₦airaland Forum

colossus2: What is the competition for or about.
We can't just input our details in what we know nothing about

nonjebose: He was a big flop. Oyinboman even tattooed his name on,of all places,his butt. Smh. Let him go back to the basics

ukuuku: me get small matter on this 'give-your-first-time-salary' issue o......cos i got another job, i go still give my whole first month salary for this new one

bushdoc9919: Nigeria produces just as much oil as the UAE.....the United Arab Emirates.....but the UAE has just about 8million people.

Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil producer has just 11 million people.

Libya....which most of you people were admiring....produced five times more oil than Nigeria during Ghaddafy's time....and just had six million people (including expats).

Nigeria has 160million people and counting.

You do the math....

bushdoc9919: The problem is the old states are not financially viable.

Name one current state (apart from lagos) that can survive if Abuja cuts off its monthly allocation.

Name one current state that has a plan to develop a strong industrial sector....not building a few factories aid importing raw materials to keep them running....but industries that produce innovative, competitive products using raw materials sourced in the state.
...which will provide jobs and help them to become less reliant on oil...so that the South South can achieve resource control without any problems.
Most states nowadays exist to share oil money...which is why some people ask for new states so that they can enjoy parity in the sharing. Development hardly comes into it.

So forgive me....but new states are not needed. What is needed is Nigerians actually understanding the meaning of the word development (and no,it is not getting more cash from Abuja).

Mad Cow: At this juncture, I officially think this Confab is going to do more harm than good to this nation.

More states?! When many of the ones we have now are not economically viable and are more of a liability to the nation than an asset.

What happened to the federalism structure of government that we are supposed to be running? Rather than more states, why not decentralize power and move more towards empowering the LGAs as they are the nearest government to the people?

More states = More politicians = more people to steal our money = less money for the people.

I officially give up.

bushdoc9919: We don't need new states.....because we don't have enough money to sustain them.

The existing states are too dependent on Abuja for money....and even projects. I have yet to see a state governor develop an inovative industrial economy.....instead they are mostly busy sharing money from Abuja....and sometimes allowing Abuja to do the work for them.

Instead of creating new states...let the old states develop a plan that will lead to them not being reliant on oil money in the next five years. Abuja can help by deducting 30% of the allocation to states, and spending it on power supply.....

That is a better idea....rather than create 18 new drains......

Okiki_Oluwa: You know, some people only watch goals during a match, some watch the back of their TV, some ll be arguing. That's how they miss details of match.

Okiki_Oluwa: He did.
When he was warming up, it was as if he was dancing, twisting & whyning his waist with a goalkeeper trainer.
The camera showed them.