₦airaland Forum

AmazingELixir:
In a runaway and inflation prone economy such as Nigeria's what Wike did by giving 80% is the most logical thing to do....unless ofcourse you want contractors to come back and ask for variation due to price changes.

Most contractors includes validity period of the quoted contracts sum, if it exceeds such period it gives them grounds to ask for contract review hence variation but paying upfront you corner and compel them to expeditiously execute the contract within the stipulated time frame, it is also pertinent to ensure strick supervision to ensure compliance in both quality and schedule. That's basic logic.

Most procurement laws actually doesn't encourage paying that much as initial milestone but exigencies compels.

You please the funds in an escrow account and pay for all material in advance

Manny21:
At least he is serious by giving 80 percent upfront. I know of many governors who will like to embark on similar projects on credit. They will then take the credit but owing the contractors until the end of their tenure they will then leave the liability for their successors to be battling with

In what world do you give 80% upfront to a contractor and expect serious results. Wike is useless and stupid

God1000:
Atiku is another disaster waiting to happen if elected.

I will never advise anybody to vote for him, he cannot give us the new Nigeria we're clamouring for.

He has no idea of PIA or the oil industry beyond privatisation to his close ally, he is hopelessly clueless on the economic matter and will be an equal disaster like Buhari

tnerro1:
Port Harcourt refinery and na Aboki Dey in charge, no wonder e no dey work

The logic is beyond me. The fact that they can't find anyone from the SS to at least manage a refinery in PH. 8 years of Buhari's government and we now need to look forward to 60,000 P/B, shouldn't the main focus from day one of the Buhari's government be energy security such as refineries and power plant.

The Managing Director of the Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited, Ahmed Dikko,

plusfield:
UK and their subtle racist attitudes. I can bet that there may be other white doctors who may have attended to the Ekweremadus in the process, but if by chance there is a Nigerian amongst them (even if he has lived and practiced in the UK all his life), they will find a way to single him out and rope him into the accusation. That's how they do.

You blame racism, instead of abuse of power, impunity and lack of laws to protect the poor against the poor.

In the UK you can't buy or sell human organs ...period the Nigerian doctor would have understood the ethics of being fair.

almelo3:
Peter Obi dont have a house in Abuja, there is nothing like level going to the studio or presenter coming to your house in either way the interview is broadcast to the audience

Arise TV is based in Lagos.

Oyiboman69:
you're wrong... Many of us are expecting PDP to field a southerner but they didn't. that is the only reason we see obi as the best option among all. We would have voted PDP if they'd give their ticket to a southerner and obi whether in PDP or not,would have never been heard of....
We only love obi because of our hatred for atiku and tinubu,not for PDP

If you want a Southerner vote for Sowere or any of the smaller parties. PDP=APC =PO

Fahdiga:
Sowore should join Peter Obi to rescue Nigeria if he is indeed a patriot that he potrays himself to be.

Sowore right now is doing a far better job as an opposition candidate than any of the three candidates. Let PO come out and ask Atiku for the missing $16 billion.

These should have been the questions that Arise news anchor should have asked Atiku.

Oloche15:
my fellow nigerians come out and vote in the next election. no be only to complain about bad government we go they do,GOD no go come down from heaven come elect leaders for us.
TIME TO WAKE UP-VISION2023

Come out and vote for whom?

Is this Willie Obiano that Nigerians voted for and what was the return of investment - corruption and impunity.

Voting doesn't change a bad government., if the constitution is rubbish.

In many countries, sitting political do not have immunity and there are laws, especially in the UK called UWO where alleged criminals have to explain their wealth with evidence.

Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) gives law enforcement an opportunity to confiscate criminal assets without ever having to prove that the property was obtained from criminal activity.
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9098/

Nigerians must go onto the street and force constitutional and political change, nothing will change or improve with the present constitution.

simplesearch:
Just why do I have to lie for goodness sake. At least you should understand as an educated person what a smokescreen connote. Do you know in 2011 National Union Of Electricity Workers Engage In Prayer/Protest Over Barth Nnaji, against his nomination as minister of power. And Why? They knew a lot of rot will be uncovered, and when he was eventually nominated were those rot uncovered? The answer is yes, and straight way the problem of epileptic power supply was solved. So you can see their protest against his bid for Enugu Disco was nothing but a smokescreen to cover up for their earlier disapproval. And as for his bidding for Enugu Disco, sincerely that would have been the best way for Nigerians to enjoy a breakthrough in power supply. If a bidder who has the experience, equipment, goodwill and financial warchest to execute a project is disqualified on petrid ground such as this, are we better off now with those sets of successful bidder who eventually got the bid? Why are we like this as a nation, where the best of men with good knowledge and intentions are relegated while those who'll keep us in perpetual darkness are allowed to have their way. But thank God we are all groping in darkness together, since that's what we choose.

Have you heard of conflict of interest? The minister of power resources also wants to be an owner of a power plant and you think that it's okay.

Soso990240:
I swear Sowore is dumb. Peter Obi was appointed by Goodluck as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. How does that relate to power? This people have nothing on Obi, that's why they are looking for anything to say

The SEC is responsible for ensuring that the DISCO meets Nigeria regulations and financial Services standards.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Nigeria is responsible for the oversight and regulation of the Nigerian financial services industry. The site contains recent news, regulations, enforcement activities, SEC filings and guidelines, and market information.

Anaya4life:
Two million naira 3years ago was about $5,500. Today it is equivalent to approximately $3,200. Cost of living and inflation is rising in Nigeria. For most people that relocate, it's not always about the money but the quality of life and opportunities available there. People say we don't spend in foreign currency but as long as our economy is imports driven, we will always feel the effect of our weak naira one way or the other....For those in the diaspora who complain about bills and taxes, I always wonder why they have refused to come back sha.

He will probably make $3200 a week within two years in UK, I know of so many Nigeria youth working in IT earning that amount of money.

Sonoyom:
Very soon the number of higher institutions in the country will be as much as our religious houses.

That is how it starts, all the industries have collapsed and turned into the religious centre, not it's time for the academic institutions. Buhari government has been a colossal failure.

budaatum:
First thing a local cattle herder does with a sick cow is pray. If prayer fails he bleeds it, and if bleeding fails he calls a vet. If vet fails he calls a butcher who slaughters it and sells it for meat.

A dead sick cow is worth nothing while a butchered sick cow is bought cheap and sold in the market for full price. Unfortunately, buyers would be buying both the poison the vet fed it plus the poison the vet was trying to cure, which is why we Nigerians should consider buying our meat from university qualified ranch cattle rearers and butchers, instead of from illiterate cattle herders.

Unfortunately, Nigerians have not yet begun going to university to learn to rear cattle.

Yes, we have universities that deliver studies on cattle husbandry, my first degree was Animal Science at UI, although I transfer to Agriculture Engineering in the 2 years. Nigeria has more than 40 institutions that conduct studies on all forms of Agriculture.

For the record, I was in UI in the late 1980s

SUFFERInSMILIIN:
This is what you call a major fraud. Why does a Nigerian have to go to Zimbabwe to build houses when they are better people for the job like the Chinese

Even the Chinese wouldn't say they will build 1.2 million houses even in China.

10,000 or 100,000 over 5 years is a realistic target.

Nazgul:
The worse thing about this stuff is that despite the hardship APC has put Nigerians through, some people are warming up to reelect them next year, then resume their lamenting when the hardship begins to suffocate them. Nigerians are strange species.

May God help us

What has God got to do with Nigeria?

Nigeria has been blessed with everything that is needed to build a successful Nation.

n Nigeria, prison breaks are the new norm. According to the Nigerian Correctional Services, nearly 5000 inmates escaped in 2022. This is why
@CatoInstitute
ranks Nigeria 161 out of 162 countries in safety & security.

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/7/12/latest-nigerian-jailbreak-could-usher-new-era-of-insecurity-exp

Honjoshy4u:
I just pity students and their union leaders.
We presently have a weak and useless student union leaders that is only out for their pocket.
If all SUG leaders mobilize and block all major roads and airport and sustain the pressure for 3 days, the APC insensitive government will quickly answer ASSU; but one foolish one was in Ekiti supporting the same APC that kept him at home.

Has occurred to you that the government is sustaining the strike to avoid student protest. Nigeria's government has no interest in allowing students to return to university and; organise public protests such as EndSARS and the Sri Lanka protest.

The IBB and Abacha government closed down universities for close to two years to weaken the education system and avoid student protests.

tony0806:
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2,000,000 monthly

As at 2019, Nigeria had about 11,877 professors (though this include both those on private and public higher institutions).

That means; monthly, the government will pay 2,000,000 x 11,877 = 23,754,000,000. That's over twenty three billion naira monthly.

As at today, Nigeria produces about 1.2m BPD of crude oil (Our main source of income, excluding mineral resources from the north which I don't know why they don't mention it. Only God knows where that money is going to). Using the official exchange rate of about 414 naira/dollar,
If 1 barrel is about 93 dollars, this becomes 1,200,000 x 93$ = 111,600,000 per day



that's a total income of 111,600,000 x 414 = 46,202,400,000 (Nigeria's income from crude oil).

THEN; 46,202,400,000 x 30 days = 1,386,072,000,000. This is over 1.3 Trillion naira monthly.

Boy o boy, This country is making money.

SUMMARILY, THE GOVERNMENT CAN PAY ASUU COMFORTABLY.

Nigerian professors add more value than senators, the country must invest in education pay university lecturers and teacher well and you will see a return of investment.

SU50:
What amazes me is how someone will sit in his room and manufacture stats or info.

What was Matawalle doing before becoming the governor?

Do you think people with large families wait for the government to do something for them?

The number of people working for government what's their population and what's their proportion to people with large families?

So, in your world, anyone with such a big family can only be 'looting'?

I will be wasting my time trying to educate you.

There are some very clear benefits to having a small family;

Each child receives more parental attention and educational advantages, which generally raise her self-esteem.
Children in small families, especially first and only children, tend to have higher school and personal achievement levels than do children of larger families.
The financial costs of maintaining a household are lower.
It is easier for both parents to combine careers with family life.
The general stress level is lower because there often are fewer conflicts and less rivalry.

MikoB:
I am not against Africa culture and tradition, he is free to marry as many as he wants and also having many children as he desires as long as he can take care of them, but not with the common wealth and resource of others. Nigerians are not there yet once we get there everybody will feel and even the politicians will sense it louder, for now we are not there yet especially the northern nigeria are still far away from liberation, that is why I laugh when people talk about Obi, if the elections is going to be conducted in the southern part and the Middle belt maybe an Obi can have a chance, but you see those illiterates in the core North are not ready and I am afraid they might not be ever ready, Osinbajo would have been the perfect person for now because he is ready to deal with those setting us back that explains why he took all the actions he took during his three months spell at the helms of affairs, the politicians don't like him but the masses do, and I am very sure Nigerians will still have a reason or two to ask for Osinbajo someday.

They cannot afford to look after their large family. I doubt he will have the time to do his job with that large family in tow, it now becoming obvious that the so-called African culture and traditions are the root cause of backwardness in Africa.

We witness the same issue in South Africa when President Zuma started implementing state capture to finance his large family.

liver123:
I know I was wrong but what about him to wait and when I come to work next, talk to me and correct me. Its not as if that is how I have been acting.

I think you are a joker. You can be this stupid and ignorant.

I hope this is a joke because I can't believe Nigerian youth can be this stupid.

liver123:
I work in a building construction site as an engineer under this man as the main engineer. Last Saturday I went to work and on reaching site I sent him report of site. I stayed till afternoon and I was very hungry and coupled with the fact that there was no place to get something to eat at site, I decided to leave before closing time so that I can go home and eat since there is no serious work on site. He later came to site and called me and I told him that I am sorry I left because I was hungry. This morning I woke up to see his message that I should not come to the site again. I work like a labourer in that site for a salary of 50k without any other chance of getting money. See this life, the best thing is to invest in a business no matter how small and be your own boss. This I have tried for a one and half year of working with this man but how much can i save from 50k to start a business of my own leaving in this abuja that everything is expensive. This life no balance at all

I decided to leave before closing time so that I can go home and eat since there is no serious work on site.

You are a useless professional and rightly sacked, you don't deserve to work in the engineering and construction industry. You are totally unreliable with no shame.

You left your post during the agreed working hour. You could have picked up a sandwich before going to work but no you felt that you can just work offsite and leave your boss's business site to expose.

God1000:
Having too many wives and children in Nigeria of today isn't okay, unless you can provide for them

Even if you can provide for them, it is wrong to produce so many children from one family. The country is not expanding, in fact, the country is shrinking due to climate change (deforestation and desertification)

How can you reduce corruption?
Impunity has destroyed Nigeria, there is no consequence for corruption or incompetence.

The road is already dirty with no road signs or lighting very unprofessional work.

lansile:
If he has dignity in him he should have resigned by now.

Its called impunity

havenz:
No Nigerian politician has/will ever resign, Nigeria is not a white man land, they will rather die in office with their corrupt lifestyle, he should be sacked and arrested for interrogation.

Kemi Adeosun resigned

On 14 September 2018, Adeosun resigned as Minister of Finance in a written letter to the President due to the alleged NYSC Certificate forgery scandal

I see OBJ hand in this decision, Baba Ahmed is the brother of Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed the secretary of Northern Elder Forum. OBJ was recently engaging Prof Ango Abdullahi.

Another Fulani, where are the indigenous Hausa people in the North. Let's talk about the Hausa governor, emir or presidential candidate. I am fed up listening to another Fulani politician. If this was South Africa what is going on in Northern Nigeria will be called Apartheid.

head of Kwankwaso with the title of Sarkin Fulani, Dagacin Kwankwaso;

RX480:
Where's the racism here? violent thugs were caught and these ones are protesting, white people sef

Thank you

I just listened to a brilliant interview with PO on Arise News, they raised the concern of cyberbullies that support PO and he stated that they are not his supporters but members of the opposition parties that are trying to destroy his political ambition.

PO has to defend his character and that of his son due to the he had to defend his character and even his son's character due to fake news from the opposition parties.

It's obvious that PO movement is impacting the political landscape. T