₦airaland Forum

majekdom2:
rebasing which may affect us soon, oil price is going down now . we cant count on any other industry . its saddenin really.

Then, thanks to this present govt which has been encouraging local manufacture of goods and services and am proud that our exports from our industries especially to African counties have really increased. We might really need to restructure our system of govt in order to reduce our recurrent expenditure and more diversification of the economy should be vigorously pursued.

cramjones:
Release it for this lame duck EFCC? Wait till we get back power in 2015, then you will see the rot and the atrocities that has been perpetuated by this government.

-CramJones

Do you now believe you are a CHRONIC LIAR just like your paymasters. I wonder what you people would gain by spreading lies in your lust for power by all means. Is it the change the APC is talking about? Shame on you people.

duni04:
The thing is that the US and Saudi Arabia maybe good geopolitical allies but when it comes to oil, they are serious competitors. Saudi Arabia wants to maintain her position as the worlds top oil supplier, a position that is coming under threat from increasing production from the US. It maybe true that Saudi Arabia is acting alone in increasing supply to crash price, but if they are doing that, its to force the US to reduce production because the cost of shale oil production in the US is very high. If the price of oil continues tumbling, the US will start producing shale oil at a loss.
Saudi Arabia enjoys one of the lowest rates of oil production in the world. Plus the more than 700 billion dollars in reserves they have to cushion the effects any drop in price will cause. But budget wise, they will be forced to deplete their reserves if prices continue tumbling.
The actual reason for falling oil prices is because the US is reducing importation from traditional suppliers and is gradually starting to meet its own oil demands. This has left suppliers who hitherto supplied the US to fill the market with their unwanted oil. Then there is declining demand in India and China. So many other reasons.
Geopolitics and geopolitical tensions are the least of them.

Pls, try and educate yourself on the current happenings and the oil politics being played by Saudi Arabia and America. Currently, the Saudis are even ready to sell at $50pb. Now, include the ISIS factor and their earlier arm suppliers (western nations) all in the bid to bring the economies of Russia and Iran. Bro, pls brace up for the economic war. Thank God, the present government is really moving in the right direction albeit slowly on some economic policies like the investments in agriculture and the manufacturing sector ( i.e the auto policy and SMEs). Though a lot still needs to be done especially to promote our exports especially to African countries as this will help in shoring up our reserves.

Amaechi now your brother? You guys can't stop to amaze me. Secondly, you said you have phone conversations btw the First Lady and amaechi where she demanded a percentage of rivers revenue? Cramjones, I put it to you; you are a shameless liar. And, I challenge you to make the purported tape public or forever hide your head in shame. Smh.how low can you guys get. Tufiakwa!

Alphaoscar:
You are the one misinforming the public. that is the road between the honey land primary and secondary school and their hostel. That road lead to gate bus stop and it is a Federal road.

Mr man, pls try and get your facts right. That road is just by pipeline bus stop along Isheri- Egbeda road

gabng:
If you are lost ask questions. That road leads to the NNPC depot and its a federal road.

Pls, stop misinforming the public. That road is opposite the police station at idimu just before Isheri round about. So, how is it a federal road? Bunch of liars

dubienatti:
bros u don go china b4, abi u no d read newz?china get more substandard product dan naija..wit 1.3billon n 150mil pep 4 china n naija respectivly, no how every body fit buy original..cos all handz ar not equal..but thankz to China n Igbo man every body fit buy n enjoy tinz acordin to d size of dem pocket..

You dey mind the local champion? I no sure that guy don pass shagamu since dem born am

berem:
PDP flags and pictures of the president should also be burned. First to do no dey pain

If only you guys would burn flags and stop shedding innocent bloods. Tufiakwa! Imaging killing innocent people because you lost an election.

egift:
The PDP Democratic Party (PDP) have introduce the burning of Opponents Party Flags in Nigeria's Political space. I read comments of how PDP members are celebrating it. This is a very bad trend. The PDP should call their "attack dogs" to order.

The Presidency will be forming Deaf and Dumb because it is favouring them.

Nigeria is not Afghanistan, Syria or Pakistan. The PDP should stop introducing evil in out Polity. If not handled now and this may escalate to something that will not blow anyone good omen.

PDP didn't introduce no evil. Infact, they are just learning from you guys. Were you not rejoicing when your masters went to sweep the ground used by PDP and their faithfuls in Lagos and Kano? Thank God, they are not like you guys that went about killing innocent Nigerians ( and still killing thru boko haram) cos you lost an election. You guys hypocrisy is unprecedented and I can only say welcome to the game started by your APC.

Igbos should beware and should be extremely prepared. The events of 1966 should not repeat itself. This time around,we must take the fight to their door step anyway they wants it. We are servants to none and we take our destinies in our own hands. If they are looking for slaves and servants, they know where to look.

I have always said that tit for tat killing is not a characteristic of human beings. I have always said that an eye for an eye is not a way of running a society. If you continue an eye for an eye, at the end of the day, the world will be blind. I am not a believer in an eye for an eye and I never believed that what the Igbo did which was purely on tribal basis, politically motivated-it was also motivated by tribal hatred- was right. Even if what they did was deliberate; I believe it was deliberate. The frenzy which somehow took over the North was wrong because I believe there was a way in which that issue would have been handled differently in a much more humane and sensible manner. That is number one. Number two, when you look at what happened during and after the Igbo coup and the action of the Igbo, you don’t justify what happened, but you have to agree that the Igbo themselves contributed to the severity of what happened after their own tribal coup because I was
alive and well and I knew what the Igbo were saying afterwards. They were showing photographs of the Sardauna and saying we killed your father. I saw that, in addition and if you look at the long term consequences of the Igbo coup and the civil war afterwards, you will notice that first and foremost, the North treated the Igbo much more humanely, much more honestly and as fellow citizens than the rest of the country. My first job in government in 1968/69 was as an abandoned properties officer in Sabon Gari, Kano. At that time and up till now, Sabon Gari is one of the most developed parts of Kano metropolis. When I finished my assignment and had to leave for the Soviet Union, I handed over to another person. The sum total of what I am saying is that not a single Igboman can claim that he came back to Kano and that his house or property was alienated. Every Igboman who came back got his property back and I challenge any Igboman to tell me that he came back to Kano or any part of the North for that matter and he found that his land had been taken from him or his house or his market stall or anything of that nature. I can give you an example of a good friend of mine, Prof. ABC Nwosu who was
formerly Political Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and later Minister of Health during the first term of Obasanjo’s administration. He was the one telling me and he is alive- he said but for the houses his father left in Kano which he recovered completely when he came back, he and six of his brothers would never have gone to school. You can crosscheck this with ABC Nwosu. If I hate Igbo, he will not tell me that. He is a good friend of mine and Governor Sule Lamido; fact must be fact.
You said that Gen. Buhari is not fit to rule Nigeria again. Do you have any other Northerner in mind who will offer good leadership to Nigeria?
Where and when did I say that? I never said that.
You said that the PDP cannot win the presidential election in 2015. What will you do if the party wins?
There will be mayhem. The party cannot win a free and fair election. It is not beyond it to connive with Attahiru Jega the way they did in 2011. And if they do that, there will be mayhem.
Why do you think that Abuja should go with the North if Nigeria divides? Is Abuja not central to the country?
Abuja has been and remains central to Nigeria but it
is also central to the North. In creating Abuja, not one square foot of the other regions was incorporated into Abuja. In fact, 80 per cent of the whole land of Abuja came from Niger State. The remaining 20 per cent came from the northern states of Kaduna and a small fraction of Nasarawa when it was part of Plateau. How can you then say if Nigerians decide to go their separate ways, Abuja will remain central? I have said it before that if you draw a straight line from Abuja southwards, you will have to go over 351,000 kilometres before you reach the end of the North. That is where the border will be in case of a break-up. I invite you and the Igbo irredentists and all the historical revisionists to see what happened recently when the North and South Sudan split. The North retained Khartoum. The stretch from Khartoum to the border
is more than the distance between Abuja and Okpila. Even Okpila where you have the cement factory is originally Igbira land and if we want to reacquire it, we will re-acquire it, it is Northern land. If Nigeria was to break up, Abuja will not only remain a northern territory, it will also remain the capital of a new Nigeria. It will be unfortunate, but there is no alternative. If Nigeria were to break up tomorrow, the North with Abuja as capital will acquire all the assets and liabilities of Abuja.
Many think if President Goodluck Jonathan wins in next year’s poll, the current Boko Haram crisis will not subside. Do you share this fear?
I believe that this government is involved with Boko Haram directly and indirectly with some of the terrorists in the Niger Delta. Anybody who believes that there is a direct connection knows that this Boko Haram insurgency is not coming out of the blues; it is being financed indirectly or directly by the government. If as they tried to do during the (Peter) Odili tenure in Rivers, to encourage people to unleash violence and after the election, they abandon them, those people will take up arms and unleash terror on them. The fact is this, government is irredeemably corrupt and incompetent.
Do you think that negotiation is the key to curtailing the Boko Haram crisis in the North- East?
Who are you going to negotiate with? Modu Ali Sheriff, Asari Dokubo, Edwin Clark or the President himself who are all implicated? How do you talk about stopping armed robbery with a confirmed armed robber?
You seem not to see many good things about the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. What is your rating of his administration?
I am sorry to say and I hope that I don’t sound too negative, I challenge anyone who has anything positive to tell me. The first responsibility of any government is the maintenance of law and order, is there law and order in Nigeria today? No. One of the first promises made by this President was that he was going to get rid of corruption, has he done that? He promised he was going to get rid of poverty, the poverty level has risen beyond belief. Tell me what he has done about infrastructure? On a daily basis, I spend more on petrol than I pay on a monthly basis for my entire NEPA bill. I live in a small bungalow, my bill has been in excess of N2,000 for the past six months, I have not paid more than that. And there is no water, no major state in Nigeria has reliable water supply. And the Igbo who have been running the ministry of aviation have taken it upon themselves to deny other airports particularly Kano Airport of commercial venture. They want to destroy the airport as a commercial venture, they have refused other airlines who had expressed interest in coming to Kano. Starting with Stella Odua and now Osita Chidoka, I challenge those who say Jonathan has performed to tell me what he has done in terms of what he claims he would do.
www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-cant-win-in-2015-because-he-never-won-any-election-in-the-past-junaid-mohammed/

In this interview with JOHN ALECHENU, a Kano State delegate to the just concluded National Conference and convener of the Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, speaks about his brush with the law and other sundry national issues. Excerpts
You were once arrested by the State Security Service for a statement you made which it considered inciting. What do you make of your arrest?
It was true I was invited. That was the word they used. I was invited by the SSS to present myself at their Kano State office which is about one and half kilometres from my residence. Before I arrived Kano from Abuja, there were some shadowy characters who were following me. The order for my arrest came directly from the Director of Operations, an Igbo man. Apparently, he does not like anyone who says anything uncomplimentary about Igbo people and their greed. I think he was particularly very unhappy because I said Igbo have taken charge of the economy and that they have also grabbed most of the land especially for estates in Abuja; where they don’t have any historical claims or any other logical claim to even one square foot of land in Abuja. He was also unhappy because I said what was taken out of the North and converted into a national land holding is about two and half times the size of Lagos. I don’t see any Nigerian ethnic group, zone or region that could be prepared to cede that kind of virgin land in addition to the valuable mineral which is under the land. When I got there, some small boys started asking questions which I answered. I spent about half an hour and somehow; because of the many calls that were coming into my telephone from a number of media people and civil society groups, I think somehow they got a bit jittery and allowed me to go. That was what happened. I believe what was done was deliberate and it had the blessing of people in government at the highest level and those in the security services. It was done primarily with a lot of ethnic bias. I am aware that long before now, SSS had tried to get me arrested months before what happened. They even took my name to the office of the NSA and other people trying to frame me up for things I didn’t do because they said I was unhelpful and that I am a threat to the government of Goodluck Jonathan; I wish I were. Every patriotic Nigerian must do what he or she can do legally to constitute a threat to this government. This is the most irresponsible, most corrupt and the most incompetent government in the history of Nigeria. These are people who are not only tribalistic; they are also sectarian and they are very clannish. Their greed and stupidity is unprecedented in the history of Nigeria.
But people say you’re chronically tribalistic going by your statements on national issues.

I want them to tell me what makes me tribalistic, let them mention the statements they are referring to. If saying about 42 per cent of the key positions in the economic sector of Nigeria is dominated by Igbo, if that is what they call tribalism, then I stand by that tribalistic statement because these are verifiable facts and whenever I made that statement, I mentioned names and positions and institutions. For example, I said the most powerful person in this country is the Minister of Finance who
is in fact, the de facto Prime Minister. What it means is that she is the de facto head of government. For a person who was not elected and the legitimacy of the government that appointed her still in doubt, anybody who thinks saying this is being tribalistic, so be it. They can burn to ashes and go to hell. Two,
I said the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria is also an Igbo person, next I said the DG, Nigerian Economic Summit Group is an Igbo man, the DG, Sovereign Wealth Fund, is also an Igbo person, the DG, Securities and Exchange Commission is also an Igbo person, the DG, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria is also an Igbo person, other ministries which are very critical to the running of the economy like aviation, are also in the hands of Igbo
people. So, what are we talking about? Igbo remains one ethnic group in Nigeria that is so devoid of any shame to show their greed, selfishness and contempt for other ethnic groups. I said and I will still say that the first time Igbo officers staged a coup and assassinated wholesale the political leaders of most other ethnic groups was when we had General Aguiyi Ironsi as the Supreme Commander of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
He was involved in the coup where the entire political leadership, the military and economic leadership of other regions especially the North was decapitated under him and he was from Umuahia. The next time we had another Igbo man as Chief of Army Staff was at the height of the Boko Haram insurgency and that man was (Azubuike) Ihejirika, who also comes from the same Abia State, from the same Umuahia. So, if this is what they use to call me a tribalist, then they can go to hell.
Are you one of those who believe Northerners are born to rule and that a Northerner should be President in 2015?
I have never said a Northerner should rule Nigeria in 2015. There was never a time in my entire political career when I said a Northerner must govern or rule Nigeria under any circumstance. I will not dignify this question with an answer. Next question.
Why did you say that President Jonathan will not win a credible election in 2015?
Because he never won any election in the past. The election which brought him to power as number two to Umaru Yar’Adua was not a credible election. The election he was alleged to have won in 2011 was not credible and I don’t believe he could win any election if anybody is to vote rationally- by this I mean, if people are to vote for a man on the basis of his performance and that performance must tally with what he promised to do, there is no way-let me tell you, we have a saying in American English ‘at the end of the day, all politics is local.’ As far as I am concerned, if he is to be voted for without recourse to ethnicity and religious bias and people are to vote for him on the basis of performance, there is no reason why any part of this country should vote for him- apart from the mercenary Igbo and of course, the Ijaw who are opportunistic,
they are the only people who will have occasion to vote for Jonathan. When I say Ijaw, I choose my words carefully because most of the people who got appointments in this government are Ijaw, not Kalabari, their cousins, not the people of Akwa Ibom whether they are Anang or Ibibio and not even the few other tribes who are not associated with Edwin Clark. None of them got anything. The Igbo are mercenaries; they are there for sale. If the devil were to come today to say, I am the devil about whom the Bible and the Quran have spoken, I am prepared to give money, the Igbo will take the money and vote for him. Quote me!
You once described President Jonathan as a bad president. Is it because he’s not a Northerner?
I knew Jonathan before most of you. I employed him and Chief Horsefall is alive. I employed him (Jonathan) as Assistant Director when I was a Federal Commissioner in OMPADEC in Port Harcourt. To be fair to President Jonathan, he has never denied me nor has he ever denied circumstances surrounding my employing him. If I hated him, why
should I be the one who was instrumental in his getting a job as Assistant Director in OMPADEC? Two,
I said he was a bad President but I never said he was a bad director of ecology because that was what I recommended and insisted he should be employed as and he was employed. I did not say he was good enough to be president but I said he was good enough to be director of ecology because he comes from an educationally disadvantaged area and that to me is important. I come from the North which is also educationally disadvantaged and I believe people who are underrepresented in such circumstances especially in the Federal Government institutions should be employed. I believe every Nigerian has a right to be given a sense of belonging and I believe one of the good aspects of a government is how inclusive it is so that every Nigerian should have a sense of belonging. I have never hated him and he himself has never said I hated him.
Some people say that you hate Igbo people, is that the case?
I have an Igbo daughter. I don’t see how I can hate
my daughter. My daughter speaks better Igbo than Hausa. Nobody can make me hate my daughter. I also have a Yoruba daughter and I have an Ijaw daughter who is doing her Master’s degree at the University of Ghana, Legon. I don’t hate Igbo but I see no reason why I should spare them when they have done more damage to the psyche, to the sovereignty and the existence of Nigeria. Some of my closest friends for life are Igbo and one of them is Uche. S.G Ikoku is someone I regard as my political mentor even more than the late Aminu Kano-as far as I am concerned, and he was an Igboman. I can tell you many more. I have never associated with other Nigerians (who are either majority or minorities) who have accused me of being a tribalist.
You have said a lot about the 1966 coup, where some northern leaders were killed. What about the killing of Igbo in the North, weren’t you bothered about that too?

Shebi, them want one Nigeria, then, they should be prepared for it. Igbos believe so much in merit and competition and anyone that feels otherwise should go and hug a wet transformer. Nigeria was raped and brutalized by these same elements of destruction especially from the northern part of the country. They believe so much in welfarist policies with little or no results. I don't pray we go back that route again if this country must develop.

adisasegun:
When were you discharged from Yaba left?

He stated the facts. Why not counter what he said with your own facts instead of resorting to insults. Lest I forget, that's the trade mark of APC agents

Presidency fears on Buhari winning? We know he can't win; we are only concerned about the young ones especially Youth Corpers and Christians that would lose their lives. Shebi, he said monkey and baboons will be soaked in blood.

And this is what APC wants to bring to Nigeria? God forbid!
Gej till 2019

You came out too early. If you notice, serious and sane nairalanders are keeping quiet for now in order to allow our APC brothers who doesn't really know their left from their right to exhaust their foolery. Most of them are just too naive and ignorant about what is really going on. Gej is never the problem of Nigeria (infact, he is one of the best). The problem is, we don't have a nation yet. Some people believe it is their birth right to rule while some believe there is nothing wrong in their master- servant relationship as far as they are guaranteed the crumbs from the table. Some on the other hand, are calling for a level playing field and have decided to take their destinies in their hands. Can't wait for 2015

What a lucky guy. Anyways, when money and race talks, bullshit works in SA.

Very funny. Imagine my wife telling me no till a less important church wedding before we consummate our marriage. Lol... Let me keep quite for now

Thayorr:
Buhari is 71 yrs. Awolowo and Azikiwe, our "so called heroes" contested at 75 and 79 respectively...so stfu on this age thing.

Then, I think the best president for us now is Gen. Yakubu Gowon. At least he has more experience and age on his side. Stewpid buffoons, I don't know when you people will ever wake up and learn. Somebody ruled your father and still want to come and rule you? If Buhari is a good leader, he would have groomed younger ones that believes in his ideology but no! It is a matter of born to rule with nothing to offer.

Chiamaka01:
@freshdude2,
My understanding of that verse is that a man should not allow his family( the one he came out from) to interfere with the one he formed. I don't mean that they shouldn't visit or anything. And don't quote me to turn this around.

I read all that you said but get one thing right; there's nothing like equal partners in marriage. The setting up of every family unit starts with the man proposing to all other marriage rights. More so, nature has assigned the genders roles that are to be played by the man or the woman involved. Anything apart from that doesn't just work.

black247:
Thank you for getting this thread back on track with your opinion on the topic at hand. Although I think we are African before religion ...at least you are discussing.


To me, it is embarrassing that we are fleeing - as Africans, no matter the country; we need better policies, we also are going to have to roll up our sleeves and do infrastructure building. No mighty nation started pretty. I also think we should look at each other as INDIGENOUS AFRICAN first before religion, political party and tribe before addressing an issue imo

My brother, tis so so embarrassing especially amongst the youths. I think we need more of what s happening in Israel. Like the way you reason sha. Following you

APC' s plan for nigeria? Nothing. APC was formed strictly to move power back to the Muslim North. No more no less

The Op is obviously depressed and needs help pronto! I hope she starts communicating more instead of bottling all inside; it really helps.

egift:
Thug Life In Ekiti - coming in a cinema near you.

Chei, this thing dey pain una well well but the will of the people of Ekiti must prevail. Once again, congrats to Ekiti governor in-waiting

And they say Gej is clueless. Walahi, that guy is a master strategist. So sorry for APC noise makers

Maybe, there are some things she's not telling you. Are you sure you're truly the one that fathered that child? Don't you think she's trying to spare you some agony by her actions? My guy, wake up

Finally, it has gotten to this. So Nairaland is no more a public forum. What a shame on the admin.

yemaldo:
ashamed of what? i think u should be ashamed,u r developing other region while ur region is in mess and yet u r proud of it

Oh! You have forgotten we are now 'one nigeria'. More so, you still don't get it. You guys are now fu,cking tenants in your father's house. The. SW is gradually turning to a South east extension through acquisitions. And remember, this our Nigerian marriage na for better, for worse o!

Toks2008:
You missed it again.

Legalizing your marriage is not about marital tussle but to guard against maltreatment by the spouse or arbitrary termination of marital union.

Stop playing to the gallery. In a marriage where everyone makes and contribute their own quota to the development of the family, you hadly hear of all these nonsense. Tis always a situation where 'monkey dey work, baboon dey chop. Let our women quit being materialistic and ignorant and learn to know their rights even within the traditional settings. Imagine someone thanking God for meeting a ready made man and pronto already planning how to acquire his properties in his death.