NewStats: 3,265,277 , 8,186,216 topics. Date: Saturday, 14 June 2025 at 08:17 AM 1u6s5g

Guestmale:
Who is now the right man for the job. We want to know.

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It certainly isn't BAT. That much is clear.

BAT doesn't practice what he preaches. Ordinary Nigerians are supposed to tighten their belts and sacrifice even more each day...while the BAT istration continues with its built-in culture of wastefulness and mismanagement.

What is needed at this time is leadership by example. Unfortunately, BAT cannot provide this. Nigerians will continue to receive hollow lectures from him about patience, prudence and sacrifice, qualities that his istration so sorely lacks.

This istration is exactly like the Buhari istration in the sense that it promised so much and delivered so little. Nobody has time for this anymore.

The excuses have started pouring in.

BAT cannot get the compliance of state governors in implementing a Supreme Court judgement. But he was able to get parliamentary approval for a change to the old anthem - without any problems.

We are often told that the man is a political 'god' amongst men - a claim which of course is complete nonsense. BAT is only a man. He is only a man! Two years in and Nigerians are struggling to find some groundbreaking pro-people policy or legislation by this istration. Unfortunately, there is nothing. There is nothing!

BAT was not the right man for this job.

Two years in...and all we have is a general sense of malaise.

At every press conference, every bilateral or multilateral summit etc., BAT trots out his well worn tales about the 'courage' it took for him to remove fuel subsidies and unify exchange rates. Unfortunately,that 'courage' has now deserted him and he hasn't been able to tackle the chronic inflation that began after his 'groundbreaking' announcements in 2023...and it seems there is no end to it.

There is now a listlessness about Nigerians that they can't shake off. At times like these, people look to leadership for guidance - and there lies part of the problem. BAT was always a poor public speaker and his lack of oratorical skills means he always struggles to inspire his countrymen whenever he speaks. Which means...his policies have nothing to stand on...except their own merit. And there also lies part of the problem. Two years in..and the policies are not what we were told they were. Nigerians now have nothing but chronic inflation and empty promises of 'change' that are blowing in the wind.

Buhari promised all this 'change' and more. How did that turn out for Nigerians?

lexy2014:
how has tinubu used his boldness and serious balls to successfully tackle corruption, nepotism, cronyism, hunger, unemployment, hardship, poverty, inflation, wasteful government spending, budget padding, insecurity, bad governance, failing public infrastructure, poor medial services and falling standard of education?

fujiyama

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Help me ask them ooooo...

The man's 'presidential media chat' (held late last year) should be required viewing for all Nigerians. That 'chat' shows what to expect from now till the end of the istration.

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The usual garbage about 'courage' and all that.

Not true.

Not true at all.

BAT has not been able to get this country's inflationary death spiral under control. Something he unleashed with his own hands.

All this talk about big brass balls and BAT knowing his onions is deceitful nonsense. BAT has done absolutely nothing about re-building institutions. He has done nothing about public sector reform. He has done nothing about this country's obese federal bureaucracy. He has done nothing about the stuff that really counts!

Nobody has time for stories. Sensible Nigerians want results and they are irritated with the constant repitition of fables about BAT's 'boldness' and whatnot. Rational Nigerians want to know why prices are still going through the roof. They want to know why insecurity is still a massive problem - with hundreds of Nigerians losing their lives almost on a weekly basis.

BAT is failing. That is the truth.

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Karleb:
Why do people stay in this places though?

Why not just go to the next stable town or state and start a life?

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It isn't that easy.

These are poor, ordinary Nigerians let down completely by the system. They need resources to start afresh in a new place - and it also takes time to settle down. They have been forced out of their homes and farmsteads into great uncertainty. Some of them have re-settled in other places but it is a major struggle for them to get by. Believe it or not, some of these people in those camps have nothing but the shirts on their backs.

Nigeria is not a country.

Kelklein:
It's no rocket science..

4 things would free up monies for capital projects and development of a state or country at large.

*not settling godfathers;
*not converting your monthly allocation and revenues into dollars at Aboki's shop every month for laundering and embezzlement;
*awarding contracts to contractors that truly want to deliver, not some crooked friends and cronies;
*just simply having the love of your state at heart. You don't expect a man who is planning to leave his state a day after handover to go live in Abuja or Abroad to have the love of that state at heart.

His predecessor was just his opposite.

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I don't know if what's being said about Otti is true or not but these 4 reasons why things could actually work in a state in Nigeria - these 4 reasons say it all.

iamL:


It happened to the father of my second school friend. A solider slapped her father not once but twic while in a queue for fuel just because he came down from his car to buy with Jerry can, the whole family was there.

Till the next day my friend was still feeling bad for her dad even while narrating it to us.

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That's what they do.

For over seventy years in this country they have been indocrinated by their seniors to think they are 'better' than civilians - and that civilians lives are worthless.

They beat, flog, maim and even kill civilians at will, because they have seen that they will not suffer any consequences.

Its what they do.

GanagiBitrus:
The front appears more extended & longer.
The resemblance will be much closer, after completion & painting with same colours.
9/10 👍

The building design would have been much better without that side garage attachment and without the garage roofing extending around the middle.

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I guess the garage is there for protection from the elements? There is probably an entrance to the house from that garage so that people can get into (and out of) the car and the building without getting wet.

Interesting comments.

How do we choose whose death to 'celebrate'? Nigerians (a large number at least) rejoiced openly at the death of Sani Abacha. To this day, his death is regarded as something of great relief to Nigerians. Anyone can celebrate Abacha's death and there will be absolutely no pushback. It is necessary to ask why...

MrBroke:
Become who I was destined to be

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This is a top quality comment. "A" grade stuff.

dollypi:
Here are a few books that can help:

1. The Design of Everyday Things (Don Norman)

2. Why Buildings Fall Down (Matthys Levy)

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Thank you very much!

Will get them ASAP

Easyinfoguide:



Most SUVs and modern cars come with factory-fitted tinted windows — especially at the back.
But under Nigerian law, any glass that obscures visibility (even if factory-installed) requires a Tinted Glass Permit.

You don’t need to have a medical condition to apply.
Non-medical reasons like: – Factory tint
– Privacy
– Protection from sun/heat
– Personal security
...are valid as long as you apply properly.

I actually put together a full Tinted Glass Permit InfoGuide to help people process it the right way (without bribes or stress).
If you're interested, I can share more details.

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I got a tint permit from NPF about 8 to 10 years ago for a vehicle that came with a factory tint. I hope that permit is still valid.

InvertedHammer:
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Immigration website: It doesn't work. Whoever implemented it deserves 24 strokes of cane.
. Do you hold Nigerian port? Y/N
/*No matter the answer, it asks the country and Nigeria is not listed...and you can't proceed */
ECMR registration: Goodluck with that if you change your last phone number.
Tinted permit: I will be damned if I do it. Let heavens fall.

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These are the things their bloody Servicom was set up to address - but nothing meaningful has come out of it. Nigerians complain daily about MDA that keep dropping the ball - but nothing, absolutely nothing gets done about addressing these complaints. These MDA are not held able in any way - and we say there is a goverment.

Anyhow country.

ufotunang:
..they build the house, corridor, rooms tiny ..so that they conserve money and not spend much.money on building the house

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It is the same false economy that governs our public goods and how they are built. We build our highways in such a way that traffic s the highway at right angles... instead of merging after gaining speed on an entry lane (the way sensible countries do it). We build narrow roads that simply cannot traffic volumes in any meaningful, sensible manner. The final result? Lives lost in needless accidents. Time lost in hours needlessly spent on the road. Pointless, needless waste all round.

Kobo wise, Naira foolish.

dollypi:
Use an architect that has sense but no, it is baba mukaila the bricklayer you want, because he said he has been doing it for 30 years

These are a few of the many “invisible” situations an architect takes into consideration:

- how will they move furniture in?
- in case of a fire, how will everyone escape safely?
- how will the madam enter the kitchen from the bedroom without ing through the living room, in case there are visitors she doesn’t want to see?

Use your head and pay professionals!

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Well said.

I want a list of these 'invisibles' by different professionals (engineers, architects etc). Any references?

A bit odd how a cancer survivor is chomping on a cigar - when cigars do nothing but give you lung (or mouth/throat) cancer. Bad optics.

And why the ear rings? Is that also part of the culture? As far as I am aware, only a few cultures in this country allow ear piercing among men - and it is for specific reasons and among specific groups of people.

Some people on this thread are still asking what's going on. They still can't see?

Several years of unbridled, premeditated, land grabbing violence - with zero response from the authorities. And people are still asking what's going on?

Its getting closer and closer. The trap will soon spring shut (by design) and those asking these questions will have the answers they seek.

"You will all die one by one". (Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, 2018)

flokii:
Lagos too would have been in that league but for influx of illegal migrants and economic refugees who have no business being in the State.

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Lagos' problems will not be solved without some good old fashioned honesty. Blaming the 'other' for all the city's problems will not lead anyone anywhere.

There are Lagos indigenes who litter. There are Lagos indigenes who practice open defecation. There are Lagos indigenes who pollute their environment in various ways. There are Lagos indigenes who drive recklessly and dangerously. And so on.

Lagos has no immunity from the stuff that plagues the rest of Nigeria.

flokii:
Years from now, tourists like the poster will be making videos about eyesore in Lagos while the losers calling themselves leaders, who failed to act will be rotting away in their graves. Failures.

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Years from now? Years from now?!

What a country.

Ready2speak:
So he went to represent.
Low has a new academic meaning.

So shameful that a once upon a time voice for sanity and ability has fallen under the spell of ethnic chauvinistic political agberos is so shocking.

Dignity thrown off the window to validate a corrupt power grabber and mandate thief.

Shame shame shame.

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The turn he has taken is something else.

He was a strident critic of underperforming governments. He marched and protested against them. And he now lends his voice to 'celebrations' on a road on which construction has only just begun? Is that wise or sensible in a country notorious for abandoned projects?

Its two years now and he has said nothing - even though there is a lot to say. The BAT istration is profligate. The BAT istration is hypocritical. The BAT istration is unethical. These are incontrovertible facts. And this man has said nothing.

What a shame.

Kelklein:
I took my time to read this article to the end.. a very honest article I must say and well written.

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No it isn't an honest piece. It is actually very dishonest.

Bola Tinubu is not doing well. He has clearly run out of ideas. Like a broken record, he constantly refers to fuel subsidy removal and exchange rate unification - as if there were only two issues confronting this country. His actions were hasty and ill advised but his handlers and minions will never it it, even though we can all see the results around us.

BAT's istration is wasteful. Very wasteful. No need to go into the details - most adult Nigerians with access to the print and electronic media are aware. This istration does not practice what it preaches - it asks indigent Nigerians to sacrifice and endure while the profligacy goes on unchecked at the top.

Nonsense.

Kelklein:
This was the same way Buhari's people clamored to be allowed to finish what he started. Whatever those were... and we all saw the 2nd term report card. Everything literally turned upside down at the second coming.

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If you know this to be true, then how can you say the article is an honest one? Buhari and Tinubu are the same thing. Nothing to offer the ordinary people of this country. Nothing whatsoever.

naptu2:
https://www.ft.com/content/21c6d9a5-bd45-49af-8708-747417535e81

The central bank has stopped printing money to pay for government profligacy. Politicians still spend too much, often on fripperies like an extravagant presidential jet, but at least the government has begun to increase tax receipts.

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Nigerians should note the casual, almost dismissive reference by the FT writers to the Tinubu istration's egregious profligacy. This kind of wastefulness would never be allowed among UK politicians but it is somehow tolerable in fifth world Nigeria - the country that can least afford it.

The Tinubu istration can remove fuel subsidies on day 1 but the subsidies on presidential jets, yachts and presidential Cadillacs are still in place, on day 730. The hypocrisy is stunning and it has already doomed this istration to failure. What's the point in increasing taxes if they will be wasted on nonsense like presidential limousines, jets and yachts?

naptu2:
https://www.ft.com/content/21c6d9a5-bd45-49af-8708-747417535e81

That so much has been achieved by a government stuffed with cronies — and, to be fair, one or two competent technocrats — shows how much could be achieved if Nigeria really got its act together.

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So the FT writers agree with most Nigerians that the istration's cabinet is worthless. At least they were honest about this.

naptu2:
https://www.ft.com/content/21c6d9a5-bd45-49af-8708-747417535e81

Third, and perhaps most crucial, the government must confront banditry and terrorism with the same single-mindedness as it did distorted monetary policy. The army needs cleaning up as urgently as did the central bank.

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Dead on arrival.

BAT made it abundantly clear during his last 'presidential' media chat that he would not audit the military. Speaks volumes, doesn't it?

If the FT writers were doing an honest job they would have gone over that presidential media chat with a fine tooth comb. It provided some insights into the man (for those who didn't know) - that interview was exceptionally revealing. But the FT guys didn't refer to that interview because they have an agenda.

Nigerians - know thine enemies, both within and without.

Amusing responses.

emkz:
Let each state address insecurity. How come we have not heard about insecurity in Jigawa, Kebbi, Gombe, Nasarawa, what exactly are they doing differently?

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Fresh off the printing press.

https://nairaland.moviesx.org/8439179/bandits-kill-6-abduct-116

emkz:
After criticizing, offer solutions.

Many of those who enjoy criticizing lack the brainpower to offer solutions.

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Incorrect.

Solutions have been proferred for years...and they are still being proferred daily. If decision makers choose to ignore, then that's on them.

Two years into this istration and absolutely nothing has been done about public sector reform. Nothing.

Virtually every research work on SMEs in Nigeria mentions the same problems: credit access, access to electricity, the infrastructure deficit, our weak and dying institutions etc. Again, two years on, nothing of any meaningful value has been done by this istration to solve these problems. We could go on and on.

The problems are known and workable solutions have been proferred. The headache is when the government itself is part of the problem - there's no way out when that happens - and that is our situation.

emkz:
We had thought that the problem was fuel subsidy, dollar dual exchange rate, and lack of refineries.

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We?

If I may ask, who is we?

Every opportunity that BAT is given to speak, he praises himself for removing fuel subsidy and unifying exchange rates. As far as he is concerned, this country has no other problems. The reality is far different and he will soon get to know.

emkz:
The biggest problem with Nigeria is lack of ideas and synergy for national development.

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This is inaccurate. Highly inaccurate.

This country doesn't have a shortage of ideas. On this platform alone there is a wealth of solid workable ideas, believe it or not. The real problem is the lack of quality leadership - leadership determined enough to make those ideas a reality and solve problems with them. That's all there is to it.

emkz:
There is a gang angling for power in 2027. They have no clue how to solve any problem. They can't even organize their opposition properly. They just want power.

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If BAT and state governors were doing their jobs properly, nobody would be concerned about the problem solving abilities of power hungry 'gangs'. Nigerians would be getting on with their lives if BAT and co. were actually delivering on their campaign promises. But because BAT and the APC have failed and failed outright, they have nothing to do but point at and highlight the organizational 'failures' of opposition parties. Why should the choices of opposition parties be BAT's problem? Just do your job, sir!

emkz:
1. Mass transit is the first issue to be addressed. Let all states purchase mass transit buses for interstate transportation, and subsidize it. When people are able to move from one place to another at affordable rates, the pressure on their earnings would reduce.

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How will you guarantee sustainability in an environment like ours? What safeguards will be in place so that 5 years from now, the buses won't all be rotting in a grass filled yard in the state government secretariat? Will it be a PPP arrangement? Will it be a state owned enterprise? What happens when some state governments claim they can't afford it (as some most definitely will)?

emkz:
2. Let each regional government pool resources and create a new regional grid and power generation. We have sola rup north, hydro in the middle belt, offshore wind and gas in the south, geothermal in the southwest, and so on. Harnessing resources will not only create employment but solve long-term problems. With electricity, industries would thrive.

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Attractive proposition but as always, the devil is in the details. Just as in your first point above, there are cost outlay questions (these energy projects are not cheap) and there are long term management and sustainability questions. These projects will require foreign investment capital or foreign loans (that will have to be guaranteed by the FG). The same questions still arise: will these projects be PPPs? Or will they be 100% public utilities? What will their product pricing structure be like? If the debt financing option is taken, how will the loans be sustainably managed until fully repaid?

emkz:
3. Let each state address insecurity. Set up a reward system for those behind insecurity to be exposed by the locals. By the time you punish 60 people, insecurity would end. Also, vet every human being that enters your community. Use the locals to solve the problem. Employ them as local guards, train them and pay them. How come we have not heard about insecurity in Jigawa, Kebbi, Gombe, Nasarawa, what exactly are they doing differently?

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Nice plan.

The problem is that your plan offends the powers that be. It also doesn't address the massive problem of security breaches by those who are not locals - and this is THE security question in this country today. Get the clip of Theophilus Danjuma's comments at a convocation ceremony about 5 years ago. It will tell you all you need to know.

The general agreement is that state police is long overdue. So why has the ruling party not ed legislation to make it a reality? You see what I said earlier about how everything rises and falls on leadership?

For the record, there ARE security problems in the 4 states you mentioned. Not quite on the scale of places like Benue, Zamfara, Katsina, Plateau, Niger, Kaduna etc. But the problem is there.

emkz:
4. Invest in agriculture. Invite international farmers and allow them to till your land and set up agro-processing zones. You'd create employment and feed your people.

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Good idea. But no investment in Nigerian agriculture is assured with such a volatile and unpredictable security situation. First things first. Sort out the well known problems - security, electricity access, infrastructure, the regulatory environment etc. and the investment (local and foreign) will flow in. Sort out the key problems and then the interventions (subsidies, tax holidays, grants etc.) will
yield the expected returns.

emkz:
5. Gather stakeholders and discuss with them to share ideas on development.
Agree on a strategy and follow it.

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No.

We have talked enough. We have been talking for years. We don't need any more meetings, summits, conferences and talkshops. We don't need any more stakeholders meetings. The solutions and the ideas are there - they have always been. If we don't want to put the ideas to work then we should all just say so and quit the pretence.

emkz:
Once it is time for politics, play it. It is quite shameful that everyone is talking about 2027 as if the citizens don't matter.

Work, not because you want re-election as a reward, but because you want a better life for your people. Treat your citizens as of your own family. No parent wants his children to suffer.

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You are appealing to a sense of fair play, justice, equity etc. in grassroots politicians in a fifth world country? Good luck with that.

Focusmind:
You better pray for BAT to complete his tenure because I don't see Shettima being any better. The VP, sometimes, looks clueless. BAT is 100% better in of cognitive ability. Do not because of perceived hatred for BAT jump from fire to frying pan. Shettima will not be any better o!!

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This is what happens when a government has no performance or achievements to sell. It then tries to sell fear instead.

Listen to yourself. You are demarketing one half of the ticket that was sold to gullible Nigerians in 2023. It says a lot about you when you have been reduced to scaremongering about your own VP - a VP elected on your party's ticket and your party's platform. If Shettima has no cognitive ability, why did the APC field him as VP then?

The APC and BAT and Shettima have nothing to offer. Absolutely nothing.

mastermaestro:
The North cannot just stay without power for four years. Tinubu get una medicine, I know. When he is done, he will hand over to someone from the middle belt pairing him with Wike. At least we have a southern president who is dymistifying and dismantling northern political supremacy.

North go cry tire. Henceforth the south must prioritize fielding strong men as their candidate for the presidency. We will never afford to have another northern apologist like Jonathan.

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Poor attempt at diversion.

There is only one issue at stake and only one question worth answering: is Mr. Wazobia better off today than he was when BAT took over?

Anything else is secondary.

MilesMaxwell:
Well, we can't be castigating the president all the time, there are also good things too that we have to commend him for. I'm not a fan of this government because of the hardship we are all facing but let us not ignore the fact that, one way or another the president is trying and looking at the political reforms in his agenda, i can say that he's doing the right thing which no president has ever done. All which he's doing now should have been done long before he took over but they were not bold enough to take a decisive step. He mean well for this country and if he doesn't take the step now, no president will do it. I believe he's on the right track and all we need is patience.

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You haven't said exactly what he's done that's praiseworthy.

This is reportedly the only primary school serving an entire community. Half of the year is almost gone and the school is still in ruins. So what is going on with the budget and that AbiaFIRST intervention? Drop the fancy acronyms and get to work!

Weird how some posters are attacking the whistleblower. The Abia government should get to work and fix the damn school, no ifs, no buts.

They will all be held able.

Rhado:
All I can say is, Dear Elephant Seal, you are very lucky where you did this. Iykyk

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That isn't true.

The seal could have done the same thing in Kaura Namoda, Onitsha or Lagos and nothing would have happened. It would have been safely returned to the Atlantic...because Nigeria is 'better' than South Africa.