₦airaland Forum

Arostar2023:
■ I beg leave to disagree with you. Nigeria has never been as divided as it is today in its history. Saying that ethnic identity held sway in the past is not entirely correct.
■ Of course, the three major ethnic blocs in Nigeria have the population and have always drowned out the voice of the minority ethnic groups. This will remain so until legislation is made to cater for all in the scheme of things, irrespective of the type of government we choose to adopt.
■ Nigeria has been experimenting with political systems over the years, and a lot has been learned. I advocate for regional governments based on my earlier argument that Nigeria is highly polarized today, more than ever before.

1. That statement(in bold) does not make any sense at all.

2. Since 1999 there are been several legislations to this end. But guess why they are largely ignored even today? Because the major tribes remained concerned only about themselves disregarding the voice and needs of the minority still. The good in the current arrangement for the minority is that now and then they get to send one of their own to the National assembly and house and also to the state assembly and house. That at least helps ensure that some well-needed funds make it down to them even with them being mostly marginalized.

These groups didn't have that under regional government or during the Milteray era of past years. So, your claim that it is irrespective of the type of government is bullsheet and you know this very well but somehow don't care to be honest about even this.

3. Spoken like one of your many politicians— all of them bloody arse liars!

Usmanovic95:
Even bad get level, Atiku might be bad tho, but not this kind of Tinubu's bad. Petrol #1k per liter,never imagined this in this lifetime.

Bad na bad abeg! These old farts and career poli-tricktians are terrible for Nigeria! You don't need to be a genius to realize that after 25 years of them running the country into the group with over $100,000,000,000,000 down the drain and then some, and nothing to show for it.

ogododo:
But reacting to the PDP Chieftain, Atiku through, Paul Ibe, his Media Adviser said, “Contrary to Chief Bode George’s imprudent talk, an @atiku presidency would have heralded an era of prosperity, driven by a cabinet brimming with seasoned and adept individuals, chosen solely on merit regardless of their background or beliefs.
“Such leadership would have safeguarded Nigeria’s interests, steering clear of the bigotry and nepotism and brigandage that characterizes this administration. Instead of the current state of disarray, driven by haphazard policies, Nigeria would have thrived under Atiku’s guidance.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo?si=inOx0s6BZ_cEHz0Z

Arostar2023:
■ So far, my suggestion on the way forward is more practicable and realistic than yours. I understand that there are a lot of intricacies to governance in Africa, with many conflicting interests. And as I have been saying, the Nigeria of today is different from that of the 1960s.
■ The fact that regionalism didn’t work then does not mean it won’t work today. Nigeria has evolved. Ethnic identity reigns supreme. Regionalism is what Nigeria needs today

I truly don't understand how people who reason as you do process things at all. How can a solution that failed the people in the past be considered a practical solution when nothing has changed in all of that time to show this?

You say that minority people have a voice at this point but conveniently ignore the fact that it is all a result of them living in the democratic system of today. And then you follow it up by suggesting they are dragged back into that system which denied them their voice and left them marginalized. Are you people for real?

2. Ethnic identity also held supreme back in the 1960s. Let's not attempt to rewrite things abeg! In the 1960s, minority ethnic groups had no voice because their voices were mostly stifled by the majority ethnic groups in the various regions. This was what led to the eventual dissolution of the regional government in Nigeria as ethnic tensions and violence in some cases(the north and some parts of the south) had become the order of the day. The reason regionalism cannot work today has to do with the fact that nothing of what led to its failure has changed. Nigeria itself may have changed but that has not changed at all.

So, please go back to your thinking box and work on coming up with a more cogent reason for this argument of yours or abandon it entirely abeg!

kanupapilo:
British MP George Galloway Reveals Why Nigeria Will Continue To Be A Corrupt Failed State
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vup-83gdwHU

That was hilarious!
😂😂😂😂😂😂 I can't believe a Tinubu-arselicker actually called in to pronounce such nonsense on the show!

Zaheertyler:
Omo I no wan talk Nigeria matter again e dun tire me How far I have a new knowledge to share Do you want to hear 😁

Go pick up a book on Civic Education to read instead. Stop deluding yourself that you have anything tangible to share in your religious delusion abeg!

Neptu2:
May God help us.

Which God? The one these criminals have no regard for, abi which one again?

Arostar2023:
■ Hmm, it's theoretically possible anyway. Of course, we just won't rush into creating regional governments without due consultations, legislation and agreements. Every minority ethnic group in Nigeria has something to offer and die for. The northern groups have their solid minerals and arable land while the folks in the south are richly endowed with "oil"

Nonsense! You have yet to make a cogent argument for why Nigeria should return to a governmental system that failed it in the past— a system that only revealed the level of division that truly exists among all the minority tribes in each region. Yet you still feel it should happen anyway? Don't you see the ridiculousness of what you say? It almost seems you are just obsessed with this idea and have lost touch with even reality itself.

BiafraAburi:
■ We do not suffer fools gladly. Continue to suffer as we happily watch you kpai to your grave.

Look at what this monkey dey talk abeg! Nigerians are dying even right there in the SouthEastern states and this one has the nerves to make fund of other Nigerians dealing with the same suffering in other parts of the same country? No be mumu be this! 😂

Arostar2023:
■ The people are helpless. Coming out to protest is suicidal as you know. The people in the state house of assembly are the stooges of the governor. What can the people do? They can't even hold their leaders accountable, in any way.The average Nigerian doesn't believe in Nigeria, that's for sure. People identify with their ethnic groups more than the nation. People will be more ready to die for their "ethnic group" than for Nigeria. The minority ethnic groups will surely form an alliance and thrive too. This is all about interests.

Really? 😂😂😂😂😂

There are over 250 ethnic groups in Nigeria, so how exactly do we get people motivated along those lines... dying for their particular ethnic group?

Story Story!

Arostar2023:
■ It's my suggested solution based on where Nigeria is today in her national development. Today is different from the 1960s. A lot has changed since then. Even the so called ethnic minorities are now more vocal than ever. The Ijaw pressure groups of today is different from that of the 1960s and the same is applicable to other minorities.
■ Nigerians are now more politically aware more than ever. It's only the federal that's frustrating people. Imo State has an unpopular governor imposed on them by the Supreme Court and this is just an example...

They are vocal probably because they expect they have a voice in the democratic system. Those voices may have been silenced in the 1960s and all through the military era of the nation. But what does their being vocal now afford them any different from that which was the case back during the failed regional government periods of the 1960s?
Here's an example of what is happening in Nigeria to this day, by the way.

bkmedia:
■ Protest letters from stakeholders have flooded the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Imo State over alleged imposition of aspirants and violation of zoning arrangement by party chieftains ahead of the party’s local government primaries.
In one of such cases, some stakeholders of the party from Ohaji/ Egbema LGA under the aegis of Ohaji Consultative Forum (OCF) staged a protest to the government house over an alleged violation of zoning arrangement between Ohaji and Egbema blocks.
The group accused a former federal lawmaker, Nana GoodLuck Opiah of trying to drag the Chairmanship position of the Council to his Egbema block, an allegation he has denied.
The group in their protest letter signed by its President, Victor Kelvin Amadi, which was received by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Nnamdi Anyaehie, said that it was the turn of Ohaji block to produce the next Chairman of the Council.
They argued that Egbema Block had continuously occupied the position since 2019 and that the current Sole Administrator of the Council is from Egbema.

What makes you think that dividing Nigeria today will solve something like the above?

2. Are they really, that is more politically aware? If so, why hasn't there been a call for the impeachment of this governor that was imposed on the Imolites by the Supreme Court?

Arostar2023:
■ My answer is : The Nigeria of today is highly polarized and divided along ethnic lines. The fallout and the voting pattern observed during the last presidential election confirms that. Ethnic identity rules over national identity and interest in today's Nigeria.
■ When Buhari was president, most of his key appointees were people from ethnic group. And we thought that he was been parochial. The current national leader/president has decided to toe same path.Even you, can't deny that.

The same was said of the union under regional government back in the first couple of years after independence. That was one of the primary reasons put forth by Ironsi for pushing for a unified government system. And given that the vast majority of Nigerians at the time, many of them belonging to the minority tribes who were mostly marginalized in that arrangement by the majority ethnic groups, never raised a finger over that decision then, what makes you think anything has changed since then?

2. Sure, sure! But still! What makes you think or believe that the institution of the same divided system that failed the vast majority of each region, in the beginning, would be a solution at this point in time?

Nodogragra4me:
■ His job is not within Nigeria ..He is director of our CIA and yes ,he did a good job hence obla had many case files against many persons in government today that dares anyone to say our and he releases It
It was his ifide that compiled the names of Nigerians with Dubai homes and sent to obono obla

Yes, he did such an excellent job that even the agency's website doesn't function 🙄🙄
https://www.nationalintelligenceagency.gov.ng/
https://statehouse.gov.ng/tag/national-intelligence-agency/
↪ Please, let's try to upgrade our understanding of good governance abeg! These kain pronunciations wey una dey dish out dey give person migraine all of the times.
↪ By the way, Obono Obla was suspended in May 2019, so how did you come to tie his work with this man's performance in office? How many other cases has he compiled since the one you linked to Obono Obla?

Azzik:
■ They look frustrated and be like people when then force... you can see there is no joy in their facial expression

No be payout wey dem promise them dem dey wait for?

Arostar2023:
■ It seems Nigeria is invariably heading for the rocks then. National re-orientation is not easy to come by, it doesn't happen overnight. Moreover, I don't see the current crop of leaders in Nigeria championing it. They can't be living in opulence from the national treasury and would be asking the populace to endure hardship. Most poor men in Nigeria are waiting for their turn to "grab" their own share of the national cake. That's hypocrisy, and it is counterproductive. It can only take a miracle AKA God's intervention to bring about the type of national re-orientation you are asking for in Nigeria.
The Nigeria of today is highly polarized and divided along ethnic lines. Regional governments will be more effective in this era than it was in the past. It will be easier for groups like ACF, the Oduduwa group, the Ijaw group, Ohaneze, and even IPOB to exert influence on the regional governments than on the whole nation.

Stop propagating this lie!
Nigeria and Nigerians spent six years under regional rule and did not even move a finger to stop it from being abandoned altogether back in 1966. So why would you suggest the same solution at this point?

Penguin2:
■ Baba was asked to resign or be embarrassed out of office. I can assure you an “Olaniyi” is succeeding him next😏

Baba worked during the Buhari regime and helped oversee the institutionalization of kidnapping and banditry as a business, so wetin we suppose do now that he is resigning and would probably be replaced by an "Olaniyi" as you said? cry for him? He'd have to give us an absolutely good reason why we should.

olatade:
Probably has to do with integrity?

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NITDAA:
Maybe forced to resign

Was he doing an excellent job or something that Nigerians should be concerned much?

Integrity my arse!

SocialJustice:
We live in a decaying society. The masses are too uneucated to make decisions with facts and not emotions. I don't see the trend reversing soon.

It could change some if online influencers would get themselves civically educated and then pass some of that along to their members. Social and civic awareness is utmost if anything is to change in that country. Yes, I said social even though you pointed out that most Nigerians are emotional slaves because even at that they need to understand how to better use it to chart their part forward.

SocialJustice:
Insecurity is a business in Nigeria.

It has become just that thanks to the failure of the last 9 years. So, at what point in time will the Nigerian people quit playing games with their lives and that of their children?

Zaheertyler:
■ You’re talking like Christians have a separate country of their own

They seem to! During the last #EndBadGovernance protest, for example, many of your pastors and their sheeple refused to show up. RCCG for instance shared garri to its members to discourage them from doing so. So did many other churches and mosques.

WorldRichest:
Church is purely to lead you to Heaven, not to progress your country

How many people has any of your churches led to this heaven? Can you confirm any of the bullocks you lot have been fed of such ideas?

Davidic1999:
■ ASSOCIATION OF UNEMPLOYED GRADUATES OF NIGERIA was incorporated in , Nigeria with Registration Number 19907. It was registered on 30 Nov 2005 and it's current status is unknown. This association was created to cater for the needs of the unemployed graduates in Nigeria What do you think about this group? Why do we still have a large number of unemployed graduates?

Cater to or serve as a portal through which money is to be siphoned by the creators into their own pockets? Anyways, as for unemployed graduates, wait till the next batch of graduates show up with student loans hanging over their heads and yet no employment in sight.

worksmart:
■Abacha was accused unfairly of looting by Obasanjo and the anti-Abacha propaganda has continued ever since.
Economic performance and other numerous achievements of his government during a period Nigeria was under pressure of sanctions and oil prices as low as about $10 per barrel should tell you he was honest and patriotic.

Why do you all cling so fast to remaining slaves to your political class abeg? These people beg you all every four or so years for votes yet it never dawns on you that the reason they do this is because you are in fact the masters in this democracy and not them. How come?

Alphastrong:
2 idiots Those men have made a name for themselves and their generation while both of you has no meaningful impact on your generation. Oya abuse me..... that's what you know how to do best

They made their names by scamming Nigerians so what is wrong with calling them out for the scammers that they are?

ambosss:
We hate APC, we hate APC because of kunubu See people because of agent 2k We'll last Last we go get sense

Don't just hate APC but all of your politicians of the last 25 years. They all— APC, PDP, APGA, LP, etc— have a hand in ensuring that after almost 100 billion dollars down the drain, not a single LGA in all of Nigeria can boast of at least one of the following.
■ No clean water supply to homes
■ No sewage and water management system
■ No waste management system
■ No good schools and services
■ No Internet connectivity to homes and businesses
■ No electricity supply to homes and businesses
■ No real Healthcare system
■ poor road network systems
■ Rail system is still nothing to write home about
■ No decent passenger rail systems
■ Terrible prison facilities /system
■ Lack of decent police presence in communities around the country
, etc.

Nigeria looks like a war zone today, not because of terrorists but because of your politicians of the last 25 years — all of them combined.

BiafraAburi:
■ Cow brain, you can struggle for all you care because o your slowpoke government, how's that supposed to be our problem? Are you deaf and dumb? We say, we must exit your cesspit and that;s final. How is your problem any of mine? You must continue to cry blood and watch helplessly as we exit your hell hole called nigeria. Hit your head on the wall, who cares.

Again, Nigerians are currently struggling as a result of the imbeciles they have in government positions but your particular solution is that Biafrans among them instead subscribe to the same levels of imbecility only now under a new Biafran regime? Tufiakwa!! Who do una this thing abeg! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Akpakomiza2:
APC shut down Ikpoba Okha LGA in Benin metropolis,stronghold of Barr Osarodion Ogie,running mate to Asue Ighodalo

OP, do you know what I see? A crowd of certified eejits!

Ikpoba Okha LGA in Benin is one of the 774 LGAs that suffer lack even after 25 years of the current governmental system.
■ No clean water supply to homes
■ No sewage and water management system
■ No gas supply to homes and residents
■ No waste management system
■ No good schools and services
■ No Internet connectivity to homes and businesses
■ No electricity supply to homes and businesses
■ No real Healthcare system
■ poor road network systems
■ Rail system is still nothing to write home about
■ No decent passenger rail systems
■ Terrible prison facilities /system
■ Lack of decent police presence in communities around the country
, etc.

The major reason for this is because the people allow themselves to be distracted by that which shouldn't matter — the political lies. They waste their own lives and that of their children for a few naira every so many years, all for what? They literally sell the future of their children and grandchildren for Naira 5000, Naira 10,000... all for what? Nothing at the end of it all!

NwaNimo1:
Fuel pump dispensing fresh air? https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/useruploads/display/07f20ab2-91e8-40a0-87ae-bf42afd4bb2b_19.gif

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

BiafraAburi:
■ You futa jalon terrorists have noting in common with us Biafrans and we have no reason to be wasting our time sharing a country with you. We share no same ideology, no same value system, no same culture, tradition, religion, no same way of life. Just nothing.
You have feudalistic mindset, while we have democratic and progressive mindset. You can continue to cry blood online, we do not care. It is in our hands to remove ourselves from all you numb wits and we have already started it and hoping to end it soon. We chose how we fight and you can't do anything about it.

Again, Nigerians are currently struggling as a result of the imbeciles they have in government positions but your particular solution is that Biafrans among them instead subscribe to the same levels of imbecility only now under a new Biafran regime? Tufiakwa!! Who do una this thing abeg! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Paulpaulpaul:
■ Reason he was arrested was to deny the allegations

Huh?

al·le·ga·tion
noun

a claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof.