These same complaint is becoming rampant yet it falls on deaf ears.
Leave them to their heinous agenda, soon payday will come.
How can a single rule be split for different folks, is this platform promoting any other message other than equality. The partiality is becoming too conspicuous, which is shameful
This state has always been a model for fiscal governance. I imagine what the future holds when the wealth from recently discovered Oil & Gas deposits is efficiently maximized. The current and future Governments have big shoes to fill.
seunolu7: Facts remain that igbos voted an unknown Tofa over a generally accepted Abiola. Was Tofa a Saint? The same democracy that yoruba booted GEJ out and you've been crying since 2015? Your tears have just started.
Who cries over a ZOO.
If you feel Biafra agitations are concerned with your jamboree clownish Politics you are dead wrong and misconstrued. Where was PDP and APC when Ojukwu declared the sovereign state of Biafra.
Your matters are too little to provoke a convicting allegiance to self-determination. It is for wellness and prosperity of Biafrans and posterity unborn, not to count scores with simple people.
So Vague and Empty from a so called Legislator. What reasons did he give actually Outline that makes APC stand out from the rest.
Ndigbo in Lagos, use your head while it's still on your neck. You are nobody in Strange territories. Ignore your current amenities. "I am your friendly Omo Igbo" will not save you when push comes to shove in Afonja foreigners land. To be forewarned ....
If not for anything, fear their Skull mining tendencies.
z07ion: Nigerians especially the Niger Delta indigenes deserve a better deal than the clueless economic solutions proffered by the Buhari Administration to solve the 63-year-old all-comers massive robbery in the Petroleum Sector!
They all applauded the President’s victory in 2015 as a civilian leader because of the assumption that he had vast experience to re-order, re-direct, re-invent, re-organize and harness the great potentials of the Oil Industry of the endemic institutional corruption which has been its acclaimed trademark!
He was Military Chairman from 1977-1978 when the Nigerian National Petroleum was created and later Federal Commissioner for Petroleum and Natural Resources when government invested in pipelines and petroleum storage infrastructures and as two term-President (2015-2021), he has jealously kept the Petroleum portfolio under his armpit for closer scrutiny! But in spite of the citizens’ assumptions, the petroleum regime has witnessed its worst hiccups through blatant disregard for accountability and had exposed a brazen penchant for retention of a blank cheque ie, an unspecified percentage of total IGR before remission to the TSA!
But with the planned incorporation of the NNPC, should Nigerians hope for sanity in the up, middle, and down streams now that the PIA is now assented by Mr. President or the document is another “paper tiger”?
During Ibe Kachikwu’s tenure as Minister of State for Petroleum the NNPC GMD whose loyalty was to the President allegedly by-passed Kachikwu to award dubious contracts in spite Kachikwu’s seniority as Chairman of the NNPC Board! Ibe Kachikwu’s bold petition directly to President Buhari at the Aso Villa was discarded because “some animals are more equal than others!”
WHEN “FUEL SUBSIDY” IS REMOVED, WILL OFFICIAL PRICE OF N165 PER LITRE OF PMS JUMP TO N340 (over 200%), BY JUNE 2022 IN ORDER TO ATTRACT MORE INVESTMENTS TO THE SECTOR ACCORDING TO OLD NNPC GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR, MELE KYARI? WILL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAY N5, 000 AS PALLIATIVES TO 40 MILLION POOREST NIGERIANS TO CUSHION EFFECT OF THE PURPOSED INCREASE TO FULFIL THE NEWLY SIGNED PIA? ANSWER: NONE OF THE ABOVE WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE SUCH MONEY WAS NOT APPROPRIATED IN THE 2022 BUDGET! Is foreign exchange not N560 to one US Dollar – due to the devaluation of the Naira?
WHAT IS LOCAL DEREGULATION OF THE PETROLEUM SECTOR?
1) No downstream deregulation could take place when SUBSIDY of the PMS never existed in the first place! It is a monumental fraud against the poor masses! 2) Nigeria is the third largest producer of crude oil in Africa and yet opted for IMPORTING REFINED FUEL instead of building new Refineries! 3) Presently, there exist in the Niger Delta Region (THE GOOSE that lays the GOLDEN EGG), tens of tens of indigenous MODULAR REFINERIES churning out refined PMS, DIESEL, and other lubricants which SUPPLY all petroleum needs for the people; and they hardly experience any form of SCARCITY! 4) Government is aware of this “illegal” strategic thriving industry which embraces civilians, members of the armed forces, and the police was always patronized just like the official Depots located across the nation but has turned BLIND EYE!
RECOMMENDATIONS: ***Since the implementation of the newly signed PIA document has been put on hold because of policy somersaults, Federal Government should give approval to INGENIOUS LOCAL MODULAR REFINERIES and encourage other INVESTORS to build more!
QUESTION: When will the FOUR COMATOSE NIGERIAN REFINERIES PRODUCE PMS ETC,? HOW MUCH IS BEING PAID FOR REDUNDANT WORKERS WHOM MR. TIMIPRE SYLVA SAYS CANNOT BE SACKED EVEN IF TAKES FOREVER BEFORE THE OFFICIAL REFINERIES TO RESURRECT?
*** Mr. President directed that swearing-in of new NNPC BOARD MEMBERS scheduled for 26th November, 2021, be put on hold because it was a wrong step as we had pointed out in one of our past publications that no board could be in place and be collecting FREE SALARIES when their institution had not become a LEGAL ENTITY!
MUST NIGERIA BECOME THE LAPDOG OF OPEC, IMF OR WORLD BANK AND DANCE TO THEIR DICTATES? The President and his cohorts may be BEGGARS, all patriotic Nigerians are not and will never be cowed into submission to THE FRAUD CALLED FUEL SUBSIDY!
MEMBERSHIP TO AFFECT LOCAL DEREGULATION POLICY? NO!
Out of the belly of Oloibiri, a small community of farmers and fishermen in Ogbia LGA, Bayelsa State, eastern Niger Delta region of Nigeria flowed out the first thousand litres of crude oil “liquid black gold” which was destined to prosper and destroy Nigeria simultaneously!
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), in 1956 at this ancient town after half a century efforts of exploration discovered crude oil and in 1958, the country registered as an oil producer and its first oil field delivered 5,100 barrels per day (bpd). Also in 1958, petroleum was discovered in Ogoni, Rivers South East Niger Delta, with 96 wells which brought nine fields on stream and before oil production ceased in early ‘90s, due to devastating and uncontrollable oil spillages; over two million barrels in 2,976 separate spills polluted the area between 1976 and 1991!
During the last seven years of military occupation of the Nigerian State; 1992-1999, pressure groups agitated for special attention from Federal Government in respect of the upkeep of the region – especially in the areas of CLEAN – UP of polluted lands and prevention of future spillages but some who believed in application of force introduced militancy which forced authorities to pay more attention to the region!
Billions of US dollars have been paid militant groups which took up arms and continuously vandalized oil/gas pipelines to compound the already chaotic insecurity for them to lay down their arms for peace to reign!
According to the Minister of Environment between a period of four years, 2015 to March 2021, Nigeria recorded 4,919 oil spills and lost 4.5 trillion barrels of oil theft!
And scars of the environmental wounds inflicted on the once aquaculture/agriculturally-friendly Ogoniland in the forms of abandoned/discarded Shell-BP pipelines, are scattered and traverse the condemned, uninhabitable/contaminated land, creeks and waterways!
According to a May 2019 Report by Friends of the Earth International, “over two decades after Shell first was called out for its destruction of the Niger Delta, oil still contaminates the land, compensation is owed and Shell continues to obstruct justice.”
THE BRUTAL MURDER OF KEN SARO-WIWA AND CO!
Twenty-five years ago, late Social Activist and president of the MOVEMENT for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), Ken Saro Wiwa was executed along with eight associates (globally acclaimed as the Ogoni Nine), by the government of maximum military head of state, General Sani Abacha, for standing up to Shell’s destructive exploitative operations in their communities and not until Four Nigerian Farmers in conjunction with “Friends of The Earth, Netherlands”, instituted a court case against Shell at the Hague, to hold the Shell Petroleum Development Company culpable for its destruction of the Niger Delta!
SHELL AGREES TO PAY OGONI COMMUNITY N45.9BILLION FOR OIL SPILLAGE AS ORDERED BY THE SUPREME COURT!
It took a period of almost 32 years, but on 11th August, 2021, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), finally agreed to pay the Supreme Court order of N45.9billion compensation to an Ogoni Community, Ejama-Ebubu in Tai Eleme LGA of Rivers State, which sought damages against Shell for an oil spillage incident after a long-drawn legal tussle which began at the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt which awarded damages in 2010 in favour of the litigants and through to the Appeal Court and finally – the apex court!
Also on 8th June, 2009, Shell settled out-of-court with the Saro Wiwa family for USD $15.5 million having admitted complicity in military and human rights abuses which untimely terminated Ken and the Ogoni Nine in November, 1995
OGONI CLEAN UP SHOULD NOT BE DELAYED ANY FURTHER!
United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Oil and Gas Industry and Communities to begin a comprehensive clean-up of the region and take co-ordinated action to end to all forms of illegal oil bunkering, crude theft and artisanal refining of stolen crude causing oil contamination in Ogoniland!
Although the military junta alleged that Ken Saro-Wiwa and his members incited the murder of five prominent chiefs of the land, the late activist’s agitation for a clean and unpolluted environment of his birth place, Ogoniland did not die with him but miraculously resurrected through President Muhammadu Buhari, who eventually flagged off the clean-up exercise at Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State on Thursday, 2nd June, 2016!
NIGER DELTA REGION DESERVES A BETTER DEAL AS THE FOREX FOOD BASKET OF NIGERIA!
They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. (Psa 125:1)
I am, yours sincerely, Dr. David B.A. Olufon. 08130669886, 08080243066. g-mail-dvdolufon@gmail.
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What you seek comes from a good place but the truth is that place can't be found in Nigeria. You have to look beyond the current contraption to see the promised land.
If you chose to ignore, claim different or defer, generations will pass by without a single step in the right direction.
Skyfornia: Seriously... I'm affected by this news, it has always been my dream to set up a school one day, but I'm currently scared and a bit skeptical following the current news. See how some bunch of over fed miscreants have succeeded in ruining this man's genuine hustle.
Don't make that mistake. School is one of the most bastardized business in Nigeria.
I know people who own schools in SE and the fact is most schools from the mid to low range, returns don't match your potential risks and the work input or "stress" in school business.
You are handling lives, ignorant children, managing people as inventory, a recipe that can blow up in your face if fate takes a wrong turn.
The pros is that demand is steady, everyone goes to school especially secondary school, but profit margin stays low due to numerous input factors , high competition in the sector and entitled parents who owe as if it's their right. They spare no luxury to get a car but will hold on when it comes to school fees.
If your target market is the affluent society, your major problem is the already established competition with probably deeper pockets and reputation.
AbijaJ: See this one catching feelings. Na one of the people I dey talk of be dis. Point out where I said Lagos is a paradise in my post. I dare you to. No one is saying Lagos is a paradise. The point I am making is that most criticisms from people like you and the Op are always done with political bias as its basis. Lagos is suffering from overpopulation which is out of her control simply because it is not a sovereign or independent nation.
It's the smallest state in the whole country yet it hosts the largest population and an influx of an increasing number of economic migrants from all over the country, from states where their own administrators/governors are not meeting the yearnings of their indigenes.
Under such circumstances no matter what the state does, it would never be enough to go around because the increasing population keeps undermining its efforts. Instead of putting pressure on other state governors to do better, una go dey fixated on Lagos. If Lagos decides to take drastic measures to curb its unsustainable population growth, you people will shout that they are engaging in ethnic profiling.
I am only pointing out the hypocrisy of the likes of you and the Op. If e pain you na your headache be dat. Leave the state for wherever else you think is better, nobody will beat you.
You keep wailing like beaten Dog.
If Lagos is overpopulated as you said please do yourselves a candid favor and shed the excess weight. Except people of your type are Powerless and Tethered Cowards.
Your epistle still doesn't justify why you polluted a detribalized thread with your your usual hateful stench. Tomorrow they will be first to call others Children of Hate. Smell off.
AbijaJ: Lagos is this, Lagos is that, yet una wan die there. Lagos is not for everybody. But those whose governors have failed to provide and cater for will run to Lagos to further overburden and overstretch her infrastructure, yet for political reasons they turn around and berate the state. It's not by force to live in Lagos, but una no wan hear word. Go to the 'livable' states, I'm sure Lasgidi won't complain.
Here they come reading their biased narrative into unbiased news and facts. Did the article above mention anything about economic migrants from other states. Did it even relate to migration or people of other ethnicities ?
Yet your senile mind, chose to make it one. Intending to step on those you love to hate you stepped on your foot. That is the case of the haters of you know what tribe. Shame.
Are Indigenes of Lagos / SW not having difficult times or complaints about Lagos. So, Lagos should become paradise to all it's habitants, is it that way for those in Makoko, those in the slums, ghettos, born, bred and heritage in poverty and suffering in your city of Gold. Lagos is not Heaven and it's not Hell. Don't just use this as an opportunity to attack any group.
If infact you are fed up of these people you called out, please chase them out of " your land " instead of blabbing about.
Everyone is concerned about the violence against Nigerian Enforcement Forces in South-East ? They have become Advocates of Peace overnight.
Hypocrites of the highest degree.
Where was your concern 5 years ago when peaceful Biafrans marched in support of referendum. They were gunned down in the streets like animals, dehumanized, incarcerated and tortured.
Attached below is a clip of an open massacre on a school field by FG forces against innocent people. The evidence of these unwarranted brutality is ubiquitous even in the ENDSARS case yet we feign ignorance.
I don't care if IPOB / ESN decimates the entire Police Force and Armed Forces whether they be family people or innocent.
As long as they have chosen to be the thorned whip in the hands on the Oppressor. They deserve all evil that falls in their path.
If they do this for the sake of money/peanuts, then their integrity and priorities are indeed misplaced. This more especially for someone coming from the South East.
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