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naijanaso:
Please pay attention to details rather than spew this thrash here. Have you listened to the people you are referring to in the USA speak? Where will you compare our president with them? Is it it in economics,reasoning,success, law or what? The age that Fayose is referring to here is not just biological but intellectual!

freeze001:
Op u no dey shame? It is in the ancient ages of Presidents that u will compare US and UK. Have u looked at the countries in question? Nonsense!

Don't try to divert from the focus, the point the Op is simply making is that Fayose, together with millions of Nigerians during the campaigns kept focusing on age, age and age instead of 'ability to perform.'

@naijanaso, 'intellectual and not biological' age?... what sort of trashy defense is that?... What's the meaning of intellectual age?

IkpuMmadu:
There is something sinister is that is going on. I keep wondering how the Fulani herdsmen have Kalashnikov... I am asking are we preparing for war?

I know some people will call me alarmist but a stucht in time saves nine


I keep asking how come these herdsmen have guns and where do they get these guns. Do we enact gun laws that allow citizens tobhood guns

We have to report any security breach to the security forces in state and the best security is vigilant or do I say vigilantes

God be with us all
Just negodu arms

How come armed robbers on the streets have kalashnikovs?
How come militants in the creeks have kalashnikovs?
How come kidnappers have kalashnikovs?
How come political thugs have kalashnikovs?
How come some cultists (even in Unis) have kalashnikovs?

If you can answer these questions, then I think the answer to your question should be clear to you and all others.

Emmaesty:
Such hasty generalization.

5000x22 working days equals 110,000.

Assuming he works everyday, 5000x30 = 150,000.


Meanwhile for permanent staff, Diamond bank pays 247k, Access bank pays 230, Gtbank pays 209k, Stanbic pays 180k.

With a bank job, there's career growth. But as a cab driver, there's little growth as most of them remain in one spot until they are old and can no longer see in the dark.

The 'mentality' is the only reason why cab drivers are in the lower cadre of society. Now the bolded part of your message is a clear example of this mentality I talk about. "I am a poor taxi driver, I can never make it in life or live as comfortably as white collar job workers"... "I am a mere taxi/bus driver, I am economically stagnant and can never move up as long as i remain in this business"

But again, it's all about the mentality, it's all in the head. Who says there can't be career progression for a cab driver?... Companies like ABC transport did not start with 100 vehicles. Most taxi drivers start by driving someone's car and end up paying daily or weekly or monthly royalties. After paying regularly for a stipulated period, the vehicle becomes theirs. When the car becomes his, that is a first step in career progression. For a prudent driver who saves up, buys a second vehicle and gives it out to a driver who pays him daily or weekly or monthly royalties, even whilst he's still driving his own cab, that is another step in career progression. It could also get to a point where the driver then has several vehicles and receives multiple royalties, he decides to stop driving (if he wishes to) and sets up a taxi company like UBER taxi etc.

So in summary, there is vast room for career progression in the taxi driving transport business, but it starts and ends with the mentality of the individual.

hungryboy:
but the bank workers live better than you guys,


Na all this boast were una dey boast dey make police dey worry una for roger.

The ability to live better is just a state of the mind, it's all psychological and a thing of the mind. Some years back, I had an okada man friend and neighbour who told me he made over 100,000 on the average in a month. I engaged in the discussion with him cos I couldn't understand how 'a mere okada man' could have been living the 'basic' but comfortable life which he was living and I was astounded when he told me how much he earned. The truth is that very many white-collar office workers who appear to live comfortable lives do not earn that much.

The real reason most cab drivers and okada men tend to live shabby lives is the state of their minds; they see themselves as the poor lower class in society and also, as inferior people to the white collar office workers. This mentality drives them to sometimes live irresponsibly and from hand to mouth; peppersouping, bigstouting and ashaworising on evenings and weekends. The fact is that a prudent okadaman or cab driver can live a comfortable life, better than most office workers.

bloodyBLOGGER:
How one masquerade can create jobs for 1000 people
www.nairaland.com/3083962/lai-mohammed-masquerade-create-jobs
When I opened the above thread where Alh Lai Mohammed made a statement that one masquerade can create jobs for 1000 people, I was surprise by the comments that came from people about the statement. The comments showed how poor the intelligence of the Nigerian youth is as they made a jest of his statement, some out of ignorance while others were mostly out of hate for the man cos he belongs to a party that kicked their own party out of power thereby blocking all corrupt avenues they were reaping from e.g ghostworker salary.
A very intelligent mind would have scrutinized the statement very well and would have realised the lack of need to criticize but attest to the idea. But these people suffering from post-election trauma lack the capacity to reason in such a sophisticated manner, hence their open show of the illiteracy bestowed on them by 16yrs of rot.
Now, to the statement "one masquerade can employ 1000 people". How is this achievable? Shallow minds would expect that the single masquerade will open a company and send out job adverts for unemployed youths like them to apply. Such is hardly the case.
A festival for masquerades is quite an opportunity for businesses to thrive, but our problem is that we have been very myopic by doing things the same way and expecting different results. Let's say such festival spans for 2weeks; below are the opportunities it can open if we truly value such culture as much as to transform its festival by investing heavily in it.
First, each masquerade can be endorsed or branded by a corporate company thereby having the masquerade's attire designed to show the logo of the company e.g GUINNESS. That will fetch the masquerade some big box in tune of millions. The ordinary masquerade of yesterday with just 2 drummers can now employ a trumpeter, a keyboardist, a flutist and any modern musical instrument player(remember, we are doing it in a different way this time around).
Once Nigeria Breweries see that Guinness is keying into the idea, they too might decided to sponsor a group of masquerades who are also going to have their own band. With top bottling companies present at an event that could witness up to a hundred thousand viewers, be sure to have drinks flowing. That's where female ushers come in. Campus girls can take that role which gives them a job experience to write in their CV.
MTN or Airtel might jostle to be the event's official network. This might make them to consult an outsourcing firm to help recruit new hands for a contract job to cover the event. The attire the workers of these companies will wear to the event will be sewn by some individuals who will have some change to pocket.
With these companies swinging in, the media will beam their light on the event thereby popularising it to the extent of attracting the interest of foreigners who will invest in it.
What if it is done in such a way that the masquerade event is used by mobile phone companies like Slots and 3Chub to showcase their products for sale? The large turnout won't be wasted. Stands will be sold to them as they employ in-store promoters to enlighten customers about the phones. I hope you are putting the pieces together and finally getting the picture.
Now, count the amount of festivals we have in Nigeria, those for masquerades and those for others and imagine them branded or sponsored. It will really be great. Mind you, the famous English premier league EPL started of with some folks kicking a round object, now it has become Barclay's Premier League BPL with so many other sponsors. The same way adidas or a Nike endorses Wayne Rooney is the same way a company in Nigeria or from abroad can endorse chukwuemeka or gbenga who are really the ones behind the mask.
So, before you criticise next time, think deeply.
This post is for intelligent minds alone.
Written by Adewole Segun

Nigerians are largely incapable of thinking deeply. Nigerians read and listen not to understand, but rather to just respond. If they like the speaker/author, they quickly respond positively, if they don't like the person, they quickly insult and mock; this is done without any effort made to critically analyse or understand the import of the statements made.

When I read Lai's statement, I totally understood the point he was trying to make, being the minister for culture and also highlighting the potential economic value that could be tapped from promoting cultural festivals. But with the way the message sounded, I just laughed in my mind knowing how pathetically shallow Nigerians can be; I knew Lai had put himself on the spot for a barrage of insults and mocking from typically shallow thinking Nigerians. It is unfortunate though that even people like Reno who should be more sound upstairs is also a part and parcel of this shallowness.

To the author of this quoted write-up, he may as well just be wasting his time trying to enlighten or broaden the thinking faculties of a people who enjoy the bliss of their ignorance.

koboko69:
it is evident that wailers have selective or deliberate amnesia. The ineffectual buffon actually signed his budget in May 3ce, and once in April yet they come here to make noise on how budget is now rocket science.
Most of the appropriation bill were even signed into law in April, yet ipod and wailers keep attacking Buhari
mynd44, lalasticlala, modath, dropshot, passingshot, etc

Most of the wailers blaming Buhari on this forum only started paying attention to politics around 2014, and they are too intellectually lazy to do a simple google search to verify their info before jumping online to spew trash in the name of 'comparative opposition.' It is true that most of them have wilfully inflicted themselves with selective amnesia, but the bigger truth is that majority of them are just plainly ignorant.

1Tkester:
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Still full of trash! Well, I can see you're ready for my dog. I will first show your poverty stricken pics to my dog and I hope he doesn't reject you on the premise that you're dirty and raggedy.

Are you mentally okay?.... or do you mistake me for someone else?... What link has this your response got to do with the topic of discussion or my comment?

1Tkester:
You


True. But what of mile 12 incidence. Or are the Yorubas not many?

I said two (2) main things are the drivers; politics and ethnicity.

Firstly, to the best of my knowledge, the mile 12 incident was more of a clash and not a communal massacre.

Secondly, Oh Yes! Yorubas have the population, but there wouldn't be the political driver to escalate the case (and others incidents in the SW) since the Yorubas are mainly APC. Like i said before, politics is a key factor and the rabid hatred the Igbos have for Buhari and APC is the major driving factor.

Hahaha... Umahi would be torn apart and eaten raw

Make I grab my popcorn to watch the unfolding mayhem

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Fadekebisola:
Has anyone noticed the utmost seriousness given to Enugu attacks than agatu despite few persons been killed unlike agatu were hundreds were massacred...

Even to the extent of sacking CP of police in Enugu and APC governors storming Enugu.....

are some regions now more important than others?

The are several reasons the Enugu case is taken more seriously; politics and ethnicity takes the lead.

Nigerians are generally ethnocentric and don't really give a damn about others as long as we aren't affected personally by a problem. Contrary to the politically driven misconception that the fulani massacres started happening recently, this menace has gone on for years with successive governments totally ignoring the plight of middle-beltans. In summary, the middle-beltans do not have the population and their voices weren't loud enough, so their cries and lamentations were not only ignored by successive governments, but also ignored by unaffected Nigerians from other regions.

The only reason the Agatu case even received publicity this time around is because of politics; there were more voices this time to shout out and the extra voices came mainly from the south east (and this was purely because of politics (hatred for Buhari)).

Now if the voice lent by the SE could be loud enough to publicise the atrocities in the middle belt, we don't need to be surprised at what happens when this madness is actually brought into the SE with over 50 million Igbo shouting out.

OkoNDOoBo:
PDP BAYELSA- owing 5 months


PDP ONDO- owing 5 months


But their foot soiders will not allow aregbe owing 2 months to rest

And they are both oil producing states...

They should come and islamise me... I would love to see how that would happen, I'm waiting.

Fake Christians everywhere who have no idea who they are as Christians.

Any minister who thinks N4m is too small for a proper accommodation in Abuja should top the money from his pocket or should honorably resign. Befitting accommodation indeed!

The girl is now overtaking the boy in weight.

yaki84:
then stoo countering people's belief.
see as u write a full notebook on top fulani killer herdsmen.

I was called into the thread to air my own views. I did just that and moved on.

MasterofNL:
Point out a single lie in all my original post.

Did buhari not say that fighting agaitok haram was fighting against the north?

Did el rufai not describe boko haram as freedom fighters?

How come boko haram that was being handled by the police transformed into a might fighting force capable of attacking military positions and ceasing territories just after Jonathan took over?

Has the north not been employing violence to get what they want?


How come there is more cordinated attacks at the same time the fulani north is trying had to force a useless grazing bill down our throats?

Dude, I gave you my take, and I also stand by my words that all these conspiracy theories concerning the origins, the rise and rise of bokoharam, the supposed political connections, the fulani herdsmen politicisation etc etc are just bull crap. No need to start explaining my point, most Nigerians are simple-minded and are incapable of thinking out of the box or reasoning differently from the general beliefs. So I would leave it at this, everybody is entitled to their beliefs

Chaii.. GEJ at 805 my favorite spot! Funny thing is, I would have loved to be there to get a selfie

First of all, I think most of your analysis is rubbish, just the typical myopic simple-mindedness exhibited by most Nigerians who formulate and then believe strange conspiracy theories along tribal, ethnic and religious lines, an act which has never helped society in any way.

However, this is my take on the herdsmen menace. The Fulani herdsmen already have the terrorist tag, it is not my fault and it is nobody's fault but the Fulani herdsmen themselves. I also have no regrets hastily generalising this issue with all Fulanis, in all honesty, from when I was a kid, whenever I hear the word 'fulani herdsmen,' my heart skips a beat, even as the image of a sharp suya knife appears in my head. Even though I know very well that all Fulanis are not involved in this evil, I cant help this hasty generalisation because this is just how the human mind works; the Fulanis themselves should do more to rebrand their own image. We should always learn to condemn evil irrespective of whether the culprits are our brothers or not or else, it may not be long before the monsters we fail to tame today (because of some silly clannish reasons) come back to haunt us. A similar case of bokoharam is still fresh on our minds, militancy in the south that degenerated from kidnapping foreigners, to kidnapping everyone including indigenes is another example. For the record, the above advice doesn't apply to only the Fulanis, we already know of cases of some individuals glorifying the activities of miscreants sabotaging economic infrastructure in the south because they foolishly think they are punishing the president.

Another point I have to make is that as Nigerians, we must learn to stop politicizing every issue. The marauding herdsmen today have been in existence for a long time committing inhumane acts and ethnic cleansing. That it was never reported does not mean it never happened and I strongly believe the main reason they are getting more and more daring by the day is because no government so far has thought it wise to checkmate their activities, hence they've been growing from strength to strength as their activities have been totally unchecked. Furthermore, their activities gets more publicity today purely because of politics, and also because they now seem to be moving further south seeing that their activities are never checked.

From Nigerian history, these myopic attempts to politicise major humanitarian issues always ends in disaster. The very moment the PDP government labelled bokoharam a tool by political opponents to destabilise and make the country ungovernable for GEJ, that was the very moment bokoharam started waxing stronger and the FG started getting weaker and totally confused; the FG was obviously treating the wrong disease. To date, a lot of people (including the OP) myopically and ignorantly still believe the bokoharam Islamic terrorist group was created to destabilise GEJ's government, this is notwithstanding the fact that the mindless violence of the group started even before GEJ.

Today we are going down the very same myopic road as the age long Fulani herdsmen violence is now being portrayed as politics of Buhari vs GEJ. Apparently Buhari is using herdsmen to destabilise his own government, or No! he's using the herdsmen to promote his alleged Islamization policy of land grabbing via the proposed grazing bill. Until the black man begins to think out of the box, we will continue to be mental slaves to ourselves.

For now though, Obailala says NO to the grazing bill because of the controversial land grabbing aspect, i also believe modern day ranching would be more beneficial for our cattle production and for the sake of peace. In the meantime, I see no reason why the disturbed communities down south shouldnt constitute vigilante groups to defend its territory.

erico2k2:
to your first paragraph < i challenge you to post where I STATED THAT THERE WAS NO TOLL IN THE WESTERN WORLD, if you can't it means you are high on cheap weed if you can it means I am a lazy old bag and higher on cheap weed, Im waiting


CONGESTION charges aren't TOLL
REASON,If I live inside the area,I am exempt up to %90 or near I am exempt up to %90 does that sound like TOLL?
If I hold a valid Blue badge I don't have to pay regardless of waht I drive .Does that sound like TOLL?
IF I am a taxi driver I do not have to pay any money regardless of how many times I drive into the congestion zone.Does that sound like TOLL?
The primary reason the Congestion charge was introduced in LONDON in the year 2003 was to reduce congestion in central London, period not to generate funds to maintain the roads ,[color=#990000][/color].

To the Dartford Crossing, Go and ask if that is in LONDON,

TAXI DO NOT PAY CONGESTION CHARGES
TAXI PAY TOLL CHARGES TO CROSS DARTFORD BRIDGE AND THE M60(Both not in london)
ELECTRIC VEHICLES DO NOT PAY CONGESTION CHARGES BUT PAY TO CROSS DARTFORD BRIDGE
The Congestion areas(Roads) have been around for more than 400 years but the TOLL Roads across the UK where just Built and then tolled, it was never free anyday.
I have copied this from your link
https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/congestion-charge/discounts-and-exemptions?intcmp=2133

Exemptions
You don't have to pay the Congestion Charge or register with us if the vehicle is recorded at the DVLA in one of these categories:

Two-wheeled motorbikes (and sidecars) and mopeds
Emergency service vehicles, such as ambulances and fire engines, which have a taxation class of 'ambulance' or 'fire engine' on the date of travel
NHS vehicles that are exempt from vehicle tax
Vehicles used by disabled people that are exempt from vehicle tax and have a 'disabled' taxation class
Vehicles for more than one disabled person (for example Dial-a-Ride) that are exempt from vehicle tax and have a 'disabled' taxation class
This information will be on your vehicle's V5C (logbook). If you are unsure then please contact us.

Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles

Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles are exempt from paying the Congestion Charge when actively licensed with London Taxi and Private Hire (TPH). The exemption for Private Hire Vehicles only applies when undertaking private hire bookings.

A vehicle will be removed from the register of exempt vehicles on the surrender, expiry or revocation of the license.

Other exemptions

Certain vehicles, including buses, registered in European Economic Area member states, must also be registered with us to qualify for an exemption.

Other categories of exemption include:

HM Coastguard and Port Authorities
Certain operational vehicles used by the London boroughs
The armed forces
Royal Parks Agency
Breakdown organisations

So because licensed taxi cabs are exempt from paying a toll, then it is no longer a toll abi?.... Motorists pay to pass a road but you think this isnt a toll because the reason for collecting this money isnt for the road's maintenance? Wow!

Okay you know what?... I give-in to ur superior argument, you win! London roads are not TOLLED, even though you get to pay a CHARGE of about £11 any day you drive through certain roads (you are only exempt if you are a licensed taxi cab or are a resident of the area close to the chargeable road).

And yeah, sorry for misunderstanding your special use of words. I must have wrongly interpreted your question below to loosely mean "government built roads aren't tolled in western countries"

erico2k2:
name one western country where govt build roads %100 and toll it?

erico2k2:
See how you just embarrassed yourself all cos you managed to buy MB on your phone , buy fuel to charge you phone and then post rubbish. read the links again, Non of those roads are in London from teh first link you posted, the dartford crossing I have only gone fru once in my life and that was by mistake, its one of the many branches of the M25,there are loads of plenty free route,there are other provision, its just quicker to link kent from there.This boils down to the fact that the Govt gave options and even as we speak they are losing money on that toll hence they sacked all the people Manning it and introduce ANPRs to clock VRMs of cars and I'm one of the people who installed the ANPRs
On your second paragraph the company I worked for also fixed the AMPRs for the London CONGESTION CHARGES. IT IS NOT A TOLL, read it again,Mini cabs, Black Cab taxis ,Hackney cariages are exempt from paying it, their VRMs are programmed into its database,people who live inside the Zone do not pay,People who work Inside the zone but live outside get up to %30 discount.people who live within a mile of it get up to %40.
I was asking you to tell me a name of a road in LONDON which is tolled.
Now let me state here there is no TOLL within London not one, only the inter city roads are tolled, check the very link you posted there is non of those road in london.
The M60 was built on PPP,it cuts the journey from the south to manchester in the North by up to 2 hours in some cases even more,ie faster, Now you do not have to go on it, you can stick to the the M40 route and go via Birmingham,there are loads of options up north.
BE INFORMED and stop posting rubbish that's my advice for you,learn to hold your govt to account dont just swallow everything the throw at you, they have a civic duty to make life easy for you as you pay tax.

Your unintelligence is quite provocative. How can a human reason so lowly?

First you claim roads in the western world are not tolled, I showed you examples of several major UK tolled roads and also explained to you how several roads are tolled within London in the form of congestion charges. Then you switched your argument by claiming the major roads I mentioned in the link are outside London. This is the very first case of you admitting shamelessly to your originally intended deceit where you claimed that roads aren't tolled in developed nations.

By the way, what's the meaning of the rubbish you spewed about the Dartford crossing not being a tolled road because the tolling system uses ANPR technology?.... What do you also mean by saying congestion charges aren't tolls?... Can you drive through the roads for free?.... can I drive through those roads for free?... Your argument is that people who live within the area, and cab drivers who pass often are granted discounts in the payment?.... Do you even listen to yourself and your meaningless inconsistency?.... Or probably in your own wisdom, you assume a tolled road must have a toll gate manned with humans as we do in the 3rd world right?... If payment for using the road is not taken by humans, then such a payment for using the road cannot be called a toll?

Abeg am I the only one reading these rubbish you've been posting all day?.... I really wish someone would come and rescue me from this your torture by telling me you are simply playing with my head.

erico2k2:
where did you get the idea that the bridge would be tolled? if they did wont we stick to the old one?

erico2k2:
No road in LONDON is tolled,why spread wrong info? I have driven in London for 12 years.have you driven half a day

erico2k2:
Stop talking rubish,why should I take anything you say serious when you are here embarassing yourself talking crapp like all roda or most roads in london are tolled when infact NO ROAD IN LONDON is tolled.

- You claim and insists there are NO plans to toll the proposed 2nd Niger bridge
- You also claim and insist you live in London and NO roads in London are tolled

Firstly, I need to come to terms with the fact that I'm arguing with a person who has absolutely no idea and no clue about the plan to toll the proposed 2nd Niger Bridge for 25 years. The sorry part of your case is that even after being informed, you still stubbornly insist in wallowing in your ignorance, when you should have quietly done a simple google search to confirm and consolidate the knowledge and info being passed to you.

Then again, you claim you live in London, but obviously, living in london is not an automatic ticket to being knowledgeable or informed on all matters. You claim you have driven in London for 12 years but you haven't heard of 'congestion charges' in central London roads? This is however not unusual for people WHO DO NOT DRIVE, so stop lying to yourself and exposing further ignorance here, YOU DO NOT DRIVE IN LONDON.

Here is a link from the UK government's official website highlighting the tolled roads within the UK.
https://www.gov.uk/uk-toll-roads
Below is a link from the Transport for London website talking of congestion charges on London roads.
https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/congestion-charge

I feel embarrassed having to even respond to your ignorant comments but I am only responding for the sake of others reading this. I dont expect these postings to make any sense to you because you have proven and re-proven yourself to be averse to knowledge and information; you obviously prefer swimming in your 'I live in London' ignorance.

Kennydoc:
You guys ran GEJ down over the idea of tolling the bridge. Hope you haven't forgotten that. Igbos were insulted because a very crucial bridge GEJ promised them would be tolled.
Everybody knows that GEJ proposed tolling the bridge, so your last statement doesn't hold water.

My last statement may not hold water or make any sense today, but it's a prophetic statement, as long as we remain in this our Nigeria, it will surely come to pass that when the bridge is eventually commisioned with a toll gate, the blame would be put on Fashola and Buhari (with GEJ totally exonerated) for introducing tolls to the only major project in the zone. Already on this thread, there already exists some not-too-informed individuals (like the one I quoted above) who has no clue that there was a plan to toll the bridge. When the time comes, such individuals would lead the pack to spread falsehood and propaganda to the gullible majority about how GEJ gave a free bridge and APC tolled it, just mark my words.

As for running GEJ down regarding tolling of the bridge, Oh Yes I did. I am not in support of tolling the bridge especially when we consider how long the Igbo nation has been asking for this very bridge. It's the least the government can and should do to make life easy for travellers on this route. However, if they claim tolling is the only way this bridge or other projects can ever be accomplished, then so be it. I would rather pay a token to go on a magnificent highway than ride on jallopy life threatening death traps which we have spread all over Nigeria.

erico2k2:
where did you get the idea that the bridge would be tolled? if they did wont we stick to the old one?

I am vigorously shaking my head in disgust at your display of ignorance regarding the PPP nature of the proposed 2NB. A simple google search would have saved you this embarassment.

erico2k2:
name one western country where govt build roads %100 and toll it?

The most likely reason the roads would be tolled is because they would be built on a PPP basis. Private investors bring majority of the funds, build the roads and then recoup their money over many years through tolls. A typical example is the 2nd Niger Bridge project which is being built on a PPP basis.

And yeah, not that I encourage tolling, but contrary to your assumptions, in western countries, tolling of roads is a norm. Most roads in London are tolled (on weekdays only) as a means to encourage people to use public transport and decongest the roads.

Kennydoc:
You would have run GEJ down with your fingers if this idea was initiated by his government. Imagine celebrating toll gates...! I shudder at your reasoning sometimes.
If the idea of tolling our roads was the best, why was it stopped years ago? In a country where citizens struggle to survive on their meagre incomes, somebody is celebrating excess taxation of the people. I seriously SMH for you.

The proposed 2nd Niger bridge by GEJ will be heavily tolled, and yeah, that was GEJ's idea. I'm sure when that bridge is eventually completed, Jonathanians would wilfully and dubiously erase from their memory, the fact that the tolling idea was from GEJ; I can already foresee how Fashola and Buhari would be fried when that bridge is eventually completed and the toll takes effect. The argument would go like this "GEJ gave us a bridge, Fashola and Buhari put toll gates on it."

Pidggin:
If we have recovered funds why was PMB begging China for loan?

Nigeria has a massive infrastructure deficit and it needs all the funds it can get. Recovered funds isnt enough and is just a drop of water compared to the ocean needed to bridge Nigeria's infrastructure gap.

I feel embarrassed having to explain this to a full grown supposedly educated adult, because even my 7 year old niece knows this. The way in which politics deflates the intelligence of some humans is mind boggling.

Let the freaking roads be good, that's all Nigerians need. I'd rather pay a token whenever I travel and ride on smooth roads, than travel on crater filled landmine paths and end up checking into a hospital or auto garage upon completion of my journey.

LadyExcellency:
Did you understand the comment you responded to?

Let me respond to your questions.

1. 22% capital, 78% recurrent for 2015 was approved by National Assembly and signed by GEJ.

The anticipated 2016 "change" budget is 30% capital and 70% recurrent expenditures hence I see no astronomical difference.

My question was a response to Ekoile's reply to the Op's request for commissioned projects. Was Buhari not expected to implement and execute 2015 budget? If not, why not?

Was it not implemented?... The point I made was simple, and it was in response to those expecting series of commisioned projects. How do you commission projects when the budget wasnt really fashioned to complete any projects?... 5% of required project cost is budgeted and some people expect projects to be commisioned here and there?... na wa oh! This NL politics keeps getting more and more boring.

LadyExcellency:
You forgot that 60% of 2015 budget (March, 2015 - March, 2016) was supposed to be executed by Buhari's administration.

How much out if that 2015 budget was earmarked for capital projects?.... A recurrent expenditure based budget was passed by your GEJ, you had absolutely no problem with that, but then, you accuse Buhari of not carrying out capital projects in 2015, probably he should have carried out extra-budgetary projects so you can have good grounds to impeach him right?

porka:
"Einstein", your initial claim was that Buhari inherited a 2.3% GDP growth, it is a lie. And you should stop the falsehood, ok.

Seeing that your lie was busted, you are now laboring to be clever with a childish definition "2nd quarter" - April - June.

Then seeing that your lie is going to catch up with you even with your own "definition", you adopted a preemptive attack -

That's the tactics of the guilty. You should have left it as is and allow independent minded folks to judge your "advertised intelligence".

[size=15pt]Be that as it may, Buhari's election win, announced on April 1st, effectively put Jonathan's administration in a LAME-DUCK MODE, and virtually all economic activities were on hold.[/size]

Smart investors, businesses and corporates withheld spending on investments until the swearing-in - until the direction of Buhari's government was clear. All you kept hearing at the time was, "after the swearing-in".

No intelligent businessperson will put his/her money down under uncertainty, especially as Buhari was blowing hot-air all over the world without regard to the grievous damage he was doing to the Nigeria's economy - he hasn't stopped really.

They all waited for an economic policy direction of the incoming government - Buhari presented NONE then, and has failed to present any, almost one clear year after the election.

The oil price decline that you kept hammering on doesn't present the whole story.

Indeed, the oil sector constitutes a miserly 9.80% of the GDP.

While the non-oil sector constitutes a massive 90.20%.

Oil price story is for government revenue and foreign currency (dollar) reserves - it is a shame you don't know these things.

Data from the NBS you quoted (how could the SMART ONE not have seen it?) show that the growth of oil production has always been below the growth of the non-oil sector.

Even when the oil price was high, Nigeria's crude oil production level was hampered by oil thefts and shut-ins which made budgetary provisions largely unmet.

Your penchant for data manipulation to LIE for Buhari is legendary on this forum.

The data you have with you is not for mischief. Neither is it to just STARE at the graphs like kindergarten pupils.

They are for serious analyses, the type of which only the initiates/adults are capable of interpreting.

Get a tutorial from a close cousin or a neighbor, quickly.

You are quite shameless hope you know that?...

The bolded part of your message, you accuse Buhari of crashing the economy EVEN before he took over?... wow! Buhari must be a miracle worker to you for his body language to start crashing the economy even when GEJ was still leader. This has to be the lamest and most shameless attempt at exonerating your hero. And I ask again, from the chart, it can clearly be seen that the growth rate had already started falling from mid 2014 and it reached the lowest as at 2Q 2015, was Buhari also responsible for that downward trend?

I have made it clear to you that the economic buoyancy Nigeria enjoyed under GEJ was just a function of super high oil prices; the moment oil prices started crashing from 3Q 2014, Nigeria's economy instantly started going under. But you stubbornly insist that it must be the emergence of Buhari and not oil prices, and then you come up with such an embarrassing explanation above?... Probably in your wisdom again, 'The Nigerian Economy' foresaw up to 8 months ahead of time that Buhari was going to win GEJ in 2015, so the economy began to nosedive ahead of time from late 2014. You totally refuse to agree it has anything to do with oil prices nor GEJ, it justhas to be the buhari you hate so much.

By the way, I didnt bother reading the rest of those things you wrote after I arrived at that bolded sentence.

Some people wicked shaa.... where did they raise this picture from?