₦airaland Forum

gidgiddy:
Yes, but is it democratic? Democracy is always about the majority

fkdmods:
No, but i am a big fan of history and psychology.

ki02020:
But it is most likely that the falsehood is from them

Alariwo2:
It's kinda new I get..
Buh we should consider past events too like the civil war.. surely properties were lost

I understand you paint a perfect scenario of how things should be but unfortunately the tension due to tribalism and religious differences won't pave way for that
you were an art student my best guess... scientists create scenarios and create possible solutions for them in the event of possible occurrence

Alariwo2:
why is it that you guys don't take criticisn too well

I'm only trying to let you know what's at stake cos I can see you're indifferent about the situation of things on ground

Do I even sound like an illiterate who doesn't know his left from right to you?
you don't even know if I can feed you... you just shout lazy cos it's a yoruba guy talking

quite unfortunate.. you really need to change your orientation

I wish you guys well in your struggle.. To every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

shalom!

TonyeBarcanista:
Indeed, the Indigenous People of Delusion (IPOD) are confused.


CAVEAT:
By Ipod I'm referring to those aggressive and bitter bunch of internet trolls and not the great Igbo nation.

Alariwo2:
A typical Ipod sympathizer

very naive, myopic and self centered

I don't think you understand the hatred you guys are attracting to urselves

it's just like a case of divorce... the wife can't stay in the husband's house any longer or take part in his daily life
Ghana and co. you said are not part of this union, so it's quite shallow for you to bring them in

ponder well well about it
ur beauty won't fade ever!

shalom!

Alariwo2:
the same her excellency? I've seen your fliers with corpers in Lagos here

so you bliv biafra will work? I laugh
hope you know ur stay and establishment in Lagos ends when you get biafra

Think about it... just like igbos won't allow outsiders so will others not let you stay

pazienza:
Agu nwanyi! Just saw your profile pic. Izuu ka eme!

Funnicator:
toothless dogs. Biafra is done and dusted. Nothing you can do about it. Disturb the streets with your nuisance and pay with your life, dare me.

IPOB123london:
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUBISH!

leave us alone

u hear

Funnicator:
Wail on. I'm only glad you guys have halted your Pro-Biafra protests, you have learnt it the hardway, enter street go protest again na make Police shoot your breast scatter. You guys have been rendered toothless and scared of protests.

Funnicator:
Voting in 2019 eletion signifies that majority of Igbo's still have interest and stake in Nigeria, with that, there will be no more need for referendum. UN is watching. Vote in 2019 and forget Biafra forever.

Sibrah:
see them . .

Every team serious about ‘change’ starts with a clear identification of the baseline from which it measures deviations/progress. Nigeria has had 16 uninterrupted years of democracy with the PDP controlling the federal government as well as majority of the states. APC is now in charge at both the centre and majority of the states.

A minimum standard for measuring ‘change’ is the extent to which APC government beats the record of the PDP in measurable terms. As the saying goes, if you can’t measure it, you can’t improve/change it!

Government must strengthen the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and preserve its independence to produce and publish credible national statistics. It needs serious funding. I really wish our policymakers can be a little less careless or casual about the use of official statistics. I criticised the last government for relying on ‘estimates’ by World Bank staff instead of the NBS statistics. When I hear the narrative so far in the media by the new government regarding the economy, I take it largely as the kind of ‘usual propaganda’ new officials deploy to show that their predecessors “did nothing” and therefore lay the ground for claiming that they are “doing everything for the first time in our history”.

Fortunately also, there are many people as well taking a hard look at the numbers and recording scores. At AfriHeritage, we are developing a template for measuring government performance.

As Nigeria has largely evolved into a two party state in a democracy, I prefer to frame the discourse on the baseline as ‘PDP’s legacy and the APC’s challenge’!
Since it is the practice to blame the PDP for every ill that befell our country in the last 16 years (and there are many of them) it is also fair to credit them with the positive ones.

According to data from NBS, one outstanding legacy of the PDP is that in 16 years it held sway, it more than doubled the GDP of Nigeria (indeed with average year-on-year GDP growth rate in excess of 6% over the past 12 years, the GDP actually doubled within the last 12 years. It met average annual growth rate of about 2% and raised it to 6-7%, led by the non-oil sector[/b]. Yes, non-oil sector, and the “diversification” reported in the recently re-based GDP happened within the last 16 years.

Will the economy more than double in the next 12 years under the APC? For me, if only the APC can double the size of GDP from about $550 billion to $1.1 trillion in 12 -16 years, and further half the poverty index, Nigeria will indeed be on course to be one of the largest 10 economies in the world by the end of this century.

As at 1999 when PDP came to power, Nigeria was largely a pariah state still lucky to have survived as one indivisible sovereign, especially in the context of the struggle by NADECO and restiveness in many parts of the country.

On corruption, Transparency International scored it 1.6 out of 10 and ranked 98 out of 99 countries in 1999. Nigeria was listed among four countries that were non-compliant on the anti-money laundering rules by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). We could not service our external debt and relied on stressful rescheduling, with all the intrusive donor conditionalities. Poverty was estimated at 70%, and unemployment at nearly 20%.

The 1990s will go down in our economic history as the decade of stagnation: when per capita income growth was zero. [b]Average oil price in May 1999 when President Obasanjo took over was $15.24 while stock of reserves was about $5 billion.

After 16 years, several challenges remain and some have even worsened (especially insecurity). Although President Jonathan’s regime had the worst economic management relative to the resources at its disposal, it must be stressed that tremendous progress was made in the aggregate 16 years of PDP government. Yes, it should have left more than $100 billion in reserves but left only $30 billion (still about six times of what it met).

We also wish that Jonathan’s team did not leave Nigeria with unprecedented rate of debt accumulation. But, according to statistics from NBS, the PDP handed over a $550 billion economy (largest in Africa and 26th in the world), with 7.5% unemployment rate (better than European Union, France, Sweden, Belgium, etc although the underemployment figure is much higher); 32%?? poverty rate (as claimed by the former Finance Minister, or 61%??: NBS needs to clarify this claim); a stock of reserves of $30 billion; GDP growth rate averaging 6% over last 12 years; a relatively more diversified economy, with ICT penetration from 0.2% to over 60%, and a new contributory pension scheme now with trillions of Naira in pension fund. Our external debt is down although total debt stock is escalating. Our Gini coefficient (degree of inequality) is not different from China’s. Nigeria has consolidated and stronger banking system that currently finances both government debt and the private sector, with a relatively vibrant capital market. The capitalization of the Nigerian Stock Exchange grew from less than N1 trillion to N12 trillion as at handover.

For the first time, Nigerian economy is now rated by credit rating agencies (Fitch, and Standard and Poor’s). Even on corruption perception, Nigeria is far better today than in 1999, and PDP created the two major anti-corruption agencies — ICPC and EFCC, and as at 2014 TI scored Nigeria 2.7 and ranked 136 out of 175 countries. PDP secured debt relief for Nigeria, thereby relieving Nigeria from the stranglehold of the IMF/World Bank policy conditionalities. APC does not have to negotiate with Washington on many economic policies. The list is long. PDP passed the 2015 Administration of criminal Justice bill, a perfect document in fighting corruption

The point therefore is that despite the fall in oil price, APC is starting from a much stronger base than PDP did in 1999 and the challenge now is to do far better. In the coming years, Nigerians will be asking APC to show us their figures!

http://oblongmedia.net/2015/11/20/baseline-statistics-what-is-the-apcbuhari-government-trying-to-change-by-proffesor-charles-soludo/

munas:
Do you know the job of the DSS at all?

Standing5:
You are clearly one of the ignorant. What did GEJ do to deserve those placards?

Standing5:
This is a result of ignorance that's deep within the system . . .

In a published tender notice, yesterday, the Service described the two aircraft-Dornier 288-101 model, with registration 5N-AUN and 5N-AUX, as unserviceable.

The sources, who claimed to have accompanied the Shell team to visit the site of the spill, said the export line ruptured due to old age, noting that it was the second section of the reopened line, which early this year was attacked by members of the Niger Delta Avengers.

“It is absurd for anyone to claim that this spill was a product of militants’ attack on the recently reopened line. As we speak, the people of Ogulagha Kingdom are swimming in crude oil. From what we gathered, the export pipeline has not been changed in the last 30 years since they opened it,” one the sources said.

The Chairman of the Ogulagha community, Mr. Solomon Prebor, who confirmed the breach, said it was not yet clear if the spill was as a result of militant attack.

It was gathered that military’s trail of the militants who carried out the attack was what led to the raiding of some Gbaramatu communities in Warri South West Local Government Area of the state.

aresssa:
1. Of what relevance is witness testimony in the presence of prosecutorial and documentary evidence showing where the funds came from and in whose account the funds landed?

2. Metuh and his lawyers were show concrete proof stating where the funds came from and till this very second, Metuh and his lawyers are yet to dispute this fact.

3. When confronted with facts showing Metuh and his lawyers where the funds came from, both Metuh and his lawyer agreed to return the money.






Find something better to argue over abeg..