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Politics / Re: PDP War by strangleyo: 3:57am On May 24, 2010 |
We are 1 generation away from being like Somalia and Congo. Youth today are even more illiterate and militant than the youth that is now hitting their mid 50s. And that generation failed this place miserably, the next one, well, as you can see, this is the future of Nigeria. Violence, drug smugglers, religious strife, rebel groups, poverty, pollution, all the while the jungle reclaims the roads, bridges and whatever is left of the half assed projects that Julius Berger built on inflated politically motivated contracts. |
Politics / Re: Obj Is Bad Yes, But He's Still Nigeria's Best Ever President. No Contest by strangleyo: 3:48am On May 24, 2010 |
It's interesting this thread, I see most posters have no clue what they are talking about. Electricity, crime, corruption, and so on have all gotten worse not because the president made it worse, but because of uncontrolled population growth without any investment in infrastructure to accommodate that growth. The truth is, we don't know how to. A few people mentioned that Obj was a decent president, but his own ego sometimes got in the way of his job. That is correct. Most of Nigeria's problems are beyond the grasp of one man's control. Ibb, Abacha, Obj, Shagari, we can name them all day, none of them could alone stop the rot. Its comes within the depths of our own past and the nature of our psyche. Take something as simple as civil service; administrative duties such as property tax collection, and the re-allocation of resources at the municipal level for public works projects such as sewers, roads, health clinics, street lamps, local schools and then their maintenance. How many people at the civil service level know how the process works? How many Nigerians know how this process works? Did IBB not try and reign in on civil service ineptitude? Was he successful? Absolutely not? Why? Because we do not have, and never have had the proper framework for nationhood. We are 4 nations. No. 4 major Ethnic groups lumped together, and none of us, I mean, none, can make this thing actually work. Nigeria is a shambolic geographic location. I will refrain from even calling it a country. Obasanjo did what he could, as did Yar'Adua, and the countless before them, but the system is simply non-existent and the framework of nationhood is not something the average Nigerian has any interest in. Anything short of wholesale Soviet or China style restructuring of our system from both the top down and bottom up will fail and making this thing work. Truthfully I've become despondent about our prospects for the future, perhaps slaughtering all of our leaders like Russia, China, France and countless other 'success' stories is the only option we may have at restructuring the system. When I say leaders I don't mean politicians, I mean our "real" leaders, the ones that sold our brothers to the Portuguese for gold nuggets and mirrors, the elders, the preachers, the tribal kings, that's where half of our problems lie. You know where the other half are, And its not in the presidential villa. 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Hundreds Flock To Nigeria In Search Of Food by strangleyo: 11:39pm On May 22, 2010 |
It would be nice to invade their country and dig up and sell their uranium, buy them food in return for their independence, and build a giant wall between us and them. |
Politics / Re: Jonathan To Contest 2011 Presidential Election by strangleyo: 10:16pm On May 12, 2010 |
Where does that leave IBB? Hopefully he won't rig himself in. |
Politics / Re: 234next Newspapers Is Dying! by strangleyo: 11:01pm On May 07, 2010 |
Dis Guy: Cabal is never gone. |
Politics / Re: Funding massive Infrastructure Developments in Nigeria by strangleyo: 6:22pm On May 03, 2010 |
1)How do you think Nigeria under good governance (E.g Fashola in Lagos) can raise the huge monies required to finance its dream infrastructure projects? Yes, if we cut corruption by a significant margin. The key is to improve tax collection of citizens. One way implementing this feat is for individual states in the federation to give their citizens state cards. Without state cards individuals will not be employable, cannot see a doctor, cannot vote, and have no voice in general. This will be an incentive to get people to participate as citizens. The flipside is that Nigerians with state cards can vote, will be encouraged to visit a private health clinic at least two times a year (which is a double bonus as we can detect preventable problems), they will be used as voting registrations, and they will be used to evaluate taxation per citizen. They will be equivalent to social security cards (of western countries). State cards will also be used as de-factor census collection. This will require excellent planning and expertise and civil servant training. 2)Would it be a good idea to invade or at least partner with some African countries to despoil them of their resources to utilize for our own development?(If we don’t do it, China or India will do it anyway) NO! What we need to do is work with our African partners in building common infrastructure. For example a 6 lane highway and train link running from Morocco, through Nigeria to Congo, and finally to Kenya. Projects like these will encourage intra Africa trade and thus improve the welfare of all Africans. However our neighbors (benin Republic, Niger, Chad, Guinea Bissau) have no reason to exist as separate entities. Perhaps bringing them into a grand federation would help us all develop faster. We also need to sign continental defensive pacts with African countries to keep the Indians and Chinese on their tip toes. We can't have them invading our neighbors. We can't have outsiders interfering with African affairs. We should let them know when the chips are down we will fight them and their armies will be met with continental resistance. 3)Should we just forget it and resign our faith to being a poor country? No. We have all we need to be superpower, apart from the actual human resource expertise. Our civil servants need real training. We need to emulate the Japanese and Taiwanese models (not western, they aren't as compatible). 4) Or better still, employ Boko Haram to help reduce the Nation’s population to something like 20 million (At least that way the oil money can go round) No. Boko haram's place is in the graveyard. So please intelligent Nairalanders, suggest ways you feel Nigeria can raise capital for infrastructure development. Every idea is welcome. Key infrastructure sectors include Electricity; Rail, Road and Air Transportation; Telecommunications and Broadband; and Housing. Infrastructure + Housing: States need to pump billions into housing. Perhaps what we need is shakeup in the way oil money is spent. I propose that we force states to generate internal revenue and live within their means. Taxation of every citizen's income. No market stall makes a sale without sales tax. If Lagos can generate internal revenue, so can Kwara or Kano. The oil money on the other hand will be used to build mass housing. There will be no peace in Nigeria until there is housing. We cannot have millions living in slums. When Nigerians have better housing, keeping track of them will be easier. Also the price of housing will fall significantly and low income Nigerians should be able to find non slum shelter. Everything else you mentioned (Electricity, Rail, etc) should be sold off private investors and not taxed at all to provide incentives for the developers. |
Politics / Re: Presidency Never Zoned To North – Obasanjo by strangleyo: 2:50am On May 01, 2010 |
There's some excellent northern leaders, el Rufia, Ribadu, pity we get stuck with the idiots. |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Black Colonialists: The Root Of The Trouble With Africa - Chinweizu by strangleyo: 9:57pm On Apr 16, 2010 |
People are forgetting that the Chinese were writing poetic literature while people in Europe were living in caves. 5000 years ago China already had writing. The Chinese dynasty during the height of the Roman Empire was technologically superior, with more refined military tactics and more efficient weapons. There was a time the Chinese had a bigger and better fleet than Europe's combined. Africa has real building to do, from the scratch. |
Politics / Re: Opposition Mounts Against Ibb’s Presidential Ambition by strangleyo: 2:52pm On Apr 13, 2010 |
IBB is a goon. Based on popular will he will not win, if the elections are fair, he has no chance. |
Business / Re: Dangote’s Acquires Bombardier Private Jet by strangleyo: 4:49pm On Apr 11, 2010 |
Good for him. He's not a politician, he got to where he is through hard work and ingenuity, not by looting lucrative oil contracts. |
Politics / Re: The Glue That Holds Nigeria Together by strangleyo: 7:36pm On Apr 04, 2010 |
20 poor republics, individually bullied by Russia, China and America? Or 1 big poor republic, with at least some clout on the international stage. I swear this whole breakup Nigeria thing is getting old. You think things will get better? Will Sylva not steal? How about Ibory. Want to see what southern Nigeria will look like alone, just see Guinea Bissau. Want to see what the North will look like, just see Chad. Nigeria as one is better than all of them. 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Former President Of Nigeria - Umaru Musa Yar'adua's Legacy - BBC by strangleyo: 8:42pm On Apr 03, 2010 |
[size=13pt]The culmination of the violence over the past several months, the terror watch list addition, vilification by the west, a complete breakdown of the educational system, sectarian killings, and toxic corruption mark the end of the one of the most inept presidencies to have ever been foisted upon Nigerians. Yar'Adua was not a bad man per say, he is, was, simply incompetent, and there is perhaps good evidence he himself had done very little governing. [/size] |
Politics / Re: If The Us Declares Economic War On China, We Should All Tremble by strangleyo: 9:11pm On Mar 28, 2010 |
Ibime: China doesn't do free market. It's a fallacy to think so. China is an export economy. Try setting up a business in China as a foreigner and see where that takes you. You'll be harassed constantly until you are driven out (See Google). China is manipulative. Africa (esp. Nigeria) should be careful about how it deals with both the Chinese and the Westerners. They both loathe us equally, Chinese culture detests blacks, and so do Chinese people. We already know what whites think of us. I know plenty of Chinese people, drink with them long enough and you'll notice that they think of blacks as half intelligent. A Chinese friend of mine told me (when he was drunk) how American blacks are perfect because they are mixed with whites, they have "black strength" and "white smarts". Guess where that leaves Africans. As far as I'm concerned Nigeria needs to help the AU buckle up against the possible Chinese incursions into Africa in the next 100 years. With world resources dwindling, leaders in developed countries from East to West will be under pressure to secure Africa's untapped resources one way or another. To many of them, Africans be damned. |
Politics / Re: Nigeria Is A Victim Of Debased Spirituality And Laziness . . . by strangleyo: 8:54pm On Mar 28, 2010 |
kosovo: Quoted for truth!!! |
Politics / Re: If The Us Declares Economic War On China, We Should All Tremble by strangleyo: 3:25am On Mar 28, 2010 |
This should be in the foreign section. China cannot afford to peg its currency to the US dollar for forever. Ultimately tariffs will hurt both the US and China, and indeed India and Africa may emerge winners. |
Politics / Re: Nigerians Fight Crime In South African Coastal City by strangleyo: 3:19am On Mar 27, 2010 |
Did anyone read the article? Nigerians moved into a white area, started setting up businesses while youth simultaneously started selling drugs and committing crime. The Nigerian businessmen started fighting back with the nod of South African police (most likely because they were being harassed by police). This sounds alot like Lagos without the white people. |
Politics / Re: Ex-governors, Senators Barred From U.S. by strangleyo: 6:33pm On Mar 25, 2010 |
[size=13pt]This is culmination of one of the most devastating and ineffectual presidencies of our nation, and that says lots in this case. Under Yar-Adua, not a single bill was passed, other than the budget bills. We gave him time, we hoped, wished, prayed, but his ineffectiveness trumped the wishes of 150 million people right up to his incapacitation. Jonathan's arrival has already brought constitutional amendments, why Yar-Adua could not do this simple task that Jonathan has done in 2 months will remain a mystery until a full investigation into this pitiful administration is conducted by the EFCC. Yar-Adua will be remembered as a miserable failure, his presidency will go down in history as one our greatest tragedies right along with the civil war.[/size] |
Politics / Re: Quebec Is A Country Inside Canada, Watch Video. Yorubas Can Be A Country. by strangleyo: 9:52pm On Mar 24, 2010 |
9jaganja: Canada's senate isn't elected. Also, considering that Canada's current prime minister is a Westerner, and his party's base of operations and idological roots are in Alberta, your argument that Canada is ruled by the East falls flat. |
Politics / Re: Quebec Is A Country Inside Canada, Watch Video. Yorubas Can Be A Country. by strangleyo: 8:14pm On Mar 24, 2010 |
9jaganja: Canada's standards of living are head and shoulders above those of the USA and Britain. |
Politics / Re: Quebec Is A Country Inside Canada, Watch Video. Yorubas Can Be A Country. by strangleyo: 4:31pm On Mar 24, 2010 |
Quebec leeches 9 billion off the Canadian government in subsidies (transfer payments) annually. |
Politics / Re: Sharia Law - Nigeria - Is This Our Future ? by strangleyo: 10:14pm On Mar 23, 2010 |
Its a double edged sword. The state is so decrepid and weak, that Sharia in the muslim dominated North. The vacuum created when the military sucked the life out of the state led people to legislate jungle justice (Sharia in its purest form). |
Politics / Re: Constant Power Supply? Whats The Cause? by strangleyo: 9:26pm On Mar 23, 2010 |
Just wait till 2011 elections and the north gets back to power. Kiss the electricity goodbye. |
Politics / Re: Describe Nigeria In Two Words by strangleyo: 6:14pm On Mar 23, 2010 |
failed state |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by strangleyo: 3:12am On Mar 20, 2010 |
I'll quote: gypt Military Strength South Africa Military Strength I was being generous early on. It seems Egypt is head and shoulders above the rest in Africa. Nigeria doesn't even touch Egypt when it comes to military equipment. 6 Likes 1 Share |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by strangleyo: 10:11pm On Mar 19, 2010 |
xterra2: Let's get this in perspective, if the US or UK armies regarded human life in the same sense that the Nigeria army does (Ijaw massacre as an example), Afghanistan would today be a parking lot. Nigeria's army is simply incompetent. They are badly trained, they are badly equipped, and they have no moral authority. And their equipment is a joke. For a country with such a large shore as ours, we don't even have a proper naval fleet. Piracy is highest around our coast only 2nd to Somalia's. All in all. Top 5, I doubt it. I doubt we could even raise an army to stop an invasion. We're so disorganized. As a nation we don't even know how many people live within our borders. 4 Likes |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by strangleyo: 9:16pm On Mar 19, 2010 |
You must be disillusional if you beleive Nigeria is even top 5. Currently, Nigeria's military is a shambolic excuse of a fighting force. They are neither well equipped, nor well trained. Standing upside down with a rock on your ass for 5 hours doesn't make you well trained. Nigeria's army uses taped up rusty AK-47s as their primary fighting tool. The MEND militants are better equipped than the so called army. The Army lacks proper body armor, many don't even have basic helmets or bullet proof vests. Discipline, let's not even go there, the Nigerian army's lack of discipline is evident all around. Without the army fatigues they could easily be mistook for Al Shabab or Congolese militia. They don't have any sense of organization, they can't even march straight. They can't respond to domestic disturbances (Jos, Mend, MASSOB, Kidnappings), let alone any external military threat. Those rickety pick up trucks that don't look fit to even carry farm animals is what our military get around in. Nigeria, not even close. Ethiopia is certainly a very powerful force. Historically Ethiopia has always been a force to be reckoned with. I won't do a top 10 list simply because War is not semantics. When Germany invaded France nobody in their right mind thought it would end in complete capitulation within weeks. On the other hand everybody thought that Russia would collapse catastrophically. War isn't 2+2. If it came to putting my money down on the most competent militaries of Africa: Ethiopia Eritrea South Africa Lybia Egypt, but seeing Israel mop the floor with them time after time makes you wonder. 3 Likes |
Politics / Re: How Different Countries Debate In Parliaments / Congress ! by strangleyo: 7:57pm On Mar 19, 2010 |
Thats because they are passionate about their countries. |
Politics / Re: Federal Executive Council Dissolved by strangleyo: 8:16pm On Mar 17, 2010 |
Also don't forget the Senate and Reps still have a major say in how things are done. A new FEC doesn't automatically translate into a policy overhaul. Bills still need to scale through both houses. |
Politics / Re: Federal Executive Council Dissolved by strangleyo: 8:10pm On Mar 17, 2010 |
rosamosqy: Let's not be too hasty. Every administration has its cabal. Obsanajo had his, Yar'Adua had his, and now Jonathan is doing it. |
Politics / Re: Internet Video: Muslims Must Rise Up In Nigeria by strangleyo: 9:02pm On Mar 16, 2010 |
Filthy arabs. |
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