₦airaland Forum

In a federation, it won’t be wise to have one legislative body as you will have nothing to show that all the federating units are equal. It is the upper chamber that signifies the equality of the federating units. The only problem is that we copied and abused it whereby we have full-time lawmakers.

In the First Republic they had only one Long Session which lasted about six weeks for the consideration of the Appropriation Act and then another one for the Supplementary Appropriation Act, so they had two major sessions, and any other session was an emergency session lasting a few days, and they were all part-time members.

When they came, they were quartered in flats LEGCO Flats and they got sitting allowances on top of their salaries and salary wasn’t very much. Many of them were teachers, some local government officials and so on. But now, everybody who goes to the House of Representatives is a full-time person; he needs a fully furnished house, he needs legislative aides, he needs a constituency office.

bayelsaowei:
the solution is to vote in an intellect come 2019...with buhari you can never have an economy running at its best..

I would have talked about restructuring but no need for that..

That's a long term option.

In the 'now', what would you have expected the Finance minister (irrespective of it is Kemi Adeosun or whoever'deosun) to do?

Why I keep asking everyone that one question is, apart from the pedestrian pace (which is to some extent also a function of our archaic laws, our comatose and corruption ridden institutions, and probably an old leader in Buhari), she is doing everything that should be done, or that I would have done . . . faster though (easier said than done ).

Now, in my belief that 2 or more heads should be better than one, with the background that most people are calling for Kemi's head, I wonder and do 'humbly' ask: what would they have done differently?

Kenyanstar:
Nigeria GDP-521B US dollars
Kenya GDP-55B US dollars

Nigeria Population- 180m
Kenya Population- 45m

Poverty rates
Nigeria- Poverty has risen in Nigeria, with almost 100 million people living on less than a $1 (£0.63) a day, despite economic growth, statistics have shown. The National Bureau of Statistics said 60.9% of Nigerians in 2010 were living in "absolute poverty" - this figure had risen from 54.7% in 2004 to almost 70% in 2015.

Kenya- Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) 42% of Kenyans live below the poverty, Kenya is a country of many contrasts, from its landscape to demographics, and more so its social and economic inequalities. Forty two percent of its population of 44 million, live below the poverty line.

Road Network

Nigeria- Total area 923,768 km2
Total: 194,394 km
paved: 60,068 km (including 1,194 km of expressways)
unpaved: 134,326 km
note: Some paved roads have lost their asphalt surface and are in very poor condition or have reverted to being gravel roads. Some of the road system is barely usable, especially in high rainfall areas of the south.

Kenya-Total area 582,650 sq km
Total:160,886 kilometres of roads.
Paved:13,900 kilometres of this are paved.

The genesis is that despite Nigeria being among the few African countries with the biggest oil and natural resources it has failed to use its revenues to benefit its people.

bayelsaowei:
What I would have done if I was kemi was to abandon the government..this present administration isn't a serious one..

Abandon the goddamn government and the president..

Let a fulani man take over...

NairobiWalker:
Another ignorant braggart.

How many people have they employed? I am paying salaries as and when due. Last month, I paid the salaries of over 8,200 persons. Maybe they cannot see. I bought NICON Insurance with shareholder funds of over N1bn and now (it) has over N57bn as of the last account. Energy Bank Ghana is there, it is the most liquid bank. Worldwide Investments in Dubai is there, it has assets running to almost a quarter of a billion dollar. It is the third biggest property investment in Dubai. As for Energy Bank Sao Tome, I bought it completely dead. It is now the second largest bank in Sao Tome. Global Fleet is still there. I bought Air Nigeria and sold it back because of disclosures. There were too many liabilities, so, they approached me and said they wanted to buy it back. If you buy something at, say N500m, and you are offered N5bn for the same asset, won’t you sell it? I bought Great Nigeria and sold it to WEMA Bank. I made money from there. The question is this, if I buy something two years ago and after I have renovated it, and then someone comes and offers me N700m above the purchase price, I will ask myself, can I get N700m dividend in the next 10 years? If the answer is no, I will take your offer of N700m. I bought Air Nigeria for N500m and sold it six times the purchase price. So, what are they talking about?

Sibrah:
Did she act immediately? I doubt it.

talktonase:
[s]I just knew it that you are soo much in a comfort zone that is why you can spew out such! Come back to naija and feel the pains people are going through...long hiss[/s]

Tonyreal49:
E be like say devil na Woman

talktonase:
you don't sound like someone who feels what is happening in the country! You must be in Europe or somewhere sipping cocktail or chapman talking giberrish

Kabashin:
You said nothing zombie.

Sealeddeal:
Afonja from West + Boko haram Northerners = Zombie.
I pity Kemi Adeosun. She found herself in the midst of Animals. The certificateless president from Daura , the Mamman Daura, Abba Kyari, Sumaila Funtua will never let her do as she wish.
If I were her, I will resign.

Kabashin:
Were you just paid to open this silly thread ?

Why not open the floor by telling us what you would have done if you were in your shoes.

SamuelAnyawu:
Amaechi is an APC Stalwart


Amaechi is a Saint




#IStandWithSamDaddy2019