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.

Kgdavid:


Biafra was a popular movement of a group of people with common understanding. Boko haram is a terrorist group which has killed, raveged, destroyed and plundered members of the very region where it has it's roots. Where the Chibok girls southerners?

You better not let your young mind be clouded by the unreasoning fervor of blind hate. A failure to rebuild and develop the north is definitely a problem for the whole of Nigeria because poor, hopeless northern youth will trickle down into other parts of Nigeria and wreak havoc, state by state. We are already seeing tis happening with "herdsmen".

In fact, the growth of Boko Haram can directly be linked to the low levels of education and economic empowerment in the North, generally. So to prevent this problem from turning into a vicious cycle, Nigeria must intervene.

It is also quite obvious that prosperity for any one region will result in prosperity for all regions. Agriculturally, the north is the bread basket of the nation. If the north is prosperous, food will be abundant and cheap, there will be lot's of opportunity for trade and everyone will become richer. If the North is able to develop and maintain strong industries like other parts of Nigeria, then the whole of Nigeria will become more prosperous.

Lastly, note that the government is a government of the people and for the people. That is to say, the government owes certain responsibilities to all Nigerians irrespective of where they come from within Nigeria.

Say no to blind hate.

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.

heryoub22:
and if I may ask mister oil money. With which money did Nigeria drill d fucking oil u are shouting about. Groundnut money nd d so called cassava money u re saying. So if d oil money comes from d North nd we did nt wail abt anything den y nw?? Guy put ur sef in d NE shoes nd think we'll because from Wat am seeing ur mind z blocked my tribalism, ur thinking is too biased nd sentimental

Intrepid01:
You see this enmity and rivalry between the southerners will continue to hunt us for a long time to come. Northerners are always united while southerners; Yorubas, Igbos and NDeltans never unite on anything. How could you open your eyes and agree that the bulk of money made from the south (VAT) should be used to specially develop north. Do not forget that cummulatively the north takes the larger portion of monthly Federal Allocation even though the money comes from the south. I think Yorubas and Igbos most especially need to sheath their swords and fight a common enemy that is benefiting from their stupidity for a long time. I mean aw could we allow the north to take 3pct of VAT but disagreed on Lagos taking 1pct. We southerners are just fools, we pride in our education, literacy and exposure yet we are alwats taken to the cleaners by the northerners when is time to make policy and strategies. We are just fools.

Sibrah:
Are you normal?

TonyeBarcanista:
The money from my region that isn't enough to take care of us is shared with you. You have now taken a step further to accumulate a whopping 3% from the same money while me that own the money is given nothing. My friend, rebuilding NE is the business of NE. Though as humans we have to join hands but it is ridiculous to take it by force.

Kgdavid:


It's not your fault. i blame the elders of this nation.

samsono30:



If u don't know let me enlighten u a bit, Buhari is the master mind behind boko haram and all they crisis that have erupted in North central, when he claimed boko haram was after him in a bomb blast that erupted in kaduna after a Juma prayer, all was just staged so people will not suspect him, since 1999 different region have experience one crisis or they other because he want power, but now that is in power Boko Haram laid low infact they attacks by boko haram has totally reduce if not now that his triber so call fullani cawards who strike at night when every soul is asleep can't strike by day time because they are cawards are pertrating all their evil means in his regime, has the idiot dullard spoken about it till now that am speaking? All they crisis that have erupted in this country and any one who stands in there way of quest for power where sponsored and staged by these Kangaroos called Northern elites and which most of it can be trace to the so call Dullard Buhari.

sarutobie:

arsewipe do you even know the meaning of the gibberish you typed? displaying pseudo intelligence won't impress anyone here..Jonathan created boko haram? good let them wipe themselves out..

tuale4u:
I respect Nothern Senators. They understand thier Job as lawmaker which is to bring development to thier constituency.

Southern Senators dominated by PDP are big Joke. All our southern senators know how to do is to defend criminals and looters. All our sounthern PDP dominated senators are good at is to act as Saraki bodyguards during CCT trial.

The funny thing is dat many nothern senators are just OND and BSC holders. While among southern senators u have PhD,Msc,SAN, MBBS etc.

@Tonye Barcanista i think your post should rather praise and commend Northern Senators 4 thier ability to lobby our stupid sounthern senator to approve and support the bill.

Kay17:


Similarly Lagos State gets the income tax of all persons in Lagos including land taxes and licences the state govt issues just as the casinos et al in Las Vegas.

But the VAT in the US is split between the States and the Federal Govt. It's a part of the US tax code. So there is hardly a difference between US and Nigeria in regards to tax regime

EDITED sorry the US dOEs not have VAT but the Congress can make law on it and take it all

Timfreds:
This is the reason I always say Nigeria has no hope. The north gang up against the South is eternal.

ianSweet:


Take it easy Mr Southerner. The south is still very much developed than the north. If not for Abuja the middlebelt and north east are still extremely underdeveloped. The north westernerns are the only ones really benefitting from the scheme of things. They are the brains behind every manipulation.

TonyeBarcanista:

Oga go and sit down biko. We, the good people of South South have our own interest. Decision to create RIVERS STATE and CRS was a product of agitation that preexisted the so called bia.. whatever. This is not a Biafra thread BTW....

francisbiz:

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

TonyeBarcanista:
You mean OICs used groundnut money to drill oil? This lies that you keep telling yourself.

Anyway, pre-oil era, Nigeria had this 50% derivative for resource producing regions. Post oil era, the story is different. Why can't we get 25% at least to take care of our troubles bro?

It is not about tribalism but about fairness and justice

Intrepid01:



Lol...@ Mr. Southerner........The large underdevelopment of the Northern region is the fault of their clueless Leaders catalyzed by the prevalent illiteracy and lack of exposure of the people. It is not the fault of the South. Every state in Nigeria receives allocation and the north cumulatively takes the larger portion of the fund. So if they are still backward because they allowed some people to siphon the public money meant for the good of all, you cant say we should allow them to again allocate another extra fund that would most likely end in the usual place.

We need to understand that the South is not even developed, don't tell me to look at it relatively. This is 2016, No state in Nigeria has the requisite amenities of a developed State, not even Lagos. So we should not let some people deceive us or deceive ourselves that the South is developed. You can pay a visit to Jo'burg, Kuala Lumpor, Stocholm, Istanbul, Doha and see the definition of a developed state. You'll see I did not even mention the 1st world countries.

We need to be wise and proactive.

ianSweet:


Yes i agree with u. The northern leaders are a problem especially the hausa-fulanis. Those people are just controlling the whole country, all the stupid elders and leaders in my own middlebelt are just pawns and tools the hausa (northwestern) leaders use.
However even your own leaders are to blame too, many of them also sell themselves to these core-northern leaders and they are also corrupt too, if not, with the 13% derivative that is being allocated to Niger deltan states, why are we not seeing the effects except for only Akwa ibom state? See a smaller and scarcely populated state like Bayelsa they got over $7 billion allocation while my own state in the north central got only about $2 billion and it has been this way for some time now, but in terms of development, Bayelsa is not even faring better than my state, i even heard people complaining that the Bayelsan governor has not paid salaries for about 2 months, what can we say about this?

Besides i think it is not in place for you to compare Nigerian cities with South african and Asian cities, these people have a very different history and struggles from us.

TonyeBarcanista:

Oga go and sit down biko. We, the good people of South South have our own interest. Decision to create RIVERS STATE and CRS was a product of agitation that preexisted the so called bia.. whatever. This is not a Biafra thread BTW....

dEastActivist:
There is nothing wrong with this bill.

The SE and SS mostly Igbos are in full support.

The northern senators should in matter of patriotism lender same support for the similar SE development commission bill to be created, sponsored and passed that will foresee the implementation of the 3Rs that was recommended by the FG.

Pls Somebody should stop getting jealous and hating.
Lagos didn't suffer any crises to warrant any monetary intervention of any sort from the FG thats why the bill failed, even the op didn't support it but to score cheap political points has made him seems he is in support. Yorubas should beware.

dEastActivist:
There is nothing wrong with this bill.

The SE and SS mostly Igbos are in full support.

The northern senators should in matter of patriotism lender same support for the similar SE development commission bill to be created, sponsored and passed that will foresee the implementation of the 3Rs that was recommended by the FG.

Pls Somebody should stop getting jealous and hating.
Lagos didn't suffer any crises to warrant any monetary intervention of any sort from the FG thats why the bill failed, even the op didn't support it but to score cheap political points has made him seems he is in support. Yorubas should beware.

MONITZ:



Mr. Kay ,where in my post did u see me say sth abt VAT in the U. S, I only used VAT in Lagos state as an example of wat is obtainable in Nigeria while I also used the casinos and entertainment in Nevada because the dynamics re different bt the simple truth and the way it should be is having the component units paying a certain percentage to the central government,so don't try to be too clever by half by twisting facts or shifting the post in this argument.

sweetgala:


What kind of destruction has been wrought on the SE for it to deserve such a development commision to itself.

Only the NE and the SS deserve a special fixxed term plan for the repair and restoration of normality to civil life

Intrepid01:


I totally agree with you on the first part. But on the part relating to comparison of Nigerian states with other states, I do not agree with you.

You know what my dear, we can keep consoling ourselves with the excuse that USA is over 200 years old and Italy is as old as the planet earth. Even if we are not where they are, are we even taking steps to get there in anytime in future? Abeg enough of this excuses

TonyeBarcanista:
And who destroyed the northeast? Why wasn't same extended to the southeast after the civil war? why aren't there commission on herdsmen?

Why can't they pull resources together and rebuild their region? Why should the rest of the country suffer? aren't they getting a lot already?

TonyeBarcanista:

The 3% VAT is my anger. That is a lot of money. They have more states, more LGAs, more Senators, more REPS and more federal heads. Yet we are giving them more money.

ianSweet:


Why do u really feel we are not taking any steps?
Those cities u listed like Joburg and Kuala lumpur are just cities and not whole countries, those cities like Doha, Istanbul e.t.c are in countries which do not face terrible issues like Nigeria, they are snaller in population, mono religious and mono ethnic by nature, so u have a stronger unity in those countries which enhances peaceful living which breeds development in turn.

Nigeria is not doing too bad compared to other subsaharan african countries, although i agree that we could have done better.

ImperialYoruba:
Tonyebarcanista,
The best approach to break power in the North is what Yorubas have been doing silently until it was unveiled publicly recently.

There is no unity in North. There is more minority population distribution in the North than in the South. What the Northerners do is pay for patriotism. The Fulanis are suspicious of Hausas, they do not trust the Kanuris and despise the minorities but yet want to hold it all together and prevent a political common front that will oppose and displace the Fulani hegemony.

Lugard was the Governor General that amalgamated North and South, his first assignment was Governor of Northern Nigeria. He brought his power and authority from North to bear in the overall administration of the joint regions when he transitioned from Governor to Governor General. He had a style which was indirect rule. He approached the Emirs for consultation on policies that impacted public. Therefore when he left Kaduna for Lagos he did not stop getting advise and thoughts from the North, even on those policies that had nothing to do with North. He regarded them as more willing partners to cement Colonial power in Nigeria, opposed to those in South agitating for end of Colonial power. He was able to get the Emirs support and loyalty by a simple strategy. He promised to hold the gate of Christian missionary works closed and away from the Emirates. In exchange they partnered with him to make the governance of North smooth and seamless.

The Fulani Emirs are afraid of a competing faith and belief system to supplant and gain popularity in North. This is why they massacre people of Southern Kaduna, Bauchi, Plateau, Benue, Borno....and so on. They fear encroachment of Christianity. They kill off Christian men and boys and kidnap the young girls, force them into conversion and take ownership and call it irreversible. Lol.

Let's focus on how to disrupt and displace Fulani in North by raising and empowering a competitive political bloc that is under Fulani....but anti-Fulani.

They sense the increased agitation and know there is an underground force waiting to explode but they dont know where it will come from or when. This led into the hijack of bokoharam from a religious group and turned it into a terrorist group. In fact Murtala Nyako had a template of what happened and the strategy deployed in that transformation. He blamed it on Jonathan instead of accusing his people in Jalingo of sabotage. This also tie in with why they clamped down on Shiaa. There is a new brouhaha in Sokoto between Sunni and Izala,led by Gumi.

So the North is slowly imploding and we can help accelerate it.