naptu2: So what if you haven't seen a picture of NOI and Buhari??
Like I said, this is a side event. Heads of state and governments are in Yokohama for the TICAD7 plenary sessions. That is their primary purpose of being there.
Now, governments and non-governmental organisations take advantage of the fact that there are many leaders in one place to organise side events. These are not the primary purpose for being there.
Buhari's primary purpose for being at Yokohama was to attend the TICAD7 plenary sessions, which he did attend
On a normal day, NOI.should be a critical asset of the FG lobbying high level investors to Nigeria even in her current position. The fact that they haven't taken pictures together speaks volume given the fact they are always at any Major economic events and they are both from the same country.
Yes it is a side event, but a very important side event. An event so important that it drew the rest of west Africa. Are you telling me those ones too were not there for TICAD?
naptu2: This GAVI event is a side event. Not all presidents attended the event. There are over 20 presidents/prime ministers at TICAD7, yet only about 4 or 5 are at this event.
Buhari was at the 3 plenary sessions, where he should be.
I am yet to see a picture of NOI and buhari at any event. GAVI is very relevant when you evaluate the efforts of bill gates in the North.
If other west African presidents could come, sorry I don't think there was anything more important going on at that moment
maasoap: You really trust the SE governors to do something like this, I doubt it. I remember their proposal to construct something like ring road around the 5 states of the region, that one is dead and buried
There have always been a project like this in the air. Though the biafran sentiment have always made it something of a no go area.
But now that there is precedence, no fool would come and start accusing them of wanting to divide Nigeria.
plaindealer: The contract is going to PROFORCE, just like under Aregbesola.
Nobody is going to give pro force a contract for the eastern region which is where I care about. I don't know why you quoted me or what business I have with aregbesola.
KidsNEXTdoor: The south south should do theirs separately .... But let there be a cohesion between the security outfits because of the proximity .. To prevent clashing
The south east ought to be leading this not the west
The south south should do theirs separately but it can still be a joint security architecture. It is common sense.
Why should the south east lead it? Do they have two heads or are they the ones suffering insecurity the most?
KidsNEXTdoor: What about South East security network
What are the sE leaders doing?
If they descend on them now... E go be like
There has to be a.precedence first so that they won't accuse us of trying to divide the country.
Hopefully, innoson would get the vehicle contract for the eastern region. And I hoping it would be a joint security architecture with the South South given the very close geographic proximity.
lilytender: BSS-Biafran Secret Service is still looking for Buhari in Japan while Fulani and Igbo herdsmen are ravaging their villages. Yoruba's talk and do, not empty chest beating like the drug traffickers from the potopoto republic of drugs and crimes
Instead of you to focus on how your so called regional outfit can be a success, you are attacking the very people that don't give a damn. Infact, they even want it to succeed.
I am.sure when the east starts their own regional outfit, you would start crying that they want to divide your country. Yeye people.
EstrellaMarie: Why should you produce rice, do you want the Northern Rice Smugglers to go broke? Leave farming/food for Northerners or else, you will pay for it. All the Rice the Christians will consume this Christmas must come from the Sahel
Mercy2006: The point that I was trying to make that you seem to intentionally overlook is that ur claim that Yoruba guys are always running after Igbo girls is untrue cos it takes two to tango.The girls were not and are still not being toasted and married under duress.They wanted those Yoruba guys too.If they didn't, they wouldn't even give then an audience whether celebrity or not.I used Davido and Wizdkid as examples cos they are public figures that we all know.There are many Yoruba guys that I know personally who have Igbos as girlfriend or wife.The feeling is mutual btw them.The running after is not one sided,both parties are involved. Again, I know and av heard of Igbo guys who have Yoruba girls as wives and girlfriends, the same is applicable.I served in the East,during my time there,I met some Igbo guys there whose wives were Yoruba and they were living fine.Even in my set,two of my best friends married each other and are now with kids and they met during Nysc,the guy is igbo and girl yoruba.I spoke of u having the highest no of old spinsters in the country because of what u said about guys in Nigeria not falling over themselves to marry our girls,as they do ur girls,then if that is true, why are you guys still having spinsters living with their parents even in their 40s,there shouldn't be any left,they all should have been married off,and there shouldn't be baby mamas either. Girls are getting married every weekend here,are you saying they are marrying themselves? some are marrying Yoruba like us while some are marrying other tribes like akwa ibom,Edo,igbo, even some marry guys from the North.The fact that YOU don't read it in the news doesn't make it false.So what are you saying.You people hate the Yoruba so much but ur girls and ur boys(and don't say its only the guys born in southwest )are marrying Yoruba willingly and you collect and pay bride price willingly.Pls,don't say its a lie cos it happens every time.
I feel like giving you a hug. I can feel the effort you put into writing this.
rosebowl01: He excluded Lagos so that the stats are directly comparable, and so that the results are not overwhelmingly skewed in favor of SW. Try to patiently go through and understand the point before jumping to conclusion. If Lagos was included, then SW will by a million mile be ahead.
If we were discussing internally generated revenues or number of eligible voters, he is certainly not going to exclude Lagos. He would do it on a region by region basis regardless of the number of States.
I don't understand this man. You are calling a foreign power to come and.help you in your territorial oil rich Waters? Is that not madness?
France suggested foreign help for Brazil to stop Amazon fires, and Brazil got very furious at the suggestion.
What is wrong with our own leaders? What is difficult in dedicating two billion dollars in buying decent frigates dedicated to the gulf of Guinea. Afterall that is where our oil pass through to the outside world.