₦airaland Forum

REDshouse:
Pride will never let us engage the chadian soldiers to finish the job...

Very soon you will here burutulai going against the chad for trespassing their boundary and moving army into the Nigerian soil without approval....

Nigeria Army is profiting from this boko war and presently chad has thrown our own army in disarray

The Nigerian military has done a hundred times more than what the Chadian military has just done. It's just nauseating seeing how many Nigerians think this is a sensible basis to mock the effort of Nigerians military, all because Chadian troops cleared out one BH camp in Chadian territory, something they have been required to do a long time ago under the MNJTF agreement.

Validated:
Why are we wasting billions of dollars on useless operations like Lafiadole instead of just employing Chadian troops for less. We all know that if you lack competence in any activity or event, you just have to employ experts or professionals to handle such for you. For about 20 yrars now the Nigerian Armed Forces have been overwhelmed by a ragtag Islamic Boko Haram. The latter have killed, maimed, kidnapped and destroyed towns, villages, communities, churches, mosques, schools etc . Infact beheading our troops have become their hobby.
Having decimated our troops, the same Islamic Boko Haram became emboldened to try it on Chad by killing 90 soldiers. That singular error has become their biggest undoing. Chadian soldiers are now pursuing the ragtag Islamist within our territory.
On our part, we have bern soending billions on thiscwar without results except capturing the terrorists flag and a few danegune and motorcycles. Whereas Chad have within one week routed the terrorists and captured their watehouse. Now Chad has placed a demand on Shekau to surrender or be killed. Great Chadian soldiers deserve ecomium and greater incentives. Hence I am calling on the Buhari led FG to let pride aside and accept the incompetence of our troops.
The FG should immediately engage Chadian soldiers to flush out these terrorist for a price that would be less thsn what Boko Haram demanded to release our brothers snd sisters in captivity. Operations Lafiadole, like other useless operations should be disbanded. In fact there is need to sack all officers above the rank of Major and allow new blood into the system. This ilshould not be exclusive to the Army but across all Security agencies. We need a rebranding of our Armef Forces. In the interim, we need to urgently engage Chad to help us flush these terrorist whilevwe rebuild our Armed Forces.

Whats all these sickening noise from Nigerians glorifying Chadian soldiers and mocking our military guys simply because Chadian troops cleared a camp of boko haram terrorists in Chad?

Oga, the Nigerian army and airforce has killed over 2000 BH terrorists and cleared multiple terrorist cells in the last 6 years. These bokoharam guys have for years, used Chad as their safe haven from where they launch attacks against Nigerian targets and then retreat back to Chad after unleashing mayhem. If the Chadian troops have been meeting up with their end of the MNJTF bargain by flushing out the bokoharam camps in Chadian territory, then these terrorists would have been eliminated a long time ago.

Just last week, BH launched an attack against Chadian troops killing about 100 of them, and this forced the Chadian govt to finally take action which they should have done years ago but refused to for God knows what reason. Now here we are, ignorant Nigerians are hailing Chad and mocking our military? The ignorance and unpatriotism of Nigerians stink... *spits*

cc: REDshouse, MelesZenawi, agwom, TheGiftedOne, Captainrambo2, Staphylococcus, iammo

Govt said 5G license has not been issued; what exactly is the contradiction here? Am I missing something?

huptin:
Ok i am trying to see things more from your own Lens, in 1999 forex demand was relatively low agreed, but i disagree that $5bn will equivalent of $50bn now, year on year inflation rate of the US is less than 2% adjusting for inflation and other metrics the value of $5bn in 1999 should be about $6bn now, the dollar is a relatively stable currency.

But i am happy you agree with me that a more robust management of the economy could have at least minimized the duration of the recession.

No I wasn't talking of the value of the USD, I was referring primarily to the demand for USD in Nigeria. I give an example, if Nigeria needed say $1 to import it's vital needs in 1999, today Nigeria needs about $10 to import its vital needs. Vital needs include things like food, petroleum products, raw materials, medicines etc. In 1999, the rate of import was low, we sourced most of our vital needs internally. But you agree with me that that isn't quite the case today. So what I actually meant was that if $5bn reserve in 1999 was able to meet say 70% of our import needs in 1999, due to the import craze over the last 20 years, Nigeria would need about $50bn to meet 70% of its vital needs today.

huptin:
The GDP growth rate was at 4% not 2% by the time Buhari came to power, lets even assume that it was 2%, Obasanjo met a foreign reserve of just about $5bn dollar with a massive debt of about $34Bn and oil was selling @$9 per barrel yet the economy never went into recession, instead it grew, Buhari met N30bn in foreign reserve, debt of about $12Bn and oil was selling circa $30 yet within 6 months the economy went into recession, pray tell me if not Buhari's incompetence what else could be responsible for that, especially considering that the first time the same Buhari became Head of state the nation's economy entered a recession at about the same time as it did during his second coming?

You cant compare apples and oranges please. No doubt, OBJ was a far far better economic manager, but 1999 was not the same thing as 2015. In 1999, a man could have lived comfortably off a salary of 20k, but it isn't the same thing as today. Nigeria may have had a forex reserve of $5bn in 1999, but that amount is almost equivalent to $50bn of today considering the sharp increase in forex demand over the last 20 years (Nigeria's forex demand today is roughly more than 10 times what it was in 1999)...

In 1999, Nigeria wasn't importing all of its petroleum products, which is currently the biggest drain on our fx today. In 1999, how many ordinary Nigerians were going overseas for studies or medicare compared to today (these thing consume forex)? How many people were buying things off Alibaba, Ebay and other foreign market places? How many Nigerians were into foreign online or importation businesses requiring forex? We didnt even have internet banking in Nigeria back in 1999, let alone the visa or mastercards which everyone has in their pockets today. In 1999, Nigeria could literally almost survive with a closed border and zero forex because we largely grew our own food, produced our fabric, refined our fuel etc; but today, even the most basic food items like rice, medicines, petrol, paper, polythene bags, basic fabrics, handekerchiefs etc. we import all of it. But you expect the $5bn reserve of 1999 to be equivalent to what it is today?

If OBJ was president in 2015, when oil prices took a sharp dip, and when the savings in reserves were dangerously low (in relation to the fx demand of the time), Nigeria would have also gone into that same recession. Only difference is that an OBJ may have handled it more efficiently and it wouldn't have lasted that long. Contrary to your claim on 4%, the gdp growth rate as at Q2 2015 (when PDP left) was 2.4%; Yes, following the oil price crash which began in late 2014, the much touted gdp growth rate of 7% crashed to 2.4% before Buhari came to power (you can easily google and verify that). Now may I remind you that this was under the watch of a powerful NOI (who also worked with OBJ), and guess what? oil prices were still over $60/barrel and $10bn was spent from the reserves (between Sept 2014 and May 2015) to support the economy, but yet exchange rate still crashed from N160 to N230, gdp rate crashed also to 2.4%. With a forex reserve of $28.6bn (exact figure as at May 29th, 2015), and with no more room to take money from reserves to support the economy and with oil prices still progressively crashing further to $28, what magic did you expect a 'dull' Buhari to do then? It's very easy for humans to loosely commit the fallacy 'post-hoc ergo propter hoc' (i.e. "Pmb became president, then recession came; so therefore, recession came because pmb became president). But we're all educated abeg, let's apply some more analytical thinking instead of just weak political/emotional conclusions. Buhari takes all the blame for not being able to have done wonders after 5 years, but saying recession of 2016 was caused by him is just a weak analogy (which majority of Nigerians are guilty of).

huptin:
Millitants were breaking pipes under Obasanjo, Yar adua and even GEJ Nigeria never went into recession, in fact the GDP was growing at 7% one of the fastest in the world, Nigeria went into recession largely due to Buhari's incompetence. Oil price was $9 when Obasanjo increased mininum wage massively in 1999. Oil price during Abacha's era was just around $8 yet as bad as Abacha was coupled with sanctions Nigeria never entered recession.

Now shut down Lagos ports and see Nigeria collapse within weeks, Buhari was not a fool when he categorically exempted Lagos ports from being closed down.

So people still make this ignorant argument even in 2020? The pipelines that were burst during OBj, yaradua and GEj tenures, by how much did it affect Nigeria's oil production volume then compared to 2016?.... Did those vandalisms also happen at a time following a sharp drop in global oil prices?... You say oil price was $9 during OBJs time or less during abacha, what was Nigeria's forex demand then compared to 2015? How much of fuel was Nigeria importing then compared to 2015?... How much of importation was Nigeria doing in 1999 compared to 2015 (when even basic items like toothpick and waterproof bags were being imported)?.... If recession was only caused by pmb incompetence and not oil price, why exactly did the 7% gdp rate you talked about fall to 2% before pmb came in power? (obviously a lot of folks like yourself dont know that).

PHijo:
What makes Lagos special?

If states are special Lagos cannot in anyway be more special than my home state, Rivers.

Why dont you go and infect yourself and family members with corona virus. I assure you if you can successfully infect over 20 of your family members in Rivers state, then the FG may be inclined to give some attention to your state.

90% of confirmed covid19 cases are in Lagos; I guess this should be common sense. But then, everything is politicised in Nigeria.

Very soon some people will pick placards to protest alleged discrimination / marginalisation of their state by corona virus.

Almighty America indirectly begging their citizens not to return home?.... Wow! This corona challenge is really strong.

OneNigerianist:
That is for you to find out and get educated before quoting.

Okay, fine! His ministry is apolitical, but the man himself is a known political bishop.

OneNigerianist:
His "ministry"
Read again!

What's really the difference between the man and the ministry he heads?

People comparing Canada and those other countries to Nigeria need mental evaluation.

OneNigerianist:
I've always known him as a the only Bishop whose ministry is immune from political influence.

See Christians condemning him and asking him to obey govt. Daniel, Shadrach, mishack and abardneggo etc did they all obey govt? This is the time to know true men of God not the once that order the closure of Churches. No true Bishop will formally order for churches entrusted to his care to be closed.

I tell you when the anti Christ comes, the big pastors and Bishops will be the ones to give the government the moral legitimacy to prosecute the tiny minority real Christians for their disobedience and "deviant behavior" and urge their followers to obey the anti Christ and ignore the " conspiracy theory "

I probably dont understand the bolded part of your comment above. If it means what I think it is, then nothing else in this world could be further from the truth, because Bishop Chukwuma happens to be about the most politically driven Anglican bishop in Nigeria. The man is a diehard PDP supporter, who has always publicly declared a deep prejudice against anything apc.

This particular bishop Chukwuma has always just been a staunch hater of Buhari and anything APC. I'm pretty sure his defying of the sit at home order has nothing to do with spirituality, but rather just a desperation for political rebellion.

helinues:
See this illiterate, who is threatening you or the conspiracy theory you know nothing about has been flawed.

Reno was so smart not to join them with the nonsense

Reno is only a divisive crook, he's not dumb.

Xisnin:
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I am quite surprised when every promoter of these "theories" ask similar irrelevant question as if
they were coached from the same school of misinformation. Maybe they were.
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Of course they all got it from the same sources which happen to be some anonymous whatsapp/facebook broadcast videos.

michlins:
Once again I ask, did this guy finish university and how did he get his San title. How can someone buy into conspiracy theories so much that everything he says starts and ends in nonsense.

Coronavirus is a virus and viruses are living things like you and me. God created them. I'm just surprised that our miracle workers haven't been able to help.

You walk under the sun and you want to tell me that you're afraid of 5G and even 10G network? Check your min please

When did FFK become a SAN?

The most lucrative business today is peddling of conspiracy theories.

The futility of this exercise stinks...

"Dem crean crean crean, dem crean everywhere... No wonder dem say we too like house girl work"

But people call buhari all sorts of nasty names everyday; so how come this particular guy was picked out of a million others?

If you check very well, this girl would have had DMs from over a thousand decent guys who she looks down on and insults everyday. But they always choose the flashy bling bling visibly irresponsible players.

I hope this isn't true...

A person who integrally worked for the government of GEJ is graciously advising Nigerians not to trust donations made to the government of General Buhari
#JokeofTheYear #

Lol... Nigerian politicians and printing of their face on gifts...

Greenbirth:
thank God that you see a comment of truth.

Which comment of truth?... i was mocking what you wrote earlier.

Greenbirth:
The Bubu government never wanted to complete the airport. The truth is that they the northern cabals believe that if the airport which is international is allowed to operate the east will smuggle arms through it to fight the federal government. 2. The northern cabal believed that it was there that ipob leader followed to escape.

Yes o! Buhari is the one that intentionally froze the project to punish Igbos. The corona story is just a flimsy excuse.

Without opening this thread, I knew I must see comments like this.

Pierced:
Is this really necessary?

U that's mocking the governor......think u are immune?

But the governor was the one who mocked himself by playing politics with corona.

Sunnycliff:
The high and mighty seem to be the most vulnerable now . This shit is something else

Nope.. the high and mighty are the only ones privileged enough to have tests done. This is even the case in countries loke the UK ans US; you'd bet Nigeria is worse with our low test rate. You'd be shocked at the true number who already have it.

Seems like publicly declaring a positive corona status is now the latest 'social status' thing.

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