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Now they are talking. This is the kind of demand that we Niger Deltans want and not the release of one Nnamdi Kanu that doesn't belong to us. I support every genuine effort made( whether violent or peaceful) to draw the attention of the FG and the international community to the plight of Niger Deltans. Now they are being reasonable and I'm sure any reasonable govt would now take them seriously. Unreasonable things like defreezing of Tompolo's account and the release of Dasuki and Kanu should be part of their demands at all, otherwise that would make them appear political and unreasonable

Nedumadrid:
D
em don change am?After delivering kogi state for A fi cee

And who delivered Bayelsa for Fi Dee Fi?

TippyTop:
You were living on Mars when governors took NOI to court to help force the distribution of our savings abi?

Are you aware that NOI and the FG got over 52percent of that money? What happened to it? Why couldn't she save the FG's share if she really wanted to save. Again, the governors alleged that she was spending the money without their consent, hence she was compelled to share the money. She has long confirmed that allegation when she said GEJ ordered her to withdraw $2b from the ECA. So stop making excuses for her. Even the governors in PDP couldn't trust her and GEJ with their money.

For those of you berating OBJ for supporting PMB, I'm not sure you read the write-up very well. He did that because of the reality of Nigeria becoming a failed state that we were faced with at that time because of the threat of Boko Haram. He's actually been proven right by the succeses made in the fight against BH. I'm sure his reason for that was that no nation can talk of prosperity amd economic gains when terrorism is reigning supreme in it. OBJ knew GEJ couldn't help the BH issue and decided to support PMB whom he knew could do it. Concerning PMB's shortcomings in economic issues, he sought to balance that by trying to make NOI PMB's running mate, but she refused, apparently because of her loyalty to GEJ. But Baba should calm down, PMB has capable enough hands to assist him in running the economy, afterall he didn't run the economy all by himself then. He had people like NOI, ezekwesili, Soludo, El-rufai and so on. It is equally important to know that PMB is doing better than him in terms of anticorruption. PMB has a better image of integrity than him too. One thing that you can't take away from Baba is his love for Nigeria. He's a very patriotic Nigerian and always looks beyond political lines when making decisions on national issues. But his arrogance and holier-than-thou disposition gets the better of him when making assessments of his predecessors and successors.

donogaga:
The Niger Delta crisis is a serious matter that requires serious policy and committed and courageous leadership to resolve.


The Niger Delta has been complaining about environmental
damage from oil exploration and rising unemployment and poverty in the region, but the successive governments and the multi-national oil corporations have been insensitive to the plight of the people. The people have endured a long history ofeconomic and social injustice and they are now “tired of being at the bottom.”

I don't support the activities of the militants, but the truth is that, we the people of Niger Delta have been suffering from
environmental degradation and pollution through oil spillage and gas flaring. There are many other “Tales of Agony” strewn the landscape that I do not deem necessary to drop here.

The crisis in the Niger Delta is not complex by itself. But the approach to resolving it makes it complex and dangerous. Thepeople are not asking for anything out of the ordinary. The region that is home to Nigeria’s oil wealth remains the mostimpoverished community in the nation. What a paradox! Travel down to the communities and you will notice the lack of basic infrastructure, good network of roads, health care facilities, good schools and portable water etc.


The oil wealth is not being used to develop the area. The successive governments have collected billions of dollars from the land over the decades, but little (if any) has been invested in the area to improve the people’s living conditions. Is there anything wrong in investing some money that are realized from the oil extracted from the region to improve the people’s living conditions?

The main causes of Niger Delta crisis include greed and selfishness, deprivation and poverty, and “social injustice.” Thesimple meaning of social justice, according to experts, is that the same contribution equals the same benefit. A person’s“benefit" equals his or her “contribution.” And no community should be given more when it contributes less or be given less when it contributes more!

That is the crux of the matter in the Niger Delta crisis! The Niger Delta is contributing a lot to the economic well being of Nigeria and it is getting nothing, but destruction, in return. Without social justice there will be no peace in the Niger Delta and socioeconomic development will continue to elude the region. Social justice is an important ingredient for “socioeconomic development.” It creates “a healthy, harmonious, reliable social psychological atmosphere that willstimulate economic development.” And because of social injustice the entire nation is slowly becoming politically and
economically very unstable.

God bless Nigeria!!!

No one is saying that these problems don't exist in the ND. But the question on the lips of everyone is why the renewed hostilities when they seem to have died down. When GEJ was in power and was awarding security contracts to the tune of billions of Naira to few ND warlords we didn't hear of vandalism. What has really changed in the way ND was being treated under GEJ and now in terms of developmental projects, nothing. The amnesty programme is still running, ministry of ND is still in existence, NDDC still runs, 13percent derivation still exists etc. If anything things have actually changed for the better because programmes and projects that have been abandoned in the past by previous govts including the govt of our brother are now being looked into. Such include clean-up of Ogoni, Lagos-Calabar railway, East-west road and so on. We are quick to blame the FG for neglecting the ND but not quick enough to blame our brothers that head ministry of ND and NDDC year in year for their unpatriotic acts of embezzling the money meant to develop the ND. Even the governors of states in the ND are not left out. They earn more than other states yet have nothing to show for their earnings. They only use their earnings to service the political class. The governor of my beloved Delta state for example has over 500 aides. So let the Niger delta people supping this govt especially as it has shown commitment to develop the ND and avoid being used by a few people to achieve their selfish desires.

aleshsenior2000:
Well I think the management is not really bother about solving the problem but concerned about making an impact in the society with the company. Had been it was to solve problem they will definitely source for raw tomatoes elsewhere. Ymodulos went extra miles across border simply because he wanted to solve the tomatoes problem. Long life Ymodulos

You people make comments as if the management of the company is foolish. Who says the management didn't weigh the pros and cons of going 'extra mile' to source for tomatoes before deciding to shut down? Don't forget we are talking of a business entity that's ONLY interested in profit making and not a charity group. You make yourself sound uninformed when you comment without giving due attention to details

aleshsenior2000:
Well I think the management is not really bother about solving the problem but concerned about making an impact in the society with the company. Had been it was to solve problem they will definitely source for raw tomatoes elsewhere. Ymodulos went extra miles across border simply because he wanted to solve the tomatoes problem. Long life Ymodulos

You people make comments as if the management of the company is foolish. Who says the management didn't weigh the pros and cons of going 'extra mile' to source for tomatoes before deciding to shut down? Don't forget we are talking of a business entity that's ONLY interested in profit making and not a charity group. You make yourself sound olodoish when you comment without giving due attention to details

kcnwaigbo:
The senate clerk prepars the senate rule for the incomming senate!! The 2015 senate rule is for the 8th senate,if anyone says it was forged then you will have to prove it was forged!!! Nonsense

That's why they are calling you ignorant. It's the members of the senate themselves that draft and approve the senate rules and not any clerk. The revision of the 2011 rules was ongoing before the expiration of the 7th senate according to Ita Enang who was the chairman committee on rules and business. What that means is that the 8th senate on resumption would need to make do with 2011 rules

ogmask:
Intending Pilgrims should sponsor themselves. Wike should stop dabbling in issues that will not promote the course of governance. States are moving away from wasteful spending already. We know the majority in rivers claim to be Christians but that does not mean they own the state more than asari dokubo and his converts. The governor is not a religious leader as such he should refrain from making such statements.
Why not channel the money he intends to spend on this wasteful venture to paying the fees of the rivers state students stranded abroad due to his scrapping of RSSDA.

Leave trash for RIWAMA.

And to think that he suspended the overseas scholarship programme on the excuse of paucity of funds only to turn round to sponsor the jamboree excursion called pilgrimage is laughable and a clear indication that Wike is visionless and only plays to the gallery

odikimi:
please we don't have any other religion in Rivers. Whenever Zamfra state stops Sharia law then we can think about it sponsoring Muslims in rivers for pilgrimage

And how do you think sponsoring pilgrimage benefits you as a citizen? The only beneficiaries are government officials who use the opportunity to misappropriate public funds, families and friends of government officials who enjoy the privilege of all-expense paid trip to Israel and the country Israel where they travel to. The average Rivers Christian on the street doesn't have the opportunity to enjoy that privilege because he's not close to politicians.

I am happy there are still people that understand this government and the path it is taking very well. I keep telling people that economic management is not rocket science. No matter how sound a govt`s economic policies are, not much can be achieved if there is no money to finance the policies.

tuniski:
Long story typical of a no economic policy. The jargons of finance and economics only serve the elites and brokers of the economy not the masses.
In a simple layman's language : this govt Has no economic policy direction aggregated and codify in simple terms.
What we have is a curtail of confusion with conflicting underbellies. The question is therefore ; are we on welfarism/socialism or free enterprise and individual self actualization?

Before i engage you on whether this govt has economic policies or not, please i want you to tell me what the economic policies of the GEJ govt were so we can have an idea of what economic policies are.

thesicilian:
I wonder what brand of weed the so called archbishop is smoking. He's dabbling into issues he doesn't understand & doesn't concern him, meanwhile Christians are benign slaughtered everyday in the North, no one is bold enough to speak out.

I can assure you that this is a cooked up story like many others that the archbishop has denied in the past. I'm surprised you are taking this fabricated lie seriously.

Well done gallant soldiers

Tunami:
all i see here is wives of the problems of nigeria.

Ask NOI and she will tell you that the problems of Nigeria and their wives have been sent back to Otuoke and kaduna.
Nigeria is currently facing economic hardship because GEJ lacked the political will to save during oil boom-- NOI

kokoA:
your brain needs hypo.

And you think Baba is a polygamist?

vislabraye:
During Gej's era did you hear about Fulanis wiping out a community as they did in Agatu ?

It was even worse. Hundreds (if not thousands) were killed in Plateau, Kaduna south and Nassarawa by herdsmen during GEJ

Hagm0nd:
Oshiomole is a fool
Imagine the statement from a governor
Oshiomole is so dim-witted,the light of his wit cant get beyond his eyes
Any governor that signs any useless pact is supposed to be stoned to death

**** Dialogue is the best way of resolving crises. Stop making a fool of yourself and ask Mimiko to do something too like Oshiomole instead of waiting for FG

PRXPERT:
For me, I don't hide my opinion about things like this, I don't try to impress anyone or to be politically correct. I will allow you to bring up the ibaka sea project by Godswill Akpabio, you will discover the way some sections of the media propagated how unviable the project will be, they attacked and attacked the project to a halt.. now fast forward to 2016 a railway project was claimed to have budgeted for in this year infrastructure budget to a whooping sum of 60billion dollars.. choi! and the national assembly removed them because they are hindering the success of PMB (that's what they want us to believe)lol.. This same project was denied by Budgit.com at least they're somehow credible because they published the first budget when it was passed, stolen, padded and represented again (LWTMB! this budget don suffer what a funny country).
Now looking at the attention diversion strategy the conspirators of this drama, actually wanted to put the masses against nass, and absorb PMB from the blame. now ask yourself, why did the newspapers report that the Nass removed those project, ? "Mind you the main target here is Calabar -lagos railway line" the reason is to divert attention and blame...
Then on another angle, why is the railway line seem to be more important to calabar than to lagos?
what and what have changed on viability of calabar/akwaibom to host sea port, but railway line by some sections of the media propaganda. The answer is simple, the railway line is a project that's aimed at diverting attention and those supporting it now, are supporting it because it's not a project that will give you (south south) economic independence,rather a parasitic one to lagos...
why not use that same money to make all the coastlines viable for goods and services.. they will come and tell me how important the mirage railway line will be,but they'll never tell you same about ibaka sea
shine your eyes! this project is a poisonous project aimed at diverting a lot of things not only attention!

You write like a kid sir. Political correctness won't kill you in Jesus name! And what is it wit 'diverting attention' , did you come across it newly?

sleazy5:
In as much ad I commend the Lagos -Calabar coastal rail, I agree with the senators that the project was not contained in the two budget proposals sent to it. Senator Ashafa's statement is just a confirmation of the obvious fact. How do you submit a supplementary budget when the original budget has not been passed In as much as the national assembly has its share if the blame the executive should man up to theirs.... This whole mess was orchestrated by them.

did you read in the write-up that Lagos-Kano rail project wasn't provided for too? So why did they not remove it? In any case, where did they allocate the money meant for that project to? Apparently for their fraudulent constituency projects

Integrityfarms:
Shame on APC! Not everyone is a zombie


#proudly5%wailer

You are the real Zombie for being happy that a very important project that will better the lives of the people in your zone has been removed from the budget

Buhari is the architect of his own problem. How can a president be indifferent to the emergence of the leadership of the National Assembly in a democracy especially when his party is in the majority? There's hardly anything that the president can do in a democracy without passing through the National Assembly and if the enemies of his govt are in charge of the NA, only God can help him. He should suffer the consequences of his inaction

mankan2k7:
We are already in this mess for a long run. This govt seems not to get itself in order.

We are in this situation just because we prefer a NEPA bill certificate holder to others

Was your life any better under the 'PHD' drunkard? In any case, the IB doesn't have a certificate because I haven't seen it, since that seems to be the criterion

odikimi:
what has happened to the king of Oyo's murder case?
They just threatened, let's see if they will carry out the threat.

It's interesting how you made this a Yoruba affair instead of focusing on MASSOB that made the threat. What if the Oba did it, does it make that of IPAD and MASSOB right? Two wrongs don't make a right if you've forgotten

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Ayoswit:
Rest jor, dyin 4 dis country is not worth it. Change my foot....

[color=#000000] Not everyone is unpatriotic like you that wants this country to fail because your hero lost an election

dalambusu:
Keep on buying time till 2019 by then PDP take over and then case closed!!!

Keep on dreaming Mr dreamer.

That's my president!