₦airaland Forum

surgical:
The difference between igbokwe and Jude is that Jude contested and won elections in the process he reached out to a lot of and know a lot of people on the contrary igbokwe just know only the top echelon of the APC,he did not reach out to the grassroots as he did not need them for anything

You made a good point, Jude is a grass root politician. Igbokwe on the other hand drew lot of dislike to himself due to the insulting manner he speaks to his fellow Igbo people. He never reach out with humility. Even though Ben Akabueze was not know to an average Igbo man in Lagos but he commands respect better than Igbokwe who was always in the news. Bottom line, you don't fill yourself with arrogance and insult your people, at every opportunity and expect them to follow you. I wish all of them well in Lagos and APC. I don't care whichever party in power, all I want is the conducive environment where people can freely achieve the best of their potential, after all parties are just vehicle to achieve a certain goal, until we get to that point of party ideology, it's all about AGIP ( Any party in power).

rottencorpse:
1. House where Frederick Lugard Signed the Amalgamation of Northern & Southern Nigeria, now in Ruins with Overgown Weeds, at Zungeru, in Northern Nigeria.

4. Amalgamation Ceremony. Zungeru, January 3, 1914

3. Flora Louisa Shaw Lady Lugard (1852-1929)

4. Frederick Lugard’s Residence in Ikot Abasi L.G.A.

Are those national monuments not looking like the country? Very much dilapidated, abused and abandoned.

Another blood spilled. What a wasteful country, waste natural resources, waste human resources. Sick people every where, from the killing bandits, to fulani militia, to boko haram and to the armed forces. Kidnappers and ritualistic doing there own thing unhindered. Oh Nigeria.

zikter:
I don't know why this land in the east is so prone to erosion. If you physically look at it, it looks very strong but small rain and everything will change. Erosion control should be a top policy priority of the east governors with strong support from FG. People continue suffering this year in year out

Government in Nigeria is not proactive, be at state or federal level. In advance worlds, they convert their weakness to strength, while we simple resign to faith by not doing anything. Venice and Amsterdam developed a city on water which attract tourist across the world. We just have governments that lack capacity to create real infrastructural development. Yet you see government praise singer all over the places. Until we understand that politicians are our employees and one cardinal responsibility beyond obeying the laws, is to demand for accountability and to show our displeasure in a very civil way.

9jayes:
To be since where have Buhari and Osinbajo been?


COS seems to be the one running the affairs nowadays.


Btw, I buy Btc now at 450/$, cashApp at 400/$

Don't worry our rulers can rule from any where in the solar planet system so we were told. We can also take it further to from the grave.

Season of media congratulations from all quarters.

I lost hope in Nigeria and in the ability of our people to get it right as a nation. When is Nigeria going to have the change we all want, if we continue recycling old people who has used up their very productive years. Youths are the future they say, I guess the future is when they get to 75 year and above. While most of the developed world are shifting their leadership ideology to meet the current need of today, our people are still entrenched in putting this old people on seat that requires young and dynamic individuals. Can we have new persons in the like of the Soludos, Adeshina's, Iwealas and other fresh faces of the past governments, can't we get our people doing very well in the diaspora to come home and contribute something. It is easier for us to search out this people in the sporting world and make them represent the country but not in leadership.
As for Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, if president Bubu find him capable of contributing positively to his government so be it. It is difficult to get any Nigeria politician who has served in past administrations without baggage either in terms of financial corruption or moral bankruptcy.

HarunaWest:
See the problem with Nigeria. They so called people appointed, aren't they from Kaduna? Does religion of the person really matter?
The important thing is that they carry out their function properly. If they err, they should be sacked and replaced but that law doesn't hold forte in Nigeria. As far as am aware, there is calm in Kaduna politics today, they aren't complaining so I don't understand why Tonye is crying over spilt milk. I was in Kaduna recently and Elrufai is working whether you like it or not you can't hate the man. If the trusted people carrying out this developments are Muslims, so be it.

You mean graveyard peace, take way the threat of government and see how people will savagely turn to each other. I hope you will share this same sentiment when a Christian governor does the same in Kaduna. The Nigerian constitution prescribed a system that was believed will give Nigerians a sense of belonging in the country, but this present government is rubbishing it.

Slawormir:
You must be a real niggarrr. I owe you some weed

Read that article before you comment niggarrr
It was a training exercise
Don't underrate Iran
They can fuckkk America up
Even if America win he go be manage and body go tell America people

Let them try nonsense and get the result from US. They should be careful before America uses them as testing ground for their new inventions. Trump is not Obama.

Marrying from same tribe is good because it saves from lot of language and cultural problems. However it does not guarantee you peace. What everyone looks for in marriage is a partner to grow old with in peace. If the love shared by you both is strong and you are both convinced to overcome all the differences that comes with inter-tribal marriage so go ahead.
Is she your friend.
Does the lady share in your dreams and aspirations?
Is she tribal biased?
Do you share same religious inclination?
Are you very cultural and traditionally inclined?

Times will come when language and cultural difference may come in but you will need wisdom to overcome. Note that both of you will need to shift grounds on some issues.
Most importantly pray over it for God's direction

StreetFight:
While Wike Nyesom of Rivers State demolished hotels without getting to Court. That's a take of two governors. Now, imagine Rivers miscreants and jobless militants comparing themselves to Omoloabis.

Rivers and Lagos are not the same, laws and practices is based on the environment. That is why some country have capital punishment for crime like drug trafficking and others don't. The basic thing is, is there a law on this and what does the law say about the enforcement. Either the law is faulty or the enforcer is wrong. The governor must have invoked some law. The court is there to settle the matter

SpecialAdviser:
To me all these are extreme measures. Always surprise the way you people hail him.

There are other measures to take. This is pure wickedness.

Many Nigerians are stubborn and ready to break whatever law is existing especially when they are connected. Is there a state law that backs the action? If yes why the uproar and calling of names. I will dissagree with actions like this where it is not backed by law.

hotseat:
EFCC to the rescue. But be very meticulous in handling these cases so that these enemies of Nigeria don't exploit technical loopholes to escape justice. Keep the flag flying. Fighting corruption in Nigeria is not a tea party because of too many vested interests.

Nigeria has no enemies but enemy to itself. When a country is not built on equity and justice, you don't have to look far for enemies. Leave the vested interest, first do the right thing at all time and vested intetest will diminish. Selective justice is corruption.

I stopped taking Femi Adesina serious, when I realized that he is doing a professional job for the president. This is what he is employed to do. He is not employed to think to use his head and heart. If we all remember Rueben Abati in Patito's gang and as a columnist and what he became in GEJ government we will understand why we should not focus on this guys but their principals.

pword:
Bad news for all children of anger, Thank God the voice of the people has raising again. No matter what they do they will not pull down whom God has blessed.

Interesting, where do you stand and what do you stand for.

friday2011:
Even if there is no ban on interstate.... Is it not high time the north deal with the problem they created? Why shifting the problem down south?

The earlier the better nigerians realize nothing like one Nigeria, the better.

Nonsense.

When they create problems in the North, they push it to the South to bear the pains and back it up with the slogan " One Nigeria"

When will south whose development has been slowed down by the north stand up and deliberately demand for state or regional restructuring of the country . It is a pity that some group of southerners with all the education still allow themselves to be fooled by a few among them who claim to be leaders and will support the silencing of anybody who demand for a change. Nigeria need a pragmatic surgery either by peaceful or violent means. Rwanda is an example of choosing the hard way. The options is our to take.

First, human trafficking is evil no matter what form or who is involved. The continued existence of this group of criminals is because of failure of government at all level to protect her citizens and give them justice.
Man is naturally evil, and a small population will go extra miles. The governors in the East are not really working hard to eradicate this crime. More reason why community policing is very much needed in Nigeria, if not for anything atleast for intelligence gathering. Any property used for this nefarious crime should be ceased and converted to state government use.

Lagos state government earn huge sums of revenue, but the corruption within, stinks to high heaven. Let them continue bleeding the state, while thier supporters keep defending them.

A state that endorses and work with touts in the name of NURTW, extorting the pupolace from one bus stop to another without any civilised accountability means, cannot be excused from corruption. Until recent democracy this group of people where restricted to parks and garages only. City of excellence.

These are the kind of news we want to read from the governors across the country, especially those of South east. This is a wake-up call to all the intellectually lazy Governor in the East who does nothing other than go to Abuja to share fund from Federation account without any meaningful developing in their states. What does it take to evaluate your people and develop a vision that will make the state productive, in terms of human capital and resource development. Some educationally advanced state can even develop a non natural resources capacity, like ICT etc. The thing going for these lazy governors is that a large number of their youths and educated ones are outside the region hustling and working to support the lot home via diaspora remittances.

Why has man inhumanity to man increased so much nowadays, things that were repugnant and barbaric in the sight of the public is the past has become a daily occurrence and somehow gradually becoming normal in our consciousness.
Certainly every man's behavior is influenced by his/her environment, as our leadership process continued to dwindle so is the sanity of our people.
Once we get our leadership right, less of this wickedness will occur.

IMRAAN33:
why can't we forget our differences and move this country forward: America's population far beats ours but we all can't let go of the evil our ancestors have planted in our minds. What's the way forward Am so weary of the way things are been done in this country.

A country can move forward, when it follows in totality the simple document that binds them together, constitution and rule of law. We complian that our constitution is skewed but the actions or inaction of this government totally render the constitution useless. So where will progress come from? Developed world move forward because the constitution is sacrosanct.

DateMynd44:
There are over 40% of Igbo Muslims in anambra

According to you and Muric.

NOETHNICITY:
You guys can hate elrufai all u can, dude doesn't give a fuccck about u existence, plus he remains better than ur kerosene abia governor

Neither of them are fit to lead a reasonable and thinking society.

Lagos state government encouraged the sustained presence of Agbero and touts. Most of this boys learned a trade but will abandon what they learned via apprenticeship system and settle for agbero and crime encouraged by the various local government offices. This are boys used during election too to perpetuate all sort of election malpractice. The government know what to do but will not remove them from the road. They see it as a way of empowering the indigenes from the system.

Amah70:
The water supply projects in Okigwe and Orlu zones could have been restarted by Ihedioha with this luxury money. But he behaved as if he didn't know about these two surface water supply projects.
Ihedioha rather gave contract to restart the surface Walter supply works of his Owerri zone, followed with contract to build thousands of houses nearest to his Mbaise area in Owerri, knowing full well that no developer would invest in housing projects in the other two zones that have no durable public water supply system.

His kinsman, Evan Enwerem, drove underground the water supply projects of Okigwe and Orlu during the 20 months he governed Imo state.
Part of how Owerri zone systemically underdeveloped Orlu and Okigwe zones

And 20 years of Udenwa/Ohakin/Okorocha, sons of that area, could not rectify whatever in your imagination went wrong. Why do you blame others? If every governor beginning from 1999 invested proper in rural/urban development, upgrading existing infrastructure, expanding settlements, building new capital projects, in the various towns, don't you think imo state would have attracting private investments and increase state earning from taxes. Stop this partisan and divisive sentiment and hold each governor accountable.

InternalAuditor:
Do you know that one month allocation of Rivers state can purchase the entire land in Imo state including all their men and women?

Childish talk.

Although I am not a fan of Hope Uzodinma, and I don't owe any one an apology for that, he should make Emeka Iheadioha account for ever penny earned by imo state during his governorship period. It is highly dissappointing but not surprised, if Iheadioha could waste the state fund on such a worthless purchase. They are all the same. Ihedioha must come out and tell Imo people how the vehicle is better than it opportunity cost, like investment on roads, health, eduction, and other public utilities and services. I wait to see what sort of defence or explanation he will have for this.

Chiray77:
I served in Aninri 2015, if you see this mans project, it would leave your mouth open, The road round the community of over 70 Kms covering Ndeaboh, okpanku, Mpu and part of Oduma before I left there, Setraco constructed the roads. Solar panel street lights which the villagers where stealing the battery, paying Nepa bill for the entire village, I never paid a dime till I left, the problem is that the villagers there are predominantly farmers and just a few rich people springing up,

Ekweremdu happens to be the most loved senator in SE. The man is a silent achiever and does not make noise about his contributions to the wellfare of his people. As a senator, he is to make laws primarily and secondly attract government investment to his constituency. That people in Lagos or other cities are ignorant of his work in the local towns he represents is not an excuse to insult him. This is one senator who has no celebrated disputes with governors in his state, because as a lawyer he understand the scope of each elective positions. His people knows he is a good leader and can vote over and over again for him unlike the ones in my state, Imo state.
I hear people say, constituency fund. This one of the draw back of our current democratic dispensation. All we need do is hold them accountable for fund collected or totally abolish it. I expect the executive and the public, through NGOs like SERAP to hold this people to account but since the executive is also corrupt and having trust issues, who will bail the cat.

Covid-19 does not know tribe, political party or religion, neither does it descriminate between rich and poor. This government has never complied to the rule of law or even protocols and standard set by it , but they expect the citizens to. Leading by example is not for them.
I have since stopped holding this spokes persons accountable but thier principal, in this case the president. Garba Shehu and Femi Adeshina are doing their professional job just like Okupe and Reuben Abati in Jonathan's government. With fragrant disregard for rules and selective treatment of national issues, then we should brace up for WHO predition for Africa on covid-19. Nigerians are on their own. Period.

This country tire me.

seunmsg:
They misled others to hate him while alive and are now writing good stuff about him after his death.

They disagreed on political front but remained friends. Does that tell you anything? People can strongly disagree but remain friends. I hope those online warriors will learn something from this. If we can be a bit sober behind the keyboard we will understand that life has more meaning than always wanting to be politically correct, or have the loudest mouth. RIP Abb Kyari.

We have 2 important days in our life; the day we are born and the day we die. Whatever we do in between is what we will be remembered for. Whether he was a good or bad man is all textbook. RIP Abba Kyari