@BulusPaul9@ADCVanguard_ Hope you remembered he is contesting for the third time, he was on ballot 2019 and 2023 election before he became minister, what really change now
David Mark Was a Senator For Twenty Years. Why Did He Not Pass Legislation For Real-Time Transmission of Election Results?
David Mark served as a Senator for twenty good years. He was the most powerful Senate President for eight out of those twenty years. If real-time transmission of election results was possible, why did he not pass such a law when he held sway at the National Assembly?
Why did he wait until he was out of the National Assembly, and out of power, before coming up with this unrealistic proposal for real-time transmission of results?
While electronic voting and electronic transmission of election results are very feasible and are provided for in the amended Electoral Act, which every patriotic Nigerian should support, at 77 years of age, it is believed that Senator David Mark has the experience and knowledge of the fact that no country on Earth has real-time transmission of results.
This man was the Communications Minister, for goodness' sake. He knows how easy it is to hack telecommunications systems. One of his fellow African Democratic Congress chieftains, Nasir el-Rufa'i, even confessed to having an associate who hacked the National Security Adviser's phone.
If these sets of opposition leaders can hack the communications system of the highest security official in the land, what is to stop them, or a foreign power, or even terrorists, from hacking the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission and imposing a Manchurian Candidate on Nigeria?
It was David Mark's predecessor as Communications Minister (not David Mark, as widely thought) who said, 'Telephones are not for the poor.' And now, in a country with massive telecommunications blind spots, Mr Mark and his fellow travellers are requesting real-time transmission of election results?
Name one country that does it. The opposition often cites Brazil and Estonia, but that is a fallacy.
No country on Earth has real-time transmission of results, including Brazil and Estonia. In those countries, results are sent electronically only AFTER polls have closed, which is what we want in Nigeria.
In none of those countries do you have votes sent to the collation centre in real time when you vote. The whole process is done only AFTER polls close.
And even in those countries listed by these people, their laws make provision for MANUAL voting and MANUAL transmission of election results AFTER polls close if the electronic system fails.
For example, in Brazil, Resolution Number 23.669 (RESOLUÇÃO Nº 23.669, DE 14 DE DEZEMBRO DE 2021) provides for manual voting and transmission as a backup, because common sense dictates that there will be areas in that large country where Internet and power outages will occur.
Even America, Starlink's home country, does not have real-time transmission of results—ditto for the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.
Amazon Web Services, the world's largest provider of cloud computing services, has suffered multiple cyberattacks that have led to serious security breaches and, at times, global outages. And even Senator Mark, as a military veteran, ought to know that both the U.S. military and the Russian armed forces have suffered numerous successful cyber attacks, even as they have the most advanced systems on Earth.
Being that the above is a fact, how on Earth can Mr Mark say with a straight face that INEC should guarantee what even the most powerful military forces on Earth cannot promise?
As long as every party has agents at every polling unit and the form EC8A signs, rigging an election is impossible. The problem is that some of these parties are not organised enough to have party agents at polling units, and they want to cure their deficiency and unpreparedness by requesting unrealistic amendments to the Electoral Act.
Reno Omokri
Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #TableShaker. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years. Hodophile.
President Bola Tinubu Is Channeling The Awolowo Spirit
In terms of mineral resources, amongst the four regions of the North, East, West, and Midwest that we had before Ironsi turned Nigeria into a unitary state with his Unification of Assets Decree Number 34 of May 24, 1966, only the Western Region did not have mineral resources in commercial quantities.
I said mineral resources, not agriculture. Agriculture is not a mineral resource. It is the result of your own sweat, whereas mineral resources are ores and elements found within the grounds of a country.
Yet, under Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the Western Region was by far the wealthiest of the four regions. None of the other three even came close.
Now, what do we learn from that? It is better to be resourceful than to have resources.
And Singapore learnt that lesson from Chief Awolowo. Please fact-check me. Singapore is one of the least mineral-rich countries in the world. Yet, today, they have the strongest passport in the world for 2025, according to the Henley Passport Index, as well as the highest per capita income on Earth at $141,553 per individual.
How did Chief Awolowo make the least resourced region the wealthiest per capita? Resourcefulness.
In 1957, the Western Region of Nigeria, which lacked significant mineral resources, had a budget of £28.7 million, a sum that exceeded the 1957 budget of Northern Nigeria, which was £ 19.2 million. The Eastern Region's budget was nowhere near that, despite its significant mineral resources.
Chief Awolowo achieved that because he believed that what was between the ears of his people was more important than what was under their feet. He focused on intellectual resources, where other regional leaders fixated on mineral resources.
He realised that the British built Grammar Schools so that Nigerians could speak good English and little else; therefore, he built technical schools. And today, some deluded people are thinking that a Peter Obi, who did not build even one single nursery, primary, secondary or university, will make a good leader? Tufiakwa!
Thank God his own people rejected him this past Saturday, and he was humiliated by losing his own polling unit!
And until Nigeria moves away from relying on resources to embracing resourcefulness, which President Bola Tinubu is thankfully doing with his Tax Reform and Local Government Autonomy, we will not fulfil our potential of becoming a $1 trillion knowledge-driven economy.
And that is why there is great hope for Nigeria under President Bola Tinubu. This is a man who believes in resourcefulness over resources. His resourcefulness has enabled him to continue where Chief Awolow left off, introducing free tuition for all federal-owned technical colleges in Nigeria, which was announced on Thursday, September 25, 2025.
He increased our tax-to-GDP ratio by expanding our tax base, which will further increase when the Tax Reform Act takes effect on January 1, 2026.
Look at power generation. By introducing the Band System, Nigeria is now making more economic and judicious use of the power it generates, and the appropriately priced power by band is attracting new investors into the sector.
And by building the ₦13 trillion 1068-kilometre Illela-Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway, the ₦15 trillion 750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, and the national railway network, Tinubu has ensured that there will be regional integration in Nigeria, which will explode our GDP by reducing travel times in Nigeria, and making it possible to live in one state and work in another.
That is the Awolowo leadership model. Resourcefulness over resources!
Awolowo, according to Emeka Ojukwu, was the best President we never had. Hopefully, by channelling his spirit, President Bola Tinubu may be the best President we have ever had if we give him a second term.
Reno Omokri
Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #TableShaker. Ruffler of the Feathers of Obidents. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus
If Bola Ahmed Tinubu is your President, retweet and drop ur handle let's follow each other
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Peter Obi invited me during the 2023 campaign, he offered me money, and I turned it down.
~ Lawyer Deji Adeyanju on Peter Obi threatens to sue him for defamation, says Peter Obi can do his worst.
SENATOR KWANKWOSO. YOU ARE WRONG. NORTH NOT NEGLECTED.
PRESIDENT TINUBU HAS THE NORTH COVERED
NORTHERN NIGERIA NOT LEFT BEHIND.
SOME SAMPLERS/ EVIDENCE
SOME Federal Government Projects across Northern Nigeria Under President Tinubu’s Administration
For starters : Under President Tinubu
Abuja-Kaduna-kano Expressway
Sokoto-Badagry Expressway
Sokoto-Zamfara-Katsina Expressway
AGRICULTURE
1. \$158.15m Agriculture Value Chain (VCN) Programme for nine Northern states
2. Kolmani Integrated Development Project (Bauchi and Gombe States)
3. Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) — a six-year World Bank–funded programme to restore 1 million hectares of degraded land and improve climate resilience in Northern Nigeria states
4. Kano River Project (irrigation scheme) — large-scale integrated irrigation development in Kano State, commissioned in 2023 and operational under the current administration
HEALTH
5. Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna (North West)
6. Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina (North West)
7. University of Jos Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau (North Central)
8. Reference Hospital, Kaduna (North West)
9. Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto (North West)
10. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi (North East)
11. Harmony Advanced Diagnostic Centre Complex, Ilorin, Kwara (North Central)
12. Federal Medical Centre, Nguru, Yobe (North East)
13. Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau (North Central) — additional expansion
14. Reinvigoration of about 1,000 Primary Health Centers, PHCS in the North
ROADS AND HIGHWAYS
15. Kano–Kongolam Road (Section II: Kano–Kanwar–Danja–Hadejia)
16. Yakasai–Zalli Road
17. 1,068 km Sokoto-Badagry Super Highway (Northern section including Sokoto and Kebbi)
18. 258 km, 3-lane Carriageway (Section 2, Phase 2A: CH 120+000–CH 378+000) in Gulumbe, Kebbi State
19. Abuja–Kaduna–Zaria–Kano Dual Carriageway
20. Biu–Kangiwa–Kamba–Gaya–Niger Republic Road (30 km segment)
21. Malando–Garin Baka–Ngaski–Wara Road (CH.0+000 – CH.79+586)
22. Koko–Besse���Zaria–Kala Road
23. Abuja–Kaduna–Kano Highway (375 km)
24. Repair of the Gamboru Bridge (Gamboru–Ngala–Kala–Balde Road in Borno State)
25. Expansion of Mararaba–Keffi Road (43.65 km)
26. Construction of Lafia Bypass Road (Nasarawa State)
27. Kano–Maiduguri Dual Carriageway
28. Adamawa–Taraba Single Carriageway
29. Adamawa–Borno Single Carriageway
30. Kaduna–Jos Road (Single Carriageway)
31. Zaria–Funtua–Gusau–Sokoto Road (Dual Carriageway)
32. Zaria–Hunkuyi–Daya Road (Sections I, II & III – 152.67 km) — rehabilitation project in Kaduna and Kano States
33. Reconstruction of Dikwa–Gamboru–Ngala Road (49.55 km) — strategic corridor reconstruction in Borno State
ENERGY AND GAS
34. Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano Gas Pipeline (AKK) (614 km)
35. Gwagwalada Power Plant (FCT, Abuja – connected with AKK pipeline)
36. ABIBA Solar Power Station, Kaduna (50 MW) — planned solar power plant to boost renewable energy capacity in Kaduna State
RAIL AND METRO
37. Kaduna–Kano Rail Line (203 km, part of Lagos-Kano Rail Project)
38. Kano–Maradi Rail Line (285 km, linking Kano, Jigawa, Katsina to Maradi in Niger Republic)
39. Kaduna Light Rail System — ₦100 billion budget allocation to develop light rail public transport in Kaduna
40. Abuja Metro Line Rehabilitation (Abuja Light Rail)
WATERWAYS & TRADE CORRIDORS
41. Trans-Sahara Trade Route — infrastructure development to connect trade routes from Calabar through Nasarawa and Abuja towards Northern Nigeria and beyond
NATIONAL PROGRAMMES & INSTITUTIONS
42. National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) — renewed mandate and leadership for desertification combat in Northern Nigeria
43. Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) — ongoing erosion control and watershed infrastructure development in the North.
All of these in only two years by President Tinubu @officialABAT
@ruffydfire Yes with my family, I flew from LA to Lagos March 2023. I will do the same again. Na only blind mind won’t see reform or how decentralization of oil sector works. Inflation global crisis.
@renoomokri The area you got it wrong is that of kwankwaso, he has issues with Ganduje till now and one can't comment on his relationship with the current governor of Kano state until the end of his tenure
I just spoke directly with the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, and he gave me irrefutable evidence that he did not call the officers and men and women of the Nigerian Immigration Service 'stupid' as some sections of the media reported, and for which I rebuked him publicly. Unfortunately, this is the age we live in. Sensationalism. And sometimes, it is hard to sift the truth from the sensation. In this case, we have gotten the truth, and all is well that ends well.
I commend the minister for taking steps to make passport issuance as stressless and seamless as possible, using his IT background. Additionally, his efforts to improve the conditions of officers, men and women, as well as inmates of the Nigerian Prison Service, are noteworthy. And my prayers are that Nigeria will improve under the present administration until 2027, when we will meet at the polls to try to convince Nigerians to elect a Peoples Democratic Party government.
#TableShaker
BREAKING NEWS
GUNMEN ATTACK THE RESIDENCE OF OUR ELECTORAL ECOMMISSIONER IN KOGI STATE
In the early hours of today, Friday 1st December 2023, around 3.30am, gunmen attacked the residence of our Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lokoja, Kogi State.
The armed men engaged the security personnel in a gun battle for over 30 minutes until reinforcement arrived.
While no lives were lost, property was destroyed in the ensuing gun battle. A team of combined security personnel have been deployed to protect the residence.This incident occurred a day after a mob besieged our state office.
We call for a thorough investigation and enhanced security protection for our personnel and assets in Kogi State.
I sincerely thank the Court of Appeals for once again reiterating that Lagos is NOT and can NEVER be a No Man's Land!
Congratulations to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu!
#TableShaker
I just read yesterday, a widely publicized story from the present APC-led Federal Government saying that they inherited a bankrupt nation from their predecessor APC administration. But the story failed to disclose what they inherited which had qualified us for bankruptcy status.