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One of the drawbacks of federal character. Nigeria is a pitiable cesspit.

The bloody miscreants, who go under the banner of Niger Delta, cannot begin to make sense until they change the names of certain landmarks such as Liberation Stadium in Port Harcourt. I guess the on-going political shenanigans in the so-called Niger Delta tend to suggest the miscreants are yet to be liberated.

I must say that this moronic Lai Mohammed should be shot. What the hell is wrong with certain Nigerians? Boko Haram has no territory, structured leadership, no standing army and any viable collateral. Boko Haram is a band of expendable vagabonds that are not capable of entertaining an unreasonable discussion talk less ceasefire agreement. There is no doubt that this dumbass ninny named Lai Mohammed is a Boko Haram.

I guess Olusegun Obasanjo shall remain a fool for a very long time. One of the majors reasons that precipitated January 15, 1966 coup was that government of Nigeria under the Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa had allowed indigenes of northern region of Nigeria without a secondary school certificate to be commissioned as officers in Nigerian armed forces while denying such opportunity to southerners, especially the Igbo chaps with at least Grade 2 in WASC.

It is an excellent decision by Chuba Akpom. Nigeria is a British-made joke.

amakenny:
Well, I think it is better pushed than not, this unjust situation in Imo state: Citizens from the 12 Lgas of Imo state pay taxes, including the state's and federal allocations to build and sustain about 5 government universities and polytechnics in Imo state – all located nearest to the 9 LGAs in Owerri zone.

Students from Orlu zone have to pay rent to Owerri landlords, patronize Owerri businesses, boost Owerri's population - this in turn necessitates individuals, state and federal governments rapidly expanding development and infrastructures in Owerri zone.
Meanwhile, Orlu and other parts of Imo state remain rural 37 years since Imo state was created.

Most unjust, even cruel, to suggest that Orlu zone makes do with a possible private university built by one of its persons, while the unjust situation of having only Owerri benefiting from advantages of closeness to government tertiary institutions remains.

I guess Imo State government should first build a state university at Okigwe zone before having a serious thought about siting one at Orlu zone.

One of the silly craps I have read on this thread is relocation of IMSU from Owerre. It is absolute dumb to relocate rather than build a state university in orlu.

nku5:
Who will ask Obasanjo to shut up?

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/will-ask-obasanjo-shut/
on January 18, 2015   /   in Viewpoint 12:13 am   /   Comments

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By Shehu Dikko

I promised to shut up and take a long break but since I had asked Obasanjo to disappear and he won’t, I thought I should dart in with some justification as to why he really ought to be told to shut up and disappear, and, for me, personally, also to say to him: you can’t fool me. It is a slightly revised version of a comment I offered in another discussion. It should explain itself.

Thanks for sharing Dan Agbese’s 2000 article about Haroun Adamu’s probe of the Petroleum Trust Fund. It seems that people are digging.

Buhari didn’t run the PTF. He left it to somebody who allegedly came from his circle of friends and family, and went to sleep. It was alleged to have been run just like any old inept Nigerian government venture. No difference whatsoever. Its officials allegedly took bribes, awarded overinflated contracts and the like. As a result, one of the men on the board of the PTF, the late Group Captain Usman Jibrin, who would have none of it, decided to resign. Buhari stayed put.

I also see you paying attention to Obasanjo’s self-serving talk. Not many are seeing the self-serving disposition right now but it is to the credit of Jonathan that he has actually grown the balls to refuse to continue to take dictation from him. If truth be told, it is easier to point to where Jonathan has spent money in his four+ years than it is to show what Obasanjo did in his first term.

Let us be concrete. Obasanjo faced turbulence, Sharia riots, Odi. Obasanjo failed to punish the perpetrators of the Sharia riots, that served to embolden others including the Haramites; he was high-handed in dealing with Odi, that served to further militarise.

Jonathan has had to deal with the consequences of Obasanjo’s failures in addition to the BH which is now a problem with a serious destabilizing foreign dimension. This has provided a very tough environment for government.

Worse still owing to the circumstances in which he came into office and the sense of betrayal felt by the many northerners who consider their turn to rule as having been hijacked, as well as his failure to properly reach out to the disgruntled, he has been unable to win the confidence and support of influential sections of the North.

This failure is what I foresaw in 2011, and warned that it could lead to division. That North is also suffering from another problem which is a direct consequence of the Babangida privatisation programme which was accelerated and completed by Obasanjo.

I have a problem with the privatisation of vital social services but that is irrelevant here. Recall the old days. There was a time when people looked forward to Board appointments, First Bank, NITEL and the whole battery of other huge government owned enterprises.

Membership of those boards afforded people the opportunity to use their influence to serve the interests of their immediate communities, and because of the Federal Character principle, this patronage was widely spread but always what were seen to be the choicest positions were invariably occupied by northerners.

Federal Character also ensured that there was a spread of offices of those companies occupied by local employees thoughout the country. That disappeared completely under Obasanjo. The persons who bought the privatised companies were mainly persons from outside the North, ditto those who stepped up to fill the vacuum created by the disappearance of NITEL who have only been driven by market considerations which cannot overlook employee competence.

It’s not been noticed by many but the handful of companies bought by northerners, like Nigerian Ropes and Steyr, have floundered or have been comatose since they acquired them. For a North used to widescale patronage, it has been hard to deal with new realities, which is why so many there are intent on doing whatever they can to ensure a return to the old comfort.

One new reality from which there is no escaping is that Jonathan has actually shown a commitment to making and fulfilling promises which is why he has been running for re-election on his record, something which Obasanjo did not do in 2003.Obasanjo could not have done so. He built a stadium in Abuja, and its Games Village. That’s it.

He channeled a lot of money to power generation. The rest of the time, Obasanjo was away from his desk on extended visits abroad. He left Atiku to run the government. Obasanjo and Atiku were later to build their own private schools and universities.

By contrast, Jonathan has built new government schools and universities; built a major new railway line, Kaduna-Abuja, for the first time in a hundred years; built a road between Abuja and Lokoja that is the finest in the country; is building a metro line in Abuja; empowerd Innoson Motors of Nnewi to manufacture transport buses that are visible on our highways. All these are things he committed to doing in the aftermath of the oil subsidy saga, and he has managed to do them despite the major challenge of BH.

I have not dismissed the view that aspects of the complex BH problem are the work of persons working to return to that which they had grown accustomed. But what’s your general take on the election campaign so far? I honestly fear it may all end up being of only “academic interest.”The stakes are very very high. There are operators with ugly records who will stop at nothing. There is trouble on the horizon. I have sent out warnings. I hope they are heeded.

*Dikko lives in Abuja.

It is arrant nonsense to make narratives on the instances of what would have divided Nigeria since 2011. Nigeria has remained divided since the independence and more so since the Nigeria/Biafra civil war. Sometimes most Nigerians narrate issues as if every Nigerian is a pighole.

publicenemy:
Bunch of Bullshiit....



Nigerians are opportunists and dishonest. I am a nigerian to the core but i have been scammed over and over again here in lagos by fellow nigerians becos of my trusting personality.

you need to preach change.

You are silly and very greedy to be scammed. It takes two to tangle.

barcanista:
Not many politician in the SW has stucked to their guns, not many political elite sticks to their political philosophy. Senator Musliu Obanikoro aka KORO had a chance to discard his political ideology and retain his Senatorial ticket, he had the opportunity to be a bootlicker and retain his senatorial ticket, but he chose to stand by his ideology, which he still keeps to. He's a devout muslim, a philantropist, an administrator of astute, a Father and a Responsible husband. He called the bluff of Tinubu, refused to be a partner in Tinubu imperialism, unlike his contemporaries like Senator Afikiyomi and Prince Adeniji Adele, he didn't eat his words but kept to it. Senator Musliu Obanikoro is a rare bred Politician

There is nothing about rare breed politician in Senator Musliu Obanikoro aka KORO but I must say that his political mannerisms do not represent a typical Yoruba.

kastonkastrol:
Silly bunch of people.

Did Pej cry when boko haram massacred about 2000 Nigerians in baga town?

Did she cry when innocent youths were killed in the immigration scam?

Did she cry when her thieving husband stole $20billion ?

Did she cry when boko haram killed hundreds of innocent Nigerians in the nyanya bomb blast?

Did she even cry when boko haram killed innocent seceondary school students in potistum?



This foolish woman Should save her crocodile tears for the gullible Nigerians that will pity her hypocritical state.

Nonsense. This blood-alcohol woman should never be taken serious.


Rip to the women though

When will you realize that Nigeria is a mere geographical expression? In a sensible nature of things in Nigeria, PEJ is batter than you.

Olusegun Obasanjo has been an embarrassment to Nigerian armed forces the moment he termed himself as an engineer when he was indeed a mechanic. After completing a course in Indian military establishment on how to change motor oil on army Bedford truck, the joker declared himself an engineer. This crass idiocy was further magnified by the media houses in the southwestern region of Nigeria.

Olusegun Obasanjo is inherently Yoruba. I am amused that most Nigerians seemed to not understand the dubious mannerism of a typical Yoruba person.

The people of Imo State did not elect Mallam Rochas Okorocha to build a palace as a governor’s office or residence. If the pictures posted on this thread are remotely correct, I can honestly say that the mallam is clueless and wasteful.

It apparently appears most Nigerians are loud mouthed. This Mbu dude can let his performance on the job do the talking.

netmillionaires:
I wonder y my average igbo brothers can't realized that they are being brainwashed into shouting biafra biafra. Separation is not our problem in nigeria. Now Nigeria is divided into 3 major group each of who wants to be the leader. Can't this igbos take a clue from what is happening in Rivers now. If u form ur biafra, who will be the leader? Imo wants to lead so is enugu, abia etc. B4 u know it there will be fight again and Abia will say they want to go and from Abiafra until a village in Igbo land will become a country. Is it not the same packs of thieves like Alam and co that will be ruling and stealing ur common wealth? Time for U to use ur brain. Ur leaders are only fighting 4 their own selfish interest becos that's the only way they can become presidents and fill their pockets. A word is enough for the wise.

Joker, anybody can be a leader. Nigeria's major problem is tribalism as well as trust or lack thereof. By the way, where did you get the whiff that the new nation will have Imo, Enugu, Abia, Delta, River...?

shawl:
Sagir was investigated for unofficial absence from duty not for releasing the tape. See the BOI commissioning memo.

Why would anybody believe in the "Good Morning" greeting from a soldier who is being investigated on AWOL charges? How did this dude named Sagir rise to the rank of captain? Nigeria is really a mess.

Nigerian armed forces cannot produce soldiers of better characters than Nigerian society had supplied. The lack of strategy and soft belly shown by Nigerian soldiers in the fight against the ragtag outfit called Boko Haram are damning indictments of Nigerian society. Nigerian society is a pack of jackasses. I wonder if any Nigerian soldier will recognize any latest battle tank if he or she sees one.

These MAASOB dudes are cacophonously idiotic. Instead of introducing AK-47, RPGs and weapons of combat, they are busy talking about vehicle licenses and tax receipts.

What a joke. Did this joker not allegedly declared himself a Sarkin? Why the coronation as Emir?

Hadone:
Name : Malam Muhammad
Tribe : Hausa/Fulani
State : Katsina for real

I do not think you will ever know yourself even if you are given a century to accomplish it. There is no ethnic group in Nigeria known as Hausa/Fulani. You are either Hausa or Fulani.

Aigbofa:
All without a single drop of oil. we are supposed to have the largest economy in Africa but what do we have to show for it? Ancient locomotives that should be seen only in the museum.

Please blame Nigerian woes on the jackasses who instigated a war of attrition on Biafra because of crude oil. Nigeria is doomed forever.

safarigirl:
Whenever I read ceertain articles or watch adverts, movies or even doccies, I've noticed that S/South is called the east.

Even in government or commerce you find that Port Harcourt especially is referred to as the Eastern Region so certain companies with branches in PH call it the regional HQ for the East. I was watching an advert on Nigerian tourism and it was said that "Tinapa is located in the state of Cross River, Eastern Nigeria"

I just want to know why S/South and more specifically the States of Rivers, Cross river and Akwa-Ibom are called East in formal parlance and then South South/Niher Delta when revenue sharing is brought up

In a world where average intelligence matters, there is no such thing as South-south. In addition, there is no south-south in cardinal point or ordinal point formation of the world. The term, south-south, only exists in the damnable world of ninnies.

Why the coronation as Emir when he has allegedly declared himself Sarkin? I guess cluelessness is incurable disease.

ALKARULEZZ:
He's not from the Igbo-speaking part of Delta state. He is Isoko.

www.aniomavoice.org/78-about-anioma-categ/8-origin-of-the-people

If his surname is Enebeli, he is definitely an Igbo from Delta State.

HopeAtHand:
Nairaland is unbelievable.

So you accepted im not Ikwerre because Abagworo, who in his over-sabi attitude, said so?

Thats your problem..Believe watever.

I will continually type in Ikwerre beacause Igbo language came out from Ikwerre language i.e. Igbo language has its origins in Ikwerre language..

Onu Isoma wihiaru nu onu Ikwerre..Nde zega skuulu ma nu nha mo kuga bia agha..Meka wey.

The manner in which you wrote the word “Ikwerre” left much to be desired. Try to know yourself.

The opinion of lowlife such as Femi Fani-kayode does not matter.

FOREXMARTS:
OMAR BANGURA from Sierra Leone has this to tell Nigerians;

"I don't think you guys know what you are playing with. You can call each other names and laugh about it now but when you end up inciting hate here as I read through your posts here and a real civil war starts in your country you will regret what you are doing now. Your religious and political leaders are trying to divide you between religious lines and you are helping them do that rather than standing up and say we are all Nigerians never mind our tribe, region or religion. That's the only stand that will save your blessed nation. The foreign powers pushing the government to take certain decisions will abandon you when you start killing one another and reject you from running to their countries so be careful. Our 11 year war in Sierra Leone was not even based on religious or tribal difference and see what we did to our country. The worst conflicts are those based on tribal and religious differences. See Central Africa, Bosnia and Rwanda. To have a better knowledge of this, please watch the documentary/movie called "Hotel Rwanda" or "Sometime in April". My heart bleeds when I read what you guys are saying because I know what this will lead to. You will be the losers all of you whether Christian, Muslim, igbo, yoruba or hausa. Stand as one and save your nation together because you have only one Nigeria that has the potential to lead Africa."
PLEASE HELP SAVE NIGERIA AND SHARE THIS TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE


He just said my mind. And yeah I copied and pasted it. Mods please do the needful cos Nigerians are playing with a sleeping volcano.

Arrant nonsense!!! Nigeria is a country mainly on paper. Nigerian society is divided as fault lines divide ridges.

This joker named T.Y. Danjuma should also provide his secondary school certificate. He is one of the officers from northern region of Nigeria who were terrified about being sacked from Nigerian armed forces due to qualification or lack thereof after January 15, 1966 coup.

It appears Nigerians are led by mentally retar.ded goons.

Birds of the same feathers!!! Olusegun Obasanjo is an unqualified mechanic who learnt how to change motor oil on Bedford in the Indian's military school and later claimed to be an engineer. Ojukwu flunked this dumbass not even once or twice when Ojukwu was a Captain and instructor at British West African Cadet School in Teshie, Ghana.

babaireti:
IGBO'S TOTAL SUPPORT FOR PDP IS POLITICAL SUICIDE (MY OPINION)

Since independence, the Igbos, being the third biggest ethnic group in Nigeria, have maintained its political relevance by playing the role of a tie-breaker between the two biggest ethnic groups (the Hausa/Fulanis and the Yorubas). This was the case during the 60s before the civil war. This was the case during the Shagari administration.

By playing that role, the Igbo's have a real stake in Nigerian politics and a real chance of producing a President for Nigeria.

Under that arrangement, the Yorubas formed the opposition whenever the Hausas formed the government. Being the second biggest ethnic group, the opposition party formed by the Yorubas is usually strong and viable opposition. And that is really good for Nigeria. There is always the constant belief that if the Igbos were to move and ally with the Yorubas, that would enable the Yoruba-led coalition to form the government and the Northern-led block to form the opposition. It is in the interest of the country to always have a viable opposition.

However, that arrangement changed in 1999 when a Yoruba (Obasanjo) aliened with an Hausa/Fulani (Atiku) to form a government. Though the Yorubas still formed the opposition during the Obasanjo regime, it was a much weaker opposition because the Yorubas were divided. Under Obasanjo, the Igbos were with the ruling party, but the pattern of coalition was not the same. The Igbos were weaker than during Sharari administration.

As the Yoruba/Hausa coalition strengthens in the present dispensation, the role of the Igbos is about to get a bit more complex, with the possibility that the Igbos may lose out completely if they don't play politics right.

The real danger ahead is that the Igbo's would support Jonathan, and PDP loses the election. It would mean that the Buhari Government would be formed by a coalition of the two most powerful ethnic groups. That would cause the Igbos to lose their significance as the tie-breaker, as there will be no tie to break. This could lead to the suppression of the Igbos as they would have been further away from government.

The Igbos should really be thinking hard now. Can they afford to lose completely? If they lose every relevance in the Nigerian politics, that could hurt them badly. The smaller ethnic groups could further alien with the ruling party (as the urobos, for instance, are aligning with Buhari right now), leading to further marginalization and isolation of the Igbos. And the Igbos alone cannot form a viable opposition party against a coalition of the Hausa and the Yoruba leaders.

I know I could have sharpened my argument here. But for lack of time, i would present it even if a bit crudely. The Igbo's must therefore avoid a herd reaction. They must split themselves in two - one part for PDP, the other part for APC. This gives the hope that the Igbos would be considered as having something to do with the rise of the new government. Otherwise, the Igbos are about to be dispensed with and rendered outcasts from power at the centre.

There is no way the Igbo votes alone would guarantee a victory for Jonathan over a strong coalition of the North and the West. It is time to think strategically and with foresight. It would have been ideal to analyse Nigerian politics without consideration of race. But it is not yet effective to do so. We are inclined, therefore, not to rule out ethnic consideration.

Your opinion can never make sense. Who informed you that Igbo is the third largest ethnic group in Nigeria? I must say your opinion is good as your knowledge of ethnic groups in Nigeria. In fact from the crap you vomited in the above post, the said knowledge or lack thereof can only make sense in an idealized world of fairy tales. I guess when Ndiigbo supported PDP under moronic Olusegun Obasanjo, such political support was not suicidal.