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DonMustafa:
How about someone like Akinwumi Adesina? Must nepotism be number 1 in Nigeria?

Dr Akinwumi Adesina is a proven administrator. He would do better than all those people listed up there

Since we are listing profiles here, let me drop the profile of Akinwumi Adesina for those who do not know

* Akinwumi Adesina is the President of the African Development Bank

* He was Vice President of Policy and Partnerships for the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

* He attended a village school in Oyo and went ahead to graduate with a Bachelors in Agricultural Economics with First Class Honors from the University of Ife, Nigeria (1981) (Note: A first class from OAU is no joke)

* He was the first student to be awarded this a first class in that department in OAU

* He has his masters from Purdue University in Indiana

* He has a PhD (Agricultural Economics) in 1988 from Purdue where he won the Outstanding PhD Thesis for his research work.

* He worked at the Rockefeller Foundation since winning a fellowship from the Foundation as a senior scientist

* His short time as Minister of Agriculture in Nigeria created the agricultural revolution we are enjoying today.

* He is the current President of the African Development Bank

I am tired of typing.

Oga, the position in question is that of the Chief of Staff to the President.

Above the qualifications and considerations, the occupier of that position must be someone who the president trusts absolutely.

If you ask me, I believe Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina's involvement with the administration of former President Jonathan didn't do him so well; his appointment as President of AfDB notwithstanding.

While he was Minister of Agriculture, all the Fertilizer Blending Plants in the country remained moribund. Nigeria continued her massive importation of staples, especially rice.

If we have to go by the records, one would not say that Dr. Adesina, without prejudice to his towering intellect and enviable pedigree, achieved substantially.

I like him as a person but I do not think he qualifies based on the track record of his stewardship to Nigeria while serving as Minister of Agriculture.

First, where are the phones they invested hugely to buy and distribute to farmers? What is the leverage of that investment in terms of improving
agricultural production, import reduction, trade balance, foreign exchange conservation and food security? May we get figures please?

I do not want to go into the cassava bread issue 'cos that was a landmark blight on his stewardship and the administration.

DWJOBScom:
Big yes as it’s an income
It’s just 10%

No doubt, you are one of the millions of Nigerians who have been eslaved by religion.


Happy slavery!!

ckenneths:
Enugu - Onitsha federal express way currently ongoing

I hope you can give the same accolades to Gov. Ugwuanyi and President Buhari for the projects.

'Cos all Sen. Ikweremedu did was join others in the SE region and his Senatorial zone to facilitate these projects. He couldn't have done it all alone or may not even be instrumental to attracting some of the projects.

If the man who 'attracts' projects get this much accolade, what would you give to the one who approves, provides the funding and ensures completion of the projects?

Romanoff:
Just one of his cars is enough to feed people from Kabba to Isanlu.

What has he done to alleviate their suffering in a time like this?

Dino is such a shameless attention seeker.

You just spoke my mind.

flokii:
Exactly my fear..

The brilliant and sound ones that laid the ground work sustaining the country till date have been removed and replaced out of partisan politics.

Hopefully Nigeria will survive what is coming

May we know those brilliant ones that were removed and replaced please?

ERockson:
When they want to unjustly distribute national resource they will have to come up with this to justify their nepotistic and tribal agenda

Oga, read the post again before commenting.

Didn't you read the part that points to the States as being responsible for generating the Social list?

If your state say una nor poor, wetin you wan FG to do?

Bigflamie:
And where is Ebonyi state?

North is using fake poverty statistics to garner these country's resources to themselves. Trust these evil people at your own peril.

They are the richest in this country and still want us to believe their conspiracy.

Oga, read the post again before commenting.

Didn't you read the part that points to the States as being responsible for generating the Social list?

If your state say una nor poor, wetin you wan FG to do?

Trueigbo:
Wike remains the chief security officer of rivers state

But when he is unable to protect the lives of people in the state, you would turn around to claim that it is the FG that controls the security architecture in the state.

fns23:
This man is my best governor

Mtchewww.

Macphenson:
When militants were breaking pipeline, the Nation went on recession, what other fact do you want.

Oga, keep quiet and stop making a mockery of yourself.

Recession set in due to global fall in oil prices. Some other countries went into recession as a result of this as well.

Please, go get yourself informed.

johnmartus:
This bastard is looking for money to embezzle. Maybe they should transfer some coronavirus patients to his state. Very useless man I wonder if coronavirus is a project.

My brother, Wike is unhappy that Buhari is executing a N10billion Corona project in Lagos instead of Rivers.

The man is so shameless!

Macphenson:
That's true, in terms of revenue generation, Rivers state generates more more than Lagos State, so why should Rivers state not be given grants, or is Buhari waiting for the cases to get up to fifty before responding?

What is this one saying?

mrvitalis:
This is absolutely correct ...I see no reason why Lagos would get and other states won't

You seem to be one of those who derive sense only after they have talked...

Lagos has over 100 Corona virus cases? How many does Rivers state have?

The FG is keeping focus on the three most affected locations of Lagos, Abuja and Ogun, while domestic borders across the country have been shut or are under strict restriction to check spread to other states.

The other states should be able to cater for themselves with the few cases they currently have, in the meantime, while they await further support.

Wike should go and shit down! If it were elections matters, he would not have had any qualms doling out billions of Rivers money.

I told someone just last week that Wike's seeming proactiveness on the Covid-19 has strong underlying ulterior motives. Have I not been vindicated?

Seun:
Good, but there are many other truths you need to tell them.

If Chris Oyakhilome said what is being claimed, then I must doubt his educational qualifications.

This is so lowly for someone at his level. What has 5G got to do with all of those conspiracies he espoused?

handsomeclouds:
N-power is scam. The stipend payments became irregular after election.

You mean the irregular payment is the scam not the program?

Agboriotejoye:
Tell that to the same govt that begged Elon Musk. Twice!!

Bloody lie!

Has the tweet not being pulled down?

You live in yesterday. It was true yesterday not today.

PHIPEX:
That's why pride kills. You will rather die or beg than be treated by someone you don't like. Trump dropped pride and asked GM for help, Nigeria has no choice than to beg or produce, choose one

Go and read more on Trump's request to GM and Ford.

They are only to play supports to existing ventilator manufacturers in the US to accelerate production.

Is not like they are manufacturing their own ventilators.

PHIPEX:
That's why pride kills. You will rather die or beg than be treated by someone you don't like. Trump dropped pride and asked GM for help, Nigeria has no choice than to beg or produce, choose one

What nature of help did Trump request of GM and Ford?

Isn't GM partnering with Ventec while Ford is working with GE Healthcare to accelerate ventilator production in the US?

GM and Ford are to provide support to existing ventilator manufacturing companies. Is not like they are producing their own ventilators.


https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/03/at-trumps-request-ford-and-gm-help-ventilator-makers-boost-output/

NwaNimo1:
Need the manufacturing machines, components first.

See this one....

Did you even read what you typed?

Government should give him N4billion to perform an experiment in ventilator production?

If he was serious, by now his company's prototype and sample ventilators should have reached key agencies for testing.

Is his firm known for ventilator manufacturing? What makes him think that anyone would just give him N4billion just because he asked or produces vehicles?

What will it cost him to commit his own fund in producing one or two prototype ventilators for testing?

O buro zi ego ka eji achu ego?

hybrid77:
Why do these guyz talk as if they have no sense

You should have called him on phone and discussed how his company canhelp with producing ventilators and other equipments needed

You dont come online to stupidly make useless remarks about someone that is willing to help

Well, for now, we dont need ventilators

If that changes, hmmmm...mk i nor talk

I am trying to make sense of your post.

If Innoson really means to help, by now we should have had tens of his ventilators being tested.

He is an entrepreneur, he should know better.

No responsible government would like to be seen as being at the mercy of anyone, firm or group.

This is not to say that government cannot support critical private initiatives and ventures.

NwaNimo1:
Innoson needs the 4billion he requested to mobilize.

I am from Anambra state.

No one should give Innoson a dime for ventilators.

If he is serious, by now he would have made and distributed prototypes and samples to relevant institutions to attract government's attention in view of imminent large orders and patronage.

Fariq:
He is right. They can produce and even export it as the world demand is increasing. No need to wait for the government to tell you "do so". After all, it's your own private company.

You are very right.

Innoson didn't have to wait for anyone to ask him to produce ventilators.

Was he requested to commence vehicle manufacturing before he did?

Eecho:
That man gives no fuuuck about APC and their blind policies ... Nah person wey dey consider the poor ..Nice one

For me, that's critical and realistic thinking.

In a country where over 80% of the population live below the poverty line, no sensible leader should be talking of a total lockdown, especially without provision for catering for the weak and poor.


Provision of nose masks and enforcing its wearing, decentralizing markets to nearby schools to maintain social distancing; institution of mobile healthcare facilities for random visits to neighborhoods; increasing grassroot advocacy and disseminating information on emergency contact centers; enforcing conveyance of not more than 4 and 2 persons in vehicles and tricycles; get people to stay within towns, communities and states to make containing the virus in the event of cases easier i.e. community-based containment approach (CCA) etc.

What is complex about managing the spread of Corona virus if not that governors want to create hoaxes to get their share of the swelling Covid-19 fund?

This submission by Gov. Makinde says so much about the high state of his mental health and intelligence.

TIGRITIS:
Oga prof, with due respect sir, you are an authority in your field. Medicine is not your field of study. The situation at hand is not about who is being paid for whatever reason. It is also not about trading of words. It is about the safest approach to save lives. Sir, in this case, a 400 level medical student is of more relevance than you. I'm sure you know it. So, oga prof, leave matter where e dey. If you have any contributions, don't hesitate, but if non, pls shut the fvck up.

Arrant nonsense!

A 400 level Medical student is more relevant to Soyinka on the matter of health? What's that?

Is Soyinka talking about the treatment of the Corona virus or admonishing the leadership to try to strike a balance between the exercise of their powers in the handling of the pandemic viz prioritizing the welfare of the masses.

Sometimes, I wonder the level of foolishness we display in Nigeria. Soyinka has now become someone who will talk and persons who can't make simple correct sentences in English language would publicly criticise and malign him. It is indeed a shame.

You dare compare Soyinka with a medical school undergraduate who relies on google to make prescriptions for ailments? I will tell you why Soyinka is, by far, better than even a medical doctor or a CMD with decades of practice.

For instance, the governor of Delta state is a medical doctor right? Why is the state on lockdown with security operatives humiliating, harassing, assaulting and extorting money from people? Is the governor not a medical doctor? Is there a single case of Corona virus in the state? Why weren't the state's borders manned and equipped with testing facilities and perhaps makeshift centers to hold incoming visitors for 2 - 3 days before letting them in?

This isn't about having a medical background. It is about intelligence and rationality. I am a supporter of this administration, however, I think Soyinka is in order in his submission.

The governors obviously want their share of the Covid-19 fund, as more and more donations pour in from within and outside the country.

Fuel stations, banks, markets are operational yet people can't freely board vehicles, even in ones and twos, to these distant places. What is medical about this? What is there that anyone can't understand, let alone an emeritus professor of global reckoning? How many of these states have paid workers salaries for the month of March while clamouring a stay at home or lockdown? What about artisans and the informal sector? Who caters for the daily needs?

Abeg, you guys should stop this nonsense!

viccipedia:
Noted and ignored! So many words without any sense. Like I said, you’re just a stupid kid who lacks comprehension. I leave you in your ignorance.

See a foolish bigot calling someone names.

You exemplify gross ignorance and stupidity.

Franzinni:
you talk like you live under a rock ... Has any Fulani herdsman ever been held accountable for the farm killing and all ? Why do you suffer temporary blindness when it comes to matters of your master ? Pease move along because it is obvious that our perspectives are too far apart to even align please have a wonderful life and I pray these problems don't hit close to home for you to finally understand that real life people are suffering .

Aren't you such a fool?

You have a phone and can't even make a simple research with it.

https://guardian.ng/news/police-arrest-three-herdsmen-for-killing-farmer-in-ogun/

http://saharareporters.com/2020/03/11/police-arrest-two-herdsmen-bayelsa-over-attack-personnel

https://allafrica.com/stories/201807050071.html

https://www.independent.ng/court-jailed-herdsman-in-enugu-over-ak47-rifle/


Abeg, take your petty tribalism, foolery and alarmism elsewhere.

Franzinni:
no body stops you from generalization.. If that is how you can best communicate ... If it is the Fulani herdsmen that is rattling your chains I am simply using a general and well established name for describing the roaming killers in the country who kill without reproach or retribution.. I don't pray you come in contact with these people ... I have once had to stare down the barrel of their gun and I died 100 times .. You just dey coment to pass the lockdown time I know

Unwarranted generalization depicts gross ignorance, hate and pettiness.

It is nepotic, racist and inhuman.

Crimes should be treated accordingly with culprits held totally responsible and made to face the full wrath of the law.

This must have nothing to do with their tribes, religions, statuses, nationality or race.

viccipedia:
No bruh you just another stupid kid who lacks comprehension. If you don’t understand something don’t comment. If from just a few paragraphs you deduced everything up there, then your parents should be worried.

Exactly my point!

Your parents should be really worried that you aren't growing up to be a responsible adult.

If you were anything close to responsible, you would have known better not to undermine the person of Prof. Soyinka for expressing his candid view on a critical national issue.

What did you mean by 'who Soyinka help?' Na Soyinka be your father? You claim to be an adult yet you do not have the slightest idea how Soyinka and other young African writers put Africa on the global map with their literary prowesses?

Soyinka has remained a strong voice against any form of repression by successive Nigerian governments. He was in the forefront of the fight for Nigeria's independence from Great Britain. In 1967, he got arrested and put in solitary confinement for 2 years during the civil war.

Under Abacha, a death sentence was passed on him in absentia. Quit lazying around, go and find out why?

In 1965, he seized the WNBS studio to demand for the cancellation of the Western Nigeria Regional Elections, which was riddled with malpractices, and a sham.

Soyinka has taught at Harvard, Oxford and Yale, just to mention a few. And you dare ask 'who Soyinka help?

He has provided and continues to provide invaluable inspiration and illumination to the paths of young people, especially those in the literary profession, in their millions, across the world.

Kid, money can't buy that. Everything isn't about naira and kobo.

If you have ever earned any tangible national, continental or global award, you would understand not to undermine people who have. I have won national, continental and global awards. So, I know better not to undermine great minds like Soyinka and others.

You are obviously not just lazy, but require urgent emotional help.

viccipedia:
shut up and breathe... the award no help your life or your generation life. They were intellects when they looted everything. Their generation of intellect brought this on us.

And how has your 'non achievement' and 'no bodiness' helped your family or generation?

Your dependency mentality has become more glaring with your expectation that Soyinka or any Nigerian award recipient or achiever is supposed to share their deserving gain with you.

You, undoubtedly, must be one of the lazy youths out there!

Franzinni:
no body stops you from generalization.. If that is how you can best communicate ... If it is the Fulani herdsmen that is rattling your chains I am simply using a general and well established name for describing the roaming killers in the country who kill without reproach or retribution.. I don't pray you come in contact with these people ... I have once had to stare down the barrel of their gun and I died 100 times .. You just dey coment to pass the lockdown time I know

Oga, keep your prayers because I have lived all across the country.

Killings happen everywhere. We can't keep stigmatizing an entire people because of some few mindless ones.

Franzinni:
well you have a point but in trying to point out another's pettiness, you show your own ... You are simply comparing apples and oranges .. Which to me is just lame .. I am not a tribalist I don't even identify with any to be honest but then again if something is going wrong around me I feel its my duty to talk ... Now these baby factories and all the ills you listed ... Are terrible but to be honest they pale in comparison to the way people have been killed unnecessary during this few years ... It is not time to compare notes of who is more evil it is only best to hold those who have power to effect change accountable

You don't seem to have anything more to say.

Which sane person correlates a crime with an entire tribe / people?

Why haven't we heard stuffs like Igbo drugs traffickers, Yoruba fraudsters, Ijaw / Urhobo militants etc?

What has holding leaders accountable got to do with stigmatizing an entire people?

Oga, go get some education and exposure please!

It's even laughable that you want me to believe that you aren't a tribalist. Then, who is?

Abeg, stay safe from Corona virus jare!

Make we leave the matter!

viccipedia:
theres no dragging any superiority here bruh! Soyinka is one of the most irrelevant personalities we have in the country. It’s a fact!

Says who? Who sabi you?

Soyinka is the first African writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize, and that was in 1986 by the Swiss Academy.

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/17/books/soyinka-nigerian-dramatist-wins-nobel-literature-prize.html

Neither you nor anyone can undermine him or what he represents. Hate or love him, he surely remains in history as one of the most accomplished Nigerians and Africans, in the eyes of the world.