₦airaland Forum

now he will know if there is God

Buhari’s Edwin Clark

God bless you

Same nonsense always repeating itself in this useless.....

The Israeli government has issued a notice for thousands of African migrants to leave the country or face imprisonment.

The migrants will be given up to $3,500 (£2,600) for leaving within the next 90 days.

They will be given the option of going to their home country or third countries.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-middle-east-42541515

Yes back to daura abeg

If you start saving N1 a day, from January 1st, 2018, you would have saved $1 by December 31st, 2018.

40%? We want a president and 90% of government under 50! You old fools lot should go and die rest

Fantastically corrupt

Abeg no be by force na

Between the 2 I'll go buhari any day but I'd rather vote for you op than both of them

Buhari is a disappointment, Jonathan was a disaster

Will ke? Haba mallam!

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VIEWPOINT 315:
Yellow card for el-Rufa’i (Part one)
Mahmoon Baba-Ahmed


The good people of Kaduna State are very much frustrated over glaring failure to actualize their hopes and wishes. An atmosphere of disappointment has currently permeated the state invoking an eerie feeling of letdown. It is that of sadness and frustration because things are not happening according to peoples’ expectations or satisfactorily because their aspirations have been hopelessly fritted away.

They contended that Malam Nasir el-Rufa’i, the governor they had enthusiastically elected was a colossal disappointment, having earlier fervently prayed that he would eventually be a veritable source of their success. He had previously exhibited characteristics that suggested his undisguised capabilities to help actualize their dream and bring relief to their varied predicaments, but alas, he had woefully disappointed them, leaving then in anguish and untold miseries. He had regrettably failed to deliver the dividends of democracy and was in no position to alleviate the sufferings of his people through quick intervention to improve their welfare,

There is a deep seated belief that Governor Nasir and his government had turned out to be dormant and inactive several months after take-off, sliding into unbelievable state of comatose to the extent of inability to perform their basic obligations to the people they had callously forsaken. That was why an ideological coalition of different stakeholders in Kaduna State, Kaduna Restoration Group, considered it imperative to caution Malam Nasiru in a lenghty, but bitter and acerbic correspondence which they titled ‘The Growing Trend of Civilian Dictatorship in Kaduna State.’

It is true that under the loose and brisk watch of Governor el-Rufa’i, the state he chaperons was fast sliding into political abyss which portends great danger to the entire people of the state whose livelihood and welfare are steadily being endangered. There have been so many incidences of autocratic actions almost on daily basis perpetrated by the governor or the irrepressible agents of his government. The Group’s grouse was that the good people of Kaduna State have painfully realized that Nasiru’s government had been advertising its democratic credentials and celebrating its achievements overtly, but covertly what was obviously realistic was that the so-called achievements were fictitious and non-existent. It soon dawned on the Kaduna State populace that the government was extensively populated with core loyalists of the governor with materialistic and mercantilist disposition, imported into the state to massage his ego and to displace qualified state indigenes that can do the job better.

Sadly, Nasiru’s government has pathetically failed to unveil any agenda concerned with practical results than with theories and principles. From its badly managed school feeding programme which gulped a whopping ten billion dollars in just eight months, according to the governor’s implausible and incredible estimates, to the theatrical commissioning of the so-called Zaria Treatment Plant, it could be seen that Nasir el-Rufa’i is a big joker who believes in reaping where he did not sow.

The school feeding programme was a classical example of how not to undertake a public-oriented exercise that will uplift expectations but only to dash them heartlessly. Similarly, phase one of the three-phase Zaria Water Treatment Plant was successfully completed by the PDP administration, and its Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero had flagged off the commencement of the second phase and provided enough materials for its execution. Governor el-Rufa’i had only succeeded in hoodwinking the people of Zaria by replicating the commissioning ceremony in May this year. What had actually belied his intention was the fact that till today no drop of water had reached any home after the deceptive commissioning jamboree. That had really shown that no further action was carried out by his government on the water plant from where previous administration had left it.

In fact stories of Governor Nasiru’s escapades are akin to brash adventures, showing recklessness and utter disregard for the rule of law. The mindless demolition exercises carried out in Zaria and Kaduna of the houses of hapless and unfortunate citizens left many pauperized and in reprehensible destitution. Most of the victims were among the hordes that tenaciously participated in the campaigns and electoral processes that installed Nasir as a governor without strenuous effort. What an indifferent breach of trust?

Needless to say, Governor Nasir’s anti peoples’ policies are legion. They range from contract scams which violated and excluded financial rules and regulations from their inception to unilateral awards, the bastardization of Civil and unified Local Government services and the employment of discredited consultants whose terms of engagement are not consistent with the bureaucratic norms and their services are not beneficial to the people of the state. These so-called consultants are not familiar with the state and are totally ignorant about the aspirations of its people. What they are only known for is their insatiable appetite for money which they stockpile any how without regard to due process. Their main function is to disallow the locals participate freely in economic activities while their main role is to arrange capital flight or helping to move resources out of the state which they bleed dry.

Apart from the controversial sacking of traditional rulers which has been the last straw threatening to break the back of Nasir’s camel, his needless and expensive globe-trotting tendency is exerting unnecessary expenses to the public purse which could conveniently be used to uplift the status of the miserable people of Kaduna State. Now, with the yellow card given him by the Kaduna Restoration Group everybody is saying that serves him right.

NwaAmaikpe:


El-Rufai wants to be the Awolowo of the North...

Only he is braver and more intelligent.

How I wish this was true, I was so happy when he came in, now not so much. Looks like he's overwhelmed and confused, hope he picks up in the remaining time

South!

Despite ceaselessly advertising himself as an apostle of due process and transparency, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state, SaharaReporters has found, runs an opaque contract award system in his state.
Documents exclusively obtained by this website show that the lack of transparency in contract awards is characterized by blunt refusal to advertise bids, as required by the Procurement Act; contract splitting, cornering of contracts through fronts-by members of El-Rufai’s family, cronies and officials of his government.

The opaqueness, SaharaReporters discovered, was boldly evident in the award and execution of contracts for the rehabilitation of existing drainages in Kaduna North, Kaduna South, Chikun and Zaria local government areas of the state.

To go round, the contracts, evidence showed, were split into desilting and excavation in clear violation of due process regulations. They were also never advertised, as required by the Procurement Act.

Instead, Governor El-Rufai's government, after breaking the contract into bits, awarded them to members of his family, including his wife and children, personal staff, friends and members of the House of Assembly, who used fronts to execute them. Currently, many of the drainage contracts have been abandoned, with the governor and the state legislature unable to move against the contractors because the jobs were awarded on sweetheart basis.

Among the beneficiaries was Air Vice-Marshal Aliyu El-Rufai, the governor’s brother, who was awarded five contracts. Documents obtained by SaharaReporters listed him as the sponsor of Sumadex Nigeria Limited, Digimic Ventures, Gambari Visions Limited, Concept Construction and Engineering Limited as well as Elab Solution Provider. Also on the list is a woman captured as Aunty Asabe, who got two contracts through J-F Haam Investment Limited. A man captured as Uncle Idi also got a contract via Danshanono Investment Limited.
Cont....

http://saharareporters.com/2017/06/20/bazaar-how-el-rufai%E2%80%99s-wife-children-kaduna-state-government-officials-shared-n3billion

Q: Southerners are angry that you attempted to rewrite history by saying that money from the North was used to develop the South. Why are you trying to rewrite history?

A: I am not rewriting history. My teacher in Barewa College has compiled the economic status of Nigeria from 1914 to 1960 and if you care to find that document, you will find what the financial relationships were between the Federal and the regional governments and how funds were moving from one part of the country to the other. That is one. You can look for it, you will get it. I can also tell you that the resources of the North were the basic sources of infrastructural development in this country, talking about the railway, the ports and so on and so forth. There is no question about that one. Also without doubt, the resources of the North were used for the exploitation of oil. You go and ask the first Minister of Mines, Power and Steel Resource (that was in charge of the oil portfolio in the First Republic), who is the longest serving up till date, Maitama Sule, he served as minister for six years. Shell asked him, this money that you are taking from the North, is it an investment or a loan? And our leaders at the time said the money belonged to a part of Nigeria and one day, the whole of Nigeria would benefit from it. So you see when some stupid comments keep coming from people who really did nothing about oil industry development and so on, I call oil money idle money. This is money that Nigerians have not worked for. The development of a country is not dependent on idle funds, which oil money is. You have to work for things and that is why from northern Nigeria where farmers are toiling to feed the country, they send goods outside the country and so on. Up till 1974, the foreign exchange of this country was dependent on exports of agricultural products, mostly from the North. So if people are not quite literate about the history of Nigeria, they should please go and read a lot more and they will be able to understand what I am saying.

Q: Are you denying the fact that Nigeria made money from other regions like the South-West, which had cocoa and the Mid-Western Region that had palm oil and so on?

A: Of course, I agree. We agree! We agree! But all the same, the colonial masters that were running the affairs of the country had records and how funds were used to balance the budgets of the various regions and how the North played a major role in balancing budgets of even governments in the southern part of the country. Records are available; you go and check them. It was up till 1974 when commercial exports of crude oil began to really take over from agricultural exports; that is why I’m referring to 1974. And you go and check the speeches of Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.) in his last year in office and so on, when the oil exports began to manifest. For example, during the civil war, this country didn’t borrow a kobo to prosecute the war for three years under the leadership of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, a ‘veteran person’, who knew how to manage small resources.

https://www.google.com/amp/punchng.com/no-one-has-told-me-i-committed-a-crime-we-have-freedom-of-speech-prof-ango-abdullahi/amp/

Kdon2:
Really? Ask yourself can the north do anything successfully without ibos? Can the north ever survive igbo exit? The igbos would survive no doubt but can the north survive?

Why do you care? Go do you and let us do us
Simple, no need for bursted veins here

JUST LEAVE!!!

Kdon2:
But obviously still the most backward and a parasite that has nothing to offer.

Fine! But that's not your problem is it?
See guy what do you people want? As for us o we want a country without you! Shikenan

Kdon2:
moronic cowards! North can never grow without the igbos. They are empty of ideas thats why they are affraid to stay alone. Onyi ara,brain dead people

And yet we are the ones telling you to leave, hmmmm

rainylad:
...I no talk am?..shifting of goal posts at its peak..okay lets wait for Igbo civil engineers to 'build brigdes'..i am out.

Shifting what, since when have you lot been shouting biafra, isn't this an opportunity or are you the one shifting? surely you do not expect the group to mention a deadline to fellow citizens in a letter to the president do you? June, July, august, September then October that's more than enough time, don't you think?

rainylad:
...Arewa and co are not serious...

...Use the annoyance you claim Igbos have caused you which necessitated your meaningless 'Kaduna declaration' to 'write letters to your Senators and House of Assembly members to initiate the process offficially for the dis-integration of this country..

..Thats is the way to go,to show how 'pained' you are....

..You dont sit in your rooms,order people to leave yet resist efforts to officially seperate..You know thats,thats why you have doctored your initial declaration and has resorted to playing to the gallery like a circus show...instead of doing the needful..

...My take is that you are not serious about this country seperating.You dont even have a formidable group agitating for seperation...I am tempted to believe those who say your latest declaration is a ploy to cause confusion,so that the military headed by u lots will take over,conduct an election and install another in 2019..since buhari's condition is 'unknown'.

..The only groups you have are those pushing for northern Presidency for life,grazing bills and sharia...

..No more,no less.

See this clown, so you want us to do the job for you abi? If you guys are serious about your Biafra then you should be building bridges with the arewa youth so the movement will be stronger not calling them names and acting stvpid!

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Nwakaumu2:
This made a lot of sense.I would rather have bulldozer raze down my building than allow those lazy vultures occupy it.they will soon realize that igbo is what make barren desert have semblance of modern habitation.

Please do or better yet carry the property for head but we want you guys out! Shikenan.

izuagba:
I am Umaru Dikko Haruna from Katsina, Northern Nigeria.
With tears and heartbreak that I'm typing this letter to the ibos, because 90% of my friends are ibos and I live my life in the
mist of ibos which I enjoyed to its fullest. The ibos are most friendly, peaceful, loving, accomodating, caring, God fearing and
most of all industrious people and that makes them economically viable is Nigeria.
The blood shading Fulanis are hear 2 slaughter u again and if u believe u are more brave than them, then Its time 2 unite
yourselves as one Igbo blood and fight (armless) a just and intelligent fight. It's time to love yourselves.
Time to match peacefully to achieve Freedom.
Time to pray together to achieve a common goal.
Arewa youths has ordered you to leave the north peacefully b4 October 1st and it's not a joke.
prepare yourselves ahead of this deadline because my people have concluded in their meeting before using Arewa youth forum
as a channel for the broadcast. The Nigeria gov't cannot protect you when they come with these planned violent attack.
If u ask yourselves this few questions:
1.why was the broadcast made in Kaduna and not in any other northern state?
2.Why the crises in southern Kaduna focuses on killing Christians?
3. Why is Kaduna state Governor fighting a general Oversea of Omega fire ministry?
4. Has anyone signatory to the statement been arrested as ordered by Gov. El-Rufai? 5. What has Olusegun Obasanjo, IBB, Gowon, Buhari, Soyinka and the likes said about this quit notice?
6. What action has South/Eastern Governors taken to address this issue for national interest?
7. Why has Deputy senate president been intimidated as the eye of the Ibo people?
8. Why do the bill to establish south East development commission failed in the lower chamber of the national assembly?
9. Do your asset in northern Nigeria worth your life and that of your family?
10. Why do this government not having any Ibo man as a service chief? 11. Why do Nnamdi Kanu and Ipob keep agitating for Biafra freedom? Or u think the young man is insane?
It's time to go back home, support your agitation for freedom nd develop your places. The government is for the North and west
and they are their brothers keepers.
Iam calling on all Igbos in the northern Nigeria to prepare and go home, Biafra if achieved will be better than Dubai, South
Africa, Uruguay etc in less than 5yrs because of your industrial skills.
The Hausas are neither your friend nor your brothers. To kill is their work nd u've always been their target.
You have your homes nd shall do better in your various places in Biafra land leaving Northern/western Nigeria to sink.
This is what your brother Ojukwu saw in 1960's and call for secession.
I am from the north (a muslim) and am not suppose to say this but for God's sake the bloodshed will be much if u dont act fast
nd this time ibos will suffer more. My people have concluded and after the Ramadan fast you shall see it coming bite by bite. I
thank Almighty Allah that a notice was given just as landlords give notice to his tenant before taken actions, act fast. I LOVE you people so much and wish u achieve Biafra urgently Insha Allah.
Share this piece as u recieve to your brothers in the north.
God bless Biafra.

http://www.biafrainsider.com/2017/06/hausa-man-send-letter-to-biafrans.html?m=1

Hahahahahaha hahahaha, wee u kip kwayet!

No be only umaru dikko na shehu shagari

^^^ you are kidding?

Kaduna governor through his cronies yesterday Friday 9th June used government power and strong police presence to steal an entire government allocated layout in the most valuable part of the city center off yakubu gown and behind CBN and allocate to his alleged friend to build a hotel (top rank hotel), no land in the area was revoked, no markings by kasupda and no demolition notice, the body in charge of demolition (KASUPDA) was also not aware until the very end and they were ordered not to disrupt the activities.

Sadly even Mai unguwa (district heads) useless titles get 21 day removal notice from government before demolition but not in this government issued layout, also why the secrecy and quick demolition?

Abeg elrufai loyalist come and explain this

Split? guy you are seriously mistaken, there is a difference between a general belief and the government stand, in the end you will come to find out what's what. E.g. Is the SE split? Maybe no but the leaders and iPods are not saying the same thing right now right? but in the end......?

Who is ali usman?

And if he does?