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lagcity:
General Buhari is by far wealthier than TY Danjuma and Babangida put together because a good name is worth more than silver and gold. Buhari and Idiagbon's kids and grandkids can walk any street in Nigeria without any fear of lynching. Allah bless Buhari!

I concur.

Beaf:
Can someone tell me how Buhari "integrity" allowed him to accept for his rent to be paid by Danjuma, who sold his corruptly aqcuired oil well for $1billion dollars and publicly proclaimed that he had so much money he didn't know what to do with it?
How come the same "integrity" was a block to his getting help from Nasarawa state?

Why would a man who is "not corrupt" live above his means? Lol!

Lies, lies, lies and more lies from the Buhari camp.

Anyways, lets join the Buhari lot and bitterly weep fake tears:

Yepa! My has! Dem don take awa has! I no get has for Abuja again!

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Beaf you are not serious.  Can you tell me why Jonathan, who you say has integrity, chose to make a man as corrupt as Antony Anenih his campaign manager?  Can you tell me why Jonathan, who you say has integrity, confesses to having Babangida as a mentor (according to him Babangida is like a father to him).  Buhari is not perfect but he is the one-eyed statesman in a nation full of blind politicians.  Although Buhari could have become a contractor or an influence peddler, he decided to do otherwise.  If Buhari played his cards differently, he could have become the Lamidi Adedibu of the Core North but he chose to follow the more principled path.  Buhari is one of the most misunderstood public figures in Nigeria.  I sincerely hope that history vindicates him.

The only thing keeping Nigeria together is oil. If the current revenue allocation is maintained for 7 - 10 years after breaking up Nigeria, Nigeria can be broken. If the Niger Delta wants to be free, this compromise has to be made. There are 2 options: suffer for 7 - 10 years or suffer for eternity.

Where is the link?

Chriz:
This man no go kill person with grammer oh! which one one be Amino Kano Talakawa

In the old North, Aminu Kano was a champion for the commoners (the talakawas).  His party was the Northern Element Progressive Union.  They were the only major party in the North to demand for women to have the right to vote and he was very much against the feudal system in the north which favored the elites and not the Talakawas (the commoners).  I have heard many great things about Aminu Kano.  I heard that he was truly a people's man.

Wow Sardauna would rather hire a British man before he hires a Southerner. Interesting

I just did and it didnt work.

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Hello Nairalanders,

Below is a video I found on fuel subsidy. It features Femi Kuti.

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Hello Nairalanders,

I found this Femi Kuti documentary online about the fuel subsidy.  What do you think?

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Ojukwu left after it was clear and unequivocal that Biafra's defenses had been crushed.  If Ojukwu stayed the Nigerian troops would have done to him what the rebels in Libya did to Ghaddafi.  They would have humiliated him and killed him.  We must remember that Ojukwu was a leader who commanded the respect of his people.  If Ojukwu was humiliated publicly and killed, the post war reconciliation process would have been very difficult (almost impossible).  Igbos would have hated Nigeria forever and they would have refused to assimilate.  We need to thank God that Ojukwu was able to see writing on the wall and leave at the right time.  Below is an excerpt from an article written by a man who witnessed Ojukwu's departure:

"Odumegwu-Ojukwu left Biafra for exile on January 11th, 1970 and the war ended January 12th when Uli airport was captured by Nigerian forces. By January 6th when Owerri (the last Biafra capital) was captured, Biafran resistance was effectively over. We held Uli airport to allow the Biafran leadership to escape because we knew the true intentions of Nigerian forces. Nigeria would have loved to capture Odumegwu-Ojukwu, parade and mock him before executing him. So, it was our prayers that Odumegwu-Ojukwu would be wise (not stubborn) enough to escape before Nigerian troops takeover Uli airport. By God's grace, Odumegwu-Ojukwu left before we surrendered Uli airport. Despite the Nigerian "No Victor and No Vanquished" and "generous amnesty" at the end of the war, Gowan (the then Nigerian leader) confirmed on January15, 2003(BBC) that Ojukwu would have be killed if he did not escape in 1970. God saves!! We thank God for Odumegwu-Ojukwu's life because the enemy still wants him dead."

http://www.kwenu.com/publications/njoku/biafra_nigeria_ojukwu.htm

There are a lot of distractions in today's Nigeria. When I took my WAEC I was attending boarding school and I didn't have distractions. I did not have any smartphone, no facebook, and no TV. Nonetheless, I did not bust my behind studying. I didn't push my limits. I did the bare minimum. I did not even do any all night studying. I studied three hrs a day for about 3 months before the exam and during the exam period.

I was a Commercial student and I sucked at math, so I did all the past questions for like 20 years. I got familiar with the easy and medium level questions. The WAEC questions were very similar to the past questions and on exam day I got a B3 in Math.

To get straight "A"s in WAEC is a bit difficult. But to pass is quite easy. All you need is to know are the easy and medium level questions. Even for literature, I didnt read the required books. I read the summary of all the books that my teacher gave to us and in NECO I got an A in literature. For most of the WAEC exams I did not even read my textbooks. All I read were my lesson notes.

Nonetheless, I understand that although my effort was the bare minimum, I had resources that some people did not have. I attended a school where teachers made sure that my lesson notes were up to date and I had parents who could afford to buy me text books and past questions to prepare.

Notwithstanding, this new trend of failure is disturbing. It is not like the passing grade is a B. The requirement is 5 Credits including Math and English. The only thing that I may suggest is that the government may need to debate on whether the English requirement should be removed. Some kids from rural areas do not speak good English and could be at a disadvantage. In addition, private schools with students who throw their old books away should be encouraged to donate used books to public schools.

Our leaders are idiots. The last thing that we need is for public opinion to turn against us in America. Right now Americans are ambivalent about their country having a relationship with us. Yes we had Mutallab and yes Americans joke about the emails (with lots of grammatical errors) they receive from Nigerians; but they still do not have a negative opinion about us. Our leaders need to concern themselves how to usher in an industrial revolution. They need to be concerned about how we can build a modern economy, with an educated, and healthy work force.

GenBuhari, I think that you are tarnishing Buhari's brand by coming here to say that Abacha stole no money.

Here is why an Obama supporter is not disapointed with Barack Obama:

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I forgot Ironsi.  My bad.  Below is the updated version.

I got the data from Wikipedia and just put it together on Microsoft excel.

Here is the data for all to see.  You are free to interpret it the way you want to interpret it.

Note - This is not the file I uploaded in my original post. My original post mistakenly excluded Ironsi.

Kai Beaf has a very difficult job. Some stories are hard to spin. Beaf why isn't NNPC part of the transformation agenda?

Gbawe:
Kai , that would be one hell of a transformational team !!!!! For many reasons, I doubt it will happen though. Alas, we can dream.

Hahahaha. The only fear that I have is that Fashola may have peaked too early. I think that he needs to complete Blue Line and the Red Line of the light rail project. If he can complete those before the middle of 2014, then 2015 presidency will be probably.

Nonetheless, PDP can still run a competitive campaign if they nominate a Core Northerner for President and a Southeasterner for VP. If they nominate a Core-Northerner, that could neutralize the effect that a Buhari endorsement will have on Fashola's campaign. In addition Igbos will vote for PDP because of the possibility of taking the Presidency. That could even turn Buhari's supporters against him since the North really wants power by all means.

At the end of the day, anything can happen.

I love Fashola. He is the type of person we need leading us on the federal level. I cant wait for 2015. A Fashola/SLS ticket is what we need. Fashola transcends religion enough to take the heat for a Muslim/Muslim ticket. The Southwest will still vote for him. Edo State will vote for him. An endorsement from Buhari will deliver the Core-North.

Fashola serves 8 years and Lamido takes over from him and serves for an additional 8 years. 16years of uninterrupted competent leadership. 9ja O Ni Baje!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I dislike President Jonathan so much and I wish he did not win the election.  Nonetheless, I support his position on this issue.  Although I do not believe in state police, I believe that the following options need to be debated objectively:

1.  We can alter the chain of command so that the commissioner of police for each state reports to the Governor - Inspector General - President (with the President being at the top of the chain).  Orders from the Inspector General should most likely be orders approved by the President.  This will enable Governors to participate in the process of drafting plans to improve security.  It will give governors more responsibility for the security of their states.

2.  Laws can be created that can allow the governor of a state to be able to recommend the removal of a commissioner of police.  Such a recommendation would require approval from the President or the IG before it is acted upon.  This is important so that the governor is not a toothless manager.  Notwithstanding, the ultimate decision should come from the President.

3.  We can also enact laws that will restrict the police from using equipments purchased by a state government in another state.  This will be an incentive for states to invest in security equipments in their state.

These are compromises that we can make to give governors the ability to provide security to their constituents.

Nigeria is not ready to have 36 completely independent state police departments.  In a mature political environment that is the ideal scenario. Unfortunately, 36 independent police departments can easily be abused by some governors.

GEJ needs to stop talking and start acting. All we hear are promises. When are we going to hear results?

Nigeria needs to focus on primary care. Please compare this hospital with the alternative. Have you people seen the dilapidated general hospitals all over the country? What are the other governors doing? What are Fashola's peers doing? Nothing, Nothing, Absolutely Nothing.


World class hospitals cost money a lot of money. Emory Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta cost Emory University almost $150 million to build (excluding cost of land). That is over 22 billion naira. Remember that the entire budget for Lagos is 450 billion naira.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago cost Northwestern University $580 million dollars to build. That is over 93 billion naira. That is almost 20% of Lagos State's budget.

We dont even have all the pictures available. We dont even know if there are private rooms for the women to deliver their babies. People are just rushing to judgement. Based on the pictures available, I can say unequivocally that the clinic is a decent facility. It is better than any hospital in my village and it is better than most hospitals in Nigeria. I have seen general hospitals in Nigeria and I have seen community hospitals in Nigeria. Most of them are in very terrible condition. Fashola is providing low income Nigerians in Ajegunle with a humane environment to get medical treatment. I applaud governor Fashola for providing the people of Ajegunle with this facility. What did Ohakim do for his people? What did Alao Akala do? What did Gbenga Daniels do? What did Igbinedion do?

You people should go and sit down. Permit me to engage in name calling, you people are "Enemies of Progress".

http://www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com/node/197

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18350773

[quote author=Ejiné link=topic=817384.msg9702440#msg9702440 date=1323129129]Nigeria isn't a poor country, DanJohn. With all the oil wealth, I'm shocked people think so.
This story about Nigeria's poverty is simply what the politicians tell you so you can give them breathing space as they loot happily.[/quote]I beg to differ with you.  We have a population of 150 million and we produce 2.5 million barrels of oil a day.  Saudi Arabia has a population of 26 million and they produce 10.5 million barrels of oil per day.  Our economy and our government are too heavily depended on oil so much so that most of our state cannot pay salaries without federal allocation; and you are saying we are not poor.

Lagos state has a population of 18 million people and its budget is for the 2012 fiscal year is 485 billion naira ($3.01 billion).  If you compare Lagos with one of the smallest states in America, Delaware, you will realize that Nigeria is a poor country.  Delaware has a population of 894,000 and its budget for the 2012 fiscal year is $3.5 billion dollars.

We need to squash the myth of Nigeria being a rich country.  A state in America that is more than 18 times smaller than Lagos population wise still has a larger budget than Lagos (our economic capital). 

Once again I repeat, NIGERIA IS A POOR COUNTRY.


Oil Production
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2173rank.html

Delaware Budget
http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Delaware_state_budget#FY2011_State_Budget

Lagos Budget
http://allafrica.com/stories/201111150721.html

Saudi Arabia Population
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sa.html

Delaware Population
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/10000.html

Sinachay stop acting like an enemy of progress.  Please dont compare Fashola to the Almighty.  Compare him to the alternative.  Please show us what Ohakim, Alao Akala, Gbenga Daniels, and Igbinedion did.  Show us what Fashola's peers are doing?  You are acting as if you have not seen pictures of General Hospitals all over the country.  Abeg go an sit down jare.  The man built a hospital that looks relatively modern and you are complaining. 

Yes what he built is not ultra modern but we must not forget that NIGERIA IS A POOR COUNTRY.  We must focus first and foremost on primary care.  Is the hospital Johns Hopkins University Hospital? No it is not.  Is it Emory Crawford Long Hospital?  Not it is not.  Just so you know, Emory Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta cost Emory University almost $150 million to build (excluding cost of land).  That is over 22 billion naira.  Remember that the entire budget for Lagos is 450 billion naira.

Leave Fashola alone and stop sounding like a PDP stooge.

http://www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com/node/197

I think the forum needs personal messaging/inbox. There are a couple of people on nairaland that i find insightful and would like to friend on facebook but I do not was to put my info out for all to see.