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Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by Osidazz19: 11:15pm On Feb 24, 2020
Crack head IDIOT, speak for yourself.
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by Str8talk21: 11:17pm On Feb 24, 2020
BlackfireX:
Walahi how do you shut this man up...
Children of the bondwoman, here they come.
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by nedekid: 11:20pm On Feb 24, 2020
McSpeedy04:
and what has all his so called speaking out achieved since all this time?

There's a fine line when speaking and making a difference and speaking and becoming a nuisance.

So, please answer me who made FFK the spokesman for hungry Nigerians?
The point is this, if you and I cannot speak out of the ills effecting this country because we are "doing our own thing", leave people that are ready to speak out and darm the consequences.
Listen to the message and not the messanger.
Restructuring according to him is the message. How does that make ffk a nuisance?
Is the issue here about who made him spokesman for hungry Nigerians or his point on restructuring.
Boss face the message jare.
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by McSpeedy04: 11:25pm On Feb 24, 2020
nedekid:
The point is this, if you and I cannot speak out of the ills effecting this country because we are "doing our own thing", leave people that are ready to speak out and darm the consequences.
Listen to the message and not the messanger.
Restructuring according to him is the message. How does that make ffk a nuisance?
Is the issue here about who made him spokesman for hungry Nigerians or his point on restructuring.
Boss face the message jare.
the Point is how many people believe in this restructuring of a thing?

Before I listen to the message I'll definitely want to know if the messenger is someone who is honorable and someone who have dignity.

We can do our own thing by speaking out and not associating with people who have no moral standing and no basis to even condemn this government.
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by Pinkybush: 11:32pm On Feb 24, 2020
ashacot:
Some people are paying this foolish FFK to say this rubbish and guess what, the south east are the people who will buy this rubbish he said.

When power was with south for 14years did you see FFK shout for restructuring or independence? No.

Now there is no free money for him except the ones he looted and the ones they pay him to say this rubbish.

Go to his Facebook page and see most of the people supporting all he say.

While his Yoruba brothers see him as useless. He causes division among tribes esp the south east and North.

Foolish man.
This northern idiot will not shift one side. Leech!
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by stanisbaratheon: 11:33pm On Feb 24, 2020
BlackfireX:
Walahi how do you shut this man up...
Hate speech bill. grin

Even a blind deaf man knows that hate speech bill was proposed because of FFK
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by anonimi: 11:34pm On Feb 24, 2020
Schedulee:
Na was for this man
Do you mean Hell Ruffyhuh


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El-Rufai - It's Time to Restructure Nation
10 AUGUST 2010

For Nigeria to move to the next level, the issue of true federalism must be addressed, according to former FCT Minister, Malam Nasir El-Rufai. He shares his thoughts with Imam Imam.

Apprehension about the composition and workability of the Nigerian nation-state will subside if the country tilts towards true federalism, according to former FCT Minister, Malam Nasir El-Rufai. He said the present situation of things where all the component units get monthly allocations from the Federal Government only makes the states lazy and unproductive, adding that lack of foresight, financial discipline and lackadaisical approach to governance has played huge roles in limiting the country's march to greatness.

https://allafrica.com/stories/201008100105.html
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Many Of Those Calling For Restructuring Are Opportunists, Irresponsible – El-Rufai

The Kaduna State Governor, El-Rufai has described recent calls for the restructuring of Nigeria as political opportunism and irresponsibility.

El-Rufai, while speaking on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily said President Buhari’s administration has done far more in practical terms than past administrations and that many of those calling for a restructuring rather see it as a means of opportunism.

He stated that some of the practical steps taken towards restructuring included the fact that state governors are now more than ever, involved in economic policy making at the national level.

According to him, things that have always been hidden from state governments are now much more open as they are now more involved in investigations of finances of the excess crude account, among other things.

“We meet every month under the auspice of the National Economic Council and working together with the Federal Government we chart directions of economic policy and that is part of shifting the federal- state balance.

“A lot of the talk about political restructuring is political opportunism and irresponsibility in my opinion

“It is popular and people that have presidential aspirations think there is a platform upon which they will exploit this. As I said, if you look at the APC manifesto, all the elements to divulge power to the state to change the balance in the federation are there and we are committed to that as a party.

“The National Chairman of our party will restate that commitment and we are discussing it and as I said President Buhari and Osinbajo’s government has taken very concrete steps rather than rhetoric to actually move in that direction and we are going to move in that direction but we do not believe that the basis for it is rhetoric and opportunism, we do not believe that the 2014 CONFAB report is a sensible basis to even begin.

“We all know the circumstances in which the so-called CONFAB was put together, we all know the composition, how lopsided it was, how important stakeholders were not taken to account, how even the composition and numbers do not reflect the demographics and the diversity of this country and we took a position as a party not to participate but to encourage our state governors to be there at the table.”

https://www.channelstv.com/2017/06/29/many-calling-restructuring-opportunists-irresponsible-el-rufai/
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by anonimi: 11:39pm On Feb 24, 2020
seunmsg:
FFK the drug addict is speaking for himself. The south wants presidency and we will get it back in 2023. Southern President is not an obstacle to restructuring. In fact, the chances of restructuring Nigeria is brighter when a southerner is the president.

Southern bastards like FFK are only playing the script of Atiku and their northern paymasters. APC will take the presidency back to the south in 2023 according to the already established rotation of power and there is nothing anybody can do about it.
Please speak for you and your Jagbajantis lord of Bourdillon bullion vans.
Did Obasanjo, a former military ruler restructure the country during his eight years as civilian president with El-Rufai as one of his ministers? Did he even create states or redress the imbalance in LGA numbers?
What of Jonathan? Why did he not restructure the country.
Your extra level deception will soon clear for your eyes as it cleared from the eyes of Afonja, Akintola, Awolowo, Azikiwe, Abiola etc.



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Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by Correcto: 11:40pm On Feb 24, 2020
But you need the presidency to carry out restructuring. Think!!!!
gidgiddy:
Restructuring is far more important than presidency
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by Sagay212: 11:42pm On Feb 24, 2020
It's sounds so stupid to say " give us our freedom".. WTF! People should stop making it sound like these abo.ki guys are some kinda slave masters. The useless southern leaders are the ones who allow the north feel like they have some kind of mumu power. Come together and speak with one voice and the country will be divided easily without any MF trying any nonsense like violence.
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by anonimi: 11:43pm On Feb 24, 2020
McSpeedy04:
the Point is how many people believe in this restructuring of a thing?
Before I listen to the message I'll definitely want to know if the messenger is someone who is honorable and someone who have dignity.
We can do our own thing by speaking out and not associating with people who have no moral standing and no basis to even condemn this government.
Why are you so confused?
What is it about condemning this government in what he said about restructuring being prioritised over 2023 presidency?
Are you dumbb, dumber and dumbest all together or what is it that you are?
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by SciLab: 11:43pm On Feb 24, 2020
seunmsg:
FFK the drug addict is speaking for himself. The south wants presidency and we will get it back in 2023. Southern President is not an obstacle to restructuring. In fact, the chances of restructuring Nigeria is brighter when a southerner is the president.

Southern bastards like FFK are only playing the script of Atiku and their northern paymasters. APC will take the presidency back to the south in 2023 according to the already established rotation of power and there is nothing anybody can do about it.
Lol..Mr Seun or whatever, there is a part of your comment that I'm sure even you don't believe. It is emboldened part that reads 'There is nothing anybody can do about it'. grin
Stop lying to yourself there is something everybody can do it and we both know it. grin

Embrace the truth with peace, because 'if somebody does something about it' and your plans fails, the truth is THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. grin

Like prowalker your brother said earlier to me- 'if we yoruba don't get the 2023 presidency, we'll simply take it in the chin and wait for another time'.

That's a realist right there, and I think you should learn from him. You are the one who is helpless here. Embrace that truism grin
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by Pinkybush: 11:45pm On Feb 24, 2020
helinues:
And is skunk FFK the new spokesman of Southern Nigeria?
Get lost HELL, if u are pained hit ur head on the nearest transformer. Oh! For ur info, FFK is the new spokeman for Southern Nigeria.
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by anonimi: 11:45pm On Feb 24, 2020
Correcto:
But you need the presidency to carry out restructuring. Think!!!!
If you could think you will know that presidency, especially by a southerner, can't carry out restructuring.
Otherwise Obasanjo and Jonathan with 13 years of civilian presidency between them would have done it.
Now can you thinkhuh
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by Pinkybush: 11:48pm On Feb 24, 2020
seunmsg:
FFK the drug addict is speaking for himself. The south wants presidency and we will get it back in 2023. Southern President is not an obstacle to restructuring. In fact, the chances of restructuring Nigeria is brighter when a southerner is the president.

Southern bastards like FFK are only playing the script of Atiku and their northern paymasters. APC will take the presidency back to the south in 2023 according to the already established rotation of power and there is nothing anybody can do about it.
Coming from the wastern slave, no surprise
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by anonimi: 11:51pm On Feb 24, 2020
helinues:
And is skunk FFK the new spokesman of Southern Nigeria?
seunmsg:
FFK the drug addict is speaking for himself. The south wants presidency and we will get it back in 2023. Southern President is not an obstacle to restructuring. In fact, the chances of restructuring Nigeria is brighter when a southerner is the president.

Southern bastards like FFK are only playing the script of Atiku and their northern paymasters. APC will take the presidency back to the south in 2023 according to the already established rotation of power and there is nothing anybody can do about it.
The skunk drug addict of northern paymasters is your Asiwaju Asiwere.
Direct your wailing and whining about restructuring to him. maybe he will stop behaving like Esau who sold his first born birthright for a bowl of porridge.


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Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by iyandaoluwaoba: 11:51pm On Feb 24, 2020
People are shouting restructuring like it will solve the myriads of problems we all have a people. We should all sit down and consult psychologist to help us form a collaboration with the best and world renowned Genetics doctor( whatever their numaclature called them.) To please help us study how the black race can reduce the dominant Gene in us all, the dominant genes in an average black man is selfishness. Na me go make am pass syndrom. Even if you restructure this contraception 100 times. We will keep spoiling it with our hands the more. The only solution is to cure the next generation scientifically of this cancerous greed. Iyanda.
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by Ddy(m): 11:52pm On Feb 24, 2020
I know 99% of yaribas will not like what he said.
I know u guys are hungry and need food.
Even if Tinubu becomes the president today,most of u will still be hungry.
why don't u support restructuring that will give u hope for life that just 8 years of eating and going hungry after 8 years.
I have never seen a tribe that can sell their birthright more than Yorubas.
Tufia unu
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by anonimi: 11:56pm On Feb 24, 2020
Pinkybush:
Coming from the wastern slave, no surprise
Terrible slave mentality that is difficult to redeem since 1914 amalgamation.
The Fulani jazz over us is working wonders with British help for fraudulent census.

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Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by Correcto: 12:03am On Feb 25, 2020
The clamour for restructuring is higher now. Take it or leave it you need presidency to carry out restructuring
anonimi:
If you could think you will know that presidency, especially by a southerner, can't carry out restructuring.
Otherwise Obasanjo and Jonathan with 13 years of civilian presidency between them would have done it.
Now can you thinkhuh
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by Pinkybush: 12:06am On Feb 25, 2020
StreetFight:
Why didn'y Southern Presidents like Olusegun Obasanjo and Goatluck Jonaddaft restructure when they were Presidents? They were too busy looting. A Northerner will never ever restructure Nigeria. Was FFK not Minister under Obasanjo? Why din't FFK advice Obasanjo to restructure? FFK should go and continue his drugs.
Nigerians didn't k to call for restructuring during OBJ & Jonathan's reign because nigeria under those intellectual men was making huge progress in all the sectors. Unlike now that is govern by a stack illiterate
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by anonimi: 12:09am On Feb 25, 2020
iyandaoluwaoba:
People are shouting restructuring like it will solve the myriads of problems we all have a people. We should all sit down and consult psychologist to help us form a collaboration with the best and world renowned Genetics doctor( whatever their numaclature called them.) To please help us study how the black race can reduce the dominant Gene in us all, the dominant genes in an average black man is selfishness. Na me go make am pass syndrom. Even if you restructure this contraception 100 times. We will keep spoiling it with our hands the more. The only solution is to cure the next generation scientifically of this cancerous greed. Iyanda.
Restructuring will solve most of the problems we have currently of a rotten shithole where merit is sacrificed on the altar of quota system and federal character skewed to the north.
If restructuring was not a good option why did barawo bubu and other northerners, inlcuding Hell Ruffy, seeking southern votes keep promising ithuh
Did the regions not fare better before Nzeogwu's unfortunate coup of January 1966 and Ironsi's Unification Decree 34 a few months later.
The whites still have myriad of problems that they continue to address, so find something else to say if you want to keep spoiling your restructured part of Nigeria 100 times.



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After 50 years of Independence, the government of the so called disadvantaged regions ought to have done something to address the situation. You cannot continue to spoon-feed a child and expect that same child to grow, mature and be independent. A student from Abia scores 130 in the Federal Commonwealth Entrance exam, yet it's almost impossible to gain admission in the school of his choice, yet another child from Zamfara will score less than 5 and gain same admission seamlessly. How do you encourage such a child that hard work and merit pays?

Look at all the appointments the president has made so far, over 90% from the north. They are telling us they are based on merit. My question is how comes, when it comes to appointment, they are hiding under merit to appoint only their own, but when it comes to exams and admission into Federal institutions, they bring in Federal character. I'm an advocate of merit, hardwork, transparency, objectivity and emperical selection process. That way you encourage everybody to work hard for whatever he/she wants. After all, the Bible says, "he who does not work, let him not eat". It's against natural and spiritual justice and principle to take from those who work and give to those who don't work. That in itself is the root of corruption Nigeria. I support the President's fight against corruption.

I advocate the enthronement of merit and objectivity in our national life. So, Mr. President, if you are serious about your anti-corruption mantra, If you are serious about this your new "merit" policy, let's go back to the basis. Start by eliminating all forms of quota system and federal character in the admission process into Unity schools, Federal universities and recruitment/employment into all federal civil service, agencies, parastatals and let's see who will be qualified. That's my humble submission.
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Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by Nadio2019: 12:11am On Feb 25, 2020
Ffk - brilliant as ever.

Under this rigged political structure,
North shall anoint a useless southern man for us to vote as usual for President.

At last, the president shall do only what north wants.
The NASS, FEC, NCS are all dominated by north thru the undue 20 States proliferated in north.
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by Nadio2019: 12:12am On Feb 25, 2020
helinues:
And is skunk FFK the new spokesman of Southern Nigeria?
If you are from south, go buy brain.
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by anonimi: 12:13am On Feb 25, 2020
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by anonimi: 12:19am On Feb 25, 2020
Pinkybush:
Nigerians didn't k to call for restructuring during OBJ & Jonathan's reign because nigeria under those intellectual men was making huge progress in all the sectors. Unlike now that is govern by a stack illiterate
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Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by mikeaims: 12:24am On Feb 25, 2020
ffk is displaying typical reverse psychology. it's a mind game.
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by seguno2: 12:31am On Feb 25, 2020
mikeaims:
ffk is displaying typical reverse psychology.
it's a mind game.
Can you please explain? Thanks
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by PHijo(m): 12:40am On Feb 25, 2020
SonofDevil:
restructuring into looters pocket.
Nigeria has pumped more than 500billions into niger Delta ministry own by niger deltans no single tangible project to show for it.
But if fG want to probe the people will be shouting leave my own thief, and prosecute your own thief.
Your name says it all!
Did we at any time ask Nigeria for NDDC or Niger Delta ministry?
Being the devil that you are, there is not truth in your mouth!!!

What Ijaw people in particular and Niger Delta's ethnic nations in general have asked for is control of their resources.

Not devolving power to states but devolving power to ethnic nations.

How do you expect the Niger Delta ministry to function when the same people who caused most of the problems we suffer for created it?

Your statement is appalling!

By the way, what Nigeria show for the close to $1trillion they have looted from the Niger Delta?

We don't run nnpc, for the close to 60 years Nigeria has existed we've only been in charge for 5 years, that 5 years was viewed as an accident by the powers that be.

For ethnic and religious reasons, a president that did better than most of his predecessors was replaced with a tyrant who had a bad track record. Today, everyone is suffering for it. Selfishness, short sightedness, ignorance, arrogance, hate and greed is killing Nigeria and these evil vices are being promoted by people like you who have decided to be on the side of unjust actions.
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by openmine(m): 12:43am On Feb 25, 2020
Once there is restructuring and by extension,true federalism,the urge from any region to produce who will become president will reduce!
Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by NCBMEDIA: 12:47am On Feb 25, 2020
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Re: Fani-kayode To El-rufai: Southern Nigeria Wants Restructuring Not Presidency by useurkidney3121: 12:48am On Feb 25, 2020
seunmsg:
FFK the drug addict is speaking for himself. The south wants presidency and we will get it back in 2023. Southern President is not an obstacle to restructuring. In fact, the chances of restructuring Nigeria is brighter when a southerner is the president.

Southern bastards like FFK are only playing the script of Atiku and their northern paymasters. APC will take the presidency back to the south in 2023 according to the already established rotation of power and there is nothing anybody can do about it.
Oponu! What do u know? When elite is talking, keep ur dirty mouth shut and keep it shut forever. If u quote me iku ni o pa o ooo
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