₦airaland Forum

Dino buying award anywhere.

Resurgentxtian:
Are you Yoruba? If u aint, you wont understand what i am talking about.

I am, so explain what you meant

IS like Uncle Jonathan done finally score goal

Resurgentxtian:
I saw the requests made by Muric {Muslim Rights Concern} if restructuring of Nigeria is to happen. First off, i have been vindicated for all the alarm that i have raised on the plans on our muslim population in Yorubaland. I am not angry with them because i have always known that they want sharia in Yoruba land and i am glad that they are now coming out of their shell. That being said, i put the blame squarely on the doorstep of millions of indolent christians in yorubaland who have been too trusting of our muslim population. I would come back to the issue of we christians in yorubaland shortly.

Now, i want to plead with the SS/SE not to ever backdown on the request for restructuring, this is not the time to soft pedal but time to revv up the throttle. The Muric has brought out these requests in an attempt to scare the better south to abandon the restructuring campaign/agitations., The millions of Christians in the better south must not pity or look back at the suffering about to hit millions of Christians in Yorubaland as they deserve whatever comes out of the plans of Muslims in the North/SW. I am a Yoruba Christian and i have been lampooned on nairaland because i attempted to awaken my christian brethen. I have been called an igbo who is impersonating as a yoruba to sow seeds of dicsord in "peaceful and harmonious" Yorubaland even when the majority of my brothers know that there are visible cracks in Yorubaland being papered over by the media whitewash of tolerance and love in Yorubaland. I am not surprised since majority of us can deny bonafide and notable Yoruba sons like FFK and Fayose in preference for the Fulani folks up north. It only goes to show where the interests of majority of our muslim folks lie. That being said, i urge our southern neighbours {Igbos and S/S ethnic groups} to come together and present a common and cohesive front in order to possesss what is theirs and ensure that we docile christians face the foreceful islamisation coming our way.

In conclusion, i still cant shrug off the inclination to lay/sprinkle some blame at the doorstep of the RCCG being a church with large followership for Yorubas. The leadership of the church needs to rise up and do what it can to salvage what is left of the secularity of Yorubaland. The church has produced the V.P and we have all seen the futility of that. The V.P is powerless in the grand scheme of things and he is a smoke screen to be used to deceive millions of Christians that their interests are preotected in Nigeria. I keep saying it that i would vote and stand by "supposed erratic" characters like Fayose and FFK anytime, anyday to protect the rights of Christians in Yorubaland. The rest of politically correct yorubas can say what they like but the truth remains unshaken. The Kingdom of God suffereth violence and violence taketh by force.

I urge the igbos not to back down on the calls for restructuring as they dont deserve to be islamised.

You Yorubas online can continue to call me igbo but your conscience would continue taunting you of the truth of my assertions.

The discerning ones on politics section would know who i am

Shalom.

Cc: Coloneldrake
IJOBA 2

What concern Christians with Sharia Law? Were Christians in Kano,Kaduna, Sokoto and others have ever been taken to Sharia court before?

greatnaija01:
THEY MAY NEVER KNOW HOW MANY MILLIONS OF LIVES THEY HAVE CHANGED THROUGH THEIR MOVIES.... Agbara Nla, Great Mistake, Lost Forever, etc

Blood on the Alter, The forgotten ones... I learn a lot from these two movies

Reptyle:
This headline does not quite capture what the GMD said in his comprehensive response to the allegations raised in the Minister's memo.

All these half baked news blogs that peddle fake news should be sanctioned.

BREAKING: NNPC Scandal: Group Managing Director, Baru, breaks silence

Following the publication of alleged lack of adherence to due process in the award of NNPC contracts, the President ordered the Group Managing Director (GMD) and Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to consider and respond expeditiously to the allegations.

The substance of the allegations made by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, in a letter to the President dated 30th of August 2017, is that a number of “major contracts were never reviewed or discussed with me (sic) the NNPC Board.”

It is important to note from the outset that the law and the rules do not require a review or discussion with the Minister of State or the NNPC Board on contractual matters. What is required is the processing and approval of contracts by the NNPC Tenders Board, the President in his executive capacity or as Minister of Petroleum, or the Federal Executive Council (FEC), as the case may be. There are therefore situations where all that is required is the approval of the NNPC Tenders Board while, in other cases, based on the threshold, the award must be submitted for presidential approval. Likewise, in some instances it is FEC approval that is required.

It should be noted that for both the Crude Term Contract and the Direct Sale and Direct Purchase (DSDP) agreements, there are no specific values attached to each transaction to warrant the values of $10billion and $5billion respectively placed on them in the claim of Dr. Kachikwu. It is therefore inappropriate to attach arbitrary values to the shortlists with the aim of classifying the transactions as contracts above NNPC Tenders Board limit. They are merely the shortlisting of prospective off-takers of crude oil and suppliers of petroleum products under agreed terms. These transactions were not required to be presented as contracts to the Board of NNPC and, of course, the monetary value of any crude oil eventually lifted by any of the companies goes straight into the federation account and not to the company.

Furthermore, contrary to the assertion of Dr. Kachikwu that he was never involved in the 2017/2018 contracting process for the Crude Oil Term Contracts, Dr. Kachikwu was in fact expressly consulted by the GMD and his recommendations were taken into account in following through the laid down procedure. Thus, for him to turn around and claim that “…these major contracts were never reviewed or discussed with me…” is most unfortunate to say the least.

THE NNPC CONTRACTING PROCESS

The contracting process in NNPC is governed by the following:

i. Provisions of the NNPC Act
ii. The Public Procurement Act, 2007 (PPA)
iii. Procurement method and thresholds of application and the composition of Tenders Board as provided by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Circular reference no. SGF/OP/1/S.3/VIII/57, dated 11th March, 2009.
iv. NNPC Delegation of Authority Guide
v. Supply Chain Management Policy & Procedure documents
vi. NNPC Ethics Guide
Approving Authority for Contracts

The SGF Circular (iii above) on procurement threshold provided the following authority limits for NNPC transactions as well as the composition of the NNPC Tenders Board:

Table 1: Financial Authority Threshold (SGF Circular (iii) above)

Approving Authority/No Objection to Award

Special Works (NNPC)

BPP issues “No objection to award”/FEC approves

N2.70 billion (USD 20M) and above

NNPC Tenders Board

Up to N2.7 billion (USD20M)



Table 2: Composition of Tenders Board (SGF Circular (iii) above)

Ministry

Chairman

Permanent Secretary

Members

Heads of Departments

Parastatals

Chairman

Chief Executive

Members

Heads of Departments



NNPC had cause to clarify severally from Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) as to the composition of NNPC Tenders Board and the role of NNPC Board appointed by Government. The following clarifications were made.

a. The BPP expressly clarified that NNPC Tenders Board (NTB) is NOT the same as NNPC Board. The governing board (NNPC Board) is responsible for approval of work programmes, corporate plans and budgets, while the NTB is responsible for approval of day-to-day procurement implementation.

b. BPP referred to the SGF circular for the composition of the NTB to compose of the Accounting Officer (GMD NNPC) as the Chairman, with Heads of Department (GEDs) as members with the Head of procurement (GGM SCM) serving as the Secretary of the NNPC Tenders Board.

The above clarifications of the provisions of the procurement process show that approvals reside within the NTB and where thresholds are exceeded, the NNPC refers to FEC for approval. Therefore, the NNPC Board has no role in contracts approval process as advised by BPP.

As can be seen, all these clarifications were sought and obtained prior to August, 2015 and were implemented by Dr. Kachikwu as the GMD of NNPC. Dr. Kachikwu also constituted the first NNPC Tenders Board on 8th September, 2015 and continued to chair it until his exit in June, 2016.

Typical NNPC Contracting Process

1. Approval of project proposal and contracting strategy by NTB.

2. Placement of adverts for expression of interest in electronic and print media.

3. Soliciting for tender (Technical and Commercial)

4. Tender evaluation

5. Tender approval by NTB for contracts within its threshold; otherwise

6. Obtain BPP certificate of no objection before presentation to FEC.

7. Present to FEC for approval.

All Contracts in NNPC follow the above procedure.

SPECIFIC CONTRACTS MENTIONED IN THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PETROLEUM RESOURCES’ (HMSPR) LETTER TO MR. PRESIDENT

1. Crude Oil Term Contract (COTC)- valued at over $10bn

It is important to state that the COTC is not a contract for procurement of goods, works or services; rather it is simply a list of approved off-takers of Nigerian crude oil of all grades. This list does not carry any value, but simply state the terms and conditions for the lifting. It is therefore inappropriate to attach a value to it with the aim of classifying it as contract above Management limit.

In arriving at the off-takers list for 2017/2018 COTC, the following steps were followed:

a. Adverts were placed in National and International print media on Monday, 17th October, 2016.

b. The bids were publicly opened in the presence of all stakeholders (NIETI, DPR, BPP, Civil Society Organisations, NNPC SCM Division and the press as well as live broadcasts by the NTA and other TV stations).
c. Detailed evaluation was carried out and the short list of the successful off-takers was presented to the approving authority (Mr. President) for consideration and approval.
d. Thereafter, NNPC published the list of the successful off-takers in newspapers and NNPC’s official website.
This has been the standard procedure and it is the same process adopted during the 2016/2017 COTC when the HMSPR was the GMD.

In conclusion, due process has been fully followed in the shortlisting of the off-takers of the Nigerian crude oil for the current term 2017/2018.

2. The Direct Sale Direct Purchase (DSDP) Contract- valued at over $5bn

Like the COTC, the DSDP is not a contract for any procurement of goods, works or services, rather it is simply a list of off-takers of crude oil and suppliers of petroleum products of equivalent value.

This list does not carry any value, but simply state the terms and conditions for the lifting and supply of petroleum products. It is therefore mischievous to classify it as contract and attach a value to it that is above Management’s limit.

In arriving at the off-takers list for 2017/2018 DSDP, the following steps were followed:

a. Work plans and execution strategy for the DSDP was granted by the approving authority (Mr. President).

b. Adverts were placed in National and International print media and NNPC website on Thursday, 22nd December, 2016.

c. The bids were publicly opened in the presence of all stakeholders (NIETI, DPR, BPP, Civil Society Organisations, NNPC’s SCM Division and the press as well as live broadcast by the NTA and some TV stations).
d. Detailed evaluation was carried out and the short list of the successful off-takers was presented to the approving authority (Mr. President) for consideration and approval.
This has been the standard procedure and it is the same process adopted during the 2016/2017 DSDP when the HMSPR was the GMD.

In conclusion, it has been confirmed that due process has been followed in arriving at the shortlist of the DSDP partners for the 2017/2018 cycle.

3. The Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline Contract

The AKK Gas pipeline project is a contractor financed contract. The process adopted for this contract is as follows:

1. Approval of project proposal and contracting strategy was given by NTB.

2. Placement of adverts for expression of interest in some National and International print media and NNPC’s website.

3. Expression of interest for pre-qualification received and evaluated.

4. Technical and Commercial tenders issued and evaluated

5. NTB considered and endorsed tender evaluation result for FEC approval since this contract is above NTB’s threshold subject to obtaining the following certificates of no objections:

a. BPP certificate of no objection (obtained).
b. Certificate of no objection from Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC) (obtained).
c. Certificate of no objection from Nigerian Content Monitoring & Development Board (NCMDB) (being awaited)
BPP and ICRC certificates have been obtained, while that of NCDMB is being awaited after which the contract will be presented to FEC for consideration and approval.

Thus, due process is being followed in the processing of this contract.

4. Various Financing Arrangements Considered with IOCs;

The financing arrangements reported as contracts are part of the process of exiting Cash Call approved by the FEC. It entails negotiations with JV Partners on alternative funding of some selected projects through third party financing to bridge the funding gap associated with Federal Government’s inability to meet its cash call contributions.

The third party financing option emanates from the appropriation act provisions that allow sourcing of financing outside regular cash call contributions. Upon approval of the calendar year’s operating budget, the NNPC in conjunction with its JV partners commence the necessary process for accessing financing to bridge the funding gap.
Section 8 sub-sections (1) and (4) of the NNPC Act CAP N123 requires that all NNPC borrowings must be approved by Mr. President. Specifically, it provides that:

(1) Subject to the other provisions of this section, the Corporation may, from time to time, borrow by overdraft or otherwise howsoever such sums as it may require in the exercise of its functions under this Act.
(4) Where any sum required aforesaid –
a) Is to be in currency other than Naira; and
b) Is to be borrowed by the Corporation otherwise than temporarily,
c) The Corporation shall not borrow the sum without the prior approval of the President.
Due Process:

1. NAPIMS and JV partner identify bankable projects that require financing and sends to NNPC Corporate Finance to assist in procuring financing.
2. Constitution of Joint Financing Team (JFT) between NNPC and the JV Partner.
3. JFT NNPC invites Request For Proposals (RFPs) from Financial Institutions.
4. Submitted RFPs are evaluated and beauty parade conducted to determine most cost-efficient proposal.
5. Negotiated Financing Strategy, Term-sheets, Structures and pricing are presented for NNPC Management’s (NTB) approvals.
6. NNPC presents the renegotiated terms for approval of Mr. President.
7. NNPC executes the resultant Agreement.

Financings taken under this Administration: Approx. $3bn are as follows:
All established due process as enumerated above has been observed leading to the securing of financing for the following projects in 2016/2017:

· SN
· PROJECT
· Amount (US$mn)
APPROVALS
· LOAN EXECUTED BY
NTB
PRESIDENTIAL
· 1.
· NNPC/CNL JV Project Cheetah
1,200.00
· 16/04/15
· 01/09/15
· Dr. E. I. Kachikwu
· 2.
· NNPC/CNL JV Project Falcon
780.00
· 26/04/17
· 31/07/17
· Dr. M. K. Baru
· 3.
· NNPC/SPDC JV Project Santolina
1,000.00
· 26/04/17
· 10/07/17
· Dr. M. K. Baru
·
TOTAL
2,980.00
·
·
·
These are not procurement projects as described by the PPA, 2007. However, all established due processes as enumerated above were followed.

The NPDC Integrity Upgrade and Development Projects

All the NPDC procurement contracts were subjected to the approved procurement procedures as described in respect of the AKK Gas Pipeline project above. There were no breaches of any extant procurement processes. For the benefit of doubt, it is confirmed that there is no single NPDC contract that has been approved by the relevant Tenders Board beyond its limit of financial authority and there is no single contract that is in the $3Bn to $4Bn range claimed in the write-up.

Conclusions

From the foregoing, the allegations were baseless and due process has been followed in the various activities.

Furthermore, it is established that apart from the AKK project and NPDC production service contracts, all the other transactions mentioned were not procurement contracts. The NPDC production service contracts have undergone due process, while the AKK contract that requires FEC approval has not reached the stage of contract award.



Ndu Ughamadu

Group General Manager

Group Public Affairs Division,

NNPC, Abuja.

October 9, 2017.

Just want to be in the news

To deceive Ipobs Terrorist is the most easiest thing to do now

How does this place resemble Kanu previous house?

I suggest these pastors sell their private jets and establish their own bank, then borrow FG money

CAN insists it will not accept Sukuk bond- It claimed its proceed was being sent to Saudi Arabia

- It promised to go to court if need be

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has insisted that it will not accept the Sukuk bond describing it as a form of islamisiation of the country.

In an interview with The Punch, the general secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. Musa Asake, said CAN would go to court if need be claiming that it would not accept it.

He said: “Section 10 says no government, state or federal, should favour one religion. But if you observe the things that are happening in this country, they are happening in favour of a particular religion. The Sukuk loan is a Sharia-bond loan. Sharia is Islamic. That is why we sought to get the attention of the governmen

On the issue that the federal government has acquired N100 billion Sukuk bond, Asake said: “They should reverse it. We, as Christians, will keep speaking. We will do the right thing.”

“All those things that they said would benefit us, have they benefited us? All the money that has been collected in billions, where are they? Who is having those monies? Or is it just paper report? If we are really serious, the management of our economy should take us to a higher ground so that we would be able to survive. I don’t have complete trust in our government when they keep telling us that this thing is going to help us, but instead of helping, we are back to square one; even worse than where we were. That’s my concern, and I would rather we follow our constitution and do the right thing.

“Like I said earlier; when it comes to money in Nigeria, I’m concerned. Look at the road that has been taking lives between Abuja and Lokoja; and lots of other roads that are killing people all over the place. So many governments have told us they are going to fix it. But has it been fixed? Or is there magic in Sukuk loans that is going to do it now? I don’t think so. I think the Sukuk loans will follow the same path and end up in people’s pockets.


All I’m saying is that Sukuk is a Sharia loan, meaning Muslim loan, and that is why we are talking to the government and not to any individual. We do not have any issue with any Muslim; we are talking to our government that is representing Christians, Muslims, atheists, traditional rulers, and basically all Nigerians. That is why we are getting their attention; not to engage ourselves with any particular group.

“From the little I know about Sukuk bonds, anything that money is used for, is shared with Saudi Arabia. It’s an Islamic thing and I believe that if this money was from a Christian perspective, the Muslims would not agree. So, all we’re saying is that the government is supposed to be for all Nigerians. Don’t fight one religion. We have written and we are going to take steps.”

Meanwhile, the federal government released the proceeds of the N100bn sukuk bond for the financing of 25 road projects being handled by the federal ministry of power, works and housing across the country.

NAIJ.com gathered that the minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun, handed over the N100bn proceeds cheque to the minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, in Abuja on Thursday, October 5.

https://www.naij.com/1129272-we-accept-sukuk-bond-islamic-loan-can.html

Nnamdi Kanu is hiding somewhere safe, while he gives is Ipob members orders to go and face bullets he is hiding from?

someone need to develop new antivirus for these ipob brains

Begging From UK, to Us, to France, to Russia, to Is real, to Germany, and now Canada.

guess the next country pls

Diiet:
This osinbajo is a very good leader.

Why?

Seeker17:
Just one and and u said 'everywhere in calabar'.

Some bloggers sef

How do we verify that is Calabar self?

The Nigerian National Corporation (NNPC) has denied having secret accounts

- The coporation said reports linking the NNPc to some secret accounts is misleading

- The NNPC said a consultant was appointed by the federal government to audit and investigate hidden remittance on the Treasury Single Account (TSA)

The Nigerian National Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday, October 5, said it does not operate any hidden accounts as widely reported in the media.

The management of NNPC said the allegation that the corporation operated various hidden accounts is misleading.

The group general manager, group public affairs division of the corporation, Ndu Ughamadu, in a statement said the NNPC had taken steps to inform the Presidency, the office of the accountant general of the federation and the Central Bank of Nigeria of the existence of the said account.

Ughamadu said the information was made available before the creation of the federal government asset recovery account.

He said it would also be impossible to move funds from the account as claimed.

Ughamadu said a consultant was appointed by the federal government to audit and investigate hidden remittance on the said account.

He also added that the consultant was further instructed to withdraw the case against some commercial entities at the Federal High Court in Lagos.

Ughamadu said contrary tp reports that NNPC collided with some back to prevent the remittance of funds into the Treasury Single Accounts (TSA), the CBN in line with the president's directive is supervising all funds remittance by the corporation.


He said NNPC is an entity saddled with the responsibility to the government and its peoples and as such committed to transparency and an unwavering accountability.

NAIJ.com earlier reported that the minister of state for petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, had written a protest letter to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Kachikwu in his letter raised various issues of insubordination he received from the group managing director of the NNPC, Maikanti Baru.

He also said the actions of Baru could derail the recorded strides in Nigeria's petroleum industry.

https://www.naij.com/1129146-we-hidden-accounts-nnpc-opens-up.html

funshint:
hi
DG NNPC!! DG Health!!! is dis one in Zimbabwe??! [center] hi
DG NNPC!! DG Health!!! is dis one in Zimbabwe??! [/center] hi
DG NNPC!! DG Health!!! is dis one in Zimbabwe??!

You need to update yourself

That policeman in the third picture though....

jonyima:
this is a govt that lack integrity and all out to harm people.

Can you imagine the level of desperation?. I hope Buhari will sack the EFCC officials that did this.

You are not sensible for you believing that rubbish

I just look for what python will chop for these hungry looking boys body, I no see

I just don't know how We youth reason.

Ibe Kachukwu reported the DG to the president/Minister of Petrolium, which is normal
President first met with the Minister to have more clarification, Another good move...


Now some people want the DG to be sack or suspended without hearing from him

Mind you, the report is that the DG awarded some huge contracts without notifying the Minister, and not that the money was missing, but the picture everyone is painting here is that Billions of dollars are missing.

The DG act is insubordination which requires serious punishment, the same act the DG of Health did that made the Health Minister suspend him.
Therefore if the NNPC DG is found guilty he should face the same punishment.

elipheleh:
It seems south eastern thrive in recession and difficulties. Cos they only spring up ideas in times of chaos. I've been following history. My theory might be wrong though.

Cross River is South South NOT South East

You still want to Grap them land?

Our Pastors were busy buying private jets, building mansions with exotic cars and building schools ordinary Christians can not afford.

And they are still crying of islamization of the country.

Governor Fayose is under Fire from his political arty, PDP

- Party spokesperson, Dayo adeyeye, accused the governor of disrupting local government election plan

- Adeyeye also accused Fayose of imposing age restriction for councillorship candidates

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has come under attack from the national secretary of his party, Dayo Adeyeye, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the local government primary elections in his state.

Adeyeye accused Fayose of attempting to derail the LG election in his state by introducing rules and restrictions that do not exist in the Nigerian constitution, Daily Post reports.

He said: “In the first instance, Governor Fayose created his own constitution by fixing the maximum age for chairmanship candidates at 50 years while maximum age for councillorship candidate at 30 years against the provisions of Nigerian Constitution.


“There is nowhere in the constitution that stipulates maximum age for any elective position.

“The primaries to elect the candidates for councillorship and chairmanship of various local governments commenced at the Government House instead of the various wards and local governments respectively.

“The Governor is the electoral officer for the exercise. “Thousands of our party people were subjected to untold hardships by sleeping on grasses, inside buses and car and concrete platform. The governor adopted Option A4 method that attracted a lot of people without any arrangement for accommodation of the delegates.

“Surprisingly, today, the party issued a statement that the governor had disqualified all chairmanship aspirants from Ado local government. Also, some LG chairmanship aspirants from Ido Osi, Moba and Ikole were included in the illegal disqualifications for unruly behaviours, thereby calling for fresh nomination before Friday for other interested aspirants.

“We believe that only a court of law can disqualify candidates for election not by executive fiat by the governor.”


Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that the 2019 presidential ambition of Governor Ayodele Fayose has hit the rocks even before it began as the PDP, under which he hopes to achieve this feat, has asked him not to waste his time.

The party informed him the slot for the presidency had been zoned to the northern part of Nigeria adding that all its members were aware of this.

The national publicity secretary of the PDP, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, who expressed shock at Fayose’s, urged the governor to respect the decisions taken by the party on zoning.

https://www.naij.com/1128788-pdp-kicks-fayose-lg-primaries-ekiti.html

You just gave us the company names without the owners
oya indicate which one belongs to:
Buhari
Abba kyari
Babachair
Daura

Mumu jobless people. Oya go and arrest him na

Magi can not be intimidated anymore, He is not interested in efcc chairmanship, He is contended in acting capacity

Is House of rep now the Court of Law?
Have they arrested Custom boss Hameed Ali as promised?
Jobless people

Wetin concerns Senator with whi IG is sleeping with? Is that what should be their discussion in the Senate?

What have they done to their own member caught in the act?

The rate people derive interest in farming this year shows that we are going to have surplus of food soon. Thanks to enough rain this year as well. I learn that most people that went on pilgrimage this year are farmers