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LegenduryNueLs:
I wonder when this country will be free frm corrupt acts

it's never gonna be free, cause people make living through corruption and go free, while the innocent good citizens suffer and almost can't eat. Nigerians are industrious people if they don't have it this way they get it the other way, preaching to be a good person is like pouring water on a stone when that person is suffering, God help us.

You wake up in the morning with plans to go to work and do your best, police wake up in the morning and think of who to extort money from, when I look at their sluggishness at checking points me wonder how they can handle that AK47 they carry about to combat crime, other than harassing civilians with it (though not all of them), But it's all goes down to their ogaswho can't manage his unit/station and encourage their bad behavior, yet we want a crime free society

talentarena:
The booby traps before Buhari – Olisa Agbakoba.

Ahead of the inauguration of the president-elect, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and human rights activist, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, looks at issues in the polity which, according to him, border on national order,
constitutional reform, devolution of powers, anti-corruption, diversification of the economy, driving new public revenue, maritime, space and aviation. Agbakoba, however, says the litmus test for the president-elect concerns the political will to deal with salaries paid to federal lawmakers as well as the huge budgetary allocation to the Presidential Villa. Excerpts:

ECONOMY- Look at South Africa that is giving us problems today owns MTN. But MTN makes much money in Nigeria than Dangote Group of Companies and all the banks put together. Yet, they have nothing here. How can any serious policy planner allow such a leak, where people are allowed to come into the country, make money and take it away. With this, Nigeria will continue to bleed. So, financial planning requires Gen. Buhari to shed the roots and trees. He has to put Nigeria first. I had expected the Nigerian government to summon the South African ambassador and warn him that their businesses here will suffer if they continue to kill Nigerians in their country. Nigeria is a great country and I had only wished that the incoming President will fulfil his campaign promises.  CONTINUED- CONSTITUTION-

One thing we must understand is that Nigeria’s problem is not its economic resources or its finances, but its lack of peace. This lack of peace has a history in the shape of three political constitutions we have operated. The colonial constitution, which was not in the interest of Nigeria; the civil constitution, which lasted between 1960 and 1966 and didn’t serve the interest of Nigerians; and the military constitutions designed to empower the various heads of state but didn’t have the interest of Nigerians at heart. The makers of the constitutions were ruling for the sake of themselves and their constituencies. Therefore, there wasn’t any peace and that was why the pro-democracy movement rose to challenge and confronted them. Then, we had the Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan’s attempts to find peace in Nigeria. The National Conferences we have had were about peace and stability in Nigeria. That is why the biggest power the President enjoys is the power given by Section 5 to order the state of things in Nigeria, for the peace, order and good governance of the country. But, unfortunately, the National Conference process starting from Obasanjo, who had a third term agenda, was not genuine and the Jonathan process, which I was a party to, is incomplete. As I speak, we don’t have political compass for Nigeria. So, we are a mass of people with various cleavages and fault lines – religious, ethnic, linguistic – roaming in the vast territorial space called Nigeria, which Chief Obafemi Awolowo referred to as a geographical expression. We have not condescended Nigeria into a national spirit which we can say for the love of country. Unless, this is tackled, we are heading nowhere yet. This is why I have written the president-elect to be aware of the booby-traps.
CORRUPTION-

The second most important issue Buhari must pay attention to is corruption. All governments of Nigeria have paid lip-service to the issue of corruption. Buhari has now presented himself as a person and he has gotten a groundswell of support from Nigerians across the divides to tackle corruption. So, he has to be held to account for all the political promises he made. He should deal with the unconstitutional salaries of the National Assembly members. The Revenue Fiscal Mobilization and Allocation Commission (RFMAC) sets salaries, but the National Assembly refused to follow it. The money Nigerian lawmakers get constitutes about 25 percent of our national budget. Why won’t Nigerians want to go to the National Assembly if, as a member of the House of Representatives, I can get about N600 million, on the average, in a year? The lawmakers in the Senate get as much as N1 billion per annum; that’s why they kill themselves to go there. So, the lawmaker’s interest is not to go and make or pass laws, but because of the money that is there. That is also why they perform below average. I see this development as a corrupt practice and that is another most important thing Buhari must confront. The National Assembly must be brought to book. They must be made to conform with the constitution. It’s a big shame that the lawmakers are the ones that break the constitution and pay themselves the stupendous salaries they take home. I put this as a litmus test to Buhari. If he is able to tackle this issue of bringing the National Assembly within the lawful pay structure of Nigeria, I will clap for him. Then, of course, the profligate lifestyle of the average Nigerian politician has to go. Ten aircraft in the presidential fleet, when we have no national carrier?

http://talentarenaafrica.com/2015/05/02/the-booby-traps-before-buhari-olisa-agbakoba/

seconded, I hope gets things better

hassan85:
When de wer behavin like 'illiterates' during d campaign, i tot de had plan B o. Here we are. De are d 1st to even set agenda 4 president elect. Igbos want SGF, speaker or depty, ministers [some already slaping diaselves at Enugu], after ambassadors, minister of FCT! So funny realy. B4 our eyes all this things are happenin. Where is dt tribalistic Barcanista now. U see una urselves?! Nw u guys are showing ur prostitutions! So u guys are afraid of marginalization?

some of our Leaders is a disgrace to me

jmichlins:
you need to start seeing beyond being an Igbo and see the bigger picture of Nigeria. We Igbos need true federalism to survive without the government influence and until then, we need to play politics in the center and not by the side. The Yorubas understand this well

Yes by installing a puppet on you ,for you to think you are getting your Federalism, you see what I mean... You are not even seeing BEEN THE yond what you narrated here, What of Ekweremadu because he's PDP? You guys should understand what APC is so that you won't regret having a representative under them, earlier this week Okey Ezzea was slapped in a meeting for saying the true position of things, una never see change yet. THE PEOPLE IS THE PRIMARY REASON OF EVERY CONGRESS NOT SOME PEOPLE POLITICAL AMBITION

jmichlins:
I live in nnewi and may I remind you that as a senator, he doesn't award contracts but make laws. the same man that you people clamoured for to be the governor of anambra less than two years ago if not for the Apga Igbo party slogan has now become a non performer? we Igbos chai!!!!! Let me have the Senate president and worry whether he performs or not. The Ijaws are clamouring for their son to remain the President even when they didn't enjoy much of his six years. Just enter a government agency with the stamp of Senate President and see the wonders it does

oga wake up

jmichlins:
As I always tell my fellow Igbos and people of anambra central specially, our hatred, religion bigotry and inability to see beyond our nose denied us the third office of this country and we have no one to blame but ourselves. We hated APC and all it brought and voted out Ngige because we want to make sure that Buhari fails and it has backfired big time on us. But the funny thing is that many of us are yet to realize that Buhari has won and that's why you see some claiming that they don't need the government influence to survive. Obiano was cautioned by some people for visiting Buhari and I ask, is this our fate till at least four years to come. We will be the first to cry neglected and whoever that extends his hand beyond our wall is labeled saboteur. Okorocha got lucky

you are a clown it's ur aura of reasoning that has back fired to you by affecting ur current state of reasoning, the people matter more than party. we want a representative not a puppet, APC promised good governance so they should work with the peoples choice not their own choice

[quote author=emmatok post=33253832][/quote]cooking up a source doesnt make it true, if the likes of you love false info i dont

efilefun:
And they still hell bent in returning same group of people to power... it really baffles me how some people put religion and tribe before the development of their society. A whole Deputy senate president is from that area, what has he been doing?

mr, if you really dont were ur Deputy Senate president is from you should ask atleast bf talking nonsense

backtosender:
The same area ekwere mmadu deputy senate president hails from now look at it what did they gained from it...chime fall my hand in this one hoohaa

u r a bastard, am sorry to go hard on you bt u really pissed me off, u created a post like this just for u to wait for one person to comment for u to quickly assert it to Ekweremadu, who told you he is from that region. You come to an open thread like this to post wrong info to slander someones name. Well with this, i can say the erosion stuff i also a lie as delibrate misinformation has ran you crazy

kaybiel2u:
South Africa don't even recognize all these so why disturbing your brain on writing this article . Let us forget helping South Africa let us begin to help ourselves. God bless Nigeria

is good this article came so that people like me will have the knowledge and 2ndly for u and me to know how selfish people can be, but u know what we have to keep on helping irrespective of whether we r paid back or nt

Tallesty1:
Some of us don't even know how to cry.

lol...

MFPND:
This Is Why The MFPND seeks to reach out to the world in peaceful means, at the least if we are to be forced to convert to islam. It should be at our own time and choosing.

I used to call it Islamic awakening to the destruction of all Nation cause religion alone can nt prevent two opposite ideas going to war not talk of Islam and what their behaviour is lately

If Wenger did nt win today, he wil never beat Chelsea/under mourinho in his life

Its actually funny to read this on social media but its nt fun in reality, this is exactly the reason why you should mind ur self until you are atleast financially stable whether He/She love you die, unless you r ready to face disappointments and nt say that ur so called love was infatuation causing more injuries

doctokwus:
No matter what one must commend OBJ's tenacity in saying the truth and daring the consequences once he holds unto an ideal.
Very few leaders in the world would come out and say they made a mistake in their imposition of a ruler(though fostered too by circumstances), and would go the full hog to reverse that mistake.
At a point in time before the elections one could perceive that for OBJ ensuring that GEJ does not return to totally wreck Nigeria, was one battle he was ready to give his life for.
I think OBJ was one of those who used his vast international influence to ensure that the major foreign powers openly spoke out,warning GEJ of dire consequences of derailing the process leading to the elections and interfering with the outcome once his loss was all but confirmed.
Baba well done. U are indeed a true statesman.

Dude ur anus does the thinking while ur brain does the expulsion

atlwireles:
OP, it will do you and others good, to stop opening threads like this. Politics is a contact sport, APC played it for us, between 2011-2015. If you are not ready to match their actions with their own playbook, give it up. Nobody seeks peace from them, let us see them do their worse. Stop crying over split milk, let's see them overrun us, enough of this nonsensical threads. Go home and prepare to meet their actions with equal and overwhelming reactions.

Seconded

saintgp:
i dnt even knw hw to reply u,hw does dis correlate to insult.well i would ensure my wife is well behaved to avert bringing public insult to me.

trust me when someone is against you he will cook up points from were you list expect and the best u can do is to ignore and forge ahead, you dont ignore an insult/disregard because its indirect but am not saying you should directly reply without unfolding hiden issues

anigold:
THE EXPECTED NIGERIA TO DIVIDE THIS 2015 but GOD used GEJ to restore peace so now they want to come in person to destroy us.
It will never work..

some tribal sluts were busy commending them for that of PEJ without seeing the real picture... they will be puppet in their hands

Doing what he knows best to do, Nations Cup

etin06:
America has declared a former Minister of Niger
Delta Affairs, Mr. Godsday Orubebe, Rivers State
Governor-elect, Nyesom Wike, former militant
commanders, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, Government
Ekpemupolo (Tompolo) and several other
persons who either encouraged violence through
inciteful comments or interfered with the
electoral process during the last general
elections as persona non-grata, meaning that
they are barred from entering the United States
and subjected to visa sanctions.

Though the US government did not specifically
name those it intends to punish for their actions
before, during and after the elections, Orubebe,
Wike, Tompolo, Asari-Dokubo, First Lady
Patience Jonathan, Katsina State Governor,
Ibrahim Shema and several other major political
actors made national news headlines by their
heated comments and actions.

According to Greenbarge Reporters, the US
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs,
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who disclosed this in
an article captioned ‘When Nigeria decides,
Nigeria wins,’ hailed Nigerians for participating
peacefully and enthusiastically in the electoral
process which culminated in the election of
General Muhammadu Buhari of the opposition All
Progressives Congress (APC).

The Assistant Secretary of State, who was also
one of the international observers that monitored
the elections, noted the commitments made by
President Goodluck Jonathan, who lost his
reelection bid and Buhari to work together in
order to ensure a peaceful and smooth transition
to the new government. She warned Nigerians
that the next phase will be critical.

source:
www.thisdaylive.com/articles/america-declares-orubebe--dokubo--others-persona-non-grata/207445

since Nigeria has refused to burst into flames they now wants to handle things in person. I dey laugh

saintgp:
when she was misbehaving it wasn't about d office of the first lady right....quite alarming hw pple rationalize issues

u know you r just backstabbing urself right, its people like you that allow other people insult their wife without actually knowing that u r beeing insulted.

saintgp:
the fact dat a lion has threaten thereby banning d hunter from entering the thick forest for hunting does nt imply d hunter shld do dsam by trying to ban d lion from entering were he(d hunter)stays,for its pointless.i mean wat will d lion or rather wat will michelle b visitng nigeria for....michelle cn do without visiting any country in d world,am of d opinion dat pej should do likewise instead of trying to rubbish our image.for she is one of d key persons dat rubbished gej's administration.

arnt you ashamed of ur self, its not about PEJ for God sake this is the first lady we r talking about

jayfolarin:
APC never sidelined the SE, it's the igbos that have shown unwarranted hate towards the party. When APC was being formed, APGA was invited but they pulled out at the last minute, everything was done during the campaign to appease the igbos but they wouldn't have it. They even voted massively out of hate against Ngige despite the promise of the senate presidency. What more could have been done?

Igbos have an history of being unreasonably hateful and ungrateful, I don't see the hatred going away even if buhari transforms the SE into a paradise. IMHO, buhari and the APC do not need to appeal to the igbos in anyway, they should be the least prioritised if there's anything!

The one group that needs that appeasal is the south south. This is because they contribute immensely to the economy and do not practice the politics of bitterness like the igbos. It was understandable that they voted for their son in the just concluded election and even at that, they gave GMB more votes than the SE. Talk about crying more than the bereaved.

With the nigerdelta votes in the bag, the igbo votes becomes completely irrelevant as the worst that can happen is what we witnessed during the election.

Like every other region in nigeria, the SE will feel the wind of change but they should forget any special treatment or prioritised developmental projects. "Every region will be positively affected" that's the best you can get.

at first i dont blame you cause whoever composed this topic is a calf. But i will only let you know that the Igbos which quickly draws ur attentions at the sight of their name is nt ready to give chance to anybody that wont defend their intrest 100%... Their r others thats Better Ngige

lestat:
Yes the OP timmilehin AND TH MODD ARE WORKING HAND IN HAND TO CREATE TRIBAL HATE AGAINST A TRIBE HERE!!!! WITH VERY LITTLE REPLIES THEY QUICKLY BROUGHT THIS TO FRONT PAGE SO PEOPLE CAN HVA EREASONS TO HATE IGBS, YOU ARE ALL VERY WICKED!!! DO YOU THINK IF EVERY NAIRALANDER WENT HUNTING FOR USELESS POSTS BY YORUBA AND HAUSA GROUPS THEY WOULDNT FIND THEM? BUT INSTEAD NAIRALAND.COM SEEMS TO ENCOURAGE TRIBAL HATE AGAINST SOME TRIBES BY CONTINOUSLY POSTING TOPICS THAT MAKE SOME TRIBES LOOK SELFISH WHERE AS THIS IS NOT THE CASE.. WAS IT NOT THE OPC LEADER THAT STOOP VEHEMENTLY BEHIND GEJ? YET YOU HAVE TOTALLY IGNORED ALL THE RUBBISH HE HAS BEEN SAYING EVEN AFTER BUHARI WON, TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE ALL YORUBAS SUPPORTED BUHARI?!!!!!! YOU HAVE INTENTIONALLY IGNORED POSTS BY GROUPS SUPPORTING APC!!! YESTERDAY MAIRALND POSTED A TOPIC SAYING PDP CAMPAIGNS IN ABIA WITH MATCHETES YET I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT APC SUPPORTERS IN ABIA ARE FIGTING PDP STRONGLY YET YOU DONT POST THIS!!! IF NAIRALAND IS BIASED PLEASE LETS US KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS GETTING TOO MUCH!!! IS NAIRALAND NOW A PRO YORUBA WEB SITE?

WHY SHOULD timmilehin POST THIS AND WHEN I VIEWED IT, IT HAD LESS THAN 10 REPLIES YET YOU HAD MOVED IT TO FRONT PAGE??

OP is a Bastard

ShowYourCertificate:
No it isn't. If Buhari and APC are wise politicians, they should strive to win the love of the SE region. This way APC will have a national appeal and not an ethnic party (yoruba+hausa party) appeal that it is at the moment..

until they explode, i just hope they delivers good governance

dre11:
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/181762-u-s-likely-to-sanction-patience-jonathan-orubebe-others-over-election-incitement-rigging.html

hmm no wonder the allegation of a plot to kidnap Jega, now i see were the lies came from

GenBuhari:
By fighting amongst ourselves we would all be playing into the hands of the American plotters.

Remember stay calm, social and protective and defend yourselves and communities but avoid all retaliatory sectarian violence. Do this and the evil plot of our enemies would fail.

i totally agree with you, but i sinceerly hope these antagonising sluts that will always whip up tribal sentiments and bigotry will learn before the damage is done

CaptainOjemba:
You seem to super foolish not to have read Massob statement, who needs ijaw, itshekiri or uhrobo in Biafra?

dont play into their hands, whatever they say gaurd ur statment cause not that i care but i love peace more than anything else

GenBuhari:
By fighting amongst ourselves we would all be playing into the hands of the American plotters.

Remember stay calm, social and protective and defend yourselves and communities but avoid all retaliatory sectarian violence. Do this and the evil plot of our enemies would fail.

Splendid, i agree with u again, but how do we curb antagonist?

PPAngel:
Boko Haram illusive Spokes man, Shekau has taken to his Youtube account from his Langely, Virginia base to state that he intends to attack South Africa not because South African mercenaries have been contracted by the Nigeria Govt to flush out the bokos but because Shekau is vissibly touched at the killings metted Nigerians in South Africa by the xenophobic riots perpetuated by South Africa.

Reminder

This is the same Shekau that stated he enjoys killing Kafirs.

This is the same Shekau that has declared war on all southerners and Christians residing in the north.

This is the same Shekau that finds nothing wrong in abducting, r@ping and selling young christian girls.

Lest we remind Shekau that 99.9% of Nigerians residing in SA are southerners with a significant population being Igbos and thus Christian.

Off course nobody is expected to take the pronouncement of a mad man like Shekau seriously but we should caution Shekau's handlers in the CIA that we know this game will soon start once a Buhari puppet govt is up and running.

I have warned here severally in many of my handles on NL of how the Americans will quickly shift focus from the NE to the Niger Delta once their puppet govt is installed!

Watch how MEND will be turned the bad guys on the bloc and the ND turned to the latest killing zone.

It has always been about oil.

The Americans are desperate to get their hands on it and has the rescent history of Nations like Libya and Iraq have shown, the Americans will stop at nothing to get their greasey hands on it.

The ND should be cautious and awake!

They will use the north and SW to anger us into seccession. We will fight for our freedom and this time America is in need of another Vietnam lesson.

you should know that they r ready for any lame actions against them, why did you think they made sure Amechi was kicked out. And i dont think OBAMA administration means well for Nigeria