₦airaland Forum

casualobserver:
You don’t know what they have done because you don’t want to know. They have both been in office for 8 years their records are there for those who want to see. Those who do t want to see won’t see!

Omonigeriarere:
There is provision for unforeseen circumstances in every budget bro. The money given to them will not make any difference whether they collect it or not.

Let them enjoy this opportunity, as they were not the ones that brought us here. Politicians, ambassadors, advisers, legislators have been enjoying it without any tangible result nor achievement.

At least, they represented us well and made us proud by coming from two goals down to win. It the government refuse to compensate them, we will still blame the government.

casualobserver:
If you don’t want to tolerate, present someone credible. You can’t present Atiku or Obi and expect people not to prefer to tolerate.

Larryfest:
Lol.... coalition wey never solid don dey get sand inside der garri.
Naija politics and politicians na anywhere belle face.

JohnPortar:
A lot of people will blame this on the current administration. Serious question though, why can’t they just register a new political party?

Gbadugbakun:
Tinubu is successfully infiltrated ADC. Congratulations to him.

The amount of money he's spending bribing people here and there to support him, if he puts it into governance this country would be better.

madridguy:
Atleast Tinubu is not living in Anambra nor any of his children living in Anambra... They are all living in Lagos.

zero8zero:
He never respond to positive news, he only reacts to negative news. That's how his social media mob also have been conditioned or programmed. Their antenna rises at the report of anything slightly negative, they are conditioned moreso to see a negativity out of any positive news. Children of h8 and bitterness

EvilMerodack:
I cant count the number of positive statements and commendation we've gotten from this same U.S mission and then, Obi pretended to be in coma. Just one criticism(which is normal as no Govt is perfect), this d-a-f-t-y jumped out

His affiliation with n-e-g-a-tivity is shocking


By the way, there's nothing like "global ridicule". Not like the globe is an entity that att-acks one country in its wholeness

madridguy:
I still blame other regions allowing the leaders of SE living in their states. Imagine Obi messed up Anambra State security votes, and today he's enjoying the peace in Lagos and elsewhere while Anambra is bleeding.

omenka:
This is coming from someone whom,as a governor, was pocketing over 4 billion in security votes while total personnel cost in his budget was 6 billion.

Well, he knows the people he's cooking all these meals for.

helinues:
This man should stop uttering nonsense all the time.

How can you be speaking ill of a country you are aspiring to govern one day. Try and be sensitive for once

It's time to change all the mad men advisers around you and face the reality

franchasng:
Like I said earlier, it's good to stay within your practical knowledge boundary.


I am not speaking based on them said.

I speak from inside.


Yes Otedola was rich, of course he has a rich family background. To be the son of a former Governor of Lagos state is more than enough to consider you rich and even made in life.

But beyond that, the current wealthy Otedola you know today was revived and made who he is by Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, you can quote me anywhere any day.


During Otedola's trough time after the issue he had which was common to businessmen, he and Dangote wasn't even in good terms then, that's a story for another day.


Back then, I lived with my eldest brother who was also into oil and gas and knew Otedola, Rabiu, the owner of Rahamaniyya oil and gas. My brother had the same issue Otedola had back then, though he wasn't a big player or as wealthy as Otedola, but that same issue sank him and he and others couldn't survive it but Otedola survived it because of Goodluck Jonathan.


Now what you would ask is why did Jonathan helped Otedola immensely to bounce back and become a force to reckon with again?


Femi Otedola showed Goodluck Jonathan so much respect, kindness and recognition when he was Bayelsa Governor and other Governors and political heavyweights looked down on Jonathan and saw him as an opportunist reaping what he did not work for.


Because of that, they usually isolate Goodluck at events but at any event or occasion Femi Otedola saw Goodluck, he would rush to him and greet him so well and call him 'My Governor'. Otedola continued that and that endeared him to Jonathan, from there Jonathan developed special likeness for him and they became close.


So when Otedola had business setback and was owing a debt of over a billion US dollars that he couldn't repay, Jonathan secretly stepped in and Otedola paid off the debt though it was kind of controversial but who can challenge the will of a Nigerian President in Nigeria? At the end, everything was buried and Otedola became a free man with more federal government contracts and backing that made him rebounce to who he is today.



So when I said Goodluck Jonathan made Femi Otedola the dollar Billionaire he is today, I mean every word I said and I never meant that Femi Otedola was poor or struggling before Goodluck Jonathan helped him. He was doing well financially and business wise but had a serious business setback that would have sank him forever like others, but because of Goodluck Jonathan's secret help, Otedola bounced back and became yet a force to reckon with in Nigeria's oil and gas sector.


Stop arguing with me, I am not good at saying what I don't know with confidence.


A family friend back then was among Jonathan's aides, I can confidently give you 80% list of Nigerian business moguls Goodluck Jonathan made who they are today, including Igbos, it's not new, every Nigerian President does that but only Tinubu has been busy helping and enriching only his relatives, then Yorubas and few loyal political allies outside Southwest unlike other past Presidents who spread their tentacles across all regions and tribes of Nigeria and that is one of the reasons why I don't fancy Bola Tinubu and want him out come 2027.


As for my networth you made mention of, how can you compare an ordinary me with Femi Otedola na? Haba haba. I am not even worth up to 1billion naira to talk of being a billionaire


My small company is still growing small small, though Bola Tinubu's thoughtless policies affected the growth somehow, but I know God will still do what He did for us in my early formative years


So pls don't compare me with a billionaire like Femi Otedola. I never reach anywhere. I am still struggling to stabilize my small form and I wished a Nigerian President could step in and help me like they helped all the influential businessmen in Nigeria from Dangote, to Otedola to Arthur Eze, Orji Uzo Kalu, etc

Omonigeriarere:
You talked as if this is yearly or regular compensation they get from FGN. This is rare opportunity and it may be one time opportunity for many.

You can only call it an aberation if they are in the monthly payroll of FGN.

emkz:
Interesting


As someone asked, if their sisters won WAFCON, would they have opposed the largesse from Tinubu?

Some of the girls worked hard to win that trophy. Some of them came from poor families. They made the country proud. The payment is not only a reward for them but an investment for the future of the girl child and other athletes. It would also encourage corporate bodies to invest more in sports. For example, Nduka Obaigbena has committed to invest in athletic trials. These investments would attract talents who can win laurels for the country and even attract sponsorship deals for them.

It is not everything that must be condemned.

RollinTNDA:
I had this babe that told me she rather take 3 injections than to swallow pill or drug

Till this day I dey fear that girl.
How can you say you prefer needle piercing you over just simple swallow of medicine

Is this a red flag??
Does it mean she like pain or BDSM

Can someone please try make this make sense

franchasng:
When we talk, people like you should listen and learn and not argue what you know nothing about.


https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2016/femi-otedola-on-the-day-he-lost-everything/



https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/102173-reps-to-probe-otedola-over-amcon-deal.html?tztc=1

franchasng:
His father was a former Governor too. Yes he was rich, but Goodluck Jonathan made Otedola the billionaire he is today. I speak as an insider not hearsay.



Otedola went broke at some point and was on the brink of losing it all to AMCON, before Goodluck became President and everything changed. He wrote off his debts and started awarding him jaw-dropping contracts that revived Otedola and made him the real billionaire he is today.



Jimoh Ibrahim and co couldn't survive.


You guys don't know the power of a Nigerian President. Every Nigerian President have the power to make at least 10 persons he likes dollar billionaires.


IBB made a lot of Nigerians billionaires.


Tinubu is making people too but mostly his relatives and few loyal Yorubas, he is too selfish, too corrupt and ethnocentric to a fault

zicoraads:
For those who always tell citizens to focus on governors or legislators when criticising governance, this is why most of the focus is always on the president. While it's good advice to also criticise the others, it is not uncommon for the main focus to be on the president.

What the president does matters.

The Falcons are being celebrated now more than ever because[b] this president celebrated them more than any before him.[/b] This is why state governors and even individuals that would have probably gone on as if nothing happened are now eager to show that they, too, celebrated them.

To get it right as a country, the man who is president must be a visionary and someone who's ready to sacrifice for the good of this country.


That is a big fat lie ... their is no time National team won any major tournament and they are not widely celebrated ... even from the 80's they get rewarded with lands or houses and money

When Tobi amusan won the olympics was she not over celebrated here n there with loads of rewards

Under Jonathan, did you know how much he gave super eagles players n coach ... its a usual thing long before Tinubu, no be Tinubu teach us to celebrate our champions

Please carry your sycophancy elsewhere



Until that happens, this country will continue to struggle.

Penguin2:
I think Obi will only listen and give whatever they are saying a thought after their November Convention in Ibadan.

If another Wike lackey emerges as Chairman or Secretary or anything consequential in the party, trust me Obi will not be foolish into walk into an unhidden trap.

But one thing is simple, there’s nothing wrong with Obi going back to PDP especially with the party’s rooted nationwide structure.

All it will take for PDP to come back to life is for Obi to go back into the platform.

franchasng:
Goodluck Jonathan made Femi Otedola what he is today yet his people will never be grateful


May God continue to bless good man, Goodluck Jonathan. He allowed his kindness to spread across all tribes like IBB.


But you see Bola Tinubu? Sighs, he is busy enriching only Yorubas.


Tinubu is currently making plenty Yorubas billionaires while Nigerians sleep, make Una continue sha

MufasaLion:
I still don't understand how a grown up man would be on the road screaming and recording people's cars when he should be working!

I detest lazy folks! Nigerians copy almost everything they see online and replicate it here. Folks abroad ain't doing it due to hunger!

gerizzim:
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since you said you will collect the gift if it was you then why are you speaking against it dt it is too much.

seems you have issues with tinubu as a person as you said you will collect the money and vote him out If it was you dt is the beneficiary

my talk is on the compensation of the players. Not who is the giver of the reward.

wunmi590:
That's because majority of you failed to listen and see the hand writing...

I'm from Lagos state, ikoyi obalende, (Lagos island), both my father and mother family house are situated on the island, where I live in one..

We already know BAT can't do anything, he will only ruke the federal the way he ruled Lagos, with bogus tax and nothing to show for it, with alot of suffering, so I never for one day believed in him

wunmi590:


What's the problem of fayemi? He shouldn't complain at all, because he was part of the people who left Tinubu to be elected during their primary...

He publicly stepped doen for baba sighting he's still young and he can always contest some other time...

Penguin2:
News made front page here on Nairaland of how VDM called out Governor Hope Uzodimma for hosting only Igbo players out of the Falcons squad.

But here are pictures of Govs Adeleke and Sanwolu of Osun and Lagos respectively, hosting only Yoruba players of the Falcon squad.

VDM never made a video to call them out. But because Uzodimma did same thing, VDM turned on his ring light and started cursing Uzodimma. And the question is to what end? What was VDM’s aim doing that video? What did he hope to achieve?

Why are the rules always applied differently when Igbos are involved?

Softmirror:
He has been asked to mention names. As simple as A,B,C abibun.

9jatriot:
The same blame blame game PDP played that pushed them to irrevancy today.

APC had their own fair shame of problems but rather than look for who to blame, the fought it out and now have some semblance of stability.

Instead of this mushroom party to attempt to resolve their internal fractional problems, they are projecting their problems somewhere else. The issues they raised in that their letter, are they not the only ones who are privy to them?

Guestmale:
Hahaha you asked for evident,I gave you. What is shameful in paying the waec fees of the less privileged. Don't be enemy of good things.