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They refused Agbaje that's obviously better because Igbos supported him....enjoy ur change! Agbaje is from Ikorodu while Ambode is from Ondo yet they betray their own son who is obviously better cos of Igbos.yeye dey smell!

Let's say corruption is the unwanted pregnancy. Bok0hari wants to abort the pregnancy and abort the woman as well . You fight corruption with wisdom cos you don't want to kill the economy in the process.

Is bokoharam not a national calamity? Did it unite us? Or you want a nuclear explosion to unite us? Water and oil cannot mix.....we ain't one and will never be!

razid:
I totally agree with you that Nigeria is not a nation. Two things make a nation according to a school of thought - homogenuity and leadership. Nigeria can never be a nation by the first category as its composition makes that impossible. However, if given the chance, Nigeria can be a nation if we have a credible leadership that can galvanise each of the component together. For now, that leader is still elusive, not that it is not possible but we shouldn't shy away from the fact that we are yet to have a leader that will selflessly bring out the best of the various components that make the entity called Nigeria. My friend, who knows, you might be the leader we have been waiting for.

Another thing is that we have not had a national catastrophy that could bring out the nationalism in all of us. Have you ever wondered why when you are watching a football match and Nigeria scores and all of us regardless of tongue and faith explode in euphoria? It's because we have a common enemy that need to be defeated at that point in time. It doesn't matter if Emmanuel Emenike or Ahmed Musa or Gbolahan Salami that scored the goal. All that matter is an enemy needed to be defeated and that is all. I have never seen a situation whereby a Yoruba person will say he would not celebrate a goal because it is scored by an Igbo person or an Igbo person would not celebrate a goal because it was scored by an Hausa man. It is because at that point in time, we are united by purpose, our national pride is at stake. I have been in a group of people that represented Nigeria at a point in time. We all worked together to make Nigeria proud. At that time, tongue and faith didn't matter, we all had each other's back and the dignity of Nigeria was what mattered to us. So maybe because we have not had a national calamity in the real sense, our nationalism is yet to manifest. Remember America during 9/11, they left all their immediate problems and united to fight the common enemy. They didn't look for how many whites were killed or how many blacks died; or how many Christians or how many Muslims. To them, America was under attack and every America should see that as a threat.

Recently, many Nigerians got killed in Mecca, what were our reactions? Some Nigerians are getting killed day by day in the North East, how do we react? Some people died recently in Onitsha as a result of petrol tanker explosion, did it matter to us? No, because we see it as a regional thing. I tell you if tomorrow a country like Benin Republic invades Nigeria and God forbid kill many people in Lagos, nobody will tell those who are shouting secession to fall in line. As far as I don't pray for a national calamity, let's just hope that we will find a leader that will galvanise and bring the best in each of us. Thank you.

Who are the founding fathers? Amadu Bello the sectional leader? Tarawa Balewa the sectional leader? Obafemi Awolowo the sectional leader who does not know his true enemies? Nnamdi Azikiwe who was short sighted not to see the difference btw North and South? Is it Akintola that was dining with the devils? Those guys ruined our foundation and by extension ruined Nigeria for good. They are no heroes! If there were wise, they would have given us a foundation that is not faulty. How the hell did our leaders allowed us to be together when south and north is like oil and water that cannot mix? They set us for failure.

You are right! The people that died in Abuja yesterday felt Buhari's impact. You know nothing!

luvmijeje:
I don't want to complain........ But Fashola have done the difficult job, so what's hard in following his template.

This is not a case of Buhari taking over from a failed administration which by the way Nigerians have started feeling his impact.......... He took over from Fashola - Mr excellent.

As far as we've started feeling the impact of the President.... Ambode who's closer to us have no reason to fail.

Op you are right. The President said he'll have his cabinet by 30 Sept but now we got only a list that is not complete. Buhari does not have the capacity or potential to move us forward and its obvious for any thinking person to see. But the scary part is that 90% of Nigerians are dishonest....so how can Nigeria move forward? Nigeria cannot move forward when people have double standards for assessment.

Buhari is very corrupt! Unless you don't know d meaning of corruption. Quote me anywhere

Fine woman!
That aside, can you technically steal something that belongs to you?

The Ijaws and d Ogonis have no foresight.... When Biafra was telling you guys to come with us you refuse shouting Igbos want to take our oil! Since then you're even thankful for being given 13% of what wholly belongs to you. While the north and west gets the bulk. Niger Delta wake up! You have been asleep for so long one would think you're dead.

About 85% corrupt? Where did you get this data from? Kindly provide a source.

kannymoore:
Did I say so?

Aren't you the one assuming that all public officials are incorruptible by your previous comment.

Okay, I ask a honest question..

Aren't most in the previous dispensation corrupt...say 85% ?

You assume every rich public officer must have stolen the wealth...SMH

kannymoore:
"Rich"..you say?

By Stealing money off our own collective sweat abi?

No oh... I shouldn't beef him oh... I should kiss his buttocks and praise him to the highest of heavens because we the masses are supposed to be collectively daft while the corrupt public officer is our tin god ba?

Mtscheew!

Poor people beef rich people for no just cause.....how then can you be rich?

kannymoore:
Mtscheww...

Wishful thinking.

When in reality the public officer you say you prefer was generating N10billion and stealing N9.5 BILLION leaving only N500 MILLION for the Nigerian Commonwealth!

Like they say the cup is half full or have empty depending on the perspective its looked from. for me, I prefer a public officer that will generate 10billion and misappropriate 1 billion than a public servant that will generate 2billion and misappropriate 0billion...net i there is 9billion for the people. Governance is not about holy men but about poverty elimination

Everytime they keep telling us Islam is a religion of peace and i wonder if there is a different meaning of the word peace as used in this context. Saying Islam is a religion of peace is a great travesty! is like saying honey is bitter! I just tire jare! What does these war torn countries Libya, igaq, afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, pakistan have in common?

Gotten to the point where they now accept that they are monkeys! Monkeys they shall be! They are minorities in the North that Amadu Bello said will be used by the North to continue domination of Nigeria and here the ops is confirming they have been doing the biddings of Amadu Bello the sectional leader! Let the monkeys and the baboons enjoys their blood soaking!

I watched him on channels when this program was aired, he is simply amazing! He said the truth and he talks from experience. He is indeed a leader not those packaged pretenders and dullards!

Constitutionally a Nigerian President can't do much in 24hrs cos he needs senate approval for most things except to loot of cos!

These are not Bokoharam! APC playing with fire with all this propaganda!

A deep observer of Nigeria from 1960 till date will agree with me we are not united as a nation but rather the presence of crude oil in the Niger Delta is the unifying force of Nigeria and its a shame.

Suffice to say that we gained independence only to enter another 'crude oil slavery'. Looking at the polity today, you don't need a soothsayer to tell you that Nigeria can never progress with the current structure because it is a consumption dependent structure rather than a production dependent one. In simple terms we are not designed to succeed and unless Nigeria restructure to a system that encourages resource control, we can never get to the promise land.

So why all this celebration? What are we celebrating? The fact that we consider being together a great achievement means something is wrong with our coexistence. Its strange to see the kind of hope people have when the foundation is seriously flawed! We have no choice but to restructure if we must progress!

GEJ.....He did institutional reforms that are sustainable and they(the cabals) saw that he is destined for greatness based on his ideology and they fear what it will be if after 50yrs of inept leadership, a minority eventually becomes the messiah so they did everything to frustrate him including turning to suicide bombers!

Focus still on Niger delta oil......just normal speech, no details as usual.

When the cosmetic governance fades away then the true challenges of governance sets in. The other day there was loss of about 330MW from the national grid due to gas pipeline vandalisation and now falling reserves....these are the challenges of governance not cosmetics of slashing salary by 7million/annum when the economy has lost 3trillion in 100 days. welcome to change

What are you on about? The ISIS you are referring to are they Christians or Moslems? The teachings of Jesus Christ and the teachings of Mohammed who would you rather follow if you want a world of peace? Isn't it ironic for you to say that ISIS is fulfilling the laws of moses they don't even believe in! History has it that Mohammed founded jihad so what are you smoking?

nobilis:
Is that so?
And I guess you didn't read where Jesus said he came to uphold the laws of Moses??
Meaning that Jesus was following Moses?
You didn't read that part obviously (you guys are fond of forming a blind eye to uncomfortable parts of your bible yet you are always judging and hating on other religions).

You follow Jesus. Jesus follows Moses.
So you also follow Moses.
Simple logic.

Hunter hunted.......the reward of embracing a monstrous system over the years

That our fine Doctor was a source of inspiration to our players last year.....at a time you'd think Hazard had a crush on her......he was freaking good....but now him nor fit shout as she nor dey again

That's the problem with some Nigerians.....how a terrorist suddenly becomes the Messiah beats me.Your daura du1lard will be exposed.....just a matter of time.#AbachaNeverStoleByBuhari

BALLOSKI:
At the end of it all, BUHARI always win. It doesn't matter how many time he tries and loses, but he wins at the end of it all, especially against his enemies.

The cultural difference in Nigeria is so much that development is inherently impaired..... We need structural reforms or breakup

This people looked staged!

Nigeria is a fraud