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WizardOfNG:
Efficient and increased collection of taxes will significantly improve your standard of living.

You pay fairly high taxes in the best nations of the world, with excellent Infrastructure and healthcare etal, that are collected efficiently.

Same must be birthed here. Nigeria has been living in the 16th century under past President. Tinubu is trying hard to advance us into the 21st century where others have reached.

Forget all these stories. There's no connection between having world best standard tax policies or whatever you can call it to having a world class standard of living.....This is absolutely impossible in Nigeria.
A place where politicians are bigger that government institutions that are supposedly to be independent,a place where the rich and wealthy are bigger than institutions that are supposed to remand their in prison,a place where corrupt politicians who occupy government positions and institutions are not accountable and can't be held accountable for mismanagement of public funds and abuse of powers.
Lastly, it's not whether the policies are perfect or world standard, the real issue is which man or woman, boy or girl is ready to do that which will make that world class standard made in Nigeria.
Some of these people have been in politics since the creation of Nigeria and their villages are still living in darkness, imagine reading in the news that a community after over hundred years of existence is celebrating having a toilet built.

Ulogwe1:
And you Tony Okocha forget that, some civil servants are playing politics though they are not contesting for positions.

I had a lecturer friend in those days. Who was into politics, I mean all the dirty job he do it for the ones contesting. Tomorrow, if he is appointed into Government position, they will tell him that he is not a politician.

Make una calm down, all these Ikwerre men talk na just to belittle the Governor.

If he was a politician as a civil servant that won't be hard for anyone to say out. Even in his LGA, was he known as a politician, it's not about even been a party member. Who amongst the entire political class in Rivers State were his people or who knew him to be a politician not a political commentator oOoOO OO........
There's no such thing as that the ikwere man wants to belittle the governor. The govenror himself belittled himself when he started this in-fighting.

tundegan:
Wike is a political juggernaut.

Fubara will be fine. This is just a phase.

Gov. Fubara will not be fine. Anyone who is double tongue and given to emotions is never fine because the issues are of great trouble and concern giving him sleepless nights.

It's just like former PGEJ coming out with smiling face to tell Nigerians that he is okay with his decision about conceding defeat to PMB. Forget about the looks on people's face, there are many whose hearts are so much demonic compared to whatever anyone would accuse Wike of. There are those more wicked than Wike even though you may not hear their names spoken because those who are their puppets will remain puppets for ever.

VikingKing:
So teenagers cannot join their voice when the hunger in the land also affects them? Did someone have to send them? Stop trying to trivialise this issue. A dance group that lives close to me attended the protest in lagos, they were all teenagers. NOBODY sent them. HUNGER follow dey tear their belle too.

To join in a protest is not a bad idea or thing to be done.
But to get yourself involved in a protest that you now become the one who destroys government property, public property, private citizens property then you should be blamed and you should blame yourself.


One funny thing from the whole setup is that I never knew people who are brought to court are allowed to eat inside the court?
I don't know if it's a deliberate act to give them biscuit and bottle water...

tnerro1:
Abuja is not Rivers, Wike can not win Abuja for APC, waste of money. When inside Aso rock, the staff and residents dey vote for opposition party 😂

You will see the difference this time around. Except they will not come out to vote.

dre11:
80 New Vehicles Bought With Public Funds Delivered To APC Loyalists In Wike’s FCT –Report




https://saharareporters.com/2024/11/01/80-new-vehicles-bought-public-funds-delivered-apc-loyalists-wikes-fct-report


Previous thread https://www.nairaland.com/8254902/wike-distributes-80-vehicles-fct

All that matters is that those given are Nigerians and that is all there is to it. Is it not even good that the FCT Minister who is a PDP member is giving out those vehicles to APC members if that is what you want us to believe!!! Or do you think Wike does not know those in PDP in FCT to give same.
After all the palliatives PBAT administration gave to all the State governors was it not shared along party lines even after hoarding of same by the governors.

Linkzlikz:
Many brainless people on this NL... they rub emotions into everything... The court was going to trash that shitty affidavit in the first place as it isn't the right avenue to defect... It's because Fubara is yet to tell them the truth... wasn't that affidavit part of the case Tinubu told them to withdraw and go back to status-quo after the peace accord? This Fubura just dey Maradona una head as mugu wey una be... the next fews weeks go open una eyes!

He will only succeed in dribbling himself.
Anyone who has not seen that he is deceitful then that person is blinded on all fronts.
Those so-called Rivers State elders standing with him are voiceless, faceless and nameless.
People whom Amaechi as governor ensured were silent till his 8 years in office complete. People whom Gov. Wike brought onboard the moment he became governor and he fed them fat with Rivers State allocation and these same people fell out with him for one reason or the other on the way along that brought in Fubara as governor. Now he thinks they are with him and that they have what it takes to back him up.


Well in the voice of Wike......if e didn't dey e didn't dey.

ddippset:
It's a bit late and I am quite busy now.

Tomorrow I will give you a run down of proper projects and human capital developments that happened in Lagos, Kaduna , Ebonyi, Borno..

Projects done with meagre resources without noise.

Okay.
Still expecting this anytime soon.
Thanks.

ddippset:
He constructed many flyovers in Rivers State, all less than 500m long.

And then what else


Schools, how far?
Hospitals, how far?
Agriculture, how far?
How many Rivers indigenes did Wike employ in 8 years?

All of you are so gullible and think very lowly of yourselves...

A politician only needs to construct long roads and show them on television the name of commissioning.

And then you say he has worked or that he is working...


How many industries came up during Wike's 8 year tenure?

How many people's salaries did he improve?

Abi that one is not part of working??

You might not appreciate him or like him.
But you have to calm down.
At least you have mentioned the less than 500 metres flyover constructed by him. Please don't forget that he employed a lot of persons into the Rivers State University.
Please can you tell us which State governor since 1999 till date has done such projects given the time frame and if you're not from River State please tell us what your State Governor has also done that beats Wike's....

Typing:
Yes. If you try this you will never use Salad cream to eat Salad. However, in this particular Salad we use mostly Letos vegetables, with less Cabbage. It is like 80% Letus and 20% Cabbage. You can add as much Carrots, Cucumber, sliced Onions/Tomatoes as you like

Below is how Letos vegetables look like. The last picture is Salad with Kulikuli

A lot of people don't like to try something new. The question they should even ask themselves what role does the salad cream play and they should note that people now use mayonnaise in place of the salad cream?

Just because you tell them you put kulikuli they are making face and mouth like ........

SmartPolician:
Otti did nothing; Geometric is Professor Barth's private business.

I guess that private business of such magnitude would not be standing if the governor did not accent to it. So give him the credit for it.
It doesn't have to Otti's private project of Abia State Government project.

So, given that, we now know that the power sector has seen good reforms that even you can be involved in if you have the right people with you and technical know-how.

SmartPolician:
A modern society is useless without electricity. The FG should unbundle the national grid and compel all states to generate their own power.

You seem not to be in the country or don't you know the electricity act has been amended....
Why do you think Gov. Otti has just finished the installation of an independent power supply....
Nothing stops others from doing same

PeterObi4Presid:
Business is really hard in Nigeria if you are not there 247,
We are too wicked, greedy and dishonest.

Less than a week, I employed this boy o, to manage my gas filling retail business and POS.
He displayed passion, initiative and experience about the gas filling business and handling of POS....so I just took the chance, we also speak same language. I've been acting nice and all but I think I now know why most Nigerian bosses are mean to their workers by default
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Now from first cylinder we couldn't account for 10kg
Second cylinder was started today by him......when I told him to calculate everything sold from first cylinder based on daily record book ....it felt short of 10kg
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From the sales from second cylinder that started today, The account book does not tally with what is remitted through ATM/POS mode of payment .....I dint know this until I checked my Moniepoint acct as I got home now cos my phone was dead before I went to the shop this evening
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Even the POS part of the business does not tally with the cash I gave him this morning for people who need cash withdrawal
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I'm boiling right now realizing the boy had lied to me when balancing the account this night using the record book, only to get home and power my phone to see cash fell short of 23k in my monie point acct linked to the POS
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How do you handle boys who think they are smarter than you because theyve been in the business before?
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And what are your experiences with dishonest workers in your business , especially this gas retail business or POS business
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Modoified: how do I handle this case now....cos my mind is just boiling ....how can a new business fall short of 38k in less than 7 days...

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There is nothing to fume about. Just pretend you don't know yet.
We dont know how much you agreed with him to pay him monthly as salary.
Because if he has already mismanaged or stolen much more than his salary then you need to fire him now and no need for payment.
If in 7 days he can do tgis kind of magic you can imagine what he can do to yoyr business and to you in 30 days and 365 days.

Bobloco:
•We saw it coming —Rivers govt
•Don’t set Rivers on fire —Atiku cautions •MOSOP calls for caution
•Court decision threat to democracy —Sara-Igbe, Civil Society
•They boasted we won’t last a week in office —Gov Fubara



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/10/atiku-mosop-others-warn-as-court-stops-monthly-allocations-to-rivers/

Gov. Fubara is not thinking through before he speaks. He is allowing his emotions play on him and his thoughts.



The Nigeria judiciary is so rotten that people begin to doubt their capability. Yesterday, the judiciary was the last hope man, but today, the reverse is the case


The bolded is true for all States of the federation. So it's not just whether it is a SHC or FHC.
We only say good things of the judiciary when a judgment favour us but when it favours the opposition , the judiciary is to be blamed.
We can't be hypocritical always.

Pbatmedia:
https://tribuneonlineng.com/tinubu-pledges-to-tackle-oil-spills-gas-flaring-in-niger-delta/

Some of this just are just video games.
Sometimes I laugh over the kind of leaders we have and their sense of reasonings many a times....
Bayelsa State Governor wants IOCs to bring their HQ to the State , is that not the same thing Rivers State has been shouting as well, how about Delta State, will they be denied same too?

So Gov.Diri can't look at the FG laws regading stoppage of gas flaring and enact laws in the State that will make the IOCs to stop it or mitigate it.
Sometimes I just believe we don't have governors who are actually knowledgeable enough and be able to think through and reason.



Na this Bayelsa State we dey for 4 months now no light and we don't think the PBAT has heard it but those northern states that don't have light for just 10 days are known by PBAT.
Omo, we are truly second class citizens.

AcuraZDX:
https://saharareporters.com/2024/10/30/exclusive-pro-wike-rivers-lawmakers-secretly-withdraw-court-affidavit-confirming

The headline is saying that they have withdrawn their purported affidavit but when you read the article it says they "withdrawn part of it"....
Please does this imply that the affidavits and oaths they took have been amended because to me that's what to withdraw part would mean.....

In as much as I know that even such affidavit can't actually stand in court for this particular case but does Gov. Fubara and his men not gotten their hands on this so called affidavit or what exactly has he been using as evidence in the Courts he has been going to or we are just relying on media dramas and gimmicks and fairy tales.

FreeStuffsNG:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6244gk9d4po

Without much thought his party has suspended him and withdraw his office and he is just a floor member till the investigation is complete. It's just a video evidence of his assault.
But in Nigeria it's the other way around and you'll see the same people who are criticizing PBAT are the ones saying there should be out of court settlement.
We are a hypocritical people.

SanctifiedSista:
it's because u are narrow minded that's why ...do you know how many big companies are in OTA and will benefit from that airstrip or even d govt themselves .

The person who is narrow minded is calling another narrow minded just like those senators.....

Do you know what's a private airstrip?
So now you want Pa Oyedepo's private airstrip to be used by those so called big companies, do you even know what you're saying or to have thought?
Is it now a business that you're trying to say he shoud consider or is considering and you say it will benefit the government?

Are they going to share bills?
Your assertion is very very laughable.

JASONjnr:
But some brainwashed people will attribute this to a right against the church and body or Christ without carefully reading through to understand the reason for this.

Those who are brainwashed are the one who are putting up a fight against private ownership of airstrip by individuals and organisations and givng out flimsy reasons behind such.

The insecurity in the North and that in the East and other parts of the country is it as a result of those who own private airstrip?
Does the proliferation of arms, drugs and ill-gotten wealth come through private airstrips?

For me I don't really think any christian organization needs a private airstrip irrespective of the reason for that is not christianly. But the reasons given by the senators are ill-conceived.

Bobloco:
https://punchng.com/rivers-crisis-i-was-ambushed-with-peace-agreement-fubara/

To the best of my understanding, Gov. Fubara is not been truthful in certain of these things.


A lot of things were itemized on the peace pact agreement.
Was it Gov. Fubara that took the SHA to court or they took him to court that he is the one to withdraw the case?
Is it not the person who instituted the case that will withdraw the case?
Is that not how they do out of court settlement?

What exactly is there to hide?

What other things were on that peace pact that he refused to accent to the moment he came to Rivers State from Abuja after listening to his so called advicers?

Gov. Fubara is not been sincere on his own part.

adolfHitler1934:
The man na confirmed Mumu. Someone who has so much money at his disposal, give it and get what you want.
Give one judge or any judge Wike is conniving with, 1 Billion, the judge won't refuse.
Same way he allowed those members of the Wike assembly faction to be misbehaving. Buy them over with money. This is Nigeria politics.
As of this moment Wike can't afford giving them 1 Billion naira each, but Fubara has the money.

Let nobody tell me anything about loyalty and integrity because Nigeria politicians doesn't know that.

You can say this is Nigeria but the way the political landscape is in that SHA, you can't buy those men. This is way more than integrity and loyalty.
Those men were in the game while he was still a civil servant and accountant general of the state. Those men had been working with Gov. Wike. Those men were the people who worked with Wike and ensured he became governor against many odds and opponents. Even the former LGC chairman worked for him through Wike to ensure he is governor.
So, how much of Rivers State allocation will he be giving them and for how long can he do that if it's all about money?
Is it not this same money we were meant to believe the former governor wanted from him!!!!!
There's so much Gov. Fubara is yet to tell Rivers State people about the real issue between him and his Boss. All I can say is that na gossip we dey gossip.

Georgry:
The court of Appeal already ruled against Fubura after initially refusing to even grant a stay of execution, Fubara was Ambushed by Wike and his goons after he obeyed the peace agreement brokered by the President and he withdrew his suit against the Wike faction on House of assembly, this case has is now being tried on technicalities rather than the merit, you withdraw your case already so you don't have any case you need to respect your decision which means Wike faction are the legitimate HOA, the court of Appeal ruled also on that technicalities rather than merit and I expect the supreme Court judgement to go their way also but what I really want to know is that can the merit of this case be tried again right from the federal High Court?

You can't take the same case on same subject matter to the HC again.
I don't believe anyone ambushed Gov. Fubara in that saying because he withdraw.
The agreement he had with PBAT on white paper specified certain things to be done by him. Now if he wants us to believe that he was told to withdraw the case of which he did, also note that the other party is supposed to withdraw as well because it's a two way thing!!!
Those who went with him to the peace pact have not even come out to say that PBAT deceived them if that is the case.....
From my own perception Gov. Fubara did not carry through on those agreement on that pact the moment he came back to Rivers State from Abuja for reasons best known to him.
So you'll see he is speaking from both sides of his mouth. You can't be saying you don't have any problem with PBAT and on the other hand you'll taunting the president.There hare things you don't do as an administrator on public television.

Eboski:
That is the best way to go. Appeals the judgement till it get to Supreme Court.
One man can’t be bigger than a whole state..

Wike when the whole of Rivers state will cook for you, I don’t think you will be able to finish it…

A word is enough for the wise

It's an appeal in futility.
There's no court that will give him judgment because there's still no court that has declared vacant the seats of 27 others.
We are being told that there's a case at the Supreme Court with respect to that but I can't seem to say from where because the Appeal Court previously said the Rivers State High Court lacks jurisdiction and so can't declare those seats vacant. On another case the FHC said he should resubmit the budget to the proper SHA members.
I still don't know who Gov. Fubara is taking advice from but it all seems like they will not work in his favour. He's attitude shows lack of maturity in handling such things.

Omooba77:
https://dailytrust.com/breaking-jubilation-as-power-is-restored-in-northern-states/#google_vignette

It's just 10 days for these States and they are complaining.....
Meanwhile in Bayelsa State there has been no light for more than 3 months going to the 4th .

Sleekfingers:
It is a bailable offense. But he might end up paying compensation to the bolt driver. jail term?....forget about it. No...
And lastly, he might lose his seat in the house.
Did he commit any crime against the IGP ? .....

What will the compensation do?
When he serves a jail time of 6 months and loses his seat, many like him will respect themselves.

Ikaeniyan0:
The lawmaker should quickly settle out of court with him if he's wise

Of what importance is settlement our of court?
That prison sentence even if it's 6 months that Senator will serve and he will lose his office and other will take his place. That way many others like him will behave themselves. Even the Senate President and Speaker are not exempted.

2Ways:
Imagine what Wike is using the Court to do in Rivers State.

It is that same court that put Fubara to be Governor. Itis that same court that put a serving senator and governorship aspirant in prison too.
Relax the court is not done yet. There is more if Gov. Fubara keeps going against the judgment.

press9jatv:
tell me infrastructures wike built in his 8 years in government? What I saw most in Wike projects is bridge constructions

Good a thing you saw bridge construction.
Let SIM do his own infrastructures and he will be appraised.

WizardOfNG:
It won't be the same license and vehicle plate for God sake. It will have national identification but with West African compatibility to facilitate regional trade and even enhance security.

A Nigerian registered vehicle and Nigerian driver will still be identified appropriately by Ghanaian or Beninoise police.

They will know where the vehicle and driver originate from even if both have compliant West African approval to drive within Ghana and Benin Republic.

West African compliant drivers license and vehicle registration just means they will no longer be harrassed and/or extorted, plus possibly detained for hours as is happening today, driving through Ghana or Benin Republic.

Are you aware of how similar works in the EU?

Fair enough.
You can't take away harassment and extortion, etc ,etc.... from the blacks.
I am not aware of how it works in the EU but one thing that is certain is that we have never copied anything and done it better like you have in Indian movies.

Gboss247:
The Port Harcourt Zoo also needs revival

I think with the way Nigeria is zoo in the Rivers State is no longer something the SG should do or even maintain.
It will be better if that place is turned into a large place where different kinds of fisheries can be raised and some put in a gigantic glass aquarium. The government can even build it into a ranch for rearing of all sorts of livestock especially cattle and goats. There are exotic breeds.

WizardOfNG:
It won't work as you think. Not about FRSC alone. Even the title makes it clear this is about Nigeria and West African nations and many here are talking of FRSC and Nigeria alone.

This is a West African initiative so how can it be local to or controlled by Nigeria?

It is like being French and having an EU passport. The passport is EU compliant but clearly shows it is for a French subject. Same for other Europeans.

Drivers license is same. Only vehicle registration is not standardised. Bottom line is that it is the Eurozone that manages the standardized aspects of free travel of good and services not, for example, France alone. Same as this cannot be anything Nigeria alone will control or even direct. It is a joint regional initiative.

I have seen it work and work well first hand. We don't have to begin from a position of pessimism and negativity over everything.

Worth looking at the pros of a policy and then workability before dismissing it. IT capacity and DBM (database management) has moved on significantly since the EU came into existence.

We have templates to use, I.e the EU ,plus better and more modern capacity to coordinate and manage regional integration. I think it is a good idea. Nigeria will be the big winner.

NB, you have got it wrong about Security also. It is like DNA when collated and managed effectively with an efficient DBM system. It enhances security effectively.

Cross border banditry, terrorism, human trafficking and general crime is a problem in West Africa. We as Nigerians feel this more than others. Tracking of vehicles and drivers info more efficiently can only help significantly to enhance security.

It is not about being pessimistic but about sustainability. If another FRSC comes on board he will be looking for what to do and abandon this one. We lack continuity.

VeeVeeMyLuv:
https://punchng.com/fg-spends-n29bn-to-repair-damaged-power-towers-report/

What a figure for repairs....
Now so i hear say the solar street lights been given to contractors by nddc in this operation light every community is #1million naira each pole...
The business is truly lucrative for all parties involved.