EastGold:
No wonder fayose didn't support your Chairmanship ambition.

Goat

OkutaNla:
I am with Okupe on this one, especially considering the economic downturn the country's currently experiencing. How can you rationalize a situation whereby less than 10% of a state's population (civil servants) takes over 90% of the allocation due to such states?? These are workers who pretty do NOTHING! Fact is that even most of the few states that aren't owing workers are actually borrowing from banks to meet up coz virtually all the states have debt profiles, just that some have maxed-out their borrowing privileges.

ijustdey:





http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/cash-crunch-okupe-urges-govs-to-sack-workers/145085.html

OkutaNla:
I am with Okupe on this one, especially considering the economic downturn the country's currently experiencing. How can you rationalize a situation whereby less than 10% of a state's population (civil servants) takes over 90% of the allocation due to such states?? These are workers who prettymuch do NOTHING! Fact is that even most of the few states that aren't owing workers are actually borrowing from banks to meet up coz virtually all the states have debt profiles, just that some have maxed-out their borrowing privileges.

Ejigga:
Okoye just shatttap dia

SeverusSnape:
Is that so??... Zombies will turn into wailers then.

Quakertellicus1:


In a way....that is true. PDP spent 16 years in power....during which time they spent billions on power supply....and all we have now is 5000MW (On a good day).

PDP also should have saved under GEJ. But even if GEJ had saved everything....at best that gives us $100bn in savings. Which is good enough for two years.(Saudi Arabia had $724bn in savings at the start of the oil drop. Now...over 124bn of that has gone. And worse still....Saudi estimates that they have two years of good times left...before they start tightening belts.).

If there is any lesson to be learnt from this...it is the fact that relying on proceeds from selling resources is a bad economic model. Time we went industrial.(Saudi Arabia has just unveiled a big diversification plan. Yes...the rich have to start working for their cash too...)

mu2sa2:
If civil servants constitute 10% of the population as you claim, do you know how many people's financial needs they cater to? One single civil servant may have up to 5 to 10 dependents, including aged parents and cousins. So next time you are tempted to parrot 10%, you should know that it's misleading and mischievous.

tuniski:


10% is too much sef under 5% of labourr force are govt payroll. Except via corruption which sadly is their stock in trade they can't take care of themselves let alone support others. Let govt do the needful sack 50% of them with adequate compensations. That way they can be productive and engage those cousins and other dependents of theirs in meaningful ventures!

In reality, govt is not suppose to be the main employer of labour but, the stimuli! Private sector is the koko. Over bloated civil service is corruption in every sense of it.

dominique:
Why can't he suggest that the lawmakers salary and other numerous allowances should be cut drastically. So many of his ilks are stashing billions away and flaunting their wealth in our faces, all he sees is how to inflict hardship on poor citizens earning peanuts. May God punish these heartless people.

nephemmy:
seriously, I must say you're mad sir....very mad cos you won't pour that shit outta ya mouth if you ain't mad...see his eyes...
with all the billions Nigerian leaders are embezllin..they should also downsize the numbers of senators and reps in the country, and reduce their wages and allowances..

mu2sa2:
If civil servants constitute 10% of the population as you claim, do you know how many people's financial needs they cater to? One single civil servant may have up to 5 to 10 dependents, including aged parents and cousins. So next time you are tempted to parrot 10%, you should know that it's misleading and mischievous.