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Mynd44:
So because she wanted the government to get off their ineptness and save those girls she is not fit to serve in government again?

I guess it means those who marched that GEJ should be sworn in as acting president should not have served in his government.....


Where do they dig you people from?

Why did she deny being an APC member in the first place before the elections and make a u-turn after. Why did she not risk credibility of the BBOG group by flauntin her membership at the height of the group's activity?

eyenibibio:
Mr. Olisa who are you & what have you as a Nigerian done to move this country forward.

You must be really young

Gbawe:
Yeah. Just like the loser Trevor Berbick on the floor, out cold, has just "dismembered" the winner standing over him i.e Mike Tyson. If Berbick get up to be ranting after Tyson is already at his winner after-Party enjoying himself, then who cares about the rants of the loser? The logic of some of you sef. Aribisala can cry himself to sleep every night and wake the next morning to pen another of the bitter tirade he is now famous for but the point losers will never understand is that no one on the winning side gives a toss about Aribisala's rants. Before the elections we may have bothered to read and counter this article yet today, after Buhari is now President-elect and not GEJ, Aribisala's tirade is nothing but the "Rantings of an ant" to us. You dig?

https://www.graciemag.com/pt/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1986-berbick_1410992i.jpg

Ok I gree. Perform ur pre election BS

Titilayodeji13:
Make no mistake about it; the APC will not be allowed to go scot-free from all the lies it told and mischief it caused in its suicide-bomber approach to the election campaign. Buhari’s supporters need to understand that the democratic process neither begins nor ends with elections. It is a continuing process, not amenable to winner-take-all constructs.

What we have been confronted with in this election cycle is a political party determined to say and do anything, in order to capture the presidency. Accordingly, El-Rufai promised that: “The (2015) election is likely to be violent and many people are likely going to die.” Rotimi Amaechi said: “We shall teach them lesson. We will fight with our body, with our lives because there must be change this time.”In effect, in a single-minded lust for power, APC declared imminent war on Nigeria and served notice that it was prepared to set the country on fire and even form a parallel government if it did not prevail.

Chai this man is brutal

Choi Femi Aribisala can commit murder with his pen. He just dismembered the APC

psalmizt:
Dear Barcanista,

I love this thread and as one who believes in the unity of Nigeria there's need for the regions to be evenly matched. Your quote on being strategic and avoiding violence is so so apt. The SS and SE are a united block that must look to draw closer. The biggest worries of the SSner is the dominance of the SEners. Unless people find a way to take that threat away the dream unification will not work. In the face if the current realities, the unity becomes expedient. And i for one believes the region has all it takes to thrive without the usual FG intervention. From Edo to Delta, through the Igbo states up to Calabar, one voice Would better position them in the Nigerian state.

If the SS/SE refuse to have sense it will be a pity. If they allow petty disagreements over who is boss override the bigger picture they will be left behind. It all became clear to me when I saw this last year.

"You’d recall that I moved the motion of merger between the CPC and ACN because we’ve always believed that all these smaller parties will never be able to win a presidential election in Nigeria…never! Except there would be a handshake between the Southwest and Northwest" - Tunde Bakare

When countries like japan and germany are turning away from nuclear power we are trying to jump in. I wanted GEJ to win but if na so Buhari kindly enter and cancel this shit

Scholes007:
The Eastern bloc should have grand master plan on how to have
steady power supply with little federal input and also support the deep sea port in ibom even if the fg do not sponsor it financially

I also would like to know why portharcourt port isn't getting more patronage than it is getting

PPAngel:
A federal high court ruled against the use of consultants in the Lagos State FIRS but up till date that ruling has been ignored.

Because PDP is useless and weak. Very sad a political party oga at the top forces his company on the govt FOREVER and nothing happens. Is that not impunity?

PPAngel:
Tinubu has also highlighted his interest in managing the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS.

In a paper delivered on behalf of Buhari by Fayemi in Lagos while addressing the Business community:



So expect Alpha Beta to go National and Tinubu to be paid a commission on all Federal taxed revenue.

I laugh when ppl think that a koboko approach is the cure for corruption. So far there is a patronage system in which a big man can leverage on our collective sweat and favour his business we are just kidding ourselves.

Just that PDP is full of incompetent and lazy folk who only know how to chop money this is the sort of thing an opposition party should be looking at not Buhari's cows or age

PPAngel:
Tinubu has also highlighted his interest in managing the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS.

In a paper delivered on behalf of Buhari by Fayemi in Lagos while addressing the Business community:



So expect Alpha Beta to go National and Tinubu to be paid a commission on all Federal taxed revenue.

This will be challenged in court if he tries it. We don't need consultants when there are ppl who can do the job in service

Another myth bites the dust

omonnakoda:
It was not a myth.The fact that Willinks said Eastern Nigeria was 98% Ibo speaks volumes. If PH was an Ibo town as he reported why then is there talk of abandoned property.That is a bit contradictory isn't it. It was the same phenomenon in the West that led to the formation of the MidWest Region whih was done fo political reasons in terms of timing. It was necessary to carve out Cross River/Akwa Ibom. Even there Willinks said Ibo were majority in Ogoja and it would appear he reinforced the idea of Aro as Ibo even though we know that the Ezes in Aro are no Ibo(discussion for another day)

Na true or na lie? -
12. “That there should be modern streetlight in Onitsha, and not Calabar, was also quoted as example of discrimination; it proved however that Onitsha Urban District Council had financed this measure from their own resources.”

emmatok:
I remember the NL thread were you lots where shouting Meddle-Belt, SE and SS amalgamation, now the Meddle-Belt and Edo has dump you.

You should go and read about what OLU OF WARRI told PGEJ during the Tompolo crises, and understand that even the SS is not united.

All your rants conjuring online wont is useless because everyone got their agendas.

We will agree to disagree. No argument for that one.

omonnakoda:
What was my point?
I posted it separately not to bck up anything.This was my earlier post


NONE OF THAT NEEDS SUPPORT FROM THE WILLINKS. Once again I posted that for a reson whih eludes you. I consider Willinks to be largely inaccurate a discredited but it is important for contemporaneous context. e.g

WILLINKS SAID EASTERN NIGERIA was 98% Ibo either he was dishonest or misled

Point taken. It was necessary to dispel the myth of "igbo domination" being the catalyst for creation of the COR state. It was more of a politically correct artificial vehicle for divide and rule than anything else. Of course it naturally served the agenda of a few elite from there and left the common man in limbo

omonnakoda:
Actually this is not the report but a summary of it a rather uneven one if I might add. I do not express an opinion about the report which generated considerable controversy in its time but post that here just to provide CONTEXT.
They are "EXCERPTS" and this is the source
http://scannewsnigeria.com/news/willink-report-1958-the-following-are-excerpts-from-a-the-report-of-the-commission-appointed-to-enquire-into-the-fears-of-minorities-and-the-means-of-allaying-them-otherwise-known-a/

It is not true to say it found their fears to be unfounded .
That is just wrong. It is important to point out that the report covered the whole of Nigeria not just the East. For reasons best known to the soource they focused on the East . I will reserve comment on that.
The objective inquirer will do well to study the actual report and the controversies surrounding it and how representatives of the minorities e.g Ikwerre were chosen or their characterization as "IBO" and the contemporaneous reactions to the report itself . It would be dishonest to hail colonial reports that say what we like but then turn around to reject colonial censuses.

You posted a summary of the report to back up your point and I pointed out the report's vindication of alleged igbo domination and I'm cool with it unless you're saying the report u posted is flawed

omonnakoda:
“THE WILLINK COMMISSION REPORT OF JULY 1958”

The report of the commission generally ackowledges political leaders agitating (most likely for relevance) but found those fears those allegations of domination were unfounded and false. From the report -

7. “It was suggested (by non-Ibo petitioners) that it was the deliberate object of the Ibo majority in the Region to fill every post with Ibos (in public post and services).….when, however we came to consider specific complaints about the composition of public bodies, we found them in many cases exaggerated or unreasonable.”

12. “That there should be modern streetlight in Onitsha, and not Calabar, was also quoted as example of discrimination; it proved however that Onitsha Urban District Council had financed this measure from their own resources.”

14. “A group of miscellaneous grievances and charges against the Ibos from Calabar may be treated together; we were told that the Ibos did not observe local customs in the markets….We formed the impression that jealousy of the Ibos successes in the markets was the main factor.”

relchange:
let me make prediction now: they will do everything possible to re-divide us again by giving a juicy appointment to one of us.
but we will never forget what they did to jona. never.

They will try very hard. It will be a test of how ready we are to progress.

Horllamideh:
which part of the SW because i have been to 3 southwest states apart from lagos in the last one year and i haven't come across a projects that has the hand of GEJ in it (maybe it's because they are states being run by the opposition).....That's why i like the signature of one nairalander,it reads "That moment when you are watching the clip of projects executed by GEJ on TV and you'll be asking yourself "am I in Congo?"

GEJs projects in the SW plenty. If start listing I no go go work. SW got plenty of power infrastructure, irrigation, potable water in prioritised places like osun, railway maintenance and upgrading etc All the info u need is on www.bpp.gov.ng you will see where govt money went in the last four years. GEJ didnt neglect SW at all forget politicians and their mouth

Dannyset:
I think we should be seeing threads that brings Nigeria together and not SS n SE alone. Maybe I don't understand what's happening but I think this divide us more than unifying us, and if it does, then its a shame.
No harm intended tho!

Inter-Regional integration certainly isn't a minus to the larger community. Its a shame some ppl see it as a threat. Aren't the SW governors towing a similar policy?

OneNaira6:
Wtf is wrong with you yoruba people? Seriously why are you people so despicable? And why do you ppl love pretending to be from other regions and other tribes?

Nigga did you forget you wrote this a while back

"boss am a nigeria...until we stop taking tribes and. religion sseriux..onli den nigeria will move forward wats dia if I insult yoruba or igbo..i bet u if I tell u ma. Language u will. B suprix. But lemme giv u a clue...whch tribe is yemi alade?..dats also ma tribe."

https://www.nairaland.com/2204774/man-rapes-girlfriend-death#31782583

Kwakwakwakwa

Rennee:
Its not a problem at all. It just wouldn't work.

Where are u from pls?

ChikezieU:
starting with the issue of Senate presidential slot, it must be given to the south since they have Presidency and Vice otherwise it will now be daylight robbry and certianly the fine line fr conclusion that SS/SE is nt part of Nigeria

Bros let the owners of naija have it and give us what will endure for generations. We had Wabara and some others what did we gain

Rennee:
Then consider yourself a southerner or easterner. We don't have to unite to achieve that. We just have to work hard so our voices can be heard. I can't remember the SW uniting with any other region to achieve all they did.

We are saying the same thing. The SW has been in opposition since Obj left office and it wasn't considered enemy action so why should an awakened conciousness of the old east be a problem my sister?

francizy:
Bro, I don't think the Igbos need your oils.. Igbos are too business minded and you will always depend on us to survive. At least we make sure cosmetics, spare parts, cloths, jewelries, food stuffs, etc, are there for you to purchase with your oil money.

Keep your oil to yourself...

Whenever these divide and rule champs bring that lie about igbos wanting SS oil bear in mind that every state in the SE except Ebonyi and Enugu produces crude which is exported, sold and contributes to national income.

Rennee:
So uniting against the incoming government is the solution to our problems?? Why don't we consider working together with the incoming government. That way we wouldn't be marginalized.

Its not about uniting against the govt its about forming a democratic and lawful front for mutual benefit. Or would u rather we abandoned our dreams and aspirations of a propsperous east just to appear patriotic?

Do you think I want a scenario where my grandkids ask me why the east is not developed and we have to live in Abuja or Lagos to enjoy the best of FG infrastructure? The mistake our fathers made was costly enough

I am sorry for any easterner who falls for the same stale 49 year old divide and rule nonsense that kept our fathers where they are today and have left the east starved of FG infrastructure. For crying out loud the PTF did not impact even the SS that was the source of crude, rather Abacha regime finally destroyed the refineries and enriched importers of refined petrol who were mainly from where?

Did anybody notice the APC lawmaker few weeks ago in the NASS who was proposing that the derivation to oil producing communities be reduced? Wake up o!

If SE/SS no get sense fast we will have ourselves to blame. APC will not give us a second glance when it comes to developing our regions. The SW, NW and NE will demand settlement for putting Buhari in power and let us consider that oil revenue is not what it used to be. We were marginalised during oil boom how much more now.

Resource control is a must and now!

I hate to jump the gun but let us keep this in view.

Newly elected Senator Ben Murray-Bruce in his campaign promised to push for oil producing communities to retain half of the revenue from crude oil sales with the other half going to the center.

We need to apply pressure on our law makers in the east to tow this line regarding crude oil extracted from oil bearing communities in Rivers, Imo, Anambra, Abia and Bayelsa states.

Horllamideh:
Karma is b1tch right??...That is exactly what Jonathan did to the South-west....Giving us ministerial positions with funny portfolio.

I wish it had been the other way around because the infrastructural projects that GEJ laid down in the SW outnumber those of the SE by 3-1. You think the average igbo person gives a shit that okonjo iweala is coordinating minister?

Did buhari really say that the SS/SE elections were generally rigged? If he did then his bigotry and bias is something to be addressed

Kwankwaso went on: “On this issue, we entrusted Amaechi with only two tasks. One is campaign, talk to the opposition because it is Nigeria Governors’ Forum; it is not PDP Governors Forum. Talk to them because you are the candidate; talk to them, probably it may suit them to vote for you. The second option is, hang up to the contest; can you hold it? He said ‘yes’. “Now, I can tell you, Amaechi cannot withdraw without our approval. Anybody who is saying Amaechi should withdraw is wasting his time because that is not in the agreement between us and Amaechi. We gave only two tasks to Amaechi and he did well. - Kwankwaso

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/amaechi-wont-drop-ngf-mandate-says-kwankwaso/