₦airaland Forum

I really admire the President open arms to governors and politicians.. that’s how true leadership ought to be

Very welcome news.. we hoot this Q1 2026 will get better

Gov Otti really ‘fall my hand’. my first time actually listening to him interacting. He messed up big time.

1. As a Leader you ought to be temperate.. no matter what is thrown at you, be it questions or accusations, calm and calculated response is required.. Otti response was VERY RUDE of a supposed leader.

2. The journalist question was on course - as Gov IT IS YOUR DUTY TO KNOW THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF YOUR SERVICE DELIVERY to your citizens.. not from Journalist.

3. In the end Gov Otti actually started answering the same Journalist questions that he initially condemned.. that’s appalling!

4. I’m shocked at a lot of folks here criticising the journalist. He asked a simple question.

Gov Otti you can do better. ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING!

fergie001:
I don't understand how it's a gang-up or betrayal.

Other Zones should endorse theirs too nah!

I don’t understand o my brother.. people that can’t be tolerant of others decision.. it’s either their way or no other.. very unfortunate

“powerful” Malami of that year.. power can indeed be transient.. he really abuse his office.

Exactly! The mischievous dude was trying to sugarcoat it. I also told him same.. it’s pure HOARDING. Greedy people.

aieromon:
This is called hoarding Sir. It is a selfish motive.

https://x.com/Naija_farmers/status/2018962212325327200

Lol.. my friend don’t be ridiculous and clever by half! You think you’re talking to kids here.

What do you mean by ‘stored’ many bags. Oga you were HOARDING Foodstuffs meant to be sold at the right time to make good turnover for you.. Instead you lots were Greedy as many Nigerian farmers/business men have been.

Greed “killed” most farmers/business men business.. they thought of themselves rather than the people.

I’m not saying storage/hoarding is bad.. But when done so long at DETRIMENT OF people is Bad

I don’t pity these hoarders

sirchim:
If you understand what he meant you are smart. Many of us stored many bags of grains, hoping to sell and make our profits. But today, it has crashed putting many of us into debts. As I am typing this, my bro is in a debt of #54M. OBI is RIGHT, our business is being frustrated by the government, that made food stuffs gone so high, due to bad economy. And today, it has crashed, such that it has put many of us into debts.

madridguy:
Obi is just clueless about everything. He talks carelessly.

Don’t mind him.. absolutely clueless and careless with statements

Baba no talk wetin you no know!

Do you know how much incentives the last admin and I think this admin gave to farmers in bid to make foodstuff available and cheaper.. what did the farmers do instead? Some use the monies for something else, SOME FARMERS ACTUALLY HOARDED THEIR FOODSTUFFS THEREBY CREATING ARTIFICIAL SCARCITY and OUTRAGEOUS PRICES. Rice, Beans and other staple foods items were hoarded. (I know this personally cos a close person of mine is a rice farmer, he affirmed this to me. I’m also into Commodities trading so I know).

What do you expect the Govt to do.. they have to open up the boarders to people can import and give competition to the greedy farmers.

Citizens Criticise Govt - not farmers - when food prices are high and Commend Govt when prices are Low.

Obi messed up on this matter.. cho cho cho!

Macphenson:
That headline is misleading. Listen to Peter Obi and understand that the Person that wrote the headline is mischievous.

Peter Obi was mak8ng reference to basic foods being imported, which have automatically killed farming. Manufacturing houses have been turned to warehouses of imported foods which is not a good one for the country.
In line with his consistent slogan, he said he would move the country from consumption to Production. Now we are importing basic foods we should plant that simply means we have killed farming and farmer's business in Nigeria.

Of course it will come with serious consequences.

People up there can't comprehend. They don't even have data to listen to Peter Obi.

Brilliant submission.. I didn’t think that route

UzorIyke:
We have no regional government that will enshrine the law on their constitution and also that will regulate them, moreover given regional security may cause misunderstanding with some region with the federal government here by causing another civil war (the Nigeria civil war of 1967 is the reason of these states in 1967 instead of regions)
So no government will like that.

bentenny:
He said democratic settings and I showed him one which is the US which is the governance structure we are coping!
But if I may ask....is it wrong to copy such police structure that will ensure the powers of political officer holders are limited on the police?

No it’s not wrong at all. I absolutely agree with you

Lol 😂.. my friend wake up from your dream. No bi only take over Nigeria govt.

Nothing like that is happening ok.. Stop reasoning like a bitter child!

obi4eze:
God bless President Donald Trump. Nigeria is waiting on the to-do list. May God use you to help Nigerians take over their government from the curse called APC.

God bless President Donald Trump
God bless the US Department of War
God bless the USA.

I think it’s premature to start comparing Nigeria system to US advanced democracy. Let’s work a way to make either regional or state police work effectively to suit our country

US police system shouldn’t be our benchmark for now

bentenny:
You obviously seem to not know that there are limitations to the powers of the president on the federal policing agencies esp FBI!
I suggest you do more research esp the post Watergate reforms before misinforming people here!

bentenny:
In a democratic setup,governors have 'limited' control over the police as a measure to curb their excessiveness and high-handedness!
There is also the aspect of the legislative and judicary operating as an oversight on the executive with the inclusion of important clauses that impedes the governor from having unlimited access to the state police!
If a state governor is given 100% over the police,it's will most likely be used as a tool to attack political opponents and ensure the rights of citizens are stifled!
The senate must draft state police g in such a way that the governor only has limited powers not total access!

This is reservation of many people, that state police could be used as a tool against political opponents.

I agree that the Senate has a big role to play in enacting laws to check the governors

bentenny:
The moment a state policing is controlled by the governor,everyone in that state will start screaming for it to be removed!
State policing doesn't imply that it must be controlled by the governor!
On a norm,no political office holders should be in charge of policing!

Absolutely spot on.. well said

State police is good BUT are our state governors politically mature to handle and manage it, that’s the issue. Absolutely power corrupts absolutely!

I only trust just handful governors to effectively handle/manage state police.

bentenny:
State policing is better if proper clauses are properly and unambiguously inputted to prevent interference from political office holders and ensure effective policing!
There can be collaboration between states in terms of intelligence sharing..however,states should operate their own security as every state possess its peculiarity!

Good submission in your 2nd paragraph..

However I don’t agree with your first paragraph. As someone stated, the states rotate leadership of the central regional police head maybe yearly. But regional HQ will be decided by all governors in the region.

Not a big deal my brother.

ijayalolo:
Regional police will die a natural death as there will be conflict on which governor calls the shot. There must be a chief security officer controlling them, which of the governors in the region will you give that power that will not cause issues?

Best to do is having state police. but maybe a month or 2 to any general election or statewide election, the Federal police takes over. and the state police commissioner start taking orders directly from Abuja and no more the governor.

Exactly! Very brilliant submission. Regional police is the best.. keep all states in region in better check

Also on the bolded very good idea

googi:
Regional Police is a very good idea.

Those claiming the states in a region may not have anything in common in terms of culture and language. Nonsense.

What do Federal police have in common now?

In the first place, we have too many states created to satisfy looters of allocations.

Any of these states can go rogue and start another war. Regional Police is a moderating influence.

The Police Chiefs can be rotated among the states in a region on specified number of years

Good idea but seem to complicated for a growing democracy like Nigeria

If I could understand you, are you saying Local Govt Police may be a viable solution?

Babanah:
We don’t need State Police. People tend to refer to countries like the USA as examples. Local police in the USA are the most useless in terms of policing. Remember the incident that sparked off the black lives matter protests. NYPD, LAPD all have problems. Same thing in Brazil where Federal Police has an overwhelming presence.
What we need is a hybrid arrangement. In terms of control, the federal government is allowed to appoint state commissioners of police after consulting the state Governor. If the the governor is not happy with the performance of the police commissioner he has the right to declare at statement of no confidence in the police commissioner which must lead to his replacement.
Funding must be provided by the three tiers of government. The state police commissioner budget is funded by the three tiers of government. The federal government may focus on personnel costs while the state and local government focus on capital expenditure. Like building rehabilitation of police stations, providing IT systems with the state, vehicles and other equipments.
The lower cadre of police officers should be residents of the state.
State Police is not a silver bullet.

Spot on Rufai.. that’s the truth. Very disorganised so-called opposition

DeLaRue:
Some regions are so diverse in culture and large geographically that a regional police will not be very effective.

Plateau and Kwara state are in the same NC region,but there is little that connects them in terms of language and culture.

Having a South South regional police catering for Bayelsa and Cross River will not work.

Likewise, a South West regional police headquartered in Ibadan won't be effective in handling the different policing requirements of Lagos and Ondo State for example.

A State police made up of a majority of each state's residents will be more local and know their environment better.

Good assertion

lawani:
There is no regional government so regional police makes no sense. Any organisation be it a company, residential estate or school have the right to form a security unit and they have been doing so not to talk of a whole tier of government. OAU had a security unit when I was there in the 90s. The only problem is they are not adequately armed and that is the problem that needs to be solved. Any security outfit should be adequately armed so far they are licensed security outfits

Well noted

Omenlon:
only obidients rate Peter obi as a candidate, for others he is just a pretender not a contender. 2027 election is between tinubu and tinubu.

Gbam!

Very embarrassing and irresponsible of Mike Ozekhome… forging documents to illegally obtain property

Jagaban2012:
One Ibo guy said even if Tinubu tarr all Nigeria roads and turn Dollar to One naira I will not still vote him....

Most of these people haven't recovered from the last election defeat and thereafter think that their candidate should be the president. Unfortunately it is too late.....

Passionate hatred is what some people exhibit towards him not objective criticism...

Most unfortunate.. such hate! smh to them

Good one.. kudos to the FG on infrastructure

Very well said.. kudos! 👍🏻

Deadlytruth:
Obi's problem is simply his belief in seeking ready made grounds. He doesn't believe in building a platform from the scratch and patiently waiting and nurturing it to maturity and then using him to launch himself. His figures in the 2023 elections which were actually more of protest votes against Tinubu's Muslim -Mislim ticket than an organic electorate preference deceived him into assuming a Messiahnic perception of himself. If Obi had sat down to carefully study recent political history of Nigeria from 1999, he would have learnt that Only Obasanjo and Jonathan rose to office without real political structure but by either luck or backing of the Northern Oligarchy and their Southern collaborators. Tinubu and Buhari on the other hand took the pain of first converting their organic support to a registered party with which they negotiated alliances that brought them to power. Atiku 's perennial ambition failure is his lack of will, just like Obi, to carefully and patiently grow his organic support into a formidable national outlook party but always jumping ship from one party to another. If Obi had after the 2023 election quickly consolidated his Obidient base into a registered party, he wouldn't have been in this mess of uncertainty of his candidacy ahead of 2027 now.

1bunne4lif:
you said so, it doesn't mean you made sense though, but you're entitled to your opinion

Lol.. Tell us what he has ever achieved to warrant a presidential ticket.. TANGIBLE ACHIEVEMENT as governor pls, not sentiments?

in local parlance.. "this one LOUD o!"

Atiku's own state Governor port to APC. its all over!

1bunne4lif:
I'll say this for free, if Obi does not get the ADC ticket, there'll be no opposition to Tinubu's second term

Obi ADC ticket?! Lol 😂.. I wonder how you folks hype that man.. someone that Nigerians didn't even know he was ex-governor, no tangible achievements!

To be honest, Amaechi is the best candidate for ADC.. better than others in performance

Godfullsam:
Election hasn't started and the main opposition are already blaming themselves.

Very unserious and disorganized set of opposition