₦airaland Forum

vanunu:
The federal government if it is really federal has no business owning universities, as big as the united states' is, it has only one federal university.

All over the world universities are owned and sponsored by states and organizations, I don't know why Nigerian government lack wisdom, there has being perennial ASUU strike for more than thirty years now , only the handover of federal universities to states will solve this shameful perennial strikes.

Good. But I think the reason is that they're pitying us too much.
Right now university under FG hands is the cheapest you can obtain anywhere else in this country. If FG gives it to the states (which I'm fully in support of) the States (most of which are struggling with salaries and pension) would have to increase the tuition fees (which I'm also in support of). But how many shortsighted Nigerians would understand?
All we do is blame and blame and when we're tired of blaming we catch cruise with the problem..
Maybe people would say "see small Ghana of yesterday, their universities haven't been on strike for years.. But they don't know that Ghanians pay very high tuition fees for that to happen.

The Government pities us a lot. Let them increase school fees and let those that can't afford it drop out. After all, you don't need a degree to be made in today's world.

I remember when UNIBEN wanted to increase their school fees from 12k to 20k, students rioted. They blocked Ugbowo road. Same thing happened when UniAbuja increase school fees last year, students blocked the highway till soldiers chased them with tear gas.
This is the same students that compare Nigerian schools with Ghana universities. Some compare it Harvard o. Oya let's add 10k to una school fees, they say no.

I'm a preacher of "if you want something better, you gats pay higher than what you previously paid."

Whether the schools are taken over by States or remains with FG, if students want strike to end, dem gats pay more.

Oddfinder001:
Omo we all want gud Nigeria. Y should i not clap for buhari if he did well? Like for example, the buhari administration really made some gud laws through the national assembly. Local government autonomy, judiciary autonomy, live electronic transfer of votes directly to inec website. Kudos to him in these aspect. But all round, buhari is still the worst president we ever had!

The best President would sure be hated by a good percentage of people especially in a country like Nigeria. No president can change Nigeria without being hated.
The Israelite hated moses after he took them out of Egypt and made them wander in the desert for 40 long years.
Buhari have done the hardest part of Governance (1. lock the border till we become the highest producer of rice. 2. Increase the tax we pay and tax things we weren't paying tax on before. 3. Taking the highest loans to build infrastures we were yearning for before. 4. He will completely remove fuel subsidy before he leaves.
He took us out of Egypt (PDP) and took us to the wilderness (inflation, insecurity etc) where we began to say Egypt (1. cheaper fuel. 2. Cheaper electricity. 3. Low taxes. 4. Cheaper rice, fertilizer, beans etc), was much better. But soon Joshua (Tinubu) is coming and he will take us to the promise land. Buhari have done the hard part and will carry most of Nigeria's hatred on himself and Tinubu will continue from where he stopped.

This is utter nonsense!!
Nigeria is not the Avatar universe where the Avatar cycle rotates among the 4 nations.

Why just the geopolitical zones? Why not rotation among the over 250 tribes in Nigeria? Since we're talking about unity and equity.
Let Hausa rule 8 years, Bini rule 8 years, Yoruba rule 8 years, Idoma rule 8 years, Tivs 8 years, Igbo 8 years... till all the 250+ tribes have ruled then the Hausa begins the cycle again.

So you mean an Igbo man should shelf his Presidential ambition because it's not the turn of the SE?
So if an Igbo man contest with his fellow Igbo when it's the SE turn and he lose, he'll have to put his ambition on hold for 48 years before he can try again? That's rubbish na.
Presidential election should be free for all. Let anyone who feels he can win, let him/her contest.

Do you know why 2023 election will be awesome? It will be the first election in the history of Nigeria where 4 contestants will get over a million votes. Ever since it's only two parties that gets over a million votes. This time APC, PDP, Labour and NNPP will get over a million votes. That's how an election should be.

Power should not be given on a platter of gold. Power should be wrestled for.

Oddfinder001:
Stop spreading falsehoods. This bridge is not buhari's to claim!

Is there anything that that is Buhari's to claim in you guys eyes before?

Sweetplum:
Why is it that Nigerian legislature are more paid than Ghanian legislatures and American own. So why won't they v their earning cut. The people ll rise against them.

Which people? The same people that voted them in? What if the Northerners are okay with the way their senators are being paid? Would you know pit the North against the South?
You want the country to scatter under your watch fa?

Better leave the senators alone and do what you can do and leave. When you get there you'll see that even if you slash the senate salary by half, it makes no much difference. It will be like removing a shovel of sand from the beach.

Sweetplum:
Thought you sabi economics. Buhari na him borrow pass in the history of Nigeria.
Secondly if school fees are increased, the common man that's still struggling to meet up with the present ll kuku withdraw his kids.
Only place wey make sense is the introduction and sustenance of courses relevant to the country and economy.
Yet my first summation is the first step in the right direction.
De-market politics. Reduce their earnings. From president to NASS to govs etc.
Anyone going there is going to work and not earn.

Yes na Buhari borrow pass. But if you look closely and carefully, you'll see what the loans are being used for. A president cannot just borrow loans. It would have to pass through the senate and the terms and condition have to be clear and precise.
So instead of being among the bandwagons, who when they hear loans, would start pissing their pants, do your research and see what the loan is being used for, the duration of when it will be completed, the terms and condition and how long it would take Government to pay back the loans.
There's no single loan that has been taken that is not being used on what it was meant for.

As for increment of school fees. People will still pay. Nigerians will definitely complain that school fees has been increased but at the end they'll pay. Let those that cannot pay go and find their lives outside of school. You don't need to go to school to be somebody in today's world.
All countries where their schools are topnotch pay heavily for it.
The ones that have standard schools with free or almost free schools have a very small population and their taxes are very high. So at the end they pay heavily for their education.
In America, 71% of Americans cannot go to college without loans, grants or scholarships from the Government. That tells you how expensive their education is.
Greenland, where school is free and Government sometimes pay people to go to school, have a population of 57k people. The population of 10 federal universities in Nigeria is already more than the population of the entire Greenland.
Their small population makes it easy for their Government to provide free education for them.
Even at that, the citizens of Greenland are taxed 44% of their income. So technically, they actually pay for their education.

Nigerians talk about how universities in Ghana are better and they don't go on strike but they fail to tell you that Ghanians public universities tuition fee is an average of 200k when converted to Naira. Whereas most of our federal schools pay less than 50k for school fees.

As for reducing the salaries of the senate, it is dead on arrival.. When you prepare a budget and you slash the senate salaries, shey it's the same senate that you will carry to budget to for approval? If they don't approve it what will you do? Arrest all of them? Better don't start what you cannot finish.

The best you can do is reduce the salaries of yourself, ministers and their appointees. That way Nigerians will understand you're trying your best to cut the cost of Governance. But when you're doing that have it in mind that they have to be paid well enough so they won't steal or people won't bribe them to work against you.
Just don't try and touch the salaries of senators cos they'll frustrate your papa.

Sweetplum:
Buhari said there's no money to provide all these you mentioned.

Then take loans.
On ending ASUU strike, increase the school fees, and provide ways that student from not so well to do homes can take loans.
To reduce the number of students that will take loans, you can make the loans only available for student pursuing professional courses like medicine and engineering. Courses that are really useful to the Nigerian society. And make it in such a way that only the bright students are eligible. Not everybody must go to school. Thank God we're already in an era when you don't need school to blow.

Look for the top 6 things we import in this country that can be produced here and have them built.
People might not appreciate what

9jatriot:
If not for insecurity, PMB's investment in infrastructure is unprecedented.

As for economy, the whole world is facing same issue with many more facing even worst economic woes

Go to news page of different African countries on Facebook and twitter. Apart from light, all their citizens are still complaining of the same problem Nigeria is facing. Even Rwanda that Nigerians like hyping that it's leaving us behind, citizens of that country are still complaining. But here some people here will think Nigeria is the worse country on earth.

anonymous1759:
APC out classes PDP in terms of infrastructure . Rail , roads ,bridges plus improved power supply that happened recently.
With lesser oil revenue , pandemic and corruption APC still out do PDP . PDP really wasted 16 years of Nigerians.
APC deserves another 8 years so Nigerians can see the clearer picture .
On insecurity APC has failed just like PDP.


Majority of Nigerians are not enlightened they don’t even know if oil price fall it’ll affect the Naira as oil is the major source of revenue. All they’ll tell you is that naira is weaken .
When the national Grid collapsed yesterday people were happy , but as at last week when a thread was opened about improved power they said it’s because of election. And these people are so called Christians who go to church every Sunday but bad mouth their country and wish her bad .
The more you wish your country bad it’ll remain BAD.
The only thing I’m impressed about this present youth is that they’ve put politicians on their toes via social media.

I support Another 8yrs for APC They should focus on security, diversifying the economy, reconstruction and continue the momentum on infrastructure and power everything will be good its a gradual process .

We don’t want a Perceived angel Who Will Come and scatter everything. I like the continuation in progressive change in Lagos I need that in Nigeria .

If you know you can’t wait for the progressive change in Nigeria due to age factor you’re free to JAKPA , you can still contribute to the economy outside the shores of the country but the country is gradually moving if you look inward .
There’s know where in the world today that there’s no inflation , flood or a slight shift of improved standard of living . But you’ll see Nigerians always castigating but they can’t keep common traffic laws, and litter the drainages with dirts it’s a really big shame .

The only reason why advanced counties manage to cope is because of the progressive good governance they’ve had in the past that planed in contingencies like this . But Nigeria has been wrecked with bad leadership for over 30 years. It’s not rocket science that it’ll only take time to recover .

Nigeria can only be Grate with positive mindset from both government and the citizens.

The light issue thing tire me o.
The same people that used the collapse of the national grid to mock and criticize FG said the reason for the improved power was due to election. Some said it's cos of raining season. I began to wonder if it wasn't the same election period the grid collapsed in or this is the first time Nigeria has experienced raining season.
Some even said the reason for the strike is because FG were trying to keep students away from voting.
Everybody just dey spew conspiracy theories left right and center.

Let's hope they don't say this bridge was supposed to be higher for ships to pass under but Buhari made it low so that Benue wouldn't have a seaport.

Wait o.. Am I seeing correctly?
Not one person have blamed the North for this.

You mean Okowa isn't a northerner?

SpecialAdviser:
Okowa and Atiku and good combo of looting warlords. If you know Delta IGR and 13%
derivation, you will weep for Delta.
Addedd to agbado crooner, then we are finished.

Obidient is better than sacrifice

Doctors were on strike for 13 months in Anambra. Imagine the thousands of people that would have died in those 13 hellish months).Imagine the poor women that would have to give birth in traditional houses. Imagine the babies that would have died cos of ordinary malaria yet Peter Obi and his children were receiving treatments in other states and Abroad.
If those people and babies that died hear you want to vote for Peter Obi next year, they'd wake up and give you a knock like Old Roger.

Students were at home for 6 months in Anambra. I wonder what I'll call such people if they are among the Obidients we have now. It means there's no hope for us.
Una dey tire to suffer?

phorget:
The igbos melted worse treatment to Ekweremadu in Germany so if Awolowo received such treatment as you claimed then that means igbos would correct any anomalies irrespective of whosoever is involved.
The fulanis has been in charge of this country with nothing tangible to show for it and they even believe the country to be their birthright so politically they are our enemy.
Prior to 2015 election worst thing was been done to Jonathan by yorubas and hausas so I guess Jonathan and Bayelsans should have a good reason to hate the yorubas and hausas for life since stoning Awolowo is your yardstick for measuring hatred.

You dare mention Akunyili, did igbos killed Funso Williams right there in Lagos? Was Kudirat Abiola got murdered in igboland? Did Oladipupo Diya got imprisoned by an igboman?

Actually only few Fulanis have ruled Nigeria. Unless you mean the whole North is the problem.

In 2011, the Yorubas were one of the top people that supported Jonathan election.. Even more than the Igbos.
Prior to 2015 elections they felt they were being sidelined by GEJ's government since no Yorubas was at the top 6 position of his Government. Then plus of the Boko Haram insurgency, they decided to support someone else they think would do better over Jonathan. Is anything wrong there?

Sweetplum:
Let's assume my talk is cheap. What is your own suggestion to end senates and reps menace?

Good. Now we can talk without emotions.

As I'll say again. Leave the senate alone and do what you think will benefit majority of Nigerians.
As bogus as what the senate take home at the end of every month is, it is a still a very small percentage of Nigeria's total budget. Just turn a blind eye on them.

*Increase the IGR you promised Nigerians to increase.
*Build the railway you promised Nigerians you'll build
*Execute what you went to Egypt to learn on their power sector and increase Nigeria power generation from 5000 to 20000 MW in 4 years (assuming it's possible).
*Pay the N1.3 billion ASUU demand you promised to pay.
*Increase the less than 1 million barrel per day oil production to the OPEC 1.8 million barrel quota you claim is the reason FG can't pay ASUU.
(But be careful here.. Don't goan do over sabi and say you're the commander in chief of the armed forces and say you want to fight the militants else they will show you shege like how they showed Buhari shege when he wanted to end Niger Delta $100,000,000 yealy amnesty budget. No matter what, don't start a war in the Niger Delta cos the militants would cripple the economy faster than the senate).
* End the security aid Nigeria give to Niger and other small African countries since you feel stopping the money would change anything.
*etc.

Sweetplum:
Is Buhari the only one that can fight in Nigeria?
As far as am concerned, he's overrated and that's why he failed.
As for the senate and reps. I ll clip their wings. I ll raise proxy people who ll reveal all their shady deals and turn Nigeria against them and exonerate myself from political largesse. Buhari would v made more sense when he said he ll reduce his earnings and he did it to the extent that he's publicly showing how he donates his earnings monthly or quarterly in the media. All those stupid aids and payment of ghost workers in aso rock. There was a time they said N1b was used to buy drugs in aso rock clinic. Who are the users? And Buhari ll still travel to overseas for checkups more than 10 times. Is his life as soft as a tissue paper?
Bros, I m ready to serve Nigeria and spoil things for the cabals

Lol. See as e easy to talk.

How many years do you think must have passed before you completely clip the senate wings?
What they need to do is make it impossible for you to pay salaries and pay bandits to increase insecurities in Nigeria and Nigerians would beg them to impeach you.

The same way you're imagining as a President you can clip the senate wings, imagine yourself as the senate trying to clip Buhari wings..
See which is easier and which will cause more damage and more outcry.

Kayyy:
Everybody is claiming and forming knowledgeable on subsidy matter, without Dangote refinery finishing do people understand the resulting effects of subsidy ?, Has even Peter Obi they talked about told them the honest repercussions of removing it ?, The immediate effect ?, Buhari did the same during campaign and his hands got burnt when he got there and people are allowing politicians use the same template for them? There has never been any decrease in kerosine and diesel since FG stopped accounting for its subsidy and yet some people are projecting to you that prices would go up and come down with petrol ? Without Dangote Refinery starting to work any politician telling you stories would either cause severe hardship by removing subsidy or would probably borrow billions to cushion the economic effects of the removal after he does so, and don't get started on inflation cause for sure that will rise too especially with fuel increase. All your candidates ( Tinubu, Atiku, Peter Obi ) know they all depend on Dangote refinery to start to ease Forex issues, Naira falling and others to an extent but they can't tell you the truth.

True. All of them know this fact but the opposition would use it to campaign against the one in power.
Just like how APC used Atikus words that he would privatize NNPC to campaign against him in 2019 but yet the same APC FG privatized NNPC this year.

All these politicians know that they'd never be able to pay ASUU their N1.3 trillion if they get there (unless fuel subsidy ends, Oil price increases, or they'd have to increase tuition fees) but they'd use it to campaign against FG.
The opposition would use increase in fuel price, fertilizers, increase in taxes and VATs and excise duties to portray how the party in power has made everything hard on Nigerians but deep down they know that even them will do the same thing to keep the economy running.

They'd use how much loans were are owing to China to campaign against APC, but deep down they know that the loans were necessary.. That if you really want to do any project or infrastructures with this oil lower oil price you'd have to take loans.

They'd use the fact that power is now more expensive to campaign against the ruling party but deep down they know that light subsidy had to be removed else nothing will change in our power sector.

It's actually annoying when I realize that the politicians are taking us for fools just to get into power.

Sweetplum:
Then let Nigeria be like that. Senate n reps earning is ridiculous. Very lazy niggas

Leave the senate alone and do what you can do in 8 years and comot.
Fighting the senate will be the beginning of your woes as a president.
Imagine there's a project you wanna do and you need a loan and the senates doesn't approve the loan because you're fighting them? Even Buhari that most of the senates were APC, was frustrated when he tried to stop Budget padding.

The President is the most powerful man in Nigeria but it is until you get there that you'd know how weak the president can be because of his powers.

Yesterday, I was having a discussion with my friends, he was telling me how the 1999 constituting is the problem of Nigeria. How every States should be controlling her resources. How Borno State shouldn't be collecting oil money. That if he was President, he will stop it.
I told him if he was a Senator from Borno State and he knows what Borno state would be like if oil allocation stops and someone from the South passes a bill that it should stop would he allow the bill or frustrate it? Although he said he would, but deep down me and him know that he was deceiving himself.. Same thing with Senators from Sokoto, Taraba, Katsina, Benue, Niger etc. None of them will allow that bill because it would hurt their people.

Now what if you're a President with absolute power. You don't need the senate approval to do what you want. Let's also assume you're from Bayelsa. Would you stop sharing of oil money to the North when you know the Northerners will suffer? Remember you're from the South but you're a President of both the North and South. It is then you'd know that the solution is always easy when you're not in power.

Let's even assume, you're a great thinker.. You say, you'd put policies in place that would make the North self sufficient. That they'd be able to stop depending on oil money allocation.. Would the policies be able to show fruits till after 8 years before you leave power.?
And also those policies would take a lot of money and investment and time... Won't your southern brothers say you're now loyal to the North because you're spending too much on them? Just like when Jonathan was building Alamjiri schools and southerners were insulting him for building schools in the north which he didn't do in the south..

The moral lesson of this long epistle is that, if Buhari cannot fight the senate, nobody else can. That's the sad truth.

Nice and innovative.
But 90% of the things you said there requires money.. Lots and lots of money.

The first and foremost thing should be how to increase the revenue of Nigeria. Nigeria is not rich.
When you get there you'd realize this.

IfnobeGod20:
Mr. Man, Nigeria complexity require that the president must be on the field of play. Have you seen the best player been benched and not fielded in a complex competition.
The problems of Nigeria state is beyond a robot president, it require a mobile and cerebral president that will be up and doing, even though if it is for 4 years to stabilize the system. OBJ was to do much because he was in constant monitoring end engaging the citizenry.
The resources are there but leadership capacity to harness and tap the resources is the failure and if we miss it less year, Nigerians will pay for it because average Nigerian doesn't like doing the right thing, if we can get the right leader that will drive the system and make people do the right thing to get the right thing done, then things will definitely work out.

K

Sweetplum:
You are right. Anything to cut the wings of senators n reps is allowed. It's obvious they are the real problems

That is not possible if you're working under democracy. Fight the senate and they'll show you that the senate is much more powerful than the Presidency.
Unless you want to work with the judiciary. But then you'd have to give the judges a mouth watering offer to make them work for you and against the senate.

Any solution that does not involve school fees increment is a waste of time. It is dead on arrival.
That is the hard reality on ground. The bitter truth.

babyfaceafrica:
By force? Are we on military regime? The only way to reduce salaries is via the Red and green House!
Getting that done is easier than killing a lion with toothpick.

The legislators and sinators are the problem!

Many of them thinks the world works the way it works in their head.

WibusJaga:
Just enact these laws (just like for NYSC service):
1. If your kids are not in our public universities, you can't hold a public office.
2. If you did not graduate from our public universities, you can not hold a public office.

You would spend your 8 years trying to do these things. Buhari tried to end budget padding senate nor gree approve budget. That's even when APC senators were in majority o.
Imagine trying to enact those laws when the senate is against it.

Some of you guys don't even know some of thiese solution you guys are offering are only possible when you're a military dictator with absolute power and not a democratic elected president with senate and HOR

Sweetplum:
I ll give them the money. Reduce every political office holders allowances by force and give ASUU.

You would reduce senators and HORs salaries too?
When senate nor gree approve budget you go understand say Nigeria does not work the way it works in your head.

phorget:
And were you able to profile them to be igbos? What year was that if I may ask? And you mean that singular act automatically made igbos become yoruba enemy? Your sense of reasoning should be examined bros.
We are thinking on how best to move a country forward but people like you would prefer an enemy just to spite igbos...nah wa o.

The stoning happened in Igbo land did it?

And see your double standard.
What act did the Fulanis do that made them the enemy?
Was James Onanefe a Fulani that stole billions from Delta State and was sentenced to prison terms in UK?
Was Powei a Fulani enemy that stole billions and pretend to faint on national TV when he was queried?
Was the it the Fulani that killed Chike Akunyili (husband of Dora Akuniyili)?
Was it the Fulani enemies that killed those soldier couple in the SE?

Speaking of Fulani enemies, was Atiku not a Fulani when Peter Obi contested as his vice in 2019?

What would have happened if Atiku had won?
Do you realise he'd be President with Peter Obi as his vice?

You nor even know where dey pain you.

Even if Tinubu does this his medicals in a hospital owned by Nnamdi Kanu or Peter and he comes out healthy, Zombidients will say Tinubu bribed Peter Obi and his results were faked

dedonfranco:
Peter Obi said Oil Subsidy is Organised crime in our Country.....Promise to tackle it if elected.

Just vote for Peter Obi.

Nor run pass your shadow. Buhari will remove fuel subsidy when Dangote's refinery starts.

FromZeroToHero:
This is the reason why I can't take anywhere belle face politicians serious.

FFK is a total disgrace.

Do you want the video of the politician who said the day he leaves APGA is the day he dies?

All politicians are the same.

phorget:
Igbos don't hate yorubas, fulanis should rather be the common enemy but yorubas would rather embrace their enemy and they will see igbos as the new enemy.

The Fulani enemy didn't stone Awolowo when he campaigned in the North. The friendly Igbos did.

Maxymilliano:
“It’s like Brazil today, they recognise that sometimes, Pele was a star, a fantastic footballer but they are not going to field him in today’s match" :

Pele does not need to enter the field of play. He will coach the younger players, search for talented players that will do the work on the field.

That's what Tinubu will do. He will sign in brilliant ministers and technocrats. He doesn't need to be on the field of play.

MadamVanessa:



Reno is very unstable human and such human shouldn't be taken serious. This Atiku he's singing his praises today, certainly tomorrow he will drag Atiku and start praising Tinubu.

The Idiotic usêlèss nonêntity twitter warrior is nothing but empty lousy animal.

Reno is your average Nigerian politician. Even Peter Obi campaigned for Atiku. They are all the same.

DaveDGreat:


I said VOTE WISELY and you don dey fidget already? That means you know that your decision isn't a wise one.

Meanwhile, what do you have to say Sir about Tinubu and Gboyega Oyetola's appearance on the Pandora papers report?

I have nothing to say. The 3 top candidates have corruption case on their head. No one is less corrupt than the other.

That being the case, since no of them are saints, I will vote the candidate with the best track record of economy development. The candidate that that has been able to increase the revenue of his state. The candidate who as a governor, his state university never went on strike. A candidate that doctor weren't on strike. A candidate whose state is the most developed in the country. Whose state worker was paid minimum wage.
That is the candidate I will wisely vote.

DaveDGreat:
The problem with most of you is that you don't read at all.

Tinubu and his cousin Gboyega Oyetola were fingered in the Pandora papers report but your bigotry allowed you to single just one person out. The person didn't even commit any crime.

All I can say is VOTE WISELY

I will vote wisely and not with emotions. I will vote for Tinubu.