Brethren, there comes a time in a people's life when they need some introspection. A time they need to give themselves some home truth albeit bitter at first. A time when partisanship should be dropped in the gutters. A time when that ancient axiom of; "charity begins at home" should be reinvented. A time when some sheepish worshipping of politicians and tribal bigotry should be eschewed for a holistic reexamination of our sanity and ability to remain reasonable beings. A time when religious and political affiliations should not be allowed to determine our allegiance or patriotism or truth. And that time is NOW.

This article is written bearing in mind those states especially APC states who have used wicked propaganda to deceive and thwart the facts to/for their people. Masses in this region are simply smart by half; unfortunately they equate their ability to conjure up sentences as evidence of being smart, but the picture of their emptiness is made too glaring when mere speeches and empty rhetorics of politicians sway them. There hollow thought-process is shown when truth to them is first tested on the altar of religion, tribe, and political alliance before it is accepted or thrown to the dogs. Everything is politics and political to them.

South-West people of Nigeria seem to be the worst heat so far by the dwindling economic situation in the country, thanks to oil price fall in the international market. Most of the states there came from the defunct ACN now APC after the merger. Having brainwashed most of their people into believing that PDP is their problem; one begin to imagine what happened to the economy of their(ACN/APC) states, when most PDP states are still holding forth. Based on their own assessment of PDP, NONE of the ACN now APC states should be seen in such mess as it is now. Remember, states like Anambra operate under same oil economy as them, so why is that state not bastardized economically too like most South-West states?

It is a truism that ALL SOUTH-WEST states are neck deep into debts that will in some cases take over 30years to offset baring any more debts or borrowing by such states(What an inter-generational bondage). Outside, Lagos and probably Ondo state due oil derivation fund, none of these states can survive with the amount of debt they have accumulated par chance price of oil continues to fall. Debts are not necessarily bad but when no meaningful projects are on ground to justify such debts it becomes a curse. Otherwise, what is the economic benefit world's tallest talking drum when you cannot pay salaries? What's the sustainability of Opon Imo tablets? What diversity have these leaders from LGA to states achieved in their state economy independent of federal allocation?

In a nutshell, it is high time the people down South, most especially South-West begin to look inwards and ask important questions to their leaders. If Ebonyi state is still healthy economically, why should Osun state be dead already? If Enugu is still forging ahead strong economically, why should Oyo state be bleeding? If Ondo is still doing pretty well, Why should Imo state be insolvent already? If Anambra is moving on gloriously, why should Ogun state be weeping? Necessary and important questions should start popping up NOW!!! Sheepish allegiance to a political party should be eschewed forthwith.

How can most states in the South-West region be executing projects at ridiculously high amounts? How can a kilometre of road cost a billion naira and over in these South-West states, when it is even far cheaper in the swampy Niger-Delta area?

Suffice it to say, that federal government is NOT a grassroot government. We have LGA and states governments. If we cannot hold our grassroot governments accountable and keep monitoring central government, then our succour isn't near yet. To what extent, has these grassroots provided needed infrastructure and jobs to its people especially in the region under review?

Par chance, federal government of Buhari decides to bail out these seemingly economically "dead" states. I think part of the conditions should be;

1)Resignation of the governor if he has been in office for close to two years( because such debts and mismanagement was occasioned by him and not any predecessor).

2)State workforce should be directly paid from source before any balance is sent down to those state's treasury.

3)Debts of such states should be repaid by withdrawals made from source.

4)Balance after 2 & 3 above can be sent down to such states for any infrastructure development.

5)Such states should not be given option of refusal in these conditions. The masses should be priority here and not the governor's political life.

In all, charity begins at home. South-West should wake up and quit hypocritical allegiance based political sentiments. It is NOW or NEVER for them. Your problem is in individuals not in their platform.

Thanks and God bless us all...

politicians milking us dry since time immoral

#FraudSetOgPeople

What a load of bull crap. Ebonyi healthy economically? Is this a comedy routine?

Anybody waiting for a Buhari bailout is living in a fairyland. The Federal government is under the same burden, like many states. Buhari will soon be calling on the IMF, because he has relegated the Chinese to second team. One wonder's if Nigerians are prepared to pay the price, IMF loans demand. Just look at the conditions Greece is getting, then you know Nigeria is facing a grade one beat down.

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Whynotthetruth:
Brethren, there comes a time in a people's life when they need some introspection. A time they need to give themselves some home truth albeit bitter at first. A time when partisanship should be dropped in the gutters. A time when that ancient axiom of; "charity begins at home" should be reinvented. A time when some sheepish worshipping of politicians and tribal bigotry should be eschewed for a holistic reexamination of our sanity and ability to remain reasonable beings. A time when religious and political affiliations should not be allowed to determine our allegiance or patriotism or truth. And that time is NOW.

This article is written bearing in mind those states especially APC states who have used wicked propaganda to deceive and thwart the facts to/for their people. Masses in this region are simply smart by half; unfortunately they equate their ability to conjure up sentences as evidence of being smart, but the picture of their emptiness is made too glaring when mere speeches and empty rhetorics of politicians sway them. There hollow thought-process is shown when truth to them is first tested on the altar of religion, tribe, and political alliance before it is accepted or thrown to the dogs. Everything is politics and political to them.

South-West people of Nigeria seem to be the worst heat so far by the dwindling economic situation in the country, thanks to oil price fall in the international market. Most of the states there came from the defunct ACN now APC after the merger. Having brainwashed most of their people into believing that PDP is their problem; one begin to imagine what happened to the economy of their(ACN/APC) states, when most PDP states are still holding forth. Based on their own assessment of PDP, NONE of the ACN now APC states should be seen in such mess as it is now. Remember, states like Anambra operate under same oil economy as them, so why is that state not bastardized economically too like most South-West states?

It is a truism that ALL SOUTH-WEST states are neck deep into debts that will in some cases take over 30years to offset baring any more debts or borrowing by such states(What an inter-generational bondage). Outside, Lagos and probably Ondo state due oil derivation fund, none of these states can survive with the amount of debt they have accumulated par chance price of oil continues to fall. Debts are not necessarily bad but when no meaningful projects are on ground to justify such debts it becomes a curse. Otherwise, what is the economic benefit world's tallest talking drum when you cannot pay salaries? What's the sustainability of Opon Imo tablets? What diversity have these leaders from LGA to states achieved in their state economy independent of federal allocation?

In a nutshell, it is high time the people down South, most especially South-West begin to look inwards and ask important questions to their leaders. If Ebonyi state is still healthy economically, why should Osun state be dead already? If Enugu is still forging ahead strong economically, why should Oyo state be bleeding? If Ondo is still doing pretty well, Why should Imo state be insolvent already? If Anambra is moving on gloriously, why should Ogun state be weeping? Necessary and important questions should start popping up NOW!!! Sheepish allegiance to a political party should be eschewed forthwith.

How can most states in the South-West region be executing projects at ridiculously high amounts? How can a kilometre of road cost a billion naira and over in these South-West states, when it is even far cheaper in the swampy Niger-Delta area?

Suffice it to say, that federal government is NOT a grassroot government. We have LGA and states governments. If we cannot hold our grassroot governments accountable and keep monitoring central government, then our succour isn't near yet. To what extent, has these grassroots provided needed infrastructure and jobs to its people especially in the region under review?

Par chance, federal government of Buhari decides to bail out these seemingly economically "dead" states. I think part of the conditions should be;

1)Resignation of the governor if he has been in office for close to two years( because such debts and mismanagement was occasioned by him and not any predecessor).

2)State workforce should be directly paid from source before any balance is sent down to those state's treasury.

3)Debts of such states should be repaid by withdrawals made from source.

4)Balance after 2 & 3 above can be sent down to such states for any infrastructure development.

5)Such states should not be given option of refusal in these conditions. The masses should be priority here and not the governor's political life.

In all, charity begins at home. South-West should wake up and quit hypocritical allegiance based political sentiments. It is NOW or NEVER for them. Your problem is in individuals not in their platform.

Thanks and God bless us all...

Nigerians are ignorant and very pretentious. Jonathan is gone now, most cannot blame him for their poor social,economic and political skill. The time to pay the undertaker has come. The current economic landscape will be here for at least 24 months, if not 48.

Aigbofa:
What a load of bull crap. Ebonyi healthy economically? Is this a comedy routine?

Load of bull crap indeed ...Compared to Osun state as the article did...Is Ebonyi not healthy economically... Dispute this fact objectively based on the comparative analysis of those states as paired and see if your aren't erring...

Another SW thread. Ahahahahahahahhaa

atlwireles:


Nigerians are ignorant and very pretentious. Jonathan is gone now, most cannot blame him for their poor social,economic and political skill. The time to pay the undertaker has come. The current economic landscape will be here for at least 24 months, if not 48.

Sole aim of this piece is simply to educate my brothers of South-West who were brainwashed into believing that PDP is their problem, while the enemy within milks them dry and subjects them including unborn generations to wanton debts with no projects to show to hardship unending... How has 16years of ACN/APC rule in Lagos being with the poor masses...Rich keeps getting richer in Lagos...Over 12years of ACN/APC rule in Osun state has left the state bastardized... So is it still now PDP as their leaders told them through wicked propaganda

Op your arguments and assumptions are horribly lopsided. For your enlightenment, read this report: www.punchng.com/news/unpaid-salaries-strike-imminent-in-18-states/

Haba, fear God oo.

WNTT cannot disappoint.. Lemme read this..

You know brother, there's something I love so much about your write ups. Your grammatical expressions and use of vocabularies. You are really an intelligent man.

On the topic, many PDP states are in dept as much as many APC states. The issue at hand is, why should APC states have the same problems with PDP states and in some cases, worse problems than PDP states? The reason I asked this question is that prior to the elections, the APC foot soldiers made us believe that only PDP and GEJ are the Nigerian problems that once they are ousted, Nigeria will forge ahead.

We are expecting that as progressives, they set and lead by examples and not drag positions with PDP. Isn't it glaring from only Rivers state that APC is worse than PDP? When the Judas of Ubima was in PDP, we didn't hear of him owing salaries, or carrying out shaddy unrealistic projects but immediately he switched camps, his brain was re-wired and he became the worst governor (based on allocation and internally generated revenues) of our time.

When I realized that those people trying to sell us their shoddy "change" were only being mischievous, I made up my mind to support PDP. I was never interested in politics all my life until 2015. If APC was near what they imaged like, I would never have supported PDP but hey, they came on the alter of lies, deciet, propaganda, etc. Now how do one switch from bad to worse?

PDP is not the best but really, compared to APC, PDP is ahead and APC needs to work hard in order to be able to meet up.

Modified..

I had to capture this in order for my post to be complete:

Suffice it to say, that federal government is NOT a grassroot government. We have LGA and states governments. If we cannot hold our grassroot governments accountable and keep monitoring central government, then our succour isn't near yet. To what extent, has these grassroots provided needed infrastructure and jobs to its people especially in the region under review?

Whynotthetruth:


Sole aim of this piece is simply to educate my brothers of South-West who were brainwashed into believing that PDP is their problem, while the enemy within milks them dry and subjects them including unborn generations to wanton debts with no projects to show to hardship unending... How has 16years of ACN/APC rule in Lagos being with the poor masses...Rich keeps getting richer in Lagos...Over 12years of ACN/APC rule in Osun state has left the state bastardized... So is it still now PDP as their leaders told them through wicked propaganda

You picked a mission impossible. Everyone will reap what they sow. The bible says, if you sow bountifully you will reap bountifully.

omenka:
Op your arguments and assumptions are horribly lopsided. For your enlightenment, read this report: www.punchng.com/news/unpaid-salaries-strike-imminent-in-18-states/

Haba, fear God oo.

You have time bro.

atlwireles:
Anybody waiting for a Buhari bailout is living in a fairyland. The Federal government is under the same burden, like many states. Buhari will soon be calling on the IMF, because he has relegated the Chinese to second team. One wonder's if Nigerians are prepared to pay the price, IMF loans demand. Just look at the conditions Greece is getting, then you know Nigeria is facing a grade one beat down.

The entire South West kicked against the PDP just to get rid of a Niger Delta man in power whose policies has refused to favor the West alone but decided to face East(Chinese)
Ever since the Chinese came into Nigeria that was the day our problem with the West started and the West made sure that our democracy is being controlled by them and everything boils down to stiff economic policies of strangulation through bogus loans and trashy infrastructure and developmental banks money that would end up in the pockets of our political leaders .
By the time the Chinese would retaliate by arming crooks in the Niger Delta to steal the oil ,the economy would have plummeted and create another security problems that would see the Nigerian economy end up on a life support .
My anger is that if the economic situation in South West continues and with another problem in the Niger Delta then the West and the Chinese has opened another proxy war front on African soil like they opened in Ukraine.
Buhari should wake up to reality and hold this country like Jonathan did before it implodes .
The imperialists are waiting like vultures for us to make just one mistake.
Nice one Whynotthetruth.

Whynotthetruth:


Load of bull crap indeed ...Compared to Osun state as the article did...Is Ebonyi not healthy economically... Dispute this fact objectively based on the comparative analysis of those states as paired and see if your aren't erring...

Your analysis is flawed on so many levels. Not only ACN controlled states are facing the cash crunch. The problem started when Nigeria lost a major market for its oil and the prices of crude fell.
This was obviously not helped by Jonathan's mismanagement of oil revenues and the economy in general.
To single out SW states is not only simplistic but also foolish.

omenka:
Op your arguments and assumptions are horribly lopsided. For your enlightenment, read this report: www.punchng.com/news/unpaid-salaries-strike-imminent-in-18-states/

Haba, fear God oo.

Even if the truth sticks out a hand and hit you in the face blinding one of your eyes , you still wouldn't know the truth.

Your case is that bad bro.

omenka:
Op your arguments and assumptions are horribly lopsided. For your enlightenment, read this report: www.punchng.com/news/unpaid-salaries-strike-imminent-in-18-states/

Haba, fear God oo.

1) Bro, this same link was what Ngeneukwenu abi Cleverly based her/his argument on to defend over 11years of ACN/APC mismanagement of Osun state treasury...So it doesn't hold any water because it has been trashed yesterday...

2)How does it exonerate the fact that ALL South-West states are neck deep into HUGE debts

3)How does it stop the huge discrepancy between states with seeming same challenges as them and same allocations faring better?

4)Based on states as paired above, I challenge you to dispute these facts are laid out by me...

Your last comment is actually meant better for you...

Truckpusher:
The entire South West kicked against the PDP just to get rid of a Niger Delta man in power whose policies has refused to favor the West alone but decided to face East(Chinese)
Ever since the Chinese came into Nigeria that was the day our problem with the West started and the West made sure that our democracy is being controlled by them and everything boils down to stiff economic policies of strangulation through bogus loans and trashy infrastructure and developmental banks money that would end up in the pockets of our political leaders .
By the time the Chinese would retaliate by arming crooks in the Niger Delta to steal the oil ,the economy would have plummeted and create another security problems that would see the Nigerian economy end up on a life support .
My anger is that if the economic situation in South West continues and with another problem in the Niger Delta then the West and the Chinese has opened another proxy war front on African soil like they opened in Ukraine.
Buhari should wake up to reality and hold this country like Jonathan did before it implodes .
The imperialists are waiting like vultures for us to make just one mistake.
Nice one Whynotthetruth.

Nigeria is a changed Nation, it changed fundamentally with Jonathan. Anybody thinking the people of the Niger delta will be kept in their pocket is in for the nightmare of their lives. Buhari and his aides, should open a wide door of friendship with China, if he wants to avoid massive failure. The Southwest will and cannot help him, this fact is clear to Buhari himself.

Whynotthetruth:



1) Bro, this same link was what Ngeneukwenu abi Cleverly based her/his argument on to defend over 11years of ACN/APC mismanagement of Osun state treasury...So it doesn't hold any water because it has been trashed yesterday...

2)How does it exonerate the fact that ALL South-West states are neck deep into HUGE debts

3)How does it stop the huge discrepancy between states with seeming same challenges as them and same allocations faring better?

4)Based on states as paired above, I challenge you to dispute these facts are laid out by me...

Your last comment is actually meant better for you...

States as paired by whom? Are two states axactly alike? What is a huge debt for Ebonyi, Anambra and Imo may not be for Lagos or Ondo.
Where did you folks study your own economics?

atlwireles:


Nigerians are ignorant and very pretentious. Jonathan is gone now, most cannot blame him for their poor social,economic and political skill. The time to pay the undertaker has come. The current economic landscape will be here for at least 24 months, if not 48.

if u wil not blame gej, who wil u blame, it is d problem gej and pdp created in d past 16yrs. They were wasteful in d time of plenty, now d consequencies of mismanagement, d state gov.can also be blame for lack of planning,

atlwireles:


Nigeria is a changed Nation, it changed fundamentally with Jonathan. Anybody thinking the people of the Niger delta will be kept in their pocket is in for the nightmare of their lives. Buhari and his aides, should open a wide door of friendship with China, if he wants to avoid massive failure. The Southwest will and cannot help him, this fact is clear to Buhari himself.

Our agreement with the Chinese must stand and like you rightly said :Anybody that still run with that mentality that the Niger Delta would be used like before without getting a fair share of all our agitations is in for a long haul.

They wanted change and got one ,so we too are simply demanding for a change on how the country is being structured and we must get it .

Jesusloveyou:
if u wil not blame gej, who wil u blame, it is d problem gej and pdp created in d past 16yrs. They were wasteful in d time of plenty, now d consequencies of mismanagement, d state gov.can also be blame for lack of planning,

Read the OP's lead comment, come back with an answer benefiting the thread.

Aigbofa:


Your analysis is flawed on so many levels. Not only ACN controlled states are facing the cash crunch. The problem started when Nigeria lost a major market for its oil and the prices of crude fell.
This was obviously not helped by Jonathan's mismanagement of oil revenues and the economy in general.
To single out SW states is not only simplistic but also foolish.

And this mindset of people like you fueled this article...

1)List out the areas or basis under which my analysis is flawed...don't make empty blanket arguments...

2)I did comparative analysis of states against their counterparts with similar challenges and allocations...

3)Why not counter me based on the analysis as stated above...

4)Anambra state that just increased its salary payment to workers by another 15% with NO SINGLE KOBO DEBT operates in same economy mismanaged according to you by Jonathan...

5)I singled out SW because of their hypocrisy and belief that PDP is their problem while their leaders at home in ACN/APC keep enslaving them the more...

6)How do a child from Osun state hope to enjoy same future as one from Anambra when his governor has accumulated debts that will take nothing less than 30years to clear supposing prices of oil doesn't fall any farther down

Jesusloveyou:
if u wil not blame gej, who wil u blame, it is d problem gej and pdp created in d past 16yrs. They were wasteful in d time of plenty, now d consequencies of mismanagement, d state gov.can also be blame for lack of planning,

Before you blame GEJ. and the PDP ,you'll need to kill Obasanjo who had 8yrs of undisturbed governance and the last time I checked he's now screaming change and even doubles as APC 's navigator.

And before you even go further,let me also remind you that the current economic woes befalling the APC's states has no the same effect on their fellow Southern states.

atlwireles:


You picked a mission impossible. Everyone will reap what they sow. The bible says, if you sow bountifully you will reap bountifully.

We just have to speak up first bro...silence isn't golden here...

Cc..jackeeh...come and enjoy political discuss...

Truckpusher:
Our agreement with the Chinese must stand and like you rightly said :Anybody that still run with that mentality that the Niger Delta would be used like before without getting a fair share of all our agitations is in for a long haul.

They wanted change and got one ,so we too are simply demanding for a change on how the country is being structured and we must get it .

They were seeking a government of "immediate effect" All jokes are aside, they really believed, Buhari will be issuing one order after the other. Then the NASS assembly reminded them, the limits of a Nigerian President in a democratic setting.

Change is here, just not what they planned.

Aigbofa:


States as paired by whom? Are two states axactly alike? What is a huge debt for Ebonyi, Anambra and Imo may not be for Lagos or Ondo.
Where did you folks study your own economics?

No need engaging you anymore...

Whynotthetruth:



We just have to speak up first bro...silence isn't golden here...

Cc..jackeeh...come and enjoy political discuss...

atlwireles:


They were seeking a government of "immediate effect" All jokes are aside, they really believed, Buhari will be issuing one order after the other. Then the NASS assembly reminded them, the limits of a Nigerian President in a democratic settings.

Change is here, just not what they planned.

They wanted a ready-made Government while banking on the oil thank God the price of oil is down .

Whynotthetruth:


And this mindset of people like you fueled this article...

1)List out the areas or basis under which my analysis is flawed...don't make empty blanket arguments...

2)I did comparative analysis of states against their counterparts with similar challenges and allocations...

3)Why not counter me based on the analysis as stated above...

4)Anambra state that just increased its salary payment to workers by another 15% with NO SINGLE KOBO DEBT operates in same economy mismanaged according to you by Jonathan...

5)I singled out SW because of their hypocrisy and belief that PDP is their problem while their leaders at home in ACN/APC keep enslaving them the more...

6)How do a child from Osun state hope to enjoy same future as one from Anambra when his governor has accumulated debts that will take nothing less than 30years to clear supposing prices of oil doesn't fall any farther down

Is Anambra the only state not having problems paying salaries? Are there other states in the south west paying salaries? If so why are you specifically mentioning SW states?
If a loan was taken to build a road or build a school did you factor in the economic benefits of those things to the future of that child from Osun as compared to the one from Anambra?
This is a futile attempt to single out the SW for bashing and you are doing a pretty bad job.

Whynotthetruth:


No need engaging you anymore...

What else would you base your arguments on?

Whynotthetruth:



We just have to speak up first bro...silence isn't golden here...

Cc..jackeeh...come and enjoy political discuss...

Some Nigerians will never listen, silence becomes golden. I don't know what to tell a SWnter today, that wasn't known to them yesterday.