Bode Ibironke:
1, You have hit the main issues with exactitude.
2, The issues should be resolved without historical, social and political fripperies nor pedantic waggles.
3, This strategy is not acceptable in any civilization or civil society.
4, The Presidency needs to get that feedback swiftly to curb its premeditated, real or imagined excesses.
Doyin Aguoru
On 29 Jun 2015 15:26, "Bode" <ominira@gmail.com> wrote:
-- I would suggest that the election of the Senate President should be
challenged in court for the following reasons:
1. A Senate President cannot emerge from a vote that deliberately
disenfranchises the majority of the majority. The 51 senators did not
abstain. They were simply maneuvered. This may sound like a shrewd
political play, but the question of its constitutionality remains
unanswered. It sets a dangerous precedent that is undemocratic. I can see
the majority party sneak into the chambers to set up a kangaroo assembly
and vote on any controversial bill in the future in the absence of the
majority of the minority party. The deliberate disenfranchisement of
senators as a means of achieving a political goal should be challenged in
court now before it becomes a method of choice to circumvent majority
rule.
2. It has been argued that the election took place within the limits of
the constitution. We don¹t know this. We should not presume we know this
or simply accept it because the party and the president have accepted it
as a political compromise. This should be for the supreme court to decide.
There are too many constitutional issues here that we need the guidance of
the courts to resolve.
Bode Ibironke
On 6/28/15, 8:02 AM, "Abolaji Adekeye" <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
on behalf of blargeo.dekeye@gmail.com> wrote:
>I concede to Ogugua the patent to his particular brand of wisdom and
>the right to his very original opinions. Every man and his mangy dog
>knows that not all opinions are informed.
>
>What is ADW for sanity's sake? It's all conveniently convoluted from
>Ogugua.
>
>It's amusing, this tendency amongst our wisemen to see only through
>the prism of repugnant and redundant ethnicity.
>
>
>
>
>
>On 6/27/15, Salimonu Kadiri <ogunlakaiye@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind (Hosea 8:7)
>> Does the above statement apply to the AD wing of the APC presently,
>>Ogugua
>> Anunoby asked?
>>
>> Since there is no AD wing of APC the question asked by Ogugua Anunoby
>> becomes extravagant and constitutes an unnecessary distraction. AD
>> participated in the last Federal Elections and it is one of the
>>political
>> parties that adopted Goodluck Ebelechukwu Azikiwe Jonathan as its
>> Presidential Candidate. However, an updated information about APC will
>> reveal that it is an amalgamation of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN),
>> Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), All Nigerian Peoples' Party
>>(ANPP)
>> and a part of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) led by Governor
>>Okorocha
>> of Imo State. The new PDP under the Chairmanship of Baraje only joined
>>the
>> APC after it had been formed and registered mainly by the leaders of
>>ACN,
>> CPC, ANPP and Okorocha's faction of APGA.
>>
>> The APC's gospel of "supremacy of the party" as preached by its criminal
>> leaders outside the legislature in Abuja, is a ruse employed by the said
>> leaders to enable their covert manipulation of the legislators, to
>>ensure
>> their surreptitious control of the presidency - Ogugua Anunoby.
>>
>> The legislature in Abuja is composed of Legislators elected on the
>>platform
>> of different political parties and programmes. It must be obvious to
>>anyone
>> with common-sense, whether a legislator or not, that a legislator cannot
>> claim independence of action against the program of his/her party on
>>whose
>> platform she/he is elected into the National Assembly. Party supremacy
>>is
>> not a gospel from the APC but a well established democratic practice
>> throughout the world. If a party member disagrees with the decision of
>>the
>> majority in his party, the only honourable thing to do is to resign
>>from the
>> party. In plain language, Nigerians voted for APC to produce President
>>and
>> Deputy President of the Senate and anything short of that is fraud. The
>> surprise is that the AD wing of the APC in their untoward arrogance and
>> malicious determination to exclude some parts of the country in the APC
>> government, underestimated them and continues to do so - Ogugua
>>Anunoby. As
>> it has been pointed out earlier, there is nothing like AD wing of APC.
>> Nevertheless, I cannot understand where Ogugua Anunoby got his
>>information
>> about the intention of a wing of APC to exclude some parts of the
>>country in
>> the APC government. The President, Mohammadu Buhari, is yet to announce
>>the
>> composition of his government and it is highly irresponsible and
>> anti-intellectual to insinuate about the exclusion of some parts of the
>> country from the government. The important matter of how Nigerians are
>> governed should not be reduced to region or ethnicity. If you are
>>Minister
>> of Power and you are producing Mega Watts of darkness, the mere fact
>>that
>> your face is carved up vertically and horizontally with ethnic marks and
>> speak the same language with me, does not excuse your gross
>>incompetence in
>> office as long as I enjoy the same life of darkness as other Nigerians.
>>It
>> is not my ethnic group that is incompetence of generating electricity
>>for
>> Nigerians but the individual Minister of power in question who is
>> remunerated to generate electricity. Only lunatics will feel sense of
>> belonging, because their kith and kin are appointed into offices, even
>> though goods and services expected from the offices are neither
>>delivered to
>> the country nor to their kith and kin. For me, it would not matter if
>>all
>> appointed officials are from the same village or ethnic group as long as
>> their productions are enjoyed by the entire citizens. Nigerians, for
>> instance, do not care what languages the makers of the vehicles they
>>ride in
>> speak. It is absurd to justify the emergence of a PDP Senator, Ike
>> Ekweremandu, as the Deputy Senate President, on the ground that
>>South-East
>> would have been alienated from the National Assembly's Principal
>>Officers.
>> During Jonathan's Presidency, Senate President was from North Central,
>> Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremandu, was from South-East, Speaker
>>of
>> the House was from the North-West while the Deputy Speaker is from
>> South-East. That was understandable because ACN, with the exception of
>> labour party controlled Ondo state, controlled the Southwest. Similarly
>>now,
>> PDP and its allies controlled the Southeast but PDP are in minority in
>>the
>> National Assembly. Therefore, Ike Ekweremandu has no right to contest
>>for
>> Deputy Senate President's post because his party, PDP, is in minority
>>in the
>> Senate. Only a criminal would support the emergence of Ike Ekweremandu
>>as
>> Deputy Senate President.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: AnunobyO@lincolnu.edu
>> To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
>> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 16:54:43 -0500
>> Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Photonews: Fracas In Nigeria's
>> House Of Representatives
>>
>> Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind (Hosea 8:7)Does the above statement
>>apply
>> to the AD wing of the APC presently? It seemingly does. The APC¹s
>>politics
>> was always one of contrived necessity and overt dishonor. Good faith was
>> always in short supply. The AD and the PDP politicians who joined the
>>party
>> did so in bad faith. Their drive was opportunism more than anything
>>else.
>> That drive is still a compelling force for many of them and pulling them
>> apart. It is their original sin. It is little surprise therefore that
>>they
>> remain burdened to it. The APC¹s gospel of ³supremacy of the party² as
>> preached by its criminal leaders outside the legislature in Abuja, is a
>>ruse
>> employed by the said leaders to enable their covert manipulation of the
>> legislators, to ensure their surreptitious control of the presidency.
>>The
>> Old PDP wing of APC, and Buhari know this. The surprise is that the AD
>>wing
>> of the APC in their untoward arrogance and malicious determination to
>> exclude some parts of the country in the APC government, underestimated
>>them
>> and continues to do so. Buhari it seems may have used the Old AD to
>>achieve
>> two of his long cherish objectives- to be elected president, and
>>restore his
>> core constituency to power in Abuja. The AD wing (ADW) of the APC should
>> have known that there is no honor among thieves. They steal from each
>>other
>> including their jointly owned loot. The ADW is well advised to go back
>>to
>> the drawing board. It should as a matter of urgency, review its
>>strategy,
>> tactics, and posture if it is not to suffer more disappointments and
>> embarrassment in the days and months ahead. oa From:
>> usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
>> [mailto:usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Salimonu Kadiri
>> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 2:59 PM
>> To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Photonews: Fracas In Nigeria's
>> House Of Representatives The new PDP and the old PDP have seized the
>> National Assembly from the APC that majority of Nigerians voted for in
>>the
>> last elections to effect a change of rule by kleptomaniacs. With the
>>capture
>> of the National Assembly by the corrupt old and the new PDP
>>legislatures,
>> Buhari's chance of fighting corruption in Nigeria is zero. Nigerians
>>voted
>> for APC to rule Nigeria and any attempt to prevent them from ruling by
>>the
>> party that was voted out of power by absolute majority of Nigerians
>>should
>> lead to stiff resistance or fracas in the House.
>> From: AnunobyO@lincolnu.edu
>> To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
>> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 16:49:43 -0500
>> Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Photonews: Fracas In Nigeria's
>> House Of RepresentativesIt is all very well to condemn the fracas in the
>> House. It is necessary too to condemn the interference in the affairs
>>of the
>> House and Senate, by unelected, lawless, and powerful politicians who
>>seek
>> to direct legislative affairs and the presidency by manipulating some
>> puerile legislators from outside the legislature. oa From:
>> usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
>> [mailto:usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Segun Ogungbemi
>> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 12:35 PM
>> To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Photonews: Fracas In Nigeria's
>> House Of Representatives They are not honorable people. They are agbero
>> motor parks, Ojuelegba danfo conductors, Mushin thugs and Yanyan armed
>> robbers. They have no shame. They should be recalled by their
>> constituencies.
>>
>> Prof. Segun Ogungbemi
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