Cxmanluvs:



Just make sure you're present at the Lagos venue... We want to check something.

Won't you be there, okay you are one of those cowards that complain bitterly about the sorry state of the nation, but withdraw into their shells at the slightest opportunity.

I will be there

shortgun:
As the planned protest is fast approaching the enemies of the people are telling Nigerians to go back to their home states if they want to protest

They won't tell Nigerians to go back to their states when Nigerians and thier relatives are forcefully posted to troubled zones in the country where many never came back alive for the mandatory NYSC scheme.

They won't tell Nigerians to go back to their states when Nigerians and their loved ones in the military and other security agencies are deployed to communities where insurgents, bandits and terrorist kill them while serving the country.
Nigerians won't go back to their states when resources taken from their states are distributed to different parts of the country or used to finance the insensitive luxurious lifestyle of the political class.


Anyone telling you to protest only in your home state is a compromised criminal going against the provisions of the constitution.

The protest should be done where it will have much impact and publicity and that place should be Lagos state and Abuja

fuckJones:
we have the right to arrest miscreant too

who is the 'we'

fuckJones:
Peter Obi will be arrested if the protests go on and nothing will happen.
Again I repeat, (S)He will be arrested and nothing will happen.
He is not grester than Abiola, Obasanjo, Soyinka, etc who were arrested and detained for the peace of this country.
Nigeria is bigger than ibo handle mops and their fail president.

Nigerians have the right to protest peacefully,Peter Obi inclusive

What's causing the crisis?
The worst economic crisis in Nigeria in decades has cost the country the ranking as Africa's biggest economy. And inflation and a volatile exchange rate are driving the cost of living up in the nation of more than 200 million people.

Higher drug import prices have led to local price hikes and a scarcity of basic medicines. Pharmacist Emmanuel Olaogun Oladeji says Nigerian drug manufacturers simply can't plug the gap.

"There is a limit to what local manufacturers can do. We are grateful to have the likes of Emzor Pharmaceuticals and some other indigenous manufacturers in the country, but there is a limit to what they can do," Oladeji told DW.

Why oil-rich Nigeria can still not fuel its economy

Analysts predict that Nigeria could plunge to fourth position on the list of African economies in 2024. Businesses are struggling to stay afloat.

"What caused our problem in Nigeria today is the devaluation of our national currency against the US dollar," Alhaji Sani Nasidi, a veteran businessman, told DW.

The high cost of essential commodities citizens are facing is a direct result, he said. As a way out of the current crisis, Nasidi suggested that "Nigeria needs to run away from a dollar economy."

Economic reforms cause hardship
President Bola Tinubu has embarked on a bold set of economic reforms that he argues are necessary and will bear fruit in the future.

His decision to remove fuel subsidies was seen as abrupt. It led to the doubling of fuel prices, rising food and transport costs and an increase in the price of imported products.

According to financial analyst and former banker Aminu Philip Yado, the high fuel costs are impacting Nigerians broadly.

"Transportation is one of the major factors that affects the cost of produce in the market," Yado said. "When you go to the farm and you have to harvest and transport at a very high cost, there is no way you can come to the market and charge low. You would certainly have to charge profitably and sustainably."


"The same inflation is what caused companies to run away from Nigeria because they would not be making a profit," said Alhaji Sani Nasidi, the businessman. "The quality of goods and services they normally produce would be reduced, and people would not have money to buy it."

Aminu Philip Yado, the financial analyst, believes that the economy needs innovation.

"What is basically wrong with the economy is that the managers of the economy themselves are not really having the economy at heart. Everybody that gets there struggles for his own and not the Nigerian people," Yado told DW.

Yado sees a lack of investment in major infrastructure that could grow the economy and create jobs for youth as a key factor in the deepening economic crisis.

"When they talk of borrowing, in fact how much [...] of this borrowing that they want to invest in the Nigerian infrastructure actually goes into investment in that infrastructure in Nigeria?" he asks.
How is Nigeria dealing with fake bank notes?

Energy crisis with devastating impact
Nigeria also faces an energy crisis. Tinubu is trying to rejuvenate the national power grid by pouring in public money instead of subsidizing electricity for those who cannot afford to pay.

After he scrapped fuel subsidies, Tinubu did away with a series of electricity subsidies.

"If there is power in Nigeria today, all artisans that depend on power to do their business will go back to doing their business at a cheaper cost than they are doing now," said Yado.

Most business owners are forced to buy generators to keep operations going. This trend, the financial analyst told DW, is not sustainable.

In the meantime, citizens like Toyin Ogundeko and her son are desperate. "People have all sorts of complicated conditions, and imagine how they're coping?" she said.

"So, for me it's a plea to the government: Whatever needs to be done, first find a way to stabilize this economy. Things are getting out of hand."



© 2024 Deutsche Welle

One thing we learnt from the #UKElection2024 is this: If you want to win an election, focus on telling the public what you want to do first and how you would govern the country better. Do not concentrate on attacking the government in power or your other opponents. You could do that, but it should not be your single issue. You have to offer a better alternative to the public.

That is why I am amused when people think Peter Obi is coming in 2027. If he contests again, he will only lose, and worse, he will divide the opposition's vote and make President Tinubu's re-election easier.

Let me ask you a question. Where does Peter Obi stand on the issues? He is against the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. What are his alternatives to that policy? He attacks the Government over the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu but does not say how he will end the insurgency in the Southeast. And worse, he even obeys IPOB's Monday sit-at-home.

He attacked President Tinubu for ending fuel subsidy, yet he said he would not borrow. Therefore, how would he retain subsidy without borrowing or remove it without increasing inflation?

Other than that, what does Peter Obi really stand for? He talks about ending consumption and increasing production, but he is Nigeria's single largest individual importer through his trading business-next supermarket.

You see, when you are not blinded by tribalism, it is clear to see that Peter Obi is no Keir Stammer. He is just the head of the political wing of IPOB, who will set Nnamdi Kanu free and treat the secessionist tendencies of IPOB with his gloves, just as Buhari did with Boko Haram.

Again, we know what Keir Stammer stands for. It was very clear during the campaigns. But other than his plan for "religious war" against the Muslim Ummah, and his intention to free Nnamdi Kanu, what does Peter Obi stand for?

#TableShaker

Blue3k:


That's true until the ban those websites in those states.

how

The biggest national security threat facing Nigeria today is not Boko Haram or bandits. Boko Haram is fighting to have an Islamic Caliphate, and their leadership has been decimated, while their ideas are being rejected and recruitment has dropped.

Bandits are criminals, and their operations are purely for commercial gain.

But the Obidient movement is different. They are fighting against democracy by refusing to accept the will of the Nigerian people as freely expressed during the #NigerianElections2023, and insisting that Peter Obi won an election in which he came third. They attack the integrity of the Independent National Electoral Commission, falsely claiming that the INEC was mandated by law to declare results electronically, thereby undermining the trust that the public has in that vital institution.

Their fight against democracy is being escalated to the point that where anyone with an opposing view to theirs and who refuses to support their candidate and their movement has a brand, they use every means, fair or foul, to engage in reputation-savaging and to cancel that person and their brand as well as threaten their family members.

They set up crowdfunding to report the social media profiles of their opponents and write bogus petitions against them to national and international organisations while coordinating on WhatsApp to use robotic devices to mass report their social profiles.

Working with Arise TV and several influencers, they spread fake news and propaganda against opponents of their movement and the Nigerian state. They have a confirmation bias against Nigeria, especially the North and Southwest. As a result, they question positive news about Nigeria, even where it comes with evidence and promote bad news about Nigeria, even where it has no basis.

Not stopping there, they constantly de-market Nigeria by misrepresenting the true state of government policy, such as the Samoa Agreement, which an Obidient, Sonnie Ekwowusi, lied about, falsely alleging that it is to promote the LGBTQ agenda.

And in the wake of the Kenyan protest, their leader, Peter Obi, in a post on social media, asked why Nigerians do not learn from Kenya, an obvious attempt to trigger Kenyan-style protests.

Their movement is actively seeking to instigate ethnic strife in Nigeria when their leader, Peter Obi, falsely asserts that people of Igbo origin are being targeted for demolition in Lagos as punishment for not voting for the APC when not one person has shown that their structure was illegally demolished.

This is even as Peter Obi lied that a court had given a verdict ordering the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. However, contrary to Peter Obi's IPOB-inspired lies, in a unanimous ruling on December 15, 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that Nnamdi Kanu had a case to answer for treason. After that, on May 20, 2024, the Federal High Court in Abuja ruled that Nnamdi Kanu should be denied bail.

Finally, there is a sustained effort by Peter Obi and his movement to undermine President Tinubu personally, by making false claims about him, including that President Tinubu paid for 1411 people to go for #COP28 with government money. In fact, only 422 of the delegates of Nigeria were publicly funded. And not all of those publicly funded were financed by the Presidency.

Unlike Boko Haram and bandits, Obidients are attacking the institutions that uphold our democracy, including free speech, the judiciary, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, and the corporate existence of Nigeria and her political stability are at risk if nothing is done, within the ambit of the law, to curb the excesses of this movement.

Reno Omokri

Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #TableShaker. Ruffler of the Feathers of Obidents. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years. Hodophile. Hollywood Magazine Humanitarian of the Year, 2019. Business Insider Influencer of the Year 2022.

Blue3k:
On a serious note gamblers will travel to Abuja to get their fix. There's plenty of places to go waste your money nigeria. The prostitutes will just get smarter. Instead of walking the streets they will arrange meet up online. Hisbah won't be online look shutting down every listing website or searching every motel or home.

They don't need to travel to Abuja,all they have to do is just to download the app online

Racoon:
Meanwhile, they have refused to ban or outlawed the bandits and terrorists ravaging Kastina State. Stupid religious fanatics.

hypocrisy

SmartPolician:
Joe Ajaero and his friends are a bunch of unrealistic humans! Minimum wage should be 80k. If you don't like it, get a second stream of income. Nobody should depend on one source of income

many states Will not be able to pay what they are asking,it will lead to downsizing of workers, thereby worsening the already bad unemployment situation in the country

sultanofpigs:
Heard alot of treachery was showcased amongst the characters, showcasing the inherent hate they habour amongst themselves.


Just as they abandoned MKO Abiola to serve and love the same Military that killed him..

RONU to the world.

you always find what you are looking for

There are floods right now in Austria, Texas, Wisconsin, China, India, Switzerland and many other places. However, in none of these places are people blaming their governments or mocking their countries, all except Nigeria. And especially residents of Lagos.

Nigeria is not 'useless' because of the Lagos floods and Lagos is not a big ghetto as many people are saying online.

This current flood is not the fault of the Lagos Government. Please fact-check me: Lagos Island is only 22 feet above sea level. With such low elevations, Lagos will always experience annual floods. The situation is worsened by stubborn people who build illegal structures on waterways, drainages, and canals. And when the Lagos State Government comes to demolish these structures, people like Peter Obi and Oby Ezekwesili make it hard for them by bringing up ethnicity and playing the victim card.

Do you realise that Lagos is actually a global example of a city that works and is well run? Lagos gave you Nigeria's first Independent Power Project. You have blue and red railway lines crisscrossing the state, probably the best public bus routes in Sub-Saharan Africa, and a waste disposal unit (LAWMA) that works efficiently, as well as state-owned roads and bridges that are even better than the federal infrastructure. Lagos has more public schools per capita than much of Lagos, and they do not discriminate against non tax payers.

And then their public health system is the best in Nigeria. And is now becoming a global centre for health tourism. Ask CNN's Isha Sesay and American RnB singer and dancer, Jeffrey Daniels.

Despite these natural and artificial challenges I previously highlighted, the Lagos State Government has acquitted itself well. But if you feel Lagos is a useless place, remember that, like Maryanne Moghalu of the “Invest in Lagos at your own peril" infamy, you have a state from which you relocated to Lagos. You can relocate back there and leave trash for LAWMA.

#TableShaker

Influence of hard drugs, that's why government all over the world frowns at it.

It destroys

chido20:
But the drug baron in Aso rock is untouchable

He has immunity

chidiokay:



Agreed ! BUT Businesses function best when the people who know how to run them are left alone and government stays out of it.
A classic example is the Ukraine in 1932. Look it up, it’s called Holodomor. Ukrainian farmers had mastered their craft and were among the most productive food producers in the world. But because government was moving toward collective ownership, and of course government knows how to run farms, better than private citizens, the farms were taken over and the owners, who were the experts, were removed. Unfortunately government didn’t know the first thing about farming and 6 million people were killed and as many as 10 million more starved to death from the resulting famine.

What serious government do is provide an enabling environment and good security ... thats enough

You are correct

chidiokay:



Is it the state govt that remove subsidy and float the naira

Do state governors have jurisdiction on the nations economic

We are talking food crisis and imsecurity, do state governors have the authority to declare state of emergency

With the present inflation rate on food items , opening the land borders, tax/duties relieve and lifting of bans are the only salvage measures to save the nation ... which one state governor get power to execute

The governor's can ensure food security in their various states by embarking on massive farming projects

JAOS:

Are state government responsible for the fuel scarcity in the country,do they control the police ?

but they can cussion the effect in their respective states

Sheistoopretty:
Congratulations

Watch how these wretched poverty-ravaged use_less goodfornothing men of Nairaland come after her and say things like "Toto business is selling" " all thanks to clitocurrency""

They think every girl is like their sisters at home

97% of Nairaland men can't even afford 2 square meals a day right now not to even talk of 3


Nigerian men are Use_less..... All of them

The fact that a Nigerian man broke your heart doesn't mean all of them are the same.


Try to work on yourself

Cultism should be banned

Omuuvwie:


Waoooo, that is good to know but I base in Lagos

ok

Omuuvwie:


Yes I am from uvwie, ekpan

ok,I m uvwie too from effurun,udumurugbo

Omuuvwie:


Hmmm, it's a tough one but there are better ways of handling issue like this, in my opinion he should involve family members.

are you an uvwie son, which quarter are you from

Robbers should not be granted bail, they should be thrown into cell pending the next sitting

Omuuvwie:
You are not helping your cousin very well, with you knowing fully well that he his married and you still went ahead to accommodate him with his mistress, is a bad one from you.

This is not a blame game,he already knew that it was bad,so he needs advice on how to handle it

Everybody must not be a farmer to ensure food security

CHIDINMALOVE:
Two thing involved...either he truly is a kidnapper, or na frameup

If it's frame-up,he will surely be set free after investigation

HydraFeeds:
Transport union needs reformation,that's how Auxiliary was a terror in Ibadan before Seyi clipped his wings.

transport union is where the street urchins and never do well are found.

They are always ready tools for politicians to be use

Zonefree:

Best in what aspect?

He contributed immensely to Nigeria football, both nationally and internationally

Why is forex scarce when Nigeria is a major exporter of crude oil

Sleekfingers:




All these things you mentioned are obvious. But Tinubu will still win..... especially if Atiku contest .
Peter Obi will only get his votes from the South east and South South . But Tinubu will still get 25% in Edo , Delta , Akwas ibom and cross rivers. And win outrightly in Rivers state.

With what happened last election. The Southwest won't vote for Peter Obi.....

The North obviously won't vote for Peter Obi. ......

forget these unrealistic permutations,the north that desides who rule the nation has made it known through their body language that Tinubu is not coming back for second term

sIfioksq:
Tinubu's policies may not be perfect, but they are better than the alternatives presented by his opponents.

name one