₦airaland Forum

Okanokan:
Thats the right thing to do. However, majority of Nigerians are using this medium to warn the rank and file of Apc, that if anything goes wrong with Buhari we will hold them responsible and Nigerians will demand pounds of flesh and pints of blood for thier ineptitude and lacaidistical mentality. Lets Pray!

Jesus!!!!
Na by force to blow grammar?

OBAGADAFFI:
Ask yourself how did we less industrialized than South Africa.

Nigeria was far developed and industrialized than SA in the 80s to Early 90s.

Today most of the industries have relocated to SA, Ghana, Kenya and smaller African countries.


Just look at the mess called Ajaokota and NNPC.

There was never a time where Nigeria was more industrialized than South Africa,read your history very well.
South Africa had being under the stewardship of the Aparthied since the 1800s',the white anglo-dutch minority used the indigenous black majority as slaves to drive industry and commerce for over a 100 years.Nigeria gained independence in 1960,and that was when we began to set up our own industries.

OBAGADAFFI:
Say what you know.

South Africa is generating more than 40k magawatt with less than 50million population.

Nigeria is yet to achieve 10k megawatts with more than 159 millions.

Whose fault is that.

Compare the industrialization between South Africa and Nigeria,SA is far more heavily industrialized,hence the huge demand for electricity.
In case you dont know,South Africa has 4 times the amount of heavy industries that Nigeria has,its not about people alone when it comes to power generation; 2/3 of South Africa's power generation goes to its industries.
I'm not supporting our ineptitude as a country,but if we want to criticize,let us be factual and unsentimental.

The problem is that many Nigerians are quick to compare Nigeria(with a population of 180 million) with another country B(with a population of 20 million) and say,"see,country B has constant light!,chai,Nigeria is a failed state!", "can you imagine,minimum wage in country B is 150,000!,Nigeria is a cesspit!".
If you were to find out how much power country B is generating,you'd discover that it would be vastly lesser than Nigeria's(as in the case of Ghana,Rwanda,Zimbabwe),because they have a very small population and landmass,its enough for them.
Nigeria is definitely underperforming,but it would be a deliberate act of mental redundancy to begin comparing small African countries with us,anyone who does that needs psychiatric evaluation.

Using HDI,the standard of living and quality of life in countries with small population is usually higher than in countries with large number of people; you cannot compare the US with Luxemburg,Luxemburg will sweep the US into the gutters in terms of standard of living.

I think the RPF(especially under Paul Kagame) has really done a lot to change the face of Rwanda since the end of the 1994 civil war,we need to give them credit for that.
That woman needs to cut back on the political rhetorics and actually state how exactly she wants to govern Rwanda better than the party in power.
Afterall,she made her wealth from the same Rwanda led by the RPF.

lightblazingnow:
What intelligence did you use to arrive at this dark sayings.
God is Spirit. And you are flesh with a soul and body.
God is Spirit

God is Spirit.

The Holy Spirit. The Spirit which is whole, Complete and perfect. And you need to come inside. I can see you are outside

You can choose to believe whatever you want,same thing goes for me,I believe what I know.
God is God.

omohayek:
This is a terrible excuse for devolving power to the LGAs. If you and your neighbors decide that you don't care how your tax money is spent by your LGA chairman, that is your problem and no one else's. At least you'd have the choice whether or not to do something about it, which is better than the current situation where chairman are appointed and dismissed at the whims of state governors, and LGA elections are postponed indefinitely.

And what are the taxpayers supposed to do if the LGs embezzle funds?,protest?,when power has already been given to them to work all manner of political mischief(we'd probably have given them power over the LG police people are clamouring for and even executive immunity).
In any case,I think it may be a good idea anyway,lets try it.Democracy is all about trial and error.

I feel that we must first restructure our federalism before giving the LGs full autonomy.Some LGs are not even viable and there are cases where boundary is disputed.
We do not want to have a situation where LG chairmen use tax payers' money to sponsor their personnal political ambition in a bid to get to Abuja.

Currently,we have:
1.Paul Kagame of Rwanda.
2.Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya.
3.Yoweri Museveni of Uganda was doing well during his early days in office,but he seem to have derailed.
4.The current presidents of Tanzania and Ethiopia seem to be very popular and idealistic.
5.Hery Rajaonarimampianina of Madagascar.
6.Dany Faure of Seychelles.

Its all capitalist,business has no morality these days,so far it is "not illegal".
African countries should ramp up domestic refining capacity,that is the only way out.

It was hinted that the NASS would open up its budget last year,yet nothing happened.
I hope the promise will be kept this year.A comprehensive breakdown of allowances and entitlements,not a half-baked incomplete report.

iaamxavier:
the whole why curious

*Shrugs* I dunno,was just curious.
I find it unreal that you slid a whole finger in without experiencing pain though,that place is tight,i'm surprised.

iaamxavier:
lol the truth is no but it was irritating

Did you slip a whole finger in?....hmm..the question sounds wierd,but i'm curious.

Blue3k:
Of course that's correct assessment. There's a reason 12 turned into 36. If you look at old regions as well the were fracturing. The main pattern I saw was the government instead of enforcin rule of law opted for more etho-states for every minory tribe including my own. Everyone knew these states wouldn't be viable considering tax base.
It wasn't stable then and wouldnt be now. I post this to show how foolish millitary government was then. Most if issues you see today with over centralized government is direct result of their actions. This includes from police force, Local government, non viable states for political expediency.
P.S I left a bit of the history out from the Mid Western Crisis. They eventual split it then civil war followed later.

It is true that the military governments were unwise for putting Nigeria on the table and ignorantly hacking it into ethnic pieces of states that were not truly viable.
But we can still remedy it by fiscal federalism.

As much as I am always cynical about late Lt Col. Aguiyi Ironsi's "Decree 54" that started the systematic fracturing and cannibalizing of the Nigerian federating region into states,I however have to admit that even the regional governments we operated in those days were already becoming unstable and would likely have collapsed; calls for the autonomy of minority tribes within the regions had began to germinate,in truth,if regional federalism were to still be in operation,there'd probably be widespread aggressive agitation by minority tribes for independence from the regions today.
After perusing our political history,I realized that the regions were structured upon the concept of tribal majority,this would have led to conflict within the regions with time.As it was,elections within the regions and even at federal level was fraught with crisis and discontent,there were even cases where a whole region boycotted federal election.
If the aim was to keep Nigeria one,then regionalism wouldnt have worked anyway.

iaamxavier:
NB; im no gay!!

so today i was having my bath then i got to a part where i was about to wash my ass suddenly i remembered stuff of when people talk about busting a guys ass and how they start wearing pampers (SCARY) and how painful it is so i tried slowly and dipped a finger into my asshole and it was irritating ever since the thought of that i have started feeling like a gay and its annoying because i love puna so much

what do u think people

Must have been painful,I guess.

Provocation

Tolexander:
If it is by snow, Antarctica should be the most developed!

I just weak.

Blue3k:
1. The Fedreal government would still be there to investigate these matters. Isn't that job of INEC to handle these affairs. Next The National Police force won't completely disapear. They can be like FBI handling these sort of cases and other limited duties. The Police Sheriff could be elected by the people in each LG.

2. The bueracracy won't be big deal copy USA don't reinvent wheel. FBI was created because of interstate crimes in USA. States would simply need to have extradition rules with eachother.

3. Funding might be hard but it won't be overnight process. The level crime and tax base will determine some of these concerns.

What do you think about completely autonomous police forces?

Mr Omohayek,here are the points I was trying to make;
1.The state governors or even local government chairpersons' wouldnt be the ones issuing the arrest warrants; the police should be independent and have power to act unilaterally.In your post,you alluded to the state governors being able to issue a "federal arrest warrant",something only the court can do.
2.The issue of jurisdiction; If say an ijaw man kills another man in Lagos and runs to Bayelsa,what happens when the bayelsa police department refuses to aid the arrest of such a person probably because they suspect tribal persecution?,even if they are willing,the process will be slow(involving sharing of intel,investigation,profiling and perusal of criminal record from one state to another) and by the time action is taken,the suspect would be on the run again.
However,I think the idea could work only with completely independent and autonomous police forces.

The problems with this idea are:

1.States will definitely use the police to oppress opposition and even influence elections.
2.There would be problem of inter-state police cooporation; it will become harder/slower to trace crime and apprehend suspects due to bureaucratic hurdles that comes with jurisdiction,hence,efficiency is reduced because a criminal can simply abscond to another state.
3.Funding: even with a restructured federation,it would take time before States/LGs can be able to fund independent police forces.

However,I think we can have an effective police system if we:
1.Make the police force an independent institution(either it be Federal,State or Local Government); with a stipulated term of office for top positions,just like what we did with the CBN.With this,political interference will be limited to the barest minimum.
2.Change the goddamn uniform,it looks horrible.

Pharaoh9:
You don't know what you're saying,
what you mean can only happen in India

You are at liberty to believe whatever you want.Anyway,its simply my opinion.

Pharaoh9:
So you're comparing Syria with China?

I give up

China may be the second biggest economy in the world and a world military power,but it has a very high population of poor people who can be lured by the promise of wealth and radicalized.
In any case,10 million suppressed muslims are a disaster waiting to happen.

Sealeddeal:
Every non-muslim country that value her people need to suppress Islam because that religion thrive in hate and also suppress any minority where they're dominant.

When it comes to religion,ethnicity and race,suppression will only lead to more agitation.We should learn from history,suppression has never worked,it only leads to conflict.
The new spate of anti-islam rhetoric that has taken root worldwide will only serve to make the religion more popular,infact,people who formerly did not care for islam are now beginning to get sympathetic to their cause simply because they percieve a global persecution.

Pharaoh9:
It can't happen it China, they don't take shit

Syria didnt take poo until the ISIS,Al-Nusra and other ethnic rebel militias tore the country into pieces.

Well,its all good if it works for them and since the majority are overwhelmingly hindu and buddhist.
But I feel that conscious suppression of the minority islamic population may later lead to the escalated conflict that they are trying to avoid in the first place.

Blue3k:
Do these people brand their cows? I just wonder how police are supposed to know. It's good the police will make some money off of this to any unclaimed cattle.



You can if your serious. Any unclaimed cattle will be auctioned after some unspecified amount of time.

Some herders brand their cows either with marks or ink,the problem is,how will the police know who truly own the livestock?,anyone can simply walk up to the station and claim ownership of any amount of the cattle,perhaps,the police will first ask prospective owners to draw the brand(or name the ink) they used in marking their cows; but it still ain't foolproof.