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When is AEDC joining this group. N5,000 a day minimum on electricty is ridiculous.

Should have gone to Atletico. Laliga is a better league. higher quality, lengthens the careers of footballers and offers them better resale value.

Moreover Inter is in transition period after their coach left to Saudi and the lack of present stability poses a risk to new players.

With Atletico on the other hand you have one of the longest serving coaches in Europe of a team that regularly plays for trophies including the UCL so you know exactly what you get.

Amudeneogu:
So there are thieves in Europe, I think only in Nigeria we have thieves.

France is the burglary capital of western Europe. Too much depravity there resulting from having too many colonies they could not develop.

And the port City of Marseille, Platini's beloved home town is the import terminal for these stragglers. The crime there is eye watering.

Just like a man bearing too many children he cannot cater for then thinking his prized Mercedes in the garage won't have a screwdriver applied to it sooner than later.

DiamondsAreFore:
https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/2083863/Michel-Platini-trophies-medals-stolen-home-invasion

Are there no banks around to stash your treasures Mr. Platini. This is very unwise. Now no insurance in this world can replace those items that would have commanded significant value in time.

.... And who are the 'Men in Black' hanging over his shoulder.... Are they the umpires or championship observers.... hahahaha....politricks never changes

And that is how they rate the people that elect them elect them. They owe them nothing, no explanation. They say, "get lost with your mandate, I'm going somewhere else"....

Because it has always been about them. Elections are about the politicians, not the people. No vision, no mission, no ideology, nothing except winning elections and cornering resources.... not enough reason for me to get a PVC and stand on line to elect any one of them.

Amarachieze:
This is the kind of political leaders a dysfunctional system produces. Uneducated-half-literate governor

Abeg, help me understand this ....
How the system we call democracy simply cannot generate the best leadership, i.e the best heading the worst of us.

KillahPriest:
There's a Mafia vs Aiye confra war taking place in Edo state right now and all reports concerning killings in that state recently point to that war. The governor hasn't said anything apart from blaming Obi for a matter that doesn't concern him instead of taking the initiative of donating monies to other schools or upgrading their infrastructure at once so his political enemies won't "disgrace" him again. Edo state really fell off by voting in this crass and uncouth fellow

There must be something fundamentally wrong with our democracy when the popularity of an elected official plummets even before the ink of his acceptance signature dries.

I just don't understand what makes us champions, skilled artists at shooting ourselves in the foot.

It is like a serial divorcee enamoured by his own character flaws and completely oblivious to his failings.

Exemplary rapport between Mr. Atiku and Mr. Obi. Competed together, competed against one another yet remain civil and cordial.

They should find a way to do more of the former for the sake of Nigeria's flagging democracy.

These are the stats that good governance will react to, take up as a challenge and establish a whole industrial enterprise to tackle.

What does it take that we don't have.
Kogi alone has enough raw materials to make millions of wc suites a year.for private facitoes.

Akwa Ibom has/had a smelting company that could be extended to fabricate thousands of aluminum suites for public facilities.

We have rubber, plastics, abundant raw materials for various accessories and most of all Nigeria is not a desert. We have more than enough water resources to service and maintain sanitary facilities.

Just the vision, resolve an tact that is patently lacking. And of course poor quality citizenship that tolerates it.

Even a whole city, our supposed pride has no public rest rooms in the maaterplan.

You have streets, traffic lights, gardens, etc but not a single quality rest room facility one can claim is pre designed into the infrastructure of the city. None.

Only deal with people that have a lot to lose, period. What do you expect of a city hosting 20 million people on a piece of land no bigger than a barge.... of course many will be thrown off.

yommen:
His only legacy! It's a very shameful you can still blarb when it is Soludo that is now really giving Anambra good roads. Do you Very shameless people. Do yo

In principle, investing in the tools that generate income is sound governance. Yes, infrastructure is important but looking at that list, imagine what it will be if those private concerns were not paying tax, the government will have zero IGR.

But while we are saying government should not own banks or breweries, investing in enterprises to create them and then receive taxation or royalty from them is sound economics.

Soludo may build all the roads in the world but when they are due for maintenance he will need revenue to do that. Then the question will be, why are there not more companies paying tax.

What we should be saying is why did Obi not invest much more and in many more companies. You can imagine what the IGR will be by now.

Yes we all want blanket social investments in roads, schools and hospitals to give the public fish to eat, but it is even more imperative to invest in fishing nets.

Tjra:
Revenue from FirstBank alone is worth more than the brewery almost 5 times.

Just imagine how developed Anambra would have been had Obi given priority to critical sectors of the economy.

If private institutions can generate this much, then imagine how much more the state would make if he made the state very conducive for more companies to clock in.

Government have no business investing in private businesses, just basic amenities and critical infrastructures and watch the private sectors do their magic.

This is absolutely ignorant talk. Or perhaps a hash of the famous saying of which the correct iteration is: 'Government has no business running a business'.

Government running, owning enterprises has always been a no, no in these parts for reasons that have been over flogged.

However Government should absolutely be at the forefront of investing in enterprise. As a matter of fact it does so on a daily basis and in Nigeria this constitutes a substantial part of our GDP, through the infamy I call 'Contracting'.

When government builds roads, rail lines, water projects, hospitals, schools, etc, it is investing in the companies that execute these, often public and private owned enterprises.

What government should do in addition to this particularly in a depressed economy such as ours presently is to invest in sectors that can stimulate job and enterprise creation particularly those enterprises that deliver import substitution to help support the naira and sectors that produce goods and services of extensive demand to help reign in inflation.

The key here is that once these enterprises are seeded and grounded then government sells them off, recovers it's investment and moves onto the next fallow ground.

This is how the great economies of the West and East launched out. Name them. The great global brands. They all either had government seeding, patronage or subsidies to become global giants. From Volkswagen to Hyundai to Tesla/Space X.

So meaning that government has no business in business does not exist anywhere on earth. Rather say, government has no business running businesses then I would agree to that.

MrGerald:
He did not win top scorer in the 3 world cups, infact he only played fully in one final, it was one of his amazing teammates that won some of the mvp, top scorer etc

True that.
Pele was not about the volume of play, the number of goals. His style of play could not guarantee the huge statistics of this day. His play was about effect, impact, decisiveness. What we call today a big game player.

Remember that at that time football was a amateur sport in parts of the world and players were about the love of the game unlike today where they play a lot of games because commerce and financial rewards dictate that.

So it is unreasonable and difficult to compare eras in soccer or any venture of life. And just as opinion is split as to whether the world is getting better or worse, the debate will continue as to whether these legends are.

judewrites:
Pele had the greatest publicity in his days....even till now.

But if you ask me, Ronaldo and Messi are greater than him.

Not entirely true. In terms of publicity Europe had all the cards and they promoted their players to the world media. Pele only significantly came to light because of the world cups and his publicity came mainly after the 62 world cup.

When you take a trophy from Europe twice in a row they sit up. And that was why by the next world cup special plans were made for Pele at England 66 to ensure he did not get anywhere near the finals.

Today you can get a lot of views of his world cup exploits but not many on his club works with Santos.

That man could have easily won 5 world cups if not for fate and injuries.

aribisala0:
FUN FACT

During the time of Pele the ball was about 500 grammes heavier and made of leather . When it rained the football in those days would soak water and become even heavier.

Yeah, I remember those old school balls made of real leather. They only lighten up with age but air pressure made them dangerous to kick then.

Boots, shin pads, everything was much more bulky and heavier then so it grew enormous calves and thigh muscles in pros.

judewrites:
Definitely, Pele isn't the greatest anymore, but he's preferred by many because he was the first outstanding footballer on the world scene.

No he wasn't. There were great footballers before him even in his native Brazil.

richmond500:
I watched videos of Pele, Pele was great but I'll still choose Messi and ronaldo.
Pele didn't have many strong rival like M10 or Cr7 in his days, also football rules weren't this hard and skills weren't this refined during Pele time.

The duo dominated when Benzema, scholes, De bryne, Xavi, Pique, Ramos etc were on the pitch with crazy passes and crazy tackles.
When it comes to dribble, there is no one that existed on this planet that does it better than Ankara messi

It is about information and perspective.
Just say that it was not in your time, that's all.

But when folks say there were no dribblers, no this, no that, I just laugh.

Spare a thought for the rules which give players of this time so much liberty and equally say that these days there are no more defenders.

Because when watching the world cups of the 50's, 60's and 70's I don't think our present heros would survive the sheer brutality of the game, one of the reasons why careers are much longer now and players typically survive 50, 60 game seasons.

It takes special skills and attention to detail to objectively compare eras.

Feudal nation. He wept because his fiefdom was taken away. Sounds like some emperor of antiquity in some medieval bedtime story land.

The last time I checked who governs the councils are none of his business. And if he cannot tolerate Federal meddling in his state why is he sobbing about the truncating of his vision for a greater Osun empire.

When we are ready for proper democracy wake me up and I will gladly make a beeline for the nearest INEC office to get a voter's card.

Most of the original cast members have passed on. The programs have evolved in diversity to lean in LGBTQ issues and lately the Trump administration has moved to cut funding to the PBS which includes icons such as VOA - Voice of America.

Can we all say an adieu....

Just imagine what I am reading here.

What kind of sick, feudal country is this, filled with poor quality citizens led like cattle such that their tin gods 'deliver' them and their votes to the slaughter house of cyclic maladministration.

What the hell do they mean by 'deliver'. I have never heard such disgusting assertions. How can an individual lay claim to 'deliver' what should be the sacred electoral mandate of another person. What kind of nonsense talk is this.

Have the citizens of this country reduced themselves to such nothingness that a fellow man can package their hearts, minds and wills to 'deliver' to some two bit politician like some online Amazon shopping.

Just disgusting the level to which we have sunk. Who can dare say this in any sane society and not get severely tongue lashed by the public and then ejected at the next electoral bus stop.

Starpro87:
Aso Rock clinic is utopian entity.
It doesn't exist.

It exists. I've been there many times. But believe me you will not see these figures quoted on the ground.

higgs:
Despite the level of political bickering in the US,all American presidents use American hospitals including Trump.What are Nigerian presidents afraid of? [author=Hammylawali post=136107931]

Hypocrisy will kill most you. Why since 2015 and not 1999?..
No be the same aso rock all president stay?..
Let me tell you, most of them won’t use these hospitals even if it brand new because they don’t trust our medical personnel to be confidential and also most personnel can be bought. Make dem no go give one president injection and claim medical error when the deed has been done. Let’s be wise my people, it’s a deliberate decision not to use Nigerian hospitals until we reach a state where we can trust each other to do what’s right!.

Why since 2015...?
Because this government has been in power since 2015 if you can remember.

When people critique government they find the seam between the old and new governments and start there, because they made the choice for 'change' and voted out the old believing the new will be better.

Don't know about you but some folks still think when they vote it means something and not just changing government for changing sake, that is to fulfill hwir sentiments or fantasy.

wellmax:
Aso rock clinic is not only for the president and family.

It is also for the over 1500 civil servants working in and around Aso Villa.

Yes, for all the people, the attendants, the supporting acts, everyone except the very person who is the landlord of the Villa, the person for which the hospital was built, the official occupant.

See how the mentality of citizenship shapes the experiences of everyone.

I suppose the kitchen in my house serves everyone, the gardner, the maids, the maiguard, the drivers, everyone except me cos I go out to eat all my meals.

The black man is sworn to feudalism.

I remember the funny news of the East African country minister that reportedly gave birth abroad because she feared her staff getting an eyefull of her bummy.

Then you just wonder where and how the late Queen Elizabeth gave birth to all her kids now Kings and Princes. People that are indeed deeply private, conservative and reserved.

frog12:
and you believe this man? he is trying to kill the new refineries and maintain monopoly.

are you telling me the ministry of petroleum allow for this bloated figures for many years?
then you only need 1 refinery to meet daily consumption. the PH refinery is enough

So is it the government you believe. A government that doesn't have solid population data, oil production and export data and even disputed economic performance data.

You only need to understand the relationship between energy consumption and development or economic growth.

The better your economy the higher your consumption generally so it is counterintuitive to imagine an economy declining from about 2014 till date to have a constant or even increasing energy consumption over that time period.

Most folks I know are consuming a lot less petroleum products than they did a few years ago and until the economy, revenues and disposable incomes improve I don't see that changing.

Softmirror:
A lot more people are investing into the oil sector as a matter of fact.

With this news their investments at this point are no more than speculative if indeed the market is not really there.

If Nigeria has no crude to give them and Nigerian demand is really not as much as previously speculated then what.

The only hope will be for an improved economy which will mean higher demand but creditors are unlikely to gamble on that.

Kalulu44:
Who else noticed west Africa always dominates African football both male and female. 4 west Africa from the 8 quarter finalist

The rest of Africa had a headstart over the north due to cultural reservation reasons but those Arab countries are fast catching up and when you watch them play lately you can begin to see quality technics in their patterns.

It will not be long before they begin to dominate the continental female game just as their male and clubside counterparts particularly as early starters to the African game namely Nigeria, Cameroun, Ghana, Zambia and even two time champions Equatorial Guinea are not improving.

I watched the Nigerian girls play a while after a game involving Morocco and a game in the female Euros and the differences were stark. Our girls were really poor. Whether it is down to coaching or the players themselves I really don't know.

But having won the trophy so many times it was a disappointment.

Softmirror:
Dangote is already exporting his crude product off shore to other countries.

What about other refineries in the pipeline.
What will their creditors say when they hear such news. That perhaps there is no real market for their works.

Remember that already Nigeria cannot supply enough crude for Dangote thoughtless of other works in the pipeline so it will not make any sense to import crude only to export products.

There is far too much global competition for that. Remember the premise of onshore refining of Nigerian crude was local consumption not export.

Wow...just wow.

See what corruption has cost this country.
Even proper, righteous enterprises are not spared from its insidious fallout.

I hope this corrupt distortion of data was not the premise of Dangote going all out for a 650kbpd refinery.

That will be an overkill and until he can get other markets, perhaps a waste of resources.

Now of what effect is the real data on other investments in the pipeline by other enterprises....

PS. Are we sure we are actually up to 200 million citizens.

Gaabasky:
One of the things that can never happen to us. We are too aggressive for someone to be a live President

What is your Jagaban.
Is he not a maxim leader.
Must authoritarianism sit on your head before you see it.

Who is in charge of the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary...

As a test is there ANYTHING ordered by this restaurant patron that has not been delivered.... orders, laws, bills, judgements, ways and means, programs, projects, etc.

Have you given it a thought as to the real difference between the powers that Biya of Cameroun or Museveni of Uganda has and your leader here in Nigeria....and what this unchecked, unbridled but growing powers can lead to...

Democracy remains an exercise of eternal vigilance, vigilance to ensure the cage of the tiger remains underlock and key.

Unfortunately while most citizens slept this country has drifted into exactly what is happening across the eastern border.

owobokiri:
Most of them are brainwashed by Western propaganda. They see themselves as inferiors. Very incapable of any sort of independent thinking..
You made a valid point, but watch him argue and argue and argue.

It is the same in everything. I once pointed out to someone here that to all intent and purposes, Britain is still a monarchy. I mean if Britain was situated in Africa, her political system with the unelected King/Queen/House of Lords abilities to overrule the verdict of elected Parliament, she would be considered as being undemocratic and retrogressive... Come and see as a fellow Nigerian was busy defending the British monarchy as vintage democracy.

I pointed out to a Nigerian here that most Chinese construction companies in Nigeria are government owned and are highly profitable ventures for China. He wouldn't listen. As far as he is concerned, government ownership of companies is bad. America has said it so it must be! But is there any Chinese bank that is as profitable and efficient as The Bank of China?

They will tell you that "the worst democracy is better than the best military rule".., what unreserched outburst. Which democratic government in this country has been good to Nigerians and effective in developing the country as the military regimes in say Libya, Egypt, Spain, South Korea, Brazil or even Burkina Faso here?

So what is the problem in Africa or Nigeria.
Where democrats seek to act as kings.
Where State owned companies have turned to personal estates of whosoever is in government.
Where military dictators are themselves lightning rods for counter coups.

The common denominator is the people. It is the people that are not able to feather the state of their corporate existence, are not able to come together to chart a corporate future.

The people, the people are responsible for whatever situation they face because no one man can elevate himself into power then entrench himself perpetually without the direct support of one half of a populace and the ambivalence of the other half.

Much of Africa just does not have qualitative populations in specific demographic areas. We just cannot see beyond aged cultural boundaries and in more recent times religious fault lines. Lines which these one eyed men exploit to retain power in perpetuity.

The black man's nature lends itself to pure and unadulterated feudalism. A thought process that just cannot forge prosperous, viable societies.

We may make mockery of the people of the Cameroun but take a thought for this country where a certain state has been ruled by a certain individual since 1999, that is 26 years encounting and perhaps till death.

What is the result. Cameroun is made in the image of Biya, good, bad or ugly, who knows but certainly a glass ceiling had been set over that nation with no hope whatsoever of rising above it.