Most Igbos blame the North and Abuja for the poor infrastructure in the region but I hold a different opinion because of the following reasons.

1. LGA CHAIRMEN: Let me start from my LGA, Ikeduru LGA receives 85 million Naira monthly allocation from Abuja yet they can't construct just one internal road since the last 10 years. The LGA chairman pockets the whole money with the governors. Yet we blame Abuja?

2. FEDERAL HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY MEMBERS: I didn't know they recieve so much money from Abuja. From my findings MBAIKE FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY receives 100 Million Naira monthly and 450 million Naira every quarter from Abuja for Constituency Projects but I am yet to see what they are doing with such outrageous amount of money. This is more than enough to upgrade and modernize our schools and even build standard hospital in the LGA's but these guys will loot everything and blame Abuja. Their highest and biggest empowerment is few keke tricycles, motorbikes, wheelbarrow and shovels for their lapdogs and online warriors. That is why when you criticize them these urchins will attack you from all angles. GUYS, WHO IS REPRESENTING YOU IN ABUJA? PLS SHARE HIS PROJECTS LETS SEE.

3. SENATORS: I have toured round but I cannot find their projects anywhere yet they recieve massive allocations running into Billions. How do these people even sleep at night?

4. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY MEMBERS: I used to think that they are all the same till uche Ogbuagu emerged. Presently he is one of the shining lights in Ikeduru. Just under one year he managed to construct 4 internal roads in his constituency, 4 modern markets,.mmiri onoma bridge is under construction. From my findings house members in Imo state receive 3 million Naira monthly salary, they have not been given any allocations for Constituency projects just yet. Which means he did all these with his pocket money? I hope he doesnt change like the others. We are watching him closely. I'm not saying he is perfect, I've just listed some of his achievements bc no other house of assembly member in the constituency has done any of these. Someone should prove me wrong with FACTS.

In my own humble opinion, Governors, senators, local government chairmen and federal house of representatives have the potential to turn our region into a mini Dubai but no, they will steal all the money and blame Abuja.
For me our problem is not Abuja, our problem is the crooks and IDIOTS that are representing us.

And please we need to stop disturbing God because God cannot built our roads or change our government. The power is in our hands to remove these greedy bastards through elections or peaceful protests cum demonstrations.

You cannot find any road Rochas constructed in Imo State that lasted up to 3 years. If in doubt show me just one example.

Abia state is even the worst, they have never been lucky with good leadership. With all the huge allocations from Abuja plus all the big industries and factories in Aba yet the useless governors cannot develop the place. Aba is a huge slum, it's an embarrassment to the Igbo nation. The money they generate from Ariaria market alone is enough to turn things around.

If the citizens of the state should occupy the government house for just 4 days the state governor will be forced to fix all the roads in Aba. But we can't do this, rather we gather in churches and be praying for God to change our leaders. God does not change bad leaders, it is you the citizens that will take action.

Go to the north and see the kind of standard roads there but here what we have is China roads that doesnt last up to 7 months.

But it's not all about money, let me explain. Ebonyi state receives the lowest allocation in Nigeria yet the governor Dave Umahi has been able to develop the state with world class infrastructures all over the place. As a blogger I have been there several times to see things for myself.

Ebonyi used to be the poorest and least developed state in Nigeria but right now they are the fastest developing state in Nigeria all thanks to Dave Umahi. Maybe Abia state needs to borrow or loan Dave Umahi for just 1 year and see what true leadership is all about.

I am aware that the North gets most of the juicy appointments, allocations, mega projects etc but what about the little allocations that is given to us, what are we doing with it.

If Dave Umahi can turn his poor state around with little allocations then it means we are our own worst enemy. Na we dey do ourselves.

Let's Look at the rot in NDDC, see how they are raping us openly...

#Breakdown of N81.5Billion Spent By Niger
Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Between January And May 2020:

1. Spent N81.5 billion as sundry expenses, including graduation ceremonies in the United Kingdom during lockdown?
2. Spent N3.14 billion for COVID-19 palliatives for staff.
3. Spent N1.3 billion on community relations
4. Spent N85.6million for travels during lockdown between February and May 2020
5. Spent N122.9 million on condolences between February – May 2020.
6. Spent N23.8million on consultancy.
7. Spent N2.6 billion on medicals,
8. Spent N790.9 million as imprest
9. Spent N1.9 billion on Lasser fever
10. Spent N706 million on legal services
11. Spent N1.121billion on public communication

In all these expenditures nothing was "spent" on Projects in the Niger Delta for the good of the common man for whose purpose the Commission was set up.


Even the Devil will tremble. Indeed there was a Country. And someone will coman tell me that the North is our problem?

Accoding to available records from the Ministry of Finance, this is Budgetary Allocation to NDDC, N'bn

2004: 14.00
2005: 28.80
2006: 26.13
2007: 24.00
2008: 40.57
2009: 27.13
2010: 46.49
2011: 55.08
2012: 48.67
2013: 61.35
2014: 61.94
2015: 46.72
2016: 41.05
2017: 64.02
2018: 81.88
2019: 100.19
2020: 80.88

TOTAL: 769 BILLION NAIRA uptill 2019

According to Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, this is our 13% Derivation Fund since 1999 (N'bn)

1999: 2.4
2000: 61.3
01: 91.2
02: 92.1
03: 138.3
04: 262.5
05: 347.7
06: 424.4
07: 437.4
08: 637.8
09: 455.3
10: 548.5
11: 765.3
12: 774.3
13: 844.3
14: 694.2
15: 410.3
16: 294.7
17: 417.1
2018: 640.1
2019: 320.4

Total: 8.66 TRILLION NAIRA

Where are the Niger Delta youths and elders? Why can't we protests or take over the streets till these crooks are brought to book?


Hushpuppi is still a a learner, infact he is still a puppy. The difference between Hushpuppi and greedy Nigerian politicians is that Hushpuppi scammed whites while your greedy, heartless and visionless politicians scam Nigerians. The damages of their crime will be felt by generations yet unborn.

In all of these, the poor masses whose commonwealth is being looted are quiet. Infact the poor masses are even more confused coz they praise and hail the corrupt politicians that are stealing billions of dollars and kill hungry people that stole tubber of yam to feed their hungry children. SHAME

To successfully fight corruption you have to start from the top. Singapore today is like heaven, the cleanest and most beautiful country in the world with almost zero corruption. How did they do it? Because they fought corruption from the top.

Prostitution, armed robbery, yahoo yahoo, kidnapping etc are on the increase because of mass poverty caused by the people at the top. And until we start stoning these corrupt politicians nothing will change.


A lost nation is one which hungry and jobless people blindly support those responsible for their agony and misery

Shalom
#iykbethany

Laye Laye.

It's the deliberate fault of that man called Tinubu.

He has been depriving South East of Nigeria development they deserved since 18BC.

And people will say we shouldn't criticize him daily... Mbano

Aside Lagos, mention any SW state better than Ebonyi(the youngest) in infrastructures?

helinues:
Laye Laye.

It's the deliberate fault of that man called Tinubu.

He has been depriving South East of Nigeria development they deserved since 18BC.

And people will say we shouldn't criticize him daily... Mbano

Politicians in my LGA awarded many contracts to themselves through NDDC but they stole the money without doing the job and you telling me to blame Tinubu? I hope you will blame Tinubu if you can't get your wife pregnant?

iykbethany:
Most Igbos blame the North and Abuja for the poor infrastructure in the region but I hold a different opinion because of the following reasons.

1. LGA CHAIRMEN: Let me start from my LGA, Ikeduru LGA receives 85 million Naira monthly allocation from Abuja yet they can't construct just one internal road since the last 10 years. The LGA chairman pockets the whole money with the governors. Yet we blame Abuja?

2. FEDERAL HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY MEMBERS: I didn't know they recieve so much money from Abuja. From my findings MBAIKE FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY receives 100 Million Naira monthly and 450 million Naira every quarter from Abuja for Constituency Projects but I am yet to see what they are doing with such outrageous amount of money. This is more than enough to upgrade and modernize our schools and even build standard hospital in the LGA's but these guys will loot everything and blame Abuja. Their highest and biggest empowerment is few keke tricycles, motorbikes, wheelbarrow and shovels for their lapdogs and online warriors. That is why when you criticize them these urchins will attack you from all angles. GUYS, WHO IS REPRESENTING YOU IN ABUJA? PLS SHARE HIS PROJECTS LETS SEE.

3. SENATORS: I have toured round but I cannot find their projects anywhere yet they recieve massive allocations running into Billions. How do these people even sleep at night?

4. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY MEMBERS: I used to think that they are all the same till uche Ogbuagu emerged. Presently he is one of the shining lights in Ikeduru. Just under one year he managed to construct 4 internal roads in his constituency, 4 modern markets,.mmiri onoma bridge is under construction. From my findings house members in Imo state receive 3 million Naira monthly salary, they have not been given any allocations for Constituency projects just yet. Which means he did all these with his pocket money? I hope he doesnt change like the others. We are watching him closely. I'm not saying he is perfect, I've just listed some of his achievements bc no other house of assembly member in the constituency has done any of these. Someone should prove me wrong with FACTS.

In my own humble opinion, Governors, senators, local government chairmen and federal house of representatives have the potential to turn our region into a mini Dubai but no, they will steal all the money and blame Abuja.
For me our problem is not Abuja, our problem is the crooks and IDIOTS that are representing us.

And please we need to stop disturbing God because God cannot built our roads or change our government. The power is in our hands to remove these greedy bastards through elections or peaceful protests cum demonstrations.

You cannot find any road Rochas constructed in Imo State that lasted up to 3 years. If in doubt show me just one example.

Abia state is even the worst, they have never been lucky with good leadership. With all the huge allocations from Abuja plus all the big industries and factories in Aba yet the useless governors cannot develop the place. Aba is a huge slum, it's an embarrassment to the Igbo nation. The money they generate from Ariaria market alone is enough to turn things around.

If the citizens of the state should occupy the government house for just 4 days the state governor will be forced to fix all the roads in Aba. But we can't do this, rather we gather in churches and be praying for God to change our leaders. God does not change bad leaders, it is you the citizens that will take action.

Go to the north and see the kind of standard roads there but here what we have is China roads that doesnt last up to 7 months.

But it's not all about money, let me explain. Ebonyi state receives the lowest allocation in Nigeria yet the governor Dave Umahi has been able to develop the state with world class infrastructures all over the place. As a blogger I have been there several times to see things for myself.

Ebonyi used to be the poorest and least developed state in Nigeria but right now they are the fastest developing state in Nigeria all thanks to Dave Umahi. Maybe Abia state needs to borrow or loan Dave Umahi for just 1 year and see what true leadership is all about.

I am aware that the North gets most of the juicy appointments, allocations, mega projects etc but what about the little allocations that is given to us, what are we doing with it.

If Dave Umahi can turn his poor state around with little allocations then it means we are our own worst enemy. Na we dey do ourselves.

Let's Look at the rot in NDDC, see how they are raping us openly...

#Breakdown of N81.5Billion Spent By Niger
Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Between January And May 2020:

1. Spent N81.5 billion as sundry expenses, including graduation ceremonies in the United Kingdom during lockdown?
2. Spent N3.14 billion for COVID-19 palliatives for staff.
3. Spent N1.3 billion on community relations
4. Spent N85.6million for travels during lockdown between February and May 2020
5. Spent N122.9 million on condolences between February – May 2020.
6. Spent N23.8million on consultancy.
7. Spent N2.6 billion on medicals,
8. Spent N790.9 million as imprest
9. Spent N1.9 billion on Lasser fever
10. Spent N706 million on legal services
11. Spent N1.121billion on public communication

In all these expenditures nothing was "spent" on Projects in the Niger Delta for the good of the common man for whose purpose the Commission was set up.


Even the Devil will tremble. Indeed there was a Country. And someone will coman tell me that the North is our problem?

Accoding to available records from the Ministry of Finance, this is Budgetary Allocation to NDDC, N'bn

2004: 14.00
2005: 28.80
2006: 26.13
2007: 24.00
2008: 40.57
2009: 27.13
2010: 46.49
2011: 55.08
2012: 48.67
2013: 61.35
2014: 61.94
2015: 46.72
2016: 41.05
2017: 64.02
2018: 81.88
2019: 100.19
2020: 80.88

TOTAL: 769 BILLION NAIRA uptill 2019

According to Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, this is our 13% Derivation Fund since 1999 (N'bn)

1999: 2.4
2000: 61.3
01: 91.2
02: 92.1
03: 138.3
04: 262.5
05: 347.7
06: 424.4
07: 437.4
08: 637.8
09: 455.3
10: 548.5
11: 765.3
12: 774.3
13: 844.3
14: 694.2
15: 410.3
16: 294.7
17: 417.1
2018: 640.1
2019: 320.4

Total: 8.66 TRILLION NAIRA

Where are the Niger Delta youths and elders? Why can't we protests or take over the streets till these crooks are brought to book?


Hushpuppi is still a a learner, infact he is still a puppy. The difference between Hushpuppi and greedy Nigerian politicians is that Hushpuppi scammed whites while your greedy, heartless and visionless politicians scam Nigerians. The damages of their crime will be felt by generations yet unborn.

In all of these, the poor masses whose commonwealth is being looted are quiet. Infact the poor masses are even more confused coz they praise and hail the corrupt politicians that are stealing billions of dollars and kill hungry people that stole tubber of yam to feed their hungry children. SHAME

To successfully fight corruption you have to start from the top. Singapore today is like heaven, the cleanest and most beautiful country in the world with almost zero corruption. How did they do it? Because they fought corruption from the top.

Prostitution, armed robbery, yahoo yahoo, kidnapping etc are on the increase because of mass poverty caused by the people at the top. And until we start stoning these corrupt politicians nothing will change.


A lost nation is one which hungry and jobless people blindly support those responsible for their agony and misery

Shalom
#iykbethany
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Mr recapture that nonsense....“ Re: IgboIMO Politicians Are Responsible For Poor Infrastructure In IMO state


Imo politicians has now transcended to Igbo politicians........


Though not much bothered anyway...No interest here.

iykbethany:


Politicians in my LGA awarded many contracts to themselves through NDDC but they stole the money without doing the job and you telling me to blame Tinubu? I hope you will blame Tinubu if you can't get your wife pregnant?

Ask the politicians from your LGA how much Tinubu demanded from them to win the contracts..

It seems you don't know how wicked that man is.. Now imagine him being elected as a president, that means no development will happen during his tenure in South East

iykbethany:


Politicians in my LGA awarded many contracts to themselves through NDDC but they stole the money without doing the job and you telling me to blame Tinubu? I hope you will blame Tinubu if you can't get your wife pregnant?

Nwokem, Learn to recognize sarcassm!

Kriss216:
Aside Lagos, mention any SW state better than Ebonyi(the youngest) in infrastructures?

Ebonyi is doing very well I already said that in this and other threads but thats not what this post is about.

You can open a new thread to compare Ebonyi with South Western states, this post is just to show you how our own brothers are under developing us.

The gods are to be blame

iykbethany:
Most Igbos blame the North and Abuja for the poor infrastructure in the region but I hold a different opinion because of the following reasons.

1. LGA CHAIRMEN: Let me start from my LGA, Ikeduru LGA receives 85 million Naira monthly allocation from Abuja yet they can't construct just one internal road since the last 10 years. The LGA chairman pockets the whole money with the governors. Yet we blame Abuja?

2. FEDERAL HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY MEMBERS: I didn't know they recieve so much money from Abuja. From my findings MBAIKE FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY receives 100 Million Naira monthly and 450 million Naira every quarter from Abuja for Constituency Projects but I am yet to see what they are doing with such outrageous amount of money. This is more than enough to upgrade and modernize our schools and even build standard hospital in the LGA's but these guys will loot everything and blame Abuja. Their highest and biggest empowerment is few keke tricycles, motorbikes, wheelbarrow and shovels for their lapdogs and online warriors. That is why when you criticize them these urchins will attack you from all angles. GUYS, WHO IS REPRESENTING YOU IN ABUJA? PLS SHARE HIS PROJECTS LETS SEE.

3. SENATORS: I have toured round but I cannot find their projects anywhere yet they recieve massive allocations running into Billions. How do these people even sleep at night?

4. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY MEMBERS: I used to think that they are all the same till uche Ogbuagu emerged. Presently he is one of the shining lights in Ikeduru. Just under one year he managed to construct 4 internal roads in his constituency, 4 modern markets,.mmiri onoma bridge is under construction. From my findings house members in Imo state receive 3 million Naira monthly salary, they have not been given any allocations for Constituency projects just yet. Which means he did all these with his pocket money? I hope he doesnt change like the others. We are watching him closely. I'm not saying he is perfect, I've just listed some of his achievements bc no other house of assembly member in the constituency has done any of these. Someone should prove me wrong with FACTS.

In my own humble opinion, Governors, senators, local government chairmen and federal house of representatives have the potential to turn our region into a mini Dubai but no, they will steal all the money and blame Abuja.
For me our problem is not Abuja, our problem is the crooks and IDIOTS that are representing us.

And please we need to stop disturbing God because God cannot built our roads or change our government. The power is in our hands to remove these greedy bastards through elections or peaceful protests cum demonstrations.

You cannot find any road Rochas constructed in Imo State that lasted up to 3 years. If in doubt show me just one example.

Abia state is even the worst, they have never been lucky with good leadership. With all the huge allocations from Abuja plus all the big industries and factories in Aba yet the useless governors cannot develop the place. Aba is a huge slum, it's an embarrassment to the Igbo nation. The money they generate from Ariaria market alone is enough to turn things around.

If the citizens of the state should occupy the government house for just 4 days the state governor will be forced to fix all the roads in Aba. But we can't do this, rather we gather in churches and be praying for God to change our leaders. God does not change bad leaders, it is you the citizens that will take action.

Go to the north and see the kind of standard roads there but here what we have is China roads that doesnt last up to 7 months.

But it's not all about money, let me explain. Ebonyi state receives the lowest allocation in Nigeria yet the governor Dave Umahi has been able to develop the state with world class infrastructures all over the place. As a blogger I have been there several times to see things for myself.

Ebonyi used to be the poorest and least developed state in Nigeria but right now they are the fastest developing state in Nigeria all thanks to Dave Umahi. Maybe Abia state needs to borrow or loan Dave Umahi for just 1 year and see what true leadership is all about.

I am aware that the North gets most of the juicy appointments, allocations, mega projects etc but what about the little allocations that is given to us, what are we doing with it.

If Dave Umahi can turn his poor state around with little allocations then it means we are our own worst enemy. Na we dey do ourselves.

Let's Look at the rot in NDDC, see how they are raping us openly...

#Breakdown of N81.5Billion Spent By Niger
Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Between January And May 2020:

1. Spent N81.5 billion as sundry expenses, including graduation ceremonies in the United Kingdom during lockdown?
2. Spent N3.14 billion for COVID-19 palliatives for staff.
3. Spent N1.3 billion on community relations
4. Spent N85.6million for travels during lockdown between February and May 2020
5. Spent N122.9 million on condolences between February – May 2020.
6. Spent N23.8million on consultancy.
7. Spent N2.6 billion on medicals,
8. Spent N790.9 million as imprest
9. Spent N1.9 billion on Lasser fever
10. Spent N706 million on legal services
11. Spent N1.121billion on public communication

In all these expenditures nothing was "spent" on Projects in the Niger Delta for the good of the common man for whose purpose the Commission was set up.


Even the Devil will tremble. Indeed there was a Country. And someone will coman tell me that the North is our problem?

Accoding to available records from the Ministry of Finance, this is Budgetary Allocation to NDDC, N'bn

2004: 14.00
2005: 28.80
2006: 26.13
2007: 24.00
2008: 40.57
2009: 27.13
2010: 46.49
2011: 55.08
2012: 48.67
2013: 61.35
2014: 61.94
2015: 46.72
2016: 41.05
2017: 64.02
2018: 81.88
2019: 100.19
2020: 80.88

TOTAL: 769 BILLION NAIRA uptill 2019

According to Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, this is our 13% Derivation Fund since 1999 (N'bn)

1999: 2.4
2000: 61.3
01: 91.2
02: 92.1
03: 138.3
04: 262.5
05: 347.7
06: 424.4
07: 437.4
08: 637.8
09: 455.3
10: 548.5
11: 765.3
12: 774.3
13: 844.3
14: 694.2
15: 410.3
16: 294.7
17: 417.1
2018: 640.1
2019: 320.4

Total: 8.66 TRILLION NAIRA

Where are the Niger Delta youths and elders? Why can't we protests or take over the streets till these crooks are brought to book?


Hushpuppi is still a a learner, infact he is still a puppy. The difference between Hushpuppi and greedy Nigerian politicians is that Hushpuppi scammed whites while your greedy, heartless and visionless politicians scam Nigerians. The damages of their crime will be felt by generations yet unborn.

In all of these, the poor masses whose commonwealth is being looted are quiet. Infact the poor masses are even more confused coz they praise and hail the corrupt politicians that are stealing billions of dollars and kill hungry people that stole tubber of yam to feed their hungry children. SHAME

To successfully fight corruption you have to start from the top. Singapore today is like heaven, the cleanest and most beautiful country in the world with almost zero corruption. How did they do it? Because they fought corruption from the top.

Prostitution, armed robbery, yahoo yahoo, kidnapping etc are on the increase because of mass poverty caused by the people at the top. And until we start stoning these corrupt politicians nothing will change.


A lost nation is one which hungry and jobless people blindly support those responsible for their agony and misery

Shalom
#iykbethany

Afonja, who is responsible for the squalor and acute poverty in SW?

iykbethany:


Politicians in my LGA awarded many contracts to themselves through NDDC but they stole the money without doing the job and you telling me to blame Tinubu? I hope you will blame Tinubu if you can't get your wife pregnant?

This reply alone shows you are not intelligent let alone smart...

They claimed to have developed every region in the Zoo but they forgot to develop their fathers region inside the Zoo!!

Pathetic!!!

richie240:

Nwokem, Learn to recognize sarcassm!

Nwannem, there is time for everything.

iykbethany:
Most Igbos blame the North and Abuja for the poor infrastructure in the region but I hold a different opinion because of the following reasons.

1. LGA CHAIRMEN: Let me start from my LGA, Ikeduru LGA receives 85 million Naira monthly allocation from Abuja yet they can't construct just one internal road since the last 10 years. The LGA chairman pockets the whole money with the governors. Yet we blame Abuja?

2. FEDERAL HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY MEMBERS: I didn't know they recieve so much money from Abuja. From my findings MBAIKE FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY receives 100 Million Naira monthly and 450 million Naira every quarter from Abuja for Constituency Projects but I am yet to see what they are doing with such outrageous amount of money. This is more than enough to upgrade and modernize our schools and even build standard hospital in the LGA's but these guys will loot everything and blame Abuja. Their highest and biggest empowerment is few keke tricycles, motorbikes, wheelbarrow and shovels for their lapdogs and online warriors. That is why when you criticize them these urchins will attack you from all angles. GUYS, WHO IS REPRESENTING YOU IN ABUJA? PLS SHARE HIS PROJECTS LETS SEE.

3. SENATORS: I have toured round but I cannot find their projects anywhere yet they recieve massive allocations running into Billions. How do these people even sleep at night?

4. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY MEMBERS: I used to think that they are all the same till uche Ogbuagu emerged. Presently he is one of the shining lights in Ikeduru. Just under one year he managed to construct 4 internal roads in his constituency, 4 modern markets,.mmiri onoma bridge is under construction. From my findings house members in Imo state receive 3 million Naira monthly salary, they have not been given any allocations for Constituency projects just yet. Which means he did all these with his pocket money? I hope he doesnt change like the others. We are watching him closely. I'm not saying he is perfect, I've just listed some of his achievements bc no other house of assembly member in the constituency has done any of these. Someone should prove me wrong with FACTS.

In my own humble opinion, Governors, senators, local government chairmen and federal house of representatives have the potential to turn our region into a mini Dubai but no, they will steal all the money and blame Abuja.
For me our problem is not Abuja, our problem is the crooks and IDIOTS that are representing us.

And please we need to stop disturbing God because God cannot built our roads or change our government. The power is in our hands to remove these greedy bastards through elections or peaceful protests cum demonstrations.

You cannot find any road Rochas constructed in Imo State that lasted up to 3 years. If in doubt show me just one example.

Abia state is even the worst, they have never been lucky with good leadership. With all the huge allocations from Abuja plus all the big industries and factories in Aba yet the useless governors cannot develop the place. Aba is a huge slum, it's an embarrassment to the Igbo nation. The money they generate from Ariaria market alone is enough to turn things around.

If the citizens of the state should occupy the government house for just 4 days the state governor will be forced to fix all the roads in Aba. But we can't do this, rather we gather in churches and be praying for God to change our leaders. God does not change bad leaders, it is you the citizens that will take action.

Go to the north and see the kind of standard roads there but here what we have is China roads that doesnt last up to 7 months.

But it's not all about money, let me explain. Ebonyi state receives the lowest allocation in Nigeria yet the governor Dave Umahi has been able to develop the state with world class infrastructures all over the place. As a blogger I have been there several times to see things for myself.

Ebonyi used to be the poorest and least developed state in Nigeria but right now they are the fastest developing state in Nigeria all thanks to Dave Umahi. Maybe Abia state needs to borrow or loan Dave Umahi for just 1 year and see what true leadership is all about.

I am aware that the North gets most of the juicy appointments, allocations, mega projects etc but what about the little allocations that is given to us, what are we doing with it.

If Dave Umahi can turn his poor state around with little allocations then it means we are our own worst enemy. Na we dey do ourselves.

Let's Look at the rot in NDDC, see how they are raping us openly...

#Breakdown of N81.5Billion Spent By Niger
Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Between January And May 2020:

1. Spent N81.5 billion as sundry expenses, including graduation ceremonies in the United Kingdom during lockdown?
2. Spent N3.14 billion for COVID-19 palliatives for staff.
3. Spent N1.3 billion on community relations
4. Spent N85.6million for travels during lockdown between February and May 2020
5. Spent N122.9 million on condolences between February – May 2020.
6. Spent N23.8million on consultancy.
7. Spent N2.6 billion on medicals,
8. Spent N790.9 million as imprest
9. Spent N1.9 billion on Lasser fever
10. Spent N706 million on legal services
11. Spent N1.121billion on public communication

In all these expenditures nothing was "spent" on Projects in the Niger Delta for the good of the common man for whose purpose the Commission was set up.


Even the Devil will tremble. Indeed there was a Country. And someone will coman tell me that the North is our problem?

Accoding to available records from the Ministry of Finance, this is Budgetary Allocation to NDDC, N'bn

2004: 14.00
2005: 28.80
2006: 26.13
2007: 24.00
2008: 40.57
2009: 27.13
2010: 46.49
2011: 55.08
2012: 48.67
2013: 61.35
2014: 61.94
2015: 46.72
2016: 41.05
2017: 64.02
2018: 81.88
2019: 100.19
2020: 80.88

TOTAL: 769 BILLION NAIRA uptill 2019

According to Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, this is our 13% Derivation Fund since 1999 (N'bn)

1999: 2.4
2000: 61.3
01: 91.2
02: 92.1
03: 138.3
04: 262.5
05: 347.7
06: 424.4
07: 437.4
08: 637.8
09: 455.3
10: 548.5
11: 765.3
12: 774.3
13: 844.3
14: 694.2
15: 410.3
16: 294.7
17: 417.1
2018: 640.1
2019: 320.4

Total: 8.66 TRILLION NAIRA

Where are the Niger Delta youths and elders? Why can't we protests or take over the streets till these crooks are brought to book?


Hushpuppi is still a a learner, infact he is still a puppy. The difference between Hushpuppi and greedy Nigerian politicians is that Hushpuppi scammed whites while your greedy, heartless and visionless politicians scam Nigerians. The damages of their crime will be felt by generations yet unborn.

In all of these, the poor masses whose commonwealth is being looted are quiet. Infact the poor masses are even more confused coz they praise and hail the corrupt politicians that are stealing billions of dollars and kill hungry people that stole tubber of yam to feed their hungry children. SHAME

To successfully fight corruption you have to start from the top. Singapore today is like heaven, the cleanest and most beautiful country in the world with almost zero corruption. How did they do it? Because they fought corruption from the top.

Prostitution, armed robbery, yahoo yahoo, kidnapping etc are on the increase because of mass poverty caused by the people at the top. And until we start stoning these corrupt politicians nothing will change.


A lost nation is one which hungry and jobless people blindly support those responsible for their agony and misery

Shalom
#iykbethany

I still think that restructuring will be better or we go our separate ways.

The government of the day at any period,knows that money is being embezzled and projects abandoned but will always look the other way.

It is a divide and rule thing.

MelesZenawi:



This reply alone shows you are not intelligent let alone smart...

Intelligent man, I do not engage in internet rants. If you are so smart and intelligent create an intelligent thread and we will meet you there. For now do not derail this thread with your stupidity.

Ezennwa:
hmm!

This Topic is inconsequential and should be deleted with immediate effect.

Lol.... why shouldn't it be deleted now... Since it's exposing the hypocrisy of a bunch of people who are naturally not accustomed logic but emotions and petty sentiments

Ezennwa:
hmm!

This Topic is inconsequential and should be deleted with immediate effect.

Lol.... why shouldn't it be deleted now... Since it's exposing the hypocrisy of a bunch of people who are naturally not accustomed to logic but emotions and petty sentiments

Ritchiee:


I still think that restructuring will be better or we go our separate ways.

The government of the day at any period,knows that money is being embezzled and projects abandoned but will always look the other way.

It is a divide and rule thing.

I share same sentiments as you. But while we are stil in this entity we need to make sure that every money that is allocated to our region is accounted for. Also, when we do get our own country are we going to import new leaders from Mars abi na these same crop of politicians that will represent us?

When There Was A Country, Things Fall Apart, Igboland is No Longer at Ease, there was no Man of the People(among their leaders), and youths are looking for The Arrow of God to kill their politicians. Chinua Achebe sighs from beyond

Kriss216:
Aside Lagos, mention any SW state better than Ebonyi(the youngest) in infrastructures?

Lol... Here we go again, talk about a particular flaw in Alaigbo -- like every region has their fair share -- and watch dem shukudi starts making references to the great SW with blind comparisons.... Ebonyi is that an Eldorado of a state, that's why you lots go to other regions as economic refugees nah

iykbethany:


Intelligent man, I do not engage in internet rants. If you are so smart and intelligent create an intelligent thread and we will meet you there. For now do not derail this thread with your stupidity.

Just contain the uselessness to imo state.

case closed.

babatunx:


Lol... Here we go again, talk about a particular flaw in Alaigbo -- like every region has their fair share -- and watch dem shukudi starts making references to the great SW with blind comparisons.... Ebonyi is that an Eldorado of a state, that's why you lots go to other regions as economic refugees nah

You mean parasitic tribe?

iykbethany:
I share same sentiments as you. But while we are stil in this entity we need to make sure that every money that is allocated to our region is accounted for. Also, when we do get our own country are we going to import new leaders from Mars abi na these same crop of politicians that will represent us?

They will be easier to handle.The federal,which was largely the Hausa's were the most honest among us before but their main problem was and is still the inability of having the capacity to grow a nation such as Nigeria and wanting to hold onto power by all means.

Everyone knows that when a Northerner....by the way,I also voted for them thinking they are honest but they have become the most corrupt because I have learnt that they have less upstairs and they are fond of bringing in their kiths and kin who would rather eat down any entity they supervise...

I am sorry for saying this against the Northeners but I have ruminated and arrived at the conclusion that I will not vote for a Northerner again because they do not always represent Nigeria but the North.

If we go back to real federalism, things will be better.I am even ready for the splitting of Nigeria if the North ventures to vie again in 2023.
Let them relinquish power to the Igbos or Yorubas.

iykbethany:


Politicians in my LGA awarded many contracts to themselves through NDDC but they stole the money without doing the job and you telling me to blame Tinubu? I hope you will blame Tinubu if you can't get your wife pregnant?

He was just been sarcastic

Typical Nigeria ..u look at results of a process u don't look at the root causes of process

The north with the help of their controller INEC and police and army help put people in positions in southern Nigeria , ....most times they put idiots who would be loyal to them and not the people

What u see in the East is just a reflection of this process ....north made orji kalu governor ...the rest in abia is history ....simple

If igbos are completely independent there is no way most of our leaders would win local government election even ...ikpeazu without backing can't even win his ward

Without north would hope be governor of imo state ?

Sea enugu and anambra ( thanks to nigige ) that broke out of the chain ...the difference is clear

Ebonyi also is independent and has been developing silently since

Hope would appoint the next ohaneze president and u expect such a president to have Igbo interest at heart ?

We need to break away as igbos to grow ...that's why we want our own country

Well Articulated. Thanks OP.

you are very right here, they will still not talk to their bad politicians. they love to praise Arthur eze and others.

Kriss216:
Aside Lagos, mention any SW state better than Ebonyi(the youngest) in infrastructures?

Insecurity and inferiority complex kee you there OSU bastard.
The guys is from your place and he's here pointing out all the flaws in your 5 States but all you could do is compare with SW who doesn't come to your backward state for green pasture.

Only God knows how many peace mass transit and dilichukwu enter south west today

Go to Osun and see Good roads with world class schools or Ogun and see Companies, Malls and great Universities or Ibadan.

iykbethany:


Politicians in my LGA awarded many contracts to themselves through NDDC but they stole the money without doing the job and you telling me to blame Tinubu? I hope you will blame Tinubu if you can't get your wife pregnant?

The case of NDDC was just too bad. Obasanjo set it up to compensate the Niger Delta for the murder of leaders like Ken Saro Wiwa and the Ogoni 9, also Alfred Rewane killed by Abacha and also to make the area pristine clean of pollution . It was supposed to develop the Niger Delta to be at least
be with an infrastructure level equal to Abuja with their own Railway. NDDC was supposed to turn the Niger Delta into the new Dubai or at the least the new Abuja.

iberrylee:


Insecurity and inferiority complex kee you there OSU bastard.
The guys is from your place and he's here pointing out all the flaws in your 5 States but all you could do is compare with SW who doesn't come to your backward state for green pasture.

Only God knows how many peace mass transit and dilichukwu enter south west today

Go to Osun and see Good roads with world class schools or Ogun and see Companies, Malls and great Universities or Ibadan.

Let them die in their delusion. International and local statistical data has proven numerously that the South-east is the poorest and least developed in Southern Nigeria.

The lies from beer parlour gist and 2/2 shop owners won't let them see the real facts.

hajimosho:


Let them die in their delusion. International and local statistical data has proven numerously that the South-east is the poorest and least developed in Southern Nigeria.

The lies from beer parlour gist and 2/2 shop owners won't let them see the real facts.

Ibadan, Abeokuta and Ado Ekiti,.....world class cities

They should stop attacking Tinubu that owe them NOTHING