QQ. Home Kingdom News. BY THE SUN NEWSPAPER ON MAY 2, 2. Frontline nationalist, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai is not exactly comfortable with the dynamics of the just concluded general elections. The elder statesman, in his characteristic bluntness, laments on the role of religion and ethnicity in the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan. He is deeply worried that the fallout of the 2. Nigeria. In this interview with DESMOND MGBOH in Kano, he also spoke on the expectations of Nigerians from the in coming administration of General Muhammadu Buhari and the place of President Jonathan in the nations history books. Excerpts In less than a month from now, Nigerians will usher in a new government. As an elder statesman, what is your advice to the incoming administration1. Pierce Fulton vs 3LAU Home In August vs How You Love Me Acapella 2. Don Diablo Starlight Could You Be Mine Otto Knows Remix 3. Jay Hardway Scio. This is the official website of visual artist and songwriter Bernie Taupin His Blog. Shot Me Down is a song by French house music producer and disc jockey DJ David Guetta, featuring vocals from American singer Skylar Grey. The song was released on. As everybody knows, the main agenda of the new administration is to fight corruption, to deal with the security situation, particularly the Boko Haram insurgency, rescue the Chibok girls and deal with unemployment. These are the priority areas in terms of their policy objectives. It is, therefore, the expectation of every Nigerian that these three issues would be the main areas of their attention. I think that after taking over power, these areas would be the yardstick by which the people would pass judgment on them. I think that after the first six months or thereabouts, Nigerians would be in a position to judge whether the new administration would be in a position to fulfill the promises they made to the public or not. In the face of the dwindling global economy and the fall in Nigerias oil revenue, do you see the new administration realising the promises it made during electioneeringChris Brown Heartbreak on a Full Moon Album Amazing long list of records exactly 45in number housed in the project, having turned. Download the free trial version below to get started. Doubleclick the downloaded file to install the software. The best argument yet for concealed carry Milwaukee Black Lives Matter rioters target white people for extreme violence. Well, I can see the problems posed by the fall in the national wealth. But I think somebody raised this same question to one of the leading figures of the APC and the answer he got was that the money they are going to save from fighting corruption in the system would be enough for them to kickstart their programmes. He said that they would reduce spending they would reduce waste that this waste would be diverted to the implementation of their programmes. But considering that some of the people associated with the incoming government are themselves accused of corruption or have corruption charges hanging on them, how much faith should we commit in their pledges to fight and stand against corruptionCertainly, I can tell you that there are many people who are skeptical about the ability of the new government to tackle the problems of corruption in this country, precisely because of the number of individuals that are instrumental in the bringing about of the new administration into place who themselves are super rich without any justification. The worry of Nigerians is that, how is the administration going to handle the cases of such personalitiesAgain, the electoral promises of the new party apparently sounded so lofty. It appears to disregard the current recession that is sweeping across the globe. Do you share the same fears Everybody familiar with the global political economy would have the feeling that the global economic situation today is not ideal for any government to embark on costly projects. But I believe that they must have done their homework before coming out with their promises. I believe that they must have done their homework. Hyundai Genesis Coupe Manual Transmission Fluid here. Despite the efforts of President Jonathan to seek the friendship of the core North by extending a reasonable size of projects to them, he was hated, hunted and turned down by these same people during the presidential election. What exactly happenedWell, the people core North have been incited against Jonathan a long time ago. Even the educated ones were not fair in relating to his achievements in the region. They had made up their minds that Jonathan is anti North. And whatever he has done, he remained anti North. The fact that he sited nine of 1. North in order to assist in bridging the educational gap that exists between the North and the rest of the country did not matter. The fact that he introduced the Almajiri schools which would reduce the number of young people who go about doing nothing but begging also never counted to them. In fact, somebody this morning, as we were discussing Jonathan, insisted that Jonathan was only busy sacking Northerners from federal establishments. But when I looked at the number of ministers and northerners in key positions, I realised that this very influential individual, who should know better, had made up his mind not to be objective about the issue. He was not prepared to listen to anybody. So, some people had made up their minds. The fact remains that there was this high level conspiracy against Jonathan, such that whatever he does, it would have been very difficult to convince people to abandon their already concluded opinion about him. For instance, I was made to understand that a number of the members of the traditional institution and influential clerics and university people, they all ganged up to spread one form of propaganda or the other against him Jonathan. And this propaganda has already gone down deep into the minds of the people. The Friday before the presidential election, virtually all the imams in the North made a simple appeal to their congregations that when they go out the following day to cast their votes, they should make sure that they did not cast their votes in favor of an infidel. Just in one or two words, the campaign was finished. So, the following day everybody was charged to go and vote against an infidel. Who was that infidel Jonathan. Even the Friday after the election, I attended a mosque where the imam was offering thanksgiving prayers to God for getting rid of an infidel. Still, on this topic, what about the PDP members who also failed to rise up to defend their own and their party That is not my problem today. My problem is that we in the far North have acted out the script of Gideon Orkar. We have opted out of the mainstream of Nigerian politics and I am waiting for the time to come when we would realise the consequences of our action. When you say that you people have acted out the script of Gideon Orkar, what exactly do you mean Let me put it this way. This country is a country which is equally divided between Christians and Muslims. Where a Muslim would not vote for somebody because he is a Christian, then there is a problem. It may not appear immediately but there is a long time predicament that would one day appear because when someday it is the turn of a Christian to vote for a Muslim, surely this thing happening today would boomerang. So, you foresee a future where the country would naturally be torn between Christians and Muslimscuts in This is my fear. It is not only a divide between Christians and Muslims, but also a divide between the North and the South, and that would not augur well for the political future of this country. There is this funny outcome that has played out so far. Some PDP leaders who declined to campaign for Jonathan have been losing their states or losing their strongholds like what we have seen in Kano, Jigawa and a number of the North West States. What is your takeWell, the bandwagon effect was so monumental that little campaign here and there would not make much difference. The campaign against Jonathan has gone far before most people understood that it was beyond the capacity of a few individuals to change the direction of the mind of the people. I hope you understand.