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Great, we should all patronize made in Nigeria products. We only have one country and that is nigeria.

If he calls you "bro" you call him "Mate".

novacadroit:
Got bored halfway, problem with long write ups. It's the duty of religious leaders to guide their folks, if he changed his perception towards an individual, circumstances which you and I may not be aware of could have pre-empted it. It's left for his congregation to decide in whom to vote

It's the duty of religious leaders to guild their folks you said, the same way some religious leaders guide their folks to commit mass murders.

That's the way to go. Obaino we the citizens of Anambra state are solidly behind you.
There have been so much talk about diversification of the Nigerian Economy, I even listened to a governor blaming the federal government for the declining price of oil without stating how he intends to run a state less dependent on oil.
Until we give states more control of their resources a lot of state governors will never put on their thinking cap but will continue to wait for abuja.
[size=16pt]MORE RESOURCE CONTROL FOR STATES BRINGS ABOUT MORE DIVERSIFICATION OF THE ECONOMY[/size]

Great couple. Wishing her and Benny Ark all the best.

Oh my! We were almost fooled. I suspected this was a scam because I know to some extent how Americans think. It's impossible for Americans to rank Buhari or any foreigner especially one who truncated a democracy 6th in their war college alumni when they have thousands of war college alumni who have distinguished themselves in battle and out of battle. Now even if they will include a foreigner I don't think Buhari will be the first.
Please you guys should tell another lie.
[size=16pt]THIS IS PURE SCAM![/size]

Please tell us the primary and secondary schools Buhari attended and save us this English. Is that too hard to do?

who did this calculations? How can N14million per annum in three years become N4.2 billion? Na wah o! And people are jumping in without verification.

dotexxxy:
WOW! can a person be dis naive...?

lol. Are you surprise? Sometimes you wonder in which stage of the evolution process of man these people are still in.

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WhiteTechnology:
I DISAGREE



Ok after losing the governorship race, what is Soludo doing to improve the lots of Anambra state.


If Igbos had pinned their economic salvation on acquisition of political power, we would be far behind where we are today.

To me

OBJ and YarAdua got it wrong.


You don't have to be a politician to bring development


If you as a technocrat desire to bring development through a political process, you can do so indirectly by secretly financing a person who shares your view on development and has the charisma to influence the public.


If the people of Nnewi Abiriba etc had waited to occupy power, would their towns be what it is today.?

This is the same trash Emeagwali is spewing that has hindered him from transferring his computer advantage to Igboland.



Soludo the great, you got this wrong.

Thank you my brother. This year alone I have been to anambra state 3 times, I have moved around the state and conversed with the people, the average anambra man is happy with the present government in anambra state. Yes we want them to do more but they can see that almost all what Soludo mentioned to Yaraduah as his conditions are still being followed up by GEJ and the previous and present governors of anambra state. If Yaraduah would have executed them with more speed is something I can not answer but what I know is that the people of anambra are beginning to be more conscious of what they want from the federal government.
Let men like Soludo help in mapping out a blueprint for anambra's development, let them work with the present government and give their own inputs(which I hope he is doing since he is in APGA now) let us talk about it until it's in the consciousness of every individual in anambra state, let it be so strong that no matter who comes in (from whatever party be it APGA, APC or PDP) already knows what is expected from him or her.

This must be a joke.

Watched the launch live on AIT two days ago. Was really impressed by the testimonies of the young farmers. A really good step in the right direction.

anonimi:
I know many of our dull fellow citizens like you would have missed out on this very important detail =>



The average in the 10 years $15.746 each year, which compared to the reported $7.92bn is an improvement.

Is the improvement not in sync with what Transparency International reported that our country's corruption index globally has also improved from 144th to 136th
Can this be a manifestation of the SYSTEMATIC fight against corruption by the federal administration of Jonathan/Sambo that follows Law & Order as in any CIVILISED society even though slow but produces LASTING results?

Perhaps if we had not fallen for the CHEAP scam stories by the "opposition" and the labour union leaders looters we would also have done away with another corruption channel- fuel subsidy almost three years ago and by now be reaping the rewards of increased investment in our refineries with more EMPLOYMENT and greater TAX revenue for the federal government as well as the state and LGAs where the new private refineries would have been located.
But no we were too foolish to realise we were been taken for a ride by the sweet-talking, nothing-doing opposition politicians!

A similar operation was done in the fertiliser sector and our agricultural sector is booming because a SYSTEMATIC approach is better than the Ad-hoc media-sensation arrests with light sentences that hardly change our ATTITUDES and BEHAVIOUR towards corruption.

how do you intend to change the minds of people who only want to see negativity? They have already started screaming blue murder when the report is in the favor of the present administration. We have been recording an average of $15b now we have cut that by half and these folks see nothing good in this?

Mr Two

sokera:
i tire for this clueless president, celebrating top 100 ranking ? which means 99 countries ahead of us, long way to go , clueless president

pls read and understand, there are many projects going on around the world, some countries have as much as 10 projects going on, nigeria for instance has the Eko Atlantic, the centenary city, this rail project etc. the speed rail project is among the top 100 projects going on around the world. This is something to celebrate.

rman:
I can only talk about what I have seen. Abuja - Lokoja has been under construction since OBJ era.

I don't hate GEJ or his government, I am only stating facts.

When it is finished, then praise singing can start, not before.

I travelled along abuja to Lokoja just last week, you can't compare the level it was in 2010 to where it is now. That road has so many bridges and almost all the bridges are complete. I was so impressed I had to take some pics. Like I said earlier GEJ has done better than previous leaders in infrastructure.

rman:
We are saying the same thing. Until it starts working and COMPLETELY implemented, it should not be celebrated as an achievement.

I hope you know Abuja to Kaduna is just a small portion of this massive project.

A similar example is the Ibadan - Ilorin road ''dualization'' that government has claimed as an achievement when the reality is that only Ilorin - Ogbomoso and Ibadan - Oyo was completed ( the shortest portions ). Oyo to Ogbomoso portion of that project has been abandoned completely and government still count that project as an achievement in the media till today.

construction takes time and all the roads can not be done at the same time, but never in the history of this country has construction been this massive. Move around the federal roads, is it Abuja to lokoja, lokoja to nsukka, lokoja to asaba through okene, okene to Ilesha , Benin ore road, or is it the northern roads? Let's cut GEJ some slack, no government and I say no government has carried out the level of construction this present government is undertaking. I might not like his handling of boko haram, but in infrastructural development, agriculture, manufacturing and power GEJ has surpassed other past leaders.

olrunjuwon:
The level of development in terms of infrastructures during the last five years of GEJ has been slow and not impressive, dunno what he can achieve in the next four years cos we need drastic improvement in health,education,transportation and power sector, am tired of the same old story

bros that is a big lie no offense. The level of infrastructural development of this government can not be rivaled by any previous government. If you want facts I can provide you facts. Never in the history of this country have construction been this good.

rman:
The government think the followers are fools and majority of the posters on this thread have actually confirmed it.

Where in the world will a president come out to claim as achievement something that has not been completely implemented?

I am an eye witness, the track from abuja to kaduna is complete, they are just putting finish touches to the train stations. I won't be surprise if the first train leaves abuja for kaduna before the end of this month.

Adesiji77:
According to Punch, the Zonal Secretary was TRANSFERRED, not sacked. See below;

[b]THE National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers said it would Monday commence an indefinite strike over the alleged sacking of the Zonal Secretary of the Petroleum and natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (Port Harcourt Zone), Mrs. Elo Ogbonda by her organisation, Total Exploration and Production.
NUPENG warned that it would shut down the distribution of petroleum products in its Port Harcourt Zone comprising Bayelsa, Rivers, Imo, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Enugu, Anambra, Benue, and Ebonyi within the strike period.
Ogbonda, who is an employee of Total, was earlier transferred from Port Harcourt to Lagos so that she would lose her position in PENGASSAN.
NUPENG National President, Mr. Achese Igwe, who spoke with newsmen on Sunday during the union’s thanksgiving service at the All Saints Anglican Church in Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State, explained that the decision to embark on strike became necessary since the management of Total E&P had refused to reinstate Mrs. Ogbonda.[/b]

http://www.punchng.com/news/fuel-scarcity-looms-as-oil-workers-embark-on-strike/

so they are going on strike because Total transferred one of its staff? Using the PIB as a shield, This guys are just after their own.

Apart from the PIB other reasons stated are not enough to embark on a nationwide strike. Total sacked a regional secretary therefore Nigerians should suffer for it?

joseph1832:
I read to a point and just couldn't continue. Did GEJ forget that democracy is about good governance?. I remember when Oby Ezekwesili challenged him and his band of inept loons to a debate how they shunned her as if she had the Ebola virus. Now he's coming here and saying all sorts of things pleasing to his ears.

Seriously how come you find GEJ in the midst of christian religious leaders eh? First Oritsejafor, then Adeboye, Oyedepo, now Kukah!. I wonder when he will visit Tunde Bakare?.

Just like GEJ mentioned in his statement " democracy is not about quarreling like motor touts" Oby Ezekwesili challenged Him like a tout and he being a gentleman did not respond.

When Obasanjo became the president of this country the whole of nigeria was solidly behind him, I remember the feeling then, the joy that finally democracy has returned and the man who is at the head of affairs of this country had just been released from prison and an aclaimed born again.
lets be honest with ourselves, apart from telecommunications and banking sector reform which are private sector driven, what did obasanjo really start and finish?
We all saw the corruption that followed the registration of the telecom companies, the high fees and bribes that were involved.
We all saw a president who was both president and minister of petroleum and how he allowed his " boys" to ruin that sector.
We all saw a president who awarded contracts to settle his o yes men, Lagos Ibadan and Benin ore express ways are examples, contracts always being awarded but nothing to show for it.
We saw a president who will always throw money at the senators and honorables just to get his way.
We saw a president who spent one year out of three years outside the country on state visits.
We saw a president who fights those who do not agree with him but shields those who will always say yes to him. We saw a president who spent billions of dollars on power stations but could not complete one.
We all saw the politics that was played for him to come back the third time and possibly make himself a life president.

Like his daughter said, obasanjo is all about self, he doesn't care about the good of this country. Goodluck Jonathan is not perfect but obasanjo criticizing him goodluck is like a charcoal cooking pot calling an electric kettle black.

There is something that gladdens my heart about the current federal government in nigeria, it is that when they start a project they complete it. We are seeing it at all levels, the Benin ore road, the airports, the agricultural projects, the railways etc. my only problem has been the handling of boko haram.

Vikkie14:
Oh ho! Is that so. That's great. But, are the design and parts made in Nigeria cox there is difference in "made in" and "assembled in".

do us a favor and mention one car company that does not assembly.
Nice one innoson.

ellguapo:
^^^
Lol. Most times the high positions bestowed on Africans are mere charade, they put them there as puppet in order to have maximum grip on their economical interest in the regions. Normal western shenanigan

why then are you not up there as a puppet? Or is it that you are not even good enough to be a puppet? Just asking.

Last week the youths of Europe were celebrating the successful landing on a comet, one week later the youths of nigeria are celebrating the " odeshii" of ombatse.

OP don't you think Buhari is a failure if at the age of about 72 he does not have any young man or woman, who he has developed over the years? Someone he can throw all is weight behind and say " this is my beloved son or daughter, support him or her to lead this country well".
How can we have young leaders when the older ones have refused to develop the younger ones.

We all rejoiced when APC came into being, finally we have an opposition that will help check the ruling party and keep them on their toes.
So far I personnaly have been disappointed by the APC.
The president without name calling on Tuesday not in secret but with the whole world watching narrated the achievements of his government and his plan for the future. Today is the fourth day and APC has not dared to punch holes on the presidents scorecard rather they are running around like headless chicken screaming " lies, lies, lies".
APC will do themselves a lot of good to shut up if they can't debunk the president's claims, they are already beginning to sound like an annoying mosquito to our ears.

politricks:
Sorry for my ignorance but how big was its fuel tank.

According to Newton's first law of motion, " an object will continue with the same speed and in the same direction except another force acts on it". It means when you accelerate a space craft to reach a desired speed it will continue in that speed even when the engine is off.
So the technique is accelerate, reach a desired speed, put off the engine and continue at that speed, the turn it on when you have reached your destination.

AltarBoy1:
These are people who faced situation with their life, making do with the brain that God gave them.

I totally agree, like your comment above too, religion is not totally bad but over religion like we practice here in nigeria dulls the brain and limits creativity. Over religion plunged Europe into the dark ages, a period with little or no advancement in almost every aspect of life. If not for men who stood up and started thinking differently, men who intead of looking down looked up, men who believed in the creativity of a free spirit and choose to be free, if not for them we will still be in the Iron Age.