About Presidency: The South-South Should Shut Up

@texazzpete:
If my submissions makesyou feel uneasy, sparking some form of soul searching, then it has accomplished one of its purposes.

However if you feel physically threatened, then I apologise because that is not the aim.  Neither do I expect you to feel less of a man because i used the term "weakling.
That does not take away the fact that both you and sijien needed to be reminded that you are wallowing in one of the oldest mistakes that plaques men- which is -  "the foolish assumption that if someone gives you something to keep for him, then it is your property".
Having been given shell's job, you both had carried on as if it is yours. Be it known to you that until you get your own thing, what you have in your hands now is not yours, shell can and will take their property when ever they want it, without your permission.

In addition, you both need to appreciate the level of ignorance that is revealed by your comments so far, including the last post. Like these ones;
As bad as kidnappings is, how many people have been killed by Nigerian soldiers in the last one month? compare that with how many are claimed to have been killed by hostage-takers?
Who killed Ujeya?. Is it not the same Nigerian Army? Is Ujeya not a Niger Deltan too?http://www.africanselect.com/scripts/cgiip.wsc/tradeone/html/news_article.r?vcnews-id=370450
How about the fifteen other young men that were cut down in their prime by Nigerian soldiers. Soldiers whose  uniforms and guns are bought with the money obtained by oppresing and raping the Niger Delta? Even the bullets that killed them is bought with money that rightly belongs to them.

So who is really killing?
 When soldiers occupy villages and shoot fishermen at sight - who is killing?
When people can misappriopriate the kind of sums that is now the bone of contention between the president and his vice currently, while drinking water is a problem in a place like Bonny - who is killing ?



How wrong you are, my dear. Oil is not important. I say again that Oil is not what is important. What is important is the money that oil brings. When there is no oil, they will sell you, me, your relations and all else that we have just to make money. As long as you continue is your appeasement policy, so long will you be under the bondage that is the system called Nigeria. Today they are sellign your oil and feeding fat, tommorow it will be people. Oppresors are the same wherever they find themselves. In Sudan, they were selling southerners as slaves until they found oil. Even after finding oil, they have killed over 250,000 black africans in 18months so that nobody will share the oil proceeds with them.
I charge you to stand up for your right while you have breath within you or else the yoke of slavery will remain on your neck. Stand up guy, reject every brainwashing and be the strong man that you were born to be.

Surely, you don't understand what you are saying. Which petroleum institute? Or is it because the Feds are dodging the issue of converting PTI to a full university?
It would be foolish to be pleased. Sorry to dissapoint you. Why must the Delta beg for what others get without even asking?
When universities of technology were being built accross the country with the Niger Delta's money, why was the region excluded? Today, they expect that we must beg before PTI can be converted to a university and you expect me to be pleased when they want to make PTI a department in UNIBEN.

For the avoidance of doubt, all these things are but symptoms of a deeper malaise which you should appreciate. Let the truth be told; the Niger Delta is Nigeria's cash cow and they don't want to lose their daily bread, even if it is baked with the blood and flesh of Niger Deltans. Therefore stand up for the rights of the Niger Delta and be the man that you born to be  lest you remain a slave.
 

You are not telling the truth! Nobody attacked you first. Nobody! On the contrary, the records show that many have been patient with you. That will soon change. Starting from me.


Yeah, the usual excuse of those who want the institutionalised rape of the Niger Delta to remain hidden. Are many in Nigeria not saying the same thing?


Again, you cannot help but attack personalities. You are simply incorrigible. If you have faith in the robustness of your arguments, why resort to this kind of behaviour in almost every post you make? If you cannot contribute anything meaningful (and I use the word in the widest sense possible) then please leave us! Twit.

First, try to focus. Second, please feel free to show us where another attacked you first. It is not enough to claim that is the case. I posted your quotes to demonstrate that they were full of personal attacks. Post the quotes of others which show you were attacked first. It is that simple. Until you do that, your accusation remains empty and will be so regarded.

d thing abot people like u is that u always come back even wehn what u r saying is wrong. have i ever called d FG a saint? have i ever called d oil companies saints? it is this simple. dey r being blamed 4 all d wahala when it is not only them that r responsible and when at least my company has tried to do something only 4 d delta people to chop d money. come down from ya high chair and open ya eyes.

owo has never siad d same thing i am saying. in fact he says d opposite. he says that shell has done nothing. defore he remains a liar.

ol boy na wa for u o.

no be d samew thing i don dey talk since? were is d conflict?

I see sijien is gradually coming to terms with reality. Man mi, I believe you dey read all the things wey dey happen between OBJ and Atiku. I no get plenty time. Just read more, look between the lines and understand that this entity called Nigeria is a failed state.

Not exacly the same thing! None of these deputies fouyght in public, washed their dirty linen in public. Perhaps the Naija factor is the reason why both men seem to be commited to pursuing mutually assured destruction. Except, of course Obj has nothing to lose. He's the president, you see, and he had the element of surprise. either way, like chxta said, atiku is finished politically.
Um, Sijien u shouldn't take on Nutter by yourself, not sure if you have the stayin power of Chxta  . Even i am not too keen on sparring with him (from past experience)!
Maybe if you plead for mercy he'll spare you? 

@Nutter
U met up with Chxta yet? Havent heard from him for 2 days so i fear you might have made good your threat of throttling him 

My guy, the burden of proof is on you, if you truly disagree with my assertion.

If you do show why your assertion should be considered true and humane, I will prove that your point is inhuman, barbaric, oppresive and most unfortunately, the best manifestation of slavery. I will prove that it a gross human right abuse and therefore illegal and against the spirit of conventions and international laws to which Nigeria is willingly subscribed.

Over to you. I am waiting.

We're a Federal Republic so every juridisction in Nigeria is under the rule of the FG. Whatever resources are located in your region belongs to the FG by law and it is upto them to give you certain shares of the revenue for nothing other than the fact that it's on your people's ancestral land (which I think is a stupid thing anyway). Every Nigerian can lay a rightful and honest claim to that land in the Niger Delta according to the law and depriving them of that is depriving them of their rights as Nigerians.

You don't need to come to Warri in order to see that things are not going well in NIGERIA. There is deterioration in every region of the nation and it isn't only isolated to Warri. By the way, you guys get the lion's share of the oil revenue and what do you have to show for it?, Alameiseigha being caught with $2million and $15million being seized from Goodluck's wife. Your problem lies with your own local Government in the Niger Delta and not with the FG. The FG has done what it can by providing you guys with funds (at the expense of other regions mind you) and it is time to hold your Governments responsible to see that they use the funds to make your lives better.

The FRN cannot give all of it's oil revenues to one corrupt region who use the funds that is being given to them to recruit militias in order to get more. They need it for other impoverished regions in the nation which from my estimate is the rest of the nation. Do you my friend suggest that we neglect all other parts of Nigeria and transfer every fund to the Niger Delta?, I don't spead for the FG or any other person with the exception of myself. Hold your Governments responsible and stop giving the rest of the country headaches, we don't have enough money to feed talk less of buying paracetamol.

The oil belongs to Nigerians and not to Niger Deltans so I advice you guys to work towards a better Government in your states so that the funds being allocated to you can bear fruits.

And what does the Niger Delta ontribute to the development of petroleum resources? Most of the E & P comapnies in Nigeria are multinationals, and the other ones eg Orient Petroleum is not owned by Naija Deltans.

I appreciate your points about the Cocoa and Groundnut days, but i sincerely believe the present derivation you guys get from the crude is enough for your needs. Asking for more means more money in the pockets of the Governors.

between, other governors that steal and aren't from the south-south shouldnt be your concern. they do not share your cause, are ot from your region and thus have not betrayed you. Focus light on the South-south governors who are stealing you guys blind. they are the ones who are betraying you all,a nd they are the ones who must be dealt with or made to see reason

What do you mean by that?, The Niger Delta receive the majority of oil revenues compared to their population and land mass. What more do you expect the FG to do?

where them dey? shut up ke??

It IS our business. The money was handed over to them by the FG, in trust for the people of the Niger Delta. If s a result of their thieving ways the region becomes dissatisfied and restive, then it impacts negatively on the whole of Nigeria.
In the US, every land owner is entitled to much of what is present on and below the ground. But how many countries carry out that practice? let's call a spade a spade, the oil belongs to Nigeria. however, due to the fact that the oil is found in the Niger Delta regions, and the fact that exploiting this crude is injurious to the environment and livelihood of the people, adequate compensation and development should be given to the people. In that, we are in accord.
Mr Ono, please note that i have never come out agreeing with the topic under discussion. i do not agree that the south-south should shut up. but yo umust understand that there's no point advocating the break up of Nigeria, which has not failed yet, as far as i'm concerned. Let us focus on more efficient ways for the moneys released by the FG to filter down to the common people of the soouth -south.
You say you are at war. then why spare your governors just because of your kinship to them? As far as i'm concerned, these men should be the first to feel your wrath.
don't forget that it was the policy of oil companies to give money to chiefs and not the needy people of the region that contributed to so much unrest and injustice.

Wetin I do? Abi you like as Okumagba Avenue dey so? You don travel get accident on the East-West road before because of potholes? Somebody dey talk say problems dey everywhere. How I wish he'll get some portions of the sufferings of the Niger Delta people. Yeye people. Their own na to dey monitor all the oil production at the Flow stations and Terminals, and how much dey enter their pockets. I no wan pray bad prayer. I for say make God punish all of them and their generations after them.

@Texazz,
Why won't I spare my governors? Someone said the searchlight is on ND governors only. I say they should beam their searchlights on their governors too. Besides, these governors on a good day (if they were properly elected by our people) would obey the wishes of our people. They are handicapped by the fact that the king kong at the helm of affairs is not really transparency-conscious as he wants us to believe. He's rogue personified. At least his deputy has told us that much with concrete evidence. So, why should I accuse ''my'' governors? King kong taught them how to steal.

As per focusing on how money will get to the folks at the bottom of the food chain, I suggest you let that be a national issue. Under normal conditions (temperature and pressure) the average Niger Deltan should be living large like a Saudi Prince. This is what the other ethnic groups are afraid of. That is why they set up draconian decrees and other methods of stealing us blind.

Well, I want to tell them that their time is up. And the sooner they realise this and go back to palmwine tapping, cocoa farming, cassava planting, cocoyam grating, groundnut pyramids ''building'', and other juicy jobs which they've neglected over the years because of raw oil, the better for their children yet unborn.

Why don't you shut up?!
Or try telling us what you would have done he you were a Niger-deltan.
If your resources enriches the whole country while you live in penury?
Please lets be fair!

In the days when Tin from Jos and Coal from Enugu earned Nigeria much revenue, how much of the money from these places did Nigeria use in developing Itsekiri land - where you claimed you came from? Gold is found in commercial quantities at Ilesha. How much of gold money have they used in helping the Niger Delta people?