₦airaland Forum

Visit men that have influence. Wole Shoyinka, Aliko, OBJ, Jonathan etc. Let them add their voice to your effort. Settle some of the issues the military have. As a professor, reach out to your colleagues. Let them help you with ideas.

Today we don't hear that from the governor. He is fast having the youth behind him. He should capitalize on that and mobilize NIGERIANs to help him with this fight.

One good thing the Governor has done is that he has removed this idea that since 2015 BH has been decimated but before then everything was hell. Those kind of rhetoric even if there is some truth in it wasn't building consensus nationwide.

Once a leader can rise above winning elections, then it will trickle down and he can focus on leading the people.

The reason why you want NIGERIANs to think all is well when it is not is because you want to win election. The reason why politicians can blackmail you is because you want to win an election.

One can easily trace a lot of our problems to our deep want to win an election and that was why l am in support of Jonathan's suggestion that we should be doing 1 term of 6 years. The want to win election is the reason our leaders will see red and call it blue.

I can imagine a lot politicians that would have left the state. Being a governor in that state may not be very difficult because a lot people won't want to be.

kerryemudiaga:
The situation in the state is just too crazy and pathetic right now. The death tolls are hugely under-reported

I can imagine. The thinking is that since Abuja has sold to NIGERIANs that BH has been decimated. There is a general thinking that no one should project
otherwise even if it is true.

kerryemudiaga:
Its also very unfortunate for the governor, BH puts him in a very tight corner. Scared to build structures. Scared of doing anything that BH can later use against the state

Certainly, the task is to decimate BH first.

No one can understand the impact of children not going to school today in 7 years time than a professor.

That governor is doing very well. I have been following him for quite a while. He was at one IDP camp to share some token to them and he just started crying. Who wouldn't cry when you see generation almost going to waste.

NEWACADEMY:
that is one of the bad things war brings. It puts into the people the culture of violence.

For instance, they say that the civil war brought armed robbery to the eastern part of Nigeria.

Let us do it peacefully now

You delay restructuring, it becomes violent breakage. Let us restructure when we can now.

Saphire16:
let them revisit the constitution

We don't even have a choice. It must be done. The more we delay the harder it gets.

War is a terrible thing. That war should just end ASAP. It has cost us too much.

Saphire16:
children are abducted and trained to be killers




now they just kill



they don't know what's good and what's not

that is one of the bad things war brings. It puts into the people the culture of violence.

Saphire16:
what a pity



giant of Africa indeed

Giant ke? Ga ki ni

NIGERIANs have also failed the people of Borno State. I just saw a picture of the attack. The governor refuses to go down! He is not afraid of them. It is this fear that we have that is giving them the upper hand. It is the fear. They are ready to die, we are not ready to die. That is why they will always have that upper hand.

Saphire16:
with the festivities going on, thousands travelled to their hometowns to celebrate



what happens in borno??


what happens to the misplaced ones??

There is a rumour going around that they now feed on plant leaves.

2. Is the tribal imbalance. The president should balance the office of the security chiefs. It is as important as any other thing.

His mates are being retired but he is still there. Guys will not be happy. They are human. The best we can get is human doing extra ordinary things. We can never be angels. Guys are not happy.

NEWACADEMY:
Soldiers are dying everyday, civilians are been shot in their sleep and the leader is afraid to die? How na?. I remember the time he saw soldiers collecting 1k / car in Maiduguri. He came down and he pointed a close area where BH were killing people and they are here collecting money. I admit that a civilian may not have insight into the secret intelligence the military is working with but the motivation is quite low in the military right now.

And there are several reasons for this.
1. The service chiefs have stayed for too long. I personally admire the chief of army staff being a former special forces. I like him alot but he has tried his best. Let new people come and try their own. The implication of that is the sets before him are not getting promoted to higher office because he is blocking their space.

Soldiers are dying everyday, civilians are been shot in their sleep and the leader is afraid to die? How na?. I remember the time he saw soldiers collecting 1k / car in Maiduguri. He came down and he pointed a close area where BH were killing people and they are here collecting money. I admit that a civilian may not have insight into the secret intelligence the military is working with but the motivation is quite low in the military right now.

Saphire16:
yes na



he was attacked today, tomorrow it could be his wife or children,

so he has to shake tables for all hands to be on deck

Na so! Meanwhile he was going to Baga but the highway leading Maiduguri to Baga couldn't be guaranteed. He knew the risk and that is where his courage is encouraging. Leaders must lead the war from the front. Now it is if the civilian governor can go why can't the general go. That is a leader. It is not difficult to identify at all.

Saphire16:
everything na politics

I won't be surprised.

One reason for that is the Western countries hardly reasons the Northern part of Naija. They hardly see it. When they reason NIGERIA. It is Lagos and Abuja. So if those things happen in Lagos the way the world will respond to it will be very intense. Trust my Yoruba brothers, they will blow the grammar until Trump hears it.

Saphire16:
why haven't BH entered Lagos??




why haven't Fulani herdsmen killed in Lagos



these are questions we should ask

I have actually thought about this before there are so many theories one can use to explain this but one for sure is that is 1% of what happens in Borno happens in Lagos or anywhere in the South. Nigeria is doomed.

Saphire16:
are the youths ready to take d reins



are the youths ready to lead

Great question? Thank God leadership is not the crowd part of the divide. We can certainly find very young guys who have vigor and are ready to tap from the experience of the old.

If an average NIGERIAN today is bribed with a billion naira to allow BH import jet fighters. Do you think he will reject it. There is no nation without love for the nation. Our leaders must invest in making NIGERIANs love NIGERIA. Secrets are being sold in the intelligent community. I hope all our secrets have not been leaked.

Saphire16:
who supplies them with those arms




how do those arms get into Nigeria??

Libya arms and the truth is as a leader you must do everything you can to prevent people from wanting to harm you so badly because when there is a will, there is a way. Imagine if you want to carry a gun to your home state. Will it really be difficult if you really want to do it. Just remember to take some money to pay along the way.

And you publicize the process well. You will see ginger. And balance the tribal make up of the security chiefs. Our boys are not motivated. I have seen a lot of videos online. They are not.