₦airaland Forum

Maize247:
Nobody should blame you but your coach for allowing you in just to come and play penalty having being on the bench till almost the end of the match. No matter how good the lady is with penalty. The mind, leg and the body is not active at the important time. That penalty must be his second or third touches of the game. What a stupid coach

Good spot.
It is like taking a car out of storage for a long journey. Anything you see you take.

I have often said that in professional sports form is everything. Ask pro punters. Sentiment is the father of failure. The best man on the say generally wins. The hottest players on the pitch should take the spot kicks.

rajiedreez:
Make una dey take style publish articles that will trigger the interest and anger of the Generals ,if anything happens we go follow see am.

You fear because you know the present government is vastly unpopular no thanks to shady elections and that their lukewarm governance so far is not a warm blanket to console all an sundry.

What we always tell you folks is that a working democracy in deed has no foe. When leadership in particular plays by the rules they have no concern whatsoever.

Interact with the people always, make them part of your decision making, share their pains, make the country work for them and you will sleep with two eyes closed.

Or you think the armed forces are insulated from the cost of living crises, insecurity hurting their families back home and you must know that by their profession and place in society, they of all people have the details of who is doing what with their collective wealth.

So abeg in the interest of self preservation tell your principals to lead this nation aright.

Only restructuring will put an end to that.
Only restructuring will separate institutions from the ravages of bigotry and crass sentiment.

ImperialYoruba:
OP, this is poor journalism.

Beside Ministers, there are Ambassadorial appointments, MDs, Chairmen, Directors.

Stop exploiting vulnerable minds with junk reporting.

But that is where he should have sent most of his 'loyalists' leaving Ministerial positions to people who he can actually fire aka technocrats.
Yes, that is the definition of a technocrat in a democracy.

A person that works with facts and figures. That lives or dies by the numbers. Who's performances and productivity are based purely on metrics, i.e it can be measured and assessed over a set period of time.

As opposed to a politician who can sell sand to Arabs, snow to Eskimos and bullcrap to the hapless citizens of this country as to why IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

These are the people needed in this dire period in Nigeria's history and the only guarantee that Mr. Tinubu has of a successful tenure.
We don't want to hear the familiar:

'.... it is not Mr. President's fault.....IT IS THE PEOPLE SURROUNDING HIM...
Na you dey talk now say other positions dey....

Where democracy works, leadership/government sits down with industry and exchanges ideas on how to raise productivity, how to develop the sector and how to ensure sustainability. But in these parts it is individuals and interest groups often completely detached from these struggling industries and sectors that determine what, how and who gets relief.

The products as we have seen over many years and regimes and highlighted by the past government is the huge losses to the state of resources on phantom projects, phony interventions and corruption riddled handouts.

But with a citizenry that does not demand accountability the nation has been condemned to repeat its errors. And here we are. The Buhari era failed type of incentives/palliatives over again.

So instead of giving out cash or kind that will certainly be mismanaged, diverted or stolen, a better idea will be for government to use whatever resource it has to seed the establishment of an enterprise(s) that will see to the mechanization of agricultural production and make farmers and cooperatives shareholders. The enterprise can then buy agricultural machinery to increase output of farmers and build food processing and storage facilities which subscribers can hire.

The problem with the economy is inflation. It is not a lack of capital. Farmers like other producers are not saying they have NO money. So handouts is not the basic solution to their problem. The problem we all have is the CAPACITY to produce caused by inflation. People are no longer able to produce enough to remain in business. So the 'palliatives' should be administered to raising productivity and in all 'bricks and mortar' sectors which includes agriculture this means mechanization.

Trigger enterprises that mechanize agriculture and make farmers shareholders in this enterprise and that is all the sector needs to succeed.

Kukutente23:
Stop advertising your ignorance
The president MUST seek the approval of NASS before he can declare war or deploy troops outside Nigeria. So says the constitution

Moreover 'war' costs a lot of money that is never budgeted for which will have to be appropriated.
The recession the country experienced in the 90's was as a result of misappropriation for the ECOMOG operations on the west coast.
Nigeria has not recovered till date.

Good spread of African representatives from the north, central and southern parts of Africa and incidentally all three representatives are playing their colonial masters in the round of 16 with South Africa playing the Dutch, Nigeria facing England and Morocco facing France.

And with South Africa trailing late on to the Netherlands the signs are clear.
That this continent is still in the shadows.
Many, many decades later.

theophorus:
This matter no just clear at all.

How Nigeria take owe Mr. Ted? Which legal illegality he legalize for we country?
Abeg who dey Government when dem do that deal?

Questions dey ooo, make Mr. Ted show face.

This is what I was saying on another post. Nigerians never ever know what is happening in their country. No matter how harmful it. No one is interested. It is just a pity. Never seen such hapless peoples.

The citizens of this country MUST rise up from indolence, ignore those who are content with hailing in feudal ignorance and start directing the affairs of governance by learning what real development in a democracy entails.

So they can challenge the status quo with intelligence and be able to call out and critique misdirection and maladministration immediately it is spotted. If not we will continue to be ridden like an ass in Nigeria.

No one else but the already impoverished common man is going to pay this debt. A debt he knows nothing about. A debt he did not take and for whatever.purpose he does not know.

How does this kind of thing happen except in a banana republic with candy, kindergarten citizens who are not interested in how or where they are going in life.

So shameful.

omooba969:
Nigerians are a special breed.

It is so annoying. The office of the citizen is top of the democratic tree. The boss is not going to experiment with his business. He makes every effort to get the best hands and directs their skills to the target. Anything short and the exit door will be opened.

Nigerians will just be playing kalo kalo with their lives. Because they will not get the best into office and will not conduct interviews to hear what these fellows intend to bring to the table, facts and figures, schemes and plans to change their lives.

When a man is appointed to government office because he has a new, novel idea, a tangible specialty hitherto absent, a trouble shooting pedigree then it is sure he will deliver when he is interviewed and his offerings critiqued.

Nationhood is a partnership between leadership and folliwership. The citizens play an active role and are not mere audiences watching to see the outcome of the movie.

seunmsg:
Despite all the nonsense he said in the past, I still want him to be a minister. Folks like him have always portrayed others as incompetent, corrupt and undeserving of public offices. Now that he has been nominated as a minister and member of the Federal executive council, let’s see what he will do differently. He must perform exceptionally without excuses.

'Lets see' is the terminology of experimentation, the cry of vulnerability.

It is hard to live in a nation with citizens of such low esteem that cannot take charge of their destinies but are condemned to trial and error just because of feudal inclinations.

When will Nigerians be sure of their choices. When will Nigerians guide and drive their government to sure destinations like citizens of other nations do.

taylor88:
Doctors and nurses are leaving

Now the almighty Glaxosmithkline has left after 51yrs

By the end of 2025 we will be left with native doctors and Dr. igodo koko cleansers

EBola Tinubu the tax collector is actually working

Abi you no dey feel am?

Hahahahaha..... funny you...
Poor fellows. They sell Ventolin but still couldn't brrrrreathe....

Nigeria is a feudal society, not a proper democracy and together with the rest of black Africa has strong patriarchal tendencies in its DNA.

A radio commentator this afternoon was lamenting about the way citizens address the President, suggesting that if a child addressed his father that way the father is not obliged to answer out is perceived disrespect..... in his wisdom an elected President is like a father and the citizen is like the child that in his words, 'does not know what it takes to raise the family.'. So by implication the citizenry is supposed to be juvenile is thought and childish in behaviour.

That is the mindset of the average Nigerian. So low, so slow.
They cannot distinguish between a ruler and a leader, the latter being the hallmark of democracy where leaders are merely first amongst equals as opposed to autocracies, monarchies or other totalitarian regimes.

It is all about ignorance.

BoldBrainz:


PDP get bad mouth sha!
But seriously, for APC to have appointed Ganduje as their National Chairman, feels like a really unfortunate choice. That man has no political value, even in his home state. One is left to wonder what bases the APC considered to have adorned him with their toga of leadership.

As usual a compromised fellow is nothing but an institutional puppet. That is how it works in Nigeria since the time of IBB. He will dance to whoever holds his 'file' on ice.

Anyday he has a contrary, independent opinion in favour of the greater good he will be blackmailed, simple.

That is the vicious cycle of corruption that has held this nation captive for decades.

They are lucky that the weather was good. In serious storms they will not stand a chance on that rudder. The forces will simply tear them apart.

slawomir:
Damnnn niggar
Miscreants...Recycling of old thieves
I copied the below write up from somewhere...please give it a Deep Thought

In 2006,the EFCC Chairman Nuhu Ribadu, before the Senate, listed 5 govs as the Worst Stealing Governors as:*

1. Orji Kalu , Abia State
2. Ahmed Bola Tin-U-buu , Lagos State
3. Ahmed Sani yerima , Zamfara State
4. George Akume, Benue State
5. Abudulahi Adamu, Nassarawa State

Today, in 2023, 17 years after.

Orji Kalu = Senator
Bola Ahmed Tin-U-buu = President
Ahmed Sani Yerima = Senator
George Akume = Senator now Appointed by Tinubu as SGF.
Abdullah Adamu = APC Chairman.

The then EFCC Chairman Nuhu Ribadu that did not prosecute Tin-U-buu, appointed by Tin-U-buu to be Special Assistant on Security

The Senate is currently headed by another EFCC regular, Senator Akpabio still under prosecution for stealing billions

Nigeria is under siege, corruption is winning...a revolution is needed if not we are doomed

Simply put.
In Nigeria the dregs will ALWAYS RISE TO THE TOP.
Nigeria did not get to where it is today by mistake.
If this is how China or America became great then we have nothing to worry about.
But to toe this path and expect anything outside regression and endless suffering is just madness.
So sorry for this country.

DrFunmisticGlow:
Should doctors continue to endanger our lives in unsafe work environments? We have families too.

It's not doctors t0hat kill your loved ones in nigerian hospitals. It's the failed health system in the country. It's the government and their insensitivity that killed them. Stories like this everyday are the real reason many doctors run away abroad. It is traumatic for us too to watch many people die not because we don't know what to do, but we don't have the things necessary to do it. Strike is the only language that government understands.

Working as a doctor in a government hospital today's like going to farm with only your hands, you are not supplied farming tools, or pesticides and you are expected to harvest 5 acres of land.

Take this from a doctor currently on call now in a government hospital who just lost a patient because he had no relatives or friends when he needed referral to a higher centre. The person who brought him said he had no transportation to come back to the hospital, because he spent his money on hospital fees for the man. I tried seeing if i could stall and buy him time till tomorrow, tried to hustle, and fight for blood. Tried calling his bosses and contacts on his phone for assistance and many kept saying they didn't know him well. A colleague of mine spent his personal money on the blood screening test. (Many more things I can't say here)

Finally got blood that I was told was for a person's surgery this morning.

He died in the early hours of this morning despite everything I did. TRIED TO Call contacts on his phone, to tell them the bad news,nobody picked, so I sent text messages to who I could.

Died because he is a stranger in lagos. Died because cost of living is high and the economy is bad.
He was married with a wife and mother in the village.

I want to see the drama that will unload this morning when acquaintances crawl from the woodwork to collect his corpse, because in his darkest hour, all we heard was excuses.

I even have worse stories than this.

Dear men and women. Please donate blood in any nearby government facility once in a while. It would save lives and could even save yours and your families'

Don't mind the man. They will continue to protect their pet governments that will spend billions on themselves and won't blink an eyelid to flee abroad when their health is threatened but are apt to fight their fellow happless citizen when they push back.

How many doctors do I know that spend a good chunk of their salaries helping patients with all sorts of issues.

How many doctors do I know that have to buy some medical tools and equipment and supplies personally just to be able to work.

The onus is on Nigerians to be able to organize themselves into a viable society. We want to make omelettes but retain our eggs. We love our sentiment but want to progress. How?

When the former president for example was traveling to and fro London throughout his tenure at humongous state expense were some Nigerian saying, 'it was HIS RIGHT'.

So why is it not the right of people to demand for better working conditions for themselves and better service delivery for ordinary citizens....will you allow your President to perish in a faulty elevator...

Ademola47:
But is strike the way forward?

Perhaps. But your kind of sentiment is surely the way backward.

For I cannot imagine how any sane person will expect people to just carry on when their fellow human beings meet with such tragedy due to WHOLLY AVOIDABLE CIRCUMSTANCES.

Even animals in the bush will run when their mate is felled in such grizzly manner. Do you know what other dangers lie in those hospitals unattended.

And if we all know and have come to expect that strikes are the only mechanisms the authority of government reacts to then why not.

So the onus is on you the citizen to get people into power that listen and are proactive and to get institutions working properly so that strikes are not the first resort. The strike is also to wake you the citizen up to your responsibility of moderating society.

But in this country we are apt to fight our fellow citizens when the interests of the few in authority is threatened. Only in a feudal state system called Nigeria.

Wake up to force change or lie down and swim in mediocrity and resulting tragedy. The choice is ours....yours.

For all those asking why he should recite the National Anthem instead of so called 'relevant' and 'important' questions...
So tell us what those important questions were and what the nominee's answers were.... to further the nation, his future responsibilities.... whatever they are.... since he was spared the time singing to the pleasure of the Senate.

Because to me it appears the irrelevant question asked was a reflection of the irrelevant exercise the so called screening is.
If there is any Nigerian citizen.... any at all, that has been enlightened by this exercise, he should mention one thing gained.... just one.

The mediocrity in this country is truly shocking.
I really do not think we have the capacity to govern ourselves.
We did not get to this pathetic state by mistake.

Good leadership. Dialogue is the way to deescalate. Tapping the pulse of the citizenry and constantly letting them know what you are doing is key to good governance.

No one just out of surgery is left to himself without close observation. Nigeria is quaking. Kudos.

Where there are no penalties for institutional failure, a nation eats up her citizens.
RIP to the young lady and peace for her family and friends.

@ Celepope post: "To be fare to these guys, their salaries aren’t enough to take care of the demand and needs of their constituents. You need to see how people queue up in front of their gates whenever they go back to their constituency with various forms of monetary demands. Mind you the more hardship the members of their constituency face, the more demand they will be exposed to. These guys make more money based on the committees they head or belong to. Anyways that doesn’t mean their salaries should be increased though because that will be immoral."

'To be 'fare'....smacks of a rush to talk without deep thought and it shows in the preceding lines that do not query the very reason people queue up to receive stipends in the first place. Not as if his office or gatehouse is Disneyland.

The fact is that as a part of government if they did their jobs properly this social humiliation will not arise in the first place.
So Mister, I simply cannot see what is 'fare' here.

This Senate President is simply uncouth, lacks reasoning and is becoming an agent provocateur. His colleagues had better call him to order before he sets a light to the gasoline filled country sitting on a keg of gunpowder.

doggedfighter:
She's looks beautiful and healthy.


Aging gracefully.

Congratulations, girl !


Many more years to you !

That is not a healthy weight to carry into old age.

I hope the tribunal and its judges can see what is happening throughout West Africa and handle its matters with fidelity, its trials and judgement as clear as daylight before all parties concerned so that whatever outcome is watertight and acceptable to all.
Justice is the only guarantee of the longevity, endurance and resilience of any Republic.

Nigeria is yet to get serious about her situation.
They continue playing games with the destinies of her citizens who cheer on.

What is wrong with that.
I started primary school at 4.
Most kids are in school by one these days.

Honestly.... a bit of a let down.
OBJ had the best cabinet in the history of the 5th Republic by a country mile.
Anyway the game is not over.
Changes and better additions can still be made.

While their representatives are in Abuja busy checking the primary schools attended by shady fellows intending to be Ministers. Their priorities are twisted.

felong:

Hahahahaha...... laughed myself to hiccups...

Beans is the miracle food but this one featured.... , mbok, try and garnish it...
Not a fan of rice and this one is overdone and looks polished of all nutrient. Rice should not look this white.

But the causative of their sufferings is inflation and that is macro-economics and that is the exclusive preserve of the Federal government. So they may as well be barking up the wrong tree. Isn't there a Federal secretariat over there.

ecolime:
The people involved are not complaining so it's pointless carrying the matter for head.


Personally, I am disappointed with leaders like Oby Ezekwesili, Okorocha, etc. Their silences no make sense honestly.

The best they can do is to advocate as citizens. Those that directly have the Constitutional responsibility of solving local problems by interfacing with government are Legislators and where these problems.are Federal on nature, Federal Legislators.

That is why Senators and House members from the East should be front and centre of this solution. I cannot see what else they are doing in Abuja.

What else for heavens sake....
People of that region should task their representatives to engage the soft powers of their offices with the Federal government.

Ofunaofu:
What will he say other than Nigerians should continue to exercise more patience under his suffocating policies

I don't understand the concept of 'exercise patience' often bandied around. What is the meaning of that.

If verifiable work is on going, a timetable is provided and an understanding of the process is communicated there is no client or customer that will be impatient with a service. It simply does not arise.

But if no work is going on, no verifiable progress is made or no one understands the process due to lack of communication, trust automatically breaks down and tensions arise.

On the matter of the spiralling cost of living crises in Nigeria, I honestly do not understand what the government is doing or where they are as to plans, programs and projections.

Communication is paltry at best and this does not inspire public confidence. The people are genuinely scared that the government is losing control of the wheel of state.