₦airaland Forum

Bros, it seems you don't fully understand how Democracy work.

The political party that has the hightest number of voters supporting their candidate will win.

You have no moral or Legal right to describe the decision of the majority of the voters as myopic.

I think you should berate the opposition political parties for being too unserious.


Poor governance has nothing to do with tribes. The citizens should demand good governance from their Government.

VaselineCrew:
It definitely is a game of numbers, but what happened when those numbers are being myopic?

Guess it is what it is.

The citizens turn everything, including parties into a primitive tribal battle; cutting their noses to make their faces angry.

What is the point of having just one party at the helm of affairs for decades? No accountability, nothing. Just as long as the major tribe sees it as victory over another, they put performance to the side.

I’ve already told all those who think I’m being tribal that the same should go for all states.

Just think about the lack of accountability with the lekki toll gate roads. You pay N200 per pass to drive on a road, yet road maintenance is lacking, lanes have all faded away, street lights can’t even be kept lit. I’m sure one week of revenue from that toll gate is enough to fix all these things.

Yet all these things are present on third mainland bridge, a toll free road.

Eeyah, see what frustration has caused now!

hammerpP:
ENUGU AIRPORT IS COMPLETELY ABANDONED WHILST THEY ARE BUILDING AIRPORT IN KANO AND RAILWAY ALL OVER SW AND NORTH.


I JUST PRAY NNAMDI KANU COME THROUGH WITH HIS PLAN AND GET BIAFRA OUT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.


I WILL MISS NOTHING ABOUT NIGERIA.



IF I JAM ANY YORUBA OR HAUSA AFTER THAT, EVEN GREETING, I WILL NOT EXCHANGE WITH THEM.


DEM GO DEY GREET MY BROTHER, I GO DEY WAKA PASS JEJELY.

This is one of the reasons why i am advocating for vetting of posts before it's being posted on Nairaland.

This write up clearly shows ignorance of how Government function and the economy of Nigeria.

MANDIPUTIN:
The so called money or resources use in renovating the Airport is gotten from the oil producing areas & also from the tax gotten from Lagos. The last time i checked, Buhari's constituency i.e the parasitic region hasn't contributed nothing to the national revenue.
The gratitude should be given to those areas where the money is sourced & not to Buhari cos he didn't use his money nor did he use any resources from the parasitic North.

And America like this police officer will be looking down on Africans as uncivilized people.

How can a civilized person do this?

The USA only has 6.5% shares in the bank.

SarkinYarki:
Shut up !!!! Trump has nothing to do with Adeshinas travails , the allegations are as plain as daylight , its a classic case of cronyism and now you want to blame Trump ...well I pray the Americans pull out of AFDB and let me see how long y'all will be able to run it ..remember it's the only working African institution and it's working because of the accountability it has been subjected to right from time ... You claim you are worried about how Trump has divided America yet you support a hyper divisive Buhari..

Because they are plainly jealous of Oba in particular and Anambra in general.

OnwuCheka:
Splendid but how come several nollywood movies do not show these beautiful scenery but gullies & brown roofs?

This is impressive.
Oba Amaka,
Anambra Amaka,
































Nigeria Amaka!

jimyjames:
Anambra Amaka


Some people from region of horror won't like this

Eeyah...see frustrations.

It's a Federal road.



I strongly think we should scrap the idea of 'Federal Roads' and hand over such roads to their States' Governments.

achymmania:
Come to the real Lagos Badagry expressway way (mile 2 to Badagry) you would think there is no government in Nigeria. All forms of anarchy that I know is within that axis, from the police to the citizen.

You are on your own in this hatred o


No wonder, you are looking 20 years older than your real age.


The Igbos in my grandma's village are gradually assimilating into the Yoruba tribe.
Many of them even speak our dialect of the Yoruba language more than me. They don't even know what is IPOB.

jimyjames:
Yorubas joined their northern master to fight us Igbo's for 3 years in a civil war, that alone is enough for Igbo's to hate the Yoruba's forever.

My own recommendations;

1) 50% of the people in Lagos have no business being there, they should go back to there State in a gradual programme over three-five years.

2) The FG should encourage and partner with Ondo, Bayelsa and Akwa-Ibom States to build seaports along their coastal lines.
Highways/Bridges should be constructed from these Seaports to the nearest major/commercial towns.

3) We should gradually stop or minimize the importation of virtually everything into this country and start Industrialization policy.
Ten Factories should be built within each Geopolitical zone that will utilize the raw materials in each zone.

For instance, Tyre manufacturing companies can be built in Delta and Edo States which will make use of the quality rubber produced there.

Juice processing factories can be built in Ogbomoso,Oyo State to add values to the tons of Mangoes and Cashew being grown there (half of which waste yearly).
Milk production and other dairy products companies should be built at Hadeijia or Dutse in Jigawa State while Sugar Refinery should be built in Jega, Kebbi State.


Bricks and ceramic factories can be built around Nkpor, Anambra State.

4) The FG in conjunction with the Ogun State Government and the private sector including Nigerians in Diaspora should build 15 storey apartment buildings around Agbara, Ojudu-Berger and Akute areas that can house at least 500,000 people working in Lagos

COMPAQ:
The Maisonette in the estate behind Femi Okunnu is about N80mln and government will say its delivering affordable housing!!

Housing in Lagos is way more expensive than it needs to be. If LASG want to help, they should build high rise 1, 2 and 3 apartment building, nothing overly fancy for middle class just starting out.

However I am not sure there can be any really affordable housing for our version of the common man. Even if a 2bed flat is N20mln or rent is N1mln per year, that's still too much for the so called common man in Nigeria.

While Lagos properties are expensive, part of the problem is the very low earning power of Nigerians relative to cost of building.

It is partly because of religious differences which also influence worldviews.

Yorubas have had centuries of interractions with the Hausa-Fulanis that predated the formation of Nigeria.


As more Northerners move down south, cultural exchange will take place.

Most educated Northern Youths don't live in the South because they already have jobs waiting for them in Abuja or their States.

The few EDUCATED Northerners living in the South are usually working with FG agencies like the Military, Customs, Immigration, Police, NNPC, NPA and they live in Barracks or Federal Government Estates with minimal opportunities for mixing with the host communities.

The less educated Northerners that are hustling in the South are into low paying/menial jobs and they live in isolated communities called 'Sabo'.
The younger generations that are born into such communities acclimatize well with the local population and some in the third generations have naturalized.


I was already 17 years of age before I saw a Hausa 'lady' while growing up in Lagos many years ago.
All the female Hausa-Fulanis thst i used to see before then were old women and young female children along Kano and Borno Streets in Ebute-Metta.

Bembellaa:
yes I even know one... Just that it's very rare compare to other Tribes

ALL businesses give priority to areas with the highest returns on investment (revenues for Globacom in this case).

MTN, Airtel, Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs), Newspapers etc also do it.

This is the reasons why GSM services are poor on most Intet-States Highways with only few villages and in rural areas.

In the extreme North of Nigeria, where readership of Newspapers is very limited, you can only get Newspapers of the previous day to buy.

edoairways:
Even some western states still have poor reception. Glo gives good network signals to areas that generate high revenue

We can build these type of building that will be affordable if we use locally available materials. For instance , burnt clay bricks and planks from Palm Trees can be used to build these types of buildings.

chuxyfranklin:
Nice development...

Affordability and maintenance is key....

The cost should be modest enough for a middle class..

There are Igbos in Kano who have married Hausa-Fulani.

One of them was my colleague in Wudil, Kano State.
They married in St. Louis Catholic Church, Bompai, Kano in 2012.

Bembellaa:
Igbos no no... We can consider the Yorubas Igbos are no go area for our ladies... Why will a sane northerner allow an igbo to marry his daughter with all these hatred going on...

I know so many people whose parents practice different religions.

After many years of separation, i ran into an old friend and classmate trying to buy Sallah Ram in 2011.
I asked why he, being the son of a pastor wants to buy Sallah ram and he told me that his father-in-law is a muslim but the mother-in-law is a Christian and their children are mixed.

He further told me that he has made it his personal commitment to always buy ram for the father-in-law every year to celebrate Sallah.

I went home sober that day because even though we are doing the same job, I wasn't married then so had no wife, children or father-in-law to spend money on but I wasn't richer than him.

Bembellaa:
Humanity should come first before religion... You can get married to a non Christian and allow her practice her faith

Until when she willingly want to convert

No, ALL Geo-Political zones are blessed and none will suffer if they have good leadership.


The Southwest was the most developed Region in the First Republic.

In case of a disintegration, the SW with survive on many factors, some of which include;

* Huge population with educated and skilled manpower

*Fertile large expanse of Land with cash crops like Cocoa, Palm produce, Kolanuts, Timber

* Mineral resources including crude oil &Gas in Ondo, Bitumen, Gold in Ijeshaland,Osun State.

*Access to the Ocean in Lagos, Ogun and Ondo States.

* Long and important international land border running from Lagos State to Kwara State.

obataokenwa:
Bro if country divides.... Igbos will still be very much active in business with the Hausas...but the suffering will be in the South west. Those guys survival is Lagos and it's seaport.

What's the big deal in this, Nigerian ladies falling in love with Nigerian men?

Throughout Human History, new tribes emerge through inter-marriages of previously existing tribes and Nigeria's case won't be able to different.

If we continue as one country, in 500 years time, most Nigerian tribes would have merged especially in Kwara, Kogi, Delta, Rivers, Cross River, Akwa-Ibom and Taraba and we will have less than 12 tribes in the whole country by then.

obiekunie2:
you guys seem not to be able to read the writing on the wall.

your women are breaking free - they are pursuing full freedom and real soon, they will drop your islamic protocols that you used in tying them down.

you see how they are systematically discarding your hijab and embracing full freedom from wearing masquerades.

they are begining to associate with "arnas" they have started visiting us in secret.

It's the responsibility of their parents and NOT the Al-majiris Teacher that suppose to provide for their needs.

Bembellaa:
Almajiris are student seeking Islamic knowledge in a system popularly known as Almajiri system in Nigeria...

The system was misused and bastardized... Some couples who gives birth to unwanted children do dump them there. Some poor and uneducated people from the villages send their children to the Almajiri school to acquire Islam knowledge...most of the Almajiri teachers now used them to farm and allow them to beg in the society to survive instead of taken care of them... The government neglected the system

Ibeto is doing well in his Cement Business.
Beside Dangote,there are several manufacturers of cement in Nigeria e.g BUA, West African Larfarge (Elephant cement) etc.

Armaggedon:
have u ever seen any Igbo asking for his investment in the East? Even though we know it disproportionate, we prefer a level playing ground where the likes of ibeto are allowed to compete fairly with fellow businessmen and not a government front like dangote.
As for patronage, even he knows what will happen if Biafra leaves. I will refer you to his reaction to area youth quit notice on Igbo. Every butterfly now think himself a bird.

Sammy07:
Pls, which of the states in northern Nigeria has oil?

Bauchi and Borno States.

Niger Republic, Tchad and Cameroon have all discovered crude oil on their sides of Lake Chad, why not Nigeria?

I am telling you about your fixed mindset.


I am in total support of Biafra.

If I have the power to grant you Biafra, I would have done so since 2017 but no single individual has such powers, even Buhari doesn't have such powers.

AhoadaRivers:
The greatest utopian illusionists are you daydreamer who scream 'nigeria go better, let's join hands together'. How market after decades of wallowing in your utopia?