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TonyeBarcanista:
2. DECLARATION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY OVER BH
May 15,2013: Goodluck Jonathan declares emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states to empower the Military to fight Boko Haram.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22533974

May 15, 2013: Though the CPC Chairman Tony Momoh  CONDEMNED the declaration, National Publicity of the CPC, Rotimi Fashakin, hailed the declaration.

“We need to rally round the President in this trying period. We pray that with this action, peace will eventually return to the states. However, it is gratifying that the President did not behave like a former President(Obasanjo) who removed the political structures when he declared a state of emergency in some states. The action of President Jonathan has shown that the choice made by the people through the ballot would not be denied them. May God help our country"

May 16, 2013: NBA, NLC, CAN Hail declaration

Mr Okey Wali, President of the NBA(as at then)
“We have no doubt that the President has received fresh intelligence that necessitates a harder measure to be taken to forestall further mindless attacks on Nigerians by insurgents. We are indeed satisfied by the decision as it has not eroded the political structure of the three states; suffice it to say that democracy is still in place in those areas.

The NLC President Abdulwaheed Omar 

“I think first of all, we must understand that it is within the responsibilities of Mr. President to take whatever step he deems fit to ensure that there is peace and stability in this country. For Mr. President to have taken that decision would mean that definitely, he must have exploited all avenues and discovered that this is the best option. I want to commend that effort especially because of the way it is carried out. It would ensure that it is directly meant to ensure peace and security rather than being like a political victimisation. The pronouncement of the President shows that the executive, the legislature and the judiciary have continued to function.

May 16, 2013: ACN/APC, Tinubu Kicked Against The State of Emergency, Condemn Use of Force Against Boko Haram

ACN/APC Lai Muhammed
“We hereby REJECT the declaration of emergency rule in the three states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, and we call on the National Assembly to also reject it and not allow itself to be used to rubber-stamp a declaration that is largely cosmetic. If the medicine given to a patient has not cured his or her illness, is it not futile to prescribe more of the same medicine for the patient? If the declaration of a state of emergency in 15 local government areas in four states in 2011 has not curbed the activities of the insurgents, why extend such measure to other areas? If the use of force in the affected states have failed to curtail the activities of the insurgents, why send in more troops?

APC Leader Bola Tinubu: 

“The response to the pervasive chaos in the Northern region of the country has been militarisation, mass arrests and extra judicial killings by the Joint Task Force, JTF, a convenient euphemism for an army of occupation seemingly set loose on the people of the localities concerned. “The tenor of the state of emergency declared by the Federal Government yesterday portends danger for the polity. The full militarisation of security operations in these states will compound the already tense situation.”
http://www.punchng.com/news/reject-emergency-rule-acn-urges-nassembly/
http://thenationonlineng.net/new/acn-tinubu-sani-kick-as-nlc-nba-can-back-action/ 

May 23, 2013: ACN/APC Further Reiterated Their Opposition The State of Emergency, Calls it Power Grab.
As reported by Vanguard
"ACN also warned that unless this despotic tendency is checked, nothing prevents the President, in the name of the ongoing fight against Boko Haram, from extending this power grab to other states that catch his fancy."
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/state-of-emergency-acn-accuses-jonathan-of-deceit/

Also Note That the Nigeria Gov Forum led by Amaechi(APC) and "Progressive" Governors Forum(APC Govs) had earlier kicked against the State of Emergency
www.channelstv.com/2013/05/13/governors-forum-warns-against-state-of-emergency-in-north/

You can't be serious here!
1. What did the state of emergency achieve at the end of the day?
2. Do you expect the APC to sit back and expect PDP to tacitly grab power under a veiled state of emergency, when the ones they earlier declared obviously did not abate the situation?
3. Despite the state of emergency, it is on record that BH kept increasing their spread, taking more territories..........

TonyeBarcanista:
Yesterday, March 20, 2016, I went to Tecno office in Maryland (Lagos) to make enquiries on one of their new product(L8). While there, I met with a staff, who is also a chronic follower of NL Politics section and a core Buharist. This staff/Buharist started lamenting how PDP guys pick sides with individuals and groups that are against the FG (specifically NDA and IPOB), the act he termed "unpatriotic". I listened to his wailing a and asked him a simple question, WHEN DID APC REALISE THE NEED FOR PATRIOTISM?

In case APC has forgotten, it is good to remind them how "patriotic" they were all through the life of former President Ebele Jonathan with respect to the war against BH Terrorists.


Please, take your time to read, note the dates and the positions of APC/ACN in all these.

1. The Battle of Baga 2013
In April 2013, there was a heavy gun duel between the Army(headed by Ihejirika) and the Boko Haram in Baga, Borno state. According to report by the media 185 people were killed including Boko Terrorists and civilians. 

The fighting broke out in the remote fishing village of Baga, when gunmen/terrorist who were believed to be hiding among civilians opened fire on Nigerian soldiers. Military officials said the militants deployed heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades and used the civilian population as "human shields."
The army also denied the 185 casualty figure but admitted that there could be few civilian casualties.
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/22/world/la-fg-wn-nigeria-gun-battles-20130422

April, 2013: President Jonathan Response
President Jonathan who understands the mischief of foreign media and "so-called" right groups, ordered for "investigation" but showed support for the army. It is on record that some media and Right Groups are quick to shout "genocide" "massacre" "crime against humanity" etc whenever the Nigeria Army launches assault against Boko Terrorist. In the words of Ruben Abati,

“While the preliminary briefings indicate that the casualty figures being reported by the foreign media may be grossly exaggerated, President Jonathan assures Nigerians and the global community that the Federal Government of Nigeria places the highest possible value on the lives of all citizens of the country and that his administration will continue to do everything possible to avoid the killing or injuring of innocent bystanders in security operations against terrorists and insurgents. Rules of engagement for the military and security agencies are already in place for this purpose and the investigation ordered by President Jonathan into the incident in Baga is to amongst other things, determine whether or not these rules were fully complied with."


April, 2013: Baga Massacre; Crime Against Humanity – ACN Decries, Blames FG
Rather than stand by the army or keep shut, the ACN/APC blamed the Military and the President and called it "massacre" even without verifying what really happened. In the words of Lai Muhammed

‘’Enough is enough. Even in countries at war, innocent citizens are not being daily mowed to death either by insurgents or state forces, as we are experiencing in Nigeria. It is clear that the Nigerian government is either unwilling or unable to prosecute these crimes, despite the deceptive assurances by those at the helm, hence the ICC must immediately beam its search-light on the situation in Nigeria.”
http://www.osundefender.org/?p=98920

Just like I have mentioned earlier on, the first fundamental flaw of your write-up is the twisted inference to your definition of patriotism. I will infere from your argument with your friend, that NDA & IPOB's criticism of the government as basis, is flawed. I'm also tempted to believe that any opposition to the then government you see as unpatriotism. Let me also lay bare that PDP is the opposition, and APC has no problem with that. It is the quality of opposition offered that is lame, ridiculous, ethinically laced and repugnant.

So the first puncture to your flawed logic are these
1. Patriotism does not arise in the story you posted here. Globally it is an accepted rules of engagement in war that civilians should be protected and that in exctreme cases, it must be proven that all measures were taken to prevent civilian casualities. It would have been irresponsible of the opposition to see a clear case of massacre of civilians just because the army was looking to kill BH. Secondly, the irresponsibility of the then govt, was at play in a situation where 185 people were allegedly killed on Friday and Aso Rock did not know till Sunday. But pray tell what do you expect of a virile opposition? They sieze the moment when the government of the day allow stu.pid slips like that to have taken place. For God's sakes 185 people were allegedly killed and you expect opposition to keep quiet under the guise of "patriotism"?
2. If you understood the mischief of "foreign media", there are proffessional ways to putting those media outlet in their place with facts. Why didn't Reuben Abati, go beyond the quoted statement below to show the world the "mischief"

While the preliminary briefings indicate that the casualty figures being reported by the foreign media may be grossly exaggerated, President Jonathan assures Nigerians and the global community that the Federal Government of Nigeria places the highest possible value on the lives of all citizens of the country and that his administration will continue to do everything possible to avoid the killing or injuring of innocent bystanders in security operations against terrorists and insurgents.

It is on record that when London Telegraph's Coughlin’s did an editorial piece on this government laced with inaccuracies and outright falsehood, The government did not let it slide. Garba Shehu competently replied Coughlin’s article with incontrovertible facts. That is what is expected before any resort to slant throwing (tacit or open). Did Reuben Abati come up with competent defence to trash the "mischief" of foreign media?

pchukwudi:
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Fundamental flaw you say? The typical APC/Buharist comprehension deficiency syndrom.

But if his assertions were flawed, how about countering them wirh superior logic? Of course you CANNOT.

You only reosorted to wishing someone would come wipe your collective shame. And since no one had enough facts to initiate your rescue, the 1000% off topic post by a fellow zombie now appears like a super rebuttal.

Gosh!! Is it really that hard to bow to facts? No it's not, unless when one is plagued with a brain disease.

1. Unfortunately, your comprehension level is way too low to pick a basic point I made. His premise (definition of Patriotism) is flawed which implies that all deductions from it are likely to be faulty. When I do not expect you to pick that, judging from the way you write, you're simply a by-stander when intellectual discourse are concerned.
2. Definitely I will react to his post. You can go throw my posts and profile to know I am not the one to shy away from intellectual discourse.

Babaregg:
Journalism.... Oga/madam. Is like u r a "Wack" Journalist?

I am not. I am just wondering what an irony, for someone that obviously cannot spell to point out flaws of a journalist.......

bankyman:
If I were to use a case as an example and why I think barcanista always get it wrong is the case of deregulation of the oil sector..... During GEJ's era , they saw the problem but as always have no clue as to how to solve it.... it was identified that people were scamming the nation to trillions but the government said the solution is to deregulate straight away without curbing the impending fraud. It would have put Nigerians in more danger to say the least.

Leave the rest as talking about it is a long way to go. Use the above scenario to see the underlying problems everywhere. When Greece hosted the Olympics, it was as if the whole country was in economic utopia, fast forward to 2yrs afterwards and see what became of them. The GEJ era had no clue and ran the continuous government of make ups and we were being made to look robust when we weren't.

We are low right now I think and it's because this is a stage we ought to have gone through and gotten out from but he truth was bitter and we were lied to, as against this administration all I see right now is tribalism getting the better of us and claiming a bad government as good. Don't get me wrong this government will get things wrong so many times and it's OK as it is applicable everywhere, we only will judge them on how they responded to the wrongs and make it right.

Barcanista, don't lay issues using the bares, point out the nutty gritty and maybe you'll see things clearly too.

I was wondering if someone would let this twisted writeups of Barcanista slide. Thanks Bro for putting it where it should be. .....cesspit.

He made his writeup with a fundamental flaw. Not defining his own version of patriotism. Every opposition to GEJ he deemed unpatriotic, draws scenarios out of context and twisting basis......well he can only fool his fellow wailers

Wailers will always wail

Abeshi is a northerner from Nasarawa State

FrankValency:

rychard: :


Idiot, how is this amusing to you, the news out there is that Nigerians are been killed for drug trafficking, instead of sourcing ways to help our nation, you bring it home, tribalize it and hope the country moves forward. That's why we are so backward in this country.

so na me send them abi, smh for u, u must be one

Standing5:
Instead of throwing your weight behind Aregbesola blindly, I think you should be asking the question any neutral person should ask. I mean questions like:
1. Why didn't he go into cocoa first when he became governor but was busy dashing money to the old and young alike?
2. Why borrow so heavily only to dash out funds when the state had the potential to make huge profit out of cocoa?
3. Why is he not cancelling the schemes that help drained the huge allocations fast during oil boom?
The man is a bid failure to. Though compared to some his peers, he might be a good leader, but to me, judging him independently, he is a big failure.

Bros,

I do not consider any value in engaging in conversations with you..........so spare me

Standing5:
In the absense of any strong argument from you, it has suddenly become a matter of " poor tenses and composition". Well you are entitled to you own opinion but i can equally tell you logic and argument are silly at best. The tenses and composition av suddenly become poor cos u av no more room to hide. You can keep shuttling between digression from topic of discussion and personal attack all you want.
My points still remains that everybody should contribute significant amount of Natural resource to avoid the parasitic tendencies that is working against our long term interest as a nation. You stupid argument of the north not being parasitic because the contribute cash crop is clearly deficient as the ND too did contribute same in time past.
In your mad crave to win at all cost you also tried denying regional govt got 50% of what they contributed in time past. You lack integrity at best.

It's turned to a load of waste continuing this useless argument with you..........

Have your fill

OLADD:
Anybody that sees how lengthy your epistle looks might easily make a mistake of believing you made sense not knowing it's nothing but empty bunkum.

Now, take a faddy look at these;

1. Negotiating with two feuding factions of a Union over a single subject for the purpose of currying their favour is nothing but a shameful act of divisiveness. If talking to the two factions was so imperative as you claimed, why did the same Buhari govt ignore the Ajero faction on Workers' May Day Celebration? Does that ring a bell in your ears? What that simply connotes is that this administration had given tactical approval to Wabba's authentic NLC from inception but decided to court Ajero faction surreptitiously just to cause further divisions in the rank and file of NLC. I insist that's a condemnable act.

2. There's nothing the Wabba's NLC placed before the FG other than complete reversal of the price increase. The govt was trying to be smart by mingling Minimum Wage negotiation with fuel price hike. Talks on minimum wage had gone off before the latest price increase hence, the two are separate and incongruent. It was on the initial price of N86 both factions of the NLC premised their respective agitations for N56,000 and N90,000 MW respectively and not the current price of N145 if you care to know.

3. On the alleged N2b given to Wabba-led NLC by Jonathan's govt, that shouldn't be your headache but Buhari's. Has the EFCC gone moribund not to beam its searchlight on such fraud, if it indeed exists?
To further buttress how contradictory your statements are, you are now suggesting that Buhari is ready to negotiate with a corrupt Wabba-led NLC?

No matter how smartly you play around with words, what's bad is bad. The Nigerian govt is out to cause further divisions in labour just to silence any opposition to its oppressive, elitist, imperial, self-centered and trial-and-error governance. Simple.

At least I get a credit of smarts in "playing with words"........ You? You argued very unintelligently abinitio...........

1. If your point two is not outright attempt at sophistry, it will be a shame to twist what is already in public domain. Except you have not been following media (which is obvious) you cannot deny the statement below;

Joe Ajaero, factional president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has denounced the proposed mass action by the Ayuba Waba-led splinter group against the fuel price hike. He told journalists the timing and motive of the proposed strike action was wrong and accused the Waba-led NLC of asking that the federal government write off the N2 billion loan collected by the group for the purchase of buses in 2012.

“When you are asking that the loan given to you in 2012, which had not been paid back should be written off, we believe that the action has already been sold out before it takes off.

https://www.newsbreak.ng/2016/05/nlc-runs-trouble-proposed-strike-action-faction-backs/

I know your comprehension capacity can decide to holiday when it is critically needed, but to twist facts and what you assume I meant, is shallow. Whatever "corruption" in NLC is not my bother, they have internal mechanisms to address that. What I simply put, is the reason for what factionalised NLC, what Waba-faction brought to the table.

2. Unfortunately yo do not let you understand that in negotiations, parties come with both mandates and concessions. Your misunderstanding of why a minimum wage discussion should come in that negotiation simply shows you have a lot to learn. You condemn the FG for proposing to discuss minimum wage, yet conveniently left out the demand (albeit belated and opportunistic) as quoted below

“Again, we demanded that the electricity tariff imposed on the people last January should also be reversed. But, government said they were not ready to discuss such things.

3. So if we got your drift, the FG should only negotiate with Waba faction? That is simply your personal opinion. That opinion I believe is not well thought through........no wonder you're on NL and competent people are running the government. That the FG attended a factions event on Labour day and did not the other translates to nothing. The FG did not make any statement to that effect. What is most unfortunate is your warped reasoning. How will you imagine the FG will give approval (tacit or public) to a faction of Labour when both factions are in court?

Standing5:
It isn't by force to change the opinion of other. If it must be done, then it should be done in a mature way and not by digressing or throwing around irrelevant facts. If you in you infinite wisdom can be truthful to yourself, go back and chech my initial suggestion concerning tilted resource contribution pattern and the equally tilted opposition towards changing it.
You didn't av to go so low to argue trash and start spewing irrelevant jargons in here.
To re-expand in new words, my initial point, resource contribution ought to be evenly spread accross all region in other discourage parasitic tendencies that makes productivity unattractive to the North and other less unproductive regions.
You in your attempt at winning an argument at all cost, started talking nonsense about cash crop s like the ND oil states weren't producing them before oil came or like your thick skull didn't make your biased brain realize the North has dropped in its average cash crop production from the pre-crude oil days just like the SW has done too.
My submission merely pointed out those who are most prone to maintain the dependence of ND oil.
Grow up and stop getting so emotional about your flawed arguements.

Now you want to appeal to sentiments. If you argument had any strength or value, you need not persuade me to "go back" to it. Your submission is what "....merely pointed out those who are most prone to maintain the dependence of ND oil", what ever this means......that's the stress I contend with. You're simply not making sense. Your tenses are poor and your composition fall below par......

Babaregg:
[size=16pt]jounerlism[/size] in Nigeria is sometimes wack!

Can any of this self imposed Journalist plz.... Find their group pics, circle her face and tell us a lil detail about her. How did she get to that Pont that the JTF picked her up and what happened to the rest of the girls.

Posting all these inconclusive news can be annoying.

Jouner.....what? your spelling is "wacker"

Flexherbal:
If this man continues like this, he is sure of getting a second tenure.

He's gotten it already. They way he has "attacked" Alimoso LGA is a good strategy

GeneralShepherd:
Did you just refer to Ambode as a tout? A graduate of Cranfield Business School, a tout? One of the top business in the world.

My friend you need a serious mental health evaluation

You forgot to mention
1. Second best WAEC result in West Africa
2. Best ICAN result.....

OlujobaSamuel:
are you sure that road was ever in good condition? I'm aware of ayetoro-ibeshe-ilaro, he reconstructed the road without input from the government.

I understand he did from Lokoja Roundabout to Obajan plant. I visited Obaja Cement Plant when Dangote hosted my school in 2009. He flew about us from Lagos to Abuja and we completed the rest on bus. We drove through the road and it was top quality

focus7:
Op the only I can describe you and your post is "Ode"

Bros,

Haba! why are you spoiling his bad name

greggng:

UmuEri: :
NLC is not divided, Ayuba controls 33 out of 35 affiliate unions, leaving just only 2 for Ajero supposed faction.

Note, that was why the Ayuba led NLC worked out of the meeting with the FG on Tuesday immediately the SGF recognised and called Ayuba a factional leader.

This got Ayuba infuriated, and he immediately stood up and worked-out of the meeting. As he stood up, all his colleagues stood and followed him immediately.

The meeting did not hold because the FG wanted to further polarize NLC, and Ayuba understood that and staged a Work-out.

Note, i was there Live.

Stop misinforming Nigerians. The reason why he worked was clear. The. Federal govt wants to discuss salary increase and paliatives measures while as he want to discuss fuel subsidy reversal and reversal in the electricity hike. I hope this will set the record straight

Thank you bros, ppl can lie......

He also proposed a write-off of the N2.1b loan GEJ gave to labour, which the FG flately refused

OrlandoOwoh:

OLADD: I am afraid that's the major reason why the strike is ineffective. NLC is a divided house.

Was Buhari there when the NLC election held? You should advise NLC to drop their differences, not blaming Buhari.

Bros,

The bobo is fantastically ignorant (not wanting to say it in Yoruba )...

allthingsgood:

OLADD: The NLC as far as Nigeria is concerned is one. So, if there's a feud among vested stakeholders, govt efforts should gear toward mending fences instead of callously polarising them. That's the essence of my post. OK?

This is even a more stupid comment to make
It is neither government's job nor in its interest to attempt to settle NLC. Government does not interfere with the internal dealings of labour

I repeat, your post is ridiculous!

Let me concur with my favorite catch-word - It is "ridoncuelous"

OLADD:

allthingsgood: The way you wailers think is quite pathetic and silly

Labour was fractionalized long before buhari or apc came into the presidency. So this your ridiculous attempt to blame fg for NLC issues is very silly. sometimes I think you wailers suffer from selective amnesia

Firstly, I am not a wailer but a concerned Nigerian who's after a prosperous, egalitarian, unpolarized, progressive and peaceful nation.

Secondly, yes it's true NLC was fractionalized before the advent of Buhari's administration but the last govt did not officialize or magnify the divisions. By negotiating with two factions of the same union, APC has proved to the world that they can even dine with Satan just to have their way. That's satanism at its peak.

1. First off, you are really a wailer and you do not sound like a concerned Nigerian
2. You sound either confused or simply irrational. You could be well be within your perogative to be a wailer and argue your position intelligently and with facts. Your choice of sentiments is a bottom low

That said

It is logical, wise and magnanimous of FG to call both factions into negotiation, for one simple reason, none should be left out. The FG could have chosen to recognise a faction, yet chose not to do so. A reasonable person should have seen the act of the FG has being more pragmatic and nationalistic.

You should try to sound less ridiculous in your arguements. What is the meaning of this statement

yes it's true NLC was fractionalized before the advent of Buhari's administration but the last govt did not officialize or magnify the divisions

. This is terribly absurd.....

If you're not lazy, you should research the following, and later come back and tell us what APC/PMB's government did to Labour
1. Have you bothered to ask why Labour is factionalised?
2. Have you bothered to ask what Ayuba faction put on the table that was totally rejected by both FG delegates and Ajaero faction?
3. What Ayuba faction did with the over N2b that GEJ's government gave to labour for the housing estate, which is unaccounted for and the land still empty? (Tip - this is one of the grouse that led to the fractions)

vigasimple:
Your Aregbese wasn't thinking of cocoa until Ooni went to see Buhari in Abuja and mentioned it in press briefing after the meeting with Buhari.

Crude oil has made every able body lazy.

Sometimes I am not disposed to engaging some of you in discussion, because it will leave no value for me. Bros, if you do not know the facts simply say so, than all these useless comments you want to lead me into.

Aregbe had been talking about Agric since his day one in office and major efforts he's made in Agric

Standing5:
Impressive but irrelevant facts, and so goes to the trash bin for logic.
Your lack of integrity leave me no option but to let you be in your self imposed delusion.
If I keep replying your points, I will keep digressing from my initial point.

If anything elicits my attention from the obvious empty response of yours (I am not suprised anyway, because you know virtually nothing about the topic, but wants to flex, and you're doing so foolishly), ........my lack of integrity? Pluuuueeeezzzzzeeee You have virtually graduated to use of words frivolously

Am I talking to a secondary school kid?

freshdude99:

Adanna86: :
Awesome! kiss it could be very lucrative in the form of business with foreign exportation, when I think of cocoa I think of chocolate grin

Also a good initiative work scheme wise, bringing more people towards seeking employment in the agriculture sector.

Think of exploring its other value chain not foreign exportation like I saw above

I agree with you. and That is where jobs will come in droves. Exporting raw materials is like throwing away your juice for paltry sum. For starters, this could start a revolution of Home-made products as was the case in Brazil, where home-made products alone had over a million distribution channels in 1 year

Bonifide:
Cocoa is the right way to go many nations rack in millions from the crop
but don't stop at planting alone lets also work at having the largest chocolate factory in the world
you know very few people can resist chocolates.
Now we have in Nigeria cocoa varieties that can be harvested as from two years we must really go back to Agriculture

Do we now see the foresight in Aregbesola resuscitating the Cocoa milling plant and concession it to the Chinese company. Not only do we get to process cocoa, we will also add value to it before it leaves Osun.

frisky2good:

tit: :
chaaai!
Is the Ooni a ipob yoot?
So he want we yoruba to go and plant cocoa?
him no know say crude oil sweet pass?

Your tit is probably bigger than your brain. MUST YOU COMMENT even when you have nothing reasonable to say?

She must comment na! how will we know she's all t.its and no brains

Standing5:
stop feigning ignorance. The farmer up north gets paid by buyers. The man down south whose land has been damaged wouldn't be will allow further exporation in his vicinity. Stop throwing dormant logic about, everybody contributing. When the North provided tin for export thd got ~50% and everybody was motivated to work unlike now.

This shows that you're either grandstanding or you know virtually nothing about how oil business is played.

1. You obviously do not know that the first major step in Oil and Gas business is acquisition of the acreage where Oil will be explored and produced. You think that is free
2. You do not know that in such acquisition, provision is made upfront for the community whose land is acquired?
3. you do not know that the ROW land associated with E&P business is bought outright
4. Despite all these, you want to claim ignorance that communities are not settled in direct cash payments, given preference on certain categories of contracts, are beneficiaries of CSRs and still they make other demands (scholarships, sponsorships of various community initiatives etc) which in many cases are met?

The problem I see with you is that you know absolutely nothing you're talking about wrt Oil and Gas business. You are just making useless sentimental cries. When was the north paid 50%? SMH

ndibeemma:
please its been long I read from @TemiTemi
Gej my hero, Fayose my role model

Standing5:
The man on whose land you explore hardly gets anything. My point is to motivate contributors to the nation's coffer by giving them a good share of their contribution. The dormant regions are happy to impede the growth of the forward thinking regions with population increase that gives them power to get large share of allocation n dominate decision making process.

1. The moment you lot deal with the fact that Nigerian law says you own nothing below the ground, then you'll have a clearer perspective.
2. Everybody is contributing to the nations coffers in many ways. There is no share beyond 13%, which should have ideally made a massive improvement of ND, but for stealing which one of your leaders say is not corruption
3. There is no dormant region. The only dormancy I see is in thinking and ideology of you lot. Kaduna and Kano are way well developed and may even be better developed than the whole of ND, even without Oil. Their forefathers had laid the structures with their resources before the advent of oil. The last I checked, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Rivers gets the largest of the monthly revenue share......

Acidosis:
ahahahaha

I love my 'bush' like that

You, like Esau, that can deny your lineage over a pot of porridge (asaro), have no business quoting me

Which part of Lagos are you from?? Apart from selling your self-proclaimed inheritance to exterminated miscreants like Tinubu, and wanking over photos of wealthy microscopic few, what else can you call your OWN in Lagos?

My advice to you is to start searching for your great grandfathers' dry bones, just may be, some historians might help trace your lineage to Osun or Ekiti

....and where will a bush rat like you know in Lagos, apart from the "markate" places as told by your brothers.......
Oh, Tinubu hunts still hunts you in your dreams .......
When they catch phrase "Eko o ni baje" was formed, they had you in mind....... you can come one of these days to see how bridges look like

omenka:
Wow!! If I lie about what I'm about to say, my God not grant any of my wishes today.

Was coming to criticise Baba for wasting our badly needed forex thinking I'd see "toyota" instead of Innoson, but thank God he didn't disappoint me.

We need more of gestures like this.

Wish ALL government fleet would be made by Innoson. It should be a matter of LAW already!

Also had Peugeot from PAN Kaduna in the mix......... The man is living up to the promise of "Buy-Nigeria"

Acidosis:
see dem oo, dem don come

So why would I love Lagos more than my village?

I won't sacrifice Paris for my village, let alone Lagos.

I'm not like you who feel ashamed of your lineage because of shoprite bread and sharwama


If you know how much I love my village ehn, you won't post this trash.

Bush rat!!! Whatever is "Shoprite bread and sharwama", I can obviously see how much you love you village, considering the longer troat for sharwama. You that is having "premature-eja.culation" over seeing people corporately dressed will definitely salivate over bread and sharwama..bush rat.

Standing5:

Walelavender: :

North 'Parasitic' when you can't get tomatoes again in the market. North 'Parasitic' when the beef in your stew comes from them? Please let's stop these tribal jingoism. Our strength is in our diversity. Let the food produce coming from north to south stop for a week, you will get to know that our relationship has never being parasitic but symbiotic.
God bless Nigeria

the labour of the tomato farmer was paid for and wasn't under duress. Can you say same for the reverse scenario?

....so the labour of Oil is not paid for and was under duress? How ridiculous can some of you be?