₦airaland Forum

What a mess.
Honestly we are in a situation where this elephant of a country and its challenges are met with mosquito sized governance and leadership.
I have been screaming about the inflationary effects of subsidy removals for weeks. Nothing, absolutely nothing has been done to address that till date. It is as if we are watching in real time the ship of state heading for the infamous iceberg.

The greatest and most effective palliative is a 'controlled economy', an economy that is driven and steered in the direction of development and prosperity. But what we have now is an out of control, massive juggernaut hurtling downhill and we are trying to halt the slide with the brakes of a bicycle.

How is 500 billion going to return Nigerians to the kind of productivity that will impact poverty. Yes, perhaps a year ago, five years ago, ten years ago but the crashing juggernaut has picked up too much momentum downhill caused by government inaction this past month since ending subsidies that this palliative will have no impact whatsoever even when administered properly. It looks more like government PR.

May we have an economy that can move industry forward because the pace of growth of these enterprises is far too slow.
Even Innoson should be doing a lot better than this but how many vehicles do they sell to attract additional investment...?
Our own diversification dreams are only political propaganda tools, not as real as invoices and import duty forms.

Made2Last:
In spite of the number of people who would end up reading this post, don't be surprised that a vast majority will still not heed to the call to stay away from drugs, of whatever form.

Oga these are cases of 'prescription drugs' gone bad. Drugs you are given to take or you are told to buy by your pharmacist at the recommendation of your doctor.

This topic is not about drugs abuse or misuse. It means pharma can get it wrong and it means testing and validation regimes can fail.

I don't think the bad economy and the dire straits of the average citizen is a priority to this government.
Caesar plays the fiddle while inflation and insecurity burns.
Exactly what is their priority.

Tunechi5:
honestly ,dont think population is our problem ,what nigeria needs is a good leader, more population more manpower, US is prime example ,other than population what do they have?

If it is not a problem why are developed countries not breeding like rodents. Don't they have good leaders as well?.

Oga, large number of people is a problem at any level from the family unit to nations. As long as the environment from which all life is derived remains fixed in quantity, more people will only lead to a deterioration of quality of life.

Elevate your thinking abeg.

Angelfrost:
So, if you don't order them, they can't or won't do their jobs??!... Incredible!!!

Institutions by and large are incredibly weak and lack capacity/competence.
Nigerians have not invested their energies in building them.
They prefer to build strong men instead.
So they feel it takes a strong man to catalyze action.
That is why we live in a reactionary society where nothing is ever anticipated.
They are constantly waiting for 'body language'.

Sometimes I wonder how folks in these security services from those areas affected feel when they sit with their colleagues and take orders from their superiors. Must be the biggest morale crusher.

No hitting the ground running on this one.
No speedy, urgent Executive Order to set up sub-national security services.... or whatever ideas Nigerians saw and appreciated and invested their votes to bring in this government.
No new ideas?...
Same template as before, same reactionary security services and same resulting carnage we see.
Let a change of government mean something for once in this country.
Sorry for the people of those climes.
May democracy mean something positive in your lifetimes.

MISSCONGENIALITY:
They did hit the ground but instead of running, they went 10 feet under.

Hmmm.... you watch too many cartoons...

ReubenE:
Na ECOWAS chairmanship we dey celebrate. Maybe by the time we wake up, more national problems would have been added to the already existing ones

Most Nigerians love being lied to, for reasons that are not clearly known.
We always abandon critical issues in our national life to gloat over irrelevant issues.
Issues such as this will not be at the vanguard of national discourse but how XYZ leader is this and that.

This are just so expensive outside.

They will call you a hater for this.
I thought with the removal of subsidies there was an economic plan.... to get this country out of the rut.
But alas the removals was THE PLAN.
Just sad.

horsepower102:
Small thieves get killed. Big thieves get presidency.

Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.
Thoughts of a Biologist”
― Jean Rostand

First class graduate..... .......Business Administration..... ..... speechless.
What exactly is happening in this country.
What a mess.
Kai...

What is Adesina saying. Did his principal leave Nigeria better than he met it IN ANY WAY....
In which way is Nigeria 2023 better than Nigeria 2015.
He is the spokesman of a failed regime and should presently be in mourning, not making a nuisance of himself.

And a much more diverse leadership base should be involved or should I say involve themselves one way or the other to paper over the credibility of some of those present in this meeting.

DodadaKoKigbe:
After they steal the infrastructure then they will start complaining that things are not working in the airport as compared to foreign airports.

This is why I STOPPED criticizing politicians a long time ago. Nigerian citizens are WORSE than politicians

Yes, you stopped criticizing them because they are tin gods.... people elected to drive in convoys and enjoy the trappings of power, not to lead and change the narrative of the hapless society they claim to serve by wisdom and depth of witty ideas 'out of the box'.

Me, I cannot. I watch international news every waking day and I see how citizens of other nations hold their leaders to account minute by minute, day by day until mandates are delivered and promises are cashed.

Maxymilliano:
Lol ... The Authority should look into the company that supplied the components.

Equipments such as these are not what can be hawked or purchased from roadsides.

Have I not told you folks that 'Contractors' and 'Contracting' has been the bane of the Nigerian State.
They have corrupted individuals in leadership positions, corrupted institutions that superintend over their activities and sucked the life blood of this country like Amazonian leeches.

I just don't get it. Why does the FAAN require 'Contractors' to light up its runway. Doesn't it know where these so called lights are sold? Can't it go there to buy them and instal them for itself?

Of course it can't. Their staff are busy making money or idly playing politics in their offices. Lazy Nigerian bureaucracy that will outsource their jobs at twice the cost to the taxpayer.

Honestly we badly, badly need this country restructured for amongst other things to end this terrible 'Contracting' and 'Outsourcing' and in this new regime "Consultation' culture because it is draining our resources, spurring horrendous corruption and breeding a generation of slaves in authority, mentally lazy folks who cannot as much clean their own lavatories.

Until then, the suffering must continue till we 'get sense'.
When a man loses his job and goes about borrowing to feed his family it is he that presents himself to labour as a houseboy not employing the son or daughter of his lender.

In our present economic challenges any serious government will make moves to end outsourcing of any goods and services that are not ultra high tech in nature except if such goods or services are self financed and such works turnkey for PPP.

If the lousy FAAN is wise they should insist the so called Contractor instal and operate those facilities and get paid for their services by patronage, not the taxpayer and see the debacle end.

Bloody round trippers. They are waiting for the next 'Contract' to bring back what they have stolen.

I just wonder why the southeast as a bloc across all interests are not actively fishing for solutions to this problem.

Even though the government at the centre as well has not sought solutions to the intractible problem, it has neither escalated it, it has not deepened the crises and as such this presents people of that region with a unique opportunity to gain the moral high ground and evangelize amongst neutral minds both within and outside our shores.

But the silence amongst the people, particularly leadership is deafening and this lacuna of statesmanship is telling on the lives and wellbeing of the people.

Why does the east struggle with leadership so badly.

Christistruth03:
Adeleke is an Elder in a White Garment Church

Hmmm.... little wonder the gyration at every opportunity.

Of course, tribe is thicker than institutions.

omoadeleye:
So later if India later place complete ban on Nigerians traveling to india.

We know the first people to blame bad governance for the action.

It is bad governance.
Institutions weakened and stunted by parochial interests. They cannot do their jobs to nip these criminals in the bud before they go international. If not how can they get papers with all sorts of claims ranging from medical to education without some folks compromising here.

We are apt in this part of the world to react to symptoms only. We never get to the base of things, the root causes, so we are always locked in step behind outlaws.

There is no society without crime, the difference here is that we cannot agree (as you will observe on this topic/forum) as to what is right and wrong and how to go about tackling it.

Thy said the last regime excelled in infrastructure and that is where most of the loans went to.
So what happened..... or is it that our road works last for just weeks....months.... or what....

Oga, when will you start to govern to turn the ship of State..... or the state of the ship around.
Time for politicking and propaganda is over. The sheen and exhilaration is fast fading.

Has the run after hitting the ground lost steam?.. or are we in a situation like all your predecessors of leadership lacking ideas on how to prosper the country..... just coming to learn on the job like our local trial and error auto technicians.....

Nigerians. They put every effort into anything but the reason for democracy and the quality of governance they experience.
Never have I seen such a vain and empty people. Little wonder the nation has deteriorated for half a century.
Just imagine what people expend their time and energy to do.

worksmart:
As regards the bolded below; How can you say that he "allowed" herdsmen as if herdsmen went to seek his approval before attacking Benue? You seem to be unaware that insecurity in Benue is not the responsibility of the president , the state governor is the chief security officer of the state and gets money from FG specifically for security.

If you were a Governor of Benue, exactly what will you do to end the kind of insecurity there.
Kindly answer.

IPDGP:
If Dem born Messi well make he come Cameroon the way he dey enter Argentina
Then u will understand why mbape did this.
Guy this African, think before u type

Of course this is Africa....but the thinking part..... hmmmm.... I think not.
More like mental imprisonment.

Africans love their feudalism and may God deliver us from mental slavery.
Now we can understand the capture and enslavement of Africans was not necessary out of white spite but of black attraction.... to be enslaved.
I am sure Kylan will be seriously embarrassed under all those smiles for he will have merely asked for security, the kind he gets on the streets of Paris, not an entourage fit for Emperor Nero.

This is 24... 48 hours after the incident.... has the State....Federal government responded?

FacilitatorLekk:
Even in America, king of animal rights, when am animal or even a dog kills a human, that animal is put down. Once the animal becomes a threat they very well can take it out.

The question you should ask is how the contact arose in the first place.
If a wild animal strays into human habitats it must mean it is in search of food.
It doesn't just appear there to kill human beings and take over their business.

Human beings are apex predators because we have far higher intellect and a soul capable of empathy so we should be the ones to do whatever is possible to avoid clashes. When a wild beast is spotted we are the ones to give way and act appropriately to avoid loss of lives on both sides.

We have a lot to learn from developed nations, even other parts of Africa.
These animals are incredibly rare and offer significant value in the balance of the ecosystem not to talk of being a tourism asset.
We should be organised enough to create sanctuaries for these endangered beasts and relocate them whenever they stray.
There should be a department of wildlife in that State responsible for preventing clashes between man and beast.
We both need each other to survive and thrive.

PS. And if they do not have the capacity to, they can engage NGO's more equipped to do the job. There are lots of them around the continent.
This is not necessary.
Sad.

KINGKONG:
This is the reason the Executives takes the Judiciary for a ride................ That's why they will never respect court order

Useless country...............

Indeed. But the question is does the Judiciary have enough pride to resist being 'ridden'.
Because one cannot be respected beyond one's respect for himself.
Few care about their institutions, their jobs, their professions.
Money first, sentiment next and then perhaps professionalism a distant third.

b3llo:
Some of our Nigerian Judges are not helpful

But what are the mechanisms to check them, to ensure they attain global standards.
For one the Legislature, but it appears they are not too professional or clean enough to try.
And until we the citizens elect representatives loyal to us to represent our ideals, the Judiciary remains self governing.
We simply operate a system we are not intellectually able to handle.

AmazingELixir:


Why is this clarification coming from Lagos state official...is Lagos state now an extension of Abuja.

Revenue wolves under the guise of consultants in Lagos are now cooking up proposals and sending it to the centre...they now have unhindered channel..... we damn know who run that channel.. it is well with us.

What do you think. It was expected and everything will be shrouded in the same secrecy until they start fighting amongst one another.
Anyway just as in Lagos, the average citizen is not interested. He only excels in ethno-religious affairs.

Last regime was Contractor driven. They goaded on the Buhari regime to incessant borrowings for all manner of 'projects' that have not impacted on the economy whatsoever.

It appears this regime is that of 'The Consultant' and I bet my bottom dollar that they are the initiators of this latest tax regime of which they are going to gain a healthy percentage.

Once more everything will be shrouded in secrecy, the public at sea as to who are the promoters and why the simple task of paying what amounts to a road tax HAS TO BE HANDLED BY A CONSULTANT particularly when this country is groaning under the enormous weight of the cost of governance.

Every penny due to government should go to government and not return to a select few masquerading under the guise of Consultancy.
If government lacks capacity then capacity should be built before embarking on such ventures but in truth N1,000 a vehicle can hardly be said to be novel in an industry that collects several thousands every year per vehicle from citizens for all manner of operational and administrative dues.

The government of Consultant Taxmen has arrived. The Lagos bug has crept in. New, overnight billionaires to be made.