₦airaland Forum

LEGALSER:
When light no dey and no free Internet? this Prof Sef. And the head teachers dey shift teeth ooo

Is that why your own governor has failed to even do this little part that Soludo did

kettykin:
This state might witness a leapfrog to a fully developed smart city state

Is that because of the laptops to the school principals or because he has employed enough teachers to make every single Anambra child enrolled in free schools?

What is a smart city state filled with uneducated/badly educated children from private schools

senatordave1:
Who doesn't loot

Buhari, Tinubu and everyone in APC because they are all saints don't loot, as they are the ones fighting corruption like kilode.

LagosFirstSon:
If you mention Tinubu and APC in any state of Nigeria right now, you will be stoned to death .

Don't even risk it

How did APC perform in the last bye elections in different states

FreeStuffsNG:
That man who was prosecuted and convicted then made attempt to flee is the root cause of the problem. If that security officer had not intervened, it is that security officer that will be severely punished. He will be sacked, prosecuted and jailed in place of that escaped convict.
The security officer could have used a rubber bullet though.

Why do you think he had rubber bullets?
Could he not have shot to disable/immobilise him rather than kill the freshly convicted person?

The policeman should be prosecuted and convicted for aggravated murder.

Watianoengineer:
Those blaming APC for the woes of the country now should direct their anger towards Peter Obi. That man is the reason everyone is suffering currently. Nigerians were fed up with Buhari's ineptitude coupled with the naira scarcity and were ready to sack APC from leadership. Peter Obi made sure APC remained by splitting the votes he and Atiku should have jointly gotten from nigerians making Tinubu to emerge. Peter Obi is the reason why many families are going to bed hungry. That Obidient movement was started to ensure APC remains in power. See where we are today

You have spoken like a wise man.
May your tribe of wisemen in our country grow in leaps and bounds.

jameshankss:
Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has said he is sure the candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, would lose the 2023 presidential election. Soludo said he would not submit to the bullying of Obi’s supporters, who recently descended on him for addressing issues in the state.

The governor made the comments in a lengthy write-up personally authored, with the title, “History Beckons, and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1).”

Soludo said Obi was inadvertently making the pathway to victory much easier for the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and at the same time, toying with the destiny of millions of Ndigbo.

But the chief spokesperson for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign, Yunusa Tanko, accused Soludo of being sponsored by some unknown persons to weaken the base of the party in the South-east.

The former CBN governor had been under intense attack for close to a week for dismissing Obi’s investment in the state as amounting to nothing, during a television interview.

Soludo said in the write-up, “My attention has been drawn to some of the tirades on social media following my frank response during an interview on Channels TV regarding the ‘investments’ Mr. Peter Obi claimed to have made with Anambra State revenues.

“Sadly, several of the comments left the issue of the interview to probe or suggest motives, inferred from my response on ‘investment’ that I am opposed to Peter Obi’s ambition and, therefore, committed a ‘crime’ for which the punishment is internecine abuse and harassment, even to my family.

“Everyone knows that I don’t follow the winds or one to succumb to bullies, or shy away from a good fight especially, when weighty matters of principles and future of the people are involved.”

Soludo said he had urged Obi to return to his former party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), to actualise his presidential bid. He added that he had always told the LP candidate to his face that he was not capable of winning the 2023 presidential election, especially, under LP, which had neither a councillor nor a local government chairman.

Soludo said Obi was not just his friend, but also his brother, but despite that, they have their political differences.

He stated, “For full disclosure, let me state that Peter Obi and I are not just friends, we call ourselves ‘brothers’. But we have political differences: he left APGA for PDP after his tenure as governor, while I have remained in APGA since 2013.

“During the last two governorship elections in Anambra in 2017 and 2021, he led the PDP campaigns but APGA won landslide in both elections. By the way, in 2016, he visited and proposed that I defect to PDP and contest the 2017 election against the incumbent Willie Obiano, but I declined.

“After my victory in November 2021, he called to congratulate me, as I did to him in 2010. That is the Anambra way: we fight fiercely during campaigns but share drinks at the next social events. After all, it was the Great Zik of Africa, who taught us that in politics, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies but only permanent interests.”

Arguing that Obi’s presidential bid would only work in favour of Tinubu, Soludo said, “Indeed, if I were Asiwaju Tinubu, I would even give Peter Obi money as someone heading one of the departments of his campaign, because Obi is making Tinubu’s pathway to victory much easier by indirectly pulling down PDP.”

Obi, according to Soludo, would only deplete the votes of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and pave the path for an APC victory.

He stated, “The current fleeting frenzy, if not checked, will cost Ndigbo dearly for years. The South-east has the lowest number of votes of any region, but it is also the only region where the presidential race might be a four-way race (it is a two-way race in the other five regions) thereby, ensuring that our votes won’t count in the making of the next president of Nigeria.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/11/15/soludo-i-wont-succumb-to-bullies-obi-knows-he-cant-win/

fergie001:
My media team is vigorously countering his baseless claims. Let this be a wake-up call to all: the pursuit of power must not overshadow the imperative of effective governance. Together, let us propel Nigeria forward, leaving behind the antics of political charlatans. -AA

Previous Thread:
https://www.nairaland.com/8028008/atiku-yari-ningi-move-establish

The bold part is the koko and must be done relentlessly to stop propaganda and nip the misinformation in the bud.
Otherwise we are all gonnas, like the hapless Haiti people.

Over the weekend, the violence in the capital Port-au-Prince ramped up once again. Heavily armed gangs attacked the National Palace and set part of the Interior Ministry on fire with petrol bombs.

It comes after a sustained attack on the international airport, which remains closed to all flights - including one carrying Prime Minister Ariel Henry.

He tried to fly back to Haiti from the United States last week, but his plane was refused permission to land. He was then turned away from the neighbouring Dominican Republic too.

Mr Henry is now stuck in Puerto Rico, unable to set foot in the nation he ostensibly leads.

Among those who did manage to get into the stricken Caribbean nation, though, was a group of US military personnel.

Following a request from the US State Department, the Pentagon confirmed it had carried out an operation to, as it put it, "augment the security" of the US embassy in Port-au-Prince and airlift all non-essential staff to safety.

Soon after, the EU said it had evacuated all of its diplomats, fleeing a nation mired in violence and facing its biggest humanitarian crisis since the 2010 earthquake.

Millions of Haitians, however, simply don't have that luxury. They're trapped, no matter how bad things get.

The situation is dire at the State University of Haiti Hospital, known as the general hospital, in downtown Port-au-Prince. There is no sign of any medical staff at all.

A dead body, covered by a sheet and swarming with flies, lies in a bed next to patients waiting in vain for treatment.

Despite the overpowering stench, no-one has come to remove the body. It is rapidly decomposing in the Caribbean heat.

There are no doctors, they all fled last week," said Philippe a patient who didn't want to give his real name.

"We can't go outside. We hear the explosions and gunfire. So, we must have courage and stay here, we can't go anywhere."

With no prime minister and a government in disarray, the gangs' power over the capital is near absolute.

They control more than 80% of Port-au-Prince and the country's most notorious gang leader, Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier has again told the prime minister to resign.

"If Ariel Henry doesn't step down and the international community continues to support him," he said last week, "they will lead us directly to a civil war which will end in genocide."

Meanwhile, the police, outnumbered and demoralised, are struggling to keep looters at bay. The Salomon police station in Port-au-Prince was attacked and burnt out, and charred police vehicles lie outside the still-smouldering building.
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To add to the lawlessness, a week ago, around 4,000 inmates escaped after the gangs attacked the main prison in Port-au-Prince.

Those prisoners are now back on the streets and bolstering the ranks of their gangs.

In the aftermath, the cell doors are now wide open, the facility is virtually abandoned and there are blood stains on the ground after gunmen overpowered the guards.

A prime minister unable to return, violent gangs in control of the capital and dead bodies piling up on the streets: Haiti is currently a nation about as close to a failed state as it's possible to be.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68531759.amp

Ddeliverer007:
I don’t understand this story.

Why did MFM pastor arrest this choirmaster?
Why was he rearrested against court order?
What is the female judge saying after her instructions was disobeyed?

Nobody takes the court seriously anymore.

Tinubu came to shatter that institution. The judiciary is now a mockery. It’s now like banana republic where anything goes.

What a shame.
A judge would say don’t arrest this man; the man would be arrested and tomorrow, the judge would look away as if she was not the same fool that said don’t arrest this man. Animal kingdom.

What can we do to avoid becoming like Haiti below

Haiti is fast descending into anarchy.

Over the weekend, the violence in the capital Port-au-Prince ramped up once again. Heavily armed gangs attacked the National Palace and set part of the Interior Ministry on fire with petrol bombs.

It comes after a sustained attack on the international airport, which remains closed to all flights - including one carrying Prime Minister Ariel Henry.

He tried to fly back to Haiti from the United States last week, but his plane was refused permission to land. He was then turned away from the neighbouring Dominican Republic too.

Mr Henry is now stuck in Puerto Rico, unable to set foot in the nation he ostensibly leads.

Among those who did manage to get into the stricken Caribbean nation, though, was a group of US military personnel.

Following a request from the US State Department, the Pentagon confirmed it had carried out an operation to, as it put it, "augment the security" of the US embassy in Port-au-Prince and airlift all non-essential staff to safety.

Soon after, the EU said it had evacuated all of its diplomats, fleeing a nation mired in violence and facing its biggest humanitarian crisis since the 2010 earthquake.

Millions of Haitians, however, simply don't have that luxury. They're trapped, no matter how bad things get.

The situation is dire at the State University of Haiti Hospital, known as the general hospital, in downtown Port-au-Prince. There is no sign of any medical staff at all.

A dead body, covered by a sheet and swarming with flies, lies in a bed next to patients waiting in vain for treatment.

Despite the overpowering stench, no-one has come to remove the body. It is rapidly decomposing in the Caribbean heat.

There are no doctors, they all fled last week," said Philippe a patient who didn't want to give his real name.

"We can't go outside. We hear the explosions and gunfire. So, we must have courage and stay here, we can't go anywhere."

With no prime minister and a government in disarray, the gangs' power over the capital is near absolute.

They control more than 80% of Port-au-Prince and the country's most notorious gang leader, Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier has again told the prime minister to resign.

"If Ariel Henry doesn't step down and the international community continues to support him," he said last week, "they will lead us directly to a civil war which will end in genocide."

Meanwhile, the police, outnumbered and demoralised, are struggling to keep looters at bay. The Salomon police station in Port-au-Prince was attacked and burnt out, and charred police vehicles lie outside the still-smouldering building.
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To add to the lawlessness, a week ago, around 4,000 inmates escaped after the gangs attacked the main prison in Port-au-Prince.

Those prisoners are now back on the streets and bolstering the ranks of their gangs.

In the aftermath, the cell doors are now wide open, the facility is virtually abandoned and there are blood stains on the ground after gunmen overpowered the guards.

A prime minister unable to return, violent gangs in control of the capital and dead bodies piling up on the streets: Haiti is currently a nation about as close to a failed state as it's possible to be.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68531759.amp

yarimo:
so that Nigerians can be more poorer abi

Poorer from the confused hypocrisy of the man who hides money from the taxman in Pandora Papers

bennybuhari:
“’I cannot take anything back about Obi. I said Obi said he wants to move Nigeria back from consumption to production and I said that is not true. He cannot do it because his own business survives on consumption. Is that a lie? He has been an importer and I said he deals with cash and carry economics; container economics, imports”.

“All the goods that can be produced in Nigeria, Obi imports them in his supermarkets. That is consumption economics. That kind of person cannot tell you that he is moving you from consumption to production. He will then be committing self-economic suicide and Obi will not do that to himself”.

“So, Obi is deceiving everybody and I can’t take that back because that is true.

https://independent.ng/peter-obi-deceiving-everybody-i-wont-retract-my-statement-about-him-dele-alake/

Splashme:
Nigeria is a joke.

Are 200 million Nigerians jokers

successmatters:
A crook donating police vehicles to the government who are supposed to keep him in prison?

Only in Nigeria

Truly everything is upside down in obodo Naija as Fela sang some decades ago.

zikter:
Wait, is it because he is the son of Ganduje that is why he is not capable? I am a critic of this administration but we must be constructive. It will surprise you that, that same guy has attended the best schools overseas and is more than capable to deliver on the job if he wants to

What incentive have the masses given him to want to deliver on the job

Malroux:
While APC online thugs are roaming here without jobs.

Are those members of the EbiNpawa wailing crew

Jokerman:
Of cos we know.

The most annoying part is that the politicians know how to use it and milk it off the poor citizens...

And yet the poor are still blinded

Is there anything that can be done to change this reality?
Or we are destined to continue wasting away in our tribesmen paralysis?

peretei2024:
*Where do you belong?*
Unless you understand your role in society, you can never make any meaningful contribution.

According to the Greeks there are three types of people on earth,
- the *idiots* ,
- the *tribesmen* , and
- the *citizens* .

Studies show only *10%* of Africans are citizens.
The remaining *90%* are either *tribesmen* or *idiots* .

1. When the Greeks used the word *"idiot"*, they did not use it as a curse word.
*Idiots* are people who just don’t care.
If they write exams, they will cheat.
If they are in government they will steal.
*An idiot* does not care at all, if he eats bananas he throws the peels anywhere instead of putting them in a trash bin.

*IDIOTS* *won't attend monthly neighborhood meetings. They won't pay security dues. They won't contribute to community development. Even when they see or know about something that will harm others in the community they won't report it* . When they see/know/have something that will benefit their community they won't share. Infact, *Idiots* don't care to register for or vote in an election yet they complain the most. If they register to vote, *IDIOTS* will sell their votes for peanuts.

According to the Greeks, some societies have more *idiots* than *tribesmen* and *citizens* .

2. The next set of people are *tribesmen* , these are people that look at everything from the point of view of their tribe.

These are people that believe in you only if you are part of their tribe.
It can be terrible to have a tribesman as a leader, he will alienate the rest.

When the Greeks talk about tribes, it’s not just about ethnicity, they also consider religion, gang membership, group membership, *party membership* and even cult membership as a tribe.
A great percentage of Africans are *tribesmen* , because they view everything from the point of view of their tribes.
They trust only their *tribesmen* .

3. The last group are *citizens.*
These are people that like to do things the right way.
They will respect traffic light rules even if no one is watching them.
They drive within speed limits.
They respect the laws, won’t cheat in exams.
In government they won’t steal.
They are compassionate and give to others to promote their wellbeing.

*Citizens* often promote projects that benefit everyone.
The Greeks called this group the *citizens* .

Some countries have more *citizens* than *tribesmen* and *idiots* .
Others have so many *idiots* .

A *tribesman* can become a *citizen* through orientation.
And an *idiot* can become a *citizen* by training and constant enforcement of the law.

But things fall apart if you elect an *idiot* or *tribesman* to lead you if he has not been reformed.

Where do you belong?
Are you an *idiot* , a *tribesman* or a *citizen* ?

Reflect about your life.

*REFLECT ABOUT YOUR IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY, CITY, STATE & NATION.*

God be with us all Amen.

FreeStuffsNG:
Why I regret relocating abroad – Femi Brainard opens up on being Uber driver [VIDEO]

Nigerian film actor Femi Brainard has opened up about life while living abroad. The thespian granted an interview with Teju Oyelakin, aka, Teju Babyface on his podcast.

Speaking on the perks as well as the disadvantages attached to relocating abroad, especially being a celebrity, Femi Brainard said it is better to be celebrated and be a prince in Nigeria than to move abroad and be a nobody. He also noted that his wife does not love it at all.

While speaking with the comedian, Brainard noted that anytime he is driving, his Nigerian passengers in particular can’t help but stare at him in disbelief and wonder if he is the star they know.


The actor added that the curious ones would approach him to be sure he was the famous actor they knew in Nigeria.

Femi Brainard said the bills are a lot and he has things like rent to think about. The actor who celebrated his 10th wedding anniversary in May of 2023 explained that he was so broke to an extent once that he went to the parking lot and burst into tears.

Is he back in our country already? Or he is wailing from America to discourage others from doing japa as he has done?
Won't that make him a hypocrite

blaise26abj:
So I should have voted for the greatest devil instead ? I see where your values lie . But I respect your choice regardless whatever it was . That’s democracy.

It is and will always be a fantastic choice to me.

PDP's Atiku was the best choice last year, and Peter Obi said as much in 2019 when he was his running mate before desperation lured him to play tribal & religiously divisive politics, helping the greatest devil get his Emilokan turn for continuing APC Enikanlomo shege that was fraudulently sold as change in 2015.

Facts are what they are!

blaise26abj:
I don’t trust any of these politicians . Even Peter Obi . They are all corrupt ! I voted for him because he is the lesser of 3 devils . Tinubu was the greatest of the devils .! Not surprised what is happpening . They had no plan anywhere for Nigeria or Nigerians . Just to loot and loot till they die .

And your vote helped the greatest devil win.
What a fantastic choice you made.

Diligence:
Nigerians voted Mr Peter Obi, but INEC declared Tinubu winner, then everyone started mourning!

Moonlight tales from lala land of politically naive labour in vain communist dreamers.

Gerrard59:
The 2023 presidential election is less than seven months away. There are three contenders, even though Peter Obi happens to be largely a pretender in my opinion. Tinubu has chosen Shettima to be his VP candidate, Atiku chose Okowa and Peter chose Yusuf. However, of the trio, Tinubu’s choice is the most controversial as it is a Muslim-Muslim ticket, which is very insensitive to the 100M+ Christian populace. To be honest, this choice increases Tinubu’s probability amongst the Muslim community in Nigeria, especially in the north-west and north-east. This brings me to the topic: Peter Obi cannot win in those regions as they will not vote for a Christian when there are two alternatives where Muslims hold sway. In the north-west, Tinubu has a greater probability of winning there as his combination resonates with the populace. Kwankwaso has said he has no problems with the choice he made but with his platform. This means when push comes to shove, he will step down for Tinubu so that BAT’s chances of winning Kano with a wide margin come to fruition. In the north-east where Shettima and Atiku come from, Peter Obi’s odds further decline as indigenes there will rather their sons than someone else.

In the south-west, Tinubu is expected to win. Don’t allow anyone to deceive you that Tinubu will lose his backyard. Yorubas don’t involve religion during elections as they are roughly divided across three religions amidst themselves. Tinubu is seen as a God figure and when the chips are down, the vast majority will tilt towards voting for the APC. However, there exists a section of Yoruba voters especially the Christians who might not/will not vote for the APC or alternatively abstain from voting due to the insensitivity of Tinubu’s choice considering the wanton killings the Christian community has experienced in Nigeria within the last seven years. The massacre in the Catholic Church at Owo rings a bell. To these people, alternatives exist in Atiku and Peter but here is it: due to what I cannot describe as the rivalry between Igbos and Yorubas, the vast majority of these Yoruba Christians will not vote for an Igbo man. They will/might be shamed, mocked at or derided or whatever, but they won’t vote for Peter Obi and/or rather cast their votes for Atiku. On the other hand, Yoruba Muslims will never vote for an Igbo man, certainly not when an illustrious son of theirs has a strong likelihood of becoming the president.

In the north-central, Tinubu’s prospects are pretty significant as people, especially the Muslims in Kwara will vote for him. The same thing in Nasarrawa, Kogi, and Niger especially as the vast majority of people in IDP camps are Christians. Benue, for instance, has one of the highest concentrations of IDPs thereby making them unqualified to vote. His chances in Plateau and Benue are very low but APC’s structures there can deliver the minimum requirement of 25% to scale through. In the south-south and south-east, Tinubu’s chances are extremely low considering he never campaigned in the south-east and only campaigned in Delta and Cross River states in the south-south during the APC presidential primaries. Effectively, he believes he won’t win in those regions, and rightfully so. In fact, I predict that Tinubu will not campaign during the campaign season in any of the south-eastern states and only in Cross River considering the influence of Okowa in Delta. He might substitute Delta with Akwa Ibom but that is it, just two states in the south-south and none in the south-east. The south-south and south-east together are home to the vast majority of Christians in Nigeria. They will not be receptive to a Muslim-Muslim presidency.

Gerrard59:
With this analysis, wherever Tinubu’s chances are higher, Peter Obi’s are lower and vice-versa. However, the issue is: the people who would vote for Peter Obi are folks who have historically voted for the PDP and did vote for Atiku in 2019. This means he (Peter Obi) is not getting fresh voters from groups that did not vote for the PDP in 2015 and 2019. For instance, in 2019, almost a million people in Southern Kaduna voted for the PDP. In 2023, some of those people will vote for the Labour Party further reducing the votes PDP would have garnered. Let’s face it: the Labour Party does not have structures in the hinterlands of the country or die-hard/historical voters.

The same thing applies to the south-east and south-south. In these regions, Peter’s chances are higher but these are people that have consistently and historically voted for the PDP across all electoral positions. For instance, prior to the senatorial elections in 2019, Godswill Akpabio defected to the APC and lost resoundingly to the PDP. Mind you, this was the same position he won with a landslide when he aspired for it in 2015 under the PDP. Why? The voters in his senatorial district voted against him mainly because he defected to the APC. These are core/die-hard PDP supporters. In 2023, these people will not vote for the APC due to its Muslim-Muslim combination but will divide their votes between the Labour Party and the PDP. The inclusion of Peter Obi in the presidential election does more harm than good to the PDP and his ethnic group, ditto ethnic minorities in general. I understand the pain of the south-east that the PDP chose a Fulani northerner as its candidate, but the reality is: an Igbo man cannot be Nigeria’s president in its present state. Kwankwaso echoed it, and I am saying that is the reality. The alternative is to have an Igbo man as the VP and Okowa does this beautifully, something Peter should have been the one had he remained in the PDP.


Again, a vote for Peter Obi and the Labour Party is a vote for Tinubu. Where-ever PDP could have competed greatly with the APC, Labour Party snatches those vital votes, and this affects PDP’s odds while increasing Tinubu’s. Even prominent APC’s supporters have said the same (screenshot attached). Peter Obi cannot win the presidential election, and his inclusion affects PDP’s chances and increases the prospects of having a Muslim-Muslim presidency.


In summary, Peter Gregory Obi should step down for Atiku Abubakar.

Ajoray:
And FGN is busy chasing Binance around. I feel the naira crash to 2k then now to 1500 is in some way beneficial to our corrupt politicians if not it wouldn't be the way it is.
I wish the best for naija, but I know we will still watch naira go back to 2k even after all this Binance gra gra

No go sell your dollars oh, thinking it will crash down to below 1k naira to a dollar. Na naija we dey.

Apc expect us to be clapping for them because the thing is at 1500 now from 2k, as if we have forgotten it was 395 in 2020 and even before tinupoo entered less than 1k

You have spoken well Oga.
Was it not even N200 to the dollar in 2015 when minimum wage was N18,000 under the cluelessly incompetent Jonathan and his PDP corrupt rogues before we accepted ThiefNuibu's change to Buhari and APC
Who will save us from these destructive band of looters in APC?

Renman:
Bala blu airline

Flying Nigerians to EbinPawa land

Blackfire:
Nigeria Air

February 16th 2023 to February 16th 2023

Long live Nigeria
Long live APC

Sirika Airlines for looting our meagre treasury into debts, more debts and even more debts

OkanlawonB:
BALKAN Airlines, the Bulgarian Airlines. The one our badmouth people nicknamed PANGOLO was about the cheapest airline flying from Lagos to Europe in those days.

AEROFLOT, the russian Airlines was another cheap communist airline that flew the Lagos - Europe route in those days.

Both Airlines had their Salesoffices/Outlets at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos.

Were both of them LOCAL airlines like what this thread is obviously about

Johnjustice:
Hausaa and fulanis in the north need to decide that they want an end to banditry...these bandits live among you.

What of Yorubas and kidnappers/ritualists, as well as Igbos and kidnappers/IPOB terrorists?

Why limit this to one tribe/region

djon78:
I disagree
Decentralization is a very big problem

Prof is very right

Look at electricity for example
States are not allowed to generate and distribute electricity

This has hampered electricity Development

Very many things need decentralization
Let each region cater to there needs

With small power at the centre
You will see massive Development of Nigeria

But if we continue with the present template
A point will reach the centre cannot hold again

Example look at the economy
It's getting out of hand
Things need to be addressed quickly

Electricity was decentralised with the 5th amendment to our constitution last year.

https://punchng.com/buhari-signs-amended-constitution-to-allow-states-generate-transmit-electricity/

Buhari signs amended constitution to allow states generate, transmit electricity.

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has signed into law the constitutional amendment allowing states in the country to licence, generate, transmit, and distribute electricity.

This was made known in a tweet by the presidential media spokesperson, Tolu Ogunlesi, on Friday.

He tweeted, “President #MBuhari has signed 16 constitution amendment bills into law. By this signing, State Houses of Assembly & judiciaries now have constitutionally guaranteed financial independence, while railways have moved from Exclusive Legislative List to the concurrent list.

“Another landmark change: By virtue of the presidential assent, Nigerian states can now generate, transmit and distribute electricity in areas covered by the national grid. (This) wasn’t allowed pre-amendment. This is genuine, realistic restructuring — through the constitution.”

https://punchng.com/buhari-signs-amended-constitution-to-allow-states-generate-transmit-electricity/

Adamux:
This same old man fought for your fathers. Show some respect.

He fought vainglorious fights that did not impact his immediate LGA and state in terms of government employing workers to provide common services, facilities and utilities like ordinary water. Something his auntie that was not as educated and widely travcelled as he is worked on successfully way bak.

What an old failure Soyinka is.

The women’s revolt against taxation had been rumbling for more than a decade before the water rate victory.

In 1918, tax policies had been introduced that required women as young as 15, (the age at which they were considered marriageable) including those who were unemployed, to pay three shillings a year as income tax. Men, on the other hand, did not have to pay it until they were 18.

It was said government agents went about raiding homes and stripping girls of their clothes in order to assess their age for the purpose of taxation and, as the work was based on commission, extortion and abuse were rife.

Ransome-Kuti formed the AWU in 1946 to “defend, protect, preserve and promote the social, economic, cultural and political rights and interests of the women in Egbaland”.

Her aims and objectives were outlined in a document in 1947, called The AWU’s Grievances, one of the sub-headings in which was “Stripped Naked”. It contained a list of wrong-doings by the traditional ruler for “misusing his authority” and by the administration for “not providing medical and educational facilities for women”.

A food price control policy had also been introduced by the colonial government during the second world war which, in addition to the tax, further hurt female petty traders. When they could not pay, their goods or produce were often seized by agents working on behalf of the SNA.

After several years of complaints, the women mobilised under the leadership of Ransome-Kuti, and in December 1947, laid siege to the palace of Oba Ademola II, where they chanted war songs day and night, to demand the suspension of the tax.

Ransome-Kuti became known around the country for her activism. She had regular speaking engagements on women’s rights both at home and overseas and toured her region, raising awareness about women’s political and voting rights.

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/features/2020/10/1/the-lioness-of-lisabi-who-ended-unfair-taxes-for-nigerian-women

References1:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/pmnewsnigeria.com/2024/02/29/it-is-time-to-decentralise-nigeria-soyinka/%3famp=1

Is the absence of decentralisation responsible for the failure of his Ogun state governors and his Abeokuta LGA chairmen to do what they are supposed to do with the billions of federal allocation and IGR received since 1999 plus the loans that they havbe obtained for future generations of unborn children to repay? A lazy man blames his tools always!

For 25 years he has been making noise about corruption but failed to advocate effectively for workers to be employed at his state and local governments to have every Egba child in free primary, vocational and secondary schools.

He is indeed the leader of his failed generation.

Maisiba:
A cheater never regrets cheating, but regrets getting caught. If they are human, they regret that they hurt their partners. You are dead wrong if you expect a cheater to go on their knees. If they do, double check the motive behind it.

Is there any difference [b]with our a-looter politicians who fail to provide us with the basics of human existence such that our country is so rotten among low human development countries [/b]at 164th rank on HDI out of 191 countries?

What is the difference please

iCauseTrouble:
If na me too, I go reject am.... It's a shame to associate with that druggie mandate thief

Keyamo has explained that he was not a druggie, but staying with druggies by mistake and being their accountant cum banker.

Racoon:
Festus Keyamo Defends Tinubu From Drug Trafficking, Says Tinubu Mistakenly Shared Flats With Drug Lords

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo, has distanced the All Progressive Congress presidential candidata, Bola Tinubu, from being a drug baron who was involved in the traffic of narcotics in the United States.

Keyamo, who also doubles as APC Presidential Campaign spokesperson, noted that the former governor of Lagos State only shared a block of flat with drug barons about 30 years ago in the US.

His reaction is coming following documents of a Chicago District Court indicting and convicting Tinubu of drug dealings and money laundering in 1993.

The document which emerged online two days ago, described APC standard-bearer as a drug baron, adding that Tinubu entered a plea bargain, leading to the forfeiture of his assets to US authorities in 1993

It was also pointed out that Tinubu forfeited the sum of $460, 000 dollars in his bank account at First Heritage Bank to the US government.

Speaking on Wednesday on Channels TV, Mr Keyamo dismissed such claims, insisting that Tinubu was linked to drug peddlers who were his neighbours.

He said: “What happened was that Tinubu went to open an account. The address which he used in opening the account was the address used by these people. I think some blocks of flats. Maybe, he was happy to be in that block of flats too.

“So, they now link it that the other people they were investigating for narcotics are in the same address used by Asiwaju to open that account.’’

https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/?.
 
U.S. court judgement indicts Tinubu for drug trafficking

https://www.google.com/amp/s/businessday.ng/amp/news/article/u-s-court-judgement-indicts-tinubu-for-drug-trafficking/

US Court Releases Documents Linking Tinubu to Largescale Drug Peddling


https://fij.ng/article/us-court-releases-documents-linking-tinubu-to-largescale-drug-peddling/

hisgrace090:
This one has no lying blood in him.
Very good!

Unlike Him Tu Lie Peter Obi and his Made in China voice

bennybuhari:
“’I cannot take anything back about Obi. I said Obi said he wants to move Nigeria back from consumption to production and I said that is not true. He cannot do it because his own business survives on consumption. Is that a lie? He has been an importer and I said he deals with cash and carry economics; container economics, imports”.

“All the goods that can be produced in Nigeria, Obi imports them in his supermarkets. That is consumption economics. That kind of person cannot tell you that he is moving you from consumption to production. He will then be committing self-economic suicide and Obi will not do that to himself”.

“So, Obi is deceiving everybody and I can’t take that back because that is true.

https://independent.ng/peter-obi-deceiving-everybody-i-wont-retract-my-statement-about-him-dele-alake/

RenaissanceGuy:
I'm even ashamed of Nigeria that an ordinary 188mw that a total of five universities in America consume, is what the whole of Nigeria is jubilating about. Not 1,880mw, but a paltry 188mw.

Are you also ashamed that governors like Alex Otti fail to employ workers to provide government services, amenities, utilities and infrastructure MAINTENANCE like they do in America. Something like ordinary pipe borne water in all buildings

Ogiame:
Paternity fraud in Germany

Baby Factory hustle in Nigeria


This is not smartness, this is really foolish.

When you have a money launder, certificate forger and cocaine lover as President, this is the result

Our leaders are indeed clones of who we the masses are.
Garbage in garbage Out, (GIGO) is not only an IT principle.

Racoon:
Festus Keyamo Defends Tinubu From Drug Trafficking, Says Tinubu Mistakenly Shared Flats With Drug Lords

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo, has distanced the All Progressive Congress presidential candidata, Bola Tinubu, from being a drug baron who was involved in the traffic of narcotics in the United States.

Keyamo, who also doubles as APC Presidential Campaign spokesperson, noted that the former governor of Lagos State only shared a block of flat with drug barons about 30 years ago in the US.

His reaction is coming following documents of a Chicago District Court indicting and convicting Tinubu of drug dealings and money laundering in 1993.

The document which emerged online two days ago, described APC standard-bearer as a drug baron, adding that Tinubu entered a plea bargain, leading to the forfeiture of his assets to US authorities in 1993

It was also pointed out that Tinubu forfeited the sum of $460, 000 dollars in his bank account at First Heritage Bank to the US government.

Speaking on Wednesday on Channels TV, Mr Keyamo dismissed such claims, insisting that Tinubu was linked to drug peddlers who were his neighbours.

He said: “What happened was that Tinubu went to open an account. The address which he used in opening the account was the address used by these people. I think some blocks of flats. Maybe, he was happy to be in that block of flats too.

“So, they now link it that the other people they were investigating for narcotics are in the same address used by Asiwaju to open that account.’’

https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/?.
 
U.S. court judgement indicts Tinubu for drug trafficking

https://www.google.com/amp/s/businessday.ng/amp/news/article/u-s-court-judgement-indicts-tinubu-for-drug-trafficking/

US Court Releases Documents Linking Tinubu to Largescale Drug Peddling


https://fij.ng/article/us-court-releases-documents-linking-tinubu-to-largescale-drug-peddling/

StOla:
Hahahahaha!

Opposition need to learn from Tinubu on how to be an opposition.

Since Tinubu and his political party assumed power in 2015, opposition ceased to exist in Nigeria.

No loud am too much.

I only hope Tinubu's mastery of politics and his giant strides in Lagos, would also be replicated at the federal level during his 8year presidential regime.

Please what giant strides since 1999 in Lagos are you talking about, compared to what Awolowo, Mobolaji Johnson and Jakande achieved in their shorter administrations with far less revenue after adjusting for inflation and population growth