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How will President Umaru Yar’Adua react though if the courts rule that his own election was ...Read the full article.

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This is a well thought - out piece , the scenarios painted would be interesting if they do come to pass. The legitimacy problem of Yar - Adua's government is deep-rooted and various forces will be at play to further entrenched / protect their interests which ironically will be to the detriment of the generality of Nigerians. Let's put our hope on the judiciary for now and a divine intervention

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there is nothing new under the sun....it is quite possible for a prostitute to give birth to a saint.....Chris Uba was godfather to Ngige who, as governor, decided to run a clean ship.
If our new President makes decisions that most Nigerians support he will begin to build a base that will help ensure his survival.He should also start reading Shakespeare for advice on how to handle bloated,greedy generals.

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The product of a fraud can only be fraudulent. A monkey can only give birth to a monkey. There can be no redemption for a bankrupt process other than to completely take it apart and rebuild it.

Fela sang,

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Obo na monkey for yoruba land o,
He go bend him nyash him go sh-it,
Him go comot away from him sh-it,
The sh-it go be the last thing wey he go want to s(h)ee..ee,
Because why..ee.
Because the sh-it dey smell....

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The Obo in this story now resides in Otta and the sh-it is the iwuruwuru election.

If Yar'Adua were as "honest" as he has been made out to be, why is he holding a stolen mandate? If he says, he knows the elections were flawed, why is Iwu still strutting the terrain like a peacock? If he won 80% of the vote, why does he need the co-operation of the 20%? When will Iwu tell us how much the parties spent on the election? An umpire who completely abandoned its constitutional obligations and misdirected its resources in usurping the role of the judiciary, ending up producing made up results from a sham process needs to fall on its sword immediately. Iwu unfortunately is protected because he knows where all the bodies are buried.

Has anyone truly evaluated Yar'Adua's tenure in Katsina over the last 8 years? He says he left N6bn in the state kitty, has Katsina got enough schools, enough roads, enough hospitals, enough infrastructure? No, the man was simply clueless. Being governor does not mean paying civil servant salaries alone. Let the performance of Duke in Cross River, Tinubu in Lagos and Muazu in Bauchi be the benchmark by which governors are measured.

Has anyone seriously reviewed what was done in the Katsina PDP primaries and the general elections in 2003 and 2007? The man is an election rigger and there is no corruption worse than electoral malfeasance. Ask Masari and hear!

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Govt Of National Unity: Yar’adua Indicted Himself – Isyaku Ibrahim


President Umaru Yar’Adua has indicted himself by calling for a government of national unity, especially by asking that the ANPP and AC join him. This assertion was made by frontline politician, Isyaku Ibrahim yesterday in an interview with Leadership Sunday.

According to the Second Republic power broker, Yar’Adua is merely the head of a caretaker government, stressing that the fact that Yar’Adua is extending an olive branch to the opposition is a "telling indictment against him. He is young to politics and does not understand the implication of his action. You will recall that he publicly, during his inauguration, admitted that the election were fraught with injustice. So we had expected of him to either resign or call for fresh election. That is how a honest person behaves. When you realise you are the receiver of stolen goods, you repent and go for justice."

On the appeal to ANPP and AC to join the party, Ibrahim noted: "that is wrong. What is Yar’Adua telling us? Why do you need a national government when you have, according to you, over 80% of the votes? It is ridiculous that after the claim of landslide victory, the PDP is seeking for some kind of national unity. One would think that kind of victory is already an endorsement by the populace. So what are they saying? I want to be educated. Because you claim that you have the mandate of the people and then you are suddenly begging to have others in."

He said further that it was obvious that Yar’Adua was jittery. "The truth is that the so called president is aware of his limitation and the burden of being the receiver of stolen goods. This is it. He knows that he lacks every basis for legitimacy. Or else, why should anyone who has that sort of vote beg others to join him?"

Going down memory lane, he said: "I remember when late John Kennedy, the American President, was campaigning, he said that all he needed was 51% of the nation’s vote, and the rest could go and drown in the ocean. What he meant is that after the majority, he needs no other mandate. So why is our own so called democratically elected president begging others to join him? It is a fraud because if Nigerians had given you their votes, why do you want others to accept you?"

He said further that " Yar’Adua should face up to the truth. He is a Muslim and he knows that he did not win this election. He should say to Obasanjo that I do not accept this. I lost in the election. How come Buhari of all people lost in his local government? It makes no sense. He should accept that no government can be built on injustice. That is how great people behave."

On Sheikh Ahmad Lemu, who recently paid a solidarity visit to Yar’Adua, he said: "tell that so called Islamic cleric that he is a fraud. The Koran teaches justice. Even the Christian faith teaches same. So why should he pay a man who has a moral problem a solidarity visit?"

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Anyone who believes that Yar'Adua will carry out electoral reforms that will undermine his election had better think again. What Nigerians need to prepare themselves for is the roller coaster ride of a power struggle for the heart and soul of the PDP and Nigeria. The most powerful mafia today is the cult of the ex-Governors and they will continue to seek to assert themselves. They will eventually get Mark booted out of the Senate Presidency and Akume is playing a high wire game by pretending to support Mark. At the moment, they are also working to repeal the section of their constitution that makes only Obasanjo eligible to be chair of the BOT and to also whittle down the powers of the office.

Umar obeyed the Supreme Court ruling on Obi because he did not have much choice and his style is different from Obj's. It does not mean that their objectives are any different from the other. UMYA has a legitimacy question mark which has informed some of his behaviour but the former governors such as Ibori and Igbinedion around him cast an even bigger pall of discreditability.

By the time, a few more PDP governors and legislators are dethroned at the tribunals, panic will set in and the rear guard action of Obasanjo and his acolytes seeking to preserve a modicum of "respectability" given their unravelling squalid past behaviour may compel UMYA to "co-operate" if he was tempted not to.

UMYA can do us all a favour and ignite the incendiary that will consume him, his Godfather and their godforsaken party. Now, that would be the mark of a courageous man, a sort of PDP suicide bomber. Given the state of his health, that could be a legacy to bequeath to the country before he kaputs and Jonathan takes over. Then the real crisis will begin.


Aluta!


Gwobezentashi

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Hi, folks!

In essence, His Excellency Mallam Umar Musa Yar'Adua (GCFR) is the nucleus of a viable government of national unity (GNU) in Nigeria, post-OBJ. Why? Because, overall, UMY'A represents the least negative attributes among all the persons that contested the last presidential elections with him: be it Reverend Chris Okotie, or Alhaji Atiku Abubakar (GCON), or Chief Pere Ajua, or Major General (Alhaji) Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR), or any of the other 44 very un-serious contestants for the post of president of Nigeria.

Conceptually, Nigeria today is like post-janjaweed Sudan, or post-civil war Somalia: the country should be operating in the "damage control" mode, picking up the pieces, one-by-one, after 16 uninterrupted years of acute military despotism (1983 ~ 1999) and an additional 8 years of blatant predatory autocracy (1999 ~ 2007).

The task of any GNU to come is, firstly, to confront and persuade all the key active participants in the politics of the past quarter of a century in Nigeria to make way for a new wave to breeze through Nigeria, as they take a dignified bow out of Nigeria's political playing field, while UMY'A and his GNU team, to be selected on their individually identified merits and capability to jump-start Nigeria, get on with the onerous task of salvaging Nigeria from scratch!

Muchas gracias.

Don Juan-Carlos ABRAXAS (III)

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Has anyone truly evaluated Yar'Adua's tenure in Katsina over the last 8 years? He says he left N6bn in the state kitty, has Katsina got enough schools, enough roads, enough hospitals, enough infrastructure? No, the man was simply clueless. Being governor does not mean paying civil servant salaries alone. Let the performance of Duke in Cross River, Tinubu in Lagos and Muazu in Bauchi be the benchmark by which governors are measured.

Has anyone seriously reviewed what was done in the PDP primaries and the general elections in 2003 and 2007? The man is an election rigger and there is no corruption worse than electoral malfeasance.

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Gwobentashi cannot be faulted in the above quotes. This has been the question gnawing at the back of my mind since this taciturn man ascended the presidential throne of Nigeria. People keep saying that he is not corrupt. If he is a byword for honesty then how come he is clinging onto a stolen mandate? How come he did not repudiate the charade that passed as PDP presidential primaries? Assuming that he did not steal money from Katsina, did he wipe out unemployment there? Did he eradicate poverty there? Does it mean that if I take a trip to Katsina State now that I will not meet beggars on the streets? His name never crops up as one of the governors that performed very well like Sam Egwu or Donald Duke. Another thing that gives me cause for concern is the shielding of the past governors from trial for corruption. Why is he being clannish, protecting his fellow former governors? That Odili and Nnamani and Ibori and Igbinedion shall be walking the streets as free men makes me want to puke. If you do not punish a crime there will be no deterrence. Let us wait and watch.

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In essence, His Excellency Mallam Umar Musa Yar'Adua (GCFR) is the nucleus of a viable government of national unity (GNU) in Nigeria, post-OBJ.
-Don Juan-Carlos ABRAXAS (III)

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Interesting thought. How will this GNU be constituted? By an Abraxas fiat perhaps? Would this be an executive multiparty GNU working with a 90% PDP legislature or will the legislature also be GNU re-engineered? Will the political party system be jettisoned in favour of individualism or will it be by taking ministerial hostages from the various parties kidnapped by the state PDP chairmen? Who will determine whether the mix meets the competency requirements for the job in hand? The 90% PDP rigged senate or the GNU re-engineered one? Could it be Wadata Plaza that would decide on the mix or the Balogun of Owu Lifelong BO(a)T man? Would this be ratified by going Chairman Ali Mungo or coming Chairman Ojo on ya byke Maduekwe led NEC. Did UMYA campaign on this GNU promise and did anyone vote for this? Infact did anyone vote for UMYA (with the ballot papers abandoned in a South African warehouse) or were their votes counted by Iwuruwuru ghosts? Does it matter what the Nigerian people want or is it ok for Abraxas and UMYA to decide what is best for the people seeing as the people can’t be trusted to decide for themselves?

Has this got anything to do with the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic or do some area boys led by Sheikh creek Field Marshall Mujahadeen Abraxasari Sadiq dey Fcuk anything for Dubai and Sakkwatto, plan to take over government and impose this GNU?

Would be interesting to read some expantiation on this radical GNU thinking.

Could it also be that this sudden love for UMYA by the gun totting Sheikh may have something to do with an aspiration for a “lucky” egbesu presidency through the back door in lieu of the renally challenged one just pegging after an accidental contamination of his dialysis fluids? Oooops! Wrong drip. Bye bye yaro mai delege (delicate boy). Hello Goodie goodie!

Aluta!


Gwobezentashi

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If UMY'A is really honest, OBJ wouldn't have chosen him. I said elsewhere that we need to go back to his stewardship in Katsina state to find out about the man's honesty and integrity. Gwobe who's on the ground has told us that UMY'A was far from being a good governor. OBJ chose him because he probably believes he's malleable. As Gwobe rightly pointed out, if UMY'A is that honest, why are all the OBI men and women whose corruption reeks to the high heavens with a dramatized stench still working around free? EFCC is still talking bout pursuing Atiku again, a man on whom they have absolutely nothing!!!

@Abraxas,

With all due respect, UMY'A was not the best of the candidates by any stretch of the imagination. There were other candidates that were much more eminently qualified than UMY'A. Atiku is one of the most gifted politicians Nigeria has ever produced and I believe that the days and months ahead will prove to Nigerians that they've (by the prodding of OBJ and his cronies) severely underrated the man. If after 8years all they could put on the man was that he invested PTDF money(with interest) without an express permission of OBJ, then we may be dealing with a man whose integrity has been much maligned because of his astute political views.

To the writer of this article, that UMY'A asked the IG and the solicitor general to carry out the SC order is an academic exercise. A court order is meant to be obeyed until a superior court orders otherwise. It's one of the unfortunate legacies of the OBJ maladministration that they tried to politicize the courts by choosing which court orders to obey and which to rationalize, ie, disobey. So, I'm not about to congratulate UMY'A for obeying the court order, after all was he not sworn in by the CJ, to follow and protect the Constitution?

UMY'A WILL DO HIMSELF AND NIGERIA A BIG FAVOR BY REPUDIATING THE STOLEN MANDATE HE IS HOLDING. IT IS HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO HAND OVER TO THE CJ WHO WILL ORGANIZE A CREDIBLE ELECTION. IT IS EITHER HE GOES NOW OR LATER HE'LL BE SHOWN THE WAY OUT. AN EMPTY BAG CANNOT STAND UPRIGHT.

Ka Chineke mezie okwu!

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Quote from Simon Kolawole’s column in ThisDay 17 June 2007, subtitled “Go Ahead, Yar’Adua, Be a Hero!”:


“... Big kudos to President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua for moving in immediately to ensure compliance with the Supreme Court ruling.

Under the lawless Obasanjo government, we would have needed to wait for the irredeemable Minister of Injustice, Bayo Ojo, to give his own interpretation, whether or not the judgement was declarative or affirmative, and all that nonsense. We would have needed to beg Sunday Ehindero, one of the most hopeless IGPs there can ever be, to play pranks with a very clear court pronouncement. To be fair, the madness that dominated the polity in the last government had a direct correlation with the personality of Obasanjo. His egotistic, narrow-minded and despotic style, and his abject lack of statesmanship, was responsible for the disdain for the constitution and rule of law. We ordinarily shouldn’t celebrate the fact that Yar’Adua directed that a court ruling should be obeyed, but why should we not when, in the last eight years, all we saw was anarchy?

You see, it is very easy for Yar’Adua to become a hero. Obasanjo had brought so much evil upon the polity that the smallest gesture by Yar’Adua would be celebrated as a landmark. That is why many Nigerians are happy that the president did not interfere in the choice of David Mark as the Senate President. That is why many are celebrating that Yar’Adua has ordered the recall of the defence attaché who was caught at the Indian airport trying to export millions of dollars in cash. Why should we not celebrate when Obasanjo made a mess of simple things in the past? If you’re dead thirsty, even a drop of water would count for a thousand buckets."

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After 8 years at the helm, this is the rot he left behind in Katsina State but like his Baba in Otta he left money in the kitty for paying salaries to workers who are deliberately left redundant by the unconscionable neglect of clueless leaders. So that is ok. abi? Like his clueless Sule Lamido in Jigawa whose understanding of rehabilitation is to dole out money to beggars, just like their friend in Yobe was paying armed robbers not to rob in his state. A kind of government operated protection racket. Clueless, clueless, clueless.

This is a sample of what will come from your "honest and transparent" Baba Go Slow, for those who believe any good is forthcoming from the fraudulent imposition. A sort of "transparent" mismanagement of opportunity.

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Revisiting the rot in Katsina library

By Lawal Ibrahim, Katsina

A visit to the historic Katsina State public library reveals the pathetic condition of the library which civil servants in the state referred to as ‘a punishment zone’. Weekly Trust reports that apart from the empty shelves, the reading environment is in decay.

Despite the importance of library particularly public libraries in assisting research and learning, the state of Katsina Library is not encouraging. As one steps into the library building, the sight of dilapidation becomes obvious. Apart from broken chairs and tables, the bookshelves are stocked with old books, journals and periodicals.

The head quarters of Katsina State library Board was the initial place of what is popularly called as a “Reading Room” owned by Katsina Native Authority in the 1970’s which was reconstructed last in 1981 by the then civilian administration of Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa in the old Kaduna State to make it a centre of excellence. However, since then, nothing has been added on to sustain it as one of few oldest centres of learning and scholarship in the Northern Nigeria.

According to Malam Kabir Yahaya, a private pharmacist, the library used to be a rallying point for potential Nigerian leaders like President Umaru Yar’Adua. It is instructive to note that a lot of prominent Nigerians today used the Katsina library at one time or the other.

Records made available to Weekly Trust indicated that the last time the library received serious government attention was during the time of military administrator Navy Captain Emmanuel Acholonu in 1996 who apart from bringing in professionals to man the administrative work of the library, which brought in professional librarians like Hadiza ****u as director, gave some considerable attention to the sector as the only administration to have done so since the creation of the State in 1987.

Today, Katsina State library is a mere shadow of itself; it’s a contraption of a dilapidated structure, filled with outdated materials>. Investigation conducted by Weekly Trust reveals that all the sections of the library namely the children and study sections were in sorry state. Apart from the dearth of reading materials, the library cannot boast of good chairs, desks and other supporting materials. The adult and reference sections are in darkness due to constant power outages. Tattered and outdated books mostly of the 60s dominated all the shelves.

The location of the library could be another problem. Located close to Katsina Central Mosque, the busy street close to the library is causing difficulties to users.
A staff of the library who spoke to Weekly Trust on condition of anonymity said the library does not have internet facilities. “We’ve been hearing promises when President Umaru Musa was the governor and his tenure elapsed without any meaningful development in this place.” The staff went further and pointed his finger to a catalogue box and said “this is supposed to be a catalogue but hardly most of the staff in this library know what is called cataloguing, the staff added that the library is called by the civil servants “a punishment zone” to any director who is not in the good books of the government in power. The staff added that the state government has relegated professional librarians to the background which he said compelled many of them to go out of the state in search of greener pasture. Mohammed Lawal Abubakar, a lecturer in one of the state institutions, said if there was any area neglected by former governor Umaru Musa Yar’Adua it was the state library.

He said apart from creating bad impression to the state, the neglect discourages learning because students would find studies difficult if not impossible.“No books, no good reference materials. This is clear case of neglect considering the heavy financial investment made by government in the last few years because even the stench emanating from the library, is too crude to be absorbed by any student who wants to study in the library,” he said. Similarly, Malam Lawal Iro Sani, the state chapter chairman of the Nigerian Library Association (NLA), queried the government’s ineptitude toward library development despite its being the only public library in the state where children of the less privileged members of the society recourse to in the pursuit of their research or career.

Sani outlined the effort their association made without any positive responses. It was gathered that the library depended on a United Kingdom based Book Aid International to get annual and Education Trust Fund (ETF).

Many people who spoke to Weekly Trust expressed disappointment that other parts of the country like Sokoto, Bauchi and the likes that do not have a library or had old libraries before 1999, had upgraded and refurbished them to international standard. But Katsina was still lagging.

They argued that Katsina, despite being one of the few states that nurtured many Nigerian leaders is allowed to go with a dilapidated structure with no periodicals, no journals and doesn’t even make reading conducive.

Katsina is blessed with higher institutions like the State Polytechnic, College of Education and School of Nursing.

Therefore, the need to rehabilitate this all important place of learning is glaring.
Sometime in 2002, former governor Umaru Musa Yar adua while addressing educational stakeholders at Katsina Government House chambers, promised to upgrade the state library and even directed the ministry concerned to submit a proposal of equipping the library with computers, internet and other related modern gadgets of information and communication technology. During a retreat on his second assumption of office for second term, a plot of land worth about N2milion was set aside for the building of a new state library complex. In 2004 a budgetary provision of twenty million was allocated for networking the library with internet access, all these are yet to come to reality.

Defending the Yar’Adua government, Alhaji Abdu Haro Mashi, the immediate past commissioner of information, said the library was not tourched during the period due to the pressure exerted on the state resources from other priority areas of the government. He said even in the last 2007 budget about N35million was earmarked to connect the library with ICT facilities and make it a virtual library where research can be conducted on the net The money he said included general rehabilitations.

Mashi was of the view that since government is a continuous process, he is confident that the new government of Alhaji Ibrahim Shehu Shema will implement the budget and even build a new state library complex because according to him, the library is not even supposed to be where it is located now.

http://www.dailytrust.com/news5a.htm

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Obasanjo dey dia too......

Aluta!

Gwobezentashi