₦airaland Forum

buckeyemedia:
Guy no vex, just mention the section of the constitution of 1999 As Amended, make i go peruse am diligently.

buckeyemedia:
Mention the section of the constitution of 1999 As Amended make i go read am?!

olyrayy:
The constitution is nonsense trash?

Be like you be troll.

Blue3k:
Stop spreading lies. Read section 143 of the Constitution and tell me where it says states states are involved. What's craziest is people liked that nonsense you posted. This shows civics education is lacking.

buckeyemedia:
Nonsense, that provision is for amending the constitution.

Thundafireseun:
Peter Obi the bag carrier will soon congratulate John Mahama and whale about INEC and the judiciary system

olyrayy:
What are you talking about?

I'm a lawyer. It's the National Assembly that impeaches a president, with 2/3 requirement.

The one that needs the states is constitutional amendment.

Who are the funny 6 people that liked your post sef.

olyrayy:
I've always thought that the subservience of the National Assembly to the president was an expression of Nigerian cultural subservience to authority.

Imagine my surprise when I learned today that the legislature almost impeached Obasanjo in 2002.

When Obasanjo became president 1999 one would have expected him to have a smooth sailing relationship with the legislature, especially considering that the PDP had a majority in both houses.

However, the near experience with dictatorship under Abacha made the legislators jealously guard their autonomy.

In the Senate, Chuba Okadigbo was the preferred candidate for Senate President, but Obasanjo wanted someone more amenable and supported the emergence of Evans Enwerem.

In the House of Representatives, he wasn't so lucky. The House first chose Salisu Buhari as Speaker. When it was discovered that he had forged some of his certificates he lost his position. The house replaced him with Umar Na'Abba, without asking Obasanjo for his input.

Chuba Okadigbo was able to wrest control of the Senate from the unpopular Enwerem and ultimately become the Senate President. However, he was more amenable to Obasanjo.

Umar Na'Abba was more hostile.

The House of Reps clashed with Obasanjo repeatedly on the budget.

They wanted to increase the expenditures in the budget to allow them carry out constituency projects. Obasanjo didn't want that because he was trying to impose fiscal discipline.

Na'Aba would be a thorn in Obasanjo's side, and Obasanjo decided to have him removed as Speaker.

There were reports of bribes issued out to legislators to support the impeachment of Na'Abba.

Obasanjo was confident that he had the 2/3rd required to impeach Na'Aba. However, on the D-Day, members of the House of Reps reported that they had been bribed by Obasanjo's agents.

The impeachment bid against Na'Aba failed.

So, he decided to hit back by uno reversing and trying to impeach Obasanjo instead.

In August 2002, Na'Aba issued an ultimatum to Obasanjo to either resign in two weeks or face impeachment.

Obasanjo thought it was a joke.

The legislators were dead serious though. By the end of August, the Senate voted 77 to 6 to investigate wrong doing by Obasanjo.

A motion denouncing Obasanjo in the House of Reps was received with rapturous applause. About 90% of members present scrambled to sign the motion

The South West, which had rejected Obasanjo in the 1999 elections, rallied round him. The AD said they would oppose any attempts to impeach Obasanjo.

The PDP called meetings in an attempt to mend fences where Bala Na'Aba and other proponents of impeachments tongue lashed the former general. The allegations against Obasanjo were that he didn't fully implement the budget, the massacres at Odi and Zaki Biam, and so on and so forth.

Obasanjo ultimately had to apologise to his detractors. Saying that if anyone was to blame, it was him.

Na'Aba was undeterred though, and was committed to proceeding with the impeachment.

Fortunately, intervention by former heads of states and intense lobbying by Obasanjo helped to reduce the 2/3rd needed for impeachment in the more amenable Senate.

Obasanjo would not forgive or forget this humiliation, and he would pay Na'Aba in kind by ensuring that he didn't get the PDP ticket in his home state of Kano.

This move ultimately cost the PDP Kano State, but I guess that's a sacrifice Obasanjo felt was worth it.

Source: https://x.com/olanrewajuolam6/status/1865413449376735480

noleflendum:
Igbos are Landgrabbers

elbulk:
You obviously don't stay in the FCT

HitRun:
Chairman, committee of APC propaganda machinery, Nairaland branch has spoken. Ride on sir.

Samogloby:
New PDP national publicity secretary is here to condemn Debo for speaking the truth. Hope your office is open on Monday for visitation cos I want to visit Wadata house to see new PDP Publicity

PHIPEX:
Europeans left their cities to African jungle. Stop celebrating underdevelopment

MaziX:
oga u ain't ready to travel out.. U be zombie

polycarp65:
By Nkem Jonathan


A member of the House of Representatives, representing Ideato North/South Federal Constituency of Imo State, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere has emerged the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southeastern state of Imo, Nigeria.

This development followed the appointment of Ikenga imo Ugochinyere who is the highest govt Official elected on the PDP platform in the State by the party 27 LGA Chairmen forum in Imo State on Saturday.

The leaders in a statement signed on their behalf by Coordinating Chairman of the 27 Imo PDP LGA Chairmen forum urged stakeholders in the state to rally round the vibrant lawmaker.

They said that such move would help in the battle of rescuing the party from imminent collapse both at the state and national level.

The PDP leaders who passed vote of confidence on Ugochinyere also insisted that the party's acting national chairman, Umar Damagun and national secretary, Samuel Anyanwu should be immediately removed to pave way for reinvigoration of the main opposition party.

They said: "We the leaders of PDP in Imo state after wide consultations and deep reflection on the state of our party in the state and the country, resolved to appoint the member representing Ideato North/South Federal Constituency of Imo State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Barr Ikenga Ugochinyere as our leader.

"This is based on his antecedents, sterling leadership qualities and commitment to the protection and promotion of the ethos of our party over the years. Judging from his ingenuity, we are confident in his ability to be the rallying point of PDP in Imo state for the party to rebound ahead of future polls.

"We therefore urged stakeholders in the party to rally round him and give him all the support needed to succeed in the task of rebuilding our party into a virile force to be reconked with not just for electoral purposes but in promotion of democratic ideals which our party stands espouses.

"While passing a vote of confidence on Hon. Barr Ikenga Ugochinyere as our leader, we insist that the acting national chairman of PDP, Umar Damagun and national secretary, Samuel Anyanwu should be removed without further delay hence their continuous stay in office even illegally is doing more harm than good to our party as we prepared to take over government in 2027."