₦airaland Forum

Fineman87:
Unfortunately, you only succeded in exposing your ignorance. Now, the question is: who is the symbol of authority and sovereignty of the nation? Can a vice president or an acting president ever be taken as president when the president is alive/bedridden somewhere? To whom does the loyalty of state agencies and institutions really go? And for how long can a king, sovereign leader or president leave his kingdom or country? If for example Cameroonian army invades Nigeria at midnight, who coordinates nigerias response- an acting president or a sick president in london. Before the matter is resolved, Calabar would have been overrun by the invading army. In which other sane country will this buhari sicknesz nonsense be tolerated. Finally, are you loyal to Buhari or loyal to Nigeria and why is it diffucult for bubu to resign let nigeria move forward. Should migeria die with him.

Please before you post next time, understand the issues thoroughly to avoid ridiculing yourself.

1)There is no country in the world including ours (assuming you are a Nigerian) where the President is the symbol of its Sovereignty, however, the President is tasked with the protection of its Sovereignty. Two different things

2)

Can a vice president or an acting president ever be taken as president when the president is alive/bedridden somewhere?

Section 145 of your constitution is clear on who assumes the office of the president in the scenario you just presented, it is not our fault you are oblivious of your own laws.

3)

To whom does the loyalty of state agencies and institutions really go? And for how long can a king, sovereign leader or president leave his kingdom or country? If for example Cameroonian army invades Nigeria at midnight, who coordinates nigerias response- an acting president or a sick president in london. Before the matter is resolved, Calabar would have been overrun by the invading army.

I am not sure if you understand that the Presidency or office of the president is not a human being/individual but a mandate of the constitution that can fall on anybody who is constitutionally qualified to wield it.
That knowledge you do not have is the foundation of your baseless assumptions and poverty of logic in your presentation, I may be ignorant by your standards, in the real world, we are not competitors. have a great day!

Fineman87:
Who is this? Being in charge means being in 'absolute' control of state machinery. When Osibanjo sacks Gen Dambazzau, Gen Buratai and Daura and appoints his own men; come lets talk. I bet you, osibanjo is absolutely ignorant of moves happening behind the scenes. And there will be divided loyalty across all organs of state.

It is easy for people like you to run your mouth online saying 'osibanjo is in charge' when you have no idea how government functions.

Why do you want the heads of security fired? have you forgotten that buhari and Osibanjo are from the same party tasked with implementing the party manifesto, do you think Governance is about how much muscle one can flex??

author=ReubenE post=59320058]

You've said well no doubt. But I still maintain my position that he should throw in the towel.

Your opinion is a well deserved entitlement!!

Osinbajo has already shown capacity. He is adept, deft, shrewd, and amble in delivering on the promises made by this administration and making way for him will only challenge him to be at his best. I personally believe in his sobriety.

I think both of us share the same sentiments here, however, I disagree on the parts that whatever Osibanjo has in the offing can not manifest in his interim capacity, must be when his principal is thrown under the bus, that's pretty illogical in my books.

The area where I said the acting president arrangement is just a parchment in our constitution, and that it can circumscribe Osinbajo's capacity to lead the people of Nigeria is not just a figment of my imagination and clearly does not need you to respond to.
The constitution is just a template for the conduct of governance. Therefore, it is not out of place for me to infer that Buhari holding on may interfere with what Osinbajo can do as an acting president, even when the constitution prescribes that he performs the functions of that office at the fullest level.

If the constitution gives one a mandate in a democracy and such a person decides not to use his constitutional mandate, it is an aberration not a subject of debate, make no mistakes, Osibanjo has not said his powers are limited neither has he complained his powers are usurped by virtue of his interim capacity, therefore your position is at best mere speculation.

You would agree with me that this administration is replete with several incidents where some cabinet members attempted to be impudent and recalcitrant. All those cases are a pointer to the fact that the acting president is not operating with carte blanche.
From the way you write, I can tell you have a good background in politics so I believe it is within your purview to understand my intent.

I could recall vividly the onset of this administration when Mr president made it clear that the Secretary of the Government must be his confident, a stern warning to political jobbers at the time, Babachair lawal was enthroned afterwards, same confidant of Mr President was disciplined in osibanjo's interim capacity, why should we be perturbed by the insinuations of the opposition?
There may be undertones and under leanings no doubt about that however, it hasn't called for any national concern.

Lastly, I think there is medical allowance for former presidents so president Buhari can tap into that....I'm open to corrections if this is wrong.
Good Nigerians will never abandon him, we'll always appreciate him for the momentum he brought to bear in the fight against insurgency in the N.E and corruption in the country.

If you believe so, then give the old man a chance to maximize the position he so laboured for our greater good!!
There was a president who spent nearly 2yrs denying the temerity of Boko haram till it became a global monster that has not only disrupted our way of life but has redefined our freedom, this one was able to nip the axis of the Iranian backed evil in the bud, took the battle to the Isis/Al Qaeda backed BH in the proverbial warsaw saw war style, saving countless lives. A friend of mine told me he won't be surprised if Buhari was afflicted by iranian intelligence, at first I didn't take him seriously till I ran the chronology of several MIIRI hits, then I had a rethink, if for any reason he was afflicted in the course of our greater good, I think we are giving him less credit than he truly deserves.

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Those calling for his resignation may not be far from the right. I know this is at variance with your opinion, but the truth is, Buhari holding on limits Osinbajo's political choices.
This alone is not very ideal in terms of the state moving forward.

Are there constitutional limitations on Osibanjo in acting capacity? or the usual online opinionated warriors?

Some appointees of Mr. President may want to act with impunity, and disdain for the VP believing that he is limited in terms of making choices in the seat of power.
If we want to be honest to ourselves, Ag. President is nothing but a ceremonial arrangement.
The occupant must at all time maintain the philosophy, ideology of his principal in order to demonstrate his unalloyed loyalty and unflinching support even when in his personal judgment such is no longer consistent with existing reality. This is not good for national growth.

On the contrary, that's a good thing, it shows that even in his absence, the leader is revered, How will you feel if Osibanjo should turn the dreams of buhari around for him to return in a few months to start afresh, how is that development?
Saying the office of the acting president is ceremonial is not a statement of fact but a figment of your imagination, am I supposed to respond to that?

People argue that president Woodrow Wilson was sick while in office, president Reagan was sick but Amrricans did not complain. Good argument but people must appreciate and understand the peculiarity of our politics. American government and politics is not same as Nigerian government and politics.
The temperament of American politics may not be the same as that of Nigeria. While American political actors may act with patriotism, Nigerian politicians may not be willing to do so.
Therefore, people should go several layers beneath the issue to understand the perspectives.

If you share same scenarios with other democracies yet you think there is something peculiar about yours, esp when your laws are succinct on such subjects, it behooves common sense to enlighten your subjects than trying to conform to the drum beat of ignorance and paranoia, don't you think so?

Again, for every action there are those who gain and those who lose. The present situation in the country has potentials to drift the country into chaos because it benefits some and some are at the losing end. For this reason, the country needs a stabilizing factor in the body of a substantive president having the capacity to move the country to a direction he chooses.

Section 145 of your constitution is clear on who rules the country in the absence of the president if on vacation or incapacitated, the opinion of power hungry scoundrels don't really count. We should not be pressured by the ambition of a microscopic few, like you rightly said.

lastly, some of us that call for his resignation is out of goodwill. If there is any cell of truth left in President Buhari, he would agree that he no longer has the capacity to perform the functions of his office that is very rigorous at times. For this reason, we are only calling for him to save himself by himself.

I don't think you will want to be fired from your job for taking ill, I suppose you will want the organisation of your employ to empathise with you as a moral obligation, it's a misnomer to misjudge the contrary as "goodwill". I disagree again, if there is any chance the president will survive, it is pertinent he gets the best treatment, some of which he may not afford if he leaves office, within his short reign, his anti corruption stance, clamp down on Iranian backed Shia dissidents, Boko haram successes obviously made him a bullseye to a lot of enemies, all that was in our overall interest, this is not the best time to abandon him to his fate.

your mindset is what pushes a lot of office holders to reprehensible behaviours, when they feel abandoned after making sacrifices for the country.You may sound reasonable if you are asking for his replacement while ensuring a health benefit for him after he leaves office, Do you prefer he stole $20b in his 2yr stint and termed it "retirement medical expenses"?

Politics sometimes doesn't favour even the man with the best soul. But the state must at all times show the capacity to survive..... I will leave you with the request that you look at some of the works of Henry Kissinger, Hans Morgenthau etc.
It is always about national interest, and it is in our national interest that President Buhari gives in.

I am equally a fan of Henry Kissinger (" the Versailles treaty is an unbridled compromise between a British paranoia and an American Utopia" is my favorite quote of his), nevertheless, if you had no confidence in Osibanjo's ability to lead this country in interim capacity, you would have made another choice at the polls. speaking of which, a Namadi Sambo and a prof yemi Osibanjo in acting capacity? ......just thinking aloud!!

You are a good writer. I must commend you for that. Good day.

Thanks!! but surprised!!

Alcatraz005:
I see pain in every igbo man who stands before an Hausa or Yoruba man. Deny it all you want but we all know it is about the war. This is the reason for the persecution complex of the igbos. Igbos need closure.

It is not about the war, it is about poor political choices, I don't need to deny anything, the facts are before us, If an Igbo man is so pained about the war like you claimed, why is he rubbing shoulders with the Niger delta that robbed him blind after the war, despite what he passed through in the war?
Can you answer that?

WizzPoll:
lol, you said it all really.
forget that Buhari is a man Nigerians love to hate. But how many of those protesters will be happy to get sacked at work when ill?

Their unions will strike the living daylight out of the government, like I said before, people without cognitive reasoning will not know that they want to sack their president for taking ill, Buhari has no union to fight for him but the constitution and parliament. what do they know?

Alcatraz005:
I did this thread to dissuade Nigerians and my people (Yoruba) specifically from taking the constant insults and taunts of igbos to heart as I saw right through the pain of the average igbo person. Their spirits have been broken by Nigeria and they are in pain. They have refused closure for the wound of the war and they wish to visit their calamity on others. It is alright to grief but it even more important for the people around the grieving person to understand the innate pains of the hurt person and to understand how to respond to every action of that person(the hurt one). I might have come across as an enemy of the Igbo in the process of passing my message across but I generally mean no harm. My utmost allegiance rests with my Yoruba people and I owe them that duty to alert them to every covert threat which threaten our values and way of life. I hope I have made my point to you?

Which spirit was broken? which pain? Do you see pain anywhere in idumota and Trade fair? A mad man grabs a mic, went to cities where majority are uneducated, told them, hate their neighbors and like Donald Trump and Netanyahu then you take them seriously? you have time, If you feel sorry for Igbos, the only help they deserve is proper education nothing more!!

Majority of Nigerians are not so sound in cognitive reasoning, including the educated ones, so you don't really blame most of their actions.
A country with a VP complains of power vacuum when Mike pence resumes in the Capitol hill, guess there is a power vacuum in the White house by Nigerian standard , it takes a lot to be a Nigerian really!!

Alcatraz005:
I greet my fellow forumites especially my immediate constituents (yoruba) and I just want to implore all to resist any provocation by the igbos to destroy our country.

There is nothing to gain in war but much to be lost in a needless conflagration in the most populous black nation on earth. The consequences of a war in Nigeria is better imagined as Syria will be child's play compared to the level of destruction that we will experience in Nigeria. Another reason why we should resist being goaded into conflict by the igbos is because they are a defeated race already hence the constant frustration from them. The effects of the civil war defeat of the igbos is still being felt by them. What we are witnessing right now in the form of the current agitations is that the present generation of igbos just came to the realisation that igbos have been consigned to slave status (2nd class citizens in their own country). This sudden reality is why they are exasperated. It is the stubborn struggle of a dying animal. In Yoruba, we call it (japooro). Ibo n japooro ni.....

Let's face it, the igbos cannot win a free and fair Presidential Election in Nigeria and they know it. Which of the two big tribes will vote for an igbo? None! Igbos have burnt all bridges of friendship and they wish to bring the whole house (Nigeria) on all other peace loving Nigerians. I specifically want to appeal to my Hausa brothers to withdraw the quit notice issued to igbos as insisting on pushing the igbos out will be playing into the grand plans of the enemies of Nigeria. I would not trade the peace and tranquillity of Nigeria for my fervent wish to see igbos punished for their hate and insolence. It is not just worth it. Love trumps hate any day, anytime.

The Igbos are not worth the destruction that will trail the execution of the quit notice. As any discerning mind will notice, the igbos are losing relevance every day as they are now the butt of jokes Nationwide. We should allow them fully express their folly to their full derision and chagrin. We won't fight a war because of Igbos. Never!

I would end with a reference to a principle I encountered in the book, 48 laws of power by Robert Greene. And it goes thus: a strategem is more powerful than weapons of war as it (stratagem) has the power to destroy the lives of babies in the womb of their mothers. An apt example is the genius of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo who without firing a single bullet, defeated the the biafran forces and essentially brought the Nigerian Civil war to an abrupt end through the power of his immense intellect. The effect of Awolowo's sheer intelligence is still being felt by the Igbos today who have essentially been turned to generators of internal revenue for the children of Awolowo and Ahmadu Bello. The war has been won and lost, we do not need another war in Nigeria. Never again!

The Igbo's should be pitied and not hated.

God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

If you are truly Yoruba, this thread of yours is uncalled for except you are a very poor student of history, while it is customary for all Nigerians to fight Igbos and reset them back to default settings, the battle ground is always their domain so why are you worried?
During the war, people in the west never knew there was war going on, as we have no idea people are blowing themselves up in borno state of today, that's the way it is, your third mainland bridge is not threatened in anyway, don't sweat it.
Schools, churches, Mosque, civil life were going smoothly in other places while their kids and women were running from cluster bombs, its a choice they made for themselves, it is of no concern to you or any other.

Why not drive straight to a police station, pay police the balance and she will bail herself. is police not your friend?

SalamRushdie:
No matter how anyone or any sycophant tries to distort it the truth remains that Buhari's continous and indefinite absence from his duty is actually mega corruption and gross criminal subversion of our constitution which is very clear and explicit on the case of pysiological and mental incapacity of any president which is exactly what Buhari currently is by body language , perception and his actions or in actions..No matter how we try to mask it President Buhari can be conveniently said to be incapacitated as no one has heard his voice or seen him move in over 90 days .

How did you arrive at the bold?

MEILYN:
Keep quiet joor. That's a typical Benue/ Igala accent.

Reference:
Oga. Nobody sits down and watches in a democracy. Everywhere in the world, I mean EVERYWHERE people stand up for what they believe in and fight for what they want. Make no mistake about it. The 'other' side knows what it is doing and will resist any and every attempt to loosen its grip on this country whether you creep upon them or announce it from a hundred miles out. Time does not permit me to list out what has been gained or lost via the Niger-Delta struggle but the fact that oil workers and lecturers could risk life and limb to explore for oil in the Chad basin tells me that they know the clock is ticking and they donot have all the aces.


[b]Ñigeria as a project or system (or whatever you choose to call it) just does not work. You can sugar coat it for all you like. This entity has massive structural deficiencies any quest for power simply cannot surmount. In a sane society, the protest against any individual in power is of good intentions and will cut across all society. [/b]In Nigeria it is impossible to seperate tribe and then religion. I just cannot see how this country can work like this. So what is the point really.

I beg to differ with your position in bold on the assumption you are making a case for Biafra though subtly, Nigeria doesn't work then what? that's the question smart Igbos are asking, its not a call for every unintelligent loser to join a bandwagon of highly unlettered individuals who doesnt know their left from right.
On the global stage, you and I assumed to be lettered know that biafra is a pipe dream so why waste time gloating over it? it makes no sense.

Assess the chronology of IPOB and tell me why a secondary school lever should take them seriously, raised awareness for 2yrs, fell in the hands of Nigeria, got released, asked of unconstitutional referendum, next he wants to truncate a democratic process, does it mean he has no idea what happened in Caracas just few weeks ago, Gambia few months ago? Libya few years ago?
I won't ask anybody to follow an individual who is lost and blind on the path of his struggle, the reason is that our convictions doesn't matter but the plates of reality served on our tables, kanu is a wild card so don't blame Igbos for not lending their support.

FakoMaybach1:
Any Igbo man insulting Lauretta should be cursed, No yoruba man will insult Adeshina, instead they will beat around the bush and blame IPOB. This battle does not concern Igbos. We have a task on our table which is the Biafra referendum, we should focus on resolving that.

Tinunbu is a master mathematician and any Igbo man that allows Tinubu to use him is just suffering from chief folly. i dont blame charly boy he is a serial attention seeker even from the days of his youth, fighting his father publicly and all that braggadocio.

Ndi Igbo face the bigger picture biko i take God beg una, we did not vote for Buhari, Buhari does not care about us, that Igbos live or die is not Buharis bone of contention, He has called us 5%ers, this Biafra issue if we dont handle it well lives could be lost, and if we handle it well we could birth the greatest nation Africa has ever seen.

Let the Fulanis and their afonja slaves slug it out, as for me i will praise Lauretta she is doing her job, if it was me i will not say anything different; for he who pays the piper dictates the tune.

kids

As much as she gave a lame reason why the president's health should remain undisclosed, in my opinion, I think the Nigerian people are not matured enough to have such information.
It is our right no doubt, but no right is absolute. A president whose political adversaries could ridicule his age will not be s!lly to give them the luxury of ill health, it's still common sense right?
Nigerians will make such right absolute when they have the maturity to handle such info, a case in point is the UK PM who confessed she has type 2 diabetes at the run down to a general election yet her opposition despite how critical he was never used it against her, also, the Arizona senator who said he has brain cancer, yet obama a senior member of his opposition was first to wish him well, Obama sent in his felicitations faster than paul ryan his party leader and cohort.
people who enjoy such right are people who understand that politics and humanities don't mix, in Nigeria, we hardly draw clean lines.

Saintp:
Black dominated nations are just waste of space. They can't just solve one simple problem. We will keep going back and forth, some are saying Biafra, some are saying one Nigeria. Why can't we kill this issue once and for all?

Why can't there be at least a non binding referendum to see where the majority falls. Everybody cannot love or hate the idea and this is where democracy comes in at least to see where the majority lies. If there was no referendum in Scotland, we would have been thinking that majority of people of Scotland wanted to leave the UK and it would still have been a lingering issue till today.

Black nations did not produce planes, ships, cars, technology that has helped solve some of the world's problem, why can't we for the first time in our lives solve a simple societal problem. Is this secession issue going to linger back and forth till thy kingdom come? Do black people have black brain?

What I expected was that since you heard there was a referendum in Scotland, you will first study the process before you assume/conclude it applies everywhere, I think you reason less than the black people.
The fact that you saw a Queen in the Uk doesnt mean it is somewhere in Ghana, its a very unintelligent thought process in my opinion.

coldsummer:
What foolishness is this?


Benue people cannot blame anyone but themselves for their silliness. We had evwry opportunity to develop out homes but we allowed the wickedness of david mark to go on for dar too long and now you are seeking solution from Kanu.

Mumu

You cant be too sure they are from Benue, the guy's accent doesn't check out!!

swiz123:
To all those cowards igbos living in Lagos who are against biafra, when biafra is realized, please I beg you please.... Never return to biafra Land.

Pray the bold happens in your lifetime, your friend Kanu is still gallivanting after 2yrs of telling you that

Blue3k:
Can we just agree to get the government out of business of running anything? I mean seriously when we learn as a society government is only good at wasting tax money. Sell these refineries let some private owner figure it out or go out of business.

Guess you have plans of buying them

DinoP:
NOTE: "364 instrument...oversubscribed by N91.1billion". I don't understand our model of economy. I must first conceed that the investors have the right to invest their funds wherever they wish.
But one easily knows that whatever money the Nigeria govt raises through tresury bill goes to
a. payment of civil servant's salaries,
b payment of entitlments of public office holder.
c. repayment of loans and interest on loans both domestic and foreign.
These are clearly unproductive spendings. Imagine if institutional investors would channel N91.1billion to agricultural ventures which can yield steady flow of income (yes! foreign exchange) even in the short run. I takes less than 364 days to grow yam, castor seed, sesame seed etc.

This is just what I think.

Reasonable position you have, you only forgot that the debt is short term and can only carter for short term needs, unless you want to tell us that the so called Agro ventures is short term as well.

TheLordIsGr8:
Of course they are a producing economy which is function of proper govt doing its job. If we had better govt our GDP would be better. You are unwittingly adding to my point. I just have to tell you. I'm not one to take credit for another's work.



Well, the joke is on you. Fewer people meant that the effect of the corruption was less severe, thus not noticeable until it was "too" late. A functioning govt plans for future citizens. That is the meaning of having an "agenda." A road-map for the future.
The numbers "happened" on us because the few went to sleep believing all was well. The numbers only highlighted the problem. It didn't cause it, not even remotely.

Since you have realised your government over the years never planned for your future, what is the smart thing to do,? breed like chicken or control your birth rate?

tsdarkside:
yea... ....am allergic to halfcasts....

and isnt it funny that in western nations they give you money to make more children although them themselves dont have that many jobs...?..

isnt it funny that the population of france is not that much lower than that of nigeria but they advice french people to have more babies and even give them welfare but advice you to kill your babies..??... ...

the darkside can only laugh over the stvpidity of black people....

You lack the ability to draw logical comparisons, will be a waste of my time debating with you.

TheLordIsGr8:
Are we more numerous than America? So we should suddenly stop making children because the govt refuse to plan for the future. There are no jobs, let alone the one to go round. Resources aren't going round because a few have cornered it all, not because we're too many. Enough with all the overpopulation nonsense. There is enough to go round if distributed equitably.

Even if there were a thousand people in Nigeria the same situation will still hold.

Since 1990 we have been hearing that Nigeria go better. It was not better then when we had fewer people, still you think fewer people is the solution. Get real abeg

Ask yourself, the US you just mentioned what is their GDP per capita compared to yours?
Did I hear you say without corruption our resources can go round? Thats a joke of the century. I guess I shouldn't bore you with the reality before you. Population explosion murdered Nigeria worse than corruption.
Ask your father how they lived in this country when we were few, depending on how old you are, you may may extend the question to your grand father.

ashjay001:
This was from someone who has 4 or 5 kids?! I can see u dont get d irony in that?! And, pls, spare me d argument, he can afford it!


From some who was preaching, buy naija to grow naija, yet, went ahead to publish n print his book in d US!

What has that got to do with the subject of discourse?

tsdarkside:
says the halfcast...

what halfcast is saying is make more halfcast children not black children.....

they will never advice you to dont make children with white people but they will always advice you to stop making black children...

isnt it strange that they even give you money to make more mixed children but try every tricks to stop you from making black children..

halfcast are all the same....agents of whites...kanu is a halfcast too...

Isnt that funny how you reduced the advise to racism.
Population is a big problem in Nigeria, your resources aren't going round, your infrastructure is under enormous pressure, the jobs aint going round, the schools are not enough yet you don't see the hands of an uncontrolled population in all these?
I hardly could wrap my head around how most of you reason.

serverconnect:
Good write up. If all the southern (SW,SE,SS) part of Nigeria are united, the Northerners would not have dominated the economy or controlling the resources of Nigeria like the way they are doing now.

Exactly my point, SE feel they are wise so they are busy asking for Biafra, SS saw oil and got the swollen head, the SW is stranded , in every election NE & NW present a common front.
After the elections they maintain the same front in Parliament getting anything they want.
The average southerner is politically immature just a big fat noise making agency.
The Southerners forgot that the Southern Pectectorate and the Northern pectectorates are still relevant political dimensions.

ReubenE:
Faulty analogy in my opinion.

Why is everybody demonizing the north. Will the death of the north automatically end our problems?

People now easily forget the evil the man from Aba, Ogbomoso, Yenagoa, Auchi, Ikot-Ikpene is doing in the country.
Is injustice limited to the north? Is nepotism birthed in the north?
It will surprise many to know that the pillars holding the supposed northern hegemony is mounted by people of southern extraction.

In as much as in my opinion the north is notoriously known for being arrogant, greedy and domineering, people should take a break and also look at the contributions of the south in compounding our current problems.

People should take a look at the days that preceded our independence to decide for themselves whether the north forcefully took the driver's seat or the south handed it to them.....

Imagine the south that has broken its political block blames the North for being united?
I wonder how some folks reason.

IkpuMmadu:
By Charles Ogbu.

For sometime now, social media appear deeply buried in an argument between Nigerians of Igbo extraction who want Biafra and other Nigerians who prefer a well restructured country. The former appear convinced that the resurrection of the Restructuring campaign is an attempt to weaken the resolve and unionism of the Biafran agitation while the latter seem to believe the Biafran quest is too extreme and should be replaced with the demand for restructuring which they argue, is more feasible.

It is my view that the whole argument is one hell of a beautiful nonsense, a misplaced priority and monumental distraction, one that will do more harm than good to either camp.

I will try to explain this thus:

Nigeria is like a faulty ATM. The Hausa/Fulanis are the only ones currently withdrawing money from the machine in its faulty state. If this ATM is repaired, everybody will have equal chance of withdrawing according to how much he has in his account. But the hausa/fulani North will loose the undue access to other people’s money which the faulty ATM currently confers on him and which he has gotten used to. To this end, it is beyond argument that the North will be willing go to any length to ensure the criminally dubious status quo is maintained.

Following this scenario, the pro-restructuring group seem to be saying, “Oga North, abeg, allow make them repair this ATM nah! Abi e good as only you just dey corrobi the whole money dey go?, If you no let all of us join hand repair this machine, e go soon spoil kpatakpata and when that happens, all of us go loose”

On the other hand, the Biafran group is saying, “look Mr North, nobody come here to look your face, in fact, as you don already over-withdraw our money for inside this machine, we no kukuma wan make dem repair anything again. We simply no wan keep our money for the same bank with you again as you don show us say you no fit conduct your affair as a gentleman”

Meanwhile, due to the fraudulent arrangement Mr North has with the British bank owners when the bank was established, he (mr North) has an edge over the other account owners at the bank. He has successfully resisted the repairing of the faulty ATM just as He has brutally resisted the attempt by one of the partners to take his money away from the bank.

Both the group agitating for the repair of the ATM (Restructuring group) and the other group rooting for the monies in the bank account to be divided and shared to stop the exploitative activities of Mr North (Biafran agitators) all want one thing which is to enthrone justice, fairness and equity in the operation of the Automated Teller Machine. To this end, it is logical to assert that neither of the afor-mentioned groups is the bad guy. The bad guy here is Mr North who has repeatedly opposed every move to peacefully repair this ATM even when he knew it must be repaired now or never. It is very important that we always remember this.

What I find pathetically funny in all of this is that rather than focus on their “peaceful” approach towards getting Mr North to allow for the ATM to be repaired, the “ATM Repair Group(Restructuring)” is busy demonizing the “Divide The Money Group (Biafrans)” accusing them of being extremist in their quest. Listening to them, you will be forgiven to think the Divide The Money Group, and not Mr North, is the one holding down the ATM. You might even be tempted to think the “Divide The Money Group” (Biafrans) just stole the document containing instructions for the repair of the Machine. On their own, those who want the monies divided seem to be under the impression that the agitation of the other group is nothing short of a devilish attempt to weaken their resolve and gift Mr North with the opportunity to keep stealing their collective cash in the ATM.

Mutual suspicion. Accusation and counter accusation between two groups pursuing the same noble cause but via two modus operandi. Meanwhile, Mr North is busy killing the ATM. And, the entire bank, not just the machine, is enroute to Golgota. Shame, isn’t it?

It is my humble opinion that the argument and counter argument from both the pro-Restructuring group and the Biafrans are as criminally silly as two slaves of the same slave master expending valuable time and energy, arguing over whether they should escape from their slavery through the window or through the door. What should be your priority as a slave is how to escape from your Master and be a free man! If your fellow slave wants to jump the fence or break a couple of glasses belonging to the slave master in his quest to gain his own freedom, it shouldn’t bother you. If you think the door or gate is your own choice, focus all your energy on jumping the gate or breaking the door. What should be your priority is your own freedom, not how your fellow slave is pursuing his.

If you think the train of your fellow slave is not good enough to take you to the land of the freemen, by all means, don’t join him but you owe it to both man and God to ensure you don’t derail it.

Let’s get practical here. The North has always been vehemently opposed to any idea of Restructuring. The Northern Elders Forum and the Arewa Consultative Forum; the two northern power blocks have never hidden their disdain for the term. The current Hausa/fulani govt is opposed to Restructuring. The attorney general, Abubakar Malami, re-affirmed this last week when he stated that no amount of agitation will bring about restructuring. The information minister, Lai Mohammed, was clear enough when he stated that restructuring Nigeria was not in the agenda of the government. Recall that the 1967 Biafra declaration and the subsequent war was basically due to the failure of the Gowon-led govt to honor the Aburi Accord which would have seen the country restructured as a confederation.

For the average Igbo man, the 1967 war and subsequent events have proven that the Nigerian state cannot be trusted to restructure this country. The North has consistently stood against any attempt to correct the grave injustices within the very foundation of the Nigerian system.

Just as the 1967 Ojukwu’s Biafra was a product of the failure of the then govt to stop the state-sponsored anti-Igbo pogrom and honor the Aburi accord, this current Biafra agitation championed by Nnamdi Kanu is in response to the same grave injustices, institutionalized marginalization and state-sponsored hate-induced destruction of Igbo lives and properties. President Buhari has caused more division in the country than a million and one Nnamdi Kanu could ever do even in one million years.

If anyone genuinely want this country to be restructured, the person should not waste his time and energy focusing on the pro-Biafran group. Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB are not the problem. They are not the ones stopping Nigeria from being restructured. The Fulani Oligarchs are! Focus on them if you genuinely want Restructuring. As a pro-restructuring fellow, stop dedicating number-less articles to why the Biafran quest would fail. Instead, dedicate those articles to how you intend to get the fulani Oligarchs to allow for restructuring. If you succeed in getting Nigeria genuinely restructured, I Charles Ogbu, I am assuring you that the agitation for Biafra will drastically reduce and look less appealing to so many Igbos because 80% of what we want with Biafra which is basically justice, fairness and a merit-based system, will have been provided by a well restructured Nigeria.

Now, let me say this: If this country is ever going to be restructured, it will not be because of beautiful prose and poetry penned down by pro-Restructuring groups. Never! The people opposing the restructuring of this country don’t even read most of those reason-studded essays. The hausa/fulani North WILL NEVER accept restructuring unless they are presented with an alternative such as breakup which they consider a bigger threat. Go save this piece!

The North will do anything to keep Nigeria one and ensure the status quo is maintained but make no mistake, it is all for reasons very far removed from altrustism. They are the biggest and perhaps the only region benefiting from the hopelessly fraudulent arrangement we currently have. A change in the status quo in form of Restructuring will take most of the powers from the centre to the federating units or regions, thereby making the centre less attractive. It will engender equity, justice and fairness by allowing each federating unit/region control her resources and develop at her own pace. But, that will mean striping wealthy Hausa/Fulanis of their firm grip on the Niger Delta oil blocks. The North WILL NEVER allow this unless there is a commensurate pressure which will reasonably threaten them with break-up.

In conclusion, both groups have no reason to war-war. They simply need to keep up the pressure. Even a blind man can see that the activities of Nnamdi Kanu-led IPOB has succeeded in unsettling the North to a very reasonable degree. In the end, I can’t guarantee that we will get either a well restructured Nigeria or Biafra but I can guarantee that we will get neither of the two options if we keep bickering and fiddling while our Rome is burning.



The answers to the above question should provoke you enough into joining forces to confront your common adversary.

Wisdom, they say, is profitable to direct!



https://etimes.com.ng/opinionbetween-secession-restructuring-parable-faulty-atm/

I am not sure you have a clue what the issue is, besides ,most of you trying to make sense out of the whole thing have no clue how and who deserves the Nigerian purse, anyways, enjoy your ignorance.

MansaMoussa:
The detonator is most likely highly mobile..how do you predict where the explosives are placed and which one the personnel chooses to detonate at a point In time...? If na Mobile jammer, who controls it's movt.. and based on what Intel?

Don't be scared, the battle will soon come to an end!

It comes to me as a huge surprise why a sane igbo man will stand firm in support of the Niger Delta Avengers.
This Niger delta - igbo marriage started when exactly? TO WHAT END?

*1967, Ojukwu was defeated in Port harcourt by the Nigerian led Niger deltan isaac Adaka Boro, till date they celebrate him as their hero with Isaac Adaka boro park in the heart of Port Harcourt for commemoration.

*1970 after the war, Niger deltans seized Igbo properties and termed it "ABANDONED" when igbos lost almost everything in the civil war.

*In 2004, Obasanjo signed the onshore offshore dichotomy that bequeathed 13% oil revenues to Niger delta states, no South East state except oil producing Imo and Abia benefited, of course in a negligible sum, Anambra, Enugu and Ebonyi was shut out completely as non oil producers!!

*2009/2010 federal government Amnesty programme, can you list any igbo man that benefited from the overseas scholarship scheme, lucrative pipeline contracts, Amnesty payouts to mention a few.

*As an igbo man/woman supporting the ND Avengers, you are a mere pawn in their economic chess game, wise up and face your importation business, the more they bomb, the likelihood of the FG to increase tax at the ports that will surely hurt your business,

* As more bombing intensifies, the more forex Nigeria will lose, that will mean you may not see $$ to shop with as a businessman, I hope you know what that does to your economy.

* Since the bombing started, Igbos have lost more than the Nigerian government, let me tell you how, Since Forcados was bombed in March, Though Owned by Shell, ABC orjiakor's seplat (2 oil blocks) that produce into Forcadoes are sacking igbos working for him, GOBOWEN an Igbo man produces into forcados, he is jobless now likewise a lot of igbos in his employ, Ernest Azumdialu an igbo man produces into forcados, what do you think is happening to him now? The NCTL has been bombed, google the MD of AITEO the company that owns that Trunk line, an Igbo man. The Niger delta Avengers are systematically bombing away igbo interests in the Niger delta and they are happy?

Wise up, define your interests, choose your battles very carefully, the Niger delta struggle is of no consequence to an Igbo man.

Ejighi Igbo agwa ya onye Ocha.
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Mynd44, OAM4J, Laclasticlala

MansaMoussa:
which jammer has the range to cover about 5000km of pipelines passing through dense jungle, creeks, high seas etc? Na space you wan put am?

The detonator and the Jammer works on the same principle. if they could detonate within the range you mentioned, however incorrect that is, we can as well jam their signals.