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[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=791335.msg9433279#msg9433279 date=1319760380]What is the basis for you saying oyo is in dire straights financially. . ?[/quote]

The six states that are in financial distress are: Kano, Sokoto, Niger, Zamfara, Katsina and Osun.
Those deemed critical are: Ekiti, Plateau, Benue, Edo, Borno, Adamawa, Cross River, Enugu, Taraba, Ogun, Kogi, Yobe, Ebonyi, Ondo and Kaduna.

In the unhealthy cadre are: Oyo, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Nasarawa, Gombe and Rivers

http://sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/newsonthehour/2011/oct/28/newsbreak-28-10-2011-001.html

[quote author=aloy/emeka link=topic=791324.msg9433277#msg9433277 date=1319760319]How do you know that?. Are you their accountant?. Do you know how much Ekiti receives monthly from federal allocation even though many of their indigenes live and work in nearby Osun and Ondo?. Ekiti should be having budget surplus every year if well managed.[/quote]well this why i made my comment

The six states that are in financial distress are: Kano, Sokoto, Niger, Zamfara, Katsina and Osun.
Those deemed critical are: Ekiti, Plateau, Benue, Edo, Borno, Adamawa, Cross River, Enugu, Taraba, Ogun, Kogi, Yobe, Ebonyi, Ondo and Kaduna.

http://sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/newsonthehour/2011/oct/28/newsbreak-28-10-2011-001.html

is this writer expecting magic from a governor that is barely 5 months old?

is oyo not one of the named states in dire straits financially?

the way we bandy the word progressive in nigeria is laughable

igbo2011:
Agriculture can provide over 3 million jobs. We have too much farm land that is not even used.

Tourism is going to be big. We need a Calabar Airlines that goes straight to Calabar from cities around the world. Tourism has poential for the booming hotel business and will create over 500,000 jobs if exploited correctly. Not just Calabar, also Badagry, Lagos, Abuja, and Edo (Benin Kingdom).

Sports can create over 100,000 jobs if they are making good money then they can play more games. Then this can trickle down to the youth leagues for coaches and what not. Not only football but basketball, wrestling, tennis, and track and field.

We need to invest BIG money into Nollywood. We need more QUALITY and less quality. This can turn Nollywood into a billion dollar industry. Also kids cartoons have yet to be exploited.

Manufacturing can make Nigeria's economy BOOM. All they need is power and roads. The government doesn't want an enabling environment. But if manufacturing is on then more factoiires means more jobs and less importing. This can create 5 million jobs.

Steel and refinery industry will make Nigeria's economy amazing and dynamic. We cannot rely on foreign investors for everything. We must rel on ourselves. Those people who grant road licenses must stop being corrupt because thousdands of Nigerians are dying due to bad roads.

one question

how long have you lived in nigeria? that is assuming you live in nigeria?

[quote author=alj_harem link=topic=791289.msg9433165#msg9433165 date=1319758286]do you mean Jelani Aliyu ?[/quote]yes

i hope the governor knows ekiti's account is in red?

jason123:
You are a case. What has "sworn enemy" got to do with my opinion? You are so so tribalistic that you cannot see the underlying truth which is, a "GEJ" (an Ijaw man and Niger-deltan) as the president does not mean the life of a Niger-deltan will be better off.
I understand the SS pov, after all, we produce the Oil (which Delta state alone produces 40% of Nigeria's oil and Itsekiris+Ilajes in delta produce 75% of that 40% alone) but your own case is pathetic cause as far as Nigerians are concerned, you voted for him because he added "Azikwe", which is worse.

You voted based on tribalism. So, I ask "Point B", how has the life of the Igbo man improved?? Or the Ijaw man?? Or the average Nigerian??

sorry but this post reeks of contradiction.

chinenye truth be told sometimes this southern and northern categorization can be confusing or seem like the 'user' puts it forward to cement an argurement.

remember when abagworo catergorized mbaise as northern igbo in that thread about boundaries of igbo nation?

this is the same mbaise you catergorized as southern igbo.

igbo2011:
Very true about the safety, I never though about that good point.  Maybe if we set up a safety program in Nigeria that can crete jobs, just like the distrubuters and the innoson salesmen.   I heard there was a Nigerian engineer who designed a ford car (does anyone know his name?) Maybe he can be the lead engineer for Innoson to design very nice cars.  

Also with innosn going up, the steel industry can start back up.  Spending money on this kind of stuff is better than wasting it on youwin or stealing it.

Power and roads also must be there.  Atleast through the distrution areas first (to seaport, to airport, to trains).

that guy is not based in nigeria but america

27 states face bankruptcy
•Abia, A’Ibom, Anambra, Jigawa healthy
•Senators urge merger of states
From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Abuja
Friday October 28, 2011


Photo: Sun News Publishing

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From the Senate came the gloomy news yesterday that the financial accounts of 27 states are in the red as some of them have been declared either “distressed” or “gloomy.” Only Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra and Jigawa states were given a clean bill of health. The six states that are in financial distress are: Kano, Sokoto, Niger, Zamfara, Katsina and Osun.
Those deemed critical are: Ekiti, Plateau, Benue, Edo, Borno, Adamawa, Cross River, Enugu, Taraba, Ogun, Kogi, Yobe, Ebonyi, Ondo and Kaduna.

In the unhealthy cadre are: Oyo, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Nasarawa, Gombe and Rivers while Imo, Kwara, Lagos, Kebbi and Delta were given the ‘tolerable’ tag. The data was sourced from the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) Labour Policy Report, 2011 as contained in a motion titled: Looming danger of bankruptcy in states: The need for fiscal evaluation, sponsored by Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi (ACN, Ekiti North).

To forestall the looming catastrophe, the Senate advised the Federal Government to expeditiously review the revenue sharing formula in favour of states and local governments. The Upper Legislative Chamber also directed its Committees on Finance, National Planning; States and Local Governments to study the situation and submit remedial measures to avoid total collapse of the economy of the affected states. Senator Adetunmbi had alerted the Senate of the “great fiscal challenge and looming danger of insolvency as well as bankruptcy facing the states as a result of growing wage-bill associated with the implementation of the minimum wage and other recurrent responsibilities of the states.

“A recent research by the NGF revealed that 20 states face the prospect of unstable and unfavourable financial standing, given the high percentage of their wage-bills to the total revenue accruable to them. Armed with the data, Adetunmbi noted that in most states, the private sector is weak and unable to generate economic growth and jobs that are required, thereby making the states and local governments the largest employers of labour with attendant fiscal imbalance.

“The bulk of the revenue of these states is currently financing payroll of the civil service which constitutes less than 4% of the total population in all states; if this trend continues, many of the states would become financially insolvent and increasingly handicapped to finance real sectors and drive economic growth, job and improved livelihoods,” he said.

He told the Senate that “most state governments now rush to the capital market to raise long-term bonds to finance development projects”, which if misused, would spell doom for their future and the financial quagmire of states.
Some of the state governments that have taken this route of funding between 2002 and 2011 are: Lagos (series 1-N50bn; series II-N57.5bn), Imo (N18.5bn); Kwara (N17bn); Niger (N6bn); Bayelsa (N50bn); Kaduna (N8.5bn); Ebonyi (N16.5bn); Ogun (N50bn); Delta (N5bn) in 2007); Kebbi (N3.5bn) in 2006; Lagos (N15bn) in 2002 and Yobe (N2.5bn) in 2002.

Adetunmbi called for urgency in the review of the revenue sharing structure among the federal states and local governments in view of the “financial quagmire” of affected states. Contributing, Senate Leader Victor Ndoma-Egba, canvassed a merger of states and slammed the practice of state governments going cap in hand to Abuja for revenue, adding that, “there is federalism more in name than in practice.”

Also, Chairman of the Niger Delta Committee, Senator James Manager, re-echoed the call for merger of states and asserted that “all the states are distressed. Something has to be done. So many states are not supposed to be states because they have nothing to offer, they are burdens on Nigeria. Those not viable should be merged with the viable ones, hence, the imperativeness of fiscal federalism.”

Minority Whip Ganiyu Solomon noted that the revenue formula is long overdue for review, adding that there was too much concentration of power at the centre. Corroborating Solomon, Senator Ahmed Lawan submitted that the states were not getting their own fair share of the revenue, stressing, “it is totally unfair that the Federal Government should continue to get 53 per cent; it is not justifiable”.

Senator Sola Adeyeye queried the rationale for having “a Federal Ministry of Agriculture when there are no federal farms; communication, aviation, industry and housing when all the properties have been sold to the private sector.”
Thereafter, senators canvassed a review of the sharing formula from the Federation Account to further enrich the states and local governments as well as compelling the Federal Government to transfer some of its responsibilities to the lower tiers of government.


http://sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/newsonthehour/2011/oct/28/newsbreak-28-10-2011-001.html

Claus:
I read through the first time, but decided to follow your instructions and read through again. Perhaps you'd like to help by pointing out specifically where you've answered that.

"Hmmmmm. The measure of a MAN is his ability to successfully manage a 'home'- marriage. A single guy is not a man yet. So the saying is for married folks! For MEN."

Perhaps you'd also like to explain your quote above in relation to the lives of Jesus, Paul etc.

forget it.she is boxed to a corner as it is.

moderatorr:
BAD NAMES WITH IGBO PREFIX
igbokanaya - igbo is the problem/headache

igbotik - (slang) uncivilised in thinking / action.

JUST FOR THE RECORDS
depending on pronounciation
igbo - igbo tribe
igbo - ganja

so you have seen someone answering this name right?

by the way how do we stop the bankruptcy

sheyguy:
it happened in ibadan does not mean the perpetrators r Yorubas.
I think it is a thing of serious concern that such a thing can still in a female boarding sch. Without being foiled. They should ve known that such was likely going to happen and prepare for it. I blame the sch auth. 4 this

did anyone ask or say anything to that effect?

and some people are talking about creation of more states.

how is this politics

chidike:
So i was discussing with a friend a few days ago and he told me that his girlfriend told him that while she was travelling from awka to onitsha, they (herself and other passengers in the bus) sighted a lion by the road (the road is kinda bushy, but not like thick forests and stuff).

i don't really believe wat my friend told me, which has led me to ask. Do we have wild animals, like lions, cheetahs, leopards that are found in africa in Nigeria

i researched wikipedia, and from my findings we have leopards, lions and cheetahs in the wild in Nigeria. So my question is, is this true?? Have there been any sightings in recent times. Because i know that whenever i travel by road from the north to the south east, i see a lot of thick forests but in the midst of those forests u'll notice a couple of huts, which means that people live there, so wat are your thoughts

i doubt if it was a lion yiur friend saw in that axis.

probably a leopard.

[quote author=Okija_juju link=topic=789802.msg9427193#msg9427193 date=1319699463]Please what has Ekiti done for Nigeria since they were created as a state biko?[/quote]every house has a proffesor

Six storey building collapses in Lagos
On October 26, 2011 · In News

By Evelyn Usman & Ifeanyi Okolie

LAGOS – There was pandemonium yesterday as a six-storey building located at 11 Aderibigbe street in Maryland area of Lagos collapsed.

An eye witness told Vanguard that at about 3.30 pm occupants of the building heard a loud noise which shook the building violently leaving cracks on the walls.

The building, Photo: Sahara reporters

It was gathered that all the occupants of the building were evacuated when there were signs the collapse was imminent and they all gathered outside watching until the building gradually started giving way.

Three officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, who arrived the scene before the building collapsed at 6.30 pm had cordoned off the Aderibigbe Street and restricted movement of people and vehicles.

Over ten different companies were occupying the building before the collapse which included Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, CITN, SCIB Nigeria and Company Limited, Okay God Investment Limited, Klear Concept Limited, Global PMG Ltd Jira and Associates amongst others.

The building before it collapsed

More than 300 staff of the companies were seen scampering for safety when they heard a loud bang coming from the building. It was gathered that no casuality was recorded in the incident.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/six-storey-building-collapses-in-lagos/

where is kpogede77?

Abagworo:
I pray for Abians.Orji Uzor Kalu is messiah compared with T.A. Orji but I blame him(Kalu) for the woes of Abia State.

guy why the change of opinion?

[quote author=alj_harem link=topic=789321.msg9425758#msg9425758 date=1319666288]Maybe if likes of south east , ezeuche aka pointB and co stop then this forum would have some sanity

As for me, I would simple leave this forum, once i sense any tribal ranting from Ibo people then expect me and I would hit a lot harder, trust me na [/quote]as far as you will engaging mad men like you no problem

[quote author=alj_harem link=topic=789321.msg9424820#msg9424820 date=1319655807]Well sorry if I have deeply cut to your heart, truly I am because i am not a tribalist and I do not relate to people outside the way U perceive me to be.

This forum is not to be taken serious.I travel a lot. Thus I have interacted to people from various ethic group in Nigeria. I have very close friend of Igbo origin

What happened on this site is nothing to write home about. When you rubbish or talk bad of my people, for years, Do you expect me to be looking at you ? NO

WHAT happened on this site is what I call

CAUSE AND EFFECT !!

I started reading Nairaland since 2006, and I have watch the Igbos on the forum insult and talk rubbish, then 2010 the yorubas retaliated which I join in. heck it serves Nl Igbos right.

We have IDEEIOOT like Ezeuche aka PointB now and Mekkuusssxx etc Nchara, Akin-egba babalola. Ask them why they have been inciting hate against Hausa and Yorubas ?

Read Ileke Idi's post back then, SHE WAS NOT A TRIBALIST, until ideeiot like the ones mentioned above

Read Jason's post, I followed his post when he joined and how those Ideeiot turn him around

Read Step1's post, that is my personality and I am not tribal at all.

Currently as I even type, PointB chyz101 etc are still doing the samething I am complaining about. DO you expect others to keep quiet ?


READ

Republic report

sun newspaper
Odili news

Modern ghana etc this are news agencies owned by Igbos, you need to read the hate they type about yorubas YOU WOULD CRY. for real. Infact they have demonise Hausas now.

In fact ever since I joined, ezeuche and mekkuxx that open tribalistic thread every other week reduced it because of the fear of what I might open to counter there claims.

Nchara a professional blogger engaging in tribalism against yorubas

Afam4eve before becoming a mod, doing the same (Thank God he is changed)

etc What of Ander Uweh.

I read Igbo forums a lot and I talk to them of facebook so they can see my face, so I know there true feelings.

Again I have no explanation other than

CAUSE AND EFFECT. Wish you the best[/quote]haha you have finally revealed your ethnic group haha.

as for igbos starting tribal bashing in nairaland i laugh in swahili.

rehabilitaion of some school buildings should be included.

mens dept:
What happened with the international airport and Shoprite Mall? WHere's the proof?

the bolded has been completed since and functioning.

use google

[quote author=Kilode?! link=topic=788762.msg9419169#msg9419169 date=1319585037]^^

LOL

I agree, ekt seems like a genuinely honest guy, unfortunately, everything can't be explained with calculus and spreadsheets.

It's not just ekt_bear tho, the usual sycophants aside, there are many well intentioned folks who supported this Subsidy thing initially but are now frustrated by the facts before them.

Most of these extreme capitalistic, free-market evangelists underestimated the corruption within the Nigerian system, they always do. Not their fault though. Economics textbooks can't prepare you for Nigeria. The Nigerian system can embarrass any formula.

Here, until we fix the system and punish criminals, we will always make Nobel prize winners look like idiots.

Extreme corruption and zero will to deal with it is our problem, so simple but so true.



Na pesin wey wear shoe know where the thing dey pinch am.[/quote]answer is that nigeria defies most economic theories

macjive01:
asha80, please what did i do wrong ?

if you want to report something report of something that is concrete.

you guys are lucky becomrich has stopped spamming nairaland with his maps.

hehe

poster you dey think at times before you post?