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| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by shogz89: 7:02pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
Am not trying to support any body here... But all I want is change ,,, pdp have monopolised that position with nobody capable of dethroning them up until now,, if there are competitions like this in every election I believe ruling party will sit tight and do something meaningful while in that position..... Whether you like it or not their are massive development in all states apc dethroned pdp in the last election simply because they don't want to loose it any more,,, if such happens in the federal level be it pdp or apc (frequent changing of power due to competition) I tell you in an unbelievable pace will Nigeria move |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by boyt1: 7:04pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
When APC was formed i said thank God, now we have a new breed of Politicians to unseat the PDP corrupt oldies. With the recycling of politicians within APC-PDP and policy laundering inside APC, it now obvious that APC is given GEJ another term till 2019 in ASO ROCK. In closing, may i say that i love my country and for me it's 'better the devil you know than the devil you don't know 2 Likes |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by Delly4real(m): 7:06pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
Let us looking nd see wht wl happen in 2015,GOD tak control of our nation. ;DLet us looking nd see wht wl happen in 2015,GOD tak control of our nation. |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by Bukingg2: 7:08pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
When you are anxious while pursuing something, u will pass over it without knowing, coz of power monger the APC will pass their chances while still pursuing power, this clearly indication of power hungry that APC are desperate of, after Buhari told us that he know nothing of zoining, it not show that here comes another buhaha.. |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by twinpapa(m): 7:17pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
If we are serious about keeping nigeria beyond 2015,we should give the southeast d presidency. Lets have Rochas as d president & Fashola as d VP. Its has bin hausa all along & only one yoruba(Obasanjo). Igbos have bin quiet it is not as if dey dont know wat dey are doing. Am yoruba but i beliv d igbos shud b given d chance to b president. 5 Likes |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by Emperor007: 7:25pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
It's becoming clearer to those who does't think beyond the present nor reference the past, that APC sole aim is to return power to ( Muslim ) North. Not necessarily that they want someone that would perform better than GEJ, and this they want to achieve by any means possible. Time would tell ... . |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by shogz89: 7:30pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
twinpapa: If we are serious about keeping nigeria beyond 2015,we should give the southeast d presidency. Lets have Rochas as d president & Fashola as d VP. Its has bin hausa all along & only one yoruba(Obasanjo). Igbos have bin quiet it is not as if dey dont know wat dey are doing. Am yoruba but i beliv d igbos shud b given d chance to b president.They messed up when they where given the opportunity that's why they never want to risk it...... It's not that party won't I to use them but they don't want to risk loosing cause of the notion Nigerians know the western part for |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by lekkie073(m): 7:31pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
there is no way a candidate can become president in Nigeria without the votes of north and south west. these two regions operate the political machinery of nigeria. the only election DAT can be very competitive is fielding a Yoruba against an Hausa. but when the two join hands, every other region should surrender......whether u like am ......whether u no like am.....the thing be say Hausa/Yoruba tag team is da bomb! |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by Anasko(m): 7:33pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
all i know is that s-e/ss will never cast their vote for apc. why would they give it to amaechi/tambuwal? |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by ketoprofen(m): 7:34pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
so after everything, APC was set up for PDP? hahahahahaha I love this. |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by nikky5(m): 7:37pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
PDP govt has not bettered the lives of Nigerians.A change is imminent and that is just the expectation of the Nigerian people.Even if Jonathan should rule for the next ten years nothing will change but corruption will be on the increase.He has tried and I love him but lets try someone else.The wind of defection is blowing over Nigeria and I will not be surprised if Baba also defect to APC.I am also defecting from zero party to APC.Go and look at the 2014 budget breakdown and you will see what am talking about.The north and south west will join APC and the south east will be left with no choice.Defection is the joker to wrest power from PDP. |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by gratiaeo(m): 7:37pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
with all the noise in APC camp they couldn't get a presidential candidate within them? 1 Like |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by femmy2010(m): 7:38pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
FabuuU |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by Nobody: 7:38pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
A snake is always a snake. But can change it skin anytime it wishes. APC to me is still PDP just a change of name. |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by tosan200(m): 7:41pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
Anasko: all i know is that s-e/ss will never cast their vote for apc. why would they give it to amaechi/tambuwal?To hell with ss/se vote, who cares? |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by jenuel: 7:41pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
Nigerians should not bother about defections to APC. PDP will rule NIgeria at least till 2019. APC is made up of strange bed fellows, hence can't withstand the ruling party, no matter the current challenges. GEJ will handover to SE in 2019. no going back on this. 1 Like |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by lekkie073(m): 7:42pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
twinpapa: If we are serious about keeping nigeria beyond 2015,we should give the southeast d presidency. Lets have Rochas as d president & Fashola as d VP. Its has bin hausa all along & only one yoruba(Obasanjo). Igbos have bin quiet it is not as if dey dont know wat dey are doing. Am yoruba but i beliv d igbos shud b given d chance to b president.the igbos r a confused lot. ordinary state gubernatorial election....choose BTW ur kinsmen, dem turn am to issue sotey dem conduct election twice. if we venture give these guys chance to be number one in naija.......daz all! naija just kaput! |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by SexyFox(f): 7:45pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
Apc or no Apc, come 2015 I will vote for Jonathan, if there is good improvement in electricity and development in other sector. And if not I will stay in my house and watch the election like a drama. Meanwhile make I go drink garri and groundnut. |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by lekkie073(m): 7:46pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
north 28% of Nigeria south west 24% of Nigeria total 52% ......if the election is ethnically played out, the result is glaring |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by tosan200(m): 7:48pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
See all this gej supporters killing themselves over APC,na your party? if they like they can choose the devil as their presidential canditate ;wetin be una buisness ?Oversabi no go kill Nigerians ,see as dem dey run their mouth like tap water.. Nice move from APC ,appeasing to the 2/3 majority in Nigeria. Hausa + yoruba is a done deal . |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by IYANGBALI: 7:54pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
gregtochi: Has he officially left PDPyes he has lefted pdp |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by IYANGBALI: 7:56pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
lekkie073: north 28% of Nigeriaol boy no spoil new year for baba peace o |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by ocelot2006(m): 7:56pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
Ayekotoo: Why won't he outperform your yansh, when you're yet to go past the boundary of Ajegunle to see what's happening across the federation? Dolts and airheads like you sit at home and rain baseless critizisms on the FG, but don't have a freaking clue what's happening in their own nation. 3 Likes |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by drnoel: 7:57pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
Platform9ja: 2015 election: APC gives Tambuwal Presidential ticket - National Mirror How is that so when Tumbawal is yet to publicly pronouce his alliance is with APC |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by IYANGBALI: 8:01pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
jenuel: Nigerians should not bother about defections to APC. PDP will rule NIgeria at least till 2019. APC is made up of strange bed fellows, hence can't withstand the ruling party, no matter the current challenges. GEJ will handover to SE in 2019. no going back on this.he be like say your malaria don come back |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by Nobody: 8:01pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
lekkie073: north 28% of Nigeria Your stupidity is even more glaring!! So everyone living in these regions are indigenes and will vote for APC abi? What percentage of lagos population are yorubas? |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by gratiaeo(m): 8:04pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
Gamji007:YORUBA INCOMPETENCY DESTROYED NIGERIA Interestingly enough Hausa did not bother Yoruba and Yoruba did not bother Hausa, each party was busy minding their business to the detriment of the whole country. Exactly the symptom of incompetence, you see, incompetence does not ask questions or get inquisitive because it does not know what to be inquisitive about and even when it asks a question and gets an answer; it does not know what to do with. This explains the widespread of bribery and corruption when you have Yoruba and Hausa neck deep into it. Another case of incompetence displayed by north was when the Yoruba proposed for the indigenization of foreign companies. It is my belief that none of the northern military leaders had ever heard that word INDIGENIZATION before or understood what it meant. In the first instance, the presence of the northerners incooperated Nigeria was minimal to none, so the north had no comprehension of the ramification of such policies, another evidence of incompetence rather than corruption from the onset. If the north was competent and understood the implications of such policies, they could have objected on many grounds, unfortunately they did not know any better to checkmate the looting Yoruba rascals. Having demonstrated that the Yoruba failed to lead notwithstanding their education, the question is what is the difference between the leaders of countries like South Korea, Brazil and India that succeeded in the face of challenges and the Yoruba leaders that failed? The fact that Yoruba cannot claim lack of education, they cannot claim lack of opportunity and they cannot claim that they lacked the unrestrained authority to act, the only thing that the other leaders have that the Yoruba lacked is competence. The way it works is that the absence of competent creates a vacuum hat is quickly filled by the ills of societies like bribery, corruption, greed, crime, murder and so on and so on. To further drive the point home, can anyone recall one single Yoruba official that has done something so noble and honorable to improve the lot of the whole nation rather pursuing self-interest that Nigerians could look back and sing his praise? The answer is no, but I will like someone to proof me wrong. That is a proof of incompetence first before corruption. As a matter of fact you can trace the origin of all the millionaires from Yoruba and Hausa to one corruption or the other or government contract. Fighting corruption in Nigeria is like fighting Hausa and Yoruba and I think that that is a daunting task. The simple fact that after Yoruba took total control of Nigerian economy and they could not improve the socio-economics and technological development is a sign of nothing but incompetence. The injection of competence in Nigerian system will see a gradual improvement in accountability and progress. Typical example is that Hausa and Yoruba have gone in and out of ministerial positions for decades without anything to show for it and that is why no one can remember their names or what they did but when you mention the name of people that have demonstrated competence, people remember them and what they accomplished, people like Charles Soludo, Obiageli Ezekwesili, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Dora Akunyili and Dr. Bert Nnaji to mention afew. Notice that these folks did not have unrestrained authority, they did not have cart blanche but were able to make a different despite the challenges just like the leaders in South Korea, Brazil and India. What do they have in common? Competence. I could go on and on but I believe that the point has been made that the problem ailing the country is not bribery, corruption or greed rather that our fundamental problem is incompetence and that only competent people can tame the pillaging and looting going on now and most importantly that Yoruba and Hausa must join the builders rather than looters of the system. Enter the Hausa Incompetence: Contrast the success of competent corrupt societies with the failure of incompetent corrupt societies like Nigeria. I defined earlier an incompetent corrupt society as a society that lacks the inert mechanism to self-correct and self-adjust for the betterment of its society or a house without a grown up. Since after the war Nigeria has been living the life of an incompetent corrupt society that lacks the necessary capacity, ability and skills to self-correct in order to carry out a task of improving the lot of Nigerian. It is important to note that after the war the north held sway, they had total and absolute control, they had total freedom, they had no opposition because the opposition had been decimated. Igbo was leaking its wounds. The north had the freedom to take the country in any direction they chose without opposition, to make Nigeria in its own image, if you think about it, they sure made Nigeria in their image, squalor, illiteracy, ignorance, crime, death, murder, hopelessness, stagnation, disillusionment, indiscipline, disaster, unfulfilled dreams, indifference, neglect, over-night millionaires and billionaires, disappointments, bribery, corruption and greed became the new normal, the question is what happened? What happened was that the British helped to institutionalized Kakistocracy and incompetence prevailed over competence and became the order of the day if you ask me? As we will see, the north exhibited incompetence of the highest order with its attendant corruption and blight without the necessary mechanism to self-correct and self-adjust. Even before the north got power, they knew that they were ill prepared for the responsibilities, when they got the power, they had no clue what to do with, they did not know what military and political power were used for, they became confused, they became a sitting duck, they became rudderless, even when they were advised, they could not use the advise because they did not have the requisite ability and skills to judge the advise right or wrong. When they delegated responsibility they lacked the ability to evaluate what the result should be, for that reason it was difficult for them to request for any feedback when they had no clue what the feedback is supposed to look like. If they cannot tell difference between what they are looking for, how can they check mate bad behaviors from good? This is incompetence not corruption. Before the northern military took power, literally, everything in the system was working, education, health, water supply, electricity, road infrastructure, Nigerian railway, ports authority, national shipping line, the business and commerce industry were all thriving. It is pertinent to note that the north did not meet the systems in their primitive stage, they had systems that were working, as a matter of fact Nigeria experienced incredible economic expansion immediately after the war in part because the Igbo land was militarized and unbeknownst to the leadership the army spent majority of their salaries in Igboland which managed to keep the Igbo economy afloat and plus other foreign investment into the country. When the demands of leadership came knocking on the door of the northern leadership, what answered and opened the door was abject incompetence, absolute intellectual vacuity, visionlessness and hopelessness. The leadership was found to be inadequate, unsuited, devoid of those qualities requisite for effective conduct or action and not possessing the necessary ability and skills to carry out the tasks of leadership. What was most disturbing was that the northern leadership knew it, the British masters knew it, the Igbo knew it, the Yoruba knew it, the world knew it and the British went ahead anyway to convince the north that they can lead the country even over the objection of the northern leadership that they cannot. The manifest absence of vision, objectives, direction, hope and the cluelessness of the northern leadership created a vacuum that laid the foundation and fertile ground for unbridled bribery and corruption to breed, fester and multiply. This is incompetence not corruption. The absence of competence is our problem. When the northern leadership was found vacuous, opportunist and schemers filled the vacuum they found with their whims and caprice and the north could not self-correct or correct others because they did not possess the requisite elements of competence. This is incompetence not corruption, though corruption later filled that vacuum that was created but it did not come first, it came second after it discovered that competence was not home. In order words the north being in charge is like having no grown up in the house and the rascals came in and ransacked the house. What is most heart breaking is the fact that the northern incompetence knew no bounds, the least that could have been expected from the northern leadership was taking care of northern citizens, favoring them and raising their standard of living relative to the rest of the country but that did not happen. The fact that they could not do it is incompetence not corruption. The northern leadership could not improve the education and literacy, health -infant mortality, water, road infrastructure, economics and the overall wellbeing of the northern citizens. The question is whether the failure of the northern leadership to improve the lot of the northerners was deliberate? The answer is no but more of the manifestation of incompetence and not corruption. They were clueless which is equal to incompetence. The north today has the highest illiteracy rate in the whole world, infant mortality, blindness and myriad of other problems. The north is worse off amongst the whole groups in Nigeria in all indices used to adjudge standard of living. The welfare of the north could have been more worse if it were not for the work of non-governmental organizations from the southern part of the country that provide preventive and palliative services in place of the total absence of government services. Folks have always wondered why Nigeria is in this state of anomie, all I ask is for folks to look to the north and they will find the answer. Folks should ask the question, how can the north do for the whole nation what they could not do for their northern people, the saying that you cannot give what you do not have, the north could not give that which they did not possess and that is competent service. Ladies and Gentlemen, what I am contending here is that what the northern leadership demonstrated was not bribery, was not corruption or greed, what they demonstrated was peter’s principal at work which was basic incompetence because it is evident that as much as one will agree that the north had a reason to hold malice against the east, there was no evidence that they extended that malice to their northern brethren, nor was there evidence that the leadership hated their citizens, so their failure to take care of the welfare of the northern people and to make them better than the rest of the nation could only be seen as innocent and inert ignorance and not corruption. Their failure to understand what leadership is all about and failed to make the connection between leadership and the people. In case some of you have forgotten, let me remind you of what incompetence is all about: being Inadequate for or unsuited to a particular purpose or application, Devoid of those qualities requisite for effective conduct or action, and not possessing the necessary ability, skill,etc. to do or carry out a task". I want the reader to pay attention to the words "unsuited, devoid, and not possessing and that will capture the crux of my argument. You have to be devoid of something serious to fail in everything. That north is simple and short not suited for the purposes of leadership and that is why they can not stop all the bad things that are happening. There were plenty of evidence that the north in most part were innocent and not corrupt nor were they inclined to bribery until years later when the leadership vacuums they created were filled by others who were equally as incompetent as they were. The north did not start out not to bring the dividend of their leadership to the people, ironically they did not even try because they did not know how to try or what to try or do, they were super-morosed, and they simply vegetated throughout their leadership reign. The lack of performance on the part of northern leadership was not intentional because they just did not know how to perform anything. They had no expectations either from themselves or from others, they were satisfied with where they found themselves, complacency became the order of the day as they knew no better, as they could not see beyond where they were standing, evidence of incompetence not corruption. As far as they were concerned everything was normal, they did not know the difference between performance and none performance, when they allowed some ideas and projects to be executed, they were unsuited and were devoid of the abilities and skills to grasp what exactly the ideas and projects were supposed to accomplish in the scheme of things, the final result and output supposed to look like. They heard the words but did not comprehend them, so whether a project was done half way, well done or not at all did not matter because the skill to do the evaluate did notexist, particularly when the highest level of education attained by almost all the northern military boys at that time was secondary school obtained from mostly moslem school. The moslem education still does not explain the incompetence of the north because some other moslem countries like India and Pakistan even Indonesia are doing better than Nigeria. The north had no understanding of administration, no understanding of economics, no understanding of employment, no understanding of social welfare, no understanding of technology and most importantly no understanding of their synergy. The northern leadership had no dreams for themselves, for their people or for the nation. They couldn’t dream dreams, when they dreamt something, it made no sense to them and they could not do anything with it, this is not corruption, this is not bribery or greed, this is incompetence. The only reason that can explain the unbridled and ubiquitous nature of corruption, bribery and greed that are ravaging the country is because the competence requisite to check them is absent. 4 Likes |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by IYANGBALI: 8:06pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
lekkie073: there is no way a candidate can become president in Nigeria without the votes of north and south west. these two regions operate the political machinery of nigeria. the only election DAT can be very competitive is fielding a Yoruba against an Hausa. but when the two join hands, every other region should surrender......whether u like am ......whether u no like am.....the thing be say Hausa/Yoruba tag team is da bomb!thank God I am from the majority zone 1 Like |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by fiizznation: 8:09pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
[s] twinpapa: If we are serious about keeping nigeria beyond 2015,we should give the southeast d presidency. Lets have Rochas as d president & Fashola as d VP. Its has bin hausa all along & only one yoruba(Obasanjo). Igbos have bin quiet it is not as if dey dont know wat dey are doing. Am yoruba but i beliv d igbos shud b given d chance to b president.[/s]. RUBBISH• give the ibo man my a*s*s • Ibos r already known as AGIP (all gov't in power ) and such kind of pple won't bring any development to the masses but greed and selfishness. The ibos dnt even called themselves nigerians but a stupid coined name by their war-monger called biafrans. So how can a biafran lead nigerians? Impossible• The will never go beyond senate president as long as nigeria and nigerians r concern. Who r the pple screaming for seccession now, it is nt the ibos? And hav u ever asked urself why r those lots fighting for the dis-intergration of nigeria• The ibos hav come to realize that politically they r dead as long as nigeria is concern. The dnt have any future in the nation's policy and politics. Ibos ll for-aye be sideline frm the corridors of power• The closest they hav come to d presidential seat is GEJ. APC won't make such stupid mistake by presenting a ibo candidate as their presidential candidate. That ll only be a political suicide bcuz nigerians won't accept him. So as the pdp, ibo man can never be their presidential flag bearer• |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by lekkie073(m): 8:14pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
chukwudi44:Mr onye ara, DAT stats is not resident-derived. its ethnic-based. a northerner residing in port Harcourt will still vote for his kinsman while an onyeara man in Lagos will also vote for his kinsman. let's assume everybody voted for their respective kinsman, the Yoruba/Hausa coalition is unbeatable. dats what d stats is insinuating. 2 Likes |
| Re: APC Drops Buhari & Picks Tambuwal As Presidential Candidate? by gratiaeo(m): 8:15pm On Dec 31, 2013 |
Interestingly enough Hausa did not bother Yoruba and Yoruba did not bother Hausa, each party was busy minding their business to the detriment of the whole country. Exactly the symptom of incompetence, you see, incompetence does not ask questions or get inquisitive because it does not know what to be inquisitive about and even when it asks a question and gets an answer; it does not know what to do with. This explains the widespread of bribery and corruption when you have Yoruba and Hausa neck deep into it. Another case of incompetence displayed by north was when the Yoruba proposed for the indigenization of foreign companies. It is my belief that none of the northern military leaders had ever heard that word INDIGENIZATION before or understood what it meant. In the first instance, the presence of the northerners incooperated Nigeria was minimal to none, so the north had no comprehension of the ramification of such policies, another evidence of incompetence rather than corruption from the onset. If the north was competent and understood the implications of such policies, they could have objected on many grounds, unfortunately they did not know any better to checkmate the looting Yoruba rascals. Having demonstrated that the Yoruba failed to lead notwithstanding their education, the question is what is the difference between the leaders of countries like South Korea, Brazil and India that succeeded in the face of challenges and the Yoruba leaders that failed? The fact that Yoruba cannot claim lack of education, they cannot claim lack of opportunity and they cannot claim that they lacked the unrestrained authority to act, the only thing that the other leaders have that the Yoruba lacked is competence. The way it works is that the absence of competent creates a vacuum hat is quickly filled by the ills of societies like bribery, corruption, greed, crime, murder and so on and so on. To further drive the point home, can anyone recall one single Yoruba official that has done something so noble and honorable to improve the lot of the whole nation rather pursuing self-interest that Nigerians could look back and sing his praise? The answer is no, but I will like someone to proof me wrong. That is a proof of incompetence first before corruption. As a matter of fact you can trace the origin of all the millionaires from Yoruba and Hausa to one corruption or the other or government contract. Fighting corruption in Nigeria is like fighting Hausa and Yoruba and I think that that is a daunting task. The simple fact that after Yoruba took total control of Nigerian economy and they could not improve the socio-economics and technological development is a sign of nothing but incompetence. The injection of competence in Nigerian system will see a gradual improvement in accountability and progress. Typical example is that Hausa and Yoruba have gone in and out of ministerial positions for decades without anything to show for it and that is why no one can remember their names or what they did but when you mention the name of people that have demonstrated competence, people remember them and what they accomplished, people like Charles Soludo, Obiageli Ezekwesili, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Dora Akunyili and Dr. Bert Nnaji to mention afew. Notice that these folks did not have unrestrained authority, they did not have cart blanche but were able to make a different despite the challenges just like the leaders in South Korea, Brazil and India. What do they have in common? Competence. I could go on and on but I believe that the point has been made that the problem ailing the country is not bribery, corruption or greed rather that our fundamental problem is incompetence and that only competent people can tame the pillaging and looting going on now and most importantly that Yoruba and Hausa must join the builders rather than looters of the system. Enter the Hausa Incompetence: Contrast the success of competent corrupt societies with the failure of incompetent corrupt societies like Nigeria. I defined earlier an incompetent corrupt society as a society that lacks the inert mechanism to self-correct and self-adjust for the betterment of its society or a house without a grown up. Since after the war Nigeria has been living the life of an incompetent corrupt society that lacks the necessary capacity, ability and skills to self-correct in order to carry out a task of improving the lot of Nigerian. It is important to note that after the war the north held sway, they had total and absolute control, they had total freedom, they had no opposition because the opposition had been decimated. Igbo was leaking its wounds. The north had the freedom to take the country in any direction they chose without opposition, to make Nigeria in its own image, if you think about it, they sure made Nigeria in their image, squalor, illiteracy, ignorance, crime, death, murder, hopelessness, stagnation, disillusionment, indiscipline, disaster, unfulfilled dreams, indifference, neglect, over-night millionaires and billionaires, disappointments, bribery, corruption and greed became the new normal, the question is what happened? What happened was that the British helped to institutionalized Kakistocracy and incompetence prevailed over competence and became the order of the day if you ask me? As we will see, the north exhibited incompetence of the highest order with its attendant corruption and blight without the necessary mechanism to self-correct and self-adjust. Even before the north got power, they knew that they were ill prepared for the responsibilities, when they got the power, they had no clue what to do with, they did not know what military and political power were used for, they became confused, they became a sitting duck, they became rudderless, even when they were advised, they could not use the advise because they did not have the requisite ability and skills to judge the advise right or wrong. When they delegated responsibility they lacked the ability to evaluate what the result should be, for that reason it was difficult for them to request for any feedback when they had no clue what the feedback is supposed to look like. If they cannot tell difference between what they are looking for, how can they check mate bad behaviors from good? This is incompetence not corruption. Before the northern military took power, literally, everything in the system was working, education, health, water supply, electricity, road infrastructure, Nigerian railway, ports authority, national shipping line, the business and commerce industry were all thriving. It is pertinent to note that the north did not meet the systems in their primitive stage, they had systems that were working, as a matter of fact Nigeria experienced incredible economic expansion immediately after the war in part because the Igbo land was militarized and unbeknownst to the leadership the army spent majority of their salaries in Igboland which managed to keep the Igbo economy afloat and plus other foreign investment into the country. When the demands of leadership came knocking on the door of the northern leadership, what answered and opened the door was abject incompetence, absolute intellectual vacuity, visionlessness and hopelessness. The leadership was found to be inadequate, unsuited, devoid of those qualities requisite for effective conduct or action and not possessing the necessary ability and skills to carry out the tasks of leadership. What was most disturbing was that the northern leadership knew it, the British masters knew it, the Igbo knew it, the Yoruba knew it, the world knew it and the British went ahead anyway to convince the north that they can lead the country even over the objection of the northern leadership that they cannot. The manifest absence of vision, objectives, direction, hope and the cluelessness of the northern leadership created a vacuum that laid the foundation and fertile ground for unbridled bribery and corruption to breed, fester and multiply. This is incompetence not corruption. The absence of competence is our problem. When the northern leadership was found vacuous, opportunist and schemers filled the vacuum they found with their whims and caprice and the north could not self-correct or correct others because they did not possess the requisite elements of competence. This is incompetence not corruption, though corruption later filled that vacuum that was created but it did not come first, it came second after it discovered that competence was not home. In order words the north being in charge is like having no grown up in the house and the rascals came in and ransacked the house. What is most heart breaking is the fact that the northern incompetence knew no bounds, the least that could have been expected from the northern leadership was taking care of northern citizens, favoring them and raising their standard of living relative to the rest of the country but that did not happen. The fact that they could not do it is incompetence not corruption. The northern leadership could not improve the education and literacy, health -infant mortality, water, road infrastructure, economics and the overall wellbeing of the northern citizens. The question is whether the failure of the northern leadership to improve the lot of the northerners was deliberate? The answer is no but more of the manifestation of incompetence and not corruption. They were clueless which is equal to incompetence. The north today has the highest illiteracy rate in the whole world, infant mortality, blindness and myriad of other problems. The north is worse off amongst the whole groups in Nigeria in all indices used to adjudge standard of living. The welfare of the north could have been more worse if it were not for the work of non-governmental organizations from the southern part of the country that provide preventive and palliative services in place of the total absence of government services. Folks have always wondered why Nigeria is in this state of anomie, all I ask is for folks to look to the north and they will find the answer. Folks should ask the question, how can the north do for the whole nation what they could not do for their northern people, the saying that you cannot give what you do not have, the north could not give that which they did not possess and that is competent service. Ladies and Gentlemen, what I am contending here is that what the northern leadership demonstrated was not bribery, was not corruption or greed, what they demonstrated was peter’s principal at work which was basic incompetence because it is evident that as much as one will agree that the north had a reason to hold malice against the east, there was no evidence that they extended that malice to their northern brethren, nor was there evidence that the leadership hated their citizens, so their failure to take care of the welfare of the northern people and to make them better than the rest of the nation could only be seen as innocent and inert ignorance and not corruption. Their failure to understand what leadership is all about and failed to make the connection between leadership and the people. In case some of you have forgotten, let me remind you of what incompetence is all about: being Inadequate for or unsuited to a particular purpose or application, Devoid of those qualities requisite for effective conduct or action, and not possessing the necessary ability, skill,etc. to do or carry out a task". I want the reader to pay attention to the words "unsuited, devoid, and not possessing and that will capture the crux of my argument. You have to be devoid of something serious to fail in everything. That north is simple and short not suited for the purposes of leadership and that is why they can not stop all the bad things that are happening. There were plenty of evidence that the north in most part were innocent and not corrupt nor were they inclined to bribery until years later when the leadership vacuums they created were filled by others who were equally as incompetent as they were. The north did not start out not to bring the dividend of their leadership to the people, ironically they did not even try because they did not know how to try or what to try or do, they were super-morosed, and they simply vegetated throughout their leadership reign. The lack of performance on the part of northern leadership was not intentional because they just did not know how to perform anything. They had no expectations either from themselves or from others, they were satisfied with where they found themselves, complacency became the order of the day as they knew no better, as they could not see beyond where they were standing, evidence of incompetence not corruption. As far as they were concerned everything was normal, they did not know the difference between performance and none performance, when they allowed some ideas and projects to be executed, they were unsuited and were devoid of the abilities and skills to grasp what exactly the ideas and projects were supposed to accomplish in the scheme of things, the final result and output supposed to look like. They heard the words but did not comprehend them, so whether a project was done half way, well done or not at all did not matter because the skill to do the evaluate did notexist, particularly when the highest level of education attained by almost all the northern military boys at that time was secondary school obtained from mostly moslem school. The moslem education still does not explain the incompetence of the north because some other moslem countries like India and Pakistan even Indonesia are doing better than Nigeria. The north had no understanding of administration, no understanding of economics, no understanding of employment, no understanding of social welfare, no understanding of technology and most importantly no understanding of their synergy. The northern leadership had no dreams for themselves, for their people or for the nation. They couldn’t dream dreams, when they dreamt something, it made no sense to them and they could not do anything with it, this is not corruption, this is not bribery or greed, this is incompetence. The only reason that can explain the unbridled and ubiquitous nature of corruption, bribery and greed that are ravaging the country is because the competence requisite to check them is absent. |
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