Under 50 will take over from Jonathan – Bankole

Date: 17-03-2011 10:24 am (14 years ago) | Author: Aliuniyi lawal
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, has predicted that the next President after Goodluck Jonathan will not be up to 50 years.


He said giving the numerical strength of youths in the country, it would be difficult for anyone to defeat them in future elections.


Bankole, who spoke at the inauguration of the Peoples Democratic Party youth campaign committee in Abuja on Wednesday, said Nigerian youths were not aware that they had huge political power.


He said the youths alone constituted close to 70 per cent of the voters registered for the April elections as shown in the register released by the Independent National Electoral Commission.


He said with such power, youths could take advantage of the opportunity being offered by the administration of Jonathan such that they would vote for him overwhelmingly to become President in April and then begin to insist that his successor must come among them in 2015.


The Speaker said the bulk of work in the April polls would be done by members of National Youth Service Corps who he said are youths.


“This is an indication that the youths of the country are being recognised already by the government to play very strategic roles in nation building,” he added.


Bankole told the youths to take a cue from western countries which he said have been exercising wisdom by empowering their youths to take up positions of leadership.

Posted: at 17-03-2011 10:24 AM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac
- estilizo at 17-03-2011 02:16 PM (14 years ago)
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ok,lets watch and see

Posted: at 17-03-2011 02:16 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- deboalabi262 at 29-03-2011 08:34 PM (14 years ago)
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Su you arei ndirectly telling us your intention after GEJ's rule......

Posted: at 29-03-2011 08:34 PM (14 years ago) | Hero
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- deboalabi262 at 29-03-2011 08:36 PM (14 years ago)
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Quote from: deboalabi262 on 29-03-2011 08:34 PM
Su you arei ndirectly telling us your intention after GEJ's rule......
So you are indirectly telling us your intention after GEJ's rule

Posted: at 29-03-2011 08:36 PM (14 years ago) | Hero
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- ajanni at 4-04-2011 06:07 PM (14 years ago)
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he is just in a dreamland so
Posted: at 4-04-2011 06:07 PM (14 years ago) | Grande Master
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- onoruoiza01 at 5-04-2011 01:46 PM (14 years ago)
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CAN YOU SEE MY DEAR PALS, REVIEW THIS:
                              WHO IS AFRAID OF BUHARI? 
 I write this because of millions of Nigerians who are  below 30 and who constitute a significant chunk of our voting population.   This is the ICT generation that is largely ignorant about the events of the   Buhari era (1983-85) and so can be misinformed and misled by needless   propaganda. I have sat with many in the under-30 bracket and those slightly  above who only have faint recollections of the Buhari era and the level of   ignorance about that era is amazing.

Before being MILITARY Head of State, Buhari had been Governor of one of the Northern States   (under Obasanjo’s Military government) as well as Minister for Petroleum.  He later served as Chairman of PTF under Abacha.   Please consider the following unassailable facts:

 
 •         He birthed and supervised the  establishment of our existing refineries.

  •        There was no religious crisis while  he was Head of State. It started under his successor IBB!

  •        in his time as Head of State he  reduced inflation from 23% to 4%, by fiscal discipline and a homegrown   economic team (not achieved under any other era, even military). 

 •        JJ Rawlings of Ghana took over  2yrs before him, and killed all the corrupt leaders, while Buhari only   sentenced the corrupt leaders here to prison.   

 •        Under his watch as PTF Chairman, what he did in road construction in that short period hasn't been matched by  12yrs of the PDP.
 
 •        Hospitals and universities around   the country never witnessed as much benefits as they got from the PTF from any  government after or before his time.   

•        Despite serving in senior  capacity in the oil sector, first as Minister for Petroleum and then   Petroleum Trust Fund, Buhari has no petrol station, much less a rig, refinery  or an oil block like so many of our leaders.

  •        He could have retired into  nauseating opulence like an IBB or Danjuma or even OBJ but didn't.

   •        Instead of hobnobbing with the  high and mighty, he has cast his lot with the ordinary man most of who follow   him out of hope and belief in his values. People who know him have said of   him... "All I need from Buhari is his word, I can take it to the  bank".

   •        He is the only politician in  the North today who fills rallies without renting a crowd. The Kaduna rally of 2nd   March is eloquent proof!

   •        He refused to collect an  allowance while serving as Chairman of the PTF because he said since he was  already drawing a pension from government, his conscience would not allow him  to draw another salary from the purse of the same government.

  •        He is the only former head of  state that does not own property or land in Abuja .

  •        Every attempt to rubbish him  through probes in time past eneded up vindicating him! The man who was asked  by OBJ to take over the running of PTF before it was scrapped with the aim of   probing and indicting Buhari, was the one who ended up being prosecuted for  misappropriating $100m of PTF funds! Buhari again, was vindicated

  •        He has OPENLY challenged those  who accuse him of religious fundamentalism to come out and show proof. No one  has till today, taken up the challenge. His personal driver of many years is   a Christian from Plateau State !

 
   •        His government initiated the   War Against Indiscipline that has made environmental cleanliness, queuing up,   not urinating by the roadside etc features of our national life even till   today  Does it then surprise you why corrupt people   would be spreading such heinous rumours about Buhari? He is a threat to them and they know what he is capable of doing to corruption and corrupt people when he comes into office! So shine your eyes and make the right decision.

  If honesty and probity are the things you want for Nigeria ,now is the time to choose right. When you cast your vote for the  BUHARI/BAKARE ticket, you would have cast one vote for two honest men.
   Now that you know better, will you please   educate another person BY FORWARDING THIS TO AS MANY AS YOU CAN?
Posted: at 5-04-2011 01:46 PM (14 years ago) | Newbie
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- ajanni at 5-04-2011 07:07 PM (14 years ago)
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 Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
Posted: at 5-04-2011 07:07 PM (14 years ago) | Grande Master
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- ajanni at 5-04-2011 10:13 PM (14 years ago)
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Huh??
Posted: at 5-04-2011 10:13 PM (14 years ago) | Grande Master
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- at 6-04-2011 01:07 AM (14 years ago)
lets wait and see
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- ajanni at 6-04-2011 08:36 AM (14 years ago)
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alright ooo
Posted: at 6-04-2011 08:36 AM (14 years ago) | Grande Master
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- GOLDENMEDAH at 6-04-2011 09:56 AM (14 years ago)
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Ok, if only OBJ go gree make that work out..
Posted: at 6-04-2011 09:56 AM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- ajanni at 6-04-2011 04:21 PM (14 years ago)
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nigeria is much bigger than OBJ anyway and he might not even lives to see that day
Posted: at 6-04-2011 04:21 PM (14 years ago) | Grande Master
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