₦airaland Forum

Wisdomkosi:
After going through this thread https://www.nairaland.com/3213384/umahi-presents-2016-prado-suvs where the governor of my state donated 2016 Prado suv which cost 15 million Naira each I wept bitterly because I know the poor condition of my state. I am from ebonyi state and am not a shame to tell people my state of origin. I am writing this article with tears in my eyes because even our South East brothers consider or see ebonyians as fools because of ebonyians don't go to school. People like me who are willing to go to school can't because no money but the governor prefer giving out 2016 suv to house members that already have many cars. Please my governor, what happens if you use that money which you used to acquire 2016 prado suvs for scholarship? I went to Lagos of a recent to pay my uncle a visit, believe me I discovered that 95% of the people hawking on the street are ebonyians. Why can't you Mr governor use this medium that street hawking has been banned in Lagos to call those ebonyians back home and relocate them to the newly built international markets which is now a den of criminal activities in the state please?

It is a slap in our face that we ebonyians can't access loan to even farm which we are good at my governor. I still won't forget a day an ebonyi guy met me and discovered that am from ebonyi in Lagos, he asked me to follow him and start doing Street hawking that I will make it. I told him, I can't because am here for a visit and even if I want to follow him my uncle won't let me hawk even though I need money seriously for my school which am still struggling to enter because no money. What's the fate of that guy now that street hawking has been banned in Lagos? Why can't you from that money and give loans to farmers in ebonyi, give scholarship to those willing to further their education, call those ebonyians hawking in different streets of every Nigeria state home and give them that international market to make use and pay a little money to the state government? I am not a politician and I will never put my hand into politic. I am in my 20s but I weep bitterly for this state because there are many talents wasting in this great state. I am writing this article to you my able Governor, Enginer David nweze umahi like a son to a father because am just 20 years old. Ebonyians in diaspora hawking, let's come back home and make a ebonyi a great state. Nothing good comes easy but I believe we will get there one day.


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Jarus:
I retired from active participation in Political discussions on Nairaland far before the last elections. In fact, I got disinterested in Political discussions on Nairaland when I resigned as Politics section mod 31 December 2012, less than 2 years into GEJ tenure. The period witnessed exodus of not just me, but many top politics section participants, our generation. It was around thst same time I floated a blog for my other area of participation on Nairaland, career, which I consider a more productive use of my online time.

Even at that, despite my undisguised political choices, including preference for Buhari, I was never an unreasonable critic of anyone, including GEJ. I analyse political actions and inactions based on their merit.

By the way, I quit political discussion on Nairaland during GEJ time,so you cannot accuse me of going into hibernation because of non-performance of my man that is now the President. if anything, I have been more vocal against Buhari in more formal media (newspapers, Sahara reporters, Premium Times etc) than the immaturity going on on Nairaland politics section now.

Google my articles published in dailies
1, Buhari : Media Perception Matters
2, Wailing for Buhari's Waning Popularity.

And yes, I have always been active in sports and other areas of Nairaland far back 2008.

Trust me, some of us are not petty, one-way analysts.

idupaul:
Right now our number 1 problem is Buhari

ba7man:
Corrupt people try to paint it as if it's not our main problem in this country.
It's the main reason we have little savings to cushion the effects of this low oil price times in Nigeria..... a one commodity country.

frankyychiji:
...this is my take: Buhari can't dine with Saraki and co, but he dines and sleeps with Mrs Halliburton everyday.

onismate:
Hi thank you for your great comment, thank God I was there when the did happened. The ojukaye guy is 100% guilty. Imagine a popular politician like him running a human being over with his car like an animal. This is murder case. Thank God for my life that day. It would have been me and my friends the so called politician who have killed. I am not from rivers state but I could remember that day that this incident happened. This man was ranting, almost held some corpers hostage that election day. He and his boys were ready to kill. Na so me and my friends run find our way. Before we held that he has killed someone. Let the law take its full course on this case.