₦airaland Forum

Lifestone:
Now you see my point. Yoruba fights with brain and we've been winning, why change the tactics.
Nigeria should be restructured and be made to work for all, that's what all tribes should be pushing for. Let's collapse the current state structures to Regions with full autonomy including fiscal autonomy (full resource control), State & community police as it is done in United Kingdom with necessary ammendment to domesticate it. This does not require armed struggle or unitary declaration as been pushed for by Sunday Igboho and the so called Professor.
It will require consultations as the case may be. This should be the direction of the push instead of clamoring for obvious disaster.

So you believe Buhari or his Fulani kinfolk will embrace restructuring?

Many of those who want the country to split have decided to tow that path because their voices on the need to restructure was not heard.

I lost my respect for your so-called Yoruba progressives after 2015. Till date they've been silent on issues like restructuring, Buhari has bought them over.

If the North doesn't want changes let the country split. At least all of you have benefited from other people's resources for too long. It is enough! Feeding fat on others for over 50 years is no joking matter.

dawnomike:
Nigerian marketers will become greedy...

There is no doubt about that, a marketing firm like NNPC can make sure prices remain reasonable by competing with the others. Offering their products at lower prices.

Lifestone:
You are free with your reasons and am eligible with my opinions. The fact of the case is that Jonathan was a no choice in 2015, as it turned out now, the two major candidates presented to us in 2015 were visionless and has led Nigeria to where we are today. That say so much about the pool of people from where we source our leadership as a nation.
We have to do better. Whatever the case does not give the audacity to Ighoho to be the leader of Yoruba

Prior to 2015 which "visionary" leader has been presented to you?

People say let's split the country since we don't share the same values. Still una no gree!

You want to eat your cake and have it. You want to reap where you never sowed! That's the problem with people like you! I am almost certain a visionary leader for you will be Tinubu or Osibanjo, people who 'believed' in Buhari's 'vision' in close to 8 years.

You would never have voted Buhari in 2015 if your kinfolk was not his vice! We know your type, your bigotry is not as raw as that of your Fulani friends. That doesn't make it less despicable.

Despite all the killings in the build up to the 2003 polls your Yoruba elite pleaded with the other Southern zones to support Obasanjo's second term bid. Those same people turned their back against Jonathan in 2015 because they saw an opportunity to field a Yoruba as vice.

Una never start! Wetin una go take eye see for this 9ja, bigotry go taya una.

What the Nigerian government is doing through its agencies like NNPC and PPRA makes no sense!

Like the CBN refused to release USD for toothpick, they should let companies source for their USD, open up the downstream sector to virtually everyone and stop fixing prices.

NNPC can continue importing to force the price down through excess supply in the market. Such a move would increase the number of functional refineries in the country.

Currently the only functional refinery is in Rivers state and it refines less than 20,000 barrels per day which is less than 5 percent of Nigeria's daily demand.

You can't keep on doing things the old way and expect a different result. The FG has no business in fixing prices.

Lifestone:
You will most likely have voted for Buhari if you are of my generation who knew what he did in 1984 as a Military Head of State. As it turned out, the Buhari we all knew then had expired and I must confess that I regretted voting him in 2015 even though Jonathan didn't give me much options.
Whatever, that won't make me submit to a Sunday Igboho.

If you experienced Buhari in 1984 and still voted him in 2015 only two things can explain your action. Bigotry or gross ignorance.

Under Jonathan was amongst the top 10 in the world in terms of growth, was the highest recipient of FDI in Africa.

2015 just exposed the kind of uncivilized people I am forced to share a country with!

Jhayphil:
You know nothing actually. Do you know how much they sold fuel per barrel then? Compare it to now. What did they use the money for? Look, where do you stay that you buy for 212?

Lame excuses!
We know how much this useless government is borrowing with nothing to show for it.

I thought you guys said high oil price is not good for you because your subsidy bill will increase?!

Bunch of confused beings who lack the intellect for governance but love the allure of power and public office!

TheRareGem1:
I'm Waiting for wailers to come and cry foul on this thread; roughly, the private sch teachers that benefited alone are almost a million not to talk of the private organisations so when you Marge the statics together, should be up to a million, and also the transport workers & artisans that benefited from the one off grant are not more than a million. Hence, the Presidency assertion is true.

There is room for improvement. Government should do more and ensure those who need the interventions get them, not hijacked by elites and politicians.

Too much foolishness will not kill you and your shameless principals!

What dirty jobs did they create?

You can lie to yourselves and not sane people.

You can't destroy over 6 million jobs with your insane policies and claim to have replaced them with 1.2 million temporary menial labour jobs. It doesn't make sense!

On a normal day I won't even answer you, I hope this fraud called Nigeria ends under the watch of your principal who has made a once prosperous country the poverty capital of the world.

Keep promoting their lies for the peanuts you get, like them, you will rot in hell!

Omoluabi1stborn:
Because they've invested so,much in Nigeria.
I have also invested so much in bayelsa

If your 'investments' are through due process and not cronyism or nepotism you should have no reason to fear. Nigeria as it is today is better dead.

Omoluabi1stborn:
Other ethnic nations also stole from us you this ijaw man

Which ethnic groups? Why are your elite scared of division?

You've stolen so much from other ethnic nations! Tell me what your investment is.

Akakanfirstclass:
mehnnnn...

is this Racist or Olympics ?...

working with a team in which the boss is always antagonistic towards you is the biggest vibe killer... no matter how hard you try, you will never be good enough..
it is better he left..

hate or no hate..
still naija to the world

If it was a racist move nko?

What stops you Niggers from managing your league properly?

If you want your players to represent you without issues like these develop yours.

Moreover the Olympics is supposed to be a U-23 competition.

I can understand why a coach wouldn't want his 30+ player to be there instead of helping his employers gain points in the premiership.

Animals in Nigerian zoos seem to be different!
Some years ago a documentary on a malnourished lion in Enugu zoo was done.

It is wrong to call Nigeria a zoo, only zoos in dysfunctional societies like Nigeria are like this.

It is a disservice to the hardworking and honest men and women who work in zoos across the world. Most zoo in this world have 24/7 power supply. The climatic conditions are adjusted to suit the animal's natural habitat.

Nigeria's government should release the animals to their natural habitat. It is a shame they are being caged to suffer unnecessary hardship.

This is how so many ethnic nations feel under the burden of Nigeria, they feel like an animal caged in a Nigerian zoo!

Paedophiles on Nairaland are defending their colleague!

I am not in any way surprised.

If you like donate 5 trillion! You won't be Nigeria's next president.

Laslaslala:
those ones ke them b fools nah small time them go come make one yeye noise run back inside

You and your entire parasitic ethnic nation are the fools.

Nobody outside Nigeria wants to destroy Nigeria!

Bigots like Buhari want to.

I don't blame the Fulani, I blame major ethnic groups like the Hausa,Yoruba, Igbo, Ijaw, Urhobo, Tiv etc that have allowed Fulani take them for granted in a country more than 80 percent of the Fulani didn't have roots in the last 200 years.

9jaRealist:
Tompolo and Ateke Tom (you can also add Dukubo Asari) all have gotten FILTHY RICH even as the ordinary Niger Deltan has gotten poorer...
Undoubtedly, they’ve given a few handouts and crumbs off their tables to the “masses” but they are substantively no different from other thieves.

If Nigeria is sincere about the Niger Delta, cut out the middlemen and rent-seekers and spend money DIRECTLY on/in the affected oil-producing communities (not in Asaba or even Port Harcourt). The poor people whose lives are most impacted upon and impoverished by oil exploration (either by seizing or damaging the environment and their farmlands, destroying their fishing livelihood by polluting the waters, damaging their health through poisonous emissions, etc.) are not overly bothered with (nor frankly have the capacity to benefit) from modular refineries or in fact marginal field licenses (albeit a percentage of the latter can be reserved for the affected communities). The NDDC (a veritable slush fund for Niger Delta politicians) spent N16 billion building its headquarters in a region severely lacking in clean water, schools and health clinics. SMH
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Both men have done more than the Federal government of Nigeria has done for the people and they are not "FILTHY RICH". People that are filthy rich from the resources of the Niger Delta are people like T.Y. Danjuma and Folorunsho Alakija. They have in no way positively impacted their host communities in particular or the Niger Delta at large. We know what impact way smaller indigenous firms like Belema oil and Moni Pulo have made.

lexy2014:
U still haven't answered my questions:

Who are your people that fought? Who are the "we" that are pleased with them?

What fight did ur people fight& what is d outcome of d fight?

What part of d bargain did d nigerian state not keep?

Are d militants, leaders and politicians from d Niger Delta honest about how they are handling d issues of d Niger Delta?

The bolded is none of your business!

My people fought for greater control of their resources and a stop to environmental degradation.

The outcome as things stand now is that the Nigerian national assembly has refused to make the necessary laws and Buhari as petroleum minister has failed to change some of the things he could through his position as petroleum minister.

That is not the question! The question should be; Are Nigeria's elected representatives honest enough? The answer is NO!

If Nigeria's elected representatives were honest enough they would change the laws.

lexy2014:
Sorry bro. U haven't answered my questions. I believe they are very straightforward:

Who are your people that fought? Who are the "we" that are pleased with them?

What fight did ur people fight& what is d outcome of d fight?

What part of d bargain did d nigerian state not keep?

Are d militants, leaders and politicians from d Niger Delta honest about how they are handling d issues of d Niger Delta?

Who fought is not your business. That's our internal issue.

The Nigerian state failed in EVERY ASPECT and you are part of it because instead of placing the blame on your government with the power to fulfill their promises you are shifting the blame to non-state actors who would never have existed if Nigeria is not the failed state that it is.

You should ask if Nigeria is honest about how it handles issues.

Don't tell me the militant leaders or governors will be angry if oil blocs, refinery licenses etc are allotted to the region.

Stop telling yourself a lie!

Fejoku:
Beg? Is Ikwerre language not a member of the Igbo language? Ikwerres are Igbos culturally and would remain so unless they forsake the language and culture. Politically they can reject going with other Igbos which is what I meant. You can encourage them to do so thereafter you can mussle PH away from them.
Meanwhile, all historical records put the original Okrika land in Okrika Island. All those land fills your governors of old did to bring them to the mainland are well known. History is very beautiful as it exposes greedy people. At the right time, historical records will be presented at the courts for judgement and shaming the criminals.
This is a small case na. Igbo no be your mate.

Yes, we no be una mate!
Asari already told you what you are to us. Whether in court or on the streets we ready for una, una go sabi say khaki no be leather.

Even if frog dey inside water e no fit be fish.

lexy2014:
Who are your people that fought? Who are the "we" that are pleased with them?

What fight did ur people fight& what is d outcome of d fight?

What part of d bargain did d nigerian state not keep?

Are d militants, leaders and politicians from d Niger Delta honest about how they are handling d issues of d Niger Delta?

A very simple example of the part of the bargain the Nigerian state failed to keep is infrastructure, modular refinery licenses for communities and increased participation for host communities in the upstream sector.

The reason why they are hiding the list of beneficiaries is that they know people will be unhappy.

Chief Government Ekpempulo and King Ateke Tom have done MORE as private citizens than the Nigerian state has done. None of them gets over $20 billion from the region every year, it is Buhari that gets that. You should asking him what he did with more than $120 billion in the last 6 years.

AdakaBoro8:
asari you are on your own.. u can pack ur family and be biafra no problem. but u see no inch of ijaw territories will be part of biafra.. we are niger delta republic..

Egberifa!

Preferably Ijaw Republic!

From Arogbo in Ondo state to Andoni in Akwa Ibom/ Rivers

lexy2014:
What happened is that d so called SS militants and leaders used d predicament & suffering of their own people to enrich themselves. At no point in time was their so called struggle genuine or in d interest of d region & it's people. It's was only about enriching a few like asari, tomopolo& their likes. Now that they have been enriched, d problems of d region are still there staring everyone in d face

Our people fought a good fight and we are pleased with them.

On the contrary, it is the Nigerian state that failed to keep to her own part of the bargain, not once, not twice, not thrice, not even 10 times.

Nigeria is a country of dishonest bigots and the politicians treat the Niger Delta badly because they believe that the Nigerian masses are in support. The Nigerian masses have never done anything to make them think otherwise.

HigherEd:
How the ss continue to allow the thievery of their region beats me.

If people blow pipelines or kidnap oil workers it is you Nigerians who will still complain.

If you are concerned about the plight of the Niger Delta's peoples put pressure on the lawmakers from your respective ethnic nations, put pressure on your labour union, organize mass protests etc.

These Igbo politicians should let us be!
If it is not Okorocha vs Uzodinma, it will be Amaechi vs Wike( he said he is not Igbo) and now Kalu( Kalu's mom) vs Abaribe.

He is married to an Igbo woman, that may be the problem.