₦airaland Forum

Gracefilled01:
It got me wondering how Wike is still a PDP member. Guy's been doing anti-party activities back to back, no one thought to section him. He is obviously bigger than the entire party and their rules.

If they sanction him who is there in the party that will feed those hungry ones in the party?
Who in the party will bring out their stolen funds 100% without having sleepless night that they may be overrun by others who did not bring anything?

Zico5:
Wike of all people. Some people think Wike is somebody. Wike himself know he dare not try it. This is a joke taken too far. They thought because wike is using thuggery and mouth with the backing of Tinubu that the guy is strong. Who in his right sense will vote someone like wike as the president. This country is truly at it's lowest ebb.

Tell me the difference between Wike and President Donald Trump?

nairalanda1:
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We have to copy their industrial economy first though.

What is the industrial economy without the people having to be paid a living wage?

nairalanda1:
Australia has a compulsory voting law as do several other countries including Brazil and Argentina

Some African countries like Egypt have a compulsory voting law on the books, though not enforced as it should be

As we like to copy certain things from foreign countries, let's also copy how to ensure we pay a living wage because these foreign countries don't know what is a minimum wage.....

Sodiq3:
https://guardian.ng/news/bill-to-jail-non-voters-scales-second-reading-at-house-of-reps/

We will put a court injunction to it.
A country that does not and cannot protect her citizens is making a law for compulsory voting and penalties for not voting.

In a country since 1999 till date no legislator can show us the actual amount been paid them as monthly entitlements.
We are complete jokers.

franchasng:
Whenever Tinubu does something good and commendable, I applaud him. To be honest, I really applaud this initiative, it's a good step in the right direction.


We Igbos do not hate Bola Tinubu, we only want the best for Nigeria. We want Tinubu to lead Nigeria with honesty, sincerity of purpose and with zero corruption, nepotism and tribalism. If Tinubu does the right thing and makes Nigeria work, honestly I will become his first fan and praisesinger but don't expect me and other Igbos who cherish competence and merit to be praising Tinubu when he is failing just to make Yorubas happy, it doesn't work that way.


Well done Tinubu, please don't let this initiative be an audio one like some things you have embarked on in the past. Make it work, also hasten on the State Police, stop dragging your leg because of your selfish political interest

Sarcasm....

(1) Please what is the name of that your Igbo/Ibo State and name of State governor?
(2) Is your Igbo/Ibo State governor among those who have agreed to the formation of State policing?
(3) Is it PBAT that is delaying the formation of the State Police in the 36 States and FCT?
(4) The LG autonomy has your Igbo/Ibo State governor allowed his LGA chairmen to open the accounts as requested by CBN?
(5) Has your Igbo/Ibo governor started an State Power Project so as to take his State out from the national grid?

dollarnaira:
Please is it proper to stack blocks together using plaster sand instead of normal sharp sand?

Someone told me that it is gradually becoming a norm.

Though I have seen and confirmed where laterite was used in place of plaster sand.

I want to believe the your use of term "stack" means blocks with mortar mix are laid one on top another horizontally and vertically.
If that's the case then it's only advisable that one uses sharp sand and portalnd cement.



I hope you are not mixing it up.
The only time where clay is used in place of plastering sand or gum sand is when plastering works or rendering on walls is to be done.

bimsite:
Hi everyone, can anyone kindly recommend who can handle central sewage system for small facility?

Where is the site location and is there an existing design drawing for the project?

Owaincouncil:
How many house did the government built to achieve this or they want to tell me how to charge my tenants on the house I use bank loan to build where collecting monthly rent will have negative impact on the interest been paid back.

This government is insensitive and lack direction.

Are you not also insensitive?
Is it because we are living in a lawless country?
If the government decides to enact that law and put a task force committee for full implemention and prosecute anyone violating with strict penalities, will you be saying that which you have spoken?
Are we not in the same country where someone goes to the bank to take a loan at 5% interest and before the end of 60 days the bank writes and informs you that due to CBN new policy there's an increase to 12% !!!!!
Is it only the landlord that borrows loans from the bank or do tenants not also borrow loans and suffer the same though at different degrees?

adenigga:
Source: https://punchng.com/FG-okays-hydropower-projects-in-Oyo

In this administration when it comes to meeting of timelines for projects I can only give it and trust the FCT Minister to deliver on the timeline made known to the public.
But you see this Minister of Power is a complete No, No. When they finally finish then you'll hear an increase in tariffs in power at consumer ends.

IJAYA001:
Out of twelve disciples, there must be a Judas. You betrayed your own brother because of politics and now tell me has Buhari done better than Jonathan?. IRE O

How did he betray his brother?
Was he not part of those who supported the brother when Yar'Adua died and the Northern cabal hid it and refused to allow Jonathan become President till the National Assembly came out with the "Doctrine of Necessity".

When the First Lady snatched microphone from him in a public event what did you do about it?

What was his offense against his brother?

Do you know any brother who follows blindly even when he has come of age, matured and not lacking in understanding and knowledge and knowing?


What exactly did his brother do in Rivers State?


When PGEJ was adviced by the then PDP national chairman to make peace with CRA and they settle their differences, the handlers of PGEJ felt too big to abide to the advice. They felt they can undo and undermine CRA.
Well, where are all of them today....!?

Racoon:
https://politicsnigeria.com/tinubu-cant-fix-nigerias-mismanaged-economy-in-24-months-oshiomhole/

Strip him away from the corridors of power for one year and he will say it differently.


This things are not hard to do and get changes physically. It's just the same way people hustle for money.
When you put the right things in place then in three months, six months and in the twelveth month you'll physically see the positive changes not some paper projections.

TimeManager:
When the President was traveling, opposition were saying all sorts, now the Amir of Qatar has sent his foreign minister to seal the deal. What an elderly sees sitting down, a child wouldn't see climbing an iroko tree. God bless Nigeria.


-Kiss the truth!

Till we see those deals turn into reality and not just on paper for 100 years then we can all kiss the truth.

ogugwa1992:
https://newsdirectng.com/akpabio-sandra-duru-hired-me-for-n2-5m-to-tarnish-natashas-image/

These people easily say this allegations and when you ask them of proofs, you'll have to wait forever except you get a court order for them to produce what they alledged another of freely wanting us to believe they have good conscience.

Wallade:
Whichever way you wanna spin this discussion, you must recognize that there is no substitute for legal and corporate resolution. Every other solution, including withholding 10% allocation to the Area Councils, that are illegal and unconventional are unacceptable.

The current local government chairmen in Abuja - FCT will be out of office soon, this year. They will lose the case in court and with the sustained strike in place, they, or the new chairmen, will bow to the pressure eventually.

If I am in the shoes of the teachers, we will sustain the strike since it is out last resort.

In the shoes of the FCT Minister, I will continue to consult the Teachers Association and the group of Chairmen on the need to promptly and regularly pay the salaries of LG staff, minimum wage. The FCT minister can also consult with the new Chairmen once they get elected into office to ensure the outstanding bills on the Area Councils are paid promptly.

You have responded well.

I just did some findings.
Talks started December 2024 and for some reasons the teachers/union staged a walk out.
Officially this strike which is an indefinite one started March 2025 because when they received their February salaries the minimum wage was implemented by the LGA chairmen.


We were told that the LGA chairmen complained about money and the FCT Minister gave them whatever was their request as it concerns more funds to meet up the minimum wage implemention and payment. But the LGA chairmen all in collaboration thought otherwise.

For the FCT Minister to have resorted to withholding 10% now in May 2025 of the statutory funds it means which the Area Council Chairmen received extra funds when they complained and got same for the months of February, March and April. They all acted contrary not to pay the stipulated increase agreed.

Is that not a direct insult on the person of the FCT Minister who released such funds to them and as I perceive someone somewhere is trying a power play through the chairmen with the Minister!!!!!

Why do you think he would want to act as a mediator between the teachers and the Area Council Chairmen ?

The FCT LGA elections is already slated for February 2026.

At first it all started like it's the FCT Minister who does not want to pay the teachers till we were told they all fal within the jurisdiction of the Area Council Chairmen....

There are only 6 Area Council Chairmen in the FCT and they are all acting the same script. Don't you think something is really wrong and the Minister doesn't want to go down that lane with them but only wait till the expiration of their tenure.

Obinnau:
Yes, but this is AI response.

Interestingly a consultant and purported professional is getting answers from AI from a purported client. So much for industry knowledge and understanding.

That's the level of intelligence people tend to show and they think they are smart, but na AI smart.

pdppower:
Na only his iPhone caught you? Look at his simple dressing as well. Na only Africans dey show off

That's a football pitch and he knows he would be there. You don't expect him to put on a velvet black french designers long sleeve shirt and trousers with gold necklace like a pitbull collar....

Every occasion has its kind of dressing, both formal and informal and still be casual.

saintmm:
So good to have someone like you here.
An Apt analysis

Thanks.
We all need to see political plays differently, irrespective of party affiliation and tribe and when the circumstances and opportunities show themselves then those who have it should do well to utilize same to building a lasting ideology and not something that will not be more than 8 years. Know when to make good useful of the opposition by the incumbent and vice versa and also ensuring that the nations economy is also addressed and it doesn't suffer to the point that it completely falls down.

Wallade:
If you want to take it as an advice, fine.

However, it is one of the possible legally options open to the FCT Minister in the effort to compel the area council chairmen to pay the teachers salary.

I am just not favorably disposed to addressing the impasse with lawless and illegal efforts.

The advice is all of us. Everyone loves peace.

It's good you're an advocate for lawful, legal process and systems in place.

Let's address issues in real time.


Put yourself in the shoes of the teachers and the FCT Minister.

I don't know how many months they have not been paid their salaries and we all know the economy of the nation irrespective of geographical location.


Let's say the Minister initiates a court case .
How many months do you think it will take to come to a conclusion, assuming the Minister follows through and we don't have to hear that he has bribed any judge to get favourable judgment from the Nigerians who hate him !!!

Let's say the Area Council Chairmen all follows through and takes their case to the Supreme Court. How many months or years would it take before the teachers would finally receive their entitlements?

Dogalmighty17:
Let's make sense of this.

INEC is prosecuting the professor for announcing fake results in support of Akpabio. Results which gave Akpabio victory and a senate seat. Yet the same INEC gave Akpabio a certificate of return. How does this make sense? Why was Akpabio's election not invalidated?

Secondly, do not pity any professor or indeed any member of ASUU. They are behind every rigging of elections in Nigeria. I have personally witnessed these professors and university staff change the results of a governorship election. This happened in the head collation centre located in a federal university. They were so blatant and unafraid.

Despite the presented evidence of rigging and massive allocations of votes, the supreme court still gave the sitting governor the election. That's when I gave up on our judiciary.

Were you called to give witness statement in the court?

Spursy:
What is that one Thing?

Jesus Christ is real.
The Holy Spirit is also real.

Any mountain can me moved aside by the appropriate WORD of God as written in the Scripture if one has faith and has the power of God inside him.

Wallade:
Even if you are so fanatical about Wike or any politician or you are on the payroll of any politician, common sense should guide your contributions on social media or in any platform where you have to communicate your position because people would assess you on the basis of your contributions and determine if you are sensible or otherwise.

Again, I emphasize that Wike's decision to Withhold 10% of funds due to the Area Councils is illegal and it must be communicated to him clearly.

You should not cut off the head because you want to cure headache for someone. Whatever is illegal is simply illegal and every attempt to justify illegality must be rebuffed.

Now, that FCT Minister wants to withhold the 10%, how does Wike intend to pay the Teachers? Does FCT Ministry have their payroll? Can FCT ministry debit accounts of teachers in Abuja and credit whatever account they put the 10%?

Withholding it is to put pressure on the Chairmen to pay the salaries (minimum wage), FCT ministry can't directly effect the payment legally.

If the FCT minister so much cares, it is only the court that can order an aggregate of the salary of Teachers and or Staff of the area councils and freeze it in the account of the area councils monthly and subsequently decide to pay the sum to the teachers upon a court order.

Please feel free to share with us, the loop hole in the law, that you said Wike is exploring to withhold the 10% allocation.

We are waiting on you!

You sound intelligent and your lots are much in NL.

Can we say the bolded is your advice?

Wallade:
I don't think it is within the rights of the FCT minister to pay bills of the Area Councils for the payroll of teachers.

That bill is statutory payment under Area Councils (Local Government).

However, I can't completely fault Wike for toing this line of withholding 10% of fund due to Area Councils in Abuja.

Funds due to Area Councils should be remitted to Area councils not spent on their behalf.

Teachers went on strike in FCT and everyone is blaming PBAT and Wike.
Minister Wike has found a loophole in the law and is ensuring what is best so that the teachers are paid, we are here arguiywith what is right and what is not....

Do you not know that it's not the Ministers' right to repair those same schools and roads to those schools within those Area Councils but he does them !!!!


If it's not done , it's the same Nigerians that will still complain.


If they start to label roads and infrastructure, etc, etc distinguishing which is for LGA, State and the FG, you'll be shocked.



Please respond to this question....

So if Wike remits the Area Councils their full entitlements and they refuse to do their own part, what should be done if you were the FCT Minister?
Please advise. Thanks.

Smartcitizen:
Dagogo is a citizen of River State and one of the people who elected the governor, so you can't call him an interloper in this case.

It's not all about the governor alone, it is also about the elected office of the governor of River State.

Are you sure Farah Dagogo voted for Fubara !!!!

Do you know the history between Farah Dagogo, Wike and Fubara prior to the PDP primaries in Rivers State?

Moreso, what exactly is there to challenge even when the Rivers State Governor himself is not a party to such?

saintmm:
Thank God we still have someone like you that is not emotional with issues.
In this game with northerners, it was only Tinubu that was playing it against them, when he discovered the gut of Wike, he empowered him well, and that's what is happening. Those people have el-rufai, Kwankwaso even Tambuwal but who do south has? Oshiomole is old, Tinubu has pushed it to a point he needs someone younger, vibrant and more strategic which Wike possess. So that's the reason for alliance.
After 2027, we shall see the real game plan.
If not, the south will be overrun by this people without a single resistance, we will just be speaking English and typing on SM while they busy thudding the south.

It is well with us

This fight is an ideology one.
Wike knows it as well and was better enlightened when Tambuwal stepped down for Atiku during the PDP presidential primaries and afterwards Okowa was selected over Wike to be the running mate to Atiku.
Baba Osho is not that old per se. I just don't know where his ideology lies.
The politics in the South with Southerners is basically local politics, control and stomach infrastructure and not harnessing it's power to gain good control in national politics by doing what Tinubu has done over the years and Wike has been doing since they PDP was left for him to cater for when Atiku and Co left it for him to macro-micro manage and those who we all thought had weight are coming at Wike with all manner of arsenals and to no avail.
At this time in our politics Wike political sagacity should be a good thesis work.

Wallade:
Obviously, that is not in practice for now. That is the reason he can threaten to withdraw 10℅ of their allocation.

However, we must reprimand the Area Councils management, particularly the chairmen. Their attitude towards meeting financial obligations towards the teachers and education in Abuja is so sick and unacceptable

While the LGAC allocation is yet to be fully implemented as the various State Governors have somewhat not allowed the chairmen to open the account with the CBN that will allow the CBN pay directly into it.

Now, the 10% funds that the FCT Minister says he will withhold is the statutory funds which arises from the FCT IGR(Internally Generated Revenue) so that the committee he will set up will from that fund pay directly all the teachers affected by the non payment of salaries by the Area Council Chairmen.
So, it's within the powers of the Minister to do what he says he would do from that perspective.
I hope you now understand.

I only just pity the Area Council Chairmen. All of them underperforming will not be re-elected if they ever return again.

toolovely:
If PDP want to scatter APC, they should just make Wike the presidential candidate and see him dump Tinubu in seconds

Wike will not accept that offer at this point in time, because it will be a good opportunity for the North, the East and his enemies in the South to give him a payback.
So he won't take that fall.
In politics, it's wise to know when it's your time and then you make good use of the opportunity.

There's no Southerner that can defeat PBAT as it is now. No form of propaganda will even work against him.
Those who know and understand the season know.

saintmm:
Exactly what happened. You are so correct. I remembered telling people around me then that PDP has become too contented for a Wike to become the party father figure then.
Atiku was no where to be found. All those northerners were thought they were smart by collecting his money and think with their unity and numbers they can brush him aside and made a fool of him. All of them are now shocked by his political sagacity.
Wike is a good match for them. Let him give it to them massively. Southerners are not fools

Yes, the South needs people like Wike to make the North realize that there are no fools in the South.
The North don't have anything to contribute to the welfare and well being of the South and so they should drop all their threats if they truly want diplomacy.

ddippset:
How many people left the party?

Atiku and who?

Stop exaggerating....

He forced himself on the party with Rivers money.

Hijacking it and bringing all the National Chairmen.

I wonder in what am I exaggerating....!!!.

Where were the rest of the PDP governors and what were they doing with their States money when Wike was forcing himself on the party?

Whatever Wike was doing was it hidden?

ddippset:
Says a man who hijacked the party and singlehandedly produced the last 4 National Chairmen of the party for his own selfishness.

Says a man who accepted nomination to be running mate to Fulani Atiku.
He knew it was injustice to give Atiku the ticket yet he lobbied to be the VP.


He knew the party had to go South for the 2023 election, yet he still put Secondus as National Chaiman just to hijack the party..
Only to push Secondus out because he wanted the ticket 2023.

This man remains the biggest problem of PDP.

He can only deceive and fool his minions, not reasonable people.

Did he really hijack the party?!!!!
People left the party and he singlehandedly did a lot of things and because people can be bought with money, he shared the money and found a way to ensure his chosen candidates takes the juicy portfolios.....
Don't call that greed.....
He wasn't the only govenror in Nigeria in PDP and nobody stopped the rest of them from playiythr game he played in the party rather than them complaining or waiting for him to put his State resources and they want to have a loud say in the affairs of the party that will not benefit him....

Who does that?

Eleph:
The Chief Mole Himself! The nemesis of the PDP, Wike.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I think Goodluck Jonathan's selfish ambition was the root cause of the PDP's problems. Having spent 2 years out of the 4 years of Umar Yar'Adua's tenure plus another whole 4 years, Jonathan still insisted in running again for another 4 years even though, OBJ a southerner, has had 8 years on the seat while the North only had 2 years under Yar'Adua, do the maths, OBJ's 8 + GEJ's 6 equals 14 good years and GEJ still wanted more, the result of GEJ's greed led to the loss of power of the PDP at the centre. The core northerners felt cheated and agreived.
Only a fool would have expected PMB to lose the 2015 general elections under the newly formed APC going by the discontent within the PDP then which also led to the mass exodus of most of the major power brokers and big wigs of the PDP to the new alliance of the APC whose major aim was only to grab power, mismanage the economy and to continue to project falsehoods and nothing more.

Everything you talked about PGEJ na complete stories. If you think PGEJ seeking a second election is greed then you're completely mistaken.

The North ruled more when we were in military regime and the South did not complain whatsoever.

The death of President Yar'Adua was unfortunate but the constitution remains supreme.
If the President was a Southern and the VP from the North would the North agree to that which they wanted PGEJ to stick to ?

Skydivine:
Still, I do not see anywhere in all the Bible verses you cited where it says not to swear by God’s name.
From all the verses, it would appear that the Bible is mostly concerned about false testimony, in other words swearing in vain with the name of God.
What is vain? This is a disrespectful or irrelevant rendering of Gods name. Usually, it pertains to worthless and false oath. Don’t claim what is not true in God’s name.
When you swear with Gods name, it should be declaration of truth, in something you have done or intend to do.
Have you considered why elected officials are sworn into office under oath- in the name of the God they worship?
I might be wrong but it’s my interpretation of the cited verses.
The summary of it all is that we should watch our mouth because that name is sovereign.

The bolded is enough for now.
Many a times we are looking for verbatim in the Scripture of a particular thing meanwhile it has already been said but due to various level of understanding arising from each individual we will always come across such discussion.