Portage1: Mechanization is necessary. Agreed. No serious economy runs large-scale agriculture without structured equipment access. That is not the debate here. The real question is governance architecture in my opinion - think about it, primary agricultural coordination, land access facilitation, rural infrastructure support, and community-level service delivery fall squarely within the constitutional responsibilities of local governments. Local governments receive allocations specifically to support grassroots development, including agriculture extension services, rural road maintenance, and farmer support systems. It then begs the question - so why are we applauding the federal government for deploying tractors when agricultural production happens locally? If local governments were functioning as intended o, as in financially autonomous, accountable, and development-focused – then, mechanization service hubs should originate at the local level, coordinated with state oversight. Simple. Federal involvement at the very least should be policy standard-setting, financing frameworks, and macro coordination and not operational deployment! Abeg, when Abuja becomes the face of tractor distribution, as it is, it silently normalizes the erosion of local government responsibility. It centralizes visibility and credit, while the tier closest to the farmer remains structurally very weak. Unfortunately, this is the recurring pattern in Nigeria - central government performs grassroots duties because subnational governance is somehow hollowed out . That is not efficiency. It is simply compensation for institutional failure to say the least again! If mechanization must be federally initiated, then the real reform should include somethings similar to these - Enforcing local government financial autonomy Mandating co-funding participation from LGAs Structuring asset deployment through LGA-level mechanization boards (there are boards anyway – nobody knows what they do by the way). Publishing (accessible by common man) LGA-specific accountability metrics – as in, that is another angle to measure any form of meaningful progress and accountability! Hopefully, it survives all cultural nuances/ divisions. Otherwise, we are celebrating what should already be routine social responsibility at the grassroots level o. Common maaaaaaan - Agricultural transformation will not happen because tractors arrived and let’s face that reality. We have seen tractors distributed in the past. Transformation (truth be told) will only happen when governance flows downward efficiently instead of upward theatrics / drama/ showbiz being perpetrated. In the end, Mechanization is indeed a good policy. But centralizing applause for local obligations is governance distortion o For me, the long-term solution is not more federal heroism – and propaganda (Naija’s are used to that already by the way). It is all about functional local governments across the country!
Whatever good news that makes the groundnut-man fans unhappy is a welcome development.
Meanwhile, the president has signed the electoral act into law while the negative mindee people are still sleeping in front of the NASS doing content .
gidgiddy: They keep saying that Kanu’s agitation was different from Igboho's agitation, yet the houses of both men were invaded by the authorities, and several people killed
They said that Kanu was killing his own people and Igboho was protecting his own people. If Kanu was actually killing his own people, which he had nothing to gain by doing so, why is nobody from the South-East saying he is killing them? Why is it the government and their hirelings saying so?
Let's be honest, the only reason why Kanu is in jail, and Igboho is walking around in Nigeria a free man, is because a Yoruba man is President
Does anyone actually think Sunday Igboho would be walking around in Nigeria today is Buhari were still President?
U go complain tire. whataboutism
Kanu is in a long life imprisonment.
Let that sink in.
(Are your gang still sleeping at the NASS ) We have left you behind
buzmanjohn: A traditional ruler from the South-East on Tuesday urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to release the convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, or return him to Kenya, where he was arrested, warning that his continued detention was fuelling agitation among youths in the region.
I laff in Jewish language
We want you to agitate make we see something
The convicted terrorist that has just spent 3 months out of his life sentence
Why not also threaten Finland to release your second god from prison
Zionmdde: What I know is that no politician can rig any election without the common man on the streets. So if the common man is not tired of the way Nigeria is today, then no problem. But if they are tired, they know what to do
I thought with 36 governors and over 200Million Nigerians standing on the mandate, tinubu should never have been afraid of a free and fair election.
Even house of rep ye or ne is rigged talk less of elections
Now I expect the groundnut-man fans to continue to sleep at NASS
Nnamdipapa: Here is a bunch of banana I bought for N500, this would go for nothing less than $4 in Canada, please note these are organic bananas we are talking about not the extra-sweet, GMO tampered bananas in the west and I got this in Lagos meaning folks living in the suburbs might even be buying cheaper.
I also buy I big avocado for N400, do the maths and convert to $. When next you complain about Nigeria, remember we have cheap and easily accessible fruits and vegetables.
Don't let the groundnut-man fans hear you oooo
They have been made busy online shouting "Occupy NASS"
AMINDA: Tinubu’s water carriers have already taken over the thread. Dadiyatta disappeared before Tinubu went to Chatham house with Elrufai o. Long before Elrufai took Buhari to supreme.court over naira scarcity and defeated to the benefit of Tinubu. Ribadu is their new darling now but they will throw him under the bus after 2027 if they manage to win. Just like Shettima.
By the evening of 20th February 2027, your contract for ADC would have ended and ADC will no longer exist
The city boy movement will cancel the streets, on that day, with celebration 🎉
SmartPolician: Alex Otti and Peter Mbah have made more impacts in 2.5 years than Hope Uzodinma has made in 6 years.
What about 8 years of Peter obi
Can you mention 1 to 5 projects you can associate with Peter obi?
Compare the work done by soludo to work done by groundnut-man.
For 13 months, doctors were on strike. For 8 months, teachers were on strike. Unemployment rose to 53%.
For all the 8 years obi spent, Akueze River was feasting on Anambra people.
Infact, the 6 years of Hope is remarkable and way better than obi's 8 years (despite the rampaging ipob terrorists activities whose grand patron is obi himself - he said he dines with them).
Image123: Is this even supposed to be up for debate and explainings in a serious country with serious citizens? Very soon, we'll reconsider election dates so that people admitted in hospital or women giving birth can finish then we can all vote. Also consider Holy congress, Hallelujah challenge, estate carnival, landlord meeting and Olumba retreat, not only Lent and Ramadan. Funny country.
Those are the kind of people forming opposition...people that are supposed to be thinking progressively... but no. They are all religion extremists.
One is a religion war monger - the groundnut-man. He even wished that USA invaded Nigeria ( but unfortunately for him, the USA is collaborating with us).
Another one paid terrorists when he was a governor and also tapped NSA communication, giving terrorists information about our military.
Another asks for elections date to be shifted because of religion.
There was this other one who claimed he was hungry, even after 24 years in government (8 years as Speaker, 8 years as governor, 8 years as minister).
Yet another is a total extremist, whose only achievement as minister was declaring public holidays.
There was this other one, who used the last 8 years as the number 1 law man to steal more than 213 billions.
These are the people that want to take over power.
The funniest part is that the groundnut-man fans have elevated these people as saints and heroes
And some of these people served under the last government of Buhari for 8 solid years.
Macphenson: Are you affirming that Premium times have the technology to tap anybody:s phone calls? And the government of the day is not doing anything about it? This is getting interesting
Premiumtimes reported the groundnut-man yes daddy audio. Obi can sue premiumtimes. infact he threatened to sue premiumtimes...but because he was and is a coward, he couldn't go on with it.
El-rufai reported his own wiretapping. So FG can procecute him.
donself9: When Tinubu promised to remove subsidy did he tell Nigerians he will be giving the money to the Governors ... what did he promise to do with subsidy money ..is it what he is doing ??
Will Tinubu swear with is children life he is unaware of how corrupt Governors are .. is he a toddler in politics ... Now before giving More money to the Governors what correctional measures did he put in place to ensure allocated funds are judiciously used
If you know i am a lavish spender buh na my hand you decided to save your pension .. if i use am flex whose fault
Another angle, people dont like Tinubu govt, buh more governors are defecting to him what is the catch. we are not kids
See this groundnut-man follower
So what exactly is your own responsibility?
So at your own small tiny level, you can not hold your governor accountable. You want Tinubu to spoon feed you? Even Shame is ashamed of you.
anonimi: Before opening your 32 all over the comment, why did you not first answer the question about detty water
Is it Nigeria you hate so much or Tinubu.
Otti, an opposition governor whose praises you sing every day is applauding the president's tax reform. World Bank and other international organizations are praising the hard reforms.
Madam Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, who I believe you do not dislike, also praise the president's reforms.
The president is tackling the insecurities created by your heroes such as El-rufai, malami et al.
So can you tell the house: Is it Nigeria you hate or Tinubu
anonimi: Is it in Chicago or London or Paris or Toronto or what other city in America, Britain, Canada or France that they drink shitty, detty, disgraceful, smelly water because the TAX monster planner steals money that should employ well paid civil servants to make water available to every household