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homesteady: I wonder why he has refused to repair the roads in sabon gari! And sabon gari is like the economy capital in Kano!
Maybe because non-indigenes are the most populated there

Hhmmnn, Sabon Gari economic capital of Kano; same way as some interlopers are claiming the ownership of Lagos; as for the roads, he will repair them in due course, according to priority, starting with the areas that will vote for him and the interest of Kano State - not those who will insult him and his ppl.

[quote author=Okija_juju]Point is that the Federal Government has a scheme in place called the ÜBE scheme.

The State governments receive funds from the scheme to implement in their states.

So if it is not being implemented, it's the state governments problem.

So if the FG has paid for the education of all children in basic school, how then is Kwankwaso declaring free education as if it is new or he paid for it? [/quote]Assuming you are right, wouldn't you agree that that the FG has a duty to ensure faithful implementation of its policies? What is its monitoring and evaluation department doing and for that matter EFCC doing?

I would also want to suggest, if at all true, that this issue is not only peculiarly to Kano State alone.

Last and most importantly, you would agree that most of the tertiary institutions are owned, financed and completely run by the the FG; so why are these universities charging tuition and other fees under FG's own watch - why then should Kwankwaso therefore be at fault for trying to sponsor his state indigenes through higher education which clearly is being denied to them by the FG?

theoctopus: This is where you show again that you are a kid. GEJ is not an Igbo candidate. How will you now use Igbo sentiments against him? You are a clown.

Didn't APGA declared him their presidential candidate (could be wrong but I thought I came across it somewhere)?

^^^^ Neither did your initial post nor your current response relate to any of the points being raised.
It seems like going off at a different tangent is your style, which only make sense to you alone but frankly adding no value to the ongoing discussion - since you are unable to focus let alone give meaning to the thread.
BTW, Christianity is not of Caucasian origin (considering the definition of the word Caucasian by its founder Christoph Meiners) - go read a little bit more.

django1: No true christian goes to a jewish land for any form of worship whatsoever. The Jews ain't even xtians, unlike saudi where mecca lies, the most important place for moslems.

Re-think your rejoinder, you'll see the many flaws in it.

My friend, you are the one that needs to re -consider his rejoinder and to further read it again before posting.
Pls kindly show me where in my post I inferred that Christians are Jews, pls go back and try to comprehend and respond intelligently.
It may help you to note that I was responding to his comment on racism against Africans by Arabs in Saudi, a religious centre of importance to Muslims and likewise gave comparison to Jewish racism in the same manner in Israel - which also happens to be of religious importance to all the three major faiths.

^^^^ Ol boy, this one na double Dutch; if they are not implementing it then its not free or else parents wouldn't be paying fees to these institutions and collecting receipts to show for it.

theoctopus: The core North has never had a problem with free education. They have never had a problem of poeple not being able to afford education. What the north has had is apathy for education. The people have very little interest in education. It is a cultural problem ably supported by the ruling elite. When I was in school, every Northerner from the core Northern states were sponsored by their state government and giving everything they needed. But you still wont find them in school. Declaring free education in Kano is meaningless. It means nothing

Can't wait to read the whole comments on this thread, simply have to reply to you thus:

Apparently, your own education is also meaningless otherwise you would have noticed the word COMPULSORY in the text of the article.

Horus: Thousands of Africans who have lived all their lives in Saudi Arabia are being repatriated daily right now, after loosing an arm or leg for some minor or trumped up offense and without regard for their comfort, welfare or rights. Racism towards Africans Moslems in Saudi Arabia is so strong it makes one wonder if making pilgrimage to Mecca should be one of the five pillars of the Muslim faith, and why Africans bother to be Muslim.
Arabs do not consider Black Moslems authentic or of consequence. At best, they concede to blacks, the role of ordained slaves or animals, to be used as beasts of burden by the “superior Arab race.” The rule applies to all blacks, whether Moslems or non-Moslems and whether of Nigerian (Hausa/Fulani or Yoruba extractions),Tanzanians, Ugandans, Malians or African-Americans.

And same goes for the Jews, who not only discriminate against race and color but also against anyone not Jewish (they call a gentile); yet many Nigerian Christians for whom it is not even a religious obligation are queuing up to go to Israel on pilgrimage, including our very own Odechukwu.
Horror stories and videos of maltreatment and discrimination against black immigrants and visitors also abound the internet; yet that has not stopped pilgrimage to Israel or black migration, including Jewish ancestral claims by own home grown Jews.

So what is your point and how does your post concerning Arab discrimination relate to this issue, on the death sentence passed by the Saudi Govt on its own national for violating its own Saudi laws, amount to discrimination?

ilugunboy: The scale is gradually falling of their eyes...I've never seen people that talk careless as some of these people here....they talk as if they won't need other regions.

They put all their eggs in one ethnic party APGA, without regional let alone national reach and preach politics of hate; yet they still expect to be voted into the presidency; of course when they fail they'll be the first to cry marginalization - not minding their own brand of politics of self-isolation.

Obiagelli: op is now an expert in northern affairs, you insult them every day, call them almajiris, parasites and now you want their votes?
" you want to give our oil and land to the north " Pej referring to ameachi the last time she was in ph.
You think the northerner don't read or hear this things.

How about boko haram? Do you know what the northerner thinks about it? They believe GEJ is destroy their region and they are ready to flush him out.

Btw is the SS+SE votes no longer sufficient for you?

Your observation, so succinct and true. In their arrogance they want to believe the average northerner in Kano, Sokoto, Bauchi or Gombe would brave standing in the sun for hours to vote for their person whose preoccupation had been insulting and treating them with scorn.

@ Idoma Likita:
Well, what can I say other than your piece was a masterpiece of objectivity and advice worthy of bookmarking for future reference - clearrly the most intelligent and best post in this thread.

Theben: Backward country. Never knew this kinda law still exist. I only read it in the Bible. Old testament o and that was the time of Nebudcadnezar.

Religion of peace indeed.

Hypocrite, so you admit its in your bible, yet you are rejecting it - does Christianity allow you to choose and pick from your scripture?
If yes, then what you have is not Christianity but a fake religion that is man-made, revised and continually being revised by humans - I guess that's how you guys arrived at the various versions of your so called bible - king James version and what-not.

Hatred, greed, selfishness, money, diversity, foreign instigators = deadly recipe awaiting those who do not take heed.

^^^^ How is unveiling corruption stupid?

Old recycled piece, too boring and stale to make front page, having already made it before.

Besides, there had been a technically sound researched rejoinder on the issue (by a southerner in the oil industry) which revealed that majority of these field have not yielded a single drop to their owners let alone earned them any largesse as being imagined by those in envy.

Its also worthy to note, it wasn't only northerners but also SW and MB who benefited.

Assuming all the above were true, then it is safe to say that southerners are in fact the lazy and parasitics ones; since all they do is sit and wait idly for the money while northerners are the ones actually producing the oil - how ironic, so as from now on all you southern parasites should STFU

thepathologist: and johesu strike is both legal and ethical cos johesu members also care for patients.oshiomole will soon swallow his vomits. if skipping will be done it should be across all boards. conhess is product of conmess. now skipping of conmess will be product of conhess.
if johesu wants ceo of hospital to be open to all,they can lobby govt to change d law. no need for noise. my take every professional association has right to demand for its right.

From the little I understand, the law says only unions can order its member to go on strike, johesu is a union and can therefore call on its members to do so; while nma is an association and legally not.

On the issue of grade skipping, I want to believe the provision has been in existence for years in all the previous schemes of services and nothing new, however, it is quite curious why doctors are only noticing it now and why can't they equally demand for it in their own scheme instead of interfering in what should not concern them - this is why they are being seen as jealous individuals.

As for the headship of the hospitals, the post of CMD is nothing more than an administrative office, which until its creation was being occupied by professionally trained and qualified Hospital Administrators.
In my opinion, in the interest of peace, doctors and all others should go back to their true calling and give way to these administrators; otherwise the position of hospital CEO including the minister of health should be opened to any suitably qualified person with the necessary knowledge and skill in administration - after all the hospital is no different from any other organisation and doctors not necessarily better gifted as administrators.

taharqa: You are wrong, guy. The FG has so far contributed almost #1billion to this project, apart from other critical contributions like Waivers/tax reliefs for sm of d Equipments used in building d Airport. The FG wud also build one of d 9 Perishable Cargo Terminals she is building across d nation there if this article is anytin to go by (d most interesting part of d whole tin for me). Although Yes, much of d credit shld go to Gov Lamido and d Govt of Jigawa on this project of course...

Big deal, N1b against N11b, just less than 10% of the total funding for a federal project that should have been fully borne by the FG; lets face it, Jigawa State govt took the initiative, did it, and the alleged contribution and subsequent pledge is evidently an after thought.
The governor is clearly playing clever politics by inviting the aviation minister and thanking the FG through her, for their (little) contribution and promise; while we all know that without his bullish initiative Jigawa would today still be staring at an empty field instead of an airport; because in all probability the FG wouldn't have taken such initiative nor funded it up the the level being shouldered by the Jigawa State government - pls give credit where it is due.

^^^^ You can easily make out that Richgang and Oshodia is one and the same person, simply based on the poor Engrish or better still Ninglish (Nigerian English)

^^^ Although I do not subscribe to this bad practice of blocking the roads by both Christians and Muslims during prayers; however, the growing culture of Islamophobia demands for fighting fire with fire and balancing the equation so to speak; I therefore see nothing wrong, in fact I wholeheartedly endorse your opening of this thread in likewise manner (since the moderators seem to be always turning the blind eye to such obvious violations).
Those objecting to you here should first of all take their criticism to the originator of other thread (you have done well by providing them with the necessary link) so lets wait and see.

^^^ Make your point (not innuendo) lets see.

kwajay1: now we will know who is behind boko haram

You can say that again.

Agriculture, the top contributor to the national GDP (not oil), who says the north cannot survive on its own.

ngozievergreen: and how much rehabilitation, reconciliation and reconstruction projects happened in the SE?
Nig can never move forward till she goes back to right 1970s wrongs.
Quote me.

Read my earlier post in reply to the same question'
As for righting alleged wrongs of the 1970s, Igbos must first right their evil doings of the 1960s which basically laid the foundations of our retrogression and woes today.
And quote you for what - see inflated ego?

tochukwuifeduba: No one Nigeria!!! I want one Nigeria where the Gworo Stain teeth Nation (mundi Hausa/Fulani) shall be relegated to trash bin of Nigeria . Sai GEJ Sai Nigeria Sai the Igbo army General Ihejirika!.

You must be suffering from KURU, a disease that afflicts those who frequently have no qualms including their own species in their menu.
You must have had your fill of late (of human flesh) which may explain for your light headed giddiness and therefore the audacity to insult your conquerors - a ppl who even in victory were magnanimous enough to give back to your ppl their freedom and dignity - you son of an ingrate! careful what you wish for or else history might repeat itself.

Longeria: Yet some[b] lDIOTS[/b] will foolishly question reason why Igbos who are 99% Christians will never accept him.

Then its apt to say that the above adjective (in bold) applies to you and your ilk for woeful display of very poor comprehension because if you had taken the time to read the entire quote allegedly attributed to GMB; you would have also noticed this portion (and if you have any brain at all) understood its assuring message to non-Muslims.

"It is a legal responsibility which God has given us, within the context of one Nigeria, to continue to uphold the practice of Sharia wholeheartedly , and to educate non-Muslims that they have nothing to fear," he said.

Obviously your hatred and bigotry is making 99% of you folks to foolishly reject the very man that stands to fight Nigeria's single biggest problem, corruption, and the opportunity to a more decent prosperous life.

Unfortunately, your ppl are putting all their eggs in one single basket of tribal politics, depending on your APGA party without regional let alone national spread (yet you expect to get to the presidency) and thriving on a culture of hate with impunity, without developing the art of persuasion, compromise and building bridges, necessary for making friends and allies in order to succeed in any complex political set up such as Nigeria - no wonder you will continue to be marginalised and will continue to moan about it; especially in the light of your current foolish blind support for blatant ineptitude and defence of the indefensible, the latter of which, as we can see in the case of GMB, is based entirely innuendos and sheer falsification.

librangyps: Ask any hausa man who can confide in you and you will find out this same buhari is the major leader and supporter of bokoharam, yet he is unashamed to talk about national unity. What an irony!

And where did you get that information, if true why are you not forwarding this intelligence to the security agents or to the clueless Retardeen we have as CIC so as to order the arrest of GMB, you really must take it easy on the propaganda pipe you have been smoking.

Happy birthday GMB, may your fight against corruption endure and prevail in this country.

cjrane: Hehehehe....
Northern Nigeria leave?
Tell me about it!
They are plotting how to cheat more using more bogus formulas like in 1991 Kano+Jigawa= Half the population of Lagos,
Now, Kano+Jigawa= Twice population of Lagos or equal to entire population of Ghana!, you are talking about leaving?

Laugh as much as you want and also keep believing southern propaganda about allege falsified northern census figures, follow this link and catch up about how those lies have been debunked.

http://ekeneokpala..com/2013/12/debunked-harold-smith-nigeria-census.html?=1

Yeah, laugh yourself some more, we love it when you underestimate us because the shock expression on your faces when we eventually succeed is always priceless.

Not surprised at all, many gay Catholic priests, they love young boys especially.

Did I read correctly, they are talking of $8m and not N8m, this country has really gone to the dogs; see how we have been conditioned by years of corruption to accept such an anomaly as normality without question.

How much is a General's salary that could afford him over $8m?
Shouldn't EFFC also be questioning him on how he came about that kind of money?
Yet they are even going to be helping him recover this obviously stolen wealth from another bunch of thieves; while Nigerians calmly continue with their normal business as if nothing extraordinary has happened - oh yes, I forgot; after all what is a meagre $8m compared to missing $50b and the rest. SMH.

Wrapper-tying, bowler hat-wearing Boko Haram in PDP - Aziza got killed for exposing their identity, don't say you haven't been warned.

agbameta: You sound very very misguided with your views regarding the media favoring developments in the SW and not the SE. All the pictures we post regarding the developments in the SW were taken by individuals and posted on their blogs or website and state government hired photographers. Some states like Lagos and Ogun have state sponsored websites designed to showcase and enlighten their work and enlighten communities.

Unfortunately, your own SE leaders are either lazy or just not savvy communicators with little or no knowledge in terms of new media usage to get their points across to their respective communities.

There are photography clubs in Lagos and other SW states with members running around taking beautiful and well choreographed pictures of all forms of developments and landmarks with their names watermarked on the pictures. Just look at the Ikoyi link bridge, the media didn't take all the beautiful pictures of the bridge we see on the internet, private individuals took those pics, they even go their to let us see what the bridge looks like at night..

My point is, if you don't big u yourself, who is going to do it for you? You people get on NL and FB to slam other people and complain every time we post pictures of developments in the SW as we if that it stops you from doing the same thing.

Get yourself a camera and look around your own communities for something to show the world, press your leaders to do something worthwhile to take pictures of and also put pictures on their websites for you to cut and paste and I'm not talking about borehole pictures or akpabio's overhead plastic water bottle water works..

The greatest injustice against you is what you do to yourselves and not what other people are doing to you because you are responsible for your own destiny and future and pointing fingers and blaming other people everyday compounds and magnifies your problems and shortcomings..

What has happened to all their usual chest beating?
Don't their government have ministries of information ni?
Certainly if they have something to show you'd expect them to flaunt it - unless there is nothing there.

What you are witnessing is just another example of that siege mentality where they never take responsibility for their own inactions or shortcomings because it always somebody else's fault - never their's.

So its the fault of SW press (beside their own) for not showcasing their development - imagine this excuse for a reason!

Northerners were the first to ever contemplate going on their own, chanting 'a ware' during the 1966 riots (meaning, let it be divided/separated) so the idea is not a new one, and this time around there is growing anger and resentments with the insults and dishonesty from our southern co-travelling sufficient enough for them to opt for complete separation.

I have said it time and again that the north would be far better off on its own, it is therefore encouraging to note that more northerners are beginning to think along these lines.

Those calling northerners parasites should first take a good look at the GDP and note that the major contributing sector is not oil but agriculture for which northerners are quite significant players - southerners can therefore go and drink their oil for all we care, after all the said oil money hardly reaches the masses, only the few elites among them will miss it.

Southerners should be careful of what they wish for, they should take a good look at the leaders they have now because they'll surely be the ones they'll be inheriting and who will enslave them, given the culture of impunity for which they (southerners) are celebrating and excusing foolishly and blindly.

on the other hand, northern leaders (though also corrupt) have at least some degree of sense of duty to their ppl; they therefore spend part of their allocations on visible projects in their home states for all to see - with increasingly growing envy and resentment among ordinary southerners, who ignorantly continue believing the much over used and abused propaganda that it is because northerners are stealing their oil money and also have ruled for 43yrs (or so).

Northern masses therefore have less to lose and more to gain under an Arewa Republic because conditions would force many of them back to their former abandoned farms, which would be more profitable; against crashing oil prices and declining income in the light of impending global oil glut due to ongoing recent massive finds (in Australia and elsewhere) - in other words, oil will soon become very cheap bringing in very little money while farmlands and agriculture will become more valuable and profitable - southerners can therefore go ahead and consume themselves with their greed and in-fighting.

Supported 100%

^^^^ The woman no dey carry last for corruption according to this link.

http://thewillnigeria.com/opinion/19109.html