₦airaland Forum

take dat: Hehehe! You idiiots looking for whom to pick on have failed to point out where/how I contradicted myself in all my posts on this fake presidential directive. So its now a crime to advice that legal proceedings be instituted against them instead of unlawful detention for the court to adjudicate?

Only in your warped mind will ARRESTS and CLAMPDOWN mean LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.Listen to yourself,So they are exactly same thing,right?.Stop displaying your stupidity further and accept you goofed on this

ba7man: Despite the negative situation in some parts of the Country, Nigeria is still on course to cementing its position as a World class economy. Nice one there.

This is the real ba7man commenting...bros many more will even take place.let's pray for the success of the power sector reforms

take dat: Will you STFU! My opinion hasn't changed, but in taking such action the rule of law must be adhered to, which is instituting legal proceedings against them instead of unlawful detention.

Now,this your comment on the earlier trade about this same issue,

take dat: I am sure you do not have comprehension problems. Forgery/ document falsification is a crime against the state, one would have expected ARRESTS and CLAMPDOWN ON THE MEDIA HOUSE BY THE SECURITY AGENCIES NOW, if truly the document purported to have emanated from the presidency is fake. Remember that we are not talking of a blog or an online news outlet with no reputation to protect. This government is hopeless if it can condone such criminality except the government itself is guilty!

I leave it to fellow nairalanders to judge like I said your HYPOCRISY

take dat: Where was the Nigerian police before Maina absconded? If they are sure the journalists have committed an infraction contrary to the law, they should institute legal action against them instead of this crude tactics. Journalists cannot be compelled to disclose their source to the police, the court should decide!

Your hypocrisy knows no bounds.its on record on this forum that you posted that GEJ shud tk action against these guys.Even when some posters brought your attention to how crude that action might be ,you stuck to your guns.Now here you are crying wolf when the same action has been taken

Am happy that from been CLUELESS and WEAK,they are beginning to see GEJ as CALCULATED and THICK-SKINNED.....Wowwwwwwww

Nigeria appears to be ahead of its peers in the MINT, the
new economic bloc that has raised hope for investors
following the dwindling Brazil, Russia, India and Chinese
(BRIC) economies.

The MINT, comprising of Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and
Turkey (MINT), is seen as a successor to the BRIC which is
expected to graduate from an emerging market to a
developed economy. It is believed to be a fertile destination
for long-term investors, according to Samir Gadio,
emerging markets strategist at Standard Bank, London.

“We believe Nigeria is the fastest growing economy when
compared to other MINTs, considering its strongest fiscal
balance, lowest public debt, and the only country with a
current account surplus as all other MINTs currently have
deficits”, Yvonne Mhango, director, sub-Saharan African
economist at Renaissance Capital told BusinessDay.

Experts believe that government’s ability to implement
market-oriented reforms such as modernisation of the
banking systems, elimination of subsidies as urged by the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), in recent time, have
played vital roles in positioning the country for a “take off”.

Investment opportunity among the MINTs is quite massive,
especially for very vibrant economies like Nigeria, which is
currently utilising its huge population potential currently
over 160 million, behind Indonesia’s 240 million and above

Mexico’s and Turkey’s 112 million and 75 million,
respectively, to attract foreign investors, analysts say.
Nigeria’s huge population potential has enabled it gulp a
good percentage of foreign investment in Africa over the
last decade.

Recent reports put Nigeria’s foreign direct investment (FDI)
at $8.9 billion which is estimated to be 16 percent of
Africa’s total FDI. Indonesia can only boast of FDI worth
$5.9 billion while Mexico FDI has being losing steam early
2013 amid fears of tax hikes in USA. Turkey FDIs have
slightly reduced to $8 billion since the beginning of 2013.
Equally, Mexico’s FDI has tumbled from $21.5 billion in
2011 to $12.7 billion in early 2013.
Nigeria’s 7.2 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
which has been predicted to be upwardly revised year end
2013 is only second to Turkey’s 8.5 percent but exceeds
Mexico’s 5.5 percent and Indonesia’s 6.2 percent. Studies
also show that Nigeria’s current $7 billion gross external
debt is minimal compared to Turkey’s $274 billion,
Mexico’s $341 billion public debt and Indonesia’s $213
billion. Given the above, Nigeria’s fiscal deficit was
projected to improve to about 1.85 percent of GDP in
2013, compared to 2.85 percent in 2012.

In addition, Nigeria’s 18.8 percent of GDP to public debt is
also the lowest compared to Indonesia’s 24.8 percent,
Mexico’s 35.4 percent and Turkey’s 40.4 percent.
While some analysts fear for the country’s inflation rate,
the recent release which pegs the country’s inflation rate at
9.5 percent have showed positive signs of Nigeria’s
determination to spear head economic growth among other
MINTs.

Experts say given the foregoing there is a huge potential
for Nigeria’s market which is already playing host to foreign
investors such as the United States Exxon Mobil, UK-based
private equity fund, Actis, South African’s MTN Group and
SABMiller, among others.

Source : businessdaynigeria.com/nigeria-fastest-growing-economy-among-mints-say-analysts

“There is no point fighting for
political leadership that is transient to the extent that you
want to even burn a house down because they perceive
you are not too comfortable with a particular situation be
it at the local level, be at the state and federal levels.
These are transitional leadership.”

“Today, we have a constitution that defines the maximum
tenure that any individual can stay in office. And even if
the constitution does not define, no leaders will stay there
for life. I think collectively, we should think more about
our own country, think more about leaving behind a
society that our children will be happy of.

The above quotations portray someone who is not desperate for a position.He has not just been talking this talk,he has walked the talk.All is evident in Edo,Ondo elections to mention a few

atiku07: This guy I don't want to know who you r but u can be so annoying. Even if u r given a job to do why can't u try as much as possible and do it with ur church mind. I see dis stupid question backed with crazy and myopic form of analysis as the height of insult ever received by Nigerians from the GEJ 40 laptop gang. Haba how can a right thinking human be asking such a nauseating question in the wake of the almaiyesgha (don't know if I got the spelling right)pardonegate,police pension scam, subsidy borouhaha,a defective judiciary and all u now came here with some beer parlour analysis on how supposing 20billion did its Job and how 500million did its and how funds no longer go into private pocket, how are we sure those funds r not even inflated.

Sincere9gerian

Do u even know de definition of corruption abi from de training u received on how to defend a defective government blindly you were told corruption only entails making sure money does not go into the private pocket abi. Well corruption is way more than that o! Mr defender of the retardeen it involves all spheres of government from local to private sector corruption is just every where even the blind can feel it. Your so called GEJ finally lost de whole respect I had for him when he pardoned dat s.l.o.w p.o.k.e bail jumping son of a gorilla. So with all said and done I will conclude that corruption had just set a world record in Nigeria during ur oga's era and he is even doing next to nothing to curb dat Poo (abi how does one explain appointing a reknown thief as NPA chairman anyway it shows ur oga's anticident as a fellow partaker of corruption noni) all thesame we r patiently waiting 2015 is simply around the corner where we can teach u nit wit that Nigerians ain't no fools "we all know As e dey go"

When you said corruption is more than that..I was expecting you to give your definition of corruption...but you ended up saying nothing.All indications points to the fact that you are really pissed with the Alam's pardon,which is quite normal.Maybe you can also help with better ideas of fighting corruption than the one he suggested

Dis PHCN guys don bleep full time

President speech was interrupted as the power
outage occurred while he was delivering his speech
to the congregation.

He was talking about his administration's restructuring of
the Nigerian economy when the church was thrown into
darkness as seen in the picture on a very sunny day in
Lagos.

Laughing along with the cheering congregation, Dr
Jonathan remarked that by the power outage, officials of the
Power Holding Company of Nigeria are telling him not to
sleep until the nation's power crisis is fixed.
He however vowed that by next year the power in the
church will be uninterrupted.

The Easter Sunday service also had in attendance, former
Head of State General Yakubu Gowon.

Source:m.naij.com/news/29407.html

Sincere 9gerian: Unfortunately, we have done badly in the aspect of prosecuting corrupt people and securing convictions. Our justice system is painfully slow. That has to change. It should be possible to arraign people for corruption and get judgement within 6months.

Nonetheless, our people have to understand the fact that corruption is not only fought by catching people and throwing them into prison. Prevention of corruption is also an important way of fighting corruption. Remember also that prevention is always better and most times cheaper than cure. It is better to prevent the money from being stolen than allowing the money to be stolen after which we now begin to chase after those who have stolen the money. More over, chasing after looters of the treasury does not come cheap.

That brings me to this..I thought the president said something about reforming the criminal justice system.I don't know if anything meaningful has been carried out in that respect.If you know something about that can you help and share

Sincere 9gerian: You'r selling OBJ's "legacy" and at the same time talking "sycophants"? It is you that is trying to sell non-existing "legacy" that is the "sycophant"

@ sincerenigerian what do you think about punishing people caught in the act of corruption?..I think that's the best way our people that corruption is been fought..
Good points raised though

Only if SAHARA REPORTERS could also channel the same INVESTIGATIVE energy into various development activities ongoing in the country .....

kutchs: Not only the SE is getting the needed attention, other zones too are not left out at least to the extent I know. The Oturkpo 9th mile road which has been a nightmare to travellers on that road is being worked on. The most troublesome portion has been fixed as they approach Ugbokolo. Now travellers to the SE and SS from the NE have the options of going 2gh Oturkpo or going 2gh the rebuilt Ogoja-Abakiliki road.
Note too that Calabar-Ikom-Ogoja-Katsina Ala is approaching about 45-50% completion which would further reduce the travel time from Benue State to the SS region.
I was recently on the Abakiliki-Afikpo-Okigwe road and mehn! What a joy to travel on that road.

All I can say is thumbs up GEJ YOU ARE THE MAN.

Seriously?? ABAKILIKI-AFIKPO-OKIGWE road now smooth....I remember the last tym I took that road which was in early 2010.I practically cursed everbody who was in charge of making that road better.As our bus journeyed through,my heart sunk deep.Of a truth I never thought I wud mk it tru that journey.So hearing that the road is good now is a huge welcome relief.If it takes been clueless to achieve all this,then I will say it pays to be clueless

dvee2: Excellent report from a foreign media abi? yet if the write up is critical of government like the 40 Ambulance saga,i also hear we say "Let them leave us alone,it is our country,they want to break us up to steal our oil,they are sponsored by opposition etc". Weldone GEJ. Lets also hear you acknowledge when the presidency goof . thats objectivity. LOL

Try and differentiate between an investigative report and an opinion article which emanates from the writer's thoughts.
That said,nobody is saying that the ills of the government should not be exposed.But let them be factual not conjecturing up falsehood,lies and deceit.

This is a commendable effort from the GUARDIAN.I passed through that road yesterday and it was good.However,there are still some bad portions and I didn't see any contractors in these particular locations.I assume maybe they are still busy on the other sections and will soon get to these places.Overall good job FERMA,good job FED MIN. of WORKS,good job GEJ

nameo: why must it be the international media that is informing us about what is going on in our own railway sector? What of our Local media(Punch, vanguard, guardian, nation, saharareports, leadership, and others)?

Shouldn't our Local media be reporting to us on the progress work on the portharcourt-maiduguri rail line that is presenting ongoing, so we can put the authorities and the contractors on the toes?

I tire for 9ja at times o

That's the terrible situation we have found ourself...the kind of energy and effort SAHARA REPORTERS channel into bringing to light the ills of the government is electrifying.Can't they just channel this same energy towards bringing to our knowledge their 'rights' too..
A whole lot of projects are ongoing ωнεяε this guys should monitor and report what is happening,yet no one does.Projects like the mambilla hydro power plant,portharcourt-enugu-maidugiri rail lines,how have they updated us on the progress of the road recovery projects started in December.
Orubebe just said that almost all of the critical bridges and culvert on the east-west road has been fixed,can't they help to verify this.How about the feasibility studies ƒσя new rail lines can't they track that too.

Like sincerenigerian pointed out,this is one of the numerous way to tackle corruption.Tackling corruption does not just end with prosecuting of convicts.Prevention is also an integral aspect

otokx: i want those who are here telling lies on behalf of FG to whisper to them that no light so that Oga at the top can call NEPA to switch on UNIPORT and perhaps switch off an area tha has been enjoying light.

I wonder if you are really a student.why can't u just use your brain for once.U Ave been educated here on how PHCN works and the appropriate place to channel your complains to.Still u keep on making a fool of yourself here.smh ƒσя our undergraduates these days

@ thelastpope...I want to ask..after this NIPP projects must have been commissioned..who is going to be responsible for managing them?? Will they be privatized like others??

One other thing,after all NIPP projects have been brought on stream,what is the government's plan ƒσя improving generation capacity.I know that work is been done on Mambilla hydro power plant.Are they others like mambilla?
Thanks

asha 80: which one is mbaise ngwa road?i do not think i have ever heard of that road before.i wonder the villages it passes through.

I was also thinking the same tin..I avent heard about that road before,maybe mbaise and ngwa indigenes on this forum can help us out....
Am particularly thrilled with OHAFIA-OSO road,that road crosses tru my village and have suffered tru years of neglect.Also happy with ABiRIBA-OHAFIA-AROCHUKWU road and IKOT EKPENE-ABA-OWERRI road,these roads have been death traps.
God bless GEJ and his cabinet.pray ƒσя more wisdom on them

asha 80: how is owerri to aba road?

Do u mean d road from naze junction in owerri,crossing the imo river bridge to umu ika junction whr it links with enugu-portharcourt expressway??...
If yes then the road is completely smooth thou not dualized..but from umu ika junction(ie enugu-portharcourt expressway) to osisioma in aba is smooth and dualized..nna mehn if u are with a good ride na 2 d cruise my broda...heard its the same from osisioma to ph

[quote author=Okija_juju]Are you sure about the state of that road?!

I swear I have it somewhere at the back of my mind that this road has stopped to exist. Thats why on my last trip to Enugu, I went to Onitsha and then started heading for Enugu which was not only a longer trip, but also had some of the worst roads I have ever driven on (although they were under construction at the time)..

Please reconfirm to me that Enugu - PH road is now okay. Especially the part that cuts through ABA/Abia. Use % okay please and if possible, compare it to another notably good road.

Thanks. [/quote]Very smooth...I passed through that road today...was travelling from owerri to aba

Travelling through enugu-portharcourt expressway ryt now...mehn yet to notice any bad spot..almost all failed portions have been recovered...confirmin wot oda posters have been posting here...kudos GEJ admin

taharqa: MUMU-ish. He rushes in and like the IGNORAMUS and Goon he is, he misspeaks again as is usual.... Which Lagos-Kano Rail Route was built/completed with loans?? The one on which trains are passing now Or the one that Obasanjo IMAGINED that eventuali didnt leave his head? .... How many times now hv I askd you to SHUT ya mouth??

Why bother replying that clown

The same Stanford University’s Professor Joel Brinkley that wrote a
largely incoherent opinion article on Vietnam. Many leading
Vietnamese in the United States and back home in Vietnam
came together, petitioned, countered him and then
demanded that he resign his position at Stanford
University.
One of them called the article 'the most misinformed,
bigoted piece of claptrap on the subject of Vietnam that I
have ever had the displeasure to read"...

See Petition by Vietnamese in America calling from
Professor Brinkley’s resignation from Stanford University
here

https://www.change.org/petitions/professor-joel-brinkley-
stanford-university-resign-from-teaching

Also, the Stanford Vietnamese Student Association came
out to release an Op-Ed in the Stanford Daily, in
solidarity with numerous Stanford university on-campus
organizations where they described Joel Brinkley's article 'A
perversion of the cultural image of Vietnam and an
antithesis to the mission of tolerance that Stanford
University - students and faculty alike- should promote…”

See Op-Ed here http://www.stanforddaily.com/2013/02/08/
op-ed-a-response-to-joel-brinkleys-offensive-article/
Professor Brinkley’s eventually apologized. The apology is
also provided on the petitions page.
One commentator on the Brinkley article, Iain Purdie of
Glasgow, UK stated thus “a man who is unable to research
a small article on a country with volumes of data available
about it is obviously incapable of reliably teaching facts to
students.
At a guess, he is either lazy, opportunistic or
racist – none of which I will find acceptable in a person in
charge of the education of others”. (Culled from the
petition page provided above)

Trumpet Media through which the published article was
syndicated, also offered an apology for the article stating
that the opinion article did not meet ‘their’ journalistic
standards.

Interestingly, maybe we should also say that this is just
the right time for Professor Brinkley to also resign from this
teaching position at Stanford where he is supposed to be
molding minds and building the leaders of tomorrow.

So Professor Brinkley, I hereby join voices with the
Vietnamese students at Stanford and DEMAND that
you RESIGN immediately.

mediainspired: @duality, no matter how mischievous u think some anti-GEJ are getting here on NL, u must also remember that there some truths in them when they become so much. Before u start shifting the blame to the states &LGs, what stops the FG frm publishing the allocation details for the sake of accountability? Then we know who to hold responsible. It's only GEJ &Ngozi that talk about SURE-P to justify their subsidy abracadabra. Mind u, not all anti GEJ sentiments here are by ACN followers or non Niger Deltans. Fact is, this govt's popularity is very, very low.

If you do buy the papers,you will see that both budget releases and sure-p releases are published there as soon as they are released

ewet: You must be a clown.Were monies not allocated for those in the previous budgets and are you cartegorically telling me we couldnt hav railways or the supposed eastwest rd without SURE P?i dnt thnk so.please tell me you are alibaba b4 i start thinking u r trying to outdo GEJ in the act of cluelessness.YOU shuld get the GEJ award for the dumbest ass ever.

I can't recollect calling you or anybody names,so y not challenge my explanations with superior argument.

ewet: You must be a clown.Were monies not allocated for those in the previous budgets and are you cartegorically telling me we couldnt hav railways or the supposed eastwest rd without SURE P?i dnt thnk so.please tell me you are alibaba b4 i start thinking u r trying to outdo GEJ in the act of cluelessness.YOU shuld get the GEJ award for the dumbest ass ever.

I can't recollect calling you names,so y not challenge my explanations with superior argument.

take dat: It is you who needs another brain to make half-wit. There are a lot of christian and muslim casualties on the receiving end of Boko haram's menace, so if some governors decided to donate in order to rehabilitate those affected isn't it a good cause than to give N6million to some sleazy party chiefs for refreshment? So many dunderheads in Nigeria!

Please who was the N200 million APC governors donated handed to and what are modalities for the victims accessing this fund...I missed that part of the news

thelastPope: I feel you. I couldnt help but laugh at the idota who keeps saying GEJ should come and give them light in UNIPORT. Some people are just daft!

The UNIPORT idota is an exam mercenary in uniport.one of those spoiling this country