₦airaland Forum

Kaiser20:
You see what a Bad leadership will do to a country. Destruction!
When institutions take advantage of Vulnerable youths without jobs and future..

This is not about bad leadership.

These types of companies are also in rich countries. You'll find them in the US,UK etc.

In the UK, they are called loan sharks. If you make the choice of dealing with companies like this, you can't blame the government.

The government doesn't have the power to dictate the terms of a contract between two private parties.

The government can only warn people and I believe the CBN has done that in the past.

Jessyjeff:
For a coastal city like Lagos, harnessing wind energy from the Atlantic Ocean would have been better and more cost effective.

Coastal City does not translate to plenty of wind.

There is not enough wind in Lagos.

Stargangz:
Kudos to the pointing Governor, but kolewerk. Lagos alone cannot generate electricity for over 25m people.

Every little helps.

It doesn't need to generate and distribute to every household in Lagos.

IKEDC and the others will also be doing their own.

utenwuson:
. The way I flog one actress for neck for Ikeja, I begin pity her... See shout, she's from calabar

You mean you just attacked her for daring to vote her own candidate God help us o.

A friend living in the US asked who I would vote for in the Presidential. I told him I have never voted and wont be stepping out on election day. He was surprised.

I was surprised he was surprised.

Why in the name of God would I volunteer myself into violence.

I have never registered to vote. I don't have a voting card, and I don't know what a polling unit looks like.

As we have seen, even if your polling unit is in a supposedly safe area, violence can erupt any moment.

So according to Mr Amaechi, the reason the election is 'not successful' is because the INEC chairman was recommended by Tinubu's APC instead of Amaechi's group.

Shocking.

Just for having the audacity to exercise his constitutional rights?

Which kind whahala have we got ourselves into in this country.

Hopefully this is a movie set thing, as someone below suggested.

Beremx:
but these branded books were shared to students in Lagos public schools. Isn't it sheer hypocrisy to condemn a paper used in wrapping a book and accept these books?

My comment went beyond this particular student or school.

I said such articles and materials should be barred from all schools.

Children need to be protected in the current heated political environment.

If every child is able to bring articles or materials wrapped in political colours to school, this will introduce new levels of competition and in no time, they will start bullying and attacking one another on the basis of which party they support or don't support.

Before long, students will start coming to school with 'Vote APC' water bottle, 'Vote Labour' lunch box, 'Vote PDP' sweater. Parents too will get involved and start attacking each other within school premises. Where will it all end

We need to keep these things out of schools and give these children time to grow up in peace.

That said, the head of school's comment is absolutely disgraceful.

Most school administrators will not want to encourage competitive political distractions in their school.

It is only a matter of time before this sort of thing leads to catastrophic bullying and fights amongst young students.

There is enough volatile political rivalries in society. Children must be protected from this in schools.

In the current environment, encouraging young pupils to wrap their books in political colours will be a slippery slope down a very dangerous path. What's next : 'Vote APC' water bottle, 'Vote Labour' School bag?

What is wrong in this particular case is the principal's shocking comment in the note sending the kid home. Unbelievable.

The right thing to do would have been to give a note to the student at the end of the school day for the parents attention notifying them that the school wishes to discourage political competition amongst students, and as such students should not come to school with articles or objects bearing political colours.

Any suggestion that so-called activists are saints is laughable

How very rude of Saraki.

He walked past Tinubu, greeted the person sitting next to him, walked past Tinubu again to leave. Tinubu called him, he walked back to Tinubu, Tinubu graciously stood up to greet him. Saraki shook hands, barely said a word and left hurriedly.

All of this disgraceful and uncivil behaviour by Mr Saraki is because of what...politics

Saraki's behaviour fell well short of the standard to be expected of a reasonable member of society let alone one who has attained the level he has reached.

This sort of behaviour from someone who is supposed to set a good example for the young ones, only serves to endorse the crude, abusive, and uncivilised nature of interactions that now pervades society, especially on social media.

Society is all the worse for it.

I can see some Northern names there.

Unfortunately, the country, particularly as between Yoruba and Igbos now views everything from a safety first perspective.

The top echelons of Labour party campaign council was dominated by people Mr Obi felt he could trust the most, i.e Igbos. I believe Mr Obi's legal team is also headed by someone from his side of the country.

Those who assembled Mr Tinubu's legal team probably also went for 'safety first', ie, only invite SANs who they trust not to be a mole who might be revealing tactics and information to the other side. It appears that, like Mr Obi, they too have succumbed to closing tribal ranks.

It is just the sorry state of the Southern part of the country presently. The fragile trust that existed previously has almost completely broken down.

Winnersunited:
Most of them are South West Muslim Lawyers . Are they going to Sharia Court

Religion again

Where is this going to end.

24hr electricity 'in rural and urban areas.'

That's not realistic in 4years given that it has not happened for several decades.

However, a substantial improvement in 4 years is the least we should expect.

A man who has no known source of income other than public money from politics, who wears $400 designer t-shirts, lives in a mansion and drives Ferrari, Roll Royce etc wants poor people to join him in protest against so-called unjust society

Laughable.

Typically unprofessional response from the man.

Orisirisi

I am surprised his security details allowed unidentified and uncontrolled members of the public to crowd him out like that.

The way the crowd closed in on him there made for uncomfortable viewing.

That was risky for his safety.

Moh247:



Tinubu would never allow mistreatment of Seyi Makinde

Makinde also have people negotiating with APC at Federal level with Tinubu

.

I don't know what you mean by maltreatment.

He faces a real prospect of losing, and I don't think this APC candidate will listen to Tinubu right now. It seems too late.

The offer of a ministerial role, except if it is minister for petroleum, is not a good reason for passing on the chance of becoming a Governor.

I am surprised the Governor did not have any arrangement with Tinubu.

All those London meetings, he just sat there watching Tinubu and Wike cutting their own deal?

And he did not campaign for his House of Rep & Senate candidates, thus losing nearly all the seats to the APC.

What kind of wahala has he got himself into

0monnak0da:
Interesting

The controversy is not about whether it is a state but whether it has some kind of exalted status
Which requires that 25% must be secured there no matter what. That would still be argued even if it were not considered to be a state

The tribunal will interprete the relevant constitutional provision to determine whether Abuja counts as a State for the purpose of determining compliance with the 24% in 24 states requirements.

The appeal court will not embark on an inquisition that has no basis in the constitution, ie whether Abuja should have an 'exalted status ' as you put it.

There is nothing special about residents of Abuja that would justify their effectively having a veto over who becomes the President.

Do Abuja residents pay a higher tax rate than residents of Jalingo, Ilorin, Owerri or Warri?

heniford2:
If you have travel out you will see the need for good governace,you will curse Nigeria leaders

Nigeria is certainly lagging behind and should be doing a lot better in.many areas.

But some of the countries people are quick to compare Nigeria with have more than 300-year headstart over Nigeria.

Comparison is good, but we also need to be realistic.

Today, the pace of change is so fast, and the first movers ie Western countries and now some Asian countries are so far ahead, I don't know how African countries will catch up. The world system, including globalisation, is also not in our favour.

Egypt is struggling badly. South Africa has not progressed much economically. Ghana is on its knees. Most African countries are basket cases.

These days, the more I look at the world in my private moments, the more I fear we may never catch up with the most successful/developed countries in the world.

Our systems and our minset as a people are far removed from what they need to be for us to develop, let alone catch up.

Our population is growing too fast, faster than our economy, which means the country can't even maintain the status quo in terms of standard of living, let alone improving it. Too many of our people are not being educated. Those who think they're educated did not receive the right education.

We have simply not set ourselves up to compete.

Makes me sweat when I think about all these things, as I desperately want the best for the tens of millions of struggling people who need and deserve better.

I have a bank transfer from 10th February that has still not settled.

At times I wonder if the money disappeared because my bank simply has no answer for what has happened.

The banking system will take several weeks, or months if cash continues to be scarce, to get back to normal.

Why would El Rufai or Fashola, former Governors, want to be Chief of Staff?

A Chief of Staff is an errand man for the President.

Governors that have spent 8 years as Chief Executive of their states and been accustomed to giving orders, will turn their noses up at the role of Chief of Staff.

Also, we need new faces.

He fought a tough battle against the odds and several major obstacles and believed in himself throughout.

A key life lesson.

Believe in yourself.

See as GEJ and Tinubu are laughing yakata.

These people are all friends behind closed doors

The uncle 's response is hilarious 😂

In the context of Nigeria, some see Yoruba 's relaxed and 'sophisticated approach as a weakness.

I personally think the Yoruba way is rooted in their philosophical and pragmatic approach to life. One such principle is: it is essential to work hard, and be ambitious, but money is not everything.

When you are pragmatic, you think more with your head than your heart.

The average Yoruba person thinks things through several times over before acting. He doesn't act first and think later. He thinks before he acts.

Of course, there are always exceptions.

It is laughable.

Does the EU feed Nigeria.

The EU is a toothless organisation of mostly old, tired, debt-laden countries who have serious problems of their own.

France's national debt is 120% of its GDP. Italy 140%, UK 110%. For comparison, Nigeria's national debt that has been a major topic of concern recently is still less than 50% of our GDP.

None of France, UK, Italy is likely to ever be able to pay back all its debt. Yet, they have to keep borrowing more since their economies are in long term decline.

Many people in France and the UK can't even afford food. The glory days of these countries are behind them. They have been in decline for years, and are being overtaken by more modern and prosperous countries like South Korea, Singapore etc

No country in the world listens to the EU. Not even Chad or Republic of Benin.

The only country in the world that can influence Nigeria is the USA, and even they know their limits.

Despite the politicians best efforts to ruin this country, Nigeria remains a giant. 7th most populous country in the world, largest economy in Africa etc BY estimates, only India and China will have more population than Nigeria by 2050.

EU needs the Nigerian market to sell their over-expensive goods. They need Nigeria more than Nigeria needs them.

Awo stands alone. His achievements are unlikely to be repeated any time soon.

The type of politicians we have had since 1999 are of a different breed. Majority of them are greedy, gluttonous, and fantastically self-oriented.


Tinubu is the most accomplished politician in Nigeria in the past 20 years. But he falls into the category I described above.

Same as Mr Atiku, Fashola, Obi etc. Most of the current politicians really.

The president doesn't have the power to stop collation because of alleged electoral infractions.

If the President tries it, APC as a party will probably challenge the President's order in court.

I don't think the President would want another embarrassing case, like the one on CBN cash policy.