₦airaland Forum

mapet:
1. The govt voted more to capital expenditure than her predecessors, is that false? You should be in better position to refute if they are not spending on capital expenditure, as 2016 performance window closes in March

2. Are you still asking a question on criteria? Are you telling me that you go into argument without reading? The reports stated exactly the modalities of how these people are selected yet you still bother to ask a question that the answer is obvious

Which budget are you talking about the padded non-budget of 2016 or the 2017's inflated budget in which the recurrent expenditure is still greater than the capital expenditure?

As to the free money that this government is handing out the article claims that there is 'Community Based Targeting' - those aren't a list of criteria, I'm asking you since you speak with such certainty about this matter.

mapet:
.....and capital expenditure of what exactly? Is capital not currently being addressed or has this government not increased the votes on capital spending more than their predecessors?

They have? Can you show me evidence of said expenditure? Have you actually looked at the budget?

And why did you duck my question on criteria? How are they identifying the qualifying parties?

I didn't realize this woman turned ashawo.

That man is old.

mapet:
1. You still don't get it. Nobody claimed to need 5k. The government is giving the 5k as a safety net. In order words, the government is giving cash incentives to alleviate their conditions, while getting them to buy into government interventions in health (immunization) and education (school enrollment). How do you want to teach your suggested "basic education" when in the first place these people are "disincentivised" and "disempowered" to make it to schools or primary health centres. How do you want to give "basic education" when it makes "immediate sense" to some to send their children out to hawk on the streets rather than go to schools. How do you want to give "basic education" when some families has to go out each day to hustle for daily meal?

2. On the value of Naira, you lot are just looking at the wrong paradigm. To these people in question, the Naira/dollar exchange means squat. But if you sat down to understand the interconnection and basic economics, then you will see that the cash to be given to these people cannot be deemed "assets", rather they are stimulants to reflate the economy and get cash to move in the system. Who told you government "hoarding" the cash will automatically translate to improvement in exchange rate? If government cannot not increase the spending power of people at this critical times, how do you want to help commerce?

Where did I even suggest that government should hoard anything?

The money should be used for capital expenditure. This is no better than the policy of creating more government jobs and wasteful, inefficient recurrent expenditure.

Why is the federal government having to involve itself (again) in the basics of primary education, primary healthcare and immunization? What are certain states/local governments doing with the budgets that they receive for nothing?

You speak as someone who has some insight into this project - do you have a list as to the requirements that makes one eligible for this scheme? How did/does the government decide who the 1 million most impoverished/deserving are?

mapet:
I disagree with your position. You do not need to wait for your "proper census" before this intervention can start. What you call proper census is probably 10yrs away, are you now going to wait that long before you introduce necessary social interventions? Do you wait to have "proper census" before you start intervention programs like immunization, family planning schemes, community development aids etc?

What has been done is to adopt an ingenious approach to data collection, verify the same data collection approach with international standards as verified by world bank and commence intervention with such, while you improve on data collection with time

If you want to help these people who claim to be in need of 5k then provide them with basic education - everything from literacy, to civics, to sexual health education.

This is just a way for the same idiots who have been short changing these people to continue to do so.

And what sense does it make to hand out a depreciating asset in the form of hard currency when this government has done such a woeful job of maintaining the value of the naira?

Again, save this money and use it towards something more constructive than handouts.

He said that the North has to realize that 'we need each other' but why does the South need the North?

I don't get it.

yinkslinks:
Never been to cross river though but i know it wont be anything close to akwa-ibom

They didn't have as much money, Duke had to borrow. Calabar is even more beautiful than Uyo but the villages on the AKS are in much better shape than those in Cross River.

yinkslinks:
The only governor that worked in Nigeria. If u doubt me, visit akwa-ibom and see 2nd Abuja

You forgot about Duke in Cross River.

But you are right in that he is one of the best.

oldninja:
Continue celebrating corrupt public office holders. Hope you guys won't complain tomorrow that they've stolen your money and left you hungry. After all if one doesn't steal and become wealthy in this country even street boys won't celebrate them, so why won't they continue to embezzle? #peanutsatwwork. In Fela's voice : "suffering and smiling"

State officials will always use their position to improve their financial status. That is unfortunate but human beings are rarely altruistic.

Anyway, I'll take this man over 99% Nigerian governors, past or present. The only one who comes close is Donald Duke - it seems that corner of the country has Nigeria's most progressive leaders.

frankloloko:
Fresh fresher finest . He's educated and very close to the youth . All of you that voted for Buhari it shall never be we'll with you . Amen and amen .

Him being 'educated' and 'close to the youth' is fine but what makes me like the man is that he is productive unlike Buhari.

People whinge about the stadium but it's a talking point for Uyo, it's good PR. The roads are great, basic healthcare is free from what I've seen. Improvements have been made in education.

I would have less of an issue with Buhari if he was productive, the simple fact is that he isn't.

emmanuel596:
The man who made akwa ibom state looks like a standard world class city....they say you are a thief but I chose to celebrate you for the good things you have done......thanks for your good works

He helped himself to certain percentages and I understand that he has a stake in Julius Berger international as a result of all of the business that he gave them in AKS but he definitely added value to the state.

drnoel:
Government is goin to purchase contraceptives for who? The north or the south? When did the government of federal republic of Nigeria become government of the local government of the north? Smh for misplaced priority.

Since forever, unfortunately.

Remember how the previous federal administration had to build schools for the north because the state and local governments there refuse to do so.

Bolustic:
Don't look at the northerners alone, what about the myriads of baby factories in the east? We have to stop this culture of terming everything from the north as negative, this is 2017.

Large population, if well managed, is a always an advantage, China and India are successful examples. BTW, how is the SS, despite it's oil and low population, compared to the north, better off?

The south-south is a lot better of than the north in every indices - education, health, household wealth.

As to you using China and India as examples of large populations - the Chinese had to curb their population growth for the citizens to even begin to feel the growth of their economy. India on the other has refused to stem its ridiculous population growth and remains a mess as a result.

A large population isn't a problem, the problem is the rate of growth. No economy can sustain a population that doubles every 25 years. The people who insist on adding to their number without thought as to how they will cater for them are a menace.

Orikinla1:
I think something is terribly wrong with Africans.
The young man must have paid the human trafficker to smuggle him into Europe by all means possible and at all costs.

So he had money to waste on travelling to Europe but no money to invest in a business at home?

Does that not sound absurd to you?

ekanDamie:
this is one policy I am utterly disappointed at.
why waste 5k that will never still be sufficient for this poor people?

if the invest that money into industrialization, in 6months we will have an industry running somewhere, u can now employ this people to do easy jobs n pay them from it.
stop wasting money to score cheap political points.

Remember what happened to the schools that were designed to lift a generation of almajiris out of poverty - what happened to those schools?

The useless abokis decided it is better to waste foreign exchange in the desert than to ensure that young people get an education.

Without a proper census or identification system this is designed to fail.

Deal with the structural flaws before doling out money.

What exactly do all of these monarchs do?

We know that the local governments are largely useless but these guys seem worse and yet some people will attack you if you speak out against them.

PureHeart01:
God is still on the throne.

Which throne would that be?

The throne of the mentally handicapped?

OmaniPadmeHum:
Happy New Year to her and Niger Deltans.

Niger Delta Clean-up? What clean up?

Yes any effort by the FG to clean up and develop the region is welcome. But Why do we allow the problem of pollution persist both from equipment failure and sabotage (theft,militancy,vandalism)? We are cleaning up what will eventually spill in no distant time? There are root,remote and immediate causes of these spills and releases. These must first be addressed.

There must be moves to address the two main issues around the spills first and then the clean up will have sustained impacts and meets it purpose. Without this we will keep cleaning up more spills than necessary.

The problem in the Delta is from all Levels. Federal, State, Local, Individual, Militant Groups etc. Each has failed woefully. With one problem at one level triggering problems in other levels. Till date there is no know road map to develop this region or even Nigeria. Hardly is there control of development. Roads till today, in 2016, are still constructed without side walks etc. What have the State Governors and Local Government Chairmen done? Check their payroll and you will find thousands of Ghost Workers. Children and relatives of politicians,earning salaries without adding any value and many many many other problems. How have the Governors in these regions created value and invited investments into their States?

Infact where does one start...

Happy New Year Jare. Let us not start with complaints.

There are issues but you cannot make blanket, untrue statements.

I do not speak for the entire country but I know that in AKS, CRS and Lagos the state governments build roads with pavements.

And Lagos and AKS have roadmaps for development. Anambra also seems to have its own plan that it is following to good effect. CRS under the previous governors had solid plans - Ayade is making other noises, reminiscent of leaders from more useless parts of the country.

Having said that I would love to know what the various useless local governments do besides dole out money to their friends and relatives.

emmanuel596:
Blackberry was a very good and perfectly encrypted smart phone but they failed to work on their battery and they didn't advance in technology and market demand...I don't know why they didn't see how tecno started and were are now....they failed in competition....rip blackberry android ti take over

They're in the same boat as Nokia.

Once the market leader, now they're firmly in the dust.

When will they sentence Buhari for the nonsense that he is doing or has done?

Omoakinsuyi:
Aside human rights violation, Nigeria was far better under him compared to now

It is only better because of the fools who voted for Buhari.

Abacha's Nigeria was not better than the Nigeria of two years ago.

I'm glad to hear about this - I hope to see more of this throughout of the nation.

steppins:
Ha! So Mathew Ashimolowo dey do oyibo MMM?

No, he didn't.

Maybe you should read the article.

I'm not convinced that the reason why there are so many xtians and muslims in Nigeria is because they refuse to read the Bible and the Quran and not because they understand the texts in question.

martineverest:
pls,whats technological about calabar carnival?..are they applying AI into it?

The bikes, the other vehicles, the floats, the costumes, the music.

The themes for some of the floats embrace technology.

Again - it's clear that you have never been to the Calabar Carnival. It's never too late, take a trip.

martineverest:
ur last sentence tells it all.....low sef esteem.

Are spanish tomatoes festival,india diwali festivals,christmas,america's thanksgiving day,haloween,ramadan in mecca etc 20th century festivals?

Fyi, archaic osun Oshogbo,igue festival,argungun festival,turban festivals etc attract more foreigners than calabar useless festivals

Calabar Carnival does both.

You don't have to choose one or the other - you can celebrate what Nigeria has done in the past and what we are working towards for the future.

It's not about low self esteem it's about not handicapping yourself for no reason. It's about not being dogmatic.

You're using modern technology to cry about people embracing new ideas - does that not sound absurd to you?

martineverest:
calabar cannival is suppose to be a reflection of our culture rather than replicating rio ,nottinghill and carribbean carnivals.,

this calabar carnival isnt exportable at all..

You haven't been to the carnival then.

They have a traditional day and then they have one featuring modern dances, costumes and bikers.

We don't have to stay stuck in the 19th century.

This is either a lie or a case of serious miscommunication between the various security forces.

mrvitalis:
I have said it, buhari should just use broken English.. Its obvious Nigerians (majority) lacks basic understanding of English

The international press was reporting the same thing.

Either he is misusing words or tens of millions of people have failed to understand English.

eshietIntrepid:
Strength in are diversities, but on a second thought all these ethnics groups in one country and u expect peace.

Honestly I think nigeria should be divided .

It doesn't matter because many of those languages are going extinct and the perceived ethnic boundaries will subside as well.

The reason why there is so much division and 'difference' in Nigeria is not because of stark physical or cultural differences but more because of appalling transport links between regions as well as miseducation.

The exception to what I've said is the difference between the North and the South. Islam is incompatible with anything un-Islamic - music, singing, democracy, education, and modern finance are all prohibited by Islam.

favourmic:
Bro let talk about present not past govement

Any assessment that you make will be made on past events. You can't discount previous governments.

Ayade is just another useless loudmouth who says whatever the average idiot in the village wants to hear but ultimately does nothing.

favourmic:
Bro let be honest can you compare him with fayose that kept making noise up and down? The man is trying

I'm not comparing him to Fayose (I'm not in his state to know what he has/hasn't done), I'm comparing him to former governors of CRS and also AKS.