₦airaland Forum

If Nigeria were truly a federal republic, then I would have no problem with him as a choice. But in reality, Nigeria is more like electing an absolute king for 4 years at a time. Buhari is a principled man, yes. But that does not mean he has the same goals and aspirations for Nigeria as I do.

It is not only crooks and political pr0stitutes that are our enemies. There are plenty of highly principled people who want a MORE centralized Nigerian state, with even less power at the local level. Some want the government to retake control of certain institutions it has privatized. This is a fundamental philosophical disagreement I have with Buhari about the direction Nigeria should go.

Even if the Yoruba leadership all universally endorsed him, I probably would not support him. He simply has a different vision of the future than I do, it is really as simple as that.

Haba! That Vivienne woman is beautiful, lol.

Don't worry about the whale, it is dead. The dead cannot complain or have feelings. You too when you die will be eaten by worms and bugs. It is the way of the world.

Of course, the main issue is that they might get sick from eating that meat. But my Yoruba people have tough stomaches and iron constitutions. Sickness that would kill a weakling like Reality101 is nothing to us.

Dawgpound:
You Hausa-fulani core northerners can and should go to hell. Why don't y'all declare your damn republic once for all?

Relax, my brother. Again, there is a difference between individual people and bad leaders. Even the Hausa man is not truly our enemy. It is the Fulani who is. Fulani man conquered the Hausa man, and invaded and conquered Ilorin in Yorubaland. Hausa man is just as much a victim of the Fulani infiltrators as you and I are. All the money they stole, the oil wealth they have robbed from your people, do they ever spend it on uplifting their own people? As bad as the Ogoni are suffering, at least you guys have education and can reason. Average Hausa man doesn't even have that!

At the end of the day, you have to recognize that it is not the common Hausa man that is your enemy. It is their leaders, a band of Fulani thugs who are descendants of Usman Dan Fodio, who conquered Hausaland and were gifted all of Nigeria by the British. When Nigeria breaks up, even the Hausa man will wake up, open his eyes and overthrow his feudal Fulani lords.

Hell, in Kwara state, Bukola Saraki and his family do not even view themselves as Yoruba! He holds himself apart. Was he not the one who claims to be a Fulani from Mali? You see the arrogance of these people, that would set themselves up as lords of a people and would enslave an entire nation.

I'm not saying you have to love the Hausa, but open your eyes and be aware of who the real enemy is.

Ileke-IdI:
Ehrrm slow your role.
He's just letting his ppl know that the road to success won't be that easy. Atleast we know the budget and won't be expecting quick miracle.
So. . . .why dont you shut your mouth.


Are we now to be begging money from people [esp white friends]?

Dapo, plz, we have our dignity even when we're down. Red Cross ko

Beg? Every year across America, kids in high school have fundraisers. This is how it works. There are these companies that collaborate with the schools, who sell different pastries, chocolates, etc. Or sometimes they sell newspaper subscriptions. Anyway, they go to their family, get their parents to buy. Then they also go to their neighborhood, ask their neighbors to buy. Each item they sell has a dollar value on it. A portion of each item is donated to the school the kid attends. I did this as a little kid myself, my sister does it too at her school.
Just last week, a kid knocked on my door to raise money for his own school. I was too lazy to buy the newspaper subscription he was selling, and instead gave him some cash.

So which begging is being done here? If they do not feel shame in raising money for their rich American schools by selling overpriced pastries, why should I feel shame in raising money for my own? There is nothing wrong with this sort of "begging", it is not sitting at the side of the street asking for money to buy beer with. It is legitimate money you are using to educate a child, buy books, etc.

Anyway, even if you want to call this begging, I'm not too proud to do it. The ends justify the means, in this case.

Ileke-IdI:
Look eh, if EID [Ekitis In Diaspora] work together, they can fix this.

I am tired of repeating same ish. . . . 95% of Ekiti ppl dont live at home, dont stay at home, etc.


Is this person for real?

Where was he going to get the money to celebrate his wife's extravagant birthday?


@Dapo
World Bank?

Ah, if you don't like the World Bank, use the Red Cross. Basically, I want some well-respected international organization to be the one through who we admisiter the funds. If they attach their name to it, then we can have people (even non-Nigerians, your random white friends from your office) feel comfortable donating money. See my point? If you present it just as some Nigerian charity or something, people with think it is a scam. But if you present it as the "Ekiti State/Red Cross Children's Fund", and setup a website where people can donate money via credit card or write checks? Then not only will I ask everyone in my office to donate, I'll put posters everywhere in my city, go door to door, asking people to donate money.

Sort of see what I have in mind? I don't want it to be only the Ekiti donating money, I want our white/black/indian/chinese friends, coworkers, classmates, etc also chipping in. If we bring them on board too, then we can easily raise large amounts of money.

Now, I know a lot of us don't like/trust certain international organizations like the World Bank, but our white friends respect them and trust them. So we need to utilize their help.

According to Fayemi, “The immediate past regime took bank facilities, which attracted as much as 22 per cent interest rate, because of the high risk involved in dealing with an illegitimate government, which spent 42 months jumping from one court room to the other.”

Lol, this is terrible. That rate is even worse than my credit card. And I would never think of using my CC to take on a large debt.

Fayemi said his administration would work with international developmental agencies like the World Bank, United Kingdom Department for International Development and African Development Bank to fund his eight-point agenda. Apart from that, the governor said he would also focus on agriculture so that the state could regain its position as the ‘food basket’ of the South-West.

YES!! Use the World Bank to setup a fund to pay for school in Ekiti state! If you set it up, we will all give money.

Fayemi reiterated his commitment to ensuring effective, responsive and transparent government, assuring that he would be careful in appointing commissioners and special advisers to reduce the cost of governance.


“We must reduce the cost of governance significantly. We promised free education, free medical care to children aged less than five, pregnant women, the disabled and the aged. We will focus our resources on these, and we have no apologies. That is what we are going to do,” he added.

Reduced costs, yes! Cut out any fat that exists. And free medical care to children under 5 and pregnant women is a wonderful idea. Again, if you setup a fund and take donations, I will give money too.

Anyway, the man has talked a good game. Let us see if he backs it up.

wales:
I had found time to analyse all the aspirants to the office of the president and found out that it is only Buhari that can save Nigeria from the grip of these vampires called PDP members. Jonathern is a good man no doubt but he had already started compromising even before election, so it is better to choose Buhari who has no political God father or mother

Any of us Yoruba foolish enough to vote for a Fulani warlord like Buhari deserve the devastation they will get. The Fulani man is not our brother or friend.

Voting for Fulani is voting for a day 1000 years from now when the Yoruba are known as the Yoruba-Fulani.

Sorry to be explicit about it, but we gotta keep it real.

Hrm. I'm feeling pretty hungry right now. I could go to the grocery store to replenish my fridge. Maybe instead I should go to war with Awolowo. After all, we know the rules, when you go to war with Awo, he is obliged to feed you and your family.