₦airaland Forum

@ekt_bear artificial boundary or not, the constitution has created the states and they must be respected. Otherwise Rivers would be funding projects in AkwaIbom( similar origins and tribes) or even Delta. Lets face facts and stop rationalising. They are free to have their pan-southwestern party but must work within the confines in which they were elected by the occupants/indigenes thereof.

^^^^ I dont see why anyone should be accursed for speaking his mind. Counter his arguments with fact/reason or keep quiet.

You guys have not convinced any right thinking person reading this thread one way or the other. You just keep trumpeting Delta Delta. I couldnt care less whether Beaf is a runaway Jos entity. The simple fact is that this entity has stated something that must be either proved right or wrong.

And if he's right, is that a good thing for a governor to do? that is the question.

dayokanu:
His own state Governor Uduaghan is firmly seated in Asaba looting with reckless abandon

How is the commisoner on Murder and extra judicial killings performing?

How about the He-Hedukation centers in obodo Delta?. I heard they want to build a space station in each of the schools

Delta has really gone to the dogs

But is he telling the truth about aregbesola?

paper vs ebook
oil vs solar.

the tribal wars continue,

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=774565.msg9273374#msg9273374 date=1317729288]So SA is an enemy of freedom because it refused to access to dalai lama;a separatist for that matter ? Anyways,what will you also tell me about US that has also refused to recognize a palesthine sovereign state ?[/quote]I guess we can call the palestinians separatists too abi
which country tried to maintain a tyrant in power in Ivory Coast (actually sent a warship)? South Africa
which country tried to maintain another tyrant in power in Libya? South Africa
which country still actively supports another tyrant in Zimbabwe? South Africa

[quote author=X-factoria link=topic=774361.msg9273502#msg9273502 date=1317730119]Your reasoning is not logical. If you have one Premier thief with his commisioners numbering about 20-30, is that not better than say 6 Governors thieves with their total number of commisioners numbering close to 200! This is aside Personal Assistants and Special Advisers that would sum up to thousands.

We had more developments under the regional structure than under the states. The states structure has encouraged political jobbers and stratified administrative structures with poor efficiencies. For example, the South West would only need the Lagos State administrative structure to function as a region while the salaries and allowances saved from the Governors, commisioners, permanent secretaries, legislators etc would be chanelled towards development of the region. That overhead is always about 60% of the states budgets and that would be applied to fund capital projects.

Regions are better!!!![/quote]our progress was not solely because of the regional structure but the parliamentary system. It meant less power ( unlike our presidential/governorship state where so much power is concentrated in the hands of one man.) concentration and decisions had to be argued out before they were taken. as for the cost-savings, no doubt there might be but its not guaranteed and depends only on the person in charge. stealing will still proceed.

Beaf:
Let it pain you so much that you dodge the issue. Lol!
Dude, Uduaghan is your average Nigerian governor that sort of chugs along from day to day. There's nothing to follow about him. . . Aregbesola on the other hand? Phucking hell!!!!!
Where can one find another governor that can break his unusual records:

1. Governing Osun by email, while cooling off in Lagos.
2. Talking grand quixotisms and making nebulous speeches that are as psychedelic as magic mushrooms. Thats pure entertainment boy!
3. Spending enough estacode galivanting the World to pay Osun workers that he refuses to pay
4. Borrowing 50billion to cut grass
5. Planning to build roads in Lagos and Ogun
6. Living in Lagos and disturbing Fashola
7. Spending Oshun states money on Lagos politics
8. Spending only 3 days a month in Oshun (the rest in Lagos and abroad)
9. Imposing commissioners on Fashola when strangely, 9 months after coming into power himself, he had exactly ZERO.
10. Declaring that his routine employment of people to cut grass was successful govt policy. . . Cutting grass?

It would be hilarious if it wasn't so tragic for the people of Osun. Should I continue, cos books can be written?
Dude, instead of crying your eyes out that Beaf is focused on him, why not make yourself useful and beg him to go back home from Lagos?

God bless you. I still saw the cretin in Lagos last week in his signature hummer. He has no excuse governing that way.

When the ACN fever was sweeping the state, i chose not to comment ( simply because I hated PDP just as much) because i saw them as the much hated AD in new skin. I guess Aregbe is now acting true to type. The painful part for me is that as an ilesa resident, I saw the hope placed on this man (as if he was going to move the capital to ilesa) and I feel pity for the ijesa as it is now a deep dissapointment for them. Its painful to hope so much and have your own misplace such hope.

makes no difference. if governors are thieves, then premiers will be super thieves. No point.

So it seems south africa wants to get known as an enemy of freedom. all right.
[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=774565.msg9273279#msg9273279 date=1317728519]If you are looking forward to meeting him,why not travel to his hometown and do that ? South Africa won't sacrifice her national interest and relations with china just to satisfy a separatist.[/quote]Nobody shows any respect for yes-men. South african interests are distinct from chinese interests and should remain so. The world needs an impartial south africa more than it needs a power-hungry, myopic and distasteful one.

@darqly always refreshing to see someone make excuses for accepting defeat. Blame fate or luck.nice work.

Idea:
Set registration fee @ average cost of books you have.
Get more customers than the number of books you have.
Charge them dirt cheap fees.
Have deeply persistent follow-up staff.

@Seun, you know where to get me

What will happen to all our music artists who are getting paid millions by the hour and spending it on real estate like opening clubs, hotels?

What about pple like some of the mohits crew who are now into diesel sales?

Its just pure filth.

I have come to the conclusion that there is an unconscious conspiracy by the older generations to prevent the millenials (79-90s) from surpassing or uprooting them. Before d decade is over, expect a lot of strife as our generation will be old enough to be VOTED FOR and eligible for ALL posts. THEN we'll take this nation back.

In the meantime, I chase the next million. Like barrels in d desert, we shall cross this desert of success, one million @ a time.

whatever the conclusion, the simple fact is that the two languages used in the video were ENGLISH and IGBO.

I wont unless I intend renting the said car out for car-hire or leased transport.

Do you have a clearly recognizable claim to that local government( e.g a well known family house or ancestral home)? Find out and make sure your claim to indigeneship (still important in nigeria) is valid.

Do you know any of the power-brokers in town e.g the local monarch, the NURTW boss or similar thuggish entity.

Have you done anything of note in that town e.g tarring a road, sinking a borehole?

it might be a good idea to start as councillor and consider your salary from that period as an investment. Spend it all on your ward and make their lives happy. wait for the two tenures (yes two) of your immediate boss to be completed and start your own campaign.

Dont overshadow him/her but try to be quite visible.

Membership of local clubs is also useful (Lions club, Rotary, Sports Club) etc.

For your campaign, you will need really good jingles and an emblem.

ACN==> the broom
Aregbesola (Osun)===> Oranmiyan

essentially, give them something to hold on to.

Some cash will be helpful too.

And also, identify who the important intellectuals in town e.g provosts of tertiary institutions , doctors, entrepreneurs/business owners and pay them visits/ make friends with them.

Essentially dont fall victim to the typical diaspora nigerian's campaign strategy. They show up at the election booth with only a few measly supporters preceded by some half-hearted campaigning before the election on a few side-streets and facebook supported by cheaply printed posters displayed at the few places in town they are comfortable with. Unless you are only interested in your dear wife's vote.

this is cheating.

insult upon injury.

You steal the poor dude's things, get him beat up and still threaten his life.

Great advice @chaircover

I hope they rise up. its about time. One less tyrant will do the world a lot of good.

lets hope he wont rig the election

Reason: The yoruba language just like english is adept at adapting words from other languages especially the Hausa and Nupe with whom we have had a lot of dealings.

ARABIC HAUSA YORUBA ENGLISH
albasa albasa alubosa (onion)
Sheik Sheik seriki (chief)
-------- buredi(bu-gan) bread
---------- moto motorcar
----------- reluwe railway
arabiya ----------- larubawa Arabic
Jumaat Jumaat Jimoh(Eti) Friday
Nama Nomo beef
Tatashe Tatase Species of pepper

Like Jesus said, better to sit in the middle and be invited to the head of the table than to be asked to stand up for the rightful owner.

When we DESERVE it, we will be invited.

Lets not behave like the upstart South Africans who want international relevance with neither the economic or the military power to do so.

Not interested in joining the ongoing tribal warfare (coldfusion vs PHP) but at the end of the day, the interests of the customer is paramount.

If they are more concerned with maintainability and not being tied to a select few CF programmers, PHP/.NEt would probably be better ideas.

If they want reliability backed by tested components, CF might give them that. Like VB, it has that RAD attribute and your typical journeyman/paycheck-earner programmer can bash out working code relatively easily without too much effort(reusing components).

The end USUALLY justifies the means.

Lets end the insults.

ebonyvibe:
i second elewedu and agitator

Kodewrita: dont Judge everyone by your own standards have you factor school fees ie BIS 6ook per term; summer holidays (TRUST ME THEY DONT COME CHEAP).

Some people can survive on 50k p/m and some struggle to survive on 5m a month so it is all standards. ie my father inlaw couldnt survive on that a month as he has four kids studying abroad .

It all the standards

forgive me for judging a young bachelor with no major stated responsibilities by my standards. I assumed a normal elite lifestyle while making those comments though.

[quote author=Okija_juju link=topic=756147.msg9130409#msg9130409 date=1315833735]I work in Nigeria as a young Bachelor, and I make a little over 500,000 Naira per month, and I can state that it isnt enough at all.

A decent 3 bedroom flat in a good neighbourhood in Port-harcourt now ranges between 700,000 - 1.5million Naira a year, Now factor in the cost of running the house, bills and fees,

Abeg abeg abeg, she must work o!![/quote]Dude, no lie.

700k rent amounts to a little over 50k a month. there's still 450 left.

45k out of that will cover your feeding and entertainment costs.

further 45k and all other costs (NEPA, GEN, DSTV< Petrol) are covered.

There's still enough to invest and live well.

People are posting on this forum as if 500k was really chump change. Its definitely enough to live a very good life in ANY nigerian city. Thats 6m a year if am not mistaken.

Unless you are a deeply profligate spender, you cannot spend more than 2m of that on personal expenses and there's still enough to buy land in lekki, mowe,agbara or kurudu for resale.


@Poster; My wife will work.

1. So that she wont get bored sitting around the house and then run away with the first male visitor with a good smile.

2. So my kids can have someone to pay for their chocolate and the dentist fees.

3. So we can make more money faster(Imagine main salary of 500k with wife supporting it with 230k-250k, thats 750k inflow to the family every month. Good stuff.)

Its a give and take thing.

Started freelancing immediately after school before NYSC(8wks).

I got money all the way through NYSC (in spite of the fact that the NYSC salary I got was equivalent to OND salaries in some banks then + Free transport both ways). Left youth service with a few hundred thousands which I promptly lost in the first stock market crash (note to self: buy land next time big money lands).

Started work immediately with a huge paycheck and all cash from Dad ceased.

I now send gifts home and fund family projects though My dad still likes doing stuff for me( like buying books i might like or flight tickets to convince me not to take road trips). I allow it because it makes them feel good to do so. Besides, this life is short and its better we bond and enjoy each other while blood still runs.

But essentially, I got cash until end of NYSC.

it is well

cexplorer:
It's unfortunate that many christians fight spiritual battles with human weapons and humanity problems with spiritual weapons.
They pray and fast for financial success that a simple financial intelligence course would solve; they go wild on matters that are best solved through prayers and intercessions.

If CAN's reported call for Nigerians to carry arms is true, I'm afraid we are telling the world that our God is not what relying/depending upon. Pardon!

Triple GBAM

Definitely not a christian thing: Christians forgive their enemies and pray for them.

its going to be harder to rob people. You will have to plan your robbery well, otherwise that rich neighbour might have bought enough weapons for all male children and self(Smoking armed robbers left,right and center),

PointB:
Well, that appears the case here, so if you dont like the way the president is running his government forward march to Aso Rock and tell him; you can only win sympathizers from the Buhari apologists, and I tell you they are very few (of course loudest). But those who have actually being in position to run things, manage people and project, know how difficult and challenging it can be meeting with timelines, objectives, and deliverables.

And were are not even talking about a corporate project, we are talking about a bastardized, tribalized country, with extensive problems stemming from geo-political and economic challenges, and now serious security problem bring the country to a brink. In fact in another world and age, the president will actually spend more time trying to keep the country one, for what it is worth, leaving to so-called development at the mercy of the elements. fortunately that is not the case.

On that note, only naive, foolish and extremely ignorant people will expect a miracle in 18 months. Fortunately I am not one of those, I understand the complexities of politics, governance, and challenges the president faces. So I rather laugh or pity those unfortunate souls who run their temperature high, and swear and curse the president at every chance and turn. I sometimes suggest in extreme cases that they can actually do themselves a favour viz they should either summon courage and march to Aso rock like the Save Nigeria Group, or go hug a high tension wet transformer at one of the power stations.

edicolove:
Posts like these really makes me sad. so you want them to send you a text message daily showing you their daily activities or what? Like the president said in the interview that some people are asking for what the SSS and others are doing. how can the SSS post their briefs of terrorist intelligence gathering to the public? Ignorance they say is a disease.

And the slowpoke ended with the bolded statement and called meetings and plannings and all other stuff inaction. The guy just showed he either hasnt worked in a coporate environment or i probably a gateman or receptionist at best. The first action in any project is the planning and design. You dont jump on the road and start to do stuff. The planning stage is normally like 40 to 60 percent, depending on the type of project.

They tell you their plans and you say there is too much talk, no action. they dont say anything but are doing their job and you say they are silent. cynics are the worst kind of people in any society and they never contribute, they only criticize

Enough of the chitchat gentlemen, lets stay with the facts.
Please learn from presidents elsewhere who CLEARLY DIDNT PLAN if we are to believe you.

Theodore roosevelt 100 days:
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[li]A national bank holiday: The day after his inauguration, FDR declared a "bank holiday," closing all banks in the country to prevent a collapse of the banking system. With the banks closed, Roosevelt took measures to restore the public's confidence in the financial systems; when the banks reopened a week later, the panic was over.[/li]
[li]Ending the gold standard: To avoid deflation, FDR quickly suspended the gold standard.
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[li]Glass-Steagall Act: The Glass-Steagall Act imposed regulations on the banking industry that guided it for over fifty years, until it was repealed in 1999.
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[li]FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Commission backed all bank deposits up to $2500, meaning that most bank customers no longer had to worry that a bank failure would wipe out their life savings
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[li]Federal Securities Act: This act regulated the stock markets and preceded the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1934, which continues to regulate U.S. stock markets to this day.
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[li]Agricultural Adjustment Act to provide relief to farmers by paying them to reduce production; this also helped to reduce crop surpluses and increase prices for crops
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[li]Civilian Conservation Corps To reduce unemployment, put 250,000 young men to work in rural conservation projects, mostly in national parks and forests
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[li]Tennessee Valley Authority to provide electrification and other basic improvements the impoverished interior of the South.
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[li]National Industrial Recovery Act created new agencies and regulations that tightened the relationship between government and business.
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[li]created Public Works Administration to fund the construction of public works projects across the country
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[li]passed the Federal Emergency Relief Act to provide direct relief, training and work for unemployed Americans. [/li]
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Obama 100 days.
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[li]Pass economic stimulus plan that includes balanced tax relief for working people and investments in jobs, education, healthcare, roads and bridges - DONE [/li]
[li]* Pass SCHIP so more children have the healthcare they need - DONE[/li]
[li]* Strengthen the voice of Americans to fight discrimination with the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - DONE[/li]
[li]* Pass a budget that puts a real down-payment toward guaranteeing the quality, affordable healthcare Americans deserve - DONE[/li]
[li]* Provide a significant investment in green jobs as a pathway to a strong middle class and a sustainable future - DONE [/li]
[li]Ordering the closing of Guantanamo Bay military detention facility and abolishing "enhanced interrogation techniques." [/li]
[li]Setting a fixed timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat forces from Iraq. [/li]
[li]Ordering 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan and enlisting, with modest new assistance, European allies in a new multi-layered strategy there and in Pakistan. [/li]
[li]"Returning science to its rightful place" by lifting the Bush restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell research. [/li]
[li]Lifting travel and remittance restrictions for Cuban Americans who seek to travel more frequently to the island and send more US currency to their immediate family. [/li]

[li]Revocation of Bush Executive Order on Regulatory Review. On January 30, President Obama revoked a Bush administration executive order on regulatory review that essentially enabled political appointees at the White House's OMB to override agencies' rulemaking in order to undermine everything from worker safety to environmental protection. As explained in one environmental newsletter, "President Barack Obama has tossed a Bush-administration executive order that had strengthened the White House's role in federal rulemaking, Members of Congress, regulatory watchdog groups and other advocacy organizations have argued that the Bush amendments allowed the White House to stop important health and safety rules."
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[li]
Executive Orders: Federal Contractors. On January 30, President Obama signed three executive orders, including those that aim to reverse a Bush order aimed at limiting union representation on federal contracts; and moved to prevent federal contractors from being reimbursed for unionbusting propganda compaigns during collective bargaining.
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[li]
Executive Order: Project Labor Agreements. On February 6, President Obama signed an executive order overturning the Bush administration's ban on project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal and federally funded construction. Project labor agreements set wages and establish work rules and methods of settling grievances on large multi-contractor construction projects. For more than 70 years before the Bush order, project labor agreements benefited
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[li]
lifted the Global Gag Rule, a Reagan-era policy that withheld funding from any group that referred a woman for an abortion, most of which were family planning providers.
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[li]
signed legislation to restore access to affordable birth control for college-age women who, statistics show, are most in need of it
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[li]Leading a global response to the economic crisis through the G20, obtaining commitments of $1.1 trillion to safeguard the world’s most vulnerable economies;
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[li]
unified policy implementation in South Asia by appointing Ambassador Richard Holbrooke United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan; Holbrooke wasted no time, quickly traveling to the region for a listening tour involving all the key players
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[li]
additional $15 billion in investments in energy and efficiency projects, and increased funding for rail – on top of the $8 billion for Amtrak in the stimulus – in order to create a "world-class passenger rail system" across the country
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Goodluck Jonathan?
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[li]?[/li]
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