₦airaland Forum

I thought there was a declaration of emergency on security few months back. What happened to that emergency?

Wike will sponsor Anyanwu to contest governorship to wrestle power from Hope Uzodinma and prevent him from annointing a successor, because Gov Uzodimma has been the one propping and backing Fubara in the APC

Was this man not appointed recently after the sacking of the last guy, Farouk?

Good one.

I think NAF should purchase more armed drones. Less noisy and can loiter for longer time.

I hear jets are noisy and terrorists hear them and scatter long before the jets can strike.

grandiose4ever:
When we were screaming that subsidy removal is a scam. People said those of us with objections are wailers. Now we see the impact - prices have spiralled out of control and there's no meaningful cushion for the public.

True! Bigger question is now we have no FG subsidy, why are we still borrowing and why is our budget still underfunded

Does it mean background checks are not conducted on monarchs prior to coronation?

integrity16:
When they removed obasa, was Tinubu aware of it?

Well....guess who is speaker now?

Sounds more like a campaign pitch

Sanwo Olu and co wont endorse Hamzat without Tinubu already endorsing him

Good initiative really.

The bigger question is the ability of the local manufacturers to meet demand. They should also be supported, so cost of production (power costs, logistics and taxes) does not make prices unaffordable for nigerians

Bigger question is why are election observers being paid by the FG?

More like fufu and salad

Is the problem the price of high cost of aviation fuel or the shortage of it?

If it is just a price issue, cant they increase their fares?

The people given money to mobilize attendees ate the money.

The people seyi picked to do this movement just want to cash out quick. He needs to be more careful who he works with

Bigger question is....what have previous investment summits yielded for the state

But the main issue raised was still not addressed

Abuja...very decent. Close to 18hours.

Was very poor recently

Okay. The public are not the ones to provide the solutions. Question back to you.

How does the govt intend to solve the poverty problem

Trusting mortals for spiritual guidance

2018 Highlander LE. GRIMALDI.

Compromise please

So they can weed out party members who were not loyal to the Tinubu side.

E.g El Rufai son

It was not war during Bubu's era?

So now, we fit "chop statistics" abi?

If you car is registered with a plate number, then there is no need to register you tint seperately.

If any car is found to be used to commit a crime, just look up the owner of the car through their plate number.

First consider youe spouse a friend before a partner. If you cant be friends, you cant be partners.

In short, marry your bestfriend.

Gerrard59:
The Netherlands grow more food and is more productive than every country in Africa, yet has fewer hands working on its farms. More hands and legs on the farm do not equate to higher productivity.

True true. But....

90% of nigerian farming is not mechanized.

Countries with declining populations are turning to immigration to keep the economies from declining.

My point is that A large Population should not be discouraged. It is an asset to any country that wants to develop. Harnessing that population size to make them productive is upto govt policy

emmaodet:
There is govt inaction and there is the citizens inaction too.

Agreed, the govt failed us and is that why we should also fail ourselves? at our own end?
Moreover, if we agree the govt is bad, is that not a point we need to factor into our decision making?
I know the govt is bad, won't sponsor or support me yet i still go ahead in birthing more kids that will even cause more problems for me, what do you think about thi? is it proper?
There is no way a govt will deal with crime when the populace are creating more problems. At a point, it will overwhelm the govt which is what we are seeing now.
Govt is not God. The don't have absolute power. They have limitations both in resources and manpower.
No matter how they cub it, if more criminals ar ebeen produced, it will overshadow the govt efforts.
Also, that they can herd cows and make little money from it in diginity doesn't mean it is good enough.
So a man who herd cows all his life and made meagre and then his children continued on that same path because the man never had resources to give them better or they become ma'guards or shoe makers in towns doesn't make the system any better.
With 2 kids and one wife, you are sacrificing your self-comfort for the betterment of the family's future.
Instead of the continues trend, you will start having something like -
My greatgrand father was a farmer/cow hearde/hunter/fisherman but trained his 2 kids (your own grandfathers) who later became teachers who also trained their kids (your immediate parents) who later became doctors/lawyers and now you (current generations) are now pilots/oil and gas workers etc
Do you notice the trend?

Good point you made! I agree these issues cant be looked at in isolation. Govt and citizen inaction

Identifying him publicly may put the kidnap victim at risk.

emmaodet:
But the displacement is majorly caused by having too many kids that can't be trained and are all now ripe to take up arms to displace them.
Many of those husa/fulanis into farming and cattle herding are not interested in it anymore because what they will make in their life time can be made in just kidnapping and collecting ransom within a week or a month.
A boy left to rot in the street who is now working for alhaji taking his 50 cows around and only comes home toeat in the morning and night for 20 years after which he is settled with his own 5 cows to start his life.
Now imagine the same person been introduced to a kidnapping gang and after 1 operation gets 5m, do you think such a person will go back to cow herding or farming?
And they have so so so many untrained children who are jostling to be the next terrorists, rebels, kidnappers, cow rustlers etc

Yes yes.

But this is us now trying to make excuses for the government's inaction.

If the govt deals decisively with crime (including kidnapping mentioned above), then these kids wont see it as an option, and would make themselves more useful economically. Yes they make less money roaming around with cows, but they still make a living from it, and when the cows are sold, it adds to the productivity of our economy

emmaodet:
You can't solve a problem when those causing the problems will gladly add more even if you are trying to solve it.
We will always get back to this junction.

Okay, let's look it this way.
Let's assume for a moment the govt is good and doing things right - electricity, good roads, train, hospitals and schools.
What do you think will happen?
The THANK YOU the govt will get from these people is going to even be more wives - to more kids - back to our initial junction - more problems.
And we will be here referencing the old good action of the govt that afterall, past govt did it right and fed everyone, therefore the current one has no excuse than to find a way to do it too.
We will always come back to this junction.
The bitter truth is that population growth as to slow down drastically.

A man earning 300k who decided to marry 2 wives and have 5 kids will continue to struggle even if his income or salary is increasing by 100k every 5 years years while he keeps giving birth to extra kids every 2 years.
No matter what he does, he will always struggle compared to keeping just 1 wife and 2 kids while the salary keeps increasing by 100k every 5 years

Fair point you made.

But i dont think we are the first country in the world with people having many kids. I dont think forcing people to have less kids is the solution. If opportunities are created for all (even through farming), then those MANY kids would be an asset to the country's economy.

TONYE001:
I also get your position, but see...

Consider these two terms...

Children of the street and children in the street. Please, look them up - if you are not familiar with them.

Do a study of the profiles of criminals around...locally and internationally. You'd find a recurring decimal - absent/suboptimal parenting. More specifically, in our environment, you'd find that most of them are those whose parents abandoned, or those who did not receive adequate parental care.

People have needs, once these needs are not met, and in the absence of a good moral structure, people would look for alternative pathways to get their needs fixed, whether legal or not. Older children (adolescents, teenagers) and adults with no skills, no education, no/poor support easily flood the streets and perpetrate crime.

This has been a constant.

So, what's my take? Insecurity is a problem, yes, but this problem is fed/worsened/maintained by the continuous production of children beyond the immediate capacities of their parents....that is, children that will spill into the streets to "do anything to survive."

These kids flood the streets to beg for alms, and those that have access to weapons/sponsors easily dive into crime.

Yes bro. Your last two paragraphs are spot on and i respect your opinion

Yes i agree we have a problem with people having more kids than they can cater for. My point is that a larger proportion of these people we see begging on the streets are people displaced by war. If they were never displaced, then they would have been more useful to themselves some way (most especially farming) and not be easily recruited to crime.

emmaodet:
But insecurity is constantly fueled by having too many kids you can't cater for, right?
So it is a circle

Yes it is the fuel.

But not what started it. If insecurity was and is dealt with decisively, these guys would not resort to terrorism.

A country having a big population is not a bad thing. There would always be the poor and rich. Making policies to increase the productivity of the population is the bigger question.