meforyou1:
[s]How will it end when a man like soyinka will go to faraway USA and insult igbos for heaven's sake.
Soyinka's issue with igbos is 2-pronged with one never having anything to do with the igbos.
Soyinka is Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi's friend. And when a land issue ensued between Governor Amaechi of Rivers and First Lady Patience Jonathan, a native of Okrika in Rivers State, Soyinka naturally sided his friend. Which led him to calling her Shepopotamus.
The second is his rivalry with Chinua Achebe, an igbo man and a fellow writer. I am a writer myself, and know how deep and strong such rivalries can be. I will dissect the writing styles of both in the literature forum and explain the angst of Soyinka towards Achebe because Achebe's works are more accepted.
Soyinka doesn't hate Goodluck Jonathan. Have never critised Goodluck. Though Soyinka's criticisms don't matter much. He criticised IBB when IBB was ruling, till IBB established Federal Road Safety Commission for him and made him head. One, he did a poor job of it and was eventually removed, and two, his criticism of the administration died a natural death.
Back to the matter at hand. Why is he so bitter at igbos for voting Jonathan? We are not the only ones that did. South South did. Ekiti did. One or two states in the north did.
Soyinka just hate igbos because of Achebe, who is now late. I'm very sure it is because "There Was A Country" which I'm so glad Achebe wrote.[/s]

barcanista:
[s]My brother, APC is all about confusion. They lack these basic understanding and always refuse to learn from realities. Osun is so broke and highly indebted that BANKS have refused to give them more loan . Civil servants are on a 8moth streak without pay... They are just deceiving themselves.[/s]..

Scatterboss:


I don sabi since na and just dey laugh. The bros no fit dey hide his ways anymore and want to kuku show himself. Lolzzz

Scatterboss:



Lolzzz. So you just dey know? Buhahahahaha.

Clerverly:


That is Ngwakwe! I am surprised you didn't know!

Arysexy:


Let's hope so

Obiagelli:

You got the wrong person.

Arysexy:
Good, that politics of maturity, hope He reminded him of d need to do d needful concerning d on going 2 nd niger bridge

Abok1:




He has forgotten so soon that its not business as usual with the oil companies. I can recall that there's a clause in the oil contracts which states that non-performing oil wells would be taken over by the FG, which means the oil company would have to prove beyond reasonable doubts that its oil block is performing, and that in itself is based on the premise that the revenue projections tally with the agreed benchmarks.

Its either you pay up or forfeit your oil block.

MizMyColi:


Thanks for the mention Nne.
But how feasible is this?

This is still Nigeria.

Those huge sums I see up there have been there since time immemorial...
What tangible changes have we seen?

Even if Buhari and Osibanjo really wants this to fruition, are we going to turn a blind eye to the fact that there are Oligarchs up and around this country who get a kick from the sufferings of the common man?

Would they really just sit there and watch these funds being put to good use?

Not to mention the allocation to states and other capital projects we ought to face squarely.

This meal and money thing should be scrapped, imo.
I won't be surprised if it doesn't get to the rightful beneficiaries.

Sis, I am skeptical and rightly so.
I read GMB's interview.
It felt like he didn't want some oxes gored.

Could it be that they are the people who will eventually steer the ship of this nation?

Results will be produced. Yes. But at what price?

barcanista:
[s]Forgive my miscalculation. You don't "give" oil companies what you think, the business is not based on guess work. If Nailja generates that much do you think we'll be crying 4 loans? Or do you think states will be crying for more funds? Lol[/s]

“We will give N5, 000 to the poorest 25 million over a phased period, if their children are enrolled in school and participate in immunization.

“So we are actually doing two things; we are giving stipends to the very poorest and ensuring that in order to earn that stipend they certify two conditions”, he said.

He further noted that the party decided on the 25 million figure because that is what they can deal with in the first phase, adding that “we are looking at phasing it over a period because it will cost about N1.35 trillion to do so if we do all 25 million at once.

He maintained that, if elected, the programme will be done in batches of 5 million people a year, adding that “depending on resources we can even do more”.

He said the N1.35 trillion they are proposing for the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme’ is not so much compared to the AMCON bailout of “persons who are in debt, many businesses and businessmen and it cost N5.7 trillion to do and that is a bailout of the relatively wealthy”.