₦airaland Forum

hi mekusoil,
a pity we're not always online at the same time because then we would have a more fruitful discussion, however we have to make the best of what we have.

the issue of the EFCC and the anti-curruption crusade by this administration indeed leaves much to be desired. chief bode george and his indictment in NPA contract scam as a case study clearly casts muds on the so called campaign. there are several others like him, eg anenih, uba, etc and the powers that be are looking the other way. untill these individuals are brought to book, everyone will continue to see the EFCC as a weapon created by govt to punish opposition.(which is not far from the truth)
our educational sector, particularly our universities (like you rightly pointed out) is in total rot, the only silver lining appears to be recent influx of private participation, the drawback however is that it is beyond the reach of the average man. the high monetary cost of acquiring a university education via private ones put paid to that.
it is therefore heart-breaking to see our money freely exchanging hands just so one man can remain in power for another four years, when such could be used to address some of the problems in the federal universities.
i am curious here, perhaps you could help me out brother, what do you think will happen to the money given to senators to vote for the third term now that it failed. will it be returned?

i'd like to get further clarification on this below.

mekusoil:
A relatively economically fulfilled legislature is more likely to be a help than a hindrance to progress.

what do ou think of our legislature? are they economically fulfilled and is this theory true where they are concerned?

alright. i understand now. thanks.

i know liverpool are also reds.

total eclipse of the heart - bonnie tyler

No spikelord, mourinho isnt leaving yet.
he was just saying that at some point in the season he felt like packing up and going but he didnt. and he wont, not just yet.

kola, how did you conclude he is talking about liverpool?
when he said reds he could have meant Man United.(thats what methinks, sha) they are the red devils, remember?
so toshman which is your club?

there is a side effect to this which could turn out to be more of a problem than discomforts of a period.
tochi, your situation like a few others like yourself is perfectly understood but what i cant begin to fathom is the idea of stopping it just for pleasure.
there are definetely side effects to deal with later.

my take.

you're right my sister.

you clearly mis-understood my comments.
i said yes, i agree with you that it is madness for one man to think he alone has the formula for greatness again for our dear nation.
you were wrong to assume that i was sad that the senate killed third term. very wrong. if you were here on this forum before the third term saga really got hot, then you would have known what my stand is.
i have posted severally on this board that third term spells doom for nigeria's democracy. how can one man in power manipulate the whole nation? so when we spoke decisively that we believe in democracy, i rejoiced. however i knew the death of third term isnt the end of our problems, a victory, yes, but the begining of another kind of problem.

i also said that that i believe in the reforms of this govt because i think they are good.
you have gone on to list all the demerits of this administrations and i quite agree with you that indeed if we look at his scorecard(as marked by the average nigerian)
we would say he hadnt scored 100%. i also state that he hasnt scored 0% either.
the rot that is our nation today didnt start yesterday and no magic wand can make it disappear in a moment.
there has to be the gradual process of rebuilding which i think this govt is sincerely doing.

everything you have said about EFCC and its use in "witch-hunting" i agree with you totally.
you posted as if am on the other side while in actual fact i think we are on the same side. except perhaps you don't believe this administration has done anything right.
if that is the case then we differ on that point.

i believe that as a nation we are on the right track and if we keep at it then we'll get out of this present duldrums we find ourselves in but if we abandon this process now then we'll be worse off and all this "pains of healing" we are enduring now would be a total waste.
there is still hope for this country.

@ wormed up,
would you have done it? no seriously. would you have done it?
just curious.

for me one of the most outstanding in recent times was nigeria - cameroun at tunisia 2004.
another game that is outstanding for me though i hate to remember is the game against italy in usa '94.

some of us are mixing up things here, the topic says super eagles,
the dream team that won the olympic gold were not super eagles, folks.

@ gidig,
i find your comments here quite interesting and i tend to flow along this line of reasoning as well.

gidig:
I don't think that with kinds of changes that are taking place now, that someone of her stature will be stopped from getting there.She has paid her dues but according to report this morning on This day newspaper,the presidency may be  going to the South south and the two people being considered are Victor Odili and Donald Duke.

In my last post, I wrote about the vidictiveness of Baba Iyabo.The core north that opposed his thrid term essentially will lose out and to silence them, it will be one of those dark horses that Nigerians know have done very well that will be favourable to the Media.I may be wrong but I think it is not impossible.Odili is onlt the initail consideration.The candiday may swing any way.REmemeber that until Ken Nnamani showed courage,this government had no back up plan.No candidate was in line.

And Mrs Okonjo Iweala will be a candidate or she will play a role in choosing who should go from the economic team.That foreign reserve by the way will be an issue in deciding the next president.It will knock most of the front runners now out and the media may back the choice of someone close to the economic team.Someone whose performnace was not the result of his political ability but performance.

Most of them in PDP leadership know that it is over and we hope that like Samson, Obasanjo will help pull the house down on every one of them who thought they can hold this country to ransome.

however, i am not clear on how you think the foreign reserve will be issue in deciding the next president.
what exactly do u mean?

the words highlighted in bold above in your quote is one of my ernest prayers for this country.

@ seun,
i knew you would come up with something like this.
progress, you tag this? time will tell.
soon man wont need to use the penis to pass out urine anymore, we wont need to use anus to pass out faeces, imagine, no one needs to fart anymore, ever.
perhaps we wont even need to eat.
what a wonderful life man would soon have. we'll get there.

, i'm just hearing about this for the first time ever, so thanks zahymaka.
i agree completely with you guys.
i know that there's definetely going to be a side effect to this, i mean where does all the period go? somethings is got to give somehow, and the body will tell the story someday.
people should stop messing with nature this way.
like scorpio said, its buying pleasure today to pay back with pain tomorrow.

WHAT? IBB,
i cant believe my eyes! no, no dont tell me its true.
oh , he's cheating on me. oh oh u uh uh uh
i just cant believe this. someone pls wake me up.

@ IBB,
lol
no i didnt burn down the house. ( how u de?)
i'm over the disappointment, we live to fight another day.

hi mekusoil,
well my comments are quite simple.
i quite agree with most of your comments and i re-emphasize the fact that it is madness for anyone to suggest that in a population of over 130 million people in Nigeria it will be hard to find to find one candidate to step in to the shoes of OBJ and carry on with the good reforms.
however, it is hard to tell whether such a candidate will be able to able to survive our harsh political climate. i think these might be one the fears obj might have had(just my view though) else he'd have done the most reasonable thing any sane man would do and that is to groom a successor.
now i say this because most of the names been touted around lately seems to be names of technocrats, hardly politicians.
for them to be put forward in the first place will depend largely on the bigwigs of nigerian politics, one of whom is interested in returning to power.
our votes have never counted before and unless a miracle happens i dont see it counting this time around.

my take on these guys.

i took note of jackal when nightrider was on war path with him. found his language bad but he's polished up his act and posts quite brilliantly nowadays.
although i hate it when he starts on arsenal

hurcusson; i first noticed him because of his attacks on arsenal fans. first impression of him was bad, was actually pissed off but i've come to appreciate his presence here. i enjoy his comments.(sometimes)

4play, a die hard man u fan i think, foul-mouthed, though very funny sometimes if i ignore the fact that its arsenal fans he's[i] yabbing[/i].

grizzly, my favourites amongst the arsenal haters. very active, funny in a cool sort of way. he did a great job on the CL final in pics. (although, thats only because he won a lot of dough) , never attacks persons. love him a lot.

though nightrider's name isnt up there but i love him, he's objective most of the time, (except when it bothers on issues concerning henri i think  
i enjoy reading his posts all the time.

priscillia,
now for a lady who only started watching football just this season, i must say you've done well for yourself. your knowledge of the game is increasing at atronomical rate.
i admire you. (sometimes i wonder if you are in the military, though)

to all gunners here, pie1ect, nightrider, skintite, la viva, mukina, gunner, priscillia, ababoy, viera, sir kay, vichel, etc. there so so many of us here, fact is, we rule Nairaland  
peace and much love.

@ kola,
, so you wan still marry another one? how many are you gunning for?

mekusoil:
: Would the existing political parties be willing to put such candidates forward?

and will our votes count? this time

mekusoil:
Well, it is time to face the future. Unless the likes of Ahmadu Ali and Ibrahim Mantu decide to ferment more mischief, we are destined to have a new face in Aso Rock in 2007. My earnest plea is that all Nigerians would unite and shun ethnic sentiments and see it as a patriotic duty to choose a responsible, honest, intelligent and progressive leader. One that would address the damage caused by decades of military misrule and take the country to greater heights. Does such a person exist? Certainly, In a country with over 130,000,000 people, it beggars belief that there would not be a few worthy leaders. The question at hand is this: Would the existing political parties be willing to put such candidates forward? We shall just have to wait and see.

i couldnt agree more with you, here.

i am a[b] centrist.[/b]
personal score 40%
economic score 60%

wormedup:
u might want to come home now.

ha ha ha

@ teeroy,
what was that? ,
and where have you been?

where's chxta as well? i want to see his take on the game.
come to think of it, where's swish, ababoy and pie1ect?
i miss you guys here.

@ k2,
that was so funny. oh
boniface, what a name! ha ha ha ha, just cant seem to stop.

@ kola,
you had better not, else,

@ akolawole,
yeah be very thankful.

wow! all that betting? is that healthy? nevermind
you hate henry? why?
what if by chance os something, he moves to chelsea? what then? you'd abandon chelsea?

hi grizzly,
at last we have it out that you've been losing big time betting against the gunners,
ahah, i think i understand your hatred now, the gunners were almost making you bankrupt. its clearer now. oh i see.

no wonder you were in a frenzy last night after barca won. no wonder, posting and posting. good for you.
i'm over the pain, after all its only football , abi?

i'm not a betting person, so i didnt take your advice. too bad.

@ 4-play
alright, all offence forgiven.
but arsenal fans are the best here in naija and anywhere else in the world for that matter whether you believe it or not.

*arsenal fans are NOT in sanitoriums. you've got to modify that as well.*

@ grizzly, my initial sentiments exactly, but then remembered that we are not all the same.
thanks. brother.

4-play, i wanted to ignore you but had second thoughts.

.
i do not like your comments so i'd appreciate it if you you'd retract them.

do i respond to you?
i dont think so!