₦airaland Forum

Lots of politics going on .............
BS : Bull****

Last time was In 2006 under obj when the military budget was like $200 million.
What did Jonathan do with the over $6 billion budget annual military budget?

HungerBAD:
This bank will die a natural death.

WEMA Bank survived in the West, because those managing the bank's affair have been doing a good job approaching business as a National Bank and not a Regional one.

Moreover, how can a bank be managed properly, when everybody comes from a region where everybody is very sensible?

Not it won't,
Not for those reasons you have given .
Any organisation will survive as long as it adapts to the times and it is run efficiently.
Even a bank in a small town will be profitable if it is well run .
It all goes back to the argument that the unitary federal government is more of an hindrance or liability than a facilitator.
For this bank to get approved , they would have to jump over numerous FG hoops ,headed by someone who probably cannot locate the state on a map .
This is why the country need to go back to 1960 .
3 regions, shrink the FG to pay for the poorer northern region. Further Organise within the regions based on ethnic make up of the regions, with all autonomous provinces getting derivation based on their contributions to the region .
After all , the FG will still be pocketing 50% of all the revenues.

AnambraDota:
The only thing is that people doesn't know the Aba mentality.
You can't intimate anybody in Aba and Aba residents detest seeing somebody being intimated, humiliated or ridiculed, this Aba spirit.

Just search for anybody that grew up in Aba or had lived there and ask how the people act.

Last two months they beat one army officer to the pulp, Aba guys are tough since history of Nigeria

Yeah right ,
Yet you had governors ruling the state for 16 years who practically ran down the state without opposition .
Not a whiff of protest
Tough.
Maybe tough for the wrong reasons.
Burning police stations ,who exactly is that going to affect.

From which historical book is Bruce reading his crap?
Their movement down south is as recent as the 90's and this is as a result of drought brought about by climate change and wars and civil strife brought about by insecurity and religion.
Many of them are not even Nigerians.
Their route was through adamawa to Cameroon and from there , to Central Africa .
They should go and ranch their animals and buy animal feed like others . Milk production will pay for the cost of feeding .
The onus is on their leaders to educate them .
How come no such route exist in Ghana ,Ivory Coast etc
I will tell you why .
Because those countries have totally slam their borders shut because of their baggage .

Na hospital be that

They should remove itshekiri land from that rubbish .
These guys are a bunch of fantasists and oil grabbers. Assuming Benin Republic had oil , they would probably have conjured stories from nowhere of how they are related

Until someone better arrives on the scene ,jagaban it is.

I cannot wait for Nigeria to break up. We have all we need to forge a great country.
The free spending consumers
Intelligent and well educated citizens
Hardworking and skilled artisans
Beautiful land for tourism
A liberal and enlightened society
A rich history
Yoruba religion and pilgrimages

The federal government is removing over N2 trillion from Lagos and giving 96 billion back .
They are probably removing as much from ogun . I doubt ogun is collecting royalties or derivation from the mining
No disrespect,Most of the insecurity and crime we are suffering is caused by outsiders
Many of our people are impoverished because we have to share what we have created with others.
Let the others go and share the oil but free us

Well articulated post

So obvious .
in spite of the ego boosting falsehood( figures )churned out by Iweala.
Poverty and the availability of opportunities have a direct correlation to crime , social spending ( education and health),stability ,cost of living , standard of governance.

I have seen no one. none who has Awo intellect ,courage ,mein or sense of decency .
Awo probably knew Nigeria this country inside out . He probably knew katsina better than Buhari .
Sorry , Buhari no reach .
I can see where this writer is coming from but Buhari has not even started yet .
Having good intentions does not equal performance .
Until then ,fingers crossed .
They should go back to his federal state solution along ethnic grouping

Exactly what does he do for a living . Over $2 million cash .

Jonathan and iweala ran Nigeria the only way a drunk fisherman would.

Nigerian women or the prosties along the corridors of power

This is what federal presence looks like in the SW.
From national stadium ,national art theatre,federal roads all the way to the road leading to the ports from the which the federal government carts away over 1.5 trillion naira annually, the region is being strangled to cater for unviable States without putting anything back.

Mprepz:
This northeners get sense o
Crude oil dey niger delta refinery km dey north
2019 na God go take time purnish any of dem wer wan go 2nd term!

Makes no difference. The crude can come all the way from Kuwait , people will still have to pay for it at the pump.
Let me know where fuel is given out for free

It appears that "Holy Ghost fire " has sent all the witches ,who are preventing the refinery from working ,running for cover.

Not impressed.

Smh
Who is to blame ?
When you are talking of marginalisation, those from whose regions the bacon is made ,should be the first to complain .
the SS first , then the SW.

Dino and others simply road on Buhari's coat tails .
Tinubu and APC. Dropped the ball on this one. They did not do due diligence on many positions/aspirants down the chain

buharisambisada:
The aim is to paint GEJ's govt bad,because the apc led govt have failed woefully.

what the heck are you talking about?
The woman is PDP and a ijaw royal. She is better placed than most to speak on behalf of her people
Family member to the late Harry marshal
We are beginning to hear the voices of the decent majority whose voices have been drowned out by thugs , criminal ,touts and men of loose morals.
I can listen to her ( just like itse sagay) all day long
The woman is well groomed and educated . You need to check out her command of the English language ( which is intimidating to some people ) , her grasp of the issues and her communication skills .

this woman said that Jonathan was the unintended and undeserving recipient of the struggle of the people.
she is right.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKZsIKDLMl0

EroticAngelina:
Of course! they always gonna pin everything on Jonathan! Jonathan this! Jonathan that!

Paul biyu or whatever it name is... get ready to suffer wat Jonathan suffered while in seat in the hands of this demons called boko haram.


quote me at ur own risk

Did he ever respond to any emergency?
Allegations of corruption, no response
Immigration fraud and massacre , no response
Egbon massacre no response
Fulani massacres, no response.
You can deduce truth from pattern already formed
Biya is saying the truth

Mimiko and his wife's family own that state

owobokiri:
4 × 4 are nothing but pratical realities of developing economies. China, .india etc have them. Moreover they fit without scrupples, into the behavorial pattern of an average African. That's why they thrived even when you were flexing at kingsway and co. So your petty jealousy can't wish them away just as buharis vindictive policies will surely bite but won't make much dent. Most middle class downwards will still patronise them for obvious reasons and what's more? Deu to Jonathans liberalising policies, most Nigerians that accessed the exploding middle class under Jonathan were/are from the informal sector. Most of those, traders! Getting rid of them as you seem determined to do should be a generational quest! Unfortunately for you, your ideologically challenged ApC/buhari lack both the intellectual gravitas and organisational finesse to ruthlessly prosecute such lunatic policies that border on 'sophisticated' idiocy. . . Put bluntly; you will contineu to sulk while igbo traders grow, till the day you kick the bucket. Pēlèé

As living standard rises , shopping habit changes. Global retailers will pour in to take advantage of new realities . The competition kills off to hose who fail to adapt.
Can you tell me why I can get a better phone in New York for the price of a techno?

What else do you expect . A parade of clowns who should not be anywhere close to the seat of power.

Sorry we are turning back the hands of the clock . Right back to the western region .
apart from those who wants to continue living in that vicious cycle with the accompanying poverty economy ,Second hand and inferior goods.
While growing up ,

I got my shoes from Bata
Mom shopped at leventis
Treated us to delicious snacks at kingsway
Bought books from Macmillans , Evan , abiola bookshop
Bought drugs from May and baker
And all sorts of departmental stores

About the only thing you bought from the markets were fresh food like catfish. Fresh milk ,straight from England was even available in some stores


And we were like every other middle class family around .

1 Walmart will create jobs for local youth
2 pay more taxes by shrinking the informal economy
3 source products directly from manufacturer and cutting out the numerous middlemen .
4 cheaper .
5Raise the profile of the southwest even more
6 farmers will benefit from direct relationships
7 Hopefully stop all those rural / urban migration of unskilled people and farmers .
8 Nigerian manufacturers with good products will have a platform to them on the shelves in other countries.

If Buhari gets it right and the economy kicks into gear , then 4x 4 are sitting ducks .

Pat utomi ,an educator, principled and decent technocrat is in Lagos waiting to be called but they have been voting for the equivalent of Akala or simply allowing them to get away with murder
SMH for delta
Flyover politics

By global standard ,almost all Nigerian politician are corrupt. But like I have said before , the degree of corruption varies from critical and severe to moderate and mild .
While the corruption of some can be regarded as a conflict of interest ( e.g giving a contract to your family, friend and business associates who actually executes the contracts satisfactorily within budget).
The other end of the spectrum is outright stealing.

I can stand those at the top but the one at the button deserve to be lined up against a wall and shot.

Hope Jonathan,obasanjo and other politicians are taking notes about how to govern a country.
If not for the complexity of the country, even that 13 is too many

JingoOAU:
Tho I love to see more big supermarkets berthing in Nigeria...but am not disposed to the owners who are foreigners

What are people like Otedola, Dangote, adenuga, Jim Ovia, elumelu, dantata,etc looking....why cnt dey also invest in this type of supermarkets

Because they are all rent seekers

About time .about time Nigeria especially the SW tapped into the local value chain by ensuring that what can be produced in Nigeria is produced in Nigeria.
Apart from removing the numerous middlemen who provide no value in the chain, it also ensures that local Jobs are available for local youths .
Why does a Nigerian have to pay more than an American or Britfor goods of inferior quality , bought from the same place