₦airaland Forum

chiscodedon:
streamline the seaports,lemme know how that would be done sir...
also you won't control or command your economy is that what u trying to tell me?
let me tell u now, China as a country shut down there boarder for number of years I can't categorically state now from importation be it toothpick, food both by land and sea, citizens clamored, they strategize building a new China, many suffered, but today what can u say about China sir?
before now could u believe that Nigeria can provide 80% rice that can feed the nation? all heads were bent on imported Asian rice which I know big men like u can't remember when they ate local rice last then,but now farmers are having hope,there's happiness in going to farm. we must make Nigeria great again

Kindly read Chinese economic history well sir. This method you mentioned never worked while Chairman Mao was the leader.

Read up on how Deng Xioaping and his successor turned around Chinese economy. You'll find out that they did opposite of what Buhari is doing.

Oga please open your eyes and see the harm that's being done done to our economy as a result of incompetence.

Is it not against ECOWAS trade protocol?

Its a shame if this story is true.

Why can't he just make our ports competitive instead of trying to ban importation of cars through our land borders?

It won't work. Itll only make Customs officers richer

Funny enough a conspiracy theorists told me yesterday that he's sure Hezbollah is sponsoring Niger delta militancy

I support this post. I endorse it

I'll not stop at paying tithes. I'll pay first fruits and wow seeds to support this worthy cause

I don't know why we still have Jamb?

That office should be scrapped and let there be only screening done by the universities. If you fail to get the required score to gain an admission into UNN, try NAU or vice versa.

AZeD1:
This is a mischievous report. The increase was not a FG(Presidency directive), rather it came about as a result of complaints of the smaller companies and new entrants (Smile and Ntel).

And NCC a parastatal under the Min of Comms ( FG ) just agreed at the detriment of millions of Nigerians

Just because of 2 companies

If it's not from FG, I believe the retinue of Social media SA's must have seen this news and reported it to FG. The FG knows about it and have approved it.

My anger is that Buhari has decimated opposition. We don't have NLC, Human rights activists have all gone awol, etc. Non to speak for us.

If this had happened under GEJ, Ojota would've been occupied by now. Please let no one deceive you that it's PDP's fault, that ship has sailed.

By 2019, Buhari will shutdown Social media for elections. Nairaland.com, twitter, Lindaikeji, Facebook will all be closed down.

Common!!! we can't use capital control in this age to fix our FX problems.

Can't these people think

ikennaoma:
At times I wonder if sm ppl get shame at all. Wetin concern ameachi with your arrest?. Can't he give a good reason for his innocence. So ameachi sponsored umuna of aka ibom, buhari, dakuku, erufai and d rest. If I may ask Wetin Apc gat to do with abia state case which was APGA vs PDP bros tell us another story!!!!!!

Yes Amaechi did sponsor them.

Please read and digest what was written by the Judge.

@ Op.

I think The Judiciary is fighting back, propaganda for propaganda. Let's see how it all goes. We shouldn't waste this opportunity to restructure our Judiciary. NJC should sanitise the bench and the legislative arm of government must amend our laws.

For our sake and for the sake of our future generations yet unborn, the executive must not be seen to be meddling with the judicial affairs. There are rumours that special courts made up of judges loyal to The ruling party will soon be setup. We shouldn't encourage anybody to fly that kite.

Greataausim:
The nigeria troops has to be careful this time arounds.... Just remembered how boko haram started.
I heards that one of the leaders and his teams from they international shrine are in the country for an observations for some days now.

This government are not smart at all. Why start a problem that'll outlast this government?

What if Iran finds a way to fund & arm shia sect in Nigeria?

What if they decide to arm Niger delta militants and cripple our oil sector? Both Saudi and Iran will be the benefactors cos oil prices will likely rise.

Nigerian military cannot handle another insurgency. They neither have the equipments nor the manpower to fight at multiple points in Nigeria.

If this is tru3,Thank God. It means We're getting closer to restructuring this country.

There'll be competition which is good news for our economy. Let's pray NPA, Maritime, Customs, etc doesn't ffrustrate this effort.

afroniger:
There seems to be a calculated plan being spearheaded by some influential people at the Presidency to destabilize the SouthWest APC by seizing the structure of the Party from Tinubu's influence, maybe in the hope that he won't have as much influence as he did the last time around. But if care is not taken, this may end up being the undoing of this administration come 2019 because PMB is fast becoming very unpopular all over the country, including the SW, by the day, therefore if the administration doesn't begin to deliver on its promises, I don't see the President winning the region come 2019 (should he choose to run for re-election). With the hostile attitude towards Tinubu (who has been loyal to PMB thus far), he can certainly forget winning Lagos. I doubt if he can win Oyo as well again because Oyo is a very volatile state politically and the mystic that led APC to victory there last year has since worn-off. Osun and Ekiti will be no-go areas too.

As things stand, Ondo is probably going to remain PDP considering this avoidable APC crisis that has the Presidency's fingerprints all over it. Politics 101 tells us that you can only rig successfully where you are popular, which was why Fayemi lost to Fayose, even though Oshokomole clearly had a lot of help rigging that election to unseat an incumbent. I don't know who is advising Buhari, but he needs to understand that he can't win re-election without the SouthWest and the Middlebelt where he is fast losing popularity (history has taught us that he needs more than the NorthWest and NorthEast to win an election, the SouthEast and SouthSouth are no-go areas for him), so he shouldn't make things any worse for himself by alienating the very people that helped him win the last time around (after previous failed attempts) for political neophytes who can't even win their own polling unit or ward.

Problem here is that the people within the presidency are using (permit me to use the word) Afonjas (every tribe has them).

We read and hear rumours that Fashola and Fayemi ( who are said to be loyal to El rufai) endorsed Akeredolu. Meaning that these men will be pivotal in reducing Tinubu's power in the SW. Also add Amosun, he's very close to cabal behind Buhari.

I agree with ur post

By 2019 Tinubu's power will be so cut down in the SW by El rufai, Atiku, Saraki, etc. In fact he'll be lucky to still have Lagos state in his palms by 2019.

Our Journalists, intellectuals, human rights activitists both online/offline are for sale and to the highest bidder and the northerners especially the names I mentioned above have learnt how to use intellectuals to drive their agenda from Tinubu very well. Tinubu for years is the master of this.

If the rumours we hear are true, Amosun, Fashola, Fayemi, etc will be used to cut Tinubu to size by 2019. However, for the sake of our Democracy I sincerely pray Tinubu has something up his sleeve like joining the mega party that'll be formed ending of 2017.

I hate to admit this but Nigerian democracy needs a Tinubu in the opposition now more than ever before.

There eyes are fixated on NLNG, NGC etc

Like someone said on twitter, those who may have lost out on power privatisation are now eyeing the thing that powers the power stations.

Let them sell Warri, Calabar, PH ports. Sell refineries, airports etc

On assumption of office, I met exactly $10 billion in foreign reserves. With average monthly oil price of $59 during my tenure, we accumulated reserves to all time high of over $62 billion. Even after paying off Nigeria’s external debt with $12 billion and facing unprecedented global financial and economic crisis, [/b]I still left $45 billion upon leaving office in 2009[b],” he said.

Ladies and Gentlemen as you can see Jonathan Administration didn't inherit any $63 billion. It was just a pure unadulterated lie spread by satanists and believed by the gullible

NOI said that they inherited $43 billion when they (she took over as FM) took over.

As for Soludo, you rip what you sow.

A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Chukwuma Soludo, hit back Saturday after a senior Nigerian lawyer, Femi Falana, accused him of unlawfully “doling” $7 billion of Nigeria’s reserves to banks as loan.
Mr. Falana said the amount was never recovered.
The former CBN chief dismissed the allegation as “ignorant” and “blatant lies”, and demanded evidence or an apology.
“I largely ignore such ignorant commentaries,” he said in a statement. “However, Femi Falana is one of the Nigerians I deeply respect, and I am sure many Nigerians also hold him in very high esteem. I was therefore shocked beyond belief that someone like him could fabricate and peddle blatant lies.”
Mr. Falana had urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate alleged “criminal diversion or withholding” of government funds by the CBN, under Mr. Soludo and his successor, Lamido Sanusi.
The lawyer said Mr. Sanusi, who is the Emir of Kano now, gave another unrecovered N600 billion as bailout to the same banks.
He also accused Mr. Sanusi of illegally paying N2.5 trillion instead of N245 billion to fuel marketers as subsidy. Mr. Sanusi denied the allegation and said he was ready to face investigations.
Mr. Soludo, who left the CBN in 2009, said throughout my tenure, Nigeria never lost one penny of the reserves.
“From the above quotation, Falana alleged that I “removed” $7 billion from Nigeria’s external reserves and gave same as a “loan” to 14 Nigerian banks in 2006, and apparently such a “loan” has not been recovered. This is a blatant lie and I challenge Falana to publish the details of such a “loan” which remains unpaid or as a person with honour, publish a retraction and unreserved apology immediately,” Mr. Soludo said.
Mr. Soludo said one of the legacies of his tenure as CBN Governor was the highest rate of reserve accumulation in Nigeria’s history as well as its effective and efficient management.
“On assumption of office, I met exactly $10 billion in foreign reserves. With average monthly oil price of $59 during my tenure, we accumulated reserves to all time high of over $62 billion. Even after paying off Nigeria’s external debt with $12 billion and facing unprecedented global financial and economic crisis, I still left $45 billion upon leaving office in 2009,” he said.
“Throughout my tenure, Nigeria never lost one penny of the reserves. It is particularly important to note that even during the global financial crisis of 2008/2009 when major international banks collapsed and some countries lost some of their reserves, our prudent management ensured that Nigeria never lost a penny but earned returns on the reserves. Given the powerful interests that I fought during the consolidation of banks and even since I left office, one can only imagine the international headlines that would have been made if just one penny of the reserves was unaccounted for.
“That under the provisions of the CBN Act as well as the guidelines for the management of foreign reserves, it is impossible for anyone to ‘remove’ any sum of money from the reserves and give out as “loan” to commercial banks in Nigeria. To qualify as ‘foreign reserves’ such reserves are held in foreign currency abroad as deposits with banks or in sovereign instruments such as the US treasury bills,” he said.
Mr. Soludo said he would be at any time to respond to any questions regarding his stewardship at the CBN.
“I have come to terms with the fact that part of the burden one bears for having held public office in Nigeria is that one has to endure all kinds of uninformed and sometimes mischievous attempts to malign one’s character,” he said.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/211162-soludo-hits-back-says-falanas-allegation-diverted-7-billion-blatant-lies.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Many Nigerians are socialists. Issorai

I will lobby the NASS to restructure Nigeria. Full resource control for the states. State police. Review the land use act. This will encourage healthy competition amongst the states.

Find a way to monitor TSA funds with tech. Tell banks to use the funds to give out loans at single digit interest rate.

Mass retrenchment of civil servants from age 50 - retirement age. Employ fresh people from the private sector and get British civil servant consultants to train them.

Make sure that govt is not doing any business. Just strictly regulatory.

Give education all the attention it needs.

This will be done in my first 365 days.

greatermax77:
LIKEWISE, THE PEOPLE WHO HATE NIGERIA SPONSORED BOKOHARAM JUST TO MAKE GEJ ADMINISTRATION UNGOVERNABLE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THEIR SELFISH DESIRE.

Simple.

That's how they formed Boko Haram. The truth is coming out

If they sell it to reputable foreign companies backed with huge war chest and technical expertise, then I support the sale of our assets.

But if it is to sell it to themselves, then I am against it

anigbajumo:


Sincerely most people don't understand politics, Tinubu always play smart.All these brouhaha wey we dey hear is just to seems Akeredolu as an independent candidate in the eyes of voters which is secretly not.

Voters will be like,both Akeredolu and jegede are respected lawyers but Jegede is mimiko's anointed candidate and Akeredolu don't av any godfather.It is a blatant lie,it is just a wise game that mere Nigerian can't understand.

Rumour has it that Fashola/Fayemi & El rufai supported Akeredolu against Tinubu's candidate.

aroti:
Do you have evidence that their trip to the US was state sponsored?

Would you have asked this question if it was GEJ?

Like I once said elsewhere, the unfortunate ones are Igbos who don't ignore threads like this.

Press the ignore button. Ignore threads like this.

The only problem I see here are Igbos that are responding to threads like this.

You know fully well that this OP is only seeking to be noticed, why grant him that satisfaction by responding

nnachukz:
Op don't over stress yourself. If you voted for this scam then get ready to correct such mistake come 2019.

As I am seeing these people, they'll do away with card readers b4 2019 elections. The AGF is about to setup panel to review elections.

So lets forget about free and fair elections till 2023. Except Nigerians are prepared to go to the polling units armed with very potent juju and AK - 47s

We remember that the new leader of ISWAP said his group will attack only Christians and stop attack on Muslims.

http://dailypost.ng/2016/08/04/kill-christians-target-churches-not-mosques-new-boko-haram-leader-al-barnawi/.

God save Christians who are being persecuted just because of their religion in Northern Nigeria

This is a lie

Drchristian:
Yorubas will never gather like this anywhere in d south eastern part and they are extra few in population in dat region..(I stand to be corrected)

I'm just back from imo-state, come and see how some kids will always insult the yorubas for their own nightmares chai

This is a wicked lie from the deepest part of hell. What are you trying to achieve with this lie

Maybe the west are now doubting the integrity of President Buhari.

We thank God.

What next?

Grant Kaduna ( all 36 states) resource control.

cyrilamx:
Because you are an irredeemable kleptomaniac doesn't make everyone is. The dearth of history in school curriculum is really devastating. There is no Nigerian living or dead since our coerced political marriage by the British, that had held federal com political appointment as Mohammadu Buhari, yet even states Governors are far richer than him.at the young age of 32, Buhari was already a military governor of the defunct North-eastern state comprising 6 states now in 1975 under late Ramat Murtala. In 1976, following the assassination of Ramat, he became federal commissioner of petroleum under Obasanjo and later head of newly formed NNPC. In December 31, 1983 at the age of 40, he became Nigerian 5th military Head of States until toppled in 1985 by IBB. We all knew how he jailed nearly 500 corrupt politicians including ex-kano gov of 2nd Republic ; Sarkin Buwa -sentenced to 300 years imprisonment. In 1994, following the establishment of PTF to judiciously use the excess proceeds from crude oil, Buhari accepted Abacha's offer to be executive Chairman of PTF -a position he executed with 80 percent success. And now in 2015, he is currently 5th executive president of Nigeria since second Republic. Tell me if this guy wanted to loot, wouldn't he has been far richer than Dangote, obj,Tinubu and even IBB? Plz erase bigotry from ur mind and appraise what is gud. Criticise constructively and when necessary.

Campaign season is over. This is the time to show all working.

After jailing over 500 so called corrupt politicians, didn't he lead us to recession? The first recession we've ever experienced was under him.

Now his 2nd coming, we're now in another recession.

He's the first leader to lead a nation to recession twice sir ( I don't know of any world leader to hold such a ridiculous record). It's not a coincidence.

Please President Buhari was stupendously rich before he became President. His stewardship at PTF was horrendous down south. He may have done well up north but down south he did below 20%.

Rubbish!!!

We're in recession simply because Buhari left the economic team that worked for APC during the electioneering campaign.

I don't like Tinubu but if Buhari had handed over the economy to [/s]Tinubu[s] Osibanjo, we wouldn't have been in this mess. At worst we would've experienced low percentage growth btw 2% -3%.

It's unfortunate we're in this mess and like economists are saying, it may likely get worse by next year.