chocolatelady:
u will never appreciate the Government when u hear good news like this. Ur hero that was in charge in 2012 when the oil price was ok managed to realise 5trillion not to talk of now that the oil price has crash. Criticize convincingly. That u dont like PMB does not mean that u will not appreciate him when u hear good news. Had it been ur hero was serious, he would have realised up to 9trillion in that 2012.

The price of oil have risen steadily over the years. We are no longer in 2015.

Tunde. Fowler under Jonathan could have been an incredible asset.

He has done his job.
The macro economics are not his concern. It is not his fault the naira has turned to shitt.

The fault lies with the President and his economic team.

danduchi:
Why are we still borrowing money to finance budget and not pay workers salary?

We are earning less.

That is why they did not use the dollar equivalent. They know most Nigerians are not that sophisticated.

Stealing in Nigeria is suicide.


Just go to a construction site and work.
It is safer.

SalamRushdie:
The Buhari govt inherits a full bottle of coke then flushed 70 percent of it into the toilet and add water then claim it's a record ... For the records the 5.07 trillion naira recorded in 2012 under GEJ was equivalent to 38 billion US dollars while the 5.3 trillion naira the useless deceptive Buhari govt is celebrating is equivalent to just 14 billion dollars so in the real sense the FIR revenue has infact reduced in value by about 60 percent ..lets face the fact Nigeria is only moving backwards under Buhari .

This is brilliant.

I didn't even do my calculations in dollar equivalents.

shake my head profusely. Are we moving forward at all?

Given the fact there is now a single treasury account for all agencies, it is not surprising.
It is inevitable anyway.

The real question is how is buhari going to use that money to better the Nigerian people?

Mopping up excess funds from the system to generate this record revenue has created its own economic consequences especially in the banking sector.

If the funds are not pumped back to the people via jobs, infrastructure , power and welfare, the Nigerian people would be losing at both ends.

This is the same governor that was throwing money at his people from his giant building.

Samuel kalu is better.

We also have Samuel chukwueze of Villarreal that turned Alba, Marcelo and Ramos to jelly with his merismizing left footed dribbles, and has a 40 million Euro buyout.

The next Arjen robben . He has better dribbling, better crossing, better end product, than Moses.

And he is younger too.

Moses should stay retired.

See Canada wey I wan immigrate to.

God pick my call.

You are playing with fire.

Yes, you can't love everybody equally but yours is too extreme.

Your own girls for that matter. The day I become a father, it would break my heart for my girls to know I love them less.

Bad boys go finish them. I just won't allow such a scenario.

In Nigeria when educational statistics are released, the north lags so far behind every one else.

When employment into government agencies that is supposed to drive our national growth is released, the north dominates.

Apart from the NYSC created by Gowon, can anybody tell me anything ingenious that the north has created in government?
Just one thing.

The south created the EFCC, NNPC, AMCON, SEC, NSE, SON, e.t.c. currently domainatsd by the north .
Left to the abokiis, we would still remain in the stone age.

She is already made her money. At least I hope.
Lol @ ndi alaba.

danot1030:
Dubai strategy is not working...

Atiku is a fraud and he cannot be an alternative to Buhari.

Sai baba till pdp is buried forever.

Not gonna happen, bro.

Not in a million years. They are an organic party.

knowme:


He did not have to deny it as reasonable people know that the tape was worked on, and misconstrued, no one wastes times on such liers

You have any proof it was worked on?
Any statement from amaechi who would grab any opportunity to prove his enemies wrong?

I hope you know some people also said the gandollar video was worked on.

I pity all of una for this country.

Foodforthought:
He should not just come and hinder Samuel Kalu and Chukwueze abeg....we are okay with those we have

Chukwueze is a much better player.

Better dribbling ability, better crosses, better end product.

And he is significantly younger than Moses.

He should stay retired.

I thought he was going to at least deny the veracity of it.

He couldn't even deny the truth of it. That is the scary thing.

Let that sink in.

N0favors:
So many flat heads everywhere

Yes.
Because flat heads are the S. I unit of sports in Nigeria.

No flat heads, no sports.

Cone heads should beg God for sporting talent when they come back to the next world.

chloride6:
Children of hate and doom will die when our oil revenue budget is met this year

4 + 4 issa goal

It is the children of uselessness and incompetence that want low oil prices to use as excuse for failure.

Your baba is fast running out of excuses.

NaijaMutant:
There's a famous quote that reads:

When they came for the socialist, I kept quiet because I was not a socialist.
When they came for the Christians, I kept quiet because I was not a Christian
And when they came for me, there was no one to speak for me

Recall,

It started with the foreigners, we never complained; after all, they were only supposedly recovering all our loss during the slave trade.

Now the roaster has come home to roost
Our ladies have become an endangered specie

Surely it wont end there.
Guess what



They are coming for the guys

Stealing condoms after sex loading.......

if they come for the guys, that would be the beginning of their end.

They would be lynched.

Oshigun:


Weakling. Develop a thick skin and don't take things personally . SGF who is trying to con Igbos? You lot are too gullible and that is why everyone drinks Garri with you including your own like Kanu.

Give me one example, where any northern leader have promised the south west the presidency. ?
The only voice we hear is from the west.
The north for very obvious reasons will keep quiet until 2023 when there is nothing to lose, and then play their cards.

In all the our political history as a country, Who between the west and the east have being repeatedly conned by the north?

Customer dada ni yin.

QuotaSystem:
So you swallowed Boss Mustapha's bait of a SE President hook, line & sinker? Lool...

And are you presently supporting Buhari's re-election which is the criteria for that offer? How can you then base your confidence on an offer the SE has clearly rejected for Atiku ? This level of delusion cannot be human.

You have still not mentioned how those lightweight eastern APC politicians intend to deal with the overriding northern political interest which Ndigbo is not aligned to, yet is the principal factor in any political decision Arewa takes.

Like you stated, you, like the average okafor, does not have northern interest at heart which is why ndigbo will continue to remain at he bottom of the political ladder for decades. Politics is about permanent interests whether you like it or not.

Don't miss my caveat next time otherwise you'll be ignored so hard you'll doubt your very existence.

It seems you have a deep problem. Your anti igbo bias is making you make arguments that have already been answered.

You claim the East are not diplomatic and so cannot get the presidency.
I gave you many examples of our diplomacy.

You turn around to claim from your imagination of course, that the fruit of that diplomacy is fake.

If you can't get rid of your personal igbo bias and analyse well , then it's best I dump you in the same bin I kept oshigun.

Nigeria returned to democracy in 1999 after the chaotic military era , we have been in mainstream politics for 16 years, so how exactly how we really suffered in politics ?

You think we would not have gotten the presidency instead of Jonathan if we were so thirsty for it?

QuotaSystem:
All hot hair with zero substance.

How do you intend to make the ibo presidency happen? Have you embraced diplomacy? Do you have military capacity? So I am just supposed to accept it will happen because your ego told you so? Lol.

Fact check: My friend there hasn't been an ibo President in the last 50 years and heaven has not fallen...empty drums make the loudest noise.

In fact you're so politically handicapped to the point that if you ever produce a President in the next 50 years, be rest assured it will be on the North's terms (and will be an Arewa anointed Ibo candidate) for the simple fact that we have the numbers and political sagacity to do so.

You are the one blowing hot air out of a sense of anti igbo bigotry.

What diplomacy are you talking about?

There are major igbo leaders in the apc as well as the pdp.
The likes of Nguge, onu, uzor kalu, the VON DG, Gov umahi are major igbo leaders representing the south east in the apc.

How are you going to convince those heavy hitters who are earnestly anticipating the presidency and have sacrificed the reputation for the apc cause?
Ogbonbaya onu was a founding member of the anpp which has collapsed into the apc.
Are you going to tell him his efforts were in vain?

Ngige and the VON DG screaming their voices hoarse over igbo presidency, how exactly are you going to pacify them?

Gov Umahi who I am sure have promised his state to buhari in a trade off for 2023, how exactly are you going to pacify him?
All the igbo heavy hitters who have sacrificed reputation for the apc, are they not playing diplomacy?
Why is Governor Willie obiano not supporting Peter obi his fellow anambra citizen at a risk to his reputation and legacy ? Is it not because of buhari 2019, in hope for igbo 2023?

Which other diplomacy are you looking for?

When the SGF promised the east the presidency in 2023, you think it came out of thin air?

Do you know the amount of diplomacy that have gone into that?

Aboki, you see what you want to see.

Oshigun:


My friend, politics is about permanent interests. If political Kingmakers feel an Igbo Presidency is not in their interest then it won't happen regardless of how right or just the agitation is. Might as well resurrect Bin Laden and make him American President. That is how ludicrous what you are suggesting is.

Yes it should happen but it wont't because of the golden rule of self-preservation in politics which force the best players to take a default position they feel best protects their safety, wellbeing and continous success.

That rules out an Igbo Presidency for many and until the ethnic group begin to act like they are Nigerians and not enemies within who will harm Nigerians as they did in the past and currently show a readiness to do again.

Ogbeni, don't quote me again.
Who are the kingmakers?
Is the SGF not a so called kingmaker?
Which northern kingmaker said the presidency is going to the south west?
We are not talking about the tinubu -led alausa group of clowns here.

Don't quote me again. I am not going to reply.

martyns303:


Na so e easy, Na the cost of aviation school naim make people no go. Plus everybody mind dey university, engineering, medicine, law.

How much is the yearly tuition in aviation schools in Nigeria?

QuotaSystem:


The level of your naivety is astounding .

Who is talking about an 8 year presidency captained by a renowned thief, looter and US fugitive? You think the North can ever be relegated from presidential power even with Osibanjo/Fashola/Anyone in power? Arewa is not endorsing a candidate because we know either way it swings our interests are protected.

We are talking about northern interests regarding the absolute stupidity of supporting an Ibo presidency, with regard to the hatred and bitterness the region holds and has been displaying against the North and its interests. "You don't care for northern interests"...lol how surprising(ly stupid for one who is counting on northern support for peter obi)

So you think we would give control of the military to people who hate us so much and are still bitter about the civil war? Not to talk of handing over power over the civil service & strategic developmental MDA's over to those who cannot wait to take their pound of flesh from the North and 'reverse the imbalances' in the system?

Just look through the thread on Jonathan's Marginalization of Yorubas to see the level of bile, hatred and vindictiveness you lot hold against your fellow southerners, not to talk of the North.

If you think Arewa is oblivious of your vindictive & hateful disposition towards the North (as exemplified by Cownu/ipob) and desperation to kiss Alhaji Atiku's arse just to access the corridors of power to implement it then you're clearly out of your mind.

You honestly believe igbos will not be president soon?
If you are so worried about the prospect of igbo presidency, then you'd best pray for division because it will happen sooner or later.
We don't usually care about the presidency which is why it has lingered this long.
Regardless of the political party, the desire for an igbo presidency is reaching at a crescendo, and it will happen sooner than later.
Denying the second largest ethnic group in Nigeria the presidency is not feasible, and your leaders know it.
That is why the SGF and other northern apc are talking about igbo presidency in the hope that we support buhari.

And yes, I don't care about northern interests. There has never been a point in our history when northern interests ran along with Nigerian interests.
Nigeria is a global shitthole today because there is a north in it.
Take away north and our national socio economics become much better.
I am not running for the presidency. I don't have to pander to the North.
It is left for those running for the presidency to pander to northern interests. I am speaking as an electorate.

What is certain is that we cannot continue this way if we want any real development of which the north is in need more than the rest of Nigeria.
The system need to be rejiged. Meritocracy has to be entrenched.
If Nigeria continues this way, no problem, the igbos will not bear the brunt of it.
Our socio economics would still remain the highest in the country, whether you like it or not.
Politics is not our daily bread.

The last time I checked Jonathan was not an igbo man.
There were yorubas in his government far more than there are igbos now in this Yoruba dominated government.
So who is Marginalizing who? Or you just like the sound of your fingers when typing?
What did Jonathan do in the south east that he did not do in the south west?
Jonathan offers them the seat of house of reps leadership which they rejected.
Tinubu on the other hand has claimed everything under buhari and left the rest of the south in the lurch, and you believe that is feasible in the long run even if buhari wins?

If northern interests according to you is dependent on continued Yoruba patronage as the sole southern representative in the federal government, then your interests is built on thin air.
The Yoruba have never represented the south ever. The SS and SE(the major south) have never gone in the same direction as the SW in our history.

It will not stand in the long run and your leaders know it.

Seriously, if not for Lagos, many of these Yoruba artists no suppose dey music.

I just listened to her song now for the first time, I felt like sueing her for my wasted MB.

TENI ko, tejuosho ni.

martyns303:
Go to Aviation school after secondary school, spend less than 2 years instead of 6yrs reading medicine.

Get a job with any Nigerian airline. starting salary N450k, after 6 months at least N1.2m after 1yr 6months, N1.8m. at the end of the month you could be going home with N2.2M gross.

That's a better pay than any university course.

na so e easy and people never rush aviation school?

Oshigun:


Look, dispute what I have said with facts or bounce. If you know politics is about permanent interest then you will accept the Igbos have done far more than enough to scheme themselves out of consideration for ultimate power.

Entering into endless argument with you Is a waste of time.
You are not relevant enough to change anything. Even if you write bigoted nonsense from now till tomorrow.

The only fact we all know is that your moniker would not be around in 2023 when the curtains fall.

QuotaSystem:


What you've failed to understand is that current political trends determine voting patterns and not historical political trends.

As even a political novice would know, politics is all about interests and not permanent friends or enemies, and currently Northern political interests are better guarded with a SW presidency in 2023 than a SE one.

How?
4 years is better than 8 years?

You are talking out of your ass. APC is not northern interest.
Arewa is not endorsing a candidate for obvious reasons.

I don't even care about northern interests in first place anyway.
I don't see the point of arguing for northern interests.

Northern interests have never helped Nigeria.

Oshigun:


The North will never support Igbos because they feel that would be like commiting suicide. No one will support those who hate them to have power over their existence .

We are in more civilised times yet the North know that the physical cull of their leaders by Igbos in the past can be even more devastating if an Igbo-led economical cull happens today.

Igbos have form for favouring and defending their own above others while remaining ready to be unfair to others. No region will fear this in Nigeria more than the North where favourable link to the Federal government centre is crucial for survival.

This guy keep spouting more nonsense.
A Yoruba bigot speaking for the north.

The unfortunate thing is that by 2023 when everything has settled, we will no longer see this moniker on nairaland to taunt.

QuotaSystem:


There really is no issue here.

Who among either of the two supported the North in 2015 when it needed southern votes?

Who among the two have been staunch antagonists of Buhari (a northern political icon with millions of northern followers) since he emerged President?

Your answer to these questions determine the answer to your 'issue'.

Your Politics started in 2015.

If northern power brokers were like you, the rest of us would not be complaining.

It would been impossible for them to sustain their hegemony.

Keep talking nonsense, you hear.
Just because you are an apc man.

A mere governor that will leave in 4 years.