72
Ali Modu Sheriff (Borno): 69
Donald Duke (Cross River): 64
James Ibori (Delta): 67
Sam Egwu (Ebonyi): 71
Lucky Igbinedion (Edo): 68
Ayo Fayose (Ekiti): 64
Chimaroke Nnamani (Enugu): 65
Mohammed Danjuma Goje (Gombe): 73
Achike Udenwa (Imo): 77
Saminu Turaki (Jigawa): 62
Ahmed Makarfi (Kaduna): 69
Ibrahim Shekarau (Kano): 69
Adamu Aliero (Kebbi): 68
Bukola Saraki (Kwara): 63
Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa): 79
Gbenga Daniel (Ogun): 69
Olagunsoye Oyinlola (Osun): 74
Rasheed Ladoja (Oyo): 80
Joshua Dariye (Plateau): 68
Peter Odili (Rivers): 77
Attahiru Bafarawa (Sokoto): 71
Bukola Ibrahim (Yobe): 76
Ahmed Sani Yerima (Zamfara): 64

Please they should take a backseat. These guys love power alot. That's how they bdcame so powerful after Obasanjo left that they formed Nigeria Governors Forum. It was these governors that disturbed us and heat up the polity. Now, if they don't retire in Senate, they want ex-Governors parley. Make una go find work do like Fashola wey return to him law practice.

Do you remember how the NGF taught is mathematics of numbers back then? Where 14>29?

Tinubu sabi them👇 I just love this his golden speech


June 12, 2013 by The Nation

PDP, Jonathan have failed Nigerians, says Tinubu

ACN leader lashes govt on economy, security
President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration is confused about how to tackle Nigeria’s challenges, especially poverty and insecurity, a leader of the newly-formed All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said.

He said the Federal Government promised peace and security, but under its “unwatchful eye” insecurity has grown and Boko Haram “has turned large tracts of northern Nigeria into no man’s land”.


But, a bright future, he said, is on the horizon as the APC, which he called “the government in-waiting”, would rescue Nigeria from its confused state.


“As leaders of the new party and government in-waiting, we intend to pursue dynamic, time-tested and bold policies that will liberate our people by making sure our wealth works for us,” Tinubu said.

Nigerians, said Tinubu, have become increasingly divided as a people because the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government continues to take faulty steps in addressing poverty and injustice.

“They have ignored the cause and gone after the symptoms,” the former Lagos State Governor told a packed audience inside the Grand Committee Ballroom, Westminster Hall, House of Parliament, London on Monday. He identified failed policies on power, employment, economy and security as evidence of bad leadership.


Tinubu, the keynote speaker at the British African Diaspora Conference, spoke on “Leadership, national development and the people”.

He urged the Federal Government to apply a consistent policy of targeted law enforcement operations along with an active programme of economic development, negotiations and potential amnesty for penitent Boko Haram members.

He said rather than take this step, the nation has been treated to series of government inaction and indiscriminate use of force, which culminated in the declaration of a state of emergency in three states.


“The Jonathan government set up a special Committee on Boko Haram and Security matters, but sadly before they could perform, he declared State of Emergency in three Northern states: Yobe, Borno and Adamawa.

“This is symptomatic of a confused leadership. If there is security in this jumbled policy, neither I nor the majority of Nigerians can find it!”

To the fomer Lagos governor, if Nigeria is to mature as a democracy, its electoral system must be improved. He decried the fact that those who control the system manipulate elections with such impunity that they now see misconduct without sanction as a normal way of life.


Said he: “Look at the recent controversy surrounding election of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) chairman… A group comprising all the nations’ governors could not even conduct a simple 35-person election without a disputed outcome.

“With this recent experience, I fear the length those in power would go and the means they would employ to manipulate results when the battleground is the entire nation and the stakes are the general elections in 2015.

“The NGF debacle symbolises a disdain for democracy and the popular will. If we are to save Nigeria, we must rescue the electoral process from its abusers,” Tinubu said.

In his view, a great philosophical gulf separates the government from the progressives. “This current Nigerian government is a retrogressive one. Much of what they claim as growth is but the harsh redistribution of wealth from the bottom to the top. The bottom gets squeezed while the top expands. They are serving us the salad of corruption.

“They consume our today and squander the nation’s tomorrow. For 14 years, the PDP-led government cannot turn anything around. A new leadership is required to put a stop to this.”

Tinubu criticised Nigeria’s economic policies, saying the economy is being reconstructed “as an oasis for a small few and a stark desert for the many” while the government pretends to endorse the same budget-cutting austerity policies as much of Europe.

“We are not Europe; we are a Third World economy. That these policies have failed in European nations with higher standards of living than Nigeria gives our leaders no concern.”

Tinubu said the people live in dire straits, yet the government would rather waste the money than spend it on public benefit because they do not believe the people deserve it.

He said the progressives would bring pragmatic solution to the country’s woes because in their approach to the political economy, they do not rely on textbook answers as they do not “live in textbooks.

He said: “We live in the real world and thus seek answers from real world experiences. Here is a real world fact: No large nation has ever attained sustained growth without government running budget deficits to build the required infrastructure and without other government policies promoting development of the key industries that would become the spine of national development.

“Here is another such fact: No populous nation ever attains prosperity solely by extracting its raw material to exchange them for the finished goods of other large nations. We must industrialise and diversify our economy

“It is for this reason – to save the nation from the stranglehold of permanent poverty and poor governance – that the members of the progressive opposition political parties have decided to put aside personal ambition (including my own ambition) to form a new party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). We do this because Nigeria has entered a critical state of economic depression.”

According to Tinubu, because of the unfair nature of the electoral processes and the gross imbalance of its political economy, the people have been props in a drama for which they should have been the main characters. “We must change this,” he said.

He said the progressives must move Nigeria away from a place where the whims and narrow wishes of self-centered reactionary elite dictate the fate of over 150 million people.

“On our side, we will take our chances with a free and fair election, for we shall offer the people an innovative programme consisting of a national industrial policy that includes radical infrastructural development and employment targets,” he said.

The former Lagos governor spoke of “the Glorious Nigerian Revolution”, which he said has nothing to do with force of arms.

His words: “The Revolution of which I speak has two major parts. First, is the peaceful conversion of our quasi-democracy into a full-fledged one. Second, is the implementation of policies turning the political economy away from its retrogressive, elitist bearings.

“We seek policies pointing in a progressive direction affording the average person a chance at a dignified life. This will be through the provision of gainful employment, quality education and essential social services for those who need the helping hand of government to survive.

“I see no shame in believing progressive government can improve the political economy and the lives of the people.”

[quote author=LottiOk post=139035053][/quote]

Politically correct and politically incorrect pastors should leave the stage please. They always come up with their trumpets 1 year to election and it's not about salvation, it's about salvation of their bellies. Let's hear word please. Drop the mic alagba 🎤

When Trump posted that he would bomb Iran to ancient civilization by targeting their bridges and energy infrastructure, the only thing that came to my mind was energy infrastructure. I've given up on bridges because in Nigeria, mediocrity is celebrated. 4th Mainland bridge is still on their mega plan while the Lagos-Calabar highway is completed since Obidients, Wailers and enemies of the State are already selling gala on its highway, hide your face!!!🙈

In this ongoing war, Iranian officials announced last week that they have restored electricity to their people despite attacks from Israel/US. 👇

Iran restores power to most parts of Tehran and Karaj after suspected attacks on infrastructure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLGojjLbXKU?

It makes me ask the question, are we living in any civilization if we can't have light

A country at war cares so much to restore power to its people, they even provided updates on the power situation in their country, they didn't use the war as an excuse but in my own country, these wicked people use all manner of man-made excuses to put us in darkness, pain and suffering. Every Nigerian becomes an analyst, analyzing waterfalls from Kainji Dam to river sediments of Bakassi peninsular. May woe betide una 👐 It's not a curse. It is what you need because what you have shown us is that you are ungrateful. We are ungrateful people in this country and we should stop insulting God. Nigerians are the most ungrateful people on earth because God blessed us with abundance of resources and wealth but we insult the creator by giving weak excuses and ensuring that people suffer while we take care of our own immediate family and friends. We don't like ourselves, we just pretend we do.

In other countries, they make sure people are okay first. Here, we want to steal everything for ourselves and family, most people don't care about the state. They send their kids abroad, no excuses. They holiday abroad. They show off abroad. What kind of people are these? I can't just speak for God because if I were the one who created this kind of people, I would be so irritated because I see how you take pride in making your own people suffer but stash the money abroad. The president is in power, the supporters are more interested in peppering Obidients. If the president does well, isn't it to everyone's enjoyment and benefit? What sort of tomfoolery makes you bothered about opposition when you have the opportunity to use the goddamn power to fix things? I see in the war threads how people support either side but they don't reason. That country is a terrorist country as they claim here on NL but they have light. They have freaking light. No excuses. They are under sanctions. Here, they give all manner of excuses, sabotage the country, cache out our money, only for it to be used by their oppressors. Clowns 🤡

Nigerian incompetence thrives on world chaos so they can have something to justify their dirty bottoms. It's such a shame and a disgrace that Libya and Iran can have light but in Nigeria, we are ready to blame the world economy. Hisses

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7555386949716987144

Tinubu Refutes Claims of One Party State

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1EATc4TmtY


Tinubu is a strong democrat even though he has said it in public that he is happy the opposition is in disarray

"It is indeed a pleasure to witness you in such disarray"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDa7ierZDuk

You have these two wise words to reconcile 👇

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has made several high-profile statements regarding the preservation of democracy and the integrity of elections both before and after his inauguration.

Before Presidency
During the 2023 campaign and leading up to his election, Tinubu emphasized his commitment to democratic values:

Commitment to Electoral Reform: At Chatham House in December 2022, he stated: "My plan is to ensure that the [elections] are fair, transparent, and credible, and that they are held in a peaceful atmosphere."
Nigeria's 2023 elections: Security, economic and foreign policy imperatives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hwi0_3hdm0

Focus on Character: In a campaign address around May 2022, he remarked: "What Nigerians need is a person of good character and vision... I have all it takes to win the election and nobody... can stop a visionary and determined man whose time has come to take this country out of poverty and insurgency."


After Becoming President
Since taking office on May 29, 2023, President Tinubu has reiterated his stance in national broadcasts and legislative meetings:

Democracy Day Speech (June 12, 2023): In his first Democracy Day address as President, he asserted: "We must continue to be resolute that this democracy, which we hold in our hands, must not fail."

25 Years of Democracy (June 12, 2024): Commemorating Nigeria's milestone, he highlighted the need for vigilance: "The power of the people and the idea of democracy [are] more potent than authoritarian force... We must be mindful of those who will try to exploit current challenges to undermine democracy."

Electoral Evolution (February 2026): Following the assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2026, he told stakeholders at the State House: "Democracy is a journey, not a sprint. It must grow with experience... Our goal is to ensure that with every election cycle, the Nigerian people see a more efficient, more transparent, and more reliable process."

He likes to write and give speeches on June 12. There is one I always post👇

June 12, 2013 by The Nation

PDP, Jonathan have failed Nigerians, says Tinubu

ACN leader lashes govt on economy, security
President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration is confused about how to tackle Nigeria’s challenges, especially poverty and insecurity, a leader of the newly-formed All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said.

He said the Federal Government promised peace and security, but under its “unwatchful eye” insecurity has grown and Boko Haram “has turned large tracts of northern Nigeria into no man’s land”.


But, a bright future, he said, is on the horizon as the APC, which he called “the government in-waiting”, would rescue Nigeria from its confused state.


“As leaders of the new party and government in-waiting, we intend to pursue dynamic, time-tested and bold policies that will liberate our people by making sure our wealth works for us,” Tinubu said.

Nigerians, said Tinubu, have become increasingly divided as a people because the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government continues to take faulty steps in addressing poverty and injustice.

“They have ignored the cause and gone after the symptoms,” the former Lagos State Governor told a packed audience inside the Grand Committee Ballroom, Westminster Hall, House of Parliament, London on Monday. He identified failed policies on power, employment, economy and security as evidence of bad leadership.


Tinubu, the keynote speaker at the British African Diaspora Conference, spoke on “Leadership, national development and the people”.

He urged the Federal Government to apply a consistent policy of targeted law enforcement operations along with an active programme of economic development, negotiations and potential amnesty for penitent Boko Haram members.

He said rather than take this step, the nation has been treated to series of government inaction and indiscriminate use of force, which culminated in the declaration of a state of emergency in three states.


“The Jonathan government set up a special Committee on Boko Haram and Security matters, but sadly before they could perform, he declared State of Emergency in three Northern states: Yobe, Borno and Adamawa.

“This is symptomatic of a confused leadership. If there is security in this jumbled policy, neither I nor the majority of Nigerians can find it!”

To the fomer Lagos governor, if Nigeria is to mature as a democracy, its electoral system must be improved. He decried the fact that those who control the system manipulate elections with such impunity that they now see misconduct without sanction as a normal way of life.


Said he: “Look at the recent controversy surrounding election of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) chairman… A group comprising all the nations’ governors could not even conduct a simple 35-person election without a disputed outcome.

“With this recent experience, I fear the length those in power would go and the means they would employ to manipulate results when the battleground is the entire nation and the stakes are the general elections in 2015.

“The NGF debacle symbolises a disdain for democracy and the popular will. If we are to save Nigeria, we must rescue the electoral process from its abusers,” Tinubu said.

In his view, a great philosophical gulf separates the government from the progressives. “This current Nigerian government is a retrogressive one. Much of what they claim as growth is but the harsh redistribution of wealth from the bottom to the top. The bottom gets squeezed while the top expands. They are serving us the salad of corruption.

“They consume our today and squander the nation’s tomorrow. For 14 years, the PDP-led government cannot turn anything around. A new leadership is required to put a stop to this.”

Tinubu criticised Nigeria’s economic policies, saying the economy is being reconstructed “as an oasis for a small few and a stark desert for the many” while the government pretends to endorse the same budget-cutting austerity policies as much of Europe.

“We are not Europe; we are a Third World economy. That these policies have failed in European nations with higher standards of living than Nigeria gives our leaders no concern.”

Tinubu said the people live in dire straits, yet the government would rather waste the money than spend it on public benefit because they do not believe the people deserve it.

He said the progressives would bring pragmatic solution to the country’s woes because in their approach to the political economy, they do not rely on textbook answers as they do not “live in textbooks.

He said: “We live in the real world and thus seek answers from real world experiences. Here is a real world fact: No large nation has ever attained sustained growth without government running budget deficits to build the required infrastructure and without other government policies promoting development of the key industries that would become the spine of national development.

“Here is another such fact: No populous nation ever attains prosperity solely by extracting its raw material to exchange them for the finished goods of other large nations. We must industrialise and diversify our economy

“It is for this reason – to save the nation from the stranglehold of permanent poverty and poor governance – that the members of the progressive opposition political parties have decided to put aside personal ambition (including my own ambition) to form a new party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). We do this because Nigeria has entered a critical state of economic depression.”

According to Tinubu, because of the unfair nature of the electoral processes and the gross imbalance of its political economy, the people have been props in a drama for which they should have been the main characters. “We must change this,” he said.

He said the progressives must move Nigeria away from a place where the whims and narrow wishes of self-centered reactionary elite dictate the fate of over 150 million people.

“On our side, we will take our chances with a free and fair election, for we shall offer the people an innovative programme consisting of a national industrial policy that includes radical infrastructural development and employment targets,” he said.

The former Lagos governor spoke of “the Glorious Nigerian Revolution”, which he said has nothing to do with force of arms.

His words: “The Revolution of which I speak has two major parts. First, is the peaceful conversion of our quasi-democracy into a full-fledged one. Second, is the implementation of policies turning the political economy away from its retrogressive, elitist bearings.


He is a man of his words, isn't he?

Daniel0047:
I just read this thread from x nooow.

Like I said, this info is fake and should not be put to frontpage.

Explain further

Tinubu is a democrat, a true man of his words. 😅👇

June 12, 2013 by The Nation

PDP, Jonathan have failed Nigerians, says Tinubu

ACN leader lashes govt on economy, security
President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration is confused about how to tackle Nigeria’s challenges, especially poverty and insecurity, a leader of the newly-formed All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said.

He said the Federal Government promised peace and security, but under its “unwatchful eye” insecurity has grown and Boko Haram “has turned large tracts of northern Nigeria into no man’s land”.


But, a bright future, he said, is on the horizon as the APC, which he called “the government in-waiting”, would rescue Nigeria from its confused state.


“As leaders of the new party and government in-waiting, we intend to pursue dynamic, time-tested and bold policies that will liberate our people by making sure our wealth works for us,” Tinubu said.

Nigerians, said Tinubu, have become increasingly divided as a people because the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government continues to take faulty steps in addressing poverty and injustice.

“They have ignored the cause and gone after the symptoms,” the former Lagos State Governor told a packed audience inside the Grand Committee Ballroom, Westminster Hall, House of Parliament, London on Monday. He identified failed policies on power, employment, economy and security as evidence of bad leadership.


Tinubu, the keynote speaker at the British African Diaspora Conference, spoke on “Leadership, national development and the people”.

He urged the Federal Government to apply a consistent policy of targeted law enforcement operations along with an active programme of economic development, negotiations and potential amnesty for penitent Boko Haram members.

He said rather than take this step, the nation has been treated to series of government inaction and indiscriminate use of force, which culminated in the declaration of a state of emergency in three states.


“The Jonathan government set up a special Committee on Boko Haram and Security matters, but sadly before they could perform, he declared State of Emergency in three Northern states: Yobe, Borno and Adamawa.

“This is symptomatic of a confused leadership. If there is security in this jumbled policy, neither I nor the majority of Nigerians can find it!”

To the fomer Lagos governor, if Nigeria is to mature as a democracy, its electoral system must be improved. He decried the fact that those who control the system manipulate elections with such impunity that they now see misconduct without sanction as a normal way of life.


Said he: “Look at the recent controversy surrounding election of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) chairman… A group comprising all the nations’ governors could not even conduct a simple 35-person election without a disputed outcome.

“With this recent experience, I fear the length those in power would go and the means they would employ to manipulate results when the battleground is the entire nation and the stakes are the general elections in 2015.

“The NGF debacle symbolises a disdain for democracy and the popular will. If we are to save Nigeria, we must rescue the electoral process from its abusers,” Tinubu said.

In his view, a great philosophical gulf separates the government from the progressives. “This current Nigerian government is a retrogressive one. Much of what they claim as growth is but the harsh redistribution of wealth from the bottom to the top. The bottom gets squeezed while the top expands. They are serving us the salad of corruption.

“They consume our today and squander the nation’s tomorrow. For 14 years, the PDP-led government cannot turn anything around. A new leadership is required to put a stop to this.”

Tinubu criticised Nigeria’s economic policies, saying the economy is being reconstructed “as an oasis for a small few and a stark desert for the many” while the government pretends to endorse the same budget-cutting austerity policies as much of Europe.

“We are not Europe; we are a Third World economy. That these policies have failed in European nations with higher standards of living than Nigeria gives our leaders no concern.”

Tinubu said the people live in dire straits, yet the government would rather waste the money than spend it on public benefit because they do not believe the people deserve it.

He said the progressives would bring pragmatic solution to the country’s woes because in their approach to the political economy, they do not rely on textbook answers as they do not “live in textbooks.

He said: “We live in the real world and thus seek answers from real world experiences. Here is a real world fact: No large nation has ever attained sustained growth without government running budget deficits to build the required infrastructure and without other government policies promoting development of the key industries that would become the spine of national development.

“Here is another such fact: No populous nation ever attains prosperity solely by extracting its raw material to exchange them for the finished goods of other large nations. We must industrialise and diversify our economy

“It is for this reason – to save the nation from the stranglehold of permanent poverty and poor governance – that the members of the progressive opposition political parties have decided to put aside personal ambition (including my own ambition) to form a new party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). We do this because Nigeria has entered a critical state of economic depression.”

According to Tinubu, because of the unfair nature of the electoral processes and the gross imbalance of its political economy, the people have been props in a drama for which they should have been the main characters. “We must change this,” he said.

He said the progressives must move Nigeria away from a place where the whims and narrow wishes of self-centered reactionary elite dictate the fate of over 150 million people.

“On our side, we will take our chances with a free and fair election, for we shall offer the people an innovative programme consisting of a national industrial policy that includes radical infrastructural development and employment targets,” he said.

The former Lagos governor spoke of “the Glorious Nigerian Revolution”, which he said has nothing to do with force of arms.

His words: “The Revolution of which I speak has two major parts. First, is the peaceful conversion of our quasi-democracy into a full-fledged one. Second, is the implementation of policies turning the political economy away from its retrogressive, elitist bearings.

“We seek policies pointing in a progressive direction affording the average person a chance at a dignified life. This will be through the provision of gainful employment, quality education and essential social services for those who need the helping hand of government to survive.

“I see no shame in believing progressive government can improve the political economy and the lives of the people.”

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LottiOk:
Mynd44 I salute your effort to clarify the misleading information been spread with vuvuzelas by the online ipobidents Mob.
See how they're attacking,antagonizing, castigating, trying to disparage and ridicule you for trying to correct the false narrative they're trying to push and cyberbully everyone to accept.

Check the monikers, they're the same folks that beloved Buhari a whole president of the largest Black nation in the world, died and was buried like a local dog without any recognition in a foreign country. To make it worst they even doubled down with more lies that he was replaced by a body double/clone Jubril from Sudan. Something so illogical to comprehend, yet with all clarification, all the detailed explanations of how silly,insultive and disrespectful such a narrative was, they still adhere to it till date like if it's a holy scripture.

So hope you are taking notice of such monikers, they are Chief desimators of misinformation on this site.

You are just like the people you are talking about. You use a limited research statement without any sampling or methodology to not only arrive at a conclusion but put forth your proposition as fact.

How APC knows much about ADC is very interesting to me.

Nigeria Info talked about ADC crisis and they brought APC spokesman to analyze it. Nna eh


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mYElB6MRzk

mayor1814:
Iran IRGC regime is a disgrace. So una no get power. You guys are forcing innocent civilians to form human shield and chain. This terror regime doesn't have regard for life at all. Don't worry USA and Israel will keep bombing and killing the terrorists and their military and energy infrastructure

I would think otherwise. Were these people forced to stay there? We have been fed the impression that this regime is unpopular and ousting it will be freedom for the people but alas, the people are defending the country, they even want to die for it. Who is lying to us?

I don't know why this reminds me of Lekki Toll Gate and people who waved the Nigerian flag

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7021107198520593669

Wike's stay in office despite his public utterances and behaviour is all you need to know about Tinubu being a democrat.

Why is APC so interested in ADC's business