₦airaland Forum

Lovethpatra1:
■ The incompetence of that constitution is reflecting in our common underdevelopment as a people of Nigeria…The notion that the Nigerian Citizens allowed the Nigerian military to rule over them for a long time without doing nothing is absolutely incorrect,we have had a lot of Nigerians who stood up against the injustice and incompetence of the military era,some of who were unjustly murdered,imprisoned or exiled.The Biafra War is also a reference of the resolution of the people against the military government

Isn't it a tad convenient to blame all of the failures of the Nigerian people on the document? Yes, it is not a perfect constitution — no Constitution ever started a perfect document— but the failures of the Nigerian people in the last 25 years CANNOT be traced to the document as you claim but rather to the refusal of the people to take the front seat in their own government whatever shape they wish or wished for it to take.

Lovethpatra1:
■ Does it even Make sense that a Constitution drafted under an illegitimate military regime will clearly define to us what citizenship should be? Who was the constitution drafted to serve? The Citizens or military Leaders who only wanted to hold on to power? How many leaders from the more than 500 ethnic groups were represented in the process of
drafting the constitution?
■ How can people who knew nothing about citizenship define to us how to become a citizen without the involvement of all the citizens in the process through proper ethnic representation?

1. Until you are able to come together to obtain that Constitution you prefer, this is the Constitution and Supreme Law that exists.

2. The same citizens of Nigeria allowed the Military to rule over them for many many years without even a word about citizenship then. So?

Lovethpatra1:
in what way exactly is it meaningless sir?

The Constitution is quite clear on this topic.

Lovethpatra1:
In This Video,We take you through a historical Journey as we try to find a meaning in what the concept “Nigeria” really connotes.Brace yourself for the best video you’ll see today on the internet…Watch via the Facebook link below 👇

Why do you folks love to fixate on these meaningless things for Pete's sake?

Buzzrants:
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has emphasized that Nigeria’s struggles are part of a broader global leadership deficit, which he feels is particularly pronounced in Africa. Speaking on News Central Television, he discussed the importance of strategic planning in governance, pointing out that a lack of clear and well-studied policies has contributed to Nigeria’s current issues.

Just imagine if Obasanjo had invested heavily in improving the educational system in Nigeria 20 years ago, would Nigeria be where it is today?

With tuition of Naira 42 Million, I am certain the school is not open to all as the man in the video claimed.

Wisfem:
■ The only sad thing is when a president is working as a body guard or servant to another presidents just because he can steal enough money to fix his own problem and settle his friends, but in the larger picture he is a slave to another presidents or one stupid British prime minister,
■ I have not heard IMF advising Biden, Macron or Even xi jinpin to allow there Citizens to continuing suffering till 11 years.

IMF never said your people should continue suffering. Your suffering is instead a result of the continued looting and pillaging of your collective inheritance and that is anti-IMF/World Bank policies.

We live in the information age. How I so wish that Nigerians, rather than consume news and ideas from the same propaganda resources fed to them by the criminal elements who destroy their lives, would instead seek to investigate the facts for themselves.

To date, IMF and World Bank have instead insisted on a drawing down of fuel subsidies and at the same time the establishment of safety nets to help ensure that the poor in society are adequately provided for to cushion the removal that is taking place. IMF also suggested the devaluation— not floating — of the Naira to allow the markets to determine its value, along with the cutting of bloat from the Government beginning from FG all the way down to LGA levels. Tinubu did none of these for over 14 months. In all that time, Tinubu did the opposite in each case— he organized and maintains to date a bloated and wasteful cabinet and government, floated the Naira until now he denies that is what he did, and he refused to put in decent safety net programs but has instead been sharing money to his boys every change possible. So, how can the IMF and World Bank be to blame for all of this suffering you have been enduring?

2. By the way, the reason IMF & World Bank do not advise the UK, USA & China has to do with the fact that the vast majority of its investors —the humans behind the many loans your country takes, humans who want to be sure they can get their money back no matter what— happen to be from those same countries where these reforms suggested by the IMF/WorldBank have been tried, tested and proven to be of great value to development. Yes, these ideas/reforms are the same reforms implemented and sustained in almost every developed nation around the globe today.

ojinuocheibi:
but every other presidents where smart not to agree except this dullard Chicago, Escobar

So, Obasanjo who in fact implemented and sustained the very IMF/WorldBank reforms for at least 4 years, with several gains which he continues to boast of as proof, was a dullard?

Tinubu, like IBB before him, did not implement IMF suggestions. Instead, Tinubu scammed Nigerians into believing the suffering that resulted from his incompetence and severe looting of the Nigerian coffers, is to be blamed on the IMF and World Bank; this is the same tactic IBB used to keep blind millions of Nigerians all while he comfortably stole 10s of billions of dollars of their future away. How often will you allow this same scam to be reloaded against you and your generation by this band of criminals/kakistocrats?

Callosobruchus:
Wait O!I hate dishonesty!I practically watched on NTA news some few years back on how IMF was advising Buhari's administration to remove fuel subsidy.

Right from the time of IBB, through Obasanjo, up until now, IMF has consistently advised Nigerians to do the following (see attached image). This is documented in several reports to date. The only government that has successfully implemented what IMF/World Bank has advised to date is Obasanjo, and that is also documented.
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2005/cr05433.pdf
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2007/cr07270.pdf
https://www.elibrary.imf.org/downloadpdf/display/book/9781557756305/9781557756305.pdf
https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Publications/CR/2019/1NGAEA2019001.ashx

What Tinubu did when he came in was completely drop subsidy in the beginning— not phase it out— without first ensuring the existence of safety nets to ensure the vulnerable in society are catered to. Where in the IMF reports that had been given to Nigeria to this date can this suggestion be found?

NetbizBoss:
These are some newspapers headlines IMF advising Nigeria to remove fuel subsidy

Stop helping spread misinformation. Read the actual content of the report — not just the Title.

The IMF had in its 2019 Article IV Consultation on Nigeria noted that phasing out implicit fuel subsidieswhile strengthening social safety nets to mitigate the impact on the most vulnerable would help reduce the poverty gap and free up additional fiscal space in the country.
When reminded that the removal of subsidy was a sensitive issue to Nigerians, many of who live below the poverty line, Lagarde insisted that the right thing to do was for Nigeria to embark on total fuel subsidy removal.
She said, “I will give you the general principle. For various reasons and as a general principle, we believe that removing fossil fuel subsidies is the right way to go. If you look at our numbers from 2015, it is no less than about $5.2tn that is spent on fuel subsidies and the consequences thereof. And the Fiscal Affairs Department has actually identified how much would have been saved fiscally but also in terms of human lives, if there had been the right price on carbon emission as of 2015. Numbers are quite staggering.

“I would add as a footnote as far as Nigeria is concerned that, with the low revenue mobilisation that exists in the country in terms of tax to GDP, Nigeria is amongst the lowest. A real effort has to be done in order to maintain a good public finance situation for the country. And in order to direct investment towards health, education, and infrastructure.”

The above is an excerpt from the Punch report of April 12th which you posted. Note what the IMF representative in fact said. And below is what is in fact written in the 2019 Article IV Consultation referenced in the same report. Please Google to read up more on the actual suggestion given to Nigeria from the IMF and the reasons for each. Then compare that to what Tinubu and his gang infact did this past 16 months in office.

What Tinubu did was nothing of what the IMF recommended or advised. And what the Tinubu government is now trying to do.... god knows!

Seunpapa65:
■Hello bro have you listened to speed Darlington new music release baby oil 😂😂

I no know speed Darlington from Adam, nor do I listen to anything he has to say. I am simply on the side of justice in all of this.

MadPolitician:
■ I don't understand you. You're all over the place. You are not condeming him and you're not absolving him of any crime. The idea that Obasanjos administration was clean is a huge joke. Obasanjos administration was transparent? With him dubiously doubling as the Minister of Petroleum, a trend that has been followed by the most corrupt presidents ever since? Wait till a vindictive president open his book. All those privatisations and sell offs, haven't really worked out. Or have they?

Again, this is not to absolve Obasanjo of his corrupt dealings. And yes, he was more transparent than any of the presidents before him and those after him.

43Ronin:
Because they were d people that put him there and convinced INEC to declare him d winner despite a very fraudulent election. Half of Nigerians thought the election would be rerun. See below

Mr. Headline-Broadcaster .... Go back and read the content of the News itself for detail.

His words: “Subsidies are about resource allocation internally within Nigeria. So Nigerians, the people of Nigeria pay for these subsidies.
“And what’s the reason why we counsel against such generalised subsidies is very simple. It tends to be highly regressive, meaning the benefits of such you know, fuel subsidies tend to accrue to the rich and segments to reach out to people and the poor people.
“So it’s people that are driving these large cars, with big houses are wanting to see subsidised fuel. They’re the ones benefiting relative to the poor and vulnerable in Nigeria.
“So you know, not only people paying for the subsidies Nigeria, it’s the poorest segments of society that actually are losing out and resources could instead, of course, be used to improve conditions for poorer people instead of accruing to rich people.
“That’s why subsidy reform is important. We applaud the government for the steps government took to reduce the extent of subsidies. I think as oil prices have become volatile, the level of subsidy has also moved up and down. “But I think you know, the direction of travel, I think, to remove the subsidies and use the resources to provide social protection for the most vulnerable households.”
Mr. Selassie revealed that the IMF has provided the sum of $58 billion to African countries since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and pledged it would do more.
The IMF chief cautioned African countries against commercial loans for the purposes of refinancing because of the current rate hike in most economies.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/04/imf-why-we-asked-nigeria-to-remove-fuel-subsidy/

The IMF rep there clearly explained that what is needed is a reforming of subsidy programs in such a way that it no longer funds the rich but benefits the poor who they are instead meant for.

biggie73:
IMF= economic hardship

IBB is the first one who created that lie for Nigerians; now we have Tinubu continuing the same scam on Nigerians.

MadPolitician:
■ Obasanjo reforms? He only sold off lucrative national assets to indigenous CIA proxies in Nigeria, all in the name of commercialisations and privatisations. Thats how elections and politics in Nigeria, became totally an elite issue, since these new economic behemoths became political trend setters using their massive wealth.. The corrupt elite that is, with their fat bank accounts in western capitals dripping with cash that should have gone to the government coffers.
That was the gains of obasanjos IMF induced reforms. He never did anything close to what Mr bulaabaa is trying to do though. Tinubu is being manipulated and blackmailed into turning the whole Nigeria into a giant IMF economic laboratory, with struggling Nigerians as his favourite guinea-pigs. It will end in either of these two results; people randomly dropping dead on the streets, or a mass revolt triggered by the biting economic realities.

🤣🤣🤣 Please start using your head abeg! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

That Obasanjo implemented the reforms DOES NOT imply that Obasanjo was some form of saint himself or did not have a hand in creating the situation is in today with godfatherism and criminals running all over the place. Neither does it, in any way, absolve Obasanjo of any crimes he and his cabinet may have committed during his time in office. Rather, saying he successfully implemented the IMF/World Bank reforms simply means that Obasanjo followed the requirement suggested by the IMF/World Bank and Nigeria reaped many of the benefits of it.

The gains of the implementation of the IMF/World Bank reforms during the last 4 years of Obansanjo CANNOT be erased or occluded primarily because that administration also happened to have been the most transparent Nigeria had ever had.

MadPolitician:
■ You wrote as if there was a consensus to go ahead with any kind of reforms supported by the IMF or the world bank. That decision to go ahead with such plans, is an elite decision, and has proven to be counter productive. I prefer a "planned economy" to all the free market madness that these organisations are forcing down the throats of fledging republics around the developing world. Every Asian tiger,was/is a planned economy dressed in beuriful free market togas.
■ I don't know of Tinubu, but IBB consulted widely and only implemented his IMF induced reforms intelligently. Idika Kalu and Chu Okongwu were incharge. Those were gurus. There were changes as it regards the net effects, but nothing compared to the chaotic meltdown going on in Nigeria today. ....

1. Obasanjo implemented IMF/World Bank reforms between 2003-2007. He boasts of how much he was able to accomplish as a result, and the implementation plan his administration, as well as the progress reports created and made available to the public at the time detailed all of that.
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2005/cr05433.pdf
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2007/cr07270.pdf

2. IBB did nothing of what you claim since the one report available that details what IBB did, a report created and published in 1997, reveals this. Think about it for a second! IBB could not have been able to loot Nigeria blind as he did if he had been busy implementing IMF reforms which required transparency in the implementation of several projects. To this day, Nigerians still have difficulty assessing what happened during the IBB years. This is because that regime, like the one after it, was as very much as opaque as it was corrupt.
https://www.elibrary.imf.org/downloadpdf/display/book/9781557756305/9781557756305.pdf

SatoshiX:
Subsidy is sha gone finally?? Next please.

Who told you that? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

MadPolitician:
■ Read in between the lines. They have been asking for it, right back to babangida days.

Make una dey use una head. What IBB and then Tinubu did had absolutely NOTHING to do with what the IMF and even the World Bank instead suggested in their suggested reforms to Nigeria. Go back and see what Obasanjo— documented in the NEEDS project implementation plan published in 2004 —did to get an idea of what it was that the IMF and World Bank in fact suggested.


IBB, and then Tinubu, without implementing any safety nets of any kind, proceeded to completely remove subsidies— as opposed to a gradual phasing out of subsidies as necessary safety nets took effect—, damaging the economy as a result.

GOFRONT:
And All the 3 vehicles on that convoy should be Powered by CNG!!!

now we are talking!

gabbytabby:
As amended by subsequent amendments quo. The EFCC legislation is an amendment. That is how the law works.
Their try your luck if not for say they will pass it on they should be fined or their lawyers should be fined.

Nigerian lawyers are part and parcel of the commotion that is the legal-wuru-wuru system in that country abeg!

triplechoice:
■ Just saw this now. Please mention one religion in the world that places the self as supreme deity that others within the group must worship as the one true God ?Just one if you're sure of what you're saying .
2.There's nothing like "at least" one supreme deity for every religion out there. You have asserted a falsehood which you're unwilling to take correction for.
3. If you insist on making a word mean what you want it mean different from its actual meaning which everyone else apart from you has accepted to be correct, then .........

if I have to respond to any of these silly retorts then it's best I don't respond at all. what do you think?

Emmanueloo:
A Federal High Court in Kano has halted the scheduled local government elections in the state, previously set for Saturday, October 26, and dissolved the membership of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC).
Justice Simon Ameboda, while delivering judgment yesterday in a case filed by Aminu Aliyu Tiga and the All Progressives Congress (APC), ruled that KANSIEC’s chairman and five commissioners were ineligible for their roles.
He stated that they were involved in partisan politics as members of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), which violates sections 197(1)(b) and 200(1)(a) of the 1999 Constitution, as well as Section 4 of the KANSIEC Law 2001.
The chairman of KANSIEC, Professor Sani Lawal Malumfashi, and commissioners Muktar Garba Dandago, Isyaku Ibrahim Kunya, Kabiru Jibrin Zakirai, and Amina Inuwa Fagge, were found to be card-carrying members of the NNPP. The court deemed this unconstitutional, making them ineligible to serve on the electoral commission.

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NewDea4:
■ That's right, they are immunized from prosecution with respect to whatever type of filthy garbage they spout whilst inside their chamber of thieves

What immunity? No be for inside that chamber dem go carry Dino one time?

SamGift0817:
He said, “I understand that someone went on television quoting what you said on the Senate floor.
“Nigerians seem unaware that whatever is said here is privileged, covered by immunity, and not subject to debate on television or radio.
“You have never been invited or charged by the NDLEA, and as far as we know in the Senate, you are a gentleman who doesn’t even take alcohol. This is a serious issue, and we must call the NDLEA to order.”

If he really did utter those words, then clearly this man is nothing short of a disease that needs to be removed completely and immediately.

The obnoxiously loud and annoying drama queen of a minister who loved to deride others for doing that she was equally guilty of is gone so they can return to their regular uninterrupted and undisturbed looting of the Nigerian treasury as before.

Shadomaan7:
The World Bank should first lend us their ears.

A bank should first lend you its ears?

EmperorCaesar:
Cutting cost and scrapping useless ministries is a good move Come Alive... We have a creative and visionary President God bless Nigeria

Cutting cost? He created yet another useless ministry after scrapping one useless one.

What about the ministry of life stock and malu abi na wetin?

Celestialsword:
The statement read, “President Tinubu and Federal Executive Council scrap Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of sports development.
“There will now be a ministry of regional development to oversee all the regional development commissions, such as Niger Delta Development Commission, North West Development Commission, South West Development Commission , North East Development Commission.” “The National Sports Commission will take over the role of the Ministry of Sports,” he stated. Additionally, the FEC approved the merger of the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of Culture and Creative Economy, creating a single entity.

Nevermind! Here I was thinking the Government was finally ready to get rid of bloating in the system, not knowing it was instead looking to create others.

odejimioflagos:
World bank don dey play the game.

They know Tinubu is the man for the job.

Play what game? Tell you you should fix your country? It's the lack of shame that gets me the most with you folks who think it makes sense to blame World Bank and IMF for the incompetence of your own selected leaders.

GreatAchiever1:
■ I've had this Convo with you before, not ready to do it again. The facts is shown in the Bible, you've seen it, you know it, you won't just accept it. I don't know if you are waiting for something like Mark 17:1; And Jesus said the Bible is my word.
I believe you must have known about the formulation of the canon of scripture, but you still come up with another flimsy excuse. But why do I even bother with you, when you have said it unambiguously that You are not a Christian.
I don't know what kind of weird Religion or Cult you're in: The ....Religion

See Rambling abeg!😂😂😂😂😂😂

Nowhere in all 66 books that make up the collection called the Bible is it stated that the Bible is the Word of God. That lie -- that the Bible is the Word of God ---belongs to Christianity. 😁

treesun:
The president also noted that the equivalent of a litre of petrol, which is a Standard Cubic Meter of Compressed Natural Gas, can be had for N200. Tinubu said this when he met with the executives of the Nigerian Independent Petroleum Company, led by the director, Mr Ramesh Kasangra, at the State House in Abuja Tuesday, according to a statement issued by the president’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, titled, “President Tinubu meets NIPCO executives, commends investments in the CNG sector.”
“Nigeria’s motorists can buy petrol at N1,000 per litre or equivalent gas per Standard Cubic Meter at N200. We have also introduced incentives for commercial motorists to convert from petrol to gas” free of cost,” Tinubu said.

Tinubu has yet to convert his escalade, along with the many other cars in the presidential fleet, to using CNG! Tinubu is not interested in making sacrifices of any kind.

Lavor234:
The World Bank has urged the Nigerian government to increase its investment in nutrition programs, highlighting the potential for substantial economic returns.
According to the global financial institution, “every dollar spent on nutrition could yield up to $23 in returns, underscoring the critical importance of addressing malnutrition, particularly among vulnerable populations.”
This appeal comes amid alarming rates of child stunting and maternal anemia in Nigeria, which pose serious challenges to the nation’s health and economic development.
The World Bank’s Investment Framework for Nutrition highlights that globally, “Investing in nutrition is not just about health; it’s about economic growth.”
In Nigeria, where 11 million children suffer from stunting and over 50% of pregnant women are anemic, these returns could be even higher, with potential gains of up to $23 for each dollar invested.

In 2024, the most populous black nation does not have safety net program programs such as this in place. That should be a serious cause of concern for every black person all over the world. Do we really value ourselves as a race, to begin with?