₦airaland Forum

Masculity:
boss abeg help us rewrite our constitution because you really know our problem.

Oga, you sef know say to rewrite our constitution no go solve the problem. Not sure I know exactly what the nation's problem is but being from the SS, I know say our case special wela. Northerners own dey baffle me, them for ground no fit grumble against the impunity of the ruling class. Igbos no like each other. Yoruba own is complex.

In my own opinion, na federalism sure pass. Each region have their own peculiarities, what we want is competition so that each region can develop by pooling local resources with little friction; not dragging resources. The North has agriculture and minerals, the West has finance and industrialization, the South South has oil, the east has coal, other minerals and business acumen.

Rather than trying to usurp other regions, let us do our little to get things done in our own regions, one step at a time. So that the ND would not complain that their oil is feeding the nation, not remembering that the oil is free, dem no work for am. The North can stop saying we are ungrateful considering they feed most of the nation, the east cannot say they bring all the business and are marginalized and the west cannot say they keep the finance engine of the nation going and are not been noted well for their efforts.

USA is not just Washington DC and New York. There are much more in every region of the country, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Las Vegas, Seattle, Atlanta, Houston, Philadelphia, San Diego, Dallas, San Francisco, Austin, Oklahoma, Tucson, Kansas, New Orleans, Pittsburg.

Same thing in Canada. Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Quebec city, Saskatoon, Surrey.

In Europe, UK: London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Oxford, Cambridge, Cardiff, Nottingham.

Germany: Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Bremen, Nuremberg, Dusseldorf, Dortmund.

In contrast, in Nigeria, it's as though we have just four, Lagos, Abuja, PH, Enugu, Kano. Of those four Abuja is a fake city built on bloated real estate prices and a pricey lifestyle. PH is reliant on the oil companies. Lagos, Enugu and Kano seems to be the cities that will withstand more shock of the five as is evident with the current recession. Even in these forefront cities, na only small part like city center make sense, every other part na wash.

But we can have a lot more in each region that are well developed, that will serve as beacon of civilization for nearby towns and communities. In the North, Kaduna, Sokoto, Katsina, Minna, Makurdi, Zaria...
In the West, Ibadan, Abeokuta, Ikeja, Ife, Akure, Osogbo...
In the East, Onitsha, Aba, Nnewi, Abakaliki, Owerri, Nsuka...
In the ND, Calabar, Uyo, Ikot Ekpene, Warri, Benin, Yenagoa, Asaba...
In the middle belt, Lokoja, Jos, Illorin, Okene... and more

But because we are trying so hard to drag resources and marginalize each other, most of these cities are shadows of what they really should be. Every body should not troop to Lagos to make it. The FG can only do so much. The development we seek, in my opinion, rests in what the regions can do for themselves.

Solely my opinion.

-Lord

MendeZ:
Ignorance is really a disease

To Make it clear to those who don't know what transpired:

The Money in question was paid for the acquisition of the temporary site and structures on it which was built personally by Tompolo. And also for the virgin land of the permanent site which is different from the temporary site. The temporary site contains multi billion naira structures that are fully equipped to the fullest.

Michael Jonny is not speaking for the community, he is an APC chieftain trying to get favour from the present administration.

Stop telling us rubbish. What types of structures are on the land that is worthy of 12billions naira?
This is a typical example of fraudulent transactions.
Efcc must investigates the whole deal and prosecutes the fraudsters involved.

omenka:
Even though it is old news, can we see the maturity in other people.

While some are doing this, others are protesting for the protection of a criminal because "he is our brother".

Smh.

Abeg point out these other people, no vex just do am make the tin no look like propaganda.

LordAdam:
Guy, una two come from the same community? Ayiri na Lord for him community. You know how d tin b 4 Oghara, no body born u well mk u yarn rubbish with Ibori name for inside Oghara. Say una two na Itsekiri no be d tin, e get Urhobos n Itsekes wen no lyk Ibori.

The relevance of my statement is that the community will not be calling for his head if he had shared the money well.

Me I no send, when dem dey pay Tompolo N1b per month, he no fit even use small money start legit business wen go employ plenty people, na to go buy war ship. Mk e paddle e canoe, mk me paddle my canoe abeg...

-Lord

Ayiri is from Ubeji town. If you go to Ubeji today, 90% of the youths are jobless. All they do is laze around looking for free money and free beer to drink. With all the money Ayiri is throwing around in Lagos he would have been able to change the lives of his people back home.

GreatSE:
'Saint Yoruba tribe', pls Tell me where Yorubas has come out to say Tinubu,OBJ AND fASHOLA are Criminals,
Prove it and i will call on all Igbos to support the incarceration of Olisa Metuh even as a competent court has not found him guilty.
You ppl are even defending Rotimi amaechi who is not from you tribe just because he shared the money to your elder statemen.

Who was the highest critics of OBJ/PDP during the days of ACN if not Tinubu? OBJ even dragged Tinubu to the ICPC: he even ceased the allocations of Lagos for some months all because of Tinubu.

Go and check record, OBJ's 3rd term agenda failed because of the influence of Yorubas who were mostly ACN's in the house during OBJ days. You need tutorial.

GreatSE:
'Saint Yoruba tribe', pls Tell me where Yorubas has come out to say Tinubu,OBJ AND fASHOLA are Criminals,
Prove it and i will call on all Igbos to support the incarceration of Olisa Metuh even as a competent court has not found him guilty.
You ppl are even defending Rotimi amaechi who is not from you tribe just because he shared the money to your elder statemen.

I pity you. Anyone who speak against the Igbo becomes a Yoruba. I don't live or have ties with the Yoruba. Nigeria first in my mind before any tribe.

Okorenkoko I hail o. So you guys are after the money like EFCC. The money should be given to the community for development. Which money, the one that FG says it's their money

LordAdam:
What I meant is that, the community people (if the story is true) probably are the people who filed the petition against Tompolo.

As you can see, their problem is not that N13b was used to buy land (an outrageous amount by any standard), but that Tompolo received the money and only gave them circa N300m.

So, if Tompolo had shared the money like they wanted, maybe 60% for the community, and 40% for him, they would not be supporting this probe. They probably would have been protesting the court's decision to arrest Tompolo like the people of Oghara when Ibori was arrested and sentenced.

And as I said, that is the problem with ND. The communities are like the NGF, with the motto: "Share the money". If you don't you are corrupt and have to answer, if you do, you are a true son of the soil and should be left alone.

Little wonder why development is scarce in ND. Look at Warri, a supposed oil city. Community people don pursue all the companies finish, no meaningful development even though the state receives the second highest allocation in Nigeria, generates one of the top 5 highest IGR in the country and has one of the largest debt profile of all states, because of share the money mentality. All those money wasted because of the myopic mentality.

Sources tell me the current governor, Okowa has up to 200 special advisers and assistants all receiving bogus salaries and emoluments, aside the commissioners and their aides, agencies and other institutions. The same thing in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, even Rivers, and some idiots will say the underdevelopment is GEJ fault because he did not do anything in the region. Wetin he for do, build house for everybody for each community...

#rantends

-Lord

you might be right to some extent.. Jonah is a good example.

UrbanMystique:
you might be right to some extent.. Jonah is a good example.

You one tempt me ba?

Anyhow, well done.

-Lord

LordAdam:
Oga, you sef know say to rewrite our constitution no go solve the problem. Not sure I know exactly what the nation's problem is but being from the SS, I know say our case special wela. Northerners own dey baffle me, them for ground no fit grumble against the impunity of the ruling class. Igbos no like each other. Yoruba own is complex.

In my own opinion, na federalism sure pass. Each region have their own peculiarities, what we want is competition so that each region can develop by pooling local resources with little friction; not dragging resources. The North has agriculture and minerals, the West has finance and industrialization, the South South has oil, the east has coal, other minerals and business acumen.

Rather than trying to usurp other regions, let us do our little to get things done in our own regions, one step at a time. So that the ND would not complain that their oil is feeding the nation, not remembering that the oil is free, dem no work for am. The North can stop saying we are ungrateful considering they feed most of the nation, the east cannot say they bring all the business and are marginalized and the west cannot say they keep the finance engine of the nation going and are not been noted well for their efforts.

USA is not just Washington DC and New York. There are much more in every region of the country, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Las Vegas, Seattle, Atlanta, Houston, Philadelphia, San Diego, Dallas, San Francisco, Austin, Oklahoma, Tucson, Kansas, New Orleans, Pittsburg.

Same thing in Canada. Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Quebec city, Saskatoon, Surrey.

In Europe, UK: London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Oxford, Cambridge, Cardiff, Nottingham.

Germany: Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Bremen, Nuremberg, Dusseldorf, Dortmund.

In contrast, in Nigeria, it's as though we have just four, Lagos, Abuja, PH, Enugu, Kano. Of those four Abuja is a fake city built on bloated real estate prices and a pricey lifestyle. PH is reliant on the oil companies. Lagos, Enugu and Kano seems to be the cities that will withstand more shock of the five as is evident with the current recession. Even in these forefront cities, na only small part like city center make sense, every other part na wash.

But we can have a lot more in each region that are well developed, that will serve as beacon of civilization for nearby towns and communities. In the North, Kaduna, Sokoto, Katsina, Minna, Makurdi, Zaria...
In the West, Ibadan, Abeokuta, Ikeja, Ife, Akure, Osogbo...
In the East, Onitsha, Aba, Nnewi, Abakaliki, Owerri, Nsuka...
In the ND, Calabar, Uyo, Ikot Ekpene, Warri, Benin, Yenagoa, Asaba...
In the middle belt, Lokoja, Jos, Illorin, Okene... and more

But because we are trying so hard to drag resources and marginalize each other, most of these cities are shadows of what they really should be. Every body should not troop to Lagos to make it. The FG can only do so much. The development we seek, in my opinion, rests in what the regions can do for themselves.

Solely my opinion.

-Lord

Thanks, Boss. You are the kind of people we need in Nairaland. Pls modify this qoute to thread.

omenka:
Even though it is old news, can we see the maturity in other people.

While some are doing this, others are protesting for the protection of a criminal because "he is our brother".

Smh.

fashola and tinubu sef

LordAdam:
Oga, you sef know say to rewrite our constitution no go solve the problem. Not sure I know exactly what the nation's problem is but being from the SS, I know say our case special wela. Northerners own dey baffle me, them for ground no fit grumble against the impunity of the ruling class. Igbos no like each other. Yoruba own is complex.

In my own opinion, na federalism sure pass. Each region have their own peculiarities, what we want is competition so that each region can develop by pooling local resources with little friction; not dragging resources. The North has agriculture and minerals, the West has finance and industrialization, the South South has oil, the east has coal, other minerals and business acumen.

Rather than trying to usurp other regions, let us do our little to get things done in our own regions, one step at a time. So that the ND would not complain that their oil is feeding the nation, not remembering that the oil is free, dem no work for am. The North can stop saying we are ungrateful considering they feed most of the nation, the east cannot say they bring all the business and are marginalized and the west cannot say they keep the finance engine of the nation going and are not been noted well for their efforts.

USA is not just Washington DC and New York. There are much more in every region of the country, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Las Vegas, Seattle, Atlanta, Houston, Philadelphia, San Diego, Dallas, San Francisco, Austin, Oklahoma, Tucson, Kansas, New Orleans, Pittsburg.

Same thing in Canada. Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Quebec city, Saskatoon, Surrey.

In Europe, UK: London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Oxford, Cambridge, Cardiff, Nottingham.

Germany: Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Bremen, Nuremberg, Dusseldorf, Dortmund.

In contrast, in Nigeria, it's as though we have just four, Lagos, Abuja, PH, Enugu, Kano. Of those four Abuja is a fake city built on bloated real estate prices and a pricey lifestyle. PH is reliant on the oil companies. Lagos, Enugu and Kano seems to be the cities that will withstand more shock of the five as is evident with the current recession. Even in these forefront cities, na only small part like city center make sense, every other part na wash.

But we can have a lot more in each region that are well developed, that will serve as beacon of civilization for nearby towns and communities. In the North, Kaduna, Sokoto, Katsina, Minna, Makurdi, Zaria...
In the West, Ibadan, Abeokuta, Ikeja, Ife, Akure, Osogbo...
In the East, Onitsha, Aba, Nnewi, Abakaliki, Owerri, Nsuka...
In the ND, Calabar, Uyo, Ikot Ekpene, Warri, Benin, Yenagoa, Asaba...
In the middle belt, Lokoja, Jos, Illorin, Okene... and more

But because we are trying so hard to drag resources and marginalize each other, most of these cities are shadows of what they really should be. Every body should not troop to Lagos to make it. The FG can only do so much. The development we seek, in my opinion, rests in what the regions can do for themselves.

Solely my opinion.

-Lord

for once someone impressed me on nairaland. wanted to add flesh but my eyes are falling now. thanks bro.

NOETHNICITY:
If na my fflat headed brothers now, they wud think otherwise!

and wht will my scratch face brownieSs say

Brooklynsouth:
and wht will my scratch face brownieSs say

Here comes the frustrated foul mouthed and flatheaded nitwit...

Masculity:
Thanks, Boss. You are the kind of people we need in Nairaland. Pls modify this qoute to thread.

Thanks for the vote of confidence. But na extension of confab report I jor share. A lot of people agree we need federalism to achieve our full potential as a nation, but right now, most people are not thinking as much as they are reacting.

I will note your request.

Thanks for your time and have a pleasant night rest.

-Lord

odk1:
for once someone impressed me on nairaland. wanted to add flesh but my eyes are falling now. thanks bro.

You are welcome mate. Glad I made sense.

Do have a pleasant night rest.

-Lord

Omo c babanla Ole. Na only am pocket a whole 12 bn leave change 4 d community wey get d land. Abeg make dem EFCC hook am 4 neck until im vomit all our money wey im carry go buy warship. Barawo oshi!!!

MendeZ:
Ignorance is really a disease

To Make it clear to those who don't know what transpired:

The Money in question was paid for the acquisition of the temporary site and structures on it which was built personally by Tompolo. And also for the virgin land of the permanent site which is different from the temporary site. The temporary site contains multi billion naira structures that are fully equipped to the fullest.

Michael Jonny is not speaking for the community, he is an APC chieftain trying to get favour from the present administration.

You need to be invited to tell more of the transaction stuff cos you were there with them and you even supervised the building ,pls don't just sit and start typing always make reasonable comments.

LordAdam:
What I meant is that, the community people (if the story is true) probably are the people who filed the petition against Tompolo.

As you can see, their problem is not that N13b was used to buy land (an outrageous amount by any standard), but that Tompolo received the money and only gave them circa N300m.

So, if Tompolo had shared the money like they wanted, maybe 60% for the community, and 40% for him, they would not be supporting this probe. They probably would have been protesting the court's decision to arrest Tompolo like the people of Oghara when Ibori was arrested and sentenced.

And as I said, that is the problem with ND. The communities are like the NGF, with the motto: "Share the money". If you don't you are corrupt and have to answer, if you do, you are a true son of the soil and should be left alone.

Little wonder why development is scarce in ND. Look at Warri, a supposed oil city. Community people don pursue all the companies finish, no meaningful development even though the state receives the second highest allocation in Nigeria, generates one of the top 5 highest IGR in the country and has one of the largest debt profile of all states, because of share the money mentality. All those money wasted because of the myopic mentality.

Sources tell me the current governor, Okowa has up to 200 special advisers and assistants all receiving bogus salaries and emoluments, aside the commissioners and their aides, agencies and other institutions. The same thing in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, even Rivers, and some idiots will say the underdevelopment is GEJ fault because he did not do anything in the region. Wetin he for do, build house for everybody for each community...

#rantends

-Lord

your report on delta state is 100%.Okowa is worse than the previous Governor.Can u imagin that local government workers recieved 60% of half of their december salary??

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