₦airaland Forum

Novice1:
Definitely France sponsored.

Losing cheap, nay free resources from African colonies will be a death knell for France, which explains why they will never allow a patriotic leader have peace.

They prefer a "democratic" leader hat will allow them continue exploiting national resources while the citizens wallow in poverty and lack.

The choices for African leaders are two:

1. Stand up fpr your people and do what is best for your country and earn your place in the history books as one who brought back dignity to his people and motherland.
2. Align with colonialists to destroy your country and people, and in the process live a life of fake luxury as a slave of the whites and die in ignominy.

one leader with stolen mandate calling himself city man (ahem ahem) falls in the second category.

Western form of democracy has been a disaster in Nigeria and Africa. It has been used to slowly weaken the state and people.

nairalanda1:
The whole black turaegs problem goes way back before 2013.

Also what you are doing is being a bigot. You are sounding like the Northern politicans who did not want Jonathan to rule over them because he was a minority.

Never ever promote or support bigotry. It always backfires. As seen here

If the issue had been sorted out decades ago, by now the Turaegs would have been helping the government fight the islamist jihadis

Also the Turaeg are fighting to secede from Mali , not rule it.

I don't care if you call me a bigot.

The Turaeg cannot build a viable country in North Africa, and they will not stop at Kidal. The aim is to build an Azawad country that includes Djenne, Gao, and Timbuktu, a majority-black city-state. The Black Fulani under JNIM are just stupid if they think that they are in alliance with the Taureg, they will soon end up being their slave.

The future of Mali will be Somalia and Sudan with everlasting war.

The Tuareg should stay in North Africa and leave West Africa alone. I will also kick all the Tuareg and Berbers out of Mauretania.

Is that Bigotry enough for you? I am not playing this useless brotherly love with people who see Black African as slaves.

nairalanda1:
SO, thats why they should oppress them?

So that's why there should be no reconciliation?

You guys should not excuse bad government in NIgeria or mali. Or anywhere else.

The Taureg took over Timbuktu in 2013 and went on to destroy the city and the ancient library. The Taureg are a minority in Northern Mali but want to rule over the majority black African, whom they despise. The Taureg were responsible for inviting jihadists from Asia into the Sahel.

There can be no reconciliation with the Taureg; they have to be removed

Ironfaceman:
If you want to be the president of Nigeria you need more than 14 000 votes.

Leadership needs experience many of the people sowere is calling failure pass through a process.. To be a president, you most have been
A leader in your electoral ward
Then you become a councilor
Then you become LG chairman
Then state assembly
Then federal House of representative
Then a senator
Then a governor

This political process is similar to students. For you to be called a graduate, you must pass through the education. Process.

So why must Nigerians don't take sowere serious is that he lacks the background.

Leadership start with a vision and ideology. Millions of Nigerians don't even vote because they don't trust Nigerians political elites

jtjohn:
Sowore has a valid point about recycled leadership, but at the same time, unity among opposition parties could be strategic if the goal is to unseat the current system. The real issue is not just coalition, but whether those involved have truly changed and can offer accountability. Nigerians are watching beyond slogans.

Just like the APC coalition successfully unseated the PDP without a plan, it plunged Nigeria into a disaster. Removing Tinubu is important, but replacing Tinubu with a coalition of crooks and opportunists will continue the cycle of failure.

brain54:
People travel for different reasons...


Even citizens from the best governed countries and with high standard of living still travel to other countries.


Saying stay to fix corrupt country is insensitive!

No country wnt poor or desparate immigrants



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gs5Y7s7yN8

nairalanda1:
Anybody blaming the West or Russia or China for this better get themselves checked.

The issue is simple. Decades of bad governance. Decades of racisim by blacks.against turaegs. Decades of sharing money by government instead of building productivity. Decades of blaming others for the problem

That is why a supposedly anti western government like Mali has the same issues as a prowestern government like Nigeria

We better start blaming ourselves , seriously

Turaegs enslaved blacks for years. There is less than 2 million turaegs in Mali

You don't need religion or another man to be moral. Respect for your fellow man and his property is enshrined in all cultures. I still find it hard to understand how Nigeria is one of the most religious countries in the world, yet one of the most corrupt societies.

HacheNoire:
Wale has always and will forever be a competent hands in any government, party or administration!

He never got to that position about favoritism, party demands, or connections. He was made for the job!

A competent and disciplined expert! He made no mistakes or lost trust with the President.

His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) only required SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT in crushing the USD.

On behalf of my Honorable self, and patriotic Nairalanders, we would like to Wish Wale Edun the very best in his future obligation!

We are proud and happy about where you got us too and won’t forget your sacrifices.

He was rubbish.

His brief includes coordinating economic ministers to implement the economic strategy across all ministries. The country still lacks funding to support food production and electricity production.

Noblex2011:
A lot is wrong bro.
It is just like appointing a lawyer to regulate Accounting bodies or asking an accountant to carrying out operations on a patient.
Most politicians are useless people

Politicians are smart people; that's why they set policies for you and me. The problem is that Nigerians have failed to hold their politician to account.

SmartPolician:
Stop making excuses for that man. What was he thinking when he made a finance czar the minister of power?

I thought that Buhari was a dullard for making a lawyer his minister of power, but Tinubu proved to be the real dull@rdinho (its highest level!)

There is nothing wrong with selecting a lawyer or a finance specialist as the minister of power. You need people with skills in legal regulation and finance to shape the development of electricity across the country.

Adelabu is just incompetent; if he were an engineer, he would still be useless. He failed to set a vision for developing the solar and battery industry in Nigeria to focus the country on renewable energy.

I will also blame the Wale Edun, as the coordinating Economic minister, for not coordinating the gas and mining industries with electricity. Tinubu has been a very poor president, but where are the alternatives?

nairalanda1:
I'm not much of a fan of Obi, but education is very expensive.

Even your beloved tinubu knows this...which is why he started student loans. Loans that have to be paid back, no be dash money.

When ASUU used to go on strike back in the day, and all of you guys regardless of political party and support were abusing them, you didn't get that they were going on strike to keep fees low. Your governments past and present no dey hear am, dem dey tell them to shat up...and you were clapping. In 2012 and 13, the same story.

Meanwhile our universites are crap, and they need money. If any of your governors starts charging tax on everyone, you go cry oppresoor, so na fees they do.

And even the fee increases that Obi was doing were not enough.

For Nigerian schools to be world class, fees may have to be as high as ten million naira per student per session. I am not joking...I am serious. Either that or tinubu charges taxes that take half your income on payday. And charges everyone ...including street hawkers and street hustlers. Education is very expensive.

That is why I no dey take any of your leaders serious. We need to industrialize this nation, need to diversify, all of them no wan do, so here we are, and even then, education is expensive...fees would still have to be high.

Nigeria needs to industrialise its agriculture, oil, gas, and pharmaceutical industries. Nigeria needs fewer universities and more secondary school students, apprentice education and jobs.

givedemwotowoto:
I agree with Peter Obi. Nigeria's current 6% budgetary allocation for education is far below UNESCO's recommended benchmark of about 15 - 20%, even further below Nigeria's own National Policy on Education benchmark of 26%.

What makes it even worse is Tinubu government's chronic poor budget implementation despite high taxation, removal of Petrol Subsidy, and current oil boom.

Nigeria needs a more vibrant, responsible, and accountable leadership.

This thing is not rocket science. Invest in education and get it to global standards but don't keep it in the hands of government, just make sure every student can access it with student loan (some credit to Tinubu here despite being a failed leader).

Ensure full transparency in the implementation process. All institutions must ensure their accounts are fully auditable, monitor the system with the press and EFCC to make sure the benefits go directly to the students and not the politicians, institutional leaders and contractors.

Consistency over 10 years of this and you already have an entirely new and well educated population ready to take on the world.

Tinubu may be a poor administrator, but the majority of education across Nigeria depends entirely on the State and LGA to fund primary, secondary, and university education.

GEJ invested millions of dollars in building Alajimiri schools across the North, and the schools were ignored.

iwaeda:
https://dailytrust.com/tinubu-blames-poor-planning-for-nigerias-challenges/5

The APC government has been in power for 11 years.

Tinubu's government has 51 ministers and Nigeria has a vast number of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), with records from the Federal Civil Service Commission showing over 480 listed entities as of 2026.

Ofunaofu:
Will you allow Tinubu be president of your region?

I will not allow Atiku, Tinubu, or PO to be president of my toilet. One Nigeria no be by force.


We can't continue to recycle rubbish in the name of so-called democracy when the country's structure is the foundation of its failure. How can 12 states introduce political Sharia law in 1999 and still believe in democracy?

NinjaMetahuman:
The question is, is he going to reverse those reforms?

-Is he going to bring subsidy and petrol cabal back? If he becomes president

-Is he going to bring back multiple dollar exchange rate so that billionaires can get dollar for 400 while common man gets it for 800 without borrowing a single dime.


If yes, then uniformed Nigerians should queue behind him, if no, then atiku needs to shut up.

Only a madman would return oil subsidies or multi-dollar exchange.

Nigeria's high debt profile and low income indicate that no president can reverse Tinubu's monetary and energy policies.

Ofunaofu:
Atiku will replace him

Atiku has a clear vision for Nigeria

Tinubu's renewed hope agenda is a scam

Atiku cannot control or manage a political party, yet he will fix Nigeria. The North should separate from Nigeria and form an independent Arewa Republic with Atiku as its president.

Ofunaofu:
Nigerians have decided that another four years of this regime is simply not an option..and they intend to make sure of it.

Who will replace Tinubu .... Atiku!

Speak for yourself unless there is a serious opposition candidate that has a clear vision for Nigeria, and not these hungry politicians that have failed before.

simpleseyi:
Where are Peter Obi’s trains since 2010? Are they still en route from China to Onitsha?

At least Peter Obi didn't waste $400 million on a monrail to nowhere like his ADC colleague Rotimi wasted on the PH monrail.

Mattswaggz:
So who's going to checkmate Kim now?.....who's got the balls to try that?. .

Who's interested in playing with rocket man?. .

Who is check mating Israel Nuclear program

Israel is widely believed to possess a nuclear arsenal of approximately 90 to over 100 warheads, developed starting in the 1960s at the Negev Nuclear Research Center near Dimona. Israel maintains a policy of "nuclear opacity" or deliberate ambiguity, never formally confirming or denying the program, and is not a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

whitebeard:
u are not any better...u are all frauds

That's how tinubu was shouting during Jonathan era about dollar to naira rate now same tinubu in power, he even promised to fix nigeria light problem in under how many years, now see dollar to naira rate under him, power generation keeps getting worse.

Obi just dey shout up and down...put him there and he would be giving excuses..

These people have no plan, no doctrines, no believes, no principle...just emi lokan vibes and inshallah.

Obi that was hinting he would sell nigeria to America...telling me he would allow American troops into nigeria...this is someone who would at then be the commander-in -chief of the largest army in Africa...telling ME he would let another country soldiers on nigeria soil...brooooo wtf are you. Just buhari 2.0 wey dey disguise.

They are all the same;

PO can't even build a political party, yet he will fix Nigeria. If they can't deal with the incompetent APC led by Tinubu, how will they deal with the IMF, World Bank and Western agenda against Nigeria?

PO has nothing to say about the regional restructuring; he wants to fix the North and turn it into a breadbasket, forgetting that the introduction of Sharia law and Alajimri education is the reason why the North became a breadbasket in the first place.

Mrtaye:
They are two parallel lines

You cannot have one without the other; a federal republic must have state and federal police, just as it has state president and state governors.

donleo92:
We know but we just pretend not to know

One thing about Nigeria lately, is that so far it doesn't affect us, we are goooooood with it

And more over, the government has so weaponized poverty that, you can give a woman protesting for better tomorrow #1000 and she leaves to protest ground to go buy food for herself and children just to survive

And thirdly the polithiefians have so divided Nigeria based on ethnicity and religion, that it would take a miracle for the coming generation not to toll same part

Nigeria has a population of 240 million, the majority of whom are living in multidimensional poverty and can't be counted, as they add no value to the nation-state beyond being a liability and a drain on limited resources.

The political elites cannot be concerned with Nigeria's welfare if their wealth comes from loans, crude oil exports, remittances, and foreign aid.

Mrtaye:
No na lie Nigeria isn't ripe for state police....we have too many corrupt politicians and illegal money all over

If Nigeria is not ripe for state police it is not ripe for state governor

press9jatv:
Wow this is fantastic. Oyetola is doing well in that ministry.

You should first ask what happened to Nigeria's shipping line, which was established in the 1970s. The Nigerian government cannot manage a toilet

Mrtaye:
No ,your statement is just feasible on paper but not realistic because Nigerian governors and politicians are above the law

Nigeria is a federal republic with states that have state governors, state houses of reps, and state judiciaries, yet there are no state police to enforce the laws created by the state houses of reps. What kind of structure is Nigeria operating under?

State police is non-negotiable; if the police are corrupt or abuse the state police, then the people in that state should rise up or shut up.

nairalanda1:
Yes but it's going to cost a lot of money to get them to that level

Note that I am not saying no to.state police. I'm saying no to a state police that would be wiped out by well armed jihadi fighters because the budget for the state police is severely malnourished

Right now we don't have anything to defend us. The Jiihadist are getting military exposure fighting Nigeria's weak army.

nairalanda1:
Because all states cannot afford the kind of state police that would take care of bandits and regular armed robbery.

To police Jos alone, an indigenous state police of plateau would need a budget that surpasses the state's total budget.

State police is not formed by spending from security vote..infact the security vote won't be enough. self. For an effective force for plateau, the state would need upwards of 6 or more trillion naira, if not more. That would go into buying drones, tactical gear, training facilites, detention facilites, police cars, communications equipment, arms(sensible arms, not AK 47 that looks like it was made in 1847), armoured vehicles, helicopters..yes helicopters...and we haven't even talked about the things like forensic labs, digital records, prision facilites, even training more judges, and so forth that the state needs to do. Even things like street lights, and CCTV cameras are necessary, and so forth.

A lot of you that shout for state police, just know that na politics people dey play, especially APC. Unless you want a state police that would be knocked away by bandits wielding SMG's and RPG's on the backs of technicals or one that is just Nigeria police part 2...just know that no state can even afford any police force.

We can afford it, if everyone pays taxes. Taxes that you Nigerians don't like paying. Taxes that would make you to shout that the person proposing it is an oppressor. Yet, the government, before any looting commences, has a limited budget of less than 3 trillion naira to police 230 million people. It is just that there aren't too many bandits, and then there is the army, otherwise bandits would have long since been running the country from Aso Villa alongside Boko haram and millitants.

Make we dey face reality. Unless all of you are ready to pay the kind of taxes that they pay in saner climes, nothing for effective state police.

Nigeria is at war with jihadist from the North, the state policie is are potetial security agency that would be trainined to protectn us from Jihadist

discusant:
Lesson for those in the south of Nigeria who don't understand that at the appointed period, these Islamists will come in a blitzkreig. A few armed terrorists can conquer the whole of Southern Nigeria in a few days.

These yoyo, think we need state police for law and order. State police will allow the south to build and train your men into a organised security force.


Nigeria is at war

Thundafireseun:
A governor in charge of state policing with immunity from prosecution… what do you think will happen?

Federal Police will be in charge of training the state police… where the federal police ran away, do you honestly believe that the state police will stand there ??

What do you think is happening today?

The country is being invaded by Fulani and Kanuri jihadists with the backing of political elites.

The Nigerian federal police and army are incapable and compromised. We need armed state police to protect us from domination. The country is at war.

Mrtaye:
we don't need state police because politicians will easily manipulate them

State police will mean that we will hold the state governor and local politicians accountable.

Reference:
The police have no stake in that community that's why. I keep on telling you guys. Security is local, domesticated at the point of the crime.

If the policemen were from that town, that community and they were living down the streets and everyone knew them by name, knew which markets their wives shopped and where their children schooled and which place of worship the family attended they will certainly not run. Run to where as stakeholders and defenders of their communities indeed.

Look folks. There is NO substitute for local government and state police. It is clear to the blind and audible to the deaf that this system we practice is just not fit for purpose. It expired the day we declared our independence from Britain.

The system we practice was enough to run the colonial administration and keep the people in line under central authority. The years of escalating poverty induced criminality saturating the land and growing extremism popping up in every corner has exposed the system as grossly inadequate.

I don't understand why Nigerians are not aware that the structure of Nigeria is the fundamental reason why the country is a complete mess.