₦airaland Forum

AdolfHitlerxXx:
Petrol Subsidy was removed ... poverty ensued.

The dollar defending which worked for decades , when it was removed actually tanked our economy.

APC should have sent the ground work for industrialization first before stopping the forex defence. They have had 11 years to do so, zero changes.

Supported APC and Tinubu but the truth is, these policies are IMF backed and didn't work. Na fat lie

How can you industrialise? When Nigeria is borrowing billions of dollars to subsidise imported fuel and protect the Naira. The government policies of removing all subsidies are the best approach to industrialisation. Now the government must reduce the interest rate to single digits to support local credit

givedemwotowoto:
Will you blame anybody that calls you Lazy for thinking this way?

If it were in Europe, they'll literally vote out a failed leader and replace him with an idiot, just to punish that leader, so that the next person coming in knows they only get one chance. If they do that multiple times, leaders will change knowing what's coming.

But here you are looking for perfect replacements when the country is literally "in hell".

You keep rewarding failure with the excuse that the "alternative is bad"

You're looking for a perfect leader rather than establishing an unforgiving system that will force leaders to perform.

Even till today the UK is replacing leaders frequently. Some are spending only months in office before being replaced.

Even the US brought back Trump that was voted out, because of Biden's failures in office.

Don't you see how Lazy your excuses sound?

You called me lazy, yet you failed to consider history and how democracy evolved in Europe.

In the 1920s and 1930s, many Europeans voted for fascist governments, driven in part by ethnic prejudice and hostility toward groups such as Jews and Slavic peoples.

Yet some people expect Nigerians to simply embrace a political system and vote purely on economic ideology, as if ethnic, religious, and historical factors do not matter. That expectation ignores both Nigeria's realities and the historical development of democratic politics around the world.

Many Nigerians would rather endure poverty and hardship than support candidates from rival ethnic or religious backgrounds. This is not entirely unique to Nigeria. In the United States, many voters supported Donald Trump because they believed he would protect their interests, including through stricter immigration policies and positions on minority-related issues.

Nigerian politics remains heavily identity-driven. In established democracies, political parties often develop strong ideological foundations over decades or even centuries. In Nigeria, however, political alliances frequently shift, parties merge or fragment, and politicians regularly change platforms. Under such conditions, voters often fall back on ethnic, regional, and religious identities as the most reliable indicators of where political power may be directed.

Nigerians are not necessarily rewarding failure when they vote. Rather, many voters make their choices based on ethnic loyalties, religious affiliations, and concerns about political domination by rival groups. Whether these concerns are justified or not, they are powerful influences on electoral behavior. For many citizens, elections are not merely contests between economic policies. They are also contests over representation, security, access to resources, and the balance of power among Nigeria's diverse communities.

Do you genuinely believe that many Yoruba voters would automatically support an Igbo candidate when there are long-standing concerns about economic influence and competition in the Southwest?

Likewise, do you think many Yoruba voters would readily support a Fulani candidate when some fear political and religious domination through the expansion of Sharia-based influence?

Consider the historical example of the 1979 and 1983 elections. Why did many voters in the South-South region support Shehu Shagari and the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) instead of the Nnamdi Azikiwe-led Nigeria People Party (NPP), which was often viewed as having stronger Igbo support and shared certain cultural similarities with parts of the South-South?

Nigerian politics is still evolving. Political behaviour remains heavily influenced by identity, historical experiences, and perceptions of group interests.

If Peter Obi truly wanted to maximise his chances of becoming president, one could argue that a more strategic approach would have been to collaborate with Atiku Abubakar in preparation for a future election, including the possibility of positioning himself as a running mate ahead of a later presidential bid.

I support regional restructuring and resource control; let every ethnic group rule over their region autonomously as was the case in the 1960s; that's why I support state police and regional development agencies as the first stage of regionalisation.


Supporters of Peter Obi often argue that he represents a break from the political establishment, while supporters of Atiku Abubakar present him as an experienced leader with national appeal. However, a critical question remains: what concrete evidence exists that either candidate would necessarily govern more effectively than Bola Tinubu? Political campaigns frequently rely on promises, but leadership should ultimately be judged by past performance and demonstrated achievements.

What is PO's political ideology?
What is Atiku's political ideology?


Both Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar have held significant political positions in the past. Their records are open to public scrutiny, and like every major Nigerian politician, they have supporters who highlight their achievements and critics who point to their shortcomings. Simply belonging to a different ethnic group, region, or political movement does not automatically make a candidate a better leader. Effective governance requires more than campaign rhetoric. It requires proven administrative ability, coalition-building skills, and the capacity to implement policies successfully on a national scale.

givedemwotowoto:
Africans need to hold each one of their leaders responsible. You should only get one chance to perform or leave.

We can't have Presidents who are doing well for themselves while millions of the citizens are desperately moving to other countries to become refugees.

Western countries are unforgiving. Even Winston Churchill was voted out of office immediately after securing World War II victory for Britain.

In Africa you'll hear excuses like "he is trying, let us re-elect him".

The problem is the opposition is no better.

The opposition are jumping from one party to another with the will to collaborate and form a common opposition with a plan and strategy.

Tinubu is crap, but the opposition is just as bad.

Omoawoke:
The sweetest thing about people like you who come out to talk and pretend like they are smart is that you cannot practice what you preach ..

Simply go to South Africa and declare your support for them..

People are trying to kpai you and don’t like you, the op you are here supporting has boldly hit his chest and said he doesn’t like you Nigerians and it doesn’t matter what tribe you are and what you do and whether you are innocent or not..
But you come here with eye service to kiss azz… lmao

People like you will always suffer in this life

Why would he want to visit SA? I have never wanted to visit SA in my entire life; I don't even like SA, Black or White. The issue is we need to fix our own country and stop migrating to hostile countries.

kingthreat:
The North is not ready to rid its society of bandits.

They are behind the jihadists. Insurgency across Niger. The day Northern Nigeria introduced political Sharia laws across Northern Nigeria in 1999 was the beginning of the end for the North and probably Nigeria. When Nigeria's neighbours that are majority Muslims in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso reject Sharia, yet the Fulani introduce political Sharia and expose Nigeria to Islamic insurgencies and backwardness.

Daguccizgreat:
Peter is a rare political asset in Nigeria

Political liability, leaving $150 million in the bank when the contract hadn't been paid, roads need to be built. Why didnt. Peter Obi built electricity. IPP like Akwa Ibom, Lagos, and Kwara did at the time he was governor.

Rapmoney:
Is this fashion or madness? Leaving your house to transact business at the bank and dressed this way. Abi bank dor turn club.

I just feel there are things that people should wear indoors or in their compound, and not to public places. You will always be addressed by the way you dress. So if you dress anyhow, people will see and address you anyhow, because that is how you presented yourself to them.

She is lazy.

She can't even make an effort to dress up well.

She wasted her life; she had a great business and blew it all away for illicit gains. 20 years in prison is a fair reward for her greed and corruption

Nigerians are a complete mess; they destroy a potential tourist opportunity for short-term gain, then blame the governments

sevenhundred:
One major advantage of state creation is job opportunities.

Civil Services jobs where nobody turns up for work. Nigeria must have 6 regions or 12 states so that the country can start producing instead of depending oil rents

CyynthiaKiss:
Tinubu always thinks he can bribe everybody. Honestly this is becoming embarrassing. Why not fix the Christian massacre going on in Nigeria instead of looking for whom to bribe to close the case ?

If Tinubu finds his way back to Aso rock in 2027 which is very very unlikely , the Christian massacre happening now would be a child’s play to compare with what would befall Christians after 2027. Infact , It’s gonna be a mother of all massacres .. Nigeria will end up being a killing field where Christians, including the southern Christians will be hunted like endangered species they have always being..

Nigerian Christians are in big trouble under this Islamic (Muslim - Muslim) led government

If Tinubu goes hard on the jihadists, he will lose the support of the Fulani elites, who dominate politics and security. That's why Tinubu is forcing state police.

Do you think Atiku will end the Jihadist insurgency, or Peter Obi / Kankwaso will do any better

Kwankwaso created the Sharia Law and Hisbah police in Kano.

writetopoker:
It goes a long way to show so many thigns and not just revealing the absentee workers. It shows that the governor does not even trust sending a deleate to handle such supervision, because the governor knows that if such gives such responsibility to someone else, it will be leaked out, secondly, the delegate will take bribe, and the real information and purpose of the assignment will be defited.

Nigeria is almost doomed

The problem goes way back to the 1980s; government workers at both federal and state levels rarely attend work.

LibertyRep:
Kwankwaso has a PhD. He is expected to be smarter.

Whatever agreement they signed is not worth the paper it's written on.

Fake PhD from an Indian university. Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso received his PhD in Water Engineering from Sharda University in India, which was awarded to him in 2022.

Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso studied for his PhD at Sharda University in India, completing his doctoral program in Water Engineering in 2022. The exact duration of his study is not heavily publicised, but he officially defended his thesis and graduated in March 2022

BarrElChapo:
Good development for Africa

Stupid development; that's why the SA call African hopeless.

We need gas to generate electricity; why not get a $25billion loan to fund our electricity needs

Kingrshd3:
For consumers, the most immediate implication is that the country’s petrol supply system remains dependent on a combination of local refining and imports..
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This implies that local refinery cannot server over 300m + consumers daily so we have to import 🤔
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But if the citizens wants only local refinery then we will queue endlessly in d filling station and majority might not see daily bread because busses won't work or move due to scarcity ☹️

Always think before u talk is not all about APC..


PDP regime would have been d best to make all this thing's work rather than now that global pump price has been infalted

Importing fuel is putting pressure on the Naira.

TopBanter:
Indeed. Who and what can Obi lead? Who respects him across the leadership chain?

I laugh at how some Nigerians gullibly believe a man will become President and then wave some magic wand to get his ways.

The Nigerian Presidency, for the sake of improving Nigeria, is for a strong and well-supported man with loyalist across the entire Nigeria so he will always get the backing to delivers changes and reforms that will be resisted by demonic and powerful enemies of progress literally.

That is never Obi's level Who flees at the appearance of even the slightest challenge and has built nothing and no one that can be his firewall.

Nigerians are always looking for a messiah.

floss:
Guy you have a dark heart if Nigeria doesn't make you cry that minimum wage is less than $70 in a country that you guys are defending criminals stealing trillions under Apc

Remove Tinubu and situation will continue or get worse. Nigeria requires painful economic reforms, and not content creators

seunmsg:
Oh, you guys finally want to admit you've been the ones aligning with your Fulani masters to ruin this country? The desperation for presidential power is finally bringing out the truth. In recent years, the lie has been that Yorubas are the ones selling the south to the North. Now that Peter Obi is desperate for power, the SE is now talking about reviving their past alliance with the north. The same alliance that destroyed the country.

Well, you came late to the party this time around. Kwankwanso is only playing games by bringing this up. In fact, he is bringing this up so that Ibos can support his presidential ambition in 2031 and not because he is honest about supporting Obi in 2027. He knows the OK ticket is dead on arrival.

SE politicians are politically unsophisticated, from Zik to Alex and now PO, they will never learn. After the election, when PO lose and they are forced to support the Fulani candidate, they will gnash their teeth and claim victimhood.

kelechi50:
The blame goes to parents, government and negligence of duty by our immigration officers.

When you have multiple children to care for, don't blame the government; take personal responsibility.

Helinuse:
Airport for drones?

Lolz....little men trying to sound sophisticated.
When did drones even start having their own airport?

Even the private runways of private jets are not referred to as "airports", but somehow, a guy who wants to form a sophisticated image is referring to the take-off and landing points of a technology that these days doesn't even need to run before take-off, as "airports."

Sometimes it is wise not to respond to posts beyond your intellectual capability.

Heavy, long-endurance, and high-altitude military drones—known as MALE (Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance) and HALE (High-Altitude Long-Endurance) aircraft—require traditional airport runways. These large unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) rely on standard take-offs and landings just like manned military or commercial aircraft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8cNkx-qRLM&t=6s

Samaila Isa Funtua bought Etisalat from its Abu Dhabi owners using money from the CBN buying the dollar at N470 to $1 and reselling it for N800. He later died, and his children took over the company, now renamed 9mobile and ran the company to the ground. The company defaulted on its Afriximbank loans and was taken over by a UK-backed consortium




The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria‬⁩. He is bowing down to receive instructions from Samaila Isa Funtua, a member of the cabal controlling ⁦‪Buhari‬⁩. Isa is from Katsina, where the cabal members come from. If you thought ⁦‪Aisha Buhari‬⁩ lied

Ofunaofu:
Nice one

But where's all the money

FAAC allocation

Outside of crude oil exports, what else do we export

Helinuse:
Anambra never see good road finish.
Over 95% of their road are dirt roads,
Yet na 2 airport dem wan build.

Nigeria doesn't have as many airports as Kenya and SA. Airports are not just for passengers but also for security (drones) and cargo.

givedemwotowoto:
Festus Keyamo proved Peter Obi right that Obi was being targeted.

This highlights the level of corruption under this government. People have now become above the law.

Power and corruption are now being publicly used to show-off.

Whataboutism.

PO parked in the wrong place and was rightly fined. PO's suggestion that he is targeted and that his life is in danger is hearsay.

Brendaniel:
So this is what Nigeria means to you people?

Stop deceiving yourself. PO cannot even manage a political party, yet you want him to be president.

Nigeria needs tough leaders who will make the painful decisions, such as removing oil subsidies, floating the Naira, reforming student loans, and implementing tax reform and state police.


Just look at the useless policies that GEJ implemented in his 6 years in government, despite high oil price, GEJ refused to remove oil subsidies or unify the Naira

Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's administration was anchored by the Transformation Agenda


Transformation Agenda: A comprehensive blueprint aimed at achieving non-inflationary growth, creating employment, and alleviating poverty.

Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA): Promoted large-scale commercial farming and eliminated the corruption-ridden fertilizer procurement system by introducing an electronic wallet scheme for farmers.

Infrastructure and Energy ReformRoadmap for Power Sector Reform (2010): Broke up the state-owned Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and privatized the generation and distribution sectors to attract private investment and improve grid stability.

Transportation Revitalization: Oversaw the construction and rehabilitation of major federal highways, the Second Niger Bridge, and the modernization of several airports and rail lines, including the Abuja-Kaduna railway.

Social and Financial InitiativesSURE-P (Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Program): Established to reinvest savings from the partial removal of petroleum subsidies into public infrastructure and maternal health programs.

Banking Reforms: Supported the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) implementation of the cashless policy and the establishment of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) to stabilize the banking sector.

Brendaniel:
He fought to bring Tinubu to power, Tinubu is fighting to keep him in prison

Tinubu is not GEJ. If you threaten Tinubu, he will destroy you. Northern and Eastern Nigeria will cry a river when Tinubu is coronated in 2027

oz4real83:
Nigerians are not asking much from the govt. Just provide adequate security for Business and people, sufficient and stable electricity, good infrastructure and good policies, the rest will take care of itself. Investments will come on their own at a rush, the economy will boom and everyone will be happy. We don't want a govt of lies and deception, there is corruption all over the world even though Nigeria's own is much, but Nigerians won't even bother much about it if all the things I listed are done.

The question we should be asking is why, in 65 years of independent Nigeria, successive governments have failed to deliver electricity, pipe-borne water, health care, and basic primary education.

Before you start your response on poor leadership, tribalism and corruption. There are more corrupt countries out there, such as India, and they can still deliver services to their people.

My response is the structure of Nigeria. Nigerians have been forced to develop at the pace of their weakest ethnic group.

In 1999, at the dawn of the Fourth Republic, 12 Northern states decided to institute Sharia law across the country. Northern. Nigeria is shaping its future, not by technology, business or innovation, but by insecurity, religious intolerance and extreme poverty.

Nigeria must return to the regional government. support. local development

God1000:
Congratulations to her, though I don't like Yahaya Bello but I appreciate this gesture from him

Where did he get the money to fund this gesture?

Why is Kogi. state still a mess today despite the abundant resources in the state

Kemetian:
SHUT UP AND USE YOUR BRAIN.

HE IS REFERRING TO THE VASTLY IMPROVED SUPER EAGLES UNDER ERIC CHELLE.

NOT THE TEAM THAT FAILED TO QUALIFY FOR THE WORLD CUP.

That vastly improved team had its Team B or Team C play credible draws with Poland and star-studded Portugal in front of their fans just prior to the World Cup.

Did you even know about those games?

Chelle was the manager who couldn't qualify Nigeria.

Brendaniel:
The funny things is you will see the quietness on this thread, all over social media and in the entire South west, but one unverified statement saying Lagos is no man's land attributed to an Igbo man and you will see uproar everywhere, imagine being oppressed and killed in your own land and you are quiet, all because you want political partnership because of power , that's how desperate they are, yet they call Peter Obi desperate...

May their souls rest in peace and may peace be restored to the affected area,

The SW is tired of Nigeria, we want the Hausa, Fulani and Igbos to leave the SW. The SW does need Nigeria.

Ezeama400:
How are we going to differentiate between Hausa/fulanis and Yoruba ?

Very easy.


Divide the country into regions and states, establish regional police, and let every ethnic group develop at its own pace. This includes the Igbos in the SW; they need to go back to the SE.