₦airaland Forum

modath:
One thing I've discovered is that only very few countries depend on mineral resources have equal and balanced personal prosperity, only a few prosper, majority are in penury and the fight for control? Bloody!!

My parents got free quality education that has rubbed off on their children, now we have to pay crazy amounts to get little kids into kindergarten in this day and age!!!

Oil money is easy money but like most free things, it encouraged mental laziness, hence we are where we are today..

Exactly because these mineral resources are not renewable and when their prices fluctuate, you are in deep poo, only renewable resources and sectors grow economy and make citizens of a country prosperous like Transportation, imagine the forex emirates and ethiopian airlines are generating for their countries, railways open up villages and transform them to big towns and cities. Real estate is booming in UAE, kenya is generating forex and employment exporting rose flowers and vegetables, look at what mtn is doing for south africa, zuma had to come and beg PMB for mtn. Hajj has become a major component of saudi arabia economy. Tourism is flourishing in kenya and south africa. Education is adding value to UK, canada and Australian economies

Oil is a curse and will never bring development, the oil communities in Nigeria are wasting their time, the fishes and shrimps [Nigerian shrimps ranks among world's best] in the niger delta will bring more employment and better their lives if only they are wise.

sammhi:
I want to believe you have use some of your Brian's..
GEJ was president for 5 years and I neva heard him say or feel that his people should get more than others..or he ia angry because the north didn't vote him
remba the north consistently voted PmB with 12-13million votes from 2003.in 2015 he got 2million more votes from West and north central to win...
So has GEJ or OBJ in all of these times ever feel or say something like some people are 97%others are 5%? pls use your brains...

Lies, how many Yoruba got appointments under GEJ compared to his brothers from the SS and SE, you guys problem is that you forget so easily.

GEJ was a bigot if not he would have been re-elected

Faith111:
Then President Buhari is Not a Politician and can't rule a complex nation like Nigeria.
Now he knows we hate him, let him let us be...
We wanna be all by ourself...
He should rule those who Love him (North and SW) and leave Us to control our resources.
You can't Hate us and want our Crude...No way!
I understand the Yorubas are pained because they have no resource to control...
Remember you have lands for Cocoa farming.

statements like these are the reason you guys are not politically smart, yorubas have always been advocates of resource control and the best beneficiaries so far and as a matter of fact are secretly praying for regional government cos it will be to their greatest advantage. But posts like yours are the reason a yoruba man may never support anyone again from across the niger. You keep throwing insults at people and want them to support your candidate when elections come, how wise you guys are and when you lost out, you then start crying to pull out of Nigeria

modath:
One thing I'm wondering is ; Did this system of government just become a "current" thing? This false "federalism" we practice, the act of granting few individuals licences to prosper at the expense of the well being of every other person..

I agree with this in principle but simply because i know for a fact that the elites (both north and south) who maintain a choke hold on the prosperity of the nation will never ever ever ever allow a peaceful unraveling of this unholy alliance, i don't see it ever ending well... Peaceful unbundling ? Not going to happen, they will get mercenaries and fight to the death, Carnage and destruction is what i see.....

I am a product of OAU and ever since i saw what Cocoa got SW before the oil curse, i've always wondered how and where SW could have been if the black curse hadn't been discovered in Nigeria...

Aguiyi Ironsi did this nation a whole lot of damage..

we would have been better off today without oil dear, we are finding it difficult to move on and develop because of the oil and owners of the oil.

Cursed be the day oil was discovered in Nigeria cos that was when we starting growing backwards.

sammhi:
crap so.much Crap u have written ..
so" the SS and SE should not have said they have no regret voting GEJ"..wat a crap filled with dung.
PmB is now God that because he is president people have no choice any more..I pity you Nigeria is now his company or house so we worship him..
I use to like PmB but he has shown that his bigoted nature so much that am angry...
in Democratic govt people have choice and it is the duty of the president once elected to pull all togeda....
chai..we son suffer...
playing 18 century politics

GEJ showed no bigotry too clap for yourself, if they had no regret voting GEJ, I think those who voted PMB too can also say, no regrets, equation balanced

YelloweWest:
You are missing the point. We want our resources that's all. At this point we don't care who is president

pain of a sore looser you know.

nnachukz:
then keep quiet and move on.

na so e pain you reach, avengers my foot

SleekMallam:
Ohakim was disgraced out.Rochas was lucky cos no lesser evil option was available to replace him with.

Ohakim had it worse only that you didn't take notice cos he wasn't in APC.

I knew Ohakim's case was that bad especially when he beat up a catholic priest but in all I think Imo people should choose their next governor wisely and hold him accountable like they are doing for Okorocha though in a very harsh way which I think its not too fair. I think Okorocha deserve some commendation, even in rivers state some still admit amaechi did well in first term. We shouldn't allow politics of bitterness to overlook some positive sides of our Governors. People say all sorts against Tinubu but he laid the foundation upon which fasola and ambode are building upon today. The likes of akpabio tried, past governor of enugu tried, amosun is trying, mimiko did well first term, aregbesola tried first term, truth is if we have more governors like these men in their good days, Nigeria will be better off. States like delta am not sure have been fortunate. Thank you Sir.

fuckDmod:
I don't know why southerners can't just forget 2015 election nd move on,I know this hatred we have for each other,we would learn our lesson in a hard way(by the time pdp win 2023 election,apc would also field a notherner in 2027 nd 2031,that's how the circle would go on while we are reduced the south are reduced to being vice president(gej really bleeped up by making an enemy out of the yoruba leaders,but I would just forget dat,i'll ether vote a southerner be it pdp or apc.cause it seems that's d only way now

We southerners are not ready to move on, the book wey we read don too scatter our head, na grammar we sabi pass. I feel you bros, am so sad as well but what can I do, na one vote I get.

FrancisDiote:
Lies and deceit... All his projects are substandard, a part of the flyover in orji is about to collapse...

which politician no dey lie sef, if his projects are not standard, then he should be told but please don't get too poltical

SleekMallam:
Nobody is demonizing them but only painting the true pictures of what is perceptible to the senses.

The masses are no fools and when elected leaders give their best the masses will defend them.

Its not even as if the Nigerian masses demand much from her politicians.

Dee Sam raised the standard of leadership in imo state and no politician is yet to get close to such.

Go to the streets of imo and see how Dee Sam and papilo are celebrated. May the soul of Dee Sam continue to rest in peace.amin.

then why are you guys so hard on Okorocha, even his predecessor never had this kind of animosity and what is even the hope that his successor will get to the height of Deesam, Sir whatever is happening in Imo state is also common to other states as well, Can we say any governor in the sw has gotten to the standard of Awolowo? Definitely not but I think you guys should take it easy on Okorocha, even the former governor of abia state who is now a senator is not getting these hard knocks like Okorocha is getting. na beg I de beg una.

nnachukz:
The Northerners who displayed open hatred to Jonathan and even went on rampage killing Corp members when he won in 2011, were they marginalized by Jonathan? Did Jonathan go on stage to tell them how many percentage of attention he will give them. That Buhari is a very wicked unforgiving man and should be paid back in his coins.

oh, there were no killings down south here during 2015 elections abi? we know the NDA is all about avenging the 2015 elections, reason some of us don't give a damn any longer.

cktheluckyman:
So the SS and the SE should fall down and kisss his ass and apologize for voting for GEJ? Well we shall see how he will rule effectively if he continues like this.What you are seeing from the NDA is the Genesis,by the time we get to Malachi,you will know

Take your worthless oil that has never added value to Nigeria apart from greedy politicians, if states like anambra and Lagos are embarking on massive infrastructure constructions without oil, then oil is not that special after all.

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If it's about our crying, Buhari won't blink an eye. Now he is receiving the consequences of that statement or both of u felt since he couldn't control his hatred and uttered those statements, SS/SE should keep quiet and accept whatever he throws at them cos both of u are gods, right?


Many states didn't vote Obama in his first tenure yet he didn't victimize any section of the control cos he needed their patriotism and support.



U now don't want to be politically correct rather justifies his hatred on his human limitations regards to him feeling hated by SE/SS. Continue

of course nah, GEJ and his wife too never said statements against any region ad he never victimized anyone throughout his tenure as far as you guys are concerned, never did anything wrong

Esseite:
Jonathan did nothing for the SE and very little for his own SS.... I can't even pin point one single project, The northerners never liked Jonathan and they made it known, but his cabinet was shared equally and Major projects where all up north, am not clamouring for Buhari to take such route, but they is intelligence in what he did, that is why the only reason we hold against Jonathan today is Corruption.

it is logic, that is the best way to eliminate opposition, PDP seems stronger today because the are working on the minds of the SS & SE.
we still have a chance to eliminate opposition if we go back to the drawing board, if we continue like this, we should take note that APC would have disgruntled members (dele momodu), break-aways (saraki & Dogara), and those who don't believe in the combination anymore, while the opposition remains because we did not address their issue. also noting your either APC or PDP come election 2019.

Oga the SS and SE won't get anywhere politically if they don't respect the political make up of other regions, the guys you are mentioning that will break away are political feather weights. The SS and SE will continue to be PDP and be crying marginalization without political tact and diplomacy. You can't throw insults on an entire region and expect them to vote for you when elections come, I see fellows complaining of PMB's 5% remarks, they forgot when GEJ's wife as first lady called the northerners [made up of three regions] born throw away children'. She even said at a time that PMB was brain dead. Yes let's continue insulting each other and be crying for so called inclusiveness.

whytetyre:
anyone who identifies with the poor is the enemy of people like you.
sorry

ok anyone who can't pay salaries is truly a friend of the poor you mean

fuckDmod:
I swear boss,I pity we southerners that put pdp nd apc for head.now pdp are zonning there presidency to the north( I av deci ded to support apga sha),I know apc would field bubu again cum 2019 incase baba don't contest,but come 2023 if apc field a southerner(yoruba) nd pdp field a northerner,I am sure the north would vote pdp,2015 election should av thought us a lesson that north don't care bout party affliation(u know some pdp leaders in north even work against gej)the best thing we southerners can do is to forget party affliation nd always support a fellow southerner.u might say am a bigot oh,but that's d bitter truth,d north would never see even yoruba muslim's as there ally

I agree with you bros, the yorubas voted for GEJ whole heartedly in 2011 and was even responsible for his becoming acting president when turai yar adua held us to ransom after her husband died, the SS and SE were no where to be found then with some of them even supporting turai. But Jonathan got there and betrayed the yorubas while the SS and SE who were no where to be found earlier suddenly found their voices and even the SE gave a new name to GEJ, ebele. Am saying this because we forget so easily especially those saying that yorubas betrayed jonathan. The entire south voted GEJ in 2011 with the hope that before power returns to the north, it will take a very long time but Jonathan messed up the opportunity by turning the igbos against the yorubas and deepened the mistrust among southerners today. It will be difficult for the southerners to forget party affiliation, we have hurt each other so much due to the careless of our leaders down here. You are very right with your postualtions, pdp stand a bright chance in 2023 though if they are not disbanded by then but you are very right.

Esseite:
[b]Buhari had the power and support of the North and Sw, all he needed to do was to draw the SS and SE, despite how the election result tilted, if only he had shown equal love, he would have Nigeria at his palms because showing EQUAL love to all Nigerians even when some didn't vote you cripples that region from opposition totally..

How come SS and SE are crying more that PDP Politicians? because they feel marginalized
How Biafra is now very known internationally? because they feel marginalized
How come the militants are up in arms? because they feel marginalized

and the opposition would work with the minds of the (marginalized) people.

Truth be told, I love Buhari no doubt and believe him, but at this rate, we would crash eventually.

THAT STATEMENT OF 97% AND 5% KILLED THIS ADMINISTRATION.

MATT 12 VS 25 - "Any country that divides itself into groups which fight each other will not last very long"

Nigeria is Divided on so many lines today, Political/Religious/Tribal/Regional.... God help us
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The SE and SS declared public hatred for PMB during the elections campaign last year, PMB is human like everyone of us, if any group display openly their hatred for you, it will take you time to get over it easily. The SE and SS also added insult to injury by telling PMB and the whole world openly that they had no regrets supporting Jona.

The SE and SS lack political tact, the northerners who supported Jonathan all through lay low after the elections and started reaching out diplomatically to PMB, even the northerners in PDP presently are always tactful when dealing with PMB. Politics is a game and it could go either way. When its not in your side, you act diplomatically and build bridges. Our brothers across the Niger must learn and respect others even when they do not agree politically. PMB will complete his tenure and when another election time comes, every region will have their opportunity again to show their political prowess. We should stop being cry babies.

fuckDmod:
I look at we naïve southerners nd I shake my head,I can see some dumb apc-fanatic supporting this,they think the north muslim give a Bleep bout any party,u see the bill coould be succesful cause am sure those idiot south apc senators,nd apc christian senators nd even pdp northerners would support it.[b]the north don't care bout any party,its only we naïve south that gives a damn bout party affliation.[/b]well the bill woild nt be succesful because we christians worship a living God

@the bolded, this what makes them better politicians than their counterparts in the south, they are so dynamic politically. Na twitter we sabi for south, real rubbish.

TonyeBarcanista:
Na who bring am come HoR?

oga, he came to the HOR initially on whose platform? why are you denying him now. I just want to expose how your party uses religion to hoodwink gullible Nigerians, who made Dogara speaker eventually?

cktheluckyman:
Yesoo time to generate Forex from groundnut and amala

why not, groundnut generated lots of forex in the past, with huge number of yorubas and other nigerians in the diaspora, amala will not badly either. I truly concur with you sir. Oil will never bring any development

AmadiAba:
Buhari you are a proud Fulani man, but you have failed to understand that the typical Niger Delta man is a PROUD man also. And we are not cowards; you can not STOP the amnesty given to repentant Niger Delta militants by your predecessors andSTART an amnesty programme for your Fulani terrorists (Bokoharam) with the money from our crude oil. GOD FORBID BAD THING.
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You can not set aside one billion naira from our OIL money on grazing reserves for your Fulani herdsmen and remove the host communities funds from the PIB and expect us to clap for you. NO WAY!

Go and start exporting cows and get money to fund the Grazing Reserves. VERY SIMPLE! You can not be LOUDLY threatening the Niger Delta avengers and QUIETLY negotiating with Fulani herdsmen and Bokoharam members. NO WAY BUHARI; it should be the other way round, and pretty soon the actions of these men will bring you to your knees on the negotiation table.
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You want to cripple the Niger Delta Development commission; and...

FULL STORY HERE >>> http://www.igberetvnews.com/18461

you are not cowards?

where is Tompolo? where is oga jona? even you dokubo went into hiding, abeg make una talk another story jor

when some of us said all these negotiations no de work, its as if we don't know we are saying. The FG should not be advised wrongly by the likes of shell and co who just want to keep on exploring oil for their huge profits.

Nigeria must get off oil as no development or blessing can come through the generational curse called oil.

SleekMallam:
You have to be resident in imo to know what it feels like to have a 419ner as governor.

oga, there were lots of praises for okorocha during his first term which made him win second term despite his moving to the APC, I think second term Governors generally most times are not impressive, same for for even states under PDP currently but I think the animosity against Okorocha has been way over the top just like amaechi.

we need to exercise restraints at times, the likes of Dickson and mimiko are not faring too well either but I can't see that animosity against them like that of Okorocha. I respect your views but sometimes we need to be careful they way we demonize these politicians especially when there are lots of positives about them. I like Akpabio [I love his charisma] despite his negatives, he tried for his people. Obiano is doing great if all we are hearing is true but remember he is in his first term.

OlujobaSamuel:
we will not take it
it's witch hunt
take me to court
I will not return any money
I was paid for an assignment
I will not tell you the assignment
I know you for my secondary school in 1884
you will cheat me
I am sick, I wan travel, if I no travel, I fit die
abeg, na your money be this, make we settle the matter, kuje no worth make I keep 400m
pls return our 400m +interest.

In orubebe voice you know

bigboss80s:
I think the reason they might still not release him even after he pays the 400m is that the EFCC believes he took more.
Nevertheless we know of a Buhari associate who was let off the hook after returning part of his loot. I think Metuh should be granted the same courtesy.
I don't think the government has the resources to chase every case to its logical end.
Let's get back the money, put it to good use and find ways of preventing future acts of corruption.

since when did they tell metuh to return the money? Instead he started chewing paper, mhen una guy no smart at all.

SleekMallam:
Imo people have been so unfortunate with leadership ever since the crying Dee Sam mbakwe laid solid foundations for the old imo state which designated Aba as the business district.

what is actually okorocha's sin?

if obj was arrested and put in jail, any ex head of state can also be arrested. The ijaws should keep their silly threats, oil has never developed any nation in this world.

erico2k2:
I don't know what some people are doing here. It's children's day go and match at the stadium. This topic is 4 adults.

o boy you harsh o

SamJed:
I have got this woman's phone number which i took from one of her church members who is coincidentally a family friend. I want to call her but i don't know what to tell her.

if amaechi catch you, no call nairaland o

is the DG of NIMASA now from the north east?

bezimo:
To think that the man Dogara is a christian and worships at Winners Chapel, and allowed such islamic bill to go unchallenged speaks volume.

Are there no provisions in the existing law in the constitution that deals with criminality why furthering the islamic agenda.

That man is a total embarrassment to christians and by extension the Winners family.

This bill is just one of the many strategies to Islamize Nigeria.But They would fail as usual.
May the Lord God of Heaven punish that blood sucking demon called Allah and frustrate all his foot soldiers that are working to islamize Nigeria.
We saw it coming and we are not ignorant of the devices of the enemy.

@the bolded, next time when they come to your church to seek your votes, shine your eyes and do not be deceived.