The Nigerian parliament today voted to transfer power to vice-president Goodluck Jonathan in the prolonged absence of the president, Umaru Yar'Adua, who has been receiving hospital treatment in Saudi Arabia.
Both the house of representatives and senate passed motions enabling Jonathan to act as president and commander-in-chief of the armed forces until Yar'Adua, who left Nigeria in November last year, is fit enough to resume his duties.
"The vice-president ... shall henceforth discharge the functions of the office of the president, commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the federation, as acting president," the senate motion said.
The motions would allow Yar'Adua to reassume the presidency if he returns healthy enough to lead the country of 150 million people. However, many think he is too ill to serve again, casting doubt on the leadership of the ruling party in the run-up to next year's presidential election.
Guardian (UK) (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/09/nigerian-vice-president-takes-power)
Conspiracy has it that one of his major tasks will be allocating oil blocks.
Nigeria hasn't sold any major oil block in a long time and that is what the yar'adua supporters are loooking forward to.
So also are the Jonathan loyalists.
I guess the Jonathans have it.
We will be behind watching when the next oil bloc allocations will hold.
I wish i could get one too.
Quote from: gogannaka on February 09, 2010, 04:39:13 PM
We will be behind watching when the next oil bloc allocations will hold.
I wish i could get one too.
Of course you can get one. Just join feedeefee. That's the starting point ;)
GGNK Mu cabinet muke jira a canja ko na samu in canji mansur muktar
Quote from: maikyau on February 10, 2010, 01:12:35 PM
GGNK Mu cabinet muke jira a canja ko na samu in canji mansur muktar
kai kuma a suwa? That has been our concern (the possible aftermath of Goodluck's take-over) amma kai kana wani zance da ban.
Does it matter whether the cabinet is changed or not? What has the present cabinet done to deserve staying in their positions?
its all a grand conspiracy of the feedeefee to rip this
country off and make mockery of democracy and we
watch helplessly.
despite the various reports and stories we read on our
daily papers, most of this newspaper editors are
cronnies of the men in power and never report the true
position of things going on between the real masses and
the government.
we watch.
Haba Abu Safwan na yanzu me suka tsinanawa kasar har kake tada jijiyar wuya kana tambaya ni kuma a su wa.
I have just watched on Al Jazeira news just about the most disgusting thing I have ever seen in my life.
It was live footage of the Nigeria Army and the Nigeria Police rounding up poor beggars in the street, making them lie face down on the road then shooting them in the head.
I don't think I can forget the look in these poor mens faces as they had the guns put to their heads. I am totally and absolutely disgusted.
In fact I cannot find words to express my revulsion.
Yes,i couldn't watch it. I will have nightmares.
It is so sad,how some people don't value human lives at all.
The house of assembly has ordered a full investigation into the matter. Unfortunately i doubt if anything will ever be done to punish the offenders. It is a common thing in Nigeria. The police kill over N20 bribe at check points and nothing is done to them. The best that has ever been done is when they killed a woman and her baby in Kwara state and they were dismissed. Till now they haven't been convicted.
Honestly,the populace need to stand up and fight this disgusting attitude. The lawyers and national assembly need to do something.
If there is law that gives immunity to the police it should be re-considered. Their lives are no better than the lives of any Nigerian.
These culprits should be punished.
Although this thread is not the right place for this discussion.
Good luck Jonathan! Bye- bye Yar'adua. I wish Jonathan a hitch-free administration. And symphatize not with Yar'adua. That is always the price of being greedy and developing a thick skin over good deeds, kamala and sanin ya kamata. If not Yar'adua is joking with God, he could not have succumbed to Obasanjo's political dribbling and preside over a stolen mandate. OBJ-the political genius has really won this game willy nilly. Allah ya kara. Yan Arewa sai ayi hakuri a kuma nemi wata hanyar amma ba dai siyasa ba a Nigeria. Sai dai ai hakuri. Kwadayi, sakarci da rashin hankalin "manyan Arewa ya janyo wa 'ya ya da jikoki.
Madallah da wannan al'amari.
I am not supporting the way Jonathan was made president.Wallahi rainin hankali ne matuka.
The man was power hungry from the onset, just that nobody knew.
During all the confusion Mr Goodluck should have addressed the nation and say all is well,there is no vacuum in Govt.
Ever since Yar'adua left the VP has been chairing the executive council meeting and noo minister has ever opposed him.
They had all believed that he was thier leader.
As VP he ordered the deployment of troops to jos.That itself is a role of the commander in chief. If there was a vacuum
the soldiers wouldn't have obliged.
Mister VP has also approved various contracts that only the executive council could approve,example the building of his house at over 7.1 Billion Naira.
Nigerians were just taken for a ride and we have been duped.
I wonder why people actually thought there has been a power vacuum.
Another fact is that Jonathan's institution as president is wrong and unconstitutional.
You cannot right wrong with wrong.The National Assembly according to one lawmaker, usurped the powers of the Executive Council of the Federation as provided under Section 144 of the 1999 Constitution by elevating Jonathan meaning that the National Assembly has succeeded in declaring Yar'Adua incapable of performing his duties which is not their role.
"Only the Executive Council of the federation can declare the President unfit to continue in office as provided under Section 144.
"The only role the constitution prescribes for the legislature in this circumstance, is impeachment; since the National Assembly did not take that path, they have no further role"
The new president in his speech to the nation failed to make mention of the seven point agenda of yar'adua or the rule of law mantra. This only shows that there isn't going to be any continuity.We are back to the starting point which confirms to us that we are just a nation running around in circles,no direction. Another useless move was removing and demoting the AGF. Many are happy because aondoakaa was seen as acontroversial figure and the media has painted him all black. However, Mr Goodluck perfectly knows that his elevation to president is illegal and the AGF can easily prove that in court so he hurriedly removed him.
Shi kuma shegen,David mark hurriedly demanded that section 145 be amended immediately.
Its too bad that Yar'adua will certainly not retain his former seat.
2-0,an cinye mu sai dai collateral damage.
I wonder why all this confusion over the VP issue. Let me ask why is the VP office created, if not when the president is absent to act on his behalf?
What took the president this long to approve his vice to act on his behalf. Morever he will resume his office when he's well and capable.
I dont understand why our leader put their interest first before national's.
My dream is to have a united African states not just united Nigeria. If we continue to act like this our country is heading to dectruction due to lack of unity. Every tribe will now be fighting for it interest or the southerners could even merge theirselves together and stand against any Northerner wishing to be president of the nation. Given, even on sick bed for such long days we wouldn't relinquish power.
LONG LIVE UNITED NIGERIA
IBB, the president was rushed out of the country in a terrible state,not even the VP saw him when he was flown out.
It wasn't as if anybody had it in mind. However as Yayale Ahmed confirmed to the senate,the president 2 days before his departure had phoned the VP and asked him to carry out all the presidential duties.
If Jonathan wasn't involved in the scheme to make himself president why didn't he ever mention that to cool the 'tension in the air' as they made everybody believe.
You are thinking about a United Nigeria, hmm, i doubt if your brothers down south are thinking that way.
Now just wait and see how we will be rubbished.
Dan Allah ku kyale Goodluck yayi aikin sa. Like IBB said, the position of VP is there to fill in the gap should anything happen to the president. Ni a ganina ma the post of acting President bcoms automatic the moment the position bcoms vacant even for a minute. If GJ was power hungry, he wasnt alone, shi ma yar adua din was power hungry otherwise he shouldnt have accepted the presidency in the first instance, knowing that he was sick and secondly he shouldnt have accepted it knowing that the election was flowed. So he is a worse than GJ, tunda shi jiran tsammani yayi and he was well aware that kila wa kala ne zamansa prez (unless we are going to blame the prez's illness as some sort of machinations on the part of the VP.
BTW who is the new VP?
sai kuyi, gogannaka is putting his interest before the
interest of this country, kun san yar'adua yayi musu
approving wani kwangila ne, so, yana tsoron kar wannan
yayi revoking dinta after all sun nuna masa adawa a
fili lol.
Goodluck comes with Patience.
Were waiting 4 yaradua to come back.
DB in ya dawo you will be no one to.............
Quote from: Dan-Borno on February 15, 2010, 10:12:21 AM
Goodluck comes with Patience.
Haha. Nice one.
The story (some say its all a joke) going round about him goes like this;
o Goodluck was Assistant Head Boy in primary school. The Head Boy got expelled. Goodluck took over.
o Goodluck was Assistant Senior Prefect in secondary school, the Senior Prefect died, Goodluck took over.
o Goodluck was Deputy Local Government Chairman. The Chairman got implicated in corruption and got removed from office. Goodluck took over
o Goodluck was deputy governor to Alameiseigha. We all know that story
o Goodluck was Vice President to President Yar'Adua:- PERICADIATIS!
You may think this is coincidence, but don't you think the coincidence is too much?
So hearing all these, somebody just called off his Church Wedding. Why? His BestMan's name is Goodluck!!! The guy insisted that he will only have traditional marriage, and the BestMan will not know when...
So, Goodluck (minus the Jonathan) to you all.
Quote from: HUSNAA on February 15, 2010, 01:47:57 AM
Ni a ganina ma the post of acting President bcoms automatic the moment the position bcoms vacant even for a minute.
Exactly. GJ should have addressed the nation when everyone was saying there's a vacuum but he just kept quiet.
A zuciyar shi yana so.
He performed presidential duties even before he was instituted as acting president.
Regarding yar'adua stealing a mandate i do not agree with that. We must admit there there were flaws in the election but i am not expecing you to say that Buhari won the election. That issue has been addressed by the courts and we cannot do anything about that.
Yanzu kam palace coup aka yi.
There are even rumours (at least on saharareporters) that there was an attempt to poison Yar'adua and that was what caused Kingibe his seat and just after that Yar'adua snubbed GJ because he was implicated.
Ai komai was planned.
Quote from: Nuruddeen on February 12, 2010, 12:32:29 PM
Good luck Jonathan! Bye- bye Yar'adua. I wish Jonathan a hitch-free administration. And symphatize not with Yar'adua. That is always the price of being greedy and developing a thick skin over good deeds, kamala and sanin ya kamata. If not Yar'adua is joking with God, he could not have succumbed to Obasanjo's political dribbling and preside over a stolen mandate. OBJ-the political genius has really won this game willy nilly. Allah ya kara. Yan Arewa sai ayi hakuri a kuma nemi wata hanyar amma ba dai siyasa ba a Nigeria. Sai dai ai hakuri. Kwadayi, sakarci da rashin hankalin "manyan Arewa ya janyo wa 'ya ya da jikoki.
Madallah da wannan al'amari.
Assalamu alaikum,
Haba Nura idan-an-ciza-a-hura. Am sure by the time you re-read your (above) contribution you might realised that it is not a fair submission.
Duk sharrin Obasanjo ne.
Yan arewa sun hana shi 3rd term to gashi nan yanzu ya kawo abun da ya fi 3rd term ciwo.
Clearly it is the north's tenure,going by the PDP rotation. The south south is riding on our horse now.
Mu kuma 'abokis'(kamar yadda suke ganin mu) muna nan muna tsammanin Yar'adua zai dawo saboda akwai mu da tawakkali.
Su kuma masterminds din sun san ba zai dawo ba,suna can suna mana dariya.
Kai gaskiya an raina wa arewa hankali.
Wani abun da ake kira political neutralization.
EMTL ina jin Nura haushi yaji matuka lokacin da ya yi post din nan.
But samarin arewa ya kamata su tashi su san cewa tsoffin nan ba inda za su kai mu.
Kamar yaya sharrin Obasanjo? Ai sai bango ya tsage. Even if OBJ planned it, our northern politcians' greed, selfishness, and gross incompetence aided and abaited it. Yaradua knows he can't do it. Why did he accept it? If he actually has the interest of the north (and the country) at heart, he would have declined. What happened then? We all kept mum! After all, power is returning to the north. As far as we are concerned, the quality and suitability of the person is secondary to the ultimate desire to see 'our brother' as president. 'Yaradua's health issue is legendary, but was there any strong opposition from the north against his candidature? No. You are even deemed 'mara kishin arewa' if you attemptto say anything on the issue. And now we are blaming OBJ alone? Abin dariya, abin haushi. Whether we like it or not, we are as much to blame as obj. And the biggest culprit here being 'Yar'adua himself. And don't get me started on that fraud of a verdict by the supreme court. That's the highest insult to the collecttive intelligence of nigerians.
Ai daman wani babba a kasar nan yace Obasanjo ya dora Yar'adua akan mulki don mulki ya koma kudu. To gashi wannan lokacin yayi duk da yar'adua bai mutu to gashi dai mulki ya koma kudun.
Very good post from Bakan-Gizo.
Until blind tribalism is relegated to history there can never be a peaceful one Nigeria.
OBJ,YARADUA OR GJ duk daya ne.saboda dan Arewa yayi mulki na shekaru da yawa amma me ya tsinanawa Arewar.To me idan GJ ya gama tenor dinshi a baiwa Ojukwu yaci gaba.Dan Arewa bashi da abokin gaban da ya wuce shi kanshi.Wa yakawo OBJ? da wa OBJ ya hada kai aka bawa yaradua mulki? su wa suka fara cewa senate da Reps suyi doka a mikawa GJ? suwa suka fara zuwa court akan a mikawa GJ? To me mutumin kudu bashi da laifi saboda komai da shawaran dan Arewa yake zattawar,so what are we talking about.DAN AREWA JUST SHUT UP we deserved it tunda hadama da nunkufurci muka sa a gaba.
Dave,the issue here is not a tribalistic one. The nation has been made to accept a rotational system of power. The leaders believe it will give everyone a chance. Doing away with tribalism is easier said than done. But i agree it will be good for the nation and the world.
Maikyau, i agree the north has played a major role in everything you mentioned but isn't it as a result of the call to abolish tribalism just like Dave said.
We have been made to feel guilty for ruling Nigeria while in the real sense it is only the northerner that puts a southerners interest before his own. The Northerners if anything,have helped in unifying this country to the detriment of their own region.
Tell me, had it been it were Obasanjo that was sick for this long he wouldn't have been removed because all hell would break loose. His people would have stood to defend him and his tenure. But mu we easily give up 'in the best interest of the nation'.
BKGZ, you fail to do the political mathematics. Na san kai Buhari ka so ya zama shugaban kasa.
How could we have stopped Yar'adua from being obasanjo's candidate? Of course there was srong opposition but only among the masses and the less powerful politicians.
To the influential ones,He was the best bet from within the PDP. His health was just the major obstruction. Mu kuma ga tawakkali da ALlah muna ganin Allah ne mai bada lafiya,mai rayawa mai kashewa. Who are we to play God?Everyone can become sick.
On his part ,you don't expect him to turn down such an offer because he is sick. It is a call to national duty. It is not easy turning down a presidential offer.
Yar'adua is a principled man and has the national interest at heart. Period.
Zancen court judgement kuma,i still cannot believe you think Buhari won the election.
Quote from: gogannaka on February 18, 2010, 11:51:12 AM
BKGZ, you fail to do the political mathematics. Na san kai Buhari ka so ya zama shugaban kasa.
How could we have stopped Yar'adua from being obasanjo's candidate? Of course there was srong opposition but only among the masses and the less powerful politicians.
To the influential ones,He was the best bet from within the PDP. His health was just the major obstruction. Mu kuma ga tawakkali da ALlah muna ganin Allah ne mai bada lafiya,mai rayawa mai kashewa. Who are we to play God?Everyone can become sick.
On his part ,you don't expect him to turn down such an offer because he is sick. It is a call to national duty. It is not easy turning down a presidential offer.
Yar'adua is a principled man and has the national interest at heart. Period.
Zancen court judgement kuma,i still cannot believe you think Buhari won the election.
So because everyone can become sick, then every sick man can be president, right? See, no one is 'blaming' Yaradua for being sick. Allah ne mai yin yadda Yaso da bayin Shi. Ba wanda yafi karfin jarabta na rashin lafiya. Yaradua is principled man ko? ;D Okay. How many principled men do we have in the PDP? Is he the only one? Mallam, I tell you that "interest of the nation" is far from his mind when he accepted to be fraudulently foisted on the nation kwnowing fully well that his health is a major impediment to any hope of doing the job well. There are a lot of candidates better than him from the north in the PDP at the time; intellectually, principle-wise, and more ruggedly tested. And healthier too!! So the hard fact is that the honourable thing he should've done to the north at the time was to have declined.
Talking about the ridiculous court judgement, there's no where I categorically said Buhari won. But in the same vein, are you saying Yaradua won? Did he? Even a 10-year old can testify to the fraud perpetrated in that election. What happened has no equal in the history of this country. It is totally unbelievable. And funny enough, the man you said is principled and has the interest of teh nation at heart, is an active participant in the charade. He's the ultimate beneficiary.
Well said, BKGZ.
As it's said: truth is bitter
bites painfully
like a stings of bee.
Wallahi our so-called elite ne basa son stack truth that 'Yar Adua cannot make it. Nobody can dare saying he knows that for certain but nobody as well can boldly say (and prove) that this was not what OBJ had in mind when he invited the poor president to the throne. It's so apparent, so convincing and so ostensible; yet descernible.
Allah yasa mu dace, amin.
BKGZ, how do you think me and you and Muhsin (the typical northerner) could have stopped yar'adua become president?
Ni i have no doubt that Yar'adua won the elections. At least dai idan kirga votes za'a yi.
Let me be sincere with you. In Nigeria's electoral system,the best rigger wins. PDP sun yi Rigging haka ma ANPP.
Kai a Kano ma idan kaga cuwa cuwar da ANPP suka yi ma Buhari sai ka rike baki.
Its part of our exclusive politics.
IBB was out of the country for 3 months when he had a major surgery.
Shagari was once out of the country for 3 months also.
Muhsin,blaming the elites is just a shallow argument. We can as well blame the elites for wanting to remove Yar'adua in order to benefit.
Gaskiya shine,ka karanta comments a pages din newspapers,they love their own and we hate ours. Idan hannun ka ya rube you cannot cut it and throw it.
Karbe mulkin nan shine kawai abun da zai kwato mana mutunci. An ci mu da yaki kawai.
Divide and rule kawai akai mana. We'll be hoping Yar'adua comes back and scrambling for VP at the same time. It is Obasanjo's plan exactly.
Why was he the first person to ask Yar'adua to resign?
Da haka da haka za'a cire mu daga Nigeriar gaba daya kuma ba abun da muke da.
Quote from: gogannaka on February 18, 2010, 04:44:15 PM
BKGZ, how do you think me and you and Muhsin (the typical northerner) could have stopped yar'adua become president?
None of us could.
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Ni i have no doubt that Yar'adua won the elections. At least dai idan kirga votes za'a yi.
Let me be sincere with you. In Nigeria's electoral system,the best rigger wins. PDP sun yi Rigging haka ma ANPP.
Kai a Kano ma idan kaga cuwa cuwar da ANPP suka yi ma Buhari sai ka rike baki.
Its part of our exclusive politics.
True. But that of PDP was so disturbing; they perpeutators are so shameless, wallahi. I can remember that 'Yar Adua's winning was announced on BBC Hausa while votes were counted at Kano collation centre.
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IBB was out of the country for 3 months when he had a major surgery.
Shagari was once out of the country for 3 months also.
Heard this for the first time. Yet 'Yar Adua's medical condion as well as his absence is worst and longer than these respectively.
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Muhsin,blaming the elites is just a shallow argument. We can as well blame the elites for wanting to remove Yar'adua in order to benefit.
Hmm. It's not shallow but grounded, GGNK, because they could have rightly hinted him not to accept the OGJ's invitation, couldn't they? Suppose he refused to heed their words at least nobody would see them the way they are being seen now.
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Gaskiya shine,ka karanta comments a pages din newspapers,they love their own and we hate ours. Idan hannun ka ya rube you cannot cut it and throw it.
Is this a newspaper? Its an internet forum; and if that is true (which it is) they constantly and tirelessly do worst than that. Go to Nairaland and see!
QuoteKarbe mulkin nan shine kawai abun da zai kwato mana mutunci. An ci mu da yaki kawai.
I don't think. Muna girbar abunda muka shuka ne ai.
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Divide and rule kawai akai mana. We'll be hoping Yar'adua comes back and scrambling for VP at the same time. It is Obasanjo's plan exactly.
Why was he the first person to ask Yar'adua to resign?
Da haka da haka za'a cire mu daga Nigeriar gaba daya kuma ba abun da muke da.
Don't you really contradict yourself here?
Muhsin, I am not contradicting myself.
I have said it before,this is a grand plan by the master planner, Obasanjo himself,with the co-operation of Goodluck.
The BBC never said Yar'adua has been declared winner,they only said he is leading in counts just like yadda ake a kowanne election.
The BBC is too much to do that.
Malaysia ne ko indonesia sun taba yin shugaba makaho kuma a wheel chair.
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BKGZ, how do you think me and you and Muhsin (the typical northerner) could have stopped yar'adua become president?
We can't. But
he can.
He should have.
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Ni i have no doubt that Yar'adua won the elections.
That, my friend, is the most absurd statement I have ever seen from you in this forum ;D
QuoteNi i have no doubt that Yar'adua won the elections. At least dai idan kirga votes za'a yi
And that's the trouble. Because VOTES WERE NEVER COUNTED!!!. And since they were not counted, how did you come to the conclusion that Yaradua won? Ko kana da inside information ne daga Maurice Iwuru-wuru?
Yallabai, in kirgen votes za'a, ba inda PDP zata kai labari. I told of the time when Maurice Iwuru-wuru was announcing the "results" of the fraud. When he mention the votes scored by the parties in Yobe State, our friend who was a returning officer in Yobe called someone in surprise. He stated that at the material time when the scores were being announced in Abuja, they have not even finished tallying the results of the various local govts in the state!
QuoteIBB was out of the country for 3 months when he had a major surgery.
Shagari was once out of the country for 3 months also.
So what? Dama ance in kana shuigaban kasa kada ka sake kayi rashin lafiya ne? The issue is either being perpetually sick, or having a particular sickness that regularly hinders the smooth running of the office.
QuoteIt is Obasanjo's plan exactly
Sai kuma ka kara "
with the active (or passive) connivance of Yaradua". Gaskiya kenan ko anki ko anso.
Quote from: gogannaka on February 18, 2010, 06:21:13 PM
Muhsin, I am not contradicting myself.
I have said it before,this is a grand plan by the master planner, Obasanjo himself,with the co-operation of Goodluck.
You too figured that out? But why don't you think our elite, whom can do something on the matter, could not have done so? If they did why didn't they do anything? Simple because many of them are hypocrites; and self-centred.
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The BBC never said Yar'adua has been declared winner,they only said he is leading in counts just like yadda ake a kowanne election.
The BBC is too much to do that.
Haba GGNK, I heard it during 2:45-3:15 program. I can vividly remember I was at my friend's shop at Mandawari junction.
QuoteMalaysia ne ko indonesia sun taba yin shugaba makaho kuma a wheel chair.
GGNK and his incongruities. :D
Muhsin,there are too many elites.
Those that support yar'adua and those that clearly don't.
FYI,the elites cannot do much. The winner takes victory kawai,elite or not.
Here is a bit of history of how Umaru became president,from Nasir El-rufa'i.
As soon as 'the Third Term Agenda' collapsed in the Nigerian Senate, Obasanjo concluded that unless he found a way to acquire and sustain the loyalty of Nigeria's powerful (and mostly corrupt) State Governors on the one hand, as well as his team of technocratic reformers on the other, his succession will be out of his hands. He took two steps – first he asked me and four other Abuja-based senior Federal and party officials to come up with a succession strategy. This kept the reformers which I was a key member engaged and loyal to him. He then announced that he expected to be succeeded by one of the State Governors and encouraged virtually all the PDP Governors to join the race to be President. These two moves ensured that his estranged Vice President Atiku Abubakar and other aspirants like General Ibrahim Babangida had few governors available to recruit to their camp.
We held several meetings and wrote most of the Succession Strategy Paper with the help of Tanimu Yakubu – now Yar'Adua's Chief Economic Adviser who wrote the first draft in London in June 2006. We submitted the Strategy Paper and the budget of about N7 billion (US $56 million then) to President Obasanjo in August 2006. The paper is attached to this essay as Annex I. President Obasanjo thanked us and promptly filed it away and never adopted any of our recommendations. By then, virtually every PDP State Governor in Nigeria had declared the aspiration to be next president – except Umaru Yar'Adua! Obasanjo continued to be cagey, encouraging every one above the age of 30 to run for the exalted office.
Umaru Yar'Adua was finally invited by President Obasanjo to join the race through Governor Ayo Fayose initially, and this was actualized sometime in November 2006. According to then Governor Yar'Adua, when he visited me – the President sent Governor James Ibori of Delta State to see him in Katsina and invite him to pick the Presidential Nomination Form of the PDP. Umaru flew to Abuja in a private jet arranged by Obasanjo and Ibori the following day. By the time he got to Abuja, Ibori had already paid the N5 million (US $40,000) application fee and collected the form in Umaru's name. He added that they met with Obasanjo and agreed that he should bid for the highest office with Obasanjo's full support.
Ga kuma abun da elites din suka rinka gani:
Umaru Yar'Adua's anointment by President was a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it almost ensured that he will be PDP's candidate in April 2007 Presidential Elections, but throws up questions about Obasanjo's motives and Yar'Adua's suitability for the highest office in Africa's largest nation. Because Yar'Adua's medical history is fairly well-known, many Northern power brokers concluded that Yar'Adua's selection by Obasanjo had some ulterior motives.
This concern came to the fore when Yar'Adua had to be flown to Germany for medical attention because of "a bad flu; arising from exhaustion" just before the primaries in December 2006. This is to happen again in March 2007, just weeks to the Elections. The failure of both Obasanjo and Yar'Adua to offer full disclosure about Umaru's health has led to all kinds of conspiracy theories that continue to haunt the Yar'Adua presidency till today.
Quote from: gogannaka on February 20, 2010, 11:23:19 PM
Muhsin,there are too many elites.
Those that support yar'adua and those that clearly don't.
FYI,the elites cannot do much. The winner takes victory kawai,elite or not.
Here is a bit of history of how Umaru became president,from Nasir El-rufa'i.
As soon as 'the Third Term Agenda' collapsed in the Nigerian Senate, Obasanjo concluded that unless he found a way to acquire and sustain the loyalty of Nigeria's powerful (and mostly corrupt) State Governors on the one hand, as well as his team of technocratic reformers on the other, his succession will be out of his hands. He took two steps – first he asked me and four other Abuja-based senior Federal and party officials to come up with a succession strategy. This kept the reformers which I was a key member engaged and loyal to him. He then announced that he expected to be succeeded by one of the State Governors and encouraged virtually all the PDP Governors to join the race to be President. These two moves ensured that his estranged Vice President Atiku Abubakar and other aspirants like General Ibrahim Babangida had few governors available to recruit to their camp.
We held several meetings and wrote most of the Succession Strategy Paper with the help of Tanimu Yakubu – now Yar'Adua's Chief Economic Adviser who wrote the first draft in London in June 2006. We submitted the Strategy Paper and the budget of about N7 billion (US $56 million then) to President Obasanjo in August 2006. The paper is attached to this essay as Annex I. President Obasanjo thanked us and promptly filed it away and never adopted any of our recommendations. By then, virtually every PDP State Governor in Nigeria had declared the aspiration to be next president – except Umaru Yar'Adua! Obasanjo continued to be cagey, encouraging every one above the age of 30 to run for the exalted office.
Umaru Yar'Adua was finally invited by President Obasanjo to join the race through Governor Ayo Fayose initially, and this was actualized sometime in November 2006. According to then Governor Yar'Adua, when he visited me – the President sent Governor James Ibori of Delta State to see him in Katsina and invite him to pick the Presidential Nomination Form of the PDP. Umaru flew to Abuja in a private jet arranged by Obasanjo and Ibori the following day. By the time he got to Abuja, Ibori had already paid the N5 million (US $40,000) application fee and collected the form in Umaru's name. He added that they met with Obasanjo and agreed that he should bid for the highest office with Obasanjo's full support.
This is just a story by the exasperated El-Rufa'i to parade his "contribution" and to some extent his self-importance to the world in becoming 'Yar Adua the President of Nigeria. It secondly tells us how uninterested the president was and how OBJ deceitfully wooed him and installed him as president. . .and now we are seeing what he (OBJ) had in mind.
QuoteGa kuma abun da elites din suka rinka gani:
Umaru Yar'Adua's anointment by President was a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it almost ensured that he will be PDP's candidate in April 2007 Presidential Elections, but throws up questions about Obasanjo's motives and Yar'Adua's suitability for the highest office in Africa's largest nation. Because Yar'Adua's medical history is fairly well-known, many Northern power brokers concluded that Yar'Adua's selection by Obasanjo had some ulterior motives.
This concern came to the fore when Yar'Adua had to be flown to Germany for medical attention because of "a bad flu; arising from exhaustion" just before the primaries in December 2006. This is to happen again in March 2007, just weeks to the Elections. The failure of both Obasanjo and Yar'Adua to offer full disclosure about Umaru's health has led to all kinds of conspiracy theories that continue to haunt the Yar'Adua presidency till today.
To kaji fa don Allah? Amma what did they do to avert that? Doesn't that clearly mark them as real hypocrites? Forgive my language, fellows. The thing is somewhat unbearable, wallahi.
Quote from: Muhsin on February 23, 2010, 12:33:02 PM
To kaji fa don Allah? Amma what did they do to avert that? Doesn't that clearly mark them as real hypocrites? Forgive my language, fellows. The thing is somewhat unbearable, wallahi.
If i may ask,who are the power brokers in the north?
Quote from: gogannaka on February 23, 2010, 04:25:57 PM
If i may ask,who are the power brokers in the north?
I quite don't know from where to take on this question. But can you specify: power brokers' meaning, names or what, are you asking? Either way, meaning is known to you; names are as well know to you; then I can't understand it.
Any way I wait for your input.
Interesting news, from 'The Nation Newspapers' 28-02-10.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has written Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, setting agenda for him.
He would like Jonathan to pay attention to electoral reform, peace in Niger Delta, the anti-corruption battle and the fight against global terrorism.
In a February 26 letter obtained yesterday in Abuja, Brown said he is looking forward to a meeting soon with the Acting President.
The letter reads: "I am writing to congratulate you on taking up your new role as Acting President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
"As you know we firmly believe that principles of abiding by the constitution, together with democratic values, non-violence and the rule of law are fundamental to resolving political and constitutional issues. I commend the efforts made by the Executive Council of the Federation, the National Assembly and the Executive to promote a peaceful and democratic solution to the recent uncertainty.
"The UK has long been a committed friend and partner of Nigeria and have continued to give strong and constructive support during the recent difficult weeks. I welcome the commitments you made in your address to the nation and would strongly support you on the need for electoral reform and democratisation, tackling corruption and bringing peace and stability to the Nigeria Delta.
"We face joint challengers internationally, including in the fight against global terrorism. We remain committed to help you tackle poverty and make real progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). I hope we can work together on these and other issues.
"I also look forward to working with you closely on the UN Security Council. We hope that you will be able to support strong UN action in response to Iran's failure to address international concerns over its nuclear programme and its breach of five United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs).
"We remain committed to help you tackle poverty and make real progress towards the MDGs, in particular I hope we can work together to support the 1-Goal campaign and education for all in advancement of the South African World Cup this year. I hope we can work together on these and other issues.
"We extend wishes for President Yar'Adua's recovery and I look forward to meeting you in the not too distant future."
Ni duk ba wannan ba. Wai wa yaga Yar'adua ne?
Ba wanda ya gan shi har yau.
Tun da ka ga turawan nan sai support suke bama Jonathan to da walakin goro a miya.
Assalamu alaikum,
Shugaban Kasa ya dawo kuma yana samun lafiya kwarai da gaske Insha Allah (SWT) kwananan mai-wuri-zai-zo-mai-tabarma-ya-nade. komai
Akunyili: Yar'adua's aides must clarify his condition
The powerful aides around President Umaru Yar'adua should be honest about his state of health if he remains unable to address government after his return from a Saudi hospital, Information Minister Dora Akunyili said yesterday.
"It is in the best interest of the country ... if our president comes out to address us if he is in a position to do so," Akunyili told Reuters news agency.
"But if he is not in a position to do so, people around our president should be honest enough to come out and tell us the true situation of his health," she said in an interview.
Earlier yesterday, some Nigerian newspapers quoted Akunyili as saying that a cabal around Yar'adua was dishing out orders in the name of the president.
"The cabal (around Yar'adua) wants to continue with their usual statement of 'the President said and you must comply'," she was quoted as saying.
"They want to continue dishing out instructions even when the president did not say so ... They sneaked him into this country in the night ... I think it's something that is unnecessary and uncalled for," she said.
Akunyili is the first minister to openly criticise the handling of Yar'adua's absence, raising the prospect of divisions within the cabinet.
Jonathan assumed executive powers on February 9, ending months of state paralysis.
Akunyili said she would continue to take instructions from Jonathan and would take orders from Yar'adua again only once he had recovered and returned to work, not from his aides.
Asked if she would resign, she said: "If anybody comes up tomorrow to explain to me why it is necessary for me to resign so as to help stabilise the polity, I will not waste one minute."
Daily Trust (http://www.news.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14907:akunyili-yaraduas-aides-must-clarify-his-condition&catid=46:lead-stories&Itemid=140)
Dora kenan.
I think she is doing more harm to the image of the country than good.
Everybody knows what is happening,all she is doing is giving it a government stamp.
this is the transparency we need GGNK, being a minister
doesn't make you a blind follower, you are also a stake
holder as far as the country is concern. i saw her interview
this evening on AIT and she is firm.
if really goodluck is the Ag. President, then let these aides
be summoned to explain how and on whose orders was the
yar'adua brought back from saudi - someone is doing harm
to my country gaskiya.
True talk Dan borno
Quote from: gogannaka on March 01, 2010, 04:47:56 PM
Dora kenan.
I think she is doing more harm to the image of the country than good.
Everybody knows what is happening,all she is doing is giving it a government stamp.
I quite disagree with you, GGNK. The Iron Lady, as aptly pointed DB, has every right to speak the way she does. Yet what I kinda feel is that: she's about to over "do" it. For instance, there are better times and places to talk about that intricate matter than media (always). But that too has its merits, for it makes ordinary citizens like you and me know of the real drama going on.
There is Daily Trust column, written by Mahmoud Jega, I read yesterday. He there explains this very graphically in a nitty-gritty manner; and he knowledgeably suggest ways to solve it. I shall post it, inshaAllah, now.
Allah dai ya kyauta.
How is what she is doing helping the image of the country?
She was party to the 'collective' decision taken at the FEC that said all is well within the presidency.
Yar'adua's spokesman clearly said that Yar'adua recognises Jonathan as Acting president and that he should continue holding the fort pending when the President recovers.
What is not clear about that?
If you think she is doing all this for the good of the nation then i am sorry for you.
She is doing exactly what the 'kitchen cabinet' is accused of doing:
Securing her appointment.
Quote from: gogannaka on March 02, 2010, 11:45:28 AM
How is what she is doing helping the image of the country?
She was party to the 'collective' decision taken at the FEC that said all is well within the presidency.
Yar'adua's spokesman clearly said that Yar'adua recognises Jonathan as Acting president and that he should continue holding the fort pending when the President recovers.
What is not clear about that?
There is what is not; how exactly did he do that? This is one of the shadowy issues she's complaining about: always 'Yar Adua says this and that when nobody among them, not even the Acting-President sets eyes on him!
Quote
If you think she is doing all this for the good of the nation then i am sorry for you.
She is doing exactly what the 'kitchen cabinet' is accused of doing:
Securing her appointment.
At a risk of sounding bragging, I am not that naive on Nija affairs, GGNK. Very few (I doubt if there's any) do anything for the good of the country. You can hardly find one person out of hundreds. Dora is very doubtedly one. Obviously at least.
Quote from: gogannaka on March 02, 2010, 11:45:28 AM
How is what she is doing helping the image of the country?
And how is what the Yar'adua camp doing helping the image of the country? Ai ina ganin ma the ridiculuous and amateurish way they are handling the affair is far more damaging than what Dora is saying. They don't have respect for the Nigerian people. Here is what she basically said:
1."
But if he is not in a position to do so, people around our president should be honest enough to come out and tell us the true situation of his health,"
2."
The cabal (around Yar'adua) wants to continue with their usual statement of 'the President said and you must comply',"
3."
They want to continue dishing out instructions even when the president did not say so ... They sneaked him into this country in the night ... I think it's something that is unnecessary and uncalled for,"
Tell me what's wrong in the above statements.
Nothing.
Assalamu alaikum,
Yes, there are some problems but the woman is playing to the gallery.
Yar'adua is on sick leave and Jonathan is now acting- so what is the problem?
If she is bold enough why don't she just save us and mention to the nation who the 'cabal around Yar'adua' are.
Kawai taje ta karanta saharareporters ta zo tana cika ma mutane baki.
gogannaka why won't you be objective for once on the issue
of yar'adua?
CABALS:
1. Abba Sayyadi Ruma
2. Turai Yar'adua
3. Adamu Aliero
4. 2 Governors/Inlaws
5. Katsinawas in the villa who dont occupy any
public office but have say
shikenan?
I am being as objective as i should be DB.
You have just been defeated by saharareporters kai ma.
'Cabal-cabal-cabal'
It is laughable to anyone who knows what mulki is all about.
Like I read somewhere that the Northern reps call for her resignation today. . . :o
Ka bamu mu sha mana.
Aondoakaa yana nan yana mata dariya.
Yan jarida zasu kai ta su baro.
Quote from: gogannaka on March 04, 2010, 09:55:42 AM
I am being as objective as i should be DB.
You have just been defeated by saharareporters kai ma.
'Cabal-cabal-cabal'
It is laughable to anyone who knows what mulki is all about.
No, you're not objective. And there is a cabal surrounding the president. Kuma kowa ya san ko su waye. DB mentioned them, but he forgot Tanimu Kurfi. Kuma kai ma kasan haka. Do you know that they wore white, daga sama har kasa, all of them, the day he returned? Distinguishing themselves from other cabinet members. Can you believe this? Ko kunya ba su ji?
Ban ce babu cabal ba.
The honorable minister didn't know that You cannot dine with the devil and call the devil a devil.
Menene idan sun saka fararen kaya?
Allah ya kai ku wajen da kuma zaku zama power brokers ku ga if the thing is easy.
Intrigues of power play.
More opinions on Dora:
Former Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji (Dr) Abubakar Tsav, has said that the Minister for Information and Communication, Professor Dora Akunyili, has taken the President's health issue personal, noting that she had, by her comments, been fanning embers of discord between both the camps of President Yar'Adua and Acting President Goodluck Jonathan.
The national critic and social commentator, while reacting to Prof. Akunyili's interview published in the Sunday Sun, February 28, 2010, said, "I am one of many Nigerians who admire and appreciate Prof Dora Akunyili for what she stands for.
"However, within recent times, Prof Akunyili has appeared to be talking too much and she is personalizing the Yar'Adua health issue. She is beating war drums and may soon start the song 'Nzogbu nzogbu' for her supporters to respond with 'Eyinmba enyi!'
"Prof Akunyili is overzealously, trying to create enmity between Yar'Adua and Jonathan's camps regardless of the fact that they belong to the same political party. If by the power of God Yar'Adua recovers and resumes his office, and I pray he does, will Prof Akunyili go to Aso Rock Villa to massage Turai's feet as she allegedly did in the past?
"Rather than plan strategies for next year's general election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is divided on the Yar'Adua health issue and Prof Akunyili has personalized the issue and she is talking too much.
"Chief Michael Kaase Aaondoakaa took the same position strictly in defense of the 1999 Constitution but the Acting President said he was too vocal and redeployed Chief Aaondoakaa. What of Prof Dora Akunyili who is sewing seeds of discord and who has made public the Federal Executive Council official secret?" he asked.
While also taking a swipe at the new Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode (SAN), for keeping mum over the despoil of the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly, Tsav, however, cautioned the Acting President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan not to allow himself be carried away by fair-weather friends and political jobbers.
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I love the bolded part.....LOL.
Assalamu alaikum,
Duk hayaniyar matanan ya kara susuce maganar. Wai naji an sanya mata suna 'Akuyar Dorayi'
i am not anti north, but when yar'adua was the president, little
did he know that the group of cabals surrounding him did so many
atrocities in his name or in the name of his first lady - it is a known
fact that before he finally go down he barely works full-time and
turai do all the remaining work and before retiring to bed, you heard
him saying "Turai aji tsoron Allah".
To ga irinta nan, a situation were a special assistant or a minister
become so much powerful that he can stand down the orders of the
then vice president and looks down on him simply because he is the
vice president not forgeting that whatever they are doing secretly
will surely comes out, as there is nothing like absolute secrecy in
government affairs.
here is the terms of reference of a newly constituted 18 man presidential
project assesment committee purposely established to probe allege
contract scams in some ministries:
(i) To take inventory of all on-going Projects awarded by the Federal Government
ii) To assess the level of funding of each project
iii) To undertake a physical inspection of each project to determine work done and to
ascertain whether it is commensurate to the amount paid to the contractors
iv) To evaluate the professional competence of the contractors handling the various projects
v) To examine whether the level of execution of the projects is in accordance with the terms
of the contract agreement between the Federal Government and the contractor
vi) To examine a plan of action that is realistic, practical and achievable including implementation
phases for the execution of the projects
vii) To examine the reason given if applicable why the projects were not executed in accordance
with the terms of contract agreement at the time of the award; and
viii) To make appropriate recommendations to Government on how to fast-track the completion of the projects.
Arch. Ibrahim Bunu - Chairman
Mr. Bon Otti - Vice Chairman
Dr. O. O Oluleye - Secretary
Mr. Iboro Ege-Edaba - Member
Mr. Yomi Awoniyi - Member
Navy Capt. (rtd.) Caleb Olubolade - Member
Professor Aminu Mikhailu - Member
Engineer [Dr.] Idris Abubakar - Member
Engr. Pius Okpa - Member
Mrs Kate Okparake - Member
Engr. Usman Abubakar - Member
Engr. Gbola Tokun- Member
Engr. Etodo Inyang- Member
Prof. Akoh N. Ugbabe - Member
Engr. Ummi Aminu- Member
Engr. Olusegun Adedeji- Member
Engr. Khalil Inuwa - Member
Engr. B. K. Mohammed. - Member
they are three months to submit their report while we keep vigilante
and see what will come out of it.
DB,ni ka saka ma naji soayyar da take tsakani na da yar'adua ta karu.
Har nasiha yake ma matar shi ashe.
Kuma kai a ina ka samo labarin abun da suke fada shi da matar shi idan za su kwanta?
Please don't be too naive. So far,in our own political atmosphere the position of Vice president and deputy governor has always been looked down upon. Remember how the 'Kitchen cabinet' around Obasanjo ridiculed Atiku Abubakar to the extent that one of the 'Cabal' members then declared Atiku's seat vacant?
It isn't new in Nigeria's politics. You must be ready to play the dirty game.
I am sorry to keep your hopes down. A committee has never really worked in Nigeria.
They are just a bunch of recycled psychophants that will collect sitting allowances and what have you from the MDA's
and finally submit their report amidst fanfare and cameras and in the end that is all that will ever be heard from the 'committee'.
Later on the next administration will institute another committee that will probe the previous committee or the reasons why the findings
of the committee were never implemented?
Yau aka fara?
Tabbas maganar GGNK haka yake ba yau aka fara commitee a Nig.ba, kuma bamu taba jin report din committee yayi tasiri ba. Jonathan dai bukatarsa ya beci yaradua da jamaarsa don ya samu gindin zama.Haka shi ma zai gama wani ya zo ya bace shi and life goes on.
Quote from: Dan-Borno on March 05, 2010, 09:39:50 AM
iit is a known
fact that before he finally go down he barely works full-time and
turai do all the remaining work and before retiring to bed, you heard
him saying "Turai aji tsoron Allah".
Assalamu alaikum,
Dan barno, ai ban san kana kwana a gidan Shugaban kasa...Tsakanin Umaru da Turai ba... tsakininka da Allah (SWT) kan da tabbas din wannan abinda da ka rubuta?
Quote from: gogannaka on March 04, 2010, 05:02:28 PM
Menene idan sun saka fararen kaya?
Allah ya kai ku wajen da kuma zaku zama power brokers ku ga if the thing is easy.
Intrigues of power play.
Why are you soooooo pro-establishment? It seems you have this believe that nobody can do the right thing once he/she gets into the govt. You really think that being mischief, manipulation, dishonesty, selfishness, looting,, greed, etc etc are the
only way to go once you're in power? No one can get it right, or do the right thing, once there?
BKGZ it seems you have misunderstood me.
Its the other way round.
Most Nigerian's see those in power as people that can never do good and anything they do is in their own interest only.
You will not know what they are going through unless you are in their position.
Gaskiya i think the fact that those behind Yar'adua put on white clothes is not an issue worth discussing
It seem to me that the media has run out of stories to captivate their poor audience that they had resorted to tabloid mode of reporting.
Quote from: gogannaka on March 08, 2010, 02:27:57 PM
BKGZ it seems you have misunderstood me.
Its the other way round.
Most Nigerian's see those in power as people that can never do good and anything they do is in their own interest only.
You will not know what they are going through unless you are in their position.
What are they going through that's so different from other leaders elsewhere that are doing good to their people? You see in a way, you trying to excuse their ineptitude.
QuoteGaskiya i think the fact that those behind Yar'adua put on white clothes is not an issue worth discussing
It seem to me that the media has run out of stories to captivate their poor audience that they had resorted to tabloid mode of reporting.
There's everything wrong with that move. It shows them as alienating themselves from other members of the cabinet. It's a way of saying, "
Look, Yar'adua belong to us. We are his custodians, trustees, confidants, whatever". It is childish and immature. Biki ake yi da zasu sako kayan anko? Ko owanbe akeyi? Haba don dai kawai we are not a serious people? ::)
The yearning of yar adua by the northerners has become much relevant today. But I don't know our love to him is born out tribalism - because he is northerner not because he is religious. It when GJ appear to us as a 'tribal patriotic' in his leadership that I may prefer him to yar'adu'a. noted.
@ abusafwan.
What do you mean by tribal patriotic?
He has finally dissoved the cabinet. Dama chan ya canza NSA
Yanzu babu zancen kitchen cabinet na Yar'adua.
We sit back and see what will happen next.
Can he rule without his own kitchen cabinet?
Will he continue the programs of Yar'adua?
Will he conduct credible elections in 2011?
Should Yar'adua recuperate fully,will he hand over to him?
Will his ascension be a blessing to the nation or be the dividing catalyst for the nation?