Billyonaire: Nigeria will be 100yrs next year. And Amalgamation pact was for us to be united for 100yrs then decide if we are to continue, without paying those colonial masters we possibly dont expect them to be happy to appear next year to testify to our unionism, Sovereign National Conference is coming and the colonialists will witness our peacefull secession or unionism.

We must pay them.

As usual, nothing sensible comes out of you. Those paying you are as foolish as you because they couldn't find someone more intelligent to do their bidding online.

Would you say 'we must pay them' if your father was one of those who queues regularly for hours on end to collect his pension?

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Another avenue to looth the nation has just been discovered..

The names and total no of the beneficairies will neva be mentioned because the number is on auto-increament and the names will automatically change to their family members that have neva worked. And they will be PAID for 25 years DEAD or ALIVE.


Nigeria we haill thee...

Pukkah: Someone should please prove this news item to be untrue because it makes no sense at all.

Pray, why should Nigeria that's still struggling to provide basic infrastructure add the pension bill of some very old folks to its already humongous recurrent expenditure?

Why should Nigeria that is yet to properly cater for its pensioners strut offshore to pay pension to uninvited colonialists?

Why should Nigeria with a scary rate of youth employment be paying pensions to British citizens of 81 to 106 years old?

Why should Nigeria that has no well-articulated social benefit system in place for its citizens pay pension to citizens of Britain which has a robust social welfare package in place?

Why should Nigeria reward colonialists that were uninvited and worked in the interest of Britain?

Why should Nigeria add to the loot and plunder the colonialists went away with?

Why should we be reminded of colonialism in such a rude manner?

At this rate, even kidnappers, militants, Boko Haram terrorists, oil theft thieves, etc will soon be on pension.

When a man asks "WHY" for seven times, l think he deserves and ANSWER, a very blunt and
honest answer!

ANSWER: Because we have "A MOW.RON AND A DAFT" leading our country! Period!!

You think they call him "JONA-DAFT" just because they are jealous of his wife?

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take dat: This has nothing to do with GEJ as it is a long held practice. Most countries colonized by Britain make payment to their retired colonial officers. The retired colonial officers were known as constitutional casualties. It was argued that Her Majesty's government was not the employer of these civil servants.


The genesis of these payments was a 1934 order made by Her Majesty's government, which established Her Majesty's Overseas civil service after she received Colonial Report No 306. Part of that Order said that "should a territory in whose public service officers were employed become independent, these officers would be entitled to expect in the event of premature retirement officers, resulting from constitutional changes they would receive compensation from the Government of the territory concerned."

Does this shyt make sense to you? So because other countries are doing something, we should then do it...even when it's wrong? So because GEJ didn't start it,his government can't /shouldn't stop it? What kinda dead post did you type up here man?

Katsumoto:

7. Paying those who enslaved you is the height of wickedness, stupidity, insensitivity, callousness, and wastage


You PDP goons need to stop defending everything that slowpoke you call your president does. Even Obama is criticized by his most loyal supporters.

Word!

Many of those defending Jonathan aren't even his 'supporters' in the true sense of it. They are robotic lapdogs, mere zombies and unthinking paid agents.

If they were his 'supporters', they would show their 'support' by criticising him when he acts in a senseless manner as he has just done.

pretty_boi:
Does this shyt make sense to you? So because other countries are doing something, we should then do it...even when it's wrong? So because GEJ didn't start it,his government can't /shouldn't stop it? What kinda dead post did you type up here man?

bro no mind dose clone o jare, dey like standing logic on it's head just to justify their monthly take home...

take dat: This has nothing to do with GEJ as it is a long held practice. Most countries colonized by Britain make payment to their retired colonial officers. The retired colonial officers were known as constitutional casualties. It was argued that Her Majesty's government was not the employer of these civil servants.


The genesis of these payments was a 1934 order made by Her Majesty's government, which established Her Majesty's Overseas civil service after she received Colonial Report No 306. Part of that Order said that "should a territory in whose public service officers were employed become independent, these officers would be entitled to expect in the event of premature retirement officers, resulting from constitutional changes they would receive compensation from the Government of the territory concerned."

You stated that it's not all former colonies that pay yet you went on to say paying pension to British citizens has nothing to do with Jonathan!

Why is he there as a leader. Why didn't he continue with the fuel subsidy?

It's reprehensible and highly nauseating for a struggling country like Nigeria to pay pension to British citizens who plundered our land. It is senseless and indefensible.

When my mum is yet 2 get a dime of her pension for 7 years! D clueless cowboy n cohorts are criminals!

take dat: This has nothing to do with GEJ as it is a long held practice. Most countries colonized by Britain make payment to their retired colonial officers. The retired colonial officers were known as constitutional casualties. It was argued that Her Majesty's government was not the employer of these civil servants.


The genesis of these payments was a 1934 order made by Her Majesty's government, which established Her Majesty's Overseas civil service after she received Colonial Report No 306. Part of that Order said that "should a territory in whose public service officers were employed become independent, these officers would be entitled to expect in the event of premature retirement officers, resulting from constitutional changes they would receive compensation from the Government of the territory concerned.

pretty_boi:
Does this shyt make sense to you? So because other countries are doing something, we should then do it...even when it's wrong? So because GEJ didn't start it,his government can't /shouldn't stop it? What kinda dead post did you type up here man?

Every Govt makes decisions in the best interest of its own citizen (Okay, not every Govt, if we consider Nigerian Govt! )
The Queen employed those people to serve her interest ...and did they do just that by plundering this country for decades?

Now, 60years after independence, can we not MAKE LAWS IN THE INTEREST OF OUR OWN CITIZENS?
Why do we have a National Assembly if they cannot examine EVERY Bilateral Agreements and MAKE FURTHER LAWS (which is their right and duty) to protect their own citizens?
Just pass another law that will abrogate that initial one, end of story.

Imagine if such laws is in America, wil she not quickly ask congress to abrogate it?
Why should Nigeria still stick to a law that does not serve her national interest, in 2013 ....... if not that we have stewpid leaders who are concerned and directed only by selfish interest and corruption!

Why are we blessed with leaders that keep embarrassing us worldwide?
Shame on this President Jonathan, Shame on the National Assembly of Nigeria

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What is the differnce between paying retired colonial officers & retired military leaders? What is good for the goose is good for the gander.

Pensioneers there is light at the end of GEJ's black behind.. you will get your pension if you get to be 100+ years somebody shout ALLLELUYIAAAA