NIGERIA @ 60: WE ARE NOT WHERE WE OUGHT TO BE - GOVERNOR ABUBAKAR SANI BELLO

As Nigeria attains 60 years of independence, Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has decried the persistent level of insecurity and its attendant consequences on the growth and development in the country.

Governor Sani Bello told Journalists in Minna, that the country's economy as well as the sociopolitical lives of the people will continue to dwindle unless a holistic approach is found to the security challenges and are tackled head-on.

"Security is key, and without it, the country will be struggling and it quest for sustainable development will be a mirage. We have tried as much as we can to support the security agencies, but there are allegations that the security apparatus is been compromised, which is highly regrettable".

He said the country has the capacity, potentials and wherewithal to be a producer rather than a consumer nation stressing that the nation's leadership must put her priorities right and build the courage to address all developmental challenges setting the nation back.

The Governor described as unfortunate how the country imports virtually everything adding that it was regrettable to see an oil-producing nation like Nigeria importing fuel while allowing it's infrastructure to irresponsibly decay.

"The importation of those things we can produce has led us to sustaining the industries abroad, and that is why we have found ourselves in this present situation as it were".

"I hope, at 60, we are able to tell ourselves the bitter truth. We all know what is right and wrong, but we don't have the courage to confront it. We must open a new chapter towards revitalizing and diversifying our economy and ensure that we invest in the future for our younger generation by resuscitating our moribund, dead industries".

Governor Sani Bello, however, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for retracing the development trajectory of the nation and executing policies and programmes that will, in the long run, energize and revitalize the country's ailing economy.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/tribuneonlineng.com/nigeria-60-we-are-not-where-we-ought-to-be-%25E2%2580%2595-gov-sani-bello/amp/

It's very painful to know that I'm a Nigerian, can vividly remember the good old days when my mum normally tells us that we are the leaders of tomorrow . We don't even know what the future holds for us, know togetherness and unity...My Nigeria dream is just fading away.

60 years of Abusive marriage

Some foolish people will still come here and blame Buhari

We have been saying that 1 since independence na... What has changed... Suffering and Smiling Nation.... Am very sure our leaders are not even concerned about the independence.... Winning an election is more important to them than Nigeria at whatever...

may God help us

God bless Nigeria even more

To get to where we should be as a nation, collective effort is required from everyone in this country.

Like if Nigeria is a failure share otherwise.

yes we are not because of the force merging by British Govt. and we can't never be there unless everybody go on their way.

“Since 1914 the British Government has been trying to make Nigeria into one country, but the Nigerian people themselves are historically different in their backgrounds, in their religious beliefs & customs.They do not show themselves any signs of willingness to unite … Nigerian unity is only a British invention” –Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, 1948.
“Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression. There are no ‘Nigerians’ in the same sense as there are ‘English,’ ‘Welsh,’ or ‘French,’ The word ‘Nigeria’ is a mere distinctive appellation to distinguish those who live within the boundaries of Nigeria and those who do not” -Chief Obafemi Awolowo, 1947
“It is better for us and many admirers abroad that we should disintegrate in peace and not in pieces. Should the politicians fail to heed the warning, then I will venture the prediction that the experience of the Democratic Republic of Congo will be a child’s play if it ever comes to our turn to play such a tragic role” -Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, 1964.

Hypocrites everywhere. People who are responsible for our problems will still be the ones telling us about our problems without doing anything about it.

Eni ba so ni di oloriburuku ni yio ko fi bu ni. Person wey destroy ur life go first take am abuse you.

Gov. Sani Bello Jnr, son of a former Military Governor, and an in law to a former Military President. Go to Niger State and see how he has turned around the state infrastructurally with mouth. His home town, Kotangora enjoys virtual development. Our leaders know how to talk but not how to act. They have impressive blue prints on development but lack willingness to implement. With this talk, one would have expected Niger state to be a leading state in Nigeria instead of being a lame state

You and your type are the problem

NIGERIA @ 60.

60 years of suffering.
60 years of corruption.
60 years of violence.
60 years of bad leadership
60 years of poverty
60 years of under development
60 years of illiteracy
60 years of hardship.
60 years of poor infrastructures
60 years of insecurity.


What are we really celebrating?
Boko Haram?
Bandits?
ISWAP?
Lopsided employment?
Unemployment?
My brother, my brother employment.
Inflation?
Hunger?
Corruption?
Illiteracy?
Insecurity?
Hunger?
Bad Roads?


We ignored:
Cocoa & rubber for oil
Truth for lies
Honesty for corruption
Peace for war
Love for Hate
Good for bad
Hardwork for quick money
Human resources for natural resources
Human for money
God for devil...


After 60years of Independence, nothing to write home about.
May God help Us all, Amen.

This Governor is quite hilarious. Why would people not import basic things. When the factories and industries are not running fully. With our epileptic power supply coupled with our bad roads.

Once you fix these things, people would produce for the Nigerian populace and even have time to export to other nations

8y88y8:
Some foolish people will still come here and blame Buhari

Is Buhari not the president of Nigeria? If he is not to blame, then maybe you should be blamed for sounding so stupid. If you bubu had fulfilled 30% of his 2015 campaign promises we would have been better off as a country by now.

Ajala t'an Na

Everyone even nonentities will be using grammar to bamboozle everyone.all talks no action

Happy birthday Nigeria.

Okay

Nigeria has always been a joke, nothing to celebrate

Goldenheart:
60 years of Abusive marriage

Very abusive by this Niger state governor and his fellow northerners/Fulanis who successfully scam southerners to keep us in political bondage of never-happening restructuring.


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El-Rufai - It's Time to Restructure Nation
10 AUGUST 2010

For Nigeria to move to the next level, the issue of true federalism must be addressed, according to former FCT Minister, Malam Nasir El-Rufai. He shares his thoughts with Imam Imam.

Apprehension about the composition and workability of the Nigerian nation-state will subside if the country tilts towards true federalism, according to former FCT Minister, Malam Nasir El-Rufai. He said the present situation of things where all the component units get monthly allocations from the Federal Government only makes the states lazy and unproductive, adding that lack of foresight, financial discipline and lackadaisical approach to governance has played huge roles in limiting the country's march to greatness.

https://allafrica.com/stories/201008100105.html

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Updated June 29, 2017

Many Of Those Calling For Restructuring Are Opportunists, Irresponsible – El-Rufai

The Kaduna State Governor, El-Rufai has described recent calls for the restructuring of Nigeria as political opportunism and irresponsibility.

El-Rufai, while speaking on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily said President Buhari’s administration has done far more in practical terms than past administrations and that many of those calling for a restructuring rather see it as a means of opportunism.

He stated that some of the practical steps taken towards restructuring included the fact that state governors are now more than ever, involved in economic policy making at the national level.

According to him, things that have always been hidden from state governments are now much more open as they are now more involved in investigations of finances of the excess crude account, among other things.

“We meet every month under the auspice of the National Economic Council and working together with the Federal Government we chart directions of economic policy and that is part of shifting the federal- state balance.

“A lot of the talk about political restructuring is political opportunism and irresponsibility in my opinion

“It is popular and people that have presidential aspirations think there is a platform upon which they will exploit this. As I said, if you look at the APC manifesto, all the elements to divulge power to the state to change the balance in the federation are there and we are committed to that as a party.

“The National Chairman of our party will restate that commitment and we are discussing it and as I said President Buhari and Osinbajo’s government has taken very concrete steps rather than rhetoric to actually move in that direction and we are going to move in that direction but we do not believe that the basis for it is rhetoric and opportunism, we do not believe that the 2014 CONFAB report is a sensible basis to even begin.

“We all know the circumstances in which the so-called CONFAB was put together, we all know the composition, how lopsided it was, how important stakeholders were not taken to account, how even the composition and numbers do not reflect the demographics and the diversity of this country and we took a position as a party not to participate but to encourage our state governors to be there at the table.”

https://www.channelstv.com/2017/06/29/many-calling-restructuring-opportunists-irresponsible-el-rufai/

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Very far from it

Ok

hakeem4:
This Governor is quite hilarious. Why would people not import basic things. When the factories and industries are not running fully. With our epileptic power supply coupled with our bad roads.

Once you fix these things, people would produce for the Nigerian populace and even have time to export to other nations

Hilarious hypocrite is what he and others we allow to lead loot us are.
How many of the things in his pictures are not imported?
The failure does not know that leadership and change is by example.

We know... We are still moving one day we will get there

Redhot111:


Is Buhari not the president of Nigeria? If he is not to blame, then maybe you should be blamed for sounding so stupid. If you bubu had fulfilled 30% of his 2015 campaign promises we would have been better off as a country by now.

Foolish person sighted.

[quote author=dollarsplenty post=94487536]Hypocrites everywhere. People who are responsible for our problems will still be the ones telling us about our problems without doing anything about it.

Oga, thats the only thing that pains me the most,

bye