₦airaland Forum

RicKyRichards:
The general populace. That's who isn't here.

which general populace? A
populace that's general excluding the above and my likes? aren't we Nigerians again? bro...tell yourself the truth...

tomiobj:
Upon all ur story. He is still confuused

Really but not as much as you...maybe till you clear you backlog and achieve 1/1000000000 of what he has achieved... we will review your status as not being confused again... for now enjoy your confused state of mind...

sexiamy88:
how does this economy put food on my table,pay my children school fees,provide employment and improve standard of living of Nigerians in general and not to set of corrupt politician.I think the writer need to re- examine his brain before writing on what he did not have knowledge about. thanks

Really the writer is in the manufacturing sector? a big player in the pharmaceutical industry...for you to even ask question about him means you didn't read the article because he gave examples of benefits enjoyed by manufacturers like him in that sector, which is the first of its kind since history of naija...multiplier effect of their activities will help your family in the aspects you listed above...

ooshinibos:
my first question ..do you have electricity in your area ? ..( am not talking about generator or some funny inverter ) ..if you dont have then ur Jonathan has failed to deleiver what he promised 6 years ago

There's significant difference in that sector bro...I enjoy light very well...but be sure that 40years of decadence cannot be turned overnight... or is there anything you think that they should have done differently in that sector?

tinacrl01:
DEVIL PUNISH ALL EBELE JONATHAN SUPPORTERS,.............

God have mercy on your soul...

bushdoc9919:
All those achievements were made possible by one thing....the rise in oil prices during this time.

If oil prices had been below $50 per barrel for the last five years.....none of the ''great strides'' would have happened.

And the excellent policies that yielded and are still yielding results like industrial revolution master plan, auto policy, agricultural revolution plan, local content initiative etc were because of oil boom money too

Burger01:
....and yet our naira is N220 to a $. Done well indeed

how much is Russian currency now plz since the global oil crisis

nairabetguru:
If I slap you

Really

ochoi:
I wldn't say efforts re nt being made 2 improve d economy bt is d impart of dt being felt by d common man?d writer gave d statistics of unemployement being on d decline bt sincerely i bet 2 differ, in reality it is on d increase. D major prblm wt our leaders is dt they listen alot 2 sycophants and as such end up loosing touch wit reality nd those they govern

how did you get your own data?

MRLINGTON:
Uhmmm to be fair..he did well in d agricultural sector nd dats all...Dat wat he uses in campaigning...let's talk of energy..Bart Nnaji resigned cos generator importers was on he's neck nd mr.president too tried to please dem because they contributed to he's success...now they are busily donating again nd they keep saying d power sector will gtow...hows it gon grow?? By importing more generators?? We're doomed!!!

Are you really sure of what you wrote about Barth nnaji Bro,that's not why resigned plz...did you forget transport sector...railway,water and roads everywhere? how about the auto policy with many car manufacturing plants coming on? how about backward integration policy started by OBJ and championed by Jonathan which turned us into cement exporter? did you forget education...almajiri schools and universities?.... airports remodeling nko? and many more...

RicKyRichards:
These people don't run businesses. It's easy for them to just talk trash. Just check exchange rates. Smh

Bro, do you know who is Sam ohuabunwa Which people run business then if he's not among? Is innoson, dangote, otedola, adenuga, ovie, elumelu,Nissan, Peugeot, Volkswagen, annamcco,cantata, etc not happy with him? They gained so much from government policies and desire continuity...so who again isn't here?

bynat:
tell that to the marines and blue sea.

Is that your constituency

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bynat, come and read to be well informed about the transformation agenda especially as it relates to our economy...
Oga Seun, lalasticlala, and Obinoscopy...help the life of this thread and allow Nigerians to see & read the truth about our economy...

theV0ice:
Not only dirty politics my friend. They've been playing Russian roulette with it for many years. The difference this time is that America the public now knows unlike what obtained before

May God save us all...

killuminati:
craze dey ur head! I go sell una dogs give calabar people chop.

lolz...that act alone will earn you 300years imprisonment under Buhari...so better be wise!!!

killuminati:
I go teach your popsy spellings

Teach him pidgin english No...that's obnoxious and won't be tolerated neither by me nor by him...So why not prove to me your use of improved grammar...so that we consider employing you to teach our dogs...

bynat:
meant no harm. but u were too harsh. itsok.

Sorry dear, just used the synonym of what you used on him...promise me to vote GEJ...

killuminati:
Bro no mind those PDP goons. They're often cluelesssenseless like their masters.

take advantage of this free almajiri education by GEJ to learn your spellings now...

bynat:
hhmmm Gejites

lolz...you look beautiful... how come you use such derogatory words on your elder more so your president it portrays you as ill-mannered and saucy...

sucess001:
use ur brain...


where the president is...these dudes are tom dicks and harry...


and how stewpid can u be? do u even knw the person u chat with?


mo.ron!

I am advising you not chatting with you...disgruntled folk

Habeebpain:
I think you're the one getting it wrong. Did you hear yourself? The government made it easy for them. Please when you're talking about self made Nigerians, don't mention Dangote and Innoson. Those guys roll with the government. You think we have a fair playing ground when it comes to business in Nigeria? Have you ever worked for Dangote? Do you know the population of Asians working for him when you have unemployed youths that are more capable than them? Do you know how monopolistic he is?

You think manufacturing does it for them over there? No. You have tech startups springing up everyday. Why? because their government put things in place. I can't even ask for broadband connection when the government can't provide me water. I buy electric poles and wires, provide my own water and even make my own roads. And you think it's easy being a Nigerian? Is that too much for a government to provide?

Please tell me when the United States government has used Microsoft and Facebook to campaign as achievements? Or have you heard that Gates and Mark are sponsors of political parties?

You don't need to give anybody money to campaign for you. If you're good, people will campaign for you. Your work will campaign for you. Not a D-rated actor or actress.

Quit this trash reasoning...Government provides favourable environment for business to thrive...Just like dangote took advantage of backward integration policy and agricultural sector revolution policy...innoson took advantage of auto policy...It is about choice and being business minded...seeing opportunities where your type see only obstacles...Quit taking advantage of media for your propaganda and blaming others except yourself....fold your sleeves and key into any of the policies to excel...

bynat:
and that we should mind the kind of insults we give Gej. Bleep them up style. Gej suck.

Just as you stink!!!

sucess001:
you dont get the point...obama doesnt take pics with every tom dick and harry...i ve seen mr otuoke with toyin aimaku, bovi, daddy showkey, omoni oboli etc...just cos of elections...

plz shut up and stop making yourself more stu.p.d....what do you have or what have you achieved compared to those dudes you term; "dick and harry"...who knows you outside your nuclear clique? Aren't these people part of the electorates who voted him and who will still vote him

sucess001:
[size=26pt]The ease at which people have access to the presidency these days...

Jonathan has cheapened the office...imagine how many celebs took selfie with OBJ those days...

Later the current administration will be saying people should respect the office of the president...[/size]

Is he supposed to stay aloof from his governed In a bid to paint this president bad; you guys sound ridiculous and childish...pele

theV0ice:
I guess the honest beautiful ones are not yet born after all. Soludo's era was praised to the high heavens by this same govt and its sympathisers when it was Sanusi's turn to sit in the bashing chair. All of a sudden, Sanusi has become another Alan Greenspan because Soludo got on their wrong side.

NOI took the personal route in her response to the first letter. She should have realised Soludo can also get dirty if push comes to shove. She should have remained a Lady if she didn't want the heat.

They're all the same. I'm not overtly concerned with their shenanigans. My point of interest is how it affects the common man on the street. As long as we get to hear secrets being unearthed, they should by all means keep fighting.

Secrets or misinformation Playing dirty politics with the economy

NUHU RIBADU(FORMER EFCC CHAIRMAN), REACTS TO SOLUDO'S CLAIM THUS;

ABUJA—Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC,
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has pooh-poohed allegations by the former Central Bank governor,
Prof. Chukwuma Soludo that N30 trillion was stolen under the watch of the coordinating
Minister of the economy Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Ribadu spoke yesterday, in an interview in Abuja, pointing out that he was not only
baffled but amused over the allegation, as he knew that Okonjo-Iweala was ‘’honest,
reliable and of impeccable character.’’
His words: “I was baffled and got deluded for anyone to say that N30 trillion got lost, I
think we just have to look at what we earn as a country and what our budget had been
in these few years.
“And see how possible is it and if everything we earned is not up to that within the
period she has ben the minister which is about three to four years.
“And for somebody to say that N30 trillion is missing is baffling, especially if you know
what our budget has been these years.
“We need to be careful to avoid more damage to our nation because there are certain
things that when it comes out, it will never go back again.
“I challenge anybody to say that she stole N1 at that time, we were all there, I was in
charge of EFCC and I want to hear anybody say that she did this and that.
“And I followed her up till now, I think it is somehow uncharitable for someone to come
out to say that such an amount of money was missing under her watch.”
He said that while working under President Olusegun Obasanjo; Okonjo-Iweala was the
economic team leader and she coordinated the economic policy of the then
administration effectively.
He warned Nigerians to be careful with their utterances and shun the habit of pulling
down their people who have climbed to such a high level of international repute in the
name of politics.
Ribadu who is also, the governorship candidate of the PDP in Adamawa State said that
it was described as unfortunate, the avoidable controversies but noted that Okonjo-
Iweala was one of the most respected public officers with high integrity.
According to him, the minister exhibited a nationalistic attitude when they worked
together in the economic team under Obasanjo, and believed in any policy that could take
Nigeria and its people to higher levels.
“Am a little bit disturbed with what I have been hearing in the last couple of days where,
many things are being said and some are totally out of place with some of the result we
have achieved in the economy.

www.vanguardngr.com

theV0ice:
Hmmmm......

Mazi Ohuabunwa is my man any day. A most illustrious and distinguished LM of the best frat in Nigerian universities so I know he's not writing because he was settled. It'll be nice however if the FG could oblige Oby Ezekwesili a debate like Ohuabunwa himself requested so that we Nigerians will get all the lies and half truths exposed.

Gej and GMB can't speak on the economy like these technocrats so NOI should oblige her colleagues (Soludo and Ezekwesili) the audience.

For me; given the ulterior motive of soludo; I don't see NOI granting them such audience... She may after elections not necessarily before which is the target of Soludo so as to rubbish Jonathan with his monopoly of wisdom stance...
If he is sincerely writing out of patriotism; why didn't he write or scream when he noticed that things were going wrong according to him? Why wait till it is entirely bad before writing epistles He's only out for vengeance and curry favour from buhari group if they succeed...he's simply job-hunting by "shamelessly" ruining others personality and career...where's decency among technocrats and professionals

adorablepepple:
What r u? you that quoted 3diff people.... let me say your head is filled with stale butter, melting at all times n leaving your head empty!

Kindly concentrate on the subject matter here...thanks

nicklaus40:
Economic growth is different from economic development, growth in increase in d gdp i.e on paper, d amount a country is making is divided by the population and dat is economic growth,but if their is high rate of corruption as in d case of naija,d resources gained is not evenly distributed but concentrated in the hands of few individuals.well we can say there is economic growth under Jonathan's administration but economic development is wen the growth recorded is reflected in the lives of the citizens, i.e there is increase in the standard of living which under Jonathan has not bin the case. If wat is on paper can't be reflected on the lives of the citizens due to corruption then that is failure. Yall can argue dat both apc and pdp are corrupt buh y did jona give them so much room to explore their wings, Jonathan should be held accountable for this because there is a saying that 'what is the essence of a govt if there is no accountability' this is y I want change,am not assuring u this won't happen under GMB,if it does den we vote him out in 2019. We need CHANGE

Bro, you aren't entirely right...to make it brief; economic growth is quantitative while economic development is qualitative... Wealth of nations being in too few hands may not necessarily be due to corruption. Also, why do we accept figures when it suits us and dispute same when it doesn't tally with what we "think". Transparency international said corruption isn't increasing rather we're better now. So do you believe them or politicians? who should be more correct with their data?

3cycle:
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Promhize:
Soludo is like a stubborn misguided child. Nobody destroyed his political ambition, he destroyed whatever little chance he had himself.

It is funny how he is so trying to sound like technocrat when he is no longer one.

There are thousands of internationally recognized indices to support and show that the economy is doing well.

The base of the whole epistle he wrote is that, this administration the did not save, placing on the blame on the executive and the FG, such a myopic view from pained man.

Even Russia with all its mighty reserves is suffering badly from drop in oil prices

Aside putting the all blames at the door step of the presidency which doesn't border me much; as his double standard. Where in he blames GEJ for not saving and insults Peter Obi for saving...What hypocrisy from a supposed technocrat? What does he stand for? is it for or against the savings