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somez:
Chasing hawkers off the street, and where did you keep for them? They also have mouths to feed remember?

Not off d streets, off pedestrian bridges

Long overdue I must say! The way those fulani urchins with their cattle litter d FCT without compunction has been an eyesore and grating on the nerves! I wonder why nomadic cattle herding should still be condoned within towns, city centres and residential areas!

A policy should be put in place to compel them to acquire or lease sufficient space from d minister n governors and set up standard ranches within one year or 18 months max. The government itself may provide soft loans n proper training to aid the process and ease transition as much as possible. After this timeline, nomadic herding should be banned and defaulters punished severely with their cattle auctioned off! The thought of possibly losing their sources of livelihood will make owners of herds sit up n comply!

This is the one I have a headache with though:

SpeedOfLight:
The Minister added, “We want the success rate
to change. That is very important. We cannot be
gathering students and at the end of their final
year, all they will have is three credits. I don’t
know whether you are proud as a principal that
in your school, the success rate is five percent.
“I want principals that will be determined to say
in my school, things must change. Infrastructure
or no infrastructure, resources or no resources, I
want to put myself as a sacrifice and change
things.

How does d minister expect 50% success rate without requisite investment in infrastructure and availability of resources? Are principals, teachers and students miracle workers? Jesus healed many by His spoken word but He still demonstrated the need for a solid foundation in cases of feeding the multitude and providing wine at the wedding of Cana. He made use of available bread n fish then multiplied them; water was available b4 becoming wine!

This is d problem with dull leaders that want to play to d gallery with fine words yet shirk d responsibility of providing an enabling n conducive environment for success. He ought to be taking stock of what's missing, undertaking to and actually providing them so that there's no excuse!

If roofs are leaking, sanitary conditions are poor or non-existent, teachers are poorly paid, tables n chairs are insufficient for students and so on, where will d mandatory 50% success come from? This is how they will encourage examination malpractices even more as d easy way out; which kind sacrifice? The principals wan turn WAEC?

Why is it always easy to threaten d masses who are already at d mercy of an overbearing government?

See wetin dem carry dia finger press say na broom! As it is said, he who brings in ant infested wood should be prepared for some kind visitors.

Their wicked acts will continue to find them out n disgrace them! Soon this infestation called buhari will be regarded a pariah among d comity of leaders.

Always been as clear as day that OBJ bears responsibility for much of what has gone wrong in ds country along with his current stooge Buhari. The man is terrible!

Long overdue I must say! The way those fulani urchins with their cattle litter d FCT without compunction has been an eyesore and grating on the nerves! I wonder why nomadic cattle herding should still be condoned within towns, city centres and residential areas!

A policy should be put in place to compel them to acquire or lease sufficient space from d minister n governors and set up standard ranches within one year or 18 months max. The government itself may provide soft loans n proper training to aid the process and ease transition as much as possible. After this timeline, nomadic herding should be banned and defaulters punished severely with their cattle auctioned off! The thought of possibly losing their sources of livelihood will make owners of herds sit up n comply!

This is the one I have a headache with though:

SpeedOfLight:
The Minister added, “We want the success rate
to change. That is very important. We cannot be
gathering students and at the end of their final
year, all they will have is three credits. I don’t
know whether you are proud as a principal that
in your school, the success rate is five percent.
“I want principals that will be determined to say
in my school, things must change. Infrastructure
or no infrastructure, resources or no resources, I
want to put myself as a sacrifice and change
things.

How does d minister expect 50% success rate without requisite investment in infrastructure and availability of resources? Are principals, teachers and students miracle workers? Jesus healed many by His spoken word but He still demonstrated the need for a solid foundation in cases of feeding the multitude and providing wine at the wedding of Cana. He made use of available bread n fish then multiplied them; water was available b4 becoming wine!

This is d problem with dull leaders that want to play to d gallery with fine words yet shirk d responsibility of providing an enabling n conducive environment for success. He ought to be taking stock of what's missing, undertaking to and actually providing them so that there's no excuse!

If roofs are leaking, sanitary conditions are poor or non-existent, teachers are poorly paid, tables n chairs are insufficient for students and so on, where will d mandatory 50% success come from? This is how they will encourage examination malpractices even more as d easy way out; which kind sacrifice? The principals wan turn WAEC?

Why is it always easy to threaten d masses who are already at d mercy of an overbearing government?

I assume, most likely incorrectly, that you've got a mouth or fingers along with a functional brain depending on what mode of communication is available to you. I say incorrectly because u apparently expect me to do ur job while u sit back n flex ur scrawny neck for possible tidbits.

I have identified an issue and addressed it, u have a problem, by all means knock urself out cos I'm no busybody. If you will not speak for urself n ur people why should I do it for u? You may call ur family hypocrites but u in particular are nothing but an inebriated zombie!

ikarm17:
I hope I see you preaching the gospel about a thread like this created by Ibos about Yorubas. Hypocrite.

What kind of inciting heading or topic is this? Notwithstanding d actual body or opinion of d op, this heading is an outright insult! Why do d Igbos have to defend or explain themselves all d time? Igbos are d problem of what? Anyone that cannot appreciate d Igbos for whom they are is free to gulp down a combo of sniper n bleach and then do the needful. You'd be sparing d world d effort to deal with some spineless dumbass!

Op kindly edit this heading and get off d seemingly defensive mode.

The most important issue should be the ability of each region to tick all d boxes for indices of real development. In other words, d major concern should not be any perceived or comparative advantage so called, it should be more on sustained ease of business, security, standard health delivery n infrastructure, effective transportation mechanism, reasonable GDP, improved education n research facilities, massive industrialisation and harnessing of natural/human resources, reduced death rates/infant mortality rate, effective n diligent public service including d judiciary n criminal justice system, and lots more!

When any region has made appreciable progress in these then they can come up for air and start talking 'comparative advantage'

How unfortunate!

modath:
Massob & other groups have been going about their call in tandem with global best practices till this new guy emerged with his brand of bile..

This time 2014, did we have same situation? Where were they all these while? We all know how things went down & what precipitated this new wave of "anger"

It's the same people that were shouting GEJ or death that transmuted to Biafra or death, It's hard to adopt another stance in the face of such glaring evidence...

P.S... Are you truly "f" or the usual NL kind?

Of course I'm 'f'. I remember correcting ur 'Bros' to 'Sis'...lol

Meanwhile I know say MB no be me dey give u but just try n go n listen to IPOB broadcasts from even 2014 or earlier. The issue escalated today because of Nnamdi Kanu's arrest n continued incarceration. He continually insulted GEJ, d FG and SE governors but Buhari's decision to arrest him created uncommon awareness.

If MASSOB was going about their business according to global best practices why has d Nigerian government continually arrested them? For as little a thing as gathering n havin meetings d Army or police swoops on to arrest them so why is that? Is the Nigerian government wired to act n operate contrary to those best practices? Is that not one of d obvious issues that underpin d message of d IPOB?

Take time out n listen. I am not remotely trying to convince u to believe in whatever cause but I'd really like for u to understand every position and argue objectively because it is okay to express reservation over Nnamdi Kanu's unconventional methods but beyond that get to understand his message.

gigabyte13:
If na you, you no go change mind? When you sign into law criminalising herdsmen today and the next day, you saw them right in front of your state assembly complex. That alone is enough for him to reset his medulla.

Please read the entire thing again. This provision was already part of d bill signed into law, he didn't 'change his mind' as u claim.

DropShot:
I thought the A$$hole was criminalizing grazing in Ekiti!

Where are his fellow jesters on Nairaland who masturbated on that jamboree of signing the bill into law?

With Fayose as a governor, no one needs a comedian again in that state!

He never criminalised grazing in the state. You failed to comprehend the obvious n rather chose to input or believe whatever u wanted. This provision to map out specific areas was part of the bill that was signed into law, it isn't a sudden afterthought.

Basically, d point is no person can ban anyone from engaging in lawful business but even lawful businesss must be regulated to ensure that the overriding duty of a government to protect life n property is achieved. The state has a government and that government owes its people d responsibility to do all within its power to ensure their protection n d preservation of their heritage. No group of persons n criminals are allowed to attack, kidnap n kill at will because of grazing n cattle, no!

modath:
Did i really read this or i just imagined you put this crap there in error? I do not care for Kanu and his brand of hate filled rhetorics but there is nothing fundamentally wrong with wanting to be in charge of one's destiny & carve out a seperate path for oneself...

This present agitation was borne out of a knee jerk reaction to losing political stock (irrefutable fact!!!) but they still have inalienable right to self expression which you

Ojukwu is not a factor here since he never got his wish

There is no unity in coercion... I'm only pro unity because a bigger country is able to achieve more if the atmosphere is conducive and everyone's thought align but in a situation where it isn't obtainable, peaceful and advancing smaller nations remain great alternatives..

BTW, you also can't force patriotism on people, IT'S A CONSCIOUS CHOICE...

Mehn, a taya for you people!! Seriously..

The moniker quoted is nothing but an unconscionable troll. You should have absolutely ignored that post n paid it no mind.

The bolded is what some people fail to understand n appreciate particularly d political elite. It is not by d threat n force of war or massacres, whatever is achieved by this means remains ever troubled, untrue and will come crashing down under its own weight.

Still, I disagree with u on this submission:

modath:
This present agitation was borne out of a knee jerk reaction to losing political stock (irrefutable fact!!!)

I will not go into any winding disagreement, I'll only ask a few questions:
When did Biafra come into existence?
Why was the Biafran or civil war fought in 1967 until 1970?
When were d IPOB n Radio Biafra formed?
Why has MASSOB been in existence and its members routinely harassed n jailed?
Do you honestly believe Nnamdi Kanu only started speaking when Jonathan conceded and Buhari came into power?
Was/Is IPOB in support of Jonathan and any Nigerian government?
What is the MEND about ie Emancipation of the Niger Delta?

Please do some good research in answering these and I leave u to decide whether in all honesty and without bias, it is merely because of loss of political stock.

True, simple and short! Power n responsibilities need to devolve from d centre to federating units. This way the true development potentials of every region will be brought to the fore at their own pace! This bottle feeding business is terribly unsustainable and a complete aberration!

A look at real successful world powers will disclose this obvious fact. They did not get to where they are by one unwieldy central body colonising resources and redistributing same under some dodgy allocation scheme. They aren't stuck with a police force that is under the sole control of an over powerful centre thereby making nonsense of the title of Chief Security Officers which state governors are meant to be. There is so much wrong with this bastardised federalism we operate that it just needs to give way!

Federal road! Regionalism o! That is d best solution...if a region is unable to develop itself then d people will hold their own leaders responsible and no dolt will need to be supporting or protecting d faraway FG.

So is it that the only plan this admin has is to depend on money saved? How are they planning to generate income? So called recovered money has suddenly reduced to this miserly amount being peddled by Mr Lai after all the humongous figures we have been regaled with?

When people say it that these clowns are the true depiction of cluelessness and theft, the epitomes of the corruption they claim to fight, zombies will keep defending even own goal wey dem don score themselves since! The real thieves in their cabinet and the security chiefs along with d minister of defence have been clearly indicted yet they will not carry those ones as na dem dem. Okay o!

What the hell is this?! How can there be allegations of corruption and possible investigation and d so called anti-corruption czar tells d suspect, a sitting governor, to ignore and shut his ears to a statutory body carrying out its lawful functions?

Is it not obvious then that every process in this so called fight against corruption is teleguided by d president? It all means that any investigation against d Bauchi governor will be automatically stopped! Where are those foolish n blind goats that like to hail ds rabid dog for hus firm anti corruption stance and always make useless noises about how anti corruption bodies are now active and independent?

It's all about cows, fellow fulani herdsmen n brethren and then muslims. Justice as sane Nigerians know it is dead.

gohome:
She made a mistake. She has corrected herself and have since deleted the post.

She should be and must be seen to be above such a 'mistake' as u so conveniently put it. How can a Finance minister make such an unfeeling, insensitive and ignorant statement and u attempt to pass it off as a mistake! You are part of the problem this country has got!

This anomaly will actually be good news n sweet music to d ears of the dumb n useless fossils in power. Nature really needs to intervene in good time so innocent citizens do not suffer undue hardship; we're already experiencing a tip of d iceberg and it ain't funny!

What kind of rubbish is this one? They can relocate if they want to but certainly not on foot so they should acquire cattle trailers, board d stock up in there and do whatever relocation during civilised hours.

This must also be done unarmed with dangerous weapons, they should engage d police that protects them when they attack n kill innocent civilians in their sleep to provide escort n protection when they have to travel. They cannot become a law unto themselves and then law abiding citizens will not sleep peacefully in their own homes.

BiafraIShere:
What are you saying? GEJ did the right thing by being pan Nigeria. Condemn Buhari for being a nepotistic tyrant, you dont rule a complex & heterogenous country like Nigeria by sentiment, ethnocentrism & bias and still have peace & progress. buhari has no business in aso rock as a democratic president, he is simply a hate filled bigot & tyrant who has succeeded in destroying & polarizing the country!!!

I know and concur with most of all you've said but where I draw the line is attempting to be 'pan-nigerian' to d detriment of ur own people. If we had well developed institutions working at optimum level u can be sure that d majority of citizens will get their just dues and there'd be hardly any qualms. However, where because of the rotten system of governance we operate here in Nigeria, d whims n caprice of any President determines who gets what, any person in that office ought to pay more concern to his own people and close affiliates knowing that when he leaves,'his people may be abandoned as d tables will be turned on them.

It is absolutely disgusting that this is currently obtainable in Nigeria hence d hue n cry for restructuring so d FG n Presidency has less power to influence regional development. It was however a failure on the part of GEJ to properly appreciate d import of the times and therefore make real lasting impact on his own people since he wasn't prepared to rock d boat n change the system in favour of the people. Today is he not mocked that for 5yrs in office d SS / SE that supported him d most are hardly any better than when he came into power? How can Otuoke lack potable water ad reportes? Is it not those that he sought to pacify with more development and goodies that still obviously hate him and didn't even pretend about it while in office that made sure he was ousted n seek every means to discredit him?

What kind of rubbish is this one? Must they move on foot? They should acquire cattle trailers, board d stock up in there and do whatever relocation during civilised hours.

At least Southerners will learn to favour their own too. Jonathan particularly will knw that his people n those most closely affiliated to him by religion n tribe should have been his priority both in developmental projects and individual appointments.

If this is ur idea of cleaning up a mess then the mess had better remain cos these deadbeats in office have made even more of a putrid mess than there ever was. This ur story was hardly tenable even within d first yr of ds govt and u can be sure that shīt won't fly no more.

We should be seeing improvements and not regression or more hardship. Those found guilty should pay for their crimes and not ordinary citizens whose only 'offence' is being Nigerian. If u are not resident here, keep shut!

DropShot:
People who should normally shut their stinking mouth because of their own contribution to the mess we are, are same imbesiles quick to criticize the govt trying to clean their mess.

Omokri is an a$$hole!

bashydemy1:
Sorry lady all this would have been averted if GEJ Govt listen to Okonjo Iweala who happen to be the finance minster the to safe when crude oil is $100 per barrel, He did not listen then since Alison Maduekwe his concubine is in control of oil money and flying private jets up and down. Where are you then// Below is a link to furnish your brain..

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/06/okonjo-iweala-warns-of-economic-recession/

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/171145-brace-tougher-times-ahead-okonjo-iweala-tells-nigerians.html

So it has been forewarned but GEJ would nit listen instead they keep sharing and embezzling instead of saying for dry season putting the new Govt in bad shape in the eyes of Nigerians. We are in it together and i still stand by my President.

Listen up! There is a band of unconscionable thieves in Nigeria currently occupying office in the name of APC. A good number of them were key players in previous administrations. They have all reconstituted themselves under a unifying hatred of one man for various reasons. Now he's out and they are stealing this country blind. Nigeria is not broke as claimed but they have deliberately or even ignorantly chosen to create this fake poverty and scarcity so they can steal and claim it was stolen by others.

Follow up on the Forex racketeering going on now exacerbated by the stubbornness of an old goat to free the Naira early enough to help stabilise the currency. Now that the horse is long gone they now appear to be making attempts to shut the barn when d damage has already been done. What sane president runs a country without good ministers or a cabinet for more than six months if not your dullard hero? That alone hit a death knell for this economy as we see it. Open your eyes! Where is the diversification? What kind of diversification requires wasting the so called scarce resources to look for the same resource u are trying to run away from?

If u knew better, you'd realise that a lot of what is going on is completely avoidable and not a result of any mistake of past administrations. It is the complete ineptitude of the current govt that had grounded Nigeria thus far. Go and read what reputable economists like Soludo, Pat Utomi and Sanusi have said recently. Ignorance may be excuse but deliberate, persistent and contrived ignorance is a curse.

bashydemy1:
So all you are expecting to see is big english with no result like the last administration? sorry this is a serious Govt that ready to deliver... I will stand by PMB and this administration even if $ rise to #1000/$1.. I know and understand all this is happening cos of the mistakes of the past administrations and we have to suffer before we get there..

Long live PMB
Long live PYO
Long Live all the ministers/MDs/Advisers
Long Live FRN

God bless me and all the progressives

Devil punish all the wailers.

Make i go hide.

The bolded is the real deal that will fast track development and the break from crude oil dependency but the buhari he is advising along with his apc want to die on crude oil.

kahal29:
e said the APC needs a policy war room, which would drive political transformation and distinguish APC states.

“Politics always trumps economics, although sound economics is excellent politics: Sustainable change is impossible without political transformation of Nigeria!”

“No successful transformation to a ‘productive and competitive economy’ with META-level institutions designed for ‘distribution and consumption’”

He asked the APC to put up an agenda for “competitive federalism via fundamental constitutional change, including fiscal federalism—taxation powers, rights over natural resources, wage setting, fiscal responsibility, etc – breaking from unitary-federalism of uniform standards to multi-speed federalism with only minimum standards”.

“Too many of existing laws are inconsistent with a regime for competitive production; new ones needed.”

He proposed, among other things, that the policy war room should be fully funded to drive an industrialisation plan.

“Merely getting infrastructure and prices right won’t automatically ignite industrialization: It requires intensive case study approaches – Dangote or our big banks did not just happen: deliberate efforts were set to ‘create them.’”

eyeview:
And Femi Adesina will open his mouth and say that those complaining in this govt are just the PDP members who have left power. Seriously,Adesina has turned a big disappointment. I met with him a few weeks before his appointment and I hope I will be opportuned to meet him sometime soon. Shameful how a man of integrity like him will enter there and start turning the obvious truth into lie.

As for APC,we were never fooled. We knew they had nothing to offer but Nigerians wouldn't listen.

As for Buhari,we seriously need a ghost to slap him.

Please people should use this word 'integrity' sparingly and with utmost care. That is how they claimed buhari was a man of integrity. How? Such a lying, corrupt, ignorant n daft specimen has absolutely no room for that word and its attributes!

Tufiakwa! Some leprous pigs will still come here and say it is the 'good' policies of this dumb admin that is 'stabilising the economy' like that daft lawmaker from Kano called kazaure that literally shot himself in the foot!

Crazy, Crazy, Crazy!!! Nigerians have suffered!

searchiing4love:
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Stop talking with sentiments. Grazing bill is the solution

Will it kill private individuals engaged in the business of cattle rearing to purchase or lease land, establish a ranch and set up their stock within the confines of their property? Why should the FG have to dabble into private businesses and even create a commission for cattle rearing? Why must they traverse the length and breadth of every village, city n state in this country? If they must do so as is their right remember that the constitutional right is for freedom of movement of persons and not animals. The state reserves the right to regulate the conduct of business within its territory, herdsmen cannot go about at will especially at night when they go to perpetrate their nefarious and murderous activities.

searchiing4love:
The fulanis have the right to live and work in ekiti just like every other Nigerian. Why ban their business of cattle rearing when they have no other means?

Do u even know what d law is about? Did he ban their business? Go and study and educate urself whilst developing ur comprehension abilities! Don't keep on showing ignorance here.