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Re: Dele Momodu: Enough Of The Blame Game And Paranoia Of Buhari’s Cabinet by onatisi(m): 3:48pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
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Re: Dele Momodu: Enough Of The Blame Game And Paranoia Of Buhari’s Cabinet by myproperty(m): 4:00pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
repogirl:Femi adeshina is waiting for the fullness of time 1 Like |
Re: Dele Momodu: Enough Of The Blame Game And Paranoia Of Buhari’s Cabinet by Akaujaa(m): 4:29pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
Goke7: "Approved by national assembly not house of assembly", I guess you mean. Yes, I am very much aware but don't forget that they have been working the supplementary budget of the previous administration. Besides, that's not the basis of my assertion. I have taken time to study the body language of the above mentioned ministers and discovered that even with the budget at their disposal, they have little or nothing to contribute in this administration. While they wait for budgets to get to work, I believe they also need to manage the administrative aspect of their office to save this government an embarrassment. |
Re: Dele Momodu: Enough Of The Blame Game And Paranoia Of Buhari’s Cabinet by ajebuter(f): 4:39pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
repogirl: I didn't know you noticed too. The Adeshina mouth piece has really gone quiet. Maybe he has run out of lies to defend his master. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 3 Likes |
Re: Dele Momodu: Enough Of The Blame Game And Paranoia Of Buhari’s Cabinet by Meteng: 4:58pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
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Re: Dele Momodu: Enough Of The Blame Game And Paranoia Of Buhari’s Cabinet by Amanwulu1(m): 5:16pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
seunt4ut:capital IGNORANCE. I pity those debate politics wit u, n it's not perculiar to u here. |
Re: Dele Momodu: Enough Of The Blame Game And Paranoia Of Buhari’s Cabinet by EastanPower(m): 5:21pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
It seems to me that some operatives of the Buhari government are already getting paranoid and almost as neurotic as the Jonathan regime. Their reaction to every criticism suggests an unnecessary agitation. They are blaming real and imaginary enemies for the gale of attacks on the economic policies of the current government. May be the time has come for the President to wield the big stick in the finance circuit. What is going on is too disgraceful and unthinkable. If something is not done urgently, the consequences may be too grave for our country. Issuing threats on daily basis on the next agency to be probed is promoting hysteria in the land. As I already noted, the priority should be how to repatriate most of the looted funds. Nigeria needs every penny it can retrieve right now. This can be done with less noise and better efficiency and alacrity. A word is enough for the wise. |
Re: Dele Momodu: Enough Of The Blame Game And Paranoia Of Buhari’s Cabinet by poseidon12: 5:27pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
Sound commentary. I hope Buhari takes the advice. We need more objective comments like this; not stupid comments from sycophants. The country is sinking and Buhari seems really confused. |
Re: Dele Momodu: Enough Of The Blame Game And Paranoia Of Buhari’s Cabinet by amtaken(f): 5:57pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
Back to sender. Eebrahym: |
Re: Dele Momodu: Enough Of The Blame Game And Paranoia Of Buhari’s Cabinet by Abukc(m): 6:00pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
Make them try am
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Re: Dele Momodu: Enough Of The Blame Game And Paranoia Of Buhari’s Cabinet by amtaken(f): 6:03pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
Are you minding the hypocritical APC? ebhohimimen: |
Re: Dele Momodu: Enough Of The Blame Game And Paranoia Of Buhari’s Cabinet by free13: 6:05pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
#all new wailers should fill the online wailers form. Since the paper form is not available. #all new wailers must write and pass the computer-based wailers assessment test (CBWAT). 2 Likes |
Re: Dele Momodu: Enough Of The Blame Game And Paranoia Of Buhari’s Cabinet by baresywood(m): 6:14pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
Re: Dele Momodu: Enough Of The Blame Game And Paranoia Of Buhari’s Cabinet by baresywood(m): 6:16pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
CBN GOVERNOR SAYS NAIRA MAY FALL TO N1000 PER DOLLAR!!! RELATED ITEMS: CBN, CBN GOVERNOR, MR. GODWIN EMEFIELE REGARDING THE CONSTANT DEPRECIATION OF NAIRA, A REPORT WAS PUBLISHED ON NIGERIAN CAMERA, BEARING AN INTERESTING STATEMENT BY MR. GODWIN EMEFIELE, THE GOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, [CBN] AND HIS PREDICTION OF A CONTINUOUS FALL IN NAIRA. Mr Godwin, who has served as Chief Executive officer and Group Managing Director of Zenith Bank Plc and also Deputy Managing Director of same company, gave a lengthy breakdown of why he thinks Naira may fall to N1000 per dollar in the nearest future. Mr. Godwin Emefiele’s Report: “IT IS EITHER I DO NOT UNDERSTAND ECONOMICS AND HOW EXCHANGE RATES WORK OR A VAST MAJORITY OF US NIGERIANS STILL DON’T GET HOW WE HAVE WRECKED OUR COUNTRY WITH OUR OWN CURIOUS CHOICES. JUST THIS MORNING, I WAS LISTENING TO THE RADIO AND THE LADY ON AIR WENT ON AND ON ABOUT HOW SHE THOUGHT CBN GOVERNOR, GODWIN EMEFIELE WAS INCOMPETENT AND SHOULD BE SACKED BECAUSE THE NAIRA WAS NOW EXCHANGING AT 309 OR SO TO THE USD. “THAT VIEW PRETTY MUCH ECHOES THE SENTIMENTS EXPRESSED BY MANY PEOPLE I KNOW AND IT AMAZES ME THAT THERE ARE NIGERIANS WHO ACTUALLY THINK THERE IS SOME MAGIC POLICY THAT CAN MAKE THE NAIRA STRONG IN THE NEAR TERM. IF MY ECONOMICS AND MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS ARE RIGHT, THEN THAT IS AS FAR FROM THE TRUTH AS JESUS CHRIST IS BLACK. CBN GOVERNOR, MR GODWIN EMEFIELE “THE SIMPLE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT APART FROM OIL THAT ACCOUNTS FOR OVER 90% OF OUR REVENUES, WE REALLY DON’T HAVE MUCH OF AN ECONOMY. WE HARDLY PRODUCE ANYTHING, WE IMPORT EVEN TOOTHPICKS, SO EXACTLY WHAT POLICY IS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED THAT WILL TURN NIGERIA INTO A TOP EXPORTING ECONOMY IN THE NEAR TERM? WHERE ARE OUR APPLES, IBMS, DISNEYS, GMS, GENERAL ELECTRICS, COCA COLAS, EMPIRE STATE BUILDINGS, STATUES OF LIBERTIES, LOCKHEEDS, CITIBANKS, JP MORGANS, EXXONMOBILS, NBAS, SUPER BOWLS ETC? LET ME BRING THAT CLOSER HOME. “THERE WAS A TIME LONG AGO WHEN NIGERIA HAD A TRULY STRONG ECONOMY AND THE NAIRA WAS ONE TO THE DOLLAR – EVEN EXCHANGED FOR HIGHER THAN THE USD, BUT THAT NIGERIA IS NOT THIS NIGERIA. SADLY THAT NIGERIA WAS LAID BY THE BRITISH, AND THIS NIGERIA (IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN THE NONSENSICAL IMPERIALIST CONSPIRACIES LIKE ME) – FUELED BY THE DAMAGING INDIGENIZATION DECREE, HAS BEEN THE CREATION OF US NIGERIANS. BACK THEN WE HAD A BOOMING ECONOMY. WE WERE EITHER THE TOP, OR AMONG THE TOP EXPORTERS, OF TIMBRE, COCOA, GROUNDNUTS, RUBBER, PALM OIL, ETC, IN THE WORLD. NIGERIANS NOT ONLY HOLIDAYED AT HOME IN THEIR VILLAGES, AT YANKARI GAMES RESERVE, AT OBUDU CATTLE RANCH, AT OGUTA LAKE, AT IKOGOSI SPRINGS, AT GURARA FALLS, AT MAMBILLA PLATUEAU, ETC, WE ATTRACTED INTERNATIONAL TOURISTS WHO BROUGHT IN LOADS OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE. EVEN NIGERIAN SCHOOLS WERE FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNERS BECAUSE THEY ATTRACTED FOREIGN STUDENTS. “WE HAD DIFFERENT CAR ASSEMBLY PLANTS – PEUGEOT, VOLKSWAGEN, ANAMCO ETC. NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ONLY BOUGHT VEHICLES ASSEMBLED IN NIGERIA FOR OFFICIAL CARS. WE HAD A THRIVING SPORTS INDUSTRY. WE WERE NOT MAN UNITED OR CHELSEA FANS, WE WERE RANGERS OR IICC FANS. WE HAD THE NDUKA ODIZORS, PEOPLE MADE MONEY FROM SPORTS. WE ALSO HAD COMPANIES LIKE LENNARDS AND BATA PRODUCING SCHOOL SHOES IN THEIR THOUSANDS, WE HAD THE THRIVING NIGERIAN AIRWAYS AND THE AVIATION SCHOOL IN THE NORTH THAT PRODUCED SOME OF THE BEST PILOTS IN THE WORLD. IN THOSE DAYS IF YOU WERE BRILLIANT YOU WERE RESPECTED MUCH MORE THAN THE CRASS MONEY-MISS- ROAD CONTRACTORS OF TODAY. MOST OF THE AJE BUTTERS I KNEW HAD FATHERS WHO WERE UNIVERSITY DONS. BACK THEN IT MEANT SOMETHING TO ‘KNOW BOOK’. OUR TEXTILE INDUSTRY WAS ALIVE AND WELL. JUST RECENTLY I WATCHED A NEWS REPORT ON THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA ON CCTV NEWS. THOUGH THE MAIN FOCUS WAS ON THE COMATOSE STATUS OF THE INDUSTRY, I WAS STUNNED BY THE GIGANTIC KADUNA TEXTILE MILL BUILT IN 1957. I COULD GO ON AND ON. “TODAY HOWEVER, NO THANKS TO OUR PARENTS (AND WE MUST CALL THEM OUT THE WAY WOLE SOYINKA DID HIS GENERATION) AND MANY OF US (AND WE SHOULD BE REMEMBERED FOR FAILING OUR CHILDREN IF WE CONTINUE LIKE THIS), WE HAVE DESTROYED EVERYTHING. TODAY FOR INSTANCE NIGERIAN FOOTBALL (WHICH COMES EASY TO ME OBVIOUSLY) DOESN’T APPEAL TO US, WE HAVE TO FLY ACROSS THOUSANDS OF MILES TO WATCH ‘OUR’ CLUBS PLAY. EVERY YEAR WE COLLECTIVELY BURN BILLIONS OF NAIRA BEING FANS OF CLUBS THAT GIVE US NOTHING BACK, BUT SOME ‘ENTERTAINMENT VALUE’ – SIMPLE PLEASURES FOR WHICH WE ARE READY TO DESTROY THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN. “WELL PEOPLE, PAYBACK TIME IS HERE. EVEN WITH OUR TA- SHE-RE MONEY WE ALL WANT TO WEAR DESIGNER CLOTHES AND CARRY DESIGNER BAGS, ARMANI, GIVENCHY, LOUIS VUITTON ETC. WE ALL WANT TO DRIVE JEEPS WITH AMERICAN SPECS, OUR CHILDREN MUST NOW SCHOOL OVERSEAS AND ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY ACCENTS TO COME BACK HOME AND BAMBOOZLE THEIR ‘BUSH AND CRASS’ CONTEMPORARIES THAT THEY LEFT BEHIND. WHO HOLIDAYS IN NIGERIA ANYMORE, IS THERE DISNEYLAND HERE? NO ONE BUYS MADE-IN-NIGERIA SCHOOL BAGS FOR THEIR CHILDREN, AFTER ALL NO SUPERMAN OR INCREDIBLE HULK OR CINDERELLA ON THEM. “WE ARE NO LONGER TOP EXPORTERS OF ANYTHING AND THE DEMISE OF OIL MEANS WE HAVE ZILCH… ZERO. A COUNTRY OF 170M FASHION-CONSCIOUS PEOPLE HAS NO TEXTILE INDUSTRY. WE TAKE DELIGHT IN SHOWING HOW OUR MADE- IN-SWITZERLAND ASO EBI IS DIFFERENT CLASS TO EVERYONE ELSE’S. WHEN WE HELP OUR MUSICIANS GROW AND PAY THEM MILLIONS, THEY REPAY US BY IMMEDIATELY SHIPPING THE MONIES OVERSEAS TO PRODUCE THEIR “I-DON-DEY- DIFFERENT-LEVEL” MUSIC VIDEOS. IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE THAT DISTINCTLY ZULU DANCERS ARE DANCING TO A NIGERIAN HIGHLIFE SONG. “AS STARS CONCERNED THEY ALSO WED AND HOLIDAY OVERSEAS TO IMPRESS US ALL. ALL THE MUSICIANS WHO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR AJEGUNLE ROOTS NOW SPEAK IN A COCKTAIL OF STRANGE ACCENTS TO SYMBOLISE HOW MUCH THEY HAVE BLOWN THEIR MONIES OVERSEAS. WERE WE A MORE SERIOUS PEOPLE, THE HIGHLY POPULAR KINGSWAY STORES OF THE PAST WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A THOUSAND OUTLETS PAN NIGERIA TODAY SUPPORTING A MASSIVE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY AMONG OTHERS, BUT TODAY WE HAVE THE LIKES OF SPAR, SHOPRITE, DOMINATING THE RETAIL INDUSTRY WHILE KINGSWAY IS DEAD. “AND WE NIGERIANS MAKE IT A SPECIAL POINT TO SHOP FROM THE OYINBOS WHO HAVE ‘CLEANER SHOPS’, ‘BETTER THIS AND BETTER THAT’. FOR OUR PERSONAL PLEASURE WE DON’T MIND THEM DOMINATING US IN OUR OWN BACKYARD AND SHIPPING PROCEEDS OVERSEAS. I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT I DON TIRE. EVEN AS YOU ARE READING THIS, STOP FOR A MOMENT AND LOOK AROUND YOU. WHAT YOU SEE WILL PROBABLY EXPLAIN WHY WE ARE LUCKY IT IS NOT N1000 TO THE USD YET. AND DON’T THINK FOR A MOMENT THAT IT CANNOT GET THERE. “JUST CONTINUE TO WEAR YOUR ARMANI GEAR AND SWISS-MADE LACE, CONTINUE TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON MAN UNITED, ARSENAL, CHELSEA AND BARCA AND ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILDREN TO DO SAME. (MY ARTICLE TOMORROW IN MY SATURDAY COLUMN IN THIS DAY IS ON THE NIGERIAN CHAMPIONS ENYIMBA FC – NIGERIA’S MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB – NOT HAVING A SPONSOR, YET NIGERIAN BRANDS PAY OVER N600M TO MAN UNITED AND ARSENAL FOR SPONSORSHIP TO IMPRESS US.) EHHH, NO PROBLEM, CONTINUE TO TELL ME THE NPFL IS RUBBISH OR THE CLUBS SHOULD CLEAN UP THEIR ACT IF THEY WANT SPONSORSHIP, MO GBO . “DON’T CURTAIL YOUR INTEREST IN CHOICE WINES ( WE WERE THE NUMBER ONE CHAMPAGNE CONSUMERS IN THE WORLD IN 2015), CONTINUE TO LOVE YOUR AMERICAN SPECS, CHEER THE EDUCATION MINISTRY FOR LETTING SCHOOLS SINK TO PITIABLE LEVELS, DON’T FIGHT THEM TO IMPROVE OUR SCHOOLS, DON’T CHIDE THEM FOR LETTING SCHOOLS DROP NIGERIAN HISTORY AND EMBRACE BRITISH, AMERICA AND WHATEVER ELSE CURRICULAR. “CARRY ON WITH YOUR LOVE OF FRENCH WINES AND CHINESE SILK, DON’T BOTHER ABOUT JAMIU ALLI WHEN THERE IS ROGER FEDERER. STOCK UP ON YOUR ITALIAN, AMERICAN, BRITISH PRODUCTS WHICH YOU CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT, INCLUDING THE ‘BABY SOFT’ TOILET ROLLS PRODUCED ONLY IN THAT SMALL UNIQUE VILLAGE IN ENGLAND – THE DAYS ARE LONG GONE SINCE YOU WERE A BROKE STUDENT WHO USED WET NEWSPAPERS TO WIPE YOUR BUTT. “DON’T EVEN CONSIDER HOLIDAYING IN NIGERIA, IT’S TOO DANGEROUS – YOU HAVE TO FULFILL YOUR DREAM OF BEING NIGERIA’S HENRY FORD. DON’T LISTEN TO PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO HAVE A WARDROBE FULL OF ONLY CHEAP ADIRE THAT IS ACTUALLY CHEAPER THAN JUST ONE OF YOUR TOM FORD BLAZERS. PLEASE KEEP DRESSING IN FINE SILK MADE IN SOME EXOTIC PLACE SO YOU CAN BE ADDRESSED ACCORDINGLY. “FINALLY KEEP LETTING CORRUPT LEADERS WHO HAVE LOOTED YOUR COMMONWEALTH AND SHIPPED ALL THE MONIES OVERSEAS GET AWAY BECAUSE TO ATTACK THEM DOES NOT FIT YOUR POLITICAL NARRATIVE. LET US CONTINUE WITH THE FINE LIFE, LET US ALL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR OYINBO. BUT DON’T FORGET THAT THERE IS PAYBACK TIME AND EMEFIELE IS NOT YOUR PROBLEM. TIME FOR US ALL TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY 3 Likes |
Re: Dele Momodu: Enough Of The Blame Game And Paranoia Of Buhari’s Cabinet by Nobody: 6:26pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
baresywood: Very well said. Please you may write it in the lower case to make it more readable. |
Re: Dele Momodu: Enough Of The Blame Game And Paranoia Of Buhari’s Cabinet by Goke7: 7:06pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
Akaujaa: You are wrong, the major duties of ministers is to implement Govt programmes so how is that possible without budget approval. The supplementary budget is for emergency spending and not for major capital expenditure. You are in a hurry judging the ministers who just resumed duties few months ago. Tell saraki and his men to stop playing politics with the budget with his cct trial. Thanks for the correction too. |
Re: Dele Momodu: Enough Of The Blame Game And Paranoia Of Buhari’s Cabinet by grandstar(m): 8:51pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
The problem is Buhari and not really the Finance team |
Re: Dele Momodu: Enough Of The Blame Game And Paranoia Of Buhari’s Cabinet by ChinoJeff: 10:39pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
I foresee Mbaka and Tinubu lamenting at last. Dear wailers, reserve the last two forms for these two persons. |
Re: Dele Momodu: Enough Of The Blame Game And Paranoia Of Buhari’s Cabinet by ChinoJeff: 10:43pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
Goke7: What politics are you talking about? The politics of implementing a padded budget or the politics of passing into bill a budget of zero economic growth? |
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