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yoruboid:
The role of government is not to create jobs but the environment

Since becoming president, exports have surged and people that understand economics have been taking advantage of it and creating jobs

All the road contracts awarded have created jobs

People have jobs in CNG conversion

Factories keep opening Ogun State

If you can’t see and take advantage of the opportunities, then it’s too bad for you

Go to the island and see over 50 highrise construction projects that started just this year. It’s not animals that work there

The government is pushing this CNG narrative simply because they have deliberately increased the pump prices of petrol and diesel. The exorbitant prices of petrol and diesel, which are the primary sources of energy for businesses, have led to many businesses closing, resulting in job losses.


So if you say jobs have been created in CNG conversion, what is the ratio of jobs gained to those lost due to the government's deliberate increase in the pump price of petrol and diesel?

One of the primary purposes of government is to provide job opportunities for its citizens, or better still, provide the enabling environment for businesses to thrive, which invariably leads to the creation of job opportunities

Has the Tinubu government been able to achieve this purpose?

Has the Tinubu government created a single job since coming on board in May 2023?"

AntiZikist:
Obi's solution in Anambra was to hand back missionary schools to the original owners. He even handed some government owned schools to the Catholic church.

The likes of Solodu will be happy as this has saved him the wahala of managing those schools .

You keep changing the goal post

Stay one place na

Tinubu is not paying any subsidy, but has borrowed much more in the past eighteen months than what Buhari borrowed during his entire eight-year tenure, while still paying subsidy.

Apart from the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, which is widely seen as a fraudulent project, there are no other major projects being undertaken by the Tinubu government. This leads to the obvious conclusion that Tinubu is borrowing to loot, engage in frivolous and extravagant spending, such as borrowing to acquire a new aircraft, an all-black armored Cadillac Escalade SUV, and discarding the Mercedes Benz Maybach S-Class that Buhari used. He is also borrowing to buy a yacht and to fund senseless trips abroad, visiting hospitals in the UK and France for medical check-ups, yet failed to build a world-class hospital in Lagos despite claims that he built the state from scratch.

But recent events have shown that Tinubu is much more determined to wreck this country economically through his 'bolekaja' economic policy prescriptions.

AntiZikist:
It was Lagos State under Tinubu's free education policy that took it a step further to start paying for both WAEC and JAMB registration forms for Lagos state secondary school students.

SE students benefited from this policy as many rushed to Lagos to enroll in the Lagos state funded free public schools so that they can take advantage of the free WAEC and JAMB registration.

Up till date no state in the SE offers free education talk more of purchasing both JAMB and WAEC forms for their students.

This is the polar opposite of some one they have declared their messiah who when as governor jacked up school fees and saw to a prolonged strike of all education staff of his state's education staff from primary to university level.

Are you referring to the same Tinubu who claimed to have attended a school four years before it was established?

Literally, Tinubu became the guinea pig student of Government College Lagos, used to test-run the school four years before it was founded

Has Tinubu created a single job since coming on board as president of Nigeria?

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has issued a scathing critique of Nigeria’s current state under President Bola Tinubu, labeling the country’s status as a “failing state” marked by pervasive corruption and leadership failure.

Obasanjo made these remarks during his keynote address at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum held at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.


In a statement released by his Media Aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo referred to President Tinubu with the epithets “Baba-go-slow” and “Emilokan,” a term popularized during Tinubu’s election campaign, to underscore what he views as lackluster leadership. He stated that the nation’s dire situation is evident to “every honest person.”


Delivering a lecture titled “Leadership Failure and State Capture in Nigeria”, Obasanjo warned that the nation is sinking deeper into insecurity, division, and underdevelopment. He attributed these issues to widespread corruption, mediocrity, and a lack of accountability.

“The more the immorality and corruption of a nation, the more the nation sinks into chaos, insecurity, conflict, and disunity,” Obasanjo said. “The failing state status of Nigeria is confirmed and glaringly indicated for all to see.”

Drawing inspiration from Chinua Achebe’s 1983 treatise “The Trouble with Nigeria”, Obasanjo reiterated that the nation’s challenges stem from a failure of leadership. He dismissed notions that cultural or environmental factors are to blame, emphasizing instead the inability of leaders to rise to the occasion.

Obasanjo also accused political elites of engaging in state capture, a form of corruption where powerful groups manipulate national policies, laws, and resources for personal gain. He highlighted the sale of national assets at undervalued prices and the undue influence of interest groups in shaping Nigeria’s economic and political landscape.

“State capture is one of the most pervasive forms of corruption,” Obasanjo explained. “What is happening in Nigeria – right before our eyes – is state capture, where public institutions are subject to undue influence from vested interests.”

The former president criticized the intertwining of business and political elites through family ties, lobbying, and vote-buying, which he argued prioritizes private gain over public welfare. He warned of the long-term implications on education, healthcare, infrastructure, and economic development.

On a hopeful note, Obasanjo maintained that Nigeria’s challenges are surmountable, provided the nation’s leadership embraces accountability and reforms.

In honoring Chinua Achebe, Obasanjo praised the late literary icon for his lasting contributions to Nigerian society, describing him as “a great and distinguished Nigerian.”


The speech has sparked debate about Nigeria’s current trajectory and the responsibility of its leaders to address deep-seated challenges.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/11/obasanjo-criticizes-tinubus-leadership-describes-nigeria-as-failing-state/

They have weaponised poverty

Ayoefa:
Please give us one example of where the IREV result differs from what was announced. Just one example of where the winner on IREV if different from the winner announced by INEC.

Una go just dey post rubbish just because your Agulu packaged fraudster candidate lost.

Why are you pained by my comment

You won the presidential election, the candidate you support is the president so why bother about those who lost

Gboom:
How do you know this?
Are you an insider or you are relying on gossip or assumption or propaganda which most of losers use as an excuse for election loss

You don't need to be an insider to know that what ever is uploaded on irev portal have no bearing on what INEC will eventually announce

senatordave1:
But irev shows tinubu and okpebholo winning

Irev portal didn't work for presidential election. Where did the word irev "glitch" derive from

What ever uploaded to irev portal have no bearing on what INEC will announce

We have seen it happen severally

Nigerians have lost hope in the capacity of INEC to conduct a free, fair, and credible electoral process. The enthusiasm is no longer there, which is why I suggest that the funds allocated to INEC for conducting elections be channeled into something more meaningful.

AntiChristian:
Pains and frustrations?

I only see them in all your threads!

I will keep praying for all the leaders to do well and all those against them to always lag behind!

I direct my comments towards the Tinubu government, whose calamitous economic policies have brought untold hardships and starvation to the citizens.

But you, on the other hand, instead of directing your frustrations and anger towards Tinubu, turn them into attacks on those who have no part in it. You attack the same people who, like you, are at the receiving end of Tinubu's 'bolekaja' economic policies.

That's why I said that you should direct your frustrations, pain, and anger appropriately.

Have the ones caught during the Edo governorship election been brought to justice?

"Adeboye has been praying for decades for Nigeria and Nigerian politicians and things haven’t improved. It is either his prayers are not working or God is not listening to him.

“Some of the most corrupt and evil politicians and political leaders in our country today are disciples and followers of Pastor Adeboye.

“He should look himself in the mirror.”

Well said

Ebubu:
E go reach supreme court.

But first he should obey court order

kettykin:
The state that a drug baron claim to have built

Not just built, but built from scratch.

Thunder 🔥 Tinubu and Wale Edun

Have the ones caught during the Edo governorship election been brought to justice?

AntiChristian:
I can understand NMK, Ekpa and all biaflas flustlations and pains!

The frustrations, pains, and anger you are exuding are not caused by those you are channeling it to; they are caused by Tinubu's 'bolekaja' economic prescriptions.

Kindly channel your frustrations, pains, and anger appropriately

AntiChristian:


Most of the time when this man talks i just want to P*ke! He makes me

I can understand your frustrations and pains

highchief1:
ok sir so governance is by what’s sir.we are not too old to learn.educate us

Learn from Tinubu, the notorious narcotics trafficker, certificate forger, and buccaneering power grabber engaging in criminal state capture, who built Lagos from scratch and has now become the worst president Nigeria has ever had

helinues:
Okay. We have been seeing empowerment program by Wike in Abuja, a minister not a governor

Show us Fubara's own

By distributing vehicles to APC members and building houses for judges, so that he can use them to issue fraudulent and procured black-market court orders, while you scream, 'Obey the court order.'

helinues:
Abeg with what achievements?

May be picking fight with others sha

You think governance is by building flyovers