₦airaland Forum

^^^^Ha ha ha, very funny but unfortunately out of place, next time joke section pls.

@ Topic:
Waiting for Oduoh and co, otherwise NW & Northerners will storm the streets to protest the sacking of our sons and daughter, because we will not accept this king of sacking marginalization

Some contradiction in the story: Airline would be operated by private party while government would only provide an enabling environment; yet same govt is seen as already contributing 20 of her aircraft from the old defunct Nigeria Airways fleet.
How therefore do these aircraft constitute an enabling environment - are they not physical assets, I wonder?

Too bad, Christians now showing themselves as very intolerant of other religions, especially Islam.
May Allah forgive them and guide them back unto the right path.Amin.

Completely true, we get what we deserve; if you like continue voting PDP and Odechukwu along with their smelly fresh air; but later don't blame anybody but yourself.

funkybaby: We are eagerly awaiting the news of stella oduah's sack

Agreed, he should do the needful, otherwise NW and Northerners will storm the streets in protest for sacking their sons and daughters; yes, we will not take these sacking marginalization lightly.

May Allah forgive them and guide them back unto the right path.
The Angolans are proving what Muslims already know i.e. Christians are by far more intolerant against Islam than the other way round, in reality Christians only succeed in making Muslims look very bad because they own and control world media - through well orchestrated negative propaganda.

Glad he is not Muslim or from the North; waiting to see if the bigots would this time around also attack this guy's ethnicity or religion.

luvinhubby: Similar practices are also found in Arab countries like U.A.E & Qatar. They are called sponsors & own 51% equity in every foreign business & must sign virtually all your documents for them to be valid. It's their way of empowering the locals at foreigners expense because they are paid annual sponsorship fee.
My only concern is what's the attraction to Zimbabwe compared to those other countries.

We also use to have it in Nigeria, was introduced by Gowon under Nigerianization policy, until it was abolished by Obasanjo in the hope it would encourage more foreign investment; now that the privilege is gone foreigners can freely come in, set up shop, repatriate all the profits with little or no local investment in the business.

The Arabs know how to cater for their ppl; first they create attractive/conducive business environment for investment, then enforce local/foreigner partnerships to ensure direct indigenous benefit in any investment - our own is to open ourselves to indiscriminate exploitation.

Hhmmnn, interesting, so even this man is saying Buhari wasn't corrupt.

Kponkwem: The man is an Arewa fundamentalist. Can go ahead and build Jerusalem on Kano soil, but once the free oil money they are guzzling with their skewed 40LG structure, the whole projects will come crashing.

Btw I hope Ibos will not begin rushing there to invest? 'Cos they will be the people to face selective shop inspections and violence when they begin to prosper there.

Kano is among the few states capable of surviving without federal allocation (oil money or not) it is the economic capital of the north and 2nd or 3rd in Nigeria after Lagos.
Unfortunately, your wish is rather belated as hundreds of thousands of Igbos have already discovered the lucrative benefit of living and doing business in Kano, the Sabon Gari district representing a substantial portion of the metropolis is almost 80% Igbo, many of them feeling quite at home that they cannot imagine residing anywhere else in Nigeria - in-spite of all the negativity and exaggeration of the southern dominated biased press.

OMG, in this day and age some ppl still believing in witches

The best elected governor of Kano State so far, busy transforming the state many times over than almost all his predecessors put together so far, the only exception being the first military governor (late Audu Bako who is considered a legend in the history of modern Kano).

Kwankwaso is surpassing all my expectations, fearless, focused, determined, unshakable in his resolve and always delivering promised results - a real no nonsense man.

Didn't like him at first but have gradually come round to respect and appreciate the tremendous progress he is bringing to the state (and all in just two years in office); its a pity he is on his last term, wouldn't mind voting for him for president should Buhari stand down for him - the guy has proven he is a real achiever and I am truly convinced.

[quote author=Neo-XVI]Maybe christian leaders should leave politics alone and focus on making better disciples of their flock. At any rate they don't have a sterling reputation when it comes to political involvement. CAN and PFN are very good examples, and our awfully flamboyant GOs, who all have the ears of the leaders but can't find the courage to tell them any hard truths.

I don't know why the press continues to report on these guys. They haven't been good examples, and if they were even a tiny bit good at their jobs, with so many religious people in Nigeria, the country would have been way better than it is today.
Like pastors, like flock. Everyone is just looking for how to dupe his fellow man [/quote][quote author=Neo-XVI]smh. Youths still talking like our fathers whose tribalism and hatred for each other has kept the country on its knees till date. Southerner, northerner, christian, muslim, man or woman, what does a person's bio got to do with how well he/she can lead a country? Judge every man/woman on his/her own merits, not some phantom "wicked game plans" of a region.
Na wa for una sha [/quote]I salute you guys for your independent thinking, unfortunately most of our youths today are not like you, they have been completely brainwashed with ethnic/religious propaganda of hatred for one another; unfortunately they cannot see how they are being manipulated in a grand way, through the most effective propaganda machinery i.e. our unprofessional and easily bought media - ever ready at the behest of our corrupt politicians.
In most developed countries you'd find the youths are usually very radical with egalitarian mindset, yet its the opposite case in Nigerian, our youths are not only accepting corruption in the form of ongoing deprivation and robbing of their future; they are foolishly also celebrating it in a most backward form - very very sad.

Chineke! Most shocking indeed, see how some ppl dey even surpass Yerima.

Ordinarily, you'd expect this kind of story to automatically make front page; yet it won't because the MODs dare not for obvious reasons.
In addition, those you'd expect would have by now descended on the thread spewing scorn and insults are suddenly quiet; because this time around the occurrences are far too close for comfort - just watch as they'll come view and quickly run away without commenting.
Mhheewww, hypocrisy in progress.

Choi! Most shocking indeed, see how some ppl bulldoze pass Yerima, MODs I dare you, front page pls.

Sirniyeh: Nigerians wake-up! This is a ploy of Northerners as retarliation on Yara'dua's death. Watch out. I'm giving you the authentic that Notherners want to instal SAMBO before 2015 to continue till indefinite time.
I've had the preknowledge of Mr. President illness but it will be difficult to believe if I post online because I'm not a celebrity or a bishop or Alfa!
Nigerians please be watchful...as soon as Gej returns, he should sack all the kitchen staff as North is set to revenge the death of Yaradua.
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It's not under compulsion to believe this... A word is enough for the.....

Lai lai, na lie, my own source said the guy drank himself to usual stupor that he was unfit to attend the meeting, just like he failed to honor his slot to address the AU meeting in Ethiopia, earlier this year - Abati just dey cover up.

nugeseda: Please,should the spraying be done while the salt water solution is still very hot or when it cool down and which type of salt is better? Also, can one use the sprayer normally use to spray herbicide or one just throw the salt water around?

My thoughts exactly.

Lilimax: Only in the North... ? Boko Haram infested area

They should fish them out.

Why must you always exhibit your daftness and bigotry?
How is the topic relevant to your comments above?
I guess in the south its normal for you not to expect the relevant authorities to remove stray animals from the streets so that they do not pose a risk to moving traffic.
Yet you'd want to be considered as smart.SMH

AMvanquish: Why u dey lie now bros! they said bomb went off in Gayawa village and you went and got a pic of some city. As far as im concerned, this picture of urs is not Kano. Mu.Mu

Thank you for exposing this liar, obviously the bigotry and hatred in some has no bounds, may God save our youths from the clutches of our wicked politicians as many of them have been brainwashed and reduced to mere robots, pre-programmed to spread divisive rumors and misinformation at the behest of their remote controllers.

naptu2: It appears that many people did not read through the thread and so they don't know why this facility is being built.

Some are talking about oil money, while others are asking why northerners would prevent their children from taking vaccines.

Pls tell that to ignorant Kool J and lyn19 who don't seem to have the patience to read and comprehend lest they not be late from rushing to display their bigotry.

^^^^ Well now, isn't that better? And same goes to you, have a nice Sunday

kool J: Lol! Envy? U must be kidding me! Why would I be envious when clearly, almajiris cannot work there? Only educated persons and luckily, on merit (quota system is the downfall of nigeria!)

PLs before you mock other ppl about education, just review your post again and tell me how that could be judged to have come from an educated person?
Typical of an airhead trying to sound intelligent but bereft of substance therefore having to compensate by stereotyping and looking down on others - careful of those you underestimate, else you might be in for a rude awakening.

More information pls.

Promhize: Abegi, go enlighten your people!

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Apparently, you are the dunce yet to be enlightened judging from your ignorant statement

Temismith: Hope d money will not be used to equip boko tins

LOL, it must be contagious, see another one showing herself.

@ OP:

Much as I want to believe the oil theft angle as one of the major causes; however, in this particular case the cause was clearly identified (in the first paragraph of the article) as due to several withdrawals from the account; meaning therefore that govt was spending far more than what it was earning.

However, I do see Oga johnny laughing himself to the bank: on the one hand, recklessly spending and looting from the ECA account; and on the other hand, he and his ND cabal siphoning much more downstream from the oil pipelines, slapping themselves on the back and saying well done - either way Nigeria is doomed, the man's corruption is just too crude and without shame.SMH

He he he he ! The more you see the less you will understand, keep on on guessing, make I laugh some more kia kia kkkkkkk

kool J: In the north? Have they accepted rudimentary polio vaccines talk more of an advanced research facility?

Abeg, sister quickly swallow your envy before you turn completely green.

GentleMimi: Loooooooolllll! Hahaha. Abeg,rat poison no go fit silence this one oooo.E be like sey him dey use am as indomie spice.

Tru tru, e be like him get immunity because e still de yarn for de oda thread; but maybe if we wait small, we fit get luck say na de slow acting poison wey him chop, so hope still de say we go hear word

^^^^ Grateful if you could educate me on it. BTW, its not a ruling but a judgement, there is a difference you know; but then again maybe you know better.
Can you also pls explain what you mean by govt unbundling the health sector?
As for operating the labs, can't see how pathologist can do that when over 95% of the work is being carried out by Scientists and their supportive staff - if the push comes to the shove all scientists need to do is withdraw their service, fold their arms, wait and see how pathologists would successfully continue operating the labs.

^^^^ HHmmnn, Militants not Terrorists: Pls can you remind us about the modus operandi of these so called militants? Did they; bombed, killed, kidnapped, robbed, maimed, injured and generally instilled fear & terror in the hearts and minds of the people and govts in the areas in which they operated?

Remember, Mandela was once a terrorist, same also was Winston Churchill: militants, terrorists, freedom fighters - are all different labels for the same thing, since essentially they all cause the same effect; the difference being from whose political perspective they are being viewed from at the time.

However, the issue at hand should be how to deal with the problem, which is causing so much loss of innocent lives and property: BH killing civilians, the JTF also doing the same and they killing each other - leading to untold hardship, hatred, pain and suffering and complete breakdown of security, and law and order.

Should complete force (military option) be the answer or the opposite (blanket amnesty) or a bit of both?

Like I had said before, brutal force had never completely worked; ask the Americans how they are fairing in Afghanistan, Pakistan etc; because rather than winning hearts and minds such methods usually end up brutalizing the local population instead of liberating them from the grips of terror, in view of the strong-arm tactics approach i.e. behaving like bulls in a china shop e.g. troops not minding the local values of religion and tradition, thereby driving some among the local to seek revenge from the folds of the terrorists - there are signs that this is also happening in Nigeria.

On the other hand, amnesty offers a way out for the moderates and less indoctrinated thereby reducing the ranks of the terrorists and weakening them, thereby only reserving brute force for the fewer remaining hardcore element s among them.
This is the surest way of minimizing human loss on all sides and particularly the self-defeating collateral damage.

I would like to agree with the poster from ND who said the Yar'adua/Johnathan amnesty to the militants, involving giving of money and contracts, was wrong because it was sending the wrong signal to others and amounted to rewarding of wrong doing.
For me, amnesty in both cases (militants & BH) should amount to freedom from prosecution and an opportunity back into the folds of society as a law abiding citizen, with minimal support to remain so, in return for laying down arms and cessation of hostilities - nothing more nothing less.

They are welcomed and may many more like them follow suit. Amin.