₦airaland Forum

Billyonaire:
You are on your own with the ideology that a leader does not have to be more knowledgeable. So, in essence, against the change that the ignorant majority asked for , they have been short-changed if your concept is popular within APC technicians.

You need to read more on leadership.

If a leader is more knowledgeable, fine and it's a plus. It's not a must.

If he is not, he just need to have a vision, a drive and objective, surrounds himself with knowledgeable technocrats, make them believe his vision is achievable, drive the knowledgeable technocrats to achieve it for him. Simple.

OBJ did something like that --- surrounded himself with El Rufai, Ngozi, Mukhtar, Soludo, Moghalu, Dora, Ribadu etc.

Billyonaire:
You are more knowledgeable than Buhari, then why did you chose such an ignorant person that said he can stabilize the price of crude oil as President. When you are better than him ?

I may be more knowledgeable than him, but I do not have its wealth of experience, which cannot be bought.

However, a leader does not have to be more knowledgeable, he just need to surround himself with smart and knowledgeable people that abound in our country and not sycophants that will be singing siddon siddon siddon, No Vacancy in Aso Rock and you are the next best thing after God.

Billyonaire:
In essence, he will stabilize the price of crude oil. Such ignorance is expected of a grave digger NOT a president.

No, he will not stabilise the price of crude oil because it's beyond him, but he will fix the refinery issues, thereby reducing the pressure on foreign reserve, reducing fx demand and stabilising the dollars and creating employment through the development of ancillary industries to the refineries.

He will fix power, which will impact massively on our MSMEs, thereby creating more job opportunities and employment, increasing the GDP and this will make Nigeria to keep being the number 1 investors destination in Africa.

He will reduce corruption. Thereby sanitising the business environment., increasing transparency of the Nigerian business climate, as well as ease of doing business in Nigeria. This will increase investors confidence in the Nigerian business market, with attendant more investors and investments coming in. This will lead to more employment.

He will not give our barn of yams to the goats and stealing will be corruption. This will promote the culture of accountability and transparency, which will increase the trust of the international investors in Nigeria, more investments and more employment.

QED.

Billyonaire:
Is that not the same sentimental hullabaloo and fact-less brouhaha that was sold to the majority illiterates in the 1980s. Indeed we have successfully concluded a 360 degrees on history.

The first small steps of this generation of embracing change at the expense of continuity of cluelessness, is a giant leap for future generations.

There is no new thing under the sun and everything go round in circles. We just ended a 360 degree course of cluelessness. Welcome to the beginning of the new 360 degree course of change and prosperity for our nation.

Billyonaire:
Where is the future, when history has been re-elected to define a tomorrow ? There is no future to even mortgage. We are back to the 1980s.

Naaaah.

We have taken our present to re-design the outcome of our future for us and generations yet unborn.

Billyonaire:
We are merely speculating, there is no indication that any of the state governors will foresake looting and think of capital development. Most politicians are silly these days.

We can all make them work by pressurising them through the social media and campaigns.

We should not allow them to keep mortgaging our future.

Electing good leaders is first step. If bad ones rigged their way in, we should still force them to work.

SirShymexx:
Ezeagu

Breakdown of the drivers of the Lagos economy by the Lagos state government.

Interestingly, seven (7) out of the 28 Sectors emerged as major drivers of Lagos economy:

- Manufacturing - 29.60%,

- Road Transport - 26.47%,

- Building and Construction - 19.70%,

- Wholesale and Retail - 8.39%,

- Telecommunications - 3.71%,

- Financial Institutions - 3.51%

- Real Estate - 2.01%.

http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/images/pageimages/downloadfiles/docs/LAGOS_STATE_GDP2010.pdf (page 10)

^^^Which of these sectors is dominated by Igbos?

I just love this my dude. Sit back and watch blabbing.

edogirl2:
Probably 10 states (minus Edo).

Makes no sense for Edo to invest in a project that is further away from them than Lagos sea ports.

Edos and Yorubas have traded for hundreds of years with no problems at all.


Lagos remains more viable for someone in Edo State.

Likewise itshekiris in Warri.

Nnemuka:
How is the SE? Cave dwellers want to compare the SE with theirselves? How much has Tinubu looted? He practically stole everything in Lagos yet you guys celebrate him y?


I guess Stu pidity runs in your veins.

Being cave dwellers is 100% better than the underground dwellers of gully eroded land. No wonder descendants of Cain like you keep wandering over the surface of the earth, as cursed by God. They have infested our caves from their gully eroded underground abode. In search of greener pastures, better life and conditions of living.

Tinubu looted and invested same in yorubaland creating employment, mentored people that are performing in various positions they are holding and was able to midwife the merger of political parties that defeated the biggest party in Africa.

Show me any of your clueless and visionless leader that can lace his boot. None.

Obviously insanity is endemic in your pathetic family.

DProDG:
Right on top on the page it says "1,345,034 members"

That is registered members.

Some visit as guests, without registering.

PPAngel:
We pray you find oil so that you can demand that the SS and SE leave you and Adamu to share it together in peace.

We have it already. Don't you know Ondo is part of NDDC.

IF we want to sadden you the more, we can claim the share of our cousins oil in Niger Delta, the Itshekiris.

PPAngel:
Not true at all!

All the SE ports far out date any of the two ports in Lagos.

The Marina Port, Calabar is the first sea port in Nigeria.

All other ports including warri and Port Harcourt port which the capital of Rivers is named after were built during the colonial area and expanded under the regional administrations.

The FG since independence has only expanded Lagos wharf and built Tin Can from scratch!

You can bet why they concentrated all this in Lagos in order to promote industrial packaging firms in the SW.

Please try and know your history before posting here.

http://www.nigerianports.org/defaultCalabarPort.aspx ---- ''The Old Port was privately administered and operated by various shipping companies until December 1969 when the Federal Government took over the inadequate Calabar Port facilities from the erstwhile operators and vested it on the Nigerian Port Authority.
The development, modernization and expansion of the Calabar port was embarked upon under the 3rd National Development Plan of 1975–1980 in order to upgrade the port facility to cope with the ever increasing demand of our economy. The new port complex was commissioned on 9th June, 1979 and lies 45 nautical mile (about84km) upstream from Fairway Buoy.'' Who was the president then?

Stop your misinformation. If you want the details of other ports, visit NPA website or consult google.

PPAngel:
The only way Jonathan could have financed the Ibaka project was with minimum federal stake which will not raise objections in the Senate through budget screening and that would have been through direct foreign investment.

Do you know how Washington effectively scuttled any direct investments into Nigeria other than that from the Chinnese?

Do you know what stages discussions on concession would have been between Akwa Ibom, China and FG by now?

Why blame Jonathan? What of the past leaders since post civil war? Why did they not see a reason to build an operating port in the eastern coastline?

Jonathan should have used whatever method he wishes to achieve the project, if he was truly committed to it.
Why did the same senate not stop him from awarding multi billion pipeline security contracts to Dokubo, Tompolo, Ganiyu Adams etc. Did he not do the ground breaking ceremony of the Gas City in Gbaramatu, which is a bigger and more expensive project than the Ibaka seaport.

Washington can stop investments if they want and who is losing? The American Investors. Are Asians not investing heavily in Africa and Nigeria. At whose expense and loss? Americans.

If Jonathan had signed a partnership with the Chinese on Ibaka, 200 Washingtons cannot stop the partnership and the completion of the project.

He was more interested in seaport in Bayelsa and he deceived his people that he signed a $7bn deal with Hyundai, which the South Korean Prime Minister denied.

All the other ports in SS today, whether moribund or active, were conceptualised and executed by leaders of other regions. We are blaming Jonathan because he did not do anything for his people and Nigeria as a whole.

Stop blaming yorubas for your woes, name your visionless leadership

PPAngel:
Goodluck was in power for 6years and was accused of being a sectional leader by you people in the SW and north and was also bugged down with the lunacy of your APC militia wing, Boko Haram.

There would have been no way, the IBAKA see project will not get stalled if it was presented as a Federal project in a budget to the National assembly.

The only route would have Ben to shop for a foriegn investor through BOT arrangement.

But given the instability in the national political terrain no foriegn investor will invest Ina project that will most likely be cancelled in future.

The only way is for Akwa Ibom to develop the port on their own but they don't have the legal powers to develop such infrastructure because accordingly, all water fronts and water ways ate exclusively the preserve of the Federal Govt.

The Ibaka sea port also suffered because the chances of restricting port operations as an export point and for only designated specific imports will surely cripple it's capacity. This is something any northern or southwestern led administration can easily do.


So you see the problem goes beyond funding but is as a result of deliberate sabotage.

Is Jonathan's brain a Pentium 1 brain that he cannot multitask, despite the myriads of challenges that was brought upon him by people and himself?

Jonathan said the pillar of his government were SEerners and not SSerners. What were those SE people doing in 6years. Busy being sycophants they are known for and singing siddon siddon siddon and No Vacancy for GEJ.

PDP had the highest Senators and Reps, why was the Ibaka issue not legislated on, passed into law and gazetted. Once that is done, no government can reverse it. Don't you understand.

Your argument about Akwa Ibom not having the legal right to develop the seaport does not hold water. Lagos conceptualised Lekki Deep Seaport and started it with FG and private investors joining in. First thing first, it was a visionary idea conceptualised by Fashola and they got the buy in of FG and private investors later.

That is a governor that was in the opposition party.

What stopped Akpabio for good 8years from.achieving same? At what time did the leaders of Akwa Ibom paid Akpabio or GEJ a visit, tasking them on the completion of the Ibaka project. None to my best of knowledge.

It amazes me that the government that does not have the time for Ibaka, invested in Lekki Seaport, was eating with 1bn, was buying presidential jets, was doling out dollars to.people.

Let your leaders take responsibility for their inactions and actions. Point accusing fingers at them and not Yorubas.

SirShymexx:
Lol. These folks are just irritants who double up as uncivilised folks with innate victim mentality.

They had at least five years under GEJ to fix whatever wrong or Yoruba conspiracy against them. However, rather than do that, it was all about nepotism, excessive looting, and putting themselves in positions that can easily be reversed. These folks are just myopic and confused with no long term plan on what they want. And they do everything based on emotional impulses - for short term bragging rights.

The Lekki seaport is on track - and that will be completed, before they fix any port in that region. Then watch them start crying again about Yoruba monopoly. Anyway, the cries just started - you lot should brace-up for more now that they lost out in the power-tussle (struggle) cos it will never stop.

Regardless, if giving them a port (you have to spoon-feed them to shut them up, cos they don't have the smart to build anything by themselves) will help reduce the population of Lagos, I'd wager that the FG should do that. Lagos doesn't even need to be the port-hub of Nigeria to thrive. That's too much load on one city. Most of the major cities in the world don't do ports, despite the fact that they're on the coast.

Lagos should needs to focus on being the financial district, with a strong Lagos Stock Exchange, independent of the Nigerian one (if they don't want to scrap it) - and watch money start flowing in. London for example thrives on real estate and banking. Ditto New York and most of the other big cities.

You could not have put it better Shymexx.

Nnemuka:
Same way they frustrated Stella Odua immediately she made Enugu and International airpot. Anything coming to the SE/SS region is usually abandoned or frustrated by the Hausa's and Yoruba's.

So in your logic, we should condone her looting of public treasury, a collective purse, just because she made Enugu Airport an Intergalactical Waterlogged Airport.

What a reasoning? No wonder SE is the way it is. You worship and celebrate mediocrity.

PPAngel:
Jonathan secured a $7bn sea port project with Hyundai Heavy for Bayelsa.

Waiting for your Buhari to cancel it.

That is commendable.

Don't you think if he had gotten the same fund into Ibaka, it would have been completed by now, rather than starting a totally new project that might end up like Ibaka and you guys will be blaming yorubas again for your self inflicted woes.

Admit to the fact that, you do not task your leaders enough. Period.

macjive01:
This Ibaka seaport has the potential to single-handedly cripple lagos , and turn it into a Detroit of Ghost town and filth.

Beautiful.

Why were you not able to force GEJ and Akpabio to complete it and turn Lagos to Detroit in 6years, the same way Peter "Adaora" Obi completed the 2NB with GEJ, thereby turning SW to Hiroshima.

Yeye dey smell.

PPAngel:
It is one thing to have the infrastructure up and running and it is another thing to have the required designation for the port.

Just like Airports, categorization determines the capacity of the port.

Enugu Airport was just recently categorized as an international airport which will see that international carriers operate in and out of the port.

If the same FG refuses to categorize the sea ports in the SE coastline for importation but rather maintains them as mere oil tanker jetties and export ports then little can be achieved economically for the SE ports of Warri, Calabar, Port Harcourt and even the yet to be constructed Ibaka port.

This is where the opposition lies and there is every indication that the SW selfishly opposes this, while the north is afraid of any major developmental stride in the SS and SE without them because as things stand with the GDP from these regions a sea port is bound to further enrich these state.

There is also the conspiracy of the French concessioned owners of Tin Can Container port who currently enjoy a monopoly in the business. Opening up another port to the east will surely reduce traffic to their port.

Why do people like reasoning like this?

What were you looking at for 6years under GEJ or GEJ is from Mali?

What is the business of SW with Port? I cannot remember any notable yoruba in GEJ's government, why could GEJ still not achieve it.

Onne port is functional, why are the people crying wolf all of a sudden not using the same port which is closer to SE and SS.

When we were telling you GEJ did nothing in 6years, you were all arguing and calling it a gang-up against the Mandela of Otuoke. Can you see now that he was just drinking tea and buying jets?

Why is it that Yorubas do not blame others for their woes? Why do you think we never wanted PDP to take over Lagos? Agbaje was a good candidate but his party does not have the acumen and discipline to manage Lagos.

IHEJIRIKAisBOKO:
So Boko Haram stopped jonathan from building the Ibaka seaport but Boko Haram couldnt stop him from allocating 1bn for his feeding allownce in addition to his 11 presidential jets?

You b.stards are brain dead

God bless you.

They enjoy whining and crying over their stup1dity, pointing accusing fingers at others for their own stup1d actions.

GEJ is from SS, he did not even give an inch of attention to the project. He was busy eating with 1bn and buying presidential jets.

Akwa Ibom collects the highest allocation in the country, through 13% derivation.

NDDC is like a regional government.

Min of Niger Delta is a whole ministry dedicated to the region alone.

sCun:
This is why Jonathan is a very foolish man, or perhaps he was distracted for long by Boko haram.

However, if Yorubas think they can continue to work against the economic progress of other regions by making sure only the Lagos ports work, they should be ready to continue contending for the ownership of Lagos with others and also suffer the effects of overpopulation and the strain on Lagos inftastructures.
You can't have your cake and still eat it.

Why can't you guys take responsibility for your action and inactions. You elect stup1d and dumb leaders and you are still blaming it on yorubas .

GEJ was president for good 6years and Akpabio was governor for 8years. Why could they not complete it? Donald Duke set out to start and complete Tinapa and he did without the Almighty Yoruba stopping him. Was Akpabio sincere with the project?

Why has others not gang up and stop Fashola initiative of Lekki Deep Seaport, which is progressing smoothly? Who is the current head of NPA? Bamanga Tukur, a PDP chieftain.

Stealer Oduah constructed a water logged airport and you were all celebrating her for stealing your money and giving you a sub-standard airport. You were busy shouting "She is our daughter". You will still blame the Almighty Yorubas for that.

Indeed, Yorubas must be next to God.

I did not know SE was as backward as described by the OP

ezeagu:
You are so bitter. Why? I have no clue. In fact, that's a lie, I think I may know why.

Are you ok?

Do you need glasses to read what I wrote or you need an interpreter?

What is the bitterness you are talking about or what should I be bitter about?

As we are marking the 1st year of the abduction of the Chibok girls, the question that keeps running through mind is "where is shekau?"

Despite all our military success in recent weeks, it will be a great injustice to the Chibok girls, the dead and the maimed, if Shekau is neither caught nor killed.

Has someone allowed him to escape? Quite possible.

Is he still within the territory being held by BH? Very unlikely, because we have not seen any of his taunting videos in recent weeks.

Is he dead? We all know he is a cat with 7lives because he has died and died and died again.

We need to ask the military this vital question. If this mystery is not solved, then the school of thought that was of the opinion that the powers that be in the military and political arena, might not be wrong afterall.

Where is Shekau?

What is all these arguments about?

The alliance should not only stop at SS and SE amalgamation, they are free to even annex southern Cameroon that used to be part of the old eastern region as well.

Once the objectives and aim of the alliances suits all parties, why should others be disputing it for them?

The alliance is about Oil and access to the sea for one party, why the other is in need of the numerical strength.

At the same time, no one should run back to Nigeria once more begging for freedom from his domineering neighbour.

Can't this mad people just sit down somewhere.

He won flat and square.

The Presidential. National Assembly and House of Assembly elections clearly show to the blind that the guy is very popular in his state.

If that is the guy the people want to be their leader, so be it.

Leave matter for matthias jare.

Vicotex:
No wonder dem no want make we go, cos of our resource.
Later dem go still dey talk say we no dey contribute for the nation. mean while in the bigger picture na SS/SE dey feed the nation for decades

There is nothing like SE/SS. Igbos doing attcahe by force since 1872.

Have you resolved your issue with Kogi State?

Ondo is oil producing

Lagos about to be oil producing.

Ogun potential oil producing.

SirShymexx:
What is Nigeria?

A) a country

B) mere geographical expression a la Great Awolowo

C) a quagmire

D) a country of many countries

E) b, c, and d


Err, I'm just here so I won't get banned fined a la Beastmode lol.

Shymexx, we have been over banned on NL, no be today.

I miss the likes of Katsumo and Deridegull sha.

ellaV:
all this one is big big talk....let them go na......they have fought,still yet u people didn't let them go,u still want them with,they have dialogue for where....just let them go n lets see how u will survive without them.

who is holding them from going?

they do not know the way to UN? or you want someone to go to UN on your behalf?

Your problem is you lack the diplomacy, the wit and tact to negotiate such tortuous process of secession through the appropriate channel.

Going must not be through fighting. When they tried the Boko Haram method, we all saw where it led you to. You had the opportunity at the last national confab to ask for Biafra, did you? Capital N-O.