₦airaland Forum

Islam is not a religion created to live in peace with others, i dont know why morons like obama and hilary fail to understand that. Islam normally forgets there are other religions, why do you think there are countries with names such as 'Islamic republic of ..,' have you ever heard any other religion been mentioned in the name of a country?
Mohammed commanded them to either kill the unbelievers or convert them by force so why are people not getting it? I can assure you that in no distant future law school will be bombed

kings09:
Christians n traditional worshippers beta get ur robes n cowries ready if dis hijab of a thing is finally allowed by d NBA.

Muslims want fight for fight, they ll get it.

NBA should just be ready to receive choir robes n amadioha uniforms.

Nigeria is the only country where illiterates are louder than informed people. So Nigeria is the second richest country in Africa? So it is GDP that's used to calculate wealth of countries? Have you heard of GDP per capita? Google it first then go back to school before coming back to write rubbish like this. NIGERIA IS NOT EVEN IN THE FIRST 15 WEALTHIEST COUNTRIES IN AFRICA and due to our gullibility even Jonathan did not know it. That's why the state governments and politicians are stealing the country blind because they think Nigeria is a rich country. Nigeria is a very very very poor poor poor country EVEN WITHOUT STEALING FROM US. You youths better get your head straight otherwise you have no future in this hopeless country

NNAMDI KANU CALLED ME A HUNGRY SLAVE RESIDING IN LAGOS AND I HAVE FOUND THE NEED TO TELL MY STORY AGAIN FOR RECORD PURPOSES. I WANT NNAMDI TO TELL HIS OWN STORY TOO. PLEASE READ THIS:- JOE IGBOKWE

This is Joe Igbokwe's story. Now let's hear the rabbi's story if there is any.

source: https://web.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=320057041755018&id=100012521742051

akwa ibom, queer people, mostly confused in the head

GeneralOjukwu:
I once had a policy of not giving able-bodied beggars anything because begging is rare where i grew up.

When i started working in the North, i couldn't take it any more. There are scores of child-beggars on EVERY street corner.

Irresponsible parents who are just heartless. Please don't mind the parents' foolishness, help them when you can.

YES, ,most are able-bodied and begging is a culture in the North, but give your widow's mite when you can afford it

as u are giving they are giving birth to more children just to outnumber the south or Christians. if u check that child now he dosent know his parents he only knows the imam who tells him he's hungry because of buhari ir Jonathan. more than 90 million nigerians are useless and shouldn't have even been born but of course its too late to talk that

and the foooolishness continues

no wonder Jonathan ran the most stewpid govt in history, with other buffoons like reno omockery around him how would he have done well? my dog has as much sense as reno omockery

SalamRushdie:
No matter how we try to mask this it still is a fallout of the poor leadership of General Muhammadu Buhari who early in his govt set in place poorly thought out haphazard play to the illiterate zombie gallery economic and vendetta driven policies which scared away further Foriegn Direct Investment and stimulated a capital repatriation stampede which saw many multi national stealthily pullout over 60 billion dollars worth of capital, gross turnover and PPTs right under the nose of a clueless Buhari ..The truth is that Mubadala pullout is reflection of the vote of no confidence most investors , business majors , multinationals , IOCs, SMES and every day Nigerians have since passed on this ghastly mistake in governance headed by no other than the visionless Muhammadu Buhari ..God bless Nigeria I hope we have all learnt from our mistakes

so gej and his band of looters were better and ran a good economy? u must be a very very stewpid fellow if this is really ur opinion

AngelicDamsel:
I don't know maybe its only me, but from news and blogs I've been reading recently, more armed robbery attacks happen in Imo state .......




No offence meant

ibos from imo mostly like high life with no vlue how to work for it, they not like regular ibos that desire to be a merchant, yes many armed robbers are from imo

this is the normal formula of the Islamic world, remember when al shabab slaughtered non muslims in a mall in Nairobi dome yrs back? Aljazeera quickly amplified the story of a heroic muslim guy who allegedly saved many lives even though it was a lie! this is the same principle at work here now and just watch it's going to work on mumu westerners and hillary Clinton followers. Quote me in a few days time investigations will reveal a muslim put fire to that building, just watch, wicked outdated religion

trigonometry:
But when a Muslim commits an atrocity it is news worthy right? There are no bigger hypocrites than u despicable people.

so if shekau kills and says allah ask him to do it as all terrorists say, u expect people to say they are lying abi? u expect people to say it is another religion? Anyway even this news is a lie, normal Islamic propaganda machine

juman:
More than three billion dollars was spent upgrading their rail system.

Borrowed money from china.

ours is equally borrowed using counterpart funding meaning we borrow about 90% of the money and we contribute 10%. but gej ended up with 1970s trains

seunmsg:
Insulting me won't change the truth. There can never be a peaceful breakup of Nigeria due to the desire of contending units to control areas blessed with resources. So, make no mistake about it, it is going to be a war of resources. America goes to war in far away countries just to protect their interest (resources). It is a legitimate war that no amount of blackmail or propaganda can stop. You guys are either ready to fight it out this time around or stop toying with what you cannot finish before it is too late.

Nigeria will divide no matter what anybody does, am igala from kogi and am telling u to take that to the bank

Miles300:
If only u know the damage the western world has caused this folks , u just sit at home and type wat u see on tv ! Terrorist is a cancer , just imagine a child who lost all his family wat do u expect of him wen his grown ? Hate and revenge !

what brought the west into that fight in syria? who were those shouting that the world looked on while Asad slaughtered citizens that opposed him? who were those shouting then that the west was wicked not to send intervention? the same old and tired excuse for Islamic hate which is the only thing Mohammed the pedophile could teach his moronic followers

Origin:
Sentiments!!!!!. How will this bring people closer to God. How will stabing people randomly be a fight for God ( do you know ANYBODY could be stabbed).

This people are fighting for something just because they may be Muslims does not mean they fight for God. Because not every Christian that kills, robs or maims is doing it for God.

So people who have sense should THINK.


Ted Bundy, Hitler, the Unabomber etc are all Christians who murdered hundreds of people. Do you think they did it for God and did it stop them from praying to God.

have always heard this stewpid and illogical line of reasoning by koranic school products. so the unabomber called the name of christ before blowing people up? or hitler said he was killing people to promote christianity? what a demented fooool muslims are after reading the koran, no wonder u cant stop bombing other people

op am a man in my forties with all mannee of experiences and am telling u not to fool yourself as i saw a woman do before. am not saying cheating is right but common cheating just once and after which u stopped on your own accord is not as evil as u make it sound pls. and pls dont be too sure your husband has never cheated, i repeat: dont be too sure! from your obviously naive upbringing you have no idea how sex goes around. Keep your naive mouth shut otherwise you will be back here to ask for help not to commit suicide if you confess to that your husband. if you are employed get busy, if you're not go and get something to do. and stop going to only church, get involved in the real life, church going is a veil but let me not tell u the crap i see that church is. and lastly u might be suffering depression as an ailment, go and see a doctor

Nigerdeltaboi:
I support this , I also think Osita chidoka will make be a great President

osita chidoka? of all the good and credible easterners u chose chidoka? a known criminal?

maj007:
Sambo Dasuki is a xtian Anambra State?

Sule Lamido is a Jew from Abi State?

Putting an end to ethnic and religious bigotry is the only way for us to move forward.

they are exceptions, Dasuki will suffer as long ss Buhari remains. Lamido is the way he carry pdp for head. and why do u think fulanis kill fearlessly? Go and ask those that have reported Fulani to the authorities before

jericco1:
At the end nothing will happen to him.

u got it, muslim hausas dont go to jail

brainpulse:
This is too bad. Monies meant for communities to benefit from, monies for infrastructural and social amenities were diverted for personal use is a sin before God and humanity.

But what will you say, when their people are happy that they are deprived of these amenities and the thieves among them are celebrated for stealing their common wealth, have access to good life and health facilities outside the country while they die.

Then they come online abusing other tribes that are not responsible for their dilemma.

GEORGE TURNAH ARREST: THE DRAMA THAT HAPPENED, A MUST READ.

Written By Bodmas Kemepadei

For the records, Barr. Alabh George Turnah has been remanded to kirikiri Prison. This was by Justice Ibrahim Watilat of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Wednesday. Though his lawyer has been told to apply for bail. He is facing a 12-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretense, money laundering and abuse of office to the tune of N3, 094, 268, 235.69.

Now, let's rewind to the time before he was being remanded.

After it was learnt that Barr. Alabh George Turnah was arrested by the EFCC, youths gathered themselves and stormed the EFCC office to protest, describing Turnah's arrest as an act of injustice, saying he is a good man with a good heart. They stayed there singing demanding his unconditional release.

The EFCC South-South ZONAL head, Ishaq SALIHU, instead of pushing away the protesters, called them together and began to educate them.

These were the words:

" If I tell you all how this young man has contributed to the under development of your region, you youths you will be ashamed to be here. I believe George has so much to tell why efcc is after him, now let me ask you,

1. Did George tell you that the efcc is after him because they found billions of naira in one Eluantaziba George ACCOUNT?, this is the account of his five years old daughter.

2. Did he reveal to you all that huge sums of money amounting to billions were discovered in the accounts of the following companies owned by him without any traceable office except one or two?

A. KOLO CREEK PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
B GEOHAM TELECOMS NIGERIA LIMITED
C. ADAKA BORO MARINE SERVICES NIGERIA LIMITED
D. TURNOIL NIGERIA LIMITED
E. TURNAH GLOBAL SERVICE LIMITED
F. EL-GODAMS GLOBAL SERVICE LIMITED
G. YENAGOA MALL LIMITED
H. SUGARLAND INTEGRATED FARMS LIMITED
I. CELTIC PRIDE ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
J. CELTIC PRIDE INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL STUDIES
K. BUILDING ASSOCIATE LIMITED.

3. Did he tell you that the NDDC have furnished EFCC with details of his salaries and allowances while he served as SA to two MD's which was not even upto #30M?

4. Did he reveal to you that he collected a contract for the building of Ogbia Brotherhood village, which was awarded to one of his companies and money was paid in full, which he converted to mere renovation of the hall?

5. Did he reveal to you that in 2014, huge money running to billions was awarded to him for the organisation of a programme tagged 'Niger Delta peace carnival' a programme meant for the whole of Niger Delta was then converted into 'Goodluck Jonathan Cup for Ogbia Youths only' and then embezzled the funds?

6. Did he reveal that the EFCC have showed him various incriminating document from NDDC, detailing programs which he had collected funds for in the name of Niger Delta Youths running into billions, for programs which never held?

6. Did he tell you that he collected many funds to bring light to most of your communities in Ogbia? Do you have light? Did he revealed that the Kolo to Ogbia Electrification project awarded to one of his company was abandoned even when full payment has been made?

7. DID HE TELL YOU THAT THE NIGER DELTA VOLUNTEER PROGRAM DESIGNED TO EMPOWER 2000 YOUTHS OF THE REGION FOR 4 YEARS WITH A STIPEND OF 150K PER BENEFICIARY, THAT HE PAID 70K EACH, please multiply 80 by 2000, it will amount to #160,000,000 every month, which he was receiving for four years, amounting to about #7.6BN ? Now, we are still investigating if at all he employed the said 2,000 youths

These and many more facts we have in our possession, as time progresses, more will be revealed. Now i ask you, do you still think he was really a good man with a good heart?

Do you still think his intentions for ogbia people were good? Do you think he is worth protesting for?

Because he gives you crumb from the billions he has stolen, is that enough to call him a good man?

Have you all pondered and ask yourself if Ogbia or the Youths would have been the same way it is now, if only he spent half of the money?

I ask you again, you think he is good for giving out crumbs? You think he is good for depriving you of what is yours? Don't your mother's and father's in the village deserve better life?

Next time before you join this kind of protest, ask yourself what his sources of income is as compared to his flamboyant life.

I will leave your conscience to communicate with you".

Immediately the EFCC south-south head ended his speech, the protesters were all cold, they could not utter a word again, one by one, they started dropping their placards, and before you know it, even his close associates who were all there, were shocked at the revelations, they too threw away their placards, everybody went back home.


...Excerpts from Anthony Azi Inengite.

Almighty God bless you for this info, thanks fir educating flat headed foools

if am a flat skull i will rally round and call everybody to a meeting where we discuss a new way, a new thinking for the region. first item to thrash is the basic lack of home training among îbos

Wamiwa:
Bros Nissan is still better, been using one Nissan primera since 2012 - date its still serving me. no major work done on it apart from changing tyres, shaft and absorbers, infact with the way I travel, I service the car twice a year every 6 months if I want to change brand now its either I maintain Nissan or Toyota.

yes primera is still a small and simple nissan, am talking of their complex cars like maxima, upwards, like murano jeep, FX45 jeep etc, they are totally useless i tell u. But the performance of these cars can hardly be found in toyota

mazda has the same issue as nissan, they make very good looking cars but the high end ones are not durable at all. if u want to enjoy mazda dont buy anything with auto transmission, V6, etc, buy the simple ones like 323 and you are fine. If u buy any high end mazda u will change the gear box more times than u ever think possible

Islam must return everybody to the stone age, its as simple as that.

Daughter of the greatest thief that ever ruled Nigeria. This is the idiot talking back at prof soyinka, in a sane country Abacha's family should have been disgraced openly, useless thieves

LordAdam16:
And here you go again talking a bunch of baseless trash without making a single point.

DISCOS are Nigerian companies. Nigerian companies (at least most of the small to medium sized ones) mainly patronize Nigerian banks for capital.

This is not just about DISCOS, it's about the GENCOS and even core private sector establishments from Air Peace to Oranto Oil. All of them are indebted to banks at high exchange rates. The only major issue is that the yield in the power sector is ridiculously low unlike other sectors, and unfortunately the country as it stand and its government are too far gone to consider increasing the yield for these companies. Fashola was lampooned for the last increase in tarrifs.

This is the reality of the situation. The private power sector is still too young for the banks to take the kind of risks they take with the private oil sector. Etisalat is bad management period. Why do you think Etisalat UAE doesn't want to clear the log something they can do comfortably without blinking.

Is Glo not indebted to the banks? They make up for their heavy indebtedness by ridiculously low tarrifs and let their network remain shitty except in high yield locations because they can't afford to have the kind of coverage that MTN and Etisalat have.

Business 101.

You are comparing Julius Berger that was founded in 1950 before Nigeria got independence to companies that are less than 10 years old. You are comparing Julius Berger in the very lucrative construction sector (with inflated contracts and over 60% market share) to the capital-intensive and low yield power sector. Now I know I've been talking to an a*e.

I'd like to know what came about of the loan you took in 2011. I'm pretty certain you are in a rut.

Look at the South African companies, they only enter sectors with decent yield because they understand the Nigerian market. Sectors like telecoms, digital entertainment, retail. You would not see them in Power or growing crops because the yield is low. The yield for the aforementioned three sectors is high and it offsets whatever high rates the banks whether partly in Nigeria and South Africa charge.

Some of the discos are doing well. They have an association and that's why the bad eggs, like the notorious EEDC seem to ruin the reputation of all the players, because it is an all or nothing situation. They all rise together or fall together. But for the bad eggs, it is all down to bad management and the typical reality in Nigeria that it is difficult to do business. Not to talk of in a low yield sector like power.

Combine that with the present incompetent government that's too slow to take key decisions, and what you have is the recipe for failure.

Why do you think the government did not sell the transmission part? Far easier to maintain and too few loopholes for government appointees and civil servants to skim off the top. Still GEJ left over 6000MW of transmitting capacity with a lot of projects on ground yet to be completed. We are already nearing 7000 MW as the Buhari government have tried in maintaining activity on ongoing projects. You do know these projects take years to complete.

The power sector is not a sector that you can look and say only so and so person is at fault and this person is in the all clear. But at least, we aren't throwing money into an empty hole anymore. All the billions of dollars we are receiving from grants and low-interest foreign loans as a country are invested mostly into uncompleted generation, transmission, and rural electrification projects. Instead of having tens of thousands of redundant staff with thousands of ghost workers receiving continuous pay even though they are glaringly underperforming, we now have only a few boards (that are still overpaid by the way--the NERC board numbering less than a dozen people shared more than half a billion naira in statutory allowances, note not salaries in 2015, they are paid like the NNPC and NLNG board).

We aren't there yet, but if we keep taking good decisions like the recent GENCO approval to sell electricity directly and the implementation of independent metering directive, we'd edge closer to where we are supposed to be. I wonder why you fault the DISCOS for not providing meters as if civil servants in PHCN would have done any better. Is it not in this country that ordinary national identity card has not being delivered for up to 3 years now. Simple card. Booklets for National Passports have been scarce for months now.

You are an enemy of Nigeria!

Look at what Ibe is doing with the refineries. He has seen that the populace do not want them to be sold and know they are far easier to manage than power generation, transmission, and distribution. And more importantly, the yield is high. Now he is concessioning the repair and management of the refineries to private operators. It is not perfect, but it is way better than giving money to civil servants to repair refineries that they see as their own way to get their share of the national cake. And it is already working. Our refined yield last month was the highest ever in 2 decades.

You've bounced from GEJ was a failure for privatizing, to only the DISCOS were a failure because the companies were owned by politicians, then you entered DISCOS shouldn't have being given to Nigerian companies who loan from Nigerian banks (later you'd be the same people cheering for local content and lamenting on how foreign companies come into Nigeria to expatriate billions of dollars pack to their home countries), then you moved into secession matters (I wonder whether you had smoked something at that point) and Nnaji; now you've gone full circle to talk about interest rates and the power sector.

Can you see how you drifted aimlessly and still made no sense!

You still cannot answer the question on the legality of Nnaji's company bidding on a project under his ministry, but you had enough time to talk about a loan you collected in 2011. Like, WTF?! Did I ask you if you had collected a loan or not? How is that relevant to this discussion?
Answer the damn clear question I asked. Don't talk sh*t without focus.

-Lord

u talk some sense then before u are taken serious u mix it effortlessly with bulls...t. so u hv answered what u were first asked? Why did the Nigerian govt decide to go ahead with appointing Nnaji even after knowing and been told by Nnaji himself, that he couldn't relinquish control of his shareholding? This question led to another which was do u know why Nnaji was looked for and appointed at all? Do u? so as coherent as u fancy ursef to be u didn't see those questions? u are the type carried away by ur own perceived invincibility abi? i think u can do better, u at least show some adnirable aptitute. As for my business been in a rut i have nothing to prove to an anonymous entity on public blog, nothing, but if it helps i finance contracts even for others, if pride will let u if u ever get any contract (capital project) with credible agenciess like cbn, ncc, sec, ptad, firs, ptdf, pef, neiti, nhis, nbet, nerc, etc, come to me with a credible collateral i will help u

LordAdam16:
Obama was phenomenal in stabilizing the US economy. Did he put a stop to Lockheed Martins extravagance?

The joke is on you mister. Saying trash without shame.

You've moved from PHCN to smuggling of drugs?

Just look at how hopeless you've become.

Answer a simple question: Is it legal for Barth to have bid with his company on a project under his Ministry? Yes or no? And you're here talking about secession. Who is talking about secession here? Jumping from pillar to post after you have been humiliated.

So according to you, companies don't use banks abi? They have a stash of cash kept somewhere and banks are for fancy. Your head is not correct. Look at Etisalat and the banks wahala. You want the DISCOS to enter that kind of situation just to please your empty skull.

No wonder you are a shameless contractor. You know nothing about running a business.

-Lord

oh so u are told all contractors go to the banks? am sure successful Julius berger goes to the bank to deliver projects right? you talked of etisalat, do u know why they have the lowest coverage? do u know who convinced them of this ur amateur model that works only in developed countries with 1% interest rate? the man formerly owned a bank in Nigeria so ask another flat head like u he might know better. do u know what percentage of mobilization is even allowed under the public procurement act? and am sure a morooon like u think u can even walk to the bank and withdraw it? u are a fooool most likely a student reading newspapers instead of ur course textbook. ur teacher didnt tell u interest rates are high in developing countries? so the discos didn't know of our interest rates before bidding? in 2011 December i took a loan from fcmb wuse 2 branch at 28% per annum so the discos didnt know that before bidding? once again u are hopeless morooon

LordAdam16:
Trash!

You keep jumping all over the place without saying anything concrete.

And it's clear you are just vomiting incoherent nonsense.

The fact that they are politicians have nothing to do with the competency of the companies they manage.

INTELS is owned by Atiku. Tinubu has multiple companies that are contracted by the Lagos government. There is no sale or contract in Nigeria that would not go to well-connected people who have stakes in the companies that bid. Look at the recent oil lifting contract sharing. The same old names filled the list. It is the same thing everywhere.

Read about Lockheed Martin's multiple gaffes and contract inflation and corruption allegations in the US and how they keep receiving contracts time after time. This is the reality. Lobbying is legal in all democracies around the world.

Were politicians not part of the people that bought GENCOS, why are the GENCOS not performing as poorly as the DISCOS? You are high on something that is contraband.

You said DISCOS haven't expanded infrastructure. Have the government cleared their huge debt? Or how do you reckon they go for loans in a country where the average interest rate is 30% (the highest in two decades) in a very capital-intensive industry with low returns with very little confidence by independent assessors.

In one sentence you said both the GENCOS and DISCOS are a disaster and then in the next sentence single out the DISCOS to solely take the blame. And then in the same sentence blame the person who sold PHCN rather than the people who bought the unbundled parts for the shoddy nonsense they are doing. In all of this, you do not blame the current administration that is doing very little to check the excesses of the DISCOS.

You are talking about Barth. Is it legal for a Minister's company to bid for a project that his ministry is seeking bids for? Why was Lawal sacked?

Are you normal? Or do you prefer to appear st*pid.

Barth's company AFAIK has an outstanding issue with EEDC. It is up to him to resolve the issues. How does that concern GEJ? You seem to be out of your mind. As at May 9, the NBET said Geometric Power was one of the companies that "have not completed registration as power market participants."--http://leadership.ng/2017/05/09/international-consumer-pays-nbet-159m-for-power/

Is it GEJ that would complete the registration for him? Is GEJ still the President.

Don't let me insult you this Sunday afternoon. Better respect yourself.

There are performing businesses owned by politicians in Nigeria. Yet you'd choose to pick on the ones that are not performing. Then amazingly blame GEJ for the performance of privately-owned power companies.

Even a mad man would marvel at your sill*ness.

-Lord

so u didn't read that Nnaji declared to govt before been appointed that he'd continue to hold on to his shares in geometric? do u even know why the govt looked for Nnaji at all? So you said gej was phenomenal yet u acknowledged the privatization under him was like any other? is your flat head working? So an investing service provider organization that knows must roll out infrastructure bids for a license in the hope they will get all their finances from commercial banks? So that was how mtn rapidly rolled out their network? what made econet to fail? do u know or u were still in primary school then? do u now see the kind of shortsighted hopeless illogical reasoning that gets your flat skulled brothers caught every 12 hrs trying to smuggle drugs to where they hv no chances of succeeding? u flatskulls are a hopeless bunch and i repeat u are the only tribe that have the educated and the illiterate having the same perspective. Why useless leaders including buhari decide u shud remain in Nigeria really shows how hopeless this country is

LordAdam16:
Dude.

The power privatization process was a success. Whether it satisfied our hopes on what it'd mean for electricity supply in Nigeria is a whole other issue.

GEJ sold a magnificent cash cow. Selling it alone is a success. Anyone who has the guts to look Nigerians in the eye and say certain underperforming cash cow properties have to be sold is a visionary. OBJ did it with the Refineries that Yar'Adua scuttled and GEJ did it with PHCN. I don't think I have to inform you that $16b was spent by OBJ on power and Nigeria added only 1000 MW.

Do you know how much Nigeria has saved between 2013 and now from money that would have been spent on power?

Now that the why has been answered.

Let's look at the process itself. The money paid for selling to the DISCOS and GENCOS was all used to pay off the workers. Every single kobo was accounted for. GEJ effectively shared the money for the sale to Nigerians who had supported NEPA/PHCN for so long.

As to the GENCOS and DISCOS underperforming, that is not because of GEJ. That the companies have been acting trashy does not mean that privatization is awful. NTEL that bought over NITEL isn't really performing as intended is it? It doesn't make the sales of NITEL a failure.

If we are having a perennial metering issue, the current FG should get on the table and do what is necessary to get the DISCOS to comply. If they can't, then they are spineless. It is as simple as that. It seems this administration only finds the political will to do things when the person they're going against is a present or potential foe like what the NPA is doing to Atiku's INTELS or what AMCON did to Silverbird.

Is that proper? Experts have been calling for independent metering. There are investors practically begging to setup meter manufacturing plants to feed an open market for meters. Has Fashola and Buhari listened to the voice of reason? If they aren't listening, how is that GEJ's fault. If they're giving the DISCOS more time to get on track, how is that GEJ's fault?

Can you hear yourself?

Just days back the NERC finally allowed the GENCOS to sell electricity directly to consumers because of the persistent issue of DISCOS returning electricity. Isn't that commendable? Isn't that looking for solutions to existing problems. Isn't that what the FG should be doing?

Or do you expect the privatization to work like a charm hitch-free? And you call yourself a contractor...

Do you know how much the government is owing the GENCOS and DISCOS? Or do you trust the government to always tell you the whole picture?

Where I am from is not relevant. In SE and SS most people value what GEJ did. In SW and NC, half of the population value what GEJ did. The NW and NE are ruddeless, no one cares what the most backward regions in Nigeria thinks. They can't even think.

If you say GEJ's administration is corrupt that's one thing, saying he destroyed the economy is complete balderdash. Even Tinubu and Osinbajo would not agree with that analysis.

I've been civil with you because you appear to be like the majority who do not have the time to think through issues deeply. So, I laid it bit by bit for you. If you still think you are right after this explanation, you are the one that needs pity.

-Lord

The privatization was done by Sambo and that is why Barth was sent out of a meeting he was supposed to chair and sacked at the same moment by Sambo a known thief from his days in kaduna as commissioner of finance. You avoided answering the Aba power plant issue, so since gej did well why is enugu disco which controls aba sold to a brief case business man like emeka ofor? how did his company interstate power win a lot that Barth Nnaji's obviously more competent and invested company bidded for as well? so u still dont know why the discos cant buy meters or expand distribution infrastructure? Because they are not financially capable even from the beginning and because they are not qualified power companies! simple. You mentioned nerc recent directive in favour of gencos, didn't u hear the details behind it? why were discos returning power to gencos even while many areas remain unserved? because they havent been able to expand infrastructure! They are politicians and not power companies! The gencos out of frustration asked the fg to give them permission to sell directly since the discos cant put their acts together. The Discos keep lying that the TCN was sending power to areas of low income and that was why they reject the power - are u kidding me? See i don't have time for an over flogged matter like gej. Jonathan was a monumental failure, i repeat a monumental failure. the power privatization is just one of the smallest sins of gej, pls i dnt hv time

lies for idiots, 2 of that house wont cost N150m, nonsense

LordAdam16:
Exactly. Omohayek is intelligent in the technical aspects of how to get Nigeria back on track, but very myopic on the personnel side of things.

Nigeria can never have an all-round President that satisfies all the whims. It is impossible.

Fashola, Soludo, and El-Rufai are not better than Yar'Adua or GEJ.

All 3 of these younger "bright" minds he mentioned are excessively more corrupt than GEJ both individually and collectively.

Yar'Adua was a Marxist but had the most respect for the rule of law of all Nigerian leaders post-1999.

GEJ was the first Southern minority leader in the history of Nigeria and he knew if he wanted to maintain any iota of legacy, he didn't have to be act like a strong military man putting enemies in the gallows. It was the smart thing to do but it wasn't even enough.

Fashola, Soludo, and el-Rufai would perform in their own way, but they'd also bring lots of baggage.

Fashola would tax Nigerians to the high heavens and make Buhari's pummeling sound like child's play.

Soludo doesn't know how to manage people and he'd fight with everybody.

el-Rufai may likely lead Nigeria to a civil war. All of them would be doubly corrupt than any Nigerian Leader in recent history.

Buhari should never have become President, that much is certain. But now that he is president, let us not pretend that he is the only one at fault. He increased Amaechi's Ministry allocation by 1000% compared to what GEJ gave the Ministry, and Amaechi squandered it calling completion of a 80%-completed project (he himself said it this week) an achievement.

Fashola's rating is a tad below average, for all the freedom, responsibility, and money given him. If GEJ had given Barth the same level of freedom and backing as Buhari has given Fashola, Barth would outperform Fashola convincingly.

Let's not even talk about Osinbajo and Adeosun who were in charge of the economy and took 18 months to put together a fiscal plan. 18 MONTHS!!!

Compare these so-called super ministers to ministers like Mohammed and Ibe and it becomes apparent that they have ZERO excuses.

You can't make hard line economic decisions without holding the polity in your grip comfortably. If Osinbajo had removed subsidy there would have been more protests than happened when Buhari removed subsidy. It has nothing to do with being weak, it's all about the mindset of the polity.

GEJ sacked the Attorney General and disbanded the cabinet to remove all Yar'Adua loyalists days after he was made Acting President while Yar'Adua was still alive. GEJ looked America in the eye and told them to Bleep off when they wouldn't provide weapons. He looked EU in the eye and told them to lick his backside when they brought their imperialist economic plan. He embraced China when the West was blowing hot. He privatized power despite the opposition. He implemented BVN and IPPPS despite the opposition from the polity. If he had worked out the kinks of the TSA and Whistle Blowing programmes in time, he would have implemented them.

Yet despite all of this, he is called a weak person. Someone who sacked the House of Representatives and cowed the legislature, something Buhari wouldn't dare do. Someone who disregarded the Northern Leaders and the Sultan to impose emergency rule in Northern states.

I don't know what you guys wanted from the man. 3 regions had already vowed to frustrate his government, 1 region was crying about marginalization, 2 others said he wasn't doing enough. There was evidence of complicity from people in his government, the military, and the polity in the rise of Boko Haram, should he have become a dictator like Erdogan, before he'd have been termed strong.

Or should he have placed his few core loyalists in a sea of open and hidden disloyalists on the chopping block just to please a populace that didn't see beyond their nose when he wanted to remove subsidy or the same disloyalists?

Omohayek can call GEJ's government corrupt, every government in Nigeria is corrupt including the present one, but never in his life should he call him weak and incompetent. That is completely untrue. For a minority civilian president, he was phenomenal.

-Lord

if by now u havent seen the proof of how damaging GEJ was to Nigeria then am sorry for u. So GEJ power privatization was a success? So why is a $500m power plant built by Barth Nnaji laying idle in Aba while people in Aba have no power? Why are the Disco companies not able to provide meters to users? have u tried buying a meter before? Are u aware AEDC belongs to GEJ? As a contractor in Abuja for over 14yrs i dont need lectures on GEJ and what he destroyed in this economy, my disappointment is in how an educational system can produce people that type good english sentences like u did but cannot look at cold facts and make objective conclusions. And lastly u must be ibo because that is the only tribe in Nigeria where both educated and illiterate hold the same point of view on all issues.

am amazed at the number of educated illiterates our useless educational system has raised. 98% of the remarks here allude to some spiritual factor as the only possible cause of the accident. this is an alarming situation Nigeria has found itself. am shocked no one has even asked how the accident happened? who was driving? which vehicle? how is the person's driving experience? how exactly did it happen? etc. I shake my head