₦airaland Forum

PassingShot:
In your first paragraph, you wrongly typed President Jonathan instead of President Buhari.

Your idea cannot work in a democracy. All past governors, ministers and senators will simply ask you to establish that they've corruptly enriched themselves while in office. So, no one will cooperate with you without evidences.

Icon4s:
The 2001 set showed promise. They had a couple of players that had the potential to be great but something went wrong along the line. They lost 3-0 to France in the final. Notable players: Femi Opabunmi, Segun Abiodun, Ayuba, Temile Omonigho, Sunday Mba, Kenedy Chinwo, Akpan Bassey.

You once said if Tinubu finds his way into national government, you will go on exile. Now that he has, when will you start packing your bags?

Nkanta:
Whether you leave your party to the opposition party or the ruling party, it is the same thing - you have decamped. Buhari decamped. If he believed so much in the ideologies of the parties he left, he should have stayed to consolidate after losing. Instead he moved in search of just a platform to contest. I'm sure if the ruling party had offered him a platform he would have accepted just to fulfill his dream of being a president. He is not a true democrat and cannot be seen as a role model when it comes to party loyalty.
Anywhere, my concern really is when he makes 1 naira equivalent to 1 dollar, and 5k monthly allowance to unemployed youths.

Elxandre:
Is there a prize for making front page

mandarin:
Barcanista good evening. You have your points as every group matters in politics but the question is, to what extent.

Let's look at 3scenario:
1. The siting governor winning his state for his party that means Jonathan wins in Ondo and Ekiti states and Buhari wins in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, and Osun states.This depend on if the people believe in the sitting governor and if he actually has touched people's lives and they feel they can trust him with their votes.
2. When voters decide to vote for candidates, then Yoruba are caught betwix a sitting president that had not included Yoruba in the core of his government, had abused them and their leaders and a candidate known for integrity and honesty but also a military dictator. Yoruba don't admire Hausa/Fulani politically.
3. When electorates chose to vote based on economic realities, contributions to the progress of the Yoruba country and economic prosperity. The Yoruba are faced by a government accused of wasting billions of dollars and the current economic realities are not in favor of the region or its people. Their children constituted the bulk of personnel that lost their income source in blue chip companies to a Buhari whose only image is just a get away from Jonathan.

Which of these three is likely to influence voters? The three.

Yoruba voters are at this time the most difficult to predict for the following reasons :

1. The influence of Godfatherism is waning, events of the last two years are testimonies. While your Godfather can help you scale through primary election, they cannot dictate who will win in the general election.
2. The political blocs as elders' council, chiefs, kings and cultural groups aren't as strong as before. Afenifere do not presently have any governor installed by them nor any King, the people have simply moved beyond that level.
3. The economic impacts of government policies on the source of livelihood of the people and ripple effects in the country sides.

Based on our academic research on the public opinion on the Presidential and Gubernatorial election in Lagos state recently, Buhari won by a landslide winning over 80%. Now that may have changed between then and now but, in Lagos state, the most enlightened state in Nigeria, economic reasons is the most influential reason for voter's decision and its two edged sword; it will work for Buhari in the Presdential election as people feel the economic progress of the country is abysmal. It is also the reason for the about 38% of population that said they would vote for PDP in Lagos due to economic policies of the APC.
Because the research is pure academic and its ownership isn't me, I wont tell you more.
Barcanista, please come back and challenge me after the election if its free and fair in the southwest, APC will win the presidential election in Lagos(above 56%),Ogun, Osun and Oyo. Ekiti and Ondo are subject to various influences and especially Ekiti is unsure for anyone because the mind of those people is hard to decipher.
Now, the turnout for the election itself wont be as large as expected especially if threats of violence etc persist. Lets put it at 70% for those with Pvc already, now that's a minus for both Jonathan and Buhari. It is expected that those that will vote in Lagos may not exceed 2.5million while Osun, Ogun and Oyo may have higher turn outs per eligible voters.
For those you said will work for Jonathan or the PDP like SDP and LP, there is a good authority that it will work against such parties as the election to the Federal Assembly is on the same day, its like throwing all they have into the wind, I know of SDP that has secretly jettison that because it wont favor its candidates especially among rural voters.
So what do you think Barcanista, before the coming of GEJ to romance OPC how much mobilization did OPC do among their rather factionalized groups?
Am not a politician but an analyst and i don't work for any group, but in a free and fair election coming 28th, Buhari carries the day in the Southwest by at least 60%. Turn out may be low ,in Ekiti and Ondo states may be like 67% of eligible voters.

What will determine who will win the election id the bulk of voters in the North who have all the time in this world to go out there and queue for hours in order to see their icon win the election. Please give Buhari over 27miilion there. The question is if Southeast and Southsouth can match that strength.

AustineE1:
Why are some people so blinded,the news had no source,the full context of the speech was hidden and some one just brought out a line of sentence from a press briefing and some APC robots programmed to stay online,quickly jumped on the news....however Jang that i know wldnt say such,he is a perfect gentleman,he performed wonders in plateau state,a man of the mass e Li s,one of the best airforce officers nigeria ever had,i know he was quoted out of context.
I cant wait to vote for GEJ and hope he continues with his transformation agenda till 2019.God bless Nigeria.

chukwudi44:
Remind me how far APC fared in the three major elections conducted so far on anambra, ekiti and osun states.Not to talk of the senatorial elections in delta and Niger state's. It was only able to win the osun gubernatorial election..
So much for a vibrant party

Goke7: any coach who has taken a national team to the quarterfinals of a world cup is okay by me, anything short of this is a joke!

Tinubu may back Buhari for APC presidential ticket

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
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Asiwaju Bola Tinubu
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu
There are indications that other presidential aspirants in the All Progressives Congress may be asked to step down and support former Head of State, Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), as the party’s consensus candidate for the 2015 presidential election.

Reliable sources in the party, told our correspondent that this was the position of many leaders of the party including former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who is arguably the party’s most influential leader.

Though the party has maintained that it will conduct a transparent presidential primary election, which would give all the aspirants a level-playing field, some of its leaders said they are currently considering choosing the candidate via consensus to avoid bitter conflicts that may arise from a keenly contested primary.

The spokesman for the party in the South-East, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, who confirmed this, said the general notion among leaders of the party was that Buhari should be chosen as the party’s candidate through consensus — an option that is permitted by its constitution.

Okechukwu debunked rumours that some people within the party were planning to convince Buhari to drop his ambition and support younger aspirants.

He said, “Buhari is not under pressure to drop his ambition. And I don’t think anybody who wishes the APC well will want to convince Buhari to step down. If we go through primaries, none of the other aspirants would be able to beat Buhari. In fact, now we want to go for a consensus to avoid bitter rivalry within the party. That means the other aspirants would be convinced to step down for Buhari.”

One of Buhari’s associates, Mr. Rotimi Fashakin, who was the national publicity secretary of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, told our correspondent that the achievement of the former head of state in the 2011 presidential election stands him out as the most qualified for APC’s presidential ticket.

Fashakin, noted that Buhari was the only living Nigerian that is a threat to President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term bid, adding that the APC would be shooting itself in the foot if it gives its presidential ticket any other aspirant.

He said being a pragmatic politician, Tinubu would not support any presidential aspirant other than Buhari.

He said, “Tinubu is a political pragmatist. He knows very well that the only man that can win the presidential election for the APC is Buhari. All he needs to say is ‘if you want my support, show me that you can bring 12 million votes.’ So, we are certain that Tinubu will support Buhari, because he is the only one that can guarantee 12 million votes for the APC. Tinubu has made a lot of sacrifice to bring the APC on board, so he will not do anything that will thwart that effort.”

He described the other presidential aspirants as opportunists who did not contribute much to the building of the APC but are seeking to benefit the most from it.

“I learnt that one of our senators asked one of the people who are jostling for the APC presidential ticket whether it was proper to go to somebody’s house and insist on occupying the master bedroom. Where were they when Buhari dissolved his CPC to form the APC? Now that the house is built they want to pick the master bedroom. It doesn’t work that way,” he said.

enigmaotr: Chapter VI, Part II, ,Section 180(2) of 1999 constitution says: Subject to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the Governor shall vacate his office at the expiration of period of four years commencing from the date when -
(a) in the case of a person first elected as Governor under this Constitution, he took the Oath of Allegiance and oath of office; and
(b) the person last elected to that office took the Oath of Allegiance and oath of office or would, but for his death, have taken such oaths.
Let someone tell me where I can find the clause that supports a 6-month term of a governor elected by bye-election!

caseless: what do u mean al-qaeda and isis are enemies when their idealogies ar the same and were created by thesame US/CIA? Havn't u heard saudi gov't that hated d shia-led gov't in syria and supported isis and other rebel grp fighting in syria had declare war against isis and even gave the shia-led and hizbollah affiliated gov't in lebanon $1billion to fight isis that encroached on their soil last time? It is 90% politics and 10% religion. Read again!

caseless: idupaul was right. D US gave d IS training and arms to fight assad , now the monster they created is out of hand right now and hunting d US themselves. I'm happy that this is happening cos the world wil knw why assad was fighting without looking back. Now they can now help assad if they want to defeat isis. D US shldnt trust even d Free syrian army rebel grp cos they'r all the same to isis.

HumbledbYGrace: I'll holla then, still have your numbers

HumbledbYGrace: here and there, haven't heard from you in a while, where have you been?

HumbledbYGrace: Superbloke....Tex I sight thee....how's Amelica Madam?

Sagamite: Expert forensic psychologist giving us "FACTS"!

You know for a FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACT (Naija styleeee) that it must be because of her intergrity (sic) and attitute (sic)?

It could not be because of not wanting NL adversaries to use it as an insult in future or any other stuff?

Ahhh! Naija education products: Awon oni faaaaacts! (The faaaaacts makers!)

p2t2r: why don't you just write down the list of all NTA staffs and their husbands and wives

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colossus2: He dey eff up

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