₦airaland Forum

Beaf:
You have a way of making connections where there are none. I don't see what Orji's actions have to do with splitting the country, at best your reasoning is a plea to sentiment to avoid a split.
I don't see how Orji's actions justify remaining in the same country with those who chop babies in two and burn their corpses. You are not making sense at all.

Relax101:
This is getting out of hand. Cool down on all this jargons.

Beaf:
I was really against the removal of the fuel subsidy when the governors demanded it. However, with the announcement of a package to cushion the poor against any effects, I'm tending toward the idea. What we should do now is engage the govt in dialogue and ensure that there are no gaps and loopholes in the welfare package for the poor. Nigeria just MUST develop and we cannot keep pandering to the whims of the few corrupt pockets the subsidy goes into.

Again, this is how the fuel subsidy works:

1. Marketer imports fuel at market price
2. FG pays importer total costs
3. Marketer smuggles the fuel into neighbouring countries for sale at market price of close to
4. FG imports more fuel to fill the shortfall
5. The process repeats

The above is a losing game that we can never win. The most effective solution would be to cut out the subsidy totally. If that is done, the ball is in our courts to ensure that the savings are used judiciously. I am sure we will all dearly wish to see the words of Allison Maduake I posted earlier come to fruition, because they will represent a mega leap up the ladder for Nigerian society (I would love to see free education included, tho ):

Beaf:
It is heartbreaking to witness these "he is my thief" style arguments. It always makes the proponent seem like they are arguing from a prejudiced point of view. If you see corruption anywhere, shoot it down and stop attempting to justify by saying, "oh everybody does it, nutin spoil."

PointB:
Oga he can send a spaceship to the moon for all I care, if there is contract inflation and suspicion of corruption, we will mention it. That is what NL is all about. So if flutter the feathers of your bird, I couldn't care less. If you are educated and have no common sense, what is that got to do with me? Or how does that diminish the fact that falomo bridge commissioned by Fashola is not worth the 2.5 Billion price tag touted? If you are so much in love and can't see the damage such looting does to the public perception of him, then consider yourself as one of those dishonest sycophant milling around him like as leech, urging him to obscurity and early irrelevance.

Fashola is considered smart and above board, when he behave suspiciously trust that it will make headline. The jury is out on the bridge, and the word on the street is that he is no better than the rest of them goon. Personally what other governor's are doing (including my own governor since you know him) is not the subject of this thread, every dog has it's day. Today we are discussing Fashola 2.5 Billion staggering naira bridges of a few meter. That's is topic! GEJ, OBJ and co will have their day. If you think Fashola is right to steal because others are doing so, say so, so that we know where you stand. Beating about the bush, and name dropping amounts to clutching straws.

We criticize and haggle every corrupt politicians, Fashola can never be an exception, and I could careless what sorry arse like yourself feel.
Fashola has enriched himself and his goon with this heavily inflated bridge. And it the hottest  gist on Nairaland. Fortunately, I have no plan to short my mouth on this contract inflation by saint Fashola, perhaps you are going to make me!

PointB:
So because he was able to show you something, then the rest of us should all keep quiet about the astronomical level of inflation, and cover corruption? And Nigerians wonder how and when corruption will end, when supposedly intelligent individual will cough out crass stupi.dity and extreme ignorance from their throat just to defend their god - Fashola.

I got news for, I dont give rat as$ about Rochas and whether he contest for presidency or not, and if you have any corruption allegation against him, spit it out, else you are just another sad ignorant folk. Whatever you said about Okojo Iweala corruption or not is your own sick cup of tea, how does that concern me? How does you post affects my thinking or you post? And how does address the concern that this fashola bridge is broad day robbery of tax-payer, and a very bad example by fashola? How?

If you look carefully at the mirror u will observe the stu.pidity in your attack of my person. Was I the fellow who started this thread? Did I ask Fashola and his goon to stoop so low as to heavily inflate the contract hoping that all Nigerians are as stu.pid as you, and would simply ignore the figure provided something is presented to them? Such crass ineptitude as you currently displayed in your post is largely responsible for the decadence and rot in the system. Gradually gold like fashola are rotting, and all you could offer is that provided, there is something to show the rotting efforts! And you want to offer me advice? Shove it down you throat Oga!

And  dont brings your inanity and fashola as$ kissing to my direction next time, it is not appreciated; look for people your fellow fashola/tinubu as5 kisser like Eko Ile and co to share your fashola craze with.

Nonsense!

@topic,

Fashola and Tinubu and his ACN goons have gradually turned Lagos to thieving fiefdom, and pulling wools over Nigeria face in the name of executed is the latest way to cover their act. Na wa oo

PHIPEX:
I wonder how many of these people claming ownership of tall buildings have actually entered it ( I don't even mean transacted in it), just because they see its beautiful pictures on TV. This is like Northerners celebrating for having rule more than other tribes while they champion Poverty as well.

Abeg lets wake upand stop this egocentrism

1soul:
@Mathskill,
Bluetooth did not PROOF me wrong, rather he expressed his personal opinion which does not necessarily speak for the Odua nation, that was why I said forget what u read online and face fact. The Tribalism on nairaland won't let u see the truth. Igbos and Yorubas are all good people and have been coexisting together in various cities in Nigeria and even in diaspora. All these internet tribal warriors u see all over the net, nairaland inclusive either come here to tease or they are bunch of frustrated lowlifes looking for who to blame for their woes, I stopped using places like this as a determinant long ago. If u take what u read here to heart, it could make u start passing unnecessary hate to your good neighbours.

A United Southern Nigeria will stand!!
he net, nairaland inclusive either come here to tease or they are bunch of frustrated lowlifes looking for who to blame for their woes, I stopped using places like this as a determinant long ago. If u take what u read here to heart, it could make u start passing unnecessary hate to your good neighbours.

A United Southern Nigeria will stand!!

blink182:
I am proudly urhobo unlike you who is probably the offspring of a bigamy practising itsekiri woman to us. I am very sure not all your siblings are nigerians. I know you have germans and lebanese for siblings. Its written all over you. All these children from itsekiri women giving us headache up and down and givin us a bad name.

Dis Guy:
bumper? anyone

1soul:
@Jason123.
I would take a United South Nigeria anytime, anyday if at all it's possible, but going by the comments I read here,  sometimes I doubt the possibility of that happening, until the day the Yorubas & Igbos come to a round table to iron out their differences.

One thing I'm sure of is this ''Nigeria will disintegrate!'' and if Southern Nigeria makes it out of this unholy marriage in one piece, I'll be the happiest for it!!

I'm waiting,  hoping it doesn't come with war & blood shed!!!

Beaf:
The Niger Delta has always played a strong part in feeding Nigeria. In the past, they were in the rubber and oil palm belts; the area was called Oil Rivers and had its export hub at Brass in Bayelsa. It is only illiterates that try to revise Nigeria's history to tell us that Nigeria relied solely on groundnut cotton and cocoa

In fact, palm oil is the SINGULAR reason Nigeria exists today (go read about the Royal Niger company that Lugard worked for). The revenue from palm oil was used to finance the amalgamation of the country and feed an under-performing North. The story has always been the same.

seanet02:
The Part whose Governor Appointed the
SPECIAL ADVISER ON COMEDY?
IBOTIC COMEDY

1soul:
Old Esatern region know themselves despite whatever new geo-political region emerged after the war. They know our streght together that's why they are striving so hard to keep us in disagreement. They suceeded at the beginning with this kind of junk news, which lead to even some igbos denying their race. But my brothers that era is gone cos we've learnt our lesson. You the yorubas see us all from the SE & SE as thesame people, the only difference is the oil wealth. And if u think we are not together then u'll be suprised once the contraption called nigeria collapse. Check in all the nigerian cities & u'll see that we are more at home among the igbo's than we can ever be with the yorubas. We might disagree at some point, even brothers quarrel but at the end of the day they settle at home. So please you guys should stop all these rubbish media propaganda for it's not going to work this time around.

1soul:
I mean to say the Yorubas see all of us from the SS & SE as thesame, the only difference is crude oil. An average Yoruba man can't even differentiate btw an ijaw man & an Igbo man, not to talk of an Akwa Ibom man. We know our stronghold and why a SS name it to the presidency Today!

jmaine:
Damn  !! na my guy Jason, you dey wound so  . . . haba  !!!