₦airaland Forum

Sterling Towers: Yours is a case of misguided complex and utter unrefined jealousy of the yorubas. Be that as it may joining issues with you on all the irreverent hogwash written by you, will be a waste cerebration at best. I wonder what people carry about in their mind if not that there is an avenue to publish same on line only God knows what would have eaten some people out. Hate mongers are generally lazy lots, let yorubas be and let the records speak. You guys analyses and expertise on yorubas at times is rock shock and utter gag as you drown in fallacious cess pool and mutilate facts and skew every thing you fail to achieve as the demons of the yorubas. When a masquerade over dances he loses the toga of the spirit and becomes ordinary. When all your thoughtless conjectures comes to bite you guys at the keister be rest assured your yoruba torments will rub saline on your festering wound. Keep at it and you do be surprised at what monster you guys have created just continue to feed it.

' every thing you fail to achieve as the demons of the yorubas'.

I think what Ikenga and co fails to realize is that criticism is a tool for developments, If GEJ has done well as propagated here there is no need to trivialize this issue, his performance should earn him a second term. Political power play is been seen from ethnic perspective, the Yoruba are not your usual house boy, you've got to show what you've got to win their supports.

ngozievergreen: Economic output in ibadan and most of SW is not done by the indigenes. That is y d shoprite biz fell.
Mostly foreigners and other Nigerians own d production lines, so u shdnt use this as an index.

One of the indices ,for measuring economic performance is energy consumption,Ibadan is the next after Lagos in Nigeria.Its that a surprise? well I do not base discussions on assumptions but economics. Thanks for your comment though.

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/09/06/nigerian-ladies-worry-over-scarcity-of-men
Please check this link and let's have your opinion

Borrowing is good if spent on developmental projects. its just like you borrow in a company where you work or from a group's contribution to stock up your shop while you continue to make your contribution as a member of the group. Its not a bad idea at all. I know Lagos state government has been investing in long term projects as the railway,Lekki and expanding infrastructures but the problem in borrowing is if such funds are not pumped into areas that will lead to more production like serving salaries and co.
If as I am I can get an organization to borrow me money for a 5 year period to do business at good rate I will jump at it because it is hoped that such ventures that the money will be used for will bring in money.By the time Lags begin to rake in money from its projects, all the debts will be gone.
However there is the impact of the political class, I have a strong belief that up to 40% of Lagos IGR will be unreported an many will pass up as bribes but its up to the government to block holes within its own system.
While Lagos have more population than New York city, its revenue is nothing near what the latter generates because the larger chunk of revenues from Lagos goes to Federal and there is no 13% derivation as obtained for oil producing states.So for Fashola to request for a special status is justified in this way. Lagos generates more money than any state in Nigeria but a whole lots go to Fed but that is not to say that Lagos state government which also needs to be more fiscal responsible.

tonychristopher: THANKS FOR PUTTING THE RECORDS STRAIGHT.... THE MAN WAS SO ANNOYED THAT IBADAN WITH ALL THESE YEARS AS ONE OF THE OLDEST CITY IS STILL RUSTY ALLOWING NW TOWNS TO OVERTAKE THEM ECONOMICALLY ..... HE EVEN SAID THAT THE SHOPRITE IS CLOSING DOWN AND WHAT PEOPLE GO THERE TO DO IS JUST SNAP PICTURE. HE TRIED COMPARING THE SHOPRITE THAT IS IN IBADAN WITH THE NUGU OWN. HE FELT SOBAD THAT NEW TOWNS LIKE OWERRI,ASABA UYO THAT WAS MADE CAPITAL AFTER TH WAR HAS OVRTAKEN THE OLD IBADAN.

YOU DO NOT NEED ANYBODY TO DEVLOP OR INDUSTRILIZE THOSE OSHOGBO,IBADAN ROUTE, I THINK YOU SHOULD UNDERSTUDY NNEWI,ONITSHA AND ABA, THEN LOOK AT CALABAR,PH AND UYO

IT THEN MEANS THAT WHEN THE IBADAN GUYS DOES THIS, GOOD BUSINESS CAN BE ATTRACTED BUT FOR NOW..... IBADAN SEEMS NOT TO BE INVESTMNT HEAVEN OR HAVEN.... WHAT IS YOUR TAKE

Permit me to disagree with you on this.American retailer Wal- Mart could not succeed in Japan, that did not imply that Japan was a poor economy or that Japanese were poorer than Americans.
Shoprite not selling in Ibadan, if its true anyway and performing well in Enugu is not to infer that Ibadan is poorer than Enugu. I think ranking production in Nigeria will put Ibadan behind only Lagos,Ogun and may be Rivers(i doubt)
Population play a huge part in economic development and the city have got it and of course culture which i think its what will keep any such business at a low ebb in such a city. Majority of residents are conservatives and the city has a well defined traditional network of markets and plenty of shopping marts. Remember for every shoprite you buy your stuffs you throw some of your income out of Nigeria. There is no city in Eastern Nigeria with economic output as Ibadan and i think only few can beat that city in Nigeria.

Longeria: That's the beauty of democracy, right to be.....................




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Think he made some valid point worth looking into. Don't just dismiss opinions, consider all thoughtfully.God bless you.

Assuming there is the real dirty politics as reported, if its true then we may be in for a real showdown that will make newspapers sell like wow!
Let's look at some scenario of Tukur PDP expelling the aggrieved ATIKU faction and then litigation ensued. The President can begin to use the instrument of state like EFCC to threaten the Atiku camp which the latter can begin a mass mobilization of membership within the Senate and House of Rep so as to remove David Mark from senate President(If IBB is on the part of the President which i doubt cos he called the defected Governors Patriots). That will lead to real dirty politicking as the two houses begin a process of impeachment against the President coming up with his many sins(believe me they will find reasons)
If the President sees that he may be on the receiving end of the show its most probable some key players will be arrested as security threats or may be linked to Boko Haram or security break down in some parts of the country.Also, Dokubo and Niger Deltan militants who may have become more armed than before (though may have become lazier because of wealth accumulations) will begin to strike here and there including kidnapping and stopping oil flow and the economy will nose dived.
If national elders failed in their possible interventions MEND may target south west in order to escalate the whole thing and that may awaken the snoring ethnic militia across Nigeria- that could portent serious crises for Nigeria.
In the end GEJ may succumb to calling a national conference which will be accepted cheaply everywhere except the Northwest and North-east. Some Islamic groups make take advantage of this situation to wreck havoc on nigerians.
All these are possibilities and except God intervene, Nigeria may be shredded to pieces and that will be a great pandemonium for Africa.
Ambition and money is driving Nigerian leaders crazy!!!!

The economy of Nigeria is low on production and this has propmted many to see commerce as industrialization. Industrialization is about production involving turning raw materials into useful products and not commercial activities of buying and selling. Its about companies that make what traders sells and consumers buy.
Looking at Nigeria, our production sector accounts for about 10-20% of our economy which is very low looking at the huge population of the country meaning that we imports products to meet our various needs.
So where do made in Nigeria products come from? To answer this question there are two sources the SME manufacturers/producers and organized industrial organizations.
The first one is spread across Nigeria but notables are made in Aba, Nnewi, Ibadan, Kaduna and Kano. Of course this is widespread all over the country.The second part how concentrate in areas of Lagos and Ogun states accounting for about 80% of national production.Other production based cities(i do not mean mining like oil and gas) are Ibadan, Kaduna,Porthacourt, Aba and kano in that order.
Comparing Lagos and Ogun, I think most people confuse the commercial strength of Lagos with Ogun but looking at industrial activities I think recently Ogun state is ahead of Lagos followed by Ibadan and kaduna.
Ibadan is really a bride for industrialization looking at its landscape and availability of cheap labour,land and its location in relation to Lagos and markets outside of Lagos. The city do have some industries and productive agricultural sector. I will advise investors to look at that city seriously especially in areas of property developments and SME.I see the city competing with Lagos in next decade especially when power stabilizes and investors begin to look at more opportunities for cheaper start ups if the state continues to produce responsive and responsible governance.

I think the political will is rather poor.Its a project I admire and there is hope especially with coming on stream of GE and other likely associated companies. These will help the area by the coming on stream of more middle class citizens.I remember Prof Pat Utomi had also talked about TINAPA being in a place like Lekki which would have generated billions for the state government monthly. All the same i admire the foresight of Mr. Duke and I believe with time Cross River will still enjoy that place.

Below is an excerpt from a lecture delivered by Obafemi Awolowo, Leader of Opposition in the Nigerian Federal Parliament, to Nigerian Students in London, on 3rd September, 1961.

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

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“Education is still in its inchoate stages. The masses hunger after education but are not being satisfied. In regard to primary education, the position in the South is good. All children of school-going age are now in school in the South. But it is very far from being so in the North. A little over 250,000 children are now receiving primary education in the North, as against 1.3 million in the East and 1.2 million in the West. Secondary education ought to be free, but only the well-to-do can afford to send their children to any post-primary schools. The award of scholarships tenable in Institutions of Higher Learning, and for technical and vocational studies, now lags very much behind the present needs of the country, with the result that many a lustrous talent is wasting and rotting away either in a soul-depressing job or in an asylum. The finances of the Federation are being very badly managed. We are now right on the brink of a balance of payments crisis. Yet, according to the latest pronouncement by the Federal Minister of Finance, our imports of consumer goods have increased appreciably; but as far as is known no visible effort is being made for a big export drive. I have told the Federal Government, on a number of occasions, that unless the present adverse trends which. have continued for four years are checked, Nigeria will, figuratively speaking, one day find herself in a debtor’s prison! Bribery and corruption, especially in high places, are alarmingly on the increase. A large percentage of monies which are voted for expenditure on public projects find their way into the pockets of certain individuals. There is unemployment everywhere. The standard of living in the country as a whole is very low, and in most parts of the country the peasantry and the working class wallow in abject poverty and misery.”

[b][quote author=X-factoria]Your analysis is seriously flawed! You assumed that the bunch of South-Westerners found on Nairaland are the same with those who will vote in 2015. All the noise about South-Westerners sticking with APC only exists in Lagos among those whose opinions are swayed by the compromised media. Most of those who will vote do not read newspapers and have no access to the internet. I am from the South-West, there is nothing like block votes in the coming presidential election along party lines. People in the South-West do not see the presidential election as APC vs PDP, they see it as GEJ vs Buhari (assuming APC presents Buhari). You also forget the religion angle, the perception that APC is all about a grand islamic agenda. And if you know that the South-West is almost 50/50 muslim/christians, and the fact that many Yorubas (especially those who were adults during Buhari's tyrannical regime) know that they have never fared well under a hausa/fulani presidency, there is no way Jonathan will not have a decent showing. Lest you forget as well, South-Westerners do not take orders from Tinubu. At least Ondo State have proven that to be true.

Now lets talk about the performance of APC Governors in South-West. Anyone in his right senses know that APC is set to lose Ekiti State thanks to Fayemi's intolerance of the opposition both within and outside of the APC. In the last 6 months, scores of people in Ekiti State have lost their lives by the hands of Fayemi's thugs and much more are in the hospital nursing wounds inflicted on them by same people. Ekiti people will surprise APC in their next governorship election. In Ogun and Oyo States, debt profile have risen 200%. In the first quarter of this year, three out of the top five most indebted states in Nigeria are Lagos, Ogun and Oyo States, all under APC. Wait...just before you say they inherited the debts, PDP's Gbenga Daniel left a debt of approximately N49bn and APC's Senator Amosun has taken it to over N200bn today. Most of these borrowings have been pilfered away through inflated contract awards. Go check how much they are awarding contracts. Sensible people in the south-west know that these APC "Angels" are no better than their PDP predecessors. They steal with reckless abandon!

Lastly, you assume that all is well with APC as well. In my Ogun State for example, there are about three factions in the APC from the state level down to the LG wards; those loyal to the Governor, those loyal to former Governor Segun Osoba and those who take order directly from Tinubu. I am sure that APC will not succeed in placating all aggrieved members before the general elections. So they are as much vulnerable as PDP.[/quo[/b]

Your take on the south west does not seems to agree with a general mindset of the Yoruba people i know too well. It is an insult for you to also say that a bulk of Yoruba outside Lagos do not read papers or are not under media influence! it shows your own ignorance of the south west because as far as i know this region, even in the interior villages, people are politically active, they are in the know and can make statements.The south west is the most informed part of Nigeria and don't be surprised there are folks that read newspapers on daily basis in the interior villages.
Another factor that determines political movements are the youths, even in the villages they are educated many having political and educational exposure and their parents are in the know through them, they watch television and listen to radio a whole lot which include international stations.
With the mentality of the west its only ignorants that will deny that Yoruba voters are fed up with inactivity on the part of President GEJ and for any one to point at religion as a political factor in the south west reveals his political naivety. President GEJ will be voted for or against based on his performance which is appaling in the region and the president's followers have labelled the region and its people as "rascals" and ingrates, they are his administration sworn enemies.So you think people have forgotten?
Internal squabbles i do not think will bear anything on who the people of the region will vote as their prsident,may be i do no know but i know its not GEJ.
i BELIEVE THE REASON yORUBA DID NOT VOTE bUHARI IN THE LAST ELECTION WAS DUE TO THE OVERBEARING ATTITUDE OF THE hAUSA/fulani and if that thinking should shift which i think it has...the result will shock you.

No miracles does not translate to salvation.Its a sign for unbelievers to believe that God do work and its to prove what Jesus said concerning believers in Mark 16:17-18. Everyone needs miracles but we must know that true believers are the carriers of God's miracles.
When you look at the miracles Jesus performed in the Bible, recipients were not necessarily Christians e.g the wedding at Cana of Galilee in John 2:1-11. So that a miracle happened to you or in any man's life is not an inference that you are a child of God but you can through the mercies of God receive a miracle.

ShymmexLion: Tony_Spike

These are the Idejo Chiefs: Aromire, Oloto, Ojora, Onitolo, Onitano, Onikoyi, Oniru, Oluwa, Onisiwo, Eleguishi, Ojomu and Lumegbon.

Oniru and Eleguishi are definitely Ijebu's. Oloto is Ekiti. I think the rest are Awori's.

Aromire may be Ilaje, Oloto may be Ekiti/Ijesa,Oluwa will definately be Ikale/Ilaje, Ojomu may be from Edo/Itsekiri

http://www.africanspotlight.com/2013/01/29/apostle-johnson-suleiman-reveals-45-shocking-prophecies-about-nigeria-for-2013/
Apostle Johnson Suleiman reveals 45 shocking Prophecies about Nigeria for 2013
in News, Opinions, Religion

The founder and senior pastor of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleiman has given 45 predictions about Nigeria for 2013.
According to him, these are not prophecies given out of personal interest or animosity but are direct words from the Holy spirit. If prayers are made negative prophecies can be averted.
1. House of Representative to lose some members to death, prayers needed.
2. Alhaji Bamanga Tukur will be the last united PDP Chairman, as there will be great in-fighting in PDP.
3. There will be major boom and breakthrough in the agriculture this year.
4. CNN will lose major staff.
5. Nollywood will keep losing people unless prayers are made and repentance; Many have gone fetish and there is high rate of immorality. I see three major stars dying this year unless prayers are made.
6. Many barren women will become joyful mothers.
7. Emir of Kano Alhaji (Dr) Ado Bayero to pray against attempt on his life. He will lose some men.
8. Rapist will be on the prowl. Raping women little children and even pregnant women. watch where your kids go.
9. A sec deadlier than Boko -Haram is being trained and prepared.
10. South Africa to mourn a hero. They should pray for former South African president Dr Nelson Mandela and Arc-Bishop Desmond Tutu.
11. I see a Governor dying.
12. This year, the looting of National treasury will be on a massive scale.
13. President Goodluck Jonathan’s own men from his place will fight him.
14. Igbos should forget about presidency.
15. In 2015, an opposition will lose, PDPD will fail.
16. I see the crisis in PDP widening more and more.
17. A yoruba movie actor to die surprisingly.
18. A year judgment for politicians and wicked leaders.
19. There will be scarcity of money in 2013, but food will be in abundance.
20. Chief of Defence Staff to be retired.
21. There is vacancy in Aso Rock.
22. Prayers to be made because I see the National flag flying half mask.
23. I see NUJ lose notable member through accident.
24. President Goodluck will lose someone precious to him either this year or next.
25. Auchi my hometown to pray against serious flood disaster.
26. A member of the United State of America’s senate house will die.
27. President Barrack Obama’s life will be attempted.
28. Alhaji Aliko Dangote will have issues.
29. Central Bank of Nigeria’s governor will be made an Emir, but he needs prayers.
30. MTN needs prayers.
31. Massive retrenchment in Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), but prayers needed to avert it.
32. I see something happening in a foreign country ( natural disaster) and people could not fly in or out of that nation for days.
33. Nigerian Music entertainer Tuface Idibia will face blackmail and scandal.
34. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal ( Speaker) should not contest for presidency. If he goes for governorship, he will win.
35. Dame patience Jonathan will have health issues unless prayers are made.
36. Kidnapping will start in South Africa.
37. HID Awolowo, it is well.
38. The governor of Ondo to pray against poison.
39. President Robert Mugabe, I see death around him, he needs prayers.
40. Abuja the Federal Capital City will experience high scale attacks this year.
41. I see Traditional Rulers die.
42. Omega Fire Ministries (OFM) will witness worldwide recognition that will shock everyone.
43. Lots of Nigerians will be repatriated from African nations.
44. Oil will be found in a state.
45. I see a new president.


I just came about this but was surprised at its closeness to what is obtained in Nigeria this year.what do you think?

agbameta: How do you reconcile agreeing with that lack of self worth discrediting what Awolowo did and at the same time praise Awolowo and knowledge his legacy?


The first Highrise in Nigeria was built by Nigerians, it was built by the Western Regional government under the ledership of Awolowo, it was built with our own Cocoa funds and not British money.

This achievement was ours, it was Nigerian, it was a tenplate to show the rest of Nigeria and Africa what we are capable of doing and what unfortunately we were not able to replicate all over Ibadan itself or in the rest of the SW and Nigeria in general.


How do you support denying yourself possitve aspects of your own histriy, your own local and indegenous achievments like beaing able to score so many first in Africa?

Do you think if it was folks from other countries like Ghana, they'll discount and belitle their own source of pride on your behalf?

Regardless of our shorcormings, we can not bastardly relegate our ousrselves and throw our history and ride in the gutter.

We did not see the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth or even the 100th or even taller highrise because the government and the people responsible for these accomplishments was terminated and power was sent to folks without the region's interests in their hearts, it was transfered to incompetent people and thoughtless military admnistration.

Fortunetely for us, the region is back in the hands of capable and respomnsible people determined to restore these infrastructures and do more for coming generarions.

And to buttress your point, the Ogba/Ikeja industrial estate was also built by Awolowo which formed the backbone of the later Lagos state. You can criticize whatever but the truth is that in the history of Nigeria, no one can lay claim to what he achieved.

http://www.raceandhistory.com/cgi-bin/forum/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/2139
google this link and add more info about the growth of nations

The target is Lagos and the south west market which is the highest in Nigeria regional bloc.With oil coming out of the region as well spells good for his company and being an astute businessman he can wholly trust the inhabitants to protect his back.However, he will soon face competitions from refineries in Lagos and another in that same vicinity.
Kudos to him for this job creating initiative and to all who don't know, there are many wealthy Nigerians with deep interests in Dangote Groups.

I was not against any reform but a reform that led to mass lost of jobs should have been queried long before now. We have said it before that Nigeria banks have not achieved any support for the small and medium scale sectors now look at what is going on in the agriculture sector, the minister of agriculture is the only serving minister I know that have something to offer in Nigeria as of today.EVEN THE BANK OF INDUSTRY IS NOT SERVING THE PURPOSE ITS MEANT FOR, GETTING A LOAN THERE IS WORSE THAN CAMEL PASSING THROUGH THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE, forget about all the pomps about it in the media,their resources are with commercial banks and its so so cumbersome getting fund to make your idea real.I honestly saw the banking reform as curing headache with outright beheading!
Government should look at how to bring real growth to absorb those who lost their jobs and create jobs in the Financial sector, our banks have stopped growing and this has had a huge effect on our labour market while it will be up to the government to conduct thorough investigations into how those banks were taken over and even AMSCON now.To me the whole thing was a chasm just meant to rearrange economic strength across regional lines, it was all politics.
Government should work on growing the economy by funding production and in Nigeria we can start some small and medium companies without any serious technology but the cost of start ups beside the power problem is a sore in our throats.Nothing stops graduates from starting small factories but challenges are too bad,how many will YouWin help out of millions of people many that have turned to street urchin due to lack of social security. The president should not play politics with our future!

Popularity may not produce a good candidate as Fashola was not the popular candidate way back but he has got the vision which I believe politicians did not even allow him to fulfil well. I do not believe all revenues generated in Lagos are reported or used in developing the state. Now that may be worse in other states but Lagos is not an exception of the corrupt Nigeria.If all the monies is used we can be sure that Abuja will be a joke in developments.
There are many project Fashola has made us to believe and we are still dreaming now like the light rail system across the metropolis, the Lekki free trade zone, the 4th mainland bridge and the mighty Eko Atlantic city. However, we have to look beyond into more important issues as the Lekki Seaport/airports linked with fast train from Victoria Island while I can now state some of my personal ideas of what Lagos should be; more housing developments, at least 3 new business districts on the mainland and one at Ikorodu, Epe and Badagry.
Looking at ways to generate more money is very important and the state should look at raising its GDP to like $200 billion in ten years! yes i believe it should be in the region of $70 billion now due to heavy huge informal sector, the city should b looking at competing with global top cities and not looking into Africa.
Who can work to improve on what Fashola has done? well if by information I have on likely candidates, i think i will root for someone like Jimi Agbaje looking at antecedents.I believe he should make an excellent Governor with right frame of technocratic mindset.

BoboYekini: vile name calling? Someone outrightly lies and scoffs at such magnitude of suffering in the streets, tell me what greater evil is there? It quacks and waddles like a duck, ergo it is a duck.
Sometimes I think that the 'tiny' middle class are the most viciously evil group in Nigeria. I have seen countless cases where 'the rich middle class managers move against company drivers receiving benefits totaling $10( N1500) per week'. How many pay this same drivers N30,000 monthly, not because that is all they can afford, or because that is even a fair wage at all, but because they feel that is the maximum this 'inferior' drivers should get. Afterall the minimum wage is set at N18,000.
A country where being kind and good and honest is something to be ashamed of.

Oh mu God you are damn right!!!!!!! a million times over

Lagos 6,247,845
Ogun 1,869,326
Osun 1,293,967
Ondo 1,558,975
Ekiti 750,753
Oyo 2,577,490
Total(SW) 14,298,356



Abia 1,481,191
Anambra 1,758,220
Enugu 1,301,185
Imo 1,611,715
Ebonyi 876,249
Total(SE) 7,028,560


Edo 1,412;225
Delta 1,900,055
Bayelsa 472,389
Akwa Ib 1,714,781
RIvers 2,419,057
C/Rivers 1,018,550
Total(SS) 8,937,057


SW = 14,298,356
SE + SS = 15,965,617
SE + SS - SW= 1,667,261


Jigawa 1,852,698
Kano 5,135,415
Katsina 2,931,668
Kaduna 3,565,762
Kebbi 1,603,468
Sokoto 2,065,508
Zamfara 1,746,024
Total(NW) 18,900,543


Adamawa 1,714,860
Bauchi 1,835,562
Borno 2,730,368
Gombe 1,266,993
Taraba 1,308,106
Yobe 1,182,230
Total(NE) 10,038,119


Benue 1,415,162
Kogi 1,215,405
Kwara 1,115,665
Nassarawa 1,224,206
Niger 721,478
Plateau 1,983,453
Total(NC) 7,675,369

NC+NW+NE 36,614,031

North-South 6,350,058


If Mr. Atiku Abubakar should register his party PDM with all seriousness he will command some followers but I do not think someone like OBJ will ever want him to be President, now that is a huge factor. But what if he is actually working along side OBJ to see Lamido of Jigawa becomes President?
The trend is becoming interesting though.The total votes of SS &SE is 15,965,617 including unlikely states like Edo state and polarised Rivers!
Atiku has strong associates in the East and such states as Imo may be swing states.
The southwest will ,most likely votes APC especially with a strong candidate. 14,298,356
Buhari and his followers are so popular in the NW and his candidate will most likely win even if Atiku should include Yar ar dua family, Buhari is very popular there.18,900,543
With some governors from the NE lkely to move either way it will be a split zone 3,912,598
The middle Belt is an Atiku enclave and will also record split votes 9869,798
You can judge for yourselves.

We may have to admit that the sacrifice of keeping Nigeria is too much for ordinary Nigerians across all tribes and ethnic groupings. The country as it is today benefit the political class across all segments and their economic benefactors.
I have a strong support for a Nigeria in which all agitations can be realized. A Nigeria where Igbo can achieve Biafra, demonstrate their allegiance and grow their dreams, a Nigeria where Yoruba can grow and nurture their Union of Omoluabi States or Oduduwa Republic, a Nigeria where Hausa/Fulani can achieve an islamic identity if they so wished, a Nigeria where we can have states,autonomous regions and ethnic provinces fulfilling their dreams!
We can!!!!!!!!!!!! we can achieve this but obviously it will change the status quo and that is why the powers that be of today do not want.
I am a strong advocate of expanding states to bring under a single umbrella major ethnic groups into single states while referendum can be held to decide for some controversial areas e.g. Ikwerre and Anioma to be part of Biafra or Ndigbo, Itsekiri & Edo(may be to also include Akoko Edo, Owan,Siloko etc) to be part of Yoruba or Oduduwa. Small ethnic groups that can ,prove their economic viabilities like majority in the Niger Delta can evolve as autonomous regions/province like the Ogoni, Ijaw, Ikwerre(if they vote against being Ndigbo) while bigger and similar groups from Akwa Ibom to Cross River can be a state. All internal administrations are to be designed by indigents of those states while they control their lands and all resources on and inside their lands and those off their coasts and federal tax will be levied to cater for federal functions we can be up to 25% depending on which resource or product as agreed in Abuja.
Under this system we can have a vast Arewa Emirate from Sokoto through Zaria to northern Bauchi and northern Gombe while minorities across the middle Belt can evolve into two or three large provinces/states/regions with internal structures that set ethnic groups into districts or any named administrative structure. To me, under this arrangement, I will ,like to see an autonomous Nok region in the middle Belt comprising southern Kaduna groups, Plateau southern Bauchi and Gombe minorities and may be up to southern Borno .The Tiv can be a region while political alignments, economic survivors and ethnic similarities will bring other groups together with a cohensive sense of purpose driven by a common agenda of survivor.
We will be faced by massive income gap especially that oil producing states will suddenly become very wealthy it was the same in the history of America and until we are able to face our fears we may not be able to move forward.An account may be created to cater for non oil as a decade long intervention for sustainable may be 10% oil and gas income can go into that.
This will engender ethnocentric feeling at the initial stage and with time people will begin to see the need for others to boost their economies.This will bring about competitions and massive innovations and the result will be for the benefit of Nigerians. This may be strange but I believe it will help.

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[b]Re: Objectively List The Sins Of The President by jp philips(m): 8:34pm On Jan 23

MANOSUB: I am so disappointed with some posts. I expected to see objectively stated what GEJ is not doing well but from what i can deduce from here is that people just hate the man for nothing concrete. Again, it is good to criticise but insult is not the best. I wonder if democracy have no concerns for constructive criticism!


if this quote is not objective enough then, you have to define "objectivity" in your own words


Bodies of 50 dead Nigerians discovered in Amansea awka,the police mass buried them with "inconclusive" investigation and the Police boss still keeps his job?

Economy

He said our foreign reserve is 38billion usd, is that not only on iweala's notepad?
How can you have external debt of 48bn usd and come home to deceive us that we have reserves?

How much bonds services that 48bn plus interest annually? Nearly 25% of 44bn.
Now 48bn minus 38bn is 10bn deficit in my books though a dull iweala will think her note pad is making progress
While the economy remains a doldrum.


On electricity,

its 3yrs gone and he is yet to commission from scratch a new power plant worst still fired the only human being in his cabinet who knows his onions in the power sector.


On health

; almost all teaching hospitals in Nigeria have no functional dialysis machine, the most sought of this equipment cost just 5m naira. statistics has it that more than 60,000 Nigerians die yearly of a kidney related ailment, however, he jets out with his cohorts to seek medical help elsewhere.

Roads,

ferma is seriously patching federal highways with a budget of over 80 billion naira

Petroleum

Under his watch, the giant of oil and gas reserves is under going its worst energy crisis in the world.

tanker drivers alone can cripple his supply network as they wish not to talk of ordinary Niger republic coming to our rescue via imports.


In case you have not heard, Nigeria is very close to Afghanistan on security progress under Jonathan's watch.


Education,

its no longer news that only 26% of school leavers gain admission into the universities and only 5% are employed.


On food and agriculture

bro. jo's league of tabularasers are still deliberating on grazing fields for cattle while his mates have mechanized Their ranch.

Economy/cost of living.


bro.jo's economic blind men has blessed us with all time high of 37.5% inflation though his mickey mouse cbn governor is still claiming 28%, wondering what he will be claiming now that all bankers are at home?


Bro. jo is the only Nigerian president that has not initiated a successful programme even Abacha did better with ptf while IBB with FSP and MAMSA, bro. jo is still w.a.n.king with ''YOU WIN''

he has never implemented a single law, from FOI law to PIB,have zero implementation frame work, they only exist on paper.

on that same vein, Nigeria has the second record high job cuts within the last 2yrs, if in doubt ask the bankers and manufacturing industries.


The naira

before his acsention into power, the naira was in a sorry state of 150 to 1 dollar today, jona and his cbn mickey has handed us an unstable 168 to 1 dollar

aviation

the recent dana crash is a testimony that jona's aviation is comatose, not even the attorney general could challenge the allegations of the dana staff in court, in a national disaster of that magnitude?
the girl could have served as a prime witness in a class action against dana if jona was sane.less than 6months of inconclusive investigations, DANA air hit the Tarmac again.


subsidy

under jona's watch, a 250bilion subsidy programme rose to 2trillion yet no arrest, no conviction, no sack, the best miserable Nigerians could get was an AWOL attorney general after 7days of protests.


Bro. jo is the only president in the world whose parliament gulps 75% of the national budget yet they still soak themselves in $625bn bribery scandal.


Jona has bestowed on us the most corrupt institution that even IBB the king of corruption is disappointed, not even a single high profile conviction in 3yrs, not even a single high profile dismissal because as we speak, even the devil himself cannot afford an okupe, madueke and sanusi in his cabinet.


Jonathan has not even initiated let alone fulfilling a single campaign promise except the one that he needs to surround himself with brain dead women in his cabinet.


Devil just sent Bro. jo a congratulatory message for implementing local content policy by importing 200 luxury brands at the cost of over 13.5 million each for a 4 day event.while our manufacturing industries beg for patronage.


For exporting 2.48m bbls of crude daily while importing 38million liters of pms cos his refineries are moribond.
Even angel Gabriel has barred jonathan's prayers from heaven, this is a leader that just borrowed to augment his 900bn military spending.


Still on military, Nigeria has the most under educated junior military officers, before you ask how, bro. jo is too lazy to ask him self why imo with highest national examination enrollments still have the least NDA and police academy enrollments, while borno and zamfara as educationally less privileged, have higher quotas than Delta and anambra put together in military enrollments.Nepotism and corruption at its best


Bro. jo is the only head of state in the world whose wife is a ministry of its own.


oil cabal: after a 7 day protest that wasted lives, bro jo is yet to jail the subsidy thieves and their cohorts

imposed Dickson on bayelsans

Bro. jo handed us the biggest debt burden in our history

By august 2012, budget implementation was just 13%

825 Nigerian lives gone,Bro jo is still trading words and negotiating with boko haram.

Under his watch militants earn 10% of the Nation's revenue, $22.5m, $9m and $12.5m for tompolo, Ateke and Asari as national honors.

Twisted facts during the independence day speech on his fight on corruption, in contrast to what the transparency international claimed.

In October 2012,Blatantly refusing to appeal the ICJ’s decision on ceding bakassi, thereby throwing Millions of Bakkasi indigenes into pandemonium

Refusing to cut down on foreign trips and cost of Governance, contrary to his Nation wide address of 7th jan 2012

In Nov 2012, president jonathan approved 2.2bn naira for the construction of a banquet hall in the villa. At a time our debt profile was all time high

As commander in chief, he stood dumb while a military helicopter was used for "kabu-kabu" at oronto douglas father’s burial
that error in judgement alone claimed the life of a sitting Gov. and the most brilliant NSA Nigeria has ever produced.



Abeg im tired of jona please tell me about patience, heard she is still reciting yaradua's seven point agenda for her sweetheart.

Total waste of human materials


vote Bro. jo again at your own peril.
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I saw this and want Nigerians to comment.Is this OP fuming or just honest analysis of Nigeria?