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Politics › Why Southern Communites Should Not Concede Their Lands To Fulani Herdsmen by coolscott(op): 11:39pm On Apr 05, 2016*

[size=13pt]I see the creation of grazing lands across the nation for Fulani cattle herdsmen as an investment of valuable time and material resources in the retrogressive direction.

We know for a fact that the Nomadic method of producing cattle does not in any way enhance cattle production.

Countries smaller than Nigeria produce more cattle than we do inspite of the fact that we have more cattle rearers than these other countries. Even countries bigger than us that produce more cattle than we do, have a lower rearer/general population than we do.

What about this old method of growing livestock reflects any kind of improvement in the endeavours of man?

www.nairaland.com/attachments/3570772_cattleinventoryworldwide_jpeg0cf2b74659fe35f282702f1823c3ca1a

The Fulani's method of rearing cattle has remained this way for 1,000s of years. Not a single kind of change has been added to it in a world that has improved in all kinds of direction.

It is ridiculous that in trying to maintain (preserve) this method of growing livestock, these people have armed themselves and, thinking we live in lawless medieval times, have gone and massacred people who have no dealings with them whatsoever in a bid to take their lands for the grazing of their cattle.

How can we in response to
1) Their crimes
2) Their folly...

...legislate that in different regions of the country, people's lands should be conceded to these established gun-carrying killers in order that they may grow their cattle peacefully?

The authorities are not bothered about the fact that these people arm themselves and draw first blood even when unprovoked. Why should any responsible community welcome the idea of harbouring such people within or around their territory?

The govt should:
1) Declare a period of grace during which they must give up their guns
2) Bring the weight of the law on those who fail to give up their guns after the grace period is over (just as we had it with the ND militant) 3) Create and maintain large grazing settlements only IN THE NORTH where ethnic differences between them and the locals are nearly non-existent, making it less likely for violence and conflicts to erupt from their interactions. They also speak a common language up north. Cordial interactions are easier to achieve their.
4) Gradually introduce the herdsmen to better cattle-rearing practices within the grazing reserves establish for them in the north. For eg, I know of a northern business that goes to the farmers with milking machines to help them milk their cows. I saw this on a program on Channels TV. If such services keep being introduced within the grazing zones in the north, you give the herdsmen more reasons to not wander too far away from the grazing lands.

Veterinary services should also be available only in the grazing zones.

5) Create these grazing areas in only northern states that agree to accommodate the herdsmen in their domain after having meetings with the stakeholders (assembly members, community leaders, etc., etc.,) as it is in these people's territory they intend to live peacefully. The community must agree first before they are allowed to settle and it means they must meet the terms laid down by the communities in which they want to stay. They are the tenants and the communities hosting them are the landlords. Perhaps a small tax (in cows) should be paid periodically to the host communities. This establishes the tenant-landlord precedent in their relationship, making it difficult for the Fulani's to assume another stance.

6) Not find any reason to fail to swoop down on (and punish) any perpetuators of any Fulani attack on innocent northerners, who will at this time be their hosts.

This way, the Fulani may embrace more modern ways of raising his cattle with reduced Nomadism, increasing his output and being subject to the laws of the lands upon which he grazes as he knows he
a) is disarmed
b) will be punished if he violates the law

P.S: Note that this issue is complex and is not only found in Nigeria. It has been in other African countries with so many minds coming up with solutions that should fit the peculiarity of the issue in those countries. Here, I am emphasizing making these reserves in the north and encouraging them not to wander far off by providing benefits that exist only within the reserves. E.g water, vet services, processing services, etc.

Please read here what another nairalander posted about the proposed bill to create grazing reserves across Nigeria for the Fulani herdsmen:
https://www.nairaland.com/3030111/grazing-reserve-bill-trojan-horse

Take a look at world cattle production ranking by countries. We are not even among the first 17. Who knows where we rank. Spending our resources to further perpetuate nomadism in this day and age is neither smart nor progressive
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Politics › Re: Is The Grazing Reserve Bill A Trojan Horse Of Islamisation Of Nigeria? by coolscott(m): 4:16pm On Apr 05, 2016*

AZeD1:
What is stopping you from grazing?

Igbos have been telling me that you guys do not reason well.
Why are you making it look as if it is true?

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Politics › Re: BENUE: APC Youth Leader, 3 Others Killed In Fresh Fulani Herdsmen, Farmers Clash by coolscott(m): 3:50pm On Apr 05, 2016

caleb404:
STALE!!!

The guy doesn't even appreciate the enormity of the no sense he is making

Politics › Re: BENUE: APC Youth Leader, 3 Others Killed In Fresh Fulani Herdsmen, Farmers Clash by coolscott(m): 3:46pm On Apr 05, 2016

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Politics › Re: Is The Grazing Reserve Bill A Trojan Horse Of Islamisation Of Nigeria? by coolscott(m): 2:50pm On Apr 05, 2016

AZeD1:
Unless the is a specific section of the bill that says only Fulani people can herd animals then you are just saying rubbish.

[size=13pt]What you say here does not make sense because the bill itself is about no other people but the Fulani people who rear cattle.
Not other Nigerians.
Not even all Fulanis.
It is specifically about only Fulanis who raise cattle and therefore need to graze them[/size]

stonemason

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Politics › Re: Is The Grazing Reserve Bill A Trojan Horse Of Islamisation Of Nigeria? by coolscott(m): 2:47pm On Apr 05, 2016

comos:
if the Buhari wants Grazing land for cattle rearer in the south, he should first create a fishing sea-pool for Southern fisher-men in the north.

[size=13pt]Funny and true.
The sad thing is the Buhari candidacy and Buhari candidacy have only served to divide our country even more.
I think we were making some strides at being more united. At least over the last 16 years[/size]

Politics › Re: Has Buhari's Trip To The U.S.A Caused A Slide In Oil Prices? by coolscott(m): 12:12pm On Apr 05, 2016

fulanimafia:
1. Buhari traveled to Saudi Arabia specifically to discuss with King Salman on how oil prices can be stabilized. He then flew to Doha, Qatar, to discuss the same oil price stability with their ruler. Hence the attribution of the rise to his efforts.

"Ongoing efforts by Nigeria and other members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to achieve greater stability in the price of crude oil exports are expected to be high on the agenda of discussions,” the presidency said before the trip later this week.

Nigeria’s oil minister, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, met his Qatari counterpart Mohammed al-Sada on Sunday, the Qatari Oil Ministry said in a statement. Qatar holds the current OPEC presidency.

Russia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Venezuela said last week after talks in Doha that they were ready to freeze production at January levels if other producers do the same. Iran welcomed the deal but stopped short of saying it would itself freeze production at January levels and its deputy oil minister said on Saturday it would increase production soon.

http://www.euronews.com/business-newswires/3150129-opec-members-increasingly-keen-to-end-oil-glut-nigeria-oil-minister/

2. The Presidents trip to the U.S. was specifically for the U.S. Summit, not for any oil related negotiation. This means your argument and assertion is completely baseless and lacks logic.

Your thread is dead on arrival.

[size=13pt]The question is P Buhari's journey to Saudi Arabia coincided with a mild increase in oil prices and that increase was attributed to him by his supporters who say he travels to influence the price of oil downwards.
Now he has just gone to America and the price has slumped again. Is there any reason for which we should not attribute this slump to him?[/size][/i]

This kind of reminds me how Buhari supporters were allocating credit for improved power last year to Buhari. Meanwhile he had done nothing at the time because he had just inherited the administration from his predecessors.
Now the power situation has grievously deteriorated and they are not quick to place the responsibility on the president.
Unfortunately, originally claiming credit for what they inherited on the ground eliminates the possibility of escaping responsibility for the record breaking deterioration we have recently recorded (zero megawatts)

Politics › Re: Senator Ben Bruce Replied A Follower Again! by coolscott(m): 5:09am On Apr 05, 2016

orlaryhincah:
Well, he take his time to get ones wit mispelling. I will be moved when he replies the perfect ones.

Even if this one did not have misspellings, the senator's reply clearly would have still fitted.
You know, one can type well spelt out rubbish. No amount of good spelling would have saved that follower's post from being rubbish.

Politics › Announcing Intentions To Arrest GEJ Apc's Tool To Distract Citizens From Failure by coolscott(op): 12:17am On Apr 05, 2016

[size=13pt]As the problems of this administration increasingly grow faster than their ability to solve them,
it would seem that they (members of the current administration) find this as the only diversionary move that will be worthy enough to
take our attention from the palpable failures recorded by the current administration.

While just about all Nigerians believe (with no proof) that GEJ must have ended up with amounts of government money in his personal coffers, we all believe the same of all other presidents (from IBB downwards).

Knowing very well the nature of our country, it would seem the folks in power really do not care about the stability of the our country, and only care about... POWER .

The fact that they should make this move, announce it somehow also, to me is proof that they have agreed within themselves that they are failing and probably cannot turn things around on time enough to get the grumbling people off their backs. Thus the surrendered resorting to the pursuit of this end.

If indeed the PDP wrecked Nigeria over the last 16 years, why isn't OBJ being brought in for questioning.
But that is even going too far. American participants in the Haliburton scandal have already been found guilty
and sent to jail. How come their Nigerian counterparts with whom they committed the crimes they committed
are allowed to go free (as sacred cows).

It would seem the scope of this administration's capacity to think does not go beyond the craving to execute their vindictive desires on the las administration and that indeed, even if there is bloodshed and instability, it does not matter so long as power is retained by them and people can stop calling for their heads.

Anyway, we believe our creator is watching. One of the lessons a GEJ arrest will teach many Nigerian political leaders (and many African political leaders also) is that it is stupid to act as GEJ did. That they must win elections at all costs - that victory at the polls is a do-or-die affair.
That indeed the Yoweri Musoveni of Uganda and Robert Mugabe of Zambia present the right models. The models that actually ensure the protection of the political office holder.

Whereas engaging in sharp practices while in office is bad and illegal, we also know that trying to arrest GEJ right now is a STUPID, STUPID thing to do right now, and will not bring any good to Nigeria.[/size]

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Politics › Re: Cancel All Rerun Election Results In Rivers And Conduct Fresh Polls- APC To INEC by coolscott(m): 2:57am On Apr 04, 2016

[size=13pt]I think Amaechi's ego wrote political cheques to the APC that the political realities on the ground would not let him or his party cash. So this is just him clinging on to the cheque, which does not have enough political equity in the associated account to make it cashable.[/size]

Celebrities › Re: Wizkid Insults Linda Ikeji, Says His Director Slept With Her & He'll Beat Her Up by coolscott(m): 7:06pm On Apr 03, 2016

Funshorrh:
heey, so, you are trying to divert the whole argument, and as for the money abacha gave u nd ur family, u can go ask ur gr8 granny.

Foolish young man in the making

Can't you see I am trying to tell you that the same way it cannot be substantiated that Abacha gave you and your family any money, there is no substantiation to claims that Linda Ikeji got any money from Dasuki?

As for personal worth, Linda Ikeji currently trumps Wizkid

Celebrities › Re: Wizkid Insults Linda Ikeji, Says His Director Slept With Her & He'll Beat Her Up by coolscott(m): 2:18pm On Apr 03, 2016

Funshorrh:
heey...betcha set ur fact straight,i bet your article up there is based on ur assumption.
Is it not now that's linda is just coming up and prolly the money she got in the dasukigate ish.. She's a blogger and so bleeping wat,. How much does she make per month bfore she recieved the grace of dasukigate. Hope u knw all the endorsement wizkid has, plus the recent glo signing?. the highest paid pepsi ambassador in africa. Google is ur friend anyway for more info

[size=13pt]No you go do your own research. That research is not for me. You asked the right question (How much does she earn per month?). Analysis have been done before about how much she earns per week and per month as advert fees on her blog but obviously, you have never read any of those.

As for Dasukigate, the money she received from Dasukigate is the same as the one Abacha's family gave your you and your parents. How much was it sef?[/size]

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Celebrities › Re: Wizkid Insults Linda Ikeji, Says His Director Slept With Her & He'll Beat Her Up by coolscott(m): 1:22pm On Apr 03, 2016

Funshorrh:
what's this one saying, or are you saying linda is worth more than wizkid.....then u must be a comedian in the making

Wizkid worth up to half of Linda's worth? Nah. Don't think so. He has not developed his business mind to that level yet.
But he has a chance to. He is still a bit young and maybe he will channel his anger in that direction

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Celebrities › Re: Wizkid Insults Linda Ikeji, Says His Director Slept With Her & He'll Beat Her Up by coolscott(m): 1:19pm On Apr 03, 2016

ademoladeji:
Stop spewing thrash here dude!

For your info, Wizkid gat houses in Lagos with one of them at Lekki.

Do you measure someone's wealth with the houses they've gat and the location they're situated?

They've both gat their issue, so let dem thrash it out and stop taking sides.

Maybe you'll understand his frustration when you're being wrongly painted in the eyes of the world!

Wizkid living the life he craved for so as Linda.

Their issue not yours, mine nor us.

Did she paint a picture, or did she just report a story? Was what she reported false? Is it possible that a reported story will not paint a picture in the mind of the reader?
Everyone knows this. Journalists and writers will write and sometimes, the true things that they write will make you look funny or embarrass you a bit but that is something that comes with the territory (of being popular).
It is a disgrace how wizkid has decided to respond.
Makes him look weak/kind of insecure.

As a matter of fact, when I heard he had been given a quit notice, I said to myself "No big deal. Maybe he doesn't even like the place anymore".

But this he is doing now will suggest that it having that story reported hurt him.

What is my business if people think I am broke when I am not really broke?
Will their thoughts take away my money from me?
Have they earned any kobo for me?
Are they doing so now?
Are they the ones with the responsibility to earn future kobos for me?

Him even responding to her was very stupid. Now we can only think that perhaps he is broke.

He (and anyone) has a right to decide not to pay for any service they want to stop using

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Celebrities › Re: Wizkid Insults Linda Ikeji, Says His Director Slept With Her & He'll Beat Her Up by coolscott(m): 1:09pm On Apr 03, 2016*

lordempire:
Wizkid dey vex, but he should realize bloggers are like journalists, they say a lot of thrash..... I just expect him to treat her like every fame hunting journalist out there and ignore her. Wizkid pls ignore Aunt Linda!

[size=13pt]Wizkid is not actually mature enough.
Truly, there was never anything wizzy about him.
Intellectually, he is not less bereft than most Nigerians his age.
How will (or can) he conquer the corporate/financial space?
There is a difference between maintaining a façade and having the level-headedness
to exert the required mental and physical disciplines to grow improve your
financial fortunes as you grow your influence in the corporate and business space.

From their words and actions, I think Linda Ikeji and Wizkid are not in the same
league when it comes to this. The embraced folly of the Nigerian youth ought to
leave Wizkid.

As a matter of fact, he has to have a personal divorce with it[/size]

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Business › Re: How To Get Dollar Into Your Domiciliary Account by coolscott(m): 4:07am On Apr 03, 2016

etebefia:
how to get the somebody is the problem

I can find you someone but you first have to make your calculations.
You have to determine:

1)How much the banks on one or both ends will charge as transfer fees.
2)How much you will forfeit to the foreign based person

If subtracting the sum of the 2 figures above still leaves you with justifiable profit, then you're good to go

Business › Re: How To Get Dollar Into Your Domiciliary Account by coolscott(m): 3:41am On Apr 03, 2016

arbitrage:
At such dollar critical time like this, these methods will help you get dollars to your domiciliary bank account but not at cheap rate. It is not better than bank rate but cheaper than black market (abo.ki) rate.

Simply open Nigerian Payza and/or Neteller accounts online. Verify each of them. Any of the two will allow you to fund by various methods including funding/upload from your Naira card. Therefore, you can fund at your bank's card usage rate and subject to CBN card limit regulations. You can buy additionally from exchangers here. From Payza or Neteller, you can withdraw into your domiciliary bank account and then do what you want with it.

[size=13pt]How much will they charge (percentage-wise) please, if I am wiring $1,000 to my domiciliary account? Thanks.
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Business › Re: How To Get Dollar Into Your Domiciliary Account by coolscott(m): 3:37am On Apr 03, 2016

hardeydhoying:
Pls House, can someone give me few names of trusted Exchanger with good reputation?
I have got some Neteller fund $$ to sell.

Hardeydhoying.

I think I might be interested in buying.
how much funds have you got?

Business › Re: How To Get Dollar Into Your Domiciliary Account by coolscott(m): 3:36am On Apr 03, 2016

Strahovski1:
If you are looking to fund domiciliary account,

Transfer PayPal fund to me I'll send usd to your bank.

I am very interested.
Can we trust you to do this?

Business › How Much Did Gtbank Charge You For 1$ Using Your Naira Mastercard Today? by coolscott(op): 3:08am On Apr 03, 2016

[size=13pt]Please folks, many of us know that there is a thread, How Much Did You Exchange The Dollar For Today?
Whilst this thread seems to focus on the exchange of the dollar generally, I felt there should be a thread dedicated to monitoring the exchange rate for the dollar on specific banks, so I created this thread to monitor the exchange rate on GTBank naira mastercards.

Please do volunteer your info when and if you make any transactions with your naira mastercard.

Hopefully, I will create a thread dedicated to monitoring the rates charged by other banks[/size]

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Politics › Re: I Read This Post And I Feel Ashamed Of My Country...... No Unity And Love Again! by coolscott(m): 12:29pm On Mar 31, 2016

DaBullIT:
My earlier post , i said this is a speculation , Yes i read about a goat that posted on FB that he's happy some people are setting shops on fire , but then it doesn't mean someone really did , ask yourself , was it only a part where some tribes have their markets that got burnt ? I seem to sense that's where your anger is coming from

I will share some statistics with you

Kebbi markets

including three in Kano,

two in Ibadan and another on Wednesday

Ikom Main Market in Calabar.

(The Minna Shopping Complex in Niger State was burnt on Dec. 1,
2010 while the Birnin Kebbi Central Market was burnt on March 26, 2016)

So tell me , Those markets that have been getting burnt from 2010 , was that sabotage too ??

[size=13pt]I am not saying the fire is deliberate. These outbreaks have never really struck me as being and deliberate that is why I said if it happens to be that it is deliberate
but the guy who put up that terrible post is acting as if he knows it is deliberate and jumping in to encourage the purported deliberate act to be spread to thousands of churches.

I am saying you cannot justify his folly in anyway. One cannot join him otherwise, one becomes like him. And one cannot justify this guy's post by saying Kanu encouraged violence because by doing so, we elevate Kanu's mess and usher ourselves into his (Kanu's) gutter[/size]

Politics › Re: I Read This Post And I Feel Ashamed Of My Country...... No Unity And Love Again! by coolscott(m): 8:06am On Mar 31, 2016*

DaBullIT:
While what you are saying makes sense

Try to remember that for every action there is a reaction, if you encourage / promote evil, you are planting hate in the hearts of the people in other places and around you

What goes around comes around

[size=13pt]That does not justify falling down unto other people's gutter level.
Besides, while it was apparent that Nnamdi Kanu was a clownish rabble rouser, you have to admit that he spoke words and took zero action (he was just blowing hot air).
Here, if it happens to be that the fire was deliberate, you will have to admit that a really criminal action occurred.
For me the most important thing is not to find reason to be joined with folly.
By Justifying rubbish in the name of "Nnamdi Kanu said inciting words" you bind yourself with Nnamdi Kanu's rubbish
After all, you are accepting his invitation to descend into the gutter his words suggested, to slug it out with him[/size]

Politics › Re: Rivers Rerun: INEC Favouring APC, PDP Alleges. by coolscott(m): 5:20am On Mar 31, 2016

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Politics › Re: Pdp Is A Mafia Gang Of Thieves; Apc Talk Talk No Show: #kick Both Out by coolscott(m): 4:50am On Mar 31, 2016

[size=13pt]We won't necessarily kick them out. We will seek the personalities instead of the parties.
I say GEJ was an improvement in our democratic journey but someone I would have preferred to GEJ was Ibrahim Shekarau.
Ibrahim Shekarau was the Kano state governor before Kwankaso.
Notorious Kano had no religious riot throughout his tenure.
How did he do that?
Research the man.
The man is a welcome improvement to leadership in our country.
Let's support him[/size]

Politics › Re: Why I Voted For GEJ Against #change On March 28 Last Year by coolscott(m): 4:18am On Mar 31, 2016

When I don't want to comment, I see APC supporters asking that we give PMB time and I remember they did not give GEJ time.
GEJ achieved a lot during his tenure. He needed a few more years to make things even nicer (better).
He was vehemently opposed.
Something tells me the Buhari administration will do so little in these 4 years, they will want another 4 years at least to redeem their image
but Nigerians will refuse and they would have set the precedent for Nigerians to refuse them come 2019 by their position taken on a better GEJ performance in 2015

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Politics › Re: Don't Be Silent, Declare Fulani Herdsmen Terrorists Now – Benue Elders To Buhari by coolscott(m): 12:18am On Mar 31, 2016

neolboy:
Thanks for the correction

You welcome

Politics › Re: I Read This Post And I Feel Ashamed Of My Country...... No Unity And Love Again! by coolscott(m): 9:19pm On Mar 30, 2016*

DaBullIT:
What would you say about those who carry axes, knives, and go on radio to encourage burning the zoo down to ashes?

Somebody doing bad somewhere does not mean you now ought to do bad yourself.
Life is not a race to see who will promote/perpetuate the most atrocities.
If others degenerate to a level that is not good and we recognise this, it is
important that we do not become like them

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Politics › Re: Don't Be Silent, Declare Fulani Herdsmen Terrorists Now – Benue Elders To Buhari by coolscott(m): 9:11pm On Mar 30, 2016

neolboy
Please change
a)"Don't Be Silence"
to
b)"Don't Be Silent"
The error in the (a) above is really bad. To be frank with you, it actually tingles.

About the issue itself, they are actually criminals and terrorists.
Even if Agatu is not in my state, it feels really painful that the FG has not
publicly said a word (i.e. made a statement) about this.

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Politics › Re: APC Makes A Come Back:wins More Seats In Rivers' Rerun by coolscott(m): 8:52pm On Mar 30, 2016

[size=15pt]But these are the very results INEC released shortly after the elections.
Nothing new. APC got only 1 seat. The OP is trying to spin old news as a recent comeback.
I think he is trying to boost the morale of APC supporters
and create the impression of rising momentum.
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Travel › Re: Give Birth In Uk For Visitors,cost And Procedure by coolscott(m): 12:35am On Mar 30, 2016

OGIYEN:
snowdrops pls can u assist with d current cost in birmingham,cos I will like to see a gp first den take it up from there.tanks

Politics › Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by coolscott(m): 11:32pm On Mar 29, 2016

MadCow1:
Very weak interpretation I must say.

In a Nation where unemployment was high, infrastructural decay was high, insecurity was high, the economy was one track, militancy was high, coruption was at an all time high and all this in the midst of high oil prices is what you refer to as the good times..

Now that oil is next to worthless and yet a new government is trying it's best to manage the affairs by putting in place long term measures instead of short fixes, you consider it bad..

Lol.. I have a feeling you would have been amongst those set of Israelites who would have opted to return to Egypt because they had better access to food and water, didn't have to sleep in the hot dessert sand and didn't have to keep trekking everyday for miles without an end in sight.

Just because things are tough now does not mean the government is bad or that they are not working. The hurdles they are having to face is enormous. The oil prices has not helped either. The last government totally depleted our foreign reserves and left nothing to back up the Naira. No single refinery was built so where do you expect this government to get fuel from? The economy is still one tracked (fully dependent on oil). The supposed agricultural reform the last administration touted is nowhere to be seen. Electricity is low because of vandalism of gas facilities by the same militants the last adminiatration was paying monthly stipends to stop militating. And let's not forget the fight against Boko Haram. The last administration built new universities but failed to fix the decay in our educational system.

I feel the pain you are feeling. I have to put fuel in 3 cars one of which has a tank of approximately 110 liters and has a 5.7 liter engine that gulps fuel faster then you can say Oando. I have to put diesel in my Generator as well to supplement for the lack of power. I also have to cope with the increase in prices of commodities due to the increase and scarcity of dollars. I know the hell i passed through to get forex for my 2 trips abroad earlier this year. I still live daily with the fear of insecurity in Port Harcourt. I have lost a very good business link because of the financial crunch in the country. O and I just learnt today that the government plans to increase VAT from 5% to 10%. All this and yet I still say stick with this government and let them do their thing. I doubt the APC would blow this golden opportunity they have. If the problems of this nation were as simple as flicking a switch, they would have done so.

If after 4 years they fail, we would again go to the polls and fix it. We already have suffered for 16 years and more, another 3 years and some months is not too long to wait.

I still believe in this government until they give me a reason not to.

Don't be in a haste to pass judgement. I gave Jonathan the chance to work and I will do same for this government.

I am optimistic..

[size=19pt]There is an adage they used to say when I was a kid. I think I found it in Chinua Achebe's work.
It says that a child that will be a good dancer when he/she grows up, you will see signs of it when they dance as kids in moonlight play[/size]

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Politics › Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by coolscott(m): 11:10pm On Mar 29, 2016

Quakertellicus1:
(Slight correction....I am not a PMB supporter,I am a PDP opponent).

On a more serious note....my views on the power system were borne out of reading upabout it since the late 1990's....and my fears were confirmed in 2014...when the DISCOS and GENCOS on taking over were confronted with the mess that was our transmission system.

Also, at best GEJ raised power to 5000MW max. That is enough to guarantee everyone having 12 hours of power supply.Why some had more power than others was due to the messed up transmission system. So...there really was no improvement.(For 24 hours supply....you need 20,000MW.I even heard one GEJ supporter here say 160,000 MW!).

As early as 2014 I could see it was going to take a long time....opponent of GEJ though I was. Anyone who read up a bit could see that.

Some of us opponents can observe things, and think in more nuanced ways than you observe. For example...I thought GEJ was right to remove subsidy in 2012.

Honestly, I wanted to indicate that you might not be a PMB supporter but what I say is for the hearing (in this case, reading) of the PMB supporters. I am very aware of the distribution problem but I want the APC folks to learn the hard way to criticize constructively (bring only pragmatic criticisms, promises and solutions to our polity's table)

I too was not necessarily a PDP fan or supporter. It was when I saw the kind of change that was coming I decided to support GEJ and PDP.
I remember discussing with a friend how a serious political party can take over the PDP when GEJ was in office. Then I was a neutral.
I think the lesson to learn is that perhaps we cannot be neutral. We must speak up and put our thoughts out there and let superior logic win (even if it means it is our own logic that has to give way sometimes).

And that is why I think it is important to tell folks "we told you so" about our current situation even when I am tempted not to get involved.
It is part of the collective grow of our political mind.

And let me use the opportunity to say I was impressed with Ibrahim Shekarau in the 2011 presidential debate. If he emerges as a candidate, I don't see anyone right now I will vote for over him

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