blaise00700:
This one think say na Military era we dey.

Always making misguided comments.

Kanixt:
Bet me Buhari can't win Lagos state. All these jobless and senseless crowds will do nothing to help Buhari win

Tittos:
That cancer center was donated by mtn. When you lie, use style. BTW. There are only two doctors operating in that whole center and one of them is old and hardly comes to work.

MajesticIgbo:



Saraki is not Yoruba.

sammy99:


der Govornor can b a yoruba man der is nothing wrong about it.

But y is der king called Emir(a fulani title) and not Oba or any oda yoruba title?
Stop being deceived, kwara state has longed been defeated by d fulanis so dey are d owner of der land.

D reason y yorubas are d governors is as a result of dem being d owner b4 dey wer being conquered by d fulanis so der are still yorubas who are indigene.

U shud av said a yoruba shud b der ruler in kwara state den i will believe its a yoruba land nevertheless,its a fulani land

Read history well.

Since the 1960s, the Yoruba, a people of high education and cultural sophistication, have played the politics of ‘sheep and shepherd’. They have always required a chaperone to take them to the watering hole, not minding if the water is impure.

From the 1960s to the 1970s, Obafemi Awolowo was the Yoruba political chaperone. He chaperoned ‎the ethnic group through out the political life of the era. Samuel Akintola, his contemporary, was despised. To Awolowo, the Yoruba surrendered their mojo.

Bola Tinubu took over from Awolowo. From 1999 to date, he has chaperoned the Yoruba in politics. Tinubu has become so powerful that his interest is often mistaken‎ to be that of the ethnic group. In fact, it has even become difficult to read the blurred lines.

As a matter of fact, there is nothing wrong if a group puts its faith in a lodestar, but there is something wrong when a people cease to exercise their intellection on crucial matters, and even surrender their destiny to an individual.

The fact is, the interest of an individual may not necessarily be the interest of a group. ‎Personal interest rules in politics. A situation where a people give up the right to interrogate the decisions and actions of their leader fecundates the tyranny of interest.

Political bandwagonism is not a testament of political maturity. A people must have the head to bear their own mystery and the will to chart their own path‎.

Also, political homogeneity is not evidence of unity or strength, but of weakness and tepidity, which gives room for the enthronement of tyranny.

That the entire south-west has come under the suzerainty of the APC does not speak well of the political sophistication of the Yoruba. Politics is‎ more eventful when there is competition, divergence and heterogeneity.

It is discomfiting that the will of one man has prevailed on a people with an advanced culture, intellect, and enviable achievements.

‎I know the Yoruba will wake up someday, maybe not today.

Odu’a a gbe wa.

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While expressing concerns over some changes introduced into the 2018 budget by the National Assembly, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, listed the examples of projects from which cuts were made. He listed them as follows:


a The provisions for some nationally/regionally strategic infrastructure projects such as Counter-part funding for the Mambilla Power Plant, Second Niger Bridge/ancillary roads, the East-West Road, Bonny-Bodo Road, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and Itakpe-Ajaokuta Rail Project were cut by an aggregate of 11.5 billion Naira.


b. Similarly, provisions for some ongoing critical infrastructure projects in the FCT, Abuja especially major arterial roads and the mass transit rail project, were cut by a total of 7.5 billion Naira.



c. The provision for Rehabilitation and Additional Security Measures for the United Nations Building by the FCT, Abuja was cut by 3.9 billion Naira from 4 billion Naira to 100 million Naira; this will make it impossible for the Federal Government of Nigeria to fulfill its commitment to the United Nations on this project.


d. The provisions for various Strategic Interventions in the health sector such as the upgrade of some tertiary health institutions, transport and storage of vaccines through the cold chain supply system, provision of anti-retroviral drugs for persons on treatment, establishment of chemotherapy centres and procurement of dialysis consumables were cut by an aggregate amount of 7.45 billion Naira.


e. The provision for security infrastructure in the 104 Unity Schools across the country were cut by 3 billion Naira at a time when securing our students against acts of terrorism ought to be a major concern of government.


f. The provision for the Federal Government’s National Housing Programme was cut by 8.7 billion Naira.


g. At a time when we are working with Labour to address compensation-related issues, a total of 5 billion Naira was cut from the provisions for Pension Redemption Fund and Public Service Wage Adjustment.


h. The provisions for Export Expansion Grant (EEG) and Special Economic Zones/Industrial Parks, which are key industrialization initiatives of this Administration, were cut by a total of 14.5 billion Naira.


i. The provision for Construction of the Terminal Building at Enugu Airport was cut from 2 billion Naira to 500 million Naira which will further delay the completion of this critical project.

j. The Take-off Grant for the Maritime University in Delta State, a key strategic initiative of the Federal Government, was cut from 5 billion Naira to 3.4 billion Naira.

k. About seventy (70) new road projects have been inserted into the budget of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing. In doing so, the National Assembly applied some of the additional funds expected from the upward review of the oil price benchmark to the Ministry’s vote. Regrettably, however, in order to make provision for some of the new roads, the amounts allocated to some strategic major roads have been cut by the National Assembly."

The president said another area of concern was the increase by the National Assembly of the provisions for Statutory Transfers by an aggregate of N73.96 billion, adding that "Most of these increases are for recurrent expenditure at a time we are trying to keep down the cost of governance.
"An example of this increase is the budget of the National Assembly itself which has increased by N14.5 billion, from N125 billion to N139.5 billion without any discussion with the executive."

He said despite all these observations, he had decided to sign the 2018 budget in order not to further slowdown the pace of recovery of the economy which, he noted, had doubtlessly been affected by the delay in passing the budget.

Mortiple:
From your write up, you have shown more hatred than him. BTW, I am sure the apology wasn't meant for uncut and unrefined Yoruba man like you. Those he apologized to know themselves.

If I may ask, what exactly are "they" envious about? Obviously, they are more industrious than wherever you represent... and that is a fact!

Sap0:

I'm Yoruba like you.. let it go, he has apologized...we hated ourselves and we haven't moved forward ,isn't it time we tried a different approach?