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Sunday 25 January 2015

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Nigerian Oppositions Are Clueless: 'behave more like student unionists with a “we no go gree o” posture' - Simon Kolawole

''Out there, many Nigerians like me would love to vote based on conviction, not some party or ethnic allegiance or financial inducement. Globally, the people who determine outcomes of elections are not always the partisans. “Unattached voters” have a say. They usually vote judging by the issues at hand and their assessments of what the candidates are bringing to the table. In advanced countries, ruling parties are voted out from time to time. Politicians debate issues (not zoning) that impact on the lives of the ordinary people. In Nigeria, we are still far away from experiencing this glorious expression of liberal democratic culture''.

''Yes, they issue eloquent press statements to criticise every move of the PDP. But to an undecided voter like me, I think the opposition behaves more like student unionists with a “we no go gree o” posture. Student unions are often good at criticising a policy – their major undoing is articulating a better option. However, if we look closely at the nature of opposition in advanced democracies, such as in Europe and the US, the parties always say something like: “Bad job! This is how it should be done.” Remember the policy debates between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney before the last US presidential election.

There are two issues, for instance, that I would love the opposition to tell us how they are going to tackle if they successfully dislodge the PDP from Aso Rock in 2015. The first is the petroleum industry. This government says it must be liberalised and subsidies removed so that private investors can have the incentive to invest in refineries, etc. If our four refineries are working at full capacity today, they are not enough to satisfy local consumption. We will continue to import until new refineries come on stream. Now, what is the opposition position on this? Would they liberalise the sector? Would they remove subsidies? Or would they build more refineries and retain the subsidies? Through a well thought-out position on this critical issue, the opposition can market itself to us.''

SIMON KOLAWOLE (Thisdaylive)
http://nigeriaindepth.com/nigerian-oppositions-are-clueless-behave-more-like-student-unionists-with-a-we-no-go-gree-o-posture-simon-kolawole/
Instead all we hear is:
''There Will Be Bloodshed In 2015_FG is Biggest Boko Haram'' - Gen. Muhammadu Buhari

Arewa Elder To Jonathan -''Say You Won't Contest in 2015'' http://www.naijapundit.com/news/arewa-elder-to-jonathan-say-you-won-t-contest-in-2015 - August 2012

"Since the leaders now don’t listen to anybody but do whatever they wish, there is nothing the north can do." - Rtd Gen Buhari MAY 2012

Jonathan Has Failed in Securing Nigeria so Power Must Return to North-Atiku, Bugaje - Naija Pundit http://www.naijapundit.com/news/jonathan-has-failed-in-securing-nigeria-so-power-must-return-to-north-atiku-bugaje

2015: North will mobilise against Jonathan http://nationalmirroronline.net/news/36760.html

A Northerner Must Emerge in 2015 Or Nigeria Will Divide- Lawal Kaita http://www.naijapundit.com/news/a-northerner-must-emerge-in-2015-or-nigeria-will-divide-lawal-kaita

Forget 2015, Revolution Looms – Bakare

BREAKING NEWS: WAEC DISSOCIATES ITSELF FROM BUHARI'S RESULT AS RELEASED BY GOVERNMENT COLLEGE KATSINA

Certificate saga: Only Buhari can request for result verification – WAEC

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has said that General Muhammadu Buhari can apply to the examination body for the verification of his results. It said such verification can only be forwarded to the institution specified by the candidate.

WAEC Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Lagos, Mr. Yusuf Ari in a telephone conversation with Vanguard Wednesday said, “No individual has the legal right to approach WAEC for the verification of another person’s result except the owner of the result.”

He explained that the constitutional right vested on the Freedom of Information law does not include invasion of privacy adding, “The certificate in question belongs to Muhammadu Buhari and he alone has the right to apply for verification.

“Be that as it may, WAEC cannot take any action except, the owner of the certificate asked us to do so. We are an independent body, therefore, we cannot be partisan on this issue,” he said.

According to Ari, all the former Head of State needs to do is to apply by given WAEC the name of his school, Examination number and year of the examination and the result will be verified.

However, after verification of the results, it will be forwarded to the institution and not the owner of the results.

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/certificate-saga-buhari-can-request-verification-waec/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook#sthash.psJMU0D1.dpuf

Newly acquired 68-seater air-conditioned coaches by the Nigeria Railway Corporation arrived Lagos on Monday.

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