₦airaland Forum

RealityKings:
↪Yes that's the Nigerian factor. Where poverty is rife, it's easy to pay people to make wrong decisions

They can pay maybe a handful of people but they certainly cannot pay off 1 million or more Nigerians. The fact remains that the people have the power to recall their senators and reps if they choose to do so.

Kukutenla:
↪Stop writing rubbish. Even if you're paid to be stupid, you should do so with moderation
Suddenly you're comparing US with Nigeria in terms of jet purchase
Are you not the same dude who was saying we can't compare US dollars with naira in terms of fuel price? Dem swear for una ni

Very very irritating practice indeed.

RealityKings:
↪Dino melaya was recalled

I believe that was instead a lazy attempt made by other politicians against him who paid only a few people off to scare him. With BVN accreditation where it is today, it would be next to impossible for anyone to rig against a recall, particularly a mass recall of senators.

InfoGuru118:
↪Despite attempts by Nigeria to retain ownership, Judge David Collier of the Superior Court of Quebec dismissed the country’s arguments on March 21, 2024. The jet, purchased for $57 million by fugitive Dan Etete with proceeds from the controversial OPL 245 oil field sale, had been seized by Nigeria in 2016 and was held in Dubai before being flown to Canada in 2020.
Zhongshang’s seizure of the aircraft is part of its broader efforts to enforce arbitration awards amounting to over $70 million against Nigeria, following a failed free trade zone contract in Ogun State.
The Chinese firm has already seized Nigerian assets in the UK, France, and Canada, with further confiscations anticipated in Belgium and the United States.
Despite Nigeria’s repeated legal challenges across five countries, the nation has been unsuccessful in preventing these seizures and continues to deny any wrongdoing in the case.
Meanwhile, efforts to resolve the dispute through negotiations with Zhongshang have made little progress. The latest development has not yet been addressed by President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

If this is a newer jet, then it probably explains why they chose to let go of the alleged 15-year-old plane just days ago. Considering the mileage and wear and tear, e better to obtain a newer item when trying to collect on money owed.

slimfit1:
↪Can you imagine how many hospitals and schools that funds could be used to build. Tinubu has not showed us how much he is saving and saved soo far. Recall your senators and representatives[size=8pt][/size].

I am telling you! I just don't understand why the Nigerian people refuse to do something about all of this.

jamafa:
↪Ndi-Developer. U guys lack moral. That's why no single development in your region.

There are 774 LGAs in total in that entire nation.
■ Electricity
■ Clean Water Supply
■ Robust Sewage Management system
■ Good Roads(roads built by the ancient Romans thousands of years ago are still very much available to this day)
■ Passenger Rail
■ Adequate and effective security and emergency services
■ Reliable internet and mobile services
■ Robust Waste Management and Recycling System
■ Strong healthcare system
■sturdy educational & training System
■a Welfare/Social system

Development, you say! Which LGA in your region can boast of at least one of the above-listed basic developments?

jazzman7711:
↪Self hater. You’re disgusting and despicable. Stupid slave.

How am I the slave in this case when you, in the year 2024, still consider some ordinary men who call themselves Obas and traditional rulers of a greater pedigree than your person? No be brain damage dem dey call that one?

Healthrelatedjo:
↪The Alake of Egbaland is trying his best in that aspect.We still have few obas that knows the right thing to do, knows the tradition and follow it to the letter.

The best the Alake of Egbaland along with other men in similar positions could do for democracy is to step back and allow the people the space to fully and directly engage the politicians they elected into power. Right now, all your traditional rulers are distractions that keep the people from focusing fully on their duties as monitors and checks to ensure the success of the democracy. So far, that remains absent because the people exist instead as zombies in the Nigerian system.

franchasofficia:
Its a pathetic situation and I have people who are directly affected by this APC demonic policy that shouldn't stand. This should cause an outrage in Nigeria honestly.

It should, among so many other things. But, Nigerians...

Healthrelatedjo:
↪Dividend of democracy bro,that's what they call it... ;Dbros abeg we both know as e dey go jare

In a democracy, your obas would only serve as figureheads(nothing more) and not intermediaries between public officers and the people as you earlier suggested.

MadamVanessa:
↪ Is this not Ooni of Ife the most respected king in south west standing and greeting a white man with almost two hands.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Healthrelatedjo:
↪It happened yrs back bro. And I feel they are just playing their roles of being the intermidiary between the public office holders and pple at the grass root.

By taking bribes from politicians? Come on naw!

Healthrelatedjo:
↪Do not try this with our south Western obas o... especially the Oni of ife.There was a certain oba (here in the south west too) that ignored the Oni of Ife some years back,he embarrassed him by not paying homage to him,the next morning we heard half of his palace got burnt overnight.

No be all of your obas and traditional rulers across Nigeria don become paid mouthpieces for the APC government?

Chinjo2:
I don't want to pray the prayer that is on my mind but oh God I trust you know what to do to these heartless people for this country to move forward.

Abegi! Nigeria is proof that prayers are useless!

officialwdhtvv:
Moment Oyibo (White) man attempted to walk up to the Olu of Warri to shake hands with him.

He forgot he first needed to pay a bribe for the privilege.🙄🙄🙄🙄

Modification:. I take it back. He does state that he got it from the service wide vote.
Despite Auditor-General’s Warning, FG budgets N2.47 trillion as Service Wide Vote in 2022
The following is according to Budgit, the Service-wide budget for 2024 is almost double what it was in 2022.

“Service-Wide Votes” Surges Upwards with No Accountability
The service-wide vote, established as a contingency fund to address unforeseen circumstances and events, has increased exponentially in recent years from N198.95 billion (2.18% of the budget) in 2018 to N757.19 billion (5.54% of the budget) in 2021 and more recently to N4.41 trillion (16.03% of the budget) in 2024. In addition, the service-wide vote provision contains budget lines that should be captured within MDAs’ budget and vague budget lines that create loopholes for impropriety and/or corruption. For example, the service-wide vote envelope in the 2024 appropriation bill contains N108 billion for “special projects” with the project code “ERGP9213044.” To worsen the situation, the federal government budget implementation reports often contain no information on how service-wide votes are utilized.
https://budgit.org/2024-budget-issues-begging-for-attention/

And this is news, why?

DeLaRue:
∆ I don't know the full details of this imbroglio, and I sympathise with those affected.
However, I can tell you that every country in the world, including the USA, UK, and other countries in Europe, act in their own selfish interest when they face a critical situation.
The USA for example has banned a number of American technology companies from selling certain products to China, just because they want to slow down China's technological advancement. Google NVIDIA export ban. Another example - during COVID, many countries that were less affected by COVID refused to sell their unused stock of Covid vaccines to countries in desperate need.
So, when a country faces a desperate situation, it is not uncommon for the government of that country to take decisions it considers to be in its people's best interest.
That is not to say I agree with the government's position. It is just the reality.

Trust Nigerians to try to justify the most absurd. Imagine this one attempting to compare the lives and livelihoods of nurses(humans) to the banning of products and services by other countries.

These nurses are not products that you can ban or restrict in the same way you can products, stripping them of their rights. Kai! They are human beings many of whom never one day in their life benefitted even a Kobo from that government in Nigeria. .

franchasofficia:
✓ How Nigeria's Ministry of Health & NMCN Are Destroying Destinies of Nigerian Nurses
Nigeria’s Ministry Of Health, Nursing Council (NMCN) Disobeyed National Assembly’s Directive To Reopen Licence Verification Portal for Nigerian Nurses out of jealousy and thoughtless policies.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), under the Federal Ministry of Health, has declined to comply with the National Assembly's directive to reopen its portal and resume verification of nurses and midwives in accordance with its previous guidelines, effectively ignoring the legislative body's instruction.
SaharaReporters reported earlier that the suspension of license verification services by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) has resulted in the rejection of Nigerian nurses' applications to work abroad.

Why was NMCN tied to the government to begin with? Na government pay for the training of all of those midwives ans nurses abi wetin?

wwwtortoise:
↪When government sets the price (price controls) and pays for the shortfall, it’s called subsidizing the supply chain. PBAT have not even recouped the money used to secure power, not to mention seeking profit which is the goal of every businessman Afterwards, he will bury roots in the federal purse to continue the loot, same way Lagos was pocketed.

You can tell that these people in government really take Nigerians for fools!

mrvitalis:
↪You are dull very dull I'm talking about the developmental index you are talking about intelligence. The unity school cut off is a good measure of intelligence in Nigeria. Educational performance per region is also a good indicator. Literacy rate is another indicator . As long as the human is not a fool anyone with average knowledge would know which regions leads in Intelligence and which region drags the national average down

Some of the most intelligent people I have ever met in my life never even finished high school or attended college for that matter. I just saw a video of a man who only finished high school— he was not among the best students nor did he break any records— but works in a steel factory where he is depended on to ensure the cranes all work so that production goals are met each day at the company. By your standard, this man is an unintelligent being, but that company considers him more intelligent and productive than many of the other candidates that had the opportunity at that job.

I am not interested in any meaningless back and forth. Please believe as you will as I gladly choose to waka pass you at this point!

mrvitalis:
↪ What are you talking about There is a standard developmental index used to measure development
HDI,Infant mortality rate, Access to health n education, literacy rate, Poverty rate, Etc

See this one!

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. A country scores a higher level of HDI when the lifespan is higher, the education level is higher, and the gross national income GNI (PPP) per capita is higher. It was developed by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul-Haq and was further used to measure a country's development by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)'s Human Development Report Office

The HDI does not measure the intelligence quotient of any one group of people within any country. So, I am not certain why you think this is a correct measure on this particular thread. So, go back and try again.

mrvitalis:
↪So u don't know what development index are?

Oh, you were about to spew at me high-level concepts/ideas that have no real bearing and no tangible measure to them when it comes to positively impacting life and living for Nigerians where they live and work, abi? Nonsense!

naijapips04:
↪I have never in my life seen this degree of fuel Scarcity. People are sleeping in petrol stations.
The fuel is ridiculously expensive. Yet we still cannot get it. Transport fare is over the roof.
Yet Nigerians are silent. I have looked across Nairaland. No single topic on this scarcity. We are still trending BBnaija on Twitter. Are Nigerians stupid?
Things are very very hard for Nigerians this period. Why are we silent? Why are we cowards?

With the average IQ pegged at 67.7 by Statisense, what do you expect?

Vision101:
↪The protesters should start by asking their representatives to amend the constitution so that the requirement of one minister per state should be removed. The size of the legislature should be cut down.

As usual, you are not making any sense!

mrvitalis:
↪Name one index of development just one that North is not worse than national average n South not better than national average I dare you... Just one

Dare me! I am not in this to argue blindly abeg! There are 774 LGAs in total in that entire nation and not a single one of them can boast of any of the following.
■ Electricity
■ Clean Water Supply
■ Robust Sewage Management system
■ Good Roads(roads built by the ancient Romans thousands of years ago are still very much available to this day)
■ Passenger Rail
■ Adequate and effective security and emergency services
■ Reliable internet and mobile services
■ Robust Waste Management and Recycling System
■ Strong healthcare system
■sturdy educational & training System
■a Welfare/Social system

Development, you say! Some are worse than others... so long as the basics are missing, no single group can boast of being more developed and hence more intelligent than the other.

Reported by
Chikezie Omeje
August 20th, 2024

The Nigerian president’s son owned an offshore company with the son of a tycoon who recently received the contract to build a 700-kilometer highway spanning the West African country’s coast, leaked corporate documents reveal.

The contract was awarded without any public bidding process, and a minister told OCCRP the government is now facing a legal challenge.

[b]In May, the government announced the first phase of building by Hitech Construction Company Ltd., which is a subsidiary of a conglomerate owned by the brothers Ronald and Gilbert Chagoury.

Hitech Construction has been awarded the contract for the entire project, which will cost an estimated $13 billion, with funding to be secured as it progresses.

Activists and opposition politicians lambasted the deal, arguing that it violated regulations because it was not done through a public tender. Minister of Works David Umahi said the government is fighting a legal battle in relation to the highway.[/b]

“The entire process is before the court,” he said in a text message to OCCRP.

Critics also highlighted the longstanding business dealings and friendship between the Chagoury brothers and President Bola Tinubu. Umahi said the relationship played no role in the construction contract.

“The Lagos Calabar Coastal Highway procurement followed due process and the president hasn’t any hand in the award or execution,” he said.

The association between Tinubu and the Chagoury brothers is well known to Nigerians. But OCCRP has discovered that the younger generation also had a corporate relationship.

The president’s son, Oluwaseyi Tinubu, was a majority shareholder in an offshore company alongside Ronald Chagoury Jr, who shares a name with his father. The firm was incorporated eight years ago in the British Virgin Islands.

The BVI offers corporate anonymity, but the involvement of the two men was revealed in company documents leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. The current ownership of the BVI firm is unknown.

Oluwaseyi Tinubu and Ronald Chagoury Jr did not respond to requests for comment, nor did the Chagoury Group.

Ayotunde Abiodun of SBM Intelligence, a Nigeria-based risk consultancy firm, said public officials and their close relatives are expected to avoid conflicts of interest in order to uphold public trust.

He added that the business and personal relationships between the Tinubu and Chagoury families fuels suspicion among Nigerians due to “systemic corruption and pervasive lack of accountability within the country's governance.”

Nigeria last year ranked 145 out of 180 countries on an annual index measuring perceptions of corruption, which is published by the advocacy group Transparency International. A country perceived to have the lowest corruption level is ranked at 1.

Graft has long plagued Nigeria, and Gilbert Chagoury was convicted in Switzerland in 2000 of laundering money for the country’s former military dictator, Sani Abacha.

The relationship between Nigeria’s current president and the Chagoury brothers goes back to at least 2007 when Tinubu was governor of Lagos State. That year, Tinubu’s administration granted the Chagoury Group title to 10-million square meters of land on the seashore of the country’s commercial capital, Lagos

Hitech Construction is now building Eko Atlantic City on that land, which is held by South Energyx, a Chagoury Group subsidiary where the younger Ronald serves as vice-chairman. The highway begins at Eko Atlantic City, running south down the coast to Calabar, in the oil-rich Niger Delta.

In February, the government approved 1 trillion Nigerian naira (about $670 million depending on currency fluctuations) in funding for Hitech to build the first 47 kilometers of road. The government plans to provide up to 30 percent of the funding for the entire project, Umahi has said, with Hitech expected to raise the rest.

President Tinubu said the highway would boost Nigeria’s economy and “provide 30 million people with improved access to production and marketing centers.”

In a May statement, he also “applauded” the Chagoury brothers “for being worthy stakeholders and for believing in the future of Nigeria.”

https://www.occrp.org/en/news/sons-of-nigerian-president-and-his-tycoon-friend-owned-a-company-together

Islie:
↪The presidency has announced plans to cut down the budget for the upcoming 29th edition of the conference of parties (COP29).
The climate change meeting will be hosted in Baku, Azerbaijan from November 11 to 22.
Last year, Nigeria had 1,411 delegates at the COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), making it the country with the highest number of participants from Africa alongside China.
The long list of delegates at COP28 sparked public outcry, with many questioning Nigeria’s representatives’ effectiveness at the event.
Speaking with State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday, Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, said the presidency has decided to cut down the budget for COP29 by N10 billion.
He said President Bola Tinubu, in response to the public outcry over the size and cost of Nigeria’s delegation to COP28, ordered a comprehensive audit of the country’s participation.
He said the audit revealed unnecessary spending and attendees who “had no business” at the conference.
“Many Nigerians would recall that as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Federal Government of Nigeria’s delegation went to COP28 in Dubai, UAE, last year, there were some elements of outcry concerning the size of the delegation,” Ngelale said.

The protestors instead demanded that the size of the Government be cut by at least half beginning with the Federal Government. So what this man is doing is playing jokes with the demands of the people of Nigeria.

GanagiBitrus:
Must they even go.

Better question is must they even be a part of the Nigerian government?

mrvitalis:
↪Are you trying to be politically correct or you don't actually know the truth?

This has nothing to do with political correctness.

doncartel:
↪Igbo people are the smartest people in Africa. Ghana is number 2.

Stop spewing this bloody lie!

NwaNimo1:
If Northerners were removed......? ....very misleading!

Let's stop perpetuating this foolishness abeg!

What other region in that entire company can be considered to be doing a whole lot better than the Northern regions for Pete's sake?

9japride:
↪ There was one steel plant they built in Delta state that was working effectively. But due to the dirty politics that encourages neglect of industries in the southern part of the country, the company was ran down. Its a massive industry that is capable of manufacturing various steel products. Why can't they revive that one? Since it was the major successful steel plant in the country? That's the same way they have been looking endlessly for crude oil in the north wasting scarce resources. As such they can't even think of ways of making other oil refinery work. You guys should make a research about the steel plant in Delta state called; Delta steel company.

Delta Steel was privatized in 2005 when it was handed over to Global Infrastructure Nigeria Limited and then to Premium Steel & Mine Limited some years later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYPM5uZhuu8