₦airaland Forum

EdoBoy90:
Four key areas need urgent attention and I think that the next President of Federal Republic of Nigeria should focus on;

>Security
>Electricity
>Agriculture
>Education & Health

Security: No where is safe anymore; church, mosque, farm, schools and gatherings. Therefore, this should be a top priority for any presidential candidate. Tell Nigerians the security mechanism you would like to put in place that would be better than what we have currently. What should be done differently.

With our current population of more than 200 million people and a projection of 400m people by 2050, no presidential candidate should have nothing less than 80,000MW of electricity Generation as a target with a subsequent increment plan. Nigeria has 209.5 trillion cubic feet of proven natural gas reserves as reported, hydro and sunlight to meet industrial demand. No electricity, economy collapses. Businesses can't function effectively. Relying on generators is not sustainable in a country with over 200m people.

Agriculture: Food, food and food for sustainable healthy life among Nigerians is very important. Food provides chemical energy/nutrient which enable one to grow and live healthy. Without food, people can't work or carry out daily activities. Currently, food in Nigeria is not sufficient. People are hungry. Farmers need to be safe in their farm. And security should be a top priority. Mechanized farming is key. There is arable land for agriculture. This should be harnessed effectively. Kaduna State alone can feed the whole country (Nigeria). Nigeria has 691234 sq. Km agricultural land in 2018, according to the World Bank Data.

Education: ASUU is on labour strike. What ASUU is demanding is less than N80bn. Quality education is key to sustainable development. Without education, forget the prosperity of any nation. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge said the Holy Scripture.

A healthy people is a healthy nation. The health sector needs a revamp. 7 World class hospitals should be built in the 6 Geopolitical Zones and FCT. While State Governors should build 3 world class hospitals in each senatorial zone at the state level. This can be achieved in less than 6 months in office. Subsequent plan for advancement should be implemented. Healthcare service should be made affordable to the least person in the society. A good society should be able to cater for the least.

I write to appeal to the next President to look into the above. Nigerians have suffered a lot. Good economy and governance are not expensive. People prosper more in a good economy.

2023 Electioneering campaign shouldn't be insults or abuses but how to make Nigeria great. Stop insulting others.


Written by: Michael Yahaya.
Michael is an Energy Expert with interest in power generation for sustainable development, good governance and economy.

LegendHero:
He got the history in his previous administration and he is the ONLY presidential candidate that have demonstrated the zeal for restructuring in Nigeria.

Why do we need restructuring in Nigeria? We all agree it is based on the below angle:

--State Policing: Asiwaju is the only candidate that has consistently challenged the federal government on the need for a state police. He tried during his tenure to create state police from the good faction of OPC then but obasanjo frustrated him. He then went ahead to create RRS which he improved to the best police squad in Nigeria.

--Devolution of power to the local governments: Tinubu has done with with success in Lagos. He created 36 LCDAs to give power closer to the people. OBJ again tried to stop him which was why he seized lagos allocation. Yet, the LG still stand today with those LCDAs building projects and health center that other state governor cannot dare to do.

--Revenue independency: Do you know Tinubu was the first governor to challenge the FG on the need for states to hold their VAT? He took the FG to court during OBJ tenure and even proceeded to the supreme court. Many people thought Wike was the first person to do this VAT, but it was actually Tinubu that started the fight.

--Fiscal Policy: Before Tinubu, taxing in lagos used to be manual process where tax agents record taxes of business in the manual way and this allow companies to scam the governmrnt by not paying what is due. Tinubu was the first governor to fully digitize tax collection in Lagos through LIRS and expand the net such that he increased the revenue to over 700% percent in his 8 years as governor. Infact, the Federal government copied LIRS method to create their FIRS who till now are not as efficient as Lagos owned LIRS. That is intelligence, we need that in the FG.

Iamgrey5:
Sir, what is Obi's business in going to negotiate for power plant in another country when he could be building his Grass Roots support at home if he truly wanted to win the election?

>I can't support a obvious clown full of lies and deceit

>I can't support someone who kept foreign accounts secret while in public office

I am not supporting neither Tinubu nor Atiku but I can't support a clown just because I want to feel among.

And please stop guilt tripping the Yorubas by throwing nonsense ethnic coloration into your speech in support of Obi every now and then

Let everyone support who they want

By the time the election cycle is over, his campaign would have ended been a circus or a poor attempted at reality game like Big brother

BowlingTall:
Asiwaju of Nigeria should be paid royalties because he is the single source of revenue for all these Nigeria newspaper and blogs. The only governor that consistently challenged the federal powers in his era as governor. The man who took the FG to court and made sure he created LCDAs to make government closer to people which is what many states copied now. A forward thinker

Super1Star:
When will the Osus that they are myopic in vision and action, they will be arguing.

A political structure was worked out to make every region autonomous and develop at her own pace. Just in one over night rash decision, lack of foresight, lack of deep thought of action and their heart desire to forcefully lord it over others, they cancelled the regional govt and introduced the Unitary System that their children are fighting tooth and nail to get out from.

Awolowo advised that clown called Zik to allow insertion of Secession Clause in the 1956 constitution. Rather than support it, he opposed the proposal based on his warped philosophy of indivisibility and insolubility of Nigeria and he later went on to connive with the British to prevent the insertion.

Just 10years later, they were the ones clamouring for the same secession, which their children are still clamouring for in 2017.

They never weigh the consequences of their actions before taking it. They act before thinking, think with their chest rather than their brain, acts with their emotion rather than their senses. Ugandan Developers and Cousins of Benjamin Netayanhu are the most myopic beings on planet earth

Difrent:
Your leaders that you don't have blind trust in have they turned the east into Dubai?

You that blindly followed your leaders to vote a party for to the past 20 years ,have the party build the second niger bridge or rehabilitated the eastern railway network .
The people you say blindly follow their leaders have the biggest economy in Nigeria

Keep playing the ostrich

kingzizzy:
It is debatable if secession clause would have made it into condtitution regardless of what Zk or Awo thought as it is a known fact that the British were against it




It would have been ideal if it had been a bloodless coup but the coup was not the direct reason why the war was fought. Even after the coup, counter coup and the pogroms that followed, there was still a good chance to avoid war at Aburi. Unfirtunately, the North with its insaitiable greed to control the economic snd political life Nigeria made war inevitable.




All over Africa in the 60's and 70's, there was hardly any country that didnt experience a military coup. Coups were quite fashionable at the time. Even if Nzeogwu and Ifeajuna had not conducted a coup, it was highly unlikely that Nigeria would have escaped a coup. I also say this because at the time, there was huge political turmoil at the time which breeds coup plotting.



Every Military decree is always removed when civilians return. Military rule its self, is always temporal, same as decree 34 or any other decree. Ironsi kept the 4 Regions he met. Had Gowon not abolished the 4 Regions and created 12 states, Nigeria would still have been a federation of 4 Regions whenever civialian rule returned.

By abolishing the Regions and creating states, Civilian rulers could only go with what they inherited. The removal of the Regions caused the unitary system to be perpetuated. It should also be noted that Decree 34 was removed at Aburi.

davodyguy:
If greed didn't push ojuiku to war, then no one would ha é been starved. Before the war were people starved to death? After the war were people starved to death?

So, without one man starting the war, no one would have been starved

MayorofLagos:
Interesting article.

One of my arguments against having an Ibo President in this country is that its inevitable he will sorround himself with Ibos, but Ibos dont have it within them naturally to be good leaders and will soon bungle authority and power vested in the Presidency and make life intolerable for the whole country.

This article acknowledges that the Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo are not culturally compatible and have a fierce competition, so it advises putting us into different cages where we do not collide and blow things up. So they created regional government for each major tribe where we can run our society and people the way it fits us. It was working well before Independence, it continued to work fine after Independence but the back to back leadership of yanminri fvckd it up, first by Azikiwe in 1963, not satisfied, Ironsi demolished regionalism and made himself Supreme Commander over the zoo and put the different wild animals, previously caged in separate zones, into one arena for collision and fury. Here we are now....

GreyLaw:
But not everywhere is like that in Lagos. Humans live in Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Lekki Phase one, Alausa, Magodo, Banana Island, etc. Yes, there are slums in Lagos (a lot of slums) but there are still cool areas.

The government have robbed the people blind, but there are still cozy areas.

Gjrich:
PETER OBI: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MOVEMENT AND PARTY CAMPAIGN.

I have said this before and I will say it again and again.
Peter Obi is not running a campaign. He is leading a movement.
Let me tell you the difference in case you don't know.

1. Campaigns end as soon as the results of elections are announced. Movements continue thereafter.

2. Campaigns are driven by politicians while movements are driven by the people.

4. Campaigns are driven by interest while movements are driven by convictions

4. In Campaigns people follow a politician selfishly because they believe he/ she will win but in movements, the people follow selflessly because they believe the people will win.

5. In campaigns ,people follow a person while in a movement people follow ideology.

6. In campaigns politicians tell the people what they will do but in a movement the people know what the person they are following will do.

7. In a campaign, people who cast their vote believe they are doing a politician a favour but in a movement they know they are doing themselves a favour.

8. In a campaign, politicians build structures but in a movement the people build the structure and infact,everyone is a structure.

9. In campaigns we rely on politicians to convince us to get involved,we have people with apathy but in a movement people find motivation from within. Everyone is bold.

10. Campaigns come with a plan from day one but Movements don't. They are spontaneous. They build momentum that becomes the plan.

11. Campaigns are like T.V ads ,politicians pay to get people in but a movement is like a premiership match,the people pay to get in at their own expenses.

12. In a campaign people who oppose you or make a caricature of your campaign are usually confident but in a movement,people who oppose you or make caricature of the movement are scared of it.

PETER OBI IS A MOVEMENT. I AM PART OF THAT MOVEMENT. BE ALSO A PART OF THE MOVEMENT.
NOW IS THE TIME. STAND UP AND BE COUNTED .

kettykin:
If Awolowo gave 20 pounds to the igbos irrespective of the amount they had before in the banks ,if he banned importation of okirika and okporoko 2 items small time igbo traders deal on , if he sold all the cmpanies in nigeria to his people just immediately after the war , if he used hunger as a weapon of warfare even as an appointed vice president one wonders what he will do when he becomes n elected president .

i saw a post of somebody claiming Awolowo's party won Rivers and benue am not surprise by this claim from the claimant but i am surprised every body swallowed it hook line and sinker , the UPN did not go beyond Bendel in their 1979 elections .

I saw in Awolowo a very clever person who would ask Ahmadu Bello to join him in an alliance and the same time beckon on Zik even conceding the post of presidency . if not that zik was a smart person he would have made the same mistake ojukwu made ( when Awolowo told him that if East secceded that the west would also seccede not knowing that Awolowo had signed a pact with Gowon to become his Vice president)

Ibime:
@ Afam,

Why wouldn't they go to Awolowo when Awolowo supported their vision of autonomy and devolution?

Saro-Wiwa was a frequent visitor to Awo. Do you know Awolowo is quoted in the Ogoni bill of rights?


@ Dede1,

Thunder fire! 


@ meex,

people misread Awo's intentions and labelled him a tribalist. Awo recognised that all tribes have different goals and different levels of development and should be allowed a stake in their own affairs. Go and read the following writings from Awo:

(1) Path to Nigerian Freedom
(2) Thoughts on the Nigerian Constitution
(3) The People's Republic
(4) Strategy and Tactics of the People's Republic

Forcing tribes to live together with no scope to determine their destiny is what causes ethnic hatred, not the other way around.

jerseyboy:
Yoruba glory is in the making of Yoruba Nation.

saintkeppy:
A coward Biafran soldier, who flee from Eastern Region, regretting the civil war, which was absolutely needless, where millons of lives, properties, businesses were lost.

Thank God for Phillip Effiong who surrendered, signaling the end of 3years(1967-1970) of constant Eastern Region bombardment by a more sophisticated Nigerian gallant soldiers.

Everything no be fight, there are ways a particular region can use to break away from other regions.

UrPapa:
What’s the point being courageous and coming back to eat your vomit?
Ojukwu is the most dishonorable man I’m Nigeria’s history
Killed someone’s dream just to flag his own(adaka boro)
Dressed as a woman to run from a fight
Came back to what he opposed to contest as a president
Well if that’s courage to you, then I’m sorry for whoever settles down with you cuz she’ll only give birth to cowardice

jerseyboy:
OJUKWU SHOULD HAVE DECLARED SOUTH EAST ONLY BIAFRA
BIAFRA WAS THEREBY A FRAUDULENT STATE AND WAS BOUND TO FAIL FROM WITHIN

rajiedreez:
ALLOWED TO LEAVE and FORCED OUT OF

Which of these two scenarios happened then?

Abdul05:
don't rewrite the history oga..awolowo didn't mention the East. Abeg o

He said if any region secedes meaning if allowed to secede....

( any Region not east alone) be it North south, west,or east)

At the end , No region seceded...

Don't stockpile biafran's books in your library oga. Nigerian's history books is better..

ruggedtimi:
I am suprised that the health status of tinubu is the only thing Nigerians are complaining about, his supporters keep saying tinubu single handedly built lagos .
Lagos has been developing before tinubu was born and got developed since late 1930s. Check pictures of Lagos in 1930, 1950, 1980 and 19990's. Who was tinubu then?. Lagos is the fifth largest economy in Africa aside Nigeria, south Africa, egypt, Tunisia..it was the capital of Nigeria for many years. All privately and publicly traded companies have headquarters in Lagos. Give a 20yrs old kid lagos state to govern, he might even do better than tinubu. There is nothing special that he did, the money that comes to Lagos state is alone is enough to make It better than cape town but it is still a slum. A man that personally takes 10% of revenue generated by a whole state. Abeg make una stop these yeye praises, he is not worth it

NaughtyBrainiac:
This is a wakeup call for all my Yoruba Brothers and Sisters. I am sure we all know the children of hate. They have started again with their hate and are trying to divide we yorubas on religious lines.

Unfortunately for them, we are more Educated, Smarter, Wiser, more Sophisticated and Civilised than them.

I laugh at their stupidity each time they mention yoruba muslim. Why on earth are they the ones always trying to say Yoruba Muslims and instigating hate!

They have forgotten that we yorubas are the tribe with the most religious tolerance in Nigeria.

In several Yoruba homes, you will see A muslim Husband and Christian wife.

A Christian Husband and a Muslim wife.

Younger brother could be a muslim and his younger sister a Christian.

Younger brother and his family go to his sister's house to felicitate with them during Christmas.

Younger sister and her family go to her brother's house to felicitate with them during Sallah.

What could be more admirable than such Tolerance, Love, rRespect for one another's faith and belief, the civilised and democratic style of "live and let's live". It is called being Liberal

If other regions were like Yorubas, do you think we will be seeing Muslims attacking Christians in the North or Christians attaching Muslims in the East?

These foolish people are now trying to divide us.
May God punish you all that attempt to divide us because even God himself is happy the way we Yorubas live in peace and harmony despite having different religious beliefs.

God bless the great people of the Yoruba land.
God bless Nigeria.

olas24u:
Igbos are always opposing yorubas ,and they are the reason this country has been like this for a long time .they don't want restructuring and are always ready to play the spoliers game.

Esama:
We have already know what lead to this I'm a bini man I registered at ifako ijaye without attack from anyone...You will surprised that those people went there to insult Yoruba people. Not only igbo are in lagos other tribe are there without thugs attacking them.

helinues:
You know , you deliberately skipped my question.

Are the Igbo's the only tribe in Alaba market?

Alphagan:
May the souls of the departed rest in peace.

Many Igbos were gloating over the unfortunate attack thinking Yorubas were the only victims. Hmmm.

May the perpetrators of this dastardly act know no peace.

Aderewah:
Tinubu made Ben Akabueze a key part of Lagos governance. Tinubu and Subsequent lagos governor have shown respect for the legacy of people like Ozumba Mbadiwe. Tinubu will integrate Igbos and support them to be the next southern presidents. Atiku does not respect the SE. If he did, he won't contest again.

This is your chance to align with the SW and reap the benefits for a very long time.

jerseyboy:
Tinubu will show Buhari/Fulani pepper.
Yorubas have overtaken Fulanis as the elite nationality in Nigeria.
Nigeria no longer stands on a Tripod but now stands on Two Legs,

Reflect7:
If you cannot unite for a common purpose, how can you produce a serious presidential candidate?

FallenShitHole:
Where are all the Igbo presidency fools? Avoiding this thread?

Guestlander:
Let me tell you what betrayal is. Betrayal is when you are the president and you heard about an impending coup but rather than tell your prime minister who was clearly in danger you ran away under the pretext of seeking medical treatment abroad. That is betrayal.

Betrayal is when you personally execute your benefactor like Nzeogwu did.
Betrayal is when you execute a Yoruba Victor Banjo who sacrificed everything to fight on your side.
I can list many more instances of this behavior from the people who obviously don't understand the word loyalty.

Because Arthur Nzeribe is Yoruba nau.

That Presidency, una no go smell am

alsudan:
Thiefnibu is the most foolish politician that ever lived.

Betrayed his Southern region to ensure a Northern President, with the promise of him having first refusal in future.

The North Foisted on him a useless Leader title to massage his overbloated ego, and dumped him when the time came to reward him.

Who’s the National Leader of APC now?

APC/PDP Candidates from the North East, INEC Chairman, from the North East. It was so easy to play the South.