₦airaland Forum

deolurexy1:
Question is did Osinbajo put himself there? Remember politics is strictly pari paso, osinbajo sadly takes orders from burdillion and does whatever is asked of him without hesitation.

Na wa. Thread is about an apology to the VP for fake news peddled against him and has nothing to do with Bourdillon but you must find a way link it to it. Learn to stay objective please. Feel free to start a new thread on Bourdillon.

BlowYourMind:
He has done well by listening to the people and disbanding exploitative mercenary

More or less like he did not have a choice. He did not state the reason but the truth is that another person died yesterday because of this so called task force. Before constituting the task force, they should have undergone proper training and orientation. The loss of a precious life which was preventable and avoidable prompted him to disband it. He has not done well, he should have listened from the onset when people started complaining about their reckless behaviour

One major thing I have seen in marriages is that once children come into the picture, there is usually a transfer of the affection and attention meant for the spouse to the children. Asides from violence and infidelity, this is one of leading causes of failed marriages. Children are very important in marriage but the truth is your child is not more important than your spouse. I believe if many will embrace this, then we will see better marriages. We all have the capacity to love our spouses and children simultaneously but the order should be clear. Spouse first, then children.

Both parents have key roles to play in the life of a child and children learn from us mainly by the things they see us do. The absence of either parents is usually not good except in extreme cases.

Kondomatic:
Why is she staying with you?

First question that came to my mind as well. Not even a room and parlour where she can be sleeping in the sitting room. Very awkward.

A

Mo3891:
Agreement between Obasanjo and the North hence no Northern delegates voted for Alex Ekwueme and Obasanjo fulfilled the Gentleman's agreement by supporting Umar Musa Yar'Adua and upon his death another Gentlemen's agreement was reached by Obasanjo and the North to allow Goodluck Jonathan "Azikiwe" use just one term 4 years out of Northern remaining 6years which they agreed until Jonathan and Ibos wanted more 4 years a breach of Agreement

To settle this Northerners through Emir of Borgu and Emir of Zauzau turned to the next powerful Southerner Jagaban of borgu to make a fresh new deal.. CPC gets 8 years Presidency, ACN gets 8years Presidency and that's how it's going to be


So Mr Ibo man go and look for any agreement you made and hold the people PDP you made agreement with to honour it's terms

Exactly, this thing is about compromise not entitlement. If there was a prior agreement with respect to rotation, then yes, being entitled comes into play but that is not the case. The constitution allows anybody that is qualified to contest for an election regardless of where they are from or wether someone from his zone is an incumbent. If he/she feels they stand a good chance, then they have every right to contest. There is still time for the Igbo's to start mending bridges and building new ones. Between now and 2023 is about 3 years which sufficient if they are really serious. The PDP agreement is just rotation between North and South not across the 6 zones. PDP is all about winning the next election and if they don't they don't think a SE candidate will win, no show for them be that. APC is on lock for the SW.

Though I don't mind a President from the SE in 2023 but I think the way the Igbo's are going about it is wrong. Firstly, they don't have the numbers to make such demands and as seen in the case of PMB, a presidential election can be won without getting substantial votes from the region. And in Nigeria, nothing in the constitution or any other binding document that says presidency should be rotated among the zones and no gentleman's agreement exists either.

In Akwa Ibom for instance, there is a gentleman's agreement that the governorship position is rotated between the 3 senatorial districts after every 8 years and they've successfully adhered to the agreement. Every attempt to renege on this agreement by selfish parties has failed

In Lebanon, they have something similar, a national pact where only a Maronite Christian can be the President, a Sunni Muslim the Prime Minister and Shia Muslim the Speaker of Parliament. This may change over time because Lebanon now has more Sunni Muslims than Maronites Christians.

We have none such agreements or pact here so what the SE zone should do is to join forces with other zones. As popular as Buhari is in the North, he could not win the presidential election until he joined forces with the SW and some other regions.

South East have 3 things to contend with. First, the North who believe it is their right because they have the numbers. Second, the Southwest because they actually have a gentleman's agreement with Buhari that he will support Southwest candidate for 2023. Thirdly, failure among the Southeast region to produce and back a consensus candidate. Whoever is presented by the SE needs as many votes as possible from that region to stand a chance.

Abuja2canada:
There is as telegram group for bcs people which is helpful as all material is there..also @bntech is doing promo or so for tutorial.

Good day @ Abujawcanada. Please how can I join the Telegram Group for BCS? Thanks

24SEVEN:
But sincerely aren't Akwa Ibomites wasting their resources unnecessarily?

Look at the sparsely populated environment and tell me what vehicular traffic warrants such infrastructure. Can the money be used for something more pressing and/or beneficial.

Why do people who suddenly struck wealth resort to wastages.

Better now that it is sparsely populated than later when everywhere is congested. Imagine Lagos trying to do something like this now, they will have to demolish a lot of buildings and compensate which will inflate the project cost.

The beautiful thing about Akwa Ibom is that they have a plan developed by Victor Attah and successive governors have continued to implement the plan.

When Dubai started their massive infrastructural development, it was sparsely populated too but look at what Dubai is today. Infrastructural development is a very important part of Akwa Ibom's 'Beyond Oil Plan'.

techmo:




Isnt it absolute stupidity for a state with so much unemployment, zero power supply, and absolutely no infrastructure, to ware house 75 billion in a cormercial bank like diamond bank.. while bankers wont even borrow the money out to Anambra indegene but to the likes of Dangote and Rabiu of Biu groups

75billion would construct a gas pipeline from Imo gas flaring fields, build a 1000 Megawatt Thermal/gas turbine power station and give Anambra 24/7 electricity with enough to sell to other state while their industries drastically develop

a Bank Boss Start hailing you, then they don chop you mugus, alex otti is just thanking you customer dada who would save money rather than develop and make more money

.

A difference of opinion should not lead to insults. He did what he felt was best and many agreed with his decision. Having reserves or savings as a state is not actually a bad thing. How many states in Nigeria have at least 10 billion naira in savings or invested somewhere. Another governor would stolen that money.

HigherEd:
Of a truth nothing is wrong with it. Joel Osteen father passed him a church of 90 people. Today, the Church has grown to 90,000 people. Now, if Joel passes the Church to his son, people are going to go gaga.

Question is, why are people not angry at a pastor who has 50 members and passes it to son but would open eye when the membership is large and the founder passes it on to his on.

Personally, I'm indifferent anyway. Anyone can carry it as long as God's interest are served foremost.

Oga please read the story of Joel Osteen again o. A simple check on google would suffice. 90 people? Father passed the church to him? Na wa. His first sermon was 6 days before his father, John Osteen died and Joel was appointed as Pastor months later by the church board although he was already preaching regularly. Secondly, the church was no where as small as 90 people (may be in the early days) while his father was alive.

Many will now understand why some churches put certain policies and guidelines in place but we the younger generation where quick to discard and label them old school. Being proactive was their aim, prevent avoidable situations like this one. Getting pregnant out of wedlock is not the end of the world. So sad

If you look deeper, the foundation of that relationship was not built on friendship but something else. They never really developed the friendship part of the relationship and now that the mushi mushi period is over, she don realize say na Q & A conversations dem dey have since. They can still work things out though but they must both commit to it. And being smart or not has nothing to do with the issue on ground.

sassiemyk:
Truth is even if Obaseki contests on Fresh Party platform and the election goes without rigging he will win 98% of the votes. APC is a party that serves itself and Obaseki is a governor that serves the people. So APC will perpetually set against obaseki. Ask dem why they want him out and you hear "He does not recognize card carrying members"... Is he there to serve Card carrying members or to serve the state? Or to obey Godfathers? Local man cannot just can anymore.

Wrong to call your opinion the TRUTH. Your opinion remains what it is, your opinion. Others may share a different opinion from you because they see things differently and have information you don't have. For now, party platform matters in Nigerian politics with or without rigging.

tizzdi:
Good day everyone pls can anyone help with materials for BCS cert? I’m i need of it in other to prep for September exams...any working whatsapp link for the group? Pls I’m desperate

Please have you been able to get the BCS materials? I am interested as well

Peacecoy19:
Generation and distribution were less problematic and needed less capital to make them work at the time GEJ government did the privatization.Transmissionwas considered to be in need of too much money and even laws of privatization should be different.But even gencos and discos have failed because the assets were sold to wrong people they just formed prozy companys.

Exactly

I personally feel the Discos were sold to the wrong people.

valiju:
When then switch off rivers electricity the Gov go get senses

Rivers state are part owners of PHED so they won't and that MD was just appointed recently

And one cannot but wonder if there is an underlying agenda with the influx of Northerners to the south especially at this time. As far as I am concerned, the Nigerian Police are now a threat to this country. They are complicit in all of these and something should be done about them before things get worse. Considering the numbers of states they crossed to get to the Head bridge and that there was an interstate travel ban put in place by the FG, this has become a very alarming situation. A compromised Police is a threat to the nation.

Please stop this crap. There is interstate travel ban put in place by the Federal Government. How were they able to leave Sokoto in the first place. Also, consider the number of states they crossed to get to Ondo from Sokoto. They should not only be returned to Sokoto but have the driver and all of them jailed. There are laws in place and nobody should be above the law. Most states are overwhelmed as it is and they do not need any additional burden. If they take them in and isolate them, it does not stop there, their welfare is now the problem of the state. Ayade sent back 4 trailer loads of Almajiris, Winke arrested 14 northerners who hid inside a trailer transporting cows to Rivers yesterday, Enugu has a similar issue. The North created this problem and the north should solve it. The Southwest should not depend on the Police to man their borders especially those that are shared with Northern states, Amotekun should be deployed to those areas as well and if possible, Surveillance Cameras should be installed to monitor those strategic locations. Nigerian Police are not dependable, will compromise and allow entry at the sight of money

Fasindo:


This is totally wrong.

Nigeria constitution guarantee each Nigeria to reside and stay anyway in Nigeria without being discriminated.
The Almajiris has the right to stay anywhere in Nigeria, they should be sent back to Ondo.
I know many Yorubas that stays and live in Gombe and Yola and nobody has ever threatened them or asked them to go back to Southwest.

Because of this North will not vote for a Yoruba president in 2023.

Yakamata Yarabawa su zabi kansu a shekarar 2023

awa:
I appreciate your viewpoint. I think that one thing the government should also achieve within this window in additional to slowing the transmission.
Folks should come online with suggestions on how best to help the State come out of the woods than irrelevant show of hatred

To begin with, consultations should have been made with key stakeholders. Winke approach is that of a person just doling out commands and orders, threatening everyone including companies, establishments and traditional rulers. He has not tried to engage anyone and because people don't trust him, I doubt anyone will offer such suggestions because it is not likely he will at least listen to them.

abobote:
Wike should lead like a democratically elected Governor

That's if he was truly democratically elected. Winke has forgotten that he won't be a governor forever. The thing don enter his head wella no small. I wonder what those hailing him a few weeks ago will be thinking now. On my way back home yesterday, a lot queues, the scary type, at filling stations yesterday as people were trying to refill their gas cylinders and it's been like that for the past 2 days. Same thing at Market Square and Everyday Supermarket. That his gra gra and agbero mentality since he was Chairman of Obalga has not left him.

There are also very nice areas as well.

Gideon110:
Port Harcourt is not beautiful and neat as I thought it would be...

Sorry for sending late. bsammorgan@yahoo.com

rockstarB:
Drop your contact

mysteryman2014:
I beg to differ, the governor of ogun appealed after the annoucement, if he was in the know the presidency who have included the contingency plan in the speech.

Mind you it was after much outcry against such unconstitutional announcement that the presidency approach the legislative arm for powers to make such decision.

Thumbs up to Governor Wike for upholding the constitutional terms of relationship in a democracy.

Enough of these illegalities and lawlessness.

This is from Buhari's initial lockdown address

"Based on the advice of the Federal Ministry of Health and the NCDC, I am directing the cessation of all movements in Lagos and the FCT for an initial period of 14 days with effect from 11pm on Monday, 30th March 2020. This restriction will also apply to Ogun State, due to its close proximity to Lagos and the high traffic between the two States.

All citizens in these areas are to stay in their homes. Travel to or from other states should be postponed. All businesses and offices within these locations should be fully closed during this period.

The Governors of Lagos and Ogun States as well as the Minister of the FCT have been notified. Furthermore, heads of security and intelligence agencies have also been briefed."

edwardds:
It's a clear indication He listesn to His people... He felt t was good for Christians to celebrate Easter but said No... So as good leader He had to go with what they wanted.... Can You say dat for Your President.... Does He have You at heart

It is good to listen to your followers but the decision he took to begin with was ill advised. It was not the people he listened to cos a lot of people here were already planning to go church last week till the Religious bodies advised against it. His reversal of the restriction only came after that.

Here's a quotable quote for you in case you like them. A good leader will always do what's best for his people regardless of whether they applaud him for it or not.

"A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be."

Mozegee:
I don't know the kind of prayer I am my family will pray for you today and forever. All my I have never seen a sitting Governor or ex that is so courageous like you. You are not like Ass licking your Governors who always ran to Aso rock for one thing or the other. You are throughly a Man not like my judiciary Governor in Imo state. Imo people will never recognize him as a Governor.My prayer to you and your family is God 'protection. You have really shown that the life of your citizens comes first before pleasure. God bless you

Being courageous and making noise on TV are not synonyms.

ideology:
It's sad we politicize everything.

This has nothing to do with money.

Ask yourself questions.

Does Mobil operate in Rivers?

The state had locked down, why didn't FG call him to notify him.

Wike is the chief security officer of rivers state, go and read the constitution if you don't know.

He is speaking from a position of knowledge.

Ignorance is a disease.

How sure are you that FG was aware of the actions being taken by Exxonmobil? FG got involved after they workers were arrested. Winke just decided to drag FG into the whole thing as usual. It has become his MO.

bigiyaro:
wike is right but by the military choppers start flying in the oil workers, he will realize how powerless he is. this is why I said that States House of Assemblies are a waste of tax payers fund, a body of law makers that cannot enforce the laws they make, when police and soldiers start escorting the flights we go see.

God bless you Sir. Not that it is the right thing but Winke cannot stop the FG if they got involved. Simple as that. They do not even need use military choppers. Na that same road they will use.

fashrola:
He's not useless... Rivers state has the highest numbers of foreign expatriates in the country, and this means that the state should have had the highest numbers of COVID-19 confirmed cases than Lagos, but the governor you just called useless took proactive measures to ensure the life of her people first before any other thing.... Right now there's no case in the state... Isn't that wonderful?

When you make an assertive statement like "Rivers state has the highest numbers of foreign expatriates in the country", then you need to back it up with proof. Lagos has always been the state expected to be the main hotspot in Nigeria followed by Abuja, then Ogun cos of its proximity to Lagos. The more relevant info actually is that Lagos is the busiest entry point into country and if you go to MMA, you will discover that Nigerians actually travel a lot. A governor that was ready to relax restrictions and put them in danger just to look good in the eyes of the same people is who you are hailing o

mysteryman2014:
This is kind of response I expected from Sanwo-Olu when the president unilaterally shutdown lagos without recourse to the Governor.

For crying out loud we in a democracy and not under any autocratic rule.

The constitutional right of the various arms of government must be respected.

Thumbs up Wike, for fighting to sustain our democracy, the states are not appendages of the presidency.

The fact that PMB did not state it during the broadcast does not mean the governors of Lagos and Ogun where not in the know. Let's take Ogun for instance, the lock down in Ogun did not take effect on the date PMB announced because Dapo Abiodun had ask for a few more days for his people before commencing the lock down.

Drizzy5001:
I like this governor, very bold and Outspoken.

Don't forget that PETER AYODELE FAYOSE was more outspoken than this. Where is he today? Since "Winke" has been attacking those at the center, no one has responded to him. They don't see him as a threat but as a noise maker. Politics at the center is different from gra gra wey Mr. cracked voice dey do.