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I used that road during PDP era and it was in a terrible state. Stop this lies

greatiyk4u:
The road was in perfect shape during PDP era and regular rehabilitation was carried out by FERMA on the road and That was when FERMA was still active and effective

This same road, Peter Obi built a section of it at Onitsha and Awaka and they are still standing till date

What of at old age, the woman tells the children you are not their father and the children leave you together with mother to meet their true father.

Did you read at all. That loan had been there since 2020 and usually world bank loans are released in phases and can be discontinued if it does not meet the purpose as seen here

Sonnobax15:

Power of social media.

Instead of them to come out clean and say they wanted the loan to sponsor their campaign,they lied it'd be used to generate power

But thank God for the association of angry Nigerians that stormed the world bank comment section to remind them of the motive behind the loan.

Which Buhari. Buhari was the worst thing that happened to ASUU. Don't even go there.

HelipsTech:
Mr Op, ASUU strikes base on failure of government to fulfil agreements. Tinubu only enjoying the results of the struggle during Buhari regime.

Buhari fulfilled 90% of the 2007 agreements, and the exclusion of ASUU from IPPIS, which was a major disagreement at the time.
So say something else.

How about the health sector? What can you say about the strike in Tinubu govt

NELFUND. With that education is no longer for only the rich.

Kdon2:
Glad you didn't deny this. It means you are reasonable👏

The Northerner Moslems will fight it. They hate anything American

ogmask:
How about bringing the Israelis or Americans to lead our campaign against terrorism. When it comes to the security of lives and property the govt will say Nigeria is a sovereign state , she can take care of herself . However, when it comes to mortgaging our future thru endless loans and very unfriendly contract agreements that only favours the Chinese and the west, the govt signs off on it.
It is time to inbed foreign experts in our security architecture if we must secure this country.

It is ignorance. People also forget that it is never greener on the other side as everywhere has its unique challenge

DoTheNeedful:
I have been living in the US for almost a decade, and I can tell you that the value of $1,000 in the US is less than 90k in Nigeria.

It is surprising that many of you, including graduates, don't understand that you cannot just arbitrarily convert dollars or pounds to naira in this context.

You cannot start a family anywhere in the US with $1, 000. You would need at least a job that pays you $6,000 per month to think of marriage. An ideal monthly salary would be around $10,000.

With 1.5 million in Nigeria, you can afford to marry a jobless partner, support two children, and own a decent car.

You could eat out in Nigeria with 2k, but eating out in the US would cost you around 25 dollars (35k). I get a haircut every month for $50 (75k) in the US. In Nigeria, I could get the same haircut for around 1k.

If you have a baby in the US, you would need to spend around $2,000 (3 million) per month on day care. In Nigeria, you would pay maybe 50k.

I laugh each time I see some posts on social media converting people's salary in UK/US/CA to naira, thinking the naira equivalent of those figures have the same impact in those countries. It is unfortunate that some people have such mentality.

That being said, if you manage to have some savings in places like US and you bring such to Nigeria, you could tie up a project or more.

If you are from SE, will you vote Awolowo considering his role in the civil war. Same SE voted Obasanjo when a fellow Igbo (Ojukwu) was in the ballot

Sirjamo:
Nobody would expect South east to vote for Tinubu. We know where his votes will come from. No worry yourself.

People who did not vote Awolowo and Abiola. Is it Tinubu they will vote

That is not true. In 2014 oil prices were below $100

nairalanda1:
Also 2014....oil prices were as high as 130 dollars per barrel

2025...oil prices were as low as 60 dollars per barrel

Dutch disease.

ASUU not going to strike yet has nothing to do with CONUA but ongoing negotiation. You don't go on strike while negotiation is ongoing. It is against labour law. CONUA is irrelevant and can't be used to checkmate ASUU.

Difrent:
That's what Dangote should do to break their power, promote the creation of a rival union, Las las them go humble .

When last did ASUU hold government to Ransome since government recognize CONUA

That is true

nairalanda1:
Reread my post again

No matter the crude price, the money will never be enough. Unless oil is at 150 dollars or more per barrel.

Not true Sir. Pls always do your research properly. APC had always used this line of crude oil prices being above 110 dollars during GEJ tenure but they failed to tell it was for a short period. Pls good can always help us.
Below is the crude oil prices since 1983

1983 27.22 26.41 26.08 25.85 26.08 25.98 25.86 26.03 26.08 26.04 26.09 25.88
1984 25.93 26.06 26.05 25.93 26.00 26.09 26.11 26.02 25.97 25.92 25.44 25.05
1985 24.26 23.64 23.89 24.19 24.18 24.07 24.04 23.99 23.96 24.10 24.27 24.51
1986 23.12 17.65 12.62 10.68 10.75 10.68 9.25 9.77 11.09 11.00 11.05 11.73
1987 13.79 14.51 14.54 14.95 15.29 15.95 16.88 17.06 16.25 15.95 15.46 14.27
1988 13.64 13.43 12.96 13.92 14.12 13.59 12.38 12.22 11.63 10.62 10.31 11.99
1989 13.80 14.24 15.65 17.04 16.76 16.42 16.32 15.01 15.58 16.25 16.30 17.01
1990 18.49 18.16 16.57 14.52 13.82 12.79 14.03 21.87 28.46 30.86 27.53 22.63
1991 19.60 16.28 15.13 16.16 16.44 15.58 16.36 16.60 16.71 17.72 17.12 14.68
1992 13.99 14.04 14.12 15.36 16.38 17.96 17.80 17.07 17.20 17.16 16.00 14.94
1993 14.70 15.53 15.94 16.15 16.03 15.06 13.83 13.75 13.39 16.27 15.21 12.95
1994 10.49 10.71 10.94 12.31 14.02 14.93 15.34 14.50 13.62 13.84 14.14 13.43
1995 14.00 14.71 14.68 15.84 15.85 15.02 14.01 14.13 14.49 13.68 14.03 15.02
1996 15.43 15.54 17.63 19.58 17.94 16.94 17.63 18.29 19.93 21.09 20.20 21.34
1997 21.76 19.38 17.83 16.63 17.23 15.88 15.89 16.19 16.41 17.66 16.83 15.04
1998 13.45 12.17 11.15 11.28 11.13 10.00 10.44 10.20 11.29 11.32 9.64 8.03
1999 8.57 8.60 10.76 12.82 13.92 14.39 16.12 17.58 20.03 19.71 21.35 22.55
2000 23.53 25.48 26.19 23.20 25.58 27.62 26.81 27.91 29.72 29.65 30.36 24.46
2001 24.64 25.27 22.98 23.39 24.06 23.43 22.82 23.08 22.37 18.73 16.40 15.54
2002 15.89 16.93 20.28 22.52 23.51 22.59 23.51 24.76 26.08 25.29 23.38 25.29
2003 28.42 31.85 30.10 25.45 24.95 26.84 27.52 27.94 25.23 26.53 27.21 28.53
2004 30.35 31.21 32.86 33.20 35.73 34.53 36.54 40.10 40.56 46.14 42.85 38.22
2005 40.18 42.19 47.56 47.26 44.03 49.83 53.35 58.90 59.64 56.99 53.20 53.24
2006 57.85 55.69 55.64 62.52 64.40 64.65 67.71 67.21 59.37 53.26 52.42 55.03
2007 49.32 52.94 54.95 58.20 58.90 62.35 69.23 67.77 73.27 79.32 87.16 85.28
2008 87.06 89.41 98.44 106.64 118.55 127.47 128.08 112.83 98.50 73.18 53.67 36.80
2009 35.00 34.14 42.45 45.19 52.67 63.09 60.44 65.28 65.28 69.82 71.99 70.42
2010 72.87 72.74 75.77 78.80 70.91 70.77 71.37 72.07 71.23 76.02 79.20 83.98
2011 85.66 86.69 99.19 108.80 102.46 97.30 97.82 89.00 90.22 92.28 100.18 98.71
2012 98.99 102.04 105.42 103.62 95.57 83.59 86.10 92.53 95.98 92.24 89.64 89.81
2013 95.00 95.01 95.54 94.41 94.75 93.82 101.41 102.96 102.32 96.18 88.70 91.85
2014 89.57 96.86 96.17 96.49 95.74 98.68 96.70 90.72 86.87 78.84 71.07 54.86
2015 43.06 44.35 42.66 49.30 54.38 55.88 47.70 39.98 41.60 42.34 38.19 32.26
2016 27.02 25.52 31.87 35.59 41.02 43.96 40.71 40.46 40.55 45.00 41.65 47.12
2017 48.19 49.41 46.39 47.23 45.19 42.17 43.42 44.96 47.17 49.12 55.19 56.98
2018 62.25 61.18 60.68 63.50 66.16 62.80 67.00 62.64 63.54 65.18 55.65 47.63
2019 48.00 52.60 57.46 63.00 59.73 54.34 56.47 53.63 55.14 53.14 54.96 58.41
2020 56.55 49.66 31.01 15.18 18.02 33.81 37.44 39.37 36.82 36.39 38.25 43.92
2021 49.47 56.44 60.43 59.87 62.80 68.58 70.12 65.68 69.09 78.51 76.45 70.56
2022 80.33 89.41 107.07 103.34 108.29 113.77 100.84 93.76 84.62 86.61 84.43 76.45
2023 75.71 74.32 72.09 77.23 70.14 68.59 74.07 79.78 87.96 84.65 77.46 71.01
2024 72.30 75.02 79.04 83.21 78.21 77.38 79.11 75.00 68.75 70.45 68.24 68.10
2025 73.15 70.10 67.07 62.01 59.91 65.33

nairalanda1:
Well, Yaradua signed an agreement with ASUU In 2009, which up till today has never been fufilled...despite oil revenues being high due to oil being above 140 dollars per barrel under his rule at one point.

GEJ too could not fufil the agreement signed, so as a result, ASUU went on strike twice under his regime.

And even then, salaries were not enough.

I am not here to defend APC or tinubu. But under GEJ, oil prices were high enough, and enough revenue was flowing into the country. Since 2015, oil has been below 75 dollars per barrel, except for a period between 2019-21, when it was above 90 dollars per barell..under GEJ from 2011-14, oil was above 110 dollars per barrel.

Even then, life was still bad for most people. That is why I always shout that if we diversify our economy, and even focus on exporting industrial goods...we could be earning money in the hundreds of billions of dollars, and even doing budgets of 400 billion dollars...not the 30 billion dollars we do now.

That is why APC is a failure. Diversification zero, industries zero.

But please , GEJ was not a good leader. Na tinubu with high oil prices.

What percentage of ASUU participate in election compared to the total number of lecturers? And who told you that even if you use pastors, bishop or imams, they won't still compromise the process. As saintly as Jesus and the disciples are, one of them still betrayed Jesus. A perfect system does not exist

jetguy:
ASUU should feel the pain too...

Shebi them know how to rigged elections

Take APC propaganda at your risk. They are excellent at it

Did Tinubu or any APC and Tinubu supporters react to any positive news or development during PDP and GEJ administration? Hypocrite

helinues:
You didn't read my comments right.

Has Peter Obi ever under this government reacted to positive/development news?

Which one? Even his bad news reactions have been selective just like this one.

We are pointing out something your principal is glaring doing, instead of his supporters to be sober about it, you will still complicate the issue for your principal.

Una own supporters is from bla bla bla

As if Tinubu spoke well of the country when he was in opposition

helinues:
This man should stop uttering nonsense all the time.

How can you be speaking ill of a country you are aspiring to govern one day. Try and be sensitive for once

It's time to change all the mad men advisers around you and face the reality

State governors should not be lazy but through private and public partnerships, build their own generation, distribution and transmission for improve power in their respective state as was done by Obaseki of Edo State and Otti of Abia State. Niger Delta States and Lagos if not for corruption can comfortably do this. They should remove their eyes from FG power facilities

APC thinks Nigerians are fools. Nigerians are Indeed faring better.

That is gross pay before tax and other statutory deduction

major50:
This is what is obtainable in Federal Universities.

That is gross pay before tax and other statutory deduction [wasquote author=major50 post=136120597]This is what is obtainable in Federal Universities.[/quote]

Pray you don't become a victim of racism. Very common among the Arab and Asians

FreeIgboho:
Ok, why would police want to do that to HIM. Does he owe them money

Is she an Igbo woman because they are good at doing so

Liazz:
I finance everything 100%, I give her money and she goes out to buy the food stuff.
We have 2 kids, 5 years and 3 months of age. That's why it's complicated, I can't make any drastic decision as my kids may suffer. Social workers in UK also don't tolerating suffering children, they will take your children away from u and u will never see them again.

Israel is strategic in their strikes. If they wanted to do what Iranians are doing by throwing missiles indiscriminately, there would have been much civilian casualties. They are sticking to the rule of war and Iran being the terrorist they are, are shooting indiscriminately

Nigeria is a country where the oppressors are praised because of party, tribal or religious sentiment. I don't see things getting better

Even though I am happy with what Tinubu is doing for Southern Kaduna, remove ASUU from your politics as this government has shown the highest wickedness to ASUU. That there is no strike is just ASUU trying to compensate for student lost time. FG had been terrible to ASUU demands

BENEAMATA:
LOL . International loans are being repaid , not heard of ASUU or federal civil service strikes in two years , funny how we've not heard you lot come here to tell us #95,000 rice now goes for #60,000 and dropping , numerousgame-changing foreign investment and ground-breaking projects like the Nigeria--Niger - Algeria trans saharan gas project (TSGP), the Nigerian morocco gas project , the Lagos - Calabar coastal highway and more with the gas project that targets European Market potentially bringing in over 200 billion euros a year when fully operational . But then , let sit in our homes and be asking what has the master strategist achieved . Maybe he should be borrowing to pay fuel subsidies to the detriment the nation's infrastructural and Economic growth !

You have made yourself very notorious for supporting evil in this forum. Continue

helinues:
Bro you see, it's not all the time we should be attaching emotions, sentiments or be political about issue

What's the value of each traders goods that NAFDAC would be demanding N700k from them. The N700k is for what precisely.

I am not disputing the fact that some rogue NAFDAC agents might be demanding bribes from the traders but before doing that, those they are demanding the money from must also have k leg goods.

That the demanding of N700k is from NAFDAC office, main one, I can never accept that

Why waste your time explaining to that guy. He has never been on the side of truth.

chiagozien:
That why people are asking nafdac to tell Nigerians 700k they collected from traders what is for.
And what it will be used for.

As a patriot Nigeria you claim, don't you want NAFDAC to make you understand what the money is for.
From the NAFDAC you can see where they said some traders have complied to their terms, that only few individuals are trying to cause unrest.

They should have stated the terms.


From my receipt,I am 1348 person that have paid as of over three weeks ago I made payments.
They do number receipt for opening shops.


They don't care if you're doing business with only 500k, just borrow money and pay them.



There are still thousands of shops still closed because they can't afford to pay or they are still in process of paying.

A very stressful process that takes days.

Soludo made a statement which some of us have to correct him during President Tinubu’s visit..

“The last time a president visited for a commissioning was in 2012 for a brewery”
- Gov. Chukwuma Soludo

The statement is viewed as an attempt to attack Obi who Governor Soludo has never shy away from attacking at every opportunity right from 2023 Presidential election campaign.

Now let me set the record straight as a citizen of the state who have been following events in our state for years.

In 2012, President Jonathan visited Anambra State and commissioned:
(1) Inaugurate Orient Petroleum Oil.

(2) SabMiller Brewery

(3) Orange Drugs Company

(4) Krisoral Company

(5) Onitsha Inland Port

(6) 8 lanes Onitsha Head Bridge Enugu Onitsha expressway to Umunya with new parts bridge Nkpor.
Among others

Above listed are some of the triggers to economic growth of the state. I therefore state that the very statement from Soludo was demarketing of the state.

In 2010, President Jonathan visited Anambra State and commissioned:

(1) Anambra State University Teaching Hospital.

(2) Anambra State Secretariat

(3) Kenneth Dike Library

(4) Anambra State Emergency Management Complex

(5) Parental Drugs Factory of Juhel Pharmaceutical Industries

(6) so So many roads example : Zik’s Avenue Awka to Nkpor road and Bridges.

(7) the commissioning of the National Agency for Food, Drug, Administration and Control, NAFDAC’s upgraded ultra modern area quality control laboratory, at Agulu, Anambra State and many other projects.

President Obasanjo had earlier visited during Peter Obi era in 2006/2007.
Projects Commissioned by President Olusegun Obasanjo are as follows:

(1) Onitsha Business Park: A strategic initiative aimed at boosting commerce and industry in the region.

(2) Revenue House in Awka: Established to improve the state's revenue collection processes.

(3) Anambra State Fire Service Headquarters in Awka: Built to enhance emergency response capabilities.

(4) Flagging off of Awka-Nibo-Nise-Enugwu Ukwu ring road

So it was sad to read Soludo said that what he said.
I have being trying to read what my governor marketed to the visiting President or what he used the opportunity to market as the chief salesman of the state by virtue of his position as the governor, but I am so disappointed with his statement which did not add any value to the state.

- Ikechukwu Emeka Onyia II
May 8, 2025

Do you know the meaning of investigative journalism or you think Vanguard is a beer pallor newspaper that will soil it's reputation. Some media houses are not reporting somethings because of fear

eepeepook:
Make Vanguard chop their story.

What then can you call America, where someone will just wake from wrong side of the bed and start mass shooting?

GetSenseNow:
Someone called Nigeria a zoo and we all came for his head