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If you read what I wrote again, you'll see that there never was any baby.

Why defend someone who is so obviously an area boy? Sanusi came in wielding powers from military decrees (power to remove CEO's). . . In a civilian era!
If the banking industry was like the wild west, the thing to do would have been to gradually introduce regulations through the right channels, not through the press and certainly, not by having both the CBN and EFCC publish embarrassingly wrong debtor details (where in the World is such done?). Not stopping there, firing off his mouth that bank CEO's needed to be executed!! . . .CBN governor?

Sanusi wouldn't have made it to that position if he was not a Kano prince. If the position had to be zoned to the North, I can bet that there are a 1001 Northern candidates who are much better qualified and have the right temperament and worldview; not the sort posessed by our lord "academic" in primitive disciplines.

Shame.

[Quote author=paddy_lo]
if u want to compare a first generation mig built in 1962 to a 10th or 12th generation chinese fighter built in 2006,well its a free world
i really dont care,[/quote]
Damn!
Its funny how some people stubbornly blab on when they don't know what they are talking about. There is nothing like a "10th or 12th generation" jet. The F22 Raptor is the most advanced fighter plane in service today and it is classed as 5th generation. Both China and Russia are actively engaged in developing their own 5th generation jets.

[size=14pt]Nigeria deserves better than the old crappy relics we are getting.[/size]

. . .Anyway, here's a 5th generation Chinese plane (still in development), the J-12. Feast your eyes. . .

Sanusi is a roughneck dealing in matters way above his head with agbero methods. If he is claiming that there has been mismanagement, does the solution lie in employing dynamite and stupidity?

Right from the man's first move, I have been shouting that he's methods are extreme. You cannot run the regulatory arm of the financial sector with barbaric methods, finance and banking are esoteric and academically sophisticated. We have the wrong man.

Is he supposed to supply fuel nowadays?

Tippy Top:
Where have these fools been since independence when ruling Nigeria was a preserve of the Kaduna mafia?

The closeness of Abuja, infighting, greed, stack lack of development, sharia etc are killing off what remains of the once powerful Kaduna mafia. That is why, the cabal can make such a pronouncement under the aegis of Northern Union (itself, a breakaway from the Arewa Consultative Forum).
Traditionally, such a proclamation would have been made from Kaduna (it was probably made from Saraki's sitting room).

Quite clearly, these people see 140 million Nigerians as their slaves. Let them declare war, let us see where that will lead. Bastards.

[quote author=paddy_lo link=topic=358286.msg5052108#msg5052108 date=1259977327]keep riding my di*ck and posting on my thread,i see u love attention. . .if the south africans have the planes good for them,we in nigeria have to do what is best for us
the bottom line is,those planes u post cannot be used offensively against the russian or chinese fighters in their airspace
i assume they are for south african defensive needs,and our planes are for ours
u are like the dude with a little di*ck that likes to drive a big car or hummer for show

i have to ask u,with all the american firepower
how come they pulled out of somalia,vietnam,didnt win in korea,cant win in afghanistan
while they are at it,they cant invade or take any chinese or russian territory
so what good did the f-15 or f-16 do them then?

nigerias buy is a defensive buy,it suits us well if u are unhappy,like i said pony up $200million dollars and buy an f-16 for the military
hopefully the u.s congress wont block it like they did to pakistan in 1986
and by the way the f-16 first flight was in 1978 i guess the f-16 is not modern too, cause u are being disingenious if u claim the f7n1 is a 1962 plane

and for all u hatas coming on here to ride my di*ck,or seek attention,why not go start a thread and bow down to the u.s,israeli or south african army
stop derailing this thread, bunch of losers[/quote][size=21pt]. . .You keep imagining males riding your tiny di.ck. Listen, homo [/b]will get you in jail in Nigeria!
If you don't know something, the correct thing to do is shut up and learn.
Comparing a 1962 plane with an F16 is the work of a fool.[/size]
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[b]The Chengdu J-7 is a Chinese single-seater fighter aircraft based on the Soviet Mig-21. The Chengdu J-7 first flew in 1966 and entered service in 1967

http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=Chengdu+J-7&offset=0

In the 1950s and early 1960s, the Soviet Union shared most of its conventional weapons technology with the People's Republic of China. One of these was the limited cooperation between the two countries in the early stage development of the famous MiG-21 short-range interceptor-fighter aircraft. Powered by a single engine and designed on a simple airframe, these fighters were inexpensive but fast, suiting the strategy of forming large groups of 'people's fighters' to overcome the technological advantages of Western aircraft. However, the Sino-Soviet split ended Chinese early participation in the developmental program of the MiG-21 abruptly, and from July 28 to September 1, 1960, the Soviet Union withdrew its advisers from China, resulting in the project being forced to stop in China.
A J-7I seen from above. Note the Delta wing and distinctive PLAAF markings.

However, Nikita Khrushchev suddenly wrote to Mao Zedong in February, 1962 to inform Mao that the Soviet Union was ready to transfer MiG-21 technology to China and asked the Chinese to send their representatives to the Soviet Union as soon as possible to discuss the details. The Chinese viewed this as a Soviet gesture to make peace, and were obviously suspicious, but they were extremely quick to take up on the Soviet offer for the aircraft deal. A delegation headed by Colonel General Liu Yalou (刘亚楼), the commander-in-chief of the PLAAF and a Soviet military academy graduate was dispatched to Moscow immediately and the Chinese delegation was even allowed to have three days to visit the production facility of the MiG-21, which was previously off limit to foreigners. The authorization was personally given by Nikita Khrushchev himself, and on March 30, [size=14pt]1962[/size],

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-7_Skybolt

[size=27pt]You're just a daft, ignorant and wretched fool seeking relevance by posting bullshit.[/size]
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For some strange reason, the Northern cabal seems to be paralysed with fear. The question is, why?
It isn't that they have ever done anything for the country or even for the North, which remains the poorest region of the country. So why? Is it oil?

I doubt he will be returning next week. My prayers go to him.

[size=14pt]Saudi doctors shelve plan to transfer Yar’Adua to US[/size]
By Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja, Published: Saturday, 5 Dec 2009

A plan by the doctors treating President Umaru Yar‘Adua to transfer him to a hospital in the United States of America when his condition did not improve after nine days in the hospital‘s Intensive Care Unit has been shelved.

A staff of the hospital who spoke to our source, a journalist with a newspaper in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, described the condition of the President at the time as ”extremely serious.”

”He was in intensive care all day yesterday (Monday) and plans were being made to fly him to the best cardiologists in the United States.

”His condition was extremely serious yesterday. He was given several types of medication to decrease the swelling. He was not able to speak and his wife was the only one permitted to see him,” the source said.

The information, which Saturday Punch, received during the week put a lie to the claim by Vice President Goodluck Jonathan and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Michael Aandoakaa, that they had been communicating with the President

The source said though the President‘s condition was not as critical as it was earlier, he had been transferred from the ICU to the VIP suite where his doctors were monitoring him in order to decide what to do.

”Today he is in the VIP unit of the Cardiac Care Ward in King Faisal Hospital in Jeddah. He is in the VIP suite in stable condition under heavy security,” he said.

The source, who confirmed that the President was being treated for acute pericarditis, added that securing information about the President‘s condition was difficult as the hospital authorities had removed every information on his medical history from the hospital‘s computer system.

The source was however silent on whether the President had undergone surgery or not.

Meanwhile, a pressure group in the country, The Patriots, led by Prof. Ben Nwabueze, has challenged the Northern Union led by Dr. Olusola Saraki not to sacrifice constitutionalism for political expediency on the current sickness of President Umaru Yar‘Adua.

In a statement issued on Thursday and signed by the Chairman of the Northern Union, Chief Patrick Adaba, the group had warned that the stability of the country depended on the rotation of the office of the president.

It added that every nation had its own peculiarities, saying, ”It should be understood by those who love this country that one of such peculiarities upon which the unity and stability of our country is hinged is power rotation between the North and the South.”

But reacting to the statement on Friday, The Patriots said that all Nigerians should give the deserved respect to the express stipulations of the 1999 Constitution on serious national questions and issues like the current illness of President Umaru Yar‘Adua and the possibility of power succession in the country.

Secretary General of the Patriots and prominent Lagos-based lawyer, Chief Ladi Williams, SAN, also said in an exclusive interview with Saturday Punch in Abuja on Friday that the issue of succession in the country must be guided by the provisions of the constitution.

He said that it would be inappropriate for anybody to tend to sacrifice the constitution in preference for ethnic considerations.

Williams, who is a son of the late legal luminary, Chief FRA Williams, challenged those calling for power rotation in the country on the basis of an unwritten agreement of the Peoples Democratic Party to strive to include the concept of power rotation in the constitution in consonance with the position of President Yar‘Adua on the Rule of Law.

Williams said it was not proper for any group, be it from the North or South, to be canvassing power rotation along ethnic lines since the constitution was clear on the issue of succession.

He said that while the Patriots, a group of eminent Nigerians, had joined others to pray for the President so that he could recover from the sickness to assume his responsibilities it would not encourage acts that negate the sanctity of the constitution.

He argued that the claim being made by the Northern Union and others on the issue of power rotation was unacceptable as it could not be preferred to the constitution whose position is supreme on any issue in the society.

He said, ”First of all let me say straight away that the Patriot wish Mr. President well and we wish him speedy recovery so that he can come back and continue with his mandate. However, any succession of power in this country must be guided by the provisions of the constitution.

“I would say that the major legacy that President Yar‘Adua has given this country is the strict adherence and implementation of the rule of law. Constitutionalism must not be sacrificed on the altar of ethnicity. If we want to amend the constitution to include rotation, we can do so at a later day. But at this point in time, the succession mechanism is already well-defined in the constitution.

“So there is no point whether it is northern union, southern union, eastern union, western union. Nigeria is bigger than all these groups. The constitution is supreme. We must learn to respect the provisions of our constitution.”

Williams said that Nigerians did not vote for the Northern Union but a joint presidential ticket of Yar‘Adua and Goodluck Jonathan which was offered by the ruling PDP.

“Remember, it is a joint PDP ticket. It is not a joint PDP/Northern Union ticket; the mandate we gave was for the party to govern. The Supreme Court itself has said that when we vote, we are voting for the party.

“We voted for the PDP, we did not vote for any Northern Union. And when I say we I don‘t mean I in particular, I mean Nigerians voted for the PDP, the joint ticket they presented to us is Yar‘ Adua and Jonathan,” he added

Similarly, Chief Olu Falae, a former Presidential Candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party in the 1999 election said that those clamouring for power rotation between the North and South had missed the point.

He said there was no agreement between the North and South on the issue of power rotation and political succession that was binding on the Nigerian citizenry.

The politician who spoke in a telephone interview with our correspondent also on Friday, said the issue of power rotation between the North and South might be an arrangement of the PDP which could not be said to be binding on Nigerians.

He warned that those clamouring for power rotation outside of the stipulations of the constitution were only committing acts inimical to the unity of the country.

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200912054334331

[quote author=paddy_lo link=topic=358286.msg5051951#msg5051951 date=1259973458]sigh, the f7-N1 is superior than the migs,the migs is an older technology,its easy google it and see,they are pretty much the same planes anyway,since the chinese built their version off the migs,but this version is more advanced with avionics and maneuverability,
now if u read my post,i never said sukhov(SU),the sukhov are russias newest fighters so they should be more powerful than both the migs and the f7n1

well the f-16 has never come into combat with one of these so lets keep the conjecture to a minimum,however,if u are defending your airspace like the chinese,these planes can do the job,otherwise they wont form the backbone of chinese air defense against both the u.s and russia
no people like u prefer to buy big toys with no use,u want to spend $300million for one f-16,but there is no enemy to fight
who are we going to use the f-16 against,south africa?,chad?ghana?
come back and tell me who is patrotic now,i say this is a perfect jet for nigerias defensive needs
we are not doing any bombing raids on any city anytime soon,so we should not be wasting money
but again get off my thread and my di*ck,if u want an f-16 go pony up the money for it

u do know the u.s is moving away from f-16s,and unto f-22 and joint strike fighter raptor
the f-16 is not a new plane,it was first introduced in the 1980s
i know anytime you hear about the U.S u water in your panties. . .lol,but relax,all it has undergone over the years is upgrades to its computers and so on
its in the same generation as the migs,and they have not really come into direct combat,so u cant say which is superior

finally if u dont like my thread,why do u keeep getting pulled back to post on here?
am sure u know i dont post on all the threads on nairaland,esp the ones i claim i dont like. . .[/quote][size=21pt]You seem to have a thing about di.cks and panties. . . Or is your di.ck very small? [/size]
Sorry, you're talking above your head. [size=14pt]A plane from 1962 cannot be compared to any modern plane[/size]. Period!
As to the silly question of who it could be used against, well we love to compare ourselves with South Africa (as you've foolishly done above); [size=14pt]South Africa has 26 JAS 39 Gripen fighter planes[/size]. . . Now, that is an F16 equivalent; in fact Denmark is contemplating replacing its 48 F16's with the JAS 39; The Netherlands is choosing between the JAS 39 and F-35 (do you even know what an F-35 is?).

Behold the JAS 39 Gripen fighter (and shut up).

[quote author=becomrich, link=topic=361687.msg5051827#msg5051827 date=1259971331]someone answer my question, what would jesus do.[/quote]Please add a recent passport sized photo of Jesus, as well as a map to his mansions. . .

That is the only way we can believe that you know him so intimately that you can say what he would do if someone like you surprised him with a google map.
. . .Abeg don't give Jesus nightmares jare!

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Do you think it is knockout that kids use at xmas time? Wash your face, you're talking nuclear weapon here, you think anybody will be so foolish to drop a nuclear weapon anywhere close to where they live?

. . .Bomb new York? This is beginning to sound like a Nollywood movie were you can go to jankara/okija to acquire powers and start throwing jazz by hand. Becomerich, Nuclear weapon no be jazz o!

Think of another story jare!

texazzpete:
Now you clearly show yourself as knowing absolutely NOTHING! How can you claim that the MiG-21 cloned F-7 is 'more advanced' than the SU-30s, Su-27s, MiG-29s et al that Russia and most of the Eastern bloc countries fly? The F-7 cannot be comparable to an F-16 in any way. Haba!

The Chinese have long since moved on to F-8, 9, and 10 as well as other 4th generation ultra modern fighters. All the F-7 is used for now is as a mass aerial deterrent since the sheer number of F-7s employed by the chinese is enough to make life extremely difficult for few ultra-modern aircraft. For primary air superiority, the F-7 has long been superseded by several generations of Chinese planes.

You're just an ignorant person awestruck by simple things. It's people like you that keep Nigeria back from progressing, happily gobbling down the sop thrown at you. You can only make a change when you question things, which i why you people crying about 'unpatriotism' are extremely pathetic.

Let that fellow from the NDA tell us why homeless palestinians can build homemade rockets (Qassam I and Qassam II) yet Nigeria cannot. Ask him when Nigeria started making ordinary Mortars.

Exactly. I didn't want to get bogged down with an ignorant person vigorously propagating ridiculous inacuraries, so I left the thread. . . MIG 21 equivalent to F16 ---shakes head and wonders if that means the infinitely better, but dated MIG 25 is an intergalactic shuttle. . .---
The army deserves better than these old castaways.

As for the "patriotic" cheerleaders, well. . .

Singular:
I asked you a question you answer me with question. Why question my question when you can answer my question?

Thats the hallmark of a Nigerian.

On the health condition of President Yar’Adua, the Northern Union condemned the call for his resignation, describing such calls as “unnecessary and views such calls as hasty and inimical to peace, unity and continued stability of our country.

Why all these warnings of war over Yar Adua?

Why is it "beating the drums of war" to ask that a president who has been distracted from his duty, resign to allow him focus on his health and for someone without distractions to take over?
How is being patriotic "beating the drums of war"?

What manner of desperation is this? What kind of country is this!!!

[size=14pt]Yar’Adua: Nigeria’s Stability Hinged on Rotation, Says Northern Union[/size]

Barely 24 hours after the North-West Zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) described those asking President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua to resign on account of his ill health as mischief makers hell bent on causing confusion with the sole intention of dragging the integrity of the Federal Government to disrepute, the Northern Union led by Dr. Olusola Saraki yesterday joined the debate over succession should President Umaru Yar’Adua resign from office
It warned that the stability of Nigeria as a nation is hinged on power rotation between the North and the South.
In a statement signed by the Chairman of the group, Chief Patrick Adaba, it warned that much as it believes that constitutionalism is without prejudice to the survival of Nigeria, “however, we believe equally that certain peculiarities of any nation also play a vital role in bringing about amity and peaceful coexistence among the peoples of that nation.”
According to the Northern Union , “It should be understood by those who love this country that one of such peculiarities upon which the unity and stability of our country is hinged is power rotation between the North and the South.“
“This is an extra constitutional arrangement to deal with Nigeria’s peculiarities of pluralism, a practice which is not peculiar to Nigeria,” the statement said.
The Northern Union also said that it has noted with dismay what it called “the irresponsible calls to arms by some ethnic jingoists, irredentist and saboteurs as a solution to the current problem”, stating further, “While do not lack the capacity to ethnicize the problem, as is being promoted in some quarters, we think that the situation at hand is one that calls for sobriety.”
It urged those beating the drums of wars to remember that “the wounds of the 1966 civil war are still fresh in our mind and for a long time remained a sour point in our national psyche. We must do all within us to avoid a repeat of that experience.”
On the health condition of President Yar’Adua, the Northern Union condemned the call for his resignation, describing such calls as “unnecessary and views such calls as hasty and inimical to peace, unity and continued stability of our country.”

http://www.thisdayonline.net/?p=478

I repeat once more, "Nothing has really changed". The Niger Delta terrain is still a virgin territory. The militants are just a small fraction of the number of youths in the Niger Delta. The rest of the teaming youths who are jobless are just waiting to take over command from the Tom Polos and Co. unless Government gets the post Amnesty phase right. Within these 2 or 3 months of Amnesty activities, scores of hitherto naïve adolescent youths have come of age. They would not require much prodding to take over the mantle of leadership from the repentant militants particularly if there is no significant change in the environment in the immediate period following the Amnesty. I may ask again - How deep and how soon can the government initiatives address the core issues leading to the militancy in the Niger Delta? It is only a careful handling of the post Amnesty phase that will determine the success of the entire programme. And that is not for the government appointees nor is it for the militants alone to decide.

Na so we see am.

[size=14pt]Nigeria: Pitfalls of the Amnesty Programme[/size]
Peter Biakpara
25 November 2009

Lagos — The problems of the Niger Delta are Marginalization, lack of infrastructural development and lack of political space. These problems gave rise to youth militancy. The federal Government is in a hurry to stop the militancy for each immediate gains of increased oil production but appear not to be equally eager to address the real problems of Niger Delta.

As long as these problems remain, militancy will be a reoccurring phenomenon. That is where the fallacy of the present Federal Government Amnesty programme lies.

The challenge is, how deep and how soon can the Government initiatives go to address the near 50 years of the developmental, economical and political neglect of the Niger Delta, and in such a manner as to immediately address both the economic yearnings of the youths, who have risked their lives to take up arms, the non-armed agitators and the Elders of the region whose dissatisfaction gave birth to the Tom Polo's, Tom Atekes, Boyloaf, the Asari Dokubos, the Henry Okahs etc just to name a few. Furthermore, how far can the Federal Government go and how soon will the efforts assuage the 50 years of neglect in all its ramifications.

How did we create the environment for this militancy?

From 1960 to now, in an attempt to keep the country united at all cost and in absolute disregard of the tenets of true federation, some laws have been enacted, particularly during the civil war years and the subsequent Obasanjo Military regime - Laws that have made the people of the Niger Delta on-lookers of the oil business.

I agree with John Owubokiri when he said in vanguard of Tuesday November 3, 2009 that "the laws which have made the oil and gas in Niger Delta communal (Nigerian) property, are illegal as they negate every international conventions and treaties Nigeria is committed to"

The oil that is found in their backyard is managed and owned by external and internal colonial masters. The rules of the game are set by these masters to the extent that the locals are not found in the business of prospecting for the oil, the lifting and sale of both the crude and finished products and even in the employment of skilled and unskilled labour for the oil trade including the awards of major contracts.

Some of the manifestations of neglect are deafening in their mocking silence and unspeakable in their comparative disparity with the other contending regions. Kano and Jigawa states, (the old Kano state), have about the same number of LGAs as the four core Niger Delta States of Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta all put together. The federal institutions in Kaduna State alone outnumber the ones in the entire Niger Delta. The leadership positions of Federal Institutions, including the Oil industry, are never in the hands of Niger Delta people. The only federal road, that is the East-West road is deplorable and is just about getting attention. Who are the Nigerian Oil Sheikhs? Anywhere in the world, the oil Sheikhs are made by virtue of being born in the area where oil is found. There are hardly any oil Sheikhs from the Niger Delta.

This situation created an avalanche of unemployed and unemployable youths who live side by side with the wealthiest of the land - the oil mongers.

Is it not easy to see why the youths were drawn to militancy? It is also easy to see why the youths went to the oil bunkering trade, either as petty bunkerers or as fronts for the big time bunkering barons from Abuja to support the struggle. This trade like any other prohibited business need strong arm protection. Guns, therefore, started to flow in. Next came patronages by politicians and international crooks. With JTF in the midst, the recipe for conflict was set and that is what happened in various hot spots and recently in Gbaramatu. The militants fought back by hitting the underbelly of the Federal Government. Oil production output was brought down to below one-half. The Federal Government was in a dilemma. Should they go ahead with the military campaign and risk a zero oil output? From the blues, an unsolicited Amnesty was announced.

An Amnesty that was not negotiated and was not sought for. An Amnesty for a people not conquered, yet full of insinuations of threat and ultimatum.

When the Federal Government announced its intention to grant the militants Amnesty, despite its short comings, the Elders of the region embraced it and went ahead to plead with the boys to accept the Amnesty. They also embarked on a campaign to tutor the boys on the appropriate ways of surrendering their arms in a way and manner to portray them as the true freedom fighters as we know them without compromising the ideals of the struggle. On the other hand, the intention of the elders was also to guide the Federal Government to use this opportunity to address the Niger Delta Problems in a holistic manner and in a way as to avoid a recourse to the above scenario. This move was thwarted by 2011 politicians who had plans to use the Amnesty for political gains.

They (the elders) had barely finished with Boyloaf, and in absolute disdain of the elders move, when news heralded the celebrated meeting of the same Boyloaf and Mr. President with Timipre Sylva as the midwife. Tom Ateke and Tom Polo led by Timi Alaibe, the newly appointed presidential adviser, followed in quick succession. All these surrenders were done without recourse to or the involvement of the leaders of the Niger Delta nor the Ijaw National Congress (INC) and other ethnic organizations like the MOSOP and all others that have championed the Niger Delta Struggle. They, in the case of Ateke Tom and Tom Polo made belated visits to Chief EK Clark in his Abuja residence after they (the militants) had consummated their deal with the Federal Government. The whole drama was absurd. Fifty years of the struggle from Adaka Boro, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Asari Dokubo, Kaiama Declaration, to Henry Okah; The exploits of the Prof. Dime, the Fumudohs, the Okokos, Biakparas, Ghomorais, and Obianimes, all of the Ijaw National Congress (INC); the invaluable contributions of our national leader Chief EK Clark and other leaders; the contributions of the youth leaders, the Tuodolors, the Oronto Doughlas of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC); all these efforts and all our genuine contributions to the struggle by all well meaning Niger Deltans including MOSOP, were now to be sacrificed at the altar of greed and political horse trading of a few over ambitious 2011 politicians.

Some of our prominent sons were in a hurry to outwit each other in the delivery of surrendered militants to Mr. President, who grudgingly promised to address the other core issues. All these happened without consultation with genuine stakeholders. No attempt was even made to consult anybody except the arm-carrying youths. And that is where the Federal Government got everything wrong.

When the history of the Niger Delta struggle is written, it may not be kind to some so called mediators. In less than 30 days without consulting other stakeholders, they bundled our boys to Abuja to drop arms with only a promissory note, which was not even guaranteed. At the time the Amnesty was offered, it was obvious that the Federal Government was on the brink. That was the finest hour for Niger Delta in all the years of the struggle. But because of appointments and re-elections for 2011, they compromised the struggle, compromised our youths, sold out our gallant boys for their selfish interests.

So the resolution of the issues of the Niger Delta struggle contained in all the past reports, ranging from Gen.Popoola, Gen. Ogomudia, to the Ledun Mittee's 49-man Technical Committee, and 50 years of loss of human lives were reduced to the charade we saw in Abuja in the last few weeks. Henry Okah put it squarely during his last visit to Mr. President - The resolution of the Niger Delta crisis does not end with the surrender of the militants and their guns. He advised the Federal Government to sit with the Elders and other stakeholders of the region to fashion out programmes and policies for sustainable peace.

The Niger Delta struggle is beyond guns. The recent resort to guns by our youths is only a means to an end. The soul and spirit of the struggle reside in the land and the earlier each one group i.e. Youths, elders; organized bodies, know the limit of their contributions, the better for all. Government appointees are not exempted in this unofficial demarcation of duties. Let no one or one group feel that they have all the answers to the Niger Delta problems.

The Amnesty, with all its flaws, has taken us several notches higher in the achievement of our goals than we have ever been. One is therefore, indeed grateful to God and to those who have midwifed the process thus far. I must single out Mr. President Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, for his courage. The greatest courage of a leader is when he treats his followers with meekness despite the mighty sword he bears. Mr. President must be praised for the display of this rare courage by being meek in the deployment of his valour. We are proud of our militants for making Federal Government see the need to take positive action to address the Niger Delta issue. We had never come this far in our struggle.

However, let be known that nothing has changed. There is merely a temporary truce. It must be noted that militants throughout the struggle had not gone out of their way to attack government forces. All the previous blowouts have been due to misunderstanding between JTF and the Militants over local issues. It is only after the Gbaramatu episode which also originated from a local issue, the militants went after the Federal Government, and even then, it was against oil installations.

I repeat once more, "Nothing has really changed". The Niger Delta terrain is still a virgin territory. The militants are just a small fraction of the number of youths in the Niger Delta. The rest of the teaming youths who are jobless are just waiting to take over command from the Tom Polos and Co. unless Government gets the post Amnesty phase right. Within these 2 or 3 months of Amnesty activities, scores of hitherto naïve adolescent youths have come of age. They would not require much prodding to take over the mantle of leadership from the repentant militants particularly if there is no significant change in the environment in the immediate period following the Amnesty. I may ask again - How deep and how soon can the government initiatives address the core issues leading to the militancy in the Niger Delta? It is only a careful handling of the post Amnesty phase that will determine the success of the entire programme. And that is not for the government appointees nor is it for the militants alone to decide.

It is the involvement of a broad spectrum of stakeholders that would guarantee the success and therefore a sustainable peace in the region.

The Success of the Amnesty is determined, not by dropping today of arms by the militants, or the forced peace of the graveyard by the absence of the inequalities in relation to other regions of the federation. Until the children of the region have equal political and educational opportunities and are born into an environment devoid of devastating circumstances, the present success of the Amnesty will remain in a fallacy.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200911260420.html

emmydee:
may god bless our president, umaru musa yar'adua!

Yes, may God bless him, but does the constituition also bless him, does he also bless the constituition, does he also bless Nigeria?

. . .Questions.

nues aweso:
Question is Do we really need Nuclear power now?

I'll say NO! Why?

Countries go into Nuclear Power to ensure Diversity of Energy and not Reliability.

I think we need to achieve reliability before we start thinking of diversity!

Not really, eg France gets almost 80% of its electricity from nuclear power.
I actually think we need something as serious as that, because if we know that the thing is capable of ending the place, we will sit up and begin to approach, not only nuclear, but all other forms of technology with seriousness. That, alongside constant power supply will actually kickstart development.

Singular:
Does Iran have plentiful water supply?
Comot for my domot.

Which yeye domot? Two questions will finish you off.

[list]
[li]How do you convert the nuclear energy to electricity? And[/li]
[li]How do you cool the plant down?[/li]
[/list]

The answer to the first is by powering steam turbines. Steam is water.
The second is, they are usually cooled directly by [b]water [/b]and rarely (certainly not for Nigeria) by liquid metal or molten salt.

Where will this thing be built? . . .Nuclear plants generally require a plentiful water supply. Lokoja?

[size=14pt]Nuclear power : IAEA okays Nigeria’s ambition[/size]
National News Dec 4, 2009

By Oscarline Onwuemenyi

ABUJA—The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said yesterday that it is fully in support of the country’s ambitions to build a nuclear power plant to meet its growing energy needs.

The position of the agency was conveyed by the representative of the Director-General of IAEA, Dr. Vincent Nkong-Njock, who spoke at the presentation of the Strategic Plan for the Implementation of the National Nuclear Power Programme, in Abuja .

According to him, the implementation of a complex programme such as a nuclear power project, over a long time scale, and requiring investment of huge national resources in time, finance and human resources, is a major national undertaking requiring careful planning and preparation, thus the development of the National Strategic Plan.

Nkong-Njock noted that, “The development of an appropriate infrastructure to sustain the introduction of nuclear power is an issue of primal importance and should be painstakingly developed, exercising the necessary caution.

“This entails the provision of the necessary resources including human, financial and logistic, to create the appropriate technological, economic and social conditions that will adequately support the establishment of sustainable national infrastructure able to absorb a nuclear power plant.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/12/04/nuclear-power-iaea-okays-nigerias-ambition/

tarano:
This absence is becoming more crazy by the day, The two instances provided by the senator is ridiculous,
Comparing Nigeria to Lenin Communist Russia,
Nigeria to World War II United State, (Niggas were still lynched in the south then)

Hello Nigeria is not a totalitarian society neither are we at War with anybody.

And again the head of government in both cases were hospitalized in their country, not thousand of miles away from the country.

Nigerian must reject this, One Year! One year! Are you kidding me.

It is what we get for running a unitary state while claiming to be running a federal one. It is what we get for running a "democracy" on a constitution built for IBB and Abacha to propagate themselves as life rulers.

[size=14pt]nues aweso has made his point. Everybody, arguing about balancing "tribes" is only driving the point home even deeper. Search for the devil in your heart instead of in the article.[/size]

Since this happened in the UK, can you imagine if an Irish man or a Scott was robbed and someone came up with an article, "Scott robbed by Englishman" or "Irish robbed by Englishman"; do you think any British person (except scum like the BNP) would be bothered?

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=361686.msg5049586#msg5049586 date=1259944321]LIKE I SAID BEFORE IF THEY WERE PROSECUTED AND BROUGHT TO BOOK THEN ALL THE RETARDS ON THIS THREADS SHOULD SHUT THEIR TRAPS.[/quote]You better watch your mouth. After you will say "oh, you have been digging at me". Don't do blancket abusing or the atmosphere will heat up big time.

[size=14pt]70-yr-old woman, politician arrested with 99 bags of Indian hemp[/size]
National News Dec 4, 2009

By Umar Yusuf

YOLA–A seventy-years old woman, (names withheld) has been arrested in Numan Adamawa State by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA for been in possession of weeds suspected to be Indian Hemp.
Arrested along with the woman is a prominent politician in Numan, Dautshoho Alhassan.

Parading the suspects before Newsmen in Yola Thursday, Adamawa State Commander of the NDLEA, Malam Hassan Zungeru announced that the duo were arrested in the house of Dantshoho’s mother with 99 bags of the substance.

The Commander disclosed that the weeds weighing 793.5kg were concealed in a warehouse at the family House of Dantshoho.

The NDLEA Boss described Dantshoho as a renowned Indian Hemp Dealer, who according to him has being in the business for many years.

He warned others in the trade to desist from the habit, vowing that the NDLEA would arrest and deal decisively with them.

According to Zungeru, there will be no sacred low to be spared in the collective efforts to rid the state and the Nation of drug abuse and illicit trafficking.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/12/04/70-yr-old-woman-politician-arrested-with-99-bags-of-indian-hemp/

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=361686.msg5049485#msg5049485 date=1259943648]@ the illiterates who started the thread and others like them

have they been caught and prosecuted?

If yes, then shut your trap.[/quote]So Seun is an iliterate? And you're here using his forum?