₦airaland Forum

obailala:
PDP presidential zoning arrangement died the day Yaradua died.

If power goes to the north in 2011, NO NORTHERNER, I mean NO NORTHERNER will get into that position and relinquish power in 2015. Whoever enters would definitely want to stay till 2019 and by so doing, the zoning arrangement would be violated.

It is either the southerners break the zoning arrangement in 2011 or the northerners break it in 2015.

So who will be the mugu?

EzeUche:
I would not be laughing though.

Whenever these people start "praying" then blood is spilled.

I am wary of these northern radio stations. We Igbos have not forgotten the role they played during the Pogroms in the north. This is not a laughing matter.

pifa: Beaf,

You know very well from my previous posts that I fully support the struggles of the ND against the r_a.p.e of their resources to feed Abuja and many of the parasite northern states. But the leadership of the ND and other oil-producing states must also share the blame for their retarded development. It is one thing for MEND to blow up a federal building in Abuja, but it served no useful purpose to kidnap expat oil workers for ransom other than the agenda of a few criminal elements within MEND. We must recognize that the ND people, too, have contributed their share to the environmental disasters that have rendered their once fertile land unfit for farming and human habitation.

When the oil boom of the 80’s was in full gear, expats abound in the oil producing states. What drove the expats away? If the governors of these states were farsighted, they could have seen the potential of using their proximity to the oil wells to develop their land for industries that rely on crude oil for raw materials. They could do this without taking a dime from the federal government, without owning THE OIL THAT COMES FROM THEIR LAND and without funding these industries themselves.

But they had to provide and encourage an atmosphere that is conducive to the commercial interest of industries that would want to establish facilities there. They had to provide good roads, power for the industrial areas (to circumvent the federal government's prerogative over electricity production), enact business-friendly laws and guarantee public safety. They had to developing an educational system that would provide the workforce these companies would need as they multiplied in number.

This is what Lagos is doing. The state government under Fashola has made it its mandate to clear the way for private industries to strive and, in doing so, generate revenues for the government to develop the state (never mind the ill-advised and silly desire to turn Lagos into a mega city). Lagos has determined that it and only it stands in the way of its development, despite the yoke of an overbearing federal government on its shoulders. Their concept is rather straightforward: generate your IGR (internally Generated Revenue) and propel your own growth.

There was no reason the ND and other oil producing states could not do as Lagos. But when you’ve had governors like Ibori, the fella who slipped away from justice in the UK in the guise of a woman, and the ones who wasted money on useless theme parks, you will understand why the ND may be condemned to an impoverished existence. What about Goodluck Jonathan? Wasn’t his wife caught with $2m in her possession while trying to board a plane for the UK (this is what I read last week, so correct me if I am wrong). Were ND citizens ever offered an explanation for her attempt to smuggle such a large amount of cash out of the country? Isn’t Jonanthan a ND indgene? I understand one of the first things he did when he became president was to send his wife to Dubai for medical treatment.

Surely, this is not what Ken Saro Wiwa died for.

Onlytruth:
So, yes Warri is physically not in the Eastern part of Nigeria, but it shares all things with the East as far as oil politics is concerned.

otokx:
Shey he was one of the Nigerians in the diaspora that came to correct things? He will have to explain some things.

debosky:
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You are full of bovine droppings. No one has universal knowledge - only a daft person would claim as such. Besides, you have exhibited no such knowledge even vaguely approaching that.
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revomind:
People should learn to look at issues objectively. You cannot come across as fair or sincere if, before you take a stand on this Yerima issue, you do not take into cognisance the provisions of the religion he subscribes to and the cultural practices of his people who have sent him to the senate to represent them.
However, the real issue is if he has broken any law. If he has, we must consider if the law conflicts with other laws or codes. As far as we, even if only theoretically, practice a federal system of govt, the matter is never going to be a straight forward one. To that extent, the matter can only be decided by the Supreme Court for final interpretation.
In my opinion, that part of the Child Rights Act that pegs the minimum age of marriage at 18 should have never been part of the law. The bitter truth is that aspect of the law does not conform with the cultural practice of a sizeable part of the country. It was only a matter of time before a loony like Yerima brought it to the fore of national discourse. We can shout ourselves hoarse about VVF, the reality is that up north, there are great-grandmothers in their 50s and 60s. They do not complain and as any student of jurisprudence would tell you, laws have to be seen as in line with moral codes of the people they seek to govern before they are accepted. This controversy should be seen as an opportunity to take another look into our law books and also to rearrange our structure in tune with true federalism.

Becomrich0:
80% of nigeria oil is not produce in the niger delta. most of the oil are produced on the sea (off the coast of nigeria)

oyb: as usual beaf is trying to dodge issues

just as for you the north comprises all the states in the north , for the rest of nigeria[b][size=14pt] the east comprises ph, anambra, benin, asaba, warri etal [/size] [/b]

oyb: as usual beaf is trying to dodge issues

just as for you the north comprises all the states in the north , for the rest of nigeria[b][size=14pt] the east comprises ph, anambra, benin, asaba, warri etal [/size] [/b]

tpiah:
must you constantly fight everywhere?

this is getting embarassing.

cant you tell your boss you need a life?

just carrying every matter on your head as if you lack any atom of sense.

oyb:
beaf, its all the same

or is it because i diplomatically said east rather than the whole region? did mend not introduce kidnapping to the entire region?

do you want to be fair and claim that people will not be at risk if they set up head offices the nd?

is it not the same nd where some so called repentant militants ran riot in in a university?

is it not the same nd where communities regularly block operations of facilities for no reason other than money for the month?

mend ad the communities have made doing business there close to impossible - now you are calling for companies which have been forced to scale own their operations i the region to skeletal levels to come and put their nerve centers in nigeria's most dangerous regions

i wonder if ou would be willing to locate your regional hq of your company in a place where armed men can literally storm in and plant bombs, r-ape and rob staff and nothing will be done beyond some newspaper headlines

maybe you'd prefer the chinese - don't worry - you think the westerners are bad - at least you an see what chinese miners did in zamfara

when companies like pirelli or was it michelin that have been in the region for decades have left because of what mend and co have turned te region to , you are agitating for other to come and suffer what pirelli suffered

mend vowed to make the region ungovernable or some such - enjoy your Pyrrhic victory

oyb:
nigerians and misplaced pride/priorities

this is like all that ridiculous whining when MTN located their regional offices in ghana

the same mend being celebrated has ensured that no right thinking company will place anything but the most unimportant outpost in the nd

dalover, don't you read all the posts about the state of things in the east?

do you think people are in business to endanger themselves?

absurdity

next thing we will be hearing that businesses all around their world should relocate their hqs to ther consumer markets

tpiah:
Did I hear someone being called "OLD HAG" here?

yes you did., when they called my mother  


did you also hear geriatric old monkey with shrivelled member.

my father can relate to that.

tpiah:
geriatric old monkey with shrivelled member trying to be funky

abeg comot for road as you don expose so.

ode!

oshama

see beaf and get busy.