₦airaland Forum

raumdeuter:
What is your opinion about the subsidy thing and if you are president today what will you do about it

We have been kicking the subsidy stone down the road ever since and it looks like we cannot expect any meaningful development as long as we have subsidy

We have to keep kicking it down the road till necessary cushion are in place. Until electricity is stable to a large extent, fuel subsidy should remain in my own opinion.

Cost of fuel is associated with almost everything in the country, small fuel scarcity we know how prices of things use to skyrocket, now imagine fuel going from 180 to 750, price of everything will go over the roof with salary and wages remaining constant.

It’s the perfect recipe for chaos and anarchy.

The kind riot and protest that will happen once fuel subsidy is gone without the necessary cushion for the masses will be unprecedented.

Buying 400 due to scarcity is different from knowing you will be buying it 750 everyday. Everywhere go burst.

Itzlinda:
We are hoping Sunusi will be reinstated as an emir.

He won’t though. Both the Sanusi and the Bayero are both popular in Kano. No way the Gov elect will remove a Bayero just to please Sanusi.

O ti lor

airmark:
Man is still owing my brother over 13m for a contract done since 6yrs ago. Remove that Gandollar .

Na wa. If it’s the Kano State Govt that your brother had the contract with, it will make sense for him to start looking for ways to get in touch with handlers of the new Gov elect, the money will come out. New govt usually wants to start their tenure with some form of sainthood.

OasisX:
Mi o ni sọ ń kánkán.

Some people never learn lesson. They will tweet themselves to jail.

OasisX:


Betta Adu too cook during campaigns nah. Also she was formal commissioner for health in Cross River State.

I know she tried. Make she Dey manage the APC NWC for now. Her Oga Ben Ayade is not going to the senate so that’s Cross River slot already taken.

Moreover the health ministry needs total revamping, I don’t know her records as commissioner for health in Cross River but I’d rather we pick Prof Akin Abayomi. The man is born for that role.

OasisX:


Prof. Isa Pantami should be retained as Minister for Comm.

Raji Fashola should be retained as Minister for Works.

Dr. Umar Ganduje should be considered as Minister for Labour and Productivity.

Dr. Betta Edu as Minister for Health.

Festus Keyamo as Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Federation.

HE. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Minister for Budget and National Planning.

Which kind list be this sir?

You have someone like that Prof Akin Abayomi of Lagos, you wan use Betta Edu as Minister of Health. Respect yourself ooo 😂

Make Sanusi go sit down. No way Ganduje and Sanusi will be picked from Kano. Can never work.

Keyamo should go head NBC.

Ganduje should be minister for works.

Fashola won’t be made minister, he will be in the inner circle most probably Chief of Staff.

Election don finish, winners has been declared and losers dey court.

Make una relax

Walai na Roland17 cause this thing like this. 😡

This pitch is horrible.

KingTom:
So it's over then right?

Seems so. Normally Governorship usually get to Supreme Court but I think the new electoral act says Appeal Court should be the final appeal ground for governorship election. (I stand to be corrected)

Adeleke wins on Appeal

Today is Osun State Gubernatorial Court of Appeal judgement

GloriousGbola:
The heir to hundeyin

In the abroad they offer wheelchairs to aged people queueing in airports as a standard.

The author of the article knows this. But he also knows his audience are unexposed bumpkins so here we are.

I am forced to wonder how a wheelchair constitutes a disguise. Maybe next they will say cjn is wearing glasses as a disguise as well.

Funny thing is that Saharareporters are reporting that Tinubu is in France hospital.

Sahara and PG can’t even decide on which propaganda they want to run.

airmark:
@Larride, what is the economic reason behind that Kano to Niger republic railway project?

Trade.

Niger republic is a landlocked country, they route all their importation to Cotonou (If I’m not mistaken) and then use trucks to move it to Niger.

Lagos to Ibadan train has been completed. The Lagos end of the rail line has been connected to Apapa port, Ibadan government and the FG were suppose to develop a dry seaport (I don’t know the level of work on the dry seaport). Immediately after commissioning the Lagos to Ibadan line, work began on the Ibadan to Kano phase.

So the idea is to encourage Niger to import their goods through Lagos port and then use rail to move it from Lagos to Maradi in Niger republic.

OasisX:
Abia Workforce & months owed:

LG workers salaries (3)

ABSUT (13)

Health Mgt Board (13)

Secondary Schl. Teachers (11)

Primary Schl. Teachers (3)

Polytechnic Workers (30)

College of Education (29)

College of Health Sciences (5)

Pensions (30)

Source: NLC, Nov 2022

...... Congratulations to good people of abia once again.

Ikpeazu should be arrested by EFCC immediately his tenure ends and left to rot in EFCC cell without trial.

Nonsense.

Donjazet2:
As I said, change begins with us.
I don't get, are you for or against the notion that tribe shouldn't be the prerogative when it comes to electing leaders??
Because that would contradict your earlier stance which you declared.

Yes I agree that change begins with us but let’s start the change from the East first. Once any of the 5 Eastern state elect any Hausa/Yoruba/Fulani/Ibibio/Tiv as Governor, we will replicate same down West here. We are saying the same thing.

Thank you as you begin this enlightenment in the East.

Donjazet2:
Larride, the only currency we have here is our opinions. That's to say the only purpose of this place is to learn, unlearn and relearn. To educate ourselves on various things.

Yes, you are correct in stating that in Nigeria of today, it is very likely that someone of another tribe will likely not win governorship of a state outside his region but that doesn't mean it should be so.

The obidient movement has shown that if the people come together, something can be built out of nothing. The least we can do is lend out voices for the impossible to become possible.

So I personally wish that a day comes where a man of yoruba and hausa descent who is capable and competent of leadership and understands the terrain of Enugu state becomes the governor of the state.

Being a governor is only being a steward of the state for a given period of time. Tribe really shouldn't be the prerogative. Ibime could very well throw his hat into the ring for Mayor of London and boom, he's the leader of London tomorrow because he's lived there and understands the challenges of the place or at least I hope so. That is the ideal world.

What we on our parts shouldn't be is enablers or proponents of divisive rhetorics. We should all be liberals, willing to constantly change and move the world to an eve accommodating place. Not fighting for conservation of the status quo which equals stagnation.

So my very respected elder brother larride, I'm hoping your position too is that you wish to see the day an igbo man is the governor of yobe state, an hausa man is the governor of Anambra state, an igala man is the governor of Oyo state but that the common qualities of these men is that they are all technocrats with a desire to aggressively develop the states they govern and are deviod of corruption and filled with empathy towards those they govern. Am I making sense?

When you are through with this story, elect a Fulani/Hausa/Tiv/Yoruba man as Governor of any of the 5 Igbo states first and we will continue from there.

Ciao.

Theflint1:
Is it state of origin or region of origin?

That’s why Solomon Yayi represented Lagos in the State House of Assembly, House of Rep and Senate and went to Ogun West and still won election as a Senator.

We are Yorubas. We know who we are.

Donjazet2:
Thank you, let me also add to the bolded "contesting for offices". So why are you not applying that standard to Lagos?
Why all the dog whistling about tribe?

Now let me ask again more directly, do you have a problem with an igbo person who has lived most of his life in Lagos, in your own words, paying his taxes, Livng and working there, aspiring to be the governor of his state?

Do you have a problem with that?

Caveat; citizenship by birth applies for only presidency. That's why I included your children in the equation, asking of you think your children born there should have a right to contest for any leadership position.

I have no problem with any body that want to contest election. An Igbo man contesting election for the number number one post in any other place apart from Igboland will not win. Same way a Yoruba man won’t win governorship election in the East or win governorship election in the NW.

Igbos have been contesting for election in Lagos and have won election to the State house of Assembly in the same Lagos, so why exactly is your question.

It is only on Nairaland when you want to gaslight that you mouth “what’s the issue about tribe”. If you are Igbo and you want to become Governor, go to the East, if you are Yoruba, go to the west and if you are Hausa/Fulani and the likes, go to the North.

There’s a reason why we use state of origin and not state of residence.

izzou:
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No kind war wey Managing Partner no go cause[/color]

E no Dey ever calm down. 😂

PDPGuy:
Can the NASS override Buhari’s veto on the 19 constitution amendment bills as they can on any other piece of legislation that the president vetoes?

It was the NASS that pass those bills in the first place now. After NASS passed the bills, they sent it to the State house of assembly for concurrence (2/3 of the state house of assembly must vote for the bill to be passed) before it gets to the President for assent.

Donjazet2:
Larride I've been meaning to ask you directly.

If you immigrated to the US or UK, do you think you should have a right or say in how your new environment is governed?

Or put more directly, do you think yourself or your children should have any right to seeking for the topmost leadership positions of the state or country?

There’s a reason why in most country before you can contest for the topmost leadership positions, you must have been born and raised in that country. Citizenship by birth.

Of course if I migrate out of the Nigeria to any country, as long as I pay my tax, live and work there, I do have a say in our my environment is governing by voting for my preferred candidate that I believe with further my cause. It’s simple sturv.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]How to get away with murder is starting to bore me, abeg.

Suits remain a classic for me. I should go back and watch Harvey, Rachel, Mike and Louis Litt [/color]

You just got litted up. 😂

GloriousGbola:
anyways

as this is the thread where i waste most of my unproductive lie away

giveaway walkers are welcomed. preferably with space for 30 litre jerry can

help a struggling 70 year old

_please

Happy birthday Egbon. Many happy returns.

raumdeuter:
Why are the total gubernatorial votes significantly different from total presidential votes in many states

Different local complexities.

Zamfara for example that APC lost in the gubernatorial election, it was all due to Marafa.

Backstory, Marafa and Yari were in power struggle in 2018 for the control of Zamfara APC, some faction were loyal to Gov Yari while some were loyal to Senator Marafa. Both conducted parallel primaries but INEC recognized Gov Yari faction primaries, Marafa took the party and Yari to court. APC won the election but the Supreme Court nullified the primaries that produced the APC candidate under Yari and all the votes were voided. That’s how Mattawale of PDP became Gov of Zamfara even though he lost the election overwhelmingly.

3yrs later in 2021, Marafa and Yari reconciled and Mattawale joined APC so he can easily get the ticket and reelection since APC is the popular party in the state.

This is where it gets interesting, during APC primaries for the 2023 election, Dauda Lawal a protege of Marafa contested the primaries for the governorship ticket but lost to Mattawale as expected, so as not to rock the boat again like what happened in 2019, Dauda Lawal left APC for PDP while Marafa his mentor remained in APC.

The 3 musketeers Marafa, Yari and Mattawale all worked together for the success of the party in the Presidential election while Marafa was planning how to take the Governorship seat away from Mattawale. The rest they say is history.

I expect Dauda Lawal to move back to APC after inauguration.

Same scenario wanted to play out in Ogun State with Gbenga Daniels playing a spoil for Dapo Abiodun till Yayi saved him with Ogun West votes. The battle that will ensues between OGD and DA go sweet. 😂

Donjazet2:
Chai! What happened to the non tribal larride we use to know?
What APC doesn't corrupt does not exist.

Don’t quote my post to type nonsense.

obainojazz:
Their language is very different… I can’t pick anything they are saying. Ebonyi people probably understand central Igbo… not sure about that

Yes they do understand central Igbo (They called it anambra Igbo or so) but they usually switch to their own dialect once they want to gossip and they know you can speak the central Igbo.

I had plans to learn Igbo while going for Nysc, I abandoned the idea when even Igbos that we are serving together says they can’t understand Ebonyi dialect.

The only Igbo I can speak till date is Otutu Oma 😂
I don’t know if I even get it right sef

Ibime:
Electricity still needs to be created from something so whether states can afford to burn fuel to create it is another matter

In.our area, we have many oil wells that just flare off the gas while collecting the crude oil. I don't know what the Engineers would say about the feasibility of stopping these wells and restarting them, as they were not designed with the intention of extracting gas. However there is potential to create production zones around these wells where the gas is turned to electricity on the spot to feed an industrial zone created nearby. Then attract all those Aba boys to.come and start producing in these zones with the free electricity. Even mining power for Bitcoin miners sef on the assumption they produce more electricity than an Industrial zone can consume.

In other words, we don't necessarily have to fix electricity throughout the country, but can build industrial zones around the oil wells that currently flare gas. There are few near my village that are just burning non stop. One burns directly from the ground, just like hellfire.

I agree with you but I believe that substations and power plant can be invested in through PPP. My only prayer is that govt should remove it’s hands from the operation and let the companies charge their correct rate so they can run efficiently because the moment subsidy is introduced in one way or the other, everything will go downhill from there.

airmark:
They should stop serving what they can't take. Period.

Meanwhile, I served at Emene and one can link Abakaliki through there. When I wanted to try and visit Ebonyi for fun, some Enugu people around me advised me not to go that Ebonyi people are thieves and dangerous. I don't know why other Igbos dislike them that much. They even called them cannibals.

I served in Dave Umahi hometown (Uburu), the people are lovely except when you go close to their women. 😂 Corpers don show their ladies pepper so their guys were a lil overprotective.

I think Ebonyi Igbo language is also different from the normal Igbo language, if I remember correctly Uburu and Okposi, the town close to where I am speak different version of the language and they are both in the same local govt.

Their woman are so hardworking and surprisingly it’s their men that are lazy (at least those I come in contact with in the town I was posted to)

airmark:
An Igbo guy almost got me jailed years ago as I ignorantly helped him, not knowing he was into crime. That still didn't stop me from associating with good ones among them.

One of my best years was spent in the east and I have gone there multiple times after my NYSC.

They should check themselves, Yorubas don't hate them but their I-Before-Others moves, that know no boundary.

There are good and bad people in every tribe likewise we have the reasonable and the extremist in every tribe also. I did my Nysc also in Ebonyi and I think I’ve shared my experience on NL before. It was a mixture of good and bad, just like everywhere had it’s good and bad.

I have no issue with any tribe whether Igbo, Hausa or Ibibio like Disstroy

What I will never agree or accept is calling Lagos a no man’s land. That nonsense must stop.

GrammarNazi1:
Those guys are idiots.

They be saying a Yoruba person from another state apart from Lagos is not welcome in Lagos?

They think this is South East?

Delusion.

Na grand delusion from Spy.