₦airaland Forum

Penalty82:
If there's oil in those villages, will ua government abandon it for the villagers?. Mind you that we're not talking of fed govnt only but both state and LGAs.

Like I said earlier, a lot of people have no clue the kind of politics that is played with development funds in the Niger Delta. There's hardly anything much the FG can do from Abuja besides releasing the host community funds to state governments who in turn are in direct contact with leaders of the communities. A lot of people need to be informed of the kind of blackmail and scheming the leaders of those communities engage in with the state govermments to ensure the money is paid to them directly instead of being used for development. The blackmail includes most of the pipeline bombings you hear about....

And of course, the day the FG decides to stop paying those moneys to the states and to the community leaders' personal acccounts, then you will know the true meaning of pipeline bombings... To start with, are you aware the 13% derivation given to oil producing states is actually meant for development of oil producing communities? ... is there any oil producing state governor that observes that?

Blue3k:
She said adequate metering system not zero metering. All she really saying is Nigeria doesn't have proper metering system to account for daily production. This issue was supposed to be solved with 2014 Weight and Measures Act. The act was supposed computerised metering system of oil wells. This where the majority of fraud takes place. Oil is siphon from well to pipeline.

Nigeria obviously does measure the crude that goes out for export. They use physical hand-dip measuring at custody transfer point. You can Google more stories about this issue it's no fairytale.

Okay this makes more sense. I would have been dazed if there wasnt any capacity at all on the part of NNPC to meter production volumes.

limeta:
Tell us more
We all ears
Lagos and Abuja 've no chiefs just federal government

You have no clue what goes on in those communities, so just let it be...

Penalty82:
Let's be sincere with our comments. I believe that 3rd main land bridge etc, wasn't given to the Obas to construct.

Then you obviously have no clue the kind of stinking greedy politics that goes on with community development funds at the local level. You cant expect the federal govt to be responsible for development of minor roads in villages do you?

The chiefs in the community probably prefer taking the money as cash which they eventually use in buying houses in Abuja and overseas to the detriment of basic infrastructure in their communities.

mark2sunny:
Its sounds like a fairytale because what you don't know is bigger than you. This is the real deal. The truth no leader would tell you and which is going to possibly end the life of that minister.

Anyone who ever investigated this either disappears or found dead. You think oil money is a joke?

woodcook:
I admire your faith in Nigeria. Let me ask you where do you work? If you have ever worked in any government owned establishment you will understand how fantastically corrupt these guys are and how often they are willing to sabotage the system for selfish gains.

SalamRushdie:
She is right oo, all the figures are provided by the IOCs, Nigeria doesn't have its own audit independent metering system in place to check the IOCs..infact it been an ope secret that the IOCs always declare far far less than what the actually export with some estimates saying the declare just 1 in 5 barrels .

If we are saying the existing metering facilities have been damaged or sabotaged a long time ago, and that the NNPC hasn't bothered fixing them for obvious reasons (corruption and/or ineptitude), then that is understandable. But I honestly find it hard to believe that oil storage and offloading facilities were designed and built with zero metering capacity. Who approved such a design?

woodcook:
If our president can stay outside the country for so long without any explanation and without even a peep from our politicians anything is possible in Nigeria.

NNPC is corrupt beyond imagination you need to work there to know how much they steal from this country.

NNPC is the most corrupt organization in Nigeria.

Corruption might entail reporting false daily/monthly/annual production figures, but telling me that process plants, flow-stations, terminals and refineries were designed and built without metering facilities? .. That's a story for the birds..

Blue3k:
What's wrong with Nigeria. I can hardly distinguish between stupidity and corruption anymore. After decades of being in business mere meters they won't get. Then we have the metering issue with discos. This is why I hate the government running business. If private operator was this dumb they would be out business.

Simple solution to lessen impact millitants they won't do.

Even though this is coming from a senator who should be more informed, what she's saying definitely doesnt sound possible. It might be a case of having obsolete metering systems, or a case of not having sufficient metering systems at every export point, but claiming that the NNPC has zero metering systems in place?... That sounds like a fairy tale.

Lol... Somebori just smoked dried pawpaw leaves marinated in cow dung... Musiwa wannabee!

@Op, isnt it too early to be doing this?

Joe Igbokwe has just called a spade a spade, IPOB can best be described as an 'Association of Disgruntled Jonathanians - SE Zone' led by Kanu. If Buhari dies today, IPob will die a natural death.

These guys never get tired of saying this same thing like 10 times.

Sniper12:
What does the bible say about the use of phones

The use of phones and computers is not biblical

All I'm concerned about are those moronic morons who used 3-4 pages to insult Rochas when he said he met Buhari. Also I would love to hear or read what the cocain sniffing psycho called FFK has to say about this; I aldo remember the same FFK spewing verbal tirades at Rochas over this same matter to the admiration of his new found multitude of daft followers.

terzurum:
@Oballala abeg no kill me with laugh, I wan stop but I no de fit.

I swear, that these PDP rogues still have the voice to talk, na just the APC people and their confusion dey cause all these ones...

Nowenuse:
Thank you very much. Deedeedee1 appears like someone who cannot face facts and reality juxtaposed together.

Yorubas, Igbos or Hausas may appear as one on the national level, but on the local level, they have their own internal difference, which if not curtailed could even be worse than the outside differences.

I am not a Nationalist or 'One Nigerianist', but i know that even if you give the Igbos or Yorubas their own seperate countries, they would still have to promote the same Nationalism or the Pan Igbo/yoruba ethnic identity in order to make their respective nations undivided. If not, within a short time, tribalism will instantly begin among the Subgroups. Ijebu people may start claiming superiority over others. We can see the bitter rivalry between Egba and Ijebu people in Ogun state. Muslims and traditionalists who almost clashed violently in Osun state. Ife vs Modakeke.
In Igbo land, the same thing. Nkanu vs Nsukka people in Enugu state, Aguleri vs Umuleri in Anambra, Izzi-Ezza clashes in Ebonyi, Ngwa against Others in Abia state. Abia state govt sacking all Imo state indigenes.

So, we are still saying the same thing. The most politically unstable and chaotic African nation (aside S. Sudan), Somalia, is a mono ethnic and mono religious nation, guess what divides them? Clannism! Some clans claim to be superior to other clans inspite of the fact that they are one same ethnicity, religion, ancestry and what have you.

God bless you very well for this. I could never had said it better. I just find it ridiculous when people keep proffering balkanisation of the nation as the 'only' solution to tribalism and the nepotism that comes with it. My common sense tells me that when you eliminate tribal differences, then we will all realise how strong the division which exists along clannish lines also is. And until we tackle the real problem which is a lack of responsible leadership, we would just keep splitting and splitting every nation until we get down to even the family level.

After destroying Nigeria for 16 years, the same shameless PDP rogues still have the guts to criticise a 2 year old APC which is still confused over how to fix the mess created by PDP. No be their fault, na APC I blame...

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deedeedee1:
Leader cannot promote unity. The society can. .....

Huh!?.. And who pilots the affairs and chooses the direction of society?

deedeedee1:
People dont promote tribalism. Tribalism is nature. Why are European countries not diverse like African's? This is because they want to reduce tribalism, hate, nepostism and promote peace and prosperity. European countries are split through ethnic lines

who told you European countries are perfectly split along ethnic lines?

deedeedee1:
Why will the leaders try to promote tribalism if we are united? This does not make sense to me. If we are united, then the leaders will not have to use our disunity to their advantage.
Yes you are right. We have stereotypes in Yorubaland, but they wont be as worse as Nigeria's. We Yorubas speak same language, practice same culture, originate from same ancestors, bear same names e.t.c
You cant eradicate tribalism in Nigeria.
We are Naturally not united.
We must accept this

And who do you think should promote and ensure that unity if not the leaders?... Who do you even think creates and fuels that disunity if not for the same greedy diabolic self centred leaders?... The leaders always blame 'the other tribe' as the source of the problems when addressing their people; as long as these leaders aren't checked, even when you split the country into 100 parts, the same leaders woupd still find a way of blaming the other tribe/group/region/state/LGA etc and they still promote the same disunity even on a micro level.

NOETHNICITY:
The man needs to be educated further about tribalism even in(among) yoruba tribes.

The Ife and Modakeke war isn't too distant in recent history.

There is currently tribal war between 2yoruba comunities Kwara state in Wrinkle village. that clash has claimed lives.

There is also constant clash between Ofa and Erinle also in Kwara state even though both communities speak same and ve same culture..

Absolutely! Even within the same state, people not only discriminate each other, but they even go ahead to murder each other, yet someone thinks the ultimate solution to tribalism is separating big tribes from each other and not good leadership.

If an Ife man feels reluctant to employ a Modakeke man in his office, that's already clear tribal or should I say, community discrimination.

deedeedee1:
A leader does not have to make tribalistic statements before he gets support from his tribesmen. The leaders you accuse are products of the society that you and i were raised. We are all tribalistic and this is fact! There is nothing wrong with that though if you ask me. Tribalism is one's love for his tribe. Tribalism is same with patriotism.
If as a Yorubaman, i contest for presidency against an Igboman, i dont need to make hate speeches against Igbos before i get the trust of my people. I also do not need anybody to tell me the Igbo man will defeat me in his land.
Tribalism is not caused by leaders.
Tribalism is Nature.

It may be caused by nature, but it is the duty of leaders to wisely tone down its destructive effects. In 1999, Nigeria was not up to a tenth as tribally and religiously divided as it is today. Are you then suggesting that human nature has evolved between 1999 and 2017?... The answer is a blatant NO! Tribalism has increased in geometric proportions over the years because of the diabolic greed and ineptitude of leaders who directly promote it for their self interests. If that greed and ineptitude is not tackled, even if you divide Nigeria into 1000 parts, each of those 1000 constituent parts would still have the same elements of destructive tribalism.

deedeedee1:
Biafra is Igbo people wahala not mine. I am a Yoruba person that supports Nigeria disintegration, and i do not want any minorities to go with us. Why? Because there will be tribalism if they join. In fact, one of the main reasons i want this country to split is because of our ethnic differences. Biafra will definitely suffer from tribalism because of the minorities that will join you.
Yoruba, Igbos, and Hausas should go seperate ways!

Like I said before, tribalism can only be solved by sensible leadership and maturity from the people being led. The current wave of tribalism and religious discrimination which reached a peak since 2015 was ignited by politician. When a politician in search of votes denigrates other tribes in order to force his tribesmen to vote him, he sows a seed of discord in the minds of the people which he is unable to uproot even after he has won and gotten into office. Left to the ordinary man on the streets, he doesn't care when he associates with other common men from other tribes in the market, the discord is usually fuelled by leaders.

I must draw it to your attention once again that separating a country is never a solution to tribalism because you might just have to divide and divide and divide like a thousand times even down to family level and you'd realise the problem still isn't solved. I do not know much about the Yoruba nation, but telling you don't have internal segregations would be a bloody lie. Creating a Yoruba only nation would only amplify the internal tribal/religious/cultural boundaries which exists within.

Desyner:
Solar has the unique disadvantage of being available during day and not night. It would av been best for industrial hubs that run mostly during the day.
Your observations are quite interesting.

Yeah but the power generated during the day is usually stored for the night. And people generally use less less energy at night.

Some group of lowlifes keep denigrating a great tribe with these attachee-by-fire-by-force mentality. Can someone please tell me what the benefits of being a jewman are?

deedeedee1:
Another nonsense! You cant eradicate tribalism in an ethnically diverse country. It is not possible.
Let Yoruba, Igbos, and Hausa live apart.

1. Nigeria isnt the only ethnically diverse country.
2. Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa are not the only tribes in Nigeria (just incase you have forgotten).

Leadership wisdom and maturity are the only things that can kill tribalism. If you seperate Biafra today (i.e. the old Biafra which includes Efik, Ibibio, Ikom, Ogoja, Annang, Calabari, Ikwerre, Anioma, Okrika, Izon, Ndoni etc.), without leadership wisdom and maturity on the part of the people, the menace of tribalism will still be fully blown; only difference is that the central Igbos would then be the biggest oppressors of the other over 50 tribes and there would be no other big tribes (i.e. Yoruba + Hausa) to 'compete' with the Igbos.

Even within the 5 states of the SE which have a fairly homogeneous language, we still actively see a lot of tribal/regional segregation. Was it not Abia state which sacked and refused to employ Imo and Anambra indigenes?... I had a lecturer in FUTO (a federal uni) who after decades of academic service, couldnt receive his professorships purely because he couldn't fit into the Imo state politics within the school (which at the time was even dominated by the Mbaise clique). Poor lecturer had to go back to his state's newly launched uni then (Anambra start uni at Uli) to work as part time, and that was where he eventually got his professorships. Similar story happened to my uncle who couldnt get his due promotions at Abia state university simply because he was from Imo. It took him to move to Imo state uni before he could get his due rights. You think that is not the same as tribalism?

Should I even start talking of the segregation within Imo state where some groups swore they would never let any Mbaise person smell Douglas house?... and of course, Mbaise people have been wailing over this issue for ages including during the last Ihedioha election which could have broken the trend.

What am I saying in essence?... Tribalism doesnt end with just Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo as so many people myopically view it. The moment you break those 3 apart, you'll then realise that within each group, there are still hundreds of subgroups that would still perpetuate the tribalism nonsense.

Once again, leadership wisdom and maturity from the people are the only things that can end tribalism; and not endless separations. You can keep calling it nonsense because you want secession (i.e. no more yoruba and hausa competition), but it doesnt still make your position the sensible one.

Igboesika:
Only break up can stop tribalism.

If we are to follow the breakup route, then it would take 1001 breakups before tribalism would be eradicated reduced.

Maturity and application of wisdom is the only thing that can truly stop the negative effects of tribalism.

SandraJane:
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje-led Kano state government, Dangote Group of Companies and Black Rhino Group on Thursday in Kano signed a $150 million Memorandum of Understanding on Solar Power project.

The project is expected to generate 100 megawatts of electricity for supply to industries and people of the state.

Speaking shortly after signing the MoU, the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji, said solar power was what is in vogue for now all over the world.

”We need energy to make progress and development anywhere in the world, so we believe this is a right step in the right direction,” he said.

He said the State Government was very keen on the project as it would improve the living condition of the people of the state.

In his remarks, the Group Executive Director of Dangote Group, Alhaji Mansur Ahmed, said the project was meant to improve the economy of Kano as a great Interpol and centre of commerce in the sub-Saharan region.

“The project, to be jointly financed by Dangote Industries Limited and the Black Rhino Group, is expected to provide state of the art renewable energy plant.

“It will convert the abundant energy of the sun into high quality clean Electricity,” he said.

NAN

Source : http://www.viviangist.com.ng/governor-ganduje-dangote-sign-150m-solar-power-project

Cc; lalasticlala

$150million for a 100mw solar farm sounds very interesting; but I trust Dangote to pull this off. The question which then bugs my mind is, how come Dangote always finds a cheaper way to achieve these little things which seem impossible for government?

$0.15billion ==> 100mw
$1.5billion ==> 1000mw
$15billion ==> 10,000mw

Solar plants have an insignificant operating cost when compared to other power sources; no gas costs, no gas constraints, no moving parts (= less maintenance) etc.

OBJ spent $16billion, GEJ $8.5billion and Buhari has already spent almost $3billion on power, that's almost clocking $30billion yet we struggle with 3000mw for the whole nation. Is anyone else thinking what I'm thinking?... When do we just shut the country down and give it to Dangote?

mrvitalis:
We make money mostly from trading and mot manufacturing so we move out to find buyers

If you can compete come to the east

Harbal medicine in the east is run by Yorubas
Hausas run yam and meat business

So what's your point ?

danieljoel759:
Cheating people doesn't end in Nigeria alone, this man was duped by getting a plastic fish instead of the real one for 10 pounds in London
see video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfk7vGtr2_w

Everything to Nigerians now is plastic; plastic rice, plastic egg, plastic fish, plastic peppermint etc. And the worst part of it all is how people just swallow all these ignorant stories and even help spread them on social media... Ose abeg if u no wan chop fish, send am come

How can we just keep running around in circles for 18 years?

swiz123:
This herdsmen are terrorist right from time immemorial.They have terrorized my grandfathers in their farmlands by destroying their crops and killing anyone who tried to stop them, claiming that it's their right to feed on our farmlands cos they paid our igwe for it.
Something should be done to stop these ppl cos it's a slap to the federal govt.How can few illiterate cattle rearers terrorize a country.

I thought some people said the menace started only in 2015?

gossipcop:
Nigerian Man Cries Out After Buying Plastic Fish - Share To save a life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RepDLThWFic

Everything to Nigerians now is plastic; plastic rice, plastic egg, plastic fish, plastic peppermint. Ose abeg if u no wan chop fish, send am come