Nagasaki7:
How much is the yam, cattle or tomato contributing to the federation account?

And how much is oil contributing to the same account?

You run your cattle, tomato, yam, other agricultural businesses and mining yourselves. Let the Niger Deltans run their oil businesses themselves and pay taxes to the federal government where applicable.

Is that too difficult to understand?

I just tire 4 dis people. It's as simple as that.

well,the man made a little sense,though not by that statement but the fact that OIL HAS MADE NIGERIANS SO LAZY


above all,he is a HYPOCRITE

This guy is sick for this statement he made.

A barrel of crude oil is $50
While a tuber of yam is $1

That means a barrel of crude oil can afford 50 tubers of yam.


We don't even need to waste money buying yam when we can produce as many as we want.

My father was a farmer who produced trucks load of yam, cassava and three leaf yam

But Abacha's govermrnt destroyed his farmland and turned it to pipeline for your greedy ass.

You guys has caused us much pains and yet you open your mouth to utter trash?

I am not advocating for division but you guys must show us some respect

At a point, we in Benue challenged them that okay,’ let them go and drink their oil, we would eat our yams and then see who will survive.’.........


If you guys honestly believe this your assertion WHY then is it difficult for your guys from the north to agree to a simple resolution which is to implement the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference reports or for the members of the national assembly to simply legislate that we return to fiscal federalism like we had in the sixties before the military forcefully shoved unitary system down our throats.

To add insult upon injury the president said he never bothered to read the report and he would rather it should be confined to the archives.

Let each state or region develop at its own pace. Let reduce power at the center. Shikena!!!

Izonpikin:
No wahala..We would drink it..nonsense

If we vex nobody will buy your oyel.. And our Yam will not be available for y'all. So it's either you take and release the oil, or you drink your crude and die

tdayof:


In as much as i don't support the way the Federal Government is treating the Niger Delta, here is one thing you should know partaking to your question.

The economy has enjoyed sustained economic growth for a decade, with annual real GDP increasing by around 7%; it was 6.3% in 2014. The non-oil sector has been the main driver of growth, with services contributing about 57%, while manufacturing and agriculture, respectively contributed about 9% and 21%. The economy is thus diversifying and is becoming more services-oriented, in particular through retail and wholesale trade, real estate, information and communication.

You seriously expect someone from the Niger Delta to comprehend or worse still agree with what you just wrote? The "AWA OYEL" crew couldn't care less o.
They should be given resource control abeg, so they can develop their lands and most importantly the minds of their people on time before "oyel" becomes yesterday's news.
That in itself will help the rest of the country focus on other aspects of revenue generation and long-lasting development.

mikolo80:
why would any business man relinquish his investment when he can order army to vanquish you?
will you allow Armed robber to chase you from your place of work or abode without a fight.
they should ask their governors and senators for their money. not investors who have paid their useless elders off.

It surprises me when people keep saying go and ask their governors and their senators for their money.
For your information the level of development in the Niger delta now was done by the people through their governors not through the federal government. If you have been to the niger delta before the advent of OBJ civillian regime and then you go there now, then you would know that the governors in those region have tried, would you talk about akwaibom, cross river,rivers state,edo state,Ondo and even bayelsa that had no road after years of fending for the nation.
I am not saying they have done superbly but they have brought life to their people at least when you start counting fast developing states in nigeria before you count one single state in the north you would have counted at least 3 from the niger delta

The people in de South-South and South-East make una carry una oil de go jare. If Rwanda, Botswana, Ethiopia etc no get oil but de survive den wetin no go make north survive wit goat, sheep and nama. Even we self don tire wit una shakara. But make una remember say Nigeria go only separate wit fight like Sudan and Ethiopia. Wen everybody carry injury go den we go remember beta say we been brodar before.

SANDOSKI:
At a point, we in Benue challenged them that okay,’ let them go and drink their oil, we would eat our yams and then see who will survive.’.........


*Clapping.....


Nice one Sir

The deadly parasites that destroyed Agatu will soon reach you door post then you will realise what we are saying

This man na Arewa outsider.
The Arewa people who own 90% of the Niger Delta oil wells will NEVER utter such a SUICIDAL statement. Not so

Mumu, I'm sure you don't know that Port Harcourt has the same number of Millionaires as Abuja or even more. Yes! Last time it was revealed that PH and Abuja has 1000 millionaires respectively and there were no figures for that of Kano.

Do you that one of the Richest men in Nigeria presently is also from Delta State? Google "Igho Sanomi" and be enlightened.,

And hey, nobody is losing Bendel states. Niger Delta is One, not two. The only reason the GDP of Lagos is higher than that of Rivers, Delta and Akwa Ibom is the absence of True Federalism. And just so you know Delta state has the highest Per Capita income in Nigeria followed by Rivers which is also the mist sustainable state in Nigeria.

Pls speak with facts.

bryan1991:
south africa, kenya, ethopia, tanzania etc..... they don´t have oil

mind you now you are producing 2million barels par day maybe by the time you lose Bendel states, the amout will drop drastically. you will still see dat we will still be oil producing countrie and before you find buy for your oil we will also find other means to generate revenue.

but you will lose the lagos and abuja cities forever.

and all your milionairs will claim citizenship with us because all their live archivements and their family are already in lagos or abuja or kano. then you will have to state from the begining while we will continue with our progress

Receive sense yes pls allow them to take oyel

Nagasaki7:


The people of Benue have a life threatening-genocidal monsters waiting to devour not only their yams, but the present and future generations. They should first deal with that.

Damn it!!!

Leave the mumu.

Good. Fuel your cars with yam powder.

Oil will conveniently pay for food import from Cameroon & Ghana & American rice. Canned tomato will replace Ebola tomato.

Oil money will be used to fund greenhouses for vegetables/legumes. Fruits already abound in SS.

SS produce yam, cassava, cocoyam & lots of plantain. Plantain/amala is even healthier than calorie-loaded yam sef.

Let's see how much LNG & petrol/diesel your N250 yam tubers will buy you.

They should hurry up and go their own way. If he doesn't push for separation, he must be a gargantuan FOOL.

This Man is not normal, eat your yam and leave oil. Mad man, NDA continue doing your good job.

mikolo80:
how were they cheated. we're they sleeping when voting on land use act or petroleum act

Cheated as in No one from the ND owns an oil block it's owned by the Danjumas of Nigeria
Plz recieve sense it's Monday the 6th June 2016

No wonder the b guy is searching for oil in the North like a lunatic

Only if you mean it, that will be nice.

Nagasaki7:


The people of Benue have a life threatening-genocidal monsters waiting to devour not only their yams, but the present and future generations. They should first deal with that.

Damn it!!!

It beggars belief!
He's a clown!

Is this not what they have been fighting for? No let your brothers and sisters from the north hear you o

booblacain:


And you had to wait till they took the law into their hands before thinking of addressing issues.

It is truely said that Nigerians listen to no warning except low battery. The dwindling oil revenue is now the low battery in this country.

we buy the fucken yam completely from em. We ain't trading yam for oil remember. Let the oil rest before you people suck it dry. I wonder all these grievances about unpaid salaries when yam and cow is what Is what paying salaries. Recieve sense even TB Joshua can't find oil in the north

babydioku:
See mumu that his people are being butchered like goat is here claiming arewa.

don't mind him

the bolded is what y'all use in consoling yourselves. Global oil prices fluctuate all the time, its no news. It is worthless but still our major source of revenue that would be used to fund the budget.

NB: Oil will never be as worthless as yam!!

allthingsgood:


Yea that will be better. Everybody run ur own and pay taxes and lets see who will suffer more.

NB oil is already worthless in international market.

DeCleff:
This guy is sick for this statement he made.

A barrel of crude oil is $50
While a tuber of yam is $1

That means a barrel of crude oil can afford 50 tubers of yam.


We don't even need to waste money buying yam when we can produce as many as we want.

My father was a farmer who produced trucks load of yam, cassava and three leaf yam

But Abacha's govermrnt destroyed his farmland and turned it to pipeline for your greedy ass.

You guys has caused us much pains and yet you open your mouth to utter trash?

I am not advocating for division but you guys must show us some respect

I tire o. What do they think about 70% of people in rural areas in SS do? Sit at home and sleep all day?

Edo & Delta are first & second in plantain production in 9ja. Ondo third. Yam, cocoa, cocoyam, cassava, oil palm, timber and vegetable (okro, pumpkin leaves, garden eggs, tomatoes, green leaves, pepper, etc) are normal farm produce there.

I don't know where they got the idea that SS has no food. Some people recently just focus on cassava & plantain because they are easier to maintain many acres of it, make more money compared to yam that requires more tending & relatively cheap to buy from the North. Just commercial calculations.

Does arewa have yams


Abi BENUE too na arewa?

thaoriginator:
If we vex nobody will buy your oyel.. And our Yam will not be available for y'all. So it's either you take and release the oil, or you drink your crude and die

why wont nobody buy our oil.../....who will stop it for where oil market open berekete...oboy we go drink our oil, sell am, refine am and then make mad money...then we go still plant yam or import am... ...we go make sense wella...

I 've heard worst - like Trump!

Mmmmm!! In the North, illegal mining is going on everyday, even NTA will be proud to interview d illegal miners!! Bt in d niger delter d oil is own by d FGN while other natural resources in d North is owned by d states and d masses!! We ar waiting f morrow, it must happen!!!
For this idiotic Benue man talking trash, when d time comes, u will know where u belong!!

caesaraba:


You seriously expect someone from the Niger Delta to comprehend or worse still agree with what you just wrote? The "AWA OYEL" crew couldn't care less o.
They should be given resource control abeg, so they can develop their lands and most importantly the minds of their people on time before "oyel" becomes yesterday's news.
That in itself will help the rest of the country focus on other aspects of revenue generation and long-lasting development.

If not for the destruction of farmland due to oil exploration, who will look northwards for food?

We can produce virtually everything we need to survive even without oil.

We never bought food from the north even before the oil was discovered but we survived. The oil is just a plus.


The same people who invaded our land through military rule, came in and destroyed our farmland so we can depend on them for food.

If an annual revenue from crude oil sales is invested in different sector in the Niger Delta, do you think we'll remain the same?

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Lytech:
See the woman speaking with anger..
In the first,the masses are not benefiting from the oil money..it is been looted among you politician....now he dey pain them as them no see awuf money to share as usual...
Niger delta avengers,continue jare...
That's the only way to get your claims from this so call federal thieves...
When you are done...we south west will start our own problem

How old are you?

babydioku:
See mumu that his people are being butchered like goat is here claiming arewa.

Cowardice reigns surpreme in the middle belt and the north.

Rather than face their oppressors they want to talk about people who are fighting their own battle.

Izonpikin:
why wont nobody buy our oil.../....who will stop it for where oil market open berekete...oboy we go drink our oil, sell am, refine am and then make mad money...then we go still plant yam or import am... ...we go make sense wella...

Joseph the dreamer