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Point B
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It probably isn't then  .

I greet all of una! Brothers and sisters, good evening!!!

^^^ Egbon, leave them alone. Let the past pass away.

Happy birthday Ojukwu!

Point B, I can see that you are back with your games. Goodluck!

Is this source true
Shocking, to say the least!

Btw, isn't Nl meant to be an anonymous forum. How did "channels" know the Reno maybe/may not be Beaf?!

Gov Sylva should stick to his party. All this Nigerians party paraposim!

Beaf, isn't Edo state Oil producing?
Even 2 senatorial districts in Anambra and one in Awka-Ibom were won by ACN members.
I don't get this idea of you saying "they"(who are the they, btw?) want to add an "oil producing state" to their party. Its too simplistic. Or are you implying that these people (Edos, Anambrains and Awka-Ibom citizens) are "paying" due to, god knows where?
I don't get it.

Well done GEJ!!! We dey enjoy your regime jare!

They should be allowed, who are we to judge.

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He who has not sinned should case the first stone (John 8:7)

This is just so funny!!! . We need Uhrobo state, Itsekiri state, Isoko state, Ijaw state, Anioma state and Ilaje state in Delta, NOW!!! . In Nigeria, we'll ed up with over 100 states.
Even Edwin Clark?! Well, I'm not surprised.

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Are you sure you want to get into this?

ekt_bear:
jason: I don't follow.

Anyway, I'm actually curious what Kaduna borrowed the money for.

I am basically for having good debts.

asha 80:
there is a saying in my language translates as thus

'if you are holding me to the ground you are also holding yourself to the same ground'

the regions should be freed up to reach their potentials jare.we cannot continue on this part.with efficient management you will be suprised at the wealth the so called 'less endowed' regions can generate.

Wise words! Not that I'm against it but a united Nigeria with completely (at least 99% of the decision) independent regions has much more benefits than, lets say, the SS breaking away on her own. Because of the size, I see these oyibos coming in to simply take advantage of us by stroking ethnic tension. Now imagine a region with Edos, Itsekiris, Ijaws, Ilajes, Aniomas, Ikwerris, Ogonis, Ibibios, Efik etc --basically, Nigeria part two but much more worse. Hope you see my POV.

Its like the PH ikwerris. If Nigeria is one, they are SS. Once there is a split, its 120% certain that they will join the SE.

As far as Nigeria is "ONE", Itsekiris are NOT joining the SW. In case of a total split, then things will change.

ekt_bear:
States are now ranked by debt/GDP (where I used Wikipedia state GDP figures. Obviously not ideal, but best I have.)

Question, what did Kaduna borrow $175 million for? What project was it for? Cross River borrowed for Tinapa. Lagos is Lagos.

But what actually happened in Kaduna. . . ?

Forget Kaduna for now. The highlighted part is what is important for now till we find a more suitable system for us in Nigeria.

asha 80:
yes i mean the so called allocation of revenue from crude oil.

who does not know that the structure we are running is unsustainable?

This was discussed earlier this year when we talked about independent region (like your post you posted "+1" to on the other thread). You'll notice that we talked about the pros and cons to such an arrangement such as the temptation for the richest region to break away.
Anyway, pros vastly out-weigh the cons.

Beaf:
You people keep on licking your arses about Itsekiri's joining the SW. It will never ever happen.
I don't even know how you people think. Even if there are some people foolish enough to want to be an oil bearing minority in a strange land, are they going to jump over Ijaw territory into the SW? Abi no be Ijaw people de Ondo state apart from Yoruba?

I just keep hearing this foolish stuff echoing and re-echoing on NL and somehow, boko harem is always involved.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-793686.0.html
Your opinion is needed.

Beaf:
Lagos states debt is unsustainable; its not like they are doing anything to generate more money than they already have. I don't see anything to ease the business environment of incubate high turnover businesses. [b]Everything Fashola has done (aside from the moribund Eko Atlantic), is cosmetic; nothing wealth generating; [/b]thats the reason Lagos is at the forefront of subverting the meaning of fiscal federalism to mean even more money into the Abuja begging bowl.

States like Kaduna and Katsina are even worse. God alone knows why they owe so much.

But even the cosmetic work is important, isn't it? To continuously be attractive to international investor, I think the "cosmetic and tree planting" work is equally important. The first experience of most foreign have about Nigeria is in Lagos and probably Abuja.

Personally, I think its sustainable, after all, the debt is not that high. USA has trillions of debt to China, yet, its still the place to be in the world.

The highlighted reminds me of a saying from a famous mathematician when he solved a problem, " When you can't crack a nut, its sometimes better to leave the nut for days, it'll crack itself".
Not every project must be to generate direct income, sometimes its better to build secondary projects and later reap its reward indirect. In fact such projects might have chain effects, boosting your primary projects to generate more income.

asha 80:
it might not make much difference if we did not turn federalism on its head.where it would have an impact is representatives to national assembly

I assume you are referring to national policies and allocation of revenue. Even at that, it still makes "much" of a difference when we talk about elections, in Nigeria.
Asha 80, Nigeria cannot last with this sort of injustice. You know it, I know it and the so-called high and mighty know it.

SW PDP! Power to the politicians people!! This is the reason why the SW voted them out.
He made a valid point on the last paragraph. No one can justify why some geopolitical-zones have 7 states, others 6 and 5. This is an example of gross injustice we practice in Nigeria.

https://dailytimes.com.ng/sites/default/files/imagecache/400xY/44317619.S_IMG_3832.jpg

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), on Friday, commenced the Iddo-Ibadan-Ilorin route passenger express train.

Speaking at a news conference in Ibadan, Rasheed Gbadamosi, the Railway District Manager (RDM), said that the journey was another milestone in the revival of the rail system in the country.

According to him, the train which can carry 90 passengers in each of its six coaches, will run every Friday while the return journey from Ilorin–Iddo, Lagos, will be on Sundays.

Gbadamosi said the corporation had earlier in the year commenced the weekly passenger train services from Iddo to Ibadan on Fridays and Ibadan to Lagos on Sundays.

He said it had also commenced weekly haulage of 600 metric tonnes to Osogbo, adding that arrangements had been concluded to ensure an additional weekly haulage of 600 tonnes to Ilorin.

On the security of passengers, the district manager said the NRC had put in place Railway District Police Officers and Man O’ War in all its districts.

“I want to assure Nigerians that the NRC will not rest on its oars until full resumption of freight and passenger services are restored on all our routes throughout the length and breadth of the country,” Gbadamosi said.

http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/nrc-commences-lagos-ibadan-ilorin-express-train

I'll commend GEJ if this can be fully operational around the country. For now, GEJ, you tried!

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), on Friday, commenced the Iddo-Ibadan-Ilorin route passenger express train.

Besides passenger service, the train also hauls 600 metric tonnes of goods weekly

Speaking at a news conference in Ibadan, Rasheed Gbadamosi, the Railway District Manager (RDM), said that the journey was another milestone in the revival of the rail system in the country.

According to him, the train which can carry 90 passengers in each of its six coaches, will run every Friday while the return journey from Ilorin–Iddo, Lagos, will be on Sundays.

Gbadamosi said the corporation had earlier in the year commenced the weekly passenger train services from Iddo to Ibadan on Fridays and Ibadan to Lagos on Sundays.

He said it had also commenced weekly haulage of 600 metric tonnes to Osogbo, adding that arrangements had been concluded to ensure an additional weekly haulage of 600 tonnes to Ilorin.

On the security of passengers, the district manager said the NRC had put in place Railway District Police Officers and Man O’ War in all its districts.

“I want to assure Nigerians that the NRC will not rest on its oars until full resumption of freight and passenger services are restored on all our routes throughout the length and breadth of the country,” Gbadamosi said.

http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/nrc-commences-lagos-ibadan-ilorin-express-train

https://dailytimes.com.ng/sites/default/files/imagecache/400xY/44317619.S_IMG_3832.jpg

afam4eva:
Prove you wrong? Are you kidding yourself? You should be the one proving to me that Ebonyi is more backward than Ekiti because your point is invalid because do you say Ekiti is more advanced than Oyo because it has more people on Nairaland? Infact name how many Oyo, Enugu etc people you know on Nairaland.

Likewise, you when you said Ekiti is most backward in the South without any evidence. I provided an hypothesis for my opinion why Ebonyi being the most backward, and I'm sure more will agree that my hypothesis is fairly accurate. Since its a hypothesis, you don't have to agree.

Now, can you tell me the bases for your opinion of Ekiti being the most backward in the South or did you just make that comment to spite the Ekiti indigenes?

Btw, there are a lot of Oyo peeps (even andre uweh schooled there) here as you can see on the thread "what you state contributes to Nigeria" same as Enugu (Ifyalways, Ink nerd*). Can you give me an example of an Ebonyi indigene on Nl?

afam4eva:
So, a state's population is now a criteria for knowing how backward the state is? I'm hearing this for the first time.

Btw, have you asked everyone on Nairaland to know which state they hail from? Because few elements on this forum eat and breathe Ekiti doesn't mean the state has more population on Nairaland compared to Ebonyi.

I am not talking in terms of population but enlightenment and development.

For instance, we have less Northerners than Southerners on NL. The North is more back ward than the South, isn't it
We have more Diasporans, Lagosians, Rivers, Anambra and Delteans on NL, than anyother niche of people, don't we?? Are they not more enlightened and live in a more developed setting, generally speaking?

From this we can hypothesize that there is a direct positive relationship between the number of people in a niche (average) to how enlightened and developed the niche is.

With that said, Ebonyi is more backward than Ekiti.

Prove me wrong.

afam4eva:
Abeg, make una free Ekiti state. States in the north are more backward than EK. but it takes the cake in the south.

Ekiti is more backward than Ebonyi This is new to me. How many Ebonyi indigenes do we have on NL compared to Ekiti? let's start from there.