₦airaland Forum

yemex04:
What the verifiable succeses of Peter Obi?

immortalcrown:
You are wrong. Obi did not say infrastructure is not good. He said infrastructure is not what drives economy. And I have a good proof. Ebonyi State had the lowest cost of living among all Igbo states before 2015. For the past 7 years, the state has gotten many infrastructures. But standard of living has drastically fallen in the same state. There is little or no difference between Ebonyi and other Igbo states now in terms of cost of living. Did the infrastructure provide more jobs or improve education in Ebonyi in the past 7 years? Has the infrastructure reduced the number of Ebonyi youths that run to other states for hawking? Lagos State is another example. Lagos has more infrastructures than most of or all other states in Nigeria. But cost of living is higher in Lagos, both in rent and in food prices. They build roads and flyovers in every area. What happens later? Land become expensive, fraudsters and embezzlers of public funds buy the land and build houses to show their wealth. No other benefits. Foreign engineers are used for the construction of the infrastructures. How many Nigerians secured good jobs because of the infrastructures? Apart from doing menial jobs for the construction companies, what else?

No good roads or flyover in Ibeju Lekki before Dangote situated his refinery there. No good roads and flyover in the local government area where Dangote has cement factory in Benue. The breweries in Enugu are not surrounded by amazing roads and flyovers. But these establishments give Nigerians good jobs. Ebonyi is building roads and flyovers but its indigens do not have good jobs in the quarry sites.

Infrastructure is good and aids economy. But it is not among the major things that drive economy. Stop misquoting Obi.

helinues:
The sparking of two stones actually changed the human civilization. Cooking our food build our brains to be more intelligent. Just stone which is around us.

The infrastructure materials are there naturally, building infrastructure requires human effort which translate to job creation for basic

Now, after having all those infrastructure in place, that's when production and investing in people will come proper as you have already created a conducive environment for everything

abdulwastecx:
Abuja has been the capital of Nigeria for 31 years, Is Abuja looking like Dubai today?

Tinubu can lay claim to being the brain behind the establishment of the Lekki Free Trade Zone, a zone that currently housed the largest refinery, fertilizers, deep seaport and so many other factories in Africa. Tinubu can be said to be the brain behind the Eko Atlantic city real estate masterpiece. Tinubu was paramount to the improvement of the internally generated revenue in Lagos that allows the state to be able to modernise and finance other laudable projects. He can also be said to be responsible for developing a template called the master plan of Lagos, a political structure that provides a platform for technocrats to do their thing in making Lagos on of the most developed metropolis in Africa.

OgunLaakaye:



Cheap political gimmicks!


That hommie owns a house in Ikoyi! He could afford to buy a 400 hectares oil palm plantation., producing for only his family members.


Don't fall for cheap usual political stunt!

omoharry:
seriously... I became an Obi supporter after Osibanjo lost the primary election. And not because he is not a good candidate but because the primary election became dollarise.So the highest bidder won the day . Tinubu & Atiku banbose other candidates with thier wealth to bribe delegate..How then do u expect them to perform when they are a bundle of corruption themselves.

abdulwastecx:
In all seriousness, I love the zeal and the tenacity of our Igbo brothers. This is how you play politics. You congregate around an individual push him and possibly forced him down people's throats using propaganda and other lawful means possible. The truth still remains that Peter Obi is not the best person to lead the country in the year 2023.

judging by track records and achievement alone, Tinubu is a better fit. Tinubu understands the economy better, he has instituted more reforms than every political office holder in Nigeria. He'll hit the ground runnings, he has eyes for performers and technocrats alike. These are the qualities needed to lead a country.

All you need is a man with the political will, the understanding of the private sector, a man open to reforms and taking difficult decisions, a man open to institutional reforms and who can assemble the right team to initiate such reforms. It's a no-brainer that Tinubu was able to transfer Lagos and also laid down a framework and political structure that actualize this. Tinubu is the right person to lead this country at this time.

abdulwastecx:
You are right!
But Fashola's job is limited to the provision of infrastructure, in particular, road infrastructure. He is not saddled with the responsibility of providing security and the management of the fiscal policies of the country. Hence, the provision of easy loans, stable interest rates, and strong security should be directed at the appropriate people responsible for them.

Furthermore, road infrastructure is an important ingredient of production. It enables the movement of goods, services, and raw materials from rural areas to the center of production.

Finally, The second Niger bridge is a crucial infrastructure, an asset that the southeast has been craving for decades. The question is why is it been greeted with a lot of cynicism by people from the region? Is it because it is been built by the wrong party and the Afonja they hate so much?

intruder15:
Can you compare that to the number of jobs that a production company will employ? Why do you think people are rushing to states with high production companies? Why are people relocating from Nigeria? So you think infrastructure will give more jobs than production?

It's okay to support a candidate. But don't lose your thinking faculty while at it.

CrimeKsmart:
You reason like an illiterate. Sorry to say if you find it offensive. You don't need to digress, all things being equal, infrastructures will affect the final prices of commodities and that's what Fashola is trying to tell Obi and his supporters.

We all know what affect the present high cost of goods and services which are; price of petroleum,Insurgency, and government policies. But the truth still remains that infrastructures play a major role in the economy too.

WATCHOVER:
I think Fashola to an extent is just overrated.
The guy did not perform well as a minister, I only love the way he went silent not involving in public politics

ElSudani:
Yeah right. Do we even need to debate this?

ElSudani:
It becomes a crime when you lose public money kept in your care.

Golan007:
As a farmer, good roads to your farm, construction of silos, bridges, railways, communication etc. would ease and improve your business.

Infrastructure is key.

Kdon2:
And when has investing in brewery become a crime??

ElSudani:
Lack of infrared is the main reason the Nigerian economy is lagging. How do you even create an enabling environment without investing in infrastructure? What a contradiction!

tinsel:
OP, Fashola is actually making sense. Enough of all these nonsense and childish propaganda. Let us play like intelligent people and not like illiterates.

ElSudani:
These people are so funny. What Fashola said is the absolute truth. One of the ways to boost employment and the economy is for the government to invest in infrastructure.
Obi will rather invest in a brewery though.

nameo:
Yes, they are many.

And, as i have always maintained, some persons are not fair to Yorubas here. Take a look back at the 2019 elections, PDP almost won the SW. In fact, but for rigging in Osun and voters suppression in Lagos, Atiku may have actually won in the SW. This is SW o with a VP(Osibanjo, who is a likeable person) in the ticket of the APC.

They do not deserve been painted with same brush one would ordinarily use for Tinubu urchins.

nameo:
Will you keep shut plzz.

He does not rep Yorubas.

He is most likely a frustrated Tinubu supporter.

Lets keep it as that plzz

Some of the most vociferous Obi supporters i know are Yorubas. And then are many and increasing