Buoda Segun

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[Ekiti Princess 🇳🇬 @Eyeofnigeria]

My Experience as an INEC Ad Hoc Staff in the Ekiti Election

A few people have asked me, "From your own perspective, was the election free and fair?"

Based on what I witnessed firsthand as one of the INEC ad hoc staff, my answer is yes, it was free and fair.

There was no rigging that I observed. There were no fights, no violence, and no atmosphere of fear. People moved around freely, and the entire process went smoothly.

One concern I noticed was the issue of vote-buying by some political actors. However, it is important to separate that from INEC's responsibility. If individuals choose to sell their votes, that is a societal challenge that we as citizens must address. From my observation, INEC put measures in place to ensure that the electoral process itself was transparent and credible.

One thing that particularly impressed me was how INEC made the voting process easier for registered voters. Many people believe that if they do not have their PVC with them, they cannot vote. However, at each polling unit, INEC printed and pasted the names of all registered voters on the wall for easy access.

This meant that a voter could simply go to the list, locate their name, and write down the last six digits of their PVC number. They would then proceed to the accreditation point, provide those six digits, and the BVAS would retrieve their details for verification. Once successfully accredited, they could proceed to vote.

I found this to be a very thoughtful innovation because it reduced the frustration of people who may have misplaced their PVC or forgotten to bring it along. As long as they were duly registered and their details could be verified, they were able to participate in the electoral process.

Another commendable aspect was the role of BVAS in preventing irregularities. The device electronically records the number of accredited voters. Therefore, if the number of votes counted exceeds the number of accredited voters captured by the BVAS, it is immediately identified as over-voting. This significantly reduces opportunities for manipulation and helps protect the integrity of the election.

I also observed that political parties and their agents understood the consequences of violence. Everyone knew that any polling unit affected by violence could have its results canceled. As a result, there was a conscious effort to maintain peace throughout the exercise.

Perhaps the most inspiring part of the day was the unity among the people at my polling unit. We had supporters and agents from APC, PDP, and ADC, yet they related like family. Even when we reminded them to remain peaceful, they simply laughed and said, "We are families; we cannot fight because of politics."

And they truly meant it.

Throughout the exercise, they joked with one another, played together, and maintained a friendly atmosphere. Even after the results were announced and APC emerged victorious in that polling unit, there was no hostility. They continued to laugh, tease one another, and go about their activities peacefully.

That experience reminded me of the kind of democracy we should strive for as a nation.

Politics should never make enemies out of family members, friends, neighbors, or community members. Political parties will come and go, but our relationships and our shared humanity should remain.

My experience gave me hope that peaceful elections are possible when institutions do their jobs and citizens choose peace over conflict.

Before we are members of any political party, we are first families, neighbors, and fellow Nigerians.

#EkitiElection #INEC #Democracy #PeacefulElections #NigeriaDecides #YouthParticipation #ElectionObservation

[LEGENDARY J.O.E @LegendaryJoe]

STILL ON ASIWAJU'S GIANT STRIDES - WHAT OTHERS LIKE SENEGAL CAN LEARN

Shall I Begin?

The night before the dawn of 2022, Nigeria had already written her own obituary - the budget told the ugly truth our rulers were too shy to admit.

Nigeria initially budgeted for N443 Billion for fuel subsidy payment. Before the year shut its eyes, the government returned seeking an additional N4.39 Trillion Naira. Ten billion dollars.

For appropriate context:

The entire national budget for year 2022 under review was N17.3 Trillion.

A staggering N4.39 Trillion of that was budgeted just for an unproductive, wasteful and retrogressive subsidy regime.

Approximately 20% of our national budget squandered just to sustain an expensive lie of a cheap fuel to earn the applause of a largely ignorant population.

For a more effective context and this is where it gets interesting or should I say annoying:

The budgetary allocation for:

Health - N711B
Education - N1.3T
Infrastructure (Transport, Works, Power, etc) - 1.45T
Housing - N500B
COMBINED - N3.97T

But Fuel Subsidy alone was N4.39 Trillion - Far higher than the 4 most critical sectors of the economy combined.

The rot was more expensive than the remedy. The poison was better funded than the cure. Generation after generation, we fed the trap and called it governance.

By 2023, the calculations had grown obscene. N18.4 Billion per day.

Not for teachers. Not for surgeons. Not for asphalt or electricity or the crying farmer under a failed irrigation system. Just - fuel subsidy. Every single day.
Madness.

No wonder our Universities were poorly funded and went on strike for a cumulative 59 Months between 1999 - 2023.

No wonder our infrastructure decayed without renovations and reinvestment and no federal road was motorable.

No wonder our hospitals became glorified mortuaries due to poor funding and inadequate investment.

No wonder km long fuel queues consistently plagued us.

No wonder State governors became professional beggars going bowls in hand to the Villa for bail outs just to meet salary obligations.

No wonder that even at the height of our oil prosperity, we still couldn't record formidable achievements.

Until a true leader emerged and did what cowards catalogue as impossible. He took the bull by the horns - bare-handed, in broad daylight, before a nation that had mistaken poison for provision. He damned the consequences. Risked the applause. Staked his re-election on an altar and courageously pulled the trigger.

He removed the subsidy.

And with that singular, seismic, long-overdue act - he did not just balance a budget. He lanced a boil that had been festering for four decades. He healed the nation of its fastest-spreading cancer, even as the patient screamed that the surgery was the disease.

Without that decision, Nigeria today would not merely be struggling. Nigeria would be a cautionary tale that other cautionary tales whisper about - worse than Senegal.

And yet - it was Senegal who got the young president. The photogenic revolutionary. The crowd's favourite. The one Twitter fell in love with.

Good Morning Severally...

[Lere Olayinka - Aresa 1 @OlayinkaLere]

UK PM Keir Starmer resigns

British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has resigned.
He resigned on Monday morning after days of intense pressure from Labour MPs, including cabinet ministers, following the return of Andy Burnham to Westminster.

Starmer announced he would stand down as prime minister less than two years after a historic election victory.

[Bayo Bilisi (Back Up) @Bayo_Bilisi]

Did Peter Obi say there was no office of first lady when he was governor? Please who is this woman? 🤣 😭

[AJE @Riddwane]

A billionaires’ village in Enugu is groaning under a pandemic of dust… but Okekes and Chinedus would rather want to gaslight Tokunbo Wahabs 🤗

[Montero - Olu Lewis @Montero1016]

Ife historians claim Ogun as head of Ife's army, started waging war in that axis but was summoned home to become the 3rd Ooni of Ife.
He left one of his eldest sons who some call Prince Owodo or Oba Afelogiyan to finish the job & establish Ife's Monarchy there. I dont think its same as Ogiso Owodo of Benin.

It also not surprising that Ogun's younger son -Prince Odeda aka Oranmiyan, was the one sent to Igodomigodo aka Benin to establish the Oodua dynasty there.

This puts the Ife dynasty of Usen been slightly older than those of Benin & Oyo.

[Think Yoruba First - Europe Chapter @TYF_Europe]

Meet Arike. She is Yoruba but not Nigerian. She is from Benin republic

Yoruba people have to know and accept their kit and kin that are in Benin, Togo, Ivory coast, Sierra Leone, Cuba and Brazil.. Some are even found in Trinidad and Tobago..YORUBA is not limited to Nigeria alone

Credit: AmodaOgunlere

[Gbotemi @confindence24]

The rescue operation that led to the release of kidnapped victims in Oyo State has shown that security efforts are ongoing, even when many people doubt them.

Sadly, whenever positive news emerges, some are quick to dismiss it as "arranged," "fake," or "a scam." Yet when reports of kidnappings or attacks surface, many accept them immediately without asking questions.

In Ibadan, security operatives successfully rescued victims and neutralized some kidnappers. In the Igboho kidnapping case, several victims were also released after intervention from Sunday Igboho. Despite these developments, many still chose disbelief over hope.

The reality is that the fight against insecurity is difficult, but that does not mean nothing is being done. Governor Seyi Makinde had earlier disclosed that rescue efforts were ongoing and that security personnel had made sacrifices in the process.

The testimony of some rescued victims shows how serious the situation was. According to reports, the kidnappers threatened to kill their captives, including children and teachers. Thankfully, those plans were frustrated.

While criticism is important, we should also acknowledge genuine progress when it happens. Let us continue to hope for the safe return of all remaining victims and pray for the success of those risking their lives to protect others.

May every kidnapped person be reunited with their family.

[Buoda Segun @dejiola264]

@diponet1 @tokunbo_wahab Common Shinedu😂

[High Chief Lawrence Igbins Okoro @HighChiefOkoro]

FACTS ARE STUBBORN.

You don’t have to love the President, just love your country.

A Kenyan analyst compared Nigeria and Kenya with hard data from 2023 till date.

Foreigners are seeing the massive impact of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, but Nigerians are being blinded by inherited hatred.

[Woye @woye1]

Different Investments: seek knowledge:

1: N20,000 is a magic that can start a journey to prosperity.

1: Money market fund

2: Dollar Fund

3: Enhanced Fixed Income Fund

4: Ethical Fund

5: Equity Fund

6: Conservative Fund

7: Imaan Fund

8: Aggressive Fund

9: Bond Fund

10: Guaranteed Investment

11: Balanced Fund

[Femi Ote$ @realFemiOtedola]

A beautiful day at home in Monaco with my bestie, Africa’s greatest industrialist. $200 billion man in the waiting @AlikoDangote

Friendship remains one of the greatest investments 🫱🏿‍🫲🏾… F.Ote💲

[Osas @osazenoo]

If you support Asiwaju, give this post a repost.
Let’s follow the repost and gain progressive followers.

[Unruly @pontrol_777]

This was just 2021!!
Less than 2 years to the governorship election in Lagos! This was what he said about Yoruba people!!
No way on earth will you convince me that GRV sees himself as Yoruba!
He was and still with Ipob in flesh and blood!
He had no guts to call TK a bigot!!

[Iyalaya @lollylarry1]

Werey ni camera man yi oo🤣🤣🤣

[Senior Pastor Okezie James Atañi @Onsogbu]

See NOLLYWOOD stars from the South East that is supporting APC in Ebonyi state, you will not see the IPOB!DIOTS drag them or abuse them but if it is a Yoruba actor or actress that supports President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR @officialABAT all hell will let lose...

You all and hypocrisy are 🤝

[President Otunba GCFRN 🇳🇬 @de_generalnoni]

This is what I have been saying…. Even the de.@d knows this basic truth!!!

[Senior Pastor Okezie James Atañi @Onsogbu]

Listen to me, the entire South South region is in the bag for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu come 2027, e go do una like scary movie and you wailers will understand the perfect definition of the word "STRUCTURE"

Akwa Ibom - APC
Bayelsa - APC
Cross River - APC
Delta - APC
Edo - APC
Rivers - APC

Now Listen to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta state.

Atiku Abubakar is a known money waster because Nyesom Ezenwo Wike will make sure that his VP candidate Rt Hon Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi is battered blue, black and purple 😂.

[OG Beeper|| aka MJ’s baby @og_beeping101]

“Nigeria’s rare earth minerals would no longer leave as raw export”
- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

It’s safe to say Tinubu is ticking all the right boxes. Best President so far.

[Pathfinder @Pathfinder077]

An IPOB terrorist dreaming of ruling over Lagos state. Impossible!!!

we no go open our eyes make talubo enter am.