But they want to be free to marry 4 wives and have 27 children and counting

But the most developed region with good roads, light, best schooling infrastructures and lowest cost of living in Nigeria is still the north.
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Please, stop these useless statistics that is making the government give preferential treatment to the north and leaving the south to suffer all because "the south get money.."

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In the next 100years if Nigeria is still together, I wonder what will become of the south
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SayNoToMEDIAPropaganda

ZombieHUNT:
Spot on.... The children of the elite embrace western Education and even study abroad

While the poor are used as tools to win elections.... They use religion to make sure they keep breeding like rats to increase their numbers

Most times... These kids dont get to 18 before they are being used to rig elections...

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When hear things like this I freak out because considering the ever increasing population in the North and their religious desire to marry 4 wives and birth 40+ children, I see them over running the south in the future..... Truth is, Nigeria can't really remain as one entity with the North hellbent on making sure we self destruct

That's their own wahala,they like it like that

Where are the Clueless people clamouring for bricklaying and bridges when there is severe poverty in their land..imagine the rate of poverty in the North yet an ill fated lad who is battling with hunger will jump up and start celebrating bridges built to harbour more beggars and poverty strickened people with an empty stomach.#atleastihavekerosinetocookmymeals

In truth,the north shouldn't be allowed to rule this country again, let's leave this thing to the more seasoned westerns and Easterners.

tartar9:

You guys don't ask wether they would have been worse off if they hadn't welded that much political power
Anyways,the seat goes to the SW come 2023- cursed or not

They would have been better off if they had stepped back and allowed the south to produce presidents/Heads of State....at least for the greater part of the period since independence! And for real progress and development to occur, these presidents have to be the product of a clean and transparent electoral process....not the type of that throws up the likes of a Buhari!

Governance just isn't their forte, but their greed and lust for power wouldn't let them admit it!

If we talk now a silly Senator will start saying it is his fundamental privacy right to have 27 children since his father had over 40.

Germi9:
Where are the Clueless people clamouring for bricklaying and bridges when there is severe poverty in their land..imagine the rate of poverty in the North yet an ill fated lad who is battling with hunger will jump up and start celebrating bridges built to harbour more beggars and poverty strickened people with an empty stomach.#atleastihavekerosinetocookmymeals

Careful! They'll soon start posting pics of longass flyovers and well painted junctions!

mandarin:
A key factor that keeps poverty high in Nigeria is lack of access to finance. I strongly believe poverty in the south would have diminished so much should the youths and young adults have access to finance that could help their various initiatives in business and entrepreneurship.

One key point however that we easily overlook in Nigeria is the fact that states and local governments are not doing anything to empower the people but just incentivize them for electioneering purposes. Most financial commitments to poverty alleviation is cash based and what do a poor man do with money more than to eat!

Many youths and young adults in the northern states can still work on the farm if government focus on farming. Uneducated people can still learn to drive tractors or harvesters, can work in food factories etc but government is rather waiting for allocation from the federal and so 37(FCT Inclusive) states are waiting for their monthly handouts draining their creativity on how to confront their problems

The people with the lowest poverty are most probably the Igbo because majority are into buying and selling and that also has had negative impact on productivity of the country. For Nigeria to stamp out poverty people must engage in value creating activities including small scale manufacturing like we have in Nnewi, Aba, Ibadan and around Lagos and Kano. Youths must be able to access capital to drive their initiatives to generate value. I often frank at how cabals in the banking sector have cornered opportunities to themselves because whether we accept it or not, you may praise Sanusi Lamido as good CBN Governor, we are still reeling from the poverty that resulted from mass purge in the banking industry during his tenure. The spiral effects still plague the southern part of the country till today coupled with inimical policies that is yet to liberate micro financing after removal of community banks. We should reduce entry barrier to those who may be interested in financing youths initiatives, why must I have 100million to start a microfinance bank? what is micro about 100million? why can't we have Assets Financing Companies and real micro lenders with just a million naira even half a million. If for instance, i intend to fund market women selling vegetables, lending them 50,000 naira can change their lives. Why must our policies in the areas of finance be like Europe or China? Until we realize that strong commitment to taking people out of poverty is in our hands we should prepare for an explosive situation that will consume even the perceived secured rich people.

We can tackle poverty by also de-emphasizing inimical cultural norms like marrying four wives, women not working etc and focus on what we have that we can use to move forward, the first I will say is land, even the oil we emphasize so much we don't own the technology but we can start from where our strengths lie which is the land is ours, we have population that can farm, then the question is, how do we get them to work on the farm. From the farm we can look at storage, transports, transformation, selling, exports etc.

fine one.

frowland:


Presidency is NOT the sole reason the north is backward unless you want to tell me that their backwardness started 2015 and that prior to that their zone was a paradise. Thnx!

I just want to remind you of some past heads of States from the north, from Tafawa Balewa, Gowon, Murtala Mohammad, Shagari, Buhari, IBB, Abacha, Abdulsalami, all these before 2015, the North has been enjoying the presidential seat for many years yet their region is the most backwards, am not saying that Presidency is the sole reason for their backwardness, am just trying to correct what you said about 2015,which implied that, that was when they began occupying the Presidency

They are busy celebrating painted road. The real poverty is yet to come

valentineuwakwe:


SOURCE: https://punchng.com/87-nigerias-poverty-rate-in-north-world-bank/

Before nko, where them think say e dey?, but funny enough, na dem dey rule

MrStan11:


I always laugh when people think that your zone producing president would better the life of people in that area.
We have a weak institution that was built along tribal and religious line.
That's why Osibanjo is deputizing Buhari,
Peter Obi deputizing Atiku.


North is lucky that Nigeria has not separated.
With this their Boko haram of a thing, Isis will turn to Africa once they are dislodge from Syria,
So 87% poverty rate is even a good rate to compare to what the future beholds.







The only solution is not Building flyover but making 80% of their budget go into Basic Education and Secondary Schools. Not Universities.

Anyway what do I know?

But the clueless ones will argue with you..how can you be celebrating bricklaying/bridges? Yet the people are hungry...clearly shows a lack of vision,they rather prefer the paparazzi show so that they can be applauded from afar.. I see them as proud and hypocritical

Northeners believe their Allah is responsible for the upkeep of their children.
So a Mallam that's a gate man would have 3 wives and over 20 children.
Tomorrow they would complain that they were not there taking care of and that poverty resides among them.
Northern Nigeria is synonymous with backwardness.

What do you expect where someone's father has 40 children and he himself has 4 wives and 27 children and still counting. My concern is that they are a liability to some of us working hard everyday to better our living.

XANDERBOY85:


Careful! They'll soon start posting pics of longass flyovers and well painted junctions!

And they are so loud mouthed,I wonder how they would have survived without the South...yet ungrateful elements will still come here and challenge the very hands that fed him...#Chopyourpaintedroads

NoChill:


I just want to remind you of some past heads of States from the north, from Tafawa Balewa, Gowon, Murtala Mohammad, Shagari, Buhari, IBB, Abacha, Abdulsalami, all these before 2015, the North has been enjoying the presidential seat for many years yet their region is the most backwards, am not saying that Presidency is the sole reason for their backwardness, am just trying to correct what you said about 2015,which implied that, that was when they began occupying the Presidency

Picking on the presidency without apportioning blame to the Governors, Senators and the likes is to me a narrow view of the cause born out of hatred, sentiments and ethnic bigotry which I do not particularly subscribe to. Even Jesus Christ as President wont do much in this part of the world when the people who will work with him are all rogues.
I still stand on my personal view that leadership isn't the reason the north is backward but religion is. Thanks & have a wonderful day.

Yet they claimed they are born to rule ,I think the common citizens should begin to deal with their hypocritical rulers who called themselves leaders ..they are too wicked

anonimi:


If the JagaBandit people catch you, my hand no dey o.


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They don't want your solution.
They need the almajiris to terrorise, intimidate, kill and subjugate the southerners forever.



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Truth

Dereformer:
One useless law maker bragged that he has 4 wives and 27 children and still counting.

That was when i knew that North is irredeemable.

Very soon Nigeria will disintegrate and will see what is called poverty and cannibalism in the North.

That is the root cause of Northern Nigeria poverty, the culture of treating women as slaves that they can marry at any age and population explusion in the North and the Sahel.

The North is a lost cause, nothing will change because their so-called leaders are afraid to confront the truth.

Commenting on the report, prominent northerners, including ex-Vice-President Atiku Abubakar; Alhaji Balarabe Musa and Junaid Mohammed, called for emphasis on education and a change in some cultural practices.- What cultural practice will need to be changed?

We should change culture that militates against poverty alleviation – Junaid

Mohammed said, “I have no doubt in my mind that while it is important to concentrate on the economics of fighting poverty, it is important also for people to be sincere and confront those aspects of their culture which are counterproductive in the fight against poverty.What needs to be done is for government to be sincere in tackling poverty.

JasonScoolari:

This statistics is disturbing.

frowland:


Presidency is NOT the sole reason the north is backward unless you want to tell me that their backwardness started 2015 and that prior to that their zone was a paradise. Thnx!

itibolibo

Arijude:
itibolibo

There they are! Insults all they know. They can never engage in meaningful conversations and debates only insults, & tantrums. Reason NL over the years is gradually turning to FBook. @Seun, you got yourself to blame.

Take away the north and Nigeria is a middle income country.

Someone said something intelligent. Only the south can help.
The blind cannot lead the blind.

They need to keep electing southern presidents that would force progressiveness on them.

Buhari will not do that for them. He is an average northerner that knows nothing about the right of every citizen to have proper education.

Jonathan built their almajiri schools. Those schools no longer exists.
And that is what they need more than roads and bridges.

70% of their budgets should go into education, health care and poverty alleviation.

No more roads and bridges for now. Boko Haram are destroying the infrastructure anyway.

They need to reduce poverty.

frowland:


Presidency is NOT the sole reason the north is backward unless you want to tell me that their backwardness started 2015 and that prior to that their zone was a paradise. Thnx!

Chairman, the north didn't start ruling from 2015.
Thanks!

clarocuzioo:
True, this is why I laugh out loud when people make so noise that Igbos will never rule this country.
When I look at North and how long they have been in power,yet have such level of diseased and poverty ravaged people, I am left with no choice than to conclude that presidency coming to a region simply benefits the president , his families and cronies, and not entirely the people of the state and by extension, the region.
Northwest has produced more presidents than any other region in this country, yet it is the poorest region in the country.

Ogun state has produced President for eight years,and vice President for five years and counting, yet look at Ogun state today.

The president and presidency is simple for his familes, friends and croonies, not necessarily for the benefit of the people of the state, and by extension the region.

We should all demand for good governace, equity, fairness , justice and equal representation in governance irrespective of where the president is from.

God bless you.

Ebonyi state is also not far off.

The next governor should concentrate on human capital development and leave fancy infrastructure for now.

"Weak governance". This is terrible indeed.