Billyonaire: What will prompt a human being to wake up early on a Sunday morning and google bad news about his country and take it to a forum with the sole aim of insulting our President?

No infrastructures since 1960, yet GEJ supposed to fix everything in just 2yrs?

Nnah men, GEJ is working harder than any President I know. Allow him to stay focus.

sponsored terrorism called Boko Haram has been neutralized, now let him focus

victorv12: I think Nigeria should go back to the old regional goverment. President Jonathan has messed up the entire system with his cronies he brought out of the concrete jungle of the south-south. Nigerians are more divided than ever!

It seems like the president really wants to divide the country after 2015 if he's not re-elected. Everybody is complaining in Nigeria that things are hard...It's terrible. I've never experienced any government like this in my life, even Abacha's government is far better off!

I wonder what his ministers are doing? They feed Nigerians with wrong informations that are confusing, by telling us the amount of the FDI's coming to the country is on the rise! Corruption has eaten into everything in our country.

Nigeria should get themselves prepared for the worst. I don't think this country can survive till 2015. We have thugs, touts and militants running the government for us. Nothing is working! The judicial system is dead, transportation is not in order, zero education, no welfare package and security at all. Nigeria is in a state of comatose!

What can we brag about as a country? Nothing apart from looting and oppressing. My advice to the young couples out there, "cut your coat according to your cloth." if you know your life is not in order, don't think about bringing in a child to this world to come and suffer. Our enviroment doesn't have any security for the unborn. Before anybody thinks they can have a child in Nigeria, they should better think twice! There is nothing for any stray kid or baby to fall upon now! Look before you leap!

Budget 2011: Presidency to spend N18bn on fleet

Following plans by the Presidency to spend N18 billion from this year’s budget on the maintenance of presidential planes in its fleet, financial and real estate experts have disclosed that the amount is only N1 billion higher than what could provide decent accommodation for the 17 million UN-Habitat estimated un-housed Nigerians.

Figures obtained by BusinessDay has shown that the allocation for the presidential fleet comes under the allocation to ‘Intelligence Community’ which got a total budget allocation of N105 billion, ranking it as one of the top ten allocations in the 2011 budget.

The amount of money the Presidency plans to spend on its presidential fleet of planes which carries it in comfort around the world is about N1 billion higher than the N16 billion with which government plans to confront the housing deficit of over 17 million Nigerians.

The N18 billion on the presidential fleet is also N7 billion higher than the N11 billion the government intends to spend equipping the country’s police force in 2011, and just about N2 billion less than it intends to spend on the nation’s aviation sector.

Financial analysts have also calculated that the N18 billion, if deployed to the epileptic power supply the country is currently grappling with, could provide 120 megawatts of electricity which is enough to light up Asaba, Delta State capital.

It will be recalled that in August 2010, the minister of Information at the time, Dora Akunyili had, at the end of a Federal Executive Council meeting, announced the acquisition of three additional presidential jets for the Nigerian presidential fleet at the cost of N23.1 billion.

The addition was to complement the eight existing aircraft that were already in the fleet.

Nigeria’s presidential fleet, which is one of the largest in the world, is made up of a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) bought in 2006 by President Olusegun Obasanjo, a Gulfstream V, a Gulfstream IVSP, and two Falcon 900s.

It is not clear, though, if the N18 billion allocation to the Presidential fleet in 2011 is purely for maintenance, buying an additional airplane or for both; but a source in the Presidency last night told BusinessDay that there was no plan to buy new planes for the Presidency this year.

In the 2010 proposal, the Presidency had actually proposed the acquisition of four new aircraft for the presidential fleet and had made a budget provision of N23.4 billion in that budget for them.

Akunyili had said then that “the committee set up for the acquisition of the aircraft was able to get a reduction of the sum of $2.9 million from the proposed price of two Falcon 7X aircraft and a reduction of the sum of $5.4 million from the offer of the Gulfstream G550 aircraft.”

She had also explained that “the first Falcon aircraft being purchased will be delivered by the end of the fourth quarter of 2010 while the second Falcon and Gulfstream G550 will be delivered by the end of the second quarter 2011.”

BusinessDay investigations show that Nigeria is one of the few countries in the world with a dedicated presidential fleet. Most countries prefer to convert aircraft used by their national carriers for use by their Presidency crew whenever the President is going on international trips. At other times, such world leaders could use an aircraft managed by the country’s Air Force for local trips.

For example, international trips of the Chinese President are managed by the government-owned national carrier - Air China, while domestic travels are operated by the 34th division of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force.

For the British monarch and other members of the Royal Family, the Prime Minister and other ministers of the British Government, air transport is provided by either No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF), chartered civilian aircraft or scheduled commercial flights - normally British Airways - for senior members of the royal family, and other commercial carriers for the Prime Minister and aides.

Aside Nigeria, the United States of America is another country that maintains a dedicated fleet of aircraft for its presidency.

With Nigeria’s Presidential fleet parading 11 different planes, BusinessDay analysis shows that the cumulative spend of N41 billion on the presidential fleet in two years would be enough to buy five Boeing 737-600 planes; large enough to start a national carrier for the nation. The average cost of a Boeing 737-600 is N8.5 billion (based on figures obtained from Boeing website). An analyst familiar with workings at airports told BusinessDay that “a national or flag carrier like Air Nigeria can be safely and profitably operated with five aircraft.”

The Federal Government sold Nigeria Airways - the nation’s national carrier - because it could not run it profitably.

The offices under ‘Intelligence Community’ which allocation of N105 billion ranks among the top ten allocations in the 2011 budget include: Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Directorate of State Security Service (SSS), the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), and the Presidential Air Fleet.

A breakdown of the allocations to the various units shows that the Office of the NSA plans to spend N37 billion in 2011; the SSS will spend N24 billion, while the NIA is planning to spend N26 billion.

Sincere 9gerian: This element called Gbawe must be living a very boring and frustrated life. What is it with this guy and BAD news?

Sincere 9gerian: This element called Gbawe must be living a very boring and frustrated life. What is it with this guy and BAD news?

Sincere 9gerian: This element called Gbawe must be living a very boring and frustrated life. What is it with this guy and BAD news?

Dike Chimezie:
He is allergic to good news.

Sincere 9gerian:
These outpouring of emotions and foaming at the mouth is unnecessary. Lets stay with the FACTS:

- whose constitutional responsibility is primary school education? It is that of state and local govts. Tell your masters in APC to improve the conditions of primary schools in their states. That will help improve our ranking next time.

- whose constitutional responsibility is it to build strong institutions, reduce corruption, improve infrastructures,etc? It is that of ALL tiers of govt. All tiers of govt have institutions under their care. All tiers of govt have certain category of infrastructures under their care. All tiers of govt should ensure that public servants under their watch are not corrupt.

So frustrated @Gbawe, stay with the facts.

Meanwhile, you didnt have to tell wicked lies. I know you ALWAYS read my posts. In fact, your day is incomplete without a good dose of my posts.

apache77: Gbawe, you are just a compound fool- say yes. You are the typical Nigerian- who just believes in copy and paste- no research, no knowledge of history of what they are discussing, nothing. They just jump into the fray in the middle giddy with excitement- and the remainder follow suit as well.


So, shut the ffuck up, you imbecille, you know nothing about competitiveness in Nigeria.Dimwitts and partisan arrsholes like you are the reason why many serious people don’t take this Nairaland serious. Many are always put of by the rants of faceless, half baked idiotts and pseudo-intellectuals like you. I always wish Nairaland matched faces with identities so we could see who was talking and what he has achieved against the backdrop of his comments so we can know better know the angle he is coming from then decide whether to dignify such a person with a reply or not.

Nigeria has dropped 5places from 115 to 120 in this years ranking so what? I guess your addled mind couldn’t have known that it was the same GEJ who took Nigeria from 132nd position in 2011 to the 115th position that you are getting worked up he just lost. So if he gained us 17places and if he has lost us 5places this year, what makes you think he cant gain us 10places next year.

And if it is such a big deal that you must burst a vein cos we lost 5places, did you force yourself to front page when he won us 17places 2years ago? You keep calling people frauds and dishonest people, but you are the most fraudulent person I have come across on this place with very malicious intentions. Why didn’t you celebrate the promotion from 132 to 115, yet you are shouting from the roof top cos of the 5place demotion?

I think the man, GEJ even just launched a competiveness Council to look into this very matter just last year or early this year to stem this slide and push the nation up. But these APC apologists wont hear non of this, always waiting in the wings to celebrate any percieved negative news about the country.

Common run off and go meet these your APC goons and paymasters your attempt this morning on nairaland to bad mouth the government and gain one or two converts ahead of 2015 didnt work. You think you can hoodwink Nigerians with your vitriol? Like someone told you, why are always foaming in the mouth? You seem so bitter, angry frustrated and I can almost say you sound as if you are mentally unhinged. You are frustrated with yourself I guess out of personal failures, bitter with the system for not including you and disenchanted with the polity for having no place for your APC pay masters.

Anger and bitterness will eat up and you will most likely die of frustration if hunger doesn’t kill you before 2019. Nigeria is not el dorado, we know, but GEJ is not the cause of our pathetic situation, he is only trying to remedy the bad situation, albeit with little progress- but atleast he is on the way . The next person that comes after him will also continue-be he PDP or APC- and that next person will come in 2019. Nation building is a continuous process of self improvement

Coming to to spew so much anger on Naiaraland will not sway no one come 2015 as is so obviously your wish. Those who will vote GEJ will vote him, those who will vote APC will vote APC. Sad thing is- those who will vote GEJ will be in the majority.
You can take that to the bank, idiott.

Davidoff2000:


Harsh but true.

Gbawe.:


Shut up. Your breath stinks as bad as your unintelligently senseless, crassly dishonest and odiously sycophantic excuses. GEJ is a failure and you cannot pass the buck for his failings on to others. Had this been an improvement in Nigeria's ranking, it is you and your nauseatingly dishonest co-travellers who would make it all about GEJ while spamming the forum to death about how "fresh air is working".

I am really uncomfortable, even if it is only on a faceless forum, being citizens of the same nation with fraudsters like you. You are a disgrace. Do you know I do not even bother to read what you write? That is the level of disregard I have for any utterance you make because I believe you are only capable of mouthing dishonest drivel.

agbameta:


Dullard, we are talking about Nigeria, your own country so STFU and stay on topic. The fact that other countries have the same thing doesn't change anything about your own country not hitting it's full capacity and potential because of incompetence and institutional corruption.

Dummy, is Tinubu a public official or talk less the president of Nigeria? The fact that you are even discussing a man who's been out of public office for almost a decade and not responsible for your life or anybody's life in Nigeria says a lot about your vacuous brain and corrupt mentality?

Again you piece of shittttt, we are talking about your own country and the article up there remains about your own country so STFU and quit talking about other countries.

Dullard, last time I checked, the oil belongs to the people of Nigeria. Oponu illiterate..

Rossikk:

Actually, peabrain, you MUST use other countries when measuring your own performance, as no nation is an island, and humans are all related. The HUMAN FACTOR plays a part in all development. Losses and waste are inevitable. Even the US spends trillions of dollars a year on arms. Is that not waste? It's corrupt as well. What is perfect or near perfect in your own life for you to be demanding perfection from others?? THAT'S THE QUESTION.



Spare us that crap. In or out of office the man controls a lot of ill-gotten funds which YOU, a corrupt hypocrite has never in your life questioned him for. Oriental Hotel in Lekki among other 'investments' by Tinubu. Do you care to know where he got his loot form? No. Why? Because he is Yoruba. Shame on you. Mr selective anti-corruption campaigner (spit).





Air head, were you not the one that 'brought in other countries' by claiming Jonathan leads the most corrupt administration ''in the history of mankind''? Is that not bringing in all the countries on earth? I then showed you that Nigeria is not even in the top 30 most corrupt on TI's index, then like an amala stuffed donkey you bleat ''don't bring in other countries''. I'll put it down to your low IQ and excess amala and gbegiri consumption blocking your brain.




Which people of Nigeria? You are not a Nigerian. You are Yoruba tribalist who only remembers he is a Nigerian when looking for free oil to steal from other lands. I asked you when the SW was going to share their cocoa proceeds and quadruple them, to contribute to the national purse, and you ducked the question. Care to answer now? Long throat looking for free oil. THIEF.

nnenna.1:

Sincere 9gerian: The reasons for the poor ranking of Nigeria, according to the report, are:

-weak institutions (ranked at 129th out of 148)
-engrained corruption, undue influence, weakly protected property rights, insecurity (ranked at 142nd),
-poor infrastructure (ranked at 135th)
-poor primary education (ranked at 146th)

Well, many of those criteria are either joint responsibility of all tiers of govt or responsibility of other tier of govt. For instance, primary education is not the responsibility of GEJ. It is the constitutional responsibility of state and local govt. So @Gbawe and other APC sycophants should tell their masters that the poor primary school education in their states is affecting the ranking of Nigeria.

The other criterias including weak institutions, corruption, poor infrastructures,etc is an indictment on all tiers of govt- state, federal and local govt. It shows that they ALL have to do MORE.

Gbawe.:


Shut up. Your breath stinks as bad as your unintelligently senseless, crassly dishonest and odiously sycophantic excuses. GEJ is a failure and you cannot pass the buck for his failings on to others. Had this been an improvement in Nigeria's ranking, it is you and your nauseatingly dishonest co-travellers who would make it all about GEJ while spamming the forum to death about how "fresh air is working".

I am really uncomfortable, even if it is only on a faceless forum, being citizens of the same nation with fraudsters like you. You are a disgrace. Do you know I do not even bother to read what you write? That is the level of disregard I have for any utterance you make because I believe you are only capable of mouthing dishonest drivel.

Urine: The truth is simple, development in this country is moving @ snail speed on the other hand GEJ as a ruler doesn't inspire much confidence. In 2001 his greatest assest was the love the people on the streets had for him, his story of "supernatural promotion" made everbody love him, If you remember most people added goodluck to their names, he was a darling of the masses.
In January 2012 all that changed because of the subsidy drama.

I have a simple challenge for GEJ's hardcore supporters here...sign out from your Nairaland account and start defending him in person, @ this point it has gone beyond hiding behind your computer screen. If you don't have an idea of where to start, try the local vendor in your neighbourhood, start telling people how he has transformed this country.
If the response you get, doesn't change your opinion it will be fair to say you're an enemy of this country.

Btw I don't care about where a leader comes from, our next President might be from Bayelsa too, I just want a fearless, intelligent and honest person to rule this country.

Rossikk:

ELECTIONS are what we use to choose our president. If you think you can do a better job, or you know someone who can, then present same in 2015. MANY NIGERIANS support Jonathan. That's why he is president. When 2015 comes, bring your candidate forward and Nigerians will choose. Don't come here asking people to sign off their NL accounts!

Billyonaire: Gbawe sanity needs to really be re-evaluated.

Global Competitive Index from the GCI World Economic Forum is here (Find link below for 2010 to 2011).

http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalCompetitivenessReport_2010-11.pdf

Nigeria was at 127th position 2010-2011, and GEJ administration's measures move it 17 PLACES upwards to 115th.
(See data at http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalCompetitivenessReport_2010-11.pdf)


Nigeria dropped just 5 places to 115th position to 120th among the 148 countries profiled which is basically due to SPONSORED TERRORISM and SERIAL FIGHTS & DISTRACTIONS by opposition forces that Gbawe is sympathetic and loyal to.

Gbawe, your hate for your President is making you senile, please get your head checked before it becomes too late.

Whose efforts moved the rating 17 places upwards, your father's effort ?

Gbawe.:



*Sigh*. So tedious. The usual talk of "hating" GEJ. Well, I must have hated OBJ and Yar Adua too since I criticised them far worse than this. Guy, you need a break. I have noticed, beyond a veneer for personalising issues and mischief-making, there is not much substance or refined thinking behind your utterances. Bear in mind I say that charitably.

Uyi Iredia: @ apache: If Nigerians truly vote Jonathan in come 2015, I must consider them, once more, fools. I can understand the sympathy for his humble start, being happy with his CV and his good luck bit all that changed Jan 2012. If Nigerians forget that and still vote him, moreso given this ASUU strike and the carelessness with which it is handled, I must compare them to a wife who returns to an abusive husband, which they've been over the years. I hope I'm proven wrong.

Uyi Iredia: @ apache: If Nigerians truly vote Jonathan in come 2015, I must consider them, once more, fools. I can understand the sympathy for his humble start, being happy with his CV and his good luck bit all that changed Jan 2012. If Nigerians forget that and still vote him, moreso given this ASUU strike and the carelessness with which it is handled, I must compare them to a wife who returns to an abusive husband, which they've been over the years. I hope I'm proven wrong.