₦airaland Forum

otokx:
Nigeria will be great again.

How. Is fhis not the same ol, same ol. They meet, decide who rules next and Nigeria is cast in their image.....aand the cycle goes on and on. Can you see what I have been saying since joining this forum. Except Nigeria is restructured. This country can never move forward. Now you can see the human limitations of a superman, now you can see why it is vain chasing up messiahs but rather seek to institutionalise things. Now you can see clearly the various agendas at play. So sorry for this country and its poor, ignorant citizens....by the way I hope you have 24hrs light in Choba now.. .. was around there a few days ago before returning to Abuja.

sarrki:
The handlers of Mr president wants to plunge this country into a state of anarchy .

I sensed that they are trying to block osinbajo becoming president.

They should be careful most of the support pmb enjoys in the southwest is due to pmb and pyo candidacy


They should thread softly. What stops osinbajo talking to workers yesterday?

Abba kyari and Lawal You destroyed what pmb stands for

You are not interested in Nigeria. Just another name dropping etthno-centric citizen.

ednut1:
So what happens if there is a baddass hold up, and ur battery dies.

In theory, as long as you are not moving energy is not being consumed so it will be like a cell phone on standby, however the climate control nav and infotainment systems will be functioning so you will gradually take a power hit.

Abegi. America should stick to things that fly. Creativity in the auto industry lies in Europe.

tete7000:
The Nmandi Kanu allowed a senator and a civil servant (giess I am not wrong) of federal republic of Nigeria took his bail. He abandoned his co-agitators in prison. Since he came out he has been fraternalising with our politicians. The way it is going, I see the man abandoning Biafra and joining Nigeria politics to seek elective position. When this happens, it is fanatical ipob boys that will be heartbroken.

What is the quality of Nigerian politics. How has it affected even you positively. What is there to join. For you Nigeria is okay, for others it is not. Is it a crime to decide you either have a say or go your way.

All I know is that everyone has a right of association, the freedom to belong or not to and no one can be forced into any sort of union he or she does not feel comfortable living in. Liberty is not man mandated. It is God given. And if you want to find a reason why Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Korea all at par with Nigeria in all developmental indicies in the 60's have left us far behind, it is this. And it is no surprise that North Korea wants to forcibly unify the south with it. Who will want to live with those you don't share the same philosophy, aspirations and dreams with. Nigeria cannot coerce all its inhabitants and hope to succeed. It simply cannot develop. For some, this is okay because their mindset it permenantly attuned to suffering but for others they will surely move on.This country will either bend or break. Some ask why the south-easterners want self determination. That what is so attractive about another country. The question they should ask themselves is. What is so attractive about Nigeria as presently constituted. Naturally divorce is painful and wasteful but may be the last option when abuse cannot be contained, stopped or reversed. Joe Ibokwe cannot fix Nigeria as it is constituted so what does he want others to remain with him in the tomb when they want life. The real frauds are those pretending all is well and hoping that doing the same thing for 60 years will set them on a different path.

ifeanyija:
As posted by a Facebook user:

Where are all the lovers of Nigeria? In 2010 WE MARCHED and demanded that our then president must speak to us,where are they today? Why can't they speak up now? Why the silence?

#WhereIsBuhari

They are all ashamed. They cannot believe that lightning has struck twice.... and that's why I never factor individuals in my critical thinking. Support institutions alone and remain relevant.

I think Kanu should limit his exposure to these questionable fellows to prevent the movement from becoming a political football. If there is any threat to the ideology it will be from 'within'.

talkoutloud:
I'm sure they were singing my belle o my head o. Song

Na. Full Metal Jacket. They were singing M-I-C-K-E-Y-M-O-U-S-E..... The guvnur na real mickey mouse.

Vicben:
According to Mr. Smith Takema, younger brother to the former Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Targema Takema, Benue Workers refused to salute the Benue state governor during workers day celebration for owing salaries ranging from 4-10 months for state workers and primary schools teachers respectively.

I was fuming till I saw this one and couldn't but burst into lafta. They look like the british POW's being taken by the Japs to work on the bridge over river Kwai. Hahahaha....

jomonic:
Other than agitation we should be talking about restructuring via constitutional reforms. But this is going to be very difficult because you must pass the bills through the lower and upper house and thereafter presidential ascent. Those who favour agitation (IPOB, etc) understand that with the way Nigeria's legislature is constituted it will be easier for the camel to go through the eye of a needle than for these reforms to pass through the legislature and executive. The people against constitutional reforms and who are benefitting from the present order are in majority in both lower and upper chambers. They will not allow constitutional reforms because it will not favour them. Does senator Ken Nnamani not know this; that it is part of the frustration providing stimulus for Biafra agitation. Nigeria is great with its present diversity but only if all people are fairly treated. Ken Nnamani is just one of those selfish Igbo politicians and should not be taken seriously.

Exactly. They think those who maintain the status quo are fools. They have been working extra hard since independence to ensure Nigeria remains this way. Had it been Nigeria is a success story no one will complain but it is not. That in trying to reboot the country is a threat to some is understandable but for those who suffer it most to desire it remains this way forever is quite frankly baffling. Just look at the DSS recruitment issue of late and the excuse that was given for it and those who are affected adversely are just laughing it off, then telling you to tone down your own agitation. You use words, they use action to project their power and influence. Be toning down you hear.... bull crap. Ken thinks he can negotiate with Rome. Yes, they accepted Paul, heard him and then hung him.

kitaatita:
You'd be deceiving yourself if you think that every Igbo supports your IPOB agitation. IPOB may be popular in Igboland, but the group is not as influential as IYC or Arewa Youths or even OPC. These other groups understand when and how to reach out and when to fight. If Federal Government says no to IYC, OPC or Arewa, government would know the consequences. But there is no consequences when you repudiate IPOB. Nothing. IPOB no carry weight. IPOB is just another street dance group; a carnival of unemployed youths.

Then there is no need to talk about it if it is 'nothing' Why talk about irrelevant things.

What are they saying. Is it not the agitation that brought them into that book launch. If not for agitation will the Niger-Delta have resource control. For their information power does not remain in a vacuum. Look at the core north that has dominated power since independence. Even with their man in power they still put pressure on the rest of Nigeria, their emirs are still talking with fighting words, the ACF, the northern elders forum remain vocal trying to ward off any interests from other parts and this people want the east to tone it down. In Nigeria, if you keep quiet you will just die there for nothung. The only language a deaf man hears is demonstration. The Nigerian state is deaf and blind to the fortunes of her constituents, they can only expect push back in response. If the east fights for secession and they get restructuring it is a lot better than to fight for restructuring and get what.... slots, allocation, borehole, road.... .This country is just disgusting.

And yet we will speak so authoritatively on matters way above our level of comprehension. 'Donot operate a generator with a phone torch'. What is the meaning of this. And the chap will have gone to bed feeling he passed across a message. Perhaps too grieved to read what he posted.

chiefeconomist:
Mr. Boyo's knowledge of economics is very questionable. How on earth could you blame naira devaluation for all of Nigeria's ills? What many economists like Boyo fail to realise is that exchange rates are prices, they transmit what is happening in the underlying fundamentals.
It's absolutely undeniable that Nigeria maintained an unwise fixed exchange rate system throughout the 1970s and most of the 1980s. That implied that there was no way to know when the naira's value was no longer realistic. We therefore kept the naira overvalued for far too long, which is precisely what turned Nigeria into an import-dependent country. When a currency is overvalued, imports become artificially cheap and exports become too expensive.
It was in this backdrop that Nigeria was forced by reality to readjust its currency. My Boyo May blame the IMF for all things wrong in Nigeria but that doesn't change the fact that our own attitude toward the market led us to the fixed exchange rate regime which did the damage to our industrial based. Simple.

QED.

The article is not creamy smooth but what I can say about this before awaiting responses is this:
In letting the naira find its true market value remains the best tool for 'compelling' Nigerians to seek other means of obtaining it, whether generating their own, popularly called diversification or attracting those who already have it whether foreigners, exiles or locals to invest in dollars or dollar related enterprises. You simply cannot have a capitalist system which we operate with socialist guidelines. Someone somewhere is bound to be cheated, robbed and rendered poor and unfortunately in this case it is the 'common' man who has borne the brunt. Just like the fuel subsidy regime, the common man enjoys little benefit (his net fuel footprint is small but the cost to him of the loss of other social services such as roads, schools, hospitals is high, similarly with forex, the common man's share of the foreign reserve cannot be compared to that of the well to do on a personal and general scale.

What government through the CBN should do, once again like the fuel subsidy regime is a deliberate phased floating over a five, ten or twenty year period so that inflationary pressures are spread out but for the CBN to continue to use oil prlceeds to subsidise 'consumption' in large parts is just callous and generations to come will curse us for not making hay when the sun of big oil finally sets. Old habits are painful to leave. That's why this government with all the political capital it had, had the greatest opportunity to effect real change but it rather chose to maintain the status quo of big oil, cheap forex, consumption based socio-governmental structures. No lesson has been learnt, the Niger-Delta is quiet so they think Nigeria has succeeded. So the next recession will be worse. Much worse.

You must have started the journey with money so it will end with money. There is little chance it can be repaired any other way except God steps in.

GloriaNinja:
SHE SOUNDS LIKE AN ILLITERATE

Yeah, educated people don't use such language. Thunder this, thunder that is the communication, mentality and perhaps experiences of 'village' people.....

This is so sick. This is so, so wrong. If the relations of the deceased see this he is legally done.

Nigerians and racism. The sporting achievement like all other aspirations take the back seat. Wonder why this country is like that. And they will say corruption is the problem without knowing what is behind it all.

asuustrike2009:
Depend on location

GLO has a slightly better spread but Etisalat more than makes up in quality.

W3xy1:
etisalat is still the best.. Very fast but their data plans are highly expensive

They are just the best.. QED.

malware:
Even on this one I'm with Buhari, though I disagree with some of his policies.

Do you know that when Buhari assumed office he nearly canceled the recruitment of about 500 cadet officers because of its lopsided nature?

Cross River and AkwaIbom had over a hundred cadets then when states like Kano, Jigawa struggles with 5 and 6.

It is only fair if he refuses to cancel that recruitment and tries to neutralize the anomaly with this one.

I have been following things as they unfold in the country, I condemn the condemnable and support the good ones.

No. You correct errors. You don't deepen, complicate or escalate them. Because if you do where does it end and how will it engender trust in your other policies and programs like the famed anti-corruption war. So will they also steal to make it 'even'. Like I said earlier the north is not politically or demographically disadvantaged. There is no need for them to seek their already dominant position in government at all levels accumulated over 30 years of rule.

persius555:
To be honest, this government is dividing the country the more. If truly previous recruitment were lopsided in favor of the south, red flags would have been raised.

They were lopsided in favour of the south but the context and that of the entire Jonathan regime was to give those people a sense of belonging after decades of neglect. If the north feels it has to catch up after controlling and dominating the governance of Nigeria since independence then it is a pity. I repeat. Jonathan was there for only 5 years, even Buhari alone will soon match that timespan not to talk of Yaradua, Abacha, Murtala and all the others who did this exact thing over 40 years. What they do does not represent a fundamental change in direction but a return to the status quo of lopsided northern dominance. Only restructuring can save this country.

LordVoldemort:
I'm not defending anybody.

The point am trying to make is we have allowed people to divide us based on tribe and religion and it has eating deep into our consciousness that we just have to question everything based on tribe.

You don't hear New yorkers complain that California has the highest number of people in America military.

Once we can bridge the gap of tribe and religion all this pettiness will stop.

My opinion though

And who are the ones that cannot easily assimilate their cultures and religion into the climes they visit and welcome people of different faiths and tongues into their land. Who are the ones who forment the giant share of ethno-religous conflagration and blood letting. Are they or are they not the same people in consideration.

TheLordIsGr8:
Keep proving Nnamdi Kanu right every passing day

And winning him and his course more and more support. Is this wise. This government makes it hard for its supporters to defend it and what will be left when the dust has cleared will be a small group of hardcore, dangerous fanatics who won't bat an eyelid to 'liquidate 200.'

austinvsb1:
I'v been a fairly good supporter of the buhari govt. But this act combined with previous acts of nepotism cannot be swept under the carpet. Its almost like a particular section of the country is constantly getting themselves militarily equiped to keep the other section in perpertual fear of disagreement and conflict.

I believe in one nigeria but this is not a time to pretend to be dumb to obvious happenings around you

So you guys have been pretending all the while.

ziga:
It is no surprise that the strongest, most powerful nations in the world have the largest land masses.

- USA, China, India, Japan. Former USSR, even now Russia

And the funny thing is that these already large countries continue trying to expand their influence by taking up other countries.

A lot of African countries have a lot of potential but we limit ourselves by our selfishness.

It seems Nigeria continues to get poorer with the more states that we create.

Some people will claim that Nigeria is too culturally diverse... But truthfully, are we really more culturally diverse than the USA. We are a country of all black people for goodness sake.

Anyway, small minds think small things.

So Nigeria as presently constituted is okay for you simply because of size. For your information all those countries you mentioned have independence or seperatist movements; both civil as in the State of Texas in the US and violently as in the Caucuses, Russia and the Uigur moslem minorities in China. Are these countries more prosperous and peaceful than pin sized countries like Japan, Singapore, Norway, Finland and others. Abeg park well. What rulers, dictators, conquistadors and the whole lot of greedy, self-centrered maniacs look for is the size of their conquests. What ordinary folks, the common citizen looks for is peace, security and a decent standard of living. Has a supersized Nigeria given any of these. Abeg answer. The UK is shrinking. They feel they will get a better life out of the EU while other countries like Greece are in the greater EU, wasting away, getting poorer because they can't make german BMW's and cook like the french. Abegii. Nigeria like this doesn't work. New heroic government, 'heavenly sent president' yet everything worsens.

And you mentioned Japan shows how faulty your logic is. Japan is the size of just 3 or 4 Nigerian states with half the land uninhabitable mountains and a small population half of which are pensioners yet the third largest economy and crime next to zero. Bigger can only be better if it is homogenous not fractured and divisive. The police needs 30,000 new cops a year to keep this country from exploding. You should be worried that the police will soon consume all the resources of the country. Don't restructure, be doing big....big wahala is loading.

Anyway it is not that important in the context of righting the wrongs of Nigeria as it will vent the smokescreen called the anti-corruption war to reveal the true intents of maintaining the status quo.
We can see that the country faces a greater danger of social instability, ethno-centric disputings that can only be solved by restructuring.

If Nigeria is restructured who will care if Nigeria's Washington DC takes most federal appointments when Nigeria's California is the economic hub and Nigeria's Texas is the country's resource depository. No one. The only reason why folks are worried today is because a section are determined not just to conquer and dominate land, agric and mineral assets but also jobs, positions, opportunities and other 'soft resources' so that when the move is finally made to physically occupy there will not be the resources, the cash, the influence nor the will to defend lands, cultures, values, religions and other things people hold dear and make them human and alive.

They know the call for restructuring grows louder and they feel in time to come it will happen. So why should anyone be surprised the rush and desperation to dig in and spread defensively.

modsfucker:
There is no any recruitment scandal there.... I think towards the end of Jonathans tenure, the then DG DSS, Ita Ekpenyong did similar recruitment with about 75%-80% of those recruited from the southern part of the country.

I even read a news where Buhari campaign team alleged that the boys were recruited to destabilize the 2015 election. They said about 80 people were recruited/selected from is it Akwa Ibom or Cross River....

So it is fair if the cureent DG DSS chooses to bridge the gap created.

Okay. So the solution to past nepotism is more nepotism now.... I wonder what the solution is to past embezzlement....grass cutting....or

OlaMiki:
Personalizing it to Buhari clearly shows u are the real zombie and emotional bitterness for Buhari as a personal , someone ur father can not reach 50% of his achievement in life

This scenario has been happening right before you were born, its a general problem in the country not just the north or buhari Govt if not --:

why did CBN Gov -Emefiele recruited several igbos in central we he resumed as governor, why did is pple tag Diamond Bank , Igbo dominated Bank, or Wema Bank - Yoruba Dominated Bank etc

even your mumu HERO Jonathan recruited many Igbos or Niger delta pple in his aso rock security /PAs and other staffers, pipe line contracts at the expense of the country's Armed Forces who are met to do the job. he favor his pple more than the hausas and even disfavored the Yorubas

STOP PERSONALISING and BE OBJECTIVE -Lagos more populated has 7

So it is right. Yes or no. Let us assess your level of morality.

Nigerians and their mumu no get rival. Just like excitable teenage girls gathered round the late evening fire pot dreaming about Prince Charming instead of burning the midnight oil in a quest to develop to become irresistable worthy brides. Thus they oft end up in the kitchens and warming the beds of oafs and baboons.

The question Nigerians should ask themselves is: how qualified, educated, informed am I about the workings of democracy, Nigeria's version of it and how it can be a tool to meet their individual and collective aspirations. For it is only when someone knows how a thing works that he can bravely quest for the right person to work it. So it is not Ade the bricklayer or Uche the blacksmith or Usman the carpenter when in truth you want to build an igloo in Lapland.

Get to know the task at hand first, get to know how Nigeria can be made to work, get to know the competencies of the aspirators before trying to match them. And not just their faces or colourful backgrounds or else we risk ending up once again with picking the bad out of the worst as we always seem to.