noblezone:
Hahahahahahahahaha!

Some of us knew it was all about the North!
They are the owners of Nigeria and the leadership thereof!

Abiola's election was annulled because he was not from linage of the "Kings"!
They handed over to OBJ as a compensation to the Yorubas!(To do one term and hand over to them again._
OBJ bulldozed his way into second therm and was even gunning for the third.
OBJ subtly released it to sick Yaradua an it landed almost free on Jonathan.

The North got angry and trusted him from all angle.

With the deception of progressive-ism, some many people have been deceived.

I laugh at the "progressives" down South!

Have you people heard?
It was all about the North!

YOU'VE SAID MY MIND.. AS IN MY WHOLE MIND

baybeeboi:

there's nowhere in the world we can't find poor people, but the rate is what am talking about now.you and I know what it's like comparing the Northern and Southern part of the country in terms of Poverty.

No doubt..

AND the sad part is that the permanent voters card has permanently disenfranchised Southern Nigeria.. The North will continue to pull such large numbers in subsequent elections and use southern rascals like Amaechi to get 25% in southern states..

But then we go all die sha.. Maybe na den Nigeria go divide patapata

pej said, i think we use to hate northerner, and they answer yes

ibrahimdoc:
You Can't Insult Northerners and Stay in Power -Kwankwaso;-

Kano state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso on Monday spoke on why President Goodluck Jonathan lost re-election.

According to DAILY POST, Kwankwaso said, ''He (Jonathan) didn’t know who is who in this country; he was just looking at faces and those who were dressed very well. He meets them at the airport and he smiles and says ‘these are good people,’ he sits down and listens to gossips, ‘oh this man is bad, this man is good in so so places’ and sometimes he doesn’t even know the names and at the end of the day he made a big mistake by picking the wrong people.

''Our leaders who were in this game before us, those who were in the 1st Republic especially, told us so much about our friends in this country and if you happen to come from South South, where they were very close to our leaders, they had done everything possible to work with that part of the country. But of course (Jonathan) misused the opportunity to the extent that many of us felt that with him there, we have no future as a people and as individuals and that is why we had to come and organise ourselves to defeat him.

''Look at what the wife was saying that northerners were bearing children and throwing them away. How could you say that to northerners? With due humility, we are masters of the game. You cannot stay and insult us and get away with it. Democracy is a game of numbers, whether you are almajiri or professor, everybody has one vote; that was why we went back and put almijiris together to get about two million votes.”

Kids vote is constitutional right
Rubbish post

eaglechild:

You say the North and SW are the winners yet they lag behind in virtually all the MDG goals.

I don't want that sort of empty victory.

Development is a gradual process, tell me which part of ur hellhole is a Dubai.

Besides, why don't u stay in dat ur paradise instead of claiming d development and ownership of d so called undeveloped region?

They mobilised Almajiri's with and without voters card to vote. No wonder their was no incidence of card failure in the North even when the test for card readers there were about 50% successful.

But on election day, it was perfect.

QuotaSystem:


Oh yes, in the famous words of Kwankwaso, remember a Professor and an almajiri each hold one vote.

This means an almajiri in Kano can determine his future, while a Professor in Enugu can't.

I envy the almajiri.

Ignorance
Determine his future?is not d same future he has been determing yet dre is little or no development

Jesusloveyou:
gej make them to lag behind,buhari wil start to rebuild nigeria that pdp destroy since 1986,nigeria fail to meet d mdg goals in 2000,the goals were shift to 2014,for 16yrs pdp fail to meet half of d mdg goals,and u are blaming kwakwaso for gej failures.

Na stone kwankaso dey collect every month ?
Abi
Go fix DAT number 6 pls

lorRhyMeZ:


Haahahaha..Poorest region in nigeria u say..little wonder why kano,kaduna and jos have more igbo population than the entire south east...

... and you believe that, lolz

Kwankwaso eyeing 2019. God save Nigeria from this arrogant malam

lorRhyMeZ:


Haahahaha..Poorest region in nigeria u say..little wonder why kano,kaduna and jos have more igbo population than the entire south east...

r u for real...
Wetin bring igbos come again 4 dis talk.........i taya 4 una...

BecaciaBarbie:

In other words we should have voted for your own Jona abi? Rubbish!!!! Used indeed!!!
We are not sentimental and foolish like the Igbos or those who voted for Jona because he is from a particular tribe not considering if he is or was fit for the job or not! We voted for Buhari cause Change is needed! A better government, a better economy, someone who isn't clueless etc whether Buhari is from the North, south south or south west it is non of our business in as much as he can deliver as expected or even more, that's all we care about! If Jona was a Yoruba man, we'd have still voted his sorry arse out! Unlike the wicked igbos who just wanted him there whether he performs or not.

i be like say 1 igbo man disappoint u marriage ,,,,,, dnt kill urself over it, relax better days ahead.....

codedguy1:
They mobilised Almajiri's with and without voters card to vote. No wonder their was no incidence of card failure in the North even when the test for card readers there were about 50% successful.

But on election day, it was perfect.

The message is very clear: insult, alienate or abuse northerners; and northerners would retaliate by voting with their hands, feet and even generations unborn.

If you continue to play tribal/regional politics then be rest assured that the north can play that game and would would beat you hands down, again and again, because they have the numbers - whether in free and fair elections or otherwise.

Therefore it is better for everyone go back and embrace the necessary progressive way i.e. politics of principles and issues rather than the current backwardness based on personalities, tribe or religion or otherwise our so called educated southern brothers, with their PhDs and all should brace themselves for a lifetime under continuous leadership of the certificateless northern Almajiri they so much despise.

jazzydee:
Kwankwiso should enjoy the presidential victory for the time being until the time comes to hand over to Osinbajo and tinubu.

How You think GMB will die like Yaradua I laugh!! You nova see anything.

MeAboki:


The message is very clear: insult, alienate or abuse northerners; and northerners would retaliate by voting with their hands, feet and even generations unborn.

If you continue to play tribal/regional politics then be rest assured that the north can play that game and would would beat you hands down, again and again, because they have the numbers - whether in free and fair elections or otherwise.

Therefore it is better for everyone go back and embrace the necessary progressive way i.e. politics of principles and issues rather than the current backwardness based on personalities, tribe or religion or otherwise our so called educated southern brothers, with their PhDs and all should brace themselves for a lifetime under continuous leadership of the certificateless northern Almajiri they so much despise.

I agree with you. In Nigeria the better rigger gets the booty.

When has there not been tribal and religious sentiments in Nigerian politics, just that this time there were many other factors that tilted the victory towards the opposition.

The issue is even when the North are not abuse, alienated or insulted the same almajiri's can still be used. The question is can politicians in this country be truely progressive without selfish interest? That's what we would like to see, especially in the incoming govt. If it happens, we all know PDP will be dead and buried.

Rubbish! Jonathan lost because he failed to unify the South and ALLOWED a sense of marginalization to grow in the SW. His strategic mistakes were many chief of which was failing to include the SW positively in his government. There will always be jostling for supremacy between SE and SW in any SS led government such as his.His challenge was to determine what was in his best interest.Rather he allowed a sort of SE triumphalism.How can you talk of a united South when Stella Oduah was firing Yorubas with disdain.That was her own agenda but he did nothing. In the ened the SW swung the other way.If the SW had voted as it did in 2011 there would be no victory for Buhari
His other problem was pettiness and a childish tenndency to pick ridiculous fights with OBJ,Amaechi,Sanusi,Oyinlola etc. Finally he lacked confidence in dealing with the North choosing to appease them instead of strengthening his hand in the South. He should have appointed a southern Minister in Abuja and refused to appoint a Northern National security adviser and finally he should have dealt with Kwankwaso long ago.
Overall he did not know what to do and because of his lack of exposure was only able to surround himself with his fellow Ijaw.
He should have been the one to make a deal with Tinubu but that would have been too intimidating for the "small" men he preferred to have around him
He miscalculated badly on how important OBJ was to him this was indeed stupid and I strongly believe that would have been under the influence of his wife.Overall ,I think she was a very bad political influence. He should have declared his intention to run long ago.Particularly he should have declared this to Obasanjo who is much respected in the North.
I do not think his loss was inevitable. He was just a very bad and incompetent politician

Mcowubaba:
r u for real...
Wetin bring igbos come again 4 dis talk.........i taya 4 una...

Nah,am jus stressing that if really the north is the poorest region in nigeria,then its quite ironic that this same northern region have a large number of igbo business men...if the north is that poor,what would the igbo's b looking for?

BushidoBlue:


... and you believe that, lolz

Yes now,I bet u weren't on nairaland when the eze ndigbo of kano made same statement..

Infact u need to come and see all the areas labeled "Sabon Gari" in all northern states...Na igbos full them I no know wetin dem fine come for our poor region

eaglechild:

Don't get angry when someone says that Igbos are majority in Kano, Kaduna and Jo's.

You said it yourself.

If by majority u mean their numbers compared to other settlers in the north,I won't get angry...

I will only get angry if u mean igbos are more than US the original northerners... becos its not possible and probably neva will

HzRF:

Na stone kwankaso dey collect every month ?
Abi
Go fix DAT number 6 pls

u don't even have no 6,not to talk of fixing it,is d mdg goals set for kwakwaso,or for nigeria,or kwakwaso is na d president of nigeria,as i said buhari wil fix d mess and failure or ur ogogoro zoologist within 4yrs,nigeria wil meet d mdg goals before 2020,pdp has taken us backward for 20yrs.d change has come.

codedguy1:


I agree with you. In Nigeria the better rigger gets the booty.

When has there not been tribal and religious sentiments in Nigerian politics, just that this time there were many other factors that tilted the victory towards the opposition.

The issue is even when the North are not abuse, alienated or insulted the same almajiri's can still be used. The question is can politicians in this country be truely progressive without selfish interest? That's what we would like to see, especially in the incoming govt. If it happens, we all know PDP will be dead and buried.

North can win without or without rigging - the outcome will always be the same should north embrace tribal/regional politics.

The responsibility for change away from this backward mindset in our politics does not rest with the politicians but with us the electorate i.e. you and I who have the power to hire and fire through our votes, as seen during this recent elections.

It is therefore up to us to jettison this bad behaviour or condone it and therefore allow politicians continue to divide us in order to dominate us - the saddest part of this situation is that our youths (tomorrow's future leaders) have allowed themselves become useful tools of this mind control and dominance - you only have to take a look at the current level hate and myopism in many of the posts by youths in this forum.

Mutuwa:


It is evident that the poor population brought out some millions in the three state aforementioned.They will keep having babies and winning by MERIT and not by ruse.as the kano st gov adumbrated,democracy is a game of numbers.Indigents are everywhere in the country chump..look and do justice to your reasoning process and don't conclude just coz one side is poor.

Economy is more of game of numbers than politics in Naija.. When politickricians go to share their "kill" or " national cake, numbers don't count! But Almajiri is still faced with the economy of daily human needs. In 2014, Kano, with 10m folks budgeted about N230bn, Lagos with similar population budgeted N500bn while Anambra with 4m folks budgeted about N150bn. So Anambra had N37,500 to spend on each person while Kano had N23,000 to spend on each person. So it means that for every N100 Kano spends on each citizen,Anambra is spending N163 on each citizen. So who is going to be poorer or richer?

adconline:

Economy is more of game of numbers than politics in Naija.. When politickricians go to share their "kill" or " national cake, numbers don't count! But Almajiri is still faced with the economy of daily human needs. In 2014, Kano, with 10m folks budgeted about N230bn, Lagos with similar population budgeted N500bn while Anambra with 4m folks budgeted about N150bn. So Anambra had N37,500 to spend on each person while Kano had N23,000 to spend on each person. So it means that for every N100 Kano spends on each citizen,Anambra is spending N163 on each citizen. So who is going to be poorer or richer?

In between economy and politics chum..there is what is called "reality" which exist except if you are either ignorant of it (which of course it still does exist) or you may want to argue without a sense of justice.All these things you put down are facts disputed and ofcourse ineffective to some extent,in terms of practicability.The question is what is good about Anambra that is better than kano in contemporary time nigeria? Go and ask for the meaning of the slogan " kano ko da mai kazo an fika" then lets relate on an even ground,then from der u will know who will be poorer and who would be richer.

lorRhyMeZ:


Nah,am jus stressing that if really the north is the poorest region in nigeria,then its quite ironic that this same northern region have a large number of igbo business men...if the north is that poor,what would the igbo's b looking for?

ok.....i think u wan start normal igbo bashing ......peace.....

Jesusloveyou:
u don't even have no 6,not to talk of fixing it,is d mdg goals set for kwakwaso,or for nigeria,or kwakwaso is na d president of nigeria,as i said buhari wil fix d mess and failure or ur ogogoro zoologist within 4yrs,nigeria wil meet d mdg goals before 2020,pdp has taken us backward for 20yrs.d change has come.

See painment

Mutuwa:


In between economy and politics chum..there is what is called "reality" which exist except if you are either ignorant of it (which of course it still does exist) or you may want to argue without a sense of justice.All these things you put down are facts disputed and ofcourse ineffective to some extent,in terms of practicability.The question is what is good about Anambra that is better than kano in contemporary time nigeria? Go and ask for the meaning of the slogan " kano ko da mai kazo an fika" then lets relate on an even ground,then from der u will know who will be poorer and who would be richer.

Kano is at par with populatuon and economc potentials, but Lagos is light years ahead, so needless to do any comparison. Let's stick to Anambra. In 2014, 65% of students that sat for WAEC got 5 credits -including English and Math- that's about 34k students- this is a state with 4m folks while Kano with 10m folks, only 18k students got 5 credits including English and Math. It means tha Anamabra is sending more young folks to school than Kano. Mind you Kano spends 3 times more than Anambra. There are 10m kids in Naija not going to school- Kano accounts for a greater % of these kids. Kano sends more kids to Almajiri than it sends them to school! The implication is that these kids are likely to be Boko Haram recruits than someone who finished high school or university.. It's disngenious for educated folks like you to dismiss the economic and social conditions these kids. Aisha Buhari was talking about prostitution in SS but ignored child illiteracy and child marriage in the north. It's time we told ourselves the truth that bigger population doesn't translate to bigger economy!

adconline:

Kano is at par with populatuon and economc resources, but Lagos is light years ahead, so needless to do any comparison. Let's stick to Anambra. In 2014, 65% of students that sat for WAEC got 5 credits -including English and Math- that's about 34k students- this is a state with 4m folks while Kano with 10m folks, only 18k students got 5 credits including English and Math. It means tha Anamabra is sending more young folks to school than Kano. Mind you Kano spends 3 times more than Anambra. There are 10m kids in Naija not going to school- Kano accounts for a greater % of these kids. Kano sends more kids to Almajiri than it sends them to school! The implication is that these kids are likely to be Boko Haram recruits than someone who finished high school or university.. It's disngenious for educated folks like you to dismiss the economic and social conditions these kids. Aisha Buhari was talking about prostitution in SS but ignored child illiteracy and child marriage in the north. It's time we tell ourselves the truth that bigger population doesn't translate to bigger economy!

Well again..your analysis have to some extent have atoms of truth which I personally grew up seeing..however like I earlier said which I reiterate ,implementation is never effective as analysed.One thing is certain,the east is industrious much more than the north.reason is that customs and even religion defines extent and scope of what is industrious to a northern person or group of persons.

Secondly folks from kano do have extremely wealthy ppl whose kids despise education for some reasons such as lack of motivation from their rich parents,coz even they too made it without a formal education.so in some way parental pressure is seen altering the social conditions of these kids and to some extent the kinda environment this kids are brought up.You may disagree with me if you want too,but in kano dangote is just a kid in terms of wealth.He just became awake much more than the quiet billionaires resident in the state,and will still cower at them at every opportunity.

Thanks to the kind of governor they have,the educational life has taken an entire new scope.Dig in-depth into it,u will be marvelled at the new educational transformation going on in the state.

Lastly..your line of argument is well and insight.But why I criticize it on effectiveness is that for quiet a while,the govt policies,esp on education is just a ruse honestly.If you personally don't go down and see with ur eyes this things put together,the media and print paper will just put an opinion in your mind.
Nice write up.

specco:
He has said it all. It 's all about the North. The hidden agenda has been laid bare. The whole idea, mergers and plots was solely to return power back to the north and avenge a perceived insult to the north by Jonathan. And to think that the SW was a willing tool in the hands of thie 'born to rule north' without even knowing it is baffling.
'Nobody will insult the north and get away with it', he boasts. All thanks to the betrayal of a section of the South. The Yorubas were used big time.

Were Yorubas used in 2011?

Jonathan is a disappointment.

You don't bite the fingers that fed you.

He treated the South West with Contempt and he was paid back. We are not like the South Easterners that will say ' we know he disappointed us but we would still vote for him'. No, we are politically advanced. You don't embarrass our elders and go unpunished.

He was a learner. Now, he has learned in a hard way.

^^^^Thats exactly the same message Kwankwaso is telling them for insulting the north.

^^^^Thats exactly the same message Kwankwaso is telling them for insulting the north

Mcowubaba:
ok.....i think u wan start normal igbo bashing ......peace.....

Igbo bashing? Nooooo...am too large to descend that low