₦airaland Forum

Switruth:
She is more of a Ukrainian. Fearless and stubborn. Akpabio go too collect.

How is Ukraine doing today?


Choose your role models carefully.

Kewekubosineh:
You are avoiding the question.

Who orchestrated the problems in southeast. Not federal government?

Why the selective justice in administration of the country. Won't this breed insurrection?
You lock up those asking for justice and pet criminals tormenting the country,and you expect the peaceful folks to keep quiet?

That's what is playing out in southeast. Crass injustice and ethnic bigotry.

I have answered the question in my first post. Read the last sentence of my 1st post.

However irrespective of who caused what, it is your responsibility to defend your land from terrorists. Instead you o wewhemningly supported terrorists. Including your longest standing senator standing surety for him, your presidential candidate refusing to criticize them and your social colulturwl organization fully supporting them.

However it started, IPOB is a fully supported Ibo project and these are the consequences.

The problem with peace and war is this. It is easy to destroy, it is difficult to rebuild. That is why the people you call cowards choose peace. After the world war2, it took the entire world to rebuild Europe, the world bank and the Breton woods institutions IMF etc were created to rebuild Europe. They did it because Europe was seen as valuable. What is the value in the SE to the rest of anigeria that anyone will go out of their way to rehabilitate a self destroyed zone? The only reason anyone cares about the SE truth be told is that if it is not fixed, you people will continue to migrate and bring to other regions the attitudes that destroyed your region. But why would anyone when clearly you are not even remorseful!

This woman should stop trying to gaslight and deceive her gullible supporters.

No one has asked her to apologize.

Six months ago she was asked to apologize or serve her suspension. She chose to serve her suspension.

There is no issue of apology now.

Many of her supporters are too xxxx to understand this.

Nobody has asked her for apology!

She is just trying to reframe the whole thing as if she is being defiant whereas she has served her suspension.

It’s like a child saying he or she is not eating when nobody offered the child food to reject in the first place….it’s a cry for attention!

Kewekubosineh:
Who caused the problems. Not federal government?

The problem started when Hope Uzodinma was installed as Governor of Imo state. He came forth in he Guber elections of 2019. But Buhari installed him in cahoots with supreme court justices, the arrowhead was Kekere, current Ekun,CJN.

Since then,no peace in Imo state and by extension,southeast because of the injustice.

Whose land is it? who is feeling the repercusions of abandonment now? the irony is if you go through the pages of nairaland, you will find how people warned you about the folly of your biafra and IPOB adventures. But just as you refuse to take responsibility now, you refused to heed good cousel then. it's just in your DNA.

all youve written above is story for the gods. when others stoop to conquer or compromise for peace, you call them mumu and cowards. they are the ones whose lands are prospering. you tried to instigate the people of Rivers to toe your path, luckily they chose the path of peace.

Dangote and every other businessman or investor is not interested in your excuse. Money has no emotion or sentiment. Money is only interested in places where it can get a return. To get a return, there must be peace, security of investment and staff and a viable population that can afford its products. if only the poor remain in an area because insecurity has chasen away the middle class and the wealthy, that area becomes unviable for investment. The secondary effect is that to kickstart a deserted area, you need investment but no one invests in a deserted area.

welcome to the reality you created for yourselves!

writetopoka:
For more than 10 - 15 years I have discovered that Dangote programs do not get or extend to the southeast and I think this is honestly intentional.

It's well shaa

Charity begins at home. If you flee your states, who is going to make it attractive for outsiders? you have turned your land into a wasteland, even your own businessmen do not invest there anymore and you want an outsider to invest? You are reaping the rewards of your support of Kanu, Ekpa and IPOB. Na una take your hands do una self.

The coastal road was actually opened 2 days ago!

When this man talks about Africa, you know he is about to unleash some medicine or genetic modification that will cause damage to Africans. The man is the devil himself.

This woman and her wahala! She is part of those causing problems in Rivers or at least fueling the fire. The people that fought told you they have settled, you say you want to know the terms of settlement. Were you part of the fight? Were you there when they fought?

Be wary of “activists” without problems they are irrelevant. When there is peace they have no job.

Some of you may remember Rev Al Sharpton, he shows up whenever there is a problem in the black community, he never did anything to improve the lot of blacks or encourage them to aim high, educate themselves etc.. His modus operandi was to keep blacks in the ghetto mindset that their problem was because they were black and he was was fighting for them. He made a lot of money and fame of the sufferings of the blacks….the blacks stayed poor.

SarkinYarki:
Jonathan built more power plants than any administration , what is Buharis legacy other than excruciating poverty and banditry ?

Even the Dangote refinery was it not Jonathan that approved the license? , didn't the construction commence under Jonathan?

The current govt would never have approved that Liscense for Dangote , even today the. Current govt is the greatest threat to that refinery if we are to say the truth !!

emotion and opinions do not negate facts When people like us talk, we provide workings.

since it is so difficult for you to list Jonathan's infrastructure legacies, I rest
my case especially as your responses show you are not coming from a place of sound reasoning.

SarkinYarki:
We were all withness to that economy na , if you are saying the value was wrong then explain why the same period had the highest FDI in our history, we saw mall , almost all western brands open shop in Nigeria , it was so good that even Porsche had a dealership in Lagos , today all of them are gone due to the bad governance of APC

oga i fed you with facts and I asked you to provide jonathans legacies. simple!

as far as FDI, anyone who is thinking properly would hopefully by now realise that FDI is a greek gift. DID porsche set up any industries, how many people did they employ? They came to take money from the rich and in return what did they benefit your economy and when things got hard they ran away, is that the kind of foreigners you hold up as a yardstick? Dangote invested $20B in a refinery, come rain come sunshine, that refinery is not going anywhere. FDI that comes to sell and not produce in your country are fair weather friends.

Secondly, can the average man afford a porsche? Porsche is not a yardstick. if anything Porsche's presence in Nigeria at the time was a symbol of the decadence, emptiness and false life of the GEJ era. Wealth built on nothing but an accidental rise in the price of crude, most of which was fritted away in decadent living and no focus on infrstrucure or saving.

again i ask you to list Jonathan's infrastructure legacies. abi you have nothing to show?

Impecca:
Been in govt since 1999 and not ready to retire jshdb it's well with thievs milking d county dry. Lets see how it ends

i always laugh and at the same time cry whenever i read comments like these.

1 What have the youth done to warrant them handing over power
2 have you worked for the power?
3. what does it say about the youth that you start a movement (endsars) and instead of using the momentum to register your own party, you hand over to the same set of people?
4. whatever you may think about them, these people you are talking about earned their right to be in power. The majority of them were politically active in their 20s and 30s as youth. what have the youths done to deserve power?

MemphitzDgreat1:
Buhari was far worse than Goodluck Jonathan.

you are free to provide a list of projects or legacies of Jonathan for camparison. whetehr you were well fed in 2014 under jonathan or 2022 under Buhari, any debts they left behind will be cleared, what matters today and for the future is what they left behind that you can enjoy forever. What they did so that the next person doesnt have to do.

For me in the SW even though I have never used the rail I know what it was like travelling on Appap oworonsoki road and the Lagos Ibadan road before Buhari.

Lagos ibadan-express way
Apapa owonrosoki express way
Outer marina road.

lagos ibadan rail
2nd Niger bridge
Itakpe to warri line

Lagos Ibadan Railway- Completed
2. Lagos Ibadan Expressway- 90% Complete
3. Second Niger Bridge- 99% Complete
4. Loko Bridge- Completed
5. Zungeru Hydro Dam Power Project- 95% Complete
6. Enugu- Onitsha Expressway- 70 complete
7. Ikorodu- Sagamu Expressway
8. Siemens Power Project
9. ABA independent power project- completed
10.Bonny -Bodo 37 km Road
11. Yenogoa- Otuoke Road- completed
12. Ibadan-ilorin road - ongoing
13. Enugu Airport Runway- completed
14. Abuja Runway- completed
15. New Airport Terminals for Lagos, Kano, Enugu and Port Harcourt
16. Abuja- Kaduna Railway- completed
17. Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Expressway- ongoing
18. Kaduna-Kano- Daura Rail way - ongoing
19. Lekki Deep port- completed
20. Apapa- Oshodi- Ojota expressway- under PPP with Dangote - 95% completed
21. Warri- Itakpe Railway- Completed
22. construction of gas pipeline from South to North
23. Calabar-Itu Bridge Complete
24. Kano Jigawa Maiduguri Road Completed
25. Hadejia Kiri Kasamma Nguru Completed
26. Yawuri Zuru Completed
27. Hadejia Rivers Valley Irrigation Scheme Completed
28. Kazaure Irrigation Scheme Completed
29. Rehabilitation Arochukwu–Ohafia–Bende Road (ongoing)
30. Ariaria Market Electrification Project (The Federal Government is implementing its Energizing Economies Programme, which will bring stable and reliable electricity to all the 37,000 shops in Ariaria Market, by providing the Market with a gas-powered IPP) (ongoing)
Ariaria Market Independent Power Plant, to power the 37,000 shops in the Market, under the Federal Government’s Energizing Economies Programme.
31. Federal Government’s Energizing Education Programme being implemented in Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Ebonyi; and Nnamdi Azikwe University — Awka Campus, Anambra. The Programme will provide these Universities with an Independent Power Plant, as well as upgrade existing distribution infrastructure, and also provide street-lighting.
32. Completed Ikot Ekpene — Alaoji — Ugwuaji Switching Station and Transmission Line
33. Construction of Modern Medical Diagnostic Centre at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia (FMCU) (ongoing)
10. Completed Nnamdi Azikiwe Mausoleum (contract originally awarded in 1996, abandoned at various times, Buhari Administration revived the project in 2016, and completed it in 2018).
Picture 4 : Nnamdi Azikiwe Mausoleum, Anambra State, originally awarded in 1996, completed in 2018.
34. Enyimba City Special Economic Zone: Definitive Agreements signed between Federal Government, Abia State Government and Enyimba City Development Company Limited on December 7, 2018
35. Presidential Fertilizer Initiative — has led to the revival of the Ebonyi State Fertiliser and Chemical Company Limited (EFCCL), creating jobs and boosting the supply of fertilizer in the Southeast.
36 Social Investment Programme: 68,000 N-Power Beneficiaries across the 5 States of the South East; the School Feeding Programme has kicked off in all 5 States of the Southeast.
37. Pensions paid to Retired War-Affected (Ex-Biafran) Police: In 2017, the Buhari Administration paid 500 million Naira to clear pensions arrears that had not been paid since their presidential pardon in 2000.
38. Federal University of technology Babura
39. Federal University of Health Science Azare
40 Federal University of Agriculture, Zuru
41. Six Federal polytechnics across the six geopolitical zones
42. Several Digital Training Capacity Centre's across the six geopolitical zones
43. The Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) sets up various operations across the country to enhance security. These include the Joint Task Force (JTF) North East, tagged Operation HADIN KAI covering the North East region; the JTF SS, tagged Operation DELTA SAFE covering the South South region; the JTF NW, known as Operation HADARIN DAJI covering the North West region; Operation SAFE HAVEN covering Plateau, parts of Kaduna and Bauchi States; Operation WHIRL STROKE covering Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba States; JTF SW, referred to as Operation AWATSE and covering Lagos and Ogun States; Operation THUNDER STRIKE covering Abuja-Kaduna Highway and Operation WHIRL PUNCH covering parts of Kaduna State.
44. Under Operation HADIN KAI, a combination of kinetic and non-kinetic operations, coupled with a review of strategies, led to the neutralization of over 1000 terrorists, rescue of 2000 civilians and the surrender of over 22,000 terrorists including their families.
Several arms and ammunition were also recovered. This is in addition to destruction of several IED/bomb making factories of the ISWAP/BHT. Under Operation HADARIN DAJI in the North West, the conduct of offensive clearance operations, raids and air operations resulted in the neutralization of about 427 bandits, arrest of 257 bandits, rescue of 897 civilians and recovery of 3,087 livestock. Similarly, Operation WHIRL PUNCH covering parts of Kaduna neutralized about 215 bandits, arrested 133 bandits, rescued 296 civilians and recovered 136 livestock, while Operation THUNDER STRIKE neutralized 36 bandits, arrested 74, rescued 296 civilians and recovered 136 livestock. In the North Central, raids and clearance operations conducted by Operation SAFE HAVEN neutralized 91 criminal elements, arrested 155 suspects, rescued 159 civilians and recovered 3,259 livestock. For its part, Operation WHIRL STROKE neutralized 158 criminals, arrested 151 suspects and rescued 183 civilians. Operation DELTA SAFE in the South-South destroyed about 1,520 illegal refineries, confiscated 5,315 storage facilities and impounded 617 cotonou boats, amongst other items. Additionally, about 74,297,425 litres of Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK), 41,971,693 litres of crude oil and 88,350 litres of PMS were recovered. Furthermore, 174 trucks and 13 vessels were impounded while 755 illegal oil bunkerers were arrested and 153 assorted weapons recovered. In the South West, patrols and clearance operations by troops of Operation AWATSE led to the arrest of 46 persons for various forms of criminalities while several vehicles, jerricans, motorcycles and electricity generators used for illegal bunkering were seized..
45. The AFN also acquired a number of platforms during the reporting period to raise the level of their operational readiness and efficiency, in addition to boosting their capacities. During the period under review, the Nigerian Army procured 160 MRAPS, 150 trucks and 60 APCs to improve its equipment holding. Various kits were equally provided for troops. This is in addition to the provision of accommodation for troops and the recruitment of over 10,000 personnel into the Army. The Nigerian Navy (NN), for its part, commissioned the
FALCON EYE Maritime Domain Awareness Capability, the third locally-built Seaward Defense Boat, one helicopter, 4 inshore patrol boats and 90 Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats. Over 1,500 personnel were recruited into the Navy during the year. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) took delivery of 12 Super Tucanos and 3 JF-17 Thunder Fighter Aircraft and other platforms with which it has conducted several Air interdictions, provided close air support to ground troops and destroyed several illegal structures and equipment belonging to
terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements.
46. The AFN has also contributed immensely to International peace and security efforts with its robust participation in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and the regional initiative, the ECOWAS Military Intervention in
Gambia (ECOMIG). The Nigerian military's continued participation in these Missions has ensured their viability and sustenance towards achieving their military and political goals.
47 Passage of Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).
48. Incorporation of NNPC limited under CAMA.
49. Entrenchment of Transparency, Accountability and Performance
Excellence (TAPE) in NNPC.
50. Final Investment Decision on $3.6bn methanol plant in Bayelsa. The
plant, an integrated methanol and gas project in Odioma, Brass Island,
Bayelsa State, which is scheduled to come into operation in 2024, is
expected to produce 10,000tons of methanol daily
51. US$260m Funding Agreement for ANOH Gas Processing Company Limited
(AGPC). The project will deliver 300 million standard cubic feet of
gas per day and 1,200 megawatts of electricity to the domestic market.
52. Launch of Nigerian Upstream Cost Optimization Programme (NUCOP) to
drive down the cost of crude oil production in the country so as to remain competitive in the global market.
53. Award of $1.5 billion contract for Rehabilitation of Port Harcourt
Refinery to Tecnimont SPA of Italy.
54. Commercialization of OML 143 Gas13 Execution of OML 118 (Bonga)
Agreements between NNPC & Partners.
55. Shareholder Agreement for Brass Petroleum Product Terminal (BPPT).
When completed, the BPPT will help close the infrastructure gap in the
distribution of petroleum products which will consequently stabilize
petroleum product price in the riverine communities of the Niger
Delta.
56. Contract signed to build Maiduguri Emergency Power Project.
57 . NNPC Posts N287 billion Profit, the first time it will record such
profit in 44 years.
58. Construction/Rehabilitation of 21 Roads under FG’s Road
Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit
Scheme.
59. Sustained Supply of Petroleum Products.
18 Projects carried out by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in 2021
(I) Nnewi-Uduma Road, Sections I and II (26.27km) in Enugu and Ebonyi States
(II) Kano-Maiduguri Road Section II (100.08KM
(Shuwarin-Azare) in Jigawa and Bauchi States
(III) Kano-Maiduguri Road Section III (Azare-Potiskum)
106.34km in Bauchi and Yobe States
(IV) Vandeikya-Obudu Cattle Ranch Road Phase I and II
(24km) in Benue and Cross River States
(V) Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Kontagora-Makera Road (304km)
(VI) The 360-meter bridge at Ikom in Cross River Stater -
completed and awaiting commissioning.
(VII) The 400-meter border bridge between Nigeria and
Cameroon - completed and awaiting commissioning.
(VIII) The 2nd Niger Bridge is 78% completed, expected to be
ready in November 2022:
(IX) Launch of the Highway Development and Management
Initiative (HDMI), a framework for private sector participation in
road development.
(X) The policies, programmes and projects of the Ministry
have contributed to stabilizing the macro-economic situation of the
country, particularly in job creation. The activities of the Ministry
have further contributed to the growth of other sectors of the economy
such as: -
i. Mining sector through the supply of aggregates,
laterite, limestone and other building materials;
ii. Cement manufacturing, Bitumen (Importation); steel
production to support construction needs;
iii. Property values are reportedly appreciating by 30%-40%
as a result of road transport infrastructure;
iv. Demand for petroleum products like Diesel, Petrol,
Lubricants and tyres has increased as a result of construction
activities and the need to operate machines.
60. Designation of Four International Airports in Abuja, Kano, Lagos and Port Harcourt as Special Economic Zones, aimed at encouraging business/investment.
61. Construction and installation of Boeing 737 full motion flight Simulator at NCAT. By that, Nigeria will be saving millions of dollars spent in the retraining of pilots in other countries.
62. Installation of Fully Automated Aircraft Firefighter Training Simulator at NCAT, first of its kind in Africa.
63. Re-fleeting of Trainer Aircraft at NCAT. Six have since arrived.
64. nstallation of novel Cat III ILS/DME at Lagos and Abuja airports. The instruments allow the flight to land at low visibility.
65 Procurement of two mobile control towers in Lagos and Abuja airports.
66. The Ministry of Aviation received provisional approval for the establishment of Aerospace University in Abuja.
67. Abuja airport received an award from Airport Council International for being the best by size and region in Africa.
68. The Ministry of Aviation, in its effort to resuscitate airstrips in the country, commissioned the construction work of Wachakal airstrip in Yobe state.
69. The Federal Government, through the Ministry, has disbursed N5 billion palliative to the aviation industry in a bid to cushion the effects of COVID-19 on their operations.
70. Flag-off of the Commercial Operation of Lagos-Ibadan rail line in June 2021.
71. Launching of the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure (Also known as Deep Blue Asset).
72. MOU with Mota-Engil Group for the construction of US$1.959 billion Kano-Maradi Standard Gauge Railway lines.
73. Ground-breaking ceremony for the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the 2,044-km Port-Harcourt-Maiduguri Eastern Narrow Gauge Railway project and Bonny Deep Sea and Railway Industrial Park.
74. Ground-breaking ceremony of the Kano-Kaduna Standard Gauge Rail-line Modernization Project.
75. Construction of 159 Rural Water Supply Schemes in the North-East, IDP camps and some Federal Institutions and Establishments.
76. Full implementation of the Partnership for Expanded Water Sanitation and Hygiene (PEWASH) programmes with the construction of 926 rural water supply schemes in 12 States of Imo, Katsina, Jigawa,Plateau, Zamfara, Sokoto, Ondo, Osun, Delta, Bauchi, Kaduna and Gombe States.
77. Secured World Bank loan for the Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Sanitation and Hygiene (SURWASH) Programme in the sum of $700 million to be disbursed to eligible States.
78. The Clean Nigeria Campaign has yielded the following results in the last 12 months:
(I) 71 LGAs are now Open Defecation Free. All States of the Federation except one have now flagged off the Clean Nigeria Campaign.
(II) Collaboration with National Orientation Agency (NOA) resulted in the training of community mobilization officers in all 774 LGAs. Sensitization is on-going at ‘grassroots’ level.
(III) To combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry developed and implemented the National WASH response to COVID-19 projects which include the rehabilitation of 185 Water Supply Projects (5 per State and FCT), construction of 185 solar powered Water Supply Projects (5 per State and FCT), Construction of 370 Public Sanitation Facilities
(10 per State and FCT), Support to State Water Agencies for their operation to ensure uninterrupted Water Supply, Procurement of 370 Contactless Hand washing Facilities with soap and sanitizers (10per State and FCT) and Engagement of 77,400 Youth Volunteers for Hand washing and Open Defecation Campaigns.
79. Twelve Dams were completed in a bid to maximize full utilization of dam infrastructure.
80. Under irrigation, so far 96,000 hectares of irrigation were developed in 2021.
81. The River Basin Development Authorities are being revitalized to deliver their mandate.
82. Creation of a total of 57,261 direct jobs and 11,588 indirect jobs through the various dam, irrigation and water supply projects completed within the reporting period.
83. The commissioning of a pilot cottage poultry processing facility at Dei Dei Livestock market in Abuja.
84. Flag-off of the 4-km Ung Wabai- un Doka Day Secondary School Asphaltic road in Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
85. Commissioning of a Communication Center and Administrative Block of
the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria in Abuja.
86. Rollout of the distribution of free agricultural Inputs to 7,500 Women Farmers in FCT and the North Central States.
87. Flag-off of training of 1,000 Extension Agents, comprising 30 from each state and FCT.
89. Distribution of free agricultural inputs to Smallholders Farmers in
Maiduguri, Borno State to mitigate the effect of COVID-19 Pandemic.
90. Distribution of free agricultural inputs to Physically-Challenged Farmers in Maiduguri, Borno State, to mitigate the effect of COVID 19 Pandemic.
91. Commissioning of Yam Storage Facility in Nasarawa State with a storage capacity of 45-50 Metric Tons.
92. Streamlining of the guidelines for the grant of Expatriate Quota Positions and related instruments.
Others are
�The Federal Polytechnic, Daura.
�Airforce Reference Hospital, Daura.
�Women and Children Hospital, Daura.
�University of Transportation, Daura.
�Kano-Maradi rail line passing through Daura.
�School for People with Special Needs, Daura.
�Nigerian Airforce Response Air Wing, Daura.
�Nigerian Army 171 Battalion Base, Daura
�Forwarding Operating Base, Daura.
�National Directorate of Employment Centre, Ganga, Daura.
�Upgrade and Expansion of Daura Mini Stadium.
�Sustainable Development Goals Skills Acquisition Centre, Zango Road, Daura.
�Completion of the Sabke Dam, Daura which supplies 1m litres of water to Daura and neighbouring communities.
�73km 132KVA line from Katsina to Daura and two 30 and 40 MVA transformers to boost power supply.
�Dualization of the 72km Katsina-Daura road.
�50-bed Maternity Centre at the Daura General Hospital built under the name of the First Lady.
�Sir Emeka Offor E-Library, Daura.
�400,000 litres capacity solar powered water system by NNPC and Belema oil in a joint venture with Jack-Rich Tein Foundation.
�Several SDG School Projects in Daura.
�Several works of rehabilitation, expansion, reactivation and completion of abandoned and existing projects including roads, schools, drainages, water projects etc
�National Directorate of Employment (NDE) Cosmetology training and distribution of Cosmetology packs to 1000 women in Daura.
�330KV /132KV power substation, Daura.
These are Buhari's achievements in his 7 years in Aso Villa.

SarkinYarki:
These lies against Jonathan will never be allowed to stand .

Jonathan inherited a 300 billion dollar economy and grew it to 540bn the most prosperous Nigeria has ever been , maintained single digit inflation for 5 years and you want to compare him to either Buhari or the current govt that have not added a single notch to our GDP in 12 years but instead reduced it from 540 billion to 180 billion and hit us with the greatest devaluation of the Naira has ever seen , under APC Nigeria has moved from the number economy bin Africa to number 4 in just a few years ...you guys should have some shame

YOUR CLAIMS ARE WRONG

1: Jonathan rebased the economy. As a result of rebasing the economy "grew" instantly from $269B to $510. It’s not Jonathan that took the economy from $269B to over $500B, it just means the previous figures (including the $269B) were understated and inaccurate and the performance of the economy by previous presidents before the rebasing was not properly calculated. It is merely an accounting change. Similarly the rebasing under Tinubu that took our economy to $243B is merely accounting.

2; it is wrong to asses Nigeria's economy in dollars. it is only used to get a rough measure for comparing countries but nominal GDP is not an accurate reflection of an economy's performance. As an example, in the last few months, the naira has gone from N1650 to N1490 to $1. does that mean the GDP has grown over 10%?
3: the NBS announded yesterday that our 2Q GDP grew 4.3%, the highest in 9 years. so your claim that he hasnot added to our GDP is false.
4: Nigeria's growth under Jonathan was an accident of fortune 2.1MBPD and $100+ oil price and what did he do with it? Tell me a single legacy infrastructure project that Jonathan left behind for all his great economy? For all the road, which road did he build? whatever you may say about Buhari. Nigeria is littered with infrastructure project, roads, rail etc that will continue to be enjoyed 50years from now. What are we using today that was built by Jonathan talk less 20 or 50 years from now? i am from the SW, I wasnt born when Awolowo was premier but we see his legacies all over the SW, All the industrial estates in lagos (isolo, ikeja, ilupeju, ogba, iganmu etc) were built by Awolowo, Obafemi Awolowo University was built by Awo, Free education, the roads, his farm settlements are still there, i can go on and on... Awo left office 65 years ago, these things are still there.. FDR built the American highway network close to 100 years ago.....what is Jonathan's legacy? what can you point to and tell your child or grandchild in future that this was built by a man called Goodluck Jonathan?

The untimate test of a good leader is what you continue to benefit from long after he has left office...that is what you call legacy! what is Jonathan's legacy especially as things were so good under him as you say? No Nigerian leader in history has benefitted from a production level of 2.1m barrels per day and an oil price above $100. What did he do with it? Kainji dam was built 60yrs ago by Balewa, we are enjoying it today. Which dam, which power stations, which rail, which roads did Jonathan build?

The irony seems lost on you that you hail a man for our best economic period, yet there are no legacies left behind for the future generations.

i dont have a problem with criticisms of any govt but come with facts.

rowland545:
Yoruba people and immoralities

Samesame247:
See wetin tilunbu turn Yoruba girls to.

Nigeria is finished.

Influence of ibo migration into the SW.

truthera:
Following the analogy made by the respondent "Because it is bad habit to talk while you're eating" Are the heads of EFCC, ICPC, police and other anti-craft agencies truly eating from the same evil pot with Wike? The silence of these agencies is suspicious and reeks of guilt. When will Wike be invited to explain how he aquired the properties?

I can’t answer your question but I think you should know 2 things

1: the EFCC doesn’t just go picking up people because you make an accusation on social media. There must be a petition.
2: if you saw the Wike interview, he said this matter is not new. It was brought up when he was contesting for governor and when his wife was nominated as a judge.
3: who told you they haven’t investigated? What if they have investigated it and found there is nothing to it?

I think the question should be why hasn’t Sowore or Sahara not lodged a formal petition?

One could also ask why EFCC has not investigated the house Obi bought in GRA Ikeja while he was governor. Why ICPC or EFCC has not investigated Obi’s diversion of government funds in a bank he owns and a brewery he has shares in.

Wallade:
I agree that Dangote Refinery is not a problem; it is a big solution.

I also see your analogy on DAPPMAN being obsolete and the gradual extinction of Tank Farms in the Nigerian market.

However, a good understanding of Dangote conglomerate would reveal that his businesses thrives on monopolies - he wants pure monopoly of the downstream petroleum products market in the interim.

This will make it very difficult for new entrants into the petroleum refinery business to compete with his structures and dominace..

Dangote Refinery efforts to prevent her staff from Unionism is simply to totally influence and control the activities of her staff and prevent external influences - this can be good but the flip side is when Dangote Refinery takes advantage and exploit the staff, which will happen because Dangote Refinery is a capitalist organization, there will be no pressure group to defend the staff.

As for DAPPMAN, they really should look into setting up some refinery business of their own.

This monopoly NIgerians talk about is simply because Nigerian like easy money. They are not innovative, they are not efficient. Many of these businessmen are sitting on huge liquidity of cash but they would rather invest abroad than invest in Nigeria. Dangote took big risks. Despite being a billionaire he was cash poor and in debt for years while building the refinery. He was so cash poor, he had to sell a stake in his refinery to NNPC to raise cash.

The result of his risks is the scale he enjoys
. If that results in monopoly so be it. Fortune favours the brave. Those who played safe should not complain.
Tesla like many tech companies was bleeding billions of dollars for years and could have gone bankrupt. Today these companies are trillion dollar companies. Fortune favours the brave, fortune does not favour those who play it safe.

RIP to DAPMAN and all their tank farms!

If I recall Sam Mbakwe airport was built with donations from Ibos.

Trump also asked Americans to donate to pay the national debt!

I didn’t hear anyone say Ibos or Americans are finished.

This man just talks too much!

The real Fayose, the one that matters, can never join ADC.

many heembeciles have commented on my post about thuggery. Mostly from people who clearly arrived lagos recently as refugees on a nightbus. My signature articulates how i approach people on nairaland going forward. you can disagree with me and I welcome constructive disagreements and intellectual engagements but i dont respond to unintelligent abusive people. I have blocked all of them.


To those sensible or genuinely curious nairalanders. Common sense will dictate to those who have that you dont need thugs in a state where you are in total control. Prior to 1999 lagos elections were won by 80-90%. It is always when the opposition wants to take over a state against the will of the people backed with the confidence of federal might that introduces thugs. What do you need thugs for in a state you control overwhemingly? Again same scenario in ibadan in 1965, 1983 in Ondo state (ekiti and Akure were part of Ondo state then) 2003 is when political violence entered Ogun and Osun states. These were safe AG, UPN, AD states, States that are won with 80-90% votes.

NuRTW has existed from the dawn of time. I challenge anyone to produce any incident of political thuggery in Lagos by NURTW or anyone prior to 2003. So what happenned in 2003? I have told you. PDP wanted to take over lagos by fire by force. A certain old man in PDP was the anchor behind the mission, they armed (I mean guns) a lot of street thugs and in reponse AD alligned with the state chapter of NURTW. Remember that Atiku had warned Tinubu about the mission. Tinubu turned to NurtW for protection and that is why NURTW do anyhow today and are untouchable. That was how NURTW became a factor in Lagos politics.

KillahPriest:
oga easy with the lamba na

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its a fact. lagos had always been a 95% UPN/AD state. There was no opposition, so no need for political thuggery. I am old enough to know the flash points for politics in yoruba land. They were Ibadan, Akure, Ekiti. Those were the only places where political violence occurred and it always because the yoruba states were always in opposition to National party that a yoruba politician from the national party (Akintola in 1960s, Omoboriowo in 1983, OBJ in 2003) attempted to use federal might and thugs to to capture those places against the will of the people. The means of engagement was the same in 1965 as it was in 1983 and 2003.

The determination of Obasanjo and the PDP to take over the SW is what introfuced political thuggery to places in the Sw that had never experienced it. Places like Ife, lagos, ogun state etc. One of the men behind the thuggery in lagos is an old man in PDP his name starts with "B" the thugs they armed in 2003 are the thugs of today, just like the thugs they armed in Borno and abandoned after elections became Boko Haram .

fuckingAyaya:
Someone's legacies!! No wonder they are scared of any other party winning an election in lagos state because all this rubbish would be put to an end. Awolowo had a better plans for the youths but the drug man came with his own plans to destroy the future of the youths. Imagine a full grown azz adult doing Owomida in 2025, when he go do am reach? When!!!

its actually PDP that introduced thuggery to Lagos politics Many of you were not alive or too young in 1999/2003.

osuofia2:
What do you obidientss really want, would you rather like Rivers State to be in crisis or peace.
Just shift your attention to your state affairs

The Obidients pushing Fubara, look at the condition of their states. Everywhere they put hand peace never follows. Everywhere they go there is always conflict.

They say they are brave and not cowards but after they destroy their land with "bravery" they run to the lands of the “cowards”!

Know who to listen to. Stooping to conquer is a saying for a reason…..because it works.

christejames:
APC finally happened to Nigerians that they have no more money to spare for Shoprite

vanbonattel:
Bad government na your mate?

We warned them that this will happen. You cannot vote wrongly and expect a miracle. Someone who has no experience of ever doing anything right.

Lovers of bad news gather round!

tommy589:
6-3-3-4 system did not start in 1982. If I am not wrong, it started during Babs Fafunwa era as a minister

You may be right, perhaps I got my dates wrong, maybe that was when it was announced. Whenever it took off was when history was dropped from primary/JSS curriculum

However Fafunwa did not become minister till 1990.

BigBreezeBabs:
This is actually a welcome idea.
Buhari administration goofed for taking it down in the first place
I'm willing to volunteer as a teacher to any School willing to give their student full knowledge of history and government.

History was removed long before Buhari came into power. Maybe if history existed you would know the history of history removal.

History was removed as a stand-alone subject in primary and junior secondary schoolsin 1982 when Nigeria switched to the 6-3-3-4 system. It was merged with social studies.

In 2007 the government officially abolished history in primary and JSS, it was implemented in 2009/10.

In senior secondary schools very few schools offered it.

Proudlyngwa:
You are right, many many Nigerian Businesses men, have no idea of what we call Organic growth and cant survive in a real playing field, that is why thier enterprise dies off when thier patrons die orr, because they didnt grow organically and therefore have no shock absorber, most of this guys got this assets via proceeds of illegalities and can only maintain it via same

When you are doing “business” by importing with official forex and import duty waivers competing against legitimate business men who obtained their forex at the black market rate and paid the official duty or you claim to be a banker and you don’t lend to businesses, offer innovative products but make money by charging your customers for everything from withdrawing their own money, issuing debit cards, alerts and chequebooks because there is easy money lending to govt and from round tripping, why won’t won’t you be successful? Those avenues for many of these business men have been closed, we will now know who the true business men are!

You see them with rickety tankers because they had no need to be efficient. Now that they have to compete in a levelplaying field, you will see the wheat separating from the chaff.

Proudlyngwa:
Dappman should go and sit down 2 places
Very irresponsible set of people .
Demanding subsidy from a private entity, instead of pooling resources and becoming a formidable competitor.

Laslas 4 naija all of us na criminal, na who dem catch be thief.

If no be Seun Dracula, i for talk pass like this as wetin dey my mind for against Dappman too plenty

Many rich Nigerians made their money through rent seeking e.g forex subsidies and fraudulent fuel subsidies. Now that the playing field has been leveled, many can’t compete. Now we will know who are the real businessmen.

NUPENG is finally getting their just rewards. Nobody is in support of them. The era of anyhowness is gone!

The so called impasse was caused by Natasha herself and she can end it herself. It is pertinent to note she was the one who went to court who ruled the suspension is legal and she was wrong to breach senate rules. She then chose to appeal the judgment and as a lawyer she knows a party to the court proceedings cannot act on a matter that is before the court.

She can end it if she wants to end it but having not proven the sexual allegations she claimed she had proof of, she is now engaging in theatrics and co-opting the gullible including sadly the punch to give support to a cause which does not exist.

Stop giving her oxygen. When and if she is ready she will do the needful.

anonimi:
How has mechanic Tinubu fixed Lagos in 26 years of increasing tax collections?

How has he fixed Nigeria in two years of saving $84 billion from subsidy removal?



May 1, 2025

May Day: Hunger, unemployment, insecurity real— Tinubu

According to him: “The theme demands our collective attention and serves as a stark reminder of the need to create an environment where every worker feels safe, valued, and empowered to contribute to the growth and prosperity of our nation. As your President, I assure you that this administration is committed to creating such an environment for the common good.”

On the economic hardship, he noted that while it is a global phenomenon, its effects on Nigerians are particularly severe.

Tinubu said: “I am aware of the peculiarities of the economic hardship Nigerians face—rising living costs, hunger, insecurity, unemployment, and the loss of livelihoods. These challenges are real and demand definitive solutions, which I am poised to address as your President.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/05/may-day-hunger-unemployment-insecurity-real-tinubu/

I don’t have time for pedantic arguments. I have stated it many times in this thread.

The issue is raising taxes. What they do with the tax is a different subject. Stop appearing in my mentions with whataboutism.

If people don’t use taxes properly the fault is on you for repeatedly voting them back in. You are the ones not alive to your civic responsibilities.

Consider yourself and anyone who else quotes me with dull posts blocked. I am not interested in your life frustrations.

We need to raise taxes and the best person to raise taxes is someone who is an expert in raising taxes. That is the topic of this thread.

nedu666:
Stop lying. Income tax is not 45% in UK, neither is vat 20%. All these village boys who claim to know all

you clealy are unfamiliar with the Uk. VAT is 20% and income tax is 20-45%

you could have made the effort to verify before you quoted me.

like i said to the previous poster. I have no tolerance for low level interactions on nairaland anymore

blocked

YouAreNobody:
Bro leave this talk. People have always paid taxes. Businesses have been paying taxes. I've been paying taxes on my 3 businesses, what has the government done with those taxes?

Leave this talk abeg. You and I know it'll be looted and nothing will happen.
All the funds which have been looted, what happened to them?

i really have reached a point in my journey on nairaland where I have lost patience with people who offer infantile low level conversations.

i really dont want to be seeing these type of comments in my mentions


blocked!