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Konquest:
You wrote a succinct and brilliant piece up there.

I had nearly the same reactions you had towards the highly IRRESPONSIBLE, less than 7-minutes video that boy named VDM did when I FIRST saw it in my YouTube timeline a few days ago. I DON'T visit his YouTube channel BUT got curious when I saw a recent video of him in Ghana which was laced with heavy disinformation after the Ghanaian authorities rightly implemented the already existing GIPC laws which prohibit ANY foreigner from engaging in wholesale and retail trading at the same time. Retailing is largely exclusive for Ghanaians BUT some in Ghana with origins from the South East of Nigeria and more violated the investment laws of Ghana which have existed since the military era of Busia to engage in wholesale and retailing hence undermining Ghanains economically.

Edo folks of which I have relatives and associates are largely knowledgeable and fight injustice, BUT it's VERY clear that this VDM is NOT a highly educated person. He annoyingly kept on referring WRONGLY to the existing River Ports as "Sea Ports." For those who don't know, and I see many uninformed NL posters here, ANY port which is built along shallow rivers in Nigeria such as the "river Onne," "river Calabar" or "river Niger" is a River Port (Onne Port, Calabar Port, and Onitsha Port are River Ports NOT Sea Ports) while ANY port that is built along any Ocean or Sea such as the Atlantic Ocean is a Sea Port! The Lekki Deep Sea Port qualifies as a true Sea Port. I once read that this VDM was into po*rn movies in the past and this is the same guy some largely misinformed young people are listening to and clapping for? His agenda also shows he's patronizing the Ibos to generate online traffic to his channel BECAUSE a lot of those supporting him and his disinformation blindly on his YouTube channel and this same thread are from the South East of Nigeria.

I had to post a strong constructive message for him and his LARGELY ignorant followers in the comments section of that his channel stating CLEARLY why Lagos State isn't the cause of Nigeria's problems as IRRESPONSIBLY stated by him. INFACT Lagos State has for many decades taken the blows on behalf of Nigeria for the relentless surge of economic migrants from other parts of Nigeria and West Africa with the overstretched infrastructure in Lagos State due to bad governance in those States. Same for Rivers State, Kano State, and the FCT where economic migrants without enough skills flood to from other less-privileged States.

Second, all the existing river ports in Nigeria require expensive annual dredging of the shallow waters which prevents big Ocean-going ships from coming to Calabar, Warri, and other river ports BUT fortunately, the Onne River Port in Rivers State is functioning optimally like you stated. Many maritime experts have stated over the years the major reasons why the "Eastern Ports" have NOT been profitable due to the shallow waters of the rivers which require constant unprofitable DREDGING, to the FACT that big ships find it unprofitable coming to the Eastern Ports since there is an absence of reliable major industries that deal with EXPORTS, hence, the shipping companies want to be able to bring containers of imported goods in and take containers of export goods out of those ports. The brilliant Edo State indigene, Mr. Lucky Amiwere, who is a licensed customs agent and maritime expert stated in one of his newspaper interviews nearly 10 years ago that the Calabar River Port should NEVER have been built by the wasteful Military Government in the late 1970s as part of the Eastern Ports and that it was a "political port." Amiwere further said Calabar River Port can be turned into a fishing port to maximize annual returns. He is indeed very correct BECAUSE the Calabar Port is located in shallow waters that require constant annual dredging which is NOT profitable.

So, from here on out, just like Lagos State has already done through the brilliance and foresight of the current Nigerian President 'Bola Tinubu, who (with Singaporean investors and partners, and the FG) facilitated from the early 2000s the construction of the Lekki Deep Sea Port for a percentage share of the iconic project, the Lekki Free Trade Zone, Ibeju-Lekki, and the Dangote Petrochemical Refinery, among other iconic projects under the Lagos State Master Plan, other States located close to the Atlantic Ocean should partner with Nigerian and foreign investors to construct there own Sea Ports in Ogun, Ondo, Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, and Cross Rivers States.

These are the specifics that the semi-literate called VDM doesn't know about and with some research would have prevented him from looking like a semi-literate. He keeps dabbling into what he knows NOTHING about, such as his recent unsolicited trip to Ghana which has further angered a lot of Ghanaians online and offline [who called for his immediate expulsion from Ghana] with the massive disinformation contained in his crappy videos, to this random, disinformation on Lagos State "monopoly." This youth (VDM) is CLEARLY NOT someone any person who wants genuine economic-based Information should be listening to. He should stick to soft-sell news and gossips for people of his social class instead. "VDM or whatever he calls himself clearly CANNOT give what he doesn't have. Period."

There's another YouTuber from Cameroon who I hear is based in Nigeria named "Ajim" who the Nigerian intelligence agencies MUST keep an eye on because he makes videos knocking the heads of Nigerians with Ghanains and SA cutizens while claiming to be supporting Nigeria. NOBODY asked this Cameroonian who says he's planning to become a Nigerian citizen to do that on behalf of Nigerians. A popular Nigerian female YouTuber ORIGINALLY from Cross Rivers (named Lily Ogini) based in Ghana recently EXPOSED this same "Ajim" Cameroonian guy in her recent video with concrete evidence showing he is being sponsored by a female and people with secessionist and anti-Ghana and anti-SA ideologies.

Thank you for further insights into this topic. Ironically, I also made reference to Onne as a Sea Port instead of a River Port; I've taken note of the appropriate term.

You're right about Calabar River Port - it's largely comatose as a result of lack of dredging as well as legal bottlenecks impeding investments.

I also have to add after reading your detailed and well-informed response that instead of carpeting Lagos all the time, people like VDM (never seen a young Nigerian so passionate yet highly ignorant & basking in their ignorance) should instead be praising the state for shouldering the responsibilities of the other irresponsible state governments.

Truth is, if a minimum two states in each geo-political zone got their acts together, the pressure on Lagos would reduce drastically.

Dangote Refinery is situated in a Free Trade Zone - precisely, Lekki FTZ and as such, they’re right to assert that they’re “not in Nigeria” within the legal framework tied to FTZs.

Having said that, NUPENG (and other trade unions) should stop this practice of holding the entire country to ransom over disputes with individuals/and or corporate entities.

Dangote Refinery Drivers have a right to join relevant union of their choosing just as they’ve the right to refuse to unionize; if NUPENG is alleging that Dangote is forcing its drivers not to join a union, it has to provide concrete proof of that instead of crying wolf where there’s none.

A man spent his hard earned money to purchase 10,000 CNG-powered trucks, employ drivers & “train” them with salaries and other benefits (HMO, mortgage, loans, group insurance etc) yet one union out of the blues wants to bring the nation to its knees over membership of those drivers in NUPENG.

Methinks that a referendum (closed one) closely monitored by officials of NUPENG, DIL, DSS, Federal Ministry of Labour, CSOs, etc. should be conducted among the drivers to know who wants to be a part of NUPENG and who doesn’t (the majority outcome of such an exercise should be respected by all parties so that this matter can be laid to rest once and for all.

EngineerOloye:
Thanks o... Cause when I mentioned I had made choices in the past to import through Onne, it was as if I was lying to some.

Well said, Engineer! What informed your decision to import through Onne? How was the experience? You may just be re-educating someone out here who still thinks no port outside of Lagos is functioning. Better yet, if you wrote a post about it on NL, can you help quote it so you don’t have to start writing about it all over again.
Thank you!

EngineerOloye:
In general, we as a people have a long way to go! We never own our problems but aggregate them to an oppressive President somewhere in Abuja! The one presidenting your state and immediate environment, you no look am! The LGC affecting your day to day reality, you ignore am... Follow everyone dey shout President A, or B or C. Yes Presidents matter, but what about those presiding over your immediate reality in your state, state assembly and LGAs?
Elections coming, the only person you are planning to vote in or vote out is the president, but look at the bunch of ¢*+-! * we have as Senators, House of Reps, and even house of assembly speakers, and so on! If you want to pluck a fruit that's out of reach, is it not wisdom to start pulling the lower branches it is connected too wey your hand fit touch?

Let's influence the lower politics to get credible folks in and someday we will have big names who also have big hearts for the people at the topmost top!

Election's are coming... Do what you will with this info

You know, the average Nigerian voter has been programmed to believe his problem is inside Aso Rock, meanwhile, that’s just a small part of the problem.

Enugu, Abia, Imo, Ekiti, Ogun and Anambra just to mention a few, are redefining leadership in their respective states by providing good and purposeful leadership (based on media reports) in their own unique ways and their citizens are happy as a result of what those governors are doing.

In essence, while it’s good to put an eye on the person occupying Aso Rock, it’s more important to pay closer attention to what the states and LGAs are doing (case in point is Lagos. See the type of projects those guys are commissioning? Some state governors can’t even compare.)

Lol when you hear “crack (team of ) detectives” just know they’re about to bungle the entire probe.
Too many leaks in the system that they can’t successfully carry out discreet probe of suspects without leaking to the press.

E be like PBAT na French Intel asset, not CIA as his naysayers claim because what's his obsession with France & Macron since becoming President?
Anyways, can't deny he looks good & bubbly in these photos.

Gerrard59:
Thank you for your post.

Onne port is geared towards exports, especially from the north east and oil products. Ibom Port in Akwa Ibom is yet to be approved by the federal government even after Udom Emmanuel persisted to ensure it happened. Meanwhile, the Ibom Port area has a natural deep-sea bed. It does not need dredging. On the other hand, Calabar Port cannot work unless it is completely dredged.

Your response provides further insight into the status of the Eastern Ports. However, a check on the official website of the IDSP indicates FG approval has been granted with the project currently at Full Business Case & procurement stage, albeit it's taking time; hopefully, it doesn't drag on or remain at that stage for too long. See here >> https://www.idsp.ak.gov.ng/ibom-deep-sea-port-project-status.php
As for Calabar Ports, I think there's a court case (or even multiple cases) due to contract issues that has stalled progress on its dredging or functionality.

Gerrard59:
I do agree he has a sinister agenda, but we have divergent reasons for thinking so. Surprisingly, he never mentioned that Port Harcourt and Kano airports received international flights. He is being dishonest. The Nigerian economy cannot even support more than the current international airports.

Exactly! MAKIA for instance receives high volume of air travelers & cargoes especially to and from Arab nations yet, it's still not deemed viable.

Lol. With all the “Aje Sara” during his kingship initiation rites, can’t he just “disappear” from wherever he’s jailed and then appear in his palace?
Please, don’t pay me any heed. Na too much Nigerian films wey I don watch fuel dis my crazy imagination.

The headline is somewhat misleading especially as many people won’t watch before commenting.

What Isaac Fayose said is the truth! You can’t champion “WA-ZO-BIA” or scream “one Nigeria” then deliberately sideline one leg of the tripod (Igbo) upon which this country stands when it comes to political leadership.

Since 1999, the baton of leadership of Nigeria has been passed between Yoruba (and for a brief moment of 5years, Ijaw) & Fulani at the expense of the Igbo (while power isn’t served on a platter nor given cheaply, it can be negotiated under the right circumstances).

It’s such a shame that this even has to be restated to people who are purportedly educated, have a phone and access to internet.
Onne Port is active and receives cargoes (maybe not in the same frequency as Apapa and Tin Can) with some of the largest container ships to ever sail Nigerian waters, berthing there.
If it’s not being patronized regularly like Apapa or Tin Can, I don’t see how that’s Lagos’ fault especially when it’s not like the Ports in Lagos have lower or cheaper port fees than Onne.
Funny enough, since inception, of the 27 GMs/MDs of NPA since inception, only two people of Yoruba origins have headed the place in substantive capacity; the rest are mostly northerners, few Southsoutherners or Southeasterners (I just had to state this regrettably because some people may ignorantly believe Yorubas deliberately gave Lagos Ports undue advantage over other Ports and also because NPA is the constitutionally recognized body solely responsible for giving approvals for Ports establishment, operations and management among others)

Baselm:
There is no ship that berths at Apapa that cannot berth at Onne. Onne port is working fine and ships are berthing there. What is stopping Rivers state?

Omenlon:
Which state is this Man from, Edo. Delta,? Someone should remind him how Delta State was in the 80s to 90s. Some many functioning companies scattered across Bendel State, Bendel brewing, Delta Glass, NPA ( old and new) shell PLc, chevron. Agip oil. Halliburton, Texaco, Warri refinery and petrochemical, Delta steel complex, sapele sawmill, ugheli glass etc which they crippled with their perennial communal crisis and successive bad govts. This guy needs a little bit tutorial before he continue disgracing himself with ignorance.

It’s the audacity in ignorance for me. A little research of < 10minutes would’ve cured him of his ignorance but I guess he knows his audience and knows how to finger their brains.

Tbh, I tried my best to listen/watch this video with a balanced perspective and after enduring the ignorant & even sinister takes about Lagos by VDM for 5 minutes, I just had to stop there for my sanity.

First of all, whatever “privileges” or opportunities that abound in Lagos aren’t because a former governor of the State & a Yoruba man is President today; those perceived privileges far predate his tenure as Nigeria’s President. As obvious as this is, I just had to restate it because there are too many ignorant & too proud to learn/or read people on the internet today.

Secondly, blaming Lagos for the perceived privileges the state enjoys is probably the most flimsiest excuse for daft, incompetent and visionless governors that have governed other states in the country at least, since 1999. Lagos has in the last decade provided a conducive atmosphere and the resources for private investors to invest in the state via the Lekki Deep Sea Port. The Badagry Deep Sea Port is already being set in motion (also to be financed majorly by private sector). What have the Governors of Akwa Ibom (the Ibom Deep Sea Port is still a mirage), Delta, Rivers, Ondo & Cross River done to attract investors to develop Sea Ports in their states? Just recently, we heard Alh. Aliko Dangote announce that he’ll soon break ground for the largest Sea Port in Nigeria in Ogun State; that’s what visionary leadership does.

Thirdly, the last time I checked, the Calabar (Cross River) & Onne (Rivers State) Ports are functional especially the latter which has consistently berthed some of the largest vessels ever in Nigerian ports https://www.thecable.ng/onne-port-berths-largest-cargo-vessel-second-time-in-3-months/ (this was 2024. There are more of such vessels berthing there as far back 2020) and this next report is as recent as April 2025 https://businessday.ng/maritime/article/onne-port-receives-largest-container-ship/ if importers choose to receive their imports through Lagos (when the Eastern Sea Ports esp Onne is active and receiving cargoes), how’s this Lagos’ fault especially as the same people keep complaining about how chaotic Lagos Ports (Apapa and Tin Can especially) can be? What has stopped successive governors of Akwa Ibom State especially from going ahead with making the Ibom Deep Sea Port a reality considering its very huge economic potentials?

Fourthly, saying Nigeria needs at least 18 international airports is the height of ignorance and yet, Lagos is to be blame. Pray tell, aside from Lagos and Abuja (and probably Kano and Port Harcourt international airports), which other airports are economically viable? Do they’ve the commerce, population, conducive environment or even economy to support international flights? For someone who has traveled within and outside the country by air, I’m actually surprised VDM could make such an ignorantly bold assertion. Even the states that have airports for domestic flights, how viable have they been? Remember how the only airline at the time (Air Peace) was flying to Kaduna consistently but had to stop after Bandits almost succeeded in hijacking or attacking one of their aircrafts? If states don’t tackle the issues of insecurity head on and citizens of such states actively and tacitly support those threatening security, how’s that Lagos’ fault? Or you think international airlines don’t receive security briefings about active flash points of violence? The decision to fly from any particular airport anywhere in the world is solely the responsibility of the airline and I don’t see how or why Lagos has to be the scape goat as if they put a gun to the heads of the owners of the international carriers to fly into and out of Lagos or risk getting shot dead!

This video by VDM smells like an agenda (like something sinister is brewing underneath) and Lagos is the target. Aside listening to what he said in the video, I also listened for what he wasn’t saying - if he had made this video when PMB (God Rest his soul) was President, it would’ve been somewhat “ok” but doing this at a time when some northern political elite especially are crying over the perceived imbalance of project sites in favour of Lagos is bad timing. He also had to use the same video (where he blamed Lagos as holding back Nigeria) to encourage the call for Biafra? Lagos and Biafra in the same sentence? Nah, I can smell an agenda from a mile away and VDM is being used (knowingly or unknowingly) to push that agenda.

Lol. Two can play that game. Something that required a political & diplomatic solution, she took it to court.
Now, all the parties have to wait till the court puts the matter to rest.
What this means is that if the Appeal Court judgment doesn't favor the Senate, it'll appeal further to the Supreme Court and only heavens know how long that'll take.
On the flip side, if the Appeal Court judgment favors the Senate, it then means Sen. Natasha may have to take the matter further to the Supreme Court or abide by whatever pronouncements the appellate court makes (in other words, she will forego her rights to appeal to the highest court/final arbiter) just so that she can resume duties in the upper chambers.
If she takes the latter steps, it becomes a judicial precedent; she has succeeded in boxing herself into a tight corner.

God bless President Donald Trump Jr.
God bless the United States of America 🇺🇸

Weird how the witch cried through the night and then the child died in the morning.

May the souls of the dead rest in perfect peace.

Politics is a dirty game! With this scathing response to the former governor by the KDSG, I would expect the deputy governor to Gov. Uba Sani (who also was deputy to Mal. Nasir El-rufai when he was governor) to tender her resignation.

Whatever this statement accuses the immediate past governor of, the current deputy governor was a part of it & can't be exonerated yet she's sitting comfy watching the government she's currently a part of, year apart the past government she was actively a part of.

Indeed, politicians lack any iota of shame, integrity and principles.

biremi:
My dear you don't understand the community you are discussing
If you have any friends or relative from either Afikpo or Uwana or Okposi or Akpoha or better still the Edda people themselves that are the neighbors to this particular community,
Ask the person about the Amasiri people
Do some little research about their relationship with their neighbors
You will know that as far as land is concerned, they are very aggressive
You can't take a pinch of their land and go scourge free
They don't even mind the fg
Just do your research
The Edda people must have encroached to receive such treatment
Even the herders avoid that community
Ask even the herders they will tell you chilling encounters with that community if that herder you ask was part of the encounter

Thanks for bringing this interesting perspective to my attention; I actually didn't know the history of the communities involved.

Nonetheless, I wish an alternative dispute resolution was explored instead of resorting to bloodshed.

It's well.

LOL. Sen. Marafa - just like others before him - saw that he'd lost out in the power play. While most of the grievances he listed are genuine, his major grouse stems mostly from the fact that no crumbs from the political table trickled down to him. He should quickly run to ADC to test his political might there & perhaps, he may just find what is missing that he's looking for.

God forgive me! Dunno why I started laughing after I read “armed warriors”. You can deploy your so-called armed warriors to invade & kill your own “brothers” but you can’t deploy the same men of war to fish out & eject marauding herdsmen from your communities; why are we like this?

We use/deploy our strength in the wrong areas whereas the area where that same strength is needed, is neglected.

Lol. If delusion were a person. Imagine the audacity to make demands for something from a place of weakness.

smtx:
Even with the brutality of General Abacha's regime, we can acknowledge that some positive things happened. The Reverend's point about significant improvements in Kaduna is valid. However, while Kaduna may have improved, security has deteriorated in places like Benue and other states. Should we celebrate these isolated gains when we need to push for more until our major problems are solved?

Of course, not to your last question. We're still very far away from crossing the finish line however, my point was specifically to the interview (the snippet that's uploaded to this news) between Mr. Rufai Oseni and Bishop Kukah.

While Oseni was trying to insinuate that there's nothing (at all) to be +ve about, the Most Reverend begged to disagree and I was only giving my own two cents as to why he may not have agreed with the AriseTV man.

That said, amid the gloom and doom, we (now, it's okay for anyone to see nothing but negativity all around them just as it shouldn't be a problem for anyone to see and talk about the positives around them) shouldn't lose sight of some of the glimmer of hope here & there.

I wish him safely returned and unharmed from his abductors.

I would want to add something else but I'll wait till the picture of this purported abduction becomes clearer, more information emerges and this saga over.

Most won't understand the direction Bishop Kukah is coming from.

For the first time in a very long time, his people (the Southern Kaduna people) have not been subjected to killing sprees by the Fulani jihadists or destruction of their farmlands and raping of their women.

For the first time in a very very long time, Southern Kaduna people have secured the attention of the FG in terms of healthcare (for the first time ever, they now have a FMC), education (for the first time ever, they now have a federal university headed by one of their own, Prof. (Arc) Barnabas Qurix) , appointments (notably, CDS Chris Musa) and so on....

Even if the entire Nigeria says the current admin (at both state and FG level) has done nothing for them, no sane person of Southern Kaduna descent will re-echo such a claim because they've never had it so good like they're currently having it thanks to Gov. Uba Sani & President Bola Tinubu.

So, yeah, Bishop Kukah won't sit down for a TV interview where anyone would say they can't see anything good about this admin & he'll keep quiet. No way!

The game is the game! It’s as simple as that!

A simple Google search would’ve helped cure your ignorance by the way but hey, you’re welcome.

This is from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

https://nannews.ng/2023/08/21/why-tinubu-assigned-ministry-of-solid-minerals-to-me-alake/

kedeojo:
So you were with Tinubu when dele alake called and requested to be assigned ministry of solid minerals. The confidence some of you have when lieing is so alarming. Carrier of fake news everywhere.

If there's any one ministry that has a very huge potential (to the country, its people & those in charge should they want to be greedy) yet stays under the radar, it is the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development.

We've been focused for many years on the so-called "juicy" ministries that we failed to realize that whoever heads this very important ministry can orchestrate multi-million dollar theft & go unnoticed just because the spotlight isn't on them: this is the ministry responsible for our gold, tin, coal, lithium, bitumen, limestone, iron ore and uranium deposits etc.

Under official cover, a Minister with stealing tendencies can coordinate the diversion and theft of several kilograms of gold and sell on the black market without much noise.

Noticed how Mr. Dele Alake (a media man) is hardly in the news (remember, he specifically requested PBAT to hand him this ministry)? Man is just busy doing his work without any media attention.

When you hear a Nigerian politician say things like "I'm not desperate...", just know that one is the most desperate of all especially when he is Alh. Atiku Abubakar, GCON.

If you're not desperate, Sir can you just confirm it to us by pulling your weight behind Peter Obi or publicly declaring before a world press conference that you'll run and should you win, won't stay in office for more than one term irrespective of your constitutional right to seek a second term?

It's either Atiku is diabolically desperate that he still wants to contest for Presidency of Nigeria after a record 5th unsuccessful attempt or there's something he knows about Peter Obi that the rest of us don't know of that won't make him support the former Anambra governor.

I agree with Prof. Kperogi. I found it sickening that some PBAT/APC supporters joined the train to mock Peter Obi over his son's sexual preferences or otherwise.

I mean, there are a thousand and one things you can use as political banter but dragging your opponent's children (especially when they're adults) into the fray is not worth it.

If they (Obidients or whoever) did/do it, two wrongs don't make a right.

I really hope we can get over arguments based on personalities and focus on the real issues.

Expect another press release from Sheik Ahmad Gumi very soon.

As it were, Alh. Atiku Abubakar stands a better chance picking Ike Ekweremadu (who's serving jail term in the UK) as his running mate for 2027 than picking Peter Obi as his running mate.

I won't say more than that.

Nigeria’s economy has been reduced to the price of rice and other food staples in the market that’s why even with this data staring us in the face, some people won’t still believe that the successive administrations since 2015 faced difficult times.

For e.g under GEJ, Nigerian crude oil in the int’l market sold for an average of $99/barrel over a 5year period yet, without any significant investment in infrastructural renewal, our FX reserves were heavily depleted. As if that wasn’t enough, that administration was taking foreign loans mostly to pay salaries and settle other recurrent expenditures.

Under PMB (now late), his administration for most parts of it saw crude oil being sold for average of $58.3/barrel over 8yrs. Not to mention that his administration faced COVID that many nations of the world are still reeling in its aftermath effect over 5yrs later.

Yet, that administration with all its faults and “poor” handling of the economy, embarked on a massive infrastructural drive like never before seen in our history for decades. Is it the massive investments in our armed forces? The completion of the Abuja-Kaduna & Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri SGR? Man successfully delivered the Lagos-Ibadan SGR from start to finish; the Second Niger Bridge from start to finish; new airport terminals in PH, Kano, Abuja, Lagos and so many other legacy projects too numerous to mention. Of course, many of these projects were realizable due to loans as well but because of the way the economy was handled, many Nigerians still viewed his administration as a disaster due to how prices of goods and services skyrocketed.

Same thing is playing out now under PBAT that while the numbers show the economy is stabilizing (just like Dr. NOI of the WTO affirmed with the advise for more effective measures to be put in place to cushion the effects of the administration’s policies), the effects of those +ve stats are yet to be felt by majority of Nigerians.

The current admin has been able to increase our FX reserves even amidst paying off some inherited loans/debts in billions of $$ but until the prices of food commodities, cost of transportation & cost of living in general is brought down to a reasonable level, all these stats will just be flying over the heads of Nigerians.

Like, I can't even believe that these things have to be explained...

casualobserver:
please tell them! what he is doing is destruction of public property! It is a crime! We have too many ignrant Ngerians. For instance, even if you are the one who bought a transformer, the minute it is handed to the Electricity company, you cant touch it.


"In Nigeria, the destruction of public property is considered a criminal offense with severe penalties. The Criminal Code Act and the Penal Code (Northern States) Federal Provisions Act outline various provisions addressing vandalism and damage to public assets. These laws stipulate imprisonment terms and/or fines for individuals who unlawfully destroy, damage, or deface public property.
Key Provisions and Penalties:

Wilful Destruction/Damage:
Any person who unlawfully destroys or damages public property is guilty of an offense.

Specific Examples:
This includes acts like removing or defacing public property, damaging railway lines, electric power lines, or structures on public highways.
Penalties:
Conviction can result in imprisonment for varying terms, potentially up to 21 years, depending on the nature and severity of the offense and the type of property involved. For instance, damaging a building owned by the government could lead to a sentence of up to 14 years.

This is probably the administration that allows anything goes otherwise, this work VDM (as commendable and life-saving as it is) is doing and some actions he has taken since arriving Auchi, are enough to land him in prison after being tried in court, of course.

You don’t go preventing a legal entity and perhaps Nigeria’s highest tax paying company’s trucks from plying a road because of the unwholesome actions of some of its employees on the road. You also as a private citizen, don’t have the rights to “work” or carry out any form of alteration to a federal road without necessary permits just because you’ve the resources to or have a messianic complex.

Even state governments that are subnationals don’t touch federal roads no matter how terrible they’re (even if they’re death traps) without first receiving permission from FG but hey, it’s VDM; he’s allowed to do anything that seems populist even though he maybe breaking the laws while at it.