Demdem:

Mr HONORARIUM , remember also that the Retardeen also appointed the incompetent chief of staff

ifihearam:

Does that prevent the COS from discharging his duties?

Demdem:

i detest anyone that brings stupidity and cluelessness to the sit of power. making the seat a dumb one whereas it isnt. The Retardeen is most likely a wonderful husband, father, zoo-keeper but obviously miserable in the acts of governance right from his bayelsa days. So u see, it isnt personal. I have the interest of my country at heart.

Demdem:

i detest anyone that brings stupidity and cluelessness to the sit of power. making the seat a dumb one whereas it isnt. The Retardeen is most likely a wonderful husband, father, zoo-keeper but obviously miserable in the acts of governance right from his bayelsa days. So u see, it isnt personal. I have the interest of my country at heart.

ifihearam:

My guy you have ever supported any government for this current dispensation.

superior1:

That's what i keep telling the 40 lappy, it is never personal. E.g, electricity in my area has improved seriously (although the bill is killing me) but i know how much i have saved buying fuel for my gen. It is never personal, if Jona do am well, it is the benefit of this country, myself and my kids. But if the Retardeen (make i borrow Demdem grammar)thinks he can mess this country for us, then he will never get any e-support from me.

ifihearam:

Does that prevent the COS from discharging his duties?

ifihearam: Okupe was arrested by EFCC,detained for a month or so and let go I 2005:how does that cocern the presidentnow that his past deeds has come to light and he admitted what else do you people want the president to do?

Was the president the governor that awarded him the contractswhy didn't the government of the da see to it that justice was servedwhy are you shallow minded people bringing the president into this because he appointed him the office of SSA??is there any soul I Nigeria politics today with a clea slate?

It is left for him to either resign or deal with it but its a good start for him to admit.

ifihearam:

So its now the job of the president to carry out investigations,why does he have a chief of staff???

ifihearam:

@demdem
You always derive pleasure In hearing things that brings the presidency into ridicule.

cunlay007:

Really confused wit d point u trying to mak,pls find time 2 hear urslf speak or read ur comment again words like this only comes out of a lunatic brain that got dead cells,promise to always ignore any thread i see ur name.sentiment,myopic thought clouds ur understanding,guess u feed from the riots in the system..............i wonder if ur heir wud b proud of who u become in ur later yrs

odomanis: Perhaps I read something different from what some of you who are blaming GEJ over Okupe read.

The article said he was chairman of the company and a stakeholder. It didnt say he was the MD/CEO. The Chairman is not incharge of the day to day running of the company but,the MD/CEO is. So,Okupe may not even be aware or involved in the transactions and transactional flaws of the company.
That may be why the EFCC had to let him go probably after finding him NOT GUILTY.

odomanis:
In Law, an accused remains innocent until proven otherwise by a competent Law court. And no law court proved him guilty. Is that GEJ's making? Why expect GEJ to go against this Principle.You people should leave GEJ alone to continue with the good job he is doing,especially with electricity.

superior1:

That's what i keep telling the 40 lappy, it is never personal. E.g, electricity in my area has improved seriously (although the bill is killing me) but i know how much i have saved buying fuel for my gen. It is never personal, if Jona do am well, it is the benefit of this country, myself and my kids. But if the Retardeen (make i borrow Demdem grammar)thinks he can mess this country for us, then he will never get any e-support from me.

cunlay007:

Really confused wit d point u trying to mak,pls find time 2 hear urslf speak or read ur comment again words like this only comes out of a lunatic brain that got dead cells,promise to always ignore any thread i see ur name.sentiment,myopic thought clouds ur understanding,guess u feed from the riots in the system..............i wonder if ur heir wud b proud of who u become in ur later yrs

Zutchy: Then please I would like you to please enlighten me since you say you are this very jolly good fellow who just wants the best for this country,how does the fact that a company Doyin Okupe was chairman of in any way affect the transformation going on in the agric sector,how does it affect the fact that the finance minister is putting in place the most transparent and efficient financial structure this country has ever known,or the fact that the power in this country has significantly improved and is still improving,because when you say the president should not mess this country up for you because Doyin okupe's company had issues with some state governments,I wonder how your brain reasons,like seriously........

texazzpete:

What transformation in the agric sector?
What 'efficient financial structure' when the Minister of Finance could not accurately tell the Senate exactly how much was paid out as fuel subsidies? What 'transparency' when she admitted to misleading the Nigerian public on the amounts that would be saved by ending fuel subsidies? What 'efficiency' when she could not convincingly explain why the subsidy payments balooned from less than N400b to over N1.3tr?

Corruption is recognised as the main problem afflicting Nigeria...your President goes on air claiming to be tackling corruption, and you thrice accursed m0r0n cannot see the hypocrisy in his appointing a man who has been tainted by corruption and controversy as his 'attack dog'?

Walahi, apologize to your parents at once for wasting the money they spent on your education.

texazzpete:

What transformation in the agric sector?
What 'efficient financial structure' when the Minister of Finance could not accurately tell the Senate exactly how much was paid out as fuel subsidies? What 'transparency' when she admitted to misleading the Nigerian public on the amounts that would be saved by ending fuel subsidies? What 'efficiency' when she could not convincingly explain why the subsidy payments balooned from less than N400b to over N1.3tr?

Corruption is recognised as the main problem afflicting Nigeria...your President goes on air claiming to be tackling corruption, and you thrice accursed m0r0n cannot see the hypocrisy in his appointing a man who has been tainted by corruption and controversy as his 'attack dog'?

Walahi, apologize to your parents at once for wasting the money they spent on your education.

superior1:


texazzpete, check https://www.nairaland.com/966416/jonathans-intellectual-approach-governance. You will know understand why i ignored the pitiable morron

God's Mercy:
From this report, it's very clear being a stakeholder in a company does not cumulate of being the owner. Okupe is far far better than all you haters. He's come not only to destroy but also to finish all you haters. God bless him.

Demdem: New presidential attack dog, Dr. Doyin Okupe, road construction contracts from the governments of Benue and Imo States and got substantial payments, his lawyers have admitted.

On his behalf, the Lagos law firm of Yemi Gbonegun and Co said today that the rural road construction contracts were awarded in 2004 and 2005 to companies in which Dr. Okupe has substantial interests and served as Chairman, but denied they were awarded to him personally.

And beyond the mobilization payments, those companies received other payments over a period exceeding two years continuously for work done, the statement said.

“We also confirm that contrary to reports in the media, on no account did any of the companies bolt away with any money and if they had, the state governments would have legally had recourse to the Bank Guarantees issued, held the banks accountable and recovered their monies,” the statement said.

It said disputes about certificates of payments arose in both transactions, claiming that this is normal between a contractor and its employers, and that the issues were at different times thoroughly investigated by the EFCC, but that no fraud or any criminality was ever found against any of the Companies.

“In the case of Imo State Government a settlement agreement out of court was reached while in Benue State both parties agreed to go in for arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the signed contract document,” it further said.

Today’s statement by Yemi Gbonegun and Co. raised more questions than it answered. It did not explain why, as previously reported by SaharaReporters, Dr. Okupe was personally detained by the EFCC for an entire month in 2006.

In 2005, during the tenure of Governor Achike Udenwa, Okupe went to Imo state with a business partner, the Israeli businessman Ilan Salman. Okupe got a contract to import Romix Soilfix, a soil stabilizing substance, from South Africa for the construction of four kilometres of road in each of the 27 local government areas at the rate of N14 million per km.

That amounted to N1.512 billion. Okupe was paid mobilization fee of N400 million twice (totaling N800m). He was then paid another N350 million for the little work done, with just about 8km out of the 108km Romix promised to construct.

This means that Okupe was paid over N1.2billion, with very little to show for it. He carried out his lack of work in the State in collaboration with the former Speaker of the Imo State Assembly, Chief Godfrey Dikeocha.

As investigations into the daylight hoax heated up, Okupe’s engineers were arrested in Owerri alongside the LGA chairmen and moved to Ikoyi, Lagos.

In addition, Okupe’s head office, which was at that time on Isale Eko Street in Dolphin Estate, was sealed up and Chief Okupe locked up for one month by the EFCC, but he was never tried.

The situation in Benue State was similar. Through Messrs Value Trust Investments Ltd., Okupe secured a contract valued at N2.303 billion, again for the construction of rural roads across the state. By July 17, 2006, he had been paid N886.8m.

The man who would later be invited by President Goodluck Jonathan to serve as his leading voice on Public Affairs then disappeared. That case, as was the situation in Imo State, was brought to the EFCC.

With today’s statement by his lawyers, Okupe confirms the two contracts that have come to light but not their details, including why the contracts were never completed, or what was done with the vast sums he collected using his top-level access in the People’s Democratic Party.

http://saharareporters.com/news-page/okupe-lawyers-admit-he-did-fraudulent-contracts-imo-and-benue

Dpeacemaker101: Someone just comes up with some useless post on this forum and everyone starts ranting. DEMDEM, has being known for his blind and paid criticism to the present adminstration by some evil people and oppositions of this administration, who have no plans for this country. They jus want to see bombs go off and innocent people killed. And for the source of the news, SAHARA REPORTERS have been known for spreading fake news, and lies in the name of publication. So I don't see why any reasonable person should even pay attention to this post in the first place. I see all these as a cheap way of tarnishing a mans' image and creating a bad image of the presidency. The GEJ administration is doing all its best to see that the country is reformed, and if anyone can agree with me, he is achieving a lot, so let us all support the government, than sit in the comfort of our offices and homes and make unconstructive criticisms, joining the ACN and the northern monsters to make the country miserable for the people.

Foool, are u for real Someone willingly asked his lawyers to publicly declare that he indeed took some money to undertake some unsuccessful projects in time past and u come here to declare that we are in the business of tarnishing the dogs's image Na me ask am make he go public with the truth?
We have a thief on the prowl in Aso Rock and i expect the retardeen to boot him out so that his already tarnished image wont affect them. Whats difficult in that?

ifihearam:

You are just a demented bastard,the latitude of your foolishness in beyond comprehension,instead of stating ur facts you resort to using abusive words forgeting its my field. I don't trade words with sycophants like you. Idiota