"The issue is about development and the lack thereof. The issues are education, healthcare and our over consumption of religion, mostly in northern Nigeria."

I really agree with this and I agree with the idea that families are essential. Politicised religion is harmful, religion in itself plays a role in community that I have no problem with. The government has to bear the responsibility as well though and a lot of it. If families are so effective, then what is the need for a government? Do you see my point, what about people with no families? Families that are unable to make that fight out of poverty? Families that are completely unhelpful? The government has more of a role to play because we cannot pick our family but we pick our government.

atlwireles:


Honestly, I have always thought, the northern political leadership is not doing enough, spreading the little earnings states get from the center and help in developing, at least to the level in the south, the social infrastructures.. The federal government will and cannot take over this role.

There used to be militants in South where I come from, actually there are still militants. But to a certain level, the leadership here, controls their madness. Something totally missing in the north. How can youths from villages and communities get out of control, where a local chief or Iman cannot call them to order?

The federal government can help put certain mechanism in place, but the grunt work has to be done by the local political and religious leadership in northern Nigeria. Parents cannot run away from their responsibilities and ask the government to take it over.

Yeah, I think the federal government needs to put the mechanism in place. I also think that the blame should not be put on parents, it has nothing to do with them and everything to do with members of this group. The government must take it over, this in my opinion is absolutely not the work of the parents or even the jurisdiction of parents. They have breached the law therefore the government must take over, it is their job, these are their citizens.

The local chief or Imam cannot bring them to order because the problem is too big to be brought to order and before it seems like nobody cared enough to listen, but now everyone is listening. I don't like the mix of politics and religion, it's very dangerous and if you look at places like India it is the cause of so many wars. Boko Haram use religion in a political manner, I don't want the government mirroring this. Politics should exist outside of religious boundaries and remain secular especially in a country like Nigeria with some many different religious groups.

The work should be done by local and regional government and the federal government needs to give them the money and infrastructure instead of the entire country following the west by waging a war on terror because that's not the problem. The problem is alienation. Give the youth a forum to speak and interact with their government at all levels so they don't feel isolated. This shouldn't be so hard, right?

The involvement of young people in politics is so essential, not just in the northern states but everywhere.

atlwireles:


What is different from a Northern state as compared to the Southern states, that requires more federal involvement. The last time I checked they all attend the same FAAC meeting.

I said they required more representation, not that they didn't go to FAAC meetings. Maybe the politicians that are representing them aren't doing enough and this is a manner in which they are voicing their displeasure with this? Clearly a sizable amount of the population (not all or by any means the majority) feel that their voices and ideas are not being heard.

Also, the reason I said more federal involvement comes from the fact that Southern States do not have a problem with militants of this nature recently that I know of (please correct me if I'm wrong). This is very important reason for federal involvement, leaving these states to themselves doesn't seem to have helped. I'm not saying that these northern states should lose their autonomy, I think that they need to have their voices elevated for the time being.

When religion is made political it never ends well for anyone, I just hope that we can not only stop Boko Haram but stop something like this from happening again.

I honestly am not saying this is the only way, this is just all I can think of and it's not like any politicians are asking for my opinion.

Firstly, obviously Ebola is a disease and Boko Haram is a movement so really comparing them doesn't make sense. Maybe a comparison of Boko Haram to other militant movements in existence now is more of a correct comparison to make because they also haven't been stopped.

Secondly, Boko Haram and the reason why they have come to existence is not being discussed as much as stopping them is being discussed and the root to the problem in my opinion is understanding the root to Boko Haram and their creation. Also they have supporters, Ebola doesn't have supporters which allow it to evade capture. They are also being demonised in the media (rightly so for some of their actions) which is making them even more radical.

“But because the population of the North has felt neglected by the South for so long, many of them view Boko Haram as an able body fighting against the government.”

This for me is the reason why I think Boko Haram hasn't been stopped. The Federal Govt needs to involve northern states a lot more, if the north feels neglected and see a band of militants fighting for them, of course they will support them if they feel their own voices aren't being heard. If the government doesn't make more of an effort to have people's voices heard groups like Boko Haram will rise again, people need to feel they are represented especially if we're going to claim to be a democracy.

I don't think the show should be banned, it's just the human body, people act like it is the worst thing ever shown on television. Big Brother Africa in comparison to the other big brother's is incredibly tame. Seeing a naked body will not harm anyone in any way, nothing will happen to your children from seeing bodies, they have bodies themselves. I just don't understand why there would be an issue with this at all?

EbolaParasite:

I am merely stating a fact. Anything wrong with that? Please check your temperature. if it is above 26.5 degrees, please report yourself to the ebola center because a symptom of ebola is also confusion.

The problem is your fact is absolutely useless in this situation. Honestly, what use is saying "someday we will be immune from Ebola" when we're not naturally immune from numerous other diseases that have been plaguing us for centuries. Instead of simply typing maybe you should type things which might bring value to the conversation. People are dying, instead of diagnosing me with a case of Ebola maybe give some thought to the severity of the situation. Not a personal attack, just a suggestion.

Op, honestly I'd say cut your losses and find someone else, but that's really just my opinion. The fact here is he's married to her, not you. That girl in the picture is a human being as well, this situation isn't fair to the both of you. Is he going to keep you here and keep her as well? I think you should think about yourself and what you want. Forget this guy.

EbolaParasite:

Are you aware that MALARIA kills thousands in AFRICA yearly?
The same malaria that you and i will just use artesunat or "wetin be that new one again" for.
Standard of living and early detection is a huge factor. EBOLA killed more people in rural congo, guinea, and liberia due to their dilapidated health care. Not saying Naija is exceptional but it's still way better than those countries so expect more Nigerians to survive it. Eventually, Africans will be immune to EBOLA without the use of the so-called vaccines or drugs. Nature has been doing it this way for ages. Some will die, while others will survive and pass on the immunity.

I don't understand how you can say something like that so flippantly almost like you're not talking about human lives. The eventually you're talking about will not be immediate, no one knows when or if it will occur so instead the focus should be on so called vaccines and drugs because this is what is working now not some fantasy.