₦airaland Forum

destinie2019:
The issues at stake are simple: don't spend beyond your revenues. If fair play in finances are not observed, in effect rich clubs can buy titles because they will get the best players.
Arsene Wenger fought for this and stubbornly refused to pay for trophies. This vindicates him.

The first part is absolutely correct but the second is not. It does not vindicate Wenger because a successful business will certainly rely on credit at some point and sports is no exception.

The biggest clubs borrow massively to invest which Arsenal does not. Arsenal relies entirely on income alone for running the club while other big clubs such as Real, Barcelona, United, Liverpool borrow to invest and in growing their brand through success are able to payback. FIFA, UEFA and the FA have no issues with that.

The challenge is always with the new era clubs and came to the fore in the Roman Abrahamovic era when massive unsustainable amounts were pumped into Chelsea to gain success.

The soccer bodies were worried that a bubble was growing that could destroy the entire league and so financial fair play rules were made.

What I am saying is that even before the advent of the American billionaires, Russian oligarchs and Arab petro dollars, clubs have been spending way beyond their cash earnings only that these were regulated by financial markets which are stricter than even the soccer bodies.

Arsenal does not spend, simple and it reflects in their performances. Dangote will not be building a refinery today if he depended on earnings from cement and sugar to do it. All businesses require leverage to make rapid progress and sports is an ultra competitive business.

NeoWanZaeed:
Person no fit spend money buy player outside profit they make?

No be business soccer be?

Money to get money ni na

You can borrow from banks with a caveat like Madrid does a lot meaning that you will have to return the money from income but what the soccer bodies donot want is cash flow that is not sustainable. That is tantamount to buying success.

When I say restructure the vocal majority say no. Once again I will say this. A time is coming when even restructuring will not be able to return the horse to the barn. Let those who are and will be victims continue to play russian roulette with their lives and destinies.

When the next elections come by your lives and destinies should be the first and only consideration in electing any candidate. Those who will pull Nigeria together to negotiate how we should live together and make new laws to that effect. Such are the reasons folks in the developed world choose their leaders. What matters most to them not useless sentiment.

Watch their antecedents now so they don't sweet talk you and swindle you of your votes then. Your life will depend on it.

nameo:
How?

Do not allow the blood of people killed indiscriminately all over this country fall on your head cos of silly partisan political considerations or loyalties. There must always be a line.

Personally, i find it dufficult to openly ask for replacement of Service chiefs or commanders so as not to give terroists the impression that they are winning or worst still that they can influence decisions in the country. However, at this point that is just the only option we have. These group of Service chiefs can no longer do their job. There is too much lethargy everywhere. We need new blood. New ideas and newer way of defeating the humongous security cahllenges we currently have in this nation.

People are dying. Change the Serviec chiefs. Change your strategy. Politics be damned!!!

Oga don't waste your time with folks like that. Like me you have but just one vote. His type are the deciders at the polls and the result is what we see of Nigeria. We will all suffer it together. Let them continue to roll in their sentiment towards their pet failures.

Eteka1:
I cannot agree with you that government can do anything about the way people handle their breakups. You shouldn't be putting relationship issues in the same category with HIV please.

Okay. But the number one reason for ambulance calls which consume a lot of resources to the goverment and consumes huge resources to the NHS is drunkeness and alcohol poisoning.

That is a society that cares despite the fact that alcohol consumption is a personal issue and drunkeness a product of habit.

So what do they do. They save lives as a priority then seek to and pass legislation around age of consent, alcohol content in liquor products, business hours for bars and taverns and the almighty taxation to make it morw expensive. All because the goverment knows it has a responsibility towards the health of its citizens despite the liberties they enjoy.

These are the countries that work because the people donot act out of sentiment to protect mediocre leaders but put them under severe pressure to act in favour of every citizen they preside over.

And that is why folks like you fall over themselves to emigrate to those well run countries but unfortunately cannot summon the courage to rise above sentiemnt to make yours similar.

By the way suicide is a public health issue in most developed countries I know of. Read up and get informed.

Offpoint:
Lol, I laugh at this thread. This shouldn't be on a Nigerian website cuz there's no single Nigerian who isn't greedy.
There thousands of events I could list here to show every Nigerian is greedy one way or the other.
(The 2012 Subsidy saga
Lagos Okada ban
Border closure
The Dollar/Naira saga and so on... )

That's the reason the country is neither moving forward or backward.

I don't want to be like these hypocrites on this thread, I'm greedy to some level. I won't come here and claim to be a saint.

I am not. Can you explain how a fellow like me who you have never met is greedy.

DuBLINGreenb:
If God intended us to dress a certain way he would have created us with clothes
Our sisters would have been born with hijab

Dress anyhow you like, let me shock you religious countries that dress the most decent countries where it is taboo to kiss your spouse in public or show public display if affection such as Nigeria, India, costa Rica, Bahrain, Pakistan, Oman, south Africa etc have the highest rape cases in the world

In Canada it is legal to be naked yet their rape and crime rates are far lower than ours

But if true do Canadians walk about naked ?... No they don't. And will never. That is why God made clothes for man. The reason is called sin.

Eteka1:
We have all read stories of people drinking sniper because of being jilted by a boyfriend or a girlfriend, and many other personal reasons like hearing voices in their head telling them to kill themselves. Tell me how the government is responsible for that.

That is the social or civic responsibility of goverment. You have child welfare there for those who abuse children. Every suicide has a reason and society led by goverment does not fold its arms and watches people kill themselves and others.

Goverment can as well say it is not its business who contacts the HIV, it did not send anyone to u guarded sex. But that is classic third world thinking.

You seem to have a mental disconnect as to what goverment is all about and I can understand it comes from generations of feudal rule followed by colonial rule that has made goverment appear as a heavenly establishmemnt and its members some divine untouchable beings to be worshipped and adored.

Oga. Goverment is simply a set of people we chose to represent us to handle our collective needs and project our collective ideals under a law we collectively make. If you feel goverment shouldn't care it simply means you donot care.

That defines the kind of society a people chooses to live in. Little wonder Nigeria is like this. Personaly I just cannot understand why Nigerians have a very low expectation of themselves. We live very brutish, uncultured, uncaring lives. Numbed by nothing. Its inhuman please.

..Uses her femininity, will have been a better line. Beauty is subjective. Can't see any here.

Eteka1:
You are still speculating.

In the absence of irrefutable evidence that this man committed suicide due to a government policy rather than for personal and or emotional reasons, It is improper for one to come to a conclusion on one side or the other.

Oga. Whether you like it or not. Every death is a goverment statistic and ultimately a goverment responsibility. When the statistic becomes visible it will certainly become a political issue because folks will be seeking explanations, answers and solutions from the leadership they elect.

If I run my car into a ditch and kill myself you may say it is not goverment"s business, it is my fault, but when hospitals are getting filled with corpses and cases it will certainly become a political issue because the role of the goverment through the FRSC will come under scrutiny.

Once again donot be beclouded by sentiment. The number of suicides on that bridge alone in the past few years is visible and a cause for concern and the goverment should wake up and take note. It is a political matter. They either solve it, slow it or make way for those who care and can.

That should be your minimum duty as a citizen of this country who cares about his fellow man above his personal interest. To hold those in office accountable for the welfare of all men and women of this country.

When a gun man runs riot in the USA and shoots people it instantly becomes a political football. The argument doesn't start and ends with the mental state of the shooter. People question gun laws and regulation, question police profiling, question the second amendment. Here we hold no one accountable except blame the victims.

omoiyalayi:
You are so dumb

Hw can u attribute his personal problem to politics?

What concern apc supporters with someone's personal life?

So what is the function of goverment if not for the well being of the citizenry. Some of you out of sentiment are just completely out of touch with the reality of your existence as citizens of this country. So why do.you vote ?

The goverment should be seriously concerned if citizens are killing themselves FOR ANY REASON. It is like saying what is the business of goverment if corona virus enters Nigeria, did they send anyone to China ? It is like saying what is the business of goverment if I kill my wife, did they marry her for me.

That is just plain silly. The goverment is accountable for the life and death of every citizen and in civilised societies the mental healrh of citizens is goverments responsibility. Please there is a limit to politics. Stop the sentiement.

Eteka1:
Keep on being a fool. You think everything in life is about APC/PDP? Someone has his personal problems and decided to commit suicide and all you can think of is Daura.

That guy may be caught in the middle of a deal gone wrong and he feels he has no way to escape the consequences, he may also have emotional stress or something.

The Daura man has obviously become omnipotent and omnipresent (God) to you.

Oga you are speculating. She is certain. The man's suicide may be out of personal reasons or not. Goverment actions on the ither hand particularly the one in Lagos and at the centre will certainly drive many to suicide. No doubt.

How many tricycle riders in Lagos would have contemplated suicide over the past few weeks due to loss of income and debts on investment. The Arab spring started in Tunisia when a poor hawker's goods were seized and he burnt himself alive.

The impact of goverment's decisions can have widespread and devastating consequences on the most vulnerable in society. Goverment's good policies and acts can bring prosperity to a people and nation. Goverment's bad policies and acts can bring penury and misery to a people and can drive those at the edge over.

Be sensitive.

fairfora:
Like I said on a similar thread earlier today, it's a commonplace on the 3rd mainland bridge. More cases occur at night when nobody is there to witness and that's why people hardly hear about it. God help this country

Really sad. Are there no NGO's that can take up the challenge and keep watch on that bridge day and night ?

I am happy everyone is talking about 'the law'. No longer what he or she wants but what the law says. It is a very good step towards civilisation. You want something outside the law, change the law, simple. No sentiments. Let us stop the fuel that fires those that call this country an animal farm.

Just look to your right and see the reason why. Loose earth. I call it the PPP syndrome, Public Private Partition after what I observed in Calabar many years ago during the days of Donald Duke. Magnificent roads, drains and streets lights everywhere but just a few feet away are shanties, mud brick buildings and every badge of poverty imaginable.

My conclusion was that matters of the environment were as much about poverty as they were about regulation. Matters of the environment are joint responsibilities between the goverment and the people. No matter how rich a goverment is, how much access it has to resources including the loans it can take to build nifty roads and bridges, if these services are meant to serve the wretched of the earth, the system is not bound to produce the expected results.

The gutters like most in Nigeria are blocked simply because the folks living there cannot afford to keep them unblocked and clean. No goverment in the world will pave a highway to a man's 'bedroom'. It is the responsibility of inhabitants of that area to ensure that their plots are either grassed or paved to ensure sand or dirt does not wash into these drains. Even the modern ones in Abuja that come with sand traps cannot cope with the level of erosion that comes with bare earthed surroundings. And no amount of legislation can compel a man to pave his yard or grass it if he simply cannot afford it.

In Europe or America there are standards for property owners to comply with but here.... what do you do. Even the great Donakd Duke had a huge battle when he lauched the annual carnival event and part of the requirements was for residents especially those on the carnival routes to have their fences 'made up', painted and decorated. He was called all sorts of names.... poverty speaking.

The military high command should take out a few hours at the public library and read up what the organisation Amnesty International is all about. They are like a determined mosquito gnawing at the scrotum of merciless dictatorships.... just ask members of the past Abacha regime.

They give and take no prisoners.... no pun intended. It is the military that will be fed up eventually. Every country that has an an active, operational military has issues with them from the United States to Congo but they are not bothered even if you take a picture of them having tea with Shekau....

They are the self appointed referees in all global conflicts so no one really likes them. But they sure are effective.

logon599:
Even if City go down, which is not certain yet, it shouldn't be the end of the world. Juventus suffered similar crisis and lost everything including their biggest stars apart from Del Piero and I think Nedved, but they're now a bigger and stronger club than they were before their ban, even built a brand new stadium. Man City may need to learn from Juventus how to bounce back.

Contact me to design your professional building drawings (architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical) all at good prices as well as construction supervision from foundation to painting. Kindly chat or call 0816 124 7898 to see samples. Thank you

Glasgow Rangers too. Now back at the top where they belong and slugging it out with eternal rivals Glasgow Celtic under the able leadership of the amiable Stevie G.

All I hope for is that the widespread rage seen at the decision to approve him to office by the people is sustained and evolves into a citizen movement for good governance.

The new governor must be made an orphan until he wins the hearts and minds with qualitative, visionary leadership. If Bayelsans give up now the consequent socio-political blow back will be devastating.

Mr. Governor. You did not win the election, your opponents threw it away. My advice to you is to handle the affairs of office like the Christian salvation.... a precious but undeserved gift. Use it in total circumspection.

gw4s:
I am one of the entourage that followed David Lyon from Bayelsa when he visited The SCOAN three times.

I was there when Prophet TB Joshua insisted to David Lyon that he wanted to see the Deputy-Governorship candidate Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo - because he was seeing an obstacle. However, he said he would not come to The SCOAN because he is a Secretary General to Olumba Olumba.

After Degi-Eremienyo refused to come - despite several invitations from TB Joshua - the man of God publicly declared that it was too early for Lyon to share his testimony and that the situation still required serious prayers. I believe David Lyon tried all efforts to bring him but the man refused.

Even on Tuesday, David Lyon was in The Synagogue when the Supreme Court confirmed him as the rightful candidate. TB Joshua again asked him the whereabouts of his Deputy-Governor elect, stressing that he was still seeing an obstacle. Joshua was invited as a special guest to the inauguration on Friday but he said he would not attend because of that obstacle. David Lyon laughed and told him he would come with Degi-Eremienyo to The SCOAN for testimony after the inauguration... Today, we can all see what has happened.

The question remains - who chose this man to be the Deputy-Governor? This is word and opposite. There is no way the two of them would have been able to work together effectively!

You guys are just amazing. Is this what our democracy has been reduced to....

Sad day for democracy. The people of Bayelsa have lost (or been robbed of) a golden opportunity to change the narrative of decades of misrule.

themaestro08:
Though it it could be a good measure but studies have shown that there is little evidence to suggest the effectiveness of surgical masks.

Evidence is that the virus survives for as long as 2 whole weeks. That is just terrible. Only the pressure wash of the rainy season can sanitize the atmosphere.

This is no laughing matter at all. If this thing hits Nigeria we will be in very, very serious trouble. Forget Ebola. This thing has a transmission ratio of 1:2.5. We just do not have the medical facilities to cope with that kind of speed. People will be literally dying on the streets.

The only ray of light in this dark, dark matter is the mortality rate which is low. But the recovery rate is equally low meaning that few people are leaving the hospitals cured. Once again a country like Nigeria that is all but bankrupt, a people not known for hygiene and good environmental practices and a bastion for fake and counterfeit drugs.... it is just scary....

We just pray for the rainy season to come earlier than seasonal. That is our only hope. May this thing just not reach our shores. We are not capable. This epidemic is something else.

Righteousness89:
Governor Dickson has Tangible things to Show for his Tenure in Government...

We Hope The Incoming Governor follows suit

I hope this is nonsense building is not one of the 'tangible things' he has to show... I hope this is not your standard, expectation of governance if not your right to vote should be withdrawn.

budaatum:
The procedure is already there. You either wait till elections are held and vote someone else in, or you have him impeached by the House of Representatives then tried by the Senate who may recommend he be fired.

That, is the procedure laid down by the democracy we fought years for!

Indeed. But you can only be impeached for a crime. Last time I checked incompetence isn't one so I'm afraid till 2023 we must bear....

...but that is why you don't vote on a whim. You vote like you are writing the examination of your life. You study the candidates hard, know their stats intoto and project their actions by 'worked examples'....

I guess this cerebral way of doing things is too hard for Nigerians to bear so we suffer what we are all responsible for. You can be swindled but of greed lets you there you bear part of the blame.

CheedyJ:
Just imagine if George bush jnr had told Americans that d sept 11 attacks wouldn't av happened without d assistance of some insiders...shame on our president, shame...

But that is the reality. Every insurgency feeds off the reaources that abound in their sphere of influence. These insurgents are basically citizens of Bornu, sons, daughters, fathers, mothers.Tjey are not from Mars or Pluto. They are recruited from amongst the citizenry. That is why they appear to have an unending strength, a vast resource pool and open supply chain.

I see nothing wrong with that part of the statement. I think the shock of it is simply because of the narrative for many years and administrations previously where the blame was placed squarely on the goverment. It is that festered propaganda that is biting back.

I have said it countkess times that fundametalist insurgencies have no military only solutions, no goverment only solutions and certainly no Presidency only solutions. For Nigerians such as you and me to have bought that thought process and propaganda for so long says so much about the quality of citizenship as much as leadership.

We just sit down in Nigeria and tell each other lies everyday. When reality hits disappointment and anger is bound to occur. Can't you see part of his statement, typically 'supermanish' about his electoral promises made in the past to end Bokoharam.... Did any right thinking person think it was going to happen at the snap of a finger...

One part of his statement, 'I believe there is an improvement...' is very deep and thought provoking and opens up to the public the inner workings of the President and his goverment.

Basically that there are two realms, one of belief and one of reality. It is difficult for a man to operate both in tandem because you are either a man of faith or a man of figures.

So it is possible that there are two or mors school of thoughts going on in goverment and the way they see situations and handle challenges vary and this may not be restricted to security challenges but those of the poor economy, weak institutions, etc.

Much as I donot join the one goverment, two leader proclaimers but I think this gives fuel to those who say he is perhaps not entirely in charge as a 'Nigerian' President is expected to be.

But to be Commander In(deed) Chief and be 'believing' not facing and acting out reality is quite disturbing.

Hmmm.... probably enough ethanol there to send one of Elon Musk's satellites into space....

The siege against the institution of the family via the God ordained relationship of marraige rolls on with the failings of couples and the failures of men and women taking centre stage and unfortunately driving the narrative.

May it not deter those who recognize its enormous potentials as a viable tool for sustainable prosperity, the delivery of life changing legacies and the fulfilment of the purpose of our creation as ordained by God.

Failures of men must not set the narrative.

Charmingrascal:
Sowore we are with you in our prayers

I used to be a Buharist but I doubt if I can continue to support an insensitive Government like this one we have in Nigeria at the moment.




Buhari came like someone with a good plan for the Country but he got confused and all his ambitions were trampled on by the cabals
It is obvious that Buhari is not the one controlling his Govt.

He is a tribal and religious bigot
Some of his policies are good but he does not know how to go about them or perhaps the cabals are sabotaging his efforts














Nigeria security architecture has failed us, people are being killed everyday, I am not a war monger but if these atrocities continue I think another civil war is inevitable.


The best thing is for Nigeria to be restructured, let every region control it security and resources..
Let Fulani control their cows and fura de nunu so that we can have peace

Told you folks who were looking for a messiah that no matter how good the breed of corn it can never prosper planted in a swamp. There is nothing any President can do to make Nigeria of today better than the Nigeria of last week. The structure of this country has set her on a course of decline that no rudder can counter. Nigeria is basically unworkable. This is not how nations operate.

Said it countless times. At the end of this regime all we will get are a few roads and bridges built here and there, nothing more. Nothing fundamental can be put into play that will radically alter the course of the average Nigerian from his level of despondency. Nothing fundamental to show for his electoral investment.

mvem:
It is a war they are fighting. Both Syria forces, and the rebels are all muslim. It is not a religious war. Is it not same Syrian Army that killed about 8 Turkish soldiers some days ago. I think this was like a payback. The Syrian conflict is very well complex. US have their interest, Iran is there too and Russia. Finally Turkey just came into the fight. It is not a religious war. Some of the Syrian rebels are not even Muslims...And Allahu Akbar is also used by Arabic Christians. It is a slogan saying God is Great....many people don't even know that Syria has one of the oldest and first Christians in the world. I think they are fighting alongside the Gov.....It is complicated war

You are not totally correct. The United States is no longer active in that conflict. All combat troops are out save some observers. Their interest previously was to destroy ISIS which gained ground due to the power vacumn and the second was to protect the Kurds, an ethnic minority the Turks have persecuted for generations. Sadly they have been left in the lurch.

Secondly the Christian minority you speak about are almost non existent now in Syria.

Due to the war most have fled to Lebanon and others into Europe. To say they are fighting side by side with the Syrian Army in a country that is increasingly hostile to them is just ridiculous. President Bashir has not given them the kind of protection his late father accorded the Christian minority. As he has moved closer to Iran so his country has grown more intolerant of other non Shiite faiths.

'They capture our soldiers and execute them.... We capture their soldiers and later release them....', sticks to my mind like a leech....

This is beyond a dangerous situation for the military's relationship with the goverment.

This kind of thing should never be made public thoughtless of with much fanfare. It is just not wise.

This sort of thing nearly caused the former and late President DeGaulle of France his life in the hands of the OAS.

I have said enough about this tragedy but what I wish to add is simple.

There was a time I argued hard and tried to persuade Nigerians of the need to have a National Assembly that was truly independent and capable of its Constitutional duty of checking the Executive. People argued that cooperation rather than confrontation was key to development. Here we are.

Time will always prove things.

When Nigerians are ready to get their goverment to fear and respect them then some progress might be possible. We as citizens are far too ignorant and incompetent to have a better goverment and experience a better tomorrow.