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JEITO: The state Govt should have initiated a move to encourage the FG to support them na. I wonder why we expect the president to do everything; why then do we have state governors, local govt chairmen and counsellors?

States need to show commitment too for crying out loud. [size=15pt]Had some state governors done what they should have done, the boko haram issue, wouldn't have become a National menace as it is now.[/size]


Stop looking for loopholes to exploit and start playing your part to grow the Nation. Who says you must be in power before you impact meaninfully on the people?

You are so on point for the highlighted:
Borno state received N 94 billion in 2013, which was more than any South East or South west state except Lagos & Oyo states. What did their governor do with all that money

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has challenged state governors to tell Nigerians what they do with the huge allocations they receive regularly from the Federal Government.

According to the minister, many of the states get monetary allocations that far outweigh the annual budget of some neigbouring countries to Nigeria.

Okonjo-Iweala spoke on Sunday at Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, while delivering the Babcock University’s convocation lecture entitled: ‘Transforming Nigeria’s economy: Opportunities and challenges’.

The minister alongside the Executive Producer of Moments with Mo on Ebonyi Live TV, Mo Abudu, received the university’s honorary doctorate degrees.

Okonjo-Iweala, who urged Nigerians to be more discerning, noted that the governors had no reason not to develop their states, given the huge amounts they regularly got from Federation Account.

According to her, it is high time Nigerians held their governors accountable over the money collect on their behalf to accelerate development of their states.

Noting that the constitution had placed the provision of some basic public services on the concurrent list, making it the joint responsibilities of the three arms of government, she decried that Nigerians seldom asked what the governors were doing to develop their states.

Okonjo-Iweala said, “Clearly, the Federal Government cannot do it alone; we need the private sector to work with us and we have reached out to them in transforming Nigeria. But, in addition to that, we should ask ourselves what is the role of the state and local governments in supporting our transformation.

“A lot of attention is turned on the Federal Government. So, we also need to ask what our states and local governments do with the resources they get.”

The minister said the states were getting their monthly allocations, adding that the information was being published in the media so that the people would know what accrued to the federal, state and local governments.

She added, “We need to ask more questions; poverty eradication and building of infrastructure are not only by the Federal Government. In 2013, the top 10 allocations were going to the following states:

- Akwa Ibom, N260bn;
- Rivers, N220bn;
- Delta N209bn;
- Bayelsa, N173bn;
- Lagos, N168bn;
- Kano, N140bn;
- Katsina, N103bn;
- Oyo, N100bn;
- Kaduna N97bn; and
[size=15pt]- Borno at number 10 with N94bn.[/size]

“These were the allocations all these states got last year. The question is what did they do with the money?”

More from: http://www.punchng.com/news/account-for-your-allocations-okonjo-iweala-dares-govs/

500GP: WILL THIS STOP THE KIDNAPPERS IN ANAMBRA TO STOP THEIR VICIOUS ACTIVITIES.


#OBIANO SHOULD EMPOWER ANAMBRA YOUTHS, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO PUT A STOP TO KIDNAPPING IN ANAMBRA (SOUTH EAST)

True for ALLl governors who have literally abandoned their duties as they all point accusing fingers at Abuja.
And we the MUGU citizens they follow them sing the chorus as they keep shortchanging us more.

ibietela2: Is there no Governor there?

Abi o!
And they also have three SINators collecting mega millions for doing almost NOTHING in the NASS.
Not forgetting their representaTHIEVES as well.

What have they done to bring this matter up in Abuja vis-a-vis the ROLE of the federal government in LICENSING PRIVATE investors to exploit the coal deposit if VIABLE commercially

tonychristopher: I feel that this is bad in Enugu they got coal calcite lime stone and good land. they have tourist potential I was in Enugu few days ago it is such a beautiful city with street lights and street cameras working

federal government goofed here

How EXACTLY did the federal government goof vis-a-vis its CONSTITUTIONAL role in promoting investments in a particular sector and the role of significant OTHERS in differnet parts of the country

emiye: For me, as long as the centre remains that strong, my area of concern for the greatest need for opposition is at the centre,
PDP by virtue of being the party at the centre tends to find it easy to retain opposition strength in states they are not controlling. I want the opposition to capture more states, as such we will have something close to equilibrium in the political strength of the two main parties. There is almost a direct linkage in the number of states the opposition party controls and the strength and vibrancy of its opposition. Political evolution will handle your concern, the moment both parties are almost equally weighted.

How many states are currently under the control of the "opposition"
I thought they have (had) majority in the House of Reps?

And what has the "opposition" done about making the centre weaker during the (at least two) constitution AMENDMENTS we have had

Talk is CHEAP!
Action is EXPENSIVE
Beacuse oil money is very SWEET!!!

BTW, does our constitution recognise an "opposition" as we had in the 1st Republic with their Parliamentary system as compared with the current Presidential sysytem

MOBJECTIVE: What you proposed is just treating the root cause of the disease. What I proposed is treating both the root cause and the symptoms at the same time. Just like malaria is addressed both with atesunate- which treats the root cause, plasmodium, and paracetamol-which treats symptoms of headache and general body pain.

I agree with you 100%.
However the BIG question is how is Obiano doing on all those CORE BASIC issues I listed that are not so flashy
What % of Aambra state is covered with TAP water provision just as one example and what measurable annual targets does he have for increasing coverage?


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Mind you this critique also applies to ALL other state governors.

emiye: Many Nigerians don't even know the role of an opposition.

I want to believe the problems stems from the fact that in the last 15 years of democratic rule, we never had a formidable opposition party until last year.

Has there been an "opposition" in Lagos that has been 100% under the control of Thief'nubu & Co for over 15 years
Abi no need for "opposition" in Lagos state and other states controlled by APC?

nnamdibig: ENUGU—The All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed concern over the listing of Enugu among the parasitic states contributing nothing to the Federation Account, in spite of the huge coal deposit worth billions of Dollars in the state yet to be explored.
The party’s spokesman in the South East zone, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, made this known while addressing the Udi Local Government Area Exco of APC, Enugu State, at 9th Mile Corner, near Enugu, Sunday.
He recalled that mid July, a pro-Jonathan group, Committee of Pro-Federal Delegates, National Conference, in an advertorial on how Southern states subsidize Northern states, listed Enugu among the states with zero contribution to the Federation Account.
The party said enough revenue would have been generated from Enugu State had the Federal Government, led by President Goodluck Jonathan, fulfilled his promise to revamp Enugu Coal into Coal-Fired-Plant aimed at producing 1000MW of electricity.

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I thought the coal was been exploited before even independence and was abandoned due to economic VIABILITY issues
The government only LICENCES private investors to exploit VIABLE mineral deposits (that is what is done with crude oil) so what stops APC Enugu from contacting private investors to seek such LICENCE and exploit if indeed it is still VIABLE

MOBJECTIVE: WRONG,
He's better off deploying MORE resources to do ALL THIS plus MAINTAINING SECURITY. Your opinion is what got Nigeria into the mess she's in.

I guess treating the symptom of a disease is better off than treating the disease and its root cause in your neck of the woods

He is BETTER off deploying LESS resources to EDUCATE Anambra people on the overall danger of the kidnapping menace while ensuring his government provides EMPLOYMENT generating social services and utilities such as-

- TAP water
- primary, VOCATIONAL, secondary and TECHNICAL schools
- Primary health clinics and general hospitals
- FEEDER roads to open up the remote areas to traffic and greater interaction

Administration nor be magic

Chillisauce:

What a funny country.
Were did the moon come from?

Somebody don tire to dey fast so therefore dem must sight new moon tipatipa by force

oduastates: To do what?
To Commission the Lagos -Ibadan 15minutes interconnected city high-speed rail project or the "home to cabinet" /"cabinet to home " 200 meg fibre optic internet network?
Or better still ,to handover all powers/western region government assets back to the SW?
Who cares if he is in Lagos .
He is useless to us.
Oku eniyan .

Clicked modify instead of quote for my earlier post hence trying to reconstitute it:

Is Lagos and the other south west states still collecting monthly allocation from Abuja
You can write what you wrote when we UNILATERALLY cease to go begging in Abuja for the monthly allocation derived from Niger Delta oil revenue.
Otherwise your post is simply shakara oloje (EMPTY BLUFF)

Meanwhile Jonathan administration continues to revive and improve the Railway service, which Aregberascal made one of the PROPAGANDA highpoints of his lackluster administration
Even the Lagos-Ibadan express that the Agbaya of Owu could not rehabilitate all his eight WASTED years is now being handled by two reputable construction companies.

Your TALK is CHEAP!
Action is EXPENSIVE!!
Because oil money is very SWEET!!!

anonimi: Meanwhile Jonathan administration continues to revive and improve the Railway service, which Aregberascal made one of the PROPAGANDA highpoints of his lackluster administration

Osun Free Rail Services Beneficiaries Commend Aregbesola


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Beneficiaries of the free rail transport services provided by the Osun State Government for indigenes of the state have commended Governor Rauf Aregbesola, describing the service as first of its kinds.

The beneficiaries hailed Aregbesola for what they called”the laudable initiative of his administration to make transportation convenient for travelers.”

The beneficiaries, who arrived Osogbo, the state capital from Lagos State on Thursday night through the free rail transport service, said the system made transportation comfortable for them and reduced economic burden.

Mr. Sola Alabi, who left Lagos State for Osogbo alongside his wife and two kids, said; “the journey was highly comfortable for me and every member of my family. I would have spent over N7,000 to get my family transported to Osogbo, if not for the kind gesture of Ogbeni Aregbesola.

We were treated like kings and queens in the train and we really enjoyed the trip.”

More from: Osun Defender


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Aregbesola Eulogised Over the Renovation of the Osogbo Railway Terminus

The governor of the State of Osun Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has been described as prudent, talented, having vision and a God given gift to the state.

The special adviser to the governor on works and transport Engineer Oladepo Amudah stated this in his office while fielding questions from journalists on the rehabilitation and face lifting of the Railway Station, Osogbo.

According to him, government is using its meager resources to develop the station in order to enhance the social and economic status of the state and meeting the standard of Nigeria Railway Corporation.

Engineer Amudah said government has spent four hundred and twelve million naira on phase one, while the next stage will involve the recreation centre, clearing and separation from terminus to Olaiya which will cost six hundred million naira.

He maintained that at the end of the projects the state government will be spending [size=15pt]over one billion naira[/size] to renovate the railway station.


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See as Aregberascal don take our one billion take us do MUGU.
No wonder the almajiri promoter did not build ADDITIONAL schools and recruit PROFESSIONALLY qualified teachers to educate all our children, merging schools instead and creating religious problem as a result.

Decibel: Excellent move!!Those organisations are willing tools in the hands of the oppositions; they are also worse than Boko Haram

This is a very SILLY and USELESS move.
The medical professionals will simply form a new organization.
Did the students not do something similar when the military banned NANS' precursor

oluswaggz: Strange but true!

What EXACTLY is true
Why do we allow ourselves to be carried away so easily by GOSSIP that has no CREDIBLE source/ sauce

Are we really so CLUELESS?
Does anyone think that Lagbaja will really talk to anyone about being asked to play at a political rally?
I guess the OP and his kind consider Lagbaja to be a CARELESS loose talkative like themselves
Does Lagbaja have a reputation for playing at political rallies? If NOT, why would Omisore ask him to come play at his own rally?
What is the POPULARITY of Lagbaja & his music with the GENERALITY of Osun people to whom Omisore wants to impress?

Is there any chance that we can ENGAGE our brain deeply for once

Leibnitz: If war can end all these injustice in the polity let be it...

So do you know IF war will end the injustice
I will prefer we restructure the country with autonomous regions/federating units keeping the income they generate and contributing a small amount therefrom to the central government for national responsibilities. This over-dependence on oil is NOT helping us at all.

Some people say that passion often flows when a man and a woman are left in a room long enough. This seems to be true of some service jobs that pitch both sexes together as service providers and clients.

Dalliance between male hairstylists and female clients

Kunle Olutayo, a male hair stylist, gets an average of ten female customers a day.

Although not bad in terms of good looks, Olutayo grew up as a shy little boy, particularly around girls until his painful fortune changed about seven years ago when he became a hairstylist. Shortly after starting the job following a six months’ training, Olutayo could not believe his luck.

With an endless string of female customers, he no longer had to worry about his failing nerves since some of his female customers were woman enough to take the initiative.

Olutayo was busy fixing the hair of one of his numerous female customers when our correspondent visited the salon he shares with four other stylists around the famous Ikeja Under-bridge in Lagos.

As he attached a weave-on to the customer’s hair, the two joked about the lady’s receding hairline. Some of the customer’s hair was falling off at the front and Olutayo teased her about it being one of the signs of old age.

Olutayo is close to many of his customers and has dated a few, even though he repeatedly described it as bad for business. When he was still new on the job, he was overwhelmed by the surplus number of women he encountered daily and so indulged himself when he could.

However, Olutayo has since learnt a few lessons.

“This job is not for womanisers. If you’re a womaniser, stay away from this job because you will continue to lose money. When I first started the job, it exposed me to so many women for the first time. I used to be very shy but on this job, I met women who seduced me. Some of the women would seduce their stylists to avoid paying for the service, which also means not paying on subsequent visits.

“So a womaniser has a lot to lose as a hairstylist. Now, I’ve learnt my lesson, I no longer sleep with my clients anyhow. I only date one lady customer now and that limits my loss. Before now, I used to forgo a lot of money to female customers that I had affairs with,” he said.

Explaining how his seducers perform their act, Olutayo demonstrated with his eyes, feigning sexual interest and willingness and hands, rubbing on our correspondent, who had briefly assumed the role of a stylist.

“The women won’t open their mouths to say they want any hairstylist, but once they are seated and you’re about to start fixing their hair, they can say they don’t have money and need to fix their hair for an important occasion, or say they can only afford an amount not up to half the price of the materials to be used and the service.

“While they are appealing, they are caressing you with their hands and looking at you with funny eyes (seductively). Some may call ahead to say they don’t have money. In such cases, negotiations can be done over the phone.

“If I’m interested, I only have to tell the customer that I’ve always liked her and ask for her affection in return. Almost 100 per cent of the time, they are open to an arrangement or rendezvous that could later lead to a hotel room,” he said sheepishly.

Special hotel booking called ‘short time,’ which is for an hour or two, is usually used for such rendezvous.

Saturday PUNCH findings reveal that many of the male hairstylists who actively womanise often fall under two categories- those who are new on the job and those who could not complete their apprenticeship for some reason.

A source explained that the newcomers are too inexperienced to deal with the temptations associated with their new job, while those in the other category are too grateful for their fortune in spite of their inability to complete their training that they over-indulge themselves in their good fortune.

“I look at some of them (hairstylist womanisers) and I shake my head. They lose in so many ways because if the customer cannot pay for the weave-on, the stylists may have to use their own weave-on as well, fix the hair free of charge, pay N1,500 or N2,000 for the ‘short time’ they will spend at the hotel with the customer, possibly buy drinks there and even miss one or two other customers that will call at their shops while they are away,” said Segun, a male hairstylist with eight years’ experience.

Although, the category of women who visit male hairstylists range from students to workers in practically all fields, from Olutayo’s experience, the women who are open to such dalliances are usually those referred to as club girls.

A cross section of male hairstylists said the next category of women usually open to having romance with them are single mothers. But with the single mothers, male hairstylists need not worry about not getting paid.

For instance, a male hairstylist, who identified himself as Johnson, narrated his experience with a female customer he once had a sexual affair with.

According to Johnson’s account, his romance with the woman started after his third visit to her Lekki residence for home service. Johnson does home service for customers who are willing to pay extra which has been factored in due to the distance, transportation cost and so on.

“The woman never negotiated any amount I charged and she always paid me.

“It started innocently when she asked me to come and fix her hair at home, before it later graduated to sex. She was a single mother with one daughter, so she usually asked me to come in the morning when her daughter would be in school,” Johnson said.

Johnson added that he had noticed that a lot of his older female customers like to date young boys judging by their discussions at the salon, jokingly, describing salons as homes of gossips and rumours.

Most women confirmed that they prefer male hairstylists to their female counterparts in a poll conducted by our correspondent.

‘I’m in love with male hairstylists’

One of the respondents who identified herself as Nkem, admitted to having fantasised about dating her “handsome male hairstylists” countless times but couldn’t bring herself to initiate a move.

“I actually go to the salon that I use because of the male hairstylists. They are very handsome and sometimes I wish that one of them would ask me out but it has not happened yet. I think male hairstylists are better than the female ones because a man would know what fits you better than a woman,” she said.

Another place that promises an abundance of passion is a massage parlour because it usually pitches both sexes together alone.

Visiting massage parlours for the wonders of the experienced hands of masseurs and masseuses is not yet a popular pastime in the country, however, the trend is growing by the day.

The idea of having a massage is therapeutic. It also helps the client to relax and be released of stress and body pains, but investigation shows that often times in Nigeria, clients wish for more than stress and pain relief. Our findings show that many male clients get sexually aroused and get an erection within a few minutes of body massage.

Happy hour

A cross section of masseuses said many of the clients who visit their parlours ask for ‘happy hours’ or ‘happy ending massages.’ These are erotic massages that end with hand jobs, blow jobs or sex.

“When some of the clients come in, they ask, ‘do you do happy hour or happy ending’ and we say no. The best thing is not to start what you won’t be able to finish; so we tell them that we don’t do such things here, but I know that some massage parlours do it abroad,” said Franca Oriakhi, the Managing Director of World Beauty Salon and Spa, Surulere, Lagos.

Another beauty therapist, Ruth Zobeashia of Rutiana Perfection Parlour, Ikeja in Lagos, also shared similar experiences on the job.

Zobeashia, who has had over 10 years’ experience as a masseuse, said, “Most of the Nigerian men who come here, once they see that it’s a beautiful lady that will attend to them, what goes to their head is sex after five minutes of massage.

“Some of them will say, ‘Can you suck me? Can you make me come? I will pay you extra for doing it.’ I tell them that we don’t offer anything beyond massage here. When I explain to them that I can’t do it, then they stop visiting. What most of them want is sex and not massage, really. It’s the whites (foreigners) who really understand the essence of massage and some blacks too that come here,” she said.

Zobeashia recalled how she had to escape through a bathroom window about seven years ago while giving a man a massage. The client had wanted sex also.

Recounting the incident, she said, “We get all kinds of harassment and embarrassment on the job. I was giving a man a massage one day when he insisted that he wanted to have sex with me. I told him that I needed to use the bathroom. It was through the window that I managed to get out.

“Some of the men will say that they have girls who tended to their needs where they used to have massage and so I tell them to go back there. One day, I asked a client demanding for sex if he would be happy if his wife was sleeping with her clients. I was shocked when he replied that he didn’t care, ‘after all, that’s her job.’”

Interestingly, some of the harassments are not limited to male clients, according to Zobeashia, who has received sexual invitations from female clients too. Some female clients who are lesbians also ask to be caressed and erotically fingered in their private regions during massages.

“Lesbians come here and want the same thing the men want. A man having trouble with his marriage once told me that he was advised by a friend to visit a massage parlour to get the sexual satisfaction his wife denied him at home,” she continued with a surprise look on her face.

Investigation indeed shows that some massage parlours offer sexual pleasures in Ikeja, Ikoyi and Lekki areas of Lagos. Many of such parlours keep the information within a circle, largely made up of foreigners.

A Briton who had a chat with our correspondent online named a few spas and massage parlours in Lagos that offer ‘happy hours’ or ‘happy ending’ massages. He also said there were masseurs and masseuses who service clients at home, with massage and sex.

“Some of us in the Nigerian white community patronise these places. Some Nigerians also know about them as well. There is a spa in Lagos with Asian women as masseuses, where clients can pay for what they want. Massage parlours that have happy endings are common in Asia, so maybe that’s why some Nigerians ask for such services here after experiencing it elsewhere,” he commented.

But that is not all; tattooists also deal with temptations from customers of the opposite sex. In Lagos, tattooists are predominantly males and are often required to tattoo on female erotic parts like the breasts, buttocks, thighs and the vagina (the female reproductive part).

Tattooists are seduced by clients too

A tattooist, Abisola Ojikutu of Bizzysaki Tattoo Studio, Ikeja, told our correspondent that he sometimes gets seduced by female clients, but quickly added that in spite of it, he still strives to maintain professionalism on the job.

“I tattoo almost all parts of the body, including body parts of members of the opposite sex because it’s my job. I tattoo their private parts and do breast enlargement and other stuff. Yes, seduction happens because we are humans but I act professionally. And I have to also consider my money, so I act like I’m not moved. Even if a lady seduces me as a tattoo celebrity, we suspend all till after work,” he said.

Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/lagos-massage-parlours-where-sex-is-after-service-bonus/

himkers: APC is always fond of using 'ajaguda' court judgements to assume leadership positions. They can never win elections on a neutral ground

(Un)fortunately, InJustice Salami is no longer around to take instructions from them on how to deliver judgement via phone calls & sms messages

YoursGEJ: Shebi GEJ, Okupe and Abati don talk the talk? Its now time to walk the walk. Let them set up an inquiry if they have nothing to hide and if they really want to get to the root of the matter. After all GEJ has set up more committees than any other Nigerian president

What is the role of our federal legisLOOTERS aka SINators & representaTHIEVES with their oversight functions in this BH insecurity matter
Anyone dey here wey sabi

bonechamberlain: this is the best analysis to come out from a Nigerian senator this month.. hope he would do the same analysis if APC is in power. Jonathan continues to marvel me, does he want to tell us that we don't have ordinary 1 bill dollars Hmmm we re finished in this country as our leaders are all lacking vision. they always act like pple from another planet. only a very violent revolution would save this country from the hands of aliens

Sorry oh Oga. The man is not a SINator. He is a representaThief.
Na the wife of the OWNER of im old party, ACN be SINator for their constituency.

As to your question whether he will do same analysis if APC is in power at the FEDERAL level, consider that he also collects the ILLEGITIMATE mega millions as other representaTHIEVES

BTW, has Fashola provided breakdown of the World Bank loan $90 million as requested by SERAP or he is still in court claiming FREEDOM of Information [FOI] Act is only for federal government, e nor concern LASG

In short they are ALL rogues and will remain so IF we do not get more VIGILANT and DONATE our own individual money, time, talents, efforts as VOLUNTEERS to the political process.
Awuf/Ofe nor dey for this life oh, except for fools who will always get short-changed by the conmen who give them the impression of getting freebies.
QED!!!

sunnyshayne: This is an elder statesman talking. He knows exactly what to say

Indeed he knows what to SAY, which is quite different from knowing what to DO

BTW, any update about who killed Dele Giwa.....whoever assassinated him with the letter bomb surely did not miss his target, did he

delastbishop: You have gotten my point. We all are settlers one way or the other. We should accept our common humanity and seek for what binds us together and not what separates us.
No race or ethnic nationality is superior to the other. The soup that was cooked by all cannot be the exclusive reserve of the owner of the kitchen or the pot. If Shell, Chevron et al., can have a share of Nigeria oil wealth, I see no reason the Hausa man from Sokoto should not benefit.
A good leader no matter where he is from, will see to the good of the majority. That's is the kind of leader we should clamour for, not just a man from your village or one that has the same religious orientation with you.
There is no single drop of oil in Otueke where the president is from but he is enjoying what we termed our chance and our oil money. Should we that are from communities that actually produce the oil and suffer the impact say he does not qualify to hold what belongs to us now (presidency) for this reason? Let's stop fooling ourselves with the born-to-rule notion that we hold about the Northerners. May the best man lead this country and take us out of the woods.

I whole-heartedly share the IDEAL that you have elaborated above, particularly the highlighted portion. However I am mindful of the realities of Nigeria's current situation and have to reasonably calibrate my (re)action accordingly.

Salam!
Shalom!!
Peace!!!

delastbishop: It takes millions of years for crude to mature. We have been able to trace our history to a few hundred years back. Meaning we know little about what was before us. Our ancestors wondered about in search of food and were displaced severally by wars. Where we call home today maybe far from our ancestral root. At least that is what modern history suggest.

This is true for almost all human societies - those who claim to be "indigenes" are those who migrated/arrived much earlier than those they label "settlers" to the geographical space.
How many Southerners can lay any claim to space in the north? Even when we are recruited for their low level jobs we still get discriminated against, in the SAME country where we are all citizens

nagoma: We want the division of Nigeria. What are you waiting for?

That can NOT be true.
Did your delegates at the National Conference also call for that
Did your legislators in the National Assembly propose amendments to our constitution to reflect your statement- "We want the division of Nigeria."

Talk is CHEAP!
Action is EXPENSIVE!!
Because oil money is SWEET!!!

delastbishop: Don't pray that Nigeria breaks bro, cos if it does we in the Niger Delta will be plagued by unending war. As long as Nigeria remains one we all collectively own our resources and problems. We collectively own the Book haram menace just as we collectively own the Niger Delta militancy.
As for environmental degradation of the Niger Delta, records show that oil theft and vandalism championed by our people, are the major culprits. The IOCs have sold off most of their onshore and shallow water offshore investments because the host continue to encourage economic sabotage. Very soon they will abandon all high risk areas and move to safer areas in the Gulf of Guinea ( Angola, Congo et al.) because people like you think oil belongs to certain ethnic nationalities who find themselves in a geographical location which their ancestors cannot lay claim to.

Interesting analysis. And you think the situation of in-fighting is different in the other six regional parts of Nigeria
Care to explain further the highlighted?

delastbishop: Get this, there is nothing like Niger delta oil revenue. Oil is not something you own because you are not responsible for it being where it is. It is not like the cattle or the crops that come from hard labour.
The oil belongs to the Nigerian state. Presently, 80% of our oil revenue comes from deepwater offshore projects situated 120km away from Nigerian coast. It is a no man's land within Nigeria territory.
It gets me angry when an Ijaw man talks of oil as if it is a mango tree in his father's farm. The right the Niger deltans have is to demand for compensation which the 13% derivation adequately answers. Even with the 13% derivation fund, the communities that are directly affected by exploration activities get nothing.

I hope you will say that IF Nigeria breaks.
Which resulting country will have the oil in the offshore?

The way the land is SUITABLE for agricultural activities due to NUTRIENTS present in it so also the land where oil is found.
Get it
Meanwhile the Niger Delta people suffer the consequences of the oil revenue that we ALL depend on as a nation


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omoharry: Because when boko boys were killing Christians and non northerners, the northern people supported them and believe they were fighting the cause of jihad. Now the table has turn around and you guys want us to reason together? Why dont you and brothers in the north start changing the religious orientation that is been thought in the mosque by extremist imams. Haven't you wondered why every northerners extremist reason alike? there must be a problem some where and that problem start from the indoctrination of the young northerners into adult hood to kill and to destroy any one that is not like them. they call them infidel. So u guys should stop playing the ostrich and face the real problem.

Apparently it is NOT only in the north oh as the thing don reach even University of Ibadan, UI:

Muslim Students Paralyse University Of Ibadan Over Student Preacher-PM News, Lagos
Muslim students of the University of Ibadan, UI, this morning paralysed activities during a protest against the institution’s refusal to expel a part four law student, Miss Seun Olubunmi Adegunsoye who preached gospel in the school mosque last Friday.

Muslim students of the University of Ibadan, UI, this morning paralysed activities during a protest against the institution’s refusal to expel a part four law student, Miss Seun Olubunmi Adegunsoye who preached gospel in the school mosque last Friday.

Adegunsoye of Mountain of Fire and Miracle Church, according to reports, preached at the mosque last Friday to the Muslim faithful.

While she was preaching, [size=14pt]the Muslim students mobilised themselves, attacked the lady and beat her mercilessly.[/size]

The school’s security men rescued her and took her away for questioning.

Sources saidhe institution’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Olufemi Bamiro, appealed to the Muslim students not to foment any trouble, promising that the issue would appropriately investigated.

However, the Muslim students went haywire when they found out that the institution’s bulletin which was released this morning did not report the incident and the punishment the school authority has meted out to the preacher.

The students who barricaded all the entrances leading to the premier university and carried placards prevented both academic and non-academic staff from gaining access into the school this morning.

Among the inscriptions written on their placard were: “No to terrorism. No religion should be allowed to terrorize us in our country”; “We will not take any unreligious act from any religious group”; “We will do everything possible to protect our religion”; “We will not accept insult from any religion”; “Olubunmi should be expelled from UI because she has done what is wrong”; “Olubunmi should be arraigned before a court of law for preaching in the mosque”.

According to a leaflet signed by a student called Almin, they demanded that Adegunsoye be expelled from the school and charged to court.

Other demands include: Investigating religious leaders behind the lady, carry out medical examination on the lady to find out whether she is mentally sound, ban Christians from preaching in public places in the school, and punish anyone who facilitated her release from the school security net.

Official reaction from the institution could not be sought as at the time of filing this report but it was gathered that the VC would address the press later in the day.

The school’s PRO, Mrs. Joke Akinpelu who was on leave, rushed down to see what was happening but she was also prevented from entering the school.

Her words, “I can’t say anything now because I am on leave but I have called the VC who will later address the press. As you can see, I can’t even enter but I will see if I can jump the fence to enter the premises and see how we can bring the situation under control.”

From: http://saharareporters.com/2010/08/16/muslim-students-paralyse-university-ibadan-over-student-preacher-pm-news-lagos

It seems there beating the girl was not enough punishment for her and they do not consider that as terrorism and/or taking the laws into their hands
Why did they not hand her over to the security agencies of the school instead of beating her Is that not what educated, law-abiding students should do?

vedaxcool: Rational people know that under emergency the president is responsible for security, Rational people know that the president is responsible for the army, Rational people know that $23 billion has been spent on security with little to show it, Rational people know that the army is poorly equip in fighting bh, Rational people know the army is the best force to repel/eliminate bh and this army is not controlled by Borno govt., Rational people know Jonathian worst enemy is reason, I can go on and on but Rational people do not expect reason to prevail with Jonathanians!

Keep ranting and raving like something on the lose
The facts speak for themselves. Was this not done by the federal government under Jonathan

Nyanya Bombing Suspect Ogwuche Extradited To Nigeria

The suspected mastermind of the April 2014 bomb blast in Nyanya, Abuja, Aminu Ogwuche, has been extradited from Sudan where he allegedly escaped to after the incident which claimed several lives.

More from: http://www.channelstv.com/2014/07/15/nyanya-bombing-suspect-ogwuche-extradited-to-nigeria/

And Borno state received N 94 billion in 2013 with almost NOTHING to show for it thus encouraging unemployed, unschooled, illiterate youths to be easily recruited by BH:

Nigeria’s top 10 federal revenue receiving states

Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has listed Nigeria’s 10 highest revenue receiving states based on the federal allocations in 2013.

The states, according to her, earn more than the annual budgets of some neighboring countries.

The allocations are as follows:

Akwa Ibom N260 billion,
Rivers N230 billion,
Delta State N209 billion,
Bayelsa N173 billion,
Lagos N168 billion,
Kano N140 billion,
Katsina N103 billion,
Oyo N100 billion,
Kaduna N 97 billion
[size=14pt]Borno N94 billion.[/size]

Okonjo-Iweala gave the breakdown of the allocations on Sunday at Babcock University’s 12th Convocation at which she delivered a lecture with the theme: ‘Transforming Nigeria economy: Opportunities and Challenges’

“These were the allocations that all these states got last year, so the question is what did they do with it? Analysis shows that many Nigerian states receive revenue allocation which are larger than budgetary allocation of neighbouring countries such as Liberia which is $ 433 million, Gambia $210 million.

” So you see that our top 10 states receive more money than these countries and therefore you should be asking what is this money being used for?”
Okonjo-Iweala said.

More from: http://thenationonlineng.net/new/nigerias-top-10-federal-revenue-receiving-states/

bushdoc9919: For once I agree with you.

Re Technicians....we don't have enough of them because every Nigerian child(and his/her parents) thinks that the purpose of school is to get a paper qualification(preferably a BSc) for a nice office job.....with a nice car and a nice house

Getting yer hands dirty like a technician is for ''bad'' students.

And here I was thinking that we always agreed on everything

Meanwhile you try wella as you take disintegrate IjogzK's post

Neyoor: The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria has asked the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to substantiate how N1.8tn is being spent annually on wages of workers in the federal public service.

The organisation also stated that records at its disposal showed clearly that the staff strength in the entire public service was about 870,000, and not 1.2 million being carried about by the minister, “unless there is a hidden agenda somewhere.”

The Secretary-General of ASCSN, Mr. Alade Lawal, in a statement obtained by The PUNCH on Thursday, emphasised that it had “become necessary for the minister to give the graphic details of the amount so that Nigerians could be better informed on the issue.”

Is it that Mr. Alade Lawal does not have ANY "records at his disposal" as he claims or the records he has are INADEQUATE hence he should defer to the Minister more comprehensive records, abi
Otherwise he should provide the graphic details he desires from the "records at his disposal". Shikena.

It is time to call the BLUFF of these equally CORRUPT civil servants, most of whom are living well beyond their legitimate salaries hence don't agitate for a COMPARATIVE wage with the political office holders

Decibel: I totally agree with your ascertion,but "I ma na-eto dike na nke omelu omekwa ozo".

Oga abeg make you translate the Igbo portion for us biko, dalu

Decibel: Yes my dear, especially Onitsha which has about 85%boreholes drilled by individuals which may not be that hygienicto the populace.

So while it is ok to ACKNOWLEDGE any improvement made we should not lose sight of the much GREATER work that still needs to be done and continue highlighting those sectors as we pile pressure on these leaders to do the job they are so well paid for by US.