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Meister: I mean its not even close and its such a ridiculous assertion, as in are we clowning around here?
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9jalyte: Someone asked in this thread what has been done in Lagos that hasn't been replicated in a state like Kaduna by the FG, I'm not sure if he's gotten any response. This Lagos was capital decades ago too is one of those baseless arguments. I also don't see how Lagos being capital at some point has impeded any other state from achieving more. When you say BAT has no effect on what Lagos is today, then what effect do leaders have at all? Or are you saying governors have no effect on their states? On the one hand, when you want to talk negatively about Lagos, y'all are quick to say it's BAT Lagos but when it's anything positive, he doesn't exist. For years VI had been flooding, the so-called FG did nothing about it until they proposed and built the so-called wall of Lagos which has protected that area which led to the development of Eko Atlantic. Do you think if the flooding had continued it won't have affected commercial activities in the area? Instead, the area has flourished. A huge part of VI by the water was dumping ground for a long time until those places were cleared making that place one of the sought-after places for companies, huge name-brand hotels, etc. Isn't that why people claim he owns continental? Expansion of the Lekki-Epe road also contributed hugely to opening up that axis which led to a huge real estate boom. The government doesn't have to build houses if the private sector can handle it as long as an enabling environment and adequate infrastructure is provided. Lagos earnings were greatly improved under him, whatever excuses you want to give for that, this can't be denied and it was a deliberate effort by the government to achieve that, it didn't just happen out of the blue. A lot of institutions that are still present in Lagos today were started by him. Let me stress this again, Lagos in nowhere close to what it should be but its doing a million times better than other states and that shows up in every metric out there. Also, I want to genuinely learn, what strides Akwa Ibom has made in the last 2 decades that Lagos hasn't. Then whatever progress has been made over there was that by the efforts of the leaders there or they just happened without any catalyst. |
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Meister: lmao! So you guys just go around referencing false information.. wonderful |
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Zionmdde: You that don't defend rubbish, explain to me how Sambisa is twice the size of Israel |
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Zionmdde: You've said a lot but still haven't explained how Sambisa is twice the size of Israel. Ppl always point out the specks in other ppl's eyes |
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9jalyte: LOL! Brought up in Agege? What does that even have to do with anything? You thought you said something intelligent right? Anyway, so why haven't those same factors that are not state govt interventions applied to other states? Again why has a state like Bayelsa with a high allocation and small population not experienced significant development? I've said it before Lagos has the highest real estate market in the country by far, that isn't a fluke. Over 70% of the real estate market share in Nigeria is between Lagos and Abuja with Lagos' share being over 50%. How do we not acknowledge the failures of all the other states but keep obsessing over Lagos which is leading in all ramifications even if underperforming? Other states compared to Lagos have performed abysmally |
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Acidosis: Cos it's a baseless point that people like to bring up over and over again. There are major cities all around the world that are prosperous but don't have seaports. It's an excuse people bring up to justify the failure of their leaders. 3 Likes |
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Zionmdde: What does it matter if he makes gaffes? Biden is referred to as a gaffe machine and so what's the effect? When Tinubu said PD.. he corrected himself and said APC. No one can come here and say Tinubu doesn't know what a PVC is, lets's get real. Again I'm sorry if the roasted corn statement is too hard for you to grasp cos logically you know it makes sense that he was saying the down payment wasn't enough for roasted corn. The statement not being constructed perfectly doesn't change the meaning you guys just want to jump on this corn gag which is fine. However, you guys have not explained Sambisa being twice the size of Israel. I think we've beaten this roasted corn thing to death by now |
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9jalyte: Please provide the stats cos you can't just say I should go and look for some before and after pictures to compare. Can we compare in terms of migration, population growth, economic growth, investments, real estate market, infrastructural developments, social development. My guy said ppl with brains and went on to say I should look for before and after photos. Lagos still remains #1 by far when it comes to housing market, then Abuja a distant second and it falls off from there. Mention one state that has eaten in Lagos' market share when it comes to that. 1 Like |
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Jogs1900: I'll wait for them to name it as well 3 Likes |
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Zionmdde: He mentioned electric transmission being like a super highway but they didn't make deposit enough for roasted corn, I mean how is this so hard to grasp? PDAPC was a gaffe, a gaffe can be made by absolutely anyone, stupid or smart. Obama has made gaffes, Biden, Clinton, etc. However can you explain how Sambisa is twice the size of Israel cos this was made as a statement of fact. |
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For you Obidients to convert ppl, you need to at least pretend to be smart. One shot of an expression on a woman's faces and you're coming up with stupid conclusions. That reaction could literally be anything. This wasn't a video of her complaining or saying she was forced to be there. If they show a video of same woman praising Tinubu now, same ppl praising her will turn the praises to curses |
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slimfit1: What other state in Nigeria is doing better than Lagos? And pls don't bring up the port argument or Lagos was capital decades ago debate. Why aren't other states doing better? You guys like to present Obi as the less of the evils we have when it comes to politicians, how about we apply the same logic when it comes to states in the country? Bayelsa is a small state with a small population with relatively high allocation every single year, are they where they should be? Wike revealed Niger-Delta states were paid what they had been owed since 1999, what effect has it had on a state like Bayelsa? Shouldn't Bayelsa be one of those states ppl should be stepping over each other to go to? 5 Likes 1 Share |
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God1000: Osun? lmao! The election in February is going to be a close reflection of the election that happened not too long ago which means it's a toss-up between PDP & APC. What has PO done for anyone in Osun to recognize or vote for him? Do you think the machinery that put the Adelekes in power is going to turn around and work for PO and not the PDP candidate? Do you guys really know how politics work at all or are you just living some deluded fantasy? 2 Likes |
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Zionmdde: He said they didn't make deposit enough for a roasted corn talkless electricity transmission which is basically like building a super highway. For APV, gaffes are made every time. Do you care to explain how Sambisa is twice the size of Israel? 10 Likes 3 Shares |
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Kalashnikov49: What's the correlation? Did Pasuma or KWAM 1 make an inane statement like the one Peter made? 13 Likes 4 Shares |
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WhatCanIsay: You really just said a lot without saying anything. You want people to acknowledge your own movement as positive while you try to demonize others for their choice. If you see tribal bigots on other sides, I see tribal bigots on your own side as well. |
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WhatCanIsay: Explain how his emergence will automatically set Nigeria on a better path to success? All this language like if you "love the nation" and those that oppose him are tribal bigots are low IQ attempts at guilt-tripping that won't work. Every person has their reasons for supporting their candidate. Some obviously out of selfish reasons and some based on past achievements and the overall impact of their contributions, It's funny how some Obi supporters all of a sudden love the country the most when just yesterday they were calling it a Zoo while threatening to leave when no one was holding them back. Also, this joker said the current status quo and mentioned just BAT & Atiku like Obi wasn't Atiku's VP candidate this past election cycle and in PDP less than six months ago. 1 Like 1 Share |
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He'll strengthen the economy of the SW thereby benefitting me a Yoruba man 6 Likes 1 Share |
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Isoni: Now this post makes a lot of sense. This is how I'll like us to start thinking instead of taking sides with these politicians that don't care about us. I really pray this thinking spreads, these politicians APC/PDP don't care about us. I'm not even sure exactly what you wrote previously that I responded to but this particular one I agree with. However you have to agree with me that our problem didn't start last year and we can't get out of it quickly. There's no magic pill. Diversification is a long and hard. Everyone's frustration though is that it seems like the government is moving too slow without any clear vision to get us out. To a lot of us, this economic situation isn't being treated like a crisis. For the rice, they have said we'll stop rice importation by 2018 or so, how do we know if this is true or not until that 2018. It'll be nice to talk to rice farmers and know exactly what's going on in that industry. My point with the oil and gas guy I'm talking about is he's not sitting down waiting for things to get better. I'm not sure how those guys are going to survive doing any other business because of how easily they made money but i admire the fact this particular guy is making an effort. In difficult times like these we can't sit down and wait for government to announce things are ok. We need to get creative, think outside the box before we can move forward. |
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ukomko: Dude you could actually do without the insults. Funny enough I agree with every other thing you wrote up there. My point is simply Buhari is failing isn't the same as PDP succeeded. Buhari failed isn't the same as Jonathan should have stayed that's my point. Maybe just maybe this storm of criticisms will make them wake up. We need to make them know that they're supporters are not as loyal as PDP supporters that'll support in face of massive corruption and incompetence 1 Like |
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ITbomb: First things first, the country didn't make anything close to what it made during GEJ period compared to Abacha's administration so error right there. Then Obj steered us out, how long did it take? Apart from that from when Obj came in to now, everything is now bigger. Go check our spending then compared to now. This same Obj you're giving credit to criticized the past administration several times because he thought they were taking decisions that were bad for the country. You can't praise him for doing good and turn around and say he didn't know what he was saying when he was criticizing Jonathan. Money was stolen under Jonathan, this is an undeniable fact, if not where's all the money we made from the oil boom? |
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Look at this lazy thinking. How can all that happen in one year and all of a sudden we ignore 16 years prior to that, I'm sorry how does this make any sense?? What happened to all the money made during the oil boom?? Where's the corresponding infrastructure if the argument is it was spent? Where's the result of diversification that should be helping us during this period of crashed oil prices? Then you guys keep comparing official rate to a very volatile black market rate. Then about corruption, are we just kidding here?? Then when you say you don't care about others assumptions/opinions, you can't be stating fact because fact should stand up to anyone's assumption/opinion. This kind of Op's thinking is what will never make PDP win again. If your idea of campaigning for PDP is trying to make us believe we had 16 good years of PDP is a huge error. Almost like PDP Lagos trying to convince us Fayose is a better governor than Ambode... error!!!! Look with this thinking, PDP will not win in 2019 no matter how bad Buhari messes up. The only chance PDP has is presenting something totally different from their 16 years and also a huge improvement from the present government. 3 Likes |
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Atk1nson: What's this one saying about party affiliation?? Party affiliation has literally never added one kobo to my pocket which is what I'm about. No matter how me or others complain about Buhari, leaving Jonathan would have been a bigger mistake. Complaining about Buhari is to make them get working and not relax. They can't be complacent, their supporters have to make them realize they're not sheep that'll keep supporting them no matter what they do or don't do. |
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Isoni: Tell me one country that's dependent on oil that's faring well. Please just mention one. Please don't come here to mention countries that are surviving with their huge reserves because I'll ask you where our own reserves went. Let's no even talk about Venezuela. Go see what's going on in Angola. Saudi Arabia has suspended so many projects leaving a lot of migrant workers without food. I saw something on CNN were the Indian government had to send food to Indian workers in Saudi because they're not getting paid anymore. Power has been cut from the camps they stay in, no more money so no food. They can't leave because their employers have their passports and that's Saudi with their huge reserves. Venezuela is like a scene from those apocalypse movies. There's no painless way out of this mess. The solution is less dependence on oil for our forex earning, that won't happen in one year, it won't even happen in 10. All we can do as citizens is take advantage of the opportunities that arise from this mess. The oil and gas folks i know are already looking to other businesses. I know one that went to sign a deal with middle East developers, he wants to get into luxury real estate. If it'll work out is yet to be determined but we can't just sit around and wait for government to come share money. Btw, your taxes you pay made them share N559B (faac) last month up about N300b from the previous month, a lot of it was due to collection agencies like Firs so thanks for paying your taxes, it's been shared to your state and lg. |
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Isoni: Tell me one country that's dependent on oil that's faring well. Please just mention one. Please don't come here to mention countries that are surviving with their huge reserves because I'll ask you where our own reserves went. Let's no even talk about Venezuela. Go see what's going on in Angola. Saudi Arabia has suspended so many projects leaving a lot of migrant workers without food. I saw something on CNN were the Indian government had to send food to Indian workers in Saudi because they're not getting paid anymore. Power has been cut from the camps they stay in, no more money so no food. They can't leave because their employers have their passports. Venezuela is like a scene from those apocalypse movies. |
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This Op never supported Buhari. He just wants to take advantage the fact that his supporters are complaining. How anyone can say insecurity is worse under Buhari is a liar. Anyone that says or suggests that things could have been better under Jonathan is a liar. People's frustration with this government is that they feel they could be doing more. I for one thought, the difference between this administration will be like light and dark are disappointed. There's no part of me that misses Jonathan for one second, I just need this government to do better. You talk insecurity, when last have you heard about a bomb blast in the NE. The militants that misbehaved in the SW were decisively dealt with. We're not out of the woods yet obviously but there's evidence miscreants are being dealt with. Management of funds have been better with stuff like the TSA and curbing of corruption. I just expected a lot more, stuff like CBN restricting money transfers is one of the things that keep me scratching my head, the perceived lax attitude of fixing this economic crisis is what bugs me. Comparing however to Jonathan abeg let that guy enjoy his retirement. |
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cktheluckyman: He's actually not the one doing the whining it's his unflinching supporters that are doing the whining. I supported Buhari in the last election and I still support him as my president for selfish reasons. If he succeeds, Nigeria succeeds, I succeed. However, enough of the blame game. The government won't be motivated to move forward and act quickly if they feel their supporters are still blaming the previous administration. Now there's nothing wrong in telling the truth, yes this mess was carried over but please as much as they're talking about who created the mess, more should be talked about what they're doing to fix it and get out of the mess. This government needs to give details, timelines, plans of how they plan to fix the mess. This is the reason they got elected. We that supported them were not satisfied with the previous government but we voted the new government to fix the mess not point out what we know. Now for the avengers, let's be honest, the FG is treating them with kid gloves only because they're worried about the backlash. The avengers know this and they're taking advantage of it. However, what are the laws on bringing in gas into the country. If gas can be imported, let's do that to service these power plants. If after that the avengers want to get high off the gas that's wasting away let them feel free. 3 Likes |
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psucc: I'm sorry please explain what you mean by hoarding revenue?? FAAC shared N559B last month, the highest in about 2 years. This was shared to all states and lgs, so how are they hoarding? They've given bailout to states, they're going to give another round of bailout where's the hoarding? They've started releasing money for capital projects, where's the hoarding. There are too many things you can criticize this government on and I'll agree not hoarding revenue, I'm not even sure what that means. Where's the revenue coming from? Now to CBN, can we not always make everything political and just focus on what's good for us? This same El-Rufai has spoken about his mistrust for the people around Buhari so lets just put "because cbn governor is from past administration" aside. Apart from the point the governor raised, in a country where we're in a desperate need for forex, the cbn restricted transfer of money to the country. The services people have been used to for years all if a sudden blocked. We're desperately looking for forex anyhow we can get it and you do that. Can you please explain the rationale behind that? They ordered this suspension without any explanation. Those in the diaspora that we're supposed to be seriously courting and making life easier for them with regards sending money home, we make more difficult. That to me is an evidence of the cbn's role in this mess. Now this isn't me saying they're solely responsible but they're a huge part of it. Then Naira is in free fall because our currency isn't worth much. Oil isn't worth much nowadays, our currency follows suit. When we diversify, then we can talk about real appreciation of Naira. When the demand for $$$ can match our revenue in $$$ then we can discuss stopping this freefall. Diversification, less dependence on foreign products and increasing our forex earning which all goes hand in hand is the solution and not because someone is somewhere hoarding. |
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Any sensible person won't believe this obvious bs.I'm sure this is one of those sad folks that created this to start some controversy. Jobless folks |
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chosen6: You're definitely one of the people i was referring to in my post, do you guys have to respond?? Isn't it more honorable and intelligent to just not say anything than embarrass yourself because you guys don't like Buhari. Did you see where they wrote "host" or does that have another meaning in your world?? 1 Like |
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I swear it's not our government that's doing us in this country, it's the people. How stupid can one get?? Op that has probably never stepped foot in MMIA not to talk of Dulles is confidently posting different angles of a big airport to show what exactly?? This is the reason our politicians get away with stuff because a lot of folks are really not smart. Below is a tweet from USIP, this also Adekunle Gold shey?? slowpoke!! 10 Likes 2 Shares
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