₦airaland Forum

charliboy654:
So apparently, there are some state in nigeria with nothing to offer. So if Federal govt was to leave them to manage their resources and develop themselves, everyone in the state will probably die of poverty.

They all migrate to Yorubaland. The only economically viable region.

But they attack our aspiration to be Speaker of NASS. They attack our ambition to rule in 2023. No one can deny us what we want, particularly we wont deny your needs if survival forces you into our land.

Ibo muslim breaking fast with his Northern masters. When is Kalu going to break fast with Alhaji Dokubo his Ijaw master? After that go to Lagos and break fast with his Yoruba godfather Alhaji Ahmed Tinubu.

SpecialAdviser:
It always beat my imagination how most northerners without good shoes march out to worship the rich and the influential.

I am proud Igbos do no such thing. I strongly support that house of assembly in Igbo lands criminalize the art of kneeling to greet, lying on the ground to greet or undue hailing of anybody be you a religious or traditional figure. We respect people that do so in their tradition but this is not in line with our tradition.

Don't worship anyone except God. Nobody should have an excessive power over you. Just honor the elder and your parents. But don't go extra mile. It is called mental freedom. Is called human liberty and helps to build your confidence. It is not by accident that we Igbos dominate business in Nigeria and expanding into other African countries. God created us complexly unique.

You wont kneel or prostrate to greet but you have no qualms kick-starting a rib or two to wake parents from slumber.

Mods should not delete or close this thread abeg. This is a hilarious thread.

Ibos have become inconsolable because Jonathan lost an election 5yrs ago. Wow!

Princedapace:
Aside bad governance, u really dont know how useless the current structure of the Nigeria state is.

The current structure pushes everything to Lagos state.

No state has any viable business like that. The entire nigeria investment goes mainly to Lagos and Abuja. This is due to main government controlled agencies have their head quarters in Lagos and abuja. This, aside the ports in Lagos, make business and investors to site their head offices in these two cities. That has greatly affected other states.

Also, the way nigeria is structured, the federal govt is way too richer than the component states. This is not healthy. Almost all governors have houses in abuja and Lagos, they have hotels and investments in Lagos and abuja, all government offices are all controlled from Lagos and abuja.

Nigeria is such a useless country. South africa has three official federal capitals. Why? They want investments to move around. Nigeria has intentionally suppressed other regions from growing due to fear of breakup. Very funny something..

If nigeria wants to really grow, there is nothing Buhari can do, or even Atiku. The best nigeria can do is to be sincere with her existence. First, understand that regions can break up if they feel uncomfortable with the union. And to avoid that, the country needs to work for all regions.

The federal govt must reduce her work loads becus we have situations where states take up federal projects. I mean states that are struggling to earn, they have to take up federal govt projects like roads, etc. That is so wrong. States fund police, support the military, etc. Still from their little fund they get. So what is federal govt doing with all the money she earns? Federal govt controls the most juicy parts of making money in the country, so the federal govt should be able to take care of all her projects without lacking.

If we look at it seriously, states have more things to do than FG, that is why I support complete change of allocation. To me, states should handle their natural resources and pay royalties to FG. States have more responsibilities to take care, yet FG earns more than states with huge gap.

In fact, FG remains liability becus the national assembly and many FG agencies just have directors and staff who are over paid and earn crazy allowances while states struggle to pay their staff. Nigeria is poorly structured. Who ever that wants to fix Nigeria must look at her constitution and change many things.

It is either the country embraces six FG capitals to bring development closer to all regions, or the country simply allow states control her resources more.

States should control water too and allow FG percentage portion.

Also system of election needs to be worked on so that states can be discouraged from birthing kids anyhow without proper planning. The current system supports over breeding..

Your assertion is partly correct. Companies like to operate with as low overhead as is possible. Operating a company in Lagos is very expensive but in terms of security and peace of mind Lagos is predictably business friendly. Corporate decision makers will choose security and predictability above cost savings.

SS have ports just like Lagos but they are not business friendly due to insecurity and unpredictability, even though cheaper and cost sustainable than Lagos.

You keep an army of active militants that terrorize government and has history of kidnapping corporate workers and their managers....this is statement to corporate businesses to stay away.

So you cannot blame just the government for the economic stagnation in your zone, you must take self responsibility and accountability for your actions and its direct negative effect to drive away tax-paying businesses.

jimi4us:
with the way South West voted for their master buhari one would've thought South West would've turned to Dubai.

Southwest is indeed your Dubai, otherwise there woulddnt be buses from SE arriving daily fully packed but returning home at half capacity. I dare you to stay away from SW and see as that your SE decay away in its deficiencies.

The most efficient and solvent region in the country is SW. It has six states and counted three states out of top 6 and one out of bottom 4.

50% of the region is self sufficient and could bail out other regions from insolvency.

BlackfireX:
Where is Anambra position

Na mouth Anambra get. Anambra is a deficient state when it comes to economic innovation and performance.

Hamzat should respect his ancestors, go home and ascend the throne of his fore fathers. Declare DG position vacant before inauguration abeg.

Achebe's works is narrow and pinned to Ibo ethnicity. It is only later while in America he began to get world exposure and incorporate the global experience into his writing.

Osofisan's works opens his readers into broad perspectives of the African and the rhythym of challenges faced by his/her humanity. It is ethno-neutral.

obstead200:
u are just pathetic.
Can't u even see the main issues here? We are talking about the balkanisation and destruction of an 800 year old culture, a very beautiful piece of national heritage, all because of a personal vendetta and here u are talking of IPOB. How does this concern or make any difference to them?
U don't understand culture. Have u ever seen the dubar festival in Kano? It will never remain the same.

Shame on u. Shame on APC. Shame on gandollars

Where is the 800 yr old culture?

Around 1809 the Hausa kings were sacked to erect Fulani Islamic clerics called Emirs.

Around 1909 Colonial British sacked Fulani Emirs and replaced them with new Emirs and administration order called Governor.

In 2019 that new order split an Emirate into its multiples.

Kano will not die because of this.

Mk93:
Ibori is not greedy like tinubu. He allow others opinion and always allow decision of the people to stand. That is why his political empire did not collapse even while in prison

Im not sure you read news.

SarkinYarki:
the only reason he is relevant is because he had Nvere stopped being governor of Lagos since then, he has been doing it by proxy

Who prevented the others from using proxies to rule in their states?

Benin city is like a ward. Everything is hinged on the Oba and his tradition. In a ward every thing revolves around the ward head.

Community policing has been given thumbs up by FG. Lagos State will invest its security vote towards raising a world class community patrol force.

NPF should get their allowance from Abuja and stop raising dust in Lagos

Saraki's seat at Buhari's inauguration will be empty. In fact, Ekweremadu will be the one passing the baton of Senate leadership, not Saraki.

Ofemannnu:
I suspect you are one of these Fulani Yoruba.
They always support the abnormally called emir in Yorubaland.
The only saving grace of the emir is still Nigeria/Govt . not even religion per se.
No matter how long Afonja household will still take over their rightful inheritance.They have very strong muslim brethren that will protect Islam if that is what Ilorin people want.

Thats it....particularly the military, otherwise Ilorin would already be under an Oba. Afterall Jebba is under an Oba.

YUNGCONCEPT11:
Ok

Do you think that ilorin is just like other places..
You see that town is beyond your mind grasp .
That city cannot be compared to any emirate in Nigeria.
Any governor that tried making a single move would regret coming to planet Earth.

That emirate consist of different tribes coming together...don't even think of it walahi

PROUD ILORITE

Of course, in this age and time we expect the emirate to have plurality of ethnic groups, inspite of that...an Emir can be deposed, an Emirate can be redistricted, it can even be abolished. There is nothing special with Emir, it is like a Bishop, the head of a religious clan.

manchy7531:
The kwara state governor should take a cue from the Governor of Kano state Ganduje and break up the ilorin emirate into 5, creating Oba's to pacify the yorubas and retain the Gambari as emir of ilorin. Opc take note

I was just thinking that today and started to open thread but thought better to wait and see.

Kano is going through an experiment in our age. We should wait to see and learn from it before activating Ilorin.

stevespack:
By now last year if I'm not mistaking our forma vice president and PDP presidential flag bearer in just conclude election was reacting to every news in Nigeria.
Be it bad or good he must always have something to say.
My question now is why is he not reacting again. Doesn't it mean all that reaction was just to win sympathy from Nigerians and not that he truly love and care?

Because they told him through backdoor there is only ONE president allowed to speak for Nigeria and mimicking the president is not covered under free speech, it crosses the line into what is considered a "parallel government", and punishable under treason act.

Is there no insecurity in SE? How has education solved their insecurity with ipob terrorists?

aribisala0:
Have they left? Are they back in Jerusalem, their ancestral home?

Ooni is teaching them their history. The spiritual head of Nri, the King of Eri, who is the overall 1st class and head of all kings in igboland, just returned from Ife where Ooni showed him the ancestral place of his forefathers, Eri.....their Jerusalem is in Ile-Ife. . They are re-learning their history.

If you hear someone say ekenedilichucku and young must grow have set up new bus garages in Ife don't be surprised. Its because Ibos found their Jerusalem and Ife must be "developed".

Originalsly:
Isn't this in support of what he is saying? The person graduated in Nigeria...but did not sit down on the degree and expect to find El Dorado. He/She used it to move to a higher level and an environment where it can lead to Ei Dorado. Wenger got his.... but found another path to El Dorado which also supports the statement.

Yeah, you are right....if you read deep into baqina's position you will get the point.

Baqina is not disputing that education is not an el dorado.....but that even those who have stepped up their game and self-improved and become self-employed have realized clientele and consumer traffic is dry. Discretionary spending is low. So to buoy the economy and make more people spend, which will reward those on the side of Buhari's advise.....the government and even private sector should fund commerce.

baqina:
Sir, a medical doctor fresh from d University., without job,earning less than 100k and some being owed salaries......wat do u suggest they do

An engineer decided to think outside d box..Got necessary certificates in programming but without job decided to establish a computer school .Despite that he is still finding it funny.Students are not paying, fuel expense alone is 1,500 per day and their is rent,LG taxes....I can go on and on....

Your friends dt are graduates might be lazy and incompetent but not d few I know...Some of d females after graduation went back to study fashion designing,interior decorating,beads making, hairdressing,cakes etc and they are still finding it hard to survive, despite diversification of their degrees...chk Instagram ,u will see them

I believe we are saying the same thing. I apologize if i misunderstood you in beginning but i see your point. Education is good to have but our prevalent situation haa made its value worthless. Nonetheless, individuals must activate their creativity and self-improve by learning trade to keep their dignity intact.

Government must aid their effort and create environment to spurn consumption and commerce.

I give you 100%, you are correct!

Okorocha will be the next Amaechi.

For four years Amaechi was in the news nagging about Rivers and the governor of Rivers.

The next four is Okorocha's turn to nag about Imo and APC Chairman.

May her soul rest in peace!


Anyone can come face to a face with a gunman and in the case you take off running they will point and fire, its a hit or miss, but they won't run after you with determination....unless they are on an errand. Who sent them...? This is what detectives will try to resolve.

Cctv, public and private, are everywhere on American streets...at traffic lights, on bank premises, at parking garages, at corner stores, on office buildings... They can subponea and obtain film records from every camera in a two block perimeter of the crime scene to ascertain when the gunman entered the zone and time difference when the murder happened. Moreso, did other people walk to their car before her.....why her and not the others that went before her? This will set motive of the gunman and that the crime was premeditated, thus establishing murder....not manslaughter or homicide.

If cameras dont nail him cellphone records will. No one should think their cellphones only keep tracking records when you place calls, no, that's wrong.
Agreed the calls reveal who you call or received call from but in idle state your phone still transmit records that can be tracked to pinpoint your footsteps. Roaming data from the cell tower in a proximity will show phone registrations. The same feature that allows a phone to cal 911 (emergency service) when there is no subscription on the phone also allows the phone to broadcast its position when its idle and not in use.


Her killer and the people whose errand he delivered will be caught.

raymondele86:
What is your opinion?

Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, the President of the Court of Appeal and Chairman of the 2019 Presidential Election Petition Tribunal is not qualified to head the Tribunal. Reports have it that she is an interested party and she is highly compromised #RescueNigeria‬

‪Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa is the wife of Adamu Mohammed Bulkachuwa, who is currently a Senator elect, on the platform of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). Adamu Mohammed Bulkachuwa is a Senator Elect, representing Bauchi North Senatorial District at the National Assembly. ‬#RescueNigeria

‪There are also reports that President Muhammadu Buhari and his Party, the All Progressive Congress (APC), deliberately ceded the Bauchi North Senatorial ticket to Mohammed Bulkachuwa in order to use him to influence his wife, who the APC believed will head the 2019 Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. #RescueNigeria ‬

‪It has been revealed that President Buhari and the APC, planned a total and complete infiltration of the judiciary before the 2019 General Elections, by removing Justice Walter Onnoghen as Chief Justice of the Federation and deliberately making Justice Bulkachuwa’s husband a Senator in order to influence her decision at the upcoming Presidential Tribunal. #RescueNigeria ‬

‪We have also been made aware that the APC has ordered the Bulkachuwas to trash all Appeals of the PDP, emanating from the NASS and Governorship Elections Tribunals in favour of the ruling APC as seen in the ruling of Appeal Court today on the Osun Guber Election. #RescueNigeria ‬

‪More revelations show that Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa was also mentioned in a secret memo submitted to President Buhari by the Directorate of States Services (DSS). In that memo, the DSS described Justice Bulkachuwa as “incurably corrupt”. #RescueNigeria ‬

‪The DSS in that secret memo to President Buhari also accused Justice Bulkachuwa of engaging in bribery and taking kickbacks from judges she assigned to lucrative and juicy cases. #RescueNigeria ‬

‪Justice Bulkachuwa is therefore an interested Party, accused of corruption & is therefore not competent to chair the 2019 Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. She should recuse herself immediately as her membership of the panel will render the panel invalid, biased and partisan. #RescueNigeria

Sir, there is difference between "not qualified" and "conflict of interest".

The Judge is well qualified. Her marriage to an APC Senator will not pass "credibility test". The recommendation is for her to recuse (excuse or remove herself) from the case. She is well qualified to sit as Judge in the tribunal but not trusted to represent without bias. Not necessarily that she would be biased but there is a test to ascertain if that is possible or not and because of marriage it is ruled that she would be.

Please let us at all times exhibit logic, intelligence and fact qhen we speak in public.

hisgrace090:
They should allow her to hawk her food joor.

Abi the poverty una create already never do?

Food in a wheelbarrow? Abeg park for side.

baqina:
Totally disagree Sir. What will now guarantee a future. A President coming from a region that is less educated and having millions of out of school children should not have uttered this.

The president is wrong on this. There are different levels of education,not necessarily university.My cousin is a welder in Canada and highly educated in that field.
What will now guarantee a bright future?.I hope he is not referring to Yahoo.

You spoke from an uneducated perspective.

What is education?
A tool that empowers an individual to improve himself/herself - Prof Sophie Oluwole.

Many of us get education but beyond that fail to achieve the goal for self-improvement.

What is self-improvement?
Anything that adds value to the dignity and attainment of security and self-worth.
A graduate that goes to get training and becomes a plumber or a electrician will soon become self-sufficient in his ability to have his own apartment, feed himself, date and marry and keep a household. His mate out on the street roaming around with his resume, knocking doors looking for employment will soon land in nairaland looking for financial assistance to feed.

Get the message and dont allow partisan politics to block your reasoning. Buhari is on point!

NaijaRoyalty:
Imolites really dealt with Buhari in the last election and will repeat it over and over again .

Nobody likes buhari in Imo State so he can sholve his ministerial slot up his ass .

You read the article but failed to understand whats happening.

Buhari will get ministers from each state but not the ones nominated to serve as moles in his admin. During elections these three acted publicly against government and party interests. So anyone they donate is a potential spoiler....

Of all races in the world black is most enduring of pain, tragedy, calamity, loss and fatality. It is why risk and suicide is lowest in black population. Amongst blacks the female gender is the most tolerant of abuse, torture, deprivation and worst of conditions and circumstances.

For these women to cry out and give up on their circumstance in Kuwait women of other races in same situation would be dead by now. This is critical and urgent. I hope Mrs Dabiri intervenes and rescue them home.