₦airaland Forum

baby124:
They are afraid. They have mismanaged their region for years. Now, they will have to face the people who put them in leadership positions. No more blaming other tribes and making excuses.

PointZerom:
They have their Sharia court, police and constitution but will kill any other tribe that tries to establish same.

Sunky200:
expecting this people to let go of quota system easily is like expecting an adult to resign from a well paying job without an alternative.

I can see some of their conditional submision and refrence.

If the south refuses to unite their forces, make their voices one and set a definite goal in this restructure saga, the entire south will still be in disadvantage even after the long desired restructuring or separation

APC restructuring c’ttee to submit report Oct 31 – El-Rufai
Says Nigerian federation’s unbalanced

By Ben Agande & Omeiza Ajayi

ABUJA—Northern Elders Forum, NEF, yesterday, again, weighed in on the state of the nation, saying while the region was not afraid of the persistent calls for restructuring, especially from other parts of the country, it would, however, not allow itself to be stampeded into adopting a premeditated design that could spell doom.

NEF’s declaration came on a day chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, committee on restructuring, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, disclosed that his committee will submit its report to the national chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, by end of October.

President of the NEF, Dr Paul Unongo, disclosed the group’s position at a news conference in Abuja, yesterday, saying: “We wish to reiterate our consistent position that there are no issues of disagreement and demands by individuals and groups in the country or anywhere in the world that dialogue cannot resolve. NEF acknowledges that we the citizens of Nigeria are capable of resolving our issues internally.

“The North recognizes and acknowledges that there are demanding and legitimate questions on the current operations of the Nigerian state. The North has very clear ideas on all issues and positions that the nation sees as challenges and is willing to dialogue on all of them.

“What the North will not allow, however, is to be stampeded into adopting an agenda and grand designs from other parts of Nigeria, which will hurt its basic interests. The North will demand a respectful and responsible approach to its participation in the search for answers to the many questions confronting our country.’’

According to him, responsible governance and the rule of law are the fundamental prerequisite for the realisation of peaceful and prosperous societies, as well as the protection of human rights and dignity.

He said further: “It is with considerable disquiet, therefore, that the NEF has witnessed the recent developments in Nigeria, which have tilted towards subversion of the Nigerian State and violation of the principles and tenets of the rule of law and the protection of the lives and dignity of all Nigerians.

“These developments have primarily been triggered by some misguided elements of our country who have apparently harassed, threatened and intimidated the rest of the country.

“The recent unprovoked attacks against Northerners in some states in the South-East and South-South of Nigeria pose an existential threat to the entire country.

‘’NEF notes and commends the restrained and mature reaction of the Northern leadership represented by the 19 Northern state governors, senators, members of the House of Representatives and state assemblies, traditional rulers, religious leaders, community associations, politicians, elders, coalition of youth groups and the millions of citizens of Nigeria from the North who recognized the value of peace, and did not respond against the people from the states from where killings and recent atrocities were perpetrated against Northerners.

Nigerian federation’s unbalanced—El-Rufai

Meanwhile, Mallam El-Rufai, yesterday, disclosed that his committee will submit its report to the national chairman of the party, John Odigie-Oyegun, by end of October.

El-Rufai, who disclosed this at Chatham House in London where he delivered a paper on restructuring, admitted that although the Nigerian federation as it was currently was unbalanced, majority of Nigerians believed the country was better off as a united entity.

He said: “As I have argued since 2012, there is no doubt that the Nigerian federation is unbalanced and in dire need of structural rebalancing. This I think we all agree as Nigerians, but the devil is in the details.


‘’While some advocate wholesale abandonment of the existing political structure is probably unrealistic in their expectations, I believe most Nigerians appreciate and cherish our unity in diversity but seek the enthronement of a fairer, meritocratic system that puts social justice above everything else. It is not very hard to achieve this.

“The preponderance of opinion is that the Federal Government needs to shed weight, and return powers and resources to the states where most government functions can be more efficiently undertaken.

“For states to take on these powers, they need to access a greater share of the nation’s resources. And we need to sort out the notion of citizenship so that every Nigerian can enjoy the protection of the Constitution wherever they choose to reside.

‘’In many communities, people still use the notion of ‘indigeneship’ to consign compatriots to a position of ‘settler’ and, by implication, perpetual exclusion from enjoying the full political, social and economic opportunities guaranteed by the Constitution to every citizen.”

He said after preliminary research and a careful review of history, literature and reports, the committee has reduced the debate on restructuring into twelve ‘contentious issues’.

‘’These are creation or merger of states and the framework and guidelines for achieving that; derivation principle; devolution of powers; federating units: Should Nigeria be based on regions or zones or retain the 36-state structure? And fiscal federalism and revenue allocation.

‘’Others are form of government – (parliamentary or presidential?); Independent candidacy; Land tenure system; Local government autonomy; Power sharing and rotation of political offices; Resource control; and Type of legislature – part-time or full-time, unicameral or bicameral?’’ The governor said.

Governor El Rufai noted that even “without any legislation, national conference or constitutional amendment” the APC government was already restructuring the country through “convention and pragmatic devolution”.

He said further: “For instance, my colleagues and I in Kaduna State Executive Council requested that the Federal Government should re-designate two major roads in Kaduna, our state capital, as state roads.

‘’The Federal Executive Council granted our wishes, restoring the two roads to our control and saving us the inconvenience of seeking permission from a federal bureaucrat before we can install street lights on a major road in our state capital.

“I also cited the fact that the Federal Government no longer just issues mining titles in Abuja; rather it now works with state governments that control the titles to land, unlike in our recent non-collaborative past.

‘’In Kaduna State, we are trying to devolve control of forests, management of fire services and other ‘state-level’ functions to our 23 local governments, in addition to many others.

“I do not believe that a single, centralised police force can deliver on the necessity to visibly project state power and enforce the law in this vast country of ours with nearly 200 million people, neither is the exclusive control of over-crowded prisons and an unmanageable number of federal trunk roads and railways.”

ONYEUTALI:
The guy above's got a point.
This smart government of Buhari figured out the headquarters of IPOB, tracked down Nnamdi Kanu, even found and intercepted arms imported by IPOB. And IPOB only came to the spotlight last year.
Boko Haram and the Fulani herdsmen have been bloody and deadly for years. The smart government of Buhari is yet to find out who buys AK-47s for them. They're yet to track down Shekau. They're yet to intercept arm delivery to Boko Haram.
Buhari and his cabinets are geniuses. They deal with priority. God bless my enemies with smart kids like Buhari.

Chicagoesontop:
So Nigeria even get health minister and Bubu dey go abroad for treatment ?

Chicagoesontop:
Even small and poor Madagascar dey make positive news, 9ija just dey make so so bad bad news .. WHICH WAY NIGERIA ?

Nemesis1:
Will you be using stolen cc?

SuperKlean:

seunmsg:
We all know ipob thrives on lies and propaganda so, this is not new. Whatever the case, the group is now an illegal body in Nigeria and anybody that openly claims to be a member will be arrested.

SuperKlean:
Hmmm....


Meanwhile i have smsung S7 edge for sale

hoopLA:
When we call you iPob supporters fo0ls, you will start hyperventilating.
You and the mor0n that liked this post are officially wasted semen that should have been shielded by a working condom.

Can you provide links to the highlighted claim of yours, of forever be termed a demeted mor0n?

Thank you

GudPpleG8Nation:
I'm typing this with heavy burden in heart. I'm getting crazy and weeping.

I met this lady over 6 years ago during my higher institution days, she was a fresher while I'm in my semi final year in school. Things were going well, we had sex after two years of the relationship(I'm the one that disvirgin her).

I have been very caring, stood by her and also,I let go of any ladies that comes my way. I didn't want anything that will stain the relationship. That doesn't mean I'm perfect however I have been trying my best to make her feel comfortable, loved and happy.

I started feeling comfortable and worried about my future with her because I discovered that anytime we had a misunderstanding, before you know it she has find a guy she will be dirty chatting with. She always say she's doing that to hurt my feelings.

I proposed last year, met her mum and one of her uncle and introduced her to my parents officially. Presently, waiting for her extended family to send the list for the traditional marriage.

I traveled to Ibadan on Friday to spend the weekend with her, on Sunday I just took her phone to watch movie when a Whatsapp message, I checked it and I replied the message. The guy called her, she was reluctant to pick the phone, she picked and spoke with the guy. After which the guy messaged her on Whatsapp that he called to confirm she's the one chatting with him and not her bf. I play along and started chatting with the guy. The guy was telling her to come visit him, I started twisting the guy and he was splitting out how he won't touch her when she comes. I confronted my girl, it took her over 8 hours to confessed that they had sex.

Jesus! This is a lady I invested a lot on, build my world around, every other ladies are shit in my presence. Even when I had 1000 of reasons to let go, I still stay with her but right now my world is shattered, I'm going crazy.
I need help because I'm dying, where will I start from (I'm 30 years old). Every negative thought of this world is running through my mind (from committing suicide to killing the guy to making the girl useless to herself for the rest of her life)

PrettyCrystal:
A man from Delta state identified as Mr. Daniel Etoroma a.k.a Akalaka is set to marry two women in Orie-Irri, Isoko South on Saturday 30th September, 2017. The soon to be couple's pre-wedding pictures were shared on Facebook by MC Udeke who wrote;

It will happen life and direct at Orie-Irri as Mr. Daniel Etoroma aka AKALAKA humbly invites you to his wives excursion ceremony on Saturday 30th September, 2017.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/09/man-to-marry-two-wives-in-delta-state.html

ipafricaStaff:
If Kiss Daniel’s activities on social media for some time now is anything to go by, you would be forgiven for thinking the G-Worldwide Entertainment act has left the music scene and adopted comedy as his art. His recent comedy skits has shown that he has a flair to experiment with art and succeed; a fact reinforced in this beautiful attempt with highlife music  “YEBA”.
The track which is reminiscent of 90s highlife music is heavy on percussion and horns with relatable lyrics that will ensure it becomes a party favourite in no time.
 
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