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Monday,Jul 26,2010
Why the Government May Be Wrong on The New ‘Minimum’ Wage
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Saturday,Jul 17,2010
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Sunday,Jul 11,2010
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Wednesday,Jun 30,2010
Jonathan, Babangida and the Sword of Damocles
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Wednesday,Jun 30,2010
Letter To “Father No Shaking” On The September 2010 Festival Of Oath-taking In Umuagwu-Aro, Osuh-Owerre, Isi-ala Mbano Local Government Area (LGA), Imo State
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Wednesday,Jun 23,2010
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Thursday,Jun 17,2010
The Return of Mallam Ribadu
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Thursday,Jun 17,2010
Too Many Captains…
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Thursday,Jun 10,2010
Should Suspects Be Paraded?
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Thursday,Jun 10,2010
Nigeria: A Two Party System By Legislation?
Perhaps enamoured by the seeming ease with which two dominant political parties trod the political landscape of, at....
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Between Ngige, Obi and Soludo
By:
Jideofor Adibe
pcjadibe@yahoo.com
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As the dust generated by the recent PDP ward congress in Anambra state and the subsequent emergence of Professor Chukwuma Soludo as the party’s flag bearer for the February 2010 elections settles, it is tempting to speculate on how the campaign will turn out. Which of the candidates is best positioned to create a new narrative that will harness the current individual achievements of the people into an imagined community to which all the citizens will proudly tap into, and gratefully subordinate themselves to? What qualities and baggage do these candidates bring to the table?
If the election does take place, it will be safe to assume that based on current political configuration, and barring a re-enactment of the Ifeanyi Ararume scenario in Imo state, it will be a-three horse race between Dr Chris Ngige, Governor Peter Obi and Chukwuma Soludo, the immediate past governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Dr Chris Ngige
Whatever his critics may say, Dr Chris Ngige was perhaps the first Governor of the state to pay workers salary on time and construct roads on a scale never seen before in the state. It is generally believed that after Ngige, it will be really difficult for any Governor of the state to use insufficient receipts from the Federation Account to justify non-performance or to owe teachers and other state government functionaries their salary for months. However, while Ngige remains popular in the state, his candidacy is likely to face a number of challenges:
Two, Ngige’s political platform, the AC, could be an albatross. As the AC increasingly becomes a reincarnation of the AD, (itself a reincarnation of Awo’s UPN), the party will, in Igboland, unconsciously re-awaken the internalised fallouts from the ageless rivalries between the late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe and the late Chief Awolowo, which have continued to define the political relations between the Igbos and the Yorubas. This relation, which is sipped in deep distrust, makes it almost impossible for any party thought to be an Igbo or Yoruba-dominated party to win any election in west or east of the country respectively.
Three, Ngige’s three-year battle with his ‘godfather’ Chris Uba, (including his kidnapping, tales of Okija shrine and the associated mayhem), was associated with one of the most divisive and chaotic periods in the politics of the state. Many voters who want a new beginning for the state are likely to worry whether an Ngige victory will not reactivate the fissiparous tendencies in the state and the attendant waves of violence.
Four, there are also many who still see Ngige as basically a shady character who made a pact with the devil at an Okija shrine in order to gain power. It is instructive to note that Senator Emma Anosike, one of Ngige’s most ardent supporters in the 2007 elections, is now Soludo’s running mate.
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All we need in anambra is a hardworking effective efficient transparent accountable performing hot and transition government and it's only in one candidate we see all these therefore Prof. Charles soludo is the only guber candidate we know for Anambra 2010 governorship election. But for the sake of democracy there are therefore only two candidates : Prof. Cee cee soludo and others. PDP ( Power to the people).
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We need Ngige (Onwa). Man of the people, we are proud of him. Onwaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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