₦airaland Forum

Big B1:
Let us all calm down; it's not that serious!

This statement is nothing, but a mere figure of speech. "I'm ready to die for Yar'Adua could simply mean":
1. I admire the leadership qualities of my boss
2. I'm dedicated to my boss
3. I'm dedicated to the Republic of Nigeria
4. I'm dedicated to my duties.

The man is simply acknowledging the honesty and sincerity attitude President Yar'Adua has brought back to Aso Rock.
Absolutely, nothing wrong with this statement. It would have been a different case if Okiro was referring to OBJ.

Could also mean:
1. I admire the leadership qualities of my boss whoever the boss might be. The boss is always the boss
2. I'm dedicated to my boss even the boss was a thief. Thats what the law book says
3. I'm dedicated to the Republic of Nigeria, as long as I am the IG
4. I'm dedicated to my duties - Because I do not have a choice.

Civil servants should owe allegiance to the country not an individual!

I am not too sure about Ogbonnaya Onovo as the rightful person to be IGP
But that is neither here nor there
Okiro is a typical civil servant, who would say and do anything to be in favour of the GIP (Government In Power)

The problem is not the number of tribes we have
The real problem is the people who run the system
These people form the tribe, the cabal that makes
things un-workable in Nigeria

This cabal is not ethnic.
Their common language is corruption, greed and selfishness!

hollandis:
At least George Bush achieved something

George Bush?
Are you kidding me?
I thought it was Annan
It was an African solution to an African problem

At the end of the day, it is all about power . . . power sharing, which does not take into cognizance the common people
Everybody should be relieved by this deal though
I hope the coalition works

babaearly:
I make a public appeal to everyone. Stop calling Benin, ACIENT! It sucks when you do because its acting upon the mentality on most of Bini People. It creates a psychology that obstructs my cities development. its the GREAT City of Benin, not Acient.

The real people who are obstructing Benin's development are the political leaders
What did Igbinedion achieve in eight years?
Absolutely nothing.

The word "Ancient" should have been complimentary in different climes

We are all playing the blaming game here
Have Lagos, Ibadan, Benin, Kaduna, Enugu, PH, Calabar etc improved
since 1970?
All our leaders our myopic, backward thinking, greedy and very corrupt.
And these are not peculiar to any tribe
I as an individual do not need any apology from the British
I need apologies from our leaders (dealers)!

Pathetic
But what do you expect from uneducated girls who think their fortunes lie outside the country
There are still uneducated poor Nigerian girls in the country who live here, work hard and still have their dignities.
People will always blame everybody apart from themselves for their misfortunes and greed!
Our values are wrong, our expectations are misplaced and our greed is indescribable.
So sad. . .
Up B E D E L l!

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angel101:
can someone please post the utterance attributed to the general

This is the first part:
http://www.nigerianmuse.com/nigeriawatch/_We_Are_Now_In_Aremu_Of_Ota_s_Third_Term_Through_Yar_Adua_His_Puppet_Danjuma_at_70

No, he has not gone mad
He is still believing in his importance
Every other person is wrong. He is the only smart guy!
I dont blame him, in decent societies, his likes would be in jail
He is a bloody criminal and an unrepentant bandit!

You can check his last essay
Judge for yourself
The man dey try o!
Na proper jibiti man
What has writing got to do with spelling anyway?

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/columnists/kalu/kalu-23-feb-2008.htm

Suhartology and contemporary Africa
By Orji Kalu (Kalu Leadership Series)
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Death is an enemy. But when Jesus returns, God has promised to wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”- Revelations 21:4

The death and burial of former Indonesian dictator Suharto, is no longer news. It’s equally no longer news how President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono declared a state burial and one week of national mourning so as “to pay their last respects to one of Indonesia’s best sons.” Therefore let the soul of the departed rest in perfect peace. Amen.

However, how so many sobbed and called out the name of a dictator whose military regime was reported to have annihilated thousands of left wing opponents, had really closed a chapter of global totalitarianism and had added a new lexicon, nay school of how politics should not and never be played globally.
I have termed the new lexicon “Suhartology” after the man who means so many things to so many people. Unarguably as good students and products of politics and power, we should learn from the actions and inactions of our leaders, sifting the wrongs from the rights and therefore preparing ourselves for representative governance.

Just like many Indonesians, Suharto used only one name. He was born to a family of rice farmers in the village of Godean, on June 8, 1921. When Indonesia gained independence from the Dutch in 1949, Suharto quickly rose through the ranks of the military to become a staff officer. In the military, Suharto faced the challenge of his career when the army’s then commander, Gen. Abdul Haris Nasution, accused him of corruption in awarding army contracts. However, mother luck was on his side as he survived sack.
Consequently, in September 1965, when the army’s six top generals were murdered under mysterious circumstances, and their bodies dumped in an abandoned well in an apparent coup attempt, Suharto who was next in line of command, quickly asserted authority over the armed forces and promoted himself to a four-star general.

Suharto would not have been in a position of such influence if the organizers of the “September 30th movement,” had deemed him important enough to be included in their list of generals targeted for execution.
As President, Suharto placed his predecessor Sukarno under close surveillance or rather house arrest at his Bogor palace, where he later died in 1970.
He reversed some of the previous regime’s foreign policies, such as confrontation with Malaysia and general hostility to the West, thereby displaying a problem-solving style in his approach to domestic problems. However brutal, Suharto’s wresting of power from his predecessor, Sukarno, brought a shift in policy that allowed USAID and other relief agencies to resume operations within the country.

Suharto opened Indonesia’s economy by divesting government’s involvement in state owned companies and Western nations in particular were encouraged to invest and take control of many of the mining and construction interests in Indonesia.
The “New Order” regime, as it was later called also drew legitimacy from his appointments with a crop of technocrats and highly placed economists trained in the United States. Soon after coming into power, he passed a number of reforms meant to establish Indonesia as a center of foreign investment. The administration favoured privatization of its natural resources to promote their exploitation by industrialized nations, labour laws favourable to multinational corporations, and soliciting funds for development from institutions including the World Bank.

In the 1970s, when there was a surge in oil revenues, Indonesia’s economic situation improved substantially during Suharto’s presidency. Even with Suharto re-appointment to the presidency every five years with virtually no opposition, yet his administration was not devoid of criticisms.
Given Indonesia’s strategic location at the eastern entrance to the Indian Ocean, including command of the Malacca and Sunda straits, the country, no doubt was viewed as vital to the Asian interests of the West. Therefore, foreign relations after 1966 could be characterized as moderate and regionally focused.
During the 1970s, Indonesia was the largest recipient of Japanese official development assistance and vied with China for that distinction in the 1980s. The New Order targeted ethnic Chinese and enacted several anti-Chinese legislations, banning them from public life. Chinese literature and characters were outlawed, and they were forced to renounce their Chinese ties and adopt Indonesian sounding names. Many Chinese were forced into exile, while others were killed during the anti-Communist purges.

No doubt, the “New Order” was abused and virtually introduced unchecked forces in Indonesian society. However, members of the military and Golkar Party were heavily involved as intermediaries between businesses, both foreign and domestic. This led to the bribery, racketeering, and embezzlement, with wanton killings and annihilations of opposition. Historians would agree with me that during Indonesia’s 1975-1999 occupation of East Timor, up to 183,000 people died, owing largely to killings, disappearances, hunger and illness, according to an East Timorese commission sanctioned by the United Nations.
Suharto’s five successors as head of state all vowed to end the graft that took root under his regime, yet it remains endemic at all levels of Indonesian society.
However, in all of these, many would ask what do Africans or Nigerians intend to get and learn? Well, I believe when we are ready to critically analyze others, as they had and would assess our own leaders, then we are ready to face the realities of the global village.

From 25th May 1963 till 17th July 1964 when Haile Selassie of Ethiopia headed the Organization of African Unity OAU, and the aftermath of a sudden birth of the African Union (AU), which was formerly headed by Thabo Mbeki of South Africa between 9th July 2002 and 10th July, 2003 but now headed by Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, who started last 31st of January, have these leaders been able to respect the rule of law? Have these African leaders in their different countries been able to abstain from constitutional manipulation of which some of them participated in drafting, accepting and promoting?
How do we appreciate the fact that we have the umbrella union of all leaders in Africa, yet Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, who has changed Zimbabwe’s constitution to allow the seizure of white-owned farm lands without any compensation?
The time for African leaders to realize the fact that investors would only invest in the continent of stability, rule of law and democracy has not only come, but has also come to stay.

Thus the call by these African leaders on the international community to establish a fair and equitable trading system through the elimination of tariff and trade distorting subsidies is mere shadow-chasing and sheer waste of time.
Our so called leaders should begin to think again, by confronting issues of government accountability, combating corruption, halting conflicts and the respect for human rights before convoking all the over-bloated conferences where the tax-payers money of their different countries is wasted.
The doubt that Africa is unable to resolve its own problems is further reinforced when most African leaders are busy globe-trotting, while Kenya remains torn apart by war and run by war lords.

The story is equally similar in Sudan’s western Darfur province, where tens of thousands of people have been killed and millions rendered homeless in a bloody conflict that has raged, despite the deployment of African Peace Keepers. Let these leaders learn from the mistakes of the past so as to make Africa tomorrow’s paradise.

N/B: I want to thank all the readers of this column who have sent me different mails on some of the issues which I had addressed. I assure them that with time I would reproduce them in full details for public consumption

debosky:
when was Sahara shut down?

Sahara was never shut down. Just checked. They even reported the judgement: http://saharareporters.com/www/news/detail/?id=536

debosky:
We cannot do things simply to please some folk - the elections may have been flawed, but no one really believes Atiku or Buhari won. They have now gone to court and lost, lets see if they appeal and go on.

Well said my brother

Just relieved!
We can carry-on with our lives
President give us light!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Of course the guy can spell!
He even writes for Sunday Sun!
Unless he uses ghost writers, which I think he does! .

I am one of the many who believe that the cost of a non-grid solar system is still high for
an average Nigerian consumer.
But with this new technology and at $1/watt, I may have to change my opinion

I have some questions though
1. How efficient is this new technology? The present silicon panels operate at about 40%
2. I understand the nanosolar panels are made from gallium and selenide. On the long run, how will
    their costs compare to the panels made from silicon (sand)

Starcomms supports Vista

Guardian with the added incentives of Abati on Friday and Sunday.
But since This Day lost Adeniyi, I now buy Punch because of Sudoku!

Fresh election to be held in two Local Govt Areas
Results of seven LGAs stand
David Mark appeals
I think he will still win

If Sabisabi can point to any inspirational Nigerian leader/politician, then I would agree with him
Let him just name one
Then we can talk about him/her

If the president's messages were mis-represented by these ministers, they should be fired. Today!

skyone:
dele momodu and bisi olatilo base their earnings on "alright-sir" so don't blame them, sometimes old men like them can't see things beyond their nose.

True talk. You can't change an old goat
That's ("alright-sir"/ "yes sir" the only thing they have done in their entire lives
And sadly, they think they are local champions

eteteuduak:
Thank you so much my brother. Loosing an entire family is no joke. I have every reason to hate this country but this is the only country i have and i pray that what i experienced none of you here will ever experience same.

God bless you and your attitude
Some of us are with you and the sentiments you have just espoused

I will not rationalise about his suitability or his competence
Many forumers have adequately done that

But Obama's movement is like the good old Kennedy days
- Fresh, inspiring and hope for the present and the future

I will be shallow brained about this.
I dont care what he stands for
He is a senator isnt he? He must have stood for something before he was elected
The fact that he is black and he is doing well is ok by me.
The "feel good" feeling is intoxicating!
I hope I will not be disappointed
But he has done well so far, whatever the end result may be

There are many of these detention camps, even in Lagos, where you have the so called spiritualists of shady backgrounds, pretending to heal people
Some of them even operate with the knowledge of the Social Welfare Ministry and probably with the knowledge of the police

Spraying represents happiness, survival, culture, salary, tradition, excitement, hope, delightfulness, celebration, approval, expression, entertainment, love, unity, respect, and many other beautiful things.

Nigerians in general would be purely foolish to allow this stupidity to stand.

How about doing all these with some decency?
I believe we should respect our currency
The symbol, whatever the value

Must this continue?

Kobojunkie:
I have posted over and over for you to read that you should try focus more on the topic and not my person. If all you have to offer me is personal attacks on someone you have no knowledge of then you only show yourself a fool. How do you know I do not understand the problems in the country? Let me guess You are going to come back with the classic argument that I do not at present in Nigeria means I do not know even more than you do of the situation down there?? People who think that way really need to grow up and grow some brain cells. This thread is not about solutions.If you want to ask for solution, start another thread and I will refer you to many previous posts of mine that address such. Stop focusing on my person and focus more on the thread and the topic at hand.

Your person is not important to me and I do not care!
I respond to your posts based on the wrong premises you base your arguments
I do not want any slagging match with you. Because it isn't worth it

Whichever way you slice and dice it, it still remains that for electricity, the average Nigerian home pays more for it and it should not be so. There are some places where the nepa boys come to bully the people into bribing them every other month just so they can keep getting the 2 or so hours of electricity they get each day. Imagine paying Naira 1000 a week for about 7 hours of electricity each day, increase that to 24 hours output and imagine how much more the bill would be each week for that same person now paying 1000- 2000. We already pay too much in electricity bills. Increasing it is not the solution. This blasted solution has been tried before and it did not work then and is not going to work now if the electricity is not even available to fully justify the need for an increase.

@ Kobojunkie
I am sure you do not even know what the problems are
And if you do not understand the problems, how would you profer solutions?
What we are saying is, give us electricity, we are prepared to pay for our consumption!

Kobojunkie:
I am not a fan of his either, infact, I am not a fan of anyone but I prefer to speak great of people who have actually done much to be praised than people who have pipe dreams that are yet to be made a reality.

You wouldn't be a fan of yourself, even if you became the president!