₦airaland Forum

These little boys that hide behind mask, too afraid to reveal identity talking about they are coming with war.

I laugh

If dem see helicopter for sky now dem go scatter into the creeks.

legendte:
Hehehe if you see how relaxed I am right now. I dey always laugh each time afonja issue threat. Go and take kwara state from your slave masters first. Cowards issuing threats. Same way Linda dey chill for banana island and wizzy dey warn am from rented flat in surulere. Were you not around when we shot down Lagos during his arrest? Imagine the dirtiest tribe talking about pollution. Hehehehe.

lol@ dirtiest

would you like to see pictures and videos of clean Lagos before SE refugees came with their household properties held together by polythene bags and polluted us with your filth?

FFK is afraid of the scarcity of Ibo poussy should Biafra go alone. He is using backdoor policy to unify and retain his unquenching desire for licking Ibo poussy. It wont werk!

The South East Revival Group, SERG, has accused the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, John Nwodo, of “engaging in political bazaar” and patronage rather than working to stabilise Igbo land in the face of growing marginalization.

The socio-political pressure organisation in a statement signed by its Secretary General, Benedict Ezeagu, observed that it was unfortunate that rather than defend and promote the overall interest of Igbos, Mr. Nwodo had turned himself into a ‘political tool.’

“It is very unfortunate that the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, rather than defend and promote the interest of Igbos, has made himself an available tool in the hands of Igbo detractors and non-Igbos, especially the Arewa irredentists, to denigrate Igbo nation, our sacred traditional institutions and prominent Igbo sons and daughters.

“Such despicable cases in recent time were when he decided to attack Nnamdi Kanu and his Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) agitators, a deviation from his earlier declaration as a father to the young Igbo people, who would have called his erring children into his bedchamber and counselled them, if he believed that they have missed the mark in their strategy for Igbo self-determination.

“Having forgotten so soon the apolitical nature of his office, in his bid to impress his newly found political allies, the Ohanaeze President General chose to openly castigate his acclaimed children after he has descended so low to represent a former military ruler at a book launch,” the statement read.

The group said Mr. Nwodo had departed from his role as a leader in the region.

“Why is it a bit difficult for him to sit down in his office to coordinate the efforts to liberate Ndigbo from their oppressors in Nigeria by bringing together the Igbo self-determination agitators and other Igbo sons and daughters to find a common solution to the Igbo Question in Nigeria?

“Is he not worried to see how the northern youths that issued quit notice to Ndigbo are being pampered and caressed by their northern leaders while their counterparts in the Eastern region are being hunted down daily?”

Pharaoh9:
800 people were slaughtered in Southern Kaduna within 24hrs and nobody was arrested, Fulani herdsmen kill and destroy properties and don't get arrested rather Nigerian military will rush to protect them when ever they are attacked back,

Yoruba people and Hausa people fought at Ille-Ife and police came and arrested only Yoruba people including their Oba but the yoruba youths never said anything

Yoruba youths said plenty, you were deaf to their voice.

Hausa was the casualty in Ife.

Doublecheck:
The proof is engraved in your scratched face, simply post a passport for all to see then we can verify it Afonja.

In preparation for Oct1st, your brothers in North have been spotted tattooing Yoruba mark on their cheeks, they were heard reciting the pronounciation of Ruwa upandan...

Doublecheck:
All this long story just to deny your identity .... chai Afonja don suffer, anyway that's none of my business Afonjas have been denying their Identity since 1914 so there is nothing new in what you are doing.

I am more interested in your facial balance, what is your facial net worth Afonja. I am sure you will be a wealthy Afonja son facially.

Abi u don yama sef? Denying our identity, with tribal marks, with indigenous dishes, with proud history of lineage?

Were dey worry you

Develpeast:
Just go and sleep. Your hate is real.

he said you posted lies and fakes. Defend that...

This will be the downfall of Kanu, abusing and flogging the people he needs with his tongue.

somebody tell this goat to shut up.

Baba Ramooo....Baba Ramooo, aaaaahh....

Leave Ibo alone, they have more than enough trouble on their hands as it is without adding your harrassment.

The submission of the former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, GCON on the restructuring of the Nigerian Political system is very instructive.

Likewise are the submissions also of Pastor Tunde Bakare, General Alani Ipoola Akinrinade (rtd.), Mohammed Haruna ,Senator Musa Adede, Bishop Mike Okonkwo, Chief Wole Olanipekun, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Senator Femi Okunronmu, and others.

I have read the four books by Colonel Tony Nyiam (rtd.) especially his 169-page book on “TRUE FEDERAL DEMOCRACY OR AWAITING IMPLOSION?”. I agree with his suggestion on the need for the creation for a National Institute for the strategic management of Nigeria’s Security. And those who know Nigeria well enough don’t joke with the views of Colonel Tony Nyiam.

 During the tenure of General Sanni Abacha, leaders and Obas in Lagos, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ogun met on April 6, 1994. 

Ekiti state was yet to be created as at then. The present Ekiti was still part of Ondo state. The meeting took place in Abeokuta. At the end of the meeting, a draft memorandum was prepared by a committee. As a follow up of the Abeokuta meeting, a memorandum was prepared and approved at a meeting held on May 11, 1994 in Akure. 

The memorandum was adopted by acclamation at the Akure meeting. That memorandum represented the soul and authoritative views of all the Obas, Chiefs, Leaders of Thought and the entire People of Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo States of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The memorandum was signed by the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, the Owa Obokun of Ijesha land, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, Oba Adebola Oyedokun of Saaki, Oba Osuolale Adeyemi of Isheri, the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba R. A. Adejugbe, the Alaaaye of Efon Alaaye, Oba Adesanya  Aladejare, Chief Isiaka Adeleke, Tunji Abolade, Soun of Ogbomosho, Oba Oyeyemi  Oladunni Ajagungbade, the Aseyin of Iseyin, Oba Wuraola Adeyeri, the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Emmanuel  Adegboyega Operinde, the Ayangburen  of Ikorodu, Oba  Afolabi  Oguntade Salau  Oyefusi,  the Oluwo  of Iwo, Oba  Olatubosun Tadese, the Akran  of Badagry  D.E.  Wheno  Menu Toyi, Chief Segun Osoba, Dr. Femi Okunronmu, Dr. Sola Soiele, Dr. Festus Adesanoye, Osemawe of Ondo, the Deji of Akure, Oba Adebobaje Adesida, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, Chief Adebayo Adefarati, Chief George Akosile, Major-General Adeyinka Adebayo, Chief Michael Ajasin, Chief Ilemobajo Akinola, Senator Remi Okunriboye, Major-General Olufemi Olutoye, Professor Biyi Afonja, Chief Owosina, Chief Olu Falae, Chief Abiola Morakinyo, Mrs. Jumoke Olojede and Chief Bisi Akande.

Others were Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, Chief Yusufu Ayinla, Alhaj Umoni Alade, Chief Yesufu Ayinla,the Owa of Idanre, Oba Federick Adegunle Aroloye, Chief Ladoju Ladapo, Chief Pekun Adesokan,Chief Bola Ige, Chief Akin Omojola, Oba Adesanya Aladejare in Efon Alaye, Chief Abraham Adesanya, Professor Adebayo Adedeji, Chief A.O. Anjorin, Chief Adeyiga Ajayi, Alhaji G. O. Dawodu, the Oba of Lagos, Oba Adeyinka Oyekan, Chief TOS Benson, Chief Odeyale, Chief Adeniran Ogunsanya, among others.

To me the views represent till today, the authentic views of the Yoruba people on the issue of restructuring.

They declared “We are convinced that the cause of Nigeria’s federalism will be well and truly advanced if we return to the pre-1996 evolutionary path: a balanced federal structure which recognizes fully the legitimate claims of all ethnic groups for self-determination and where no single entity among the federating units will be strong or powerful enough to hold the others to ransom, but where each of the federating units is large enough, both in terms of size and population as well as of resources, to be viable, self-reliant and dynamic. 

“Other relevant factors include the homogeneity of each federating unit, geographic contiguity among the units of a region and demonstrable willingness to be together. 

“In pursuance of the principle of self-determination and in the interest of the sustainability, any state or community shall have the opportunity to decide, through the democratic process, the region of its choice in the light of these criteria. In the light of the foregoing criteria, we propose the restructuring of Nigeria into six federating units to be known as Regions. 

“The six regions shall be Western, Eastern, Southern, North-Western, North-Eastern and Middle Belt Regions. The Western Region will group together the following States: Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo and all other Yoruba-speaking communities wherever they may be in the Federation. The States that will constitute the other regions will be decided by their people subject to the observation of the principle of self-determination.

“With the restructuring into six viable and potentially dynamic and prosperous regions, individually and collectively serving as a countervailing force to the centralizing tendencies of the centre, Nigeria will be constituted a Federation of six Regions. 

“Each would have the power to prepare its own constitution and determine its political structure, its legislative organs and the structure of its executive, provided that nothing in the constitution of the Regions conflicts with the fundamental tenets of federalism and with principles of the federal constitution.

“The function of the federal government must be clearly spelt out. Residual powers must lie with the Regions. The Federal Government shall have no power to interfere in or take over any function of the Regional Government. Similarly, it shall have no power to interfere with the operations of any Regional Government. 

“Each Region shall determine the number functions and power of its constituent institutions. 

“The National Assembly shall be bi-cameral: House of the People and the Upper House. 

“Members shall be elected or designated for a period of four years with the possibility of re-election. Membership of the House of the People shall be by universal suffrage with constituencies delineated on the basis of population, contiguity, homogeneity and territorial expanse. 

“Each Region shall send an equal number of representatives to the upper House, one-quarter of whom must be traditional ruler from within that Region. Each Region will be free to determine the basis and method of election/selection of its representative to that House.

“The Head of Government shall be the Prime Minister who shall be appointed by the President. The Person to be so appointed, shall be the leader of the party or of a coalition of parties which has the support of the majority of the members of the House of the People. 

“Whenever he loses such support he shall resign or be dismissed. The Prime Minister shall be free to form his Government which must receive the immediate endorsement of the House of the people through a vote of confidence. 

“The Prime Minister shall resign or be dismissed whenever the majority of the House of the People withdraws its support.

“There shall be provision for power-sharing in the Constitution. Power configuration shall be accorded a zoning status on rotational basis. For this purpose, five key portfolios (such as Internal Affairs and Petroleum) in addition to the office of the Prime Minister, shall be identified in the Constitution and be assigned to five Deputy Prime Ministers drawn from the five Regions, other than Region from which the Prime Minster hails. For avoidance of doubt, the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Ministers and all members of government shall be elected members of the House of the People.

“The principle of derivation in which each Region will retain an overwhelming share, if not all, of the revenue accruing from the tax imposed on the natural resources within its territory, shall apply. Revenue from the exploitation and custom duties shall be put in distributable pool account to be shared between the Federal and the Regional Governments in accordance with an agreed formula, but with special consideration being given to the Region(s) where the facilities for their collection are located. Every effort must be made to achieve self-reliance in mobilizing resources by all the Regions and the Federation. 

“In particular, no Region must take proportionally more than what it contributes to the Federation financially. There shall be no direct Federal allocation to State Local governments. 

“With regard to the power of personal and direct taxation, such as personal income tax, capital-gains tax, sales tax and property tax, governments shall have the right to levy them that provided that, in order to ensure efficiency, a uniform tax base should be applied and tax rate split between the Federal and Regional Governments. 

“The rate of tax can differ from region to region so that regional revenue can be enhanced to respond to the special needs of a particular region and in accordance with the ability and willingness if the citizens to pay higher taxes”.

These were the views expressed twenty-two years ago. These views are still being re-echoed today because they are important and vital to our co-existence as a nation. The question is no longer whether restructuring is desired or not, we have passed that stage. The issue is when and how it will be implemented without amending the present presidential constitution that is in use. Will the present legislators and the executives allow for such an amendment knowing fully well that the present system benefits them?

*Teniola, a former Director at the Presidency (Nigeria), stays in Lagos

Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has backed calls for restructuring of the country. He stated that the present structure will never allow states make progress.

He spoke on Monday in Ibadan at a book launch in honour of the former Premier of Western region, Late Samuel Ladoke Akintola, which held at the International Conference Centre of the University of Ibadan.

Oba Adeyemi said, “The first time that the Federal Government would interfere in state affairs began when the government at the centre interfered in the feud between Akintola and Awolowo.

“The government, in support of Akintola, declared a state of emergency in the old Western Region, snowballing into serious crisis.

“They cannot fish or practice agriculture so they have to agitate. The Oyo State government cannot pay teachers and civil servants because what is coming to its coffers from the FG is minimal.

“Our revenue has been taken over by the FG. What the FG collects in Value Added Tax in an area in Oyo State in one month is more than what it collects in Adamawa State in three months. Yet, the FG takes all away.

“The army came and took side during a coup that led to the death of Akintola. Aguiyi Ironsi that took over abolished the regional system through decree 34 of 1960. He also scrapped the term federal republic and replaced with republic of Nigeria.

“The Northerners felt that with the new system, the Emirs would no longer be able to operate within a republic like before. Their belief was that Ironsi came from a culture that opposed their belief. This led to a counter coup of July 29, 1960. I am trying to tell you why we have to restructure Nigeria.

“Gowon that came later returned the term federal republic of Nigeria but not the region. Lagos is about 20 million people going by the first census conducted and Kano was next. Within next 10 years, Kano was split into about 44 council areas but Lagos remains with 20 council areas.

“Jigawa was created from Kano and given 19 council areas. This means that the bulk of what Nigeria realises from oil goes to the North.

“If we are in a region, the government of that region can create council areas but because we depend on a monolithic manner of financing the states, we are in problem. Have they been able to publish the people who own the oil blocs in Nigeria?”

OBAGADAFFI:
Just ignore those clowns. When Famakinwa died, most of the governors kept quiet until pressure was mounted on them to intervene.

Isnt someone on payroll to manage their web portal? The web page is where we are supposed to go and get updates on DAWN projects and milestones and appreciate what they are doing. I wonder when last it was updated. The administrator slacked, his/her supervisor slacked, and the Governors dropped the ball as well.

ZorGBUooeh:
We are not talking about other states..We are talking lagos state here..Ambode is the one proposing,not my state govt and if it was my state govt..I won't support his greedy proposal.

How was Lagos developed by FG, a tenant?

Mr Famakinwa has been dead for months, Western Governors met just last week and discussed DAWN Commission. Did any of them bother to review the online image maker of their integration project? If they did someone should have noticed Dipo Famakinwa is still listed as the Director, months after his burial.

Tidy up people!

The two people above me I no get ya time right now. Im celebrating victories left and right.



We are awaiting results from full collation in other LGAs

APC go carry whole Lagos and attest their love for Gov Ambode.


Ambode 2019 rolling....

APC has done it again, no dissapointment. This is a testimony of the voice of the people. AMBODE is working and people love him.

So after Segun Oni finish his two terms, Fayemi willl return, then Fayose will come back, followed again by Oni....and so on.

In a Western Regional Government dem no born these peoole well to try this nonsense. Na Nigeria cause this nonsense.

SalamRushdie:
I don't have a problem with Tinubu because he is a capitalist and his actions don't interfere with with growth of the hardworking man ...I only have problems with people like Buhari whose poor thought process end up endangering the hardworking middle class more than any other group .

Buhari has a very sharp mind. He focused too deep on fixing corruption and failed to realize that Nigerian treasury and corruption are ONE! The coporate thieves are the lifeline of national economy and if you lock em up the free flow of money and finance will dry up cause they have the key to the vault. Our collective national thieves are wealtheir than the Central Bank and they control a huge net flow of capital, locally and abroad. The drive to repatriate money stolen by Abacha alone has been going for 6years, every year a massive amount of money in millions in foreign currency is repatriated, and there is more still in foreign assets than has been returned. Thats just Abacha alone! Add to that what Diezani has done. Add to it Dasuki's gifts and distributions.

Buhari is not a bad leader, he waged war against a ferocious animal, and they fought back.

azimibraun:
Osinbajo (Osibande)
Fashola
Fowler
Ibikunle Amosun
Ajimobi
Ogbeni Rauf
Ambode
Akeredolu
Remi tinubu
Gbajabiamila
Faleke
Kemi Adeosun( In extension)

Some of his notable investment in human capital development. Name the rest.

Add Muhammadu Buhari name join. If no be Jagaban who else go give Buhari victory?

The way addini is practiced in North is different from way we Yoruba see it. The way of Islam in Saudi is different from its practice next door in Dubai. Northeres are muslims first before anything else but in Yorubaland we are Yorubas first, other things follow.

TonyeBarcanista:
How can someone say he met a woman and proposed marriage all within 4hours? Like my apology stated, it sounded "unbelievable"...

Time is temperament, and there is time for everything! Before posting look at what mood time is in. If you observed you should have noticed that it wasn't Dr Abah's time, it wasn't Tonye's time, it wasn't "fact-check" time....it was all about a 50yr old chick.

....it was Mrs Kemi Abah's time.

What does APC, PDP, appointment have to do with Kemi's time?

patrick89:
lol million dollars ko..... you like living ostentatious life, that's not our way. you poor rats live in rusted zinc, with wretched building.
you are not naturally creative, that's why most of you are either accountant or journalist.

What has Ibo ever created?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjugomdtkRM

alcmene:
Afonja states should not be included in the restructuring....

You don't reap what you didn't sow

Yoruba has championed restructuring since 1963. The original script was for Midwest to divest from West, COR from East and MiddleBelt from North. The other two did and till today the inability to divest Middlebelt continued to favor North. Why was Middlebelt not done? Ibos threw a wrench in the political mechanism and wrecked everything, starting with the abolishment of regional government introduced by a decree of Ironsi.

Get sense! We will teach you history that tje village refused to teach to you.

She washed and hung it on the line in hostel. Wind blow am, and somebody must have left that library door open, otherwise that undie no suppose be there.

Na who leave that door open?

Laudate, great job! Dont forget Main One and Main Street.

moninuola65:
OKE OGUN IS BIGGER THAN MANY STATES IN NIGERIA. AND IT'S AMONG THE FIRST ASKING FOR STATE BUT TILL TODAY NOTHING, ALSO IT'S NEVER PRODUCED A GOVERNOR IN OYO STATE, IT'S HAD BEEN MARGINALIZED BY IBADAN OGBOMOSO AND IJESA SINCE INDEPENDENT, DO YOU EXPECT OKE OGUN TO CONTINUE BLINDLY SERVING THE GREEDY REGIONAL ELITES. WHEN NIGERIA IS RESTRUCTURED INTO REGIONS? OR BALKANIZED IN TO NEW STATES AS MANY WISH? MEANS REGIONAL MARGINALIZATION IS ETERNITY , WHAT SILLY, COUNT OKE OGUN OUT OF THE STUPID IDEA OF OODUDUWA REPUBLIC OR REGIONAL GOVERNMENT.

Oke Ogun will not have a referendum voice for exclusion in Oduduwa. The divisions is along ethnic and cultural line. Oke Ogun is culturally and ethnically Yoruba so you are in, whether you like it or not.