₦airaland Forum

BeeBeeOoh:
https://punchng.com/nigerias-debt-stock-hits-n39-6tn-in-11-months-reports/

The Northern Elders’ Forum says the region will only vote for a competent president regardless of where he comes from in the 2023 presidential election in the country.

The NEF noted that it won’t repeat the same mistake of voting for just any candidate as done to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), based on sentiment in 2015.

The Forum described Buhari as a disappointment to not only the North but the entire country.

The NEF’s Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, stated this in an interview with newsmen on the sideline of the meeting of northern leaders of thought and groups held at the Arewa House, Kaduna on Saturday.

According to the NEF’s spokesman, a northerner and his southern counterpart have equal rights to vie for the nation’s exalted office in the 2023 presidential race.

He, however, said that the north would vote for a competent president in 2023 whether from the north or south, adding that the region would go for a competent ‘Nigerian president’ only.

Baba-Ahmed maintained that no northern presidential candidate should take the region for granted in the 2023 race, pointing out that that was how the region ended up with what he described as the “Buhari mistake”.



He said the north was deceived into voting in Buhari believing that the country would be better off. He, however, lamented that the reverse was the case today as the north and the entire country was worst off than when Buhari took over in 2015.


“No northerner should take us for granted. That’s how we ended up with President Buhari. We don’t want to repeat the same mistake. If you must be a northerner who’s better than all the candidates; for us, that’s the bottom line. It’s not enough to be a northerner, you have to be the best. You have to be the best for the North and you have to be the best for the rest of Nigeria.

“We are looking for a Nigerian President. If it comes from the North, fine but he must be voted for by Nigerians and he must be good and he must be better than all the others. That’s what we are looking for.”

He scored the Buhari’s regime low in all aspects ranging from the worsening security, corruption to the sorry state of the nation’s economy and summed him up as a “disappointment.”

helinues:
People are no longer interested in this kind of madness which to some northerners, it's politics.

You don't play politics of endangering your own people. It is backwardness.

Election is coming, politicians in North irrespective of party want to start their as usual tactics of displacing their opponent's supporters and send them to Idp camp which the organiser of the attack would later become generous to them with donations even though he is the evil person behind their displacement

The high rate of illiteracy and religion brainwashing in Northern Nigeria did not allow their people to see what's wrong with their region, their leaders.

Killing their own people and making their own region unsecure just because they want to proof some stupid points.

Awon were from head to toe

HonNL:
Previous Threads;
https://www.nairaland.com/6939164/boko-haram-abducts-mobile-police#109362796

https://www.nairaland.com/6939385/ndume-denies-reports-boko-haram



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AntiBeEmCe:
Little wonder businesses are packing up and moving to other countries. ShopRite sold and ran away, Michelin tyres ran...more will follow.

This environment under the dvllard, is energy-sapping for businesses.

The price of Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, has increased further to N350 per litre in some filling stations in Lagos.

The PUNCH had reported on October 7, 2021 that fuel marketers had increased diesel price to N320 per litre as the further rise in global crude oil prices and naira depreciation pushed up the cost of importing fuel into the country.

The price of diesel, which is not regulated by the government, has surged by over 40 per cent so far this year from an average price of N225 per litre in January.

Diesel is mostly used by businesses, especially manufacturers, to power their generators amid a lack of reliable power supply from the national grid. Many vehicles transporting goods and people across the country also use diesel.

Our correspondent observed on Thursday that several filling stations in Lagos had increased the price of the product to N350 per litre, up from a high of N340 last year.

Mobil, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, and Northwest Petroleum, along the Oshodi-Apapa road, sold the product for N350 per litre on Thursday, while Heyden filling station, along Third Axial Road, Ogudu, sold it for N345.

Oando and Enyo filling stations, all along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, sold the product for N340 and N335 per litre respectively.



Crude oil price accounts for a large chunk of the final cost of petroleum products, and changes in oil prices affect the landing cost of imported fuel.

The National Operations Controller, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Mr Mike Osatuyi, said in a telephone interview on Thursday that the recent increase in oil prices led to the further hike in diesel prices in Nigeria.

“If crude oil prices continue to rise, diesel price will also go up. This is coupled with the depreciation of the naira. Naira is around 570-575 to a dollar at the parallel market,” he added.

Brent crude, the international oil benchmark, climbed above $85 per barrel on Wednesday to its highest in more than two months. It stood at $84.72 per barrel as of 7:59pm Nigerian time on Thursday.

The Director-General, Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, Amb. Ayo Olukanni, noted last week that the private sector had already raised the alarm on the increasing difficulties of obtaining the required foreign exchange for raw materials for industry, adding that the high cost of obtaining forex was reflected in the high cost of goods and inflationary trend.

“Perhaps most embarrassing is the energy crisis, with our low generation and distribution problems; we can only boast of combined install generation capacity for of about 12,000MW, distribution of just 4000MW and abysmal 114kwh per capita for a population of over 200 million and running our industries on generators,” he added.

The President, Association of Small Business Owners of Nigeria, Mr Femi Egbesola, had recently told The PUNCH that the surge in diesel price would increase the average cost of manufacturing in the country.


He had said, “All Nigerians depend on diesel. The reason is that manufacturers produce with diesel-powered generators; so, whatever they spend on diesel is added to the prices of their products. As far as Nigerians are buying those products, they are also paying part of the diesel price.

“It is unfortunate that the price of the product keeps increasing and nothing is being done about it. The high inflation rate in the country means that people have less money to buy things, and when prices are going up and the masses have less money to buy those products, we are going to have a lot of joblessness in the country.”

Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer, relies largely on importation for petrol and other refined products as its refineries have remained in a state of disrepair for many years.

Trumann:
In the 16 years of PDP, there was no single refinery. You PDP dogs should hide your faces in shame.

Trumann:
In the 16 years of PDP, there was no single refinery. You PDP dogs should hide your faces in shame.

DubaiLandLord:
Lagos State is so lucky to have focus people with vision ruling the state.

I don't know why people don't like giving the APC in Lagos a good rating they deserve.

Yes, Lagos is not developing at the rate I want it to, but with PDP, Lagos won't be where it is today.

Do you know the Dangote Refinery would have been constructed in Ondo state, it was because of the visionless Government of Mimiko it was relocated to Ogun state.

Amosun also messed up, Dangote had to move the refinery location from Ogun state to Lagos State, Lagos State could have also mess up and lose this project to either Delta, Rivers, Akwa Ibom or Cross River State.

May God keep on blessing Lagos State

May God keep on blessing the Federal Republic Of Nigeria.

backbencher:
So long as our source of money is only oil, and we don't diversify into increasing tax collection and revenue from other sources like agriculture, and mining (and even then, they are just as tenous as oil) we will always have to borrow.

Why don't we use our raw materials and make goods the world needs.?

evansjeff:
It’s no longer news that the Federal Government has lifted the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. Since the news broke yesterday, many Nigerians on social media including this platform have been of the opinion that this is connected with the 2023 elections, some argued that they lifted the ban because they know they need it to campaign for the elections.

Now, as a neutral, I’ve found it difficult wrapping my head around this argument, because recalling from previous elections, one may say that if favours the current administration more to continue with the suspension as many who voted them into power do not even use the platform, in fact, some of them don’t even know what it is used for or how to use the platform.

Again, considering the fact that the government is aware that many young and smart Nigerians use the platform for stern criticism of the administration and could be an important asset in exposing the negative activities going on the country and thereby affecting their chances in the forth coming elections,

How many Nigerians even follow government officials on Twitter? Even those that follow them do so so as to have an opportunity to criticize them directly.

So I’m still trying to figure out how this is related to the 2023 elections and I hope comments here can help.

As we officially welcome President Muhammadu Buhari to our dear State, these are the projects listed for commissioning.#PMBinOgun #BuildingOurFutureTogether #ISEYA #OgunState pic.twitter.com/0tJZloBrxy

— Prince Dr. Dapo Abiodun, CON (@DapoAbiodunCON) January 13, 2022