₦airaland Forum

cronsberg: Are you freaking kidding me? Did they just pull the system failure/ gas shortage excuse again , its been the same problem since obj time o. And these people have the audacity to come on t.v and keep telling us to be patient, that things will get better, that we shouldn't be running away from nigeria(if not there will be no one to develop nigeria).bla bla even though they at the top never experience power failure, they eat what they want, travel where they want, they are in airconditioned houses/cars/offices 24/7, and bold enough to steal billions with total immunity, they recieve billions in salary and allowances....
Mehn f.uck this goddam country, i refuse to suffer and smile anymore. I only live once, therefore i want to enjoy the one and only live i have

I made a mistake by coming back to this country after doing my degree . By god if i get the chance again(hopefully very soon) am running out of this goddamn country never to come back any time soon.

my brother i used to talk like you 10Years ago but guess what? I grew up.you should too.running away is not the answer.

ckkris: Tinubu, Buharam, and their agents of darkness can sabotage anything, in order to ensure that Nigeria doesn't develop to a point where their own followers begin to earn a living for themselves, and be able to ask them intelligent qqqqqqquestions

now this got me reeling with laughter.

At this stage in our national life,government has no business doing this sort of thing.its still the rich folks who ll afford to live here as they can if it was to be a private initiative.from what i see, the middle class still wont be able to afford those apartments.waste of funds IMHO and another one of those 'see,i am working' type of projects.the funds would have been better channeled to health or education.the funds used here can at least buy defibrillators for our hospitals.apart from luth and some big private health centres in lagos, where else do we have mri or ct machines.they each dont cost above 300million.pity!

And we are led to believe they are most politically sophisticated tribe in the country.2015 is going to be 'bloody' interesting.

[quote author=Mr. Globe]Are you HIV+ too? Take your message to your xenophobic zulu brothers.[/quote]nwanne this is not proper.please chill.

pompori king: Life is easy nw..since e dey pain una lik dat make una go form website where you and the other countries wey dey vex can say what you like there.and if you can't do that you can decide not to visit NL again.nobody would miss you!!CAPICHE

please stop being an i.d.iot...it does not look good at all.

Sensible move...in their best interest!

Only in lagos. Something should be done about these boys before that city gets overrun by them.the place is swarming with lowlives.

slimghost: Please all the Yorubas in the house, Am still waiting for someone to tell me how Nelly is a better Lyricist or Artiste than Nas! DAYOKUNU,EKO ILE and co....am waiting!

you might need to go pull someone from the music section.these guys go dull you.

Tolexander: hello! You said a man couldn't win the grammy despite the fact that he was considered the best lyricist. Just tell me if winning a grammy stands on how lyrical the music is. Basic!

you obviously have no idea of hiphop so i ll forgive you.@slimghost ...this might pose a problem for you.he doesnt even know hiphop talk more of what your trying to make him see.i suggest you drop your standard a bit.if possible draw pictures for him.

...and it continues @eko-ile, congrats youve successfully championed another award winning hatefilled thread to 16 pages.clap for yourself.mummy must be so so proud!

seanet01: Because the Dictionary said so does not mean it is correct. Semite is not an English Word so the dictionary is just as dumb as you are.
you have probably forgotten that Anti-semitism and antisemitism are two different things though related. They are German coined words first used by Moritz a German-Jew not English people.
Please learn

disappoint your haters for once by accepting you ve been wasting data , arguing stupidly and move on. ** grabs a cigar and patiently waits for hell to freeze over**

[quote author=Dudu_Negro]THE ICON OF GLOBAL RECOGNITION IS NOBEL PRIZE.

GETTING A NOBEL PRIZE RECOGNITION FOR YOUR FIELD OF WORK OR PROFESSION MEANS THAT YOUR WORK AND OUTPUT SERVES TO UPLIFT MANKIND AND ITS IDEALS.

IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW MUCH MASTERY ACHEBE POSESSES, WITHOUT A NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE HIS OUTPUT SERVED NO MEANINGFUL UPLIFTMENT TO THE IDEALS OF MANKIND.

THEREFORE, IN GLOBAL TERMS, SOYINKA IS MORE ACCOMPLISHED AND SUPERIOR TO ACHEBE.[/quote]the nobel is not given by God but humans with a brain just like you. **jeez..no wonder it was easy for them to take our wealth in exchange for mirrors back in the day**

Judging from the worldwide acclaim he received,it looks to me the man was even way above a nobel.giving it to him would have been akin to giving first school leaving certificate to a phd holder. IMHO... Achebe doesnt need the nobel rather the nobel needs Achebe!

lol....Cant believe you guys are loosing sleep over an article written by a RAT. You write a 'pull down' article about a MAN THE WORLD MOURNED and whose records all of your lineage will NEVER accomplish and you expect to be taken seriously.SMH..LOL.

Kai....this man is presenting a diagnostic confusion. His meek and humble posture portray him as either a very calculating man or a truly weak president.decisions like this totally remove all doubt.has he stopped to consider that this amnesty suggested by the opposition and northern elders could be a political masterstroke designed to finish him off at the polls? Because he will definitely lose goodwill from the SE/SS and create bad blood.by his stance on not giving amnesty to faceless people, did he know how many people he won over to his side from the south west and even the north? AMNESTY IS NOT THE WAY TO GO! IF IT GOES THROUGH, THEN LETS PREPARE FOR A BIGGER MONSTER.

these idiots are it again.......let them go ahead and knock themselves out.

I am optimistic.good things are in the offing.nigeria has no business importing rice and most of what we import anyway.i remember in the 80's a program in riversstate, the school to land program that aimed to encourage young school leavers to take up farming.that program died a painful death and God knows if it had been sustained we would have been a lot better for it today.the agric minister is a sound man and i believe with the right focus we can cut down our rice imports drastically.

Siddon look laugh na im i dey.

Seriously beginning to put a question mark on this man's mental status...walahi!

I.diots....your country is on fire and this is what all y'all think bout? Geez..we really deserve our leaders.

ThiefOfHearts: -The Americans
-The Following
-Game Of Thrones
-Scandal

Cant wait til Mad Men and True Blood is back.

mad men! Now thats what im talkin bout.

[quote author=Mr.Uzo]U be MuMu oo. Because robbers served a notice does that mean they carried out their action.[b]You dont even know if its a plan work by an internal person.[/b]Lagos is by far still the safest place to be in Nigeria considering the fact that it has one of the highest population an yet little or no case of robbery for a very long time. And for those of you who arent lagosians ask other lagosians that drives @ night and they will tell you how police men are all around the former danger zones in watch. Fashola Thumbs up on this.[/quote]you could have made do without the first sentence in your post.was'nt necessary at all
please what does the bolded mean?

[quote author=mr.official2]That was not Lagos. Don't misinform people, man.[/quote]is that so?check this out:http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/armed-robbers-serve-lagos-residents-notice/

The same lagos where robbers serve residents notice.dude must be high on cheap ish ...

Genius100: Now this is the kind of debates we should be having on Nairaland instead of idiots engaging in an ethnic war when the counterparts in other climes are changing the world. Carry on Fellaz..

i agree...reminds me of the old nairaland.just hope one of doesnt walk in and try to derail the thread.

Kobojunkie, bkbabe *i cant believe i listed the latter name*

tomakint: Ngozi, this is offtopic but I gotta say it, you look smashingly beautiful on ur profile

thief..you want to steal what doesnt belong to you.

OAM4J: Thank you. Am glad you have now removed my name from your signature. Guess am now forgiven.

Are Yoruba and Igbos still kissing and making up? Cos I will like to kiss and make up with you, then do bad things to you and let you arrest me, lock me up in your room and punish me till I behave myself.

Who is that policewoman on your profile? That lady is too pretty for NPF, tell her I will pay her 10 times what NPF is paying her, for her to be my PA and CSO.

you go fear policewoman na......if these type dey stand for road why i no go behave myself.....chai

Game of Thrones 3.................winter is here...

Sincere 9gerian: What can you say about corruption in Nigeria today? Is it reducing or increasing?

The truth about assessing corruption is that it is very SUBJECTIVE, unlike roads, stable power, railways,etc that can be SEEN and TOUCHED. Going by accounts in the media, one would think corruption is increasing. Unfortunately, the media is still reinforcing the age-long PERCEPTION of high level of corruption in the country.

But what are the sources/avenues of corruption in Nigeria?

In my opinion, the MAJOR sources/avenue of corruption in Nigeria, based on the structure of the budget, include:

* from the capital side
1 over-inflated contracts
2 poorly executed or abandoned projects

* from the recurrent expenditure side
1 ghost workers/pensioners
2 security votes
3 ambiguous budget sub-heads

There are other avenues(eg subsidies like fuel subsidy, fertilizer subsidy) but these are the ones that readily comes to mind.

Since we know the MAJOR avenues/sources for corruption we can attempt a slightly more OBJECTIVE assessment of whether corruption is increasing or decreasing in Nigeria by working from the KNOWN to the UNKNOWN

First lets assess if the level of over-inflated contracts is increasing or decreasing. If its increasing, it implies corruption is increasing and if its decreasing, it implies corruption is decreasing. In the last 2yrs, it is difficult not to have noticed the practice at the federal level of publishing the contract sums, name of contractor, location of project, project specification,etc of every project awarded for ALL to see and take notice, and complain of over-inflated contract where such is suspected. In the absence of such complaints from any quarter, it is safe to assume most of the projects awarded in the last 2yrs or so were REASONABLY costed. If that is the case, it is an INDICATOR of reducing corruption. Now the challenge is for such practice to trickle down to the states and local govt level.
http://peoplesdailyng.com/fec-approves-n47-8bn-for-13-road-contracts/
http://thenationonlineng.net/new/news/fed-govt-awards-n28b-contracts/

Next, lets assess the level of project execution in terms of quality and completion in the last few years. If the FG and states are churning out COMPLETED physical projects, of expected quality, it means the funds are indeed WORKING and not entrying private pockets. If the level is increasing, it implies corruption is reducing but if its decreasing (ie more projects are being abandoned or more projects are being poorly executed) it implies corruption is increasing.

For instance, if N20billion was budgeted to complete the Lagos-kano rail line, and when we SEE the Lagos-kano rail line has been completed, it means the N20billion did its WORK, and did not enter private pocket. Again, If N500million was meant to rehabilitate Enugu-Ph road, and we can SEE the work being done and later completed, it means the N500million did its WORK, and did not go into private pocket.

The massive, good QUALITY, projects being completed by federal and state govts nationwide is the MOST IMPORTANT testimony to REDUCTION in corruption in Nigeria.

On the recurrent side of the state and federal budgets, the menace of ghost workers is being tackled frontally. The federal govt for instance, through reforms in the civil service, have so far flushed out a total of 45,000 ghost workers who earned over N100billion had been uncovered from about 251 ministries, directorates and agencies. This singular reform has saved this country about N100billion (more than the annual budget of some states)
http://bbs.chinadaily.com.cn/thread-830385-1-1.html

Several states have also flushed out thousands of ghost workers in their payroll.

Sadly, on the issue of security votes, not much progress has been made besides isolated media reports(unconfirmed) that governor Rochas Okorocha reduced his security vote by about 70%. The challenge is to pressurise more public officers to give up their bogus security votes.

From all of the above, it is safe and FAIR to conclude that corruption is reducing in Nigeria.

However, this does not mean corruption has been eradicated. There are still several loopholes at particularly the state and local govt level, not exempting the federal govt. Bogus allowances, albeit lawful, should also be drastically reduced.

Therefore, the claim that corruption is increasing in Nigeria is dubious, baseless and fallacious. Corruption can only be increasing in the imagination of some opposition elements and compromised media organisations.

my brother its more complex than this.your analysis is just at the federal level.state and lg nko? Is it just the public service?besides your definition of corruption is narrow.it extends way beyond money ending up in private pockets.bribes and kickbacks are part of corruption.exam malpractice is a form of corruption.

Wow you v been banned? Best thing to happen on nairaland today.