""""[......FACTS about Nigerian political behavior since 1960:
1. As the CBN Governor Sanusi recently reminded Nigerians about the so-called HOMOGENEOUS NORTH in the perverted worldview of demented Southerners like IBK, the North Has NEVER been a United Political entity, from the rebellious days of Aminu Kano or the Independent Political alignment of Benue Plateau. Thus, when NPC was the thing in Sadauna’s North, Aminu Kano had his NEPU and Benue-Plateau had their alignment with other Southern groups to promote the Middle Belt Congress separatist bid from the North, including NPC. This was the First Republic picture of a non-homogenous Northern Nigeria.
1. During the second Republic, Aminu Kano brought Rimi, Balarabe Musa and others together to form an independent PRP party, and won Kano and Kaduna, which essentially separated the region from Shagari’s NPN; at the same time, Plateau went with Zik under NPP, and Ibrahim Waziri and Goni cornered Bornu area under GNPP that later formed an alliance with UPN against Shagari’s NPN; UPN won Kwara; so where is the so-called POLITICALLY UNITED NORTH?
2. The reality is that occasionally or oftentimes in Nigerian politics, regional election rigging by powerful personalities from either North or South have their ways, portraying a unified North or SE or SW; but we know that Rivers, Cross Rivers and Aqwa Ibom have NEVER really operated on a homogenous political platform with the Ndiigbo majority States; similarly, the Delta, Ika-Igbo and Edo of the Old Midwest have NEVER really been a united political entity with the Yoruba-majority states in the SW; and the same is true with Plateau, Kwara, Benue, Kano and Bornu who have NEVER really been on the same political unions with the Sokoto-Katsina and other Fulani Emirate-controlled states in the North. THESE ARE THE FACTS!
IBK, I have ADVISED you on several occasions to cultivate the honorable habit of enjoying the bare FACTs and the beauty in their utilization to derive rational positions on reigning issues. Try it! It is very Human in both belief and practice! Anything else is UNCIVILIZED, which could condemn you perpetually to the parched game reserves and rugged jungles of Arusha Tanzania! It is your choice…to be Human, in thought and behavior, or to be “something else” by your continuing shameless show of irrationality and warped thought processes on the vital issues of the community. Take care. JUI]]]]]]]
From: NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Bolaji
Sent: Wed 17-Nov-10 8:23 AM
To: NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [NaijaPolitics] Re:Northern govs‘ll dump Jonathan ...When it becomes too risky to support him, says Maigari
Eric and Idowubobo:
Both of you are reading - or drinking - the same political tea-leaves
that I have been reading - or drinking - for a while now on this GEJ
matter. But Joe Igietseme has been brewing his own special Agenebode
tea-leaves.
Wearing of bowler hats all over the place will not win these elections.
And there you have it.
Bolaji Aluko
QUOTE
People are going down (to the grassroots) against him. Let me tell you,
they are doing house to house campaign against Jonathan but Jonathan
people are doing nothing except putting his pictures around town. Who
cares about that?
UNQUOTE
--- In NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com, ericayoola@... wrote:
>
> "He could have used the opportunity fate dropped on his lap to
implement many important programs, break the backs of the cabal holding
Nigeria and Nigerians to Ransom, conduct a free and fair election as an
umpire, handover and come back in 4-years time to run as a
candidate. The whole country would be singing his praise andÂ
ushering him to the throne as a King.".......Idowu.
>
> Now, that must qualify for one of the most insightful statements that
I have read on this forum. But then, Idowu, the quote attributed to
Bonaparte that you cited says it all does it not?
>
> “When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by
reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.†Napoleon
Bonaparte
> Sent from my BlackBerry smartphone from Virgin Media
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: idowu idowubobo@...
> Sender: NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:25:37
> To: naijaintellects@googlegroups.com; USAAfrica
DialogueUSAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com; NaijaPolitics
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> Subject: [NaijaPolitics] Re: [Naijaintellects] Northern govs‘ll
dump
> Jonathan ...When it becomes too risky to sup
> port him, says Maigari
>
> Guys:
>
> Jonathan had the opportunity to make a name for himself, he blew it by
offering
> himself as an unprepared presidential candidate.
>
> He could have used the opportunity fate dropped on his lap to
implement many
> important programs, break the backs of the cabal holding Nigeria and
Nigerians
> to Ransom, conduct a free and fair election as an umpire, handover and
come back
> in 4-years time to run as a candidate. The whole country would be
singing his
> praise and ushering him to the throne as a King.
>
> “When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by
reducing them to
> the level of their mediocrity.â€
> Napoleon Bonaparte
>
> The greatest mistake of Jonathan was listening to ED Clark and
Obasanjo.
>
> Please guys do not get me wrong, Jonathan has every right to aspire to
be
> anything in this country, including the presidency, but part
of leadership, is
> to know, when you are ready and when you are not. To think that over
ambition
> and goodluck is only what you need to clean up a rotten
country such as Nigeria
> is very disappointing to say the least.
>
> Jonathan initial declaration to contest the position of the president
was
> encouraging, but all subsequent statements and actions after that has
been
> disappointing. It is beyond imagination and I can not fathom how
someone who
> went through all the shenanigan and disrespect during the UMUYA saga
can look at
> Nigerians in the eyes and said there is no need for SNC. His campaign
and
> utterances has demonstrated lack of discipline and high level of
mediocrity.
>
> The man wants to open 40 universities, when the current universities
are starved
> of needed funds, planning to cancel colleges of education, when no
grade two
> teacher will even agree to go to villages in his backyard such as
Billabiri,
> Lakigbene, Lalagbene etc., to teach. Which university graduate will
agree to go
> and teach in those villages? By declaring public support for Uduaghan
against
> his godfather's ED Clark opposition, is an accident on the way to
happen and
> shows that the man is politically naive and highly ill-equipped toÂ
manage a
> comprehensive and complicated enterprise such as Nigeria.
>
> "The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is
> disappointment." William Arthur WardÂ
>
> I am not surprised that Northern governors and his opponents are
all developing
> steel balls to oppose him.
>
> I do not see Jonathan winning the PDP primaries if the election is
free and
> fair. He could not even get a bill through a NASS controlled by his
party. His
> greatest critics are members of his party. If he wins PDP primaries,
he will
> lose the presidency struggling to win Bayelsa only.
>
> Pronto!!!
>
>
> Idowu
> "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." --Thomas Jefferson
>
>
> "There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but
there must
> never be a time when we fail to protest." -- Elie Wiesel
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Mobolaji ALUKO alukome@...
> To: USAAfrica Dialogue USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com;
NaijaPolitics
> e-Group NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com; naijaintellects
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> naijaelections@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tue, November 16, 2010 9:33:10 PM
> Subject: [Naijaintellects] Northern govs‘ll dump Jonathan
...When it becomes too
> risky to support him, says Maigari
>
>
>
> QUOTE
>
> Jonathan is young but my fear is he and the people who are campaigning
for him
> have failed to convince Nigerians that he can be on the seat without
compounding
> the nation’s problems. His campaign team should let the public
see him as a good
> candidate but nobody is presenting him to us as such.
> His problem is North and some states in the South â€"West.
Jonathan is supposed to
> campaign and let people understand him and conduct a free and fair
elections and
> if he wins nobody would challenge him. Most people are not his enemies
but they
> are turning to be his enemies because religion is being used,
regionalism is
> being used, even maturity, sectionalism and other things are being
used. People
> are going down (to the grassroots) against him. Let me tell you, they
are doing
> house to house campaign against Jonathan but Jonathan people are doing
nothing
> except putting his pictures around town. Who cares about that?
> Jonathan should have a team that will present who he is to the public
not just
> sit down and think that a governor that is struggling to return to his
office
> will work for him. Any governor that knows that if he goes with
Jonathan in his
> state he may fail because of Jonathan; he will throw away the
candidature of
> Jonathan and concentrate on his own candidature.
>
> UNQUOTE
>
>
> THE SUN
>
> Northern govs‘ll dump Jonathan
> ...When it becomes too risky to support him, says Maigari
> From ANDY ASEMOTA, Katsina
> Wednesday, November 17, 2010
>
> Aminu Maigari, ex-Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in
Katsina
> State and erstwhile National Deputy Legal Adviser of the All Nigeria
Peoples
> Party (ANPP), has criticised President Goodluck Jonathan for
appointing state
> governors as campaign co-ordinators.
>
> Maigari, a key figure in the Second Republic government of the defunct
Peoples
> Redemption Party (PRP) in former Kaduna State as Legal Adviser to then
Governor
> Balarabe Musa, warned that Nigeria’s condition is too grave for
Jonathan to bank
> on retaining his seat at the Presidency through flawed polls rather
than popular
> mandate freely given by Nigerians.
>
> He dismissed the effort applied by the governors in promoting the
candidature of
> Jonathan at a time the President is being portrayed as an
‘enemy of the North.
> “Let me tell you, they (opposition parties) are doing house to
house campaign
> against Jonathan, but Jonathan’s people are doing nothing
except putting his
> pictures around town. Who cares about that,†he asked
rhetorically.
>
> Maigari said that following the tide against the political career of
most of the
> governors as religion, ethnicity and sectional cards were being
played; no
> governor would hesitate to shun Jonathan’s aspiration in order
to save himself.
>
> “So, that is why I said Jonathan is a political problem to
Nigeria â€" whether he
> wins or loses is a problem,†Maigari said.
> He spoke to Daily Sun on sundry issues, including the state of the
nation and
> his vision of 2011 polls. Excerpts:
>
> Where do you think we are heading as a country at 50?
>
> It had been 50 years of struggle as far as I am concerned. There had
never been
> stability right from 1960 to date. I mean the economy has not been
stable, so it
> had been struggle for the common man since independence.
> There was never anything to celebrate. Nothing, what do you celebrate?
Using our
> money to create millionaires and billionaires, using our money to
destroy our
> universities and schools, using our money to make people hungry and
sick, and
> using our money to turn our youth into armed robbers? Â
> What is it that we have achieved? Nothing, if we want to achieve
anything, maybe
> we will start it after we are 50, may be when we are mature, this is
my opinion.
> Maybe, now that they are talking about credible elections, we have
reached
> maturity to think and do what is right for our people. So, this is
Nigeria at
> 50.
>
> Would you predict free and fair polls in 2011?
>
> I don’t see credible elections. If Jonathan is not contesting,
then I would be
> convinced that there would be free and fair elections but with
Jonathan
> contesting as incumbent, whatever Prof. Jega would do, the government
will
> manouvre it. This is my view. It is not going to be free and fair
elections
> unless we fight it now.
> We will continue to fight for free and fair elections, may be these
people will
> see reason. I know Jega is all out to fight but it is not easy
â€" one man cannot
> do it. He has to have lieutenants. Presently, these lieutenants were
not
> recruited by Jega, he met them there â€" some were brought to
him, he did not know
> them until their appointment.
>
> If you want us to have free and fair elections in Nigeria, the
electoral
> commission chairman should be given a free hand to pick people that
will work
> with him and be given a free hand to conduct the elections, but that
is not the
> case now.
>
> Does Jega have enough time for that?
>
> That is what I am saying â€" he can’t come over-night and
retire all the people
> and bring in new ones to achieve his goal.
>
> What is your opinion on zoning arrangement in PDP?
>
> This is just a party affair â€" it is PDP that has this zoning,
although I know
> other parties have some iota of zoning because the constitution says
that in
> sharing posts, quota system should be used so that minorities would
not be
> dominated.
>
> Without zoning, there are areas in the country that cannot produce the
President
> - The race for the presidency would have become the affairs of the
three major
> tribes: Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo.
>
> However, the zoning arrangement was not made with good intention in
PDP and that
> is why they are having problem. If they made it with good intention,
it won’t
> cause any problem. It is unfortunate that people want to lead not
because they
> want to act in the best interest of the country but to lead so that
they can
> control the national cake. That is all; that is why they are fighting.
>
> If a leader is going to be honest and ready to render services to the
people not
> to himself and his family and close associates, there would be no
quarrel about
> who leads the nation, or a state or local council. In fact, it would
even have
> reached a stage that at times there would be elections and you would
have to beg
> somebody to stand for election.
>
> Are you afraid that we may not elect a President of our dream with
“intent formâ€
> going for N10 million in the ruling party?
>
> I will not even consider any party doing that (selling nomination form
for N10
> million) a serious party. Is the party looking for money or votes from
people?
> Constitutionally, it is wrong because the (Nigerian constutition) has
given
> everyone the right to vote and be voted
>
>
> I f your party imposes a fee that you cannot pay, the party is
preventing you
> from being voted for or voting for the person of your choice. Let
somebody go to
> court on this issue â€" I am sure he will succeed.
>
> What is your take on the attempt to have consensus northern
presidential
> candidate?
> If they really want it, the people behind the ideal should be serious;
there are
> so many ways they can do it. They should not choose someone from their
class, or
> the one they think is their consensus candidate without a chance for
the common
> man to have a say in the choice of a consensus candidate from the
North.
> As far as I am concerned, those behind it are making a mistake without
a policy,
> or a precedent that could be followed whenever there is the need for a
consensus
> candidate that would be the people’s choice, not Mafia’s
choice or business
> choice.
>
> Who among the presidential aspirants would you trust to steer the
Nigerian ship
> a right?
> There are emerging young dedicated nationalists like Dr. Usman Bugaje,
although
> he has not declared his interest in the presidency, but I would prefer
him to
> all those who have declared their political aspirations, including
Gen.
> Muhammadu Buhari.
>
> Dr. Bugaje is different from all the contenders as someone who had
been fighting
> in different spheres to better the lot of Nigerians.
> If you are referring to the struggle for PDP ticket, Jonathan â€"
whether he in or
> out of the race is a political problem to Nigeria because people are
attacking
> him and, as far I am concerned, his campaign coordinators are doing
little or
> nothing about it. To date, we have not received anything that will
show that
> Jonathan is fit for the position.
>
> Nuhu Ribadu is not a politician; he is just coming in â€" I
wonder why some
> Nigerians are like that. If he is going into politics, he should let
the people
> decide where he should serve them. As far as I am concerned, I am not
taking
> Ribadu as a serious candidate.
> Gen. Ibrahim Babangida has been there. We saw his effort â€"
whether it was good
> or bad, we know. I think we need a younger Nigerian that can take this
nation to
> a greater height.
>
> Jonathan is young but my fear is he and the people who are campaigning
for him
> have failed to convince Nigerians that he can be on the seat without
compounding
> the nation’s problems. His campaign team should let the public
see him as a good
> candidate but nobody is presenting him to us as such.
> His problem is North and some states in the South â€"West.
Jonathan is supposed to
> campaign and let people understand him and conduct a free and fair
elections and
> if he wins nobody would challenge him.
>
> Most people are not his enemies but they are turning to be his enemies
because
> religion is being used, regionalism is being used, even maturity,
sectionalism
> and other things are being used.
>
> People are going down (to the grassroots) against him. Let me tell
you, they are
> doing house to house campaign against Jonathan but Jonathan people are
doing
> nothing except putting his pictures around town. Who cares about that?
> Jonathan should have a team that will present who he is to the public
not just
> sit down and think that a governor that is struggling to return to his
office
> will work for him.
>
> Any governor that knows that if he goes with Jonathan in his state he
may fail
> because of Jonathan; he will throw away the candidature of Jonathan
and
> concentrate on his own candidature.
>
> But Jonathan appointed six governors as zonal campaign
co-coordinators. How do
> you see this move?
>
> Jonathan should have governors’ support whether they come out
openly or not, but
> there should be people, politicians or professionals who are close to
the
> electorate, to drive his  campaign. It is quite wrong for
governors who are
> working to retain their seats to be asked to pilot Jonathan’s
campaign.
>
> Jonathan should get politicians with a vision, a politician with a
plan, a
> politician who can convince people not just a leader who cannot do
much with the
> money at his disposal. All we see here in Katsina is Jonathan’s
posters - even
> the posters are few in Katsina town.
>
> I challenge Governor Ibrahim Shema to come out and campaign for
Jonathan, he
> cannot do it but there are people who can do it effectively â€"
that is what
> Jonathan is lacking.Â
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