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Is This Democracy Or Cheating?? by melodyogonna(m): 7:04pm On Mar 07, 2017
NIGERIA IS TRULY FINISHED-RADIO BIAFRA/IPOB HAS BROKEN THE BRITISH BONDAGE ON THE REASONING CAPACITY OF SOME PEOPLE

Read this scorcher from an Ijaw woman

INJUSTICE OF REVENUE ALLOCATION IN NIGERIA (1)
By Ann-kio Briggs

North Central recieves 20%
CONTRIBUTES. 0.00%

North East recieves. 16%
CONTRIBUTES. 0.00%

North West recieves. 21%
CONTRIBUTES. 0.00%

Every month the 19 Northern states recieves a minimum of 57% of 100% revenue to which they CONTRIBUTE 0.00%.

South West Recieves. 16%
CONTRIBUTES. 3.97%

South East. Recieves. 11.00%
CONTRIBUTES. 2.07%

South South Recieves. 15.00%
CONTRIBUTES. 91.64%

NIGERIA has 774 Local Government Areas

Northern Nigeria has 19 States, the 19 States has 419 Local Government Areas

Southern Nigeria has been 17 states the 17 states has 357 Local Government Areas

Working with the data from the office of the Accountant General as published by the Ministry of Finance (2013 April), the 357 Local Government Areas of the 17 southern states recieve 45.1% of what they contribute a 100%

The 419 Local Government Areas of the 19 Northern states recieves 54.9% of what they contribute 0.00%

No grammar will take away the fact that l am talking of equity and justice. The South of Nigeria particularly the Niger Delta has over loved the North, and they don't appreciate it. We must now love our selves, our children and their future and region 200%.

Some Niger Delta people may think it is politically correct to continue to give to a system and people that will never give to us, and even consider us fools for giving. I refuse to be politically correct, if it means sacrificing Niger Delta.

How dare someone who brings nothing and takes more than me who brings 100% ask me what l am doing with the little that he did not steal.

THE INJUSTICE OF REVENUE ALLOCATION IN NIGERIA (2)
By Ann-kio Briggs

I am happy that l shared the facts of revenue sharing a week or so ago. I am regretful that l did not share it earlier than this.

I am ready to take on anyone, be they politicians or individuals on the facts. The freedom of information bill compels the FG to give Nigerians the monthly expenditure of oil and gas revenue.

How much does FederalGovernment owe the NDDC.? How much does the Federal Government owe the Ministry of Niger Delta? How much does the Federal Government owing the Amnesty program? How much does the Federal Government owe the oil and gas producing states?

I call on the oil and gas producing states, and the communities to educate themselves on the FACTS AND LIES ON THE CLAIMS THAT EXPLORATION OF OIL AND GAS IN THE NIGER DELTA WAS CARRIED OUT BY USING NORTHERN RESOURCES.
This claim is divisive and a lie, and will continue to fuel the anger that will continue to hold up our needs to agitate for 101% ownership and control of our God given resources.

As long as people from the North continue to feed these lies to themselves and the rest of Nigeria we in the Niger Delta will not step down from our agitation for ownership and control of our resources.

These claims are lies, they insult and assault us as a people and region, that has made sacrifices the beneficiaries of our natural resources will never make. If some foolish and ignorant Niger Delta people are willing to sell their birth rights the majority of us are not. If the greedy amongst us are willing to be beggars for what is our own, the majority that have been denied and impoverished for over 50 years, are no longer willing to accept these assaults.
FACTS OF FACTS ABOUT THE FUNDING OF OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION IN THE NIGER DELTA.

The first and unsuccessful exploration for oil was in 1908 by Nigeria Bitumen Coy. & British Colonial Petroleum around Okitipupa. (Before Amalgamation ).

In 1938 Shell D'Arcy was granted exploration licence to explore for oil.

In 1955, Mobil Oil Corporation started oil exploration in the Niger Delta.

In 1956 Shell BP (formerly Shell D'Arcy) at that time the only concessionaire finally STRUCK oil at Oloibiri in COMMERCIAL quantity, after over 50 yrs of exploration.

There are figures sourced from *Carland 1985, (colonial office and Nigeria (1898-1914) and annual report of the colonies.
*Northern Nigeria 1904 and annual report of the colonies
Northern Nigeria 1906 -1907 to support my claims and l will only respond to people who have cross checked or have superior facts to counter mine.

I don't deal with propaganda or lies. These are my facts bring yours. Nigeria of Southern and Northern protectorate were amalgamated for the simple economic reason that the colonial British government was running the North on deficit as the expenditure in the North was more than its revenue. While the revenue in the South was more than its expenditure.
(And these facts are not about people who are bankers or good with figures it is about facts.)

Therefore unless the North of Nigeria were oil prospecting partners with the Nigeria Bitumen Coy. & British Colonial Petroleum in 1908,
Shell D'Arcy in 1938
Mobil Oil Corporation in 1955 and Shell BP in 1956 it never used it's groundnut money in our Niger Delta

If the people of the North or the government of Northern Nigeria were not partners or shareholders in these private investment companies how on earth did money from groundnut and hides and skins used to explore for oil and gas.?

The attempts to change the economic history of Nigeria to justify the injustice of looting the resources from NigerDelta to share amongst a few is not acceptable. The greed of a few to use the Nigeria state to continue to benefit maxzimally from the Niger Delta wealth while denying the rightful owners even the 50% they enjoyed in the days of groundnut and cocoa is no longer acceptable to the people of the Niger Delta.

No amount of twisting, turning, threats, blackmail, and lies will stop our calls for equity and justice.

It was in 1973, 3 years after the civil war, the genocidal war against the Igbos, that the First Participation Agreement (FPA) saw the Federal Government's acquisition of 35% shares in the oil companies. In 1974 the Second Participation Agreement (SPA) the FG equity was increased to 55%.

MY QUESTION. ON BEHALF OF MY PEOPLE AND REGION TO THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTH TO TELL US THE OWNERS AND IMPOVERISHED PEOPLE OF NIGER DELTA HOW THEIR GROUNDNUT PROCEEDS WAS USED TO FUND OIL PROSPECTING AND OPERATIONS IN MY NIGER DELTA.

We maintain that it is possible for Nigeria to remain a Country, but we must first sit down and agree on a fresh agreement that we will all submit our demands and conditions to if we agree then we agree, if we disagree then we disagree.

But we are no longer prepared to give away the future of our grand children and their children. Surely this is the least that even the North will ask for or demand, if the oil and gas was on and in their land.

THE NORTH DID NOT AND HAVE NEVER USED THEIR GROUNDNUT OIL MONEY IN THE NIGER DELTA TO PROSPECT FOR OIL AND GAS OR ANY OTHER NATURAL RESOURCE PROSPECTING.

ANNKIO BRIGGS
DAUGHTER AND SERVANT OF THE NIGER DELTA.

#Referendum

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Re: Is This Democracy Or Cheating?? by okenwa(m): 7:06pm On Mar 07, 2017
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Re: Is This Democracy Or Cheating?? by Jozavic(m): 7:10pm On Mar 07, 2017
I chuckle at Northern Nigeria 419 local government grin

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Re: Is This Democracy Or Cheating?? by naijaking1: 7:12pm On Mar 07, 2017
@ poster
Watch out. Soon somebody will call you biafran.
Re: Is This Democracy Or Cheating?? by jieta: 7:35pm On Mar 07, 2017
this is what we know how to do best we southerners write different epistles while the illiterate north do the needful.


i believe each state have senators what is there duties. this are issues that should be table at the floor of the senate rather our senators are there fighting there self.

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Re: Is This Democracy Or Cheating?? by naijaking1: 7:42pm On Mar 07, 2017
jieta:
this is what we know how to do best we southerners write different epistles while the illiterate north do the needful.


i believe each state have senators what is there duties. this are issues that should be table at the floor of the senate rather our senators are there fighting there self.

If you are a southerner which I doubt unless a Yoruba muslim, I would say that you lack understanding of the issue.
It's not what our senators do, but if all groups are equally represented. A situation where NC has 7 states or 21 senators is not equally represented as SE with states or 15 senators.
Do you understand why you need to know the senators don't equally represent us?

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Re: Is This Democracy Or Cheating?? by jieta: 10:42pm On Mar 07, 2017
naijaking1:


If you are a southerner which I doubt unless a Yoruba muslim, I would say that you lack understanding of the issue.
It's not what our senators do, but if all groups are equally represented. A situation where NC has 7 states or 21 senators is not equally represented as SE with states or 15 senators.
Do you understand why you need to know the senators don't equally represent us?
am a southerner and am not a Muslim. we may understand issues from different perspective.


i don't understand what you mean on ur second paragraph. pls tel me i want to know.ur last paragraph?
Re: Is This Democracy Or Cheating?? by babyfaceafrica: 11:03pm On Mar 07, 2017
Lolz...
Re: Is This Democracy Or Cheating?? by babyfaceafrica: 11:03pm On Mar 07, 2017
naijaking1:


If you are a southerner which I doubt unless a Yoruba muslim, I would say that you lack understanding of the issue.
It's not what our senators do, but if all groups are equally represented. A situation where NC has 7 states or 21 senators is not equally represented as SE with states or 15 senators.
Do you understand why you need to know the senators don't equally represent us?
so anybody who disagrees with you must be a Yoruba Muslim?....smh
Re: Is This Democracy Or Cheating?? by Almaiga: 12:04am On Mar 08, 2017
See painment. When your brother GEJ was there why didn't he do nothing about it? Or was Obasanjo also from North? Quit wailling and face the reality.

Re: Is This Democracy Or Cheating?? by timecapsule: 1:07am On Mar 08, 2017
NORTHERN STATES are nothing but parasite that believe they cannot survive if they live alone.
19 northern states =419 local governments;- mean 4-1-9 people, using the local government to milk the south dry.
If they like this nation to be one as they always claim, there is CON-FAB to upgrade us to a better level (like changing for analog to digital).

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Re: Is This Democracy Or Cheating?? by naijaking1: 4:44am On Mar 08, 2017
jieta:
am a southerner and am not a Muslim. we may understand issues from different perspective.


i don't understand what you mean on ur second paragraph. pls tel me i want to know.ur last paragraph?

That's why I suggested that you're a Yoruba muslim, because their modus operandi is divert attention and change topics to issues that expose such basic common sense inequality like not knowing that in a senate dominated by one group at the detriment of the others, things will never move on democratic principles. Or better put, do you not understand that 21 senators are not equal to 15 senators?
Re: Is This Democracy Or Cheating?? by ican2020: 6:09am On Mar 08, 2017
Cheating
Re: Is This Democracy Or Cheating?? by durangokid: 7:53am On Mar 08, 2017
Jozavic:
I chuckle at Northern Nigeria 419 local government grin
So my brother you saw that too, thus shows it was a long time game played played against the south

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Re: Is This Democracy Or Cheating?? by melodyogonna(m): 2:00pm On Mar 08, 2017
naijaking1:
@ poster Watch out. Soon somebody will call you biafran.
ofcause am a biafran
Re: Is This Democracy Or Cheating?? by Nobody: 2:14pm On Mar 08, 2017
I believe resource control, secession etc can only be achieved from the national assembly. Representatives are voted for every 4 years , agitators should focus on mobilizing for candidates that not only support the agitation but a believer in it. A candidate that when other are fighting for principal post and constituency allowance he is mobilizing for support of the agitation. Unfortunately, people will still end up voting former govs, and national party leaders to rep them...

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