₦airaland Forum

bayelsaowei:
I have always thought about this too...but the question is would the FG allow such...

Would the FG allow oil producing states take up such projects without wanting to get 50 percent as usual..If that is possible then I think regionalism is espoused...

Ugosample:
If the pegging has continued, the gap between official and black market would have been more than 300 naira
The problem with the president is that he does not know what he is doing

stephenduru:
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mekzyjoe:
wat abt d monrail project he failed to complete in portharcourt?kettle callin pot black..chairman leave all dis politicians alone..d r phony

zuchyblink:
GREETINGS AGAIN FOR YOUR PAINSTAKING
EFFORT TO LAY DOWN YOUR ANGER AND
PROBLEMS IKWERRE PEOPLE HAVE WITH
BOTH THE IJAWS AND IGBOS. IT IS VERY GOOD
YOU ARE LAYING OUT THESE ANGER AND
CHARGES WHICH A LOT OF US DO NOT KNOW
EXIST, BECAUSE EVERY GROUP HAVE THEIR
OWN GREVIENCIES AND NO BODY IS
LISTENING OR TALKING ABOUT IT AS
FRANKLY AS WE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE
WITH RESPECT LATELY.
I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE CERTAIN
MISINFORMATION SOME IKWERRE PEOPLE
HAVE ABOUT IGBOS HERE.
22 WRONG MICONCEPTION AND WRONG
INFORMATION SOME IKWERRE PEOPLE HAVE
ABOUT IGBOS AND YOU ARE FREE TO AGREE
WITH ME ON THESE 22 FACTS OR DISAGREE AS
IT RELATES TO HOW IKWERRE IGBO
RELATIONSHIP HAS DEGENERATED WITH TOO
MUCH WRONG INFORMATION AND
MISCONCEPTION ABOUT IGBOS.
(1) IGBO ARE NOT INTERESTED IN TAKING
OVER IKWERRE LAND AND FOR YOUR
INFORMATION IGBO LAND IS RICHER THAN
IKWERRE LAND IN QUANTITY, QUALITY AND
AVAILABILITY OF FERTILE LAND FOR
AGRICULTURE, OIL DEPOSIT AND ANY SOLID
MINERAL AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND
FOR THESE REASONS IGBO DO NOT WANT TO
TAKE IKWERRE LAND FROM YOU.
ESPECIALLY IF IKWERRE IS DEVELOPED TO ITS
FULL POTENCIAL AND IGBO IS DEVELOPED TO
ITS FULL POTENTIAL WITHOUT THE CORRUPT
LEADERSHIP THAT DRAGES EVERYBODY DOWN
IN NIGERIA AND IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA.
AFTER IJAW NATION IGBOS HAVE THE SECOND
LARGEST OIL AND GAS DEPOSIT,
EXPLORATION, SUPPLY AND EXTRACTION
RIGHT NOW IN NIGERIA.
IGBOS HAVE NEVER TALKED ABOUT THEIR OIL
AND GAS POTENTIAL LIKE YOU GUYS DO.
IGBOS HAVE MORE THAN 30 LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AREAS IN IMO STATE, ABIA
STATE, ANABRA STATE THAT HAVE HUGE OIL
AND GAS DEPOSIT NOT TO TALK OF IGBOS IN
DELTA, AKWA IBOM AND CROSS RIVER STATE,
BUT IKWERRE HAS ONLY FOUR LOCAL
GOVERNEMT AREAS AND IT SEEMS THAT
IKWERRE PEOPLE FORGET THAT IGBOS HAVE
MORE OIL AND GAS 100 TIMES OVER THAN
WHAT IKWERRE HAS BUT YOU GUYS DONT
EVEN THINK LIKE THAT AND ALL I HEAR IS
HOW IGBOS WANT TO TAKE OVER IKWERRE
LAND BECAUSE OF OIL AND GAS - WHAT A
BALLONY.
(2) NOW, THE IS ANOTHER MISCONCEPTION
AMONG THE IKWERRE PEOPLE I HAVE MET,
THAT SOMETIMES I DO NOT UNDERSTAND
MAYBE BECAUSE THE IKWERRE PEOPLE HAVE
NOT REALLY GONE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
THEIR NEIGHBOURS IGBOS AND IJAWS OR AT
LEAST LEARN OR GO TO IGBOLAND AND IJAW
LAND TO DISPROVE SOME MISCONCEPTION
ABOUT IGBOS AND IJAWS. JUST LIKE A LOT OF
IGBOS LIKE MYSELF AND MANY MORE HAVE
TRAVELLED TO IKWERRE LAND AND GIVE EAR
TO THEIR STORY AND LISTEN TO THEM AND
JUST LIKE I TRAVEL AND LISTEN TO OTHER
TRIBES AND GROUPS IN NIGERIA TO LEARN
AD UNDERSTAND THEM AND KNOW ABOUT
THEIR POTENTIAL. ALSO THEY ARE IGBOS AND
IJAWS TOO WHO HAVE NOT TRIED ENOUGH TO
HEAR THE STORIES AND PAIN OF OUR SMALL
NEIGHBOURS AND THAT IS WRONG TOO. BUT
A LOF OF IKWERRE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO
UNDERSTAND WERE THY IGBOS ARE COMING
FROM.
(3) YOU WROTE- OKACHIKWU DIBIA QUOTE "
What our sworn enemies should do is not
to be jealous about our economic location,
rather they should accept us for what we
say we are and work with us as friendly
equals. Afterall Igbos who survived slavery
and Arochukwu cleansing and decided to
remain in Ikwerre are there in Ikwerreland
and doing well. We rescued them and have
taken care of them. Those few Ikwerre
people that supported Igbo in suppressing
and victimising Ikwerre are just a few
Judases in Ikwerre. We know them very
well. Ikwerre will forever remain Ikwerre
until we get superior historical, sociological
and economic evidences to show
otherwise." UNQUOTE OKACHIKWU DIBIA

LORDOFAFONJAS:
I don't operate in this economy, i operate that of the heavenly kingdom

tivta:
The lose was far higher than now and then the price of crude wasn't even high.

illuminated93:
Sir,what is your take on this hnd/bsc issue with respect to our system here in nigeria,where a polytechnic functions more or less as a university,where a polytechnic offers almost same courses as a university?

The nigerian engineer argues that he is trained to reason analytically,making reference to the equations he did in school,but he believes a poly graduate is inferior or isn't trained to reason analytically,even when the same poly graduate offered same analytical courses as him. My argument is this,since the Nigerian polytechnics don't function the way it should,in the sense that it doesn't really teach students the purely practical facet of engineering. Since a Nigerian poly does more of theoretical work just like we have in the university ,isn't it suitable for the Nigerian polytechnics to be on an equal footing with the universities,since they both operate the same way.

BlackSeptember:
She is suing Fayose for defamation of character. Ekpere-Eta also said that “most importantly,” suing Fayose was to let the public know that “the immunity

clause is inexhaustible. It can be unveiled in certain instances.”


You want to bring a civil suit to a governor that enjoys immunity?


I pray Aisha gets arrested in US for being corrupt and daft

braden25:
it's a football field . is that all the fault you could find ? You know how much world class highschool cost to build ? Akwa ibom's 500 million dollars per year allocation is nothing . The GDP of a city like Denver colorado is $187.1 billion while GDP of akwa ibom is $11,000 dollars,GDP OF Lagos is $91,000
49 million dollars per month is not enough to achieve anything .

stolenstone:
Why are they sharing excess crude account figures? Shouldn't we start saving something no matter how little it is bikonu??

Domislaz:
Sir stop showing your ignorance on a public forum. Don't you know that technically, the derivation principle does not signify the degree of control or ownership of resources as misunderstood by people like you? Or don't you know that the federal government owns mineral rights exclusively? In short, why am I even wasting time trying to school you when I know you don't comprehend simple things. Please don't mention me unless you have something important to say. Good day.

Simon Kolawole: Buhari Didn’t Inherit A Healthy Economy From Jonathan. Let’s Get That Straight

JULY 24, 2016 BY EDITOR



If you were a lover of reggae music in the 1970s, you would certainly know “Time Hard”, a hit song by The Pioneers, the Jamaican three-man band. “Everyday,” they sang, sonorously, “things are getting worse.” That song was released in 1972. At the time, Nigeria was producing two million barrels of crude oil per day and selling at an average price of $1.8 per barrel.

This is 2016 and the symptoms persist. In fact, our economy has been on a downward spiral since late 2014 when oil prices started plunging. It became more pronounced in 2015, and it appears we are now breaking records as we wake up everyday. Are The Pioneers singing in the background? The naira is officially at its worst since it replaced the pound as national currency in 1973; oil production has plunged from 2.2mbpd to probably its lowest in 10 years; FX reserves are going south; inflation has gone wild; and we are just awaiting figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to confirm that we’re officially in a recession — first since 1987.

Under President Olusegun Obasanjo, the highest price oil sold for was $60, and production was less than 2mbpd for the most part. He parted with $12 billion to settle foreign debts, and still left FX reserves of $43 billion, out of which $9 billion was excess crude savings. Under President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, oil went up and down, hitting $147 per barrel at some point, and sinking to $31 at its lowest. With that, Yar’Adua raised FX reserves to $62 billion by September 2008 — the highest in our history.

This is where the Jonathan team loses the argument. Oil sold for between $70 and $120 during his first four years in power (2010-2014) before the downward slide to $50 in 2015, when he left office. If our reserve management was anything like what we had under Obasanjo and Yar’Adua (when, by the way, Professor Chukwuma Soludo was the CBN governor), Jonathan could have left at least $100 billion in the reserves. If Buhari had inherited such a hefty kitty, the naira would not be gasping for breath today. Clearly, our failure to build an FX war chest in the time of plenty exposed us to the infectious diseases we are battling with today.

My third point. Though Buhari did not inherit a wonderful economy, his ideological hangovers prevented him from acting on time to stem the tide. It’s like cancer. If you leave cancer stage one untreated, it gets bigger, and moves to stage two. Untreated, it gets worse and moves to stage three. And, finally, it gets to stage four where it has spread to other organs. The economy was probably at stage two when Buhari took over, but he felt chemotherapy would be too painful for the masses that elected him into office. Now the cancer is spreading and killing jobs and shredding the naira and shrinking the economy. That is the consequence of delayed adjustment.

Simon Kolawole is a writer and journalist and Founder/CEO of The Cable

Arsewipemod:
The day you guys stop blowing things up.

Domislaz:
Sir stop this now. Don't repudiate what is glaring. If didn't even know that Akwa ibom is currently the largest oil producing state in Nigeria, why should I believe that you can calculate the 13% derivation? I don't engage in online squabbles. This is my last reply to you.

braden25:
I'm Afraid ,Nigeria may not be a developed nation in 500 years time . Examine cities around the world. You think those where build with 49 million dollars per month or 500 million dollars per year?

below is a high a high school in a developed nation with sports amenities :soccer field ,tennis courts and swimming pools .
i'm sure there are numerous good swimmers in the coastal areas of Nigeria,but Nigeria has none representing them at the Olympics due to poor funding and investment . it's a shame

joborskill:
HIV is not a big deal nowadays. Even pastor's have HIV

Domislaz:
Is Akwa ibom not currently the largest oil producing state in Nigeria? Don't be presumptuous.

chidozieikeji2:
who told u shia adherents are radicals that shows u know nothing about the shia movement worldwide, shia muslims are liberal pple dia ideology is against religious intolerance they tolerate pple of oda religions around them that's why d Ayattolah khomeini of iran after the 1979 revolution appointed a minority christian as his prime minister for u to know how tolerant they are Guy the shia movement are not like oda sects that bomb themselves anyhow d shia pple are too refined they are not violent forget all diz media propaganda against them they are just trying to give a dog a bad name in other to hang the dog guy do research on shia,wahabi,and sunni sects and u will understand me well

braden25:
It's a shame Akwa ibom has to share it's oil wealth with other states . 13 billion naira is only $42 million dollars per month ($504 million dollars per year.) That's not enough to work with. You can't even run a town with that little amount . A single skyscraper(105 storeys) cost around $1.3 billion dollars. A 4-lane road on a flat terrain cost around $ 2 million dollars per mile ,and $4 million per mile on a hilly terrain.
The location of that ibaka seaport , Oron skyline should be littered with highrises by now . what an injustice !

[color=#ff0000]Then I looked again at all the injustice that goes on in this world. The oppressed were crying, and no one would help them. No one would help them, because their oppressors had power on their side. 2 I envy those who are dead and gone; they are better off than those who are still alive. 3 But better off than either are those who have never been born, who have never seen the injustice that goes on in this world. Ecclesiastes 4:1-3[/color]

oganology33:
U started making sense from ur second paragraph. Did u actually say WELL DESERVED FAIR SHARE??
So itz FAIR & WELL DESERVED 4 u 2 provide 90% and share it between ur friends & enemies. Even if ur given 13% more than others?

LORDOFAFONJAS:
Thanks for the advice, we fine with it

chidozieikeji2:
OPEN LETTER TO PDP
Plz there is a saying that goes like dis( if u want to fight a robber u have to employ a robber because its only a robber that knows the weak point of his fellow robber) why I used this quote is that am advising PDP to use a popular man among the APC heavyweight and field for presidential election in 2019 and I believe that the only person that will fit into dis position properly and defeat buhari is no other person than rabiu musa kwankwaso.kwakwanso is a man that have huge followership in the north and also have strong financial muscle to match buhari, I also believe that he shud be paired with sen ike ekweremmadu as vice president who have strong fan base down east and south south as a result of the kind of persecution he has been subjected to since he emerged as the deputy senate president then PDP can den go and try there possible best to recruit d only surviving son of the shiites leader el zazzaky whose sect have been persecuted badly and field him for house of reps and den reserve the reps speaker position for him,den dey shud also recruit saraki and reserve the senate president seat for him if all these is put in place before the 2019 election APC will fail woefully because kwankwaso and el zazaky have strong fan base in the north,ekweremmadu east and south south,den saraki will conquer both the west and middle belt leaving only daura for buhari PLZ MY GREAT PARTY LETS GIVE DIS MATHS SOME CONSIDERATION

mrvitalis:
U are wrong
I have been in the oil industry most b. Engr holders in oik servicing companies are employed as technicians
But a HND holder can never be employed as an engineer unless he has pgd
That's a fact

tivta:
How old are you? When pipelines were being blown during Obasanjo's regime was kerosene and gas this expensive? Keep acting like an ostrich that hides it's head in the sand...

Almajiri1:
People are suffering and smiling. Is it because it's Buhari? Why the loud silence from over 200 million people?maybe God will do it?