vandutchboy:
The two major political parties in the March 28 presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress, besieged the venue of the 11th Delegate Conference of the Nigeria Labour Congress for votes in Abuja on Monday.
The presidential candidate of the APC, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari; the President of Senate, Dr. Pius Anyim, who represented the President at the event; the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole; and the Supervising Minister of Labour and Productivity, Alhaji Tanimu Turaki (SAN) were the key political figures from the two political parties, who exploited the opportunity of the delegate conference to canvass for votes for their parties.
The 11 delegates’ conference has as theme, ‘The working class and the challenges of national security, unity and democratic development’.
Buhari said security agencies in the country had not been able to tame the Boko Haram challenge despite that the Federal Government had spent$32.88bn on defence in the past five years.
He said the Boko Haram Islamic sect snowballed into a national menace after the August 2011 attack on the United Nations Building in Abuja, which resulted in the death of 26 persons with 60 others injured.
The APC candidate added that there was the need for change politically because the nation’s security situation had become precarious.
The ex-Head of State said, “In August 2011, a vehicle smashed through two security barriers at the United Nations headquarters in Abuja just after 11am. Its driver crashed the car into the reception area of the building which housed 26 different UN agencies, and then detonated a bomb. Twenty-five people were killed; around 60, wounded. The then little-known extremist group, Boko Haram, claimed responsibility for the gruesome attack.
“Since then, Boko Haram has gained international notoriety and become a major national menace – kidnapping girls from their schools and women from their homes; slaughtering boys in their dormitories and men in their farms; exploding bombs in public and private venues; and taking town after towns in the North-East of Nigeria.
“And, for some reasons, our defence forces are unable to cope and unable to defend despite the Federal Government’s defence budget that has gulped over$32.88bn in the past five years.
“Our security situation in this country has never been so dire. Today, Nigerians have to endure, not just terrorist attacks in the North, but militancy in the Niger Delta, communal violence in the Middle Belt, cult wars in the South, and kidnappings, armed robberies, and common acts of thuggery throughout the country.
However, Anyim, who represented the President, said he was under instruction not to make political statements at the conference because of the sensitive nature of the audience.
He said the President was of the opinion that the audience comprised workers from federal and state governments, who could feature as ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the forthcoming elections.
He gave the assurance that the Boko Haram insurgency, which had been agitating the minds of Nigerians, would soon be brought under control.
Anyim also conveyed the assurance of the President to the NLC delegates that the forthcoming elections would be better than the 2011 polls.
Speaking also on the state of the economy, Anyim, who declared the conference open on behalf of the President, noted that he Federal Government was focussing attention on the creation of business that could generate employment opportunities for Nigerians.
In his comments, the Governor of Edo State, Oshiomhole, a former President of the NLC, who spoke earlier, condemned the continued importation of refined petroleum products into the country.
He said it was shameful that the nation’s refineries, established by the military and were functional then, were not working in a democracy.
He urged workers in the oil sector to look beyond their plum jobs to insist that the crude oil resources were refined in the nation’s refineries
http://www.punchng.com/news/fg-spent-32bn-on-defence-in-five-years-buhari/
[size=18pt]Can you see what corruption is doing to our country,We have 300,000 soldiers and still cant defeat Boko Haram with all the money spent on defence which has mostly been embezzled. We now have to rely on CHAD,NIGER to fight Boko-haram for us,Goodlcuk Jonathan must go and be arrested for this corruption.[/size]

J12:
Mumu Buhari and his mumu supporters don't know that budgeting and spending are two different things.

kheart:
With dis kind of money d military got no choice bt to be bias especially d top ranking officers.

channelz:
Is corruption stealing

vandutchboy:

If the war against Boko-Haram stops their budget will be cut,the Defence budget went form around N150-200 Billion during Yadua time to around N800-900 Billion during Goodluck Jonathan time,some people in the Armed Forces are profiting and dont want the war to end.

kheart:


Very true cos I was oppurtuned to ve a chat wit one top military officer in Abuja. D man just keep justifyin why BH can't be defeated bla bla bla bt Why won't dey squander d money wen d commander in chief says stealing is not corruption.

change49ja:


A 4year old boy was ask the following question:

Teacher: Which of the following is not corruption?

A) Fraud
B) Honesty
C)Stealing

Junior(a 4 year old boy): The answer is B...Honesty.
Teacher: Junior, why 'honesty'?
Junior: Because 'honesty' is the best policy.
Teacher: Very good, clap for him....Klueless, why are you raising up your hand?
Klueless: (scratching his head),Oga teacher, erm... the answer is C...Stealing.
Teacher: You mean Stealing is not corruption?
Klueless: Yes sir
Teacher: Explain?
Klueless: Teacher, stealing is not corruption in Baye where I come from unless you're not sharing. Even our president-GEJ said so on NTA yesterday. So who is wrong teacher? You, a secondary school holder or our President GEJ, a PhD holder?
Teacher: erm.....erm...

eejo:
buhari lack information we have 100,000 army personel and boko haram had 60,000 active force buhari war is costly now we not in the 60s isreal spend $3bn daily on the war with hamas so buhari you go back to school then you will know war is costly

eejo:
buhari lack information we have 100,000 army personel and boko haram had 60,000 active force buhari war is costly now we not in the 60s isreal spend $3bn daily on the war with hamas so buhari you go back to school then you will know war is costly[/quote 000 active force buhari war is costly now we not in the 60s isreal spend $3bn daily on the war with hamas so buhari you go back to school then you will know war is costly

IbnSultaan:
The Guy above is sick
Gej=fraud

CyberWolf:
That's chicken change na and in a whole five years with military capacity of almost 100,000.. Yet you people want NA to be like US army that spends $680 billion yearly as at 2011 on defence.. ...You people are just bunch of assholes...

vandutchboy:

Military capacity of 300,000,why is small Chad and Niger more effective in the war because they have weapons provided to them that has not been given to the Nigerian army,which was mostly embezzled.Chad and Niger have been fighting for a few weeks and have already made so much progress. Nigeria has never had it this bad.During Abacha and Obasanjo regime we used to send troops to Sierra Leone,Liberia to help these countries.Never in the 54 years Nigeria has had independence have we had to rely on our neighbours,its a big shame which is extremly embarrasing. Tell me which regime Nigeria needed help from our neighbouring countries to fight our own internal insurgency. Goodluck Jonathan is the worse thing to happen to Nigeria

CyberWolf:
thank God you are the one saying 300,000 and how can you maintain 300,000 active men with roughly 5billion dollars per year? Salary,allowance,pension/gratuity, procurement, maintenance & upgrade, etc...haba..Not to talk more of sabotage and moles in the army..Chad and Niger don't have saboteur, that's why it's like they are having upper hand coupled with the fact that they just joined the war, so the strength and morale is still high...do you know that Chad lost 17 men in one battle?..that's to tell you how sophisticated the war is...

vandutchboy:

It speaks volume it was during Goodluck Joanthan time the army had sabateur and for the first time in Nigeria history we had to rely on our neighbour to fight a war withing our countries boundary it is beyond shameful.Next time Goodluck Jonathan goes for a meeting with the African Union he shoud put a paper bag because of the shame and disrespect other African leaders will have for him,for bringign the giant of Africa to disrepute and shame.

CyberWolf:
you are not being sincere my friend..How many war have we fought since after the civil, even during the civil war, Nigeria relied on Britain to win the war.. BH is a guerrilla warfare not a conventional warfare and for the fact that it spans through borders, so we have to involve our neighbors because it's also affecting them..Nothing like shame when he attends AU meeting..The truth is that the money being spent is very small compared to defence/military cost nowadays..