₦airaland Forum

Egbin power station is not FG Wilson generator. It is a power plant. Those that manufactured, installed and commissioned it should be running it. Call them and broker a deal. Supply us electricity and we will pay you at a price we mutually agree to. Simple. How many of the staff complaining were there thirty or forty years ago when the plant was commissioned. Government has no business buying generators, generating electricity or selling metres. This problem will recur until those whose business it is to design, fabricate and operate these plants are in charge, period.

Fighting corruption before fixing the economy is just pie in the sky. It won't happen. It cannot happen. Corruption is a culture in Nigeria that runs deeper than economics. Where was corruption when government took away Nitel's monopoly. Did they have to close down the mafia that held the telecoms sector captive. Does government need to go after the PHCN mafia that has made the petrol generator household furniture. No, just sell the damn thing and let us the people determine what is the fair price of kerosine.

We hate government so passionately yet like the abused wife we return for more. NNPC, the king of graft was stripped of import monopoly and it fell into the hand of the PRIVATE SECTOR. Or are Yinka Folawiyo and co. government agencies, yet the corruption worsened. If government begins to jail them just how many will go, the companies that fix your roads, your bosses, your colleagues even some posting here work for companies that aid and abet this fraud.

So the best way for now is to remove the fuel from the fire. Kill the incentive and level the field. To return to state control of such industries is to pay school fees for government corruption. No sound economy will leave its key assets in the hands of the unwilling and unable. The man has tried and admitted on behalf of the civil service they cannot handle it. Why force them. Government has no business buying and selling kerosine.

jmaine:
GEJ to remove subsidy . =====> screams . .screams . . .screams. . .he is about to impoverish the poor masses . . .he is too mean . . inflation would be  too much . . .Nigeria is not ripe for subsidy removal . . and a whole lotta excuses . . . which were quite valid . . . .

They decide to withhold action a bit to give people room to appreciate why it's has to be removed and to consult as to what tenable alternatives need to be adopted if any ====>  Screams, screams, screams, screams . .He has to go for backing down in his previously supposed cruel decision to remove subsidy . . . .He has to go for not pulling the trigger in the face of thick criticism and damn all the  concerns about the hardship it might bring . .He has to go for not being autocratic in his style . . . . .he must go . . . . we just want him to go . . and all sorta flimsy jibes they feel they can eject . . .

Now the question is this . . .what exactly do you people want . . . Should subsidy be removed or it should still remain pending the challenges we are all facing . . . Are we also clueless, confused and lost that whatever decision by the FG on this issue doesn't suit us . . . whether left or right   . .

It appears the fellas complaining are even more confused than the accused F.G

That is why I think to remain sane is to respond more to topics and less to respondents. Some people are just impossible. Every observer will understand that the government has not done enough on its part and I'm happy government is looking at its recurrent expenses again. I think as the people we should chip in with our own sacrifices. In three years plus they will all be out of government leaving us and perhaps our beloved new government with the same problem which was caused by the collapse of the naira in 1986-7 and the collapse of refining capacity in 1995. There is no easy way out. If we have been involved in reviving damaged and dead institutions we will know there are few solutions beyond sacrifice across the board. Both leaders and the led must understand this.

Boy that river is tough. Used to ply it to Soku Gas Plant but never back to Saipem before 5 pm. How anybody will try that thing at 9 pm beats my imagination. May their souls rest in peace. Sad loss.

The recurrent expenditure is trully shocking. Proof that 160 million Nigerians live and die for a few.

I'm not even concerned about the Defence Budget. Heck if we want government not to spend anything then we just go about our business lawfully. Insurgencies are expensive to handle, rife with corruption and underhand dealings but caused by the people and this one - people hating other people. Though they may be profitng from it I don't believe Government did ask for it.

What concerns me more is the recurrent expenditure. That's the breakdown I like to see. For government to be spending 2 out of every 3 dollars we earn via oil, sweat and tears (taxes & levies) on themselves is very, very unfair. I really like to see the breakdown. I don't know what the size of governmetn is but they cannot constitute more than 1% of our population and why should this 1% corner, dictate and consume 60% of our common wealth is rude, very very rude.

[quote author=Tayo-D link=topic=823542.msg9758065#msg9758065 date=1323800537]@topic,

I was in Naija this year and went by this area when it was under construction.  What struck me most was the fact that the shopping mall is going to add to the traffci congestion in this area.  Did anyone do a traffic flow analysis to ensure this area does not become a parking ramp for cars that should be moving? 

While the development of such infrastructure is laudable, it bothers me that we do not plan to develop surrounding infrastructure to cater for the incidental increase in demand.[/quote]And to think that the seat of government is just three hundred yards down the road seems a bit puzzling. Ikeja G.R.A yes, Secretariat  . The other access roads through the House of Assembly and the zig-zag to Oregun on the other side are okay on weekends but during the week those fierce looking MOPOls do give me the creeps. Good one. Shows what private cash can do.

Hmm, And I suppose the officer(s) conducting the lie detection will be subject to lie detection to ensure the machine isn't lieing. Oops. Let's start by checking whether the pronouncement war a lie. Or perhaps the reporters were lieing. Hmm.

Shows the paucity in entrepreneurship pervading the land. Outside oil the economy is one big franchaise. Buy and sell. And once a product locks in it easily burns competition. Have you noticed most of those products rarely undergo improvements. Good or bad they force them on us. Just imagine the circus of the LaCasera relaunch only to discover the change was a contoured bottle. Nigerians don't demand excellence so they don't get it.

Lasinoh:
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Only a Calabar man would have built this mess to 'chop' money for sure.
Can anyone spot what is wrong with this picture?
All this rigmarole to go to where?
The man just fool Calabar people. . .little did he know this would ever be revealed to the whole world.

*the shortest distance between two points IS A STRAIGHT LINE!

What a joke!

Haba guys, this is the mountain road that leads up to the ranch at Obudu Resort. How can you build a road ascending 5,000 feet in a straight line. C'mon.

I've seen viewing centres from Lagos, Porthrcourt, Abuja, Kaduna and several other places. Most of them look exactly like this. Shacks where patrons charge N 50 for a football match. It is the only avenue the poor get to watch cable when monthly rates are over ten thousand so please let's be careful with our criticism. Anyway they are softer targets for these villians who easily melt into the crowd and act when excitement is on. And please not all bombs are incendiary in nature. We should rather be thinking perhaps these guys are beginning to use household materials and I can think of a couple that can do this type of damage. Thanks.

Game over. Fair result. Madrid has closed the gap but just by little. Not enough quality to handle Barca. Jose must buy quality attacking midfielders to create opportunities for his strikers.

I think the Ref performed excellently well today to keep the game in order.

Nyntynplus:
As tym goes madrid r becoming more lazy,

They are all exhausted. They've given their all. Its just not good enough. Let's be practical. Madrid don't have the players to compete. The first goal was a gift. They haven't created consistently enough.

coogar:
ozil does that.

Tries to do that. He lacks many qualities at this level.

If the fans can stomach it I think Madrid should just forget and de-emphasise these Classico's and go ahead to take the LaLiga hoping Barca drops more points. They just don't have the players to compete.

If madrid are to compete they need a creative midfielder who can hold the ball, close control and distribute. There is no one in the squad with such capabilities. If only they had someone like David Silva. I see red cards coming. Wrong substitution. Alonso should come out. He's run out of gas.

See where Ronaldo has to pick the ball from, behind the half way line. You can't win matches like that.  

Why now. This match is too much for Kaka

Marcelo's software is seriously corrupted.

Thought I just saw Pedro.

okstol:
Ronaldo is making matters worse for the Los Blancos outfit. His footworks tonight has been poor.

He's been himself usually overwhelmed in these types of matches. Same with Alonso, Pepe and S. Ramos. For Barca Abidal has aged dramatically and Fabregas is conspicuously absent. i want to see Callejon.

Half time. Pretty poor match. Disappointed.  

dayokanu:
See Sanchez rolling like he stepped on 4 IED's

They may have the best players and arguably the best league but the quality of the classico is pretty poor. The dire lack of fair play demotes this league by several notches.

Roland17:
Ronaldo trying to do too much again

It is the middle that is not working. He has to fall back far too deep then has a whole host of defenders to wade through to goal. Mourinho must do something quick.

Said it, Real has no midfield. Lass, Ozil are far too slow. They should bring on Callejon immediately.

Madrid requires quality offensive midfielders. They are giving their strikers far too much work to do and Barca far too much room to operate.

coogar:
angel di maria is the worst player in the whole of spain!

how he plays for madrid is a travesty!

Said it earlier, the guy is way too erratic. One minute of genius the next total rubbish. Barca midfielders are more creative and more stable. Ozil and Lass will need their AA+ game today to survive.

Doubtless Real has improved massively this campaign attesting to the skills of the gaffer who I regard as the very best, but the fact is the Madrid team remains sub-standard in very critical areas. If you will beat Barca you either have to outpossess and attack them or adopt dynamic defending. Both require a highly skillful and mobile defensive and offensive midfield that can outpossess Barca and press high when they loose the ball. Real just doesn't have this quality. Lass, Khedira and Alonso do have their qualities but they fall well short of containing Messi and Xavi. Offensively the likes of Ozil, Kaka and DeMaria donot hold the ball long enough to create room often leaving the strikers too much work.

They need an AM in the mould of David Silva (wonder why they didn't go for him). In the squad Callejon is even better than either Kaka or Ozil.

The team's mobility is still in question and I wouldn't rule out a 3-0 Barca win.

PS. I'm not a fan of any football team. Nigerian teams have ensured that.

Lasinoh:
1. Dele Giwa's Killer
2. Bola Ige's Killer
3. Funsho Williams' Killer
4. Ayodeji Daramola's Killer
5. Dapo Dina's killer
6. Yomi Bamgbose's Killer
7. Bayo Ade's killer
8. Mr. and Mrs. Barnabas Igwe's killers
9. Harry Marshall
10.Alfred Rewane's killers

http://www.elombah.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4776:harry-marshall-spate-of-political-assasinations-in-nigeria&catid=50:enyimba

They said 10 most wanted not PDP manifesto. Haba read na !!!

[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=821095.msg9726316#msg9726316 date=1323405357]there seems to be quite a lot of affinity between the south south and the middle belt region.[/quote]They are the two most powerful and influential minority blocks. They represent where we are coming from and perhaps where we will end up. It is still early days in middle-belt reorientation. There were noticable absentees from the last Northern congress so the block is yielding but the likes of Gowon were there.  A day will come when they will call for a meeting and only him will represent the middle-belt then they will promptly render him persona-non-grata. The wheels are turning. Let the north continue to send its ambassadors of death - fulani herdsmen - rampaging through the country. They are only uniting the south and creating an ever larger power block from it.

ChinenyeN:
Apparently it seems Jonathan does not think that to be a good idea. http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/28905-state-police-impossible-now-says-jonathan.html

Of course he won't and honestly he can't not even a president from the south-east. Not even a coalition of say ACN and any other because whatever system brought them in will resist such change. What the government can do is to buy courage and devolve some of its powers as enumerated by Mikeansy.

The magnitude of change that a SNC will trigger is something that can only come from without - the people and get to the courts through the closest representation of federalism, the national assembly. Forget the executive if that is we infer as government. It is not in their interest. Federal steals states resources and powers, states steal those of local government, LGA's steal council funds and the councils steal from us,

With the exception of a revolution change will not come from those with vested interest let us not look that way. We only need to drive a wedge between the executive and legislature and bring the latter to our side. This is the only peaceful way.