₦airaland Forum

PDPdestroyer:
Bro, you really think these guys have anything upstairs? Even that bigwig071 doesn’t have an iota of understanding of the copy & paste he’s been littering with forum with. That’s why they’re quick to deflect to name calling and insults once you knock them off their feet with irrefutable facts. They’re a lost cause as far as I’m concerned as I find it a waste of time engaging such individuals, though I must you for dedicating time to engage people far below your cadre

you're just too evil that's why you're supporting an evil government

Obaofaba:
Don't be a nuisance, this is becoming stale.

Is this the only thing your brain can come up with?

Why spamming every threads with this jaguns?

see how evil you are... People need to know the truth... Why are you worried about the truth?

OverCalculating:
I don't blame you. I blame Niraland for allowing you to keep spreading these useless and manipulated questions. In fact you must be very funny to believe all these rubbish.

cry all you can people must know the truth.. he who supports and defend evil is worse than that evil...

OverCalculating:
Must you show this mess on every thread in Niraland. I wonder why/how @seun bot hasn't stopped this unnecessary rubbish. Some people have not done half of what you are doing now before they were banned for life

people must know the truth

OverCalculating:
Must you show this mess on every thread in Niraland. I wonder why/how @seun bot hasn't stopped this unnecessary rubbish. Some people have not done half of what you are doing now before they were banned for life

evil over hate truth that's why you pained

CharlesCNG:
Ashamed of what exactly?

Ashamed of saying waste should be questioned but propaganda should not replace facts?

Ashamed of saying government must explain spending but critics must stop mixing half-truths with hysteria?

Ashamed of saying two things can be true at once: reforms may be necessary, and spending must still be scrutinised?

Shame belongs to the person who cannot answer an argument, so he runs to emotional blackmail.

You brought 18 allegations, I separated facts from exaggeration, acknowledged the questionable ones, challenged the false framing, and asked for balance. Your response is “aren’t you ashamed?”

That is like a student who failed mathematics accusing the calculator of bad character.

No, I am not ashamed of thinking.

You should be ashamed of calling rage analysis and expecting serious people to clap.

nothing to argue with an evil person like you.. I also know you're monthly paid to defend the evil tinubu's government..

CharlesCNG:
My brother, the problem with your submission is that you have already written the judgment, sentenced the accused, closed the court, and then ended with “argue with yourself.”

That is not debate. That is self-administered propaganda.

Let me be clear: I will not defend every spending decision of this government. Some optics are bad. Some priorities can be questioned. Some items deserve scrutiny. In a period of hardship, government must show restraint, sensitivity and accountability.

But serious people do not throw 18 items into one basket, mix confirmed facts with exaggerations, add insults, sprinkle conspiracy, and then declare themselves winner.

For example, the ₦21 billion Vice President’s residence was not a brand-new Tinubu fantasy project. It was a long-abandoned official residence project reportedly awarded years earlier and later reviewed upward before commissioning. You can criticise the timing and optics, but tell the full story.

The presidential yacht matter was also controversial, but reports said the House removed the ₦5 billion yacht item and reallocated it to student loans. So why continue presenting it as if Tinubu is cruising on a new yacht in the Atlantic?

The 300% salary increase for judicial officers is real, but it was also a reform affecting judicial officers whose salaries had reportedly remained stagnant for about 16 years. You may oppose it, but calling it simply “buying the law” is lazy. Better-paid judges are not automatically honest, but a badly paid judiciary is also not a reform model.

On Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway, yes, there are legitimate questions about cost, procurement transparency and Hitech’s link to Gilbert Chagoury. Even ICIR and Premium Times reported concerns around the ₦15 trillion estimate and award process. That is a valid accountability issue. But reducing a 700km strategic coastal infrastructure corridor to “Tinubu’s friend” alone is also dishonest.

This is where both sides must play their democratic roles properly.

The opposition’s role is to question spending, expose waste, demand procurement transparency, challenge abuse and protect public interest.

The government’s role is to explain, justify, publish details, deliver projects, reduce waste and prove value for money.

But your own style is not accountability. It is rage compilation.

And to be honest, the target of my response is not people whose minds are already padlocked. It is not those who say “argue with yourself” after dumping half-truths. It is the undecided Nigerian reading silently, who wants facts, balance and perspective.

That Nigerian deserves to know that two things can be true at once:

Tinubu inherited a damaged economy that required painful reforms.

And Tinubu’s government must still be held accountable for spending choices, optics and value for money.

Supporting reform does not mean supporting waste.

Defending subsidy removal does not mean defending every budget line.

Believing Tinubu is on the right macroeconomic path does not mean government should behave as if Nigerians are not suffering.

So yes, let us scrutinise the spending. Let us ask for contract details. Let us demand open bidding. Let us question luxury optics. Let us demand publication of costs, beneficiaries and timelines.

But let us also stop pretending that every road is theft, every salary adjustment is bribery, every official residence is kidney transplant, every reform committee is useless, and every Tinubu policy is criminal by default.

That is not analysis.

That is bitterness wearing calculator.

2027 should not be decided by who can shout “criminal” the loudest. It should be decided by who can explain the economy honestly, account for public money transparently, and show Nigerians a credible path from pain to recovery.

So no, I will not “argue with myself.”

I will speak to serious Nigerians.

The ones who know that reform must continue, waste must be questioned, and propaganda must not replace thinking.

A closed mind says ‘argue with yourself’; a serious citizen says ‘show me the facts, the context, the cost and the value.

and you're not even ashamed of what you're trying to defend?

This life is really somehow oooh