You cannot have regions and have states. The regions are gone since Gowon divided it to create states that you guys hailed then(even though Gowon was an illegitimate head of state because nobody elected him)
Any restructuring will be done based on states. Are you from SW eyeing Lagos state hence your regional approach? Mind you SW,SE etc are unconstitutional
PHAYOL81: THAT we operated like that back then doesn't mean we have to strictly abide we that construction again. The regions stand but each state IGR is taxed 5% for national projects. Each state can then contribute according to the agreed percentage by the states under a certain region（say, between 15-20%） for inter-states projects within the particular region while individual state keep the rest. That way, everyone will rapidly develop according to its potential, same as each region. This will limit the CENTRAL GOVERNMENT activities and spending power to forestall mismanagement and enbezzlement of our common wealth. Remember, we're all clamouring for regional system because we think others are mismanaging and looting wealth contributed from elsewhere and unless we want to continue that discussion thereafter, we must limit the amount going to the CENTRAL as well as the spending power.
You think Tinubu's govt is remotely concerned with cutting cost?
What is the amount that would be saved? Upto N3 billion used for verification of social register for the poor?
You guys can't use that same Lagos-Ibadan expressway gaslighting anymore
Jogs1900: You are seeing it as a political move ryt..Look at it, does it make sense to you sending Cbn staffs to Lagos for banking supervision for 2 months and lodge them in hotel and still pay them out of office allowance?Mind you, it's only banking supervision department they are moving to Lagos not the whole cbn.Dont forget that the banks they are supervising all have their head offices in Lagos
National unity can only be promoted through equity and justice.
Restructure the damn country
IkyergaJoseph: Tinubu | Leave Abuja as Capital for unity
Abuja Was Chosen as Capital to Promote National Unity; We’ll Resist Any Agenda to Tamper It – According to AYCF. According to a Punch article, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are considering moving some of its departments from Abuja to Lagos State. The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) is vehemently against this idea. The group asserts that the purpose of Abuja’s selection as the state capital was to promote unity throughout the country and decentralize power, and they declare their intention to oppose any attempts to change this arrangement. Yerima Shettima, the President of the northern socio-cultural group, issued a statement on Friday, asserting that the proposed relocations to Lagos pose a substantial threat to Abuja status as the federal capital territory.
Tinubu is a failure. He has damaged his presidency already and its irreparable
TopBanter: Lol. Unexposed simpleton. What do you call the many Indian Brits who attack their PM, Rishi Sunak, daily? Sincere Indians saying the truth?
Fact is that leaders will always have critics. Only bigots like you will think the words of certain critics carry more weight because they are of same ethnic stock as the leaders they criticise.
Farotimi being Yoruba does not give his criticism of Tinubu any greater merit or credibility.
This is a political move, only a discerning mind can see it. You think the northern elites are foolish?
When Tinubu move key sectors he can move to Lagos, he'll begin to talk of restructuring. If there's restructuring with resource control, where do you think the funds from CBN and FAAN would go? Lagos!
Jogs1900: We are talking of banking activities here..Counter my post intelligently.
Tinubu is trying to bring back Lagos political glory and influence. The explanation they gave is them trying to gaslight themselves.
For me, lets restructuring this country with the 1963 constitution else we will start another problem of different presidents doing tit for tat
madridguy: You think the reasons given is genuine? To me I don't believe it because I see no reason why CBN will claim they're paying some staffs to come to Lagos, rent hotels for them bla bla bla and they're trying to cut cost.... What happened to the CBN staffs in Lagos? I believe there's CBN offices all over Nigeria...
How many more years does he have? Nigeria nor be Lagos
abhosts: Bla bla bla. You political amateurs are thinking 2027 while Tinubu is thinking 2031 and beyond. If God or Nature do not interfere, Tinubu would turn Nigeria to his personal fiefdom as long as he exists. The Nigeria you once knew is gone.
Jogs1900: These northerners don't know anything. To them, everything is power and more power. All bank headquarters are in Lagos.70% of banking activities in Nigeria are done in Lagos. Cbn staff go to Lagos for inspection and at times spend 2 months there and would be lodged in the hotel and they will also collect out of station allowance which is waste. Being in Lagos will give them more time to monitor these banks very well..From the loan they disburse to form M they approve.
Armaggedon: With this, tinubu may have set the ball rolling for the collapse of Lagos. A new president, Northerner or not, fueled by the feeling of mistrust for southwesterners, will not only reverse the relocations but mandate all commercial banks to locate their headquarters in the FCT for ease of administration. Other chain of businesses in the financial and other sectors will naturally follow suit.
Bigoted and rigid mind can never navigate a complex and diverse setting. Never!
Tinubu has been shouting restructuring since the 90s, what is he waiting for?
delpee: I learnt that CBN has explained that they're only relocating some staff to Lagos and some other States to decongest Head Office and make those who actually work more in Lagos stay there. That makes economic sense to me.
I don't believe that the Head Office can be moved the way it's being presented to confuse us.
Lagos was developed by the colonialists, and later Nigerian govt by virtue of being capital. Ogun state has never been a capital. This tells you Lagos was developed mostly by all Nigerians and not Yo..........
gartamanta: Lagos is the economic engine room of Nigeria, and the most developed. It is the smallest but also the most populous state. The only state that has land border with Lagos State is Ogun State
Despite the wealth and potential of Lagos, its closest neighbour, Ogun State, never managed to tap into that wealth.
The capital of Ogun State, Abeokuta, is a glorified village. The only other places worth mentioning, Sango-Ota and Sagamu, are nothing to write home about.
Why is it that Ogun State never developed to the level of Lagos, despite being closest to Lagos?
aguluobi: Fellow Nigerians you can clearly see the framework of Obi n his urchin.
They employed nitwit like many jobless fool on Nairaland, I can list their names, the way they sit in Nairaland 247 you don't have to be told they are paid.
Yet those foolish nitwit will be claiming others are paid to support other politicians. They say this because that is what they do. They have no genuine love for the country because if they do they won't want a failed Pandora Criminal as president after his failed 8 years as governor.
Imagine electing a fool that could not pay the minimum wage of ₦30,000 monthly for 8 years against a man that paid that n his state his now paying above the new minimum wage while Anambra in 2024 can not pay the old minimum wage talk more of the new one.
When they tell you Lagos is this n that note that same Lagos state as the largest civil service in the country and pays beta than the federal government as at this very hour.
Learn to read btw the lines of news like this it is what obidient miscreant n fools do not want you to think about.
How do you rate a situation? You compare before and after and see whether things improve or regressed.
Compared to the military that Obj took over from, the minimum Nigeria economy grew under Obj was about 7%. Oil was sold around $13 at some point yet there was improvement in many areas. From Obj to Yaradua, there were many improvements. From Yaradua to GEJ, there were many improvements. From GEJ to Bubu, there was retrogression. From Bubu to Amoda, there's massive retrogression
Paraman: Nigeria was not working fine under Obasanjo. Just the way it was not working fine under Jonathan and Buhari.
You see why I said you're mentally challenged? You're saying Obiano and Soludo are ruling based on the dictate of Obi. Go sleep!
aguluobi: Dis Peter Obi in his 8 years pay the minimum wage ? Is that not the template Obiano n Soludo adopted ?
The bastard Peter Obi increased tuition by over 300% yet he could not pay teachers and lecturer their duly earned salary for over a year.
Yet the criminal had enough to be looting ₦250 million monthly to his warehouse at Orile in Lagos with his governor's convey till he was caught by Marvel Akpoyibo then Lagos commissioner of police.
He had enough to loot into his daughter Gabrielle's Pandora account this are the fact you do not want Nigerians to know of this criminal.
Its not by force to be together afterall, Lugard never consulted us before joining us. What concerns us with the British? Are they our God? Why will they decide that we should be in same country with the Hausas without asking if we want to be together
coputa: It is on record that the almagamation of the north and south to form nigeria for administrative convenience was done by the British in 1914.
Where was it written that after 100 years, nigeria will cease to exist
Nigeria is a sovereign and independent state, bringing up another country in Nigeria amount to a serious crime in Nigeria.
That's the problem Biafra is facing,it has been proscribed and declared as illegality by the nigerian state.
You sound like a mentally challenged person. How's Obi responsible for minimum wage in Anambra and Abia in 2024?
aguluobi: Yes I did so you can appreciate one of his legacy of poverty that as crippled your tribesmen in Anambra civil service.
They deserve dignity in labour n should not be allowed to labour in vain bcoa of a foolish n basted criminal that would rather loot their commonwealth with governor's convey to his warehouse in Lagos as caught n exposed by police commissioner Marvel Akpoyibo before he was saved by his tribesmen Mike Okiro who was Inspector General back then.
Nor should the Pandora criminal Peter Obi be allowed to loot the commonwealth of anamabra citizen into his olosho daughter Gabrielle Pandora account.
The fool should pay the minimum wage with those loot.
Politics › Re: Why Didn't Ogun State Develop Despite Being Closest To Lagos? by DMerciful(m): 3:35pm On Jan 24, 2024
