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Eko Ile:
1. The fact is, ibo people like to dish it out, but too chicken and cowardly to take it. 1966 happened because of ibo atrocities against other Nigerians. Blood thirsty ibo folks slaughtered military and political leaders from other parts of the country while letting slide their own people, you clowns even tipped off your cowardly dummy and figure head president who took off and ran out of the country.

2. After the bloody massacre, Nigeria put faith in another ibo man as the new head of state and asked him to correct the wrong against the the dead innocent Nigerians by punishing the offenders (In normal country, the pun punishment for sedition, coup plotting and murder is death) but the same tribalistic ibo man let the murderers go free without even a slap on the wrist.

3. This led to widespread anger in the North and that's what led to 1966.ibo people asked for 1966, they practically begged for it. You can not keep starting shittt that you can not finish, you can't keep killing other people and keep thinking they'll keep looking the other. Look at your own sins before blaming other people for your own misfortune.

4. Where was Ojukwu when the folks from other parts of Nigeria were slaughtered by ibo people? Did he pick up guns to avenge their deaths or declare Arewa Nation or Odua Nation on their behalf? Of course he didn't. Did he question Aguiyi-Ironsi why he did not punish the ibo murders on behalf of the dead Nigerians from other parts of the country? O f course he didn't.

5. Nigeria once had a lot of faith in bo people. Nigeria's first president was ibo, the first head of state was ibo, but ibo people betrayed that faith and trust with needless violence, trickery and gross tribalism.

It can not always be about the precious ibo people and never other people. The fact is, the world doesn't revolve around your a/s/s/s, you are the architects of your own misfortune in Nigeria

Learn from your past so you don't make the same dangerous mistake allover again.

my friend stop talking like you know what you are talking about no be tinumbu carry coco mix with amala give you to swallow for him and after swallow he go package you to Singapore to off load monkey  look at who is talking about biafran history,u cant tell me abt BIAFRA, mumu olodo lapata

scorpiogal:
Thx!

is ok i understand i got six different tatts in my body, but yours i like it very wellu

does he need to enlarge the letters

Okija_juju:
Ojukwu ga nwu onwu ojo!!

O dika nna gi abu ifeajuna

scorpiogal:
Wow! I tink I saw ma house in one of thse pixx! I miss home,  *sigh*

your tattoo is very nice "beautiful"

The country still have a long way to go   why cant federal govt reduce their expenditure,all over the world most goverment in most countries have cut down from there expenses but in Nigeria is a different case what a country senators they just milk the country and sit there with no ideas to move the country forward i tire for this country.

seanet02:
See ibos with their stupid1ty, why compare the Whimp to the brave one. Ojukwu remain c bloody and useless coward. A bingo he is

MY FRIEND SHUT UP UR STINKING MOUTH OLODO,

Fuel Subsidy Removal: World Bank Chief Cautions Jonathan

By Emma Amaize, Kingsley Omonobi, Demola Akinyemi , Peter Eguatu, Inalegwu Shaibu, Victor  jeme & Akpokona Omafuaire
LAGOS — As the battle line appears drawn between advocates of the withdrawal of fuel subsidy and those opposed to it, the World Bank Vice President for African Region, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, has stressed the need for government to tackle the supply structure of fuel before implementing the policy.

Ezekwesili spoke against the groundswell of opposition to the policy even as the House of Representatives has assured that it would take a decision on the issue in the best interest of Nigerians.

Commenting on the proposed removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government, the World Bank Vice President, said: “Government needs to focus on the supply side. The supply structure of fuel needs urgent attention of the government. First of all, in tackling the issue of fuel in the country, the government should be able to address the supply of fuel. That is all I can say on this at the moment.”

Ezekwesili, who spoke with newsmen weekend at a forum organised by the Apostle in the Market Place (AiMP) warned the federal government to urgently reduce its recurrent expenditure if it wants to address the huge infrastructure deficiency in Nigeria.

She noted that over $25 billion would be required to address the infrastructure problem in the country, noting that “Nigeria needs to tackle the infrastructure deficiency in order to attract investment.


President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurating the Golf Course of the Air Force after the Parade Tuesday in Abuja with on the left is Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohhamed Dikko Umar Px State House
The government alone cannot address the infrastructure problem; it is going to involve the private sector, so there is need to have public private partnership.

The private sector cannot come into an economy where there is negative rating; it cannot come into a country where there is infrastructure deficiency and where the cost of transaction is too high. They will not come into a country that has a key bottleneck and in an environment with many hurdles in doing business.

And so government has to focus on things that will improve business climate, some of those things is the bulk bureaucratic reforms that have been going on, but the most important is having a macro economic stability that will ensure that your fiscal activity are well ordered, prudential and your monetary policy are such that check inflation, guaranty stability and prohibit exchange rate volatility so that such stability will make investors take you serious when making investment decision. So in order to address the infrastructure deficit, the role of government and private sector will come complementary.

“In terms of additional financing in an annual basis that is needed, at least more than $25 billion is needed to address infrastructure; you can find private sector and government sharing the risk that is involved in it.”

Commenting on the fiscal problem facing the country, Ezekwesili, said: “Well, it has to do with fiscal consolidation of the budget. By fiscal consolidation we mean taking hard fiscal responsibility in our budget. The entire budget has to be looked at not just the size alone but the quality and structure of the budget.

“There is urgent need to reduce the portion of the recurrent expenditure of the government, it is really urgent for government to do so because no economy can develop its infrastructure with the kind of budget we have. It does not create the basis of economic growth. The bride of economic growth is the investment in infrastructure and human capital for an overall economic growth.

The part of fiscal consolidation really must be considered. The government must live within its means and it should not crowd out the private sector by borrowing from the domestic market where resources are available for the development of the real sector that has potentials for employment.

On her impression on the banking sector reforms and mergers and acquisition taking place in the country, she said, “these are early days we have to focus on both monetary and fiscal policies. The monetary authority has to keep focus on improving the performance of the banking sector. The most important thing is to ensure that credit is revitalized in the system to reactivate the real sector, because that is where the job creation has to come from. Some of the measures that are being taken are on course but the high cost of doing business by the Small Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) is not just from the lending aspect but from other transaction costs, such as transport, energy, etc. So by the time you reduce all the transaction costs then there will be a balance when you consider the cost of borrowing.”

You are digging your administration’s grave – CNPP warns Jonathan

On his part, General Secretary of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), Willy Ezugwu said the honourable way out for President Jonathan is to hands off the removal and focus on how to break the subsidy cartel, insisting that the withdrawal will be to the detriment of the masses.

His words: “We are not surprised that the President who laid claim to having risen to the top from poor background has joined the oppressing elite by planning to visit hardship on the people he promised to cater for. What is however surprising is that it is too early in the day for him to abandon the people in favour of the rich”.

No going back on fuel subsidy removal, Says Gov. Suswam

Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam, however insisted yesterday there will be no going back on government’s plans to remove fuel subsidy, saying it will be in the best interest of the nation.

The Governors Forum, which initially threw its weight behind the removal of the subsidy, has constituted a six-man panel, headed by its Chairman, Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, to decide on the forum’s position on the matter.

Speaking with journalists at the venue of the 9th Annual Award Ceremony for Winners of NAFDAC’s organized Annual Secondary Schools Competition in Abuja, Suswam maintained that fuel subsidy was not getting to the masses and and that a very few faceless people were the ones enjoying the subsidy.

He said: “I fully support the removal of fuel subsidy for a number of reasons. Look at what is happening in the Senate, a few individuals or few group of persons are the ones enjoying the subsidy.

“If you go to Sokoto, I don’t think you will buy a litre of petrol at N65, for God knows why. So who is enjoying the subsidy? A few people are taking a lot of money. And in spite of the fact that the Federal Government has made a pronouncement that if it takes N250 billion for this month, few people will share that money.

“So the governors, with no exception, are fully in support of removal of subsidy. Yes, temporarily there would be hiccup.”

Reps ‘ll take decision in the best interest of Nigerians —Ihedioha

The House of representatives has meanwhile assured that it would take a decision on the issue of the removal of fuel subsidy in the best interest of Nigerians after listening to all arguments by the stakeholders.

Deputy Speaker, Chief Emeka Ihedioha who spoke weekend in Ilorin said, “we will be fair to all and we will listen to all the arguments as they present themselves and, of course, you are sure that members of the House of Representatives are very patriotic and very rational.

“We will put the issues on the table and take best action that we consider good enough for the prosperity of the country and our people”.

Ihedioha also stressed that on this matter, in his capacity as the deputy speaker, he would respect the opinions and views of his colleagues on the fuel subsidy in arriving at a collective decision, saying, ”I must respect their opinions and views and respect the fact that they represent their constituencies and do my job which they have asked me to do which is presiding”.

Senators demand Stakeholders’ meeting

Senators, Ali Ndume, PDP, Borno and Ifeanyi Okowa, PDP Delta, on their part advised President Goodluck Jonathan to allow Nigerians decide through a stakeholders’ meeting whether fuel subsidy should be sustained or removed.

Senator Ndume, said, “I do not see the removal of subsidy as government policy. It is individual policy. If you are taking a major policy decision like this and you did not involve the people through the National Assembly then it is not government policy. We are the representatives of the people. Then how come we are not being carried along?

“Even the Constitution provides that the people must have a say in government decisions and that includes issues such as fuel subsidy. So what they are trying to do is unconstitutional. As far as I am concerned, they should forget about it because Nigerians have clearly rejected it.”

Senator Okowa who is also pushing for the revitalization of the nation’s health sector and a special programme to stem the tide of sickle cell disorder urged the government to come up with well defined safety nets in the event that it goes ahead to remove fuel subsidy.

He said: “I feel that the Federal Government needs to come in with all information to Nigerians without holding back on any. Letting us know exactly what is going on and also letting us know whether the accounts as related to the subsidy of the PPPRA, NNPC and the PPMC have actually been properly audited by firms that we can trust.

“Let us know exactly how much fuel is actually coming into this country, how much fuel is being refined locally. We need to know all these because there are several talks about round tripping. There are so many challenges and government needs to throw these cards on the table with all the information available. Let the information be studied by the NLC, by the ordinary Nigerians and then we discuss it as a nation and agree. I think that is where we have been going wrong in this country.”

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eeeyaaah

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another Yoruba monika

asha 80:
where is the money going to come from?

did imo state's IGR improve overnight?

don't forget more money will be coming to the state treasury  from gas supply to PCHN,  state will soon start to supply gas from IMO river to PCHN power company the gas pipes are already constructed and is about to start supplying gas to power plants in ABA to national grid,

imo state they should thank their GOD for giving them[b] rochas okorocha[/b],

adros84:
@ Eko Ile,
Biro ba lo logun odun, otito a le ba lojo kan. Say whatever you like, I am Yoruba and proud to be one. But I am also a student of history. I am not like people whose knowledge of history is based on newspaper reports and beer parlour gossips. I respect Ojukwu as a person for his role in standing for the rights of his people. I wish we had someone like that during the Abiola case. That I do not belong to a tribe will not blind me to good things about that tribe. That has been the problem with us in Nigeria. Most Yorubas do not see any good thing in any other tribe, same for most Igbos and Hausas. How can an educated man be blind to the good in other people. If I know my English very well, that is the meaning of parochialism. The Igbos like other tribes have their good and bad points. I respect them for their industry, tenacity of purpose and fighting spirit. I respect the Yorubas for their intelligence, kindness and straightforwardness. I love the Hausas for their simplicity. For the avoidance of doubt, I repeat  that I am YORUBA form EKitiland. EKITI KETE.

if other yaribas are like you nigeria by now will be in a better place, well u see your brothers and sisters changing different monikas just to face one igbo ID, to me they are jokers by now they supposed to know that their tricks are well known in nigeria they should grow some balls,some claim asaba delta states just to feel that he belong to biafran course lol what a bunch of car-wards  

rochas i ga dioooooo

man of the people

Okija_juju:
Ojukwu!! Ojukwu was a bit.ch nigga who took his people into a war and when shi.t hit the fan ran off like a p'ussy leaving his aides to bare the weight of his actions, only to come back and get married to the most beautiful girl in Nigeria and be given a traditional title that he didnt deserve. Thats not a hero, that a straight-up bitc.h as's, puss.ie as's, whimppy as's nigga.

Col. Ghadaffi (God rest his soul), was equally an animal, but had balls of steel. Didnt run off like a coward, fought against N.A.T.O, and even though he knew he couldnt win, stood by and went down like a man. I may not have liked the person he stood for, but I'll be damned if I should take away the respect he truly deserves.

Ojukwu = Bitc.h

Ghadaffi = MAN with balls of steel.

GO SUCK GADDAFII DEAD D,I.C.K. THEN

every tom D.I.C.K. and harry out here are talking about strategy like Yoruba's have fought war b4 or they have experience any kind of sophisticated war in there land,bloody clowns most of you have never handle guns b4 not to talk of experience war i wonder the kind of mentality am dealing with i think you guys like to talk just to feel belonging,

WaltherPPK:
The wh.ore who is your mother must have told you it was a smelly fisherman who put u in her cesspit of a womb, that is why u r claiming ijaw, dude the fact remains u don't know your root because u r a despicable bastard.

igbo hater

The past leadership of the country has been condemned on the way it responded to the security situation in the country, especially its waving aside of the last United States security report on Nigeria.

The security report, as purportedly released by the United States during the Olusegun Obasanjo administration, had predicted that “Nigeria will collapse as a sovereign state by the year 2015.”

But speaking against government’s insensitivity to the report, the Adamawa State governor, Admiral Murtala Nyako, was quoted to have frowned at the manner by which the Federal Government handled the situation, by an online news medium, The Will, while addressing journalists recently in Adamawa.

He wondered why government did not further probe into the situation.

Nyako was also quoted to have supported the appointment of three separate Accountant Generals of the Federation, instead of only one that manages the country’s treasury.

According to him, aside the one managing the federal account, he said there should have been one to manage state governments’ account, one for the local government.

“You know, I was not happy the way we handled the situation.

“If your friend says you are in trouble, you are entitled to ask him why he says so. Now if the U.S thinks we may disintegrate by the year 2015, for me, being positive about is more helpful.

“I may ask them why they think we may disintegrate by 2015 and the assistance they could give us to make sure that we remain one country especially when they think it is in their own interest and the interest of all of us that we remain one country.

“Now, definitely we are in difficulties in terms of economic activities which to some degree have adversely affected our wellbeing and security,” Nyako was quoted to have said.

He was quoted as saying that in his state, Adamawa, government would reshape the situation of things.

“In Adamawa here, I believe that the stage we are as of now is that we are in very good shape, I believe by the year 2015 we are going to be even a better state than we are now.

“We are going to begin to create wealth from the various activities we have embarked upon in agriculture in particular and indirectly through the skills acquisition facilities we have created.

“So I am very optimistic and whenever I attend the meeting of governors, I think the governors have realised that we have a big task before us to secure the nation, and our individual states. I am very happy that our president is also aware that the Federal Government has a lot of responsibilities in this regard and also needs the support of the state governors.

“The president has been giving a listening ear to the governors in their need for support to make sure they do a better job.

“I believe that we will, like somebody said, be in very good shape and better position to deal with our circumstances in the future leading up to the year 2015 and be better than we are today.

“I think the warning is good; it has given the sensible ones the time to examine what they are doing and make amends to make sure that we and our people understand the challenges our modernising society is facing.

“We are not the only ones facing these difficulties. Europe is facing huge difficulties, and you can see the financial situations they have to deal with now, “Nyako said.



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what a slum i wonder how they survive from infection disease or may be they are already immune to it

Seunn11:
These Ibos are incurably si.lly and arrogant. Nollywood had been in existence before your ilk invaded it! And lack of your creativity has ruined it for others. On JAMB enrollment, you seem not to get the point that many of your admission seekers are doing it every year without ever progressing!! And absolute figures for each regions still shows you are trailing the trailblazers!!
On crime, you top it like crazy. You are born criminals. Vicious killers. despoiler. Cannibals etc

this guy u need ur head checked i don't border with you anymore,your comment dont have any constructive sentence brain dead baboon hater take it easy on urself you go woundoooo,by the way which yourba first film is as popular as living in bondage? which was world wide movie cus of us nollywood is all over Africa and beyond.

sheyguy:
Does it really mata where am from our igbo pple shld learn 2 be honest.
They r just too proud 4 nutting.

HOPE your parents have enjoy our money from abandon properties may be part of it was spent in your schools feeding etc,
at list you gain something from igbos Goodman or are u eyeing 4 another one? lazy bastards

THE SAME WAY GADDAFI BODY WAS DISPLAYED IN A MARKET BUTCHER MEAT COLD ROOM!!!
And some carwards are expecting ojukwu to die from useless Nigeria army that cant give security in the country till 2day,

yeye diya wey abacha dey slap any how well someone told me that he saw oladikpo diya in bus 72 in London,those days Hausa were running things in Nigeria, so am not surprise how diya end up jumping into London buses abacha no let am chop wellu wellu

I want to no why awolowo sent his witch wife  to buy otakpiakpia which was meant 4 rats i want to no why is someone after him?

And what did you call awolowo that took his life after drinking otakpiakipa

htajz:
istcitizen is another yoruba man claiming to be ijaw, dont come here to rubbish the image of the ijaws,no ijaw man will put mouth in such topic, typical yoruba coward.

ijaw man dont mind carwords we can see them from mile away, 2face people they go with any weather feel for them confuse tribe their is nothing to show from SW and HAUSA. FULANI'S that rule Nigeria for so many yrs just to bring shame to black-man, look at what ijaw and igbos are now trying to fix power, with gas coming from IMO river watch the video if u can goodluck



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_1dGr_nVAQ