₦airaland Forum

Murphy T: demdem itz not all abt chopping oil money, i believe it will help the govt ascertain the level of work done by contractors across the country, this will kip them (contractors) on their toes and make them deliver...overtime pple complain that notin has bin done, i no go lie, i de complain well well, so if they feel going round to monitor and bring to the public wot they hav achieve, itz ok..me i m waiting to no hw a local govt chairman has affected the lives of his pple.

onatisi: arrogant?that is highly unbecoming for a normal human being,ok pls explain more pls

eduson55: they gave me ban that will end 2109 which i dont know if nairaland will last more two years..
i hate it seun.

onatisi: there is no mod with that id ,the only id similr is sexkillzs,or is he the one u are refering to?

onatisi: and pls who is that?pls let us know

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NAWA OOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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#SayNoToCommunism

lalaosky: mtcheeeeeewwwww

Demdem: over ur pathetic case. u're free

r231: what did i miss

Demdem: R231 is a tout. SIMPLE.

Sky Blue: Don't really want to focus too much on what Soyinka thinks or not because he is not a deity, but I brought that issue up to point out an appreciation he now has for what convening SNC entails and what the purpose really is. Instead of that he started pushing for regionalism.



Regional integration can transcend economic questing to reach into legislature and combined regional interests and stands that come out in laws. Each state has a house of assembly. What have the many house of assemblies we have achieved. At the end of the day co operation is better than everybody trying to fight their own battle and will achieve more if we think strategic. Not every state needs to have its own airport, but instead of a group of states pooling resources to bring just one airport to international standard and improving rail links, we have many village airport scattered all over the place including Lagos. With regards to the time frame you speak of, democracy takes time.

@Dudu Negro posted a point which I think is important. The current system and constitution we have now was bequethed to the nation by the military. Unless we have long term thinking and altruistic politicians in mid that see Nigeria as a whole and not as units, the constitution review is going to take TIME, UNLESS the people can rise up under an umbrella and demand things. Change can happen if Nigerians unite and rise up, but in the likely probability that does not happen we need to think strategically on working solutions in the current system that can get us where we want. If you can come up with workable plans towards SNC in the nearest future and not ten years time then power to you. For me, what seems workable now in regional integration, strategic projects, and passing laws in groups as a means of eroding power from the center.

At the end of the day the main reason we are even having this talk at all is because the private sector is weak due to weak infrastructure which in our system is the responsibility of the government, the citizenry seems to solely rely on the government to make tangible improvements in their lives. Believe me if there was just power, security and good transport links no one will give a flying rats a.rse what happens in Abuja. To get these things and get to that stage, we need to start thinking wisely on strategic and workable solutions.

Desola: If that is the case, why is he getting personally involved a la sending his wife to the senate? Is he a do as I say and not as I do leader? His utterances are not in alignment with his actions. He now wants to do away with the same system he has tremendously and continues to benefit from? I don't get it. We need to be careful, very careful at choosing our leaders. He doen't even practice what he's preaching!

Desola: How many of such appreciation of challenges have actually seen restructuring. To say the senate should be removed is to uproot the fundamentals of the Nigerian government. How feasible is that, really? It's like saying America should uproot its constitution which is the main foundation of the country.

Why can't we just crawl before we walk?

The politicians in the senate are the problems and not the senate. Why not deal with the root cause rather than throw the baby away with the bath water.

Sky Blue: There are different ways of achieving what we want. The people can rise up and demand it (the ideal), or [b]we can at least entrench deeper regional integration [/b]and improve inter regional relations and trade. The south-south states now have this BRACED forum, and not all those states are even PDP led. If the middle belt could pool it resources, the south eastern states could also get their act together, the south west also integrates into a regional identity and such groups can work on projects together that improve intra and interconnectivity to build on trade and increase efficiency for doing business both locally and globally, won't that be something? Now is that achievable right NOW? Absolutely yes. I just keep looking to see wether this BRACED forum can realise the potential of pulling together of resources and pay more than lip service - which seems to be all they are doing now. The visions I have of Nigeria . . . . it is a shame really how disunited we can seem when many of us want the same things.

Sky Blue: Again, cheap populist sentiment. It seems to be the running fad these days. Want to sound intellectual? Call for Sovereign National Conference and that seems to erase all negative views about you in the eyes of the people. Calling for SNC WITHOUT a clear path towards achieving it, all the logistics involved, and carrying Nigerians along is nothing more that hopping on cheap populist sentiments (even Soyinka seems to have cooled off on the whole SNC and has instead started fighting for good governance as exemplified by Akpaibo after he visited Uyo). Does that mean SNC is a bad idea? No. But when Nigerians are really ready for that change some of us desperately desire then that change will come. It requires galvanising of the people and the people unknowingly have what they want. SNC seems to be the new "I will give you road, I will give you light, I will give you house" campaign jingle.

lalaosky: nah..over an epileptic two-faced beast of burden like ya!!

Demdem: over ur pathetic case. u're free

kaeto: but thats not the president's job, mr larmode of the efcc has no restraints by the presidency in carrying out his duties as chairman of the efcc.

Sky Blue: Tinubu's idea is not feasible in the current set up and just seems a very very cheap ploy to gain "integrity" by hopping on cheap populist sentiments that on closer scrutiny fall apart on implementation. Unfortunately, some people will buy into it. How about solutions that are actually workable? The house has two chambers for a reason.

HNosegbe: Well, the scrapping of the Senate requires an amendment to the constitution. A constitutional amendment requires the passage of BOTH houses of parliament, the Senate inclusive. And therein lies the problem. Which set of legislooters will pass a law to abolish their "green chamber", thereby removing their source of livelihood?

Good suggestion, but dead on arrival.

Bishop4bella: Pls where is He amonge them all.

ITbomb: I knew that the thread would turn out to ' arrogant fool vs the rest ' .

Fixed