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I will continue to shout this....... 'Nigerians are illiterates' and that is the biggest issue not corruption. Illiteracy is what fuels our corruption

We never sit back to think. Even without this expose, who cared to know how revenues are disbursed?

Why do Nigerians focus on the federal while neglecting the state govts closer to them?

Why do Nigerians support the oil marketers against the govt? And when the marketers arm twist the FG... they will cry foul

..... and very soon they will turn their anger towards the incoming govt without caring to look into details.

Crazy mob mentality is the bane of our followership and that is root of all the troubles.

Lol

Lawan, Akume, Gemade, Oyegun, Saraki. ......... all represent the change agents Nigerians voted for?

While NOI, GEJ etc are the evil agents Nigeria had to get rid of?

Good Morning Nigeria

And why is this on FP without good pics or storyline

What is the morale of the post?

kenny091:
If this were europe okonjo iweala would have resign in embarrassment long ago and this issue would not have to be discussed at all. We see public officers resign for leaving less of a mess than what okonjo has done. Am sure I saw greek officials resigning and making belated efforts with red-faced embarrasment to revert the economic crunch. Cerainly it was not during that crunch that they were receiving honorary degrees and chieftancy titles

Name the finance ministers that resigned across europe during the global downturn and post a link

mpowa:
All these grammar na hogwash, yes most of us are illiterates, in fact we don't even know how to spell 'economy' but we know the basics, the basics are that food is on the table of the common man, that things are better than they used to be, not paper economy, not our lives getting better on charts and statistics, not nonsense awards to people whose impact cannot be felt by the common man, not rise in the nation's dept, not borrowing to pay workers salaries. And in the midst of all these there are numerous presidential jets, some militants are feeding fat, there's linkages everywhere in the economy.

With all these what people like you want is for the people who are suffering to be smiling and keep singing the praise of our corrupt leader for either your myopic or whatever reason, tell Yale university to bring their school here for 1yr under NOI's watch, we'll see if they'll still give the nonsense award afterwards.

Take it easy, economy is no emotions.

Adekorya:
Do u av 2 b showing ur stupidity all the time?

U rushed to comment on a thread, and ur comment was nothing bt tribalistic

I wonder the level of ur education
because u cnt even spell some commons word right

E.g

Succeded- instead of succeeded
Akwaibom- instead of Akwa Ibom
Crossriver- instead of Cross River
Decongest- instead of De congest
Ressurect- instead of resurrect

Thanks for spotting the gaffes. ..... that is why I need a secretary. Are you available?

So Saraki will be the senate president in the incoming corrupt free government?

Where is the change?

kenny091:
This is one of our problems in Nigeria, how can u just assume the people that signed the petition are illiterate or biased. If you are not being biased yourself can you evaluate the economic situation of the country. I don't need a phd in econs to know the country is bleeped. About half of the states can not pay salaries to civil servants, federal govt can not pay salaries, no money to settle oil marketers and resolve the oil scarcity. Sir I am proud to tell you I signed that petition because am convinced the coordinating minister of Nigerias economy has Failed woefully

Europe went through an economic crunch not long ago..... would it be right to say that all the finance and cordinating ministers across europe were substandard and failed.

Once a black man finds someone to blame, his brains ceases to work. Governance and economy cannot be traced to a single individual. ..... go figure.

Nigeria is a land inhabited by frustrated illiterates.

Even dummies who have zero ideas about the workings of an economy will join in signing a petition driven by naive, tribally-laced, illiterate intentions.

The world is not as stupid as us. They understand our society better than us. Our apathy to governance cannot influence the objectivity of a prestigious institution like Yale.

mobaking:
How many ships can get to ur Ibaka and other ports in one piece without the crew being kidnapped or robbed?.U need to change ur attitude to investors and make ur region investor friendly.

Lame excuses

The crude tankers that are all over Niger delta waters loading and exporting crude have all been kidnapped.

For your info, At any given time a minimum of 5 crude tankers are docked by a loading buoy in the Niger delta. So find another excuse.

The Lower Niger just missed a massive opportunity by a hair strand.

Uyo has been upgraded and positioned the next economic hub in West Africa. Akpabio succeded in putting up all major infrastructures required for a thriving metropolis..... and just one more thing was required......... sign the Ibaka seaport project and concession and Akwaibom would have taken Africa by storm.

GEJ was playing it cool not to offend the south west who believes the port business is their resource. He was just waiting to get back in 2nd term to kick start the project. The south west and North saw this and had to fight as hard as they could.

However common sense can only be delayed and not denied.
Why does Nigeria despite having over 700km coastline still operate only one Port only in the Lagos the south west?

Why was Atiku allowed a concession on Intels port in rivers state with import rates way higher than Lagos and only economical for oil and gas businesses?

Why has NPA refused to renew the dredging contracts for the ports in delta and crossriver state?

Why was a yoruba man few weeks back complaining that the NPA chairman position was the birthright of the southwest.

Nigeria remains a zoo and cesspit. Just because of the interest of a few yorubas, the economic potentials of a region is sidelined against common sense..... which will also help decongest lagos.

Some day that port will ressurect and population of lagos will be halved.

He deserves all the awards and accolades he gets not just for peace but for putting in his selfess best for a tribalistic, uneducated and complicated Nigeria.

Very soon, even unbelievers shall believe.

The problem of Nigeria has moved from leadership to followership. Mob mentality and absolute illiteracy seems to be the biggest problem.

The apathy to every form of government structure and tribalism has blinded Nigerians to objectivity.

Nigerians never sits to think for the long term and common good. Once government is one side, then that's the wrong side.

NPDC has made a mess of their operations and efforts have been made to optimize their production by the outgoing govt and people are here calling for GEJ's head

When GEJ attempted removal of subsidy in 2012, Nigerians hits the streets.... Today they still blame govt when the oil marketers hold the country to ransom

Note this: Without the support of the masses, No president Buhari or GEJ can salvage the economy...... because Nigerians are ready tools in the hands of the enemies of Nigeria.

And I personally think that APC campaign strategy and election result maps has heightened the political awareness, broadened the divide across the regions. Unfortunately patriotism might be far fetched in the coming years and we will still play into the hands of troubles.

Before you quote me, read to understand.

PassingShot:
Reason man! I do not need your pipelines but you need my land to take your crude through to processing points. I, on the other hand do not need you to grow my yam and cocoa.

You are so uninformed.

All crude oil export pipelines are located in the ND
All crude oil exporting facilities are located in the ND

Only the moribund downstream pipelines meant to transport crude to the dead refineries tranverse through non-oil producing states. In the scheme of things. ... the pipelines being quoted are actually useless.

The viable future refineries shall be located in the ND. So the pipelines in question are useless both today and tomorrow.

Biafrans threatening seccession, gets invite to UN
Itsekiris screaming marginalization
Ijaws threaten ungovernable govt as payback
GEJ screaming coming persecution, the SS keenly watching
Oil marketers holding Nigeria to ransom and Nigerians insisting that subsidy remain
Buhari threatens probe, PDP screams start from 1983
El rufai threaten pdp refunds, he is reminded he is inclusive
GEJites asks why Bokoharam activities disappeared after GEJ loss

Meanwhile. ......
Investors refuse to push in funds due to uncertainties
FDI suddenly declines
Revenue drops, borrowing spirals and salaries owed
Foreign exchange rates refuse to drop after elections

The next 18months will be interesting and I dont envy either Buhari or Nigerians resident in Nigeria. If only Nigerians knew..........

GEJ remains the democratic template for Africa.

No amount of propaganda can erase that. 12 months from now, Nigerians will understand better.

Ok

PDP dies, Nigeria loses. We need an opposition. If they ever congregate comfortably under one party, the masses are finished.

Besides PDP = Amaechi=OBJ=Saraki=Atiku=Ngige=APC

Nigeria with APC at its helm is doomed without an opposition.

Waiting for Bakare to start criticizing Buhari's past and present before I take him seriously

GEJ was expected to crush a terror group with a 30yrs deficient armed military

GEJ was expected to litter fast trains instead of 'locomotives' as APC put it

GEJ was expected to kill all the cabals in the Oil and Gas downstream sector

GEJ was expected not to remove subsidy while ensuring zero fuel scarcity even without the support of populace against the oil marketers

GEJ was expected to accede to every request of labour unions, ASUU, Niger Medical Association etc

GEJ was expected to provide jobs for all unemployed youths

GEJ was expected to fund all capital projects and implement FG budget to the letter without borrowing in the face of dwindling crude oil revenue caused by declining crude prices

The expectations are enormous and still unchanged.

APC rode into power on the wings of these unmet expectations. Buhari and his APC should be assured that that expection is ratther higher this time and no amount 'Don't expect a miracle' sermon will lower this expectation.

Illiteracy and mob mentality is Nigeria's biggest problem.

GEJ was expected to crush a terror group with a 30yrs deficient armed military

GEJ was expected to litter fast trains instead of 'locomotives' as APC put it

GEJ was expected to kill all the cabals in the Oil and Gas downstream sector

GEJ was expected not to remove subsidy while ensuring zero fuel scarcity even without the support of populace against the oil marketers

GEJ was expected to accede to every request of labour unions, ASUU, Niger Medical Association etc

GEJ was expected to provide jobs for all unemployed youths

GEJ was expected to fund all capital projects and implement FG budget to the letter without borrowing in the face of dwindling crude oil revenue caused by declining crude prices

The expectations are enormous and still unchanged.

APC rode into power on the wings of these unmet expectations. Buhari and his APC should be assured that that expection is ratther higher this time and no amount 'Don't expect a miracle' sermon will lower this expectation.

Illiteracy and mob mentality is Nigeria's biggest problem.

Our biggest problem as a nation is illiteracy and our mob mentality. That is why corruption thrives.

Nigerian government has never ran any organization right... Its always run aground because of the unproductive mindset of an FG employee. NNPC, NITEL, Railway corporation, NEPA etc

As such, any attempt to have the FG run refineries will be an utter failure and I don't need a sooth sayer to say that.

Secondly, these refineries were built on archaic process modules in the 70s and 80s and no attempts have been made by subsequent governments to upgrade to newer technology.

Repairing these refineries at this time is like trying to fix a 1975 peugeot truck whose spare parts and accessories have long been stopped in manufacturing by the vendor. Any attempt to try to fix the refineries will require paying more for it to the equipment manufacturers fabricate custom made equipments to fit our moribund refineries.

The cost of fixing these refineries will build two new refineries each.... Then why fix them? Only the heavy ends will be economic for an entrepreneur at the moment.

The Way Forward
Take away fuel subsidy and issue refining licenses to renowned downstream companies. The FG can get into a JV agreement to retain ownership like is done in the upstream and exploration industries.

In the long run, FG can afford to sell crude to the local refineries at subsidized rates for local consumption. The employment and business prospects of the downstream is enormous. But we need relative peace in the SS region for these to be viable.

GEJ was headed this exact path but we lot were too blind to see.

Comments so far is a testament to the fact that our patriotism are to our regions and not the nation Nigeria.

Only true federalism can attempt to save Nigeria. Our divisions are obvious and we are not scared to be vocal about it.

Sooner or later.... For which I guess sooner, we will have no option than to embrace this federalism we have neglected for too long but probably amidst choas.

The Nigerian structure as at today is flawed.

The North stands for the north while the South stands for the South except for the SW split between both sides.

Until we fix our fundamental issues, we'll only be playing lip service to one Nigeria. Most average Nigerians are patriotic to their regions and not the United Nigeria.

This is why there is tacit support for bokoharam and militancy by the North and South respectively.

The only hope for a prosperous and less tribal Nigeria is true federalism. Until then, we can only run from pillar to post.

Ok

Ok

May 29th 2016 will be such a long time from here.

It would have been news worthy if APC accepted the result

This is no news.

tbaba1234:
Amaechi performed decently as governor. He is very competent. You might dislike his politics but it does not mean he is incompetent.

If abandoning governance for political gains for over 2.5years is competence...... Then competence has a different meaning

Why are courts under lock and key for a better part of the 2nd tenure while rivers indigenes are languishing in jails because their cases cannot be heard?

What does the popular formulation of parallel govt by amaechi actually mean?

What's really competent about Amaechi?

Immarshall:
A team of competent members,i trust baba
Not a team filled with the likes of madueke..these are people with a commendable past,selfless individuals..
Nigeria will be great again -GMB 2015-2023

Amaechi..... Competent people?

Nowenuse:
This thread in a way is for those silly Southernerns (especially Niger deltans n Igbos) who like to call the Northerners & middlebelters parasites.....

Northernerns damn contribute to this country with their hard labour, tilling & sweating the ground while all those Niger deltans, just because they are blessed with oil & gas rescources which they did not spend their own private money n sweat to develop, they keep running their mouths anyhow.

The OP deserves all the praises she is getting and even more.

But I won't allow you get away with this rubbish. We agree we need each other but the level of contribution is the highest fraud.

The crude from the SS gets exploited and goes direct into government coffers from where it is shared across all states including the north. The Niger deltans are not directly managing their resources and are not direct benefficiaries of same.

Turning it back to the north, the north directly manages its resources and retains its gain 100%. They don't pay tax on their agricultural products and yet get subsidized fertilizer funded by crude oil funds. All the agricultural products are paid for by Nigerians.... Its not free.

But the crude oil generated revenue in the form of monthly allocation is free to the north. Be properly guided.