₦airaland Forum

Op in as much you wan to convince us that Buhari did nothing...I think those who are adult then in 1985 we agree Nigeria light has never been this bad.Why comparing then and now...the question that shu b in our mouth is has there been any improvements so far in the past six yrs?

SIR : One had thought that the resort to
exploitation of religion as a political
weapon by the People’ s Democratic Party
( PDP ) only emanated from and stopped at
the level of goody -goody spokespersons
who , could gracefully be excused for
struggling to keep their lucrative positions .
More so that some of them just made the
transition from relative oblivion and penury
to sudden fame and fortunes practically
overnight!
Nigerians were on countless occasions
inundated by these spokespersons with
statements clearly aimed at exploiting our
religious fault lines with a view to
achieving mundane political ends . And , not
quite unreasonably , some of us shrugged
such statements off as the handiwork of
overzealous spokespersons who might just
be abusing delegated authority. However ,
vice president Namadi Sambo disproved
this assumption a January 21 , in Dutse,
Jigawa State when they were
campaigning . So , exploitation of our
religious differences has truly all along
been the crux of this government ’ s
deliberate official homeland policy and ; the
unholy weapon intentionally employed to
divide and rule Nigerians ?
Sambo’ s utterances in Dutse should
seriously worry and agitate the mind of
whoever wishes Nigeria good. The man
mounted the campaign podium to give his
supporters a reason why they should not
vote for APC . And , you know what the odd
reason was ? That Buhari ’ s running mate ,
Prof . Yemi Osinbajo was the owner of
5, 000 capacity church !
What did Sambo hope to achieve by that,
for heaven ’ s sake ? Is the ownership of
church a crime in Nigeria or even in Islam
itself? Can Sambo or his boss look Pastor
Enoch Adeboye in the face and repeat what
he said in Dutse verbatim ? If Sambo’ s
audience aren ’ t educated , enlightened or
exposed enough to know that Islam and
Christianity are mutual friends rather than
foes , wouldn’ t it have helped if Sambo had
taken time to educate and enlighten his
audience especially at these volatile times ?
Or is Sambo also lacking in proper
understanding of Islam to know that the
religion he wanted to belittle and bring to
the opprobrium of his audience was
lavishly accommodated even by Prophet
Muhammad ( SAW )?
Islamic scholars of comparative studies of
religions couldn ’ t have done more justice
to the topic of how Islam and Christianity
share much more than some ignorant
fellows are aware of! The little differences
we have are not worthy of and should
never be exploited by politicians for self
service. For instance is VP Sambo and his
like minds aware of the existence of these
verses in the Holy Qur’ an :
“And nearest among them in love to the
believers will you find those who say , ‘ we
are Christians ’ because among them are
men devoted to learning and men who
have renounced the world. And they are
not arrogant”. Quran Chap 5v 85 .
“… Had it not been for God ’ s repelling some
people through the might of others, the
monasteries , churches, synagogues and
mosques wherein the name of God is oft
praised would have been utterly destroyed .
God shall certainly help those who help
His cause. He is all powerful , Majestic”
Qur’ an 22v 40
So , where did Sambo get his inspiration to
blackmail a fellow Nigerian for ‘ owning’ a
church ’? Surely not Islam !
Ibrahim Muhammed Sani Hadejia ,
Gusau, Katsina State .

Nice one barcanista..

•Let’s dwell on issues, says party
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has
challenged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
to tell Nigerians how it plans to move from the
alleged near zero governance of the past six years
of the President Goodluck Jonathan
administration to good and purposeful
governance, instead of engaging in perpetual and
tiring mudslinging.
APC’s National Publicity Secretary Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, in a statement yesterday in Lagos,
said the party believes that elections should be
about issues that would be beneficial to the
electorate, “not about throwing everything, but the
kitchen sink at a particular candidate, simply
because of his soaring acceptability.”
The party added that it was, therefore, “time for
the PDP to end the muckraking and tell Nigerians
how it plans to tackle the worsening insecurity in
the land, the collapsing national currency, with
the United States (U.S.) dollar now exchanging
for N215, massive unemployment, especially
among the youth, decayed infrastructure and the
unprecedented corruption under President
Jonathan’s watch.”
It said the essence of the sustained campaign of
calumny against Gen. Muhammadu Buhari by the
PDP was to distract the APC from telling
Nigerians how it plans to effect the much-needed
change from zero to purposeful governance, and
also to sweep under the carpet the glaring
failures of the Jonathan administration.
‘’In both instances, the PDP has failed, as
Nigerians have refused to be swayed by all the
scandal mongering by the PDP, while the APC has
remained focused in selling its game-changing
manifesto to the citizenry,’’ APC said.
The party said the PDP and the president should
tell Nigerians what happened to the $20 billion
missing oil funds, amid concerns that the money
could have vanished into the ruling party’s slush
funds for electioneering campaign.
The statement also reads: ‘’Nigerians are also
asking: Mr. President, where are the Chibok girls
who were abducted nine months ago, and whom
you promised to reunite with their families? What
happened to the stage-managed truce with Boko
Haram and why has no one been punished for
deceiving Nigerians? Mr. President, where is the
report of the forensic audit you ordered into the
missing $20b oil funds? It is now two months
since the deadline set by your finance minister for
the release of that audit report. Will the report go
the way of others before it?
“Mr. President, why are our soldiers being sent to
battle Boko Haram without the necessary
equipment, even though trillions of Naira has been
budgeted for the security and defence sector
under your watch? Why are soldiers having to buy
even their uniforms and the wounded among them
financing their medical treatment, as some
soldiers said in a CNN interview?
“Mr. President, why have you castrated the anti-
corruption agencies, rendering them comatose
and unable to tackle the runaway corruption
under your watch? What signals are you sending
to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission
(EFCC) , for example, when you picked as your
campaign spokesman the same man who is
facing corruption charges? Is that a way of telling
the EFCC to let the notorious suspect off the
hook?
“Mr. President, you vowed that those involved in
the N2.6 trillion fuel subsidy scam would never go
unpunished, but many months later, none has
been punished and it is back to business as
usual. When will you consider stealing of public
funds a serious act of corruption, sir?
‘’Mr. President, you said while campaigning for
the 2011 elections that ‘four years is enough for
anyone to make significant improvement, and if I
can’t improve on power within this period, it
means I cannot do anything’. Why should
Nigerians trust you to deliver on your promises
this time around, now that the power situation
has gone from bad to worse under your watch?
“Mr. President, instead of creating jobs for the
teeming unemployed youth of Nigeria, your
administration has been fleecing and sending
them to their early graves, as it happened during
the fraudulent Immigration recruitment exercise in
March 2014, when many innocent youths got
death instead of jobs. When will you move from
creating phantom jobs to real jobs?
“These are the issues that are bothering Nigerians
and these are the issues they want answers to,
instead of engaging in an unprecedented
personality-focused campaign,” the party said.
APC said the truth was that the PDP and the
president did not have any answers to the serious
issues raised above.
Hence, they have decided to engage in a multi-
pronged approach of mudslinging, campaign for
election postponement and the instigation of
violence to scuttle next month’s general elections,

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday
promised that he would not run a
government of intimidation if re-elected
for second term in the February 14
presidential election.
He said he would run a government that
would allow Nigerians to express their
minds without any fear of intimidation.
Jonathan made the promise during the
Peoples Democratic Party presidential
rally held at the Metropolitan Square,
Ilorin, Kwara State.
He said he would not preside over an
administration under which Nigerians
would be thinking they are in a zoo
where small animals would be afraid of
the big ones.
He said, “My message to you is that we
will work with you to ensure that
Nigerians are free.
“We will ensure that you are not
governed by intimidation.
“You must be able to express yourself
without fear of intimidation. That is why
I signed the Freedom of Information Act.
“We will not allow a situation where
Nigerians will think they are in a zoo
where small animals are afraid of the
big ones.”
He said his administration was forming
a government of young minds because of
its conviction that Nigeria belongs to the
youth.
He said since the inception of his
administration, he had shown
commitment to reposition the country.
He said his administration had done so
much that he would not disappoint
Nigerians.
He mentioned some of the areas his
administration had made giant leaps to
include railway, health care, agriculture
and the economy.
Jonathan recalled that the nation’s
economy had grown under his watch to
become the largest in Africa.
This, he said, was not achieved by
chance.
He said the feat was achieved by the
commitment of the economic team that is
working day and night.
The President said world bodies such as
the International Monetary Fund, World
Bank, the Cable News Network and
others had spoken in support of the
visible growth in the nation’s economy.
He wondered if Nigerians who criticise
his government’s economic policies are
more brilliant than the world bodies.
He warned such people to stop deceiving
Nigerians.
Earlier, Vice President Namadi Sambo
had said that the present administration
had transformed the nation’s economy
to become the best in Africa.
He said the administration transformed
the power sector to a stage that the
nation now generates over 4,000MW
contrary to the about 2,000MW at
inception.
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Moment of truth...election is funny diff strokes fo different tales.

Hmmm...ds story na wa.

Tell them make dem hear...religion shu b a thing of worship and one relationship wt his or her God. Why Bishop is entitle to his opinion he shu leave d member to decide.

Nice one so educative..

Hmmm when na today.. shoot when dd he climb okada?When Fadhola banned okada,they spew fire today almost all par of the north banned okada in d major road.We shu all kno dt not all we desire are always right and not every thing that is right are desirable..will he ride this okada if he become d gov of Lagos.

Sorry just felt since we have office of the first lady either having constitution backup or not...since most time tax payer money are been spent by them,I think there is need for debate to be organise among the wife of the presidential aspirant too.

Let them tell us what they will use their position as first lady to do and how they will ensure that women gender are been taken care of including the children.

so I beg the organiser of the Nigeria debate to please include this as part of their program..or what do u ppu of naija think?

OREMUSSANCTUS:
Just watched d channel news, and on tv I saw apc campaign in ekiti state. To ma greatest shock, I saw a useless and a mad goat clamouring for change. No oda person dan d aisuwaju of corruption in d whole of africa, tinubu to me will be and will remain d most corrupt soul in d history of nigeria. And d man, had d guts to say we nid change. Am a political neutral being, buh for someone as as corrupt as tinubu to be campaigning dat nigeria nids change, den am sorry to say dat buhari is just joking cos he will lose woefully come feb 14th 2015. D man over-weights all d pdpd members in terms of corruption. In all d states were u ve apc, all contracts re awarded to his company. His wife, in laws and relatives all in politics, while d daughter is d iyaolode of lagos state. He has private jets here and dere, d fool wants to milk nigeria in all. Buh I know God is not asleep, and He will visit him. Tinubu shld know dat we re not fools, all d money hez investing by His grace will go down d drain.

op why did u say u are neutral.. from ur write up it show u are not..but in case u don't kno the same tinubu was arrested by icpc but nothing was found against him.Now its d govt work to prosecute him so Y has GEJ not done dt..dt show u we need a change of govt dt will prosecute the corrupt people..pls join the change movement.. least I forget d same Jona said stealing is not corruption and he will not send any corrupt person to prison. So why blame Tinubu instead of GEJ..remember tinubu has not been in power almost nine years ago not a friend to any govt in power yet no one arrest him..hate him but he seem to be invincible...call him names history will still av place for him as a man who lives to fights

Why is Buhari a threat to PDP...let him who av not sin b the first to cast the stone. Why all ds issue abt buhari from one issue to anoda...why let face issue and leave tissue abeg.

crackhouse:
Na wa o, are u following at all? I think u need special tutorial.

Bros u suppose kno say na d irony I mean..am I dt clueless to think its transformation?

This is a big achievement what we call transformation agenda ...GEJ is working till 2019.

“Now these things happened to them as an
example, but they were written down for our
instruction, on whom the end of the ages has
come…”
- 1 CORINTHIANS 10: 11
Fellow Nigerians, now more than ever, I believe
History must be taught in our schools. Every
time I watch and observe our politicians, I come
to the conclusion that we’ve learnt nothing
tangible from the terrible mistakes of our
tragedy-prone past. And it makes me ponder
over that profound Yoruba proverb: if it takes us
20 years to prepare for madness, when are we
going to go stark raven mad? It is a very
important poser to contemplate.
In case you are 30 or below that age, you could
not have been more than eight years old in 1993.
As such, I won’t be surprised if you don’t know
the real story of Nigeria’s best election ever on
June 12, 1993. You probably won’t know much
or anything about the winner of that Presidential
election, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale
Abiola. I’m almost certain that you would never
have heard or known of Alhaji Bashir Tofa, the
NRC Presidential candidate who was mercilessly
trounced by Chief Abiola.
The June 12 election has been described as a
watershed and as, arguably, the fairest and
freest election ever in the history of Nigeria.
Events leading to June 12 indicated that there
were danger signals ahead. Some people
working in cahoots with the Ibrahim Babangida
government chose to destabilise the whole
process for reasons best known to them. It is
such a long and ugly story many would not wish
to remember for its traumatic effect. The most
unforgettable aspect of the higgledy-piggledy
was the attempt by these guys to stop the
election from holding and getting an injunction in
the middle of the night. But, somehow, Professor
Henry Nwosu, Chairman of the defunct National
Electoral Commission, and his amazing team,
managed to conduct an election without parallel.
The electoral system used at the time was
popularly known and acclaimed as Option A4. It
was a brilliant cocktail of an open ballot system
which was unique and very effective. Till this
day, no one is able to tell us what transpired
behind the scenes that eventually led to such a
beautiful election being terminated at birth.
Sadly, a new vocabulary, annulment, was
introduced into our lexicon. What should have
been our happiest moment soon became our
worst nightmare. It won’t be wrong to say our
madness attained another level from that period.
The tales of what happened thereafter should be
left for another day. Nigeria took a plunge and
hit the ground in a cataclysmic fall. Everything
that could go wrong started going haywire. We
waltzed from one crisis to another. Our
propensity for self-destruction became amplified
and exposed to the world at large. The battle
between the military regimes and civil societies
raged endlessly and left many of us badly
bruised. Some were flagrantly murdered,
callously maimed, maliciously jailed or
compulsorily forced into exile.
For six agonising years, we groped in total
darkness and our country was on the brink of
collapse. Miraculously, we managed to pull
through and Democracy returned. But there was
a major snag. Those who fought and struggled
for the Democracy were not the prime
beneficiaries. The ubiquitous owners of our
country still succeeded in keeping power to
themselves while the June 12 activists mercifully
got the token compensation of some parts of
South West Nigeria under the aegis of Alliance
for Democracy. The People’s Democratic Party
was an umbrella of hard-core Republicans who
dreamt of ruling Nigeria as a one party nation for
as long as possible, or even indefinitely. The rest
is history.
My heart skipped a few beats as I was teleported
back to 1993 with the rumours of plans to
postpone the February 14 & 28 2015 elections.
What started as a joke was confirmed days ago
by no less a personage than our National
Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki. His
main reason was that INEC was not yet ready to
hold a credible election resting his influential
view on the fact that about 50% of eligible voters
were yet to collect their Permanent Voters’ Cards
(PVC). This may at first seemingly be a very
sound argument, no doubt, but on closer
reflection and consideration of the facts it is not
exactly so. Even if this were the case, what is
needed is to encourage and empower INEC to
fulfil its constitutional duty by ensuring that the
neccessary materials are provided well in time
before the election.
Fortunately, the fears expressed by the NSA are
unfounded. I was opportuned to catch and
watch the highly informative interview of
Professor Attahiru Jega, conducted by the
cerebral Kadaria Ahmed on Channels Television,
just before this bombshell from The Royal
Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House,
in London. For the first time since 1993, I saw a
ray of hope in our electoral process. Jega was
very confident, coherent and proficient. He
answered every question fired at him by the fiery
interviewer with calmness and candour and I was
particular elated and extremely proud of this
famous scholar. Perhaps, the beautiful ones have
been born after all, contrary to the cynicism
conveyed in the title of Ayi Kwei Armah’s novel,
The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.
Prof Jega has, on Friday January 23,at a press
conference, re-affirmed the commitment of his
Commission to conduct the elections as
scheduled even in the troubled areas of the North
East of Nigeria. Whilst he was quick to admit
that a significant proportion of PVC are yet to be
collected, Jega is confident that with the further
extension of time which has been granted for
this purpose most people would have done so
before the election. There is therefore no cause
for alarm. More importantly there is no need for
anyone to distract voters from analysing the
presentation of the issues by the candidates
through scare-mongering that raising the spectre
of postponement will cause.
As far as I can see and feel, I believe Nigeria is
heading towards a successful election. The
campaigns have been quite serious, minus a few
skirmishes here and there which I find
objectionable and condemnable. The near-
physical attack on the President is as
unreasonable as it is suicidal. The burning of
party offices and shooting of members of rival
parties are totally reprehensible. But the situation
is looking so good, expectations so high and the
mood so exhilarating that all combined we
should have a commendable election next
month.
There is no justification for postponing one of our
most anticipated elections. It is an opportunity
to show the world that we are ready to join the
comity of other nations in their march towards
global relevance, importance and general
advancement. INEC has come a long way under
Jega. A lot of investment has gone into keeping
INEC alive and running. In its so-called
imperfection, INEC can be assisted to help itself
and help the rest of us. We can’t afford to throw
the baby away with the bathwater.
We already have more than enough problems to
tackle. There is mutual suspicion everywhere. No
matter the righteousness of those in favour of
postponing the elections, they would always be
countered by a preponderance of doubting
Thomas. Can anyone blame them? A woman
whose child was once killed by a witch would
forever suspect every woman. Such is the
situation we’ve found ourselves today.
Politicians have pulled all manner of stunts and
they are capable of anything. This is why
Nigerians find it difficult to believe whatever they
are told no matter how plausible.
My humble advice is that every Nigerian and
friend of Nigeria must support our Government
and INEC to bring these forthcoming elections to
fruition. We’ve crawled for far too long. Now it is
time to walk, if not yet run. While it is true that
Rome was not built in a day, I’m sure it did not
take forever.

“Now these things happened to them as an
example, but they were written down for our
instruction, on whom the end of the ages has
come…”
- 1 CORINTHIANS 10: 11
Fellow Nigerians, now more than ever, I believe
History must be taught in our schools. Every
time I watch and observe our politicians, I come
to the conclusion that we’ve learnt nothing
tangible from the terrible mistakes of our
tragedy-prone past. And it makes me ponder
over that profound Yoruba proverb: if it takes us
20 years to prepare for madness, when are we
going to go stark raven mad? It is a very
important poser to contemplate.
In case you are 30 or below that age, you could
not have been more than eight years old in 1993.
As such, I won’t be surprised if you don’t know
the real story of Nigeria’s best election ever on
June 12, 1993. You probably won’t know much
or anything about the winner of that Presidential
election, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale
Abiola. I’m almost certain that you would never
have heard or known of Alhaji Bashir Tofa, the
NRC Presidential candidate who was mercilessly
trounced by Chief Abiola.
The June 12 election has been described as a
watershed and as, arguably, the fairest and
freest election ever in the history of Nigeria.
Events leading to June 12 indicated that there
were danger signals ahead. Some people
working in cahoots with the Ibrahim Babangida
government chose to destabilise the whole
process for reasons best known to them. It is
such a long and ugly story many would not wish
to remember for its traumatic effect. The most
unforgettable aspect of the higgledy-piggledy
was the attempt by these guys to stop the
election from holding and getting an injunction in
the middle of the night. But, somehow, Professor
Henry Nwosu, Chairman of the defunct National
Electoral Commission, and his amazing team,
managed to conduct an election without parallel.
The electoral system used at the time was
popularly known and acclaimed as Option A4. It
was a brilliant cocktail of an open ballot system
which was unique and very effective. Till this
day, no one is able to tell us what transpired
behind the scenes that eventually led to such a
beautiful election being terminated at birth.
Sadly, a new vocabulary, annulment, was
introduced into our lexicon. What should have
been our happiest moment soon became our
worst nightmare. It won’t be wrong to say our
madness attained another level from that period.
The tales of what happened thereafter should be
left for another day. Nigeria took a plunge and
hit the ground in a cataclysmic fall. Everything
that could go wrong started going haywire. We
waltzed from one crisis to another. Our
propensity for self-destruction became amplified
and exposed to the world at large. The battle
between the military regimes and civil societies
raged endlessly and left many of us badly
bruised. Some were flagrantly murdered,
callously maimed, maliciously jailed or
compulsorily forced into exile.
For six agonising years, we groped in total
darkness and our country was on the brink of
collapse. Miraculously, we managed to pull
through and Democracy returned. But there was
a major snag. Those who fought and struggled
for the Democracy were not the prime
beneficiaries. The ubiquitous owners of our
country still succeeded in keeping power to
themselves while the June 12 activists mercifully
got the token compensation of some parts of
South West Nigeria under the aegis of Alliance
for Democracy. The People’s Democratic Party
was an umbrella of hard-core Republicans who
dreamt of ruling Nigeria as a one party nation for
as long as possible, or even indefinitely. The rest
is history.
My heart skipped a few beats as I was teleported
back to 1993 with the rumours of plans to
postpone the February 14 & 28 2015 elections.
What started as a joke was confirmed days ago
by no less a personage than our National
Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki. His
main reason was that INEC was not yet ready to
hold a credible election resting his influential
view on the fact that about 50% of eligible voters
were yet to collect their Permanent Voters’ Cards
(PVC). This may at first seemingly be a very
sound argument, no doubt, but on closer
reflection and consideration of the facts it is not
exactly so. Even if this were the case, what is
needed is to encourage and empower INEC to
fulfil its constitutional duty by ensuring that the
neccessary materials are provided well in time
before the election.
Fortunately, the fears expressed by the NSA are
unfounded. I was opportuned to catch and
watch the highly informative interview of
Professor Attahiru Jega, conducted by the
cerebral Kadaria Ahmed on Channels Television,
just before this bombshell from The Royal
Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House,
in London. For the first time since 1993, I saw a
ray of hope in our electoral process. Jega was
very confident, coherent and proficient. He
answered every question fired at him by the fiery
interviewer with calmness and candour and I was
particular elated and extremely proud of this
famous scholar. Perhaps, the beautiful ones have
been born after all, contrary to the cynicism
conveyed in the title of Ayi Kwei Armah’s novel,
The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.
Prof Jega has, on Friday January 23,at a press
conference, re-affirmed the commitment of his
Commission to conduct the elections as
scheduled even in the troubled areas of the North
East of Nigeria. Whilst he was quick to admit
that a significant proportion of PVC are yet to be
collected, Jega is confident that with the further
extension of time which has been granted for
this purpose most people would have done so
before the election. There is therefore no cause
for alarm. More importantly there is no need for
anyone to distract voters from analysing the
presentation of the issues by the candidates
through scare-mongering that raising the spectre
of postponement will cause.
As far as I can see and feel, I believe Nigeria is
heading towards a successful election. The
campaigns have been quite serious, minus a few
skirmishes here and there which I find
objectionable and condemnable. The near-
physical attack on the President is as
unreasonable as it is suicidal. The burning of
party offices and shooting of members of rival
parties are totally reprehensible. But the situation
is looking so good, expectations so high and the
mood so exhilarating that all combined we
should have a commendable election next
month.
There is no justification for postponing one of our
most anticipated elections. It is an opportunity
to show the world that we are ready to join the
comity of other nations in their march towards
global relevance, importance and general
advancement. INEC has come a long way under
Jega. A lot of investment has gone into keeping
INEC alive and running. In its so-called
imperfection, INEC can be assisted to help itself
and help the rest of us. We can’t afford to throw
the baby away with the bathwater.
We already have more than enough problems to
tackle. There is mutual suspicion everywhere. No
matter the righteousness of those in favour of
postponing the elections, they would always be
countered by a preponderance of doubting
Thomas. Can anyone blame them? A woman
whose child was once killed by a witch would
forever suspect every woman. Such is the
situation we’ve found ourselves today.
Politicians have pulled all manner of stunts and
they are capable of anything. This is why
Nigerians find it difficult to believe whatever they
are told no matter how plausible.
My humble advice is that every Nigerian and
friend of Nigeria must support our Government
and INEC to bring these forthcoming elections to
fruition. We’ve crawled for far too long. Now it is
time to walk, if not yet run. While it is true that
Rome was not built in a day, I’m sure it did not
take forever.

Hmmm may their soul R.I.P..they never return to their loved one again.

R.I.P though but what is he looking for outside dt his won't provide,now he is gone leaving d poor nd innocent woman as widow;compounding her problem nd d children own.

In as much one shu not support the notion one thing is certain nothing can change what has bn destined to happened..

Am tired of d season let d lord nd my PVC s
elect d best among them...

A sign that power belong to the masses not some few people..

This wind of change is blowing in every corner...and lesson to our so call leaders that the masses can't be fool forever nd that the power belong to the people. Nigeria seem to be fed up with non performing govt..how can a gov not pay salary fo 6months haba biko.

By Ibrahim Shuaibu in Katsina
Twelve persons, including four policemen,
wednesday collapsed in Katsina State at the
General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) presidential
campaign rally.
The rally, which held at the Polo Ground in the
metropolis, had been scheduled to commence at
10a.m. but most of the key All Progressives
Congress (APC) members didn’t arrive the venue
until 4.30p.m.
An eyewitness who told THISDAY what
happened, said some of the victims had been
standing for hours under the sun and the heat
and stress apparently took a toll on them.
He also said there were instances where people
collapsing but some of them were revived by
sympathisers who fanned and poured water on
them.
Most of the collapsed victims were standing
close to the podium where key members of the
APC were scheduled to speak to a large crowd
and they were taken to hospital for treatment
after they collapsed.
Speaking at the event, Buhari said his
administration, if elected, would focus more on
three sectors including tackling corruption,
revamping the health sector, and transforming
the security situation.
Buhari said these three areas had been his
emphasis since he commenced campaign, with a
call on his supports to ensure their votes count
on the day of the election.
In his address to the crowd, the APC national
leader and former Lagos State Governor, Bola
Tinubu, said the conduct of the military over the
Buhari’s qualification saga was a clear attempt
by president Jonathan to destroy the army.
Tinubu asked whether Nigerian army recruited
and prompted him to all ranks without a
certificate.
“Whether Buhari has qualification or not, it is
him we are going to vote for. Please, Jonathan
should not drag the army into this except if they
are Jonathan’s army.”
He noted that the issue at stake was not about
Buhari but the move to salvage the country from
the grip of those destroying it.
Tinubu alleged that the PDP had only
contributed in destroying the country pushing the
people into perpetual poverty and youth
unemployment
He described the administration of Jonathan as
clueless and incompetent in the governing the
country, calling on the people to replace
Jonathan with Buhari.

This is naija:where most time we leave issues and be discussing tissue paper.May the lord help us to get it right one day.

Any other story from PDP... can we now focus on issue affecting this country.

Nice one.

To those who really yearn for change and want to be part of history do you know that as low as 100 can do something to stop the corruption, the menace we are going tru now in this country..Just text APC to 35350 with any network and u will be charge 100. A new of APC making u to be part of history..ur contributions will go a long to secure the change will need and protect the future unknown from corrupt leaders.

That little drop of your can go along way to make an ocean..since there no dangote, Gana and friends to donate billions of naira.

Mr. Babatunde Fashola,
Olawale Olaleye and Gboyega Akinsanmi in
Lagos
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola,
yesterday said the federal government has shut
down the official website of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), just as he unveiled the fund-
raising strategy for the presidential campaign of
the party.
The governor, who is the Chairman of the
Buhari-Osinbajo Campaign Fund, also debunked
allegations that allocations of 20 local
government areas and 37 local council
development areas had been diverted to fund the
party’s campaign.
He lamented the intolerant disposition of the
Goodluck Jonathan administration at a news
conference he addressed at Lagos House,
Marina, alongside other members of the
campaign fund including former Lagos State
Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Wale Edun, and
Commissioner for Budget and Economic
Planning, Mr. Ben Akabueze.
At the conference, the governor unveiled the
diverse platforms the committee had devised to
raise funds to finance the presidential campaign
of General Muhammadu Buhari and his running
mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.
He named different organisations the party had
partnered to include First Bank Plc, GTBank Plc,
Zenith Bank Plc, Access Bank Plc and Ecobank
Plc in which he said the Buhari-Osinbajo
Campaign Fund accounts are domiciled.
This platform, according to the governor, would
allow donors to make payments to the campaign
fund account codenamed: APCGMBPYO, using
customised tellers at any branch of the five
designated banks.
He also unveiled the e-transaction platform,
through which the party’s supporters can make
donations online, noting that donations can be
made by logging on to www.apcgmbpyo.org,
and debit cards like MasterCard, Visa and Verve
“are accepted to make contributions to the fund
online”.
He advised prospective donors to follow the
instructions on the site.
He added that the committee has also partnered
MTN, Glo, Etisalat, Airtel and Visafone, through
which the party supporters could make as low as
N100 donation to support the Buhari-Osinbajo
presidential project by downloading ring tones,
sending premium test messages to designated
numbers or purchasing a recharge card.
To use this platform, Fashola said donors are
expected to send APC to the short code: “35350”
on all networks to make donations.
Another platform, he explained, is the scratch
card approach, saying: “A donor can purchase a
‘one card’ scratch card from any of recharge
card vendors and dial *979*22*PIN Number #
and press send to donate.
“Cards are available in denominations of N100,
N200, N500, N750 and N1,000. There are over
40,000 accredited vendors of the cards. The
cards are already in use.”
Fashola added that all the businesses that the
APC Presidential Campaign Fund had partnered
have no partisan affiliation with the opposition
party.
“This partnership is for commercial purpose.
They are simply putting forward their platforms
and providing professional services. It is
important to point this out before the ruling
party begins to threaten their businesses,” he
said.
He lamented the intolerant disposition of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the
opposition, noting that his party’s internet
domain name, www.apc.com.ng, which promotes
Nigeria, “has been shut down by the Nigerian
Government because they do not want us to use
the internet to communicate.
“Regrettably, but necessarily, we were compelled
to register a new name which they will have little
control over. That is www.apcgmbpyo.org. It will
be the internet platform for this fund raising and
other activities.
“We intend to show Nigeria is a civilized country
and change is upon us. The names of the donors
will not be published but they will be
acknowledging to us by their names and
telephone number so that we can thank them by
texts or letters.”
The governor debunked allegations that the local
government and local council development areas
in the state are funding the party’s presidential
campaign, asking the ruling party “to publish the
evidence. However, we will not be disturbed by
allegations that were not based on facts”.
He acknowledged the provisions in the Electoral
Act regulating the management of campaign
funds, stating: “There is a regulatory provision in
the Electoral Act on how to manage campaign
funds. We have to comply with those
regulations.”
He observed that one of the things said by
Buhari when his campaign started was that he
desired to have a campaign that would involve
ordinary people.
“He is committed to transparent and accountable
fund raising and management. This has been the
key to designing this strategy.
“This campaign fund raising will be different from
the ones that we are already accustomed to.
This is part of the change that our party wishes
to bring onboard. So this fund raising has been
designed to give everyone the opportunity to
participate in effecting that change.
“We have seen the enthusiasm of young people
to participate in this election especially those
who will be voting for the first time. Regrettably,
a number of them have either been denied the
opportunity to register or where they have
registered, they are yet to receive their
permanent voters’ cards (PVCs).
“We also note the concern of Nigerians living
abroad many of whom were forced to move
abroad because of lack of electricity, insecurity
and bad governance.
“We note their enthusiasm to participate even
though their government is not effective enough
to allow them vote from abroad using available
technology,” he explained.
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