The current structure operated in nigeria is a simple one, go to the niger delta, drill enough oil , don't care if you damage the enviornment or neglect the host community, take the product to the international market , sell it for whatever dollars you can get and return home to share the money with idle governors and legislature. Who inturn spend the money on recurrent expenditure aaand corruption. Yet we expect a great nation.

A body is only as healthy as its constituent parts, yet only the niger delta is the meaningful part of a country of 36 states and 6 geopolitical zones. Buhari this, buhari dat , jonathan this and jonaathan that. Even the governors entrusted with a state are also chanting. And as evidence has shown most are incapable of sustaining their states.

Thus I ask, if the federal government is structured towards reaping off the niger delta , how come state governments who aarent in the delta are all hell bent on receiving handouts. How come none of these states are economically viable. the diversification of the nigerian economy is only possible when states face their own resources and contribute them towards foreign exchange. The federal government should only provide long term loans for some states who need infrastructural investments in their chosen resource generating expertise. This would have freed up enough money for infrastrucral development at federal level. Why exactly should the federal government be paying state workerd via handouts to the state governors.

Why aren't nigerians mentioning the incompetence of their state govenors, aren't these the constituent parts of the nation ? If ekiti depended on agriculture for maaximum revenue generation with a token from the federal government to augument seasonal shortfalls, osun did same, the entire parasitic northern states did same and they also looked into solid minerals in their states , won't we have had a diversified economy ? Is it the job of the federal government to do this too? Yet these failures we have as governors are cuurently immune from any criticism because there is joy is calling buhari or jonathan names.

Why can't nigerians think for themselves the way forward and realise whom to hold responsible. The art of statehood and governance is a well oiled system that if harnessed well should be able to deliver the dividends of democracy.

If as a worker, your employer pays you half salary and you keep quiet, he would assume he was overpaying you earlier, if you speak up he would understand your rights should not be trampled with. Nigerians must speak up, stop displaying a lack of understanding of a way forward for our beloved country

Hmm food 4 action

we need to crash the oil industry completely....that is the only way 4ward 4 Nigeria's survival as a nation...

In short , you are asking for accountability from the supposed state heads


the first place to look is Niger Delta , Otuoke and then Ekiti

In any sane clime, the strongest government is that which is closest to the people. Yet we place all our hope at proceedings in abuja. Many of us haven't ever set eyes on buhari and yet we expect him to be the messiar who would tar our local street roads. What about those we voted in at councilorship positions. Are these positions mainly ceremonial? Are these people not supposed to be working daily to harness and address issues in their most current locale ?

A councillor or local government chair man should be able to generate funds from his local government. Businesses pay levies and tax to the local government arms in terms of operational licenses etc . What happens with these revenues. Aren't these supposed to be for paying council workers such as street cleaners?

Our gutters and drainages are blocked, a simple job for the local council. Yet we see it and say buhari is evil. Our states cannot generaate anything and yet we see that and say buhari.

If the oil dries up in the delta, wat would be left of us. Oil that is limited and by recent events almost worthless

menstrualpad:
we need to crash the oil industry completely....that is the only way 4ward 4 Nigeria's survival as a nation...

most of those developments for diversification requires heavy investments because nothing is on ground. Thus we can't hope for a complete crash of oil. We need it, but diversidfication solely lies on governors and local council. How come nobody is talking about their imcompetence

we must crash that oil industry.... we don't need anything from dia.....NDA are not even doing enough....govs and Lga's are irrelevant...they can not be TRUSTED....let everyone prove he has a reason to live in today's Nigeria

Dmarketter:
most of those developments for diversification requires heavy investments because nothing is on ground. Thus we can't hope for a complete crash of oil. We need it, but diversidfication solely lies on governors and local council. How come nobody is talking about their imcompetence

DaBullIT:
In short , you are asking for accountability from the supposed state heads


the first place to look is Niger Delta , Otuoke and then Ekiti

it is everywhere, all states aren't sustainble without major funding from the centre. Arre the roles of the governors purely to share the handouts ? Or are they sole and independent administrators of their individual states. The niger deltans are victims of the current nigerian malaise. If not for the fact they are misguided, their agitations towards resource control would have criippled the nation. Whose role is it to diversify. The federal or the state government

menstrualpad:
we must crash that oil industry.... we don't need anything from dia.....NDA are not even doing enough....govs and Lga's are irrelevant...they can not be TRUSTED....let everyone prove he has a reason to live in today's Nigeria

in our current state of inepitude. Hunger would kill most of us. Even in the current state most states are useless. These are states filled with fertile lands, solid minerals , good sunshine for power genration aand large population for business growth. Yet these states are financially moribund. Nobody can prove anything at the moment except how fast to die off from starvation

that is why the oil complex that has allowed us to be kept in shackles must be crashed....the true friends of Nigeria at this time are the Niger delta Avengers.... No gov deserves to be gov if he can't run a viable state...same 4 local govt chairmen...death is but a transition to another realm.

Dmarketter:
in our current state of inepitude. Hunger would kill most of us. Even in the current state most states are useless. These are states filled with fertile lands, solid minerals , good sunshine for power genration aand large population for business growth. Yet these states are financially moribund. Nobody can prove anything at the moment except how fast to die off from starvation

menstrualpad:
that is why the oil complex that has allowed us to be kept in shackles must be crashed....the true friends of Nigeria at this time are the Niger delta Avengers.... No gov deserves to be gov if he can't run a viable state...same 4 local govt chairmen

but currently only buhari and other federal peeps are getting the stick. Why are governors part of the masses, how come? They wait just like us to share handouts. I need this generation to wake up to that reality. Most govenors should be sacked. Any fool can rule at federal level since its all about ripping off the niger delta.

We need competent hands at state level who can create something out of what we have in comparative advantage to each other

God bless you. Buhari should declare all States for themselves...the FGN is not a bank.....resource control is a must... just like the US. you cannot just afford to remain a useless entity in the Nation.... take care of yourself, your LGA and ur State.... it is not Abuja's responsibility....NDA and others should see this through.

Dmarketter:
but currently only buhari and other federal peeps are getting the stick. Why are governors part of the masses, how come? They wait just like us to share handouts. I need this generation to wake up to that reality. Most govenors should be sacked. Any fool can rule at federal level since its all about ripping off the niger delta.

We need competent hands at state level who can create something out of what we have in comparative advantage to each other

Dmarketter:
it is everywhere, all states aren't sustainble without major funding from the centre. Arre the roles of the governors purely to share the handouts ? Or are they sole and independent administrators of their individual states. The niger deltans are victims of the current nigerian malaise. If not for the fact they are misguided, their agitations towards resource control would have criippled the nation. Whose role is it to diversify. The federal or the state government

So all states are not sustainable right now , Whose fault is that ?? 1 trillion here, 30 trillion there , $2.1Billion there , $20Billion somewhere , all those monies would have been put to good use to sustain the states , Is that true or not ?

Money didn't magically disappear when Buhari got there, they left an empty account for him

Furthermore , the responsibility rests on state governors afterall allocations are being released to state from the little the FG could gather

FG gives to state , state gives to local government, that's how it's supposed to be

menstrualpad:
God bless you. Buhari should declare all States for themselves...the FGN is not a bank.....resource control is a must... just like the US. you cannot just afford to remain a useless entity in the Nation.... take care of yourself, your LGA and ur State.... it is not Abuja's responsibility....NDA and others should see this through.

unfortunately the NDA are typical nigerians who only seek compensation/hush money. They aren't idealists in their agitations. They aare purely hell bent on relvance. It appears the delta lacks idealist leaders. they would have been a trigger for this change of mentality that is holding the country back

we need a real paradimic change.... We should prove that we deserve to exist....not because of oil.

Dmarketter:
unfortunately the NDA are typical nigerians who only seek compensation/hush money. They aren't idealists in their agitations. They aare purely hell bent on relvance. It appears the delta lacks idealist leaders. they would have been a trigger for this change of mentality that is holding the country back

hey quit this reductionist philosophy will you? This is not APC/PDP or PMB/GEJ issue. We are being holistic here! We need a real change NOT built on Oil, but on things that are more inclusive to most Nigerians.... with this we can always get rid of empty heads called govs and LG chairmen who have nothing to offer except to take Abuja handouts

DaBullIT:


So all states are not sustainable right now , Whose fault is that ?? 1 trillion here, 30 trillion there , $2.1Billion there , $20Billion somewhere , all those monies would have been put to good use to sustain the states , Is that true or not ?

Money didn't magically disappear when Buhari got there, they left an empty account for him

Furthermore , the responsibility rests on state governors afterall allocations are being released to state from the little the FG could gather

FG gives to state , state gives to local government, that's how it's supposed to be

DaBullIT:


So all states are not sustainable right now , Whose fault is that ?? 1 trillion here, 30 trillion there , $2.1Billion there , $20Billion somewhere , all those monies would have been put to good use to sustain the states , Is that true or not ?

Money didn't magically disappear when Buhari got there, they left an empty account for him

Furthermore , the responsibility rests on state governors afterall allocations are being released to state from the little the FG could gather

FG gives to state , state gives to local government, that's how it's supposed to be

nope dats not how it should be, the states are autonmous regions in nigeria. Is the federal government a bank ? The federal government is currently stealing and impoveriahing the niger delta. Asides that oil they aren't making anything else. In a true federalism structure all the money currently made by the feral government would have been resdient in the niger delta while the make paltry contributions to the center. What about other states. Are the barren lands ? Have they no economics value that should be harnessed by the leaders of such places? It is very wrong and unsustainable to run a handout based government. No developed nation runs like that

menstrualpad:
we need a real paradimic change.... We should prove that we deserve to exist....not because of oil.

with more strength to the regions by holding them accountaable and forcing them to be competent. Nigeria would go places. To be the president of this nation can be handled by a fool and yet things will be fine. Its the states which should be critical. Currently we are facing the central government, criticizing them and yet ignoring our state governors

You can imagine Govs who have not paid salaries this year taking 200 million naira as security votes! It is utterly disgusting we NEED that change... Tinubu did it in Lagos under OBJ who refused to give the State LG allocation even after Supreme court's judgement... today Lagos is better off!

Dmarketter:
with more strength to the regions by holding them accountaable and forcing them to be competent. Nigeria would go places. To be the president of this nation can be handled by a fool and yet things will be fine. Its the states which should be critical. Currently we are facing the central government, criticizing them and yet ignoring our state governors

menstrualpad:
You can imagine Govs who have not paid salaries this year taking 200 million naira as security votes! It is utterly disgusting we NEED that change... Tinubu did it in Lagos under OBJ who refused to give the State LG allocation even after Supreme court's judgement... today Lagos is better off!

exactly I like that refrence to lagos state. That state is currently viable to an extent because it looked inward. Today am sure federal allocations to it are merely an addition to its revenue and not wat sustains it. That kind of looking inwards if done by all states in nigeria , we would be developed in ten years irrepsective of who is president. That responsiblity is what our governors and local council men are supposed to be made aware of

That is Y idiots don't bother contesting for the governorship any more.... all Nigerian States deserves such starvation... to make us look inwards!

Dmarketter:
exactly I like that refrence to lagos state. That state is currently viable to an extent because it looked inward. Today am sure federal allocations to it are merely an addition to its revenue and not wat sustains it. That kind of looking inwards if done by all states in nigeria , we would be developed in ten years irrepsective of who is president. That responsiblity is what our governors and local council men are supposed to be made aware of

Dmarketter:
exactly I like that refrence to lagos state. That state is currently viable to an extent because it looked inward. Today am sure federal allocations to it are merely an addition to its revenue and not wat sustains it. That kind of looking inwards if done by all states in nigeria , we would be developed in ten years irrepsective of who is president. That responsiblity is what our governors and local council men are supposed to be made aware of

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Victim of what?

I will not bother to answer your mentions anymore because i see where your loyalty lies

but if it's any help , non of the 50 States in United states is/are autonomous , if they were , then there wouldn't be United states in the first instance !

Furthermore , Even Nigeria gets all it's funding from the Niger Delta's oil well , The oil producing states have the highest allocation in the Nation's budget ,

Let's not forget there was a time when Nigeria's economy depended on Cocoa , Red Oil and the groundnut pyramids in the north too

Truth be told , even if you were given autonomony , It would still end badly for you people

between MEND,MASSOB,Niger Delta Avengers, Whatever their name Confraternity , IPOB , it will be the survival of the most wicked, most greedy and the most ruthless from the same region , You people can't even agree on who should join your secession or not

Bottom line remains that the responsibility lies solely on your State administrators and local government administrators,

If Bayelsa's allocation was reduced to 30% like that of Osun state , I am sure i would personally campaign against any body for doing that , but today , that state bayelsa earns 5x of Osun's , youths still got paid amnesty till January or February and yet the governor of either Bayelsa or some Eastern state still owes salary , so tell me , Who do you blame , Is it still Buhari ?

Truth hurts and no matter what color it is , i am sure you won't agree , so ciao and good luck , just find time to reminisce on the above

Dmarketter:
nope dats not how it should be, the states are autonmous regions in nigeria. Is the federal government a bank ? The federal government is currently stealing and impoveriahing the niger delta. Asides that oil they aren't making anything else. In a true federalism structure all the money currently made by the feral government would have been resdient in the niger delta while the make paltry contributions to the center. What about other states. Are the barren lands ? Have they no economics value that should be harnessed by the leaders of such places? It is very wrong and unsustainable to run a handout based government. No developed nation runs like that

You need change not built on oil , what do you want it built on ? child prostitution ? kidnapping , baby factories ? drug smuggling ? or what ?? Try and be reasonable , at least just once

menstrualpad:
hey quit this reductionist philosophy will you? This is not APC/PDP or PMB/GEJ issue. We are being holistic here! We need a real change NOT built on Oil, but on things that are more inclusive to most Nigerians.... with this we can always get rid of empty heads called govs and LG chairmen who have nothing to offer except to take Abuja handouts

DaBullIT:
I will not bother to answer your mentions anymore because i see where your loyalty lies

but if it's any help , non of the 50 States in United states is/are autonomous , if they were , then there wouldn't be United states in the first instance !

Furthermore , Even Nigeria gets all it's funding from the Niger Delta's oil well , The oil producing states have the highest allocation in the Nation's budget ,

Let's not forget there was a time when Nigeria's economy depended on Cocoa , Red Oil and the groundnut pyramids in the north too

Truth be told , even if you were given autonomony , It would still end badly for you people

between MEND,MASSOB,Niger Delta Avengers, Whatever their name Confraternity , IPOB , it will be the survival of the most wicked, most greedy and the most ruthless from the same region , You people can't even agree on who should join your secession or not

Bottom line remains that the responsibility lies solely on your State administrators and local government administrators,

If Bayelsa's allocation was reduced to 30% like that of Osun state , I am sure i would personally campaign against any body for doing that , but today , that state bayelsa earns 5x of Osun's , youths still got paid amnesty till January or February and yet the governor of either Bayelsa or some Eastern state still owes salary , so tell me , Who do you blame , Is it still Buhari ?

Truth hurts and no matter what color it is , i am sure you won't agree , so ciao and good luck , just find time to reminisce on the above

honestly children like you should hide your faces when real men are speaking. Any reasonable human being reading the op's dmarketter & menstrualpad holistic analysis about our economy and general welfare, you will observe the discussion was devoid of party, religious or tribal sentiments. You came on board with your cracked mentality trying to drag us into your childish attitude. You are really a kid, it's written all over you, I really detest people like you with mango in there head for a brain.

If we critically examine, we may even discover that dmarketter & menstrualpad are not from ss or se, but are passionately and obsessively speaking for the benefits of us all.

Ok, when they, dmarketter & menstrualpad talked about autonomy, what do you understand as "autonomy" of lga's and states. I observed you understood it to be country of there own. It goes a long way to show how derailed and myopic you are.

For your info, so many of these devoloped country control their resources at the grassroots and then contribute a percentage to the centre. That is economic autonomy. Our leaders knows these truths but they will never do it because of selfish interests. It's only you and I that can collectively say enough is enough, dmarketter & menstrualpad are speaking you are here writing piffle.

Please, be wise!!!

Dmillionaire:


honestly children like you should hide your faces when real men are speaking. Any reasonable human being reading the op's dmarketter & menstrualpad holistic analysis about our economy and general welfare, you will observe the discussion was devoid of party, religious or tribal sentiments. You came on board with your cracked mentality trying to drag us into your childish attitude. You are really a kid, it's written all over you, I really detest people like you with mango in there head for a brain.

If we critically examine, we may even discover that dmarketter & menstrualpad are not from ss or se, but are passionately and obsessively speaking for the benefits of us all.

Ok, when they, dmarketter & menstrualpad talked about autonomy, what do you understand as "autonomy" of lga's and states. I observed you understood it to be country of there own. It goes a long way to show how derailed and myopic you are.

For your info, so many of these devoloped country control their resources at the grassroots and then contribute a percentage to the centre. That is economic autonomy. Our leaders knows these truths but they will never do it because of selfish interests. It's only you and I that can collectively say enough is enough, dmarketter & menstrualpad are speaking you are here writing piffle.

Please, be wise!!!

thanks for pointing that out. Seeing as he lacks comprehension. He would likely take your post as an attack and become abusive to u. please ignore him when it comes to dat. It isn't worth it

See what i mean ? always thinking with your arses , when i said autonomy , i wasn't talking about secession, i was talking about each state controlling it's mineral resources, and i cited USA as an example , all mining activities and profits goes through the Federal Government under several control agencies and stuffs , i bet you can not name any state in any country that mines it's minerals and controls only a percentage to the Federal Government . Just name one and all your efforts you put into insulting me , if you manage to use that on studying , you'll actually be a millionaire , unfortunately for you , wishes aren't horses and i wouldn't be surprised if you and the other erdyots you mentioned are one and the same person with you .


Besides, and like i said earlier between MASSOB,MEND,NDA,IPOB and whatever the fucck you people call yourself these days, giving your region total control over petroleum resources is like setting a bomb, you people will destroy one another within months

Dmillionaire:


honestly children like you should hide your faces when real men are speaking. Any reasonable human being reading the op's dmarketter & menstrualpad holistic analysis about our economy and general welfare, you will observe the discussion was devoid of party, religious or tribal sentiments. You came on board with your cracked mentality trying to drag us into your childish attitude. You are really a kid, it's written all over you, I really detest people like you with mango in there head for a brain.

If we critically examine, we may even discover that dmarketter & menstrualpad are not from ss or se, but are passionately and obsessively speaking for the benefits of us all.

Ok, when they, dmarketter & menstrualpad talked about autonomy, what do you understand as "autonomy" of lga's and states. I observed you understood it to be country of there own. It goes a long way to show how derailed and myopic you are.

For your info, so many of these devoloped country control their resources at the grassroots and then contribute a percentage to the centre. That is economic autonomy. Our leaders knows these truths but they will never do it because of selfish interests. It's only you and I that can collectively say enough is enough, dmarketter & menstrualpad are speaking you are here writing piffle.

Please, be wise!!!

Dmarketter:
thanks for pointing that out. Seeing as he lacks comprehension. He would likely take your post as an attack and become abusive to u. please ignore him when it comes to dat. It isn't worth it

it doesn't take a minute to separate seeds from chaff, once you spoke I observed you guys are the real men.
infact immediately I saw 1mention on my page, I have already concluded am not going to join issues with him cos I expected it. That's why when you said I should ignore him, your advice only affirmed my decision that you guys are real men. Real men have similarities in behaviour.

Come to think of it, so many of these our leaders and elites became president, governors, chairmen, councilors, ministers, ambassadors, commissioners and what have you at an early age, while some of us are above 40 and still thinking like 18. So why are we always divided along religious, tribal, and political lines, while shying away from the main discussion that will channel our interests.

Is high time we stopped this unhealthy religious, tribalistic and political bigotry. When we discuss politics it should be on constructive and on healthy basis, just like you guys did.

Thanks anyway for timely advise.

Dmillionaire:


it doesn't take a minute to separate seeds from chaff, once you spoke I observed you guys are the real men.
infact immediately I saw 1mention on my page, I have already concluded am not going to join issues with him cos I expected it. That's why when you said I should ignore him, your advice only affirmed my decision that you guys are real men. Real men have similarities in behaviour.

Come to think of it, so many of these our leaders and elites became president, governors, chairmen, councilors, ministers, ambassadors, commissioners and what have you at an early age, while some of us are above 40 and still thinking like 18. So why are we always divided along religious, tribal, and political lines, while shying away from the main discussion that will channel our interests.

Is high time we stopped this unhealthy religious, tribalistic and political bigotry. When we discuss politics it should be on constructive and on healthy basis, just like you guys did.

Thanks anyway for timely advise.

you welcome bro. Please embolden ur. Post sir. Even if not today, but one day his type will read it and learn from it. Divisiveness and tribal bigotry has kept us rooted in under development. Yet he doesn't see any reason yet to change such behaviour