₦airaland Forum

yanshDoctor:
for real the presidency is in a tight corner on this issue. its a sign God is angry with this government and ready to expose them. osinbanjo is now speaking from both side of his mouth.

He should be tactical about it and do it in phases.

agwom:
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has reshuffled the state executive council. The changes, according to a statement from the Kaduna Government House, was due to the vacancy created following the death of the Commissioner of Education, Professor Jonathan Andrew Nok.

The statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the governor on media, Samuel Aruwan, announced the appointment of two new commissioners, Mrs. Ruth Geoffrey Alkali, for Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism and Dr. Ibrahim Hamza, for the Ministry of Water Resources.

Three commissioners were moved to new ministries.

They are Dr Manzo Maigari from the Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Tourism to the Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry, Professor Kabir Mato from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to the Ministry for Local Government, Ja’afaru Sani, from the Ministry for Local Government to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Balabara Aliyu-Inuwa, from the Ministry of Rural and Community Development to the Ministry of Works, Housing and Transport and Hassan Usman Mahmud, from Works, Housing and Transport to the Ministry of Rural and Community Development.

The statement said Alhaji Shehu Balarabe, Commissioner for Stakeholder Relations in the Governor’s Office, is reassigned as a Commissioner in the Fiscal Responsibility Commission.

Engineer Suleiman Aliyu Lere, former Commissioner of Water Resources, was however dropped.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/el-rufai-reshuffles-cabinet-appoints-2-new-commissioners.html

See number of number of ministries! And they are all funded by allocations. Later on, they will complaining thar rhey cant pay workers. Isnt that a clear sign that you are too big in the first place? Until allocations are cut off this country this people will not see the essence of reducing the size of govt.

Proudlyngwa:
kindly do the maths.

the only way forward is for NNPC to be the sole importer, because if you give a special dollar rate to importers, we will have them selling it.


Its high time ,the federal government reviewed the exchange rate to around 240 naira to a dollar, as i believe we have saved considerably.
the should also think of increasing tax on certain imported items to the tune of 80% to enable local competition.
finally DPR needs to up their game on tracking of diverted products.they really messed up this festive period

Absolutely Wrong! The way forward is for the govt to sell off NNPC, NLNG and all the state run refineries and let the free market set the prices. This is how things work in developed countries like the U.S. governmental intrusion into the free market systrem all in rhe nsme of looking out for the common man tends to hurt the common man in the long run. Get the Fed govt out of the oil and gas sector now!!

EternalTruths:
It is because NNPC is the sole importer that is why we have this problem.

Let every marketer import his fuel and NNPC do quality control to ascertain the best fuel for consumption.

Wrong! NNPC should not exist in the first place. It's an avenue to steal money by the corrupt govt. The oil and gas sector should be in private hands. It's state run companies that impede progress and investment into the oil and gas sector.

lowaist101:
This Is Where We Expect The Government To Intervene. Social Democracy Is A Postulation Of Welfare Economy. Anything That Increases The Fuel Price Will To Increase In The Prices Of Commodities. This Will Aggravate Cost Push Inflation. This Will Increase The Misery Of The People. More So, We Cannot Go The Way Of Subsidy Because It Will Cost The Government A Lot. And At The End, There Will Be Little For Capital Project. In The Mean Time, LET CBN CONTINUE TO INTERVENE. If NNPC Continue To Import Then We Should Set Up Network To Prevent Saboteurs From The Marketers In Terms Of Distribution. NNPC Uses Their Depots!

Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! Governmental intrusion into the free market usually end up hurting those it seeks to protect.
What the Fed govt should do is abandon their price controls and currency controls and let the free market dictate things.
While they are at it, they need to sell our refineries and NNPC, and NLNG and watch out economy take off.
If I were in their shoes I will even take it a step further and return from the federal govt back to the people. Do all this and see what happens to the Nigerian economy within a year. Too bad our leaders either don't know what to do or they don't have the courage to do it.

Oh my Goodness! Price controls and currency controls? Now I am truly beginning to understand why the oil and a gas sector is a mess. When will all this third world countries learn from their counterparts in other parts of the world? Price controls and currency controls are counterproductive governmental intrusion into the market place. Let market forces determine the peice of crude, not the govt. Why no one seems to understand this is simply shocking.

KillerBeauty:
Youngie oyinbo wife for a change. I'm impressed

Abi o!! And she even fine on top. Naija boys don dey try small.

Finally a naija man married a cute foreigner, ain't that something?

macof:
the culture of bride price is what I refered to
And I disagree about it being all about Greed...

The culture works for the igbos so what's the big deal? Be tolerant of others culture if you don't pay bride price where you are from

But from the account of the first hand witness: the woman herself, she and her husband had to go into debt just to satisfy the whims of the girls parents. Sounds like extortion and profiteering to me. A better solution would have been to agree on a manageable price that is within the couple's financial means not some gargatuan sum that they had to go into debt to pay. That's wickedness right there whether you call it culture or not.

macof:
like I said if it doesn't cause harm there is no reason to change it.

Really?? Greed doesn't cause harm?

ikbnice:
Future generations will perform absolute wonders!!!
This one suing her father thinking she is now civilized doesn't know if her child will jail her for giving birth to him

Um, fathers are not always right you know. They are human beings just like you and i.

macof:
Culture is culture. I am educated enough to know that every civilisation and great nation has a great culture which it's people are proud of

As long as the culture doesn't harm or cause retrogression, as long as such culture can exist along side development, it should not be changed for anything

Those who complain about igbo bride price should simply work harder and find the particular igbo woman that is worth it...or move on..this is always an option

Culture is culture but it is not set in stone. Culture is dynamic meaning that it always changes if not we will be walking around naked or tying wrapper and hunting for food.
Make no mistake about it but commercializing your daughters marriage is just pure greed. This igbo tradition of treating women less than men should stop just like the tradition that disallows women from inheriting property.

macof:
Culture is Culture, If the man cannot pay Igbo bride price he is not ready to marry Igbo woman.
He could have told the woman to wait for him while he hustles for money to be able to afford her bride-price plus negotiate with her father or he moves on. When the father sees that he doesn't come back he would reduce the price

Dude the fact that something has been done for thousands of years don't make it right it simply means that people didn't know any bettter like the killing of twins in old calabar.
You are a twenty first century man who probably went to school and has being taught to think critically and to question things whether you agree with them or not so start using your knowledge and try being objective instead of falling back on the tired old crutch of "culture". Wrong is wrong and right is right irrespective of how long it has been practiced. This here is greed plain and simple and that family should be ashamed of themselves.
Stop being a slave to tradition and be free of unnecessary shackles biko.

olawonder:
I noticed on any forum, when someone expresses their feelings the best thing ppl do is rain insults! Why now? The lady hoped ppl would bring up a positive debate and so that at least, she can find some form of consolation.

You dey mind Nigerians? You know a lot of them are not the most enlightened species in the universe. If you expose abuse instead of them condemning it they wout even jump on you and possibly tear you into pieces.

hammerF6:
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GUY, U SOUND BROKE, GET OFF LINE AND FIND A PROPER MEANS OF MAKING MONEY.

I AM TIRED OF ALL UR EXCUSES AND LOVE DEFNCE RUBBISH.

MARRIAGES THESE DAYS ARE HIGHLY FINANCIAL AND HAVE VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH LOVE.

U MUST BE BRINGING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE AND UR PARTNER MOST COMPLIMENT YOUR EFFORT IN HIS OR HER OWN WAY.

So marriage is all about money right? Gotcha!

CaptainG00D:
If u like quote from genesis to exodus.
Cant change anything.
There is nothig bad there...
This is a tradition and u have to respect it.

Its brfoce to pay d price
And its not by force to marry igbo women u u have variety of options to marry else where.

Goodness! Some of you are just simply slaves to tradition its so sad. In this day and age where we have gone to school and we have the ability to reason objectively and with logic yet some people still succumb to pathetic traditions.
News flash: not all traditions are right. In fact, some are just plain evil like the old calabar tradition of killing twins.
This right here is just an example of human greed hiding under the guise of tradition.

hammerF6:
U ARE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT SPEND MILLIONS ON OWAMBE BUT DAT LOVE CANNOT DRIVE U TO SPEND MILLION ON UR OWN WEDDING.

First of all not every Yoruba person spends money on "owambe" so get your facts straight.
Secondly, marriage is a beautiful and honorable thing but unfortunately some unscrupulous and greedy families have commercialized it and used it as an avenue to satisfy their lust for money.
The truth of the matter is that some people are simply slaves to greed and won't mind selling their own children for money. Utterly shameless.

oyb:
From some of your posts, I deduce that you are paying your way through school. So who will be paid for your own dowry?

It’s not just bride price. 7 years ago, a guy in our office died in an accident (not on duty) .his family were all about the money. It was very very disgusting. People in the office were sad, and the victims family members were grumbling about insurance money, you must give his brother a job, etc, etc. The whole thing just became an avenue to make money.

I actually believe this hefty bride price issue is one of the reasons the treatment of widows is so vile.

The rest of us cannot understand the commodification of what should be a happy ceremony. All it leads to is people marrying when they are old, as a marriage becomes a financial milestone. I had dated my wife for five years, within four months of getting a good partying job, I got married. If we had been ibo, maybe I would have had to save for another five or six years. Who will wait that long? That on its own means that most ibo women will never marry their first loves, and that most ibo men understand that they will not marry their first loves.i saw one or two cases in school where ibo chicks dumped their boyfriends for wealthier workers. Today I can see it for what it was, pragmatism. It was clear that the wealthy boyfriends would be able to marry within a short while, while it would be a minimum of six years before the bf could even think of getting married.

All of that you must prove you are fit to wed is bs, imho. My ability to spend big money on a ceremony is in no way a measure of my finincial capability. Everyday on NL, people are chastised for planning expensive weddings and drinking garri after.

A marriage is supposed to be for life, while a wedding is for a day.

Please tell them jare.

hammerF6:

BRO, GO AND MARRY YOUR YORUBA WOMEN, I MEAN, HER PARENTS WILL FOOT THE WEDDING EXPENSES.

THAT IS WAT U WANT.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, NO IGBO PARENT PRAY TO HAND ANY OF THEIR CHILDREN TO NON IGBO, THEIR DREAM IS THAT THEIR CHILD MARRIES FROM THEIR OWN CULTURE.


ALL CULTURES, INCLUDING RACES HAVE THIS PRINCIPLE. IT IS DEFENSIVE AS THEY ASPIRE TO CONTINUE THEIR CULTURE AND KEEP THEIR IDENTITY.


SO FOR U TO LEAVE YOUR PLACE AND AN IGBO PARENT WEIVE THEIR DREAM AND ALLOW U A FOREIGNER TO MARRY THEIR DAUGHTER, U SHOULD DO SO QUIETLY AND GO AWAY.

Not everyone "leaves their place and looks for a foreigner to marry". Some people simply just run into other people that they are attracted to and who they have chemistry with and that they happen to have chemistry with. That's life and that's part of the human experience. In simpler terms, love just happens and it is a beautiful thing until all the ugliness like greed, prejudice, tradition and tribalism begin to come into play.
No one is born from the womb hating someone of a different tribe, its something they learn from their parents, friends and their society.

newyorks:
keep watch if u kant sleep..he married u becos u worth the spending so save urself the stress of shouting.universities fees varies based on standard.

Wrong! In some advanced countries, some of the best universities are usually cheaper than the super expensive ones but that's just besides the point. The point of this is her family 'pimping' her out for money. This is extortion at its worst.

humilitypays:
gerrarrahia mhen! If this will make Africa remain backward, let it be you hear!! Broke people hiding under civilisation to run away from their manly responsibility. We need technological and scientific growth in Africa yes but our culture, our identity will remain, Oyimbo should change their own culture and adopt ours or let them gooru hell

The fact that something has been done from the olden days does not mean its correct. In calabar, twins were seen as devilish back in the day and were supposed to be killed. Did that make it the right thing? Abeg think this through and be objective. This is human greed hiding itself under the clothing of 'tradition.'

You should never go into debt to marry someone. Budget the price of the wedding and put your foot down. That's what being a man is about.

CaptainG00D:
Hmm ok so Ur hubby paid dowry and became broke.? Rubbish!!!.
Any man that cant pay for his woman bride price is not ready for marriage n parenthood..
By the way its not by force to marry an igbo woman... look elsewhere where women are cheap.

As for ur friends who has "VOWED" not to marry igbo women pls tell them to vow with amadioha and ogun so that the vow will strong well well.
Becoz im loving that vow let them keep away from our women pls and stick to their own who "dont sell" their kids.

Pls pls all igbo parents should increase the brideprice more let them leave our gals alone becoz its getting too much pls.

NUFF SAID!!

Wow!! See mentality! And they wonder why the continent is so backward.

"You would become a pastor?"

Did God call you in the first place? The way Nigerians just form churches any how can be amazing sef.

omonlaa:
2018 is the year of the Nigerian alarm. Everybody seems to be waking up gradually.

Amen and we need more Nigerians to wake up and exercise their rights. Enough of business as usual.

CharleyBright:
I meant Fiscal Federalism. Then it wasn't fiscal federalism. The unitary / regional govts controlled their resources and paid taxes to the Central govt'.
A more central control of resources came into fore with the advent of oil.

You are conflating facts sir.

Federalism = regional govts
Unitary government = what Nigeria practices now.

CharleyBright:
True.
Why can there be NNPC in Akwa Ibom when the Parasitic Northern govys has mostly been running the country to satisfy their interests?

I try to imagine a situation where groundnut or tomatoes from the North were the sources of revenue sustaining Nigeria, and wonder if the Northerners will concede to Southern states with more local govts receiving more revenues from the proceeds of sales of Northern products.
Am also wondering if the Northerners will stomach a situation where their states producing crops that sustains the economy of the country do not have factories or storage facilities for the produces while there are these factories in the south.
Am also trying to picture where a southern will Head a Ministry or parastal of which oversees a major revenue generating product of the North.
I also wonder if Nigeria would still be existing as one country if Oil was majorly in the north and the north was sustaining the country.

I dare say all the above is impossible.

Nigeria is existing on a parasitic relationship where the north is depending on and exploiting the south.
Before the advent of oil, the North was self sufficient from sale of groundnut. While there were calls for Fedetalism, the North insisted and pushed for Regional govt because it didn't want to share its revenue with other regions. That's why the country was on Regional basis then.
As soon as Oil was discovered, the North fhru Ahmadu Bello canvassed for Federalism and pushed it on Tafawa Balewa who was the President then.
The same North who didn't want anything to do with Federalism were the ones insisting on Federalism because they envisage they would lose out on oil proceeds with the practice of regional govts.
I am 500% sure that the very day oil ceases in Niger Delta or there is discovery of oil in large quantities in the North, the Northern elites will push for Regional govt.
The North & South relationship is unfairly parasitic with the North being in the relationship on selfish basis.

You are confusing your facts. Federalism is what was practiced back in the day. It was a less centralized model with strong regional govts as opposed to states. what we practice now where everything is controlled from Abuja and you can blame Aguiyi Ironsi for that. When those military boys took over, they changed Nigeria from a constitutional republic where power was decentralized and spread over regions into a unitary state where power is accumulated at the centre and where almost everything is run from the federal level and Nigeria began its long slow descent into the mess it is today.
Can't you people see how poorly run things are now. Lets look at the issue of policing. We don't even have community police anymore what we have instead is a federal police that is inefficient, corrupt and ineffective that is not accountable to the people they serve but to their bosses in Abuja. How is that a functional republic?

Naijacost22:
Texas is Americas oil capital and there in Houston you have all oil companies HQ from Exxon to chevron, Marathon oil, BP America HQ etc. There is a place called Energy Corridor in Houston, it has over 5,000 oil companies and oil contractors. Why is it different In Nigeria[size=12pt][/size] ?

Because the govt in the U.S hardly does get involved in the oil and gas sector in that there is no American version of NNPC or NLNG. All the oil and gas companies are privately run. You see, America is not like Nigeria where the federal govt owns all land and the resources in it because Americans believe in the rule of law and individual property rights. What that means is that if I discover oil in my land the oil there is mine and mine only. The Fed govt has no right to come and take it. It also means that the govt has no right to forcibly seize my company from me. This is the difference between poor nations like Nigeria and wealthy nations like the U.S.

2chainzz:
Pls how did we end up with buhari ?

Um, because our electoral process is flawed. It only only allows us to pick between worse and worst and things don't get better until INEC changes the rules and lowers the barriers to entry.

Fantastic journalism.

blacknp:
A bad tree will always yield bad fruits,you people Nigerians are a bunch of Hypocrites that hide their wickedness behind religion.

The children of Israel asked yahweh for change after 400 years of slavery in Egypt,Moses was sent to deliver them and after only 3 days in the wilderness they cursed God and Moses for delivering them from Egypt,a journey of 4+ days ended up taking 40 years and no one from that wicked generation saw the promised land.

I am sorry for you people the mosque and church will not save you people from your hypocrisy, you do not want to sacrifice but you want to enjoy,i was told you reap what you sow.

Dude, what are you talking about?? The Buhari administration has completely failed to deal with the economic crisis. He did not liberalize the oil and gas sector to attract more investment thereby creating new jobs and unleashing the potential of the nation's economy. He bungled the so called war on corruption. his policy of banning imports led to scarcity and artifical inflation of nrcessary goods to relieve the masses, he also failed to decentralize power from the center and reduce the size of the bureaucracy to make the Nigerian economy more competitive and oh lets not forget his decision to burn through our cash reserves to artificially prop up the naira instead of allowing market forces to do their job etc.
Sorry bro but at the end of the day, this administration has failed us and they have proven not to be better than the previous administration in terms of competence.

nely:
gej wasn't too good but he was better than this man in charge now

GEJ was horrendous he failed in so many ways and the incumbent seems to have made things worse.

We need to completely overhaul our electoral system. It has completely failed us. When a system is bad it would always lead to bad outcomes as in bad leaders.