₦airaland Forum

gasparpisciotta:
Trust is a word that can never be associated with a Nigerian politician.

Even the populace use the word carefully amongst themselves

olaric:
Trust; impossible to trust a government who doesn't believe or trust people from other regions because they are not from the Fulani or Hausa speaking area. Buhari as far as I am concerned, has lost the trust and confidence of Nigerians

Jafar1:
No Nigerian politician has the right to talk about trust..

ozueozue:
Who else view the word TRUST weird coming from a Nigerian Politician?

See them.
They avoided the elephant in the room which is the fraud-based mindset of an average Nigerian
and focused on politicians as if they are aliens.

How many of you trust a Nigerian stranger to send you your goods afer payment?
How many of you will return or support someone who returns incorrectly credited money?

Okay.

MINORU:
You are very stupid and foolish for saying

Was there anything like divorce in Africa before the coming of the Europeans?

Till death do your father and mother past, if he kills her, it's still till death do them part

So mind what you say

Ignorance personified.
Europeans didn't bring divorce.
SMH

Caveboys are dime a dozen on facebook.
Not surprised.

Zzor:
Can you see the mentality of most Nigerian men?smh

Who voted the slowpoke as "most Nigerian men"?

Good.
This is the reward for cowardice.
If you are going to fight injustice, don't chicken out.
Now, they could even be charged with blackmail.

Their only game now is to go on offensive and actually testify against the predatory professor.

fuckingAyaya:
Y were the Sars operatives running after killing the guy?

To avoid jungle justice.

I believe this.

DUNKA:
oga VP even your being in office is by virtue of Federal Xter and not merit. Do better resign sharp sharp

You don't understand the issue.
Federal character has nothing to do with election.
A deaf dumb and illiterate may contest as long as they get people to vote for them.
It has nothing to do with merit.

naijadefender:
What offence would a passenger have committed to warrant paying a fine. Maybe he was not putting on a seat belt. But 100k is too much.

Wrong.
There is no such "fine" and it is not the duty of police to collect any kind of fine.
That is a bribe and extortion.

Every criminal and their supporter now hide under the public hatred for SARS
and police to seek sympathy.
I blame the IGP for letting SARS run haywire in the first place.

exynos:
How do I tend to increase my overzealousness in serving God for a lifetime?

Please, how do I go about administering a longterm relationship with the Lord?

Please don't do the bold, we don't want another zealot running amok.

The culture of "forgiveness" is one of the biggest problem with Nigeria.
Nobody is ever held accountable for being evil or stupid.

Correct.

seunmsg:
The part in bold is very correct. However, how many Nigerians will agree with you that government is doing too much by subsidizing electricity? Just last Monday, NLC almost declared a national strike that would further cripple the economy just to force government to return subsidy to electricity and petroleum products. Nigerians love subsidy and any government that attempts to force us to pay appropriately for social goods and services will be very unpopular.

Nigerians wants subsidies but that doesn't mean they should get it.
We cannot continue with destructive policies because the "people" wants it.
Remember that politicians brought the subsidy idea and not the people.

Even at that, should we just fold our hands and refuse to build the needed infrastructure? Is it not better to borrow to build now and then force citizens to pay appropriately for the services? The Buhari that I know is very firm. Just like he’s doing with petrol and electricity, he will ensure Nigerians pay appropriately for rail services once all the projects are completed.

Your second paragraph negates the first.
The current subsidy issue was not even organic, it was prompted by IMF and World bank loan conditions.
So Buhari cannot actually force citizens to pay.
Even if he can, what stops another admin from reversing them to be seen as people friendly?
Many people venerate Yaradua today because he reversed some "anti-people" but economic
sound policies of OBJ.

I am not against rail building. The real issue is short-term thinking and the creation of burden for subsequent admin.
If an infrastructure is really needed, it does not need subsidy to work.
Can the trains sustain itself after a few years?
Remember we once had trains operating all over before they died.

Buhari used the same politicians dubious lines to get into power.
That Nigeria is very rich and we only need to stop looting to solve our problems.
But we all know this is a lie as he has also accepted reality going by his actions.

Obasanjo had the highest GDP growth rate because he was fortunate to be president at a time when crude oil prices was very high and there was no major crisis hitting the world economy like we are witnessing today. In addition, he was not a wasteful leader like Jonathan.

This isn't quite true.
The median crude oil price during OBJ's admin was $32 and Nigeria faced severe production hit later because of the crisis in the Niger delta.

BTW, world crisis is irrelevant to a country whose economy primarily depends on oil. The only thing that matters is the price of oil. In fact, some world crises have been beneficial for our economy for example, the gulf crisis.

I don't know what you mean by wastage but Buhari himself has not shown any act of prudence. He has wasted billions on social "investment" with no tangible returns other than sharing the national cake.

Even before minimum wage increase, recurrent expenditure has grown by leaps under him.

We’ve seen the 2nd quarter GDP of most of the developed countries and they all took a big hit. Nigeria even fared better compared to most countries.

I don't think you fully believe the bold yourself because you are comparing apples to oranges.
Was there any special policy taken by the government that made us fair better than others?
Of course, not. We are still an oil economy.

Those developed countries took a hit because their economy depends mostly on real sectors secondary and tertiary),
it isn't a suprise that they took a big hit because many of those industries are non-essential.
If America shale permanently close down today, its effect will be minimal.
What do you think will happen if our oil industry permanently shuts down?

Buhari is not perfect but he’s not as bad as some of you are trying to paint him.

This is off-topic.
I deal with issues and not sentiment.
This discussion is about whether it makes sense that OBJ should have remained in debt
to build trains that will have been degrading by now.

Ignoramus.
China does not dole out cash like IMF, they lend infrastructure.
This means that there is little to no money to embezzle by government agents.

Moreover, it is unwise to give huge contracts to inexperience engineers.

seunmsg:
Mention one major country in the world that is debt free?

Dangote owes some banks money but that doesn't mean debt is good for a street hustler.

Those country with debt aren't proud of it even though they are several times more prodcutive.
Their revenue majorly comes from tax not "resources"
Taking loans to build subsidized rails is insanity in a nation where the government already subsidizes
50% of electricity consumption.

This reminds me of Osun where 90% of its allocations are now used to service debts for various infrastructures
that have already began degrading.

After the Paris loan repayment, how did our economy fare? What did we benefit from the loan repayment?

It is no accident that OBJ had the highest growth rate period since 1999.

Buhari is trying to criple the next administration with excessive debt when oil is losing status to renewables.

You can't even afford the one being produced.
The government pays 60% of Nigerians electricity consumption.

Stealing.

smartgenius:
The money meant to build necessary infrastructure, create jobs is usually siphoned by politicians.
They then use the money to import flashy goods or buy houses abroad. This is double jeopardy. They kill Nigeria economy from all angles. I am surprised we just fold our hands and watch BB Naija as all these drama keeps on unfolding. Too bad.

Why do Nigerians like hiding behind sentiment on important issues?
It is kind of strange that we are obsessed with "our money" while contributing
nothing to it.

cardoso514:
FIRS should charge Dino to pay luxury tax

What's luxury tax?
Every luxury item has already been taxed at the ports.

Dumb criminals.
Funny enough, they are on the forefront of promoting secession as a solution.
Just like they steal other people's money, they believe a new country will harvest
money from tree.

onpoint69:
please stop clothing them in borrowed garbs. these are not alpha males, they are cowards

Have you ever seen how Alphas behave in the wild?
Especially to "inferior" strangers?

Bkayyy:
LOL, Where did you get this ridiculous quote from? Putting weaklings and slaves in the same sentence with "fight".
My dear friend from the other side, contrary to the mentality and belief of your people, those that fight for freedom are neither slaves nor weaklings. They are called courageous heroes and heroines

You are confused?
For cavemen, strength was very important but today, thinking is the most
important and very difficult for most people.
Anybody who claim to be a freedom fighter against "oppressors" is a slave and
weakling and they usually too dense to realize it.

It is no coincidence that "brave" freedom fighters(aka real slaves) are always inferior
in every objective measure when compared with their former "oppressors".
And the reason is simple, they are too weak to think.

Weak Trump.

Eriokanmi:
Hmmm. This is strong but in realities, its true. How many parents in the present day Nigeria can actually pay school fees steadily, talk less of buying textbooks, secure accommodation for their children etc. The covid-19 pandemic has made the matter worse as many now live on half salary or are already laid off. What guys can endure, girls would just collapse going through same situation. Girls are more expensive to keep. I may decide not to wear a pant but be in a pair of trousers for days as a student, some of my roommates weren't washing their boxers shots days and they'd be wearing same like that. girls can't. Even their monthly period sef needs to be kept clean and hygienic.

I'm not a fan of girls dating sugar daddies but most of them depend on them for their survival. Many don't mess around but stick to one man. Hardly would you see a student say she's dating her fellow student. This is the reality we would have to live with until things improve.

I pray all these morons in government are flushed out to enable those who truly have the love of the country at heart to givern us. Poverty is really raging like wildfire.

Who pays school fees for the male?
Angels?

Bkayyy:
At times like this only allow what was encrypted in your DNA to control you.
Mr Gani Adams run for your life oh, your people are not known to rebel against imposed government or fight bloody for freedom in history

Only slaves and weaklings are perpetual freedom fighters.
Where does that leave you?

Police should free those people.
Most of them were fooled into participating.
They want a better Nigeria while their organizers wants it to burn.

macof:
These are all killings of Nigerians in their supposed country. Nothing to stop killings, nothing to punish killers
But since the people's lives don't matter to you, you dare ask me which people are dying.. As if you don't know what's going on

Nigeria with its collective wealth haven't defeated the terrorists but a fractured nation in disarray will fight them?

What kind of logic is that?

Oh, I get it. You want to save your head while condemning the victims you supposedly care about
to gruesome death. Or you thought, the bandit will say, "oh wait, let us stop attacking now that
we no longer have a real opponent.

There is no point pretending to care while using other people's tragedy to further your own selfish interests.

It is shameful that no secessionist can rationally defend their decisions when challenged.

Expected.
The thugs and the illiterates behind the idea have no real support.
Imagine the political assassin (Igboho) leading a revolution.

Some are even dreaming of sharing money they don't have in their fantasy republic.

BigSarah:
You’ve nothing to say, answering me with a question..Cheers

Of course, I expect you to run away when challenged.
Just like an average Nigerian who claim to know the problem and have solutions
but flee when challenged to defend their position.

tollyboy5:
Keep quiet my friend. Ogun state and Lagos are the deciding factors regardless of religion. So any other southwest state need to reason with us but kwara state can never be Yoruba. They don't think intellectually like us. They are just like the northerners . I know our people very well its easy for us to come to an agreement excluding kwara and kogi because Muslim and Christian here are families

How old are you?

Oh, you are no longer "we Yorubas", you now represent Lagos and Ogun?

So Lagos(a cosmopolitan city) and Ogun supposedly dictates the affairs of other states?

You even think the issue is about religion. SMH.

Can you even win a chairmanship position in your street?
Yet, you know "your people".

You will soon wake up from your delusions.

I won't be surprised if you are one of the zombies who campaigned and supported Buhari.


You are right in one aspect, the people will unite against you(regardless of faith) when
you become an actual threat.
My advice, just keep ranting online.