₦airaland Forum

geoworldedu:
Wrong stats. At least I live in Lagos. I love Lagos but I have to say the truth, in Lagos where I live 95% are skipping at least one meal. If this is obtained in Lagos, what do you expect of other states in the SW? Do the Maths pls.

MakindeHassan:
Contrary to popular opinion the presidency should go to the north in 2027 for all fairness but people will roast me for this.

Obj did 8 years
Goodluck did 6 years
BAT 4 years

Thats 18 years total as opposed to the north with 2 years Yar’adua and 8 years Buhari making 10 years.

If the presidency goes to the north for two terms it will bring north and south to 18 years each and balances out.

Oya you people can start the insults

Oreoluwa1996:
Next time, learn to read into the details and find the root cause of a problem.

If Obasanjo and Atiku Atiku were not on a looting spree, there wouldn't have been a need to take loans.

Oreoluwa1996:
Oh, I’ve asked—and unlike your echo chamber, I got answers rooted in sense, not bitterness.

First off, let’s stop acting like Obasanjo is some flawless oracle of governance.

This is the same man who fired anyone who didn’t lick his ego smooth.


Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala wasn’t sacked for incompetence—she was let go because she had a spine and refused to be Obasanjo’s puppet.

She wanted transparent financial reforms, while OBJ wanted control without question.

It’s classic dictator energy disguised as “discipline.”

As for the 2014 borrowing to pay salaries—you clearly skipped economics class.

By 2014, global oil prices had nosedived.

Even Saudi Arabia dipped into reserves.

Nigeria, under GEJ, was already walking a tightrope due to unsustainable spending patterns inherited from—you guessed it—Obasanjo’s vainglorious empire-building and untouchable recurrent budget.

So the borrowing?
It wasn’t Okonjo-Iweala's doing.

It was damage control.!

She wasn’t borrowing to buy private jets for ministers or build a multi-billion dollar mansion in Otta.

She was holding the country’s economy together with chewing gum and spreadsheets—because Obasanjo and his clones ate the national reserves with both hands.

Meanwhile, Tinubu, the man you all love to insult, inherited an economy in far worse shape—zero savings, ballooning debt, subsidy madness—and instead of whining or playing the blame game for eight years, he’s rolling up his sleeves, getting to work.

You don’t like Tinubu?
That’s fine.!
...but if you’re holding Obasanjo up as a model of wisdom, then sorry—you’re not defending integrity.
You’re glorifying selective amnesia.

Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala didn’t fail.
She just refused to play godfather games—and for that, she got pushed aside by a man whose definition of loyalty is subservience.
Tinubu may be tough, but at least he respects capacity.
That's why people like her still get applause from him and not petty side-eyes.

So, ask again.
But this time, ask with facts—not recycled propaganda. #Shalom

NobleRhyme2all:
Do u have facts or is this another fact less effort at tackling an assumed opposition?

If u hv facts then let's see it

If she wasn't good then what's she doing at the WTO.

A world class organization where the best brains are ...

Oya present your facts .......
No jibbering pls

ShalliFvckMe:
Ever since Davido started hanging out with igbo boys. Igbo boys come dey mine skull.Becarful of who you make friends with

flokii:
Yorubas need to wake up and fast..
Lagos used to be serene up till the mid 90s' till everything changed.. it started with Balogun market, then Computer Village, Trade Fair and now all across the State.

Is Nigeria at war?.. why the unchecked influx of people into Yorubalands?

Is South West the only habitable region in Nigeria?.

Those in Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo etc. must wake up and avoid the mistake made in Lagos.

QuinQ:
But Naira got devalued at that point na.
How about all the investors that lost money and companies that folded and left Nigeria or went out of biz?
Besides, these numbers are fudged. See below

Ofemannnu:
Don't mind that village man.
There is a reason why they are all fleeing to Ogbomoso.

gidgiddy:
The actual eyesore are these pictures you are posting, showing major road in sagamu and a few building as your claim of development

If you had ever been to none capitals like Onitsha, Aba or Nnewi, shame no for let you post those pictures

walefresh3:
check very well..you go see
Onitsha..Owerri and other cities of Alaigbo full of brown roofs...

If you set scam others for Nairaland..you can't scam me....

Brown roofs wey dey Alaigbo surpassed the one in southwest....

Hahahaj

If you want more ..Google go show

gidgiddy:
Not bad, but Sagamu does not compare at all with Onitsha, Aba or even Nnewi

Depriest2020:
Few years to come, all these bushes will become new cities. My only concern is that our government lacks planing culture for cities. They would allow people to buy up those lands and build whatever, however they deem fit.

mrvitalis:
Firstly that's a big lie at the bolded

Our trde deficit has always been between +4 billion to -4 billion dollars

If you add foreign remittance it has always been positive

India has always had negative trde deficit

Your naira is weak not from import.. But loans your government take

mrvitalis:
Let me start by saying this... If you are not grounded in economics please read and pass

There has been this sentiment in Nigeria that import is what's killing Nigerian economy.. Lmaooo uts funny

Let me start by saying this importation has never harmed any economy, lack of export is what kills an economy

If you refuse to import what you can produce cheaper than imported once you are reducing the living standard of your people by reducing their purchasing power

As a nation because you can produce something doesn't mean you should... Say the locally made A cost ₦100 and imported once cost ₦20 by all means allow import

Some import duty we have is exactly what is killing Nigeria

Why should there be import duty on wheat? Can we ever produce wheat effectively? Never

Why us their import duty on stock fish? Can it grow here?

Why is their import duty on turkey? Do we have a turkey industry?

Don't get me wrong I understand import duty on rice, we have the land and climate and labour to compete

But import duty on steel? Lmaooo England just closed its last steel company because it was running at a loss... Ajokuta can never work or produce steel cheaper or even 150% price of imported steel... The iron concentration is too low 33% minimum requirements is 68% ... So we would need to enrich it which would increase cost

Import duty on steel have killed many industry from going global because their steel price put them at a disadvantage...

We want auto industry but we have import duty on steel and aluminum? Funny people

Why is their import duty on fabrics? We can never compete in the fabrics industry our cottons are too expensive and production is too poor... Import duty on fabrics is preventing Aba from competitng with turkey🇹🇷 and Bangladesh

Ok you want to protect fabrics industry but you won't allow cotton import? Funny people

To put it plainly To export as a nation you must import especially if you want to export finished goods and not raw materials

There is a reason the biggest export nations are also biggest import nations

We need economic policy change as a nation

Well what do I know

uzorathena:
The Forum of South-East Academic Doctors (FOSAD) views with grave concern and deep disappointment the state of the Nigerian nation as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu marks two years in office. Contrary to the celebratory tone of the President's May 29 anniversary speech, the reality on ground reveals a tragic tale of failed leadership, worsening insecurity, economic misery, institutional collapse, and national despondency.

The Forum rejects, in its entirety, the President’s self-congratulatory narrative of achievement, which is disconnected from the lived realities of millions of Nigerians. Instead of progress, Nigerians have witnessed two years of suffering, silence, and state-sanctioned failure.

1. Insecurity and Terror Still Reign
Despite lofty promises, the security situation across the country remains dire. From Zamfara to Imo, Benue to Kaduna, criminal gangs, kidnappers, terrorists, and unknown gunmen continue to operate with impunity. The South-East remains militarized, yet unsafe. Communities are traumatized, and the state seems unable—or unwilling—to provide security.

2. Hyperinflation and Unbearable Cost of Living
President Tinubu’s economic policies have plunged the country into historic levels of inflation. The removal of fuel subsidy without a coherent plan has crippled transportation and production. Inflation now exceeds 40%, and the prices of food and basic commodities have skyrocketed beyond the reach of ordinary citizens. Nigeria today faces the worst cost-of-living crisis in its history.


3. Electricity Supply: A National Shame
Two years on, electricity remains epileptic. Blackouts have worsened, and tariff hikes continue to impoverish consumers. The national grid remains fragile, while government pretends reforms are underway. In the digital and industrial age, Nigeria still gropes in darkness.

4. Collapse of the Education System
Under this administration, Nigeria's education system is at its lowest ebb. JAMB and WAEC have been riddled with controversies. The so-called student loan scheme is a political gimmick with no clear funding strategy or implementation framework. It excludes the poor, burdens the future, and is clearly unsustainable. Funding for universities has declined, while brain drain continues unabated.

5. White Elephant Projects over Real Development
FOSAD condemns the prioritization of grandiose, misplaced projects like the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, a vanity project with limited national value, while basic infrastructure across Nigeria is in decay. Roads in the South-East remain death traps. Public hospitals are underfunded, and local economies are in ruins.

6. Food Crisis: A Nation on the Brink
The cost of staple food items is at an all-time high. Farmers are being displaced by bandits and killer herdsmen, agricultural productivity is crashing, and the average Nigerian household is in a daily battle against hunger. The government has failed to implement any credible strategy to address food insecurity.

7. Tinubu's May 29 Speech: Propaganda, Not Progress
The Forum strongly condemns President Tinubu’s May 29, 2025 speech which seeks to whitewash failure and paint a false picture of progress. The speech was not only insensitive but also an insult to the intelligence of Nigerians. We urge the President to listen more to the cries of the people and less to the echo chambers of praise-singers and political contractors.

Our Call
FOSAD calls on all well-meaning Nigerians, civil society groups, organized labour, and student bodies to speak out against the deepening national decay. We demand a government that prioritizes people over propaganda, substance over showmanship, and policy over politics.
Nigeria is not working. The hardship is real. The suffering is national. President Tinubu must wake up to the sobering truth: his government, two years on, is a colossal failure.

Signed:

Dr. Stephen Nwala
President
Forum of South-East Academic Doctors (FOSAD)

Dr. Uzor Ngoladi
Secretary General
Forum of South-East Academic Doctors (FOSAD)

Umunzeorumba:
See Yoruba land wet develope pass USA

tonychristopher:
leave Lagos...call other parts of Yoruba from Ekiti to Ondo to Ogun


The problem with Yoruba land is Lagos cos they concentrate on Lagos and funny enough Lagos isn't a Yoruba project but a national project

Didijiji:
Clueless man removed subsidy

We are supposed to have excess money and be lending to other countries, they way you people blamed subsidy payments for everything

Useless APC party of demons