₦airaland Forum

Marotzke:
How can you recover the billions that you've rendered useless and valueless. Naira was at par with pounds sterling until the pig headed change of currency coloures by the Buhari administration in 1984.
What followed was a runaway and massive devaluation as word on the street was that Naira was a risky currency to hold.

Thirty years later; is it that Buhari or Nigerians have not learned anything?

Rubbish, the Naira was already under pressure due to maladministration by the Shehu Shagari government, the change of colour under Buhari's short corrective regime (1984- 1985) had minimum impact on the value of the Naira; however, the first major decline in Naira value commenced with the Babangida regime which took IMF loan and introduced structural adjustment as part of the austerity measures of the conditionalities imposed by that loan - Naira dropped from about 4:1 to over 40:1.

Since then, the Naira had witnessed steady decline under successive governments till today with the exception of the Abacha regime which stabilised it (along with interest rates) at approx at 86:1.

Please get your facts right and give credit where it is due; the change of colour in 1984 achieved its intend aim then as it would most likely achieve if were to be introduced again - many looters of the looters were caught out and got badly burnt.

zendy:
The OP is one crafty individual. He completely sidelined the main issue that was wrong with that video clip of the interview with the Saduana. The Northernisation policy was never the problem. The main issue was what the Saduana said about Igbos because it portrays the bias the northerners already had against Igbos which would be one of their reasons for the massacres they later carried out. The malicious intent of the Saduana is not lost on anybody. He deliberately painted the ambitiousness of the Igbos as greed. What is wrong with an Igbo man aspiring to be head man of a camp within a year? [b]The Saduana was vindictive [/b]

The Sardauna was merely vocalising what was normal in all the other three regions (West, Midwest & East) at that time; he like his regional counterparts was protecting and working for the best interest of his people.

That easily explains why his speech didn't raise any eyebrows then or was not considered out of place by any of his contemporaries; his present critics are only doing so out of political mischief or at best out of ignorance of the realities on ground at that stage in Nigeria's history, when it once existed as a regional country with regional champions in healthy competition with one another.

The Sardauna was also correct about the Igbo desire to dominate (which is not outrightly a bad thing but could be a problem if it should become disproportionate, especially in a multiethnic mix such as Nigeria) which also could explain for the event that followed, eventually costing the Sardauna his own life along with many innocent others.

Because of this desire to dominate, Igbos couldn't stand the fact that northerners were at the helm of affairs in charge of the country, they hated that Hausa/Fulani (who they deem as inferior) were in fact dominant over them.

When they realised they couldn't change things through the ballot box; they then instead decided to do it by force, through the barrel of the gun.

The primary executioners of this reversal, the Igbo coup plotters, were themselves short changed by another Igbo man, Agui Ironsi, who took over power and furthered the Igbo agenda by demolishing the regional system of government that was hitherto in place and replaced it with the unitary system (we have inherited till today) in order to give him (thereby Igbo) full control over the entire country.
He furthermore completed the Igbo agenda by appointing his fellow kinsmen into key positions in government and the civil service.

That along with his fellow Igbos openly taunting northerners about the lopsided killing of their leaders (the Sardauna & co) and changes clearly giving Igbos undue advantage over northerners, were what that broke the camel's back and led to the northern led counter coup of July 1966 which brought Gowon into power.

In short, we are all now paying for this Igbo sin to force change and dominate everybody; they have ended up derailing and messing up the whole country - after doing so, they are now blaming everybody and wanting to jump ship for Biafra - quite unfortunate.

olafisoyeibukun:
What have we learn from this? Ode

Obviously a lot more than what your rabid infected brain could process - shameless bigot.

olafisoyeibukun:
Kill them all. Those Fulanis deserve death.
I remember when I was serving as a corper in Benue state, they kill the Tivs and the Idomas as if they are doing a very easy job.
Oh I heard our President and the Senate president are also Fulanis?
Am Proudly an Ondo Ekimoguns.......Where is my dog meat?

Mumu, see as how dog meat has scattered your brain, it's not surprising that you are now barking like a rabid dog.

Before you celebrate any further, take note that the Army did not kill any Fulani (as you wish them to) but rather they killed 11 cattle rustlers, thieves who usually kill and steal cattle from the Fulanis; which in turn incites the Fulanis to take revenge against the villages and the ppl of their attackers (among them sadly also innocent persons) resulting in the ongoing endless circle of violence, of revenge and counter revenge - for which you have blindly taken sides against the Fulani, without taking any consideration into the cause of the problem.

I am happy to see that Governors of the 7 affected states have decided to invite the army to come in and break up the circle of killings by routing out those actually responsible for the violence - in this case, the often overlooked and under reported problem of cattle rustling.

The Sardauna was merely vocalising what was normal in all the other three regions (West, Midwest & East) at that time; he like his regional counterparts was protecting and working for the best interest of his people.

That easily explains why his speech didn't raise any eyebrows then or was not considered out of place by any of his contemporaries; his present critics are only doing so out of political mischief or at best out of ignorance of the realities on ground at that stage in Nigeria's history, when it once existed as a regional country with regional champions in healthy competition with one another.

The Sardauna was also correct about the Igbo desire to dominate (which is not outrightly a bad thing but could be a problem if it should become disproportionate, especially in a multiethnic mix such as Nigeria) which also could explain for the event that followed, eventually costing the Sardauna his own life along with many innocent others.

Because of this desire to dominate, Igbos couldn't stand the fact that northerners were at the helm of affairs in charge of the country, they hated that Hausa/Fulani (who they deem as inferior) were in fact dominant over them.

When they realised they couldn't change things through the ballot box; they then instead decided to do it by force, through the barrel of the gun.

The primary executioners of this reversal, the Igbo coup plotters, were themselves short changed by another Igbo man, Agui Ironsi, who took over power and furthered the Igbo agenda by demolishing the regional system of government that was hitherto in place and replaced it with the unitary system (we have inherited till today) in order to give him (thereby Igbo) full control over the entire country.
He furthermore completed the Igbo agenda by appointing his fellow kinsmen into key positions in government and the civil service.

That along with his fellow Igbos openly taunting northerners about the lopsided killing of their leaders (the Sardauna & co) and changes clearly giving Igbos undue advantage over northerners, were what that broke the camel's back and led to the northern led counter coup of July 1966 which brought Gowon into power.

In short, we are all now paying for this Igbo sin to force change and dominate everybody; they have ended up derailing and messing up the whole country - after doing so, they are now blaming everybody and wanting to jump ship for Biafra - what an unfortunate lot.

EgusiSoup:


The uselessness of this Burukutu sipping burantashi kunu drunk dullard government is now repaying the youth wing of APC a.k.a Boko Haram for their efforts in destabilizing the honest government of our hero, GEJ.

May nemesis catch up with Beremx, Obiagelli and Demdem for supporting this kunu drunk.

Silly bigot, what would you say if you knew that GEJ had regularly been releasing Boko Haram suspects while he was in office, e.g.:
An undisclosed number in May 2013
http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-orders-release-of-detained-bharam-suspects/
Over 165 in January 2014
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/01/jonathan-orders-165-boko-haram-suspects/

Now that you know, pls prove to me you are not a bigot; go ahead and insult Jonathan in the same manner you just insulted the Buhari led government.

Also bear in mind that many of these ppl cleared of terrorism are likely have been tortured and emotionally/psychologically scarred for life by way of our Nigerian brand of interrogation.

If you think it is ok for innocent folks to be treated like that then may God befall the same fate upon you and your family.

oluwafemi113:
Northern men with small small girls

Sharap, this one nko, na nortener?

Hysmady:
My former phone is HTC one s and it uses non removable battery...Trust me it's my best smartphone with good battery for me ever...

Same here, HTC One X, till it developed a problem.

OP:

This is SWAG

dsquare33:
One thing the ex president doesn't take into congnizance of is that you have so many intelligent people in Nigeria who are not just only listening to you speak but is watching out for your diction and your literal meaning to the choice of words you use.The man needs to go back to school again to learn how to make use of words or else either he likes it or not his words will always be taken out of context and therefore receives more tongue lashing from Nigerians.

LOL, clueless as ever; the man is a total embarrassment to PhD holders - I feel sorry for his supporters.

MichaelSokoto:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/i-know-what-pained-the-people-says-jonathan/#sthash.cgpY3ocl.dpuf

Kai, imagine; that was the speech of a supposed PhD holder - what an embarrassment.

There you go again: not only had your supposed education not impacted upon your intellect; it also had not relieved you of that village mentality (a.k.a. Bush Boy).

If not for that, how in hell can you imagine you could dictate to me what or what not to say in a faceless forum like Nairaland, where everyone is at liberty to freely express himself - what stupidity.

What is more damnable is the unintelligent drivel you wrote - yeah, go ahead; type some more and expose your idiotic self.

xamuelotu:
This pic got me laughing

Mumu, see the true picture of the man who would rule for the next four years and that of the Clueless one who ruled us in the same fashion for the last six years - compare and contrast; now the joke is on you.

Demmocrats:
The man that humbly bowed out so me and you will enjoy peace.



The same man that never reply obj even when the beast attacks him of the same type of crime him obj has committed in a more amplified manner.



The same man that have taken all the blames of others even when he never committed the crimes.


I know he failed in some areas but his still human and still deserve our respect which those governors are doing.



The summary of everything his still human with weakness just like any other human and I still respect him to the core for his humility which is also a quality from God.


A true statesman unlike the other one that still rants his mouth like a nagging old woman

LOL, see your hero, quietly counting his humility and weakness in US Dollars - continue deceiving yourself in blind support for the worst example of a head of state in Nigerian history.

People like you often wonder why they are called educated illiterates.

Like your hero, Jonathan, PhD without intelligence; you may have gone to school but apparently that venture was an exercise in futility; since it made no impact upon your obviously abysmal intellect.

If you weren't so ignorant, you would have known that Almajiri is simply a Hausa word for a scholar/student/pupil and not in any way derogatory; a badge I would gladly wear with honour.

If you thought you had therefore insulted me by referring to me as an Almajiri; then of course you have failed miserably and only exposed yourself as the ignorant dullard that you are.

BTW, feel free to call me an Almajiri for as many times as you like; it shall always be an honour.

LOL, you are incorrigible, just look at how you quickly and dishonestly switched from the list in contention to your own ad hoc short list (as if it was the one at the centre of the argument) - talk about shifting the goal post(though I doubt if you would understand that expression).

Kai, you still don't get it, do you?

Well, let me help you out.

When someone refers to a group of items within a list and ascribes the word MOSTLY to them; it automatically presupposes that there are exceptions to that list.

Your mistake was to inadvertently ignore the qualifying word MOSTLY or (I imagine) equate it to mean entirely i.e. expecting the list not to have exceptions within lt, in this case not to have any one from the S.E. zone,

It's a clear case of failed comprehension, a mistake, which unfortunately your rather inflated ego wouldn't allow you accept with humility.

RemyMartins:
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha well aboki. I aint gon say much. for ur info I got 2 federal university admissions immediately after my ist and only UME exam not JAMB as u call it. Rounding up my 2nd msc. soon. U fam I wont be tempted to call a FOOLISH HATEFUL IDIOT.

Not impressed by your alleged paper qualification which clearly belies the poor level of deduction exhibited in your initial post - in other words, it might be apt to regards you as an EDUCATED ILLITERATE.

muzzafar:
I dont blame you; you think everyone is an opportuned alamajiri like you.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
despite the tension created by the nifty ieditor of this report in an attempt to mistify the pepetrator of this crime, we all know for sure that an alamajiri was the vilian.
Dont be decieved by the media, the money in question will never reach Nigeria and the next time you will hear about this money again (if you ever do) it will be a scandal.

Oh my God, not again, yet another dunce!
I imagined in your stupidity you thought you were really making sense; pls go back and revise that gibberish you wrote before you can expect any further response from me.

Yes, he reluctantly declared as vice president, only because Yar Adua did so; if he wasn't corrupt why didn't he do so as president - probably because he didn't want to confirm his title as the 6th richest president in Africa.
Since then he must have amassed even more; just take a look at the comparatively small change (in USA Dollars) he is pictured counting - apparently more than the combined total worth of Buhari and Osibanjo put together.

yang:
Feudal Hausa/Fulani

Yes, and proudly so.

It's likely you come from a culture without strong defined administrative structural framework.

It's no wonder therefore why you guys are all over yourselves in disarray, without unity and established hierarchy?

Ever wondered why the same ppl you are looking down on with disdain have predominantly ruled this country for so long?

Well, even the British couldn't fault it, they instead adopted it into their indirect rule.

Unfortunately, little bigots like you would always accuse the Hausa/Fulani of having a born to rule mentally but never appreciating that he already had the advantage of several years of practice and therefore more naturally prepared to lead than others who had naught.

Free your mind from bigotry, it might do you good.

ebosie11:
Pls admit it.He is humble

You are wasting your time, humility or the word humble does not belong in their vocabulary; the children of hate only know how to wail, insult and chest beat.

kettykin:
The problem of the north is basically illiteracy and ignorance, a look at the list shows this people are just making empty allegations to justify buhari's stupidity and ineptitude.

If the north continue with the brazen ignorance and gross stupidity nigeria would be destroyed.

The problem with some of you beastly flat heads (claiming superior education but showing naught) is lack of comprehension; pls search for the nearest dictionary and come back and tell me the meaning of 'MOSTLY', literally and in the context used in that piece - though it's not your fault, since many of you landed on their heads as they came off the baby production line; useless ppl, selfish as ever.

It's probably because they have an existing cast system, many of them are OSU outcasts who prefer to settle in other ppl's homeland, where they are better accepted than in their own - some even prefer the bombs and guns of Boko Haram than the beastly axis den of evil they used to call home.

WIZGUY69:



quotasystem!
don't I tell u?

All iboe land is equivalent to a pig sty except ebonyi which is a very big useless farm.

forget all the pictures those king kongs use to post, they do download it from hotels. ng, we talking reality.


cc: all the iboe e-warriors in the house.

LOL, I thought they are very advanced, well developed ppl; where are their equally smart educated engineers and town planners - abi all na empty chest beating

OVI75:
This is a very genuine course,this satanist religion(islam) cant do without blood.all muslims give the right condition are potential blood suckers.All fulanis are demon incarnate.especialy the herders.

I truly pity your ignorance, LOL your parents must be disappointed for producing such a stupid child, go back to school and read more then come and make a better educated comment - mfcker!

He is quite right, we got rid of an incompetent government of destroyers and replaced it with one that is bringing change, positive change; though some wailers are not happy because: electricity has improved and their gen import/sales business is suffering, NDLEA is working and blocking their illegal drug business, the police are working and closing down their baby factories; and armed robbery, kidnapping, human trafficking and rituals, internet scam and their many other crimes.

modelmike7:
You better bring back the money you stole and stop giving us some emotional ish! BTW, how ya body now pretty minister?! Get well and quickly come back home o!

LOL, abeg pity am small, you no see as how sickness transform am ba?

Pangea:

Abeg PMB, what of our brothers from the East naa?

Naaaaa!
The 5%ters can wait till 2019, maybe by then they'd have learnt their lessons on respect for others. LOL.

RemyMartins:
Thought the kwaruption was only in the south.

goodnews fellas a Northerner has been caught

You are a real dunce, a bigoted fool lacking in basic comprehension, rushing to mock others when you are in fact the one who should be mocked.

OLodo, go and read the story again, then come back and explain how you arrived at the conclusion that the culprit was a northerner; where in the entire article was the identity of the person revealed?
That criminal could have come from any part of the country, for all its worth, he may even not be a Nigerian - foolish hateful idiot!, this is how many of you fail JAMB and blame it on witches and wizards

LOL, somebody is truly winding up the Wailers to burst several arteries

But seriously shouldn't this have been enough to silence them?

More on creativity, see how my ppl fit squeeze grown Camel inside small Volkswagen car boot, LOL

See another one wey carry Crocodile (though not sure if he is Nigerian).

Na today, see another one - LOL, my ppl no dey carry last for creativity.