NewStats: 3,265,513 , 8,187,041 topics. Date: Sunday, 15 June 2025 at 12:53 PM 4bd3x

JagabanBorgu:

Another taIk stemming from the beer parlor.
INEC belongs to APC and Tinubu but APC is still Iosing various elections under same INEC.

Since Tinubu came into office, how many elections have been conducted, and how many of them have been won by opposition parties?

WizardOfNG:


Whatever. Just know that 2027 is the end of the road for your empty and 'packaged' Agulu messiah.

And the retirement of the D-lord to iragbiji

helinues:
Those who are forming coalition/coercion better put their political parties in order as no new political party registration would be allowed until after the 2027 election

Damn reality dawning

Because INEC, which is expected to be an unbiased umpire, has become the electoral arm of Tinubu/APC.

flokii:


Pray to God to grant your wishes.
Your fake messiah will have to go in for questioning.

But first, they have to question those who grabbed it, snatched it and run with it

flokii:
That's a call to anarchy..
Imagine what a presidential candidate is vomiting from his mouth out of desperation.

Grab it, snatch it and run with it! is what?

npppact:
Phased Progress is Not a Mirage, The Strategic Logic Behind Tinubu's Infrastructure Approach

Contrary to Bobloco's emotionally charged narrative, the commissioning of infrastructure in phases, such as the Lagos Calabar Coastal Highway and the East West Road, is a globally recognized strategy in megaproject delivery. Phasing is not deception; it is how real, robust, and resilient infrastructure is delivered in both developing and developed economies.

1. Phased Implementation Is Global Best Practice

From the Interstate Highway System in the U.S. to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, megaprojects are executed in phases over multiple istrations. The Lagos to Calabar Coastal Highway spans 750km, and it is economically and logistically responsible to start with priority economic corridors, such as the 17.4km Phase 1.

Why Phase 1 Matters:

• It connects Victoria Island to the Lekki Deep Sea Port, a trade and logistics game changer.

• The port alone is projected to increase Nigeria’s GDP by $361 billion over 45 years (Nigerian Ports Authority).

• This section has opened up 25,000 direct and indirect jobs, according to the Ministry of Works data.

2. East West Road, Breaking a 15 Year Deadlock

While critics cite the Eleme Junction section, they ignore that previous istrations failed to deliver even this. The Tinubu istration is not just commissioning it , it has committed to fast tracking the entire 188km stretch.

Data Shows:

• Between 2006 and 2023, only 35% of the East-West Road was completed (NBS + Ministry of Niger Delta data).

• In the past 12 months, over 40% of delayed sections have been re awarded or revived, with funding secured under the Infrastructure Corporation of Nigeria (InfraCorp).

3. Performance Metrics vs Political Optics

Rather than focusing on optics, consider this:

Project Pre Tinubu Status Current Status Socioeconomic Impact

Lagos-Calabar Highway Stalled (2014–2022) 17.4km constructed Enhances port connectivity, boosts trade

East West Road 35% completed in 17 years 45%+ completed as of May 2025 Revives Niger Delta economy

Abuja to Kano Expressway <40% complete in 2023 Over 70% complete Improves North to South mobility

These are not illusions ,they are documented infrastructure realities.

4. Transparent Phasing = ability

Phasing allows real time auditing, stakeholder engagement, and funding control. Unlike past “launch now abandon later” tactics, this method ensures:

• Each phase has tangible utility

• Funding is released in able tranches

• Citizens experience early benefits, not just future promises
Move From Scepticism to

Yes, Nigerians deserve transparency and genuine progress, and that's what this istration is offering:

• Strategic execution.

• Fiscal responsibility.

• Phased delivery of legacy infrastructure.

Let's hold government able, yes, but let’s also recognize measurable progress and embrace global best practice, not dismiss it as deception.

@naijapeoplesprosperitypact

Phased implementation of infrastructure is not the issue, that was never the point of my argument. The real concern is the funfair and exaggerated celebration of tiny portions of megaprojects as if they represent sweeping national progress. Yes, the 17.4km segment of the Lagos-Calabar Highway may be strategic, but it constitutes just 2.3% of a 750km project. Where is the full project timeline, the cost breakdown, or the environmental and social impact assessment? Without these, it's difficult to separate genuine progress from political theatre.

Projections of GDP growth and job creation may sound impressive on paper, but Nigerians are right to ask when these promised benefits will materialize in real life in the form of lower food prices, affordable transport, reliable power, and access to quality healthcare and education.

Projects like the East-West Road and the Abuja-Kano Expressway already had funding and some progress before this istration came in. Continuity is commendable, but it’s not a revolutionary shift. What citizens want is not more groundbreaking ceremonies or repeated media briefings, but completed, quality infrastructure that improves everyday life. Without independent audits, clear timelines, and broad-based impact, “phased execution” risks being perceived as PR, not policy. True ability requires results not just announcements.

TimeManager:
It's obvious, some Nigerians suffer from short memory. When Government was paying subsidy, Nigerians at the time still were complaining about everything, long queues, fuel scarcity, no roads, no light, lack of health care, frequent ASUU strikes, poor renumeration, low quality Education, inflation etc. And now that the subsidy fraud has ended and more money are going into FAAC, more funds being channeled into infrastructural projects, including welfare and increase in wages and salaries of workers. There's systematic and gradual improvement in the economic outlook. You may complain about rise in food, transport, electricity costs, though genuine, however, these are fundamentally as a result of human factor such as banditry/terrorism. The power sector was poorly privatized which subsequently needed Government intervention. The bottom line is the fact that economy is on the path of right direction, tough but promising.


-Kiss the truth!

Short memory isn’t the problem, it’s selective memory and manufactured optimism. Yes, things weren’t perfect under subsidy, but what’s the excuse now that it’s gone and we were promised a better life? Nigerians are paying more than ever for fuel, food, transport, electricity, and healthcare but somehow we’re supposed to celebrate a handful of road projects like its el dorado ? If $84 billion is all we have to show for as being saved, then either the math is bad or the priorities are worse. You can’t call this 'systematic improvement' when the average Nigerian is systematically getting poorer.

In what is increasingly becoming a hallmark of the Tinubu istration, the Nigerian public is being treated to hollow spectacles masked as infrastructural achievements. The recent fanfare surrounding the commissioning of a mere 17.4km stretch of the 750km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is a glaring example of this performative governance. Touted as Phase 1, this tiny fraction of a still-unfinished mega project was celebrated with pomp and ceremony, diverting attention from the broader reality that the vast majority of the road remains untouched.

This is not an isolated case. A similar tactic was employed with the commissioning of just the Eleme Junction section of the East-West Road, a project that has languished in limbo for over a decade, a 188km road that cuts across Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa-Ibom and Cross River. Instead of focusing on completing vital infrastructure that spans states and connects the Niger delta, the istration is content with ribbon-cutting ceremonies on fragments of uncompleted work, selling illusion as accomplishment.

These actions are not just misleading, they are symptomatic of a government more interested in optics than outcomes. By dres ongoing, incomplete projects as milestones and labeling them phases, the Tinubu istration dodges ability while securing political points. Nigerians deserve transparent governance and genuine progress, not showmanship wrapped in deception.

Until the full stretch of these roads is completed and operational, these so-called phases remain nothing more than distractions.

Cc seun Nlfpmod fergie001

nairavsdollars:
In the opposition. Not Nigeria as a whole

Who is bigger than him?
?

Peterobiisathie:
who asked you?

This will make the forum more interesting for everyone.

Well, the fact that you're asking suggests you're not keeping up. Peter Obi's influence is undeniable

Obi's ability to mobilize the youth and reshape political narratives is reshaping Nigeria's political landscape

House of Representative member from Kaduna North, Bello El-Rufai, has said he was naive to have criticized former President Goodluck Jonathan.


Bello, who is son of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, said he is sorry for criticizing Jonathan’s istration.

The Kaduna lawmaker noted that he failed to realize that Nigeria had a good governance under Jonathan due to his naivety.


Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday evening, the lawmaker said he is wiser now.

Bello said his naivety came to the fore when he saw his father preparing to visit Jonathan for political consultation.

He recalled paying his father a visit and noticed that he was going out. He asked where he was going.


Bello said: “And he said he was going to see President Jonathan, and I paused because when I was naive or when I thought ego or gratification mattered, I used to be very active in criticising President Jonathan.

“I even forgot in my naivety as many young people do, that we had governance then and I found my father saying that he is going to consult President Jonathan. I said, ‘please when you see him, tell him I am very sorry, I am wiser now’.

“The system is a problem. Now, why did I mention President Jonathan? It takes a lot, particularly in Africa, to lose an election and leave, he did that.”


El-Rufai initially had a good relationship with Jonathan and he even urged him to contest the 2011 presidential election.

Reports said after Namadi Sambo’s emergence as Vice President, El-Rufai and his family heavily criticized Jonathan’s istration.

https://dailypost.ng/2025/06/13/im-sorry-was-naive-to-have-criticized-you-el-rufais-son-begs-goodluck-jonathan/

AdesegunSanni89:
in the mind of igbos. Can Obi endorse any candidate to win any election in Nigeria?

Actually, Peter Obi's endorsements have proven to be game-changers in Nigerian politics.

Obi's influence is undeniable, especially among Nigeria's youth, who are increasingly turning to him for leadership and direction.

Senate Spokesman, Yemi Adaramodu, has stated that no level of cost-cutting should affect the allocations that go to lawmakers.


The lawmaker said this while rejecting the call for Nigeria to run a part-time parliamentary system.

According to him, a part-time parliament would mean a part-time democracy, insisting Nigeria cannot run such a risk.


He stated this on Friday during an interview on Channels Television, adding that the country’s democracy would be jeopardised if parliamentarians in the two legislative arms transit from what is currently obtainable to part-time.

“If the parliament is on part-time, then it means democracy is on part-time,” he said, adding that “There is no democracy that derides its parliament and thrives.”

Adaramodu, a member of the ruling party, who represents Ekiti South Senatorial District, said that lawmakers of the Red and Green chambers, 109 Senators and the 360 of the House of Representatives respectively, shoulder the responsibilities of their constituents.


He said they are not just in the national assembly to make laws but also for oversight function and advocating for their constituents.

According to him, Nigerians have access to the legislature out of the three arms of government.

“We go home almost every time and we are the ones when they give birth to a new baby, they ask for naming ceremony funds. When they are building a new house, it is from us they ask for assistance.


“So, if the parliament was not there, who do you expect that our constituents would run to?

“If we are on part-time, can’t the same amount of money be paid to part-time legislators?” He asked.

https://dailypost.ng/2025/06/14/part-time-parliament-no-level-of-cost-cutting-should-affect-our-salary-senate/

Karlovych:
#Back to Bourdillon 2027 is the official mantra of Nigerians ahead of elections. It's inevitable and there's no way a drug baron is going to win.

This I have seen!

Actually, '#BackToIragbiji2027' should be the official mantra of Nigerians ahead of the election, to emphasize the determination of the people to ensure that Tinubu returns to wherever he came from.

He has brought nothing but pains, anguish and hardships mascurading as economic reforms

Peter Obi is the biggest political figure in Nigeria currently

OP, how I wish you were banned for more than 30 minutes, because the level of senselessness you display is unimaginable

DomPerignon:
It won't take a genius to understand that the Naira will end up being floated after Giringory begins his first phase of "gradually" floating the naira.

What will cause is a direct and sharp disparity between the official rates and the black market rates.

You will see a scenario where the black market will be over 100℅ of what the official rates.

With an impending goal of finally floating the naira, many will rush to convert their savings in Naira to the dollar.


It will be disastrous to say the least. Bank s will be emptied to go buy dollar notes.

A bank rush will occur. There will be further strain on the banks and dumping of the naira.

By this time only Obi will be fooling himself with his artificially priced rates.

We have been here before and it was under Emefile who gradually devalued the naira and put in draconian policies like cashless policy , limits on daily withdrawals and spendings, ban on crypto , clampdown on black marketers and massive printing of the naira from thin air.

Giringory's alternative would have been Emefile 10.0 and would hacd crashed the economy , collapsed the naira overnight , destroyed banks and seen to foriegn investors fleeing.

Someone tell Giringory that being a trader does not qualify him in any way as an economist or monetary expert

So now it’s Peter Obi’s hypothetical policies causing damage while we’re all living in the actual disaster of Tinubu’s floating experiment?

Under his watch, the naira was floated without a concrete plan, inflation has skyrocketed, subsidies were removed without any safety net, and now families can’t even afford basic food or transport.

You’re busy predicting the chaos Obi might have caused meanwhile, this istration has delivered it in real time. Untold hardship, hunger, strife, insecurity, darkness and a deepening sense of hopelessness now pervade the land.

Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan has described President Bola Tinubu’s remark on one-party state as strange.

Ologbondiyan spoke on Channels TV’s Morning brief on Friday, while fielding questions.

Recall that Tinubu had while addressing the National Assembly on Thursday, debunked claims that his istration plans to make Nigeria a one-party state.


The president, however, stated that he is happy that the opposition parties are in disarray and will not help them.

Tinubu said: “To those who ring the alarm that the APC is intent on a one-party state, I offer you a most personal promise. While your alarm may be as a result of your panic, it rings in error.”

Reacting to the development, Ologbondiyan insisted that he never expected Tinubu to come out in public and itted he was behind the design to bring a one-state party system to Nigeria.


“We never expected Mr president to come to the public arena and declare that he knows nothing about the plot to bring up the one party state,” [/b]Ologbondiyan said.

“We were not expecting the president to come and say I am behind the design to bring in a one party state no.

[b]“I have not seen when he spoke on the need to reform the electoral process even in that remark Mr president said oh he have not seen any means in the INEC to say that INEC should not any parties but those who have filed for registration have come out to say they have refused to them.


“There was a case of a particular intent of a group of people who want for registration and they have completed all the processes and they have been told to come for their certificate, day in day out they have not been issued that certificate,

“It is also strange to me that Mr president will come up and say oh forever and ever I will never be involved in a one party plot but the design of the party, even of his own cabinet have come out to ask even on channels TV to say where will they find a party to contest on, the president doesn’t need by himself to come out and say don’t this party”

https://dailypost.ng/2025/06/13/one-party-state-tinubus-recent-comments-strange-ologbondiyan/

What we have in our hands is criminal state capture

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, has said that President Bola Tinubu cannot achieve any meaningful economic reform with the current political governance structure in the country.

Agbakoba stated this on Friday while fielding questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme.

The senior lawyer suggested that Tinubu should take some of the powers vested in the exclusive legislative list and transfer them to the state government.


He said: “Right now, the streets are not showing it. It’s a different thing. When the National Bureau of Statistics announces a GDP growth rate of 3.3 per cent, is it happening on the ground where garri, rice, beans, palm oil are crippling people?

“So the President’s responsibility, which he demonstrated yesterday, is to take on the final two years with vigour.

“He cannot achieve any economic, meaningful economic reform in the context of the current political governance structure.

“Some say restructure, some call it decentralisation, others call it rebalancing. Some call it devolution, whatever name it is, the President, please take some of the powers that have been vested in the exclusive legislative list and transfer them to the state government.

“And the state government itself needs to transfer serious power, real political power, to the 774 local governments so we can have a broad-based three-tier government all focused on the delivery of services.

“All Nigerians want are services: education, health, jobs, security of tenure, good pension, that’s all they want. And the only way that can be achieved is to rejig Nigeria.”

https://dailypost.ng/2025/06/13/agbakoba-explains-why-tinubu-cant-achieve-meaningful-economic-reform/

Tochi3:


..another propaganda against the one & only PO by stipend snatchers..

..they have nothing much to discus aboutbthe renewed hopelessness ofbtheir stioend paymaster Thief'nubu..

..they have always resulted to lies, deceit & propaganda to demonize & tarnish the image of someone who did not snatch & grab their destinies..

.mthey have refused to state in clear ..after 2 yrs of wantom hopelessness & caricature one achievement of mandaze thieves...past Nigerian Presidents were bold enough to state in categorical visible achievement than can be agreed by the Nigerian people..

..the only people attestimg to to the vague achievement are the cirn elits & their paid propaganda stioend grabbers..

..the reason they make so much noise about the 19,5km highway to fraud..which is an uncompleted fraud..

It is regrettable that, two years into President Tinubu’s istration, many of his ers and media lackeys and those you described as "stipend grabbers and snatchers ' remain focused on distractions, misinformation, and propaganda, rather than providing concrete updates on key governance metrics such as: job creation figures, Access to housing, how many Nigerians have been provided with shelter, Progress in power generation and distribution; Comparative national performance since taking office, Improvements in security of lives and property; Investments in educational and healthcare infrastructure.

Putindbutt:
You commended the President yet you say it's too late, very laughable. These are the same people that have been asking past Presidents to honour this man, a president did that in two years of his istration and you're saying it's too late. Then why have you been asking that he should be honoured if it was already too late?.

When Buhari recognized June 12 as Democracy Day in honour of Abiola, wasn’t he also commended even though many said it came rather late, as there had been calls for Abiola to be recognized long before Buhari became president?

Similarly, Ohanaeze has commended Tinubu for honoring Humphrey Nwosu, despite pointing out that it also came rather late.

Move on and let go of the bitterness.

favor914:
It must be, they are known for making fallacious statements like this, dictatorship indeed.

Dictatorship isn’t a fallacy when your ‘democracy’ declares a state of emergency in Rivers State, dissolves elected institutions, and installs a sole not even recognized by law. That’s not leadership, that’s lawlessness in agbada

yyba:
I am among the awardees today with an award of (CON ) thank you Mr president

Under the posthumous national award

Reno Omokri deserved to be awarded a national honour in recognition of his enormous contribution to the Tinubu istration.

Reno Omokri deserved to be awarded a national honour in recognition of his enormous contribution to the Tinubu istration.

Since taking office, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s istration has appeared more consumed with consolidating political power than confronting the urgent and growing socioeconomic crisis engulfing Nigeria. While the early months of any government may involve political recalibration, the Tinubu presidency has spent a disproportionate amount of energy maneuvering within power structures, sidelining the real work of governance: improving the lives of Nigerians.

At the heart of citizens' frustration is the lack of tangible progress on critical issues such as job creation, poverty alleviation, insecurity, and affordable living conditions. The removal of fuel subsidies, a centerpiece policy of Tinubu's early days was implemented without adequate palliative structures, sending inflation skyrocketing and plunging millions deeper into poverty. Transportation costs surged, food prices soared, and the promised benefits of deregulation remain elusive to the average Nigerian.

In of employment, job creation remains stagnant. With a youth unemployment rate among the highest globally, the government has yet to unveil a coherent strategy to harness the potential of Nigeria’s teeming young population. Education and healthcare systems remain chronically underfunded and largely dysfunctional, with public hospitals lacking essential equipment.

Security of lives and property continues to deteriorate. Banditry, kidnapping, killer herdsmen, and communal violence persist in various regions. The government’s response has been tepid at best, failing to inspire confidence or provide sustainable solutions.

Meanwhile, public perception is increasingly that the istration is more focused on rewarding political loyalists with appointments and entrenching control within the ruling party. The obsession with political survival is evident in attempts to instigate crises in opposition parties and consolidate influence ahead of the next electoral cycle, turning the country into a one-party state rather than solving the structural problems affecting millions.

Power and energy reforms have remained surface-level. Despite promises of progress in the energy sector, Nigerians continue to endure erratic power supply, stifling small businesses and worsening productivity.

What Nigeria needs is not more political choreography, but a deliberate and people-focused governance strategy. Real change must prioritize affordable fuel, accessible healthcare, functional education, job creation, and security reforms. Until then, the Tinubu istration risks being ed not for transformative leadership, but for playing politics while the nation burns.

Reno Omokri should have been considered for national award for his contribution to the Tinubu istration

Putindbutt:

The desperation is headless mob lying about the road. Now that media houses have fackchecked it, Rufai & Arisetv that retweeted the earlier lies have suddenly gone mute. Again, Kyari never told Nigerians that the refineries were 100%, it is headless mob like you talking ignorantly.

The only headless mob here is the one that claps when lies wear agbada. When independent media and citizens ask questions, it’s called ability not desperation. If Kyari didn’t say 100%, then maybe the Presidency and NNPCL should stop speaking from both sides of the mouth. Facts aren’t silence, they’re just louder than propaganda

Osanoghodua1:

Nigeria can't qualify for the world cup

He is yet to see that