₦airaland Forum

3kay945:
I disagree with you. They didn't. Portray the president as incompetent. The dude is actually clueless and incompetent.

dolapo92:
may Allah save us ....hmmm
and may their soul rest in peace

this bk boys una no dey tire

Ilekeh:
GEJ, see what you turned this country into.

This is not my Nigeria. This is GEJ's Nigeria.

Abugab:
Nigeria currently needs a Benevolent Dictator as president who will be democratically elected to weed out corruption and other social, economic, political, financial...anomalies from the system. Buhari fits that bill exactly. Sai Buhari as the guilty are always afraid.

mrofficial:
You can try to twist and cream it. IBB is GEJ's mentor in politics. You wonder why he's so corrupt? Just like his Oga.

mrofficial:
Didn't GEJ visit IBB?

2tek:
Funny but true.
in NIGERIA
Vice President -North.
Senate President -North
Speaker House of Reps - North.
PDP National Chairman - North.
Head of Service - North.
INEC Chairman - North.
Inspector General of Police - North.
Chief Justice of federation - North.
President Court of Appeal - North.
EFCC Chairman - North.
President Federal high court - North.
National Security Adviser - North.
Chief of Defense Staff - North.
Chief of Naval Staff - North.
Controller, Customs
Service - North.
Defence Minister-North.
Education Minister- North.
MD Port Authority- North.
MD NDIC - North
Controller Prison Services - North.
richest man in africa - North.
85% of Petroleum Marketers in Nigeria - Northerners.
80% of Oil Block Owners in Nigeria - Northerners.
99% of beggars in Nigeria - Northerners
99% of Boko Haram and their sympathizers- North.
The region that wants power by fire by force - North.
The region that has ruled Nigeria for the longest years 38years - North
Yet, the Poorest states in Nigeria and Educationally
backward areas in Nigeria are in the North. Now, ask yourself, what is the problem of the Northerners? Keep forwarding till it get to all their leaders may be they will have to re-think....
CAN YOU IMAGINE? ?
FEAR NORTH

raumdeuter:
We accept him and his dictatorship

Better to have a good dictator than a clueless retardd

https://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/President-Jonathan-Sad-April-2014-BellaNaija.com_.jpg

miky:
Rip to these poor innocent folks, it's not about them never has been, poor people just trying to make a leaving in the hell called nigeria... Unfortunately the idiots that have held nigeria backward for 30 years are power hungry and bloodthirsty after OBJand now GEJ became president.. They now result to killing people for instability..

Ijebulogic:
My experience this weekend at an INEC booth was deeply worrying. While eligible Nigerians were too busy chasing money, getting ready for the Experience concert etc, my registration booth was full of citizens of neighbouring countries trying their hardest to get their hands on a Voters card - which has become the standard ID for Nigerians that want to open bank accounts, purchase phones, rent homes etc. Indeed it is a direct path towards getting a Nigerian Passport.

My PVC process took about 45 minutes and I took time to "chat" with my fellow "voters" . 9 out of 10 claimed they were from "Lagos" but the accents were too strong to be Lagosians.

I asked which local government area they were from and what area in Lagos they grew up etc - and these Niger/Chad citizens were as confused as a rabbit in a suit. I challenged the INEC officials and their response was -"uncle, they just told us to register anyone who comes o!"-

Homeland security is finished...and we wonder why BH is winning the war?

lastpage:
Gawd! People like you say a lot .....while saying NOTHING!

You remind me of that Village Boy who said he needs to climb to the top of a very tall Iroko Tree.... but he does not want to start from the base of the Tree ..(he prefers to start somewhere very close to the top).
When asked why he thinks its not "prudent to start from the base and gradually go upwards", he responded by saying that "the base" dont matter, as long as l get to the top quicker".

A wise man standing by asked him to start his venture and lets see how long it takes him to get to the top!
Ofcourse, he cant even get to the point of starting since there was not "a ladder" around!

"Those who fail to appreciate and learn from there PAST will only go round in circles, trying to move into the future"


Like that Village Boy, you have "jumped right into the middle" of the problem, trying to proffer a solution (reaching the top)...by not considering:

1.) "What led to Nigeria being in a position that we MUST devalue our currency, ...just because of fluctuation in oil price"?

Whatever lead to nigerias productiveness didn't occur in the last 8 years, its been 40 years of mismanagement and unproductiveness by the people and her government.. Well, when you import everything from tooth pick to rice you need foreign exchange in dollars to pay for that, because we import, we put unusula demands for dollars.. and without the government getting paid in its dollars to increase supply of dollar in the market you will have an inevitable devaluation of naira its supply and demand..

if you have other suggestions on how to reduce dollar demand without supply of dollar from the sale of crude to the international markets, you might be a genius and go apply for the cbn governor? kindly state how thats possible

2.) You have failed to consider that there are ways and means to "buffer" one's currency such that when the "expected and inevitable fluctuations" in oil price occurs, our currency will still stand firm (examples are strong foreign reserve, diversification of streams of foreign exchange income, strong domestic manufacturing economy, to mention just a few)

Name one way on the short term genius... and mind you will you deplete your Foreign exchange to 0 because you want a 1=1 ratio of naira to dollar the others you mentioned is unlikely to happen in the next 20 years..

you could have mentioned gold, but we dont even have gold!!


3.) You said every state should increase IGR (Tax, Fees and Fines) and called them parasites .......but you fail to even understand that before you can increase your IGR substantially, you need a "booming economy" where people are working and trading, thus paying more tax, fees and fines! (Take Lagos as an example, compared to say Ondo). IGR does not just "jump-up" except you fall into the category of people who think it is okay to tax a poor man to death, irrespective of ability to pay! Oppressors!

Blah Blah Blah, nigerians are parasites, they want to believe its the governments responsibilities to take care and baby feed them.. time to contribute and make your government stronger in its devise to shore up infrastructure and maintain its function, they run.. but they never fail to give 10% to their thieves call pastors who delude them with nonsense.



4.) Again, your lack of understanding of "basic economics and dynamics of governance" is exposed when you said "remove subsidy and even increase petroleum price by 10% after"... 180 Million parasites want to feed on $25Billion from Oil".

What is nigerias main revenue from is it manufacturing? isnt it oil? isn't that whats shared between the 3 tiers of government for spending?? if there is something else mention in?


The issue of subsidy has been repeatedly shown and proven to be a SCAM by the members of the Oil cabal who simply buy or bunker petroleum produced in Nigeria, load it on a ship and sail for a few minutes into the sea, do a U-Turn and voila: That Petrol has become "Imported Fuel" .....which qualifies it for subsidy!
That is a short summary of the SCAM called Subsidy, so whether it is there or removed,[color=#006600] it changes nothing for the common man who does not benefit from it in anyway.[/color]

since its of no benefit to common man, then wouldn't you agree its removed now, so the government/oil cabal wouldnt have an excuse as to why huge sums are spent on subsidy??


I dont know your "level of education or the quality of it" but judging by what you have written, it is obvious you need to "re-educate" yourself properly! You cant even spell (tightening) correctly!!

Take an O'level Economics textbook like "O. Teriba" and read about the most basic idea of "creation of wealth/money".
$25Billion, if properly utilized, is more than enough to "generate enough wealth" to feed 500Million people.
Govt will/should create the enabling environment for those millions of people who in-turn, create goods, work, trade such that the money multiplies itself rapidly... and the IGR you are mouthing about, will roll-in without fuss.

But how can you "create wealth' from an economy without the "basics" of industrialisation?
Infact, l like to ask people like you... Which comes first: The CART or the HORSE?

is china an industrialized nation? is it even a developed nation? lastly isn't it a third world?? no one is asking for industrialisation thats in 50 years time, how about this genius?? Self F*** reliance, produce what you consume, consume what you produce.. we still import water for drinking and your talking about industrialization..

its up to nigerians to come up with innovative ways on being productive, bring the idea and source for capitalism... Only one man in steve jobs created a product that makes more money than the entire people in our country, was it the american government that showed him??


Why do we have a Government, if that Government cannot "organize and marshal the people into a formidable productive unit"?

[b]Even "Black Ants" have been known to overcome that process?

Give the people Stable Electricity, Give them Roads, working Refineries, Give them a few Industries like Steel Plants, Petrochemical Plants that can provide inputs like fertilizer at a cheap rate... and see whether Nigerians are the 'lazy parasites' you call them!

[color=#990000]so after your experience with a government you term "useless" you still depend on them to give you things before you kick start your life?? Keep waiting you will wait tire.. I say government should Get the F** out of those businesses. they lack the forsight, expert, vision or profit making drive, apart from roads everything should be in private hands of its citizens to run..


The Masses, most of whom are on your level of intelligence, "need to be led and properly organized" by the few ones with higher intelligence; That is what LEADERSHIP is all about [/color] ...... not the other way round, as we have it in Nigeria for some time now

lol now you get personal, because you dont like what i say...your the crop of people who want government to do things for them, lazy eggheads, your kind is in every country in the world... i stay in the usa, and you remind me of the typical blacks, despite the opportunities still blame the government for their uselessness, despite others (chinese, koreans, indians) making it... keep waiting on the government


Before Oil was discovered, Nigerians fed themselves easily.... Yes, before we were saddled with clueless people (very much like yourself!) masquerading as "Leaders"!

Lol, no those leaders unlike me didnt believe in the nigerian people, infact they loathed them... i believe the nigerian people should be doing better, we should be creating ideas and looking for ways to establish them through sme's and financing..

Like someone posted earlier, Nnamdi Azikwe, Awolowo, Tafa Balewa were not as "Greedy, Corrupt, Visionless and Inept" ...as the group of leaders Nigeria has been saddled with , of recent!

Lastpage!

BTW: I agree with the part about people allowing pimping Pastors to "airlift their wallets" in the name of Religion!...

simplemach:
But wait o, what do we gain when he dedicates award to us? Nothing i guess. Then its better he dedicates money to us and not awards.

jpphilips:
It is only a f00l that will wield this opinion of yours

radiant3:
Health is wealth!
He who has ears,let him hear...

buJu234:
Please nigeria problem is not oil but mismanagement due to corruption. .

When oil prices were high every went up

Now that oil prices are low everything is still going up...

Can u see its not oil prices. ..?

Qatar UAE Norway etc didn't devalue their currency nor re they facing economic problems why...

Cos they all have good leadership that nigeria lacks. Weather PDP nor APC

deenee:
I am tempted to coment but I will refrain because there are a lot of people that are still in the dark, have tunnel understanding of how and why such decisions are taken and still base their arguements along political, tribal and religous sentiments.

I read some of the comments herein and still wonder where we have got it wrong. Is it with the educational system or the fact that we tend to value short term benefit over long term gratification.

If this decision was taken in the US under similar circumstances we will all applaud it but because its Nigeria, there is outrage.

May God open our eyes of understanding esp that of the youth our future leaders and God bless Nigeria.