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king sunny Ade song goes.......



kini n be nigbo ton dun mauru mauru

bi o pani., ko pani, bi ko pani ko madun mauru mo.

what is it that troubles/terrifies us
if it can devour us so be it,
if not let it refrain from this harrasment.

the historical fact behind the song was that a sound was been echoed by some trees around at night,
the sound was strange and terrifying, the elders after consultation was told the gods required nothing from them, they should seek solution themselves.
they decided to go to the bush to confront the devil, there they saw it was a wild beast. they killed it and feasted on it.



What am saying is nigerian problem is not spiritual.
solution is DIY.

was it habituate that confused you or what.
i only did a comparative analysis, why the cry?

truth is bitter

you can imagine nigerians adhering to these rules 28years back, we would have been the pride of africa.
Learn to habituate for a while, you'll be a good citizen.

"The Buhari administration identified indiscipline as the bane of the nation's ills and therefore decided to fight it in all its ramifications. Hence the pre-occupation of the regime was the launching of the different phases of the War Against Indiscipline (WAI) which has become a household word in may Nigerian homes. There were five phases of WAI, namely :-

a. Queuing (March 20, 1984)

b. Work Ethics (May 1, 1984)

c. Nationalism and Patriotism (August 21, 1984)

d. Anti-Corruption and Economic Sabotage (May 14, 1985)

e. Environmental Sanitation (July 29, 1985).



Other highlights of the regime include :-

1. The suspension of the 1979 Constitution in January 1984.

2. The dissolution of political parties and ban on political activities in January 1984.

3. The freezing of accounts of political parties and corrupt ex-political office holders in the Second Republic in 1984.

4. The trimming down of the country's Civil service labour force in 1984.

5. The change of colour of the nation's currency notes (except the fifty kobo note) in April 1984 to stop currency trafficking. The exercise rendered almost half of the estimated N6 billion in circulation worthless at the expiration of the change.

6. The deportation of illegal aliens on the 14th of April, 1984 and 9th of August, 1985 respectively.

7. The clamp down on economic saboteurs with the legal backing of the Miscellaneous Offences Decree No. 20 of 1984.

8. The launching of the Expanded Immunization Programme (EPI) in May, 1984.

9. The initiation of counter trade in Petroleum products in May, 1984.

10. The wrestling of a major concession from OPEC in 1984 to increase Nigeria's oil production quota from 1.3 million barrels to 1.45 million barrels per day.

11. The adoption of stricter austerity measures in 1984 and 1985 to further revamp the economy which include:

i. The closure of the Nigerian borders in January 1984 to stem smuggling.

ii. The setting up of taskforce to check bunkering as a result of expert's estimation of a loss of one million Naira a day under the civilian government.

iii. The slashing of the basic travelling allowance (BTA) from N 500 to N 100 per annum in 1984.

iv. The introduction of N 100 airport special levy for travellers going outside Africa.

v. The reduction of the home remittance for foreigners to 25 per cent in 1984.

vi. The abolition of the Approved Users Scheme, the General Concessionary Rates of Duty and the Compulsory Advance Deposit Scheme.

vii. The introduction of a new Customs Tariff, which reduced the range of import duties from between zero and 500 per cent to between 5 per cent and 200 per cent.

viii. The granting of import duty exemption to only twenty items including agricultural implements, air craft, fuels, lubricants, educational films, technical assistance materials etc.

ix The introduction of the Advanced Import Duty Payment Scheme.

x. The imposition of a levy on dormant companies.

xi. The promulgation of the Finance Decrees to amend the Income Tax Act of 1969.

xii. The halving of civil servants' leave entitlement in January, 1985.

12. The trial and conviction of ex-politicians who illegally enriched themselves or their political parties.

13 In 1984, Nigeria's recognition of the Sahara Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) on November 11, 1984.

14. The encouragement of substitution of imported raw materials with local raw materials to boost the growth of industries.

15. The encouragement of self sufficiency in agricultural food production.

16. The promulgation of a series of decrees aimed at revamping the economy and inculcating discipline. The most controversial being the Public Officers (Protection Against False Accusation) Decree No 4 and the Miscellaneous Offences Decree No. 20 of 1984.

17. The rescheduling of the nations's short term trade debts valued at over =N=5 billion and the subsequent issuance of promissory notes to the uninsured creditors.

18. The procurement of new Air Buses by Nigeria Airways in 1985 to boost air transportation.

19. The victory of Nigeria's Under-17 Team (the Golden Eagles) at the Kodak World Cup Soccer Competition in China in August, 1985."

he's wicked because of the policies he enacted during his tenure.
what of fasola now?

abeg which song be that

thats what you get when fools are in place of authority.
vote wisely

very good move.

my observation.
why dont nigerian state government share resources and information?
this was a perfected business project in kwara state.
waste of resource.

Why are we suffering politically.
Why have we too many half baked politicians?
Many have a foundation to lay their political philosophies upon, yet they falter.
In my simple opinion, their actions are deliberate.

i think the traditional leaders should fight for their position in the polity.
At least majority of them are now educated, they negotiated the amalagamation and signed the treaty before the elites came around.

before GEJ tenure, nigeria had 7 or8 oil marketers, a year into his presidency, nigeria had 140 marketers.
three quaters were portfolio bizmen.
GEJ all the way 2015.

the first creator of the wealth (father) might not reveal the secret to the son, hence the wealth dies with him.
so we dont have generational wealthy lineage.

Billyonaire: Private Jets are not much money compared to the funds that Governors loot and place in accounts of surrogates, so if you are a crusader of anti-corruption I doubt if there much you can do. The Bank EDs, The MOGs, The New Generation Musicians, and some Business Magnets are the surrogates of these politicians. Private Jet or not, you cant beat them cos they own the Police, the Army and even you sorry to say. If you can not beat them, you can only shout and cry and die, except you join them and change things from the inside out. Join a party today and change things from inside out. FRESH AIR!

POLITICS 101
you cant legislate against corruption.
Ask Farook.

in a country with mass democratic illiteracy you dont expect good governance when you have mediocres in place of authority

you left corruption on your keyboard.

Ayomax: u guys are yet to answer my question, wht abt born again kings we have in the bible? they were king and they served only one God. shey dey get two heads ni?

they had theocracy in israel which is a reflection of their religion, belief, and constituted their system of government.

we practice DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY

What crime did he commit?
which traffic rule did he contravene?

ODUA_NEGRO: DAWN must include Ondo State. .....it must!

We are talking about a forward progress for Yorubaland. The focus must be on the Yoruba people, not their political alliance. Here are some suggestions to the llanners

1. Political seat of any member state is not predictable and could shift in future. However, monarchy crowns are permanent and fixed to the land and the people. Monarchs therefore ought to have a primary role in DAWN.

2. Constitutional mandates can handicap a governor in his/her duty to the land and service to the Yoruba cause. Monarchs are immune and can operate outside the container to bring people together or to implement orders which the constitution would notallow to the executive of the state.

3. Mimiko is not Ondo and Labour party is not Ondo. I hope Mimiko continue to support DAWN as he has done in past and I believe he will. If he is disaffected by the recent political gang up against him and should therefore elect to stay out of DAWN, then he is entitled to do that but he cannot hold Ondo back from participating in our jointly owned commonwealth. The monarchs of Ondo must act to join in and move Yorubaland and people forward.

creating a true and thorough democracy.
oooo baje ti

i, me and myself

Obiagu1: Southern Nigeria is as shown in the map below. Anyone not in the area in blue is not a Southern Nigerian.



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you need to worry more about the people that changed your destiny and how you can take control of it.

thats his startegy exposing all politicians as corrupt. none is credible.

Usama binYamiri: A picture is worth more than a thousand words, but this "picture" is a still from a video of the Aburi Conference in Ghana at the start of the war.
I have seen the Video: Gowon was eating like a bushman while Ojukwu was careful not to eat anything.
Don't post misleading information!

ojuku's hand was in a returning for another round position.

the problem is leadership,
get it right and all other things will fall in place.

you are a DIY fictional historian just like you know.........

Obiagu1: ^^^
Sorry but you're out of your depth

if lagos state was treating or responsible for treating cancer patients, you will ask for a fastracking of the law.
in US and UK it cost the govt alot.
Get used to the law

when the slave stays with you for a long time, at the moment of a little fracas he'll call the ancestors to bear witness.

MILITARY REGIME OF BUHARI AND IDIAGBON

January 1984 - August 1985

T he demise of the inglorious second Republic under the leadership of Alhaji Shehu Aliyu Shagari, the First Executive President of Nigeria was brought about the total breakdown of law and order, and the apparent insecurity in the country arising from the bitter political wrangling generated by the 1983 general elections. The nation was moving dangerously in murky political waters and could have hit the reefs but the timely intervention came to her rescue.


The abysmal downward plunge of the already battered economy, the unmitigated corruption, greed, avarice, lack of public probity and accountability, hunger and abject poverty, and the aimless drifting of the ship of state



General Muhamadu Buhari

which characterised the last days of the Second Republic prompted the Armed Forces to strike in the midnight of December 31, 1983 and installed Major General Muhammadu Buhari (then GOC 3rd Division, Jos) as the new Head of State.

The Buhari administration identified indiscipline as the bane of the nation's ills and therefore decided to fight it in all its ramifications. Hence the pre-occupation of the regime was the launching of the different phases of the War Against Indiscipline (WAI) which has become a household word in may Nigerian homes. There were five phases of WAI, namely :-

a. Queuing (March 20, 1984)

b. Work Ethics (May 1, 1984)

c. Nationalism and Patriotism (August 21, 1984)

d. Anti-Corruption and Economic Sabotage (May 14, 1985)

e. Environmental Sanitation (July 29, 1985).



Other highlights of the regime include :-

1. The suspension of the 1979 Constitution in January 1984.

2. The dissolution of political parties and ban on political activities in January 1984.

3. The freezing of accounts of political parties and corrupt ex-political office holders in the Second Republic in 1984.

4. The trimming down of the country's Civil service labour force in 1984.

5. The change of colour of the nation's currency notes (except the fifty kobo note) in April 1984 to stop currency trafficking. The exercise rendered almost half of the estimated N6 billion in circulation worthless at the expiration of the change.

6. The deportation of illegal aliens on the 14th of April, 1984 and 9th of August, 1985 respectively.

7. The clamp down on economic saboteurs with the legal backing of the Miscellaneous Offences Decree No. 20 of 1984.

8. The launching of the Expanded Immunization Programme (EPI) in May, 1984.

9. The initiation of counter trade in Petroleum products in May, 1984.

10. The wrestling of a major concession from OPEC in 1984 to increase Nigeria's oil production quota from 1.3 million barrels to 1.45 million barrels per day.

11. The adoption of stricter austerity measures in 1984 and 1985 to further revamp the economy which include:

i. The closure of the Nigerian borders in January 1984 to stem smuggling.

ii. The setting up of taskforce to check bunkering as a result of expert's estimation of a loss of one million Naira a day under the civilian government.

iii. The slashing of the basic travelling allowance (BTA) from N 500 to N 100 per annum in 1984.

iv. The introduction of N 100 airport special levy for travellers going outside Africa.

v. The reduction of the home remittance for foreigners to 25 per cent in 1984.

vi. The abolition of the Approved Users Scheme, the General Concessionary Rates of Duty and the Compulsory Advance Deposit Scheme.

vii. The introduction of a new Customs Tariff, which reduced the range of import duties from between zero and 500 per cent to between 5 per cent and 200 per cent.

viii. The granting of import duty exemption to only twenty items including agricultural implements, air craft, fuels, lubricants, educational films, technical assistance materials etc.

ix The introduction of the Advanced Import Duty Payment Scheme.

x. The imposition of a levy on dormant companies.

xi. The promulgation of the Finance Decrees to amend the Income Tax Act of 1969.

xii. The halving of civil servants' leave entitlement in January, 1985.

12. The trial and conviction of ex-politicians who illegally enriched themselves or their political parties.

13 In 1984, Nigeria's recognition of the Sahara Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) on November 11, 1984.

14. The encouragement of substitution of imported raw materials with local raw materials to boost the growth of industries.

15. The encouragement of self sufficiency in agricultural food production.

16. The promulgation of a series of decrees aimed at revamping the economy and inculcating discipline. The most controversial being the Public Officers (Protection Against False Accusation) Decree No 4 and the Miscellaneous Offences Decree No. 20 of 1984.

17. The rescheduling of the nations's short term trade debts valued at over =N=5 billion and the subsequent issuance of promissory notes to the uninsured creditors.

18. The procurement of new Air Buses by Nigeria Airways in 1985 to boost air transportation.

19. The victory of Nigeria's Under-17 Team (the Golden Eagles) at the Kodak World Cup Soccer Competition in China in August, 1985.

theoretical knowledge