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PoliticsRe: The Truth About Bukola Saraki by topsyking(op): 10:11am On Aug 07, 2015
what is not true; enlighten me
jarkbauer:
not true
PoliticsThe Truth About Bukola Saraki by topsyking(op): 10:06am On Aug 07, 2015
have notice the ibos saying bukola saraki is not a yoruba man but what kind of parent will give their son 4 pure yoruba name if they aint from that tribe;
think twice;
olubukola adebisi olabowale saraki is a yoruba man pure and simple and they should allow him to be; they shouldnt shortchange us in the senate

PropertiesRe: Owner Of Mansion Swept Away By Flood In Anambra Threatens To Kill Himself (Photo by topsyking(op): 8:08am On Jul 28, 2015
TDonald:
It's better he commits suicide, Foolish Man.

Someone should please explain the meaning of
Mansion to the OP
grin grin grin grin not so nice of u
PropertiesRe: Owner Of Mansion Swept Away By Flood In Anambra Threatens To Kill Himself (Photo by topsyking(op): 9:54pm On Jul 27, 2015
this one na massive erosion/flood
huh huh huh
PropertiesOwner Of Mansion Swept Away By Flood In Anambra Threatens To Kill Himself (Photo by topsyking(op): 9:50pm On Jul 27, 2015
Owner Of Mansion House Swept Away By Flood In Anambra Threatens To Commit Suicide According to FB users in Anambra, the house pictured above was swept by flood this past Thursday. The owner is threatening to commit suicide if Governor Obiano didn’t rescue his family. Very sad! May God comfort this family

http://naijagists.com/photo-owner-of-mansion-swept-away-by-flood-in-anambra-threatens-to-kill-himself/

PoliticsRe: Serene Tarkwa Bay, One Of The Best Beaches In Lagos. by topsyking: 10:13am On Jul 26, 2015
my first time in takwa bay was in 2002 ; its really nice place but too many ashewo on d island and they dont have same at all; na so dem go open lap for ground grin grin grin
PoliticsRe: OLUSEGUN OBASANJO Will Rank Shoulder High Among Nigeria's Former Leaders. by topsyking: 10:07am On Jul 26, 2015
thats d difference btw yoruba and other tribes ;you cant compare us with them; we are the pace setter grin grin grin
PoliticsRe: Serene Tarkwa Bay, One Of The Best Beaches In Lagos. by topsyking: 11:07pm On Jul 25, 2015
bro are u using a Sniper rifle to take dis pictures; wat wit d cross sign
PoliticsRe: Lagos Grassroot Politician,tony Nwulu Pays Hospital Bills Of 200 Patients (pics) by topsyking: 3:51pm On Jul 16, 2015
aryzgreat:
Igbos are cheerful givers. Oba akiolu shame on u. This is one of d lagooners helping ur ppl.

Good one Hon Nwulu ( child of gain or favour ) as ur surname suggest. People of isolo / oshodi federal constituency will definitely enjoy ur representation.
craze dey worry u.. no be yoruba man help dat useless ibo man that abandon is wife wit triplet...
PoliticsRe: Lagos Grassroot Politician,tony Nwulu Pays Hospital Bills Of 200 Patients (pics) by topsyking: 3:46pm On Jul 16, 2015
THE TWO BEST TRIBE IN NIGERIA IBO AND YORUBA...
BUT IBO TRY RESPECT YOUR HOST OK..
ONE NATION VIVA NIGERIA
PoliticsRe: Position Of Chief Of The Defence Staff by topsyking(op):
zik4ever:
Prior to his appointment, he may not be the most senior but once appointed, the CDS is nearly always elevated to a rank above the Service Chiefs and he is the senior please. At anytime, the CDS is the most senior and he is the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff. The only thing is that in reality for Naija, the position no dey command troops oh. The real deal na Chief of Army Staff and thats why I was watching both the NSA and Chief of Army Staff appointments -no surprises at all!
haters who told you that;
anything done must pass throught the table of chief of defence staff that is why he is the highest ranking military officer of the Nigerian Armed Forces
PoliticsPosition Of Chief Of The Defence Staff by topsyking(op): 10:17am On Jul 14, 2015
The Chief of Defence Staff is the highest ranking military officer of the Nigerian Armed Forces]. It is occupied by the most senior commissioned officer appointed by the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. The position was established for the first time under Nigeria's 1979 constitution.

The Chief of Defence Staff reports to the commander-in-Chief with administrative supervision of the Honourable Minister of Defence. It is the duty and responsibility of the CDS to formulate and execute policies, programmes towards the highest attainment of National Security and operational competence of the Armed Forces namely; the Army, Navy and Air Force. The CDS is assisted by the Chiefs of Army, Navy and Air Force Staff
PoliticsRe: Osinbajo At Tony Elumelu Bootcamp 2015 Program by topsyking: 1:27pm On Jul 11, 2015
oduastates:
El rufai.
A presidential material in waiting.
Saraki and atiku are simply deluding themselves.
odua state omo iya

PoliticsRe: Igbo Should Learn From South-west Politics — Sen. Eriobuna by topsyking(op): 4:20pm On Jun 21, 2015
lolaxavier:
This is how you get jailed. You didn't even read the article and you are already quoting it as Nonsense'. You now need people to think for you...
grin grin grin
PoliticsRe: Igbo Should Learn From South-west Politics — Sen. Eriobuna by topsyking(op): 3:54pm On Jun 21, 2015
donholy28:
Are u Igbo...cause ur not talking like one
no .. am not.. and will never be.. just pointing out d points for them to see..especially for dat guy wey no fit read..
PoliticsRe: Igbo Should Learn From South-west Politics — Sen. Eriobuna by topsyking(op): 3:46pm On Jun 21, 2015
donholy28:
Abeg make una help me summarize d nonsense dix man talk for ten pages...
In the last dispensation, the Yoruba, were not Senate President, neither were they Speaker of the House of Representatives, not Deputy Senate President or Deputy Speaker. If that is the case, what is the big deal whether we are schemed out or not? I always hate when people start saying zone this or that to us. Zoning anything, is for people with selfish interest. We the Igbo have produced many Senate Presidents, what did they do for us? Nothing! It is only their pockets! They earned their salaries and ran their own affairs.
does this help,... huh huh
PoliticsIgbo Should Learn From South-west Politics — Sen. Eriobuna by topsyking(op): 3:36pm On Jun 21, 2015
Aggrieved by the inability of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Working Committee (NWC) to retain power, Senator Nnamdi Eriobuna, in this encounter, joins other members of the party calling for a new leadership that will direct the affairs of the party and ensure victory in the next general elections.
What is your view about the style of politics played in the South-West, when compared to that of the South-East?
I so much admire the late sage, Chief Jeremiah Oyeniyi Obafemi Awolowo’s style of politics. He started way back in the 40s and was very consistent. He followed a defined track in his political career as a progressive and a modified socialist. He was consistent, and remained in opposition throughout his political career. He never rocked the boat to join the winning team. So, that consistency is what I admire in the politics of the South-west political zone. Secondly, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has followed the same line. When he started, he had only Lagos State and was consistent. Even when his brother from the South-west, former President Olusegun Obasanjo denied him his local government allocation for many months, he carried all through. He never considered joining the winning party to sail with them. From one state, he had more states. He re-strategised and today, he is the leader of the ruling party.
This type of politics is what I admire. Not the butter and bread politics played by most of our people. When they go for primaries and fail to get nominated, they jump into another party to contest. The next time, they are not lucky enough, they go back to the other party. This act is what I call ‘political prostitution’, and should not be encouraged by Ndigbo. Regrettably, one of them openly referred to political party as a vehicle that takes you to your destination.
Is that the perception of politics of most of your people?
Sen Nnamdi Eriobuna
Sen Nnamdi Eriobuna
Probably, and that is why most Nigerians take us for granted. For instance, immediately the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat, many jumped to APC even before the governorship and state Assembly elections were held. You heard he said recently that his close friends had left him. Which is not encouraging in all ramifications.
I am one of those that believe that now that we have thrown a bloc vote for a party, let the world and Nigerians know us as people that are consistent and that we belong to that party. With that, our bargaining power will be more. And when our bargaining power is more, we get more from powers that be, because anybody who wants to contest election and needs our votes, would know that our votes are in a bloc. But if we share it here and there, it doesn’t make sense.
Again, if President Jonathan had won the election, then Gen. Buhari might not be too offended with the way the South-west voted. Because if you looked at it, they never gave a bloc votes to any candidate. Their votes were shared among all the candidates.
But, there is one place I disagree with those that say the Igbo has lost out because of the pattern in which they voted.
They are saying that because they know, a good number of Igbo politicians love to jump to where the action is. Why didn’t they say that Kano State, Kastina State, Jigawa State will lose out because they voted one candidate? That did not ring any bell in their ears, it is only the Igbo, because they know the Igbo man can be very inconsistent.
What we are preaching now is: let us forget the immediate gain and work for a defined ideology and a party that agrees with our thinking. By the time we work with a party whose constitution blends well with our aspiration, then we would have started.
What is your view on the controversy trailing the amendment of the Constitution?
I believe the Constitution needs to be amended. I also believe that the Buhari will look into the reports of the last National Conference, because most of the decisions taken are in the best interest of the country. But if he decides to sweep it under the carpet, he will be prolonging the evil day, meaning that the problems will remain.
But do you think the court action against the National Assembly was right?
Constitutionally, the National Assembly is vested with the power to amend the Constitution, but whether the Presidency assents to the Bill or not, it is the responsibility of the National Assembly to make laws. The President must have a reason for declining to assent to it, which I believe will be backed by the Constitution. Don’t forget, he has quite a number of legal luminaries in his team. His reason would be unveiled by the Supreme Court and not himself.
What is the chances of the Igbo in the new government in terms of power sharing and appointments?
In the last dispensation, the Yoruba, were not Senate President, neither were they Speaker of the House of Representatives, not Deputy Senate President or Deputy Speaker. If that is the case, what is the big deal whether we are schemed out or not? I always hate when people start saying zone this or that to us. Zoning anything, is for people with selfish interest. We the Igbo have produced many Senate Presidents, what did they do for us? Nothing! It is only their pockets! They earned their salaries and ran their own affairs.
Let anybody that has the interest of this great country at heart be there – tribe and tongue notwithstanding. The tribe that holds a particular position does not make much difference because it is the President and governors that determine who gets what. But all the ministerial positions we are clamouring for, have huge limitation on the people. The Minister carries out orders of the executive council headed by the President. And if that is the case, he carries the instruction set out by his boss and he reports back to him. I want to believe those clamouring for ministerial zoning are very selfish people. They are only thinking of personal gains and not that of greater majority of the people.
So, why are some Igbo leaders fighting over ministerial appointments?
It is very unfortunate. I believe the party should get names, screen them, and bring out the best. The two people fighting themselves over where the constituency the ministerial appointment will go to, are just wasting their time because those that will take the decision will eventually take decisions.
In ministerial appointments, every state is entitle to a slot. Three names were submitted, it is the prerogative of the President and the leaders of the party to decide who is better qualified for the position. For people killing themselves and fighting over it, it is selfish and it will not have effect on whom the President would want to work with.
Aside that, how would you rate the performance of the National Working Committee of the PDP at the elections?
All over the world, I have listened to news about party chieftains and chairmen resigning because of one challenge or the other due to dismal performance of the party.
I was expecting that after the just concluded elections, the way the PDP lost in some places, would have made members of the working committee to apologise to the party and honourably resign which is the norm everywhere in the world. But in our own case, people are struggling to get into power while others are saying they won’t should resign because they have done their bits. It shows that the working committee are there for pecuniary interest. I believe having performed the way we did, The PDP needs a radical reorganisation that will get a new crop of politicians. Because the NWC worked on what was obtained before the just concluded election. The dynamics of the polity from 1999 – 2015 was well defined and known. But the dynamics that will take place between now and 2019 have not been determined. So we need a new crop of politicians that will quickly understudy the dynamism that would manifest in 2019, knowing how to key into it and achieve results.
Do you think the PDP is ready to put the new government on its toes as the opposition?
Why not! We are prepared to take that charge. Look at what happened during the primaries, the members of the working committee said during the primaries that the governors were imposing people. If I am in such a position, and a governor is trying to impose a delegate, I will definitely make him see the popular view and if he insists, I will put in my resignation!
Was that not the genesis of what led to the party’s poor performance at the last elections?
Those people should have resigned immediately they saw that things were not done rightly. But because Nigerians are so interested in power and what comes out of it, they tend to stay put. I believe you can still exist without those incentives that comes with positions. So my blame is that those that complained about governors imposition would have resigned before it turned out this way. By now, people would have been calling them back to head the position due to their uncompromising character. The PDP will stand as the best opposition and very constructive. We have people that will deliver. It is for our party to reorganise, restructure, re-orientate and have specific plan on where they are going and how they will get there without being antagonistic.
What is your advice for President Buhari?
We know he already has a focus, and he knows what he wants to do when he is on board, but I will urge him to see Nigeria as his constituency and look at the report of the National Conference critically to bring out all those things that will foster the development of this country and implement them. He should build on President Jonathan’s achievements.

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/igbo-should-learn-from-south-west-politics-sen-eriobuna/#sthash.K7a2If69.dpuf

PoliticsRe: VP Osinbajo Set To Pay Poor,unemployed Nigerians N5,000 Monthly by topsyking(op): 1:11pm On Jun 15, 2015
Uchan4u:
Nice, but how will they sustain the payment of 5000 naira to over 60% Nigerians monthly.
ofcourse we have the money
PoliticsRe: Nigerian Man Jailed For 25 Years For Drug Dealing In South Africa by topsyking(op): 1:09pm On Jun 15, 2015
grin
TonySpike:
As South Africans would say, "Nigerians are drug delias". Greed for money from these guys again!
PoliticsVP Osinbajo Set To Pay Poor,unemployed Nigerians N5,000 Monthly by topsyking(op): 12:20pm On Jun 15, 2015
The Buhari Administration at the weekend declared that there are ongoing plans to implement one of its striking campaign promises that it will pay N5000 each to the poorest Nigerians across the country.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who gave the hint noted that government is “currently evaluating the best ways to collapse existing cash transfer and social welfare schemes to ensure consistency and alignment.

“Once this is completed, we will implement the first phase of this program, using recognized identification platforms and transparent payment solutions”, he added.

Osinbajo who disclosed this at the 10th Year Anniversary Lecture of Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun State titled, ‘The Nigerian Economy and the Future’, also said the federal government has identified the weak transmission grid, which prevents the wheeling of more than 5,000MW as a gridlock to be removed.

He assured that the Buhari administration would work with the distribution companies to ensure the necessary investment to get electricity to consumers is in place.

On the pervasive poverty ravaging the country, Osinbajo said the payment of N5000 each to poor Nigerians was necessary because “we cannot talk about the economy of the future without addressing how we move people out of poverty.

“One of the most striking promises we made during the campaign was the payment of Five Thousand Naira to the poorest Nigerians across the country”, he noted, even as he regretted that today, “about 112 million (66% of Nigerians) are deemed extremely poor, measured by World Bank parameter of those living on less than US$1.25 per day.”

The Vice President observed that the level of poverty explains much of the Nigerian situation because it affects all aspects of life,including why over a million Nigerians die yearly of preventable diseases.

“It reflects in our alarming rates of infant mortality and maternal deaths at childbirth. It also tells why so many children of school age are out of school and why so many adults lack access to healthcare and proper vocational training; why, in effect, they are less efficient and less productive at work”, Osinbajo noted.

Giving a succinct analysis of the nation’s economy, the VP said, “The vexed questions of the day pertain mainly to the economy. What is the real state of affairs? With so much reliance on a single commodity, how do we survive in an era of oil glut and falling commodity prices?

“With so many indications of waste, corruption and impunity, how do we set our economy on the right path? With so many unemployed, how do we offer hope and sustain the enthusiasm of our children still in school? And with so many of our consumer goods imported from abroad, how do we continue to live well without going bankrupt? Indeed, what is the place of Nigeria in the African and World Economy?” He further queried.

He lamented that, while many public servants were being owed arrears of salaries across the country, many traders are experiencing a downturn in sales.

“Artisans abound, whose businesses cannot thrive without power supply and many of our youths are searching in vain for employment”, the VP added.

On power generation, Osinbajo noted that the APC manifesto, is to deliver a minimum of 10% GDP growth annually, while ensuring an inclusive economy that improves the lives of all Nigerians.

This, he said, cannot happen unless we achieve a significant improvement in the power sector, even as he assured that the administration will focus on improving the supply of gas to power plants, which will ensure sufficient gas supply that will help maximize the 13,000MW of generating capacity.

His words: “The plans for the power sector will be supported with a National Infrastructural Master Plan that requires an investment of Three Trillion Dollars over a thirty-year period. This is the minimal requirement to improve our infrastructure stock from 35% of GDP to the benchmark for our peers, which is estimated at 70% of GDP.

“Apart from enabling manufacturing and other sectors, we expect that the investment in infrastructure will also directly create thousands of jobs in construction and maintenance activities”.

On the petroleum sector, the VP also noted that Nigeria has the 6th largest gas reserves and 8th largest crude oil reserves in the world, yet itnis struggling with high unemployment and low industrialization.

He regretted that “this embarrassment is compounded by the recurring scarcity of refined petroleum products which deal goes further still to harm our economy.

“Also corruption and a lack of transparency has dealt a massive blow on the petroleum industry thereby depleting our resources and creating a business environment which repels serious minded investors, whether locally based or international”, he added.

He expressed dismay that with the huge natural and human endowments in the country, the most recent World Economic Forum’s Report on Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) 2014 -2015 ranked Nigeria 127 out of 144 countries.

“This is in comparison with many other countries in Africa, ranking higher including Mauritius – 39, South Africa – 56, Rwanda – 62, Botswana 74, Algeria – 79, Kenya – 90, Zambia – 96 and Ghana – 111. Similarly, the World Bank’s Report on Ease of Doing Business Index ranks Nigeria, 170 out of 189 countries surveyed”, he noted.

Osinbajo assured that in order to address the myriads of problems and challenges facing the economy, the Buhari Administration will tackle corruption in all sectors of the economy and establish a sufficient tax culture.

He further assured that the Administration will encourage Public-Private Partnerships and ensuring a transparent framework that reduces the bottlenecks in doing business.

“We are hopeful that an influx of domestic and international capital will begin to chase the huge opportunities in Nigeria very soon”, the VP noted, adding that the administration will give top priority to agriculture and education sectors.

Osinbajo expressed appreciation for the great work being done at the University to secure the future of Nigerian children and the country.

“Crescent University represents that bold effort of some private individuals in Nigeria who, of their own volition and with their personal wealth, decide to build institutions of higher learning”, he said.

Earlier, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Ibraheem Gbajabiamila, while welcoming the dignitaries who came to grace the occasion, said the students of Crescent University were doing well in their academics and are brought up in a well disciplined environment.

The Proprietor, Judge Bola Ajibola expressed gratitude for the Vice President’s visit as well as other dignitaries.

He said students of the University have maintained academic excellence nationally and internationally and all of them are accommodated in the school hostel, adding that “there is no cultism and other social vices”.
http://leadership.ng/news/440494/unemployed-poor-nigerians-to-get-n5000-monthly-fg

PoliticsRe: Nigerian Man Jailed For 25 Years For Drug Dealing In South Africa by topsyking(op): 12:10pm On Jun 15, 2015
mifavour:
Was killed
sorry
PoliticsRe: Nigerian Man Jailed For 25 Years For Drug Dealing In South Africa by topsyking(op): 11:41am On Jun 15, 2015
mifavour:
Drug dealing is illegal! QED. Don't do drug dey no dey hear! He's lucky they dint kill him der! I lost a cousin in SA cos of this
so sorry about that.. how did you lose him.. was he killed or it burst in his stomach?
PoliticsRe: Nigerian Man Jailed For 25 Years For Drug Dealing In South Africa by topsyking(op): 11:06am On Jun 15, 2015
how ?
mifavour:
Will they ever learn??
PoliticsRe: Nigerian Man Jailed For 25 Years For Drug Dealing In South Africa by topsyking(op): 10:57am On Jun 15, 2015
TeamSimple:
Am a yoruba man,but why put emphasis on the names by darkening its letters..Tribal Report from a foolish reporter.
i never mean it dat way but i will adjust it now..n mind ur language..ok
PoliticsNigerian Man Jailed For 25 Years For Drug Dealing In South Africa by topsyking(op):
Durban - A Nigerian national was handed a 25-year jail term for drug dealing and racketeering in the Durban High Court on Friday.

National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Natasha Ramkisson-Kara said John Jekwe Chigbu was sentenced after being found guilty of running the drug dealing enterprise from the Durban panel beating business of which he was a co-owner.

Another man, employee Sunny Augustine Osazuwa, received a R10 000 fine or the option of a three-year sentence for his conviction of drug dealing.

The Nigerian’s South African-born wife, Sithembile Sbongile Chigbu, who was also charged, is allegedly on the run, while Burundian national Ndayisaba Ramazani was acquitted.

According to the indictment, Chigbu would receive orders for cocaine and Ecstasy on his phone. His three co-accused, including his wife, would deliver the drugs to customers who would deposit the money into the panel beating business's bank account.

The four were arrested following a sting operation by the police’s Organised Crime Unit in December 2008.

During that operation, police recovered drugs from the panel beating business as well as from Chigbu’s wife's home.

Ramkisson-Kara said the NPA welcomed the sentence which would see Chigbu serve a minimum of 16 years and six months before he becoming eligible for parole.

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Nigerian-gets-25-years-for-drug-dealing-20150612

PoliticsRe: Share You Experience With A Mad Man by topsyking(op): 10:43pm On Jun 14, 2015
huh huh huh
Foreign AffairsRe: Zimbabweans Thank Nigerians And Sahara Reporters For Thrashing President Mugabe by topsyking(op): 5:28pm On Jun 02, 2015
xmileeasy:
Okay, thank you for thanking Sahara Reporters for their reportage, if that similar incident had played out in your country, they will be crushed by Mugabe
true
Foreign AffairsRe: Zimbabweans Thank Nigerians And Sahara Reporters For Thrashing President Mugabe by topsyking(op): 4:22pm On Jun 02, 2015
Foreign AffairsRe: Zimbabweans Thank Nigerians And Sahara Reporters For Thrashing President Mugabe by topsyking(op): 4:13pm On Jun 02, 2015
Idrismusty97:
Which unite? Zimbabwe doesn't have an opposition, their voices are usually silenced so it is obvious Mugabe would keep winning every election till death if this continues.
then dey need people like asari to fight for them on pages of newspaper grin grin grin
Foreign AffairsZimbabweans Thank Nigerians And Sahara Reporters For Thrashing President Mugabe by topsyking(op): 4:02pm On Jun 02, 2015
Dear Nigerians: Thank you very much
By Nomazulu Thata


Letter to the people of Nigeria,


Dear Nigerians, you are really God sent, God sent. I watched “Mugabe confronted by Sahara TV reporters” with awe and wonder, where you got the courage from to tell our President, when will there be democracy in Zimbabwe, a question we cannot ask in our own country.




You did that for us, you asked our President strong and pertinent questions: When are going to step down? When are you going to step down Mr. President? You did all that in accordance with your profession, putting the power of the camera and the voice, the message was eloquent for all of us to see and hear.

You did not want to be pushed away doing your work. His aides who do not know freedom of speech hindered you from doing your work, started speaking Shona in Nigeria! It is the arrogance of the President’s aides that tell them that the language Shona is spoken in the whole of Africa.

It was the good lady in yellow costume journalist, the lady who insisted on asking the President: “Mr. Mugabe how are you? When are you going to have elections in your country?” He answers. “Mr. President when are going to step down, is there a term limit?

“You are pushing me. You are pushing me. When will there be change in Zimbabwe, tell us Sir? Is there democracy in Zimbabwe? I don’t understand that language. We want to ask questions about Mugabe. Will there be a change, there is no democracy in Zimbabwe, there is no democracy in Zimbabwe.

“It’s about time, it’s about time Mr. President. He knows what he is doing is no good Oh. He has been in power for more than 30 something years. He cannot rule Zimbabwe for 200 hundred years! There is no democracy in Zimbabwe. He knows what he is doing is no good, Ha, ha.

“You came to witness democracy in our country. When will there be a change of power from one to the other in Zimbabwe, Sir. Why are you here Sir, if you don’t practice democracy in your own country? Invite us, invite for a new inauguration in Zimbabwe Sir. Oh, he is so old, my God! So old. Where is Jacob Zuma?

If President Mugabe was civil and human he would have crushed down physically, just for being asked such questions from young Nigerians as old as 25 years, such direct questions, embarrassing questions, young Nigerian people who were not born when he came to power.

In their lives they have seen and witnessed several changes of hands of governments in their country. He went to Nigeria to witness a democracy he is failing himself in his own yard. He crushes democracy in his own Zimbabwe.

He rigs election broad day light and travel the whole of Africa telling younger Presidents what to say to the West. On what moral ground, we ask? It would appear as if he has no morals at all to attend a democratic elected inauguration in Nigeria.

It was the Zambians who showed us that courage can change regimes, now it is the Nigerians showing absolute courage, what Zimbabweans need to have to change regime in our country. We thank you for this courage we are seeing and learning, you are just exemplary when it comes to confronting despots dear Nigerians.

Give us time dear Nigerians, we shall indeed confront the despot and its cabals and we shall overcome someday.

It was Zambian standing for us not long ago. They told Mugabe to go back home and solve his failing economy. The least the Zambian people wanted to see was a President called Mugabe that time during the elections that have not yet been concluded.

It was giving a wrong message that he came to manipulate election results, something that is running in Mugabe’s vein. Now it is you Nigerians speaking for us, it is becoming clear to us that the people of Africa do really sympathise with us and our desperate situation we find ourselves in, in Zimbabwe.

It is these African Presidents, almost half of them, who do not have the mandate to rule their own people, who pep up Mugabe to be the champion of African people. They, most of them talk anti-Western rhetoric during the day, at night they will phoning the very Western countries asking for AID that they cannot repay.

These Presidents are of the same cloth with Mugabe. They dubiously got power and would like to see Mugabe championing their repression to the people of the African continent. It is not normal at all for African Presidents to elect Mugabe, a 91 year old as Chairperson for AU nor is it normal for SADC countries to have President Mugabe as SACD Chair even if it was rotational.

That Chairpersonship should have skipped him on grounds of old age. It simply shows young generations in Africa, that something is fundamentally wrong in the systems of governments in Africa as a whole. Indeed we are let down by African Presidents and not African people.

Dear Nigerians, we Zimbabweans are not free people and you know this and it is for this reason you are asking our President to step down. He has messed up the country that has the potential to shine in Africa. We are under the same colonial yoke, albeit a black colonial master who masquerades as a democrat.

He has blood in his hands, so many people have died since 1980. He is an architect of genocide in most marginalized place of the country: Matebeleland. When he was facing defeat in year 2000 he leashed farm invasions that saw the killing of many thousands of people, black and white.

In year 2005 he made thousands homeless by crushing homes of people struggling to put bread and butter in their lives. In the elections of 2008 he killed many MDC supporters who wanted to vote him out of power. In 2013 he rigged the elections in broad day light, the SADC and AU members watched and legitimized the election as a victory for Mugabe.

Dear Nigerians, we are happy and very happy that you share our disposition. You said it loud that there should indeed be change in the government of Zimbabwe. You wish us well, you want Mugabe out so that there is some semblance of sanity in the country without the nonagenarian in power.

It is a wrong precedence we give you, young generation that a man as old as 91 can still command political and economic authority in a fast global economic development he has no clue whatsoever what is happening in the world anymore.

You saw it yourself just how old he has become, physically very, very old and fragile. Mentally he is worse. He can say anything, any vomit can come out of his mouth. Minority citizens are carelessly told how uneducated they are to go to South Africa to do manual work, but forgets that he triggered the exodus himself, with his economic failings.

Dear Nigerians, we have given up so much that we even think a coup is fine for us to change regime in our country. Much as you have given a fine example of democracy in your country, we are stuck so to speak with this old man. There are all signs that he wants his wife to take over the Presidency if he dies.

He will never leave office, he wants to die in office. Can you then blame us if we tell you we wish a coup to happen so that we have some semblance of change and we hope different? This is how desperate for change we are right now. We have been reduced ever to think violence is the answer to our problems.

In your uttermost prayerful moments please continue to pray for us, who knows it may be that some divine intervention is now the solution. It is for this reason that we think you are just God sent to assist us in our effort to remove Mugabe from power.

I thank you for your powerful voices. Please never underestimate what you have demonstrated, it was just marvellous. We need more countries to tell our President to quit power and we can start clearing the mess of over 35 years of misrule!

Your fellow African Citizen

Nomazulu Thata

Nehandaradio
http://nehandaradio.com/2015/06/02/dear-nigerians-thank-you-very-much/
http://world.einnews.com/article__detail/268620983?lcode=i8wTKxxSTAoKVOyJJHCcEkvltLO-HUmJ6bepIyA1RHM%3D

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