efighter: No Igbo man will ever rule Nigeria. So, this useless Orji Uzor Kalu should never ever dream of it so that he will not die in his sleep
Pandora Bitter Obi messed up the Igbo chance with his political naivety that helped Tinubu get his ebilokan dream.
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.
Dpharisee: I must commend Orji Uzor Kalu, dude has done more for Abia state as a Senator than when he was governor to atone for his failure as governor and to worsen his case he handed over the state to a better thief in TA Orji which he regrets unlike his Enugu counterpart Chimaroke Nnamani who messed up but handed over to a gentleman with better integrity Sullivan Chime. I hope Igbos will recognise his efforts and forgive his past failure since he has worked so hard to make amends
If he has not done enough restitution like that tax collector in the Bible before Jesus Christ declared salvation for his household, then why would you commend him?
Okortor: 700 years of sufferings for all of u that castigated Jonathan but supported this regime and disaster of a president... Your hellfire is indeed a special place prepared.
People like that useless Fashola who called Jonathan and his cabinet incompetent, amateur gbatuẹyọs
anthonykezy: Oil slump: Bring down fuel price immediately, Fashola tells FG ON DECEMBER 7, 2014
Lagos—As the global oil prices slid further downward, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, asked the Federal Government to review downward the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, from N97 per litre in the country in tandem with the slump in world oil price. President Jonathan and Gov Babatubde Fashola of Lagos The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, had last Friday, on its website pegged the oil price at $66.27 per barrel. Fashola who blasted FG for its reluctance to adjust the pump price of PMS, made the remarks while addressing hundreds of youths at the Lagos State and After School Graduation Development Centre, AGDC, IGNITE Employability Project 5, Ikeja.
He lamented that Nigerians were not receiving fair treatment from the central government like others in oil producing nation. Fashola said, “Now we should be enjoying cheap fuel if the price of oil has dropped globally. Even as we import the product, a major component has reduced in price and while this has reduced, the pump price of fuel in the country still remains the same. “Then something is wrong. If the price increases in the country when the price of oil goes up globally, then it should also reduce when the price of oil drops. “I understand that I am not an economist; they (Federal Government) are the economists. But I have some logic and common sense to ask critical questions. For instance, if one buy flour at N10 per kilogram, and the bread was sold at N1 per loaf. If the price of flour drops, the price of the bread should also change,” Fashola added.
The governor, therefore, urged President Goodluck Jonathan led administration to follow the footstep of other countries that have reduced the pump price of oil products for their citizens. Fashola noted that the oil sector of the country had not been improved to address challenges confronting the nation especially unemployment, saying “The economy is not doing well. Some of you (audience) are compelled to try to survive through whatever means.” On how the oil sector would have addressed the unemployment challenges, he said. “If we are trying to build refinery with Dangote in Lekki Free Zone, LTZ, in Epe; and the construction alone would require 8, 000 workers. It means that they must get to work and back. So there is need for transportation service, there is need for food and other services during work and post construction. “So if we stop importing fuel, and start building refineries and doing other things right the economy will lift. If you build a gas grid for the country and rough estimate indicated that investing $5 billion, many businesses will began to get gas and some of the power installation can also convert to gas and others, there would be sudden positive effect on the country’s economy.”
Oshokhai69: How much was a lite of crude oil when GEJ was president? How much was a litre of imported petrol?
As we still dey import the thing, how much you expect fuel to cost now? Less than it cost over ten years ago?🤔
Yes, based on the promises made by Tinubu and others who fraudulently packaged Buhari as the APC messiah to clear PDP 16 years mess, four years after the same Tinubu said that Buhari was expired.
Former Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Tamunoemi David-West has said that President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari will reduce the fuel price to N40 per litre when he assumes office.
The former minister reportedly made the statements during a telephone interview with Vanguard. “I want to assure you that by the time he takes over, petrol will be dispensed at N40 per litre. This is possible and he has the credibility to make it work,” David-West said.
“As military head of state, he dealt with the Federal Executive Council with the tenets of democracy. Buhari will build new refineries to make petroleum products available for the masses. No responsible government will allow the masses to suffer,” he added.
“He will strengthen the refineries within a year. It is possible as we won’t spend any amount in setting up a green field refinery. We already have a blueprint as we shall use what we have to get what we want,” the ex-minister said.
🤣🤣🤣 Tensazangetsu20 once said the same thing. Paraphrased: "If the white man decides to bomb Africa with nuclear weapons, nothing will happen. He just needs to throw the bomb across the continent and send them expired foods. What can we do? We get weapons to fight them?"
Our current situation is very pathetic but we can work on getting better as other races have done.
Beremx: They either remain in the estate and be killed or look for a safer place to relocate to.
Believe Nigeria Police at your own risk
What happened to Tinubu’s General who replaced bloody civilian and clueless Jonathan? Is that not how Tinubu got his ebilokan turn
Emergingnation: Flashback: How Bola Tinubu spoke highly of Buhari in 2015, named PDP ‘Poverty Development Party
National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu had during the presidential campaign in 2015, referred to President Muhammadu Buhari as the only solution for the security and economic challenges facing Nigeria.
During a mega presidential rally, the former governor of Lagos State recalled how some powerful nations in the world returned to army generals when they were challenged, saying “Major General Buhari would revive Nigeria’s economy”.
He named the current opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP as the “Poverty Development Party saying they had nothing to offer.
His words at the time were; “Every nation has a period of their own challenges, when America was challenged, they turned to one great man, their ex-military general, General Eisenhower. When the French were challenged, they turned to their general, Charles de Gaulle.
“When Britain was challenged, they turned to their general. Today, Nigeria is economically and physically challenged so we turn to General Muhammadu Buhari. He is the right man for the job. If you talk about military experience, he has it abundantly, he has courage, simplicity, he has it abundantly.
“If you talk about great determination, a combination of vision and ability to perform, honesty and integrity, he has it abundantly.
“I laugh when the incapable government, ‘Poverty Development Party’ PDP were talking. They have nothing again to say, they now want to question the qualifications of General Buhari and look for his certificate”.
Following the manifestos in 2015 which projected the APC presidential candidate as a ‘saviour’, Buhari defeated the then incumbent president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan with Nigerians expecting a total change in security and economy.
tutudesz: Nice designs and I hope maintenance is taken seriously
Not likely, since we don't have the technical capacity due to training challenges and remuneration package of such workers to VIPs in the society who do very little apart from loot public and private sector money with impunity. That is why Lagosians and other Nigerians are eager to japa and be toilet cleaners in the UK where they can have 24/7 power, water, security etc
Successtube: Imagine this was someone during our dating days I would give money when she visits me and is about to leave, but she will refuse to collect it. She will be coming to my house then, she will buy foodstuffs for me with her money and when I want to refund her, she will tell me I should forget that we are one.
So how is your advice to study the partner when dating, before marriage help a situation like this
illuminutty: Only? That is a miserable 3,000 dollars in Nigeria today.
No thanks to Buhari, Tinubu and APC clueless mismanagement of our economy since 2015, after Obasanjo endorsed the old soldier despite knowing he was an economics olodo.
Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has promised to ensure that the naira would be equal to the dollar in value if voted into office.
NAN reports that Buhari said this on Monday during the south-east presidential rally of the party at Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri.
“It is sad that the value of the naira has dropped to more than N230 to one dollar. This does not speak well for the nation’s economy,” he said.
He urged the people to vote for APC, noting that he would ensure that corruption was tackled headlong if elected.
Successtube: I never thought I’d find myself contemplating divorce just two years into my marriage. As a bachelor, I’d look at couples splitting up and wonder how they ended up there. Didn’t they date and get to know each other first? Didn’t they see the signs? And yet, here I am, standing on the brink of making the same decision. I dated my wife for a year and three months before we got married, and I thought I knew her. But I was wrong. She lied and pretended to be someone she wasn’t. Now, I’m starting to see who she truly is, and it’s tearing me apart. + + I never imagined I’d be contemplating divorce, but here I am. I want to marry my ex. I want a fresh start, a chance to feel loved again. I don’t know if I can continue in a marriage where I feel more like a burden than a partner. Maybe it’s time to face the harsh truth: some people change, and some people never really were who they claimed to be. Maybe it’s time for me to choose my own happiness, to take a leap and start over.
Don't make the same mistake I made. Study your partner thoroughly before to married, don't rush!
What do you want us to do about your CONTEMPLATION
edet19892015: Unless you understand your role in society, you can never make any meaningful contribution.
According to the Greeks, they are three types of people on Earth, 1. The idiots, 2. The tribesmen, and 3. 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 sit for 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.
In fact, 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 who 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, and won’t cheat in exams. In government, they won’t steal. They are compassionate and give to others to promote their well-being.
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 on your life. Reflect about your immediate community, city, state and nation.
Whobedatte: This man has no idea on how to move this country forward . I just bought N950 at petrocam . We all need to come together and oust this APC demonic party from power . Let's save Nigeria 🇳🇬
Are you working to replace the clueless pseudo-progressive socialists of APC with free-market capitalists in PDP
Same thing and more, in his desperate bid for power.
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.
TUTU147: I don't support what she said, but what about the Edo guy in Australia threatening Igbos, telling Edo boys to start shooting every igbo both home and abroad. My only joy is that no tribe can single handedly over run the Igbos, God Almighty made it like that. If truly Igbos are our problem, why not allowed them go.
What did the Australians say when you petitioned them
Not only can she be deported, her Canadian citizenship can also be cancelled. Waiting for the same fate to happen for blood-thirsty and satanic Simon Ekpa.
Shamima Begum has lost a series of legal challenges aimed at overturning the government's decision to remove her British citizenship.
Ms Begum, now 24, left the country as a teenager to join the Islamic State group in Syria and is barred from returning to the UK.
Ms Begum is one of three east London schoolgirls who travelled to Syria in 2015 to support the IS group. She was born in the UK to parents of Bangladeshi heritage and was 15 when she left.
She married an Islamic State fighter soon after arriving and went on to have three children, none of whom survived. Her UK citizenship was stripped on national security grounds in 2019. Ms Begum remains in a camp controlled by armed guards in northern Syria. + + The government has the power to remove someone's UK citizenship in certain circumstances: If it is "for the public good" and would not make them stateless The person obtained citizenship through fraud Their actions could harm UK interests and they could claim citizenship elsewhere
The power has been used against members of banned organisations such as al-Qaeda or the Islamic State group, and those who obtained British citizenship fraudulently. The person must also be eligible to apply for citizenship in another country. The UK has responsibilities under international law to avoid leaving people stateless.
washmibili: Jagbagan has run to China in his fat new aeroplane. Who is Petroleum minister again?
The Chicago graduate with Mobil experience is the petroleum minister.
The same chap who built Lagos into a post-modern city where pipe borne water flows yanfuyanfu to make sure there is no cholera incidence. What a balablu magician he is.
BeeBeeOoh: Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Friday urged lawmakers, both at the federal and state levels from the state, to work assiduously to actualise the presidential ambition of Chief Bola Tinubu.
Sanwo-Olu gave the advice in Ikeja, during the 17th Edition of the Executive/Legislative Parley, with the theme: ”Mobilizing Citizens as a Social Capital Towards 2023 General Elections, NAN reports.
He said that Tinubu had selflessly given himself to the people of Lagos during his tenure as the governor, and to Nigeria as a whole, and recorded many achievements.
”This, indeed, is the time to pay him back with our unwavering support. He is, no doubt, the right and best man for the job. He knows the issues plaguing our nation like the back of his hands and he has the magic wand to fix it.
Gerrard59: Well, it is what I have always advocated for - East Asian way of doing things. With what I have learnt and seen, should I live in Nigeria, I will organise things the way the Chinese and Japanese do. What annoys me is how politicians and their highly placed supporters and friends, aka other elites, do things even after studying and living in the West. It annoys really well. It is not like these people (East Asians) have two heads. Why do things work so seamlessly over here, but cannot over there even after many years of trial and error?
Honestly, it is annoying and sometimes heartbreaking.
It could be suicidal for any single person to organise things the way the Chinese and Japanese do. It might be more fruitful and sustainable to work on making everyone around us in Nigeria, understand and act om this understanding of the Asian and European good sociocultural standards. Good because not all their standards are good. A bit like how the Muslims and Christians engaged us with their knowledge until we abandoned our religious. You are doing some of that already via nairaland. Keep it up as you increase the tempo, seeking various ways and opportunities to share your impressions, perspectives and thoughts.
Can you imagine how quickly darkness will overcome a single candle in a room, unlike if the candles were many and lighted from outside before coming into the dark room.
SmartPolician: At this point, I cannot even blame the government. Nigerians of all tribes are bloody opportunists and dubious people.
Your government is subsidizing petroleum products and you are selling it to your neighbours at the expense of your country and still claim to love the country. I have never seen a people as terrible as Nigerians.
Why should we love our country more than the looters we mistake for leaders who hide our money in Pandora Papers while pretending to be holy holy saints of good governance. Na so we mumu reach
Report: How Peter Obi as Anambra governor failed to declare assets kept in tax havens
Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra state, kept secret assets in tax havens, a series of leaked documents has shown.
The leaked files which were retrieved from 14 offshore services firms around the world were revealed in a Pandora Papers project led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), and which Premium Times is a part of.
In his response, the former governor told Premium Times: “I don’t declare what is owned with others. If my family owns something I won’t declare it. I didn’t declare anything I jointly owed with anyone.”
In 2010, more than four years after Obi became governor, he reportedly set up his first discreet company in the British Virgin Island, and named the company Gabriella Investments Limited, after his daughter.
To set up what has now become a convoluted business structure, Obi, Premium Times reported first approached Acces International, a secrecy enabler in Monaco, France, to help him incorporate an offshore entity in one of the world’s most notorious tax havens noted for providing conduits for wealthy and privileged corrupt political elites to hide stolen cash.
According to the newspaper, Obi also paid Acces International to provide nominee directors for the company — these directors are residents of tax havens paid to sit on boards of companies to hide the identities of real owners of offshore firms.
Acces International officials, who reportedly took briefs from Obi and or his representatives, headed to the British Virgin Island where they contracted a local registered agent – Aleman Cordero Galindo & Lee Trust (BVI) Limited (Alcogal) — to set up Gabriella Investments Limited for the former governor.
Since Obasanjo & Atiku's capitalist PDP deregulated telecoms over two decades ago, how many times did they direct MTN, Airtel, Glo etc how much to sell their services?
- 5 times - 11 times - 24 times
If Fayemi had not used Buhari's 2011 running mate to play politics with the PDP deregulation of 2012, will we be paying over N1,000 for petrol 12 year later? The clueless pseudo progressive mofos of APC have deregulated and removed fuel subsidy TWICE since 2016 still petrol price is galloping while there is scarcity. How empty can the APC loud propaganda barrels be
AUGUST 25, 2016
Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo says the federal government has saved N1.4 trillion for not paying oil subsidy.
Speaking in Kano on Thursday during the third day of the 15th Joint Planning Board and National Council on development meeting, Osinbajo urged Nigerians not to lose faith in Buhari’s administration, saying the president would fix the economy.
“With the deregulation of the downstream petroleum sector, there has been a significant increase in the availability of petrol throughout the country for the savings of N1.4 trillion on subsidy payments alone,” Osinbajo said.
Mumu posting rubbish trash. Do you know that the coaches used on the red line came from Milwaukee in Wisconsin? why? They failed to complete their own train project. Do you know how.many cities around the world that have failed to finish such projects? Do you know that the city of Los Angeles have been building one for decades and cost have gone from couple of billions to close to 40 Billions and more? Since the early 80s. If it's that easy to build a.metro line, how come your Governor has not built one , how come many cities still don't have one around the world?
Metro line projects are extremely expensive and takes decades to complete. Just appreciate and.move instead of posting rubbish trash.
Why do you choose the worst examples to inspire your own self into failure?
Decades must have a different meaning for sufferhead tribesmen justifiers of their looters who they see as leaders.
SB2020: Interesting facts about Addis Ababa and Lagos light rail projects.
Addis Ababa / Lagos Cost == $475Million / $1.2Billion Length == 34km / 27km Time to Complete == 4years / 7years (projected) Year Awarded == 2011 / 2008 (Construction began 2010) Contractor == China Railway Eng. Corp (CREC) /Chinese Civil Eng. Constr. Coy (CCECC) Population == 5Million / 20Million
Ethiopia has managed to deliver Sub-Saharan Africa’s first modern light rail project which opened in the capital Addis Ababa on Sunday, and in the process, beat Lagos whose own rail project remains four years behind schedule.
Ethiopia’s rail project was delivered on time, despite its being longer than the Lagos – Badagry rail line currently under construction.
Addis Ababa’s two line 34-kilometre system was built by the China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC) and cost $475m, 85 percent of which has been covered by China’s Exim bank. The Lagos Light Rail Project or Blue on Badagry Expressway, was to have 13 stations from Okokomaiko to Marina via Iddo for a total of 27 kilometres.
The contract was awarded to the Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) at the cost of $1.2 billion in 2008, and was to be delivered in 2011. Survey work took one year between August 2009 and August 2010 while construction began July 2010.
The work is being implemented using the public and private partnership (PPP) model, whereby the state builds the infrastructure and the private sector provides the rolling stock and management. However, the project has not worked out according to the plan. The 2011 deadline was missed, even though the State government got a loan to fund the project.
These are people that God blessed with all his heart. A great woman indeed, I hope she gets a befitting state burial. May her soul rest in peace. The end has come.
God bless the dead.
How can God bless her when He did not bless the country ruined by her two sons?
If God blessed her, then why is even her Katsina state a basket case infected with insecurity and bandits? A state that is not as productive as equally arid Israel, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait etc.
Gerrard59: The country should be sold off to East Asians for effective management. Nigerian men don't have the mental capacity to run a functioning society. Having long preek doesn't translate to wide grey matter. We just don't have it and we should acknowledge it.
If Europeans copied things from Asians to become better and dominate everyone, then why can’t we do that through the proselytising work of Africans who are exposed to Asian and European culture
See who's doubting someone's credentials. You couldn't even construct a grammatically sound sentence, using "if not" where it shouldn't appear & struggling with punctuations. No wonder they made IELTS compulsory for Nigerians. 😂😂😂
Kindly show me where I exclusively mentioned in my comments that Tinubu should have kept paying subsidy. Reading comprehension is a problem for you, I know. 😁
Your family and friends are buying petrol for over 1k per litre on a yet-to-be-implemented minimum wage of N70k or 44USD. A country where state governors couldn't pay 30k minimum wage for years...
When the poor start holding 2x2 planks and giving the politicians 'woto-woto', I hope you get your fare share of the planking!
English is not a good measure of intelligence.
After labouring in vain to cyber bully Gerrard59, you end up showing up to be an olodo in English.
- Should have CONTINUED paying - Get your own FAIR share
As he and others have pointed out, you are clueless about the economy, just like Tinubu and Buhari who Obasanjo endorsed nevertheless, to help Tinubu achieve his ebilokan dream through Yorubalokan and Peter Obi’s naive assistance
If you are not clueless then you should know that the profligacy of government officials is at the root of the problems. The profligacy is endorsed by the masses who are too lazy mentally to work but want everything free from their own share of the national cake, through their tribesmen looters hailed as leaders
edet19892015: Unless you understand your role in society, you can never make any meaningful contribution.
According to the Greeks, they are three types of people on Earth, 1. The idiots, 2. The tribesmen, and 3. 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 sit for 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.
In fact, 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 who 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, and won’t cheat in exams. In government, they won’t steal. They are compassionate and give to others to promote their well-being.
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 on your life. Reflect about your immediate community, city, state and nation.
Politics / Re: Abia-North: Senator Kalu Rebuilds Nine Additional Schools in Arochukwu LGA by anonimi: 2:43am On Sep 04
