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agabaI23:
We are resonance here.
When I saw the headline, I said, this guy is getting ready for 2019...

When he clinches it, he will say like Buhari, "I have not even looked at the confab report"...

Atiku is only fooling those foolish enough to believe an owner of oil bloc who made so much money through same skewed political structure..

Atiku was pandering to the mood of his audience, i'm 100% sure where his loyalty falls... na same same

raumdeuter:
modath remember I said this on the Aareonakakanfo thread where Yoruba issues were discussed

The civil service is just bloated for nothing. Some have come to see civil service as some form of welfare

whats the output of these civil service to the state productivity

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The civil service may be over bloated for real, i totally agree that the Federal and State civil service is glorified welfare scheme but what option are there? Did the average Nigerian create the problem? They should be fired and their children will go hungry or what?


Everyone can not go into farming or trading,since the government have "outsourced" all industrial and manufacturing capacity to Asia, they should manage the "problem" they inadvertently created...

In sane countries, private sector is the employer of labour, all Nigeria has are banks, few real industries and some one man firms..

Where are the textile mills, flour mills, the dunlops, the Onward press, the AJ Sewards, Cybele etc?

Where are the industries that would have mopped up more than 75% of the people making the civil service a drain on the resources of the state?

This is a product of past horrible choices..

Nice, but Atiku, the consummate politician shouldn't just say it to massage bruised egos and as mere lip service to position himself in furtherance of his barely concealed ambition..... Mere posturing and rhetorics won't cut it..


He controls the N-PDP and has half his body in the PDP, he should use the REPS to push for it in the "right" way it should be done.....

rofemiguwa:
The ones on her chest and arms have started clearing. Some areas r now shedding off. This face one started like last week. Ayam not seeing any difference o! Looks like it is increasing sef in my eye! I don't want it to cover her face before it starts clearing. Wish there was sometin I can do to aid the healing and stop the rash from growing further. I jus tire sis

Seems like allergic reaction.... Stop cream for now.

LRNZH:
Hehe ..let's all enjoy the fruits of the labours of our 'heroes past'

Yes ooo, united we stand, no division..

Shym3xx:
This argument has to be the most illogical/counterintuitive argument ever, since most of the proponents of this argument are fond to citing it only when pipelines are blown up, thus affecting the income/revenue the country generates from the oil sector. However, it seems they like feigning ignorance about the fact that environmental degradation via oil spillage and gas flaring has been happening in that region for decades. So, if you care that much about environmental degradation – why not critique the neglect that region has suffered from successive governments? Why cite that now when they’re demanding justice (rightfully so) and not during the different oil spillages by opportunistic oil companies? Why only care when revenue generation is affected? To tackle this issue objectively, you’ve to be open minded in your our outlook with a clear head. Fair enough, the militancy has more to do with self-interests than the actual interest of the people from that region. But that doesn’t negate the fact that the region is the most cheated in the country and, they deserve far more than they’re getting.

Also, the 2.2m barrel of oil Nigeria exports daily isn’t enough to cater to 180 million people and the earlier folks realise that, the better it would be for all of you. The owners of the oil deserve at least 50% of the revenue/income generated from it – while others need to look inwards for ways to maximise whatever potentials they’ve in their respective regions. The over-dependence on oil is counter-productive, hence the whole country is the way it’s. And the region that’s the most dependent on oil is the most backward region in the country. That’s not rocket science. Oil breeds a generation of lazy people/thinkers

You lot need to start critiquing objectively cos like MLK said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”. Let these people enjoy what God blessed them with.

Shy, I used to believe Niger Delta was deliberately being shafted till 2 people gave me two accounts of events they personally witnessed..

1. A friend works for a firm who as part of their CSR were to build a block of classrooms for elementary school kids for that community so the little ones won't have to walk far, He said they refused on grounds that the elders claimed their own children were too grown for primary school and the youth said they didn't have kids that will "enjoy" at the particular moment, Shy, they all decided to share the money and that was that...


2. My Sis lives in PH and is doing her PG studies in the state university, She told me of how one of her associates married to a local ppolitician told her of how a crowd insisted they'd rather take the cash for a road rehab as their immediate problem is cash in their pocket, that they can "manage" the road...

When they do dat at We know there is poverty in land, but is there no thought for anything but the present?....



I live for the day SW will be free to decide it's own pace, and prosperity but i want it achieved with minimal SW collateral damage...

However, some people introduced Unitary system, and also endorsed the mindless looting we experienced in the recent past, things now hard and they want out?? Selfish selfish, we will all "enjoy" the "good times" ..

explorer250:
May God administer your life the way buhari is Administrating this country. pls say amen to that.

With sincerity of purpose and making all efforts to hold it together despite a low income situation, AMEN...

I also pray to God that your own life will experience what Otuoke (and the whole ND) is despite having all the God given opportunity to improve between 2010-2015... Amen.

krazykoons:
you will not kill me with laughter with this your logical questions to our ipob crew

Not a matter of logic, it calls sanity into question, there is no way any sane human being can even think of something so ludicrous, let alone say it..

I don't believe it.... nah, no,never, nei..

Metallurgist:
@op the ipob ppl said the oil is actually in the South east, but you ppl connive with Hausa/Yoruba to built a sophisticated underground piping system and channel the oil to south south, I wonder what your response to such logical allegations

I've seen this thing a couple of times, I thought it was just people trolling.

Did a living breathing human really make this assertion?

I had Mobile Police attached to me. They withdrew all of them from me because of what I said

Militants have police details, tax payers don't have police posts near them for protection... This country is a joke!!!

Governor Seriake Dickson is believed to have sponsored the group of militants that issued a threat today

So that's where he's been sinking Bayelsa's allocation and 13%, foolish man!!!


Omenka,

Even their sympathizers know their is no substance to the "agitation", na ploy to balance belle and feather their nests...

Restructure ko, revolution ni..

It's sure most of the people reading lack understanding.. Read between the lines people, they used seperatists and militants. Neither are compliment for so called "freedom fighters"..

but the attacks began shortly after an arrest warrant was issued for him that claimed the theft of money from government contracts to guard oil installations.

The offensive comes as the Avengers have mounted an increasingly fierce campaign targeting oil installations. In recent days, facilities belonging to the Dutch-British Shell company, Italy's Agip, and the U.S. oil giant Chevron have been targeted.

Nytimes put this caveat, Chevron is an American company, the hit on their facilities won't be applauded..

Instead of famzing Buhari, Twitter senator should be on this.... both Fayose and Mimiko abandoned state business for petty party politics.


Wailers, think of better excuses, there is no Fayemi to take the fall..

NwaNimo1:
War do begin be dat...

I wish (this contraption is holding SW down) but it won't happen, this agitation isn't driven by ideology, it's a fight for personal enrichment...

Ethnic militia from langtang plauteau teamed up with Tarabans to terrorise their own people? Why? What kind of mindless crap is that

Suicide squad indeed, they are really about to embark on a suicide mission.. nonsense!! Like Southerners can do it BH suicide bombing style!! What a bunch of jokers


Everything begins and End with Pipeline surveillance contracts..

Firefire:
Which of my word?

Was it the one requiring you to produce their students ID cards ?

Now reconcile your statements.

Students vs. Palace workers vs. 14 year old..

Now tell the world the correlation coefficient of your earlier assertions.

Thank you.

I don't agree with you most things but on this, we agree... that 14yr Old lie is nowhere in the story the community narrated and they were only able to make excuses for four of them, the remaining 6, they couldn't manufacture any....

We will watch this movie to its denouement , one thing is sure, it may take time but they will be defeated... As it is they are already receiving international bad press.... Oyinbos don't play with their foreign investments and they will do all that is "needed" to protect it.

http://europe.newsweek.com/niger-delta-avengers-niger-delta-oil-militants-464350?rm=eu


http://mobile.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/05/30/world/africa/ap-af-nigeria-oil-attacks.html?_r=0&referer=https://

IsraeliAIRFORCE:
Why not finish the reading before this comment?

Is comment box running away?

I have, I read it on the website even before it made it here:

This is a screenshot, compare to "edited" version by the sucky Gani... and where did the "unfortunate" to be in the area come from?

Have you ever seen criminals ever willingly accede? They will cling to their "innocence" to the very end..

How come the slant of the article (from where it was lifted) and the heading have no relationship?

The fallout of harbouring criminals is that the innocent may likely be caught in the crossfire.

NDA, (since we know una agents dey NL) let's agree the paraded aren't your foot soldiers, why did so called warriors not stay to "defend" the people you are claiming you want to liberate? Feeble minded cowards using civilians as shield...

omenka:
First pic looks like Jagaban was reprimanding him for being such a recalcitrant criminal.

The reason why some people don't hate Saraki as much as someone else occupying such an exalted office but bearing such huge moral burden would have been hated is simply because he's not an ugly looking man. Na him only saving grace be that.

Say what?

explorer250:
madam go and park well joor. the so called looting is media propaganda and besides APC is rebranded PDP. are you trying to tell me that amaechi,fashola and tinubu are saints? I will start supporting buhari when he probes the past heads of states and his tenure as ptf chairman.


lest I forget. stop associating yourself with buharis failed government because it can turn you into a failure.

Please don't support Buhari, he most likely doesn't need it, he's doing ok without it. maintain your one way facing Oncoming traffic....... you lots aren't discerning, don't read, and do not possess nor apply sound judgement.

The looting is media propaganda and Olisa Metuh is crying to refund and truly the economy was doing fine but our IMF economists gave this warning;

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/171145-brace-tougher-times-ahead-okonjo-iweala-tells-nigerians.html

https://www.nairaland.com/964059/hard-times-await-nigerians-possible

Nigeria was doing fine but had to borrow to pay salary


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/nigeria-borrows-to-pay-salaries-with-cash-crunch-worsening/

Then this came out of her mouth after everything.

https://www.bellanaija.com/2016/04/jonathans-administration-had-zero-political-will-to-save-but-obasanjo-did-ngozi-okonjo-iweala/


Lest I forget, Jonathan's govt was a failure! Bye

explorer250:
things were moving fine until your buhari and his educated illiterate ministers came to power.

Yep,If one has no standards or seen what a working system looks and feels like, we were doing "fantastically good"!!

Buhari came and looted the $100bn in the foreign reserves, spoilt all the roads, destroyed the upgraded power installations & rail lines, demolished all the modern hospitals that were built,nuked all the modern airports, and also made sure Otuoke has no potable water...

We were doing fine by all Ekpaish standards..

DickDastardly:
Nice check there ... good riddance ... well played

I'm holding this as EVIDENCE..

explorer250:
bastards. this government need to realise that they cannot do without Igbo. look at Jonathan government thrived well because he used elite Igbo minds at the right positions but look at buhari? using a lawyer as a minister for power. let me categorically state this YORUBAS CAN NEVER BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR IGBOS. If it is not Igbo it can never be Igbo.


As long as their is shortage of Igbo in Buharies government so shall their be shortage of progress in his government.





Yoruba are notorious poor managers, if you want to quote me first tell me the fate of the companies that was "victims" of the indigenization policy.

Let's agree the Ibos are the best thing after sliced bread and they helped Jonathan turn Nigeria to a brand new world that can't be equalled.....

Did all the New Roads, New Refineries, Airport Upgrades, Modern Rail Lines, Healthy Savings and 20MW of Electrical power vanish into thin air in the past 12 months?

As for your curse, it is a symptom of a deeply disturbed mind, God will heal your troubled soul.

“One asks the question: ‘Who are these people, and what do they want?’ Is this a proxy war for the politically disgruntled?

Goes without question, even the most foolish knew as soon as they started reeling out names in their conditions!! Wetin concern Ijaw with Abok1!

Bismarck Rewane, a renowned economist, is bothered by the resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta region, wondering why the attacks on oil installations started after the current administration “stepped up its anti-graft war”.

Speaking on a special edition of Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television, Rewane encouraged the government to focus more on intelligence gathering because the attacks could be a “massive conspiracy”.

“Who are the avengers and what are they avenging? The Niger Delta struggle was about self determination, resource control, about environmental pollution, all the way from Isaac Boro to Ken Saro Wiwa,” he said.

“The destruction of assets at this time happen to coincide with the step up on the anti-corruption war. Is there a link between the anti-graft war and the militancy? What is this all about? There’s a riddle that needs to be unravelled.”

Rewane said the attacks have been more disturbing because oil installations where Nigeria generates huge revenues have been the main targets.

He said the disruption in oil production is capable of affecting the economic programmes of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government.

“The reality is that the disruption of oil production and its impact on our fiscal revenue and our foreign exchange resources, on our exchange rate, and our external reserves is profound. Really huge!” he said.

“Now, what is more disturbing is that oil assets that have been disrupted are those where Nigeria gets it highest revenue, so the impact on the fiscal revenue of Nigeria is beyond comprehension.

“One asks the question: ‘Who are these people, and what do they want?’ Is this a proxy war for the politically disgruntled? Because this is a very elaborate attack, they go deep into the water, and they are well sophisticated. These are not people who are talking about amnesty.

“So, we need to talk about intelligence. There could be a massive conspiracy. This is crunch time for Nigeria. The last thing we need now as a bullet in our head is a drop in production.”

Analysing the different reactions that trailed the increase in the pump price of petrol under the previous and the present administrations, Rewane said while former President Goodluck Jonathan had “trust and fiscal deficits”, his successor had “a trust surplus and a fiscal deficit”.

Rewane explained that labour unions could not organise a successful strike under Buhari because of “trust surplus”, but advised the president to work on “fiscal deficit”.

“The reason why this time the strike on petroleum failed was because the president has what is called a trust surplus, but has a fiscal deficit. The combination of both made sure that everything failed,” he said.

“What Jonathan had was a trust deficit and a fiscal deficit. What is happening now is that because of the trust surplus, we’ve been able to right that but the trust surplus is being used and you have to build on that and you have to reduce that fiscal deficit as you go along, so there’s an equilibrium there.”

https://www.thecable.ng/rewane-asks-come-avengers-launched-attacks-buhari-stepped-anti-graft-war

Mynd44, lalasticlala

What's the problem of all these mentally lazy administrators, mocking God with all these theatrics of theirs!! All these public display to court sympathy!! God does miracles not magic.

The holy book said "work” and pray"...

LRNZH:
Mon Ami, it was a constant battle in my head between providing details and keeping it to a short summary.
It should be worth the read though. We, Africans short change ourselves when we destroy ourselves and properties because of issues that we can smartly resolve with little or no violence. We should talk more and fight less.

BTW, I love your blog. Keep it up mon belle!

Thanks, still tinkering with the thing.

I've read (not part of the "summarize" crew cos the devil is in the detail) and endorse all that you highlighted... was just being cheeky..



Firefire,

This your divide and rule is not the way to go, who ruled and who raised an army? OBJ had running battle with same economic dissidents and saboteurs, is it not same southern Nigeria or we can get academic and say South west and South south which takes us right back to the Na me get am mentality..

Bear in mind no one opened the ground to dump minerals unlike cash crop that some people actually made the efforts to plant!!

While at it, can we see what Otuoke looked like now 2015 May as against 2010 May.

The major problem with the heightened agitation isn't the validity but the modality...


Super1star2, you already invaded my head so will just add a few tidbits .

The ND is a region that has been neglected for a long time but the neglects is a combined effort by the elites, taking it out on the ordinary masses won't be endorsed.

Ratello:
I can wager Buhari is heading towards being a despot!

The letter M will appear as W to the person looking at it from another direction.... I don't support violence but i won't try to be politically correct and ask law enforcement not to apply force when they are being dared or attacked as News reports have it...

My motto is , don't ask and nothing will be given.....

Greatfuture:
I want to believe that GEJ trusted this persons,that they will use the money giving to them for the purpose it was meant for which is the election, no wonder he lost,they rather helped themselves and messed him up. If not, if they had used the money for the election where are they getting money to refund.

They knew he was going to lose so there was no point, they just didn't know EFCC was going to go real hard ball on their asses..

You also need to realise, they stole in billions..

I don't want him beating his chest in Ado, he should actually dare this order (if it really does exist) by showing up at LOS/ABV for a foreign trip!!

He won't, he will only do the usual rabble rousing... All mouth, no action..


P.S... National security trumps "immunity"