₦airaland Forum

seanet02:
Look at this edo boy. Okay the tribal link will prevent me from saying anything on the last sentence. Hope you don't say that gibberish again.

FACE:
Which means that the heading is wrong. Rivers' IGR is far greater than Sokoto's IGR.
3 out of 5 is 60% while 40 out 80 is 50%, doesn't mean that 3 > 40 in real figures. That is not to take any thing away from Sokoto which has done well. Abia did well as well with fourth highest IGR at over 21B even with poor tax collection. With proper tax/accountability, Rivers, KD, Kano, Lagos, Anambra, Delta and Abia being the major commercial and industrial areas in the country will explode at the back pockets.

Now, someone mentioned the cement factory owned by Sokoto and the fact that they are taking advantage of the limestone deposits there. There are other cement factories in Nigeria using local limestones. The question is; does it mean that the specific minerals that the FG owns are coal, oil and gas ? Do these companies/states pay royalties to FG for tapping limestone, bauxite, aluminum etc ? If they don't, how is limestone for example different from oil/gas/coal ? Why are states not allowed to tap into oil/gas/coal but allowed to tap other resources ?

orbaxy:
I am bemused by your sacarstic, contentious and preferential approach to this banning and unbanning thing. You display gross non-conformance to the simple principle of tolerance of free judgement howbit naive.
Personally, i feel that "ban" is meant for people who pose extreme views, high display of pornographic orientation, verbal abuse to a third party and any other attribute capable of causing nuisance.

People with opposing views, ridiculous opinions or people that seem to have originated from mars do not need to get banned. I am PISSED because i got banned without even making a spectacular comment. I feel haunted.

To my greatest suprise, there is no provision for "delete account" on nairaland. If am mistaken, guide me accordingly.
I am geared to believe that your judgement is selective.
I love you. lol

Jakumo:
Ha ha ha "Running Helter Skelter for their DEAR lives."   

Why must they always run in helter skelter fashion, when a straight line would be more sensible mode of scampering , and also why must the running always be for their "DEAR" lives  ?

zstranger:
I guess GEJ should make it 85%, instead of 35%, since, according to you, WOMEN have qualities inherent in them that make them more suitable for politics and good governance than men.

Am I missing something? Is that what you are trying to say? That WOMEN, just by being WOMEN, are better than men and less prone to corruption, violence and bad administration?

jensinmi:
Tales by moonlight.

zstranger:
^^^

How?

macjive01:
Teaching Maths at Unilag:

A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit?


Teaching Maths at Edo state University:

A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit?


Teaching Maths at FUTO:

A logger exchanges a set "L" of lumber for a set "M" of money. The cardinality of set "M" is 100. Each element is worth one dollar. Make 100 dots representing the elements of the set "M." The set "C", the cost of production contains 20 fewer points than set "M." Represent the set "C" as a subset of set "M" and answer the following question: What is the cardinality of the set "P" of profits?



Teaching Maths at Aboki Babcock University:

A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20.

ekt_bear:
OBJ's 8 years were not the best they could possibly be, but the economy really picked up over that time. So I dunno if we should call him a failure.

EzeUche_:
The comments on that link are hilarious!

Dis Guy:
they have rainy season and dry season, those pictures dont tell the complete story, there have vast amount of land, check the map and some states have little dams and rivers, some cattle move according to the weather but sometimes they just stay put and make do

Most agricultural products still come from the North or middle belt, i'm sure they know their trade,

some cows cant get 'fatter' than what you see in the pictures maybe a bit more flesh but thats how are. like snoop dogg
Thats why the farm in Kwara imported cows from South Africa to cross breed them with local cows

edoyad:
^ if the people can use their ingenuity to specialise in cattle rearing inspite of that challenge, what stops them ? Afterall statistics show that there are more than 10 million livestock heads in the state,(where i am as i post) with sokoto being the 2nd biggest producer of livestock in Nigeria.
If Israel can receive commendation for converting desert lands into productive farms, don't these people deserve some form of support too for their efforts ? Whose fault is it that the rest of the country is inept in this type of farming ?

Livestock production accounts for about 6% of GDP. [b]There were an estimated 19.7 million head of cattle in Nigeria in 2001, over 90% of them in the north, owned mostly by nomadic Fulani. The prevalence of the tsetse fly in other areas restricts the majority of cattle to the fly-free dry savanna areas. [/b]The cattle owned by the Fulani and Hausa consist mainly of zebu breeds; cattle in the south are mainly Shorthorns. There were also an estimated 26.5 million goats, 21.5 million sheep, 5.3 million pigs, one million asses, 205,000 horses, and 135 million chickens.

Read more: Animal husbandry - Nigeria http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Nigeria-ANIMAL-HUSBANDRY.html#ixzz1LKJqgrq0

FACE:
Just wanted to point out that the IGR of Rivers State (71B) is far greater than Sokoto's (34 B) and only second to Lagos. People should make an effort to look at the chart they are quoting.

Jakumo:
In related news it has been determined that the government of Bolivia has been infiltrated by aliens in human form, evidently sent to search for intelligent life on Earth.

Justcash:
[b]Chime is the first. He is the man. He is building Enugu state with peanuts. For those of you saying that Nnamani built stuffs, y'all don't know what you are saying. Go to Enugu and see "Obodo Oyibo".
Fashola is second. He happens to be fortunate to be enjoying the IGR that is accrued to his government from the commercial viability of Lagos state. Most companies have their headquarters in the state. This includes Oil firms, Banks, Telecom providers etc. He was not the one that attracted them to the state, they have been there before he was elected. Lagos is being seen as the entry route and best investment destination in Nigeria, considering it's Former "National Capital" Status and big federal infrastructures like the long standing and well developed Sea Ports and International airport. Tinubu also enjoyed this huge IGR. Fashola have however impacted positively on the provision of infrastructures more than Tinubu. It is not just about the white elephants projects. It is about his impact on security, health sector, Transport sector, Roads etc. Most of these white elephant projects are undertaken to provide jobs and create some source of income for Lagosians in the short term, with a long term plan of completing the projects. More commendable is that those projects are capital investments.
Amaechi is the third. He is as fortunate as Fashola interms of revenue. The difference is that his revenue comes from the natural resources in the state. Like Fashola, he has been able to put these resources in good use by providing basic infrastructures like roads, security, hospitals, schools etc. He has created jobs and have given hope to some Rivers state people who never had the hope of gaining quality education abroad. I have seen many of them in different countries. He is definitely touching the lives of Rivers people and Nigerians in general. I also think that he curtailed the crime rate in rivers state, compared to when Peter Odili was there.
Peter Obi is another very good governor. He is the fourth on my list. The problem with Peter Obi is that he believes in evolutionary than revolutionary development. He takes it very slow and steady, but he is hitting the right spots. He has provided good roads, hospitals, schools, security etc. He is prudent in his financial management of the state, and Anambra's IGR is second to Lagos state.
Adams Oshimole is the fifth best governor. I'v not been to his state lately, but I think he is making the right impact. This is so, considering the support he enjoys from ordinary Edo people and the various projects that I have heard that he embarked on. His humble leadership and close relationship with the grassroots is indeed phenomenal.

I truly don't think Godswill Akpabio should be counted among the best governors considering his dangerous political antics. Me think that if he was really good, he'd not go around molesting and imprisoning opponents. None of the governors that are in my list would treat their opponents like this man did in order to win in a free and fair election. [/b]

Jakumo:
Unofficially, policemen in Nigeria do sell weapons seized from bandits, or from permit holders who submitted their guns to the police for "safe keeping", as stipulated in the licence booklet. That cottage industry can be likened to recycling of ordnance by patriotic and enterprising policemen.

If, however, you don't have a solid contact in the police force who can arrange such a deal, visit O.A.L Araba in Yaba, Lagos. That organization has sold guns LEGALLY in Nigeria for the past half century, and will deliver your weapon along with the required permit. In Ibadan the gun dealer of repute is Ashamu, but that old geezer might be out of business, since little has been heard of him for quite a few moons now.

Let the blasting begin, and may you never peer down the wrong end of a gun.

ekt_bear:
Even the group called Ekiti. My distant paternal ancestor was from somewhere else in Yorubaland.

Am I Ekiti? Or the group he was from?

ekt_bear:
How are you defining ethnicity here?

Are you defining it in a way such that it is impossible for outsiders to join?

If so, what do you consider the groups "white American" and say "African-American". . .  would you call them a race, ethnicity, cultural group. . . ?

ekt_bear:
Is Nicolas Sarkozy French, to you? Would you consider him a Frenchman?

This is why I'm wondering how you define ethnicity.