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| Re: Ribadu Report, Plan To Embarrass Government - Presidency by takedat(m): 7:54pm On Oct 26, 2012 |
[b][/b] taharqa: Oh yeah, is that right?...but then here is d questn again: cud you point out where exactly in d Reuters report there was PROVE dat dis govt was fradulent? I mean you must hv seen d Reuters article, just point the areas out "I have not given any discretionary awards during this administration," Alison-Madueke told Reuters, although she added that the president had the right to do so instead of using bids if he saw fit. "That is entirely up to him," she said. Source http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/idUKBRE89N0VV20121024?irpc=932 taharqa: Oh yeah, is that right?...but then here is d questn again: cud you point out where exactly in d Reuters report there was PROVE dat dis govt was fradulent? I mean you must hv seen d Reuters article, just point the areas out Nigerian oil ministers between 2008-2011 handed out seven discretionary licenses but there is $183 million in signature bonuses missing from the deals, the report said. Three of these oil licenses were awarded since Alison-Madueke took up her position in 2010, according to the report. "I have not given any discretionary awards during this administration," Alison-Madueke told Reuters, although she added that the president had the right to do so instead of using bids if he saw fit. "That is entirely up to him," she said. Source http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/idUKBRE89N0VV20121024?irpc=932 taharqa: Oh yeah, is that right?...but then here is d questn again: cud you point out where exactly in d Reuters report there was PROVE dat dis govt was fradulent? I mean you must hv seen d Reuters article, just point the areas outThere is no way you can exonerate this Government from this scandal. Though previous Governments were also involved. From the leaked report on Reuters it claimed "Nigerian oil ministers between 2008-2011 handed out seven discretionary licenses but there is $183 million in signature bonuses missing from the deals, the report said. Three of these oil licenses were awarded since Alison-Madueke took up her position in 2010, according to the report". "I have not given any discretionary awards during this administration," Alison-Madueke told Reuters, although she added that the president had the right to do so instead of using bids if he saw fit". Where Is the signature bonuses from the three allocations that GEJ's Government awarded? Missing, according to the report. The report also touched on the illegal award of oil blocs though discretionary but shady. An example is the secret allocations of oil blocs which are against international best practices. "Daily Trust learnt that the secret allocations were done over the past one year, even though government had said the process of awarding oil licences were to be executed publicly through competitive bidding. A newspaper report recently said All Grace Energy is among companies that benefitted from the deals. Records made available to Daily Trust by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) revealed that Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello is the major shareholder of All Grace Energy, which was registered on July 12, 2006 with N30 million share capital. Mrs Obasanjo-Bello has six million shares, followed by other directors/ shareholders: Abe Magnus Ngei (2 million), Mrs Abiri Dorcas (3 million), Dr. Adenikinju Adeola (3 million), Ugbeya Donatus (1 million), Alabi Yekini (1 million) and Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi (1 million). The company was registered “to operate marginal fields for the purpose of producing petroleum, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas etc,” and has filed annual returns only up to 2007, according to CAC records. Apparently reacting to the recent report that oil blocks were awarded illegally, Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Osten Olorunsola, said at a conference in Houston, United States, that the president is empowered by law to make such allocations. This development flies in the face of the Federal Government’s consistent pledges to conduct fresh oil bid round. The last public oil bid was conducted during President Olusegun Obasanjo’s regime. In 2010, for instance, Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke said government was trying to “sort out some issues” surrounding the previous bid rounds before it starts fresh ones. Instead, the government apparently resorted to secret allocation of choice oil blocks to companies belonging to cronies, family members and associates, industry analysts say. A player in the oil industry, who craved for anonymity, told Daily Trust the government’s action would discourage competition among indigenous oil operators and also send wrong signals to international investors. A source at DPR said that the process of awarding the oil blocks to Iyabo actually started during Obasanjo’s administration but “a disagreement between Shell and DPR over the area to farm-out couldn’t be reached until recently when the Malabu oil block deal was sealed between the Federal Government and the multinationals.” Oil block deal conditions not met When our reporter contacted the spokesperson for the DPR, Mrs Belema Osibodu, she did not confirm or deny that Iyabo’s company was given the oil block but said the marginal fields were awarded based on some conditions. She said the conditions included the development/execution of a public private partnership (PPP) model for three pilot projects under the small scale gas utilisation scheme. But when a Daily Trust reporter visited Ubima community in Ikwerre local government area, there was no indication that such project was being executed. The community happens to be the country home of Governor Rotimi Amaechi. The chairman of Ubima community, Elder Daniel Anwuzurike, told Daily Trust that the community has been living without electricity supply for the past three months.Anwuzurike said he was not aware of any power project going on in the Ubima community. ‘Secret oil block deals going on for long’ The controversial oil field is considered under “marginal oil fields” which the Petroleum Act (Amended) 1996 defines as “such field as the President may, from time to time, identify as a marginal field.” The law provides that the holder of an OML can farm out (lease out) any marginal field which lies within the Oil Mining Lease (OML). Reverend David Ugolor, Executive Director, African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), said this was not the first time such secret allocation of oil blocks was done by a president. “In any case, the development contravenes global best practice of open competitive bidding and as such should be discouraged,” Ugolor said. “Nigerians are also kept in the dark as to how much accrued to the country from the exercise. The unresolved regulatory issues has not allowed potential investors, both local and international, to make huge financial commitment in the sector. Nigeria is losing huge resources from the dwindling investment in the sector and there is also loss of potential revenue from royalties,” |
| Re: Ribadu Report, Plan To Embarrass Government - Presidency by AdeniyiA(m): 8:48pm On Oct 26, 2012 |
consider this scenario,assume am an astranaut sent to d moon to find out certain things and report back to d senders on earth,after d reports of my findings in d moon have been delivered,my boss decided to give it to amateurs on earth to review and look at it from some 'certain perspectives' . help me ask o, wetin dem wan review. dis country needs serious purging, both spiritual and physical |
| Re: Ribadu Report, Plan To Embarrass Government - Presidency by mbaemeka(m): 9:10pm On Oct 26, 2012 |
Diezani is no saint but we shouldnt lose plot of whom is really overseeing the whole humdrum- President GEJ! For starters, no single decision can be made by the Pet Min. without the consent of the president as she skillfully mentioned in this write up. It is GEJ's decision that she follows through with. for example, concerning the Oil bloc licensing, that decison soley rests on GEJ's side. She can only convince him on which companies to consider but being that the Oil and gas sector is of utmost pertinence to Nigerias economy i doubt that GEJ wouldnt have known exactly what had been conspiring. I can give a rough patch of what happened to Ribadu and co. Following the knee-jerk response by nigerians and the consequent strike(S) the govt tried to play to the gallery by initiating all these committees like the Agbakobas and that of Ribadu. They were simply playing to the gallery and they had no intentions of really getting to the roots of the matter. I heard Olisa Agbakoba complain recently that "he wasted his time investigating and submitting a report of his findings to the govt only for them to do nothing about it" he also said "blame your minister". I assume that they had planned to do same with Ribadus report but he acted faster and ensured that the report wasnt doctored before being released. Reuben Abati is just a joke thinking he could politicize such a serious matter like this thereby swaying Nigerians from the real issue which is that these govt is inept and unwilling to tackle corruption. I blame GEJ first and foremost before blaming the Pet minister. They worked viz-a-viz. |
| Re: Ribadu Report, Plan To Embarrass Government - Presidency by thegoodjoehunt(m): 9:46pm On Oct 26, 2012 |
eGuerrilla: I've always stressed it. Leaking reports to reporters is the best way to go. Expose the document before it is swept under the carpet.  1 Like |
| Re: Ribadu Report, Plan To Embarrass Government - Presidency by taharqa: 10:09pm On Oct 26, 2012 |
take dat: Right. I have already commented on this: 1st, I hv already commentd that there are still considerable levels of corruptn in govts(all tiers and levels) and of course d general public. I will neva vogued for any person in d oil industry in 9ja- dat place is 'darkness' itself, has always been and we are only just starting to see sm small light recently there and we shld nt be too surprisd to see d many tins we were nt allowd to see previously; my main problem is d noisemaking, worthless complaints, hypocrism and d penchant of sm ppl to distort info for sm gain. Plz respond to my 2nd comment on pg.1....by d way from dat Reuters report if am not wrong, discretionary lincenses are nt illegal( it is within d powers of d president to do so); d problem was that d signature bonus( apparently including d 3 given by dis admin) was said to be 'missing'( which cud mean that they hv eida bn stolen or not yet reconcild). I guess when d report comes out we wud know...i hv also previously calld for the Pet Min to resign in order to put sm more light in dat sector Okay so I get you; this whole thing on the present admin is that 3 discretionary licenses out of 11 others were given out( which is not illegal as the report said) but whose signature bonus may be 'missing' according to the report while most of the report talked about previous admins. This is what the fuse is all about, right? This is why you guys are saying that the whole govt is fraudulent, right? So this is the EARTH-SCATTERING revelation esp when compared to what has been going on in Nigeria's Oil industry? I just wanted to be clear that that is what you are saying. So you know- am not holding forth for Diezaini. Why the hell would I do that. Just as I believe that almost NO bank Chief Executive any where in the world is 'clean', so do I believe that almost NO oil industry Exec in Nigeria is 'clean'( just name them)- I have long call for her resignation so that the reforms and opening-up happening in that opaque oil industry would not be stalled by bickering over her competence and/or culpability. And if those bonuses are actually found to be missing, heads should roll. But for God's sake, lets not make this what it is not ESPECIALLY when those people who make these noise chicken out when the main work needs doing as I argued here: https://www.nairaland.com/1085138/ribadu-report-plan-embarrass-government/1#12708121 |
| Re: Ribadu Report, Plan To Embarrass Government - Presidency by thegoodjoehunt(m): 10:27pm On Oct 26, 2012 |
Profidada: As for me i have lost hope in this entity called nigeria. I have criticised constructivey and destructively, caused and prayed for these politicians hoping that they will change but it appears the more you talk the more you see. Well i have decided to carry my cross. I have started a course on hacking specifically for government agencies like the nnpc, ministry of petroleum resources, cbn and other lucrative agencies. I cant continue to sit at the fence, i must have a share of this largesse.  Best comment so far. |
| Re: Ribadu Report, Plan To Embarrass Government - Presidency by thegoodjoehunt(m): 10:43pm On Oct 26, 2012 |
D'TruSon: True Words Man. |
| Re: Ribadu Report, Plan To Embarrass Government - Presidency by COOLDUN: 3:27am On Oct 27, 2012 |
taharqa: You dont know what you are talking about. No govt in 9ja's history has even bn remotely close to this one in openness in governmental processes or to criticisms. Which govt signd d FOI bill and exposed its budget details to scrutiny for God's sake; it seems many of u guys hv severe amnesia about what took place in previous govts or you guys chose to be typical Nigerian noisemaking critics, ko?....there certainly is room for more openness of course; d reason dis govt is a distant 1st is cos previous govts were mainly 'darkness' personified From all indications you are the Ruben Abati of the GEJ's government on the Nairaland. What is the gain of exposing the criminals without prosecuting and punishing them? You should know that it is easier to convince a blind fellow with the color of the soup than with its taste. Every Nigerian is aware of your types and your jobs to sell this government to the Nigerians irrespective of their day to day political blunders. No matter how you try to make the Nigerians to see red and call it white, the more their eyes are opened to see your lies and evil support for the most clueless government ever witnessed in the history of Africa. 1 Like |
| Re: Ribadu Report, Plan To Embarrass Government - Presidency by lukkie(m): 6:31am On Oct 27, 2012 |
Congratulations, Nigerians. Keep voting for these PDP criminals. 2015 is around the corner. |
| Re: Ribadu Report, Plan To Embarrass Government - Presidency by b03liberty(m): 6:41am On Oct 27, 2012 |
Alison-Madueke had said while reacting to Reuters enquiries that a committee had been set up by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to look into differences in perspective on the Ribadu committee report. The Acting Group General Manager, Public Affairs, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Fidel Pepple, said a reconciliation committee was necessary.,,,,,judgement delay is denied...whic kind kountry be diz  committe committe committe |
| Re: Ribadu Report, Plan To Embarrass Government - Presidency by solomonkane(m): 8:56am On Oct 27, 2012 |
Anybody who knows where Beaf is should please beg him to come back, at least he is a learned goon unlike this akara numbskull. Thank God it was Reuters who reported this and not Sahara Reporters. Abati has by his utterances given credence to insinuations that the report is factual and there is a plan to cover it up and I wait to see how it plays out. 1 Like |
| Re: Ribadu Report, Plan To Embarrass Government - Presidency by farem: 4:27pm On Nov 10, 2012 |
taharqa: I was just going to say that you were bn too naive that sm propagandists wud nt turn this whole thing into a 'get-GEJ, pull his govt down' crusade even if as you said this happend mostly during Obj and Yar'adua eras and that it is GEJ that 4 d 1st time is trying to bring sm measure of openness to an industry that has bn ran like a cult ever since crude oil was discoverd in 9ja( and by d way, they hv already startd the 'GEJ causd everything campaign'). I was going to correct you till i took a lot at yr handle and realisd you are even one of them.....you know it kind of funny hw sm ppl reason- many of u guys count d Pension Scam amongst d 'sins' of GEJ when it was this same GEJ that orderd d Fin Min to probe d payments and overhead in d civil service that found out d sleeze that has bn going on for a loong time in d pensions witout anyone pushing 4 it. Not only are sm of d persons indictd undergoing trials and hv had their properties seizd by d courts, but that same probe discoverd perhaps about 30,000 ghost workers, introducd an IT-basd payment system and is one of d reasons d FG was able to cut overhead cost by half from about #526billion in 2010 to #230billion this time around. Still sm of u still count Pension Scam as one of d crimes of GEJ. Way to go taharqa: I was just going to say that you were bn too naive that sm propagandists wud nt turn this whole thing into a 'get-GEJ, pull his govt down' crusade even if as you said this happend mostly during Obj and Yar'adua eras and that it is GEJ that 4 d 1st time is trying to bring sm measure of openness to an industry that has bn ran like a cult ever since crude oil was discoverd in 9ja( and by d way, they hv already startd the 'GEJ causd everything campaign'). I was going to correct you till i took a lot at yr handle and realisd you are even one of them.....you know it kind of funny hw sm ppl reason- many of u guys count d Pension Scam amongst d 'sins' of GEJ when it was this same GEJ that orderd d Fin Min to probe d payments and overhead in d civil service that found out d sleeze that has bn going on for a loong time in d pensions witout anyone pushing 4 it. Not only are sm of d persons indictd undergoing trials and hv had their properties seizd by d courts, but that same probe discoverd perhaps about 30,000 ghost workers, introducd an IT-basd payment system and is one of d reasons d FG was able to cut overhead cost by half from about #526billion in 2010 to #230billion this time around. Still sm of u still count Pension Scam as one of d crimes of GEJ. Way to go taharqa: I was just going to say that you were bn too naive that sm propagandists wud nt turn this whole thing into a 'get-GEJ, pull his govt down' crusade even if as you said this happend mostly during Obj and Yar'adua eras and that it is GEJ that 4 d 1st time is trying to bring sm measure of openness to an industry that has bn ran like a cult ever since crude oil was discoverd in 9ja( and by d way, they hv already startd the 'GEJ causd everything campaign'). I was going to correct you till i took a lot at yr handle and realisd you are even one of them.....you know it kind of funny hw sm ppl reason- many of u guys count d Pension Scam amongst d 'sins' of GEJ when it was this same GEJ that orderd d Fin Min to probe d payments and overhead in d civil service that found out d sleeze that has bn going on for a loong time in d pensions witout anyone pushing 4 it. Not only are sm of d persons indictd undergoing trials and hv had their properties seizd by d courts, but that same probe discoverd perhaps about 30,000 ghost workers, introducd an IT-basd payment system and is one of d reasons d FG was able to cut overhead cost by half from about #526billion in 2010 to #230billion this time around. Still sm of u still count Pension Scam as one of d crimes of GEJ. Way to go. So we need to waste billions just to uncover what we already knew? Only a dead government like Jonathan's does and boasts about this! A serious govt prosecutes and sets deterrents for who-would-be thief tomorrow. Paddy-padey govt |
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