philips70:


I do not support separation but true federalism. If we separate the war among the various tribes in the Niger Delta will be too difficult to contain. Trust me when that time comes the hidden animosity among the tribes will come out in the open. Or do you totally trust the romance across the east and the south now? The implosion will be of massive scale. First, we need good governance and gradually true and real federalism. You will be shocked all these monies reporting missing was guided into the pockets of non Niger Deltans with the approval of our SON and DAUGHTER with their share stashed far away. Nothing whatsoever was done by GEJ for the ND, yet lots of buffoons wants to kill everyone for them. We as Niger Deltans are supposed to lock both of them up after May 29th.

izzieman:



Four years ago, Buhari publicly shed tears for this country. Looking through this report and how they brazenly try to cover up various things, I can understand why a grown man would cry for Nigeria.

May the souls of every Nigerian who has died of this man-made suffering as well as the God of all suffering and living Nigerians make life unbearable for all these evil perpetrators and their lineage.

IzonOwei:
I am not supporting GEJ for stealing...I am only espousing his courage for giving all nigerians freedom to information...and may I ask you.., are you not corrupt?...

olalat:


Oga, do yourself honour by keeping off this thread if you don't want me to call the wrat of all the devil agents in all corners of the world on you. You a pathetic fool for trying to give justifications to the act of this evil man lyou call your heroes. House of rep, have been demanding for this report since last year, your calm gej refused to release it, isn't it? The report has been submitted to the him since November last year, he did not dim it necessary to release it, do I lie? I will course you if you refuse to stay away from this discussion like other fellowd of yours. I wish u well till you act otherwise.

NovusHomo:


Feudalism ke, in 2015! Or did you mean FEDERALISM?

luvmijeje:



So there was no subsidy anywhere....... This people have totally finish this country.

Williamso:
I can't type much, but I'll try to dissect your points.


We agree on this


No it won't! I can give you so mant examples, but I'll give just a few; the Warri crises comes to mind as well as the dispute over the EPZ. The only kind of separation that will be favourable is for each tribe to have its own republic; which is near impossible. We keep complaining that too many ethnicities were fused together to form Nigeria, but we forget that the Niger Delta alone has much more than 50. Imagine what will happen when the Ijaws, the Itsekiris, the Okrikas, the Ogonis, the Kalabaris, the Ikwerres etc have the oil, but the Ibos have the population? The same marginalization card will be played by the minority groups, which will further begin the cycle.


Separation is not the answer to this, but what I will treat next is the answer.


The PIB, if implemented to the letter, in a corrupt free environment is the solution to the ND problem. This will handle the jobs for indigenes, local content, etc. I first heard of the PIB during Yar'adua, and when GEJ came on board, I was really excited that the bill will be passed. While the president has no power over the National Assembly, being a president involves knowing how to cajole your legislature into passing a bill you want. Five years down the line, we haven't heard jack about it. Because somebody will rather offend the common Niger Deltan than offend some powerful people. Very depressing I tell you. That notwithstanding, I'm still an advocate of true federalism, not secessation.

mrmetoo1:
Diezani made this sound like it was a conclusive report. This is far from conclusive, they raised a lot of questions. A lot of info still being withheld. The wastage/losses though is mind boggling. Then the shell divestment deal between NNPC & NPDC too was quite revealing. Selling an asset worth $3.4bn for $1.85bn, who does that? Anyway still reading, is quite revealing and oddly entertaining.

IzonOwei:
which house of rep if I may ask...the same rep members who have benefited from what ever spoils that have proceeded from stolen funds..?...shun those hypocrites called rep members...my point is did we ever think that someday we would push for reports and get results?...answer me

obailala:
Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi would be drinking Orijin and dancing azonto by now for his vindication...

Jorussia:
d issue is not being together or not,its about us demanding accountability from our leaders.Separating will definitely not be d best option for us as Niger deltans,because when d militant leaders start fighting themselves for supremacy, we d common people may end up as refugees in d same Nigeria we say we don't like,as its the present scenario in SOUTH SUDAN.We have so many tribes/ ethnic groups in who don't share d same ideology. The BINI KINGDOM will Nv agree to play second to Ijaw,urhobo isoko and others who were one time the other under them.

claycares:
Please which of the asset is worrth $3.4b?

IzonOwei:
if I am not mistaken the house must have been cajoled to sign that bill...but the niger delta interest is not and will never be the business of the other regions...who wants us to benefit from proceeds from oil and gas?...you think its that hausa man or the yoruba man?..who do you think wants the niger delta youth to be mainly employed by the companies that engage in exploration and production of oil right in there villages and creeks?...secession or true federalism are ok to me....sometimes we under estimate the fact that we can be independent....

idu1:
You are talking like labaran maku that say we should thank jonathan for bringing facebook to nigeria. Smh for you...

IzonOwei:
but you are seeing a report na...abi?...who ever provided you with a report or felt the need to provide the populace with reports during the obj tenure or during the military regime...who born us well to ask for nnpc reports when obj was the minister of petroleum...Gej was ever ready to submit that report..

disloman:
N how did they arrived at d $1.48b missing if they didn't release their account book?Hmmmmmm.we r on a long thing.

IzonOwei:
for me I think the smaller splinter groups we push for the better we can unanimously handle the problems of nigeria..how do you start to hold accountable leaders in nigeria?....we are just too many and polarized...

You might think the niger delta is as polarized as the way nigeria is, but know that we have common grounds and its a good platform on which we can stand and solve problems... we have similar cultures, have similar languages,have similar religion and share resources...we can better deal with ourselves when we are small... the results of south sudan must not be the case fr nigeria...we are more educated and enlightened.

olalat:


The full report wouldn't have been released, if not for the emergence of Buhari and his subsequent declaration that he would revisit the allegation made by sanusi. Answer my question, when was the report submitted to the federal government under Jonathan? November last year. Why just releasing it now.

Just pretend to be patriotic for once bro. This is national calamity.

SirShymexx:


I just read the first 10 pages and I've been laughing hysterically since then. So funny that I had to stop reading it.

These folks stole more than $20 billion.

Anyway, I don't think Buhari should've alerted them about the probe till he gets sworn in as the president. A month is a long time, and $20 billion can do a lot of damage before then. I just hope nothing happens in the country before then.

PwC just soiled its name with this nonsense.

Williamso:

You have no idea the high level of racketeering that goes on within our ND for this O&G jobs. And the painful thing is that these schemes are run by our ND leaders (I don't mean political leaders), sorry but I won't mention names. I don't underestimate that, but I think you overestimate the merits of secession, without carefully and objectively weighing the demerits. Research more on secession. Why would a developed country (Scotland) in a free and fair referendum, choose to be part of UK? Go figure.

True federalism is the way, definitely not secession.

IzonOwei:
But I think this is where we need to give GEJ some accolades for giving everyone in 9ja the access to information as to the happenings in all sectors in the country....the FOI is what is at work here...when in the history of nigeria has its citizens asked for information as delicate as this and results were provided except in the GEJ administration..I think GEj even in his slowness and calmness tried so hard to set a precedent for succeeding preseidents....from now on we can confidently ask for reports and expect feed back.....

Meanwhile abeg who ever thief money for that nnpc make them sack and jail am...

obailala:
[size=15pt]For a moment, just pause and imagine what would have become of Nigeria if GEJ had won the election..[/size]

ttmacoy:
Accolade really?

Didn't he order the release of the report after buhari announced he would probe the missing money and release the report?

He deserves no such accolades because even after the report was issued he refused to publish and played along like it was only just over $1bn that was missing.

He would deserve accolades if the report was released before the election rather than trying to hide the truth to try to win re election.

mrmetoo1: