₦airaland Forum

GlobeTrotter2:
that is the JOB of the government!! You guys don't know your government is the problem.

It is the job of EVERYONE who has the capacity to help in a big way, to do so.

In the Great Depression, AL CAPONE established a soup kitchen to feed the hungry. As did the Rockefellers and other wealthy Americans.

In Colombia, PABLO ESCOBAR used to visit the poorest parts of Medellin at night to distribute money from his drug trafficking activity.

If a criminal can be so conscientious, what’s the excuse of the supposedly ‘clean, virtuous’ billionaire classes?

Beverlyjean:
U are a bonified fool and an empty head... u definitely know nothing about racism.... ur brain is point blank ....

School dropout can’t even spell bonafide, but thinks she knows something.

Little air head.

Why bonified?

Why not boniface?

Plus the comically inappropriate use of the term ‘point blank’.

Low IQ dunce.

leathalbeast:
You Nigerians are hypocrites, one south African did something bad and you are bashing all south africans, have u guys forgotten the daily kidnappings, murders and robberies going on in your country ?

Crime happens everywhere, including in South Africa. But in South Africa there is a unique targeting of foreign African blacks by the black South Africans that doesn’t occur anywhere else on the continent.

I think they’re suffering the trauma of the apartheid experience. Their behaviour reminds one of African Americans and Native Americans who exhibit a similar pathology following their horrible experience with slavery and discrimination at the hands of devilish white invaders.

Beverlyjean:
Blacks are the worst racists of all races

SHUT UP.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT RACISM?

Small kid talking rubbish.

If I start posting images of African Americans hanging from trees following public lynchings by animalistic white mobs, what will you say?

Nonsense.

Chukwuka319:
Only fools will badmouth their fatherland, but I will never do so. Every nation has its own peculiar challenges bedeviling it.
What we are currently passing through is not endemic to us, because Greece,India, Pakistan are too experiencing it( Galloping inflation and skyrocketing cost of living).
Few days ago,Greek farmers and civil servants were protesting, just like some of us did in the North,SW.
Nigeria will be great and prosperous again, for it is always darkest before dawn.

You are a true Nigerian.

God bless you brother.

gidgiddy:
To each their own, if someone wants to answer the name of an empire, they can do so, but they must not force anyone who does not accept the name to do so. As an Igbo man, I have no connection to Songhai and Igbos don't like empires.

That's why its better to hold referendum, go our different ways and choose our individual names. That the British brought us together does not mean we must be together forever

My friend many Igbo regions were part of the Benin Empire at one point or the other.

Igbos are not alien to empire.

And you really need to start seeing the world as it is, not as you wish it to be.

Nigeria is not gonna split up any more than the USA, Uganda, or China are gonna split up.

You’ll be wasting your time on this Earth pushing this futile agenda of yours.

OP is that picture real?

Those are fu.cki.ng UFOs man!

Where is this?

Hope you are not bullshiiting us with some fake pics?😟

gidgiddy:
Songhai? As an Igbo man, I have no connection with anything called Songhai and I dont like empires. Let's hold a referendum, disintegrate peacefully and everyone can go and choose their respective names

The alternative is to keep answering a British colonial slave name called "Nigeria"

But the people of Ghana have no connection with the Ghana Empire whose name they adopted.

I think your problem is that you are a tribalist bigot, which is really backward for this 21st century digital age.

You’re like a dinosaur from the pre-stone age era.

THE ANCIENT HEBREWS WERE BLACK AFRICANS AND WE ARE THEIR DESCENDANTS.

Xscape1993:
The military should go after the drug master first. Nigeria is not a serious country. Imagine Tinubu as Nigerian president!!!

They will start by arresting animals like you who think you can slander the president on social media without recompense.

Keep talking, you hear?

Stupid wild animal.

FreedomfromtheT:
Yes, most Igbos want out of Nigeria but for now they are still part of Nigeria.
What if an Igbo is destined to be Nigeria's messiah?

You want out of Nigeria?

So what are 30 million of you doing in the north and south west?

Sirianese:
Na ya papa name be Songhai idiat

You are obviously an awusa goat, red-fula

Low IQ. Is Nigeria your mother’s name?

The English who massacred, enslaved, and colonised you, looting your resources for centuries, did 1000 times more evil against you than what any Hausa-Fulani did.

Don’t use your brain. Mumu.

Babaibeji2020:
.......methinks you need to see a doctor.....fast...!

Why? The OP is thinking outside the box and using his head, unlike you. Mr inertia.

Topman7:
It won't surprise me if the ancestors are working against us because we abandoned them to embrace the English, from religion to even the naming of our land, when we have so many great kingdoms and empires we can use to name ourselves.

Countries with indigenous names like Kenya, Ghana, Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania etc all seem more serious and patriotic in the way they do things, with far less corruption and abuse of office.

It is our total political disconnectedness from the past that makes us unpatriotic and corrupt, because we are like a tree without roots.

Very good point.

IVORY2009:
He did that because the son was to contest for governorship elections.

Doesn’t matter. He did it.

That’s all that God wants.

Even those who give out of religious obligation or to please God, are doing it for Divine favours, so it’s all good.

If you are feeding hungry kids, you are not wasting your money. You are making spiritual deposits in your heavenly bank account.

Making your Maker happy.

That’s how the rich need to see it.

IVORY2009:
Igbenedion the sema of Benin did, but never lasted

He is enjoying greater blessings in heaven.

Life doesn’t end here.

gidgiddy:
Gowon was fighting, killing millions of people, telling the world that he is doing this because 'one Nigeria' will be the best in the future

I'm glad Gowon is alive to see what his 'one Nigeria' has become. Today, Gowon can no longer sleep in his local government in Plateau State

But Igbos support One Nigeria, which is why they are all over Nigeria.

If they didn’t, they wouldn’t be millions of them in Lagos, Kano, Abuja, Jos, Ibadan, Kaduna etc.

They’d all be in Onitsha and Umuahia.

Igbos are thriving and building mansions in their villages precisely because of One Nigeria.

So shut up.

Frigga13:
Some people are naturally daft... is always difficult to reason normal with them

Allow those humans ..

They just wan shalaye

Indeed. Of course everyone WILL answer to their Maker at the end of all this.

What I know is that there is NO WAY that I would have billions of dollars in my account today, and not set up a feeding center for the poor and hungry, in this current crisis.

And those who have it MUST GIVE, and GIVE MORE.

advanceDNA:
.accusing billionaires that already do good giving in hundreds of millions is the height of entitlement.... all I asked u is what good have u done...and u r foaming in the mouth because u can now realize ur hypocrisy is smelling....

..u have done nothing in ur small community ..but u are dragging others..

..u are a thief.... Just like Judas claiming the expensive oil used to wipe jesus' feet should be used to feed the poor........ U do not really have the poor in mind....ur eye is in people's wealth ...

Óle nie

ILLITERATE PEA BRAIN.

I just told you that I do what other ordinary folks with a conscience do, which is help folks I can on an INDIVIDUAL BASIS, when able.

SHOULD I REPEAT THAT FOR YOUR DUMB SKULL?

Or you need someone to knock your thick skull around so it can absorb information?

Little slow head.

SoNature:
1. Irresponsible government
2. Begging as a deep-rooted culture
3. High unproductive population

I raised three points but you chose to focus on one. Again, you cannot compel a man who has one brain, two hands and two legs like you to take up the responsibility of your irresponsible government.

If you care so much about poor people, set up the food depot and start helping people.

FYI, every famous wealthy man with a legitimate source of wealth gives to society....there are no exceptions. The question should be, "What are you doing to help?"

A big fat YAWWNNNN to your excuses.

You call yourselves ''christians'', ''muslims'', and all this rubbish.

What is the point of being a 'CHRISTIAN' when you can sit there and justify people sitting at home with billions of dollars in the bank while people are dropping dead from starvation around them and children are going to bed hungry??

Do you think your ''JESUS'' will accept your govt blaming excuses and finger pointing at the proverbial Gates of Heaven and Hell, when you start justifying your ignoring starving people when you had billions of dollars in your account?

You prove right the saying of ''JESUS'' that it is far easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven, because that money tends to turn you into little selfish beasts who forget that you're only here for a short while and are answerable to your Maker at the end of this life on Earth.

finallybusy:
Oya, point gun for Dangote head make he do am.

It was just a simple suggestion, you dumb freak of nature.

advanceDNA:
E pain am......U ddnt do anything with the little u have...u won't do when u have plenty....that's how it works...
.giving is a mentality ..it's not a function of how much u have ....that's why u are feeling entitled and dragging billionaires......

Actually, you low IQ freak, ordinary folks like us help out the less fortunate on an INDIVIDUAL basis. That's how it works.

Those with MILLIONS OR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS SHOULD do more than that, and in sane societies were selfishness and greed are not the norm, THEY DO.

finallybusy:
You are as stingy as the other commenter mentioned. Pooling money can be performed by any set of people. Fifty Naira from twenty individuals will result in one thousand Naira. That is a meagre example compared to what individuals with drive can accomplish. Stop pushing a responsibility onto others which you can’t achieve by yourself.

OH SHUT UP...

Even in the UK and the US, ordinary citizens and the middle classes were not the ones setting up soup kitchens.

Even today, they are not involved, and no one expects them to be.

IT WAS THE RICH CLASSES AND THE ARISTOCRACY who established them.

If you don't know, I'll educate your dumbass.

SoNature:
That's because they cannot shoulder the responsibility of your irresponsible government. Besides, what was the population of the UK at the time? Then, compare it to 250 million people.

If Nigéria was a serious country, we would have pegged our population long ago and anyone caught begging by the roadside without deformity is going straight to prison.

In summary, those billionaires cannot start feeding everyone in a society with an irresponsible government where begging for alms is an entrenched tradition of many tribes.

So population is your excuse, plus government.

Was there no government in the UK when private rich people built soup kitchens for the poor?

USA has a bigger population than Nigeria, and Soup Kitchens were established during the Great Depression of the 1930s

https://cdn8.openculture.com/2020/06/01220415/capone-1.jpg

So look for another excuse!

finallybusy:
You mentioned the option of pooling money to get it done. So, why haven’t you done so?

I am not a rich man.

I said THOSE WHO ARE RICH should do it.

advanceDNA:
How many pple have u fed or helped this week.....?? Even if it's one person...nor lie oooo

U pple won't drag those that control our common wealth....na private individuals Una go dey demand from

If u become dangote..u will still not do anything.....nor dey cap

Shut your dirty lips there. How dare you tell me what I would do or not do?

Do you know me?

Asswipe.

Just because you are a selfish, corrupt P.O.S. doesn't mean we are all like you.

finallybusy:
With the 40k you make monthly, you don do am? It’s easy to point at others. Create your own example.

You don't know what I earn, so stfu.

In the days when there was starvation and malnutrition in the Victorian and Edwardian era of England, in the days of Oliver Twist and Charles Dickens, the rich would establish what were called 'Soup Kitchens' where the poor would queue up and be served plates of light soup served with bread.

If I was Dangote, Otedola, and all these guys, I would do just that.

Just establish some joints and ensure that people queue orderly for their turn.

Even rich folks that are not as rich as Dangote and co can still come together and contribute to establish a Soup Kitchen.


Soup Kitchen, Victorian England
https://media.sciencephoto.com/c0/45/19/80/c0451980-800px-wm.jpg

They even still have such places TODAY in England, for the poorest who can't afford a meal.

We need to develop that sort of caring mindset for our fellow Nigerians.

onez:
This is a warning to all true lovers of Nigeria. This is not for those that cheered the disastrous years of Buhari (They are the enemies of this country). All hands must be on deck to save this country from collapse. In my previous thread, I warned that human being will eat grass if nothing is done. Things are already escalating dangerously. This is another warning. This country should not divide. Tinubu is a clear and present danger to the unity and continue existence of this country.

stfu

NIGERIANS DO NOT HATE IGBOS.

IT IS IGBOS WHO HATE NIGERIANS AND NIGERIA.

IGBOS GO ONLINE TRASHING NIGERIA ON A DAILY BASIS.

THEY ARE THE BIGGEST DRUG TRAFFICKERS IN AFRICA, TARNISHING NIGERIA'S IMAGE WITHOUT A CARE IN THE WORLD.

WHEN A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT IS POSTED ABOUT NIGERIA ON THIS FORUM, IGBOS RUSH INTO THE THREAD TO LAMBAST AND SCORN THE DEVELOPMENT.

GOOD NEWS ABOUT NIGERIA BITES THEM LIKE A SCORPION.

THEY LIED THAT OBI WON WHEN THEY KNOW FULL WELL HE DID NOT WIN.

THEY ARE DEEP TRIBALISTS.

OBI WAS CAUGHT ON TAPE TALKING ABOUT STARTING ''A RELIGIOUS WAR DADDY''.

APPARENTLY, THE BIAFRAN WAR WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR THEM.

MAYBE IF HE HAD WON, WE WOULD BE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BLOODY RELIGIOUS WAR RIGHT NOW, WITH MILLIONS DEAD.

NIGERIANS DO NOT TRUST IGBOS TO HANDLE POWER RESPONSIBLY AND NOT LOOK TO DESTROY THE NIGERIA THEY HATE SO MUCH BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CORNER THE NIGER DELTA RESOURCES WHICH THEY SEE AS ''RIGHTFULLY THEIRS'' BY REASON OF PROXIMITY, WITH NIGERIA STANDING IN THEIR WAY.

IGBOS DID THE FIRST COUP THAT DESTROYED THE FABRIC OF OUR DEMOCRACY AND UNITY, BY TARGETING PRIME MINISTER TAFAWA BALEWA AND LEADERS OF OTHER REGIONS FOR ASSASSINATION, LEAVING THEIR OWN LEADERS TO LIVE.

THAT LED ULTIMATELY TO A CIVIL WAR COSTING MILLIONS OF LIVES.

HOW CAN YOU JUST STORM THE HOUSES OF ELECTED CIVILIAN LEADERS AND SHOOT THEM DEAD?

BECAUSE OF WHAT?

HOW DARE YOU?

ALL THESE ARE WHY NIGERIANS DO NOT TRUST IGBOS TO LEAD, AND UNTIL IGBOS TURN A NEW LEAF AND BEGIN TO SHOW REAL PATRIOTISM FOR THE NIGERIAN NATION, NIGERIANS WILL RATHER DIE OF STARVATION THAN LET IGBOS LEAD THEM.

THANKS.

HAVE A GOOD DAY.

You Obidients are just useless.

I remember very clearly that even in the days of OBJ, Yaradua and Jonathan, folks were still complaining that things were hard.

People were abusing OBJ on a daily basis on this Nairaland.

Same as Jonathan, whom folks were calling ''clueless''.

Or is Yara'dua? Baba Go Slow himself?

In fact during the oil boom days of the 70s and 80s, people were complaining that things were hard.

Why do you think Fela was so popular?

There's never been a time that Nigerians said ''Ahh... Things are okay! Things are good. Life is sweet!''

Except in your Obidient imaginations!