macjive01:

@kobo, im surprise u hav have this view, i hav read your thread and u hv always stood up for progressive woman.

what is aunty dora's crime?
that she spoke out what most naija pple were saying : that mk turaki (yaradua's wife) hand over to GEJ?

its really amazing and dismaying who we Nigeria fight , our present senators are bending the nation over and consummating her  bare back and vigorously yet no one is raising hell on them.

aunty dora did a poor job at most on the information ministry, her handling of the NTA contract was appalling.ok,  having said that she is the same person that had the courage to shut aririra medicine market, a market in lagos and the magnificent infamous onisha main mkt - medicine section, even when the pliers of the trade are her own people- ibos. one might say eeh yeah that was her job anyone can do it but u forget she is a woman married into the ibo culture yet have the valour and integrity to defend humanity and do wat was right. previous pple that occupied NAFDAC or its previous name never i repeat never did half the goodwill dora did.

if u find faults in her how abt her contestants? who re they ? wat hav the achived? wat accolades have they got?

morover she doesnt have any trace of theft or fraud on her name, begin ambitious shudnt b a crime my pple

Kobojunkie:


May I suggest that rather than be carried away with the shallow and ridiculous, you examine her record in the last 24 months to get a better idea of her leadership skills and how making her a senator may further work against us. Don't look at anything else but her actual work record in the last 24 months.

Xstrata.co:

[b]what this incoherent administration did to this amazon is a sample of what will happen to the Igbos if GEJ is allowed to continue beyond may 2011,the truth is that a core niger delta man hates the Igbo more than any other tribe in Nigeria today and i want to faulted on this.[/b]I am amazed by a group of self serving,irresponsible,silly and insane so called 'Igbo leaders' who is said to have endorsed GEJ with a cache that he will support the Igbo in 2015,i wonder why some pple can be so blinded from reality,well not so surprised that their spokesperson is Martin Elechi,an epitome/embodiment of incompetence,inaction and frivolity.lets assume that GEJ as desperate as he is now accepts the deal,but how can he enforce it?can he ever sacrifice his unbridled ambition for second term come 2015?what of Sambo,who seems to be the real power behind the throne,so what happens to him?how can this foolish 'leaders' canvass for the position at that time since they've supported the dishonouring of a written PDP agreement now? i call on all patriotic Igbos to denounce this selfish pple and work hard to enlighten our pple at grassroots whom this usurpers loathe but claim to speak for.  

X-factoria:

A wasteful and rebellious generation looking for signs and wonders but none shall be shown them until,


The truth is; Nigerians are a bunch of hypocrites. We clamour change only with our mouths and not with our hearts and senses. How can people deride Prof Dora Akunyili for daring to run for a Senatorial election? It is even funny how some people are pointing to some failings that exist only in their own biased minds. Please people, Dora should be judged by her enduring legacies and contribution to the Nigerian state as a whole and not by some obscured failures.

It is very easy to sit down at the convenience of your house and grab a PC to type out someone else's shortcomings. If we all are to be judged by our failures, how many of us would qualify to be called patriotic Nigerians in the real sense of the word? What has been each and everyone's contribution to the development of our country? Who among us has done a tenth of what Dora has done to this country? Who among our mothers have staked their lives to fight injustice and crimes in Nigeria like Dora did, let alone our fathers?

Please, we need to be fair in our comments about this woman's ambition.

Miss EZ:

I think Dora is a joke. For those of you who still commend her, your quick to forget that she supported the illegal appointment of Ekiti States govenor on the PDP platform, this is the same Dora that was partying with the Minister of Education Egwu, who was at the time supposed to be negotiating on behalf of ASUU with the federal government so that Nigerian students who had been at home for months could go back to school. The same Dora who watched as the country was in suspense over the absence of Yar Adua, and only spoke out when she saw the bubble bursting.

In my opinion, Dora is a full blown politician and only looks out for her interests. She cries wolf, when she sees a way to turn things to her advantage. Hasnt she served enough in the government? Apart from the work she did at Nafdac, Which by the way was many years ago, what else has Dora done?

I have nothing against her, but lets call a spade a spade. Dora cannot be likened to Lamido/ Ribadu/ Fashola, they just are not in the same boat. Dora looks out for her interests, period.She has served as the mouth piece for the same politicians that have held our country to ransom.

All that being said, she is free like anyone else to contest, however, my question to her is, madam what do you have to offer? what will you do now that you havent done in the last four years? See how much was sunk into the rebrand nigeria project, what has she achieved so far? I think we all know the answer to that. Just my two cents

Maybe this is an attempt to rebrand herself . Madam Dora, you dont strike me as  a credible person and you do not have my vote.

One more thing, i know as Nigerians our options are limited as to who we can choose as credible leaders, we always have to choose the less of two evils, granted Dora may be slightly better than other politicians out there, but that doesnt mean we shouldnt be honest about her faults. Saying that one is better than the other doesnt serve any purpose if they are both bad. For some, their opinions of Dora is not a baseless attack, its just based on events involving her.

Nobody is perfect sha, but when you decide to go into public office, always remember that the whole point is to serve!

Miss EZ:

LOL at silent treatment. My dear life is too short to begin vex ontop another man matter, after all whether she wins or not, i no see how e take affect me personally.

What i like about nairaland is, in a few months time or maybe a year, we will somehow come back to this issue, and we will see how many people will still hold the same opinions.

Politics is a dirty game whether we like it or not, very few people have remained credible as politicians. Thats just the honest truth

Kobojunkie:

Here's the thing. When we come back to this topic in a couple of months, these same people will continue to argue BLINDLY and many more will PRETEND they have always known of the problem from the start. I mean I have seen it happen so many times over, that I know now it is a waste of time to indulge some of these tantrum throwing brats. ROFLMAO!

Missy85:

I support her right to contest for a Nass seat.

But any suggestion that she has been a competent Minister must be a joke.

That said, she might be more useful as a senator.  

godfadda6:

Despite the fact the we cannot forget what Dora did in her time with NAFDAC, she just derailled inhe apporach to the re-brand Nigeria project, this was the woman defending late Yardua.

Though this is personal, but all her female childrem married whitemen and got dual citizenship and we are rebranding?? This is a woman her own brother-in-law fought over the burial of a relative, lets get serious, no bi say u don help us, u con dey kills us jare.

Madam Dora you have done well, go back to NAFDAC and be relavant, leave politics for the politicians, governance for the government and the governed, and legislator for those who know how to make noise and eat tax payers money.

Else that reputation is going to be rubbished, ask Daisy Danjuman

Kobojunkie:

Here's the thing. When we come back to this topic in a couple of months, these same people will continue to argue BLINDLY and many more will PRETEND they have always known of the problem from the start. I mean I have seen it happen so many times over, that I know now it is a waste of time to indulge some of these tantrum throwing brats. ROFLMAO!

Missy85:

I support her right to contest for a Nass seat.

But any suggestion that she has been a competent Minister must be a joke.

That said, she might be more useful as a senator.  

godfadda6:

Despite the fact the we cannot forget what Dora did in her time with NAFDAC, she just derailled inhe apporach to the re-brand Nigeria project, this was the woman defending late Yardua.

Though this is personal, but all her female childrem married whitemen and got dual citizenship and we are rebranding?? This is a woman her own brother-in-law fought over the burial of a relative, lets get serious, no bi say u don help us, u con dey kills us jare.

Madam Dora you have done well, go back to NAFDAC and be relavant, leave politics for the politicians, governance for the government and the governed, and legislator for those who know how to make noise and eat tax payers money.

Else that reputation is going to be rubbished, ask Daisy Danjuman

chyz:

You're playing right?

cjfavour:

You people should leave Dora alone. She was giving the re-branding project . She did not just take it. On what happened during yaradua wahala, by now all of you must have known that she did the right thing what with the wikileak exposure.