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potent5:Lol. What lies did the commentator tell? |
Interesting video and points. Guys, read the comments to note how majority of Nigerians agree with the content. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoaRpbItvuY?si=fdhc3J7ArDb_Pgln |
Bluna:Yes I understand your point. I have always insisted politicians and diplomats on both sides (Nigeria and South Africa) must act decisively. It is not acceptable our fellow Nigerians lost their lives to xenophobic attacks. I can therefore understand emotions are running high but I don't believe making South African businesses in Nigeria the scapegoats of our anger solves anything. |
huptin:Don't mind Obi. Capping as usual thinking his audience are dullards. |
Rufai Oseni gets this one right. Atiku is showing open disdain and lack of respect for the South. The mistake selfish and myopic leaders have made over decades is what has gotten Nigeria where she is today. |
Misterone:MTN and DSTV are businesses. They cannot be held responsible for what ordinary South Africans do. If you build a great business in Ghana, do you want it destroyed when some Nigerians over there attack and kill some Ghanaians? Your business must be destroyed or taken away from you simply because you share nation of origin with wrongdoers you don't know and do not even approve of their action? This is too ignorant from Oshiomhole abeg. |
lawani:A "classless" society is not good for Nigeria that has over 300 ethbic groups and many religions,cultures etal. When that is a reality of a geographic space, competition and reward system, based on individual developing their talent optimally to stand out, is best. Socio-capitalism is better for Nigeria in my opinion. Please look into it. Don't forget it is a warped and hidden version of communism ( via damaging Government subsidies in every sector that made Nigerians indolent, uninspired, non aspirational and incapable of delivering solutions for themselves) that has destroyed Nigeria to leave what we have today. Are you happy at subsidised and "classless" education that produces Nigerian civil Engineers who cannot even handle Lekki expressway , talk less of a major project like fourth mainland Bridgend, and we have to see Lebanese and German engineers everywhere? |
nwakaibe:Na you sabi bro. No be fight. |
Jakpon:Well-said. I don't know what some of these guys are seeking with their blatant lies whitewashing the image of Obi. Was Obi not Governor when loads of dead bodies of young men appeared in Ezu river only for Obi to be publishing public adverts offering reward for 'information? https://gazettengr.com/peter-obi-deceiving-nigerians-he-couldnt-fix-insecurity-in-anambra-oshiomhole/
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@OP. Communism is essentially dead today because it's essence runs contrary to how humans are naturally wired. Man needs to be aspirational and have things to chase the majority of his life. We like individuality also and do not wish to be predictably robotic as communism creates. Take those natural instincts of man away and that is an artifical construct seeking to modify his nature and normal impulses. Communism diminished for that reason and isn't a consideration today. China you mention isn't even communist in a purist way. Perhaps you aren't aware of that. Vietnam, Laos, North Korea and Cuba are the closest vestiges of communist nation today. 4 out of 195 countries of the world. Dont you think that indicates a democratic pattern based on what the majority have chosen?
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nwakaibe:Bro, the bolded is a fact or a product of your imagination? would it kill you to do research before you run your Country down?
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Menclothing1:If you are Nigerian, then you are 24 carat Gold. Nigeria cannot rise with the negativity engulfing our nation currently where so many only want to highlight negatives. The lagos Metro rail system is class-leading as the only one of it's kind in West Africa and the envy of nations like Ghana, Cameroon, CIV etal. Yet, guess those who attack and demarket it most? Nigerians !!! Thanks for this post . |
Esthered:I don't get you guys. Lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIHuPEjSl2A?si=qEbInTnYNzWMQogb
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Menclothing1:If you are Nigerian, then you are 24 carat Gold. Nigeria cannot rise with the negativity engulfing our nation currently where so many only want to highlight negatives. The lagos Metro rail system is class-leading as the only one of it's kind in West Africa and the envy of nations like Ghana, Cameroon, CIV etal. Yet, guess those who attack and demarket it most? Nigerians !!! Thanks for this post . |
Reference:Top post. On point on so many levels. Most developed nation of the world, as you identify, prioritise internal rail travel because it convey people and cargo. Interconnected rail travel should be one of the cornerstone of rebuilding a great and industrialised Nigeria. I read a report yesterday ( see below) that depressed me. Your talk I have highlighted in bold just reminded me of it. Personally depressing for me that most Nigerians don't understand how far behind we have fallen and the extraordinary effort each and everyone of us must put in to make Nigeria great and industrialised. Mauritius is even above us in large-scale industrialisation quotient 😭😭😭 https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/the-4-african-countries-best-positioned-to-dominate-africas-industrial-future/jwtyg35
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Sheuns:In the haste to be negative always, you have tripped on your untied shoelaces. The Blue line terminates at Marina and you are claiming "not even laid a single rail track after the Mile 2 station". Na Mars or Togo you dey live to have written the bolded? Bruv, friendly advice. You harm yourself alone with the negativity you seem to be allowing to consume you. When you are always about negatives, never even once about celebrating positives, don't you understand that is the precursor of a sad and failed life?
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Ever8090:This is why we must always respect key stakeholders. I.e Benue folks like yourself. Yet Nigerians are the most over-sabi people in the world with serious boundary issues. Dem sabi chook mouth in what they know nothing about and what should not concern them. |
tollyboy5:Rail is a good addition to the transport infrastructure solution of Ogun State. Don't forget that. Everything does not have to begin and end with roads. Lagos needs decongesting to thrive optimally. That is a fact. Her optimal population shoukd be 10 to 15 million max. Ogun State can be a privileged and advantaged feeder State to Lagos as many suburbs of great cities like London, New York etal have become because of commuting ease.
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Ever8090:Glad to hear this. Alia is a bonafide good guy. I believe Benue got it right with him. |
Melezenawii:Great project. I believe this extension reaches the Epe Corridor . Yayi is destined to be next Ogun State Governor. He should work proactively with Lagos to extend the blue line to major hubs of Ogun State like Ijebu Ode, Abeokuta etc . Ogun can be a decongesting residential suburb for Lagos while gaining the socio-economic benefit of a working class population that will be working in Lagos yet living in Ogun State, because of reliable rail link to Lagos, and spending their earnings there. |
Charito1:Okay na. No wahala. Pray for your messiah Obi. |
Flangelo12:Indeed. International trade and relations is about self-interest. Nigeria simply needs to be pragmatically cynical. We do not need to tie our fortunes to any nation. It should simply be about who has the best deal for us at any point in time and considering global dynamics/realities which are always changing. |
Tenses:24/7 electricity for Lagos is nothing to do with Tinubu. The power sector in Nigeria is now fully deregulated. The real issue is that subsidy, supposedly put in place to make power affordable for Nigerians, has damaged the power sector same way subsidies in other areas (education, PMS etc) has damaged Nigeria cumulatively. As things stand today, the salvation for the Nigerian power sector is foreign investors cash and expertise. Of course foreign investors will require ROI guarantees. That is the challenge. Can Nigerians, addicted to subsidies like drug addict hooked on crack, gain the mentality to understand they must now pay cost-reflective tariffs which is the true cost of generating, transmitting and distributing power? |
Charito1:Lol dey whine yourself. We are living in an information age bruv. I need to live in Anambra to understand the socio-economic reality of the State and how that was managed under different Governments? Look, my everyday life and work means I know how to find and deliver solutions. You can continue fooling yourself praising a failed and below average administrator because you're desperate for "Igbo Presidency".
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orikoku:Correct. It cannot be any other way. The key Statement in the article is shown below. Due to what we have left undone for decades, and what we have mismanaged, it is now only private sector investment that can rescue the Nigerian power sector and provide the 24/7 electricity Nigerians desire. However, investors need good ROI. Return on investment. Nigeria's electricity sector will broadly shape out in a definitive pattern that will reflect capacity of States, and even districts within States, to pay cost-reflective tariffs that means investors can get involved once they are assured profitable ROI. MTN, for example, operated in Nigeria because it is a profitable market. Lagos , in my opinion and in around 5 to 10 years, will achieve 24/7 power coverage. This will be because privatisation of the power sector allows the pragmatic and forward-looking leadership of Lagos to pursue the only model that can secure 24/7 power. I.e consumers paying cost-reflective tariffs that will attract private sector cash and operators. The States that will be best and most productive to live in will be expensive for most Nigerians in the near future because lazy and corrupt previous Nigerian leaders have used subsidies to turn Nigerians into communists who do not wish to pay for anything. Lagos, below, is saying a definite no to that laggard culture and ,in essence, mirroring the commonsense stance of Adelabu, former power minister, that Nigeria must transition towards full removal of subsidy in the power sector and begin paying cost-reflective tariffs so that investor cash can finally deliver the 24/7 power to transform our nation. Of course having to pay substantially more for power will be unpleasant for many but Nigerians need to blame past Governments who have turned them into beggars subsidizing so many sectors and processes instead of following incentivised private-sector led development of our nation. Private sector brings efficiency, wealth and prosperity. Government subsidies embed inefficiency, deprivation, culture of indolence and generational poverty. The bolded above is essentially and cumulatively what Tinubu's reforms are about. Punitive short term but absolutely vital because 240 million people, essentially being sustained by subsidies from income derived in a mono-economy, must get used to doing things the right way or simply continue in abject poverty, deprivation and failure. https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/lagos-rules-out-subsidy-for-electricity-consumers/%3famp
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https://nairametrics.com/2026/05/11/isolo-residents-to-enjoy-24-7-power-as-isolo-power-gen-secures-licence/ Isolo residents to enjoy 24/7 power as Isolo Power Gen secures licence
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Beautifulday:What "larger than life status"? Do many, many Governors we have had, since 1999, not parade real, transformational and legacy achievement Obi cannot boast of? Bruv, Obi's compatriots don't respect him at all. They know he is a failure and con artist. It is for you guys to keep telling us he has only watch and carries 2face Idibia's bag in hope that will distract Nigerians from how Obi was the worst Governor Anambra has had since 1999. |
Beautifulday:Ordinary Nigerians is not a derogatory term. I use it to mean average Nigerians. Whether you like it or not, the reality is that ordinary/average Nigerians are very different to leaders. Nigerian leaders, like his fellow Governors ( Akpabio, Fashola , Umahi, Tinubu, Donald Duke etal) have no respect for Obi at all. He is not intelligent, did not achieve much as Governor and innovated zilch other Governors can say they were inspired by. Leaders are not like ordinary Nigerians. Obi is their compatriot. They cannot be brainwashed by propagandist noise seeking to reinvent Obi, their failed colleague, as some leadership Messiah. Akpabio who built the Stadium giving Nigeria glory today will view Obi how exactly simply because ordinary Nigerians are online daily proclaiming him messiah? So many Governors elevated the fortunes of their States, from 1999 to date, to the extent they are simply laughing today when the glorified failure Obi is being haled a messiah currently by the crew below .
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helinues:No one is fooled by his four years pledge. One thing with Obi is that he will blink first because he is weak, cowardly and not a natural leader. Who else has pledged four years when the constitution allows 8 for a newly sworn in President? This is why virtually no Nigeria leader, with gravitas, respects or supports Obi. Of course many leaders know him from when he was trying to hide from OBJ's plan to take him down, via impeachment while he was Governor of Anambra, to note Obi has a distinct history of always begging, compromising, prostrating and fleeing. |
The ability to work with reality, to then think critically and logically, is the problem of Nigerians. This is why we are not creating human resources that can produce home-grown solutions for our major problems. Anyone not seeing the need for Nigerians to prepare for the Presidential system getting weaker, with more devolution of power to regions, is ignorant. Yorubas saw this ages ago. This is why, as far back as 2013, they created an expansive regional agenda road map document for the development of the SW under regional integration. I have said it several times and will say it again. If Tinubu restructures Nigeria adequately before he leaves, delivers State/regional policing and a good degree of Regional autonomy, then I am cool with the SE and North rotating the Presidency between them forever because both region don't understand the concept of national/regional progressivism. The essence of life is to be happy and fulfilled. Yorubas understand they can create an environment to foster that for their people if they can get to define the SW in their own image. How some Nigerians don't see that the Nigerian Presidency, in even 10 years, will be a redundant institution is incredible. It cannot be any other way.
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