This was the day I finally decided to take a break. Since 2020 I have dedicated my art and platform to speaking up against injustice, bad governance and societal ills.
I remember all of it even during the 2023 Elections. There is nothing I will say now that I haven’t already said. And even though I know I can continue to do that, it just gets tiring.
A few of us can’t keep begging the Majority of Nigerians to earn their own freedom.
The oppressors will never let it go so easily. They are nothing without corruption and that is why they will stop at nothing to continue to enable the rot in our society at the expense of the Nation’s success and prosperity.
How can a few politicians continue to ruin the lives of over 200 Million Nigerians and do it so brazenly without any resistance! I’m sure they also cannot believe their luck.
Until Nigerians get rid of the survival mentality which conditions us to automatically operate on survival mode instead of a sane and enabling environment that gives every Nigerian the opportunity to succeed, then we are truly not ready.
Debunking the Phantom Debts and Ecological Loan Fallacy
My attention has been drawn to trending claims by the Anambra State Government that my administration left behind inherited debts, including a ₦2 billion ecological loan, contractor liabilities, and unpaid salaries, gratuities, and pensions. This is completely false.
We systematically liquidated historical gratuities and arrears dating back several years, amounting to over ₦35 billion. At the point of handover, the state owed nothing in salaries, gratuities, or pensions, nor did we owe anything to any contractor for projects duly executed and certified.
The ₦2 billion ecological fund in question was released barely three months before the end of my tenure for the Oko/Umuchiana erosion crisis. Despite pressure to spend the money, I refused, insisting that it should be left for my successor because government is a continuum and the funds were tied to a specific project.
The money was therefore left 100 per cent intact in First Bank, in Account No. 2018779464, with a balance of over ₦2.13 billion.
It is important to stress that funds tied to specific projects or set aside for particular purposes were not even included in the over ₦75 billion in savings we left behind.
If anybody can establish anything to the contrary, I will stop campaigning. -PO
Because the Senate President, Sen. Akpabio is from Akwa Ibom, I should support APC. Is Akpabio the one buying my fuel? Is he the one paying my house bills? Is he the one feeding my family? Are his children experiencing this hardship? You guys are not serious.
@_Samcleave Both are healthy choice. If anyone of them enters, they will do far better than the Shigidi we have and also the serial Ole contestant that have refused to stop contesting.
Peter Obi: Subsidy Should Be Domiciled in the Agricultural and Manufacturing Sectors
The subsidy regime in Nigeria emerged amid corruption and criminality. Removing those two factors will give us a clearer picture of whether we actually need subsidies. I believe if we tackle corruption, we might not need subsidies at all. The price of petrol in Nigeria is high. We should ensure a regular supply of crude to local refineries so they can refine it for domestic consumption. That will invariably reduce the cost of fuel. I will allocate subsidies to productive sectors. What we have today is subsidy induced hardship with no gains to justify its removal
Peter Obi, NDC Presidential Candidate
@Hatitude3@PeterObi If the Apc government have done the needful by providing the neccessary security of those people living in IdP camps, there won't be any need for him going to those places. That's logic which you have tp use your common sense to think.
An economy that cannot be compared with the UAE, India, Japan or Singapore is not a growing economy. We’re living in our worst days.
You don’t need to be an economist to understand what Dr Paul Aleje is saying here.
Let me tell you a strategy they're deploying.
A lot of the people on this list have "casted" - not many names surprised me. The only names that surprised me are Alabi Lawrenz, Oloye, Ejikem.
But these people aren't the ones doing the "dirty work" - let's call them "the enforcers".
They'll be responsible for creating small WhatsApp group pockets of bottom feeders, the ones getting 150-300 per tweet. So let's do the numbers.
300 enforcers × 300-500 per enforcer online nuisances "arguing constructively" every day with you. That's 150,000 paid bots on weekly payroll.
Those are the ones you should be worried about. They are your mutuals with "it's just easy money, no one really cares about my opinion". With that online size, any kind of narrative can be enforced.
This list is to give enforcers public validation.
That's why - once you smell any degree of APC apology, mute and block.