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Why worry? He has,already said that he will kill himself to put others in trouble. Strong alibi.

petsam11:
Hahahahahahaaa! Mehn! Sincerely speaking! I don tire for this Nigeria. If u are really observant in all my posts here on this topic, I haven't used the great word "country" for Nigeria... Because it is far far far below what should be seen as a country talk less of what a country should be.
I can remember those days... I used to (almost) cry while singing the national anthem (especially in the stadium because of my love THEN for Nigeria). During children's day celebration 27th May and every 1st October... I must be in the Stadium matching my legs and hands out for the love I HAD for Nigeria... I can remember vividly when I used to cry in Primary School just cos of the fact that I wasn't selected for matching (27 May and 1st October alike) then when I was finally selected u need to have seen the joy... all through my secondary school years I would always be looking up to those two days... Infact after my birthday then, the next best days in the year for me was 27th May and 1st October... I used to feel very happy about anything Nigeria and even had hope that things would get better even up till when I served... but not until lately I just feel too disgusted about almost everything about Nigeria... all those Nigeria "shall" and "will" be great future tense have all vanished...

In the United States, athletes are seen on TV either kneeling or raising there fist in protest while their national anthem is on... But I call that child's play when it comes to the way many people feel about Nigeria right now... Just forget about what u see on TV, even the ppl who preach love for Nigeria hate Nigeria so deeply within then in their closets. They only shout love up and down for their own selfish gains...

Those days, I could even fight u if u talk nonsense about Nigeria but my brother right now... I will even avoid any topic that has to do with Nigeria... Because I might end up falling out with u because of the anger in me about Nigeria.

I only contributed to this topic because I feel the OP is intelligent and straightforward and I love UAE... If not na to just read and pass... Even while reading, the most annoying part is when I come across the comments from some key monikers a.k.a "Nairaland.com celebrities", I just ask myself if these ppl are really human beings? I ask if they really read true their comments and cross check it with their consciences before posting?
But I later realized that they do not have conscience but that they are just doing their jobs probably for their daily pay...

Hmmm n

My sister

At the risk of blasting, I have seen it all......done it too.

Some of us were active participants when major projects like AJ a ok u ta, Port har court 4th refinery, steel rolling Mills, Aluminium plant,I not AB as I, Niger dock, the pipeline network, Escravos gas pipeline, Eh bon power plant etc were established. We had high hopes and worked tirelessly but what do we see in our twilight? Zilch. I always have this,feeling that I worked for nothing. In my time, I arranged to ship a locomotive for AJ a ok u ta Steel plant in 1992. The first train departure was last week or so from Itakpe to Warri.... 26 years later. For all this while that loco was just there. AJ a ok u ta can produce steel and about 100 byproducts,, all of which we are import in g today.

When 774 LG were created, I felt any chairman would be your close to you...classmate,uncle,aunt,son AR whatever and would not want to soil his or her name.....for where.....GOVERNMENT IS CLOSER TO NOBODY.

OUR POLITICS.... as if nobody saw a blackboard.... no enlightened narrative.

Our people.... a kaleidoscope of the absurd. We are just like kangaroo s jumping up and down, we don't know who is taller or has the best jump. Wailers and naysayers , everybody is a lawyer,engineer football coach and player combined. ....My d...k is longer than yours .... all combined.


CIVIL SERVICE.... I shudder anytime a,civil servant introduces himself and I dread any day I have anything to do with government even if it is to register for National ID.

Things,are definitely wrong.

I tire joor. let me not bore you. I feel like slipping somebody

sexybaby22:
Very interesting topic.

We just need to stop choosing between PDP and APC and look into electing another party like KOWA that can agree to restructure the country.

But the citizens are not literate enough and the elites keep impoverishing them so they can continue ruling over them.

I don't want to lose hope and the fact remains that we should not allow the politicians to set the agenda. We are so clannish that even this may not materialise.

Hmmmmph

petsam11:
I just like this your story (facts) about UAE... Very interesting I must confess!
But sincerely speaking (whether anybody likes it or not) I don't see anything LIKE this (UAE) happening or changing in Nigeria... Very sad but true! Most people keep dancing around while "old rotten wines" are being turned into "new jars"! I just keep laughing!

Funny enough many ppl have already given up on Nigeria even those who used to say "Anyway, make we just dey manage dey go!" many of them lost hope completely last year...
Such a big pity!!!

Lalasticlala Pls do the needful! This topic ought to be in the FrontPage...

I am trying not to lose hope but age is not on my side......

Hhhhhhhjmmmmmmnnnn

wingmanII:
Great article from Sonala.
Truth and nothing but the truth.

I weep for Nigeria. What do we call this.... cross roads or between the devil and the deep blue sea?

Who can we trust again?

Corrinthians:
After SIXTEEN YEARS of diligent followership, PDP can't even boast of common roads in the East. This is an indictment on PDP if I must say.

Jonathan be like...

They have apologized. Let's look ahead.

Jjc2000:
NPA MD from North.
Customs North. Northern Agenda.

Yes, after they finish dem go carry am to north.

obynorecz:
Big lies the Whole apapa don cast, trucks de fall steady, I work in apapa notting is been done

blind bat

NgeneUkwenu:
welcome back musiwa we were worried about your whereabout

No map.....it can't be him....no way

Harrysid:
What makes you think he has not seen 2 billion naira., he's the speaker of the highest allocation recipient state

Tell me business he was doing before becoming speaker....

Received and posted from a Whatapp forum

The former Central Bank Governor and Emir of Kano, His Royal Highness Sanusi Lamido Sanusi the second , surprised guests present at the Muson Centre for the launching of the book of Sir Olaniwun Ajayi.

Below is his unedited speech.

Let me start by saying that I am Fulani (laughter). My grandfather was an Emir also fulani my uncle and guardian was also the immediate late Emir of Kano Alhaji Ado Bayero and therefore I represent all that has been talked about this afternoon. Sir Ajayi has written a book. And like all Nigerians of his generation, he has written in the language of his generation.

My grandfather was a Northerner, I am a Nigerian. The problem with this country is that in 2009, we speak in the language of 1953. Sir Olaniwun can be forgiven for the way he spoke, but I cannot forgive people of my generation speaking in that language.

Let us go into this issue because there are so many myths that are being bandied around. Before colonialism, there was nothing like Northern Nigeria, Before the Sokoto Jihad, there was nothing like the Sokoto caliphate. The man from Kano regard himself as bakane. The man from Zaria was bazazzage. The man from Katsina was bakatsine. The kingdoms were at war with each other. They were Hausas, they were Muslims, they were killing each other.

The Yoruba were Ijebu, Owo, Ijesha, Akoko, Egba. When did they become one? When did the North become one? You have the Sokoto Caliphate that brought every person from Adamawa to Sokoto and said it is one kingdom. They now said it was a Muslim North.

The Colonialists came, put that together and said it is now called the Northern Nigeria. Do you know what happened? Our grand fathers were able to transform to being Northerners. We have not been able to transform to being Nigerians. The fault is ours.

Tell me, how many governors has South West produced after Awolowo that are role models of leadership? How many governors has the East produced like Nnamdi Azikiwe that can be role models of leadership? How Many governors in the Niger Delta are role models of leadership? Tell me. There is no evidence statistically that any part of this country has produced good leaders.

You talk about Babangida and the problems of our economy. Who were the people in charge of the economy during Babangida era? Olu Falae, Kalu Idika Kalu. What state are they from in the North?

We started the banking reform; the first thing I heard was that in Urobo land, there will be a curse of the ancestors. I said they (ancestors) would not answer. They said why? I said how many factories did Ibru build in Urobo land? So, why will the ancestors of the Urobo people support her?

We talk ethnicity when it pleases us. It is hypocrisy. You said elections were rigged in 1959, Obasanjo and Maurice Iwu rigged election in 2007. Was it a Southern thing? It was not. “The problem is: everywhere in this country, there is one Hausa, Ibo, Yoruba and Itshekiri man whose concern is how to get his hands on the pile and how much he can steal.

Whether it is in the military or in the civilian government, they sit down, they eat together. In fact, the constitution says there must be a minister from every state.

So, anybody that is still preaching that the problem of Nigeria is Yoruba or Hausa or Fulani, he does not love Nigeria . The problem with Nigeria is that a group of people from each and every ethnic tribe is very selfish. The poverty that is found in Maiduguri is even worse than any poverty that you find in any part of the South.

The British came for 60 years and Sir Ajayi talked about few numbers of graduates in the North (two as at independence). What he did not say was that there was a documented policy of the British when they came that the Northerner should not be educated. It was documented. It was British colonial policy. I have the document. I have published articles on it. That if you educate the Northerner you will produce progressive Muslim intellectuals of the type we have in Egypt and India. So, do not educate them. It was documented. And you say they love us (North) more than the south.

I have spent the better part of my life to fight and Dr. (Reuben) Abati knows it. Yes, my grandfather was an Emir. Why was I in the pro-democracy movement fighting for June 12? Is (Moshood) Abiola from Kano ? Why am I a founding director of the Kudirat Initiative for Nigerian Development (KIND)?

There are good Yoruba people, good Igbo people, good Fulani people, good Nigerians and there are bad people everywhere. That is the truth. “Stop talking about dividing Nigeria because we are not the most populous country in the world. We have all the resources that make it easy to make one united great Nigeria . It is better if we are united than to divide it.

Every time you talk about division, when you restructure, do you know what will happen? In Delta Area, the people in Warri will say Agbor, you don’t have oil. When was the Niger Delta constructed as a political entity? Ten years ago, the Itshekiris were fighting the Urobos. Isn’t that what was happening? Now they have become Niger Delta because they have found oil. After, it will be, if you do not have oil in your village then you cannot share our resources.

There is no country in the world where resources are found in everybody’s hamlet. But people have leaders and they said if you have this geography and if we are one state, then we have a responsibility for making sure that the people who belong to this country have a good nature.

So, why don’t you talk about; we don’t have infrastructure, we don’t have education, we don’t have health. We are still talking about Fulani. Is it the Fulani cattle rearer or is anybody saying there is no poverty among the Fulani?”, he said.
LESSONS FROM THIS MESSAGE

Tribalism is not our problem. Tribalism and religion are artificial problems created by selfish leaders for their own personal interest.

There are only two major tribes in Nigeria. The Elites and the Masses. Once you make lots of money, you belong to the elite tribe. When you are a commoner or suffering, you belong to the tribe of the masses. If you are an elite, and you need more power, or elective position, you sow seeds of tribalism and religion among the masses, so as to sway their emotion for your personal victory. This happens at both the national and state level. Unfortunately, after the election when they have won and joined their “sworn enemies” to drink and party, the gullible masses continue to fight each other.

Even smart people who belong to the masses, sometimes will sow seeds of tribalism and religion among the masses, and then the masses will carry them up until they belong to the elite class. It is a classic strategy used over 3000 years ago in the art of war. A commoner who aspires to sit with the elites, could stir up powerful tribal or religious sentiments, such wave if properly utilized either by shedding blood or destabilizing the elites, carries the commoner to the elite class. But once there, he immediately mingles and makes peace with the elite tribe, and turn his back on the same masses that helped him get there.

Youths are the worst victim of this powerplay, they kill each other, call other tribes unprintable names, do terrible things and sometimes, even lose their life, thinking they are fighting for their right, not knowing that they are fighting for the personal welfare of someone, whose own children are probably safe in America or London.

So youths, don’t hope on the government. If you don’t have a job, create one. There is abject poverty in the south as well as the north, whether Ogoni or Maidugri. At the same time, there is massive wealth in Lagos, Onitsha, Nnewi, Aba, Kano, Abuja, irrespective of zone.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it well and never remain idle. No job is too low for an idle hand, or else the devil will find work for you. As you become independent, and grow your capacity, do not lose hope in Nigeria. We are the largest economy in Africa and soon the world will fear us. Western powers, don’t like big economies that threaten them, America will do anything to break China, but China is wise to resist that. China has 1.6 billion people, we have only 170 million, and we are talking of breaking.

China has 5 major religions which are Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam and Christianity. Nigeria has only 2 major religions, Christianity and Islam. Yet we claim that religion is our problem.

America, the strongest economy is comprised of every tribe in the world, since they accept anybody from any part of the world. Yet they are united and extremely patriotic. Nigeria has only 3 major tribes, and we claim tribalism.

Think clearly and deeply, and you will realize that empowering yourself is the best course of action, not fighting each other. And once the youths are empowered, they can begin to take back their future from the hands of the old and corrupt generation that has been blinding Nigerians with hatred, while looting all her resources. Sani Abacha’s loot is still stashed away in Switzerland, did he use it to develop the north? Those that stole billions under GEJ stashed it away in foreign banks, bought expensive toys, jets and foreign homes, are they using it to develop the south? Now the ones stealing currently, including the “grasscutters”, are looking for Ikoyi apartments, abandoned houses, and pit toilets to hide it, are they using it for the youths in their tribe? NO!

Youths shine your eyes ! Don’t always fall for this tribal, religious sentiments over and over again. Nigeria is bigger than these corrupt elites.
They are the problem, not the poor masses"

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johnaruson:
Is PDP responsible for this post?

No, the guy woke up from the wrong side of the bed.

midolian:
How Atiku allowed himself to be deceived by you pipo is really something I don't understand. Well, when someone is too ambitious, he loses his sense of reason

I will even take him seriously if there was a provision for independent candidates. That way he could carry his cross and move into the sunset.

As far as I am concerned, At ik u is an independent candidate. He has no party. He is deceivng himself if he thinks PDP will give him the ticket. Even in APC Kwankwaso floored him. LA mi do, Makarfi, Donald Duke, Dankwambo and co will be there in the night of long knives.

Except if there is anything called joint candidacy.....which I doubt.

I am afraid PDP may not be able to manage the fall out of that primary and it is not good for the polity.

adioolayi:
This 2019 business is even sure for PMB compared with 2015...Check out the numbers of votes returned at Katsina senatorial bye-election... Over 400,000 votes... just one senetorial District out of three. That vote is more than what was returned at Ekiti State gubernatorial elections...Just think over this. PMB is a movement

May the best man win.


Omokri should be bold enough to throw his hat into the ring. Shadow boxing and calisthenics no go work. put up or shut up.

bjayx:
Okene people r even suffering more cos they v no land for farming n they're majorly civil servants who do not get paid salaries

I know.

You are preaching v to the converted. Ohinoyi should call Yahaya. I know he has but are you sure this guy na Ebira?

adioolayi:
No amount of hate speeches, propaganda or what have you, can stop PMB in 2019. It is crystal clear.
Mr Omokri ..We done hear... Next

Rather it was Jonathan that we needed and eye don clear.It can never be business as usual.

Homeboiy:
Keep insulting igbos


A time will come when you will need them

Good point.

This also applies to those insulting other fellows for their choices. They have PVC and it will come in handy when you need them. They will remember. There are many elections coming, No be only 2019.

bjayx:
Cursed governor!

So this governor cannot do even take temporary measures before construction of the Looks Ben in highway reaches Okene?

Well, Okene people, na your son O. Your PVC is your friend.
APC, it will be a shame if you lose Kogi O.
PDP, this is your chance.

INVINCIBLECSP:
Take Ur Mental Slavery To The North Where Illiterates Like You Are Blinded By Nepotisn, Tribalism, Hate, Bigotry And Lack Of Innovations.
Moreover, Light Has Nothing To Do With Darkness.
Matthew 15:14 Is Already Fulfilling On You And Ur Kinds. I Am Not Surprised At All. We Are In The Last Days.

This is further proof of my position.

modik:
Vote from hypnotised and seduced village women estranged from realities of our precarious socio-economic and decaying security realities of the day.

It is their right and their vote. It is called democracy.
Please accept it.

jamaicabakare:
And what are you built on

Android / cyberspace, what else?

gtown:
And you are that south to decide the 2019?

With one vote. See high sense!!!!

INVINCIBLECSP:
Buhari This, Buhari That. What I Know Is That Come 2019, I Will Not Hear His Name Again, It Full Badluck His Worshippers Can Build A Shrine For Him In Daura And Worship Him There.
BTW Did They Think Is Presidential Election That Made Them To Chant Sai Barbar? Illiteracy Is Very Bad

Yes, you will be deaf when the results come out. You are dumb already because you cannot accept other people's choices. Even more dumbfounding, you are predicting it.

Your education is not worth it. Money has been wasted on you. Those who paid for it , and your teachers, deserve an apology.

gtown:
The more I read these types of nonsense, the more my love for Buhari increases

As I said somewhere, at the risk of being further insulted, we shall remove the toga of being politically correct and repay these insults. PVC will be our weapon.
I hope these guys know that the,same people being insulted will be required when the time is ripe. We shall remember when you want to be president......and we hold the aces.

For now, we shall keep our powder dry.

Why can't people be civil for crying out loud.

Afamed:
I hope your Moniker is not hacked? Could this be the same Tonye campaigning for Makarfi few months ago?

Abi !!!!

TonyeBarcanista:
Bros, I no de carry person matter for head again. If him ready him go do the needful

So, where u dey now? Independent supporter?

TonyeBarcanista:
Lol Na mumu dat one be na.

All I know is that Udom is working

Tonye, how go dey go? We no dey see ya brakelight.

kayzat:
I heard its only his unit APC lost in this election. Dogara is a traitor

Please remember that he has only one vote, like everyone else.

hardywaltz:
Abegi close ur mouth
Have u seen N1 billion before not to mention N 2 billion.
Nobody offered u jack.
U are just saying this so as to increase the money Udom plans to give u...

Don't mind him, he is naming his price. He is,waiting for the highest bidder.

Corrinthians:
Nigerians do but PDP supporters don't, that is why you see them support folks like FFK.

You don't insult a people's tribe and religion and still expect them to support you. Mama Peace called them "born throway" and they showed her husband what it entails to be a born throway.

Same mistakes they made last time, they are making again.

At the risk of being further insulted, I expect people to return these insults in to ballot boxes when the time comes. PVC is a weapon of the future. Until then, let them continue.


I do not want to say more.

bjayx:
Nice one.
Congrats to the winner!
Politics is no do or die, let's imbibe the spirit of sportsmanship

Some people have died"small", especially the nay Sayers of Nairaland.