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Presently other operators are flying. So the reasons about caverton by the state government is just childish. We have more than three operators in the state presently.

Let them shutdown every operator since they too are lifting people to offshore platforms and bringing in people.

That's why I personally say that it's easier to handle a hungry family than a sick family.

Gasping for air is never something one should wish for himself when concern for food would never even be considered when it happened but to make provision for air to keep you to live first.

Let maintain stay at home for now even as it's not easy.

With what is happening in United States of America, it really shows that covid is real and scary.

Stay at home for now.

It's easier to live when hungry than gasping for air with a ventilator where food would never be a thing of concern anymore, but to have air and live.

Be wise

Why can't you people believe something for once, everything to you people must be SCAM.

Just hope and pray that a time would not come where some people would begin to see their Personal life and existence as Scam. Or to the extreme that the parents who gave birth to them are SCAM

BruncleZuma:
You never buy local rice for parboiled bag before abi?

This is an excellent initiative, I pray say no be scam...nah there e go pain me enter blood.

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This is what most Governors in the Niger Delta are doing. Not the ones going about unproductive friction with the Federal government.

Governor Ayade is actively doing is part in developing the state with industry, Bayelsa State have been buying the rice seedlings produce from Cross River. Delta massively attracting some investors who are leaving Rivers State.

Akwa Ibom doing greatly.

Meanwhile Governor Wike is busy going about playing politics with everything. Apart from infrastructure which mostly been accused of centralizing in only Obiakpor his local government . Meanwhile everyone is doing infrastructure across state in the Niger Delta governor Wike cannot point to a direct state industrialization drive by his administration. Be it even I Agriculture

God bless Akwa Ibom State.

God bless Nigeria!!!

Go through the pictures and your question would be answered

BruncleZuma:
I hope they'd be producing parboiled rice...?

Here you come again, Southern stand with Wike and Enough of this Malam.

Your Statement have already define you, you people go about every where tribalizing everything you come across.

We have more than Four Governors in South South States, where as I am talking choppers are still operational lifting personnel to offshore platforms. They are not foolish.

South South don't wake up and support what is wrong. So keep your advice to your self because we are not Tribalistic.

MetaPhysical:
The mention of concurrent list and all that nonsense is to intimidate. The issue here has nothing to do with legislative power.

The state governor identified a public health issue and declared a safety guidelines to keep citizens safe and out of harm's way.

While I think Wike could have managed the issue with more maturity, the FG is condescending and talking down on him with arrogance.

There is nothing here pertaining to exclusive list....Wike has not issued any policy relating to aviation or flights. He has called for public safety, which he is authorized to invoke.

What commercial activities are these pilots engaged in that would offset the loss in oil revenue?

Sirika said Rivers is the biggest beneficiary of oil revenue. Really??

Thats new!!!

Are they pumping oil in North now?


All Southerners need to stand on Wike side.

Enough of these mallams talking any kind of way to people.

Wike needs to respect himself too and stop acting like an ex militant.

They find reason to talk to him like that after observing him talk to his own people recklessly.

Im sure they cannot address any Gov in West in that manner. Why address one in South like he is their houseboy?

Bullshyyyte!!

Not international flight, this is local flight.

And who told you that flying on air gives you automatic virus.

extol1:
it is not about the governor's action but in time like this where most people that fly on air are the carrier of this virus. that shows that there is something wrong with the aviation sector in Nigeria, how would you land in a state without informing the state of your arrival

Niger Delta,we are not foolish. There are chopper flights around Bayelsa, Delta State,Akwa Ibom to different offshore platforms drilling and producing. The oil company are more safety conscious in Health and the environment, so they have already standard check against Covid19 better. Presently trucks conveying food and others raw material with drivers and motor boys are entering the state because they are exempted from the Lock Down.

Your likes can't incite us to do the the foolish things.

Wike should avoid playing and claiming over I too know which would not help the people of the state.

mrvitalis:
So national revenue is more important than that of over 6 million people in Rivers State ?

If Niger Delta don't push for regional government then they are foolish

Cash cow that's what the south south is to the federal government that's all

My concern even extend to the ignorant ones supporting and hailing the Governor's action

iammo:
Who even made Wike a Lawyer

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Rivers lockdown: FG hits Wike; Police Commissioner, Air Force Base Commander in trouble


The Federal Government said on Wednesday that the two Caverton Helicopters pilots arrested in Rivers state by Governor Nyesome Wike over lockdown violation were duly authorized to fly.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Aviation Senator Hadi Sirika while briefing journalists in Abuja.
He said the state Commissioner of Police and the Commander of Air Force Base in Port Harcourt that witnessed the arrest of the pilots exhibited dangerous ignorance and lack of competence and would have to answer for their actions.

He said: “ We gave the arrested pilots approval to fly, civil aviation is on exclusive list item number three there. So no other person but the Federal Government has authority to legislated upon. So also is the Nigerian Airforce, Armed Forces are also on exclusive list, there is no other person that has the legal rights to legislate upon.”

“The Air Force officer who jumped the commander in Chief and ignored, also jumped the Chief of Defence staff and ignored who jumped the Chief of Air Staff and ignored, to call a governor to come into the property of the Federal Government of Nigeria to make an arrest, exhibited dangerous ignorance and incompetence grossly.”
“The police that followed the governor to go in there, exhibited dangerous ignorance from our perspective in civil aviation.”
“Whether we gave approval for the flight, yes we did and we did in national interest. All of these flights are for the purposes of improving the national revenue to which Rivers State is the greatest beneficiary.”


“Those flights by Caverton, Aero Contractor, Arik, Bristo and were for national interest and improved national revenue. At a time where oil has gone below $30 per barrel and the cost of production is $30.

r“In the wisdom of President Muhammadu Buhari he thought that this be allowed so that the nation will not be crippled and national revenue will not be lost. It was against this background that we have the authority and being exclusively on the exclusive list and we have the powers in civil aviation, guided by the Civil Aviation act 2016 approved such flights.
“Those flights were approved lawfully, legally and correct. So yes, we will do everything lawful and legal and reasonable to get those pilots back and operations will continue in national interest.

FG Reveals Cause Of Fire At Accountant-General’s Office
opera.comApr 9, 2020 7:26 AM

The federal government has revealed the cause of the fire incident that broke I'm the house, a building housing the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.

Speaking with journalists at the site of the incident on Wednesday, Clem Agba, Minister of State for Budget and Planning, said the fire was caused by a spark in one of the air conditioners (AC) on the fourth floor.

The minister also denied rumors that the federal government was attempting to cover up any financial wrongdoing, adding that they are yet to take an inventory of what was destroyed in the fire.

The minister added that the fire did not destroy any record and all government’s financial transactions were intact.

He said: “We have gone round the rooms and offices where the fire affected, and I am glad to report that our data Centre where all our records are kept are fully intact.

“There is no destruction, so we haven’t lost any record. As a government I want to assure you that our records are intact, a few documents are burnt, we haven’t started recovery to check what actually burnt, but all our financial transactions are intact.

“We would be doing a full-scale investigation using the right professionals to determine exactly what happened.”

Also speaking, Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, said a “thorough” investigation will be carried otut on the incident.

“For emphasis, our data Centre is intact, no harm in any way except for the cooling system which we are now working hard to put back to operation,” Idris said.

“We are also glad there is no casualty.

From Opera News Hub

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I actually believe you have read headlines about monies of 20k been shared with pictures attached even here on Nairaland.

Just like you expect the President to be giving you brief per day or even hours when responsible agencies are doing that.

I don't think as a person I should be going about every headlines to download as a proof to you when you can get it from national notable media station or newspapers

However, I believe that sometimes we intentional believe what we want to believe even with proof against our believe. So this is not New to some of us.

You get a proof, next will be is it justifying, next it will be that the proof method is wrong and so on and so forth.

As the president have good intentions, certainly he has way of checking the messenger via EFCC,ICPC and even the public.

Cherez:
Bros, can you show me proof of any of these you posted above?
A proof that is verifiable and a proof justifying the criteria for each action?
See, a leader will come out and explain to his citizens what, how, where and when of every action. It's a democracy and you should brief your people and only possible via the media of how you're doing what they sent you to do
Till date, I have not met or heard of anyone who received those monies.
The president may have good intentions but what about those doing it for him? They need to be checkmated and people can help him audit his messengers

No state absolutely depends on a cooperate organization not even Shell or LNG. The Truth is that it takes actions like this to make firm move out from a state bit by bit.

And you think other operators think they would be immune to the governor ways of doing things, hence the national aviation industry have issue a warning to the state government inclusive of the so called others operators you are talking about

What makes you think people will easily allow Rivers State indigene to take up position. When the state is not in good terms with them.
It takes unique skills to be in the aviation industry
And shell and other multinational have been using this guys for years and you think they will put the risks of their personnel because they want to employ indigene.

This is not indigene company.

Nodogragra4me:
You are wailing in vain. They need Rivers State more than the state need Caverton.

The bulk of their operation is within the state oil sector.

Other operators will more than fill the gap. They won't be missed.

Rivers indigenes will take up their opportunity

Gov. Wike keeps driving investors out of the state by his inappropriate ways of doing things. He sometimes shutdown a whole first class hotel in Rivers State and now caverton.

Presently the Dufil group, manufacturer of Indomie are working because they fall under essential like caverton. There logistic for raw material and personnel are allowed through air or Land in movement.

No wonder private individuals and corperate organization are not donating anything to the state government who despite his plea.

Others neighboring State are gradually catching up on on this to their advantage as it's very unfortunate that some people are even hailing the governor.

So unfortunate to the Rivers State economy.

Corona will certainly come to pass.

We shall certainly prevail.

God bless Nigeria!!!

Yes they have and that is why they are working with state government who along work with the community leaders and youths where this school is located.

Mind you this school are in communities attended by the community people it's not a Boarding school but a public school attended by the poorest or poor mostly within. So they all know themselves as proximity to the school and there Houses are not far fetch.

babytoun:
they have the house address of all the children ?

Abeg who get this small pikin, him dey Cry make una come carry am before him go wee

ZombiePUNISHER:
Any supporter of this cow government is a Fool

Hmmmmn

Oshigun:
So this, as was always obvious, is what it boils down to for you?

The usual blind and inobjective hatred of Hausa/Fulani?

Because of Herdsmen menace, even as we know they are supported by some Northern leaders, we must now hate all Hausa/Fulani?

Why not implore your lazy, greedy and corrupt leaders to put you and your security first as the SW leaders have bravely done with Amotekun?

This is why we say you hateful simpleton are part of the problem. Assuming the worst, i.e a Northern conspiracy to aid and abet herdsmen killings in the South, are we Southerners and our leaders powerless?

Can we not be proactive and solution-driven to take our destiny in our own hands? Are you a slave of the North only able to hurl insult impotently? What is wrong with you dude?

When we in the South are ready to say enough is enough in one voice, and mean it, then Herdsmen killing will end and even the most bloodthirsty Northern sponsors of these killers will pack up and run.

What is most important now is that the conditional cash transfer for the poorest is going on, the sending of relief material is ongoing, the school feeding is also around the corner for pupils at their home.etc.
Holding regular briefing never a priority for now.

Cherez:
Lol

His own style of leadership indeed.keep supporting these guys.
Do you as a person know what to do in every level of COVID-19 infection or plans ahead? Till now, Abba Kyari's aides are yet to be tested or even briefed https://www.nairaland.com/5770237/ncdc-not-tested-us-abba
I mentioned Winston Churchill and WW1&2 Hitler and other world leaders kept briefing their people.
What of Obama.
Oga, this is not a media flaunt but an accountability proof. If you ain't corrupt, sincere and transparent, you'd invite people to see, access what you've done and ask questions.
Funny they are begging for Tesla's ventilators. Lol
So, what happened about assembling yours, give technology a shot, be aleader who isn't afraid to dare. Try other ideas even when they are from dissenting ideas, don't be a "no to dissenting voice" person.
Guy, go and study history of just US only focusing on George Washington, Ferdinand D. Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, and the days of Martin Luther King (this one was the master of media chats)

This is the way to go while children are at home with their parents as food would be taken directly to their Houses.

Good one from the federal government.

God bless Nigeria!!!

Good one Mr Governor.

God bless Anambra state.

God bless Nigeria!!!

It's very pathetic how people across the world, just wish their leaders death.

UK of wonderful as many believe can do that, so even here in our country Nigeria should not be seen as something new.

They are still doing that here, so it's across the world, we have them everywhere.

chatinent:
Ghenghen! I went to his Twitter handler and people were wishing him dead!

Is it 10billion naira that people use to develop a whole state?

You can't incite us we are mature, go somewhere else with this your immature style of life. So because of 10billion we should go and pick arms. We Niger Delta people are not cheap to be used for that and if you are a brother from the Delta then I am disappointed in your disposition.
We have grown past this stage.

What Wike did is wrong. Before even let say the federal government donations, Lagos had already set up isolation centers and started Major things. Which were shown everywhere.

What has the governor significantly done already for the people of Rivers State before even crying foul on the federal government.

Alvin212:
Niger deltans una dey fall my hands

Our oil is been used to develop Lagos

Niger Delta youths wake up from your slumber

If it were possible to transfer every pressure and anxiety Lagos State is getting now to governor Wike and scale the amount to even N20 billion naira, Lagos State would gladly do that without hesitating.

Governor Wike should be mature enough to understand the situation at hand rather than playing politics with corona virus.

No wonder even individuals and cooperate organization are finding it difficult to contribute to the Rivers State government significantly on COVID-19 because of the character of the governor.

Individuals and cooperate organization are donating greatly to the Lagos State government.

Wike should put his house in order.

Odogwu999:
Politics game

Good one Mr Governor.

God bless Rivers State.

God bless Nigeria!!!

Take it easy bro!!

APCNig:
Na your family and the useless experts that predicted death for their family members ho die of Corona Virus. Nigeria has humiliated COVID-19, I think the Virus has shamelessly run to America.

Some people by all means just want to ensure that the government of Nigeria must not be appreciated in the fight against the virus.

That's why they keep predicting doom for the nation after seeing the fight by our health Experts and government to mitigate this Corona virus which is a big success compare to what we're getting from other foreign nations.

Your doom by God's grace shall not prevail God willing.

Keep the good work for the fight against the virus Nigeria.

God bless Nigeria!!!

And I also think for now, some of us still have the opportunity to chose between the two.

Dear, I chose hungry!

sapientia:
What of a sick hungry family?

A sick hungry family is bad market, I must tell you !!

sapientia:
What of a sick hungry family?

I have faced hunger, and I prefer it to the kind of pain and trauma that corona virus is associated with. Even as we thank God that ours is not yet and pray would not be severe as that of Italy or Spain where people are scrambling to live through Respirator.

It would be terrifying to handle the sick situation and hunger at once. It's better I handle the hunger.

I can't be gasping for air to breathe as the virus is associated to this.instead I manage without food for a while and still have capacity to breathe well

NaijadrivaCars:
AmTruth, hunger never catch you. Well one is lesser of two evils.