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Interim National Vice Chairman, South-South, of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Tom Ikimi, has described as misleading reports that the party has adopted Festus Keyamo as its candidate for the forthcoming bye-election for Delta Central Senatorial Diastrict.

Ikimi, while expressing the party’s regret over the sudden and untimely death of Senator Pius Ewherido, who represented Delta Central at the National Assembly, said neither the Senate nor the Independent National Electoral Commission had declared the seat vacant.

He said it would be misleading for anyone to claim that he had been adopted for the senatorial contest.

Ikimi stated this in a resolution adopted after a meeting of the three parties that merged to form the APC. The parties are the Action Congress of Nigeria, Congress for Progressive Change and All Nigeria Peoples Party.

The resolution stated, “Barrister Keyamo was not adopted by the party. The only organ that has been put in place for the APC so far is the interim National Executive Committee, led by Chief Bisi Akande as National Chairman. I serve in the committee as National Vice Chairman (South-South).

“The party is in the process of putting in place state harmonisation committees in the 36 states of the federation, thereafter membership registration will commence nationwide, leading to the holding of congresses at the unit, ward, local and state levels. A special case was that of Anambra State recently where membership registration was conducted by the APC across the state to enable the party hold direct primaries to elect a candidate for the governorship election slated for November this year.”

rahim01: Damme patient's jonathan' wife of de president of nigeria' each time she speak's on television am always ashamed of her voice' dat small crackd voice shuld be luked in to because "nigerians, expcts more speaches 4rm her, most pple can't here her clearly. I suggest when ever she's out on tv to address de public' she shuld use bita cola and aligator pepe togethr and chew it for throat clearing!

eGuerrilla: It might also just be one of the reasons for our re#tarded growth as a nation.
When political science students believe a rigged election is God's doing, as Okey Ndibe once remarked about students he taught at UNILAG, we have deeper problems, don't you think?

eGuerrilla: How dare you condemn the most popular problem-solving approach at the disposal of Nigerian politicians?

Forester45: Please let us be sincere to ourselves. 100billion released by FG, is it the FG/ASUU 2009 agreement?. Is 30billion FG/ASUU 2009 agreement?? Not even all the lecturers are entitled to the earned allowance. Unless you are still advocating for students to keep paying for projects topic approvals and supervision, you had better plead with FG to honor the agreement he freely signed not on gun point. Or perhaps you still wants the lecturers to embark on another strike by mid next year? Let it be settled ones and for all. Help save the future of your unborn children/grand children. They will ask you where you are when the government was rubbishing the tertiary institutions, and you will not know what to say.

Idi Amin: Just like ya profile signature says, shoe get size. This he goat is not ya size so keep the e-slap for people of your status, Ibo boy

clefstone: People lyk Wesley(all due respect to him) r looking to consolidate by accepting bein Igbo in other to enjoy d avantage of number which on its own is a wise move.

clefstone: Agha eli Osa 1. I respect ur maturity and knowledge. But lets look at it this way. Suppose Aboh was at the location of onitsha wud we hv been pro-biafra? Probably, but we r not at that location. Cud our location hv affected our integration with d Igbos? Yes. Location changes people's destiny. And if u read the history of Igbo, u'd realise tht the various clans tht make up the Igbo ethnic identity today were not united until during the English colonization. Matter of fact, thr was no Igbo before d 20th century. Unificatn of the Igbos was gradual nd as Nigeria became defined the people of the S/E, to strengthen their position saw d need to unite. If Aboh was truely united wit the Igbos before d civil war i bet u they wud hv laid their lives for the Biafra course, forget location. The reason y some 'igboid clans' pulled out of Biafra is not purely location but the Igbo ethnogenesis was stil in d process, Igbo was not fully defined. After the war it was easy to define the true Igbo by the scar of the war. Thr is no Igbo family today without dark war memories. It is imprinted in their DNA and is a strong definition of Today's Igbo. The war doesnt fully define the Igbos but it largely does. Sometimes i ponder, wud it hv been better if Abohs unified wit Igbos. Sometimes, maybe most times my answer is yes. Tht i know is ur position. But these tins r not just a 'o we want to be Igbos' thing. Many factors r involved nd most of those natural factors keep alienating u from them and uniting us wit our south south neighbours.

clefstone: And a question for my broda, Mr Wesley, assuming an Aboh man becomes president tomorrow, do u think tht the Igbos will see him as an true Igbo president? note tht GEJ's name is Ebele nd more recently Azikiwe, does tht make him an Igbo president? I am a realist to the core and wud neva be heard supporting a union based on psychophancy, one tht wud definitely end in betrayal.

clefstone: The definition of Igbo is a loose one and has been evolving since colonial times. Not minding our origin, Abohs could easily hv been part of the Igbo identity but for the events of the 60s. Nothing has united and defined the Igbos more than the civil war and once the Abohs were neutral/anti-seccession, it became difficult to identify wit the evolving Igbo identity. Today, you, Mr Wesley cannot reason lyk an Igbo man. That war made them into sometin we r not. By d way i wud lyk to know ur 'afa kene' so i can greet u as an Aboh man

Laudate II: Correct me if I am wrong, but I got the impression that the =N=200k was a bribe being requested by the Head honcho? Aren't there laws against corruption?

Laudate II: Correct me if I am wrong, but I got the impression that the =N=200k was a bribe being requested by the Head honcho? Aren't there laws against corruption?

Laudate II: Correct me if I am wrong, but I got the impression that the =N=200k was a bribe being requested by the Head honcho? Aren't there laws against corruption?

braine: He's the one going to hell. He has a first class ticket already. . And who told him that young people listen to Rock music a lot in Nigeria? I don't think so. This niqqa is still sick.

Katsumoto: So only Tier one banks can lend money?

Katsumoto: Forex, high fees and hidden charges to customers, low deposits (federal and state governments) and high interests, financing high value petroleum industry deals (short term financing). I am no expert on Nigerian banks. Maybe some one else can add to that list.

Katsumoto: Don't make new rules; you implied/stated that Nigerian banks are cash-strapped. Relative to their environment (Africa), Nigerian banks come tops. Germany has the biggest bank in the world by assets (Deutsche) - does that mean Germany has the bigger banks than the UK, China, the US?

Katsumoto: The bolded is your answer. Returns from petroleum are almost guaranteed.

Katsumoto: You mean GTB, Zenith, First Bank, Access, UBA, Ecobank, etc. are cash strapped? Yet Nigeria has 11 banks in the top 50 banks in Africa.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/11-nigerian-banks-make-top-50-african-banks/

Katsumoto: Because the private sector requires reasonable finance rates and a stable government. Who is going to build railroads when no one is sure Nigeria will survive the next two years? Uncertainty is the enemy of development and commerce; especially when financing rates are in double digits.

Katsumoto: Banks don't have a small pool of funds; Nigerian banks are heavy with funds. For funding to work efficiently, there must be

Katsumoto: In Nigeria, crude oil made both private and public sectors lazy and incompetent. The factors necessary for growth are absent in most African countries. Chinese growth is based on manufacturing, discipline, a huge market, and stable leadership. Indian growth is based on a huge market, education, frugal innovation (India leads the world in reaching poor consumers). Nigeria has just Oil and a huge market. Infrastructure is lacking, education is falling, corruption and cronyism are masters of the day, consumers outside Lagos, Abuja, PH, Kano are mostly ignored, political leadership is shaky, capital is expensive, etc. But having said that, most Nigerians depend on the private sector (the informal sector). They are merely surviving; growth is flat for the reasons mentioned previously. For there to be proper growth, manufacturing must be embraced, infrastructure must be developed (Angola's explosive growth is due to infrastructure projects in the last decade), corruption must be reduced drastically and education (especially technical/engineering) must improve.

Like 99cent stated, most African economies are the closest you can get to with regards to free markets because their governments hardly regulate (required to reduce inequality), put up protectionist policies (most African countries are dumping grounds), provide welfare or subsidies (well Nigeria provides fuel subsidy). To put it bluntly, African governments hardly interfere and are mostly invisible except that are corrupt and incompetent. But corruption and incompetence affects supply and demand. Having said that, African governments distort the free market by encouraging monopolies/duopolies through companies held by friends and family.

truth4meal: Is it not too early in the day for people to reason like they rapt in slumber? This is all you have been waiting for - Buhari's comment and an opportunity to further demonstrate your readiness to be s.tupid by all means. What better describe what is happening in the country if not insurgent? Did members of the insurgent group "Jama Ahl al-sunnah al-jihad" ever refer to themselves as Boko Haram? Don't you think finding fault in a faultless speech is unravelling your folly? You expect Buhari to mention the names of all insurgents before you can understand he is condemning their actions? In the mind of your mind only Boko Haram is the problem abi? Or because the security operatives enjoys soft landing while labelling every form of civil lawlessness an action of BH- you think only the group exist in evil form in the country? During the militancy days of ND people condemn militancy not MEND and other names. Buhari condemned the actions of insurgents which is a concise, succint and diplomatic summary of what is unfortunately happening in Nigeria. One can pardon your absurdity if you claim no knowledge of the real definition of "insurgents" but not when its mischief driven.