SENATE FINALLY BACKED OFF FROM THE SOCIAL MEDIA BILL.

As we come to the end of another glorious year. We wish to thank all Paffcomm fans, friends and well-wishers who read our boring posts, pray for us, wish us well and make inspiring contributions. We also thank those who disagree with us on several issues. We recognize that our views will sometimes clash with several interests because we deliberately do not write to strike a balance but to uphold positions we believe in. We accept that in the process some people would be vexed, would not just disagree with us, but would descend to calling us awful names. For all of you that disagree with us. We wish to assure you that we recognize your right of dissent. We will always defend your rights to do so and your liberty to call us those awful names such as “ paid journalist, poor journalist looking for Jonathan's recognition. APC hater, APC lover, PDP hater. PDP lover, APGA hater APGA lover, Tribalist, Confussionist and so on'' Incidentally, none of those had stuck on us by the year ending. We consider you as our worthy and honoured friends because we cannot all be in the same teacup, otherwise there will be no fun in this hobby and 2013 wouldn't have been exciting and eventful. In this season of love, we wish all Paffcomm fans around the world a prosperous new year. May God, keep us and continue to guide and guard us through this year.

As that have been said, we also want to thank the Nigerian people whom their condemnation of the Senate moves to silence Nigerian has forced the Senate to withdraw the proposed legislation against online publication sponsored by Senator Adegbenga Kaka, in company with the Chairman, Senate Committee on Information, Media and Public Affairs, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe. which stipulated a seven-year jail term or a fine of N5m, or both, for any user of social media who posts information that threatened the security of the country. This is a bill that would have silenced Nigerians and allow the criminals in the government to have a field day with our resources with impunity. Unfortunately, the criticisms that greeted the proposed Bill on electronic transactions from Paffcomm and other well-meaning Nigerians was overwhelming, forcing them to rescind their decision to pass the bill. To God, be the glory!

We also want to thank President Jonathan for the planned retirement of about 30 to 40 army generals which will commence soon and the reshuffle of his military. It shows that he listens to advise. You may recall that Paffcomm has warned the president several times to look closely into his military. Our warning is not that we are so much in love with the president's handling of Nigeria affairs, but we are warning the president to be conscious of the military to save our fragile democracy from being overturned by some of power drunk overzealous military officers both retired and serving, who wants to take over the government at all cost and take Nigeria back to the Abacha time.

Paffcomm is again issuing warning to the Nigeria national Lawmakers that the organization will rally Nigerians together to challenge them if they pass the bill that will allow them to have foreign bank accounts while in office. The president of the Paffcomm Mr. Kanayo Anene said that it has come to the knowledge of the organization that the Lawmakers In spite of the previous warning issued by Paffcomm the Lawmakers are still working to pass the bill that legitimize siphoning of Nigeria money outside the country. The president of Paffcomm said Nigerians have many pressing problems greater than foreign accounts. He advised the national assembly to discuss on the "Nigerians Demands" which the organization sent to the National Assembly and the president of Nigeria last year 2012.

You may recall that Paffcomm published an article on Uche Ekwunife, an article titled "THE GOD ALMIGHTY AND SLAVE MASTER UCHE EKWUNIFE PART 2." (http://www.paffcomm.com/1/post/2013/07/the-god-almighty-and-slave-master-uche-ekwunife-part-2.html.) Uche Ekwunife is representing Anocha/Njikoka/Dunukofia District. She is the chairman of Environment and member to other committees. In the article we said that Uche Ekwunife sponsored a bill to allow elected official to have foriegn bank account. Click link to see the bill(http://www.nassnig.org/nass2/legislation2.php?search=TO+PERMIT+PUBLIC+OFFICERS+TO+MAINTAIN+OR+OPERATE+A+BANK+ACCOUNT+IN+ANY+COUNTRY+OUTSIDE+NIGERIA&Submit=Search. The bill is as follows

THE BILL BY UCHEEKWUNIFE.
HB 184 A Bill FOR AN ACT TO ALTER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLiC OF NIGERIA, 1999 TO PERMIT PUBLiC OFFICERS TO MAINTAIN OR OPERATE A BANK ACCOUNT IN ANY COUNTRY
OUTSIDE NIGERIA; AND FOR RELATED MATTERS Sponsored by Hon. Uche Lilian Ekwunije...Year: 2012
BE IT ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as follows:
1. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (in this Bill referred to as "the Constitution " is aItered as set out in th is Act.
2. Part ) of the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution on Code of Conduct for Public Officers is altered by deleting paragraph 3.
3. This Bill may be cited as the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Fifth Alteration) Bill, 20 II.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
This Bill seeks to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, in order to delete the provision in the Code of Conduct for public officers which forbids them from maintaining and operating a bank account in a bank outside Nigeria.

The Bill as we report now is about to be passed into LAW by Nigeria national assembly which will allow our elected officers to legally have a foreign account where our money will be siphoned. It's unfortunate that even with the law banning the elected officers from having a foreign account they are still finding ways to open accounts in different countries all over the world.It is clear that the legal backing the lawmakers are trying to put in place to siphon our wealth is certainly going to spell a doom for the country. Paffcomm call for all Nigerians to condemn the action and stand up against it.

While our Lawmakers are working hard day and night to pass Uche Ekwunife Bill that allows them to have foreign account to siphon our money. Ordinary Nigerians are languishing in poverty. In spite of the availability of tractors and other advanced farming technologies that can be employed to increase productivity, farmers in Nigerian still cultivate and harvest their crops with cutlasses and farming hoe, tools our forefathers used before they were colonized. Nigerians are still wallowing in hunger, disease, and poverty. A visit to rural parts of Nigeria shows that very little has changed economically since independence more than 50 years ago. Our lawmakers are pursuing foreign account in Nigeria where our children are hawking in the street because their parents cannot afford to pay levies and school fees even though oil money is coming in billions into Nigeria. Our children are dropping out of school every day because of economic hardship. Our graduates are roaming the streets because of lack of jobs and some of our graduates have been forced by joblessness to turn armed robbery, 419, kidnappers, Drug dealers, Bako haram, etc., while our lawmakers are buying properties around the world. Almost half of the luxury buildings, resorts and hotels in Dubai are owned by our politicians and the so-called leaders.

Here is the Bill Paffcomm sent to the President and National Assembly to pass into Law but until date nothing has been done about it.

NIGERIA DEMAND ON AGRICULTURE AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN FOOD PRODUCTION
http://www.paffcomm.com/1/post/2012/11/nigeria-demand-on-agriculture-and-self-sufficiency-in-food-production.html
NIGERIANS DEMAND ON CONSTITUENCY DEVELOMENT PROJECT FUND
http://www.paffcomm.com/1/post/2012/10/nigerians-demand-on-constituency-develoment-project-fund2.html
NIGERIANS DEMAND FROM THE GOVERNMENT ON CORRUPTION
NIGERIANS DEMAND FROM THE GOVERNMENT ON UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH AND NIGERIAN POLICE FORCE
NIGERIANS DEMAND ON ETHNICITY AND TRIBALISM
http://www.paffcomm.com/nigerians-demand.html
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Nigeria Public Affair Commentators (Paffcomm) is a Nonprofit and nongovernmental organization committed to highlighting the ills in the society and protecting Nigerians against rights abuses; Nigeria Public Affair Commentators seeks to investigate and expose social anomalies and ensure prosecution of persons (politicians, in particular) who violated laid down statutes. Our aims include spurring up the interests of the Nigerians in matters of state craft, as it affects them, and by so doing, engineering an enlightened society that can stand up and say no to the enduring socio-political climate which has for long kept them in perpetual misery.

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