₦airaland Forum

louqas:
With all the so much noise about Gejj this GEJ that I ask what did he do for his people in 6 years he was president . If he is really a hero what exactly did he do for his people in The Niger delta or is willingly accepting defeat now development that qualifies him as a hero of Niger delta?

What was OBJ's achievement in the South West for 11 years (8 yrs as civilian & 3 years as military)?

What are Buhari and all other past Northern presidents and heads of state achievements in Northern Nigeria for more than 40 years they've ruled?

sanandreas:
He is now politically irrelevant.

Gbawe is now am IDP (Internally Displaced Politician). Same goes for Omenka

iokpebholo:
Op when last did u hear from d likes of beremx and Co. I believe d new sheriff in town abi d new Pharaoh in town has not given them any reason to come out of hiding

Beremx is now a 'wailer'

BUHARIISCURSED:
i have missed his long epistles, we need him now more than ever.

Ever since bubu entered aso rock, uncle Gbawe has gone into hiding.

i don't want to believe he has kicked 'plate' politically.

buhari needs him now

He now views as guest.

Omenka and Dabullit, he's back. If you want him, go to Otuoke and take him.

No pishure?

Mztarstrechy:
So why didnt they blow it during GEJ's regime?

Same reason they didn't blow it during Shagari's regime.

Remii:
it is a bad situation no doubt but I doubt if anyone would have been able to prevent the current state of the Naira, regardless of who is in power, maybe GEJ would have devalued that money earlier before now since he already started by moving the Naira to N199 from N158 against the Dollar.

You see ur life? The naira was devalued to N199 to a $ under Buhari

tsdarkside:
for people that want us to leave their oyel alone,you care over the oyel more than us.....

you rarely see change-agents talking about oyel....

you are the only one shouting ,oyel,oyel, day and night.....


rubbish-people....

Who are change agents?

Those who have changed the price of rice from N7000 to N18500?

Changed £1 from N280 to N505?

Changed 1 basket of tomatoes from N7000 to N42000

Changed power supply from almost 5000MW to below 1500MW even going down to 0MW at some point.

Changed fuel from N87 to N145.


But has refused to change minimum wage.


So much for change.

QuotaSystem:
It's either they surrender or get wasted like the terrorists that they are. This government cannot be blackmailed.

There's a new Sheriff in town.

A new sherifat is in town







Meanwhile, oil is flowing at 1M barrels per day.

omenka:
This is what we've always insisted. There is no genuineness in the current agitation in the region- just a bunch of selfish scavengers taking advantage of a large mass of gullible Nigerians, using their ethnoreligious bigotry as leverage to promote their selfish and sinister agenda.

iPod, NDA, Egbesu, etc are all cut from the same cloth- had Jonathan not lost, none of them would have arisen.

Make dem continue with their tomfoolery. Na dem sabi.

I agree with the part in bold but adding to that, Had Buhari not won, Boko Haram's sponsors wouldn't have abandoned them.

TheGoodJoe:

Based on you economics, we should devalue our currency to N2,000. So, for every $1 we earn N2,000. For a barrel of Crude, we will make $40 x 2,000 = N80,000.

I'm comparing Obj's earnings to Buhari's earnings, be guided.

TheGoodJoe:

It is not called excuses but the reason and causes.

Even if you bring OBJ now, he will not perform magic. The wage structure has increased and Petrol consumption has climbed. Crude Oil prices went up during OBJ's reign and we hope it reverses under President Buhari.

OBJ did not deal with the level of Boko Haram crisis, the Biafran uprising or the Militants sabotage. So there is no way you expect OBJ to dance over this.

Wage bill is paid in Naira after converting warned dollars to naira.

When obj came in, $1 was officially N22, meaning that for every $1 he earned, he got N22 which implies that a barrel of oil @ $9 got him 9×22 = N198

When Buhari came in, $1 was officially N165 meaning that for every $1 he earned, he got N165 implying that for every barrel of crude oil @ $40, he got 40×165 = N6,600

So for every N198 OBJ got, Buhari got N6,600.

TheGoodJoe:
The Monetary policy is not the main reason why things are like this. Remember, the economy was already crashing before President Buhari came into power.

NOI already dipped her hands into the ECA. GEJ already borrowed to pay Salaries.

I am sure it was not President Buhari's policies that cost that and NOI and GEJ played with the so called policies people clamour for but, the economy kept crashing.

With the so called policies people want and GEJ in power, things would still go downward and we would have been in a worse situation.

That is a fact. GEJ was lost and the only way was borrow or collect from ECA or Reserves. When the money finishes, what happens? That is what President Buhari is preventing by being strict with his policies.

OBJ met oil price at $9 per barrel, foreign reserve at $3.5bn, foreign debt @ $32bn and was able to make impact in the first year. Buhari met oil price at $40 per barrel, foreign reserve +ECA at about $32bn and foreign debt of about $8bn.

Stop making excuses for failure.

Agreed Buhari is not a thief and won't steal money, he has failed on the economy but I pray he gets it right in the remaining three years.

TheGoodJoe:

During the election, I said repeatedly that there was a tough storm coming because of the wastage. Not President Buhari. There was total waste of our resources.

That was why we needed President Buhari to win because we might not feel the heat by now, due to reckless dipping of the Government into our reserves and fake economic statistics.

When our reserves deplete, we would have been in a worse situation than what we are now.

Just as some of our Militants think they are hurting President Buhari by bombing pipelines. It is us who suffers. Those bombing, those supporting them and those warning against the bombing.

We should stop wishing the President failure because we need to unite to solve our problems. Division only brings war, death and losses.

#UnitedWeStand

Is it the wastage that created the archaic monetary policies which created uncertainties forcing Foreign investors to pull out their investments in droves causing massive depletion of our forex capacity?

Is what is happening today any different from what happened in 1984/85?

TheGoodJoe:

That is like saying if the price of tomatoes rise in Nigeria, it is only those who voted for President Buhari who will buy tomatoes at exorbitant prices.

If our economy does not improve under President Buhari, it is not only those who voted President Buhari who will find things difficult.

We can win if we fight together.

Well, I agree we will suffer together but I couldn't have been said to have failed as I knew the man b4 now and knew what the economy would be like under him. Am I surprised at the outcome so far? NO.

modath:
Suicide squad indeed, they are really about to embark on a [b]suicide mission.. nonsense!! Like Southerners can do it [/b]BH suicide bombing style!! What a bunch of jokers


Everything begins and End with Pipeline surveillance contracts..

Before, we used to say Nigerian's can't do it.

free2ryhme:
Instead of them to come together and ask their governors and elites what they are doing with the several billions of monthly allocations, including the special 13% derivativion for oil producing states, they continued to cause troubles! Has government not done more than enough for them?! It baffles me why poverty is still prevalent in that south south! The allocations are more than enough for their states to operate full monthly benefits payments for their small populations as being done in developed countries today like UK!

Your decision to blow your harvest doesn't give the rest of the village the right to seize your farm.

The misuse of 13% oil revenue by ND political & traditional rulers is a valid issue the ND must address, but does NOT justify theft of 87%.

To use the rape of the Niger Delta by its powerful sons to justify its rape by other Nigerians is cruel to the powerless indigenes.

Greedy politicians & comnuniy leaders are a NIGERIAN problem. To pretend it's unique to ND, or that FGN is a better steward, is DISINGENUOUS

https://mobile.twitter.com/andyRoidO/status/737246317060186113

TheGoodJoe:

She said: “So what we are now doing is project first. Tell us what you are going to do with the money, give us your milestones. I can’t promise you that every single agency will receive every single Naira in the budget, that will be untrue and that will be a misleading impression.

“However, what I will assure is that there will be no favouritism, there will be no need for anybody to come and lobby in our office for the release of funds. Funds will be released first on priority of projects, MDAs must make request for the capital and we must measure how the capital is spent.”


That does not mean there would not be improvement and development in the South East and South South regions.

She was talking in respect of accountability. This government has targets and goals. If we can put aside our differences, we will take giant strides despite the economic challenges.

#IfBuhariFailsWeFail

We are talking about a mausoleum here bro.

@ the part in bold, if Buhari fails, I haven't failed. Those that voted for him failed.

tbaba1234:
This is not OBJ

We can’t fund every project in 2016 budget – Adeosun

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/cant-fund-every-project-2016-budget-adeosun/

tbaba1234:
Well, the intention has been shown. As long as the money is there. I have no doubt, it will be implemented.

OBJ always budgeted for the 2nd Niger Bridge.

tbaba1234:
Completion Of Construction Of A Mausoleum And Library Complex In Honour Of Late Rt. Hon. Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe: 914,860,046
Provision Of Furnishings In The New Mausoleum And Library Complex In Honour Of Late Rt. Hon. Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe: 110,041,625

http://www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/pdfs/2016app/Works%20Power%20Housing.pdf

@op, budgeting is one thing, implementation is another.

Wadeoye:
Can you imagine that? Avengers shouting international community... blahblahblah.

If the whole of ND is leveled, nothing will happen and no international community will come to your aid.

Whatever happens to you and your people, you brought it right on yourself.

He who brings an ant-infested wood home should not be surprised when lizards visit.

The levelling will start from your family house. Anu mpama

2sexycom:
whether u accept it or not, the North currently produce most of what "buy" in the market. Or why do u think that baboon has such temerity to suggest idiotic idea?

It is a wake up call to the entire south Togo back to farming*

Better, but saying they feed me is an insult. Let them feed their hordes of almajiri first.

2sexycom:
you are wrong. The North Feeds this country with Yam, Groundnut oil, pepper, tomatoes, beans, onions, eguis, ginger, rice, sesame seeds, soya beans, just name it.

You fail to realise that even the yorubas who produced tomatoes called Ajase has relinquished it to the North, else we won't be suffering for the current tomatoes shortage.

The south ONLY produce a few food crops,except they wanna start importing.

The North doesn't feed me. I feed myself. How d fvck is the North feeding me when I go to the market to buy food stuffs with my money? I'd they refuse to sell their food stuff to me, I am at liberty to buy from other sources but without allocation from oil money, how they gonna do?

Lalasticlala, Mynd44, do you support them?

ba7man:
Who cares if you guys are pro-Nigerian or not?

Certainly not me....... with the way you're throwing tantrums and breaking stuffs like babies.

People are just about getting sick of you guys and your "our oyel" chants and mentality...... acting as if you actually opened up the ground and poured the oil in it.

Na una den go first discover oil for dem region?

Why not simply let them go with "their oyel"?

The Muhammadu Buhari Legacy Foundation has called on northerners to cut off food supply to the South-South for 30 days until the Niger Delta Avengers militant group stops its attacks on petroleum pipelines in the South-South Region.

As LeadersNG learnt, the Foundation’s Coordinator, Sani Bello Maikusa, said they have ordered Northerners doing business in South-South region to stop supplying agricultural produce, cows, donkeys, dogs, to that part of the country.

Speaking on Sunday in Kaduna during a lecture organised by the Foundation to celebrate President Muhammadu Buhari’s one year in office, Bello Maikusa lamented that the continued attack on petroleum pipelines in that region has made the country to lose 25 percent of its crude oil.

He said: “President Buhari’s efforts to improve power supply to above 5000 mgw has dropped to less than 150 mgw as a result of pipeline sabotage and Avengers.

“Gas cannot be pumped for electricity and crude oil cannot be pushed to refineries in Warri and Kaduna. We are therefore calling for a total boycott of the South-South region for a period of 30 days from July 1st to July 30 2016.

“All businessmen, goods services, agricultural suppliers, suppliers of cows, donkeys, dogs, from the 5 regions of the country should boycott south-south region in protest to the sabotage and pipe line vandalism going there.

“The 30 days boycott will show to the avengers that no region in the country can stands on its own or hold this country to ransom.”

The group also added that the activities of the Avengers are simply aimed to take revenge on President Buhari’s government for the failures of PDP and Goodluck Jonathan’s government.

The Chairman of the occasion, former Assistant Inspector General of Police Lawal Bawa, urged Nigerians to be patient with the Buhari’s administration s its set to take the country to greater heights.

http://leaders.ng/2016/05/30/pipeline-vandalism-group-asks-buhari-to-cut-off-food-supply-to-niger-delta-states/

HonabFaj:
Sahara Reporters report exchange of bullets between the Army and the pro biafra group ,why will they go out with guns ,they are also willing and ready to fight

Did you bother clicking on the link st all to read?

http://saharareporters.com/2016/05/30/pro-biafra-activists-clash-nigerian-troops-onitsha

HAH:
Keep on the good work, by the time soldiers erect checkpoint every 500Metres for vehicles, houses ransacked weekly and mobile phone service is cut off, Nepa light cut off, they will realize the problem the so called avengers have brought to them and they will expose them, this is the same tactics used by military in Maiduguri.

In Maiduguri when the populace were strangled they started revolting against Boko Haram because of the hardship brought to them, the youth formed civilian JTF, till today Boko Haram cannot dwell in Maiduguri metropolis, same approach should be used they will start talking like bird when jungle mature.

You cant fight government and succeed, they better cooperate or perish

I hope they'll also set checkpoints every 500M along the creeks and waterways.

elampiro:
The avengers brought this upon their people. This is now like an emergency rule in the areas affected. You don't provide the platform for the army to have reasons to come to your locality. They don't come for fun. They will not rest until everywhere is as quiet as a grave yard

How do u know the Avengers and their people?