₦airaland Forum

spiralwedge:
Stop deceiving yourself. Crime is crime.
As Nigerians they have the same freedom, just as the Igbos do all over Nigeria, to move to anywhere they so desire within Nigeria.
Not only that they deserve federal protection, as any Nigerian, anywhere they go within Nigeria.

Just as hawking is legal, so is cow-grazing. So, live and let them live. The **** rob with guns in Lagos disguising to be hawking. So it's comparable. We must deal with the 2 issues the same. And that is to let them be just as we let the **** be.

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Yorubanews:
Don't mind them.
When Fulanis attacked MB - They called MB people coward.
When Fulanis attacked Enugu - Enugu people ran. After Fulani herdsmen NOMADS don waka back to North, dem open mouth claim Fulanis fled.
If Abians attack their masters from the North, I pity Igbos in the North.
Instead of blowing hot air, they need to task their leaders/politicians to ban Fulani grazing in the SE. That's the best solution.

Zico5:
We are just cowards in the south. All we are good at is ranting and shouting. We could not even defend ourselves at home and we are shouting freedom. What we fail to know is that freedom comes with a prize and we must be ready to pay. We need to rise up and defend ourselves against these monsters called herdmen or else anything is bound to happen

GeneralShepherd:
Everything in Nigeria currently goes to the highest bidder. From Occupy Nigeria to Occupy NASS and even this article.

This article is a disgrace to journalism, it attempts to whip up sentiments in favour of Saraki using other unrelated national incidents. I would not be surprised if the payment was calculated per word, it reeks of 'brown envelope ' journalism.

Fulani terrorists are killing Igbos with tacit support of our security agencies. I concur but how does this make Saraki less corrupt.

Fashola is an incompetent minister. His reputation was built by media propaganda when he was the governor of Lagos State. I agree but why should that stop Nigerians from demanding that Saraki resigns.

Even if Saraki does not want to resign as a Senator, he should save whatever respect the office of the Senate President has left. Saraki needs to bow out from his position and save Nigeria from further ridicule.

blueto:
Nigerians have suddenly turned to repiners under Buhari's dispensation.

See what Zombies have induced, Propagating clever lies to detract and discredit GEJ who was assiduous, proactive and working strenuously with the aid of God Almighty to transform Nigeria. But zombies brought a cessation to such auspicious administration and installed Buhari.

Quakertellicus1:
Sigh....puts on the propaganda hat as usual

Disclaimer: This is not a defence or an attack. Just stating facts.

1.All those Nigerians complaining....what alternatives do they propose?

2.We are in this situation because since independence....our economy has been tied to the price of the resources that we sell. If the price of the resources we sell goes down, we lose revenue....and our economy goes down.

3.Right now...the price of the main resource we sell...oil is down. As a result...the high standards of living that we enjoyed (not that everyone enjoyed it)...has fallen down too.

4.Because we are so dependent on oil...we have forgotten to manufacture things. As a result....we import. When prices are high...we can import as much as we like because we have the money. When prices fall...we can no longer import....and we have to do so at higher prices.

5.Most of the critics of Buhari.....are not really attacking him. They want to sit down and continue to import things that would make them comfy. The fact that they cannot do that is what is making them angry.

6.We can get out of this mess...by spending more on power and industrial development, and less on subsidies, as well as increasing taxes...and using the money saved to develop industrial support infrastructure....which would guarantee a prosperous future. But these people do not want that solution....because it means that we would go through a period of suffering....which they really do not want.

7. Things appeared better under the last admin because we had the forex to buffer the naira, as well as the forex to import goodies. Now...we do not have that forex....and things are harder.

8. Right now....Nigerians are grumbling. But if they want the goodies to come back....that means we have to take a loan from the IMF or we deplete our savings account to keep everyone happy. At the end of the day...we would have a brief Indian summer to be followed by a 1000 year winter.

9.Nigeria's route to economic survival lies with the development of a local industrial sector dependent on raw materials from within. It does not lie in oil.....or in fooling ourselves...the way we have been for decades....with the revenues from resources. I am afraid most Buhari ciritics do not see that. They only see that there is no more free money to chop.

The era of free things is over. Time we fixed this country.

P.S- If you want free flow of fuel....you would have to deregulate. But....most anti and even pro Buhari people do not want to pay for fuel at high prices. They want cheap fuel.

Well...that is the cold reality. We do not have money. Better tighten your seatbelts. If it is any comfort...if GEJ had saved money, and told the governors to forget sharing....it would have just delayed the evil day longer.

musicwriter:
Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Isreal, Australia, Singapore, are doing well because they invested in science and still invest a lot of money in scientific research and development. Therefore, they know how to manufacture almost everything they need and import just few things.

They can afford to devalue their currencies, because if they do they'll export more goods to the world. On the other hand, we can't afford to devalue our own currency because we don't manufacture anything, so have nothing to export.

No, China used to be very poor before, even up to the early 80's. China was occupied by Japan and Britain, and they were constantly fighting off invaders just like Africa. China started developing when they started looking inward. When they realized that neither Japan nor the west can help them, and that only themselves can help themselves. So, they reformed their system of education and paid huge attention to science subjects which the study in their native language. The result was development.

musicwriter:
We know how the IMF and world bank works, so you all shouldn't be scared.

If you investigate Bloomberg and all the so called foreign investors, you'll discover they belong to a network of companies controlled by the same IMF and world bank. So, their game is usually to make coordinated withdrawal of investments to evoke panic.

I said all these before.

Their next move would be to tighten the noose on Nigeria, until the masses go on to the street to protest against the government. Then, they'll say ''I told you so''. And they'll start funding a stooge political party to over-throw the head of state of their target prey-this time it's Nigeria, unfortunately.

They'll never rest until they worsen the economic crisis in Nigeria.

Western media (CNN, BBC, Bloomberg, Fox, CBS, e.t.c) are part of neo-colonial instruments to demarket Africa, and they're at full throttle now to demarket Nigeria. Buhari have to be strong and never show any sign of surrender, when they get the message they'll back out.

See the Capitalist Network That Control The World's economy http://www.africason.com/2015/05/the-capitalist-network-that-control.html

See disadvantages of the IMF at http://www.africason.com/2016/04/disadvantages-of-imf-international.html

ironheart:
good move CBN, they make millions, pays NIGERIANS chips and takes the bulk of the proceeds to their country. no investment. Arik Air should take the slot or Air Peace. this is the kind of reforms Nigeria needs. At this point in the life of Nigeria can we know the true friends who wish to invest and develop our nation.

murmee:
I want to believe that the Nigerian Government would have made the building of factories part of the agreements. What remains is to ensure that the agreements are implemented!

989900:
We had this discussion earlier, and I posted the below some days back:



OTOH, the whole China deal (total package) with the little we know from it so far will do the below (I posted this on another link earlier):



Then you need to factor-in the Chinese inputs in power plants, railways, refineries, roads, and other infrastructure that will generally overhaul and re-ginger our economy as a whole -- tilt us on the path to a trillion dollar economy!

amaechi1:
Nigerians as we celebrate this Judgement, we should not let our guard down. Let continue to pile up the pressure on our leader (across board) for accountability and good governance. These crops of corrupt politician has impoverish nigerians, while the live in affluence.

Saraki sit down and go through the process. Don't bring disgrace to our nation.

Reyginus:
This might be too smart for the average Nigerian. Watch how it's reduced to a wailer and zombie contest. Lalasticlala, Mynd44, Seun please move this to the frontpage for those who really want to understand something about the Yuan and our deal.

coderXO:
$50 / $500

omenka:
It will still hurt the perpetually angry children of the Lost Tribe of Bangladesh.

Dindondin:
Why can't we just do a trial by voting out every PDP or APC aspirants in 2019?
Let every Nigerian sane youth join hands & form a party which carries the identity of good governance which ll be used to vote out every APC and PDP.

Madeu:
They will go to China, London, Japan, etc. They see all those things yet they won't bring a piece of it back home.

Abayhormy:
Dele, how about Panama papers??

Jidibia:
Why is governor of borno state on that list? What criteria did use for awarding best governors?I think only Gombe and Edo state governors deserved to be there.

TooNoisy:
I voted APC but their economic policies (or lack of one) are seriously hurting the economy.

Fighting corruption and jailing people cannot be an economic policy. Buhari needs to be told the hard truth and some of his advisers should begin to resign since he doesn't listen to them!

Quakertellicus1:
From the article....it is obvious that they want us to devalue....so that forex can flow.

Buharinomics is a bad choice. The problem is...the alternatives are far worse. If we devalue now...we would end up with runaway inflation, severely depreciated naira and suddenly we would be taking high amount of loans to balance the books.

What needs to be done next is simple. We must, as I have said here time after time...become a manufacturing power. I want to see this APC government spend more on generation, and work with the DISCOS and GENCOS to repair our outdated transmission system. I want to see more spending on technical education.I want to see an end to fuel subsidy....because we are just wasting money that could be used for better things, and we do not even have the money to subsidize fuel anyways. We should improve agriculture....by encouraging large scale farming. We should encourage our local industries to stop importing raw materials if they can be sourced in Nigeria. And we must fight corruption....no compromise.

That is what APC must do to leave a glorious legacy.

Modified: Re loans....if we have to take loans...why not in the form of infrastructure?

Eg...Germany gives us a ''loan''to build a power station that runs on refuse...by building the power plant and providing training and logistics.

Quakertellicus1:
From the article....it is obvious that they want us to devalue....so that forex can flow.

Buharinomics is a bad choice. The problem is...the alternatives are far worse. If we devalue now...we would end up with runaway inflation, severely depreciated naira and suddenly we would be taking high amount of loans to balance the books.

What needs to be done next is simple. We must, as I have said here time after time...become a manufacturing power. I want to see this APC government spend more on generation, and work with the DISCOS and GENCOS to repair our outdated transmission system. I want to see more spending on technical education.I want to see an end to fuel subsidy....because we are just wasting money that could be used for better things, and we do not even have the money to subsidize fuel anyways. We should improve agriculture....by encouraging large scale farming. We should encourage our local industries to stop importing raw materials if they can be sourced in Nigeria. And we must fight corruption....no compromise.

That is what APC must do to leave a glorious legacy.

Modified: Re loans....if we have to take loans...why not in the form of infrastructure?

Eg...Germany gives us a ''loan''to build a power station that runs on refuse...by building the power plant and providing training and logistics.