₦airaland Forum

bullabong:
Your recommendations show u don't live in Lagos. You sound more like someone in London. If you stay in Lagos u will know dis Is mere noise Ambode is making.Yellow buses convey a lot of people because they cut corners and can change route if passengers are availabe for elsehere other than their route. Government buses and bureucracy won't let it operate even at optimum level due to hirachy of operations. And our government lacks maintanance culture.

Research was made about 12 years ago which suggested that Danfo's were 'fast' for the very reasons you adduced (can cut out of routes arbitrarily) however nothing says one cannot have a blend in strategies.

What exactly is wrong with Danfo's? if you say nothing then stop reading.

If you say something, then what is or what are those things. Are they real issues? Can they be ameliorated or do they need to be wiped out totally?

Where do you board buses in Lagos? How far away are they from your abode? Do you know what the recommended distance is from one's house to the Bus Stop is (ie Bus catchment area)

Why can't the buses come closer?

How many danfo's are there in Lagos? are they regulated? How and by whom? (that they have license plates and route numbers provides a hint of the answer.

Fine, Ambode usually talks first and then thinks later (like most APC/AC/ACN operatives) and infact the traffic light solution on the lekki ajah axis as well as the Bus lay-bys along the Oworonshoki-Alapere axis will have moderate impacts on traffic flow but that is not to say that Danfo's cannot be improved on or done away with.

The fear of 'The Establishment' is that the confederate units can secede at any time. This fear was what informed the breaking up of Nigeria into states from the previous regional structure.
The goal was to weaken the regions further.
The resultant was the strengthening the Centre

There are ENORMOUS opportunities for Public Transportation in Lagos (simply because of the numbers viz economies of scale)

The Yellow buses should indeed be phased out but...

1. The replacements must be Ergonomically sound and ultra safe (no side oriented seats etc).

2. Lagos needs a special kind of vehicle that can access inner city roads (the kinds of roads that Okadas and Keke Napeps ply, why? Cos then we can get rid of those - They are NOT safe).

3. This vehicle should be able to accommodate an optimum number of seats and standing places.

4. If possible propulsion should be via hybrid fuels.

5. The buses do not need conductors.

6. They can be operated via franchises that are integrated into a cross platform infrastructure - One should be able to use a 'touch card' on any vehicle across the state. The drivers will be guaranteed a minimum monthly income.

7. Opportunities will then exist for online real time travel information - you can stand at the Bus Stop and know when the next bus is due...

etc etc etc



PS

With regard to 'economies of scale' and on a totally unrelated topic I seem to recall a former governor stating that Houses cannot be 'Affordable' because there is no 'Affordable' cement or 'Affordable' Iron Rods - guess he has never heard of 'Economies of scale' let alone comprehend the concept.

Are you yet too be convinced that these guys have redefined 'cluelessness' and don't intend to be respsnisble in any way?

We need to redefine our actions on Social Media, Join A Political Party and Raise Competent Candidates for 2019 and get these misfits out.

The problems can't be solved overnight but they can be solved nonetheless .
A chief criteria of Politics is foresight and patience, we tend to forget the little seeds and look for big revolutions then get frustrated cos it seems this 'revolution' won't come.

Political revolutions begin with as little as a mosquito bite and swirl into a whirlwind.

2 Years from now most people will wish they had started today.

When do you think Tinubu started plotting the demise of the PDP with his grand mega party plan, do you realise he was scoffed at?

You reading this, do you not think you're more intelligent than some of these leaders? so how come you're reading this and not vying for political office?

Get UP!

WAKE UP!!!

...or you think you can't be governor, senator or president? then don't complain when misfits lord it over you

#NigeriaElections2019DoItYourself
#NigeriaElections2019StartNow

(1.)
Things could get much worse (do not underestimate ineptitude, cluelessness and incompetence)

(2.)
There are people who are making 'crazy' money whether Nigeria progresses or not (sometimes they make more money when Nigeria is retrogressing).

(3.)
There are people who knew PMB/APC would fail and were prepared to 'ride it out' (they have sufficient money and 'access')

(4.)
Even if Nigeria is at war (Heaven forbid) there are those who will make 'crazy' money from Nigeria.

(5.)
These people who 'own' Nigeria do not sleep, they are scheming constantly, they have plans for 2019, they have plans if there is a breakup before 2019, they have plans to continue raping Nigeria for a very looooong time.

(6.)
You are not a beneficiary of their plans.

(7.)
Lets say you live for thirty more years in Nigeria, at this rate where do you think you or Nigeria will be?


It is in your interest (and that of your loved ones and offspring) to do something legitimate to change the status quo.

(1.)
Things could get much worse (do not underestimate ineptitude, cluelessness and incompetence)

(2.)
There are people who are making 'crazy' money whether Nigeria progresses or not (sometimes they make more money when Nigeria is retrogressing).

(3.)
There are people who knew PMB/APC would fail and were prepared to 'ride it out' (they have sufficient money and 'access')

(4.)
Even if Nigeria is at war (Heaven forbid) there are those who will make 'crazy' money from Nigeria.

(5.)
These people who 'own' Nigeria do not sleep, they are scheming constantly, they have plans for 2019, they have plans if there is a breakup before 2019, they have plans to continue raping Nigeria for a very looooong time.

(6.)
You are not a beneficiary of their plans.

(7.)
Lets say you live for thirty more years in Nigeria, at this rate where do you think you or Nigeria will be?


It is in your interest (and that of your loved ones and offspring) to do something legitimate to change the status quo.

(1.)
Things could get much worse (do not underestimate ineptitude, cluelessness and incompetence)

(2.)
There are people who are making 'crazy' money whether Nigeria progresses or not (sometimes they make more money when Nigeria is retrogressing).

(3.)
There are people who knew PMB/APC would fail and were prepared to 'ride it out' (they have sufficient money and 'access')

(4.)
Even if Nigeria is at war (Heaven forbid) there are those who will make 'crazy' money from Nigeria.

(5.)
These people who 'own' Nigeria do not sleep, they are scheming constantly, they have plans for 2019, they have plans if there is a breakup before 2019, they have plans to continue raping Nigeria for a very looooong time.

(6.)
You are not a beneficiary of their plans.

(7.)
Lets say you live for thirty more years in Nigeria, at this rate where do you think you or Nigeria will be?


It is in your interest (and that of your loved ones and offspring) to do something legitimate to change the status quo.

Many have opinions on 'Dino Melaye', his tendencies and competence, Question is how come Dino Melaye is a Senator and you are simply left to make comments on Nairaland?

Unless you're one of those who plan to do the same thing or worse don't you think you could do better than Dino Melaye?

We need to redefine our actions on Social Media, Join A Political Party and Raise Competent Candidates for 2019 and get these misfits out.

The problems can't be solved overnight but they can be solved nonetheless .
A chief criteria of Politics is foresight and patience, we tend to forget the little seeds and look for big revolutions then get frustrated cos it seems this 'revolution' won't come.

Political revolutions begin with as little as a mosquito bite and swirl into a whirlwind.

2 Years from now most people will wish they had started today.

When do you think Tinubu started plotting the demise of the PDP with his grand mega party plan, do you realise he was scoffed at?

You reading this, do you not think you're more intelligent than some of these leaders? so how come you're reading this and not vying for political office?

Get UP!

WAKE UP!!!

...or you think you can't be governor, senator or president? then don't complain when misfits lord it over you

#NigeriaElections2019DoItYourself
#NigeriaElections2019StartNow

Are you yet too be convinced that these guys have redefined 'cluelessness' and don't intend to be respsnisble in any way?

We need to redefine our actions on Social Media, Join A Political Party and Raise Competent Candidates for 2019 and get these misfits out.

The problems can't be solved overnight but they can be solved nonetheless .
A chief criteria of Politics is foresight and patience, we tend to forget the little seeds and look for big revolutions then get frustrated cos it seems this 'revolution' won't come.

Political revolutions begin with as little as a mosquito bite and swirl into a whirlwind.

2 Years from now most people will wish they had started today.

When do you think Tinubu started plotting the demise of the PDP with his grand mega party plan, do you realise he was scoffed at?

You reading this, do you not think you're more intelligent than some of these leaders? so how come you're reading this and not vying for political office?

Get UP!

WAKE UP!!!

...or you think you can't be governor, senator or president? then don't complain when misfits lord it over you

#NigeriaElections2019DoItYourself
#NigeriaElections2019StartNow

This Protest is good and if you can please attend

The Best Protest however Is To Join A Political Party and Raise Competent Candidates for 2019 and get these misfits out.

The problems can't be solved overnight but they can be solved nonetheless .
A chief criteria of Politics is foresight and patience, we tend to forget the little seeds and look for big revolutions then get frustrated cos it seems this 'revolution' won't come.

Political revolutions begin with as little as a mosquito bite and swirl into a whirlwind.

2 Years from now most people will wish they had started today.

When do you think Tinubu started plotting the demise of the PDP with his grand mega party plan, do you realise he was scoffed at?

You reading this, do you not think you're more intelligent than some of these leaders? so how come you're reading this and not vying for political office?

Get UP!

WAKE UP!!!

...or you think you can't be governor, senator or president? then don't complain when misfits lord it over you

#NigeriaElections2019DoItYourself
#NigeriaElections2019StartNow

One major reason 2017 will be tougher for some is that the Government of the Day has no credible plan to make things better.

Nothing is on ground to ease the recession but already some are claiming Nigeria will be out of recession by Q3, How?

Protest is good

The Best Protest however Is To Join A Political Party and Raise Competent Candidates for 2019 and get these misfits out.

The problems can't be solved overnight but they can be solved nonetheless .
A chief criteria of Politics is foresight and patience, we tend to forget the little seeds and look for big revolutions then get frustrated cos it seems this 'revolution' won't come.

Political revolutions begin with as little as a mosquito bite and swirl into a whirlwind.

2 Years from now most people will wish they had started today.

When do you think Tinubu started plotting the demise of the PDP with his grand mega party plan, do you realise he was scoffed at?

You reading this, do you not think you're more intelligent than some of these leaders? so how come you're reading this and not vying for political office?

Get UP!

WAKE UP!!!

...or you think you can't be governor, senator or president? then don't complain when misfits lord it over you

#NigeriaElections2019DoItYourself
#NigeriaElections2019StartNow

Rule No. 4
Only APC is allowed to 'protest' against APC

asuustrike2009:
It will difficult my brother. It's easy to stab a wound but difficult to heal it. It takes time to heal wound.when the other regions needed the South west, they claim to know it because they can easily differentiate what's right from wrong forgetting that no matter how a mother beats her child she is ready to defend him or her even if he's lying or not

The situation is understandable but to be honest tribe and ethnicity will not build a Hyperloop in Nigeria. That is my dream - Nigeria running the first Hyperloop system (among many many other firsts even before the so-called first world Nations)

hucienda:
Mr @three, the detective!

Your threads are like breaths of fresh air.

I hail!

Thanks
This country needs to get well pretty soon. A lot of MISDIRECTION. The usual suspects (plus a few newcomers) getting us focused on the wrong things. There's so much Nigeria can and is supposed to be (by God's grace)

Nigeria's Democracy has begun to evolve....

May the soul's of those whose lives were and are 'collateral damage' as Nigeria 'learns' democracy rest in peace.

(1.)
PDP frustrating Transition Committee
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/182580-jonathan-pdp-frustrating-transition-process-apc.html
Chairman Transition Committee debunks statement
http://nigeriatrends.com/joda-transition-committee-submits-800-page-report-to-buhari/

(2.)
Denied Buhari's 100 days campaign program
http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/buhari-never-promised-to-do-anything-in-100-days-says-apc/
Document was attested to by several news houses as having been widely distributed
http://aitonline.tv/post-my_100_days_covenant_with_nigerians_____muhammadu_buhari
https://www.thecable.ng/documented-promises-buhari-apc-made-nigerians
https://politics.naij.com/414497-general-buharis-public-letter-to-all-nigerians.html

(3.)
FG to commence payment of N5000 stipends in September 20016
https://dailytimes.ng/news/fg-commence-payment-n5000-stipends-sept-minister/
Actually commenced in January 2017 in 9 states
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/presidency-begins-payment-n5000-monthly-stipend-poor-nigerians-9-states/

(4.)
Boko Haram technically defeated
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/12/nigeria-defeat-deadly-boko-haram-151229103945329.html
Evidence abounds to date that they haven't however just two weeks after that statement
https://politics.naij.com/684751-buharis-deadline-inconvenient-truth-boko-harams-defeat.html#

(5.)
55 Nigerians stole over N1.34 trillion
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/196981-55-nigerians-stole-over-n1-34-trillion-in-8-years-lai-mohammed.html
A claim unsubstantiated till date
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/fayose-to-lai-mohammed-you-must-name-15-ex-governors-55-nigerians-that-stole-n1-34tr/

(6.)
Claims 'Change begins with me is his idea'
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/change-begins-idea-lai-mohammed/
The alleged owner 'dared' Mr. Mohammed and we haven't heard from him since
http://punchng.com/change-begins-artist-dares-lai-mohammed-lawsuit/

(7.)
Assassins being trained in Belarus - Lai Mohammed
http://dailypost.ng/2015/03/16/pdp-planning-to-kill-buhari-tinubu-apc/
Unsubstantiated till date

(8.)
Nigeria's economy would have collapsed if not for Buhari's emergence - Lai Mohammed
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/buharis-emergence-saved-nigerias-economy-collapse-minister/
Is it not safe to say that Nigeria's economy IS COLLAPSING DUE to Buhari's emergence?

(9.)
Insinuating that he does not lie is in itself a lie
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/222499-lai-mohammed-reacts-lie-mohammed-moniker.html
The 8 posts above debunk this

and the GOLDEN ONE! (I honestly shouldn't be finding this funny as this is plain sad!)

(10.)
Dressing one Masquerade can create 1000 jobs
https://www.naij.com/819019-one-masquerade-can-create-1000-jobs-nigerians-lai-mohammed.html
Do we really need a link to debunk this?



Bonus hypocritical statements
Boko Haram's ban violates Constitution - Lai Mohammed
http://thenationonlineng.net/acn-boko-harams-ban-violates-constitution/
How Jonathan, PDP benefit from Boko Haram insurgency - Lai Mohammed
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/167998-how-pdp-jonathan-benefit-from-boko-haram-insurgency-lai-mohammed.html
Outrage over President Jonathan's trip to Brazil
https://dilemma-x.net/2012/06/20/nigeria-outrage-over-president-jonathans-trip-to-brazil-for-un-earth-summit/

What of this one sir?

Where are the assassins from Belarus?

Even attempts to stifle alleged opposition is carried out with the trademark 'propagandeering'!

Hmmmm.....
takes one to know one atink

Really?


The fact that this would suffice as an excuse should make it crystal clear to all that the Buhari adminstration neither came to govern or fulfill election promises.

They are opportunists who have waited in the wings (some even actively participated in the last rape of the nation) to pillage and enrich themselves.

All evidence points to this and nothing else! IMHO

Imagine if these guys met the Nation with oil at an all-time high.

Dem for lem every!

Hmmmm....

all of you with Yoruba dis or dat na only for nairaland dem fit tell you which toothpick inside dis container na Yoruba, Igbo or Hausa

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Holzzahnstocher.jpg/220px-Holzzahnstocher.jpg

abeg lalasticlala, seun, mynd44 FP please

Bolustic:
But those who supported GEJ through TAN and Neighbour To Neighbour movement were people of integrity abi?

Whose fault is it that GEJ as 'educated' as he is could not assemble media hawks like this to achieve his aims?

One question though is what do you make of the people on this list who were part of GEJ's media hype but crossed over? Profiteers or Patriots?

Case in point the RED Media/YNaija/Statecraft Crew - These were the chappies that allegedly organised the 'Lunch with Jonathan' in which money was allegedly shared money to participants as attested to by APC compatriot Feyi Fawehinmi

http://saharareporters.com/2011/05/26/youth-lunch-president-jonathan-give-me-sunlight-feyi-fawehinmi

https://www.nairaland.com/675443/youth-lunch-jonathan-turns-into/1

http://www.thebreakingtimes.com/buharis-new-twitter-handlers-fell-jonathan/

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Yemi Adamolekun
Is the Executive Director of Enough-is-Enough a coalition of Civil Society Groups formed in response to the perceived corruption and policy inconsistencies presented by the GEJ government in response to the removal of Fuel Subsidies and fuel price increase. They state their charter as 'EnoughisEnough Nigeria (EiE) is a coalition of individuals and organizations committed to instituting a culture of good governance and public accountability in Nigeria through active citizenship. We are non-partisan, neither are we a platform for the actualization of any individual’s political ambitions'. Yemi maintained a profile as a dogged anti-corruption activist throughout the government of GEJ. Interestingly and arguably Enough-is-Enough appears to have had enough as they are thoroughly lacking in the same gusto with which they pursued accountabilty under the previous governement. Almost lurching into oblivion they came back into recent reckoning with the controversy surrounding the nomination of self styled celebrity 'Bobrisky' as a panelist on one of their social media sensitization seminars.

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Babatunde Rosanwo
Online Twitter intellectual, whose missives served to highlight the plain stupidities of the GEJ government and the potential gains of a Buhari government. Rosanwo campaigned actively for PMB offering 'storified' 'fact checks' in support of his principal, not surprising as Rosanwo in 2014 had already began laying foundations for the justification and viability of the APC as a megaparty, as such he was arguably an 'early adopter' which may be why He raised dust in a lenghthy online rejoinder over Jude Chideonwo and Adebola William's alleged proclivity for profit over 'principles' when they switched sides from doing Public Relations business with GEJ to the PMB Campaign organisation.

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Olusegun Dada
For someone who was at a loss as to the inferred legitimacy of the 2011 Jonathan bid for the presidency by many in spite of the antecedents, actions and inactions of GEJ, his unabashed support for the person and candidature of GMB/PMB smacks of a concentrated dose of selective amnesia. It is also interesting to note that his observations with regard to what the previus governmemnt did or did not do with regard to the Fuel subsidy issue apply to the current government viz high cost of fuel, insecurity, opacity in governance, corruption in high places and the burgeoning debt profile and so on. Nothing, it appears has fundamentally changed. Olusegun's gift of the gab was utilised to spur the younger generation to political action and garner support for GMB/PMB having been a registered member of the CPC the party under which PMB launched his 2011 bid for the presidency. Olusegun's resolve to actively participate in the politics cannot be faulted, however the choice of principal remains to be justified.

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Lola Shoneyin
An avid Buharist whose father incidentally was incarcerated by PMB (incidentally, Shoneyin senior is an active senior member of the APC), Lola Shoneyin sought to justify GMB/PMB's candidature at every turn. The writer and poet put pen to paper and 'gifted' the world with the article titled 'How my Father's jailer can offer Nigeria a fresh start' published by Guardian UK and made for a fitting romantic narrative of GMB's turtous and self sacrificial quest to attain the presidency and lead Nigeria out of the current (then) quagmire. There is yet some irony in the title of the afore mentioned article as Shoneyin, a writer would be familiar with the use and import of words - 'offer' retains a weighty sense of entitlement but never mind. She travelled with the Presidential Campaign having been embedded for just over three months and from that experience surmised that Nigeria cannot afford to be handled with kid gloves hence the need for someone who supposedly personified anti-corruption. A thought which hints dangerously at the manifestaion of Stockholm Syndrome. It turns out that the 'anything but Jonathan' mentality birthed a blinkered army of possibly well meaning and often priviledged 'youths' for whom emotion overwhelmed reason.

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Tola Sarumi
The London, England based social commentator offered constructive critiscisms of the GEJ conundrum and subsequently amped up the volume with offers of the positive prospects of an alternative government headed by PMB, incidentally the debate on the veracity of issues raised and the points offered in defense by Ms. Sarumi have since been eclipsed by recent events in an almost classic case of "I told you so". Ms. Sarumi was quite vociferous via her online outings in pointing out the ineptitude of the GEJ government, regaling her readers with the arrogance, impunity and 'silent traetment' on key National issues which had become the hallmark of the GEJ administration. Between intermittent bursts of objectivity she marshalled her reasons why even with his downsides General Buhari's unassailable integrity was the much needed antidote to Nigeria's maladminstration, a 'cure all' or 'gbogbo-ise' if you will. Her penchant for stirring up debates lent her the 'international exposure' tag after tweeting recently that Nigerian's in the abroad (or diaspora) are better placed to offer solutions to Nigeria's many woes and 'take charge' having lived in a 'working sytstem' stating that 'international exposure' is a prerequisite. Beyond there appears to be no evidence that Ms. Sarumi has been as critical of the current administration as the past one and one only wonders why?

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Feyi Fawehinmi
Known to many as 'doubleph', Feyi Fawehinmi turned on the taps with a series of articles in the mold of a 'Global and National Economics for Dummies' volume. He made previously complicated topics easily understandeable helping to break down previously unheard or misunderstood terminologies that were the preserve of bespectacled university dons. Mr. Fawehinmi wrote about the rebasing of the economy via GDP indices, the deregulation of the oil and gas sector the new mortgage policy and covered several topical issues in many more articles featured on his blog aguntasolo.com. Mr. Fawehinmi's knack for distilling the key issues from the usual ambiguity surrounding government policy lent him several references and features on main stream media, having provided a 'man on the street' braekdown of the (mostly negative) consequences of the GEJ led administrations policy direction . Mr. Fawehinmi however took deep offence on the 'youth' involvement in the organisation and handling of the 'Lunch with Jonathan' event oragnised by Messrs Debola Williams and Chude Jideonwo, his primary grouse being the alleged sharing of money to participants and the opacity with which the whole event was prepared.

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Cheta Nwanze
From Daily Times to 234next to being one time managing editor of Y-magazine (of the Y-Naija, Red Media organisation) a staple feature on omojuwa.com Cheta Nwanze or Chxta as his twitter handle suggests has always been at the forefront of digital media combined with intellect and wit Mr. Nwanze has lived on the edge of bucking trends and pushing for revolutions however subtle, he joined the ranks of the online and somewhat offline opposition and 'youth voice' in the previous administration via his being a founding member of the 'Enough is Enough' platform along with Gbenga Sesan, Chude Jideonwo and Adebola Williams even lending his 'voice' to the '100kVoices' campaign organised by the Kola Oyeniyin founded GenVoices. His recent writings suggest a hankering for 'President Osinbajo' amongst a flurry of remonstrations on the deceitfulness, inadequacies, ineptitude and so-called northenisation of the current government. In one article Mr. Nwanze was bold enough to assert that the previous government was better than the current one. Why then was he so convinced that PMB was the answer and not anyone else other than PMB?GEJ? For someone who hosts a 'history class' column it appears he hasn't quite learned from the past.

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Omoyele Sowore
This dogged self styled citizen reporter and activist has cut a profile as a controversial whistle blower who sometimes allys with his prior targets to bring down new targets as showcased in the El Rufai / Sanusi saga where the GEJ government allegedly attempted fairly succesfully to unseat the CBN governor. Mr El Rufai and Sanusi had been previous targets but were now allies in reporting the story blow-by-blow. It is also curious that Mr. Sowore has since turned the tap off on reportage of public officials previously covered who are now operatives under the current government eg Fashola (Illegal leasing of LASG helicopter to Caverton) and Amaechi (Controversial Port Harcourt Mono Rail).

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GMB Volunteers (Group)
An often 'anonymous' group of die hard supporters on and offline who served to propagate and defend the cause of their principal.

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Nairaland Supporters (Group)
These guys and gals literally 'live on' nairaland 24/7. Some used all manner of words You know their exploits feel free to 'travel back in time' with their posts

In no particular order, here is a list of Twenty individuals (and groups) who made every effort and contributed in no small way to the transformation and emergence of General Muhammadu Buhari to President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015

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Japheth Omojuwa
Made his name as the unofficial online commentator on the 2012 Fuel Subsidy Protests. Based in Abuja he runs a monetised blog www.omojuwa.com which reports on everything Nigeria with a bias for political news and reports. This is to say he makes money off Nigeria in good or bad and seeing that 'controversy sells', he probably makes more money when controversial issues affect Nigeria. He maintains a relationship with his cohort in Government and is always on hand to attend 'seminars' and 'conferences'. He is remembered for his colourful tweets one in which he posited that he would rather vote a dead pig than GEJ

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Tolu Ogunlesi
Was a columnist with the defunct 234Next newspapers promoted by onetime Pulitzer awardee Dele Oloyede and allegedly funded by Nasir Elrufai, he also writes for several other publications including the Punch. He was very vocal when Madam Turai and her 'gang' refused to allow GEJ perform in an acting acapacity when the President was incapacitated and he and a number of others participated in street protests. He had opined that GEJ was a 'breath of fresh air' but shortly changed his tune after the Fuel Subsidy protests. He maintained a profile on twitter with a couple hundred thousand followers, with this platform he staged his vehement opposition to GEJ and his government. He was particularly miffed by Stella Oduah's BMW issue and also seemed to take on a personal battle against Reno Omokri who he alleged used an alter ego 'Wendel Simlin' to push GEJ's online agenda. Another character that drew his ire was Reuben Abati. Incidentally, Tolu was rewarded after much speculation (and after his appointment as SA to The Minister for Industry - Enelemah) with a position in the presidency as SA to the President on Digital and New Media.

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Adebola Williams & Jude Chidenwo
After a relatively succesfull outing with their 'YNaija'/ 'Future Awards' platforms the duo of 'Debola Lagos and Jude as they are commonly known launched into opposition Politics with 'Enough is Enough' borne out of the Fuel Subsidy protests of January 2012. Moving on, these two founded the ironically named 'StateCraft' Communications with which they managed the campaign of PMB having been engaged by Rotimi Amaechi, the Director General of the Buhari/Osinbajo Campaign. They came up with the 'rebranding' of General Muhammad Buhari into President Muhammad Buhari with their convincing photo shoot in which PMB was outfitted in a suit and other 'traditional' ensembles provided by celebrity stylist Uche Nnaji. Since then the two have moved on to succesfully Manage the Presidential campaign of Ghanian President Elect Nana. The duo are often celebrated (even drawing a GLO Ambassador spot for Debola) and show no remorse for having sold Nigerians a dud instead the recent post on their website celebrates their 'back-to-back' campaign successes due to their epmhasis on 'listening to the people'. Incidentally this same duo initially self styled as non-partisan were responsible in 2011 for a large part of GEJ's youth representation including the famous 'Lunch with Jonathan'. Their alleged move from cranking up for PDP to APC alegedly caused ripples in the younger rungs of the APC ladder. It appears 'business is business' for these savvy young men who are in the habit of making money selling dud 'presidencies' (goodluck to Ghana)

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Kayode Ogundamisi
Former National Association of Nigerian Students operative and Secretary General of UniJos Student Union and the Oodua People's Congress, Ogundamisi is known as a hardliner and 'citizen reporter' for whistleblowing online news platform, Saharareporters as well as guest columnist for several other newspapers, Ogundamisi pulled no punches in his detest for GEJ and uncompromising support for PMB, claiming that in 2011 he and others lived on bread and sardine while travelling across the country campaigning for PMB under the CPC. He described the combination of Buhari and Osinbajo as "A top class General Buhari, who will secure the life of Nigerians and deliver on his campaign promises, and a top class lawyer and teacher, who will ensure that every action of the Buhari government, will pass the basic principle of respect for the laws of the land and the Nigerian constitution". Since the elections Ogundamisi has had cause to raise dust on some actions of the current government but seeing that they have been typical it begs the question as to how he and other 'young' supporters couldn't see beyond their noses (or keypads/keyboards).

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Ayobami Oyalowo
(Maybe not so young) Mr. Oyalowo known on twitter as Ayourb is also a hardlining supporter of APC/Buhari who is in the habit of blocking dissenting tweets/handles on his TL as well as his frequent tantrums and often controversial outbursts. It appears Mr Oyalowo unfortunately has not been rewarded with political office like his cohort but at least he gets air time on CHANNELS TV and AIT as the face of 'youthful' support for PMB and his administration and has graciously been nominated as a 'media team volunteer'. Mr. Oyalowo is no stranger to controversy particularly elicited by his tweets which sometimes are found to be inconsisitent and biased towards the APC and his principal. However regardless of conflicting principles or ideology he is consisitent in his support for the APC. He was incidentally one of the first 'inside' sources in July 2015 to debunk rumours of Tolu Ogunlesi's appointment as SA New Media to PMB. (Guess his sources are more inconsistent than his unwavering support for PMB/APC)

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Gbenga Olorunpomi
A vehement and unapologetic supporter and twitter 'overlord' of the APC who has since been rewarded with a government position as Senioir Special Assistant (Electronic Media) to the Kogi State Governor. Often working as a tag-team with @Jag-Bros (also a formidable champion of SW APC and self styled purveyor of jerseys) Gbenga Gold as his twitter handle reads takes no prisoners in his defence of PMB/APC and now Governor Yahaya Bello. Fond of the oft employed APC twitter playbook tactic of pulling out a 'strawman' during arguments. Gbenga Gold will argue and debate all over you if you take a side opposite his. He is also fond of another APC twitter playbook tactic of pretending to be engrossed in phantom football issues or matches when embarassing National issues creep up.

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Kola Oyeneyin
Was onetime promoter of 'Sleeves-Up' which aimed to engender Citizen participation in politics particularly geared towards the youth. Known as Mr Sleeves Up he didnt hesistate to jettison that platform which experienced a loss in momentum for a Brand New One in GenVoices. This had a fairly rerasonable run, particularly enjoying financial backing from Sahara Energy's Tonye Cole (this ironically did not present any conflict of interest to Mr. Oyeneyin seeing that Sahara was enimired in fuel subsidy controversies themselves) It appears GenVoices had served its purpose (or finally bought him a 'seat at the table') as soon after without a logical conclusion to their self generated mandate to serve as a GenVoices as an independent cross-party platform for young people’s engagement in partisan politics, Mr. Oyeniyin stepped down as convener (as in the founder of the movement) to volunteer on the campaign team of Osinbajo/Buhari. Oyeneyin slid to the APC side 'preaching' against everything PDP on his TL. Mr. Oyeneyin after the elections is engaged with growing his startup - Autogenius as well as running Venia Group as CEO, in that capacity Mr. Oyeneyin commented in an interview conducted in May 2016 that power, infrastructure and project finance is a problem for business owners and small start ups. Incidentally at Venia Group he runs two co-working spaces which cater to small and medium enterprises allowing them run offices without the huge costs of overheads on power and other infrastructure. (ie He, like Omojuwa makes his money from Nigeria's disfunctional state).

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Seun Onigbinde
Founder of BudgIT. an online platform geared towards provoking transparency in government procurement. Mr. Onigbinde presented formidable logic to the financial inconstistencies of the GEJ government, punching holes right though their budgetary process. However since the inauguratuion of the APC led government, Mr. Ongibinde has become uncharacteristically quiter as the days pass, almost passing up a commentary on Mr. Fashola's website and borehole. In summary, BudgIT appears to perform their social/civic function astonshingly well when presented with budgets from the PDP but inordinatley silent on the APC. Mr. Onigbinde has since seized his prolific assault on improprietry budgeting by State and Federal governments and is currently satisfied offering intermittent critisicms of the current government albeit in a toned down fashion. He has since offered an explanation of his support for PMB in an article titled 'The Buhari I sold to you is not the one in charge'. Indeed Mr. Onigbinde has been 'missing' in 2016/2017 in his usual indepth analysis of Federal Budgets.

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Gbenga Sesan
An IT Guru who seats as Executive Director at PIN Nigeria an NGO for the advancement of information technology skills among the youth is reported to have stated point blank to the then aspirant GMB that he would muster all to support him but if he fails (GMB) he would muster same to unseat him. (guess PMB hasn't failed yet huh?). Mr. Sesan sat on the board of Enough-is-Enough as a founding board member stepping down in late 2014 along with three other founding board members (Jude Chideonwo, Adebola Williams and Cheta Nwanze) to join the campaign of APC/PMB. In a storify of tweets conveying his reasons why #iWillVoteAPC, Mr Sesan list insufficient and inconsistent power supply, lack of security, bad state of roads, bad state of education and impunity as reasons. It is remarkable that in the face of the current situation barring one or two 'soft' articles, Mr. Sesan appears in no way prepared to make good his earlier threat to PMB. Interestingly, pointed questions were asked in 2014 of Mr. Sesan of his alliance with APC/PMB by twitter handle @ChrisIhidero - 'If GMB wins, will you guys return to status quo and engage as you have engaged GEJ's admin or will you have become party men?', Mr. Sesan offered this answer: "we are working for the election of GMB in 2015 but if he as much as hints at messing up, we will do what we’ve always done: invoke the powers of the Office of Active Citizen (thanks to the amazing Oby Ezekwesili for that most honourable job description.)". He however has done no such thing so it appears things are very okay with him.

Pray tell what could inform Mr President's decision to not forward the name of the most senior justice. This smacks of recklessness and mischief.

It could however be simple ineptitude...

What this man said...

Naijalabel:
In an interview with PUNCH, Prof Kperogi rubbish buhari's intergrity

Prof Farook Kperogi : "Perhaps Buhari never had any integrity to start with. It was our desperation for a hero that caused us to dress him in borrowed robes.

What man of integrity would lie that he took a bank loan to buy his presidential nomination form while two of his children were enrolled in a United Kingdom university?

What man of integrity would have a multimillion-naira house in Abuja but lied that he had modest houses only in Daura, Kaduna, and Kano?

What man of integrity would be afraid to publicly and transparently declare his assets after promising to do so?

What man of integrity chooses to be the sole signatory to his presidential campaign’s bank account to which millions of poor, struggling Nigerians donated tens of millions of naira and not give an account of how he spent the money?

What man of integrity perpetually surrounds himself with corrupt people and, worse still, defends their corruption?

People who are intimate with President Buhari told me several months ago in the heat of my unrestrained enthusiasm over his emergence as president that he was morally and temperamentally unsuited to fight corruption.

They said the undue premium the president places on ‘personal loyalty’ causes him to ignore, excuse, and even defend the corruption of his close associates. I was regaled with troubling tales of the mind-boggling corruption against close, loyal aides that he swept under the carpet at the PTF (Petroleum Trust Fund), The Buhari Organisation, and at the defunct CPC (Congress for Progressive Change).

They say likes attract. You can’t be a man of integrity and continually surround yourself with corrupt people. I can go on; but it is obvious that Buhari isn’t the man of integrity he has been alleged to be.

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Why anyone will feel the need to protest 'in support' of a failing government is beyond me! Should they not be using their energy to assist in whatever way they can sans so called protest?

three:
When GEJ said people will miss him when he leaves I was appalled by the statement.

Unfortunately PMB and his cohort are making this proposition "realer" as days go by.

I lay some blame squarely at the feet of PMB's blinkered supporters!(example as shown above)

Based on his antecedents it was possible to guess where this government would be headed, so some criticised mis-steps from the get go genuinely with the good of all Nigeria but were called PDP apologists!

Now people eye don begin dey clear small small!

Imagine where we would be by now if the constructive criticisms received in the first THREE MONTHS had been received with sincerity and an open mind.

And instead of absorbing constructive criticism, they are 'protesting in support'.

Body go tell you

Why anyone will feel the need to protest 'in support' of a failing government is beyond me! Should they not be using their energy to assist in whatever way they can sans so called protest?

three:
When GEJ said people will miss him when he leaves I was appalled by the statement.

Unfortunately PMB and his cohort are making this proposition "realer" as days go by.

I lay some blame squarely at the feet of PMB's blinkered supporters!(example as shown above)

Based on his antecedents it was possible to guess where this government would be headed, so some criticised mis-steps from the get go genuinely with the good of all Nigeria but were called PDP apologists!

Now people eye don begin dey clear small small!

Imagine where we would be by now if the constructive criticisms received in the first THREE MONTHS had been received with sincerity and an open mind.

And instead of absorbing constructive criticism, they are 'protesting in support'.

Body go tell you

Misdirection! Harry Houdini made a Whole Elephant disappear using this technique. The old political guard in Nigeria exists and is underpinned by this technique.

MISDIRECTION.


When will the so-called youths get it?