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Dollarization Of The APC Primaries: How Amaehi Vanquished Atiku #saibuhari

The blogosphere was inundated with reports of the excessive sharing of dollars at the All Progressives Congress which took place during the latter part of last week.

One APC supporter and Special Adviser to Osun Governor on Environment, BolaIlori had blown the scandal open after he saw the beginning stages of the dollarization in action.

He took to his Facebook page and scribbled, “Crazy things are happening here!!! Some of these cannot represent the change Nigeria is yearning for. Excessive dollarization by one of the aspirants to is to say the least obscene. I have been involved in political process for decades now, I have never witnessed this volume of raw dollarization of party primaries. I only read about this kind of things in PDP primaries. A question been asked by conscientious delegates is that whoever can be giving out between $2000 to $5000 to…delegates certainly does not represent the kind of change Nigerians want…those who contributed to the pauperization of Nigeria now revel in dollarization… majority of Ondo delegates are still standing with Buhari but have been reduced from 85% to 70% within 24 hours…the remaining has gone with dollars ooo.!!!!!”

One has to wonder how Buhari was able to win the primaries in this era of stomach infrastructure where dollars are like the Biblical manna that God sent down from heaven to nourish the Israelites as they made their way to the promised land.

Sources close to the APC with knowledge of the way the Primaries unfolded have revealed that it was Rivers State Governor, Amaechi who flew back to Rivers State and returned to Lagos on Thursday morning with enough dollars to make Benjamin Franklin blush.

It has been revealed that Atiku offered the delegates $5000 each, but Amaechi doubled it to $10000 a pop. Thus turning the tables in favour of General Buhari.

Since his adventure into the APC, Amaechi has gone out of his way to prove himself a party loyalist, always the first to shoki or azonto at the many events the APC holds, which he himself is usually the chief sponsor.

According to party insiders, Amaechi has overtaken Tinubu as the major financier of the party. One does not need to wonder why he is always at President Jonathan’s throat over misappropriated oil wells or other such business. Anything that diminishes from the State’s coffers will have a ripple effect on his funding budget for the APC.



Joe Francis wrote in from Port Harcourt.


http://www.theheraldng.com/dollarization-apc-primaries-amaehi-vanquished-atiku-saibuhari/

NgeneUkwenu:



Nothing but the truth! Nyesom Wike is an illiterate! Quote Me Anywhere In Rivers State

See the Video of the Panel Proceedings:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=FEM3KD9L-1w

nzeobi:
Why is it that most of the people defending amaechi are not from rivers.

iyobosadavid:
shut up silly cuckoo, who told you we are not from River state or leave in river state. the truth is always bitter, amaechi is the best thing that haas ever happened to the state, wike is a criminal and he Has already started milking river state dry. I laf you in Chinese language, operation zero pot hole with 30billion when pothole still bucku every where

Firefire:

They are paid online mofos, defending looters and criminals for daily agege bread.

olutunde12:


His sin is that he had forgoten that it is only apc that can call people thief not the other way round. Meanwhile you said wike has been running his mouth instead of running governmrent? Ok what has buhari been running?

godoluwa:
keep quiet! wheres amaechi monorail despite billions of dollars spent on dat project?

Kenai:
The Rivers Monorail has already arrived...

And it's about to take off...
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... To outer space.

Mogidi:
He delivered good governance hence his protégé was unsuccessful in his bid to become governor.
Amaechi is high on grade 1 Buhari urine.

ijekul:
Technical Consultants Advised Amaechi Against Monorail Project After Collecting N22bn

As the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by the Rivers State Government to probe the sale of valued assets of the state and other matters continued its sitting on Friday, the technical consultant to the state on the monorail project, Arcus Gibbs revealed that  he advised former Governor Chibuike Amaechi against continuing with the project.

Managing Director of Arcus Gibbs Nig Ltd, Wiero Viguezang, however said his company gave the advice only after collecting N22.9bn from the Rivers State Government since its services were enlisted in March 1, 2010.

Viguezang spoke when he appeared before the commission to explain the role played by his company in the monorail project being probed by the commission.

While being cross-examined by counsel to the commission, Dr. Zaccheus Adangor, Viguezang, stated that the monorail project was no longer tenable considering the shortfall in the state’s revenue and the inability of its original technical and equity partners, TSI Nig Ltd, headed by the former military administrator of Rivers State, Brig-Gen Anthony Ukpo (Rtd.), to fulfil its obligations to contribute 80 per cent of its equity holdings.

He disclosed that the state owes his company N1.1bn for its services.
He also said the company had in a letter to the Rivers State through the ministry of transport, in April, made a six-point recommendation to the Rivers State on how to unbundle the monorail project in such a way that the state government can salvage some financial benefits out of the N33.9bn so far invested in the project. The monorail project was originally estimated to cost about Euros2250m.

The technical partner had in its sixth point of recommendation suggested to the Rivers State Government to unbundle the monorail project and approach the manufacturers of the mechanical components and rail tracks in Germany and exploit the possibility of reselling components at a lower price to the manufacturers.

He said the company also advised the state government to consider the option of using the monorail facilities for other commercially viable purposes, mentioning the spaces between pillars and surrounding areas of the monorail project, stressing that the area between Azikiwe Road and the UTC axis could be put into very fruitful commercial purpose.
Viguezang also told the commission that his company and the state government had planned to unveil the monorail project last April specifically to mislead the people of Rivers State into thinking that the project, which has gulped N33.9bn, was still on course.

He admitted that his company wrote a memo to the commissioner for transport to arrange the unveiling of the project essentially for media coverage since the project was “technically uncompleted”. 

According to Viguezang, “We actually wrote to the ministry of transport in January, to arrange for the governor to unveil the monorail project in April for the attention and coverage of the media based on the expectation of the people of the state.”

When asked to clarify if the unveiling was to deceive the people of Rivers State into believing that the controversial monorail project was ready, Viguezang admitted; “It was to deceive the people into believing that the monorail project was at last ready”.

The managing director, however, stressed that “apart from the media coverage and public attention that it is expected to generate, the monorail was not technically and commercially ready. Only phase 1a within phase 1 of the project was ready. So, there was no way the public would have been able to use the monorail as at April when we asked the ministry of transport to unveil the project to the media”.

Viguezang admitted that the Rivers State government enlisted services of Arcus Gibbs at the cost of N600 million from March 1, 2010 to December 1, 2010, after the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with TSI collapsed because TSI could not raise revenue to fulfil the payment of its 80 per cent equity share capital.

He stated that part of its role as the technical service provider to the Rivers State government concerning the monorail project was to evaluate and assess the activities of TSI and give an independent opinion to the Rivers State government.


http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/how-technical-consultants-advised-amaechi-against-monorail-project-after-collecting-n22bn/218811/

NgeneUkwenu:



Nothing but the truth! Nyesom Wike is an illiterate! Quote Me Anywhere In Rivers State

See the Video of the Panel Proceedings:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=FEM3KD9L-1w

Dannyset:
Wike has finally join Metuh in the exercise of mouth running. He's the only Governor now that is busy running his mouth instead of running his government. Now he's been called an IDIOT that he has always been under Mama Piss. Amaechi is more than him any day any time.
Omereji will open up when the time comes.

lurther:
This OP is an EEEdiot.

You can believe Diezani is corrupt. You can believe Alameiseigha is corrupt. But you can't believe Amaechi can steal. So, Amaechi is a saint abi?

Mrokaykay:

Shame on you....Is Rivers state and not River state....you don't even know the correct spelling of a state which you claim to have originated from.

simplisity:
I wonder d kind of crime or corruption President said he is fighting, if he condons Amechi's own by appointing him as one of d minister. Am watchin!

Realist2:
APC Rivers now shouting go to court, When Wike said Amaechi vandalised governor's office property sold some government property without due process they APC Rivers shouted probe him if you can, a commission of enquiries set up, Amaechi refused to appear before them. If Amaechi is innocent or ran a transparent deal why not go and present himself,now shouting go to court that he Amaechi shut down for over 4years, hoping that Buhari will influence the court.
Amaechi seem to above the law because him na Buhari associates,but time will tell.

sonOfLucifer:

Why is that you think anyone who defends Amaechi isn't from Rivers?

Mogidi:


If Amaechi is so loved in Rivers how come his party suffered the most humiliating loss in River's election history? Are you talking of a different Rivers state?

CuckoldMaster:



Iyobosa is a Benin name idiot. You have yoruba coward blood in you.

Mrokaykay:

Shame on you....Is Rivers state and not River state....you don't even know the correct spelling of a state which you claim to have originated from.

smartmoses:
This country can never be good.APC is corrupt.PDP is also coprrupt.#ProbeAmaechi

iyobosadavid:
you are really a core illiterate, the spelling is River state, mugu...please go and enroll for school of reading and writting... demented fellow

iyobosadavid:
you are really a core illiterate, the spelling is River state, mugu...please go and enroll for school of reading and writting... demented fellow

Mrokaykay:

Guy easy...stop making to much noise like motor park boy.....just click on this link and get basic education on the correct spelling.
http://www.google.com/search?q=rivers%20state%20of%20nigeria&hl=en-GB

sonOfLucifer:

Why is that you think anyone who defends Amaechi isn't from Rivers?