₦airaland Forum

Itsrm:
See it here. That was the day I stopped taking him serious when he talks about Obi.

https://www.nairaland.com/7186774/epl-chatroom-all-discussions/1231#120049149

[color=royalblue]And he has the liver to drag Oasis and Larrde

In a perfect world, his fellow Obidients should be stoning him[/color]

Itsrm:
It's the same where I live. The light is horrible. If I was not on prepaid, I would have told them to disconnect me from PHCN. No way I'm paying estimated with this epileptic supply.

[color=royalblue]One of the reasons these Discos have a running business is because people are running away from Prepaid metering.

I always advise people to do whatever they can to have it installed.
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Itsrm:
That is even forgivable but he also voted Buhari in 2019

[color=royalblue]You can't be serious. [/color]

Unlimited22:
Nah even here, it reduced, according to the older hands.

I'm in the north currently BTW and the lodge is kinda in the place where big men dey live for the town

[color=royalblue]Toor. Your case is different naa

I have enquired from some of my friends, and they are complaining that the power situation is terrible.

Few weeks to election; Hardship overload[/color]

Segedinho:
Huh...Lagos dey enjoy then.

But at times u still see queue here that might last as long as 24hrs in NNPC owned stations but I ain't sure of d cost per litre.

[color=royalblue]Enjoy wetin?

People are gradually settling for 300, while those who can't afford the transport have resorted to trekking half the distance[/color]

Unlimited22:
Thank God for where I dey shaa. My laptop no longer has a battery and these guys still have light.

[color=royalblue]E be like say na my area then

I no dey vex sha. Na Prepaid metering I dey
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[color=royalblue]Why is nobody talking about how poor electricity has been lately?

We get about 6 minutes a day.

Abi na when e good, una go flood here with Transformer and Zungeru pictures?[/color]

Segedinho:
Is there anywhere it is sold for 175..


I have been buying for 290 in Benin and people are saying it is cheap

[color=royalblue]Yes, you'll see 175 in this Lagos.

But you will spend hours just to get to the dispensing machine

E fit finish before e reach your turn[/color]

iamoyindamola:
I no blame them oo

https://www.nairaland.com/7532523/traffic-gridlock-lagos-orders-filling

Below is the solution, Lagos state government profer to the traffic

[color=royalblue]I don't know how this solution will work sha.

As long as people know they have petrol there, they will form queues.

So even if the gates are locked, you'll still see 25 vehicles waiting patiently.

I pray it works sha[/color]

iamoyindamola:
Nawa o
So na them they cause traffic everywhere

[color=royalblue]You no go blame them naa.

If you buy 350/ltr, how much you wan charge, to break even and make profit?

Nigeria is hard. Infact, running a business can be very tough here

Almost all odds are against you[/color]

iamoyindamola:
No e no they, I doubt people still buy at 175
Nnpc for our side no they sell for 175

[color=royalblue]Petrol dey, bros. If you dey ready to pay 300 to 350/ltr, you go see where to buy

And yes, 175/ltr still dey.

NNPC at Alafia
Total at Aiyetoro

But the queue long pass the 2nd Niger bridge. Some people dey sleep for station sef[/color]

iamoyindamola:
Why are we still queuing for petrol
We just like to they suffer ourselves for this country
If una like vote another foolish person we will all suffer it directly or indirectly
E go reach us

[color=royalblue]Petrol dey. The queue na for people wey dey find 175/litre.

Transport is very expensive these days, and I can imagine what the poorest of the poor are going through[/color]

Ibime:
Who done use this ChatGPT? E be like lecturers done enter one chance

Distance learning degrees in open ended fields like philosophy and sociology go hear am

[color=royalblue]A lot of people enter one chance oh[/color]

Segedinho:
Maybe my proposition was too narrow cos i responded to that sole question.


My bad

[color=royalblue]APC is sharing bread, and people are dragging the party

I simply said the man to blame is the person that is collecting the bread. Afterall, the political party has sharing of bread as a strategy

If nobody collects the bread, the strategy won't work.

Where is the condemnation in that?[/color]

Segedinho:
Codemn codemn and codemn.



No justification whatsoever

[color=royalblue]I don't know you to be part of those that can't comprehend

Follow the topic again, and i pray for the grace to understand for you[/color]

Donjazet2:
Education and sensitization bro..
If you make those people realise the weight of their votes and the implications of selling it for a day's meal, their humanity will shine through.

Only a pessimistic person will think that poor people cannot make any sort of informed decisions. At the end of the day, if the vast majority of people realise that it is an absolutely terrible decision to sell your vote for a day's meal. It becomes inconsequential and the practice stops. That's what makes me an idealist and you a pessimist.

[color=royalblue]Who are you going to educate and sensitize?

The political party? Or the man that wants to collect bread?

Keep typing long epistles. When you use up your grammar, you’ll come back and support what I said earlier

Idealist that is blaming APC for sharing bread is an Ignoralist[/color]

Donjazet2:
I do believe that it was the best thing to do and the fact that i can look towards an LP Obi presidency because of the growth of our democracy means that that decision was partly justified.

Unlike you, who thinks we should fold out hands and do nothing while coming to complain everyday about how things are getting worse.

You believe the country is being badly run but you want to make yourself believe you are powerless to do anything. That is the dictionary meaning of the word cowardice.

[color=royalblue]Well, i am glad you were brave in 2015.

See where your bravery led us[/color]

Donjazet2:
This sentence invalidates the rest of your post.

You say "we cannot blame a thief for trying to steal", in this case you mean
PDAPC but what you're leaving out is that people are actually hailing those theives and supporting those thieves which in this case calls for the absolute condemnation of the Thieves and their actions.

We have to constantly shame the Thieves for trying to steal. Telling people to accept that reality that thieves will always be thieves is not a good message. We should always emphasize that stealing is wrong, in this case, vote buying by politicians..

[color=royalblue]So which is the easiest way to stop vote buying?

Hope on the Police to arrest them?

Or warning the people to decline the bread and akara?

Which one is easier?[/color]

nihilistjnr:
I've said it before that if Obi wins, he will soon wish he hadn't.

Too many Nigerians are betting on one man turning around 109 years of structural problems in a desperate throw of the dice.

There is no chance that any president can live up to the expectations that Obidients are piling on this man.

He will never be able to get any plaudits when he does anythng good, because it is expected. But woe betide the saviour of Nigerian politics if he ever does anything unpopular.

It is better to be underrated than overrated, better to underpromise and overdeliver, than overpromise and flop. Say you want about the current political establishment, but the public expectation of these guys is so low that any good thing they do will actually be considered a bonus

[color=royalblue]Exactly the same expectations piled on Buhari.

We all know how it ended[/color]

Donjazet2:
You've always been a pessimist but we've always been proving you wrong.
This mindset is an absolutely toxic one because I don't know what can be made of this mindset.
Is it that you want people to lose hope or what? To resign themselves to faith or what? I'm actually curious about this.

Meanwhile this was you at the onset of the Obi campaign, when we went for a rally even before he defected.

[color=royalblue]I would have taken you seriously if you didn't support and vote APC in 2015[/color]

Ihebu4chelsea:
I dont want people to be disappointed after the Election shaaa!! (Prepared for the worst. But Still Praying For the Best) My biggest Problem is how to Make Money and Move out of this God Forsaken Shit Hole!!

[color=royalblue]What is the best? Obi?

The only positive of Obi's victory is that the people will now realize that power rests in their hands, and not the politicians

But if you think he will change anything, well.... [/color]

[color=royalblue]Nigeria is a lost cause. I really hope a lot of you can be realistic.
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Donjazet2:
This argument reminds me of what pro-slavery ideologues argue. That we really don't have to blame the British because it was the Africans themselves who sold their own people for bicycles and mirrors. The argument tries to extricate the morally repugnant colonialists who went around and preyed on these smaller nations and used brute force many times yet gave them the mirage of a choice.

Why do we not see this blatant weaponization of poverty in Europe or America despite them also having poor people. Why can't one point out where a politician is paying people to vote for them in Europe?

[color=royalblue]You cannot blame a thief for trying to steal: That was his objective in the first place.

What you should probe is why the police didn't catch him, or the victim did not guard his property, etc.

If you say APC and PDP (excluding LP) are thieves, why do you blame them for sharing bread and akara? Was that not their strategy in the first place?

The person you should question is the man that decided to collect 1k or 2k for his vote.

When you realize we have more people willing to trade their votes for 1k, you will understand why it would take the grace of God for Obi to win.

Sadly, you don't believe in God too.[/color]

Nostradamus1:
Definitely Sarcasm. The "we all" refers to the gatekeepers of "Poverty and it's Weaponization"

[color=royalblue]As much as what you wrote has pepper on it, it is the truth.

People will vote for whatever reasons they want to. I kinda disagree with you labelling it as POLITICS, but it is not a lie.

And we should also note that the problem is not the party sharing Agege bread and Noodles. The problem lies with the man that wants to trade his 4 year benefits for a plate of porridge, and that is why i believe this country won't get better by an inch.

Instead of blaming APC or PDP for sharing bread, blame to man that traded his PVC for it.

He fcvking had a choice to decline[/color]

Nostradamus1:
One thing I love about this our wisdom forum is that when LP video leaked showing people(they were wearing LP attire) asking for their mobilization money, we all agreed that it was APC miscreants trying to be mischievous. When the Obi bread issue came out, we all supported the motion that BATist were desperate. Picture of Obi sharing money, Old video, nothing much to see: it was not a campaign rally.

Now APC video is out and it suddenly turned to Weaponization of Poverty.




We will run permutations and combinations here. We will drop think pieces here, we will have a world class debate here. We will question morality and it's compass here.
At the end, people will vote because of 1500, or the way an Igbo man treated them or that a Yoruba demon broke his daughter's heart.

Never be devoid of reality

[color=royalblue]Sarcasm, or you are being serious?[/color]

[color=royalblue]Can we have tips on how to japa to abroad without using the Study route?

Everyday must not be Tinubu, Tinubu, Tinubu.

Any tips on how to relocate abroad (excluding UK abeg) without using education package?[/color]

FBS:
Let me get this straight, you are against APC as a party but not against Tinubu himself? Will that be correct?
Would it have been different if Tinubu was from another party?

[color=royalblue]How can you detach the man from the party?

We saw his Chatham house interview. Elrufai and Ben Ayade were part of the team that he delegated questions to.

Elrufai that is overwhelmed with insecurity issues in Kaduna, is who will give insights to Nigeria's insecurity.

The same Ayade that even APC faithfuls here are roasting, is who Asiwaju has on his team.

Lagos is not Nigeria. In Lagos, he has the liberty to select even to a ward Chairman. He cannot do that nationally.

So yes, anybody against Asiwaju because of APC is correct[/color]

larride:
Why would they have gone for BAT though? Because he's a Southerner?

Both Atiku and BAT are muslim and BAT is even running on a muslim - muslim ticket while Atiku is running on inter-faith ticket.

[color=royalblue]So a man from Benue would vote a Fulani, instead of a Yoruba?

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raumdeuter:
If Obi was not on the ballot and Ortom goes against Atiku then APC will have a big chance of winning Benue

Which is why I said Ortom is the only Governor of the G5 that has any weight and impact. The others are not in states where the race is competitive

Ortom is a ref in Man city vs Man Utd while the others in the G4 are refs in Man city vs Dundee United

[color=royalblue]So who's votes did Obi affect in Benue?

Atiku?

I know Obi affected Atiku, but his participation affected BAT too.

Most people voting Obi outside the SE/SS, would have easily gone for BAT.[/color]

raumdeuter:
APC structure will struggle to get 25% in every SE state, And I doubt they ever did before. BAT cannot win Rivers even with Wike support. Max he can push APC above 25%

APC barely have any structures in Rivers, APC has not been on the ballot in Rivers gubernatorial ever

30% is a huge number in a 3 way race in a place like Benue. I expect APC to get more than 30% in Benue while the winner will depend on how the remaining numbers is shared between Obi and Atiku

[color=royalblue]How many percentile will APC get in Benue, if Obi was not on the ballot, especially seeing Ortom going against Atiku?

How many, bros?[/color]