When you scrap FAAC, you will see the economic power of the North
Then you will realise corn, soybeans and cows are as valuable as oil and gas
The North that should face lithium and silica are chasing “oil-producing” status
The Sarduana built a world-class economy based on groundnuts, tin, and columbite. Today, his legacy holders are chasing NNPC for contracts to import PMS
FAAC is fake life
No one is asking you to ignore infrastructure
But if you build infrastructure without an educated workforce, you will import labour to build refineries
Many “mechanical engineering” graduates can't fix a generator. Many finance graduates can't do bank reconciliation or calculate the Time Value of Money
I wonder who will maintain the solar and EV systems we are importing
Is Nigeria doing better since 2023? Short answer: Hell NO!! Long answer: it depends on who you are and where you play.
For those who depend on capital markets and the FX market, the stability is a breath of fresh air. Emefiele and Buhari were idiots. Cardoso is great.
For those in the streets, things simply got worse. I have sent more to assist family members in the last 3 years than at any time in my life. Poverty increased.
The top-down approach will NOT work unless there are major interventions at the bottom. Dangote, Elumelu, or Otedola will not fix our roads or provide security; that is the government's job.
A healthy Nigeria at the bottom also benefits those at the top. I don't believe we have the luxury of things trickling down again. Remittances may be at great risk amid nationalist agitations and movements abroad.
Depending on the Diaspora to keep supporting a nation is impracticable. That was what Emefiele banked on for years, and it never worked. The Diaspora is tired. People are also thinking about their own lives and futures. Jobs are being lost, and AI is eating up the world.
If we don't build up our nation today, we will have no nation one day. We are slowly moving from Abegistan to TerrorStan. Security and Infrastructure should be priorities. A healthy foreign reserve balance doesn't help the man on the streets.
A new Nigeria is POssible when Nigeria is OK.
@gimbakakanda Who should confront the parental irresponsiblities? Individual members of the society or the authorities.
Allah ya gyara mana ya yayi sakayya ga duk wanda aka zalunta.
One Incident Should Not Define The Safety Of Nigeria’s Airspace - Spiff
Nigeria’s airspace remains safe, and this was an isolated incident. The pilot involved is professionally licensed, including certifications recognized in the United States. The aircraft is also registered in the United States and operates under internationally accepted aviation standards and regulations. Incidents of this nature can occur despite strict safety procedures, but they should not be taken as a reflection of the overall safety of Nigeria’s airspace.
Don Spiff, Director, Operations, Licensing, And Training Standards, NCAA
I hear the argument. And honestly, as a soldier who has seen what the NDA produces and what happens when training standards slip I have serious concerns about decentralising our only joint services academy.
Here is my take from the inside.
The NDA is not just a school. It is a forge. Cadets from all 36 states and the FCT, from different ethnic and religious backgrounds, are thrown into the same pressure cooker. They live together, suffer together, and graduate together. That shared suffering builds something you cannot replicate in a satellite campus: trust. When I go to war, I need to know that the officer beside me whether he is Hausa, Igbo, or Yoruba was forged in the same fire as me. Decentralisation risks creating "tribal" officers' messes, not a unified officer cadre.
The argument about consistency is also real. Right now, every NDA graduate passes through the same instruction, the same drills, the same standards. If you spread that across multiple locations, you introduce variables. Different commandants. Different local influences. Different funding levels. Before you know it, the officer from "NDA North" is not the same as the officer from "NDA South." That is how a military starts to fracture.
And let us talk about security. A single, heavily guarded academy in Kaduna is easier to protect than three or four smaller ones scattered across the country. Every new location becomes a new target for terrorists or bandits. We already struggle to protect our bases. Why multiply the problem?
I am not saying expansion is always bad. If we need more officers, increase intake at the existing NDA. Build more accommodation. Hire more instructors. But keep the institution whole.
THE NDA IS THE CRADLE OF OUR OFFICER CADRE. DO NOT CRACK THE CRADLE.
A president signed this evil document to law within 24hrs! Ordinary men a playing God with the lives of Nigerians. Their end will be as disastrous as the disaster they’ve plunged the common man into.
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