iLoveConductor:
If you remove Northern Nigeria, where will Yoruba muslims see another towel headed sultan of sokoto to slam their head to?

You know Yoruba muslims are not facilitated to see the moon except when a Sultan in Sokoto sees it first. How will they know its time to stop Ramadan fasting and continue with their skull mining business?

So you see, my dear Annkio Briggs, Northern Nigeria has its own benefits.

Brooklynsouth:
Biafra woman

The South has 17 states, 357 local government areas, 51 senatorial seats and 169 House of Representatives seats. So, if the Yoruba, all the ethnic groups in the Niger Delta, and the Igbo who are members of the National Assembly agree on anything that would benefit their people, and the North say no, the North’s position would be upheld.

Masterclass32:
- Annkio Briggs called for a
change of Nigeria's current
structure

- The activist said the north was
benefiting than the rest of the
country

- She noted that the northern
region was contributing
nothing to the country

Annkio Briggs who is an
environmental activist from the
Niger Delta has lashed out at the
current Nigeria structure that sees
the north benefit more from
allocation sharing.

In an interview with The Punch,
Briggs noted that the north was at
an advantage over the rest of the
country due to having more states
and local government.

She said: “Today, we have a 36-
state country with six geopolitical
zones. The North has 19 states; the
South has 17 states. Looking at
that, you have a situation where
the North has more senators in the Senate and the South has less.

“What that means is that, if there
is a bill that will be in the favour of
the South, like what happened
with the Petroleum Industry Bill –
there is no way that PIB would
have been passed if the North said it should not be passed. In the
North, you have 19 states, 419
local government areas, 58
senatorial seats and 191 House of
Representatives seats.

“The South has 17 states, 357
local government areas, 51
senatorial seats and 169 House of
Representatives seats. So, if the
Yoruba, all the ethnic groups in
the Niger Delta, and the Igbo who are members of the National
Assembly agree on anything that
would benefit their people, and
the North say no, the North’s
position would be upheld.

“We have six zones; all the zones
must have equal number of states.
You cannot have a situation where
census was done and a state like
Kano insists that it is more in
population and therefore it must have 44 local government areas,
but Bayelsa has only eight local
government areas.

“When you have allocation that
is shared based on the number of
local government councils, you
would find how unjust the sharing
is. The North, in terms of oil and
gas, produces zero.

“Yet, when we share based on
local government allocation, the
North gets 54.9 (per cent) of what
we bring to the table. We (South-
South) that bring 100 per cent get
45.1 per cent. Of course, it is injustice. When you go by state
allocation, the North gets 57 per
cent of 100 per cent that they are
bringing zero per cent of, but the
entire South is getting 43 per cent.

“In the allocation of oil and gas,
the South-South brings 91.54 per
cent, the South-West, that is, the
oil in Ondo State is 3.97 per cent.
The oil in the South-East is 2.75 per
cent. The North-Central, North-East and North-West brings 0.00 per
cent, and yet, they take home
more.

“Somehow, people are able to
overlook this and focus on the
Niger Delta Development
Commission that the government
owes, and focus on Amnesty and
the Ministry of Niger Delta.

“We are saying, ‘Let go of the
amnesty. Let go of the NDDC. The
Ministry of Niger Delta, let go off it.
The North-East Development Fund,
let go of it. Let go of every
palliative. Let everybody use what it has.’ That is the only justice
that we will entertain now and pay
tax to the Federal Government”

https://www.naij.com/1116421-the-north-enjoying-lion-share-providing-briggs.html

sarrki:
Hmmm

Another hate speech from PDP

sarrki:
Hmmm

Another hate speech from PDP

sarrki:
Hmmm

Another hate speech from PDP

iLoveConductor:
If you remove Northern Nigeria, where will Yoruba muslims see another towel headed sultan of sokoto to slam their head to?

You know Yoruba muslims are not facilitated with the ability to see the moon except when a fulani Sultan in Sokoto who ties his head with bandage sees it first. How will they know its time to stop Ramadan fasting and continue with their skull mining business?

So you see, my dear Annkio Briggs, Northern Nigeria has its own benefits.

NobleAngell:
Rubbish!

mazimee:
The North benefits the More still yet it doesn't reflect on the northern people. They have the biggest concentration of career beggars .

Baddestman:
u just like ti sound like fool

TheKingIsHere:
@Masterclass32 arrange the write up well na.

Lalasticlala for is ready ooo