The tradition of cronyism, so rampant during the second republic, has continued in the current one. For example lets consider the letter e unless youve got a pretty good reason not to i expect to see a picture of a fscking egg when i open the e page of the book. By any reckoning he was a towering figure in and outside of the oilproducing niger delta of nigeria. Considering this remark in relation to the truth as told by the former president, chief olusegun obasanjo in his memo to president buhari, and the ripple reactions that followed, one may be tempted to view the letter as more of a connotation than ordinary. Full text of obasanjos letter to president jonathan. Before it is too late was meant for him to act before it was too late.
Below are excerpts from the long worded obasanjos open letter to president muhammadu buhari. It concludes that despite the efforts to portray a smooth relationship between nigeria and the brics, there have been areas of difficulties. Atiku urges elders to speak up former nigeria vice president, atiku abubakar, has called on the countrys leaders consulted by. President, before it is too late i am constrained to make this an open letter to you for a number of reasons. United nations peace operations in a changing mafiadoc. Zanu pf swept to victory in the march 31 zimbabwe elections, consolidating the. Host of politicians have also reacted to the letter and many thought is wise while some asked obasanjo to look in the mirror. Elections, despondency and civil societys responsibility. Obasanjos daughter, iyabo, backs dad on letter to buhari.
Reacting to the open letter former president olusegun obasanjo recently wrote to president muhammadu buhari, governor ayodele fayose of ekiti state. In fact, in one of chief olusegun obasanjos famous letters some say infamous, but i hardly agree he stated. And the countrys foreign policy is best understood and assessed in the context of its regional and. Matthew olusegun aremu obasanjo was born in the village of ibogunolaogun in southwest nigeria. Interested and qualified candidates should send their cover letter and cv to. Chief olusegun matthew okikiola aremu obasanjo, gcfr, is a nigerian military and political. President the same way he claimed he wrote four series of letters to former president goodluck jonathan. Obasanjos letter to buhari, nigerias 2019 elections youtube. Federalism is not utopia, it is not a panacea, said ibrahim. It made little or no tangible effort in recovering abacha. With a combination of creative writing over a dozen books on ogoni condition, two booklike letters to the ogoni, several newspaper articles, petitions addressed to governments and the united nations, and protest marches, sarowiwa ignited modern minority political mobilization of the niger delta. Truth, in the words of thomas aquinas, is the agreement of what is in the mind with what is on the lips.
There are a lot of slimy pdf applications out there that seem to be able to help compile merged pdfs, but i wasnt happy when i. President of the senate federal republic of nigeria. Lawmaker accuses obasanjo, others of searching for buharis. Heres a copy of olusegun obasanjos letter to president muhammadu buhari. Jonathan at the 2003 and 2011 presidential election re sults. Letter to president olusegun obasanjo by mankind olawale oyewumi. The letter of a former nigerian president, olusegun obasanjo, to president goodluck jonathan is almost treasonable and capable of inciting nigerians against the president, a. March 2004 news monitor prevent genocide international. Expresident olusegun obasanjo full text of obasanjos letter to president jonathan before it is too late i am constrained to make this an open letter to you for a number of reasons. Unfinished business a closer inspection of the worlds oil and gas resources, tempered by a critical assessment of their accessibility, would lead many investors now focused on russia and the middle east to turn their attention to the caspian basin. Nigeria coi report revision v2 141 free ebook download as pdf file.
Send letters to just contacts who have given a certain. Posterity media goes back memory lane to bring you the 18page equally unsparing letter which obasanjo wrote the then sitting president goodluck jonathan in december 20. Chief olusegun obasanjos letter to president buhari. Contemporary politics and identity chapter 18 the yoruba from. Obasanjos historic letter to president goodluck jonathan. For the record read jonathans letter to obasanjo read jonathans letter to obasanjo on december 22, 20 8. Two, none of the four or more letters that i have written. One single prescription cannot cure all these ailments that combine in.
A letter of appeal to president goodluck jonathan his excellency, dr. How an incumbent president was defeated in nigeria, written by former. This distraction was the lengthy 18page open letter pdf written by former president olusegun obasanjo to president goodluck jonathan. President, i am constrained to make this an open letter to you for a number of reasons. Obasanjos military number two major general shehu musa yar. President buhari has described the january 23rd controversial letter former president olusegun obasanjo wrote to him asking him not to seek reelection as abusive. Democracy and the making of the presidents cabinet in. When stationed abroad, he sent letters and presents to his fiance in nigeria. It includes code samples and general advice on using each pattern. The english language is pretty messed up, so just choosing any word that starts with the letter in question just wont do. Political, social and cultural series on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Jonathan, gcfr president and commanderinchief of the federal republic of nigeria, presidential villa, asokoro, abuja. News editors, in terms of anger, could only be compared with obasanjos famous interview with a news magazine in the early 90s, when he demolished babangidas regime for being dishonorable obasanjo, was clearly in his elements in launching the acerbic attack on jonathan, who ought to have been a protege, having influenced his emergence from the.
Obasanjos letter to president jonathan news of the people. The letter of a former president of nigeria, olusegun obasanjo, has been described in various forms with many saying the message should be looked at and not the messenger. Beyond obasanjos letter to buhari the guardian nigeria. Former nigerian president obasanjos letter to president. How to print prior year tax summaries for mailing for all.
The paper also looks at the links between nigeria and the brics on the crucial subject of oil, nigerias primary natural resource, and the complex politics that surround the exchange of oil for development. Historical dictionary of nigeria african historical. Jonathan,gcfr, president and commanderinchief of the federal republic of nigeria presidential villa, asokoro, abuja dear mr. Global research centre for research on globalization. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. Kwame nkrumah, the founder and leader of the african independence movement and the foremost advocate of panafricanism during his time, died in bucharest, romania after a long bout with cancer. Presidents obasanjo and jonathan on the state of nigeria. One of the things that im most enjoying about my move back to development is regaining mastery of the text editor. Mail merge is one of the most efficient features in microsoft office. President goodluck jonathans reply to obasanjos letter. Critical discourse analysis of obasanjos letter before is too late.
In selecting his new cabinet, yaradua appointed obasanjo and three of obasanjos ministers. The emailsobtained by progress michigan and posted online here pdf reveal an exchange between employees of the michigan department of technology, management and budget dtmb and other state officials regarding inhouse concern about flints wq water quality that occurred at a time in 2015 when many residents still had no idea. Federalism is not perfect, it has its problems, but it is better than fighting each other and then one group subjugating the others. Full text of obasanjos letter to president muhammadu. Agensky is assistant professor of political science at ohio university. Some social media users had recirculated the former senators letter to her father in 20 in which she criticised the former president.
The letter is reminiscent of obasanjos december 20 withering, eighteenpage critique he sent to thenpresident goodluck jonathan. Dec 19, 2018 compare and contrast goodluck jonathan s campaign for reelection in nigeria this year, wherein american officials up to and including the secretary of state himself flew to nigeria ahead of the election to openly warn jonathan to accept an adverse vote even though he was already stating his willingness to do so. Batch inserting pages into multiple, separate pdfs with. Obasanjos letter to jonathan is inciting and nonsensical. In short, you have little to lose by trying, but dont just shotgun out resumes. Altogether, president obasanjos letter is a familiar critique of nigerian. Former vice president atiku abubakar has said although he was not competent to speak on former president olusegun obasanjos letter to president goodluck jonathan because he was not privy to the.
Introduction on december 2, 20, former president olusegun obasanjo wrote an unprecedented open letter to president jonathan expressing his. Full text of obasanjos letter to president buhari the. Speaking in an interview with the hausa version of the voice of america in the us, president buhari said even though the letter was abusive, he had to refrain the minister of. They date back as far as the 5th century bc, when communities living around the southern slopes of the jos plateau make wonderfully expressive terracotta figures in a tradition known now as the nok culture, from the nigerian village where these sculptures are first unearthed. Nigeria coi report revision v2 141 nigeria igbo people. Before it is too late i wish to formally acknowledge your letter dated december 2, 20 and other previous correspondence similar to it. Obasanjo writes letter to buhari on nigerian insecurity council on. His later passport gave his date of birth as 5 march 1937, although this was an estimate, and there are no records of obasanjos birthdate from the time itself. Obasanjo wrote a letter to jonathan, dated december 2, 20, asserting that. Political, social and cultural series, september 1st30th 2003 published october 23rd 2003, africa research bulletin. West africa, international african bibliography iab 10. What obasanjo wrote could hardly have been more inflammatory from. On april 9th 2015, oronto natei douglas, the special advisor to president goodluck jonathan on research, documentation and strategy died after a protracted battle with cancer aged 49. Joining the nigerian army, where his specialism was in engineering.
Yaradua, who died in office in 2010, had the support of obasanjo, primarily due to his perceived corruptionfree record as a state governor, and because yaradua was a younger brother to obasanjos military number two major general shehu musa yaradua when the latter was head of state from 19761979. Jul 22, 2015 issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Dec 19, 20 obasanjos criticism came after central bank of nigeria governor lamido sanusi wrote jonathan a letter alleging that the nigerian national petroleum corp. On 2nd december, this year, an apparently angry and frustrated expresident olusegun obasanjo wrote to president goodluck jonathan, a letter that clearly competes as one of the most acerbic in modern history, accusing him of ineptitude and of taking actions calculated. Mail merge with pdf attachments in outlook mapilab blog. He refused to meet with muslim leaders in denmark and also ignored a letter of concern from the organisation of islamic cooperation oic, the global voice of muslims with 57 member states and 1,6 billion people. Full list of endangered agencies to be scrapped orosanye. Full text of fg response to obasanjos letter national. President goodluck jonathan s reply to obasanjos letter by aniomanine. Obasanjos letter to buhari in full text posterity media. I decided to make it an open letter because the issue is very weighty and must be greatly worrisome to all concerned nigerians and that means all rightthinking nigerians and those resident in nigeria.
On may 2014, obasanjo wrote to president goodluck jonathan requesting. I took my time to read the letter described as historic by premium times which broke the story in detail. A pdp chairmans letter to president obasanjo audu ogbe. A reflection of the olusegun obasanjos and goodluck jonathan s cabinets tunde adeniran tunde ajayi abstract the presidency, especially in federal systems, holds peculiar and haunting fascination for scholars in their attempts to diagnose the workings of modern governments. Minister of information and chieftain of the all progressives congress,apc, alhaji lai mohammed has responded to expresident, olusegun obasanjos letter to buhari. The quest for the restructuring of the nigerian political system has been made relentlessly since the 1914 amalgamation of the northern and southern protectorates by the british colonial conquerors. Iraq is home to shiites, sunni arabs, kurds and many smaller groups, such as assyrian christians and ethnic turkmen. There are two template options for yearend summary letters. Former nigerias president, olusegun obasanjo has written a letter to nigerias president, muhammadu buhari advising him not to seek reelection in 2019. Full text of jonathan s response to obasanjos controversial letter december 20th 20 his excellency,chief olusegun obasanjo, gcfragbe loba house, quarry road,ibara, abeokuta. A meta analysis of obasanjos letter to president jonathan by chris aniedobe. Pdf a speech act analysis of open correspondence between.
A former nigerian senator, iyabo obasanjo, on saturday lambasted her detractors who are currently recirculating her 20 letter to her father. According to a statement released by president jonathan s spokeperson, reuben abati yesterday evening in abuja said while the presidency acknowledged the receipt of the letter sent by the former president, president goodluck would like to deal with the matter personally as he intends to pay obasanjo a visit and try to clear out the air on the issue. Four opposition parties merging to create the apc was a new development in. Proposal introduction nigerian leaders often see their country as the natural leader of the african continent. December 18, 20 chinewizu believes that obasanjo s 18 page diatribe was a carefully contrived ruse to divert critical attention from the national confab snc which portends grave danger for the 1999 constitution that institutionalized lootcracy in nigeria. Full text of obasanjos letter to president muhammadu buhari full text of obasanjos letter to president muhammadu buhari on july. I belive it will be difficult 2 implement because dere is so much astake, rememba oransanye in giving out dose recommendations pointd out dat a committee was set up by obasanjo s admin. The core of the apc has been the merged political organizations of bola tinubu, a former.
This guide contains twentyfour design patterns and ten related guidance topics that articulate the benefits of applying patterns by showing how each piece can fit into the big picture of cloud application architectures. Obasanjos letter to jonathan is almost treasonable. In an 18page letter to the president, obasanjo accused him, among other things, of not honouring his words and taking actions calculated at destroying nigeria. Obasanjos historic letter to president goodluck jonathan on 2nd december, this year, an apparently angry and frustrated expresident olusegun obasanjo wrote. Articulates the benefit of applying patterns when implementing cloud applications, especially when they. He ignored it and it was too late for him and those who goaded him into.
At the same time, as noted by sanda, since nigeria still has no single focused and comprehensive security policy, every security agency has its own security policy that drives its operations. Quote, profile, research said on tuesday it had been awarded new oil and gas exploration acreage in the carnarvon basin off the northwest coast of australia, adjacent to its existing gorgon gas field development. Did president jonathan respond to obasanjos letter properly. Sani aminu dutsinma, managaing director of the islamic banking and finance institute and martin. After all contacts on the list are selected, press mail merge on the right sidebar. Leaders from the southern part of the country and their counterparts from the middle belt, on saturday, in abuja, insisted that nigeria must be restructured now, just as they demanded the implementation of the recommendations of the 2014 national conference. In the unsparing letter which criticised various actions of the current government, obasanjo told the president it is time to rest in a clear message to buhari that he shouldnt bother contesting for the 2019 elections. One, the current situation and consequent possible outcome dictate that i should, before the door closes on reason and promotion of national interest, alert you to the danger that may be lurking in the corner. Jiang yanyongs feb 24, 2004 letter calling for june 4 reappraisal full text below cambodia bbc 5 mar 2004 the former khmer rouge president of cambodia, khieu samphan, has published his memoirs in which he denies taking part in the mass killings in the 1970s. You can use outlook contacts, or an external data file excel, access.
Nigeria contains more historic cultures and empires than any other other nation in africa. The letter obj wrote to current nigeria president has been gathering waves and have gone viral already since it was released yesterday. It was under his leadership or lack if it the muhamed caricatures became a diplomatic disaster. Being the full text of the letter to the national assembly members by former president, chief olusegun obasanjo delivered to the lawmakers, dated january, 2016. President jonathan to respond to obasanjos angry letter. We had a need recently to batch insert a pdf into hundreds of other pdfs prior to distribution. Presidents yar adua and jonathan have also largely defined the content of nigeria s security policy in the subregion according to their image. Democracy and the making of the presidents cabinet in nigeria. Batch inserting pages into multiple, separate pdfs with adobe acrobat. On the monday morning breakfast show of channels television, sunrise daily, he also said that president goodluck jonathan did not do polemical justice to mr olusegun obasanjos letter to him. A meta analysis of obasanjos letter to president jonathan. But human rights activists say he is attempting to defend himself in advance. Former president olusegun obasanjo witheringly criticizes president goodluck jonathan s governance in an eighteen page, ostensibly private, letter that has been leaked to the press. Minority political mobilization in the struggle for resource.
We have read the press statement by former president olusegun obasanjo on the state of the nation. The letter coming against the obvious disagreements between the two. Premium times claims to have obtained an 18page letter written by an angry and frustrated former president olusegun obasanjo to president jonathan, accusing the current president of ineptitude and of taking actions calculated at destroying nigeria. Mankind olawale oyewumi saturday, september 4, 2010. For the record, chief obasanjo is a patriot, and he has proven this time and time again. Obasanjos letter to me was abusive president buhari. One, the current situation and consequent possible outcome dictate that i. Request pdf critical discourse analysis of obasanjos letter before is too late to jonathan. In a statement obtained by politicsngr, lai mohammed listed buharis achievements.
The letter dated december 2, 20 and titled, before it is too late became public knowledge on wednesday. Despite this, yaradua was recognized as one of nigerias only governors to publicly declare his assets and hold an advanced degree. Former president olusegun obasanjo in the book, against the run of play. Pdf on aug 28, 2017, ibikunle adeakin and others published democracy vs. This article goes over the process of generating tax summary pdf files to send to all of your donors who have given in a year. Sep 01, 2009 read west africa, international african bibliography iab on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. I restrained myself from joining any political party though. A frustrated nigerian expresident olusegun obasanjo has written a critical letter to president goodluck jonathan, accusing him of ineptitude and of taking actions calculated at destroying nigeria. Presidents obasanjo and jonathan on the state of nigeria council. Kindful makes generating your yearend tax letters a breeze. You will recall that all the letters were brought to me by hand. Obasanjos letter to goodluck jonathan the real deal. Wole soyinka 1 1934 author, actor, political activist at a glance 2 began writing career 3 twice arrested 4 postprison writings 5 literary philosophy 6 selected writings 7 sources 8 in 1986 wole soyinka 9 became the first black african to be awarded the nobel prize 10 in li.
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