₦airaland Forum

Is there any other excuse to make young man? See your life? Crime never pays.

1. Some said because of 1966 coup - that was carried out by few soldiers - it now means all Igbos conspired to carry out the coup - and million of lives were lost. So all the subsequent coups by Northern soldiers does not really count.

2. Some said Igbos like money. Really? I am yet to see which tribe on this planet Earth that hates money, not even Vatican or Medina, not to talk of Nigerian ones. May be a misconception of Igbos business aggressiveness? Or something else

3. Some said they're clannish. How? If you are looking for a tribe that is seclusive, I think you should look up North. Igbos goes everywhere and adapts and welcomes others to their place as well. I have seen some malams hawking whares in Igbo villages. Unless you travel from your comfort zone, how will you see?

4. Some said they are chest beaters. Well, if few, and only very few indeed, does that in Nairaland it doesn't mean all Igbos goes about doing same. Take a walk out of Nairaland to reality and see if that's how it is.

5. And why is it that some people here are too judgemental on Igbos with such a stereotypical bias that makes you wonder how did you end up co-joined in this marriage born out of British experiment.

Nigeria needs independent ombudsman on almost everything, as most of these politicians and civil servants are deeply entrenched in corruption.

Southampton was so disciplined in all department.

You are only claiming Igbo now for political expediency and afterwards you revert to default. Anyway the North have a way of deciding who comes to the centre of power as far as the whole South remains disunited.

Farewell Chinedu! RIP.

I saw it in BBC as well...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-53192891

No smoke without fire!

Very insensitive move even when citizens are still grappling with COVID-19 on top of an already bad economy

Joedoyle:
Well, Nairaland don't pay attention to the SS. This is my lecturer and I was a part of his feat celebration(party) in a formal way.
This is the link to the news
https://straightnews.ng/nigerian-emerges-2018-world-champion-in-translational-hull-mathematics

Wow! Nice one.

Smug4real:
For your information, a mathematician (lecturer) in Benue state University makurdi proved a mathematical theorem that has never been proven before anywhere in the world...the question is, which region does Benue state belong?
I'm sure you would agree with me that his achievement is better than that of the guys that graduated with 5.0... he created something that can educated generations till eternity.
It's funny when you try to slander a particular region but fail go through the history books. You end up making a fool of yourself.

My friend no one is trying to slander your region but to ask questions why we hear mainly that of SE and SW, and not other regions. People that understand have given hints on possible reasons but you understand it in another way.

National Economic Development Plans and Policies:Success or Failure or Both?[b]

Since 1960, Nigeria had tried various economic initiatives and plans towards self development and poverty eradication.
These are:
four development plans (5 years each)
one structural adjustment programme
two rolling plans (3 years each)
four visions and strategies.
The First National Development Plan (1962-1968), was designed to put the economy on the path of accelerated growth by prioritizing agricultural and industrial development as well as training of high-level and intermediate manpower.
The Second National Development Plan (1970-1974), through to the Third National Development Plan (1975-1980), were devoted primarily to reconstruct and rehabilitate infrastructure that were destroyed during the civil war years. This period witnessed massive investment of resources into the rehabilitation and construction of new infrastructural facilities.
There were over 2000 industrial establishments in the country. These contributed substantially to the Gross National Product. The industrial policy of the government to ban or restrict the importation of products which can be manufactured in the country will enhance the contribution of the manufacturing sector of the economy and reduce the nation’s reliance on external resources. This policy is already paying dividends judging by the number of goods now manufactured locally and the list of new industries being established or proposed.
The fourth National Development Plan was from 1981 – 1985 and it is of course the fourth of its kind by the Federal government since the country attained political independence in 1960. The Fourth National Development Plan, like the previous plans, is a deliberate instrument for harnessing the country’s national resources for the benefit of her people. It was designed to reduce the dependence of the economy on a narrow range of activities and broaden the economic base as well as develop the technological base.
The economic downturn of the early 1980’s necessitated the implementation of Economic Stabilization Measures and later the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP), which was aimed at creating a more market-friendly economy and to encourage private enterprise through the removal of cumbersome administrative mechanisms in economic management. The economic deregulation and liberalization policies of the late 1980’s and 1990’s had the goal of fostering effective allocation of scarce resources.
Nigeria’s Vision 2010 was aimed at “transforming the country and focusing it firmly on the path to becoming a developed nation by the year 2010”. According to the document, the private sector was expected to be very active, within a market-oriented, highly competitive, broad-based, private sector-driven development process. In addition, the return of democratic governance in the country in 1999, brought along with it the introduction of a series of reforms, aimed at redressing the distortions in the economy and restoring economic growth. The National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) of 2004 were a home-grown poverty reduction, value-reorientation and socio-economic development strategy for the country.
Vision 20:2020 was launched under Obasanjo. The objective of the Vision 20:2020 is to make Nigeria one of the first 20 economics in the world by the year 2020.
Economic Recovery and Growth Plan 2017-2020.The vision of the ERGP is one of sustained inclusive growth. It has three broad strategic objectives that will help achieve the vision of inclusive growth: (1) restoring growth, (2) investing in our people, and (3) building a globally competitive economy.

All plans, programmes and visions enumerated above, were to guarantee Nigeria’s economic development. We are now in 2020! How has it farred especially the current ERGP plan?
Which of the previous one's has worked? Which one was a disaster?
Sources
https://www.casade.org/economic-development-nigeria-1914-2014/
https://statehouse.gov.ng/policy/economy/economic-recovery-and-growth-plan/

But Ikwerre is never Igbos so Rotimi Amechi is not Igbo. That's the logic we have lived and loved to respect and nobody should pull wools from the eyes of Igbos again. Politicians and tricks, but it will not work this time. Amechi should vie for president as an Ikwerre man, simple!

Rotimi Amechi is not Igbo!

The deception of Jonathan Ebele Azikiwe era will not happen this time. Amechi that is building railways everywhere else but SE is now pretending to be Igbo for his political expediency? He is Ikwerre as always said and Ikwerre is never Igbo used to be the logic, so let's stick to that logic until foreseeable future.

And is it only SE and SW that keeps breaking records, what of North, Middle Belt and SS, we hardly hear anything of record from there.

Does it really matter if you score 5.1 when at the end a questionable school certificate holder will be your leader. Sorry to kill the joy a bit but a sad reminder of the big elephant in the room.

What is code of conduct bureau waiting...get the money back if it is true. Law enforcement in Nigeria is terribly weak.

Politics, simply a game of interest.

And they all sheath there swords when Buhari intervened but wait for it...the real fight is just about to start.

Is anyone surprised? Nigeria corruption is a good text book examples. Awful!

Sick country without class.

The law should be enforced to the maximum here. No sacred cow!

When will this joke end?

There is nothing money cannot do except to bring back the dead. Think about it.

I thought there was this fallacy and unfounded stereotype that only Igbos like money while every other person hate money

Most hardened criminals like Anini keep and maintain close relationship with greedy law enforcement officers, the same way do unscrupulous politicians.

Meanwhile venturing into cultism and gangs even at that young age is a disaster in waiting. It kills dreams!

As far as I can understand 90% of what he wrote I would not worry about grammatical purity. After all some of our senators are not grammatically endowed but they speak and pass legislations.

Where there is no trust there can't be cohesion and unity. And without unity of purpose how can we work together. And if we fail to reason and work together for our collective good then the status quo will never stop. And for the so called politicians, it is a bazaar as no question is asked from the supposed people that gave them power. It is a chain of failures that need to be repaired from the source.

Nigeria now awarded Master degree in corruption.

Colossal failure in power sector all these while is a product of corruption and incompetence.