₦airaland Forum

Thebachelor:
That's the problem. Unfortunately,none of us have crystal balls. We'd never know until we try. But hey,we can be optimistic.

quite true and rightly so

Thebachelor:
l see your point. But have you looked at it from this perspective,that with true federalism - allowing each state to exploit its own potentials - there will be a higher propensity for every ''Jack and Jill'' to migrate back to their state of origin.

Say,for example,Nasarawa state (home of solid minerals) decides to establish solid minerals industries that will engage in the extraction of these minerals and transforming them into finished goods. These industries will attract Nasarawa state indigenes back home as they will be better off offering their services to their states than rendering it else where.

The same thing is applicable to other states because every ''Jack and Jill'' will most likely run to their states and seek out the available opportunities. So contrary to what you assumed,fiscal federalism will reduce the number of non-indigenes flocking to the southwest in general and Lagos in particular.

wow to be frank I never saw it that way and yeah you do have a point.
but how are you sure other states will even make an effort?.

Thebachelor:
Can you pls explain how state of residency will be detrimental to the Southwest in a true federalism?

And on what basis did you deduced that the Southwestern region will ''be FAR better'' (in ur words) than other regions if true federalism is in play?

Any jack and Jill can up and leave his region and tomorrow become a south westerner, this in itself isn't the problem, the problem comes about when you take into account that the south west has more chance of being better than other regions and hence numerous jacks and Jill up and leave their region to ours
On what basis; statistics and history and well statistics again, what stats you might be wondering, well look up the economic index, economic viability, economic diversification and GDP per capital, human development index, poverty rate, anarchy level, literacy rate, ease of doing business, religious tolerance, and etcetera

Kingspin:
I dont think regionalism will remove indigenship, so state by state can be more flexible on it.

did you mean federalism?
if that is what you meant, then perhaps they do live it but there are still other issues to it like the federal police and the executive powers of the President.

lionshare:
Lets be objective. If you were the Governor of say...Lagos State. Which would you prefer?

The one that gives you enough data so you can plan, make assumptions and projections or the one that gives almost zilch to work with?

I will prefer regionalism as it will actually give Lagos and and Ogun state a chance to help other states in the region.

SuperS1Panther:
Thank you OP.

The State of Residence is a fraud, that some people from gully eroded land want to use to run away from their land. SAY NO STATE OF RESIDENCE. The same people will not even allow others to own a shop on their own land, talk less of land for building. This is the reason why SS people do not give C of O.

Accepting State of Residence is as good as committing cultural and political suicide. Out of all the other regions, SW will be the greatest loser if the nonsense State of Residence is adopted.

We must insist on Regionalism and not Federalism with the existing states.

exactly my thoughts.

LoveMachine:
This is interesting. Would you mind going more in depth on border control?

Well its simple there is more border control between regions than states take for instance Ghana, its regions have their own police force and all other security forces without interference from the centre due to the large absence of a federal force, this grants them greater leeway and larger berth to enact regional laws to the regions interest; laws like loitering, ownership of properties, eligibility to contest for office, workers pass, etc of course the laws of freedom of movement can not be nullified but laws can be enacted to make it excruciatingly difficult to misuse/overuse it.
But in federalism with the federal force; which the Hausa-fulani will fill by themselves by the way, and the executive power of the president, the laws of the states can be overturned to suit the centres whims and wishes, for instance USA.

With the recent spate of calls for true federalism from several quarters of the country, I took it pertinent to research its implication for the south west and I was not impressed.
There was one thing it required which should never be allowed to see the light of day; namely State of residency.
Federalism requires state of residency over the state of origin now used, as a Yoruba man this is tantamount to us committing suicide, imagining the massive immigration(invasion) into our region send shivers down my spine; seeing as it will most likely be far better than all other regions.
To this end I feel that regionalism will favour us south westerners seeing as it allows border control to a large extent, abi ki le ro (or what do you guys think).
cc: lalasticlala

mazimee:
Lagos also seems to be competing with Kenya

majorly due to over population

989900:
How has he done the part in bold?


As an aside, Russia is territorially the largest country on earth -- twice the size of the US.

at the Russia reference; reveals just how ignorant these wankers are innit

cap28:
all good quotes but he never said I'll fck u till u love me, that was mike tyson. Ali never used profanity in public.

sorry I had always thought he said it.

psalmsjob:
You've met him already.... These words of his you just quoted lives on and they're him.

you are right though, in a way I've met the substance in him through his words.

GOAT;
GREATEST OF ALL TIME

"Impossible is nothing"

"The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see. Float like
a butterfly, sting like a bee! Rumble, young man,
rumble!"

"I ain't draft dodging. I ain't burning no flag. I ain't
running to Canada. I'm staying right here. You want to
send me to jail? Fine, you go right ahead. I've been in
jail for 400 years. I could be there for 4 or 5 more, but I
ain't going no 10,000 miles to help murder and kill other
poor people. If I want to die, I'll die right here, right
now, fightin' you, if I want to die. You my enemy, not
no Chinese, no Vietcong, no Japanese. You my opposer
when I want freedom. You my opposer when I want
justice. You my opposer when I want equality. Want me
to go somewhere and fight for you? You won't even
stand up for me right here in America, for my rights and
my religious beliefs. You won't even stand up for my
right here at home. "

My most loved Alli's quotes
Live on Muhammad Ali
Live on in our minds and heart
Wish I could have met you.

irunooboo:
The real terrorist are IPOB and Niger Delta Avengers. The fulanis only attack farmers for grazing their cattle while the IPOB and Avengers attacks oil installations which affects the economy and electricity.

are you sure you are alright

kenonze:
U will

u get curves for body well a oh

fiftynaira:
And you belive in these threat?

there is no smoke without a semblance of fire

fiftynaira:
7. Don't say, do, or THREATEN to do anything that's detrimental to the security, success, or reputation of Nairaland. (Nigeria)

I feel the mods re giving Attention too much, cause many persons including me got to knw abt NDA through NL, mods should not put things up that have an adverse effect on the unity of the country... I can feel the pains and fears of a young Nigerian or even non Nigerian who is about to travel to ph via air plane on tuesday 7.... let's put him/her in our shoes how would they feel?.... mods if u don't know 10 out every 8Nigerian is either a guest or a member of NL.. let's try and be a little bit more careful esp on issues concerning FP more so on security issues... cos I see no reason why a member who bearly has spent up to a week as a member would be only opening and commenting "only" about NDA!

so they should hide the information and watch as people become collateral damages?

temptnow:
hahahaha

you do know those are Hausa's killing Igbo's, pretty ironic considering you are most probably igbo

ariesbull:
Black man black sense
Thank God igbo man no get this time

Which tribe again dey dress like that monkey with that machine

so e-money na Yoruba abi

nextstep:
Sigh… I appreciate your post, but I must say I find it patronizing. Nigeria (and the world), is full of people who are "extremely intelligent, enterprising, and if you will agree with me technologically savvy.", and I feel that to single out a subgroup does a disservice to everybody else.

patronising how so?
every group has what they are generally good at, for Igbo's ; entrepreneurship, e.t.c, for Yoruba's; finance, eduction, e.t.c, for the Hausa-fulani ; politics, military service, e.t.c. and so on, so me saying the are generally good at so and so, is no disservice to others as it is sadly just my attempt at generalization and does not change the fact that individuals from other groups can be just as good or even better.

SWG25:
C'mon! That's not Lagos. What part of Lagos is that?

Lagos island mostly looks like that.

Danfuster:
you are a disgrace to your existence, trying to hide under the guise of ethnicity and taking advantage of this awesome thread with the intent to turn it into another e-war battle ground is just pathetic and shameful.

I do not care where you're from or which tribe you are cos your individual ilk is inconsequential.

NB: I would implore all mature Nairalanders to ignore this person as I have saved us the trouble of pleasuring him

I apologize if I came out wrong, now that I read through my comment I have realised it was a tad too tribalistic.
I did not mean to insult any ethnic group as I have profound respect for the Igbo's as they are extremely intelligent, enterprising, and if you will agree with me technologically savvy.
I have corrected my post as I duly apologise for coming out wrong.

Danfuster:
you are a disgrace to your existence, trying to hide under the guise of ethnicity and taking advantage of this awesome thread with the intent to turn it into another e-war battle ground is just pathetic and shameful.

I do not care where you're from or which tribe you are cos your individual ilk is inconsequential.

NB: I would implore all mature Nairalanders to ignore this person as I have saved us the trouble of pleasuring him

funny I bare my soul out and I am a tribalist

I have a very practical and proved idea on building better and much more efficient solar panels, but the problem is I don't know how to build a prototype, in fact I don't know how to build anything and this has always been my problem, I wish I was technologically savvy.

Bishops10:
If you are a christian,haven't you read in the scriptures where it is boldy written that "..a woman will leave her father's house to her husbands own and they shall be one forever"


Don't quote me again if you don't have a strong opposition..You're weak as PDP

did you not see my other post

Bishops10:
And the husband is...?

And by the way I don't believe she really meant that from her heart, it was probably more of her trying to claim Nigerian-ness in a way so she could probably be more loved by him.
Colombians are well known racist
By the way when the stink hits the fan I have more in common with him than with her.

Bishops10:
And the husband is...?

you did not say biafran man you said biafran couple

Bishops10:
Biafran Couples

his wife is actually a proud Colombia yoruboid white, she said so herself that she was an oduduwa descendant when she visited the ooni of life.

ValerianSteel:
I'd shoot you if I could right now

But I won't cause am civilized and not a backward piece of shiit like you are.I take your comment in good faith.

Nicely done a lot of this dudes lack common sense and are not worth arguing wuth.
Most have been denied Visa's multiple times.

AZeD1:
People seem to forget that nature abhors vacuum.
The NDA might think they are making a statement, they actually don't know they are helping the country get off oil.

wrong nature does not abhor vacuum, vacuum is filled when there is something to fill it, without any substance to fill it, it remains a vacuum look at the universe for instance.

lordkhalifa:
I'm not referring 2 anyone nah....

okay oh if you say so

lordkhalifa:
uncle are we quarreling

why will you be calling people roaches