₦airaland Forum

luvola:
@ gokuu - do u knw that lasu college of medicine is among the top 5 in the country and its law program currently is the best in the country.go and hug a transformer if u dnt like this

LOL! How can LASU college of medicine be among the top five in Naija when they dont even have a standard teaching hospital. You are very funny. They use the states general hospital as their teaching hospital. Wonders shall never end. A good college of medicine should have a standard teaching hospital.

LASU law school is not even the best in Lagos not to talk of Nigeria. The Nation is nothing more than a tabloid. Only tabloids report falsehood. The Unilag Law faculty is far better than Lasu law faculty. Lasu law does not even have full accreditation not to talk of being Ranked. Edo state university Ekpoma has been the best law school for years. Ask those is reading law. UI, Uniben, Ilorin and Jos also have good law faculties. Lasu is a glorified secondary school. They dont even have a standard law library so they cant even be fully accredited let alone, rated.

It is very wrong to rate a school academically based on a competition. It is never done anywhere. Rating college faculties is a scientific process. You have to consider infrastructure, academic tools, the level and performance of their graduating students for a given time period and many other indices. For your information, Only one Nigeria University, Unilorin appeared in a recent world ranking and it appeared around 5484th. To claim Lasu is 14th in the world is more than ridiculous. Nigerian universities cant even match Ghanian Universities not to talk of Universities in South Africa, Egypt, Tanzania, and many more. Please lets be truthful.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday ordered the speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji and his Personal Assistant, Oyebode Alade Atoyebi to appear before it to answer a charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The directive given by Justice James Tsoho was sequel to allegation by the EFCC that the speaker and his aide refused to accede to a summon served on them to appear before the court.The Speaker, who the anti graft agency said was to answer a 20-count charge of fraud related charge, was billed to be arraigned yesterday.

When the matter came up before the court yesterday, the EFCC prosecuting counsel, Godwin Obla, told the court that the Speaker reneged on his promise to submit himself to the anti-graft agency, as according to the Investigating Police Officer, the duo were requested to present themselves to the EFCC on Thursday, but that they pleaded that they should be allowed to present themselves on Friday due to their legislative work, but surprisingly, non of them turned up.

On this ground, he urged the court to issue a warrant for the accused to be compelled to appear in court, a request which was granted by the court.

After the order of the court, the matter was adjourned till January 17, 2012 for arraignment.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/12/n7bn-alleged-fraud-court-orders-arrest-of-lagos-speaker/

Nigeria has joined Egypt and South Africa as the third African nation to produce its solar panels for electricity purposes locally.

The Science and Technology Minister, Professor Ita Okon Bassey Ewa, announced this yesterday when he led a delegation in a consultation visit to the Minister of Power, Professor Bart Nnaji.

Head Media and Public Relations, Mrs Greyne Anosike made this known in a statement yesterday.

The Minister said that the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has successfully produced solar panels of international standard, which would now bridge the quantum of foreign exchange being spent on importing panels from Asia and Europe annually.

With that, Nigeria joins Egypt and South Africa as the only African nations with the technological capacity to mass produce solar panels.

Prof. Ewa, who was accompanied by his Permanent Secretary, Dr. Dare Awosika and the Director General – NASENI, Prof. O. Adewuye, said they came to show solidarity with the efforts of the Power Minister to translate Nigerian dream into reality and to seek various areas of collaboration in defining ways in which science and engineering could impact and drive the rural development.

He said Science and Technology Ministry believes that because of the difficult terrain in some parts of the country, clusters of electricity generating units as dams, wind and solar would be the best option forward and confirmed that his Ministry had done all studies relating to them and would invite the Power Minister to come and see them soon.

The Minister said “on wind energy, we have produced wind map for the country, which tells us where we have the strongest wind velocity for power generation”.

Ewa said his team was also in the Ministry to further solicit good partnership to drive the solar panel technology in Karchi, Abuja forward.


http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/business/29134-nigeria-joins-egypt,-s%E2%80%99africa-in-solar-panel-production.html

snakova:
Nonsense. Tell us what GEJ did with all the excess crude account money Obj left in the account? About 70 billion dollars. He just serviced his ambition to become president. You people think we have not been there before? I learnt from an unnamed source that EFCC boss Waziri was removed because she refused to back down on persecuting some drug dealers that were caught and they were VP Namadi's boys. How is this any different from Atiku and the Vishwani brothers? Different drinks, same brew.

People like you will believe anything. We do  have corrupt politicians but most of what some of you say is way way untrue. The Vice president of a country will never stoop so low to get involved with drug traffiking. If he really wants to help his boys. there are many avenues to do it. Many contracts that he can influence for them. You should be realistic when you make accusations.

Tell me which is easier, for GEJ to connive with the oil importers to siphone money or to allow the money enter the system and then try to syphone it. Dont you see that if he is looking for money all he needs do is connive with the fuel importers. I guess it didnt occur to you

Eko Ile:
Are my ibo brothers not mad at Chime for bribing with 463 cars?

Abi cat done bite their tongues ni?

Losers,

Hasnt it dawned on you that people dont care what you say because it is childish? To say it is also hypocritical is an understatement. It is just plain childish not worthy of any decent answer.

Well you do have some point but these bottlenecks are already fallen apart. In the last elections, i observed a few things and saw a glimspe of the future.

I hear some Yorubas claiming that the south west gave their votes to GEJ and I laugh because it isnt true. Where I voted, during the presidential elections, the Yorubas didnt come out to vote. I also visited another voting station where they had over 3000 voters. Very large station. The Yorubas didnt turn up. The few that came kept saying they didnt have a good candidate and that is why they didnt care to turn up. They kept saying things like, "na una day be this o. Make Una come next week, una go see wetin go happen." And they were right because the next week which was the governorship, they turned out en mass. That was why the numbers from the south west states were low for GEJ. It is because only the non-indegines cared to come out. Particularly the Niger Delta and the Ibos.

But that showed that awareness is growing. Just like Lybia and Egypt, the signs are building. They will keep waving it away but it will be to their peril. That was how the arab leaders waved away the signs of rebellion in their countries. Keep your fingers crossed

stpat1:
What are you saying, if subsidy has to be removed then there are other measures that have to be put in place else the aim of removing the subsidy will be totally defeated and instead cause more hardship to the Nigerian masses. If the Nigerian masses can be assured that 95% of the fuel (petrol and AGO) that will be consumed will be refined in Nigeria, thereby ensuring that our refineries work at optimum capacity in other words creating employment for the teeming youths directly and indirectly. then I will support subsidy removal. but until the they should tighten the borders if only diversion of petroleum product is the only reason that can be cited for subsidy removal.

Some of you forget some basic facts. The government does not have to guarantee this or that. There are many business men and companies willing to come in and do business and create competition. All they need is liberalisation and policies to guide it. Just open the doors and you will see over one hundred companies ready to open refineries and fight for a share of the business. The end result is simple. Prices willl go down and the product will be available everywhere. Those who keep saying fuel will sell at 150k only show they know nothing about business. Competition will always drive prices down. Its the simple law of supply and demand. The phone industry is a very clear example

@Op

I dont agree when you say the masses benefit from fuel subsidy. Get this scenario. If you do a job for me and I am supposed to pay youu 10k and I then decide to take part of the 10k, say 4k, to buy you a shirt and I give you the remaining 6k, is that an extra benefit to you? Think.

The money that is used for subsidy is not free money. There is nothing like free money in economics. It is money meant for something else. Roads, Hospitals, etc. When you put it into fuel subsidy, it means when someone goes to the hospital, there is a drug or equipment that should have been available that will not be available. There is no vaccum in life.

The masses do not benefit from fuel subsidy. What you call benefit is their money from other things taken and used to make fuel cheap for them.

This is the Lagos of the future and it will happen soon. Mark my words:

The Non-indegines will begin to feel the pinch and will begin to come together. Eventually, a leader will rise that they will all support and then the Yorubas will loose control of the state and will never gain that control backk because they are in minority. All the major places in Lagos are dominated by non-indegines. Surulere, Festac, Ikeja, Name it.

Dont forget you heard it here first!

Headline: "Today Manchester City is United in Pain!"


And actually I would love to watch a Man United and Man City europa league finals. It will be sooooo hilarious!

^^^Ok, fair enough, i will tone it down and lets discuss.

Like I said in my last post, every leader can be and should be criticized. But what is going on right now is not just the regular criticism of a leader but a calculated political plan to wrest power. And it is definitely not in the interest of the masses. Do you think if Mr President was from the South West or the North the criticism would have been the same? Absolutely NO!

Secondly, how do you criticize a man who is trying to start. Imagine the criticisms started pouring in when he had not even setup his cabinet. That is a not objective criticism but partisan.

On the issue of Boko Aram, terrorism is a very complex issue. You dont just go and start arresting people without evidence. It took he US ten years to track down Bin Laden, even with all their sophistication. They couldnt eradicate terrorism, from Iraq. It is not as simple as some of you make it sound. David Mark was on point when he attacked the Northern leaders over their silence on the terrorism in the North. If they dont bring their cultural influence to bear on it, it will not stop. It took the elders of the Niger Delta to bring the boys to order. The amnesty program would not have worked without the input of the elders. But the Northern elders do not care or maybe some are even happy with what is going on. So its a difficult situation.  GEJ needs time and can only truly be criticized over time. so far, his moves are very very good for Nigeria. The manifestations take time

Mannyla:
maybe u are naive or u are one of the propaganda puppets.

Free and fair? R u kidding? Most Free and fairest perhaps. There was rigging in that election but it just wasnt as bad as it was in the past.
All those bad federal roads from abuja to lagos have not been touched. As for power, come talk t[b]o me when a week passes with steady and constant power. British airways tackling? That's his big accomplishment? that's not even GEJ's doing. The railway system was from the previous administration (yar adua's).
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And the you-win scheme? ok, i've been holding myself but i have to say this, u're an . Of what use is good generating good business ideas when the basic and fundamental conditions for good business are lacking; security and steady power supply. Once these two things are solved, a lot of small businesses will take off and the unemployment problem would be decreased significantly. Nigerians are smart and innovative, this you-win scheme is just another way for some1 to steal money and misappropraite funds. Nothing will come of it.

And b4 u make any reply, come back with proof of GEJ's initiatives that have borne any fruit

You posts only proove 2 things.

#1. You are a bitter cynic that can never see any good in life no matter how you try. its in your dna.

2. You are a partisan hypocrite who will only praise the likes of fashola even when he poos.

theres no point wasting my time

Mannyla:
All we ever hear is what GEJ wants to do. Never what he's done. Smh

Hmmm! So you didnt hear about the FOI bill? About the Free and fair elections? About the increase in power generation and power supply in some part of the country? About the new IPPs that have been granted licences to produce power? About the British Airways tackling? About the launch of the railway system? About the You-Win scheme? Can I go on?

Maybe you are deaf!

KA24DETT:
From the comment i have been reading ,, Nigerians have not suffered enough. They need to suffer more.
@BEAF , When a President is working, u dont need to debate it. You will see it. You will feel the CHANGE IN THE AIR.  Jonathan has been the governor of bayelsa for more than 4 yrs and noone knew of any major change he brought to that state. Absolutely nothing. He was scared to take charge of the helms of the country during the yaradua crisis. Jonathan is not a fighter, he is a push-around.  He says something today and he retracts it tomorrow. Is that the person you all think is gona move this country forward. Pathetic.  He should have used the boko haram crisis to prove to the people that he is a serious president, clamped down on the sponsors, get them tried and darn the consequences. All we get is AMNESTY FOR BOKOHARAM. This is the group that killed thousands of people and youth corpers and you are offering amnesty.  Obviously, the sponsors now knows that u are not a strong man so that gives them the zeal to ramp up their effort to de-stabilize the country.
Abraham lincoln was assasinated during the american civil war because the southern states didnt want to abolish slavery and wanted to cede away from the union. Lincoln refused and stood grounds and was in contact with the commanders on the front line everyday till he was assasinated.  Abraham lincoln is regarded by most scholars as, if not the greatest US president.
A president that wants to change nigeria has to be mean, would make lots of enemies, would be hated by those at the top who has been benefitting from the rot in the system. He might not survive the tenure cus  when you fight corruption, corruption fights back.
So my people, Do you think Mr president can fight corruption?? Taking the easy way out in every scenario wouldnt get us far, instead of auditing NNPC and finding out what our actual daily consumption , u take the easy way out and remove subsidy cus u dont want to piss off your backers who are exploiting the system. TO the fuel importers, subsidy or no subsidy, they would still violation the system and get what they want.  Instead of bringing the bokoharam backers to the court of law, you rather offer amnesty and hire israeli to protect you and your family and f**** eveybody else .
Nigerians need to suffer more and more so then when someone throws in their hat for the presidential race, we would ask questions and  ask for their performance history,  We not there mentally yet , till then, we deserve all the violation and abuse that the leaders are heaping onto us.  The moto "GOD DEY, GOD GO PURNISH THEM" has to change

You just gave yourself up man.

1. You dont live in Naija. You are a runaway. Jonathan was not governor for 4 years
2. GEJ should have taken charge during the Yaradua saga? Really? Was he a military general or are we no more in a democracy? You blew it guy!
3. He should just jail Boko Haram sponsors? Really? Please can you help us with the list of sponsors you have gathered and the evidence that they are sponsors? Can you forward it to SSS office please? You think they give Boko Haram and their sponsors ID cards? Some Nigerians are just too daft! Ode
4. Or maybe u live in Naija but ur problem is that you are an example of our failed educational system

la furia:
The U.S economic crisis was caused by bush administration and obama promised 2 help. Today d pple are blamin obama 4 nt fixing d prblm and 4goten weda bush was ever d president dat caused it.
D reason gej is gettin more criticism is becos pple are gettin more aware abt d activities of d govt unlike d past years. Pple fustrations are growin and surely take it out on d sittin president.
Sme pple here see blamin gej or his govt 4 anytin is an act of treason and disloyalty. Does gej thinks simply becos he is d president pple wont critizes or insult him? Even d late president go same treatment so y shld his own b diff. D burden of leadership is on him, he shld be able use d powers he has 4 gud.

Guy I do agree with some of your points especially the fact that a sitting president will always take the heat. But when you see criticism coming from objective sources, you know it. No one ever faulted Gani;s criticisms because it was clear that it was genuine. The criticisms coming from ACN and the South west and from CPC are partisan and tribal! we can all see it clearly

ziccoit:
GEJ should stop all this I   want want want want want want want,
What we need is I have have have have have have have have,
He no de tire of daydreaming ?

Another dunce that thinks he is intelligent.

Great talkers that talked their socks off and performed: Abraham Lincon, Wiston churchhill, Bill clinton, Nelson Mandela and the list goes on

Godman_n:
Silly.

How many promised have we heard from GEJ? :Millions.

How many have he achieved? Zero.

Tell us what you mentor have achieved and stop deceiving yourself.

You can never see what he has achieved because you are a cynic and a chronic one for that matter. You can only see wrong. Its in your dna.

danjohn:
GEJ needs to stop talking and start acting.  All we hear are promises.  When are we going to hear results?

I dont know why we have such uneducated number of Nigerians. Have you ever seen a leader in the world that doesnt talk about what he wants to do? Obama talks like every minute. The best leaders in the worl were great talkers who kept drumming their plans and aspirations on the ears of the citizens until they were fufiiled. If he was quiet, its people like you that will say we dont even know his plans and that he probably has no plans. Please go back to school. It is never too late to go to school

I will bookmark this thread and post it your faces any time I see you accusing PDP of anything again! Shameless sycophants!

It is soooooooooo saaaad that some of you guys are this partisan. How can we ever take your comments serious again when it is clear you do not care for the majority of Nigerians but you are just party agents trying to support ACN goals here on NL. Eko-Ile, Gbawe, Jason and co, honestly, if there is a revolution in Nigeria and I can identify any of you, I will not hesitate to fry you. You are more despicable than the politicians out there. At least those politicians dont hide their desires. You lot here, on the other hand, try to paint a picture of holiness and integrity but are nothing but party sycophants. It really bothers me where Naija is going with people like you.

Just to add the following:

1. The rich dont attend schools like LASU. It doesnt matter what their school fees is.
2. LASU has nothing in it to justify a 250k fee. The place is nothing but a shack home. Pathetic!
3. That some here even suggest that education is not for everybody is the most evil statement I have ever heard in my life. Not even the evil IBB will make such a statement. This is an insult to all Nigerians. When cicil society groups and world organizations are fighting for full education for everyone, some here are saying everyone should not go to school. And you are trying to go yourself and working hard to send your family members there. This is wickedness and may God forgive you guys for this insensitive and callous statements. And to think that you lot call Awo your hero and here you are trampling on his legacy! Wow! I am short of words.

GenBuhari:
This private revelation by this journalist impressed me:

What a show of empathy. Just like the type he showed when he encouraged the almajiris to cut of people's heads. lol. You are very hilarious. Even armed robbers have stories where they were very nice and generous. lol

bandiejay:
BAd or good allow Buhari to rule as well period why is everybody against him,

Is the presidency a reward? What are you talking about? Please make some sense bro.

Riba_man:
Buhari would have made a good president, but he ruined his chances with his past utterances and actions.
He was not a bad GOC in Jos, in fact he was known to be fair and straightforward. (How I take sabi? I be an ex-BB)
He has loads of baggage, e.g his fellow Hausa Fulani elites think he has an axe to grind with them, on account of how they flocked to IBB as soon as Buhari was overthrown.
Down South, the Southerners are very distrustful of him and his mien. He looks like he has agenda to pursue, an agenda that has religion and bigotry written all of over it.
The Middle Belters don't trust him at all, at all. Why He is part of a Northern establishment that specialized in using Middle Belt Officers to do their hatchet jobs. He is also viewed as one from a place that has sent the highest number of Middle Belt Officers to the gallows.
Even if the election is conducted a 1,000 times, BUharia and IBB will always lose in the Middle Belt. The reason is very simple, this zone has a very high number of retired military men who saw and/or know the so-called Buhari and IBB first-hand. It will take a non-military connected northern candidate to win the votes of the Middle belt, as things stand. Should anyone doubt the power of ex-soldiers, go and read the role of the ex WW 2 veterans in the struggle for independence in Africa and other places.

I like ur assessment but will also like to add the following

I was a grown up when Buhari seized power in 1984. The guy could not even speak English well. He was from he school of elite Hausa/fulani who thought ruling Nigeria was their birthright and the fact he still wants to rule almos 30 years later is a clear proof. Please tell me who Buhari has mentored that is a leader of thought in Nigeia today. He is a selfish, self serving brat.

He came up with War Against Indispline and flogged people to stay in queues. That was a colonial era and sharia style mentality in display. Tell me, today we all stay in queues in banks and other places. Who whips us into queues? Nobody, because we dont need whip to stay in queues. We needed education and enlightenment and Buhari doesnt get it. He is from the school that believes the poor should not go to school so they can be ruled forever.

It would have been a shame if a man in the calibre of Buhari rules us in 2011. A big shame.

And nobody is afraid of him. We dont just like him Period. Is that so hard to understand?

Are you guys not ashamed that you cannot produce another good candidate and you want to keep recycling that old foo.l. Haba, you guys try and regroup and come up with something better. This is beginning to sound like broken record. Old school mix. Even Bright Chimezie sounds better right now, honestly!

al-qaeda:
dmainboss, if u had a chance to rule, would u be corrupt or not

What kind of silly question is that? Be serious my friend. What we are discussing is a serious issue.

1. Buhari didnt fight any corruption. I was very much aware of that when he ruled. He was just a weak military dictator hiding behind a strong deputy. Very much like Abacha hiding behind the dark shades.
2. Strenght and weakness is not determined by a man's ability to shout and act and put up a face to deceive. It is in making tough decisions to help society and sticking to it. Much like GEJ is doing.

So sorry i wont fall for that. Try something else.

This @GenBuhari is so hilarious. After a coup, you arrest people and lock them up because you have to secure your catch. It has absolutely nothing to do with your love for country. It is just a very selfish act. So post all the crap you like, it wont deceive a fly

Anyone who says Buhari was a good leader is definitely less than 30 years old.

Facts:

1. Buhari is a weak leader. He was sooooooo weak, his deputy was ruling for him.
2. He was soooooo weak, the coup that removed him was about the most peaceful in Nigerian history. He couldnt even give any resistance because his deputy, Idiagbon, was out of the country.
3. His leadership was so bad, he didnt even have army rank and file that believed in him or fought for him.
4. He didnt fight any corruption anywhere. He arrested those he didnt like and tried to use corruption to smear them. Prof. Ambrose Alli was one of his victims. The man, who was one of the foremost doctors Nigeria has ever produced, died because of incaceration. Till today, nothing corrupt has been found on him.
5. I was very aware when Buhari was there, the only thing he did was WAI and that was nothing but the same sharia style discipline practiced in countries like Afghan and Syria. They were even flogging girls who wore trousers on the streets. It was pathetic. If the guy had stayed on for up to five years, he would have taken us 20years backwards.
6. The guy had no ideas. He was a complete dunce for the almost 2 years he ruled. Didnt even have a timeline back to democracy. He wanted to be a life president. I cant forget so easily.
7. There was absolutely no reason for him to have truncated the democratic process then but he did because he was covering his oil deals he did under the OBJ government. He was head of petroleum ministry when some major petroleum frauds were carried out in this country. His claim that Nigeria was sinking was complete bull.crap. So why did Nigeria not crash economically after he was overthrone? The guy was a complete religious bigot with a sharia agenda.
8. He openly declared Moslems should only vote for Moslems. Such an i.diot!

Buhari is a big fraud and no amount of sponsorship from his fans will persuade us.

$GenBuhari:
I would categorise Abacha and Buhari as patriotic Nigerian leaders.
Did you know that Abacha refused any IMF loans and never devalued the Naira even by a single kobo over his 5years in power?
Babangida and Obasanjo are enemies of Nigeria and once the snatched power by poisoning Abacha, we have been in a downward spiral.

These kind of statements can only come from sycophants and boot lickers or at best children.

1. Nigeria's problems did not start with OBJ. It started since the civil war. Nations dont crash in a year or even ten years.
2. Refusing IMF loan is neither a sign of patriotism or economic sense. You dont solve economic problems by doing nothing. Both Buhari and Abacha had no economic plans. Abacha was worst because he just sat in Aso rock and imported girls from India and didnt care what  was happening. Thats gross wickedness. I'll rather have somebody who tried and failed like OBJ than a dormant Abacha. I can never forget the sufferings in the Abacha period. I was in University then. The country came to a grand halt several times. No bank, no fuel, nothing food. Terrible!

Anyone who says Buhari was a good leader is definitely less than 30 years old.

Facts:

1. Buhari is a weak leader. He was sooooooo weak, his deputy was ruling for him.
2. He was soooooo  weak, the coup that removed him was about the most peaceful in Nigerian history. He couldnt even give any resistance because his deputy, Idiagbon, was out of the country.
3. His leadership was so bad, he didnt even have army rank and file that believed in him or fought for him.
4. He didnt fight any corruption anywhere. He arrested those he didnt like and tried to use corruption to smear them. Prof. Ambrose Alli was one of his victims. The man, who was one of the foremost doctors Nigeria has ever produced, died because of incaceration. Till today, nothing corrupt has been found on him.
5. I was very aware when Buhari was there, the only thing he did was WAI and that was nothing but the same sharia style discipline practiced in countries like Afghan and Syria. They were even flogging girls who wore trousers on the streets. It was pathetic. If the guy had stayed on for up to five years, he would have taken us 20years backwards.
6. The guy had no ideas. He was a complete dunce for the almost 2 years he ruled. Didnt even have a timeline back to democracy. He wanted to be a life president. I cant forget so easily.
7. There was absolutely no reason for him to have truncated the democratic process then but he did because he was covering his oil deals he did under the OBJ government. He was head of petroleum ministry when some major petroleum frauds were carried out in this country. His claim that Nigeria was sinking was complete bull.crap. So why did Nigeria not crash economically after he was overthrone? The guy was a complete religious bigot with a sharia agenda.
8. He openly declared Moslems should only vote for Moslems. Such an i.diot!

Buhari is a big fraud and no amount of sponsorship from his fans will persuade us.

4real:
@themainboss I don't live in Nigeria so can't really say how the charges for the phone calls are but I am guessing it's getting cheaper because my cuz are spending more time making calls to ask me for money unlike when they use to flash lol am hoping my brother the next is Internet and Nigeria will be on the way up

Gbam! There is this impression some give on NL which is not actually true that politicians control everything. The truth is that the divide and rule fight between the North and South since independence has been the bane of everything bad in Naija. With policies like these in place, it doesnt matter what politicians think or do. They could not stop the phone revolution and they cant stop the energy revolution too. I bought my first phone, an Econet wireless line for 17k back then. When Glo arrived, they started giving out sim cards for nothing. Now call tarrifs are dropping like flies. It might take a little while, but competition will always drive prices down, not up. Thats why some of us support the fuel subsidy removal. Some have tried to paint the scenario that removal of fuel subsidy will make fuel sell at 150 a litre. Those are not true statements. Deregulation of the market will drive prices down, not up. It might start high just like the gsm thing, but it will eventually come crashing down. It's natural.

sweet_gala:
While this might sound like a great development, it is a single act that could contribute to division and major gaps in the lives of individuals living in different states and over population of major cities and states.

It should be the federal governments job to make sure all citizens in all parts of the country have access to basic amenities with appropriate distribution centres at regional and state level and down the channel etc. With this new development an allocation would have to be made in the budget and this is in contrasts to the policy of synergy which all countries are pursuing . Some states are more developed than others and have access to the resources that allow for efficient power generation and thus would develope faster robbing the poorer states off the industry causing overpopulation , super states would be created pilling a larger budden on the state, more people have to be managed , more roads need be built, we don't even have a sewage system (disease outbreaks would be potentially major) .

A central power generation and distribution authority should  be managed with respect for other aspects of society, but oga Jonah is so weak he can't hold the centre , his election to office is the single act that would cause the distraction of Nigeria with all the political calamities and social disturbance that have and will the place in the country *without adequate prompt and correct action* the man is daft, slow, easily corruptible, weak, indecisive, easily influenced.

What is wrong with Nigerians sometimes. They must be the most cynical people on earth. Reading dooms day into everything.  Dont you learn from history? Does America or EU countries run central power agencies? You guys just talk utter bull crap and display terrible stu.pidity. A president does one of the best things any president has ever done for this country and something that even the opposition parties fully support and you come here and insult him for it and say complete trash. I guess you must be living in Ukraine or Tibet. This is something Nigerians have been canvassing for a long time and the military refused to do it because they benefited from the status quo!

The bolded is so stuuuuuuuuuu.pid! This in contrast shows the man is very intelligent, fast (inplementing this in less that a year of been officially sworn in, considering all the bottlenecks and policies involved in this and the constitutional implications), not easily corruptible (because this decision will deprive many politicians of chop), strong and bold (breaking the northern hold and liberating the SS to go developmentally crazy), very decisive and not easily influenced (Inmagine what this will do to Atiku's Mikano). And a 100 times more smart and intelligent than the most educated member of your generation will ever get. You are a completely irredeemable buffon!

4real:
This is great news makes coming back home sound interesting to me, but the price should be regulated by the government, here in the uk the government has a body who does that, the companies can't just increase prices they have to give good reason why they intend to increase the price and if the government feels it's ok they allow if not they don't, if we leave the thiefs in Nigeria to have control it would be way too expensive for the common man, seems the likes of
Lagos and rivers will benefit the most

Prices are always determined by the forces of demand and supply. Have you forgotten the phone industry so soon? Are prices going up or down? Just relax bro.