₦airaland Forum

signature2012:
Money speaking.

Actually just 'age' speaking.

I totally agree with this man, too many stories have been churned out regarding this unfortunate incident and there's a very high chance that all the stories we've heard are false...

The uselessness of Nigerians who always demand nonsense respect.

PapaBrowne:
Lets stop this victimization card we always play. We need to start asking our own leadership real questions.
I used to believe all the marginalization story until I started trying to understand the real issues myself.

I don't have the time now, but when I do I will give you proper analysis complete with data on our ports and the usage. And you'll find that our leaders in the SE and SS are lying to us to cover for their own failures. The story of propping up Lagos ports is all falsehood. Infact , on some parameters, Onne port actually trumps both Apapa and Tin an Ports. Combined, Lagos ports control just 57% in tonnage terms while Delta and Rivers and Calabar ports control 43%.

Ask an Onitsha trader why he shipped his goods to Lagos and the only reason is that his agent who is from Anambra state is located in Lagos. There are ships going to all the ports. We just dont use it. Our minds are just fixated on Lagos.
Infact the best maintained and most organised port in Nigeria is Onne port and it is not much more expensive than the Lagos ports.

Lets stop this useless victim mentality.

Why didnt Jonathan build the IBAKA PORT?? Why didn't he dredge the Calabar River? Babangida and Abacha made sure LNG was built in Bonny. Jonathan couldn't put a stone on Brass LNG. We need to begin holding our own leaders responsible. This useless victim mentality is allowing us tolerate their uselessness.

Below are some statistics. Like I said, if I have time later, I can give you a clearer picture on many of these issues.


NB
And to think about it, shouldn't we be more interested in outward traffic (Exports) than Inward traffic (imports).
Delta and Onne control 90% of outward traffic which means both of these ports are very well equipped to ship goods out of the country which we should be looking to take advantage of by exporting our goods as against complaining about Lagos ports handling imports.

God bless you for this! Nothing kills a person's (or people's) problem solving abilities more than the constant harbouring of paranoid thoughts (e.g. every problem was intentionally created by my neighbours to punish me). Mr A has a simple headache and instantly believes his brother has 'jazzed' him. Now instead of getting simple panadol, he begins to run around in circles looking for prophets, pastors and juju priests to solve a very simple problem which could instantly have been solved with 2 tablets.

Nigeria can be likened to a feast where representatives of each tribe sits at the table to cut out as much cake as possible for their people. Whilst the leaders of other groups seem to do this diligently, the leaders from the SE and SE seem to care only about what they can scratch out for their personal pockets. And for almost 50 years, these greedy inept leaders have successfully manoeuvred their ways by deceiving the people that leaders of the 'other two big tribes' are responsible. Heck! I don't believe anyone or group goes to Abuja to plot and scheme how to marginalise or strangulate anybody; people rather go to Abuja to plot and scheme how they can get a larger chunk of the cake for their people.

While there is no doubt over the extreme hatred the average Hausa-Fulani man has against Igbos, I smell a very big rotten rat in the whole hate song saga. A hate song circulating from an untraceable source definitely smells like another masterstroke from the stables of the ipob propaganda mill in order to promote the secession cause.

I dey shame for this one.. From Mishak abi na Mushark to Super Tucano... Both 1930 training/stunt aircrafts

GreatSE:
If it was mama Peace, our southern brothers from the land of Sunset would have termed her corrupt and spread it through Lagos -Ibadan media houses.... Aboki worshipers

I'm not sure I understand the basis for this your comparison. How exactly is the construction of a PUBLIC hospital termed as corruption?.... Mama Peace was discovered to have a massive PRIVATE hotel and spa; she was also caught in a dirty struggle over ownership of $15million cash which was discovered in anonymous company accounts. It was on those basis that Mama Peace was labelled as corrupt.

So once again I ask, on what basis are you comparing $15million stashed in clandestine bank accounts by Mama Peace to the construction of a PUBLIC hospital by Aisha?... On what basis have you classified both as corruption?

I would love to hear your response...

Geogeo1:
Stupid people, they will not ask for where the fund is coming from. Did they captured this project in the budget?
Buhari is the highest corrupt president Nigeria ever have. Collecting money without working( Ghost President/worker).

I think the real foolish ones are those who will not bother to find out where the funding came from, but just out of frustration and bitterness, will just jump into conclusions that the project was illegally funded.

Hmmm... Is the pastor saying that God (abi na the pastor himself) placed a curse upon the entire 170 million people of Nigeria because of one man (Amaechi) who isn't even the president?

Hmm, didnt even know the ports outside Lagos had a single measure of traffic...

adem30:
Where was he when the hate speeches have been coming from the East since 2015? Just less than a month that the abokis started to reply He now find his voice?

Hate speeches have recently come from the east no doubts, but the difference is that whilst the one from the east ends as just 'speech', from historic experience, everyone knows the hate from the north never ends in just 'speeches,' and that's the reason why everyone ought to be worried.

darlenese:
hence why

I'm sure you got my message.

Whatsapp has optimised their calls sooo well that they are way clearer than normal mobile network calls; hence why I prefer Whatsapp calls. Never imagined there are some people in some parts of the world who actually view mobile calls as more prestigious because of the cost.

I keep saying it, close friends and relatives of FFK should apprehend and tie him up quickly. For it wouldn't be long again before he runs stark naked into the market place; the man is completely sick in the head.

chilewenwam:
The Minister Of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says his office through the Abuja to Kaduna rail line, now generates one million Naira, which he donates daily into the coffers of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government.

This might have come as a huge shock to his successor, Governor Nyesom Wike, who has constantly accused the Transportation Minister of corruption, while he held sway as Rivers State Governor.

Amaechi who stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Tuesday, in Benin, revealed that the feat was achieved as a result of the increase in passengers’ patronage.

“We are spending N56 million per month, we are getting back only N16 million. Now there is an improvement; we now make N30 million, (that is) one million Naira per day.

“The improvement started last month, because of increase in passengers, because of the kidnapping on the road”, he said.

The Minister said that the government was using the previously generated revenues on the maintenance of the coaches and other logistics.

Amaechi added that the government would address the issue of touting at the Idu rail station, with the expected arrival of 10 more coaches. by October.

He however, disclosed that the arrival of the new coaches would require more resources for maintenance, in order to meet customers’ expectations.


http://www.post-nigeria.com/just-in-wike-collapses-refuses-to-wake-up-as-amaechi-breaks-world-record-now-donates-one-million-naira-daily-to-sick-buhari/

This is appalling! Imagine spending N56million monthly and then celebrating a revenue of N30million, what sort of nonsense is that?... In otherwords, the Abuja to Kaduna rail is being operated as a huge liability to the govt of Nigeria and someone things this is worthy of celebrations?

I dont need a soothsayer to tell me the rail system will collapse in the near future if things continue like this. The moment it was announced by the Transport minister that train fares along the route would be N900, that was when I concluded the rail system would be a liability. All over the world, the more comfortable, fast and safer speed train services cost more than jumping on the bus; but that's obviously not the case in ours. The train services which should be able to take care of itself and also fetch reasonable revenue from profits to the govt is now being used as a political tool.

Solution: Privatise the operation of these new trains, the FG should completely get its hands off the operation and maintenance of the trains and the railways if we want them to survive up to 5 years.

The rate at whixh most ipob members are desperate to paint the sad event as a tribal Hausa-fulani vs Igbo matter is alarming.

- They have blamed fulani herdsmen
- Ohaneze has been blamed too by Kanu
- Obiano has also been blamed by some for covering the APC FG who they claim ordered the 'jihadi' attack against Igbo Christians. Some others outrightly fingered Obiano as the one who ordered the attacks.
- Two days ago, I saw a statement from a so called female eye witness on facebook who claimed the assailants wore military uniforms and came in a Nigerian Army Hilux.

The moment the claims of drug war was mentioned, the excitement in their voices disappeared; they wouldn't have any other narrative besides the fulani one. No surprise that Radio Biafra, the mother media organisation of IPOB would gladly share the update about Hausa Fulani being responsible. That's the sort of news that needs to be peddled for more indifferent folks to join their band; and it's working effectively.

vioment:
Pay your duties. But many times in naija, the strategy is mostly arm twisting and little credibility. It is great to buy a car from innoson like a couple of my friends and family and me, but it is not a must. If every country start blocking out nigeria's import, it wouldn't be a good idea.

Duties are high in Nigeria no doubt, but it's definitely not one of the highest globally. Secondly, the reason behind those high duties is to encourage you to patronise local vehicles manufacturers (e.g. IVM) or even go into local vehicle manufacturing.

yusuyo:
goodmorning40:
Useless country
It is only how to enslave and impoverish her citizens that they are good at
Look at somebody's hard earned money,
Look at the imported goods that would add meaning to people's lives

Posterity will not forgive you if you should continue with this your destructive criticism

That isnt even destructive criticism, that's more like foolish criticism. No thanks to cheap data these days, children (and even some slow adults) just jump online to vomit whatever nonsense their head produces.

goodmorning40:
Useless country
It is only how to enslave and impoverish her citizens that they are good at
Look at somebody's hard earned money,
Look at the imported goods that would add meaning to people's lives

Useless reasoning.... In which country of the world is it a virtue to smuggle in goods?

Ifeanyi4491:
he have 100% evidence that, Anambra Gov.Willie & Christian leaders are behind ozubulu killings..watch



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

May God deliver us from this spirit of madness that seems to have befallen alaigbo. Of all the humans and animals that can be listened to, it is this mentally challenged dude that someone gets to rely on as source of intelligent info?...

This same dude who was about to be deported from the UK and who authoritatively claimed Theresa May was personally after him for his Biafran stance? This is the same junkie people now give audience?.. Wonderful!

These sort of things is definitely what you get when the intelligent ones arent wise enough to speak up.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu4LHnu9laE

jstbeinhonest:
2019, I predict APC would wanna use it for campaigns.

APC wouldn't be able to usr it for campaigns because the refinery and the pipeline wouldnt have commenced operation by then. But I totally envy any party that wins in 2019, because when these projects are completed and operational, they would totally turn around Nigeria's economy like has never been seen before, and whoever sits in Aso Rock by then would be the luckiest Nigerian president ever.

monex:
we should then scrap civil service, executive, judiciary etc. Corruption pervades every facet of Nigeria. I agree we need string moral systems (and values) and of course we need to make government unattractive. this is not limited to the legislature.

Yeah I agree it's everywhere, but the one of the legislators is particulary disheartening. Imagine the rogues fixing their own salaries and allowances?.. and of course, the executive and 170 million Nigerians are absolutely powerless to stop them from taking 25% of the entire wage bill of the nation.

Corruption is everywhere, but the brazen immorality of our legislators makes them the worst.

free2ryhme:
make dem kukuma destroy am

APC don enter everything don spoil finish

Oh yes, when Fee-Dee-Fee was there, all the refineries produced at 101% efficiency, no wonder Nigeria imported 100% of it's petroleum products and even paid N2.13trillion for subsidy on imported fuel in 2012 alone... We can't wait for 2019 to replace the useless Ay-Fee-Cee with the usefull Fee-Dee-Fee...

If the lady is demanding 20k for 'no action', only God knows what she would have charged if 'action' took place... Probably the same 20k, or maybe more. This is a good reason we must all read the tiny prints and understand the T&Cs before proceeding with business.

Israeljones:
like i have said times without number..... The enemies of this country are sometimes close to us but we choose to ignore...
The group givn money to the man who could even offer them that amount in 100 folds..
some homes in that state would appreciate one-thounsandth of this money to survive why return it to where it came from...
am sure some of the people in that picture cant boast of 100k in their accounts..

we are the enemies of this great country...

Have you heard of the term 'sowing seed' before?

monex:
dont be short sighted or let your bias becloud you. There is a reason why there are three arms of government. if you scrap the legislature, you would easily have a dictatorship.

to put this in perspective, ask yourself if you would have supported scrapping of the legislature during the Jonathan years.

I would have supported scrapping of the legislature since 2003; that was how long ago I realised the NASS was just a useless gathering of rogues whose primary objective is to feed themselves fat and serve as a clog in the wheel of progress whenever their lootocratic desires are not met...

As offensive as it may sound, Nigeria (and many other developing countries) aren't mature enough for democratic rule, we need to have strong moral systems in place before we think of democracy. Failure to do so is what gives you a bunch of rogues who autocratically determine exactly how much they are to be paid; no wonder one of the poorest countries in the world also has the highest paid legislators in the world.

In all honesty, that NASS building deserves a MOAB bomb. Maybe if they are scrapped, Nigeria can think of a better alternative, maybe even a part-time parliament where the members are nothing but volunteers who wouldn't have any access to government funds.

safetyInspector:
I thought that Referendum is a synonyms for war in your dictionary?

Go and work on your thought process... Maybe you might stop hallucinating or mixing things up.

MrIrohKenedy:
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shutup

Come and shut me up...

These are the sort of referendums we should be calling for; referendums that can tackle the REAL problems we have in the land, not some flimsy idea of 'problems' created by dubious political opportunists to divert attention from their evil ways. Unfortunately, millions of emotionally battered masses have already been successfully brainwashed by the political opportunists....

EasternLeopard:
Nnamdi Kanu has confirmed the DNA result linking Igbos to Jews to be positive


See the video below



Mazi N Kanu rains fire & brimstone on d recent ki…:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKVPTYE_lgM

And I still ask again, what exactly is the benefit of having DNA links with Jews and why does it have to be an issue of concern causing unnecessary drama?..

If DNA test proves a positive link, would it then force the fiercely racist Israelis to love the black Igbo ethnic group or would it make Israel come down and start developing alaigbo or would it then make Israel come down to help tear Nigeria apart?

mansakhalifa:
@obailala have you ever heard of the Beta Israel of Ethiopia or Ethiopian Jews? That is the answer to your first question. Massive airlift to Israel for all.

So in essence, the desperate attachment to Israel is to force the state of Israel to come and evacuate 50 million Igbos from Nigeria to where exactly?... Or probably to secure military assistance in case of a war?... Na wa oo.. A group of people just hell bent on ridiculing an entire tribe...