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Laughable to note the dullness of the intellectual cretins, parading as "leaders", who get to insult Nigerians with their crude thoughts. Why has the SW not collapsed now that the PDP is vanquished in the region? If anything, and held as a microcosm of Nigeria, the SW conclusively shows that the nation will thrive and develop if the PDP is rejected.

For a start, and from the example seen in the SW, it is obvious we can expect to see more of Nigeria's income spent on Nigerians if the PDP is deposed at the centre. George is a drowning man who now finds himself obsolete in a region where intellectual and technocratic ability is being empowered to the detriment of undeserving feudal throwbacks like him, OBJ, Omisore et al. PDP ko "Nest of killers" ni.

I thought this woman was busy trying to move Bayelsa forward as a permanent secretary in the State?

ballabriggs: What is so difficult for these Nigerian rogues masquerading as leaders to understand? Leaders drive change, take ultimate responsibility for change, set the tone for change at the top and then cascade and embed the behaviour down. With the criminal pardon of Alams, what core values does this drunken sailor fisherman expect citizens to have.

When citizens see leaders, they should see vision, they should see change. Unfortunately when Nigerians see their leaders, they see rogues, they see criminals and cannot be expected to act differently.

It is called leading by example. Nigerian leaders, right from the number 1 citizen, have no interest in doing this. Next minute, they are busy hypocritically lecturing the populace about a breakdown in societal values when it is impossible to separate their actions/inactions from the state of affairs on the ground.

There are literally millions of research literature where development analyst establish a direct correlation between poverty/corruption and crime/societal dysfunction. It is just that our President is a highly corrupt and dishonest man who is not humbled to moderate his talk by the reality of how his own actions/inactions contribute to the adverse social development he complains about.

To be honest, I don't think Jonathan is especially bright or well-read. The best he should do is loot all he can while he is in a position we know he cannot sniff in nations where merit is king. What I would expect him to be bright enough to discern is the obvious hypocrisy of his kind complaining about a breakdown in laudable societal value when, even personally, his own actions/inactions directly and incontrovertibly contribute to this.

When, as one example, he pardoned a man guilty of the pervasive corruption destroying Nigeria, thus damaging the psyche of young people who will be left confused over the obvious message from Mr.President that crime is no 'biggie' in our nation, why is he now publicly fooling himself with this display of crass hypocrisy?

http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/ayobami.htm

Corruption Eradication in Nigeria: An Appraisal

Oyinola Oluwagmamiga Ayobami


Introduction

Some of the things that cause poverty in Nigeria are the Nigerian ruling and business elite. The ruling elite lack the kind of philosophical and ideological vision and orientation that is committed to developing "a dream society." They have no dream beyond the satisfaction of desires. This paper examines the nature of corruption in Nigeria.


Effect of Corruption on Nation-Building

Many have noted the effects of corruption on nation-building. Development scholars observe this effect. Corruption has an adverse effect on social and economic development and also in building a nation.

Ikengawo: you bloody thief, except wole soyinka, who from your ethnic stock as reached the intellectual acheivment levels of these people you're now trying to claim?

35 million yorubas received free education and couldn't out achieve 3 Igbos that received the same thing.

You're kidding right? People like you want to be taken seriously as having a functional brain yet you say the dumbest and most deluded things possible. It really is amusing to find that it is always intellectual cretins like you, distinctly incapable of distinguishing themselves on a chat forum all Nigerians use, always yapping about some assumed ethnic superiority.

That, to me, really smacks of inferiority complex and insecurity. You may have been brought up to have a disregard for others but do some basic research to know your deluded chest-thumping is an outright fallacy and the product of your deluded, megalomaniac mind.

RIP. 96? Grand old age. Not looking good for the haters of Tinubu. The man may be around tormenting them for another 40 years !!!

Acidosis: Point of correction, mister. I do not hate FELA and I don't even care about him or his followers. I'm too busy to patronise such a man.
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Shut up you disgusting tw1t !!! "Patronise Such a man"? What manner of man do you want to proclaim Fela to be if not that hateful creatures like you only know how to talk negatively about others? Do you have anyone in your entire lineage who has defended ordinary Nigerians as bravely and as innovatively as Fela has done or are you just a hateful reprobate indoctrinated never to see good in others let alone acknowledge such?

How are you different to the racist who calls Bob Marley a "worthless reefer head" simply because his innate prejudice against all black folks means he can never acknowledge the special talent that made Marley an outstanding gift to music and humanity?

Write 50 lines if you want but no one will be fooled enough to not understand the ugly hatred behind your needlessly ungracious,petty and malicious attack against a Musical icon who, like or hate him, was a universally acclaimed talent, a pioneer and a source of immense pride for Nigeria. Useless creature of hate.

REHOZIBAH: It shall b well wt u! Wateva dat 'lastpope' said is laden wt high level of idiocy

Dey r always quick to play up d ethnic card in d face of unimpeachable evidence as to d fact dat whoeva dey av chosen 2 follow willy-nilly 2d grave even if he is a crass failure

D same yorubas all of dem r having HBP over voted 4dis same simpleton massively

Even Obasanjo ddnt av it dis easy in d South-West yet we wer stil his greatest critics

All dis 'na my brother' kind of politics is debasing

'Evribodi' voted 4 GEJ n av d right to take him 2 task as regards his stewardship

D problem oda tribes av wt d yorubas is dat we don't fraternise wt mediocrity even if d pipo involved is our kith n kin but 4dem dey prefer to turn d blind eye to glaring case of cluelessness n rudderless leadership our otuoke president is dishing out

Thank you !! Have we lied against GEJ because we are Yoruba or is the undeniable truth that he is one of the most insensitively profligate President the world knows today? Why is international criticism growing against him if not that even non-Nigerians are finding his callous profligacy utterly distasteful and disgusting ?

Was David Cameron, UK Prime Minister, speaking as a Yoruba man when he asked GEJ to account for the billions that has accrued to Nigeria under his leadership when there is nothing visible to show how this vast amount has been dissipated? They will say we talk because we are Yoruba but can these ugly, repellent and disgusting tribalists counter the many precise chronicling of the profligacy and excess of GEJ that is at odd with his role as President of one of the poorest nations in the world?

The likes of that Lostpope character should be bounced out of here if most Nairalanders are committed to fighting prejudiced and bigoted posters. We are talking of leaders failing to lead by example and the n1ncompoop is talking of Yoruba people hating GEJ. What a backward clown.

http://www.punchng.com/editorial/n2-2bn-banquet-hall-enough-is-enough/

Jonathan Spendthrift: Enough is enough

DECEMBER 3, 2012 BY PUNCH EDITORIAL BOARD


NOTHING typifies the frivolous, insensitive and completely inept leadership troubling Nigeria currently than the recent approval of a N2.2bn banquet hall for Aso Villa by the Federal Executive Council. Coming at a time when the country is buffeted by serious security and other challenges, it demonstrates that this government is not a thinking one. Just one of the dozens of eye-opening government expenses, President Goodluck Jonathan is proposing to build a party hall in the palatial Aso Villa while millions of Nigerians are hungry and jobless. Like the fifth Roman Emperor, Nero, Jonathan is fiddling around while the nation is burning. This disgustingly lavish lifestyle must be curbed.

The justification is as galling as the project. The FEC hinged its decision to award this contract mainly on its belief that smaller countries have better banquet halls near their seats of power. The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Bala Muhammed, who briefed the press on the issue, added that the existing hall was inconveniencing and that the proposed 150-seater hall would have such facilities as “security, hall conveniences, technical room and press briefing room that are more and more enhanced so that national broadcast can be done from there.” This has taken profligacy in public expenditure to absurd lengths.

Jonathan probably expects Nigerians to give him and the other FEC members a standing ovation for initiating the project. But he is greatly mistaken. This is as reckless as it is feckless. With all its wealth, the United Kingdom houses its Prime Minister modestly at 10 Downing Street. Its State Dining Room accommodates just up to 65 guests and is also used to host the PM’s monthly press conference.

[b]Other reasonable leaders, including the Presidents of Malawi and Uruguay, have demonstrated good leadership values by their modest lifestyles. As soon as she came to power earlier this year, Malawian President, Joyce Banda, decided to sell off the country’s only Presidential aircraft and a fleet of 60 Mercedes Limousines. She prefers to use private airlines. Banda’s predecessor, Bingu wa Mutharika, had defended the purchase of the jet as a “must” for a national leader in 2009. The same woman recently announced a 30 per cent cut in her salary. This means that Mrs. Banda’s salary will drop from the reported £37,000 a year to £26,000.

On his part, the Uruguayan President, Jose Mujica, not only drives a 1987 Volkswagen Beetle, but also stays at his wife’s farmhouse. Besides, he donates 90 per cent of his monthly salary to charity. “I’m called the poorest president”, he had said, “but I don’t feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, and always want more and more…This is a matter of freedom. If you don’t have many possessions then you don’t need to work all your life like a slave to sustain them, and therefore you have more time for yourself.”

Also, the King and Prime Minister of Norway reportedly fly commercial airlines. The interesting thing about Norway is that it produces almost the same amount of oil as Nigeria. But while it has successfully navigated through resource curse to be among the richest countries in the world, Nigeria, in spite of its abundant natural resources, is among the poorest. Norway’s success is not by magic but by prudent management of its resources.[/b]

Jonathan government has continuously demonstrated that the interest of the larger Nigerian citizens is not its priority and that profligacy is its cardinal principle. There are many depressing examples.

In the 2011 budget, N18bn went for the maintenance of presidential planes, which could provide decent accommodation for 18 million people going by the UN-Habitat estimates. In the 2012 budget, it set aside N1.9bn for the purchase of an additional aircraft for the already bloated Presidential fleet and N1.5bn for guest houses for some senior lawmakers. This is happening in a country where a prized possession for many is a generating set.


Nigeria is buckling under the weight of Jonathan’s propensity for the absurd. Allegations are flying everywhere about the monumental level of government ineptitude in responding to insecurity. Almost on a daily basis, bandits and Boko Haram terrorists are killing scores of innocent Nigerians. A recent report by the British-based Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Nigeria as the worst place for a baby to be born in 2013. Nigeria is 80th out of the 80 countries surveyed. Infant and maternal mortality in the country is among the highest in the world. Life expectancy for a child born in Nigeria is 51.9 years whereas, for a small country like Gabon, it is 62.7 years; Mauritius is 73.4 years; and Libya, 74 years.

The 2011 Human Development Index report by the United Nations’ Development Programme placed Nigeria 156th out of 187 countries surveyed. UNDP says, [b]for almost a decade now, Nigeria has been recording consistently high economic growth rate that has not produced commensurate employment opportunities and reduction in poverty among its citizens. Poverty is endemic in the country as over 70 per cent of the citizens live from hand to mouth. An estimated 11 million Nigerian children of school age are out of school. Out of this number, about 7.5 million are girls.

With a GDP Per Capita of $2,500, malnutrition wracks 46 per cent of the population, unemployment rate was 23.9 per cent in 2011 and youth unemployment rate was as high as 46.5 per cent in the same year. It is insulting that the President is creating an atmosphere of wealth and luxury for himself. In the 2012 Mo Ibrahim Index for African Governance, Nigeria was ranked 43 out of 52 countries assessed. The country’s overall score of 42.0 did not even match up to the West African average score of 51.9. Smaller countries just emerging from the ravages of war, such as Liberia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda and Angola, are relatively better in development indices.[/b] Poor infrastructure and harsh economic environment have led to the shutdown of many companies. Some of these companies have relocated to these same smaller countries, leading to massive loss of jobs in Nigeria. This is a grim reminder of North Korea whose leader lives in opulence while the entire populace live in abject poverty.

Regrettably, the Jonathan administration is no longer evincing any hope. The cavalier attitude of the National Assembly is also regrettable. In the life of this administration, corruption has assumed a monstrous status. According to SUNDAY PUNCH investigation, over N5tn in government funds has been stolen through fraud, embezzlement and theft since President Jonathan assumed office on May 6, 2010. Sadly, as The Economist puts it, “Many Africans are ambivalent about their leaders’ extravagance; disgust at profligacy mingles with pride at the display.”

The Jonathan government has demonstrated complete lack of judgement in initiating this project. The citizens, through civil society groups, should rise up to salvage what is remaining of this country. Nigerians should wake up and demand modesty from their rulers. Leadership is about self sacrifice, assertiveness, service, prudent management and the ability to think and galvanise the populace towards achieving the vision of the leader for the common good of all.

Jonathan should curb this regal lifestyle and lavish spending of public money. He should step aside if he cannot do this.

REHOZIBAH: I wish I can share yr optimism abt GEJ being an harbinger of change but am so sorry 2 say dat change as a word is alien to Jonathan

Gbawe has said it all! Dez leaders just don't get it. Dey r asking us 2 give wat we don't av

wit all d iniquitous opulence being displayed by then n shoving it in our faces,dia's no way dey can expect us 2 eke out patriotism n good neighbourliness wen dey demselves r guilty of d same offence dey accuse d populace of

Leaders who dignify n deify corruption,sleaze n wanton indiscipline shdnt expect mor frm d lead

Barry White said 'Practice wat u preach'!

Until its palpable dat we av leaders who r selfless n sacrificial,visionary n forthright we shal kip dancing 'yoyo' on d same spot

Thank you. How, as one example, can we situate the reality of more politicians, than was the case in the past, owning and using Private jets today while asking ordinary Nigerians to respect them more?

Look, GEJ is only able to talk because of the docility of a people who have atrocious things done to them yet continue to smile and even pray fro their oppressors.

The problem is that things are changing gradually and the likes of GEJ are no longer happy that Nigerians are now becoming the animals our dehumanised environment indicated we should have become a long time ago. We all know that only criminal and violent behaviour gets a response from the FG these days. The same people who take advantage of the respectful nature of Nigeria now want to preach about "respect" when young Nigerians, with all hope lost, have accepted their fate and embraced the reality that might/criminality/violence is king in Nigeria. Which society will continue to expect respect for elders to flourish when elders are only capable of letting young people down and ruining their future?

Acidosis: coming from a man who spent his entirely life on earth and as a Nigerian complaining, smoking, womanizing, and then... later died a shamless death..


No wonder the so called "leaders of tomorrow spent their destiny as "leaders of pros. titution", "leaders of campus and community drunkards", leaders of "Nigerian association of unfortunate cultists"..

FELA the Nigerian youth is thanking you ooo for the legacy you left for them! hahahahaha..

May your soul rest in peace.. your followers will join you soon wherever you are....

Shame the world is not full of petty and hateful elements like you unable to separate a man's artistic brilliance, that brought joy to many worldwide and that all right-thinking Nigerians should be proud of , with his private life.

Hate Fela all you want, and it is obvious why since you are a creature of sheer hatred, yet be aware no Nigerian artist has a very successful broadway play in their honour. You will always be a pathetic and hate-destroyed nuisance yet Fela will be remembered fondly as the brilliant, inspired, influential Nigerian king of Afrobeats.

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take dat: Competent hands are everywhere. Most ministers and other political appointees are party hacks whose only recommendation was their affiliation to the PDP and their friends and not competence!

Precisely .... and this is why I gave an example of Haliru Mohammed Bello who played a prominent role in GEJ's 2011 election win. He was rewarded with the defence portfolio and messed up badly in it only to then be sacked. Similar is true for many of GEJ's other Ministerial appointees who are politically expedient choices made with no recourse to the search for merit which must be paramount above anything else for a serious leader.

We have seen nations worse off than Nigeria transformed for the better because a leader committed to putting round pegs in round holes. Yet Insincer9gerian now wants to tell us GEJ, because of "quota system", has no choice but to employ incompetent hacks

This is what I despise about Insincer9gerian and other fans of GEJ. We can all have our camps we support but let us at least do it with dignity and truthfulness instead of a desperately unethical zeal to deceive and con others because we think they are gullible and foolish. If this Minister is messing up, then it is 100% a problem GEJ created and must end. Nothing at all to do with Nigerians. Simple as that.

thelastPope: Most Nigerians? Keep deluding yourself! 80% of all of you that are insulting him here are Yoruba! We are fully aware of that! Even the other 20% are mostly people from other tribes who have lived in the SW all their lives. It is a known pattern. SMH for you

This is what you and others boil down to. Nothing but sad, pathetic, ill-exposed and ethnocentric bigots. You will never dispute the logic in the argument of others yet you will foolishly play the ethnic card at every excuse. You are nothing but a divisive and nauseating creature of hate who is preventing Nigerians coming together to see and appreciate what must be seen and appreciated for the betterment of our Nation.

Did the Yorubas force David Cameron, the leader of one of the wealthiest nations on earth, to make the sacrifice he did below? Did we force his Nigerians counterpart, the leader of one of the poorest nation on earth, to buy more planes to add to a profligately bloated fleet while Nigerians are starving? You are a disgraceful and tribalistic joker !!! A disgrace to education and decency!!! When has GEJ done anything exemplary and sacrificial similar to what is illustrated below you repellent and tribalistic tw1t !!!!


http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/07/20/david-cameron-flies-commercial.html

David Cameron Flies Commercial
Jul 19, 2010 8:00 PM EDT
British P.M. joins ordinary folks for trip to meet with Obama.

It’s true. The freshly elected British prime minister flew to Washington “slumming it in business class,” as one stunned member of his press corps reported. It was a noticeable break of tradition for a British P.M. who—like most government heads—usually travels on his own plane. David Cameron and top aides were “spread out with nothing separating them from hoi polloi,” wrote BBC correspondent James Landale. “At least those polloi who can afford business class.”

The reason, says Cameron, is the U.K.’s fragile economy, which has forced sweeping cuts to many government programs. This year the British economy has borrowed about 11 percent of GDP, almost as much as Greece, which has faced soaring and crippling debt over the past year.

Global economics is certainly on the list of issues Cameron will discuss with President Obama today, as well as coalition efforts in Afghanistan. Reporters at a joint press conference with the two men in the East Room this afternoon are also expected to ask about global climate issues. And Obama and Cameron, at some point during the visit, have to make good on the wager of a case of beer they made before the U.S.-vs.-U.K. World Cup match last month. The teams tied, 1–1.

charlie82e: We Nigerian ar alwys too quick to find fault in someone while we are why the problem stil persist. In your office 'Do well, in your business dealings 'deal well. No wayo wayo, No mago mago. Na wetin Mr. President dey try tell all of us be dat. Let's start cleaning from our own closet..

I feel sorry for how some Nigerians now exemplify the concept of "Stockholm syndrome" more than others in the world today. How many nations do you know where leaders hypocritically ask a very poor and ultra-dehumanised people to make sacrifices while they live hedonistically like Roman emperors?

"Clean from our own closet"? Are you for real? Do people like you appreciate why Presidents and heads of States are called "number 1" citizens? Is it to eat close to a billion in food while Nigerians starve or to maintain a ten-airplane fleet while even leaders of the most wealthy nations of the world dare not do that because their politically sophisticated people, and rightly so, will ask them to lead by example?

Do you know how trillions of written materials has put the woes of Nigeria, to include the breakdown in societal value GEJ moans about, at the door of bad leadership, corruption and insensitve greed that has dehumanised Nigerians and made them aberrant? Keep getting it twisted. One day it will dawn on you that leaders have the greatest responsibility to lead by example.

thelastPope: You just keep showing who you really are. I need not say more. According to you, GEJ has bought 10 planes since he became president. Well done! Clap! Clap!! Clap!!!

You even know what he really means. I guess you must be related to Matt Parkman in the series, heroes. You must be a powerful psychic and mind reader. You even know what Nigerians think right from your desk at Alausa! Wonderful! Most interesting part is that, according to your logic, the whole country was paradise when GEJ took over and GEJ has since destroyed everything. WOW! You are good!...

Besides, I will not down low to your gutter language level...Am too much for that

Cretin. Those who are genuinely reform-minded birth change and reject the abhorrent ways of the past. Their time in office is not typified by giving the tired excuse of "I did not cause the problem" while the world sees them propping up and enjoying the largesse, bad old ways and inefficiencies that have created the current deplorable situation many ordinary citizens want to escape. M0r0n.

thelastPope: You know yourself. You have to work for your pay, I understand that, but you have absolutely no reason to behave like a tout, even if you are one. There is nothing in that presidential statement that warrants your insults. That is a commendable statement from a president. The kind only profound leaders make, but you went on a childish tangent and just must do what you are paid to do. Very uncalled for and shameful

Shut up reprobate. You are nothing but a clannish clown. Sadly for you, and as intelligent folks have always maintained, Nigeria cannot exist in a vacuum. The evil that "take every kobo" leaders like GEJ have supported will turn Nigerians into dehumanised monsters who will not care for the ideals of society.

It is the fact we are now at this terrible reality that prompts the "respect" lamentation GEJ makes. What Mr.President really means is that Nigerians, gradually, are becoming more radical and not willing to stand by watching while him and his fellow plunderers loot the nation blind , while giving very little back, as has always obtained.

A fool like you sees nothing wrong with a man who ludicrously runs a ten airplane fleet, as leader of one of the poorest nations on earth, asking for respect when his peers who are heads of much richer and more stable nations have one airplane or even non at all !!! "Charity begins at home" azzlicking m0r0n.

Sincere 9gerian: How does that thoughtless cock-and-bull story fit into the topic? How does it relate to a Nigeria where quota system and federal character is constitutional? You see why I call you mediocre Gbawe. Rise beyond mediocrity.

Give it up dude. This is disgraceful. I would be ashamed if my 4 year old behaved as you are doing here. Once again, and as is the case these days, you have been disgraced as a cretin not intelligent enough to think of the stupidity of his thoughts before he goes public with them. Rather than accept this, you want to remain here disgracing yourself and the messiah you worship.

The Bottom line is that GEJ hired this man and is the only one who can fire him. Spare us your diversionary rants we know you deliver to spare your messiah of blame even when it is obvious that it is impossible to look at anyone else regarding the ineptitude of a Nigerian Minister. You have pissed yourself publicly and now want to pretend others hosed you with water. Shameless tw1t. You are an absolute disgrace.

thelastPope: The president comes out and gives a bold profound statement of truth and a clarion call for society to take a look at itself and change and some kids just quickly come out and prove him right with shameless posts. Posts from touts and agberos. What more do you need to prove the president is spot on! Gbawe and his fellow agberos are undeniable proof

Shut up crybaby. You only know how to report posts to mods so get your cowardly self out of my face.

[quote author=e.code]I really don't know how some people reason at all. The message is very clear, BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE. Please you people should desist from insulting Mr. President. People think they can come online and be claiming saint when we know corrupt runs in their system.[/quote]Oga, speak the truth and shame the devil. What change has GEJ and his kind exemplified to encourage young Nigerians to embrace the ethos of self-sacrifice and patriotism? Were you too young to note when Thomas Sankara sold the presidential fleet of cars to drive around in a Beetle because he felt he did not deserve more while his people had nothing?

Do you not know David Cameron uses commercial airlines lately because it would be distinctly insensitive asking Britons to get used to 'leaner times' while the Prime Minister is eating caviar aboard one plane from many out of his expensively maintained fleet?

Guy, give us a break. Crime and breakdown of respect for elders will proliferate as long as hypocrites like GEJ believe in a system where leaders take 95% of the wealth of Nigeria and give the people 5% in return.

gbanikiti: Are you trying to tell me that as a result of quota system, Jonathan should appoint daft people as his ministers? Do you want to tell me that the particular region where the clueless minister comes from, there are no competent brains to fill in that position of the Minister of Youths? Probably the minister is not a youth. Only a youth understands the problem of a fellow youth. You are really a disappointment to the rest of the 40 laptop doggies!

This is why i still respect Beaf! even though we don't agree politically, he got brains and very intelligent! smh for Sickcere 9gerian.

Insincere9gerian is a grade A cretin. A disgrace and a shame to his nation.

Imagine this scenario. I have a 3-year old child I can punish, sanction and discipline any time I want. Yet I neglect my parenting duty and wilfully keep all the gates to my compound open so that this child can roam around disturbing the neighbourhood. I am too busy stealing from my employer to know or even care care about what this child is up to.

You, Madam Gbanikiti, run a 'tight' house where your kids are disciplined, well-behaved and your gate is always locked. If my child jumps over your fence to terrorise your compound, what manner of hypocrisy and total lack of morality would lead me to turn around and publicly speak as if you have the responsibility of helping me to make amends for negligence only I am totally responsible for and can rectify?

Sincere 9gerian: The EXTRA LARGE font was completey unnecessary. We would still have read it if you had written in the usual font. Well, those are signs of someone whose confidence is waning.

I ask again, hoping for once in your miserable life, full of lies and deceit, you will be upright enough to provide a straight answer:

[size=14pt]Does the shameless and ethically-challenged insincere9gerian not know that it is only GEJ that can sack this Minister? Why the fake noise asking Nigerians to act when the ball is in the court of GEJ if he decides to kick it this very second?[/size]

Sincere 9gerian: Does a mediocre Gbawe have enough brain cells primed to identify competent leaders? I dont think so. It simply doesn't add up. A mediocre Gbawe cannot see beyond mediocrity

My deluded friend, you are the one who is clearly mediocre and a loser from talk everyone can discern emanates from the pen of a worthless, insecure and small-minded sycophant with no original thought in his head. Cretin.

Sincere 9gerian: That is the complexity of our country. It is called quota system, aka federal character. If GEJ fails to abide by quota system, Buhari will release his dogs to unleash more mayhem in the north.

You are shameless. Quota system led GEJ to chose the worst available? Are you going to patronise the State of origin of this man by saying no better than him was available to GEJ? Your revisionism and deceit is nauseating especially as we all saw GEJ 'dashing' important appointments and portfolio to those who helped him achieve "operation GEJ 2011" like quintessential AGIP Haliru Mohammed Bello who became defence Minister, despite gross unsuitability for the position, only to be sacked after his ineptitude has let Nigeria down.

You and others are pathetic,clannish and pitiful clowns who would not mind that Nigeria drowns because of your blind support of a mediocrity placed far above his station.

gbanikiti: Only a Clueless leader appoints Clueless ministers. What did you expect? A performing Minister who knows absolutely nothing about his portfolio? What stops the Minister from being fired? but instead such slow pokes are recycled back into the failed system.This is damn funny!

Thank you. I don't claim to be perfect but the day Nairalanders see me blindly supporting leaders who employ mediocre tools, capable only of taking Nigeria backwards, is the day I want folks to show this and ask me to leave the forum. I will gladly go.

I can make this challenge because I know it will never happen as I will never ever support leaders who aid mediocre elements into office only to turn around and savage their appointees, as Insincere9gerian does, while ignoring how it is the 'oga at the top' I support whose error of judgement is to blame for how said inept characters have gained influential public office. Rather, I will say nothing instead of talking foolishly to appear as a totally immoral tw1t dedicated to individuals instead of to ideas, issues and what is best for Nigeria.

It is a bit like parenting. We all love our kids and will never, unless perverse wierdos, humiliate them in public. Yet the worst parents, who raise monsters and menace to society, are those who publicly back the wrong actions of their kids and make a public show of defending what is condemnable behaviour. If this Insincer9gerian had any morals, he would not start a thread about the woeful display of a Minister GEJ employed and has the right to fire this very second. Has he even minimally asked why GEJ, if interested in delivering solutions, keeps these sort of worthless mediocrities in office?

[size=14pt] Does the shameless and ethically-challenged insincere9gerian not know that it is only GEJ that can sack this Minister? Why the fake noise asking Nigerians to act when the ball is in the court of GEJ if he decides to kick it this very second? [/size]

Sincere 9gerian: I created this thread and wrote the opening posts. Have you ever, ever criticised anything that has to do with ACN controlled states? That is the DIFFERENCE between chronic sycophants like @Gbawe on one hand and Sincere Nigerians on the other.

Because I am not mad, deluded, small-minded and clannish as you are. I would never create a thread bemoaning how terrible an appointee of Fashola is when I know the Lagos Governor put said appointee in office and has the power to fire him any time and replace him with better. You are one of the few on this forum capable of such open deceit and mindless sycophancy.

Sincere 9gerian: This minister has performed very badly. It appears he didn't come to the programme prepared. I hope those who will call into the programme will express disappointment with the minister

Can you remind us who appointed him Minister again? Who is responsible for removing him? You are now begging those who call in to the program to help you condemn this Minister while you make no mention of the worthless leader that appointed this dull character into office and maintains him there despite the deficiency you now hypocritically moan about. A shameless, nauseating and clannish sycophant is all that you are.

Hold the incompetent Minister up to dry and not the incompetent oga at the top who has appointed mediocrities almost everywhere to run the affairs of a very complex and troubled nation.

Eko Atlantic: The killer party is officially 6.99 feet under the ground in SW. Hulala...

Mr.President, stop fooling yourself. Social networking and a more inter-connected world, enabling more Nigerians to see what obtains elsewhere even if they have never left Nigerian, is the reason many young Nigerians now feel they have to embrace 'self-help' (crime) to gain some of the wealth of Nigeria that people like you believe in pocketing, to the detriment of the majority, with your huge salary, ridiculous food budget and ten airplane fleet.

Stop complaining Mr. President. You are fighting a losing battle because respect for elders, in this day and age when we all know what others are doing and enjoying, can only be maintained through elders conducting themselves in a manner worthy of respect.

Things will never go back to the days of innocence when deceitful elders like you patronisingly rub the head of young children and tell them to "study hard" while you loot/damage their future and condemn them to becoming criminals with your callously profligate ways that is going on even now as you speak.

You cannot even sacrifice one plane out of your ten airplane fleet, when other leaders of wealthy nations have one or non, yet you ask young Nigerians to respect you? You are even lucky they are docile, in comparison to others, else you may not have the effrontery to patronise them as you now do and as your kind have always done.

bigrovar: Reading the thread makes one depressed. I have often said, our biggest problem is not illiteracy but huge number of unenlightened literate people we have. Anyone with half a brain would realize that this video was not meant for Nigerians or Lagosians, it was aimed at attracting foreign investors. It is called branding. South Africa does this with their Proudly South Africa Branding exercise, This is a country facing serious AIDS issues and with one of the highest rape/murder and crime rate in the world. Yet they have been able to show case the bright side of their country. The side they want to present to the world.. The best part of South Africa. India also does this with their Incredible India promo shown on CNN and other international TV stations. Incredible India won't tell u India is a home to over 400 million people living in abject poverty (That is almost more than the whole population of West and East & Central Africa put together) some in condition worse than sub Saharan African. Yet India has been able to showcase its best to the world.

Lagos is not the worst city in the world, It has huge infrastructural problems, Its a 3rd world city with many 3rd world problems. Yet Lagos is a mega city. A city with GDP bigger than Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi put together. The most cosmopolitan city in west africa. A city where you can arrive with nothing and make something big of yourself. A city full of oppotunities. It is the most industralized city of the 2nd biggest economy in Africa. It is the only Nigerian city whose major revenue is from non oil sector. Lagos is an investors paradise which has been put too much on negative light mostly by western press. There is nothing wrong in showing the world a different side to lagos. In fact its a side of lagos which needs to be sold more so that the city can change perception and in essence bring in needed investments in areas like transportation, power, etc with the hope of providing jobs for you and I. A lagos where people of different ethnicity and religious background live side by side and peace and harmony. A lagos on its way to becoming the biggest city in Africa. I look at this documentary with pride not because I am rich or I never saw the ugly side of Lagos. But because this ulgy side is what the world see and knows about Lagos. Its great that someone is trying to show another side of Lagos. Unfortunately inferiority complex is enshrined in the blood of many Nigerias

Fine post. You are correct to state that this thread is a depressing read. To be honest, I don't even have time or energy for these sort of threads because many contributions to it, expectedly, are driven by the inferiority complex you mention plus the constant dedication of some ethnocentric Nigerians to never seeing/saying anything positive about Nigerians. It is these same set of critics of the video who bemoan how Western representation of Africa is limited to slums, images of severely malnourished children, conflicts, diseases, child trafficking, barbarism and all the deplorable vices humanity abhors and condemns.

A governor is trying, using legitimate PR tools, to show positives about his state and support the notion that, overall, Lagos is moving in the right direction yet some (not even stakeholders) have the biggest issues with that.

Ghana is an example of a nation with many, many, many problems only those who know the nation first-hand can appreciate. Yet the Country has succeeded to make the entire world believe it is heading in the right direction overall, as an African "shining star", because Ghanaians can generally come together, despite their differences, to accentuate what is good and progressive about their Nation. Meanwhile Nigerians are their own biggest enemies and stumbling blocks with how it is obvious they have no goodwill for each other. Tragic really.

[quote author=D'Vanguard]Lots of people comment without reading the content of the speech of Tinubu, just because Okupe came out to disagree with Tinubu. They all condemn him also. Pls what do you expect from Okupe to embrace Tinubu or disagree with him. I posted the speech so that people can read and understand and judge not from just one perspective but from both sides. Except I know lots have poor reading culture they live by what people say.[/quote]Thank you. You are the sort of poster this forum needs not the many brainless idiots who read the topic alone to begin hyperventilating. What else do we expect the paid hacks of GEJ to say? Even on Nairaland they call us "liars" when we say factually and correctly, as one example, that the GEJ government has failed to implement the badly-needed recommendations of the Ribadu petroleum task force and that of many others.

Tinubu has told a packed-out audience, eager to hear what he has to say, the truth about Nigeria and how she is horribly led currently. We do not expect paid sycophants of GEJ to agree with Tinubu. What we should expect, for a nation that wants to be great, is for "educated" young folks to get hold of the speech of Tinubu, read it and show us the lies instead of just blindly agreeing with the paid hirelings of a drowning and universally despised government with a President comfortable maintaining a ten airplane fleet while Nigerians starve.

Of course the world wants to hear Tinubu talk. Jonathan is just a woeful 'throwback' leader and more people are aware of this now because we live in a global Village with information dissemination aided by social networking. It is not hard for the image of GEJ to come to the mind of non-Nigerians when they see charities asking for donation for starving African kids. They know he tried to bully through a multi-billion naira "mission house" for his callous and shallow wife. They know his food and drink cost an awful lot of money while Nigerian children starves. They saw the shocking amount Nigeria lost to fuel subsidy scammers under GEJ's watch !!! They know of his legendary ten airplane fleet while other world leader of very rich nations have one or even non !!!!! Natural for people to look at, listen to and even openly support alternatives to such a character who appears a dinosaur in this day and age when the concept of equity and fairness grows stronger universally.

tosin2013: Truth is, as compared to aw much funds they receive as allocation most ACN/APC governments are doing much beta than d crooks of PDP. Hate him or like him aregbe is on his way to being ranked with d likes of jakande n bola ige n co.

Thank you. Nothing more, nothing less. There is no way to spin how these are the same projects the PDP abandoned or said they did not have the money to carry out. Their 419 leadership is now exposed to be a con job carried out by heartless individuals who prefer to loot 95% of what is available and give a paltry 5% back to the people. Au revoir SW "nest of killers" .

Eko Ile: So why are many states in Nigeria building and naming their own airports?


You are hopelessly and ignorantly confusing yourself with apples and oranges..

Indeed. I was not going to comment on this aspect of things but the level of ignorance and functional illiteracy on this forum is shocking. This is too much !!!!! Kilode? We are living in the Information age. Would it kill some folks to do some basic research before talking ignorantly and arguing blindly? States can build airports with the main proviso being that they get the approval of the FG through the appropriate agency of the government which is the FAAN. As simple as that.

For the intelligent folks here genuinely into development, it will be obvious how everything ties in cohesively together as parts of one masterplan for transport (rail, road et al), trade and socio-economic development. From the gbongon/Akoda expressway to the Osun to Ogun, ijebo-Igbo and Lagos expressway providing an alternative route to go from Osun to Ogun and the Lagos State while bypassing the hellish FG-owned Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Even this airport is being revived to specifically complement the planned free trade zone. Those here talking ignorantly are only wasting their own time because these are some serious plans, even involving administrator working together productively, for the development of States and the SW region at large.

http://www.osundefender.org/?p=23159

Airport Project On Track – Osun Govt


Osun State government has disclosed its resolve to go ahead with the execution of airport project to facilitate socio-economic activities in the state.
This was disclosed by the Special Adviser (SA) to the Governor on Works and Transport, Engineer Sabitu Amudah at this year’s ministerial press briefing held at the Local Government Service Commission, within the state government secretariat in Osogbo.


In his address, he disclosed that the project would be a medium-sized airport for passengers and cargo flight, adding that the state government has gained the consent of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) for the project.
The airport project, according to the Special Adviser, is to complement the Omoluabi Free Trade Zone of the administration.


Amudah disclosed that the administration has concluded the award of the design and preparation of tender, for the construction of road projects across major towns in the state.
The projects include; Osogbo East bye-pass, dualisation of Osogbo-Ilesa road, Osogbo-Ibokun road, Gbongan-Akoda road and the rehabilitation of selected roads in Osogbo town.

He added that tender for the rehabilitation of some roads in Ilesa, Osogbo and Gbongan-Orile-Owu-Ajegunle to link Ijebu-Igbo roads have already been concluded and just waiting for award to contractors.
Furthermore, the SA maintained that the state government has further entered into agreement with the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), which would enable the state government to provide coaches to convey persons and goods on the Lagos-Ibadan-Osogbo axis.

According to him, the administration in the state would ensure free flow of traffic in the state by next year, through the combined effort of Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) and officials of the Osun Traffic Management Enforcement Committee (OTRAMEC).
“The state is also to ensure massive road maintenance by using some members of the OYES volunteer corps, who are trained engineers, after the ministry might have given them professional training”, Amudah added.

Maxymilliano: Nice, but the exterior doesn't look grand as the one at Accra ...

Commendable tho!

Yes you're right but Accra is the capital City of Ghana and the Golden Tulip there is the flagship and should be accordingly grand.

blink182: See these so called broke states embarking on projects the FG will be boastful to execute.

Indeed. The truth is that stakeholders have cause to be happy and to be optimistic about the future. ACN Governors in SW States have been delivering many pivotal infrastructural achievements of late. Even more important is the fact that these are the very same crucial projects, needed for infrastructural and socio-economic development, the PDP, when they were in charge, told us there was no money to implement.

We are seeing vitally important roads, dilapidated and hardly usable for even several decades in some cases, being improved and upgraded rapidly yet some are annoyed stakeholders are happy they are getting what they voted for and have waited in vain for - over decades. Which kain bad belle be this for god sake?

These are projects that will drastically change the fortunes of the SW and some, not even stakeholders, resent that end-users are happy? Says a lot about their mindset and absence of goodwill towards others. Let us bear in mind also that these are the same set of folks who taunted Osun for being too poor to construct road or develop. Now their negativity is about something else. Sad people. Osun folks carry go ojare !!!!!!