1. The next Nigerian President will be either a PDP or APC candidate.
2. The only role a 3rd force party can play is by either tipping the vote one way or the other for the two aforementioned parties; or forming an alliance with one of them.
3. For legislative elections into houses of assemblies or the National Assembly, 3rd force candidates can shine.
4. We need brilliant people to occupy the vacuums that currently exist there.
5. Securing APC/PDP legislative tickets can be an expensive & non-inclusive process.
6. If you’re passionate about politics & how the legislative process can improve the lives of the people around you; and you can connect with your local community, try alternative parties.
7. But start now. Go home. Meet your people. Find out what they need and how you can help.
8. Make no mistake about it; it’s a hard, grueling task. But if you’re doing it for the right reasons you’ll find that it’s time, energy & resources well spent
9. So try PDP, but if we don’t treat you fairly, pursue your dreams elsewhere
Good luck to our incoming class of 2023.
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A wise man told me that Buhari did not create these divisions, he merely exposed them
I think about the outrage when Boko Haram raised flags in Nigerian towns in 2014; the derision when the military drove them out in 2015
“Too little, too late”, people crowed. “We want change”.
Today, the outrage has been replaced by a chilling silence, as Boko Haram raises flags and levies taxes and kills citizen and soldier alike.
And all of this in next door Niger State, an hour and a half away from Abuja.
No outrage. No protests. Just...silence.
A wise woman once told me that the South is afflicted with a disease called political correctness.
I think about this a lot when I recall the opprobrium heaped on @stellaoduah for the procurement of armoured cars by a parastatal under her. I think about her sack by @GEJonathan.
Act 1
It was over even before it began for @ProfPondei when @BTOofficial, Chairman of the @HouseNGR recused himself over claims that he had a vendetta against Pondei & the NDDC
Act 2
Pondei fails to realise that his victory would be short lived, as the House of Reps zeroes in on the one criminal allegation they can prove: extra-budgetary expenditure.
They quietly flank him on the left. His ED Projects Dr. Cairo, senses the danger, and starts panicking.
Act 3
Dr. Cairo (whispers angrily): tell them the N1.3bn is covered under welfare!
Prof. Pondei: welfare? Hmm.
The Committee asks Pondei to speak to the 2019 NDDC approved budget.
Pondei claims he doesn’t have it. Check.
The Committee asks the Clerk to provide it. Checkmate.
1. The industrialization of the North argument. Not a business-case focus on the SW and Lagos, or SE, or even industrial gas-powered clusters in the ND? What competitive advantage does Kano hold in the production of petrochemical goods?
@saniyusuf 2. We have existing gas-fed power plants struggling with gas supply and transmission. We don’t have light. Common sense would suggest all funds be users to solve those immediate problems if the aim is truly to kickstart an industrial revolution.
@saniyusuf 3. As an aside he mentions the wasteful prospecting of oil in the North by NNPC, then justifies the viability of the pipeline by saying demand for oil will dry up. You can’t eat your oily cake and have your gas pie.
“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth” - Sherlock Holmes
1. I believe that Buhari is GRAVELY ill. 2. I believe the patriots around him are hiding this information from us.
3. I do not know where the President is, but if (as has been reported) his Chief of Staff Abba Kyari is receiving medical attention in the UK, I suspect Buhari has been flown out as well.
4. This same EXACT scenario played out in 2009/10 with President Yar’Adua.
5. Now, like then, the National Assembly has called for the President to address the nation.
6. Now, like then, the Cabal has responded with dodgy pictures & faceless ‘presidential’ statements.
7. How’s it possible that people are able to effectively hold our President hostage?
It has been exactly 28 days since I returned from the abroad.
Walahi I am going mad.
What is all this? Take me to London, Abba said no, there is firus. Toh, let me go and greet my good friend Donald, he said there is virus there too.
So what do they want me to do?
The other day they carried me to Ondo to commission road Gov. Amosun has built. Today they said I should go to Argungu to look at fish.
Fish!
I was even happy. I thought it was in Chad. I even told Aisha to dust my passport. Till we now landed in Kebbi. What rubbish!
The only good thing about this whole mess is that it seems Aisha is coming to her senses.
She has been fighting for me to travel. She knows how much I love aeroplane food and she has been harassing my CoS that even if I cannot go to London I should go to Italy.