₦airaland Forum

We know you don't love us but rather our votes. Thanks for the consideration but we still won't support you.

Such a disappointment. That money could have saved and changed so many lives.

HARDBOI:
our rulers are disgrace... keep misbehaving bcoz u pocket millions of awoof everyday while hunger hammer pple.

cant imagine american governor behaving like an imbecil.e on a platform

YouTube "Howard dean." There is something about microphones, crowds and elevated stage platforms that reveals the inner oaf in politicians.

ba7man:
I would have been against it a while ago....... but it seems they're getting bolder.

They need to be sent a strong message through brutal actions.

E.g.. Being beaten and stripped naked while news cameras are running.

I hear ya.

othuskyTM:
If only God was a human being like me and you He for don smith this uneducated cow in human skin ( aka herdsman)

I want to say this picture can't be real but life has shown me anything is possible with my country. Chai!

Victorvexz:
Only in Igbo land the governor appoint King, instead of it being hereditary, lol, that shows that this people have no history or origin, no wonder they borrow Jewish history.

I won't insult you but instead I'll break your shackles of hate and pain. Take a second and reread the article. You'll see your error. Recalibrate!

ba7man:
I wish Buhari would just throw caution to the wind and order the military to March into the Senate and house of assembly and grab these lawmakers by their Agbada and drag them into waiting black Maria trucks.

Anyone that protests on their behalf should be shot at with teargas and whipped with koboko to test if the money they collected was worth it.

That's a slippery slope but right now I'm willing to go there.

That's like saying catching malaria is good because you'll learn not to leave standing water. How you just never leave water standing a skip catching a deadly virus. I struggled through the last regime and now I'm almost dead in this one. Something needs to work.

Can a brother get some peace? They're hurting me more than Buhari. He's still eating well. It's me the common man that is dying. They've made their point.

kstix:
lmao.. Just like a tic-tac-toe game commonly called x and o.. When u can win by trying to win in two ways. D govt has many ways to win saraki right now. He is doomed

You ain't never lied.

delugajackson:
That awkward moment when you're reading this comment to find an awkward moment but there isn't any, and still you're reading this comment and you're starting to realize it says nothing important and you just wasted a couple of seconds of your life, but you're still reading and you don't even know why. That's awkward... You should give me a like for wasting your time.

Ahahah!

Saraki just can't win!

It's late July & still no release of funds?

Who do I believe? So many questions but no answers! Ahhhhhhhh!

Biko ogini?

And these are the guys that get us to kill each other every 4 years at the polls. We gotta do better.

50 billion you say? And all I've tasted today are 4 slices of bread. May they all die horribly.

Movement has commenced!

It's already getting ugly. This is why we don't have nice things.

Thebachelor:
With regionalism it will be easier for the country to disintegrate.

Gotcha. That's definitely a "drawback."

Federal character is not being respected. The queen of England is tribalistic and partial!

Thebachelor:
Truth be told,you've just opened my eyes to one of the benefits of regionalism and an apparent disadvantage of true fiscal federalism. It's almost like a middle ground to what we are practicing now and true fiscal federalism.

Although,it has it's own disadvantage.

Not arguing just asking out interest. What are the drawbacks of regionalism?

pulsa:
Well its simple there is more border control between regions than states take for instance Ghana, its regions have their own police force and all other security forces without interference from the centre due to the large absence of a federal force, this grants them greater leeway and larger berth to enact regional laws to the regions interest; laws like loitering, ownership of properties, eligibility to contest for office, workers pass, etc of course the laws of freedom of movement can not be nullified but laws can be enacted to make it excruciatingly difficult to misuse/overuse it.
But in federalism with the federal force; which the Hausa-fulani will fill by themselves by the way, and the executive power of the president, the laws of the states can be overturned to suit the centres whims and wishes, for instance USA.

This is a topic I'm not qualified to comment on but I will say it is a very intriguing concept. Props for the explanation.

This is interesting. Would you mind going more in depth on border control?

ishowdotgmail:
Nairalanders! Today is my birthday


Pls show some love by giving me 100Likes

Many more brobro! Live on and live long! Blessings.

Abeg someone give her a large seat so she smart sit down and never get up to speak again.

Major respect to Ambode for pushing for True Federalism.

BOOM!

Name checkers enjoy.

SWG25:
I find it amusing that most Nigerians believe that Nigeria will develop with this current system of government that has made the country fantastically dysfunctional. It may seem like a joke or curse but if Nigeria thinks that the country will develop from this regime of selling oil and sharing the money to parasitic and lazy states, then they should be prepared for a horrific surprise.

The present system is a disservice to all. The farmers have been neglected and they no longer earn. The young men have been reduced to criminals, beggars and menial laborers.

We have all the makings to be great but we have to do the proper thing and stop taking what isn't ours. I'm all for sharing to help each other grow but at present the ND/SS is being economically and environmentally raped by all the other zones. This must stop.

How can people who achieve the most everywhere else on earth have such a disfunctional home? True Federalism is the cure for Naija's woes.

They have been miseducated! They don't understand that the present system is the reason they are in economic shackles. It behooves the political elite to never practice federalism. They can get fat feeding from the center while their constituents starve.

With True Federalism they will be forced to sit up and develop their regions. The entire country would move forward. The silly thing is that it isn't as if their movement would be restricted. They would be allowed to move to the petro dollar rich SS if they so chose. They could enjoy all of the developments as citizens.

Instead of using our aggregate strength of diversity and plurality we are spreading one resource deadly thing all the while neglecting the lands and people from whence the resource comes.

I'm all for True Federalism. Let regions develop at their own pace. But they must develop. Our present system is a robust failure!