₦airaland Forum

charlzchudi:
Frankly speaking PMB is setting wrong precedence in Nigeria governance. Concentrating appointments in one section of Nigeria is not good. Every part of Nigeria is blessed with men and women with good breeds that can handle any job perfectly.
What he is doing might backfire in future. For instance, if a yoruba wins election in next polls and decides to concentrate non ministerial appointments in SW or southern ,let nobody complain. Or Igbo man becomes president in future and toll the line of PMB by making his non ministerial appointments Igbos orsoutherners, we ll be ready to shout Change. Or South south!. Let us be ready to say "as far as this will bring change, i don't have problem with it" This is a wrong precedence for now which any president could use tomorrow for his or her mischievous mean.

Wrong precedence! When GEJ was doing the same thing and sane men were warning of the dangers, his supporters were everywhere shouting that nothing will happen. Well, the tide has turned and you guys are seeing the danger of seeing things from a myopic angle.

ikombe:
read the 1999 constitution of the fedration of nigeria. Section 140. Dats enough to pin him down self

You are the one to read that constitution! Section 140 deals with Declaration of Assets while Section 147 deals with Ministers.

NOWHERE in the constitution is there a mandate to timelines for appointment of Ministers. Prof Ben Nwabueze is clearly on a looong thing.

He is clearly suffering from amnesia or something else, there is no provision like the one he is alluding to anywhere in the constitution. The constitution does not mandate the President to appoint Ministers within an given time or even appoint Ministers at all.

Section 147.1 is clear "There shall be such offices of Ministers of the Government of the Federation as may be established by the President."

Note the bold part of that provision. Prof should take some back seats and allow the government to run the way the President deems fit, so long as it is within the provisions of the law.

ahaz:
Mr I too know.the prof in question taught most of the law profs in the school you attended.so you don't know more than him,so asking buhari to rule as UE pleases shows you are a bloody hypocrite.

The problem with you is that you cannot reason. For your information, that he taught law doesn't make him infallible. Every case lost at the Supreme Court was argued by a SAN, yet he/she lost! Do you understand the import?

When someone alludes to the provisions of the constitution, the he should state whichever part of the constitution PMB contravenes.

PedroJP:
He only needs power, he didn't come to lead.


Enlightened fellows rejected him again n again, bigots deceived themselves with change mantra, bringing back well known anti - masses to come and champion, perfect and complete evil intentions that was cut short in 80s. Glory to God, same deceivers will bear d consequences alone as me and my fellow Igbos aka proud 5%ers have shield over us.

Sai sai sai dem all, pls. Buhari ucan man all ur ministries as u are seen as a demi god by them, just simply consent to Eastern break away n have ur Islamic nation.

Those enlightened fellows were so enlightened that they preferred a clueless guy that ran a corrupt and rudderless government.
Strange enlightenment!

Prof Ben Nwabueze is clearly on a looong thing.

He is clearly suffering from amnesia or something else, there is no provision like the one he is alluding to anywhere in the constitution. The constitution does not mandate the President to appoint Ministers within an given time or even appoint Ministers at all.

Section 147.1 is clear "There shall be such offices of Ministers of the Government of the Federation as may be established by the President."

Note the bold part of that provision. Prof should take some back seats and allow the government to run the way the President deems fit, so long as it is within the provisions of the law.

Splashme:
You are so ignorant

Sure, I am so ignorant of the stupidity that infects and thus makes people excuse stealing and corrupt practices.

erunz:
According to him, “it will be most unfortunate if they did not attend the Ooni’s burial because of politics. I believe they have other reasons.

“Not attending the burial is condemnable because the throne of the Ooni is the foremost in Yorubaland.

“If they carried politics into that, then their action is sacrilegious and a great disrespect to Oduduwa , who is the progenitor of the Yoruba race,” Odumakin said.
http://dailypost.ng/2015/08/16/it-was-sacrilegious-for-apc-governors-to-boycott-oonis-burial-afenifere/?wt=3

The highlighted shows Odumakin does not know his Yoruba history and culture. He has himself been deceived by politics! The foremost Oba/King in Yorubaland is the Alaafin of Oyo.

BushidoBlue:
I don't get it. Did you read the part where the ex minister said that the funds were loans, loans doled out to Chinese contractors, not Nigerian Finance ministry.
If there is evidence to the contrary please bring it forward and don't be like one governor that keeps saying one thing only to be rubbished in the media.
I'm beginning to think you guys don't read properly.

So in your mind, once a Minister was replaced/sacked, then all the projects for that Ministry should stop? Are you serious!?

BushidoBlue:
Did you read the part where the China ExIm bank disbursed the funds to the Chinese contractors directly....

If u didn't go and read it again, this time not from punch that hides the truth.

Does it not seem far fetched to you, that a Chinese company would be executing a FGN's project and the Federal Ministry of Finance of Nigeria would not have any input as to the disbursement of the funds for which Nigeria will be liable for? Na so person dey take get loans?

chigo93:
broda u are indeed a dullard,do u know anything about project financing?

Do u think d funds are just released all at once,no,d funds are released in stages according to the the various phrases of the project.

The funds released are handed over to Chinese contractors,so there is no way jonathan can steal it,unless he sends armed soldiers to beat the contractors and collect the money.

See how uve made me mundane with my writings.

Some Nigerians are indeed dull.

Some Nigerians will be so poor till they die,because they think the only means of getting wealth is through stealing while in the corridors of power.

Okonjo was already a made woman b4 she came onboard to serve her country.

You are quite unlearned. When people like you respond to threads with this kind of thrash, one can guess you haven't been involved in any project by any means. You are indeed a dullard as your ilk only think with their asses.

If it was a thread on Amaechi's corruption allegation now, you won't remember the thrash you wrote up there but will be shouting yourself hoarse. Was Amaechi taking Soldier's to get money from contractors too? Bunch of ignoramuses.

mykl01:
Please, help me. I plied that route last year. I had reasons to go to Madonna. Never saw a stretch like this.

If you went from Port Harcourt to Madonna, you will not get to this portion.

But you can't miss it if you were going to Madonna from Owerri.

uptoHim:
Spot on bro. I'm just angry with what APC has turned us to. You hardly see people sound sense of understanding more to talk of judgement.

"[/b] The chinese government itself releases money directly to chinese contractors doing the projects. Their own people asses projects and give approvals for release of money. ". At least I have first hand information on the Galaxy Backbone Project. A Chinese company, Huawei, is the one running it. All the govt does is supervise. At the moment, the project is still on-going, at the gay end of completion.

" Worse still the project mentioned by presidency is not even among funded projects.". Just so surprised that non of the APC brainwashed supporters here, too dense in seeing that NOI is killed and buried, could read and understand that part. They can't see even the part she said the Chinese releases the money in stages. Really appalling

Is it the same Chinese Government running and supervising the Port Harcourt Airport construction? Or where did the money go to?

Tell me the PH Airport has been completed or how then did the money finish?

You guys need to move away from your deluded reasoning and embrace the fact that we need to move forward in this country, and saying I spent on this shouldn't be taken on face value again. You lots were here defending the PH-Owerri road as achievement of GEJ but curiously disappeared from the thread opened on it today. Until you realise that NIGERIAN is a term that applies to ALL of us irrespective of religion, tribe or political leanings and start holding people accountable, we would continue to be backward.

eleven:
My friend stop this nonsense diversion from the main issue. The bone of contention here is the claim the president made on air regarding the Lagos-Kano rail funds diversion. If you have facts indicting her for the airports, please quickly pass it to Oshiomole and PMB to do the needful quickly.

If you are smart by an inch, you'd realise that the Lagos-Ibadan Rail line is just a section of the Lagos-Kano Rail line.

Or is the Sagamu-Ore road any different from the East-West Road? You guys need to get some quality education. Soon they'd allege money for construction of a school was diverted and you guys would be hailing yourselves that it wasn't true and it is propaganda as only money meant for the library and admin blocks were diverted as the class were built. Mtchewww!

simongonner:
Okonjo-Iweala, in a statement by her Media Adviser, Mr Paul Nwabuikwu, also explained that contrary to the allegation, the Kano-Lagos rail project was not part of the project listed for funding from the Chinese loan.


Giving a breakdown of the loan and how it was utilised, the minister said $500m was used for the expansion of four International Airport Terminals in Lagos, Kano, Abuja and Port Harcourt; $500m for the Abuja Light Rail project; $984m for the Zungeru Hydro-electric power project and $100m for the Galaxy Backbone project


“In fact, it was the Lagos–Ibadan rail project, not Lagos-Kano rail project that was proposed in the original application to the China-EximBank. But in the end, no funds were assigned for the Lagos-Ibadan rail project by the China-EximBank.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/600m-chinese-rail-loan-not-diverted-okonjo-iweala/

Hmmm, so that sorry building referred to as Port Harcourt International Airport gulped a whopping $100M (18 5Billion Naira)!!!! Haba! Make una dey softly softly lie na!

So the money was for the Lagos-Ibadan Rail line but was DIVERTED for other uses? So in essence, Okonjo-Iweala is agreeing that money meant for railway expansion projects were diverted! Just the small detail that it should have ended at Ibadan and not all the way to Kano!

By the way how will it cost 1Billion dollars to do Lagos to Ibadan, a distance of about 285Km?? NOI is a rogue.

Oildichotomy:
Approved implementation you said ??

How has the "approval" gone so far? Too much of mouth-action.. Do we have to wait again for the approval to come to fruition?

People can't be deceived again please.

What do you expect him to do? Be in Ogoniland working before you believe? Na wa o!

Whynotthetruth:
1)You're in politics section not Romance section so I don't have to paint it for you...

2)That's not the complete sentence unless you failed reading and comprehension in school...

3)I don't need to be Op to handle your misyarn

4)Complete sentence there is; " “The former president’s commitment and what he did still remains spectacular and I think that President Buhari himself appreciates that"....So what did Jonathan do?...The peace we enjoy today is thanks to Jonathan(maybe you or your family member would have been dead if Jonathan was as desperate as Buhari for power)...

One day you guys will start thanking Armed Robbers for not coming to your houses!

The thing expected of anyone that loses an election is to concede!. Are we this bastardised that we praise people for doing what is normally expected? Haba!

exxell:
Ok na.... When we were shouting on top our voices that Rochas has been ingested with the bad blood of the North, did Imolites hear? When we were telling them to obey their heads and conscience instead of a fake free education on a devilish plate, did they hear?

I pity them sha... Imo is like my second home.

The road in question is a Federal road. The GEJ government awarded contracts for that road in 2009, 2011 and 2012!

Amaechi finally got frustrated and used Rivers State money to effect the construction of Omagwa to Imo State boundary. Of course GEJ refused to refund Rivers State the money.

The annoying thing was during the last election, Abati had the temerity to list that road as one of the achievements of the GEJ administration. Of course those ones who would call Black as White defended it then here on Nairaland but the truth always prevails.

Oildichotomy:
I love this defection.. Gradually separating the wheats from the shafts .
All I see is desperation and soft landing on the part of the defectors.

I sha know Bayelsa people know better. I will always prefer to be in the OPPOSITION than to be lumped with the peeps who don't have any iota of regard / consideration for the Niger Deltan Man

The same party headed by a certain Aboki that just approved the implementation of the UNEP report on Ogoniland! I thouight Ogoniland is in the Niger Delta, abi does it have a border with Lagos State?

Isn't that a demonstration of love for the Niger Delta?

Firefire:
“As we speak to you, we cannot trace the proceeds that emanated from all the government’s transactions that that took place in Rivers State.”

The PDP chieftain explained that a petition had been sent to the EFCC over the alleged fraudulent transactions involving the immediate past administration in the state between December 1 and 8, 2014.

He said, “Can you imagine that between December 1 and 8, 2014, with one address – 25 Trans-Amadi Road, Port Harcourt, over N21bn of Rivers funds were transferred? We are asking, where did these funds go?”

When people are not intelligent, they appeal to sentiments and hope that many gullible ones will be hooked by such sentiments. My posers are simple:
1. Can ANYONE in Nigeria or anywhere in the world, transfer or pay money TO or INTO an address?
2. To allege the fraud, PDP in govt will have access to the transfer documents and thus should be able to say a.)Which project was purportedly used, b.) Which Company was purportedly used and c.)which banks was used

The failure of the petition to state clearly this cogent elements of a transfer shows how defective the case is, and it might just be mere propaganda.

modhream:
Did you even read the Op where he clearly pointed out provisions of S.28 and those it apply to,as few of us has been doing on various threads here on nl?.Even the relevant pages of Ogbeide v Osula,where the Court of Appeal clearly n rightfully interpreted that a citizen by birth can never forfeit it even if he swears allegiance to the moon colony?.Or is it just that your education is deficient and you lack comprehension skills?

It is clearly You that lacked comprehension skills. The essence of Section 28 is not that you lose your citizenship, but that by Section 66 you cannot hold elective office by virtue of having pledged allegiance to another country.

So once it is proven that Saraki's UK's citizenship is by birth, then he did not voluntarily pledge allegiance to another country and thus he would be protected by Section 28. That is why I wrote that the crux is "IF he was born in the UK."

I hope I have enlightened you a little.

ILIDEFI:
Since it's not unconstitutional for a person born outside Nigeria to contest an electoral office, you're just ranting.

Why not sue him for perjury? What are you still waiting for?

Truly, he is a Nigerian Citizen by birth as he was born to parents that are Nigerian Citizens by 1960.. However, his failure to answer Question 10 is deliberate as the ONLY way he can then be able to contest is IF he was born in the UK.

Now if he wasn't born in the UK, then he necessarily only acquired that citizenship by other means other than by birth and thus not protected under Section 28.

Soon, he will have to make public his birth certificate for all this to go away. Remember, Obama couldn't live his own down too, and had to publish!

Whether you like them or despise them, SR is definitely helping to advance our democracy.

jblow99:
We all cant be going to court all the time to appeal.The justice system should be corrected and watch out for corrupt judges that has been bought.

Well, there is no other act that can change a court's judgement other than ANOTHER COURT JUDGEMENT! So in essence, the only way to correct any bad pronouncement from a corrupt or ineffective judge, is to APPEAL THE JUDGEMENT. Any other way, you are liable to be in court for another more grievous judgement.

Not sure what this is all about, but the solution is simple: APPEAL THE JUDGEMENT!!!

Chiaka:
Before I will answer you, you have to define the following relating it to this situation (This headline story)

Who is my Sister - is it Tompolo, ND land, The Product (Oil) , NNPC, NIMASA, other benefactors what exactly is termed my sister in the story?
Rapists - are Destroyed ND polluted water/land or money paid to Tompolo or Nigeria government , who are the rapists in the story?
Judge - is it the government or NIMASA or oil companies or Niger Delta (ND) people, who is termed the judge in this story?
Culprit - is it tompolo, other Nigerians benefiting (Benefactor) from ND which are not from ND, government, who among the rapists is the rapist in this story?

My story and question has no relation to Tompolo or Niger delta, just asking to throw more light on your reasoning of "selective justice".

Chiaka:
I just hate selective judgement. Pointing hand at tompolo as if the rest of other things and people having oil stacks is so right is so right. The whole thing should be wholistic and not selective judgement.....and noticing that they see nothing wrong with any region having stacks in oil and make noise when any ND son wants to enjoy same. Its sickening!

let me ask you, were someone to rape your sister, would you tell the Judge NOT to pass judgement and send the culprit to jail because there is selective justice as NOT ALL THE RAPISTS in Nigeria have been caught or even charged to court?

Please, so let me have your reply!

I thought Tompolo and NIMASA both defended the warship purchase by Global West!

How come Global West is now alien to Tompolo? BTW, since it is not 1.5Billion, how much is it exactly?

Abugab:
First time I am seeing the controversial Fayose make a very sane and sensible statement in recent times. Afterall, the people who will constitute the bulk of the forum are yet to be sworn-in, why elect a leader for them when they can elect one themselves?

Fayose is ABSOLUTELY WRONG!!!

The NGF is an association that deserves leadership AT EVERY POINT in time. That Yari is elected Chairman now is part of the process of any association as those that elected him are Governors, the Governors-elect are NOT members of NGF and thus have no say or input.

Fayose come June 1 can be a member of NGF but NOT ALL will still be members, in fact both Amaechi and Jang would not be members come June 1. Now when NGF convenes on June 1 or after, how would the meeting progress when both factional leaders are NO MORE members of the association? That is a recipe for disaster.

Now with Yari as Chairman, the NGF as an association can have a properly managed transition. Fayose is just yarning balderdash.

Whynotthetruth:
Inasmuch as I desire for all to stop this show of shame and sheathe their swords, I find it quite contradictory and unbelievable that Jonathan couldn't garner even mere 25% in bauchi state with Muazu, Yuguda, bala Mohammed... something isn't right there...some truths need to be unearthed there...

What is the problem? Agbaje couldn't garner 25% of votes in his own polling unit, and OBJ never got 25% in his own unit since 1999.

SeverusSnape:
Dying is a process...
So I've not entirely dismissed Fayose's claim about Buhari.
T'is only a matter of time.

Just the same way the process of dying is also going on with you! T'is only a matter of time

Fulaman198:
That's far from the truth. Obviously you haven't seen windows tablets which are in 7-8 inch form factors running full Windows. To run Windows OS doesn't require as much resources as you think. Please do your research and look up the various 7 inch tablets with Intel atom baytrail and cherry trail processors. You are heavily underestimating Microsoft

Try and Install SAP on a Windows Tablet and then you'd know it is NOT a Desktop OS. Like I try to let you know, there is a difference between "DESKTOP EXPERIENCE" and "FULL WINDOWS OS".

Fulaman198:
It's not the same thing. What you are describing can be done on Android as well. Windows 10 is a full OS both desktop and mobile. Meaning that plugging your phone into a monitor gives you full Windows 10 capabilities that you would experience on a desktop. You can't do everything on a Mobile OS that you can do on a desktop OS.

Let's clarify, plugging another device to a Win10 d phone CANNOT and will not give you "FULL DESKTOP" capabilities as plugging devices does not add functionalities not already built in.

What you however can have is a "DESKTOP EXPERIENCE" which invariably means 1. Scaling to larger screens; and Being able to use Multiple App Windows on the larger screen.

No one and not even Microsoft will bundle a full Desktop OS onto a phone as the requirements would render such a device humongous and laggy as hell on phone specifications.

BTW, do try and setup a Samsung S5 to do what I described and then you'd know that Android ain't capable of achieving such simultaneous audio streams.

SirChelseaAmb:
2. Partial Fuel Subsidy Removal
The decision of the Goodluck Jonathan Presidency to withdraw the subsidy paid on crude oil and natural gas products was a brilliant one, but its timing was extremely ill-advised, hence the massive protests that greeted its announcement in 2012. Fuel subsidy is a price manipulation technique employed by the government to fix the pump price of petroleum products at certain amounts, irrespective of their actual market prices, in order to make them affordable for the average Nigerian. To compensate the retailers for their losses, the government pays them the difference between the fixed prices of the products and their actual prices as determined by market forces. Needless to say, this subsidy regime is not sustainable and it goes against the principles of capitalism which Nigeria practices. If fully implemented, the removal of fuel subsidy in Nigeria will free up as much as $6 billion per annum, a sum that can be channelled into other sectors of the economy. But, the downsides of a rushed total fuel subsidy removal are numerous: an immediate spike in the pump price of petroleum products, transport fares and foodstuff; an increased spate of layoffs and business closures due to a rising cost of production; rising unemployment; an attendant deterioration in the standard of living of the average Nigerian; and civil unrest.
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=756822227770836

It is ONLY in Nigeria that one can remove subsidy partially (45%) and yet end up paying more than what he/she paid while subsidy was 100%. And still have people believe it is an achievement to be celebrated. Kai!!!