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Again you miss the point. Many of these resources are only partially exploited, while the vast reserves are still untouched. Those who illegally mine gold in the North already have Oyibo market. They only have to cross the ever-porous northern boarders and bang, the French guys in Chad, Niger, Northern Benin and Cameroon are waiting to pick up the good, and probably give them peanuts. So it is the ABSOLUTE incompetence of our so-called leaders, and not that one region cannot produce anything that plays out here.

Ha ol'boy you don come again. Grin
If I throw in Nigerians abroad, the South Africans are no match. You may not believe it but it is true. Moreover, the whites in South Africa are only about 5 million. Compare that to Nigerians. We have almost that number of Nigerians with high level of education. And mind you that not all white South Africans are educated.
Do you really believe your post above? Shows me how much you know about Nigeria.

t is instructive that South Africa is powered by the skills of the White minority (about 10% of the population).
The problem with Nigeria is that the educated and resourceful Nigerians which are far more than in South Africa are muzzled and forced out of leadership and management of the country, and methinks that tribalism is the reason.
Nigeria is led by a half-baked and mediocre section of the country and that is a fact.

I have in the past posted a link to show that every region of Nigeria has a lot to offer. That was data from Raw Material Research and Developmet Council (RMRDC). However, the last time I checked, the website had some problem (typical anything Nigerian) and that data was no longer available. If I recall, Beef also posted that link sometime after.

For example, as we speak, precious stones are being mined in Oyo state with no obvious remittances to the FGN, whereas oil from other states are shared with Oyo. Same goes for gold in the North. So, Mr Sefago, you appear to be a COMPLETE neophyte in Nigeria's socio-economic matters. That is much obvious with your tortous (sp) arguments.

Bringing it to your doorsteps how did Awolowo run the former western region the way he did?

On the issue of highly educated class please do not tell me that nigeria does not have highly educated people.The problem is when nigeria's best brains are not residing or want to reside in the country.

There is no need wasting valuable time trying to lecture that neophyte called SEFAGO. Just because his/her high-school teacher commended his/her high-school project as "brilliant", he/she thinks his/her tiny pea-sized brain is larger than Olumo Rock. Imagine such a charlatan claiming a large vocabulary but ignorant of the English word "contrarian". Nonsense!

Sorry, I will not provide any link this time; do the legwork. The best I can do is give you a hint, find out who Gazprom signed a deal with in the North (if it was FG or NNDC).

You are scared of your father because you are either a wimp or not mature enough to make your own decisions. I am not scared of my father and that has never made me commit crimes or even think about it. You should love your father and not scared of him. Is he kingkong or what?

I schooled in a Nigerian public secondary school where it was illegal for teachers to beat up students. The usual punishment was grass cutting.
Not that it wasn't done but it was rare (hardcore cases).

The Igbo do the same even outside Nigeria. It is called enterprise. So how can you call that dependence on oil?
Dude honestly I get headaches following your twist and turns in logic which contradict themselves and at the end confuse even yourself.
I follow the ball though. I refuse to be confused by tricksters.  Try another strategy

You should do thorough homework before joining topics like this. The North has everything, from Gold to tin, from gems to Uranium; they potentially have oil as well, but rather than follow the FG owns your butt methods employed in the ND, they have sold all oil blocks in the North to a privately owned company 100% owned by the North (no FG), Northern Nigeria Development Company (NNDC).

YOU ARE RIGHT

This dude (Sefago) is an unrelenting ignoramus? Who says other parts of Nigeria have nothing to offer? The slowpoke should note the difference between not having anything to offer and not willing to offer anything. The North that we southerners tend to deride is potentially richer than the south in terms of natural resources.

The East and West are also culpable as both sides have very many different resources but everybody got consumed with the frenzy of oil and forgot that no country survives with a mono-economy. The growth of the SE is hardly dependent on oil money because it is mostly self-made. You may want to check how much oil money comes to the region from the available fiscal data, despite Imo and Abia being oil producers.

Let us not get silly but have fun in bantering. I must admit that writing is very individualistic. The style you will use to phrase sentences can not be similar to mine. By the way, I did not obtained undergraduate and post graduate degrees in Nigeria.

Pal, any person that has the knack to rewrite or correct essays without the consent or permission of original author usually turns out to be a plagiarizer

The current Nigerian system allows this.
With 100% resource control would any chief be bribed for oil in land that isn't his? There are simple and obvious solutions to our problems.

Are you not the same olodo that wrote a post by disputing contrarian as a word of English Language?

Nigeria doesn't have a monopoly on corruption as the cases with Halliburton, Siemens and others have proved. Assuming your story is true, why are you not advocating for the prosecution of these oil companies. Sefago please don't insult our intelligence with your a friend of a friends wifes sister in law anecdotes, Please provide evidence.

Ok problems worth with fiscal federalism and resource control

1. Corruption- Uptill today the RDS and Chevron Texaco bribes the leader of people from the Niger Delta before they can operate. This is  not speculation. I met this girl whose mother works for the tax department in RDS who was telling me that she met a Niger delta chief or whatever who was boasting about his numerous houses and that his children were in Switzerland, Spain, France- my mouth was just opening in shock Angry. Now imagine if these people are allowed resource control Grin

2. The only major resource available in Nigeria is oil. Other areas have nothing to offer, so how will they grow? The so-called growth of the South-west and the South-east all depends in some part from oil. All the banks in Nigeria are in one way indirectly dependent on oil. Oil drives industry in Nigeria. The South East produces nada, neither does the south west. However the majority of the professionals come from a particular region, moreso than the region which produces oil.  Its really a long winded argument, but the short of it is that in a way Nigeria is a bit more effective as a country than a loose group of states all because of trickle down economics.

Should I be sincere?- I have a feeling the people calling for resource control are people from the south-south and this is not pointing fingers, its it is just common sense

Basically Nigeria is a resource driven economy, and so resource control is really a bit slefish selfish

What I meant was that when issue of Biafra the issue of Biafra shows up on this forum, few novices (wrong word choice) will immediately identify such issue (trite and wordy) such idea as that of the Igbo. It is evidential(passive use of language) on this board that many Nigerians had wished wished  that memories of Biafar disappear into the tinny thin air. The Nigerian government hads changed the name of a land mark from bight of Biafra to that of Bonny. But to these those with skewed and centrist views, the voice of contrarian (a person who expresses a contradicting viewpoint, esp. one who denounces the majority persuasion) should not be censored (this doesnt make sense).

When will Yar'Adua die,anyone knows?

I want to Thank everyone for your constructive criticism,
Recommendations have been noted, Previous Talks with the Supreme Commander Of Nairaland has also been most successful.

Though we can not implement all the Recommendations but We will always work towards the actualization of a Cleaner, and Intelligent-based Forum.

[b]All of the above is 100% conjecture. [/b]We are better off acknowledging that we are as different as oil and water and dealing with it. The way to deal with it is to consult with Nigerians based on ethnicity and regional alliances. We need treaties on how we agree to exist with one another, anything else is postponing doomsday.

May her soul RIP. Amen. This life. Even our saviour said it. pray for your Enemies.

A lot of kids in Nigeria from rich homes live in houses more expensive than that. Did that make them turn into a monster?. There are also kids who come from wretched homes yet they terrorize fellow students at the university in the name of secret cult. What then is responsible for such behavior?

Sefago - A solution is very possible for the country - I think your are being a bit lazy.

Embrace fiscal federalism, industrialisation, resource control and regeneration via a new built environment.