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The situation is quite dicey, any attempt to stop the beneficiaries of these informal resource control would lead to increased insecurity and instability in the region with might affect oil production ultimately....
Me thinks he solution is o allow the land owners to own their resources, mine , operate and explore the crude and then pay tax to the State. Any other solution is a temporary solution.

nagoma: Tompolo the ex- niger Delta militant was the most wanted person in Nigeria . In 2009 he was wanted for many crimes including the killing of 11 Nigerian soldiers ( officers and men) . Early Last year , 2012, Tompolo was selected to provide patrol against the oil thieves along the Nigerian costal waters as a 10 year renewable contract and is being paid 49 million Naira per week for this. He was also given the N 103.4 billion to supply 20 patrol boats for the exercise also done last year - July 2013. Some eediot like insincereNigerian will come and talk of improvement in fighting corruption. I will not be surprised if those N103.4 billion boats are the ones used for the current increase in the oil theft and by the people paid to stop it.

My friend go and think of how to generate wealth from the numerous resources you have in the north, an Tompolo be ur problem abi....how many northerners made their millions by clinging onto military dictators..

all4naija: @ manny4life

You like argument for argument sake. And, I can say you have no argument whatsoever in this your comment prior to this reply. I doubt you did see what Morocco is doing about their modern railway system, an African nation whose economy is not as large and rich as Nigeria, before making Nigerian government looks like it cannot afford a modern railway system.

The Nigerian government don't need to borrow but create enabling environment for investors to do just that if it can not afford the modern system,as you are trying to point out. The high speed railway network currently under construction in Morocco is foreign investment and I don't know why Nigerian government can't do the same. However, Nigeria government can afford modern train else it is just being neglectful of the need to install effective modern railway system in a nation of more than 160 million people. Oil rich nation for that matter. I can't seem to understand your stand here to make it as it can't.

Basic financial understand my bottom. How doe it point to the millions of barrel of oil sold and it can't finance a railway system of $4 billion through a period of 5 to 6 years? It means there is no transparency in the government. Please, stop acting as if the billions of dollars are going to be dish out once or for the first time. With all your allusions the government keep accumulating debts without anything modern infrastructure provided for the citizens to show for it. What do you say about that?

The truth is that billions of Naira are spent on feeding the presidency, used for purchasing jets, buying brand new expensive vehicles for senators, building VP and first lady villas, money are squandered on neighboring countries to assist their police, for providing aids yet can't be used for such plan through a period of 5 to 6 years to build a modern effective railway system for the citizens.

I don't just buy into this financial tickling to make the country looks as if it is so poor it can't afford good infrastructure for it citizens. Go to Angola and see what they are doing with their oil money. It is only in Nigeria people give excuses. I repeat, financial backing my bottom. Angola don't even have a foreign reserve as high as that of Nigeria but there is construction boom going on in that country. Please, stop speculating about this financial gibberish. It doesn't speak of somebody who knows about the revenue being generated in that country. It is clear it is well over $60 billion generated in that country as at 2012 and nothing milestone in providing modern infrastructure for the citizens.

Nigeria is the only country excuses are given for failing to make use of opportunity . Indeed, I am not very surprise at you. I used to admire your views on Nigerian issues but this one disappointed me beyond what I think your represent -a truth and knowledgeable individual who doesn't believe on rumors being pedaled by Nigerian government. The 2012 budget was one of these rumors. You can remember how the federal government and Central Bank presented different figures to the national assembly for that particular budget. The different was well in excess of billions. Please,I don't find this your stand interesting while the citizens are being played for fools.

The return is guaranteed as there is every evidence to that there is large population move in our roads which is straining it. If there is provision for fast and effective modern railway there is every tendency Nigerians will resort to using train for transportation than any other system in the future. The roads are crowded, dangerous and slow. The railway will serve for both cargoes and transportation of raw materials for industries, movement of passengers and for fairing larges quantity of goods, delivery and others services. These will run in billions of Naira in weekly returns to investors.The problem is that Nigeria government can't many any project because of lack of transparency.One individual might be channeling half of the returns to his account or family member to the one of the leaders using it for person property. You are underrating the return from a modern and effective railway line in highly populated nations. If it can yield good returns in small populated nations it can as well in populated one like Nigeria.

I don't mean to be harsh on you. Just that I get annoyed by this Nigerian government inability to provide better infrastructure for the citizens. Electricity alone has be draining the nation income without effectiveness. We have heard about no financial backing by then yet $16 billion dollars disappeared into the thin air.

With all the simple logic and calculations put before you, u still feel the need to argue blindly with passion..
I pasted a link where the lowest bid for the lag Kano rail line, by the Chinese construction company was $8.3b and u claim it is false,
Somebody here says that even if the govt or private people builds a HSR now, travelers would have to pay =N=15k per trip...this is to pay back capital cost plus interest over a 20yea period(mtce and operational cost not even included)

Guy u need to stop arguing childishly!

omenka: The mother of all corruption took place under the watch of the scumbag.

When about 300billion was budgeted for an item and the govt ended up spending over 2trillion on thesame without any suplementary appropriation, what would you say about such a govt??

This govt is the worst there's ever been in terms of fight against corruption. Obj et al performed very poorly but GEJ's goes completely off the charts! That man is inately corrupt! It is either he is stealing or busy pampering known, suspected, and convicted crooks!

Have u taken into account the free flow of fuel in your calculations?
Remember the during Objs time, there was perpetual fuel scarcity.

bodejohn: March was a very good month although the Sun's irradiance dropped deeply towards the end.
I had a total of 2336Ah as measured by my charge controller. An all time high harvest of 56.064kW hr. I am not resetting the charge controller but will like to relish these moments and talk of the thousands.

Happy new month folks.

Haven't really been taken note of mine, I will reset mine today

absa$:
Nigeria has beyound $40 billion in its foreign reserve. $9 billion in excess crude acct.More than #3 trillion generated annually by FIRS and other Govt agencies. Cash investment frm nigerians abroad. We also ve access to foreign loans from global banks as was done in d aviation sector. Repatriation of all stolen monies oversea et al . what this country requries is an aggressive leader, a patriot , zero tolerence for corruption. All projects in my opinion are achivealable within a relatively short distance. I so submit

Short distance indeed, like 2 years abi, I honestly think that is delusional, these monies u mention are drops of water in the sea compared to the projects we are carrying.
Ok, ur 3 trillion Naira internal revenue is just $20million dollars...better to work in dollars so that people are not deceived by huge figures...
From the annual revenues of $31billion about 60-70% goes into recurrent expenditure.....don't forget hat in the last few years salaries of everybody were increased, this leaves about $10billion or so for capital expenditure,
Capital expenditure like east west road about $4b
Lagos Ibadan road about $1b
Lagos Kano rail line about $8b
I would assume that ph maidugri line would also be about $8b
Then lagos calabar line , maybe about $8b
Abuja kaduna line, lets assume $2b..

These is just 7 projects planned that would take about $30b, the FG has numerous other roads to build, schools to build, sea ports ongoing, rails lines not mentioned, dams, airports, power plants, and so on and so fort,

My figures might not be exactly spot on right, but it gives you the ideas that gej is trying with all he has achieved in just 2 years....the idea of unlimited source of FG funds needs to be crushed once and for all

When you strip the meat from the bones, it all comes down to control of the oil wealth...the northerners are fighting for the power to control the oil wealth....what else do book haram want? Can western education ever be stopped? Can all Christians convert to Islam? The answer is no...
The strategy of the north is to create violent distraction, while the SW create media distraction....the root cause is the oil wealth....that's all nothing more...they really don't care how many lives are lost

manny4life: Bros, you're making an entire different argument from my POV, building an infrastructure is already a major hurdle, managing it for efficiency is another. While I agree with you that maintenance is a serious menace in Nigeria, nonetheless, I will STOP short of calling your "we have to think big" an illusion. There's nothing wrong in thinking big, neither is there's anything wrong in holding the government accountable, nor is it wrong to expect more, however, dreams only become reality when you put it to work. Right now, Nigeria LACKS the financial and technical resources to construct railways as the magnitude "thinking big", like I stated, Nigerian Budget is a meager $31billion with about 21% of it financed through debt.

Secondly, Nigeria using about $153million to resuscitate it's railways extending up to 700miles of rail is not surprising, in fact, I call it judicious use. That's an average of $255,000 per mile including the refurbished locos they brought in as well as other expense factored in. So if you honestly believe that money do grow on trees, sorry bro, it does not.

Like I said, when the groundwork is laid, with time, we'll get there. Billions of $$$ railway though needed but not required and need I say it isn't affordable using our current financial and economic outlook. So please, let's shelve this idea and improve on what we got, with time, we'll get there.

Mr. All4naija and his sorts come here to lay claims without any basis, ask them to provide a little sound backing to their claims and they take off

bodejohn: Looking, looking...
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Can't load the pictures from m iPad, will load them later

all4naija: The truth is that Nigeria has the money. The NASS and co are embezzling it to the detriment of the nation and people. It is sad somebody like you, as a citizen is claiming there is no money fix modern railway line for the country. Indeed, it is surprising the amount that has been put into the project without good work coming out of it. That same amount can fix a better modern railway system in developed countries.

I keep laughing at some Nigeria who are just hell bent on refusing to accept to know their rights. That is the most painful aspect of it all. 16 billion dollars spent of power in the past without nothing to show for it(you would say there is no money in the country),etc. Try to google on how much developed countries spent on modern projects, it just as per with the one we spend on shiits in the country. We aren't getting any good returns from all these shity projects and that is a sad thing.

And I ask again,exactly how much does nigeria earn, how much is the project cost? How much do similar projects cost in other countries? If u do not know the answers to these questions, u simply ask, not to run ur mouth...it's embarrassing

kingoflag: As President, When you dont have money, you set up projects that'll bring in the much needed cash, not steal what your predecessor left behind ($65Billion) or start surrounding yourself with thieves, eating $30,000/day meals while 85%+ of the population starve, or wasting money on white-elephant projects like giving your wife N4billion Naira to play with. What has GEJ done to ensure Nigeria earns more money and that whatever comes into government coffers is managed prudently and not stolen away?

P.S: By the way its "Proofs" not "proves", but you wouldnt know that because your govt refused to invest majorly in education.

So u agree that there isn't enuf money to build all the several world class projects f our dreams? Good to know...
While ignoring ur wild and unsubstantiated allegations, I would like to let you know that the issue of wealth generation should fall squarely into the arms of state governments...FG has its own share by building federal infrastructure, but what has ur state government done...oh...they are waiting for federal allocation

A simple search on google "cost of building a railway line"
www.google.com/m?q=cost+of+building+a+railway+line&client=ms-opera-mini-iphone&channel=new
You would see the kind of figures that go into building a rail line
Fr instance see the link
www.chinaafricarealstory.com/2010/08/real-cost-of-chinese-railway.html?m=1
The cost of a double track standard gauge from lagos to Kano is $8.3b...
The FG shares of annual revenues is a little over $30b a year...

So where is the plenty money we have? Dumb human beings

Omo_Tier1: This is like a man who has money to build a modern concrete house yet is celebrating living in a mud house as a life achievement How come when they want to do anything for themselves, they go for the world's best, yet when it's time to do anything for the Nigerian masses, they put up a mediocre!

Nigerians deserve a modern and functional railway services and what this government is giving us is no where near good enough! We have the money and men to have a modern and effective rail service all across the country, sadly we lack a leader who can think into the future.

Lets stop celebrating mediocrity and demand for the world's best. We have the money, people and resources to have them in Nigeria. Yes, He may have tried in reviving Lagos-Kano rails, but lets us as a people collectively tell Him, GEJ that we are not celebrating because the allege investment does not commensurate with what is on ground hence we DEMAND a Nigeria standard railway services.

Let anyone not be deceived, if the Lagos-Kano railway service was anything to rejoice about, people will not have been sleeping in MMIA over the mad Easter rush as many would have opted to use the rail service.

GEJ has made a start, but it is not good enough and He needs to up the game and deliver big time. This is about Improving Nigerian lives and no politics should come into play in doing so.

Exactly how much do u think we have? Have u ever sat down to do a rough estimate of what comes in to government coffers vs what projects need money?
If you have lets see ur calculations to show we have so much money to deliver the projects of ur dreams, if you do not come of with proves that government has the excess money u r claiming, stop yapping

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Hi everyone, just completed my solar power installation with enuf advise from oga at the top..GeorgeD and other solar, inverter gurus..
I have been enjoying it since January, though I had a lot of problems with the unprofessional attitude of the installer..
See some pictures

TotalGreen: Just to show u why its very important to put a breaker or cut of switch between ur charge controller and the battery and solar panels, I fried my Morningstar mppt 60amps just cause of my carelessness.

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Does this mean high current from the batteries might fry the controller?

RofoRofoAmebo: PDP... APC... same politicians... so same problem. Boko Haram are not working towards political opposition - they want to bring down the entire corrupt house-of-cards that we have right now.

Yes oo, and these corrupt house of cards are usually found in churches, motor parks, schools abi...
I just think people like you were created specially by satan

seunajia: I have been called several names by people wanting to decipher my handle. I am battling not to mistake your post as that of one of such persons, sir.



DaLover again? Won't it be the height of hypocrisy to exonerate a man who pardons a criminal convicted of stealing "your NigerDelta money", of wrong doing? I would have expected that in-line with your rants here, you'd ask for head of Alams and his ilks, No?

Assuming you we're not driven by blind haterade for the nigerdelta people,
You would ask urself some simple questions..
Who is pardon meant for? Innocent people or guilty people?
Does the president have the liberty to pardon who ever he wants?
Has Alams been prosecuted and served his jail term?
Coup plotting vs public funds stealing, which has done more damage to nigeria ultimately?
Where have u read that a pardon amount to exoneration?

Seun do not allow your haterade to direct your energy!
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GEJ has not even committed an impeachable offence over the pardon...people r just yapping

ocelot2006: One month?!! LMAO !! These clowns are a joke! Do they think an insurgency is something you resolve overnight? The Sri-Lankans took over a decade to defeat the Tamil Tigers. The Americans couldn't contain the Iraqi insurgency, and are still battling the Talibans in Afghanistan. Same with the Pakistanis and Indians in Pakistan and Kashmir respectively. The Phillipines with its experienced military are still trying to contain Abu Sayaf and MILF, and the Yemeinis with Al-qaeda. Yet these clowns claim that they can resolve our own insurgency in one freaking month?! Ha!

only a total lmbecile would assume iT would be possible to solve such an insurgency in a month..this just goes to show that so many people have refused to grasp the scale and magnitude of the problems facing the nation, yet they present themselves for leadership positions.
Leadership is not a popularity contest, it's about taking tough decisions that would seam negative in the short term, but ultimately beneficial.
Amnesty was granted the nigerdelta militants because what they were fighting for was tangible and everyone appreciated the issues, It was possible to sit at a table with them to meet at a middle point.
What middle point do u next someone demands no western education, or conversion of everyone to Islam. how will such negotiationtions go. what will the govt offer them....
Tinubu, buhari and AcNe what do u want to offer boko haram to stop their violence?

hugafella: I find it disturbing that a Nigerian will call his president a RETARDEEN. Dont u know foreigners are also watching this forum? We should learn to show more tact innaddressing our elders, no matter how much we hate them. Wether u like it or not, he is the president and theres nothing you can do about it. Live with it and respect it. Never you call our president a retardeen again. It shows what u call your father at home cos u seem to have a problem with constituted authority. Grow up and learn. Lets assume a word is enough for you. i know ur not a RETARDEEN (or whatever u call it).

pls don't be surprised. it's how he was brought up by his parents.

Bola Ige promised to solve power problem in 6 months. He failed miserably.
F00lish statements like we will solve boko haram in one month can only point to the same miserable failure.

seunajia: ^^ Guy get help.

I have already told you were the root source of ur problem is, but if u feel u can only ejacuIate after attacking GEJ, go ahead and impeach!

seunajia: LMAO. Nigeria was a prosperous country before 1956. Nuff said.


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Check this out, further confirming that Devine punishment is being visited upon this country for unjustly treating the Nigerdeltans,
Nigeria was not really a prosperous country as you tried to lie, but was making steady progress in the right direction....
Until after the civil war when Awolowo (formally a strong proponent of resource control) and Gowon decided to nationalise oil from the nigerdelta, stripping the indigenous communities of their rights.
What has become of nigeria ever since?
YOu may not be intelligent enuf to understand what I am preaching, but in summary...the law of karma will always ensure cheating you visit on others comes around to get you...
Remember how he U.S sponsored muhajadeen in Afghanistan in the 70's and 80's, remember 9-11..

Stop hiding behind the constitution, what is wrong is wrong, constitution or not, if the entire masses of SW and North decide to stop this cheating of the SS, then they might also just free Nigeria of the cause of underdevelopment.

seunajia: I might stop replying you sir. I can't understand why an adult will be so puerile, your being paranoid is understandable though.

"NigerDelta oil"? The Nigerian constitution says the oil belongs to all Nigerians, ditto the Tin in Jos.



OMG. The more you type, they more The "subsidy" (as fictitious as I know it is) removal would have benefited whom? NigerDeltans? SMH

You simply admitted Jonah has no ballz.



LMAO. Nigeria was a prosperous country before 1956. Nuff said.



The society may fail us, but we should try not to fail ourselves. Stop failing yourself.

"Denying minorities their resources"? The constitution says all resources found in the geographic location named "Nigeria" belongs to all Nigerians! If you want it otherwise, amend the constitution. Till then, quit being child.

Pls stop replying me if u wish to, i am not forcing you to,
If you are not sharp enuf to know that the root cause of corruption we are experiencing is the system you strongly advocate for but pretend to be against..then there nothing I or anyone can do about ur case..

You have come here to shout that leadership in the country is corrupt, not progressive and all sorts,
When I point out the root cause of the problem, you back it up with constitution, and say I have to change the constitution to change the root cause of ur problem, meanwhile you are not willing to change the system, I say so because of the posture of those of us from the SW and North who feel hat the country must keep doing the same thing(corruptly denying minorities their resources) but want a different result.

Just imagine how different the SW or any other section of the country would be if the governors and citizens had to put on their thinking caps to create wealth, but this can never happen as long as you insist on an unjust system, God will continue to punish Nigeria.

seunajia: The less power you have in the centre, the more likely it is that regions/states will be productive. More employment would be generated since the resources of states will now focus on self-sustenance.

And finally, it puts the people's destinies in their hands, such that the development and enhancement of a region and it's people lies squarely on their shoulders, such that the unceasing cries of marginalisation will end.

If GEJ cannot do it, who will? Considering this has been the cry of most SS people.

Everybody says they do not want centralization, but when push comes to shove they act otherwise...such a deceitful bunch...
Nigerdelta oil is being used to subsidize everything in nigeria, from your PMS to the running of ur states...
A simple attempt to remove the subsidy on PMS is what has generated so much haterade for the man, if he decides to push for states to to be fully sustained by their internally generated revenue and taxes, I wonder what would happen...
I keep drawing our minds back to the constitution conference organized by OBJ, where the west and north, insisted on remaining parasites to other parts of the country. It ended p with the SS and SE walking out, lead by Chief Clark.

Deep down in our honest self, u really can't see a future without oil, and feel you wold be lost without it.

You claim poor leadership over the years is the reason why I am complaining this way...but I would like to let you know that the reason for the poor leadership is the corrupt system of denying minorities their resources and sharing it across the country.
This is the main reason why we are where we are...the curse we placed on our selves.

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seunajia: The rules of sharing what? Who were those that drafted and consented to these "rules"?

"Your oil"? did you plant the oil? is the ND an autonomous country? What of the Limestone in shagamu, Obajana? What of the Tin in plateau? Iron ore in Itakpe? Coal in Enugu? Bitumen all over the SW? Solid minerals spread all over the country?
Truly, Education != common sense.

Iron ore in Itakpe, limestone in shagamu, obajana, tin in plateau...yet we all talk about oil...because I didn't plant it abi....

Until ur country stops operating on a foundation that denies the owners of the land rights to thie resources, all will not be well

seunajia: The issue of GEJ's criminality has been overflogged on this forum. It is not that some of you do not know what the minimum is. It is that we are greedy bastards who take N500 and mortgage our future to these marauders on election day. It is that we are weak souls who are easily swayed by mere mention of names or some religion, or pastors or ethnic group. It is that we allow halfwits like dreamland Billyonaire, Pro01, Sincere9jerian, tahraqa etc, who are hired goons to talk down on us all, why? Because we mortgaged our futures for N500.

If there is going to be any revolution, it must start with these foot soldiers who dwell amongst us. Just like the black traitors who captured and sold our forefathers to the European slave traders for few pieces of silver, they must all be drowned by our chants of enough is enough! They must be exterminated!

I felt so nauseated this evening when someone bothered to remind us that Mr. X did worse, so Mr. Y should not be inveighed. As if Mr. X is the best thing ever created by God. As if it is fine to continue in the path of destruction. As if evil is a suitable benchmark for more evil?

One thing I want you all to know is, insofar as the ND is a part of the FRN, the oil there belongs to all Nigerians, dead or alive. Enough of the blackmail! If this country is going to break-up because we refuse to allow criminals continue in Aso-rock, then it better break up!

Home run, tell jonah to prepare, if by whiskers he misses the judgment of Nigerian mob, the nemesis of the grave awaits him and ofcourse, you all.

To all Nigerians, the American prediction is almost here. It's hightime you took your future in your hands!

When u refuse to solve the fundamental corruption of majority ethnic groups changing the rules of revenue sharing, ur farm land is yours but my oil is for everyone, that's an unjust and corrupt system that people like you encourage...

It's possible that God is punishing nigeria for cheating the 9ja deltans