₦airaland Forum

emeka94:
I've said in a different thread that I don't understand the kind of issueless politics, politicians and government we have in Nigeria. People support candidates based on sentiments and not facts.
Ok good and fine, GMB fought corruption as military head of state, how will he do it as a civilian president in a democratic dispensation? Remember the dude was in full control of the different arms of government (dictator!); but now we are in a democracy where power is equally shared between the arms of government. If par adventure, the good general wins the election, will he arrest ( work of the executive) and try and sentence corrupt elite (a function of the judiciary enabled by the legislations passed by NASS)?
I think it's time the good general comes out an state, concretely, how he will fight this hydra headed thing called corruption. Again what he's say on the economy. How will he build it and maintain and diversify it?
This are the questions we should be asking instead of shouting sai Buhari and GeJ 2019 up and down. Remember what happened after everyone jumped on the Jonah bandwagon in 2011. As someone said on NL that he doesn't like herd Abi Na crowd mentality, it's always wrong.
There are some voters, like me, that are still on the fence. Presenting issues like this will help sway us.


By the way wetin be sai and Kai

Henry120:
while driving home, I spotted the proforce leopard ACV, a police leopard ACV with sirens.

I mean, the vehicle is much larger than these photos suggest.

I ended up cursing the Nigerian who suggested Pick-ups for N.A troops.

craziebone:
what is the name of this long gun? I think the NDLEA uses it too.

DonaldGenes:
Good policy though but iHope they won't Also privatize our Vote too


Privatization is one thing and monitoring 'em is another thing...Look at PHCN with their ridiculous Bills and who are you gonna lay your complaints to?

grandstar:
Those warships are target practice for fighter jets.

Rhozabeth:
I wonder which direction this country is heading! If Jonathan wins the election, boko haram will continue their rampage, if Buhari wins, I foresee the Niger delta militants carrying guns again and they are gradually acquiring that weapon 'legally' under this clueless administration!

vanunu:
It is sad that most people don't know nigeria's problem and how to tackle it.

Over-population is the biggest problem that nigeria has, we are a country of over 170 million people, while england is not up to 55million, though in 1960 both countries population was just 50m. Nobody is talking about population , and yet the expect progress.

Another problem we have is lack of technology, how do we create jobs without progress
in technology, it is simply impossible, only a fool will believe that gej or buhari will solve nigeria's problem.

Corruption is another problem, but the fact remains that even if nigeria is 90% corruption free, only very little will change, there still be massive unemployment because the country has not embraced technology, productivity will still be low.

It will take upto six years or even more, for power supply to become stable, and that depends on whether the govt will be able to complete a new trasmission grid.

The fact remains that things will not get better in the next fouryears , whether gej or buhari is there or not. I pity buharis fans , they will be disappointed. There is no miracle in economic transformation, it is only long term planning, work and disciple that transforms a country

dragan:
So fun seeing people conveniently twisting and misinterpreting the words of some deputy Governor, even more great that the only comment which pointed out how they are misinterpreting (intentionally of course) was hidden by a Moderator and I'm gonna go guess he was also banned huh

I mean can you believe the audacity of this pathetic lowlife scums ! Your masters in the PDP spend how much exactly on their media war against APC calling it a 'Islamic/Northern' party and you see absolutely nothing wrong with but you actually celebrate it. And now because someone said ' Any northerner that votes PDP after their failure to secure the NORTH from BH is a disgrace' you actually wanna spin this and use it as another attack against APC? Well go ahead then lets see just how that works out for you.


Just a reminder your beloved PDP has used way more devious tactics than this to attack the APC, That worked out so well for them huh?

Pathetic!

dragan:
So fun seeing people conveniently twisting and misinterpreting the words of some deputy Governor, even more great that the only comment which pointed out how they are misinterpreting (intentionally of course) was hidden by a Moderator and I'm gonna go guess he was also banned huh

I mean can you believe the audacity of this pathetic lowlife scums ! Your masters in the PDP spend how much exactly on their media war against APC calling it a 'Islamic/Northern' party and you see absolutely nothing wrong with but you actually celebrate it. And now because someone said ' Any northerner that votes PDP after their failure to secure the NORTH from BH is a disgrace' you actually wanna spin this and use it as another attack against APC? Well go ahead then lets see just how that works out for you.


Just a reminder your beloved PDP has used way more devious tactics than this to attack the APC, That worked out so well for them huh?

My brother please bear in mind this is not a school debate, and no one here (i believe) is walking away with any prices. Therefore lets tell ourselves the truth. Are you saying there is nothing scary about a political leader opening canvassing for votes on the bases of ethnicity? Arent you scared this whole 'change' mantra is just a drive for the North to return to power.

If it truthfully does not bother you thats fine. However, it bothers me very much.

Pathetic!

bushdoc9919:
You still need training facilities, forensic labs, good weapons , good vehicles, communication equipment.....etc.....so that you have a good state police....and not a state version of the current Nigeria Police.

Plus.....many northern states get the occasional tribal violence and religious violence....and in cases like this....what prevents the state police from taking sides (That's a big part of the reason why the 1966 pogrom got out of hand...).

But the main reason is cost. Please.....I don't think state police is a bad idea....I think that it is too costly for states to afford.....unless people pay heavy taxes.(Which you Nigerians don't like paying).

Police is a big investment. And Nigeria does not have the GDP to sustain it.

MAYOWAAK:
I'd vote a man who'd an excellent career in the public sector and retired on merit, even getting to the pinnacle of his career as a permanent secretary.

Yes, I'll vote a man, who at 21, with a grade A university certificate, had the option of joining some of the best multi-nationals in the country then, but decided to join Lagos state government as a trainee career civil servant.

I'm convinced that a man who became permanent secretary, supervising many agencies and departments under him, while also maintaining robust inter-ministerial engagements with other top civil servants is loaded enough with the material acumen to govern a complex state like Lagos...

I'd definitely prefer such a man to another man whose stint has always been in the private sector where he has never managed up to 20 people under him at a stretch..

The civil service is the bedrock of any government. Getting an ex-civil servant to man such a government will yield excellent results.. I can bet on this...

That aside, the interest of those in public civil service is not for profit maximisation. It's about delivering social capital to the governed..

How will a man coming afresh from the private sector understand the ways and manners of how public servants operate? An ex-insider will be the man to do the job..

My inner man keeps telling me Double A will outperform Governor Fashola in terms of service delivery because of his excellent and indefatigable public service record.. It's about merit, it's about excellence, it's about capacity.

The other guy is good...But Double A definitely has more comparative advantages than him... Get me right... I'm not talking about that corrosive acid whose major priority is to build public toilets for Lagosians! Another Otunba Ghadaffi in the making? I'm talking about the party man who has become a perpetual journey man in search of what is not lost....

This is just for the records... The main campaign is yet to take off... Think Double A first... Eko o ni baje o.

Muscomide:
Your bad grammar is testament to the falling standard of education under this inept PDP government. Go back to high school.

oilykid: I think its high time we give this virgin hunters their own country with their capital in Maiduguri since the military can't bring them to their kneels to avoid wasting of innocent lives.Rip to the fallen officers

HAH: I know most people on nairaland are young people but in all modesty am not a youth again, I don't know you but I don't want to open my cover to you,

And I can tell you in all confidence that the problem with the Nigerian military in its war against Boko Haram is morale, No one want to die for Nigeria

ogtavia: I am telling u m brother,it baffles me,most of dis Boko Haram didn't go proper rigorous training like d soldiers did,they were all recruited haphazardly.Abt d ambush,look there are moles everywhere,even d army,under normal circumstances,boko haram doesn't av d proper intelligence to face nigerian soldiers,why do u think the Americans who came to help didn't achieve much,there efforts might have been stifled,consider this,gunmen walk into a school,kidnap a large of kids,kill some and for over 120 days,no positive news have been heard,consider it occuring in d US,u get d picture don't u....its a parody,a movie still in its credits scene,more will unfold in time to come,Nigerian soldiers didn't die dis much when they were sent to liberia,sierra leone,libya,mali,sudan etc...except d randy ones who died from HIV/AIDS,but here our soldiers have become so expendable that,when 30 soldiers lose their alives against 50 dead BHs,questns are nt asked...its a pity,I just pray,it doesn't get to where,everyman will have to stand up,take up arms and fight for his life,family and land,if it does,unless I am forced,I will gladly leave this nation with my family and go elsewhere,yes,there is no place like home,but home is what u make of it....I am so pissed off right now...

nijanigga: RIP but. They've all died in vain, because to die for Nigeria=die in vain.