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Abeg if you quote me and you don't get a reply, just know you don't deserve one and know where you belong.

Thanks.

fulanmafia:
Well outlined truism.

The fact is that Jonathanians have still not gotten over their hero's defeat and are acting like bulls in a China shop in the name of being in opposition.

The vile hypocrisy that has become the hallmark of their politicking only underlines their desperation to demonize the President even if it means appearing like extremist bigots with the memory capacity of a tse-tse fly.

You cannot squeeze oil out of a block of ice. It's not surprising that PDP's band of minions have become shameless intolerant religious bigots considering the history of the party. This was the same party that said Osibanjo owned 5000 churches while campaigning in the North so northerners wouldn't vote for the APC, while also calling the same party an Islamic party while campaigning in the South. Religious bigotry and borderline extremism is in their DNA.

I'm also not in support of state sponsored pilgrimages for similar reasons, and the culture it has become should be stopped, especially considering the paucity of funds that Nigeria suffers, however with that said, the furore that has been generated by bigoted wailers smacks of sheer hypocrisy and should be ignored in the understanding that they are going through a very difficult and painful period, climaxed by their defeated hero's recent instruction that they should embrace Sherriff the boko sponsor as their Chairman.

Wailers need hugs right now, not smacks.

Awesome post. Adopted!

These people preaching about the economic implication of this act were/are the same people that cheer on NDA and other economic saboteurs hell bent on grounding the economy, making sure we earn $0.00 forex!!

That alone tells any sensible observer why they are kicking against this- it is all about religious bigotry and politics and has absolutely nothing to do with their "concern" for the well-being of the country.

Nonsense.

BUHARIISCURSED:
Islam is inversely/negatively/indirectly related to ECONOMIC GROWTH/PROGRESS/DEVELOPMENT

Yet at the drop of a hat, someone like you wouldn't mind spending the rest of your life in UAE.

Smh.

Even your brothers throng there to do business on a daily basis.

Such a damn shame what religious intolerance has turned some of you people into.

modath:
I swear i don't get it, please "break" it down in plain English, especially the "free money" part, thank you..

As in ehn! The dude is just confusing me as well- why I couldn't respond to him.

iamblisz:
@progressive01 its good to see that you supported your argument with facts but I still don't think Mr president did the right thing,.

Nigerian economy is already in recession spending such money on pilgrims( christians and muslims)will not help it but rather worsen it

A lot of businesses have closed down because of scarcity and increase in dollar, making this dollars available at this rate given to this pilgrims will do a lot of good to this businesses

Resently the Nigeria Olympics team are complaining of lack of govt support , am not saying giving them money will improve the economy but it would have made more sense than giving it to pilgrims cause I believe pilgrimage expenses should fully come from those who are interested in embarking in it.

If you understood the post well, you'd see I didn't at any point support the action- as a matter of fact, let me state it for the umpteenth time- I am totally against government sponsorship of pilgrimages whether in recession or when the economy is booming!

What I've got problem is where these people making so much noise were when those evidences I presented happened. Are they against the sponsorship simply because it involves muslims or because they care so much about the economy?? Remember, these are the same people that support NDA's dream of "grounding" our economy!! Where, you might ask, did they suddenly find their "patriotism"??

Would their submissions have been the same had this involved Christian pilgrims??

That is the problem here.

midolian:
Nigeria is in trouble, my brother...

If you ask me I'd rather the government indefinitely suspends sponsorship of these religious expeditions. Pilgrimage doesn't make any country better, neither does it make one a better Christian or Muslim.

bolaino:
This is very true. As an APC member I support what you're saying.

We need to get the facts right and set the records straight lest genuinely ignorant people are mislead by PDP's divisive propaganda.

Still waiting on you Lalasticlala.

Smh.
Una still dey answer these people??

Lalasticlala, Seun, Mynd44, I plead that this be taken to the fp for the purpose of fairness.

Thanks.


Cc: Modath, Beremx, Egift, Midolian, Seunmsg...

I'd skip the pleasantries and get right to the point of this.

Nigeria is indeed a country of boundless absurdities, most of which were "invented" and found their way to the fore just after the exit of PDP which "ruled" the country for sixteen years uninterrupted.

The oddity in the attitude of the average political commentator we see today, especially from those who pitched their tent with PDP in the last election, stem more from the fact they are predominantly Christians and can't seem to stomach the thought of being led by a Muslim.

Their party leadership spared no expense in sowing the seed of religious intolerance in the hearts of Nigerians, through their dogged sponsorship of inflammable propaganda, the fruits of which we are reaping today in no small measure.

Yesterday, it was reported the Central Bank will be subsidising the dollar for intending Hajj pilgrims, and as expected, mixed, mostly negative, reactions have trailed the announcement and as expected, those people who've sworn to ensure the president is seen by all as a religious bigot have seized the opportunity to spread their propaganda throughout print and electronic media.

Time and again, we have seen that no sooner do they launch the attacks than history comes to the rescue of Mr President.

One could fault the President on a whole lot of fronts, why not. He's a mare mortal and as such must have his own imperfections. But one thing you certainly can't call the president is "religious bigot".

Here are but a few events in the past that shed light on exactly who the religious bigot is between mr President and his accusers:

1. FG Earmarks $11million for Christian pilgrims.

The Federal Government has approved $11 million personal travelling allowance at a
subsidized exchange rate of N160 per dollar
for 13,800 persons participating in this year’s
Christian pilgrimage.

This was disclosed by the Central Bank of
Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, in a circular entitled
Year 2015 Christian Pilgrima-ge: Purchase of
Pilgrims Travelling Allowance .

It said: “The Federal Government has
approved the purchase of a maximum of
$1000 at concessionary rate of N160 to the
dollar by each intending pilgrim as personal
travel allowance.

“Consequently each pilgrim travelling to Israel
is entitled to maximum of $750, while those
going to Israel/Rome or Greece are entitled to
a maximum of $1000.”

www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/fg-approves-11m-for-christian-pilgrims/

This was done less than a year ago. An interesting part is that the maximum amount entitled to each pilgrim is the same as what we have today- $1000 and at a lower rate of N160/dollar since the naira had more value then as opposed of N197/dollar today!!

The economy wasn't really faring any better then.

Pray tell, where were the voices of these later day activists/economists when this happened??!!

2. Buhari Cancels Govt Delegation to Hajj

ABUJA - In his bid to cut cost of governments, President Mohammadu Buhari has announced that there would be no federal
government delegation for this year's hajj in
Saudi Arabia.

He however stated that the government shall
play its traditional roles of providing consular,
medical and security services to Nigerian
pilgrims.

With the decision, the government is expected to save about $1 million and N30m in local expenses.

www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/buhari-cancels-govt-delegation-to-hajj-to-save-1m/

Again, to show his "extreme love for Muslims and his disdain for Christians", mr President shelved plans to send a FG delegation to Hajj 2015. We didn't see "Christians" take over cyberspace to "condemn" this extreme demonstration of bigotry by the president.

Today, he's done for Muslims what he did for Christians and social media has literally been set on fire!!

3. FG Approves 65% Tax Waiver For Christian Pilgrims.

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Tor Uja says that the Federal Government has approved a 65 per cent tax waiver for pilgrims.

Uja made this known when the chaplaincy committee of the National Christian Centre
paid him a courtesy visit on Monday in Abuja.

He said that the waiver would go a long way to reduce the cost of the October /December pilgrimage.

www.nigeriannewspapers.today/2016/08/03/fg-approves-65-tax-waiver-for-christian-pilgrims/

This was done earlier this year under this grim economic atmosphere, yet we never heard as much as a whistle from nobody!!

These and many more instances where the FG under President M. Buhari intervened to make things a lot easier for Christian pilgrims never became major talking points- but as soon as anything is done by the president that seem to favour Muslims, who are no less citizens of this country than Christians, it becomes a huge problem- no thanks to religious bigots who think themselves Christians!

I have been going to church since I was 3 and been listening to pastors, reverend, bishops, etc, preach the word- never a day have I heard any of them extol hate or bigotry as a virtue! Nowhere in the Bible have I read such (not that I always read the bible anyway).

Where then did these Nigerian "christians" propagating this brand of "christianity" where Muslims MUST be hated get their doctrine- PDP constitution??

Myself and many other well meaning Nigerians have been advocating that government completely hands of sponsorship of pilgrimage. Man's relationship with God is their private business and must be treated as such. If one chooses to visit Mecca or Jerusalem or the Bohemian Groove or Okija Shrine to commune with their God, let them sort their expenses out themselves!! If they can't bear the cost, they should sit asses at home and pray- God is omnipresent and can hear them from wherever whenever.

PDP "apologised" for their toxic brand of politics the other day- it would do Nigeria a whole lot of good if the party called her members and supporters to order as that "apology" appears not to have registered on their minds. Heating up the polity with religion does no one no good, certainly not a party that seeks to return to the center in 3years time.

Had the constituent units of the current governing party conducted themselves in this manner when they were the major opposition parties, imagine what the country would have looked like today.

When you set the entire country ablaze, when then would be left to rule over afterwards, her ashes??

Let a word be enough for the wise.

Thank you.

Dogara, the fine criminal.
We sight you.

There are some levels of stupidity that should be made unlawful- just like this being displayed by this idiot.

Didn't they know it wouldn't "invalidate" her involvement before they said she should travel over there to "prove she isn't the one"

And these are the kind of human beings (Fayose and Lere) some people from a certain part of this country look up to for guidance and direction.

And they wonder why everyone now laugh at them...

Smh.

obailala:
Bla bla bla.. nonsense!

If you had half of the brain power or intellect you claim to have, you would have done your little assigment to see that some of the people you mentioned above actually condemn bubu when he does silly things. But then, how can you possibly exercise this sort of intellect when you still drown yourself in the sorrow and trauma of your hero losing an election over a year ago?

these guys are just so irritating. Small sense like this them no gree get.

Tufiakwa.

This isn't normal at all. There's gotta be some sort of ancestral curse somewhere.

HurtgenForest:
You must understand that some people are destined to shout 'sai baba' for the rest of their lives here on earth.

To these ones, buhari is the lord & saviour and can never be wrong.

These ones are omenka/progressive01, Obailala, aresa/arresa/aressa, vedaxcool, etc.

Some iDaft Yoots have started with their show of shame yet again. They would NEVER learn from the past.

They wake up every morning with belly aching from the hatred it's filled with and start crawling all over the place spitting venomous saliva, trying desperately to infect others with the disease which took hold of them since their stupid god lost an election.

In just a couple of months, just like they were shamed in the ambassadorial screening saga, the Ese Oruru saga, the Enugu state street hawking saga, the Enugu state HoA saga, PDP zoning saga and the countless rest of them, they will be forced to feed on their own excrement on this as well.

We saw it happen last year and I bet it will happen this time too.

Play politics with tact, wisdom and without all that emotions and bitterness- they would never listen.

Intelligent folks have been insisting from the word go government hands off sponsorship of this charade be it for Muslims or Christians. A man's relationship with their God is a personal and private affair and should remain so. Anyone who wants to go visit some shithole they call holly land ANYWHERE should do so from their pockets. Pilgrimage has never been a prerequisite for salvation anywhere in the bible or qur'an (abi how una dey spell am sef).

This nonsense propaganda from certain idiots trying desperately to paint Baba as what he isn't failed before the election when they spared no expense to do so, and it will not succeed now either. But being the idiots these people are, they'd keep on this trajectory even if it means their death because that seems to be the only armoury they've got in their arsenal.

Na una go tire.

2BB4CB3E:
Post was cool till i saw Donald (foolish) Trump
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Others might think otherwise though.

This isn't my favourite spot on the forum- most of you already know that. Regardless, I came across these interesting remarks and thought it wouldn't be such a bad idea if I shared same with Romancelanders.

A lot has been said and heard about women since the day Adam landed his bald ass on this planet- some complementary while others are critical. Nevertheless, here are my favourite collection of the 20 "truest" comments ever made regarding women, wives, or spousal relationships.

Please enjoy.



When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
~By Lee Majors


After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together.
~By Al Gore

By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
~By Socrates

Woman inspires us to great things and prevents us from achieving them.
~By Mike Tyson

The great question... which I have not been able to answer... is, "What does a woman want?
~By George Clooney

I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.
~By Bill Clinton

"Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes on Tuesdays, I go on Fridays."
~By George W. Bush

"I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years."
~By Rudy Giuliani

"There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage."
~By Michael Jordan

"I've had bad luck with all my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn’t.” The third gave me more children!
~By Donald Trump

Two secrets to keep your marriage brimming
1. Whenever you're wrong, admit it,
2. Whenever you're right, shut up.
~By Shaquille O’Neal

The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once...
~By Kobe Bryant

You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to.
~By David Hasselhoff

My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
~By Alec Baldwin

A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong.
~By Barack Obama

Marriage is the only war where one sleeps with the enemy.
~By Tommy Lee

A man inserted an 'ad' in the classifieds: "Wife wanted". Next day he received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: "You can have mine."
~By Brad Pitt

First Guy (proudly): "My wife's an angel!"
Second Guy : "You're lucky, mine's still alive."
~ By Jimmy Kimmel

“Honey, what happened to ‘ladies first’?” Husband replies, “That’s the reason why the world’s a mess today, because a lady went first!” ~By David Letterman

“First there’s the promise ring, then the engagement ring, then the wedding ring...soon after....comes SuffeRing!
~By Jay Leno

"The reason why wives live longer is because they don't have a Wife"
~By Brandon Breezy


So, what do you think?


Cc: Lalasticlala, Obinoscopy, Ferano, Rocktation.

MasterofNL:
You should face Benue state and continue your sai baba work.

I got banned for one month because of you, don't get me started on you again.

You are so good at reporting to the MODs when you head is bashed from different directions.

Get the Bleep out of my sight.

And tell your brothers to get some good education already.

You mean absolutely NOTHING to me. Don't let it get over your head I'm replying the trash you just wrote because it would be the first and last you get.

Good bye.

ukomko:
Buhari pressed the trigger button.
Or do you want to blame jonathan for this
Your nigeria will never be the same again
They are calling for restructuring now, soon they will agree for a divide.

Okay, let me guess- because Buhari "pulled the trigger", you people have to rub shiit all over your face daily just to achieve what exactly

Can't you see you are fast becoming a laughing stock in Nigeria??

Beremx:
it's so shameful that Biafra media outlets are the ones spreading lies about Aisha Buhari's visit to U.S.

I wonder how some of you guys cope with the shame. Just look at the embarrassment these guys bring your way daily.

This is nothing but madness borne out of hate.

EasternActivist:
We can never remain in perpetuality.

Why do you guys generally have such terrible diction??

What exactly are you trying to say here?? Na wa oo!!

How do you people manage to come "top" by region in WAEC exams??

Smh.

Hain!! Just when you think you've seen the worst of their stupidity, they knock you out with yet another exclusive.

Feel so sorry for intelligent Igbos. The shame and disgrace these urchins bring them must be very hard to bear.

Too many bad news for Samsung Flatron LCDs this beautiful cold morning.
What the heck is going on??

Damn bloggers.

What I do when I see such stories is that I juts blacklist the blog. I don't like being fed with stupid lies.

So, the traffic you aim to attract to your site publishing such bullcrap has just been depleted by 1unit/click.

Edit:

So, they came back to change the source to naij.com and add a few more lies to the story to make it seem like an "anti-igbo" trend.

What a shame.

Una for kuku say na Buhari and him government dey responsible for the drugs wey una brothers and sisters dey sell the world over.

Nonsense.

I didn't say anything!

This minister of works is indeed a working minister.
Godspeed.

I feel ashamed over this news.
This is utterly preposterous.

Even their die-hard supporters think otherwise, hence their abstinence from this thread.

Mumu people.

TippyTop:
[s]They should leave Dr Jonathan alone. When there's problem in Zambia the AU calls Johnny boy, if it's Tanzania they call Jonathan, Congo nko na Dr J.
Haba!
Allow the man to rest na. [/s]

Shut up. You are highly disappointed over your Hero's position but too ashamed to admit it.

Jonathan is a very dull man who's only right decision ever was one phone call.

#WeStandWithSheriff.

Jonathan called Boko Haram his siblings and said he can't send the army to wipe them (his family) out unlike Baba is currently doing.

It is no surprise then he's chosen to throw his weight behind their founder and financier.

May the gentle soul of Azazi keep resting in peace.

Okay.

Yesterday I urged some people to apply wisdom when talking on this board after the Enugu state govt. banned street hawking given how they reacted when Ambode did same- apparently they didn't heed that advice.

You guys are too damn emotional to talk politics- too fvcking naïve.

The Op says Severe Hardship Under Buhari As Women Sell (sic) Unborn Chiild For 100,000. Apparently, Buhari is to blame for this according to him.

Now, here's my question:

How much hardship was there when hundreds of children were being sold in the South East under Jonathan's regime??

From this logic, can we also blame Jonathan for the hundreds of children that were sold under his administration??

Some people are just incredibly dull.

Fkforyou:
The write up is incoherent, whether from the top to the bottom or vice versa.

I really don't get it myself. Bottom to top doesn't make ANY SENSE to me.

Can someone help me out here??

Hardworking honest Igbos would be wondering why these people keep bringing shame and ridicule to them.