₦airaland Forum

Flets:
How do we avoid the impending dangers to Nigeria’s economy and existence under a Buhari presidency? We must need to face reality as there is no magic in governance. Extremely hard times lies ahead for this country if Buhari ever emerges victorious.

How do you explain to a Niger Deltan that despite GEJ's achievements in almost all sectors, roads, bridges, railways, agriculture, automobile, alamajiri schools, new universities, fertilizer and ghost worker scam elimination, freedom of press, FOI, free and fair elections, power sector. .........etc, he is still booted out.

What will stop the creeks from going haywire again? Buhari will send the troops to the creeks and together they will set the oil facilities ablaze.
OBJ's use of JTF force could not help as no Oil producing company will risk producing crude and killing staff in a volatile region. GEJ under Yaradua had to get down to the creeks to to talk to these boys and effect the amnesty program because they found him as a representation in government.

It will be impossible to convince a ND minority albeit a militant that their own was not persecuted out of office. And that will be the theme of their new struggle. The long term solution to this mess is implementing the Confab report and enthroning true federalism.

A lot of opportunities are springing up around Africa and the IOCs are already geared towards investing in these newer and saner climes than invest in an unstable Niger delta . And while these troubles persists, the oil producing companies will simply withdraw their personnel from the volatile region and all foreign investments will seize in all sectors.

Unfortunately, even if the Nigerian troops kill 90% of the militants, it will take just one militant, a dynamite and just one strategic location along the multi- kilometer trunk lines to continue to wreck havoc to the Nigerian economy.

Fast forward to 2019, if we remain one country and without a civil war,, we will be an economic wreck with no allocations and salaries, no capital projects, no hope with dollar exchanging for 400 naira and we are worse off than we were in 2015.

Cos the truth is that without crude proceeds for now, Nigeria is finished.

And then, we'll be screaming another 'Change' because we would have learnt a bitter lesson in the hands of the Fulanis, Tinubu and Saraki.And then we will ask.... Why were we this silly?

And before you quote me, make sure you outline in clear terms how you or Buhari will avert this obvious calamity staring us in the face
Only last week, they creek boys seem to have resumed activities by kidnapping at Yoho facility operated by Exxonmobil and have shut in 80KBD already. Are we ready for this for the next 4 years?

The entire world stands to benefit from a crisis in the Niger delta. Its not a coincidence that USA who abandoned us at the height of bokoharam is busy shouting for change in govt . Crises in the ND will reduce supply of crude to the Oil market and that would drive up the price of crude for producing countries.... But at Nigeria's expense.

Is Buhari is any way a better Democratic president than GEJ? Is this risk worth it?

Nigerians.... Be Warned!!!

You can't intimidate us into voting your candidate, democracy is a game of numbers, no section alone can vote in the president. What you need to do when you have power is to carry all section along with you and ask for their support, not to use Edwin Clark and Asare militant to threatened other sections, now you are crying
When you resume your militancy again, the nigerian army will crush you the way they crushed Boko haram

hummerwise:
Reason I prefer 2 stay in 9ja wea am seen as a king rather than travelling to wea I will only be seen as. A slave

I can go on vacation, but in the end I feel more free and at home in nija.

Me think Chopstick should be number 1.

"I am a betrayer "- Lamido.
If GEJ had not use his kids corruption case, Lamido would have been in APC by now.

what do you expect? Man gat to do what he gat to do. Dollars stuff

tit:
please do you have the video of the speech?
I love to watch Mama Peace work the crowds!
She is a big inspiration to all young women like me!

If a woman like her can make it to first lady,
then poor, small girls like me can make it one day!

Fake profile, fake picture, fake comment

jpphilips:
The South east have been a battle ground for political mischief over the years. Another election is around the corner and the power brokers are at it again, needless to mention the need for the actors and spectators to harmonize political interest.

It is no longer news that the subterfuge of President Jonathan has not only eroded reasoning but have equally failed logic of the average south easterner. Once is a while when the music gets to a crescendo, we pause to relieve our breath.

In many quarters of ignorance, however unimpressed pundits like us felt about Jonathan's presidency, a scan through of his touted achievements is a proof that the south easterners are living in denial.

ROADS:


Funny how Nigerians still bask in the euphoria of development when administrators at State and Federal levels resurface roads, this obligatory stride is magnified to an insulting proportion especially when it becomes a campaign slogan for politicians.

The South Eastern states in focus is made up of Imo, Anambra, Enugu and Ebonyi states, to travel from Imo to Anambra presents the Owerri-Onitsha road as the most plausible federal route option, no doubt, this road is resurfaced today, however,most South easterners are oblivious of the fact that the resurfacing of that road stems its history from OBJ through Yaradua but completed with Jonathan, however encouraging that may sound, I still ask, is there any other federal route apart from that one?
Anambra to Enugu is left with Onitsha to Enugu (in terrible shape by the way) and Enugu to Abakiliki through Enugu - Ph express way another death trap.

Based on the above facts, Jonathan has alienated two states out of four in the South east by virtue of terrible federal roads, the funny part is that the Enugu - Onitsha alternative is a state road which seems to be in a better shape than the federal road, never mind that the so called roads awaiting to be resurfaced by the Jonathan's administration were created by the military, mostly northerners by extension. Till date, Jonathan is yet to create a second federal route that will connect the South eastern states.


TRANSPORTATION:

Two significant events reshaped Jonathan's stewardship in the last 5yrs, upgrading of the existing Akanu Ibiam airport to international status and the repair of the Portharcourt to Enugu rail routes.
Each time I look at the average Igbo man and how this two projects would have changed his life forever, I cannot but pray for the igbo man to wake up from his slumber.

The Akanu Ibiam international airport sure will open the South east to the world, Ethiopian airlines is licensed to operate that route for now, I always wonder where Orji Uzor kalu and Authur Eze two Igbo sons that are stake holders in the aviation sector dissolved to when that license was granted? bearing in mind that Nigeria has no national carrier. I may not know whether or not they have the capacity to go international but the recent Skytrax rating of our "face me I face you" airport calls for serious concern.
After all the hype, noise and billions in resources spent, this Jonathan's Greek gift neither made it to the first 800 in the world neither did it make the 100 place in Africa, while poor Kenya made the 9th position in Africa, is this what the Igbos really deserve?.

President Jonathan's rail project was the biggest slap on the Igbos for those who understand the dynamics of the South east economy. If strategically positioned would have been the game changer for the Igbos in generations to come.
There are two economic hubs in South east Nigeria, Onitsha and Nnewi both in Anambra state. While Nnewi is drawing its blood from its robust manufacturing base, Onitsha is pulling its weight from it robust FOREX and importation strong holds.

Bearing in mind that whatever affects Onitsha easily affects Nnewi owing to their geographic proximity, I will beam my search light on Onitsha.
During the rail projects, I was expecting that President Jonathan being a lover of Igbos like he claimed would have prioritized APAPA to Onitsha rail route.

As I type, this route is non existent, meanwhile, this is the only route that would have been the economic game changer in the South East.
The absence of a rail line on this route is the reason Benin-ore road, Ore-Lagos routes don't last due to the intense, unabated use of heavy duty truck carrying containers on this route, cement distributors like Ibeto, Dangote and Lafarge have equally contributed to her woes.

During a field trip in the south east, a container cleared in APAPA enroute Onitsha will cost 400,000 naira on haulage alone, sundry expenditures could pull between 650k to 700k off the importer depending on the consignment, considering the nature of the road (especially the ore-Lagos route), there is a 50% chance the container will not arrive its destination, Jonathan the false Igbo messiah ran to the already existing PH-Enugu route, a route whose economic relevance stemmed from the days of the British, when coal was ferried from Enugu and exported through Portharcourt to do a quick fix for vain glory.
In other words, the president failed to connect one of Africa's busiest ports with West Africa's biggest market and igbos saw nothing wrong with that.

In 2011, Jonathan made a promise to South easterners that he will do a second Niger bridge (the latest victim of heavy duty haulage from Lagos to the east) 4yrs on, the Igbos are satisfied that the project is still at the pilling stage.

According to them, they said that Jonathan appointed the first Igbo chief of army staff, but immediately I ask, has the NDA and the Direct Short service quota for the SE increased? they hardly wait to give me an answer. Does it mean that a group of supposed intelligent and industrious people barely know where their interest lie?


ELECTRICITY

While I was expecting the SE to demand justice for the way interstate (a friend of the president by the way) muscled away viable competitors who had the capacity to turn around their power woes during the sale of EEDC, it never harped on the South easterners that Jonathan's administration did a great disservice to them. Do they care?

Not until Jonathan proposed a coal power plant for kogi state (Enugu's closest neighbor), a 1,200MW coal power plant in Itobe Kogi state, the project is expected to come alive in 2018, tell me, between Enugu (the coal city state) and Itobe Kogi state, who deserves a coal power plant?

If any Igbo man answers this question, I will have no need to continue this expose.

ECONOMY


Often times we wonder; who is the loser in Jonathan's abysmal handling of the economy? ans: South East.

The PDP strategy:

PDP before now has a way to keep the people happy in suffering, if asked, you will say that Nigeria is a near tax free nation but is it really true?
Jonathan's government knows that Nigeria is an import based economy and there is need to allow the pitiable manufacturing base to grow, so instead of taxing consumer goods at point of consumption, they are taxed at point of entry.

This strategy is the reason why most Igbo businesses have failed in recent times. Ask yourself, how many developing countries in the world do you pay duty higher than the cost of purchase especially cars? or does duty not qualify as a form of taxation?

In Jonathan's government, economic maneuvers with grave consequences are not meant to be mentioned:
Increase in pump price is called Subsidy removal.
Increase in taxation is called FIRS receipt etc, with such gimmicks the average Igbo man hardly realizes that Jonathan is his biggest economic

Nightmare.

Pay attention to these excerpt in the 2015 budget:






In an economy with high unemployment rate here is what Iweala is proposing for 2015 and they are keeping it quiet now because of elections.



What it means for the Igbo man is that 2015 will not be business as usual, even though you are deceived to vote as usual, Igbos should expect very high duty this year which will make your goods expensive hence lower your patronage, this is Jonathan's Greek gift for your 2015 patronage at the polls.

It is no longer news that 1 US dollar is exchanging for 225 naira under Jonathan, what it means to an average Igbo man is that if your 40ft container is worth $60,000 (9.3m naira) you will need 13.5m to order the same 40ft container you just bought last year. At the port, Jonathan will send you another message through Iweala, and if you don't have 4.2m to complete the balance, you better go back to your village or better still collect his fertilizer to start farming, or worse still, apply for a traffic warden job like he has proposed. God help you if you have kids studying abroad, Jonathan's incompetence has increased their tuition by 40%. These are the economic realities facing the South Easterner however ugly it presents itself.
Meanwhile, while Jonathan is draining your capital, he has not made any attempt whatsoever to cut down on the largess going on in Government, evidenced by his unwillingness to fight corruption.
Under Goodluck, Anambra state lost it's bid to being an oil producing state.

How can a group of hardworking legitimate people be scared of Buhari? the thieves are scared, the undisciplined is scared, what are you scared of?


ENERGY:

Since 2004, no South Easterner can boast of buying any petroleum product at the government approved rate always, while the Govt approved rate is 97naira, south easterners buy between 110-115 naira, have you guys bothered to ask why? Ans; Enugu Depot is not working.

This is how it works, Petrol used in Enugu, Ebonyi, and Anambra come from either Portharcourt or Warri, if the right thing is done, it is supposed to be coming from the Enugu depot, the increased transport fare (tanker hire) will be added to the products so it hardly sells for the Govt approved rate.

Now you know, for a pretty long time, you guys have suffered this and Govt after Govt including Jonathan your beloved didn't care as much as OBJ never cared, do you know what the problem is ?

There is a pipeline section at Okigwe, it is not like the whole pipeline have to be replaced but just the Okigwe section, that is the Genesis of your suffering. I am yet to understand the zombie follower ship Jonathan has in the South East, South- South his father land has already dropped him like a hot object (Rivers and Bayelsa), what is the SE waiting for?

According to Patrick Obahiagbon " there is no reason for Nigerians to pontificate the faucet origo of a presidential aspirant" whatever that means .

There is an Igbo adage that says that the Local dog follows a man with running stomach with the hope that if he doesn't vomit, he will defecate, so far, Jonathan as the man with the running stomach has refused to defecate nor Vomit, it is mind bugling why the South easterners are following him about.

Wow! Wish they will open their eyes. I know the Igbo's are intelligent

They waited and waited for their fatherland ruling government to come and rescue them but alas he said he underestimated Boko haram that's why he didn't act soon enough

You people should stop showing these pictures
This is what they saw last time that made them to postpone election. This time they are spending billions to buy judgement that will disqualify Buhari before the election date

Kogi a former PDP state is now 100% APC due to the ruling Party corruption. Plateau a former PDP state is most likely going to APC this time around due to ruling party corruption. Only Benue state might remain PDP

Propaganda will never end
Nowhere in the world can you ever attain 100% collection rate. It's not possible. Even now after 6 weeks extension there are so many that have not yet collected, should we postpone the election further because of them? We have all forgotten that GEJ himself became president when only about 47% were accredited for election. Finally why didn't the government state PVC as reason for postponement? They said security
While you are here doing propaganda, APC is gaining momentum.

hrykanu231:
I wish we had a third candidate in person of Charles Soludo or his likes

Soludu himself is voting GMB, he knows more than you

Leave him alone. Stealing is not corruption

Does GEJ fights corruption? Be objective and fair to yourself and answer this question

It's very easy, we conducted an interview with 100 nigerian graduates with aptitude test drawn from different strata of cognitive reasoning, guess what? 90% of those that pass are science inclined.
I won't say it's because they are more intelligent. But I guess their curriculum is more intuitive

This serious questions needs to be answered. Why did we have to wait soo long to act? Why do we have to wait until over 10000 of our compatriots are slaughtered Before we act? Why do we have to wait until hundreds of our daughter are raped before we act? Why do we have to wait 6 weeks to elections before we act? Somebody seriously must be held responsible for these gross irirresponsibility.

Just imagined what some of them may have been thinking before their death,my Government will come and rescue me they thought. They waited and waited, no one came for them

After this you will still go to vote for PDP. "I am voting GEJ not PDP "

gladpresh:
How wil dis stop GEJ frm breaking a record come 28th

You guys keep claiming GEJ will win, break record, but GEJ himself is dead scared, even to the extent of not wanting election to hold. They have called for elections postponement for the second time. Watch out for jega's broadcast

A democratic president doing everything to subvert democratic process using security chiefs and their excuse. No need for election, GEJ should just be sworn in as all evidence point to use of state power to give advantage to the incumbent. How can someone be jubilant in the end when deep down you know you did not win fair and square?

ozoigbondu:
I don't care i must be no 1 in the list of her Fvckers for vote

Is that how you f-ck your mother for favours? Illegitimate child, by their actions you know them. Go look for your father

victorazy:
You guys don't get it. GEJ has been doing it but he was been sabotaged by BH sympathizers in the militry, he have to go and negotiate with neighboring countries's armys to come and do the fight. It pathetic the situation of this nation GEJ tut he was fighting BH with friend

So there are no Boko haram sympatisers in the Military now? Where have they gone to? Stop giving excuses to this gross incompetency of a government. The truth will soon manifest

This serious questions needs to be answered. Why did we have to wait soo long to act? Why do we have to wait until over 10000 of our compatriots are slaughtered Before we act? Why do we have to wait until hundreds of our daughter are raped before we act? Why do we have to wait 6 weeks to elections before we act? Somebody seriously must be held responsible for these gross irirresponsibility.

God bless our troops. March4Buhari

[quote author=moderatorr1 post=31694033]nothing will happen her words
"so if anyone comes here asking you for change, stone them" could mean anything. And she said it only once.

Buhari's words

"go and vote, if anyone tries to stop you, kill! kill!! kill"

"if I don't win this election in 2015, the blood and the baboon will be soaked in blood"

"Muslims don't vote for Christians, Christians don't vote for Muslims"

"An attack on boko haram is an attack on the north"

TINUBU: “They are busy looking for ways to manipulate the polls in Ekiti. I am not ashamed to tell them that this time it is going to be rig and roast. If you mess up in Osun too, you would see our reaction; it is going to be the same way — rig and roast.” “For every action, there must be a reaction.”

Including all the threats by almost all the death threats northern APC politicians.

when the ICC saga begins, there are heads that will not come back...and its good they started it first. [/quote

You are a big liar, nowhere did Buhari ever called for the bolded. Baboon soak in blood is nigerian media's interpretation of the Hausa idiom "kare jini biri jini " Which every hausa student knows it doesn't mean go and kill. The ICC will get the correct interpretation, not your interpretation

Pamcrest:
Op, the first thing u need to know is that you are not alone, many men face similar problems.
2) Yes, prem-ejac is curable but not with drugs. Most times it's psychological so u need therapy n skills to take control so u can last longer.
Also watch your diet.
3) It can only affect your ability to impregnate if u have low sperm count or if u discharge without penetration, that is your load doesn't even enter your woman...although some sperm can travel far in some men.
4) Medically Prem-ejac shouldn't lead to impotency....other factors will combine to achieve that.

My advice is for u to seek professional help from medical specialists, outside social media. But your problem is surmountable.
My humble submission

Best advice so far.

Weather their grievances are legitimate or not, the fact that they took up arms against their country and killed innocent citizens makes our action against them legitimate too. The same way we will decimate some niger delta militants when they take up arms after this election. No terrorist weather Boko or militants will be allowed to take Nigeria for granted

1.3 trillions oil subsidy scam right under your nose, and you dare come here and open your dirty mouth about corruption. These people are unbelievable. Nigerians please do the needful

GEJ to Jega, I want you to conduct a free, fair and credible election in which I will not lose.

I don't know if this is true or not. What I know is that there is no way Boko haram will be better than the nigerian army or put the nigerian army on the defensive if the initial will to deal with them is there. Someone has failed on his responsibility to motivate our defence force to do the needful

The senate approved 1 billion dollar for GEJ in addition to the yearly defence budget of over 600 million dollars per annum. So it is wrong to blame any Boko haram sympatisers in the Senate. Also blaming northern elders not condemning Boko haram as the reason for inaction is really reducing the powers of the office of the president. For Godsake he is the commander in chief. He swore to defend and protect the territorial integrity of the federal republic of Nigeria. Every inch of land is under his supervision including zungeru, not only Abuja or Otuoke. So what ever signal he is getting from any northern elders, his responsibility is first do the right thing for Nigeria. Not to go dancing hours after 150. of hi compatriots are slaughtered in abuja, or kept silence when 50 young boys where slaughtered in their hostel, or remain inactive when 300 girls were kidnapped from their school, or when Christians are killed in their churches accross jos, Bauchi, Kaduna and abuja we just lset commission of enquiry with no outcome.

Before you vote think, is your life better today than yesterday? Is corruption more today than yesterday? Is Nigeria more united today than yesterday? It is not about building 200 classrooms and calling them universities are the existing ones well funded? Who is available to enrol into the almajiri school, the existing schools does security allows those that want to study attend the schools? In five years that the president was in charge what has he done to redress the injustice done to the niger delta? What has he done to ndigbo apart from few come chop appointments? what happened to the oil subsidy thieves? Does nigerians know what 1.3 trillions over subsidy payment can do if well spent on the nation? At least if they denied the missing 20 billion dollars, they accepted that 1.3 Billion dollars was overpaid as subsidy.
So fellow nigerians, this election is more about you and your future than it is about Buhari. Even the northern cabal you soo much hate do not want Buhari to win. After 15 years of PDP massive corruption and underdevelopment, it's time to try something else. After 4 years we will decide if what we have been getting in the last fifteen years is a better deal and make informed decisions then. That's what sane citizens do all over the world