Oxenomy:
This OP is an unstable character so, I will never take them serious.. A southerner was the president, but it's you his brothers that destroyed his administration with all sorts of malicious and hate-filled propaganda and the north who were already drowning politically latched on that and snatched power back to the North. Now they've got the power, they are all out to ensure that what happened before never repeats itself..

They are consolidating their hold on power by empowering the north economically (At the detriment of South of course) by :

1) Establishing NEDC but unlike NDDC which was funded from what comes out from ND, but the NEDC will be funded by 3% VAT for the next 10 years (which will be extended to another 10 years), and it's a common knowledge that 95% of VAT comes from South. A bill that was sponsored by a Lagos senator to keep 1% of VAT generated from Lagos, but we all knew what happened to the bill.

BTW, http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/187051-boko-haram-nigeria-borrows-2-1-bn-from-world-bank-to-rebuild-north-east.html

2) Huge amount of resources are being deployed in searching for oil in the north and any sane mind knows that they are preparing for future economic prosperity of the North because they are already aware of the inevitable that will happen very soon. I'm not against this, if I'm in their shoe, I will do the same especially when my rivals from South are always foolish to claim righteousness than the saint.

3) They are also empowering the north politically with the way we are seeing the gradually colonization of 70% government agencies by the North and this is still the first year of this administration and when it gets to 5th years of Northerners in power, we will know where we are.

The North are already in power and I urge my Igbo brothers not to use their hard earned money in fighting them, let us simply liaise with them to share the national cake and when it's finished, we all will go home.

PS: This same unstable character is the one that created a thread accepting Gowon's apology to NDs simply because Igbos are against it. Anyway, na sidon look I de..

opiaoku:

I love you
No homo

Lol. With this your moniker, you sure??

Oxenomy:
This OP is an unstable character so, I will never take them serious.. A southerner was the president, but it's you his brothers that destroyed his administration with all sorts of malicious and hate-filled propaganda and the north who were already drowning politically latched on that and snatched power back to the North. Now they've got the power, they are all out to ensure that what happened before never repeats itself..

They are consolidating their hold on power by empowering the north economically (At the detriment of South of course) by :

1) Establishing NEDC but unlike NDDC which was funded from what comes out from ND, but the NEDC will be funded by 3% VAT for the next 10 years (which will be extended to another 10 years), and it's a common knowledge that 95% of VAT comes from South. A bill that was sponsored by a Lagos senator to keep 1% of VAT generated from Lagos, but we all knew what happened to the bill.

BTW, http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/187051-boko-haram-nigeria-borrows-2-1-bn-from-world-bank-to-rebuild-north-east.html

2) Huge amount of resources are being deployed in searching for oil in the north and any sane mind knows that they are preparing for future economic prosperity of the North because they are already aware of the inevitable that will happen very soon. I'm not against this, if I'm in their shoe, I will do the same especially when my rivals from South are always foolish to claim righteousness than the saint.

3) They are also empowering the north politically with the way we are seeing the gradually colonization of 70% government agencies by the North and this is still the first year of this administration and when it gets to 5th years of Northerners in power, we will know where we are.

The North are already in power and I urge my Igbo brothers not to use their hard earned money in fighting them, let us simply liaise with them to share the national cake and when it's finished, we all will go home.

PS: This same unstable character is the one that created a thread accepting Gowon's apology to NDs simply because Igbos are against it. Anyway, na sidon look I de..

TonyeBarcanista:

Honestly, we need to get rid of Southern puppets that keep doing the bidding of northern elite at the expense of the zones in the south.

And I'm in full support of the suggestion because of the need for fairness and justice

TonyeBarcanista:
Few days ago, the Nigeria Senate passed a bill establishing the North-East Development Commission (NEDC). The proposed NEDC was meant to be an intervention agency that will facilitate the rebuilding of the North-eastern part of the country that was revaged by Boko Haram. While, I am not against rebuilding of the region, I am against the establishment of a commission to be funded by the people of Nigeria.

I am in shock that forty-seven Senators from the seventeen states in the southern part of Nigeria would assent to such unpatriotic bill that only favors the elite of a section of the country. I am also at loss with words that these same Senators joined their northern counterparts to oppose and reject the bill to grant Lagos a special status but saw nothing amiss in the so-called North East development commission.

NEDC Bill, An Unpatriotic Bill
The NEDC bill is the most unpatriotic bill since the advent of our democracy. Why should 3% of the Nation's VAT revenue be channeled to just Northeast alone? Is the Northeast the only part of Nigeria that has witnessed insurrection and destruction in this country? Was there Eastern Development Commission (or South East Development Commission) after the civil war to rebuild the region that hosted the bloody confrontation between the separatist led by Ikemba Ojukwu and Nigeria State that lasted for three years and destroyed several infrastructures? Why is there no North-Central Development Commission to rebuild the region ravaged by those terrorists hiding as Fulani herdsmen?

Is it not ridiculous that the Senate is telling the Nigeria State and Nigerians to bear the responsibility of fending for the Northeast when the so-called Boko Haram could be traced to failure of the elites from the Northeast region to instill social responsibility on their young ones? Why should the South not enjoy special privileges considering that they are the people that chun out most of our revenue? Why should the Northeast, whose contribution to the federal purse is almost non-existent still enjoy 3% of VAT from the South as well as their regular allocation?

This proposed NEDC is the height of irresponsibility and unpatriotism.

Who Allowed Boko Haram Activities To Fester?
I believe Nigerians must be informed on what transpired with respect to the efforts of the past administration to curb Boko-Haram. When the Army led by Gen Ihejirika confronted the terrorists in Baga, in April 2013, the Northeastern elders and elite came out to "condemn the army" for killing their people, and even petitioned Amnesty International, crying genocide. In May 2013 when President Goodluck Jonathan declared State of Emergency (SOE) on the areas affected by Boko Haram, the same Northeastern elite condemned the declaration. The next month, June 2013 when the government of Jonathan proscribed Boko Haram, and officially declared it a terrorist organisation, the North, faulted the move. Specifically, the Arewa Consultative Forum, Northern Youth Consultative Forum, and Northern Elders Forum faulted it. In July 2013, when the United Kingdom officially proscribed Boko Haram, non of these Northern elite were happy with the move. When the USA in November 2013 followed the step of the UK, the same Northern elite were nowhere to hail the move. So who allowed the BH activities to linger and cause so much damage? If they had cooperated perhaps Boko Haram would have been decimated before causing much damage.

I Am Not Against Northeast Development But...
If the Northeast in their wisdom believe that it is time to rebuild their region, why can't they pull resources together to do so just like the governors of the then southeast did in rebuilding their region after the "uncivil" war? Why should they still expect 3% of our lean resources to take care of a problem that they (Northern elite) encouraged? Money that isn't enough to take care of the needs of the people bringing the resources.

I am not against rebuilding the Northeast, but I am against robbing Peter to pay Ibrahim. You can't continue to reject Lagos bid for 1% revenue despite being the highest contributor to our VAT; Niger Delta bid for resource control and increment in oil derivative, despite being the producer of the revenue, and then turn around to reward Northeast with 3% of our VAT despite the fact that their problem was self-inflicted and they contribute nothing significant to the national purse.

In fact, the northeast should rather be grateful to their southern counterpart for helping them fund the resources to prosecute the insurgency at the expense of capital development, as well as the continuous allocation they receive every month. They should not bother to get more than these.

The House Must Kill The Bill...
While it is unfortunate that the Senate threw patriotism out of the window to pass the NEDC bill with our own representatives down south playing the unfortunate role of willing tool. Thank God that the House of Representative is yet to decide on the proposed bill.

I believe that for the sake of patriotism and National interest, the House, specifically the contingents from the South must stand against this bill in its entirety. Doing otherwise will be interpreted as a complete sellout and betrayal of trust by our representatives.

If the northeast want to be rebuilt, they should by themselves pay the sacrifice by using their own resources to fix their mistake or they should seek funds elsewhere.



May God Bless Us All And Bless Nigeria

sarrki:
I agree with you 100%

Southern politician are only concerned about self alone


While the northern part think of there immediate

environment and the north at large

Another problem the southern part of the country is

facing is the rivalry among different ethnic group

sarrki:


Very correct

We keep fighting online

We claimed to be exposed

We acquire all the degrees of this world

Yet our region lacks all the basic infrastructure

When it comes to politics give it to the north

They use our weakness as their strength

Divide and rule

I pray we can make ammend by 2019

bejeiodus:
First, have you been to the Northeast to have firsthand experience of the destruction wrought by Boko Haram?

Second, why are you against this patriotic act of lending a hand in rebuilding the Northeast? Shouldn't we be our brothers' keeper?

Third, the bill will definitely sail through in the lower house. The honourable members are guided by facts, not hatred and tribalism.

The Southern senators who voted in favour of the bill are citizens who identify with the dire situation the people of the Northeast find themselves. Whether the armed group was allowed to fester by the elite or not won't rebuild schools, fight the scourge of war nor provide nutrient to highly malnourished children. The people of the Northeast have suffered enough. They need empathy, Tonye, not scorn and sneer.

By the way, other regions can agitate for a development commission if they have the political weight to pull it through.

bejeiodus:
First, have you been to the Northeast to have firsthand experience of the destruction wrought by Boko Haram?

Second, why are you against this patriotic act of lending a hand in rebuilding the Northeast? Shouldn't we be our brothers' keeper?

Third, the bill will definitely sail through in the lower house. The honourable members are guided by facts, not hatred and tribalism.

The Southern senators who voted in favour of the bill are citizens who identify with the dire situation the people of the Northeast find themselves. Whether the armed group was allowed to fester by the elite or not won't rebuild schools, fight the scourge of war nor provide nutrient to highly malnourished children. The people of the Northeast have suffered enough. They need empathy, Tonye, not scorn and sneer.

By the way, other regions can agitate for a development commission if they have the political weight to pull it through.

sarrki:
I agree with you 100%

Southern politician are only concerned about self alone


While the northern part think of there immediate

environment and the north at large

Another problem the southern part of the country is

facing is the rivalry among different ethnic group

sarrki:


A sane question

Justdulla:


Thank God you just made your true intention known. I didn't bother reading your write up cos its always littered with trash. Meanwhile when the NDDC was formed, ba kwome, when they handed SS Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, ba kwome, Derivation fumd, no problem. Now the Federal government is trying to rebuild a war ravaged region and your here talking. Now using lagos as your guinea pig you blaady hypocrite. Keep hating, the North will always be at the Summit. Deal with it or escape to cameroun

Sibrah:
Stop feigning stúpidíty. Did Nigerians destroy NE? You talk like the BH has changed mentality about Western system. SE deserves a develnpment commission 10,000,000 times more than the NE.

cutekhalifa:
is there any such commission after the civil war ? hypocrite are disgusting.... Tufiakwa

bejeiodus:
First, have you been to the Northeast to have firsthand experience of the destruction wrought by Boko Haram?

Second, why are you against this patriotic act of lending a hand in rebuilding the Northeast? Shouldn't we be our brothers' keeper?

Third, the bill will definitely sail through in the lower house. The honourable members are guided by facts, not hatred and tribalism.

The Southern senators who voted in favour of the bill are citizens who identify with the dire situation the people of the Northeast find themselves. Whether the armed group was allowed to fester by the elite or not won't rebuild schools, fight the scourge of war nor provide nutrient to highly malnourished children. The people of the Northeast have suffered enough. They need empathy, Tonye, not scorn and sneer.

By the way, other regions can agitate for a development commission if they have the political weight to pull it through.

francisbiz:

Is it 3% of VAT on Alcohol and Cigarate from the south? I thougth islam forbids Alcohol and Tobbaco, sharia ooo!

bejeiodus:
First, have you been to the Northeast to have firsthand experience of the destruction wrought by Boko Haram?

Second, why are you against this patriotic act of lending a hand in rebuilding the Northeast? Shouldn't we be our brothers' keeper?

Third, the bill will definitely sail through in the lower house. The honourable members are guided by facts, not hatred and tribalism.

The Southern senators who voted in favour of the bill are citizens who identify with the dire situation the people of the Northeast find themselves. Whether the armed group was allowed to fester by the elite or not won't rebuild schools, fight the scourge of war nor provide nutrient to highly malnourished children. The people of the Northeast have suffered enough. They need empathy, Tonye, not scorn and sneer.

By the way, other regions can agitate for a development commission if they have the political weight to pull it through.

bejeiodus:
First, have you been to the Northeast to have firsthand experience of the destruction wrought by Boko Haram?

Second, why are you against this patriotic act of lending a hand in rebuilding the Northeast? Shouldn't we be our brothers' keeper?

Third, the bill will definitely sail through in the lower house. The honourable members are guided by facts, not hatred and tribalism.

The Southern senators who voted in favour of the bill are citizens who identify with the dire situation the people of the Northeast find themselves. Whether the armed group was allowed to fester by the elite or not won't rebuild schools, fight the scourge of war nor provide nutrient to highly malnourished children. The people of the Northeast have suffered enough. They need empathy, Tonye, not scorn and sneer.

By the way, other regions can agitate for a development commission if they have the political weight to pull it through.

XaintJoel20:
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ExInferis:


Let's see:

NNDC
Min. Of ND
13% derivation

Result: militants blowing up the commonwealth asking for more.

The lazy bastards in the SS, a lot of whom have never even seen an oil field, are agitating and crying about the ravaging of their lands.

Meanwhile in the north east the remaining survivors who've lost so much are only looking for a roof under their heads after a catastrophe occasioned by the ineptitude and cluelessness of a diabolical niger deltan president.

So fucckk you Tonyebarcanista. Fucckk everything you hold dear and stand for.

ExInferis:


Let's see:

NNDC
Min. Of ND
13% derivation

Result: militants blowing up the commonwealth asking for more.

The lazy bastards in the SS, a lot of whom have never even seen an oil field, are agitating and crying about the ravaging of their lands.

Meanwhile in the north east the remaining survivors who've lost so much are only looking for a roof under their heads after a catastrophe occasioned by the ineptitude and cluelessness of a diabolical niger deltan president.

So fucckk you Tonyebarcanista. Fucckk everything you hold dear and stand for.