Jonathan's National Conference is due to his second term fear-He May break Nigeria..., By Ben Ikari

Mr. Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to set up an advisory committee that will bring about modalities for a National or otherwise Conference in Nigeria is suspicious of his political intent and interest. Ordinarily, a genuine call of this nature, particularly if a Sovereign National Conference (SNC), which most Nigerians have demanded will not be a problem. Rather such SNC or Ethnic Nationality Conference (ENC) will be great for the peoples of the country to sit down and talk with a view to resolving lingering issues that continue to threaten the nation’s existence. Grave concerns, including the minority fears deliberately avoided during and after the Sir Henry Willink Commission of 1957-1958 can be resolved once and for all. With such boldness, trust and sincerity the peoples of the country can unite and be stronger in nation building against fears of disintegration, which is likely where disrespect, dishonesty or charades and greed pervade the talk-shop or without it.

Jonathan’s National Conference decision is, however, for his second term interest and will not achieve the above positives, unless heavy criticism, mass action or acts of commission and omission forces the hands of the clock. This is unlikely, though not impossible. This is regarding Jonathan's intent, because he hasn't talk about or to accept a National Conference until he feels sufficiently threatened and has the blessing of the Ijaw militants and some political and otherwise leaders from South-East and South-South. Meanwhile, what’s likely alongside the possible turning of the hand of the cloak, and Jonathan, his team/people aren’t confused, as a result of this threatening conference is massive and destructive strife or war, which I discussed recently. It will for the most part be between the Ijaws (Jonathan’s ethnic group) and the Hausa-Fulanis of Northern Nigeria, starting from Abuja or Jonathan's place-BAYELSA State, and could also be avoided with common sense. We can see that the level of insecurity and bloodbaths are high. Who knows what anyone is planning? Like no one knew Ijaw militants’ accidental action may grab the kind of attention it got, though others from Niger delta communities supported them and now that some success has come, Jonathan chooses to focus on his people, the Ijaw-Kalabaris alone. Thus the suggested war between Ijaws and Hausa-Fulanis of the North that may be supported by any group interested. Some may fight in self-defense to protect their territories from those who may eye their land and violate their space. Jonathan’s threatening conference could as well bring a peaceful breakup without war. This could be before the proposed conference, which might not take place until election is near in 2015 or sometimes in 2014, and if there is no military coup where the tension rises beyond words. Of course, if Jonathan runs and loses the 2015 election/selection, which is likely, there will be no conference hence the most probable conference if any will happen between 2014 and few months before 2015 election, and where Jonathan and his people/team fears not succeeding in his second term bid or shall be beaten during the election. Jonathan’s fear increases daily as his opponents seems tougher.

The New PDP seems to be pushing harder too. This fear started in 2011; the New PDP members and seven governors including Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State (Niger delta), which Jonathan depended on breakaway from the original party, thus left Jonathan with more fear. The PDP crisis and pressure on Jonathan not to run in 2015 because he promise not to, according to them forced Ijaw militants to reiterate their call for a SNC and Niger delta Republic which will come through breakup. South-East and South-South leaders also reportedly wrote to Jonathan for the same SNC call to check and stop the PDP crisis. These fears and call booster and suffice Jonathan’s decision to call this conference. So Jonathan may be serious in reverse and cause the conference, which will likely be a breakup type. Remember that many PDP governors are or may be joining the new group that breakaway. These party governors mobilize their states and help mostly through rigging to deliver needed votes and grant their presidential candidate desired winning. With these governors new camp and fears, mistrust, enemy-type situations Nigeria may be in for serious trouble even before the conference is held, if at all.

When things are placed analytically and factored on historical or contemporary scales, we can conclude that Jonathan’s conference decision is aimed at twisting the hands of opponents, especially the North, which mostly fears a Sovereign National Conference (SNC), even though the committee may not recommend the kind of Ethnic Nationality Conference they are scared of. Instructively, however, some Northerners have also said they aren’t afraid of a Sovereign National Conference or breakup. See the story in Africanspotlight.com and OSUNDefender of Oct. 3, 2013, titled: “We’re not afraid of Nigeria’s breakup,” as example. Contrary to this not afraid rhetoric other Northern Leaders or groups, especially the apex cultural and political forum, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) declared that the North will support any talk that will strengthen Nigeria. They’re against a Sovereign National Conference, “because a sovereign national conference amounts to vote of no confidence on our democracy and its institutions, which nobody or group has the right to do” (The Herald, Oct. 1, 2013). A SNC could also unite the country and re-brand it anew, only if common sense actions aimed at respecting and treating all groups and individuals equal through a new people’s constitution based upon proper federation, because Nigeria is a federation of ethnic groups, and in such arrangement all groups are equal, no matter how small or large. The more Nigerians deny this factor, the more conferences shall be called until disintegration that is inevitable, yet avoidable.

Now, the argument of the New PDP rest on their allegation that Jonathan signed or promise not to run in 2015 if he’s supported in 2011, though no agreement signed by Jonathan has been produced to support this argument. Jonathan has strongly denied signing any agreement or making such promise alleged by the breakaway PDP. What’s obvious here is that there were serious arguments amongst governors and other interest groups, politicians on whether Jonathan was qualified to run in 2011 as president having expended the remaining term of late Pres. Umaru Yaradua, who died in 2010.

An Editorial page of Premium Times, Feb. 19, 2013 has it that, “Jonathan personally promised not to run in 2015, a denial today that is bareface lie.” The page continued: At a press conference in Abuja in late 2010, a day ahead of President Goodluck Jonathan’s formal declaration to run in the 2011 presidential election, Mr. Dalhatu Tafida, then Director General of the Jonathan/Sambo campaign organisation, said the president won’t seek another term in 2015. The president, he said, would be available for only a single term if elected.” “I’ll not contest in 2015-Jonathan (2011),” see Daily Independent, Sept 9, 2013. “Four years is enough for anyone in power to make significant improvement and if I can’t improve on power within this period, it then means I cannot do anything even if I am there for the next four years” (Nigerian Vanguard, Feb. 1, 2011). The New PDP is also pointing to a 2011 statement credited to Jonathan in Ankara, Turkey, which states that “President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, said he has no ambition to stay in office beyond 2015, assuring Nigerians in Diaspora that while he will not contest the 2015 election, he will ensure that this year’s election is free and fair.”

To buttress how Jonathan came about the conference decision, see some evidence of Ijaw militants’ misnamed “Niger delta militants” ’threats, though Ijaw is an ethnic group in Niger delta and not that it’s Niger delta itself which consist of many other groups. There’s been several calls for a secession conference in 2011 before Jonathan’s election/selection as president and while he’s hindered by some Northern politicians and friends in other regions from running as president or even taking over as Acting president, having been the vice to Yaradua and qualified to be president by this fact, where his boss was no more and as provided by the constitution. Other than Asari Dokubo’s recent threats as the leader of an Ijaw militant group, Nigerian Vanguard of July 12, 2011 has it that, “Niger Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to convene a sovereign national conference, SNC, to afford Nigerians the opportunity to discuss and possibly give birth to the Republic of Niger Delta as was witnessed in Sudan, where the people met and agreed on the formation of a new nation, South Sudan Republic, without spilling blood.”

Nairaland.com also published a story on Sept. 6, 2013 titled, “Ijaw threaten secession over president’s re-election, if frustrated in 2015.” The recent threat and Sovereign National Conference and secession call was made by the militants’ alleged to be a coalition of all the groups (not MEND), Coalition for Militant Action in Niger delta (COMA), which asked Jonathan to call a SNC in the next six months, if he isn’t given the chance to contest and win a second term. The group wrote, “For decades, the Niger Delta has stayed with Northern Nigeria in its pursuit of political leadership. If the ungrateful power hungry bloc in Northern Nigeria cannot afford to stand with the Niger Delta for four more years, then our people must be allowed to peacefully decide if we will like to remain in this contraption called Nigeria” (Pointblanknews.com, Sept. 4, 2013).

Finally, as mentioned earlier the South-East and South-South leaders were also reported to have sent Jonathan a letter. They demanded a Sovereign National Conference to check and stop the PDP crisis. After all these rants and threats The Nigerian Guardian of Sept 15, 2013 ran the headline titled: “Jonathan may convene Sovereign National Conference. Of course, as mentioned inter alia, unlike the National Conferences we’ve seen government select through proxies, making them fail since the different peoples didn’t freely choose their representatives on equal strength (that’s one, two or four, even six each from all ethnic groups), a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) will bring all the ethnic nationalities forced to form Nigeria against their wishes to the roundtable for talks. They’ll renegotiation or a possible disintegration where there is no agreement due to highhandedness, dishonesty and greed to continue the culture of forcing the land and resources of others, particularly the small and perceived to be weaker groups. A SNC (or usual fail National Conference), which Jonathan must not call because he fears losing his political oil and bid for second term as it’s the case, but great if it were genuine demands that the current government structure be dismantled. That’s, the government, which Jonathan controls be dissolved and a new body that is neutral, if there is such thing as neutrality in Nigeria politics, should be formed.


This implies, to renegotiate a new Nigeria in a Sovereign National Conference there will be no functional government such as Jonathan’s capable of causing confusion or influencing the outcome of the conference for its benefit. In the case where Nigeria isn’t mature to dissolve existing government, set up a neutral body to oversee the affairs of such Conference as will be the situation. Jonathan will seize this opportunity to get fortified, influence the National Conference’s recommendations due in one month to suit his purpose or the country will disintegrate based on the demands of his militants and people, and reaction from the north and others. This shall be so if he believes he’s pushed to the wall, can’t succeed on his second term bid, thus has no escape route to feather his political ambition.



Ben Ikari, is a sociopolitical analyst, critic.

Another truckload of horse maure

Ben Ikari:
An Editorial page of Premium Times, Feb. 19, 2013 has it that, “Jonathan personally promised not to run in 2015, a denial today that is bareface lie.” The page continued: At a press conference in Abuja in late 2010, a day ahead of President Goodluck Jonathan’s formal declaration to run in the 2011 presidential election, Mr. Dalhatu Tafida, then Director General of the Jonathan/Sambo campaign organisation, said the president won’t seek another term in 2015. The president, he said, would be available for only a single term if elected.” “I’ll not contest in 2015-Jonathan (2011),” see Daily Independent, Sept 9, 2013. “Four years is enough for anyone in power to make significant improvement and if I can’t improve on power within this period, it then means I cannot do anything even if I am there for the next four years” (Nigerian Vanguard, Feb. 1, 2011). The New PDP is also pointing to a 2011 statement credited to Jonathan in Ankara, Turkey, which states that “President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, said he has no ambition to stay in office beyond 2015, assuring Nigerians in Diaspora that while he will not contest the 2015 election, he will ensure that this year’s election is free and fair.”

Jonathan has the right to contest. The problem I have is that him (Jonathan) not sticking to the promise he made to stay for just one term. When men make promises, it is unethical not to abide the promises we make in life. There are publications and direct quotes that support the assertion that Jonathan did make such promise to go for just one term in office. Could it be that Obasanjo was lying when he declared at the Presidential primaries that Jonathan promised to stand for one term? Whether written or not written, we should learn to stand by whatever we say or promises we've made to others. There is nothing wrong in changing your mind. What Jonathan needs to do if he did make such promise is to declare to the public that he made such promise but with time, he has changed his mind to go for second term.

On the issue of National Conference/ Sovereign National Conference, I don't think Jonathan is being sincere about it. The whole discussion goes into dustbin if he's lucky enough to win a second term in office. I know the discussion of NC/SNC is going to intensify next year. Most Nigerians (especially southerners) have been clamouring for it and are seriously looking forward to it. The only reason he (Jonathan) brought it up now is to have support from the south; particularly from South-west as most southerners believe in it. Obasanjo and Abacha did it and nothing came out of it. So nothing is going to come out of this NC/SNC either.

Every former leader shy away from this clarion call. Even before GEJ different strata of the nation were calling for this SNC. If at the end it breaks us, to God be the glory. Blood is flowing everywhere and we can no longer continue to play the ostrich.

I Support President Jonathan On National Conference and condemn all Antagonists to National Conference !!!


Even if NC is a strategy for GEJ 2015, of course it is a welcome development (talk about a stone killing two birds) ..... !!! As far as NC is not sabotaged solely for 2015 alone !!! No biggie in President undertaking what shall favour Him and Nigerians ..... No biggie at all !!!


Ethnic Nationalities Must discussed where we are coming from, where we reached and where we are going to as well as how to achieved the future ......!!!


Shame on Haters of NATIONAL CONFERENCE !!!

On Sovereign/Ethnic National/Nationality Conference I stand!

EOD!

Ben Ikari: Jonathan's National Conference is due to his second term fear-He May break Nigeria..., By Ben Ikari

Mr. Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to set up an advisory committee that will bring about modalities for a National or otherwise Conference in Nigeria is suspicious of his political intent and interest. Ordinarily, a genuine call of this nature, particularly if a Sovereign National Conference (SNC), which most Nigerians have demanded will not be a problem. Rather such SNC or Ethnic Nationality Conference (ENC) will be great for the peoples of the country to sit down and talk with a view to resolving lingering issues that continue to threaten the nation’s existence. Grave concerns, including the minority fears deliberately avoided during and after the Sir Henry Willink Commission of 1957-1958 can be resolved once and for all. With such boldness, trust and sincerity the peoples of the country can unite and be stronger in nation building against fears of disintegration, which is likely where disrespect, dishonesty or charades and greed pervade the talk-shop or without it.

Jonathan’s National Conference decision is, however, for his second term interest and will not achieve the above positives, unless heavy criticism, mass action or acts of commission and omission forces the hands of the clock. This is unlikely, though not impossible. This is the regarding Jonathan's intent, because he hasn't talk about or to accept a National Conference until he feels sufficiently threatened and has the blessing of the Ijaw militants and some political and otherwise leaders from South-East and South-South. Meanwhile, what’s likely alongside the possible turning of the hand of the cloak, and Jonathan, his team/people aren’t confused, as a result of this threatening conference is massive and destructive strife or war, which I discussed recently. It will for the most part be between the Ijaws (Jonathan’s ethnic group) and the Hausa-Fulanis of Northern Nigeria, starting from Abuja or Jonathan's place-BAYELSA State, and could also be avoided with common sense. We can see that the level of insecurity and bloodbaths are high. Who knows what anyone is planning? Like no one knew Ijaw militants’ accidental action may grab the kind of attention it got, though others from Niger delta communities supported them and now that some success has come, Jonathan chooses to focus on his people, the Ijaw-Kalabaris alone. Thus the suggested war between Ijaws and Hausa-Fulanis of the North that may be supported by any group interested. Some may fight in self-defense to protect their territories from those who may eye their land and violate their space. Jonathan’s threatening conference could as well bring a peaceful breakup without war. This could be before the proposed conference, which might not take place until election is near in 2015 or sometimes in 2014, and if there is no military coup where the tension rises beyond words. Of course, if Jonathan runs and loses the 2015 election/selection, which is likely, there will be no conference hence the most probable conference if any will happen between 2014 and few months before 2015 election, and where Jonathan and his people/team fears not succeeding in his second term bid or shall be beaten during the election. Jonathan’s fear increases daily as his opponents seems tougher.

The New PDP seems to be pushing harder too. This fear started in 2011; the New PDP members and seven governors including Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State (Niger delta), which Jonathan depended on breakaway from the original party, thus left Jonathan with more fear. The PDP crisis and pressure on Jonathan not to run in 2015 because he promise not to, according to them forced Ijaw militants to reiterate their call for a SNC and Niger delta Republic which will come through breakup. South-East and South-South leaders also reportedly wrote to Jonathan for the same SNC call to check and stop the PDP crisis. These fears and call booster and suffice Jonathan’s decision to call this conference. So Jonathan may be serious in reverse and cause the conference, which will likely be a breakup type. Remember that many PDP governors are or may be joining the new group that breakaway. These party governors mobilize their states and help mostly through rigging to deliver needed votes and grant their presidential candidate desired winning. With these governors new camp and fears, mistrust, enemy-type situations Nigeria may be in for serious trouble even before the conference is held, if at all.

When things are placed analytically and factored on historical or contemporary scales, we can conclude that Jonathan’s conference decision is aimed at twisting the hands of opponents, especially the North, which mostly fears a Sovereign National Conference (SNC), even though the committee may not recommend the kind of Ethnic Nationality Conference they are scared of. Instructively, however, some Northerners have also said they aren’t afraid of a Sovereign National Conference or breakup. See the story in Africanspotlight.com and OSUNDefender of Oct. 3, 2013, titled: “We’re not afraid of Nigeria’s breakup,” as example. Contrary to this not afraid rhetoric other Northern Leaders or groups, especially the apex cultural and political forum, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) declared that the North will support any talk that will strengthen Nigeria. They’re against a Sovereign National Conference, “because a sovereign national conference amounts to vote of no confidence on our democracy and its institutions, which nobody or group has the right to do” (The Herald, Oct. 1, 2013). A SNC could also unite the country and re-brand it anew, only if common sense actions aimed at respecting and treating all groups and individuals equal through a new people’s constitution based upon proper federation, because Nigeria is a federation of ethnic groups, and in such arrangement all groups are equal, no matter how small or large. The more Nigerians deny this factor, the more conferences shall be called until disintegration that is inevitable, yet avoidable.

Now, the argument of the New PDP rest on their allegation that Jonathan signed or promise not to run in 2015 if he’s supported in 2011, though no agreement signed by Jonathan has been produced to support this argument. Jonathan has strongly denied signing any agreement or making such promise alleged by the breakaway PDP. What’s obvious here is that there were serious arguments amongst governors and other interest groups, politicians on whether Jonathan was qualified to run in 2011 as president having expended the remaining term of late Pres. Umaru Yaradua, who died in 2010.

An Editorial page of Premium Times, Feb. 19, 2013 has it that, “Jonathan personally promised not to run in 2015, a denial today that is bareface lie.” The page continued: At a press conference in Abuja in late 2010, a day ahead of President Goodluck Jonathan’s formal declaration to run in the 2011 presidential election, Mr. Dalhatu Tafida, then Director General of the Jonathan/Sambo campaign organisation, said the president won’t seek another term in 2015. The president, he said, would be available for only a single term if elected.” “I’ll not contest in 2015-Jonathan (2011),” see Daily Independent, Sept 9, 2013. “Four years is enough for anyone in power to make significant improvement and if I can’t improve on power within this period, it then means I cannot do anything even if I am there for the next four years” (Nigerian Vanguard, Feb. 1, 2011). The New PDP is also pointing to a 2011 statement credited to Jonathan in Ankara, Turkey, which states that “President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, said he has no ambition to stay in office beyond 2015, assuring Nigerians in Diaspora that while he will not contest the 2015 election, he will ensure that this year’s election is free and fair.”

To buttress how Jonathan came about the conference decision, see some evidence of Ijaw militants’ misnamed “Niger delta militants” ’threats, though Ijaw is an ethnic group in Niger delta and not that it’s Niger delta itself which consist of many other groups. There’s been several calls for a secession conference in 2011 before Jonathan’s election/selection as president and while he’s hindered by some Northern politicians and friends in other regions from running as president or even taking over as Acting president, having been the vice to Yaradua and qualified to be president by this fact, where his boss was no more and as provided by the constitution. Other than Asari Dokubo’s recent threats as the leader of an Ijaw militant group, Nigerian Vanguard of July 12, 2011 has it that, “Niger Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to convene a sovereign national conference, SNC, to afford Nigerians the opportunity to discuss and possibly give birth to the Republic of Niger Delta as was witnessed in Sudan, where the people met and agreed on the formation of a new nation, South Sudan Republic, without spilling blood.”

Nairaland.com also published a story on Sept. 6, 2013 titled, “Ijaw threaten secession over president’s re-election, if frustrated in 2015.” The recent threat and Sovereign National Conference and secession call was made by the militants’ alleged to be a coalition of all the groups (not MEND), Coalition for Militant Action in Niger delta (COMA), which asked Jonathan to call a SNC in the next six months, if he isn’t given the chance to contest and win a second term. The group wrote, “For decades, the Niger Delta has stayed with Northern Nigeria in its pursuit of political leadership. If the ungrateful power hungry bloc in Northern Nigeria cannot afford to stand with the Niger Delta for four more years, then our people must be allowed to peacefully decide if we will like to remain in this contraption called Nigeria” (Pointblanknews.com, Sept. 4, 2013).

Finally, as mentioned earlier the South-East and South-South leaders were also reported to have sent Jonathan a letter. They demanded a Sovereign National Conference to check and stop the PDP crisis. After all these rants and threats The Nigerian Guardian of Sept 15, 2013 ran the headline titled: “Jonathan may convene Sovereign National Conference. Of course, as mentioned inter alia, unlike the National Conferences we’ve seen government select through proxies, making them fail since the different peoples didn’t freely choose their representatives on equal strength (that’s one, two or four, even six each from all ethnic groups), a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) will bring all the ethnic nationalities forced to form Nigeria against their wishes to the roundtable for talks. They’ll renegotiation or a possible disintegration where there is no agreement due to highhandedness, dishonesty and greed to continue the culture of forcing the land and resources of others, particularly the small and perceived to be weaker groups. A SNC (or usual fail National Conference), which Jonathan must not call because he fears losing his political oil and bid for second term as it’s the case, but great if it were genuine demands that the current government structure be dismantled. That’s, the government, which Jonathan controls be dissolved and a new body that is neutral, if there is such thing as neutrality in Nigeria politics, should be formed.


This implies, to renegotiate a new Nigeria in a Sovereign National Conference there will be no functional government such as Jonathan’s capable of causing confusion or influencing the outcome of the conference for its benefit. In the case where Nigeria isn’t mature to dissolve existing government, set up a neutral body to oversee the affairs of such Conference as will be the situation. Jonathan will seize this opportunity to get fortified, influence the National Conference’s recommendations due in one month to suit his purpose or the country will disintegrate based on the demands of his militants and people, and reaction from the north and others. This shall be so if he believes he’s pushed to the wall, can’t succeed on his second term bid, thus has no escape route to feather his political ambition.



Ben Ikari, is a sociopolitical analyst and a FOOLISH critic.

Ben , the above write up doesn't make any sense @ all.I regretted wasting my precious time to read it.

Nigerians hav been agitating for a national conference decades b4 Goodluck Jonatharn joined partisan politics bt none of our past leaders was courageous and patriotic enough to convene it. Now GEJ is planning to convene a long overdue national conference some pple are nt hapi. I am dissapointed in d writer of d above article, he is busy castigating the ijaw tribe out of hatred. He even went ahead to highlight d PDP crisis. But he should be told dat d national confere is not an avenue to discuss GEJ second term ambition, we are going there solely to discuss nigerian problems and nt GEJ ambition. It is national conference and nt PDP conference!

The author of this crap should be ashamed of himself. Ben, you are one of the reasons for this conference, why exactly do you love minority oil but hate a minority man presidency.

And we should be careful with the kind of title we give to people. This guy is no social critic.

The problem with this country is that everyone seems to knows what the problem is at least that's a good head start, but no one is willing to IMPLEMENT a lasting solution. We all criticise and forget to add our own quota to the process of building this Nation. I'm in support of GEJ on this one, we need to come together and discuss Nigeria.

Frank-C:
The author of this crap should be ashamed of himself. Ben, you are one of the reasons for this conference, why exactly do you love minority oil but hate a minority man presidency.

And we should be careful with the kind of title we give to people. This guy is no social critic.

there are lots of rogue activists in Nigeria

So what if nigeria breaks? I personally think that's going to be the best thing that can/will ever happen to this cursed nation besides I don't think it is possible to sink any lower for all regions even after division

And who cares...This is the best way to go no matter what happen at the conference

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Poorly written article that is completely devoid of sense. Reading the first few paragraphs was a tortuous experience, and I couldn't go further.

Convening a Sovereign National Conference is the best thing that would happen in Nigeria's political history, in spite of the (understandable) fears of the parasitic and unproductive core north. The exploitation and 'ojoro' long perpetrated by the core north against the rest of the country must be put to an end, and the structural imbalances that make mockery of Nigeria's federalism must be corrected once and for all. If Nigeria 'breaks' in the process, then so be it. Full stop.

SNC is the best way-out for this country if the elites will allow it because as for we down here we have nothin to loose instead its goin to better our futur whatever the outcom, only the elites are afraid

Why is all this noise coming in almost 2 yrs before the elections. The government is almost at standstill whilst they and the foolish masses are talking about who would win an election some of their unreasonable selves will not live to see.

Rather than task the government on sorting out current issues that exist today, People are writing long epistles on silly sectional politics devoid of any meaningful purpose to enhance the lives of Nigerians

Ben Ikari:


Ben Ikari, is a sociopolitical analyst, critic.

More like Ben Ikari, the Sociopath

Can't even make out what he was trying to say. Anyone thinking that Nigerian can break up through a gentleman's round table discussion is on a very long thing. The only thing this national conference would achieve is the setting up of a barrage of committees. Jonathan is just trying to cool down the polity that was already heated up to several degrees above boiling point. He just wants to give politicians something to chew on and stay busy while he work on strengthening his strongholds for 2015.

This is the pure Motive of the national conference.

Y'all saying this write up is crap need to have a rethink!!!

Its no longer news that GEJ fears his opposition is almost over powering him, hence, this so called "National Conference"...he didn't call the conference for Nigerians, buh to satisfy his selfish needs! If the problem of this country was what he truely put before himself, he would have called for this conference ever since! 2015 is just around the corner and he calls for the NC. Why now?! Simply Cos APC is gaining grounds, and New PDP is getting stronger?!

The south-south are going to that meeting with one agenda, and they'll tell the north "Allow Jonathan to continue in 2015, or we'll simply break off"

The south have made it clear, they won't tolerate a Northerner on that seat, atleast from 2015-2019...

Jonathan is leading this country to its doom! His inexperience and selfishness is going to do nothing but harm to this nation...and for you retards supporting this conference, I pity u people! You think Nigeria is like Sudan?! We are a super multi-ethic nation...splitting is not as easy as u guys think...it won't take long, greed and that lust for power will ensure that even the Ijaw will split amongst itself...they'll say "If Nigeria can split, why can't we?"...you all don't be suprised, the North will develop rapidly even, they co-operate way better than southerners!

Though, am from the south-south, I schooled in the North...I just spoke as a Nigerian! Good day!

BEN u have won the award of MOST retard writer of the year. busheet man

Those against NC/SNC seem to be eating through d nose. Every sane Nigerian knows nothing is 'one' about Nigeria. Why living in deception? Let us call a spade a spade; Nigeria is not working, and i see no hppe. The future of this fraud, Nigeria, is blight. The earlier we read the handwriting on the wall, the better. Why not part ways peacefully? On SNC(towards dissolution of Nigeria) i stand!

He can't call that conference them no born am well.

Those against NC/SNC must be eating through d nose. Every sane Nigerian knows nothing is 'one' about Nigeria. Why living in deception? Let us call a spade a spade; Nigeria is not working, and i see no hppe. The future of this fraud, Nigeria, is blight. The earlier we read the handwriting on the wall, the better. Why not part ways peacefully? On SNC(towards dissolution of Nigeria) i stand!

If SNC will bring about the disintegration of colonial contraption called Nigeria, I say let Nigerians congregate for SNC. What is good about the present state of Nigeria?

By the way, Ben Ikari is a malnourished ninny.

Why is it that some people are afraid of this sovereign national conference (SNC)?
Whatever be the president Goodluck Jonathan's ambition towards this conference ,SS,SE and SW is solidly behind him.
We cannt afford to see GEJ lose 2015 election, instead let the country go their separate ways with no blood shed.

Anything will speed up the separation is highly well come.

slim fit :
He can't call that conference them no born am well.

what are saying?

manmade: Ben , the above write up doesn't make any sense @ all.I regretted wasting my precious time to read it.

You didn't have to quote the whole write up. You could have just said @ OP or mention his name and tell him the post doesn't make sense.

While the writer is biased to an extent, he did came up with few salient points on the impending SNC/NC which I want us to consider which are; likely division of the country, to silence the opposing Northern foes, to gather more supporters from SW, to give the Northern Elite Class something to think about (because they never really wanted Nigeria to break-up), it's a well crafted political red herring from Jonathan's little blunders and a real wake up call to the entire citizenry on their future!
https://www.nairaland.com/newpost?topic=1465898

tomakint: While the writer is biased to an extent, he did came up with few salient points on the impending SNC/NC which I want us to consider which are; likely division of the country, to silence the opposing Northern foes, to gather more supporters from SW, to give the Northern Elite Class something to think about (because they never really wanted Nigeria to break-up), it's a well crafted political red herring from Jonathan's little blunders and a real wake up call to the entire citizenry on their future!
https://www.nairaland.com/newpost?topic=1465898

With so much of you claiming to know much. You are actually a blocked head with brain of a racoon. Racoons always think they know until they get locked-up in a trap. What is "he did came up"? Gbagaun!

What happened to he did come up?

dear Writer,
If Jonathan can break up Nigeria so I can have my beloved Biafra, ....

I reserve my comment.

But dear writer, I think you are propelled with fear, blinded by hate and ravaged by poverty of the mind!