₦airaland Forum

What is happening now is some businesses are making stupendous amount of profit like never before, even when you account for naira devaluation.

On the flip side, the average man on the street is feeling the brunt of income that can't keep up with rising goods prices.

Some are winning, and winning big. Many are struggling and can barely hold on.

Like Nigeria, countries such as the UK, USA are experiencing a similar dichotomy where the gap between the rich few and the rest of the population is growing wider and wider.

Personally, I now believe that uncontrollable capitalism as practised in these countries is not all honky dory, as we were led to believe in our old economics textbooks.

Nigeria needs to retrace its capitalist steps and pay more attention to the basic necessities of the ordinary people - food, and I think, electricity.

I am still shocked at Band A price for electricity. These private companies are only fixated on more and more profits while doing less and less.

Government needs to stop privatising utilities.

ufotunang:
..NBA consists of lawyers, judges, attorney generals.,..how will the rivers government win the NBA in court ..when it's NBA and their members which are lawyers, judges that will decide the final judgement of the case and win the case for NBA

Judges do not consider cases before them with the level of parochial disposition that you suggest.

The NBA has won and lost cases in Nigerian courts. The NBA is not above the law.

Kingpele:
If NBA refund the money it will be against thier stand that the imposter in rivers government state is ilegal

Only a court can declare the administration of the Sole Administrator illegal.

Not you. Not me. And certainly not the NBA.

The NBA has been caught red-handed with dirty, corrupt money. It needs to return the money asap, irrespective of its opinion as to the legality of the current Rivers administration is nonsense.

I agree, the State should take legal action to recover the money.

The NBA is a disgrace. It is part of the corrupt system.

N300 million of Rivers taxpayers money

The NBA should return the money.

It is corruption. Full stop.

That's public money.

At least they seem to be taking him somewhere, hopefully to hand him over to the Police.

No tires around his neck.

Well done women.

Great.

Buying locally produced goods will encourage more people to set up businesses producing more local versions as imports become too expensive
for most people. This will lead to more job creation.

That is moving the economy 'from consumption to production'. Mr Obi's mantra during the last election. Mr Tinubu's government is delivering exactly that.

But people don't want to give the government credit for changing the economy in the right direction.

Most people just want cheaper forex so that imports become more affordable for them, even if it means the government is borrowing more and more dollars, and piling on multi generational debt for the country.

Why on earth should we, for example, be importing cornflakes when there are companies producing it here.

I have asked on this platform several times for people to mention any government since Nigeria got independence 65 years ago that has done more positive economic reform in less that 2 years than the current government. No one has been able to mention such government.

Hands down, this is the most reformist government we have had. Yet people want another President in 2 years to unravel everything and take the country back to ineptitude.

Unbelievable.

He'll end up spending all his money on cases.

004gist:
Those are lies by tinubu and APC.

It never happened anywhere.

Obj remained the best leader.

Laughable.

Best leader in what.

But they were poor under you too.

There has never been a time when the number of poor Nigerians didn't far exceed those who were comfortable.

Mr Obasanjo had all the opportunities in the world to set a good example as a Nigerian leader, he didn't.

Your regime allegedly spen $12 billion on power, but where is the result.

You also told Nigerians that election was do or die and set the wrong electoral foundation that the country is still suffering from today.

press9jatv:
Admiral Ibas was sent to destroyed the legacies of governor fubara government

The local government administrator was petty and not fit to be a leader.

However, the suggestion that a bill board represents Mr Fubara's legacy tells us everything that is wrong with Nigerian politics and politicians.

I was in a South West state recently, and all the main roads in the State capital was plastered with posters of the Governor exalting himself as the saviour. Yet, most of the roads we plied were in a terrible state.

It was ridiculous.

gabbytabby:
They just need regional offices in addition to having the headquarters of several ministries in Abuja. Nigeria is too big for everyone to have to go to Abuja for everything.

Well, talking of regional offices, the federal government already has giant federal secretariats in most states, with most of the ministries represented. Why does the country need 2 additional capitals.

By the way, only last year, some Northerners led by Senator Ndume, were screaming on social media, that 'Tinubu wants to destroy the North', just because a small team within the CBN was moved from Abuja to Lagos where more than 90% of bank headquarters are located.

Suddenly, some of them are now duplicitously proposing Abuja's capital status be disintegrated and shared with other cities.

What changed? I know what has changed. Nothing.

It is a back door attempt at control. For them, Lagos is becoming too economically and financially powerful.

The suggestion of Port Harcourt as a potential 3rd capital is a ruse. The real target is Lagos.

teamv:
Yeah the FG can build f.c.t in other regions but it should be in a village or area that is not developed build it from scratch as you build Abuja

There is nothing wrong with Abuja as the capital. A capital doesn't have to have a seaport. Abuja is a beautiful, prosperous, and emerging giant city.

Another ploy to turn Lagos into a Federal property.

Lagos is the economic capital of the West, the apple of the eye of the region. The economic future of the West rests on Lagos. We don't want Federal government dictating how it is run.

Every Nigerian has access to Lagos as it is, and people of all cultures and backgrounds are doing well there. It is not perfect, but things will improve.

There is zero need for Lagos to become a Federal capital.

Ibadan will benefit more from being one of the capitals of Nigeria. I'm sure Ibadan residents will welcome the opportunity.

Enugu, PH etc can also be capitals.

Letmecum:
If tinubu can give us 24 hours electricity. I will vote for him with my full cheat 2027. Because at list amoung the biggest problem in Nigeria he slove of during it's tenure

No President in the world can 'give' 24hrs electricity to all Nigerians in 4 years. Let's be realistic. Even a country like India doesn't have 24hr electricity across the country.

To generate power and distribute it through new or even refurbished transmission infrastructure takes several years. To do it on the sort of scale that'll guaranty 24hr electricity in Nigeria will take at least 15 years. And that's 15 years of spending about $4 billion dollars every year.

Even if you bring the Chinese President on secondment to govern Nigeria. He won't be able to do it because Nigerian politicians at all levels steal too much. Well, may be if he brings his firing squad with him from China and send all thieving Nigerian politicians to the gulag, then the money might be available.

Nigeria has under invested in power for over 40 years. There can be no miracle in 4years.

If the government can improve things significantly, and all future administrations continue to invest heavily in power infrastructure, only then can Nigeria dream of 24hrs power supply.

1. Mr Ndume was the first Senator to shout, 'the North will never agree' to the Tax reform bills, and promised 'there will be consequences' for the President if the bills are passed to law.

The House passed the bills, and I think it's just left for the Senate to pass it, and the President to sign it.

His rable rousing on the bills will come to naught.

2. When the CBN moved the banking regulations team of the CBN back to Lagos (logical since that's where over 90% of all Bank headquarters are located), and also because the CBN headquarters in Abuja was so over populated that some staff couldn't even find a place to sit, Mr Ndume was the first to rush to the media to accuse the government of 'short-changing the North'. He also threatened 'consequences'.

That was until it was revealed in the press that his children are among many politicians' children 'working' at the CBN.

Following the revelation, the man quickly kept quiet on the issue

Now, in order to curry the favour of mostly naive social media users, he is now pretending that he cares about the people in the South. Hence his sudden fake repulsion about the State of Emergency in River State.

We haven't even explored allegations of his connections to Boko Haram.

The man is 100% all about himself. Selfish, deceiving, and a manipulative ethic rabble rouser.

How on earth do you announce to the world that the Senate President wants to assassinate you, and then claim a couple of weeks later that you didn't mean it.

Also, is it that the husband can't act as a calming influence on his wife, and advice her to be selective in picking her fights?

Even boyfriend and girlfriend advice each other, let alone this married couple.

Mr Uduaghan's role or lack of it is baffling.

80 years

For an airport that is already built?

There is no country in the world that grants a concession of any of its assets, let alone an already built airport for that long.

Anything more than 25 to 30 years max is questionable.

Opposition parties, Enugu people, and Nigerians, ask questions now.

80 years...na otilo be that o.

In simple language, this was an 'Ex Parte' application made to the Court asking the Court to make certain orders.

In law, Ex Parte means an application made with respect to the interest of the applicant alone, without the other side being aware/represented.

In this case, the Judge refused to hear the Application Ex Parte, and instead ordered that the other side (the Sole Administrator) be informed so that he can be represented, and therefore adjourned the case to a new date.

So as things stand now, the court has not made any order stopping the Sole Administrator.

At the next hearing date, the Court will listen to both sides' argument, and then make an order or orders on the matter.

Agbegbaorogboye:
This your definition conflicts with what is in the constitution as it concerns SoE. Nowhere does the constitution ask that any part of it be suspended because of a state of emergency neither does the constitution empower the president with powers he will normally not have in the event of SoE.

A constitution cannot spell out every possible scenarios of human or institutional interactions in its pages. Otherwise, each constitution will fill a 25 ton lorry, and more.

Virtually all national constitutions have gaps in them.

The fact that a Constitution does not expressly mention a scenario does not mean that Judges won't attempt to discern what's in the contemplation of the constitution.

So, judges often have to fill in gaps in the constitution by inference and based on their assessment of the contemplation of the constitution.

Personally, I believe the President's declaration is consistent with the constitution. I also believe that so far, the Sole Administrator has not veered outside the constitution.

It is now up to the Supreme Court to rule on the matter, via the case brought by the PDP Governors.

We wait & see.

Cherrybae:
Boss pls clarify me,

1. Does the sole Administrator have powers to conduct LGA Elections ?

2. Does He have powers to remove the chief Judge..

I'm totally confused

I honestly don't have a clear answer for question 1, though I lean towards a 'no' but then again, he has more or less all the powers of a State Governor. So it is legitimate to suggest that he conduc kocal government elections.

He can't remove a Chief Judge.

IamANigerianMan:
Which constitution allow sole administrator to conduct election in the federation

The Nigerian constitution permits it.

Oxford Dictionary defines a State of Emergency as:

'a situation of national danger or disaster in which a government suspends normal constitutional procedures in order to regain control'

According to Wikipedia:

'a state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do'.


In other words, all the normal (democratic) ways of running a State are suspended for now.

In authorising a President to declare a State of emergency in a State, the Nigerian Constitution contemplates and authorise that certain democratic principles and indeed certain parts of the Constitution can be suspended in order to allow the State of Emergency to be effective.

I am of the opinion that the Sole administrator is acting within the bounds of the Constitution.

Ah well.

Different countries, different levels of seriousness.

I guess no pre paid meter.

Is it a residential or business/factory, cause that bill is humongous.

Risingblue008:
What's ibadan doing in that list?

U no even talk of
Benin
Asaba
Calabar
Even ebonyi,

Haaa,ibadan?
Na waoo,

I was in Benin in January.

It's a big city, but every where I looked was rough and quite dilapidated. I went to the famous GRA, it wasn't much to write home about. The city just looked depressing.

I really wanted the Benin I had heard so much about and romanticised about in my head since my days as a young boy studying history to be a mesmerising place.

Alas, it wasn't. At least not at the time I visited.

May be I am being unfair to Benin, as I was only there for 2 days.

Indians and Sri Lankans, just to mention 2 countries, don't judge their entire life by the exchange rate of their country's currency compared to the dollar.

Every minute, hour, and day, Nigerians are fixated on the value of the naira relative to the dollar.

Dollar is not our currency, and we don't live in America. So why the obsession with that currency.

Mr Fasua is absolutely right.

Fantastic.

This is another wonderful initiative by this government.

I keep saying it, this is the best government we have had in decades.

A few days ago, it was NNPC, and today, this.

All these and more in less than 2 years, and yet many people just won't give the government any credit.

Imagine if every past government had this sort of imagination and political will, how much more progress the country would have made.

Mr Jonathan was in office for more than 5 years, but I can't remember a single significant policy initiative that you can associate with him. Not one!

SalamRushdie:
Tinubu is a self centered greedy man who lacks empathy, he is all about milking Nigerians to make his so called business empire rich

And Mr Atiku is empathetic and not greedy abi.

Mr Obasanjo who worked with him closely for several years certainly disagrees with you.

Why would I want to swap Mr Tinubu for Mr Atiku

The current administration has made very strident progress in several aspects of the economy that previous administrations had shied away from for over 30 years.

Even the earliest critiques of the government are now admiting that those difficult changes, including the removal of oil and currency subsidies had to be made. You want us to go back to borrowing heavily to pay for subsidies that a few corrupt people got fantastically rich from?

You now want us to abandon the economic stability that is now becoming a reality, and jump to a new President, before the current changes are consolidated.

Please can you mention 3 or 4 policies of Mr Atiku or Mr Obi that are superior to the trajectory that we are currently on.

Is it Mr Obi's pie in the sky 'From consumption to production'

Please list the policies so we can understand why we should elect a new President, particularly one that will be above 80 years old by 2027.

DrDoc:
Ethic bigot spotted. Go and find out the minimum wage in your fellow african countries and standard of living compared to their miminum wage compared to Nigerians

Has some of you just found out about the words 'ethic bigot', cause every little thing, you shout ethic bigot.

It's so weird and befuddling.

The so-called sane country eg, the US, UK, Germany, France etc are in deep economic trouble, yet you people believe a man who has been in office for less the 2 years should have turned Nigeria into Eldorado.

Every where I look in Lagos, there are new businesses being opened. Unprecedented levels of government projects are going on in virtually every State. I call reel out several more posititive developments introduced by the current government.

There are still a lot of challenges but many of these have bedevilled the country for 30 years or more. The current government is trying to battle them. Can the government do more, yes. Do Nigerians need to be so negative as though nothing good is happening? Absolutely not.

As for me, I am positive that Nigeria is on the rise, even if I still get frustrated by some of the things I see around.

His Attorney General must have quietly advised him that he doesn't have the power to ban anyone from entering the State to partake in a quasi political rally.

Also, issuing orders to 'all security agencies' to prevent any rally taking place is in Yenagoa is futile. Afterall, those agencies are federal agencies. How can federal agencies prevent a Minister of the Republic from entering a state. The Governor doesn't even control the Police or Civil defence let alone DSS.

Those with cool heads in his administration must have told him not to embarrass himself.