₦airaland Forum

@Sir Kay:
Before some mumus in the house misinterprete your introduction as supporting their stupid reasoning. The LPG is what we call cooking gas here and it is mostly sold in 12.5kg, like you rightly observed. It costs about N3,300.whereas 14.5kg in Ghana is N2,000. We are heavily yoked in this country and the angst of the people is beyond subsidy removal. It is about every aspect of governance. And for those who think why is it all about Jonathan? Yes, it is about him. He had an overwhelming mandate because the people had so much trust in him (he was from a poor background and the first PhD holder to become president). What more goodwill will a leader enjoy that we did not give Jonathan?

@OP:Bravo, you have just confirmed your place in the 'Guiness book of morons'.was it not on this same NL that people were condemning church leaders for not being outspoken against government policies? I have been advised to ignore you, I just did not heed the warning. Now, I'll be taking your contributions with a pinch of salt because i now know that you are shallow minded. BTW, do you think before you post?

@Muami: Were the British police shooting at protesters? Would the British PM have waited for two days, like you said, if anyone had been killed by the police during the
protest? It shows the level of insensitivity of our leaders. If people could protest in the USA, UK and even Egypt and Tunisia, why not in Nigeria? Why do you always find it convenient to make stupid comparisons? I'm appaled at the level of people's reasoning.

I consider it baffling when people make comments on when they know little or nothing about or too lazy to get informed. One fella wrote here that Nigerians are lazy, I think he is not a Nigerian so I will not dignify his stupidity with a response. The minimum wage in Ghana is about 64,000 naira. It is convenient to observe that Ghanaians are not protesting over the hike, but you are too shallow-minded to understand why. This issue is beyond tribalism or religious sentiments. If you cannot see beyond your bigoted prisms, too bad.

But Nigeria can destroy us. I say #Occupy every space.

Incompetent

I have stayed away from the subsidy removal debate for so many reasons. All of a sudden, every Nigerian is now an economist and has an idea of what is going on, even when spewing thrash.I am particularly disappointed with the positions of people I had learnt to respect their opinions on matters such as these.
@ OP:Some of us were young when IMF\World Bank prescribed SAP- Structural Adjustment Programme to Nigeria and we have been suffering the resultant effects for decades. Yes, their recommendations, just like this subsidy removal, are not altruistic. Please read the link below for further enlightenment.
http://www.globalissues.org/article/3/structural-adjustment-a-major-cause-of-poverty

1025:
@poster,
i was reading your story until i got to the paragraph above. u have taken side with ekwueme and that is one of the reasons a typical igboman will never change his stance.
what happened in 1999 at the pdp convention shld be looked at critically and not sentimentally.
in politics, there is no permanent enemy of friend but permanent objectives.
ekwueme happened to be the vice president of shagari between 1979 and 1983 and used his political powers to deny jim nwobodo his mandate because he wanted to deliever anambra state to the then NPN. good, u offended your brother in your pursuits of relevance, what does it take ekwueme to call his brother to appologise and seek his support? what is the guarranttee that the unrepentant ekwueme will not do more dangerious things to jim nwobodo might he become president. in my town, i have one who almost jailed half of the village so are u saying tomorrow if any of us sees how to deny him the opportunity, we will not. u don't sponsor your own death, never.
to me, what jim nwobodo did cld be termed self defence. ekwueme alcked what it takes to bring the igbos together without factions so why making him a leader.

on the other hand, satistics has it that ekwueme's vote plus jim nwobodo's was no where close to winning. be reminded, the retired generals wanted a soft landing spot and a sympathy vote for the yorubas at least to bring peace in the much tensed land over the june 12 and later death of abiola. need i remind u that 1999 was designed for the yorubas and as usual, the pdp convention was only a supporting film.

all in all, any reasonable igbo leader or future leader must learn from our pasts. unity is the only way forward and it must be genuine unity. factions among the igbos will not be any different from the case of a house divided against itself.
ekwueme did not play his card very well and he got what he deserved. he made jim nwobodo to understand that he cld do without and jim nwobodo proved to him that no man is an island.

Sensible post jare! Well done my brother for taking it from that oft neglected angle.

I have reiterated that Jonathan's candidacy is not so inspiring. So, I am praying that he loses. Yes, Jonathan must lose the elections. But he must not lose to Atiku and his ilks.

In fact he could not even get the name right. Is he "Johnathan" or "Jonathan"?.
The guy is highly disgruntled! I understand him sha, everyone wants recognition in Nigeria for doing nothing.

I meant Robbins Begg.I have not been asked to pay money ooo.

Hello house,
Does anyone know about this recruiting firm? I got a text from them two weeks ago that my application as a BDM was successful and their client would soon call me for an interview. I was then asked to write an online test which i did exactly two weeks ago.

I need any information on the firm. Thanks

Ribadu in ACN? Tinubu's party? Well, strange things happen in Nigerian politics.

Has anyone ever taken this test and what is it all about? Kindly fill me in, it is very urgent!

Thanks

Got it too. My initial reaction was that they forgot that i had already written. Now, that you also got it, then it's actually the second stage. I am yet to write it though, so i can say.

@Tkb417
I'm at labi2k2@yahoo.com. Add me if you 're online. It's a personal stuff

@Tkb417
I've been trying to reach you. It's urgent

@Jarus
Great Ife!
Pls i need to contact Tbk417 for something very important and urgent. Could you help get his contacts? My mail is labi2k2@yahoo.com
Thanks

aisha2:
I think its the other way round, PDP is tempting the devil

Lol,

tensor777:
^^First of all you need to be structured in your arguments.We are discussing Nigeria here. Yet you are the one that has been completely going off on a tangent by bringing up other countries, perhaps to create diversionary arguments. I refuse to go down that route.
In any case the basic issue here is that you lot have yet to come up with an alternative viable economic model for the country


This is an example of the drivel some people have been coming up with on this thread. A lot of slogans and cliches but, as a guide to policy, absolute rubbish!

I would not want to go personal with you so i'll try as much as possible to stay focused on the issue being discussed.
How much do you know about governance in Nigeria? Do you know how much is paid to a Councillor (who probably has only Primary School Certificate )for doing nothing? The truth is that we know that the nation has enough resources to cater for most of its needs, only that the politicians live on the people's collective wealth without remorse.
I still maintain that there should be accountability in the system before we rush to recommend any neo-imperialistic policy.

You keep talking of increasing tax revenue, i don't need to be in the UK or USA to know that the government can only demand more if it has spent what it has judiciously. When i said state welfarism, it suggests that the government should be alive to its responsibilities of providing basic amenities and also regulations for socio-economic activities. I am not against private ownership of wealth or business enterprises, i only want the government to protect its citizens from predatory economic practises. So what cliche or verbosity are you referring to?

BTW, it seems the OP had you in mind when he started the thread.

Oops, i forgot to add that the advanced countries in the world have neither progressed through extreme capitalism nor outright communism but the hybrid of both principles as 9janja rightly pointed out which can be referred to as State Welfarism. That is what the Labour PM is doing in the UK and what Pres. Obama has just achieved with the Health Care Bill and other post- recession policies.
While i don't support regimented economic policies, i also don't advocate that a government should abdicate its responsibilities to economic hawks and predators.

A major reason why Nigerians are particularly bitter is because of the awareness that the country possesses the wherewithal (both human and natural resources) to lift it out of the economic doldrums it has found itself.
This socio -economic quagmire is the outcome of the fusion of neo- imperialists, military political adventurists, pseudo economists, quasi- political leaders and other forms of nepotism and unbridled brigandage that has pervaded the country's socio- political firmament.

An intellectually stimulating post and comments. Although Paddy Lo seems to be a bit out of touch with the reality here in Naija. Those statistics aren't that reliable.
For the folks bashing the Western media for negative press on Nigeria, i think it's because of the expectations they share with us for our [i]dear[/i] country.
As a Nigerian who has spent all his life in this country, i am referring to more than three decades, i understand the anger and resentments expressed towards our pitiable level of development.
For all his faults, OBJ actually made some marks in the areas of economic development until Yar Adua started reversing both the good and the bad without alternatives.
That we have been so backward is not because of our meagre 50 years of existence as a nation even when almost all our political handlers have heard of the phrase "quantum leap". Rather, it is because we choose to copy the wrong things.

Having made appreciable recoveries from the recession in the West, Pres. Obama and Prime Minister Gordon Brown are looking for measures to make live better for their people. But the things that our own leaders think of during the periods of economic bouyancy are to increasing their allowances, increasing their fleet of cars,building new quarters, marrying more wives (lol), sharing the loot etc. without thinking of improving the healthcare delivery system, providing affordable housing for the teeming populace, fixing our roads and giving adequate attention to the educational sector.

It is unfortunate that a community in Lagos has to be the epicenter of that documentary in spite of Governor Fashola's numerous achievements. But it is also a reminder that more needs to be done and that development is a continuous job.

That is the very lesson i have taken from all these discussions.

Does anyone know anything about this company? I got a mail from them with an attached brochure and was asked to call the numbers in the brochure for further details.
Though i applied as a Flow Deal Professional some weeks back on one job site.

When the news broke out last week that some Christians leaders too would be invited to see the President, myself and a friend decided to draw up a list of likely 'beneficiaries' and came up with names like Adeboye (the most respected Christian leader), Onaiyekan (Catholic Archbishop of Abuja and head CAN) , Oyedepo (a charismatic leader and overseer of one of the largest Christian flocks)and Oritsejafor ( political evangelist). My friend was upbeat that the inclusion of Oyedepo would bring the whole matter to the fore as the man would not hesitate to let the cat out of the bag. He hinged his position on Oyedepo's charismatic characters.

I reluctantly agreed with him though i would have preferred  Tunde Bakare or Sam Adeyemi and i told him pointedly that these two have become synonymous with the recent clamours for unravelling the mystery behind the fate of the President while the aforementioned Christian leaders have maintained criminal silence.

Then, we learnt that Oyedepo and Onaiyekan were among those invited to see the sick president. I read somewhere that Oyedepo had denied meeting the sick president while Onaiyekan maintained that he had not seen any invitation. But a certain Pastor Kure (one of the four wise men) insisted that they had met with Yar Adua but declined to make further comments on the outcome.

Now, we have confirmed that some Four Wise Men (Onaiyekan, Obaje, Oyedepo and Kure) actually went to visit the sick.
These men were indeed invited in their capacities as Christian leaders in order to ensure compliance with the Federal Character.

Unfortunately, i do not worship in any of the congregations where they lead, so i can not ask them any question. But, they must have heard the report of the Islamic Clerics, so why are they keeping mute?

JoeGaruba:
A lot of who? You are barking up the wrong tree. All I have ever said on this is the clandestine treatment of the health of UMYA portends great economic and social dangers for the country. It has never been my joy to wish anyone dead. Get your facts right and stop generalizing.
SHaron, Castro and even Ill Kim Jong are leaders who made known their medical conditions so that there will be no shenanigans. If the guy cannot continue, why labor the country and himself ?

As a rule of law if you know of a crime and refuse to report it, you are an accessory. Not that being ill  is a crime.  Are you privy to the fact that he grunted Amen and other words? If the guy has nothing to hide, why has his deputy (now acting president) not seen him? Spare me the personal business claptrap. You analogy has no bearing on the issue. Your father's illness affects you and your family. UMYA's illness affects over 150 million Nigerians. What has selling your father's property got to do with the reluctance to declare the state of health of the number one citizen?

Leaders worldwide meet to discuss events and shape policies that affect you and I. UMYA is sick and JG cant leave a vacuum to attend such meetings. The senate (and its president) has not shown much initiative to be entrusted with such responsibility.  Yet you wonder why we have not progressed? It is because, people like you will not think of the repercussion of your actions or in this case, inaction. If he is fit to rule, let him say it, otherwise he needs to step aside and let the nation focus on the path to progress.

Do not be a tool in the perpetration of deceit. You can fool some people sometime, 

Peeps should take a cue from this. BTW, it seems Oyedepo has more foot soldiers on Nairaland than Adeboye. lol

Let them keep accusing us of shouting. We are tired of giving our entitlements to others who turn around to claim that "Lagos is no man's land". Much as we appreciate the efforts of fellow Nigerians who are contributing meaningfully to the well-being of the state, It must not be confused for a" right of indigeneship".

There are other Nigerians living in states other than their states of origin who cannot claim to be indigenes of such states (of residence). Please, we do not want another form of internal colonisation or another Jos crises in Lagos.
There are thousands of Lagos State indigenes who are ably qualified for any elective/appointive post in Nigeria.
Enough is Enough.

Isaac Adaka Boro died (as a Major) fighting for the Nigerian Army during the Civil War. He was the first man to organize a resistance against the Federal Government in the Niger Delta.

, a tale told by an idiot,
full of sound and fury,
yet signifying nothing, Williams Shakepeare

It's a rubbish list.
@ Jarus:
Jega, Agbakoba et al are being tipped to take over from Iwu, not Farida. I don't think she has finished serving her term.

I don't know what part of Lagos State Babapupa (and his ilks) comes from. But, I am very sure that no real indigene of Lagos State will condone the evil being perpetuated by Tinubu and his acolytes.
Let them keep shouting "eko o ni baje" while they continue looting our wealth. Very soon, the real people of Lagos will do what needs to be done about them. I hope they won't be blaming PDP then.

Can we have another anti-Fashola write-up? I am tired of reading these stale junks from "True Face of Lagos" and "Other Face of Lagos"