Just think what job creation could take place if you could stop the politicians and civil servants from looting the country... and recover even half of what has been stolen already?
Problem solved... what's next?
Originally Posted by KingJaja
Just think what job creation could take place if you could stop the politicians and civil servants from looting the country... and recover even half of what has been stolen already?
Problem solved... what's next?
I thought we want a serious discussion of issues here - not to suggest that:
1. I don't know that public money is being looted in Nigeria.
2. Outright dismissal of a news article I posted as if to suggest that the newspaper and I are very stupid to even comment on this in the first place.
KingJaja, do me a favour please... you are not speaking to a North American or a continental European... spare me the pretense of ignorance of the corruption levels in Nigeria (which are as out of control as some East European states).
Tranparency International finds Nigeria 144 of 177 on the corruption scale... that makes it highly corrupt.
Now here is the immediate cash for fund job creation - if it can ever be recovered:
President Goodluck Jonathan orders inquiry into Nigeria’s ‘missing’ $20bn of oil revenue
Then here is a what could have been statement of the obvious - which maybe you have missed:
Now given all that can you believe that both the US and UK give aid of around $250m each to Nigeria. Stupid is as stupid does.
Last edited by JMA; 03-21-2014 at 06:57 PM.
No problem, I'm out of this discussion forum. It is a waste of my time.KingJaja, do me a favour please... you are not speaking to a North American or a continental European... spare me the pretense of ignorance of the corruption levels in Nigeria (which are as out of control as some East European states).
Tranparency International finds Nigeria 144 of 177 on the corruption scale... that makes it highly corrupt.
Now here is the immediate cash for fund job creation - if it can ever be recovered:
President Goodluck Jonathan orders inquiry into Nigeria’s ‘missing’ $20bn of oil revenue
Then here is a what could have been statement of the obvious - which maybe you have missed:
Now given all that can you believe that both the US and UK give aid of around $250m each to Nigeria. Stupid is as stupid does.
Seems you do this an awful lot lately when faced with reality and skepticism from people who are well aware of African policy and leadership.
Better grow some thick skin as it is far from over.
The point being, Nigeria should be the flagship of a successful African nation. However, all most of us recall are the spamming emails about our dead uncles with cash in Nigeria.
Yes, it is a shame as there are literally 100s of thousands of Nigerians like you that go to work every day and deal with life there.
How many generations will it take to resolve the current impasse ?
If you want to blend in, take the bus
Nigeria violence: Seventy killed in Abuja bus blasts
Very sad news, site is about 15 minutes from central Abuja:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27018751More than 70 people have been killed in two blasts that rocked a crowded bus station on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital, Abuja, officials say.
The blast happened as commuters were about to board buses and taxis to go to work in central Abuja, the BBC's Haruna Tangaza reports.
Eyewitnesses say there are dead bodies scattered around the area.
Suspicion immediately fell on the Boko Haram Islamist militant group, which has staged previous attacks in Abuja.
However, most of its attacks have been in the north-east of the country.
Abbas Idris, head of the Abuja Emergency Relief Agency, told the BBC that so far they have confirmed 71 people dead and 124 injured.
Police spokesman Frank Mba gave the same figures, adding that 16 luxury coaches and 24 minibuses had been destroyed.
Eyewitness Badamasi Nyanya said he had seen 40 bodies being evacuated; other eyewitnesses say they saw rescue workers and police gathering body parts.
While the TV news seems to be full of the abduction of 250 odd girls a few weeks ago it seems to have missed comment on SWC.
The US and Uk have promised to get involved:
U.S. to Send Team to Nigeria to Help Find Kidnapped Girls
Nigeria abductions: UK experts to provide adviceThe Obama administration is dispatching military officials and hostage negotiators to Nigeria to aid in the recovery efforts of more than 250 girls kidnapped by the militant group Boko Haram, whose leader recently boasted "I will sell them in the market"
The UK is to send a small team of experts to Nigeria to help over the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls.
Last edited by JMA; 05-08-2014 at 07:38 PM.
Reducing militancy: same approach, no change here? Part 2
Only a week ago I posted on a prison break and the five hundred shot escaping (Post ) and 'same approach, no change here' is sadly all too true. Yes JMA it is Africa.
From AJ's sub-title:Link:ww.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/03/nigerian-prisoners-killed-abuja-jailbreak-20143301832373181.htmlAt least 21 detainees shot dead during attempted escape from the cells of the secret police headquarters in Abuja.
Some more detail from the Nigerian website:http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/03/a...detainees-dss/
I've only did a short stint in a detention facility, but basic security was sadly neglected and what type of facility has armed staff inside? The Nigerian State Security Service's detention facility - stupid.
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After the insurgency: some thoughts on reconciliation in Nigeria
Very interesting lecture by Matthew Hassan Kukah (Catholic Bishop of Sokoto). He's also scholar who wrote a book on "Religion & Politics in Northern Nigeria".
- See more at: http://www.theadvocatengr.com/index.....sr6aadBr.dpufAfter the defeat and following the exit of Sultan Attahiru, the burden of deciding the future for Islam rested in the hands of Muhammadu Buhari, the Waziri. In summary, three options were open to the rump of the caliphate. There were those who, like Onada above, believed that they would fight to the end and never surrender to the new conquerors. They believed that the caliphate could still be reclaimed and this is largely the lost glory that is being contested. Secondly, there were those who believed that some kind of cohabitation might be diplomatically worked out so that the religion could survive. Thirdly, there were those who believed that the new order should be supported and ways be explored to ensure a better future.
The Waziri, after advice from the scholars, decided to work out a modus vivendi with the colonial state. In his wisdom, he argued that since Lugard the conqueror had stated that all Muslims would be free to pray, pay Zakat and observe the Ramadan, there was no need for Hijra or continued fight. Since the caliphate had been founded as a home for Islam, the Waziri displayed some real diplomatic sagacity.
Amidst this dilemma, the Waziri received counsel to cooperate with the colonial state. According to a judge in Gwandu: The world is a house of distress…The Christians do not impede religion and the rites of Islam established in our land. Their goal is seeking for territory and the over lordship in worldly matters. As regards Islam, they do not hinder anyone from it, from Futa to here…This is our particular kind of friendship with them at present. We show regard to them with the tongue and have intercourse with them in the affairs of the world, but never love them in our heart nor adopt their religion[5]. From then till now, the battle over the perception of the role of Islam and the State has merely been shaped by circumstances, but the key issues have not changed. The feeling that this loss can be redressed and that we can return to these glory days resides deep down.
This is not the place for us to go into the details of this phase of protest. However, the significance of this reference lies in the fact that it helps us understand the origins of violence in northern Islam. But we need to make one passing remark as to how and why all this relates to the tensions between Islam and Christianity today.
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