There is a popular misconception that Nigerian youths have a short attention span. In reality, they simply switch off once they detect the first lie. If you want to have a chance of retaining their attention, the first rule is: Do not tell lies
#ENDSARS
I served on the Economic Management Team of
@GEJonathan
for 4 years with
@PeterObi
. If PO had been on the wrong side of every economic policy argument I would not vote for him. We can no longer afford people who are not on top of their game. PO brings hope
Allowing legitimate exporters & importers to move their goods across the border should be a no-brainer. Why refuse everybody else & allow only one company (Dangote)? This is why some of us argue that the Nigerian economy is rigged in favour of a handful of well-connected persons
There is no running away from the truth.
@ChimamandaReal
asks why rush to endorse a terribly flawed Presidential Election in Nigeria. The matter is before our Courts. Let the Judges tell us what they made of the numerous altered
@inecnigeria
result sheets
This photograph is from the Twitter handle of
@atiku
. Are we supposed to celebrate the fact that a lone white lady from the State Dept in the USA agreed to see 16 black men from Nigeria or what exactly ?
@officialABAT
@PeterObi
@KwankwasoRM
Shocking data from Africa in this table from
@StearsInsights
when you define Middle Class as persons able to spend more than $10 daily or indeed if you ignore the definitions and just look at the data re:
Nigeria 🇳🇬 vs Ghana 🇬🇭
Or:
Nigeria 🇳🇬 vs Cameroon 🇨🇲
Giant of Africa ?
I have since learnt that Bua Group were also allowed to export goods through Nigeria's "closed" land borders. FG should please accept that what is good for the goose is also good for the gander. When will the FG consider small honest businesses that are not so well-connected?
For the record, I was among those who found the Senate President's comments at the Wigwe Family Funeral in PH to be in poor taste. He began by lamenting that
@PeterObi
received greater applause than he (Akpabio) got & later told us to join him in consoling the widow who was lying
"Fubara gave the best message to take home" ~ RCCG Pastor replies Senate President Godswill Akpabio's statement on Governor Sim Fubara at Herbert Wigwe's Funeral.
Fubara's message was clearly talking about the vanity of things we struggle, kill and die for. While Senator
But why is
@ChibuikeAmaechi
only complaining on 18 March? Why did he not complain on Sat 25 Feb 2023 when the same "forces" were used to massively alter
@inecnigeria
Result Sheets to transfer votes of
@PeterObi
to another Candidate ? 🤔 Was it okay then to rob Peter to pay Paul?
On Twitter ban, an emerging narrative is that FGN is phenomenally quick on negative/wrong actions that will hurt many Nigerians, whilst being slow on positive/correct actions that might uplift many Nigerians. Re 2023, we know the kind of Presidency that we do not want
#GoNigeria
The petrol subsidy removal is complicated by the fact some liars who held sway in 2012 are now singing a different tune in 2023. They should apologise to
@GEJonathan
@PeterObi
@NOIweala
& others in the 2012 Economic Team & beg Nigerians for forgiveness so we can move forward
What matters most is the lives we touched and what we did for others i.e. the persons we uplifted and/or encouraged or motivated to greater heights or rescued from their plight
My understanding is that
#Obidients
want Servant Leaders who will be accountable to the citizenry. An aspiration to hold the feet of elected leaders "to the fire" is not a crime. It is actually long overdue.
@PeterObi
should be allowed to have his day in Court. It is his right
No one can blackmail us to withdraw our case from court. The mistake APC is making, they thought OBIDIENT is a person, religion or tribe.
#OBIDIENT
is a movement to bring about a New Nigeria. Nothing will stop us , not even Peter Obi or Datti Ahmed. It is our mandate through
For the record, methinks
#AllEyesOnTheJudiciary
is a neutral slogan that should ordinarily not offend a right thinking & sincere person in a civilised society. I can understand someone rejecting a negative slogan like "Let us turn our noses up at the Judiciary". Enough said
Please send me 10K immediately. I have been supporting Chelsea since 1990. It’s not your fault if you were not yet born in 1990. This should teach you not to make wild offers. I am not too proud to receive your 10K. Lol
If you are being fair and running an inclusive govt, it will be evident and you will not have to stick your finger in someone's eye by shouting:
"...See you guys are lucky, I actually appointed one human being from your geopolitical zone after appointing ten from my own zone"
Every dark cloud has a silver lining. Find the silver lining from 20.10.2020 because it is there to be found
#EndSARS
Click to watch my interview on ARISE News this morning:
Dear Lord, Thank you for walking alongside me & making my burdens light. Give me the strength and confidence not to ignore the sufferings of my numerous countrymen whose burden is so much heavier than mine. Give me the ideas & show me the path to help to make their burden lighter
Re 2023 we must quiz every Presidential Candidate & have them engage in live televised interviews and debates.
@SavvyRinu
is right to point out that we should question all of them and not allow any to hide away and/or only read out prepared speeches which they barely understand
“When Peter Obi speaks, people start discussing facts and figures.
However, when Bola Tinubu speaks, they start rearranging his words so it can make sense.”
God abeg o
Yes, a New Nigeria is certainly possible as claimed by
@PeterObi
in tweet below. However, this will be a Nigeria where leaders are held accountable & Nigerian youths will hold their "feet to the fire" and force them to become a force for good & stop oil theft/other forms of fraud
Dear OBIdients, today will go down in history as a day Nigerians spoke with one united voice; the message is clear and simple - A NEW NIGERIA IS POSSIBLE!
From Lagos, Bauchi, Benin City, Warri, Osogbo, Kaduna, Uyo, Aba, London, New York and many more,
We know that INEC's IREV viewing portal was created to help resolve collation disputes. Forget about claims of a temporary glitch; until this day
@inecnigeria
has not uploaded legible results from all the Polling units where voting took place on 25 Feb 2023Presidential Elections
The
@ARISEtv
clip below captures my endorsement of
@PeterObi
which is partly based on previous economic policy discussions he featured in + my belief that Obi/Baba-Ahmed will function best as Servant Leaders having no absolute majority in the legislature
Sadly this is no longer about Sowore alone. It is now more about Nigeria advertising itself globally as a Rogue State where various Government Officials and/or Agencies believe that they can decide if or when it suits them to respect the rule of law
The $1.5bn earmarked for PH Refinery Rehabilitation by
#NNPC
could build 12 world class hospitals costing $125m each - 2 in each geopolitical zone. We could then allow private sector core investors to purchase the refinery and rehabilitate it with their own funds
@officialNESG
Good speech by
@officialABAT
on 29 May, 2023, but it would have been better still if he had resisted the temptation to smuggle in a few dubious & needlessly controversial statements. E.g:
"Since the advent of the 4th Republic, Nigeria has not held an election of better quality"
It is not too late in the day for
@inecnigeria
(an impartial umpire) to honour its pledge to upload ALL Polling Unit Level Results from the 25 February, 2023 Presidential Elections unto IREV which is supposed to be a results viewing portal
#AllEyesOnTheJudiciary
This is a very old interview, but interestingly my views have not changed and so I continue to insist that Nigerian society today is rigged against our youths. It is something that we still need to correct and it will not be achieved through a few token political appointments
This is deep! and true. How easy is it for a young person to succeed in our country, particularly poor with zero connections? Its very hard!
And if you look at what Baba
@AtedoPeterside
is saying about picking an event, you have a greater chance of winning.
I would add Sales,
A cry for justice resonates easily ⚖️
Standing for the truth will set you free.
Conversely, injustice and lies require a multitude of spin-doctors, whose efforts to bury the truth will fail.
#AllEyesOnTheJudiciary
Thank God for the postponement of a Census that we do not need. If
@nimc_ng
would wake up to its responsibilities & issue National Identification Numbers (NIN) to every Nigerian + issue Identity Cards speedily thereafter, we would know how many we are + have biometrics as proof
I told CBN on 08 June 2019 via this 10 min. video that Nigeria has not been fair to its youths:
All God-fearing people should please join hands to appeal to the CBN Governor to forget about punitive measures against peaceful youths on account of
#ENDSARS
The recent massacre of innocent farmers in Borno State is one massacre too many. So far, FG's most widely publicised response has come via unguarded utterances by a Presidential Spokesperson. An honest FG apology plus a sincere admission of failure would have been more comforting
Closure of Niger Republic airspace will increase the cost of flights from Nigeria to Europe.
If Burkina Faso and/or Mali join Niger in declining overflight rights to Nigerian bound aircraft, then inbound and outbound flights from Nigeria to Europe will become very expensive.
I urge you all to take this Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry seriously and submit ALL the evidence you have on the Lekki Toll Gate shooting. Like June 12, 1993, October 20, 2020 will forever be etched in my memory. May God help us as we seek justice for the victims
#ENDSARS
The scope of the panel has been expanded to cover the Lekki toll incident. Memoranda can be submitted through the panel's email: judicialpanelonsars
@lagosstate
.gov.ng and you can call 0901 051 3203 , 0901 051 3204 , 0901 051 3205 for enquiries.
#HealingLagos
Stanbic IBTC Celebrates 30 Year Anniv. Founding Management Team in 1989: From L to R (Sitting): Atedo Peterside (CEO), Angela Omo-Dare (Legal Adv/Company Sec), Wale Edun (ED), Oluwande Muoyo (Manager). L to R (Standing): Sola David-Borha (Snr Manager), Late Toyin Daniju (Manager)
In 2019, PH Refinery contributed zero revenue, but incurred costs of N47bn; almost N4bn a month! Instead of ending this nightmare through a
#BPE
core investor sale,
#NNPC
wants to enmesh Nigeria into a deeper financial mess by throwing $1.5bn (incl. debt) at a problem it created?
President Buhari should try an old trick applied by a few leaders in history; he should deliberately do and/or say the wrong thing and watch how many of his team will rush out and defend the indefensible. Those are the ones he should not trust
#EndBadGovernanceInNigeria
We want to get to a point where all other Presidential aspirants focus on the important national issues such as the economy and insecurity.
@PeterObi
should keep this up. Others must do the same re 2023 general elections
Before Peter Obi, aspirants used to roast corn, sell akara, drinking sachet water or do other petty stuffs. Now they're all granting interviews and quoting economic statistics they don’t understand. Thank you
@PeterObi
for teaching them how to campaign.
#PeterObi4President2023
It is disingenuous to link a ban on open grazing to the constitutional right to the free movement of persons. The latter does not extend to the free movement of cattle, goats, sheep etc through farms with the attendant destruction of somebody's harvest
SARS or FSARS should not be disbanded yet. Instead it’s entire membership (including the leadership) should first be deployed to the Sambisa Forest to help contain Boko Haram. We can disband SARS after that mission is executed successfully
"Nigerian youth must start now to make
#EndSARS
come to life in 2023" - Chairman, ANAP Foundation,
@AtedoPeterside
talks about Nigeria's economic and political outlook in the wake of the
#EndSARS
protest.
Watch his interview on
#TheMorningShow
here:
Please leave
@MatthewKukah
alone: "Femi Adesina was being paid salary by Orji Kalu. He was doing a good job in The Sun as a journalist. Garba Shehu was working for Atiku. Lai Mohammed was working for Tinubu. So, I think everybody should be able to answer his father’s name"- Kukah
Most people who oppose Restructuring of Nigeria simultaneously admit that existing structures are defective and cannot deliver anything except failure. Are they not aware that the argument in favour of retaining a structure is tied to its capability for delivering success?
According to
@StatiSense
South Africa's unemployment rate is 32.6%, we (Nigeria) have brought ours down to 4.1%. The only catch is that we brought unemployment crashing down because
@NBS_Nigeria
changed methodology/definition of unemployment. I don't know whether to laugh or cry
FG should halt $1.5bn approval for repair of Port Harcourt refinery and subject this brazen & expensive adventure to an informed national debate. Many experts prefer that this refinery is sold "as is" by BPE to core-investors with proven capacity to repair it with their own funds
If you were in Nigeria & you survived 2023, then the chances are that 2024 will be kinder to you in an emotional & financial sense. HAPPY NEW YEAR. My prayer is that henceforth we will develop the ability to separate truth from lies, facts from fiction, integrity from fraud etc.
Many a true word is said in jest. What manner of Governorship Elections does
@inecnigeria
have in store for us in Kogi, Bayelsa, Imo, Edo, Ondo etc? Will their staff brag at the Polling Units that there is no plan to upload the results on IREV? Will thugs decide who gets to vote?
Happy Easter to OBIdients and Non-OBIdients. Nigeria will become a better place only when many refuse to accept the status-quo of poor education, poor healthcare, high inflation, little or no growth etc. Religion & Ethnicity will not insulate you from these harsh realities
Datti Baba-Ahmed is spot on. We should classify him as a successful businessman who made his money in the private sector. He is not a Beneficiary of "State Capture" and he speaks like one who understands the pain of ALL Nigerians. He is a modern Nigerian plain & simple
@PeterObi
The tragic events of Oct 20, 2020 will forever be etched in my memory, including the gun shots/screams from the Lekki Toll Gate. I call it Bloody Tuesday NOT Black Tuesday as some have done. Why? Because devoid of racial prejudice, black is a truly beautiful colour
#EndSARS
Peter Obi has a good track record of reducing the Costs of Governance. When discussing 2023 candidates we should put forward the track record of each candidate so we compare what each is bringing to the table
#EndBadGovernmentInNigeria
#ENDSARS
The refrain "GO TO COURT" has been pilloried recently in some quarters & prematurely dismissed as futile in 2023 Nigeria. I still believe that
@PeterObi
,
@atiku
& others should 1st exhaust all legitimate channels where they feel wronged. Following the right process remains noble
Breaking News
It is official the Labor Party Presidential candidate Peter OBI has filed his petition to the presidential elections tribunal in Abuja. The process of reclaiming the people’s mandate has started
Dr Yunusa Tanko
Chief Spokesperson
LP- PCC
Another way to look at this
@ProcterGamble
exit story from
@thecableng
is that multiple investors who cherish the rule of law, policy consistency, macroeconomic stability, a level playing field etc are running away from Nigeria. They are being "replaced" only partially by
I want to thank all of you who followed me and/or commented on any of my social media posts in 2023. Special thanks also to those who helped to amplify the posts by endorsing or rejecting same. Thankful too for those who insulted me - you helped to make it interesting. Bless you
Dear Lord, whilst praying for the souls of the departed
#EndSARS
protesters, I also pray that those responsible for this dastardly act be exposed and brought to justice, along with those meant to protect their lives, who shirked the responsibility out of cowardice
Happy International Women's Day. The number of Professional Female Aviation workers in
@Anap_Jets
has taken me by surprise. They came in one's and two's and now they are indispensable. Captains, First Officers, Dispatchers Cabin Crew etc
@anapfoundation
#InternationalWomensDay
2023 presents yet another opportunity. It is my sincere hope that we get it right this time and enthrone good governance. My prayer is that in due course we will look back at Feb 2023 and identify it as the turning point when good began to overcome evil in Nigeria. Happy New Year
Politicians and Non-Politicians need to join hands to save Nigeria. Do not sit on the fence. Young Nigerians are our future. We must work together to secure a better deal for them. If you believe in this ideal, please use
#GoNigeria
to help propagate this message
Arise News Correspondent, Laila Johnson-Salami
@lailajohnsonsal
questions Senator David Umahi about the Lagos-Calabar Highway Project’s environmental impact assessment. She asks whether the project has received final approval from the Federal Ministry of Environment or if an
Fake news everywhere. Beware of persons trying to turn North against South, East against West, Christian against Moslem etc. They are all charlatans and so we must not allow them to divide us
Our attention has been drawn to this mischievous flyer being circulated in the North. H.E Peter Obi did not speak with journalists nor did he mention any such issue while speaking at the rally in Ibadan.
I join others in congratulating Dudu Manuga (
@dudugombe
) on her new
@NgLabour
post. Dudu is an invaluable member of the The Anap Foundation COVID-19 Think Tank
@anapfoundation
#Obidatti023
. I still say everybody should pick a Political Party to join instead of complaining 24/7
2 major areas where I disagreed with
@GodwinIEmefiele
were:
1) his ruinous regime of multiple exchange rates which discouraged genuine enterprise & rewarded arbitrage (see Video below); &
2) his illegal freezing of the bank accounts of
#ENDSARS
Protestors
Great to see young Nigerians like
@burnaboy
performing on a world stage. Tis like a dream come true for many of us. We never really saw this when we were young. Our youths continue to make us proud
Breaking News:
The attention of the Commission has been drawn to a purported declaration of winner in the Adamawa Governorship election by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) even when the process has clearly not been concluded.
Before the 2015 elections, I said in article below about Buhari:
"..he is not clever enough to understand 21st Century economic & financial transactions through which some of his new & unscrupulous friends hope to loot &/or corner the national treasury.."
There is an allegation that
#NNPC
dipped their fingers in the Federation Cookie Jar in order to announce bumper 2020 profits; they should come clean & publish details of all dividends received by them and tell us which ones they recently diverted from the Federation to themselves
It took a lot of work to put this together, but I'm so glad we got it done. This afternoon at 3pm we'll have an open discussion on the way forward. The line up is incredible. Pls join us:
Zoom:
YouTube:
Pls Share and be there!
Clips from my
@BusinessDayNg
recent interview which addressed a broad range of burning national issues can be viewed using the links below:
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4:
Part 5:
Wishing all my adorable followers a truly Happy and Prosperous New Year. Do not despair. Nigeria can still do better - much better. Stay safe and respect
#COVID19
protocols. God bless you all.
#EndBadGoveranceInNigeria
#ENDSARS
This post-mortem by
@PetersideDakuku
on the 2023 General Elections in
@THISDAYLIVE
provides "food for thought".
@inecnigeria
promised so much, but has still not fully uploaded Presidential Election Results from 25 Feb on its IREV Platform after 8 weeks.
Justice Dattijo Muhammad should be commended for speaking out against the rot in the Judiciary that he is exiting. Let us demand reforms by calling for equity & justice in the Supreme Court; the SE & NC Zones deserve immediate representation at the Supreme Court. Enough is Enough
We remember also those fathers who have looted our commonwealth and are ready to infringe on our freedom and fundamental human rights on a whim; a sobering thought on this Father's Day.
#GoNigeria
This is very sad. Why do some people expend so much energy in putting out fake messages in the names of other people.
@NOIweala
has suffered this on countless occasions on social media. Please leave her alone.
It’s been brought to my attention that another FAKE message has been manufactured and is being forwarded on WhatsApp in my name. I want to make clear that this fake message is not from me. I am pleased that those who know me instantly recognized this as fake. Thanks to friends
Today’s Lagos road closures are totally unnecessary and unfortunate. In the 21st Century, nobody closes down a mega city. President and Governor should simply have used helicopters. No right thinking person will close down New York or London or even Sydney
FG should get out of the business of making pronouncements on the price of petrol. If you want to make a phone call it is the telecom operator that will tell you the tariff. It is the petrol station attendant that should tell you the price of petrol
This old clip (video below) still resonates. I can only follow you if you have core values that resonate and if we have a shared vision. The onus is on the leader to show me the values that he upholds and which make him worthy of my followership
@atiku
@officialABAT
@PeterObi
The MKO Abiola name might have started off as a family name, but he outgrew that to become a national icon. I am among many who were shocked at
@HafsatKIND
’s attempt to compare this collosus of our lifetime with a lilliputian in an
@ARISEtv
interview. Disappointing.
I hear you Sir. Economics is about hard choices. To help sell bold economic reforms, the leaders themselves should genuinely embrace self-sacrifice and belt-tightening.
Nigerians don’t need palliatives. What Nigerians need is good governance free of corruption and corrupt practices. Nigerians don’t need NASS to accommodate those who have ruined the nation. Nigerians need decent men and women of integrity to lead by examples.
In this
@ARISEtv
interview below
@PeterObi
says it like it is. Our democracy will be more resilient if all the major Presidential Candidates are grilled by seasoned interviewers. It must come from their own lips. Over to
@Official_ABAT
@atiku
@KwankwasoRM
On CJN matter, I tried to keep an open mind until it became obvious that a private petition was analysed, investigated & led to prosecution in 24 hours by an administration that took 6 months to appoint Ministers. At that point I smelt a rat
It took me 5 mins to vote at my Booth in Victoria Island, Lagos. The Nigerian youths that I met queuing there insisted that I go in front & vote because I am an elder. They promised to do this for all elders. God bless our youths
#Vote
#2023Elections
#GoNigeria
@anapfoundation
Today, we take to the polls to determine the fate of our Nation. Your vote counts!
It is important to report any election malpractice that you may witness immediately
Post a video of the incident on social media. Make sure to include the date, time & venue and tag
@inecnigeria
Our
#COVID19
problems are not caused by travellers. More about our irresponsible elite that continue to host large social/political gatherings in which all known safety protocols are violated. Let us learn from Ethiopia; wear masks, wash hands, no travel ban & no crisis
@atiku
So true. A rapacious elite who got there by climbing an accessible public ladder based on equal opportunity, have rigged & bastardised recruitment processes in order to make it difficult for children of the poor to rise in Nigeria today - they have hidden the ladder from others
@THISDAYLIVE
Senior judicial officers appointing their own children & relatives, & relatives of influential politicians to the exclusion of the better qualified, were children of nobody when appointed 30 years ago.They would have been nowhere today if those in charge then had been like them
Well done
@KwankwasoRM
. We admire your courage. It is however important to set the records straight; Governor Okowa is not a Presidential Candidate. He had no business on the Podium rubbing shoulders with you. We should not be civil to the point of rewarding PDP indiscipline
Yesterday night, I had the honour of being among other presidential candidates, to present our plans on security and the economy before Nigerians, at the
@ARISEtv
Town Hall.
Yesterday was one of the most emotionally draining days of my life. I began the day by paying tribute live on
@AriseTV
to
@HerbertOWigwe
(see video of full programme) & then paid a condolence visit to Pastor Shyngle Wigwe family & to Titi Ogunbanjo, Senator Toks & Mosun Ogunbanjo
To set the records straight, what we have now is a Chaotic Compulsory Lockdown re
#COVID
-19. We need to replace that with an Intelligent Lockdown that relies more on voluntary compliance + use of masks + stop needless large social & religious gatherings
I sincerely hope that this Hajj Subsidy story attributed to
@officialSKSM
is not true. Pilgrimage in all religions is only for those who can afford it. Terrible mixed signals if true 🤦🏽♂️