The correct name is “Bademosi” and NOT “Badamosi”

My conclusion from Sugabelly blogposts.
Sugabelly was not physically attacked for sex by Mustapha Audu. She was probably pressurized for sex.
Mustapha Audu and his family and friends treated Sugabelly as a slut/hoe/cheerful-giver
In her (Sugabelly) posts, you could sense she liked sex a lot. I liked her for her honesty.
Sugabelly was probably young and naïve to understand what Audu and others thought of her.
Sugabelly probably wanted to marry Audu because he was rich. Audu saw her as a slut/hoe/cheerful giver.
Sugabelly fought back when she realized she was used and dumped.
She was a brilliant girl (She attended Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja). She was also very beautiful in her teenage years. Her pictures when she was younger were very beautiful.
Sugabelly probably suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of her experience with Mustapha Audu and his friends and family members.
I learned rich Northerners are very reckless when it comes to sex.

PDP APC LGA
1. 5,218 7,073 Atakumosa East
2. 5,401 5,019 Atakumosa West
3. 10,836 10,861 Ayedaade
4. 5,133 5474 Ayedire
5. 3,779 3,843 Boluwaduro
6. 6,892 11,655 Boripe
7. 18,745 7,025 Ede North
8. 16693 4,512 Ede South
9. 7,231 7,354 Egbedore
10. 11116 14,779 Ejigbo
11. 3,200 6,957 Ife Central
12. 5,486 6,527 Ife North
13. 4,872 7,223 Ife South
14. 12,269 9882 Ifelodun
15. 13,848 10,049 Ikire Irewole
16. 8,241 8,403 Ila
17. 8,286 7,251 Ilesha West
18. 8,058 6,517 Irepodun
19. 9,048 7,297 Isokan
20. 10,859 7,169 Obokun
21. 9,879 9,996 Odo Otin
22. 9850 16,254 Olorunda
23. 10,109 9,778 Oriade
24. 7,776 5,442 Orolu
25. 3,374 3,182 Ifedayo
SubTotal PDP 216199 APC 199522

FRESHG:
WHY CANT YOU READ AND COMPREHEND GOVERNOR GANDUJE INSTRUCTED ALL THE FULANI HERDSMEN TO RELOCATE TO KANO AND YOU ARE HERE TELLING SOUTHERN GOVERNORS TO CREATE CATTLE RANCH FOR THEM

It is you (FRESHNG) that cannot read (lol). Cattle Ranch or Cattle Farms for Southerners in the South.

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Fulani can own business in the south. In fact Northerners control more of the federal government revenue generating businesses such as Custom, Immigration, Nigeria Ports Authority in the south than southerners do. Northerners own businesses in the south. If the Fulani herdsmen are not destroying farms, are not raping women, are not maiming, are not killing and are not claiming other people’s land belong to Fulani, no one will ask Fulani herdsmen to leave.

Aliko Dangote (the richest black man in the world), has his business headquarter in the south. He is currently building a very big refinery in the South. No one is asking Dangote and other law abiding northerners to leave the south or not to have business or houses in the south.

Fulani herdsmen have problems with people everywhere they go. All the way from Ghana to Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen are problems. Fulani herdsmen fight with almost every other ethnic group in Nigeria.

What will be the reactions and response of Fulani herdsmen and Fulani in general if Southerners residing in the North start killing Fulani, raping Fulani women and girls and maiming Fulani in the North? You will agree with me that Southerners living in the North will not try to commit such atrocities that Fulani herdsmen are committing in other people’s land.

It is a good suggestion not only for Northern Governors, but also for Southern Governors. Southern Governors should establish cattle ranches or cattle farms. No Fulani should be allowed to work or own cattle ranches or cattle farms in the Southern states by the Southern Governors. The Fulani herdsmen should stay in the core northern states.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02/breaking-ibb-urges-buhari-step-2019-digital-leadership/


Former President Ibrahim Babangida has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to step down in 2019 to allow a generational shift that should reinvent the wheel of leadership and spur healing in the land.

Babangida in a special statement issued on Sunday also lamented the failure of the All Progressives Congress, APC to advance its change mantra in several areas of the polity saying that the devolution of powers which the party campaigned.

Babangida in the statement issued on his behalf by his spokesman, Prince Kassim Afegbua particularly lamented the flow of blood in the country saying that it was a thing of irony that the country that himself and other Nigerians fought to keep together is daily being drawn to the seems by the flow of blood across the land.

Babangida also lamented the herdsmen/farmers clashes as he called for the adoption of ranching as a way of stemming the crisis.

Babangida who governed Nigeria as military head of state between 1985 and 1993 while lamenting the recycling of analogue leadership said:

“In the past few months and weeks, I have played host to many concerned Nigerians who have continued to express legitimate and patriotic worry about the state of affairs in the country. Some of them have continued to agonize about the turn of events and expressly worried why we have not gotten our leadership compass right as a country with so much potential and opportunity for all. Some, out of frustration, have elected to interrogate the leadership question and wondered aloud why it has taken this long from independence till date to discover the right model on account of our peculiarities. At 57, we are still a nation in search of the right leadership to contend with the dynamics of a 21st century Nigeria.

Having been privileged to preside over this great country, interacted with all categories of persons, dissected all shades of opinions, understudied different ethnic groupings; I can rightfully conclude that our strength lies in our diversity. But exploring and exploiting that diversity as a huge potential has remained a hard nut to crack, not because we have not made efforts, but building a consensus on any national issue often has to go through the incinerator of those diverse ethnic configurations. Opinions in Nigeria are not limited to the borders of the political elite; in fact, every Nigerian no matter how young or old, has an opinion on any national issue. And it is the function of discerning leadership to understand these elemental undercurrents in the discharge of state responsibilities.

WHERE WE ARE.

There is no gainsaying the fact that Nigeria is at a major crossroads at this moment in its history; the choices we are going to make as a nation regarding the leadership question of this country and the vision for our political, economic and religious future will be largely determined by the nature or kind of change that we pursue, the kind of change that we need and the kind of change that we get. A lot depends on our roles both as followers and leaders in our political undertakings. As we proceed to find the right thesis that would resolve the leadership question, we must bear in mind a formula that could engender national development and the undiluted commitment of our leaders to a resurgence of the moral and ethical foundations that brought us to where we are as a pluralistic and multi-ethnic society. Nigeria, before now, has been on the one hand our dear native land, where tribes and tongues may differ but in brotherhood we stand, and on the other hand a nation that continues to struggle with itself and in every way stumbling and willful in its quest to become a modern state, starting from the first republic till date. With our huge investments in the African emancipation movements and the various contributions that were made by our leadership to extricate South Africa from colonial grip, Nigeria became the giant of Africa during that period. But having gone through leadership failures, we no longer possess the sobriety to claim that status. And we all are guilty.

We have experimented with Parliamentary and Presidential systems of government amid military interregnum at various times of our national history. We have made some progress, but not good enough to situate us on the pedestal we so desirously crave for. It is little wonder therefore that we need to deliberately provoke systems and models that will put paid to this recycling leadership experimentation to embrace new generational leadership evolution with the essential attributes of responsive, responsible and proactive leadership configuration to confront the several challenges that we presently face.

In 2019 and beyond, we should come to a national consensus that we need new breed leadership with requisite capacity to manage our diversities and jump-start a process of launching the country on the super highway of technology-driven leadership in line with the dynamics of modern governance. It is short of saying enough of this analogue system. Let’s give way for digital leadership orientation with all the trappings of consultative, constructive, communicative, interactive and utility-driven approach where everyone has a role to play in the process of enthroning accountability and transparency in governance.

I am particularly enamored that Nigerians are becoming more and more conscious of their rights; and their ability to speak truth to power and interrogate those elected to represent them without fear of arrest and harassment. These are part of the ennobling principles of representative democracy. As citizens in a democracy, it is our civic responsibility to demand accountability and transparency. Our elected leaders owe us that simple but remarkable accountability creed. Whenever we criticize them, it is not that we do not like their guts; it is just that as stakeholders in the political economy of the country, we also carry certain responsibilities.

In the past few months also, I have taken time to reflect on a number of issues plaguing the country. I get frightened by their dimensions. I get worried by their colourations. I get perplexed by their gory themes. From Southern Kaduna to Taraba state, from Benue state to Rivers, from Edo state to Zamfara, it has been a theatre of blood with cake of crimson. In Dansadau in Zamfara state recently, North-West of Nigeria, over 200 souls were wasted for no justifiable reason. The pogrom in Benue state has left me wondering if truly this is the same country some of us fought to keep together. I am alarmed by the amount of blood-letting across the land. Nigeria is now being described as a land where blood flows like river, where tears have refused to dry up. Almost on a daily basis, we are both mourning and grieving, and often times left helpless by the sophistication of crimes. The Boko Haram challenge has remained unabated even though there has been commendable effort by government to maximally downgrade them. I will professionally advise that the battle be taken to the inner fortress of Sambisa Forest rather than responding to the insurgents’ ambushes from time to time.

THINKING ALOUD. In the fullness of our present realities, we need to cooperate with President Muhammadu Buhari to complete his term of office on May 29th, 2019 and collectively prepare the way for new generation leaders to assume the mantle of leadership of the country. While offering this advice, I speak as a stakeholder, former president, concerned Nigerian and a patriot who desires to see new paradigms in our shared commitment to get this country running. While saying this also, I do not intend to deny President Buhari his inalienable right to vote and be voted for, but there comes a time in the life of a nation, when personal ambition should not override national interest. This is the time for us to reinvent the will and tap into the resourcefulness of the younger generation, stimulate their entrepreneurial initiatives and provoke a conduce environment to grow national economy both at the micro and macro levels.

Contemporary leadership has to be proactive and not reactive. It must factor in citizens’ participation. Its language of discourse must be persuasive not agitated and abusive. It must give room for confidence building. It must build consensus and form aggregate opinion on any issue to reflect the wishes of the people across the country. It must gauge the mood of the country at every point in time in order to send the right message. It must share in their aspirations and give them cause to have confidence in the system. Modern leadership is not just about “fighting” corruption, it is about plugging the leakages and building systems that will militate against corruption. Accountability in leadership should flow from copious examples. It goes beyond mere sloganeering. My support for a new breed leadership derives from the understanding that it will show a marked departure from recycled leadership to creating new paradigms that will breathe fresh air into our present polluted leadership actuality.

My intervention in the governance process of Nigeria wasn’t an accident of history. Even as a military government, we had a clear-cut policy agenda on what we needed to achieve. We recruited some of the best brains and introduced policies that remain some of the best in our effort to re-engineer our polity and nation. We saw the future of Nigeria but lack of continuity in government and of policies killed some of our intentions and initiatives. Even though we did not provide answers to all the developmental challenges that confronted us as at that time, we were not short of taking decisions whenever the need arose.

GROWING INSECURITY ON OUR HANDS.

The unchecked activities of the herdsmen have continued to raise doubt on the capacity of this government to handle with dispatch, security concerns that continue to threaten our dear nation; suicide bombings, kidnappings, armed banditry, ethnic clashes and other divisive tendencies. We need to bring different actors to the roundtable. Government must generate platform to interact and dialogue on the issues with a view to finding permanent solutions to the crises. The festering nature of this crisis is an inelegant testimony to the sharp divisions and polarizations that exist across the country. For example, this is not the first time herdsmen engage in pastoral nomadism but the anger in the land is suggestive of the absence of mutual love and togetherness that once defined our nationality. We must collectively rise up to the occasion and do something urgently to arrest this drift. If left unchecked, it portends danger to our collective existence as one nation bound by common destiny; and may snowball into another internecine warfare that would not be good for nation-building.

We have to reorient the minds of the herdsmen or gun-men to embrace ranching as a new and modern way to herd cattle. We also need to expand the capacity of the Nigeria Police, the Nigeria Army, the Navy and Air Force to provide the necessary security for all. We need to catch up with modern sophistication in crime detection and crime fighting. Due to the peculiarity of our country, we must begin community policing to close the gaps that presently exist in our policing system. We cannot continue to use old methods and expect new results. We just have to constructively engage the people from time to time through platforms that would help them ventilate their opinions and viewpoints.

THE CHANGE MANTRA

When the ruling party campaigned with the change mantra, I had thought they would device new methods, provoke new initiatives and proffer new ways to addressing some of our developmental problems. By now, in line with her manifesto, one would have thought that the APC will give fillip to the idea of devolution of powers and tinker with processes that would strengthen and reform the various sectors of the economy. Like I did state in my previous statement late last year, devolution of power or restructuring is an idea whose time has come if we must be honest with ourselves. We need to critically address the issue and take informed positions based on the expectations of the people on how to make the union work better. Political parties should not exploit this as a decoy to woo voters because election time is here. We need to begin the process of restructuring both in the letter and spirit of it.

For example, I still cannot reconcile why my state government would not be allowed to fix the Minna-Suleja road, simply because it is called Federal Government road, or why state governments cannot run their own policing system to support the Federal Police. We are still experiencing huge infrastructural deficit across the country and one had thought the APC-led Federal Government would behave differently from their counterparts in previous administrations. I am hesitant to ask; where is the promised change?

LOOKING AHEAD At this point of our national history, we must take some rather useful decisions that would lead to real development and promote peaceful co-existence among all the nationalities. We must be unanimous in what we desire for our country; new generation leadership, result-driven leadership, sound political foundation, demonetization of our politics, enhanced internal democracy, elimination of impunity in our politics, inclusiveness in decision-making, and promotion of citizens’ participation in our democratic process. The search for that new breed leadership must start now as we prepare for 2019 election.

I get worried when politicians visit to inform me about their aspirations and what you hear in terms of budgetary allocations for electoral contest does not cover voters’ education but very ridiculous sub-heads. A typical aspirant in Nigeria draws up budget to cover INEC, Police, Army and men and officers of the Civil Defense, instead of talking of voters’ education, mobilization and sensitization. Even where benchmarks are set for electoral expenditure, monitoring and compliance are always difficult to adhere to. We truly need to reform the political system. And we must deliberately get fresh hands involved for improved participation.

We need new ways and new approaches in our political order. We need a national rebirth. We need a rebranded Nigeria and rebranded politics. It is not so much for the people, but for the institutions that are put in place to promote our political engagements. We must strengthen the one man one vote mantra. It is often ridiculous for me when people use smaller countries in our West Africa sub-region as handy references of how democracy should be. It beggars our giant of Africa status.

The next election in 2019 therefore presents us a unique opportunity to reinvent the will and provoke fresh leadership that would immediately begin the process of healing the wounds in the land and ensuring that the wishes and aspirations of the people are realized in building and sustaining national cohesion and consensus. I pray the Almighty Allah grant us the gift of good life to witness that glorious dawn in 2019. Amen. I have not written an open letter to the President, I have just shared my thoughts with fellow compatriots on the need to enthrone younger blood into the mainstream of our political leadership starting from 2019.

Please watch the video in the link below if you can. The video in the link below showed that the Benue State Governor knows the evil intention of terrorist Fulani herdmen. But the Governor is powerless, because of the complicity of President Buhari in assisting the terrorist Fulani herdmen. Please support Benue by putting pressure on President Buhari.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvLqvR2DO8Q

Why are so many people naïve to believe Buhari will handover to a Southerner? I do not think Buhari can hand over power to a Southerner. I believe Buhari can never willingly hand over power to an Igbo person.

Herdsmen: Nobody roams cattle in 21st century — Oluwo of Iwo

The paramount ruler and King of Iwo land, Osun state, Oba AbdulRasheed Akanbi, has tackled the Federal government of Nigeria saying that field grazing and cattle roaming is barbaric and should be abolished at once as they do not conform to modernization and 21st century development of any country.

Mr. AbdulRasheed made this statement during a meeting with stakeholders at his palace focusing on solutions to herdsmen incessant attacks on innocent Nigerians.

He said no government that wants to move forward will encourage grazing and that there is no place in the world where government acquires land on behalf of herdsmen for the purpose of cattle grazing.

He added that the herdsmen can either rent, lease or buy lands for pen/byre construction to house their cattle and that it is at the farmer’s or land owner’s discretion to sell to them.

“The herdsmen got it wrong due to lack of education towards animal farming in the 21st century. The alternative to grazing is pen with sufficient hay storage. This will help restrict the cows to the confines of the pen- which is a controlled area. That is how it is done in advanced country. You can never see herdsmen grazing cattle in Europe,” the monarch said.

“The herdsmen can even purchase hays to feed the cows, (and) can be purchased from the farmers thereby establishing and sustaining a peaceful affinity with farmers across Nigeria,” he added.

Mr. AbdulRasheed advised the federal government that the solution to Fulani herdsmen/farmers recurring clash is proper orientation and education on modernized animal farming and not acquiring hectares of land on behalf of herdsmen as grazing zone across the federation.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/256852-herdsmen-nobody-roams-cattle-21st-century-oluwo-iwo.html

Nowenuse:


Is it only in Mali?
What about in Guinea and Senegal where the fulanis even claim to originate?
The wolof and other tribes there do not allow them to smell power. They are heavily dominated there, but in Nigeria, the fullanis use religion (islam) to deceive and brainwash the Hausas and Yoruba muslims to gain their support. Only in Gambia do fulanis produce presidents aside Nigeria.. Infact they hardly do even in Niger republic. The Zarma people dominate them heavily over there.

You are very correct. Fulanis only make noise in Nigeria. In other countries such as Mali, Guinea Bissau, Guinea where Fulani is a major tribe, Fulanis have little political power. In Guinea (where Futa Djallon Highlands is located), Fulanis are the majority tribe. However, Fulanis are usually careful during election there, because they can be physically beaten during elections. Fulanis have little political power in Guinea and all other countries. As you rightly mentioned, the Northern Muslims and Southwest Muslims are the people allowing Fulanis to hold on to political power in Nigeria. The Fulanis are able to do this by deceiving the Yoruba Muslims and some other Northern Muslims. If you observe very well, it seems Fulanis give respect to the Kanuris or they are afraid of the Kanuris in Nigeria. If not why can’t Fulanis herdsmen go to Sambissa forest to have grazing reserves. Fulanis bully other tribes only in Nigeria.

Why do Fulani always fight with every other tribe?
Fulanis fought the Hausa
Fulanis fought the Kanuri
Fulanis fought the Yoruba
Fulanis are fighting Yorubas
Fulanis are fighting Igbos
Fulanis are fighting almost every other tribes in Nigeria
Why are Fulanis fighting every other tribes?
Why should other tribes in Nigeria accommodate Fulanis barbaric 15th century culture of nomadic cattle herding?

Why do Fulani always fight with every other tribe?
Fulanis fought the Hausa
Fulanis fought the Kanuri
Fulanis fought the Yoruba
Fulanis are fighting Yorubas
Fulanis are fighting Igbos
Fulanis are fighting almost every other tribes in Nigeria
Why are Fulanis fighting every other tribes?
Why should other tribes in Nigeria accommodate Fulanis barbaric 15th century culture of nomadic cattle herding?

Why do Fulani always fight with every other tribe?

Fulanis fought the Hausa
Fulanis fought the Kanuri
Fulanis fought the Yoruba
Fulanis are fighting Yorubas
Fulanis are fighting Igbos
Fulanis are fighting almost every other tribes in Nigeria
Why are Fulanis fighting every other tribes?
Why should other tribes in Nigeria accommodate Fulanis barbaric 15th century culture of nomadic cattle herding?

Why do Fulani always fight with every other tribe?

Fulanis fought the Hausa
Fulanis fought the Kanuri
Fulanis fought the Yoruba
Fulanis are fighting Yorubas
Fulanis are fighting Igbos
Fulanis are fighting almost every other tribes in Nigeria
Why are Fulanis fighting every other tribes?
Why should other tribes in Nigeria accommodate Fulanis barbaric 15th century culture of nomadic cattle herding?

NafeesaAA,

Why do Fulani always fight with every other tribe?

Fulanis fought the Hausa
Fulanis fought the Kanuri
Fulanis fought the Yoruba
Fulanis are fighting Yorubas
Fulanis are fighting Igbos
Fulanis are fighting almost every other tribes in Nigeria
Why are Fulanis fighting every other tribes?
Why should other tribes in Nigeria accommodate Fulanis barbaric 15th century culture of nomadic cattle herding?

fiizznation:
Funny how some people think they can change the pastoral way of life of the average herdsman. The fulani man wont allow any forces to suppress and oppress him and his way of life.

Cattle colonies as sugested by some people is the only solution that might bring a lasting peace to the crisis between the "herdsmen" and whoever they normally have clashes with(that's if what is happening today is even about the fulani man's cows).

Btw, I can See how Nigeria media houses have lunched some sort of WAR against the fulani tribe and our way of life, but am not bothered because i know they will never succeed.

Which other countries in the world do Fulanis have cattle colony?

unbitchable:
I blame the cowardly & slavish Hausas for this.
These Fulanis came to live large in Nigeria but are bunch of poor rats else where.

The Fulanis oppress other tribes only in Nigeria. The Fulanis are relegated to the background in other countries in Africa. Fulanis have political power only in Nigeria. The other tribes should rise up against Fulani domination of Nigeria.

Jonathan Dealt Decisively With the Fulani Herdsmen Crisis

Former President Jonathan wishes to express his condolences to the government and people of Benue, Kaduna, Taraba, Adamawa and Nasarawa states, over the recent spate of killings occasioned by herdsmen/farmers clashes.

His heart bleeds for the sufferings of Nigerians and he calls on the authorities to do everything in their power to put an end to these needless killings.

Having said that, let it be known that we find the statement by the Presidency stating that 756 Nigerians were killed by Fulani herdsmen in two years under the government of former President Jonathan as a mischievous assertion by a callous Presidential spokesman who thinks that death is something to be trivialized.

For the avoidance of doubt, let it be known that the figure of 756 is wrong. But the issue is not that it is a false figure, the issue is that former President Jonathan was not inactive in the face of Fulani herdsmen killings during his Presidency.

While in office, the former President knew that the capacity of the Nigerian police would be challenged by the sophistication of arms available to the herdsmen and so after he was elected President and sworn in on May 29, 2011, former President Jonathan summoned a National Security Council meeting and ordered that Fulani herdsmen attack must be decisively dealt with.

In July 2012, the Plateau state government reported that herdsmen killings had reached a head in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area leading to tens of deaths of Nigerian citizens by Fulani herdsmen, many of whom were not even Nigerian citizens.

Then President Jonathan, when briefed about the situation insisted that there would not be such impunity under his leadership and immediately ordered the army and the Air Force to go to the affected communities and fish out the perpetrators and bring them to book.

The military immediately obeyed the then President’s orders and sent troops and helicopters to Barkin Ladi Local Government Area. They ordered all residents to leave their residence for temporary accommodation provided for them so they could conduct a joint air and ground operation to flush out the armed herdsmen who had been suspected of killing innocent Nigerians.

The residents complied and the soldiers went in and not only did they clear the area, they made arrests which led to trials and convictions.

We wish to remind Nigerians that when this episode was being carried out, it was precisely members of the opposition who later became the All Progressive Congress that heavily criticized then President Jonathan’s orders.

In fact, a prominent member of the APC and now the Governor of Kaduna State and a known confidante of the President, Malam Nasir El-Rufai tweeted his now infamous tweet on the 15th of July 2012 threatening that “We will write this for all to read. Anyone, soldier or not that kills the Fulani takes a loan repayable one day no matter how long it takes.” (his exact words).

So the question Nigerians need to ask instead of allowing themselves to be distracted by the statement from the Presidency is this: Are Nigerians now repaying the ‘loan’ that El-Rufai threatened to make Nigeria repay?

If the then President was not active in decisively sending the military after herdsmen, why would El-Rufai have been so pained to have made such a statement? Let it be known that the former President views herdsmen who kill unprovoked and with the intention of advancing their own economic and other interests as terrorists, pure and simple. Not only did he treat them as terrorists, he also put the military on high alert to protect Nigerian lives.

In conclusion, we state that any group who kills to advance their agenda is a terror group and failure to address them as such is a disservice to the Nigerian people

Reno Omokri (For Dr. Goodluck Jonathan)

Number One Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years: Chibok, 2015 and Other Conspiracies.

Good post by the OP.

scribble:
Sorry sarrki and mynd44 this thread came in second

Sarrki's topic should take pre-eminence. I do not care. More people will respond to sarrki's thread because sarrki is very popular on Nairaland.

It should be the first thread. I do not care. sarrki is very popular on Nairaland.

Buhari is probably the most sectional president Nigeria ever have.

The President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, said on Thursday that the bank had concentrated on the northern region of Nigeria in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s request.

Kim and the Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, who spoke at separate press conferences in Washington DC, United States, also advised Buhari to invest in things that would enhance economic growth.

Kim said, “You know, in my very first meeting with President Buhari he said specifically that he would like us to shift our focus to the northern region of Nigeria and we’ve done that. Now, it has been very difficult. The work there has been very difficult.

“I think Nigeria, of course, has suffered from the dropping oil prices. I think things are just now getting better. But the conversation we need to have with Nigeria, I think, is in many ways related to the theme that I brought to the table just this past week, which is investment in human capital. The percentage of the Gross Domestic Product that Nigeria spends on healthcare is less than one percent.”

He added, “Despite that, there is so much turbulence in the northern part of the country, and there is the hit that was taken from the drop in the oil prices. Nigeria has to think ahead and invest in its people. Investing in the things that will allow Nigeria to be a thriving, rapidly growing economy in the future is what the country has to focus on right now.”

Kim also said, “Focusing on the northern part of Nigeria, we hope that as commodity prices stabilise and oil prices come back up, the economy will grow a bit more. But very, very much important is the need to focus on what the drivers of growth in the future will be.

http://punchng.com/buhari-asked-us-to-focus-on-northern-nigeria-wbank/

NASTYNASOSO:


HMMMMMMM

YOU ARE THE FIRST PERSON IN MANKIND'S THAT IS ASSOCIATING FULANIS WITH COWARDICE
FULANIS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR BRAVERY AND GUTS .
MOST OF THE PEOPLE YOU MENTIONED ARE JUST HAUSA BY TRIBE NOT PURE FULANI.

I came to the conclusion I made based on my research on the Fulani. Fulani are the largest ethnic groups in Guinea Bissau and Guinea. Fulani have little political power in Guinea Bissau and Guinea
Fulanis are the second largest groups in Senegal, Gambia, Mali and Burkina Faso. Again, Fulanis have little political power in these countries.

Fulani percentage composition in Niger Republic, Republic of Benin and Cameroon is similar to their percentage in Nigeria. , Fulanis have little political power in these countries.

There are very few cases in which pure Fulanis have been presidents in these countries. You mentioned pure Fulani. I even read that Buhari mother is not Fulani; it was his father that was Fulani. Ahmadou Ahidjo was probably the only full-blooded Fulani that has ever been president in any country.

The very few Fulani or mixed Fulani who have been presidents in African countries were usually chased out of office.

I maintain that Fulanis do not have the same political influence they have in Nigeria, in other countries.

I did not say Fulani are cowards, rather that they are bullies who usually fight with weak enemies. They usually run away or avoid people they perceive as stronger enemies.

A bully is someone who habitually intimidates smaller or weaker people, but who avoids stronger people.
A coward is someone who lacks courage; very fearful or timid.

Fulani people only have political relevance and bullying tendencies in Nigeria. In other countries where they exist, they are often relegated to the background. Anybody can type anything and attribute it to Lord Lugard.

Fulanis in general avoid conflicts with people they perceive as more violence prone than them. There was a report that Boko Haram kidnapped some Fulani women, Fulani men did not go and fight Boko Haram. Fulanis in Nigeria are afraid of Kanuri people and Boko Haram. It is simple as that. Fulani only attack people they perceive as weaker than them. They are bullies.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/09/world/africa/nigeria-women-kidnapped/index.html

A Fulani (Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo) was the president in Cameroon before Paul Biya. He wanted to come back to his position after he resigned. Paul Biya did not allow him. He ran away from Cameroon and died in exile.

Buhari dare not contest for president when Babangida, Abacha and Abdulsalami were in power. Buhari as a typical Fulani man was afraid of them. He only contested during Obasanjo regime because he perceived Obasanjo as weak.

Fulanis use religion and lack of education to deceive some Northern people who are not Fulanis. It is deliberate that Northern Nigeria, especially areas with significant Fulani population is backward in education.

Fulanis have never been coup leaders against another military regime in Nigeria.

Fulanis in general usually run away when they perceive someone as more powerful than them.
Umaru Dikko ran away to London during Buhari/Idiagbon regime
Nuhu Ribadu and Nasir El Rufai ran away during Yaradua regime.
Sambo Dasuki ran away during Abacha regime.
Many Fulanis (Lawan Gwadabe, Shehu Musa Yaradua etc) were persecuted during Abacha regime, Fulanis did nothing.
Babangida cancelled primary elections where Shehu Musa Yaradua was clear favorite, nothing happened.

Fulanis tend to find refugee under Nigerian Government when they do not have upper hand in ethnic clashes. Examples include Zagon Kataf clashes in 1992. In recent time in Oyo State, because they were being beaten in Oyo state, Buhari, Buba Marwa and others had to go and complain to the then Oyo State Governor (Lamidi Adeshina). When Fulani are winners in ethnic clashes, Fulanis usually do not complain to the Government.

Fulani are bullies. They only bully people that are submissive to them. Fulani has the most population of any the ethnic groups in Guinea. However, they are not in political power. They tried to take over power in Guinea in the past, but they were unsuccessful and they knew their rightful place in Guinea despite their population advantage.


In other countries of West Africa, where they have sizable population, they tried to get political power, but they were disciplined and they stopped the agitation for political power. In Cameroon, the first president (Ahmadou Ahidjo) was a Fulani. The French tricked him to leave his position. He attempted to come back to his position. The current president (Paul Biya) did not allow him. He had to run away from Cameroon in exile. There are many examples in other African countries whereby when Fulani are thoroughly defeated in wars; they tend to retreat permanently from those people.


Many Fulanis are nice people. However many of them are bullies and violence-prone who only engage in violence in Nigeria.

Fulani are bullies. They only bully people that are submissive to them. Fulani has the most population of any the ethnic groups in Guinea. However, they are not in political power. They tried to take over power in Guinea in the past, but they were unsuccessful and they knew their rightful place in Guinea despite their population advantage.
Fulani are afraid of Kanuri people and Boko Haram. It is simple as that.

In other countries of West Africa, where they have sizable population, they tried to get political power, but they were disciplined and they stopped the agitation of political power. In Cameroon, the first president (Ahmadou Ahidjo) was a Fulani. The French tricked him to leave his position. He attempted to come back to his position. The current president (Paul Biya) did not allow him. He had to run away from Cameroon in exile. There are many examples in other African countries whereby when Fulani are thoroughly defeated in wars; they tend to retreat permanently from those people.

In Nigeria, when Fulani are being defeated, they usually run to the government to for assistance. However, when they have the upper hand, they do not want government to interfere.
Boko haram kidnap Fulani women and Fulani men did nothing. Fulani only attack people they perceive as weaker than them. They are bullies.

erico2k2:

How do you k now your uncles and brothers expect you to sort them out financially? and you think having just o ne kid gives you guarantee that you ill be able to train him/her
Did anyone threaten you with who knows waht that you must train them?

They always asked for money. Barack Obama (former American President) had the same problem with his family members from Kenya. He wrote about it in a book. I understand not every Nigerian will fully understand the issue the OP raised. The problem is real for many people.

What the OP wrote is true for many Nigerian families. This same thing happened to me in my family. I am not the first born. I am the third born.

However I fully understand what the OP means. I have more money than all of my siblings. I have 9 siblings. I need to provide for my parents, grandparents, 9 siblings, some aunts, some uncles, some cousins, some nephews, some nieces and some other family members. It is really crazy and it affected my health negatively and still affecting me.

I had to give more half of my scholarship funds to my family while I was at the universities. I was a poor student. My scholarship money was enough for me alone. However, I was a poor student because I gave more than half of my scholarships to my family members. What makes me very angry is that my sibling never took their education serious when we were growing up. I tried to advise them to take their studies serious, they never listened. They were more focused on their boyfriends and girlfriends and having indiscriminate sex with multiple partners.

Some of my siblings have children, that they cannot cater for and they except me to continue providing financial assistance for them and their children because I am in abroad. Parents should not have kids, they cannot cater for. One of the major causes of societal problems in the Nigerian society is parents having children they cannot adequately cater for.