Thursday, 12 February 2015

At Last, President Jonathan Reveals What He Would Do If He Loses

Jonathan, in a live media chat apparently organised to douse the tension generated by the postponement of the general elections, spoke among others, the alleged plot to sack the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, insurgency and corruption.



Before and after the polls were shifted from February 14 and 28 to March 28 and April 11, there were rumours that the President and the Peoples Democratic Party were nursing a sinister plot not to hand over power.



But Jonathan told a panel of interviewers that he was not desperate to remain in power. He said such “insinuations and wrong information” were meant to discredit him by his political opponents.



He said, “Let me assure Nigerians that a new government will be formed on May 29.They should not be perturbed about rumours that we are planning to send Jega on a terminal leave and other rubbish that is being circulated.



“In 2011, I said I will conduct a free and fair election and that if I lose, I will happily move on and that it should be recorded.



“Then I just concluded the late President Umaru Yar’Adua’s tenure. I said I will be happy to go if I lose. I said this nation is more important than anybody. Anyone who wants to hold the office of President and feels he is more important than the nation is not right.



“So if as of 2011, I made a commitment that if I lose I will go, it should tell you more about my stand on free and fair elections.



“But now, Nigerians have given me the opportunity to be here for four good years and so if the elections are conducted and I lose, of course, we will inaugurate a new government.



“The rumour that I will not hand over or that I am scheming to prolong my tenure are insinuations; they are not true. Those are insinuations; it is quite unfortunate that so much wrong information is floating in the system.”


Jonathan faulted the claim by Jega that INEC was ready for the elections. He said the information given to him by security chiefs was that poor distribution of Permanent Voter Cards could have caused a security challenge in the country.





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Photos: Comedian/OAP Ushbebe dresses up as a woman...


Stand up comedian, OAP and actor Justice Nuagbe popularly known as Ushbebe pictured above dressed in women clothes and a wig as he shoots a short movie titled 'Opposite' to promote his upcoming event 'The Chronicles of Ushbebe' which will take place on March 22 at the Muson Centre in Lagos. See more pics after the cut...












Obasanjo’s Endorsement Will Give Us More Votes – Buhari





The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has welcomed the endorsement of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying it will convince more Nigerians to vote for him and his party.



Buhari said this on Wednesday night during an interview with CNN’s Chief International Correspondent, Christine Amanpour.



Obasanjo had on Tuesday in Nairobi, Kenya during an interview with the Financial Times of London at the launch of his controversial autobiography entitled, ‘My Watch,’ expressed support for Buhari.



When asked by Amanpour what he thought of Obasano’s endorsement, Buhari said, “It would certainly bring more supporters to us and more confidence again to us for those who are sitting on the fence.”



This, he said, was “because General Obasanjo is highly respected and as far as the Nigerian nation is concerned, there is no serious issue that can be discussed without people seeking his opinion and listening to it.”



In the course of the interview, Buhari disagreed with President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party on the reasons behind the postponement of the general elections.



Although the ruling party insisted that the Independent National Electoral Commission was not prepared for the elections, Buhari maintained that INEC was forced by the military to delay the elections even after insisting it was prepared.



Despite his disappointment, he explained that since the action was constitutional, the APC had asked its supporters to obey the law and remain calm but resolute.



Asked about the Boko Haram insurgency, Buhari restated his belief that the military had been unable to overcome the insurgents because resources meant for the military had been misappropriated.



He cited scuttled plans by the National Assembly to probe the funding of the army over the last three years and interviews granted to the foreign media by soldiers, who he said, claimed that they had to fight without proper weapons, to back his view.



He said, “The National Assembly attempted to conduct a hearing by getting the budget approved by the National Assembly over the last three years and inviting the service chiefs to come and tell them why the weapons were not procured and sent to the soldiers under competent leadership and that hearing was scuttled.



“So, it showed the misapplication or misappropriation of the resources provided by government and says why the Nigerian military was unable to defeat Boko Haram.”



Regardless, Buhari said the military was competent to tackle the insurgency.



If elected as president, he said achieving that goal would not be “too difficult.”



“I believe this problem will not be too difficult for the APC government because we know the Nigerian military is competent. It is a question of making sure that the money voted for equipment and training is properly utilised,” he said.



The APC’s presidential candidate also said corruption had to be tackled “because there are serious citizens of this country that (have) said unless Nigeria kills corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria.”



In endorsing Buhari, Obasanjo had said, “The circumstances he (Buhari) will be working under if he wins the elections are different from the one he worked under before, where he was both the executive and the legislature – he knows that. He is smart enough. He is educated enough. He’s experienced enough. Why shouldn’t I support him?”



And Buhari expressed a similar view when asked if he had changed.



The former military dictator, who admitted that some of the things his regime was accused of had a degree of accuracy, insisted that things would be different.



“I think I would be judged harshly as an individual that what happened during military administration can be extended under multi-party democratic system,” he said.



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The cat don dey for one house like that, wey people nor sabi look after animals, e b like say the person head nor well at all. They don throw am for winder from 12floors high, reach ground. Omo God dey ooo - lucky say this cat nor dey break back!



Anyway sha, I don home am for one night initially - omo na almost two years don pass since!!



I don name am Tippy, na appropriately so, when u don dey think wetin happen to am. Since the time wey I don own am, omo nor b small mata.... she get one luxury fluffy bed, a personalised cushion cover, pink litter tray, cute food bowls and mat, a clawing board, a clawing tower with hiding space, toys don full the house self!!



She don tey since with these her toys ooo - I look am like... imagine na u be cat for 9ja oo - u nor go sabi anything sha. She dey lounge about anyhow, still as she don dey get all those things, she still come sleep for another place, like MY sofa!! She get big eye oo, na she dabaru!



Na house cat she be, e b like say if I free am for outside, another catgo scatter am anyhow, she go return house look like she don chop wowo lick plate!!



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