₦airaland Forum

Ofunaofu:
And this made front page. Smh!

Another useless tweet from a Tinubu supporter and his fellow hoardes of supporters will just run along with it

Is it useless because it is factual or because it is false

Basic123:
..we consider people like you shallow thinkers.

If you dont know that the same set of people have been ruling you since 1999 but just changing name.

If the same people have been ruling since 1999, then why is APC’s government so different from the one of PDP in every aspect of governance outcomes

press9jatv:
tenants don dey pursue landlord out of the house oooo.

You are confusing yourself and labouring in vain to find other recruits to join your confusion.

Ralph Nwosu was duly elected in ADC’s 2022 Zaria convention, validated by INEC.


https://blueprint.ng/full-speech-of-adc-national-chairman-nwosu-at-partys-national-convention/

etokhana:
https://fij.ng/article/bayelsa-gas-plant-not-working-4-days-after-tinubu-inaugurated-it/

Balablu propaganda lies of playing politics with the wellbeing of Nigerians, this is the only thing APC does.

All Promises Cancelled!!!

Inosky:
This government needs to be probed

Are you sure that is what we need to do?

Should you not be saying that:


This government people need to be stoned



Is that not what sharia laws say for the Mu-Mu ticket?

Alapereketu:
what's the assurance that atiku or Peter Obi will change this country

The assurance is that Atiku was the brainbox for PDP’s deregulation and privatisation policies that gave us 16 years of widespread prosperity, peace and progress without a heavy debt burden.

anonimi:
How Indorama sustains manufacturers, boosts Nigeria’s FX earnings

Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Limited (IEPL) has emerged as a major value creator in the Nigerian economy. It is responsible for the survival, growth and sustenance of many manufacturing companies in Nigeria today. A large number of plastic and allied firms depend on the Eleme-based company for petrochemical resins (or polymer resins) which serve as their raw materials.

The petrochemical company is just one of the several subsidiaries of Indorama-Nigeria Group, which also comprises Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited (IEFCL), Indorama PET Nigeria Limited, and Indorama Port Operations.

Since Indorama Corporation of Indonesia became core investor in the old Eleme Petrochemicals Company Limited (EPCL) in 2006 through privatisation programme of the Federal Government, the group has become a game changer in the Nigerian economy.

The petrochemical company has solved the major challenge facing a number of manufacturers— poor access to raw materials. Rather than scramble for foreign exchange to import inputs, the company ensures that manufacturers have access to their critical raw materials, enabling them to save costs and improve margins.

The major resins used by plastic and allied companies are polyethylene and polypropylene. Indorama produces about 45 grades of these products for various industries. About 600 of such companies in Nigeria depend on IEPL for their survival. They are estimated to have over 90,000 workers.

https://businessday.ng/real-sector/article/how-indorama-sustains-manufacturers-boosts-nigerias-fx-earnings/

vicfajeze:
Tit for Tat.Both Apc and Adc na washout

Abeg na which party no be washout wey you don spend your time, talent and other resources to make it a viable option to APC and ADC

anonimi:
“The worst illiterate is the political illiterate, he doesn’t hear, doesn’t speak, nor participates in the political events.

He doesn’t know the cost of life, the price of the bean, of the fish, of the flour, of the rent, of the shoes and of the medicine, all depends on political decisions. The political illiterate is so stupid that he is proud and swells his chest saying that he hates politics.

The slowpoke doesn’t know that, from his political ignorance is born the prostitute, the abandoned child, and the worst thieves of all, the bad politician, corrupted and flunky of the national and multinational companies.”

― Bertolt Brecht

Sonnobax15:

Jokes apart,in terms of corruption,na only Peter Obi be the only better name for the opposition. The rest of them are all bunch of criminals who once benefitted from the same APC

I wonder why people are trying to defend them as if they're saints where in real sense, they're not

Why are you trying so desperately to make Oshiomhole’s Assembly of Past Criminals, APC leaders smell like roses instead of the worst thieves that they are

chisomkachy:
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn the alleged money laundering suit it filed at the Federal High Court against Lagos Speaker Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa.

Naija News understands that the anti-graft did not give any particular reason for its application for withdrawal.

Following the application to withdraw, Justice Nicholas Oweibo discharged the ‘lien/Post No Debit’ placed on Obasa’s three accounts in Standard Chartered Bank.

The accounts are (US Dollars) 0001852063; (Current) 0001852056 and (Saving) 5002309624.

The judge also set aside the ex-parte orders he made on September 15, 2020, which led to the freezing of the accounts.

Recall that the court on September 15, 2020, granted an interim order freezing Obasa’s accounts following the EFCC’s application in a suit marked FHC/LCS/1064/2020.

The agency had said it was investigating the Speaker for the alleged offences of conspiracy, diversion of funds, abuse of office and money laundering.

But Justice Oweibo, on August 16, 2023, heard the application to unfreeze the accounts in his chamber.

During the hearing, the EFCC was represented by Mr. Sulaiman I. Sulaiman, while Obasa was represented by Mr. Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN).

The EFCC lawyer told the court that the application to unfreeze the accounts was pursuant to Section 44(2)(K) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Sections 26, 29 and 34 (1) of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004, and under the court’s inherent jurisdiction.

Section 44 of the Constitution concerns constitutional rights to property.

Justice Oweibo held: “It is hereby ordered that an order is hereby granted to the respondent/applicant setting aside the ex-parte orders of this court made on the 15th day of September 2020 upon the ex-parte motion of the Applicant/ Respondent in relation the funds of the Respondent/Applicant domiciled in the accounts stated in the following schedule:

“ACCOUNT NAME, FINANCIAL ACCOUNT INSTITUTIONS, TYPE OF ACCOUNT, 1. Mudasiru Ajayi Obasa, Standard Chartered, (US Dollars) 0001852063 2. Mudasiru Ajayi Obasa, Standard Chartered (Current) 0001852056 3. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, Standard Chartered (Saving) 5002309624.

“Issued at Lagos, under the seal of this Honourable Court and by the hands of the Presiding Judge this 16th day of August 2023.”

https://dailytimesng.com/obasa-efcc-withdraws-suit/

Previous Threads:
https://www.nairaland.com/5877642/obasa-64-bank-accounts-linked#89878603

https://wap.nairaland.com/6167844/lagos-assembly-speaker-obasa-efcc#94728150

https://www.nairaland.com/6168612/obasa-court-orders-efcc-freeze#94741534

Lanretoye:
na clue wey full your head make clueless people Dey rule your life

It’s because there are too many clueless people like you who refuse to evolve beyond your primordial existence.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMWUS1W_ITc?si=EN_Y2k6GAg25uDSn

AMKAG66:
Nobody is disputing what you said . But again, why would a man earning less than 60k Naira have 4 wives and 20 children?
Isn’t that stupidity and greed?
Isn’t that gross irresponsibility and low mental reasoning?

Islam honestly supports poverty. The religion needs reform and realignment towards modern society and realities

It’s not stupidity. It’s faith in God’s provision.

DMCY:
Where’s the lie? They should learn how to control their sexual urge!.

Don’t start birthing lots of kids when you know you can’t give them the basic amenities.

How is the southwest better, with leaders like Lere’s godfather stealing money that should employ teachers and other workers to make education free for all children as well as other government services and utilities available for all?

What is the point of pointing rotten tribalistic fingers at the north while four others are pointing back at you

Lanretoye:
as clueless as he is ,no one in your entire lineage has been a local government chairman with all your clues,what a shame

Why should being a public servant who steals money rather than serve be a sign of having clues

Ever8090:
Shei this man protest during Johnathan's regime when fuel was 170 ,a bag of rice wa 6k when we use to buy 2 eggs 50 naira, 1 round bread 30 naira...today na religion him dey discuss instead to go protest....I stop taking him serious Long time ago .

Don't mind the old man who has sold his wisdom and hard won integrity for ordinary pots & pans gift.

What a shame.


https://x.com/General_Oluchi/status/1645071819861291009

Eraddray:
All this international business owners in Nigeria need to be watched

Do you want the greatest sympathiser (if not sponsor) of terrorists to do that, along with his party

EkoIle1:
It is now abundantly clear that President Jonathan has finally bared his fangs confirming what was widely speculated. By declaring a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, he has intimidated and emasculated the governors of these States. We are witnessing a dangerous trend in the art of governance and a deliberate ploy to subvert constitutional democracy.

The body language of the Jonathan administration leads any keen watcher of events with unmistakable conclusion of the existence of a surreptitious but barely disguised intention to muzzle the elected governments of these states for what is clearly a display of unpardonable mediocrity and diabolic partisanship geared towards 2015.

Borno and Yobe states have been literally under armies of occupation with the attendant excruciating hardship experienced daily by the indigenes and residents of these areas. This government now wants to use the excuse of the security challenges faced by the Governors to remove them from the states considered hostile to the 2015 PDP/Jonathan project.

Let me be quick to say that this administration will be setting in motion a chain of events the end of which nobody can predict. Experience has shown clearly that actions, such as this one under consideration, often give root to radical ideologies and extremist tendencies, a direct opposite of the intended outcome of unwarranted and unintelligent meddlesomeness. The present scenario playing out in the country reminds one of the classical case of a mediocre craftsman who continually blames the tools of his trade for his serial failure but refuses to look at his pitiable state with a view to adjusting.

It has become crystal clear, even to the most incurable optimist, that the country is adrift. That the ship of the Nigerian state is rudderless is clearly evident in the consistent and continual attacks ferociously executed by elements often referred to as the insurgents in some northern states of the federation, particularly Borno and Yobe states respectively.

Indeed, no part of the country is immune from the virulent but easy attacks, veritable indices of a failing state. Unfortunately, the tenuous and uncoordinated approach adopted by this government betrays a grossly incompetent disposition which stands at variance with current realities in the country, nay the international community where acts of terrorism are engaged and contained. No Governor of a state in Nigeria is the Chief Security Officer. Putting the blame on the Governors, who have been effectively emasculated, for the abysmal performance of the government at the centre which controls all these security agencies, smacks of ignorance and mischief.

Terrorist acts are perpetrated routinely and the government at the centre appears incapable of stemming the tide of the horrendous crimes unleashed on the hapless populace. The considerable ease, with which lives and property are destroyed on a daily basis, should excite deep introspection on the part of a government truly desirous of finding a lasting solution.

The Constitution provides that the safety and welfare of citizens shall be the primary purpose of having that structure of any political leadership in the first instance. This Government, through acts of omission and commission, has fallen far short of expectation. It actively encourages schisms and all manner of divisive tendencies for parochial expediency. Ethnicity and religion become handy weapons of domination. Things have never been this bad.



http://premiumtimesng.com/opinion/134435-jonathan-goes-for-broke-by-bola-ahmed-tinubu.html

simpleseyi:
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Cry well well. Cry to sleep and wake up in tears

Ki o ri fún ẹ gẹ́gẹ́bí èrò inú rẹ sì mi.

yarimo:
Now they are claiming James bond, hope when this illegal convention will be nullify they won't blame it on APC

Is that the plan of your wicked party and its destructive leadership, who have compromised and destroyed the judiciary

iwaeda:
Wike Boasts Of Helping APC Use Judiciary To Kill Osun LG Funds Case, Warns Party Leaders Against Ingratitude

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has openly boasted that he assisted certain elements within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in deploying the judiciary to frustrate the Osun State local government allocation lawsuit.

In a video now circulating widely on social media and obtained by SaharaReporters, Wike made the claim while addressing a crowd in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The former Rivers governor accused the APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, of benefitting from judicial actions against the Osun State Government without knowing those who did the work behind the scenes.

The suit in question led to the withholding of local government funds in Osun State, a development widely seen as targeting the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke as opposition in the state.

Wike, who spoke angrily, suggested that the court action supporting the APC’s position against the Osun government did not happen by chance, boasting that powerful political forces worked quietly to ensure the outcome.

“Don’t take our support for Mr President for granted,” Wike warned, in an apparent message to APC leaders defending Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara. “You have to be careful about the statements you make. You have to be very careful.”

He accused Basiru of political ingratitude, claiming the APC was enjoying in Osun State without understanding who engineered their advantage.

“Today, you are enjoying in Osun. You don’t know those who did the work,” Wike said. “You are opening your mouth to talk about Rivers State.”

https://saharareporters.com/2026/01/08/wike-boasts-helping-apc-use-judiciary-kill-osun-lg-funds-case-warns-party-leaders

Minister Wike has warned the National Secretary of the APC, Ajibola Basiru to stay clear of Rivers State.
Lol 😆 https://t.co/sNKjJfb8qn pic.twitter.com/E9SgSwASil

— Emma ik Umeh (Tcee )🇳🇬 (@emmaikumeh) January 5, 2026

iwaeda:
https://dailytrust.com/against-odds-adc-holds-convention/?

The wannabe life president dictator has failed in his attempt to destroy our democracy, which was won by the brutal sacrifices of Pa Rewane, Abiola and his wife, Olu Onagoruwa’s son et al who pretentious Chicago druggie betrayed.

He will continue to fail in his selfish ways.

Doyou2019:
Man loves the Almajiri system like he was born into it

Based on his Ayédèrú profile and serial betrayal of Yorubas and southerners, it’s quite possible he was born into the Almajiri system before he was adopted by his Iyaloja Oshodi mother who had a name different from his own.

FLASHBACK: Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola narrating the life of Tinubu years ago. #Ayederu (Counterfeit)pic.twitter.com/xr40gXe9Qx

— ayemojubar 🫆 (@ayemojubar) June 26, 2022

Lanretoye:
If you sell all your family land including farm where ever you come from,it won’t buy a piece of land with shit water in Lagos

Your post is for ayederu atohunrinwas like the clueless city boy rogue in Aso Rock.

FLASHBACK: Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola narrating the life of Tinubu years ago. #Ayederu (Counterfeit)pic.twitter.com/xr40gXe9Qx

— ayemojubar 🫆 (@ayemojubar) June 26, 2022

SixSeven:
Sowore should be an activist and remain one. We need him for something.

Exactly.

He does not have to run for office perpetually when he can influence public opinion through activism AND philosophy. Public opinion that must be aligned with by government officials who want to remain in their positions.

As a man thinks, so he is! Meaning once you influence a man's thoughts, he will act according to your influence.

SeizeTheMemes:
The problem is we are not self sufficient. The war has increased the price of thing like fertiliser, aluminium. Even if oil gains food still goes up because we lack strong agriculture, commodities go up because we lack manufacturing and we still import oil despite the dangote refinery.

We somehow took the worse decision in every possible option. The only way to fix this is to increase agriculture substantially and build a massive heavy industry sector. Although our elite seem comfortable with the current state of affairs.

So are you working with other Nigerian patriots to return us to PDP years of widespread prosperity, peace and security that was built on deregulation and privatisation policies

anonimi:
Neo-black Problem: Must Blacks Be Ruled by Whites in Order to Prosper?

In short, the neo-black dilemma may be framed as follows: is it better to live under white rule without political dignity but with basic life-sustaining standards for many;

or to live under black rule with illusory political dignity and without basic life- sustaining standards for the majority?
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The path forward for Africa lies in cultivating higher and adequate levels of personal and communal agential integrity as well as full personal responsibility and productivity. Not to mention creativity (including epistemic creativity), productive justice (such as merit and freedom), harmony and reconciliation at local and international levels, and a proper domestication of capitalism and other related values and institutions.

Africa must stop wasting her time on dreams of socialism because it is a system of wealth distribution primarily. Whereas, capitalism is a system of wealth creation primarily, and wealth has to be produced before it can be distributed.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2024/10/12/neo-black-problem-must-blacks-be-ruled-by-whites-in-order-to-prosper/

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anonimi:
How Indorama sustains manufacturers, boosts Nigeria’s FX earnings

Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Limited (IEPL) has emerged as a major value creator in the Nigerian economy. It is responsible for the survival, growth and sustenance of many manufacturing companies in Nigeria today. A large number of plastic and allied firms depend on the Eleme-based company for petrochemical resins (or polymer resins) which serve as their raw materials.

The petrochemical company is just one of the several subsidiaries of Indorama-Nigeria Group, which also comprises Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited (IEFCL), Indorama PET Nigeria Limited, and Indorama Port Operations.

Since Indorama Corporation of Indonesia became core investor in the old Eleme Petrochemicals Company Limited (EPCL) in 2006 through privatisation programme of the Federal Government, the group has become a game changer in the Nigerian economy.

The petrochemical company has solved the major challenge facing a number of manufacturers— poor access to raw materials. Rather than scramble for foreign exchange to import inputs, the company ensures that manufacturers have access to their critical raw materials, enabling them to save costs and improve margins.

The major resins used by plastic and allied companies are polyethylene and polypropylene. Indorama produces about 45 grades of these products for various industries. About 600 of such companies in Nigeria depend on IEPL for their survival. They are estimated to have over 90,000 workers.

https://businessday.ng/real-sector/article/how-indorama-sustains-manufacturers-boosts-nigerias-fx-earnings/

EponObi:
If na one governor in other regions or even Tinubu list roads like this as achievement, you will hear them say things like, "waste of public money" "how much is bag of rice?" "It is 2026 and Nigeria politicians still celebrate road as achievements" "How does this solve the hunger in the land"

The hypocrisy.

Like an Emeritus once said, "We all know what we are doing!"

How do we know that you have any clue about what you are doing if you don't share verifiable evidence of what Tinubu similarly achieved in three years as governor from 1999?

Leaving Otti, how does Tinubu's achievements compare with those of Jakande in just four years of comparative chicken change revenue and budget, before Buhari jailed him for corruption in 1984?

Splashme:
The first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, on Tuesday, said that the cancellation of the Lagos metroline project in 1985 was a major mistake and disservice to many Nigerians.

Jakande spoke in Lagos during the launch of a book which chronicled his life in politics and journalism.

The book, entitled, ‘Jakande: Leadership in Action’ is written by Dr. Bola Olaosebikan, who told the audience at the event that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was not responsible for the cancellation of the project.

Jakande said, “Reflecting on the metroline project, I think it is a major disservice to many Nigerians. Imagine how many people would have benefitted. It would have made life easier and changed the face of transport in Lagos. Whoever cancelled it or gave the advice towards its cancellation didn’t do right.”

The former governor asked Nigerians not to vote for unserious leaders in the coming polls, saying the elections presented Nigerians with a good opportunity that should not be squandered.

Expressing the hope that Nigeria would soon overcome its developmental challenges, Jakande said hope would be actualised faster if credible people emerged as leaders in the next dispensation.

He said, “This book comes at a very auspicious time in Nigeria’s history as we need leaders who can act. We need leaders who would not compromise the standards of good governance. God has blessed this nation the most in Africa, although we have not reached where we should be; with the right leaders, Nigeria would overcome its challenges.”


http://www.punchng.com/news/cancelling-metroline-a-major-mistake-jakande/

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eluquenson:
REVISITING SOME OF THE LATEEF JAKANDE'S GOVERNMENT ACHIEVEMENTS FROM OCTOBER 1979 TO DECEMBER 1983 (FOUR YEARS AND 3 MONTHS) IN LAGOS STATE

* His government built the current Lagos State Secretariat which houses all the state ministries as well as the popular round house hitherto occupied by all subsequent governors of the state.

* His government built the Lagos State House of Assembly complex.

* His government built the Lagos State Television

* His government built the Lagos Radio

* His government built Lagos State University

* His government established General Hospital in zones all over the state with assurance of free health care.

* His government established Teacher Training College and the College of Education.

* His government built low cost houses in Ijaiye, Dolphin, Oke-Afa, Ije, Abesan, Iponri, Ipaja, Abule Nla, Epe, Amuwo-Odofin, Anikantamo, Surulere, Iba, Ikorodu, Badagry, Isheri/Olowu, Orisigun etc.

* His government established the Water Management Board and Waste Disposal Board on the 18th of August, 1980.

* His government constructed the Adiyan Water Works to increase water supply in the state to 18.16 million litres per day.

* His government modernized and expanded the Iju Water Works which was first commissioned in 1915. This increased daily capacity from 159 million to 204 million litres per day.

* His government purchased and commissioned the giant car crusher equipment. The equipment was designed specifically to crush derelict vehicles in Lagos State. It had the capacity to crush 45 vehicles per day.

* His government constructed, rehabilitated and resurfaced Epe/Ijebu-Ode Road, Oba Akran Avenue, Toyin Street, Town Planning Way, Alimosho-Idimu-Egbe Road, Idimu-Iba-LASU Road, the new secretariat road and several others.

* His government constructed Victoria Island/Epe Road and thereby creating an ‘oil rig’ for Lagos State.

* His government established Asphalt Plant for the Department of Public Works.

* His government established Electricity Board for Rural Electrification with provision of street lights.

* His government modernized, expanded and commissioned Onikan Stadium in 1982.

* His government established a singular school system and ensured genuine free education in Lagos State and the beneficiaries of this policy are in different positions of eminence in the country and around the world.

* His government raised the primary schools in Lagos State to 812 with 533,001 pupils (against 605 primary schools with 434,545 pupils he met in 1979) and secondary schools to 223 with 167,629 students (against 105 schools with 107,835 students in 1979).

* His government constructed 11, 729 classrooms with the maximum of 40 children per class between March and August 1980, by 1983, he had constructed over 22,000 classrooms.

* In July 1983, two commercial passenger boats christened "Baba Kekere and Itafaji" to run the Mile 2 - Marina (CMS) route via the lagoons were inaugurated by his government to mark the official launch of the Lagos State ferry services.

* His government took over the ownership and financing of Lagos State Printing Corporation in July 1980

* His government established the first State Traffic Management Authority (Road Marshals).

* His government established small scale Industries Credit Scheme which preceded the EKO bank.

*His government established LASACO Insurance.

*His government expanded existing market and built new ones.

*His government established Traditional Medicine Board.

WHO SAYS 4 YEARS IN OFFICE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR MEANINGFUL ACHIEVEMENTS?

IT'S A FACT THAT 90% OF GOVERNORS IN NIGERIA SINCE 1999 WITH REVENUES AT THEIR DISPOSAL CANNOT BOAST OF A QUARTER OF THESE ACHIEVEMENTS EVEN WITHIN THEIR EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE.

autoez:
Otti has APC blood running through his veins.

His quest for innovation and development can definetely be likened to that of Tinubu.

Like Tinubu, like Otti

Good job Sir.

Innovation of stealing money squeezed out of people instead of making basic services and utilities available for everyone?

Is that not the modus operandi of the worst rogue in Nigeria, with his 27 years old lootocracy master plan for Lagos

Why is no one interested in the number of different categories of civil servants he has employed to improve service delivery and utilities provision in the state?

Can the projects function on their own without civil servants to work them, in addition to ensuring law and order for safety and security of all Abia residents?

akpumping7720:
Tell that to states who are trying to catch up with Lagos state in terms of development.

Why should I do that when I am not an ọmọ àlè Yorùbá Ayédèrú atọhunrinwa like that con artist in Aso Rock?

I would rather expect Tinubu to catch up with our noble governance legacy of AG and UPN progressive administrations. Why are you not doing this as an ọmọlúwàbí?

Prince1759:
Was it any good before the crisis?
Middle East crisis is now an excuse for failure.

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Tooreda:
These BASTARDS destroyed the economy long before the ongoing crisis. Why hide under this now to claim the economy is in shock?

The balablu president's minister is mixing things up very badly.

Why should Nigerian economy be in shock when we rely on oil revenue to flex? Has the Iran war crashed oil price or hiked it

Svoboda:
The government clearly lacks empathy for Nigerians. This is all undertone mockery for these distressed people.

Empathy and Tinubu are as far apart as any two things can be.

It obviously runs in their dysfunctional family.

anonimi:
The eyesore on Bourdillon Road
2nd January 2025

Beyond his neighbours, there is something about the sight of people hanging around a president’s residence that does not speak well of his leadership capabilities. Maybe no one has nudged him to see it, but the impression that spectacle on Bourdillon Road generates is that Tinubu enjoys the sight of suffering humans and thrives in—and through— their poverty.

If all these years, impoverished people hang around you and you remain comfortable enough to keep them just so they can be handed tokens of your large heart, then it means you have a pro-poverty mindset. Such a frame of mind is oriented toward cultivating poverty rather than stimulating abundance.

That is why he could unproblematically relate the story of his “friend” who went from using five Rolls Royce to a far-less valued car and not consider the import of the nonsense he was saying. That spurious account was an indication that this is a man for whom poverty—of others, not himself—is an ideal.

https://punchng.com/the-eyesore-on-bourdillon-road/

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chisomkachy:
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s first supplementary budget includes a fleet of SUVs for himself and his wife, a presidential yacht and the renovation of his villa amid a cost-of-living crisis for some of the poorest people in the world.

The proposal — which seeks additional funding beyond the annual budget approved by Tinubu’s predecessor — comes as the government asks Nigerians to persevere through pain caused in part by a raft of economic reforms ushered in by the new president. Africa’s most populous country faces rampant unemployment, soaring food prices and a plummeting currency.

Federal lawmakers approved the president’s request for extra spending on Thursday, but eliminated the provision of 5 billion naira ($6.01 million) to buy a presidential yacht. Instead, they doubled the allocation to a student loan fund to 10 billion naira, according Abubakar Bichi, chairman of an appropriations committee in the House of Representatives.

The lawmakers approved 1.5 billion-naira proposed to purchase SUVs for the office of First Lady Oluremi Tinubu — an amount larger than that allocated to many individual federal colleges. The supplementary budget also proposes almost 6 billion naira to purchase SUVs for the presidency — more than the amount initially allocated to fund a student loan program for poor families.


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-02/nigeria-budgets-for-suvs-and-yachts-amid-economic-hardship

Willy2025:
Patanmi is a strong supporter of extremists by extension the BH and ISWAP its offshoot. It will be catastrophic if the man is elected under any political party at all.

He introduced BVN and NIN, yet violent crimes like banditry and kidnapping are on exponential increase with the NIN serving no value for the security agencies.

Jagaban of Borgu and Alhaji Lie Mohammed are the strongest supporters of extremists and terrorists ever.

No contest!!!

EkoIle1:
It is now abundantly clear that President Jonathan has finally bared his fangs confirming what was widely speculated. By declaring a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, he has intimidated and emasculated the governors of these States. We are witnessing a dangerous trend in the art of governance and a deliberate ploy to subvert constitutional democracy.

The body language of the Jonathan administration leads any keen watcher of events with unmistakable conclusion of the existence of a surreptitious but barely disguised intention to muzzle the elected governments of these states for what is clearly a display of unpardonable mediocrity and diabolic partisanship geared towards 2015.

Borno and Yobe states have been literally under armies of occupation with the attendant excruciating hardship experienced daily by the indigenes and residents of these areas. This government now wants to use the excuse of the security challenges faced by the Governors to remove them from the states considered hostile to the 2015 PDP/Jonathan project.

Let me be quick to say that this administration will be setting in motion a chain of events the end of which nobody can predict. Experience has shown clearly that actions, such as this one under consideration, often give root to radical ideologies and extremist tendencies, a direct opposite of the intended outcome of unwarranted and unintelligent meddlesomeness. The present scenario playing out in the country reminds one of the classical case of a mediocre craftsman who continually blames the tools of his trade for his serial failure but refuses to look at his pitiable state with a view to adjusting.

It has become crystal clear, even to the most incurable optimist, that the country is adrift. That the ship of the Nigerian state is rudderless is clearly evident in the consistent and continual attacks ferociously executed by elements often referred to as the insurgents in some northern states of the federation, particularly Borno and Yobe states respectively.

Indeed, no part of the country is immune from the virulent but easy attacks, veritable indices of a failing state. Unfortunately, the tenuous and uncoordinated approach adopted by this government betrays a grossly incompetent disposition which stands at variance with current realities in the country, nay the international community where acts of terrorism are engaged and contained. No Governor of a state in Nigeria is the Chief Security Officer. Putting the blame on the Governors, who have been effectively emasculated, for the abysmal performance of the government at the centre which controls all these security agencies, smacks of ignorance and mischief.

Terrorist acts are perpetrated routinely and the government at the centre appears incapable of stemming the tide of the horrendous crimes unleashed on the hapless populace. The considerable ease, with which lives and property are destroyed on a daily basis, should excite deep introspection on the part of a government truly desirous of finding a lasting solution.

The Constitution provides that the safety and welfare of citizens shall be the primary purpose of having that structure of any political leadership in the first instance. This Government, through acts of omission and commission, has fallen far short of expectation. It actively encourages schisms and all manner of divisive tendencies for parochial expediency. Ethnicity and religion become handy weapons of domination. Things have never been this bad.



http://premiumtimesng.com/opinion/134435-jonathan-goes-for-broke-by-bola-ahmed-tinubu.html

Sannisege:
This one is learning work from Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

Alhaji Lie Mohammed, defender of terrorists

Racoon:
See the Christian genocide fanatics but they will be denying it.

No DSS, NPF or soldiers will near him as he is a religious supremacist fella. Let a Christian do the opposite then see the outcome.

Jagaban of Borgu is a serial betrayer of Yorubas, southerners and the entire country for his selfish ambition.

His party also cares less about Christians and Igbos hence why Kanu is in prison while they negotiate with terrorists and kidnappers to release school children.

franchasng:
He knows and he wants to change it for better.

He doesn't want to spend billions from his personal income to buy his way to Aso Rock because if he does that, he must find ways to recover the billions once he becomes President like Bola Tinubu did and has been doing.

The only way to change our politics for good is to reduce the influence on money and materialism so that elected officials won't have any reason to steal money after they are sworn into office.

It is the moneybag style of politics that we have been playing in Nigeria that makes our politicians very corrupt because they will definitely look for ways to recover the billions they spent to buy people's votes and support.

That is why I laugh at people that think Tinubu is leading Nigeria sincerely without dipping his hands into Nigeria's treasury after spending billions to buy the Presidential seat he occupies today

How is he different from those who gave him a platform in 2019, years after his protege Obiano kicked him out of APGA, just as wicked ologogoro, land grabbing Wike got rid of him in PDP

newsbook:
Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano has re-echoed his allegation that his predecessor, Mr Peter Obi demanded the sum of N7.5billion from him for sponsoring his election in 2013.

Obiano and his predecessor, Obi have had a frosty relationship shortly after his swearing in.

Obi has however denied that he demanded for the sum of N7.5billion from Obiano, saying that his problem with him was his (Obiano’s) underperformance.

Obi said if he needed the said sum, he would have simply taken it from the N75billion he left for the Obiano administration at the end of his tenure.

But Governor Obiano while speaking on Wednesday evening at Ezechima Primary School, Onitsha where he inaugurated his reelection campaigns in Onitsha North Council Area, said the clarification became necessary because of the recent accusations against him by the former Governor.

He stated that his predecessor had demanded the sum of N7.5billion from him as funds spent in prosecuting the election on his behalf, but that he refused to pay the money because it was not true.

Obiano said he refused to pay because he strongly believed that public funds should be used for public good, and not to settle godfathers.

These, he said, was the reason they fell apart.

The governor said that another reason he refused to pay the money was because he was aware that enough money was raised for his campaign by his friends and associates, all of which were never accounted for by the former governor.

On the actual sum the former Governor claimed he left behind, Governor Obiano made it clear that he inherited liability of about N127 billion debt from him in contracts awarded and other responsibilities, which he has been religiously undertaking in the spirit of continuity.

He said Obi flagged off several roads even on the day he was leaving office and saddled him with the burden of paying for it, but he assured the people that he has his eyes on the ball and will not allow anything to distract him from fulfilling his promises.

The Chairman of the Governor’s Re-election Campaign Committee, Chief Victor Umeh said APGA as the political spirit of Ndigbo, has in the past three and half years, availed Anambra good governance at its best, reminding the people that the upcoming guber election was not about Willie Obiano but about ensuring that the state remained free from political godfatherism.

A former Central Bank Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo in his speech said that at this time, the State needs a tested hand like Governor Obiano who has the experience and expertise to effectively steer her affairs.

https://dailypost.ng/2017/10/19/peter-obi-demanded-n7-5bn-sponsoring-election%e2%80%8e-obiano-insists/

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NLCreator:
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has defended the purchase of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) for members of the national assembly.

There have been reports that the leadership of the 10th national assembly has bought SUVs for all lawmakers.

Each SUV is said to be valued at N160 million.

The LP had asked members of the party in the national assembly to kick against “wastage”.

While responding to questions during a press conference in Abuja on Monday, the former governor of Anambra said the SUVs are not personal cars of the lawmakers, noting that they are for official use.

“Let me start with the issue of Labour Party members in the house. I have actually discussed this issue with them,” Obi said.

“Surprisingly, I can tell you I heard that these vehicles are official cars. They have to use it. It is meant for office.

“So it is not as if it is their vehicle. They said it is official cars and you are meant to use it while you are in the senate.”

Obi also hinted at contesting for the country’s number one position in 2027, adding that Nigeria deserves dedicated and visionary leaders who will lead the country towards a brighter future.

https://www.thecable.ng/theyre-for-official-use-obi-defends-purchase-of-n160m-suv-for-lawmakers/amp

Journalist: how do you intend to engage members of your party who are members of the house, so that they can stand different.......?

PO: Let me start with the issue of labour party members in the house, have actually discussed this issue with them, surprisingly, I can tell you ,… pic.twitter.com/svybrcY4t3

— Senator Baruch Chinanu Boniface (@SenatorBaruch1) November 7, 2023

Flangelo12:
You mean like the only country that has ever used one and continues to bully others because it has one?

That is what it means to be powerful.

Who is stopping you and your country from being as powerful?
Is it your tribalistic rotation and zoning of local, state and federal positions, that encourages corruption while discouraging hardwork? Or what else is your impediment to working hard collectively for widespread prosperity, peace and progress of every Nigerian?