Can the north survive without the Niger-Delta oil? (Page 5)

...Oil is spinning the money,agreed.  But both the north & south are at the extreme of poverty.

something is really wrong somewhere...

The elites are misleading/misguiding everyone.

north,south,east or west...we are all one...our problem is the unfortunate elites we have.

God will help us when his patience is exhausted.

There is no gainsaying that a part of the country (Nigeria) cannot suvive without the Niger  Delta oil.  We should endeavour to jettison our over dependent on oil.  I believe since the time we discover this oil, it has brought nothing but woes to each and everyone of us in this country.  Oil discovery has brought vices that were not known.  It brought 419, Corruption, Hire Killers into our polity and this has gone a long way to blacklisted this country all over the world.  Our national assemblies are daily at each others throat just because the ill gotten wealth they are stacking away for their unknown grandchildren.  They have even started budgeting jumbo pay packets for themselves and no one is even thinking of going back to the land.  Other parts of the country have their resources which they can depend on and this will definitely boost their economy without necessarily depending on the other.   It is only the ignorant that will basking in the foolery that we cannot do without the oil in Niger Delta.  Let the Niger Delta take their oil and see whether the country will collapse or not.  Agriculture has been our main foreign exchange earner during the time of the Awolowos, Azikiwes, Ahmadu Bellow etc.  The North could go back (which they have started anyway) to the days of groundnut pyramids and boost their economy.  The West should also go back to the  Cocoa era.  When this is done, we shall see whether the Niger Delta Oils will be used in cooking our delicious African dishes that we know of.  Americans and other nations are planning to stop their depending on oil and looking for other ways so why can't we do the same.

KHADIJAH Nagode!Antashi Lafia?

I cant help but be long.I've to explain these things for all to understand.These are inconvenient TRUTHS that ALL MUST face.Whether we like it or Mutanem Arewa are parasites in the Nigerian project.That's why Northerners reject any form of change.We are operating a faulty Federal System.
People now said,LET US PRACTICE TRUE FEDERALISM.
My AREWA Brothers: say "NO!".

Others:LET US VE A SOVEREIGN NATIONAL CONFERENCE to discussion & revolve the internal
contradictions in the Nigerian State.

G0dsson - You started your first article by giving an impression of putting ''sentiments'' aside but as you hit your keyboard you begin to digress.  As you so much agree on alot of issues raised by shamsuddeen who has made very good, intelligent and key points even though you disagree on some which i feel should be attributed to human nature of not beign perfect in analysing any issue.  I have taken time to analyse most of your views and u made good points for the fact that you know the north very well but you did not strike me well in your perception on another region not doing without the other.

I strongly believe we could all do without each other provided we find a situation of doin so. All we we need as different entity is the will power and determination to achieve good lively hood for our children and great grand children.  Is a matter of going back to the drawing board to tackle situation at hand.  Oil or agriculture are key tools among many in generating revenue for a nation but that is really not enough as alot has to be done even where this resources are available to achieve greatness.  Meanwhile what is reqlly required in nigeria at this particular time is not about one region depending on the other but getting the right leardership to take us to the promise land, we both need each other in my opinion, lets have the correct leardership that can tap in to all the resources from both regions to uses for the betterment of the nation, lets get this greedy people who does not have any ethnic lineage out of leadership (because all the stealing, curruption the country witnessed are connivance of individuals from all parts.  To say the north need niger delta to survive at this particular moment is an understatement, but believe me or not the north has alot to offer the country if the right leadership is secured.  Dont forget that the globe is currently tilting to a different direction in terms of energy as the world largest consumers of oil are working day and night to reduce dependence on oil by creating alternative energy sources.  Who knwo what will happen in the next 10-20 years, lets stop this dependence on oil revenue and look at all options of surviving as a nation in tune with world realities.

May God help our children because for me and you we may not leave to see Naija become a strong economy going by modern lifespan.  Lets face realities and start to fine tune our attitude and strategies and lets look beyond ethnic lines as this is the most myopic of all thinking in this century.  Finally i think if i were to moderate this topic i would have make ""CNA NIGERIA SURVIVE WITHOUT OIL - LOOKING AT THE US OBJECTIVE OF ACHIEVING ENERGY INDEPENCE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY in the coming years.

AREWA:NO!

OTHER:LET US VE ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM

AREWA:NO!

OTHERS:LET US USE SATE LITE TECHNOLOGY TO SOLVE OUR CENSUS PROBLEM ONCE & 4 ALL.

AREWA:NO!

When ll these same rulers who gathered at KD to run their mouth that the North can live without oil say YES?

I guess when the Oil dries up.

I totally disagreed with school of thouht which says that northerners cannot live without oil wealth because before the oil the economy ways based on cocoa from the southwest, groudnut from the north and palm from the east. I will like to bring to our notice that oil has been discovered in more than 4 states of the north but is not made public yet, in the area of industrialisation what you are seeing today that you call companies are not in line with our religious life, we the northern elite are working on modalities that will be different and worthy of emulation that will beat all the existing structures they are bosting of, the nearest future.