₦airaland Forum

Sunnybobo3:
Because they were waiting for the arrival of military equipments ordered.

You don't buy military equipment off the shelf and some orders take years to be fulfilled.

Its beats me why the Govt is not making this loud and clear to all nigerians

Gabrielsylar:
i hope your phone crashes

You see why APC will never rule this country. Crude, Rude, violent, intolerant vagabonds

berem:
Baba please tell us more. We are enjoying your revelations about the clueless one.

I pity you. When you go to kano and they call you barna or karfi, then you ll know the band of animals you are edging on. Egpyptians asked for change and got muslim brotherhood. Am sure you know what happened thereafter.

barcanista:
It is no news that some media and personalities have been reporting of a "planned" installation of an Interim National Government by President Goodluck Jonathan. Sahara Reporters, Obasanjo and other "sources" are few people to be propagating this "revelation".

We were told that the Jonathan's administration has no plan to conduct the election and it planned to create a chaos for the Army led by General Kenneth Minimah to takeover the reins of power because they will rather not witness a Buhari government.

Later we were told that the President plans to perpetually remain in power by getting the NASS postpone the election for six months with the pretence of the crises in the North - East. The plan is to invoke Section 135(3) of the Constitution according to this theory.

Just of recent we were told by Sahara Reporters that their "Source" told them that Jonathan approached exHead of State General Abdulsalam Abubakar and "begged" him to head the supposed ING. The plan according to this source is to prevent Muhammadu Buhari from gaining victory at the poll. According to SR, the Jonathan government is to bribe NASS members with $2m and $1m each for Senate and Reps members respectively.
The plan here is for them to invoke Section 135(3) of the Constitution and declare the ING.

Aside from the fact that all theories appear disjointed and does not portray in anyway as to how Jonathan will benefit from the schemes, it also begs for the question of what is the possibility?

Firstly, Jonathan had told the US Secretary of State Mr John Kerry that the election will be held and a New Government inaugurated come May 29. President Jonathan repeated the statement in his media chat. So far, there has been no clue as to whether he plans to remain indefinitely. He also debunked the story of handing over to the Military or any illegal government

Secondly, the talk of Interim National Government is alien to our constitution. There is no way that can happen when we have no constitutional crises. There is no way Abdulsalam or Minimah can assume power except there is a coup. If there is any, then there will be a counter coup. Assuming Jonathan even considers bribing the NASS to get the six(6) months extension, he doesn't need an Abdulsalam or an ING to lead during the extension period. Section 135(3) of the Constitution is very clear that the incumbent preside over the country for the period of any extension. Considering that the opposition controls the House, the ruling party have the Senate, except there is a compromise, that will not scale through.

Thirdly, if the President is to exploit the Military. it will be to give PDP undue advantage at the poll by harassing the opposition on the day of election, and not to handover power to any Gen Minimah or a phantom ING that isn't feasible anywhere.

This talk of an ING is baseless, a distraction, a tool to heat up the already saturated polity. It is one propaganda too many. It is a threat to peace and our collective unity. I have absolute confidence that the election will be held and winner will be inaugurated come May 29.

Bro its high time you come over to PDP. I ve been following your comments. From Osinbajo autopolicy and other issues.They re not in ur DNA. You dont think like them and you dont know them as much as you think. When you are in Kano and they call u arna or kafir, you will know what you are dealing with. Come over bro, its not too late. Light n darkness have difference.

ChinemeOkpan:
I dont think he has. The life of the avearge Nigerian has not improved.
Gej governed this country when International Oil prices were at its highest in decades, yet Government savings is at its lowest. Government spending skyrocketed mainly due to a lot of corruption and leakages in the system. He has done well in Agriculture but can we have any evidence that the sector is contributing any higher to GDP or foreign exchange earnings?

His government has made millionaires and billionaires out of some people but the majority of Nigerians are not better off. The current exchange rate is $1=N204, leading to inflation and economic hardship for Nigerians.

The educational sector is still bad or maybe worse. He built universities without thinking of improving quality of teaching or investing in IT infrastructure. We need change. When politicians know that Nigerians will not automatically vote for them, they will sit up and start working.

Speak for yourself. My life has improve a hundred times during this GEJ administration.

Elslim:
Imagine... for them to enter d state capital and do dis dat means there is Sumfin wrong wiv our govt. this people where just strollin around town tellin people not to vote (imagine).

Kwadon is not in the state capital

wemmieslim:
Am not a fan of GEJ,but this is a right move in the right direction,nice one...but it still didn't CHANGE my mind anyways.


#IHaveDecided

Please change your mind. See below
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153094269298748&id=556338747&refid=52&__tn__=C

Mccullum:
Sai Buhari

In your dreams. Meanwhile in yorubaland, APC is being rejected. See for yourself below.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153094269298748&id=556338747&refid=52&__tn__=C

free2ryhme:
The biggest mistake Nigeria ever made was to vote in Jonathan as president. He has toyed with the nation and everything has gone out of control, he no longer has a grip over the nations troubles. Rather than this greedy man admit his inefficiency and resign his post, this same man wants to hold on to power. May God hold the nation until he guides us to installing a real president in the person of Buhari.

Thank Goodness for the Freedom of Speech you enjoy today. Egyptian asked for change and Got Muslim Brotherhood. Nine months after they regretted the change and threw them out. I dont know how old you are but most of the young guns talking change just dont know what they are being led into. Keep abusing your president.

oshyno:
I just pity old man OBJ. GEJ wud soo reduce him to councilor level in politics wen he wins.
Jeez to think that this is d same man that wanted to perpetuate himself to power for life suddenly loves the unity of this country. All the evils u can think of during election happened under this very man.

Harry marshal, bola ige, Barister Igwe, and soo many political assassination had a filed day duing your reign baba. U can only deceive the under 20s. There was nothing like election during ur time. Now that u can vote and ur vote counts ur here spewing rubbish. How did u even become one of the richest man when u had nothing comming out of prison. What about ur library. Abeg pack one side make person see road.

You spoke my mind. Jeez, as if i wasnt around to see the hopeless elections Obasanjo conducted in 2003 and 2007 where no votes took place talkless of being counted. Why are nigerians still tolerating this buffoon whose Messiah Complex makes him think it is only him or no one else. Dikibo, Bole Ige, Marshall harry, OGB uche, and lots of political murders that took place in his time. The Monkey support Chris Uba to rig elections and burn down Anambra state thereafter. Too many bullshit that went down in his days. To open his mouth in this matter talking like a saint is so nauseating. Please the twitter and facebook generation, if you guys were too young during this period, try and find out from those who were around then. You can freely abuse your president now, because he is allowing FULL freedom of speech. You dont know what you have until you loose it

aumeehn:
Hmmmmmm God.....Igbos since you guys hate Nothern Nigeria why not relocate........and bout christians been killed in the North wetin concern you....when muslems protest about what israel is doing to the people of palestine our fellow muslim brothers you guys said we are illiterates.....hmmm!! igbos am begging you please kill any northener for south and we will show you what we are made of!


arnan banza!!


#ouractionspeakslouderthanourwordz!

Kill kill kill. What else do you guys do apart from killing. Animal!

ChinemeOkpan:
Surprising move by Dr Festus Odimegwu

It is clear that the majority of Nigerians irrespective of ethnic affliation want change in 2015

We are moving from Febuhari to March4Buhari

Sai Buhari

He is writing this long bull crap because he was sacked by Goodluck. A brilliant man that cannot keep his mouth shut is not a wise man. His diarrhea of the mouth got Nigerian breweries to fire him, n when giving the opportunity to clean up the census, he couldnt keep his mouth shut. I see clearly that all the major actors against Goodluck are those with all manner of axe to grind. Those sacked or lost out. If Festus was still in the NPC will he be saying this bull crap?

barcanista:
Do you know that the Amaechi and Fashola light rail are at an elevated altitude therefore propped by pillars which will undoubtedly increase it's cost?
Have you considered other logistics?

compensation? Shipping of materials? lands? etal?

How can you calculate based on KM only? Not saying that the project wasn't over-bloated though

Oh what a load of rubbish. Defending the undefendable.

OdenigboAroli:
Lol...Nnaa,Omenani bu ife eji malu ndi....When I went home people expected me to pull the "Americana" way but they were shocked because I spoke Igbo better than most of them. Even my old woman calls me onye Omenani. Well,it a shame that a modern Igbo isn't proud to speak their language and sometimes feel ashamed unlike the Chinese,Mexicans,Ethiopians and the Arabs but I swear the first language my children will speak is Igbo and speak it very fluently in core Umuoji lect. My children must be raised in my deep culture;I will instill it in them right from the very day they are born. When I was in Naija I went to see my elder sister and her kids were speaking English and I felt irritated and disappointed. I see people who aren't proud of their culture as inferior...I look down and talk down on such people,especially the Igbo ones. My bloodline will rule over them and enslave their foolish mind!

Its easier said than done. It depends mainly on the environment your kids grow up at. If they are in a place where they cant find igbo speakers, in the schools, churches or playgroups, you are daydreaming, unless you have no work and will be around them most of the time. Talking from experience..

Yungwizzzy:
He can't photocopy votes, then why did your chief taNOISE go bragging with oyedepo, adeboye at his residence for endorsement?

My dear just open your eyes and see that Jonathan is gone!!



RIP

Gone where? This Obasanjo that has NEVER delivered his ward in 4 elections, 99, 03,07, 2011!. The man has Messiah complex n his endorsement will not win anything for buhari. FACT

Obiagelli:
What gains if i may ask? Nigeria is a huge market and infrastructure (power) is the biggest incentive to kick start any sector not increased tarrifs.

We have outrightly banned frozen chicken but it hasn't helped our local production as 80% of what you find in the market today is smuggled in.

Which 80%? You APC people just open your mouths and spew fake data. An industry i sure know more than you do. Pls keep quiet .

[quote author=lalasticlala post=30535278][/quote]Why is USA working against this govt. Its just too obvious. So APC is the new American puppet.

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I don't believe-it doesn't win argument, facts do. Provide counter facts.. ObJ btw saved $43bn and Yar'dua saved $62bn.. NOI and her team have NEVER disputed these numbers! BTW, GEJ has saved nothing in the last 6 years!

When you guys were encouraging different labour groups and gangs to press for more pay and sustain fuel subsidy, where did u think the money will come from? From Jonathans personal savings account?

FreeGlobe:
^ @themano
I don't give a single damn about your bullsshitt & emotional outbursts. Incase you forgot here is part of the bone of contention

"He noted that while Obi gloated about ‘savings’, there is no signature project to remember his regime"

focus on countering this and not attacking personalities

Willie Obiano is a signature Project we can start with...

On a serious note, how old are you? Were you in Anambra State as an adult as far back as 1993? Do you know the madness that reigned from the Mid Nineties up till 2004?

Did we have a State Secretariate to start with?

Am sure you thinking of some funky white elephant project, when the basics, fundamentals and foundations are rickety and needed to be sorted. Ever wondered why Obiano hit the ground running? The foundation had already being laid.. and up sprang the building

FreeGlobe:
when does mentioning peter obi equal dragging anambra to the mud. Most of my problem with peter obi is because his hired agents are trying to portray him as what he is not. He is not the first governor to fail in his duties and will probably not be the last but when people portray a failure as the best thing to ever happen, there is a problem.

How can your hatred for a man, lead you to blindness? How old are you? cos you keep spewing trash about Peter Obi, in your bid to castigate him. So you love Willie Obiano? Do you know the hallmark of success? Its Products!! If you re successful, we will know by your products..

Since we all agree, including you, that Willie Obiano is so far performing excellently, and therefore a great product, then the Producer of the Product, being Peter Obi, is then a great Success by all means.

Please my man, what do you do and what are your products. Take it easy. Hate kills.

NOBLEDANDY:
Peter obi is one of the best thing that has ever happened to Anambra state. Take it or leave it.


#fact #nopaymaster.

No, Peter Obi is the best thing that has ever happened to Anambra State! Ho Ha.

Any body in Anambra State as from 1996 and witnessed the rot up till 2004 will know the MASSIVE foundation and progress that Peter Obi has brought.

The roads (Anambra State has the best Network of Intra state Roads in Nigeria), Education (JAMB, NECO,WAEC can bear witness), Health (Amaku Teaching Hospital alone..) and sanity in Governance (if you knew how things went on before then).

And oh. He gave us Willie Obiano. End of Discussion

pazienza:
You truly believe that Ndi Anambra are on the average poorer than Niger state people?

I don't need anything else to know how wrong that stat is.

Trash statistics that have been invalidated over and over again. Anambra State poor state? In Soludo's ego and grudge filled dreams!!

Randerl:
Really . Let his kinsmen name the longest serving Commissioner of Yoruba extraction in any of the Igbo speaking states.

How many yorubas live and have significant investments in the east. Name them

Cuche:
Should he win, that can't be an obstacle. Some of those Ugwu awusa Senators can't comprehend a simple English Sentence let alone deciphering the ingredients of a bill. They can't even speak proper English, our Primary School drop out traders at O'sha Market speak better. Watch Ait Parliament cable station and be amazed
All the Ugwu awusa Senators do very well is convince and woo Olosho which unfortunately and disgracefully has a high population of Igbo ladies doing that business in Abuja
What do they do, they employ a retinue of brilliant chaps who interpret and write the stuffs so the awusa will shout with it on the floor the next day

Pls dont say what you re not sure of. The so called Hausas always send their A list to the Senate. Just go through their business or public service profiles or meet them in person. Chris Uba in tne Senate? Tufiakwa

FEAO1985:
Population isn't an excuse. In terms of development or economic progress nigeria is nothing compared to india and let me remind you that india is a nation of 1.3 billion. where is a petty 180 million compared to that ?

Im not even going to mention China . Only God can save Nigeria

No, Nigerians need to save Nigeria. We have the HIGHEST POPULATION DENSITY in the world right now. People up north and in general are breeding like rabbits and you think its not a problem. The Chinese werent stupid to enforce strict birth control at the time they did. Government cant provide all for a balloooning population, anywhere in the world.

We need to start thinking seriously about our population. Why would someone who is doing nothing, marry 4 wives and produce 20 children that he cant train and who end up doing nothing but becoming menace to the society. And the man will be blaming the government for his predicament. I am refering to the SAI BUHARI people up north.
We need a productive controllable population, or else all government efforts will be thinned out. China had to enforce population control to have some sane economic growth that is qualitative.

Adegbodolu1:
[size=15pt]Why are the IGBO states not safe enough for the IGBO population?

That is the big question[/size]

The big question, is why is an slowpoke like you allowed to roam free.

Eziachi:
The problem is not Buhari, the problem is you and me from the south that looked down on northerners. With attitude like, you wonder why hate us. The certificate saga is a bid to humiliate the very one they regardless as their hero.
Obasanjo tried his luck with Ikemba to humiliate Ndigbo but we refused to give him the satisfaction.

As old as you are, you re really naive about northern nigeria. Especially there elites n elders.

barcanista:
My Dear, this is one reason you guys shouldn't vote Jonathan. A man that refused to protect you from arsonists and savages, a man that refused to bring perpetrators of that ungodly incident to justice is not worth to be called a President. What do you expecr from opposition leader other than to condemn violence? Did he call for it? By the way he never said Muslim should vote Muslim in 2011. That was pure propaganda. I ask again, who is responsible to protect you and I?

Young man, i will vote Buhari, the day you show me the school he built, or the academic chair he endowed, or the scholarships he awarded, or the books he donated or the school uniforms he supplied to these misdirected brainwashed youngmen following him as there saviour and messiah.
This man does not give a hoot about them and they will forever be maiming and killing while his daughter enjoys good education in the UK. GEJ believes in Education and in the country and at least we know where GEJs kids are schooling in Abuja. Can we say same for your kai Buhari.

9jagirl4ree:
I have been watching the election campaigns from all party candidates very closely and I have come to the following conclusions using a mix of both qualitative/quantitative research i.e. observations from newspapers, TV stations, interviews carried out and feedback from selected sections of the electorate.

There are going to be over 10 presidential candidates but I think we can all agree that only 2 candidates have a good chance of winning the election; Goodluck Jonathan (PDP) and Muhammadu Buhari (APC). This particular study relates to just the[b] South East of Nigeria[/b].

1. Imo State

The PDP has a strong base in Imo state and naturally, it will be expected that the party will inevitably win the election, however the present governor- Owelle Rochas Okorocha has proved to be a strong political leader that is well loved and respected across the whole state. A year ago, the PDP would have won the elections with a landslide victory but the Okorocha effect has totally affected that permutation.

Going by the popularity of Okorocha and his performance as governor in the state and also the fact that indigenes would want to ensure that they benefit significantly from the Federal government if the APC wins, the opposition party will win by a small margin

Projections: APC (52%): PDP (48%)

2. Enugu State

This state is controlled by the PDP and the outgoing governor Barrister Sullivan Chime is arguably one of the best performing governors in Nigeria. He has transformed Enugu state in all major sectors from education, industry, and the civil service. He embarked on daring infrastructural developments which as made Enugu one of the most vibrant and beautiful cities in the country. The state recently got recognition from the Guardian newspaper (UK) - where they predicted that it will be Nigeria's flagship city.

Source: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/adam-smith-international-partner-zone/2015/jan/09/urbanisation-nigeria-rises-to-the-challenge

However, things have not been smooth for Barrister Chime, despite his achievements, he has faced interference in his government from the central PDP unit in Abuja under the command of Dr Jonathan. This reached an unbelievable level when his efforts to become a senator was recently truncated by Abuja. He is not happy and close sources indicate that he will not work for Jonathan's re-election.

Another major factor in enugu and indeed all of Ndigbo is RF Mbaka, his New year message where he lambasted the current administration has spread like wild fire and his message is resonating with the masses.

Based on these factors, it is predicted that the APC will win marginally

Projections: APC (51%) PDP (49%)



3. Anambra State

The case of Anambra is the most surprising of all SE states. Anambrians are noted for their intelligence, insularity and Igbo nationalistic idealism, they remain the only state who retain APGA as the state party. They recently voted in Governor Obiano, a man that has proved to be quite pragmatic and forward thinking. When he came on board, many Igbos thought he could champion Igbo nationalism but he has proved to be very smart and intelligent. Last week, he openly declared that Igbos are better in one Nigeria.

Sources from Anambra government say that Obiano is not supporting either candidates and will work with whoever wins. In the past, one would have expected Obiano to tow the line of his successor and openly support GEJ but he has decided to be neutral.

From a survey conducted in Anambra state, we call it evens

Projections: APC(50%) PDP (50%)

These projections are in ur dreams. May be you have malaria or you re hallunicating.

Zonacom:
please who is that white bearded man i see every time around obiano?

Oseloka Obaze. Secretary to the State Government

Schweinsterger. What a machine!