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This thing happens in most countries, so it is not unique to Nigeria. American president, Trumps,appointed his son in-law as his adviser on Middle East matters. Also the newly elected president of Brazil has appointed his son as Brazil's ambassador to America.Democracy is a fraud.

Sleemut09:
People outside Oyo state will not know more about his deeds but only the residents and those from neighborhood would understand this man.

What impressed me most has been his humbleness and how he make a bold frontier between his governance and his party.

Within his 100days in office he has paid over #1billion naira to pensioners.
Salary payment on 25th of every month both to workers and pensioners..this has never been in record of the state.
100% free education for all students. Imagine a free government exercise books, past questions, textbook and other without any customised picture or the governor nor his party logo. We only have the state logo. He abolished #3000 levied on all students in the state by the past state government
Mention but a few of his deeds...just imagine a governor removing his immunity. A governor that could declare his asset publicly of #48billion in worth apart from his ever supporting wife's asset which worth double of his own.
Imagine a governor that has committed his monthly salary from state government to pension board of the state.

You will never see him sharing money to thugs or citizens in public but has done many developmental project right before he got the governor seat.

He sent many alhaji in ibadan today to Mecca, many pastors to Jerusalem, my immediate brother was a beneficiary to his yearly scholarship scheme when he was in lautech. He is the only politician I could say he love his people and could do many state project with his personal money apart MKO Biola when he has never smell all governmental seat.

He constructed a 24/7 GAS POWERED electricity for a big village in Ibadan name AJIA far back before he became the governor.

Perhaps you did not know, this man has been contesting for governor seat in Oyo state more than three times whereby he lost all before he won at the fourth bid for the seat.

MAY God bless our G.S.M

All these are not achievements. Governors have been doing these things right from 1999.During the governorship of Adefarati in ondo state,the state government paid for my neco fees. What we need in Nigeria is real development which will tackle poverty and backwardness.If you know how backward and underdeveloped Nigeria is then you won't be celebrating this nonsense in the twentieth century. U can't become developed without a sound industrial and scientific base.

Emmy3:
I am only saying that there are too many constitutionally qualified Nigerians hence Oga nor suppose Bleep up for just O'level matter.
He should have taken SSCE while he was contesting or at least during his first temure when GEJ promised never to approach the tribunal.

The constitution says secondary school leaving certificate or its equivalence.

Emmy3:
Me, I have B.Sc Human Anatomy, 2015
M.Sc Anatomy (In view, 2020)
MBBS, (2022).

I will be less than 30 upon having these degrees.
Previously, I worked in a place same city (Abuja) as where the president's Office is.
I was paid less than 120k with my degree, yet somebody is directing the affairs and activity of a nation and her citizens without an O'level.

My pain is that I supported him in the last election.

So because you have three degrees you think you should be paid more. There are people without any Certificates who earn 5 times more than you earn. That u have all these certificates doesn't mean you are going to be rich. And if u want to be the president you can start contesting now. Buhari contested many times before he was elected in 2015.

Many people rely on what others say without themselves finding out the truth about what they're made to believe. Such people are not different from animals.

This shows how unintelligent most Nigerians are. How can a nation that desperately needs foreign investments to growth its economy be calling for the nationalization of existing foreign ones?So ,if it happens today that Nigerians in China are being treated badly, then the Nigerian government should also nationalise Chinese investments in the country. Those calling for nationalization ,especially the politicians, are saying it to impress gullible Nigerians that they are patriotic, but in reality they know that Nigerian government cannot do it. Should the government do it, the consequences will be more damaging than tsunami. It will send the signal that Nigeria is not save for foreign investments and that the government can ,at the slightest provocation ,seize such investments. This will ultimately destroy the Nigerian economy without any hope for local substitutes for seized foreign ones, because this is a country whose leaders and technocrats have been deceived by American politicians and economists that the government should not be involved in business. And for those who are saying that the government should nationalise South African investments in Nigeria in response to the destruction of Nigerian investments in South Africa, what these individuals should know is that South African companies in Nigeria were duely registered in South Africa before the came to Nigerian market. In other words, these are corporate entities duely incorporated with legal rights to sue and be sued,there are infact legal entities. There is definitely going to be protection for these companies unlike a small store operated by a Nigerian trader living in South Africa .The only Nigerian businesss that can enjoy the same reciprocal protection from South African government are the large Nigerian entities like dangote, Glo, and the banks that are duely registered in Nigeria. Well, I don't know if these Nigerian companies do have presence in South Africa, but if they do you would probably not hear them being attacked ,or was it reported that Nigerian corporate entities were attacked in South Africa? The stores burnt and looted in South were owned by individual small business owners who are not rich enough to either register or operate as a corporate body. It is going to be difficult for so many of these small business owners to get back to business. I watched on television yesterday a Bangladeshi trader crying after his store was looted. He was appealing to the government to come to the rescue of traders whose stores were affected. I think the south African government should help some of these traders get back to business even if it is going to be in the form of loans with low interest rates and repayable after some significant period of time. Now coming home to Nigeria, how are the store owners whose articles of trade were destroyed in the reprisal attacks going to be compensated? We should not forget that here in Nigeria properties worth millions of naira were also looted in the reprisal attacks.

DateMynd44:
pls why is everyone calling him the most educated president in Africa?

Mugabe was no doubt one of the most educated leaders in the entire world. He had three university degrees from three different universities. In addition to that, he was a great reader who was inspired by great revolutionaries in history,like Karl Marx, V. I Lenin, Mao Zedong and others. The truth is only few African leaders compared with Mugabe in terms of knowledge and ideology. Why do you think he was so hated by the west? It was due to his understanding of history and the conspiracy of the western world to keep African underdeveloped forever. The problem of Mugabe with the western world was not one of democracy as they tried to make us believe. The problem stemmed from Mugabe's anti-imperialist agenda and his doggedness in pursuing the land redistribution policy. He refused to be caged like Mandela which was why the western media attempted to destroy him. During his time as Zimbabwe president, he renamed the country from his former colonial name, Rhodesia. He also renamed the capital city from its former colonial english name to an African name. All these radical policies did not go well with the western world. Lack of democracy in Zimbabwe was just a pretext to sanction and ultimately destroy Zimbabwe's economy. The underlying reason was that Mugabe was a radical anti-imperialist stateman who came to power through a revolutionary struggle. Despite all the mistakes,he will forever remain a great African leader who remained truly committed to his political ideals even till his dying days.

Why are Nigerians making the xenophobic attacks in South Africa look as though Nigerians are the only victims? Citizens from other countries were affected as well ,yet we have not seen other countries doing half of what Nigerian government has done in sending an envoy to South Africa. The problem with many Nigerians is that they don't understand how international diplomacy is being conducted. There's is nothing Nigerian government can do than to summon the South African ambassador to Nigeria and lodge a solemn representation. Even asking our ambassador to Africa to come home might not be necessary because it could make addressing the issue more complicated. A solemn representation with the South African ambassador to Nigeria is the first thing to do. There are going to be consequences for both countries if the issue is not resolved diplomatically.For example, if the issue gets complicated leading to severance of diplomatic relations, it will definitely affect other areas of cooperation between the two countries. There are thousands of Nigerian students in South African universities who are going to be affected by any break down in diplomatic relations. The two countries are interdependent economically, with South Africa having a clear edge in terms of technology and industrial productions. What do you think will happen should the two countries decide to end all relationships? Definitely Nigerian economy will suffer more than South African economy because the later has more investment in Nigeria. As things stand now, we cannot afford a strained relationship with South Africa, besides there will be no basis whatsoever for such since our territorial integrity has not been violated by South Africa. The issue is xenophobia which requires dialogue between various African governments and the government of South Africa.Nigerian youths need a lot of education to understand international diplomacy. many people on this platform are too poor in reasoning that they easily become preys to political manipulation.

StrikeBack:
If you investigate the wealth of many wealthy Nigerians you'd be shocked.


Nigeria is Corruption,
Corruption is Nigeria

Whoever claims he/she is a billionaire in Nigeria is a criminal. I will recommend this book for you to get an idea of how African wealth is being looted by foreigners in collaboration with their African partners;"The Looting machine by Bourg Tom".

Onarabu:
Presidential candidate for that matter!

Most people who claim they are professors in Nigeria are unreasonable. There's is difference between them and the gullible ones on this platform.

[quote author=sureheaven post=81878384]Revenge and reprisal attacks on South Africans is the best solution.

All these talk talk won't stop them, we have to make them realize nobody has Monopoly of violence.[/quote













U should realize that there are more Nigerians in South Africa than South Africans in Nigeria. Besides the Nigerians in South Africa are easily identifiable because of their number, how many South Africans have u seen in Nigeria?

MaNyEsq:
The only way you can affect change is when you hit the oppressor where it hurts...in the pocket book. When their economic interests are seriously affected, then you see them wanting to deal with the issue but until then, you can go to hell as far as they are concerned. Nigerians should stop patronizing anything from South Africa. They see and attack their fellow blacks as their problem but would lay down and let the white Folks -who actually hold the economic power- walk all over them without making a peep. In reality their problem is their government and they themselves as lazy MOFOS who want to sit around waiting for hand-outs from their government. Then when they see other blacks especially Nigerians come to their country and thrive then they get jealous. Have they ever destroyed properties and assets that are owned by the Indians and the Lebanese people who are there making money "hand over fist?" It is about time Nigerians stop taking BS from all these countries if they wanted to be respected at least in Africa.

Are all the tribes in Nigeria not black,don't they hate and kill one another?

Arsenella007:
What is said is right. We can't fight South Africans but we can win them in an economic war.. You don't have to insult always you know.

Leadership is all about diplomacy, rationality and communication. I understand so many of you are still kids which explains why u reason the way you do. How is Nigerian going to hurt south African economy when South Africa has a more developed economy than Nigeria? South Africa has more investments in Nigeria such that if they pull out of Nigerian market the economy will come crashing down. Do you know that mtn puts food on the table of millions of Nigerians? Do you think the president is foolish to the point that he start closing South African businesses in Nigeria?Only fools do that in response to an issue which could be solved diplomatically.No reasonable leader engages in an unnecessary trade war like Trump.

davodyguy:
Senseless human being.

We have MTN Nigeria and the Chairman is a Nigerian and 90% of workers are Nigerians
We have DSTV Nigeria and the Chairman is a Nigerian and 90% of workers are Nigerians
The building being used as Shoprite Ikeja belongs to Bola Tinubu, with Shoprite only renting a portion out of it. Other shops like Silver bird Cinema and the eateries belongs to Nigerians.

Go ahead and attack them and see the repercussions on your own economy and citizens.

There are two different situations.
Shops being attacked in SA belongs to Nigerians including the properties, here the reverse is the case. Shops used by MTN and DSTV belongs to Nigerians.

The government can only react using economic sanctions and not attack.
Trump is not bombing china, but making life difficult for China economically.

That is what Nigeria should do. Sack the ambassador and impose heavy taxes on them.

Although I respect ur opinion but I disagree with your assertion that Trump is making life difficult for the Chinese economically. The two countries are suffering from tarrifs, so it is not just the Chinese manufacturers who are suffering the American farmers and small business owners are crying bitterly. As regards Nigeria applying economic sanctions on South Africa, I don't think we have the economic advantage to do that. South African economy is a lot more advanced than Nigerian economy such that if we impose higher tarrifs on South African products it will only hurt our economy. All we need do is to ask the South African government to do a lot in the area of security. But mind u south Africa has one of the highest crime rates in the world, they don't only kill foreigners but also themselves. So it is going to be difficult to put a stop to it.

syntekelite:
after all the talk.. you nigerians are still using mtn sim to communicate, still patronising southy businesses..forget govt,as citizens you can all practise economic boycott,its not a crime and no one is killed,but it works wonders..imagine no one patronising shoprite,imagine a million nigerians remove their mtn sim,trust me these companies ceo's will call the s.african president to order..but you all come online to react,then go to shop rite to eat and expect solutions..
well i have removed my mtn sim,and will no longer use it..i hope you all share this and lets begin the tacit revolution.
#streetpoet..

Destroy ur own first.

opribo:
Do you need AU to give you order. All is fare in war. Just burn down two of their establishment for a start them you will see president calling for a negotiation.

So when you attack mtn, who are going to be the victims? Almost all the workers in mtn Nigeria are Nigerians and not south africans. And for ur information more than half the wealth in mtn Nigeria is owned by wealthy Nigerians,so u really can't do much to hurt South Africa at individual level. Moreover, the south africans doing the rioting do not care much about South African companies operating in Nigeria because these companies belong to the rich white South Africans and the black political class. The rioters are poor and really don't care much about either mtn or dstv.It is unfortunate that poor Africans from other African countries are being targeted for poverty and oppression the majority of black South Africans have had to endure since the end of apartheid. For those of u who have made to believe in the mythical heroism of Mandela, the whole myth was contrived by the white to deceive you. Mandela was free on the basis of the arrangement that blacks would only enjoy political freedom to some degree and not economic freedom. That was the reason Mandela didn't make any attempt at wealth redistribution in South Africa. Today in South Africa, almost 75 percent of black population live in poverty with the majority of them living in townships of Soweto and Alexandra. Xenophobic attacks in South Africa will not stop until the government of South Africa addresses the issue of poverty and lack of acess to land for the black majority. Their inability to understand the remote causes of their economic alienation make the young south Africans think their fellow black people from other African countries are the cause of their poverty the same way poor Nigerians vent their anger on their fellow poor Nigerians in the name of tribalism .

Nigerians are hypocrites. It is unbelievable that we can come together to condemn xenophobia in South Africa when we also indulge in the same act here in Nigeria in the name of religion and tribalism. Hausas are threatening the igbos while the igbos are at loggerheads with the Yorubas.I never could have imagined Nigerians coming together in solidarity with the victims of Xenophobia in South Africa given the fact that we also kill ourselves here in Nigeria.

Many Nigerian youths are not educated and reasonable enough to be given responsibility. However, there are young Nigerians who are educated and reasonable enough to be saddled with responsibility. The thing is if you are young and know what it means to lead, don't wait till you are being called to serve because that may not come unless ur family belongs to the ruling elite or by stroke of luck. What young and reasonable Nigerians can do is to come together and form a political movement driven entirely by ideology of a positive nature. We should through the movement engage in community work to win win the minds of the masses.

Elliot2:
It is pure envy! There are criminals in every tribe,so why target your hate to a specific tribe instead of those guilty. Are the shooters in America igbos? Are the knife stabbers in the UK igbo? Are the boko haram members killing people Igbo's? So why then should a whole tribe be labeled bad and targeted for killings simply cos of few bad eggs? Why kill and loot the properties of Igbo hardworking Igbo men if your hate only the bad eggs? Have you wondered why every Igbo hate movement always result to looting of properties. If not envy,why do you all love to loot them each time you hate on them? You all envy what they make with their sweats. There is nothing new,Israelites where hated by Egyptians for what they made with their sweats,Jews where hated by the Nazi for the things they do and acquire with their sweats.

I don't know why you people keep making reference to jews whenever there's ethnic tension in Nigeria involving the igbo people. You people have nothing in common with the jews, so why don't you maintain your distinct identity as black people? The jews do not care about you, in fact they even hate black people. For ur information the oversea Chinese are the most successful people in South East Asia where their ancestors migrated to centuries earlier. But hardly could you see the Chinese claiming they are jews. Wherever the Chinese go they dominate the economy and yet the never claimed Jewish ancestry on the basis of their economic success. You people should just stop identifying with a race of which you are not part. It is disgusting doing that. Maintain your black identity and stop the inferiority complex.

higgs:
The sad thing about Nigeria is that tribalism has turned us into animals that don't value human life.If an Hausa man is being killed, non Hausa's don't care,if an Igbo man is the victim, non Igbo's don't care etc.
I am fully pro Nigeria but I am beginning to have second thoughts.

The opinions of those kids on nairaland do not represent the majority opinions.

Ikechunna:
This has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with Nnamdi Kanu or IPOB. Was Nnamdi Kanu alive when the Benue people stopped buses and dragged Igbo passengers out to murder them before the Biafran war?

Was Nnamdi Kanu present when the Igbos that are indigenous of Benue reported the maltreatment and marginalization they recieve by both the people of Benue as well as government?

The hate they had for Igbos have always been there even before Nnamdi Kanu came into picture.

Nnamdi Kanu came and replicated your actions towards Igbos even before my ass was born. Now you morons are now trying to use him as an excuse for it despite you Niggerians have always been doing it even before Kanu was born, hell even before any of our parents were born.

Hope the igbos are not marginalizing the minority tribes in their states.

Nigeria future is not bright because most Nigerian youths are foolish. Imagine idiots celebrating exercise books. If you mass produce 2 million exercise books, then per unit cost will not be more than 35 naira. Multiply 35 naira by 2 million copies u will get an idea of how much was probably spent and that if the number of students in Oyo state are up to 2 million. Any project by any government in Nigeria is just an avenue to steal. Sometimes such projects are awarded to the cronies of the politicians for their contribution to the success of the government in power. All Nigerian leaders are criminals without having the slightest love for the nation. They understand that 98% of Nigerians are foolish which explains why they often play on their psychology. No nation with such huge percentage of foolish people can be great which is the reason Nigerians keep celebrating fraudsters and criminal politicians in the name of democracy. The day Nigerians realize that democracy is the biggest fraud of the century that day will mark the beginning of their liberation from servitude.

jakezebrax:
Afonjas, you won't understand.

I presume u are kid whose brain is not well developed. If you are rational and educated enough what I expected from u is disagreement with good reasons pointing out why you do not buy my opinion.Well so many of you on this platform are kids without the capacity for rational discourse. That's why it is easier for so many of you to be easily manipulated.

RugaTerrorist:
You're a certified zombies

This protest POB is carrying out is welcomed in any part of Nigeria especially the South,

This is what OPC or other Yoruba group should be doing but you'll be here attacking IPOB to protect Hausa Fulani interest

What you people don't understand is that Buhari is not the government, on the contrary buhari is only a president.You seem not to have a definite direction by making your biafra agitation an anti buhari movement. The problem you are going to face is whether your movement will still retain its current momentum once buhari leaves office. Because as I understand your movement the focus is just too on buhari and the north instead of Nigerian government. Will you still continue the agitation in this current form should next president of Nigeria emerges from your tribe?If you don't stustain your agitation while your kinsman is in power then I will believe that your biafra agitation is all about buhari and not for anything else.

[quote author=jakezebrax post=81806095]People who don't understand Biafran flag color choice especially afonjas don't know what it means. Go and look at the flag of Black Panther, Black American Liberation movement and compare it to Biafran flag. You will know that Biafra is not just a nationhood movement but to also restore Black Power. The civil war was not just a war to stop Biafra independence in literal sense, but it was a war to stop the rise of a powerful black race by virtue of its technological might to ensure balanceof power on this planet, in other words...look after and protect all other black race on this planet by virtue of their destiny "the chosen people to lead the black race." Read Ojukwu speech to African Americans in the 60s. Infact African Aemerican Black Panther adopted that flag in 1966 from Biafran flag when they saw what Biafra was fighting for and speech from Ojukwu. If you read Ojukwu's speech, you will cry. He was way ahead of his African peers on pan-africanism. We could care less if you like the color, just as you afonjas don't like the name Biafra. Biafra is coming and will come to restore the dignity of black man on this earth. And it will come from his chosen people...BIAFRANS![/quote



















U are only contradicting yourself why attempting to sound reasonable. If biafra effort is to restore black dignity, then why do pro- biafra activists keep on dividing black people instead of uniting them to form a much greater and prosperous country? The activities of pro- biafra activists go against black panther movement.

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Cousin9999:
Illegal mining companies do not benefit Nigeria or any other nation. They're there to simply steal as much as they can without contributing to the local economy or preserving natural resources. These demons wreck the land and abuse workers, and put workers at way more risk.

Legal operations (generally) are held to a higher standard and there's at least some amount of accountability.

Africa is a beautiful continent. It's not some backwater to be looted by disgusting Asians and oyinbos.

I understand ur point. But u should understand that these illegal miners do all the illegal minings due to the protection they get from their Nigerian collaborators.Asians and Europeans see Africa as a dark continent that is only good for exploitation just because we are very weak. For as long as we continue to remain backward and weak ,for so long we are going to be exploited by the powerful countries.Could u imagine Nigerians doing illegal mining in either China or America?

SLAP44:
Somehow, you just conveniently refused to talk about the fulani herdsmen who are also not registered like miners and yet has killed more than 20,000 Nigeria people while miners hasn't killed anyone.

Where's your conscience?

That the whole world took turns talking me out of a point doesn't mean they are right. Right is right and selective application of the law is evil.

Man be reasonable. The issue here is about illegal miners and not herdsmen. Your argument is based on hate and not rationality. I wonder how you cope with reasonable people in your community.

The reason Nigeria is underdeveloped is because we have far more unreasonable people than are necessary. No nation develops having a greater proportion of its people thoughtless.Scientific research, sound economic plan and other social developments are products of sound minds.Our failure to develop in Africa has a lot to do with our inability to think rationally.

EricBloodAxe:
The haggard vegetable was omitted and forgotten by the G7 for being bereft of ideas. Who needs a dual recessionist sharing medieval ideas in the G-7

Your incoherent opinion makes you look less intelligent than Buhari. Please try make your opinion coherent and logical to avoid being insulted. Thanks.

What is all this obsession with G7 invitation about? Nigeria and all other sub-Sahara African countries have had almost 400 years of engagement with some of these G7 countries with nothing to show for it. The white man is only interested in Africa's mineral resources and not about its prosperity. The earlier Africans realise that the developed world doesn't care much about Africa development the better for them. One thing everybody should know is that European and American scholars have written disparagingly about Africans inability to think and develop. Do you think such people will want to help you develop? If Europe and America could not help develop Africa during their colonial rule ,how on earth do we think that these countries are going help now? It is only Africans who can develop Africa if Africans themselves are serious and determined. Foreign countries are only trying to protect their commercial interests in Africa whenever these countries hold multilateral meeting with African leaders.

I don't think anybody should have problem if anyone says he is a gay in as much as the homosexual individual doesn't infringe on the personal life of non-gay individual. It is all about respecting the personal choices of others. We humans make different personal choices in our lives. For example some individuals choose not to marry while some are OK with marriage. Everything about life is based on choice,and I don't support people attacking other people because the choices they make conflict with their own beliefs. And for those defending their arguments in relation to homosexualism with their religious convictions, the problem here is we humans have different religious beliefs. Some don't even believe in religion which makes arguments based on religion untenable.

greenguy:
Imbec*le! You're the deranged one here.

I guess you have nothing you stand for. Even the same oyinbo people you follow have concluded that homosexuals have psychological problems which they need to seek help for instead of making homosexuality look like it's normal or they're born with it.

Homosexuality is just an excuse to hide one's inadequacies or inner pain.

I preach love not hate. If you know any, show them love and encourage them to seek help.

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Are you saying anybody who does what appears to be strange has a psychological problem? If that's the case ,then we should assume that kleptomaniac politicians, armed robbers, kidnappers and ritualists all have psychological problems.