kabrud:


Pls what have ur people contributed?
Note; don't mention oil cos u don't cultivate it. It is a natural deposit belonging to Nigeria, not any man's handwork.
By the time u mention what u have contributed, we can talk about the parasites and hosts, but if u can't then stfu.

greatgod2012:
Is this necessary



There is already religious and tribal war on ground and now the FG want to pour more fuel on the war

sarrki:



That's true

It will settle a lot of internal wrangling among Nigerians

vingeophysicist:
[s]really I don't blame u, I only blame lugard. If not ur life will be like that of Niger and Senegalese citizen where poverty has stricken them. You said natural resources bah but have considered the devastating effect drilling causes to our land. We can't farm but yet government only extract it to feed the north and allow us the Niger delta to wallow in poverty. Develop our place like Abuja, the government refuse, Don't worry we will frustrate buhari out of office if at all he has not died from our disturbance .The pipe will explode daily, south east youth will demonstrate as often as possible till that frustrated mallam called buhari bows out. We must be in control of our land and destiny[/s].

kabrud:


In the whole of this rubbish, I have not seen where u mentioned ur contribution.
Effects of oil exploration?
NDDC
Min of ND
Derivation fund
Amnesty programme etc
All these are for the development of the north, right?
And the good thing is that all these intervention programmes are headed by ur ndeltans. So?
Continue bombing the pipelines, but stop complaining about the state of the economy.
May be those bombings will Buhari's family from taking their breakfast/lunch/dinner etc.

kropotkin2:
Including religion and ethnicity in the count that ordinarily should be there, is a very dangerous idea in the reality of today's Nigerian context. It would would most certainly lead to the gross falsification of numbers to the disadvantage of minority groups

EmoBoy:
Not important.

middlebelter:

I disagree with you. We are in a technology age. Every body knows how important the exercise is so all tribes in this country have got to take it very seriously. Indeed international monitors should be invited because it is really very sensitive. Let us confront our fair once.

RockHard:
This is a welcome development that will settle a lot of questions. Hopefully they won't politicize and bungle this one as well with fabricated/cooked-up figures in the end.

Gentlebabs:
Dear Nairalanders, This Census will reveal a lot. Check our this Youtube Video where I went to represent all Nairalanders on TVC on the 1st of this month.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9N0z75_86g

I shall be going there again, what would you like me to tell them, pass on.

Feel free to comment on the video.

I am,

Yours truly,

Nairalander.

kropotkin2:
Including religion and ethnicity in the count that ordinarily should be there, is a very dangerous idea in the reality of today's Nigerian context. It would would most certainly lead to the gross falsification of numbers to the disadvantage of minority groups

basilo102:
Festus Odimegwu was sacked because of this, this new guy should be careful, I prefer state of origin than ethnicity and religion. Since state of origin is constitutional in nigeria it should be captured on the census and Federal allocation should be based on it

monex:


exactly. at a time when we need a sense of nationalism more than ever, Govt plans to do an religion/ethnicity census.

The question will be what the information will be used for and then the falsification will begin.

As a last resort approach, I even pray that future generations are only able to speak english and can only trace their roots to their state of birth/location rather than parents origin in order to solve this tribalism in Nigeria.

vingeophysicist:
but at least is affecting his health.i don't have ur time.

middlebelter:
The census should include biometric data capturing, BVN number for those that have bank account, HAUSA SHOULD BE SEPARATED FROM FULANIS, let's us know the population of Hausa and the population of Fulanis, they may be all Muslim, that's is OK.

If possible let all the people without national ID indicate if in the census and be captured. A thorough census will The help us immensely to eliminate many atrocities in this society, it will help in effective planning and if backed with biometric data capture, will minimise terrorism, kidnapping, robbery etc. Please lets add our voice to encourage NPC to capture as much information as possible.

asha80:
nationalism isn't forced but nutured...your last sentence is wishful thinking as it will not happen in the next 100 yrs

Nowenuse:


Nationalism indeed can be forced. Go and learn how it was done in Tanzania.
Tanzania has succeeded in Swahili-nizing all it's people and most of them have abandoned their tribal and native languages and become native swahili speakers.
Tribal languages are banned in Tanzania. They cannot be used or broadcasted publicly and thr Tanzanian govt made sure to deploy people to work away from their own hometowns in order to force them to live with each other, speaking only Swahili which is the official language.

LoveMachine:
The results are gonna be so interesting. This will end so many debates. Can't wait.