₦airaland Forum

mcquin:
Barcanista you need CHANGE!

For heaven's sake are these not some of the things Nigerians are clamouring for?

Have we not been complaining about the cost of governance?

Have we not been complaining about too much bureaucracy in govt?

ICPC and EFCC what are their functions that they can't be merged?

Ministries having Ministers and Ministers of State, what for? Oh so because people will lose employment, govt should continue with Recurrent expenditure taking large chunk of Budget?

What happens to re-investing these extra-funds in Power which will in a long run increase private jobs? What happens to investing such in manufacturing and sciences to increase indigenous production and then employment.

Guy since you jumped ship , you becoming more ANTI-NIGERIA. You need JESUS plus CHANGE. *spits*

The truth is BITTER! If you can't fault my points then you need to allow me space. You think you can do something without reference to the law? You think you can reduce number of Ministers without amending the part of the constitution that says a minimum of 36 Ministers? You need knowledge!

barcanista:
Those that will be affected will not feel much pains because #Baba will pay them N5000 monthly as unemployment stipends in line with his change promises.

its imposible for govt to pay unemployment stipends when those employed are being owed salaries.

vedaxcool:
It will be good idea, too many organization doing similar activities, one hope though it does not lead to unemployment!






If only Gbawe paid up, we won't have to see a abgalabga behaving like a omo -de!

Who dash Babs money to pay any body??

socialmediaman:
As long as you dash people money without a repayment plan, they'll squander it. Why is it that money is available in the US but people don't take it and run away?

[b]Answer: Because there is a credit system. Everyone has a social security number, and once you're given a loan, your credit score starts counting, if you default, it keeps dropping till you can't do anything tangible again, and you can be charged and imprisoned or become a slave of the system due to bankruptcy. So that Youwin money should've been a loan repayable yearly over a 20-year period. There are some businesses succeeding though, you just have to ensure that all these checks and balances are in place. We have an idle National Identity Management Company that can ensure that everyone in Nigeria is identifiable by a unique social security number which should be required by every organization like banks, schools etc, so that anywhere you go, if you have a bad debt or crime, it pops up.[/b]

People are not just thinking in Nigeria!

I am not sure about the repayment plan of the YouWIn and stuff, but I am sure that when the dragon's den was airing on AIT, there was one. that aside, these are private sponsors. Anyway, i was expecting you to give me another sort of answer and your second paragraph was what i would have told you too. The NIMC is redundant and I doubt if they have a database. I just feel our government is not efficient in anyway.

alpattini:
Good one though but instead of Federal Corporation Broadcasting of Nigeria, let it be FEDERAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF NIGERIA.

Or NBA - National Broadcasting Agency

Sunnybobo3:
Gbawe is a business man who was hoping to ride on Tinubu back to get favours from Mai gaskiya but now that Tinubu has fallen out with Mai gaskiya, Gbawe has gone into hibernation.

Oh really!!!...
Now I remember, I know his afterall...

barcanista:
The truth is BITTER! If you can't fault my points then you need to allow me space. You think you can do something without reference to the law? You think you can reduce number of Ministers without amending the part of the constitution that says a minimum of 36 Ministers? You need knowledge!

Barcanista that is the reason Executives [/b]lobby[b]. NA wanted to separate the office of the AG from Minister of Justice, Jonathan opposed it and today the NA has dropped that bid.

That is the reason the govt formed liases with members of its party to push forward his demand and make his administration a success.

I never believed i'd ever say this to Barcanista but today I would "GUY TRY GET SENSE."

Helkayklassic:
Why merge NTA naa? it will be better off if it is scrap, useless station.

Cartoon dem no show

Football dem no show

Movie not in their agenda

News they are compromised *in orubebe's voice*

so what is their usefulness?

Problem is, we do need a public broadcaster...so scrapping NTA might not be a good idea.

(And BTW...I agree with your analysis of NTA....and would even add that I saw the rot begin in the late 1990's. It is almost as if NTA just gave up once DSTV came along.).

NTA needs a good CEO....someone who is not from the Civil service.

Still...merging it with FRCN is a good idea.....because as the article says...we have no money.

socialmediaman:
Or NBA - National Broadcasting Agency

I prefer Nigeria Broadcast Corporation, or Broadcasting Corporation of Nigeria.

EUROBOMBER:
Whatever merging or restructuring Buhari intends to carry out should have a human face, that is just all I have to say. We have more than enough unemployed people in Nigeria capable of forming an army big enough to overrun the world.

The last thing we need now is any form of mas retrenchment of civil servants.

Yes with the human face aspect. There must be plans on severance pay for those that will be affected.

However, we must all agree that we cannot continue to run an economy of 90% recurrent expenditure and 10% capital development. As things stand, Nigeria is borrowing to pay her employees while owing billions of dollars.

This is not sustainable and it must be discontinued immediately if GMB/APC are to succeed.

redcliff:
I am not sure about the repayment plan of the YouWIn and stuff, but I am sure that when the dragon's den was airing on AIT, there was one. that aside, these are private sponsors. Anyway, i was expecting you to give me another sort of answer and your second paragraph was what i would have told you too. The NIMC is redundant and I doubt if they have a database. I just feel our government is not efficient in anyway.

The YouWin has no repayment plan, it's a grant, not a loan. I questioned that right from the year it started, but nobody listened. Only serious people should be given access to loans for business, if you're not confident enough to repay a loan, don't take it. I mentioned the social security because it should replace the collaterals being asked by banks, or at least government agencies who fund businesses and request for collateral which many serious Nigerians don't have.
I know people who have borrowed loans and succeeded even with interest, these are the real entrepreneurs, not those looking for free money. Most of those Youwin businesses were not drafted with realistic projections, since it's free money, its all a matter of brain work to draft a business plan that looks attractive on paper, many of the contestants even inflate figures just to appear sweet, No. If you want to start a real business, come and apply, Youwin should be resident in each state, so they can use inherent environmental realities and advise you whether your business is real or not, but in any case, the funds should be available with some form of identity system as a security, that's the only time you can make impact

alpattini:
Good one though but instead of Federal Corporation Broadcasting of Nigeria, let it be FEDERAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF NIGERIA.

It's a mouthful don't you think? Broadcasting Corp of Nigeria BCN sounds cool with me.

He should also merge states that are not viable at all with some neighbouring viable ones.........because such states are only taking from Nigeria without adding anything in return..........this will reduce cost greatly. Why keep funding a business year in and year out without getting anything in return....we should look to practicing federalism as it should...its called 'Federal Republic of Nigeria'

An illiterate will be in charge of this country. SMDH.

Realgana:
Baba should also merge Nairaland with Linda Ikeji's blog,they are serving the same purpose.He should also not forget to pair Seun and Linda as husband and wife.

E spikilekwe! Atuu (in Nkoli NWA nsukka's voice)

PassingShot:
Yes with the human face aspect. There must be plans on severance pay for those that will be affected.

However, we must all agree that we cannot continue to run an economy of 90% recurrent expenditure and 10% capital development. As things stand, Nigeria is borrowing to pay her employees while owing billions of dollars.

This is not sustainable and it must be discontinued immediately if GMB/APC are to succeed.

Fuel subsidy to stop as well. Hope labour will understand.

Chiaka:
He should also merge states that are not viable at all with some neighbouring viable ones.........because such states are only taking from Nigeria without adding anything in return..........this will reduce cost greatly. Why keep funding a business year in and year out without getting anything in return....we should look to practicing federalism as it should...its called 'Federal Republic of Nigeria'

Merge states? Won't happen....especially as there are petitions on the ground for even more states.

Plus...what is a ''viable'' state.? If it is in terms of IGR generated.....then Lagos is the only viable state in Nigeria.(I am not a lagosian BTW).

People should force their governors and LG chairmen to work for them....because in my opinion...that is the problem with most states. Lazy governors, lazy people.

mcquin:
Ask him why exactly would EFCC and ICPC, NDDC and Ministry of Niger Delta etc be operating differently when in essence they aiming at same thing. At the end thousands of ghost workers are still in these ministries.

Some people have decided that they are satisfied with failure, civil servants the world over are known to be relatively less productive compared to their private sector counterparts, however the Nigerian civil service are worse,

I visited an aunt who is a perm sec in a lagos ministry in 2010 and thou I could see her working and hard and getting results I was amused to know her workers were the better among other poorer ministries.

We can't just employ people to give them jobs to seat about doing nothing,

EFCC and ISPC need to be separate one can be placed under the justice ministry while the other independent the war on corruption need be fought on multiple fronts.

Ministry of ND needs to be absorbed into another agency, it's like having a ministry of the NE just because BH are ravaging the place. Make no sense !

EUROBOMBER:
Fuel subsidy to stop as well. Hope labour will understand.

Fuel subsidy IS going to end....the money for the thing does not exist anymore.

Yes, fuel prices will shoot up. But we will save money. Unless Labor and any opponent wants to send a delegation to the increasingly irrelevant OPEC to cut production quotas.

EUROBOMBER:
Fuel subsidy to stop as well. Hope labour will understand.

Yes, the subsidy has to go. Labour will surely understand once the facts are laid bare to them. The subsidy has proved to benefit a few.

However, PMB must tell us his plans to make our refineries work again. I will expect that within 18 to 24 months, we will refine our crude in Nigeria and by that time pump price should be revised to reflect it.

mcquin:
Barcanista is a disappointment. However ego problem will not make him accept he towed a wrong route. Now he finds it difficult to applaud something good. Ask him why exactly would EFCC and ICPC, NDDC and Ministry of Niger Delta etc be operating differently when in essence they aiming at same thing. At the end thousands of ghost workers are still in these ministries.

Nigeria needs serious fundamental cleaning up esp. It's civil service. Barcanista even if your ego won't allow you see good in Buhari for falling your hand at the last minute, criticise him constructively and applaud when necessary; you are bigger than what you making of yourself.

Your last sentence was an error. There is nothing big about someone that gets his sense of importance from an anonymous online forum dominated by teenagers that lack the capacity for critical reasoning and logic. This is actually who he is, an ethnic bigot that thinks his lack of true success in life is due to some imaginary enemy in opposition or a section of the country. Na where to chop hin dey find.

Forwetinnah:

barcanista:
The truth is BITTER! If you can't fault my points then you need to allow me space. You think you can do something without reference to the law? You think you can reduce number of Ministers without amending the part of the constitution that says a minimum of 36 Ministers? You need knowledge!

They sent a lying certificateless coup plotter to the presidency. So, yes they believe the constitution to be meaningless.

barcanista:
He must also probe the Abachas and apologise for trying to insult our sensibilities that Abacha was clean from from corruption.

After your paymaster gave them a clean bill of health by freigning refund of funds that still ended up disappearing under his watch...smh

bushdoc9919:
Merge states? Won't happen....especially as there are petitions on the ground for even more states.

Plus...what is a ''viable'' state.? If it is in terms of IGR generated.....then Lagos is the only viable state in Nigeria.(I am not a lagosian BTW).

People should force their governors and LG chairmen to work for them....because in my opinion...that is the problem with most states. Lazy governors, lazy people.

so all the SS state generating oil revenue?? what will you call them?

rman:
Your last sentence was an error. There is nothing big about someone that gets his sense of importance from an anonymous online forum dominated by teenagers that lack the capacity for critical reasoning and logic. This is actually who he is, an ethnic bigot that thinks his lack of true success in life is due to some imaginary enemy in opposition or a section of the country. Na where to chop hin dey find.

My guy if you had known Barcanista earlier and seen his works, you would know things went wrong at a point. He used to be focused on the Nigerian Project.

Even now that he changed direction, when he want to be constructive and critical in criticising, I appreciate his write-ups. There was one bordering on true Federalism and I respected that work. It's just that many a times he goes off the cliff lately.

My advice to Barcanista is, if you feel embarrassed retracing your steps; then stay in the opposition but be CONSTRUCTIVE in criticising.

barcanista:
Some Agencies were established by Act of the parliament, and as such it will require parliamentary action to repeal or amend any relevant sections to achieve merger. It must however be noted that merging agencies and departments comes with attendant job loss which "may"/will be resisted by labour and the redundant civil servants as well as inhouse politicians.

Well, we are watching whether #BabaOneChance have the political will to even send such executive bill to the parliament and whether the NASS members will be able to amend the various acts.

He should also merge states that are not viable at all with some neighbouring viable ones.........because such states are only taking from Nigeria without adding anything in return..........this will reduce cost greatly. Why keep funding a business year in and year out without getting anything in return....we should look to practicing federalism as it should...its called 'Federal Republic of Nigeria'

Chiaka:
so all the SS state generating oil revenue?? what will you call them?

Unfortunately, we SS are not allowed to control all the oil resource (except the 13% that we get....I am from an oil producer state BTW)...so, legally much of the oil is not ours.

And I am realistic to know that total resource control might not work....because everyone and his mother are dependent on oil. (That's why many of the resource control advocates are also regional advocates.....so that non oil producing southern states can get oil money too....heheh!).

Plus...resource control means what? That the host communites or the host state controls the oil? (Question for the gods!).

But i digress.

Most states in Nigeria are not viable. And by viable....most of our states...including the oil producers....are not innovative economies that are free of oil. Like Kaduna....Kaduna produces maize...which can be used for a variety of industrial products. Benue produces oranges...which could be used for food and pharma and even chemical industries. But you don't see these states doing anything about their local resources. Likewise , many of these oil producers too should develop economies free of oil dependency...because the way I see things.....soon we will be earning less and less from oil...because countries like America are on their way to energy independence. And green energy is developing in leaps and bounds.In twenty years...the developed world would not be as reliant on oil as it used to be. And where does that leave oil producers? Empty.

Most All states in Nigeria are not viable. Which is why I want you Nigerians to force your governors to make them viable. The age of oil is at an end. Time we industrialized. Oil is not going to rise above $100 per barrel soon.

socialmediaman:
This country cannot survive on recurrent expenditure based budget, government should rather be focused on empowering startup businesses to employ people, so people have to go as long as government will dedicate funds to business startups and job creation.

You're really beginning to sound like an enemy of progress of this nation...

He should also merge states that are not viable at all with some neighbouring viable ones.........because such states are only taking from Nigeria without adding anything in return..........this will reduce cost greatly. Why keep funding a business year in and year out without getting anything in return....we should look to practicing federalism as it should...its called 'Federal Republic of Nigeria'

barcanista:
Some Agencies were established by Act of the parliament, and as such it will require parliamentary action to repeal or amend any relevant sections to achieve merger. It must however be noted that merging agencies and departments comes with attendant job loss which "may"/will be resisted by labour and the redundant civil servants as well as inhouse politicians.

Well, we are watching whether #BabaOneChance have the political will to even send such executive bill to the parliament and whether the NASS members will be able to amend the various acts.

LOLZ Buhari victory is giving some people headache oooooo,sorry hen take panadol...

bushdoc9919:
Unfortunately, we SS are not allowed to control all the oil resource (except the 13% that we get....I am from an oil producer state BTW)...so, legally much of the oil is not ours.

And I am realistic to know that total resource control might not work....because everyone and his mother are dependent on oil. (That's why many of the resource control advocates are also regional advocates.....so that non oil producing southern states can get oil money too....heheh!).

Plus...resource control means what? That the host communites or the host state controls the oil? (Question for the gods!).

But i digress.

Most states in Nigeria are not viable. And by viable....most of our states...including the oil producers....are not innovative economies that are free of oil. Like Kaduna....Kaduna produces maize...which can be used for a variety of industrial products. Benue produces oranges...which could be used for food and pharma and even chemical industries. But you don't see these states doing anything about their local resources. Likewise , many of these oil producers too should develop economies free of oil dependency...because the way I see things.....soon we will be earning less and less from oil...because countries like America are on their way to energy independence. And green energy is developing in leaps and bounds.In twenty years...the developed world would not be as reliant on oil as it used to be. And where does that leave oil producers? Empty.

Most All states in Nigeria are not viable. Which is why I want you Nigerians to force your governors to make them viable. The age of oil is at an end. Time we industrialized. Oil is not going to rise above $100 per barrel soon.

I don't know what you talking about I am talking about states that has the capacity to be productive, be in in terms of raw or human resources.
Those that are not viable should be merged with viable ones to reduce cost of governance. I made my point. Not ready for long talks. thanks