₦airaland Forum

omonnakoda:
Obasanjo just happened to be the President at a time when that specific technology came

All this praise singing is ridiculous

He did not invent the mobile phone technology

We do not praise any president for being there when Land telephones, electricity came to Nigeria , When Television came, When Flushing toilets came , when water started flowing from taps, when the motor car came,

These are ubiquitous technological advancements. whose time has come

omonnakoda:
Obasanjo just happened to be the President at a time when that specific technology came

All this praise singing is ridiculous

He did not invent the mobile phone technology

We do not praise any president for being there when Land telephones, electricity came to Nigeria , When Television came, When Flushing toilets came , when water started flowing from taps, when the motor car came,

These are ubiquitous technological advancements. whose time has come

happney65:
Then it was something else and not mobile phones. Because the fact of the matter is that it was May 6,2001 that mobile telephony came into Nigeria

omonnakoda:
Obasanjo just happened to be the President at a time when that specific technology came

All this praise singing is ridiculous

He did not invent the mobile phone technology

We do not praise any president for being there when Land telephones, electricity came to Nigeria , When Television came, When Flushing toilets came , when water started flowing from taps, when the motor car came,

These are ubiquitous technological advancements. whose time has come

gbaskiboy:
Omo for this life just take it easy, life na turn by turn. If they have told me that mobile will be accessible today I will ever deny it. But today, it is everywhere with almost every family in Nigeria have one.

Below is the Sagem My X-2 that got many of us frenzied but today no one dare to use as it becomes obsolete.

Great100000:
Source: https://www.pulse.ng/articles/lifestyle/first-gsm-call-in-nigeria-2025050512243100721

happney65:
Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Obasanjo alone, because of the restart of Telecoms sector in 2001,and improvement it brought into our daily lives and business efficiency, reduction in travel time, GDP grew by 15.3%.

The Nigerian Economy took a 360 degree positive turnaround

Obasanjo achieved that and more. But these useless people who have absolutey nothing to offer except to improvish the Nigerian People and play nothing but ethnic politics.

Till tommorow,They cannot lace Obasanjo's shoes

omonnakoda:
Obasanjo just happened to be the President at a time when that specific technology came

All this praise singing is ridiculous

He did not invent the mobile phone technology

We do not praise any president for being there when Land telephones, electricity came to Nigeria , When Television came, When Flushing toilets came , when water started flowing from taps, when the motor car came,

These are ubiquitous technological advancements. whose time has come

happney65:
Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Obasanjo alone, because of the restart of Telecoms sector in 2001,and improvement it brought into our daily lives and business efficiency, reduction in travel time, GDP grew by 15.3%.

The Nigerian Economy took a 360 degree positive turnaround

Obasanjo achieved that and more. But these useless people who have absolutey nothing to offer except to improvish the Nigerian People and play nothing but ethnic politics.

Till tommorow,They cannot lace Obasanjo's shoes

omonnakoda:
What is your point

What you have written is long and rambling

Is there a point?

When did the US get electricity, TV, Trains , Airplanes and so on

Again

What is your point?

happney65:
Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Obasanjo alone, because of the restart of Telecoms sector in 2001,and improvement it brought into our daily lives and business efficiency, reduction in travel time, GDP grew by 15.3%.

The Nigerian Economy took a 360 degree positive turnaround

Obasanjo achieved that and more. But these useless people who have absolutey nothing to offer except to improvish the Nigerian People and play nothing but ethnic politics.

Till tommorow,They cannot lace Obasanjo's shoes

omonnakoda:
Obasanjo just happened to be the President at a time when that specific technology came

All this praise singing is ridiculous

He did not invent the mobile phone technology

We do not praise any president for being there when Land telephones, electricity came to Nigeria , When Television came, When Flushing toilets came , when water started flowing from taps, when the motor car came,

These are ubiquitous technological advancements. whose time has come

Omoawoke:
So if obasanjo had not done this, we won’t have phones in Nigeria?

Do you know how much that baba looted from this project?

omonnakoda:
Obasanjo just happened to be the President at a time when that specific technology came

All this praise singing is ridiculous

He did not invent the mobile phone technology

We do not praise any president for being there when Land telephones, electricity came to Nigeria , When Television came, When Flushing toilets came , when water started flowing from taps, when the motor car came,

These are ubiquitous technological advancements. whose time has come

aworatak:
Obasanjo did well by ensuring that the Nigerian factor of ineptitude and bureaucracy did not derail this revolution. Imagine if he had used this same zeal in the electricity sector? Our economic woos would have been half solved.

omonnakoda:
Obasanjo just happened to be the President at a time when that specific technology came

All this praise singing is ridiculous

He did not invent the mobile phone technology

We do not praise any president for being there when Land telephones, electricity came to Nigeria , When Television came, When Flushing toilets came , when water started flowing from taps, when the motor car came,

These are ubiquitous technological advancements. whose time has come

austynbch:
you're seriously not making any point here. There many things that you'll think other government would have done, yet have not accomplished and you still give them excuse. Ordinary petrol price still keeps increasing, dollar to naira still a problem. These were tins that could lead to protest then. I'm sure if tinubu was in government then, even if hm manage introduce am, u must pass hm front desk before you collect sim card

omonnakoda:
Obasanjo just happened to be the President at a time when that specific technology came

All this praise singing is ridiculous

He did not invent the mobile phone technology

We do not praise any president for being there when Land telephones, electricity came to Nigeria , When Television came, When Flushing toilets came , when water started flowing from taps, when the motor car came,

These are ubiquitous technological advancements. whose time has come

thisweekng:
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Chief Olawale Edun has said the last time Nigeria’s economy looked stable was about a decade ago.

He made this statement during his maiden press conference as Minister of Finance where he outlined President Bola Tinubu’s vision, agenda and strategy for the economy.

He said, “I think as we all know, we are not where we should be. The economy is barely growing above the rate of population growth.

“But it was not always so, and I think in trying to look at the way forward, if we now have a situation of slow growth, double-digit inflation, weak/depreciating exchange rate, as well as security concerns that are resulting in an economy that is not growing and not taking Nigerians out of poverty.

“If we think back to the last time when the economy was stable- when it was growing, when inflation was low, and the interest rate was affordable, that period was about a decade ago. Growth was about 6% in 2013 and 2014.”
Private sector to drive the economy

https://thisweekng.com/the-last-time-nigerias-economy-was-stable-was-about-a-decade-ago-wale-edun/

aworatak:
Obasanjo did well by ensuring that the Nigerian factor of ineptitude and bureaucracy did not derail this revolution. Imagine if he had used this same zeal in the electricity sector? Our economic woos would have been half solved.

Omooba77:
…says Nigeria experienced economic development during Jonathan’s administration

A former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday, said the protest that trailed the fuel subsidy removal during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 was due to political interests.

Fayemi said this in his keynote address delivered at a national dialogue organised to celebrate the 60th birthday celebration of the founding National Secretary of Alliance for Democracy and Fellow, Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Professor Udenta Udenta in Abuja.

The programme was attended by Jonathan, former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili; former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, among others.

The PUNCH reports that on January 1, 2012, President Goodluck announced the removal of fuel subsidy and adjusted the pump price of petrol from N65 per litre to N141.

The decision sparked mass protests, tagged ‘Occupy Nigeria’ across major cities of the country.

The price was later re-adjusted to N97, after more than a week of protests.

Petrol price was later reduced to N87 in 2015.

Jonathan faced serious backlash for the fuel price adjustment, especially from leaders of the All Progressives Congress, who were then in different opposition parties, including the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, Congress for Progressives Congress, All Nigeria Peoples Party, and All Progressive Grand Alliance.

https://punchng.com/breaking-fuel-subsidy-we-played-politics-with-2012-occupy-nigeria-fayemi/

MICHEALADEX:
Talking nonsense, what abacha had completed before his sudden demise.

anonimi:
Neo-black Problem: Must Blacks Be Ruled by Whites in Order to Prosper?

In short, the neo-black dilemma may be framed as follows: is it better to live under white rule without political dignity but with basic life-sustaining standards for many;

or to live under black rule with illusory political dignity and without basic life- sustaining standards for the majority?
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The path forward for Africa lies in cultivating higher and adequate levels of personal and communal agential integrity as well as full personal responsibility and productivity. Not to mention creativity (including epistemic creativity), productive justice (such as merit and freedom), harmony and reconciliation at local and international levels, and a proper domestication of capitalism and other related values and institutions.

Africa must stop wasting her time on dreams of socialism because it is a system of wealth distribution primarily. Whereas, capitalism is a system of wealth creation primarily, and wealth has to be produced before it can be distributed.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2024/10/12/neo-black-problem-must-blacks-be-ruled-by-whites-in-order-to-prosper/

nairalanda1:
Obasanjo did nothing. All he did was essentially allow the GSM companies charge their prices, and set their prices. THat enabled them make huge profits that attracted more investment. And back then people complained a lot about it. Add the fact that service was poor initially....at one point you could not even call between networks self. (that is why many Nigerians started having two lines).

Electricity back then was run by government, who essentially sold power at very cheap rates. Also, a recurring theme was that the grid was overloaded....back in the 1980's and 90's...many state governors connected a lot of villages to the grid in the name of giving everyone electricity...and of course most of them could not pay for the electricity they used at all...

Also, unlike the phone, where you have to pay something before you use it....electricity can be gotten in nigeria by the illegal connection. Usually secured by a bribe.

All in all, that brought about chronically low revenues...which is why the power sector then and now does not work.

Edimakan:

googi:
Bad bele no go kill una.

Give credit to where credit is due. But for Obasanjo and his Administration, the best military Government ever in Nigeria, Nigeria could have perished the way it is going today.

Soludo said it, Tinubu as much as I cannot stand his character, inherited a dead Economy.

Small small boys conjuring statistics from their empty brains.

Bola Ige asked the rich and privileged that first had GSM before Obasanjo liberated or demystified it, why they are bragging with it. When market women and men were using it in Cotonou across the border freely.