Etrusen:


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These are the kind of things I want to start hearing from Southern governors and politicians. I've sat down and analyzed Nigeria issues and I've come to the conclusion the North isn't as powerful as we always want to believe, it's the docile nature of our politicians that's empowering them. If not the old men in Afenifere, Ohaneze and Pandef that have been speaking up against the North's excesses, the situation would've been far worse.

nsiba:
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Nobody is blaming anyone, things are changing and it is time you see the new reality on ground and forget the stereotyping of the past.....the Governors have the backing of the people

Backing of the people to do what? To lie to them that zamfara is miming gold or just take over oil wells?

Onitsha to Owerri expressway built by Obasanjo in 2002 isnt a road by your submission right.

NGpatriot:



GEJ and OBJ are Southerners, they don't belong to the North, but both men and their PDP party did not commission 1 single project in the whole of SE and SS. Not a single road, not a single bridge, not a single classroom, nothing.

PMB that belong to the North is the one building roads, bridges, hospital and completing abandoned FG projects in the SS and SE

PMB from the North already travelled to the SE to commission 2 projects, but GEJ and OBJ from the South did not ravel to the SE and SS to commission 1 single project.

Northerners built the 1st NB and another Northernet is building the 2nd NB

Now, show me the infrastructures the Southern GEJ and OBJ built in the SS, SW, and SE.

See, all your tribal and bigoyed narratives doesn't jive with the truth and facts.

NGpatriot:



Good question...


The lazy governors are just playing to the gallery to shorud their own uselessness and incompetence.

Zamfara is not mining gold and by law they can never mine gold, what they are doing is buying mined gold from government approved gold miners to store as reserve as economic invesment, something that these lazy governors and even common Nogerians can do if they so desire.


When was the last time these useless SS governors established oil and petroleum investments.

Do they have oil companies or any oil related investments?

All they do is sit around, collect allocations and 13% derivation for looting and stealing.


The lazy and useless one in Delta just vowed to never repeal the pension law in his state, the law that crooks and looters like Ibori are enjoying for life.

Pointing fingers and blaming the North for your poor performance and uselessness is getting stale and obsolete.

You too can buy and invest in Gold, there is no law in Nigeria against buying gold.

Tell these useless governors that Zamfara is not mining gold, they are buying gold from government approved miners.

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Let them do same by approving illegal oil bunkering merchants, and the governors and state will be buying oil from them

helinues:
Lazy governor's.

Why not tapped from your own other natural resources?

U can as well choose not to be foolish.

Coronabirus:
We're not backward to be taken back to something established in 1960s, we want each state to have total control of its resources because that manifestation of regionalism is another exploitation by some lazy states to fees in others. We need total control of resources by states not region!

It can't work well like that. Do you know some States are naturally deprived of natural resources?
Controlling of resources by States will also cause incessant war amongst States. They'll fight over some resources.
Regional Government is the best

GidiCars:


I join you to say Amen to this prayer. I can't wait for the day this useless country would fall. On the other hand, the core south leaders need to start supporting and arming their indigenous people cause the north would never let go without a fight. They should grow some balls, form their own security outfit and arm them without involving the federal government. That would send a strong message.

Funny thing is that the north has become an estate to Boko Haram and bandits and it's growing larger by the day...what most people don't understand is that you can't rule something using fear, religious extremism and intolerance...it always backfires

Sarmiz24:

Lol and it is not by force to try and make no-sense... We the SS have said our own, we either share the Gold or we keep our Oil simple all this ur over sabi grammar wey no land u job for Chevron no consine us...
SS is wise now, SE has always been wise, SW is also wiser now it Game over for all u Aboki’s and I understand it paining u people so much
And guess what?? Ur pain gives me joy

The SS needs to come together to make these demands and stand by them. The only power holding nigeria together is the armed forces, once the armed forces are defeated, nothing the federal gov can do again. That's why I strongly support the southerners to arm their people. The west have OPC, Amotekun. SS have different militant fractions, they should come together and stand as one to claim what belongs to them, while the East should form their own defense network, cause at this point, its mostly the northerners that are opposed to secession.

Mr Abiona,this is getting out of hand.

helinues:
Lazy governor's.

Why not tapped from your own other natural resources?

ubyways:
if you like go and bring a saint to rule Nigeria, things will still get worse. Nigerian foundation is built on lies. We call ourselves a federal state but in a real sense we are not practicing federalism. What we have at the moment is well formulated lies that favours one side of the country. You're here calling south south governors lazy but I but you, a system built on lies will crumble sooner or later. You can't feed fat on south south resources for ever.

This doesn't change the fact that the SS governors are lying, Zamfara is not mining gold or in control of gold in Zamfara.

The question you should be asking is why are the SS governors not investing in oil and oil related businesses

If Zamfara can invest in gold, SS can invest in oil too or even go to Zamfara to invest in gold like they're doing in Zamfara.

helinues:
Lazy governor's.
Why not tapped from your own other natural resources?

O boy you de try oh

ThatFairGuy:

It can't work well like that. Do you know some States are naturally deprived of natural resources?
Controlling of resources by States will also cause incessant war amongst States. They'll fight over some resources.
Regional Government is the best

Natural resources isn't a metric for growth, they have land, they have human resources.

TheLionofLasigi:


Funny thing is that the north has become an estate to Boko Haram and bandits and it's growing larger by the day...what most people don't understand is that you can't rule something using fear, religious extremism and intolerance...it always backfires

The day nigeria divides, the north would be on the same level with Afghanistan, Yemen and all those war torn Islamic country. They have nothing of value they provide to the rest of the country. GO check heads of NNPC, the ogas at APapa port, lagos air port and many federal institutions, its northerners that occupy 90% of those positions. Southern leaders are spineless. They need to have a secession plan and stick to it.

Pastor Adeboye already prophesied that restructure nigeria now or risk break up. I honestly hope it was god that was speaking through him cause I know those northeners would opppose restructuring which would lead to the inevitable, it won't happen without a war. The south needs to be prepared.

NGpatriot:



Backing of the people to do what? To lie to them that zamfara is miming gold or just take over oil wells?

.....that time is up for the Federal Government divisive and selfish policies, enough of the rubbish

GEEBITE:
Onitsha to Owerri expressway built by Obasanjo in 2002 isnt a road by your submission right.

This broken and God forsaken road?

TheLionofLasigi:


Natural resources isn't a metric for growth, they have land, they have human resources.

Beautiful submission, You're right.

vanbonattel:


If not that the federal government is building everything in the north, the North will be worse. That is why they want to hang on in power to keep looting the south.

don't mine the idiot, the North is built by 87% crude oil revenue from federal account while most of states in the south south has no federal present. All this nonsense will soon stop

simpleton! that's why coups fail!
thank God you are not in the military otherwise, we'll be weeping for you!

tsspsolutions:


These are the kind of things I want to start hearing from Southern governors and politicians. I've sat down and analyzed Nigeria issues and I've come to the conclusion the North isn't as powerful as we always want to believe, it's the docile nature of our politicians that's empowering them. If not the old men in Afenifere, Ohaneze and Pandef that have been speaking up against the North's excesses, the situation would've been far worse.

NGpatriot:



This doesn't change the fact that the SS governors are lying, Zamfara is not mining gold or in control of gold in Zamfara.

The question you should be asking is why are the SS governors not investing in oil and oil related businesses

If Zamfara can invest in gold, SS can invest in oil too or even go to Zamfara to invest in gold like they're doing in Zamfara.

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Legalise alll bunkering activities, simple as ABC and the Federal Government tells LIES more than the Devil

South-South Governors Meet Monday over Zamfara Gold

Okowa: We cannot apply laws in such a manner that it becomes discriminatory; you cannot mine solid minerals somewhere in Zamfara and you won’t allow Niger Delta manage their oil

It has now been confirmed that the six governors of the South- south region will meet in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday, under the umbrella of the Forum of South-South Governors, to discuss issues around the mining of gold in Zamfara State.

A source close to one of the governors told THISDAY last night that all arrangements for the meeting had been concluded and that Governor Nyesom Wike is excited hosting the crucial meeting.

“The governors are looking towards taking a common decision on the Zamfara gold issue on Monday. This decision will be forwarded to President Buhari. South-south states also want ‘artisanal’ mining of oil,” added the source.

Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, had last Wednesday expressed worry at “federal government’s apparent tacit endorsement of the decision of Zamfara State to assume exclusive right to solid minerals in the state, particularly the gold deposits.”

Okowa then hinted that the South-south governors were planning a meeting over the issue and that they were unanimous on the need to address the constitutionality of the alleged Zamfara government’s action.

In a veiled reference to the federal government’s support for “artisanal mining of gold”, particularly with President Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration of the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative, Okowa vowed that the South-south states would resist “such a discriminatory disposition, that runs foul of the constitutional provision on ownership of mining rights in Nigeria.”

Okowa, who is the Chairman of the Forum, assured that the governors were united in their support for unattended issues of restructuring and devolution of more powers, as well as resources down to the local government level.

Okowa said, “The South-south governors have been in the forefront for the devolution of power to states and local governments. Restructuring, resource control and security of the country, especially in the Niger Delta will be a major topic of discussion at the Presidential parley coming up in Port Harcourt.

“There are Acts of the National Assembly that dealt specifically and unequivocally with oil production and solid minerals. We cannot apply laws in such a manner that it becomes discriminatory because you cannot mine solid minerals somewhere in Zamfara and not allow Niger Delta to manage their oil.”

The Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative (PAGMI) is a comprehensive artisanal and small-scale gold mining development programme, launched in 2019 to foster the formalisation and integration of artisanal gold mining activities into Nigeria’s legal, economic, and institutional framework.

Federal government, in collaboration with the Kebbi State Government, inaugurated the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining and Biometric Data Capture and Enrolment Exercise in Yauri Local Government Area of Kebbi in February.

The programme, which is a federal government initiative to be operated by PAGMI, in partnership with the Kebbi State Government, will formalise the artisanal mining groups for the much needed support and capacity building aimed at upscaling their processes, creating more jobs and enhancing incomes.

Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite said the steps taken would lead to improved practices, access to finance and equipment, create jobs and sanitise the artisanal miners’ operations.

The minister added: “Undoubtedly, it will grow the economy of the state through diversification into solid minerals development.”

Executive Secretary of the Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), Hajiya Fatima Umaru Shinkafi explained that Kebbi and Osun were selected to kick start the pilot project.

She said the programme was part of President Buhari’s economic diversification agenda through the Anchor Borrowers Programme.

She said: “Federal government wants to create more jobs in rural areas of Nigeria in line with his mission to create million jobs.”

Fatima further said the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) would enroll the first batch of artisanal gold miners under the pilot scheme.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/11/14/south-south-governors-meet-monday-over-zamfara-gold/amp/

NORTHERN NIGERIA SHOT THEMSELVES ON THE FOOT ECONOMICALLY.

IF THEY HAD FOLLOWED THE ROAD MAP THAT WAS SET BY THEIR POST COLONIAL LEADER LATE SIR AHMADU BELLO THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SELF SUFFICIENT IN AGRICULTURE.

Late Sir Ahmadu Bello was never interested in the prime minister job as he prefered being in the north to develop his northern people hence he sent Late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa to come to Lagos to take up the prime minister job.

They derailed and clinged for so long on southern resources.

Now Boko Haram is troubling them and they are taking insult from the south all because of crude oil money.

WITH ALL THE CRUDE OIL MONEY THE NORTH GOT FROM THE SOUTH THROUGH FEDERAL ALLOCATIONS ALL THESE YEARS.

One expect them to fall back on their own economy in the north but they still want to clinged to southern resources.

But for how long?

Everyday the north is intimidated with calls for restructuring.

This is because northern political leaders are very lazy.

They are prepared to wait for crude oil money even if it is ONE KOBO that the federal government allocates to them.

You now agree that a road was built. Has Kaduna to Kano road not fallen into a state of disrepair too. Sam's with Lagos-Abeokuta,Ibadan-Ife'Ilesha, Ibadan-Oyo expressway all built by Obassnjo govt. I forgot to add Benin to Asaba expressway.Buhari is in his 6th year as President,tell me any road project he has completed. At this run rate he can not meet up with what Obasanjo did in road construction.

NGpatriot:



This broken and God forsaken road?

Really

It is because FG is taking 50 percent of revenue accruing so they should be held more accountable.[Iquote author=NGpatriot post=96037350]


The average Nigerian think the FG is responsible for the bad road in front of their house including their bad schools, bad hospitals and so on, it's as if their useless governors and local officials doesn't exist even thought these lazy and corrupt governors collect taxes and allocations every month to take care of them, to build roads, schools, hospitals, basic welfare and amenities.

The so called leaders of tomorrow in Nigeria are mostly clueless, many are lazy thinkers and grossly pedestrian mentally.


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Jonathan39:
Aside from Gowon, all the past Northern head of state and president are fulanis

Abacha was Kanuri.

IJOBA2:
OUR SOUTHERN WILLING TOOLS LIKE HELINUES AKA TECM0 AND ISHAQ AKINTOLA WILL NOT LIKE THIS NEW

You didn't mention the other USELESS ZOMBIES like

Arrewa
ILoveDemMANNA (This one Karma caught him late)

NGpatriot:



This doesn't change the fact that the SS governors are lying, Zamfara is not mining gold or in control of gold in Zamfara.

The question you should be asking is why are the SS governors not investing in oil and oil related businesses

If Zamfara can invest in gold, SS can invest in oil too or even go to Zamfara to invest in gold like they're doing in Zamfara.

ofcourse, I don't expect you to attest to the fact SS can't get the necessary development because they don't have control over their God given natural resources. If Zamfara didn't have control of gold, a whole governor won't call a meeting make this the agenda for discussion. You can't tell me you have a first hand information concerning this situation that a governor.

Regionalism made western Nigeria to be ahead of some European countries in development. Many of the roads built by Awolowo are still standing well today. Meanwhile the ones built by FG have virtually collapsed. Example is Ibadan-Ife road. Check the single carriage section built by Western region still standing strong and the one built by FG in the 90s expanding to dual carriage way is an eyesore.

NGpatriot:



We had regional administration before so please explain to us exactly what each region benefited?

Regionalism is like pouring the same old dirty and rotten wine in a new bottle.

Regionalism won't change the same useless, lazy and incompetent governors in the SS or any part of Nigeria.

Your problem is not regionalism, it's bad leadership, but of course, that concept is far far above your thinking scale.

Jonathan39:
Aside from Gowon, all the past Northern head of state and president are fulanis

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Only Shehu Shagari, Shehu YarAdua and Buhari....stop false information

same discriminatory law in border closure
allow Dangote and co to be passing

This country is a Joke

GidiCars:


The day nigeria divides, the north would be on the same level with Afghanistan, Yemen and all those war torn Islamic country. They have nothing of value they provide to the rest of the country. GO check heads of NNPC, the ogas at APapa port, lagos air port and many federal institutions, its northerners that occupy 90% of those positions. Southern leaders are spineless. They need to have a secession plan and stick to it.

Pastor Adeboye already prophesied that restructure nigeria now or risk break up. I honestly hope it was god that was speaking through him cause I know those northeners would opppose restructuring which would lead to the inevitable, it won't happen without a war. The south needs to be prepared.

Really if Nigeria divides today almost all regions will suffer in one way or the other, and I wouldn't say that the north contributes nothing to the Nigerian economy, in terms of agriculture they're practically feeding Nigeria but their leaders have failed to see the opportunity that agriculture presents and would rather interest themselves with SS oil, Boko Haram is currently collecting fees from farmers before they can harvest and their leaders are busy worried about EndSARs people, those guys in the past built groundnut pyramids and partly fuelled the Nigerian economy with agriculture, their leaders greed for power and extremist beliefs makes them fail to understand that they would be the biggest beneficiaries if Nigeria is restructured today...southern leaders on the other hand are no even better.... obasanjo spent 8 years in power but nothing really noteable was done in his region of origin. Southern leaders are just self centered fools

When oil was first discovered in Oloibiri, which is in Bayelsa State, the Federal Government assumed 100% ownership immediately. They WERE NOT allowed to mine their oil resources, they were not given State license to drill the oil or own oil blocs. If they do it, the FG calls it illegal bunkering and sends the army to shut it down. But gold is discovered in Zamfara, and the State was allowed to mine their gold INDEPENDENTLY. It was Zamfara govt that mined the gold, not Federal Government. Then they took the gold to Abuja to do photoshoot with Buhari, and then CBN would pay for the gold to support the local gold mining initiative. I swear, Southern political elites are the biggest fools in Nigeria. You give up your bread to Nigeria to collect crumbs. But everything the North is giving Nigeria, WE PAY FOR IT. Is it the Cow meat, we pay. Is it agriculture, we pay. Is it land, we pay. Is it minerals, we pay. Tell me one resources that the North puts on the table free of charge for all Nigerians to benefit from as a national cake. Just one. Mtchwwwww!

Some people found settlement in deep jungle and creeks while some chose to live in the desert. What set them apart is bravery to conquer a tough terrain.IIt is not easy so whatever resource located there is theirs.

Coldie:

Did she lie?

Tell us what SS People did to contribute to the oil in Nigeria apart from it being found where they reside?