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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 9:52am On Aug 10, 2023
izzou:
[color=royalblue]I always marvel at the foolishness and stupidity of this statement.
[/color]
The statement is taken from the same playbook that always point out Goodluck jonathan's generally acknowledged failure each time Buhari's ineptitude was brought to the fore all through the past 8 years. They will find ways to bring up Jonathan we all acknowledged was a failure and use him as a yard stick for judging Buhari. cry
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 9:45am On Aug 10, 2023
liveLongNprospa:
Guy..
I got sold a fucking dream.
Na recently I dey see story plus the amount we pay for subsidy doesn't make one absolute sense nai I realise say subsidy payment nor be issue sef. Na the stealing inside subsidy nai be problem.
Omo.
Even that 50% removal of subsidy by Obi, I for fight am sef. That's how much of a 360 I've done.

It might actually turn out that the real cost of subsidy is way lower than what we've been paying because this country na "the more you look, the less you see"
The reasonable thing to do would've been to go after the subsidy thieves, block loopholes being exploited by uncrupulous elements, purge out the bad eggs in NNPC, etc. Removing subsidy should've been the last resort after everything has been fixed.

I posted what Tinubu wrote in 2012 about subsidy removal and conditions that must be in place before subsidy removal can be considered. The same Tinubu became president, saw that none of those conditions are in place, goes ahead to remove subsidy and people are defending the fallout of the decision ....smh
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 9:39am On Aug 10, 2023
izzou:
[color=royalblue]We are sorry, daddy.

Forgive us for all our blindness. cry[/color]
There's nothing to forgive jare. We've all been misled by these politicians at one point or the other
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick:
liveLongNprospa:
Change it first oga.
Everybody else has a plan that they would have executed.
At this point I've come to realise that paying subsidy on petrol would have done nothing to this country if we just had plugged 70% of our leakages (na stealing dey make the money wey we dey pay for subsidy be like say na wetin dey hold this country back)


If we had institutions actually carryout and also had consequence dished out for crimes.
We've all agreed the president is the most powerful man in Nigeria due to what he controls.
A president without skeleton in his cupboard or debt to any politician will have no reason to reward or overlook the excesses of these people.

Let me ask you, do you see someone like El Rufai making it into the ministerial list of Obi? Or someone like Matawalle? Or do you imagine seeing someone like asari roaming Abuja with his boys? Or would you imagine having the Navy burn ships or not be answerable at all for their crimes?

Proper leadership will set the tone for this country.
Good morning Prosper ! grin

When I was arguing the bolded , u were busy believing the propaganda that fuel subsidy needs to go and Nigeria will be better .

I argued asking what government has done to deal with those stealing through subsidy , what has government done preventing smuggling of subsidized crude to neighboring countries and what has government done to prosecute those subsidy thieves we’ve always heard about ?

For the umpteenth time, that fuel subsidy is the only social welfare all Nigerians whether poor , extremely poor, averagely poor , middle class and upper class enjoy. The moment u take it away cos the government can’t deal with a handful of unscrupulous elements gaming the system, u are definitely suffocating those already in the lowest of low .

Some of us shouting about this thing are doing so not even because of ourselves but those who don’t have anywhere or anyhow to adjust . Like me now , I’ve been privileged to receive hardship allowances to cushion the effect of the whole subsidy wahala …..but how many people have that privilege in current Nigeria where disposable income keeps reducing by the day ?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 9:29pm On Aug 09, 2023
When it rains , it pours .🤦‍♂️

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:46pm On Aug 09, 2023
Segedinho:
Reno said apart from "BASiC AMENITIES" we are the best,just to spite the obedients

.I have to bold,put in capital letter and place emphasis on the basic amenities
Reno wey don craze a long time ago.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 7:59pm On Aug 09, 2023
Country hard Abeg !

Attendant do mistake sell full tank for customer , alaye provoke speak all the grammar wey dey inside book o; cos baba no get plan to buy any useless full tank 😔


https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cvue391IyiI/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 7:44pm On Aug 09, 2023
DeadPresidents:
After seeing todays misadventure at the senate, i can only come to one conclusion—na only mumu dey sacrifice for better Nigeria. I can’t even blame Onyema the civil servant for shirking work and stealing electricity.

Why Nigerians never enter street na wetin i never understand walai
grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 3:22pm On Aug 09, 2023
izzou:
[color=royalblue]This one wey Canada don dey find Welder and Carpenter

Hmmmmmm[/color]
Shey I no go dey use my weekends go learn Carpentry from Broda Akeem like this ?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 3:05pm On Aug 09, 2023
A40:
Even my former Agbado neighbors that were boisterous when the man began don dey quiet. Be like hand don dey touch them 😂😆

These are people that jump on my anti BAT WhatsApp statuses at the speed of light. Energy no dey again. Them don quiet as all the increments dey pile up. O ti'n re won


Some are like Joseph Goebbels though. They will go down with the ship. Nothing you can do with those ones
U see these set of people ehn, I just look at their whatsapp status now na prayer points full there.

Now dem no get energy to troll anybody again. All of us dey face our respective reality
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 12:58pm On Aug 09, 2023
Incognito9:
“In order to enable all of us to enjoy our holidays, a token has been sent to our various accounts by the Clerk of the National Assembly,” he said.

Realising what was at stake, a senator rushed to him to make him realise that he was on air.

In his response, Akpabio said, “I withdraw that statement. In order to allow you to enjoy your holiday, the senate president has sent prayers to your mailboxes to assist you to go on a safe journey and return.”

May the sent prayers favour me and my family 🙏
🤣🤣🤣🤣
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 12:26pm On Aug 09, 2023
iamoyindamola:
I am okay with the fare actually I just want to clear the 50% thing
Yeah the fare makes sense, but there was just need to let people know that it was 50% on paper but not 50% in reality. Even the Yellow buses wey he include for the announcement , those ones no send anybody. Dem go ask u if na Sanwoolu buy fuel for them or na him go help them repair their car or pump tyre when they are flat grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 10:49am On Aug 09, 2023
Segedinho:
How many brt buses can convey how many Lagosians to their place work at a time
The question u should even be asking is how many BRT routes/Corridor do we have in Lagos? Take away Ojodu Berger-CMS, Ikorodu-CMS, Abule Egba- CMS, CMS-Ajah routes and U will see that the rest of Lagos state without BRT route are on their own.

Sanwoolu's slashing of the BRT fare is a good move, but it has little impact on the suffering of the general populace. And the 50% slash is not 50 per centing . It's actually 41.67% reduction cos those routes where they charge N600 before Sanwoolu's announcement, they now charge N350 (and not N300 which is 50%). I confirmed this from those who use BRT on a daily basis.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 9:41am On Aug 09, 2023
liveLongNprospa:
Lmao who go help am ratify am? The same senate e flout?

So basically he can deploy to the Nigerian/Niger border or just beyond it because the issue is what will be acceptable "limited combat duty"
This is Nigeria, he can always claim our national security is under threat just like those supporting the planned military intervention have been doing.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 9:24am On Aug 09, 2023
izzou:
[color=royalblue]I seriously regret the day i supported Fuel subsidy removal.

After seeing the kind of people selected, i realise i shot myself on the foot

Anytime wey i remember am, water dey comot from my eye cry[/color]

https://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/053/748/Best-Cry-Ever.gif
Pele my dear

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:21am On Aug 09, 2023
liveLongNprospa:
But tinubu sef cannot override the senate.
Surely he's not that stupid.
Also I wonder how many of those northern politicians are of Niger origins
Reuben quoted section 5 of the 1999 constitution subsection 5 which states:

(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (4) of this section, the President, in consultation with the National Defence Council, may deploy members of the armed forces of the Federation on a limited combat duty outside Nigeria if he is satisfied that the national security is under imminent threat or danger:

Provided that the President shall, within seven days of actual combat engagement, seek the consent of the Senate and the Senate shall thereafter give or refuse the said consent within 14 days.
That means Tinubu can claim Nigeria's national security is under threat and still deploy our troops ; then sought ratification of the legislature within 14 days later.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 7:57am On Aug 09, 2023
liveLongNprospa:
Usman Yusuf.
You know how many nigeriens dey Lagos dey drive okada. And this is down south oo.
Talk less of up north. 😁
Omo! The man sounded like even if Tinubu goes ahead without the approval of parliament , the north will sabotage any military operation in Niger . shocked
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 7:48am On Aug 09, 2023
Whatever argument u have in Favour of military action in Niger , this professor has addressed it in his interview with Reuben Abati.

The man even make bold that the north will not support any military action . Take ur time to watch this without a biased mind .


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz2RoYZlD24
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 6:03am On Aug 09, 2023
obainojazz:
Well if the Chinese had not withdrawn from the rail project, it will be nearing completion by now.

I won’t fault senators for raising alarm…. That’s their job anyways but the alarm raised is why the project didn’t go on.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUAZwsZMFXU
The guy in the video didn’t say anything different from the normal beer parlor gist . The good thing is he was reasonable to have been using words like “ may have “, “might have been the reason “, “could’ve been the reason “…. thereby showing he was making a big guess

In the early part of the video he was saying Amaechi confirmed they didn’t sign any sovereignty clause and the Chinese also clarified they didn’t have any motive to take over our national assets….. Then in the middle of the video he explained excatly what the fear of the lawmakers were as what that sovereignty clause guarantees for the Chinese .

The guy made a lot of conjectures as to the most likely reasons why the Chinese pulled out and the “uproar “ angle was the less convincing reasons amongst what he came up with.

I bet if the guy was here on nairaland and we ask him to make it make sense like izzou was doing yesterday evening , he will end up repeating these conjecture hundreds of times without actually proving anything to us.

He even said maybe the reason the Chinese pulled out was cos they are not used to having opposition ask questions in their one party state .

The unfortunate thing in all of this is the fact that for most of Buhari’s tenure we the people accused the senate of being a rubber stamp legislature . The only time they asked questions with the motive of getting full details of what they are signing-on on behalf of the people , we are making conjectures saying maybe that’s why the Chinese pulled out.

The question is , don’t the legislative arms in the saner climes ask the executives questions and even warn them about the implications of some agreements/contracts they sign with foreign entities ?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 10:59pm On Aug 08, 2023
So it’s going to be a long battle between Ramsdale and Raya.

No wam! 😎

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 9:52pm On Aug 08, 2023
The same people saying there’s no big deal about muslim-Muslim ticket on the national level are protesting against Sanwoolu’s commissioners list which has 31 Christian’s and 8 Muslims

https://www.nairaland.com/7796042/muslim-community-demands-review-lagos
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:59pm On Aug 08, 2023
grin grin grin

izzou behave urself Abeg . U just dey in form anyhow like William Saliba
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 5:56pm On Aug 08, 2023
izzou:
[color=royalblue]Maybe it is my own understanding, but i think a Lagos-Calabar rail would yield a better and faster ROI than Kano-Maradi.

I don't even see how only 2 Senators are enough to stop a bill/project. A rail from Lagos to Calabar cannot have only Abaribe complaining. Lagos have Senators. Same for Ogun, Ondo, Edo, Delta and all the states on that corridor. So which one be say na Abaribe stop am?

I just dey ask oh

cc Larride.[/color]
Na just propaganda , the talk holds no water in the face of proper scrutiny and critical thinking .

It’s beer parlor gist taken too far . It’s no different from Shetimma saying Lagos was a super slum before Tinubu became the governor
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 5:28pm On Aug 08, 2023
Segedinho:
Audio bomb ..




🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥



Oga junta never still bend knee ooooo...

🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ah.

I think say dem arrest oga junta yesterday after successfully bombing the coupists position in Niger , brought him to Nigeria and transferred him to kuje prison while we were sleeping o.

So na Imagination wan finish me 🤦‍♂️
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 11:24am On Aug 08, 2023
larride:
This is false. They did not choose to prioritize Niger republic own over the eastern corridor rail.

After the SE legislators rose against the eastern corridor rail line in the name of Buhari is selling our sovereignty to China, the Chinese withdrew from the project and FG had to start looking for another concessionaire to fund the project. The last I heard of the project was negotiation witha US company but that's all we've heard of it before election and campaign started.

The Kano - Maradi line was proposed afterwards. That you don't like Buhari doesn't mean you should turn facts on its head. If anything SE legislators led by Senator Abariabe should take the largest portion of whatever blame you want to dish out. They were the ones that used their region to play politics.
If I understand what u are saying here:

1. Buhari wanted to construct eastern corridor rail line

2. Abaribe and other eastern senators protested against it (This u inferred from the senators cautioning against Buhari taking chinese loans which has turned out badly for some African countries in the long run)

3. The Chinese didn't fund the project eventually and Buhari abandoned it.

4. Later Kano - Niger Republic rail line project was proposed and somehow they were able to get funding for the project ( Not from China but from German banks and other EU agencies)

Now let me put it staright to u here and now. Buhari obviously took the advice of dem Abaribe which was a reasonable one, then proceeded to source for funds elsewhere only to use it to fund a project to Niger republic.

All the shalaye u've done up there is nothing but u actually indicting Buhari further for what I have accused him of. U didn't absolve him in any way. Die this talk of anybody hating anybody, na those kind talks make Buhari use 8 years spoil this country while u guys were cheering him on.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 10:25am On Aug 08, 2023
KingTom:
I saw some beneficiaries, they were paid their 3 months 20k stipend all at once I.e 60k and that was just about that for the SPW
Were u able to find out how any of those people were enlisted for the program ?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 10:23am On Aug 08, 2023
Emaprince:
The 2b dollar wasted rail project which he thought he was doing to make life better for his brothers in Niger.

That man na confirm bigot. He doesn't speak it. It's in his actions.

I was also wondering why there is no rail project to connect the south or south to north. These northerners are gradually improving and readying their side for the impending disintegration of the nation, but politicians from south are selfish and zombies. Also we have individuals ready to fight and defend the man because they believe it will pain peole from a certain part of the country.
The funny thing in all of these is that the eastern corridor project was supposed to cost $1.96bn , they chose to prioritize the Niger republic own over Our own internal rail system. Now they say there's no funds for the eastern corridor. Smh
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 10:18am On Aug 08, 2023
GloriousGbola:
My guy you have made no bones about your pragmatism.


What do you expect Nigerians in a military junta to say? We oppose this and cannot wait for the restoration of democracy spearheaded by our country?

As an African matter the moment the lights went out every Nigerien around them would have started giving them side eye.
We are saying the same thing. They obviously don't need any confrontation between ECOWAS forces(which Nigeria is spear heading ) and Nigerien forces. It puts them in a delicate position. And also, they in the best position to know the pulse of the Niger people and where their heart lies; with the coupists or the liberation army of ECOWAS.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 9:03am On Aug 08, 2023
https://www.nairaland.com/7792721/nigerians-niger-cry-out-support

Nigerians living in Niger say they do not want any military intervention and they stand with the Niger people and the coupists.

Are these also farmers employed by the Wagner-Russia troll farm corporation ?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:41am On Aug 08, 2023
larride:
I don't think the programme actually kicked off with all the controversy surrounding it.

I agree with you sha.
See the link below, Keyamo confirmed some people benefitted from the scheme, he was asked to provide the details of people who got over 24 billion as at that time he couldn't. This country ehn, we let people get away with a lot of things.

https://www.thecable.ng/no-single-person-benefited-senate-probes-fgs-774000-jobs
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:26am On Aug 08, 2023
larride:
He actually appeared before the committee. The committee accused him of corruption and he in turn accused the committee of corruption that the reason they are calling him corrupt is because he refused them from populating the job list with their cronies even after the job slot had given 15% to each lawmaker.

The committee chairman then said they should go to closed door session, he refused and told them they either air the session openly or he will leave. The issue turn into a shouting match and he walked out on them.

I don't even know what came out of the 774k jobs sef.
I watched the video. What I'm saying is, this screening was an avenue to hold him to account for that 774k jobs. He was put in a position of trust, make he show evidence that indeed 1k person in each 774 LGA got that job they made so much noise about. Till date I never see one beneficiary of that programme.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick:
Someday in the future when "APC Vs PDP vs LP vs IPOB vs The North vs The South vs Obi vs Muslim vs Christian vs Buhari vs Tinubu " is no longer a thing , we will take out our garb of Bias and sit down to discuss if Some of Buhari's decisions defended in the past actually made sense at all.

A country like Nigeria that doesn't have an operational rail line from a place like Lagos to the east and south south to have invested $1.9 billion in building rail line to Niger republic. We will sit down and review whatever the prospective income paltry 27 million people in Niger can give us compared to what almost 47 million people living in the south south/south east can give us a forward thinking nation. We will talk about the economic ineptitude of Buhari and how his supporters and followers not only cheered him up, but also defended him when eyebrows were raised.

We will talk about how Buhari put tribal and ethnic affiliation above national interests to prosper as a nation.

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