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Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by p3ndy79: 11:55pm On Dec 07, 2014
By Dele Sobowale
“Nobody steps into the same river twice.” Chinese Proverb.

On Thursday, November 27, 2014, the PUNCH, on page 14 reported as follows: “Don’t blame me for naira devaluation – Okonjo-Iweala.” In the report, the Minister of Finance, was quoted as saying that “Nigeria has what it takes to manage its way through. Benchmark for the budget 2015 had been lowered to more realistic $73 per barrel.

Never in the history of budgeting in Nigeria had a Finance Minister been so often wrong as Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala had been this year. But before presenting the irrefutable evidence, a quick remark is needed about her self-acquittal from blame for the devaluation. Certainly, the Finance Minister cannot be blamed for devaluation.

However, Dr Ngozi, like a serial offender, had simply addressed the one matter on which she will be exonerated. She had left the other charges of incompetence, self-serving public utterances and subordination of the national economic interest to the political ambition of her boss. In that regard she had done severe damage to the economy and to President Jonathan himself. Her departure, either through resignation or dismissal is a matter of time. And the reasons are not hard to find.

Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
First, she sent a budget to the National Assembly, with $78 as benchmark, at a time when the price of crude oil was already sliding downwards. We told her $78 was unrealistic; she stuck to her guns. Second, when crude came down to under $80 per barrel, she sent her “more realistic” budget based on $73 per barrel. Again, we cautioned that the figure is still unrealistic. As fate would have it, the price of crude oil fell below $73 per barrel the day after she was beating her chest about presenting a “more realistic” budget. That second budget is again on its way to the trash can – after millions of naira had been spent on it. On Friday, November 28, 2014, the price of Brent crude, Nigeria’s light crude went below $73 and it is expected to fall further. The consequences of the difference between $78 and whatever will be the final destination for Nigeria are extremely grave. Yet, the Minister of Finance is down-playing a global, as well as, a national catastrophe about to occur. That is the reason she should pack up and go or be shown the way out.

Certainly, no Chief Financial Officer of First Bank, Shell or Nestle S.A could have been wrong so often in a matter of days and survive the embarrassment to the company.

“If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will soon find sorrow near at hand.” Confucius, 551-497 BC. (VANGUARD BOOK of QUOTATIONS, pp70-71).

It is not just a man; a government and its Ministers, who take no thought to the future soon find themselves in a situation in which three budgets are presented in three months. The signs of our present problems were there for those who cared, like me, to see as early as last year. The Finance Minister, had abandoned planning and forecasting for mere allocation of revenue and (mis)management of the Excess Crude Account, ECA.

She had led the President, who will be the first to suffer the consequences of her unpardonable errors, into a fool’s paradise. Nothing is more untruthful than the declaration that “Nigeria has what it takes to manage its way through.” That is pure drivel and she must be the only person who believes that. Even a market woman whose main product is no longer in demand, without a credible alternative, knows that disaster is at hand. Dr Ngozi either believes that statement, in which case she should go for refresher course in basic economics or doesn’t believe it, which is worse; and she should just go.
Trend analysis and forecasting become very valuable tools for economists during periods of dynamic uncertainty. For close to a year, we had been drawing attention to economic disaster which is now at our door step. At this time, we need a Finance Minister who can be realistic and manage poverty; Okonjo-Iweala is living in dreamland.

P.S. Is it not curious that nobody in the Federal Government or Nigeria ever asked me how I could be so accurate with my predictions?

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/goodbye-okonjo-iweala/#sthash.d2iKkcI0.dpuf

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The minister later withdrew her budget with the $73 and resubmitted another with $65 as benchmark.

Seems she's losing her midas touch and competence.

Is the ailment "jonad.aftism" contagious?

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by gtrust: 12:06am On Dec 08, 2014
Ok

When Amaechi and his evil governors' forum were fighting Ngozi you didn't "predict"

When Ngozi was insisting on Excess Crude Account you didn't "predict"

When Ngozi was shouting for Sovereign Wealth Fund you didn't "predict"

When Ngozi was giving out incentive to people to go into Agriculture which today is booming you didn't "predict"

When Ngozi told everybody to expect "a time like this" years ago you had not starting "predicting"

Boring!!!!

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by p3ndy79: 12:06am On Dec 08, 2014
The professor lost every iota of respect I had for her the moment she agreed that $10.8bn is unaccounted for by the NNPC and she had engaged auditors to audit their account.

8months after her so called audit exercise the missing monies have not yet waka come back and the auditor's report Nigerians have not seen.

Can this be a case of bad company corrupting good manners?

A yoruba adage says " a sheep that makes friendship with dogs will equally eat poo"

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by ibedun: 12:11am On Dec 08, 2014
p3ndy79:

First, she sent a budget to the National Assembly, with $78 as benchmark, at a time when the price of crude oil was already sliding downwards. We told her $78 was unrealistic; she stuck to her guns. Second, when crude came down to under $80 per barrel, she sent her “more realistic” budget based on $73 per barrel. Again, we cautioned that the figure is still unrealistic. As fate would have it, the price of crude oil fell below $73 per barrel the day after she was beating her chest about presenting a “more realistic” budget...........

wonder where she is from........... Yeah time to get off with her ruined reputation

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by tellmoon(m): 12:13am On Dec 08, 2014
I use to hav so much respect for NOI during her first spell. All that have eroded in her second spell as she has chosen to sacrifice professionalism for political sentiments.

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by p3ndy79: 12:27am On Dec 08, 2014
ibedun:


wonder where she is from........... Yeah time to get off with her ruined reputation


Heard the ministry of Finance is preparing another benchmark of $65 to present to the national assembly when they reconvene.

Clearly her performance under OBJ is a far cry from her 5years or so under GEJ. Her forecast and plain concealing of outright corrupt acts by cronies and goons of the government has led nigeria to where we are now.

She introduced the ECA to OBJ and saw to it that there was enough funds in that account infact the ECA was competing with our foreign reserves until the $12bn debt buy out from the Paris club.

Now, same ECA has just $2.1bn in its accounts and crude oil never sold as high as it did in the last 5years until last 2months and nigeria as a country had undisrupted crude output unlike the niger delta militancy OBJ and Yar Adua had to contend with.

Where did all the monies go to? How can a Nation be held hostage by crooks and rogues.

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by ibedun: 12:35am On Dec 08, 2014
p3ndy79:

Heard the ministry of Finance is preparing another benchmark of $65 to present to the national assembly when they reconvene.
Clearly her performance under OBJ is a far cry from her 5years or so under GEJ. Her forecast and plain concealing of outright corrupt acts by cronies and goons of the government has led nigeria to where we are now.
She introduced the ECA to OBJ and saw to it that there was enough funds in that account infact the ECA was competing with our foreign reserves until the $12bn debt buy out from the Paris club.
Now, same ECA has just $2.1bn in its accounts and crude oil never sold as high as it did in the last 5years until last 2months and nigeria as a country had undisrupted crude output unlike the niger delta militancy OBJ and Yar Adua had to contend with.
Where did all the monies go to? How can a Nation be held hostage by crooks and rogues.

Rapacious rogues.

I lost confidence at the time of the Stella Odua and Coscharis waiver palaver.

I realised then she had joined the crooks.

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by pendy79: 1:01am On Dec 08, 2014
Can the government tell Nigerians where the unprecedented oil earnings in 5years went to?

The Governors Forum lamenting about shortfall in Allocation to states yet no fall in price of crude then all FG said was oil theft and bunkering is affecting output, yet Tompolo's Global west is earning 5.6billion monthly monitoring the water ways , Asari Dokubo too is collecting pipeline security contract N building University in Benin republic with his own share. Yet oil theft and bunkering has never been this massive until GEJ. imagine the Nigerian Navy earning the close to 8billion naira this two ex militants monthly and what the Navy would have achieved.

Sovereign wealth fund has just $1bn investment since last year we have no heard return on investment on it till date,

If the money is not in our road network, in power generation anD distribution, in increase salaries for civil servants, in bigger revenue sharing formulae to the states AMD local governments, in the foreign reserves, in the sovereign wealth fund she established, in industrial and rapid urbanization of the country etc, pls where is the monies that accrued to the Federation if our economy could be this jolted in just few weeks of oil price slump.

Naira didn't rise when crude oil was selling for 166$/barrel but crashed by more 30% in just 2months of oil slump . Forget the N168 to 1$ mentioned by the CBN governor he is just hallucinating, 1$ is trading as high as 191N as at yesterday .

Where did the monies go?

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by Doncolio(m): 1:05am On Dec 08, 2014
pendy79:
Can the government tell Nigerians where the unprecedented oil earnings in 5years went to?

The Governors Forum lamenting about shortfall in Allocation to states yet no fall in price of crude then all FG said was oil theft and bunkering is affecting output, yet Tompolo's Global west is earning 5.6billion monthly monitoring the water ways , Asari Dokubo too is collecting pipeline security contract N building University in Benin republic with his own share. Yet oil theft and bunkering has never been this massive until GEJ. imagine the Nigerian Navy earning the close to 8billion naira this two ex militants monthly and what the Navy would have achieved.

Sovereign wealth fund has just $1bn investment since last year we have no heard return on investment on it till date,

If the money is not in our road network, in power generation anD distribution, in increase salaries for civil servants, in bigger revenue sharing formulae to the states AMD local governments, in the foreign reserves, in the sovereign wealth fund she established, in industrial and rapid urbanization of the country etc, pls where is the monies that accrued to the Federation if our economy could be this jolted in just few weeks of oil price slump.

Naira didn't rise when crude oil was selling for 166$/barrel but crashed by more 30% in just 2months of oil slump . Forget the N168 to 1$ mentioned by the CBN governor he is just hallucinating, 1$ is trading as high as 191N as at yesterday .

Where did the monies go?

Well spoken like a true Nigerian.

#GodBlessNigeria

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by hardywaltz(m): 1:07am On Dec 08, 2014
I have never liked NOI from day one as Minister of Finance under OBJ
I hate talkatives coz they are usually empty.

This was the same woman whom last year presented a budget of N 4.962 Trillion of which a mere N 1.119 Trillion (22.5%) was allocated for capital expenditure
While recurrent expenditures gulped N 2.455 Trillion and debt servicing about N712 billion.

The heart breaking part of the budget is that FG's gross earnings was N 3 Trillion.

Simply put all the monies the FG earns will be used to pay salaries and other overhead expenses (for less than 700,000 people) and service debts. While the entire capital expenditure meant for the remaining 169.5 million Nigerians shall be sourced throu loans. Well as Prof Charles Suludo tagged the 2013 and 2014 budgets :- Budget of chop chop.


Please u all should clap for our naughty Professor NOI

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by tit(f): 1:15am On Dec 08, 2014
pendy79:
Can the government tell Nigerians where the unprecedented oil earnings in 5years went to?

The Governors Forum lamenting about shortfall in Allocation to states yet no fall in price of crude then all FG said was oil theft and bunkering is affecting output, yet Tompolo's Global west is earning 5.6billion monthly monitoring the water ways , Asari Dokubo too is collecting pipeline security contract N building University in Benin republic with his own share. Yet oil theft and bunkering has never been this massive until GEJ. imagine the Nigerian Navy earning the close to 8billion naira this two ex militants monthly and what the Navy would have achieved.

Sovereign wealth fund has just $1bn investment since last year we have no heard return on investment on it till date,

If the money is not in our road network, in power generation anD distribution, in increase salaries for civil servants, in bigger revenue sharing formulae to the states AMD local governments, in the foreign reserves, in the sovereign wealth fund she established, in industrial and rapid urbanization of the country etc, pls where is the monies that accrued to the Federation if our economy could be this jolted in just few weeks of oil price slump.

Naira didn't rise when crude oil was selling for 166$/barrel but crashed by more 30% in just 2months of oil slump . Forget the N168 to 1$ mentioned by the CBN governor he is just hallucinating, 1$ is trading as high as 191N as at yesterday .

Where did the monies go?

when your governor cannot pay you lasma goons the little stipend he drops for you,
ask him what he did with your state's share of the oil boom.

Nigerian governors decided to share everything that was in the federation account and resisted every advice to keep more reserves and trim down costs.
After emptying the federation accounts, the foolish governors still did not create a rainy day fund for their states!
Egged on by pot-bellied, lootocratic beaurucrats, they spent all the money on phantom and white elephant projects like Fayemi's 50-million-dollar bed!
Now there is less money in the federation account, they should not cry wolf to anybody.
they can only stare at fayemi's 50-million-dollar bed and governor ajimobi daughter 3-million-dollar dress!

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by tit(f): 1:17am On Dec 08, 2014
look at her!
she is beautiful!
ajimobi daughter!
wearing $3-million-dollar dress!
oyo people's money!

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by tit(f): 1:18am On Dec 08, 2014
she made money before politics.
grin grin grin
shocked

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by aljharem(m): 1:19am On Dec 08, 2014
tit:

when your governor cannot pay you lasma goons the little stipend he drops for you,
ask him what he did with your state's share of the oil boom.
Nigerian governors decided to share everything that was in the federation account and resisted every advice to keep more reserves and trim down costs.
After emptying the federation accounts, the foolish governors still did not create a rainy day fund for their states!
Egged on by pot-bellied, lootocratic beaurucrats, they spent all the money on phantom and white elephant projects like Fayemi's 50-million-dollar bed!
Now there is less money in the federation account, they should not cry wolf to anybody.
[size=18pt]they can only stare at fayemi's 50-million-dollar bed and governor ajimobi daughter 3-million-dollar dress![/size]

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by p3ndy79: 1:28am On Dec 08, 2014
Tit abi what did you use as your moniker? I hate being quoted by people who can't project their brainal matter into matters at hand.

Ajimobi as an individual can afford to buy 10million naira cloths for his daughter, fayemi's 50million naira bed exist in the figment of your imagination, don't even go near fashola, the governors were asking for their statutory allocation that were significantly reduced yet crude prices were going higher then not that ECA should be shared.

Can you stick to topic now?

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by p3ndy79: 1:36am On Dec 08, 2014
Tit abi what did you use as your moniker? I hate being quoted by people who can't project their brainal matter into matters at hand.

Ajimobi as an individual can afford to buy 10million naira cloths for his daughter long before he became governor, fayemi's 50million naira bed exist in the figment of your imagination, don't even go near fashola, the governors were asking for their statutory allocation that were significantly reduced yet crude prices were going higher then not that ECA should be shared.

Can you stick to topic now?

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by tit(f): 1:50am On Dec 08, 2014
p3ndy79:
Tit abi what did you use as your moniker? I hate being quoted by people who can't project their brainal matter into matters at hand.

Ajimobi as an individual can afford to buy 10million naira cloths for his daughter, fayemi's 50million naira bed exist in the figment of your imagination, don't even go near fashola, the governors were asking for their statutory allocation that were significantly reduced yet crude prices were going higher then not that ECA should be shared.

Can you stick to topic now?

i said it!
you will say she was wearing 3 million dollar dress since she was born.
show me picture of er wearing 1million dollar dress before her father enter government work?

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by naijaking1: 1:51am On Dec 08, 2014
p3ndy79:
The professor lost every iota of respect I had for her the moment she agreed that $10.8bn is unaccounted for by the NNPC and she had engaged auditors to audit their account.

8months after her so called audit exercise the missing monies have not yet waka come back and the auditor's report Nigerians have not seen.

Can this be a case of bad company corrupting good manners?

A yoruba adage says " a sheep that makes friendship with dogs will equally eat poo"

You almost fooled me into taking you for some serious economist, now I see from your APC perspective, Good luck, you deceive no one speaking from both sides of your mouth.

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by p3ndy79: 2:10am On Dec 08, 2014
naijaking1:


You almost fooled me into taking you for some serious economist, now I see from your APC perspective, Good luck, you deceive no one speaking from both sides of your mouth.

I don't need any effort at fooling people like you, you're a perfect example of what you wanna be.

What's the deceit in my post? Kindly point it out. I'm keen to learn.

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by CyberWolf: 2:15am On Dec 08, 2014
Where were all of you when she was battling with the governors regarding ECA?...the money was shared and the governors squandered it..so leave her alone

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by whitecat2: 3:11am On Dec 08, 2014
Her phd is in urban planning or so they said, so it's like hiring a village tailor to fix your bathroom tiles. She probably knows next to nothing in that office, and spends a fortune consulting some also not so professionals. May God help nigeria.

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by mgbeketoto: 3:30am On Dec 08, 2014
Useless people. . . .Useless continent! kiss

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by tit(f): 3:41am On Dec 08, 2014
mgbeketoto:
Useless people. . . .Useless continent! kiss

are you tinubu in disguise?
can you call your papa house useless?


take it easy,
we are all frustrated.
when i was a little girl,
Ras kimono sing song say:

under pressure, everybody, under pressure!
under pressure, Africans, under pressure
under pressure, Europeans, under pressure!
no food, ina we table!

and it has been so till this day!
Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by gsainttrinity(m): 4:07am On Dec 08, 2014
gtrust:
Ok

When Amaechi and his evil governors' forum were fighting Ngozi you didn't "predict"

When Ngozi was insisting on Excess Crude Account you didn't "predict"

When Ngozi was shouting for Sovereign Wealth Fund you didn't "predict"

When Ngozi was giving out incentive to people to go into Agriculture which today is booming you didn't "predict"

When Ngozi told everybody to expect "a time like this" years ago you had not starting "predicting"

Boring!!!!

Ngozi may not be an Angel and her Sins unpardonable but some dude that Obviously finished university through sorting and cheating should spare us that useless and crapy article. What's the point? Before you send her packing send us someone who would do a better Job or 'go get a life' and stop criticising something you have no idea of..

Mtcheeeew!

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i quoted this post because i agree wit d point. . But my response is for the Op and the writer of that Article

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by gtrust: 4:14am On Dec 08, 2014
gsainttrinity:


Ngozi may not be an Angel and her Sins unpardonable but some dude that Obviously finished university through sorting and cheating should spare us that useless and crapy article. What's the point? Before you send her packing send us someone who would do a better Job or 'go get a life' and stop criticising something you have no idea of..

Mtcheeeew!

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i quoted this post because i agree wit d point. . But my response is for the Op and the writer of that Article

What those kids don't understand is: "the politics of benchmark for Nigerian crude"!
Left to Ngozi it will be $50/barrel but who will cry 1st = Governors!!!

Amaechi cried everyday and said all sort of unprintable things but what's happening today Ngozi was right!!!!!

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by mgbeketoto: 4:15am On Dec 08, 2014
tit:


we are all frustrated.



If you are frustrated. . . I am not! kiss

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by gsainttrinity(m): 4:26am On Dec 08, 2014
gtrust:


What those kids don't understand is: "the politics of benchmark for Nigerian crude"!
Left to Ngozi it will be $50/barrel but who will cry 1st = Governors!!!

Amaechi cried everyday and said all sort of unprintable things but what's happening today Ngozi was right!!!!!

don't mind all these Educated illiterates.
Yes, put the blame on her.
Falling crude price, Ngozi.
Corruption, Ngozi
Devaluation, Ngozi
ECA drops, Ngozi

forget if there is a president and vice, CBN president. Other ministers including petroleum.

Yes she presented a budget with a benchmark that quickly cancelled out, so what?

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by tit(f): 4:33am On Dec 08, 2014
mgbeketoto:



I am not! kiss

good for you!

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by Jaideyone(m): 5:02am On Dec 08, 2014
tit:


i said it!
you will say she was wearing 3 million dollar dress since she was born.
show me picture of er wearing 1million dollar dress before her father enter government work?
t0t0 or whatever you call yourself... stop allowing sentiments to becloud your sense of judgment. ajimobi's daughter is wearing a 3 million naira dress. not dollars and her husband has been a multi billionaire even before her father became a governor. try and be reasonable please. if you really believe fayemi was using a 50million dollars bed in the governor's house then you're are really a tit without a brain

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by deeptechcool(m): 5:12am On Dec 08, 2014
tit:

look at her!
she is beautiful!
ajimobi daughter!
wearing $3-million-dollar dress!
oyo people's money!

guess u forgot to read the headline before commenting.. I know where you are going though.

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Re: Goodbye Okonjo Iweala... by tit(f): 5:18am On Dec 08, 2014
deeptechcool:


guess u forgot to read the headline before commenting.. I know where you are going though.
i guess you have coconut between your ears!
we are looking for nigeria people money and governor daughter is wearing 3-million-dollar-red dress!

wetin you wan find again?
her papa don shop the money finish!
you still dey looking for the money?

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