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All they do is wait for oil money to be shared..

Any youth who doesnt believe and protest for the dissolution of this country is an enemy of the country itself.

If we had a system where states dont get any money from central govt, no one would go into government except he or she has something proper to offer and generate money for the state.

Nigeria is more useless than uselessness.

They will do no shit to Egypt. That country has serious roles in middle east.

lol

Death is now so usual in Nigeria..

Chaii, My creator must tell me why He chose this country for me .

Hahahahahaha..

Nigerians are already celebrating that the chairman ship may come to their state. They forget one thing: these men are never tired of looting. All these is for personal money. They want someone who will dance to their personal interest and music.

How will this benefit u as a common man? These politicians know our weakness shaa..

Our weakness is tribal sentiment. It is been there for ages. God forbid. I dislike this country.

lol

GEJ was mainly chased from office due to this same insecurity.. Buhari is enjoying while insecurity is extremely higher than it was before. The man Buhari is the luckiest person on earth.

Dude didnt suffer to enjoy life. The type of grace Buhari has, I wish to have such grace.. All the way from age 19, Nigerians have been paying his bills.

He is not the smartest, but this man is currently riding on over 200 million nigerians. The day i will finally leave this country, I will make a video and say so many trash about this cursed nation.

Road trips are now death traps. U maybe kidnapped if u go road adventure.. Fulani herdsmen are raping women daily in villages. In fact, if u have access to villages, go and ask them how far. Majority no longer sleep in their homes o.

Their farm lands have been destroyed daily. I never see mumu nation like this. With all these happening, no one has come out to challenge the govt.

ZombieTERROR:
The fact is that Buhari lacks the intelligence and modern day leadership ideas required to revamp our ailing economy...

Nigeria is doomed

Lol this country that has been eaten up by Buhari's core tribalism. No leader has exhibited tribalism like this man. Him and his team are so tribalistic.

No other leader was like this man. A man deeply eaten by hate can never ever produce positive thoughts.

Divide this country and watch each nations within the country compete tech wise, agric wise, etc!

Who ever is ready to begin a serious campaign for this, i am available! We must save our country for our future generation, we all cant run away. These old men are just there to eat billions. Youths, wake up o. Sex is not the priority, saving Nigeria is the priority

As it is, Nigeria is in total mess.

Does it mean if south west doesn't protest and doesn't come out and speak, no other region can?

Can't south south and south east do something?

Insecurity is so high right now. I'm so scared of plying the high ways. Villagers are been raped badly, farms destroyed over and over again.

Insecurity is extremely high in this country right now, especially on our high ways, and u guys are here dragging tribal appointments..

Foolish Nigerians.. Spits.

I am so angry God made me here.

Nice123:
See as the Egyptian stadium dey fine. Come be like na European stadium.

If na asaba stadium now na so so story.

Not just the pitch, see the entire environment..

Nigeria is a disgrace.. Don't know why some people still support Nigeria

This is so unfair.

Shame to other regions, if south west is not leading the protest, no one can.

This administration is worse in the history of my knowing politics.

The insecurity and poverty are deadly combo. So if south west doesnt attack a govt, south east and south south can't?

Buhari is the worse wickedness I av ever seen.

Dear African men, just marry the woman, it will no longer be cheating..

cucumbae:
Hope say them no sell their two kidneys?
Anyway,welcome back home.
A place where NEPA will bring light for 2 hours each day and bring crazy billings at the end of the month.
A place where one politicians earn #30m as salary while they kick against #30k minimum wage for civil servants.
A place where a politician who steal billions are sentence to 1 month in jail
or #20k fine while the youth who wears dread lock or carry a laptop is arrested by efcc and the court sentence him to 10 years in jail.
A country whose President is an impersonator.You are welcome to the suffering.

As long as Nigerians have vowed never to protest against these things u mentioned, nothing will change

if nigeria can focus on development, our churches will preach less of prosperity messages.

People are hungry. Tell God to help fix nigeria. Many families cant eat, what do u want them to do? They will simply agree sex before marriage if it can help solve their financial problems

The suffering in Nigeria is much.

Many girls are in school and their parents send them just 5k per month.

Corruption every where. Poverty capital of the world.

davillian:
Container has been falling on cars since
But if it doesn't hit those in power they won't do any thing.

Nigerians need serious activists who will never stop protesting until the constitution is changed for good!

This country is foolishness..

anonymous1759:
... I hate this country each passing day... You jail a phone thief for 7 yrs and grant bail and Amnesty to Militants, bokoharam treasury looters all of una dey mad

Well, this is it, as long as Nigerian masses are not ready to protest for change of constitution and request for lengthy terms for corrupt officers, they will not do it for the masses.

U don't expect anyone to block where he is eating from.

The problem with Nigeria majorly due to the lazy masses who are not ready to protest until certain things are done and enacted.

If we begin protest that governor should never come and retire in the national assembly anymore, if we no gree go house, they will be forced to make such law.

But the average nigerian youth is mentally lazy, scared and dies million times before his death.

PoshBoss007:
This one is just mad. Would they write "stolen" on the phone?

What they are saying is do not buy items not sold in open markets, don't buy an item sold for 200 naira for just 10 naira.

Ask receipt when u buy item. Make sure the receipt has contact address verifiable.

Many are in prison for crime such as this. Police did not make the law. Police only effect the law. So why blame police. It is when ur item u bought 400k is stolen and sold for 5k, u will understand better. U may even kill the buyer join.

PoshBoss007:
This one is just mad. Would they write "stolen" on the phone?

What they are saying is do not buy items not sold in open markets, don't buy an item sold for 200 naira for just 10 naira.

Ask receipt when u buy item. Make sure the receipt has contact address verifiable.

Many are in prison for crime such as this. Police did not make the law. Police only effect the law. So why blame police.

Them don settle deal. If u notice, the guy has been quiet lately..

TSRC:
Nigerian men are inflating the dating market for those poor kenyan men.
And it is not just there alone. Other parts of africa are complaining about how yeye Nigerian men have spoilt their women for them.

It could be a major factor in the xenphobia Nigerians face outside.

Exactly, we loot a lot, and commit all sorts of fraudulent activities, then lavish the money on women in other countries. This has really made the ladies in those societies demand more than they usually do. U wont understand how terrible this has been and worse still, majority of the money spent on these ladies are stolen wealth.

Nigeria has behavioral issue.

abuomaIV:
It's a foolish gift. That won't make her best graduating student. Why launder foreign money in form of a gift? What happened to her bank account? What if she gets kidnapped tomorrow? I don't know why guys are being senseless these days because of mere beauty that doesn't equate good character.

lol, this has been what many other countries lament about Nigerian men. My friend who was in Kenya lamented how Kenyas were complaining that Nigerian men are spoiling their ladies and teaching them how to love money.

Same thing that happened in south africa.

Our men corrupted our ladies with stuff like this. Funny enough, our ladies still dey bash us up and down. We have focused so much on money to get a lady that ladies no longer see any other thing but money in men before accepting relationship.

Flyingngel:
In as much as Akpabio thought that it is always by his power that he accomplish all his political exploit and that was his Achilles heel but Ukarakpa did not do anything when he hold sway as a deputy governor.
Many road in Obot Akara were dead trap; he was interested in building his hotel.
Greedy set of people.

Exactly my point, all these politicians just dey use Nigerians play football!

victorian:
This is more like it!

I love this!

Ken smiling with admiration and respect.

Such humble successful men

LOL, saw this pics, remembered our discussion, didnt know how to tag u before I got to see the comment and quickly checked the name. And it is u. U got it, this shows a humble man. U got the spirit. It takes one to know one.

victorian:
Thanks dear

I have never lived in Europe before or now.
It's just my mentality from day one.
I know Nigerians are proud and show offs even in my family. They are all the same. But I choose to be different.
That's the pact I have with God but that aside, it's so interesting and relishing gisting with ladies or women from all works of life. Most times. I find it amusing when some women gist with so much enthusiasm and innocence. It's amazing. There was one time, I was gisting with my security guard wife, they are from benue, so I asked her, how come she's scarce in the compound?

she replied in pidgin that she had typhoid. I said eeyah sorry. So she asked a question about my church and I replied but it's seems one of my sentence was too much for her to understand lol
She said Madam,, I no know wetin u talk o? With her piercing high pitched voice.

Oh I forgot in a split second she's an illiterate, so hmm my neighbor came towards us and said Princess , she does not understand that sentence , try and break it down for her. He said with amusement.

And she was looking at me with laughter in her eyes and curiosity.
I was like erhmm ... Wow how will I say it now?

We all started laughing. Lol

Oh Lord, it was just too funny

So I was searching for the right pidgin lol. Then the guy helped me out.

Oh Jeez! I'm still laughing here, remembering it.


Yes no probs u can send me a mail.. I can access my email.

hahahahaha, very funny! Let me send u mail!

dukie25:
Akpabio will enjoy this interview

Seriously, he will. No man is God in life.

Honor10:
y are u crying now? later u will tell us that u guys dont care about position, let's hear word

My bro, calm down, i am only saying, make we mark the era, history always come back to hunt us..

Pls, i am not here to drag words with u, okay. Politicians are balling both east and north, na common man dey suffer. So, calm down, I only made a legit comment.

Close ur eyes and imagine a Nigeria were mainly Igbos are occupying the security institutions in Nigeria. Lol. North for don blow down the country.

People should remember the date, mark this era, history will come back and hunt us all in Nigeria.

SEN. CHRIS EKPENYONG SPEAKS IN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

…WHY I AM CALLED UKARAKPA

… MY MISSION IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Few weeks to the Swearing-in of National Assembly legislators in Nigeria, a team of journalists including the Editor of RolanTimes E-magazine had the privilege of interviewing Distinguished Senator Chris EKPENYONG at EMJM Hotel in Uyo.

In this special and exclusive report, ROLANTIMES presents the full excerpts of that revealing and bombastic interview for your reading pleasure and information.


ROLANTIMES: Sir, they call you “Ukarakpa”, why do people call you that name?

EKPENYONG: In 2003, people masterminded to take over my office as the Deputy Governor and the arrow head of that onslaught was God’swill Akpabio who later suspiciously became the Governor of the State. He conspired with others including Dr. Chris Ekong to remove me as a Deputy Governor whereas when we formed PDP between 1998 and 1999 I never saw him in Abuja and in Uyo. When I was asked to bring my personal resources to support the growth of PDP in Akwa Ibom State I never saw him. But through the benevolent of the then Governor Victor Attah he was brought into Government and he happens to come from my Federal constituency. So when he came in 2002 he plotted my removal and in 2003 he wanted to be Deputy Governor. When they tried and failed, the then State PDP Chairman, late Chief Tony Emenyi, at a campaign in Eket while inviting me to mount the podium with the Governor described me as ‘Ukarakpa’. This means they have tried everything possible to kill me him (me) but he emerged victorious, swallowing all lesser animals. That is how I came be known as “Ukarakpa”.

ROLANTIMES: What does the victory mean to you and how do you intend to make a difference?

EKPENYONG: My election as a senator is God’s design. God says this is opportune time for me to join hands with Gov. Udom Emmanuel and work for development of Akwa Ibom as a senator to ensure there that there are job opportunities, ensure there is empowerment. God through Udom Emmanuel says Chris Ekpenyong you are going to be a senator. Even though for Akwa Ibom North-West (Ikot Ekpene) Senatorial District but you are that senator that will speak from that segment of the State and for the overall interest of the State. So I am elated.
I am going to collaborate with the State and I am going to ensure that my Senatorial District which has been cut off from the State and National level is been re-linked. I want to ensure that there is a symbiotic relationship so that we can also be developed. When I had a meeting with the Current Deputy Senate President a few days ago, I was amazed that, as a Senator, he has been able to assist the Government of his State to construct road from Enugu up to Abakiliki. But here we have Senators, we have people who work in Government Agencies that were created through the instrumentality of Constitution and resources of this State when we were fighting resource control such NDDC, instead of using it as an intervening medium to expand our capacity and our developmental uplift, we were using it to oppose the Government of the State. We will check that; that is my function. We are going to ensure that there is always unity between the representatives at various levels and the executive in the State for the overall wellbeing of the people.

ROLANTIMES: Beyond politics, you are also a very successful businessman against the erroneous impression that Akwa Ibom people don’t succeed in business. What is the guiding principles behind your success?

EKPENYONG: When I was in Lagos, the misconception amongst people from Western and Eastern Nigeria was that an average ‘Calabar’ man cannot succeed in business. That was erroneous. I served as a corps member in 1982 and in 1983 I became a member of Cross River State House of Assembly and later joined Chief Don Etiebet’s Company. My duty was to ensure that he succeeded. Because I worked for his success, not to pull him down, God also rewarded me to become successful.
I started business with N300.00 (Three Hundred Naira only). So when I see young people looking for millions to start business, it makes me laugh. The first contract I had was N20,000 (Twenty Thousand Naira). My wife and I had to go borrowing to execute the contract.We borrowed N2,000 to supply air conditioners to Union Bank. We never made profit but we kept our words – we returned that money with 10% interest and a bottle of wine in two weeks as we promised. The man was amazed.
But today, in my hotel alone we have 160 staff, in my farm in Obot Akara I have well over 100 staff and in Lagos I have more than 50 staff working with me. So it is hard work, honesty and God’s favour. You must show honesty and hard work.

ROLANTIMES: Sir, we are told that whenever you appear amongst other Senators, you are always accorded a rousing welcome. How was the euphoria of being received by other Senators as the person that defeated Senator Akpabio?

EKPENYONG: It is an ongoing event. The atmosphere was the same when I attended the party meeting in Abuja recently. It was the same uproar when I introduced myself as Chris Ekpenyong, Senator-Elect. Even at the airport all eyes are always on me. It shows you that you can attain any height with humility. My defeating Godswill Akpabio is God’s desire and design and everywhere I go people want to take a glimpse at the person that defeated Akpabio.

ROLANTIMES: Sir, what do you expect from Governor Udom Emmanuel in the next four years?

EKPENYONG: Governor Udom Emmanuel has a virtue of believing in God and truthfulness. What happened in the least election shows that he has strong faith in God. If he can ensure the takeoff of Ibom Airline, and then God stands with him to ensure the political atmosphere in Nigeria will allow Ibom Deep Seaport to become a reality then he would have written his name in gold. I also expect that peace and security to continue and the environment will be conducive for investors to come in. The rest is peripheral. Of course, every sensible administrator has to open roads and other things.

ROLANTIMES: How is your relationship with His Excellency, Former Governor Victor Attah like?

EKPENYONG: Too beautiful, he was here (in this hotel) the other day. He came to congratulate me recently. When I came down, he said ‘His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Chris Ekpenyong’, and that was gratifying to me. If a former Governor, my boss, can acknowledge me, alongside men of God, who do you think can derail that? I enjoy very sound friendship with Attah.

ROLANTIMES: What message do you have for your constituency and Akwa Ibom in General?

EKPENYONG: My plea to all the elders, women and youths in Akwa Ibom North – West (Ikot Ekpene) Senatorial District is for them to be patient with me. We will re-invent our lives. I must come back to them. I must always take their input to the Red Chamber. Whatever project I can attract must always be put on the table and the tripod of the Senatorial District must, that is the Abak axis, the Ikot ekpene axis and Ikono/Ini axis must always be carried along. No segment will be left out. I have cognate experience to be a ranking Senator. I hope that is noted. I had been a legislator, I had been in public office as a Deputy Governor and I have been a manager and employer of labour in the private sector. So what kind of experience do you want?

ROLANTIMES: Thank You sir.

EKPENYONG: God bless you.

Source: https://rolantimes.com/interview-everywhere-i-go-people-want-to-see-the-man-that-defeated-akpabio-sen-ekpenyong/[code][/code]

googi:
Anyone that knows anything about Nigeria knows Abiola was an opportunist that only changed color when he was told point blank by NPN that there is no vacancy in the Presidency. May his souls and that of Dele Giwa rest in peace. Concord was a megaphone for NPN and Shagari.



My problem with this guy is that we have heard these noises before. Actually at this point every state and village are ready to separate. I do not know why people talk about small countries in Europe as if they are independent economically. When Greece, Portugal and Spain went belly up and still going belly up, where do they run to?

What is the the point of European Union if not to garnish power and compete with almighty United States. Abi US na small contari? Is China another small country or another democracy with solid opposition? Can Israel survive on its own?

Africans need to settle for their own form of government that works. If democracy did not fail in US, what did?

I am tired of hearing rosy prediction for a country that had no past of such or any example to show us. If your point is Biafra, Western Nigeria must leave and they will succeed on their own based on their past examples. So far the only region in Nigeria since 19th century that has survived on its own.

All these noise about you want to go are falling on deaf and dumb ears. You called for Unitary Government, when you were outfoxed, you call for Biafra. Under Jonathan, you occupied every powerful position with oil income at its peak, Nigeria and Delta Region especially became worse off. So who are you preaching to? Show us an example of your accomplishment as a people, not individually or outside your base.

Only the West need to separate itself from this mess. Every region in Nigeria feed and survive on the West. The cry of oil income is like that of a drunken sailor and prodigal son. It is not how much you make, but how you manage it.

Comot jo make I pass!

Yes bro. I know we all feed on west. That is why we want to stop feeding on west na. Or is it not a good thing? We want to stop being lazy. If u read my post, u would know the post is not ur usual drag and drag post. I am sincerely looking fkr a way to help us. Most times, some of u read posts I refuse to reason becus u are already biased with the post. The onion of my points is that we need a way to make it possible for the citizens to come together and hold their leaders accountable. And the system that can give the masses such sense is separation. That has been my point. Every region in Nigeria can survive on it own when they are forced to reason out of the box.

This post is not the usual west vs east becus i m not such a useless person to begin drag such nonsense on nairaland.

If u had read my post carefully, u would know that I emphasized on the importance of the masses, opposition party, checks and balances. I made it clear that the major reason these attributes are not functioning well in Nigeria is due to the invisible ethnic superiority contest which has given politicians to lead without much pressure from the masses. The masses are weakened by this invisible ethnic superiority contests and the politicians are taking advantage of this.

So we need a system that allows the masses to come together under one goal and demand from their leaders good leadership. Only way to achieve this is true building a nation and not a state. But u ended up thinking it is all west vs east fight. Na wa.

Yes, every other region feeds on west, that is why I am wishing we separate so that our region can stop feeding on west. Is that not good? In fact, south west should be at the front of this demand sef. we go all old one day and we go all dey see how useless Nigeria keeps getting. E go affect all of us.

victorian:
Is it wierd? Anyways that's me.

I always remember I didn't create myself and There is a superior being, who assembled my body parts, breathe life into me and can choose to take my life anytime He so wishes.

Whyt then should I become arrogant?

Not worth the stress jare.

Your reasoning is rare in this clime. Maybe u have lived in Europe, Nigerians are mostly the proud beings, intimidate, show off and oppress. I am really shocked.

Would like to know u better. My apology. Can u access your email? I mean the one u used to create this account? If yes, can i send you a mail request?

victorian:
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Lol! The actor I just feel he looks too smug and full of himself. I simply said my.mind , nothing personal to it. I like airing my views even though most people may think differently about it.

Nigerians ehn? Lemme not talk lol

We know ourselves already.

@ the bold , Same here David.

Thanks.

Just saw ur pics now, lol, are u that pretty and still humble? That is rare o in this clime.