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Buhari is not wining the next election. God forbid. We as youth have to come together and decide what we want. It is not PDP neither is it APC. We want a new enlightened political party and we must begin to make those changes now.The current political parties are not needed. Scraped completely. We need to begin formation of new ideas, parties with young innovative minds that cut across regions. Stop this talks and begin doing something.

Scoopa007:
Lunatic as defined by Oxford Advance Learner Dictionary is 1) a person who does crazy things that are often dangerous or 2) ‘old fashioned’ a person who is severely mentally ill (offensive use) and when used as an adjective; it means crazy, ridiculous, or extremely stupid. For the sake of this write up, I will be referring to the first definition.
Since the return of democracy in 1999, I’ve watched and studied keenly the leadership and compared with the time of the military regime. Then I began to wonder if this is the democracy we all were rejoicing and jumping for, with the hope for a better future. In military regime, entitlements are paid as at when due, though you may not get promoted as supposed. In democracy, with recent happenings, there are workers in some states who have not been paid for 18months, some about a year and some few months, with reasons not justifiable as some of those states still carry out capital projects, which makes me want to ask the leaders, why are you there if you can’t pay your workforce? Same people who voted you into office base on your promises of good governance. Do you owe yourself? For the governors, do you owe your political appointees or do you owe the house of assembly members? If no, then why do you owe those who really slave for all the money you spend? This is lunacy! They say there is freedom of speech in democracy but the leaders are now hard of hearing, they have developed crocodile skins. Nothing the masses say touches them with their ‘i don’t care’ attitude. Just like lunatics. There are people (pensioners) who have served this country in various capacities who have not been paid their pensions running from months to years since they retired. Gratuity is nothing to dream of. Most recently the actions of some of our leaders are so ludicrous that I could not but agree that it is cheer lunacy as I could not see the essence as it does not benefit the masses and the state at large.
Starting from the most recent and most annoying, which prompted me to write this piece. About a week ago, I read NUC proposed plan to prolong unnecessarily the stay of medical students from the former 6yrs + x (where x can be a year or more depending on the incessant industrial actions) to 11yrs. The implication of this, is that their children will school abroad because they can afford it while the children of the masses who have no financial strength will have to endure the painful and worthless 11yrs + x. For your information, the Britain education system that our education system is fashioned after don’t even spend more than 6yrs in medical school. It is only in Nigeria that our leaders feel more years in school will automatically translate to better graduates (Medical Doctors) in the absence of necessary infrastructures to train them.
Few days before Christmas last year, I read in the online vanguard newspaper of the plan of a northern (Jigawa) State Government to bring in about 100 foreign Doctors for employment in the state at the expense of many jobless Doctors within the country. Meanwhile in the same state, Medicins Sans Frontieres also known as ‘doctors without bothers’ is largely responsible for the recruitment of indigenous Medical personnel and this is a foreign non-governmental organization. Why do our leaders short-change and misrepresent us? While you are busy wasting our money looking for foreigners, our graduates are looking for way out in search of greener pastures. You end up paying the foreigners almost double of what we asked for, is that not an act of lunacy? And the truth is that, a Nigerian Doctor is a foreign doctor without enabling environment (well equipped hospital). Okay, let me ask you, how will you describe that action? Is that an act of patriotism?
Another is a southern ex-governor who after building the so called ‘world class’ hospital in his state, travelled abroad for treatment after an accident in Abuja road. As if Medical tourism was not bad enough, he also said he was going to bring in foreign Doctors even when many Nigerian Doctors are jobless as government hospitals failed to absorb them despite the great numbers of Medical Doctors being turned out yearly by various medical schools in the country, who end up subjecting themselves to exploitation in the hands of owners of private hospitals. This is a major cause, among other causes responsible for ever continuous brain-drain as they search for greener pastures in other countries with well developed health system who can give them what our leaders have denied them. These same countries are where our leaders run to instead of developing their own. Almost all government owned hospitals are understaffed including the teaching hospitals. When will our leaders learn that a building does not make up a hospital or school? Where is the common sense? Recently it was estimated that the ratio of Doctors in practice to patient is 1: 6000 as against WHO recommendation of 1: 600
Often times, the leaders claim that there is no money but their actions and body languages are opposite. More like there is no money for workers and electorates but there is enough money for us to lavish on ridiculous purposes which are mostly of benefits to them and members of their caucuses. Sometimes last year a state governor/government spent 40million naira on sallah ram and this was just after the state received bail-out fund to pay unpaid workers salaries. Won’t each household be able to buy a ram If their unpaid salaries running from months to years were paid? Where is the common sense?
How will a (Osun) state governor/government spent 50million Naira on Christmas decorations in the midst of unpaid salaries running from months to years? This is one of the state governors/governments who got bail-out fund and one of the states who claimed they can no longer pay 18,000 minimum wage. One will wonder where the bail-out fund was diverted to. Recently, thesame state governor sacked Medical Doctors in the state for embarking on industrial action to press home their demands of their unpaid salaries after dialogue failed and he announced vacancies with view to replace the sacked doctors. Who does not know that, like my people use to say ‘pasan ti won fi na iyale, o mbe lodede iyawo’ (rod used on the old wife is in safe for the new wife).
Another state governor gave out public fund to the tune of 500,000Naira to the family of each hajj stampede victim in his state. I am not trying to dissuade anyone from being generous but not when you have not paid workers and pensioners, yet you have money to give out. How does it improve the state in terms of human development?
This write-up won’t be complete without a certain oil-producing state who still owe workers and retirees their salaries and pensions respectively with several unpaid arrears even after getting bail-out fund. The last time gratuity was paid in the state was 2011. These are people who served the state in various capacities. The state governor’s investment in propaganda is far greater than his investment in human development. What is the essence of building new schools and hospitals which are not affordable or accessible to the masses or at the detriment of the old ones which are closer to the people which should have been upgraded? It is no news that our leaders would rather have quantities than qualities.
Since the return of democracy, all the state governors we have had and even the present have created one school or the other which are poorly funded, poorly staffed and poorly equipped. Sooner have they left office, sooner are the school abandoned and the new governor is on the verge of creating something else. Whatever happens to ‘government is in continuity’ I really don’t know, which makes me query the common sense behind all these, if at all there is any. They just want to do something they can use for propaganda not minding the usefulness to the people. A state governor once built markets all around the states but more than half of the markets are currently not in use majorly because of where they were sited (you can’t site a market at the outskirt of a town and expect people to use it).
As a medical doctor, i have had opportunities to really seen poverty in its worse forms. And it’s so sad because most of the common medical conditions plaguing us in this country are preventable if only there is improve standard of living. And for those that aren’t preventable, cost of treatment will be affordable.
Time has come for us to demand good and better governance from our leaders but first we need to choose good leaders. I have heard some leaders say they bought their votes. What can such leader offer? We should no longer vote for candidates who share rice or money e.t.c and deny you all your entitlements when they eventually get into office. By then it will be too late to cry cbecause we had sold our birth right so cheap. We need credible leaders who listen and that we can hold accountable. It is no longer enough to do multimillion projects; the question is, is it cost effective? Why build roads if your people won’t be empowered to ply the road in their vehicles? Why build schools and hospitals which are below standard, inaccessible, poorly staffed and poorly equipped?
With careful examination of the above, you will agree with me that we have some lunatics in leadership and that we need to examine our leaders and aspiring leaders mentally and critically because we can no longer afford to have lunatics in leadership. And if the current trend is not curbed as a matter of urgency, we may be heading for doom.
Fellow Nigerians, it is time to re-orientate ourselves. Don’t allow this lunacy to continue. Future of Nigeria depends on it.
By
Dr Olamiji O. Ibitoye

I fully understand this. There are so many things we need to do. Firstly, the problem of Northern Nigeria. Either they agree to keep their islamic ideologies at home when they come to perform their civic duties or the will be cutoff and merged with northern Africa in the desert. Secondly, the problem of our leaders. We honestly don not want to be ruled by them. But how can this be done? We need to demand a university degree in political, social, humanitarian or life science as a standard requirement for any political position. We cannot stand the risk of being ruled by illiterates.
I do not understand why Nigerian youths are so laid back. Look at South Africa, Zimbabwe, they are fighting for their countries back. We need to do this and the time is now.
Agenda
1) Deal with north.
2) Probe the leaders and if they cannot provide it, Impeached
3) Set minimum standards for leadership
4) Deregularize the current political system (We do not need 150 senators, 150 chairmen etc)
5) Debunk all religious influence on our constitution
6) If the north want to remain in Nigeria, we must annul sharia law. (I do not want to live in a country where it is possible to chop people's hands off. And besides it is unfair that Northerners are covered by two Juridicial systems and we are covered by just one. Unacceptable. I am sure they may be some men in south,west,east who would like to stone their adulterous wives to death. But they can't. Why should northerners be able to legally?

Lies, Northern Nigeria has been free of Bokoharam for over 16 years. Nothing came out of it. So please.

I believe the major problem with Nigeria is the north. They want their laws to be imposed on everyone, they do not want to go to school, they do not want to do anything productive then they want to hold senatorial positions and be demanding natural resources and state allocations when they have not contributed anything useful to it. So basically everybody else is working for them. We need to create a divide after kogi state and merge them with the desert.

kayyusuf:
you just posted a website that isnt reputable. i want you to show me a research carried out by the United nations that discovered that 98% of middle eastern countries have low standard of living. i dont want fake independent websites. pls I need you to tell me when you carried out the census that shows that the population of christians in Nigeria is 60%.thank you sir.

What do you mean not reputable. You have a better data source than the world bank regional and national indicators? Let's hear it.

ladyF:
We need to legalise firearms. I need a gun really. Government cannot protect me!

No Way

kayyusuf:
stop exposing your ignorance online,85% of middle eastern countries are extremely rich and they have high standard of living. even one of your pastors (fatoyinbo of COZA) left nigeria for dubai to celebrate his birthday. When GEJ visited Israel (twice) with some state governors and CAN president no muslim said nigeria was being christianized. pls stop crying wolf where there is none.

I am not misinformed my dear. You seem to be. Got here 'http://www.gapminder.org/tools/bubbles#_' and see world progress over time. The evidence is clear.

AyeeIdris:
If you are in America, you will obey American laws. It's common sense. Nigerians are generally against homosexuality. Would you then go to America and beat up a gay guy Cos you don't like it. No. Likewise if you are in an islamic state. You follow the rules. You were the one that labeled all islamic states aside from Saudi poor and my Take is skewed, cos I gave you four other examples. How many pure muslim countries are there sef? If not for all the wars and unrest, Egypt and Libya was not doing so badly. Sadly, most of the others have been involved in crisis for so so long it's understable that their economy is in shambles. Greece and Romania have no wars yet they are doing poorly. So is it truly a religious thing?
Although your tone dey vex me, I have to agree that religion has no place in the political arena. But Nigerians vote on sentiments. some people voted Buhari Cos he was muslim; other supported GEJ Cos he was christians. Isn't it convenient how no one talks about Christian ideology when homosexuality was given fourteen years? Double standard

No one talks about Christian ideologies because Christians are not killing people IN THE NAME OF JESUS;
Or trying to get everyone in a nation to stop wearing mini-skirts because it goes against Christian laws;
Or trying to deny an entire nation its fundamental human rights because christ says "I am the way, the truth and the light, so follow me"
Or chopping off people's body parts because the bible says "if parts of your body causes you to sin, chop it off".

Secondly, all nations have specific laws that work for them relative to the demographic profile of the people living in it. Islamic states impose laws on people, whether or not they want it or believe. America, British and hopefully Nigerian laws are unique because they are free of individual prejudices, if they were, trust me they would have kicked all muslims from the west a long time ago. But they can't, because those are democratic free societies and one man's or group's will cannot be imposed on the entire population.

Christianity cannot establish homosexuality in its laws because it is against the Christian faith. However, homosexuals can come to church, eat with Christians, no one would care really; but we do not take away the rights of that person to be free and equal in society. The person can get the same jobs, eat in the same places, sit in the same gatherings, but cannot be married in a Christian church. If two homosexuals invited Christians to their wedding reception, trust me they will be there. Islam seeks to take away the rights of this person to exist as an equal human being to others. And that is wrong.

My final point is more of a question, Saudi, Kuwait and the rich 'islamic' states you gave, share the same ideologies with muslims, they are economically developed and they prosper, why can't muslims go there and live there? People go to the west for freedom and a chance to succeed, for islamic fundamentalists, i do not understand why they keep migrating to the west, whose societal laws are incompatible with islamic laws and not saudi countries where there is shared common belief system in place. That would be so much easier.

And this is not about Christians or muslims; it is about understanding that we have a duty to ourselves as human beings and to our nation FIRST, precedence to any faith or belief system. We do not want any religious interference with our laws.

NextGovernor:
If u give this guy appointment now, he will still be compromise and Dasukilize us. Nigeria matter don tire me.

No not really. I think Nigerian youths have now come to understand that our problem is not appointments. We do not want appointments. We want a working system.

Look at the bright side, if they try to, then we know that is definitely war, we can finally kick the northerners out our country and begin to actually grow. So let them try, it will justify our actions of kicking them out finally. Because now we can't. If they do then we can. So it is actually in our interest that they try.

Jirate:
How Come EFCC is just depicted as a wood pecker trying to decimate the Axe? A tooth less bull dog would have been better.

It means they are just there to seem like they are disarming the corrupt leaders, but in reality, their effect is little or next to none.

BushidoBlue:
All this while a bomb will go off and kill innocent people in another peaceful and tolerant north. A skirmish will happen in a south Western market that will lead to bloodshed and looting and pillaging in the south west, yet the east is your problem..

Oga madam pentium pro we abi your type...

Yes east is the problem. They seek to impose their dragonish age, dark ages ideologies on people living in a modern society. If you want that, I am sure global powers can arrange for a section of the world where all religious fundamentalists can go and impose their ideas on themselves. Not of free people in a free society.

Emancipation2:
Here we go again with this old debunked lie.

It is not a lie. It is true. In the west, religion is a private matter. Make no mistakes, the west had their time of religious extremism, in the time of the roman catholic church, the inquisitions, Thomas Crowley, fight against Heretics and so on. But they learnt their lessons and decided religion is a private thing and should not interfere with state laws. However the east expect everyone to abide by islam laws which we do not want. I am a Christian but i know nobody cares and i do not expect everyone in the world to love jesus because i do.

IndianBwoy:
Ok fine 2nd largest but by 2059 we wer expected to be largest.

And look at the countries on the list, they have one thing in common, Low economic growth and poverty

sorepco:
Lagos bans sponsorship of pilgrimages to Mecca, Jerusalem

Written by: Bola Badmus-Lagos 


Lagos State government said it has finally banned state sponsorship of Muslims and Christians pilgrims who embark on pilgrimages to Mecca in Saudi Arabia or Jerusalem in Israel, saying it considered it the most irresponsible way of spending tax payers' money.

The state Commissioner for Home Affairs, Honourable Abdulateef Abdulhakeem, disclosed this when members of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Home Affairs, led by Honourable Olayiwola Olawale, paid a visit to the ministry in furtherance of their oversight function.

Abdulhakeem said the government decided to ban the sponsorship because it amounted to injustice for certain individuals to continue to benefit from the government to the detriment of other members of the society.

The commissioner, who said part of his ministry's mandate is the supervision of the Pilgrims Welfare Board, recalled that recently, the governor and the state executive council approved a policy for the state to stop sponsorship of pilgrimages, declaring that the step was in line with the policy thrust of the government and what the state House of Assembly also speaks to.

"In this day and time when we are talking about paucity of funds coupled with inhibiting challenges that the government has to take care of, we can no longer afford to spend the sum of one million on one single individual to go on pilgrimage when the scripture did not compel anyone to do so.

"So, it is most irresponsible way of spending tax payer's money. That is why the government has taken a solid decision, that we will be accountable and responsible for every kobo that the tax payers pay to the government. It is an injustice for the government to be spending millions on group of people when millions of Lagosians are yearning for government's attention," he said.

The commissioner also disclosed that the state government had commenced the process of gathering data of religious organisations and their locations in the state, to be able to set standards, give orientation and provide security for them.

Abdulhakeem, who noted that there was a symbiotic relationship between the executive and the legislative arms of government in the state, expressed appreciation to the state House of Asembly for the quick passage of the 2016 Budget.

"Your resolution is a compulsion, it is not advisory. Even your motion that Mile 12 Market should be relocated to another area is being considered by the state government. The Ministry of Home Affairs has been restructured and some of its duties have been given to other MDAs."

The chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Home Affairs, Honourable Olayiwola Olawale, in his response, described the decision of the government as laudable, saying the House was ready to back the decision with the necessary legislation.

He stated that the visit of the committee to the ministry was homecoming, adding that the commissioner was a man of integrity, adding that the committee would work hand-in-hand with the ministry.

"The speaker of the House and other principal officers send their greetings. We are here to perform our oversight functions and we are ready to work with the ministry to achieve success.

"I commend the pro-active posture of the ministry as enumerated by the commissioner. We are happy with the steps being taken by the ministry to ensure religious harmony in the state. We will also support this with the necessary

http://odili.net/news/source/2016/mar/11/616.html

At least there is hope. One state in Nigeria has a brain. THANK YOU LAGOS. I am moving to lagos when i come back home.

AyeeIdris:
Really! Enlightenedmind?? Qatar. Kuwait. Oman Bahrain. Rich countries with wonderful people and a great economy. I have lived in three of these countries and currently in one. There is a mix of everyone from American to British to Indian and Filipinos. There are clubs. There are bars. Nobody sends you so as long you obey their laws.....no public intoxication and don't harrass their women. They don't play with their women....but hey believe whatever the western media keep telling you and don't "enlighten" your mind. These Arab nations never islamize their sides and na Nigeria go islamize? And christians are the 'tolerant' ones? Ha!

"Nobody sends you so as long you obey their laws"
That is the highlight here!! Some of us, who happen to be over 60% of the population are not muslim and do not believe in islam laws and would like to be free without having to abide by islam laws. Secondly, your take is skewed because you are choosing to make an example of 3 islamic state from about 230 countries in he world.

I like evidence, and i happen to work with facts not religious prejudices. It turns out that infact of all the countries in the world, in countries that have over 30% islam population, the economic growth and prosperity is below 5% or non-existent. Developed Countries that have fully functional islamic laws, have only been successful because they have taken away the freedom of people, and people have agreed to live in oppression.
Since we are not all muslims, and do not want to be, Thank you, we would like a free democratic society, that is not led by the ideas of islam, Christianity, Judaism, Traditional worshiping, whatever, but ideas that are relevant to a modern evolutionary society, for the positive prosperity of the people living in it. We are not Islam, We do not want islam laws and we do not want islam uneducated alhajis occupying political positions.

If the muslims want to keep on having political positions, they need to go out, get a relevant degree, and learn to keep their muslim ideologies at home when they come out to do their civic duties to the people.

DaBullIT:
Bugari must go ??


Go pursue am nah erdyot

Watch closely, the people of Brazil are demanding the impeachment of their president. If we have to turn to the west for help, we will. I will take western modern day exploitation over imposition of islam laws any day.

dokunbam:
Op you better channel your energy into something productive

This is very productive. If we get rid of all the uneducated muslim men occupying political positions in Nigeria, we will be able to make intelligent decisions that will drive economic and social change and move society forward. ENOUGH!!!!.

This is a call to all Nigerians. Fight for your country oo. Do not allow our country to be eroded away by the illeteracy of muslim fundementalists seeking to impose their ideas on others. Follow on twitter.

This is the delusion we have been living under. We are not a democracy, we are not free. And we have been ruled for decades by illiterate dragonish age, dark ages orientated old politicians with no lives. Due to their inability to actually work hard and make a lie, they decided to shamefully steal from the poor people because they could not fight back. Shame. Shame. Shame. APC, PDP all useless. We have to bear four years of this torture. If he is not impeached. I doubt Nigerians will take this for four more years.

The problem is all the old men currently representing the Nigerian people are just simply incompitent an honestly an embarrassment. So if this is a PDP, APGA, or any other political party's propaganda, it is not happening. WE DO NOT WANT ANY OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES IN POWER. WE WANT ALL OF THEM TO PLEASE STAND UP, GO TO A RETIREMENT HOME AND LET NEW EDUCATED MINDS RUNS THE SYSTEM.

dammytosh:
Like the headline says :

Only eediots will politicize religion.

All the five points raised does not make any sense.

He made reference to Muslim Muslim tickets. Where are they ?

Stop spreading lies. Nobody can Islamize Nigeria.

I honestly understand the need to ensure the whole Nigeria is against the current Government because going at this rate, all your benefactors will soon be in jail.

Nobody can stop Only Redeem camp from gathering per annum not to talk of winners chapel.

Use your brain and stop spreading ignorance. When you write nonsense like this always remember there are a lot of dunce who can not think on their own.

They rubber stamp anything they see and scream. "Yes oo"

The denial of it is what frustrates me the most. What do you mean no one is spreading islam? Just the other day, the bill for Gender Equality and Human rights was rejected at National Assembly because a few islam senators did not want it. When did we become an islamic state? Why are our laws being debated by uneducated muslim men imposing their ideas on others?

The problem people are having with islam is this, that they expect other people to abide by islam laws. But we do not believe, or follow and islamic faith and this is a free country.

Look at all the islamic states, 98% of the middle east (except saudi) and Northern Africa,Poverty, Hunger,Women demonizations, Low GDP, Low income, Low literacy, Low life expectancy, diseases etc. Even the north in Nigeria is evident of this.

Isn't it obvious. Except Nigeria plans to be like this, i suggest we do something about this. If northerners cannot abide happily with the laws of a free democratic society understanding that people do not have to abide by their islamic laws (and do not care really), where laws are separate from religious and personal beliefs, then they will have to be cut off and merged with northern Africa.
After all on the map northern Nigeria does not exactly classify as sub-saharan africa. And they were the last region to be almagamated into the country.
We are tired of this.

AntiMahdi:
And I guess Obama is a crypto Jew as well


https://cdn.timesofisrael.com/uploads/2013/02/F080724AH02.jpg

Fat fugly nonsense

FYI, it is customary for the Jews to host visiting head's of states at their holy temple

Wait, are you a muslim? Of course there is fear, when it is a fundamental muslim belief to spread Jihad. Most people living in Nigeria are not Jihadist. Why must they impose these laws on us? We do not want it.

Dissolve the national assembly.
Establish a standard of educational requirement for attaining a political position.
Establishing the freedom of free speech, i.e Nigerian laws will not be based on religious bigotry