₦airaland Forum

With the way politics in nigeria is going, it almost seems as if nigeria is running a one party state. The longest surviving political party that ought to have functioned as a strong credible opposition has found itself being ravaged by corruption, impunity and political scandals. Nigerians are now split between those who believe in the change mantra of the present administration and those who simply hate apc.

But this need not be. If our country is to grow we need credible opposition that can deliver constructive criticisms without insults or bias or any form of hate.

That said, I have compiled a list of things i think any intelligent nigerian who means well for this country ought to look out for:

1. What is the motive of your criticism?
This is the most important factor in being a constructive critic of govt. If your motive is to spread fear or hate or your own personal bias, then nigeria doesnt need to hear it. The motive of any critic must be the growth and devt of the country not "i hate buhari" or "apc are liars" etc

2. No insults
Many people think they are making a point when they spew insults on political leaders. When u insult people, they wont listen to you and as such u make no impact whatsoever. Rather being civil and respectful in your comments. Breathe and try not to show anger, you will be more likely to get support and a listening ear

3. Provide a reasonable alternative
Many come online or go about saying things they hate or do not approve of government actions and policies. But ask them what they would do differently, and they absolutely no idea. If you dont have an alternative solution to a problem then dont make it worse by mindless comments.

4. Speak to policies and actions of government and not persons.
Do not say "I dont like buhari". Rather speak about his actions that you do not approve. You dont impress anybody but yourself when you show bias

5. Do your research
Some people who claim to be critics end up mumbling and juggling up facts, and sometimes they do this intentionally just to backup their preconceived selfish agenda. Telling lies or jumbling up facts does not make any impact. Rather you just show how shallow and unproductive you are.

6. Give room for counter-criticism
Some of us have so much in-built anger that the moment anybody disagrees with us, then next thing is to throw insults and tantrums. But this is really unnecessary. Nobody is perfect so be open to other people disagreeing with your point of view. Rather than insult them, learn from it.


With this said i really hope we all can abandon this polarized hateful arguments. It doesnt help government or citizens or the country. All governments need a counter balance and persons who can genuinely criticize govt policies with harboring hate or a personal agenda/bias. It is through credible opposition that govt can hear the cries of the nigerian people

I think its time for federal govt and the state govts to ban all movement of fulani herdsmen within and around nigeria! We catch u and we burn your cattle. Period.

Very true

But the enemies of progress and devils among us will soon flock here to WAIL uncontrollably!

WAILERS.............cum and see!!

dammytosh:
In all fairness, he did not say that he is not a thief.

He only said he was instructed to steal so he should be released.

Na devil push am abi

HungerBAD:
What? what is the definition of idle?

Is there not a clause in our Banking Laws that stipulates that Monies left after a certain time idly(hoarding) in the Banks, should be reported to the C.B.N who in turn have the powers to convert it into Federal Government Money? Cant the C.B.N name this owners of this $20 Billion? who are these Nigerians sitting on top of this money?

The Government should identify, arrest and prosecute those Nigerians who are guilty for the slide in the value of the naira by embarking on dollar speculation.

This Government is working.

Think before you blab! How can Government convert private citizen's money into govt coffers You want govt to steal people's money? Hian..all these wailers sef! Smh

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MrLouisVanGaal:
We elected a 1985 president who believes the country can only survive by running after foreign investors no matter how suspicious whatever pact signed is. I have not been surprised by his traveling about. This is how he believed it is done in in the 80's, and this is how he still believes it should be done now and his gullible supporters like i once was will tell you 'he's strengthening international relations' 11 months after coming to power. I only regretted supporting the man as it was a choice of the devil and the deep deep blue sea. Turns out we elected a major disaster and a potential catastrophe. It won't be long before we hear that Nigeria has been sold to the highest bidder.

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Stop talking trash. You dont know what you are saying since when did going after foreign investors become a bad thing Smh

OP I think you are mixing two different issues. BASA Agreement and issuance of Visa are 2 different things. Every country has there own policy on issuance of visa to another country, this does not imply discrimination. Try applying for american visa or south african visa and see how difficult it is. Visa policy is completely different from BASA. Nigeria also has their own visa policy too, and it is very stringent for some countries. And while we may not have a national carrier, Arik Air has since been operating unofficially as Nigeria's national carrier. However, there are plans in the works to unveil our official carrier soon.

Mrs okigbo case is regrettable and i believe its something than can be negotiated between the two countries. I think the real problem here was misinformation or lack thereof. Never apply for visa from an airline's website, they might not be able to give specific accurate info since its not only nigerians looking to travel there.

Love Machine:
Our local manufacturers depend on imported raw materials to produce their goods.Nigeria as a whole doesn't have it locally and it will take several years to start making it.The only raw materials we produce here are tomatoes,onions,pepper,Banana,pawpaw,salt and it is due to our fertile land.

Which raw materials are Truworths and Clover bringing into Nigeria Nigerians make clothes and we have our own juice companies. Your analogy doesnt apply to this case. The companies leaving are those that import finished products.

oduastates:
True investors stay for the long haul.
Do they have a factory or farm in Nigeria or they are treating Nigeria as a dumping ground for excess production in South Africa

Exactly! Its a good thing they are leaving. We dont need excess imports at this critical stage. Especially for goods that have a local alternative!

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EgusiSoup:
and what will the burukuntu burantashi drunk senile pampers wearing phedoplile drunk dullard gain from overhouing the NNPC to put his fellow cow fulani drunk dullards? Igbo man is being decieve that he is the president of Nigeria while the dullard is the ministry for foreign affairs and peroleum matters of APC

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Election is over, so let go of your frustration. Shun anything negative that doesnt add value to your country and stop reasoning like a child.

This is the problem I have with the alleged thieves and looters. They dont ever deny the allegations, rather look for how to divert the issue by laying curses and calling God.

Mr okupe if this is not your house, then say so. Defend yourself and stop telling stories. Tell us u never stole and sahara reporters news is fake. Simple!

ochilikoko:
All I know is that d fight agains corruption is a scam until one person is truly convicted

Reset your brain. He was arrested by DSS not EFCC...what has corruption got to do with this

NavierStokes:
It's worth looking at the judicio-economic nexus from another perspective.

WTF...judicio_economic lmao
Some pipo sha

senatorbayor:
Your level of reasoning is amazing.
I quote your words where you denied you never mentioned any political party.

Now you have switched to another ground.

If actually you were talking of corruption, what's the mention of a political party doing in your analysis if truly you did not mentioned any political party


I give up bro.

Pls get lost, i dont have the patience to argue on stupid issue. So good riddance!

Its like Rochas doesnt know Buhari yet maybe he thinks because he supported apc then Buhari will intervene with efcc investigation. E go shock am

senatorbayor:
blackpanda:


Corruption is the reason why pdp could never defeat boko haram. All funds were diverted to private pockets.

Corruption is the major factor why pdp could never construct any new road in its entire 16yrs of leadership

Corruption is the reason why none of our universities are in the top 100 universities in the world

Corruption is the reason why almajiri's are in the streets begging, 50million are living in poverty and over 20million youth are without jobs at home doing nothing....

Need I go on? Like Mr President said, it is either we kill corruption or corruption will kill us. No matter the wonderful ideas or policies govt may have, corruption will rubbish it completely!

















The above were your words were you mentioned a particular political party and I had to tell you to be apolitical if you want the issue of corruption to be addressed.

I wil advise you go thru them again so that you won't think your words ain't been digressed by others

I was talking about corruption, not the political party. Any sane intelligent person can see that. Stop quoting out of context!

Beehshorp:
This administration is joke... Dem no go ever send 1 person go prison...

Is it the executive that send people to prison or the judiciary.....when nnamdi kanu was granted bail some people were rejoicing, now they want to twist the law to suit their purpose.

shebi una say buhari is a tyrant and disobeying court order, well enjoy this court order too

eedriyz:
Bail for what? Our judiciary system need some serious review

Relax, we will get to the bottom of this case the court must beseen tobe impartial and every accused is presumed innocent till proven otherwise.
Moro will still end up in jail

Oz4realsss:
Can corruption kill corruption? Don't be deceived, PDP and APC are all corruption personified including your "Mr. President".

Tell him to build strong institutions that are liberalised and truly independent and see if corruption will not drop drastically.

Swallow your lies and deceit and get lost!

Pidggin:
Pls stop shooting yourself on the foot. Yes, I recall subsidy was one of his stolen ideas, even the STA was also his idea. But some he is from SS, saints like Tinubu and Co sponsored campaigns against the removal of subsidy at the detriment of all of us. Hypocrisy at its peak.

Between, if subsidy has truly been removed why is government still determining the pump price of fuel? Nigerians are gullible Sha.

Actually u are d gullible one. You have said nothing. Fuel pump price is low because, incase u havent noticed, the price of oil has plumeted!

Pidggin:
So , was it GEJ who implemented it? As for the fuel issue, filling stations have refused to sell in my area, should I burn down their offices? I can recall only one case of fuel scarcity during GEJ's time which was due to sabotage but under 9 months this has happened twice under Buhari

Pls stop telling lies. Scarcity happened several times under GEJ...lies are unnecessary to prove a point especially when we all witnessed it!

And by the way, while u are comparing regimes, subsidy is technically out of our budget. Recall the massive chaos when gej tried it

Pidggin:
So , was it GEJ who implemented it? As for the fuel issue, filling stations have refused to sell in my area, should I burn down their offices? I can recall only one case of fuel scarcity during GEJ's time which was due to sabotage but under 9 months this has happened twice under Buhari

Pls stop telling lies. Scarcity happened several times under GEJ...lies are unnecessary to prove a point especially when we all witnessed it!

senatorbayor:
If I may get you well, You painted one political party as harbingers of our woes and I had to tell you that all are same and should be condemned .

but if your thoughts are in contrary, then we are on same page then. kudos

No u didnt get me well. I didnt paint any political party in any color. U shld read and digest b4 commenting.
I was speaking to issues, not parties!

zhiggy1:
For real. Case of young love.. Absurdity, kindly read up on child grooming for sexual exploitation.

But if its sexual exploitation, why did he marry her? He might as well have kept her as sex slave. Why bother to convert her at all? And then why is the girl refusing to go home

They put on their Tom Ford suit to work and when they finish the enter their mercedes and bmw to zoom off!

Who is deceiving whom

Flexherbal:
Instead of this government to be negotiating for investors, they are negotiating prisoners. Or is it the money to restructure the prisons that they are interested in?

Do u negotiate for investors The prisoner exchange was initiated by UK!

UnknownT:
People will say, " Don't abort, you may be aborting the future president". What if the child turns to a future Anini or in this case a future yunisa, the abductor of underage girls?
If there won't be any complications, abortion here is highly recommended.

But she said she wasnt abducted and even claims to love the guy

Actually I dont think any of them should be punished. This is simply a case of young love gone wrong. Unless, I am wrong both parties are determined to be together, so its not a case of forced kidnapping.

I think what they need is counselling. The guy is just 18, what does he know. These are kids that made a grave mistake!

senatorbayor:
corruption thrive in both parties.

All the points you listed are predominant between our major political parties in Nigeria and until we stop playing partisanship. we cant have an headway.

If APC could accommodate all PDP members whom they have accused of corruption and sponsoring BH and encouraging Almajiri and killing the university system, What then is the blame game if both parties have shared members .

The recent denials of campaign promises and padding of budget is another corruption that must be addressed quickly .

Nigeria will be great and God Bless Nigeria.

You have derailed from the crux of my comment. The initial comment seemed to suggested that fighting corruption shldnt be a priority

ICEFLAME419ja:
lol so has the present administration bought any weapons till date?

Direct ur kweshon to force headquarters. Am not army spokes person. I can only say what I know.

Pidggin:
Now that Saint Buhari, Oyegun, Tinubu, OBJ and Co are killing corruption, I bought fuel yesterday for N200, they take N50 from my account each time I send or receive money yet I pay tax, all the foodstuffs I was buying cheap during the era of corruption have become expensive, transportation cost has increased, data and electricity cost has increased, I think I prefer our corruption.

You bought fuel 200 because u prefer to buy black market than queue. You are quick to forget that under gej tenure there was also massive fuel scarcity. The N50 stamp duty u pay is as a result of the stamp duties act that was amended under jonathan as well. So be careful how u nag. Most of d things u are complaining of were initiated by jonathan!