₦airaland Forum

Theflint1:
That said, what does it mean to be Nigerian, and what is a Nigerian identity supposed to resemble given how divided the country is?

It is accepting your reality - my reality, our reality - that by some biological existential lottery spin we have Nigerian links and we were born Nigerians.

Maybe in an alternate universe you'd have been a blonde Norwegian married to a ginger-haired Swedish wife with a holiday house sitting pretty in the Fjords.
Maybe in a simulated universe, I'd be a jet-flying slit-eyed Singaporean with a rumoured Mongolian wife of Genghis Khan's lineage and no worries in the world. Maybe.

But biological pick made you an Osas by birth, me an Etim, and the next guy a Gbenro. This is the reality you must accept while we keep working towards making Osas and Etim's country of birth as forward-facing as the blonde Norwegian's country of ancestry.

We can either accept our reality and refuse to allow anyone shame us into avoiding or mocking our Nigerianness like a plague, or wallow in country-hating and the self-immolation of our national identity. I choose the former.

[quote author=Kho-liwe post=131416043]Its a shame the olympics doesnt have a fraud and yahoo boys section so Nigeria could win something.[/quote]This South African female insulted Nigeria and debased our identity. You all banded to attack her and defend our national pride. I saw your responses days later and I was proud. Like, darn! My countrymen would defend our collective pride, warts, flaws, and more.

4 months later, DissTröy reiterates what you all stated that day - doing what you all did: Refusing to revel in the debasing of Nigeria and trumping of our national identity.

Oddly, DissTröy is a hypocrite for refusing to be ashamed of his Nigerian identity like you all stated with your responses that day in August.

Ah... Reality is indeed stranger than fiction.

Last year from March through April, and for considerable parts of December; and around February this year, there was a heated debate about gang culture and violence in certain parts of the country. Port Harcourt particularly came under fire.

Admittedly, I played a part in it, going on and on about the vices. But Port Harcourt residents and its people would have none of my disparaging comments.
They felt loyal and still feel fiercely loyal to Port Harcourt and Rivers State. And rightly so.
Some admitted its shortcomings but reaffirmed their unwavering love for Pitakwa, warts, flaws, and imperfections and more. I admired it in retrospect.

But today Disstrôy is a "hypocrite" for reaffirming he doesn't háte his Nigerian identity and refusing to debase it - Nigeria which Port Harcourt and Rivers are a part of.

Well, guess who's commandeering the pitchfork-weilding mob hurling scathing remarks at Dîsstroy for not háting his Nigerianness? Ballzproblem - the very same person who keeps reaffirming his love for his city, the endemic vices regardless because the city's shortcomings and his love for it are two truths which can co-exist.

Don't you just love time and how it reveals the true nature of people? Guess who is the hypocrite now...

iamoyindamola:
Bro na manage we they manage the country
There's nothing good to talk about in the country especially when the country have done more to us than good
We all have our stories one way or the other, it becomes more painful when the same thing happens to another person and become a normal thing

Yes. We are all managing the country. It could be better; it should be better. The system is rotten and needs a complete overhaul.
Nigeria isn't at fault - Nigerian leaders and the citizenry are responsible for the rot.

You can criticize the system, flay its corrupt leaders, and still be proud of your identity and heritage on a global front. Indians and Pakistanis do it but critic their leaders vocally.

Donald Trump's ride to the White House was built on shitting on the American system and the corruption. AOC takes shots at the American system every other day. But neither of these people attack or gaslight anyone who takes pride in being American.

Two truths can co-exist:

- The Nigerian system is a cesspit of misgoverning antics and should be prodded for accountability, and;
- Not self-hating oneself or debasing my identity. It's who I am. I can't change it no matter how many nationalities I acquire.
I'm one headline away from being reminded of it so why despise my identity?

Good thing my partisan stance is known else I'd have been accused of being 'agbado'. I don't háte Nigeria or revel in or get off on its ridiculing. Logically, how's that a bad thing?

It's cool if you hate your identity and despise your country. Happy for you.

But the real irony is BiosMan who defends terrorism, systemic corruption, and every other vice by autocrats and the citizenry in the Middle East with gazillion-word epistles chipping in an "Amen" to a Nigerian who refuses the idea that he should despise his country and trample on everything it is worth.

Now do another epistle defending Assad who's done things which would make Dictator Abacha seem like Gandhi. Jokes really do write themselves.

Ballzproblem2:
No matter how bad Nigeria gets there will be useful slaves who are more concerned about our public image than saying the truth,these ones don't get paid at least you will know their motive,they even beg online despite the hardship,na the set of people I hate pass

There's careless, spite-fueled criticism and there's constructive criticism.

I would defend the country when people try to make it look like it's overrun by Jihadists and other terror sects. That's not the reality for people who live in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Uyo, or Ibadan.

I'd defend the country when people try to make it look like electricity on occurs only as frequently as shooting stars across the night sky.

I'd defend the country when people try to paint it like it's a 'Rapé-ville' where women get impaled with random penile appendanges in broad daylight like some R-rated Japanese anime film or Manga. It's not the reality for MOST parts of the country.

I'd defend it when people paint it like some dystopian zone where absolutely nothing works, we still rely on dial-up internet, laptops are a novelty, and motorable roads country-wide are like unicorns.

Britain has a knife crime problem and London street gangs are infamous. Based purely on statistics, you're multiple times more likely to be a victim of violent crime on the streets of Chicago than in the suburbs of Uyo.
Need I mention the number of gun-related crimes country-wide in the U.S.?
Heck! The Pentagon failed its 7th straight audit this year due to festering corruption.
But does it mean these countries are irredeemable vice-fests? No! And Britons and Americans criticize yet are proud of their countries, of their nationalities.

Yes, we have a long way to go. The system needs a reset or upgrade. The Heavens know I belt out our flaws daily like Wande Coal doing a falsetto. We need fixing urgently. URGENTLY.
But the idea or narrative that I am a hypocrite because I love my country and feel the need to protect its image by beaming more of its pros than cons is outrageous.

220 million middle fingers to anyone who gaslights me for taking pride in my nationality - the negative media coverage regardless. I've got afang soup and fufu coursing through my veins as green and white as my national flag. The gaslighting herd should deal with it!

Theflint1:
If it could be one or other and even at the extremes of either, team ass all day.

Boobs are better. Many of you think you prefer those protruding posteriors more because you have been conditioned by the vocal pro-butt folks and peer pressure since puberty to think it's cooler.

Boobs men know what it is, are convinced of which appeal more so we don't need to scream it like the pro-ass guys do because they need to convince themselves.

Joseph1832, remember the conversation days ago about avoiding non-introspective attention-seeking women because their compulsive need for public validation and attention causes them to court scandals and controversies knowingly and otherwise? This is one of such examples.

Again, getting intimate with such females - the wannabe influencers who think everything is content would drag you into her mess. If this lady is married or courting, her man would be dragged through the mud now and face unwanted scrutiny from bloggers.

This is who you guys betrayed a brainy articulate Olumide Akpata for? Some of you even sold him for a loaf of Agege bread and a wrap of moi moi.

Enjoy the humiliation as it'd trend internationally and broadcasted as "Nigerian state governor struggles to read".

joseph1832:
Kay, ma main man, you have time, a whole lot of time on your hands.

Truth is, when I know I don't want the woman to birth our kids, I don't bother with all what you typed, I truly don't.

Man, I don't chase. But if she's smart and reserved, sometimes the banter is good too.
Think of this, you both finished tumbling beneath the sheets, and you're asking her to test scroll through a web app you have built as a beta tester or arguing the validity of Dan Brown's claims in "Da Vinci Code". Both of you still in your birthday suits.

The effects of sex is actually amplified by the events leading up to it and after it.

I'd also admit because of my conditions for intimacy, it limits the kind of women available in the pool to pick from. Funny this, you could have 200 and I could 40 but I feel like the experiences with the 40 outweigh 200 banal females.

Anatomy wise, women aren't really different. Most just lie back during the process while you exert yourself. But if she's worth it, she'd still be worth it after post-nut clarity.

Those are the kind of women I've always liked - the ones I won't resent even after having sex for the umpteenth time. Those girls are available. Find them, man. Life is about the full human experience and memories, right? Even just two days could memorable for decades when it's not just some happy-go-lucky attention seeker.

joseph1832:
It's simple, to smash the coochie, nothing more, nothing less. Such women happen to be the easiest to smash, it was like this way back the 2015 days on Nairaland, I mean, you're witness to many of the scandals and revelations.

I don't need to tell you many of those seemingly popular females on Nairaland back then, were smashed the way Serena Williams smash the tennis ball.

Though I've come to know those women who seek validation and like to be the centre of attention and attraction, seem to suffer from some form of low self esteem, and many are such fragile creatures...

That's the point. While I avoid women who play overly hard-to-get, bedding a woman who has standards (not those fake hookup girls standards, but actual ones) is cool.

I'm not ashamed to admit the slow seduction of her mind is just as satisfying as what comes after. You know, that thing where she's so into you, she actually shelves her inhibitions to tell you she wants you and wants to be with you when you haven't spent a Kobo on her yet and she means it, yeah.

I love the slow seduction where she actually cares beyond sex. It means she carries a part of you in her heart. You have a hold on her stronger than the physical satisfaction of sex.

If she's easy to get by anybody just by showing her attention or the promise of cash, it's a turn off. It's why I abhôr the idea of paying for sex.
It's not for religious reasons - I'm barely religious. It's the thrill of offering herself to you with nothing guaranteed other than her being able to get your time.

The seduction make the actual sex worth it more. Seduction of the mind lasts longer (for years) than how she feels during sex.

It's why a hookup girl would cause a scene with some random guy she slept with but take that guy she really likes on a random date.

joseph1832:
I see. Could this be as a result of becoming more mature, as you age? Though I know you've never been the type who jump in bed with any bimbo, unlike me, back in the day.

I now find such girls who post everything on social media repulsive, like I've come to know, they hardly can keep any secret and are always battle ready, the more reason I took a cue from you, when you once said you make it a habit of blocking all your exes, I follow suit and boy, do I have peace.

Seducing any Nigerian woman to me is something I don't even bother doing, unless there's that attraction, if it's not there, I don't even bother, even if I know I just eat to hit the coochie, I still don't bother because the idea of chasing someone that is empty, is torture to me. Bottom line, if she's not interested, I don't even bother.

I think it's mostly the kind of women I am attracted to. I have a thing for women who find pleasure in the arts. The brainy writers who love to consume books too and read wide. She could be a techie or accountant or engineer or lawyer but she has to love reading and writing too, even as a hobbyist. Like discussing random details of barnacles on whales and why British English is better than the American version. Mundane or serious but intelligent.

From my experience, women like that are more introspective because reading and writing make you so. If she's more introspective, she's comfortable in her own space and would over think anything she's putting out publicly. It also means she thinks through the effect of a scandal or controversy. She's all woman and emotional and pissed off with me but she keeps it under wraps publicly.
I've never ever regretted knowing and being with such women.

I've only been attracted to only certain kind of women. Of course, they have to look good too.
The beautiful reserved girl is a million times likely to pull my heart strings than some loud popular girl who always wants to be the center of attention.

You'd remember I disliked and taunted the seemingly popular females men used to throw themselves at on Nairaland who were bimbos. I couldn't understand the atraction to dumb attention-seeking women. I still don't.

spencekat:
E remain small make Akwa Cross people put periwinkles(nfi) for beans.

Periwinkles, crayfish, and a type of shellfish called "nkop", especially when prepared with ekpang nkukwo.

There's a reason why Akwa-Cross meals are the most expensive Nigerian delicacies.

joseph1832:
does the emboldened mean you tasted the coochie?

Mostly before. Unlike other men, the sex alone doesn't do it for me. Women have random sex daily with men whose faces they can't even remember. So I work on my seduction until she actually falls for me and wants me. Whatever happens,
she carries a part of me in heart till she passes on. Not just finding me cute but wanting to be something very intimate with.

During the process of seduction, I search her out online too. Women who post too much of their personal lives won't mind a scandal if your entanglement with them doesn't work out. The private ones count their losses and move on. No dragging or scandal.
That's why I avoid influencer-type wannabe baddies. I don't want to trend on Instablog. That's why I never get intimate with social media famous girls who curate their lives on their timelines. I never have.

It's a regular in Akwa-Cross meals, and amongst the Ijaws too.

Periwinkles, apart from being rich proteinous food, are packed with minerals, including iodine.
That's why you won't find an Akwa-Cross person suffering from goitre.

A typical Ibibio meal of afang soup would have periwinkles, shellfish, fresh fish, and prawn added to it. Yummy!

Not for me. I'm only on social as a necessity because I'm a service provider.

Last time I stated my location on Facebook or Instagram or Twitter was 10 years ago.

I deliberately crop my pictures or take them in neutral backgrounds so you can't guess who I am with. I've attended so many events recently yet the last time I posted on my timeline was months ago. I login daily.

You can't know the females I am close to or my relatives just from my timeline.

I avoid women who show-off or make content with personal details amongst other requirements. If you aren't lowkey like me, I don't want you. I'd ghost you.

I hang out with the high and mighty every other week but I never post pictures. I move them to my hard drive once I take them.

Looking at my timeline you'd only find my professional details and what I do - even my phone number too. You'd also find my pictures but almost only pictures of me alone. Strangers don't need to know those close to me. Heck! I reveal almost nothing about my personal life to people I see daily. You'd only know what I do for a living.

I comment actively in groups and utilize humour when I need to. You'd find me easily on social media, I'm very present, but you'd barely find personal details of me.

Be visible but let your personal life be invisible.
I've turned down many women I got intimate with after checking their timelines and finding out they are attention huggers posting their itinerary constantly. They weren't bad women - I just like low-key ones like myself.

YoshihideSuga:
Mr Diss.Troy,

Compliments of the season.

I'm thinking of the short to medium term regarding real estate in the state. That's, buy lands where development (industrial, commercial and residential) are going to, secure them with the right papers and obtain them from the appropriate sources. I read about the Aviation Village and I've been told about the real estate developments by Full Life and Landmark Resorts proposed plans.

In your opinion, which areas do you recommend state wise for lands buying with the aim of doubling one's investment within max four years?

BTW, how far Ibom Sea Port?

Thank you.

Hi, YoshihideSuga.

If what I know about the Akwa Ibom 30-year master plan is correct, development is connecting the Uyo belt with Eket; that is, Uyo through Ibesikpo Asutan LGA, Nsit Ibom to Nsit Ubium LGAs then Eket through to Ibeno and Ikot Abasi.

I'd say buy lands in Ibesikpo Asutan LGA which connects to Central Uyo Metropolis. Then buy lands in Itu LGA especially along Calabar - Itu highway which is part of the Uyo - Ikot Ekpene development belt. Once the FG fully fixes that road, you'd have a gold mine on your hands; and it enjoys at least 23 hours power supply.

Getting lands in Ikot Abasi LGA (Ikot Abasi Urban especially) is a bit tricky. It's part of the Oil and Gas Free Zone and the industrial belt where the fertilizer plant, refinery, and federal university are located. If you get a property there, you've hit the jackpot. It's where the Ibom Power Company and Plant is situated too so you know what that means.

raumdeuter:
Is it not better for the state governor to get more money and whatever he does with it, the people in the state will handle him. Vs make FG dey collect everything Abuja too far

The people of the state would do nothing, for most parts. They'd still think 99% of Nigeria's underdevelopment blames should be heaped on the federal government.

Haven't you read defences excusing away almost no criticism of state governments while reiterating all composite members of the federal government should be hanged?

Wasn't it in this country Benue's Ortom who was receiving #32 billion annually as just security votes which we can't probe legally come out to blame all of Benue's failings on Buhari while half the country cheered him on? https://www.google.com/search?q=ortom+blame+buhari

Steal all they will but state governments would still get away it in the people's eyes.

Nairaland is the Nigerian Reddit definitely. It harbours the sickest, wildest people on the internet then.

But, yes, lactating women have been known to go out on the prowl. Mostly females who got pregnant living life on the fast lane, found the 9 months of pregnancy and 3 or 4 months of nursing a torture without fun, then they go out on the prowl. And they are usually more daring. And some are usually fit.

Your only defence would be if you aren't one to jump into bed with just about any woman so a little conversation might give her away. A little self-control would help you find out before you both have nothing on but the lights.

The real curious one is, how many men have unwittingly bedded pregnant females unknowingly? Women can be extreme cunningly. Many men can't swear to it because we don't even know. Shouldn't there be some taboo against it?

Then again, there are recounts of men who seek out such women like a fetish. I guess people are who they are.

reccy:
BREAKING: Kogi State Gov. Ahmed Usman Ododo Presents the budget proposal of N582,404,119,489 for the 2025 fiscal year to the Kogi State House of Assembly.

The governor disclosed that the 2025 “Budget of All Inclusive Development” earmarked N302,813,903,802 which is 48.01 for Capital Expenditure while N279,590,215,687 which is 51.99 is for Recurrent Expenditure.

The 2025 proposed budget, totaling N582,404,119,489 represents a 43.34% increase from the revised 2024 budget of N406,321,130,013.

#kogiglobalmedia

Cc: disstroy.


I want to keep many tabs on this man. He is acting funny these days

Create pseudoaccounts on Twitter if you have to and are concerned about your safety.

Whenever any issue of corruption is trending, ask questions about how your state is governed.

Specifically, target opposition handles which get a lot of traction/engagements. Pro-PDP or Obidient handles would easily pick up on issues to paint the APC black. Let the issues be real issues.

Pro-APC handles would easily pick up on issues to paint a PDP government black. It's not illegal as long as you aren't playing pushing falsehoods.

Anytime I ask these salient questions about the government, I notice APC guys and Independents pick up on it while PDP guys play blind. I'm no member of any party but anybody who'd soundboard my questions - these questions - is welcome.

See if you can get a full breakdown of the 2025 budget too. Use a cover if using your full identity is too much of a safety concern.

Keep questioning these state government crooks, bro.

DissTroy:
External Debts of Nigerian States from the Debt Management Office as at June 2024:

https://www.dmo.gov.ng/debt-profile/sub-national-debts/4970-states-fct-and-federal-government-s-external-debt-stock-as-at-june-30-2024/file . The amounts are in USD!

Some states like Niger which I analogized are borrowing directly from China and India. Why? To fund bogus projects.

---------

Then add the above to this: Internal Debt of Nigerian States - https://www.dmo.gov.ng/debt-profile/sub-national-debts/4969-states-and-fct-domestic-debt-stock-as-at-june-30-2024/file .

And some Vanity featherbrained mongrel right on this thread defended a state government with no viable plan for repayment borrowing #60 billion between March and June 2024.
There's something innately wrong with us as Nigerians.

Punch Newspaper eventually did a piece on the issues I've been harping since forever, and even more so last week. https://punchng.com/higher-allocations-higher-states-debts/

Higher allocations mean little even as the Tax Reform Bill would add more to the vaults (vaults since only the government has access to it and the full numbers) of state governments when these revenues are not properly managed.

It's odd and piquing that states like Akwa Ibom, Delta, Rivers, and Lagos which have the highest revenues from the FAAC, IGR, and other sources have the some of the highest domestic and external debts ever.

More allocation means nothing until more accountability and proper management take center stage.

semid4lyfe:
Best breakdown of the tax reform bill I've seen yet. Also explains the vociferous opposition from the North.

Confused about the New Tax Reforms?

Watch & listen to this.

RT FOR OTHERS. 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/6MBwSGGERR

— POOJA!!! (@PoojaMedia) December 1, 2024

Finally, Jagaban seems to be cooking a meal with a pleasant aroma.

Remains to be seen if he has the balls to push it through.

Punch even did a succinct job itemizing the key points of the Tax Reform Bill. https://punchng.com/five-takeaways-from-tax-reform-bills/

Anyone against it just hates the development of Nigeria.

Zero VAT on food imports and other essential commodities?
Scaling up VAT sharing formula from 20% to 60% to states?
What's there not to love about it?

Some issues should transcend partisan politics of APC, PDP, LP et al. What is good is good.

A vainglorious dunderhead who justifies a non-viable state borrowing a whooping #60 billion in just 3 months shouldn't be dignified with responses on Nigerian sociopolitics.

He's nothing but a worm feeding off the putrefied system that is the Nigerian reality, with the decay hastened by enzymes of bureaucratic greed, leaving nothing but rot in its wake.

DissTroy:
External Debts of Nigerian States from the Debt Management Office as at June 2024:

https://www.dmo.gov.ng/debt-profile/sub-national-debts/4970-states-fct-and-federal-government-s-external-debt-stock-as-at-june-30-2024/file . The amounts are in USD!

Some states like Niger which I analogized are borrowing directly from China and India. Why? To fund bogus projects.

---------

Then add the above to this: Internal Debt of Nigerian States - https://www.dmo.gov.ng/debt-profile/sub-national-debts/4969-states-and-fct-domestic-debt-stock-as-at-june-30-2024/file .

And some Vanity featherbrained mongrel right on this thread defended a state government with no viable plan for repayment borrowing #60 billion between March and June 2024.
There's something innately wrong with us as Nigerians.

As at June 2024, Nigerian states owe ~ $4.9 billion borrowed from China, India, and others. This is inspite of their IGR and FAAC revenue. Even the IGR process isn't transparent to begin with.

Almost $5 billion external loan yet internal roads are riddled with pothole,s and in some cases, actual craters. And you wonder why illegal Chinese miners in Oyo, Borno, or Zamfara get a free day. We've not factored in domestic debts yet.

I understand the Federal Government is the head and states, the body. But if you have a migraine and a festering sore on your foot yet you focus entirely on the migraine, you still wouldn't be healthy.
To achieve optimum health, get cure for the migraine and the festering sore.

We are doing a good job treating the migraine that is the federal government, but let's keep sight of the festering sores state governments are too.

Rivers State multi-billion naira power project rots away. https://dailytrust.com/rivers-multi-billion-naira-power-project-rots-away-261008/

Akwa Ibom allegedly spends #32 billion building International Worship Centre.

But, yes, there's justification for state governments to keep borrowing while the monies they have magneted to their coffers are largely unaccounted for.

May a thousand drûgged Bonobo monkéys take turns on you for defending the pillaging of Nigeria!

External Debts of Nigerian States from the Debt Management Office as at June 2024:

https://www.dmo.gov.ng/debt-profile/sub-national-debts/4970-states-fct-and-federal-government-s-external-debt-stock-as-at-june-30-2024/file . The amounts are in USD!

Some states like Niger which I analogized are borrowing directly from China and India. Why? To fund bogus projects.

---------

Then add the above to this: Internal Debt of Nigerian States - https://www.dmo.gov.ng/debt-profile/sub-national-debts/4969-states-and-fct-domestic-debt-stock-as-at-june-30-2024/file .

And some Vanity featherbrained mongrel right on this thread defended a state government with no viable plan for repayment borrowing #60 billion between March and June 2024.
There's something innately wrong with us as Nigerians.

vanitybutiwanti:
so what if Niger state borrows a paltry 60b in 2024 financial year, even at that he was only able to achieve 30% in budget performance, 60b is still within the acceptable figure for borrowing for a state like Niger dumbo.

But you claimed in my response to Oasis when I insisted Niger State would borrow that it wouldn't. Now with hindsight, you are defending it borrowing to fund its budget after I shamed you with evidence you were ignorant of from the DMO?

You jumped into an argument to dispel information of a state borrowing to fund budget only to backtrack and defend an action you had earlier claimed never happened?

A Uranium isotope has more stability than you. You have no convictions other than your loyalty to being perpetually foôlish.
Now slither back to whatever digital orifice you emerged from, you serpentine hermit!

To the accûrsed Vanitybutiwanti:

I mentioned Niger State would borrow to fund its budget based on antecedence but you argued.

Between March and June, Niger State borrowed an extra #60 billion. In just 3 months! I was right all along but wanted you to make a föôl of yourself before presenting evidence.

https://nairametrics.com/2024/11/09/top-10-nigerian-states-with-highest-domestic-debt-in-q2-2024/ .

Next time when people who know better are stating the facts, stick to the sidelines.

BlueRayDick:
Can you read Hausa? If a Jigawa or Gombe man on Facebook write about government policies in his state can you read it? You are not seeing Jigawa related news trending on Facebook and twitter simply because they converse mostly in Hausa and you as a Southerner can't read Hausa Language. That's why it will not trend as much as you would expect.

People focus more on FG because we obviously don't practice true federalism in Nigeria. The federal government takes the major stake of 52.68 per cent from the federation account. And the 36 states with 774 local governments are left with 26.72 per cent and 20.72 per cent respectively.

You will agree with me that the figures justify the Ultra-focus on the center right?

We can focus on multiple things.

You commute daily. Your life would be better if internal roads are very motorable, wouldn't it? And you'd feel safer if the state government actually utilizes the Security Votes they got an injunction barring us from assessing the expenditure, wouldn't you?

You'd feel healthier knowing you don't have to contend with floods because the state government takes drainage seriously, no?

These are the seeming little things. Let the state government do its part. While it is, we can continue taking a dump on the federal government for fuel pump price, federal roads, interest rates, and other issues.

Don't treat two thieves unequally because one robbed a microfinance bank and the other robbed Zenith Bank head office. There are both robbers who should dance to the rhythm of the music.
But Nigerians act like the microfinance robber isn't a threat to saved monies. This is the point.

And it should be people like you and I without party alliances saying it lest it'd be misconstrued as petty partisan-hued criticisms. People like you and I make up for most Nigerians who are unallied politically.

vanitybutiwanti:
[b]I don't care about your pictures or events you attend, I know your type, no disrespect but they are usually jobless and loud in their ignorance. You see them on TV and Radio stations talking about things they know nothing about, because a government budgeted 1 trillion or 500b , to people like you, the government plans to borrow to make up for the shortfall?? why should I even take you serious when you don't understand how public sector and state government in Nigeria works ? You dont understand what budget implementation and budget performance entails? Sod off clown ]

You are a hairbrained numbskull. You are just another internet data boy like they call them defending even the most asinine moves by th government.

No government were IGR and FAAC revenue doesn't even account for three-fourth of the annual budget should have any business budgeting for it.

And from the very beginning, my point has always been expenditures stated by state governments do not reflect the realities, some projects grossly inflated.

Even at 34% budget implementation for Abia State, can Abia residents confirm #187 billion (which is 34% of the about #550 billion 2024 budget) reflective of what's on ground? Same can be said of every other state.
And, yes, according to the Debt Management Office, these states are borrowing to fund the budget.

I'm a Web Developer and Brand Identity Manager. And a critic too (not an activist, a critic). These two truths co-exist. My profiles are public.

Now what do you do for a living other than defending Wike all over social media like your profile suggests, and trolling on front page threads?

vanitybutiwanti:
you're actively involved yet you do not know that budgeting is different from Expenditure?

You're actively involved yet you go about spreading misinformation on public Expenditure without reading the states quarterly audited financial report?

I make bold to say that you know nothing.

If you want to see screenshots of me doing the numbers/statistics thing in responding to these people who decide these things, I'd show you.

Was it not just earlier in the month I was breaking down how to track government expenditure and project execution with platforms like BudgIT and Tracka right on this thread?
I went through your profile. You are a headless defender of impunity so no surprises here. And it only makes my previous question about what exactly you have done to hold government accountable redundant.

You feed off the system decaying - I get high off playing my part to ensure the system is better. We are not the same.

vanitybutiwanti:
D you're still spouting bullshiit, I just provided you with Data of his 2024 budget performance, budgeting is different from expenditure, get that into your dense skull, because He passed a budget of 1 trillion does not mean he's going to spend 1 trillion in 2024, Alex otti passed a 500b budget in 2024 and he has only done 34% of the budget he passed as of q3 2024, Bago has done only 30% of the budget in terms of performance of the budget he passed in 2024. The problem with jobless and woke individuals like you, you talk about things you know nothing about, because criticising government in Nigerian seems to be a fad, semi illiterates like you want to criticize government to sound woke even when you dont understand the fundamentals. The other time people who had zero idea about how PMS or gasoline was being produced, erroneously propagated the narrative that NNPC was not refining crude in The old Port Harcourt Refinery, unbeknownst to them PMS or gasoline is not a direct derivative of crude oil, and in standard Refinery process, other core derivative has to be blended to achieve PMS or gasoline production.

LOL. Jobless? That was a good one. I wouldn't brag about that part, but I'm good.

Anyway let me be specific: Last week Wednesday, there was a Colloquium held in honour of former state govenor of my state. I delivered a keynote address about checking impunity and demise of good governance in Nigeria, particularly at state levels. Present were digitaries are the highest level.

Last November, I helped organise it too.
If you dig around, you'd find the details.

Before then - and I mentioned it here, I presented a paper on the Host Community Development Trust Fund (HCDTF) of the Petroleum Information Act (PIA).

I'd update you on one planned within the next week soon.

I do not just write about these things - I am actively involved in them. And I tell these people with these powers to their faces and virtually too.

Now what have you done specifically to hold government accountable?