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When your set gets to the pick or peak?

And this is supposed to be an achievement in 2024?
Hold your leaders accountable.

I heard he is corrupt! I also heard he brought a bullion van loaded with cash on the eve of 2019 presidential election. Finally, I heard from reliable sources that EFCC is afraid of him. Someone also said that he is very kind to street gangs because he was a former drug lord. It's well with Nigeria oh. But from the bottom of my heart I wish him the best in his political endeavors and same to all other political aspirants.

This Juju strong o.

She is not even fine sef. That girl must be a retualist. Lol.

Many wonder why with the enormous amount of natural resources Nigeria is endowed with, yet remain poor and with mounting debts.
Well, there are several reasons for this, and bad leadership does not even make top 5. The list below is from personal research, so before you criticize me, try to do your own research as well. Below are some of the issues identified and if we tackle them, Nigeria will be better in no distant time.
1. Nigeria as a country is not a giver.
Well, it is not difficult to see why Nigeria remain in poverty. If you take a look at most countries that do well, they are all significant givers, from China, to Saudi, to US and even the UK, they all give some form of aids to foreign countries or citizens and God keeps blessing them. Whereas Nigeria is a receiver. A nation can never be great if it remains a receiver of foreign aids. Even during pandemic with scarce resources China still gave, America gave ventilators from the little they have, UK gave but what did Nigeria give as a country? Absolutely nothing. No matter how tight, Nigeria must try to move away from league of Nations who only receives financial aid and start giving. But most people will say we don't have enough for ourselves, well that's the more reason you should give. The most important time to give is when you don't even have enough, God appreciates such gestures and causes you to be blessed even more because you have shown a compassionate heart from the very little you have.
2. Value system.
The first step to wealth is to cut waste. Nigeria is currently spending a fortune importing and maintaining foreign manpower. From security to exotic accommodation and then to logistics and feeding etc. A Nigerilization policy should be introduced and enforced.
I work overseas and I can tell you with 90% accuracy that Nigerians are the most sort after technical manpower in the world. They have best brains out there in every scientific field and lead top tier researches around the world. But because there is no value system, these enormous technical manpower have to migrate overseas in search of better opportunities whereas the ones that remain in Nigeria are either under paid or without jobs. Although Nigerian Content and Development Board is doing a good job in developing Nigerian content, however, there is no reason whatsoever why Nigeria should still import foreign skill & unskilled manpower in any field when we have them in abundance around the world and even within Nigeria.
3. Borrowing.
I am not against borrowing per say, but Nigeria must source for funds within Nigerian for capital projects ie through crowd founding where every investor is given a token for crowd funded projects. Nigeria should explore other avenues of raising money other than borrowing if she wants to be great again. Borrowed funds must be used for interest yielding projects and not shared as palliatives to the various states.
4. Over priced contracts.
This a the main source of waste in Nigeria. Recently, we heard how over 60B was misappropriated by the immediate past IMC of NDDC. From frivolous contract awards down to zero execution. When it's even executed, it's poorly done and over priced and in most cases re-awarded for repairs. This source of waste is so bad that a road project that might cost for example 50M naira, is executed for 300M naira and still poorly done or most times abandoned midway. This source of waste must be checked with the view of blocking such waste and it is possible if we are serious about it. It's only in Nigeria that a contractor wins a bid and the next thing goes of shopping spree because the ones who would ask him to give account of his project are culpable in the matter.
5. Recurrent expenditure.
From the book "Rich Dad Poor Dad" we are told that the main secret to increase wealth is by increasing assets and reducing liabilities. Capital Expenditure can be seen as increasing assets while recurrent expenditure can be viewed as liabilities. This is my perception as I am not an economist. By all means Nigerian must try to increase capital projects and there are so many to be done.
6. Foreign Investments
This is the China Model, right now these Chinese firms are buying up shares in many big companies around the world, sometimes they sell technology and get rewarded in shares. By so doing, you see Chinese all over the place gaining useful employment as a result. Nigerian can copy this model. Invest, employ your people in big foreign firms, your investment yields interest and your citizens gain employment. It's a win win for Nigeria. Most Nigerian companies can't even bid competitively overseas, they have nothing to offer. We must change this narrative.

Finally, the above list is not exhaustive, you can add yours in the comments below. But remember, the youths of old put us in this mess therefore only the youths of today is most likely to bring us out from the dungeon. Make sure you get your PVC and change the course of Nigeria come 2023.

Thank you for your attention, I did like to see your feedback and comments and what we could add to the list apart from corruption and bad governance. Nigerian will be great again.

In my view, the acronym "SARS" is synonymous with heinous crimes against not just Nigerians but against humanity. From looting, to extra judicial killings, to intimidation and all evils but it is interesting to note that the police hierarchy are complicit in the matter as they can't say that they are not aware and even if they are not aware, it means they are negligent in their duties. If the FG or IG is even serious, let them take a tour to their cells alongside with some NGO's and see the conditions where people are kept or even see if all those in the cells have a charge sheet against their name. If you are looking for missing persons the first place to visit is SARS cells. It is very unfortunate that these blood thirty criminals with no security background checks found their way in a specialized unit of the police. It is rumored that some of them even pay money to join the unit. Anyway, I hope for the best for Nigeria but police brutality must end.

How did he build the hotel?

What's the final price?

Well, I wanted to write a comment but then I reaised that I forgot what I wanted to say. Hope these witches have not bewitched me. Lol.

My elder brother was Kidnapped while entering his house in Port Harcourt, He manage to escape from the moving vehicle along the road in a crowded area and rolled to the gutter, Meanwhile as he was jumping from the vehicle they shot at him but the bullet missed and he the back of one of the gang members who was trying hard to prevent him from jumping off the vehicle. Now, these criminals decided to go sell the vehicle at Onitcha when during a routine check the police miraculously found blood in the vehicle and later discovered it was a stolen car and apprehended them the very next day after the incidence. Meanwhile my brother had made entry at the police station close by about the attempted kidnap and car jacking. When my brother was contacted about the recovered car he had to pay over 200k to get back the vehicle and also charge the two criminals they caught to court. One of the boys they caught was staying just opposite our family house and he is the only son of an oil worker who went to zone 6 Calabar to turn the case upside down. Police came all the way from Calabar to arrest my brother who miraculously escaped kidnap. We had to petition the IG through a senior advocate of Nigeria but yet the DPP refused to charge the case. As I speak to you those boys are walking free after police extorted my brother. The police is more corrupt than even NNPC or all organizations put together. I feel very sorry for Nigeria.

Jakumo:
Jogging is a pastime of the well-fed and the rich. By jogging down the street of ANY Nigerian city, one is advertising the fact that one is so well fed, as to seek weight loss via exercise. That is the sound of a cash register, to kidnappers and ritual murderers.

If you can afford to jog, then you can afford to buy a treadmill to use for exercise in the privacy of your home, so as not to wind up in the kidnapper's den after being spotted doing what only the rich do - jogging.

This comment is a classic example of a non sequitur.

The Rivers AAC candidate resigns.
Claims it's in the interest of peace in Rivers State however others see it as a necessary deal to cut in order to advert the unnecessary bloodshed in the coming rerun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ipBZLF9O3o