₦airaland Forum

Only foolish people waste their time in prayer.

And didn't the mythical Jesus have something to say about those who pray in public?

All these idiotic xtians who don't even understand the religion that they claim to follow.

AlPeter:
https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-teens-and-drug-use . www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/adolescent-health-topics/substance-abuse/home.html . Stop using the straw man's argument here we are talking about using the cane has a means of instilling discipline in a child not what Discipline entails if You want to discuss that open another thread for it. Action begets reaction and one needs to take responsibility for his acts that's one of the things the cane teaches. Beating a child does not mean you hate the child rather it means you love him enough to save him even at the expense of losing his respect for you.

The link that you posted says prescription drugs i.e. those given by legitimate means. And more teens use alcohol than illicit substances, according to the link that you posted. That is because those are legal substances that are used by the parents which the children have access to. Which goes back to my point about children mimicking the behavior of those around them, especially their elders.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, today’s young adults are consuming less alcohol and illicit drugs (cocaine, MDMA, heroin, etc.) than ever before...Also, more kids are graduating from high school and fewer are committing violent crimes or getting knocked up than they were 20 years ago.
http://www.vocativ.com/culture/society/generation-y/

You have lied and your arguments are based on misinformation.

You do not understand human beings. Like most Nigerians you have no clue what it takes to raise a well-balanced, self-confident human being and this is why you think that assaulting a child is a solution to indiscipline.

You do not understand cause and effect.

You have a poor grasp of society. And yet it is people like you will cry about why Nigeria is the way that it is.

The average woman has 5 children in Nigeria. Can the average couple cater for 5 children? Do they have the time, finances and information required to raise 5 children successfully? That is the at the root of this issue. When people are overwhelmed because of indiscipline and poor decision making they end up resorting to drastic measures in a vain attempt to correct their mistakes.

AlPeter:
am in support of parents setting examples but you have to understand the problem didn't start from parents not setting examples but from parents not instilling discipline in their wards who grow up to be parents not knowing any better since you can't give what you don't have. Surveys in the US have shown that must kids are crack heads i.e. Tasted one drug or the other, must of those kids you see running around here smoking hemp and all are from homes where discipline is not preached.

Most kids in the US are not 'crack heads'. Stop lying.

In fact they've found that millennials drink and smoke less than their parents did.

You have a very narrow understanding of discipline which is why you think that beating children is a solution. Discipline is about teaching people responsibility, respect and duty. You cannot do that if you treat human beings like cattle.

AlPeter:
seriously?! DUDE! Am shocked and 'choked' at the same time! Don't the kids grow up to become parents?! Isn't that part of what am saying? How do you raise responsible adults or parents if you don't instil some discipline in them as kids? Jeez, isn't that the reason for moral decay today? Oga shift base.

You either did not read or what I wrote or cannot comprehend that which you read.

Parents need to be a better example, which means acting in a manner in which they want their children to behave.

If you want your children to be civil and respectful then they must be.

If they want their children to be productive, then it is on them to be.

If they want their children to be honest, then they are the example.

If they want their children to be irresponsible then they as parents will have several children that they cannot cater for, moan and whinge about it and then blame the children. To top it off they will assault their children whilst telling them that violence is wrong.

There are nations in which beating children has been entirely outlawed that have fewer problems with public order than Nigeria. By now we should understand that beating up children has no benefits.

AlPeter:
why are always you jumping to an extreme. Hypocrite! Folks like you advocate for the cane to be done without yet complain about the high level of lawlessness in the country. you are naïve because if you know some of the things these kids commit you won't type what you did. Like 3 weeks ago a 13yr old boy and some others were caught trying to rape a girl. Now tell me which do you prefer a thorough beating and some counselling or taking all of them to the Nigeria police to be locked up with hardened criminals or some other deliquents. That's the most recent cause I'v witnessed there are others committed by kids way lower in age than this boy that I can't even begin to understand why a kid would do them.

I don't think you know what the word 'hypocrite' means if you are calling me such.

Children react to stimuli and act according to the influences so if you wish the children to become model citizens then you would need to ensure that those around them are.

The same foolish parents who lie and steal to make ends meet will wonder why their children do so without any sense of shame.

We need to hold prospective parents to a higher standard. We need to hold those with children to a higher standard. One of the issues that Nigeria has is the ridiculous birth rate, it is a sign of irresponsibility and indicative of the fact that many people have no clue how much time and energy it takes to raise a child. Most seem not to be aware that raising a child takes time and patience as well as the basic material necessities.

The problem is that people such as yourself have no understanding of human beings, child development or even basic cause and effect which is why your response to everything reverts around violence and anger.

AlPeter:
lol... You are naïve.

No, it is you who is 'naive'.

People like you wonder why Nigeria is such a lawless, heartless place yet advocate for children to be treated like slaves.

babyfaceafrica:
What happened before the teacher did this?..this is just half of the story

There is no legitimate reason for a child to be beaten like this.

Pinnick and the other idiots around him are so useless.

Everything they do ends in disaster.

I hope their next plane journey lands in the sea.


P.S.
Much respect to the players for doing as well as they did despite having to fight against their own federation to be treated with any kind of decency.

All those women who to Mountain of Fire Ministries pray the same way.

Repeating 'die', very loudly as if it will change anything.

Very silly.

bligs:
Before 100% true federalism can come in place, its has to pass through the national assembly, did you think the northerners with their population in national assembly will allow it to scale through?

It's either they embrace reform or they continue to lag at the bottom of the global socio-economic pyramid.

And population pressure will force the northern criminal elite to do something because the current formula is not working for them.

bligs:
The northern part will still edge the south politically & in terms of sharing formula.

True federalism means that there is no 'sharing' to speak of and politically it won't make a big difference because the state governments will have greater power.

True federalism means an end to the system of the federal government requisitioning the proceeds of state resources and then 'sharing' with those who produce nothing.

True federalism will mean that the North will have to improve its economic output to survive, or starve.

The current system rewards stupidity and fecklessness.

bligs:
There's a different between restructuring and seceding, Igbos want biafra & not restructuring, FYI if Nigeria is restructure 100times the whole southern part will always be at the receiving end.

What do you mean by 'receiving end'?

OsuIbo:
When Jonathan the greatest south south politician alive today was the president of this country you all wanted one Nigeria but immediately jonathan lost the presidency you now want a separate country for the south south. What a brilliant logic !

If you care to know, I am also a pro-secessionist. Because some of us dont foolishly blow up pipelines and other infrastructure in our region does not mean we arent exponent of self determination also.

Your masters might prefer to embrace militancy and violence; we will rather use tact and diplomacy

People were campaigning for full federalism during GEJ's government as well.

Or have you already forgotten about the National Confab that GMB refuses to read?

"Home grown solutions" from the man who runs to London at every opportunity?

This is a man who has refused to engage with the Nigerian media but will talk to the foreign press at will.

Watch as the foolish crowd sit there and do nothing but cheer.

robosky02:
the body language of the man looks serious

hitting the ground straight away.....

People are still swayed by 'body-language' after all the mess that Buhari has caused?

shyling:
nothing to celebrate if Nigeria is NOT RESTRUCTURED

Right.

Federal government should not be taking 87% of anything. Especially when that money is being wasted in Borno, Zamfara, Katsina et. al.

Children are naturally curious. Children thirst knowledge,

It is their elders who lead them astray by telling them to focus on nonsense. like religion.

No one naturally wakes up and decides to scrape their head and knees on the floor.

The last quote was a lie and so is this one.

Donald Trump isn't that eloquent but you fools will believe anything.

Anyone who campaigns on the basis of religion should automatically be disqualified from running for public office.

You see what we have with Buhari.

You see what happens in the North.

Nothing good comes from deepening religious sentiment.

Besides, Nigeria is a secular republic.

Adaure4ever:
Is there oil in benue? why not engage the money into Agro-industralization.

That would make too much sense and this is Buhari that we're talking about.

Sorry to hear that.

Mine took a day.

But that was under a different regime - pre 'change'.

omojoshy:
We should expect the worst the moment Buhari strikes some Shale of Oil Reserve (Crude Oil in a commercial quantity) in the North.


That's when Arewa Elders/AYC will start agitating for self determination.

Anybody can quote me....

If they start agitating for self-determination that is a good thing. Then they cannot stop full federalism from being instituted elsewhere.

malvisguy212:
here in kaduna, I witness a man who was kill for refusing to deny jesus. There are many testimonies of this same issue. Why will this people choose to die for there faith if there is no afterlife ?

2 timothy 4:7-8
I have fought the good fight, I have finished
the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

Why will they choose to die ?

People do a lot of crazy, irrational things.

A suicide bomber kills for entry into paradise, a xtian refuses to renounce his faith for entry into his version of paradise - are they both right?

When a suicide bomber kills people in a church do they all go to paradise?

If we're going to say that this administration should be forgiven for 16 years of PDP then should we not forgive the PDP for almost 30 years of military rule?

The military caused far more damage than any PDP government.

Something very absurd about Sanusi being so concerned with Palestine when his fellow Northerners are wallowing in poverty, illiteracy and now Polio (again).

Face your own current problems and stop talking about the Middle East and GEJ.

kingofthejungle:
pastorpreneur churches should be taxed heavily

90% tax.

Use that money to fund libraries and information technology education, available to all.

In the same way that Nigeria has a church on every corner so too do we need libraries and venues dedicated to open access education and information technology.

I can't wait to read the book as to what happened with the various actors in this APC sham government once they're done destroying Nigeria.

Does Osinbajo really believe what he says?

Does Fashola?

Did they really believe that pegging the Naira would protect the poor, helpless northern masses from further impoverishment?

In order to remove the agbero menace the Lagos state government would need to do a thorough job of clearing away all the illegal settlements in the state.

As things are now they can always hide in Makoko and Ajegunle.

omonla555:
He is doing it for his fatherland, so Eto, Drogba and others have done same even C. Ronaldo for Portugal.

It is no news.

He shouldn't have to pay for people who are there taking up space.

He's there to play football not to be their surrogate father.

Useless people.

blantyre:
Most times people rush to conclusions without simple analytical thinking surrounding events. Probably because the herdsmen have no access to the media, their plight hardly got any coverage and believe me criminals have turned to fulani and non fulani cattle owners as cash cows destroying entire villages and rustling away their herds. But when the fulani stage their own return match they do it disproportionately. So people should atleast analyze things and to me the best solution is the ranches. This is because with population growth and desertification, available fertile land is becoming scarce thus frequent clashes BTW the two

What are they doing in that region to combat the issue of desertification?

Are they doing anything to slow down population growth or do they still insist on having an average of six children per woman?

teeboila:
But una never recover the Chibok girls

Cows are more important than women in the North.