50 Million! Owk I Note That!

This is the real headline:

"Jonathan Sets Aside N50 Bn For Looting"

The N50 billion will be in form of low interest loans from the CBN through the commercial banks to the private sectors that apply to participate in the setting up of Agricultural Equipment Hiring Centres in Nigeria. It is as simple as that.

still a step in the right direction
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This GEJ ehh everytime na set aside set aside yet nothing to show for all this, mtcheeeeew if i vex i go call you Clueless !

More efforts should be directed to processing, storage and packaging machinery and markets than provision of crop production machinery and other farm inputs - such as agro chemicals and fertilizers. This is the area where we are really getting things wrong on commercial agriculture.

NaLaugh: This is the real headline:

"Jonathan Sets Aside N50 Bn For Looting"

when will you start to reason positively about your country? How will you describe Mr. President initiatives on farmers‘ bio data and allocation of e wallets to the thousands of registered farmers, what provided them with direct access to farm inputs at highly subsidized rates under the presidential policy of Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA). The initiative started three years back and it has been meeting farmers‘ needs in Crop production, Livestock and fisheries. Hope you are aware of GES (Growth Enhancement Supports).

Change your attitudes toward Nigerian development.

And again we are gradually getting there to achieve self sufficiency in rice production in order prevent loss of billions naira on rice importation

The money wil stil go 2 northern farmers. 2moro they wil say GEJ is not tryin 4 dm.

Mynd44: "Directed the CBN to"
When will it be implemented? cos last we heard, the money released for managing ebola never got there

OBJ,ADAMU MUAZU,BABA MAI MANGO,Dbanj ABDUSALAM ABUBAKAR&CO WONT ALOW D FUND 2 GET 2 INTENDED RECIPIET

Rexyl:

when will you start to reason positively about your country? How will you describe Mr. President initiatives on farmers‘ bio data and allocation of e wallets to the thousands of registered farmers, what provided them with direct access to farm inputs at highly subsidized rates under the presidential policy of Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA). The initiative started three years back and it has been meeting farmers‘ needs in Crop production, Livestock and fisheries. Hope you are aware of GES (Growth Enhancement Supports).

Change your attitudes toward Nigerian development.

Unfortunately, the status quo has very little to do with my attitude toward Nigerian development.

Reality check: My attitude toward it has never amounted to a fraction of a factor in deterring the mindless looting of public funds in Nigeria.

The majority of Nigerian initiatives are like sending a child on an errand every day, but EVERY DAY he returns with neither the product NOR the money you gave him for it. Even worse, he has no plausible explanation.

Sometimes it has little to do with the will, but more the chain of execution.

I very honestly believe the Nigerian president means well for Nigeria, but unfortunately there isn't a magic wand for him to wave. His otherwise good intentions must travel through a historically murky channel of chronic looters and thieves, only to emerge tainted at the end of the tunnel.

Sad, but the reality of the Nigerian state. Denial is futile.

chimoz: I think the Agricultural sector is one sector the president has gotten it all right.

You can say that again.

em77: The money wil stil go 2 northern farmers. 2moro they wil say GEJ is not tryin 4 dm.

Already the North has over 60% benefits of the agricultural transformation agenda.

Good idea....but the problem is that previous agric mechanisation projects have not worked largely because the machinery is not tropicalised. Plus,most Nigerian farmers are small scale.

It would be good if a huge chunk of the cash was put into silos, rural roads,etc.

NaLaugh:

Unfortunately, the status quo has very little to do with my attitude towards Nigerian development.

Reality check: My attitude toward it has never amounted to a fraction of a factor in deterring the mindless looting of public funds in Nigeria.

The majority of Nigerian initiatives are like sending a child on an errand every day, but EVERY DAY he returns with neither the product NOR the money you gave him for it. Even worse, he has no plausible explanation.

Sometimes it has little to do with the will, but more the chain of execution.

I very honestly believe the Nigerian president means well for Nigeria, but unfortunately there isn't a magic wand for him to wave. His otherwise good intentions must travel through a historically murky channel of chronic looters and thieves, only to emerge tainted at the end of the tunnel.

Sad, but the reality of the Nigerian state. Denial is futile.

really we must start taking a step to development somewhere but not somehow. We must have template of where we are heading and what we should be doing on getting there. To the best of my knowledge I think Mr. President has a beautiful design to take agriculture somewhere better. The implementation depends on sincerity of those implementing policies under the conducive and healthy fiscal envt

President Goodluck Jonathan’s 91 campaign promises – help identify those he has delivered



GEJ made 91 campaign promises, has delivered on any of them?

Between February and March, 2011, President Goodluck Jonathan, as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), toured the entire nation on campaign. Each stopover he made, he dropped at least two campaign promises.

National dailies reported them as he unleashed the promises. The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, in partnership with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting documented them – 91 of them!

IPC documented the promises under 13 subtitles including infrastructural development, power, economy, energy and gas and security. Others are agriculture, education, women, water resources, mineral resources, national question, reforms and Niger-Delta.

IPC sourced the campaign promises from the February and March 2011 editions of Daily Trust, Champion, Punch, Thisday, Vanguard and The Guardian newspapers; the February and March 2011 editions of The News, Tell and Newswatch magazines; the transcript of Goodluck Jonathan lone TV debate as obtained from the African Independent Television (AIT) and the inaugural Presidential address of Goodluck Jonathan.

The full report is available online at www.ipcng.org. Hard copies of the report are also available at IPC’s office in Lagos but below are the promises tabulated for you to identify those he has delivered.

Infrastructural development ◾To revive the rail system in the country
◾To complete Lagos to Jebba rail project
◾To intervene and revitalize the moribund Nigeria Machine Tools and other infrastructure owned by the federal government.
◾Government has budgeted N50b for job development and infrastructure ◾To modernize the ports
◾To complete the second River Niger bridge before the expiration of the tenure
◾To make the Minister of Works to immediately start repairs of the road leading to Murtala Mohammed International Airport

◾To transform all major routes in Damaturu to federal roads ◾To assist in resuscitating all the collapsed industries in Kano state
◾To work towards making Akanu Ibiam airport in Enugu an international airport
◾To seek alternative funding means to repair the Benin-Ore road.

◾To set up a committee to review Federal government landed properties in Lagos, hand over those that should and retain those that should be in possession of the Federal Government.
◾To give Sokoto-Kotangora road unfettered attention

Power ◾To deliver stable, constant supply of electricity
◾To provide stable power supply by the year 2015 so that small and medium scale industries can thrive again.
◾To ensure that Nigerians do not use generators more than two times in a week
◾To explore the coal deposits in Benue and Kogi states for improved power supply
◾To construct more dams to build more hydro-power stations.
◾To reduce the importation of generators at least 90 percent in the next four years.
◾To raise power generation to about 4,747 megawatts by December 2011
◾To put an end to epileptic power supply in the country just as fuel queues at petrol stations were ended

Right step in the right direction

Jonthan's promises (cont..)

◾To work with the private sector and all the relevant agencies to stimulate industrial growth”
◾To introduce 5-year term budgeting
◾To diversify the economy
◾To strive to revive the Ajaokuta Steel complex and Itakpe Iron ore company
◾To address the issues of unemployment through diversification of the nation’s economy to that of sustainable agricultural development across the 36 states of federation
◾To reduce production cost by inviting manufacturers of high demand commodities in the country to set up production factories in the country
◾To get industries in Lagos up and running, also bring industries to the Niger Delta
◾To in the next 2 years create 1.5 million jobs
◾To transform the economy within four years
◾To constitute a special committee drawing experts from the MAN, NACCIMA and related bodies as well as key government officials to deliberate regularly on policies that will improve the nation’s economy; committee to be coordinated by the chief economic adviser to the President.
◾To review importation rules and regulations to encourage local manufacturers
◾To create wealth through the transformation of the economy by intervening in several areas
◾To revitalise all the Federal government properties that have been abandoned in Lagos State, through privatisation in conjunction with the state government.
◾To have a deliberate policy to create jobs by funding SMEs
◾To create an enabling environment for the transformation of the country through the creation of job opportunities for youth and empowerment of the women
◾To deliver Nigeria from poverty, promote agriculture, create employment, create wealth, work on irrigation farming to provide food

Energy & Gas ◾To facilitate the Petroleum Industry Law with emphasis on local content such that jobs are created for Nigerians.
◾To construct 2 world scale petrochemical plants, 2 fertilizer plants and 2 fertilizer blending plants.
◾To make investment under the gas-driven economic roadmap result in foreign direct investment of about $10 billion over the next three years.
◾To establish petrochemical plant around Koko Free Trade Zone in Delta State
◾To build a $3 billion central gas processing facility by 2012 to be sited in Obiaruku Delta State.
◾To attract $25 billion worth of investment into developing the country’s gas infrastructure
◾To in four years, make Nigeria go beyond producing and exporting crude oil to exporting refined petroleum products because Nigeria has no reason to keep importing kerosene
◾To create 600,000 new jobs in the gas industry
◾To boost gas supply from 1.0 billion cubic feet per day to 10 billion cubic feet by the year 2020.
◾To invest in petrol chemicals, mining, research and development

Security ◾To make anyone caught breaching the public peace to face the full wrath of the law.
◾To make sure that no part of the country is allowed to be a sanctuary for criminals anymore be they armed robbers or kidnappers
◾To make a complete transformation of national security architecture
◾To confront headlong ethno-religious violence in the country
◾To ensure there is no sacred cow in the fight against corruption; all crimes will be investigated as security is key.
◾Not to interfere with corruption cases
◾To strengthen EFCC and ICPC to fight crime
◾To eradicate kidnappings impeding entrepreneurship in Eastern Zone
◾To pursue all bombers and terrorists
◾To adopt modern method to tackle the problem of political violence

Agriculture ◾To boost agriculture through irrigation and maximizing vast mineral resources in the country
◾To revive the marketing boards to ensure that farmers are no longer cheated on the sales of their farm products and produce while more silos would be built to help farmers preserve their products
◾To provide farmers with information on agricultural production and move towards mechanized agriculture.
◾To make each state to specialize in two crops; cash and local crop
◾Has earmarked some money to revitalize ailing industries and give loans to framers ◾To emback on irrigation project to boost production; to start two projects in Kwara State
◾To boost farming activities by providing power and water


Education ◾To establish at least one Federal University in each state of the federation by the end of 2012
◾To improve on hostel facilities across the nation
◾To revamp Almajiri system of education
◾To work towards improving the education sector as a prelude to transforming economy and as means of empowering the people
◾To improve on teaching and learning environment while the new universities are structured
◾To make every Nigerian of school age to have access to education

Women ◾To give 35% of political appointments at both ministerial and ambassadorial levels to women

Water Resources ◾To re-build Ilesa water scheme
◾To complete Ife/Ijesa dam
◾To provide sufficient water to the people of Taraba;
◾the design work for Mambilla dam has been completed To make dam resuscitation to result in Agric boom, reduce poverty in Taraba state

Mineral Resources ◾To ensure that Hydro carbon deposits in some parts of the North are fully exploited
◾To revamp mining activities in Jos, Plateau State ◾To make solid mineral key revenue source in Nigeria

JONATHAN's Promises (cont...)

◾To not discriminate based on ethnicity or religion
◾To run an all inclusive government without discrimination
◾To conduct a free and fair election
◾To run an open government
◾To stand for national unity and wealth creation
◾To make Nigeria a single indivisible entity and bring development to every part of the country
◾To compensate communities affected by dam construction in Niger state
◾To fight corruption regardless of the position of the person involved”
◾To commit to politics without bitterness.
◾To build a new economy that is strong and dynamic and underpinned by a patriotic work ethic’; to run a government that is committed to fairness, equity and justice for all.

Reforms ◾To reform and ensure that the Customs conform to global practices
◾To facilitate a bill to National Assembly to give constitutional backing to traditional rulers as custodians of the traditions and customs of the people
◾To make the new tax policy to address the multiple taxation and related issues and make it become a thing of the past
◾To lead by example; strengthen the anti-graft agencies, not interfere and give free hand on all matters of investigation against any government official.
◾To build a new economy that is strong and dynamic and underpinned by a patriotic work ethic’.
◾To continue to run a government that is committed to fairness, equity and justice for all.

Niger Delta ◾To put in place a four-year development plan for the Niger Delta region that will create coastal roads, railways and mechanised agriculture and look for ways of exporting our produce; set up committees on their execution.
◾To work together with the Cross River State Government to make sure Tinapa is vibrant and productive.
◾To ensure that the National Boundary Development Agencies are funded to tackle the challenges that arose out of the ceding of Bakassi to Cameroun
◾ To bring investors to establish petrochemical industries in Niger Delta

The initiative is a wecome ideas, but the implementation is a mirage. Billions here and billions there but the rate of unemployment is stagnant. If you see changes you will surely know,

Hmmm.....providing "improved seeds" for farmers. Introducingimproved/genetically modified seeds would be the beginning of the end of independent farming and control of food crops by the seed supplier. Europe would then ban imports of su h crops crops or products. How can this project thn be considered a good one?

GOOD MOVE GEJ.

nice move mr presido

Like d saying goes thr is always lite @ d end of d tunnels.

Looks like somebody (politicians) to retire as a farmer in this countiri

If you need palm kernal seed that has been cracked and wash contact me on 07066809583 for cheap price
We also sell palm oil in large scale,quality red oil,am in delta state isoko north

GEJ IS WORKING... APC e-touts r e-hating..
Gej till kingdom com.
#teamTAN#

They just come out and cajole Nigerians...am sure this money is going into private accounts..National cake bonanza!!

jibbzion: At last! Our agricultural sector is having a look-in by our 'so-called' government.

'look-in', you should probably see this:

http://businessdayonline.com/2014/04/breaking-down-nigeria-rebased-510-billion-gdp/#.U-vGDPldVrc