SadiqBabaSani: Umahi might be removed, those who know their Jobs don't last in Nigeria
Many people don’t know who Tinubu is. He is not the typical dullard politician who is intimidated by brilliant hard working people. He will make sure Umahi is in that job as long as possible. Tinubu wants to develop this country.
MatrixReloaded: Nonsense, sold my car 2022 and removed my plate no., fast forward to oct 2023 I got a msg that my plate no was in violation of traffic offence on Sept 2023. I should respond to the msg or go to there website and lodge complaints. I went to the website lodge the complaints of mistaken identity and that my plate no. have not been in use since I sold my car 2022. Next msg boom, your debts have been cleared....
I want to sell a script to a Hollywood studio. The story is about a guy who owns a farm that constantly runs at a loss but never quite shuts down.
The farm is massive and underutilised, and the protagonist has all the opportunities in the world to improve its output and get a bumper harvest.
He has access to credit, machinery, free irrigation and gifts from neighbouring farmers, but all he ever does with these things is drink and smoke them away while his family suffers.
Nigeria has refused to grow up and achieve something, but it somehow feels as if it is living vicariously through the achievements of its estranged children around the world
Apart from drinking, smoking and generally being utterly useless, his other pastime is to pump out children at an industrial rate. Needless to say, he takes no care of his children whatsoever, and many of them fail to survive childhood.
Those who do survive have to leave the farm and hire themselves out as hired labour to the neighbouring farmers, having picked up some survival skills from home.
With time, a number of them rise through the ranks and become senior managers, directors and even shareholders in these other farms while their father continues mismanaging his farm.
When good news about some of these successful children gets home, their father is filled with pride and joy, but when they end up on the wrong side of life, he acts as if he never knew them.
The successful ones make efforts to revamp their childhood home by sending back money and volunteering their skills and time, but all this guy ever wants to do is be a 62-year-old underachieving idiot carried through life by charity and luck.
Famzing” diaspora success is dishonest I’m sure before the end of the second paragraph, you figured out whose story I was telling. The 62-year story of post-independence Nigeria — which the Hollywood studio would surely reject for being too sad with no redemption — is that of our fictional antihero.
Nigeria has refused to grow up and achieve something, but it somehow feels as if it is living vicariously through the achievements of its estranged children around the world.
Remember how everyone from corporate brands to Abike Dabiri made a big song and dance about supporting Anthony Joshua the “Nigerian,” whose only chance to become someone in life came when his parents emigrated from Nigeria?
Remember how things turned when he somehow lost against that chubby Mexican dude whose name I can’t remember? Remember when the Super Falcons won the female AFCON title and received a congratulatory tweet from the president, only for them to have to stage a protest before being paid their camp allowances?
That’s what we do in Nigeria. We try to live vicariously through the achievements of people who have achieved great things under their own steam, simply because said people happen to be called ‘Ifeoma,’ ‘Efe’ and ‘Ayotunde.’
Even when Nigeria had absolutely nothing to do with said success, or in fact happened in spite of Nigeria, as with Divine Oduduru, we bask in the reflected glory of their personal achievements.
Sometimes when those people wear a Nigerian flag or post something about Wizkid or Jollof Rice on Instagram, we go crazy with the Nigerian flag emojis because oh my god, they identify with us!
This is not about being a Killjoy Somehow, the complete failure of Nigeria and our complicity in its failure is more bearable when we point at Nigerian immigrants doing great things in life and say “I knew Femi before he started calling himself Anthony.
His father and I were classmates in Aiyetoro.” It is unclear how exactly this helps our situation but hey, it’s also unclear how chugging the amount of alcohol we do helps either.
Escapism is a key part of our culture, and anyone who dissents must be a non-Jollof-eating, vegetarian heretic, and possibly also an atheist.
Now while all this is painfully cringey to my eyes, some will also point out that Nigeria is not the only country that has a weird obsession with its diaspora population.
Even ‘first-world’ countries like Ireland continue to have deep emotional and economic connections to their diaspora, and in any case Nigerians proudly supporting Anthony Joshua or the NBA’s Giannis Ante…African-sounding-name is basically harmless fun. They’re not hurting anyone. Why be such a killjoy, David?
The reason this matters can be found in a quote that has been dubiously attributed to Russian President Vladmir Putin, where he describes Africa as the place where its diaspora does not invest in, but returns to only to die and be buried with their ancestors.
While there is no concrete evidence that Mr. Putin ever actually made that comment, the truth in it is painfully poignant.
For diaspora success to be meaningful to Nigeria, it must correlate to on-ground results in Nigeria. The example of Somalia shows that having a well-educated, globally successful diaspora while being an absolute basket case are both possible at the same time.
I’d imagine we do not aspire to be Somalia.
Keep quiet joh!!! Going after $25 billion is not escapism. It is visionary.
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I know that Obingoes are completely deflated by not being able to throw a challenge about Tinubu’s achievements in Lagos.
AntiMarxist: Building and operating schools is not a state government venture .
But state government funds being diverted to private portfolios to build a brewery is ok.
According to the obidaft crew, there are no public funded schools in Anambra .
They claim all schools were built by village unions and Christian missions.
They also claim there is no need for any new schools to be built by the state government.
This is the illogical route they have embarked on to defend their messiah not investing in public schools.
It's going on 2weeks now since Reno dropped his challenge and all we get are silly statements like the above defending their false Messiah or a gang up attack on Reno.
This is the same Obi that Anambra peeps declared the worst governor during his tenure.
It is a completely daft response by obidafts to be honest. I laugh tire when I read their nonsense and stupid response.
SoNature: What's the connection between what you wrote and mine? Be it generation, transmission or distribution, all those subsectors need power infrastructure to function optimally.
Tinubu has already signed a bill to empower states to generate, transmit and distribute power. And I am saying that given the title of this news story, this news doesn't add one megawatt of electricity to what currently exists in the national grid.
Understand first before you reply.
It seems you are not clever in deciphering my response. Infrastructural problems are caused by discos not investing in the that.
Brendaniel: Tinubu has proven to be worse than Jonathan...
Imagine Tinubu with his minister and light got worse in less than a year...
Jonathan's time was the last time Nigeria ever generated the highest mega watts till date in Nigeria, I never supported Jonathan but comparing him with Tinubu is like comparing yellow and black...
Can you hear yourself talking nonsense? Who gave contracts to those area boys in DISCOs? Was it not the ogogoro master? Why are we in this mess? Who created the discos mess?
Validated: Noone is complaining about coastal road that would be abandoned halfway. People are complaining about the coastal road, but the humongous cost Tinubu and his cronies have earmarked without necessary approvals and competitive bidding.
The cost compares favourably to road projects in other parts of the world. Stop peddling lies. A project announced and within a week 1km has been completed is what you are already predicting doom of non-completion? Dey play. No amount of night vigil to make this government fail will succeed.
I thought I'd read that Ekiti State built a gas-fired power station.
Nigeria's electricity problem is not policy! It's purely lack of enabling power infrastructure.
Ekiti State should emulate Geometric Energy and GSM. Grammar cannot solve power supply issues.
Go and read the report of power minister to the senate. It is on NL front page. Distribution is the biggest problem followed by transmission. Generation is not the problem as it has 15000 MW installed capacity.
Bigkoko: Sometimes I laugh, not because I love laughing all the time but because you need the drama coming out of Nigeria to calm down nerves....
First was Yul becoming a pasta with special anointing... The dude already have a member giving testimony online....of how she was healed of what is it again. What makes me laugh my hairless ass is that what Holy book is he using to proselyte? Holy Bible, Quran, Monk's book, Odinala or Mmauwo Holy book? Well, let's keep this for another day jare....
Back to the lastest apostle of patronize Nigerian goods.... Our own dear Werey Reno Omokri. Dude has been shouting himself hoarse. No on listens to him though, I bet he doesn't even listen to himself. What did all his foolishness online bring? Some carefully concealed brown egunje envelope from daddy Asiwaju. Yes tis is necessary because dude is broke, skillless and talentless. He has never been known to own or operated his own business. He has never contested elections even though it be councilor. But awey is agbadorian policy guide.
Yet this is the dude giving policy direction to umu Asiwaju. No wonder Yul decided to go become pasta, after all, if some Nigerians can vote Asiwaju and oga Boko Haram t become president, he too can become pasta, and some Nigerians will offer him alms, offering etc! Bruh the street is military and guys haven't to earn a sharp cut from the foolishness of other's.
Hear what Ex DSS boss said of paying money for Ransome. Dude leaned the hard way. ...
So here's the challenge. Some good obidients have offered to give $200 to any Nigerian who direct Nigerians to any small scale business Reno has own, currently own, operated and that employed Nigerians since he came off age. Let's learn his skills of keeping business afloat in daddy Asiwaju Govt. Even if na pure water making business...
At least let him also use some of the brown egunje envelope he receives to set up a business so we too go patronize am. And the last time I checked, dude was busy enjoying a vac at Sychelles and even had the pepper 🌶️ Dem audacity to post his scuba diving.
Abi no be patronize local again? Dude didn't go to Kuramo beach, nor Otamiri in Imo State or River Ethiope in Abraka, but carefully change the already pressured Naira he received from daddy Asiwaju to USD, voom to enjoy himself in Sychelles.
Make una dey try tell am to reduce his hypocrisy small.
Tankio!
So Obi did not build any schools and hospitals, and these bunch of Obingoes were telling us lies? OMG!!! Thank God we dodged a bullet. Otherwise the cretin would have been our president.
I have never seen a power minister dissecting the problems with accurate figures like this one. And he is proffering solutions to each problem. Very soon we shall get there. Jonathan caused all the problems by giving these DISCOS to his boys who knew nothing other than being Disco DJs. They thought this was a night club contracts. Mtcheww!!!
Naira20: Reno wey no fit change hin shoes wan give person $10,000. Do you think Obidients are as daft as Tinubu followers? Obidients just dey humour Reno...they know he doesn't have that money and besides Reno can not be trusted- Today he praises Atiku, tomorrow he calls Tinubu drug dealer etc
Validated: You did not have to quote the whole pages to make derogatory statements. You voted twice for 8 years of Buhari destruction of Nigeria. You voted for Tinubu to continue the destruction. Now, Tinubu says he cleaning up Buharis mess. You should cover your face in shame. Where is the "Change" you preached? Where is the "Next Level" you campaigned for? Where is your "Renewed Hope"? You now have Renewed Hunger abi? I am appalled that you have the audacity to mention Jonathan and Buhari in a sentence where the word achievement is in-between. Buhari left the country on autopilot upwards of 15 months. That alone destroyed all Jonathan handed over to him. Now come Tinubu with his scandalous policies of acting before thinking. You, a renown BMC, whose N30k stipends is still being owed, is now here to tell me about Obidients. Do you not have some shame?
You got short memory like many Nigerians. In as much as I hate the last one year of Buhari regime, he still performed better than Jonathan. The facts are there to discern. And every sensible person knows that Tinubu has not even spent one year. To condemn hom now is like having a short fuse. And he has done many monumental things within the one year. Giving 200 billion to MSMEs is never heard of in Nigeria. All the social investments are far greater than Buhari’s own and none of PDP past governments ever done that. The second longest road building in Africa has started. None of PDP governments ever did that. He is making naira to appreciate and restructuring the economy. No PDP government ever did that. See whats happening in Immigration, security and other sectors. You will never see these because of pathological hatred in you. But we can see them. And it has not started yet. All in less than one year.
Svoboda: You're right. Thats why the global south has consistently championed fair trade deals, even bussiness playing grounds, and so on.
But as long as the west continues to subsidize essential sectors for its citizens, it will be very difficult for negotiations to favour or even be fair to us.
Thats why i am against wholesale subsidy removal and advocate for protectionism.
Sir, I support subsidy on two conditions: 1. There are no rent seekers among the operators like in the oil subsidy of Nigeria. Most of the benefits of such subsidy goes to the rich, not the poor it is meant for.
2. The items are not taken to those who should not benefit from it. Like smuggling the oil to foreign countries where they are sold cheaply because it has been subsidised by our tax payers money.
If these two conditions are met, then subsidy is good.
dangoteinlaw: solar is a huge scam am sure the op is a solar installer looking to get clients. Solar is a major scam and those dealing on it are cashing out massively but you won't realize it is a waste of money untill you finally install one.
It is not a scam if you buy direct from China from a reliable seller.
Validated: There have been several comments and posts that tend to portray the Obidients movement as enemies of Nigeria. The major travelers of this desert road are mainly the BMCs, who have now transformed into Agbadonians. Let's take a look at the antecedents of the Agbadonians. For 8 years, they pushed to Nigerians the "good" deeds about Buhari. They fervently defended all Buhari's actions. They supported Buhari in the face of terrible economic decisions, some of which pushed the Nigeria economy into a near abyss. They called Buhari the savior of Nigeria. They even claimed that if Buhari did not come, Nigeria would have been finished. They called him "Our darling daddy" Painting the internet with memes of Buhari repairing a damaged vehicle without wheels. They painted the internet with memes of Buhari washing the national flag. While they were pushing out the lies, Buhari was busy destroying the economy by creating multiple exchange rates for himself, his family and cronies. He was busy appointing his family and friends into national positions that some did not qualify for. Buhari was busy pushing for RUGA and reoopening 1940s cattle routes in 2020s, creating divisions among ethnic and religious faultlines and fueling divisiveness in communities that for years have lived together. The promoters of Buhari otherwise better known as Buhari Media "Cows" (BMC) were only interested in the mere N30K monthly stipends they were getting.
Unfortunately, in these years of famine, the main opposition, the PDP and her ardent followers were in total disarray, without leadership and direction. The opposition was zero as Buhari beat everyone into a tight corner. Some of the early voices in PDP were hounded into prison and they were only released after they "repented" and joined the APC. In fact it got to a point that the then APC Chairman, now a Senator, Adams Oshomole declared that "once you join APC, your sins are forgiven". True to that call, the Akpabios, the Nnamanis, the Sylvia's, the Umahis, the Nyames, et al who had cases with the EFCC throng into the APC. The apparent lack of a credible opposition gave the BMC a field day to operate. Any lone voice in opposition was tagged "wailer", "bad loser", etc. Such that Buhari destroyed the economy without repair and enthroned a cattle veneration psych on Nigerians. The BMC were there to celebrate Buhari when he commissioned "Nigeria Air", they applauded the kickstart of oil exploration in the North, they celebrated Buhari's economic jamborees to China, Qatar, and frequent travels abroad without handing over. The BMC saw a nation sliding into anarchy, but they so much as valued their N30k and ethnic/religious affiliation to a cohesive and prosperous nation.
Fast forward to 2023/24, the same BMCs hace transformed into what we now term Agbadonians. Checkout a few of them like: Legendhero Helienus Mannabbq Seunmsg Madridguy FreeStuffsNG AntiChristian Afamed drlateef yarimo MS247 Moh247 Ayamed IconicR Paranan Etc. Though some changed moniker, we still know them, because a leopard cannot change its spots. They are now the same people who are forming lovers of Nigeria. Check out their antecedents and you will realize that these are the REAL ENEMIES OF NIGERIA.
The absence of an organic opposition like the Obidients movement made Buhari's misrule possible. Buhari had a field day, with no opposition to keep him on his toe or in check.
The coming of the Obidients movement has however changed the narrative. If Buhari had a credible opposition, he would dare commision a fake rice pyramid. He would not dare commision a borrowed aircraft as Nigeria Airnor fooled Nigeria with commissioning of non-existent oil in the North.
The advent of Obidients: From the moment Tinubu started to take faulty steps, the Obidients came to judgement. Challenging wrong and questionable decisions, which of course is the responsibility of an opposition. Imagine that we still have only PDP, the government would have continued from "where Buhari stopped " in destroying our national fabric. Some of the areas the government have had to reverse itself include: 1. Unplanned subsidy removal 2. Irresponsible floating of the Naira 3. Reduction of cost of governance, no matter how little 4. Sacking of the Humanitarian minister of stealing. 5. Now resigning and reassessing the coastal road bloated and unrealistic tolling 6. Putting government on its toe, etc.
It is these acts of national development and guagiing of government actions, that has earned Obidients the title of "emergency lovers of Nigeria" from Agbadonians, who ironically are the real enemiesof Nigeria.
Now, you the reader, could you imagine that there was no Obidients movement, is it the same PDP that is now in cocoon that would have been challenging Tinubu? My suspicion is that by now, the Federal capital would have been moved to Ikoyi.
Thank you Obidients movement, keep it up. Even if Agbadonians cry rivers, Tinubu out of a sincere heart knows that without you, Nigeria would not be where we are now. The little gains now is because you came to judgment. Indeed Obidients are the catalyst of the New Nigeria that is Possible.
You are not serious. Are obiedients true opposition or blood thirsty haters who want Nigeria destroyed because Obi did not win? Search your conscience and tell me if truly you love this country? If you love this country your bandits will not be singing and dancing in front of Defence HQ begging the military to take over, just because Obi lost election. Now go into records of achievements and tell me the achievements of Jonathan whom your yes daddy was his chief economic adviser to the achievements of Buhari despite the devilish efforts of Emefiele and his band of devils in Aso Rock. Don’t you see where Buhari lives in retirement? Compare that to where Jonathan lives and where Obasanjo lives after being sent off from Aso Rock. Please don’t let me set out the mad man adviser of Obi to you this early morning. Nonsense!!!
Svoboda: She is actually their stooge. Wto utterly disfavours the third world by allowing the US and EU govts subsidize agriculture for their famers. This brings unhealthy global competitive practices.
I know about the Agreements like GAT etc. Our farmers cannot even produce enough for local consumption. How can we be talking about subsidising for export? I know that many of the agreements are against third world countries but we need financial muscle to be able to negotiate new agreements.
LocalStandard1: IMF ASKED YOU TO REMOVE SUBSIDIES WITHOUT ADEQUATE JOB PROVISIONS. THESE WILL PROMOTE BRAIN DRAIN (JAPA) THE PEOPLE YOU TRAINED FROM BIRTH TO 20 YEARS WILL NOW MIGRATE EN-MASSE TO BECOME SLAVES IN WESTERN COUNTRIES. HUMANS ARE THE NEW COMMODITIES WHEN ABROAD THEY ARE USED FOR THE MORE MUNDANE MENIAL JOBS WHILE THEIR OWN CITIZENS ARE FREED TO DO MORE INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITIES THAT WILL LEAD TO NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR COUNTRIES. NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT IS TAKING ADVISE FROM PEOPLE WHO CAME TO STEAL HUMAN BEINGS FROM AFRICA AS SLAVES (EQUIVALENT OF ENERGY AT THAT TIME) TO BUILD AND DEVELOP THEIR OWN COUNTRIES. NOW THESE PEOPLE ARE ASKING US NOT TO SUBSIDIZE POWER,KNOWING FULLY WELL CHEAP POWER IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO INDUSTRIALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT. SAUDI,IRAN,IRAQ,RUSSIA,VENEZUELA AND UAE ALL SUBSIDIZE PETROL/LNG. EVEN THE USA ! BIDEN RELEASED THE SPR TO SUBSIDIZE/CRASH PETROL PRICE 2 YEARS AGO, SEE LIST OF AMERICAN SUBSIDIES BELOW !! NIGERIANS THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. by. @ Malali https://www.nairaland.com/8067308/imf-why-asked-nigeria-remove
IMF, WORLD BANK, WTO are Capitaslists' systems of sustained Western imperialism!
I have well over a hundred different topics centering around international politics especially as it concerns Africa. Nairaland does not pay for these kinds of topics, I am starting a YouTube channel soon.
let me make you a promise, there's not a single western "billionaire" in history that attained where they are without any substantial government support. Elon Musk is a direct product and beneficiary of the South African Apartheid system, along with all the White South African billionaires you see today. Elon Musk is a good example of effort meets lots of 'White privilege' and government support in the USA. He and all the rest.
Nobody pays subsidies more than the USA and Western countries geberally, where the head quarters of these organizations are located. The US even pays subsidies on rice, corn, things you never thought possible. Why not poor African populations too?!
Africa can never "be like the West", those are nations built directly and to a great extent on the backs of millions of slave labor, then trillions worth of wealth stolen and gotten through colonialism. It is insanity to even assume you can compare with that.
China is the nation I like to refer to as "the miracle". China, through its own effort and that of its people, lifted about eight hundred million people from poverty. That is more than the population all European countries put together. China today is more advanced and ahead of about all Western countries in most areas and rose from the same level Africa is today forty years ago. Beat that!
If Africa or any single African country must progress we most learn from China, and not the West, definitely not listen to Western tools called the "IMF, World Bank, WTO" and co.
Subsidy on petroleum products in an oil rich and developing nation teeming with a growing population and economy like Nigeria should not even be a question of "if" but "add more". The country grows as businesses and people move, do trade and pay tax and are lifted from poverty.
These Western countries populations are aging and dwindling, they need the trooping skilled laborers from Africa, but this is only one of the reasons they want Africa to remain poor and perpetually in need of "aid" and high interest rate loans from them.
One of the biggest and well organized, widely circulated propaganda on Nigerians and maybe even Africans is the myth that Subsidy is bad. They continue to tell you its bad but non is bold or intelligent enough to ask them why they're the biggest practitioners of it.
#BRINGBACKSUBSIDY!!
Okonjo Iweala at the head of WTO is white woman borne in London 😂😂😂
MrProlific95: I am ashamed for this man called Olukayode, if it were Magu or Ribadu Yahaya Bello would have been arrested.
This is what happens when you appoint people based on Nepotism.
The lawyerman is scared, fear of been seen as been a lawyer bla bla bla...
Meeteeeew, if he cannot arrest an Ex Governor who woll take him serious?
This current chairman has no guts abeg.
I know the reason why the EFCC people didn't forcefully gain entrance into the residence of the crookman Bello is because of the Rebuke he got during senate screening by Akpabio who questioned why EFCC is operating Gestapo style in arresting people who resist arrest, which the man ought to have told the crook Akpabio that the law permits use of proportionate force when faced with resistance.
Onyedikachi231: With only 6 missles, why did Iran use 300?
Intelligent people by half, you blokes were shouting Israel's operation in Gaza against hamas is not proportionate to hamas attack but none of you imbecilic degenerated reprobates uttered a word when Iran did theirs, now look at a born by mistake through miscarriage blabbing like an epileptic squid.
All these daft islamic native doctors sef.
I say you should shut up. Did Iran’s missile kill anyone? Did Isreal not kill 4 top Iranian officials? Did Isreal not boast of intercepting 99% of Iranian missiles? And even if nobody was killed by Isreal, attacking Iranian soil is a declaration of war against Iran.
Onyedikachi231: All these islamists sef, there is never going to be third world war, so you tHink any country will use because of ragtag Iran they Islamists captured and destroyed to go to war?
Israel fired only 6 missles in Syria not iran but your terrorist kins at Iran fired 300 into Israel, most of you were rejoicing just like when hamas attacked them, they have retaliated and this is the junk you are typing.
Indeed, islam is nonsense.
Shut up!!! You ignorant cretin. You dont know that attacking the consulate or embassy of a country is attacking that country.
Politics › Re: FG Tell Abuja-Lokoja-Benin Road Contractors: Sign Contract In 2 Days Or Lose Job by drlateef: 9:05pm On Apr 26, 2024
