yudee233:
Must everything be news in Nigeria. We know where the actual cost lies. It is akin to sacking ten Nigerians and employing three expatriate in the name of cost savings. In the actual fact one expatriate is equal to 15 Nigerians in terms of cost

Yes. We need to know how how tax payers money are spent.

Good but convoys are still long. There should be 2 cars- one for the minister, the other for security. General Murtala Mohammed had no convoy in his days.So if there are 2 cars or 3 in the President/Minister's convoy,that's better. And the cars should be Peugeot or Volkswagen

olassy239:
u av no sense of reasoning

And I assume you have all the sense in the world but lack the physical looks needed to project you into the wild eh? Better take your useless grievances and frustrations to your god in Aso Rock or better still, tie a rope on your ceiling fan and use it.


Mynd44 take note, this moniker only exists to insult people that don't align with APC. She has been childishly breaking rule 2 that you've been banning people for.

OAFMods:
You can bet he won't be budgeting 1/3 of Jonathan Ebele's I billion naira for food yearly.

Seems you missed the part of megida's budget of N20 billion to chop inside Presidency.
Bloody HYPOCRITES!!!

seunmsg:
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday December 22 presented the 2016 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly.

According to the Budget Office, headed by Aliyu Yahaya Gusau, the Appropriation Bill 2016, seeks to authorise the issue from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation the total sum of N6,077,680,000,000.

Of the figure, N351,370,000,000 is for Statutory Transfers, N1,475,320,000,000 is for Debt Service, N2,648,600,000,000 is for Recurrent (Non-Debt) Expenditure.


The sum of N1,845,540,000,000 inclusive of N157,150,000,000 Capital Expenditure in Statutory Transfers and N86,000,000,000 as Interest on Capitalised Loans, is for contribution to the Development Fund for Capital Expenditure for the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2016.

Below is the breakdown of the proposed budget currently with the federal legislature for deliberation and approval.

SCHEDULE 2016 BUDGET PROPOSAL

PART C / RECURRENT (NON-DEBT) EXPENDITURE =N=

HEAD MINISTRY/DEPARTMENT/AGENCY

EXECUTIVE:

PRESIDENCY – 19,969,489,292


http://dailypost.ng/2015/12/26/2016-budget-breakdown-of-sums-allocated-to-presidency-mdas-others/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

goodluck 23 motorcades? omo oju o rola ri ni ma ye men.

They can never write a report without mentioning Jonathan.

Buari has reduced his convoy to 10 cars as against Jonathan who uses 23. Now, who asked you ?

Even state governors under Buari, i count 22. So what has Jonathan done ?

wealth123:
If Buhari is a dullard then what is your father? You have no regard for your President and even his old age and you pray to be old? Your father was in Nigeria when Buhari contested and won the election and you are here calling him dullard. Shame on you. instead of suggesting and giving useful ideas of how to move Nigeria forward, all you do on Nairaland is to abuse and criticise the President. You need deliverance.

I didn't mean buhari is a dulllard what I meant is that he is a stupid and useless dulllard.



Waka gi dia

Chukwu kpokwa gi oku dia

what about the cars dasuki gave him?

That is one of the actions of a humble leader!
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francizy:



Don't mind the fools!

People have not yet received salaries after their useless publicity (about payment of Dec salaries) stunts and here they are, pulling another!

Am sure u will soon develop high blood pressure with dis ur unwarranted ranting. I pity ur family.

reduce cost of Government
Why not stick to his campaign promise that his expensive wife will not have a first lady office?

cabaliciouscabal:




Am sure u will soon develop high blood pressure with dis ur unwarranted ranting. I pity ur family.

That High Blood Pressure will be your portion and your family will first mourn you before mine!

tuale4u:
[size=14pt]Why EFCC "Selective" witchhunt On PDP Members Best for Nigeria right now.
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I have read and heard from many people and PDP sympathizers that the current Buhari anti corruption drive is selective and Bias.

I totally agree it is selective. but I don't agree that it is bias. And there is nothing wrong in it being selective as long as the reason is the best for the country for now. Because I strongly believe it is the best thing and the best way to fight corruption in Nigeria for now. My reasons are as follows:

1. The anti corruption fight is currently concentrated on corruption at the federal level. Buhari anti corruption war is currently not active on state level and former governors. Since federal government was fully controlled by PDP in the last 16years, most corruption at federal level is PDP affair.

2. Buhari greatest interest is to recover fund. The best thing to do in this regard is to concentrate on areas where he can recover the highest amount of stolen fund. And that is federal government and are mostly PDP members.

3. It is almost impossible to prosecute all corrupt cases in Nigeria. So the need to give priority to those with the highest amount and easiest to prosecute. Thus corrupt cases with highest return are within the PDP

4. currently the NSA is the main focus of the anti corruption war at the moment. The reason being because of the amount of money involve and because Buhari govt believe they can recover some billions from the former NSA. Since the former NSA used most of the money for election affair, it is natural that majority of people involve are PDP members

5. maybe in the next two years when the anti corruption war go to state level, some APC members will be prosecuted.

6. We should also recognized that the govt has limited resources and personnel to fight the anti corruption war. so the need to select those that will give the highest impact per resources utilized.

7. It will be very naïve, unwise and stupid for Buhari to focus on corrupt practice of APC members right now. His govt is too young for that. he cannot fight everybody at once even if he wishes to . His govt will crumble if he try that right now. He need to run the govt with Nigerians not aliens. Almost every Nigerian that have held political office has skeleton in their cupboard. thus many APC members have corrupt past. But however this is not the best time for him to open APC members files. Doing that right now will be stupidity and naïve and will be bad for the country. Ability to select the best fight to fight at a time is wisdom and leadership.



8. It may appear unfair to PDP members. but to the Nigeria masses I believe it is fair. PDP were not fair to the masses when they were stealing our treasury dry. I strongly believe all the persons who stole are common wealthy should be brought to book. Whether they are APC or PDP. However, since we cant do all in one day, we must start from somewhere and from those that will give the highest return and impact.

9.The fact that the anti corruption war is currently ignoring APC members does not mean the war is not sincere. It is only a pragmatic approach to a complex problem. When you have a lot of complex problem to solve, you ranked it and choose where to start from. That is currently what is going on.

10. The truth is that all the people who are shouting witch-hunting, "selective", "vendetta" want the anti corruption war to fail. If I have access to Buhari, I will tell him to completely ignore them. Those people want him to fight on all front so that he will lose and then come back to mock him.

11. I know some people will come and say it is hippocracy to currently ignore people like Tinubu etc in the anti-corruption war. But I choose to disagree with them. it is not hippocracy but pragmatism. Even if Buhari have an intention to open Tinubu files, this is not the best time to do it. That can wait for much later. A leader must focus on National interest. it will not be in the interest of Nigeria for tinubu files to be opened at this time should he have corrupt cases. Timing is a major component of decision making and leadership. if you do the right thing at wrong time, it is as good as a wrong thing.

12.I also know some people will argue about Atiku, Obasanjo etc and say why are they not being tried also. Just as I explain earlier, it is much easier to trace fund, files and documents of corrupt practice done in the last 4years than those done in the last 8 or 16years. So it is only practical to concentrate on the last 4 years at the moment. To me, this is wisdom.

13 We need to understand the post is not saying that APC members and older leaders (atiku, OBJ etc) corrupt practice should be ignored. The post is only talking about now. Which is at this current time (t), it is very wise to focus on immediate past PDP govt because it will benefit Nigeria as country more than doing otherwise right now. In the future, the anti corruption drive can spread to others. But now is not the time .

14. The fact that it may not be wise to look at past corrupt act of top APC members right now does not mean Buhari should tolerate massive corruption from his cabinet or ministers. Buhari must ensure any looting under his govt is not tolerated. Should any member of his cabinent be found wanting of corruption under his current govt, the person should be punished with no mercy.

15. I agree this is not the ideal case since everybody are equal before the law in ideal situation. but it is still better than GEJ mindset, who believe that since he cannot jail all corrupt people, everybody should go free. In his mind he was being fair. The truth is that, that was one of the greatest Injustice Jonathan did to Nigerian masses. That empowered every political leader to steal without any fear of consequence.

16. As we hope for the best, we should appreciate what is better than the past. The more we the masses support Buhari anti corruption war, the bolder he will be in fighting it. The bolder he become the less selective he will become and the more APC members will be prosecuted.

This one sha...smh

Ehe ehn, infact d expenses of all dis only can run a country down wen Jst a senate president n speaker of d house r moving wit 10 cars each aaaaaah n dey can't seat inside 2 at 1ce oooooh. It is well

BALLOSKI:
We are getting there!

Where?

I trust for dat, things will defininately alters for better

How will that bring up the value of our Naira? Next abeg. If you like you can ride on a camel, just fix our economy if you have what it takes.

francizy:



And I assume you have all the sense in the world but lack the physical looks needed to project you into the wild eh? Better take your useless grievances and frustrations to your god in Aso Rock or better still, tie a rope on your ceiling fan and use it.


Mynd44 take note, this moniker only exists to insult people that don't align with APC. She has been childishly breaking rule 2 that you've been banning people for.

well I c me calling u a fool is now an insult,whereas you calling Mr president a dullard is no insult.u better concentrate on how to survive and stop play the hating game. he need out support pls. don't frustrate him.we have to be one if we want this nation to overcome the mess we are in

tuale4u:
[size=14pt]Why EFCC "Selective" witchhunt On PDP Members Best for Nigeria right now.
[/size]

I have read and heard from many people and PDP sympathizers that the current Buhari anti corruption drive is selective and Bias.

I totally agree it is selective. but I don't agree that it is bias. And there is nothing wrong in it being selective as long as the reason is the best for the country for now. Because I strongly believe it is the best thing and the best way to fight corruption in Nigeria for now. My reasons are as follows:

1. The anti corruption fight is currently concentrated on corruption at the federal level. Buhari anti corruption war is currently not active on state level and former governors. Since federal government was fully controlled by PDP in the last 16years, most corruption at federal level is PDP affair.

2. Buhari greatest interest is to recover fund. The best thing to do in this regard is to concentrate on areas where he can recover the highest amount of stolen fund. And that is federal government and are mostly PDP members.

3. It is almost impossible to prosecute all corrupt cases in Nigeria. So the need to give priority to those with the highest amount and easiest to prosecute. Thus corrupt cases with highest return are within the PDP

4. currently the NSA is the main focus of the anti corruption war at the moment. The reason being because of the amount of money involve and because Buhari govt believe they can recover some billions from the former NSA. Since the former NSA used most of the money for election affair, it is natural that majority of people involve are PDP members

5. maybe in the next two years when the anti corruption war go to state level, some APC members will be prosecuted.

6. We should also recognized that the govt has limited resources and personnel to fight the anti corruption war. so the need to select those that will give the highest impact per resources utilized.

7. It will be very naïve, unwise and stupid for Buhari to focus on corrupt practice of APC members right now. His govt is too young for that. he cannot fight everybody at once even if he wishes to . His govt will crumble if he try that right now. He need to run the govt with Nigerians not aliens. Almost every Nigerian that have held political office has skeleton in their cupboard. thus many APC members have corrupt past. But however this is not the best time for him to open APC members files. Doing that right now will be stupidity and naïve and will be bad for the country. Ability to select the best fight to fight at a time is wisdom and leadership.

8. It may appear unfair to PDP members. but to the Nigeria masses I believe it is fair. PDP were not fair to the masses when they were stealing our treasury dry. I strongly believe all the persons who stole are common wealth should be brought to book. Whether they are APC or PDP. However, since we cant do all in one day, we must start from somewhere and from those that will give the highest return and impact.

9.The fact that the anti corruption war is currently ignoring APC members does not mean the war is not sincere. It is only a pragmatic approach to a complex problem. When you have a lot of complex problem to solve, you ranked it and choose where to start from. That is currently what is going on.

10. The truth is that all the people who are shouting witch-hunting, "selective", "vendetta" want the anti corruption war to fail. If I have access to Buhari, I will tell him to completely ignore them. Those people want him to fight on all front so that he will lose and then come back to mock him.

11. I know some people will come and say it is hippocracy to currently ignore people like Tinubu etc in the anti-corruption war. But I choose to disagree with them. it is not hippocracy but pragmatism. Even if Buhari have an intention to open Tinubu files, this is not the best time to do it. That can wait for much later. A leader must focus on National interest. it will not be in the interest of Nigeria for tinubu files to be opened at this time should he have corrupt cases. Timing is a major component of decision making and leadership. if you do the right thing at wrong time, it is as good as a wrong thing. GEJ had the opportunity to jail Tinubu since PDP supporters keep making reference to him as corrupt man, yet GEJ could not. Tinubu was tried for corruption by code of conduct Bureau under GEJ govt. Tinubu won the case. Now you PDP supporters now think it is Buhari who Tinubu used his so called "corrupt money according to PDP supporters" to sponsor should now be the one to jail him!!! That is the worst form of hippocracy I have ever heard of.

12.I also know some people will argue about Atiku, Obasanjo etc and say why are they not being tried also. Just as I explain earlier, it is much easier to trace fund, files and documents of corrupt practice done in the last 4years than those done in the last 8 or 16years. So it is only practical to concentrate on the last 4 years at the moment. To me, this is wisdom.

13 We need to understand the post is not saying that APC members and older leaders (atiku, OBJ etc) corrupt practice should be ignored. The post is only talking about now. Which is at this current time (t), it is very wise to focus on immediate past PDP govt because it will benefit Nigeria as country more than doing otherwise right now. In the future, the anti corruption drive can spread to others. But now is not the time .

14. The fact that it may not be wise to look at past corrupt act of top APC members right now does not mean Buhari should tolerate massive corruption from his cabinet or ministers. Buhari must ensure any looting under his govt is not tolerated. Should any member of his cabinent be found wanting of corruption under his current govt, the person should be punished with no mercy.

15. I agree this is not the ideal case since everybody are equal before the law in ideal situation. but it is still better than GEJ mindset, who believe that since he cannot jail all corrupt people, everybody should go free. In his mind he was being fair. The truth is that, that was one of the greatest Injustice Jonathan did to Nigerian masses. That empowered every political leader to steal without any fear of consequence.
GEJ mindset was corruption did not start with me and so it is not me that will fight it.

16. As we hope for the best, we should appreciate what is better than the past. The more we the masses support Buhari anti corruption war, the bolder he will be in fighting it. The bolder he become the less selective he will become and the more APC members will be prosecuted.

I fully agree with your definition and application of pragmatism. APC was never near the national purse, certainly not in the immediate past five years, and that was when the most mindless and irresponsible looting ever in the history of this country, took place.

The hanging fruits from the pockets of those who obviously just stole us dry, should be plucked and put to good use in the Nation's interest. That, clearly, is what Buhari has embarked on presently. I just happen to think he will largely succeed.

The current law on the administration of criminal justice, calls for daily, continuous, uninterrupted (even by the Supreme Court) trial of criminal cases. What happened at the Supreme Court that led to the current hold in the continuation of trial with respect to the Saraki ICT case, is an aberration, and The Supreme Court Justices appear to have realized that. I believe it will be corrected, never for such illegal delays to happen again.

Consequently, look for upcoming corruption/criminal cases to be concluded much faster than has traditionally been the case in Nigeria. Fast, as in, between 6 and 18 months for each case to clear fully through the legal system, including the Supreme Court. Contrast this with the situation hitherto whereby each such case would take anything/anywhere/anytime from 5/10 years to infinity!

That's my considered take, given the current atmosphere, especially the political angle. And I pray to The Almighty it comes to pass.

Mr. President, please keep moving in your current direction.

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olassy239:
well I c me calling u a fool is now an insult,whereas you calling Mr president a dullard is no insult.u better concentrate on how to survive and stop play the hating game. he need out support pls. don't frustrate him.we have to be one if we want this nation to overcome the mess we are in

So the president is now your father that when I call a dullard a dullard you flare up? By the way, it's no surprise you don't understand simple written English as you claim here that I called Buhari a dullard when there was no where in my post I typed dullard.

By the way, where were you when APC, including Buhari and your fellow e-touts lambasted the president in the past administration? Better learn to take any insult dished out to Buhari because you'll definitely get tired of fighting foolishly for him.

Also, shove your useless support in your dirty behind because your god in Aso Rock never supported the past administration, to the point that he supported boko haram instead of the NA back then, uttering statements like "a fight against boko haram is injustice to the north", saying that subsidy claims were not genuine, saying that "dogs and baboons will be soaked in blood if he looses election", coming to power and even telling more lies, including hiding ills in his government just to achieve cheap political gains, etc..

francizy:



So the president is now your father that when I call a dullard a dullard you flare up? By the way, it's no surprise you don't understand simple written English as you claim here that I called Buhari a dullard when there was no where in my post I typed dullard.

By the way, where were you when APC, including Buhari and your fellow e-touts lambasted the president in the past administration? Better learn to take any insult dished out to Buhari because you'll definitely get tired of fighting foolishly for him.

Also, shove your useless support in your dirty behind because your god in Aso Rock never supported the past administration, to the point that he supported boko haram instead of the NA back then, uttering statements like "a fight against boko haram is injustice to the north", saying that subsidy claims were not genuine, saying that "dogs and baboons will be soaked in blood if he looses election", coming to power and even telling more lies, including hiding ills in his government just to achieve cheap political gains, etc..

now I c haterd and jealousy in your word

anonimi:


Please can you tell us what will be a reliable source for you vis-a-vis what you have been reading on this Buhari administration?
Thanks.

CNN, Channels TV, punch newspapper etc..... well known media houses and not all this backyard media houses u work for

The Senate President and Speaker's convoy shouldn't comprise more than 2 cars each.

Atmmachine:
He cuts down the number of cars in his motorcade.
The cost of the said vehicles is estimated to be around $70,000.
He still tours all the country in the world, Per tour is around $60, 000 and he visits more than 3 countries in a month. $60,000 x 3 is around $2 million.

I love this president.
This is the type of president every nation wants.
I hope he rules Nigeria for 40 years.

what is the name of your math teacher. he needs flogging. 60 times 3 equals 2 million for una village ba

dre11:





I hope the blind can see @emboldened

if the president maintained the same number of convoy his predecessor had..... some people will complain

if he had increased it...... they will skin him alive with their abusive words...


now that he has reduced it..... see some of them wailing all over..



anyway..... the president isn't here to please anyone but working to reverse all the wrong that the last government have done and give a template for development and industrial revolution for this country.
Nigeria will surely move forward

seriously, I blame ppl like you. why do you keep dignifying imbeciles with answers. better ignore them. they have made up their minds.they think it's premiership where you support team win or lose. stop encouraging and legitimising their wailing