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Expansion of the definition of Judicial Officer to include Magistrates of the various State Judiciaries and FCT is one of the most important bills. The Bill is set to include Magistrates as Judicial officers similar to State High Court Judges and other Superior courts of Record. I must commend the National Assembly for arriving at this Stage. Nigerians will witness the birth of a new and comprehensive Constitution and hopefully this leads to a better way of life for majority for majority of her citizens. Amen

TimeManager:
While opposition are making noise all over, trying to destabilize the country, Tinubu is laser focused on recalibrating the country, refusing to be distracted.

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There are photos just out of the man sleeping (literally sleeping!) on the job and you claim he is 'laser focused'.

Whether you admit it or not, the last two weeks have been terrible for the administration. Though nowhere near as terrible as things have been for Nigerians who have lost life and property since BAT got into office two years ago.

BAT is failing. He's been on the back foot for the past few weeks, shuffling through the humiliation of trying to explain the killings in Nigeria to the president of another country. For months, BAT couldn't be bothered to act on our longstanding complaints about the violence and killings - but now he's all over the place explaining himself to the president of the USA.

BAT doesn't care what Nigerians say but he cares about what Donald Trump says.

That says it all really.

Putindbutt:
Believe me, APC will be in power for at least a 100 years.

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Nonsense.

Some of you never learn.

Vincent Ogbulafor said more than this about the PDP. Today, Ogbulafor is no longer in the land of the living and his party is in the wilderness. Out in the cold.

Be careful.

Ikaeniyan0:
I'm 100% for resource control. When Tinubu want the states to keep 60% of the VATs they generate, we all know the people supporting northern politicians who rejected it.

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Not so fast.

You all bragged (at the time) that BAT was a (political) god amongst men and the VAT bill was a done deal. What happened eventually? In the end BAT failed to do what gods do and he was left with absolutely nothing. All that time, money and effort expended, only to retain the status quo. What was the point?

When the time came to confront real vested interests, BAT couldn't deliver.

Ikaeniyan0:
I think LG should be the ones getting the 13% oil derivation sef because I can't see what the 13% is spent on in oil producing areas in the Niger Delta.

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In one breath you are in favour of 100% resource control. In another, you are against derivation. As they say: "stay in one place and stop confusing the thunder".

Fujiyama:
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There are photos just out of the man sleeping (literally sleeping!) on the job and you claim he is 'laser focused'.

Whether you admit it or not, the last two weeks have been terrible for the administration. Though nowhere near as terrible as things have been for Nigerians who have lost life and property since BAT got into office two years ago.

BAT is failing. He's been on the back foot for the past few weeks, shuffling through the humiliation of trying to explain the killings in Nigeria to the president of another country. For months, BAT couldn't be bothered to act on our longstanding complaints about the violence and killings - but now he's all over the place explaining himself to the president of the USA.

BAT doesn't care what Nigerians say but he cares about what Donald Trump says. Says it all really.

Yet Trump could not solve the gun and gang violence in his own country, if BAT is a failure then Trump is a bigger one considering America is not as complex as Nigeria interms of ethnicity and religiion.

abbey621:
Yet Trump could not solve the gun and gang violence in his own country, if BAT is a failure then Trump is a bigger one considering America is not as complex as Nigeria interms of ethnicity and religiion.

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You don't get it.

I am not a US citizen. The US president has no obligations to me. I don't have a stake in Donald Trump's success or failure in solving gun and gang violence in US cities - that is a matter for US nationals to deal with.

I am not interested in a comparison of the relative complexity of Nigeria versus the United States. Any such comparison on this thread is a distraction and a waste of time.

I don't live in the US. I don't work there. My primary concern is this country, Nigeria.

BAT is failing. The facts speak for themselves. The only reason I mentioned the US president is BAT's craven, servile response (or lack thereof) to his insults. Donald Trump described Nigeria as a 'disgraced country' and BAT's men said nothing - because they know BAT has long abandoned Nigerians to their fate.

It took insults from a US president to galvanize a flurry of activity from the Nigerian government. Is BAT serving Nigerians or he is serving Trump?

BAT is failing. Up till now, we still don't know who ordered the soldiers guarding the girls school in Maga to withdraw - only for terrorists to strike forty five minutes later. Isn't that failure?

Fujiyama:
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In one breath you are in favour of 100% resource control. In another, you are against derivation. As they say: "stay in one place and stop confusing the thunder".

You're the one confusing yourself. Show me where am against resource control in my post

Ikaeniyan0:
You're the one confusing yourself. Show me where am against resource control in my post

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You are in favour of resource control (not yet in operation anywhere in this country) but you are against derivation (in operation in the country, albeit imperfectly) applied to OPA. Isn't that a contradiction?

Fujiyama:
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You are in favour of resource control (not yet in operation anywhere in this country) but you are against derivation (in operation in the country, albeit imperfectly) applied to OPA. Isn't that a contradiction?

Show me where in my post I talked about resource control.

I only talked about state police and local government autonomy. someone else quoted me and talked about resource control, and I told him that I'm 100% in support of resource control.

Ikaeniyan0:
Local government autonomy and state police are the most important for me. The 9th NA voted in favour of LG having autonomy but it failed at the state assemblies, I hope it will be successful this time around. I believe it will fast track development. Except Lagos and few other states, when you leave the state capital, the rest of the states are nothing to write home about

Jaylord12:
Yes sir but let each state control their resources

Ikaeniyan0:
I'm 100% for resource control.

Fujiyama:
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You are in favour of resource control (not yet in operation anywhere in this country) but you are against derivation (in operation in the country, albeit imperfectly) applied to OPA. Isn't that a contradiction?

Please quote my comment so I can see where i'm against derivation

Ikaeniyan0:
Please quote my comment so I can see where i'm against derivation

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See below...

Ikaeniyan0:
I think LG should be the ones getting the 13% oil derivation sef because I can't see what the 13% is spent on in oil producing areas in the Niger Delta.

Fujiyama:
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See below...

So how do that mean I'm against resource control? I only said LG should be getting the derivation instead of the states

Fujiyama:
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You don't get it.

I am not a US citizen. The US president has no obligations to me. I don't have a stake in Donald Trump's success or failure in solving gun and gang violence in US cities - that is a matter for US nationals to deal with.

I am not interested in a comparison of the relative complexity of Nigeria versus the United States. Any such comparison on this thread is a distraction and a waste of time.

I don't live in the US. I don't work there. My primary concern is this country, Nigeria.

BAT is failing. The facts speak for themselves. The only reason I mentioned the US president is BAT's craven, servile response (or lack thereof) to his insults. Donald Trump described Nigeria as a 'disgraced country' and BAT's men said nothing - because they know BAT has long abandoned Nigerians to their fate.

It took insults from a US president to galvanize a flurry of activity from the Nigerian government. Is BAT serving Nigerians or he is serving Trump?

BAT is failing. Up till now, we still don't know who ordered the soldiers guarding the girls school in Maga to withdraw - only for terrorists to strike forty five minutes later. Isn't that failure?

We can agree both BAT and Trump are failures but all I hear is the problem and not a solution! Killings and kidnappings in the North have been happening right from OBJ era, to put the blame on one man in a democratic governemnt is a naive way to look at things. What is the solution? We all know these things have political, traditional and religious elements to it so to think one president can wipe it out is a LIE!

Their sponsors are in the government, they are the ones making laws and executing it. They are traditional rulers and religious leaders. They are big men with resources enough to convince entire towns and villages into killing and kidnapping their neighbors. The issue goes beyond just theories, it goes beyond just ranting online, so I ask again WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?

Here's a mind puzzle, do you think it was a mistake that amnesty was offered to these murderers during GEJ's & Buhari's regime? Think about it, if the problem is so huge that the govenrment has no choice than to offer amnesty to them, what does that tell you about the sponsors?

Ikaeniyan0:
So how do that mean I'm against resource control?

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I didn't say you were. Take another look at my posts. I never said you were against resource control and I didn't say you claimed to be against it either.

abbey621:
We can agree both BAT and Trump are failures but all I hear is the problem and not a solution! Killings and kidnappings in the North have been happening right from OBJ era, to put the blame on one man in a democratic governemnt is a naive way to look at things. What is the solution? We all know these things have political, traditional and religious elements to it so to think one president can wipe it out is a LIE!

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No.

These are excuses.

Tellling Nigerians that mass killings in Nigeria are nothing new - is nothing but a provocation. Bola Tinubu isn't being paid to sit in Aso Rock to enjoy the perquisites that come with the office he holds. He (and his team) are there to solve problems. He is there to put a stop to the killings.

Holding the Tinubu administration accountable is not "a naive way to look at things". What does that even mean? The man asked and fought for the job and told Nigerians to hold him responsible for performance - and that's exactly what we are doing. This isn't the time for you to make excuses on his behalf!

You can't ask me (a private citizen) for the solution to the problem. BAT has an entire federal bureaucracy behind him and they are paid big salaries to solve these problems we are talking about. Finding a solution is BAT's responsibility, not mine.

The most annoying thing is we can see some of the lapses that the administration is pretending not to see. In my last reply to you I asked why the military commander who ordered the withdrawal of soldiers (guarding the girls school at Maga) has not been identified. What do you have to say about that?

abbey621:
Their sponsors are in the government, they are the ones making laws and executing it. They are traditional rulers and religious leaders. They are big men with resources enough to convince entire towns and villages into killing and kidnapping their neighbors. The issue goes beyond just theories, it goes beyond just ranting online, so I ask again WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?

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No we are not 'just ranting online'. We are reminding BAT that two years ago he swore an oath to do certain things on behalf of 200 million plus Nigerians. He has sacred responsibilities to those people and he is failing at keeping his own end of the bargain.

Like I said earlier, it is BAT's responsibility to find solutions to the problems, not mine. We are angry because he doesn't even seem to be trying.

Let me remind you that a few months ago, BAT publicly queried the IGP about the failure to apprehend a single one of the perpetrators of the Yelwata massacre. The IGP simply sat down without responding. That tells you all you need to know.

One would expect that the president would have asked a question like that following the very first massacre of defenceless Nigerians after he got into power in 2023. Apparently he hadn't asked that sort of question since he took office because if he had, then the security forces would have handled subsequent attacks very differently.

abbey621:
Here's a mind puzzle, do you think it was a mistake that amnesty was offered to these murderers during GEJ's & Buhari's regime? Think about it, if the problem is so huge that the govenrment has no choice than to offer amnesty to them, what does that tell you about the sponsors?

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Means the problem is bigger than the government then.

Fujiyama:
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No.

These are excuses.

Tellling Nigerians that mass killings in Nigeria are nothing new - is nothing but a provocation. Bola Tinubu isn't being paid to sit in Aso Rock to enjoy the perquisites that come with the office he holds. He (and his team) are there to solve problems. He is there to put a stop to the killings.

Holding the Tinubu administration accountable is not "a naive way to look at things". What does that even mean? The man asked and fought for the job and told Nigerians to hold him responsible for performance - and that's exactly what we are doing. This isn't the time for you to make excuses on his behalf!

You can't ask me (a private citizen) for the solution to the problem. BAT has an entire federal bureaucracy behind him and they are paid big salaries to solve these problems we are talking about. Finding a solution is BAT's responsibility, not mine.

The most annoying thing is we can see some of the lapses that the administration is pretending not to see. In my last reply to you I asked why the military commander who ordered the withdrawal of soldiers (guarding the girls school at Maga) has not been identified. What do you have to say about that?



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No we are not 'just ranting online'. We are reminding BAT that two years ago he swore an oath to do certain things on behalf of 200 million plus Nigerians. He has sacred responsibilities to those people and he is failing at keeping his own end of the bargain.

Like I said earlier, it is BAT's responsibility to find solutions to the problems, not mine. We are angry because he doesn't even seem to be trying.

Let me remind you that a few months ago, BAT publicly queried the IGP about the failure to apprehend a single one of the perpetrators of the Yelwata massacre. The IGP simply sat down without responding. That tells you all you need to know.

One would expect that the president would have asked a question like that following the very first massacre of defenceless Nigerians after he got into power in 2023. Apparently he hadn't asked that sort of question since he took office because if he had, then the security forces would have handled subsequent attacks very differently.



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Means the problem is bigger than the government then.

In all you wrote you failed to mention any credible solution, it is easy to point out problems but bringing out solutions is where majority of Nigerians develop amnesia!

What do you mean we can't ask you for a solution? Come abroad and see how town halls, polls and sometimes open letter to the president and other lected officials get things done.......Again you can rant online all you want, tell me how is this holding BAT accountable?

abbey621:
In all you wrote you failed to mention any credible solution, it is easy to point out problems but bringing out solutions is where majority of Nigerians develop amnesia!

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Nonsense.

You know exactly what you are doing but I will engage you for the benefit of those who can't see it.

A key way of solving problems is holding people accountable. It is central in shaping human behaviour. You have pretended not to see what I wrote earlier but I will say it for the third time: where is the military commander who asked the soldiers guarding the school in Maga to stand down and withdraw? What is his name?

Instead of BAT to get to the bottom of this sabotage in Maga (in order to send an unmistakable message to crooked and compromised security personnel), he will do nothing. The state governor stated publicly that the DSS provided intel of an impending attack - and that's why soldiers were posted to guard the school. Why were the soldiers withdrawn, only for terrorists to strike 45 minutes later and abduct several girls - with at least one casualty among school staff? Whose interests are you serving by pretending you cannot read the question I have asked thrice on this thread?

abbey621:
What do you mean we can't ask you for a solution? Come abroad and see how town halls, polls and sometimes open letter to the president and other lected officials get things done.......

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More nonsense.

There is indeed none so blind as he who will not see.

This website is chock full of solutions and recommendations that your idol and his officials have studiously ignored for over two years. On this very thread, I have given one example relevant to this particular case of the kidnap at Maga - and what can be done to prevent a recurrence. You pretend not to see it - and thus I cannot help you.

abbey621:
Again you can rant online all you want, tell me how is this holding BAT accountable?

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The good thing is we are all in this together.

The storm (if it comes) will not engulf others and pass over you. If others will not be spared then you will most certainly partake of its bitter fruit - how can you be exempt?

Its getting closer.

Pakute:
https://punchng.com/constitution-review-nassembly-set-to-produce-final-draft/

Just get the Yoruba folks of Kwara (right up to Jebba in Kwara North) and Kogi States to be merged with their kith and kin via boundary adjustments with the rest of the West of Nigeria. If that isn't done now, it will NEVER be done. The Nupes and Bariba (Farooq Kperogi's folks) of Kwara North too can be merged with the Nupes in Niger State or create a larger Nupe only State.

The same must be done for the ethnic groups that are scattered in different States such as the Tivs (in Benue, Taraba, Nassarawa, Northern Cross Rivers, etc), and more to be located in a unified State via boundary adjustments where they will NOT be marginalized.

Governors will always kill through the state assemblies any bill For LG autonomy for selfish political and economical reasons favoring them