₦airaland Forum

adamx23:
I keep reading the north is poor this and that.. Na wa oo..
The truth is that I was born and raised in Lagos.. And in the whole south west, Lagos is the only place that is okay, the other states are filthy and way poorer than most northern states..
Most northerners we call poor are wealthier than most poor people in the south.. At least by net worth, they own massive farmlands and cattles..Have you been to the rural parts of the south west? Even their cities like ado ekiti are nothing to wrote home about..

Sir,

I have seen the debilitating and gruesome poverty in parts of the north 1st hand.

Nigeria is the World's Poverty capital cos of the north, esp the NW and NE.

The statistics for povertypoverty in most of the south is within middle income country range( 10-25%), whereas the Northwest has a ppverty rate of over 80%!!!!

Same goes for Illiteracy rate, severe hunger rate, infant mortality rate, drug abuse rate, etc etc. In fact, but for the north, Nigeria's himan indices would certainly not have put her amongst the worst performing in the world.

Anybody that tells you otherwise is deceiving you. BIG TIME

How come most of the pics are of light complexion peeps? Mostly Fulanis?

@topic, it is great that you are trying to dispense some of the negative sterotypes about northerners, esp Hausas and Fulanis.

However, you have to also acknowledge and interrogate the terrible state of the north in terms of socioeconomic and human indices e.g Nigeria is a very poor country mainly due to the north.

I am a student of history and i know that northerners, in their different shades and types, are beautiful/womderful people. It is pity most of us down south do not know about the north that much, and vice versa.

Perhaps this will spur the engagement that will improve this.

Regards

Talented lots.

But i see one northerner in your list.

Appointment must be balanced. There are really competent and corrupt-free people in every part of Nigeria.

A large responsibility of Leadership is to mobilize resources, especially people, by making every person feel part of the leadership. Exclusion is poisonous to Leadership.

I thought people woud have learnt from the disaster that is Buhari

budaatum:
I'll disregard your inability to be civil and just ask you to provide evidence of anyone agreeing with Gov Bugudu, or him even saying anything about the Bloomberg report.

Read https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/uproar-as-fg-plans-to-handover-100m-abacha-loot-to-bagudu.html

seunmsg:
Why did the PDP administration of OBJ sign such a useless agreement with Bagudu?

The agreement by Obj was very stupid and provicative you are right. It smacks of the disdain that these politicak elites have for us.

But does that mean that Buhari, our current President and the so-called "Mr Integrity" should reinforce such abomination.

The whole arrangement is sickening!

budaatum:
And the lazy fuqs will rather believe the misinformation and fake news and not believe the truth because they are lazy fuqs who need something to wail about.

Shut ya mouth tha, Bros!!!

Gov Bugudu has agreed with the essential content of that Blomberg report.

The Lame attempt of the FG spokeman is a strawman.

Okoroawusa:
We are on track. When the inflation rate fell we rejoiced n when it rises we work harder.

Benue is truly the food basket of the nation. All these increase in food inflation didn't affect it much.

Sokoto n Anambra need to work harder on inflation rates in the states. They both recurred as high in almost all of the parameters n indices.

But I just wonder why inflation is so high in Anambra n it's not affecting it's next door neighbour of Delta. Because I know that Onitsha is rapidly extending into Asaba . The bridge n river dividing them notwithstanding.

It can only get better.
Udo diri Nigeria.

What the heck is wrong with some of you?

GamalNasser:
The NBS has refused to release unemployment stats for over two years now under the pressure this failed govt

Telling!!

raumdeuter:
have you considered the major ministries are headed by Southerners in this same regime? Works Power Transport Foreign affairs petroleum even Finance until Kemi Adeosun left

Do you think that is fair?

These are the major ministries: Defence, Interior, Finance, Agric, Education, Works, Foreign Affairs.

They are a mix of northerners and southerners. And even if they arent, it is the President's responsibility to fix it.

Now, plzz respond to my comments on the security make up of the country currently.

raumdeuter:
Who are the head of the security apparatus under Buhari? What is the name and region of Chief of Army staff, Naval Staff Defence staff and Airforces

Why are you not complaining that most of the key ministries are under Southerners

Power, Transport, Petroleum, Works

Moreover in the ministerial list, every state nominates someone and they all get portfolios. WHether its a state of 20M or a state of 1million

The following are the members of the National Security Council and heads of security/parasecurity agancies in Nigeria:

Chiefs of Defence, Army, Naval, Air staffs, IGP, NSA, Minister of Defence, DG of SSS, DG of NIA, Comptroller General of Customs, Head of Prisons, Head of Immigration, Head of Civil Defence, etc etc.

Out of these, only two came from the south. In fact, there is a region from the south that does not have a single rep within the security architecture of the country!!!

Following your initial comment and reason given in that comment, do you think this is a balanced arrangement geared to enhancing national security? Do you think it is fair?

tartar9:
Well,nothing wrong with this,everyone has to be equally represented. Lets not forget that here in the South(the South East especially) cheating is involved in almost all centers such examinations are conducted.

Ok....you support this and for the reason you just gave- balanced representation and unity.

Do you support the dominance of the security apparatus of this country by persons from a single region to the exclusion of others by this Buhari regime?

raumdeuter:
The purpose of the creation of Unity schools is to have equal representation from all states in Nigeria. The admission is not solely based on the highest marks its to have every part of the country represented in the class to foster Unity. That is the purpose for creating Unity Scholls
So cutoffs are set to ensure that happens

What is the point of a Unity school if all the students are from Anambra and Ogun state, what is the Unity in that

Ok....you support this and for the reason you just gave- balanced representation and unity.

Do you support the dominance of the security apparatus of this country by persons from a single region to the exclusion of others by this Buhari regime?

Am honestly afraid now adays to open and read "news" about Nigeria.

It is so sad.

Wish i wont just care. But i love this country too much

Sirjamo:
And some fulls want Buratai replaced, they have even hired some jobless youths to protest tomorrow.

Despite everything, Buratai still retain his record as the COAS who fights BH better than any other COAS

How?

Do not allow the blood of people killed indiscriminately all over this country fall on your head cos of silly partisan political considerations or loyalties. There must always be a line.

Personally, i find it dufficult to openly ask for replacement of Service chiefs or commanders so as not to give terroists the impression that they are winning or worst still that they can influence decisions in the country. However, at this point that is just the only option we have. These group of Service chiefs can no longer do their job. There is too much lethargy everywhere. We need new blood. New ideas and newer way of defeating the humongous security challenges we currently face in this nation.

People are dying. Change the Service chiefs. Change your strategy. Politics be damned!!!

Even a conc Zombie (sorry: Buharist) like Prof Sagay cannot defend some things.

NL Buharists are you guys learning?

Note: whatever happened to the Great Prof Sagay? Some things are just amazingly shocking

Sirjamo:
Fake news: There was no boko haram attack in Maiduguri today. Gun shots were heard but nobody gets hurt, it wasn't even clear whether the shots were fired by BH or security agents!!!

Mr man, have you noticed that you are the only person still defending Buhari here.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/377162-boko-haram-attacks-maiduguri-hours-after-buharis-visit.html

Commentor:
There is no more Ghana must go from Aso Rock for Kukah.

I hope you know that Virtually ALL those persons who supported Buhari in 2015 ( or didnt support GEJ then) have turned against him.

Including Bishop Kukah.

No sane person, except you are narcissistic or chops from the Govt directly, can support Buhari as at today.

Your smear campaign against the Bishop is weak and pathetic

When some of us, out of principles, shouted at the top of our voice about the openly clannish northern Muslim appointment and control of all levers of Govt in a way it has NEVER happened in this country before, some small minded political jobbers here were saying it doesnot matter- that Buhari should appoint those he trusts and that what matters is not where you come from.

Now we now where all that foolhardy is leading us.

Have we learnt anything??

What is Falana talking about?

Govs have no right to remove elected officials. If the Gov jas any issues with how they got elected as LG chairman, he should go to tbe courts.

It is impunity to remove them arbitarily. People MUST respect the constitution at all times.

And this goes PDP or APC.

This is for those slow minds and/or political ass lickers who said the reason the USA placed restrictions on migration of Nigerians was cos Nigerins "overstays". Lolz.

When we have counties like Canada and Mexico having higher No of " overstays".

The real reason is here: ineptitude of the Nigerian Govt, past and present, in basic things as well as the alarming failure in security.

The Buhari regime been the worst in this respect.

LegendHero:
This is not a matter of interest alone, it’s a matter of not liking people of color.

Do you think we overstay visa more than Chinese and Indians?? Do you think we do more visa scams than Chinese and Indians?

Do you know the number of Nigerians granted visas as against those country and yet he is picking on us.

He is not against illegal overstay alone, he is after both legal and illegal citizens.

Stay there and be thinking like you’re doing. I can promise you that if he gets re-elected, then even legit guys here will feel it.

See this below:
Why can’t he ban those guys on top first before Nigeria if you think it’s because we overstay?

He didnt ban those countries that have higher no of people "overstaying" like Canada but banned Nigerians cos Nigeria is weak. Diplomatically and All.

That is why i laugh when some persons here are saying it is cos we "overstay".

Nigeria has fallen so bad that the USA, a country that is one of the highest buyers of our crude and a country that we were supposed to have a strategic partnership with, is blatantly restrictly the migrating or even visit her people.

That a whole Bishop was restricted this week should serve as a peek of what is to come.

Our political leadership, past and present, have FINISHED us.

voltron14:
You guys should stop this nonsense.

When someone called your homestead a shithole you encouraged him.

Today, you will go into a frenzy over a mere immigration policy that bars you from migrating.

Be screaming Tanzania and Eritrea up and down.

Will you keep kwayet.

Restricting Nigerians from travelling to USA is a BIG deal. A very big one. Dont limit it by calling it "...a mere immigration policy".

It is another indication of how low Nigeria has fallen.

I know Trump is crazy. But there are some countries that he would not have done this with. Not this easily. Moreover, the excuse he would give is the terrible security situation in todays Nigeria with Boko haram, ISWAP and herdsmen/bandits killing indiscriminately.

The security situation directly reflects on the President, who is C-inC

Biafrannuke:
it's game over for the zoo. The era of petrol-dollar diplomacy is over. IPOB is here to ensure that.

Biafra g'enwe mmeri!

Bros, am not a Biafra supporter. I still believe in nigeria as bad as things have become.

Thank you though

voltron14:
And I guess Tanzania and Eritrea are also unworthy of pulling diplomatic strings?

Perhaps we should sell our sovereignty to the US or continue to encourage those on visitors visas to abscond.

Are you comparing Nigeria with Tanzania or Eritrean?

Diplomatically? Really??

If the Buhari Govt is not able to pull strings diplomatically and prevent this terrible situation, it would have lost every ouch of international standing Nigeria ever had.

Things are just getting worse on all counts!!!

jerry447:
When the southeasterners see a good product, they know and recognize it. Reason they never voted for Buhari in 2015 and in 2019. Of course, that came with a heavy price; we were treated as the 5%ters and labelled as a region that does not know how to play politics. But the southwest swum like bees and voted for Buhari massively because of the bait and carrot(Osinbade) that was dangled at them. Today, the same people are complaining and fighting for their lives. In your own judgement, which people are smarter and wiser? Some would attack me or disagree but, the truth is, Igbos do not go by sentiment, they go by the reality on ground no matter whose ox is gored.

The SW did not vote for Buhari massively in 2019.

About 45% of people from the SW voted against Buhari( which might even be higher but for the usual rigging). Hell, states like Oyo and Ondo voted against Buhari( NOTE: i didnt say voted for Atiku). This is remarkable for a region with the VP and a "promise" for the Presidency in 2023.

We need to look deeper all the time

Nice123:
I advice the president to be highly diplomatic in handling these regional security networks that are springing up rapidly.

This is really a testing time for his wisdom and leadership skills. The upper chamber seems to have taken side, south west have led the way already, south east, north central, and most likely south south will definitely join suits.

He must be careful enough not to fall for this game plans. He cant afford to lose the 4 regions so fast..

......I remembered Obasanjo's wisdom in handling sharia law of zamfara back then. In his words "sharia will die a natural death" and perhaps it did!

Buhari does not have the capacity for this kind of shrewd Leadership.

Dont you guys get it??

By the way, NO person from the SouthEast and just one person from the South South as well as 2 persons from the South West, whilst the rest are from the "core" north, are members of the extended National Security Council.

Am a histroy student. Nigeria has never had it so bad in terms of Nepotism and exclusion of some groups. And it is at the core of the terrible things happening in Nigeria today.

And it is amazing that people of the far North and even the SW are not seeinv anything bad here. It is even worse that the elected officials of say the SE(Govs, Senators, Ministers etc) have done nothing on such lopsidedness.

GamalNasser:
The worst leader ever ..this man has nothing to offer

This here is Gospel.

Buhari's problem is both Capacity and Mindset. That is why there is no hope with him as President.

BuhariAdvocate:
Senator Abaribe should be seriously deal with when Senate resume their preliminary.
What audacity Abaribe have to be calling for hardworking president to resign.
Can Abaribe go to maraba in Abuja and saying this nonsense.
Abaribe is a fool there is a case of terrorist and money laundering hang on his neck how is going to defend himself?
Of course this government has achieved most of the promises he made during campaign.

You are actually Sick!!

But you dont know it yet. And that is the real pity

Jarus:
Still flew them today. Most time-reliable airline in Nigeria at the moment.

I hope they maintain the standard.

That is interesting

hisexcellency34:
Udom Emmanuel performed better than that lousy talkative called Akpabio

That is not true.

Lets be fair always