Comments by "" (@orboakin8074) on "James Ker-Lindsay" channel.

  1. When I was a kid in Nigeria, my dad often called the UN a toothless bulldog😕 I now understand what he meant. While I and many appreciate greatly the good they do, it's clear that structural and management issues persist and even ideological issues as well.
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  2. Lebanon owes lsraeI an eternal debt for finally crippling Hesbola. Respect to them from Nigeria 👍
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  3. No. The solution for Nigeria is not to divide but to restructure the country for a truly federal republic to exist. India is bigger most of sub-Sharan Africa and has way more diverse ethnicities and languages than Africa does but their country works because they use a federal style of governance and administration.
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  4. And your point is? One of the great grandparents of my president in Nigeria was a slave trader. Does that make him a slave trader as well? Do you westerners now believe in passing the sins of ancestors to their descendants?😊
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  5. 😂 it's ironic how lran has always talked big about conflict with lsraeI but now they are literally getting hammered. Their proxies broken. What made them think this was a good idea? 🤔 Truly a weird rivalry considering the history of these two nations and cultures😅 Persia under Cyrus, restored lsraeI and their faith. lran was also the first middle East country to recognize lsrael and even aided them against the Arrabs. Now, they despise each other after the Mullahs came
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  6. 😂Ikr?! They actually thought fake AI videos of F35s would work😂
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  7. The solution for Nigeria is not to divide but to restructure the country for a truly federal republic to exist. India is bigger most of sub-Sharan Africa and has way more diverse ethnicities and languages than Africa does but their country works because they use a federal style of governance and administration.
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  8. Yes, actually. He hasn't crushed hamnas due to international pressure 😂 Not because lsraeI can't and you know it. Yemen is no threat and actually causes more harm to their Arrab neighbors than lsrael. lran is a pariah state that is despised by even other middle East countries a d most of the world. So lsraeI can cripple them severely a d that's why Khomeini is asking for ceasefire
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  9. Yes, our country has failed. All the social and economic progress our country made since 99, buhari and APC just erased it all in 8 years due to their incompetence. Our GDP was higher pre-2016. Inflation rates were also lower. Foreign direct investment in Nigeria was high back then. National unity was better and even security was better compared to the post-2016 period. Our national debt has increased. Infrastructure has degraded. Our middle-class is all but wiped out. Our currency is declining in value and safety and security are no longer guaranteed for Nigerians. The solution for Nigeria is not to divide but to restructure the country for a truly federal republic to exist. India is bigger most of sub-Sharan Africa and has way more diverse ethnicities and languages than Africa does but their country works because they use a federal style of governance and administration.
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  10. ​ @complexaltruist and what is Turkey doing in northern Syria? Picnic?😂 Both are doing the same thing.
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  11.  @prasantpandey4057  And yet India still manages to work as a nation despite the issues with said diversity. Heck! The Philippines also has the same issue and works as a nation too. There is still a strong national identity there. What we need in Nigeria is political restructuring and a change in leadership from buhari and APC. Plus, the advent of all his mismanagement will make the issue of restructuring very difficult to ignore this time.
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  12. ​@DM-0072well said. I hate hypocrisy like that. These folks have no ground to stand on.
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  13. I agree with you, brother. Our country has failed. All the social and economic progress our country made since 99, buhari and APC just erased it all in 8 years due to their incompetence. Our GDP was higher pre-2016. Inflation rates were also lower. Foreign direct investment in Nigeria was high back then. National unity was better and even security was better compared to the post-2016 period. Our national debt has increased. Infrastructure has degraded. Our middle-class is all but wiped out. Our currency is declining in value and safety and security are no longer guaranteed for Nigerians. The solution for Nigeria is not to divide but to restructure the country for a truly federal republic to exist. India is bigger most of sub-Sharan Africa and has way more diverse ethnicities and languages than Africa does but their country works because they use a federal style of governance and administration.
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  14. ​ @NextsCrusader very good observation, friend
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  15. ​ @apiklala they are desperate 😅
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  16.  @mybodyisamachine  Exactly. That is how most countries, especially western-oriented ones like ours already function and should function. There have already been growing calls for this to be done in Nigeria but buhari and many of the people like him were hindering these efforts. But with end of his term coming and the full failure of his and APC's policies on display, those calls will be even stronger now.
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  17.  Robert Hughes  That's not a very good excuse, friend. Botswana has many tribes and that country works because they have a true federal style of governance and good leadership. So does Kenya. If India works, why can't my own country, Nigeria, do so? All this talk of splitting is just that, talk. Inertia and long-standing economic vested interests of most citizens have kept Nigeria united. Plus, the calls to restructure our constitution and government into a more federal decentralised one are even stronger. The majority of us don't want to split. Don't let internet noise fool you.
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  18. Well said. We may be having our issues but our country has faced worse. My father tells me how during military rule, it was worse and the country almost broke up. Then in 99 after civilian rule returned, so many things began to improve because of a change in leadership and proper economic management. Things were looking up for us up until 2015 when we made the great mistake of electing the foolani into office and in 8 years he undid all that progress but this just shows that what we need is good leadership and also to restructure the country for a truly federal republic to exist. India is bigger most of sub-Sharan Africa and has way more diverse ethnicities and languages than Africa does but their country works because they use a federal style of governance and administration.
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  19.  @jaybee4577  Wow! I had no idea more people were actually noticing my activity on twitter. Thanks for the shoutout. Also, yes, I agree with you. It is incredibly frustrating how people automatically think they know what is happening in Nigeria because a few loud people online scream about something and get huge likes. There is increased tribalism now due to the failure of the current administration but the national identity of Nigerians is still strong and most of us, even Igbos in the east, still identify as Nigerians. We just want more decentralization and a restructured nation and constitution.
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  20.  @prasantpandey4057  Very good observation of yours, friend. Option C looks to be the best one. I can see the fulani/herdsmen easily occupying the role of perceived and real threat what with them already being a minority, even in the north and being a hostile force to most regions. As for the complacent majority, Yoruba and Igbo people are the majority in the south and they mostly understand the importance of maintaining stability and encouraging economic progress in the country as it benefits them and others directly and indirectly. The Hausa, as another majority, though being tribalist and northerners, are more easy to work with compared to the fulani as they at least have more vested interest in Nigeria being united, tend to intergrate into other regions peacefully (the growing ties between Igbos and Hausa, despite their long history of ethnic issues is proof) and they want Nigeria progressing economically and even they can no longer ignore the growing calls for restructuring. Any further rifts in Nigeria will negatively impact them in the long-run since their region is not nearly as economically productive or socially developed as the south and they lack the resources we have.
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  21.  @Mr_Balakji  you did it to the Sikhs😮‍💨
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  22. ​ @okellolester1631 i hear you, friend 😔
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  23. So what?
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  24. Turkey doesn't care about that😂 Both of them literally agreed to a deal recently to not engage in conflict with each other. Sorry, but Turkey and Israel are not enemies as you hope
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  25. Yes. I mean, it's similar to Somaliland and Somalia. The former is a functional and stable place while the latter has been a failed state longer than i have been alive.
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  26. Yes, actually. He hasn't crushed hamnas due to international pressure 😂 Not because lsraeI can't and you know it. Yemen is no threat and actually causes more harm to their Arrab neighbors than lsrael. lran is a pariah state that is despised by even other middle East countries a d most of the world. So lsraeI can cripple them severely a d that's why Khomeini is asking for ceasefire
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  27. Yes, our country has failed. All the social and economic progress our country made since 99, buhari and APC just erased it all in 8 years due to their incompetence. Our GDP was higher pre-2016. Inflation rates were also lower. Foreign direct investment in Nigeria was high back then. National unity was better and even security was better compared to the post-2016 period. Our national debt has increased. Infrastructure has degraded. Our middle-class is all but wiped out. Our currency is declining in value and safety and security are no longer guaranteed for Nigerians. The solution for Nigeria is not to divide but to restructure the country for a truly federal republic to exist. India is bigger most of sub-Sharan Africa and has way more diverse ethnicities and languages than Africa does but their country works because they use a federal style of governance and administration.
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  28. We may be having our issues but our country has faced worse. My father tells me how during military rule, it was worse and the country almost broke up. Then in 99 after civilian rule returned, so many things began to improve because of a change in leadership and proper economic management. Things were looking up for us up until 2015 when we made the great mistake of electing the foolani into office and in 8 years he undid all that progress but this just shows that what we need is good leadership and also to restructure the country for a truly federal republic to exist. India is bigger most of sub-Sharan Africa and has way more diverse ethnicities and languages than Africa does but their country works because they use a federal style of governance and administration.
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  29. I really like your videos but this one seems a tad biased and subjective 🤔 Apartheid was evil, no doubt, but is tgat any reason to defend the racialist views and policies of the ANC and EFF? especially when they have done more harm to even the black SA population as well as the white ones fue to increased inequality and crime, economic mismanagemen, corruption, a d declining infrastructure due to mismanagement? Land expropriation and racial hiring quotas is a terrible policy, no matter where applied here in Africa and i know as a Nigerian who has met several people (white and black) from Zimbabwe and SA.
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  30. That's a dumb analogy🤔 a better one is to compare it to a grown up who drinks alcohol versus a child. We trust an adult to be responsible enough to not drink irresponsibly but a child can't be trusted for that. Same with nukes. Countries like the USA, Russia, China, India, France, Pakistan are more responsible with their nukes and they also conform to international IAEA regulations. lran has n very tried to conform and has a history of creating instability for their region🤔
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  31. That's a dum analogy🤔 a better one is to compare it to a grown up who drinks alcohol versus a child. We trust an adult to be responsible enough to not drink irresponsibly but a child can't be trusted for that. Same with nukes. Countries like the USA, Russia, China, India, France, Pakistan are more responsible with their nukes and they also conform to international IAEA regulations. lran has n very tried to conform and has a history of creating instability for their region🤔
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  32. Because lran never NEVER conforms to nuclear regulations🤔 China, Russia, India, Pakistan, etc all conform. That's why. If you want to have nukes, obey the rules.
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  33. Despite being the onmy country here that was never colonized, Ethiopia sure seems to have the same problems, if not more than, as most of our countries here in Africa 😔
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  34. ​ @lilspacecoupe1585 wow, really sorry to hear that 😢 We have tribalism here too in Nigeria but i can see how Ethiopia has it worse. Hope you people get better times soon.
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  35. @mod3353  no, you simply used guns, mass mobs, and soldiers. Still effective lol
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  36.  @mod3353  😂😂I'm Nigerian, not American. I have no idea what you are talking about.
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  37.  @fyrstormer  There is increased tribalism now due to the failure of the current administration but that is really nothing new. Pre-99, was another era where national unity was at an all time low due to mismanagement and military rule oppression but after the return to civilian rule, national unity resurged when restructuring of the economy, institutions, and almost the constitution, occured and major improvements to Nigeria were occuring as well. The national identity of Nigerians is still strong and most of us, even Igbos in the east where the strongest but not widely spread secessionist sentiments lie, still identify as Nigerians. We just want more decentralization and a restructured nation and constitution. Those who call for separation are in the minority and mainly use the internet to make their calls seem bigger than they really are. The average citizen in Nigeria is not terminally online. So our opinions are always reflected online.
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  38. 😂 it's ironic how lran has always talked big about conflict with lsraeI but now they are literally getting hammered. Their proxies broken. What made them think this was a good idea? 🤔 Truly a weird rivalry considering the history of these two nations and cultures😅 Persia under Cyrus, restored lsraeI and their faith. lran was also the first middle East country to recognize lsrael and even aided them against the Arrabs. Now, they despise each other after the Mullahs came
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  39. 4:33 You can thank Gamal Abdul Nassar for this one😢
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  40.  @sulaak  Sir, the "partition" happened to a different country that was not India. I am referring to current day India
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  41.  @truthwins8147  Friend, I am on team restructuring. That is what needs to happen and the calls to restructure Nigeria can no longer be ignored, even by northern elites.
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  42. @HopefulInterventions  I heard his speech. I also saw the news about how he and Netanyahu held talks about avoiding conflicts in Syria🤣 You people are fooools and just assume that every Muslim leader is on your side and not a realist.
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