₦airaland Forum

naijaking1:
Good point.
Everybody remember how Sanusi L Sanusi came to sanitize the CBN?
He went on a continuous media war against what he termed corruption in the industry Remember?
Unfortunately, that was also the same time he was dolling out 100s Billion naira of our money to his friends all in the name community projects.
Buhari is reading from the same play book.

You know how the game is truly played. The campaigners of corruption are actually the most corrupt. But unfortunately for him the global power game did not end up in his favour

Awolowo as I have always stated was a egotistic selfish, greedy, unintelligent bigot. The real truth is that he, just like Tinubu and MKO tried to corner resources for themselves under the guise of empowering his region. But the real truth is that his indigenization policy actually failed woefully. He was not as smart as he thought. He was actually a very stupid fool.He only ended up cornering future non lucrative companies. The real soul of a nations industry is in buying and selling, not in owning insurance companies
The eastern enclave, like the Jews did in europe, played a fast one on him, grabbing the nerve centre of the Nigerian industry. As a popular saying in the economical field goes
" Give me control of the Nation's money supply and I care not what puppet is placed on the throne of England". Our economy is based on two sectors, the Oil sector and the trade sector. The eastern elephants played a fast one on all regions by controlling the trade sector- what comes in and what goes out and also managed to control a stake in the oil sector. This is what the so called sage Awolowo failed to see. Afterall he was no economist

OP, the likes of you are what the nation doesn't need. What is the business of the nation with how he looked physically in the seventees. You are just simply shallow

You are so on point. Read up on this
This is a huge setback for the ACN members of the Pro-PMB army. Let's look at the facts.
* The APC were refused assistance by the Democrat Executive US government who have started cutting their losses
* The APC government were refused military assistance in terms of trade in arms and ammunition due to the terms of the Leahy act
* The Republican controlled house committee on oversight and reform two weeks later paid the president a visit and promised a look into reviewing the leahy act in relation to Nigeria
* A day after that Mr Ibe was made the GMD of NNPC
* A week later, rumors of a meeting between the president and his predecessor was reported
* Soyinka has started singing a different tune of the President's culpability in the supposed corruption scandals
* The media has been awashed with a unscheduled meeting between the President and Gen Obasanjo
* OBJ has started looking desperate in his frantic recent moves
* The fuel crisis has started to
abate
This rundown of events point towards a sort of compromise being forced down the President's throat. It's apparent that PMB has lost his major foreign supporters and so is looking for new alliances. If the reports of overtures being made are true, then the biggest losers in this new deal will be
* Tinubu
* Oyinlola
* Fashola
* Akande
* OBJ
* ACN faction, members, supporters and home region
* And eventually PMB

bolaino:
ok, wait mymadam, what could Someone like Pastor Ayo, be doing with PMB days after, former President Jonathan went to see PMB at night, I'm sure Obasanjo went to see if PMB had chickened out from the Fight of Corruption. Because it seems the Fight on corruption is gradually losing it's momentum, before you know, a Crusade would be held, and an Amnesty would be Granted to all the Looters who would be willing to return their stolen funds, and I'm very sure, Pastor Ayo would be the ChairPastor of such a Crusade. That's where I see all this going, Amnesty for the Looters. With Pastor Ayo heading the Amnesty for Looters Foundation.

The president has no choice. It was never about corruption but actually about distracting Nigerians from the embezzlement being done by the government and also about attacking the private sector. Read up on this
This is a huge setback for the ACN members of the Pro-PMB army. Let's look at the facts.
* The APC were refused assistance by the Democrat Executive US government who have started cutting their losses
* The APC government were refused military assistance in terms of trade in arms and ammunition due to the terms of the Leahy act
* The Republican controlled house committee on oversight and reform two weeks later paid the president a visit and promised a look into reviewing the leahy act in relation to Nigeria
* A day after that Mr Ibe was made the GMD of NNPC
* A week later, rumors of a meeting between the president and his predecessor was reported
* Soyinka has started singing a different tune of the President's culpability in the supposed corruption scandals
* The media has been awashed with a unscheduled meeting between the President and Gen Obasanjo
* OBJ has started looking desperate in his frantic recent moves
* The fuel crisis has started to
abate
This rundown of events point towards a sort of compromise being forced down the President's throat. It's apparent that PMB has lost his major foreign supporters and so is looking for new alliances. If the reports of overtures being made are true, then the biggest losers in this new deal will be
* Tinubu
* Oyinlola
* Fashola
* Akande
* OBJ
* ACN faction, members, supporters and home region
* And eventually PMB

DONSMITH123:
GEJ Knew better!!! If truely his hands are clean, he should seat at home and stop having a late night visit with our Amiable President.

Only a child whose house is on fire runs up and down for help. He is yet to tell us why sudden visit to the Man he called illiterate during his election campaign..or has PMB suddenly gotten another certificate? I thought PDP said he's illiterate and could not rule or may likely die.

God is watching. Nobody can predicts your future, dats the case of PMB.

Carry go Baba!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its actually the other way round. The president is actually seeking for international cover. By 2017 his allies will be out of office. Read up on this
This is a huge setback for the ACN members of the Pro-PMB army. Let's look at the facts.
* The APC were refused assistance by the Democrat Executive US government who have started cutting their losses
* The APC government were refused military assistance in terms of trade in arms and ammunition due to the terms of the Leahy act
* The Republican controlled house committee on oversight and reform two weeks later paid the president a visit and promised a look into reviewing the leahy act in relation to Nigeria
* A day after that Mr Ibe was made the GMD of NNPC
* A week later, rumors of a meeting between the president and his predecessor was reported
* Soyinka has started singing a different tune of the President's culpability in the supposed corruption scandals
* The media has been awashed with a unscheduled meeting between the President and Gen Obasanjo
* OBJ has started looking desperate in his frantic recent moves
* The fuel crisis has started to
abate
This rundown of events point towards a sort of compromise being forced down the President's throat. It's apparent that PMB has lost his major foreign supporters and so is looking for new alliances. If the reports of overtures being made are true, then the biggest losers in this new deal will be
* Tinubu
* Oyinlola
* Fashola
* Akande
* OBJ
* ACN faction, members, supporters and home region
* And eventually PMB

Real change
* Subsidy removal
* PIB review, submission and pass into law
* Review of the civil service recruitment pattern
* Deregulation and Liquidation of the downstream sector
* Restructuring of the EFCC and it's processes to give it more powers
* Delegation of duties to the corruption watchdog agencies and removal of government influence in their activities
* Privatisation of most public enterprises
* Review of the NNPC act so as to make it a private corporation
* More transparency in Government operations
* Sale of joint ventures in the oil sector
* Review of NPA and custom activities
* Improving the Industrialisation blue print of the nation

Counterfeit change
* overhyped merry go round corruption campaign
* Floating a National carrier

This is a huge setback for the ACN members of the Pro-PMB army. Let's look at the facts.
* The APC were refused assistance by the Democrat Executive US government who have started cutting their losses
* The APC government were refused military assistance in terms of trade in arms and ammunition due to the terms of the Leahy act
* The Republican controlled house committee on oversight and reform two weeks later paid the president a visit and promised a look into reviewing the leahy act in relation to Nigeria
* A day after that Mr Ibe was made the GMD of NNPC
* A week later, rumors of a meeting between the president and his predecessor was reported
* Soyinka has started singing a different tune of the President's culpability in the supposed corruption scandals
* The media has been awashed with a unscheduled meeting between the President and Gen Obasanjo
* OBJ has started looking desperate in his frantic recent moves
* The fuel crisis has started to
abate
This rundown of events point towards a sort of compromise being forced down the President's throat. It's apparent that PMB has lost his major foreign supporters and so is looking for new alliances. If the reports of overtures being made are true, then the biggest losers in this new deal will be
* Tinubu
* Oyinlola
* Fashola
* Akande
* OBJ
* ACN faction, members, supporters and home region
* And eventually PMB

This is a huge setback for the ACN members of the Pro-PMB army. Let's look at the facts.
* The APC were refused assistance by the Democrat Executive US government who have started cutting their losses
* The APC government were refused military assistance in terms of trade in arms and ammunition due to the terms of the Leahy act
* The Republican controlled house committee on oversight and reform two weeks later paid the president a visit and promised a look into reviewing the leahy act in relation to Nigeria
* A day after that Mr Ibe was made the GMD of NNPC
* A week later, rumors of a meeting between the president and his predecessor was reported
* Soyinka has started singing a different tune of the President's culpability in the supposed corruption scandals
* The media has been awashed with a unscheduled meeting between the President and Gen Obasanjo
* OBJ has started looking desperate in his frantic recent moves
* The fuel crisis has started to
abate
This rundown of events point towards a sort of compromise being forced down the President's throat. It's apparent that PMB has lost his major foreign supporters and so is looking for new alliances. If the reports of overtures being made are true, then the biggest losers in this new deal will be
* Tinubu
* Oyinlola
* Fashola
* Akande
* OBJ
* ACN faction, members, supporters and home region
* And eventually PMB

This is a huge setback for the ACN members of the Pro-PMB army. Let's look at the facts.
* The APC were refused assistance by the Democrat Executive US government who have started cutting their losses
* The APC government were refused military assistance in terms of trade in arms and ammunition due to the terms of the Leahy act
* The Republican controlled house committee on oversight and reform two weeks later paid the president a visit and promised a look into reviewing the leahy act in relation to Nigeria
* A day after that Mr Ibe was made the GMD of NNPC
* A week later, rumors of a meeting between the president and his predecessor was reported
* Soyinka has started singing a different tune of the President's culpability in the supposed corruption scandals
* The media has been awashed with a unscheduled meeting between the President and Gen Obasanjo
* OBJ has started looking desperate in his frantic recent moves
* The fuel crisis has started to
abate
This rundown of events point towards a sort of compromise being forced down the President's throat. It's apparent that PMB has lost his major foreign supporters and so is looking for new alliances. If the reports of overtures being made are true, then the biggest losers in this new deal will be
* Tinubu
* Oyinlola
* Fashola
* Akande
* OBJ
* ACN faction, members, supporters and home region
* And eventually PMB

This is just fictious journalism at its peak. There is no meeting, there was never a meeting and there will be no meeting in the future. PMB will simply play ball like all his predecessors before him, if he doesn't then woe betide him.

The conduct and character of both men in recent times is an aberration to the status they both claim to have attained. Engaging in petty attacks and squabbling on the pages of newspapers is unbecoming of a statesman and respected elder in the community. The problem with both men is the fact that they are entirely alike. They are both selfish, inconsiderate, unethical, egotistic, narcissistic, arrogant and downright ridiculous. They both need to speak less and appear to do more. Because right now they are acting like market women

In Nigeria we are fascinated with women who are simply just fat. The laziness of our women to exercise and their lack of discipline when it comes to their diet is repulsive to say the least. The Matilda girl needs condemnation and not adoration

They are all beneficiaries of the new government. I guess it pays to be a vehement critic. When there is a change in government, you just might end up on top of things. They should enjoy it while it lasts, because when the music stops, they might end up spending the rest of their lives behind bars for war crimes. The head of the Pinochet government's secret police, Manuel Contreras just passed away last week in his prison cell. He never realized while in government, that someday he would be on the receiving end.
PS: we already have the EFCC, ICPC, the attorney general to provide him all the legal advice he needs. So why the committee. Just another jamboree, if you ask me.

size40:
Yes, GEJ deserved to be jailed for leading the worst corrupt govt in our history. But even though I don't like and support him and his party, the PDP. But as my brother from nearby state Bayelsa state, leniency is what I plead on his behalf. Instead the likes of Ngozi Okonjo, Dieziani maduekwe, Stella Odua, mama piss, Olisa metu, FFK etc should be jailed. Just that GEJ refused to listen to wise counsel. Instead GEJ was busy day and night chasing my innocent governor, Rotimi Amaechi. Today, where is Amaechi and where is GEJ. In all of the fight he took to Amaechi, GEJ lost almost all. Abeg make una Pity am ooo. GEJ na man wey no sabi.

Please can you provide the yardstick and instruments you used to deduce the conclusion that the past administration was the worst we have ever experienced. Please act like someone who literally passed through the four walls of an educational institute, not just figuratively

The lack of character of this government is appalling. The fact that a spokesman of the president could partake in fictitious journalism is incredible and should meet with criticism. The good name of the ex-president has been dragged through the mud time and again as a way to direct the people's attention from the day to day financial recklessness being displayed by the government. This is a futile exercise, for whatever has been done in secret will be revealed at the end of his tenure.

List of beneficiaries of the PMB government
* Father Mbaka: A special commendation from the President to ascertain his unbiased nature and statesmanship
* Amina Zakari: A former commissioner of INEC who upstaged the handpicked successor of the immediate past chairman of INEC, Prof Jega. Her alleged blood relationship with the President may have played a big role in her appointment. Also despite the expiration of her tenure, she is still at the helm of affairs in the electoral body
* The 36 governors of the federation: As part of the moves to assuage and curry the support of the governors, a special financial package was signed and granted to them under the controversial NLNG tax remittance. There are also talks of future payments under the cloud of bailouts for the state
* Lawal Daura: An alleged party member of the APC who supposedly was a member of its security committee. He also hails from the same state as the President, and is rumoured to share a blood relationship with the President. His slice of the pie was his appointment as the head boss of the DSS
* Muritala Nyako: A onetime govenor who had a case with the EFCC over financial misappropriation of the state's coffers. After the exit of the previous administration, he flew into the country after fleeing from arrest at the eve of the elections. His slice was a slap on the wrist treatment by the EFCC.
* Adams Oshiomole: The governor of Edo state was a strong and outspoken critic of the previous administration. He was vital in swaying the support of the populace to the APC. Recently he was rewarded with the president's support for a world bank loan
* Prof itself sagay: His recent appointment as the head of an advisory committee on corruption is not unrelated to his unethical outbursts against the ex-president. Also he and his committee was supported with a grant of $500 million

The fact that a man of the calibre of Wole Soyinka could bring himself so low as to join issues with the ex-first lady is regrettable and an abuse of ethics. Worse is his wanton display of calumny in his excerpts of the supposed meeting with the ex-president. If the thespian professor had put in his creativity into his literary works he would be able to create an incredulous fictional tale that would best the trilogy of the lord of the rings

The three most likely effects of Buhari's governance
* War crimes and abuse of human rights
* High inflation/ depression of the economy
* increase in flop sided civil service regional recruitment

zomby:
What a complete pin head.... An authenticated enemy of progress, a bl00dy f00l!
@ Hinwazaka, why don't you just go and hug a transformer?

Thanks for your comment. Please keep them coming

efilefun:
Good thinking hopefully NCC and CBN will also be part of this harmonization so as to reduce the crime rate in the country and save cost also

Cc lalasticlala ishilove

Not everyone wants Big Brother Buhari looking through their files

agabusta:
I agree with u. But u can't jump from start to the 'long-run'. Lol

Before getting to that 'long-run', one will go through the 'short-run' and 'mid-run'.

That was why I said everything is still in order. Because these are the things that are supposed to be on ground before moving to the mid/long term plans.

You probably have forgotten the economics you learnt in high school. Both the short and long run are planned together and depend on the variables(endogenous & exogenous) and the model in question. A model like this should focus more on the long run

omoelesa:
The greatest leader that have ever come out your cursed land was ojukwu, we all know how he foolishly lead millions of your brothers to their death, without achieving any damn about biafra .a part from ojukwu ur tribe is just as leaderles as bunch of blind men.

You are spot on in your description of Ojukwu's character. Its a win that he too never got the chance to lead this nation or any one for that matter. But that does not exonerate the incapacity of the men listed to lead. My analysis is not directed or meant as an insult to any region.

agabusta:
But we are still on the 'short-run'. Why not cool down to see how things unfold. The first task is to get all the refineries working at optimum capacity while ensuring that corruption in its operations is brought down to the barest minimum. After this has been achieved, then govt can unfold it's mid-term/long-term plan for the refineries.

Why not wish the govt success. It will be to the benefit of the entire nation if they record an astounding success in the mangt of the Petroleum sector.

The best developments in government were planned ten years to their launch. We should think in the long run not shortrun

Toktee:
The way PMB is going and what he have done in three months,i think there is not going to be a vacancy in aso rock for the next 8yrs,wailers get ready.

The way PMB is going, his tenure will likely end in tears, despair and pain. A leader who prides himself as more important than the institutions around him. A leader who has managed to make himself appear infallible to the people. A leader who wants to make his leadership answerable to no one. A leader who makes mistakes and refuses to accept blame. A leader who has riddled his government with irregularities and inconsistencies. A leader who has surrounded himself with autocratic and oligarchic elements. Such a leader can not survive for long in a conundrum unstable nation like ours. Just look at Muritala Mohammed and you will see the inevitable end

List of the most disastrous leaders our nation never had
* Awolowo: regional totalitarian and ethnic bigot

* Samuel Akintola: greed and recklessness

* Gen Ogundipe: cowardice and incompetence

* Mko- Greed, financial recklessness, financial misappropriation, ethnic bigot
* Olu falae: small minded, local champion, weak support base, inferior character
* Gani Fawehmi: political illiterate, weak support base, small minded, leadership incapacity
* Tinubu: Ethnic bigot, dirty track record, financial recklessness, financial misappropriation, poor political coordination, leadership incapacity

Tolexander:
The same Jonathan that couldn't revive the Party in his state!

Have the elections in Bayelsa been conducted already. Didn't know the new govenor was a member of APC

barcanista:
I believe that the PDP's loss is a blessing to Nigeria and the PDP. It will afford Nigerians to see the scam of the APC, and it will also provide opportunity for a rebuilding, restrengthening and repositioning of PDP as it prepares to provide a formidable come-back to lead Nigeria to the promised land in 2019. Young people should take advantage of this opportunity, flood the PDP and join hands to rebuild the party. I believe that PDP Shall Lead Again in 2019

You hit the nail on the head with this reply. The PDP needed this defeat as a recourse to remodeling and restructuring of the faulty mechanics of the party. The defeat helped the party to purge itself of ideological bankrupt individuals who only think of their accounts and think small instead of seeing the big picture.

bettercreature:
CHANGE THE NAME,THAT IS THE NUMBER 1 SOLUTION

The republicans were in a mess after the end of Bush's tenure. The republicans till this day still bear the same name

The bayelsa 2019 Gubernatorial race is open to both parties. There are so many factors that could affect the outcome of the elections
* The INEC Consanguinity effect
* The supposed PDP exodus to the APC
* The presidential effect
* The main elections externality effect
With this and other factors unmentioned the PDP should not rest on its oars but instead should spend this preelection days wisely

hedonistic:
The so-called cashless policy has been a spectacular failure anyway, so if indeed it has been cancelled I'd say good riddance. From failed POS transactions to failed atm transactions and failed online transfers... even though one's account would be wrongly debited. To return your money will be wahala, and you would then have to fill useless forms and chase the bank endlessly.

For close to a month now I have been battling with Zenith Bank to return my wrongfully debited money that was deducted from my account after a failed POS transaction - to no avail. So if that is the last money I have, how will I feed? Wouldn't I be stranded? Nobody cares. Is that not madness? Useless idiots and hopeless country where nothing works. Cashless policy my foot.

In your words, because there are some hitches in any programme, then it should be scrapped. There is nothing like a 99% success rate. The fact is the cashless policy helped in speeding up transactions among other gains.

#RIDUCULOUS