₦airaland Forum

Tire expired..lol.. I had been pulled over by cop times without numbers and none of them ever look or complain about my tire. The only place i get my tire check is while doing state inspection. We enjoy making things difficult for follow Nigerian.. Can somebody explain why police or FRSC always ask fir fire extinguisher while no other country ask cor such...

Time to start tomota import from USA. Naija is going to the breaking point...

Doing same thing over and over again and expecting different result is the height of insanity. Government does not have business in doing business. APC led administration should privatilize the downstream sector to make it attractive to private investors. Building rifenaries by government is a waste of time, money.

Na North bro.. Closer to BH boys Na...

brajy:
Am always careful bro !!! but whats ur reason?

What!!!!! Be careful bro..

brajy:
Currently in Kano state

Time zone diff. What part are you in naija?

brajy:
Lunch? I haven taken that 8hrs earlier

Nothing to trade insult about. Our world is a place of different people, ideas and ideology. I don't have to agree with your opinion but I should accept your right to say it.. Join me on lunch bro

brajy:
i must say i didn't expect u to say this! what a great sense of humor

You are right. It's my view.. Thanks for reminding me of that.. Cheers

brajy:
Thats your own view! but to me,it was well written

Why can't the writer be civil and not result to name calling of former president? After taking time to write an insightful article, he ruined it with name calling as if he's points would not be heard without insult.. We need a lot to learn in Nigeria.. Seriously...

I'm neither a wailer or Zombie. My point is simple. Make a balance analysis and not one side that you made. GEJ has lots of flaws and it's little bit early to rate Buhari but the state of the economy is nothing to write home about..

Seunboss:
Well,then give ur own "enlightened" analysis. If what i av written is wrong,then disprove it.
But as usual,wailers ain't got nothing to say. Just noise making here and there

Was hoping to see an enlightened, fact base comparison only to be highly disappointed to see a one sided, shallow and beer parlour analysis. Keep it up and you will win for yourself the most weakling man..

This is a sign of things to go from bad to worse. Buhari and his team needs to get it together and put strong econmic team in place. Nigeria is losing all the previous economic gains slowly and if nothing is done urgently, we will lose investors confident and goes Zimbabwe's way. Change does not have to kill everything before it start yielding dividends.. Buhari, please wake up

We keep doing the same thing and expecting different result. How do we expect developers to rent out there houses cheap when land is not readily available to them? Developers are into business of making money and before any visible improvement in our housing problem, government has to make land available to developers at cheapest rate and that will go a long way to reduce the cost of housing.

You miss the functions of Democratic government. Government world over does not have business in doing business. GEJ do not need to build refinery. All he needs to do is provide enabling environment for private sectors to drive.

dutchassenboy:
[size=16pt]Zombie Nigeria youths that praise a leader who made Nyesom Wike Minister of Education,built no refinery,provided no portable water,had no single corruption case brought before court because stealing was'nt corruption,left majority of the roads as deathtraps,bought Nigeria 19th century trains and could not bring power to exceed 5000MW after 6 years.
In the land of the blind,corrupt this is who they consider a role model and hero,yet you wonder why africans are viewed as monkeys.[/size]

I'm not a fan of Fayose or PDP but he has a point. Why borrow money to finance reccurrent expenditures?

On the railway. Some of those railway GEJ bought are better than the ones we use here in Chicago. I'm not a fan of GEJ but to expect bullet trains is to ask for too much of him.

trillville:
More Universities when graduates do not have jobs? Pls what railway are you talking about? I hope it is not the 1920's locomotives he purchased you are referring too.

I do agree with you but the government has to ups the safety measures on our roads. It takes more than knowing how to drive to be able to obtain CDL in America. Anybody drives trucks in Nigeria and that's the main reasons of accident. The government needs to put up strigents rules truck drivers must follow before they can obtain driver license to drive trucks. We need lots to learn in Naija

EdCure:
This is one reason why the country need a working pipeline network. Transporting fuel is now a matter of life and easy death.

Our governments need to take actions to show their respect and value for human life.

Only in a failed state will you have scores of people die daily from the easiest of all avoidable human errors while its politicians do nothing than strategise for the next election. They feed fat at the expense of the masses.

How is that possible. I'm in State and i will lile to know more about it. Pm me and we can do business

Clone2020:
Many people are making easy money from all this. If you are in the diaspora and you are smart, you can be making a return of at least 50% every single day if you know what you are doing. It's really sad what this country has turned into.

This do not sound good because our below average tech level will make us easy target and anonymous has demostrated time again they are capable of breaching even the most sophisticated cyber network in the world. Pray the news is not true.

He did made lot of senses but reduction on import duties will only worsen our economy. How would the government finance the budget when all forms of revenue is gone. Record time low in crude oil price, reduction in importation necessarily bring about reduce taxes.

blueseacats:
With all due respect, he is making a whole lot of sense .No matter what revenue you make from import, we are still at a loss.

Your argument is one sided. There is significant reduction in revenue generated from Import duties and you think that is a good idea? Record low in crude oil price means the government is low on revenue and decrease in import duties will signal recession.

clintwine:
It is not necessarily a bad development, its actually a good one and working
It means that Imports are almost halving, now we can look at increasing our exports and boosting our economy with locally made things
It is silly that we were importing toothpicks

we should be looking at 50% reduction in imports and 50% increase in exports
that way we would have a stronger economy and stop depleting the foreign reserves

now that we know the items are being diverted to Cotonou, the government should deploy more custom officers towards that border
and make sure that we get every revenue from legal items coming in from that end
every illegal item should be confiscated and sent to IDP camps and displaced people, then the rest auctioned to families with less than a certain household income

Change means that we have to adjust and make some scarifies for the betterment of our collective tomorrow, nobody said it will be easy
Let us start thinking of what we can export and sell,

Before someone says locally made items are sub-standard,
we said that about Chinese items many years ago, now see how strong they have grown and the quality of items they are producing

I guess you miss the part he said re-arresting them without charging him to court is impunity. As much i am in support of fighting corruption, such fight should be within and dictate of the rule of law.

FOLYKAZE:
There is no law that stops recently bailed person from been rearrested.

PMB played the wise card. He outsmarted powerful rogues

You said when the 'Economy grows' but how will the economy grow when we do not produce anything, no FDI, continuous slide in the price of crude oil, and strong Naira which discourage export and encourage import? Our only option is to follow the China's way which is devalue our currency and start production of exportable commodities.

echelons:
This is just one of the Economic theories they've propounded in order to achieve their aim.

The situation on ground does not warrant further devaluation, at least for now. The little cash Nigerians have will become less capable of paying the bills. People will start starving and this may lead to civil unrest and revolution (just like it happened in Greece that led to a change of government yet, they have not recovered).

Government cannot save from all fronts. Our foreign reserves can still cushion the imbalance pending when the economy starts to grow again.

Foreign investors know that their hot cash investment will yield great fruit if the Naira is left to the forces of Open market but when the revolution starts, they will be the first to take their money elsewhere and we will be the ones to suffer.

PS. Zimbabwe's economy failed because of lose government interference in economic activity of a developing nation.

Let's all Say NO to Naira devaluation.

You have some valid points but have you for once ponder what happen to a nation like like Nigeria whose foreign earning come from crude oil sale? Major exporter of crude oil like Nigeria has taken a major hit due to fall in crude oil price globally and Nigeria will not the exception. Strong Naira means our export will be expensive and import affordable to average Nigerians which will bring deficit balance of payment and the government will have to continue borrowing to finance the budget and this will send us toward Zimbabwe's way. As much as devaluation of Naira has some disadvantages, it is out best shot if we want to stimulate the economy and be able to export agricultural produce.

echelons:
God save the bankers and their banks.
Btw, why can't these people just get it into their skull? WE ARE NOT DEVALUING THE NAIRA AGAIN FOR NOW.

The CBN governor, Finance minister, and indeed President MB should reject in all ramifications these calls from IMF and these investors to further devalue the Naira, or allow it to be controlled by open market forces.

Should the Naira be devalued further, prices will skyrocket, inflation will go up, Naira will have no value, civil servants will demand for salary increase, poverty will reign supreme.

All these media sponsored campaigns are from heavy foreign investors who will make huge margins from their "hot cash" investments. They have been propounding all sorts of economic theories in support of devaluation. The same way they propounded theories upon theories for Greece and Greece is now forever indebted to EU nations and IMF with no sight of recovery.

We need sustainable, gradual growth that includes the low, average, middle income earners in the country.

Emefiele has my support on his theories.

Even China has to find a accuse person guilty of his crime before a court of jurisdiction before carrying out the sentence as stipulated by such court. People like you has let sentiments becloud their sense of reasoning to the point of making judgement on a case before a court. I'm not speaking for or against APC or PDP but against finding accuse guily on social media which is the new trend in Nigeria.

Yhinkss:
On what grounds was the accusations made. Some so clueless and have nothing to show for seven year than his acceptance of defeat. Those words was actually the obvious and lacks no dilution
However, for the PDP it came on the heels of buhari trying to sanitize the mess of holding a corrupt individual and a terrorist.
Check other nations of especially China, Dasuki and Joanthan would have been killed for corruption
As irritating as PDp is they were not even ashamed to say they intend to use Dasuki for their presidential candidate for 2019. This goes to show that the party has no sympathy and inconsiderate to the well-being of Nigerians. All they crave for is power
Soon PDP will only appear as history on the pages of social studies and government textbooks

I disagree with you. Men of God should face the work of God. No Man of God tell politicians in America or Europe to do the right things. All we need to do is have institutions in place that check the excesses of politician.

Walexsammy:
we need serious and uncorrupt clergymen to keep our politicians in check....cuz those guys(politicians) don't mean well for u and i

Average Buhari supporters do not see anything wrong in whatever he does and some are even campaigning for the suspension of the constitution so as to allow Buhari fight corruption to a stand still.
Nobody can fight corruption except institutions like impartial judiary, effective anti graft agencies etc just as it's done in developed world. All that Buhari needs to do is strenght institutions like judiary for impartial and speedy trials. Disregard to rule of law and court orders is am invitation to anarchy to our nascent democracy.

I'm so happy to have read your post. I'm not for or against APC or PDP but any government who does not respect rule of law do not have a place in 21th century. No foreign investors want to invest in a country who do not obey court orders. As much as i support fight against corruptions wholeheartedly, such fight must be within the limit and dictate of the law.

hush15:
Brother,
Firstly, I am only responding in good faith and not passing insults to you, the President or anyone that means we'll for Nigeria and also, would be as objective as possible so anyone quoting me shouldn't throw insults ask pls.

Here is a saying in my language that translate that the cutting of the head is a not the panacea for headaches. Whether corruption or insurgency, violence or disregard shouldn't be the first line of attack. Strenght is not only expressed through military might but also wisdom. Else, one would be caught in the same Web. Then, you that meant well then become the problem and at fault for meaning well. It has always been so, is and will always be so.


The President may mean well, but you cant break law to uphold another law just as you cant rob peter and pay paul. Whether Mr Dasuki or Kanu, if the courts have a different disposition, they should be respected. The President should learn he is not God and he can't want it better than the owner of the universe. He is the number one custodian of the Nigerian constitution and he should respect that which gives him the authority. There must be other ways of handling these matters without disregard for the rule of law consistently.

It is evident now that the DSS and other anti graft institutions, also the military are not acting independently but strictly under the influence of the Presidency and if they keep disregarding democratic principles and procedures all in the name of fighting corruption, how will justice be served and truth uphold. Security forces have been turned into political tools and compromised.

Nigeria doesn't belong to him or his associates and as such, can tackle matters on just personal perceptions. If he doesn't have evidence, he should or hard to prove them guilty, for someone who believes in hard work. Then, he shouldn't rely on reports only. He should also meet these people and speak with them. Let him hear from yem directly like Nigerians would like to hear from them not DSS or efcc giving reports to news and all we keep seeing on he dailies mare people who don't want to be disclosed. He mention Kanu had two passports, knowing how the government wants him down and out, do we really think he would let go of his passports.... thats is his last resort.

Mr President should understand that, in tying to put out a fire, you don't start another. He should also remember that he doesn't have a lifetime to rule Nigeria. When tomorrow comes, chasing people only shouldn't be what he is remembered for.
God bless Nigeria

You missed the essense of democracy. Buhari need to learn court order must be follow if we want to keep our sanity as a country. We look up to western world cos court orders are supreme and not even the president goes againt a court order.

Asiwaju9ja:
I have come to realise that the stupid and senseless people when dey here many. Na these kind people their parents pay special centre for make them for pass Waec and jamb. Brother abeg no waste your time on those ones.

After them go give them chieftaincy titles and all. Dem no know say if no be say na democracy na firing squad them suppose dey face now. This is exactly the kind of president that can bring small sanity to these corrupt people.

I can bet my life Fayemi will say completely different thing if PDP is the government in power now. How does the government intend to realize the revenue to finance the budget when crude oil price is on the down slide? The global fall in oil price will reduce the income of major oil companies in Nigeria and also affect the amount of taxes they will pay to the government and since crude oil sales is our major foreign earning , it means increase in exchange rate which will also reduces our importation and that will greatly accept the revenue government receive from custom. All basic economics theory point contrary to what the government want us to believe but hopefully they know what the people like me do not know. If this government can pull this through then i will call it ECONOBUHARISM- economics theory that state you spend more when you earn less and spend less when you earn more.

I do not see reason why you should commend him. Has the group been tried by a competent court of jurisdiction and found guilty? We as a nation can't continue to put laws in our hands be you governor, president or DSS. It's high time we let rule of law take it course and nobody should be tried through the media or jungle justice like the Army did.
We never learn as a nation. We made monster out of BH and here we go again

Zoharariel:
I commend El-Rufai a.k.a Mini-Buhari for this feat. This goes to show that no religious group is above the law.

Infact, I am waiting for the secessionists to start their madness so that we can gleefully replicate this memorable gesture on them.

Obatala Bless El-Rufai

Obatala Bless Nigerian Army

Obatala Bless PMB

Obatala Bless Nigeria With The Exception of The Secessionists - Amen!

I am not a lawyer but there is difference between what you are charge with and the enormous of evidence against you in court. He was charge with treason with little or no evidence to back such charges and that is the reason the judge keep granting him bail. DSS should respect the rule of law and let the trail continue but first grant him bail. Dss is doing more harm than good and also increasing the popularity of Kanu. You can be charge with terrorism and walk free if there is no evidence to substantiate such charges in court.

TonyeBarcanista:
Bros, there is always loopholes in law. He's standing trial for treason, which is not a bailable offence. The DSS are exploiting legal loopholes. Trust me boss, the case isn't so straight forward.