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redsun:
You are no better than average nigerian politician in any way.For you to start recognizing obj relevance just because another corrupt politician who happens to be your tribe man is involve means that in priciples and morals,you are a part and parcel of nigerian doom generation plague with chronic short sightedness.

This is very foolish and doesn't deserve any further comment, except for one important point; I am not from Jonathans ethnic group, I am not even from his state. Fool.

Bunch of no hopers.

The story is fake. Obj would not be supporting either IBB or Atiku and it will take a miracle for him to swing behind Goje (and risk another Yar Adua style frying).
Notin de happen.
If there are issue between Jonathan and Obj, they are likely to be resolved, both sides would have too much to lose.

Q1 is turning out to be very interesting!
It is possible that Vettel might not make it through, he is currently 15! Glock from Virgin is 10th at the mo!

VPersie:
@Beaf and other Neanderthal knuckle-heads

Look at the above for what it means to have a brain and maturity.

@ Ladej

You definitely made a very meaningful contribution that I have learned from. Going forward, I hope to focus more on positives. I guess that is the problem. My instincts are to say a negative story, and it probably affects the way I view other aspects of life. I probably need to do more to be positive about the Nigerian situation and life in general.

So you want to be pampered by the very Nigerians you have been badmouthing? What an incredible plonker! No, I have no kind words for your wretched type.

You were just born a fool and you are the type that makes life abroad difficult for your fellow Nigerians, all because you are a micro di *k whose knee's knock so hard at the sight of white people, that you forget who you are and where you are from.
When you are instictively slagging off Nigeria, you forget that your friends, parents, brothers, sisters and other loved ones are Nigerians, or perhaps they mean nothing to you, so you open your fcking sewer and let garbage flow freely. Well, there’s got to be tons of garbage in your soul for it to erupt that easily from your mouth.

People like you go abroad and become weak kneed low lives that spit on their own country for the cheapest white puzzay or a nickel. They frame and scheme against their fellow blacks to prove to white passersby that they “belong,” regardless of the cost to the black person and the family.

You know why Nigeria has a bad name? It because there are thousands of motherfckers like you, running around town and slagging off. You live in the UK so you must have come across “legal” magazines like exchange and mart that are packed to the brim with scams; yet you will never come across a Briton that will confess to a Nigerian about how “corrupt and wicked” their society is. Similarly, Italians don’t go about “confessing” to Nigerians, even though they run the mafia (and naturally, their country is NEVER listed as on of the most corrupt).

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VPersie:
@Travelista, Cow, and Ileke-Ido

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=503511.msg6647451#msg6647451

Can the three of you pool your brain-power and collectively say something that makes sense since you seem incapable individually.

The story of a paedophile fool
Act 1, scene 1;

Fool; hmmmm, I like that underage oyibo child. I need puzzay.

Fool puts plan to action and approaches oyibo child.

Fool: "oyibo, do you know about my country? My family is corrupt, foolish, mentally dumb and very dirty. Ok show me your pant!"

@VPersie
Does that not summarise what went on between you and the oyibo child? You always slag off your country and family because you are a worthless wimp with low self esteem.

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=504097.msg6652892#msg6652892 date=1282941715]Is it a crime ask about durability of the car ? That was all i ask before these ibo boys came after me.[/quote]No, it isn't a crime to talk about durability; but when there is not a single word of praise and all we hear is, "ibo made", "Aba made", "fake" etc, then there is a serious tribalistic issue. If the plant hadn't been in Igbo land, say maybe it was in Kogi state, then we wouldn't hear all the "ibo made", "Aba made", "fake" stuff. Would we?
Even if the product turns out to be low quality, wouldn't it still be a great start? Little drops make the mighty ocean.
Abeg, lets praise the man jare, industrialists from other parts of the country don't get this sort of grilling on NL.

Is it not a disgrace that such towering accomplishment by a stellar Nigerian is reduced to tribal exchanges? It is really poor.
Abeg people, let us see things differently. Chief Innocent Chukwuma has done very well in establishing the Innoson Auto Plant and the President has recognised his effort; lets do the same, it is a very lofty acheivement for the benefit of Nigeria.

[size=14pt]Nigeria President Commissions Aluminium Drinks Can Plant[/size]
First Published Friday, 27 August 2010 02:49 pm - © 2010 Dow Jones

IBADAN, Nigeria -(Dow Jones)- Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday commissioned West Africa's first aluminum drinks can manufacturing plant in Agbara, near Lagos, the Nigerian commercial capital, an official at the company that established the facility said Friday.
GZ Industries Ltd. said in a press statement that when fully operational, it will be capable of producing 600 million can a year, with that capacity doubling after the first year to meet 100% of demand from Nigeria and other West African countries.

GZI said the new facility will "put an to the plight of Nigeria's brewers and bottlers, who had to import empty cans from Europe and South Africa."
The facility is owned by a group of foreign investors and Verod Capital Management, a Nigerian investment and financial advisory firm, GZI said.
The company has also entered into a technical partnership with Rexam PLC (REXMY), the world's leading aluminum can manufacturer, it said.
Fidelity Bank PLC, a Nigerian commercial bank, is a major financier of the facility, the GZI official said.

A Fidelity Bank media spokesman told Dow Jones Newswires Friday that the bank invested around $65.5 million in the new plant. The bank said the plant "brings a load of values to the nation's economy, putting over 150 people in direct employment while an estimated 2,000 people will benefit from its operations as suppliers, vendors and small businesses to the firm's diverse interests."
A senior GZI official declined to reveal the exact cost of the new plant.
-By Obafemi Oredein, contributing to Dow Jones Newswires; 234 2 7510489

http://www.automatedtrader.net/real-time-dow-jones/13838/nigeria-president-commissions-aluminium-drinks-can-plant

princekevo:
Lol!!! I knew he will not be different from other politicians. What happened to the initial state of emergency declared on power sector? What happened to the initial gara gara of making himself the power minister? I wonder why some Nigerians can still b deceived into believing that any PDP Government can give us steady power even in 2012 , if not their initial way of holding on to power. OBJ spent 8years in office, are we to believe he lacked the capacity to rectify Nigerian power problem? 4 years of yaradua is coming to an end under PDP yet there is less or nothing done to rectify the power problem. Now they are giving us another 2years of hope and their mugus are already buying this.

In the first place who told Jonathan he will be there in 2012?

To some people GEJ should be blamed for Yar Adua's errors. Thats a bit dumb.

JeSoul:
Please stop insulting demons

Kai! You demons sef won't even want their name associated with IBB?

Gbawe:
To call you a clown is an insult to those who make their living from comical behaviour .

Thank God you realise what you are.
Charlie, go and rest, your battery is weak!

How can a grown man like you claim sainthood, yet support a drug stained politician like Tinubu?
. . .And at the same time project your addled imagination on a practical politician like Ribadu?
Thats what I call comical behaviour!

I'm sure your comical behaviour can best be exploited in big markets and crowded areas like Idumota. You wouldn't lack customers. Olodo.

IBB is a demon.

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Are you Ribadu? Damn!
It is hard to understand how a grown up repeatedly speaks about what others are thinking before they think it.
Ribadu is a great guy, but he doesn't fall in your bracket. He is also smart, which means like Jonathan he realises that a good person must dine with the devil in order to save Nigeria. Fashola did it with the drug lord, Tinubu whom you support fervently; Ribadu has also attempted to get in bed with the same drug lord. So why are you running around concocting dreams and foisting them on people like Ribadu, who are obviously more practical than you?

Abi is ACN boss, Tinubu not drug stained?

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Kimi's interview last week made it seem like he is pretty much done with f1. That would be a shame really, cos which of the prim and proper driver can casually tell the tv camera that they'd just been to do a sh it?

Anyways, it was your man, Alonso by a country mile in first practise today. He was followed by Lewis, then another country mile to Kubica. I don't think I'll be able to watch 2nd practise.

After the henchmen at Aso Rock gate locked him out and told him to get lost, sudden realisation has dawned on him.
This dude has been operating as if the cabal is still in power.

Abeg, don't mind the sun, they are just a bunch of liers.
Dr Tafida has always been a very good man.

Its his talent for juggling many "stories" that gave him the nickname, maradona. IBB the verbal dribbler and seasoned lier.

IBB is a demon.

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What a funny thread. Now I now where the dufus is coming from! He's just another super insecure morafuka!

VPersie: As a follow-up to Jarus' thread on NL unsung heroes, I will ask for suggestions on what I can do to become popular on NairaLand. I need lots of attention.

Dude only has fruit and veg between his legs!

@VPersie
When you look in the mirror, don't you annoy yourself?
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VPersie:
@travelsita

Don't worry she does not have a daughter. So I am scheming on how to handle her personally. *Smacks his lips*


Oh I cannot wait to finally taste her fruit. Three of us could link up for a triple sin and if things go well, I could marry you both, although you will both be over-age. But then we understand Nigerians and being over-age is like bread and butter.

@ Beaf


https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=503511.msg6646415#msg6646415

The above thread was referring to peeps like you. Now cool down, put down the crack you are smoking, think carefully, and say something intelligent that we all know you are capable of saying. Please make us all proud by not insulting, so that we will not wish that the embryo that made you had gone for stem-cell research instead.

So you get maut! But when you see oyibo, your knees start knocking and you begin voluntarily confessing the depths of your foolishness. The embryo that made you is not even fit for stem cell research, it should have been treated with pesticides and binned for the good of mankind.

I'm slowly coming round to believing that there's something genetically wrong with IBB supporters.

VPersie:
Some months ago, a colleague was asking me questions about Nigeria so she could become more familiar with Nigerian culture etc. I spoke extemporaneously and at length about Nigeria' potential, and failure of leadership. I also talked about how the poor education system was a good enough reason to leave Nigeria and how life is relatively short and brutish in Nigeria. On security, she asked me, "If I come to Nigeria, is it pretty likely that I will get robbed?" I thought for some time. My mind flashed back to the agberos on the streets of Ojuelegba, where I lived before I left Nigeria. I replied, "Yes. Very likely." In retrospect, I feel bad about my answer because I feel like I painted Nigeria in a poor light. Unfortunately, the pattern repeats itself very often. Anytime I speak to a foreigner about Nigeria, I always end up saying so many negative things that I feel like I am being unpatriotic or being a self-hater. I once met one white man after the USA-Ghana game at the world cup. He came to me to make small talk and started launching a barrage of criticisms about Nigeria and Africa in general. [b]I found myself nodding in agreement to all his negative tal[/b]k. This also made me feel like I was under mental-colonization or something.


Does anyone else have similar experiences?

How do you handle it?

How should I handle this in the future?

With this sort of low self esteem, you might be better off lying down on Ikorodu road for molues to do their worst or better still, use the runway at Nnamdi Azikiwe airport. . . At least the plane might be going abroad.
Fool, you think there are no negatives in oyibo land? Someone came at you with a barrage, only because they noticed you were weak thats all.

. . ."Nodding in agreement!" i'm here crying.

[size=14pt]‘Payment of monetization arrears not exciting’ [/size]
By Bassey Udo
August 27, 2010 01:55AM

Labour leaders yesterday reacted to the pronouncement by President Goodluck Jonathan at the unveiling of the road map for the power sector that the government is committed to paying all outstanding arrears of monetization benefits to workers throughout the federation.

Deputy National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Peter Adeyemi, said there is nothing exciting about the pronouncement, as the payment is already ongoing.

“For me, that is not a big deal. There is nothing new in that. In any case, monetization arrears is not for the entire workers in the country. It is meant for those who are entitled to it.

“What could have been exciting would have been if government said it would meet all the demands of the electricity workers, for them to return to work. Or if the Federal Government was talking about the payment of minimum wage to all workers, we would have rolled out the drums. That would be the real thing,” he said.

The National President, Senior Staff Association of Electricity & Allied Companies, Bede Opara, urged the Federal Government to ensure that it incorporates the submissions of its member into the implementation of the Road map, key among the recommendation - the liberalization of the sector.

According to Mr. Opara, “If the power sector is liberalized to guarantee private sector participation in power generation, the volume of electricity that would be available to the consumers would receive tremendous boost. With that, the question of irregular supply would be eliminated.

“The Federal Government alone does not have the capacity to generate the volume of electricity needed to run the entire country effectively for at least 20 hours.

“If private investors are given the enabling environment to participate, they would generate their own electricity with machines, while government power generation infrastructure would remain as a substitute for effective competition.

“What we have on ground at the present is Nigerian businessmen pretending to work with a foreign partner for the development of the sector, only for them to buy what is available, run it down, make the money and abandon the system for Nigerians to suffer the consequence. [size=14pt]Because electricity workers are insiders, we know the true situation of things.[/size] That is why we are asking government to allow private investors to come in and invest, not to buy what is on ground”, he said

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5611748-146/payment_of_monetization_arrears_not_exciting.csp

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You could be right but, we have to wait a bit to judge the accuracy of that post, eg it is 700 Kilovolts not 700[b]0[/b] Kilovolts as quoted. In any event, bids have already been placed.

Depilot:
In fact, it was also revealed that indirectly he tried his best to fight in order for the election result to remain the same, but the pressure was too overwhelming. Again, Babangida may not be saying much because of his military back ground.

Babangida was the one that implemented this election from A to Z; and till today, it was still the best election ever held in this country.
I think we should also be asking ourselves that if Babangida didn't want MKO as our president how come he went out of his way  and allocated enough resources to ensure a peaceful and accurate election?

Are you saying he is a coward? Or a rogue, cos the bolded bits directly contradict each other.

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So all the resultant rioting, burning by the masses and the cold blooded shooting of protesters by the govt was to save the country? Very interesting! Very very interesting!
Save Nigerians by shooting them and save MKO by actions that lead directly to his death?

Miracles indeed happen! Damn!

No wonder Nigerians hate IBB.

Onlytruth:
Frankly, Jonathan's smile always disarms me; I don't know why. lol.

Beaf is that you standing behind him? lol.

Tell that bomb squad guy that his feet are vulnerable to mere dog attack.

That guy? The dude is really fearful, no smiling and he is like 7 feet tall!
As for the bomb squad guy, you can see that his vital "instrument" is very heavily protected, I'm sure he wouldn't care too much about losing one or two toes compared to losing his todger.

In addition to the reason babangida gave, June 12 election was also annulled because of an enormous invisible threats/pressure that Babangida was facing from the current administration.

Threat/pressure: Current administration was ready to get rid of MKO shortly after officially becoming the president of Nigeria and then severely deal with Babangida.

When he (Babangida) got this news, he was very concerned not only for himself, but also sincerely for MKO and the entire democratic government at the time.

So the "reliable" source claims he basically sacrificed MKO and Nigeria, just to save his own skin?! 
Damn!

*Active and serious exploitation of hydro, nuclear and coal power, especially coal in states like Gombe, Enugu, Kogi and Benue states in the next two years, which will be more private-sector driven

Highly interesting. It looks like no stone will be unturned.

[size=14pt]Jonathan to eliminate power outage by 2012[/size]
Headlines Aug 27, 2010 Share | *Approves new electricity tariff
*PHCN workers suspend strike

By Clara Nwachukwu &Yemie Adeoye

LAGOS—PRESIDENT Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said, yesterday, he planned to eliminate constant power outage in the country by 2012 through the introduction of ‘revolutionary’ policies to tackle the plethora of challenges bedeviling the sector.

The president’s aspiration was unveiled in Lagos at the launch of the Power Sector Road Map, the execution of which he said, would be fast- tracked to create numerous employment opportunities, while also revamping the nation’s ailing economy.


PRESIDENT Goodluck Ebele Jonathan during his arrival in Lagos
President Jonathan who said: “We need a revolution in the power sector,” also stated that his administration had identified most of the bottlenecks impeding efficient and effective electricity supply in the country.

He noted: “By God’s grace, by December 2012, Nigeria will not only celebrate one day of uninterrupted electricity supply but we would celebrate one week, one month and so on of uninterrupted electricity supply.”

President Jonathan, however, believed that this will only be possible through the support of the various stakeholders, who are currently being engaged in constructive discussions on sustainable ways out of the current power quagmire.

New policies
Parts of the revolutionary polices the President enunciated include:

*The construction of what he described as “a super transmission network of 7000 Kilovolts, the procurement and design will commence next year.” This is in acknowledgement of the current weakness in electricity infrastructure, which frustrates the evacuation of electricity from the plants to the homes of Nigerians through the national grid.

*Review of current tariff structure on the grounds that Nigeria’s current structure is the lowest and needs to be reviewed to encourage fresh investments, while not unmindful of the purchasing power of the masses

[size=14pt]*Generation of additional 5000mega watts within the next three years from new and existing independent power plants

*Active and serious exploitation of hydro, nuclear and coal power, especially coal in states like Gombe, Enugu, Kogi and Benue states in the next two years, which will be more private-sector driven

*Privatization of generation and distribution, while government retains transmission for strategic reasons[/size]

*Constitution of two presidential committees on power and the reconstitution of the board and membership of the National Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, whose names have been forwarded to the National Assembly for approval

Power challenges
The president said his assessment of the issues affecting the sector over the past few years, revealed that “the sector’s challenge to effective electricity delivery in Nigeria include the absence of sustained policies and deliberately deploying long term power development strategy, the absence of and low implementation of reforms to fast track all issues pertaining to the power sector.”

The President who was flanked by ministers, advisers and state governors, said Government was convinced that “it is only by constructively engaging the private sector as partners in this journey of national transformation that we can be assured of success.”


President Jonathan with Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola at the event
He added that constant power outages are perhaps the greatest paradox of life in Nigeria, which despite producing more than two million barrels per day of crude oil, relied on diesel generators to power everything from phone chargers to luxury hotels.

Powerful vested interests
World Bank country director, Onno Ruhl, who noted that successive governments had tried to fix the power problems, stressed that powerful vested interests such as billionaire tycoons who import diesel and generators, and the chronic mismanagement of state-run utilities frustrated progress in the sector.

He said: “This roadmap brings us to a point where we finally have a realistic plan that is actually technically, commercially sound, in terms of the role of the private sector, the role of government. The question is, will all the partners behind it actually rally around it and implement it … If it gets implemented, it will deliver results.”

Ruhl noted that fighting the graft and mismanagement that had hobbled the sector will be more of a political test than laying out plans, adding that in the challenges to reform listed by ministers and officials, the issue of corruption was conspicuous by its absence.

Finance Minister, Olusegun Aganga, said: “If there is anything that unites Nigerians, it is a desire for power, electricity,” adding that his ministry was focused on creating the right environment to attract investment as quickly as possible.

He said the nation had the world’s seventh_largest natural gas reserves and planned to use them as the source for improving power supply.

Petroleum Minister, Diezani Allison_Madueke, said gas supply to the power sector was already at an all_time high but estimated that demand from domestic energy producers would rise to 3 billion cubic feet per day by 2015 from around 800 million now.

She said that President Jonathan had already announced plans for a $3.5 billion transmission “supergrid” to be jointly financed with the private sector, while the privatisation agency had said it was seeking core investors for 11 state_run electricity distribution firms.


Bomb Disposal squad at the airport during Jonathan's visit to Lagos yesterday.
Allison-Madueke said some of the firms in highly populated and relatively developed areas such as Lagos were likely to attract significant interest from foreign investors, potentially triggering bidding wars, adding that others in less-developed areas and with greater infrastructure challenges may be less attractive.

$12bn investment in energy, transportation
In another development, Vice President Namadi Sambo said the Federal Government has invested $12 billion in tackling the problem of power supply and the resuscitation of the nation’s rail transportation system.

Sambo who was addressing members of the Nigerian community in Bujumbura, shortly after the inauguration of President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi, said the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan was doing everything within its power to reduce the problem of poverty in the country.

Vice President Sambo said: “The administration of President Goodluck Jonathan is doing everything to ensure that we drive out poverty from Nigeria, and also transform our society and improve our economy,” adding that the emphasis of the government was to address the power supply problem in the country decisively.

He said: “We are doing a lot in the real sector, we are doing a lot in the power sector to ensure that power supply is being addressed with all the seriousness it deserves. The government is investing over $10 billion in the generation, transmission and distribution of power so as to attract direct foreign investors in the sector.”

The Vice President stated that government would continue to give emphasis on medium and large power plants as well as coal power plants for generation of electricity supply in country. Stressing that the government was putting a lot of efforts in developing our transport system, Sambo said: “Our old railway system is now brought back to use and new railway is being built.  Over N2 billion is being invested in this area.”

Earlier, the Head of Nigerian Mission in Burundi, Mr. Sheidu Momoh, had said that the few Nigerians residing in the country had been contributing positively to the development of the country. He called on the Federal Government to take advantage of the return of peace in Burundi to acquire permanent structures for the Nigerian Embassy in the country.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/08/27/jonathan-to-eliminate-power-outage-by-2012/

Jonathan arriving.
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Security was tight.
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President Jonathan and Fashola.
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