₦airaland Forum

No mention of his government policy manipulation?

His demand that he be granted a monopoly license to import rice?

Thandolwethu:
Our people are not Lazy...[b]SA is the largest econmy in Africa [/b]and the most beautiful country because it was built by the hard work of black South african labourers.

That's a lie.

Do your research.

Nigeria is the largest economy in Africa - with even more room to grow.

You have the infrastructure in South Africa as a result of what was a European welfare program in southern Africa but you do not have the largest economy.

Brugo:




The pride of the east. Check it out. The governor wouldn't dare sanction them.

Untidiness is not peculiar to any tribe. Remove the log in your eyes first. Easterners take note.





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Enugu would be the pride of the East, not Onitsha.

Enugu is never this dirty.

emperorceaser:
For God sake if the worker ar paid properly this wld nt b lik dis...


Anyway govt can not oversee all that happens even in lagos there ar places worst than dis

Refuse collection is an area where government needs to be vigilant, otherwise you wind up with an epidemic of illness - and that is harder to deal with.

Toying with the collection and disposal of waste has to be done by a central body - it cannot be done by individuals efficiently.

airsaylongcon:
I agree with you to a some extent. But imagine a scenario where my village people contribute to send me to Uni. And while hustling for post-ume I promise to wipe out all forms of medical ailment in the village. Then when I get admitted I see that it was a veterinary school I was admitted into. I will still be a doctor when I grad but do u think my people are going to hear stories?

That is why an intelligent man tempers his speech.

Being brash in youth can be tolerated - this man is at the end of his life, he has been in the political sphere for decades and should know better.

The promises that he made pre-election were largely farcical - many people said so at the time, now he is admitting as such. When someone lies to you do you continue to trust them?

bashydemy:
Some people can't just think with their brain, when GMB it can change does that mean change to bad or good? i think that is the question to ask instead of shouting one chance or scam.... part of his manifesto is not to probe past Government and he might later change is mind to probe and jail... its still part of Change. so till then you guys should relax as i believe in GMB





GMB, Tinubu My Hero,

Fashola, Ameachi my Mentor

He has said that he will not probe past governments.

The gullible Nigerian voters have been scammed.

ShowYourCertificate:
This one na real Baba One Chance

Nigerians have been scammed!

Like most scams this one was apparent from the beginning.

The same old political actors were promising a different political paradigm and the uncouth, unthinking voters in the north and south-west fell for it.

tejiritex:
Nigerians just love waste

They are shouting "change". Why don't they equip the Police. Make we check who get the contract to supply the vehicles

CHANGE. ....

New vehicles were needed for LASTMA - this is hardly a 'waste'.

ba7man:
Not as if I like danfos nd such but if it costs N40million to put cabs on Calabar roads, it will cost N400 million to do the same on Lagos roads + hundreds of thousands of ex-criminal minded danfo drivers will loose their jobs.......and be back to crime.

Replacing danfos, if not handled properly can distabilize the whole Lagos State.

That's why its problems can't be compared to any State, thus, only the best individuals can Govern Lagos.

What you have just highlighted is why the Lagos metro project is so important.

The BRT service has been largely a success but alternatives to road transport are necessary in Lagos - such as ferry services, I know of some private operators but it surprises me that Lagos State has not felt it necessary to operate a bigger service.

I think Lagos has taken big strides in the past 8 years and I'm looking forward to seeing how Lagos develops.

Lagos needs to do away with those horrible danfos and the unsightly taxis.

If Calabar can have decent looking taxis then there is no reason why public transport in Lagos need look so unappealing.

The poorest region with the wealthiest politicians.

Doesn't that you tell you something?

tucky200:
As long as we see change..we wnt hesitate to vote baba again.....even tho u bring obama or david cameron..we no go vote dem...talkless of that imbeicle

The criteria for running for national office should be to look at what the candidate has done at a local/state level.

There is not one Fulani governor has ever done anything of note within their own constituency. Yar'adua might have been the best - simply because he was said to be honest (like Buhari) but as we found out he was not able to get anything done, nevermind that his wife was a crook.

If we are not going to select credible candidates at a national level (men like Duke, Akpabio and Fashola) then Nigeria needs full federalism - a very weak center, less federal waste and let those states that wish to progress move foward.

To everyone who said that they felt ashamed - would you prefer to go to the pharmacy asking for antiretrovirals?

saintneo:
I still don't see any difference between Isoko and Urhobo. Saying that both groups are different tribes is the sane as saying that Arochukwu, Ngwa, Otuocha, Awka, Oji variety of Igbos are different.

deegwoo, megwoo is just a little change. I wish I am from one of these two tribes really really understand the differences.



Let's look at the same sentences in Igbo dialects.

Queens English: I am going to school.
Standard Igbo: M na-aga ülö akwükwö.
Onitsha Igbo: M na-aga ünö akwükwö.
My village: M le-eje ülö ekwükwö.

All these mean the same thing but look different.



literarymathy give us more info

You are right. There is no difference.

Your use of Igbo is a good example.

Drsheddy:
This is the type of country where things are WORKING. I wish Nigeria will be like that one day.

Clearly you have never been to Egypt.

Egypt is suffering economically and has been for several years.

Without US aid they would not be able to pay their civil servants.

Each state ought to have a centralized land registry so that everyone knows who owns what.

If it is owned by a community trust or an individual it needs to be clear otherwise land development will be a problem.

It's one of the reasons why land use in Lagos is so poor - for such a densely populated place ther are far too many low rise buildings. People are not in a hurry to invest because of the uncertainty of land rights and ownership.

MalcoImX:
What do you make of Christians who go to Rome and Jerusalem?

They are equally foolish but there is no religious requirement to do so.

The Arabs ensured that the Hajj was a part of the religion that they imposed on the outside world so as to remain a hub for tourism and commerce for the abd that did/do not have the sense to see through the charade.

EzioAuditore:
Abacha is dead! What's your point? Sharia is not active in Nigeria is it? As for infrastructure In Nigeria, is it not sill dying under this administration? But at least under Abacha he did something. geJ idid nothing!!!!

Roads in Nigeria are better now than they were during Abacha's time. You are lying if you can't see otherwise.

The electricity sector has been removed from the hands of government and placed into those of the private sector - that is a step in the right direction. It is now for them to perform.

To claim that GEJ's administration did nothing is to walk around with your eyes closed.

Did he not build schools so as to pull your people out of their wretched state?

EzioAuditore:
I don't know about you but your christian mates do it! Or are you going to deny that? Being abd-Allah is better than being abd-Paul or abd-HORUS! The fact that you're bringing religion into this shows that you are out of points! You've lost the plot!

Your religion is what guides you people or have you already forgotten about your sacred Sharia law that seems to be so important yet so ineffective at stopping your corrupt political leaders.

Is it not your religion that causes you to pretend that child marriage is not child abuse? That it is fine for middle-aged men like Senator Yerima to marry 13 year old girls?

Is your religion not the reason why school uptake in the north is so poor? That parents do not want their daughters to attend school; that mallams have children on the street begging?

Either these are true or your religion is what your leaders hide behind to avoid being progressive. To justify remaining in the 19th century. To justify keeping your people in a pitiful state.

EzioAuditore:
Nigeria has never undergone more financial development than it did under Abacha, he's a thief but at least our foreign reserves grew, they didn't decline like it is during this current administration!

As for the rest, Saudi Arabia Dubai Malaysia and co! Are they not muslim countries? Have they not developed? If you have further points you can meet me at the religious section which as you can see by my posts is my favorite.

I notice how your religion leaves you once morality comes into the picture. Is stealing no longer forbidden in the Qur'an? What happened to Sharia law - should Abacha not have lost both of his hands for his acts, according to your 'progressive' religious laws?

What good are foreign reserves when the infrastructure is falling apart? The roads in Nigeria were dreadful by the end of the Abacha era; electricity supply was dreadful; universities underfunded; healthcare system in a shambles; banking system was a mess; investor confidence was nil yet you reason that there was financial development under Abacha?

You are not very bright. Not bright at all.

abdulwastecx:
who is an Arab and what is Islam?
Arab make up 12% of world Muslim population
Indonesia is Islamic most populous nation
Egypt a melting point of Africans, southern Europeans and middle easterner is Arabic speaking largest country
Turkey a southern European country was the center of Islamic caliphate for century
Iran is a Persian country
Pakistani are central Asians

my friend please who worship Arabs?

The Qur'an was written in Arabic.

Mohammed was an (illiterate) Arab.

You flock to Mecca to pledge allegiance to your Arab overlords. You are an 'abd'.

All those who leave their homelands to seek the favor of the desert dwellers are just as foolish - Turks, Pakistanis, Indonesians. Leaving your homeland to hand your money over to someone else, especially when your own corner of the world is impoverished, is a sign that you lack reasoning skills.

EzioAuditore:
We flock to Mecca to pay tribute to God! It's not like you don't go to Jerusalem, anyways this is not a religious thread so if you want to discuss that you're free to go there and face me because as you can see that's my most active section, I'd be happy to hand your as* to you over there as well.

Why would I go to Jerusalem?

You flock to Mecca because you are an 'abd'. Only you fail to recognize that.

Does your god live in Mecca?

You don't recognize the foolishness of flocking to spend money in the Arabian desert when your own region could do with your retail power. That is a true sign that you are an 'abd', one who has more respect for the land of another than they do for their own.

EzioAuditore:
That's not the point I was making dweeb, read between the lines.

You don't have a point.

By financial records Abacha stole more and is therefore easily recognized as being the most corrupt leader that Nigeria has ever had.

Northern Nigeria has produced far more bad leaders than you seem to realize.

You are under the impression that if northerners shake off the yolk of illiteracy that things will instantly become better - there are cultural handicaps that you have failed to address. A region where child marriage is the norm and the Qur'an dictates life will never progress above a subsistence level.

EzioAuditore:
In what world is Abacha more corrupt than IBB? IBB was the most corrupt leader Nigeria has ever had, I admit that but even he said that he is a saint compared to GEJ! And like you said, there are few northern elites, we can claim that our future generation is getting educated and we have a bright future, but what are your youths good for if not mischief? They've ruined the Nigerian name in and out of Africa, there's no sign of change! You are still the same old corrupt blokes you are.

Whether Abacha was more or less corrupt than IBB does not matter - they both hail from backwardness.

EzioAuditore:
What influence do the Arabs have in northern politics? Are we paying them tax? Did we pay them tax? Did they conquer and rape and pillage our people and force a tax on us? Forget about Waec and neco, we're very aware of your malpractices in the south but as a matter of fact, the percentage we've been getting is enough for us to achieve the future we're planning. Back then northerners didn't even consider western or modern Islamic education but the fact that there showing up is the positive here. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to make a difference. But you guys, even with your educated masses all your people do is steal and rob and all other unethical practices.

You follow the Arab religion.

You flock to Hajj in Mecca to pay tribute to the Arabs.

You follow customs which you claim come from an Arab book which has no place in 2015 - such as child marriage and begging.

EzioAuditore:
Who cares whatever f*cking tribe you are you're all the same to me! Like I said, it's a work in progress but your ninny minds will be shocked by the events that will happen in the next decade. Only imbeciles like you think only of the present! As for the breakaway part, trust me it's gaining momentum and soon, your homo erectus' brothers will understand why we've been coping with all the insults all these years. Like I said, education can be provided but the corruption in your DNA has no cure. We'll see who laughs last git.

No one in Nigerian history was more corrupt than Abacha.

After him comes Babangida.

How did Atiku make millions as a customs officer?

So who is it that has corruption and economic stagnation in their DNA?

Even Yar'adua, who everyone claimed was so clean, was married to a woman who was collecting bribes under his nose - check the Wikileaks memos for proof.

EzioAuditore:
No! It's badass to not allow our brains and resources get raped by the white men! Education might be a problem for now but that will all change, seeing the vibrant new generation of intellectuals the north is nursing, I can honestly say the future looks bright. Just think 10 years into the future when oil is utterly useless, we'll see who holds all the cards.

You don't want your brains being raped by white men but are perfectly happy to allow them to be raped by the backwards and destructive Arabs.

Have you looked at the illiteracy rates?

The WAEC and NECO results?

I'm glad that northerners are finally leaving some of their worst practices behind but what you are claiming is a long way off.

There are other social impediments to progress that you have not acknowledged.

EzioAuditore:
I have to say I feel quite offended that an IGBO man just called me a liar. Anyways, if I'm yearning for discovery of oil in the North then it's because I want the revenue to be used to revive the mining and agricultural sector in the north seeing as we have the vast lands and labour and all. Then we can go back to the occupation of our ancestors then in a few years when oil is totally utterly useless then you'll start sh*tying yourselves, heck! I'm quite sure you'll just murder each other into extinction because all you carry inside and out is ugliness and hatred.

You assume that I'm Igbo?

How foolish can you be?

You have vast lands that you refuse to work.

You have unskilled, uneducated labor because you refuse to educate your people.

You have a large population of children who have never seen a class room.

Teenage girls whose bodies have been ravaged by childbirth by way of fistula.

Polio (in 2015).

If you truly believe in Arewa agitate for a break away state and watch as your own people laugh at you for being so foolish.


P.S.
You cannot talk about killing in the south with Boko Haram and the crazy Fulani herdsmen killing for the sake of killing. Jos used to be a beautiful city - but the common factor in most of Nigeria's problems turned it into a war zone.

EzioAuditore:
After independence we were doing fine agriculture wise but then our money was used to discover "your" evil oil, that's when all hell broke loose! Our oil this our oil that but very soon you'll understand why you shouldn't have messed with us.

So the north went from abject poverty (to remaining in abject poverty) to subsidizing the south?

Where do you guys get these lies from?

EzioAuditore:
Here's what an unbiased source had to say:

One defining characteristic of administration in Northern Nigeria Protectorate was the inclusion of chiefs and emirs as "native authorities" fitting into British administration.[3] Taxation proved very difficult in the protectorate for the first years of British rule. Lugard's attempts to institute poll taxes were foiled by the emirates, the need to introduce coin controversy, and attempts to tax trade were opposed by powerful merchants.[3] This created a substantial deficit in the budget of the Protectorate and public works projects had to be paid by grants from the British Empire. As a result, the British often had significant shortages of British personnel before 1907. These pragmatic concerns resulted in incorporation of the traditional authorities within the British structure.[3]

These same financial and administrative challenges resulted in discussions led by Lugard for the unification of the Lagos Colony, the Southern Nigeria Protectorate, and Northern Nigeria. The disparities between the protectorates was to be corrected by creating a central administration in Lagos, with custom revenues from the south paying for the projects in the north.[3] The unified Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria began in 1914 and had two lieutenant governors with one responsible for the area of the southern province and another responsible for the northern province. The administration in the north remained largely separate and included and deepened the use of native authorities. These divisions have been found to persist in many respects to this day.

It wasn't because we couldn't, it's because we refused to give into the white mans demands because face it, we're bad as*es! Apparently you guys are good at accepting your masters demands, all the more reason why you can't break away without our blessing.

That does not explain why northern Nigerian in 2015 is still not economically viable.

They had to try and institute a poll tax - that only happens when there is insufficient business revenue. It wasn't southern poll tax that subsidized northern projects but customs revenue.

Nothing in that passage refutes what I wrote.

Why has 'Arewa' not even attempted to break away? Not even a murmuring? Could it be because things are much as they were in 1914? A few wealthy people and a huge, uneducated, poorly nourished underclass.


P.S.
Is it 'bad ass' to stagnate your own development?

This is every day now.

Why are Fulani community leaders not being called to the fore?

abdillahee:
The souths busted that the northerners are parasites and liabilitie to the nation that they didn't add value to Nigeria as a whole, they forgot the time when Sardauna serves and allocated to them agriculture founds when the oil was not discovered, now you can see how God do his blessings for North,their mouth will now be shut down

The north has never been economically viable, that was why northern and southern Nigeria were amalgamated - to make life easier for the lazy British administrators.

There has never been a time when the north has not been subsidized by the south. Economic output has always been greater in the south and will be for the foreseeable future - it's a matter of culture. Open societies foster trade and ingenuity.