10 Things I Can Do for You as a Town Planner (Nigeria)
1. Guide you through planning permit approvals with State & Local Planning Authorities
2. Check land-use zoning before you buy land or start building
3. Carry out site inspections & conformity checks on ongoing developments
@ThankgodIkedi@OgbeniDipo@PeterObi Imagine the real terrorists are being rehabilitated and release into our communities after they have killed so many innocent people.
Dear Nigerians,
Leave everything & watch the 1993 presidential debate between Abiola & Alhaji Bashir Tofa.
MKO was fiercely against the IMF & the World Bank. He was against Naira Devaluation & IMF loans. He kicked against wasteful spending.
He stood for FREE education, not student loan.
In fact, Chief MKO won the 1993 presidential election after defeating Tofa in that debate. Nigerians saw his exceptionalism that day & voted overwhelmingly for Kashimawo. It was a Muslim-Muslim ticket that offered REAL hope.
Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola was firmly against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) & the World Bank. He viewed these Bretton Woods institutions & their structural adjustment programs (SAP) as exploitative & designed to ensnare developing nations into debt traps & neo-colonial reliance.
In fact, he criticized the Structural Adjustment Program (SAP), a program of the IMF harshly. MKO was a Capitalist with Socialist ideals.
Key aspects of his economic vision were:
Farewell to Poverty: His manifesto proposed an economic framework that rejected the World Bank & IMF loans & structural adjustments.
Alternative Funding: Instead of devaluing the currency or taking conditional loans, Chief MKO planned to fund a nationwide free health & free education by cutting government waste & securing more profits from oil companies.
National Sovereignty: MKO was against neo-colonialism. As an international businessman, he argued that Nigeria had no business letting young IMF officials dictate its internal policies.
Today, JUNE 12 People are implementing SAP 2.0. They are running away from debates. They have gone against everything MKO stood for.
His HOPE '93 "Farewell to Poverty" was largely a ‘people-centric’ manifesto, anchored on democracy, social justice, agric revolution, poverty eradication, & anti-imperialism.
He promised to write off 10 years of taxes for private businesses that went into farming. He was ready to mechanize the whole value chain.
1993 was the fairest & freest election in Nigeria. The irony is, it was the military that conducted that election, before it was ultimately annulled.
Today, June 12 People cannot conduct a free election. The beneficiaries of JUNE 12 declare Oro on Election Day, & snatch ballot boxes.
They mutilate result sheets, compromise the IREV, & tell you to go to court. They plant their surrogates in opposition parties & call it a Master Strategy. June 12 People are no democrats, they are worse than Abacha.
They work against everything that MKO stood for. Under JUNE 12 People, Nigerians have no human rights. They use the police & the DSS to kidnap the critics of their government. They borrowed Nigeria to stupor. They plan to more, & they will squander it. And when the IMF or World Bank says “jump!” They ask, “how high?”
Recall that Muhammadu Buhari participated in the 2011 presidential debate, where he debated Nuhu Ribadu & Ibrahim Shekarau. However, he did not attend the 2007, 2015, & 2019 debates.
JUNE 12 People have never participated in any presidential debates. They will run away from the 2027 debates. They hate accountability.
MKO always quoted statistics like the man they attack in Nigeria today. The candidate they call “Obi China.” MKO articulated his thoughts. He was no bulaba. He stood for the poor. JUNE 12 People are there for themselves & the rich only.
They are asking you to renew their mandate—so they could do the things they promised you before. They will remain a fraud in my book.
"All this agenda is aimed at making Nigeria an Islamic nation, and it can never happen. Are you telling me they will turn an Igbo man or a South-South man into a Muslim? If the Nigerian Army wants to wipe them off, they can do it in one day."
— Pastor David Ibiyeomie says
I’m now reduced to begging. I have no job, no opportunities, and nothing to hold on to, all because of bad governance. Tinubu has turned things from bad to worse. None of the promises he made has been kept.
How did we get here? This suffering is too much.
— An old Yoruba woman crying
SWEET NEWS FROM ABIA STATE.
Two persons were kidnapped in Umuawa-Alaocha community in Umuahia-North local government area by Fulani bandits. A male and a female. The kidnappers called the family of the female victim, and demanded for ransom, or else they will kill her. After much negotiation, they brought the ransom to 10 million naira last. Youths from the community felt challenged since the police or the military was not going to act, and their people are just suffering in the hands of kidnappers. They mobilized themselves in their hundreds to comb the forests around umuahia-north to rescue their people
They entered the forest from different directions in groups and in large numbers. Lo and behold, they spotted the kidnappers, rounded the 6 of them up, and rescued the two victims.
They have reunited the victims with their families and also handed over the 6 kidnappers to the police.
PRESS STATEMENT
OBIDIENT MOVEMENT SUSPENDS TOP TO BOTTOM CAMPAIGN AND DECLARES OPERATION NO WORK, NO VOTE
The Obidient Movement has taken note of the repeated disregard, disrespect, and political injustice shown to its members by political parties and politicians who want to benefit from its strength, credibility, structure, reach, and public goodwill.
We have also taken note of the recent statement credited to Senator Seriake Dickson, where he reportedly told Obidients not to disparage him or his party, and claimed that NDC is doing Peter Obi and Obidients a favour by granting them its platform.
We have heard him clearly.
We also noticed the troubling tone of ownership in that interview. The possessive and self-important language made NDC sound less like a democratic party set up to rescue Nigerians and more like the personal property of one man. If NDC was truly set up to save Nigerians, then it must be a party for Nigerians, not a private estate where citizens are expected to kneel and thank one man for political access. Political parties are supposed to belong to the people, their members, and the public interest, not to one man or a small circle of political landlords.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Obidient Movement is not owned by any political party. We are not political slaves. We are not campaign tools. We are not a crowd to be summoned during election season and ignored when decisions are being made.
If NDC believes it is doing Obidients a favour, then we will no longer force our favour on NDC.
Since we have been rudely reminded that we do not own the party, and since we are being told that nobody is doing NDC any favour, it is time for us to withdraw automatic political charity and move into non-partisan, people-centred politics.
We must also speak for the aspirants and ordinary members who reportedly went through primaries in good faith, spent money, mobilised supporters, earned their place, and were later allegedly cheated, replaced, or pushed aside. If a party cannot protect fairness inside its own house, it has no moral right to preach justice to Nigerians. People who worked for their mandate must not be sacrificed for backroom deals and political convenience.
In view of recent events, and the continued failure of party leaderships to treat the movement with the respect it deserves, we hereby suspend the Top to Bottom campaign approach.
Going forward, every candidate must stand on their own record, competence, character, capacity, and public credibility.
Whether a candidate is in NDC, ADC, PDP, Labour Party, or any other political platform, they must campaign on issues. They must face the people. They must explain what they have done, what they can do, and why Nigerians should trust them with power.
Peter Obi has shown the standard. He campaigns on issues. He speaks to governance, economy, education, security, production, accountability, and the welfare of ordinary Nigerians. Any candidate who wants the support of the people must do the same.
No candidate will be allowed to ride on Obi’s wave while disrespecting the same movement that built and sustained that wave.
No more automatic support.
No more blind loyalty.
No more party-first politics.
No more “vote them because they are under our platform.”
From today, we are moving from Top to Bottom to Operation No Work, No Vote.
No work, no vote.
Nigerian politicians have shown repeatedly that many of them are on the same side when it comes to protecting their interests against the masses. They change parties, form alliances, recycle themselves, insult the people, and still expect the people to keep clapping. That era must end.
Our loyalty is to good governance, competence, integrity, justice, accountability, and the Nigerian people.
At the presidential level, our position remains clear. Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso are the only ticket we recognise for the national rescue mission.
Every other candidate, at every other level, must prove themselves.
They must show capacity.
They must show integrity.
They must show their work.
They must convince the people.
The Obidient Movement will no longer be used as political fuel by people who cannot respect the source of that energy.
Any candidate who wants Obidient votes must earn them.
They are not doing us a favour.
The people are the favour.
And anyone who wants the people’s support must respect the people first.
Karigwe
Prophet of Thoughts
For and on behalf of Obidients, since the leadership of the Movement is sleeping.
🚨 If you can’t come out for the protest, the least you can do is repost. 😢🙏🏽
Please help us share this massively. The forest is a terr!ble place to live. 💔 They are human beings, not an!mals.
It's been 27 days already, and they are still there. 😭💔
@officialABAT@seyimakinde
#BringBackOurPeople
#BringBackOurChildren
President Bola Tinubu this is the time to move in, you have been calling for bandits and T€rrorist to surrender and drop down their arms for the longest time.
~ Verydarkman reacts to President Bola Tinubu Democracy day speech
Kids have joined the call. They are pleading with the government to free their friends. This broke my heart. Nigerians have abandonment issues. The Nigerian child has no sheltered life. Nigeria is the father that sabotages his future. He can hardly account for all his children 💔
About five days ago, I shared a heartbreaking video of a blind father living in extreme poverty while struggling to care for his children.
This morning, I posted an update on his situation, and the details are even more emotional than many of us imagined.
If you missed it, please take a moment to check my pinned tweet for the latest update on his condition, his family, and the efforts being made to help him regain his sight and rebuild his life.
His story is one that will touch your heart and remind you that there are still incredibly selfless people going through unimaginable hardship.
Please watch, share, and help amplify his story. You never know who might see it and become the answer to his prayers. 🙏❤️
Before I begin this story, I want to remind you of something important.
Our children are still in the forest with terrorists, yet the conversation around their captivity is gradually fading away.
What was once a national concern is slowly becoming another forgotten tragedy.
Now, to my story
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Little children are now protesting and calling on mothers to join them in solidarity, urging the government to do everything possible to secure the release of the k!dnapp£d children….. This country man💔💔