₦airaland Forum

AMINDA:
This new strategy of squeezing money out of the struggling citizens via taxation and empowering state governors who have immunity is bound to fail. When the people complain, they simply mouth off "hold your governor accountable". Same governors who will be forgiven of all sins and embezzled funds as long as they decamp or are aligned with the party in power? Isn’t this what some sceptics against the subsidy removal have always feared will happen?

Are you suggesting that the FG should continue to borrow the in order to pay subsidy to a few because you fear that citizens may be unable to hold their state governors unaccountable?

I hate to get myself involved in the business of politicians but it is quite funny that Aregbe is coming out to make this statement now, after his unsuccessful outing with ADC in the elections over the weekend. Could this be a cry for soft landing?

Then beyond the first observation, Aregbesola as a right-hand man of Tinubu, in the past, has thrown shades and made horrible statements about others who were not in their camp back then. For example, Former Governor Oyinolola (Olokuku) suffered several verbal excoriations and political attacks from this dude.

So, how come Aregbe is one talking about this now?

callmeDDD:
Where is atiku that supposed to champion their rerun?

Atiku lacks critical leadership trait. And it explains why he doesn't command much respect among the northern politicians. Except for his deep pocket, he hasn't developed or exhibited enough political sagacity commensurate with his length of stay in the political arena, which I estimate between 1992-2025.

At least we saw Obi everywhere but that atiku eh, he will never come out and campaign for anyone but during the main elections, he will want everyone to campaign for him?

Again, he seems incapable of being selfless. Hence, everything must be about him and his political fortunes. This prevents him from genuinely investing in other people's political aspirations, thereby helping him build his political network.

Compare him with Buhari, Tinubu and say Kwankwanso and you will see the difference in how they invest themselves in the political development of others who later become useful to them.

SalamRushdie:
It would do nothing the greatly improve Tinubus chances .. Jonathan should stand down

They will soon abuse you for saying that Jonathan's entry into the race would improve Tinubu's chances, but when and if it happens they would blame it on rigging.

Shattuck:
it's not about not seeing anything good in Tinubu, you can't even beat your chest and tell us what Tinubu's investment in sport is responsible for the falcons win, atleat morrocco are two time finalist now some years back the falcons were actually beating them 6-0 and 8-0 but see how far they have back as back to back finalist how did they get there? You can see the govt investment in sports even female sports, they have standard sport facilities, they would be hosting the 2030 world cup, great youth sports program even their women coach is a FIFA women world cup winning coach with Spain while Nigeria can barely hire a first class tactician for the eagles, do you even have a well run league, or a great youth program, yet you are asking us to praise Tinubu for what exactly?

You have highlighted things that need to be done for Nigerian sport in the medium to long term and I agree with most of your analysis.

However, in this short period of time under Tinubu, I think his team in charge of sports have focused on the low hanging fruits and they have addressed some needless sporting administration problems, many of which were self-inflicted.

For example, one of the major problems Nigerians have had in the past is unpaid bonuses and allowances. In some cases, players had to threaten withdrawal of their services before they were paid. Many of such incidences are on record. You will agree with me that correcting this foundational error is the first step to remedying our sporting performance woes. You can build world class facilities and have great sports program but if you keep disrespecting your representatives their allowances and bonuses, it cannot bode well!

phorget:
What Davido has achieved I'm sure your generation won't achieve half of it. This is a perfect example someone is trying to make but your blindness won't allow you see it.

Can you compare revenue for akwa ibom to that of Anambra? Same way you can't conpare Davido's background with yours.

Davido may not be a good example in the circumstance. What if you use, Whizkid, Ayrastar or A shake and maybe Olamide. Those are people who grew from humble background.

Read comments above and I feel repulsed by many of them. Why so? Government is informing of the existence of an intervention that could benefit you and you go like "is this not vote buying", "this is too small for SE businessman". The negativity is crazy. At the end of the day same people will go and be begging for handouts online. Criticize government, but do it only when necessary. No be everything be criticism in the name of stupid opposition.

Kukutente23:
Sorry for your loss

But you simply confirmed what I said. If she has few weeks left to live due to cancer, she can't still look that plump and healthy

Thanks. Yes, it is a double edged sword. She can look plump and a bit healthy if she is getting adequate care. But the problem is in her vitals, because they have to continually check if her organs (kidney, heart and lungs et al.) have not started malfunctioning.

So the estimated remaining of life could be as a result of the organs shutting down or metastasis. Only the comprehensive result of her vitals can help.

Kukutente23:
Which kind lie be dis
How can someone be terminally ill with cancer of all things and still look this fit and healthy

From 2020 till October 2024, my mum looked healthy and she could move about of course, she was having radio and chemotherapy. By late October, she couldn't move around like she used to. She became bedridden and she presented with end of life features. She died early this year.

sunnytechhimsel:
She should come to Destiny Revival Church and received her healing, this is just a very simple something for God to do. The doctors should have refer her to God instead.

Please, can you take some of the pastors to the LUTH Cancer center. Many people there are in urgent need of this intervention and I believe it will help you win many souls for the Kingdom of God.

columbus007:
Oboy 😳, so. She don finally accept say she wan go die? This one no first serious for life.

Please my brother, may this thing never be your portion or that of anybody close. When cancer accelerates end of life, there is really nothing that anybody can do. If the person likes, let him or her spend multimillions. It is easy to say that she is not serious when you aren't the one bearing the brunt of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

JAWBONE:
Lol

Dem never still sack this Atiku in law guy abi dem wan use this case to cover up so dem fit sack am

This underscores how the marketers have grown to be the Achilles' and the problem in our energy self sufficiency. Over a period of time, they have grown to become a behemoth dictating the terms, pricing, delivery et al.

These people have amassed do much wealth management ver the years, so rationale Nigerians need to ask questions as to why these marketers wouldn't aggregate resources and build refineries. Bunch of criminals! Gone are those days when they would orchestrate artificial scarcity just so to milk Nigerians.

PigTormentor:
NO, the ban should not be lifted. Let him be banned for 6 months.

You have to let people know that there are consequences for their actions.

Supported. This is even more important now that the lady involved in the Ibom Air Saga is to be prosecuted and is in detention already. There shouldn't be sacred cows.

Fiscus105:
You were being taken to shrine without prior knowledge. yet, you also went with your Bible because, you already know the deity is powerless.

Perhaps he believed that they were going for gospel ministration. The lies that politicians tell!

The full weight of the law must be brought to bear on KWAM1 for his reprehensible behaviour. Who e be? Mtchew!

tollyboy5:
Make sense. Soludo was more concerned about governorship election but media twisted everything lol

The media didn't even twist anything, it was the people that started Soludo needlessly and I was surprised. I read the statement credited to Soludo and I inferred that he was talking about Anambra's gubernatorial elections because his concern was that some candidate pushing the one-term narrative wanted to distort the rotational arrangement in the state.

onuman:
Fulani, Fulani, Fulani.
Fulani makes less than 8% of Nigeria's population. Accusing Fulani for nothing.

If 92% can not stop the Fulani from rearing cattle in the bushes, LET THE 92% SHUT UP AND WAIT FOR THE DESCENDANTS OF OTHMAN TO TAKE OVER Nigeria.

Very well said. Kidnapping is not the exclusive preserve of Fulanis as disclosed by this guy here. And it makes a whole lot of sense, the indigenous criminals in each locality would never fold their arms and allow the Fulani bandits alone make all the money from kidnapping without competing for the spoils!

kingthreat:
Yes buy not overpaying them with $100,000 while doctors earn less than $300 monthly.
If you or any of your loved ones go ill today, it is nurses and doctors that will save them. Not basketballers or footballers.

Well, it seems as if this comparison may not be too appropriate. All over the world sports pay higher than traditional professions. For instance, I do not know of any doctor or accountant who earns as much as C. Ronaldo or Messi as an employee.

While, it may be apt to agitate for improved employment conditions for government employees, these players need to be sufficiently motivated to wear the national colours. You may want to note that some of them earn huge amounts in their respective clubs and they may not be inspired if the country chooses to pay pittances.

GOFRONT:
Mynd44, The cats in your community must be a lazy ones.

These dogs be doing the job of a cat back to back...

The cats may not necessarily be lazy. It is just that some species of dogs, such as rat terriers, are more efficient at killing rats.

rinzaugustine:
You Dey tell your fellow mugu wey never touch dollar, back then all you need to is to show your passport page and visa stamp your bank will give you dollars and even domiciliary accounts were accessing dollars under the tail end of buhari regime when they stopped paying dollar and was giving naira instead

Right from 2015, it was difficult to access dollars at official rate.

rinzaugustine:
From less than 400 it was 2 years ago to now 1,500 naira for $1. Is that progress or going backwards?

Basically we seem to be in a better position now. For instance, in years prior to this particular year, I have never been able to obtain Personal Travel Allowance (PTA) from the bank at he official rate. Many times my bank manager will direct me to patronize aboki to source dollar at black market rates. What is the point of subsidizing forex that is unavailable to the people that it is meant for?

elijames:
Edun’s honesty is welcome, but don’t romanticize 2013–2014. That growth barely helped most Nigerians. The real issue now is if the government will push serious reforms, corruption, energy, security, not just repeat “private sector will drive growth.”

When they romanticize the 2013-2015 era, I keep asking myself whether it wasn't the same era that many states and federal government had difficulty paying staff salaries. In that same era Nigeria missed out on debt repayment deadlines. Debts to GENCOs were accruing and airlines couldn't repatriate their funds because we could not provide them with dollars.

SmartPolician:
Politicians should stop renaming universities. If you care so much about a fellow politician, build another project and name the person after them. Universities bearing the names of states, cities and towns are meant to put them on the map.

I completely agree with your submission. The renaming of established institutions contributes to the erosion of their brand equity. Our leaders need to evolve to the point where they understand how "little" missteps like this particular one affect the whole system.

owobokiri:
Not sure if I will agree with you on this one..
Privatisation is not an automatic wand that ensures success. It works sometimes and fails some other times. NEPA has been privatised, where is the light? NITEL and NICON nko? NIGERDOCK and Nigerian Airways nko? Daily Times, name them..

We tend to over credit Privatisations with all sorts of economic success and miracles, that we forget to get to the root causes of the failures of government businesses in Nigeria: tribalism/nepotism and barefaced corruption.

Bank of China, Airlines in China, refineries in China, most service related companies in China, are all government owned. So why are they super successful in China, but same models fail abysmally in Nigeria?

It is not necessarily who owns the business, it is the cultural setting upon which the businesses operate that dictates their efficiency and profitability..

I agree with you that economic systems depend on environmental settings. In Nigeria Government business is often treated as not anybody's business. This is evidenced by the typical nonchalant attitudes of Nigerian civil servants towards government businesses, patrons and overall performance.

And in line with that, I theorize that within the Nigerian cultural context, socialism may not be able to thrive. Rather it may be exploited to fuel corruption.

The examples of NEPA, NIGERDOCK and AIRWAYS that you used may not suffice to discredit my position given that the privatisation of such entities was conducted in the purest sense of privatisation. Rather it was some government officials transferring the nation's assets to their cronies under the guise of privatisation. So, essentially the surviving entities were vestiges of our national incompetence. Till date, I hear about power holding companies requesting power consumers to buy transformers and what nots. This practice, carried over from the days of NEPA, doesn't reflect total privatisation! No Uber driver can tell a rider to replace his engine.

owobokiri:
Read a lot about his father. Unfortunately, i was never around Nigeria all through his tenure. But I have never read anyone seriously talking bad about the man. That says a lot. I don't know whether this is because Nigerians have been so pulverised by their tyrannical presidents, so often that they have now lowered the bar to the minimum, or that the man was actually good. Which way, one thing that is very self evident is that until Tinubu, Nigerias presidents without any military background have proven to be more humane and people oriented in their policies when juxtaposed with the ex Generals that have messed up this democracy.

Yaradua was a decent and down-to-earth President. Although, his he tended towards socialism which some argue was not the best for us. For context, he reversed the sale of the refineries thereby preventing their privatisation. Since that time, trillions have been poured into the seemingly unending turn around maintenance schemes!

Factcheck0001:
which north?

Coolsperm so u are no longer a Yoruba Muslim but now in the north?


2027 is coming

How can you mistake him for a Yoruba man. It befuddles me why a group of people will delight in the death of another being.

dominique:
I don't know why people always think death is some kind of karma. Every soul shall taste death! No matter how good or terrible a person is, they're still going to die. This person you're mocking in death achieved an office 99.9999%of Nigerians will never achieve. He lived a quality of life a good number of Nigerians will never be able to afford. His children and their children are set for life. He lived to an age majority of us will not see. Even in death he won! Let that sink in slowly.

Looks like the majority rejoicing at the death of an 82 year old, 3 time Nigerian President lack the capacity to understand your post. It is really disturbing!

tunapawizzy:
I agree with you that Buhari destroyed the country with absolute incompetence on all fronts, but lets not lie to ourselves Nigeria was not on the path to greatness under GEJ. What Diezani and Sambo Dasuki did under GEJ can only be compared to looting under IBB and Abacha, Emefiele under Buhari too.
THEY ARE ALL THE SAME

If I had seen this post I would not have bothered responding to the gentleman you quoted.

adamkkk:
Buhari... dix man single handedly destroyed a country that was driving herself to greatness under GEJ.


He entered power and everything scattered. Nigerians really have short memory. U need to remember how so many people died under this man. So terrible, it a dread that seldom even the supporters of this regime.

Buhari's regime might not have been spectacular but Nigeria was not driving herself to greatness under GEJ too. Under GEJ, more than 2/3rd of the Nigerian states were insolvent, owing staff salaries ranging from 9 months to 36 months in some cases. In that same era, Federal Government was borrowing to pay Federal Civil servants. This does not mean that I approve of any of the regimes, but just to set the record straight. God bless you.

DeOTR:
"Education is a scam" is the main reason we are where we are as a nation right now. You think government just decided to invest in education because they just want you to get a good job?
Wait till the time the situation gets worse and people would rather find every means to get money rather than get an education and let's see how safe you'll be sleeping in your house with your family.

How you came to the conclusion that my earlier write-up supports the "school is scam" hypothesis baffles me. Perhaps you misinterpreted my earlier submission. My take is that education is not a scam, if you must know. However, youths have to learn to be able to use their acquired education to add value.

Today, many youths see school attendance as being performatory, thereby acquiring certificates that are not backed by commensurate skill sets. Consequently, many are not employable and more importantly they cannot start something.

Of course, there are some youths there who have risen above this shortcoming. These are the ones making waves regardless of the unfavourable dynamics in Nigeria.

Truths9ja:
seriously I just dey vex. Peller is saying here that there's no value for young lads going to school. Not good here.

Unfortunately, the Peller boy may be right. There ought to be no value for any young lad who goes to school without being able to use his acquired knowledge or skills to solve problems for others. Money making comes from one's ability to solve other people's problems.

IgOga:
Obi already agreed to be the running mate to Atiku. He was not at the unveiling of the coalition event to count ceiling. The drama now is how to convince obidients to support Obi's VP position.

Every smart Nigerian know that the coalition is Atiku's baby

Obi's calculation is that if Tinubu wins again he will have to wait till 2039 that get another chance but if Atiku wins and he will have experience in the presidency as VP and hopefully become the natural continuity candidate in 2035

It is sad that in the history of Nigeria's, most times, Vice Presidents do not end up succeeding their principals as President. It happened only once, and that was because the Yar'adua died in office and GEJ became president. If Yarudua didn't die in office, it might have been difficult for Jonathan to become the president.