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amazingspiderma:
In the past administration,he was waiting for assistance and blaming GEJ for lack of support. Since PMB took over,he suddenly became proactive.
I hope people are taking note of this contrary behaviour from a single person.
Two types of management approach,all in one person.

Don't mind those lying liars that speaks with two different sides of their mouth #Hypocrites.

it was all done to send GEJ out, so that their god can come for them to worship.

theDEVILisHERE:
"but both sides can still be referred to as class"

No they can't
There is really nothing like class in this aspect

When doing anything in life you have only 2 options
You either do what is right
Or
You do what is not right
(Your options are not: Good/bad, cause Good/bad is a function of sentimental and emotional reasoning which do not paint the true picture of things)

What is not right might not be wrong
But that does not make it right

Also
In life
You either have something
Or you don't

What you don't have
You can do your best to acquire
Acquiring it is not garanteed tho

Bottom line
As a human being you are supposedd to try and always do what is right (common sense devoid of emotional/sentimental reasoning will aiways show you the right thing to do at any point)
And then
Hope for the best (you can't do what's beyond your power to do)

thanks for the explanation.

i was looking at class from a different perspective (i.e the rich and the poor) though in reality there are no clearly defined rich people and poor people but everybody is rich or poor relative to someone else #simply comparison things

theDEVILisHERE:
IT IS NOT A CLASS WAR

It is a war between those who can reason properly
And
Those who don't want people to reason properly

Those who can reason properly want to make things right
While
Those who don't want people to reason properly want to keep things in the wrong way so as to use it to their advantage
They do this with the aid of idiotic people who they have suceeded in brainwashing not to thinking properly

Unfortunately those who want people not to think properly have been winning the battle
But
What's inevitable is that
Those who reason properly will eventually win the war
Because
Truth will always win against lies in the end

u have simply summarise it for those who need summary #these are the set of people i should be trolling with #

but both sides can still be referred to as class

if only i can quote all who try to show their philosophical prowess and logical incomprehension in matters above their cerebral cavities.

Op tried to proof the proverbial phrase that when two elephants fight, it is always the grass that suffers the most. Nigeria being multi ethnic is not our problem but we are suffering because our leaders (especially public servants) are fighting supremacy battle in political space, economic space and even in the military (armed forces). this may continue for the next 50 to 100 even 500 years, i will give local and international examples below

i won't have the luxury to expand the terms i am going to coined but may write books on them.

The Game of Money (having the resources to be relevant in the society whether by hook or by crook):

this is a game or fight (anyhow u want to term it since both have winners and losers) holding sway in the economic circle. from corporations defrauding the masses to inter and even intra-corporation wars. the fight is all about who will make more money and have the resources to dominate the economic space (or become wealthy).

A perfect example was the cement industry war during the OBJ period where dangote tried to snuff live out of competitors until everybody ran and he became the highest manufacturer and distributor of cement in Nigeria expanding to dominate the african market thereby becoming the richest black man (He won the game). the biggest loser in that war was femi otedola of AP whose share price on the floor of the NSE plummeted to dust via market manipulation thereby limiting him access to funds (or what u call loans) that will finance his adventures in the cement industry. Remember that dangote was the president of NSE then. if u are not financially savvy u won't understand the gibberish i am writing up there.

In retaliation, femi otedola frustrated dangote out of the petroluem sector of which he holds sway. u will remember that during OBJ era of dashing state properties to his cronies through the guise of privatisation, dangote got one or two refineries which refused to work until government took them back during yaradua/jonathan era whereas femi got AP. thus each of them face their ministry and callings.

this is the hardest game since u don't have control over all factors that will increment ur resources as u wish. that is why INVESTORS and businessmen are control and market determination freaks. unfortunately everybody is a player whether u are aware or not.


The Game of Relationship (getting favours (help,support,money) from others):
some will think that this is a male/female thingy. No, it transcends that. we relate with people everyday in ways that affect us positively or negatively. yes man-woman relationship or what some people call love is also part of the game but it is never the core.

Relationships work in a give and take approach. to be relevant in any relationship, u must have a bargaining power or something to offer the other person else the relationship dies a natural death. most relationship die when a party feels he/she is not benefiting from the arrangement.

People with common interest and goals always come together for the sole reason of helping each other achieve their purpose in whichever area they wish to advance. Ur ability to form and maintain complex relationships where u benefits most makes u a master in this game. In this game u most have something to offer the other party (whether real or imaginary) else u become irrelevant to the person. to succeed in this game, u must be seductive, manipulative, charismatic, emotional and most importantly let the other party see what it will gain by associating or doing something for u. i won't go into more details but let me give two perfect examples.

Some will think that the perfect example is marriage but let me surprise u that parent/child relationship is where power plays are displayed the most. Most parents are controlling often trying to bend their children to their wishes while on the other hand some children are so manipulative that they use their parent to play expensive pranks. while parents need children who will be responsible enough to support them in old age and perpetuate their lineage (plus whatever money they will leave behind), children also need their parents to cater for their welfare as the tried to understand the system of things around them for survival. so each party benefits form the other in a kind of symbiotic relationship but it is not always balance though better than the second example.

the second and most complex kind of relationship is that formed by the rich and powerful within political, economic and military circles for their perpetual dominance. In this kind of relationship, the more space u occupy the bigger ur bargaining power without wish u cannot gain support and help from others. If u are giant in economic circle like dangote, u get more help to ur business as all nigerians bank contributed to give him up to $4bn loan facility to expand his operations outside Nigeria making him the richest man in africa. the same exist in military and political circles.

In Nigeria, people like OBJ, IBB, Atiku and others who operated in the military, political and economic circles combined wield a kind of power in relationships that even the British and American ruling class would envy. that is why both the APC and PDP were courting OBJ during the last election for help and Atiku is still pulling strings till today.

this is the trickiest and most complex of all (i should have mention religion but i don't want this post to be longer than this).

The Game of Power (holding positions and wielding influence in the society with the capacity to fight opponents):

You are not considered a player and cannot compete in this game without succeeding in the game of money and relationship (being wealthy with top connections). this game pans itself out from families, villages, associations out to the larger society. infact if u try to flex muscle when u own no big pass ur opponent, instant humiliation or annihilation awaits u. humans are civilised, past the level of fighting with their bare hands except the agberos and primitive fellows who still use bottles and sticks. the level of fighting is so sophisticated now that if u don't have resources, just forget about the fight. whether legally via the judiciary, with arms and ammunition, or any other way of subjugating and clearing ur opponent from the road to ur success.

tosyne2much:
I'm tripping oooo

just fall at once because u dey waste time (mugu)

Toks2008:
Lmao...i guess some ladies will expect a telemudo scene to play out where the guy will be like..no no no we should not be doing this...lol

Thanks for pointing that out jare.

Guy u are wasting ur energy.

Most people here don't understand the kind of friendship(paddy paddy) u meant. that is why the relate it with people the met randomly (through circumstances) at school, church, workplace and neighbourhoods. they mix up acquaintances with paddies.

i shouldn't dabble in this but everybody keeps friendship for a reason though many don't know theirs. that is why we friend and unfriend people from time to time.

PDP agents come and tell us how una OGA's at the top were able to pull-off this stunt because from what i see in the budget presentation, next year may be brutal and suicidal.

Imagine 300 billion for special intervention (going inside peoples pocket) in one year.

truckpusher mogidi LordAdam abeg hala ur people make them come help us in macedonia

modath:
OP, I am not an E warrior, I'm just extra passionate about the country..

I'd have Waka pass your mention but the question is just too good,to apt to be left alone & I also have never been known to not take up a cerebral challenge... I only avoid the inane ones..

I'm not penning any essay, spent a good no of years sweating through some "easy" ones, been there done that, but I'm going to give two analogies & you can make your inference ;

A. You have a very leaky gallon but you are using a tanker hose to pump water into it, it is leaking like no man's business but the volume of water coming in is far above what is leaving.... it is clear to see the waste but the false sense of comfort is " something still dey inside nah", I dey kampe!!

Suddenly the tanker from whence the water is gushing from is almost all dried up, to trickles, you then realise the error of not fixing the leaks in the gallon, You are now trying to patch the holes, & at the same damn time doing a balancing act to ensure the little that trickles in don't gush out through the innumerable holes still remaining, so you, your kins & your youngins don't die of thirst!!

I can also give more than 2 more but this will serve for now..

Just going to add, this is what happens when visionless leaders oversee the period of plenty, they make the job of a resourceful & patriotic leader an uphill task!.


*mic drop*

please stay close to ur mic

the illustration u painted above looks like a person who brag about how he can do a task with adept skills yet when he was given the job, he discovered that what he saw was not what was on ground. he start faltering and blames everybody and everything around without thinking how he would get out of his mess.

Every country passes through periods of bloom and gloom, so any aspiring leader or party should consider what is on ground before taking a position. would they be able to handle the misnomers of previous administrations and develop ways of moving forward base on their leadership skills? Because i cannot remember the previous administration blaming its predecessors for their inability to provide Energy and Power, Infrastructure and social services.

The obama administration on inception did not blame (well at least i'm not aware) the recession in US on Bush jnr and the republicans (plus the greedy investors who crash the global economy at wall street) that spent trillions of dollars in various military operations across the globe and overthrowing of foreign governments. Instead he sat his butt down and bail US out of its mess including the private sector financing until their economy rejuvenated, unemployment reduced and the feds increase interest rate for the first time since 2007/2008.

Even when our mega banks fail under yardua/jonathan regime, nobody pass the buck to soludo and obj but the banks were bailed from their predicament to prevent economic meltdown.


No matter how u look at it, every government has its merits and demerits. why don't this administration build on the merits of the previous ones and eliminate the demerits for a stronger and prosperous country instead of passing the buck around? Or was their mandate to expose the failures of the previous administration and then ground the economy as a punishment for not giving them power in 2011?

Based on apt response from my patriotic compatriots, the following should serve as our guidelines.

1. Every party that request the populace mandate to governed should be knowledgeable enough about the current and possible future status of the national income and expenditure (atleast have idea of what is ground and ways of improving same) before bringing in experts to resolve complexities.

2. They should be creative enough to generate revenue (including blocking leakages), expand current revenue base and source for fund to expand the economy without jeopardizing the future of the country with strangulating decisions.

3. they should understand the inner workings of the national economy and the multiplier effects their proposed policies will have on the economy.

4.They should understand that they are in power to correct the ills of the society without passing the buck around. A leader should be responsible enough to accept the challenges of the society and proffer solutions without telling the populace how the went through it, after all every leadership position has some level of secrecy or what is popularly termed CLASSIFIED information.

5. They should understand the problem of the country and develop strategies that would improve the current situation for the betterment of the populace that gave them their mandate.

Firefire:
Absconding...

Where are going, come back here #Arrested with handcuff, sits him down with pen and paper#.

BetaThings:
He is not!
I challenge him to a debate

this ur oversabi will lead u astray. incomplete information and poor analytical skill can only make u pompous, it does not mean u know what(and are sure) u are doing.

no wonder the guy no gree join issue with u. i can't enlighten u because u have decided to see a hill instead of a mountain.

hrhobi1:
Linda gave 1.5 million.

I am sleeping and will wake up on the 3rd of January so all quotes will be a total waste.

don't worry, it will gather momentum. plus u better wakeup before ur share pass u by

Why are APC yet to understand how PDP managed to take care of some of Nigeria's problems and yet was able to" loot" excessively (without grounding the economy).

Discuss


firefire beremx modath omenka madridguy LordAdam and all e-warriors on both sides.

Rules of engagement will be spelt out based on response

i know say this thread will live longer than methuselah until seun, lala and crew do the needful.

LordAdam:
And you are celebrating an slowpoke that spent billions to construct a flying mono rail. And did not know that trains operated in Nigeria until after he had been made minister of transport.

Shift go one side. I can see you have contracted PMB's body odor. Smelly sepulchre!

-Lord

pls save urself the stress of answering every tom dick and harry on nairaland.

most of these guys that are shouting are mentally sick because of under-education. Nigeria has one of the worst education system (social service generally especially the health sector) in the world. majority of people shouting on this land don't understand the mechanism of government and how it operates.

Don't try to enlighten them, their ignorance and stupidity is what makes those politician wealthy.

i can't type again sori.

sleeknick:
Saddist...must u show ur foolishness everywhere? Y not pretend to be sane sometimes.

no mind all the aproko wey full this land. they are MTN Nigeria(everywhere u go).

plus this thread is suppose to be for the night crawlers.

lalasticlala:

but bros how do u survive with all this mentions. i respect una working ethics

i also notice that from 12 midnight till dawn the fp is not updated #justobservingthough

see as two baes and a half take style pursue op from his thread . come turn thread to banter and settlement parlour.

ohh i pity randy

this looks like a fp material but lacks substance .

pls all d humourians in the house, just do the needful so that it can receive lala's blessings

b0rn2fuck, rottentomato, tosyne2much, rapmoney join hand lets move this to permanent site

APC doing what they know how best to do

dinachi:
The tensions surrounding the verdict of the Rivers election Tribunal has just eased ditto briefly after the tribunal presiding judge announced sonorously that the process of the elections was deeply flawed. He charged INEC to re conduct the elections within 90 days. Camp of the indefatigable APC leader and motivator in Rivers state, His Excellency the Right Honorable Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi was thrown into jubilation. No doubt the ministerial nominee must be feeling very happy right now as all his worries are dissipating one after the other. On the other hand, the governor of the state Wike must be wondering now how to wriggle out of this misfortune. From all indications, a rerun is imminent, whether Wike appeals or not. The question now is who will carry the day? Most people especially members of the opposition party the PDP are upbeat that Wike will carry the day but there are undeniable facts that exposes that optimism to be far fetched. Very clearly, Dakuku Peterside will not only win but will have a landslide victory. Lets look closely at these reasons.

1, PDP and Jonathan are no longer at the center.
Many people are making the mistake of overlooking this all important fact. They fail to understand that Rivers politics is always in tune with the party at the helm of affairs at the federal level. There is no way Wike and his cohorts will expect any kind of support or even sympathy from the Police or Military or even INEC as all these institutions are going to be neutral now and will quickly deal with any deception from Wike and or PDP. Infact, it is safe to say that these federal organs will be at the beak and call of APC. Many will argue that Buhari will not allow the kind of brigandage under Jonathan to happen in Rivers but they fail to understand that Buhari is determined to have Rivers and Akwaibom in the kitty of APC. In a nut shell federal might is now with APC!

2, Doggedness of Amaechi.
Many who do not know Amaechi personally make the mistake of overlooking his doggedness but it is on record that Amaechi has never lost any political battle! History favors him and he will once again deploy his magic wand that swept Jonathan out of power in Rivers state. For confirmation check out the list of his current political battles.
a, In spite of the substitution of his name in 2007 he won in court and went ahead to reclaim his mandate.
b, He won the governors forum election inspite of jonathan and even when Jonathan succeeded in polarizing the forum, eventually at the end of Jonathan tenure even former governor Godswill Akpabio admitted he won
c, He clearly sent Jonathan packing from Aso Rock
d, Inspite of Wikes machinations, he was given a hero's reception and screened by the senate.
e, Through his doggedness the election of Wike has just been annulled.
Love him or hate him, Amaechi is a political legend.

3, The Upland/Riverine dichotomy.
In Rivers state, there is a gentlemanly agreement between these two political blocks. Unfortunately,for Wike , he is coming to replace another man from the Upland, Amaechi. Fortnately for APC, Peterside is from the Riverine area and by this agreement Peterside has the upperhand.Some people will argue that this is not a strong point as it did not improve Petersides chances before but they forget that PDP was still in power then and Wikes thuggery was deployed with federal might to diminish this important issue. Now that Wike cannot count on the federal support,Amaechi and Peterside will play this sentiment up to their advantage.

4, Wike cannot count on Patience Jonathan support.
There is no doubt that the former first lady threw her weight behind Wike with all its appurtenances and what a weight! Then she could order generals around and even the IG of police was scared of her but today none of those things obtains anymore. She is more concerned about protecting her alleged ill gotten wealth than coming out openly to support Wike.

5, Alleged plan by EFCC to arrest Wike.
It was the APC in Rivers state that started the rumor, when they claimed that he will run away immediately he hands over power to the speaker of the house in preparation for the rerun. He will immediately loose his immunity and reliable sources say a dossier about his stewardship when he held sway as minister of education and also supervised the ministry at a time is with the EFCC. All the EfCC is waiting for is for him to step down and they will swoop in on him. If this happens, it will completely destroy his already battered image and kill his chances of being elected.

6, Rivers people love Dakuku
It is not doubtful at all! Most Rivers people especially those in the riverine areas totally adore Dakuku. Wike was totally aware of this fact and that was why he had to deploy thugs and security agents to compromise the elections. Now that APC controls the center, watch as Rivers people will show him love at the polls.


And finally, Amaechi, APC and Peterside has the psychological advantage. They have been winning so far and it is expected that they go on winning!

SOURCE:http://www.davidchuks..com.ng/2015/10/six-reasons-why-dakuku-peterside-of-apc.html

Abeg lalasticlala, Ishilove lets do the needful on this post!

hey i like what i am seeing here though am late to the party.

pabloafricanus is pointing out the reality of the situation in a land called africa by the whitemen and rossike is living in a world of fantasy of a selective believer.

what the black man need is massive education and enlightenment of our children's mind in the next 100 years to erase the faulty thinking imposed on our fathers by religionist and imperialist.

we should invest massive amount of resources to educate and enlighten the minds of africanuses to become FREE THINKERS. in the next 100 years the blacks everywhere will be able to reason together without selling his brothers/sisters to foreigners.

MENTAL ENLIGHTENMENT is the way forward. in times like this i vividly remember the greatest black man of our time BOB MARLEY's song REDEMPTION SONG. if we start to practice the wordings of that song, in a hundred years time it will be the anthem of the black man.

GoodBoi1:
I disagree

well u can disagree to agree

like i keep on saying, there are thousand ways to the top of the mountain choose the one that fits u.

don4real18:
Well, that's your own headache.... Encouraging things like this does not only seem inhuman but also shows your high level of stupidity

but when PMB before becoming president was openly supporting boko haram, why didn't u report him to the necessary authorities abi his level of stupidity was not high enough.

U wanted to intimidate that poster becos he is probably a no-body. so only the highly placed political tout can openly support criminals and terrorist without fear of authorities. suddenly human sympathy is flowing all over ur body but was not so before elections .

i wish i could help

ur body, personality will attract men , ur character and manner will pursue some but it is only u that will choose what u want (so start now to set ur criteria).

NB: not all romantic flirt will end well, the ones u don't expect or give a chance may be the one to stay.

so like the proverbial fisherman cast ur net and catch everything, then sit down and select ur best catch based on the criteria u had already set but note that u will live with the consequences of ur choice both good or bad

wishing u luck

u don't learn javascript alone but should be done with html and css. they are tripartite that must go together at least for a learner like u are.

this will enable u to use it in the web browser environment.

then like every other programmer, u write ur "hello world" program with what u have learnt.

voila!!!!!!! u have arrived, u can then call urself a programmer and continue the journey till death part u guys

i have been thinking of giving nairaland a visual makeover for ages .

even design a comp and wireframes but it seems like i am the busiest person on earth with projects without end

piss me when u have found somebody

that is some pretty web service consumption(facebook and instagram api will suffer) and data mining(abi drilling).

mode of presentation - how do you want it, how do u need it (2pac comes to mind).

frequency of tracking the said activities

keep on searching

there is hope

don4real18:
Supporting or aiding terrorism is against the law and I will personally see to it (if Seun doesn't take steps) that you are handed over to the necessary authorities for such disgraceful comment... Foolish young boy

make sure u also handover borno elders and other northerners who supported and sympathize with boko haram to the necessary authorities .....................or u will be the next foolish young..............

nothing to say


I Won't Appoint PDP Defectors As Ministers - Buhari by astana1: 7:31pm On Apr 11

https://www.nairaland.com/2250553/wont-appoint-pdp-defectors-ministers