₦airaland Forum

themilanway:
Stop wasting your time and energy on threads like this.

The original writer for some time now has been trying to write like a certain Tonye,but he is too dull obviously.

I am sure Nairalanders of sound minds know who's dull or not. Your inability to comprehend simple argumentative reasoning obviously portray your intellectual deficiency. Anyway, my moniker is different from that of tonyebarcanista. I don't imitate personalities.

kernel501:
WHICH ADVANCE COUNTRY FEEDS KIDS, WHEN THERE PARENTS ARE IN AUSTERITY WITHOUT JOBS?

Pls help me ask them. Govt should empower Nigerian parents so that they can in turn take care of their families.

kernel501:
IF THE PARENTS ARE ENHANCED, WHAT'S THE POINT GIVING PUPILS MEAL DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
THERE PARENTS ARE STILL THE ONES PAYING FOR THESE MEALS VIA TAX, SO IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY ECONOMIC SENSE.

Good points. Buhari and APC should be thinking in this direction.

Obiagelli:
You must be blind.

Behold the Chief Propagandist of our time. An unrepentant shallow thinker!

peacengine:
I was also wondering same, the OP is an ignoramus

Typical of APC hailing hailers. Always deficient in intuitive reasoning. Ponder over the points raised instead of celebrating ignorance. Pls.

slyIsaac:
Time...give it time.....not an apc supporter tho...I just support tis anti corruption fight...I just think all the resources shldnt be focused there....the economy is sinking....I blive it will be better.....Nigerians....we hve experienced worse....

Nigerians have given our politicians enough time. The days of learning on the job is far spent.

chriskosherbal:
Who knows maybe it will be feasible.

Nigeria can't afford trial by error at this particular time.

[quote author=chriskosherbal post=42370095]Who knows maybe it will be feasible.

No experimentation pls.

Obiagelli:
You must be blind.

I just used my God-given eyes to type this piece.

One of the standout vocal points of the 2016 Appropriation Bill currently under scrutiny in the National Assembly is the staggering sum of N500billion earmarked for the much hyped once-a-day-Primary School Pupil Feeding programme. In the thinking of its proponents, guaranteeing a daily meal to the nation's teeming pupils will galvanise their enthusiasm to attend classes. This postulation, though draws much appeal from different quarters, is yet to be supported by empirical facts and substantiable evidence. Though children in the age bracket of 5-10 tend to feel at ease whenever food is on the table, it is yet to be established as a major motivator for going to school or catalyst for speedy assimilation.

In a monolithic nation confronted with plummeting source of major revenue, priorities should be better placed on policies that bring about direct developmental impact on citizenry other than embarking on expenditures with remote or insignificant immediate or long time effect.

The following viewpoints clearly underplays the relevance of the school feeding project at this point in the country's quest for survival:

1. Nigerian parents ( both in the formal and informal sectors), though wallow in abject poverty and operate within a harsh economic environment over many decades, yet have never failed in the basic responsibility of feeding their wards. I am yet to see any parent groaning under the pain of inability to provide three square meals to his/her child.

2. The nation is currently yearning for rapid infrastructural turnaround. One would have expected such mouthwatering amount to be allocated in that regards. Spending N500b in rehabilitating existing schools (and building new ones where necessary), procuring basic learning tools (conventional and IT-based), improving the welfare of school teachers, acquiring school buses for easy transportation to and fro school, improving on the existing rail structure etc would usher in much positive impact than a daily meal of beans or rice.


3. This scheme was experimented with and pioneered by Ogbeni Aregbesola in Osun State as a populist policy meant to improve school attendance. There's no verifiable feedback that suggest a success story in the last three years of its practice. Rather, the State was thrown into bankruptcy due to the policy's devastating effect on its thin resources. As we speak, Osun State is yet to fully offset Salary Arrears of its civil servants.

With the aforementioned indices, the feeding programme stands as a mere election wining gimmick other than a national necessity. The APC-led govt can do better in trying to curry the favour of Nigerians by concentrating on policies of urgent needs other than self-serving ones.

In summary, those using their office(s) to witchhunt today would one day become the witchhunted.

TonyeBarcanista:
Go to court please...

The only reliable court is one's conscience. Keep it if you still have one.

TonyeBarcanista:
Where are the IPOBians that worships Ayo Fayose? I always maintain that ones loyalty to his ethnic group supercedes the interests of any political party. Only a fool will create enemies because of partisanship.

What kind of question is that? Your assertion of Fayose been worshipped by anybody lacks sincerity. The only person been worshipped by his blind followers is Buhari who speaks from both sides of his mouth. Yesterday, "Abacha was not corrupt" (despite ongoing recovery of his loots from Switzerland), today "corruption will kill Nigeria". Fayose is a down-to-earth person who say things the way they are. Stop beefing.

Djicemob:
Please With which weapons is the military using to "win the war against boko haram" ?

Please dont say sticks and stone...

Am open to learning

Good question. But don't expect any reasonable response from the ever sentimental and parochial lots.

LordMecuzy:
Everyone is corrupt..

But we are giving APC a chance till 2023 to prove themselves and if they fail surely we'll go for an alternative party..

But even if an angel contest any election under PDP I'll
rather vote APGA,KOWA

I've been so patient with you (PDP) 1999 -2015. Abysmal performance

How would you feel if you're accused of stealing and your main accusers and tormentors-in-chief are armed robbers? That's the scenario we are currently facing.

Emekamex:
->No one is saying fighing corruption ain't important but it shouldn't be the major focus of the president.
->The economy needs serious intervention and revamp, the government should be focusing on how to spread its tentacles around other source of income as well but they aren't doing this vigorously at the moment.
->It is of no use to fight corruption if you aren't going after the big shots that looted Nigeria or only focusing on the looters of the opposing party while sparing your own.
->As the person you quoted said, it is better to fight corruption by making it very difficult for looters to have direct source of cash through fiscal policies and not just jailing them because PMB won't be president forever and if someone corrupt was elected after him, the person can easily destroy all progress made or even pardon those that were jailed thereby returning us to square one.

You're quite spot on Armed Robbers, Drug traffickers and other criminals had faced various jail terms over the years but it hasn't stopped stealing and drug peddling. Buhari is just chasing shadows if emphasis is laid on jailing looters instead of instituting legal and financial frameworks to stop these menaces. The whole anti corruption drive is nothing but a smokescreen and an attempt to silence the opposition.

This has nothing to do with moral deficiency. Buhari and APC have taught everybody how not to be civil and patriotic. Jonathan's meekness and high level of decency are been used to teach him a lesson. Anyway, it's still good to be good.

[quote author=BushidoBlue post=42256325][/quote]Thank you.

AgentOfAllah:
I do not perceive any coherence of purpose in OP's lamentations.

Is OP suggesting that it is excusable to disregard the electoral laws of a country to save one's self from the consequences of contemptible leadership; even at the risk of plunging the country into a state of chaos and instability? If so, might I ask OP to to complete the picture by recommending who the inevitable casualties of such a dangerous proposition should be.

Evidently, the OP's position is not well thought through! The right lesson must surely be that leaders, including the present ones, should start taking their positions of authority more seriously because the odds that they'll be made to face the consequences of incompetence by the system is ever increasing. I advise the OP to adopt this position as the more logical and sensible one.

Going by the vindictive manner Jonathan's govt is been run down by Buhari, I have no doubt the ex president would be regretting not flouting electoral laws in retaining power in 2015.

PUSIDRILA:
My Chairman, Nigerians have gone beyond and rejected this way of reasoning.That is why they voted out the Clueless/Corrupt Jonathan. Unfortunatelly, folks like you and your Wailers dont seem to learn. That is why you guys flood the internet and press with dumbasz articles and posts hoping to incite NIgerians against Buhari and his government. But the truth is that the overwhelming majority of NIgerians are solidly behind the so called Daura President-Buhari. NIgerians will return Buhari and APC to power in 2019 even if they ONLY implement the anti corruption war. We now know you guys are insincere, evil, incompetent and unrepentant thiefers of national yams, even yams meant to arm our soldiers and protect lives and properties. The only reason you guys come online with all these warped postings is because the Yam Barn has been safely locked out of your reach.So ma Wailling Niggurs una deh loooooooooon tin.

Contrary to your opinion, articles of this nature are not meant to incite the citizens against the president but an attempt call tyrannical rulers to order. Power as we all know is transient, hence whoever occupies that seat must look back and learn from history in other to have a less stormy future. Buhari did not become president because of anybody's personal efforts but by the will of God and only He determines what will happen before 2019 and thereafter.

doctokwus:
The best thing he ever did was making that call.
The worse he can get from all his misdeamenors is a prison term.But if he had tried holding unto power,Gbagbos wud have been a child's play compared to his faith.

Pls stop all these Gbagbo stuffs. Abiola was brazenly stopped from becoming president despite wining the 1993 elections convincingly and nothing happened except for pockets of violence that claimed the lives of innocent citizens. If Jonathan had made up his mind in clinching to power such decision may have consumed even Buhari from the resultant backlash. Jonathan's magnanimity in relinquishing power was legendary.

Pidggin:
GEJ made a big mistake, it amazes me how he relinquished power so easily. Now, the people whom he sacrificed for are opening their cavity infested mouths to insult him. This is why African leaders do not relinquish power easily, they know what faith will befall them in the hands of the new leader.

I agree with you completely. I don't think Buhari would have done same, Jega or no Jega. Card Reader or no Card Reader. PVC or no PVC.

realborn:
I think fighting corruption is a method of promulgating policies against graft. Our economy is struggling today because past administrations recklessly plundered our wealth. I am so so sure that Nigeria has lost over $100b to leadership induced theft in the past. If we had this in our kitty, will we be struggling with sustaining obligations for for our forex? Will we struggling with infrastructure deficits?

I am very worried at the approach undertaken by the new administration to tackle the effect of our dwindling revenue from crude oil, our main export commodity. I also think there are several things wrong with the presented Budget.

However, it is imperative to expose and punish those who have stolen from us. It is only sensible to start with the immediate past administration.

Punishing graft offenders is not exclusive to Nigeria but selecting and limiting it to just one administration is illogical, that's my firm believe.

Moreover, financial embezzlement is not the only form of corruption. Attempting to alter a national budget secretly and causing its disappearance from the National Assembly is also corruption. Increasing feeding allocation from N500m to N1.7b in the presidency is corruption. Proposing to spend about N700m on Website update is corruption laden. Sanctioning a TSA policy that brewed N8b fraud only to deny it when it became public knowledge is also corruption. Allocating over N50b to Information Ministry is nothing but preparing a fertile ground for corruption. And finally, allowing State fund to be spent on one's presidential election and feigning ignorance is a height of corruption. No present Nigerian politician (including Buhari) has the bragging right to condemn others for any corruption allegation. That's my conclusion.

realborn:
I beg to differ.

Of what good will it benefit you and I if Jonathan had manipulated the elections or refused to concede a glaring defeat?

Are we disappointed at the gale and compendium of monumental corruption being exposed under his administration?

How do we explain the confirmation by most of the key suspects identified so far to receiving untoward illegal sums? One even shamefully declared he was sent on errand by Jonathan with N400m.

What I think Jonathan will be saying to himself will be to turn back the hands of time, to enable him make amends. I strongly think he feels screwed by his inglorious time at the Presidency. I doubt he would ever imagine not conceding defeat!

The monumental fraud had been there from the birth of Nigeria as a nation. Even Buhari's regime of 1984/85 was not exempted from the rot. This govt should have preoccupied itself with promulgating policies that ensure accountability and zero tolerance for corruption going forward. Singling out Jonathan for crucifixion could be counter productive. One Million stolen in 1983 is equivalent to N1billion today.

Firefire:
I blame Jonathan...


"Maybe he should have jettisoned all sentiments about national unity and peace by hanging on to power. Maybe he should have damned all consequences by giving Buhari Obasanjo's treatments in the 2003, 2007 and the 2011 elections".

But a democrat remains a democratic...

God bless Jonathan.

Btw: RIP to the fallen Heroes in the 2011 Buhary's failed contest.

I agree with you but Obasanjo who did everything to stop Buhari each time he vied for the presidency in the past is also been seen as a democrat today. Are we now saying it pays to do evil?

Dateline April 1, 2015, citizens were glued to their TV sets earnestly following events from INEC Collation Centre in Abuja where election results for the 2015 Presidential Election were been reeled out. Expectations were high, many were engulfed with palpable fear of the unknown.

Prior to the elections, various prophesies were made both in favour of the incumbent and his main challenger, Mohammadu Buhari. The world had been fed with the notion of likelihood of Nigeria's unity going to shreds. It got to a fiery level where non-indigenes had to flee their primary places of residence for fear of reprisal attacks from the camp of the eventual winner.

Suddenly, news filtered in that the sitting president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan had done the unthinkable by making a frantic concession phone call to Buhari even while the last result was yet to be announced! The media was awash with stories of frustrations expressed from Jonathan's camp, many of whom were not happy with the ex President's decision.

That historic phone call from all indications, is now seemingly becoming Jonathan's albatross. Not only is his govt been ridiculed by his successor, there's a feeler Jonathan may go down as the first Nigerian president to be docked.

Ironically, Buhari who's now Jonathan's nightmare had contested elections at three different times all ending in defeats. His major stumbling block to the seat of Presidency on those occasions was Olusegun Obasanjo who did everything legal or otherwise to thwart his ambition. In Obasanjo's reckoning, allowing Buhari to take over power from him directly or from any of his godsons would be nothing but suicidal. In other words, Obasanjo had seen what Jonathan couldn't.

With apparent bullying of Jonathan's associates in the last three months, no one needs a clairvoyant to determine his regretful state somewhere in Otuoke, Bayelsa State.

Maybe he should have jettisoned all sentiments about national unity and peace by hanging on to power. Maybe he should have damned all consequences by giving Buhari the Obasanjo's treatments in the 2003, 2007 and the 2011 elections. Maybe, maybe and maybe. These were the arguable thoughts running through Jonathan's mind in probably one of the most trying times of his existence as a mortal.

In all honesty, nobody can vouch for the last administration in terms of sincerity in handling the nation's treasury but the manner it has been singled out as the most corrupt govt of all times and labelled as the sole architect of our misfortune calls for worry. Corruption had been a bane in Nigeria's quest for attaining a first-world status but using Jonathan's adminstration as the sacrificial lamb negates all logics. An all-encompassing probe and prosecution should have been extended to his predecessors.

In view of the above, can we reasonably conclude that Jonathan made one of the costliest mistakes of his life by calling Buhari and conceding defeat? Wouldn't it have been appropriate to go all hog in saving his head and those of his party associates by permanently retiring Buhari with the 2015 elections? A food for thought in our journey to genuine nationhood.

Kollyman:
I'm sorry for your future!

Were your port-rats in DSS able to establish the claim after buggling the APC secretariat in Ikeja?

It doesn't matter how long lies travel, the truth will surely overtake it using jumbo/turbo speed.

Wake up and say the truth for the very first time in your life.

If the cloning story at APC office was not true, what about Oshiomole's expose during the party's primary in Bayelsa? Oshiomole was also telling lies?

OAFMods:
OP is it a curse that you can not think ? If God as not rebuke you how can you imagine Buhari will probe those that financed his election when you open your opolo eye n see that he as compensated some with ministerial slot ? Do you people not get tired of being senseless ? Did PDP ever query those that financed its election either with private or public funds ? Why must you now ask Buhari to do that ? Why can you not wait till PDP you support regain power so they can prove apc too ?

PDP did not bother to raise dust where none existed. It's APC that's fond of criminalising others even when they know their own house is full of dirt

This is "Zero Budgeting" indeed. Nigeria is now on autopilot.

It's only in Nigeria where confirmed thieves are the ones chasing and chastising other thieves. Lai Mohammed should sincerely throw up his hands and tell us the trillions of naira equally stolen in Lagos, Rivers and Kano during the same period. Two thieves were condemned with Jesus, while one owned up to his misdeeds and received pardon, the other (representing APC today) was arrogantly mocking his co-accused. The rest of the story is now history.

OAFMods:
OP is it a curse that you can not think ? If God as not rebuke you how can you imagine Buhari will probe those that financed his election when you open your opolo eye n see that he as compensated some with ministerial slot ? Do you people not get tired of being senseless ? Did PDP ever query those that financed its election either with private or public funds ? Why must you now ask Buhari to do that ? Why can you not wait till PDP you support regain power so they can prove apc too ?

You're seriously daft. Have you forgotten when your messaih said he'll prosecute anybody found to be corrupt even if they're members of his party? Is it that you're so dull or can't apply your brain to commonsense? Pls shut up if there's nothing reasonable to say. OK?

kolaaderin:
They wailers are here.

Wailing to take you and your likes to the cleaners. Wailing to disinfect you from the sickness of demonising others while ignoring the sentiments and parochialism that run in your systems. Always condemning Jonathan and PDP but ignoring apparent Satanism which APC represents. God will judge all of you accordingly.