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Only restructuring can cure Nigeria of the corruption inferno.... after four years of fighting corruption the wildfire rages...

cinoedhunter:
;Left for me , these guys are suppose to be the presidential candidates.

In a restructured Nigeria where merit and competence rises to the surface not ethnicity and bigotry. Imagine one being the President and the other as Vice. But in this structure it is always Hobson's choice when key national decisions are to be made. We always find ourselves between the rock and a hard place or like my favourite author Federick Forsyth aptly themed...the Devils's Alternative. Nigeria has not fallen off a cliff since independence for nothing.

nobilie:
Leaders lead by instilling confidence in his followers. If a leader is focused, this will help mould the followers. Buhari, I don't know what kind of a leader he is.

Like the kind heading Manchester United presently...blaming everyone except himself...

At least he admits the economy is in a bad shape. The economy he has been managing as the CEO for the past 4 years or so. Exactly when will the Board of Directors and shareholders begin to demand results and hold him to account. Certainly before their investments dwindle to penny stock status.

No, no. Why should goods be released based on an SMS alert. Who does that.

Tundexxy:
That is why Aguero, De bryne, Mendy, David Silva, Kompany (always injured) are injured with best of coach but top the epl able abi?

Same to Barcelona, plague of injuries but top the table...

Dey deceive your self with all this epistle!


Lastly, Chelsea won UCL final against Bayern with some star player injured! Hope you know

Protracted injuries I said. Read again if you know how. I listed players who were out for seasons on end. Arsenal had a habit of having lengthy treatment regimes. Van Persie didn't play for almost two seasons, same as Cazorla, same as Wilshire, same as kolcieny and on and on. For half your team to miss half the season due to injury shows there is something wrong. It is not coincidental. The biggest teams with the best managers always seem to have their best players fit.

How many first squad players in PSG, City, Barcelona, Juventus, Dortmund, Liverpool, Tottenham, Napoli, Atletico are not playing at the moment. The most will be two or three not these outrageous figures United is displaying. If you see nothing wrong, I do. And it boils down to the way the team is managed. Mourinho is making them train and play in a way that stresses them out and this fatigue results in avoidable injuries. When Klopp came to England his first season was similar and his team burnt out well before the league run in. Guess he learnt his lesson. Read about it.

When you have a lot of injuries you know something is wrong with the coaching. Injuries are a result of stress. Either stress to produce or stress to protect both leading to mental fatigue and loss of concentration. When a team is marshalled well it operates like a well oiled engine and injuries cime far between. That is why the very best teams and the very best players rarely have deep, protracted injury crises.

A case in point was Arsenal under Wenger and Arsenal under Emery. It is clear that the players are more relaxed and it shows in their performances and of course we haven't come near the annual ritual of protracted injuries experienced in the latter years of Le Prof..... by the way Santi Cazorla is having the time of his life at Villareal and who can forget the years of Van Plastic and Jack Wheelchair...

Fed up. Now that he has taken the entire hierarchy of his party to court how does he expect to win. Our stupidity in this country has no match in the known universe.

Serious bio-diversity at work...

Hizzy:
Na so una de talk when it comes to Europe other countries go dominant

But England is doing well lately. All teams through to the round of 16 and Liverpool almost making the cup last time around. It is the Germans who have deteriorated.... and they blame Pep for bringing the tiki-taka virus to middle their total football game.

It appears they have enough burning bodies to generate electricity in that Cross-River state.... talk of green, sustainable natural resource.... say no to jungle justice

pateraluv:
Then whoms problem if nigerian lack electricity? But Mr Minister in 2015 you promised to solve electricity problem in Nigeria. It was a big surprise seeing you turning it the other way round now. Na wa ooooooo, may God help us in this country.

I was watching Mission Impossible: Fallout yesterday and after the fight in the bathroom and the killing of the contact Ethan Hunt said he 'hoped' the white widow had never met 'John Lark'. In reaponse his CIA opposite played by Henry Cavil said explicitly, '...hope is not a strategy!!!...'

My dear 'hope' is a function of the 'promise' you anticipated. It is not a democratic instrument. Hope exists only in the annals of religion and faith where you have an unable congregation seeking help from an all able God based on scriptural promises.

In democracy it is talk and do under compulsion. It is a master servant relationship where the citizen is the master and the politician seeking office is the servant. Your servant can say all he likes, that he promises to do this and that but your consideration is his performance not his promises and when you interview him for the job you will be expected to know how he will perform his tasks and evaluate accordingly. No one ever asked Fashola how.

Now they come again and instead of asking how, what we are interested is in Atiku Visa and Jubril form Sudan or whatever nonsense we pride ourselves in. That is the problem. See what is happening in the UK. Brexit has not happened yet but the debates everyday on Brexit are so harsh every citizen of that country knows what is happening intoto, how it will work or fail and what lies in the future and in their converns almost removed their Prime Minister. They don't play around with their destiny. We do.

ProAnti:
Power is business but the government is still the biggest impediment to the growth of electricity sector. Owing to a penchant for control, the government through NERC, fixes electricity prices and most times the tariffs are sub-economic and far lower that the costs. Same way they try to overly control petrol prices, a situation that has led to gross inefficiencies, reduced productivity and increased corruption.

The regulator should focus on providing an enabling environment for business to thrive rather than fixing prices of goods and services.

As an aside, why did the government retain some stake in the distribution companies when they can't use their substantial shareholding to drive positive change in these establishments?

We are on the same page, just different chapters and Fashola as well. I am not a government apologist but Fashola/NERC did try to raise tariffs twice is the year but was resisted and the matter remains in court.

The wrong government has done is not paying its own vast electricity bills regularly and some minor policy missteps but apart from that, there is nothing it can do. Conducive environment is a performance criteria and depends on many other factors incidental on the economy as a whole.

Banks for instance at the moment are not lending as aggressively as they should (expected in an inflatory/contractive) economy... And government surplus cash is no longer in their vaults courtesy of TSA.... so...

IkennaDavid1:
I thought the clown said they can fix power problem in Nigeria in six months?

Next(Lower) Level.

Not his fault. That was the fault of an ignorant society. No one asked him how before casting their vote so he dodged the bullet. Theu jave come again and debates are scheduled but once again most Nigerians are distracted by sentiment of Atiku US visit, cloned president and other childish nonsense. Some even suggested that the younger and more enterprising presidential candidates be not part of debate because they cannot win. Can you imagine that.

So the elections will come, false, unrealistic promises will be made, no questions asked as to how things will work, votes will be cast, power handed over and nothing will be done. Six months later, complaints... We are our own problem abeg.

zlantanfan:
Is saraki no longer a member of the Nigeria government that can represent in official capacity, what is this pettiness about?

The sad tale of the black man... And his penchant for useless sentiment. The more mature mind will want to know what is going on and how his country and himself can benefit from the interaction.

ProAnti:
Power is business but the government is still the biggest impediment to the growth of electricity sector. Owing to a penchant for control, the government through NERC, fixes electricity prices and most times the tariffs are sub-economic and far lower that the costs. Same way they try to overly control petrol prices, a situation that has led to gross inefficiencies, reduced productivity and increased corruption.

The regulator should focus on providing an enabling environment for business to thrive rather than fixing prices of goods and services.

As an aside, why did the government retain some stake in the distribution companies when they can't use their substantial shareholding to drive positive change in these establishments?

Exactly.

CrystalMax:
He is right to some extent. The folks who invested in the power sector are not serious people,all they just want is profit even when they are not investing enough. Almost all power system infrastructure are still the old ones they bought from FG. How many new injection substations have the discos built? How many distribution transformers have they bought? How many prepaid meters have they deployed to customers? How many equipment do they have for fault identification and fault rectification? What's in the store of these discos? ECN/NEPA/PHCN had so many things working for them but for poor management, all of those equipment and infrastructures were sold to people who are not "rich" enough to sustain the industry.
He is right to some extent. #IMO

They are just keeping afloat. They are not making much. You will know any sector that has 'free' money, business sharks will be swimming around to takeover and devour. Remember the subsidy regime, overnight every one money bag had a tank farm constructed. Banks were falling over themselves to finance. Today no money is going into power because nothing is coming out. Returns are poor and venture capitalists such as Geometric that was heavily leveraged by banks.... well you know what is happening with Diamond.

And please, no matter how 'rich' some entity is if a venture does not make business sense, it does not, simple. Big money is not symptomatic of financial carelessness. I have done a feasibility with some of my friends to do independent generation and it does not work, simple, the tariffs are too low. This was the mistake made during the privatisation regime. They bought into the process with a promise rates will be incrementally raised to meet up with set targets. Fashola has tried, the rates have been raised but not quickly enough and not high enough to ignite investor interest.

Believe me if it is attractive you will have heard a lot of M&A's since the privatisation, even political interference. The power sector is tough.

MetaPhysical:
The Power Ministry is a regulator. If you scrap it you will end up paying through your nose to get electricity from the providers as there will be no oversight on price gouging....and then you will turn around and blame it on Buhari for scrapping the regulation that kept them in check

No.The Power Ministry is not the regulator. NERC is the regulator. The Power Ministry remains in charge of policy and strategy. But its roll in the nuts and bolts has (should be) heavily diminished.

Technically he is correct. In privatisation the levels of performance directly relates to the overall capacity of the nation at that point in time. If Nigeria expects better service it should be prepared to make deeper comittments, deeper sacrifices. Government does not provide power. Power is business.

I am in the know of this. The power sector requires massive, really massive investments that have not been made for decades in the past to match the growth in population. To raise such capital fast you need an overly attractive business model that will draw out these finances from where they presently yield for the owners. It is this business model that the operators cannot square up because the rates that are currently paid cannot ROI in a normal scenario thoughtless of one where competition for investor funds is needed.

Our population is a big challenge here and at the rate we are progressing it will take several decades before we see the last power outages, probably not in my lifetime.

pawesome:
This loosers... Even if election was held inside their bedroom,they will still loose

We know you folks are satisfied with the present levels of mediocrity. Let us hear them out nontheless. Democracy speaks and does at the demand for what has been said. It does not remain silent in hope for superman salvation the way our brand is practiced. There is no knight in shinning armour coming to save the hapless princess. That is fantasy. You have seen 4 years of that misnomer.

generationz:
the debate makes no difference.
won't change a thing


four years ago buhari refused to debate and went for town hall meetings... I remember it like yesterday

guess what?

he still won

Debates are still needed for other reasons. We want them in. They can moderate them through a series of vox populi votes till the last three standing. We want a competition of ideas. Even if they cannot win the ideas will seed change.

frankmoney:
The plain truth. Sack Mourinho while you still can , sack Ed Woodward as well ..... Lukaku and Pogba are a force to reckon with when they play for thier national team , but are total trash when playing for United

Lukaku and Pogba are severely over rated pls. If they were on the stock market both will have been sold long ago.

Mac2016:
I even doubt if the woman made a wrong comment. Most Nigerians at large are just foolish. They have nothing to do with their time. Would you as a father be bathing your daughters, grown or little, especially when their mum is around?

We all know baby girls are so fond of their dads. Most times, my daughters would wanna show me "where is paining them" in some "soft" places I quickly direct them to their mum even against their wishes.

Is this act paedophilic on my behalf?

Or it is just simply sending conscious statement to the babies that their some items a man is not licensed to access unduly on their bodies.

Thank you. Pre-historic neanderthals everywhere. In the society we live today it is just not wise to have such contact for many reasons. It is merely adapting to the times we live in not berating anyone. That is what the message she wanted to pass across. But who will trust the mob for justice.

Mrjo:
this is it "poverty" is the main reason he is doing it, those of your examples is not in anywhere near the topic

Of course it is poverty, every beginning looks humble but when the couple have high street shops and the man is busy travelling back and forth from China and Singapore folks will find another negative story. He wants her to succeed and I'm sure she wants him too. If you cannot stomach that, then it is your problem bro. They are happy and making progress. Stay there.

I know of another couple like this. Today the man is in his fabrication yard building boats in Porthsrcourt. Tje wife traveks to China nad Dubai to buy components. It all started very differently. The kids are all grown and are in some of the best private universities in Nigeria today.

Awoo88:
Idealism!! In reality, the picture you just painted among couples thus exist but few and far between. Most women will take advantage of bro Emma. Bro Emma is lucky that wife is a good woman otherwise he family will be working for his deliverance

God has given you the power to create that ideal. What you end up doing in setting up your relationships and home is your choice. I am talking about a system that works best. Most men discover this only when they are near their graves. That is was not the big backsides that really mattered. Of course if everyone knew this will society be this despondent.

mcayomind:
Man should knows his accommodated space in a relationship.... different strokes for different folks.


I can't imagine myself doing this for wife, cos im just so busy.

Busy doing what.... if you are married and you donot have a working partnership with your wife then she is no better than a househelp or house manager. You should not have paid a dowry, but a salary.

Mrjo:
have you imagine visiting Aso rock only to meet Bihari in the kitchen cutting okro?

Typical simplification of issues. The man in question is not the Head of State neither is his wife the First Lady so your direct comparison is not correct. However at the level they operate it will simply be impossible for the President to operate successfully without his wife's help and vise-versa. Cutting okra for them will be equivalent to seeking to combat drug abuse for instance amongst the youth and you saw her appointment a few days ago.

Awoo88:
Try this with some women and see them turn you into a maid. They will make it a right! They will even boost about it to their friends how their man is the woman of the house. Most men will rather go sit out with fellow men in a bar even if it is not convenient than to be seen as gba ewu dani

This is a typical rat race scenario. Such will happen when actions are not driven by vision and the couple is merely existing.... 'surviving' (as most Nigerians are) rather than applying. Now let me paint you another scenario using the couple in question. And believe me their status is good, one is doing business the other is in employment (a good balance for an upstarting couple).

The end of the vision is to consolidate both positions at a high level. The man knows the job can go any day so he must work towards being an employer. The lady knows the business is fluid and it can hit turbulence anyday so she has to diversify and consolidate. What a solid couple will do will be to 'node' these positions so the can combine effort. The man will absorb the cost of her hiring assistance. The woman will absorb the cost of investing in new business. With the resultsnt savings they begin to build capacity.

Do you think if they have set a time to move to the next level the woman will jeopardise her position by 'turning the man to a maid' or he man will jeopardise his by 'sitting at a bar'. I don't think so. So the key is vision and it is only people of vision that you see doing things like this. And that is why right from time marraige is exclusively for people of vision, people who have a pre-arranged tasking. God created marraige for the purpose of actualising vision. And because vision is so intimate it requires the bonding of a couple without preconditions. Such can only happen between husband and wife.

I can't see how friends or neighbours can come between to wreck such partnerships.

Well that is commendable but in scenarios where the home front has a bigger footprint in the life of the couple. The principle is right but not every woman sells in a shop and not every man works the night shift. What is important is that every couple must be actively working in synergy to deliver set goals.

Meanwhile the Judge will have well manicured lawns, crystal chandeliers and a jacuzzi at home... There was a radio program I listened to several years ago about a certain government agency operating out of run down portakabins due to lack of adequate office space and a certsin senior official lamented about how his personality was suffering because his working environment did not meet with his status and it was causing him great psychological distress.

The calibre of members of the public whom he was expected to serve and who would wade through the muddy compound and then endure the stiflingly hot portakabin drove him to start conducting government business from the comfort of his air conditioned SUV. .... of course at great fuel cost.

But then I knew how much folks like that were paid, how much passed thtough them in commercial tranactions and how much they creamed off the government and I could swear that from the car he drove he would be living in a palatial house. I had no pity and concluded that like most Nigerians their homes were always better than their offices. It led me to this theory about why Nigeria remains the way it is. We are inherently a very selfish and self centered people that take our selfishness to the absurd extent of insanity. Because you can only define insanity as killing the goose that lays the golden egg.

The judges, magistrates, lawyers, police, wardens, etc that use that building definitely live in homes better than this despite the fact that this is one key location that makes their profession and thus makes them money. How can the location of your wealth, the well of your fortune be so run down while you sit there. What if the roof falls on your head.... Nigerians are so funny.

What does it take the Judges in charge to raise a small offering to do their little bit to at least make it look marginally habitable. What will it take out of them to dedicate a few hours a month to do some DIY....they rather stay there until tragedy occurs. We are such a strange people.

In more developed climes there will be several indices that define what 'famous' actually represents. Is it fame for its land area (number of allotments), number of visitors (patrons), or turn over... or history, etc. It is very subjective and dependent on the views of the onlooker.

I think a better representation to fame can lay claim around specific trades or items of commerce so I would tend to exclude markets that handle general items in favour of specific or specialized goods and services. As such Onitsha Main will be off my list while I will retain the Computer Village, Kantin Kori and the Benue Yam market. These are the places that will tend to appear on a typical tourism brochure and where foreign tourists are more likely going to visit.

martineverest:
in Nigerian context,it's the biggest economic policy,cos corruption is the biggest economic hindrance

So why is it still hindering Nigeria till today. I thought it has been eradicated since 2015.... excuses for failure. A man sits in his house and tells his wife stories that they cannot afford three square meals because of the robbery that happened three years ago and until he can get back his all property he will not provide for the family.... pally divorce is loading...

The APC may get 2019 because of propaganda like yours but I can guarantee you that by 2023 the excuses will have worn thin and some serious questions will be asked by Nigerians. Stay at home and be complaining, don't go out and work as a government.