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LOL.

A law that has been in place since when? Some peeps make me laugh, so ignorant and yet make the loudest noise.

LOL. We now know who the mumu is or are.

its so quiet in here. Its like the revolution has started?

Lol.

Dede1:
This is another apparent example that Nigeria is not fit to practice democracy at any level.[size=14pt] If president should use tinted glass vehicles in Nigeria, everybody is qualified to use them.[/size] The announcement by the minister on the use of tinted glass vehicles is despicable act of creating social class distinction within Nigerian society.

It is shame to the so-called government of the people, by the people and for the people. This present government under GEJ is oligarchy rather than democracy. If I am one of the services chiefs, I should start contemplating the means to throw these fools out of office.

So you want to be equal to the President? LOL.

Very laughable vituperation. Is that how it is done else where?

Simply means they have sold the buses and they have problem giving you the money, if not, why will they be afraid for anyone to go see them?

This directive calls for a revolution. Lets hit the street.

Anyone joining us in hitting the street to protest against this directive?

answer the question:

Is Motor Vehicles Prohibition of Tainted Glass Act Cap M21 a new law?

Answer.

campella:
This is what i call misplaced priority  - of all the important issues in country.  na wa  ooo  -

Jos Killings  - outstanding

Nationwide bombings  - outstanding

Electricity issues  - Outstanding

Electoral issues  - Outstanding

Bad federal roads - outstanding


My brother, real misplaced priority.
Another way of making the poor citizens pay out of their nose.
Check point back in full force, yet arm robbers every where.

Abeg, i am beginning to see GEJ as a man without focus  

Come on - chei. I dont care about GEJ, but sometimes, I wonder. What has he done wrong here? LOL.

Is this law new? Was it just passed by the Senate or House of Rep? This is an act that had been in place since when?

Do you know of this? Motor Vehicles Prohibition of Tainted Glass Act Cap M21?

Na wa o. How can the tongue of man be bridled? By using their brains first I think.

Just talk talk talk. I wonder even if Jesus Christ comes to rule Nigeria, every of his move will be a problem.

If you dont have a car with a tinted glass. Why are you shouting already? This law has been in existence from years ago.

LOL

What has this got to do with GEJ?

I am not surprised. Most of you dont even drive a bicycle talkless of a car. But, its GEJ's fault sha.

Anyway, tinted glasses had always been in ban, in Lagos, you get stopped because of it, its only if you have a permit from the police, then you are let go.

Even if your wife no fit poo now, na GEJ cause am.

Shio - Gaffe ko, gaffe ni.

Abi na GEJ make this one? Motor Vehicles Prohibition of Tainted Glass Act Cap M21?

Another useless and meaningless story.

2.9 Billion ko, 78956986325.258 Trillion ni.

http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=39726:reps-make-defence-economy-no-go-areas-in-passed-foi-bill&catid=1:national&Itemid=559


Stipulates three-year jail term for offenders

Minister, Editors’ Guild laud lawmakers’ action

TRUE to their promise, members of the House of Representatives yesterday passed into law the controversial Freedom of Information (FoI) Bill, which had taken on the toga of the nation’s oldest legal instrument before the National Assembly.

The 34-clause bill, which was unanimously passed by the lawmakers present at the session, was immediately transmitted to the Senate for concurrence.

Its passage was preceded by the clause-by-clause consideration as prepared by the House Committee on Information and Orientation as well as the Committee on Justice.

The planned law is however not open-ended as it excluded access to defence issues, cases under investigation by security agencies, and others classified under “national economic interests.”

According to the committee, the bill seeks to provide a right of access to public information or records kept by governments or public institutions or private bodies carrying out public functions for citizens and non-citizens of the country.”

The Executive arm of government and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) praised the Lower Chamber for doing Nigerians proud by passing the bill into law. They noted that the law would promote public accountability and enhance national development.

Chairman of the Justice Committee, Henry Seriake Dickson, who presented the report for consideration by the House, said the “bill is intended to increase the availability of public records and information to citizens of the country in order to participate more effectively in the making and administration of laws and policies, and to promote accountability of public affairs.”

Other objectives of the bill include making public information more freely available; providing access to public records and information; protecting public records and information to the extent consistent with the public interest and the protection of personal privacy; and protecting serving public officers from adverse consequences for disclosing certain kind of official information without authorisation.

The planned law also established procedures for the achievement of these purposes and related ones.

It prescribed a three-year jail term for any officer of government found guilty of falsification or destruction of information.

“It shall be an offence punishable with three years imprisonment for any officer of public institution to destroy, alter, falsify or deliberately misrepresent information kept in his custody,” the bill stated.

The proposed law, however, denied users access to information on defence, international affairs, and matters under investigation by law enforcement agencies.

The bill also excluded public access to information affecting the economic interest of the country.

In Section 15, the bill states that “a public institution may deny an application for information that contains trade secrets, financial, commercial or technical information that belongs to the government and has substantial economic value or is likely to have substantial economic value.”

Also, the Bill made it mandatory for every public institution to publish certain information concerning its operation even without request by anybody.

Section (3)(3) of the bill declared that “a public institution shall cause to be published the following information:

• A description of the organisation and responsibilities of the institution including details of the programmes and functions of each division, branch and departments;

• list of all classes of records under the control of the institution in sufficient detail to facilitate the exercise of the right to information under this Act;

• a list of all manuals used by employees of the institution in administering or carrying out any of the programmes or activities of the institution;

• a description of document containing final opinions including concurring and dissenting opinions as well as orders made in the adjudication of cases;

• document containing substantive rules of the institution;, and

• document containing statements and interpretations of policies, which have been adopted by the institution.”

An elated Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) over the lawmakers’ action, praised them for rising to the occasion and acting in the collective interest of Nigeria.

In a statement yesterday, NGE President Gbenga Adefaye, said the group received the news with great joy. He noted that this was the second time within a decade, that the House would respond to “our collective hunger for openness and transparency in the administration of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“The FoI law will certainly aid accountability in our public life.

For the Guild, it is remarkable that the leadership of the House of Representatives has kept its words to the Guild, to pass this bill because it agrees that the nation (not just the media) needs it.

“The Guild will like to note also the concurrence of the leadership of the House that a Freedom of Information Law will make legislation easier as nobody in the ministries and the MDAs can withhold information that is needed for public good - whether for legislative purposes or basic information and education of the citizenry by the media.

“The Guild now calls on the Senate to borrow a leaf from the House by passing the bill early enough for presidential assent. We are delighted that the Minister of Information and Communication, Mr. Labaran Maku, had during the biennial convention of the Nigerian Guild of Editors in Lagos last month, publicly committed to lobbying for presidential assent of the bill once it is passed by the National Assembly. We expect him to honour his words, once the Senate does its patriotic duty of opening up the system for accountable government.

“While we wait to see the content of the bill as passed by the House, the Guild would like to put the media on notice that a Freedom of Information Law only helps to foster a more informed and socially responsible press,” he said.

Minister of Information and Communications, Mr. Labran Maku, has commended the House for the passage of the bill.

He told journalists yesterday in Abuja that the passage of the FOI was a plus for Nigerians and the country’s democracy.

“I congratulate the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the entire House for a job well-done. What is happening today is a plus for Nigerians and its democracy. It is my belief that with the passage of this FoI Bill, Nigeria’s democracy has been consolidated as the bill is not for the media alone but for the growth of the country,” Maku said.

He, however, called on the Senate to ensure that the passage of the bill was not delayed in its chamber.

The bill was returned to the legislature in 2007 after former President Olusegun Obasanjo refused to assent to it before he left office that year. It was in the House for almost a year without attention. The bill, described as the oldest legal document before the National Assembly has been in the legislature since 1999 when it was first introduced to the lawmakers as a non-member bill by the Media Rights Agenda (MRA).

In 2008, the House rejected it when at the third reading while in January 2009, most members of the Lower House asked the Speaker Dimeji Bankole to stand down the bill as they vowed to kill it when brought to them again for passage.

That made it the tenth time it suffered a setback in the lower chamber.

The Co-Chairman of the new Joint-Committee on the Freedom of Information Bill, Henry Dickson, had last week assured that it would be passed into law latest today.

Also yesterday, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji disclosed the Federal Government had disengaged from power generation.

At a meeting with the Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives on Gas, he said the paucity of funds to embark on construction of pipelines might affect government’s plan to boost gas supply in the country even as the National Assembly insists on completion of the project this year.

He added that it might be difficult for government to realise the projected 40, 000 megawatts by 2020 from thermal power plants because of non-allocation of funds by the legislature.

“There is no way we can shy away from infrastructure if we want to grow the economy and power is critical. I want you to look at it very well because this is key, but government alone is not going to fund it. The private sector will have to look for because the plan is for government to develop the infrastructure to deliver the gas to the power plants and then hands off power generation and distribution in 2011”, he said.

However, Director-General of the Budget Office, Mr. Bright Okogwu, told the Committee that N195 billion had been earmarked for national domestic gas development in the 2011 budget, adding that it would not be feasible for government to provide the required N725 billion in a year because of competing demands.

Meanwhile, members of the opposition in the House have decried the crisis between the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Aloysious Katsina-Alu and the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, They called on the Federal Government to immediately begin an inquiry into the scandal.

The House of Representatives also yesterday directed its Committee on Finance, Justice and National Planning to commence immediate processing of the Sovereign Wealth Fund and submit reports for appropriate legislative endorsement.

The 150-member opposition led by its leader Femi Gbajabiamila at a media conference in Abuja, argued that though the National Judicial Council (NJC) claims to have resolved the matter, the issue should not be swept under the carpet.

cogitoErgo:
Who is acusing Zainab Badawi? Have u people watched how British PM gets bashed up and down in the House of Commons every week? Can a Nigerian leader/leaders be continously called to account like that?
The prblm wt us in Nigeria is that we think that some people are gods who suld not be asked questions! The lady did well, Shekarau trid his best to answer(though I did not like nor enjoy his answers, I can never vote fo him!), he even shook the lady's hand!

Who is talking about the British PM and his house of commons?

We are talking about face to face one on one talk. LOL

engineerd:
nigeria is next, rise up my people and fight against the corrupt politicians, i am behind you my fellow nigerians, watching from afar!

from afar? nooo, come and join.

engineerd:
why don't you do squats to get a bigger butt? as per your b*o*o*b*s, i can volunteer to handle em' for you every day, my schedule is flexible and i can definitely make time to help you handle them, it will grow one size up in a month i promise. I believe in natural enhancement.

how will you have the time when you are far away in Abuja revolting?

engineerd:
please we need to start demanding a change, forget egypt and tunisia, can we organize a protest??

who dey stop u?

yes. and 657 are dead already.

[quote author=EzeUche_ link=topic=611432.msg7792586#msg7792586 date=1298557588]Well they did show images of a man who was captured with a Nigerian passport.

They are most likely from the North, because Southern Nigerians do not go to the "Arab" North. They would rather go to the West or even Asia. [/quote]yeee - see lie.

God bless you.

I told them it was probably Nigerien, see what they said in reply:

Ibitoru A:
if i didn't hear the reporter correctly, i'm pretty sure i can trust the hearing of everyone in my living room who clearly heard Nigerians, not Nigeriens

Maybe all the people in the room had nasty hearing palaver.

^^^

Will you leave USA and come and join the revolution?

leave dem o.

dem never see nothing.

you are talking about Meko side? its cool.

why?

gbam

they should both step down for GEJ.

ok Londoner.

exactry exactry

londoner:
If this coming election has massive fraud, or even the slightest hint of fraud on a wide scale, there will be as much trouble in Nigeria as we saw in Egypt, but with the arrogant and violent reaction of the government that we are seeing in Libya.

These so called leaders dont know how close to tipping point Nigerians really are. When the world is talking about being worried about other oil producers in the region following the unrest of Libya, do you think Nigeria does not flash into their minds even for a split second?

They are well aware of the coming elections, the volitility of Nigerians even in recent times and the propensity for Nigerians and their leaders to become brazely corrupt at election times or any other time they smell the possibility of power.


The real possibility of a very violent ouburst in Nigeria is about 50/50 imo

Lets say you are right? So, what will you think Nigeria will be like 9 months after the revolution? Paradise? and who are you revolting against? The corrupt Nigerians that exists everywhere? I dont still get it.

Please enlighten me.

I am still imagining a post revolution Nigeria.

- The Nigerian passport is now being sort after by everyone all over the world

- Nigerians are no more known for drug, cheating, 419 and credit card frauds

- Nigerians are now the most respected human being on earth

- Each family in Nigeria now has $41m in their account

- Babangida is now the post revolution head of Nigeria while Abacha is the VP. Both doing mighty work.

- Light is on 24/7

- Corruption is a taboo in Nigeria

- No one goes to work late in Nigeria any more

Now I am confused.

what other benefits?

- The national stadium was burnt down during the revolution but has been built back in three weeks.

- Shoprite looted in the revolution is now free shopping to Nigerians.

What else will be the benefits o?

- All Nigerians in the West moved back home same day the government fell.

- No Nigerian wants to travel abroad again.

- Every Nigerian drives a Bentley

I need more benefits of the post revolution:

- OK - All politicians had been shot dead.

- - Every body charged with corruption killed - they are no more.

what else?

Be free to add more of the post revolution benefits.

Even me I have been to Mars and walked on the moon.

LOL

ROSSIKE:
ideylaff said:




No you DON'T know, and are simply talking through your asss.

How a nation of 6 million like Libya, 97% of which is desert, can be said to have ''more infrastructure than Nigeria'', is a total mystery.

Tunisia is barely the size of Lagos, as are Yemen and Bahrain. So where are the ''most of these countries with more infrastructure'' occurring apart from in your dull brain?

The fact is that Nigeria has more infrastructure than Libya, Bahrain, Tunisia and Yemen combined.

Look. God bless you.