Frosbel,

If I get you right, your aguement against the Islamic Banking is that, it provides an easy platform for Islam to cripple into Europe and America?

In your analysis you have Identified one of the main cultural heritage that drag us back to ancient world. While Africans still prides themselves in the same old primitive cultures, the rest of the world have discarded them and moved on. Once, I described some of our culture as primitive in a wrong (right) place and I nearly got the beaten of my life in Nigeria for daring to insult our way of life. However, a careful thinking and observation, can attest to the fact that they are primitive.

Take for instance, the Emir and Oba systems we have. It is not uncommon to find people that are called servants of the king. But in the real sense, these people are slaves. They do not earn a living or have any independence of making choice about their lives nor aspiration for a better life. It is is more shocking that in the North, servants are inherited. Even the mode of dressing of these our called Traditional Rulers reflect the stone age. Prior to the develop of cloths, all human dress in either leaves or animal skin. But as humans discover clothes they shed those things and embrace the civilization. Africans, however, stuck to the same stuff. Claiming to be the only people with culture. This is no culture. This has been the way of life in the ancient civilization. We are just a living musuem for the amusement of the rest of the world.

The bondage to Slavery is more apparent when you are denied the right to speak in your mother Tongue.

Wake up Africans. Speaking good English, French, Portugese, Arabic will not make us a better nation.

"ungodly hours"

funny isn't it. But the people of God prefers "Night Vigil". Should we say they are Satan Worshippers, since they worship at UNGODLY hours

Senate Presidents 1999 - 2007

Evan(s) Ewerem
Chuba Okhadigbo
Pius Anyim
Adolf Wabara
Ken Nnamani

This is like inventing the "Perpetual Motion Machine" which violates the fundamentals laws of thermodynamics. However, no such machine exists and can exist.



The reference to the dry cell give the complete description of the machine. It is just a DC to AC current converter. Not an inverter in the sense, but at the end of the day, you might have to buy the dry cell.

Energy can only be transformed from one form to another.


I hope this guys are not doing 419 to the government. Collect research grands and disappear into the thin air. Scientist all over the world are known for that.

ilugunboy:

^^^Bro, the deed has been done!

Here, you can discuss strictly with your intended people.

No probs,

The inferiority complex of the blackman shall always reduce him to the low level of humans.

@All,

It seems a lot of people are interested in participating in the discussion for various reasons. While I do not know your motives but as a frequent visitor to this site,  Im not lost at the intentions of many.

In any case, I m not the originator of this post but a contributor. And I took it as a responsibility to response to his challenge. There is no sinister or ulterior motives. Most of what I say is not new to most of you here, rather just written in a different language. And even with that, most of you will have an idea of what the discussion is all about.

In summary, we are just discussing the problems of Northern States and Nigeria in general from the eyes of the Almajiris

THIRD

THE DECAY OF COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP(Lalacewar shugabbanci a local level )

Ina son in fara da ba da example da nan Biritaniya inda na fi wayo. Anan Local Government su ne jigon kasa da al'umma. Ko wane kauye ko ko gari, ko birni sunada Council Authority da take kula da su. Kuma wannan hukumar is answerable to the people. Mutane su ke zaban shugaban nin su. Su suke jefa kuri'a akan duk wani abin da Council Authority za ta ai wa tar. Councils su ke gina primary, da kana nan asibitocin sha ka tafi, da hanyoyin cikin gari da kuma kula da tsabtar muhalli, shine ake kira environmental health. Sannan coucils suna gina library da taimakawa wajen yada ilmin da tarihin kauye ko birni. Kuma ko wane council suke generating kudin su ta hanyar taxes and community levies,

To amma mu, local governments basa komi. Komi ana jiran Governor, ko Shugaban kasa su yi. To menene anfanin local governments.

Ya kamata a yi empowering ko wane kauye, da gari, mutane su dauki destiny in their own hands. From there zaka ga competetion between towns. One thing I know about human beings shine, kowa yana kishin kauyensu, ko garinsu. If powers and resources are decentralised from state governments to towns and villages, I can categorically tell you, babu yadda za'ayi mutanen Wurno su bar mutanen Ilelah (all in Sokoto States) su fi su shi gaba. Amma babu. Kawai wani kato wai shi Gomna, ya zauna a Birni, ya handame komi.

SECOND

COMPLACENCY (ta ya zan fassara wannan kalmar - Halin ko oho. Zaman Kara zube) -ko kuma wauta



Mutanen mu basu da mu ba. Na kasa ganewa. As in kuna ji, kuna gani, kuma kuna saurare mutan talaka tukururu ya dawo shugaban ku, and the next thing is, yafi kowa kudi a garinku, ko a jihar ku, amma baku damu ba. You don't care. You can't do nothing about it. Sai ma ku fara turu-ruwa gidansa neman abin kashewa. Neman taimakon gina masallaci. Neman taimakon gina church. Abun is just too much. Mutum bashi tashi ya neman ma na kai. Sai dai ya zauna, yana zare idanu a kofar gida bayayin komi. I have seen samari, masu karfi, suna kawai zaune, basa komi. From morning till night. Abun kuma bashi damun su. Kuma mutum baya jin cewa hakkinsa ake tauyewa. Sai dai kawai mu zauna muna cewa haka Allah ya yi.

Zan kara bayani akan wannan, daga baya.

FIRST

LEADERSHIP DEFICIENCY (Rashin Shugabanci)
Matsololin shugabanci a kasar nan suna da yawa. Amma for the purpose of this discussion I will limit it to only two. Duk bayanan da zanyi, are based on my on personal understanding of the problems. I might be right and wrong, amma we are discussing. It is open to everybody to criticise and correct me and kuma in akwai kari, mutum yayi kari. Saboda we are learning everyday.  Na s


a. Sarakunan Gargajiya.:
A ko ina muka duba za muga cewa bamu da shugabanni. Bamu da masu shagora. Abinda a ke nufi da shugabanni shine mutane masu VISION. Masu hango gaba. Masu son kwatanta al'ummar mu da sauran al'ummomi na duniya. Ko wace zamani da yadda ake yin shugabancin ta. A zamanin da, it is much easier a shugabanci al'umma through inheritance. Gado. Uba ya mutu, dansa ya gajeshi. Har sai wani wanda ya fi su karfi ya koresu. Amma musulici da Christianity (addinan mu na arewa) bai koya mana haka ba. Zaben wanda ya chancanta a keyi.

Ana gadon dukiya, da kudi, da arziki. Amma ba'a gadon ilmi. Ba a gadon Imani. Ba a gadon hankali. Ba'a kuma gadon salon shugabanci. It is a common knowledge a arewa, muna jiran wani sarki ya mutu mu nada wani danginsa. Duk da cewa na san influence din Sarakuna a arewa ya ragu, amma duk mun sani cewa, they play significant role in who become our future leaders. Basa nada Gomna, ko Chairman, ko senator ko wani dan siyasa. Amma suna influencing society din mu a wajen masu kasancewa shuga banni nan gaba. Suna kuma influencing wadanne aiyukane gomnoni za suyi. Ya wancin shuga bannin mu a arewa suna alaka da fada. Kuma fada

We leave in the past. Ya kamata sarakunan nan asan yadda za'ayi a kore su. They are the fabric of corruption from Local Level. They are the fabric of oppression from the Local Level. Daga kauyukan mu suke kashe mana zuciya.

b. Rashin Fahimtar banbanci tsakanin Ilmi da hankali. (Lack of understanding the difference between educational qualifications and leadership ability)

It is a common knowledge yanzu a Nigeria, da zaran mutum ya yi karatu, yana degree da kuma exposure sai a dauki mukami a bashi. Mutum yayi karatu amma bashi da hankalin da zai jogoranci jama'a. Karatu kuma ko da na addini ne. Haddan kur'ani, da hadisai ba shine mutum ya na da hankalin da zai jagoranci mutane ba. Idan muka duba arewacin Nigeria, sai muga da zaran mutum ya dan iya larabcin sa, sai ya dauki Microphone, ya gina dan karamin masallaci ya fara wa'azi. Shima ya dawo malami. Kuma duk abin da ya fada ya dawo dai dai. In Azumi yazo yace shima zai yi tafsiri. Suyi ta zage zage. It is pathetic.

It is our responsibility to identify good leaders.  A kasashen turai nan, in ana zargin mutum da yin zina ko fasikanci, ko dampara, wallahi ba'a zaben sa. Kuma mutum bai isa ace shi minister bane ko wani shugabane a wani company, a kama shi da yin fasikanci, ko yin kalaman batsa, ko yin zagi, ko a zargeshi da corruption, ko tukin ganganci, a kuma barshi kan mukami. Shugaba is an epitome of morals. Amma mu, morarlity is not even our leadership quality.

Certainly akwai matsala a yankunan mu. Amma matsala ta fara da gaba daya kasar. Domin dole ne leadership din Nigeria daga sama har kasa su kasance masu tunanin ci gaban kasa ba masu tunanin neman abinci ba. Duk da cewa a kowace kasa yan siyasa sun mai da siyasa hanyar cin abincinsu. For example, anan Biritaniya, har ma da kasar Amurka da sauran kasashen turawa, anan zaka sami Career Politicians. Babu wata sana'a da suka sani banda siyasa. To amma ban bancin mu dasu shine, mu neman sace duk abun da muka samu mukeyi saboda mu fi kowa kudi a garin mu. Gidan mu ya fi na kow girma.

When I was in Sokoto, abin da yafi bani mamaki shine yadda gidan Gomna, personal house dinsa, da kuma gidan wani wai abokin sa, Umarun Kobo, yake. Sunje sunyi building Mansions da kudin talakawa amma makaranti, da asibitoci, da dai sauran wajajen da talakawa suke anfanuwa da shi ya dawo kamar kasuwa.


Anyway, akwai matsaloli da yawa a kasar nan. Kuma ta yanda za a fara maganin su shine anfani da hankali. Da kuma gina community. What I mean by community, shine kowace kwauye, da gari should take their destiny and their welfare in their hands. I dan mutum ya san shine is responsible for kawo magani a asibitin garinsu, do wallahi dole ne a lot of things will change.

Zan yi magana a hankali. Daya bayan daya. Starting from the Kana nan hokumomi. Amma dai, ko wa ya sani, the main reason din shine, rashin samun shugabanni da suka chancanta.

EzeUche:

I am Igbo first, before I am Nigerian. What is hard for you people to understand that?

Nigeria was forced onto my people and I am tired of this nation. These yeye people who continue to scream "One Naija" continue to delude themselves and they should have their head examined. The country is not working and Africa is moving into the direction in which ethnic groups are being given political and economic federalism or outright autonomy.

People need to understand how a person's ethnic group plays a role in someones identity. Africa is no different from the world.

The French are an ethnic group with their own country, Germany is filled with Germans who are an ethnic group.

Why should I support a nation that was created at the Berlin Conference?

I want to believe you have grasp of the Nigerian history before the Independence and immediately after the first coup more than I do. Why do you want to skip the fact that at that time, the Northern Nigeria would rather go alone than be part of the Nigerian state? This is a stated fact and everybody knows that. The Western and Eastern Nigeria before independence are the champion of one Nigeria.

naijaking1:

We're no longer under military rule? Does that mean we should forget how the north used military incursions into government to creat the present disequilibrum in the polity?

After Independence, there was a tripod of regions in this country: north, east and west, after the war, the military rulers who have been mostly northerners destroyed the tripod and instead created a simple dichotomy of the north vs disorganized south.

I bring up this issue at this time, because the son of a slave owner who benefitted immensely from the sweat and blood of his father's slaves can't just say, because slavery is over, I have had no advantages over the sons of those slaves from who back he profitted.

In Nigeria, the northern based military apparatus created a constitution that permenently enslaved the southerners, created a lopsided number of states in the north to ensure perpetual northern domination in the federal legislature, and you don't want to talk about the past military rules?

Actually the Unity Government was started during Ironsi and so, the military continued along that path.

To provide security against what?

Once they are assimiliated into the Nigerian army then no need for security and then deploy them to Sokoto and Maiduguri Barracks where cheap Ogogoro and Goat Head will make them more pliable.

Yeh, Nigeria is broken up on this forum long time ago.

But in reality, Nigeria is one and will remain one.

[quote ]
My argument is not for a breakup of the country. My argument is actually
for us to stop the instinctive tendency to divide the country into an imaginary
North and South.

There are states in the ''North'' that have lost and still have as much to lose
based on this mythical division. If we can get states especially the middle belt
states to the side of the ''south'', then we can constitutionally shape the country
that best serves our needs.
[quote][/quote]

Who are we? Serve your needs? What needs?

Do you think you are better than the Hausa people?

Look at these people.

So just because Jonathan is not the President they want to this country to Scatter. Nigeria is a country of people not a country of a President.

What will President Jonathan do? Other than rhetorics and a foolish hat

Afterall he has started to reveal his hand.

mbulela:

the same constitution that empowers Turai, right?

People should stop blaming this woman. She is doing the right thing.

If every other woman will be like Turai. . . Nigeria would have been better.

I don't know where to post it.

Seems people are all busy here talking about something they don't have control over

Have anybody from UK have the experience of purchasing BA online Ticket from Nigeria to UK using his Debit/Credit Card?

A friend of mine is trying to buy the Ticket for his brother to come from Nigeria but the Transaction was refused that he has to pay by Cash over the counter in Nigeria.

Does that means that cards are not accepted from Nigeria or what?

bawomolo:

home grown terrorists. interesting.

Can the guy be called Terrorist or Criminal?

His statement reads " violence is not only the answer, it is the only answer".

naija_swag:

We have to look at issues pragmatically and holistically.Check this links out from Al Jazeera .Then you will understand that many Africa leaders who refuse to give in to the right reasoning deserves a coup against them.Why must Africa continue to suffer under despotic leaders who are never interested in their well fare? When it happened in Honduras last year,the world condemned it but later had to understand that it was necessary to save a society from the whims and caprices of one man.The US has recognized the Honduras election although Brazil and some other countries have not and to a large extent it is inconsequential.Where was your president who was supposed to take charge of this matters that has been trying to escalate in the last one year? Did you think that this is an isolated incident? Address my questions and writing holistically and stop singling out legitimacy.Why must it be in Africa that leaders spend many years in power and have only poverty to show for it? It is in your country that a man had the guts to tell the whole nation that he made $500 million from sale of oil block and will get away with it.Was that oil block located in his fathers compound?

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/08/200988183348858186.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/10/20091030231013310453.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/11/20091122171056792509.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/08/200985161438111784.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/02/2010218225146122602.html

Any act can be deem legal if it is supported by the Law of the Land. When we say Law of the Land, I think you will agree with me, it is the Law of the country. The Law of the Land made Armed forces the Protect Territory and Government of the country from internal and external forces. Mr Tanja is an internal threat to the peace of the country. The Constitutional court in Niger Last year declared that his intention to extend his power is illegal and therefore he should conduct election and handover.

Mr Tanja, illegally dismissed the constitutional court and suspended the constitution by insitituting state of emergency in the country. By doing that, Mr Tanja have violated the Law of the Land and therefore consititute an internal threat to the peace of the Nation. It is the Legal duty of the Army, to remove Mr Tanja from office because Tanja by Law is not the Commander - in chief of the forces as he is by Law barred from being the commander in chief since December 22nd.

However, it is illegal for the Army to also declare themselves the leaders of the government. If they remove Tanja from office and follows the consititutional order of handing power in the country then they act within the Law.

madlady:

I know what you mean, some times we just need a little reminding that they are the parents and they know best.

I honestly see nothing wrong with it.

I find it difficult to agree with your statement.

No one have monopoly of wisdon therefore parents make mistakes. Sometimes stupid mistakes that everybody will see how foolish they are and they need to be reminded. But typical of Nigerian culture, in most cases when we attempt to correct our parents, especially the father, they become furious and sometimes becomes even physical.

They also want to dictate every minute details of our lives, and as an adult that is not possible unless you depends on them financially.

Look at the way Nigeria is. We have all sought of people that called themselves parents and how can they know best.

Should I belief that the Plateau state is a no go area for other Nigerians if they are not Native of Plateau?

I hope you are aware that a visa is a diplomatic privelage not a right.

A country have a right to regulate the number of people it allows to settle. Anybody that goes on a student visa, should go to school and after that pack his things and move back to his country as someone told you. Any pretext of extending your stay if not legal you have no right to complain if you cannot get a job or otherwise you are asked to move out.

UK is a pathetic country if you don't have a job or legas status.

One more thing to remind you, Nigerians are currently killing each other in Jos, largely based on the indigene settler status, not religious as widely reported. And till the present day, no person can go to another part of the country and claim residency despite the fact that we are all black people.

What reallly annoys me about Nigeria when there is lack of official statement from the agencies responsible for anything. Always police will refuse to comment. Even when asked by foreign media. It really annoys me. Why do they like withholding information?

Na now Nigeria go know her real friends and real enemy

Mekusxyz:

11 out of 24 is roughly 46% coming from Igbo people only. Why is this so? Why is the usual federal character syndrome in place of merit not counting here?

because this one na for suffer head. Playing for super eagles is not the in thing. Playing in the Aso Rock is the in thing

Dis Guy:

why is it that Fashola's government never speak out about policemen/agbero/military who openly collect bribe in his state?

because he is like them. Isn't he using the same state apparatus to exort money out of Lagosians in the name of taxes and Land title?