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Every Nigerian thinks they are literate.
Their thinking is based on mufuls followership and not critical/analytical.

The 2015 campaigns started with incumbent party being accused of corruption while its aspirant is a Ph.D holder and the opposition was said to be certificate-less and brain dead grandfather.
We had a very wide margin of age difference between both aspirants to vote for.
We all are witnesses to the elections afterwards.
Now 2019 is approaching and the incumbent is now accused of grand corruption, still certificate-less,decimated the economy,etc,etc. But if any achievement is to go by, the incumbent is trying its best to bring to completion the initiated and somewhat paid projects of the previous administration to completion.
Now the opposition aspirant is a diploma holder according to his particulars submitted to Inec, a former VP and an employer of labour.
Age between both aspirants is no longer an issue.

But,
What exactly is the correlation between ones private life and businesses and running the affairs/economy of a nation?

If that's the yardstick for electing an aspirant now, are there no other aspirants from other political parties who also are employers of labour and own known private businesses?

We can pick a few countries and check the curriculum vitae of their elected presidents or prime minister's and try to analyse how it matches up to ours and our manner of reasoning when it comes to political issues.

I pray the media houses can put up videos of all Presidential/Prime minister campaigns done in Nigeria from the time of Sir. Abubakar Tafawa Belewa/Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe till 2015?

Let's analyse our thoughts and reasoning and see if we are actually moving forward given the time and age ?

Are there no pictures of his arrival at the airport and the purported search by the security men?

NextGovernor:
Funny you. But he is using his personal money. How many times did Buhari travelled when he wasn't in government. But when he came into government he became a traveller becos he is squandering tax payers money. Not his.

How would you tell if Buhari was travelling out of the country when he wasn't in government?

How many times did Atiku feature into public light after he left government, forming alliance with other political parties, loosing being given the presidential ticket?
Even when he was in APC and after they won the elections, how often do you seen him in any gathering or hear anything about him?

Sleekfingers:
I know...and you are right.....but our so called engineers need to hone their skills...

There are 2 types of training of which skills can be gotten from.
For those employed, they will hone their skills on the job and trainings organised by their organisation as regards their job functions.
Those who are unemployed will have to attend certain trainings for personal development to hone their skills.
Truth be told, no one can hone skills if not done on the actual field work.
Even simulators have been known to have their lapses.


We all tend to blame Nigerian graduates and some will say they are un-employable. It's purely an impartial statement.

Sleekfingers:
Because they are engineers just with certificates.....look around you....

Engineers they were trained with obsolete technologies.....they need to upgrade themselves.....let me be truthful...i won't and will never award any contracts to such engineers....

Really?
What exactly is your profession?

The reason why the FG and even some multi national companies bring in the whites to do some of those jobs is because someone somewhere wants to get a magnificent cut from the contract sum.

If they use indigenous engineers kasala go burst.

smellingmenses:
Paid post as usual... It's so bad that APC has to resort prototypes...not achievements.

Ordinary Lagos Ibadan expressway uncompleted after 4 years in power. Meanwhile GEJ had completed it 75%!!
GEJ also completed the Ore Benin expressway.

God bless GEJ!!

GEJ completed it 75% in how many years and who told you its 75%?
Do you have the project schedule to ascertain that percentage or is it what they fly in the media houses?

hemartins:
President Buhari cannot be trusted to implement the ‘new’ minimum wage of N30, 000
ATIKU

The bolded will never pay N30,000 even if elected.
You can take that to any where.

So in 12 years this is the first time a governor is looking an access road to a dump site?
And some persons will still blame PMB and the FG?

OkaNaUbe:
Enugu State is in the Hands of God.

For those of you that do not travel but believe whatever APC government of lies tells you. Onitsha-Enugu Federal Road is constructed by Enugu State Government and the contractor is RCC. What confused me is that between the sections of the road, (say just 1-2km distance), you will see signpost of Federal Government stating they are rehabilitating the road.

Let someone from that State confirm what I just said. Note: Onitsha-Enugu Road.

Also, between Umunya to Awka, Anambra State, the Federal road is bad. Between Ihiala-Orlu Federal road is bad (used before by those plying Lagos-Akwa Ibom-Calabar etc, Porth.Harcourt-Enugu Road is bad.

Is the road an existing road that's being dualised or its an entirely new road starting from scratch?

Bede2u:
ibb built the 3rd mainland bridge for the west...was he yoruba? Gej built the abuja-kaduna rail for north was he hausa? Was there any northerner or westerner who fought for those projects? Wat exactly u mean by fighting for a project? So all our leaders that have been shouting and begging different presidents for 2nd niger bridge are not fighting?

Do u know that it was stella oduah who made the enugu airport to be international and started refurbishing...do u know that the 1st thing buhari did in aviation sector was to down grade the airport to domestic and abandon the wrks going on in it? All the begging by our leaders to return the status of the airport has fell on deaf ears...it was this same airport he used last yr wen he came to the east...he saw how it was...he was begged to do sometin about it.

The lagos ibadan expressway that gej started...which yoruba leader made him to start it?

It appears you don't understand what happens within the back doors of power in Nigeria.
Good luck to us all.

Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said: “Buhari may not have the political will to implement the new wage’’.

I like the bolded.

Just the same way it's also applicable to Atiku and most importantly the purported restructuring canvassed by your person.

Bede2u:
wat are u talking about....the current niger bridge is shaking because of over use....its the gateway to the east....many ppl use it. A 2nd one is a national priority...not even a regional one. The airport might be a regional priority but the niger bridge is an urgent national need...just like the lagos-ibadan-benin express way. But ppl are playing politics because they believe it only affects igbos. Tell me wat fg has ever done for the east....

I can list for u wat they have done in the north and west since 2007....tell me wat...anything at all the fg has done for the east...pls...this is urgent...am willing to list wat was done in the north and west too if u challenge me

Probably you're leaving in a different country.
You don't understand the politics of Nigeria and politics of development.
Let me say since 1999 till probably about 2015, we have had Igbos from the any of the 5 eastern states in different offices both elected or by appointment on the federal side. What exactly were they doing?
So you expect someone from the north, west or south to use his position to fight for a project to be done in the east?

Please I think you should hold your kinsmen ransom for they are the cause.

Also save us the talk about the 2nd Niger Bridge a national priority because we all can vividly remember the caricature politicking the east played out about it during the last administration.

Whether you accept it or not, the east are the cause of their own problems .That is the simple truth.

Bede2u:
sure they may eventually be refunded...but if u are a gov...will u go and be doing fg projects wen u know u may not get the money in ur tenure? And many ppl in ur state wont even knw u are d one dat did it. Pls be realistic. The eastern govs cannot do the niger bridge...it links anambra and delta...ie SE and SS. I voted buhari because i thought he would do it...but obviously its not a priority

It's a sad event.
But like I said, the monies belong to the state and not the governor.
It is because every administration wants to tie itself to a project to showcase its relevance whereas in a sane world projects done are supposed to speak for themselves.
Governance is continuum.
Nice to hear you voted for PMB but if it was for the basis of completing that bridge then it was not done in good thoughts.
If all those who voted for PMB have same thoughts like you do before casting votes then I guess we are all forsaken.
And if we are to judge by the number of votes that comes from a particular region and make it a priority for placing projects then as regards the 2015 elections a lot of areas will highly be affected.

Just because they have a rift 5 years ago and you climbed his supporting PMB is just to spite you?
Never, its certain you'll never mention the real cause of the rift.
Probably its even dated 7 years ago when it actually started.

Rubbiish:
Price is fair

What makes the price fair?
You've not being told the structure type neither have you seen the design plan.

Bede2u:
do u get the point? They did it after they were told they will be refunded...still no redund. Do u think they will be keen to do another fg road after that experience

I am sure they had the necessary documentation and not by word of mouth.
Now since the monies they used were their States money and not their personal money, both States can apply for a refund by any means necessary and any serious incumbent governor can follow the case up. It does not matter how long it takes. What matters is let any incumbent governor take up the case just like they partnered to do the project as long as they have their documents.

Are you saying he was paying his staffs #18,000 before now in his private company in adamawa or is it Intels?

Bede2u:
i gave u e.g of link roads being done by state govs and u still thinking our state govs are the problem? But have u given me just one e.g of a state gov that completed an fg road? None!

It might interest u to know (if u know south east well) that in 2007 enugu and anambra got a go-ahead by yaradua to start building the enugu onitsha express...the anambra started from the niger bridge end while enugu started from abakpa junction end...both had gone far by 2010...but still not a kobo realeased by fg...they had to stop. Till today...they were not refunded their contribution...infact the only reason onitsha looks clean now is because peter obi built the entire onitsha part of the road...shame on u and ur kinds who will never speak out against injustice once it concerns igbos.

Oh i forgot to add...the federal road linking nsukka with enugu and benue became so bad (still is) sullivan had to create another route from abakpa to nsukka by himselfm..clearing bushes and building a magnificient road...u will never hear of these ones...but once we complain about fg...u guys will tell us we are marginalising ourself....without even understanding our issues

Are you saying they got an agreement with Yar'Adua to construct a new road or to maintain/repair/dualise an existing road?

If there was an agreement which the ministry of works should be aware and all things documented, they will get their refunds for it belongs to the states.So any incumbent governor can do a follow up to get refunds from the FG.

Are you saying Peter Obi built a FG road and there was no refund or there was no agreement and he went ahead to do it just to ensure the state looks clean?

Alkanelly:
Hello Engineers and contractors,
please can someone tell me how much should an engineer/architect charge for supervising my building project. my engineer is asking for 300k to supervise from ground floor block setting to first floor slab (slab included). he charged me 300k from foundation to german floor which i think was even too much. please what's the best charge for the next phase in your honest opinion.

1) Please specify your building type/number of rooms?
2) Your type of land and location?

Bede2u:
one of such that i could easily get was enugu awka old road built by both the govs of enugu and anambra. There is also a link btw ebonyi and okigwe....built by both states...there is also a link btw anambra and imo built by both states...a ring road is also being planned currently

Pls can u show me one federal road finished by any state gov in nigeria...am waiting.

The only hate in nigeria is hate for igbo progress..everybody knows that...including u

Are you reading my posts well?
An incident occurred in an existing airport and nothing stops the state government to sort out its repairs and collect refunds from the FG government.
Did you hear me say states governors are supposed to embark on FG new projects ?
Have you not heard of states governors doing maintenance on FG roads and collecting refunds ?
Or do you want to drag me into your purported marginalization and hatred done against the Igbo ?
There are only 3 tribes in Nigeria and the Igbo is one but if they keep crying about hatred,etc,etc done against them then I think it is their own undoing that caused such.

Bede2u:
actually they hold lots of meeting on developmental issues...and they are building lots of link roads to connect the south east states together...i dont expect that u will know about this since u hate them and dont want to believe that they are not really the problem. Pls do u have any evidence that the fg awarded a project in the SE and instead the govs inflated and ate the money? Which project was that? Which year was that? Or is it just another westside propaganda? U guys are evil and wicked.

An airport owned by the fg damaged since 2016 and u are blaming the govs for not fixing it...who collects the taxes paid by planes using the airport? Is it the govs? So why will they use money meant for state projects to build fg's project. This is the same airport gej rehabilitated that made ethiopia airline to agree to come in...buhari is neglecting it but its ok for u...blame the govs and blame igbos...God sees all these

Please kindly show us evidence of the link roads being constructed to connect the state's in the SE?
In other states, where FG roads are bad, the state's government do the repairs themselves and go claim the money from the FG under a pre-determined agreement and approval by the FG to embark on such.
Or probably you don't know?
The only wickedness that hunts the SE is the one they have amongst themselves.

They will not hold meetings as to how to develope their regions. They will only hold meetings how to inflate contracts meant for the region, use their proxies to collect the projects and monies meant and thereafter share the monies.
They will later come out and say the FG is marginalizing them.
The SE is the most homogeneous tribe that marginalize themselves.
The DSP cannot claim to have a CCTV recording and informing Nigerians that he will release it
How many security detail does he have and where were they when this incident occurred?
If he so called managed to fight with the assassin's and over powered them, how were they able to leave the vicinity of that estate without any apprehension by any other person?

Someone may likely be lieing out of no where.
Let's calculate the amount of money spent on power alone from 1999-2015 and the corresponding estimated MW and actual.

Now If you have given $200million to un-block whatever, what template or paper were you given as to how that can be achieved or was the money a gift?

Kastonkastroll:
hear zombie talk. What's the benefit in this now? How many countries in the world waste money and many resources on locomotive trains in this our 21st century?

What's your point?

You want this government to abandon the locomotives the previous government bought and paid in full?
So that you'll still complain about it?
Where are you from?

In civilized nations a video footage of such, will be given to the police to aid their investigation and if need be you can always duplicate it.
What kind of CCTV was installed in DSP's residence that requires a technician to come help them with?
Is it an analogue type or is he taking nigerians as being brainless?
You are threatening to release video as if the police is involved ?

Mufuls will be blaming PMB.
Some persons who don't even know what is pipe borne water or seen one will be blaming PMB.
This senator talking about it now, is there really water in his constituency since the last 10 years talk less of pipe borne water?
What constuituency projects has he carried out in his region since he became a senator?
Which areas in Abia State can boast of pipe borne water when you can't even see roads to use for the past 10 years?

It's a good thing.
How much is the value of his lunch if he eats that in the governor's lodge?
I hope he pays such amount to the owner of this buka.

A governor who claimed he knows what a budget and GDP is against those in the opposition party is the same one saying a meagre #30,000 will cause inflation?

This is the only english they say whenever labour asks for increase of the minimum wage.

Any governor who can't pay #50,000 minimum wage to civil servants is not fit to be called a governor or become one.

This #30,000, was supposed to be what they should have been paid before the previous administration left.
Now it's #50,000.
They should go work it out. We have the resources, we have the man power.

emerged01:
Lol! The man talks like woman,his voice is not captivating at all.

What has his voice got to do with him carrying out his responsibilities or performing on the job?
Is voice now an attribute for performance?

Rindo69:
What road map are they following? My point is that they have no plan and no roadmap to attaining the SDGs yet they are making fun of an administration that did.

Is the SDG not a follow up on the MDG?
Do you expect any government to continue with the SDG when in actual fact they were supposed to rely on the achievements of the MDGs which had a road map but goals were not achieved?
How will it be measured?
Are they not one and the same programme but just streamlined?

Praktikals:
The answer is simple, boss. No permanent friend in politics, only permanent interest.
Obj is now supporting OBJ for president. Can you believe that after he said even God will not forgive him if he does that

Nope, he is not actually supporting him. Certain elements came to play and he has no choice in doing what he did irrespective of his initial outburst of his VP.
If you listen to his speech you'll know that he's actually telling Nigerians to make their choice on this matter come 2019. He'll not openly support any candidate as it stands now but lets see as events unfold prior to the campaign's and election proper.

Rindo69:
1. The meme central content creators are mischievous APC sympathizers.

2. I do not think Peter Obi knows what he is talking about. I worked in the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs between 2012 and 2015 as a consultant and there was actually a well thought out plan albeit ridden with corruption but it was a plan. Granted we started on the wrong foot because funds were given directly to MDAs before 2006 to implement MDG projects but this was mostly embezzled until the creation of this office in 2006. That we didn’t achieve any goals is wrong and the end report is available for those interested to see the achievements.

Now to the APC trolls who are unaware that we have the SDGs now; my question is what are they doing to achieve the SDGs? I can tell you that they are still using the structure of the MDGs cos they have no well thought out plan!! Another question is what is the government doing with the Debt relief Gain funds meant for MDGs/SDGs?

Instead of you to point out the goals which are supposed to be visible you're pointing out to a paper as instrument to seek out goals that's supposed to benefit lives.

If the APC lead government does not believe in continuity of previous government plans and policies, it would have easily not be following the road map of the previous government and your kind will still come out here to shout. You should be ashamed of yourself for playing such flimsy excuses.