₦airaland Forum

Katsumoto:
I agree - people will find a way to survive in the short term even if its through praise and worship of politicians.

Its just that this is a chicken and egg scenario - which comes first

Why can't Nigerians be more like Eastern Europeans who will lynch their politicians?

E kaabo o!

Signed,
Mayor of Lagos
Consul to Alaafin,
King of Oyo Empire and the territories of Dahomey.

modath:
Ok, this is how it works;

1.MDAs prepare their budget for the next year,

2.Heads of MDAs go to the Senate to defend their budget.

3. Senators overseeing that particular establishment "request" for a little "something" to be added to that in order not to "slash" it.. Eg, min of pepper & salt puts in a reguest for 500mn, senators ask for 100m as the "fee" for smooth passage, which will automatically increase the 500 to 600..

4.They quickly source for the money from one of their numerous accounts & they pay up even before passage, otherwise it is OYO


With the TSA, there is no longer going to be money for heads of MDAs to steal let alone kickback to them.. All the inflows & outflows are no longer shrouded in mystery...

MDAs are presently looking for ways to spend what is left of their budgets, so it doesn't revert to TSA cos by 31st Dec, every unspent kobo will be pulled out..


Lawmakers didn't kill & maim to get to their post for that ish mehn..


Hope it's clearer, if it isn't, let me know.

Modath,
you have this magic....an ability to grasp, you posess an innate connection with all aspects of a working system, and you illustrate it in a flow that lines up all the disjointed parts into an integral module.

You should find a sponsor to give you your own tv show, an hour session a day to raise awareness and de-zombize the citizens.

modath:
The move they need for him to make is to frustrate TSA, this facebook menene nor concern them.





@Ghandi12,
It is a major income drainer & it cuts across most of the strata of public service, ministers have a minimum of 10 apart from the core civil servants working in ministers' offices..

They come in (days minister is around) play zuma, drink tea & just take up space!!!

Lol...

An article worth reading....


Editor’s note: Elaborating on his “Nigeria is a zoo” comment, Professor Pius Adesanmi, the Naij.com’s columnist, says Nigerians are the ones creating the favourable environment for the troublemakers to thrive.

A young and very patriotic Nigerian contacted me from Japan recently. The volume of messages I receive daily from Nigerian millennials all over the world is one reason I have been unable to just close shop and give up on Fatherland. They are so passionate about their country! Every day, hundreds engage me, privately or publicly, taking me to task over issues relating to our country: why did you write this? what is your take on that?

The young man in question took me to task over a statement I have often repeated on Facebook, to wit: “Nigeria is not a zoo because Nnamdi Kanu says so; Nigeria is a zoo because she rewards crime and impunity”.

The young man wanted to know if I truly believe that impunity makes Nigeria a zoo or my frequent recourse to that statement is just a way of letting off steam.

No, whenever I make this statement, I am not letting off steam. Impunity is what makes Nigeria a zoo, not Nnamdi Kanu’s misguided rhetoric of hate. There are harmful things that Nigerians do to Nigeria in every station of life on a daily basis precisely because they can predict the outcome: lack of consequences.

Daily life in Nigeria is a bazaar of nation-ruining actions devoid of consequences. You just do it because you can. Just like that. We are unaware of the enormity of the problem because we think it is limited to politicians and public office-holders. But many Nigerians have country-ruining impunity running as blood in their veins. We have allowed it to become second nature; to define us. DNA tinz.

Forgiving Nigerians

Professor Osinbajo went to Okene in Kogi state last week and stood on the same podium with Abubakar Audu, his political party’s gubernatorial candidate in the forthcoming elections. For the record, I have condemned that election as a choice between Satan and Lucifer. I don’t want my focus on Audu here to be twisted by any reader into an endorsement of his opponent, Idris Wada of the PDP. I am not endorsing Wada o. Ehen.

But let us return to Professor Osinbajo and his buddy, Abubakar Audu. To the extent that the change agenda of the current administration has a professional cum technocrat cum intellectual shining light, it is Professor Osinbajo. In fact, part of the appeal of that team to Nigerians resides in the possibility of President Buhari’s famed integrity combining effortlessly with Professor Osinbajo’s unimpeachable and intimidating credentials as a professor of law, a pastor, and a SAN to deal a death blow to corruption at the practical and symbolic levels.

Appointing Magu to head EFCC, blocking leakages here and there, adding more bark to the work of the CCT (hopefully there will be some bite soon) – these are all practical baby steps in the fight against corruption. But so great is the power of symbolism that a thousand practical steps could be destroyed or rolled back with just one symbolic misstep.

Abubakar Audu’s corruption history is terrible. No need going into all the sordid details here. Suffice it to say that he still has an ongoing corruption indictment with EFCC to the tune of N11 billion. In any standard democracy, it would have amounted to political suicide for a sitting vice president to publicly cuddle a man indicted by the anti-corruption agency of his own government. It is bad enough that his party settled on such a candidate!

Standing with such a man on a podium to raise his hands and do photo-ops is a terrible symbolic blow on the anti-corruption war. Now, why would a man such as Professor Osinbajo do this? Because he knows that he operates in a zoo where politicians pay no political price for such things. Because he will not fall in any polls. Because he does not have to worry about his political future. Because he does not have to worry about the Nigerian media.

Not even the activist media I write for, Sahara Reporters and Premium Times, has deemed it necessary to look into this ugly episode. Because his aides don’t even have to worry about how they will spin this episode.

Oppressed Nigerians, whose salaries have not been paid, will do the work that Professor Osinbajo’s aides are paid to do. They will argue that Professor Osinbajo was just on a routine party assignment. They will argue that Abubakar Audu has not been convicted in a court of law. They will argue that… well, you know all their usual arguments. You know all their usual rationalizations and justifications. I don’t need to run through them here. Just read the comments section of this piece whenever it is published.

Law-abiding Nigerians abroad, Nigerian Nigerians at home

Professor Osinbajo is not the only one who doesn’t have to worry about consequences because he functions in Nigeria. Governors Adams Oshiomhole and Olusegun Mimiko are on their way out of office. Before they leave, they are both looking for last-minute loans. Mimiko even tried, as we say in Nigeria. He is looking for a domestic loan of only N7 billion. Unlike Mimiko, Oshiomhole is not a local champion. He does not play in the local league. He is looking for a foreign loan. Maybe too much rainfall is what has been preventing him from traveling abroad to pick up the loan check.

Now, why are Oshiomhole and Mimiko taking last-minutes loans — moves that could crash them in polls and have dire consequences for their political future in standard democracies? Because they both know that they can access these loans a day to leaving office, parlay a substantial part of the said loans into juicy retirement packages for themselves, and end up in the Senate where they will hook up with Godswill Akapbio to break traffic rules in irresponsible convoys — and still end up with Nigerians defending them.

As civil servants, teachers, pastors, imams, mechanics, market women, students, hair dressers, farmers, traders, the Nigerians defending these guys in the government also produce hundreds of thousands of acts of micro-impunity in every sphere of our national life daily. As for Nigerians in diaspora, they are law-abiding citizens here but they cannot wait to get off the plane in Lagos or Abuja to partake in the festival of impunity.

That Nigerian waiting patiently for his turn in the queue in London, Washington, Ottawa, or Paris is just a forming law-abiding citizen. Once he gets off the plane in Nigeria, he is going to try to jump the queue at immigration. If you accost him, he will answer you: “Do you know who I am?”

So much for thirty years of life abroad!



Pius Adesanmi is a professor of English and African Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. In 2010, he was awarded the inaugural Penguin Prize for African Writing. A widely-cited commentator on Nigerian and African affairs, he has lectured in African, European, and North American universities, and also regularly addresses non-academic audiences across Africa. Follow him on Twitter @pius_adesanmi.

The views expressed in this article are author’s own and do not necessarily represent the editorial policy of Naij.com.


https://www.naij.com/638783-professor-osinbajo-abubakar-audu-zoo-question.html

There has been plenty accolades and praises from strange persons in the North poured on Ibo since they took Biafra to the street, more than anyone from North ever praised them prior, going back to 1914 .

With threat of secession from IPOB, Ibos got the North where they want them...sponsored strangers getting on their knees, on behalf of Arewa, to pay homage to Iboman.

End of their world in North must be near...

mayorwesley:
This man and his masquerade of a wife belong in d deserts of saudi arabia. As a yoruba myselve, i am ashamed of dis man, a disgrace to yoruba civility and progressive nature. He calls himselve a lawyer and treat other human being (his wife) like a slave. This man can never win any election in oyo state or nigeria, he should forget it. Just to let u know i am an APC member from oyo state.

A Yoruba woman covers herself and you are ashamed. What do you say about Yoruba women that show cleavage and curves in public, are you proud of them?

contactmorak:
Thats his wife next to him. A welcome party was held for him in his home town of Oyo state and he wore the gloves to prevent him from touching the flesh of any woman. He was the minister who said he couldnt comment of Boko Haram becaise he has a family.

http://www.splendormag.com/2015/11/the-minister-of-communications-adebayo.html

Slow down...haba!

Anyone who is familiar with Adebayo Shittu knows he has a unique sense of humor and sarcasm. Im sure those gloves are a message to critiques to say "my hands are clean" . The man love to put on show and rhetorics. This is a raw, undiluted Ibadan man for you. Their rhetorics and sarcasm is very acute.

As for his wife, her public appearance is in order.

IyaIode:
Send people to every ministry without notification, sack everyone that is not on sit, came late or busy gossiping, that day alone we will get 70%

Gossiping is part reason why some come to work daily. If you ban it at work place they would find the job hostile. Lol

IyaIode:
I am not entirely against loans for infrastructure, but borrow to pay salaries is just stupid, like i said few days ago, these states should sack 80% of their workforce, this is the best time to do it.

Ahh, Iyalode, 80% ke? Where would they go, how would they feed...?

Let's talk and reach a compromise....how about offer to civil servants within 5yrs of retirement, by service or age, a buy out? This would save government huge savings.

Then tighten up on rules.and.conditions of.employment going forward as an additional measure to run an efficient.and commited workforce. Non performers, habitual violators, would be shaved.

Firefire:
Like modath said, we should remove the log of wood in our eyes before we can see clearly to remove from others...

If the western states beginning from Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo etc can fully utilize all their IGR + their individual state share from the federation account (26% State + 26.5% for LGA) + the SUREP allocation + their respective share from the Excess crude oil account, without any misappropriation, PLEASE, WHY DO WE STILL NEED ALL THIS HUGE LOANS...

Eje ka ba ra wa so oto oro...

Ooto oro, pabambari!

Ibebe:
Kogi West?

Kogi West ke? Thats OPC territory.
This one happened in Igala area of Kogi.

Minister of Defence, Mohammed Dan Ali, has warned that the current wave of pro-Biafra agitations in parts of the South-East of the country may escalate and constitute threat to national unity.

Seun,
Do me a favor and make sure this Minister reads my message.

1. Since we do not have any external threats and all our military conflicts and engagements are internal, President Buhari should have collapsed Ministry of Defense into Interior and rename it Ministry of Homeland Security.

2. All who carry guns must have licence or official role authorizing the carriage. Any person or persons who carry gun/s and have no prior authorization does so in violation of law and is a great risk to individual and collective members of society.

3. Any group of people of common identity or ethnicity in posession of arms, ammos and weapons capable of mass destruction or rapid fire discharge is a threat to national security and political stability of the country.

4. The non-classification of Fulani as a threat to national unity is a negligence and dereliction of duty by the Minister of Defense.

5. The absence of security measures by the police to enforce law banning unauthorized posession and carriage of weapons is an acknowledgement that it lacks capability or the power to disposess fulani of his armor and bring him to justice for commited atrocities against society.

6. In as much that armed fulanis are not viewed as terrorists, threats, risks to security, despite many records in various states of their bloody and arson track record, no other group of people or ethnic movement should be classified as threat, risk or trouble makers to security.

7. Until fulani is disposessed and restricted the freedom of every other group to carry arms, ammo and weapons of mass destruction is legitimate and of necessity.

8. If fulani cannot be shot at sight, after the many farmers they have murdered at sight......then no single Biafran must be shot at sight in his struggle to separate from the present and clear danger of armed fulani.

9. If a single Biafran is shot at sight.....Homeland Security will be shot in the foot, and we will say bye bye to Nigeria!

Instead of shooting protesting Biafrans at sight, how about shooting armed fulani herdsmen at sight?

...or maybe, shoot both at sight!

NO fewer than 22 persons, including women and children were feared killed when suspected Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of Monday, attacked nine communities in Dekina Local Council of Kogi State.

The rampaging herdsmen were said to have gone on a killing spree across the rural communities where scores more are still missing.

Concerned members of the affected communities led by Mr. Usman Ibrahim, who spoke to reporters at the National Assembly complex, stated that their people have been chased away from their ancestral lands by the herdsmen.

The affected communities are: Agojeju, Ikpoba, Ojeh, Ajomojayi, Ajadaji, Idochi, Ojiyanawo, Ulaja and Oganenigu.

Calling on the authorities to come to their rescue, Ibrahim said: “We are all in great distress and do not know what else to do.

As we speak, our fathers, grandfathers, parents and loved ones have been killed or chased away from their ancestral homes where they have lived for over 200 years.

“In the early hours of Monday, our peaceful communities were invaded by heavily armed Fulani herdsmen who killed and maimed so many of us.

As at today, 22 people have been confirmed dead with several others either injured or missing. Right now, we are refugees in our own land.”

Asked if there has been any response or intervention from the state government, the visibly distressed Ibrahim, who is also a Committee Clerk in the National Assembly, said the response from the state government has so far been of little or no significant effect.


http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/11/suspected-fulani-herdsmen-kill-22-sack-kogi-communities/

The standing civil law on murder is deficient and inadequate to address the problem of killing for rituals. Pending the time a law sufficient to handle this problem is drawn, how do we tackle the case?

My humble opinion is we must treat these people inhumanely for their inhuman atrocity. This is only fair!

Here we go, Yoruba and their sabi mentality. Would Professor Oyebode prefer to have Ibo or Hausa in Finance instead of Yoruba?

T9ksy:
Am an average Yoruba man AND I wholeheartedly support Biafra.

I lost a very dear uncle in the last war and sure don't want to lose any more family member in the ensuing one.

So my advice to you lot is to just quietly pack all your bags and baggages and relocate back to yourmoo Land of the rising sun.

See if any yorub a man will try to stop you.

Not stopping Bisfra is one thing, supporting it is a different ball game.

In which ever way you encounter Ibo one thing stands out...crime!

Deception and.forgery is one aspect of his crime.
This article was not written by Yorubaman. Ibos concocted a story together and slap.picture of a Yorubaman to make it appear authentic.

In another story.....Girls in uniform are sexy.

FORWARDED AS RECEIVED:

An informal Census was conducted by an Igbo Organization. The Group discovered that there are Twenty Million Igbos living in Northern Nigeria, out of which Sixteen Million are permanently resident and Four Million are Economic Migrants moving on seasonal basis.

In addition, they found out that there are Four Million Northerners living in Igbo Land, out of which Two Million are permanent residents and the remaining Two Million are Economic Migrants switching on seasonal basis. What is intriguing was that the entire Four Million Northerners living in Igbo land are uneducated menial laborers and petty traders viz watchmen, Cattle attendants in abattoirs, Cobblers etc.

Consternatingly, there was a single account of a Tiv Man, a Christian, from Benue who built a Petrol Station along Enugu bye-pass in Enugu State, however, on the day of commissioning the indigenes discovered that the Station belonged to a Northerner and insisted vehemently by interdicting its operations , that the said Station must be sold to an Igbo Indigene before it would be allowed to operate.

Today, throughout Nigeria, it is only in Igbo Land that no other Nigerian is allowed to gain admission into their Universities, Employment or Political appointments in their domains. Yet, in the North and the South West there are States that have appointed Igbos as Commissioners and Advisers eg Lagos, Kano, Yobe, Borno etc.

As big as the Onitsha International Market is, no other tribe is allowed from Yoruba land or the North to have even a corner shop, yet they are in all Markets across the North and South West without any hinderance.

Anyim Pius Anyim, is the only SGF in Nigerian History that has 100% Igbos as support Staff in his Office. Is he an SGF for Nigeria or Biafra?
Igbos should learn to tolerate others!!! And shut their bloody mouth, I vote they should get their Biafran country and leave our markets, Lands and all for us "the almajiris" we are damn tired of their imaturity and lack of respect for their leaders, elders and betters

OrlandoOwoh:
Does Buhari have a soft spot and trust for tundes: Tunde Idiagbon, Tunde Bakare and now Tunde Fashola?

Good observation! Same for Lawal. Go and check how many Lawals have been appointed by PMB since MAY 29.

hammariise:
Honorable Minister of Sports and Youths Development first day in office after having a robust meeting with staff of the sports council.

Hin no get name?
Is he a serving military officer?

9jacrip:
Iya mi, e jo, what did Aregbe do in his first term o?

His first term was the beginning of downturn for Osun. Other than the road network and flower planting, dude did not do chit in his first term o.

Se first term that he overturned the policy put in place by Oyinlola to run the state university that now has the school struggling to stay afloat?

Eran ni Aregbe o, infact, he is giving Ijesa people a bad name. Ijesa folks are known to be brilliant and successful in whatever field they are but mehn Aregbe ti ba ile je.

Eyin Ijesa will have to support whatever candidate Ife brings apart from maybe Omisore o but going by the votes he amassed during the last election and edi to mu Aregbe right now, if Omisore vies again, he may win o.

The last sentence raised a red flag!

9jacrip, isn't it a part reason of this gathering to discover cause why we vote incompetence, discuss how to prevent it and share awareness?

It looks like Aregbe could wait out 4yrs or 8 and then get on a party platform and ask for votes again and then win. Northerners dont recycle governors, Essterners dont....but Yorubas keep recycling same set of people who have been around as Executives since days of SDP and NADECO.

Why?

We should do a tribute to our Obas all over Yoruba Commonwealth.

We pray for her safe return but in alaibo.....where else would you think a girl that young and beautiful would be?

You better start combing through all the baby factories in Biafra!

Ibebe:
They need the luck because the damages of previous administration (petroleum, economy, aviation etc) needs miraculous intervention.

Honestly, only a dedicated Yoruba can fix this country.

The knowledge you just shared is what Jonathan, as a President, did not know. He ostracized nation builders....scions of those reputed to be urban and society builders since the beginning of mankind....since the creation of Eve, if you prefer the Biblical name for Ife!

Jonathan was looking for pillars to erect his Administration on....and he was scammed into believing Ibos are nation builders. In his future.life as President I am sure Jonathan will take wisdom from.2015.

Buhari has sentimeental connections to NE, he spent good years of his career in that sector. He is determined to end conflict in that zone and begin a reconstruction and renewal, particularly for Maiduguri.

He needs a capable hand, someone.of.proven achievement records and vision that duplicate the success of Abuja or Lagos for NE. If El Rufai was not already a Governor I bet you he would have been given the role that is occupied by Fashola and BRF would have been our Attorney General, particularly.given his ground understanding of the constitution, well demonstrated in the early years of Jonathan as President where he was summoned to Abuja on many occassions, each for a scolding, but he ended up lecturing The Presidency of Jonathan on civic obligation and Constitutional duties.

So, Fashola will be doing plenty of rebuilding nationwide but moreso the reconstruction of NE.

Works, Power and Housing....translates to infrastructures, rehabilitation, training, employment and redistribution of income.

Good luck.to them!

This flag design is a nice concept except for few things.

The colors. In Yoruba spirituality all colors are used but three stand out for cosmic representation and should be adopted as our national colors, instead of the four bands here -
Osun, Red
Efun, White
Aro, Blue

Cowries. Whats the significance of the seven, why not sixteen?

Aareonakakanfo:
Quimicababes do you know the bitumen in Ondo state is enough to tar all the roads in Africa?

Swiree we're sleeping in this country mehn.Its the only country I know that has resources but decides not to make use of it

At least other African countries are letting foreigners steal theirs

Nigeria has bilateral trade agreements. To judge the qualification and our ability to manage these agreements to our benefits we should reflect on the incompetence we have put into drafting and applying our national Constitution.

Since contract bids for road construction and other big projects are typically won by foreigners, who are in essence merchants of the agreements, it behoves them to source raw materials from their home countries, or at best use our financed contracts as leverage to secure trade partnerships in third party countries looking to earn foreign exchange by exporting bitumen to Nigeria on behalf of Julius Berger or Cappa. Our own bitumen sits there earning zero income!

Aareonakakanfo:
That's exactly what I will be doing today

Illuminating Dark minds but we shall be doing it together

"Illuminate a dark mind" "Save a soul"

Unfortunately the dark minds we're trying to illuminate are probably discussing biafra as we speak

These monkey-mods are not helping either

Aareeeee,

Lol. I see how passionate and driven you are to get as most people as possible convinced and sold on Yoruba Centric ideologies. In matters like these you need tact. You want a message that will turn people on....and not off!

The thread has received wide visibility already and the level of cerebral inputs you are soliciting will not respond to labelling. A woman will deliver the world to you if you desire it...but you must first flatter that the world is at her feet.

Lets clean up and rev up these discussions and give people sense of ownership. Tact and diplomacy, no hostility my brother.