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This means the US army in Iraq are terrorists because they have deliberately targeted iraqi civillians.

pls don't compare the actions of individual US soldiers(who were tried by the way) to the whole US army.

instead of talking about it, do something about it. the article hardly says anything about how this can be achieved.

they are both playing a political game. it isn't one-sided. how is she desperate when she has more delegates than obama at this point??

this is like comparing cancer to aids.

why isn't he being tried in a war crimes tribunal??

some ANC strikes were against restaurants which are considered civillian centers. the ANC did abandon millitant attacks after it realized how ineffective they were.

those questions should have been asked while he was campaigning. this is one of the things wrong with nigeria's "electoral" system

I surely don't mind being born into poverty. You certainly don't know how many poor children end up as famous World leaders.

you certain don't know how many more children continue the cycle of poverty. it's one thing to have a family but it's another to have a family u can't take care of.

Your knowledge base is becoming more questionable. You're speaking as if you're totally unaware of the Jefferson principles about human ingenuity.

lol who cares about thomas jefferson. we are talking about overpopulation here.

looks impressive.

the country was already in ruins before the sanctions. mugabe made a stupid move by chasing out the white farmers without replacements. idi amin made the same move with asian traders. see where uganda and zimbabwe are today.

Ojukwu is a general with the defunct biafran army but a Lt.Col in the nigerian army. he wasn't a distinguished or smart commander by robert lee.

From a governmental point of view, people are better resources than minerals. It's for the govt. manager to organize and utilize all human resources.

no productive citizens are better than resources.lots of nigerians don't have the avenue to use their talents.

Once again, Nigeria today is more industrialized than 1600 Britain!!!!!!

this is 2008, i bet even zimbabwe or congo is more industrialized that 1600 britain. ur standards are very low.

The earlier we see a need to contribute tour our dear country, and not look for what we can get from her the better.

u have to control ur population to contribute effectively. i guess u don't mind kids being born into poverty.

mugabe should beg those whites to come back lol. gosh he ruined this countries economy.

Large population is always a blessing, but it's left for a government to learn how to utilize everyone of them, that is the real task of a good government. All your arguement is based on the false premise that there would always be something to share, ie oil.

large population isn't always a blessing. if it was, go ask the lower caste in india or the countryside residents of china. go ask them how believe their life is. plain and simple, smaller countries like norway(an oil producing nation by the way) and denmark have advantages over overblown countries like bangladesh and nigeria.

Nigeria's resources- both human and natural are advantages that can't be turned into a disadvantage, because of mismanagement.

u keep talking about human advantage, what human advantages are there if most of the population is unskilled and barely educated. what good is a country of zombies. u think a country of that many people would easily find good managers and not illiterates in the army.

I don't know the level of your education, but the issue of over population was answered 200 years ago during the industrial revolution by Adam Smith.

and what makes u think nigeria is an industrialized nation.

You're on the wrong side of this arguement, because there is no cake to share in Nigeria.

there is cake in nigeria, our per-capita income is just so low due to many nigerian citizens

A large population helps tax base, manpower, and resources, please redirect your energy on how Nigeria will improve, not how to decrease the population. We're post-industrial age for goodness sake.

you don't get it, do you?? you can't progress with an overblown population. lots of sub-saharran africans below the age of 21 aren't employed. how do u expect them to pay tax. the large size of nigeria is more of a burden than a blessing. family planning should be emphasized and we seriously need more sex education and contraceptive distribution. what manpower does a large population create if most of the population is unskilled and uneducated? a large population actually exploit more of a country's resources. even the US is having issues paying social security to baby boomers that have begun to retire. poor people shouldn't be having kids they can't take care.

Good economic managers don't see large population as a disadvantage- see USA, Germany, China, India. It's only in Nigeria that people are blaming over reproduction for the nation's woes.

lol what are u talking about, have u heard of the one child per family policy in china?? in india, only new delhi and a few other cities are developed. the chinese countryside where many people live is underdeveloped. yes we have poor management. but management is harder when u have too many people to feed.

anyone that goes into politics should expect their personal lives and character to be criticized. how can u run a country if u can't get ur family together. don't like the amebo's? then don't go into politics.

My Wind answer is to your claim that wind can not provide energy that can power a nation and the answer to that is NO. The wind has enough energy to power a Nation. Will a nation want to use wind energy Alone to power itself, that is another debate. Please read my answers to understand what I mean.

i never said wind can't provide enough energy for a nation just not as much as Nuclear or Hydro IMO. we are going in circles here.

In africa, waiting for government to give rebates on renewables will sort of be the same as waiting for government to provide you energy needed to power your business which depends on it.

i guess this is an issue of big or small government. i believe african governments have to provide more opportunities for small business to suceed. given out loans or tax rebates is a bright idea that would help. no one said we should wait for the government but many nigerians can't do it on their own.

The People hardly get all the AIDs money they are supposed to get. Renewable in Nigeria might run the average user the same it would his generator and many trips to get diesel woul

the key is MIGHT, we can't be so sure.

Advantage in this case is that pollution is greatly reduced and it is in the long run cheaper than using a generator considering how much it costs to keep it running on a daily basis, even for only 12 hours a day.

yes it is cheaper and safer in the long run but the main issue is that most nigerians can't affect the short term costs. this is where government assistance comes in. i guess it's 2 much to expect a government to create a safety blanket for it's people

it is not necessary, u can equally love someone without marrying them. the ring doesn't make a difference

someone get's it. what's great about having a boatload on babies on a feed the children infomerical

although u are exaggerating the benefits of weeds(curing terminal diseases lol). it indeed needs to be legalized.

Like I said earlier, the wind has enough energy to power a nation if the nation wants to use it. Putting a wind mill in every forest is a whole other argument.

i don't like the idea of only using wind but i guess that's where we disagree.


Is the Nigerian government giving tax credits to the people who are now spending almost the same amount using generators to power their houses?? I don't believe of all the people in Nigeria who I know today who use solar to power their houses, I know of any who has received tax credit for installing such and I do not think any one of them is actually waiting for such.

generators emitt pollutants and green house gases. i don't think they deserve rebates for that. should their NEPA bills be adjusted? yes but that's a different issue. germany and the US do it, if u want people to go reneweable, u have to give them incentives.

Since when did Nigeria's larger population become a disadvantage?

huh, do u know what nigeria's per capital income is?? there are way too many nigerian kids due to poor ignorant folks having too many babies that can't be supported by the already meager infrastructure. china and thailand had this problem and did something about it.

Now you seem to be arguing that Ghana's improved power supply seems to be because of Ghana's smaller population.

what improved, they have power shedding problem and u call it a great improvements. yes ghana has smaller energy demands that can be easily met

Nigeria is giant of Africa because of the population, now because of your shortsighted argument, that large population has suddenly become a disadvantage.

of course, keep on grading ur country based on population rather than the quality of life and life expectance. yeah, we should feel so good being a big for nothing giant. it is a disadvantage whether u like it or not. i bet danish and swedish people feel bad they don't have a large population.

Why don't you ask the government to supply uninterpreted power to Lagos and Oyo(Ghananian equivalent in population) for 1 month and see how it feels.

that would be possible if we diverted all the nations power supply to just those two states.

the culinary union can kiss my ass.

go hillary.

it' not wrong but except the nigerian government is going to give people tax credits or subsidies to buy solar panels then it's unrealistic to expect nigerians to afford 2500 panels en masse.

If you read my post you would see that in the same I said nuclear in Nigeria will take at least 10 years to construct and maybe another 10 to even power up and start supplying. How can you rush that one?? Re Read my post please to get a better Idea of where I am coming from here.

my bad, i see no reason why we can't have a peaceful nuclear program. s.africa. y can't we. making statements such as we have to rush to catch up seems like desperation at this point.


Actually, what you said about wind energy not being able to supply Nigeria's power needs is wrong and you need to research it to find facts. Just cause only a part of america uses wind does not equal Wind can not supply all of america. That is not same.

it would be unreasonable for a "whole" country to depend on Wind power. seriously are u gonna be building wind mills in every forest. it's just not happen. u have to numerous energy sources

lol@making public transportation free. ludacris idea, would u pay more taxes to fund such an idea??

developing the rail system to ease congestion would be great.

those eyesores should be gradually phased out.

We are already 30 years behind and should be more in a rush to catch up

rushing things would lead to disasters. the soviet union rushed projects and it lead to disasters such as chernobyl or the shrinking of the aral sea. u can harness coal and hydro electricity at the moment while constructing nuclear plants. quick fixes don't work.

Please research these things to get fact to replace fiction.

what am i lying about, nuclear energy produces 20% of the US electricity followed by coal and hydro. Wind is only predominant in places like oregon and Massachusetts.

Why are you citing 1 year old article just to show that Ghananians too have power problems? Try being honest for once.

Ghana's energy situation at the moment is where naija spent 1trillion naira with nothing to show for it, because we gave the contract to the Mojisola Obasanjos of Nigeria.

Give due credit,Ghana has a much better power situation than we do, no need to deny the obvious.

it is actually less than 1yr old but i guess ghana's power issue just disappeared. it's obvious that the volta dam was a waste of money(many ghanians would admit this).

ghana has a better power situation due to a smaller population. nigeria has an overblown population due to poor family planning and obviously is in no shape to meet it's energy demands. i believe energy projects are still been undergone in nigeria(of course delayed due to nigerian time).

the organization seemed to have gotten big 4 him. this job isn't 4 one man.