₦airaland Forum

Mike Oghiadomhe, Chief of staff to the president

Very funny scene... the desperation is real

A refinery in Akwa Ibom is long overdue. Great news!

PhilemonObende:
I am sure you also an "ibo" who hailed buhari's budget where he allocated the lowest budget to "your SE".
Did the north take the lowest budget under GEJ like the SE is suffering under buhari?

Did your gej give the SE a better budget than Buhari?

PhilemonObende:
It's a good plan if you ask me. Anytime your murderoud El-dullardeen lord and saviour kills people for their political beliefs, there should be a significant cut on his sources of finance and a concomitant inhibition of his ability to buy bullets. Murderous monkeys and presiotic dullards should be banned from having guns.

If you are 20% intelligent, you will agree with me.

I dont think I should be responding to what you wrote above cos its obvious you aren't serious.

But just to chip in a little fact for you, when you sabotage the economy, you remove food from the tables of the ordinary Nigerian general public which you and your family are a part of. The last to be affected by such a famine are politicians and their families, let alone the president. If you had any iota of intellects in your person, you should have known this.

BankeSmalls:
You are misinformed. Every trouble in the SS is being caused in the SW.

Can you please throw some sense into what you just said above?

NOETHNICITY:
The sick cretins re simply looking for an opportunity to scream 'fuel scarcity, Booohari Booohari'. But Nigerians knw better to undertnd that Saboteurs re the problem and not Buhari.

Absolutely, they think that by sabotaging the entire nation's progress, they can form an opinion in the minds of the people about buhari against 2019. But then, the plan is very obvious to even the blind; no sensible person would judge buharis performance based on a very glaring case of politically driven economic sabotage.

damon222:
What is the work of karma? Have you forgoton what you people did to GEJ. It is your turn to eat the borns. Continue to eat them while it lasts. Where are Chiboge girls?

What do you mean by my turn?

You are suffering all Nigerians irrespective of tribe, religion or political inclination and you claim you are 'doing back'?

When fuel scarcity returns and hits hard, does it affect only apc supporters?... when power supply remains zero, does it affect only apc leaders or apc supporters?

So what exactly is the wisdom in celebrating people sabotaging refineries, fuel supply, the overall economy and power supply?

PhockPhockMan:
Yeah, that's how you and I was suffering the effects of Bokoharam atrocities. Instead of proffering solution, we started hearing junks like clueless, Otuoke drunkarrd., drunken fisherman etc from zombies. Even Bokoharam asked Buhari to mediate on their behalf in order to end the crisis, he declined, simply because he knew that the continuation of the crisis will aid his presidential ambition.
Did we not hear from you people that solution to all Nigeria's security problems stops on Jonathan’s table, now, whose table the buck stops in terms of insecurity in niger delta?
What goes around, comes around.

The point I'm making is that you sound happy over the misfortunes of the nation.

Ezemust:
just accept that just like nda boko haram is political.boko haram may be mainly based in borno but it achieved it aim which was:MAKE THE COUNTRY UNGOVERNABLE.and there is no way the bombing of pipe line could be compared to the destruction of human lifes

Bombing people in borno state although bad, it shouldn't have had a major effect on the development of the rest of the country if the govt was serious. Its not in anyway comparable to bombing pipelines which feed the entire nation. Before you continue to justify these pipeline bombings, abeg you never tire for fuel scarcity?... How can anyone be cool with the bombing of pipeline taking crude to refineries thereby crippling the refineries?

Stingman:
Lie. If your point is punctured you move to the order...So it wasn't about licking Johnathan's boot,hu? Now can you check how many times Obi and the Igbo leaders visited Jonathan and past governments to also develop Igbo land land as they do other regions? What else do you want them to do? NASS members, even the current VP has visited the region and confirmed that the federal roads there are worse in the country...but yet they were able to start Lagos -Ibadan and Mokwa- Ilorin road... What have you done yourself...? You are simple happy blaming Obi and others..

The point I wanted to make was that the blame should be within... enough of all these blaming of others for our woes. GEJ is SS/SE, but he built airports around Nigeria, and he built roads around Nigeria. But where are the roads he built in the SS/SE?...

The dilapidated PH airport which happens to be the only international airport in the SS was abandoned by a SS/SE president because of a meaningless rift with amaechi.

The only bridge which the SE has repeatedly asked successive governments to build, a SS/SE president eventually gets to start it, but he sets it as a PPP arrangement which forces the people of the SE to pay for the bridge from it for 25 years.

All of the above happens and you expect me to agree that the biggest problem we have in the SE and SS is the north or the SW as is always peddled?... I'm sorry, I dont agree with that age-long believe; thats the simple point I was trying to make.

UncleJudax:
Well, the north did it with Boko Haram...it worked, ja?

Nigeria is a hopeless space.

The existence of boko in a tiny region (mainly borno) could not have stopped gej from developing the rest of nigeria where there was peace. Kindly tell me if I'm wrong here?

If gej had developed the rest of nigeria, boko haram couldnt have been an issue to his reelection. But can we honestly point out any major road project for instance which was started and finished in the south which was peaceful?

Stingman:
Did I mention any government in my post? The SE has been marginalized by all successive government..GEJ's government was a bit better than the rest, but it has nothing to write home about. At least we were able to get an airport. Can you mention what other government did since after the war? Igbo decided to stick with GEJ as they felt Buhari would be worse...and his living to the assumption...So I don't see all the Igbos, expect you, licking Buhari's jack boots blindly!

This isnt really about licking buhari's boots, its just about passing judgement justly and identifying where the real problem is. The problem is purely a vacuum of wise and patriotic leadership. Where were great minds like Peter Obi when GEJ was forcing the SE to pay for the 2nd Niger bridge through a ppp arrangement?.... Other tribes across Nigeria are simply watching out for their own people, but it appears all Igbo leaders do is watch out for their personal pockets. This is the real problem that has led to the marginalisation.

Nkem4040:
You don't understand as most of yorubas don't understand. There is strong effort by North to keep SE and SS down. I will agree with you and blame Igbos for Enugu airport not being attractive as you said if Port Harcourt and Calabars airports were equally as good as Lagos and Abuja....but they are not as they too are intentionally being underfunded to function below average.

Today PH airport is a carcass and was even ranked the worst airport in the world last year. GEJ who is from the SS refused to release a dime to fix the PH airport through his 5 years but GEJ his supporters actually celebrate GEJ upgrading airports around Nigeria including Kano airport.

But right now, here we have Mr Nkem trying to paint a picture that it is the north and the SW who are sabotaging the airport and other facilities in the SS and SE. How on earth can any sound person reconcile these stories?

luvinhubby:
Another twist to the tale.

Its sad that after the excruciating fuel scarcity we just recovered from, there are actually people who celebrate that refineries are being crippled by nda. What kind of opposition is that for Christ's sake?... and these people celebrating this are ordinary Nigerians who also suffer the pain of the fuel queues.

spafu:
How is the NDA making Buhari unable to start any developmental work in Nigeria after one year? Wawa kawai.

Buhari's first budget has only been passed just 2 months ago and some developmental projects have begun in earnest; I'm sure you've seen thread on this forum of contractors going back to site in several major roads projects across the federation?... You cant claim not to have seen that.

There was not a single developmental project last year because the budget for 2015 (which by the way was not drawn by buhari) made provisions mainly for salary payment, it had next to nothing allocated for capital projects.

Already for several months, the bombings have reduced planned national income by half, the budget for 2016 is already in a deficit and that means even the projects planned for this year cannot all be executed, that is sad as it makes an already bad situation worse. What I do not understand is the psyche of those who actually celebrate this collective misfortune.

Stingman:
Faruk as Stella is all you see...Were you happy when you heard the federal government was building Enugu airport? What's your take with 2nd Niger bridge which will be on PPP, while Third Mainland bridge wasn't? Lagos- Ibadan is going on while Enugu-Onitsha stretch could go the same way of PPP. Do you consider this schism, the best approach for a united country? Would you want those from the region so affected to be happy Nigerians? I want your best response and not insult...

The irony of what you are saying above is that it was GEJ who put the 2nd niger bridge on PPP even though he built the lokoja-oweto bridge for free. And even whilst he did that, there was not a single voice of opposition from any single south eastern leader or even the masses; instead he was urged to go on and any person who dared to speak up then against the ppp arrangement was tagged a hater of the SE, even few south easterners like myself who dared to speak against the exploitative ppp arrangement were tagged 'efulefu', 'yoruba', daft, etc.

In the light of the above, I find it rather bizzare that just in 2016, we are already having some people like yourself already blaming buhari/apc for the PPP arrangement and painting it to be some sort of marginalisation; if I may ask, who engineered this particular ill treatmenr of the SE?... was it not the SE itself while it was licking Jonathans boots blindly?

Nature129:
And the pay back thang continues. Buhari and co ruined GEJ's efforts with Book Haram menace and now the Avengers are paying him back in his own coins. Right now, Ben Bruce and northerners will understand that the wealth of Nigeria lies mainly in southern manpower and resources.

If Niger Delta bleeds, Nigeria and Nigerians cry. Ooh, Niger Deltans are indeed invaluable!

Buhari, over to you...

How did the existence of bokoharam which was restricted to a tiny region (mainly borno) prevent GEJ from developing the niger delta or any other peaceful area?

Ezemust:
just like boko haram?

Bokoharam is a religious terrorist mess, but even if you choose to argue otherwise, the fact is that bokoharam affected only one tiny section of the country (mainly borno state). The existence of boko in borno cannot be an excuse why the govt could not develop other peaceful areas.

As for bombing pipelines, after the hard hitting fuel scarcity which the natioj just recovered from, tell me why anyone should be happy that some people are sabotaging refineries?.... What sort of self-destructive politics is this?

modath:
Waoh? , Just waoh!! , see da kain mindless & baseless crap you managed to conjure & dig out from your nether region!! Just waoh!

"Your people (+the attache by oil) didn't think about it cos it makes no sense! BTW, must you attach SS to SE? How does lifting oil from ND to Lagos affect you directly?

Even if Dangote refinery is going to get crude oil from the ND, will it be charity? Na free?

Does he not have a right to procure oil from anywhere available for his refinery?

Even if the rail line is for Dangote's benefit, will it be EXCLUSIVE? will he remove the tracks, keep under his bed & only fix back ONLY when he needs it?

Is Nigeria not in business to "sell" and money?




The idle mind is really the devil's workshop!!!

I think it has more to do with an unsound mind, not an idle mind.

PhockPhockMan:
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You also get to suffer every bit of it just like everyone else; the fuel scarcity, the forex flight and messed up economy etc. Your only consolation is that you get to have an opportunity everyday to say "buhari is a failure" and that is all you stand to gain; and that has got to be the most ridiculous way to reason. But good luck!

These ediots are purely politically sponsored. The plan is to just inflict hardship on Nigerians courtesy 2019 elections.

nortcentrallord:
Wonderful analogy. A thousand clap for you on that but it doesn't follow your with your explanation. @ least Mr AAA paid 70% of the bill of the pepper soup before Mr BBB finished the payment and just like you rightly said, the money doesn't belong to any of the Mr's but it was their duty to buy that "pepper soup"

Truth is that AAA did not pay anything close to 70%. Now this is the breakdown below:

The project cos $874m; China provided a loan of $500m (57%) and the FG was to provide the remaining $374m (43%).

$374m translates to N74.8bn; about N57bn was paid by GEJ while the remaining N18bn was paid by Buhari in 2016.

Now just a reminder that the $500m paid by the Chinese is a LOAN which is to be paid back and which is presently being paid back by Buhari and successive govts.

So yeah, we give kudos to GEJ for resurrecting the project after Yaradua suspended it, however it's a no brainer to say Mr AAA (GEJ) paid 70%.

http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/abuja-kaduna-rail-line/

tonardo:
Who shall be thank? Or who shall be hold responsible if the bill was not paid...?
Or who said that the country is bankrupt?

In my opinion, both Mr AAA and Mr BBB are responsible.

Rossikk:
In your ignorant self-absorption, you seem to have forgotten that I, and everyone here, also has the right to tell you to STFU and go build your own train if you can't stand ours. Assuming you can even build a toothpick, you pea brain, fault-finding dunce.

Mr Old Man, your desperate resort to unsolicited abusive words speaks volumes of your intellectual capacity. Whatever you do, just remember I am not the cause of your frustration.

Also it is meaningless and childish to ask me to go build a train; I am not a train builder, everyone cannot be a train builder. I am only a train user and I reserve the rights to my personal opinion to state whether a train or a building or a plane or whatever is fine or not.

Once again let me remind you of a fact of life, 'I have a right to my own damn opinion just the same way you reserve your own rights.' I peraonally do not think the trains meet my expectations in terms of beauty; that is my opinion and I wonder why you are so worked up and full of insults because of this. You claim to be an old man so I urge you to act mature and respect the opinion of others.

cutiesaint1:
wot of ibadan to lagos express way? Wot of edo to asaba exress? Are u d one dat did it. Ur hatred towards GEJ will make u to die young. Beta concentrate wit ur father bubuhari

Chaiii!.. Nothing wey we no go hear from these ignoramuses that buy data and begin to comment online! ... Benin - Asaba road?.. GEJ?.... I never even knew anything was wrong with that road.

Mr 'You Will Die Young'... Can you kindly expatiate on that thing you just wrote there?... What did GEJ do for the Edo to Asaba expressway?... I would be glad to know.

Also I would be glad if you can prove me wrong about your ignorance by telling the house how many kilometers of the Lagos Ibadan road which GEJ fixed?

obicentlis:
You are not sincere about the cost of 1000mw.

If you want to know the cost Of gas powered plant, research abt South Sudan electricity projects and cost.

Btw, i used presidency travels as an instance that money isn't the problem of power outage.

Please kindly state what you think is the cost of a 1,000mw gas power plant based on your South Sudan instance?

By the way, the president travelling is a poor example because the cost of a power plant is roughly 1,000 times the cost of the travelling. How can you compare an ant with an elephant?...Are you suggesting that because I can buy a handful of cars costing few millions, then it means money shouldnt be a hindrance if I am required to buy a plane worth a billion?... What exactly are you about?

Rossikk:
I haven't "been to". I have LIVED overseas longer than you've probably been alive, and I can school you on the topic. You have no clue what you are on about. You've not even seen the train physically, or stepped foot in it, yet you're full of criticism? That's insane. That's mad.

Mr Old Man, like I said before, it is meaningless of you to have your own opinion but choose to insult me for having mine. Like I said earlier, whatever you think of it is your bleedy opinion, shove it up your butt or you can just drop your opinion and buzz off. You have absolutely no right to prevent me from having my own opinion based on my own observations and personal experience. I would have expected you to know that in your age.

Rossikk:
No you don't. Or you wouldn't type that crap. Do you know that train you insulted looks more 'modern' than many trains you'll find in the US and Europe?

You are entiltled to your opinion man, I had better expectations; and my expectations were not even outrageously high. I have been to several parts of the world so please dont tell me that nonsense about not knowing what I'm talking about.

Lawd hav merci.

Some months ago some strange blog claimed that 'Fashola said' GEJ built about 25,000km of roads in 5 years (much more than any other Nigerian leader). I have been asking myself where on earth these 25,000km of very good roads are located or where they lead to because save for the bad 'portion' of the Benin-Ore road which was fixed in 2014 (and which saves a lot of travel stress), I am yet to meet anyone who can point out where these 25,000km are. I'm sure I would be blasted for daring to ask this question.