₦airaland Forum

Rolings:
Your case is like "the blind stare of a million pair of eyes looking hard but won't realise that they will never see"
You have eyes but decide to use hate and bigotry to blind yourself.

I can see clearly. Its you that sycophancy has blinded you.

My fear is that PMB didn't summon this meeting. No member of PMB's kitchen cabinet was present at the meeting.

PMB doesn't listen to advisers and members of his kitchen cabinet that he listens to were not there.

This is just Osibanjo trying his best. Osibanjo will of course send minutes of the meeting and suggestions of the professionals to PMB. I'll be suprised if PMB reads the 1st page of the recommendations.

This as far as I am concerned is exercise in futility.

maclatunji:
Imagine a Nigeria where there is no vandalism of oil and gas infrastructure which means the government can generate more revenue to finance its economic restructuring agenda across the country from the Nigerdelta to the Northeast.

Imagine a Nigeria where the people of the Southsouth constructively engage the government and oil companies on cleaning their environment, embarking on rapid infrastructure and human capacity development of the region.

Imagine a Nigeria where lawyers do not seek to subvert justice by using every trick in and not in the book to prevent corrupt big men from being convicted.

Imagine a Nigeria where there is massive industrialization, economic growth and development, reduced unemployment because the reforms in the power sector are supported by stakeholders with the rights of consumers protected.

Imagine a Nigeria where the health institutions are brought up-to-date in terms of equipment and manpower because the government has no choice than to do so. The economy has improved and the citizens demand the best healthcare because they are better-informed and enlightened to know that qualitative healthcare is a right not a privilege.

Imagine a Nigeria where educational institutions from primary school to university provide the best of education not because those in government are angels but because the economic growth that the country has witnessed means they do not have a choice than to deliver this basic right to the people because they now expect no less.

Imagine a Nigeria where politicians finally realize it is easier to make money legitimately than to steal from the treasury and go to jail.

[/b]This is the kind of Nigeria that President Muhammadu Buhari is trying to build[b] but he will not achieve this objective if we Nigerians insist on continuing with our old destructive ways that have led us to the sorry state we now find ourselves.

There are many who think a Buhari failure would be a victory for them, I laugh at their folly. A Buhari failure would only mean their lives will not ultimately get better anytime soon. Some might say they can travel to other countries to live the good life. Well, what about those you would leave behind? Our lives would be richer and better when our brothers, sisters, cousins, nieces and nephews all live a comfortable life, not when you and probably your wife and children live a false life of comfort and have to make strangers your extended family in a foreign land.

Let the wise heed good counsel.

Source: http://www.coolstuff49ja.com/2016/07/imagining-great-nigeria.html?m=1

False Sir.

SamMilla1:
We can agree that these Avengers sprang up days after arresting Nnamdi Kanu.
These Avengers' first warning was to release Mr Kanu.
Court ordered the release of Kanu,
IPOB protested in the east,
But no, the COWARD deaf emperor believed he can't be touched.

The south west Barked from the west, as if they could leave the comfort of Lagos and Ibadan to fight the Avengers. They Jubiliated over the arrest of Kanu and told Buhari to shoot the IPOBS. They rejoiced that oil prices has crashed and that Niger Delta is no longer important in Nigeria, they boasted that oil has been found in quantum all over Lagos.
Now what?

It's not yet too late. The government can redeem themselves by first of all, releasing Nnamdi Kanu, especially now that everything about him is quiet.
If not, Buhari won't enjoy one day of rest until his tenure is over; that's what he and El Rufai did to Jonathan anyway.

This is not a wish, but just my observation.

I am expecting the environmental expert teams from the West to lecture us about how Niger Delta is finished forever.

Biko remove Nnamdi Kanu from whatever Avengers are fighting for.

They're fighting for the economic and political emancipation of their region and they've absolutely nothing to do with IPOB or Kanu.

bettercreature:
Seriously we shouldnt be selfish,toll gate must return.It's enough to raise money to carry out road maintanance

Who will manage the toll gate?

Rewind 1999, The toll gate in my state was given to a serving minister and I was told it was the norm then. Politicians hijacked it before OBJ removed them.

I suggest we really solve our monetary crises and also solve the fiscal problems we have. One sure way of doing that is by giving more responsibilities to the states/regions. The state can either construct the roads with tax payers money or concession them to foreigners who will now put tow gates.

Summary is Restructure Nigeria.

Pavarottii:
How rich can a state be, wen d FG is in control of the state reesources. Let d states manage their resources and den dey develop alll roads. Wats FG that has the highest allocation doing with the money it's making?

Simple!!!

I think that God is answering our prayers. We will surely get there.

Nigeria will be restructured and the enormous powers at the center reduced.

Digitron:
INYABA BRIDGE ON-GOING

Where is this Inyaba bridge located?

I am pleased that the govt are paying salaries and also constructing roads at the same time. It's a luxury in this country today. Regardless of where the projects are located, Gburus is trying.

How about the Enugu investment fair, what are the recommendations? Will Gburus implement them or was it another Jamboree?

Believe it or not, the future of education in this country lies with the Religious or private establishments. federal and State Govts have failed us.

Middleclass no longer send their kids to state owned primary and secondary schools. It has already started happening in the tertiary institutions, Parents who can't afford foreign schools now send their children to Convenant, Babcock, AUN yola, etc. In the next couple of years now, these private Uni's will poach the best Profs, Drs, Lecturers from Federal and state Uni's.

Except something is done urgently by the Govt, middleclass will stop sending their children to Fed/state Unis just like they did to Fed/state primary and secondary schools

saintmark88:
I wrote my pry 6 exam in 1996...... U wouldn't believe it Tht till this very moment I havnt collected the certificate, y because nobody askes for it......... But WAh of it suddenly becomes so important, tht I have to show, I rush to my school n dey say d headmaster the. Had long died n he prolly distorted some school documents n he couldn't give a clue as we're dose documents could be found bfre he died... Bottom line, they can't find my certificate.... [/b]I write to d ministry of education n dey say dey sent it to my school[b]....... In a nut shell, I dnt have a primary six certificate....... Then one bastard would now tell me, tht am an illetrate, dt if am not an illetrate I should produce my primary six, buh am showing you my masters certificate, n d person is still insisting on pry 6, claiming if I dnt av pry 6 to show den I didn't go to school.... Buh d question is if I didn't go to pry school, how did I go to sec school n university........

Ministry Of Education will give you another one. I know from experience that they have the records.

Btw 1996 no far nah

JAWBONE:
You are the only illiterate here The GMD is in charge of running the affairs of the company which has been taken from kachikwu

He's not an illiterate. He's smart.

He's just trying hard to misinform gullible NL's

Digitron:
UPDATE ON OPI-NSUKKA DUALIZATION

I thought they said Gburus is not working

This is a pleasant surprise.

mesoprogress:
Government is definitely not serious. Buhari is also not showing any seriousness. His body language by sacking southern officers and installing northern muslim officers is disheartening to any southerner. The only way to stem these bombing is by granting regions partial autonomy. Scotland in the UK have their own parliament with a first minister. Let's try a decentralized government. Any region that decides to destroy their economy will then suffer consequences

Simple!!!

This will solve over 60% of our problem as a nation

Guys im having problems with Binary.com website. I cant open it this morning.

I'm wondering if any body is experiencing same?

Futile.

razortruth:
sorry to tell you this hard truth. Okorocha is doing the same thing in the North. [/b]Everyone develops HIS OWN area![b]

Deep

stagger:
Note the bolded. Unless you are a bank, you cannot buy at that rate. That is the rate that banks will buy from the primary dealers (who are banks anyway). In other words, the big banks in Nigeria who will be the nominated primary dealers will sell to other banks at the interbank rate. That is what it is called INTERBANK i.e. between one bank to another.

When your bank now buys at the interbank rate, they will now sell to the end-users at a profit. So if your bank quoted you at N319, they will make a profit of 319 - 260 = N59 to the dollar.

Usually, if you are buying huge amounts of dollars, then you will get it cheaper as per bulk purchase. So if you are buying $100,000, then your bank may offer you at 310 or 305 because the volume will compensate for the discount.

If you are buyng smaller quantities such as $1000, the bank will give you an expensive quote. Visit any forex trading ECN platform to understand it. Even in globalized forex trading, a true ECN platform will show price quotes from several liquidity providers (the equivalent of the primary market dealers) and the prices are never the same.

Those who think the Naira will appreciate under the present circumstances are dreamers. Naira will only appreciate when the country becomes a net exporter as opposed to a net importer.

If we had schools and hospitals which can attract foreigners to pay in USD, it would have helped. If we can export all manner of products as opposed to only crude and small amounts of charcoal, cashew, etc, then the Naira will gain.

Until then, you will not be able to get Naira at below 300. That I can tell you for real.

I never really understood this until now.

I owe you a jar of best unadulterated palm wine.

Goddex:
That project was long completed by GEJ govt.

This fraudulent and incompetent Buhari/APC govt keeps delaying it's take-off to give impression as if they had any input in it

They're trying so hard to pin a project to Buhari's name.

amakenny:
Instead of chase for militants, restructure Nigeria politically and watch the militants go home voluntarily;

no to this rigged political structure and increased absolute power of the central govt created by only Arewa soldiers.

Niger delta militants VS Creation of Arewa soldiers .... Phase two: when does it end? Where does it lead Nigeria to?

Simple!!!!

Unfortunately the supporters of this administration especially in this forum will disagree with you.

Fortunately APC party chieftains like Ambode and Atiku have called for restructuring of Nigeria.

God is answering our prayers.

I want to believe that Ambode just echoed Tinubu's thoughts.

Just the other day, Atiku said something about restructuring the nation.

There's light at the end of the tunnel.

With Dambazzau as Min of Internal Affairs, I pity Southerners working in those parastatals.

Be rest assured that this is just a way to reduce southerners working in those places

This is shameful.

It's even more shameful that he made this statement from SWITZERLAND.

I don't like Buhari and i never voted dor him. But for the sake of our country, I pray he comes back healthy.

Nigerias is too volatile now and am afraid we can't handle any bad news now

davodyguy:
But these same confused people re sying they belong to GEJ. How come you made such claim above?

It's not a claim, you can verify elsewhere.

IPOB before 2015 elections asked its supporters not to vote because they're not Nigerians but Biafrans.

While Kanu called Gej imbecilic president of the zoo, Gej ignored him and that's why he wasn't known by Nigerians from other ethnic nationalities.

Buhari on the other hand has made him more popular than Kanu ever imagined and I believe that has always been Kanu's wish.

Historians and social scientists 10 or more years from now will look at the rise of IPOB under this regime and attribute it to the actions of Buhari

davodyguy:
I hope we still have conscious people in this country that can really think and jointly agree with me that these scavengers in the Niger Delta should be treated as terrorists and not Agitators.

Jonathan was in Government at the national level from June 2007 to May, 2015.

Can anyone Highlight his achivements in the Region?

1) They started Armenesty Program, thereby giving moneies to criminals monthly for doing nothing. The likes of Tompolo, Asari Dokubo, Boy Loaf etc were making Billions of Naira from that region, at the expense of the communities.

2) No meaningful development took place in the region.

3) The clean up didn't start under Jonathan.

4) No infrastructures were built.

5) The likes of Tompolo were busy acquiring Arms

6) Ipob was no where to be found

7) He had only Boko Haram to deal with, yet he failed woefully

Now under 1 Year of a new president that's ready to build Nigeria, all sorts of criminal groups came up.

he has to confront
1) Boko Haram
2) Fulani Herds men
3) Ipob
4) ND Militants
5) Some many other problems that were carryover.

We need to think deeply and leave sentiment aside, by supporting this government to fight sabotage.

Its for our own good

For your info, IPOB was there under Gej. Nnamdi Kanu told Igbos not to vote cos they're Biafrans. He also was insulting Gej calling him an slowpoke.

You and most Nigerians know the solution to our problem but wickedness and greed have destroyed the political will to solve these problems.

Izonpikin:
[/b]rather than go through that long uncertain path why not just espouse true federalism/regionalism...is it that hard Mr man[b]


You see why our wahala in this country can never be resolved...We attack the surface of a problem rather than the root cause...

If we make you NIgeria's president tomorrow na so you go proffer solution wey go still lead to more formation of militants...

You see Nigerians like the man you quoted are very wicked and unreasonable. They know the easiest way to stop this oil pipeline vandaliisation is fiscal federalism/regionalism as you said. But they would rather enjoy this internal colonialism that we are running now than make the states/regions autonomous.

mrinsurer:
Pipeline vandalism...My suggestion..create a Pipeline Police under the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs with recruits drawn from Niger Delta and Pipeline host communities.Each recruit will earn minimum of N200,000 monthly and will lost their monthly earnings if incidence of pipeline or oil installation vandalism is recorded in their region and the leader of the command will automatically be demoted or sacked.The outfit should be equipped with Hilux trucks,surveillance camera,drones and be allowed to use guns.Govt should forget security contracts and military action,just negotiate and put this simple plan in place
I.S.P Ukpabi

With due respect this won't work.

that's creating another office for the elite to enrich themselves.

We know what to do but we have refused to do it. We're just running round in circles but I'm sure that sooner than we think, Nigerian State will do the needful.

I think PMB is ill.

You see eh this will not end well for Nigeria. The military cannot protect all oil pipelines.

The 5 fighter jets cannot stay in the air forever.

The warships cannot patrol the creeks

The 100 gunboats are not enough

With Boko Haram still active, our military are divided and we can't fight 2 wars at the same time. We simply don't have the personnel to do it.

It also takes a whole lot of money to fight this war. In this time that recession is staring at us in the face.

Solution is there for everybody to see. But some people are too wicked and too lazy to implement the solution for a peaceful coexistence in this Niger area

Themaingate:
ASK YOURSELF WHY JONATHAN DID NOT IMPLEMENT IT

Brother abeg forget about Jonathan. He's in the past and he won't come back again.

Please guys i am not an economist. Does it mean our currency has been floated?

It's just a show of power and force. Nigerian military cannot protect thousands of kilometers of pipelines.

Please PMB should read and implement recommendations of 2014 confab and over 60% of our problems will be solved. I believe so much in the unity of Nigeria and true federalism is the only way for Nigeria to still be one country between 2019 and 2023.