NewStats: 3,261,660 , 8,174,685 topics. Date: Friday, 30 May 2025 at 01:31 AM x5373

donpata:
Because we are cursed with dumb leaders, we will continue to suffer. It is suicide to importation against local production. Same thing is happening to maize production. Fertilizer is still very expensive and so are herbicides and pesticides. Rather than addressing these challenges for long term sustainable agricultural development, government is now taking the lazy man's way for temporary gains due to elections.

Even a newborn baby knows that the disastrous level of insecurity in the country especially in the north, is the major cause of high food prices since many farming communities have been displaced. Rather than address this terrible issue head-on, government has resorted to window dressing for temporary gains and more trouble later.

I see ignorant comments where people are blaming the farmers for not using the opportunity wisely. That line of argument is a consequence of zero knowledge of basic economics. The farmers are to a large extent, victims of the situation we find ourselves.

Hoarding is a crime, and most of our farmers lack the capacity to hold onto their produces longer than two to three months cos they simply sell and buy fertilizer and other farm inputs as well as household groceries. The hoarders are the corrupt politicians and biz people with warehouses, and with capacity to store these products for years. Again, rather than targeting these persons, the government is allowing more importation, the lazy-man solution.

The people benefiting from the agricultural value chain locally are large. All these drama will just make them jobless. I understand there is hunger in the land but government should take up the responsibility of tackling insecurity and dealing with their hoarder friends so that food can be cheap. Subsidy for farming inputs are also great. Afterall, the farmers in countries we are importing from are heavily subsidized by their govts. Y not we? Why kill local industry. BUNCH OF MEDIOCRES.

The issue of security takes time and results won’t happen overnight. Do you want gov to wait for security to get resolved while prices skyrocket? When security gets better and local manufacturers can produce more, then you can be more stringent on imports.

mrvitalis:

There is no how brono has 42k students in universities.... Brono sends less than 5000 people to NYSC yearly

It’s actually a positive news. One way to counter insurgency is to provide opportunities for youths like Nelfund to further their ambitions. A good example of non-kinetic engagement that the CDS usually makes references to.

The solution to the DisCos’ problem is straightforward: meter all customers and enact a law making it illegal to supply electricity without a meter after the mass metering phase. Clearly inform Nigerians that once mass metering is complete, any household without a meter will receive electricity for free, as estimated billing will be deemed unlawful. This policy would compel DisCos to improve their infrastructure, as their only path to revenue would be through supplying consistent electricity or expanding their customer base. With such incentives in place, DisCos would be naturally driven to invest in infrastructure—no coercion needed.

Once the new meters arrive in earnest, I would mass meter Lagos and Abuja households that are still unmetered within 6 months and will implement new laws that stipulates Discos covering Lagos and Abuja should henceforth not sell electricity to any of their customers without meters, with huge fines being the consequence. I would then extend it to other Discos in few months.

This woman clearly misunderstands the facts. The road projects, the AKK gas pipeline, the ongoing rail developments in the North, the revived Kaduna power station that had long been abandoned, and NELFund to students—are all initiatives aimed at lifting the North out of poverty.

Moreover, the removal of subsidies has allowed all states, including those in the North, to receive increased revenue allocations. As a result, many are now investing in infrastructure and paying down their debts.

DeLaRue:
By the time Mr Tinubu leaves the Presidency, Lagos will barely need Nigeria anymore.

$650 million for another major road in Lagos , in addition to the monumental Lagos - Calabar coastal road.

If my maths is correct, that's more than 60% of the total funds approved for roads at this FEC meeting.

If Mr Tinubu's Federal government can partner with Lagos on 4th mainland bridge, then it is over - Lagos becomes economically independent . And I think that 4th mainland bridge may happen if Mr Tinubu wins 2nd term. The bridge seems to be too expensive for Lagos state to fund by itself.

Bayelsa people, dont blame Mr Tinubu o, blame Mr Jonathan.

If you are President and you're forming nationalist and do nothing for your state, it is up to you.

The good news is that everyone living in Lagos, irrespective of your background, will benefit from these huge projects.

It also shocking that many Lagos residents oppose this man. Is it that they can't see what's going on?

The Axial road that costs $651 million is actually a Chinese loan. It serves Lekki free trade zones and Dangote to evacuate products quickly to other parts of the country.

If I were the owner of the GoFundMe page, I would withdraw the money and return it to the donors. What’s to stop other copycats(white racists) from using racist slurs in the future, hoping to profit from it through GoFundMe campaigns? And let’s ask the hard question: if a Black man or woman says or does something offensive toward a white person and public sympathy turns in their favor, should they also start receiving donations? Where do we draw the line?

North wants Jonathan back as a ploy to use him, fully aware that he’s term-bound and easily manipulated. Corruption and ineptitude were rampant under his leadership — so why not bring him back?
But the trick won’t work. Nigeria’s economy is currently on the right path, only thing left for President Tinubu to do is replace some underperforming ministers, and fix the security situations in some parts of the country.

I still don’t understand why Adalabu remains in office. President Tinubu should distance himself from this underperforming minister, who seems more focused on making excuses than delivering results. He promised 6,000 megawatts last year, yet that target was not met. The much-needed electricity meters are still nowhere to be seen. At this stage, consistently generating 6,000 megawatts should not be an ambitious goal, especially when the transmission infrastructure can handle even more. Now he’s making fresh promises of reaching 8,000 megawatts by 2027, despite failing to meet the December deadline for 6,000 megawatts and rolling out meters. Nigerians deserve better—someone with the will and capability to act, not just promise.

The North wants power back in 2027, and the only strategy they seem to know is to fuel jihadism and insecurity. It’s their trademark move whenever a Southerner is in power. We saw it during Obasanjo’s time with the rise of Sharia, again under Jonathan with Boko Haram, and now, they’ve started once more. But whenever they’re in charge, their approach is to loot and impoverish the country. We see through your strategies — they won’t work this time.

If Ali Ndume is dissatisfied with the APC, he should consider leaving the party. His constant criticism only serves to empower the opposition, making him appear as a willing tool in their hands. Serious questions remain—why were Boko Haram allegedly linked to his residence? How can we expect insurgency to end if politicians are suspected of leveraging these groups to destabilize governments they oppose?

The president should sack Adelabu. All the meters purchased and promised haven’t arrived and they are still yet to reach the 6000MW they announced together with the Minister of Finance in December.

Good bill. If the lab is built, do we have competent people to run it? Why can’t it be public/private partnership that not only screens for urine and blood samples, but can be a multipurpose lab for forensics, DNA analysis, etc? There are numerous and competent companies both local and overseas that will be willing to partner with the FG. This ensures the infrastructures are well maintained, profitable, and long lasting to serve their purposes. If we eventually start getting forensics from crime scenes, we can have a lab to test them. This will ensure cost savings are made.

Kudos to the bill, we have to imbibe the culture of fairness and honesty into our athletes, so they don’t disgrace us globally.

Why are obidients so hell bent on hating anyone that likes and speaks favourably of Tinubu?

It’s not a good strategy to actualise Igbo presidency in the future. The criticism of Tinubu so far is majorly coming from a particular section of the country, which is highly unfortunate. You can’t be bad mouthing a president because your choice was rejected.
How do u intend to win over Nigerians to like ur candidate if all u have for the current president are online abuses and curses? Highly short-sighted.

The subsidy removal was a master stroke and all governors have turned their states to construction site. I’m not joking!!! All governors, no exception. From Gombe to Kebbi to Enugu to Oyo to Lagos. Sanwo-olu’s current job is commissioning everywhere!! Even dozy Dapo Abiodun is getting busy. One major thing I want Sanwo-olu to do is illuminate all of Lagos with solar street lights, so all of Lagos shines at night and are lit! No exempted areas!!

This anchor is very unprofessional to be working for DW. She isn’t balanced. She ought to have kept it professional, but looks too casual. It’s like my side-chick interviewing me.

If ed, names, addresses and how much is remitted to each local government be made public. Each local government should be mandatorily audited after every year cycle, with the audited statements made public and sent to EFCC. If any infraction is detected, there should be swift action. If LGAs can’t be held able with no immunity, then LG autonomy is pointless.

I really like that a corper has brought to the world’s attention how dirty Lagos is, which is an indictment on the istration. I’m not only here to criticise but also offer solutions if Lagos state government is ready to take it.

1) Set up a huge recycling plants for all kinds of wastes in Lagos. This would be mean when garbage trucks are dumping wastes, most will be partitioned and recycled.

2) All Lagos householders should be provided with different plastics for waste recycling. Garbage trucks would only have to pick up the rolled out plastics and empty them into their trucks, making the process neat and tidy.

3) All restaurants, companies, businesses should have a waste management and recycling certificates before operation. This would mean when they are disposing waste, they recycle appropriately for collection.

4) Lagos state should have the capacity to treat all kinds of waste, including toxic chemicals, medical wastes, biological, etc.

5) Organic waste collected should be turned into compost for fertilisers.

6) Non-recyclable waste can be incinerated and used to power households. Nothing should go to landfill.

7) Incentivise garbage truck holders to bring in mechanise sweepers to sweep the streets regularly.

30 minutes before environmental sanitation is over, all garbage trucks should be deployed across the states to retrieve the wastes and sweepers should follow suit.

9) Provide trash bins across the states and ensure they are regularly emptied.

10) Anyone not properly disposing waste, or pouring waste into drainages should be fined or imprisoned.

This man take style resemble Umahi. Good luck to him. You can’t be allowing the blow up of pipelines. Forget the financial drawback, what about the environmental impact? The region is already suffering from oil spills, pipeline vandalism will further exacerbate the ecological catastrophe.

If she had come out before the sitting arrangement fiasco, maybe people would have lend credence to her accusations.

This kind of train journey is long overdue and it would be a great legacy project if President Tinubu can pull it through.

Imagine Lagos to Abuja in under 6 hours? People will even commute daily between the capital and commercial capital.

Improved economy, enhanced safety, etc.

I know people of Edo too like to do strong head but I think they should connect with centre and enjoy all the benefits to come.

Reduce your prices and watch ur goods sold quickly.

Low patronage isn’t anybody’s fault in a free market economy.

The money isn’t there for people to buy, which means mechanisms for curbing inflation are working.

If you are a successful white South African, I really can’t phantom why you would leave it for America. South Africa has its problems like anywhere on earth but leaving it for America is insane. Even wealthy Africans in Africa don’t wanna leave Africa for USA. Imagine foregoing all your privileges in South Africa, only to start again in USA?

Mrfeel:

Military regime is better than democracy if the military president loves his country , the military gets things done quicker, democracy is a game of corruption

Migrate to Burkina Faso. Pack your bags and go. See if you can send money back home and build houses… You idiot.

His wife Melania could be deported. She wasn’t born in USA. She is a naturalised citizen. Lol.

I’m beginning to lose respect for African Americans. They are usually the cause of their demise! During Trump’s first presidency, particularly with the way he handled race relationships, BLM sprang up and African Americans collectively made sure they voted Trump out by showing strong presence at the poll.

I was hoping this time, they would show up again with the same vigour but some of them didn’t even vote. They stayed home! They talked about issues like transgender and the economy. Who gives a flying fuuuuck what those issues are if a certified criminally corrupt racist is on the ballot?

Even if the economy gets better but you lack inclusivity, how are you suppose to benefit from it?

Also, with Trump getting rid of DEI….. Every Nigerian reading this and ing Trump, ask yourself this question and provide me with an answer.

If we kept everything constant about Trump but change his colour from non-white to a black man, so every trait remains the same, from the way he talks to how he acts, would he be US president?? If your answer is NO, then Trump is the embodiment of WHITE PRIVILEGE also known as White DEI…. No black man in a white country would ever tell people to inject bleach during a pandemic and get re-elected! If Obama said that, he is getting impeached next day!!

Good initiative that I think even aircraft manufacturers like Boeing and Airbus would be in favour of.

Why? Because main aircraft manufacturers have a backlog of planes that need servicing, and demand for services keep rising, meaning they can’t keep up.

If this structure works, they can direct some of their customers to companies like this in Nigeria. This facility will train young Nigerians in aeronautics skills, increasing the country’s skill sets.

As per people worried out safety, there will be lots of partnership and knowledge transfer between this new company and aircraft manufacturers.

Security forces should be given powers to shoot vandals in the act. TCN should put warning signs across all their installations that vandals would be shot by security forces in the act!!

We need Nigerian secret service deployed to catch these perpetrators. Some of these vandals could be TCN employees giving these vandals information as to the location of the cables, how to avoid being electrocuted and where to sell these cables. DSS should pose as buyers of these illegal cables and see how the sellers get their products. Could lead them to an organised network of criminals.

It smells like organised crime that isn’t going away anytime soon. Once there is an eye on a suspect, police and secret service should take their time, secretly monitor him/her and see if there are other people involved.

Our secret services should learn how to bide their time on criminals, vandals, kidnappers and terrorists, so that once raids are conducted, it result to many leads across the criminal chain, and the criminals are rooted from the stem.

It’s not beyond the capacity of our secret service if they are well trained, motivated and disciplined to work.

Waste of money!!! I hope it’s not approved!! Money that you can use to buy more prepaid metres or use to hire private security guards to protect some of these infrastructures.

Corruption!!

These kinds of repatriated money should go straight to Tetfund/Nelfund , NYSC, teacher/ doctor/ nursing training.


Since the start of Tetfund/Nelfund initiatives, been impressed. We need to foster education and ensure our youths reap the benefits of being part and parcel of Nigeria.

Luckysbab:


The point still flew over your head. The parameter for determining the Customs wasn't responsible for the death of this folks then should also apply here.

Why? U find life cheap and disposable! Can I shoot you in the head please? 🙏. They should let me go because they let others go.

My dogs will clean up the mess after.

Luckysbab:


Sentimental trash. The ones that died during the Customs subsidised rice sale weren't other people's loved ones? Nonsense!

So because nothing was done back then, we should let this go? If I accidentally kill your loved one, can I claim it’s an accident, and last month, that man in Gongola that accidentally killed as well, they let him go, so they should let me go?