₦airaland Forum

sweetgala:
The refineries are not yet producing at max capacity, we still need to import , or should I say move our raw materials to be refined and then bring them back. This is a job that ideally only NNPC , Mobil and major extraction companies should be involved in. Maybe 10 at most licenses

BossTtdiamonds:
I don't have a daura dullarddd... sir...
Neither do I know a daura dullarddd....
The only one's I know are the Wailing Wailers..

BossTtdiamonds:
My Name is Ian by the way.. it should reveal a lot...... If you still don't figure it out... I'd admit There's no remedy to the madness you display...

BossTtdiamonds:
I just reported your post..

wachakuta:
Brain is a free Gift from God..use it pls I know u ve one...!

wachakuta:
But if na Bomb blow or PMB salary reduction now U'll come hia with ur Fake biafra rants... I pray u receive sense dis sunday

trillville:
I have a suggestion. What if the ND advocates for a repeal of the land use act which placed all resources under the authority of the government.

If this law is repealed, all oil wells will naturally be owned by the community in which there are located of people within the community there are located. That is, T.Y Danjuma and Alakija will no longer own mining licenses all all such licenses will exclusively belong to people from the Niger delta. Taxes can then be paid to the federal government just as ty Danjuma and Alakija are paying now or new tax rates can be negotiated.

This will be much easier to achieve because a majority of Nigerians will support this once proper enlightenment is achieved. Also people in other states whom have resources on their lands will also be encourage to utilise their resources because they know the federal government will not come and seize their lands and give it to a crony.


Two Niger Deltans have already supported my view on the impracticality of true federalism in terms of it leading to chaos rather than progress. Even dearpreye seems to be talking about a divided country today. The white man wants more trade partners and a larger market to enable his people to get richer and progress, we should think like the white man. Bigger in the case is better dearpreye.



I am in love with a girl that's your namesake by the way. May be that's why I am interested in your people's struggle.

HopeAtHand:
Mavor.

HopeAtHand:
What does an an Ika man have in common with Ibibio, what does Ikwerre have with Urhobo, what does Ogoni have with Isoko?.answer is the Niger Delta struggle..the struggle to control our resources from the North is the reason for our unity. The reason why i regard the Ibibio, Urhobo, Ijaw, Isoko etc and see them as a brother is because we all feel a collective sense of injustice..there is a connection.Remove the Hausaman from the equation and chances are the unity will no longer be existent.

I think we need to be able to have regard for ourselves first as Humans and then as Nigerians and see ourselves making improvement everywhere..that regard for humanity is what will make a governor deliver governance to his people, people within his state irrespective of them being settlers or indigenes..if he cant deliver governance out of desire to serve, the institutions of State must be strengthened to compel him..if we get that right, then i can support fiscal federalism or whatever...else we keep trying.

Im certain this differs from your opinion and is enough for you to label me a Yoruba..

HopeAtHand:
People love governors that dole out money to them irrespective of the level of service delivery.

Also you must Remember that Rivers is very clannish, Amaechi is hated because hes seen as a sellout and being responsible for Jonathans loss at the elections.

PhockPhockMan:
But you claimed Amaechi have turned Port Harcourt to PARIS. Why are you making this long list of bad roads in PH.


Liar.

ECOTERRORS:
in order for the governors not to misuse their powers, the FG should still retain most of the powers in the Exclusive list

HopeAtHand:
The best picture to paint is 'picture perfect'.

When you refused to say things as they are you only deceive yourself..if we do not sort our seemingly little but deep differences, we are only misleading ourselves.

In Delta, Itsekiri and Ijaw of Gbaramatu decided not launch billion dollar EPZ because of inter-tribal wranglings.

In Rivers, Bolo people said no UNEP cleaning until they are duly recognised.

We are united in dislike for the North, if the North is off our neck, how do we get along..it will definitely be more difficult than you're painting it.

We need to get our acts right and have an understanding, a workable model that we are used to first before we make demands.

trillville:
Where do I start from? If Nigeria as a country did not have crude oil as its biggest revenue earner, I will be focusing on whatever resource was our biggest revenue earner.

Have you ever heard of a SWOT analysis. Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats. If you conduct a swot analysis of Nigeria oil will represent the fastest vehicle Nigeria as a country can use to move from poverty to industrialisation.


Consider the fact that we are not refining crude today. Do you know how much money Nigeria is losing as a country by just simply selling unrefined crude?

Consider the fact that Nigeria as a country depends on multinationals to mine our crude and hence we pay them 40 percent of revenues from crude leaving the rest of us fighting amongst ourselves on the remaining 60 percent. Don't you feel we are being silly as a country? Even this resource control that you are talking about, you should be facing the multinationals and asking them for a larger percentage rather than facing your fellow impoverished Nigerian.

I would like the ND region to be like dubai, I would like people in the region to be rich and well to do. I just do not agree that true federalism is the outright solution to the problems of the region.

Now you may ask, what is my business with the Niger delta's oil resources, well I am a pragmatist so I know a lot of terrible things may occur as a result of your people's push for resource control. If resource control will make the whole country a better place, then I am all for it.

Mogidi:
You're not a pragmatist, the idea that only your tribe would enjoy it is shallow. This is why northerners own most of your oil wells, not looking at the bigger picture is what has kept you and your kindred in the poor state you are now.
As long as you lot fight each other, the north is bound to rule over you and dictate your destiny.

trillville:
My guy, You are hitting the nail on the head. This is the main issue the ND will have to contend with. Where do we draw the line on ownership. If a community owns the oil, shouldn't the state in which the community lies also own the oil? If the state owns the oil, why shouldn't the whole country own the oil.

This talk of true federalism is just to confuse and divide us. Did gej care about true federalism? all the rich think about is how to distract us as the fleece us dry.

ECOTERRORS:
the best solution is for us to have resource control but there will still be a strong Centre and less power to the component unit

Candyrain:
With what we have now, unitary system of govt, the president has the power and he controls everything which includes the resources. With fiscal federalism, the state controls it's resources and pay a certain percentage to the centre. The governor is the head of the state so that means the governor controls the resources. Without policies in place, the governor can get greed and then what we have presently in Nigeria (embezzlement and mismanagement) will be experienced.

If we can adopt the US method where individuals can own the oil well so far it's on your land and then they pay tax to the state, this can help eliminate corruption and mismanagement to an extent.

Mogidi:
Lets not go there mate.
If Opobo is pumping 200,000bpd of crude oil, should the village where the oil is located enjoy it alone or should the whole Opobo reap the benefits?

honeychild:
How exactly has it helped? You complain on this board incessantly about how Amaechi spent billions on his 1 km monorail and how he should be probed by EFCC. Same with the past governors of Bayelsa and other ND states. So if Rivers State had 50% derivation, Amaechi's monorail would have cost trillions and not just billions.

Giving kleptomaniac leaders more money is not the solution!

ECOTERRORS:
The Chinese and Russia practise Communism but the Chinese after their Cultural revolution reformed their own system of communism to tailor to their culture and people.
My question is, since we borrowed our federal system from the USA and we are not even practising true federalism, How can we create our own federalism to suit our people whereby every component unit is not left behind and excessive power does not reside with our governors

honeychild:
You are ignoring the point of his post. He who is faithful in little will be faithful in much. Our leaders mismanage and embezzle 13%. If you give them 100% it will still go the same way.

Mogidi:
Devolution is the way forward, when states no longer relies on the federal govt for funds, they would become more prudent. No more building of 1kilometre road for xxbillions.

Mogidi:
Since we would remain in the same republic, the answer would be yes. "dual federalism" would curtail corruption, the present system where states goes for elephant and unsustainable projects would cease. Waste and corruption starts when governors starts hteir "own projects" rather than finishing the ones of their predecessors.
For example why would a small state like Ekiti spend billions operating an airport when neighbouring states are few miles away? It would greatly reduce waste, you spend what you earn, no more running to Abuja for bailouts. It would become very obvious who the incompetent governors are.