The reason you see corruption(btw exaggerated by politicians against previous govt) being endemic as 95% of Nigerians are corrupt is because everyone is trying to cash out of a hopeless system once they get the opportunity.
We must restructure this country, it's the hard way and the only way!
They said Diezani stole $90 billion. Calculate our budget from 2011-2015 May and see how much it was(about $90 billion).
So Diezani stole our entire budget for 4yrs and the nation did not collapse? Where did she keep the money?
jaxxy: There’s no slumber her bt u need to wake up from ur self denial of facts. There was massive Corruption and yes while i do agree it’s not a cause bt an effect of structural defects. It harm can not be overlooked or overemphasized. It also created a temporary and false economic growth which doesn’t last bt create vacuum in the future of the economy.
Systemic corruption and economic prosperity don’t go hand in hand especially in a democratic government. Let’s say the truth and make Nigerian truely Great!
That's how you buharists use propaganda to deceive gullible people!
Bubu govt has earned far more than Obj govt yet Obj paid our debt accrued during the military era
obailala: The former govt, despite the much higher oil prices and revenue, borrowed massively to keep things afloat, raking in total debts of about $63billion as at May 2015. In early 2015, when oil prices were still reasonably higher than what it is today, the then govt lamented the drop in revenue and had to borrow about $3-4billion to pay civil servant salaries amongst other things in February 2015.
Since 2015 till date, oil prices have fallen further, govt revenue has dropped further, and it's on record that the current govt has received only about a third of the revenue received by the previous govt (which was also borrowing). With this info out in the public, with the same oil prices still low and with even the more recent covid crisis, you're actually still asking why the govt is borrowing money?
Yet you insist that Igbos should remain in Nigeria. How can you love what you hate?
tamdun: Ahmadu Bello was right, Igbo people always like to dominate others, u want those that worked for apc to hand over everything to you? That will be apc undoing because Igbos won't vote for APC, they already have covenant with pdp. These people did not even vote for ojukwu who was an Igbo man contesting for presidency under an Igbo party(APGA), they betrayed him and voted for pdp instead Here is what Ahmadu Bello said about them yrs ago
People are talking about national development and prosperity and you're talking about insults!
The Netherlands(the size of Oyo state)revenue from agriculture alone is about $20 billion, this is about the size of your national budget if we look at the exchange rate in the parallel market.
Nigeria is a poor country and we must restructure to become rich. Politicians campaign with exaggerated corruption of previous government to wipe up sentiments of the masses because they believe the suffering is due to misappropriation rather than running a very centralized unproductive structure!
Wake up from your slumber, corruption is not the cause but an effect of a structural defect! A society that celebrates mediocrity and sacrifice meritocracy can never grow!
jaxxy: Yes I believe most of them cos they were evidence. If I don’t believe even after all that’s been done why should I believe any corruption in Buhari government after seeing similar evidence or stories?? Both government are corrupt just depends on who did more.
And did Jonathan’s aides not insult former presidents That is lack of control and tact.
You talk like a child. If women can birth their own child why do they take marriage as their most important achievement? Why do they need men to sleep with them? If you carry this mentality to marriage you gonna regret it. You think carrying pregnancy automatically makes you the head of the family? Feminism will destroy you if you're not careful!
I'm tru with you!
Nuyokoi: why should she allow the man to give the child the first name and she give the child the middle name after all her suffering?
it's petty for a man to argue with his wife over the naming of their child. if they can't come to an agreement, he should simply birth his own baby but unfortunately me do not have wombs, soooo he might as well take a chill pill.
You still believe those fallacious corruption allegations? How come the corrupt free Bubu govt is borrowing money upandan? Do not let propaganda continue to influence your decision regarding Nigeria
jaxxy: If only goodluck wasn’t so clueless he would have been the best president Bt he cudnt even monitor his aides from their grand corruption to their sheer arrogance of insulting former presidents and statesmen.
Mind u he is younger than Buhari so shud do better.
Why cant she allow the man give the child the first name and she give the child the middle name? Why is she trying to undermine her husband? Is he not the same man she knelt down to give palm wine or whatever tradition she practices during introduction?
Nuyokoi: this isn't about feminism; just a rational suggesting for them to resolve the matter.
the mother should have the right of way, then for their next child, the father.
personally, i would prefer my future husband and i to name our kids together.
Were you named by your mom or dad? Or you must show feminism on every issue? What's so special about carrying babies for 9months, was she herself not carried for 9 months?
How can your wife be arguing what the child's name should be when you're the head of the family? First name should be Victor! Second name Freedom Then surname is the fathers surname.
This is not a case for argument, men are giving up their birth rights!
You're a nobody! I don't know why buharideens are full of sh*t
leokid866: lol.....he should have gone to court it was his right ......did he tell you someone threatened him with bloodshed?.....or we don't have politicians that have gone to court over elections.....Trump is doing it right now.....oga sit down and stop trying to whip up sentiment for this failure of a man.....someone that at his age he cannot wear a shoe without his wife's approval...
For your information there's nothing like middle belt.
The north is one and United... The only part of North Central you can decieve with your middle rope fallacy is Benue to an extend. Kwara is West.
We have 16 core northern state!!
And for the protest...who told you protest is haram?? Bigotry is a disease.
Despite Buhari being a northerner and doing better then Jonathan... We criticize and call for his resignation over failure to end kidnapping and Bokoharam in Borno.
Something the East would never do to their own!! You people are well known defendants of failure as long the failure is yours!
The north don't defend failure!! We expose failure!!
GEJ is clearly on a different level than the rest. He conceded even before election was concluded to prevent bloodshed. He handed over peacefully without going to court even when there are evidences of underaged voting, people coming from Niger to vote, war-torn NE bringing more votes than before when there was no Bokoharam, Jega unfair distribution of PVC to disenfranchise Southerners etc.
Now the Northern politicians have realized their folly and apologising one by one including Aisha who has been trying to be cordial with Mama Peace. Whom God has blessed no man can curse!
What are you saying? She just delivered her last kid so technically the spacing is almost 2yrs or 18months per kid which is fine. Better to have kids quickly and know child bearing is done and move on to other things.
Oizee: Nawao, this her story, the beating or d 4 kids in six years, I don't know the one that baffles me the most. Educated people giving birth to kids like rat.
Ohizman73: No sence here, Give to Ceaser what is due to him.If he indeed was a traditional man, he ought to have opted out of an Foreign event as Church marriage in the first place.There are ethics and protocol in every said event.Is he now trying to rubbish his bride that wore an english marriage gown . lets be factual in all we do.
Aguiyi did a constitution in 6 months? Which constitution was that? The military does not use constitution my friend and constitution can be reviewed. Let's say I go with your argument for the sake of towing your line, what stop Gowon from rewriting it?
lekki1444: Was too late, Aguiyi had written it into the constitution
Bokoharam Fulani herdsmen, Bandits, Abacha loots, Bubu incompetence and nepotism, Sharia and hisbah has not dampen the North chances of getting the presidency how will Ipob that's not a violent organization dampen Igbos chances? Does Ipob represent Igbos? Nonsense!
Blind man trying to offer sharp sighted men the gift of sight.
The time you're wasting trying to twist narratives will be better spent rebuilding the political bridges with the North & rest of the country foolishly destroyed by kanu/ipob & their igbo supporters.
If Nigerians did not truly want the abolition of the regions for provinces(we have provinces in Canada) why did they preserve the arrangement after killing Ironsi? For goodness sake, he only spent 6 months! Gowon was there for 9yrs yet could not reverse it?
lekki1444: this is the full broadcast here by aguiyyi
"The Regions are Abolished': Ironsi's Broadcast to the Nation banning Political Parties and introducing Decree No. 34, 24 May 1966.
Fellow Nigerians: During the past two weeks I presided over meetings of the Supreme Military council and the Central Executive Council at which many important state matters were considered. . . It is now three months since the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was handed over to the Armed Forces. Now that peace has been restored in the troubled areas it is time that the Military Government indicates clearly what it proposes to accomplish before relinquishing power. The removal of one of the obstacles on the way is provided for in the Constitution (Suspension and Modification) Decree (No. 5) 1966 which was promulgated by me today and comes into effect at once. The provisions of the Decree are intended to remove the last vestiges of the intense regionalism of the recent past, and to produce that cohesion in the governmental structure which is so necessary in achieving, and maintaining the paramount objective of the National Military government, and indeed of every true Nigerian, namely, national unity. The highlights of this Decree are as follows: The former regions are abolished, and Nigeria grouped into a number of territorial areas called provinces. . . . Nigeria ceases to be what has been described as a federation. It now becomes simply the Republic of Nigeria. The former Federal Military government and the Central Executive Council become respectively the National Military Government and the executive Council. All the Military Governors are members of the Executive Council. A Military Governor is assigned to a group of provinces over which and subject to the direction and control of the Head of the National Military Government, he shall exercise executive power. In order to avoid any major dislocation of the present administrative machinery, the grouping of the provinces has been made to coincide with the former regional boundaries. This is entirely a transitional measure and must be understood as such. The present grouping of the provinces is without prejudice to the Constitutional and Administrative arrangements to be embodied in the New Constitution in accordance with the wishes of the people of Nigeria. The National Military Government assumes the exercise of all legislative powers throughout the Republic subject to such delegations to Military Governors as are considered necessary for purposes of efficient administration. The public services of the former federation and regions become unified into one national public service under a National Public Service Commission. There is a provincial Service Commission for each group of provinces to which is delegated functions in respect of public officers below a given rank. This rather drastic change will probably involve a reconstitution of the existing commissions, and the National Military Government reserves the right to do so in the manner stipulated in the Decree. Until this is done, the present Commissioners continue to act in their posts. Every civil servant is now called upon to see his function in any part of Nigeria in which he is serving in the context of the whole country. The orientation should now be towards national unity and progress. I expect all civil servants to co-operate and to consult at all levels, vertically and horizontally, between groups of Provinces and between Provinces and the Centre. People are aware that Study Groups have been set up to look into various aspects of governmental activity. One of them is concerned with problem relating to the Constitution. This Decree is without prejudice to their activities and their reports will be given proper consideration by the National Military Government in formulating the proposals for the future civilian government. In my nation-wide radio broadcast of January 28, 1966, I said, among other things: "We cannot afford to continue with sterile political strife and mutual recriminations. I have therefore ordered that there shall be no display in party flags or symbols, and no shouting of political slogans.' On March 3, I caused a press release to be issued calling attention to the fact that political meetings were, in spite of my order, being held in certain parts of the country, and warned the public and the press to cooperate with the Federal Military Government in its tasks of national reconstruction. In spite of these warnings, political party activities still continue, either directly, or through various tribal societies and organizations. The National Military Government owes it as a duty to the people of this country to remove the ills which infested the former regime, to restore the faith of our people in their to remove the ills which infested the former regime, to restore the faith of our people in their fatherland and its institutions, so that when the time comes for the civilian government to return, a healthy body politic would have emerged, and last vestiges of bitter factionalism removed. The National Military Government having committed itself to this task is firmly resolved to conclude it, and will not be diverted from, or obstructed in, the fulfillment of this objective by the activities or political manoeuvres of any society, party, union or association. Part of our task is the removal of politics based on tribal affiliations which, as everybody knows, have manifested political intrigues, or have been used as bases for party-political propaganda. This leads me to the removal of the second obstacle on the way for which provision has been made in the Public Order Decree 1966, which I have signed today and which comes into operation forthwith, dissolving all organizations of the type scheduled therein, and banning any manifestations of their political purpose. These organizations have been dissolved and will be buried along with the tribal, sectional and regional bitterness which they engendered. Certain types of associations and organizations are unaffected and will remain so, only for as long as they do not engage in any political activity. It is the cardinal aim of my Government to foster the growth of town development unions, membership of which should be open to all inhabitants of the particular town irrespective of their tribal origin. This does not mean for instance that Efiks residing outside Calabar should not contribute towards the development of Calabar development union but it does mean that a Tiv or Hausa residing in Calabar should be eligible for membership and should be allowed to participate fully in the development of that town. This Decree also prohibits the formation of new political parties. I must emphasize however that the ban on formation of new political parties is of limited duration and is designed to enable this corrective government to get on with its task especially at this initial stage. At the appropriate time provisions will be made outlining the procedure for the formation of new political associations.] I want however to leave no doubt in the mind of anybody, that the provisions of this decree will certainly be enforced. This is a Military Regime and soldiers do not allow themselves to be diverted from or obstructed in the fulfillment of their objectives. With us the objectives will be pursued with supreme determination and vigor. In this we need not only the cooperation but the discipline of every Nigerian. I wish to make it clear that the prohibition of the formation of new political associations has no sinister motive. The limitation period until the 17th of January 1969 may be reduced if the Military Government accomplishes its aims before then. Our determination is that until the two decrees I have signed today are abrogated, every individual should be preoccupied with the task of national reconstruction, not as ex-politician, but simply as a Nigerian with faith in his country's destiny. Malicious rumours designed to mar our national reconstruction continue to be carried about by certain individuals in spite of my repeated warnings. Cases of impersonation of officers of the Armed Forces are still reported. I have to warn again those who indulge in these criminal acts to discipline themselves forthwith and not to provoke us into taking very drastic measures which may otherwise become necessary. In pursuance of its policy for achieving national unity, my Government is setting up a body to review all the existing Government- sponsored newspapers in the context of national unity. This body will also recommend the most effective organization for running the Information, Broadcasting and Television Services in the country and the financial implications involved. I must not end this broadcast without pointing out a recent development which, if not checked, will adversely affect the morale of the Civil Service and thereby hamper our national reconstruction. By this I mean the unnecessary criticism recently being leveled against the Civil Service by certain sections of the Press. It is common knowledge that civil servants are expected to tender advice to Ministers but it was not obligatory on the part of the former Ministers to accept advise so tendered. It will therefore be wrong to blame civil servants for mistakes made by their Ministers who in many cases did not accept the advice given to them by these officers.
I have to make it abundantly clear to everyone that my Government will continue to use the services of the present civil servants. However, my government believes in maintaining the highest standard of efficiency in the Civil Service and will not hesitate to do away with anyone found guilty of inefficiency, nepotism, tribalism and corruption. I therefore wish to appeal to all newspaper editors and columnists to look for a more profitable pastime and desist from criticising civil servants unnecessarily especially as they realize that because of the tradition of their calling, civil servants are barred from defending themselves on the pages of newspapers. Such attacks will certainly not help the Military Government and is sure eventually to demoralizes members of the Public Service who are rendering such noble service to this nation under difficult conditions. If any member of the public has any genuine case against any civil servant, he or she should make a report to the appropriate quarters. We are determined to accomplish the main tasks we have set ourselves. The various problems involved are being studied by the various working parties which I have set up. Whilst these studies are in progress my Government cannot remain at a standstill and must therefore forge ahead in the meantime. As a corrective regime we must ensure that the fatal maladies of the past are cured before we relinquish power. We propose as a last act to give the country an accurate count as well as a Constitution which will guarantee unity, freedom, and true democracy to all Nigerians everywhere. Investigations are proceeding in respect of ex-politicians of the former regime. Any of them found guilty will be dealt with according to Law irrespective of their position in the community. My Government will then consider utilizing the services of those who have not been found wanting and who are prepared to serve in the context of national unity. Nigerians must understand and respect one another in the new national spirit. Those ex-politicians in different camps who previously regarded one another as enemies should now forget the past and work together for the common good. With the dissolution of political parties and tribal unions I want all Nigerians everywhere in Nigeria to regard one another not as strangers but as Nigerians with common nationalists irrespective of their tribe or place of origin. From henceforth no reference to tribe or place of origin will appear in any official document. . . Finally, I appeal to all Nigerians and friends of Nigeria to cooperate with the Military Government in the difficult task of national reconstruction.
Is Rochas competent to you? Can he lift millions out of poverty? You chose a failure because he is a praise singer of the North?
GeneralPula: Not some but many votes from south west. Rochas is the only sellable credible candidate SE can produce that nearly all the country wouldn’t mind voting for him.,
Sad part for them yeeboz is they been hating on the man long time ago because he isn’t in PDP lol.
Instead of voting for a competent man, you're basing your voting decision on who will not divide Nigeria. Your utmost concern is the invisibility of Nigeria, what are you gaining from one Nigeria? Do you really love all Nigerians irrespective of tribe? Why do you wanna be with people you don't love?
So if Peter Obi is in ballot with Okorocha, you would pick the incompetent Okorocha?
Btw, what makes you think a president has the power to divide the country?
fk001: I support this, only Rochas is worthy of my gote from the East and I just speak the mind of 90% of northerners.
I worked with Rochas, and I still do time to time here in Abuja, he Is the most detribalized igbo on earth. In his office at Unity house Abuja he employed his staff based on credibility regardless of tribe or religion.
I know his people will not vote for him, but I am definitely sure he will have Northern block votes and Some votes from SW.
When it's the turn of Igbos you want good governance. Why didn't you tell the North that has been insisting on power forever and failing to provide good governance?
Sleekfingers: you be correct person......all these ethnic politics we are playing aint gonna move this country forward......all i want is good governance.....and that is what we should be asking for.........but no, we just keep on playing ethnic politics......we got a long way to go .........
There is an advantage of being a majority tribe, you can form your own country!
PDP making an Igbo man their presidential candidate does not automatically translate to being the president come 2023 but APC and PDP doing it makes it certain. It's simple logic you refused to get. When you want to solve equity and justice issue, you go all out to solve it!
omenka: What do you mean by this? What about an Igede or a Tiv or an Idoma man becoming the president?
What makes you think Igbos have more right to become the president than anyone else? What makes you think it is JUST for an Igbo man to be the president and UNJUST for an Igede man to be same?
People reap where they invest, Igbos invested heavily and are still investing in pdp, shown clearly even by their comments here. The most JUST thing that could happen is for pdp to hand them their ticket. Is that too much to ask?
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That is lack of control and tact.