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It will never work, |
I have been thinking of how the youth of this country can put in our own work into the efforts of the current govt? We need to help. We cannot sit on our asses and expect china to build our economy for us. How about something like a scheme of National Independent development. Where young people come out on weekends to contribute to infrastructural development? In anyway that we can. We can set up clean up groups, in each states at least on Saturdays? Or anything come up with Ideas. We are just sitting and wailing. Do we go ahead? Who is on board? Just 1 rep per state to see what they can do in their states. |
Joe4lv:we cant do anything on naira land. go to sahara noww and mobilise ur guys to say no so evryone knows u pple do not want it. cuz now nobody knows |
why r they passing bills without u pple's concert? tell ur governor u do not want it.... send sahara reporters an email now n dey will put it up |
Deen77:But how do we demand this? I think we need to form a youth group and work with sahara reporters for media? What do u think? |
NASS NASS, I have said this so many times. Scrap NASS. We must get a vioce in this community. They cannot keep oppressing us like this. They are useless. Scrap NASS |
Pavarottii:My point is it is not about OBJ, YARADUA, GEJ OR BUHARI, APC OR PDP. They are the smae thing. No difference. Corrupt filth selling our birthrights for their pockets. |
plaetton:Abacha's Regime, Infact PDP proved to Nigerians that Military dictatorship might have been better. At least there was discipline. We were governed by educated people with brains. Not these pack of pot bellied old fools calling themselves PDP. APC is just giving me small hope because they seem to be employing educated people. PDP? READ https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/11/1159718_re-analysis-for-comment-nigeria-an-upcoming-presidential.html |
It is so dangerous for all Nigerians that there are people in this country who cannot be logical and put aside their hatred, paid political affiliations or religious divides and have a logical sensible discussion about a political failure of our govt. I would have supported you if you said all politicians are useless but the fact that you sit there and try to defend PDP, when there is damming evidence that PDP destroyed this country by allowing us to be exploited and saying there was no problem if the poor got poorer provided they got richer. They even said they won't allow any other political party take power because they need to keep looting. READ https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/11/1159718_re-analysis-for-comment-nigeria-an-upcoming-presidential.html From Obasanjo down to LGA chairmen, they are corrupt. Now we are here defending silly politicains and creating political divides like senseless people. Who ruled the PDP? OBJ Who rules the APC? OBJ +TINUBU so spear me this blur of party divide. It is only a matter of what party hides the corruption the best. The game is the same, the players are same, the stakes are the same the Umbrella has simply changed. Nigeria will begin to improve when our youths begin to have sense. How many of you screaming PDP and APC here even know what a fiscal policy is? How many of you know the effects and dynamics of Long-term and Short-term economic and social changes on economic demand and supply? How many of you youths know the meaning of "Capital" and how it is formed? Did you people know that 90% of the entire world's wealth belongs to only 1% of the entire world population? If bill gates decides to stop working and do nothing and spend $1billion a year, it would take him 3 centuries (300 years) to run out of money. Our politicians are said to be what keeps the American and Switz banks running. They take our money there hide it and come here and tell us they are fighting opposition bullshit. If you do not know these things please do not feel you are competent enough to have a political or an economic perspective. Look at this OP defending importation. Obviously you do not know how to define "Economic Wealth" because if u did, you will never post what u just posted. NIGERIANS PLEASE DO THE WORLD A FAVOUR AND EDUCATE URSELFS. STOP COMING HERE AND EMBARASSING THE COUNTRY. PEOPLE READ THIS FORUMS. THE ONLY REASON WHY THEY CAN EXPLOIT US IS BECAUSE WE DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY DOING WRONG. AND THEY ARE DOING IT SO OPENLY. |
Sibrah:We still Import yes, but the idea is to get it down to 0. And It is so dangerous for all Nigerians that there are people in this country who cannot be logical and put aside their hatred, paid political affiliations or religious divides and have a logical sensible discussion about a political failure of our govt. I would have supported you if you said all politicians are useless but the fact that you sit there and try to defend PDP, when there is damming evidence that PDP destroyed this country by allowing us to be exploited and saying there was no problem if the poor got poorer provided they got richer. They even said they won't allow any other political party take power because they need to keep looting. READ https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/11/1159718_re-analysis-for-comment-nigeria-an-upcoming-presidential.html From Obasanjo down to LGA chairmen, they are corrupt. Now we are here defending stupid politicains and creating political divides like senseless people. Who ruled the PDP? OBJ Who rules the APC? OBJ +TINUBU so spear me this blur of party divide. It is only a matter of what party hides the corruption the best. The game is the same, the players are same, the stakes are the same the Umbrella has simply changed. Nigeria will begin to improve when our youths begin to have sense. How many of you screaming PDP and APC here even know what a fiscal policy is? How many of you know the effects and dynamics of Long-term and Short-term economic and social changes on economic demand and supply? How many of you youths know the meaning of "Capital" and how it is formed? Did you people know that 90% of the entire world's wealth belongs to only 1% of the entire world population? If bill gates decides to stop working and do nothing and spend $1billion a year, it would take him 3 centuries (300 years) to run out of money. Our politicians are said to be what keeps the American and Switz banks running. They take our money there hide it and come here and tell us they are fighting opposition bullshit. If you do not know these things please do not feel you are competent enough to have a political or an economic perspective. Look at this OP defending importation. Obviously you do not know how to define "Economic Wealth" because if u did, you will never post what u just posted. NIGERIANS PLEASE DO THE WORLD A FAVOUR AND EDUCATE URSELFS. STOP COMING HERE AND EMBARASSING THE COUNTRY. PEOPLE READ THIS FORUMS. THE ONLY REASON WHY THEY CAN EXPLOIT US IS BECAUSE WE DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY DOING WRONG. AND THEY ARE DOING IT SO OPENLY. |
PDP was the worst thing that happened to this country. For those of you who did not read my post, I found evidence of how PDP knowingly allowed this economy to be drained at our expense for 16 years. https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/11/1159718_re-analysis-for-comment-nigeria-an-upcoming-presidential.html Read this and tell me why i should vote PDP in my life again? |
Hmm. And there is also the New dirty war on Africa's Mining rights |
B. ABUJA 1736 C. ABUJA 962 Classified By: Ambassador Robin R. Sanders Reasons 1.4. (b & d). 1. (C/NF) Summary: Below is Post's interim analysis on the current atmospherics and state of play in Nigeria as a result of concerns about President Yar'Adua's health and the degree to which his continued decline could lead to either sudden death or possible incapacitation. This, coupled with a larger-than-earlier stated cabinet reshuffle has Nigerians on edge, as everyone is waiting for the other shoe to drop on both the cabinet issues and Yar'Adua's future. End Summary. Introduction: Sudden Death or Incapacitation 2. (S) On the sudden death scenario, Post's interim analysis is that the sudden death of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua would put Nigeria in short-term political, if not economic and social, turmoil. Nigeria's political stability depends more on a carefully balanced ethno-religious, regional understanding which is partly reflected in the three tiers of government carefully outlined in the Nigerian Constitution. The informal arrangement of rotating the Presidency between the North and the South also has contributed to, at least, managing regional tensions. Over the past 6 months our reporting (ref C) has highlighted that the traditional Northern elite and past power brokers (such as former President Babangida, retired General Abubakar, National Security Advisor Mukhtar, and Presidential aspirants Buhari and Atiku) have had difficulty coalescing around one central figure as a leader for Northern issues. In addition, their efforts to counter the current trends in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or Yar'Adua government (ref C) have also not been successful. This includes seemingly at present no ability to identify any strong Northern candidate who would be a unifying personality for Northerners or an obvious successor to Yar'Adua in case of his sudden death. Yar'Adua's close allies to date are persons who are referred to by many as being his "Katsina Mafia," meaning those either who served, worked or went to school with him at various stages of his formation or years of service in Katsina State (e.g. current Secretary of Government Yayale Ahmed, Minister of Agriculture Ruma, Special Economic Advisor Yakubu, current Katsina Governor Shema, and of course his wife Turai Yar'Adua). In addition, Kwara State Governor Saraki, who is also head of the Governor's Forum, has become a close ally of the President. 3. (S) It does seem that Yar'Adua's steady and visible health decline is pushing a variety of activities, including a larger looming cabinet reshuffle than was first considered by Yar'Adua, in what appears to be preparations for more periods of time when the President possibly cannot function or has to travel out of Nigeria for medical reasons. As an aside, the Ambassador was told September 15, by Presidential Special Advisor Economic Affairs Tanimu Yakubu, that he is working, as directed by the President, on the major changes in ministerial portfolios and expects the new ministerial line-up to be announced after the September 24 Federal Executive Council, hinting that the Commerce and Finance Ministers may be on the chopping block. Meanwhile the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation Ahmed told Ambassador on same day that Yar'Adua had asked him to handle most of the day-to-day executive activities in order for the latter to better manage his energy level. Ahmed also admitted the seriousness of the President's health (which in the past would not have been done), adding that the Presidency needed to improve its openness about the President's health issues. 4. (C) Taking all this into account, it is possible that the obvious decline in Yar'Adua's health might just be the spark that energizes, forces, and pushes Northerners to take better stock of who could take Yar'Adua's place and represent the North. Post strongly believes that it is highly unlikely that the North would permit the permanent succession of Goodluck ABUJA 00001868 002 OF 004 Jonathan to the Villa. Doing so would allow the South to have back-to-back Presidencies )- upsetting the delicate ethno-religious regional equilibrium that keeps the myriad of political forces in Nigeria ) on balance ) coexisting as opposed to fully imploding. Jonathan (who may want the Presidency) has done a few things over the last month that have irked the President, such as trying to court Northern elites in Kaduna, as well as his mismanagement of the Niger Delta issue. Jonathan appears to realize that any respect for Constitutional succession would be very short-lived and viewed by most as transitional to provide space for Northerners to identify their candidate. However, we cannot discount the possibility that some in Jonathan's inner circle might urge him to stay on. That being said, we doubt that the North would allow things to get that far and we may be hearing more rumblings in the near term of possible Northern consensus on potential succession figures as worries and concerns over Yar'Adua's declining health persists. Possible figures include candidates that may not have had a national political stage in the past, similar to Yar'Adua. In addition, Southerners are cognizant that any insistence on their part for a full term Jonathan Presidency could plunge the country into severe ethnic and regional tensions. Furthermore, Post is unaware of any effort by the South to compete with the North on any permanent basis against its time to hold the Presidency by putting forth any Southern candidate, including Jonathan (who really only garners Southern support from select communities in Bayelsa State, where he served as governor). Although we suspect that the Constitutional succession would be on a transitional, and not permanent basis, Poloffs heard from Senator Umaru Dahiru (People's Democratic Party, Sokoto State) on September 15 that he believed that if Yar'Adua died, the rule of law would prevail with Jonathan taking the helm. Dahiru added that the rule of law is "paramount" for the North. ANPP presidential aspirant General Buhari also told Poloffs recently that if Yar'Adua becomes incapacitated or dies, that the safest thing would be for the country to follow the Constitution and permit Jonathan to assume the Presidency. We note, however, that there was no indication that they meant or mean on a permanent basis or transitionally. With this backdrop, below follow Post comments keyed to the additional points raised in ref A. A. (C) Stability: Those with power want to see Nigeria deal with any eventuality in a relatively peaceful manner; many elites gain too much from the status quo and have too much to lose. As for those in the South, the older generations remember well the devastation of the Biafran Civil War of the 1970s, and want to ensure that this type of devastation in the South does not take place again. It is also important to note that over the last 8-9 years, there has been a growth in numbers (although not huge) of Nigeria's middle class, technocrats, and returning highly educated nationals (many from the United States) who have and are looking to continually invest in the Nigerian private sector, starting nascent businesses, holding senior State- and Federal-level positions, serving in National and State Assemblies, and leading non-government organizations. This group is not only well-educated, but sophisticated and not interested in having Nigeria fall into further disrepair. B. (C) Military: Over the last 8-9 years, the concept of civilian leadership has taken hold for the most part, and the military appears from all indications not only to be talking the talk on this issue, but walking the walk. There is also a younger generation of military leaders which has been further bolstered by Yar'Adua's recent sweep of the past service chiefs. The recent new appointments of the current Chiefs of Defense, Army, Navy, and Air Force seem to share the reputation of being highly professional officers who, at the moment, appear not only to be free from allegations of corruption and political activity, but to date, are not yet implicated in any Niger Delta related shenanigans or complicity. We believe at this time that this is especially true of Chief of Defense Staff Air Marshal Paul Dike. We note, however, that the changes in the senior military ABUJA 00001868 003 OF 004 leadership have not settled in and we will need to wait to see whether they are proactive on issues important to the USG. In addition, many key positions within the respective services remain vacant. Therefore, Post assesses that in the event of President Yar'Adua's death or incapacitation, the military would not likely be desirous of mounting a coup d'etat or similar destabilizing action of which the country's history is fraught. There are some questions about their capability to do so, but we could see them step in as noted in ref C, along with the police, to maintain law and order if necessary -- similar to what happened in Lagos earlier this year at the height of the city's crime wave. We also believe that former military officers, including former heads of state, would mostly likely not only join but be asked into deliberations on any political crises (largely behind the scenes, at least initially) rather than attempting to promote or provoke coup d'etat action by the military as in the past. That said, we are carefully monitoring the military at all levels, including the rank and file. C. (S) Yar'Adua and the Supreme Court: Should the President become incapacitated or die prior to the expected October 2008 Supreme Court decision on the 2007 election outcome, we believe that this would provide the Supreme Court with the cover it would need to overturn the 2007 election and call for a rerun. This would also allow the North the opportunity to choose another President, avoiding an awkward and uneasy temporary transition to Jonathan. However, if Yar'Adua weathers the storm with his health and remains even marginally on the job, then it is likely (see our earlier analysis, ref C) that the Supreme Court would uphold his election. We will need to see how the dividing up of his executive duties are handled between SGF Ahmed, Economic Advisor Yakubu, the new Principal and Permanent Secretaries of the Villa David Edevbie and Baba Kaigama respectively, as well as National Security Advisor Mukhtar who (according to press reports) has been given an additional department -- the Presidential Air Fleet -- which was moved from civilian control on or about September 15 to military control, with a commanding officer reporting to Mukhtar. We note, however, that Mukhtar too seems to be having health issues, but he does have strong political aspirations and in any political vacuum could seek to strategically position himself. D. (SBU) What Next: Post will continue to seek additional information on the relative likelihood of the abovementioned scenarios and has identified 14 Northerners who may be able to provide additional insight as things progress including: Former Sultan of Sokoto Dasuki, former Minister of Defense T.Y. Danjuma, businessman Aliko Dangote, businessman Amino Dantata, Emir of Kano Ado Bayero, Northern elder Maitama Sule, retired General Jeremiah Useni, former Finance Minister Adamu Ciroma, IB Haruna (Arewa Consultative Forum Chairman), Northern Union leader Olu Saraki, former National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed, Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekerau, Borno State Governor Ali Modu Shariff, and close confidant of Yar'Adua and head of the Governor's Forum and Kwara State Governor Saraki (who meets regularly with the Ambassador and who has invited her to Kwara State early next week). ConGen Lagos will also reach out quietly to key Southerners on the above issues and Ambassador will be meeting with several southern Governors and traditional leaders during her upcoming September 16-18 trip to the region. Over the foreseeable next couple of weeks, until the cabinet reshuffle is complete and announced, there will be a fair amount of disquiet on the Nigerian political scene, on top of the unease over Yar'Adua's health. The Nigerians also do not have a good handle on the "what next" scenario, but we suspect that the line-up of the new cabinet will give us more of an ability to determine whether the Northerners are getting better organized in order to be responsive on the possible Yar'Adua succession issue, and also as to where the true power might lie as Yar,Adua declines. ABUJA 00001868 004 OF 004 5. (U) This message has been coordinated between Abuja and Lagos. SANDERS https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08ABUJA1868_a.html |
Kingspin:I know we are lazy but the wealth is beneath the soil of Nigeria. We need to get off our asses and start doing something |
ItzTun3chi:Just take time to read my articles i posted on this issue. |
Koleman:Zimbabwe did, Tanzania did, Ghana did, Mozambique did. The secret is they can only get to you if you have corrupt politicians who let them do it. No one is saying they cannot drill ther, but Nigeria must benefit and they must stop killing our children and men and raping our ladies. |
I do this because i want everyone to know why we face what we face in our great country. I recently found out that the USA has a long term Agenda to "eliminate" Nigeria as a threat to their global system of exploitation and oppression. Unfortunately, Nigeria is "Blessed" or "Cursed" with so much oil. And this is a trend in the world today. Where there is oil, there is war!!! Until nations can come together and fight off this oppression, we will never be free from the clutches of these beasts. I know some of us are very unsatisfied with the way Nigeria is being ran and some states are truly marginalized. However, if we are to be free and have a system of our own, we must now begin to fight off these people. Else they will exploit us until all our children are dead and all our land is ruined. And no one is exempted. We all know that the so called Boko Haram and IPOB is simply a distraction tactic coined by the CIA (US), MI6(BRITAIN) and MOSSAD (ISREAL) to drill oil and uranium at lake chad basin. So while our people are starving and being rendered homeless, France is busy drilling and exporting oil and uranium through all its francophone countries that conveniently bordering Nigeria at the States of the "Boko Haram Crisis". This is to chase potential investors away and monopolize the oil business in the North. Shell did this to the Niger Delta, Oppressed and ruined the people of Ogoni, killed Saro Wiwa when he dared complain. This is more than us Nigerians. This is about the continued exploitation of Africa. Our fore-fathers fought for physical and political freedom. We are in a long term fight with these people. Unfortunately, Nigeria is the only country in Africa where we do not know this. South Africans are fighting day and night for their economic freedom, Mozambique has fought and Conquered. Ghana has fought and conquered. Zimbabwe has kicked them out. Tanzania has kicked them out. Gambia has kicked them out. The honest truth is really simple. Until we eliminate this oppression we will never develop and grow. Because the system is dependent on the fact that we remain uneducated and unwilling with no sense of Nationhood. I know Nigerians are happy people. And someday it might be best for every tribe to go their seperate ways. But for now, what we need to do is work towards that break up (if we decide to) by creating economically independent and politically stable states that can exist without manipulation. We must; 1) Eliminate the corruption and the complaisant government in power. (This is PDP, APC, APGA whatever they all part of this agreed system of political oppression that puts us at the bottom). 2) Implement a system of security for all resources in Nigeria. 3) The Nigerian state must demand a 20% share in all foreign companies in Nigeria and a 40% Share in all Foreign companies in Nigeria utilizing our resources. 4) Implement a system of management, use, wealth creation and allocation of benefits from resources. 5) Create Economically Independent and Politically stable regions (With army secured states) that can exist strong and whole. a) The Eastern, Northern, Western and Southern Protectorates: Its own resource security and guidance directives. The Northerners must secure and demand their due benefits from Lake Chad Basin and the oil there. The Southerns must claim their due stakes in Shell, the states AS SHAREHOLDERS not as charity cases. Else shell leaves. Westerns must demand a 20% share in all those foreign companies operating in lagos. [Let me define this so we all understand. How to Identify a Foreign business in Africa. It is not who the CEO is, or who appears on TV, go deep down, Who are the stake holders and where does company profits go? Who banks for them?] Easterners I know you want freedom, and I know most IPOBians are just being brain washed. But what i know is that u pple truly want the good of ur people. But i must tell u truth my dear Nigerians because I love you IPOBians. If Nigeria splits now, The USA and Britain and France will protect the North, South and West [Lake Chad Basin, Niger Delta and Colonial Investments in Lagos] every other place would be left to ruins and faced with wars. The truth is Biafra has been exploited to serve western global interests. When in true terms the only people who will truly suffer from Biafra are the Igbos themselves. Truly the Igbos are only protected if the SS is involved. If the SS are not, the igbos are not really needed. We must begin to work together as Nigerians to name and shame this and protect our land for the next generation to come. Our Fathers' generation has failed us. They skipped the bit of economic freedom. We must do this. We have to do nothing to allow this stand. We must form groups within each region specifically dedicated to the protection of terms on the use of resources. We are not saying America and whoever cannot drill, they can. But not by killing our children, murdering our good men and raping little children in CAR. We Africans/Nigerians must benefit. Else it is no use existing. I now provide you all with evidence of my above claimed. 1) Al Jazeera: The secret of the Seven SIsters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TXG70xAnSU 2) The New dirty war on Africa's Uranium: https://wikileaks.org/car-mining/ 3) USA/NSA Blackmailing our politicians to coporate: https://wikileaks.org/nsa-201602/ 4) THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT: HOW WE ARE BEING MANEUVERED FOR POLITICAL GAINS PLEASE READ. https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/11/1159718_re-analysis-for-comment-nigeria-an-upcoming-presidential.html |
R u ready to do something about this? Enough is enough. Email me |
Blackkie:Isolate d problem (corrupt politicians and western exploitation n oppression) and eliminate it. |
Kellzcold:I don't think protest is getting anywhere. Let us form civil societies across states but united in a common goal. We need to protect our country. The west will never let us have peace coz they want oil. Our politicians continue to be used as pawns and the corruption is supported. We need to form a strong alliance made up different state n regional needs from north to south. It is time.... What do u think? |
If nass wants to form 'usefulness' it should start by collecting all funds looted by themselves and reduce their salaries. This country is so silly. |
Koleman:Don't fear them.. Kick them out |
orunto27:I mean africom has been camped in yobe for over 6 months. Doing what? Drilling oil. |
jeffizy:R u serious. There r people like dis still in Africa? Who do not know Africa has been d target of systematic exploitation since its independence. And it is not a worthless barrel of oil. It is an oil well. Worth trillions of dollars |
madenigga:Yoruba's have not. They have simply learnt how to be politicians. Its not about south or east its about politics. |
We need to start planning asap. Creating civil societies and groups to fight corrupt government within States. States governors. Senators must be forced to engage and work with d youthsd in creating jobs. |
Look Nigerian youth we have been sleeping. Look at what Mozambique did that ended corruption, looting of wealth and oppression from imperial power. Nigerian youth. Saraki has woken me up. If we keep sitting no one will help us. These people r stealing n giving off to western countries. They do not car. We must begin to form civil societies all around Nigeria to fight for the people. There is no one to fight for us. Aim is to ensure that every human being born into this country benefits from the wealth equally. This looting is unfair n painful. Because I see sick children dying everyday. See d children in dese areas of conflict, skeletons, no food for 3 days n one senator bought a car for n35 million to add to his other 5 cars. How is DAT fair. We must begin to form societies All African countries r doing did. Ghana has done theirs, Mozambique, SA, is on the way. We cannot be sitting and smiling and saying tomorrow will be better. These people r evil. All of them APC PDP apga whatever. We must fight against them. |
I know some people may call me names or psycho. But in truth I only seek to get to the bottom of things. I decided to google Borno+boko haram +us. What came up were various un articles on the "cleaning up of laske chads environment" O googled lake chad basin and it all became clear. The oil wells dere stretch across borno, Adamawa and yobe. Convenient boko haram terror sites. Nigeria is bordered there by chad, Niger and Cameroon who all happen to still be colonial francophone countries. France has been drilling there while we were fighting n shipping thousands of barrels daily. So I an not accusing just saying it is weird that the attacks are concentrated in d 3 oil states and those states happen to be bordered by colonies of former imperial powers. So can I conclude that this boko haram charade has been about lake chadbasin? http://newsrescue.com/boko-haram-big-oil-chad-connection/ |
And also China operated a 50 year closed economy. That means they imported nothing. How can this op make arguments to encourage imports? There r tins DAT can be imported n dete r some dat u dont waste money on. We should open our boarders to importation and allow foreign exchange to freely float. In other words turn d country into a purchase market. We have no accumulated wealth all we have is disposable wealth . please u don't even have a case. |
Financial enslavement and colonization into d ming dynasty |
sLentlover7778:What is efcc. All of dem r d same. If we sit here n watch these people go onmthey will sell us n Nigeria land to increase deir wealth. Something must be done about them. |
Every senator at that meeting must be scrapped. Dino maleye I think it is time for him to go. |
above shall be punishable by a fine of N50,000 or 5 years imprisonment or both.
i just wish north korea and russia launch nuclear bombs there