₦airaland Forum

She's pregnant.

Damn. If D'Banj is phocking this woman then I'll have nothing but respect for him.

His campaign promises

1. Fixing power in four years
2. Fixing corruption in four years
3. Fixing security in four years
4. Fixing unemployment in four years

Thats NOT a lazy reasoning! If a kid asked you that question, you'll definitely fail.

So? What changes?

That should be GMBs problem. Besides, how will Buhari stop ASUU strike in the next two years?
That's an important question.

Lol. What is NANS? They're like a chihauha adorned with pacifiers.

Be specific. How much was looted? That's the problem with you people, you will say there was a looting but you won't say how much.

voxpopp:
Lol...this tout sef get manifesto

Has he finished settling his godfathers and godmother(yesus of otueke) that rigged him in

Rivers people are in for a long ride.

His fellow touts and cultists comes first on a scale of reference.

Next to his political godfathers/mother.

By that time, state allocation don finish

I laff in okrika

this tout called wike made amaechi the governor for two good times

egift:
After rigging comes a plan.

So the entire campaign was based on Hate, violence, attack Amaechi, lie about Buhari/APC, rig the election and Patience Jonathan's quest to install her stooge.

The election had nothing to do with Wike's Manifesto.

Did Buhari win because of his manifesto? Or due to propaganda and lies?

Wike my president.

The yoruba were mostly ambivalent concerning who they wanted to be president.
The truth is that, majority of yoruba people don't like Buhari. He has never won in the south west for the past 12 years. He is winning now due to the solid structure of the Apc in the south west.
There's no propaganda and yes, I'm a thorough bred Igbo boy.
The Yoruba don't make rash decisions like other majority tribes in the country.

Poor excuse. Lol

Wike, the chosen one.

CFCfan:
BTW, on what legal authority do the MDAs stand on when carrying out their activities when a budget has not been passed, let alone signed by the president?
I ask because Nigeria's fiscal calendar runs from Jan 1 thru December 31. So if no budget is passed before New Year's Day, shouldn't the govt be shut down?

I doubt if there are any laws to that effect. I think any government activity or plan (within the MDAs) that requires funding will be deferred till the budget is appropriated.
As it stands, workers are owed salaries since January. I don't know if such nonsense is allowed in the US?

cocoberry:
Stop trying

Don't worry. Its YouWin.

CFCfan:
It's a shame that we have to be 6 months into the year before a budget is passed. It's really sad.
I don't think there is anything wrong with the Buhari administration operating a GEJ budget. That's how it's done elsewhere, just like OBJ's first budget was the 2000 budget. Buhari's own would have to be the 2016 budget.
Government should be a continuum, not a stop-start enterprise. That has been the bane of Nigeria for decades.

It is believed that the incoming government seeks to pursue an aggressive economic plan. This can't be achieved maximally if they are working with a budget that is not tied to their fiscal plan.
I acknowledge that government needs to be a continuum but in a scenario where the incoming government persistently criticised the incumbent government on its budgetary plan, a change is expected.
If GEJ passes the budget, it ultimately means that Buhari has just three years to deliver on his economic promises. I believe I'm correct.



In another news:::: UP CHELSEA!!!

Africa, my Africa. What we have done to ourselves?

Before we begin to condemn these south Africans, we should first acknowledge that we nigerians have almost a worse mentality when compared with them. We are not better than them.

CFCfan:
The budget is basically recurrent and capital expenditures+statutory transfers.
But with Buhari's plan of paying N5,000/month to the poorest 25 million people, the complexity may come in

5000 naira per month my black behind.
Were will the money come from with the falling crude prices?

On another note, the 2015 budget has not been passed with almost a month left to the expiration of this government.
The biggest pain in all of this is that Nigerians are not concerned. We are all basking in the euphoria and agony of the elections whilst forgetting that Nigeria is an underdeveloped country.

Now the question is - since Goodluck is leaving in nearly a months time, what is the point in passing a budget that the new government which proposes new ideas will find difficult to work with?
Passing the budget will mean a continuation of GEJ's government (that was voted out) till next year.
What are your thoughts on this predicament?

CFCfan:
The budget office would be similar to the CBO here in America. The budget office would be staffed by finance professionals that would give non-partisan analysis of the executive's budget estimates.

Damn it. I knew these copycats had no originality.

Anyway, i don't see any need for such an office in the national assembly. Our budgetary plans are too predictable and basic to need such an office.

I thought they had committees on finance and budgets?
If they do, what's the point of setting up this nonsense?

OreMI22:
Not just Niger Delta, Nigerian communities and the states should have at least 50% derivation as it was in 1960.

50 percent is not enough. It is too small to finance the accelerated growth and development that the Niger Delta deserves.

Idrismusty97:
But your militants have fat àss mansions and private jets na, what else do you want . I thought they are your heroes...

Militants are fighting for themselves. We need total change.

BlackMaria:
Send that question to the governors of the Niger-delta or even sef,ya so-called militant leaders.
Foolish OP.

Ignored.

The time to call for a 100 percent control your resources has now come. We all witnessed the brazen level of ethnic, tribal and geopolitical voting pattern that characterized the 2015 elections, which subsequently removed a Niger Deltan from being the president of this country.

The people of the Niger Delta have sacrificed their lands to sustain Nigerian unity and the economy for over 30 years to the detriment of their own development. The altruistic efforts shown by the people of the Niger Delta have always been taken for granted. As the campaign slogan of the APC goes, it’s time for a #CHANGE!!!

The people of the Niger Delta have never for once enjoyed the freedom of being in absolute control of their natural resources. Oil revenues over the past 30 years estimated at over 500 billion dollars has been wasted to satisfy the selfish needs of other Nigerian zones and their leaders. If these revenues were properly invested in the Niger Delta, the level of infrastructural and socioeconomic development in the region would been tremendous.

To make matters worse, we are in a country that makes no sense at the moment. Nigeria is like a vehicle traveling from Lagos to Adamawa on a top speed of 10km/hr. Yes, we are moving forward but at the slowest speed attainable. Most people will blame this on corruption but I have a very different view about this.

Nigeria is like a man who earns a salary of 200,000 naira per month but has 36 wives and 80 children. It’s impossible to give the best of education, feeding and clothing to all his children and wives. That’s the same problem with Nigeria. Nigeria earns an average of about 60 billion dollars every year from oil and about 10 billion dollars from tax and other IGR but with expenditure needs of over 200 billion dollars per annum.

We may think that the money Nigeria earns from crude oil is enough to turn Nigeria to Dubai or Japan but that is far from the reality. We tend to forget that we have a population of about 170 million people and growing. Those who have the time to check should check for countries with similar populations with Nigeria and the annual budgets of these countries. You will clearly see that Nigeria lags far behind. For a country with a population like ours, we need nothing less than 150 billion dollars in annual budgetary spending. Where will the money come from?

Any discerning and rational thinking person who assesses the chances of Nigeria witnessing any accelerated growth in the next 10-15 years will clearly acknowledge that our chances are very very slim because

1. Nigeria is poor country
2. We have a huge population
3. We have weak governmental and sociopolitical structures that hinder economic progress.
4. We have some of the worst human development indices in the world. (No country develops with a literacy rate of only 60 percent and life expectancy of 51)
5. We are not ready to change the fundamental problems that are hindering our growth and progress.

These 5 problems make it very impossible for Nigeria to have a performing president. Every single president who's elected will always fail to "perform" as expected because these problems will weigh him/she down.

Niger Deltans cannot continue waste their resources on this failed scam called Nigeria. The only option available right to now Niger Deltans is to collectively demand to opt out of this unfair and parasitic arrangement called Nigeria.
There is no better time than now peacefully ask to leave.

hedonistic:
Sane issue I have raised a thousand times in my discussion with friends and associates. It's a big joke to say that Buhari can successfully fight corruption - even within the executive arm of government. At best he will prevent himself from being corrupt. There's not much he can do to stop even his own ministers and countless heads of government departments, agencies and parastatals. Jonathan's preventative and systematic measures held more promise than the punitive, brash, coercive, and old fashioned 'gra gra' approach Buhari might want to adopt. Thieves in the executive arm will only get smarter to avoid being caught and the business of corruption would continue as usual.

As for corruption in the legislature, judiciary, States and local council areas, and other facets of our national life, Buhari cannot do jack.

The same person who is accusing a president being corrupt bribed a lecturer in order to get good grades in exams. Hypocrisy!

For every Nigerian who is honest, well-mannered, and diligent you’ll find a hundred whose only goal is to get some money whilst expending the minimum amount of effort possible. If they can use personal connections, lies, or trickery in lieu of learning a useful skill and applying it, they’ll take that option every time. It’s a numbers thing: if 50% of Nigerians were more like 10% of them, the country would be okay. And that’s the fundamental problem of Nigeria summed up in one sentence: [size=16pt]way too many dickheads[/size].

https://www.nairaland.com/1407845/expatriates-indepth-analysis-corruption-nigeria

ok

cocoberry:
Figure out which!

Electoral reforms?

When Nigerians say a president should stop corruption, what do they mean anyway?

Is it corruption in the Judiciary, legislature or the executive arm of the federal government?
Is it the corruption in the local government council administrations or state governments?
Is it the corruption in churches?
Is it the corruption that has infested the psyche of almost every nigerian above the age of 12?



Nigerians are big hypocrites. In fact, we are the biggest hypocrites in Africa. This country is a joke

cocoberry:
Hmmmmm I'm actually interested in one of those mention

Which one?

cyrilstober:
the youwin programme is something important

The YouWin is the best youth empowerment program that has ever been introduced in this country. Only an ignorant rabbit will dispute this.

Youwin gives you free money + free business education and mentorship.

Rexxie:
NOOOOOO.......NOT NOW...U GUYS NEVER SAW OR CHOSE NEVER TO SEE ANY GOOD THING ABOUT GEJ AND HIS POLICIES,SO BH SHUD SCRAP ALL HIS (GEJ'S) POLICIES AND REFORMS AND GET HIS OWN STARTED,PERIOD..

Where did I say I was against GEJ?