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Now he knows things aren't as simple as him and his ND pple foolishly concluded it was during OBJ's time. Let him beat the OBJ's records: 3 to 13 percent derivation increase to oil producing states, NDDC with an average of N200b+/year allocation, management of subsidy within an acceptable limit, GSM, and more.
Let him prove himself.

World Bank Team To Vet Fg Contracts - Gej . . . Hmmm . . . It sounds like a good move on the surface, but i hope Gej and his mago-mago clique are not selling us a dummy here.
Let's just say IMF and co. are ruling us.

Pls give us link and evidence of igbos in the easp.

[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=875457.msg10243097#msg10243097 date=1329842470]@OP, Dr.  ANTHONY MUDIAGA's assertions are false and intellectually dishonest at best.  Sanusi never claimed that 13% derivation to ND is the cause of Northern underdevelopment.

The foolish doctor became a sooth sayer and a mind reader when he asserted that Sanusi 'regressed' to a strategy of using ethnic, religious or class sentiments, which political elites in Nigeria often use to gain the support of the dominated citizens to give them political legitimacy.  olodo Dr. Mudiaga further states that Sanusi may have ventured into this recursive strategy in Nigerian politics because, he is posturing for the 2015 elections.  I repeat this Dr. is a fool who needs to focus in his medical practice instead of attempting to attck Sanusi for no reason at all.

Here's is exactly what Sanusi said regarding the said 13% derivation and I quote:
Can anyone dipute the factual accuracy of Sanusi's statement above? Sanusi is not saying that this direct link is the only reason. Only fools like Dr. Mudiaga, will interprete Sanusi's statement to mean that the said derivation is the only reason for underdevelopment in the North. Clearly it is one of the major reasons since it is a major contributing factor to the lack of enough money to meet basic needs prevalent in the region . SMH[/quote]stop defending the indefensible. It will make ur id lose its rep

They av never had a say in real igbo-affair, just a bunch of restive youth fronting for biafra struggle. They are like some of our hate-filled internet warriors who happen av the privilegde of a gun and a educated leader, Nothing more.
They shld be warned this is not their territory. It belongs to real army men.

@beaf, i dont av a problem with the adjustment since the subsidy did not go by 100%, but how long is it going to take the govt to come up with a new SURE 'brochure' we saw how fast the 1st one was printed and circulated. By now we shld be seeing scanned copies on the net already going by the speed with which the first one came out. Don't u think so?

That's is ~180,000 additional bpd of the ND's oil dry off.

It seems the se,ss,mb finally think they av something in common. Let me guess . . . .hmmm . . . . Marginalisation abi? . . . Lol  
I thought the SS /SE has been represented in Aso rock. . . Which one come be alliance for security sake again? . . . Lol

NDDC's budget has been reduced from N200b/yr to N50 for 2012, projects from the days of IBB r yet to be executed till date so there no gauranty that ND's case will be diff. and ND ministry is just anoda ministry for rewarding ND crooks loyal to PDP.
Thd ND is as dry as ever. Stop consoling urself.

^Why not pay for the power instead of 'cornering' it under the guise of social responsibility. The power belongs to chevron. The same chevron that gives job, water, schools, roads, and healthcare to its parasitic host communities. Why on earth should Gej stoop so low? This man and his supporter should stop disgracing us all. How many social responsibilities are being forced on companies in other countries?
We are suppose to be supplying these oil companies power and not stealing from them.

In politics there are no permanent friends or enemy but interest.
If only the suffering masses of Nigeria will do away with all forms of ethnic bias and identify those who are truly theirs and share same interest with . . .

@topic, the fact that ones neighbor has excess or more of something does not make one poor. 13% to the ND oil producing states does not make the Northern state's allocation inadequate. To me SLS was tryin to score some cheap point by linking bh to 13% derivation.

This is the attitude of a typical Niger-Deltan, they feel the oil companies are getting too much or even stealing from them. They don't realise these oil companies are normal companies like any other company around. Even the president who has all the power to change things is a parasite to oil companies. This is a big disgrace to us all ND or no ND. Someone should pls tell Gej, let them reverse this order. We can't go to oil company for, job, road, water, schools and no power supply again, all for free. We av the militants also who will kidnap their workers.

2good and tanimola22, i don't get ur arguments if at all u guys are trying to put one forward. I av been to the webometric ranking site b4 and again and still can't make sense outa ur posts. Maybe u guys need to access the site extensively and do more than a 'little research.

Is like the hatred for the church is growing by the day. Why is everyone talking about churches alone, What about the mosque and other places of worship for occultic folks who keep it secret? No one seem to be discussing that part.
Like Lasinoh rightly pointed out, give to ceasar that which is his, any church that uses govt water, road, health centre etc shouldn't find the corresponding tax difficult to pay. Where i have a problem is where pple start showing envy towards our churches because of their prosperity. If those giving to the church don't have a problem with it, i see no reason why non-believers should.
If the govt is taxing the church based on money changing hands alone then there should be a tax for gifts and any transaction, that way we can appreciate what we are doing here better.

@Afam4eva,
He gave the ND 13%, NDDC.
He opened up the Nigerian army for every ethnic group.
He even tried to ban importation of certain goods to stimulate our local industry.
Also don't forget GSM took off under his regime.
Even our almighty subsidy never sprung out of control even though there was increase in fuel usage and international. crude prices.
To be honest Obasanjo did not perform badly. Compared to other leaders we have had.
Though, i don't agree Nigeria is suffering because of any Yoruba man who is not in power. If they look closely enough then u realize the yorubas have all they need to grow, the same goes for every ethnic group.

Onlytruth, what exactly are you talking about?

How do u expect a common man to make policies, it is the damn leaders who are saddled with these responsibilities. The common man is trapped in this hole created by bad leadership.

Leadership problem remains the No. 1 challenge in Nigeria, from north to west to South to east its all bad leadership and visionless populace to spice it up

BlackPikiN:
Are you not a f00l?
What have your older tribe leaders done for your generation.
You dumb piece if sh/it!

. . . and how does the alliance solve ur regional leadership problems?

Onlytruth:
I knew that an alliance like this will give some people many sleepless nights, but you  cannot stop natural development of things. Like someone asked before, it is a wonder that this didn't happen much sooner.
We know ourselves in Nigeria; so no need preaching. If managed well, this alliance will solve ALL of Nigeria's problems.
Just watch! 

Oga Onlytruth, the first time an alliance of this kind was formed in the 60's we all saw what happened. The Ibos in their usual manner tried to be too ambitious and got their hands burnt. It is funny how the older igbo generation has repeated lies about Igbo history to younger generation and thus leading them to gradually repeat history.
As for the Asari comments on Ojukwu,
he is only doing what Ojukwu couldn't do for his people during the war, by aligning with the Igbos, to secure the much needed man power the ND lacks. In politics there are no permanent friends but permanent interests. Asari Dokubo knows exactly what he is doing. If at all anyone should be having sleepless nights, it should be for the security of the Ibo.

bashr8:
can you mention one quality yoruba leader

Relate my comment to ur question or yoruba leaders or the topic first b4 i can answer ur question.

^Quit following me and go brainstorm on cheap public cemetry in Igboland. U may need them anytime soon.

It is no mistake the ND has no quality leader. It is a jungle where only the roughest are gauranteed to make it to the top. Asari is a typical ND leader of today

^pls do

Oga see*noevil, The sunday OLAOYE in question probably had his bike stolen by the police and the policemen where made to pay, something i know will be hard for the police who are used to shooting their ex and kidnaping their love. They are simply hunting him down for that. I can tell he is innocent unlike pedophile OKOYE who might even be one of the police involved with OLAOYE.

[quote author=see*noevil link=topic=873949.msg10225483#msg10225483 date=1329587280]Trust me you don't want to go there . Trust me , I can dish out TONS of stuff on the OLAOYES , so calm down .[/quote]Pls kindly point out any crime by someone named OLAOYE if one exist. It is only the OKOYES who do such and this is one of them.

I once saw a documentary about the place. Their women sell their stuff on canoe.

GEJ shld at least intervene in this one for the igbos.

Ogbonaikenna:
we don't need the army to be involved. this will only bring wahala. massob will not stand by and watch their leader desecrated by the same nigeria army that committed genocide against her people. biafra alive because it is God who made it so.

They can't handle Azikiwe of Africa, why give 'em Ojukwu?

Its only the OKOYES u see doing stuffz like this, It can never be one of the OLAOYES . . . Lol

Most of the comments here by the Unilag supporters are nothing but daft.
Firstly, most of these daft-comment posters av no understanding of the topic of discussion. When the OP asked the question: Is Unilag Any Better Than Covenant University? , He was simply challenging the previous insinuation made by Unilag students and other public school students that Covenant has low standard because they graduated 85 first class in a particular year. For those 'public-school-is-better-than-private-school' grads who can't understand the OP's question, the OP is simply saying, now that unilag and most top rated public schools av started churning out first class in like manner that made covenant a glorified secondary school, is unilag still better than Covenant?
Secondly, the world webometric ranking of unis does not prove nada. It is just a ranking of schools through their sites and traffic related to those sites. If for example unilag can support most of their transactions with their students via their website and as a result get more hits and search, then the webometric ranking system rates them higher for that alone and not the quality of their grads. We all know such a system favours school with large population of students. How then does one compare OSU in Ogun state, where there diploma student population alone can rival the entire population of most schools, to a school like Covenant?

From my own rough estimate, going by the opinion of neutral partier like employers, training centres, NYSC officials, external examiners (mostly from public schools like unilag), and overseas report of post graduate students, Covenant is not inferior to any single school in Nigeria. As for which school produces the better grad and is better between Covenant and UniLag? i will leave that to neutral parties that come in contact with both set of grads to determine.