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| Posted By: ofeke Posted On: Jul 25, 2007 Views: 608 | Fools The best answer to fools is silent. |
| Posted By: For SouthSouth Posted On: Jul 25, 2007 Views: 629 | RE: MBUK Monarchs and kingmakers are also one of the major problems of the Niger Delta. They collect money from oul companies and state governments and shut up when they should speak against the injustice done to their people. If they have been doing their jobs, then maybe the situation in the Niger Delta as well as the whole of Nigeri would not have degenerated to this level. Giving them more power would only mean giving another set of no-gooders the opportunity to cause pain and sorrow to people. Despite the fact that they are our people, we will fight them to the last, just like the government and oil companies. No one who perpetuates evil would be spared. We are ready to go to any extent. A word is enough for the wise. |
| Posted By: Emeka Posted On: Jul 25, 2007 Views: 622 | re:Emeka - $10 (13,000 naira) Temi, I have a domain name which i registered for FREE, via gmail. My site is hosted at an annual fee of $10.00. GoDaddy.com offers to host for $4.00 per year with "Free 24/7 Support Free setup". I do not need a programming expert to design a webpage. Even my 10 year old nephew can design and administer one. You do not need a top class web page to conduct the basic interaction with your constituency. |
| Posted By: MBUK, J. E. Posted On: Jul 25, 2007 Views: 635 | Help Us Monitor Use Of Public Funds, Yar'Adua Task Help Us Monitor Use Of Public Funds, Yar'Adua Tasks Monarchs. The so-called mornarchs constitute one of our biggest problems in this country. They are simply waste pipes and asking them to help monitor use of public funds will only worsen the situation. Though they are all subject to the authority of local government chairmen, some would want even the president to take orders from them. The anachronistic institution is simply an instrument of suppression which has to be consigned to the dustbin of history. Monarchs are behind most of the woes of their people. * Once they are settled, their people can go to hell. * They collect all sorts of bribes from governors and LG chairmen in cash, limousines, etc. and cannot raise eyebrows when things go wrong (one monarch in the East abandoned his office for politics to join in the loot). * They reap where they did not sow. * They confer chieftaincy titles on all sorts of criminals just to share in their loot. * They are custodians of peace that won't be held accountable for breakdown of law and order. * They assume powers they don't have like royal blessing of political office seekers even when they are barred from partisan politics. * They promise political office seekers the votes of their people (how else would this be except rigging?). * Would be the first to pledge their and their people's loyalty to coup plotters. * Some condemn western education before their people, but train their children overseas with public funds; these children live like lords in private estates instead of hostels. * They want constitutional roles but don't want their offices made elective. * They call themselves kings in a presidential system of government. At the end of the day, Nigeria has the highest number of (non-existing) kings in the world. * A one-eyed king in the West joined the last military junta to sweep June 12 under the carpet only to say he was misquoted (did he return the brown envelope he collected to say that June 12 annulment was in order?). We should rather reduce their influence. Those who confer chieftaincy titles on criminals should be relieved of their offices. Collecting gifts from governors and LG chairmen at public expense should be outlawed. |
| Posted By: MBUK, J. E. Posted On: Jul 25, 2007 Views: 618 | Help Us Monitor Use Of Public Funds, Yar'Adua Task Monarchs are behind most of the woes of their people. * Once they are settled, their people can go to hell. * They collect all sorts of bribes from governors and LG chairmen in cash, limousines, etc. and cannot raise eyebrows when things go wrong (one monarch in the East abandoned his office for politics to join in the loot). * They reap where they did not sow. * They confer chieftaincy titles on all sorts of criminals just to share in their loot. * They are custodians of peace that won't be held accountable for breakdown of law and order. * They assume powers they don't have like royal blessing of political office seekers even when they are barred from partisan politics. * They promise political office seekers the votes of their people (how else would this be except rigging?). * Would be the first to pledge their and their people's loyalty to coup plotters. * Some condemn western education before their people, but train their children overseas with public funds; these children live like lords in private estates instead of hostels. * They want constitutional roles but don't want their offices made elective. * They call themselves kings in a presidential system of government. At the end of the day, Nigeria has the highest number of (non-existing) kings in the world. * A one-eyed king in the West joined the last military junta to sweep June 12 under the carpet only to say he was misquoted (did he return the brown envelope he collected to say that June 12 annulment was in order?). We should rather reduce their influence. Those who confer chieftaincy titles on criminals should be relieved of their offices. Collecting gifts from governors and LG chairmen at public expense should be outlawed. |
| Posted By: MBUK, J. E. Posted On: Jul 25, 2007 Views: 627 | Re-open Ibeto Cement, President orders Shortly after his inauguration in 1999, Obj made a Nigerian the richest black person in the world. Like joke, he started it with the cement business this way: 1. importation of cement in 50kg bags was banned. 2. only 50-ton bags could be imported for re-bagging in 50kg bags. 3. with competitors meeting the requirement, Obj waived import charges for Mr. Rich (and himself) only. 4. those who could still manage to compete with the rogues had their plants closed by government based on frivolous petitions whose sources would not be too far from Obj and Mr. Rich themselves. With Obj and Mr. Rich monopolising the cement business, Nigerians were charged 419 prices. The next moment, Obj extended their monopoly to rice, salt, sugar, and all other businesses they were interested in: Transcorp and Nicon Noga Hilton Hotel, Port Harcourt and Kaduna refineries, etc. Today Obj and Mr. Rich are the richest squiffy and pixilated persons in the world. At the end of the day, Obj not only grounded the whole country, but took it centuries back. The only song he could sing was "government alone could not do everything" even as government was not doing anything: security, roads, education, power and energy, etc., etc. were and are still in shambles. While poverty was being entrenched in the land, Obj was deceiving himself about his poverty eradication programme that only targeted himself and his dippy worshippers. Even if they are not tried for crimes against humanity, the shame of having their chicken **** policies reversed should give them sleepless nights. One of the sectors that must be urgently looked into by this administration is public education. We urgently have to revamp it and turn over private universities built with looted funds by near-illiterates to the government. We just have to amend our constitution to exclude those without the requisite intellectual capacity (Obj lacked this) from holding high political offices. Objs administration can only be compared to a mad driver being urged on by his dipsomaniac worshippers and PDP members. |
| Posted By: Amadi Posted On: Jul 25, 2007 Views: 606 | Meditate In questions of power, then, let no more be said of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution, but when the constitution is despotic, the man in power over dose himself with it ." "The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse." "Our democracy purport to be established by 'the people,' and, in theory, 'all the people' consent to such government as democracy stipulates . But this consent of 'the people' exists only in theory. It has no existence in fact. Government is in reality established by the few; and these few assume the consent of all the rest, without any such consent being actually given." "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies , no Constitution, no court, can even do much to help it." |
| Posted By: Amadi Posted On: Jul 25, 2007 Views: 611 | Meditate "If men use their liberty in such a way as to surrender their liberty, are they thereafter any the less slaves? If people by a plebiscite allow a man despot over them, do they remain free because the despotism was of their own making?" "It is foolish in the extreme not only to resort to force before necessity compels, but especially to madly create the conditions that will lead to this necessity." "Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that nigerians have obeyed the dictates of their leaders without a massive resistance, Our problem is that nigerians are obedient and fearful in the face of poverty and starvation. " |
| Posted By: Bala Yakub Posted On: Jul 24, 2007 Views: 650 | EFCC FREEZES SUN NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT-DAILY CHAMPION Good. At least we shall all rest with useless articles been published by Kalu cronies. All the ethnic wahala will stop. Most of the posting in the forum are baseless and irrelevant to Nigeria development. If you are not abusing Obasanjo, its Yaradua who gets the bashing. Instead of using the ibo energy to map out strategy to be a political gurus, all efforts are used to pull others down. Bunch of 419's who through their ill gotten wealth have taken over the internet. Kalu will be jailed and heaven will not fall. |
| Posted By: Emeka Posted On: Jul 24, 2007 Views: 669 | re:ISLAMIC NIGERIA VERSUS CHILE AT FIFA U-20 CUP: With due respect, I read this article about two weeks ago, and wondered how it made it's way through the prominent post. The article is very lazy, hateful, disrespectful, irresponsible, and totally baseless. It is an insult to good football, and to those young heroes who put everything into bringing glory to Nigeria, against all odds. Football is not played by religion. Each and every member of the Flying Eagle team, that featured in the 2007 junior world cup merited a place in that team, from the few clips that I saw. And, we may only register 22 players from the entire Nigeria. That mischievous article should have addressed the crux of the matter- the poor quality coaching crew; like Baulwin Bazuaye, Bright Omokaro, Sampsom Siasia, and Emeka Ezeugo had done, prior to the disaster, even as we were winning matches. These are sound Nigerian football heads, who had acknowledged the genius of the boys, but had warned on the weakness of the coaching bench. Rather than heed the warning, NFA had gone ahead to flood Canada with a larger crew of useless and aimless officials. Alisigwe, please do not subscribe to that irresponsible article. Do not propagate the hate either, just ignore it. And do not add to the grief of those patriotic young Nigerians, they have given their very best, and they truly deserve our praises. |
| Posted By: EJIOFOR ALISIGWE Posted On: Jul 24, 2007 Views: 672 | IN NIGERIA, TOMORROW IS THEIR YESTERDAY Ehi Aimiuwu /Monday, July 16, 2007 Nigeriaworld.com ISLAMIC NIGERIA VERSUS CHILE AT FIFA U-20 CUP: A REALITY OF A DYSFUNCTIONAL NIGERIA Growing up as a child in Nigeria, our soccer teams was everything to me. It symbolized what Nigeria should have become in the international community without the influence of the Islamic religion and their southern sycophants. It was one of the things that united the nation and brought hope to the country in the midst of corruption, mismanagement of public funds, unemployment, and lack of infrastructures. The World Cup, African Cup of Nations, U-17 tournament, and U-20 tournament are some of the things many Nigerians look up to and it reminded them of whom they truly are and where God expected them to be. In the United States, African soccer is not given much publicity even in big tournament except when we are challenging a western European or South American super power, or if it was getting to the final stages of the tournament. This is the only chance we get to watch African soccer live on TV. Other times, we just read the live commentaries on the internet and then watch the highlights later in the sports news. In the Under 20 tournament taking place in Canada, I did not get to watch the first three matches Nigeria played in the qualifying stage and the match against Zambia. I read the commentaries over the internet. While reading, I noticed two things that made me very uncomfortable about the success Nigeria was going to have in the Under-20 youth tournament in Canada. The first thing I noticed was the names of the Nigerian players in the Line up. It looked more of a Niger or Sudanese national team. Secondly, except against Zambia (another African country), they had over 20 shots at goal with little results to show for it, and each time, it was doubled the shots the opponents had at our goal. This meant that we just firing and could not penetrate the opponent's defense effectively, or that their striking abilities in finding the net was very low. Today, my wife and I sat down to watch Nigeria for the first time live in Canada; after all, it was the quarter-finals. As they matched out of the dressing room, I noticed that the Nigerian players on an average were very tall. I immediately called my friend to confirm if my eyes were deceiving me, but he told me that the sport news have reported that we were the tallest in the tournament. As they walked, I looked into the eyes and soul, and saw nothing but dullness, untidy hair-do, barrenness, bareness, ugliness, and their uniforms did not even fit. I had to ask my wife if these were really Nigerians. The only soul that had life as they walked in was the goalie. He reminded me of Nigerians. He was psychologically and emotionally ready for the game, even if things went wrong. As the game went on, I saw nothing but incompetence that could not challenge either Mexico or Argentina. I knew this because I have watch the South Americans live and Nigeria was not up to the task. I did not even want Nigeria to play them. It was more reputable losing to Chile on penalties than being blown out by these two. That was what I thought until Chile did the blowing out within 30 minute of extra time by beating us 4-0. My spirit was grieved because this was not the best Nigeria could offer. We have lost many times before, but I did not feel bad because our best did their best. This time around, I took a look at the names of our players again. I saw names like Sodiq, Suraj, Bala, Latifu, Akeem, Kofarmata, Bello, Salami, and Nazifi. When last did any of the glorious Nigerian teams have names like these dominating our teams? Unless, it was Morocco, Egypt, or Algeria, when last did Black Africa have names like these win even the Nations Cup or any soccer tournament in ordinary NUGA or our state games. I am not saying Northern Nigerians or Muslims should not be in our soccer teams, but they must be the best or better than those who really play soccer in any given position. Our performance against Chile in the quarter-finals of the Under-20 Soccer Tournament in Canada only exposed the inferiority of our leadership and decision making abilities, not only in soccer, but how we do things as a nation. The Chilean coach as being their coach since 1999, was a former Chilean international, and is 66 years old. This shows that he is successful, he is experienced, he has played the game, and he breeds his players. Where is Samson Siasia who took us to the finals last year? He is gone. Who was the Nigeria Coach? Did he even play for Nigeria at any international level? What about the Heads of the Nigeria Football Association? Are they former players and coaches that played at international levels and know what the next generation needs to excel? When you look at Brazil and other top European countries in soccer, their former players are breed to become their coaches and heads of soccer institutions. For example, Dunga, who was the former Brazilian captain, is now their coach. Platini of France is one of the heads of UEFA and so on. Competence breeds competence. Nigeria needs to use past successful players to improve the football for the next generation through adequate training and exposure to international techniques and standards. We can not have foreign coaches or unknown Nigeria coaches doing things for us. Competent people enjoy improving their reputation. Incompetent people bow to others to maintain their underserved positions. When a coach knows that he is unworthy, he allows others to manipulate him in order to keep his job, but a competent man does what he feels is the best even if he is fired for it. I refuse to accept this team as our best Under-20 team. It was more of a team to show Islamic power and not to win and fight for Nigeria. Competent coaches choose players who take off their shirts when they score a goal or when the match is over, and not players who take of their shirt after causing a penalty and then giving up. A Nigerian player after causing a penalty that led to the Chilean second goal felt the game was over, and all he had left was to show the name of his god. Is the Nigerian mentality to fight to the end for our country or show tribal and religious pride ahead of national objectives?" |
| Posted By: Emeka Posted On: Jul 24, 2007 Views: 639 | re:Agusto, Lagos Ministerial Nominee Dropped Our representatives have spoken, apparently influenced by vested interests and local pressure groups, that is democracy. Not about right or wrong, but about the predominant influence. |
| Posted By: Emeka Posted On: Jul 24, 2007 Views: 605 | Ofeke, NOCHO, re:'diaspora' Good thoughts, Ofeke, NOCHO. Your proposals are examples of how we may practically influence the quality of governance. And it will cost nothing, with the right communication tools in place. Basic background check will reveal that some of the trusted politicians, from wherever (diaspora is a term i find repulsive, reminds me of exiled refugees), were true felons, and failures in their own right. You may seek the e-mail address(?) of your house of assembly, house of representatives, and senate representatives; and channel the ideas directly. Our representatives will facilitate useful interaction, by maintaining websites, equipped with chat rooms. A domain site may be hosted for as little as $10 (13,000 naira) a year- an insignificant fraction of the various constituency office allocations. |
| Posted By: Emeka(Moscow) Posted On: Jul 24, 2007 Views: 591 | Agusto, Lagos Ministerial Nominee Dropped This is the latest from Naija, the senate has rejected the nomination of one of the few technocrats in Yar's cabinet. The senators bowed to the pressure of the professional politicians in the Lagos PDP, who wanted the appointment to be given to one of them. How do you think? Is this present senate there to save or ruin Nigeria? Ojo confirmed Agusto rejected. |
| Posted By: NOCHO Posted On: Jul 24, 2007 Views: 593 | RE; DIASPORA In addition to what Ofeke has said, I have one more bill to add. Anyone who is living abroad and wishes to goin the government should state in clear terms what he has done for Nigerians abroad as well as his people back home. If he/she has not played a positive role in a small context and cannot boast of anything tangible, then he is not worthy to be a leader in a big and complex country like Nigeria. |
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