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Ndibunna:
Until owerri is fully developed then Government will look at other areas.

...in accordance with the Made-in-Owerri Constitution, NEVER anywhere in Nigeria's Constitution.

MrStan11:
Nice one


Wow

FTC

Hopefully, the rail lines are made to join urban centers as done in Europe and the Americas.

Example, from Onne to Aba to Owerri via Orlu to Nnewi to Onitsha.

Xisnin:
The CJN was appointed by Buhari for one purpose.
To spread sharia law across the entire breadth of the country.
Expect more pro-sharia articles from Islamists in days to come.

Oh yes.
In 2001, Buhari swore before a large audience of Moslems that he would not stop until Islamic Sharia Criminal laws are used all over Nigeria.

Buhari repeated the same vow during an interview with nigeriavillagesquare.com a few years later.

Racoon:
It's not your fault but that of the most bigoted, clannish, religious fanatic and ethnic supremacist President Nigeria has ever had who illegally put you in the CJN position.

The core northern muslim military clique of the post 1966 era & IBB(OIC) who forcefully imposed the Islamic divide & rule pattern of govt hence have continued to maintained this aberrant trend via the rotating musical chair of coup plotting are to be blame.

Even the likes of Ahmed Sani Yerima(former Zamfara State Governor), Ahmed Markafir(former Kaduna governor) who initially championed the sharia debacle were forced to abandon it because of the widespread crisis it generated.

Only the likes of the current ruler Nigeria have today that have been the grand-patron of hausa-fulani hegemony choose to resurrect this nerve-triggering issue by spurning the constitutional provisions for federal character hence balance representation in govt.It will surely pass.

Sharia Criminal laws include stoning women to death for adultery, cutting off the hands of thieves, death for apostasy, etc.

It's hard to see who the so-called Islamic Scholars are trying to deceive here.


Sharia Civil laws already exist in the 1999 constitution.

The Islamic people in northern Nigeria are merely trying to include Sharia Criminal laws into the constitution, knowing full well that it's an attempt to torpedo and overthrow the Secular Constitution of a multi religious and multi cultural Nigeria which is nearly equally divided between Moslems and Christians.

Moslem military dictators from Northern Nigeria who supervised the Constitution carefully avoided the inclusion of Sharia Criminal laws into the constitution, because they knew the ugly implications in a multi religious country.

asha80:
okorocha and udenwa were from orlu zone..what happened?

Are you not foolishly clannish?

We elect new governors with the hope that what their predecessors failed to do in any area of the state, the succeeding governors must do those things the former governors failed to do.

Are Okorocha and Udenwa still governing Imo state?

Is a governor elected to develop only his senatorial zone?

AKswift:
Guys, guys, please listen! You peeps should ask for the LGA of this dude and ensure that his area gets the needed public infrastructures in the 2020 budget.

This bro has been touting for equitable distribution of the state resources among all zones since the creation of NL, yet nobody as paid him needed attention. Please, if anyone is close to the governor, help register his request to his hearing. This guy no suppose carry this mater enta 2020 o, joorrr!!!

I am very very happy that you from outside Imo state recognized my struggle since many years ago for all of Imo state be developed fairly uniformly.

Govs concentrating only on Owerri implies that as Owerri expands and absorbs population from rest of Imo state, it becomes imperative that every succeeding governor must continue to deploy most of the state's resources to provide infrastructures to fast expanding Owerri.
With time, there must be little or no resources for the state govt to build the necessary social infrastructures in the towns and rural communities outside Owerri.

Result: the once developing towns in Imo state shrink due to migration to Owerri..

Here, our chorus singers for development of Owerri only do not understand this.

Scottallen:
I really suspect that he's not from Imo State because he never says any positive thing about Imo State.

Only a fool from Owerri, or one who has abandoned his hometown and settled in Owerri, will support the existing situation where rest of Imo state are migrating to Owerri where social infrastructures exist.

Before long, Owerri shall become a junk city with urban slums and attendant crimes all over Owerri.

Pray that gov Ihedioha does not continue to follow the path of Enwerem, Udenwa, Ohakim and Okorocha who governed with the belief that state capital must be developed first by govt to international standard before development attention is paid by IMSG to other parts of the State.

Scottallen:
No mind am. We Okigwe people, na we suppose dey complain. Orlu cannot eat their cake and have it

As Okigwe people hardly complain about the lopsided development in Imo state favoring only Owerri area, must Okigwe's silence make me or anybody from Orlu not complain?

DavidEsq:
Rochas and his plans to escape kwaraption trials

But that should be no licence for Gov Ihedioha to continue with his present tricky system that makes him governor of only Owerri, with a few scratches of road rehabilitation outsize Owerri.

Ihedioha needs to put down the real basic infrastructures that induce development in parts of Imo state outside his Owerri zone;
Else, he can hardly govern beyond 2023.

Good job Anambrarian.


If it's in Imo state, it must be built in Owerri, or NEVER.

The University which Okorocha govt built outside Owerri is rotting away despite that a govt committee has directed that it be used to expand Imo state university.
Owerri people don't see Imo state as one State.

Yampotatocarrot:
Please, can you enlighten me a little about this zone stuff, I will like to know which local governments fall under which zone?

Orlu zone made up of 12 local govt areas: Orlu Municipal, Orsu, Oru East, Oru West, Oguta, Ohaji/Egbema, Ideato South, Ideato North, Nkwerre, Nwangele, Njaba, Isu,


Owerri zone made up of 9 local govt areas: Owerri Municipal, Owerri West, Owerri North, Mbaitoli, Ikeduru, Ngor Okpala, Aboh Mbaise, Ezinihite Mbaise, Ahiazu Mbaise.

Okigwe zone made up of 6 local govt areas: Okigwe Municipal, Onuimo, Isiala Mbano, Ehime Mbano, Obowo, Ihite Uboma.

Unfortunately, the 24 local govt areas outside Owerri Municipal, Owerri West and Owerri North have been consistently denied basic development infrastructures by deceptive governors of Imo state, as the governors concentrate all infrastructures that promote modern development only in the 3 local govt areas in Owerri, and pocket what should have gone for infrastructures in the other 24 local govt areas, while people from Owerri area clap "Imo is developing." The governors thus get away with the impunity.

Charleys:
“I know the difficulty around that. When the In­spector General of Police (IGP) came to South-West to organise a security summit, and at the end of the summit, they made our governors to sign a communiqué that OPC and Miyetti Allah will jointly work together to patrol and secure South-West.

Nice one from AFENIFERE. 2023 presidency will compensate for all the dead ever recorded since 2016

By 2023, if herdsmen had killed 20 000 Yorubas but Tinubu or Osinbajo becomes president,
do the Maths and see who gains.

osazsky:
Sowore must die in jail for treasonable offences and Kanu too,Nigeria must remain United,Nigeria will be great,bubu till 3050

Bubu till 3050? Lool.

That's too short. Once Buhari cabal makes another Fulani take over from Buhari in 2023, Nigeria as we used to know it shall be no more. An Islamic Caliphate shall Nigeria become.

The Yoruba APC people hope that Buhari cabal shall hand over Nigeria to Tinubu or Osinbajo or to another Yoruba in 2023.
But they don't know that by 2023, Yoruba land, must have become. part of
Sokoto caliphate.

horsepower101:
Accommodators

“The Nation gathered that the herders hoisted a red flag at the ‘annexed’ farmlands where they warned farmers to keep off or face death.”

You will never see them tell the Hausa-Fulanis to respect their host.

But igbos who work hard and do their business peacefully, buy lands 3 times the value, pay taxes and bring significant developments to their lands are the ones they are always screaming at to respect their host.

Yet Hausa Fulanis kill and fight them in their own land and none of them ever dare to utter those words.

What do you want Yoruba yo say when they are hoping that Buhari cabal shall hand over Nigeria to Tinubu or Osinbajo

They are most politically shophistiwretched in the South.

They are the enablers of Fulani now taking over the whole of Nigeria.

Islie:
https://thenationonlineng.net/suspected-herdsmen-annex-hoist-flag-near-fayemis-hometown/

Flag of future Islamic Republic of Nigeria to be governed by Fulani through Islamic Sharia Criminal laws.

Southern politicians are sleeping.

[quote author= post=85016904]Wailers Corner : In States that the court judgement favours PDP, They will shout
'This is Victory for Democracy'!!

In States that APC were favored by the court : They will wail
'Our Democracy is under threat and in danger by Bubu!


Hypocrites everywhere!



You just confirmed what we posted.
That is their middle name....HYPOCRITES![/quote]Iberiberism. The difference between. PDP and APC of today is in their names.

[quote author= post=84995609]Only evil people will be blind to this great strides by this great man.
How many do we want to type?
We will get to a New and better Nigeria slow and steady.
God bless President Muhammadu Buhari.
God bless Nigeria.


Some people ask; where are the achievements?
Well, if they are of such mindset, unfortunately they can't be helped.
We don't have the authority to mix spittle with clay, put on their eyes, and direct them to go to Siloam pool, wash, and come back seeing.
Once anybody decides to be willfully blind, no matter what you push in front of his eyes, he wouldn't see.
If he decides to be willfully deaf, even if there are thunder peals by his ears, he won't hear.
The blind claim not to know.
Good luck to them.
Those who know, really know.
And they are the millions who will stand by the President any day, any time....like Yours Truly.
Strides in security, agriculture, anti-corruption, infrastructure, and many others are evident.
When they drive on Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, Aba Port Harcourt Expressway, and hear that early works on the Second Niger Bridge have reached about 45% completion,
and still refuse to believe, what then can anybody still do?
But thankfully, those who believe far out number the inveterate, wailing, blind cynics.


SAY NO MORE............

Here you have it![/quote]Blind and evil minded.

Maraokere:
An APC Member, Alwan Hassan, on President Muhammed Buhari's Birthday, has penned down why he is Nigeria's best President.

President Muhammed Buhari is celebrating his 77th birthday today, 17th December 2019

Facts Revealed: Why Buhari is Nigeria’s Best President (Economy, Investment, Agriculture and Social Investment)

By: Alwan Hassan

INTRODUCTION

I cannot remember who once said that if you try to deny the truth, it does not change the facts. This is where we are in Nigeria today, with the significant achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

In the first part of this series, we examined infrastructure — highlighting why the greatness of the Buhari presidency is hinged on the sustainable impact of many of its policies, programs, and projects. In this part, we will be discussing how and why President Buhari’s economic, investment, agricultural, and social investment programs are unparalleled in the history of our nation.

AGRICULTURE

First of all, to give us an insight into some of the notable achievements of Buhari’s administration, during his first term as a democratically-elected President, in 2017 alone, Nigeria’s agricultural exports grew by an outstanding 180.7% above its 2016 value.

Similarly, the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) of the Central Bank of Nigeria, to encourage farming across Nigeria, has made available N82 billion in funding to 350,000 farmers of rice, wheat, maize, cotton, cassava, poultry, soybeans, and groundnut. So far, these farmers have helped to cultivate over 400,000 hectares of land — leading Nigeria to become more self-sufficient when it comes to the provision of basic food items.

It is important to also point out that the ABP has substantially raised the local production of rice in the country. As it currently stands, yields have doubled from 2-3 tonnes per hectare while Nigeria’s paddy production has doubled compared to its 2014 levels.

Between 2016 and 2018, eight new rice mills have come on-stream in Nigeria, a situation that has increased the country’s milled rice production by about 60 percent, from 2.5 million metric tonnes in 2015, to 4 million metric tonnes in 2017. There is also more than a billion dollars private sector investments in the production of rice, wheat, sugar, poultry and animal feed, since 2015 — this shows that many more Nigerians have returned to the farm and reaping significant rewards.

Additionally, there is also the Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) programme which was initiated by the Buhari administration. This program, which is aimed at bringing life back to rural communities through the empowerment of youth, women and other vulnerable groups across the country, is geared towards promoting community-based on-farm and off-farm business activities as a model for job and wealth creation amongst unemployed youth and women in rural and suburban households. As the programme continues to grow, it is expected to establish over 150,000 cooperatives nationwide under commodity value chain groups.

The Buhari administration has made provision of agricultural credit for financing the production of rice, wheat, ginger, maize and soybeans in Kebbi, Niger, Kaduna, Kano, Enugu, Benue, Zamfara, Anambra and Kwara States.

Still, in a bid to aid the growth of the agricultural sector, fourteen moribund Fertilizer Blending Plants have been revitalized so far under the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI); with a total capacity of 2.3 million metric tonnes of NPK fertilizer.

The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (which involves a partnership with the Government of Morocco, for the supply of phosphate), has thus far resulted in the revitalization of 14 blending plants across the country, with a total installed capacity over 2 million metric tonnes. The benefits include annual savings of US$200 million in foreign exchange, and N60 billion annually in budgetary provisions for fertilizer subsidies. The Scheme has also made it possible for farmers to purchase fertilizer at prices up to 30 percent cheaper than previously available.

ECONOMY

Shifting to the economy, the Buhari administration has made concerted efforts in resuscitating the economy which was worst hit by the 2016 – 2017 recession. The inflation rate has fallen from about 17% to the current 11.61%. Nigeria’s External Reserves have risen from $29 billion in May 2015 to $42 billion in 2019.

Tax Revenue increased to N1.17 Trillion in Q1 2018, a 51% increase on the Q1 2017 figure, following the addition of six million new taxpayers to the tax base in an effort by the Buhari administration to diversify government revenues.

Solid Minerals’ contribution to the Federation Account outstandingly rose from N700 million in 2015 to N3.5 billion in 2017.

Moreover, US$1.7 billion has been saved by the Buhari government following negotiations to reduce the US$6.8 billion accumulated in NNPC/IOC Joint Venture Cash Call arrears to US$5.1 billion. While for Nigeria’s non-oil export earnings, for the first time in Nigeria’s history, it reached a record high of 577 billion naira between January and March 2018.

Similarly, under the Buhari administration, the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has seen fresh inflows of US$1.15 billion since 2016, and more than N300 billion in private sector investments in the rice value chain since 2015.

Nigeria has moved 24 places upwards in World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business rankings since 2018, earning a place on the list of top ten reforming economies in the world. Nigeria has similarly moved 22 points upwards in the Global Competitiveness index. Of course, the Buhari-led Federal Government has made investments in modular refineries, to ease the fuel situation in the country.

The Bank of Industry under this government has disbursed more than N160 billion in loans since 2016, just as the Nigerian Stock Market ended 2017 as one of the best- performing in the world, with returns over 40 percent.

An average of US$1 billion is recorded as weekly turnover through the new FX Window introduced by the CBN headed by Godwin Emefiele in April 2017. This attracted about US$25 billion in inflows in its first year, and a total turnover of $47.14 billion – indicating rising investor confidence in Nigeria.

President Buhari on November 4, 2019, assented to the Bill amending the Deep Offshore (and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract) Act, which is projected to generate an est. $500 million in additional revenues for the Federal Government in 2020, and over $1 billion from 2021.

SOCIAL INVESTMENTS

Above all else, the Buhari government has proven to be pro-masses with the incredible success recorded with its celebrated Social Investment Programme (SIP), which has been praised as the largest and most ambitious program in the country’s history, with a clear focus on the most vulnerable of our population.

Notable for its aim of investing in people, the four components of the Social Investment Programme, have yielded tremendous successes. For example, the Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP), has witnessed massive enrolment in primary schools in participating states as over nine million pupils are being fed at schools with one nutritious meal per day. The Buhari-led Federal Government has so far paid out over N66 billion to the 26 states currently enrolled in the scheme.

The Buhari administration also supports nearly 300,000 Nigerians with a monthly cash transfer of N5,000 to lift them out of absolute poverty. The Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) scheme provides targeted monthly Base Cash Transfer of N5,000 to the poorest and most vulnerable households in the country, to lift them out of absolute poverty. This scheme runs across 26 states with N12.8 billion so far disbursed to beneficiaries.

With over 500,000 Nigerian graduates, selected from 36 states, and being paid a monthly stipend of N30,000 to work in various sectors like education, health, agriculture, construction, etc, the N-Power scheme is undoubtedly the largest post-tertiary employment programme in Africa. This has also — to a large extent — reduced youth unemployment as many young people who take part in the program have been reported to go into self-employment immediately after, using the monies they saved up from the program.

Through the GEEP programme which consists of the FarmerMoni, MarketMoni and TraderMoni schemes, the Buhari government has disbursed N26.4 billion in interest-free loans, to over 1 million market women, traders, artisans and farmers across the 36 states of the federation and the FCT.

BUSINESS CLIMATE

As the Buhari administration works to improve Nigeria’s business climate, in line with the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, and the Nigerian Industrial Revolution Plan (NIRP), which is hinged on the growth and support of MSMEs; and accelerating further investments in Nigeria, the Federal Government has also launched.

http://irukkanews.com/index.php/2019/12/17/why-buhari-is-the-best-president-alwan-hassan/

A presidency's success or failure is measured by statistics of employment and GDP
In these two sectors, Buhari presidency fell from top in 2015 to near zero level

Yampotatocarrot:
Thanks for this o. I wonder why no one is talking about the general hospitals Rochas built in almost all local governments in Imo state.

If talk on Imo state is not about Owerri, few persons devote interest. Owerri people full everywhere because they profited and profit from having all 6 tertiary education institutions in Imo state all massed up in Owerri. Even a most poor person from Owerri zone thus obtains higher education subsidized by govt. Mass education for people of Owerri zone is the result.

Leaders from Orlu zone don't seen to understand the importance of nearness to tertiary education institution.

Till today, Orlu leaders watch Owerri people covet all 6 govt universities and polytechnics in Imo state to remain in Owerri. Imopoly is closest to Owerri.

Even to remove Imo state university which has no permanent site in Owerri to Orlu zone, no way by Owerri people. Excess greed in the blood vessels of a group in Imo state.
The group has no consideration whatsoever for Okigwe and Orlu zones.

So very fewer people from Orlu area have access to the advantages of nearness to tertiary education institutions.
That's why every discourse on Imo state which is not about Owerri is like a no go area for most people who are from Owerri.

The general hospitals are not all located in Owerri, that's why those of them not located in Owerri zone may crumble before long.

General hospitals are different from primary and tertiary hospital. Okorocha did not make much mistake in building the 27 General hospitals, only that general hospitals are not usually heavily equipped like teaching or specialist hospital in Orlu and Owerri respectively.

Gforce2015:
All these prodigal sons and daughters in the helms of affairs still want to collect loan. Don't worry , there will be a time that you will used all your liability and asset in this country to collect a loan. I'm serious looking for visa to jApa to develop country. May God help me

They want to borrow to share among themselves.
They know that Nigeria is coming to an end.

They know that Oyibo colonial master can't continue to hold one and impossible country, Nigeria, for long anymore.
If not, what would make the present leaders want to mortgage the future of unborn generations with huge debts like this?

Aufbauh:
Unfortunately I'm not an internet troll.
Believe what you want to believe and console yourself with any facts and figures.
I'm not interested or owe you rebuttal as I've already know the background you're coming from.

Live happily and be happy with yourself for 2023 is close.

What background was he coming from?
What background do you come from?
You couldn't counter his takes. You couldn't advance any reason to support Buhari borrow borrow?

Are you not a Jihadist? It's believed that the loans are to finance Islamic expansion agenda of Buhari who vowed before Moslems in Kaduna in 2001 that he would not stop until Islamic Sharia Criminal Justice system is used all over Nigeria.

Aufbauh:
Honestly i don't know how some people reason.
Same people that will criticize the government about poor infrastructures and lack of opportunities are same people oppose to Govt borrowing to solve same problem.

I've look critically into this and discover that most of those critics are just being mischievous and angry that they're not the one in power to spend the money.

Meanwhile Saraki should be kicking in his oblivion for being upturned in all directions.

How well were the loans borrowed by Buhari govt well spent, yet Power generating fell to an all time low recently?

kettykings:
watch how some illiterates nincompoops will call him an IPOB member or a wailer

Only lousy and semi literate parasites call IPOB bad names.

Nigerians who know that the country must split at some time do not call IPOB a bad name.

And finally he is dead. But Buhari whom he overthrown in a military coup looks 30 years younger than Babangida.

UtuokeAlcoholic:
What a Daft Punk are these cousins of mine from the erosion ravaged states.

No American, Ghanaian, British, Senegalese, South African, etc can be happy that a part of his/her country is ravaged by erosion.


One Nigeria with poorly educated persons, ahoy.

Racoon:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.legit.ng/amp/1284485-nigerias-president-southwest-ogun-apc-chairman.html

Instead of pressing for restructuring the rogue political structure created by Northern military dictators who proliferated excess number of states in the far north Nigeria, the political structure which makes for north politicians largely determine who will be president, you continue to ask for north to give up the presidency.

Continue.

Simplyleo:
As in, the incoming president meets the ex vice president.

Tinubu already mapping out his plans while potor Jews cry on social media day and night.

After 8 years of mediocrity rule since 2015, you want another mediocre to rule Nigeria.

You are the potopoto fellow who love mediocrity to rule over you 24/7.

Jews of all descriptions generally go for the best at anytime.

StaffofOrayan:
ISWAP fighting for sharia with the gun,
FG through CJN fighting for sharia via the schools and courts.

If you are a southerner in the Nigerian army during this regime, you are the dumbest human on the planet and u honestly deserve whatever you get.

On this, IPOB is 101% correct

But why have the US and Great Britain not known this FACT? Yet the two countries can't divide Nigeria so as to confine the Boko Haram now renamed ISWAP to a smaller country in the Sharia states of Northern Nigeria for easy defeat.

They now rename Boko Haram to ISWA just to take the heat off Nigeria's Islamist Sharia states who share the same objective with Boko Haram for a Nigeria to be governed with Islamic Sharia Criminal laws.

False democracy resulting from creating excess number of states in the far north has led to far north politicians largely determining who can be president of Nigeria at will.

Southern and middle belt politicians watch.

LordviccoDaGuru:
keep wailing till the Second coming of Jesus Christ Buhari for President 2023. Yusuf Buhari will succeed Buhari in 2031

...of Arewa Islamic Republic.
Amen.