Its dehumanising gruesome punishment like this that turns our soldiers into animals when they come into contact with the outside world.
This does not necessarily make them better soldiers, just makes them angry at the world.

This is why a female soldier would assault a civilian man for daring to complement her smartness, or why another soldier recently beat up an FRSC man and virtually blinded him for attempting to beg on behalf of a civilian.

We must evolve a modern military, enough of these practices from 18th century Britain!!!

pacretus:
#Wetin i hate.

Good work NAF!!! Cannot commend you enough!!
A Nation only truly moves forward when it begins to use what it has (brain and man power) to address its needs. Chief of Air Staff, Please do not disband the team now, give them more work!!

- Can we begin to toy with producing a locally made general purpose bomb? no guidance, just an effective bomb with impact or proximity fuses!!
- How about a locally made rockets and rocket pods??

Never again should a foreign power hold us to ransom at our point of dire need!!!

bidexiii:
NAF SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRES ANOTHER LOCALLY WEAPONIZED A-JET AIRCRAFT

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) today successfully test fired another locally weaponized Alpha Jet aircraft acquired from overseas without weapon delivery capability. The latest feat makes the third Alpha Jet aircraft to be so reconfigured and weaponised locally. The NAF, at the heat of the Boko Haram insurgency, had acquired three Alpha Jet aircraft from private individuals in the United States however without combat capability. Subsequent efforts to use foreign vendors to re-militarise the aircraft proved abortive for several reasons. The challenge led the NAF to look inward for solution locally by assembling a team of engineers and technicians designated NAF “Technical Response Team (TRT)” comprising serving and retired NAF personnel, and civilians. The team, has since its inauguration, achieved tremendous successes that have greatly enhanced the operational capability of the NAF, especially with respect to the ongoing fight against the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East, as well as saved huge foreign exchange for the nation. One other major feat achieved with the latest reconfigured aircraft is its ability to fire rockets and bombs from both the East and West

Good work NAF!!! Cannot commend you enough!!
A Nation only truly moves forward when it begins to use what it has (brain and man power) to address its needs. Chief of Air Staff, Please do not disband the team now, give them more work!!

- Can we begin to toy with producing a locally made general purpose bomb? no guidance, just an effective bomb with impact or proximity fuses!!
- How about a locally made rockets and rocket pods??

Never again should a foreign power hold us to ransom at our point of dire need!!!

This is exactly what i am talking about. Are we in the same universe? On one hand we hear of 8,000 voluntary surrenders or seizure of rusty virtually serviceable arms and dane guns from old and tattered men who could pass for farmers. Meanwhile on the other hand we see videos of fairly recent assaults from well armed and aggressive terrorists capable of overrunning a Forward Operating base and capturing significant arms and ammunition.

Propaganda is good and necessary during war, but i just hope our forces know the reality and prepare based on it.

bidexiii:
8000 Boko Haram members surrender – Nigeria military

The Nigerian Military on Tuesday in Abuja said that no fewer than 8000 Boko Haram members had voluntarily surrendered to its “Operation Safe Corridor” in the North-East.
The Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Rabe Abubakar, disclosed this at a lecture organised by the FCT Correspondents’ Chapel of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).
The lecture with the theme, “Media-Military Relationship in the Fight against Insurgency,” was part of the activities marking the 2016 Press Week of the chapel.
Abubakar said that the surrendered insurgents were in a camp in Gombe waiting to be “deradicalised’’ by the military.
The general also disclosed that more than 10,000 Boko Haram captives had been rescued by the military.
He said some of them were reunited with their families, while others were taken to Internally Displaced Person’s (IDP) camps.
Abubakar said that Boko Haram had been successfully decimated by the military and government was working hard on the rehabilitation of the victims and reconstruction of the affected areas.
The general also said that the military would soon launch “Operation Safe Corridor’’ to address the menace of herdsmen across the country.

He assured that the military operation would put an end to the wanton killings by the herdsmen.
Responding to questions on the recent action by the military declaring some journalists wanted, the general urged the media not to allow sentiments to influence their judgment on the issue.
He said the military should be allowed to do its work, while assuring that no member of the media would be victimised unnecessarily.
Abubakar said that good military-media relationship was crucial to winning the war against insurgency.
He said the media drove public support for the military which in turn had boosted the morale of officers and the rank and file.
Earlier, the Secretary of NUJ in FCT, Hajia Rafat Salami, said there was the need for the military and the media to work together in the fight against terrorism and other crimes.
She said the military must see the media as partner in progress and not as enemy.
The Chairman of the Correspondents Chapel, Raphael Ekpang, thanked the general for finding time out of his tight schedule to share his thoughts on the topic.

The quality of equipment captured and the uniforms on the poor departed casualties makes me think this is fairly recent. of course the army is not being entirely honest. I have always wondered how the fearsome Boko haram we used to see disappeared to be replaced by poorly armed rag tag people we see each time the army go on their search and destroy missions.

Seems they have succeeded in evading the worst onslaughts of the army and airforce and have regenerated around the border areas. From the appearance of this video, their mission was against a Foward operating Base (FOB), and their mission was to capture and evacuate equipment. The army would probably reclaim this FOB after the terrorists have long retreated and tell us they repulsed a raid by boko haram killing 30 terrorists with only one soldier injured.

The usual case in war, the first casualty is truth!!

Tochex101:
This latest video brings many questions -
How and when did this attack take place?
How come nobody knew about it?
Has the army been insincere making us feel we are winning the war?
How much ammunition has really been lost since this war began?
Where was the air force during this raid?
Smh......... Is there truely hope?

Career choices upon change of dispensation is quite normal. Even in an organisation, when a new MD comes in some people will no longer want to stay for various reasons which they are entitled to.

What is ridiculous and unfortunately characteristic of this Govt is its highhandedness. How in the World can you place an embargo on voluntary retirement Is the DSS now a slave plantation?
How can you on one hand claim the people leaving, are leaving, because they are no longer allowed to commit corrupt practices, or because they came in via 'undue' processes and at the same time prevent them from leaving when they choose to leave.

I think we need to be careful how we politicize security matters. These highly trained security personnel are the last people you need to leave the service with bad blood, abeg insecurity is already bad enough as it is. We dont need new highly trained criminals (trained with tax payers money) entering the society.

The MRAP and its crew may have been caught unawares initially. but their sharp and professional reaction saved the day. If we are honest no body can maintain 100% alertness, 100% of the time. Dont forget even in a war zone, an event like this is still a relatively uncommon occurrence especially now that BH has been significantly degraded.

A professional is not one who does not make mistakes, but one who is skilled and focused enough to catch and remedy his mistakes before they result in extensive loss or damage.

All in all these guys did well, and you can be sure they will be even more alert when they go on patrol tomorrow.

nemesis2u:


the mrap was caught unaware initially no doubt about that the vbied must have sneaked up from the bushes etc, but they recovered fast enough to maneuver to try to keep out of reach of the vbied and also to try to get it within the firing angle of the mounted guns .

if the mrap had not done the last few seconds maneuvering , the vbied would not have gotten in uncontrolled skidding and would have slammed head on with full force thus triggering the ied.

this is what happened

1.vbied persues mrap up-close (dont know how the vbied meet up with mrap in the first place)
2.mrap does a hard left maneuver
3.vbied driver fails to anticipate the move and overshoots the mrap.
4.very quickly the vbied driver does a CRAZY u-turn ,skidding on all the four wheels to hit the mrap

mrap last maneuver saves it , because the vbied driver gets kind of surprised by it and does a hasty uncontrolled U turn in his attempt to hit the mrap which he does but not with enough force.

the soldiers must have got down from the mrap and shot the stunned driver at point blank range on the head grin

see the picture attached above if u have doubts

therefor the few seconds of the end response from the mrap saved it , it is not a easy task to maneuver a high rise mrap .
the driver did a good job in the end.

none of us here will be able to emulate what the driver of the mrap probably did

Yes ooo.

Take care of your rifle, and it will take care of you. See as the guy nearly cover the rifle blanket.

bidexiii:
#CION

My brother you too much.

nemesis2u:


lol


i understand your point of view

but u must understand that my opinion was purely technical, a stand alone technical fact which is neutral and to the point,
and did not include factors like national financial constrains , liability of sanctions etc

so if u involve or include the external factors then the outcome changes as u correctly pointed out.

u must forgive me because my views r based on neutral technical facts without playing to the gallery, i leave it to the readers of the different nationalities to mold / interpret my views from their nations point of view.

again i agree with u since u factored ur countries constrains / previous experience to come to ur own conclusion.
so i welcome and agree to ur view.

on a funny note

if i was a poor person which i am
i would not buy Wonderfoods (Promasidor) small one-man dose sachets of milk for about N50, (it is just a marketing gimmick to increase sales and offers no significant nutrients benefit )
because if i am thirsty a bucket of water will do me good ,
a small sachet of milk will do me no miracles in terms of nutrients,
while a N1200 jar of milk gulped down over a period of even 2 weeks with water added to it will do me lot of good quantitatively and qualitatively.




on a serious note i still remember what it is to go hungry
the solution was to take a cotton towel dip it in water , then squeeze out the excess water and wrap it around the stomach tightly.
100% guaranteed to stop hunger aches .
good old days, miss them

just sharing a experience
wonder what the poor fellows in other countries do to stop hunger aches

My brother you are right but there is an aspect you are missing out and i will try to illustrate it like this:

Imagine a poor man wanted to drink pap (Akamu or Koko) with milk. In the past this poor man would have had to find N1200 or so to buy a tin/refill pack of milk. For this reason he would probably end up not drinking the pap or managing it without milk.

Luckily Wonderfoods (Promasidor) came up with small one-man dose sachets of milk for about N50 so that a poor man could also drink milk. From an analyst's point of view, that N50 satchet is actually more expensive than the refill pack if you check (total costs per unit) i.e. if you use those refill packs daily for 1 month, you will spend more money than if you close eye and buy the large refill pack.

So back to fighter jets. while it maybe cheaper to buy a squadron of jets A over the life cycle, the prohibitive costs of initial acquisition of those jets may make it impossible for a poor country to buy them. They may prefer to acquire a squadron of cheaper aircraft - Jet B, though in the long term Jet B will cost more, but at least they are on ground from day 1 and provide presence in force, rather than maybe opting to buy the more expensive (but more economical jet A) say in batches of 4 each over a long period.

nemesis2u:
if somebody wants to compare 2 aircraft's in terms of money then the most important parameter is the total life cycle cost.

aircraft x unit price may be 50 million dollars
aircraft y unit price may be 70 million dollars

but this does not necessarily mean that aircraft x is cheaper than aircraft y.

it is possible that the total life cycle cost which is calculated for the total operational life of the aircraft and includes maintenance cost , spare cost , overhaul cost , repair cost , (MTO) mean time between overhauls: no of times overhauls have to be carried out etc may turn out to be higher even for a cheaper aircraft .
eg
aircraft x total life cycle cost 110 million dollars (unit price 50 million dollars)
aircraft y total life cycle cost 90 million dollars (unit price 70 million dollars)

Also, the TOW is a highly priced US anti tank missile. We have experienced first hand the amount of begging. coaxing and cajoling you need to buy anything from the US (upon say you hole complete money ooo ). And when you need it most if they are unhappy with you they can refuse to re-supply you with missiles thus converting your launchers to junk.

I say go Russian or chinese joo. e.g. The Russians have an equally devastating missile called the Kornet!!

persius555:
very true. Like sergealain said, it is overkill to u leash them on BH AA guntrucks. After seeing that Niger base invasion, I think it might come in handy sometimes.Moreover, I'm surprised we don't have them in our inventory. A couple of Africa forces have them. They will be suitable for tank ambush.

If you mean a TOW missile, using it on a BH guntruck would be the ultimate overkill. Plus each individual missile is probably more expensive than the gun trucks it would be taking out.

No the solution to gun trucks are -- a suitable heavy machine gun, high powered sniper rifle, mortar or artillery fire etc.

persius555:
Is that a row missile launcher? If it is, why don't we have them in the fields. BH AA guntrucks could be easily taken out with these tools.

Wow!!! Interesting how significantly the battledress of the Nigerian army has changed especially in the last few years of the Boko haram crisis. It is still not uhuru, but it has certainly moved in the right direction.

We just need to enshrine strategies for identifying and implementing these positive changes in our military without waiting for negatives experiences which may lead to needless losses of life etc.

bidexiii:
Nigerian Army Engineers and US Marines during OPERATION RESTORE HOPE, Somalia, early 1990s .

Our state of equipment and technology in the armed forces is poor, but it is still hundred times better than the state of the softer things which go such a long way to determine troop morale, things like care for the wounded, entitlements for the dead, supply of non-weapon items to troops on the field e.g. medicals, sanitary items etc. Sadly it is these things that make the difference between a developed military and an underdeveloped one, and no one seems to be seriously thinking of addressing these things.

I once was carried in a taxi in PH by an ex sergeant who fought in Liberia and got a medal for gallantry, and he told me his harrowing experience after being shot in the leg and almost lost his leg. Ultimately it took the direct intervention of his CO who was aware of his uncommon bravery for him to be included among those evacuated to Egypt where his leg was saved. By the time he finished his story, this tough man had tears in his eyes. this was in early 2000s. This is almost 20 years later and sadly the stories are much the same.

When will we learn

bidexiii:


A Lot bro, if soldiers are willing to fight and die for there country, the goverment and top brass should do something about these.

Wooow! Very touching.

But wey the pictures na!!

bidexiii:
OFF TOPIC BUT TOURCHING


Celebrity Photographer, TY Bello Shares Heart-Wrenching Encounters With Soldiers Battling Insurgency

Bello, who just returned from devastated northern state, shared a picture of an x-ray photo showing an anti-aircraft bullet lodged in a soldier’s throat.

“Soldier X:While I made portraits of our wounded soldiers at the military hospital in Maiduguri, one of the soldiers made a statement that I haven’t been able to shake off, “ one way you know a soldier has been hit is that they suddenly start shouting out names of family members”. She said

“This statement kept playing over and again in my mind, especially when I got the most colourful welcome from my family, barely a week away on this journey.Many soldiers, play this long overdue welcome party in their heads daily, and the sad thing is that for some, it may never happen.



The famous photographer, who had series of conversations with some of the soldiers on the war front, said, “I had long conversations with soldiers about how they got wounded in battle.They told me how grateful they were to be alive, some of their colleagues weren’t as lucky. I also got to speak with medical personnel, on the uniqueness of their work in a war against terror.

“I’ll share all their stories here and start by introducing Soldier X, who I never met, but made a photograph of his x-ray. An anti aircraft bullet, big and strong enough to tear through the titanium body of an airplane, was lodged in his throat, and for some reason, it didn’t blow his head off, this soldier lived through his surgery and got to take the removed bullet home as a reminder. This is a wicked wicked war! Why would anyone chose weapons made to attack war planes and use it on a fellow human … At close range.

“Even in war there should be rules. Lieutenant Ologodo told me something really important, that if you don’t believe in God, working here will make a convert out of you, the frequency of witnessing the darkest of evil deeds, along side what can only be miraculous, will open your heart somehow.This is such a brutally wicked war.”

My brother e no easy like that o.
With the element of surprise on their side, and those technicals. First the attack would probably be just before first light, thus the enemy can advance to within 2km without being noticed. From 2 km those technicals can drench the target area with 12.7mm shells. With this even troops attempting to take up battle stations upon waking from sleep would be pinned down.

This would limit the effective opposing fire the BH would face to those from the sentries or those on night duty. These would more easily be over run or plastered by the technicals. Thus the BH infantry can approach the very edge of the target before the technicals seize fire (to avoid killing their own men). Before the men pinned down (if the survive the body armour shredding 12.7mm shells) can get to their feet, the on rushing BH rifle men would be in their midst in numbers.

Checkmate!!!

Henry240:



1, Those terrorists with poor fire discipline cannot fight, i can't seem to phantom why, apart from overwhelming numbers of marauders they over-run military bases.


2, The bases that keep getting over-run have APCs, 14.5mm and heavy caliber weapons. A bunch of goons running around with AKs shouldn't ordinarily be too much of a problem.


3, We seriously need to consider putting trackers on our Hilux vehicles.

There is also the option the NA seems to be using now i.e. outgun them by mounting similar calibre guns on your trucks and defended points. In the early days of hostilities, the NA used mainly GPMGs and a few browning 50cals. These tended to come up short against the technicals which typically mounted 12.7mm Dhsks or 14.5mm HMGs. Thus the technicals could stand off and saturate the Nigerian locations with heavy fire, and most of the time the NA could not respond.

Today virtually all NA vehicles mount 12.7mm HMGs, and the T72s' main guns are accurate enough to take out the technicals at any range.

nemesis2u:


lol

first priority is to take out the technicals.
militarily BH entire center of gravity seems to be around the utilization of these technicals.

high time somebody gave a serious thought to tackling these technicals.

my idea / suggestion

1.road spikes especially designed and fitted with anti handling features i.e f**king attach proximity/ motion sensitive IEDs to these spikes designed to go off if somebody tries to remove/ approach them. beat the freaking terrorist in their own game with their own weapons.

the IED attached to the spike should be such that it cannot be recycled/reused.

camouflaged IED treated road spikes can be placed all around the base upto the external perimeter, another plus point any one of them going off will trip , alert the base defenses. plus hamper the technicals mobility.

2.remote controlled explosives with anti handling features placed at approach points , these can be high explosive, smoke , phosphorous, napalm based. any technical in close vicinity of such devices can be blown off remotely.

3. develop mortar artillery based cargo rounds filled with tyre puncturing spikes, any such round fired in air burst mode over approaching technicals will stop them.

4.fill the trenches with oil and other available smoke producing substances which can be set on fire to disrupt visibility for the technicals and deny them targets, do this only if you have immunity from the smoke screen only and the capability to hit the technicals through the same smoke screen .

5. low cost long range upto 2-3 km fire and forget ATGM to take out the technicals.

others plz add if you have any

@bidexiii what say you?

no mind me my brother i no know say na only two them get.

I just dont trust the francophones. Dont forget how they delighted in kicking us when things were not going well.

Henry240:


Stop been an alarmist. Niger moved those assets down because of the terror attacks in Bosso. NAF doesn't need to re-arm because of Niger, an irrelevant country with 2 SU-25 aircrafts.

Bidexxi you have hit the nail on the head.

The key to combat success essentially lies in the quality of troops at your disposal. Quality as per training, combat experience and morale.
Point defense is not an easy job. The attacker has most of the advantages and in most cases has superior intelligence, since they would have pre-scouted their objectives and most of the time superior numbers.

The defenders can only equalize the odds through diligence and hard-work before the attack i.e. digging trenches, zeroing in their mortars and artillery on likely routes of advance, continuous tireless patrolling of the perimeters etc..

When troops are poorly motivated or inexperienced it is tough to get them to put in all of this work especially when after some time it begins to look like the attack will never come. That is where air superiority can make up for a lot of mistakes on the ground!!!

bidexiii:


BHT are ready to die for there course....!!!!!

Most of these soldiers are not well paid or are being owned field allowance etc......? And also not properly trained, so air assets are of great advantage and of great necessity in such massive attacks!

Na wa!! Doesnt this redeployment put them within strike range of Kano and Kaduna??
and we dont seem to have any interceptors that can stop them if they suddenly become silly. NAF needs to re-arm rapidly.

bidexiii:
Niger moves Su-25s to southern border


Niger has moved much of its air force to a new base it is building at the airfield close to the town of Diffa on the Nigerian border, satellite imagery shows.

Airbus Defence and Space imagery from 7 March shows that two Sukhoi Su-25 ground attack jets were at the Diffa airstrip on that date. The Niger Air Force operates two Su-25s that it acquired from Ukraine in 2013. These were previously based at Diori Hamani International Airport outside the capital Niamey, more than 1,100 km to the west.

A Cessna 208B turboprop, two Mi-24 assault helicopters, and one Mi-8/17 transport helicopter were also at Diffa on 7 March. The United States delivered two 208Bs that have been modified for the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) role to Niger in October 2015.

The imagery also showed extensive construction work was under way at the facility, with new parking areas already built for the Su-25 and three hangars under construction.

Another image taken on 28 May shows that the two smaller hangars had been completed by that date. An additional 208B was present on that date and only one Su-25 could be seen, but the number of helicopters remained unchanged.

Fresh markings have also been painted on the runway and the base now has a complete security perimeter and additional vehicle-inspection area at the entrance point.


Pic below shows;Airbus Defence and Space satellite imagery shows one Su-25, two 208Bs, two Mi-24s, and one Mi-8/17 at the new Diffa airbase on 28 May. Two of the new hangars had been completed.

What scares me is the shear volume of heavy equipment these terrorists captured in bosso. For so long in Nigeria raids have succeeded only in killing 5-6 individuals each time and capturing virtually unservicable AK47s and dane guns. Where were BH able to mobilize such numbers of men and equipment that they could overwhelm such a well armed and manned base. With what they captured here they are now twice as dangerous and likely more confident.

If we are wise this is a time to prepare for similar raids especially as the dry season returns both along the border and maybe further inside Nigeria

Fynline:



This is very bad

How come there was no air support from either of Nigeria, Chad or the host country?

The base was scarcely defended. If HESCO barriers were too costly, digging a trench round the base would have cost only manual labour and thus delay the gun trucks.

This attack just proves that MNJTF has a lot to improve on with regards to coordination

However, the fact that BHT has not been able to stage this kind of attack and succeed in Nigeria for a very long time now shows how far we have come. Kudos to NA.

I suspect they have successfully withdrawn their main combat elements and heavy equipment to the Nigerian Niger border. Like we have always known, an active insurgency cannot be won by military activities alone.

We must rebuild those border areas and initiate real commercial activities there is the insurgency is to be permanently defeated.

bidexiii:
Av being looking for a video quite long and I got it today. I just downloaded the 14mins video...

The BHT attack on Bosso, it was a massive and deadly attack on that military post. The worst part of it is that those bastards cart away cache of weapons.

It's just eminent to me that BHT some where and anytime is capable of lurching massive attacks at any military post, where I do nor know......

RE the COAS walk above. what weapon are the body guards carrying? Looks like some new sub-machine gun. Anyone have any ideas?

He looks disturbingly like a Nigerian soldier, fatigues proper military boots etc.. If so perhaps the picture should be removed?

giles14:
hmmmmm
dat guy looks like his brain took a hit from a .50cal HMG or sniper rifle.

Very possible that they have moved their heavier stuff and frontline cadre across the border into Niger or chad.

[quote author=Stephandeswardt post=46461652][/quote]

Also the 700+ snipers are not all in the same unit. If you read the article, it mentions some are from the Police and DSS. The ones from the Army etc. can be distributed to the various companies and battalions. So no i dont even think they are enough.

bidexiii:


Don't forget the role of a modern sniper is not just sniping, it's involves going behind enemy gathering information and intel. I don't think 700 sniper is too much considering the frontline in the north east. And the just new frontlines in the south-south.

Op i think we need to be careful about the ongoing social media revolution. sometimes we are tempted to play 'God' and it is dangerous.
I just saw some clowns on here calling for the guardians to be reported and jailed if possible.

Let us be guided, do you know if the guardians are among the throngs who have just lost their jobs, or teachers who have not been paid in the last 6 months? or traders whose business have virtually disappeared since the economy went into decline?

In the developed countries where there are social services, a child whose parents abuse him can look forward to a better life in a govt managed shelter. Here what options do you offer this child if you take him away from this guardian, a return to his parents in the innards of Ebonyi state?
By the way lets be practical, where is he better off, selling fruits by the roadside in FCT where he can meet people like you and expand his horizon, or back home in Ebonyi going to farm with his parents?

God has his plans for everyone and sometimes the road may seem rough or arduous before it widens and smooths over . I know most of us here mean well, but let us lend our help with caution. Please.

The alleged loss raises plenty of questions.
In the view of many respondents here it indicates the extent of corruption of Saraki, the Senate president and a major party leader in APC. Why then is our incorruptible president finding it so difficult to believe that corruption does not reside outside PDP. We all know that if Saraki did not disobey party instructions, all this would not be happening now!!
Why are we not spreading the searchlights to Amaechi, Fashola, Tinubu, Oshiomole etc.?

That is the sole reason naysayers (or wailers if you like) are of the view that the current war against corruption is a witch hunt. We may say that another government should probe them but as we all know, justice delayed is justice denied!

I see sir. The same way you guys congratulated him for protecting his hardworking aviation minister (Stella Oduah) abi? In any case your idea about choosing which laws to obey is playing out under this administration, e still remain 3 years, lets see how it works for them and how many serious investors they will attract.

Goke7:


Excuse me sir, law was made for man and not man for the law, the present comptroller of customs is a retired colonel, everyone shouted on his appointment but PMB did not give a damn and now customs generates revenue in 3 months what they were making in 6 months earlier.

GEJ in his bid for re-election wanted to please everybody and make all happy even to the detriment of the nation, we were having regular power supply when Nnaji placed soldiers in charge of phcn infrastructure despite the rantings of labour, Diesel and generator distributors started crying and the power cabals through the vp sambo finally prevailed on GEJ to have Nnaji removed. Forget the transparency talk, GEJ should have walked around it as the C in C and protected his hardworking minister which is done all over the world.

What have we achieved with the so called transparency bullshit now?

Two things these people need to think about before they continue along this line:

1. How can a privatization program backed by the Power Reform Act (signed by OBJ) be illegal? Or do they mean the processes were not transparent? If so the solution is easy, examine the processes and reverse all that were not properly privatised.

2. We need to be wise and not play politics with dangerous things. Reversing the privatization would mean the following:
- Returning the monies used to buy the power assets to the investors (if it was peanuts then it should be very easy to return)
- Return the investments made so far by those companies, at least we all know they have been deploying meters, also some of them have repaired dormant turbines they met on ground
- Re engage about 40-50,000 PHCN staff who were wrongly laid off (after-all we are saying the privatization was illegal so obviously those who lost their jobs as a result must be brought back)
If the government is broke as Lai says, then i don't know how they will find the money to do all this!!!

Finally, i almost forgot -- Kiss goodbye to any hopes of private investment in this administration because anyone who invests now can be sure that any disgruntled politician can reverse his investment in another 4-8 years.

Trust me if this administration makes this mistake they would have doomed themselves to failure and cemented themselves in the minds of Nigerians as the most incompetent government ever, as this mis step will require not less than 20 years to reverse.

I wish them well as they make their decision!!!

Everyone including GEJ appreciated Nnaji, but he had to be removed because he compromised himself by being involved in one if the assets being privatized at the time. GEJ reluctanctly removed him in the interest of transparency.

Please use google if you want to confirm this. Thank you.

Goke7:


But your hero removed the guy despite the accolades he was receiving. You guys praise Nnaji but refuse to give GEJ the boot for removing the hardworking fellow, I think Nnaji would have easily be retained if GEJ had left him just like akinwunmi adesina was recommended as afdb president by PMB after sending Atiku to Zuma for the south african candidate to step down for adesina.

Politics at times need to be set aside for things to move faster.

So who is the dunce. the guy who sold your economy without your knowledge or you wey just dey realize after them sell you collect change??

Proffdada:

Dumb nitwit. Jonadunce sold Nigeria a long time ago. We're just realising it