₦airaland Forum

musagabasawa:
“We are happy to inform Nigerians that as of the end of September 2015, over 1.4 trillion Naira – which hitherto was lying unproductively in various commercial banks – has been recovered
and paid into the TSA,” APC said.

But then with all these monies you said Nigeria is broke?

What is the meaning of all these comments about 'Nigeria is broke' etc.? Are you guys primary school pupils to not understand the meaning of the word broke?... If a country with over 160million people has less than $30billion as its foreign exchange reserve, what do you term that?...

Dangote is worth about $20billion today, if peradventure he suffers a kind of misfortune and his wealth drops to $1billion, he will be termed broke. I do not know if it is poverty mentality or if it is just an intentional decision to reason like children in order to have something to say, else I don't know what is too complex for some individuals to understand in the concept that a country which struggles to pay its workers is broke.

I personally dont think it is a good idea to pay unemployed youths, Nigeria is still too undeveloped and infrastructurally deficient to be spending such massive sums to pay youths. If these funds can be raised, it should be channelled to proper infrastructural development instead of squandering it on some flimsy election campaign promise.

Give us standard railways, fix the major federal roads, 6 world class hospitals in the 6 geopolitical zones, fix the 2nd Niger bridge and solve decades of clamour, build or revive a seaport in the eastern zone and boost the economy and revenue from the eastern zone, actualise the Mambilla plateau hydro dam project and instantly add over 3000MW of electricity to the national grid, build a coal power plant in Enugu and revive the coal mines, build just one extra refinery and 'properly' privatise the rest. If the FG can achieve these things and many more, they dont need to squander trillions paying youths in order to appease anyone. Our youths are willing and able to work, teach and enable them to fish.

7 to 8Tn budget, that's a huge leap even when oil proces are rock bottom. I wonder where the money wpuld come from, but I hope and pray this will come to pass. God bless Nigeria!

Goodnews! This competition is very welcome. BA, Virgin and Arik don cut person neck tire...

The legacy of PDP after their 16 years jamboree and destruction. Some S Easterners actually advertised this road as one of the giant strides of GEJ in the SE; the evil and folly that dwells in the hearts of men.

Let's watch and see what APC has to offer us; for those who actually wanted GEJ and PDP to continue destroying for a further 4 years, only God will judge you all.

2muchopoTBdope:
I don't know if I am the only one noticing this,I hardly hear the slogan 'Sai Baba'. The truth is I was among those who once chanted 'Sai Baba' at some point. I'm nat partisan so I didn't mind seeing change as PMB won and I still praise GEJ for d peaceful transition. A lot of nigerians were happy to see PMB win basically cos it was said that he was anti-corrupt. People danced, merried , died even cos of celebration, I was around Apapa, lagos that evening PMB won, those hausa okada riders were stunting with their bikes like it was F1, people chanted 'SAI BaBa!!!'. Few months into his rule, a lot has happened and we all know,no need to mention. My question is 'When Last did u hear someone shout 'Sai Baba'?? For me, e don tey walahi...make I give una one 'Sai Baba'...looool

Election is over bro... How would you expect people to be living in the past?....

When last did you hear of the words TAN or TANOID or even 'GEJ till Infinity'?

Huh?... Engine caught fire?... Now this is a clearly different story from the 'plane losing cabin pressure' which was reported earlier.

onlyme12:
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A Medview aircraft has crash landed at the domestic wing of the Muritala Muhammed 2 Airport in Lagos today.

The plane was headed headed for Abuja, but had to make an emergency landing few minutes after take off due the fact that the engine caught fire. The Airline tweeted apologies immediately after to its passengers.
http://www.nigerianewsheadlines.com/?p=13096

Please Op where did you get the story of engine catching fire from?.... The link you posted clearly did not state that.

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A lie churning online machinery created by a staunch TANOID after GEJ was booted out and which has one and only one objective, 'To denigrate PMB' by hook or by crook. They dont even have even the tiniest wisdom at least to sugarcoat some of their lies a bit to make it sound true.

Only desperate wailers and Jonathanians fall over themselves in their frustration to take such trolls seriously.

pedrilo:
mumu! just listen to urself! if tins shud continue as they were in the past, where then is the CHANGE u people talked about?

Just like I've always responded to this question, there's absolutely no point in pointing out any change to you guys. For someone who never saw anything wrong with the misrule of the last administration, you will never see any CHANGE even if its dangled on your faces.

The typical situation of the black man...

chukkiephil:
WHERE IS THE CHANGE!!!

For people who spent 5 solid years watching GEJ's reign but could not see any errors and were totally oblivious of anything which was wrong with that regime, even if the CHANGE is dangled in your faces, 100 years may not be enough for you to recognise it.

So please give me one good reason why I or anyone else should bother explaining anything to you?

adconline:
Back to Naija retarded mentality.. Everybody did it, therefore it's my turn to do it twice. Naija is toast!!

Leaders do this all over the world even in the most developed countries.... bot convenient though but it is not a strange occurence. I can even assure you that the 30cars and 30mins wait is a great improvement from what was prevalent just in the recent past so at the end, this is still a bit of an improvement.

biafranqueen:
Did others promise Change?
Blocked roads...
Blocked economy...
Blocked jobs...
Blocked trading..
Supported by Block heads

Just sit back and watch your amusing hypocrisy. You did not mind when others in the past did WORSE. But you now give a damn because you KNOW the present leadership is known to be more responsible. Anyway, this your response is a subtle acknowledgedment of the progress which this govt stands for.

ARIZONA123:
. Ur fath.er lunatic ,ur mother asha.wo and you urself a wastrel that should have been aborted through the soakaway. Nkita ara

Go and take your drugs please..

ejitemi1:
I have got a job finally!! 
I want to thank God for d miraculous way in which he did it.

Let me tell you all my story. I studied an engineering course in the University, graduate with a 2.1 and  finished my NYSC early  last year. I have submitted countless applications online,(because I had a 2.1 I always get test invitations) & did over 20 tests and interviews but always get the "we will get back to you" feedback.

Out of frustration I took a 35K job offer as a Sales rep in a FMCG company, the MD of the company is very abusive and always hire and fire at will. I did this job for over a year till I got fed up because I couldn't take it anymore.

During the 1year period of working in the FMCG company, I kept updating my skills by learning AutoCAD, PDMS and 2 other engineering softwares from my savings because those trainings are very expensive.

I resigned few months back and relocated to Lagos. Then I continued applying for jobs online and then I compiled a list of almost 200 oil and gas companies in Lagos through google and linkedin contacts, wrote their names, addresses , fone numbers and emails. I sent unsolicited applications together with my CV to all the companies and waited for 2 weeks but yet no positive responses.

Then I changed tactics and started sending text messages & calling the landlines of those companies yet I kept getting the same responses of "we are not employing for now", "the oil industry is in crisis", "We'll get back to you if we need you". 

Then last week I got fed up and started visiting those companies physically to drop hard copies of my CVs and applications. Then within few days, I started getting test & interview invitations, but all are still inconclusive. Then I got a call last week friday to come to an oil servicing company I submitted CV in VI. I went there I was told they are interested in me because of the engineering softwares I said I know and we did the interview and on the spot the told me the job function as a Trainee Engineer, and I was really happy that I will get good experience with the job, but what shocked me the most was when the issue of salary came, they asked what I would collect I wanted to mention that it is in the region of 70-90K so as not to discourage them because we are all aware of the Issues in the Oil & Gas industry and also because the company was a small one with just an ugly bungalow and am sure their staffs are not up to 20,  then I told them am willing to go with their company's structure for entry-level engineers. Then the HR just told me the will start with an amount (over 100K) & that I am to start immediately, and asked if I will take it, I was speechless and just said Yes, because despite the mass sacking in the oil industry & bad economy I still got a good job without any connection or experience in the oil industry. I couldn't hold my joy when I was shown to my work station and work commenced. Pls fellow applicants don't loose hope, keep trusting God and He will do it for us all.

Xoxo

Congrats...

Dog or cow wey nor get tail, na God dey pursue fly for am.

It just irritates me when I hear people use this word 'JUICY' to describe government appointments. Such descriptions could only be the product of a heart and soul soaked in corruption. Unfortunately most Nigerians are guilty of this.

ARIZONA123:
. Yorubastard. Accursed foool from Ondo. Don't worry ur matter has been tabled. Ur files will soon load finish. You will hear ur name soon. Mpama

Lunatic alert... stop chasing me around please.

Ciscogod:
Ben bruce heading commitee.

First time Senator.

Change indeed.

Akpabio, first time senator is the class prefect for PDP senators (minority leader)

As usual... Hope Delta state hasn't entered another one half chance like the one it just escaped from?

BushidoBlue:
I have quoted this as your first wail is expected on January 1st. That day ask God for forgiveness of the sin of insulting the innocent and propagating lies instead of the truth.

Marked down just a few weeks away.

Haha... dont be surprised that on that day, even you will see the light, be marvelled and you will quit being a wailer yourself. Amen!

hinwazaka:
I thought Buhari was going to battle the oil marketers with his military might. So he cowered to them afterall, even paying the illegal backdrop which was the reason for the insistence of the ex finance minister to postpone their payment. APC, all mouth, no action.

See these winsh dem... they are actually fasting and praying for PMB not to pay so Nigerians would suffer a major fuel scarcity in December. These diabolic trolls actually pray for Nigeria to crumble so they would laugh and blame Buhari.... kpians!

ofenmanucom:
After which it becomes wailing unlimited... Don't expect any magic from the Dullard. It won't happen. The old man has no idea about 21st century governance

Then it is the former goat and yam theory stealing is not corruption america will know president that understands the rudiments of 21st century governance?... Odiegwu!

Descartes:
You no dey shame?

Shame for what?... saying the truth?

VickJames:
This is what I am trying to say. The country is been built for corruption. The setting will always breed corruption. When you approach a particular the wrong way, there bound to be problems. the sharing formular of wealth in this country makes it easy for corruption to linger and very difficult to tame.

for example, an hausa man knows that after 8 years, they will not come governance, what will he do? he will take his time and deal with the economy, so that his people will not blame him that he didnt favour them. that is how the whole economy is been run. why do you think people fight for their own people to be in power? it is for this same reason. there is no element of patriotism in the hearts of the people running this country.

The major reason I think this country should is basically because the economy cannot carry its people anymore. if you continue to drag this thing, it will come to a time when you be able to feed. Even if they diversify the economy, what do you think the other region will say? it will be another set fighting and corruption from the other people in that region.

the cycle will go on and on. if you complain about corruption in nigeria, the people where the so called president is coming will attack you and cite many leaders from your tribe that is also corrupt. the problem is too much.

No doubt, there is a major problem with our type of federal system which doesnt encourage hard work especially for the parasitic zones. I am in total support of a return to proper federalism (with minimum of 50% derivation as it was practised back in the days) and not an outright secession especially a secession whose foundation is built on hate, hate and hate as we see today.

Secondly, I think the SE also has a very major problem of leadership at the local level and if I am to prioritise, I think we should be sorting out the cleaning of our house before we run to the federal level. Charity should really begin at home.

VonBismark:
really don't know why u compare Jigawa to states in the south east but that's ur opinion. Now let me ask u what does the SS have that the SE don't have?

I wasn't trying to justify the horrible type of federal system we practice where Jigawa gets more money, I was only trying to paint a general picture based on the statement I quoted. We still have states in the SE that fall in a similar class (not exactly as bad) as the Jigawa example and if we check the combined income from the entire SE, you will discover the zone still gets more federal allocation than it generates. I have given this example just to point out the need for more revenue to be generated in the zone because if there's a separation today, the oil from Imo and Abia will not sustain the entire zone adequately.

In fact to cut this long story short, I was only trying to point out the failure of SE leaders to manage and generate wealth and also to judiciously utilise this wealth; this failure in leadership in my opinion is the single greatest problem we have in the SE and not yoruba or hausa like plenty school of thoughts are postulating and inciting our youths to believe. We must learn to look inwards.

VickJames:
Every oil producing state gives more than it receives from the federal government. Meaning Imo and Abia states are shortchanged. Why will Jigawa receive more allocation than Abia state when it gives more to the federal purse than the state.

Removing bad governance which I believe will be non-existent in Biafra, the igbo people will do well if they secede. If you really want to know about the southeast, you will know that the region has very high human capital development. And if the proposed seaport comes to life, we will do well on our own than this union. There are many indications showing that we will not lack if we secede from this country. it is no boast

Is there a secret the pro-secessionists know that they are not telling us?... Please my brother, kindly explain how or why you believe bad leadership will be non-existent or will miraculously disappear once we separate?...

This fantasy reasoning keeps baffling me but everyone just believes this 'sweet talk' but no one has an explanation as to how it can be achieved. Is this just wishful thinking or is it a case of strong FAITH or are there actually underground works in place to achieve this?... If it can be achieved after a separation, why can this secret strategy not be achieved today before this separation?... Why must we suffer and wait till we separate before we apply this holy grail to good governance?... and if we had visionary and sensible leaders in the SE, who said a viable seaport wouldn't have been built long ago?... Oh lest I forget, Mazi Kanu gave the answer to this question in America recently, he told our youths that it is ndi ugwu awusa na ndi ofe mmanu that are responsible for ensuring we keep choosing bad leaders in the SE. No wonder our youths have jumped into the streets chanting hate slogans with a full belief that the moment we 'Change our Name,' things will automatically be all right. It's a pity!

VickJames:
Sam Mbakwe tried in his own capability to bring the state to limelight but you will not zero the fact that low allocation and little or no federal presence contributes to the state the south east is at the moment. If you look at how they will be forced to pay workers and also pay for other recurrent expenditures, you'll know it is only smart investment that can only bring the east from the shithole it is at the moment.

like i said the other time, the southeast governors are fools and do not know how to manage funds except for what Peter Obi did in anambra state. The rest have been stupid and they have been killing themselves for small revenue. They have seen that they cannot do much, instead if investing the little they have, they expressly launder the rest and run away.

Now, let me ask this question, what is the economic importance of Jigawa state in Nigeria that it receives higher allocation than many southern states.

The same way in which Jigawa receives more allocations than it pays to the centre is the same way the SE states receive more allocations than they pay to the centre so this your last question really has no basis. It is the SS that feeds the entire nation; if any group should be protesting that states like Jigawa receives allocation, it is the SS states. If the FG stops sharing monthly allocations and implements 100% resource control, the SE states together with almost other states in Nigeria will be poorer.

I am still yet to hear an explanation from anyone about how things will be better for the SE following secession especially if the SS isn't involved. If there is any wonderful thing that can be done overnight to raise the income, I wonder what stops such from being implemented now by the individual SE states and I wonder why we must wait till we create an international boundary from Nigeria before such ideas are brought forward or implemented.

ARIZONA123:
. Must you masturbate on every biafra thread? Guy you are soo useless and jobless. Get a life dude

You are more useless for following me and quoting me about. There are too many biafran threads being opened per second by your likes which litter Nairaland. It is difficult to roam about without bumping into them.

freeradical:
My point is that it is difficult for Nigerians to have that unity of purpose which is what drives nation building because the various ethnicities hardly see themselves as one. America is like the model multi ethnic nation in the world but what people fail to realize is that they were able to rise above their challenges because they had a strong unity to drive out their oppressor from their land. Here independence was handed over to us on a platter by the Brits in a neo-colonialist sense and they pitch us against one another thereby gaining control over us. If the other ethnic groups are also sincerely suffering from neglect due to bad governance I expect that they support the s.easterners and also clamor for their own self actualization. We need to have unity of purpose if not we can never be a nation.

My point is that we keep misdiagnosing our problems. Whether we are united with other tribes or not, I do not see how that would affect the ability of the governor of Imo or Anambra or Abia or Enugu or Ebonyi from delivering quality leadership and development to their constituents who are all from a single tribe. When we can achieve this extraordinary development/progress within the 5 Igbo speaking states for instance, then we can start thinking about tackling the problems of the 'outsiders.' If the problem of local leadership still persists, I do not understand how breaking away will automatically solve the problem.

Instead of an outright breakaway (which I believe will come with lots of its own problems), I think we should first be clamouring for better leadership at the local level and then true federalism with resource control. The SW and SS and middle belt are also in support of true federalism. But for any progress to be made in that direction, all southern zones have to unite together. I believe true federalism will come with all the benefits that an outright secession will bring and it will also avoid the disadvantages of an outright secession.

VickJames:
An eastern region with very low allocation should be as developed as other states who have higher allocation. how many roads can 1.2 billion repair in a month with other recurrent expenditures? how much will julius berger and other construction companies accept for building roads in the east? Some of the roads that are federal government roads while others are state government roads.

i am not holding brief for the different stupid governors in the east who are more or less illiterates in the management of funds and use of their intellectual capabilities. they have failed to used their brains to think of ways to generate funds rather than waste it.

the current setting doesnt help and will not help.

Is the low allocation or low income caused by the other tribes in Nigeria?... What are south eastern leaders doing collectively to increase the collective income of their states?... As a matter of fact, if we begin to practice true federalism today with full resource control, the 5 south eastern states will crumble just like many other states in Nigeria and the no single state would be able to pay salaries.

If we talk of little revenue, was it not the same little revenue that great men like Dee Sam Mbakwe received in the 80's yet he was able to turn Imo state to small London?... Now without any reasonable effort being made to generate revenue by our leaders, without any reasonable effort being made to manage the little revenue being received, without any reasonable effort to judiciously use the little resources to better the life of south easterners, our dubious present day leaders have succeeded in deceiving the people and shifting attention from themselves to 'other tribes' as the problem of our development even while they continue to pillage and plunder the meagre resources.

Now we suddenly believe that the moment we break away from Nigeria (without addressing this leadership issue first), then everything will miraculously turn around. When we break away, then at that time we will start to hold our leaders accountable, when we break away, our leaders will then miraculously start being proactive, when we break away, we will automatically/miraculously start generating more revenue. In fact just recently, Nnamdi Kanu in the US made a statement that it is ndi awusa na ndi yoruba that have been planting all our bad Igbo governors and leaders since 1999, and a lot of our youths swallow such trash and run into the streets. It really shocks me how people can open their eyes widely but cannot see or diagnose what the real problem is.

gab264:
eurobomber!!!!! ur a complete idiot!!
Your brain I fink has sunk so low that u barely fink upright"
Shame unto u.
Shame unto u'
Shame until yaa tribe.
Shame is your name"
Shame will begot your generation"
Everything about u is a shame.

God bless ipob

Lol... The hate has been instilled already, anyone and everyone who thinks differently is a saboteur and an enemy; he must be insulted, cursed and even killed if possible.

Such a group of hopeless delusionists!

Lol... Well, a lot of people now have genuine reasons to lose patience; honeymoon period is definitely over. It is now allowed to wail, but please wail responsibly

As for me and my house, I give PMB till 01/01/16.