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I am really scared for Ghana because when Nigerians start praising a soccer team to win a match, they usually lose woefully in the end. so please guys stop with the chronic optimism and be objective. may the best team Win

The Word of God is not Free, He paid a huge price for it so you better dig deep into your pockets and cough-up the dough.

The rumors are linking him to West Ham not Man.U

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Sagamite:
I can't see any solution proffered in your statements

Believe me, the solution to Nigeria's problems are not as simple as the problem itself, unless of-course, you have figured it out and refused to share.  

The generality can agree that the simple problem is CORRUPTION and proffered solutions have ranged from
1: Make your own little contribution and the effect will amount to something (i.e if the majority is like-minded)
2: Knowledge-revolution: some geniuses figure that Africa's leadership problem is borne from the fact that they do not know better (with all the Harvard degrees peppered across the continent) and youths especially aggressively spread the message of how a sustainable institution will make for better governance and how peaceful protests and leveraging on the justice system will impact deeply on this initiative.
3: Make your vote count: Become Politically-sensitive and active in whatever level you find yourself and with time a consensus that cuts-across ethic, religious, social and political boundaries will grow to challenge the problem of electoral inefficiencies   (that one always hits home)
4: Do your best within a corrupt institution regardless (as Fashola is obviously doing)

At the risk of sounding cynical (aren't we all these days), the above solutions are nothing new and have been around for centuries , I can confidently say since the passing of Military rule most have been tried,so why does the problem continue to grow like a well-fed cancer?


I'll give you my take
1: Corruption has created aggressively-protected boundaries and Federal Institutions (Ethnic, Religious, Social and Economic)
2: There is no National Ideology (forget Soccer or Great People,Great Nation) that provides a unifying element (well,  living in poverty is fast becoming a rooted ideal)
3: The powerful elements of politics and society will ensure that corrupt institutions are maintained and sustain to continue to feed the cancer of corruption well before the idealists can gather enough momentum to curb or fix the problem of corruption. (why it seems most worthy projects are bound to fail or fails ignobly in Nigeria   )

As for a solution, I have none that is gunshot-effective but an analogy of mine. (PISS WATER)
Pouring clean water into a glass of piss might make it drinkable, but it does not make it clean water or safe to drink.


There is no single solution but a fit of several solutions covering several facets of society
Here is a Political Solution i made earlier (obviously too challenging for the OP to sustain,  sadly)

Re: How Can Nigeria Get A Leader With Vision And Integrity
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=451346.msg6093726#msg6093726

Not that I am averse to starting small, like they say, little drops of water make a mighty ocean but for me that approach will take years to start having an effect (if it is not killed-off quickly by the current crop of corrupt leaders). Very few doubt the good-works of Okonjo-Iweala despite rumors of poor governance and corruption issues. She put her foot down and did what had to be done to spur immense economic reforms whose impact can still be felt today, but what happened when OBJ started eye-ing 3rd term in Office? He disgraced her out of office together with Oby-Ezekwesili. The government of the day will always hire good hands to keep the wheels of this country's greatest revenue generation engine going. (Crude Oil) but when it is time to start stealing, they simply disgrace you like they did to Nuhu Ribadu.

A Leadership Revolution has to occur and it has started in different forms with angry voices who say NO MORE!! to bad governance and corruption. but there are key issues that must be addressed regarding the building of foundations that will support such a massive revolution.

1: Political Awareness
2: Ethnic Friction
3: Religious Friction

When we have fully addressed the imbalance in the above three issues, we can now approach the issue of True Leadership with the assurance that we have become an Irresistible Force of Nature, embracing all that is intrinsically good and crushing supposedly immovable objects like corruption and poverty  Grin (I mean that)

Political Awareness

By far the most important of all issues that we must address. Since the coming of Democracy with the death of Abacha, Nigerians have come to the realization that politics, especially on the national level can no longer be ignored. As important events force these issues into our lives we in turn are compelled to discuss them. This is where the problem starts. How many times have you tried to have an intelligent political conversation with a friend, fellow worker or family member only to discover that two of you are talking on completely different levels? What starts off as a well intended interaction quickly devolves into a struggle to avoid insult or seriously offend.  Nairaland Political posts bear conclusive evidence to this statement. We argue so much that the goal is lost in argument and the wrong mindset is developed, fed and maintained so much that people now have expert knowledge of political situations they have not heard, seen or experienced in their entire lives.  Sad
We must stop and correct this mistake NOW! by recognizing the various levels of Political Awareness and educating ourselves and fellow revolutionaries.

Level 1. Political Illiterate – A person who is politically illiterate might know who the President is or perhaps the Governor of their state but that’s usually about it. They don’t watch the news. They have no knowledge of the issues and don’t know the difference between a PDP, AC, LP, APGA etc. This person does not vote or even care to vote. They are not necessarily poor and un-educated, they simply do not care.

Level 2. Politically Misinformed – This category is for those who have latched onto an extreme sect, an emotional issue, a movement or a charismatic personality. They are often dogmatic about their views and prefer partisan rancor because they would lose an objective debate. They often know little if anything about other perspectives. They have a slow growing awareness of politicians but are primarily focused on those they dislike. While this person might be passionate and loud about their views, they are also often hypocritical when it comes to the practice of these views. Politics is a stylish walking stick for them. So in turn this person will usually claim to vote but often does not.

Level 3. Politically Informed – This is probably where most voting Nigerians lie. This person knows who some of the government officials are, they know some of the issues and can tell the difference between various parties and their candidates (and God-fathers) They might be strongly motivated on one or two issues. They might pick their candidates based on personal appeal rather than party affiliation. They lean towards stability, moderation and bipartisan movements. This person votes in almost every general election.

Level 4. Political Activist – This individual gets involved. Here you have a person with a good grasp of the issues, who can recite the details of sects within each party and has worked on at least one election. This person reads books about politics, keeps up with the daily news and might write articles or a blog with a political hook in it. They have a preference for direct contact and search for an abundance of information wherever possible. They learn how to build coalitions in order to advance their agendas. This person knows who all the candidates are and votes in every election.

Level 5. Political Expert – At this level the individual is the one making the news instead of following it. The expert might work in government, knows all the issues, knows all the candidates and power players sometimes personally. This person is likely to have worked in many elections. They understand the language of diplomacy (and thuggery) and can strategize with institutions and the grassroots communities when necessary. They can, show sensitivity to different viewpoints and hidden agendas. appear on talk shows, they might write political books and their opinions carry weight in the political community. They always vote and do so publicly.

We must identify each levels of deficiency in Political Awareness and strive to move into levels 3-5 where the impact of our activities have a strong import on the Political landscape.

Ethnic Friction

Nigeria is an ethnically diverse nation and each ethnic group is vocal about its representation in the various spheres of national governance and leadership. Being politically vocal is different from being politically active, once again the issue of Political awareness comes into play the wrong way. Being ethnically diverse should not cause us to lose the importance of a united national ideology. some for example view PDP as a group bent on devouring the economic resources of this nation. While PDP may have embraced political ethnic diversity unlike most stronger parties. The question of ethnic origin and claim often results in the absence of true leadership due to the fact the the political region on which such a candidate chooses to launch his political ideology is largely controlled by an ethnic majority that he does not belong to.

We must strive to recognize that ethnic rivalry in politics only creates a distraction allowing corrupt political elements to forge ahead and claim electoral victories they would not ordinarily have been able to claim. There are true Igbo Leaders as there are True Hausa Leaders and Idoma Leaders and Yoruba Leaders and so forth. Buba Marwa was loved by Lagosians as much as Fashola was and he was a Hausa leader nonetheless. We must recognize leadership qualities regardless of the ethnic ties or origins a politician belongs to. Once we can rise over this key challenge, we can begin to build a truly de-tribalized political base for a united leadership revolution. Political thieves that revel in corruption have no tribal reservations. the only tribe they know and belong to is CORRUPTION

Religious Friction
With a population of over 150 million people, Nigeria is the world's 6th largest Muslim nation and the 3rd largest Christian nation in the world. such numbers on the political arena is not take lightly. With such an enormous political potential, it often comes as a disappointment when the two major religious groups have very little in terms of lobbying power in the nations political machinery. Rather Religious energies are diverted to genocidal conflicts that only serve to divide a largely united group across political and ethnic lines (further creating animosity and aversion to diverse political ideologies) ODUUA vs AREWA, NDI'GBO vs. ODUUA, IDOMA vs TIV etc no one needs a sore reminder of all the religious and ethnic driven clashes in Nigeria in recent times  Sad very few politicians even consider religious groups as important in their agenda Imagine that!! Angry

We need to recognize that our unique Religious affiliations presents one of the largest and power-groups very few political platforms have access to and we have failed (disappointingly) to apply that potential into influencing the political landscape.

FIFA came to that decision to spice up the diversity of World Cup Teams and present some sort of representation globally.

Africa and African Teams are rich with talent (that is not in doubt) but have failed to consistently live up to her expectations. but the same can be said for European, Asian and South American teams, performance has slipped gradually and the World Cup is not as enthralling and pregnant with excitement as it used to be, Howmany still remember Italia 90, I can vividly remember the Finals till to this day or USA 94 or Atlanta 96 from there on it has been downhill.

Yes Africa has made a hash of the slots, It even looks bad because our usually adept North Africans also paled-out early.  

I am thinking 4 Slots to shoot-up the in-continent competition  

It never fails to itch my senses when I get a lot of surprise and shock from the generality of Nigerians when something of this nature happens.  

We are like children who will follow a candy-holding stranger into a shrine and be shocked that he is trying to kill us.

We will never learn, which is the simple fact that corrupt leaders know about Black Africa, We simply wish to re-visit history over and over and over and over again.

If your child comes home with a friend who smokes, would you not question his morals, or would you accept that it is not a bad influence. GEJ has surrounded himself with inherently questionable characters since the yaradua chronicles. and yet we praise the progress of democracy in making sure he sits tight.

Let us come back here in JUST 2 years and we'll all be spitting and vomiting the name Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and perhaps start looking to the next corrupt leader for salvation

Is this project aligned to a National plan, What happens when the Federal Government launches its own Biometric programme?

Soon, we'll have Local Government ID Cards, School ID Cards, State ID Cards, National ID Cards, Club ID Cards, Tax ID Cards, Drivers ID Card, Human Being ID Card and Business Owner ID Card.

It comes to me as a painful discovery that when governments take on such worthy projects, you often notice the poor depth in planning that has gone into it, making it a sure bet that it will not live to see its true purpose. CHAMS is waiting the wings for the 4th FAILED National ID Card scheme I'll bet

Anointing oil is just the placebo miracle workers used in the past to enhance the beliefs of its followers, ceremonies, rites and rituals all serve one purpose, enchant the followers. It has not special effect, you can heal anyone without handkerchiefs, holy water or oil. faith has no physical amplifier.

Just false prophets and worldly thinking

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It will help a lot of humans accept things for what they truly are.

Prayer is simply a self-directed form of hypnosis, you say it long enough and you will start believing it.

Which is why Prayer is often unsuccessful at stopping Murders, genocides and the inevitable loss of the Supa Chickens at the World Cup

Soooo in order to curb crime i.e death threats to politicians and smooth operation for MEND and kidnappers, Telcos should register their SIMS to the owners. How does that work exactly, when a criminal makes a call they can look up his fake name and fake address

The importance of SIM Registration is not lost to me, but to say that it will go as far as preventing or curbing crime is another incredulous matter.

But we all know how such things can be pivotal to surviving 2011 re-elections

[size=15pt]10 Reasons why Many Churches do not grow[/size]

1: Colorless Origins of the Pastor's Ministry: A story like driviing for miles without gas in your tank is stuff Moses used on a whole nation way back then in Egypt good for pulling-in the spiritually dis-franchised crowds
2: Following Christian Dogma teh catholics have tried it (still at it) and look at where it has got them, empty pews and a slew of pedophilia charges
3: Preaching Repentance and Salvation Now one likes to be told he/she is a sinner, they want to do it themselves at their own pace. but they will sure love to hear how you got so rich being a man-of-mammonGod and all. So preach prosperity for sinners and believers (God is infintely merciful and hell is not for members of this church
4: Weak Branding Branding is important (No arguments there) take a good look at Pastor Kris and TBJ to see how their respective branding has impacted their ministry
5: Weak Marketing (Evangelism) No arguments there either, you must deluge your target with Miracles, Seminars, Deliverance Sessions, Pregnancy solutions, Marriage solutions etc
6: Preaching Hell and End-times prophecies No one wants to hear the bitter truth, stick with the message of prosperity
7: Chauvanism in allocation of administrative roles: Women cana ne in on the game too
8: Weak Profit Models: A regular stream of funding-hungry projects like Jet-4-Pastor outreach, Experience 4, New University for Rich nin-members etc
9: Union or Memberships to Christian Associations The isolated you are, the better for your ministry, PFN and CAN membership does not add crowd to your church or money to your pocket
10: Over-dependence on the Holy Spirit: He is tired of people listening to the voices of competing pastors, so stick with the program; less Gospel and More Church

These are the 10 COmmandments of Building a Good and Fast-Growing Church

I Swear if Seun can produce an Icon for slapping people on nairaland, i'd use it 90% of the time.

The same nairalanders who were putting up all sorts of analysis how Lagerback has so much improved the rag-tag Super Eagles and how we were going to impress Africa at the WorldCup, now chewing their vomit saying h is s.hit-4-brains.

There are no bitter lessons so bitter that they would instantly or gradually become innovative, pro-active or efficient.

The Institution of NFF was created for one purpose only and that is prolong corruption via soccer events, whether we host it or participate, the amount of funds put into it does not impact on the eventual performance.

It is not a case for mis-management or poor-education or lack of international exposure. it is simply corruption and it won't change anytime soon

We will all be judged whether we are righteous or not by man, demon, angels or God.

Judgment is inevitable be you a Man-Of-God, Pastor, Evangelist, Prophet, King, Anointed or Disgraced.

All Will be judged in the measure of their righteousness.

So stop spreading the deception because it has lost its power to deceive any longer

Oh My Fcking GOD!!! the level of ill-logic and suspended beliefs will never end. OMG!!! 

So let me ask you, let a man like Hitler be born, kill millions of Jews and cause wars across the world ending millions of other lives.because of what, he is playing poker with the devil and was just not showing his hand because he has plans in the future that we will thank him for it later.

Let me guess,in his omnipotent wisdom created the Devil even when he knew what was going to happen so he could cause the flood and kill millions just so Noah could build his Ark.? At least I can understand the Devil's intentions and modus-operandi. God on the one hand does not seem to exists with all these his mysterious excuses.

reminds me of a joke about a fight on a bus where a passenger proceeds to punch the conductor several times in the face as people wondered why the usually violent conductor was just prancing about. in exasperation they asked, Oh boy wetin you dey look, throw one blow naow!! to which he relied. Mon shadow ni? (I am shadowing him)

Give it up. God is doing nothing cos he cannot do anything but watch helplessly

King Kanu, at long last, now you can face the remainder of your football life on worthy projects like grassroots projects to discovery new young talents and Kanu heart foundation.

Bless you Papillo,

can someone still hook me up with this chic, I am straight out going to be a MAGA and cough-up the dough to pole-dig this chic, but i am a bit concerned cos her big-ol booty is looking retarded these days

[size=30pt]GAY POWER !!!![/size]

guys, why make God an overly complex cosmic entity just because we cannot figure out why he has a mole on his nose, It becomes a divine mystery only to be believed without question.

Tolulop001:
So? why is she telling us what we already know?

Because when Nigerians hear a lie over and over and over again, they accept it as truth. even nairalanders are fond of accepting lies hook line and sinker. so why not tell us again

I tried it, and guess what, my angel is doing PP for some other person. i must have him sacked immediately. imagine that, something Demons will do for absolutely nothing but your soul

What I found amazing was the high number of unmarried beautiful, working-class, big booty chics, what I will give to be unmarried for a day

I wonder why you even waste your braincells listening to False Preachers of teh endtimes, Jesus died so you could access heaven and God Directly and by reading the Bible not taking psychic cosmic blasts from the fingertips of some Juju-fied pastor

singing,
Prayer is the MASTER KEY (3)
Jesus Started with prayer and ended with Prayer
Prayer is the Master KEY

That relligious tune is burned into my memory from years of Sunday school

he is only human, don't blame him

In the End-times there would be soo much spiritual delusion that even the intellect will be deceived. are your fruits the same as Jesus or you all are just being fashionable Christiana

is having carnal knowledge (s.EX) with beautiful big-bootied black women in your dreams aspiritual attack? because if it is then i have been spiritually devastated

waladis:
[size=15pt]THE STORM IS OVER AND EVERYWHERE IS NOW PEACEFUL, WE ALL CAN NOW RETURN BACK TO OUR NORMAL LIFE[/size]

YOU BET UR A.RSE WE ARE

[size=15pt]YOBO!!! WHERE IS ALL THE BLOOD AND WAR YOU PROMISED.

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love it when sanity meets chronic optimism