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A -20 car convoy for a CG who's supervised by a minister?? Naija will forever be bankrupt. No wonder we are borrowing to fund this type of lavish lifestyle

Roseey0:
Even before his campaign PMB or his family could never have flown coach. You guys need to stop this propaganda. Ex president, ex petroleum whatever, now President.
Big fat lie.

He flew coach to London on a couple of occasions. You need to overcome your delusion and deception that he's no frugal guy. Pls explain when he increased presidency budget by N15bn??

Destined2win:
Because there is hardship doesn't mean that those who have the money should not live life to the fullest. What is all these?

*MODIFIED*

Wow...wow...wow

I have got a lot of mentions for the statement I made above. People need to understand that even in difficult times, some people are soaring high. Now I will not because it is 'hard times' for others deprive myself or family member the sweet things of life.

Buhari as president and his family deserves to fly first class. It does not make him any less or more, a performer. If he said during his campaign that he wouldn't fly first class, but now he is flying, that is a dent on his integrity and has nothing in defense to do with the comment I made.

I pray to fly a private jet, I don't know about you!

But GMB was flying coach during the campaign and painted of picture of frugality? Typical Naija mentality of always waiting for the turn to steal. Your odds of flying a private jet in Naija are like 1-20million. So pray harder for Politrickians to fix the road. Why won't GMB and his family fly 1st class when he allocated N15bn more to the presidency in2016 than GEJ did in 2015.

They should start with GMB who allocated N15bn-40% more to the presidency than GEJ did in 2014. Not a fan of NASS, but if they are going to approve GMB's budget, they must also compensate themselves.. Failure of leadership on GMB's part to lay a frugal pathway to an economy recovery. He has ballooned recurrent expenditure thru borrowing

Jonathan helped Jonathan lose!! He lived in a bubble of sycophancy and appeasement.. He let everyone pick from the cookie jar and very soon the jar was empty.
GMB is walking on the same path of delusion of grandeur.. He's surrounded himself with sycophants and very many professional Politrickians with no real exprience on how to get things done. He prefers fraternity over competence; he prefers blind loyalty over professionalism; he prefers fear over honesty; he prefers confidants over brains..

rusher14:
I would insult anybody who would choose suffering as against development for the sake of bigotry.

I can recollect years ago when I provided state government funded boreholes in a certain part of Nigeria.

The day we arrived a location, one jobless youth asked why we were carrying out investigations even in the presence of the village head.

We explained what the purpose of our being there was for. The dimwit then went ahead to say his community did not need anything from the governor and that's why they didn't vote him in.

To think this was a community ravaged by Guinea worm.

Needless to say he was quickly packaged by his own catchment. I know for a fact he eventually paid a fine to the traditional hierarchy for his indiscretion.

I repeat, only a cretin would prevent development coming to his very community especially on the basis of bigotry.

Jonathan's government has come and gone people should learn to live with it.

The signature of this regime is divisiveness ladened with blame. Why are u blaming S/S/E when the supposed rail project wasn't included in the original proposed budget in the beginning. This is an afterthought project and NASS has he right to remove or add something to the budget.
Why didn't GMB make it his signature bill? He made sure that his presidency budget got an increment of 40% about N15bn while he's now blaming everyone but himself
What I hate about GMB is his hypocrisy. What is the justification for increasing presidency budget by N15bn when he's asking Nigerians to make sacrifice?
I don't like NASS, but they see that GMB has allocated N15bn more than GEJ did in 2015 and they might as well decide to "reward" themselves with new cars..
" Don't tell me what you value, just show me your budget and I'll tell you what you value" Joe Biden.

Dreams never built any of those structures, actions did! Naija only dreams but no action!! It's not gonna happen!!

SidL:
Nigeria could also sell oil in Yuan. I'm no economist, but wouldn't that assist with increasing our Yuan reserves? Then again, and perhaps this question goes to the economists, since this is a swap, does it mean that the Naira-Yuan will be exchanged at a rate immune to market forces of demand and supply? Sorry if that's a bumb question.

Highly unlikely cos oil prices/futures are set in dollars at New York Mercantile Exchange, but our balance of trade with China will be in Yuan.

9t9jacobs:
Are you now encouraging fornication & adultery. If you are not married and with a child..what do you call the baby?? BASTARD ofcourse! Biko you MUST marry to startup a family. I wonder your own definition of a family, man and baby mama?? Pls get behind us!

Typical Naija hypocrisy.. All those kids begging on the street and not enrolled in school aren't going to be better than this kid born to Adenugas. We pretend to "love"kids and family yet we have over 12mlllion kids not enrolled in school. We force female kids into marriage.. A " bastard" born to Adenuga is 1 million times better than most of Naija kids born in a family of husband and wife.

A position he campaigned for since 2003 and it still took him 6 months to form a cabinet full of Politrickians.. He's still learning on the job. Never ready from day one!!

Afrok:
U don't expect less from baby mamas and baby daddies when they have no plans of starting a family together. That's their business, dem get money to throway.

Starting a family with this " winch" is a short trip Ikoyi cemetery. She's only interested in material benefits to get from the Adenugas.. Typical Naija gold digger.. Marry this one and u die faster!!

osita76:
The secret is that Obiano planned ahead on time he said that he knew oil price will crash so he started to strategize on how to overcome the impending doom he mapped out a lot of far reaching economic strategies that is helping the state to cushion the effect of economic meltdown being witnessed by the nation he is not only paying salaries as and when due but also carrying out a lot of infrastructural development across the state without resorting to borrowings like other states and attracted a lot of investors to the state in various sector of the state economy to the tune of $4.2 billion dollars

Not true! Peter Obi planned for all these against falling oil prices

Acidosis:
What's your point?

Continuation of ur redundant statement that Shoprite isn't creating value because it imports.
Go back to Logic 101

Out of every N100 shared between FG and state govs, Govs kept N48 while FG kept N52.. Govs blew their money while FG later bailed them out. Why are govs like Rochas, Aregbesola, Oshiomole, Fayose broke??

This is the most divisive leadership in my Naija existence. So social media is making Fulanis to take arms and kill people??

Hiploko:
Thought some people said oil price has gone down that is why they have not done anything for one year. How come Obiano isn't affected by the so called oil price fall? Mehn!!!

Private partnership. Also Peter Obi saved a lot for Anambra state when oil prices were good and govs asked FG to share ECA proceeds. Some govs went on shopping spree for white elephant projects and extra concubines.
I'm not sure if Obiano is going to have enough saved like Obi when he leaves office.

Acidosis:
Nation of consumers


A consuming nation would soon be consumed. I'm very sure the shoprite bags and fruits were imported from South Africa.

What a display of sophisticated idiocy. Shoprite Holdings makes more money than Dangote group. Walmart in the US, makes more money than ExxonMobil. Apple makes all its products in China and HK, and has a cash reserve of over $400bn

She's a candidate for a triple bypass surgery.. Pray she's doesn't have complications during delivery..

Busy body dey follow stalk and follow celebrities while their Politrickians steal and inflict hardship on them..

project8:
u sound pained with this development... well watch n see..enemies within will b put to shame

Cos when you are better informed, you are less likely to be a pawn in the hands of politrickians.. Asking the right questions doesn't make one an enemy, but by being passively lazy to ask the right question, you continue to live in delusion and deception..

BiafraBushBoy:
Bubu just satisfied our greedy demand for foreign products!!

Oya let's switch to Yuan till it becomes 1 Yuan = 300 naira, we will find another country to swap with again!!!

Nigerians don't wana suffer but they want to be exporting!!

How is that possible??

Willful ignorance is when u want Naija to be export dependent but type with Chinco phones and laptops..
Did u think that those phones and laptops were made with 0MW which was generated by this admin last wk

project8:
GROUND BREAKING...

"U.S Market Panics Over Potential Dollar
Crash As Buhari Signs Currency Deal With China.
Economic pundits have likened this agreement to his 1984 military regime policy when he directed the Apex Bank to cause a change in the colors of the Nigerian currency.

The exercise was designed to render the money alleged to have been stolen by Nigerian political leaders useless in their hands.

In a bid not to devalue, Buhari according to experts is seeking for a way to weaken the dollar dominated currency by approving Yaun to be one of the nation’s major foreign exchange currencies."

The Punch News

What a diplay of conginetal ignorance.. Naija foreign reserve of $28bn cannot make any dent on US economy of $16tn.. Just Apple's cash reserve is over $450bn..

kettykings:
igbos are not prepared for anything , no plan B, no fall back position , no strategy , no preparation, no cards on the table , no deft moves , no organisation only wailings , the igbo race is now more vulnerable than they were in 1967 and more prone to being roundly defeated in a little arm struggle like there was in 1967

What a display of arrogant idiocy! So Igbos killed Yorubas at Mile 12? So Igbos killed Agatus in Benue? So Igbos kidnaped Olu Falae and his kinsmen? So Igbos killed folks in Enugu over grazing?

umehmj:
The DRC desperately needs energy to grow. This mineral-rich expanse the size of Western Europe is Africa’s fourth most populous country but also one of its poorest. The International Monetary Fund estimates the DRC’s gross domestic product per capita at $171 – placing it last among the 180 countries studied last year. That’s lower in real terms than when the DRC threw off colonial rule by Belgium in 1960. In addition to myriad social and political challenges, economic growth is thwarted by a dearth of reliable electricity. The DRC’s mining-rich eastern Katanga province and Kinshasa province already suffer a net shortfall of 1,400 megawatts that holds back growth.

And the DRC’s investment shortfall is particularly severe. The state power utility, the Société Nationale d’Électricité (SNEL), delivers electricity to just 7% of the DRC’s 68 million people. Revitalizing and extending the hydropower works at Inga is the centerpiece of plans by the government in Kinshasa, SNEL and numerous international partners who aim to re-energize the DRC, underpin its economic future and secure its tenuous democracy. Yet, after a decade of struggle amidst ongoing violence, political divisions and mismanagement, dividends are elusive and frustration is rising.


www.earthzine.org


now don't you dare mention me again, stupid!

Willful ignorance of history. Congo DR has been fighting war for past 15yrs. Is Naija fighting war??

rottennaija:
So Wetin I go carry am do?

If like they want me to believe, that the project was not in the budget, and they knew of it and it's economic benefit and they also saw the money there, why didn't they simply include it, at least they could have use it to mock the executive and gain praise.

But they choose to take the money, allocate it to other projects that wasn't included. So, who is really deceiving who?

Time to blame GMB!! Padded budget, ghost and saboteurs blamed. Missing budget, NASS blamed. N15bn more included in presidency budget, Nobody is blamed.
Lagos-Calabar rail not included, blame NASS

Blame train has run amok and it's always deep rooted in sectionalism, tribalism, and sectarianism.. GMB has been their voice.. If he's not making 97% vs 5% comment , he will be challenging Xtians to go fight BH even though Xtians in NA are already doing that.. He'a making divisive and incendiary comments like Donald Trump..

Demainman1:
Most Nigerian youths are plain stupid and ignorant. How can anyone belief this lie. APC has really hypnotized you all.

99% don't even know the content of the padded budget yet they are here being critics.

If I lie show me where Lagos-calabar rail is in the budget

This man has been the lone voice saying that it was not included in the original budget. He is right! In Naija, we have willfully ignorant majority trying to shove their ignorance down our throat!

emorse:
Two wrongs don't make a right! Question is, will it benefit our people. If yes, then friggin fight for it! Would they have kept quiet if it affected their pockets?

This APC vs PDP war should be between the political elites not you and I. Am assuming you're not politicians.

I guess OP targeted folks like you by blaming PDP instead of blaming APC and PDP and you fell for it hook line and sinker. He projected a false narrative that GMB wanted to do this for your region while your senators rejected when in fact other senators were involved. Sen Goje, APC is the chairman of appropriation. There are more APC senators in the house than PDP, how come APC didn't convince fellow members to vote for it?

emorse:
Its funny how you can deduce someone's origin from his posts on a faceless forum.

A direct link to the commercial nerve centre of the country will open up business opportunities and increase economic activities. Movement of raw materials will become easier. As for the SW being a beneficiary, two wrongs can never make a right. That they kept quiet doesn't doesn't make the silence of the SS right.

Now to why I included the SE. SS and SS are next door neighbours more or less. Developments in the SS will have trickle effects in the SE. You might want to ask why I'm concerned. I want development for my people. We deserve to live the good life too.

These politicians that you seek to defend have accumulated so much that many generations to come in their lineage will never suffer whereas I lost an uncle on Monday because of inadequate medical care. If I have any hatred in my heart, its for those bloody thieves (both APC and PDP) who have robbed me and my family of the basics of life. And if you're one of them(political thieves), then I hate you too!

The OP made it that PDP senators sabotaged GMB's idea when in fact APC senators represent states in SW where its region stands to gain a lot from the project

aresa:
This is the problem with them, they spend more time worrying about other people and never themselves and their own issues..

This is what you get when tribalism and bigotry is your favorite past time and never your own well being.

It's calked equal responsibility! Stop being willfully ignorant! This project benefits Ogun, the manufacturing hub of Naija and Lagos, the economic capital than SS, why didn't their senators fight for the project.

menxer:
Yours, right?

Who talks about funding a project that is not in the budget?

Who would you expect to protect the interest of the SS, SW senators, right?

The SS needs that project more and it behoves the SS senators to push for it.

So a rail project from Calabar to Lagos is only going to impact SS economically?? Why not show how SW senators fought to keep this project in their region? What does SE have to do with this project?
If S/S senator didn't fight for this project, same logic can be applied to SW senators that didn't for the project.
Stop insulting our collective intelligence! We can reason without partisan lens, OK

Deen77:
Is of no much benefit to Ogun and Ondo, train is good for long distance journey.

How ??