₦airaland Forum

larride:
Why are you being unnecessarily defensive tho? It’s an open discussion on which way you think our policing should be structured. Wike was just used as an example of State Govenors rascality.

And I have responded abi? There will always be one reason or the other why something will not work. It's never going to be easy. There are some things we will have to face head on sooner than later. State policing is one of them.

ToyinDipo:
Community policing can hardly be good solution in a country like Nigeria.
He who pays the piper dictates the tune, this is a place where neither the piper payer nor piper has guaranteed good intentions

Then people shouldn't complain when the bulk of the problem is dumped at aso rock.

larride:
How are they going to checkmate him?

I'm not sure I'm paid to think up a solution for Rivers state. They have the house of assemblies and judiciary. They have human right groups there. There are social media warriors to tackle him and put him in check. Wike is aggressive There are 36 states in Nigeria. Is Wike's state the only one you're afraid for?

larride:
We need serious Police reforms, the fear of a discentralized Police in the hands of our State Governor gives me serious concerns but we must find a way to do community policing.

Just imagine state police under someone like Wike.

His town people will checkmate him by theirselves unless they're not ready. That's their problem. We have been having this fear for years now but no fear from the federal abi? The country can't be held hostage by some set of people. We can have federal and state police.

patrickmuf:
I am all for states to remit a percentage of the revenue they generate to the center and not the centre getting everything and sharing to states wherein a state that isn't contributing or contributing little becomes a leech.

When you talk about security in the current structure, I will love to know why then the governors get security votes when the usual excuse is that they don't have any control the security apparatus. Doesn't it sound crazy to you?

I think it's the constitution that's faulty here. The security votes may be to pay salaries or whatever but an order from the igp office supercedes that of a governor. We have seen this play out a couple of times

obainojazz:
My own is that, don't these politicians travel abroad and see how things are done. Baba has traveled the globe, the governors and ministers have all gone abroad to witness how things work but they all chose to be stupid. How hard is it to better the lives of your citizens.. they get to power and only want to secure their pockets and the future of their children.
Five years is enough to actually do something significant.. five years and you still constructing rail lines in a route no bigger than some states in other countries.
How hard is it to investigate murders or tell SARS to stop killing young boys or order the military or police to respect civilian rights.. It's not even possible when they have turned a whole DSS to a kidnapping organisation.
The blame goes round as our governors are equally incompetent... It's time we stopped demanding less from these politicians and hold them accountable for everything. They have done nothing and deserves no praise..
Every issue is important, a government that turns blind eye on killings happening in the country whether by Police, Army, Herdsmen and so on surely don't care about it's citizens.
24 hours light dey sweet, driving on good roads is heaven, going to the police station an they give you your balance after you paid 50 dollars for something is Nice... That's after greeting you how are you sir when you entered..
Having Ambulance come pick you up in less than five minutes of calling shouldn't be that hard to do, doctors go soon japa finish from our country cos the difference is clear abroad.
Make I Siddons chop the 600k in naira I was paid by the government and school.... It's nothing compared to tuition fees but then ... All they wanted was for us to show we still schooling.. I didn't have to belong to any political party or come from Katsina...

They can't manipulate an enlightened population. This is why they're not interested in making the difficult decisions to change how things work in this country. What they prefer to do is plastering the cracks. A new government comes in and the cracks are exposed

diggz:
Ok. Let's wait for them to get in tomorrow first.

Haha

patrickmuf:
Nigeria's problem isn't about Buhari or the APC, it's Nigerians. You participate in a survey and because of money, you falsify data and still you blame the government, who is the government?

Your respective state governors collect millions in security votes yet they do nothing with it yet all the blame goes to the centre.

During the campaigns, Nigerians are more interested in what politicians has to offer in cash and other material benefits rather than what he has to offer and how he intends to achieve his plans. Pray tell, do you expect someone to buy a nomination form for over 20m, spend billions consulting the who is who and buying rice, Maggi, tomatoes as well as cash gifts for the masses not to recoup his cash? Even I will seek to recoup my money. It's not rocket science that these things have a corresponding ripple effect on out collective development. Nigerians need to change the criteria we use to evaluate our leaders and that way, rather than cash gifts, we will begin to ask probing questions bordering on what their manifestos is all about, how they intend to achieve them and when...Not what is obtainable now where someone comes up and offers wads of cash to people and when given the mic, begins to make lofty promises that aren't SMART.

Another area of concern is how to unbundled our present political party platforms. Personally, I will prefer independent candidature because before you get the ticket of PDP or APC, you will have to give in to the demands of evils men.

Regarding the present administration, I will say I am really disappointed in PMB, I genuinely had high hopes when he was elected in 2015 but as at 2019, it was as clear as daylight that he didn't have it in him to deliver the change he promised and that's why I opted for Sowore.

In spite of my general assessment of the present administration, I still score them well above average in some indicators and that's why I love to read from Larride. He is informed about what is happening and even though I really don't agree with all his points, I appreciate the time he takes out to provide useful information here and I encourage others to go about disagreement with him in a rational manner.

In all, we are still a long way off dreamland as religion and ethnicity remains veritable tools in the hands of our oppressors.

Why won't it be so? There's a security issue, they have to run to Abuja. The IGP can even refuse to obey the governors if he wants. The governors have to go to Abuja to collect money every time.

Let the states generate their revenue and be in charge of it. They can be sending some percentage to the federal instead of the other way round. You will see how states will sit up and nobody bothers abuja again on major issues. But we're not ready for this talk yet

diggz:
They are useless to this convo then, dont you think so?

Lol they may be a part of the decision makers tomorrow, we never can tell

diggz:
Credible people?

There are na. They're not just part of the decision makers.

diggz:
You want them to waste trillions manipulating figures again?

You mean APC can't find credible people to be in charge of this exercise? Tough

diggz:
Cc larride Blueraydick

I witnessed what went down during the last Census and I can confirm that the numbers were mostly fabricated.

Everyone knows this. Why we have not been able to conduct another one amazes me

Jodera:
This one no be e-warrior stuff or is he dragging with you. He just wanna tell you that a government is successful on fulfilling its promises they made (or at least half) and not comparing themselves with past government. Simple!
Eph.12 isn't dragging anything with you..

I didn't even bother to respond

nihilistjnr:
So Ephraim get sense like this?

We thought all scummies were like Leyqute.

lol leyqute is a man of the cloth. Please respect him

seankafor:
Nigeria haven't had her fair share of good gorvernment, but I think buhari is far better than his predecessors in all ramifications

This here is one of the problems we are facing as concerned citizens. Are we holding this government against its promise and potentials or previous government?I hope you know that even if the highest in the class gets 39, he/she is still a failure? So are we struggling to pick best losers now?

I laughed when people were rejoicing about increase in minimum wage. Has their spending power really increased? Government increased the minimum wage on one hand and is collecting back through all the various taxes being introduced almost on a weekly basis etc. I have no problem against tax, I do not think education should be as cheap as it is currently, but only a naive man will refuse to see that the increase in minimum wage is a trojan gift. The deception stinks.

Ibime:
It's a sleight of hand. Larride is a politician. He can take a low month during Jonathans time and compare to a high month during Buharis time

This why I always try to avoid topics like this. Depending on whom I am having this debate with, I may be called an APC sympathizer or PDP apologist. Whereas all I interested in are verifiable facts, not some abracadabra figures.

Fact is that Nigeria still generates about 4000MW daily. There are some peak period which doesn't last at all and they are back to 4000MW again

Most of these figures can never be verified, unfortunately.

Nigeria has the capacity to generate 8000MW, are they really generating 8000MW? No. They may even be generating about half of that on the average. In a country where we don't even have a correct estimate of the population, it will be hard to trust any data the government or government sponsored press throws out. What can we do but to murmur? This is the 6th year since Buhari was sworn in, yet we still depend on census conducted last in 2006 (I'm not sure about this). What kind of inclusive effective planning can a government do without correct data?

We are talking about school feeding program when the standard of classrooms and education is very poor. We are not serious yet. Our curriculum needs updating, schools should take IT very serious, mode of teaching should change to prepare these kids for the future so they are not left behind, but we are talking about school feeding? Something is wrong with us in this country.

Leyqute:
Man Utd was very successful then. It afforded him enough leeway to train younguns in the way he saw right.

If Klopp lays down some rules for Liverpoool academy players as requirements for first team football, you can bet they’ll follow it to the letter.

Success is everything.

But as at the time they were still very young, SAF wasn't that successful. He was able to groom not just 1 or 2 but about 6 of them at the same time. That's a feat I'm not sure is achievable today. The 6 of them stayed together for about 7-10 years at least

Will SAF be able to handle today's kids?


Viv Andersen on how SAF handled Becks, Giggs, Scholes and co

Victornezzar:
Do you know if there's a river around there

I'm not aware of any

Victornezzar:
Just a Farm land boss

Good morning

Oh okay then. Nice one

melodyogonna:
.... If you play for a big club

Even small clubs in England should be able to pay 2k per week at the very least. That's about 8k a month say you no too good o. Think about it

Victornezzar:
Planning to buy it

Uhm I'm not sure if it's worth it at least for the next 10 years. Ogun state government do not care about those areas. Unless the area has direct access to lagos ibadan expressway and your site is very close to the highway, to me it's not worth it

Victornezzar:
Nah... I stay in Festac

E get one property wey I wan inspect after lockdown

Don't know how far it is from Mowe

Not that far I think. You planning to buy or it's yours already?

Victornezzar:
Do you know Makoloki area around Ofada

I know ofada, not too familiar with makoloki. You base there?

diggz:
Give away for security man work wey I get. I don feed my family finish before I wan feed nigeria?

Hapu that thing biko. Do normal jare

Victornezzar:
Guy u stay around Mowe ryt??

My family stay there. I do come to visit

Expert17:


No kill urself o.

Those guys dey receive alert every Thursday morning

You're making matter worse na

diggz:
Shut up ephraim! E be like you dey switch on and off your sense like phcn shiorrr

No vex senior man. When are you doing give away here na?

That ibime post still very funny to me

patrickmuf:
See car wey Greenwood dey cruise...

I see am come dey rethink my life