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Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by playahP(m): 11:47pm On Dec 25, 2011
Islamization occurs when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their so-called ‘religious rights.’ When politically correct and culturally diverse societies agree to ‘the reasonable’ Muslim demands for their ‘religious rights,’ they also get the other components under the table. Here’s how it works (percentages source CIA: The World Fact Book (2007)).
As long as the Muslim population remains around 1% of any given country they will be regarded as a peace-loving minority and not as a threat to anyone. In fact, they may be featured in articles and films, stereotyped for their colorful uniqueness:

United States — Muslim 1.0%
Australia — Muslim 1.5%
Canada — Muslim 1.9%
China — Muslim 1%-2%
Italy — Muslim 1.5%
Norway — Muslim 1.8%

At 2% and 3% they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs:

Denmark — Muslim 2%
Germany — Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom — Muslim 2.7%
Spain — Muslim 4%
Thailand — Muslim 4.6%

From 5% on they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population.
They will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature it on their shelves — along with threats for failure to comply. ( United States ).

France — Muslim 8%
Philippines — Muslim 5%
Sweden — Muslim 5%
Switzerland — Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands — Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad &Tobago — Muslim 5.8%

At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islam is not to convert the world but to establish Sharia law over the entire world.
When Muslims reach 10% of the population, they will increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions ( Paris –car-burnings). Any non-Muslim action that offends Islam will result in uprisings and threats ( Amsterdam – Mohammed cartoons).

Guyana — Muslim 10%
India — Muslim 13.4%
Israel — Muslim 16%
Kenya — Muslim 10%
Russia — Muslim 10-15%

After reaching 20% expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings and church and synagogue burning:
Ethiopia — Muslim 32.8%

At 40% you will find widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks and ongoing militia warfare:

Bosnia — Muslim 40%
Chad — Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon — Muslim 59.7%

From 60% you may expect unfettered persecution of non-believers and other religions, sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels:

Albania — Muslim 70%
Malaysia — Muslim 60.4%
Qatar — Muslim 77.5%
Sudan — Muslim 70%

After 80% expect State run ethnic cleansing and genocide:

Bangladesh — Muslim 83%
Egypt — Muslim 90%
Gaza — Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia — Muslim 86.1%
Iran — Muslim 98%
Iraq — Muslim 97%
Jordan — Muslim 92%
Morocco — Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan — Muslim 97%
Palestine — Muslim 99%
Syria — Muslim 90%
Tajikistan — Muslim 90%
Turkey — Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates — Muslim 96%

100% will usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ — the Islamic House of Peace — there’s (supposed) to be peace because everybody is a Muslim: we know however that this isn’t true is it, ?

Afghanistan — Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia — Muslim 100%
Somalia — Muslim 100%
Yemen — Muslim 99.9%

Of course, that’s not the case. To satisfy their religiously ordained blood lust, Muslims then start killing each other for a variety of reasons, NIGERIA NDO
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by Fnights: 12:02am On Dec 26, 2011
First of all my heartfelt condolence to all those affected. It was barbaric and shameful to carry out such attacks. No value for human life at all. A lot of us are pissed and frustrated with the spat of attacks but it is critical that we do not let our sentiments cross Ethnic or religious boundaries. I almost fell for that today but then I realized that is their end goal. As someone highlighted earlier, their goal is to start a sectarian conflict between Christians and Muslims. I pray that never happens. It behooves on us all to be security conscious wherever we are. This means taking whatever actions to protect our lives and the lives of our loved ones. Avoid public gatherings, cinemas and be mindful of who you interact with. It's the world that we live in. We all need to make these adjustments. For all those blaming the government, well I understand your point but remember that no security system put in place is fail safe. Just ask the Christmas Day bomber in the U.S.
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by Hablad47(m): 12:35am On Dec 26, 2011
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by omniexprex: 3:24am On Dec 26, 2011
Using religion as a political tool. Will backfire . 2015. Is the target and we know it.
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by Superego: 3:35am On Dec 26, 2011
Food for thought and solution. MEND worse terror down south was quelled with Yaradua throwing billions of US$ at it with the Amnesty program in training the disenfranchised youth all over the world. GEJ should take a Que from this.

[B][SIZE=4]Nigeria’s problem isn’t Islamist fundamentalism — it’s the country’s corrupt and self-serving government.[/SIZE][/B]
BY [B]JEAN HERSKOVITS[/B] | AUGUST 3, 2009
http://www.newsrescue.com/2009/07/boko-haram-and-the-deadly-crises-in-north-nigeria-400-dead/


[I][SIZE=1]Jean Heskovits [US Council on foreign Relations, CFR.org][/SIZE][/I]

Nigeria’s latest spate of violence — which began with attacks on police stations in four northern states — is not what it seems. [B]Superficially, the story looks similar to (though it was not connected with) outbreaks of Islamist fanaticism elsewhere in the world: An Islamist sect run amok, threatening a town’s security, demanding an end to Western institutions, and seeking to impose a strict religious code. But instead, the clashes are [U]a northern Nigerian version of what is happening in another (mostly Christian) region of the country, the Niger Delta. Both are violent reactions to the flagrant lack of concern on the part of those who govern for the welfare of the governed[/U].[/B]

[B]Ten years of supposed democracy have yielded mounting poverty and deprivation of every kind in Nigeria. Young people, undereducated by a collapsed educational system, may “graduate,” but only into joblessness. Lives decline, frustration grows, and angry young men are too easily persuaded to pick up readily accessible guns in protest when something sparks their rage. Meanwhile, those in power at all levels ignore the business of governing and instead enrich themselves. Law and order deteriorate. The Nigerian police, which are federal, are called on, but they have grievances of their own. Ill-trained, ill-paid, and housed in squalid barracks, they are feared for their indiscriminate use of force. The military, though more professional, is not prepared for dealing with unrest — and unrest has proliferated more and more.[/B]

Of course, this most recent eruption — which left 700 dead, more wounded, and thousands displaced — had its own peculiarities. Not all uprisings in diverse Nigeria are the same, though usually they are predictable. This time, the principal player was an Islamist sect based in Maiduguri in Borno state and led by 39-year old Mohammed Yusuf. Its name, Boko Haram, translates more or less as “Opposition to Western Education.”

[B]Even established leaders of Islam in the north, who condemn Yusuf’s preaching, are aware of how government has failed Nigeria’s young. What has Western education done for them lately? For that matter, what have other Nigerian institutions, all easily seen as Western-inspired, done for them? Boko Haram was demanding something its members believed would be better.[/B]

The attacks on police stations last week were triggered by different events in different states. In Maiduguri, just weeks before the first attack, the police had opened fire on a funeral procession of Yusuf’s apparently unarmed young followers. People in Maiduguri were expecting retaliation, and Yusuf himself had declared that if he were arrested, his followers would fight back.

The outbreak of violence, then, should not have surprised the security services; certainly it did not surprise the people of Maiduguri or anyone else in Nigeria. After clashes in nearby Bauchi state a week earlier, Yusuf was widely reported as vowing to avenge police killings of his followers there. Nonetheless, those in charge of security were clearly unprepared. The police were overwhelmed, and the Army, once deployed, called in 1,000 more troops as reinforcements. The intelligence system was aware of Boko Haram and since 2007 had been advocating measures to stop its growth. The government simply ignored the advice.

Last Thursday, after a ferocious battle at Yusuf’s heavily fortified Maiduguri compound, from which he had fled, police caught up with him at the home of his father-in-law. They took him into custody and then shot him dead. Yusuf’s body has been displayed on state television. The first official story was that he was killed in a shootout and not at police headquarters. When the military produced photographs showing that they had handed him over alive to the police, officials offered a new story: that he was shot while trying to escape. Either way, his death is unlikely to bring a lasting end to this crisis. Meanwhile, the excessive force of the military response has compounded the misery of people in Maiduguri. As one bitter resident said, “They used a sledgehammer to kill an ant.” There is now growing anger at the indiscriminate killing of guilty and innocent alike.

And so it goes. Nigeria’s far north has a history of charismatic leaders who preach unorthodox Muslim beliefs and rally large numbers of young men in clashes with traditional Islamic and political authorities. In the early 1980s, a major wave of violence spread from Kano to Maiduguri. A smaller outbreak in 2004 in Yobe and Borno states was a forerunner to the present clashes. Then, a rebellious group of young men who called themselves “Taleban,” having no doubt heard the name (but not the spelling) on the Hausa service of the BBC or Voice of America, demanded the imposition of full sharia law. That same plea was sweeping all the far northern states, thanks in part to strong popular feeling that Nigeria’s secular institutions were not delivering justice. Sharia, it was hoped, would do a better job.

[B]Boko Haram, which bysome accounts evolved from the “Taleban,” judged that sharia did not help: Ironically, the four states where last week’s death and destruction occurred are all states that did adopt sharia criminal law. It is said loudly and frequently by those who live there that not only has sharia law been quietly set aside, but that now these are among the worst governed states in the country.[/B]

Meanwhile, Nigerians note that as the violence last week was escalating, their president — who is himself from the far northern state of Katsina — chose to leave the country on a visit to Brazil. (An attack on a police station in Katsina followed.) Newspaper columnists contrasted this unfavorably with the Chinese president’s decision to skip the G-8 meetings in Italy last month when unrest enveloped Xinjiang province.

And in the Niger Delta, as in the north, the goverment’s indifference to life on the ground has had growing consequences. Protests there have escalated over the years to kidnappings, explosions, and armed combat. Successive governments, especially at the lavishly funded state level, have done little to develop the area and improve people’s lives. What is different, of course, is that the delta’s oil, which despoils the mangrove creeks but funds Nigeria’s government at all levels, has also produced criminal networks whose activities, with political and even military complicity, have made the tragedy there all the more intractable. And the massive importation of weapons into the delta has made guns of all kinds — particularly AK-47s — available cheaply throughout the country, notably now in the north.

The problems are not new. Nigerians and others who cared to look closely have seen the political venality, lack of concern, and flamboyant lifestyle of the corrupt rich and powerful who have made daily life for the vast majority of the population worse and worse, year after year. A decade ago, with the return of democracy, Nigerians had high hopes. But now, after rigged elections at all levels in 2003 and 2007, and the prospect of nothing different in 2011; with unclean drinking water, a failed electrical grid, unsafe roads, ever rising crime, and a host of other grievances, they have little hope left.

[B]The world will misunderstand if it looks at the latest Nigerian tragedy through the lens of global radical Islam. If Nigeria’s leaders do not urgently start to address their country’s most basic, obvious needs, the only question is what will trigger the next spate of armed mayhem, and where. It could be anywhere. And its causes, with deep roots in corruption in high places, will be no mystery.[/B]
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by Nobody: 3:56am On Dec 26, 2011
^^^ I'm not surprised your'e out here in New York. Very beautiful piece; EXACTLY WHAT IVE BEEN PREACHING ALL DAY. Nigerians are freaking blind. They're so different in their manner of thinking its crazy. One of the first things GEJ needs to do is provide massive investment and funding for the Educational System. Totally revamp it. Being able to read doesn't mean having the ability to comprehend. . . . look across people's postings on NL.
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by gaakgaba: 6:17am On Dec 26, 2011
@superego.God will continue to bless you with that value adding piece. I said it before now. I hope nairalanders can read that with an unbiased mind and be able to see the salient points in it.
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by Superego: 7:22am On Dec 26, 2011
POVERTY BEGETS INSANITY AND VIOLENCE

Understanding the unsettlement in the North, and figuring out real solutions,  MEND terror was abated with billions $ tossed at it. We need start considering similar options for the North,
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North has highest rate of poverty- Report
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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/09/north-has-highest-rate-of-poverty-report/

ABUJA- A report Tuesday revealed that, in absolute poverty, the North East, North West and North Central has retained the poorest geo-political zones in Nigeria since 1985.

The index highlight states like, the North East consisting of Borno, Bauchi, Taraba Adamawa, with the highest incidence of poverty ranging between 54.9% to 72.2% [/b]followed by North West which consist of Katsina, Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa and the North Central consisting of Plateau, Benue, Nasarawa, Niger and Kwara.

Prof Mohammed Ladan, expert in security matters declared this in his paper at a public lecture on criminal justice system and the new security challenges in Nigeria, yesterday in Abuja.

He said: “By the index of 50.6%, Nigeria is the 3rd among 20 countries in the world with a widest gap between the rich and the poor, poverty in Nigeria is undoubtedly the face of the north”.

[b]January 2011 statistics, out of this 70% are the majority rural poor that fall between the ages of 25-30. 70% of this particular population is within this age bracket. In a country where you have this particularly age bracket, it is a time bomb.


From this report, we see that-

1. The North, Borno tops the poverty curve. Coincides with Boko's reign.
2. That Youth, between ages 25-30 are most severely hit. These also are the main participants in criminal madness.

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This article describes the chronic poverty crises up North and suggest solutions. The Government MUST study this:

[size=14pt]Poverty in the North – A “Mayday” Call[/size]
By Sa’adu A. Jijji

http://www.newsrescue.com/2008/10/poverty-in-the-north-a-mayday-call/

Excerpt-

On a state by state basis, the picture is even gloomier for the North. According to the professor’s paper, the 10 states with the highest level of poverty in Nigeria are all in the North. Jigawa (95.0%), Kebbi (89.7%) and Kogi (88.6%) top the list. Conversely, all the 10 states with the lowest level of poverty are in the South. Bayelsa (20.0%), Anambra (20.1%) and Abia (22.3%) top the list. These numbers are what led Professor Soludo to rightly conclude that “very high level of poverty is essentially a Northern Phenomenon”. Furthermore, the Professor informed his distinguished audience that the 3 zones in the North (excluding FCT) collectively have less bank deposit than the South/South zone alone. In fact, the entire North accounts for a paltry 10.75% of bank deposits and a meager 8.5% of bank loans. If adjustments are made for state and local government bank deposits and loans, the picture in the North would be more frightening as the [B]FCT alone accounts for more than 16% of all bank deposits. Interestingly, Lagos still accounts for 48% of deposits and nearly 70% of all bank loans. Summarily, what these numbers tell us is that were the six geopolitical zones  distinct countries, the Northwest and Northeast ‘Countries’ would be in the same league with Niger Republic, Chad and Mali while the South East ‘Country’ will be nearer to China and Korea. Infact, using the poverty index alone, Jigawa and Kebbi states, with 9 out of every 10 residents considered poor, are no better than Eritrea, Bangladesh or Somalia.[/B]
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by hercules07: 7:39am On Dec 26, 2011
May God bless superego, these are the real cause of the violence, those guys are just hiding under religion, now, the fuel subsidy removal is going to be done and the situation will get worse, GEJ had better handle these things creatively.
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by humblebee: 8:26am On Dec 26, 2011
@Superego, as much as i agree with you. you need to also know that these idiots prefers to eat leftovers from crumbs that get a real piece, they reject western education and yet use the inventions of western education to fight against it,

they only way you can educate them is through their top clerics who they respect so much and these clerics are not ready to help

we had a group of militants with issues and they came out to say what they want, these idiots have been approached several times but they failed to state any particular thing they wanted except imposing sharia

they are not muslim extrimist like i always say, they are just the few obedient ones
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by Superego: 8:27am On Dec 26, 2011
Thanks Guys. It is a serious prollem and it deserves serious comprehension and firm address!
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by Superego: 8:34am On Dec 26, 2011
humblebee,

They blame westernization for the corruption in Nigerian government and their extreme suffering. Indeed before colonization they were way better off. Do you advise them to keep believing in a system that has had Nigeria and indeed the western world simply having the leaders and big business having all the wealth while the poor get poorer? They believe(desire) that Islamization will end the intractable corruption and improve their living standards.

We as a collective need re-evaluate the systems we follow. The collapse of the world economy from wall street should get us all thinking.

That said, I never learned that the west invented the computer, nor gun powder. From what I know, the computer was invented in Africa and gunpowder, China and Arabia. Is this what you believe?

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Pretense or reality, their proclaiming to be Robin Hoods gathers local support from people who die, yes, die of poverty.


Boko Haram Warns RMAFC over Salaries of Legislators

http://economicconfidential.net/new/news/national-news/643-boko-haram-warns-rmafc-over-salaries-of-legislators

The Boko Haram sect in Nigeria has warned the chairman of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) Elias Mbam to stop plans by the commission to increase the salaries and allowances of Nigerian legislators.

The sect in a report by NEXT said it has been monitoring Mr Mbam's statements over the past days and it seems he is bent on this agenda, when millions of Nigerians wallow in abject poverty and deprivation and states governments cannot even pay the N18,000 minimum salaries.

The NEXT claimed that the statement was posted on the fundamentalists’' website, where Boko Haram vowed to place a "Fatwa" on the RMAFC boss if he does not review downwards the salaries and allowances of both state and federal lawmakers with immediate effect.

The NEXT further quoted Boko Haram's statement saying that: "The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi had last year declared that lawmakers consume 25 percent of Nigeria's overhead budget and Professor Itse Sagay (SAN), a constitutional lawyer also said that lawmakers were receiving scandalous wages and allowances, especially legislators, serving ministers, public appointees, among others - a development, he argued, was a cause for concern."

"It is very regrettable, especially when you compare their pay with the state of the Nigerian economy, the living standards of those they represent, life expectancy in Nigeria, the per capita income and the salaries paid to the Nigerian workers, Nigerian professors. It is even more unfortunate when you recall that the United States President, Barack Obama's salary is $400,000 per annum, while a Nigerian senator collects N48million per quarter, $1.7m per annum, and each member of the House of Representatives receives $1.2million per annum."

"If we take into consideration the fact that 1,152 members of the state legislators earn a minimum of N50billion a year (N5.1 billion in salaries, and N35.9 billion in allowances); 8,692 members of the local legislatures in the 774 local government areas in Nigeria earn N342.9 billion a year (N25.9 billion in salaries, and N317 billion in allowances), and less than 500 federal legislators earn N60.4 billion a year (N6.2 billion in salaries, and N54.2 billion in allowances), we can see that just 10,308 Nigerians (legislators at the three tiers of government) earn a total of N453.3 billion, which is an average of N43,975,553 a year"
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by Nobody: 9:11am On Dec 26, 2011
This is tragic!

May the souls of all innocents killed rest in perfect peace.
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by kpogede77: 10:47am On Dec 26, 2011
people should stop making noise and complaining here, start by setting the mosque nearest to u ablaze, destroy all the mosque in southern nigeria otherwise this killings will continue. I said it before
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by Wilywily11: 1:06pm On Dec 26, 2011
May the god(Allah) Moslem's worship eat my Faeces
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by Goldieluks: 1:24pm On Dec 26, 2011
Its high time the C.A.N (Christain Association of Nigeria) do something about this bombing nonsesne.
The Christains in the Bible fought for their rights and they fought their enemies to the end,so i don't
see why the Christains in Nigeria are holding back and hoping for peace to fall down from Heaven.
Fight just as King David fought and defeated the enemy,stop waiting for God to come down and fight the
Boko Haram useless entities. CHRISTIANS THE EARLIER YOU START FIGHTING FOR YOUR RIGHTS,THE BETTER.
OR YOU WILL CONTINUE DYING UNNECESSARILY SADLY!
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by eros(m): 5:04pm On Dec 26, 2011
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nigerian-President-Goodluck-Jonathan-must-resign-now/286818311366521?sk=wall


Please like the facebook page above in support for the resignation of ODECHUKWU, RETARDEEN and DUMBJOE.
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by Superego: 5:26pm On Dec 26, 2011
Goldieluks

Why don't you go and burn a Mosque, and kill some innocent people in it. Why don't you start. Be a murderer, have blood of innocent souls on your hands. Find any Muslim and kill them. You will feel great, as great as the few insane people up North, but I bet you it will give you life satisfaction, sleeping well and living with the blood of innocents you have let.
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by kettykin: 6:28pm On Dec 26, 2011

Posted by: Goldieluks




Insert Quote

Its high time the C.A.N (Christain Association of Nigeria) do something about this bombing nonsesne.
The Christains in the Bible fought for their rights and they fought their enemies to the end,so i don't
see why the Christains in Nigeria are holding back and hoping for peace to fall down from Heaven.
Fight just as King David fought and defeated the enemy,stop waiting for God to come down and fight the
Boko Haram useless entities. CHRISTIANS THE EARLIER YOU START FIGHTING FOR YOUR RIGHTS,THE BETTER.
OR YOU WILL CONTINUE DYING UNNECESSARILY SADLY!


@ poster , you have finally got what you wanted
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in 19 Northern states and Abuja on Monday told Christians to defend themselves against any attacks.


http://www.leadership.ng/nga/articles/11600/2011/12/26/can_christians_defend_yourselves.html

I am afraid of what might befall Nigeria in the next few days it reminds me of The book of Revelations. Gowing forward are their still igbos in yobe and Borno who are still blind to the realities on ground and who might pay for it dearly . Please Nairalanders call back you loved ones !!! .
Nigeria is about to be rejigged again.
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by Superego: 6:41pm On Dec 26, 2011
For 10 years, the US has controlled Afghan and their Government and reigned bombs upon bombs on them to no avail. No, you can not quell dissent and rebellion with alienation and harassment.

Yaradua found a better way to control southern rebellion. Niger Delta Amnesty program. Giving the youth something to do worked well. Billions $, sending them all over the world in vocational training has quieted the Delta.

Enough bickering and blaming and asking for heads.

Jonathan, hope this message reaches you. It is time you start to kill the support and blind eye Boko enjoys up North. Let them see you have their interest at heart. The study I posted earlier demonstrated that the poverty up North compares to Somalia and Eritrea, while down South compares to Korea and China.


[B][SIZE=3]Poverty in the North – A “Mayday” Call[/SIZE][/B]
http://www.newsrescue.com/2008/10/poverty-in-the-north-a-mayday-call/

In fact, [B]the entire North accounts for a paltry 10.75% of bank deposits and a meager 8.5% of bank loans.[/B] If adjustments are made for state and local government bank deposits and loans, the picture in the North would be more frightening as the FCT alone accounts for more than 16% of all bank deposits. Interestingly, Lagos still accounts for 48% of deposits and nearly 70% of all bank loans. Summarily, what these numbers tell us is that were the six geopolitical zones  distinct countries, the Northwest and Northeast ‘Countries’ would be in the same league with Niger Republic, Chad and Mali while the [B]South East ‘Country’ will be nearer to China and Korea[/B]. Infact, using the poverty index alone, Jigawa and Kebbi states, [B]with 9 out of every 10 residents considered poor, are no better than Eritrea, Bangladesh or Somalia[/B].


This article, by the same author offers solutions to address the hardship up North.


[B][SIZE=3]Towards Economic Development of the North[/SIZE] [/B]
http://www.newsrescue.com/2009/11/towards-economic-development-of-the-north/

In analysing the economic situation of the North, there are two important things to consider. [B]First, Northern Nigeria, taken as a nation, is a landlocked nation. With no access to international coastline, the North faces a peculiar challenge. The disadvantage of the hinterland compared to the coast is obvious even in today’s egalitarian China. To spur economic development in the North, the Federal government must open up the region[/B]. It is in this regard that the recent flagging of the dredging of the River Niger from Warri to Baro  is an important milestone. However, the effect of this will be limited as the effect of the Lagos coastline has been on Nigeria – namely Niger state will benefit more from the dredging than Zamfara state. What will really open up the North is an efficient railway system. When the former government of President Obasanjo initiated the $8.3 billion rail modernisation process, I was excited by the prospects it has for the region. However, I am alarmed by the fact that more than two years in to this administration all we have achieved is the cancellation of that contract and talk about a ‘Patch-Patch’ arrangement similar to the one done under General Abacha. The award of the Chinese railway contract may have been badly handled but to jettison the modernisation project for the current project is to lose a golden moment for the North.[B] If Nigeria is unable to undertake a railway modernisation when crude oil is selling for $70/barrel, pray when Nigeria will ever to this. More than anything else, the greatest thing than this government can do to impact the lives of the average Northerner is the modernisation of the railway system.[/B] The fact that every imported item in Nigeria, from petrol to sugar is cheaper in the richer part of Nigeria (south) than the poorer part of Nigeria (North) means that the North’s disadvantage is been further compounded. [B]It does not make sense for any manufacturer to site his factory in Kastina or Yobe if he cannot easily move his goods to markets in the south or for export. President Yar’adua’s administration must learn from the mistakes of the Abacha administration and as a matter of urgency discard those palliative measures and adopt a wholesale modernization of the railway.[/B] What the current minister of Transport should realise is that no private sector participant will be interested in investing in a 35km/hour railway grid that was designed by our colonial masters to transport groundnut from Kano and hide from Maiduguri.[B] Government should stay away from buying engines and rolling stock and just concentrate on the rail network[/B]
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by ak47mann(m): 7:12pm On Dec 26, 2011
Nigeria needs a tough president,very articulate and clever,which i believe the country is lacking,"eye of an eye"if you want boko haram to stop use Israeli tactics,if they bomb a church and kill 50 innocent people,those terrorist starting from borno state and their sympathizers will get it.

If you kill fifty,then they should be ready for a very painful retaliation,level most of their hide outs, towns, streets,both sympathizers and the imams i don't care who survived,kill thousands if the government have the chance,it will get to the point boko haram will think twice b4 they bomb again cos they no whats coming 4 them.

Hezbollah in labanon shot rocket missile to Israel their pay back Israel will level a whole village,that way even your elders,sympathizers and their communities will reject them and single them out cos is now affecting everybody,  cool cool
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by Nobody: 10:06pm On Dec 26, 2011
Is Boko haram demanding their own education system?

If that is all they demand why not let them have it? for their those muslims that want it?

After all Obasanjo had already alowed 12 states to adopt Sharia.
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by markbent: 3:07am On Dec 27, 2011
oh God help nigeria! how long shall we continue in this? no good security, the government are not doing anything to make the country better.
they just seat down there eating the money while million of nigerians die everyday. may God empower the president to make this great country of ours something better. I believe the people sponsoring this act are one of those well known politician who have failed to secure position in the government sector.
now i think, boko haram have decided to raise this fight against christian, because the president is a christian. I strongly believe that those people sponsoring this act are one of those politicians in the north. if we must deal with the boko haram we must have to kill alll those ex-politicians in the north. its time for nigerians to awake from slumber. let us join force together and make our country a better place. How long shall we continue to die in silence? let us act fast before it becomes too late. Greetings from malaysia.

happy xmas to all nigerians.
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by Nobody: 3:18pm On Jan 02, 2012
For a nation that claims to be one of Africa's powerhouses.Nigerians are PUSSIES.Seriously,the best a southerner can do is rebuke BH in Jesus nameGod helps those who help themselves.Nigeria is an artificial union that was created by Britain and was a stupid mistake.The only solution is to split along religious lines.And why do people call the Middle belters northerners??Adamawa is only 6%fulani and less than 30%muslim.So are Niger,southern Kaduna and Plateau.
Sudan and Czechslovakia did it Nigeria can too.Call for a referendum dammit!
Re: Christmas Day: Boko Haram Bomb Catholic Church In Madalla by rflexii(m): 4:23am On Mar 26, 2012
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