Uncanny Genius: Who the hell is the thief called Bill Gates? He's not god and we can do without him. The satanic United States should mind their business. Oga at the top is working, don't disturb.

Basic: If he has other reasons for changing his mind, he should come out straight and not hide under the US government's disappointment over Alameseigha's pardon?
For crying out loud, what's the correlation between healthcare grants/donations and political matters? Does he have ulterior motives?
To the blazes with Bill Gates and his "assistance". He's not bigger than our country. And we don't need him.
Nigeria has been existing before Bill Gates, and will continue to exist after him. We've been getting grants before his, and we'll surely get grants if he withdraws his.
Who send Bill Gates sef? Who send am?

brainpulse:

You are a hypocrite for this post of yours. Tell me, will you continue to give assistance or give funds to your gate-man when he comes calling, when you had just discovered that his savings were spent on alcohol, gambling and patronizing prostitutes, without catering for the purpose of intents for the funds?
And you won’t question or show displeasure on the way he had squandered his funds, knowing fully well that this will indirectly affect his state of mind and attitude to his primary duties?

Funds or not this is a highly moral issue that every right thinking Nigerian should frown at, at any forum where this issue is discussed. Also from the role of a brother or neighbor I see nothing wrong for US’s advice or displeasure on this issue.

An African provide says: When a neighbor is eating cockroach, if not warned, the resultant repercussion will definitely affect you.

Everyone here knows that every and anytime the federal government releases funds 90% are released to private pockets and no system to trace this funds or not even bothered about the negative volcanic effects on the citizen in all sectors. And as silly as we can be we display our dirty linen outside arrogantly and proudly in all immoral sense and also argue foolishly at glaring display of the government arrogant incompetence thinking majority of Nigerians are knowledge starved.

Katsumoto:
The decision to donate millions to strangers is not an easy one. After all Nigerian billionaires don't donate to worthy causes. They are more interested in donating to PDP causes and OBJ library projects. After a man has made a decision to donate, he then picks a cause close to his heart. For instance, Robert Wilson, an Atheist, gives millions to the New York Catholic Education district. That is why you can not tell Gates what causes to donate to. It is the duty of administrators to balance what they have against what they don't have. An administrator will look at the overall value of the donation and then purpose its budget and spending for a particular period. For instance, if your health tab is picked up by 2 billionaires, you can then dedicate your energy to education and social care.

I hear your criticism of Gates efforts but I am yet to hear your solutions with regards to how Africa meets its dietary needs in the long term future. What ever your opinion is about Eugenics, it is a solution that is intended to deal with health and dietary problems of the future. Like I stated previously, I want your solution to the question I posed - What solutions do you propose to deal with Africa's future dietary and food needs considering a) it is heavily dependent on wasting assets and refuses to embrace the required industrialization
b) continuing hunger and poverty in Africa despite record revenues from natural resources

You must also proffer pragmatic implementation strategy and tactics. Gates is doing is bit.

emmabeejay: Why are pple on Nairaland soooo dumb... Gates was not coming to show off his money or anything, he was coming to help in polio eradication; which by d way, is why he had abandoned his position @microsoft, to use his own hard earned money in helping young children's health all over the world. Why not give a little credit to that and face the real deal here. This is a country where leaders steal pple's money without any sweat, and still get away with it. lets face the reality, we really need help, considering he fact that the people that are being rubbed don't even know it, bc
os if you guyz know what exactly you're loosing by being in a wealthy country by nature, but poor in every other things all because of some losers acting as a leader.
WISE UP GUYZ, & LETS TALK ABOUT WHAT THE REAL PROBLEM IS

inufele2:

so sad your comprehension skills is abysmally poor, you can't understand simple sarcasm? Too bad!

shymexx:

Don't you think you're actually the dumb one here?? Some of you need to read more and understand how the world works and how America use of its powerful and universally acclaimed citizens for its malicious intentions... The same way they're using Bill Gates for whatever their plan is in Africa, is what the they're trying to use Mark Zuckerberg and google for in China - everything isn't just black or white - it's deeper than "rap." I don't expect you to understand the motives beneath all the superficial polio nonsense...

Polio used to be the boogeyman, then it changed to malaria, then to feeding Africa, then to global warming, and now it's back to polio... What's the next boogeyman going to be

He donated $28billion to charity, yet he's still worth $61billion - and there's been no improvements in the lives of the people... Where's the billions of dollars donated to Haiti What happened to the trillions of dollars we all have been donating to UNICEF, Red Cross etc.(I can't keep up with the names anymore) Because the last time I checked, Africa hasn't improved - it just looks like a we're all pouring water into a basket... Which means something is definitely wrong somewhere....

As an African and a proud one, I'm tired of all this fvckery, and everyone labelling "us" the parasites of the world, the nutcase of the world, the dark continent, and the continent that'll always remain the same no matter how much they splash on it... It's high time they stopped playing us for dyckheads in the media with lousy aids and donations - and leave us the fvck alone if they can't actually do what everyone knows would take Africa to the next level... Tired of hand-outs!!

Tell him to stay in America and help them over there... God knows millions of Americans need his help... Next thing, 50cent would be on the plane to the remotest village in Africa telling us he's trying to feed everyone out there - GTFOHWTBS!!

emmabeejay: Why are pple on Nairaland soooo dumb... Gates was not coming to show off his money or anything, he was coming to help in polio eradication; which by d way, is why he had abandoned his position @microsoft, to use his own hard earned money in helping young children's health all over the world. Why not give a little credit to that and face the real deal here. This is a country where leaders steal pple's money without any sweat, and still get away with it. lets face the reality, we really need help, considering he fact that the people that are being rubbed don't even know it, bc
os if you guyz know what exactly you're loosing by being in a wealthy country by nature, but poor in every other things all because of some losers acting as a leader.
WISE UP GUYZ, & LETS TALK ABOUT WHAT THE REAL PROBLEM IS

Billyonaire: So in Essence, the Gate's Foundation aid Project was conditional and not charitable. It was not Charity geared towards the cause of the poor, but another strategy by US government to seduce Nigeria Government to doing their bidding. To hell with such Greek's Horse. I implore the Federal Government to release $700m in a single batch to the Health Sector to continue with the Polio programme. Charity and aid are supposed to be granted freely without political ties. Nigeria is not the 53rd State of USA. We are sovereign, we can afford $700m, to hell with Noe-Colonialist, World Policing, Mrs America.

honeric01: dis is one of d reasons dis country

Will neva progress ....making fun of issues we ought to tackle seriously...with people
Like Dis I hear for d future of dis country









LOL, these ones sef na literates/educated people o. . common sarcasm is hard for you people to understand?

shymexx:

Don't you think you're actually the dumb one here?? Some of you need to read more and understand how the world works and how America use of its powerful and universally acclaimed citizens for its malicious intentions... The same way they're using Bill Gates for whatever their plan is in Africa, is what the they're trying to use Mark Zuckerberg and google for in China - everything isn't just black or white - it's deeper than "rap." I don't expect you to understand the motives beneath all the superficial polio nonsense...

Polio used to be the boogeyman, then it changed to malaria, then to feeding Africa, then to global warming, and now it's back to polio... What's the next boogeyman going to be

He donated $28billion to charity, yet he's still worth $61billion - and there's been no improvements in the lives of the people... Where's the billions of dollars donated to Haiti What happened to the trillions of dollars we all have been donating to UNICEF, Red Cross etc.(I can't keep up with the names anymore) Because the last time I checked, Africa hasn't improved - it just looks like a we're all pouring water into a basket... Which means something is definitely wrong somewhere....

As an African and a proud one, I'm tired of all this fvckery, and everyone labelling "us" the parasites of the world, the nutcase of the world, the dark continent, and the continent that'll always remain the same no matter how much they splash on it... It's high time they stopped playing us for dyckheads in the media with lousy aids and donations - and leave us the fvck alone if they can't actually do what everyone knows would take Africa to the next level... Tired of hand-outs!!

Tell him to stay in America and help them over there... God knows millions of Americans need his help... Next thing, 50cent would be on the plane to the remotest village in Africa telling us he's trying to feed everyone out there - GTFOHWTBS!!

naptu2: (Joking). GEJ should do an "Abacha". We don't need Bill Gates, we don't need the US. We've got North Korea and China.

ylaa: OF WHAT USE WAS HIS COMING ANYWAY? LET HIM NOT COME, HE WAS NOT WELCOME IN THE FIRST PLACE. MAKE HIM GO WITH HIM ANTI-CHRIST PRESIDO. BILL KO GATE NI. ASKO. RUBBISH.

shymexx:

Don't you think you're actually the dumb one here?? Some of you need to read more and understand how the world works and how America use of its powerful and universally acclaimed citizens for its malicious intentions... The same way they're using Bill Gates for whatever their plan is in Africa, is what the they're trying to use Mark Zuckerberg and google for in China - everything isn't just black or white - it's deeper than "rap." I don't expect you to understand the motives beneath all the superficial polio nonsense...

Polio used to be the boogeyman, then it changed to malaria, then to feeding Africa, then to global warming, and now it's back to polio... What's the next boogeyman going to be

He donated $28billion to charity, yet he's still worth $61billion - and there's been no improvements in the lives of the people... Where's the billions of dollars donated to Haiti What happened to the trillions of dollars we all have been donating to UNICEF, Red Cross etc.(I can't keep up with the names anymore) Because the last time I checked, Africa hasn't improved - it just looks like a we're all pouring water into a basket... Which means something is definitely wrong somewhere....

As an African and a proud one, I'm tired of all this fvckery, and everyone labelling "us" the parasites of the world, the nutcase of the world, the dark continent, and the continent that'll always remain the same no matter how much they splash on it... It's high time they stopped playing us for dyckheads in the media with lousy aids and donations - and leave us the fvck alone if they can't actually do what everyone knows would take Africa to the next level... Tired of hand-outs!!

Tell him to stay in America and help them over there... God knows millions of Americans need his help... Next thing, 50cent would be on the plane to the remotest village in Africa telling us he's trying to feed everyone out there - GTFOHWTBS!!

shymexx:

Don't you think you're actually the dumb one here?? Some of you need to read more and understand how the world works and how America use of its powerful and universally acclaimed citizens for its malicious intentions... The same way they're using Bill Gates for whatever their plan is in Africa, is what the they're trying to use Mark Zuckerberg and google for in China - everything isn't just black or white - it's deeper than "rap." I don't expect you to understand the motives beneath all the superficial polio nonsense...

Polio used to be the boogeyman, then it changed to malaria, then to feeding Africa, then to global warming, and now it's back to polio... What's the next boogeyman going to be

He donated $28billion to charity, yet he's still worth $61billion - and there's been no improvements in the lives of the people... Where's the billions of dollars donated to Haiti What happened to the trillions of dollars we all have been donating to UNICEF, Red Cross etc.(I can't keep up with the names anymore) Because the last time I checked, Africa hasn't improved - it just looks like a we're all pouring water into a basket... Which means something is definitely wrong somewhere....

As an African and a proud one, I'm tired of all this fvckery, and everyone labelling "us" the parasites of the world, the nutcase of the world, the dark continent, and the continent that'll always remain the same no matter how much they splash on it... It's high time they stopped playing us for dyckheads in the media with lousy aids and donations - and leave us the fvck alone if they can't actually do what everyone knows would take Africa to the next level... Tired of hand-outs!!

Tell him to stay in America and help them over there... God knows millions of Americans need his help... Next thing, 50cent would be on the plane to the remotest village in Africa telling us he's trying to feed everyone out there - GTFOHWTBS!!

senbonzakura_kageyoshi:

you, my friend, need to go to school.




bros, you need to chill out. Sure, I admit that some of us are tired of seeing Africa being labelled as the poor continent were all we need is aid from the west. but are we all really tired of it? take a peek at some of the comments on this thread, defending the pardon of someone who is still wanted abroad for money laundering. what does that tell you? does it sound like what people tired of being perenially labelled as the leeches of the world should be saying?

okay, let us for the sake of conjecture, ask Bill Gates and all other people and organisations sending aid down to Nigeria to stuff it, what happens? You think your government would suddenly sit up to its responsibilites and start doing what it should? Your government doesn't care about you, so if these people withold their aid, things WILL become worse for us! as long as people on Nairaland keep defending the indefensible acts of a corrupt set of people, Nigeria will continue to NEED aid! Polio has virtually been eradicated in Nigeria sef...but for our Northern brothers holding us back. Think all that work was government effort?

besides, be careful about making gross generalizations, carpet statements and wrong conjectures. can you prove that what the gates foundation sends to Nigeria are expired vaccines? just because you don't like the idea of Nigeria being on the receiving end of handouts doesn't mean you start making accusations you yourself cannot conclusively prove. giving a dog a bad name just to hang it doesn't work in modern society (except Nigeria, anyways) so please. You're a smart fellow. Keep to making smart comments you can totally back with conclusive proof.

my word for now.

naptu2: (Joking). GEJ should do an "Abacha". We don't need Bill Gates, we don't need the US. We've got North Korea and China.

senbonzakura_kageyoshi:

you, my friend, need to go to school.




bros, you need to chill out. Sure, I admit that some of us are tired of seeing Africa being labelled as the poor continent were all we need is aid from the west. but are we all really tired of it? take a peek at some of the comments on this thread, defending the pardon of someone who is still wanted abroad for money laundering. what does that tell you? does it sound like what people tired of being perenially labelled as the leeches of the world should be saying?

okay, let us for the sake of conjecture, ask Bill Gates and all other people and organisations sending aid down to Nigeria to stuff it, what happens? You think your government would suddenly sit up to its responsibilites and start doing what it should? Your government doesn't care about you, so if these people withold their aid, things WILL become worse for us! as long as people on Nairaland keep defending the indefensible acts of a corrupt set of people, Nigeria will continue to NEED aid! Polio has virtually been eradicated in Nigeria sef...but for our Northern brothers holding us back. Think all that work was government effort?

besides, be careful about making gross generalizations, carpet statements and wrong conjectures. can you prove that what the gates foundation sends to Nigeria are expired vaccines? just because you don't like the idea of Nigeria being on the receiving end of handouts doesn't mean you start making accusations you yourself cannot conclusively prove. giving a dog a bad name just to hang it doesn't work in modern society (except Nigeria, anyways) so please. You're a smart fellow. Keep to making smart comments you can totally back with conclusive proof.

my word for now.

strangest: mtschewww no be to market microsoft softwares imm dey come for? this is absolutely nonsense, imagine if we boycott microsoft softwares just because US went to war in Iraq.... Nonsense... mtschewww

ideylaff:

@ obi123 mt brother leave the ignorant to be making noise , that what NL is all about these days. once they have a device with internet connection they pass comments like this.... Saying Dangote money is enuff for them

Do they know about this at all http://givingpledge.org/

"The Giving Pledge is a commitment by the world's wealthiest individuals and families to dedicate the majority of their wealth to philanthropy."


http://sherwoodisc2006.arnit.net/the-art-of-giving.html



Has Dangote committed to this at @ all... NO only 2 Africans have so far

Lets give credit to whome credit is due... Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and co deserve nothing but praise

Our own Billionaire carry their money and take outside of the country, donate 1 small amount and make so much noise about it in the Press

Bill gates has bn silently working for years.... Ignorant people need to read more b4 posting rubbish like @we dont need him" Mike Adenugas money and Dangotes money is good enuff for us....

I weep for Nigeria and the future generation. Damn

WHAT ROCK DID THIS DUDE CRAWL UP UNDER FROM

THE BOLD PART ABOVE..TELLS ME U R VERY IGNORANT OF THE WORLD WE LIVE IN..

DANGOTE IS MORE RELEVANT TO AFRICA THAN BILL GATES OR WAREEN BUFFET WILL EVER BE...!

jbon: america has no moral right to be angry over nigeria decision to forgive her crimial when they the america has legalized abortion thereby wasting milloins of lives annually through abortion and even approving gay maariage which the worst immorality of our time. what did bill gate do when his country sent soldiers to kill millions of iraqis without finding single weapon of mass distructions? these appetheid people have come with indirect way to colonise our country and they must be resisted. to hell with billgate and his money

all4naija: Shhhhhhhh! How that justify the state pardon clearly needs explanations.

toshmann:
it doesn't justify the pardon . . . . .
. . . . but it justifies america removing the log in their eyes before making a movie out of the speck in naija's eyes.

i live here, america is not the best in morality.

but anyway let's not change the topic . . . how is GEJ explaining this one now . .