UNVEILING: THE TRUTH ABOUT PRESENT BOKO HARAM
By: Physicist Suleiman Ahmed
“Men occasionally stumble over the truth,
but most of them, themselves up and
hurry off as if nothing ever happened.”
– Winston Churchill.
In recent days, as the so-called Boko Haram Islamists are busy marauding our lands, killing our brothers and sisters, abducting our sisters, bombing our mosque, churches Bus station and markets and claiming religion this is not religion is madness the sadness in all of this is the negligence of Government that fail to take its responsibility of protecting life and properties of their people while they have the full potential ability to do that: here comes the Question.
Why did Nigerian Government refuse to End Boko Haram insurgency while they have the power to do that?
I am a physics student and I know that things don't happen just like that there most be something behind that make it happen. Just like law of gravity for example we can't see the force of gravity but we knew is the force that makes every thing stay in the ground rather than leaving it fly in air forever. The same thing apply to Boko Haram and Nigerian Government because there most be a logical reasoning on why Government refuse to end the bloodshed.
For me is a Political Game organized by the corrupt Government as a tool to win election or to set an interim Government we all know that the vehemently opposition of President Jonathan is in the northern part of the country to tackle this they use Boko Haram to step up the attacks, and take more towns and villages in the North-east,opposition state and move a little bit into the North-central and the North-west, populated state attacking those places set the Northern nigeria on fire of insecurity, economic crisis, confusion, agony and hatred in the heart of many northerner because of bloodshed by political tool Boko Haram.
So they will use the project done by so called Boko Haram to kill two bird with one stone
1. First Is to win re-election with Boko Haram assault in the northern part
2. Second They don't want elections to hold at all. So by instructing Boko Haram to renew their assaults,so they can invoke power to plead general insecurity in the country and move the (Election) polls indefinitely and retain the presidency for 2 years before fixing another elections as in the constitution. therefore wants to hold on to power, through the back door.
This will be their chances that will be the plan I thing that's why they (Government) don't want to end Boko Haram insurgency
Thank you.
Article by: Physicist Suleiman Ahmed
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Monday, December 22, 2014
TO MEDIA : STOP COMPARING LEGEND LEADERS WITH INCOMPETENT LEADER LIKE JONATHAN
TO MEDIA : STOP COMPARING LEGEND LEADERS WITH INCOMPETENT LEADER LIKE JONATHAN
By: Physicist Suleiman Ahmed
I am sick and tired with the Nigerian media when ever I on my TV all the television stations I tune they show the same campaign for incompetent President Jonathan been compare with great world leaders like Lee Kuan Yhew, Late Nelson Mandela and late Dr Martin Luther King Jr, while the attitude of the President Jonathan is a daily loss of innocent lives in the country this did not support such claim made by media (television stations).
Parts of leadership qualities you need to imbibe include ability to take responsibility. Apart from being responsible, you must also be able to sacrifice for others and you must be able to add value Mr. President
In leadership, you cannot make value-added contribution until you are able to identify what is it you don’t like about this country; what is it that you can accept and what is it you cannot accept. The essence is in you.
The capacity to identify what is right or wrong is not what you can borrow or buy. It is in you Mr President
Some nights ago, I was watching television and some people were telling us that we have never had it so good. I am in my whole 25 year and I can tell you that Nigeria has had it much better before than now.
They even said it was not easy for Lee Kuan Yew, it was not easy for Nelson Mandela and it was not easy for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Mr President, keep doing it. Keep doing the good works because we who are with you are much more than those who are against you. And this is not true everyone knew that even you Mr. President.
So tell me something, is that part of Nollywood fiction movie? Or Is part of an entertainment? Let me cite one example. They always say I am father to all and I accept. If somebody makes me leader of a group and there is something in that group, l should be able to stand by the group depend it because is my responsibility this is clear.
Let me tell you, if 59 boys are killed in Yobe 200 in Kano, 34 in Borno, 20 in Gombe, and Adamawa State and the nation economy is facing a deserter and you as a leader, the next day you went to PDP Fund raising Dinner get 21.2 billion donation for your campaign so you can go and danced in a political rally, I say, that is not leadership this is a stupid incompetent Mr. President.
This is not about not being an Ijaw or non-Ijaw. It is not about being a South-South or not South-South. It is about leadership. It is about the fact that those who were killed were human beings like you and me.
If some suicide bombers bombed a place and you as a leader has political rally the next day, the least you can do is to postpone the programme. Even if they are not your children, all you need to do is to sympathize and u expect them to vote for you, your not doing the right thing Mr. President.
If it comes to a point that we don’t care about who is leading the country, then we have lost it. We know we are all in deficit. What we have today are leaders who are in pursuit of personal gains and not about the good brightness future of our great nation Nigeria. This is incompetence Mr. President and this not the attitude of Lee Kuan Yhew, Late Nelson Mandela and late Dr Martin Luther King Jr then Why did you compare President Jonathan with them?
The anticipated results are to enable an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of leadership in Nigeria; enable the existing leaders to draw lessons from the past; motivate the younger generation for critical thinking on leadership; and enable a constructive dialogue on the expectations of the Nigerian youth on leadership matters.
I Physicist Suleiman Ahmed 25 year old graduate want to send this as Open letter to media and President Jonathan or his spokesman. People like. Reuben Abati; political adviser, Rufai Alkali; and public affairs aide, Doyin Okupe.
Please if you can help forward this to them or u have any Number that will link to them text me the number I really want Mr. President get this Article by any means
Thank you.
Article by: Physicist Suleiman Ahmed
By: Physicist Suleiman Ahmed
I am sick and tired with the Nigerian media when ever I on my TV all the television stations I tune they show the same campaign for incompetent President Jonathan been compare with great world leaders like Lee Kuan Yhew, Late Nelson Mandela and late Dr Martin Luther King Jr, while the attitude of the President Jonathan is a daily loss of innocent lives in the country this did not support such claim made by media (television stations).
Parts of leadership qualities you need to imbibe include ability to take responsibility. Apart from being responsible, you must also be able to sacrifice for others and you must be able to add value Mr. President
In leadership, you cannot make value-added contribution until you are able to identify what is it you don’t like about this country; what is it that you can accept and what is it you cannot accept. The essence is in you.
The capacity to identify what is right or wrong is not what you can borrow or buy. It is in you Mr President
Some nights ago, I was watching television and some people were telling us that we have never had it so good. I am in my whole 25 year and I can tell you that Nigeria has had it much better before than now.
They even said it was not easy for Lee Kuan Yew, it was not easy for Nelson Mandela and it was not easy for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Mr President, keep doing it. Keep doing the good works because we who are with you are much more than those who are against you. And this is not true everyone knew that even you Mr. President.
So tell me something, is that part of Nollywood fiction movie? Or Is part of an entertainment? Let me cite one example. They always say I am father to all and I accept. If somebody makes me leader of a group and there is something in that group, l should be able to stand by the group depend it because is my responsibility this is clear.
Let me tell you, if 59 boys are killed in Yobe 200 in Kano, 34 in Borno, 20 in Gombe, and Adamawa State and the nation economy is facing a deserter and you as a leader, the next day you went to PDP Fund raising Dinner get 21.2 billion donation for your campaign so you can go and danced in a political rally, I say, that is not leadership this is a stupid incompetent Mr. President.
This is not about not being an Ijaw or non-Ijaw. It is not about being a South-South or not South-South. It is about leadership. It is about the fact that those who were killed were human beings like you and me.
If some suicide bombers bombed a place and you as a leader has political rally the next day, the least you can do is to postpone the programme. Even if they are not your children, all you need to do is to sympathize and u expect them to vote for you, your not doing the right thing Mr. President.
If it comes to a point that we don’t care about who is leading the country, then we have lost it. We know we are all in deficit. What we have today are leaders who are in pursuit of personal gains and not about the good brightness future of our great nation Nigeria. This is incompetence Mr. President and this not the attitude of Lee Kuan Yhew, Late Nelson Mandela and late Dr Martin Luther King Jr then Why did you compare President Jonathan with them?
The anticipated results are to enable an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of leadership in Nigeria; enable the existing leaders to draw lessons from the past; motivate the younger generation for critical thinking on leadership; and enable a constructive dialogue on the expectations of the Nigerian youth on leadership matters.
I Physicist Suleiman Ahmed 25 year old graduate want to send this as Open letter to media and President Jonathan or his spokesman. People like. Reuben Abati; political adviser, Rufai Alkali; and public affairs aide, Doyin Okupe.
Please if you can help forward this to them or u have any Number that will link to them text me the number I really want Mr. President get this Article by any means
Thank you.
Article by: Physicist Suleiman Ahmed
Sunday, December 21, 2014
21.2 BILLION NAIRA RAISED BY PDP MEMBERS TO SUPPORT PRESIDENT JONATHAN CAMPAIGN IN 2015 GENERAL ELECTION:
21.2 BILLION NAIRA RAISED BY PDP MEMBERS TO SUPPORT PRESIDENT JONATHAN CAMPAIGN IN 2015 GENERAL ELECTION:
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid received a major boost Naira rain at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Fund Raising Dinner held at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Saturday 20 December 2014, as businessmen, multinational organizations, interest groups and individuals donated the sum of N21.27bn to support Jonathan campaign for the 2015 presidential election.
THE LIST OF DONATION IN TABLE BELOW:
DONORS. AMOUNT.(N)
1. Mr.Tunde Ayeni ... 2bn
2. Oil and Gas sector..... 5bn
3. Real Estate & Buildin.... 4bn
4. Transport & Aviation. 1bn
5. Food and Agriculture. 500m
6. Power. 500m
7. Construction. 310m
8. Road Construction. 250m
9. Automative Association. 450m
10. Shelter Development Ltd. 250m
11. Prof. Jerry Gana associates. 5bn
12. The 21 PDP Governors. 1.05b
13. SIFAX Group. 100m
14. PDP stakeholders Rivers. 50m
13. The 15 state of Niger Delta. 15m
14. A Six year old boy. 1000 Thousand
TOTAL: 21.27billion Naira
THE CLOSING REMARK:
JONATHAN:
Jonathan, in his remarks, described Saturday as a special day, due to the fundraiser. He thanked the donors, while assuring them that the funds would not be wasted or misused.
“I thank everyone who made donation tonight,” said Jonathan.
The President stated that the money was for the PDP, stressing that the amount generated would help to run the PDP better in the upcoming 2015 election
Mr. JOSEPH MAKANJU:
Mr. Joseph Makanju, representative of the Chief Fund Raiser and Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote said his principal, who was outside the country, did not leave a mandate.
He, however, promised that as soon as Dangote returned to the country, he would personally see the National Chairman of the PDP, Adamu Mu’Azu, to offer his support.
Prof. JERYY GANA:
The Chairman of the fundraiser committee, Prof. Jerry Gana. He warned the leadership of the party, which has President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate, not to underestimate their opponents Because we have been in power for 16 years and the coming elections would be competitive because it is going to be more of a two-party contest.
ADAMU MU'AZU:
Mu’azu seals fate of losers at primaries
The National Chairman of the PDP, Adamu Mu’azu, sealed the fate of aspirants who lost at the party’s primaries at all levels.
Mu’azu said, “Power and glory come from God and nobody else. Those who have won should involve everybody in their campaigns in order to make them family campaigns.
“For the losers, I pray for you that God will answer you at a later date. Join us to campaign for all our candidates at all levels to have success.”
Article By: Suleiman A Gamawa
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid received a major boost Naira rain at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Fund Raising Dinner held at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Saturday 20 December 2014, as businessmen, multinational organizations, interest groups and individuals donated the sum of N21.27bn to support Jonathan campaign for the 2015 presidential election.
THE LIST OF DONATION IN TABLE BELOW:
DONORS. AMOUNT.(N)
1. Mr.Tunde Ayeni ... 2bn
2. Oil and Gas sector..... 5bn
3. Real Estate & Buildin.... 4bn
4. Transport & Aviation. 1bn
5. Food and Agriculture. 500m
6. Power. 500m
7. Construction. 310m
8. Road Construction. 250m
9. Automative Association. 450m
10. Shelter Development Ltd. 250m
11. Prof. Jerry Gana associates. 5bn
12. The 21 PDP Governors. 1.05b
13. SIFAX Group. 100m
14. PDP stakeholders Rivers. 50m
13. The 15 state of Niger Delta. 15m
14. A Six year old boy. 1000 Thousand
TOTAL: 21.27billion Naira
THE CLOSING REMARK:
JONATHAN:
Jonathan, in his remarks, described Saturday as a special day, due to the fundraiser. He thanked the donors, while assuring them that the funds would not be wasted or misused.
“I thank everyone who made donation tonight,” said Jonathan.
The President stated that the money was for the PDP, stressing that the amount generated would help to run the PDP better in the upcoming 2015 election
Mr. JOSEPH MAKANJU:
Mr. Joseph Makanju, representative of the Chief Fund Raiser and Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote said his principal, who was outside the country, did not leave a mandate.
He, however, promised that as soon as Dangote returned to the country, he would personally see the National Chairman of the PDP, Adamu Mu’Azu, to offer his support.
Prof. JERYY GANA:
The Chairman of the fundraiser committee, Prof. Jerry Gana. He warned the leadership of the party, which has President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate, not to underestimate their opponents Because we have been in power for 16 years and the coming elections would be competitive because it is going to be more of a two-party contest.
ADAMU MU'AZU:
Mu’azu seals fate of losers at primaries
The National Chairman of the PDP, Adamu Mu’azu, sealed the fate of aspirants who lost at the party’s primaries at all levels.
Mu’azu said, “Power and glory come from God and nobody else. Those who have won should involve everybody in their campaigns in order to make them family campaigns.
“For the losers, I pray for you that God will answer you at a later date. Join us to campaign for all our candidates at all levels to have success.”
Article By: Suleiman A Gamawa
Monday, December 15, 2014
THE WATCH : The Saga Between Atiku and Obasanjo
THE WATCH
Is
Olusegun Obasanjo’s Autobiography Book:
The Saga between Atiku and Obasanjo
The following is an excerpt from
the volume-3. page-1,522 ‘in the book
MY WATCH. The former President
Olusegun Obasanjo. Said:
“By the Constitution, I had to
inaugurate or prorogue the
National Assembly on June 4,
1999. The most important officer
in the National Assembly is the
senate president and that office
had been zoned to the South-
east. And here was where Atiku
Abubakar, my vice-president,
first showed his hand and his
character.
“Without seeking my view or
approval, he started planning
the installation of Chuba
Okadigbo as the senate
president. I did a background
check on Chuba including his
past as a student and made
enquiries about him in the
National Party of Nigeria (NPN)
under (President Shehu) Shagari
and no one would recommend
him for the post of senate
president.
“I left Atiku to go on his chase
while I carried out a meticulous
and detailed investigation and
background check on each
senator from the South-east.
The one that appeared most
appointable was Evan Enwerem.
I canvassed the senate across
the board for his election and he
was elected. Atiku did not expect
it and he felt sore.
“He began to strategise for
Enwerem to be removed and
Chuba Okadigbo to be installed.
His strategy worked because I
was at Abuja airport to receive a
visiting head of state when the
news reached me that the
Senate had impeached Enwerem
and elected Okadigbo. I was not
perturbed. I came to understand
from some senators including
Florence Ita-Giwa, who later
became my Special Adviser/
Liaison Officer to the National
Assembly, that Atiku distributed
US$5,000 each to some senators
to carry out the ‘coup’.
“That was the beginning of
bribing the legislature to carry
out a particular line of action to
suit or satisfy the purpose or
desire of an individual or a
group. The National Assembly
had tasted blood and they would
continue to want more. From the
day I nominated Atiku to be my
vice, he set his mind not for any
good, benefit or service of the
country, but on furiously
planning to upstage, supplant or
remove me at all cost and to
take my place.
“That was what I brought him
for, but he was impatient and
over-ambitious. He was not
ready to learn and to wait. His
marabout, who predicted that
despite being elected as
governor, he would not be
sworn in as a governor, which
happened, also assured him that
he would take over from me in a
matter of months rather than
years.
“All his plans, appointments of
people and his actions were
towards the actualisation of his
marabout’s prediction. Once I
realised his intention and
programme, I watched him like
a hawk without giving any
indication of what I knew and
letting down my guard. I could
not succumb to the distraction,
diversion and malevolence of an
ambitious but unwise deputy.
“The work in hand was more
important than a confrontational
relationship with my deputy, a
man over whom I knew I had far
more experience and outreach
in all matters. To alert him of
what I knew he was up to, would
only lead to lying, denial, more
mischievous plans and more
duplicity on his part.
“He was better managed that
way. What was important was
not allowing myself to be
surprised or outmanoeuvred by
him. I must always seize the
initiative and know what was
going on if not in his mind, but at
least in his camp. That I did very
effectively.
“Sometime in the fourth quarter
of 2004, an associate of Atiku
came to my residence at the Aso
Villa from Atiku’s official
residence. He felt uncomfortable
and I tried to make him feel at
ease. Then, he settled to tell me
the story of what had just
transpired in Atiku’s residence. I
listened with rapt attention.
“He went on to say that Atiku
told him that for him to become
the President of Nigeria, the
2007 elections were only a
formality.
“The seven ingredients he
needed for his enthronement
were already in his hands. He
controlled the National
Assembly because both the
President of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of
Representatives were in his
pocket. He controlled twenty-
eight out of thirty-six governors.
He had control of the media. His
influence over the judiciary was
overwhelming.
“What he needed was foreign
endorsement and for that he
had employed two lobby groups
in the US and one in the UK. And
finally, the money for the
elections was in his purse.
“When the man finished, I
thanked him without passing
any comment. The man was
surprised at my reaction and
asked, ‘You have nothing to say
to these?’ I said that I had
nothing to say and I immediately
called my ADC, Chris Jemitola, to
play a game of squash with me.
“On our way to the squash court
with my ADC, I said, ‘People at
times make plans and leave God
out of their plans.’ My casual
remark struck Chris and he said,
‘Sir, that was a profound
statement.’ I said that I made the
statement because of what I had
just heard of Atiku’s plan. I was
not convinced he had put God in
his plans.
“Atiku was confident and God
was laughing. Most of Atiku’s
ingredients soon started to fall
out of place one by one. The first
was the party, PDP.
“He thought I was powerless and
had no clue about the execution
of his plan with his group; part
of his attack on me was for
national chairman of the party to
give the first salvo, then other
things would follow as his grip
on the party would be firm and
consolidated.
“That salvo came in the form of a
letter to me from the chairman
of the party, Audu Ogbeh, who
had fully defected with (Iyorchia)
Ayu to Atiku.
“The letter, which was not the
product of any issue or matter
discussed with or at any party
meeting, came suddenly. When I
received it, I could read the
sinister intention behind it.
“I spent that night writing my
reply and I sent it in the
morning. My reply was clear. I
wondered why Atiku and his
group did not realise that with
my reply, the battle line was
clear or maybe they thought that
the seven ingredients would
remain intact to the end.
“My assistants had moles within
the Atiku group. Anything that
they planned would be reported.
That was the case after Ogbeh’s
letter. They decided that Ogbeh
should appear remorseful and
come with the National Working
Committee to apologise to me. It
was not from their hearts, but to
lure me to a ‘killing ground’.
“All pieces of information that
were reported were verified
because it would not come from
only one informant.
“Timely information is a very
important principle of war and
also of politics. In politics, just as
in war, what matters is not just
your plan, but knowledge of
your opponent’s plan. Knowing
their plan, I had the choice of
playing along with them or being
firm, I chose the latter.
“I told Ogbeh that my
relationship with him as national
chairman and me as national
leader of the party was based on
mutual confidence and trust. But
with his letter, my reply and
what I knew of him then, I could
no longer work with him in
confidence and trust.
“There were only two choices
left for both of us in our best
interest and that of the party –
he, leaves as chairman or I leave
as leader of the party.
“The following Sunday, I called at
his house, which I had done on
several occasions in the past
when there was an important
party matter to discuss. This
time, I asked him to give me an
undated letter of resignation as
the national chairman.
“I waited, he gave me but it was
wrongly addressed to me rather
than to the national secretary of
the party as stipulated in the
party’s constitution.
“Ogbeh reported to his group
and it was decided by them to
play on and to wait for my
disgrace whenever I presented a
letter of resignation not
addressed to the national
secretary.
“The informants did their job
and I, once again, paid another
visit to Ogbeh at his residence.
He entertained me to a meal and
drink, and changed the
addressee on his letter of
resignation.
“It would appear he never
reported the change to his
group. When I considered it
opportune and appropriate, the
letter was dated and presented
to National Executive Committee
of the party, which regrettably
accepted the resignation.
“With that, whatever control
Atiku claimed to have over the
party began to crumble. But he
did not think so and went on to
boast that if I made my daughter
the national chairman, it would
be a matter of weeks not
months before he would put her
in his pocket.
“I therefore had to look for a
successor chairman, who would
be too big, uncompromising and
inflexible to be lured and
controlled by Atiku. I found such
a man in Senator (Dr.) Amadu
Ali, whom I had known many
years earlier as a medical doctor
in the army…”
Excerpted from “My Watch” by
Olusegun Obasanjo.
Article by Suleiman A Gamawa
Copyright
© 2015
Thursday, December 11, 2014
THE FIVE AGENDA OF GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI
THE FIVE AGENDA OF GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI
"I ask for your votes and support as I make these five (5) pledges to the nation (Nigeria):
1. I will honestly govern Nigeria in accord with the constitution and rule of law.
2. I will bring all resources necessary to end
poverty through ending corruption, promoting broadly-shared economic growth, investing in our country and creating jobs.
3. I will tolerate no religious, regional, ethnic or gender bias.
4. I will return Nigeria to a position of international respect through active and wise foreign policy.
5. I will select the best Nigerians for posts in my government."
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
"I ask for your votes and support as I make these five (5) pledges to the nation (Nigeria):
1. I will honestly govern Nigeria in accord with the constitution and rule of law.
2. I will bring all resources necessary to end
poverty through ending corruption, promoting broadly-shared economic growth, investing in our country and creating jobs.
3. I will tolerate no religious, regional, ethnic or gender bias.
4. I will return Nigeria to a position of international respect through active and wise foreign policy.
5. I will select the best Nigerians for posts in my government."
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
BATTLE FOR HOPE: General Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR - APC’s presidential primary speech
BATTLE FOR HOPE: General Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR - APC’s presidential primary speech
(From War Against In Discipline to Battle for Hope)
"When I last led this nation (Nigeria) I launched a War Against In Discipline – today, I pledge a Battle for Hope." 2015
(Gen. Muhammad Buhari )
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
THE SPEECH
“ My Dear Delegates,
As you gather for our convention, please
remember that history, change and the hopes of Nigeria are there with you. They are there to ask you to perform according to your best judgment and patriotic conscience. I also ask you to do the same. We seek a new Nigeria. It starts with us. It starts today.
I have placed myself before you seeking
your help to nominate me as your standard
bearer for our progressive party, APC.
Personal ambition does not drive me in this
regard. I seek to be the next president of our
beloved nation because I believe I have
something to offer Nigeria at this time of
multiple crises. Insecurity, corruption, and
economic collapse have brought the nation low. Time is past due that we work together to lift Nigeria up. I am ready to lead Nigeria to its rightful future."
" I have always served Nigeria to the best of my ability. I have always tried to give more to the nation than it has given me. This is the principle of service that has guided my public life. Thus, I am not a rich person. I can’t give you a fistful of dollars or naira to purchase your support. Even if I could, I would not do so. The fate of this nation is not up for sale. What I will give you, and this nation is all of my strength, commitment, sweat and toil in the service of the people. What I can give you is my all.
The PDP has been in power much too long for the little good it has done. For the past six years, Nigeria has walked backwards carrying the weight of PDP’s incompetence on its shoulders.
Due to its broken leadership, Nigeria has been afflicted by a strange illness. We are a great nation riddled by endless crises. Instead of resolving problems, this government multiplies and manufactures them. PDP cannot stand before us and say things have gotten better under its direction. It has only gotten worse and it’s now time for change.
PDP’s government may say that it needs more time- that what we need now is continuity but we do not.
What we need now is change!
I know what it takes to achieve real change I have led our nation before in times almost as unhappy as these.
I know that to solve our problems we need real leadership, not warm words and empty
promises. A leader needs integrity and strength and un bending commitment to do what is right.
I know that leaders must not just mouth words about change they must embody it in their lives and their values.
My love for Nigeria is writ large across my heart and I have spent a lifetime in the service of its people."
" Through a long career trying to build a better country for my fellow Nigerians in offices both high and low I have always tried to place my country before myself.
While some who have occupied those same
positions have grown mysteriously rich, I still
live on my army pension. I own no foreign bank accounts, I own no companies profiting from government contracts.
Why then do I seek office, if not for myself?
While others might prefer to stay at home
watching their grandchildren grow and live the battle to others I still see injustices that need to be righted and I still dream of a New Nigeria.
I am what you see before you – a simple man who believes in serving both God and his country. A man who is impatient for change, who loves Nigeria and seeks to serve it once again.
When I last led this nation I launched a War
against Indiscipline – today, I pledge a Battle for Hope.
A battle against the dark forces of corruption
and despair that have held our nation hostage to their greed for too long.
We simply cannot afford four more years of
PDP’s corruption and the corrosive cynicism that it has bred. The time for hope, the time for belief, is now. You cannot trust the corrupt to end corruption. You cannot trust the selfish and self interested to rule in the best interests of the people. You cannot trust those who believe hope is a tool of government rather than a human right to
plant the seed of belief. Let’s be clear. This is not a time for continuity. Failure does not deserve continuity. Incompetence does not deserve continuity. It deserves change; that is what the nation deserves and that is what we will bring. Make no mistake – as is always the case for those who seek to bring change, it will not come easy. And today I ask for your votes and support as I make these five (5) pledges to the nation:
1. I will honestly govern Nigeria in accord with the constitution and rule of law.
2. I will bring all resources necessary to end
poverty through ending corruption, promoting broadly-shared economic growth, investing in our country and creating jobs.
3. I will tolerate no religious, regional, ethnic or gender bias. "
4. I will return Nigeria to a position of international respect through active and wise foreign policy.
5. I will select the best Nigerians for posts in my government.
General Muhammadu Buhari won the primaries with 3,430 votes to defeat Kwankwaso, Atiku Okorocha and Isaiah and they congratulate and vow to work for Buhari’s success
Closing Remark by Buhari
"I do not intend to rule Nigeria. I want to
democratically govern it with your help. I seek a Nigeria where Christians and Muslims may practice their faiths in peace and security; a Nigeria that is just and where corruption no longer trespasses into our institutions and national behavior and a Nigeria where our diversity could be used for our national prosperity.
Nigeria is our home. Let us now turn it into the great nation we know it can and should be."
I thank you all." And He shout. APC! APC !!
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
Download the Video direct open the link:
http://en.savefrom.net/#url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=rosamsUvZlQ&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=short_domains&utm_campaign=ssyoutube.com
(From War Against In Discipline to Battle for Hope)
"When I last led this nation (Nigeria) I launched a War Against In Discipline – today, I pledge a Battle for Hope." 2015
(Gen. Muhammad Buhari )
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
THE SPEECH
“ My Dear Delegates,
As you gather for our convention, please
remember that history, change and the hopes of Nigeria are there with you. They are there to ask you to perform according to your best judgment and patriotic conscience. I also ask you to do the same. We seek a new Nigeria. It starts with us. It starts today.
I have placed myself before you seeking
your help to nominate me as your standard
bearer for our progressive party, APC.
Personal ambition does not drive me in this
regard. I seek to be the next president of our
beloved nation because I believe I have
something to offer Nigeria at this time of
multiple crises. Insecurity, corruption, and
economic collapse have brought the nation low. Time is past due that we work together to lift Nigeria up. I am ready to lead Nigeria to its rightful future."
" I have always served Nigeria to the best of my ability. I have always tried to give more to the nation than it has given me. This is the principle of service that has guided my public life. Thus, I am not a rich person. I can’t give you a fistful of dollars or naira to purchase your support. Even if I could, I would not do so. The fate of this nation is not up for sale. What I will give you, and this nation is all of my strength, commitment, sweat and toil in the service of the people. What I can give you is my all.
The PDP has been in power much too long for the little good it has done. For the past six years, Nigeria has walked backwards carrying the weight of PDP’s incompetence on its shoulders.
Due to its broken leadership, Nigeria has been afflicted by a strange illness. We are a great nation riddled by endless crises. Instead of resolving problems, this government multiplies and manufactures them. PDP cannot stand before us and say things have gotten better under its direction. It has only gotten worse and it’s now time for change.
PDP’s government may say that it needs more time- that what we need now is continuity but we do not.
What we need now is change!
I know what it takes to achieve real change I have led our nation before in times almost as unhappy as these.
I know that to solve our problems we need real leadership, not warm words and empty
promises. A leader needs integrity and strength and un bending commitment to do what is right.
I know that leaders must not just mouth words about change they must embody it in their lives and their values.
My love for Nigeria is writ large across my heart and I have spent a lifetime in the service of its people."
" Through a long career trying to build a better country for my fellow Nigerians in offices both high and low I have always tried to place my country before myself.
While some who have occupied those same
positions have grown mysteriously rich, I still
live on my army pension. I own no foreign bank accounts, I own no companies profiting from government contracts.
Why then do I seek office, if not for myself?
While others might prefer to stay at home
watching their grandchildren grow and live the battle to others I still see injustices that need to be righted and I still dream of a New Nigeria.
I am what you see before you – a simple man who believes in serving both God and his country. A man who is impatient for change, who loves Nigeria and seeks to serve it once again.
When I last led this nation I launched a War
against Indiscipline – today, I pledge a Battle for Hope.
A battle against the dark forces of corruption
and despair that have held our nation hostage to their greed for too long.
We simply cannot afford four more years of
PDP’s corruption and the corrosive cynicism that it has bred. The time for hope, the time for belief, is now. You cannot trust the corrupt to end corruption. You cannot trust the selfish and self interested to rule in the best interests of the people. You cannot trust those who believe hope is a tool of government rather than a human right to
plant the seed of belief. Let’s be clear. This is not a time for continuity. Failure does not deserve continuity. Incompetence does not deserve continuity. It deserves change; that is what the nation deserves and that is what we will bring. Make no mistake – as is always the case for those who seek to bring change, it will not come easy. And today I ask for your votes and support as I make these five (5) pledges to the nation:
1. I will honestly govern Nigeria in accord with the constitution and rule of law.
2. I will bring all resources necessary to end
poverty through ending corruption, promoting broadly-shared economic growth, investing in our country and creating jobs.
3. I will tolerate no religious, regional, ethnic or gender bias. "
4. I will return Nigeria to a position of international respect through active and wise foreign policy.
5. I will select the best Nigerians for posts in my government.
General Muhammadu Buhari won the primaries with 3,430 votes to defeat Kwankwaso, Atiku Okorocha and Isaiah and they congratulate and vow to work for Buhari’s success
Closing Remark by Buhari
"I do not intend to rule Nigeria. I want to
democratically govern it with your help. I seek a Nigeria where Christians and Muslims may practice their faiths in peace and security; a Nigeria that is just and where corruption no longer trespasses into our institutions and national behavior and a Nigeria where our diversity could be used for our national prosperity.
Nigeria is our home. Let us now turn it into the great nation we know it can and should be."
I thank you all." And He shout. APC! APC !!
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
Download the Video direct open the link:
http://en.savefrom.net/#url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=rosamsUvZlQ&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=short_domains&utm_campaign=ssyoutube.com
PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA - PAGE5
PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA
(PART5 GOING FORWARD)
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
It is becoming a clear to notice that
Nigeria is a country with vast potentials which have remained unrealized due to socio-political and economic challenges of which dearth or scarcity of transformational leadership is at the heart of all. Again, it is common knowledge that this leadership deficit is more severe in northern Nigeria relative to other parts of the country.
Why? I will tell you why;
In northern Nigeria A disturbing overlooked dimension of this leadership conundrum or question however, is that leaders who ought to be responsible for identifying the problems and finding solutions seems to have little understanding of what these problems are, they prefer to ignore them or both, and hence have little or no solutions to them. The leaders are also becoming progressively disconnected from the ordinary people and their concerns. And still people with death heart follow them and they treat them just like a slaves.
The Problem is Divided into Five (5) :
1. MISPLACED PRIORITIES
2. CRITICAL PROBLEMS REQUIRING URGENT
SOLUTIONS
3. THE DISCONNECT
4. GENERATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL
DIMENSIONS OF NORTHERN LEADERSHIP
DEFICIT
5. GOING FORWARD
5. GOING FORWARD
We need new approaches to our multifaceted economic, social and political problems as the current stale and archaic ways of thinking are grossly inadequate and incapable of addressing our numerous 21st century challenges. In order to do this, we ought to realize that leaders like all
human beings are driven by self-interest, and as such they are not by default prone to
accountability or altruism. It is pressure from
citizens that forces leaders to act in the collective interest. It is agitation by ordinary citizens. especially labour and trade unions in post-war Western Europe that was instrumental in pressuring the political elite to make inclusive social reforms of hitherto exclusive and aristocratic political systems and implementation of welfare policies (such as. health care, housing and employment benefits which exist to this day) to cater for the less privileged.
Thus, a huge responsibility lies with northern
academics, intellectuals, commentators,
analysts, professionals and just about anyone concerned about their own future (or lack of it) and that of their children to continuously and consistently speak up on these burning issues that affect us all and ensure they are brought back onto the agenda of our leaders and elders.
It is just not enough to assume our
characteristically fatalistic position of “Allah Ya isa” or “God dey” and then resign ourselves to this sordid fate that certainly awaits us! The intellectuals and columnists of northern extraction should beam the spotlight more on what state and local governments are doing with the same vigorous consistency that the activities
of the Federal Government are scrutinized -how revenues and resources are managed, how investment decisions and contract awards are made, etc. because our governance challenges are mainly under the constitutional purview of states and local governments, and for the most part, information on the activities of these sub-
national governments is a black hole of sorts.
Public opinion moulders should provide
information to ordinary citizens on what these governments are doing, whether they are living up to their responsibilities, highlighting and applauding the efforts of political leaders who are performing well so that a performance benchmark would be set for others and proposing concrete recommendations no matter how idealistic they might seem. Public debate and public opinion moulding are enabled when
conversations are started on important issues that others can relate with, build on and carry along and thereby creating mechanisms for vigorous discussions, actions and demand for accountability.
For our leaders, they ought to realize that the situation in the North today is completely unsustainable and it doesn’t require the clairvoyance of a seer to foresee the imminent disaster of chaotic proportions that awaits the North as a whole. Thus it is in their own self-interest that the North is brought back from this dangerous precipice, by providing good governance we tirelessly complain about and being true representatives of the people and their aspirations at best to ensure the region
does not tear itself apart and at worst
maintaining the grossly unequal, predatory and destructive status quo. For some of our “elders”, who have had rewarding careers in public service, they could use their good names and influence in proposing concrete steps towards containing the Boko Haram insurgency and plans for reviving a post-
Boko Haram North. They could also take their campaign abroad to counter and disprove some destructive narratives emerging in some Western publications (at the prodding of some Diaspora based Nigerian lobby groups) that Boko Haram is a religious war against a certain religious group in northern Nigeria. With their influence, some of our elders could
also play instrumental roles in enlightening the masses on their civic rights and duties, what to expect from the government, being more proactive to demand accountability from their representatives at the grassroots level, and for the people selling their votes for Maize, peanuts and so on. Is a dangerous cowardice attitude of our people that need resolution.
For other “elders”, it is just time to BOW OUT, as the standing ovation has long died down, RETIRE for good and allow others to take the stage. Overall, more links between the citizens and the state need to be established with more communication channels between the leaders and the led.
Really it is time we woke up from our deep
complacent slumber and started playing our
roles in rescuing not just our future but our
present from this steady free-fall into the dark pit of misery and underdevelopment. For in the end, what will probably kill the North faster than any insurgency's bullets and bombs is our own silence, complacency silent and lack of pro-activeness in demanding accountability from our leaders and representation of our interests in their
actions......................END
Remember:
"If your not part of the solution then your definitely part of the problem"
Article By: Suleiman Gamawa
To Read Page 1 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.de/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern.html?m=1
To Read Page 2 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.nl/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern_5.html?m=1
To Read Page 3 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.com/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern_6.html?m=1
To Read Page 4 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.nl/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern_22.html?m=1
(PART5 GOING FORWARD)
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
It is becoming a clear to notice that
Nigeria is a country with vast potentials which have remained unrealized due to socio-political and economic challenges of which dearth or scarcity of transformational leadership is at the heart of all. Again, it is common knowledge that this leadership deficit is more severe in northern Nigeria relative to other parts of the country.
Why? I will tell you why;
In northern Nigeria A disturbing overlooked dimension of this leadership conundrum or question however, is that leaders who ought to be responsible for identifying the problems and finding solutions seems to have little understanding of what these problems are, they prefer to ignore them or both, and hence have little or no solutions to them. The leaders are also becoming progressively disconnected from the ordinary people and their concerns. And still people with death heart follow them and they treat them just like a slaves.
The Problem is Divided into Five (5) :
1. MISPLACED PRIORITIES
2. CRITICAL PROBLEMS REQUIRING URGENT
SOLUTIONS
3. THE DISCONNECT
4. GENERATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL
DIMENSIONS OF NORTHERN LEADERSHIP
DEFICIT
5. GOING FORWARD
5. GOING FORWARD
We need new approaches to our multifaceted economic, social and political problems as the current stale and archaic ways of thinking are grossly inadequate and incapable of addressing our numerous 21st century challenges. In order to do this, we ought to realize that leaders like all
human beings are driven by self-interest, and as such they are not by default prone to
accountability or altruism. It is pressure from
citizens that forces leaders to act in the collective interest. It is agitation by ordinary citizens. especially labour and trade unions in post-war Western Europe that was instrumental in pressuring the political elite to make inclusive social reforms of hitherto exclusive and aristocratic political systems and implementation of welfare policies (such as. health care, housing and employment benefits which exist to this day) to cater for the less privileged.
Thus, a huge responsibility lies with northern
academics, intellectuals, commentators,
analysts, professionals and just about anyone concerned about their own future (or lack of it) and that of their children to continuously and consistently speak up on these burning issues that affect us all and ensure they are brought back onto the agenda of our leaders and elders.
It is just not enough to assume our
characteristically fatalistic position of “Allah Ya isa” or “God dey” and then resign ourselves to this sordid fate that certainly awaits us! The intellectuals and columnists of northern extraction should beam the spotlight more on what state and local governments are doing with the same vigorous consistency that the activities
of the Federal Government are scrutinized -how revenues and resources are managed, how investment decisions and contract awards are made, etc. because our governance challenges are mainly under the constitutional purview of states and local governments, and for the most part, information on the activities of these sub-
national governments is a black hole of sorts.
Public opinion moulders should provide
information to ordinary citizens on what these governments are doing, whether they are living up to their responsibilities, highlighting and applauding the efforts of political leaders who are performing well so that a performance benchmark would be set for others and proposing concrete recommendations no matter how idealistic they might seem. Public debate and public opinion moulding are enabled when
conversations are started on important issues that others can relate with, build on and carry along and thereby creating mechanisms for vigorous discussions, actions and demand for accountability.
For our leaders, they ought to realize that the situation in the North today is completely unsustainable and it doesn’t require the clairvoyance of a seer to foresee the imminent disaster of chaotic proportions that awaits the North as a whole. Thus it is in their own self-interest that the North is brought back from this dangerous precipice, by providing good governance we tirelessly complain about and being true representatives of the people and their aspirations at best to ensure the region
does not tear itself apart and at worst
maintaining the grossly unequal, predatory and destructive status quo. For some of our “elders”, who have had rewarding careers in public service, they could use their good names and influence in proposing concrete steps towards containing the Boko Haram insurgency and plans for reviving a post-
Boko Haram North. They could also take their campaign abroad to counter and disprove some destructive narratives emerging in some Western publications (at the prodding of some Diaspora based Nigerian lobby groups) that Boko Haram is a religious war against a certain religious group in northern Nigeria. With their influence, some of our elders could
also play instrumental roles in enlightening the masses on their civic rights and duties, what to expect from the government, being more proactive to demand accountability from their representatives at the grassroots level, and for the people selling their votes for Maize, peanuts and so on. Is a dangerous cowardice attitude of our people that need resolution.
For other “elders”, it is just time to BOW OUT, as the standing ovation has long died down, RETIRE for good and allow others to take the stage. Overall, more links between the citizens and the state need to be established with more communication channels between the leaders and the led.
Really it is time we woke up from our deep
complacent slumber and started playing our
roles in rescuing not just our future but our
present from this steady free-fall into the dark pit of misery and underdevelopment. For in the end, what will probably kill the North faster than any insurgency's bullets and bombs is our own silence, complacency silent and lack of pro-activeness in demanding accountability from our leaders and representation of our interests in their
actions......................END
Remember:
"If your not part of the solution then your definitely part of the problem"
Article By: Suleiman Gamawa
To Read Page 1 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.de/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern.html?m=1
To Read Page 2 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.nl/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern_5.html?m=1
To Read Page 3 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.com/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern_6.html?m=1
To Read Page 4 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.nl/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern_22.html?m=1
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA PAGE 4
PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA
(PART4 GENERATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL
DIMENSIONS OF NORTHERN LEADERSHIP
DEFICIT)
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
It is becoming a clear to notice that
Nigeria is a country with vast potentials which have remained unrealized due to socio-political and economic challenges of which dearth or scarcity of transformational leadership is at the heart of all. Again, it is common knowledge that this leadership deficit is more severe in northern Nigeria relative to other parts of the country.
Why? I will tell you why;
In northern Nigeria A disturbing overlooked dimension of this leadership conundrum or question however, is that leaders who ought to be responsible for identifying the problems and finding solutions seems to have little understanding of what these problems are, they prefer to ignore them or both, and hence have little or no solutions to them. The leaders are also becoming progressively disconnected from the ordinary people and their concerns. And still people with death heart follow them and they treat them just like a slaves.
The Problem is Divided into Five (5) :
1. MISPLACED PRIORITIES
2. CRITICAL PROBLEMS REQUIRING URGENT
SOLUTIONS
3. THE DISCONNECT
4. GENERATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL
DIMENSIONS OF NORTHERN LEADERSHIP
DEFICIT
5. GOING FORWARD
4. GENERATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL
DIMENSIONS OF NORTHERN LEADERSHIP
DEFICIT
It is worth noting that leadership deficit is not unique to the North as it is a general Nigerian problem, and arguably a global phenomenon. The New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, writing in June 2012 identifies two components of the global leadership deficit prevalent in many
countries -- generational and technological.
When this is applied to the situation in northern Nigeria, it becomes apparent that the disconnect between our leaders and the rest of us has much to do with the little generational change amongst those responsible for aggregating and articulating the North’s aspirations, with mostly
the same people who have been in the thick of things since some of us were in diapers, whom we’ve read about in social studies textbooks in primary and secondary school, still dexterously recycling themselves continuously back in power – as governors, ministers, legislators, permanent secretaries, board members of parastatals – still calling the shots today.
The incredibly persistent longevity of many die-hard power-brokers in northern Nigeria has ensured that few neophytes have been
genuinely groomed as successors. This situation of course is connected to the technological dimension of this leadership deficit which beyond the use of modern technology in governance, refers to the stale, archaic and retrogressive approach to leadership as a consequence of this generational gap, with little input of fresh ideas and approaches to governance. Therefore, the same top-down, gerontology and quasi-feudal approaches to leadership of decades past is very much the norm in the North Nigeria today, increasingly incapable of addressing present-day 21st century
challenges. In fact, a former Head of State of
northern extraction (in)famously remarked that Nigerian youths are not ready for leadership. Looking at northern Nigeria through the prism of generational and technological dimensions of leadership deficit put forward by Friedman enables us to understand the disconnect between what our leaders and elders regard as the North’s aspirations and what the rest of us really think are our aspirations, that they seem
not to realize this gap exists, that the
communication gap is widening and that it
potentially has grave implications. Now the danger is that as the North’s problems
and aspirations keep being misdiagnosed,
ignored and misunderstood by our leaders, with wrong solutions prescribed to non-issues, our problems continue intensifying rapidly, entrapping us further into the cavernous stranglehold of poverty, underdevelopment, political instability and conflict while other parts of the country forge ahead. According to a May 2012 report (PDF) by the United
Kingdom's Department for International
Development (DFID), 7 out of 10 young women aged 20-29 in North-West Nigeria are unable to read or write, compared to just about 1 out of 10 young women in the South-East; while maternal mortality rate in the North-East is 1,549 deaths per 100,000 women, three times above the national average of 549 deaths. As stale and musty ideas that pervade the northern atmosphere continue choking the very life out of a long comatose region with approaches that reinforce rather than address the glaring contradictions and atrocious inequality in the North, it is no wonder the
incident of violent crime – something alien to the North jut a decade ago – is now a daily occurrence as the spate of drive-by shootings and assassinations have increased
exponentially. As our leaders and elders have chosen to focus on non-issues, pointing the blame outwards rather than looking inwards, conducting sincere assessments and proposing solutions, even the
narrative about northern Nigeria outside the
country is changing. I have come across many references to northern Nigeria on international websites and blogs as the “poor” “backward” or “violent Islamist North”, while Google image searches of our major northern cities such as Kaduna or Kano routinely produce stomach-churning images of mangled corpses of bomb blast victims, burnt vehicles, or arrested suspects of one vicious crime or the other. We need to change they way we think and act in order to get out of this dangerous ninjas attacks.
Article By: Suleiman Gamawa
To Read Page 1 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.de/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern.html?m=1
To Read Page 2 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.nl/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern_5.html?m=1
To Read Page 3 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.com/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern_6.html?m=1
(PART4 GENERATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL
DIMENSIONS OF NORTHERN LEADERSHIP
DEFICIT)
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
It is becoming a clear to notice that
Nigeria is a country with vast potentials which have remained unrealized due to socio-political and economic challenges of which dearth or scarcity of transformational leadership is at the heart of all. Again, it is common knowledge that this leadership deficit is more severe in northern Nigeria relative to other parts of the country.
Why? I will tell you why;
In northern Nigeria A disturbing overlooked dimension of this leadership conundrum or question however, is that leaders who ought to be responsible for identifying the problems and finding solutions seems to have little understanding of what these problems are, they prefer to ignore them or both, and hence have little or no solutions to them. The leaders are also becoming progressively disconnected from the ordinary people and their concerns. And still people with death heart follow them and they treat them just like a slaves.
The Problem is Divided into Five (5) :
1. MISPLACED PRIORITIES
2. CRITICAL PROBLEMS REQUIRING URGENT
SOLUTIONS
3. THE DISCONNECT
4. GENERATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL
DIMENSIONS OF NORTHERN LEADERSHIP
DEFICIT
5. GOING FORWARD
4. GENERATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL
DIMENSIONS OF NORTHERN LEADERSHIP
DEFICIT
It is worth noting that leadership deficit is not unique to the North as it is a general Nigerian problem, and arguably a global phenomenon. The New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, writing in June 2012 identifies two components of the global leadership deficit prevalent in many
countries -- generational and technological.
When this is applied to the situation in northern Nigeria, it becomes apparent that the disconnect between our leaders and the rest of us has much to do with the little generational change amongst those responsible for aggregating and articulating the North’s aspirations, with mostly
the same people who have been in the thick of things since some of us were in diapers, whom we’ve read about in social studies textbooks in primary and secondary school, still dexterously recycling themselves continuously back in power – as governors, ministers, legislators, permanent secretaries, board members of parastatals – still calling the shots today.
The incredibly persistent longevity of many die-hard power-brokers in northern Nigeria has ensured that few neophytes have been
genuinely groomed as successors. This situation of course is connected to the technological dimension of this leadership deficit which beyond the use of modern technology in governance, refers to the stale, archaic and retrogressive approach to leadership as a consequence of this generational gap, with little input of fresh ideas and approaches to governance. Therefore, the same top-down, gerontology and quasi-feudal approaches to leadership of decades past is very much the norm in the North Nigeria today, increasingly incapable of addressing present-day 21st century
challenges. In fact, a former Head of State of
northern extraction (in)famously remarked that Nigerian youths are not ready for leadership. Looking at northern Nigeria through the prism of generational and technological dimensions of leadership deficit put forward by Friedman enables us to understand the disconnect between what our leaders and elders regard as the North’s aspirations and what the rest of us really think are our aspirations, that they seem
not to realize this gap exists, that the
communication gap is widening and that it
potentially has grave implications. Now the danger is that as the North’s problems
and aspirations keep being misdiagnosed,
ignored and misunderstood by our leaders, with wrong solutions prescribed to non-issues, our problems continue intensifying rapidly, entrapping us further into the cavernous stranglehold of poverty, underdevelopment, political instability and conflict while other parts of the country forge ahead. According to a May 2012 report (PDF) by the United
Kingdom's Department for International
Development (DFID), 7 out of 10 young women aged 20-29 in North-West Nigeria are unable to read or write, compared to just about 1 out of 10 young women in the South-East; while maternal mortality rate in the North-East is 1,549 deaths per 100,000 women, three times above the national average of 549 deaths. As stale and musty ideas that pervade the northern atmosphere continue choking the very life out of a long comatose region with approaches that reinforce rather than address the glaring contradictions and atrocious inequality in the North, it is no wonder the
incident of violent crime – something alien to the North jut a decade ago – is now a daily occurrence as the spate of drive-by shootings and assassinations have increased
exponentially. As our leaders and elders have chosen to focus on non-issues, pointing the blame outwards rather than looking inwards, conducting sincere assessments and proposing solutions, even the
narrative about northern Nigeria outside the
country is changing. I have come across many references to northern Nigeria on international websites and blogs as the “poor” “backward” or “violent Islamist North”, while Google image searches of our major northern cities such as Kaduna or Kano routinely produce stomach-churning images of mangled corpses of bomb blast victims, burnt vehicles, or arrested suspects of one vicious crime or the other. We need to change they way we think and act in order to get out of this dangerous ninjas attacks.
Article By: Suleiman Gamawa
To Read Page 1 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.de/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern.html?m=1
To Read Page 2 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.nl/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern_5.html?m=1
To Read Page 3 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.com/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern_6.html?m=1
Saturday, December 6, 2014
PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA. PAGE3
PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA
(PART3. THE DISCONNECT)
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
It is becoming a clear to notice that
Nigeria is a country with vast potentials which have remained unrealized due to socio-political and economic challenges of which dearth or scarcity of transformational leadership is at the heart of all. Again, it is common knowledge that this leadership deficit is more severe in northern Nigeria relative to other parts of the country.
Why? I will tell you why;
In northern Nigeria A disturbing overlooked dimension of this leadership conundrum or question however, is that leaders who ought to be responsible for identifying the problems and finding solutions seems to have little understanding of what these problems are, they prefer to ignore them or both, and hence have little or no solutions to them. The leaders are also becoming progressively disconnected from the ordinary people and their concerns. And still people with death heart follow them and they treat them just like a slaves.
The Problem is Divided into Five (5) :
1. MISPLACED PRIORITIES
2. CRITICAL PROBLEMS REQUIRING URGENT
SOLUTIONS
3. THE DISCONNECT
4. GENERATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL
DIMENSIONS OF NORTHERN LEADERSHIP
DEFICIT
5. GOING FORWARD
3. THE DISCONNECT
Consequently, as our leaders and elders focus on issues which seem to have little bearing on the lives of the rest of us, we the rest are increasingly dissociating ourselves from what they have chosen to prioritize, while the rest of the country is moving ahead and increasingly dissociating itself from the North as a whole. Some of our leaders speak on behalf of the North and we wonder whether they are really speaking on our behalf. They speak of the North but we wonder if these are really the aspirations
of the ordinary people. While our leaders and many of our elders attribute the North’s underdevelopment to a lower share of federal revenues, many of us see how some non-oil producing states south of the Niger, some of which receive comparatively less
revenues from the federal purse are embarking on relatively more transformational policies: for example in Ekiti state; free health-care scheme for pregnant women, children, the physically challenged and senior citizens. In Imo state; free education policy from primary to university level and also the rail transit system and other transport infrastructure in Lagos etc. At the same time, we see our own state executives, spending N2.7 bn ($17 m) on Ramadhan gifts, more than that state’s entirely monthly revenue allocation because the citizens don't know their civic rights yet people suffer during the time trying to get Food for their families. As Boko Haram and Joint Military Task Force (JTF) slugged it out, further traumatize the already battered residents and size they're land. We wonder when and why the announcement of these negotiation meetings by our northern leaders, elders and islamic clerics to look at insecurity issue would shift out of focus from their perspective point of view, with the coming elections which is going to be dangerous if not put into consideration reported by International Crisis Group (ICG) and still nothing has been done why?
There is nothing more important for the northern youth rather than argument on a controversial issues like; revenue allocation formula laid to rest or from endlessly whingeing about a conspiracy to “cripple” the North by others or the over-flogged flashback war or to a glorious era of atmospheric Northern agricultural period of decades past, with the Proud of the past heros without taking they're foot-step as their mentors etc;
Thus the 80% of the problems is from the northern leaders for Disconnecting with the people but when the agenda of these meetings would actually table viable blue prints for security and economic rejuvenation of the region -- viable proposals for mechanizing the largely subsistence agriculture, making grants and credit available to farmers and SMEs, subsidies and assistance to the comatose industries, attracting investors and development partners with business friendly policies, tax breaks and land leases; exploiting the abundant mineral resources in the North such as gold in Zamfara which dubious (local and foreign) businessmen and impoverished villagers are already mining illegally anyways; employment generation schemes; road-maps for investments in health-care, education and transport
infrastructure; engaging in massive
enlightenment campaigns for the masses on
their civic rights and duties, the list is endless. We wonder when these announcement would demonstrate seriousness on the part of our leaders and elders to start looking inwards for home-grown solutions which are all around us.
Little girls crushing stones at home, to obtain gold in a remote part of Zamfara state.
Article By: Suleiman Gamawa
To Read Page 1 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.de/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern.html?m=1
To Read Page 2 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.nl/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern_5.html?m=1
(PART3. THE DISCONNECT)
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
It is becoming a clear to notice that
Nigeria is a country with vast potentials which have remained unrealized due to socio-political and economic challenges of which dearth or scarcity of transformational leadership is at the heart of all. Again, it is common knowledge that this leadership deficit is more severe in northern Nigeria relative to other parts of the country.
Why? I will tell you why;
In northern Nigeria A disturbing overlooked dimension of this leadership conundrum or question however, is that leaders who ought to be responsible for identifying the problems and finding solutions seems to have little understanding of what these problems are, they prefer to ignore them or both, and hence have little or no solutions to them. The leaders are also becoming progressively disconnected from the ordinary people and their concerns. And still people with death heart follow them and they treat them just like a slaves.
The Problem is Divided into Five (5) :
1. MISPLACED PRIORITIES
2. CRITICAL PROBLEMS REQUIRING URGENT
SOLUTIONS
3. THE DISCONNECT
4. GENERATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL
DIMENSIONS OF NORTHERN LEADERSHIP
DEFICIT
5. GOING FORWARD
3. THE DISCONNECT
Consequently, as our leaders and elders focus on issues which seem to have little bearing on the lives of the rest of us, we the rest are increasingly dissociating ourselves from what they have chosen to prioritize, while the rest of the country is moving ahead and increasingly dissociating itself from the North as a whole. Some of our leaders speak on behalf of the North and we wonder whether they are really speaking on our behalf. They speak of the North but we wonder if these are really the aspirations
of the ordinary people. While our leaders and many of our elders attribute the North’s underdevelopment to a lower share of federal revenues, many of us see how some non-oil producing states south of the Niger, some of which receive comparatively less
revenues from the federal purse are embarking on relatively more transformational policies: for example in Ekiti state; free health-care scheme for pregnant women, children, the physically challenged and senior citizens. In Imo state; free education policy from primary to university level and also the rail transit system and other transport infrastructure in Lagos etc. At the same time, we see our own state executives, spending N2.7 bn ($17 m) on Ramadhan gifts, more than that state’s entirely monthly revenue allocation because the citizens don't know their civic rights yet people suffer during the time trying to get Food for their families. As Boko Haram and Joint Military Task Force (JTF) slugged it out, further traumatize the already battered residents and size they're land. We wonder when and why the announcement of these negotiation meetings by our northern leaders, elders and islamic clerics to look at insecurity issue would shift out of focus from their perspective point of view, with the coming elections which is going to be dangerous if not put into consideration reported by International Crisis Group (ICG) and still nothing has been done why?
There is nothing more important for the northern youth rather than argument on a controversial issues like; revenue allocation formula laid to rest or from endlessly whingeing about a conspiracy to “cripple” the North by others or the over-flogged flashback war or to a glorious era of atmospheric Northern agricultural period of decades past, with the Proud of the past heros without taking they're foot-step as their mentors etc;
Thus the 80% of the problems is from the northern leaders for Disconnecting with the people but when the agenda of these meetings would actually table viable blue prints for security and economic rejuvenation of the region -- viable proposals for mechanizing the largely subsistence agriculture, making grants and credit available to farmers and SMEs, subsidies and assistance to the comatose industries, attracting investors and development partners with business friendly policies, tax breaks and land leases; exploiting the abundant mineral resources in the North such as gold in Zamfara which dubious (local and foreign) businessmen and impoverished villagers are already mining illegally anyways; employment generation schemes; road-maps for investments in health-care, education and transport
infrastructure; engaging in massive
enlightenment campaigns for the masses on
their civic rights and duties, the list is endless. We wonder when these announcement would demonstrate seriousness on the part of our leaders and elders to start looking inwards for home-grown solutions which are all around us.
Little girls crushing stones at home, to obtain gold in a remote part of Zamfara state.
Article By: Suleiman Gamawa
To Read Page 1 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.de/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern.html?m=1
To Read Page 2 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.nl/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern_5.html?m=1
Friday, December 5, 2014
PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA PAGE 2
PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA
(PART 2. CRITICAL PROBLEMS REQUIRING. URGENT SOLUTIONS)
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
It is becoming a clear to notice that
Nigeria is a country with vast potentials which have remained unrealized due to socio-political and economic challenges of which dearth or scarcity of transformational leadership is at the heart of all. Again, it is common knowledge that this leadership deficit is more severe in northern Nigeria relative to other parts of the country.
Why? I will tell you why;
In northern Nigeria A disturbing overlooked dimension of this leadership conundrum or question however, is that leaders who ought to be responsible for identifying the problems and finding solutions seems to have little understanding of what these problems are, they prefer to ignore them or both, and hence have little or no solutions to them. The leaders are also becoming progressively disconnected from the ordinary people and their concerns. And still people with death heart follow them and they treat them just like a slaves.
The Problem is Divided into Five (5) :
1. MISPLACED PRIORITIES
2. CRITICAL PROBLEMS REQUIRING URGENT
SOLUTIONS
3. THE DISCONNECT
4. GENERATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL
DIMENSIONS OF NORTHERN LEADERSHIP
DEFICIT
5. GOING FORWARD
2. CRITICAL PROBLEMS REQUIRING URGENT
SOLUTIONS
As our leaders and elders focus on these non-issues, one wonders how these would actually translate to a better life for the ordinary northerner when 8 out of 10 people in most northern states live in abject poverty, how President Jonathan’s shelving of his 2015 ambition would translate to better equipped schools and medical centres, or how abrogating the Onshore-Offshore Dichotomy Bill and revising the “unfair” distribution of Federal revenues will attract needed investments to a region where in many state capitals it’s a herculean task to find one large departmental store (an indicator of modernization), when the. current revenues are clearly being mismanaged. These are the leaders and the "voices" of the North and from what they talk about, one can reasonably conclude that these are their main priorities.
The tragedy here is that not only is there an
acute misdiagnosis of the numerous problems bedeviling the North and its people by our leaders and elders, those ideally best placed to know the problems and formulate solutions, but that even their proposed solutions to the misdiagnosed problems are deficient, while the region continues to decay, collapse and burn, literally. Few of our “leaders” and “elders” have for instance, actually proposed realistic and pragmatic steps in containing the Boko Haram insurgency, the most glaring manifestation of this decay and impending collapse.
Beyond the usual mantra on the need “to engage in dialogue” with the sect, is there any concrete plan on the sequence of events that would follow in the event that the sect does agree to negotiate and is somehow convinced to lay down its arms whether by an amnesty-type cooption into the system or via another means? Is there a blueprint on integrating the brainwashed flock back into society, to guarantee the safety and security of those who agree to cease fire or for
massive disarmament of arms now overflowing the North? Is there any incentive (or protection) to encourage those who genuinely want to renounce violence or to convince the militants that it’s in their best interests to lay down their arms in an environment where upward social mobility for the unprivileged is almost non-existent even to the educated ones? Are there
plans for engaging these youth and other legions of unemployed, disillusioned and frustrated young men and women in our northern cities to prevent their co-option by other such anarchist groups? If any of such plans or proposals exist, they surely haven’t been regularly featuring in the communiqués of these fora involving our northern leaders and elders.
Article By: Suleiman Gamawa
To Read Page 1 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.de/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern.html?m=1
(PART 2. CRITICAL PROBLEMS REQUIRING. URGENT SOLUTIONS)
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
It is becoming a clear to notice that
Nigeria is a country with vast potentials which have remained unrealized due to socio-political and economic challenges of which dearth or scarcity of transformational leadership is at the heart of all. Again, it is common knowledge that this leadership deficit is more severe in northern Nigeria relative to other parts of the country.
Why? I will tell you why;
In northern Nigeria A disturbing overlooked dimension of this leadership conundrum or question however, is that leaders who ought to be responsible for identifying the problems and finding solutions seems to have little understanding of what these problems are, they prefer to ignore them or both, and hence have little or no solutions to them. The leaders are also becoming progressively disconnected from the ordinary people and their concerns. And still people with death heart follow them and they treat them just like a slaves.
The Problem is Divided into Five (5) :
1. MISPLACED PRIORITIES
2. CRITICAL PROBLEMS REQUIRING URGENT
SOLUTIONS
3. THE DISCONNECT
4. GENERATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL
DIMENSIONS OF NORTHERN LEADERSHIP
DEFICIT
5. GOING FORWARD
2. CRITICAL PROBLEMS REQUIRING URGENT
SOLUTIONS
As our leaders and elders focus on these non-issues, one wonders how these would actually translate to a better life for the ordinary northerner when 8 out of 10 people in most northern states live in abject poverty, how President Jonathan’s shelving of his 2015 ambition would translate to better equipped schools and medical centres, or how abrogating the Onshore-Offshore Dichotomy Bill and revising the “unfair” distribution of Federal revenues will attract needed investments to a region where in many state capitals it’s a herculean task to find one large departmental store (an indicator of modernization), when the. current revenues are clearly being mismanaged. These are the leaders and the "voices" of the North and from what they talk about, one can reasonably conclude that these are their main priorities.
The tragedy here is that not only is there an
acute misdiagnosis of the numerous problems bedeviling the North and its people by our leaders and elders, those ideally best placed to know the problems and formulate solutions, but that even their proposed solutions to the misdiagnosed problems are deficient, while the region continues to decay, collapse and burn, literally. Few of our “leaders” and “elders” have for instance, actually proposed realistic and pragmatic steps in containing the Boko Haram insurgency, the most glaring manifestation of this decay and impending collapse.
Beyond the usual mantra on the need “to engage in dialogue” with the sect, is there any concrete plan on the sequence of events that would follow in the event that the sect does agree to negotiate and is somehow convinced to lay down its arms whether by an amnesty-type cooption into the system or via another means? Is there a blueprint on integrating the brainwashed flock back into society, to guarantee the safety and security of those who agree to cease fire or for
massive disarmament of arms now overflowing the North? Is there any incentive (or protection) to encourage those who genuinely want to renounce violence or to convince the militants that it’s in their best interests to lay down their arms in an environment where upward social mobility for the unprivileged is almost non-existent even to the educated ones? Are there
plans for engaging these youth and other legions of unemployed, disillusioned and frustrated young men and women in our northern cities to prevent their co-option by other such anarchist groups? If any of such plans or proposals exist, they surely haven’t been regularly featuring in the communiqués of these fora involving our northern leaders and elders.
Article By: Suleiman Gamawa
To Read Page 1 Click here http://suleimanmd.blogspot.de/2014/12/problems-affecting-people-of-northern.html?m=1
Thursday, December 4, 2014
PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA PAGE 1
PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA
(PART 1.MISPLACED PRIORITIES)
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
It is becoming a clear to notice that
Nigeria is a country with vast potentials which have remained unrealized due to socio-political and economic challenges of which dearth or scarcity of transformational leadership is at the heart of all. Again, it is common knowledge that this leadership deficit is more severe in northern Nigeria relative to other parts of the country.
Why? I will tell you why;
In northern Nigeria A disturbing overlooked dimension of this leadership conundrum or question however, is that leaders who ought to be responsible for identifying the problems and finding solutions seems to have little understanding of what these problems are, they prefer to ignore them or both, and hence have little or no solutions to them. The leaders are also becoming progressively disconnected from the ordinary people and their concerns. And still people with death heart follow them and they treat them just like a slaves.
The Problem is Divided into Five (5) :
1. MISPLACED PRIORITIES
2. CRITICAL PROBLEMS REQUIRING URGENT
SOLUTIONS
3. THE DISCONNECT
4. GENERATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL
DIMENSIONS OF NORTHERN LEADERSHIP
DEFICIT
5. GOING FORWARD
1. MISPLACED PRIORITIES.
The summaries of various communiqués (announcement) of meetings and fora involving northern political leaders (mainly the Northern Governors Forum) and most northern elders (mostly former public office holders) of recent, on the North’s numerous problems are baffling and frustrating as it is apparent the agenda of these meetings typically have little to do with the region’s enormous economic, socio-political and security challenges. Neither do the final recommendations.
The themes of these meetings usually revolve around increased revenue allocation to northern states from the Federal Government, lamentations over existing conspiracies to “marginalize” and “destroy” the North; emphasis on the North’s “turn” to produce the next President in 2015; hollow, rhetorical lamentations on the decline of the northern economy and the need to revive agriculture, countering the Boko Haram insurgency and occasionally, a passing reference is made on the need for good governance, and in the end, these
ills are ascribed to bad leadership and that’s
about it. These meetings typically produce
virtually no solid, detailed, implementable blue prints on how to methodically, systematically and effectively address the North’s well-documented problems.
As the communiqués and press briefings for
these meetings become public, one’s hopes of tangible solutions are further dashed by the crushing realization that our leaders are running round in vicious circles. At best, they gloss over the most critical problems, and at worst, their recommendations have practically no bearing on these problems. While the last meeting of the Northern Governor’s Forum belatedly established a committee to propose ways of addressing the insecurity in the North, it is an open secret that many of the governors
have their eyes set on and are working towards. contesting the 2015 presidential elections. Recently, at least two prominent northern leaders have made the case for revisiting the Federal Government’s revenue allocation formula, while at least three northern elders have variously “advised” that President Jonathan “renounces” any intention of contesting in the 2015 elections to “defuse political tension”. While I am not disregarding the importance of these issues, there are more critical issues requiring the immediate attention of our leaders on which the fate of ordinary people and the region as a whole hang. The problems bedeviling northern Nigeria can be broadly classified into four distinct but interrelated
categories: the steady economic decline of the region over several decades, the breakdown of social cohesion, the insecurity especially the Boko Haram insurgency and the gradual decline of the North’s political influence at the centre. The disturbing fact though is that the priorities of our northern Governors and many of our northern elders, are skewed towards the North’s access to political power and how to bring back the Presidency to the North come 2015 while the more important economic, social and
security challenges are of secondary importance to them rather than taking it as primary fundamental priority that need to be solve immediately. Why are they pushing toward political position only ?
I think you know why!!
Article By: Suleiman Gamawa
(PART 1.MISPLACED PRIORITIES)
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
It is becoming a clear to notice that
Nigeria is a country with vast potentials which have remained unrealized due to socio-political and economic challenges of which dearth or scarcity of transformational leadership is at the heart of all. Again, it is common knowledge that this leadership deficit is more severe in northern Nigeria relative to other parts of the country.
Why? I will tell you why;
In northern Nigeria A disturbing overlooked dimension of this leadership conundrum or question however, is that leaders who ought to be responsible for identifying the problems and finding solutions seems to have little understanding of what these problems are, they prefer to ignore them or both, and hence have little or no solutions to them. The leaders are also becoming progressively disconnected from the ordinary people and their concerns. And still people with death heart follow them and they treat them just like a slaves.
The Problem is Divided into Five (5) :
1. MISPLACED PRIORITIES
2. CRITICAL PROBLEMS REQUIRING URGENT
SOLUTIONS
3. THE DISCONNECT
4. GENERATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL
DIMENSIONS OF NORTHERN LEADERSHIP
DEFICIT
5. GOING FORWARD
1. MISPLACED PRIORITIES.
The summaries of various communiqués (announcement) of meetings and fora involving northern political leaders (mainly the Northern Governors Forum) and most northern elders (mostly former public office holders) of recent, on the North’s numerous problems are baffling and frustrating as it is apparent the agenda of these meetings typically have little to do with the region’s enormous economic, socio-political and security challenges. Neither do the final recommendations.
The themes of these meetings usually revolve around increased revenue allocation to northern states from the Federal Government, lamentations over existing conspiracies to “marginalize” and “destroy” the North; emphasis on the North’s “turn” to produce the next President in 2015; hollow, rhetorical lamentations on the decline of the northern economy and the need to revive agriculture, countering the Boko Haram insurgency and occasionally, a passing reference is made on the need for good governance, and in the end, these
ills are ascribed to bad leadership and that’s
about it. These meetings typically produce
virtually no solid, detailed, implementable blue prints on how to methodically, systematically and effectively address the North’s well-documented problems.
As the communiqués and press briefings for
these meetings become public, one’s hopes of tangible solutions are further dashed by the crushing realization that our leaders are running round in vicious circles. At best, they gloss over the most critical problems, and at worst, their recommendations have practically no bearing on these problems. While the last meeting of the Northern Governor’s Forum belatedly established a committee to propose ways of addressing the insecurity in the North, it is an open secret that many of the governors
have their eyes set on and are working towards. contesting the 2015 presidential elections. Recently, at least two prominent northern leaders have made the case for revisiting the Federal Government’s revenue allocation formula, while at least three northern elders have variously “advised” that President Jonathan “renounces” any intention of contesting in the 2015 elections to “defuse political tension”. While I am not disregarding the importance of these issues, there are more critical issues requiring the immediate attention of our leaders on which the fate of ordinary people and the region as a whole hang. The problems bedeviling northern Nigeria can be broadly classified into four distinct but interrelated
categories: the steady economic decline of the region over several decades, the breakdown of social cohesion, the insecurity especially the Boko Haram insurgency and the gradual decline of the North’s political influence at the centre. The disturbing fact though is that the priorities of our northern Governors and many of our northern elders, are skewed towards the North’s access to political power and how to bring back the Presidency to the North come 2015 while the more important economic, social and
security challenges are of secondary importance to them rather than taking it as primary fundamental priority that need to be solve immediately. Why are they pushing toward political position only ?
I think you know why!!
Article By: Suleiman Gamawa
DO YOU KNOW THE ELECTION OFFENCES AND PENALTIES OF INEC NIGERIA
DO YOU KNOW THE ELECTION OFFENCES AND PENALTIES OF INEC ( Independent National Electoral Commission.) NIGERIA
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
Since election is approaching us in a highly speed of 24hours per day. We need to know some of the rules and regulation of Election organized by Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) Nigeria in order to have a peaceful transparent free and fair election. And this can only be possible if we can obey the law set by INEC. Before we go straight to the Election Offenses and their Penalties we need to understand some terms:
BRIFE INTRODUCTION
ELECTION; is a process in which people vote to choose a person or group of people to hold an official position.
ELECTION; OFFENCE is a crime that breaks electoral laws and requires a particular punishment.
PENALTY; is a punishment that is given to someone for doing something which is against a law or rule.
THE RULES OF ELECTION
They're (13) Rules guiding the electoral process and if anyone violates these rules is liable on conviction to be penalized as indicated below:
ELECTION OFFENCE
1. A person who is in possession of more than one valid voter’s card.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to a maximum fine of 100,000 or 12 months imprisonment or both.
ELECTION OFFENCE
2. A person who applies for ballot paper in the name of some other person whether living or dead i.e. impersonation.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to a fine of 500,000.00 or 12 months imprisonment or both.
ELECTION OFFENCE
3. A person who votes more than once in an election.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to a fine of 500,000.00 or 12 months imprisonment or both.
ELECTION OFFENCE
4. A person who forges any ballot paper or official mark on any ballot paper or any certificate of return or result form.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to 2 years imprisonment.
ELECTION OFFENCE
5. A person who willfully places in any ballot box any unauthorized paper or result
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to 2 years imprisonment.
ELECTION OFFENCE
6. A person who gives voters money to vote for or refrain from voting for a candidate.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to a fine of 100,000.00 0r 12 months imprisonment or both.
ELECTION OFFENCE
7. A person who within the vicinity of polling unit or collation centre on election day: *convenes public meeting. * makes unauthorized official announcements; *wears or carry any badge, poster, banner, flag or symbol relating to a political party or election.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to a fine of 100,000.00 or 6 months imprisonment for every such offence.
ELECTION OFFENCE
8. A person who acts or incites others to act in a disorderly manner on election day.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to a fine of 500,000.00 or 12 months imprisonment or both.
ELECTION OFFENCE
9. A person who communicates at any time to other person, information obtained in a polling unit as to the candidate to whom a voter is about to vote or has voted for i.e. violation of the secrecy of vote
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to a fine of 100,000.00 or 6 months imprisonment or both.
ELECTION OFFENCE
10. A person who knowingly votes or attempts to vote in a constituency in which he did not register.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to a fine of 100,000.00 or 6 months imprisonment or both.
ELECTION OFFENCE
11. A person who snatches or destroys election materials.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to 24 months imprisonment.
ELECTION OFFENCE
12. A person who commits an offence of bribery or aids, conspires or abets any other person to commit bribery.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to a fine of 500,000.00 or 12 months imprisonment or both.
ELECTION OFFENCE
13. A person who on election day does any of the following acts: *canvasses for votes *solicits for the vote of any other voter. *persuades any voter not to vote for any particular candidate. *shouts slogans concerning the election. *be in possession of any offensive weapon or wears any dress or facial decoration.
PENALITY
to He is liable on conviction to a fine of 100,000.00 or 6 months imprisonment for every such
REMARK
Every registrant with a valid voter’s card is eligible to vote.
By: Suleiman Gamawa
Written by: Suleiman A Gamawa
Since election is approaching us in a highly speed of 24hours per day. We need to know some of the rules and regulation of Election organized by Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) Nigeria in order to have a peaceful transparent free and fair election. And this can only be possible if we can obey the law set by INEC. Before we go straight to the Election Offenses and their Penalties we need to understand some terms:
BRIFE INTRODUCTION
ELECTION; is a process in which people vote to choose a person or group of people to hold an official position.
ELECTION; OFFENCE is a crime that breaks electoral laws and requires a particular punishment.
PENALTY; is a punishment that is given to someone for doing something which is against a law or rule.
THE RULES OF ELECTION
They're (13) Rules guiding the electoral process and if anyone violates these rules is liable on conviction to be penalized as indicated below:
ELECTION OFFENCE
1. A person who is in possession of more than one valid voter’s card.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to a maximum fine of 100,000 or 12 months imprisonment or both.
ELECTION OFFENCE
2. A person who applies for ballot paper in the name of some other person whether living or dead i.e. impersonation.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to a fine of 500,000.00 or 12 months imprisonment or both.
ELECTION OFFENCE
3. A person who votes more than once in an election.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to a fine of 500,000.00 or 12 months imprisonment or both.
ELECTION OFFENCE
4. A person who forges any ballot paper or official mark on any ballot paper or any certificate of return or result form.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to 2 years imprisonment.
ELECTION OFFENCE
5. A person who willfully places in any ballot box any unauthorized paper or result
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to 2 years imprisonment.
ELECTION OFFENCE
6. A person who gives voters money to vote for or refrain from voting for a candidate.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to a fine of 100,000.00 0r 12 months imprisonment or both.
ELECTION OFFENCE
7. A person who within the vicinity of polling unit or collation centre on election day: *convenes public meeting. * makes unauthorized official announcements; *wears or carry any badge, poster, banner, flag or symbol relating to a political party or election.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to a fine of 100,000.00 or 6 months imprisonment for every such offence.
ELECTION OFFENCE
8. A person who acts or incites others to act in a disorderly manner on election day.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to a fine of 500,000.00 or 12 months imprisonment or both.
ELECTION OFFENCE
9. A person who communicates at any time to other person, information obtained in a polling unit as to the candidate to whom a voter is about to vote or has voted for i.e. violation of the secrecy of vote
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to a fine of 100,000.00 or 6 months imprisonment or both.
ELECTION OFFENCE
10. A person who knowingly votes or attempts to vote in a constituency in which he did not register.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to a fine of 100,000.00 or 6 months imprisonment or both.
ELECTION OFFENCE
11. A person who snatches or destroys election materials.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to 24 months imprisonment.
ELECTION OFFENCE
12. A person who commits an offence of bribery or aids, conspires or abets any other person to commit bribery.
PENALITY
He is liable on conviction to a fine of 500,000.00 or 12 months imprisonment or both.
ELECTION OFFENCE
13. A person who on election day does any of the following acts: *canvasses for votes *solicits for the vote of any other voter. *persuades any voter not to vote for any particular candidate. *shouts slogans concerning the election. *be in possession of any offensive weapon or wears any dress or facial decoration.
PENALITY
to He is liable on conviction to a fine of 100,000.00 or 6 months imprisonment for every such
REMARK
Every registrant with a valid voter’s card is eligible to vote.
By: Suleiman Gamawa
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
WHY BAUCHI STATE IS CALLED PEARL OF TOURISM
The reason why Bauchi state is called the Pearl of Tourism is because of its beautiful lush geographical vegetation.
Geographical Introduction.
Bauchi State (Pearl Of Tourism) is a State in northern Nigeria with a population of 4,653,066 People and occupies a total land area of 49,119 km² representing about 5.3% of Nigeria’s total land mass and is located between latitudes 9° 3' and 12° 3' north and longitudes 8° 50' and 11° east. The state is bordered by seven states, Kano and
Jigawa to the north, Taraba and Plateau to the south, Gombe and Yobe to the east and Kaduna to the west. Bauchi state is one of the states in the northern part of Nigeria that span two distinctive vegetation zones, namely, the Sudan savannah and the Sahel savannah. The Sudan savannah type of vegetation covers the southern part of
the state. Here, the vegetation gets richer and richer towards the south, especially along water sources or rivers, but generally the vegetation is less uniform and grasses are shorter than what grows even farther south, that is, in the forest zone of the middle belt. The Sahel type of the savannah, which is also known as the semi-desert vegetation, becomes manifest from the middle of the state as one moves from the state's south to its north. This type of vegetation comprises isolated stands of
thorny shrubs. On the other hand, the southwestern part of the state is mountainous as a result of the continuation of the Jos Plateau, while the northern part is generally sandy. The vegetation types as described above are conditioned by the climatic factors, which in turn determine the amount of rainfall received in the area. For instance, the rainfall in Bauchi state ranges between 1300 mm per annum in the south and only 700 mm per annum in the extreme north. This pattern is because in the West Africa sub-region, rains generally come from the south as they are carried by the southwesterlies. There is therefore a progressive dryness towards the north, culminating in the desert condition in the far north. So also is the case in Bauchi state.
Consequently, rains start earlier in the southern part of the state, where rain is heaviest and lasts longer. Here the rains start in April with the highest record amount of 1300 mm per annum. In contrast, the northern part of the state receives the rains late, usually around June or July, and records the highest amount of 700 mm per annum.
In the same vein, the weather experienced in the south and the north varies considerably. While it is humidly hot during the early part of the rainy season in the south, the hot, dry and dusty weather lingers up north. In addition to rainfall, Bauchi state is watered by a number of rivers. They include the Gongola and Jama'are rivers.
The Gongola River crosses Bauchi state in
Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area in the south and in Kirfi and Alkaleri Local Government Areas in the eastern part of the state, while the Jama’are River cuts across a number of Local Government Areas in the northern part of the state. Moreover, a substantial part of the Hadeja-Jama'are River basin lies in Bauchi state, which along with various fadama (floodplain) areas in the state provides suitable land for agricultural activities. These are further supported by the number of dams meant for irrigation and other purposes. These include the Gubi and Tilde-Fulani dams. There also lakes such as the Maladumba Lake in Misau Local
Government Area that further provide the
necessary conditions to support agriculture
DATA
Bauchi State is divided into 20 Local Government
Areas (LGAs). They are:
SOUTHERN REGION:
LGA AREA POPULATION CAPITAL
Bauchi. 493,810. Bauchi
T/Balewa. 219,988. T/Balewa
Dass. 89,943. Dass
Toro. 350,404. Toro
Bogoro. 84,215. Bogoro
Ningi. 387,192. Ningi
Warji. 114,720. Warji
Ganjuwa. 280,468. Kafin Madaki
Kirfi. 147,618. Kirfi
Alkaleri. 329,424. Alkaleri
totals: 2,497,782 (Million)
NORTHEN REGION:
LGA AREA POPULATION CAPITAL
Darazo. 251,597. Darazo
Misau. 263,487. Misau
Giade. 156,969. Giade
Shira. 234,014. Yana
Jama'are. 117,883. Jama'are
Katagum. 295,970. Azare
Itas/Gadau. 229,996. Itas
Zaki. 191,457. Katagum
Gamawa. 286,388. Gamawa
Damban. 150,922. Damban
totals: 2,178,683 (Million)
Article By: Suleiman Gamawa
Geographical Introduction.
Bauchi State (Pearl Of Tourism) is a State in northern Nigeria with a population of 4,653,066 People and occupies a total land area of 49,119 km² representing about 5.3% of Nigeria’s total land mass and is located between latitudes 9° 3' and 12° 3' north and longitudes 8° 50' and 11° east. The state is bordered by seven states, Kano and
Jigawa to the north, Taraba and Plateau to the south, Gombe and Yobe to the east and Kaduna to the west. Bauchi state is one of the states in the northern part of Nigeria that span two distinctive vegetation zones, namely, the Sudan savannah and the Sahel savannah. The Sudan savannah type of vegetation covers the southern part of
the state. Here, the vegetation gets richer and richer towards the south, especially along water sources or rivers, but generally the vegetation is less uniform and grasses are shorter than what grows even farther south, that is, in the forest zone of the middle belt. The Sahel type of the savannah, which is also known as the semi-desert vegetation, becomes manifest from the middle of the state as one moves from the state's south to its north. This type of vegetation comprises isolated stands of
thorny shrubs. On the other hand, the southwestern part of the state is mountainous as a result of the continuation of the Jos Plateau, while the northern part is generally sandy. The vegetation types as described above are conditioned by the climatic factors, which in turn determine the amount of rainfall received in the area. For instance, the rainfall in Bauchi state ranges between 1300 mm per annum in the south and only 700 mm per annum in the extreme north. This pattern is because in the West Africa sub-region, rains generally come from the south as they are carried by the southwesterlies. There is therefore a progressive dryness towards the north, culminating in the desert condition in the far north. So also is the case in Bauchi state.
Consequently, rains start earlier in the southern part of the state, where rain is heaviest and lasts longer. Here the rains start in April with the highest record amount of 1300 mm per annum. In contrast, the northern part of the state receives the rains late, usually around June or July, and records the highest amount of 700 mm per annum.
In the same vein, the weather experienced in the south and the north varies considerably. While it is humidly hot during the early part of the rainy season in the south, the hot, dry and dusty weather lingers up north. In addition to rainfall, Bauchi state is watered by a number of rivers. They include the Gongola and Jama'are rivers.
The Gongola River crosses Bauchi state in
Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area in the south and in Kirfi and Alkaleri Local Government Areas in the eastern part of the state, while the Jama’are River cuts across a number of Local Government Areas in the northern part of the state. Moreover, a substantial part of the Hadeja-Jama'are River basin lies in Bauchi state, which along with various fadama (floodplain) areas in the state provides suitable land for agricultural activities. These are further supported by the number of dams meant for irrigation and other purposes. These include the Gubi and Tilde-Fulani dams. There also lakes such as the Maladumba Lake in Misau Local
Government Area that further provide the
necessary conditions to support agriculture
DATA
Bauchi State is divided into 20 Local Government
Areas (LGAs). They are:
SOUTHERN REGION:
LGA AREA POPULATION CAPITAL
Bauchi. 493,810. Bauchi
T/Balewa. 219,988. T/Balewa
Dass. 89,943. Dass
Toro. 350,404. Toro
Bogoro. 84,215. Bogoro
Ningi. 387,192. Ningi
Warji. 114,720. Warji
Ganjuwa. 280,468. Kafin Madaki
Kirfi. 147,618. Kirfi
Alkaleri. 329,424. Alkaleri
totals: 2,497,782 (Million)
NORTHEN REGION:
LGA AREA POPULATION CAPITAL
Darazo. 251,597. Darazo
Misau. 263,487. Misau
Giade. 156,969. Giade
Shira. 234,014. Yana
Jama'are. 117,883. Jama'are
Katagum. 295,970. Azare
Itas/Gadau. 229,996. Itas
Zaki. 191,457. Katagum
Gamawa. 286,388. Gamawa
Damban. 150,922. Damban
totals: 2,178,683 (Million)
Article By: Suleiman Gamawa
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