₦airaland Forum

Smartsyn: Keep eyeing it sir, cause that is how far you can go.. 'EYEING'


Na dis small money wey u don collect from Kano peopke wan confuse you..

How many bags of rice you fit buy for the whole federation.

No mind the mumu. Me sef dey eye the Presidency one kind. No be only "eye" na nose.

arewaqueen: I don't agree with most of your statements. [b]There is poverty in the north because of the Colonial Policy not to educate Northerners so as not produce Muslim progressives like in India & Pakistan (Its open knowledge) [/b]thats why we are some years behind. Education is one of the ways out of poverty. Lazy and depend on free food? Do you know why? Because an average northerner is generous as the predominant religion in the North enjoins giving voluntary and the compulsory annual zakat (1/40 of your savings) which is suppose to eliminate poverty if its done well. Imagine the likes of Dangote giving 1/40 of their annual earnings to prospective entrepreneurs , that will reduce poverty by 50% in 10-20 yrs but some of them prefer to give chicken change so as to remain in control and satisfy their ego. As a result of this some of them became lazy and feel they dont have to work after all the religion preaches that and they feel its their birthright. Am also not exonerating the so called Northern leaders because they have failed us. When people get on that sit all they think is themselves regardless of region, tribe or religion.

There is nothing "open knowledge" about the highlighted. One over-entitled clown made this plausible explanation and people parrot it. The statement forgets that the south wasn't uniformly gifted with access to education. In the beginning of the last century, the coastal elite (people from what is now Lagos and Rivers states) and to an extent Ogun state (Egba) and Anambra (Onitsha) dominated the educational sector. The majority of the educated elite came from those places. People from the hinterland didn't waste time lamenting the unfairness of the "colonial policy", they made both personal and communal effort to close and eliminate the gap. Today, you can't even find vestiges of that gap.

The northern response has been rely on such tools of affirmative action as "quota system" and "federal character" which have only succeeded in entrenching the Northern elites at the expense of talakawa and doing nothing to address the educational achievement gap between the core North and the rest of the country. This is after almost six decades of self government! Leaders from the southern hinterland like Awolowo and MI Okpara didn't use affirmative action to close the gap in the south, they merely expanded opportunities for all, ensured merit and closed the gap in much less than one generation. That should be your model, not talking about some feeble colonial policy.

BadBoy25: my friend i am going to shoot your head if you sit there and talk shiit . kindly fvck off you slave .

the Illegals have to be kicked out ,the Border has to be closed and Guarded . thats the only thing i support .

WTF are you on about? You need to find those screws, and fast!

The antics of a failed president. Shocked to see that the Wussie-in-Chief still has admirers. What can I say? Mugu no dey finish!

DEUNSTOPPABLE: Have you witnessed 2015? See mumu talking like God

How you take know as god dey talk? You done hear am before?

Johnnoo: GEJ

No, Tafawa Balewa.

Johnnoo: What about 2015

2015 is already very clear. Even the APC head honchos know that there is no contest 2015. 2019 is the more interesting contest.

owobokiri: There are so many ways to kill a rat. You are of this opinion because lots of water has passed under the bridge. At this juncture in our national life, tribal/ethnic/religious hate has risen so stridently over the years that it seems easier to wrench out peace and progress out of the space called Nigeria simply by allowing different amalgamating units to as we say here, 'find their levels'. Yet this was 1960s nigeria. Ethnic hate existed but never on the same scale as today. Infact, the fallout of the failed coup, including the octane level propaganda activated both locally and internationally against the coup plotters/their ideologies/their ethnicity only helped to accentuate the level of ethnic intolerance amongst Nigerians. So your conclusions are most probably based on the prevailing realities associated with nigerias politics post 1970.

I am of the opinion that a very good ideologically based government, suported by a ruggedly savvy military could have saved you and i a lot of troubles in terms of ethnic relations/development. Look at Malaysia, the centrifugal forces associated with her ethnic make up nothwithstanding,purposefull leadership has pulled the country out of poverty.. Same with China where Maos policies ushered in a sort of Han nationalism that has ultimatetly propelled China to great heights. That said, as things stand today, devaluation and decentralisation of power are the best options to save Nigetians fm th monster called Nigeria.

This isn't a question of hindsight, Ifeajuna and friends sabotaged an active prison break. How's that forgivable?

Each of the nations you mentioned in your example has a single recognizable majority ethnic group you could coalesce a nation around, whether you're talking about the Han in China or Muslim Malay in Malaysia. What is the single dominant majority in Nigeria? How can you build a single national identity around 3 majority identities? The only thing you will get will be a country with a severely schizophrenic personality. That's what we have here.

2019 will be interesting.

owobokiri: Tottaly disagree with you! Ifeajuna belonged to the educated branch of the Nigerian army who were motivated by their love for not just Nigerians but the black race to do whatever that was required to give Nigeria true independence. This guy was wanted by federal Nigeria because he was accused of plotting an igbo coup, yet he was killed by igbos for plotting a Nigerian coup against Biafra. That summarizes it all. Dude was an idealist. Having read a lot of the testimonies made by comrades and colleageus alike, I am of the belief that this country would have been better for it if Ifeajunas coup against the subsisting northern oligarchy succeded. As an igbo, you are at liberty to berate him for the negative consequences of his actions on igbos. But is that conclusion fair? We shouldn't dare to change a corrupt system? Because we are not sure of success, we shouldn't act? What if he succeded with his revolutionary ideas? Don't you think we would have had a better country?

He might have had the attributes of a hero but he was a tragically miseducated African. He took it as given that Nigeria must be one Nation and that was the beginning of his errors. An educated man should examine all "givens" before wasting lives in tragic adventures. Ifeajuna and his friends (Nzeogwu, Banjo and Alele) failed to realize that Nigeria is merely a colonial prison camp and the highest revolutionary act was to organize a prison break and free the hapless inmates not rearranging the accommodations.

thegreatman4ww: Below is the extract of Senate approval of rejecting subsidy removal for now and ordering NNPC to refund $218,069,354.32, being the balance of the gross lifting under the third party financing to Federation Account. Read the full news from the below link

http://www.punchng.com/news/senate-rejects-fuel-subsidy-removal/

Misleading headline. That is $218 Million not Billion.

donphilopus: That's what you get when you give Ministers port folio based on sentiments. Some seats that are supposed to be occupied by the right people would be given to some people just for political gains.

[b]How on earth would Shekarau be the Minister of Education? [/b]Or, the snail like Obanikoro is more active in posting pictures of himself making love to his wife on social media, than looking for a way to end terrorism as the State Minister of Defence. What else does he know how to do? Does he have any military experience? I wouldn't blame him though, because the clueless one is the cause of all this hocus-pocus!

It's important to criticize objectively without undue emotion and from a position of knowledge. I know you want to criticise Shekarau because he left the sinking ship otherwise known as Apeeshit. However, from every available evidence, Shekarau is eminently suited (both from experience and qualification) to be a Minister for Education. He has a degree in education, was a teacher and spent most of his long civil service career administering public education. Who could be more qualified? This is his bio from Wikipedia.

Shekarau was born in the Kurmawa quarters of Kano, the son of a police officer. He was educated at Gidan Makama Primary School (1961–1967), then at Kano Commercial College (1967–1973) and finally at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1973–1977) where he received a Degree in Mathematics/Education.

After finishing his Degree, he went into the civil service. Later on, he started his career as a Mathematics teacher at Government Technical College, Wudil in 1978. Two years later he became Principal at Government Day Junior Secondary School, Wudil. In 1980 he was transferred to Government Secondary School, Hadejia, then to Government College Birnin Kudu in 1986, then to Government Secondary School, Gwammaja and then to Rumfa College in March 1988, all as the school's principal.

CareerEdit

Shekarau became Deputy Director of Education in charge of Bichi Zonal Education Area in 1992. One year later, he was promoted to Director Planning, Research and Statistics in Ministry of Education. Two year later, he became Director General (Permanent Secretary), Ministry of Education and Youth Development.

In January 1995, Shekarau was transferred to Ministry of Water Resources, Rural and Community Development, then back to Ministry of Education in January – May 1997 before he was asked to moved to General Service Directorate of the Cabinet Office, all as Permanent Secretary. By February 2000, he was on the move again to Civil Service Commission, where he stayed for only four months before the civil service commission under Ado Gwaram Government sent him to the State College of Arts, Science and Remedial Studies (CASRS) as Chief lecturer (Mathematics) at the Department of Physical Sciences, in May 2000. Shekarau remained in this post for 17 months before he voluntarily retired from the services of Kano State Civil Service on 2 October 2001. Some time after quitting his post as Chief Lecturer, he decided to work as a secretary to businessman Aminu Dantata. He was employed under Dantata until he became a contender in Kano State's 2003 gubernatorial elections.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Shekarau

The other part of your comment about someone posting private pics of his family is too pedestrian to deserve a comment.

Smart move by the Northern delegates. This divides the South along oil producing and non-oil producing states while keeping the difference with the North.

You have to admire sheer audaciousness of the Northern delegates. Unfortunately, (or rather, fortunately for those us strongly averse to "one" Nigeria) this only brings the demise of our fake federation closer.

SiriusBlack: This thread was on for a month before tha data crash...If I was doing anything illegal, NL would have been contacted to close the thread..I would have expantiated further but I went through your profile nd its full of Ethnic Glorification..Bigots like you disgust me..Quote me if you like...ill just ignore you.

Please continue the good work of supporting our gallant boys and ignore trolls and naysayers.

They don't want pics so they can claim that NA isn't "doing anything", are they're running from battle and all sorts of pro-BH propaganda.

auwal87: Let me start from the bottom up.

Your points are not qualified at all, you know why Arewa people are not doing anything at the moment? Because they are Lazy, do you know why they are Lazy? Because of Oil.

5- IBB and Co are all going to die soon, new fresh bloods will emerge soon, with hearts of courage to empower our people

4- Arewa unlike any other Muslim countries are far more liberal, some few bad elements emerge because of poverty and seeking name only, but Arewa will be just like Turkey in Europe, or Malaysia in Asia, or Bahrain in Middle East.

3- Almajirai are a great resource for Arewa Republic, in no time, they will disappear from the streets, 65% that is not fear, we have more civil servants than any region in Nigeria, go to the ministries in Abuja and other states of Arewa, they are all from Arewa (at least 90%). This is the reality, we have qualified doctors, qualified engineers (go to ABU Zaria and see those behind the Nuclear project, they are all from Arewa), we have Business Gurus (Arewa even though it doesn't have sea ports, most of the distributions are carried from here, I have never seen someone traveling from Arewa to Odua or Biafra to purchase imported food stuffs, but you will see lots of them coming to Arewa to purchase imported stuffs, go to Singer market in Kano, you will see what I am telling you, that markets carries transactions worth billions of naira every single day, why? Because we consume. See Arewa, only those who are ignorant about the country will tell you we only have Almajirai. Because that's what you see in the south.

2- NO! A big NO! Oil is only a curse to Nigeria, only the wicked countries look at Nigeria with like that. The good countries want Nigeria to get their facts right, abandon oil, or at least depend less on oil, develop other sectors, generate employment. You see having an Oil in Nigeria is only a curse to Arewa because it made our people lazy and depends heavily on salaries and revenues from the federal government. But by the time there is no oil, people will understand, and they will wake up to the reality. They will ask question to themselves. What about if this people abandon us, what should we tell our children and grand children, what have we done for them?

1- Yes, Landlocked, but see also in Europe::::
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Belarus
Czech Republic
Vatican City (Holy See)
Hungary
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Moldova
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Switzerland

They are all landlocked countries. Aren't they better than Nigeria in terms of Anything?

Boy, wake up, Arewa is not what you think it is;

Good thinking, bro.

Let's ignore the naysayers and willfully deluded colomentalists. Let's break free from this colonial prison camp. Any group of determined people with a common vision and set of values can create a successful nation.

redsun: Some fathers could be retardadly cruel and controlling.I know of chap that chopped up his father and threw his body into a well in my area and i wasn't surprise when i had it,his father was a retard that made lfe hell for all his children.

What is the point of him being in a university if he is going to be praying to thin air for help?What do you have to pray for that you can't do for yourself if truly you are educated?

Primitive minds.

Looks like our "prayer warrior" forgot to pray against his own son offing him. Jesus obviously did not forgive that omission.

Religion (abi na superstition) is indeed strange.

wirinet: You are the one that is controlled by emotions rather than reason, even your moniker confirms it. Political and geocultural homegenity is not the main criteria for a viable state in the modern era, if so then the US would be the most unviable nation in the world. Economic viabily is the most important criteria for a successful state in a globalized world.

Can you tell me what make Adaba State Viable. All the present south east states would crumble the minute they stop receiving oil stipends from Abuja. What is the vaibility of the present Enugu State? How much is Enugu able to generate presently? Can it pay salaries of ordinary teachers? not to talk of the whole civil service.

All these shouts of "we demand more states" is only a way to get more oil money from Abuja to be shared by politicians and their cronies. The minute oil money stops flowing from the Niger Delta, the cry then would then be to merge the states into regions. I am sure by then Nigerian state would not be able to cater for more than 10 states.

Thanks x1000,

Very articulate understanding of the situation. The creation of additional states is a stoopid red herring that distracts from the key issue which is genuine federalism and weaning the federating units from ND oil.

atlwireles: Your comments are normally very interesting to read, so far on this thread, you are off the mark. I hope you are still talking about 2014?

Thanks for the vote of confidence but my position on this crises has been consistent. It's a shame that all of my earlier comments are gone now but I have always seen the defeat of BH as a shared commitment. It has nothing to do with a desire for "one" Nigeria or similar delusions of "unity", it's based on enlightened self interest.

Even if we existed in separate countries, it's best to avoid a chaotic neighbourhood. forget about my historic examples, Cameroon similarly thought that BH was none of their business but after BH launched attacks within their borders they are now forced to deploy troops. Similarly, we should now be regretting our governments (actually GEJ's greatest foreign policy blunder) earlier support for the western intervention in Libya which opened the flood gates of illegal weapons that are currently distabilizing the entire zone.

sCun: Nonsense!
I don't do continental crap.

No wahala. Just sit down and wait until the black flag of Jihad is flying over your state capital then you will start fighting them. You don't think it's better to confront an enemy that's still far away than wait for him to come knocking at your door (potentially turning your home into a battle field) before you know what to do?

If the Hausa Kings had shelved their petty differences and stuck together we won't have a Fulani Sultan in Sokoto or even an emir in Illorin today.

sCun: They know their boundaries and those who have sworn to remain their slaves.

Unfortunately, jihad doesn't recognize your man-made "boundaries". Their goal is nothing short of a global caliphate. We need to join hands to stop this nonsense here. We have lost enough of our beautiful continent to Arab imperialists and their local agents.

EdCure: How do you feel when some facebook foreign friend tell you what about Nigeria being a stone age country full of savages and fraudsters who forbid Western education?
People interact with you based on the impression they have been fed with about you. Image matters, and CNN is a major projector.

No doubt, perceptions are important but blaming any bad reputation solely on CNN is hiding our heads in the sand. That may be cool for ostriches but as intelligent human beings we should channel the energy of our collective indignation to actually solving our own problems and stop wishing and hoping for a messianic leader while we are that.

Ayekotoo: The logical consequence of this kind of thing is that in the future, governors might not even bother providing infrastructure, building capacity or improving the education system. If all he needs for re-election is to satisfy a vocal minority and put money in the pockets of a few people. This is what is most painful to us.
However, I think we’ve been able to convince Nigerians that for us, politics is not a do-or-die affair; for us the will of the people is supreme. What this means again is that democracy might not necessarily be a contest for good governance-- APC

@the highlighted, one of the few times when APC could be right (amazing).

To quote a certain politician.

“The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.”
Winston Churchill

egift: - It is easier for a good leader to help change the negative inclination of the society that for the Society to leave their negative path under leaders that are continuing the current negative path our society has found itself.

- Solving our current materialistic tendency as a society require multiple approach to providing the needed solution. These include providing sufficient basic needs of the society, protecting and empowering Nigerians. Also there will be decisive response and punishment to criminal activities without preference and favours.

If our leaders keep rewarding criminals and turning blind eyes to the sufferings of the people, the society will keep getting desperate and greedy.

There is no evidence that we are more materialistic (whatever that means) than other citizens of other countries. I don't know what index you used for measuring "greed" and found Nigerians at the top of the pile.

Corruption persists in Nigeria because of 1) the residual effects of state control over some sectors of the economy 2) our dysfunctional multi-cultural structure which makes patriotism largely academic and 3) a fake unitary state designed to suck oil from the SS for the benefit of a few elite across the country (private taxation is less than 4% of GDP) so hardly anyone cares.

Samakinr: ...so you actually want CNN et al to report against the glaring evidence that 65% of nigerians are poor...thats a whooping 100m people. You want them to report that we are the 25th best economy in the world when the GDP is $1,500...,you want them to report we are safe, when 56 people were still killed in Chiock yesterday...you want them to report we have sky scrapers when the adjacent makoko is a complete mess,...you want them to report what?...btw, CNN is an independent station,...you gat no right to label them in such light. Your post is a symptom of the nigeria syndrome...'always wanting to shift blame instead of taking issues by the neck'...if you are so averred to western media, then glue yourself to AIT. M nt a western propagandalist, but m apathetic to people whose writtings are spurred by hatred rather than by facts.

The more important question is "why do Nigerians care so much about what CNN reports about us"? I personally think it's irrelevant. We don't need CNN to validate us.

nduaj: @egift where do we get our leaders from? do we import our leaders? Our leaders come from Our people....so if you think the problem is just with the leaders, I urge you to think again!

The leaders come from the people and if the leaders are bad, it means the people aren't really angels

Thanks a lot. I'm tired of hearing the lame "leadership" cop out. It's time everyone took responsibility for our collective underachievement and take steps to remedy the situation instead of waiting for Jesus or the Mahdi to come and "rescue" us. There is no leader that can be more intelligent than the collective intelligence of 10 million not to talk of 170 million people.

Interesting.

They turned into rooster (c.ock) and cattle (bull) to escape arrest. Talk about a c.ock and bull story.

@op.

Your analysis seems a tad bit unsophisticated to me. You're are basically blaming the customer for rejecting your wares. In politics as in business, the customer (in this case the voters) is king. Assuming they are stupid, just because of pervasive poverty, will cost your party many more elections in the future. The truth is that your lot lost because of sheer arrogance, period.

As an aside, I was looking at the pre-election poll by NOI and found it interesting that fully 100% of decided young voters said they were voting for Fayose.

egift: Jonathan will loose and if they return back to the creeks, JTF will hunt them down like squirrels. They choice is theirs.

Wake up. Nwokem, tite n'ula. Stop making impossible hypothetical statements. Johnny Boy CANNOT lose!

How does Apeeshit hope to win the presidency? Ekiti should've opened your eyes to what I've been trying to teach you for a long time.

supporter of APC na bad market.