₦airaland Forum

payless: Who is this baba were? How did you get out of psychiatric ward? I guess you are tomakint the zombie pretending to be someone else. Arindin jati jati!

The truth is people know you (and your ilks) for whom you are, a bloody psychopath of the deepest dye! How I wish I can save your soul from perdition, unfortunately, I can't!

Another + from the staple of Jonathan's good governance! Imagine what this country would looked like in the year 2018 if half of what we spend on cars and machines importations can be retrieved locally through this initiative! Truly, Jonathan is not clueless as widely acclaimed by those parasitic e-rats here

payless: tomakint the zombie, long time no see!

MUMU-ni how you dey, but you dull sha no be small oooo!

kingbang: Were you forbidden never to make use of your brain?

kai c finishing.......

Brokenbars: If FG give ASUU 3trillion, security wil ask for 5trillion, medical association wil ask for 4.5trillion, NUT- 2.5trillion, NASU -2trillion, PHCN - 6trillion, ASUP-2trillion, COEASU-1.7trillion, SSANU-1trillion.....
Wat wil hapen 2 Nigeria?
ASUU=OLE

Finally, someone got it right trust me if the FG pays those clownish ASUU 10 trillion naira today, I can bet in 10 years time they will demand for 20 trillion they are that demonic! Definitely, this is political

payless: Jonathan is only using Okunrounmu to infilterate SW. Jonathan did not create this to have a true national dialogue. This thing ends the moment Jonathan wins re-election- if he's lucky enough to win.

Another hogwash from a bitter soul

The Core North for now should kiss the Presidency goodbye, there is no amount of scheming that can land them that exalted post soonest! An Igbo Presidency is as sure as hell than a Northern Presidency come 2019........I don't know why this is too difficult to understand

When Jonathan declared during his Oct 1st Broadcast those who will constitute the Conference and the Modus Operandi, I knew there and then he is up to something positive for the good of the land! Resource Control and the Sharing Formula of our commonwealth will be revisited as it was inconclusively discussed during Obj's time but this time around it shall be concluded which will definitely remove the last vestige of the core North's influence from us (Southern Nigeria)

Alxmyr: It might interest you to know that same SURE-P provided five graduates for my office. Govt pay them 25K monthly. That is subsidy for a business that provide services.
A government that can provide up to 125K monthly subsidy, 1.5M a year is not a failure.

Why wasting your MB replying a confirmed hypocrite thread, I was wondering too how those 'New PDP goons' could labelled Sure-P a failure, when in Kwara where Baraje hails from Sure-P is working in all the LGs!

Jonathan has been the one taking the heat when it is not even necessary to dish out those ‘insults’ at his person for no just cause! He gave us one of the best electoral reforms in the political history of this country (unlike what Nigerians used to witness especially under the autocratic, pseudo-democratic era of Obasanjo’s inglorious 8 years), he took it upon himself to encourage entrepreneurship among youths and he didn’t stop at that but roll out a package, YouWin, which has put smiles on the faces of 1,200 youths (with another 1,200 women about to benefit and still counting) with grants ranging from =N=1,000,000 to =N=10,000,000, our aviation sector is now getting series of facelifts especially at airports nationwide (not forgetting that 22 Airports were earmarked for re-modeling and rehabilitation, 11 have been completed and commissioned, while five new terminals in Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt, Abuja and Enugu as well as 6 Cargo Terminals will begin this year), Nigeria despite her security challenges has improved greatly in the area of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) which remains the hallmark of this administration, he has reformed the power sector by engaging the sector in meaningful and purposeful privatization programs (history was made yesterday, 30th September, 2013 when PHCN was handed over to 14 Private Generating and Distributing firms, putting an end to over 30 years of bureaucracy, underperformance in the power sector), the rots in the pension, police, oil sector, financial institutions were massively exposed for all to see, he gave the other arms of government (judiciary and legislative) to operate without unnecessarily interfering in their operations, under his watch he has commissioned many projects worthy of emulation, ranging from 2nd Niger Bridge, working railing systems, roads construction, an effective and working agricultural sector (not forgetting the fact that a farmer in the name of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, held sway for 8 years but couldn’t implement a meaningful project in the agricultural sector) by 2014, Nigeria will be milling her own rice and even exporting for more positive balance of trade, not forgetting the same initiatives towards cotton, cocoa, maize and sorghum productions, his reforms in education by establishing new federal universities, launching the Almajiri school projects, increased funding to TETFUNDS! He is a President willing to learn from his numerous mistakes and so far so good, he keeps getting better year in, year out! I have no doubt he will deliver before 2015 approaches.

Lastly

Indeed, the complexities of Nigeria’s political terrain are too convoluted to be understood. The way Nigeria is now; I think it is very important the issues of ethnicity, tribalism, political jingoism (i.e. politics of bitterness) and corruption are clearly trashed out before any meaningful developments can be achieved! The problems with Nigeria is bigger than what President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan can turn around within 8 years or more (no matter how hard he tried to fix things), yes it is that serious, because Nigeria was not meant to be right from the outset! Nigeria is trying to hold on but for how long? Jonathan deserves second term in all spheres, but our “Born to Rule Brothers up North” and their accomplices in the Southwest are scheming so hard to thwart his efforts by all means! The game of scheming rages on as 2015 approaches, definitely one party must give way for the other to be, if not, 2015 may open a new vista in the checkered history of this country!

Why President Jonathan Should Be Respected

President Goodluck Jonathan is a child of circumstance who has chosen to lead the affairs of this great country with the fear of God in his heart, I have always believed in a principle that, ‘no solution satisfies everyone’ while I am of the opinion that Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is on a mission to right the many wrongs of the pasts (which happens to be his major problem with the powers that be up north), I am also conscious to know that those who made the pasts worst will fight tooth and nail to frustrate him by any means within their disposal! Many have premised Jonathan’s failures on the issue of security that had bedeviled this nation right from the moment he assumed the position of the President, but many have failed to understand that war against religious fanatics as Boko Haram is a very difficult one to win. Borrowing a leaf from the most powerful nation on earth, the United States, when US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, who had finally come full circle to reality, declares that, “Our troops are under such tremendous pressure in Afghanistan. It's a war like no other war we've been involved in” definitely those stern words led to the mass withdrawal of US troops from engaging the Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan! It must be recalled that the battle for Nigeria’s security was lost when President Obasanjo (another poor student of history) in 2000 allowed total Sharia to be implemented in 12 Northern states thereby rubbishing the secularity of Nigeria. That singular act of immense proportions not only birthed Boko Haram but finally laid the foundation for the unraveling and demise of Nigeria.

Comparing the efforts of Jonathan so far to another who inherited the Fourth Republic on a platter of gold, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, one can almost conclude that Jonathan’s running 3 years had already eclipsed the 8 years of Obj in all areas of governance. One of the greatest levels of economic waste experienced in the history of this country was the 8 years inglorious rule of Obasanjo. His administration encouraged corruption like a trade. There was total disrespect for the rule of law; on 11th January, 2006, members of the Oyo State House of Assembly who were not up to a quorum (2/3) illegally impeached the sitting governor, Chief Rashidi Ladoja, on 23rd January, 2006 Alhaji Adedibu’s (a thug and strongman of Ibadan politics) Personal Assistant, Alhaji Hazeem Gbolarumi was illegally appointed as deputy governor to Alao Akala, he (Obj) intentionally decided to extend his rule (which was against the law of the land) by funding the controversial third term bill which was thrown out of debate by the National Assembly on 16th May, 2006, he presided over the petroleum ministry as the de facto minister. His administration made so many negative histories in the chequered history of this country; Plateau State was under emergency rule (by Major General Chris Ali rtd.) as a result of uncontrolled internecine ethnic and religious crisis for a period of 6 months from Tuesday 18th May, 2004 – November 18th, 2004, the first civilian coup d’état occurred under his administration when Dr Chris Ngige, then governor of Anambra State was abducted by his captors hence, throwing our nascent democracy into a state of confusion, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) embarked on strike for the first time in the history of this country from 13th – 14th March, 2006 and the Nigerian Police Force strike of 1st February, 2002 was the first of its kind in the history of Nigeria. One would wondered how Obasanjo, who left the gulag of Abacha wretched could emerged as one of the richest Africans after his 8 years in Aso Rock. His Presidential Library “Bazaar Show” was a case in point of many of his sleazes, where government contractors loyal to the President and his Party (PDP) funded it! Even Abeokuta where the Presidential Library was situated is in shambles development-wise, not even Minna where Babangida resides looked like a jungle. His Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was set up to witch hunt largely his political foes while his cronies (although highly corrupt) roamed free, such and many more ‘dark sides’ were the Acts and Scenes of Obasanjo’s administration from 1999 – 2007!

Under Obasanjo, his administration made little significant effort to ensure that government officials and members of the security forces implicated in violations of civil and political rights, including election-related violence, were brought to book. While only a small minority of the human rights abuses documented in this report were directly carried out by federal government officials, the federal government’s failure to combat widespread impunity for abuses orchestrated by government and PDP officials at the state and local level has fostered the unabated continuation of those abuses. More than 11,000 Nigerians were killed in hundreds of separate outbreaks of inter-communal and political violence during the Obasanjo administration. Many of those deaths came about in large scale and apparently highly organized massacres along ethnic and religious lines. No one has been held to account for their role in organizing or inciting those massacres. During the same period several high profile Nigerians were assassinated in attacks widely believed to be politically motivated, including Attorney General Bola Ige in December 2001. No one has been held to account for any but one of those killings – and the government’s claim to have “solved” Ige’s murder days before Obasanjo left office provoked widespread scepticism. Obasanjo came with lots of hopes and promises, but by the time he was leaving after eight years in power we all knew he was a colossal failure. He started with operation 500 roads of rehabilitating bad ones and building new ones, yet Nigerian roads remain worst despite pumping billions of Naira into the project; he mouthed so much on agriculture that Nigerians felt that being a farmer himself he would revamp the sector but he only took us on a cruise while he was busy revamping and wasting public funds on his moribund Ota farm; he voted $3 billion to fight corruption, yet he was not free from corruption himself; his over-dependence on the stringent and harsh policies (which ranges from the economic reforms like reduction in the staff strength of the civil service in order to increase unemployment, increase in fuel prices, privatization of sensitive government parastatals which in one way or the other affected the monetary and fiscal policies of the country) of the Bretton-Woods Institutions (IMF and World Bank); he spent billions of naira to host the 8th All African Games [COJA], where a whopping $18 million [about N2.1 billion] was voted for catering services on the athletes; despite his claims to suppress poverty in the country, the per capital income of Nigeria under Obasanjo’s tenure was hovering between $250 - $500; his administration orchestrated the sacking of the acting Auditor-General of the federation, Mr Vincent Azie, over his indictments of federal government ministries and parastatals including the presidency over the mystery behind over-inflated figures in the nation’s statements of account; his government couldn’t put the four refineries at optimal services despite the fact that he was the de facto Minister of Petroleum Resources and many other misplaced priorities under his watch!

He didn’t plan nor pray for his Superior, President Musa Yar’Adua, to kiss the world goodbye on the 5th of May, 2010, he was barely fixed up as an appendage of power to ‘assist’ his erstwhile boss, but fate thrust on him the exalted position of ‘Commander-In-Chief and President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria’ and right from that moment till now, the man, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has set many records as far as governance is concerned in Nigeria!

First thing first, let me congratulate my fellow country men and women especially Nairalanders HAPPY 53rd INDEPENDENCE DAY it is my prayer that as Nigeria added a year to her age today, we all as a people shall find this moment and beyond worthy to celebrate! I watched, listened to people’s comments and analyses of this administration with mixed feelings, why? It seems many people take governance (especially for a Country as Nigeria) to be one of the easiest job to do when in actual fact it is one of the most difficult journey of life to embark on even for the ‘most prepared hand’! Before I talk about the man in the eye of the storm, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, let me start in this guise;

The Many Problems with Nigeria

Nigeria was an artificial creation (a forced marriage of people with different orientations and ideologies) of the British Colonial Masters who were hell-bent to shape the destiny of Nigeria never to reach her potentials within the comity of nations by strategically placing the affairs of the country into the hands of their puppets up North. Ab initio, between 1955 and 1961 when there was no recruitment quota in the Armed Forces, the bulk of the recruits were Igbo or Igbo speaking officers. This trend was checked when the quota system was put in place which reserved fifty percent  of the recruitment quota to the Northern region and fifty percent to be shared by the Eastern, Western and Mid-Western Regions. From merit based recruitment to quota system ceding 50% to the North. This sly arrangement was how the fate of Nigerian Armed Forces was sealed until recently!

The foundation on which Nigeria birthed was shaky and as such whatever previous administrations had built on it were bound to collapse on the long run, after all, the Holy Writ summarized this in the book of Psalm when it declared that “If the foundation be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” This must be strictly considered anytime the subject, Nigeria is to be discussed. Nigeria as far as I am concerned has not been plagued by bad leaders but leaders who failed to learn from history hence in the process repeats the mistake of history which automatically turns them into despots, beasts, inept as the case may be! I think Nigerian leaders will learn more if they can take the pain to study more why big and strong nations in history fail than studying the successes of big nations still standing.

Rummaging through the checkered history of Nigeria, one can almost conclude that from 1960 till date, Nigeria is largely dominated by a particular region (North) and this particular region have produced Head of States (either as military or civilian) for 38 years out of our 53 years of Independence! The proscription of regionalism by Ironsi coupled with the subsequent creation of States by Yakubu Gowon and the mapping out of Abuja as the new Federal Capital Territory under the Murtala regime of 1975 was a killing blow to the newly found wealth of Nigeria through the discovery of oil in the late 50s. Ironsi acted under impulse with that faulty arrangement of a Unitary System of Government. The politics of States creation dated back to 1967 when Gowon without considering the future implications went ahead to create 12 States out of the 4 regions (Northern, Eastern, Western and Mid-Western Regions) we had then. The politics behind the States creation then was haphazardly done to emasculate the Igbos and make the FG buoyant against the Biafrans as a result of the brewing war. It eventually turned out to favour the northern region a problem we as a people are still battling with till date. Nigeria now operates under six-geopolitical zones. The Northwest zone boasts of 7 States (Jigawa, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara), Southeast zone has 5 States (Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo) while the remaining zones has six States each. As killing as this idea was, Kano, a State in the northwest zone boasts of 44 redundant local governments while the whole of Southeast zone has 97 local governments. The imbalance in the politics of States creation will take time to be rectified because that is how the core North is milking the country! Unfortunately, we are still held incommunicado by these political braggadocios up North till date!

oluafolabi: If sexkillz should go, how many of you would stay on a forum bedridden with childish posts like 'End time things' 'Garri' 'First to comment' spams, tribalism and meaningless posts?.. The guys is doing a great job as a mod and should stay.. If you have any other thing to call into order do so but not his job on here as he has shown enough commitment to NL without getting paid.


Sexkillz bro, I admire your resilience and do hope that you exhibit such in the real world when faced with life dynamic challenges, if you can do so you will definitely go far!

Trust me sexkillz is one of the finest MOD on Nairaland, he brought sanity back in here right from the time ikenna351 (anoother good MOD) resigned because he couldn't stand the pressures from the chronic bigots and hardcore tribalists we have here! As for sexkillz, he is man enough to face them and somehow the 'fear of sexkilz is the beginning of wisdom for those disgruntled elements'! Sexkillz must stay

Dallas Cowgirl: Yes, he's tribalistic and anti-Yoruba.
And just because you're supporting him so vigorously, he's disqualified.
When a tribalist supports another tribalist, we call Dr. Houston to solve the problem.

Tribalistic and Anti-Yoruba .......I think we've derailed enough I urge Seun and his Crew to declare our 4th Mod and let's move on! I'm out.....

Kairoseki77: I said that you are likely an Igbo. I have no idea what tribe you are.
The problem I have with you being a mod is your blatant bias in favor of GEJ and against ACN.
Too bad you never tried to understand those "funky mallams" who squat when they pee.

Permit me to correct an erroneous notion here that 'I am blatantly bias in favour of GEJ and against ACN' no, no, what we (GEJ supporters) fight here is the brazen display of hypocrisies ACN supporters radiate!

Kairoseki77: Tomakint is likely Igbo, or at least half Igbo.

He created a thread called "The Yoruba Race: A Problem Too Many".

Now this is getting interesting, I can sense the figure behind this 'moniker' could you please bring up the thread for all to see, if I have said anything derogatory about my race? Please don't disappoint

Kairoseki77: Tomakint in likely Igbo, or at least half Igbo.

So what happens to you if you confirm eventually that Tomakint is not Igbo but a forumite who has great respect for N'digbo because he took his time to study this noble race rather than following 'the multitude to commit Fallacy of Hasty Generalization' on a Race that took their destinies in their own hands Once again, I am tossing you a challenge prove to the whole house that Tomakint is Igbo!

Kairoseki77: Tomakint's profile and found this post which sums up his objectivity nicely.
There are many posts Northerners abokis and funky mallams, and lots calling ACN
JUST SAY NO TO TOMAKINT (ANOTHER IGBO) MODERATING THE POLITICS SECTION!

I operate here with a clear conscience, calling northerners abokis or funky mallams is not derogatory as calling my President retardeen, Jonathan etc Please quote me where I called Tinubu horrible names for all to see! I'm not Igbo

Sir, so far so good, I will score you a 6 on a 10 scale for your efforts however let me ask;
1) When are you going to empower the Revenue Mobilization Allocation & Fiscal Commission to be the authoritative body that wll be in charge of salaries of our lawmakers?
2) When are you going to bring those caught in the civil service and pension scam to book for all to see?
3) When are you going to bring the type of revolution you gave the Agric and Power sectors to the I.T & Health sectors?
Peace

Positive Recognitions left, right and centre keep trailing this performing administration of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Nigeria is my place of birth, and I am proud to have Jonathan as my Commander-in-Chief for his many laudable projects!

This is a sign of a drowning man still grabbing at straw, kudos to Gbadebo for being a wise son! Amaechi may regret ever being a Governor if after completing his 8 years he couldn't finish up with his 'multi-billion naira monorail project'

kingoflag: on a mission to rescue u backwards, mainly ignorant and tribal looneys from urselves.

Agent T, you've never disappointed on your divine call as a marauder! Next time, think deeply before you type son, this is no playing ground kid!

nerodenero: I didnt see any concrete revelation in the whole story.Too late for IBB to exonerate himself for his role in the annulment.Just keep living with numerous atrocities you and your cronies carried out while in power.Repent now as the end is near.

Concrete? A revelation is a revelation and this is just few of what lies beneath the 'dead and buried behemoth called June 12' you better get used to it! If IBB dies today, more shocker will be revealed!

For a city like Lagos, it's a huge shame on the governor to still have many bad roads (I am not talking about federal roads, I am referring to State-controlled roads) within the metropolis especially at mainland, he seems to be concentrating more on roads at Lagos Island axis as if those staying at Lagos mainland are losers! Eko o ni baje is what they are trumpeting, meanwhile, Eko ti n baje!

Iroko is working, more power to your elbow Sir!

wolex200980: Jonathan can only win election in south west on the pages of newspaper. If obasanjo the father of pdp can lost election in his polin unit then who is jonathan.

Then be prepared for the shock of your life come 2015 as Jonathan garners substantial votes across SouthWest, especially in States like Ondo, Ekiti, Oyo, Ogun and Lagos while only Osun will turn in few votes for him! You can quote me

PapaBrowne: Been ridiculously silly in an online forum doesn't equate in anyway to being smart. There and a resultant decrease in rice imports. Whether you like it or not, if saving $3billion in rice imports is a resultant effect of your assumed $32,000/day feeding, then we should double his feeding allowance to enable us reap more bountiful agricultural benefits.
Good news is good, no matter your opinions!

PapaB, quit replying a certified troll, he is on a mission!

@ Seun, This is taking forever, let the '4th Mod' emerge today, we've had enough nominees already

May God bless this administration as they are revamping this sector, I believe the aforementioned megawatts (10,000 & 20,000) are achievable! It is most certain that by the end of 2019 (when Jonathan would have completed his two terms) Nigerians will looked back with pride and thank God for giving us someone like Goodluck Ebele Jonathan!

What Obasanjo couldn't do as a potential farmer in his 8 years Jonathan is fixing under 3 years, he is not brilliant they say, yet he created Sure-P from oil subsidy to empower youths, he created YouWin to grant soft loans to youths, he created working environments in the Agricultural, financial, manufacturing, tourism, downstreams, transport sectors...and this is the man they called 'clueless' I declare woe unto those 'Southern Nigerians' clamouring for the return of the 'Funky Mallams'!

Sometimes I wonder aloud to myself what kind of elements made up those APC e-thugs here, they can never see anything straight from the man of the moment, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, yet, they want to be partakers of his government while it lasts, no wonder they are all bunch of HYPOCRITES!