₦airaland Forum

Goldensword:
This law won't fly if it's eventually passed, though i doubt the authenticity of the news,

No military personnel will disobey the other of his superior just to obey the counter order of a civilian who's not the commander-in-chief.

What manner of ignorance is this for god sake? You know more than Femi Falana and many legal experts who all unitedly confirm Yerima is wrong to deny Wike access to do his presidentially mandated duty?

Yerima is ignorant, as are you, and wrong to defy Wike. That is the position of the law regardless of any personal sentiments or prejudice that makes you believe and argue otherwise. Fullstop.

Please educate yourself same way some of us welcome the passage into law of this bill we hope will educate ignorant members of our armed forces like Yerima, and even ordinary Nigerians, since it appears the pervasive ignorance shaping the public utterances of most Nigerians is now a very serious problem for our nation.


https://businessday.ng/features/article/when-two-authorities-squabble-breaking-down-the-legality-of-the-wike-yerima-clash/

The legal background

Land

Land administration in Nigeria is primarily governed by the Land Use Act. Section 1 of the Act vests all land in each state in the Governor, to be held in trust for the people, except land vested in the Federal Government or its agencies. In the case of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), these powers are exercisable by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Also, sections 297(2) and 302 of the 1999 Constitution place all FCT land in the hands of the President. The President has delegated day-to-day management to the FCT Minister. In law, therefore, Wike speaks with the President’s voice on land matters.

Richtaiwo:
The Armed Forces of any nation, without exception, are subject to civil authority. However, this does not imply that every passer-by or minor official possesses the prerogative to issue directives to them. The only civilian public officer constitutionally empowered to do so is the President.

As to whether the relevant law remains in effect, the answer is unequivocal: yes, it is fully operative. No minister has the authority to countermand an order issued by a superior officer of the Armed Forces. Should a minister have concerns regarding the conduct of any military personnel, the proper and lawful channel available to him is to seek the attention of the President.

Baba, fi yen le. You are outright wrong and this is what I dislike about how the average Nigerians is so sentimental and opinionated to the extent he/she cannot defer to officially verified fact and would rather double down in defence of his wrong assumption.

You are not a lawyer. Developed nations got to where they are with adults being responsible enough to know every adult member of society must defer to the position of the law regardless of personal sentiment, prejudices and opinions.

Not like Nigeria where we create personalised, ignorant and wrong interpretation of the law because of prejudices and biases against individuals, polirical Parties, ethnic groups etc.

What most Nigerians do not have in comparisonto others, regrettably, is the adult maturity to defer, without any dissent whatsoever, to the supreme position of the law.


The law is clear on the wrongdoing of Yerima. If you want Nigeria to become a better nation, working with best global practices always, that tends to move nations forward, then read and accept what is shown below as the end of the matter.

The article below cites specific legal provisions that Femi Falana and other legal experts have also directly waded in to clarify is indictment Yerima was wrong in the eyes of the law and unprofessional/ignorant to boot.

https://businessday.ng/features/article/when-two-authorities-squabble-breaking-down-the-legality-of-the-wike-yerima-clash/

The legal background

Land

Land administration in Nigeria is primarily governed by the Land Use Act. Section 1 of the Act vests all land in each state in the Governor, to be held in trust for the people, except land vested in the Federal Government or its agencies. In the case of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), these powers are exercisable by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Also, sections 297(2) and 302 of the 1999 Constitution place all FCT land in the hands of the President. The President has delegated day-to-day management to the FCT Minister. In law, therefore, Wike speaks with the President’s voice on land matters.


Soldiers

Sections 23–26 of the Armed Forces Act provide that every commissioned officer derives authority from the President through the service chiefs. An officer who disobeys a lawful command can be charged with insubordination or mutiny. Equally, section 114 of the same Act makes it a civil offence to “obstruct a public officer in the execution of his duty.” A soldier who exceeds his orders enjoys no automatic immunity.


The Constitution

Section 1(3) states that any act inconsistent with the Constitution is void. The Supreme Court has held (Onunze v. State (2023); Nigerian Air Force v. James (2002)) that obedience to superior orders is not a defence if the order is “palpably illegal or manifestly unjust.”

What each side argues

Wike’s position

– The minister is the President’s statutory delegate on land. Obstructing him is obstructing the President, the constitutional Commander-in-Chief.

Yerima therefore risked liability under section 114 of the Armed Forces Act and could also be prosecuted in the Federal High Court for obstructing a public officer.

phineas:
This is how to address this

Way to go

They should ensure the write caveats are in place and leverage best practices from other developed nations.

That said Wike is the best Minister the FCT has ever had .Fact.

💯% correct talk. Especially your talk, showing you appreciate the big picture, recognising that this action from our legislators moves Nigeria closer to "best practices from other developed nations".

My greatest anger over the Wike V Yerima development, that made me silent for days, is the fact I have direct knowledge of how far more professional the armed forces of others are globally.

It was depressing seeing so many Nigerians rushing to misguidedly support the ignorant madness of Yerima, because of hatred for Wike, simply meaning they lack the critical thinking to understand they are endangering themselves supporting an armed forces full of members like Yerima more fundamentally loyal to superior officers than the constitution of Nigerian and societal rule of law everyone is bound over by.

Officers like Yerima can go rogue if commanded to do so by superior officers. The disgraceful situation we saw would never play out in even a civilised nation of the world with professional, well-educated and well-trained members of the armed forces. Not even one.

This makes Nigeria, full of ignorant ordinary Nigerians, a danger to itself if she does not quickly put reforms in place as soon as disgraceful episodes, such as the face of between Wike and Yerima, occurs. Wike can only stand indicted of insulting Yerima.

Yerima, far more seriously, failed to defer to the authority and order of PBAT who, as Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian armed forces, is the boss of whoever put Yerima on maigaurd duty.

Richtaiwo:
The Armed forces has always been subject to civil rule. But that civil order must come from the president, not a minister, senator or state governors.

Those illiterates in the hallowed chamber should go study the meaning of armed forces subjecting to civil rule.

Understand what is going on and stop insulting our legislators, some of who are extremely well-read and distinguished people,perhaps because you are toxically prejudiced against them.

There is nothing wrong clarifying legally, with a bill passed into law, that no member of the armed forces should prevent a government official from doing their constitutionally mandated duty.

The members of the Nigerian public and armed forces seem to be confused over the matter. Why not clarify it definitively and legally so the Wike V Yerima saga never plays out again?

If this law was in place would Yerima not immediately move out of the way to allow Wike do his job while Nigerians, even grudgingly, would also accept the law allows the Minister of the FCT access to the premises Yerima is guarding rather than misguidedly back Yerima who is in the wrong?

I don't see why you are insultive against a development that delivers solutions and will make Nigeria work better plus improve the professionalism of our armed forces men and women with the bonus of improving the knowledge of Nigerians per roles of our armed forces they must not overzealously overstep. Win win for all.

This is wonderful from our legislators. After the Wike and Yerima saga, what immediately came to my mind was a need for our legislative arm to move and remove grey areas that leaves doubt in the mind of the Nigerian public over the role of the Army and the sacrosanct needs to prevent them overstepping their jurisdiction in civilian rule under an elective democracy.

They have now responded swiftly confirming, once again, our legislative arm under Tinubu is one of the most responsive and problem-solving since 1999.

The Senate and HOR under Tinubu, though many Nigerians are unaware of it, have sponsored and passed many bills into law that directly addresses the problems of Nigeria and Nigerians.

Credit to President Tinubu also who never talks to heat up the polity over contentious issues, like the Wike v Yerima saga, and instead prefers to move silently and purposefully to deliver permanent solutions.

Those who know the armed forces of civilised nations, from experience, understand how dangerous it is to not curb the mentality of the Nigerian Armed forces with members that believe they must only defer to the authority of their military superior and not the constitutionally superior and officially mandated powers of civilian administrator like Governors and Ministers.

The Wike V Yerima saga reminds of how another member of the Nigerian armed forces confronted Governor Sanwo Olu, after breaking Lagos traffic law, insisting he is a "Soldier".

I watched that video, in total shock and disgust, showing a member of the army confronting Governor Sanwo Olu disrespectfully after the Governor's convey stopped him for flouting the law by riding a bike against traffic lawlessly.

His talk and body language indicated his belief he is above the admonition of Sanwo Olu, who is the chief security officer of Lagos, and should be above law all others are subject to because he is a soldier.

Same way the unprofessional and foolish Yerima, as Wike admonished him, showed disrespect to the policeman attached to Wike by saying "soldier is talking and police too is talking" in belief he is superior to a member of the NPF because that is their trained mindset.

Shocking all those supporting Yerima did not note that disrespect against a Policeman who is a member of our armed forced ,with the constitutional authority to enforce law and order, by a navy rating whose duty is to protect the territorial integrity of Nigeria.

This is why army regularly invade police stations all the time to beat up and kill policeman they believe they are superior to, with Nigerians cheering their actions because they hate men if the NPF, whereas that view is never constitutionally correct in any nation of the world.

Truly disgusting. Nigerians supporting Yerima cannot see the bigger picture and the future danger, against themselves, they are encouraging. They should go and see how professional the armed forces of Ghana, for example, is let alone those of developed nation like the UK.

Just as Nigerians foolishly supported Yerima against Wike so too many, especially our unprofessional members of the armed forces, scolded Sanwo Olu for "disgracing" a soldier as if soldiers are now above the law. Nigerians are a danger to themselves.

Let the bill be passed into law quickly by those who still remain responsible and mature Nigerians who see the bigger picture and what is in the greater interest of society. The Nigerian Army should be barracked more and less visible as is case in Nations with professional Army. It is the police we need to see in more number handling issues law and order plus prevention/arrest of crime on the Streets of society.

It is apt Sanwo Olu scolds the lady using an Okada rising against traffic, towards the end of the video below, over how Nigerians will blame leaders for their problems and insist they want a better country yet they cannot be law abiding.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGOGn8wnjNQ?si=yDA97ew9YhwKDksU

Typing:
Lies

Fayose has changed since he started licking Wike's ass

How is he "licking Wike's ass"? Have you considered he may behind Wike, as many are, out of principle?

Did Datti Baba-Ahmed, Obi's running mate in 2023, not state publicly that Wike is justified doing what he is today, against some in the PDP, after friends and associated he had sacrificed for stabbed him in the back?

Fayose, along with Bode George, was one of the most vocal PDP members to insist 2023 PDP ticket be zoned to the South when Atiku and Tambuwal began plans to hijack it for Fulanis so they can have 16 unbroken years in power.

Why will Fayose, a brave dude himself who had stood uo to OBJ, not align with brave Wike who was the direct victim of desperate, treacherous and ungentlemanly machinations of some in the PDP when Obi cowardly fled?

MEGAWATCH:
You love the north?

You see what has become of the north today?


🤣🤣🤣

I believe he is talking about the family structure and conduct of Northerners which most can admire.

The wisdom, pragmatism and stoicism they use over family matter is laudable and far better than how many Southerners can drag themselves in the mud publicly and self-destructively.

I can't recall prominent brothers or siblings from the North fighting publicly.

Typing:
See weting Wike don cause for Fayose. Wike has turned him against his family and political friends

Isaac Fayose has always being carelessly unwise and misguided with his words and conduct. Get over your deep hatred of Wike.

Abee79:
It's always sad to see a family, especially one in the public eye, having such a public disagreement. Isaac Fayose's message highlights deep pain over what he sees as his brother's selfishness and betrayal after their family made big sacrifices for his success. While we only have one side of the story, his heartfelt plea seems to come from a place of wanting his brother to change and remember the people who helped him get to where he is today. Hopefully, they can find a way to resolve their differences privately and heal as a family.

His plea isn't "heartfelt" nor helpful. It is unwise, thoughtless and will only do more damage and not a positive difference.

Isaac Fayose would know this if he is not a desperate attention-seeker perhaps envious of his famous and more accomplished egbon odindin Gomina.

Is he reporting to the right or sympathetically helpful medium, i.e the Nigerian public full of negative, angry and bad-minded people who only know how to mock and rejoice the misfortunes of 'big men and women'?

Even innocent children of leaders Nigerians sabi drag well well. He just opened his brother and family's ass foolishly and damagingly.

That's all this act of foolishness, that should always be handled privately and internally by wise folks and families, will achieve.

Sensible people never broadcast their family, especially popular and successful families, before the public.

How, from this point on, will he not have serious and maybe lifelong problems with his egbon and many members of his family?

Isaac Fayose always acts like an attention-seeker with no commonsense at all or perhaps even a 'deeper' problem. Like Kemi Olunloyo.

Even if his accusation is true why, at his age, be so unwise as to share personal and sensitive information with the public that expose your egbon and family to mockery?

Especially knowing how gossip-loving, bad-mknded and ungracious Nigerians are meaning negative comments, like that below, will be the main reaction to his ridiculously misguided talk. Pathetic from a man over 50, Na wa.

zoedew:
That family is messed up!

Ecomfreecourse:
If this was to be done in South East are you not going to say otherwise?

What is wrong with you people and nauseating covetous expansionism? Is anyone stopping you doing similar in your hostile SE most Nigerians avoid?

Can't you mind your own business and leave others to theirs?

Alway crying more than the bereaved and campaigning for "Lagos indigenes right" as if that should be you uppermost concern at a time Nigeria is firmly on course for more regional autonomy and protectionism. Nonsense.

henrybomb:
Even Tinubu knows better not call someone a fool in public.
Like I said before and again Wike should stop behaving like Thanos and Pharaoh as he will keep stepping toes and even the President will leave him hanging.

Look, not many will approve of Wike's ungracious words but he committed no crime meriting a sanction from Mr.President as the prejudiced OP demands. At worst he could be compelled to apologize to the officer.

Yet, it is Yerima who can actually be sanctioned officially for preventing a public administrator from doing his Job he has been mandated to perform by Mr.President who is the boss of every single person in the Nigerian armed forces.

The Yerima character, if bright and professional as some of you are ignorantly claiming he is, should understand he is defying the authority of Mr.President who is Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian armed forces and thus the boss and superior of whoever Yerima is doing maigaurd for at a private land site.

Stop being sentimental. It is never a good way for an adult, expected to have the power of logical thinking, to be.

henrybomb:
Speak all this English in the world
Wike cannot do anything as far as the military is on that land…he will remain a toothless and fireless dragon

I don't understand how some Nigerians can publicly and proudly bask so shamelessly in ignorance.

Tinubu is the boss of every single person in the Military. Maybe you forget how many he retired in one fell swoop recently to be reminded of his power as commander-in-Chief of theNigerian forces.

Wike's official and executive power, derived through PBAT, means he has the authority to take that land whoever claims to owns it be they in the Military and even the most decorated General ever.

We are in a civilian democracy and not under Military rule.

SisterAnn:
It would seem that Wike has the tacit approval of Tinubu to grab people's land in Abuja. There's no way all the lands grabbed, that some won't be for Tinubu and his own cronies, his wife and her own cronies, the rest Wike would then keep for himself and his own cronies.

That's how the national cake is shared, while the masses continue to lament the hardship bitting harder.

Otherwise, What's the reason why the president has not as little as suspended or reprimanded Wike for the show of shame we all watched on video few days ago.

Till now, no word of reprimand from tinubu to his reckless appointee. They are birds of same feathers. You cannot shame the shameless.

Tinubu is notorious for cornering the juicest part of Lagos for himself and cronies, that's why he lacks even the smallest modicum of morals to chastise Wike.

An outright sack would have been more appropriate, but for the sake of saving face, a public reprimand or suspension from office would assuage the anger of Nigerians whose sensitivities were assaulted along with that of officer Yerima. That's if Tinubu is there for the masses.

Is Wike bigger than Tinubu?

A poster here wrote that Wike is untouchable because he holds tinubu by the blokos! And I was like hoooow nah.

Is it not election he rigged for him in River State? Did he kpai anyone for him? Is he the first person to rig elections for another?
This election favor has been paid in full! It's been two years of unbridled land grabbing and unprecedented corruption in the FCT ministry.
Enough already.

Tinubu should sack Wike now before Wike sacks him with his unbecoming irrational and crazed attitude.

No one appointee should be bigger than the president no matter the debt owed by the later.

It doesn't matter if Wike is Tinubu's long lost father from Iragbiji reincarnated!! Wike must be shown the way out before it's too late.

The APC guys don't even like him but barely tolerating him.
None of them has spoken in his defense since the show of shame with the young officer. Not even Fayose his ride or die stomach infrastructure chummy.

Not even Reno omokri the APC village town crier has found his voice in defense of his fellow.

Wike must go now!

Sentimental talk filled with ignorance, obvious prejudice and lack of objectivity. Read the article below dispassionately, specifically "legal background", and educate yourself.

https://businessday.ng/features/article/when-two-authorities-squabble-breaking-down-the-legality-of-the-wike-yerima-clash/

The legal background

Land

Land administration in Nigeria is primarily governed by the Land Use Act. Section 1 of the Act vests all land in each state in the Governor, to be held in trust for the people, except land vested in the Federal Government or its agencies. In the case of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), these powers are exercisable by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.


Also, sections 297(2) and 302 of the 1999 Constitution place all FCT land in the hands of the President. The President has delegated day-to-day management to the FCT Minister. In law, therefore, Wike speaks with the President’s voice on land matters.


Soldiers

Sections 23–26 of the Armed Forces Act provide that every commissioned officer derives authority from the President through the service chiefs. An officer who disobeys a lawful command can be charged with insubordination or mutiny. Equally, section 114 of the same Act makes it a civil offence to “obstruct a public officer in the execution of his duty.” A soldier who exceeds his orders enjoys no automatic immunity.

Burob:
Quite obvious that u are oblivious to the issue @ hand?

No military person in a working system goes to guard the premises of a private individual, is the land in question military property?

Even military property in Abuja, without Wike’s approval they cannot say it is their own.

So who will sanction Wike who as the FCT Minister is the custodian of the land in accordance with the provisions of the Land Use Act?

Learn to understand the law, b4 u jump to make in coherent sentences based on your imagination.

Unfortunately, you are talking to folks too sentimental, prejudiced and hateful of others to the extent their objectivity, and even commonsense one expects a bright child of ten to have, is totally compromised.

Wike is the mandated representative of the commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian armed forces, i.e Mr.President, who is the boss of the CDS who turned this uneducated Yerima into a glorified maigaurd.

Wike therefore has the express and official permission of Mr.Presidwnt to enter that the premise and do his job.

By denying Wike access, the ignorant and unprofessional Yerima has disrespected the authority and power of Mr.President who is the boss of whoever told him to do maigaurd over a private plot of land and reject access to the Minister of the FCT.

I don't get how Nigerian adults cannot understand it is never healthy to be prejudiced, sentimental and hateful of others to the extent one's reasoning and basic appreciation of right and wrong is hideously compromised.

DomPerignon:
I have my reservations on creating a digital biometric system as I see this as a harbinger for the inevitable upcoming Global Technocratic Surveillance State which the demonic Peter Thiel is spearheading alongside Musk's Starlink satellite grid and Bill Gates digital ID system all controlled and coordinated by the AI beast system.

That aside, I believe this initiative is good if not abused and sold off to the globalist technocrats who are hell bent on a surveillance state.

Why I support it is because , I know every Yoruba in Lagos irrespective of state of origin will have right of refusal to register as an indigene.

This is good because it will see Lagos being rightfully Yoruba which it has always been .

If there's anything I am also sure is that I know who won't be allowed to register among the diverse population of Lagos.

Well-said. Those who are malevolent covetous expansionist, disturbing people outside Nigeria even in nations like Ghana, must learn to respect boundaries by force.

It is now becoming crystal clear to many the dangers of been over-accomodating and supportive of those who, as second nature, covet what belongs to others.

Wallade:
The words in bold letters indicates your lack of objectivity. The allegations that Wike is grabbing lands and giving it to his family remains unfounded. So we prefer you look at realities and things you can prove not allegations.

Indeed. Really tragic we have so many adults given to thinking and talking based on sentiments, conjectures and hearsay.

Nigeria remains underdeveloped because of her generally poor human resources, severely incapable of solutions provision, and not bad leadership alone.

mascot87:
You people can NEVER be objective in this life. [b]Simple question, rank based on performance, efficiency and effectiveness and not based on sentiment and hate. [/b]Godforbid people like you own a company, you will just downgrade employees based on dislike and not on performance

God bless you. Nigerians are so nauseatingly sentimental and childish to the extent it is near impossible to find one dispassionately objective Nigerian out of 10,000 randomly selected Nigerians.

How can a sane person rate Wike 0 ouf of 10 whereas he is one of our best Ministers in terms of output performance those unded his jurisdiction can see and feel?

It is why I am yet to say pim about the Wike and Yerima saga. To see so many Nigerians cheering that glorified security guard, because of nothing but hatred for Wike, simply depressed me as it shows how difficult it will be for Nigeria to be a great nation parading so many who are clearly deficient and unobjective thinkers.

Meaning many Nigerians are practically worthless to our nation in search of so many innovative solutions her human resources is charged with providing

I have lived in the UK for over 2 decades since my early teens. I cant remember seeing members of the Army more than twice talk less of the Navy etal. Nairalanders in the UK can confirm my claim.

You're unlikely to see members of the British armed forces in public because they are not parading around, beyond their barracks, in uniform disgracing the Army, Navy, Airforces etal carrying out ignoble roles their professional responsibility and duty forbids.

It is the likes of UK etal that shows how far Nigeria has to go per hosting a professional armed forces. Nigeria, disgracefully, remains a big joke where a retired former CDS can effectively commandeer men of our armed forces for use as glorified security gaurd for private property with instruction to beat or shoot anyone seeking access.

Evwn worse that unprofessional n1tw1t officers too go along with been used in a manner that clearly betrays their role which is mainly related to protecting the territorial integrity of Nigeria and not impeding the appointee of our President, who is Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian armed forces, from doing his job.

One silly girl here even said she wanted to marry that Yerima character while many praised his "professionalism" whereas a member of the Ghanaians forces, talk less of those from developed nations, will tell you his action is anything but professional.

Sometimes one is virtually moved to tears to note the immaturity and lack of critical thinking of so many so-called adult Nigerians, i.e poor human resources, because of the realisation such does not bode well for Nigeria's potentials to develop rapidly.

Likely fake news. No authentic verification anywhere.

ElSudani:
LegendHero is one of the people I respect here and I do value his opinions.

Yeah I understand. Likewise, I find LegendHero a stand-up poster. You are a balanced poster also I am sure many respect. I was just making the point that the situation is complex.

If you let a set of Nigerians known as those most vocally hateful, toxic, insulting and disdainful of others, in our nation, to control the narrative then you may fall victim to the saying of Nazi Propagandist Joseph Goebbels that a lie told a thousand times may become accepted as truth.

Google certainly fell victim to their repeated lies about Yorubas in the past going by the suggestions it gave when anyons ask "Yorubas are"?

Same people did similar against Northerners, who are a non-vocal people, under Buhari.

I can understand it if Yorubas todays, less tolerant that our fathers, feel the need to frontally and proactively counter their obsession with hating and demonising us online.

Virtually every negative stereotype against Yorubas derived from the non-stop and obsesssive online spamming of those people against us.

I can therefore understand Yorubas who don't feel they need to keep being the bigger person, as our father felt was the best approach, against those who never quit hating, belittling and badmouthing us.

Some Yorubas will argue fighting fire for fire is the only thing some people, devoted to hating and demonzing us forever, will understand and defer to.

ElSudani:
I absolutely understand your perspective. They've been doing this for a long time and the result is still the same.
If slavery and colonization couldn't stop or eclipse what we stand for how much more a group of people who only see us as competition?
All we need to do is to keep winning. It's actually a good thing that they have us to look up to.

I agree with the bolded. What keeps Yoruba a people others respect, to include those who hate us and attempt to demonize us daily, is our self-assured maturity.

We dont need to brag, join issues with others or get in the mud with those who enjoy living in it naturally.

It is the reason others have named us "progressive" and "sophisticated".

I do get LegendHero's perspective too if we look at how Nigeria is spiralling out of control with ethnic toxicity, tension, division and enmity.

This is not the period between sixties to the early nineties whereby Yorubas can ignore our detractors, no need to mention them, now very desperate and willing to use lies to warp the narrative about us.

I remwmber when Google was crude, long before AI, and it produce prompts for searches based on the most supplied input.

Back then, If you type "Yorubas are", and stop there, Google will supply the prompt dirty, lazy, ugly, unambitious etc based on the negative spamming of it's search engine by those who detest us.

I can undersand the need for young Yorubas today, because we are more proactive than our parents, to embrace frontal assault to ensure our perpetual haters dont warp and control the narrative against us as they did in the past.

Especially because we are in an age where Nigeria appears divided along ethno-religious lines beyond redemption.

Fujiyama:
^^^
Responsibility (and accountability) are two way streets.

You can't insist on taxation without representation (and taxation without representation is exactly what you are promoting). Wars have been fought because of this!

BAT and his 'teamship' kind of government wouldn't last five minutes in 'working' nations - and you know this. He and his officers will immediately unravel under the scrutiny and accountability prevalent in those places.

Millions of Nigerians do not have dual nationality. They have only their Nigerian passports. Yet at the click of a computer mouse button, they can see the net worth, income statement and tax return filings of the leaders of countries they may never visit in their lifetimes. And yet...the financial details of their own leaders in Nigeria remain a closely guarded secret.

Who are we fooling?

The bolded shows you don't understand the central point here. Pay your taxes, as you have a legal duty to do , and then hold leaders accountable for how they utilise the tax you pay.

Dereliction of civic duty, by ordinary Nigerians, is
Precisely the encouragement leaders need to loot, misrule and underdevelop the people and geographical space under their jurisdiction.

The developed nations we admire would be same as Nigeria, or worse, if ordinary folks do not understand their sacrosanct duty of holding leaders accountable.

Ask any psychologist about humanity and they will tell you that man will not remain good if systems allow him to get away with wrongdoing.


Developing effective systems for productive administration of geographical space man uses is something everyone, i.e leaders and followers, must invest in.


You Nigerians, (with many not even knowing their local government chairman, HOR Member or Senator) think you can just leave governance to leaders and then experience Singapore-like development when the fundamental rule of life is that impunity flourishes without checks and balances.

Checks and balance you ignore and don't have the maturity/sophistication to pursue/enforce yet you can sit online making same complaints against leaders you have made for 60 years now with nothing changing for the better. Open your eyes.

CodeTemplarr:
When it comes to burden and taxation Yekini is world class, but when it comes to governance, project/expense choices or interventions, yekini is something else.

They will tax your hustle then go stone a spirit in arabic desert, but ram and rice, pay imams, grant islamic amnesty, loot, and waste.

Like the Wike and Yerima saga, things are happening showing how so many Nigerians are 'wired wrong' and are directly responsible for why Nigeria is an unworkable nation today while Nigerians, like you, blame Tinubu and leaders for everything.

Responsible people understand the need to pay their taxes and dues. No excuses and no whataboutism.

muyico:
This adminstration sha want use tax kill person

Pay your dues. That is what people who are responsible and upright do in life.

olaiya2007:
Hmm..I come in peace... Why list out their names though

Why not?

iwaeda:
I love what Tokunbo is doing, he should keep it up.

Other States are free to do same. I.e list the name of criminals causing problems in States of Nigeria.

Guys like this Monye, like most Obidients, make me laugh because it is their lack of critical thinking coming back to haunt them.

How can anyone look at Obi's leadership history critically and dispassionately yet expect him to give what he does not have and has never had? I.e capacity for inspirational and effective leadership at all Level.

Can water flow from a piece of stone? Shior. Obi is nothing other than the pet project of emotional folks desperate for Igbo Presidency and those who thinks he is "change".

ElSudani:
Na wah o. If the government should go hard on these hot spots I bet some people will soon politicize it as going after regions other than his. We need serious restructuring in Nigeria.

Precisely. We are programmed to fight, neutralise, impede and pull down each other like Crabs in a bucket.

If secession will be impossible to attain why not work on regional autonomy so that all are free to lead themselves as they please in their regions?