₦airaland Forum

Abagworo:
Amaechi completed the 1st phase and it is a long term ppp which was altered because of his fall out with government at the center. Had Dakuku succeeded and with support of FG he could have brought back private investors for phase 2 from UTC to Waterlines and phase 3 Waterlines to Airforce. The project is viable for private investors once Government limits taxis/buses plying that route.

SycophanticGoat:
Toks aka demdem wouldn't see this thread and the comparism between Cross River's monorail and that scam by the great lizard of Ubima. If na to come balls-lick that useless grayish lizard now, the useless APC zombies spread across the country, go carry first..

Forwetinnah:
Relax and watch...2019 is around the corner! You weee see

Wettin go happen? No vacancy for aso rock for ur info
Buhari will go for 8 solid yrs after which Osinbajo another 8 solid yrs after which it's elrufais turn for 8 yrs then Okorochas turn for 8 yrs etc. ur Amaechi for president talk is plain rubbish.

AbdulHaram:
No, you're never a happy fellow. 99% of your post on Nairaland reeks of frustration borne out of sheer poverty! And I don't know why GEJ should bear the brunt!!

Says a very pained ipob tout who is yet to recover from Jonah-daft electoral loss shock. u are the frustrated one.
Sorry, can't help ur calamitous state. The fools loss was inevitable. Deal with it.

AbdulHaram:
Is to heighten your frustration!

Forwetinnah:
Which seed
lmfao
Oh lawd...planting season don pass biko. I no get work to do na to shuwear* on Ameachi wahala. The job of swearing and defending every insane thing he does is meant for his stooges. Eg YOU!!

TonyeBarcanista:
He never displayed his anti-people self when he ran for Governor in 2011... The 2007 was like a gift to him! #FACT!!!!

As for Senator, Amaechi CANNOT represent Rivers East district. In fact, he can't win a single PU in any election. He can be minister or any appointee of government NOT elected official.

Forwetinnah:
Up from the grave he arose !!! Have you been discharged from Rumuigbo Psychiatric hospital after your epic breakdown on the 27 of January ? VP/Presidential(his VP ambition went with the last election) now he wants it big...whatever you call it!! Ameachi is extremely selfish!! He's not ditching the SS just to be the North's errand boy, sam sam! Dude is a schemer but not a very smart one

FILEBE:
Bros. whenever I read some comments here on Nairaland, it just reminds me that being educated doesn't mean one is wise. Many unwise educated folks here.

Cmiller:
your friend like you, try newspaper stand or park..

Forwetinnah:
Ameachi didn't betray his people for 'Ab;oki praise', the man is over ambitious, he'll throw anyone under the bus to get what he wants. He's doing all this just to get their support when he finally declares his Presidential ambition..he's selfish to the bone. Trust Hausa/Fulanis to show him the red card when the time comes, i dey laugh am

Presidential ambition u said, no longer Vice Presidential ambition again nahhh
U lot are clowns.

FILEBE:
Should we not be happy about this? Northerners embracing an easterner . Should there be anything wrong with that? oh lord! Tribalism and Bigotry has eaten deep into our youths . how did we get this far?


The northerners believe in Amaechi and we tend to find something wrong on that. Don't some of us who are not northerners believed in Jonathan and is believing Buhari? When will Nigerians starts seeing beyond tribes and religious difference?


well, what do I know?

Cmiller:
Pls when you enter P.H dont repeat this statement

TonyeBarcanista:
Politics is local! If Amaechi was wise he would not have made himself alienated from his Ikwerre people and the entire Rivers state.

The truth is that Amaechi can't win as Senator in Rivers East(consisting of Port-Harcourt, Ikwere, Okirika, Ogu/Bolo, Obi/Akpor, Etche, Omuma and Emohua LGAs). He can't win if he's to contest in Kano Central or Katsina North Senatorial districts, because he isn't a Northerner.

As much as he has the right to belong to any party and support any candidate whether Yoruba or Nupe, he failed to recognise that he should have done it with tact and not paint a picture of working against his people's local interest.

Amaechi should learn from Tonye Princewill(supported Atiku/Ben Obi in 2007 and still put up a good outing in the governorship poll), Rochas Okorocha, Timpre Sylva and Rabiu Kwankwaso(of 2011).

ibietela2:
Residential on nairaland? I think you are referring to demdem and beremx.

Before 1999 who were those in charge? What about the corrupt generals and coup plotters that disrupted the system?

One of them is now a president, who will hold them responsible?

jpphilips:
The time frame you are giving Buhari to deliver is different from the time frame I estimated Jonathan's savings to last.
Now, it doesn't matter whether Buhari delivered in the first or second quarter, constitutionally, Nigerians gave him four years before he does another or booted out, however he wishes to spread his manifesto is his problem.

I gave Jona-daft far more time so the timeframe i gave to me is very reasonable. Not dependent on ur calculations or what u feel. Its my personal choice and decision.

My point basically is that Jonathan wasted opportunities but it is f00lish to blame him forever,

No one is saying otherwise.

his savings will at some point be exhausted hence tilt the balance of trade that will still get us to this point,

even at that alternatives are currently being worked on. Reality has fast dawned on us and we all are looking beyond oil.

a year or two is enough for the blame game anything beyond that is Buffoonery.

Have they even spent a year? EVen by the end of ur 1st quarter, would it have been a yr by then? please chill out. am not even waiting for two years like u stated. To me one yr six months is more than enough

For a serious govt that has plans, one year is enough.

not one yr or two again right. Anyway, like i stated, 1 yr 6months is ok for me. even when things wernt this bad, i gave jonah-daft 2yrs. am really being very fair here.

jpphilips:
It was a reply I gave to another not you, you did not get my drift, I am saying that Jonathan's curse has an expiry date, once that date passes, Buhari's media handlers should know better not to continue blaming him.
I analysed the situation thoroughly.
Saudi saved over $800b, Norway saved over $700b in SWF though theirs is over 20yrs old, the truth is that all of them are making budget cuts in 2016 because they are conserving their savings.
We are doing import restrictions to conserve the little we have, If Jonathan saved, it will only buy us more time but will never remove the inevitable.

By March 2016, anybody blaming Jonathan for our current economic woes is a f00l. That is the bottomline.

I am speaking from a Buhari's fan point of view not PDP, listen;

Nigeria's oil wealth is small compared to our population, in 3yrs the most prudent government will not save up to $100b, now this is an economy that has infrastructural deficit, it will not make much sense saving funds meant for capital projects for the rainy day, so the best estimate should be between $60b-$80b, even OBJ saved about $68b, $45b in forex account and the rest in ECA.

The money will not last us beyond one year even if Jonathan saved due to our import glut, we voted him out because he stole so much and forgot to save, but after a year when it is assumed that Jonathan's savings would have been exhausted, it is buffoonery to continue blaming Jonathan.

I expect APC narrative to change from March to the present oil realities not PDP, on corruption they can blame them for as long as they want but economy, blaming Jonathan beyond March is making Buhari look like a f00l and his handlers must stop that madness real soon.

ibietela2:
I make payment with my card

ibietela2:
So you haven't heard were market people will tell you Dollar has increased?

Me Elite ? What will you call egift? Or Ameachi

gurunlocker:
my papa be omugo

kodded:
[s] I will love to see you commen on these thread zombie


https://www.nairaland.com/2937537/budgetgate-2-trillion-fraud/3


https://www.nairaland.com/2942633/blunders-upon-blunders-upon-blunders


https://www.nairaland.com/2941584/naira-falls-n370-per-dollar


https://www.nairaland.com/2940790/buhari-produced-most-embarrassing-budget



https://www.nairaland.com/2938992/boko-haram-hungry-desperate-lai


https://www.nairaland.com/2932997/iron-clothes-gas-because-no/3


https://www.nairaland.com/2933716/again-states-seek-another-bailout



https://www.nairaland.com/2939625/apc-should-take-over-inec

https://www.nairaland.com/2831035/2016-budget-buhari-spend-more


https://www.nairaland.com/2935282/buharis-budget-riddled-errors-puts


https://www.nairaland.com/2843715/nation-newspaper-attacks-buharis-budget


https://www.nairaland.com/2923614/fayose-buhari-withdraw-2016-budget


https://www.nairaland.com/2943047/murray-bruces-reaction-buharis-appointment-media


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grandstar:
You are mistaken. Cold pure water is now. 10naira. Before it was 3 for 20. May it 20 each by this time next year if this insanity does not stop.

jpphilips:
You made sense with the first article though it is nothing new, only the ignorant minds who refuse to grow up still think buhari is the cause of their economic woes, while I absolve buhari completely in this economic mess, I would blame Jonathan in 2015 but I think it is irresponsible to blame Jonathan in 2016 and beyond. let me tell you why;

No matter how much you save, it is only a matter of time before the balance of trade will tilt that is a fact, The rubbles went on a free fall recently according to your article, it has devalued by 100% against the dollar, so I can assume that by your analysis the Russian Economy is in trouble right?
Are you aware that this troubled Russian economy saved over $400b when the going was good? so why are their savings not saving them?
The answer lies with the fact that savings only buy time but will never change the inevitable.

You may have a valid argument by citing western sanctions but does it change the fact that Russia is the highest exporter of Natural gas in Europe? Europe is in winter and you have no idea how much Russia is making from Gas sales alone. Does it change the fact that russia has signed arms deal with china to the tune of Billions of dollars recently? or that president Assad has recently purchased an unspecified number of sophisticated air defence systems from Russia or that Iran recently placed orders for unspecified number of Su-30 fighter jets from Russia.

The idea of saving became a government policy in Nigeria during the era of OBJ and Soludo when the ECA was created, from there we paid off our debts which was a big sack on our annual budgets, we launched the NIPP, we paid subsidy, during the meltdown that saw most western economies in recession, the Nigerian economy was "immuned" according to Soludo, thanks to that savings made by Obasanjo.

The interesting part of the puzzle is that despite all the good things that savings did for our economy at the time, towards the end of Obj's administration, Naira was devalued to 155 against the dollar. To save is the right thing and it has saved us a lot of wahala in the past no doubt about it but if crude prices remain low for a longer time (OBJ/SOludo were just lucky that it peaked eventually), soludo with his savings would have devalued further.

So you see, there must be balance of trade whether or not you saved. It is irresponsible if buhari's media team continue to blame Jonathan beyond 2016, how much will Jonathan save that will stop the inevitable? I blamed jonathan in 2015, I voted him out in 2015 because I believe it was too early to have dipped into recession, but the present government needs to take hold of the wheels, this is no longer2015 and we voted them for a reason.

odomanis:
I had thought that you are informed but, you have raised my doubts on that with this your post. On the rail lines, Abuja- Kaduna standard gauge started in 2011 and almost completed by the time Jonathan left. The Lagos Calabar line was not just an idea but, contract already awarded by Jonathan. The TSA was not just Jonathan idea but steps to implement already started by Jonathan before Buhari took over. Buhari implemented it so fast because it was already work in progress as at the time he took over. You can do a lot of good to your credibility by stating facts and truth no matter who it favours.

pappilo:
Why dont you use a Nigeria based company to host?

http://www.hyperia.com

Hyperia has been in Nigeria forever. If all you small players used their services instead of paying foreign companies in dollars, they would have been a much more successful company.