₦airaland Forum

GMBuhari:
Yes, they peddle lies, but if it's Biafra news you'll be hailing them for seeing your cause


That's classic and historic hypocrisy one of the worst I've ever read here

Who told you that I am a Biafra supporter?

Ten12:
U really expected me to read all dat? abi buhari dey argue wit u?

Lazy man.

GMBuhari:
Tarnish? Which image? I hope say you no be "she's our thief crooner" member

Her image got burnt beyond recognition when she took $20B to Hyde Park UK and its not propaganda, it was reported on BBCuk and other international media

You people will believe anything if you really think that one person took $20 billion.

The BBC and other international media often peddle lies and misinformation.

charliboy654:
What abt warri the oil city. Which use to have like a thousand oil company b4 but now notin to write home abt.

It's a little bit better than Asaba but it's still a disgrace on a similar level to Port Harcourt.

charliboy654:
If u say Port Harcourt is a disgrace, what will u say of delta.

Asaba started from a much lower base level but if you use Uyo as a barometer they are both pitiful.

This is one of the smartest things that a Nigerian pastor has ever said.

If you know that it is the beef market that is keeping these cretins alive then kill them by killing their sales.

iukpe:
The government in River state cannot move the menace of Trans-Amadi slaughter market till date. Rivers State does not have the will to remove nuisance market places, stop street trading, remove bushes from the city, clean up sand on the streets, use of highway or street pavements as refuse dumps etc.
The Government in Lagos are forcing development every year. Congrats Lagos.

Port Harcourt really is a disgrace.

Amaechi wasted/stole so much money and before him Odili.

XXLDICK:
Calabar and Uyo I'm talking about the whole state.
Save Calabar and Uyo, the rest of the state is nothing to write home about. And their present governors are no where near their predecessors in good governance.

IGR isn't a sole determinant of good governance.
Low tax rate, low tax enforcement... result in low IGR.

In Lagos, everything you do, you must pay tax.
Whenever my Dad's goods arrive, he pays 20,000 to offload it in the warehouse, the only presently tolled road in Nigeria is in Lagos, transporters pay tax for loading passengers, daily tax, picking passengers from a busstop, symbols, advert on cars... The tax rate in Lagos is very high. You even pay tax for having a television or radio in your shop.

I live in Lagos and visit The island Often.

Low tax enforcement means that the state most likely isn't present in every day affairs like it should be. Which means that there is a lack of oversight by the state which probably means that there are a lot of people sat in the state secretariat earning money whilst doing very little.

I choose Uyo and Calabar because I cannot speak to Kano state as a whole but those cities are better than Kano. Even if we extend the comparisons to the entire states both trump Kano in every socio-economic index - education, health, wealth. By what criteria is Kano state better?

XXLDICK:
Lagos has more roads than Kano Damn!!! You can't be serious. Do you think kano is a dessert

Only if you try and visit kano, you will understand what I'm saying. You will see evidence of good governance but lack of private sector participation.

Kano has a large population but a very low density compared to Lagos. That's why most businesses prefer Lagos.

Kano may be populated but if the economic activity is as low as it appears to be then the likelihood that it has more roads than Lagos is absurd. For what purpose are these roads built and who is paying for them to be built in a state with a miserly IGR?

You advise me to visit Kano - my advice is for you to visit Lagos (and stay on the island). Then go to Calabar and Uyo - there you will see good governance without the startling poverty that has become accepted in the North.

XXLDICK:
Lagos has abandoned it's public schools

I can still remember the quality of Lagos public schools as at the 80s and 90s. Now they are nothing to write home about.
The only good schools in Lagos are private schools.

Ever since Lagos stopped being the capital, almost all development are private sector driven.

Private sectors build their companies in Lagos because of localization, proximity to supply and demand. No west Africa state has more population density than Lagos.

Pin point one major completed project by the Lagos state government since 1999.

Lagos smallest state with the highest IGR has more bad roads than Kano which is over 10 times bigger than Lagos.

Speaking about conservative religion, if you become a northern governor, there is absolutely nothing you can do about it in a democratic setting.

Lagos may or may not have more bad roads than Kano but Lagos has more rooads, more good roads and more cars than Kano. Which means that Lagos has more economic activity than Kano - again how do you explain how Lagos with it's tiny land mass is so much more productive than Kano? Do you know that Kano's IGR is only just bigger than that of Cross River? A state with no oil and a small population. How has that happened?

What is the problem with private sector involvement in infrastructure? Why is private sector in education a bad thing? So long as the state government provides a framework for them to operate and ensures that standards are met there should be no issue.

Businesses go where they can make a profit, where there is an enabling environment. Kano too has a big population - why are businesses not flocking there as they do to Lagos? Ado Bayero mall still largely unoccupied after two years meanwhile malls are opening and filling up at pace all over Lagos, Onitsha and Calabar.

As to your comment about not being able to do anything about religion in a democratic setting - that is completely untrue. You can ensure that young people are exposed to the beauty of the world around them by way of a fulfilling and meaningful education. By education I mean more than just sitting in a classroom regurgitating whatever the teacher says (which is not an education but indoctrination) but to come to understand the world that we live and to understand and value the individual. That entails providing means of learning - libraries, internet access, field trips for young people but also recreational activities that do not revolve around scraping one's head on carpet. Maybe that would be a better use of money than throwing money away on trips to the Arabian desert from which nothing good has ever come.

XXLDICK:
Which schools, hospitals and education facilities were built by Tinubu, Fashola or Ambode

For roads, I'm yet to see any state that stands Kano.

The major problem of the core north isn't bad governance but conservative religion

Lagos doesn't have the same education deficit that Kano or Kaduna suffer from. There are sufficient schools in Lagos when one takes into account the vast array of private schools. The same cannot be said for the core north.

AKS has much better roads than Kano, likewise southern Cross River.

Lagos has good roads on the island, the mainland is improving under this governor.

Why do you detach the bad governance from the conservative religion when the two go together? Have the state governments ceased the wasting of money on state sponsored hajj? Could that money not be better spent on education? Do any of the governors speak out against the religious handicap that the people are forced to labor under?

Which northern governors do you believe to be 'good' and why? How can states that barely create any IGR be considered in good hands? Why is Kano's IGR so low when its population is said to be so vast?

XXLDICK:
Lagos having the highest IGR wasn't done by the governors. Lagos has always had the highest IGR since when it the capital of Nigeria.

For best governors look and the core north and south east. Though they are all mediocre but look at what they do with little IGR and allocation. They are the least indebted states in Nigeria

You dismiss Lagos's high IGR - can you explain why Kano's is so low? It's an ancient city that was once a thriving trade city, allegedly.

In order to acquire debt you must have assets and revenue to borrow against. Having low debt is not an achievement.

Nigeria needs roads, schools, hospitals and educational facilities - this is especially true of the core north where there is a serious problem with poverty and illiteracy.

XXLDICK:
Seems Ambode is more concerned about beauty than economic development


So many news about demolition but few about economic development.

Lagos has never had a good governor.

In my opinion, they are _fucking over hyped... Tinubu, Fashola and Ambode can only be rivaled by south south governors when it comes to worst governors ever

Excess IGR and federal allocation. What does Lagos have to show for it... Highest debt in Nigeria

The ipob yoot below me will always see tribal sentiment in every news

If the South-South and Lagos state have had the worst governors then who do you think has the best?

I'm genuinely curious because Lagos generates more IGR than the entire North and has a GDP that is double that of Kenya's.

Lionbite:
Oya its time for we youth to protest make government start paying subsidies for our data.

Subsidizing internet use/access would make more sense than doling out free money.

Internet access leads to increased economic activity - free money is money squandered.

slimfit1:
Ask Jonathan how he spent 5 years as president and his people still travel like this.

He was President of Nigeria, not President of Bayelsa.

And why shouldn't the people use the rivers to transport people and goods?

highpriest4:
the fowl has came home to roost

The fowl never left the nest - this is a regular occurrence and will continue to be for the foreseeable future.

mebad:
Not that i care how he makes his money. But Escobar with all his wealth never took picture of him and his money

Escobar had to fight to earn and keep his money.

Escobar had visions beyond flossing for his friends.

This guy is dumb.

How much were they paid for this nonsense?

Royalfurnitures:
That's African leaders children for you, can you imagine Clinton's, son doing that?

Please check out my signature for quality and durable furniture

Clinton doesn't have a son nor did Clinton have sole access to the kind of revenue that this man and his father have.

Equatorial Guinea is more like a monarchy than a democracy (even though his father is a 'president' on paper). In that regard what is happening here is very similar to what happens in the Arabian peninsular.

idupaul:
I am not in support of corruption but what is the difference between these people and the English royal family..

There's a slight difference in that this man's father is a supposed democratically elected official and the British Royal family are known leeches who the British people tolerate because they don't have the guts to get rid of that useless institution.

Where are all those people who attack people when they steal groundnut? Why don't they do the same to the foolish person who assaulted this child?

If they can destroy the art work of the traditionalists then others should also be allowed to destroy art work that depicts Jesus Christ, Mary and the other nonsense that Catholics believe in.

curvilicious:
Oshiomhole son Uuuugly sha
Tufiakwa

He's his father's son.

EdCure:
Oshiomole is in a hurry to institute himself as the undisputed godfather of Edo politics.
Not that he doesn't deserve it, though. After Eight years of commedable stewardship to the state, he's succeeded in making the likes of Igbinedion and Anenih to become spent forces.

I'm not in Benin often but what has he done that you say his stewardship has been 'commendable'?

I've never understood this argument - surely it depends on the individual cook and not the nationality of where or by whom it was cooked?

Some Ghanaians cook very good jollof rice, as do Nigerians.

And how comes no one mentions Senegal in this debate?

efilefun:
Happy for this dude, remembered when Macaulay Chrisantus was told to be patient after a successful outing but dude was all about going to europe and ended at a lower club... dude don enter ghost mode now

Macauley Chrisantus is also a notorious age cheat.

Osimhen is a genuinely talented 18 year old.

Rapmaestro:
of all clubs... Leicester I wish him success

Why should he not move to Leicester?

Are they not league champions?

Did they not coast to the second round of the Champions League?

shukudi:
its bcus u've not gone beyond ur crib before. Many ppl in SW spell their lukman as lookman. Leave d boy alone he has chosen what suits him.

I didn't say that it was wrong.

I didn't insult the boy.

I said that "I have never seen this spelling of Lukman before".

I've never seen this spelling of Lukman before.

Mods, please take down this irresponsible post and ban the useless OP.

mapet:
OMG!!!!!

Ok....There is no set criteria, they just put their "family members" and the world bank endorsed it.........

Satisfied?

'World Bank' is not a list of criteria.

Or are you foolish enough to believe that because it says World Bank certified that that means anything?

You mean the same World Bank that gifted Edo State $75 miilion?

mapet:
Is this a demonstration of evasiveness or a demonstration of lack of comprehension. You will do better to go back and read with a view to understand rather than ask needless question

The nine pilot states were chosen because they have an existing Social Register that successfully identified the most vulnerable and poorest Nigerians through a tried and tested community based targeting (CBT) method working with the World Bank. However other states have already begun developing their Social Registers and would be included in subsequent phases of the CCT implementation.”

It doesn't list the criteria.

Over to you.