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Got to go to a village of my choice (definitely not my home town), and stay for the few days with a babe I cherish (Will probably end up with her as a wife) to cool of and have some quite time

The truth should be told, Jonathan sinned as has all the criminal that rule us, ACN inclusive

chino11: Why are you taking you time to enlighten him? Enugu does not have any oil, infact what they called oil is the under ground over spill from Anambra oil wells.

There is no sense in accommodating enugu state in the Orient development plan as they are doing in Anambra because there is no part of enugu either Igga is in the oil enclave.

You enugu people should go and harness your coal and help yourselves out with that, because the developments, royalties and benefits will always be paid to Anambra communities where oil and gas exploration takes place and not Enugu.

See how myopic you are. You want to divide Enugu and Anambra state, because of oil that is on the ground that you know nothing about. You should be ashamed of what you represent.

After the crash of the stock market, is the game treasury bill now?

I hate Treasury bill because it is a way of borrowing by an ineffective corrupt Federal government. Why will I further give my money to a government I can hardly trust?

Given the scale of our internal dept, which is unprecedented, allowing this government to further borrow is uncalled for. I cannot be part of it until Nigeria begins to work.

To those that wants to buy, mark you, it is as good as trusting your money to Nigeria. You are lending to Nigeria government. That is what it is.

Good luck if you choose to

The evil that men do lives after then. When Tinubu was to be exposed by Gani, Bola Ige & co protected him. I remember Bola Ige wispering to him: "with Afenifere behind you, nothing will happen". This man has turned Lagos to a land where Areas boys and "Agberos" rule. Himself a corrupt drug baron; a double faced agent that sits and dines with PDP in the night but makes noise of opposing them in the day.

Very soon; the whole Yoruba race will pay the price for blindly following a common criminal. I have no doubt about this. My only concern is that his activities with those of his like who has taken over our nations leadership will further leave us as a people in deeper dark age as we are.

God have mercy on our souls

Nigerians. Make una learn.

My one and only Hero is Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu. The honest man that set out to clean Nigeria until evil forces overpowered him; not through fight, by through manipulations.

All progressives should learn from the mistakes of Nzeogwu

Capt.Barbosa:
I think in the spirit of fairness and justice, Jonathan should be supported by all nigerians by 2015, to complete his projects.

He may not be doing as expected for now, but 8 years in Aso Rock would have been a ripe age for any meaning assessment. Obj did his term, Yar'adua was in the process. . .and all that.

Please, contribute with maturity. Thanks.

Yes. He should be there doing nothing while people die. Let us pray you become the next victim of Boko Haram; or you will stay without job as millions of Nigeria youths.

To hell with people without brain like you.

Arouser: Let me put it to you this way Mr. Retarded, The worst form of democracy is better than the best millitary regime. It seems your dad is in the army and is thinking of messing up with Naija's democracy. Well i doubt if hi shitty brains can carry him that far. slowpoke!

In one or two sentence, can you name a military government that GEJ's government is better than?

Me, I will vote for a military coup to clean up Nigeria.

If the coup is led by officer at teh rank of Major and below, bet me it will be well-motivated for the good of the nation because most officers at that level is yet to be corrupted. But beware of any coup lead by a General, whether Brigadier, Major General or higher. Those at that level have been so much corrupted.

We need a clean up of the PDP, ACN and the Ashawo parties we have in Nigeria. And we need it fast.

Simple question, if Yoruba, Igbo and the minorities of Niger delta can unite; why exclude the North?

I am for a united Nigeria.

I can prove that the Yoruba's have hurt the Igbos more than the North (mark you I have evidence where Igbo hurt others; especially our Niger Delta Brothers and the North), why then should I forgive the Yoruba and not the Hausas, if not for same ethnicity. Tribalism is bad, not minding ho it is meant for. What is good for Igbo's, Yoruba's and ND is also good for Huasa's.

This so called Southern solidarity in a disguised tribalism.

Nigeria can be one united and peaceful country. The thieves in the North are quite different from the common men. There are also thieves in the South.

In particular the allocation to my own state and local government are stolen by my tribal men and not hausas.


Let stop these stupid division and sentiments

Funny Thread. Truly we are in the twenty-first century and bride price does not make much sense any longer

kodewrita: A pragmatic man/woman who:

1) realises that drastic change as expected by nigerians may not be sustainable.
2) knows how to achieve swift quick wins to solve small easily solvable problems.
3) has a track record of finishing what he/she starts before jumping off to solve others.
4) knows how to shoulder public attacks without seeming flustered or petty.
5) who knows how to handle the press without crushing them with the SSS or hiding from them.
6) who knows how to bring irreversible change in a day-by-day slow but assured manner ( boiling the frog by increasing the temp steadily) without letting public opinion rise so high as to oppose him/her or stop his/her policies).
7) who understands the different faultlines on which nigeria is built and knows how to use those to his/her benefit and the benefit of all nigerians.
who is willing to shed blood appropriately in the service of the nation to keep order.
9) who has a history of recruiting people smarter than him/her to handle critical posts.
10) who is prepared to accept small political defeats in the service of greater long term strategic victory.
11) refrains from making public unconfirmed statements without information.
12) keeps critical information between his ears when necessary or is exceptionally open when the need arises.
13) who is able to swiftly identify cliques/enemies/negative stakeholders and take decisive action to smash them before they constitute a threat to the state.
14) has built up diverse networks: political, business, tribal to ensure his/her unassailability.

Essentially: A well-connected charismatic, pragmatic, media-savvy, decisive, wise, resolute and patient reformer with a thick skin.

You have said nothing.

MRbrownJAY: such men have been in power many a time and yet failed MISERABLY!!!

IMHO, the right man for change is one that A) believes with all his might in rebuilding NIGERIA first and foremost B) who is ready to push laws that will deter anyone from bribing/looting the coffers (punishable by death would surely help) C) someone ready to RIGHT the wrongs that have been done in the past (some contracts signed by past head of states have be to nullified a la Chavez) D) someone not afraid to stand up against foreign gov who have their hands DEEP in 9ja's pocket (however big their bribe may be) E) someone who has future generations in mind when rebuilding the country, rather than his own selfish agenda (and that of friends) AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, someone ready to do whatever it takes to bring 24hrs electricity back to Nigerians NOW...... not forgetting a man with no religious affiliations who will equally help and support the Muslim or Christian side of Nigeria.

You are close.

NO AMNESTY FOR BOKO HARAM. GEJ STAY PUT IN ASO ROCK.

Very soon all of us, including Child Soldiers will be holding AK45 for a fight to finish - the mother of all wars.

Foolish Nigerians. A land ruled by "mumus"

mukina2: http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/03/19/enugu-youths-protest-against-4-months-black-out/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

I suppose they all participated in manufacturing the Bogus number for GEJ. Sorry my Bros. You sold out. refused to join us when we wanted to give ourselves a future.

Think about 2015.

tug: People are so dumb and stupid, the mentality of some nigerians makes things difficult for nigerians and nigeria,..those who say nasty things about there first lady carry courses with out knowing. You only support your leaders and not abuse and say absurd things about them. Fools grow up.

Saying nasty things about a woman without honour, a woman that finds it difficult to make a simple sentence, a woman that lacks the decency and humility to recognize and follow protocol; exposing evil for what it is in a woman that has been caught stealing millions of public fund by EFCC; will bring course?

Sorry, can you define leadership? Is supervising corruption and irresponsibility leadership? Is rigging and manipulating elections a through path to leadership? Is supervising and appointing incapable characters who loot us dry; supervising the several deaths arising from Boko Haram; supervising and managing an economy that can not create jobs for millions of youths; what you term leadership?

Patience Jonathan with her Husband are worthless. They deserve the worst because they have continued the way of past crooks in who put us through hardship.

I hate them and will ever live to say it; until the hardship and irresponsibility they help to create take my life.

To hell with Patience and GEJ; blood sucking Olumba-Olumba pair

Dudu_Negro: This is a great report. The author failed to include in his forward thinking analysis the contingency of a cecession by the North post 2015. They have attempted twice post independence to cecede and each time persuaded against it. The option has gained new awareness and popularity amongst the Northerners. It would be a bad day if it happens on their terms and when they are in power. The period between 2015 and 2020 could very well deliver that reality.

Thanks for being a small student of history, even when you got the spelling of "secession"; but know that if and when the North secede, the South will live fighting wars over our common boundaries.

The most objective assessment of Ojukwu that I have seen. He made mistakes, he read and tried to follow history, but his lack of neo-colonial politics let him down.

Adieu Ojukwu!!!

1luvkipsus: This post is unnecessary and done in bad fate.if traditional rulers don‘t do business,how do u expect them to maintain their elaborate palaces considering the peanut they collect from govt?U even went to far to say that the ooni has a concubine;this is not only derogatory but disrespectful.and finally,you succeeded in endangering the life of the agent who divulged what is supposed to be a secret information to you,which you have made public..i‘m out of here...

It is stupid when people like you turn logic upside down. You sincerely believe that Oni will pay duties and follow due process in this his trade? You will shocked to known that even if this is a banned item, people like Oni, just like most powerful Emirs will use their weight to acquire concessions supposedly importing for personal use, whereas they divert them to the market to make money.

This is the fundamental problem with the country. People pull unnecessary weight. People are greedy.

On a jovial side, no wonder the babes are marrying we young men these days. The old men that have cornered our economy to themselves are using the acquired resources to have all the young ladies. Nothing for the young men except if your dad is connected up there. But for the ladies, their sexual side will do the work.

We are doomed

odiaero: Maybe the Senator dey do chop alon, so the thing don provoke the driver

So long as what the driver did is bad, it is very possible for s driver to be motivated to rob his boss, after seeing the amount of money they steal from the public. Evil begets evil!

The answer is simple. We have been brainwashed, enslaved and placed into a difficult inferiority complex in our relationship with the people of the world. Until we are able to assert of ourself; since we can have a government who lead our people into self-belief, self-confidence.


People!!! We have a long way to go. It is all tied to politics. After God, comes politics.

Because Politics shapes everything, economy, culture, even Religion.

God save my soul from wickedness.

To the people of Church of Satan, count me and my people off. We belong to God.

I hate all evil men as personified by Satan himself

Beaf: [size=14pt]What do your state an LG contribute to Nigeria and what have you done to ensure they contribute?[/size]

I am tired of hearing people complain forcefully about Nigeria, while absolving their state and local govts of any responsibility.
It is a shocking approach to our developmental problems.

First of all, in a federal system, ALL government units have a responsibility to generate wealth, representation, fulfilment and wellbeing for the citizens under their wing. However, in today’s Nigeria state and LG's do little more than collect money from the FG on a monthly basis.
The acceptance of this state of affairs by the citizenry is clearly a disgrace that points to exactly why we have so woefully failed to develop.

At the heart of the acceptance of the begging trail to Abuja is a gross misunderstanding of how a federal govt should function. This widespread misunderstanding can be laid firmly at the foot of years of traumatising military rule in which the head of state sat over the country as a great god from whom all things flowed.
It was in the interest of these great gods to sow chaos in the system to ensure that Nigeria was always there for them to milk.

So much energy has been concentrated on easy loot from oil that we have forgotten how to be creative and have become a people who exist as spongers and who only wish to become “better” spongers. Here is what creativity, honest sweat and determination have produced for the cities below that ALL make more money than the ENTIRE Nigeria:

Nigeria: GDP (PPP) 2009 estimate $341.572 billion
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2010/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2007&ey=2010&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=694&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=&pr.x=38&pr.y=14

Tokyo (Japan) $ 1479 billion
New York City (United States) $ 1406 billion
Los Angeles (United States) $ 792 billion
Chicago (United States) $ 574 billion
London (United Kingdom) $ 565 billion
Paris (France) $ 564 billion
Osaka (Japan) $ 417 billion
Mexico City (Mexico) $ 390 billion
Philadelphia (United States) $ 388 billion
São Paulo (Brazil) $ 388 billion
Washington D.C. (United States) $ 375 billion
Boston (United States) $ 363 billion
Buenos Aires (Argentina) $ 362 billion

Here are two power plants owned by local governments in the UK. These damn things are not owned by the British govt, but by LG's:

SELCHP (35MW) – Lewisham and Southwark Councils

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/SELCHP.jpg/800px-SELCHP.jpg

Greenwich Power Station (117MW) – Standby power station for Greater London

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Greenwich_power_station_from_Royal_Observatory.jpg

Many of us were out rioting for #Occupy, whereas our states and LG's are rotting edifices with no purpose, outside an awuf scramble.
[size=14pt]WHAT HAVE YOU DONE OR ARE YOU PREPARED TO DO TO MAKE OUR STATES AND LG'S PRODUCTIVE?[/size]

Beaf, you got this information from a documented record from the American state. Can you please as a Nigeria get same from the Nigeria state that has been your darling?

Are you not ashamed that you can get this information about a country that is not yours whereas you know nothing about your own fatherland?

Tell us; ears open; waiting!!!

ArQueBusieR: 'Crashing' with soldiers is a very nonsensical thing to do.

How is it nonsensical? Because Soldiers are gods? Cowards.

Everyone have a right to protest when his/her right is abused.

What matters is the contentious issues. There are limit soldiers will cross and they will get mass protest. No one is god

Funkymallam: Semi final draw:

semi 1: Madrid/Apeol vs Bayern/Marsielle.

Semi 2 : Milan/Barca vs Chelsea/Benfica

Fair and good draw to all except may be Milan and Barca

Jakumo: The only good snake is a thoroughly dead one. This Boko Haram mastermind must be terminated with EXTREME prejudice, as a matter of great urgency.

Nothing personal, Mini-Ayatollah. Justice must be served, and even you will feel a sence of relief when that horrid little creature is put out of its misery.

Are you writing out of ignorance or are you a member of the corrupt clique holding us down in this country?

I have been a Buhari Supporter, but do not even have all these facts. However, I hope Buhari will not contest the 2015 election. He has done his best for us and is too old to present himself again for an election. He should go fish out a young man like him, and anoint him for the Presidency.We need a younger Buhari to save this country

[size=15pt]Another corrupt godfather is gone.[/size]

niddamugu: 1. Different strokes for different folks - How about the USA? Can you say the same about their constitution? In Britain, at the micro level, they are guided by policies, but you can say the above about the center. The case of Nigeria has gone beyond where you cannot put pen on paper to guide you and with the right policies in place, the country can achieve greatness.

2. Accept my unreserved apology. It was not intended to cast a shadow on your person. Meanwhile, in putting the policies in place, there should be massive enlightenment campaign to the populace, at least with people like you and me and Nairaland in general, we can achieve.

On a personal note, don't you think the center is too weak to make and take critical decisions? (Boko Haram in mind)

Thanks for your apology. There is no had feelings. Just for us to understand each other.

I believe Abuja is rather to powerful. I believe Boko Haram is not a serious issue, if GEJ is serious and sincere. So many thing is wrong with GEJ's emergence as President. I believe the Northern political clique was wronged by their Southern counterpart.Zoning should have been upheld and respected. Even if we chose to drop it, they would have discussed it on the table. The South begged fro zoning. The same south dropped zoning when it suited us. That is to selfish and stupid to me. If I am from the north, I will be very angry. It was the anger among other factor that gave rise to the killings after last election. I actually predicted it and did warn people to take cover.

I also find it difficult that some politicians are behind Boko Haram and GEJ could not get them arrested. I think GEJ is very incapable of ruling. I believe he cannot even control Patience. Could anyone try Boko Haram with either Buhari, IBB, Abacha, Obasanjo? GEJ is a weakling that is not cut out for leadership, but the corruption in Nigeria produced him as our President. That is teh problem. He has enough tool at his disposal to fight Boko Haram but Corruption and nepotism with his king of sycophantic mindset will never allow him do the right thing.

Boko haram I have continued to believe is part of a complex mechanization to divide Nigeria. I believe it has serious international angle; but a serious minded President could have fought back. This GEJ does not know how to do.

niddamugu: Godman, I feel your passion but unfortunately, you have not proferred any clear solution(s) except promoting yourself as a "Goodman". What you intend doing is working to transform the leadership of our gr8 country Nigeria when you get "up" there. My take is this: for any system to work effectively, that system must be driven by the right policy (document). And what does this mean? It means our policies are not just right. It does not matter who is at the top provided he is working within the confines of the policies, then all will be well. Our constitution is very very faulty.

Take the bible for example, if a christian cannot prove his words or actions from the bible's perspective, then it is either right or wrong depending on what it is.
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In summary:

1. revisit the constitution
2. create regional governments
3. Allow for resource control
4. The center should policy formulator not revenue "allocator"

Are you aware that Britain does not have a written constitution?

So, a country can actually work without a "document" as you called it; if the "ruling class" is guided by good conscious.

This however does not take away, the fact that we may need to revisit the Constitution. But believe me, our problem is beyond the constitution. E.g, our constitution explicitly barred ex-convicts from ruling us; but we now know that one James Ibori was able to rule us against the constitution, thanks to a criminal elite (both in police, the Judiciary and the Presidency).

My point is that a crooked Executive will always found ways around any written constitution with the corruptible judiciary. What about the known Halliburton, Siemens and Mercedes scandals? What has our executive (The Presidency) done to punish the criminals? Nothing. You can see that, at the very top of the leadership, is an insincere "gang". Unless this "gang" is displaced by a people's oriented elite (call them "humane gang"; no constitution will work.

Britain was able to govern themselves without a written constitution because they have a society where no one can impose his inordinate will on the people (mark you I am talking from experience having lived among them). This is not our case here. I have looked at this in terms of the billionaire business class. There are thousands of people who can cough out millions of dollars to fight a corrupt (unfair), prime minister who refuses to go in line with established norms in Britain. Their country can be compared to a village where no particular individual can impose his will on others inordinately.

What we have in our country is a government that is near-God. Once you become a President, no one can stand up to you in our country. So an insincere President (as most of them have been) chooses to implements the laws only in ways that favours him. That is why Ibori was considered a saint under Yar'adua and became a criminal that will be harassed under GEJ. It is all about their personal interest and not of the country.

Owing to the way our nationhood emerged (the whole concept of colonialism never took the people into decision making), our government is "god" that cannot be challenged. Secondly, owing to same path of the emergence of our country, few people exist (with real financial worth), who can stand up to whoever is in government for a fight. Our government as presently constituted controls everything. Unless someone has big businesses outside the shores of Africa, the government can always find a way of bringing down whoever stands up against it. Remember the case of Abiola and Abacha. They crippled his business empire.

In this note, the regional government is a good idea any day. First it makes more economical sense by reducing the cost of government. Secondly, it builds a government that can have enough resources to stand up to a mis-governing Presidency, as against our present weaklings called state governments. But the fact is that the people in power will never allow it, because they are insincere. Allowing it amounts to political suicide which they are not willing to commit.

Sincerity and selflessness is key. No President can succeed without dropping those two traits. Everyone that has ruled us wanted to succeed but their selfishness always creates ground that will work against their success. Selfishness brings success on the short term to their political gains, but destroys the country both in the short term and the long run. This is the problem. We only need one motivated enough to be able to forgo his self interest and also to be able to risk his life. I believe that whoever wants to transform Nigeria must push some buttons that will necessitate attempts on his life by both national and international "forces". Let not discuss this forces and how they will come.

The whole idea of appointing people they can trust ( As GEJ did in NSA, Police, SSS, Army, etc) breeds incompetence that always leads to destruction. These are reasons why no "good plan or program" will ever work in this country.

So it is not about suggestions. It is about making sure that we have "sincere" people that can make intelligent decisions. There will always be "good", sycophantic, bad advices to leaders. And they comes in thousands. What makes the difference is the willingness of the leaders first to pick out the best advice - using his own intelligence (that is why intelligence is important); secondly forgo his personal gains for that of the society. This can obviously come from a selfless humane person.

So I don't believe our problem is suggesting solutions or creating a miraculous "document" called constitution. Our problem is the inability of our leaders to be intelligently selfless and the inability of our masses to force same on whoever wants to rule us; or elect those with the characteristic as leaders.

Remember what I said previously, ever society have good and bad people. What makes the difference is which of these two groups is in possession of the leadership. Or put in another way, which make up the "gang" that rule.

In addition, I do not see the need for name calling as depicted in you suggestion that we are projecting ourselves as "Goodman". I don't think Nairaland is a political forum where politicians sell themselves. It is more like a gossip and learning forumn for me. So the need to project myself does not arise. If you have said, to educate, inform, indoctrinate, brainwash (in a positive sense), etc; i would have accepted. If enough of us act rightly, Nigeria will change. And the only way to get enough of to act rightly is by sharing ideas. That's my take in this, guy

OzReal: Once again you have you have presented an excellent argument, and I agree with all you have said. I'm not for foreign interference in solving our national problems; but given our history as a people(race)in general, and Nigerians in particular, I just don't see any significant progression made anytime soon. Let us take a look at Egypt : Left to the Americans, Mubarak would still be in power now(perhaps, the might still put one of their stooges in power), but due to the unyielding Egyptians they had no other choice that to call for his resignation. Heck, look at the recent subsidy protesst and how we were sold out by the leaders of the NLC. My point is that ultimately, power rests with the people, and not until we as a people begin to challenge the enemies within, we would continue to be at the beck and call of the external forces.

Thanks very much. The power lies with us. But we need to inform enough of our people. That is a task we have to continuously keep doing until progress is made. Thanks again for your wonderful thoughts and belief

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Fhemmmy: if you ask me, there are so many Nigerians that would love to start their own business, but there are few things that makes MOST businesses in Nigeria a failure.

Lack of electricity: No matter how small your business when you have to pay so much in Nigeria to power your electricity and all that is needed, it is not easy and how do you now compete against coys that are not in Nigeria and with constant light

Lack of Security: how do u make something happen when there is no safety

Lack of Funds: Banks in Nigeria are giving loan at rates that you have already failed before you even start, so what could be done to take care of that and when you take money fom family, it is no easy, cos now you owe the whole community.

However, will all these being said, we still have to constantly looking for ways to make things better and be someone and not just sit and wait cos Manna aint coming down from nowhere . . . .

Guy you said everything right but forget to add the most important: Law and order

Let me explain: I have tried out one before, and I found out no one can be trusted in this country; not even the police. No one also wants to sign agreement either as a partner of an agent (for such business that demands it). If they breach an agreement or out-rightly steal from you, our courts and the police will never offer hope.

You find out that we are in catch-22 condition. For a business to succeed, one must learn the ropes of bribery and corruption. Either a good partaker, or (if possible) find a way to beat them. Turn yourself to police and court; or try never to need them.