₦airaland Forum

Everything is black and white to you people.
Who told you I am Amaechi's best pal?
If you did not close your eyes you will notice that I consider the purchase of private jets by governors obscene!!! But I also consider building a banquet hall at Aso Rock for billions, and an edifice to Patience's avarice obscene. However, that is not the discussion here.

People like you that see obvious misuse of power and wink at it for your own gain lead nations to their disaster. Nigeria is dying under this government - he promised to do something about this mess, but entered Aso Rock, shut the door and then came out worse than those that preceeded him.

Tigerhead: Why is no one asking the so obvious question? When did this hater of GEJ and all things SS called Koruji become Amaechi's best pal? I have been laughing my head off in the last few days watching the haters almost all yoruba become the best friend of Amaechi who they all hated less than 3 months ago.

Koruji, keep it up. Maybe if you try harder we will all follow you and hate GEJ. Spew some more mindless hate, you never know, I might just be convinced.

You are obviously drunk with your own lies.
"Every" thread where GEJ is mentioned?
How many would that be now?

It may seem to you like hate because you are enamored by power.
I don't see the great Nigeria of my dreams under a GEJ presidency.
I don't hate him - hate is a strong word and you need to stop using it.
But I am going to speak my truth the way I see it.
Basically, rather than be transformational, president GEJ is a run-of-the-mill Nigerian politician.

[size=14pt]It is even more annoying because his animal-farm-squealers deliberately come here to claim credit for him that is not his. Even when I give praise to GEJ, which I do when deserved, it is not enough for the praise-singers. Nobody else in Nigeria must receive part of the praise. It has to be absolute, complete, like praying to the almighty.
Such a leader and his mouth-pieces lead their nations to disaster.[/size]

Tigerhead: I find this koruji character amazing. He is on every thread where GEJ is mentioned sweating profusely in his attempt to convince people what a bad person GEJ is. Looking at this performance I have to wonder why this much effort? Are his sponsors getting worried that the veil of lies they weave is falling apart. Please just have a look at this characters last ten posts and tell me the desperation does not stare you in the face.

Truly amazing what hate can do to a person.

SW will handle its affairs amicably.
Enemies will only fall into their own trap.

dmighty: [b]U see what Jonathan has started to do in d south west dt will eventually affect d whole nation in years to come: Giving 2.2 billion Naira per month to OPC thugs in d disguise of securing oil pipe lines! dt is how Niger Delta guys got their ammunition during election o(or did Yaradua goverment tell u how they got those sophisticated ammunition); dt is how 'political' Boko Haram started..dt has been d style of PDP 4 13 yrs now..Used and Dumped after election.In the nearest future, how do u stop group dt has suddenly tasted 2.2 billion per month just to capture d southwest! yet they cant spend 1 billion Naira on able graduates per month(50,000 multiply by 20,000 graduates=1 billion naira)! have u seen a silent/gentle devil presiding over d nation? soon religious bigots will say lets be praying for king Pharaoh...Will your prayer change a hardened heart set to do evil like ds!
FOR ME,AMNESTY GIVEN TO NIGER DELTA MILITANTS WAS AN ENDORSEMENT OF CRIME BY NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT; AMNESTY CALL FOR BOKO HARAM IS AN ENDORSEMENT OF GENOCIDE! ALREADY PREPARED CONDOLENCE MESSAGES FROM D PRESIDENCY EVERY TIME BOKO HARAM STRIKES IS AN ENDORSEMENT OF CLUELESS, HELPLESS AND WEAK GOVERNMENT....A BLOW ON D ELECTORATE[/b]

Unfortunately for you, you are actually talking about GEJ here not Amaechi.
The laws of the land doesn't stop Amaechi from aspiring to any political office.
But the laws of the land bar GEJ from using state resources to prosecute a political fight.
His bed in kirikiri will be extra hard if he keeps this silly autocracy up.

pro01: Rotimi's problems are still at their infancy. I hope his case ends up worse than Sylva and Ibori combined. When an oaf becomes too big for his britches, a resounding fall is inevitably.

Meanwhile, the fools that call GEJ "clueless" and "weak" might want to have a rethink. Since you loved OBJ's brute application of presidential power so much, perhaps GEJ is finally pandering to your nostalgic wishes by learning a thing or two from your 'Saint' Obasanjo.

(Un)fortunately, GEJ has a lot of catching up to do, and I am certain that he would never allow himself to catch up with OBJ's high standards. Unilaterally declaring the Vice President's seat vacant, ordering the impeachment of governors at gunpoint, even if by only eight members of the House of Assembly, changing principal officers of the National Assembly at will, unilaterally withholding local council funds from state governors that annoy him, permitting his crony, a private citizen, so much power as to abduct a sitting governor, etc etc etc. GEJ would always be too "clueless" to match OBJ in perpetuating these illegalities. The Rule of Law was in complete coma throughout OBJ's eight years in power. At least it has returned to consciousness now under GEJ, even though it is still bedridden.

From one ghost to another - interesting.
Sincere9gerian is discussing with one of his other monikers

Sincere 9gerian: I know he's a lost soul but I was only trying to prevent him from infecting OTHERS with IGNORANCE and FOOLISHNESS.

Why don't you go ask them?

Sincere 9gerian: Even before money was borrowed, ongoing projects were and are progressing well. I hope you know every money, whether borrowed or not, is first appropriated by the NASS. So even if the money was borrowed, its immaterial provided WORK is going on.

By the way, your masters in Lagos have also being borrowing money but many of their projects are unending. The Lagos light rail project has not been completed after 6yrs of BRF reign, not forgetting Tinubu's wasted 8yrs. So what has been happening to the loan for the project?

You are the one missing the point.
If the Chinese were only meant to do construction what are they doing on the rehabilitation.
It was part of a package - you are right that Abacha first awarded the contract for rehabilitating Nigeria's railways to the Chinese but nothing happened. OBJ built on that effort by recalling the Chinese and putting together a comprehensive contract making sure they started work, and then the Yar'adua/GEJ government came in and put a stop to everything.

You are obviously right that the GEJ administration has done nothing on the reconstruction aspect - and if you recall my main original complaint was that jumping up and down over a train service that moves you at only about twice the speed of horseback riding is amusing.

All I am saying is that this is not transformation, and that if you are going to praise GEJ for continuing the work, after being part of a government that stopped it in the first place, then OBJ who actually made sure work got started deserves part of that "pitiful" praise.

Sincere 9gerian: "suspend it:
"On 30 October 2006 President Olusegun Obasanjo signed a contract with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation [4] to modernise the Lagos to Kano railway line"

Now this further exposes how IGNORANT you are in this matter. The contract you'v been talking about was to MODERNISE the Lagos-Kano rail line,ie construction of Lagos-kano STANDARD guage rail line. That was why the cost of the project was $8billion and loan needed. Now the FACT today is that not even one naira work has been done on Lagos-kano standard guage rail line. OBJ did not do ANY WORK on the project. It remained on paper till TODAY. The present govt awarded a section of the project (ie Lagos-Ibadan standard guage rail line) late last year at $1.5billion to the same Chinese company. As we speak, I'm not sure contractors have mobilized to site. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/08/fg-ccecc-sign-1-5b-lagosibadan-rail-project/

What the Yar Adua govt and subsequently GEJ did was to rehabilitate the existing but moribund NARROW guage rail lines. One of which is the Lagos-kano narrow guage rail line which was restored back to life on 24th December 2012. Billions of dollars was not spent on this one. The Lagos-kano route for instance was done with N24billion. No loan was needed too. So get your facts right to avoid disgracing your pay masters.

You just like listening to yourself, don't you.
When I said he was stealing state govt. allocations that is because he simply refused to pay them their full allocations so he could pay petrol subsidies - without asking their permission. Get it now? The FG only recently paid back those illegal deductions.

About all the other projects you are talking about, what do you think is the excuse being made for the $9 billion I just mentioned to you. They are borrowing this money in the name "completing" road projects.

Sincere 9gerian: LIES, LIES and more LIES. Abacha also signed contract for railway projects. So why didn't OBJ bring the project to completion when he came to power in 1999? Why wait till Oct 2006 to sign plethora of CONTRACTS. It seems OBJ was only good at signing contracts.

You said GEJ is stealing. Shame on you. But he didn't steal the funds meant to rehabilitate Kano-Lagos rail line. What you master OBJ could not do in 8yrs has been done in 2yrs by GEJ. He didn't steal the funds meant for reconstruction of Benin-Ore road and other roads currently undergoing re-construction. Shame on you and other paid propagandists that only come online to remind us of contracts signed by OBJ and Lord Lugard.

By the way, you dont need to see GEJ carrying shovel before you know he's working on a project. For instance, we read reports of progress of work on all the ongoing projects. We read reports of completed projects. We see pictures of completed projects. So show us such reports if they exist between Oct 2006 when contract was signed and May 2007 when your baba was sent packing. We know there's none

Early in GEJ's administration I warned that this guy has the potential to be a sit-tight leader.

This was because one of his first major acts in office, for someone who campaigned on being shoeless and made tons of promises, was to complain about how short four years is to do any work. He then followed it straightaway by sending a bill to change the constitutional tenure from two possible 4 year terms to a single 6 year term. Since then the man has carried on like Aso Rock itself is the seat of God.

Nigeria needs to watch out and be prepared, especially with his aides making veiled threats if he doesn't get elected - [size=14pt]not only must we allow him to contest in 2015, we have to make sure he wins - otherwise all hell will break loose.[/size] Imagine that.

[quote author=Okiki_Oluwa]Hm! Something is fishy here. Rotimi should just thread gently.[/quote]

Keep hiding behind one finger with GEJ and cohorts.
Is Amaechi the only one with the obscene private jet among Nigeria's governors?
Doesn't GEJ's new friend Akpabio have a private jet?
I am sure that this is how they all violate Nigerian law because of their "power".
Including GEJ who allowed military aircraft to be used as transportation for private burials.

That being the case what we know for sure is that GEJ and Amaechi are having a political dispute.
And it is the same man who is, all of a sudden, having problems with Federal authorities.

GEJ is very wise in his own eyes.
It is very dishonorable to use the state apparatus to settle political scores.
In saner countries, the head of such a state apparatus will call such a man out in front of the nation.

Yeah, I am a disgrace to humanity...how do you even reply to such silly output of an unwashed mouth!!!

slimghost: And how sure are you that the pilot submitted the manifest? You see how fuvcked up your thought process is? Have you seen what hate and bigotry has done to ur brains? We have 2 conflicting stories here but because of your hatred for GEJ, you have choosing to believe the one that serves your interest. You are honestly a disgrace to humanity

You are mixing issues.
This is not about private jets or not but the excesses of those at the center.
Whether Amaechi did right spending Rivers state money on a private jet is another issue entirely - personally I think it is obscene.
And if anyone wants to preserve their freedom in Nigeria they better make sure to counter GEJ's increasing autocratic ways.

redsun: These animals flies private jets when they dont understand the concept of house carriage. Countless of nigerians are dying of malnutrition and scores on death trap roads everyday,while the gangster leaders are wasting the people's funds on private jets.Like monkeys that flies jets.

Seems you need glasses: "Construction started..."
This particular rehabilitation was supposed to take 10 months, but the govt. which GEJ was part of, stopped the momentum of work and was only forced to continue because OBJ made it difficult to stop. Now you are all here talking crap about GEJ's accomplishment without giving due credit to OBJ.

Sincere 9gerian: Look at this paid fool! So OBJ signed a contract in Oct 2006 and left office in May 2007. So what WORK was done? Show us any report of commencement and progress of WORK on the project. How much WORK was done within 6months before OBJ left in 2007? Why did OBJ suddenly wake from DEEP slumber to sign multitude of contracts 6months to the end of his administration? Even from the way govt runs in Nigeria, it normally takes more than 6months from signing of contract to mobilization to site to commence work. Fools can only deceive fellow fools. Nonsense!

And you are a paid PDP ant?

slimghost: That dude is a paid APC dog, so desist from trying to have a decent convo with him. All he understands are lies and cheap propagandas.

Mumu dey worry you.
Since GEJ did the work, why don't you show me the shovel and hammer he used to lay the lines.
It was neither GEJ's money or time or anything that personally belonged to him that went into the project.
He continued a contract that was already being executed, simple as ABC.
The project as planned by OBJ included the Abuja light rail, fast rail connections between Lagos and Abuja, among others.
GEJ gets praise for continuing the work, but he didn't start it and he has not improved on it either.

So keep your arrogant BS to yourself - nobody is buying it.
Show me indeed...why don't you show me shovel GEJ used in laying the rail lines - since we are deep into the absurd now!

You are fooling yourself, when you say the contract was not being executed with any soft loan.
The fact is that GEJ's govt. is spending most of the budget on recurrent items - like banquet halls for example.
Who born monkey? The govt. that was virtually collapsing and stealing funds from state allocations to pay petrol subsidies last year and is already arranging to borrow another $9 billion, most of it from the same Chinese.

The truth hurts the ear I know.

Sincere 9gerian: As certified paid ACN e-warrior, you should be ashamed of yourself for bringing up a SENSELESS contract that OBJ signed on paper after SEVEN SOLID years of running a COMATOSE govt. I understand perfectly that you'v been paid to diminish every achievement of GEJ, but so far you'v failed WOEFULLY.

I challenge you to show RESULTS of the paper contract that OBJ signed on the eve of his leaving office (2006). Of the $8billion, how much was released? What was percentage of WORK done? Its not enough for OBJ to sign contracts and place the BURDEN on his successors. He had 8yrs to WORK and achieve results.

Is it not hypocritical that the same paid ACN e-cockroaches that claim GEJ has not done much in 3yrs are here advocating that we should applaud OBJ for signing PAPER contracts 7yrs into his govt?

By the way, the Lagos-kano rail line was not rehabilitated with any silly loan. It was a PRIORITY project that was executed with regular budget and SURE-P. So go ask OBJ what he did with the soft or hard loan of $2billion. Did OBJ collect the loan before he left few months after signing the contract in 2007? Maybe he took the money to his farm.

Another slave !!!

slimghost: I thought Amaechi was a wise man, now look what the hunger for power has made him. RIP to your career Mr arrogance!

You people are born slaves.
This is your reaction to the obvious excesses of the megalomaniacs in power.
I recall how Beaf was all over here praising GEJ's excellent police for deporting Nigerians on their way to Abuja for no reason than they were members of the opposition.
No worry, let GEJ keep this up he is preparing his bed at kirikiri!!!

Billyonaire: Hahahahaahaha, You never start! When the masses are scrambling on how to catch a night bus to their destinations, Amaechi is going to Press to re-enact how his Jet was grounded. His he searching for love amongst the masses or the Presidency he cunningly runs parallel ? Your wahala never start. Learn from Sylvia and Alams. There are 2 entities you can not fight- The Gods and Government.

Name calling will not change facts - "ayi ara" to you too.
A bu'gi je

slimghost: @Manny4life
I don't understand why you guys still have time for born haters and die hard bigots. The best reply forr them is SILENCE. Ndi igbo si na adiro adi ibuo ayi ara!

Hhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm....

manny4life: Funny? Are you ok? Who said it was supposed to be funny? Seek help.

I'm not quitting my day job and even if I did, I'd come join you and your cohorts in propagating lies? Have you been drinking today?

Like I said, today is peaceful for me, carry your madness till tomorrow, and I will have your time.

Don't quit your day job, comedy is not your thing.
Was this supposed to be funny? Not laughing !!!

manny4life: Dude, don't let me get on your case this evening, this is a peaceful Sat for me, but if u want to play your sarcastic, sadistic and sick game, I will more than deliver what you're anticipating for.

You lost your bearing, nobody said GEJ did not do what he did.
If you can't comprehend what you read go back to school.
The statement started with "Kudos to GEJ...", but that doesn't mean he did it alone or is the king of the universe as would have us believe.

Like I wrote in my previous post actual construction started before the duo of Yar'adua/GEJ decided to suspend it:
"On 30 October 2006 President Olusegun Obasanjo signed a contract with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation [4] to modernise the Lagos to Kano railway line. This is the first phase of the proposed 3 phase line upgrade. The project has been split up into 5 sections namely Lagos-Ibadan (181 km), Ibadan-Ilorin (200 km), Ilorin-Minna (270 km), Minna–Abuja–Kaduna (360 km), and Kaduna-Kano (305 km). Construction started, but the project was suspended in 2008 following a dispute."

GEJ's administration simply completed the unfinished sections of this line - get your facts right.

manny4life: Isn't it amazing how good stuff is attributed to OBJ, when it comes to the bad, they will remember GEJ. As far as I'm concerned, if OBJ could not resuscitate Nigerian rail for 8 years other than paper contracts, then GEJ takes the full credit. People can no longer be deceived, the opposition has to do a better job in discrediting GEJ in other areas people are not conversant not this.

It is really hard to engage you people in any kind of reasonable conversation.
Seeing that you are paid - conflict of interest participants in the Nigerian project.
You people ride around here like intellectuals.
But your reasonings are pure instinct - like prize-fighting dogs.

Convince yourself of what you will - the facts are the facts.
The Chinese already started work on the railways rehabilitation projects, not just Lagos-Kano, before OBJ's tenure ended.
Even the article I posted showed that they were providing a $2 billion soft loan for the project.
Don't you find it contradictory that you find it so easy to separate OBJ's contribution to these projects and separate GEJ's role in the disaster presidency of the Yar'adua/GEJ duo.

Kudos for completing this part of the project aside, GEJ ought to be ashamed going around talking about rehabilitating railways that travel only about twice as a horse. Is that the transformation he promised?
You can't promise transformation, and then once you are in the chair point to repairs you are making to an unworkable system. That is not transformation - that is called "repairs".

I am out.

Sincere 9gerian: "Nigerian Federal Government has lifted a suspension of US $8.5 billion contract for the rehabilitation of Nigerian Railways"

Nonsense! I wasn't refering to PAPER award of contract. When did WORK start? How much was released under OBJ govt for the WORK on railway rehabilitation? What percentage of WORK was done before he left office in 2007. What was the RESULT?

By the way, OBJ was elected in 1999 how come he only woke up from a very DEEP SLUMBER to award contract for railway projects in 2006? What was he doing between 1999 and 2006?

In case you dont know, OBJ also awarded contract for construction of Second Niger Bridge among other contracts. Where is the Second Niger Bridge?

Also, if we even research further, every other past head of state must have awarded one railway contract or the other but the 'koko' is how much WORK was done and what was DELIVERED. Shagari, Buhari, IBB and Abacha also awarded railway contracts. But what was ACHIEVED? What was the RESULT?

Whether Yar Adua cancelled any contract is immaterial because OBJ had 8 SOLID years to do whatever he wanted to do. But the FACT is that the contract that finally brought RESULTS was awarded by Yar Adua in 2009
http://premiumtimesng.com/news/127684-the-return-of-the-lagos-kano-passenger-train.html?wpmp_tp=1
http://www.thesourceng.com/MoribundDecember312012.htm

I dont know when actual WORK started after Yar Adua awarded the contract in 2009 but those same contractors to which he awarded the Kano-Lagos rail line completed the work under the current govt.

Meanwhile, Lagos-kano rail line was not completed wit $8billion according to your report. Only N24billion was expended. Maybe the $8billion in your report also included construction of Lagos-Ibadan-Kano standard modern rail line. But that was also re-awarded late last year by the incumbent.

In conclusion, it is SENSELESS for OBJ to wake up from a VERY DEEP SLUMBER to award numerous contracts in 2006. After the award of contract on PAPER, who will PAY the money?

I try to be accurate when making historical comments about Nigeria. If you think I am wrong, you ought to do a little bit of research. Sometimes I will be wrong because these are generally writing from memory, but my memory about this kind of stuff is good. The fact is that OBJ met a lot of ongoing fire in Nigeria in those days and moved to address quite a few. You ought to know that I am not a big fan of Baba in his mode of administration and pandering to the north, but no one can deny that the man will lay down his life for his vision of Nigeria - although that vision is far-off from reality.

Now to the issue of what happened with the railways and in fact most projects that GEJ is commissioning these days. Most of them were started under OBJ - he completed many and handed over a veritable set of good ongoing projects to Yar'adua/GEJ. A classic behavior of the latter duo (probably just Yar'adua) once they took the reigns was to put a stop to almost all laudable projects of OBJ, not just railways, but also power and refineries, among many others. If you did not know, OBJ completed the sale of Nigerian refineries to Dangote and I think Otedola - these guys actually paid $800 million dollars into Nigeria's coffers and promised to add a new refinery to the existing capacity as part of the deal, I think. Mr. Yar'adua in his "wisdom" not only reviewed the sale but cancelled and returned the funds to these investors. Imagine that!

Evidence that OBJ started the railways rehabilitation project with the Chinese, how Yar'adua suspended it and then restarted it are provided to you below. When you read the bolded part you will notice that Yar'adua would have loved to cancel the entire thing - just like with the refineries - but OBJ had made it difficult to abandon. The evil that Yar'adua perpetrated after promising good governance and rule of law could be easily seen by his actions on power. When he suspended action on power projects, power plants were left at the ports to rot away - yet he had promised to declare an emergency on power in his first 100 days, those 100 days "never came" until he joined the ancestors.

The fact is that OBJ signed the contract the railways project and Yar'adua being a slowpoke slowed it down and then reversed himself. So yes, OBJ started it, Yar'adua continued it and GEJ finished it. GEJ must receive kudos for reversing his former boss' wicked attitude and seeing these projects to conclusion, but OBJ must receive praise for making it possible in the first place. Thank you.

http://www.afrol.com/articles/32206
Nigeria lifts suspension of railway repair contract
afrol News, 20 January 2009 - Nigerian Federal Government has lifted a suspension of US $8.5 billion contract for the rehabilitation of Nigerian Railways. In October, the government suspended the rail project awarded to Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) by former president Olusegun Obasanjo in 2006 to allow government to make a comprehensive review of the project.

[size=14pt]Minister of Transport, Alhaji Ibrahim Isa Bio, said the government had now decided that the project cannot be abandoned, saying it should be reactivated.[/size]

According to a statement signed by the Assistant Director of Press in the Ministry of Transport, Mr Kingsley Agha, the government's policy reversal came after five hours of meeting with the Chinese firm, CCECC, and the consultants handling the project.

Although the project has been widely critcised for its sluggish pace in rebuilding and rehabilitating Nigeria's single track rail line and also with officials accused of inflating prices, the team of experts and the ministry officials said the project was viable and of tremendous economic benefit to the country.

The government officials have said under the review, short routes such as Lagos, Ibadan, Kaduna and Kano with heavy human and cargo traffic would be adopted and completed in view of lack of funding, further indicating that rehabilitation would relief nation's busiest routes which are more effective for viable economy.

[size=14pt]The government has also conceded that under the review, the Chinese government was found to have shown goodwill by providing an initial soft loan of over $2 billion at the commencement of the contract, a gesture that Mr Bio said makes the contract not only diplomatic, but political in nature.

"Furthermore, the immediate past president Olusegun Obasanjo during a state visit to China signed a memorandum of understanding and endorsed the project making it very difficult to abandon without legal implications," he told local newspaper.[/size]

The team of experts agreed that while the narrow gauge rail tacks would not be abandoned, any new tracks would need to be faster and of conventional standard gauge rail tracks.

The minister assured the contractors that the Federal Government would demonstrate the political will, and provide the enabling environment and required counterpart funding.

Nigeria has a network of 3,505 kilometres of narrow-gauge single track lines, covering nine of the country's 36 states. Most of its 200 locomotives however, broke down long time ago, according to local reports.

By staff writer

Sincere 9gerian: "Kudos to GEJ for completing this rehabilitation of the railways that was started under OBJ"

When you say some of these LIES, you inadvertently damage the reputation of OBJ. You make it look as if OBJ governed for only 8days, not 8years. Was 8yrs not sufficient for OBJ to complete rehabilitation of already existing rail lines? Did OBJ start rehabilitation of the rails on his last day as president? I dont understand how some of you believe the LIES you tell.

POINT OF CORRECTION: the rehabilitation of the railways began in 2009 under the Yar Adua govt. GEJ became president in 2010 and continued all the projects. SURE-P gave all the railway projects boost in 2012. Even if you'r IGNORANT, Google is there to help.

Kudos to GEJ for completing this rehabilitation of the railways that was started under OBJ.

However, it is quite amusing to me that anyone would be jumping up and down about this, once they notice that it says a 125km trip from Kaduna to Kano takes 6hrs by train:"As the train chugged toward Kano on a recentApril night, some of the train’s security guards, plain-clothed policemen carrying AK-47s, stepped off the train in Kaduna, about 125 miles from Kano, or six hours by train."

[size=14pt]In other words we are rejoicing over a transport system that moves at about twice the speed of horseback traveling in use in ancient times.[/size]

At first I did not believe it when someone mentioned that the train trip to Kano from Lagos takes 35 hours!!!

As they say, time is money and Nigeria obviously enjoys frittering away time!!!

The story-tellers and praise-singers have started again. That's how Nigerians were sold the dummy of a Yar'adua. You should be ashamed of using his campaign for GEJ as a recommendation.

Mohdadutse: Sule lamido was a political icon since first republic, at beginning and up to date he uses non of this political demarcation of nigeria, people knows him as emancipator of the masses even in jigawa where he is serving a second term governor the called him “JAGORAN TALAKAWA“ he campaign for MKO when all the northern elites says no to him and same senario repeated itself during GOODLUCK case once he belive in you he will go for you no matter from where you are and whom you be.
Explaining the work of lamido i may just invite you to jigawa for a tour to see what he did in 5 years.

Ah ah you are missing the point. It is so he can start his 2015 plans in earnest!!! At the end of the day GEJ is simply succumbing to blackmail over his 2015 chances. As in 2011 so in 2015...but this latter story will turn out differently.

ZACHIE: Boko HAram debacle started full swing 3years ago.
President Jonathan wants it over with 3months away.
Because
Committees are magic bullet that solve everything.
No wonder they call him ...........(fill in the gap)

Typical...blame the messenger rather than the one actually writing shameful stuff...

[quote author=IGBO-SON]^^^You knew what you were doing when you posted this stinking shi/t! You seem eager to believe and post any rubbish that serves your aim of 'trying' to get one over on Igbos (or ridicule them at the very least).

If anyone expects a Fulani that's been involved in gov't patronage (together with his entire extended family of uncles and cousins) and amassed the bulk of his wealth by virtue of being in the corridors of power.....if anyone expects such a person to locate a multi-million dollar enterprise in Alaigbo, then that person must be high on some extra-strong igbo!; more so the dumbfuc/k that authored this shi/t, given where he's from.

Yarning all that stuff about locating industries based on sound economic/financial decisions doesn't cut it either; this is Nigeria, and parochial/ethnic considerations trumps all others.

The fact of the matter is that some people/s believe in this 'one Nigeria' insofar as it's favourable to their bank balance and guarantees economic security for them and their kinsfolk......that's as far as they're prepared to take it![/quote]

LOLing hehehehehehehehehehe....

eko ilee: http://www.punchng.com/opinion/why-is-dangote-neglecting-igboland/







smh.......

Pa Awolowo's hope would be for his successors to surpass his own achievements. In Yorubaland that is the prayer of parents for their children. Otherwise there would be no progress. Having said that, your question is not only redundant, it is divisive. Without Awolowo's trail blazing there is no Tinubu - and so a Tinubu or any other successor of the great sage knows where to send your question..the garbage dump.

doncartel: Yorubas please help me with this one. We non-Yorubas recognize only 3 Yoruba leaders in history- Oduduwa, Awolowo and now Tinubu. The first one is almost like God so he is unchallengeable. However there is now some confusion over the second and third. With the level of influence and momentum that Tinubu is pulling, people are now asking whether Baba Awo actually commanded such power and greatness when he was alive. I would like to know how Yorubas compare the two of them because most non-Yorubas are already seeing Tinubu as the return of Oduduwa

You have tunnel vision. What about the gatemen to whom you pay pitiance? Is that also making them real Nigerians?

Rossikk: ^^You just hate when I make Nigerians seem like the real human beings they are as opposed to the base caricature animals you wish to represent them as. Nasty creep.

So that is a reason to refuse to see what is staring you in the face? Not long ago GEJ boasted of receiving praise from Obama while Nigerians were lambasting him. Now that Obama has seen a different side and is speaking it holds no water anymore?

cheddarking: Ignorance of the Highest order.

The US has no permanent friends or enemies...Just permanent Interests.

They dont give a sh1t about Nigerian people...They only want Nigerian Resources.

That is the problem you have - everything is black or white for you. Nothing in the universe is - the preponderance of one over the other leads to a particular appellation. What experience exactly turned you into this?

Rossikk: You, a patriot? Someone better hold your ankles before you disappear completely up America's backside. Dumb asss kisser. Keep taking lectures from criminals and mass murderers in the US elite. By the way, could you explain why the US Supreme Court just last week absolved Shell of culpability for environmental devastation and torture of activists in the Niger Delta 20 years ago? How much did Shell pay the US judge? Care to ask Kerry and Obama?

The biggest hypocrite you'll ever see - this Rossik!!! He doesn't lose sleep over poverty because he is personally "developed" - see his post about tipping his gateman. I know his kind very well - knows nothing else other than to get paid for propaganda. Hence it is fight to finish when that contract is threatened. Selfish-kongo as we use to say back in the day.

ballabriggs: Stop that your nonsense of "84% of the world are developing nations". Of 186 countries ranked in the HDI, 94 countries belong to the high and very high end of the scale while 46 countries belong to the medium level. Nigeria in spite of its wealth belongs to the low level of human development.

Yes countries are developing but even among developing countries, some countries are progressing better than others. Why should Nigeria be among the low level developing countries?

Theft, greed and cannibalism against a nation.