₦airaland Forum

okosodo:
Which transformation dey Lagos? Ozuornumakon

The transformation of children into uneducated agberos because Tinubu’s master plan is to make 20 million Lagosians cough up IGR to be stolen by him instead of employing workers to do free primary, vocational and secondary schools.

What a waste of bandwidth hence why he is a JagaBandit.

christejames:
This man is 'nuisancely' becoming desperate for my liking

Just like Peter Obi whose desperate move to communist labourers in LP helped Tinubu achieve his Emilokan dream

jameshankss:
Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has said he is sure the candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, would lose the 2023 presidential election. Soludo said he would not submit to the bullying of Obi’s supporters, who recently descended on him for addressing issues in the state.

The governor made the comments in a lengthy write-up personally authored, with the title, “History Beckons, and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1).”

Soludo said Obi was inadvertently making the pathway to victory much easier for the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and at the same time, toying with the destiny of millions of Ndigbo.

But the chief spokesperson for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign, Yunusa Tanko, accused Soludo of being sponsored by some unknown persons to weaken the base of the party in the South-east.

The former CBN governor had been under intense attack for close to a week for dismissing Obi’s investment in the state as amounting to nothing, during a television interview.

Soludo said in the write-up, “My attention has been drawn to some of the tirades on social media following my frank response during an interview on Channels TV regarding the ‘investments’ Mr. Peter Obi claimed to have made with Anambra State revenues.

“Sadly, several of the comments left the issue of the interview to probe or suggest motives, inferred from my response on ‘investment’ that I am opposed to Peter Obi’s ambition and, therefore, committed a ‘crime’ for which the punishment is internecine abuse and harassment, even to my family.

“Everyone knows that I don’t follow the winds or one to succumb to bullies, or shy away from a good fight especially, when weighty matters of principles and future of the people are involved.”

Soludo said he had urged Obi to return to his former party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), to actualise his presidential bid. He added that he had always told the LP candidate to his face that he was not capable of winning the 2023 presidential election, especially, under LP, which had neither a councillor nor a local government chairman.

Soludo said Obi was not just his friend, but also his brother, but despite that, they have their political differences.

He stated, “For full disclosure, let me state that Peter Obi and I are not just friends, we call ourselves ‘brothers’. But we have political differences: he left APGA for PDP after his tenure as governor, while I have remained in APGA since 2013.

“During the last two governorship elections in Anambra in 2017 and 2021, he led the PDP campaigns but APGA won landslide in both elections. By the way, in 2016, he visited and proposed that I defect to PDP and contest the 2017 election against the incumbent Willie Obiano, but I declined.

“After my victory in November 2021, he called to congratulate me, as I did to him in 2010. That is the Anambra way: we fight fiercely during campaigns but share drinks at the next social events. After all, it was the Great Zik of Africa, who taught us that in politics, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies but only permanent interests.”

Arguing that Obi’s presidential bid would only work in favour of Tinubu, Soludo said, “Indeed, if I were Asiwaju Tinubu, I would even give Peter Obi money as someone heading one of the departments of his campaign, because Obi is making Tinubu’s pathway to victory much easier by indirectly pulling down PDP.”

Obi, according to Soludo, would only deplete the votes of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and pave the path for an APC victory.

He stated, “The current fleeting frenzy, if not checked, will cost Ndigbo dearly for years. The South-east has the lowest number of votes of any region, but it is also the only region where the presidential race might be a four-way race (it is a two-way race in the other five regions) thereby, ensuring that our votes won’t count in the making of the next president of Nigeria.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/11/15/soludo-i-wont-succumb-to-bullies-obi-knows-he-cant-win/

Ekehwinz:
This guy is playing somebody's card to destroy the party's chance at the election.

Is that not how Jimoh Ibrahim worked for APC in Ondo some years ago for the benefit of Akeredolu?

The same thing that Makinde and Wike did for Tinubu.

SpatialKing:
Lol..tout

And clown 🤡

Yankee101:
Maybe you don’t know Babangida completed the 3rd mainland bridge
Obasanjo built the National theatre and festac town from scratch
Maybe you don’t know the military initiated Abuja as FCT and built it and moved from Lagos to Abuja

Maybe you don’t know of the several new federal roads created by the PTDF under Abacha run by same buhari
Maybe you don’t know that the current constitution that you’re using was created by the military guys
Maybe you don’t know most of your power generation capacity and dams were created by the military
Maybe you don’t know your first major universities were created by the military
The military gave the licenses for the first state/private universities, they built some of the best teaching hospitals, created most of the states you’re claiming as your state of origin
Based on performance the military has outperformed most civilian administrations. Even those civilian ones that did well comparatively, like Obasanjo, as a civilian was run by a former military ruler
The cost of governance is cheaper instead of thousands of legislators stealing and executive stealing and middle brokers stealing
You want to hear more of what you probably don’t know?

What first major universities were created by the military? Is it the one in Ibadan, or the one in Ife, Nsukka, Zaria or Lagos? Must you tell lies to justify your indefensible claims?

Why do you limit government to new physical infrastructure and forget about services, utilities, amenities and infrastructure MAINTENANCE as well as sustainable economic growth?

Gowon was military dictator when Qatar and UAE got independence and he failed just like his coupist successors until 1999 to get it right on economic policy.

Meanwhile are you a hypocrite for being in liberal democracy Yankee but advocating for military dictatorship in our country

Yankee101:
It’s not about me, I’ll eat whoever is president, but should my stomach alone be my consideration? My stomach is not my god
It’s about the future and generations to come
If it continues like this Somalia will be a joke

Why are you failing to answer the questions raised?

Is the Somalia situation not triggered by a dictator-Siad Barre just as Obasanjo, Buhari and other soldiers since Nzeogwu’s coup are responsible for making us into Pakistan instead of India

Incidentally Siad Barre died in 1995 in our country, where he was hiding, after his overthrow

Yankee101:
And this is why a coup will happen

A private jet or first class ticket with hotel and estacode is more than $10000 or N16m or the salary of 300 soldiers in a month

So when you’re all in prison don’t expect any pity. You had it coming. You brought it upon yourselves

Is it not a coup in January 1966 that opened the door for Obasanjo and Buhari to be military dictators who were recycled into civilian presidents for 16 of the last 25 years of democracy?

Why do you limit yourself to military dictators as the only way to prosecute and punish politicians who are corrupt? Will the military usurpers also jail all your relatives and friends who are in political office at the local and state levels as legislators or LGA chairman and governor

FreeStuffsNG:
Smh, indomie generation. It's obvious that you don't know who Senator Omisore is and the symbolism in that his gift.

I am happy that Ile Ife is consolidating on peace and unity. It's a great sign that Oonirisa is a great unifier and Leader.

God bless Ile Oodua and may God bless Nigeria for ever! Check my signature for free stuffs!

Omisore the Dasuki money launderer and Bola Ige indicted killer?
Or this one is a different person

Iyiola Omisore, the newly elected national secretary of the All Progressives Congress has once been accused of murdering a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Bola Ige.

Ige died on December 23, 2001, following his assassination by yet-to-be-identified killers in his residence in Ibadan, Oyo State. The gruesome murder also led to the sudden death of Atinuke, his wife; and destabilised his family.

https://saharareporters.com/2022/03/27/how-omisore-arraigned-murder-arrested-n13billion-alleged-corruption-became-ruling-apcs#google_vignette

matify83:
Campaign is over dear.

The reality on ground especially after he removed petroleum products subsidy and floated the Naira is at variance with his campaign promises.

Here is a tiny glimse into what his Lagos whizkids are saying.

Is it by making promises and failing to deliver them that we will have leaders of integrity to develop our country

matify83:
Excellent move!

However, concerted efforts must be brought to bear on the continuous appreciation of the naira because it is still undervalued at this rate.

Our target is between 700 and 800 to the dollar. That's what Carson has always maintained.

That is not the target of our president.

Tinubu, during his campaign, said he would harmonize the fiscal and monetary policy to achieve immediate stabilisation of the value of the naira against the US dollar.

The President-elect said he would work with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to bring down the exchange rate to N200 in his first term.

“My administration will collaborate with the Central Bank to harmonize the fiscal and monetary policy to achieve immediate stabilization of the value of the naira against the US dollars and other currencies and in the short term, strengthen the naira by boosting the supply of foreign currency and moderating demand.

“The short-term goal is to achieve a naira/dollar rate of 300 naira/US$ and gradually achieve a less than 200 naira rate over the next four years,” Tinubu stated.

https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/world-bank-offers-nigeria-forex-rate-advice-as-tinubu-eyes-n200-dollar-rate/?amp

EreluRoz:
Buhari destroyed this country the most but asiwaju just went and carry problems for himself

Did Tinubu not make him president in 2015 and reinforce the failure to get his own Emilokan turn last year

hisexcellency34:
https://www.thecable.ng/pdp-to-apc-where-is-buharis-rice-pyramid-you-owe-nigerians-explanation

Great call by PDP.

The opposition has to keep the government on its toes with criticism that highlights their failures and proposes ALTERNATIVES to the failed policies.

AareGaa:
In the days of regional govt, south east was the most backward. That was the reason your ancestors truncated the first Republic.

Nigeria will function if ibos are allowed to go. They contribute nothing except crimes

Is Adewale Ademoyega, one of the 5 indisciplined Majors also an igbo man

AareGaa:
Fashola established IPP.
Otedola has many power plants, likewise Davido's father.
Ibo land is the most backward since independence, and has paraded the worst leaders.

Nigeria will function if ibos are allowed to go and form their biafla

How much power is generated by your many imaginary IPPs?

Do you have the numbers

adamusuleiman2:
Lagos has several IPPs. Abia is just celebrating 1 and they won't let us rest. Same way they were celebrating gutters.

What is the total power generated by the several IPPs in Lagos compared to the single one by Geometric in Aba?

Why did the Enron barge project fail and Jagaban’s American collaborators end up in prison but he still has 20 million Lagosians by their jugular

Ex-Enron, Merrill execs sentenced. A repentant Boyle gets nearly four years for his involvement in barge scandal

May 13, 2005

Former Enron executive Dan Boyle was sentenced to nearly four years in prison Thursday, while Robert Furst and William Fuhs, both former Merrill Lynch bankers, received more than three years — all for their roles in the Enron Nigerian barge scam.

Boyle, sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison and fined $320,000, was the only one who appeared repentant about pushing through a sham sale of energy-generating barges to the bank so Enron could pump its earnings and bolster its stock price.

"I'm the only one responsible for my actions and omissions and for the pain I caused each and every person I affected," the Clear Lake resident told the judge. "I'm truly sorry."

https://www.chron.com/business/enron/article/Judge-hands-out-prison-time-in-Enron-barge-scam-1942569.php

judatech:
If an individual can achieve this...what's really wrong with Nigeria?

Too many people wanting to have everything without doing the work necessary for what they want, and expecting government to give them more and more.

alsudan:
The President Nigeria deserves.

Nigeria is not working because Nigerians will not work for their Coach who's a mandate thief.

Bring PO onboard and see how Nigerians will give their lives on the pitch for their Coach Peter Obi just for the country to work.

How will Peter Obi make our country work with his lies?

“’I cannot take anything back about Obi. I said Obi said he wants to move Nigeria back from consumption to production and I said that is not true. He cannot do it because his own business survives on consumption. Is that a lie? He has been an importer and I said he deals with cash and carry economics; container economics, imports”.

“All the goods that can be produced in Nigeria, Obi imports them in his supermarkets. That is consumption economics. That kind of person cannot tell you that he is moving you from consumption to production. He will then be committing self-economic suicide and Obi will not do that to himself”.

“So, Obi is deceiving everybody and I can’t take that back because that is true.

https://independent.ng/peter-obi-deceiving-everybody-i-wont-retract-my-statement-about-him-dele-alake/

UKEMY:
The truth is that the local farmers are terrible people as they are cashing out on their fellow Nigerians
Dangote
BUA
Rice 🌾
Beans

It’s there time to blow until more people get into the business to increase supply and reduce prices.

Is that not the way Glo crashed telecom costs after PDP’s deregulation of the market, something that Fayemi and his progreThief scammers prevented us from getting in the petrol market

Fuel subsidy: We played politics with 2012 Occupy Nigeria – Fayemi

5th September 2023

A former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday, said the protest that trailed the fuel subsidy removal during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 was due to political interests.
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The PUNCH reports that on January 1, 2012, President Goodluck announced the removal of fuel subsidy and adjusted the pump price of petrol from N65 per litre to N141.

The decision sparked mass protests, tagged ‘Occupy Nigeria’ across major cities of the country.

The price was later re-adjusted to N97, after more than a week of protests.

Petrol price was later reduced to N87 in 2015.

Jonathan faced serious backlash for the fuel price adjustment, especially from leaders of the All Progressives Congress, who were then in different opposition parties, including the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, Congress for Progressives Congress, All Nigeria Peoples Party, and All Progressive Grand Alliance.
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According to him, the last time Nigeria experienced economic development was during Jonathan’s administration

https://punchng.com/breaking-fuel-subsidy-we-played-politics-with-2012-occupy-nigeria-fayemi/

UKEMY:
I support TUC for the now the government needs to allow the importation of some foods, pending when this government solves insecurity issues and chemical issues

If the dollars for importing arms and ammunition as well as other chemicals are used to import food now, then what happens?

Where will we find the money for the weapons and chemicals

Nemere2020:
https://nairametrics.com/2024/02/26/cost-of-living-crisis-tuc-to-fg-begin-importation-of-food/?amp=1

Import the food with dollars that are unavailable?

Is the TUC filled with school na scam agberos like MC Oluomo

Barteze:
As a warrior: Do you runaway from war because people get killed in war? parents knew That there is infant mortality yet they gave birth. My dear there are so many happy marriages in fact some spouse have died shortly after losing their partner because they couldn't live without each other.

Do you have any obligation to be a warrior?

What is the marriage situation in developed countries that we are proud to hustle and japa to

Artorius:
Last time I was in Abuja, a taxi driver nearly killed me by blatantly violating the traffic light rules.

Nigerians, we are the problem!

Yes, we are the problem by following the bad lawless examples of politicians like Wike who violate fundamental rules of governance.

Wisdomkosi:
https://politicsnigeria.com/wike-vows-to-transform-abuja-into-a-smart-city/

Someone who failed to transform PH and other towns in Rivers State to smart cities in eight years, by employing workers to provide and maintain amenities, services and utilities?

Is he drunk and joking

babaRUNtinz:
Oya nah! CEO Nairaland!

When did he get married without our knowledge

routed:
Why didn't you do it during your eight years tenure?

Destroyer of our democracy.

Baba 3rd term who started legislative colossal corruption with Ghana must go.

He go pay debt when infrastructure is at grand zero.

Pathetic!!!

Worse than pathetic.
Iyabo was right about her father clearly.

In what is turning out to be a season of open letters, daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Iyabo, has ruled out further communication with her father till death, describing him as a liar, manipulator, two-faced hypocrite determined to foist on President Goodluck Jonathan what no one would contemplate with him as president.

Senator Iyabo Obasanjo in a letter to her father accused him of having an egoistic craving for power and living a life where only men of low esteem and intellect thrive.

In the 11-page letter dated December 16, 2013 exclusively obtained by Vanguard, Iyabo accused her father of orchestrating a third term for himself as president, cruelty to family members, abandonment of children and grandchildren, and also, a legendary reputation of maltreatment of women.

Iyabo who forswore further political engagements in Nigeria denied any political motive for her missive, and described Nigeria as a country where her father and his ilk have helped to create a situation where smart, capable people bend down to imbeciles to survive. She particularly noted her experience as chairman of the Senate Committee on Health when she led the committee on a retreat appropriated for in the budget only for her to be prosecuted for it.

Iyabo, first child of the former president, started the letter titled, Open Letter to my Father with a 4th century Chinese proverb by Mencius which states: “The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.”

Her letter:

“It brings me no joy to have to write this but since you started this trend of open letters I thought I would follow suit since you don’t listen to anyone anyway. The only way to reach you may be to make the public aware of some things. As a child well brought up by my long-suffering mother in Yoruba tradition, I have been reluctant to tell the truth about you but as it seems you still continue to delude yourself about the kind of person you are and I think for posterity’s sake it is time to set the records straight.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/iyabo-obasanjo-writes-father-says-dear-daddy-dont-nigeria/amp/

ogododo:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/02/economic-crisis-obasanjo-urges-devolution-of-power-resources-to-states/

For the entire eight years that he was president, why did he fail to do what he is recommending now

Did he not cause this economic crisis by endorsing an economically clueless Buhari to replace Jonathan in 2015, maybe because he realised that Jonathan was much better than himself on economic issues?

“I will tell you what I know and I will tell you what I don’t know. I know Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. He served under me in the military. His characteristics that I know, his behaviour that I know, he has not deviated from them. He was never a perfect man, he is not a perfect man and no leader can ever be a perfect man because they are human beings. But if you read my book, what I said about him is correct. He is not a hot person when it comes to economy. He is not a very hot person when it comes to foreign affairs. But he will do well in matters of military and he will do well in fighting Boko Haram.”

http://www.punchng.com/buhari-not-sound-economy-foreign-affairs-obasanjo/

7upnigeria:
Hate it or love it, Tinubu remains President. Tinubu has INCREASED allocations to states. He has taken money away from greedy people by removing fuel subsidy. Tinubu is NOT THE ONE INCREASING dollars. It's our consumption habit that is increasing dollars.

Consumption habits of Tinubu like riding imported cars instead of locally produced ones? Like going to France for private medical tourism without paying?

What leadership example is Tinubu giving with his own consumption habits

FromZeroToHero:
Olumide Akpata is my inlaw. My wife's Dad is his uncle and I will vote for him.

Is this what made you vote for Peter Obi as well

“’I cannot take anything back about Obi. I said Obi said he wants to move Nigeria back from consumption to production and I said that is not true. He cannot do it because his own business survives on consumption. Is that a lie? He has been an importer and I said he deals with cash and carry economics; container economics, imports”.

“All the goods that can be produced in Nigeria, Obi imports them in his supermarkets. That is consumption economics. That kind of person cannot tell you that he is moving you from consumption to production. He will then be committing self-economic suicide and Obi will not do that to himself”.

“So, Obi is deceiving everybody and I can’t take that back because that is true.

https://independent.ng/peter-obi-deceiving-everybody-i-wont-retract-my-statement-about-him-dele-alake/

horsepower102:
Let them debate first.

Blind party loyalty is dangerous.

Let them tell the people what they plan to do and how they plan to do it.

What are the priority services, utilities, amenities and infrastructure maintenance that you are concerned about

officialwdhtv:
One of them will be governor anyways

And determine each and every thing about his life through state and LGA public policies.

So who lose pass for his staying at home instead of participating in the political process that is not limited to voting

Kizyte:
Logos State is fast developing. Nice one Mr Sanwo-Olu 👍. Northern Governors should emulate this and stop being backward.

Is this a government owned arena?

Is Lagos more fast developing for the benefit of the taxpayers than when Jakande was governor

Tjra:
Èkó ò ní bàjé oo

How many of the things listed by Reno can be bought so quickly in a few months of increased allocation from subsidy removal?

When Reno regains control of his currently asslicking sense he will write an epistle on why the dollar is rising against our currency despite subsidy removal and other stories of corruption recoveries etc. Until then the clown should simply STFU.