yang:
Just divide this zoo. We no want again.

In saner places, that dwarf el-rufai will be in an Underground prison cell hoping that Amechi does not rape him at Night.

They just steal from Biafra and take the money to give Jigawa State.

Then SUle Lamido and his ugly wives will use it to buy 22 cars and they call it One Zoo.

Tell me what is my business with a Baboon from Jigawa?? I cant even drink beer on the streets there.

Just Baboons and Monkeys Everywhere.

trillville:
lets have a conversation. what do you hope nigeria will achieve by practising true federalism?

what are your primary concerns with nigeria as a nation? poverty?

do you believe that true federalism will resolve poverty in nigeria? why? and how?

other countries with oil that are mono cultural such as venezuela and iran also suffer from the dutch disease of oil dependency. they do not have a multi-ethnic population so why do you propose true federalism as a cure for nigeria?

why not a system were all crude profits are used for infrastructural development as opposed the payment of salaries?

dearpreye:


Let me start with you.

Why won't true federalism solve our problems?

Agbaletu:
It is unfortunate that all the states look up to the centre to survive

Viktor1983:


He asked u a question first?

Emekamex:
->I share the same thought bro. The truth is that people will still avoid this thread or insult or call you names.
->Nigeria was never created with equality or fairness, hence the numerous problems we suffer.

dearpreye:


Let me start with you.

Why won't true federalism solve our problems?

dearpreye:

OK. So let me start with his points though they be very many.

trillville:
lets have a conversation. what do you hope nigeria will achieve by practising true federalism?

what are your primary concerns with nigeria as a nation? poverty?

do you believe that true federalism will resolve poverty in nigeria? why? and how?

other countries with oil that are mono-cultural such as venezuela and iran also suffer from the dutch disease of oil dependency. they do not have a multi-ethnic population so why do you propose true federalism as a cure for nigeria?

why not a system were all crude profits are used for infrastructural development as opposed the payment of salaries?

do you think the oil revenue is not enough to develop the whole of nigeria if used prudently?

dearpreye please answer me.

yang:
Just divide this zoo. We no want again.

In saner places, that dwarf el-rufai will be in an Underground prison cell hoping that Amechi does not rape him at Night.

They just steal from Biafra and take the money to give Jigawa State.

Then SUle Lamido and his ugly wives will use it to buy 22 cars and they call it One Zoo.

Tell me what is my business with a Baboon from Jigawa?? I cant even drink beer on the streets there.

Just Baboons and Monkeys Everywhere.

trillville:


because our problem has nothing to do with the amount of income we make of oil but how we manage our income. it is like earning 1 million naira and spending it on expensive liquor and another person earning 500 thousand and buying a plot of land to build a house. we do not have our priorities straight.


true federalism will only provide more income to the niger delta region. if the region remains in nigeria, the people of the region will still be using the same currency with the rest of the country. if the naira falls, everyone will still suffer.

are you proposing a division of nigeria?

dearpreye:


If you're not from the Niger delta, what profits they make from their oil shouldn't be your business. You're thinking in this line because we're used to decades of free oil money.

Texts and other oil rich US states manage THEIR oil resources and pay taxes to the centre. In fact the US is so developed the President runs mainly only foreign policy and national defense.

Every state must bring their coins to the table. Those who have tin, gold and other resources must bring their profits to the centre to ballance this injustice. It's indeed a bigger picture.

dearpreye:


If you're not from the Niger delta, what profits they make from their oil shouldn't be your business. You're thinking in this line because we're used to decades of free oil money.

Texts and other oil rich US states manage THEIR oil resources and pay taxes to the centre. In fact the US is so developed the President runs mainly only foreign policy and national defense.

Every state must bring their coins to the table. Those who have tin, gold and other resources must bring their profits to the centre to ballance this injustice. It's indeed a bigger picture.

dearpreye:


I'll endeavour to do the little I can do on your questions.

And let me start from the scratch: Nigeria has a faulty and very dubious foundation. And we all know the significance of a good and fair foundation to a building and to a nation.

True Federalism simply means states managing the greater part of their resources and the centre having a little part. In essence, the 13 % derivation should actually go to the centre and not the other way round.

We have scores of mineral resources lying fallow and untapped up North. Imagine what will be the IGR of those states if they are being tapped and developed! Thousands of jobs will result, and you know how that impacts poverty.

True Federalism will force states to be more prudent with their scarce resources. Their meagre resources will force them to scrap useless schemes like Jerusalem or Mecca pilgrimage...Oil, free oil money, is a recipe for massive corruption and looting...

Our problems go beyond poverty. Though no government has succeeded in eradicating poverty.

The bigger problems is the economic injustice perpetrated by the Nigerian state. A lot of people feel they're being cheated and rightly so.

dearpreye:


If you're not from the Niger delta, what profits they make from their oil shouldn't be your business. You're thinking in this line because we're used to decades of free oil money.

Texts and other oil rich US states manage THEIR oil resources and pay taxes to the centre. In fact the US is so developed the President runs mainly only foreign policy and national defense.

Every state must bring their coins to the table. Those who have tin, gold and other resources must bring their profits to the centre to ballance this injustice. It's indeed a bigger picture.

trillville:
lets have a conversation. what do you hope nigeria will achieve by practising true federalism?

what are your primary concerns with nigeria as a nation? poverty?

do you believe that true federalism will resolve poverty in nigeria? why? and how?

other countries with oil that are mono-cultural such as venezuela and iran also suffer from the dutch disease of oil dependency. they do not have a multi-ethnic population so why do you propose true federalism as a cure for nigeria?

why not a system were all crude profits are used for infrastructural development as opposed the payment of salaries?

do you think the oil revenue is not enough to develop the whole of nigeria if used prudently?

dearpreye please answer me.

HopeAtHand:
Dearpreye, enlighten the house more on the model of true federalism best suited for Nigeria and also if Nigerias present deteriorating situation is more a failure of structure and/or leadership.

trillville:



what you fail to realise is that the oil belongs to whoever possesses the land. get that in your head.

Agbaletu:


I agree with this submission 100%.

mensdept:
Nigeria was and still is a colony, put together to siphon the wealth within its "borders". That is why we are answering our slave masters name despite being "independent" for 50 years because we are mumu and can't reason.

ECOTERRORS:
In a true Federalism, the states will control their resources and remit a percentage to the Centre for its use.

In true federalism, states potentials are developed, there will be robust and ssystematic develeopment of its economy because a buoyant economy makes for a larger IGR.

Nigeria is a multi cultural society where revenue allocation is not done on a fair basis which gives rise to imbalance in the society, gerrymandering is now the order of the day with the allocation of resources being the motive, how do you see a situation where Jigawa has more LG than Lagos or where the population of kano is larger than Lagos.

Oil revenue can NEVER be enough to develop infrastructure because of the volatility in the oil market which makes the revenue to fall daily. A lot of countries are discovering oil today and the commodity is falling , the FG needs to invest in Human resources which will bring in the highest revenue.