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Politics › Re: Citizens-Centred Diplomacy: FG Evacuates 1,277 Nigerians From War-Torn CAR by gratiaeo(m): 10:05pm On Jan 06, 2014
[quote author=Omo_Tier1]Abeg, you people should help me ask this PDP e-demon:

With the wealth in Nigeria, what business has Nigerians with War torn countries?

The LOOTOCRAT GEJ has ravaged the economy to the extent people are now fleeing to CAR for survival cry[/quote]Is that your biggest shot? Are you not ashamed of your self........
Islam › Re: EX-Nigerian Footballer Emeka Ezeugo Convert To Islam. Pix by gratiaeo(m): 7:36pm On Jan 06, 2014
I want to convert to Islam. Like this post if you are ready to welcome me
Politics › Re: Rivers High Court Bombed And Set Ablaze by gratiaeo(m): 4:58pm On Jan 06, 2014
Rivers don turn to Osun, Ogun etc
APC i hail theeeeeeee!!!
Politics › Re: Spaniard Begs EFCC, IGP To Probe Alleged N3.6bn Contract Fraud In Imo (APC) by gratiaeo(op): 2:30pm On Jan 06, 2014
kingsmecca: Corruption and Greed are at work again in my State (Imo State), during the festive season I was in my community there's thing good to write about her, I couldn't found any Health Centre, no Electricity, no bole-hole, no good roads etc. An Oil and Gas Producing community...no single Government or NDDC Project, I called them Rulers not LEADERS they are there for their selfish interest. Please come to our aid...the people of Assah Community Ohaji-Egbema need to feel the presence of Government for we are not in another planet.
APC rochas have scammed your community
Politics › Re: Borno Anambra Top Evacuees From Troubled Central Africa Republic-nema by gratiaeo(m): 1:55pm On Jan 06, 2014
TribalEAST: ^^^ this guy is among the deported igbo smoking people.


Why cant ndigbo sit in their land?
did it stop you from eating your smelly ewedu and amala?
Ugly creatures!
Politics › Re: “you May Not Survive This” – Obasanjo Tells Jonathan (another Revelation) by gratiaeo(m): 1:48pm On Jan 06, 2014
gratiaeo: .
Politics › Re: “you May Not Survive This” – Obasanjo Tells Jonathan (another Revelation) by gratiaeo(m): 1:48pm On Jan 06, 2014
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Politics › Re: Borno Anambra Top Evacuees From Troubled Central Africa Republic-nema by gratiaeo(m): 1:30pm On Jan 06, 2014
EMERITUS85: And someone will tell that peter obi is working
You murdered English here
Politics › 2015 APC Shops Buharis Deputy by gratiaeo(op): 7:36am On Jan 06, 2014
•Oshiomhole, Okorocha,
Amaechi on the card
•Tambuwal, el-Rufai on
standby for presidential
ticket

By RAZAQ BAMIDELE
Ahead of 2015 general elections
and not leaving any chances,
the opposition All Progressives
Congress (APC) is shopping for
the party’s vice presidential
candidate right away.
This is even, as it was assumed
that former Head of State, Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari, may get
the presidential slot. In case this
option fails, incumbent Speaker
of the House of Representatives,
Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, former
Federal Capital Territory (FCT),
minister, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai
and Jigawa State Governor Sule
Lamido are on the card as
replacement. But Governor
Lamido has always said that as
a founding father of the ruling
Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), he won’t leave the party.
It was, however, learnt that the
stakeholders who met behind
the closed-door last weekend,
have no mandate of the party or
of any of the candidates being
considered for the vice
presidential slot, which was the
highpoint of the parley.
The stakeholders at the meeting
in Ogun State, having been
convinced that the presidential
flagbearer will surely come from
the North, are now searching
for a vice-presidential candidate
from the South in preparation
for the race.
During the meeting, which was
chaired by a chieftain from
Ondo State, some names were
tabled for scrutiny with a view
to agreeing on who to present
when the chips are down for
nomination, which is believed,
could come as early as June this
year.
Some of the names on the card,
according to Daily Sun checks,
are former Governor of Lagos
State and National Leader of the
party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed
Tinubu, Edo State Governor
Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, his
Rivers and Imo state
counterparts, Chibuike Rotimi
Amaechi and Rochas Okorocha
respectively as well as former
governor of Ekiti State, Otunba
Richard, Adeniyi Adebayo.
A source at the meeting, who
doesn’t want to be named, said,
“if former Head of State,
General Muhammadu Buhari
eventually becomes the party’s
presidential candidate, Tinubu
will automatically pair with him
because of their experiences and
exposure as former rulers.
“If any of the former Federal
Capital Territory (FCT),
minister, Mallam el-Rufai,
incumbent Speaker, Hon.
Tambuwal or Governor Lamido
eventually picks the party’s
ticket, any one among Fashola,
Oshiomhole, Amaechi,
Okorocha and Adebayo can be
nominated for the vice
presidential slot.”
Daily Sun, however, gathered
that the issue of religion came
up during deliberation which
the conveners felt could have
influence in the choice of the
presidential running mate.
Though, it was learnt that some
of those in attendance felt that
with the current political
awareness of Nigerians, a
Muslim-Muslim or Christian-
Christian ticket can be possible,
another group is opposed to the
arrangement, saying that any
concept that did not take
cognizance of the importance of
religion in any political
arrangement, would fail.
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/2015-apc-shops-buharis-deputy/
Politics › Re: Jonathan Open to Reconciliation With Obasanjo – Presidency by gratiaeo(m): 7:02am On Jan 06, 2014
As we always say in the hood “B4 Nko” no permanent enemies in politics… it is us, the masses who are the maga’s mugus…

As we say in Saffi and Waffi, “Bros, with money Iron can float on top of water”… On a more serious note, how will this reconciliation deepen true democracy and add value to the life of the common man? Your guess is as good as mine… their truce and handshake will cause another disappearance of millions of $
Politics › Re: Fashola And Pastor Adeboye At Annual Lagos State's Thanksgiving. Pics by gratiaeo(m): 6:51am On Jan 06, 2014
agbameta: https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1507254_677830438904892_113151978_o.jpg


https://www.channelstv.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Jonathan-prays.jpg




Spot the difference.......smh..
The two picture is a case of a pharisee and tax collector in Luke 18: 10- 14
10“Two men went to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a despised tax collector. 11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayerb: ‘I thank you, God, that I am not a sinner like everyone else. For I don’t cheat, I don’t sin, and I don’t commit adultery. I’m certainly not like that tax collector! 12I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my income.’ 13“But the tax collector stood at a distance and dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead, he beat his chest in sorrow, saying, ‘O God, be merciful to me, for I am a sinner.’ 14I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
Politics › Re: President Open To Reconciliation With Obasanjo –presidency by gratiaeo(op): 6:28am On Jan 06, 2014
As we always say in the hood “B4 Nko” no permanent enemies in politics… it is us, the masses who are the maga’s mugus…

As we say in Saffi and Waffi, “Bros, with money Iron can float on top of water”… On a more serious note, how will this reconciliation deepen true democracy and add value to the life of the common man? Your guess is as good as mine… their truce and handshake will cause another disappearance of millions of $
Politics › President Open To Reconciliation With Obasanjo –presidency by gratiaeo(op):
The Presidency on Sunday said President Goodluck Jonathan was favourably  disposed to mending fences with former President Olusegun.

The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Mr. Ahmed Gulak,  made this known on Sunday just as  The PUNCH  gathered that the  feud between   Jonathan and Obasanjo was   adding to the worries of the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party.

The sour relationship between the duo became public knowledge in December 2013 when Obasanjo wrote a letter titled “Before it is too late” to Jonathan.

 In  the letter, he accused the President of condoning corruption, training snipers, putting some persons on a watch list and engaging in other acts capable of destroying the country.

Jonathan replied Obasanjo openly, saying  his  letter  was    designed to incite Nigerians   against him.

There were however  speculations that some former leaders had approached the President and Obasanjo to reconcile them.

Although Gulak, in an exclusive interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja,  said he was not aware of such  moves,   he added that  there was nothing wrong with  it.

He  stated  that  in spite of the   exchange of letters between the two leaders, Jonathan still held  Obasanjo in high esteem.

The presidential aide said  the President  did not only see Obasanjo as a leader but  also as his father.

He said the President had nothing against Obasanjo because he believed strongly that only God was  perfect.

The Presidential aide  said, “We are not aware of the reconciliation moves but there is nothing wrong with it. In fact, it is a good development because our party, the PDP, is always open to reconciliation.

“Only God is perfect. If in the wisdom of the nation’s elders, there is a need for reconciliation, there is no problem.

“Let me assure you however that President Jonathan has nothing against Chief Obasanjo. He considers the former President as a leader and a father, that is why he calls him Baba.

“President Jonathan has highest respect for Chief Obasanjo. The recent exchange of letters does not mean that he  does not hold the former President in high esteem.

“Nobody is perfect. No leader is perfect, it is only God that is perfect. There is no alternative to peace in the country and in our party.”

However, a  media aide to   Obasanjo, Mr. Tunde Oladunjoye,   said on Sunday that   the ex-president  was  not at war with Jonathan.

Oladunjoye,   in a telephone interview with one of  our correspondents in Abuja,  also  said   he was not aware of any move to reconcile the two leaders.

He said, “Baba did not write that letter as an enemy.  He said he wrote the letter as part of his duties to his political godson, the PDP  and  the nation.

“I can tell you without any fear of contradiction that Baba is not at war with anybody, including the President. That is why when the President wrote his own letter, Baba said he had no comment to make.”

Oladunjoye  wondered why some people felt they could profit from a dispute that did not exist between Obasanjo and Jonathan.

He added that Obasanjo had, in his letter, stated that he would maintain his serenity.

But a top source in the PDP said the ruling party’s leadership was at a crossroads on how to handle the misunderstanding between the two leaders.

The  source    said  the  disagreement was not good for the PDP,  especially  at this critical period when all hands  must  be on the deck ahead of the 2015 general elections.

The source said, “Those who are saying that the former President is not popular and cannot even win election in his home state are ignorant of the enormous popularity he has in and outside the country.

“The former President is very popular in the North and even in the South-South because he was responsible for the Jonathan Presidency. So, people there still respect him for that.

“Remember that it was this same former President who calmed the frayed  nerves at the Eagles Square during the 2011 presidential primaries and he was also the one who asked the late President, Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua to step aside if he knew his health could no longer allow him to do the job when he was sick.”

He added that some PDP  governors  loyal to the former President  could  secretly go  to him  to seek  advice on any issue, including the running  of the party and the country.

“The President should know that his popularity and that of the party is declining since  the sycophants around him would not tell him “ he added.

He  said he expected the President and the PDP leadership   to take precautionary measures in dealing with   the  crises  in the party.

The source  said, “We have lost  five governors and  37 members of the House of Representatives and we may also lose more.

“The 2014  budget is still there before the National Assembly and all these are happening in an election year. Definitely, we have rookies at the helm of affairs of the party and those advising the President are not helping him.”
http://www.punchng.com/news/president-open-to-reconciliation-with-obasanjo-presidency/

Politics › Re: Why Hasnt Western Nigeria Developed A Chocolate Brand/industry? by gratiaeo(m): 11:29pm On Jan 05, 2014
Christy G: u mean like d FAKEcosmetics and FAKE soap factories that is filled in d se.nah,dey aint dat desperate.when the time comes sw would use it.u know cocoa money was used during d old western region to develop d region from infrastructure,education and so on,what use d se use d palm oil sales for other than producing fake products. so dont compare
You are a very big fool. Keep on deluding your self where others are making it
Politics › Re: Tinubu, Taking A Bow And Nearly Kissing The Ground For Buhari by gratiaeo(m): 11:16pm On Jan 05, 2014
le bien connu: we, surely, are.

Very pathetic and pitiable. is that not the fake jews?
The tribe that killed their monarch burn down his palace abi? They are respectful for sure?
Politics › Re: Spaniard Begs EFCC, IGP To Probe Alleged N3.6bn Contract Fraud In Imo (APC) by gratiaeo(op): 11:04pm On Jan 05, 2014
Everything about APC is fraud
sunborn yacht fraud
Lekki Epe Expressway
scam
Lekki Airport fraud
Lekki Free Trade zone fraud
light rail fraud
Opom Imo fraud. Endless
Politics › Spaniard Begs EFCC, IGP To Probe Alleged N3.6bn Contract Fraud In Imo (APC) by gratiaeo(op): 10:41pm On Jan 05, 2014
BY Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA—A Spanish contractor,
Mr. Jose Lopez-Pepe, has
petitioned the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, urging it to probe alleged
1.6 million Euro(3.6bn)
contract fraud in Imo State.
Specifically, Lopez-Pepe alleged
that his Nigerian partner, one
Benjamin Emenike, connived
with some commissioners in
Imo State to divert the contract
funds.
In the petition filed through his
lawyer, Abiodun Oduwole, a
copy of which he equally sent to
the Inspector General of Police,
IGP, Mohammed Abubakar, the
Spaniard, alleged that while he
travelled abroad to procure
technical drawings and other
equipment for the contract
valued at about N3.6 billion,
Emenike, who is the Managing
Director of a company,
Hormipresa Nigeria Ltd,
collected part payment for the
project and bought several
exotic cars.
Insisting that he never received
the payment by the state
government for the job, the
contractor begged the IGP and
the anti-graft agency to
investigate his Nigerian partner
and some officials of Imo State
government and make them
account for the project funds.
It will be recalled that Mr
Lopez-Pepe, who is the manager
of New International FPS SL,
was earlier arrested by the
police over allegation of
defrauding Imo State
government by collecting funds
to execute a contract but failed
to deliver.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/01/spaniard-begs-efcc-igp-probe-alleged-n3-6bn-contract-fraud-imo/
Politics › Re: Obj - Controversal Or Confussed? by gratiaeo(m): 10:21pm On Jan 05, 2014
Obj - Controversal Or Confussed? He is both i swear!
Culture › Re: Aguleri Town Masquerade Festival In Anambra (pictures) by gratiaeo(m): 9:31pm On Jan 05, 2014
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Culture › Re: Aguleri Town Masquerade Festival In Anambra (pictures) by gratiaeo(m): 9:31pm On Jan 05, 2014
Interestingly enough Hausa did not bother Yoruba and Yoruba did not bother Hausa, each party was busy minding their business to the detriment of the whole country. Exactly the symptom of incompetence, you see, incompetence does not ask questions or get inquisitive because it does not know what to be inquisitive about and even when it asks a question and gets an answer; it does not know what to do with. This explains the widespread of bribery and corruption when you have Yoruba and Hausa neck deep into it. Another case of incompetence displayed by north was when the Yoruba proposed for the indigenization of foreign companies. It is my belief that none of the northern military leaders had ever heard that word INDIGENIZATION before or understood what it meant. In the first instance, the presence of the northerners incooperated Nigeria was minimal to none, so the north had no comprehension of the ramification of such policies, another evidence of incompetence rather than corruption from the onset. If the north was competent and understood the implications of such policies, they could have objected on many grounds, unfortunately they did not know any better to checkmate the looting Yoruba rascals. Having demonstrated that the Yoruba failed to lead notwithstanding their education, the question is what is the difference between the leaders of countries like South Korea, Brazil and India that succeeded in the face of challenges and the Yoruba leaders that failed? The fact that Yoruba cannot claim lack of education, they cannot claim lack of opportunity and they cannot claim that they lacked the unrestrained authority to act, the only thing that the other leaders have that the Yoruba lacked is competence. The way it works is that the absence of competent creates a vacuum hat is quickly filled by the ills of societies like bribery, corruption, greed, crime, murder and so on and so on. To further drive the point home, can anyone recall one single Yoruba official that has done something so noble and honorable to improve the lot of the whole nation rather pursuing self-interest that Nigerians could look back and sing his praise? The answer is no, but I will like someone to proof me wrong. That is a proof of incompetence first before corruption. As a matter of fact you can trace the origin of all the millionaires from Yoruba and Hausa to one corruption or the other or government contract. Fighting corruption in Nigeria is like fighting Hausa and Yoruba and I think that that is a daunting task. The simple fact that after Yoruba took total control of Nigerian economy and they could not improve the socio-economics and technological development is a sign of nothing but incompetence.  The injection of competence in Nigerian system will see a gradual improvement in accountability and progress. Typical example is that Hausa and Yoruba have gone in and out of ministerial positions for decades without anything to show for it and that is why no one can remember their names or what they did but when you mention the name of people that have demonstrated competence, people remember them and what they accomplished, people like Charles Soludo, Obiageli Ezekwesili, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Dora Akunyili and Dr. Bert Nnaji to mention afew.  Notice that these folks did not have unrestrained authority, they did not have cart blanche but were able to make a different despite the challenges just like the leaders in South Korea, Brazil and India. What do they have in common? Competence. I could go on and on but I believe that the point has been made that the problem ailing the country is not bribery, corruption or greed rather that our fundamental problem is incompetence and that only competent people can tame the pillaging and looting going on now and most importantly that Yoruba and Hausa must join the builders rather than looters of the system. Enter the Hausa Incompetence: Contrast the success of competent corrupt societies with the failure of incompetent corrupt societies like Nigeria. I defined earlier an incompetent corrupt society as a society that lacks the inert mechanism to self-correct and self-adjust for the betterment of its society or a house without a grown up.  Since after the war Nigeria has been living the life of an incompetent corrupt society that lacks the necessary capacity, ability and skills to self-correct in order to carry out a task of improving the lot of Nigerian.  It is important to note that after the war the north held sway, they had total and absolute control, they had total freedom, they had no opposition because the opposition had been decimated.  Igbo was leaking its wounds. The north had the freedom to take the country in any direction they chose without opposition, to make Nigeria in its own image, if you think about it, they sure made Nigeria in their image, squalor, illiteracy, ignorance, crime, death, murder, hopelessness, stagnation, disillusionment, indiscipline, disaster, unfulfilled dreams, indifference, neglect, over-night millionaires and billionaires, disappointments, bribery, corruption and greed became the new normal, the question is what happened?  What happened was that the British helped to institutionalized Kakistocracy and incompetence prevailed over competence and became the order of the day if you ask me?  As we will see, the north exhibited incompetence of the highest order with its attendant corruption and blight without the necessary mechanism to self-correct and self-adjust. Even before the north got power, they knew that they were ill prepared for the responsibilities, when they got the power, they had no clue what to do with, they did not know what military and political power were used for, they became confused, they became a sitting duck, they became rudderless, even when they were advised, they could not use the advise because they did not have the requisite ability and skills to judge the advise right or wrong.  When they delegated responsibility they lacked the ability to evaluate what the result should be, for that reason it was difficult for them to request for any feedback when they had no clue what the feedback is supposed to look like.  If they cannot tell difference between what they are looking for, how can they check mate bad behaviors from good?  This is incompetence not corruption. Before the northern military took power, literally, everything in the system was working, education, health, water supply, electricity, road infrastructure, Nigerian railway, ports authority, national shipping line, the business and commerce industry were all thriving. It is pertinent to note that the north did not meet the systems in their primitive stage, they had systems that were working, as a matter of fact Nigeria experienced incredible economic expansion immediately after the war in part because the Igbo land was militarized and unbeknownst to the leadership the army spent majority of their salaries in Igboland which managed to keep the Igbo economy afloat and plus other foreign investment into the country.  When the demands of leadership came knocking on the door of the northern leadership, what answered and opened the door was abject incompetence, absolute intellectual vacuity, visionlessness and hopelessness.  The leadership was found to be inadequate, unsuited, devoid of those qualities requisite for effective conduct or action and not possessing the necessary ability and skills to carry out the tasks of leadership. What was most disturbing was that the northern leadership knew it, the British masters knew it, the Igbo knew it, the Yoruba knew it, the world knew it and the British went ahead anyway to convince the north that they can lead the country even over the objection of the northern leadership that they cannot.  The manifest absence of vision, objectives, direction, hope and the cluelessness of the northern leadership created a vacuum that laid the foundation and fertile ground for unbridled bribery and corruption to breed, fester and multiply. This is incompetence not corruption.  The absence of competence is our problem. When the northern leadership was found vacuous, opportunist and schemers filled the vacuum they found with their whims and caprice and the north could not self-correct or correct others because they did not possess the requisite elements of competence.  This is incompetence not corruption, though corruption later filled that vacuum that was created but it did not come first, it came second after it discovered that competence was not home.  In order words the north being in charge is like having no grown up in the house and the rascals came in and ransacked the house. What is most heart breaking is the fact that the northern incompetence knew no bounds, the least that could have been expected from the northern leadership was taking care of northern citizens, favoring them and raising their standard of living relative to the rest of the country but that did not happen. The fact that they could not do it is incompetence not corruption.  The northern leadership could not improve the education and literacy, health -infant mortality, water, road infrastructure, economics and the overall wellbeing of the northern citizens.  The question is whether the failure of the northern leadership to improve the lot of the northerners was deliberate?  The answer is no but more of the manifestation of incompetence and not corruption. They were clueless which is equal to incompetence. The north today has the highest illiteracy rate in the whole world, infant mortality, blindness and myriad of other problems. The north is worse off amongst the whole groups in Nigeria in all indices used to adjudge standard of living.  The welfare of the north could have been more worse if it were not for the work of non-governmental organizations from the southern part of the country that provide preventive and palliative services in place of the total absence of government services. Folks have always wondered why Nigeria is in this state of anomie, all I ask is for folks to look to the north and they will find the answer. Folks should ask the question, how can the north do for the whole nation what they could not do for their northern people, the saying that you cannot give what you do not have, the north could not give that which they did not possess and that is competent service. Ladies and Gentlemen, what I am contending here is that what the northern leadership demonstrated was not bribery, was not corruption or greed, what they demonstrated was peter’s principal at work which was basic incompetence because it is evident that as much as one will agree that the north had a reason to hold malice against the east, there was no evidence that they extended that malice to their northern brethren, nor was there evidence that the leadership hated their citizens, so their failure to take care of the welfare of the northern people and to make them better than the rest of the nation could only be seen as innocent and inert ignorance and not corruption.  Their failure to understand what leadership is all about and failed to make the connection between leadership and the people.  In case some of you have forgotten, let me remind you of what incompetence is all about: being Inadequate for or unsuited to a particular purpose or application, Devoid of those qualities requisite for effective conduct or action, and not possessing the necessary ability, skill,etc. to do or carry out a task".  I want the reader to pay attention to the words "unsuited, devoid, and not possessing and that will capture the crux of my argument. You have to be devoid of something serious to fail in everything. That north is simple and short not suited for the purposes of leadership and that is why they can not stop all the bad things that are happening. There were plenty of evidence that the north in most part were innocent and not corrupt nor were they inclined to bribery until years later when the leadership vacuums they created were filled by others who were equally as incompetent as they were.  The north did not start out not to bring the dividend of their leadership to the people, ironically they did not even try because they did not know how to try or what to try or do, they were super-morosed, and they simply vegetated throughout their leadership reign. The lack of performance on the part of northern leadership was not intentional because they just did not know how to perform anything. They had no expectations either from themselves or from others, they were satisfied with where they found themselves, complacency became the order of the day as they knew no better, as they could not see beyond where they were standing, evidence of incompetence not corruption.  As far as they were concerned everything was normal, they did not know the difference between performance and none performance, when they allowed some ideas and projects to be executed, they were unsuited and were devoid of the abilities and skills to grasp what exactly the ideas and projects were supposed to accomplish in the scheme of things, the final result and output supposed to look like. They heard the words but did not comprehend them, so whether a project was done half way, well done or not at all did not matter because the skill to do the evaluate did notexist, particularly when the highest level of education attained by almost all the northern military boys at that time was secondary school obtained from mostly moslem school.  The moslem education still does not explain the incompetence of the north because some other moslem countries like India and Pakistan even Indonesia are doing better than Nigeria. The north had no understanding of administration, no understanding of economics, no understanding of employment, no understanding of social welfare, no understanding of technology and most importantly no understanding of their synergy. The northern leadership had no dreams for themselves, for their people or for the nation.  They couldn’t dream dreams, when they dreamt something, it made no sense to them and they could not do anything with it, this is not corruption, this is not bribery or greed, this is incompetence.  The only reason that can explain the unbridled and ubiquitous nature of corruption, bribery and greed that are ravaging the country is because the competence requisite to check them is absent. [/quote]
Culture › Re: Aguleri Town Masquerade Festival In Anambra (pictures) by gratiaeo(m): 9:16pm On Jan 05, 2014
YORUBA DESTROYED NIGERIARUBA INCOMPTENCE

Nigerian’s problem is not bribery, not corruption not even greed rather our fundamental problem is incompetence.  Definition Competent corrupt societies are societies that have the in-built mechanisms to self-correct and self-adjust because the fundamental foundation of those societies are situated on COMPETENCE  Incompetent corrupt societies are societies that do not have the in-built mechanisms to self-correct and self-adjust because the fundamental foundation of those societies are situated on INCOMPETENCE Enter Yoruba Incompetence: The presence of the Yoruba in this whole cesspool will once and for all prove my point that incompetence of the crippling order is responsible for Nigerian malaise rather than Bribery, corruption or greed. It is easy to make the argument that the reason why the north was incompetent was because they were not well educated, that majority of them had only high school education, that they were naive young men and ill-informed. Only when you discover that the northern leaders understood their shortcoming and literally handed over the running of the government to the Yoruba to handle the day to day operation of the government and the Yoruba could not do any better than the Hausa. I will like to state without fear of contradiction that Yoruba has well educated people in every field of endeavor-engineering, law, economics, name it, they have people there but that is where the credit ends. The understanding was that the educated Yoruba was going to help the ill-prepared north to administer the affairs of the country by complementing the north that was mainly in the military.  In order words, the Yoruba supposed to take care of the administration, economy, the technological innovation and development of the country into the 21st century. What Yoruba proved unequivocally, at least we have more than forty years of history to support it, is that acquiring education to PH.D level does not automatically make you a competent person. One cannot question the educational achievement of the Yoruba because they are one of the most educated groups in Nigeria. The question that Yoruba has to answer is what went wrong? What did they do with their education when it came to managing Nigeria? The Yoruba had the education, the engineers, the architects, the lawyer, economists, technologists, the numerical numbers, the ministers, directors, the medical doctors, the high positions, the unrestricted authority, the power, you know what? The Yoruba had cart Blanche. They even had total control of the communication media. As established above the Hausa needed the Yoruba given the fact that they got into power ill-prepared, they hoped that the Yoruba will use their education and intelligence to help navigate the ship of the country. As history has shown, the Yoruba dropped the ball big time and are still dropping it as we speak.  Most Hausa that are in the know will tell you that it is true that Yoruba are well educated but that they are as incompetent as the north is. What called the competence of the Yoruba into question was that from the day Yoruba occupied the center stage in piloting the affairs of the country, the country did not progress an inch from where Yoruba met it rather the country regressed and lost everything that Yoruba touched or managed. Yoruba simply ravaged, pillaged and looted every government ministry, department, agency, business, cooperation, you name it. Gowon’s administration was considered corrupt because of the wanton, unmitigated, unrestrained looting and corruption of the Yoruba that was recruited to help run the country. It is a known fact that Yoruba thought the north how to be corrupt. Monkey see and monkey do. After watching the Yoruba pillage and loot, the north figured that that is normal and that that is how educated people behave and they joined the bandwagon. So you have now two tribes with the biggest population that see the looting and destruction of everything they touch as business as usual and Nigerians are wondering what is wrong with the country, why is the country so corrupt. The country is corrupt because Hausa and Yoruba are incompetent to manage the affairs of the country. The consequences of the North’s incompetence was critical because if the north were competent, they could have taken care of the country by themselves or alternatively checkmated the Yoruba once they starting looting, but because the north did not know any better they simply joined. The way it happened was that as the north was siphoning and looting directly from the federal treasury to themselves, the Yoruba were busy sucking the life out of all the MDAs and the businesses and cooperations from the fallout of indigenization.
Culture › Re: Aguleri Town Masquerade Festival In Anambra (pictures) by gratiaeo(m): 9:03pm On Jan 05, 2014
Thank God for awo free education if not Yoruba would be trailing Hausa in backwardness by now. Awo tried but his people saw his free education as only opportunity to defraud government
Culture › Re: Aguleri Town Masquerade Festival In Anambra (pictures) by gratiaeo(m): 8:37pm On Jan 05, 2014
chino11: You are beginning to get my point. I said that Igbos are trailing the UK, US, Chinese, Japanes..

Igbos produced the brand of their bomb called OGBUNIGWE.

Today Igbos are manufacturing vehicles in Anambra does it mean that it is the first time vehicle is manufactured in the world? NO. It only means that Igbos are trailing their Oyibo masters in the world of technological advancement. While yorobars are trailing their Hausa masters in federal character commission..
Federal character and quota system tinz
Politics › Re: The Truth About 'Lagos' Sunburn Yacht Hotel by gratiaeo(m): 7:33pm On Jan 05, 2014
Kachi188: The All Progressives Congress, Lagos State Chapter, has said the Lagos State Government has quit the Sunborn Yacht Hotel. The party said it was a bad business and the government had abandoned the deal.

The controversial yacht, valued at about N8bn, is an inshore boat hotel.

The state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party had recently accused the state government of corruption. It challenged the state Governor, Babatunde Fashola, to speak out on the whereabouts of the yacht and the two helicopters bought by his administration for security surveillance of the state.

The state Chairman, PDP, Mr. Tunji Shelle, while addressing party faithful during the General Assembly of the chapter, had said, “After floating miserably on the Marina water for so long, the controversial Sunburn Yacht, which cost the Lagos State Government, under (former Governor) Bola Tinubu, a whooping N8bn suddenly disappeared, only to be sighted at Thames in England.

“Now, the question is: who orchestrated this 419 and who were the beneficiaries of this waste of public fund. This is certainly a fraud and (Governor Babatunde) Fashola must tell us something he knows about this fraud, failure which he remains an accessory after the fact in the fraud.”

While reacting in an online interview with our correspondent on Saturday, the state Interim Publicity Secretary, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, said the state government took a bad business decision on the yacht and had done away with it.

He said, “Every successful investor or businessman will tell you that business is not a bed of roses. He knows business is not all about gains all the time; you gain in some and lose in some. It is the same with governments all over the world. No government anywhere in the world will tell you that it has achieved 100 per cent success in every decision it has taken.

“The world will forgive you for taking decisions and making all the mistakes but the world will not forgive you if you do not take decisions at all for fear of failure. LASG has done away with the bad business called the Sunborn Yacht project. Case rested.”

Igbokwe described the PDP’s allegation that the helicopters had been deployed in the Niger Delta for private business purposes as idle talk. He said the party derived joy in telling, seeing, hearing and thinking lies.

“APC Lagos cannot continue to dissipate energy and precious gift of time, providing answers when there are no questions at all. Idle hands are devil’s workshop. PDP Lagos has been idle for close to 16 years and you can understand why the centre cannot hold for them.”

He, however, did not speak, specifically, on the state of the helicopters.

The PDP had also called on Fashola and the APC to protect their integrity by allowing the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, to step aside pending his trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged misappropriation of funds.

Igbokwe, however, said Lagos had been at the forefront in accusing the PDP-led Federal Government of brazen corruption, mismanagement and mediocrity. He said the state had rather showed the way for leadership in Nigeria.

He said, “It seems to me that they have been trying to hit back at Lagos and there is no other crooked and dishonest way to do that than to target the Speaker. I am worried that this is a calculated attempt to tarnish the image of Lagos State Government and these politics are well understood.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/lagos-n8bn-sunborn-yacht-deal-bad-business-apc/?utm_source=Daily+News&utm_medium=twitter
Culture › Re: Aguleri Town Masquerade Festival In Anambra (pictures) by gratiaeo(m): 7:28pm On Jan 05, 2014
What are all this ugly created uncircumcised bitches doing here? agbmata and co find your level
Politics › Re: The Truth About 'Lagos' Sunburn Yacht Hotel by gratiaeo(m): 7:01pm On Jan 05, 2014
Brain Boulevard: I'm quite shocked at the way people like Bishop Juice display their ignorance and lack or extent of parental training on public speech in a civil forum like this. To think a grown up adult like you cannot construct a single sentence without the use use of vulgar words is disheartning. You are not only a disgrace to your parents but also your (unborn) children.
Sing your songs to the birds
Politics › Re: The Truth About 'Lagos' Sunburn Yacht Hotel by gratiaeo(m): 6:45pm On Jan 05, 2014
[quote author=How Far?]This Bishop self, you go kill porsin....lol![/quote]They have much wisdom yet they are not wise
Politics › Re: The Truth About 'Lagos' Sunburn Yacht Hotel by gratiaeo(m): 6:38pm On Jan 05, 2014
Bishop Juice: meanwhile at e-APC headquarters...
LWKMD i can spot ilugunboy i swear!
Politics › Re: The Truth About 'Lagos' Sunburn Yacht Hotel by gratiaeo(m): 6:36pm On Jan 05, 2014
ilugunboy: Facts are sacred..opinions are given.
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell. Enjoy
Politics › Re: The Truth About 'Lagos' Sunburn Yacht Hotel by gratiaeo(m): 6:31pm On Jan 05, 2014
[quote author=edo.girl]A proud Edo lady who has a mind of her own. Deal with it![/quote]You are impostor, nonentity deceiver, fraud, swindler, dissembler, fabricator, prevaricator you represent evil to say the least. But God will expose you
Politics › Re: The Truth About 'Lagos' Sunburn Yacht Hotel by gratiaeo(m): 6:17pm On Jan 05, 2014
[quote author=How Far?]Bros thats another angle, cramjones aka edo girl. grin grin grin[/quote]LWKMD
edo girl knows about Lagos state dealings than State publicity secretary

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