₦airaland Forum

Chrisbenogor:
OH SHUT UP!
Since when did NYSC corp members become pdp members? and who said anything about rivals? I dont care whoever planned this bombing is an enemy of Nigeria. Dont you dare come here and divide people over this again, whoever did this is a monster, the bigger monsters would be those who know fully well that they have spent more time on coming back to office rather protecting us.

Officials said the blast appeared to be a bomb which struck a day after one person died in a bomb blast in Kaduna.

Gunmen meanwhile killed four people in the northern state of Borno.

[size=14pt]The dead included an official from the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP),[/size] who had been preparing to distribute election materials on Friday hours ahead of the parliamentary polls, police say.

Pataki:
Obasanjo blessed Nigerians with the slogan of a ''do or die'' affair of an election.

The government in power rather than distance themselves from that stewpid comment by Obasanjo; rather embraced the man and made him their BOT chairman.

Never have I seen a government as useless as this GEJ's administration wherein one SINGLE BOMB ATTACK has been effectively handled and the perpetrators prosecuted. NEVER!

We all watch how criminal investigations are done in developed countries, we read, we analyze these events. Are we saying, the people behind these multiple bomb attacks are not Nigerians and cannot be caught? Are we saying we cannot mitigate these monthly deadly occurrences?

Why do we have a National Security Adviser? Why do we have an Inspector General of Police? Why do we have the State Security Service? Why do we have a President who swore an oath to defend and protect the citizens of Nigeria? And yet innocent Nigerians are killed by bomb attacks almost on a monthly basis. And we still have a President who wants to come back into power? Haba!

I would be insane if I do not know where to drop the blame. In a normal and civilized world, these happenings is more than enough for these useless and clueless elements in leadership to vacate the seat of power.

My heart is more than heavy to even string a line of cogent prayer for the innocent Youth Corp Members that died today. Who knows, I may even be friends to those young lives.

May God grant the heart of the parents involved the peace of mind to scale through this horrible moments they are in. Amen.

muami:
1999 - Some self confessed northern leaders imposed OBJ on Nigerias through PDP. No complaints from the North
2003 - Re-imposition of OBJ on Nigerians through PDP. No complaints from the North
2007 - OBJ and other Northern leaders imposed Yar Adua on Nigerians. No complaints from the North.
2011 - GEJ, a souththener, gets PDP presidential ticket against Northerners' wish, and suddenly all we hear from the north is PDP MUST BE VOTED OUT.

I agree that PDP has under-performed but I think the conribution of PDP's underperformance to the hatred for the party in the North is insignificant. if your read the reviews northerners leave on news reports about GEJ and PDP on Daily Trust Newspapers you would realised that they dont know and are not really interested in what Buhari can do for the country. All they want is to 'vote out PDP for not giving the ticket to a northerner'. If truth must be told. ITS NOT ABOUT PDP, ITS NOT ABOUT BUHARI, ITS NOT ABOUT ANTI- CORRUPTION. ITS ALL ABOUT THE NORTH.

10cirenoh:
What i really want to know is the distance between these rivers that has been rendered useless by oil spillages and the Atlantic ocean, does it mean there are no other waters to fish around? if yes, are these waters too far to be reached? and can't government invest in commercial fishing equipments?

Rather than paying militants that aren't adding any value to the nation for free, why not use same money to equip them so they can become real time fishermen?

[size=14pt]Buhari criticised for comments on Lagos Metroline project[/size]
Olukorede Yishau,Sanni Ologun, Abuja and Sunday Ogudugba08/04/2011 01:44:00

The presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday came under attack for defending the stoppage of the Metroline Project.

At a Town Hall meeting in City Hall, Lagos Island, Gen Buhari described the allegation that he deliberately cancelled the project as "mischievous."

He said the project was cancelled because with the regime’s large debt profile, it made no sense to incur more debts.

The initiator of the project, former Lagos State Governor Alhaji Lateef Jakande, the President Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, a coalition of Lagos State Youth Organisations and the Southwest Think Tank said Buhari’s explanations were not tenable.

Jakande yesterday said Gen. Buhari has no justification for cancelling the metro line project initiated by his administration in Lagos.

The metro rail line was introduced by the Jakande administration to facilitate transportation within Lagos and its surroundings but it was terminated when Buhari’s military regime took over in December,1983.

Jakande, who spoke with The Nation on phone, described the cancellation as an ‘irresponsible action". He insisted that the metro line project is the answer to transportation problem in Lagos.

"Today, metro line still remains the answer to transportation hurdles in Lagos because of its objectives and purposes. It is a relevant strategy to improve the problems of transportation in Lagos.

"By now transportation in Lagos would have been much better if it had been allowed to stay. We understood the predicament of ordinary citizens in Lagos and we felt we needed a change from the usual way of doing things," he said.

Jonathan, in a statement by the Media and Publicity Committee of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, said that singular act of Buhari "compounded the traffic problems of Lagos" today.

The statement reads: "After almost 30 years of silence, General Muhammadu Buhari has finally found his voice and provided a specious political excuse for his disastrous cancellation of the Lagos metro line project.

"While speaking to his political associates in Lagos, General Buhari explained that the project was cancelled because his government did not want to take more loans nor devalue the naira.

"It is interesting that General Buhari has found his voice now when the Presidential election is days away after showing contempt and disdain for the people of Lagos and indeed Nigerians by refusing to provide any explanation for the numerous acts of wickedness and high-handedness of the military dictatorship he led.

"Firstly, the project which was initiated by the administration of Alhaji Lateef Jakande, was going on smoothly and on schedule before the coup-d’état by General Buhari.

"The project would no doubt have been completed on time if not for General Buhari’s coup and the transportation nightmare Lagosians face today would not have existed.

"The visionary Jakande administration had concluded all the plans to finance the project, putting everything in place for its successful execution.

"The government had secured a $450 million loan at six percent fixed interest rate for 25 years. As at the time the project was cancelled the government had paid parts of the loan and therefore had no worry about financing the project.

"The cancellation of the Lagos metro line project by Buhari was shortsighted and immoral. The attempt at revisionism by the General and his handlers is laughable.

"The people of Lagos and Nigerians in general will not be fooled by cheap political moves to win votes."

The Southwest Think Tank on Democratic Governance also condemned Buhari over his statement on the metroline project.

The coalition of Lagos youth groups said: "Many Nigerians today would still recall that Buhari deliberately killed the Metroline project, initiated by the Alhaji Lateef Jakande administration in Lagos State despite sizeable amount of resources being committed to the project.

‘’It didn’t matter to General Buhari that Lagos was and still the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria."

In a statement by its Coordinator, Babalola Medayedopin, the coalition, comprising 29 youth groups, said Buhari’s explanation was not tenable.

He said it was a deliberate attempt to destroy a laudable project without a tangible reason.

The statement reads: "The fiat with which Buhari cancelled such a project with far-reaching and positive impact on the people shows his mindset as a leader.

‘’It was the same manner that he handled the Metroline that he also ignored the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway when he was heading PTF despite the social, economic and strategic importance of this major national dual-carriage way.

‘’We wonder how he will pilot the affairs of this nation equitably if he is elected as president. The Metroline Project would have made the chaotic traffic situation that Lagosians are suffering today a thing of the past. Rather than apologise, he still maintains a hardliine posture."

The group urged the electorate to scruitinise the actions of candidates to public office before casting their votes.

Kobojunkie:
a) Where do you have Jakande himself stating the project in question cost the taxpayers $70 million dollars??

b) Why would Jakande subject the people of Lagos to such a steep penalty for cancellation of project that cost less than $150 million dollars to start with?

c) Why did Jakande TIE both the people of Lagos, and the Federal Government to such a project when
a) Lagos is not the only state in all of Nigeria ?
b) There was a global recession in 1982 and Lagos itself knew it had to cut costs in order to survive that?
c) This was not the only major contract that Lagos state itself had to cancel even in the same period?
d) even after his experience with Shagari?

recoome:
@beaf:he's more of a fool than i had ealier thought, i never knew that a fool like this actually existed. what is GDP(PPP). Is he talking about gross domestic product or private public participation?, what is GDG/capita?, when did they start calculating GDP based on population and not sectors of the economy? Who stole $3 billion?, is the person on forbes list? Look at his last statement on the first quote: The only thing u demonstrated IS THAT THREAD IS THAT you are a dumbass- is this correct? It's even my 3 yr old brother beside me that saw the silly mistake of the mumu, what could be dumber than eku_bear?

timbuk two:
i see. so a former US ambassador and spook is somehow inferior to a newspaper in the pocket of this current administration. you are a very interesting dude. i understand your determination to see a fellow NDan win but in doing so you are coming across as a bit dim.

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Eziachi:
Beaf even if I am sure about nothing, I  am sure you knew nothing about creation of wealth. When someone is broke it mean that person has no money.
Having a business plan doesn't mean that you have the money to implement your plan. 9 out of every 10 business plans are thrown into the basket bin at the banks everyday, if not everyone will be business magnets now.

There had been property developers who ran out of money half way and cannot get any bank help anymore and they have no option than to send everbody home, pack up or face bankrupsy. You don't know what guaranteed is there that the Metro will even make profit because all such projects in Africa is kept alive by govt subsidies while paying over the odd for the money borrowed to build it  for years to come.

Go and talk about something else, business and money, you knew nothing about it.  Buhari is a big time farmer, he must have known the slight margin between making profit and loses. How as an employer, how difficult it is to pay your workers and still balance the book with your bank every month.
GEJ all his life just like you is a salary man. So every cash he sees, to him is profit/spend and that is why his first move as president was, taking delivery of a $51m jet for a country struggling to pay a minimum wage most people spend in a week to fuel their car.
People Like you/GEJ are like a child in a sweet shop when they first clamped eyeon public fund. Nigeria need leaders that will always count the pennies- whether its Buhari, I don't know but when it comes to money managment and prudence, Jonathan is not even in my bracket let alone running a country.

Gbawe:
Sadly , Jonathan has shown that he has nothing to offer anyone . He is not a man of his word and can certainly not be trusted in the slightest bit. Lets not forget that It was Yar Adua , a Northerner , that gave us the amnesty program and a package to rehabilitate militants who signed up . What has Jonathan done for his own ND region since becoming President ? The truth is Jonathan wants to portray himself as all things to all men but the sad reality is that , so far, he has been a big zero to all men . It is only folks like Anenih and other AGIPs (any government in power) who benefit and will continue to benefit from GEJ.

recoome:
@fstranges3 & eku_bear: "it takes one, to tell one" if u claim beaf sold his support for N100 or bag of rice, then u two must have also sold urs, and for something cheaper like kunu & tuwo or groundnuts & tomato. U 2 are totally shameless!

Eziachi:
[s]So will go ahead to borrow money to buy a brand new BMW on a high credit interest, even as you came home and your wife told you that debt collectors had been trying to kick the door down all morning and your kids haven't ate since morning because there is nothing left i your bank account and his business is about to crumble?[/s]

That is how much some of you fools know about money management.
No wonder governors all over Nigeria today are all over the bond markets borrowing billions they have no idea how its going to be paid but as long as he uses it to dig few 7th century borehole here an there, few elephant projects everybody will dance home happy like a baboon.

civilized NIGERIANS my back foot.