99thEnemy:

Who is now presumptuous? 🤦🏾‍♂️

YOU are! I know your stand arises from a misplaced feeling of superiority and smugness! I modified my post, and have given reasons why the states in question would fare much better as independent countries that have control and ownership of their own resources!

onuman:


Restructuring Nigeria 🇳🇬 to true and fiscal federalism?

Who can now restructure Nigeria politically after northern military dictators restructured Nigeria politically by proliferating 20 mostly non viable states in the old Northern region to siphon proceeds from crude oil in the Niger delta region to the northern region, but allowed only 17 states in the two southern regions? In the magic formula, one got 20 while two got 17.

The same northern military dictators supervised a constitution that made political representation at the National Assembly be drawn according to number of states. Thus, the NASS gets overpopulated by legislators from the old Northern region.
Again the northern military dictators provided in the constitutional that a presidential candidate must win 25% of votes in 2/3 of the 36 states before pronounced elected.
With all these, the two southern regions of Nigeria became like appendages of Northern Republic of Nigeria where the north literally decides what can be or not to be in Nigeria. Twelve of the northern states even unilaterally adopted unconstitutional Islamic sharia criminal justice system beginning 1999.

If the southerners ask for political restructuring of Nigeria, northerners would ask them to come to the National Assembly for political restructuring, knowing full well that the National Assembly is overpopulated by northern legislators through the fraudulent political structure of Nigeria.

Spot on!

ScarletBrace:


The top States you mentioned are the main States that contribute more than 50% of the Nation's significant revenue from oil.

Now if absolute resource control is activated, no returns will be going to the FG from these States, just as no FAAC will be needed from the FG.
In such cases these States will still be among the first 5 richest in Nigeria.
That's what they're blessed with. Its senseless to drill from them and withhold from them. Instead they'll shut you out so you go drill elsewhere.
This your post is actually a stupid assumption.

True!

But to be considerate to the rest of Nigeria, they can give back 50% by way of tax like was done in the 60s! Or if they want to be really mean, they can give 13% to the centre like the centre is presently giving to them!

Smartjeezy01:
No Yoruba states in there?
What about the state of the dancing governor?
Wonders shall never end.

I'm surprised too. I already thought it will make the list even before i read it

SEGLIZ:
I imagine how you guy comprehend!? the picture created over there isn't what you reason, that is if federal keeps controlling national resources and states are left with their IGR. what becomes of those states mentioned?

my state Ogun isn't mentioned still I doubt it will survive that test. even all the states hardly is there a state in Nigeria that don't borrow.

you got it all wrong. even with the FAAC allocation and extra 13% derivation fund, what do they have to show for it? the way you can defend those criminal governors is by benchmarking them with what do with the little they've gotten.

another one gone wrong. that write-up is only trying to say if the federal government chose to keep (we no this isn't possible but let us say it is) the national and natural resources to itself alone (mucsle up the states, like the states did to 'local government') what the result would be for those states mentioned.

In bold.
It's like your kinsmen now giving you 13% of the proceeds from your farm.
See you see sense. Are the governors in your region of Nigeria performing better or less corrupt than the governors of the oil producing states?

As long as the so called FAAC comes majorly from states resources, my state can not suffer ok.
And by the way, there's no FAAC without States.
So calm down.
Ok why not advocate for true fiscal federalism and resources control lets see who will suffer.

Lanrelagboi:

https://x.com/BudgITng/status/1854415749621731775?t=kapnBz_g9VGSyj1UBRf6Iw&s=19

At least Kogi pays minimum wage imagine state like Abia n Anamabra not able to pay the old minimum wage. Your father should perish of shame.

Thundafireseun:
With FAAC Kogi state is still struggling to pay salaries…..

How much more when it disappears??

Yet KOGI state is not on the list….. foooooooolish list

Believeintruth:


I really don't understand what you are saying and who you are referring to. Please be very careful otherwise you will get yourself and your whole family into serious trouble that you will not get out from. Do not let me send a petition to nairaland to bring out your details. you will not like this. You have been resorting to cheap blackmail and mentioning an innocent person in this.

I do not know why Seun condones this rubbish from you. Until you get yourself into serious shit, you will now blame the devil, if you are frustrated go and get a life, stop envying people with decent jobs that you dream of having and now want to use blackmail to threaten them.

You have several profiles. Okaydaddy, wickedfacts and so on

Obynzo, Irony1,Livebyday, Believeintruth, I have indexed your posts threatening President Buhari, insulting Fulanis, Yorubas, Niger Deltans, everyone who is not Igbo. Have you forgotten the things you said about President Tinubu?
Forgotten your treasonous posts?

tommy589:

Delta and Bayelsa,are they not oil producing states providing oil revenue that sustains the country.
If those two states becomes independent nations ,though corruption may bite bigger chunk of their earnings, they won't go bowl in hand begging other federating units for money

An independent South-South will be worse than DR Congo or Somalia.

OkoAmarashy:


Your Ohaneze President lived in Lagos, they only took him to the East to bury him when he died.

Otti lived in Lagos. Mbah lived in Lagos. Soludo lived in Lagos. Uzodinma was plying his business in Ikeja. Peter obi's daughter is a teacher in Lagos. Ojukwu lived in Ikoyi. Even you typing nonsense, you're living in Lagos.

Many Igbos are alive because they are outside Igboland. That's why they say "go back to your region," you start crying that they want to kill you.

leave that pained ipob loser to be embarrassing his ancestors with his onitsha economic logic, he his even blaming the state govt from generating income from tax, even developed world run their economy on tax.

What does an illiterate onitsha trader know about how to run an economy, except buying and selling🤣🤣

He his just pained Anambala the land of online billionaires is on the list, Anambalafirst son or whatever he calls himself just switched moniker

Just let him cry and wail in peace, we all know the reason for his tears🤣🤣

IGBOPROMISE1:


YOU are! I know your stand arises from a misplaced feeling of superiority and smugness! I modified my post, and have given reasons why the states in question would fare much better as independent countries that have control and ownership of their own resources!

The bolded implies a very strong presumption, as it lacks evidence to support your claims. My advice to you is, avoid projecting your sentimentality and emotional bias onto others, as this will always cloud your judgment and distort your argument just as it has.

Bye.

OkoAmarashy:


Obynzo, Irony1,Livebyday, Believeintruth, I have indexed your posts threatening President Buhari, insulting Fulanis, Yorubas, Niger Deltans, everyone who is not Igbo. Have you forgotten the things you said about President Tinubu?
Forgotten your treasonous posts?

chai... i don't know who Obynzo is and i have no idea who Irony1 and livebyday are. I dare you to show me any post i made where i threatened any of these tribes. You are asking for problem. i dare you to document with any security agency any of my posts. I have never threatened anyone i have made my point clear in a civilised manner. i know you are envious and frustrated, but i assure you any actions towards me will lead to you rotting in prison, just try it.

OkoAmarashy:


Obynzo, Irony1,Livebyday, Believeintruth, I have indexed your posts threatening President Buhari, insulting Fulanis, Yorubas, Niger Deltans, everyone who is not Igbo. Have you forgotten the things you said about President Tinubu?
Forgotten your treasonous posts?

@Mynd44, Obinoscopy, Dominique and NLPolicewoman. This person by username OkoAmarashy has been repeatedly using cheap blackmail on me violating Rule2 and Rule 7. Please get this guy banned before he drags you guys into a serious lawsuit that will tarnish the reputation of Nairaland.

manikal:
Yoruba people and their illiteracy.
Please stop FAAC na and allow states to control their resources.

The Lagos myth will disappear in seconds because all companies would have to pay their taxes to the state.

Infact let them open up ports all over the country and so many of these stupid bigots will switch mouth as their tribe is fond of.

Without the human development from the south south / south east, the south west is zilch. Nada.

Diversify the ports and let every region manage itself. This is what every true omoualabi who is fighting the "developers" should advocate for.

Open the ports, give states the power to handle resources and watch everyone leave you alone. It's as simple as that.

Then, you'll see the reality that you fools are still claiming not to see

pained ignorant chest beating pig, which human development are you talking about? You lot just like and feel good about your lies🤣🤣 by human capital development I guess you mean the nwa boy buying and selling petty trade you illiterate trader venture into?🤣🤣

Stop embarrassing your ancestors, Yorubas still has the highest human capital development index that’s why we run the corporate world and even the skilled labour system.

Go to most of the financial institutions expecially in Lagos,banks, insurance, telecommunications, real estate, entertainment, media e.t.c we run it

Even most oil companies in SS region are filled with most Yorubas In management level not to talk of even artisans, such as bricklayers, plumbers e.t.c,

I was surprised during my service year in owerri when I saw some Yoruba artisans who came to work on contract base, then I got to understand that ibos even lack those skills, or how many ibo do you see do those jobs even in Lagos?

Even such as tailors, mechanics etc Yorubas are everywhere but in your bitter and hateful soul, you think you are better than them🤣🤣

No wonder you keep abandoning your region to go slave in their region because they control the economy of this country kiss the bitter truth and stop talking nonsense

IGBOPROMISE1:


YOU are! I know your stand arises from a misplaced feeling of superiority and smugness! I modified my post, and have given reasons why the states in question would fare much better as independent countries that have control and ownership of their own resources!

The OP is likely from one of the three major tribes in Nigeria. Their ego and pride becloud common sense. That’s why he put up such a senseless post as this. Imagine pikin tell him papa wey buy biscuit for am say him no go give am biscuit. If papa no been give money, shey biscuit go show?
You guys see your tribes as superior. Compete when and where unnecessary.
Someone had mentioned to me some time ago that had Nigeria’s main oil states fell in the domains of the 3 major tribes, Nigeria would have parted. If WaZoBia were rich in oil, there’d have been no Nigeria. Everyone would’ve seen himself too smart or superior to be used and compensated with peanuts. Co-existence would have felt like “cheat-existence.”
But look at Nigeria today, the minority States cater for the whole nation yet they are not ranting like certain groups who have been deprived presidential role for a long time, crying about segregation.
You guys from the tribal majority need to learn from SS states and the middle belt on cultural acceptance and hospitality as a people in the modern day.
Whenever we talk about tribal bias in Nigeria, it’s always between the WaZoBias.
They are the reason why the country is seemingly rich, yet completely impoverished.
Mindset problems.

Let nigeria practice true federalism and resource control first before any sane person will take this list serious. How can u take 87% of oil and gas proceeds from states like akwa ibom, Bayelsa and delta and still have the effrontery to claim that they can't survive without federal allocations? That's wickedness.

PulaPower:
Delta?

That’s so surprising to see..

As for Bayelsa, the state weak me. You’ll hardly hear any project going on in that state. It’s always as if they don’t have governor’s..

The oil and gas money from delta and Bayelsa is what they used in developing states like lagos and abuja allow them control their resources including their seaports and see if the story won't change.

If Nigeria stop selling crude the whole nation will suffer too,where are we generating income from

sulaak:


An independent South-South will be worse than DR Congo or Somalia.

Except if SS form regional government. Same applies to other regions in Nigeria. Huge land mass that's populated by diverse tribal groups,don't offer the unity needed to provide good administration. Congo is over 2 times the size of Nigeria,While Somalia is a little over 2/3 of Nigeria

Abacha has helped in dividing Nigeria to 36 manageable Federation. It is not too much for each state to carry their cross

There are more southerners living and doing business in the North! Why is that so?

Ironfaceman:
All I know is that most northern state will become almagaris roaming the South for daily bread. They'll abandon sharia because hunger would haf reset their brain.

Smartjeezy01:
No Yoruba states in there?
What about the state of the dancing governor?
Wonders shall never end.

Mumu we have enough resources to hold unto ourselves in Osun. It seems you know nothing about IGR

Stupid analysis, so the oil producing states will not use their oil as IGR, they will cover the oil wells abi. The oil producing states will be the most independent states, stop stupid assumptions... Call out the real parasite states in other regions leave Oil producing states who are the host of the parasites.

Where is Osun, ekiti, oyo and Ondo states?

This poster obviously know nothing about cross river

tommy589:


Except if SS form regional government. Same applies to other regions in Nigeria. Huge land mass that's populated by diverse tribal groups,don't offer the unity needed to provide good administration. Congo is over 2 times the size of Nigeria,While Somalia is a little over 2/3 of Nigeria

Abacha has helped in dividing Nigeria to 36 manageable Federation. It is not too much for each state to carry their cross

The SS and the North are just too erratic and backward.

The day u realize the the Yorubas are propagandists and lie to the themselves, the better for you. States that have crude oil and are feeding the country will suffer? Infact, the yorubas will suffer the most

You mean the almighty Anambra state of Peter Obi is among?

Smartjeezy01:
No Yoruba states in there?
What about the state of the dancing governor?
Wonders shall never end.

the person wet compile that list take ogbomosho weed.

tommy589:

Delta and Bayelsa,are they not oil producing states providing oil revenue that sustains the country.
If those two states becomes independent nations ,though corruption may bite bigger chunk of their earnings, they won't go bowl in hand begging other federating units for money

I don't even think Bayelsa population is up to 1 million yet so much corruption due to their corrupt state government.

THEGALADIMA:
How is Kano on that list? and a state like Ekiti ain't on the list??

Kano should not be on this list. But from Ganduje's tenure 2015-2023, IGR Vs Faac allocations took a dive. Even though he marginally grew IGR , there were too many leakages. Corruption was thriving. Kano used to be No 1 in IGR from the north till El- rufai came and showed how it's really done.

Neither Ekiti nor Osun is in that list. That's rubbish.

Yoruba people sef