₦airaland Forum

marooh:
Thank God na Canada .
If na nigeria eeeeh hmm ‎

baralatie:
wow!
what a revelation

whaaaat!

lalasticlala is this true

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Firefire:

‘A budget that moves domestic spending in Aso Villa from N580m to N1.7bn cannot be a budget of change’

Abuja – Sen. Eyinnaya Abaribe (PDP Abia South) on Wednesday in Abuja, berated the 2016 budget and called on President Muhammaduu Buhari to withdraw it and go back to the drawing board.

Abaribe while making contributions during the consideration of the budget, said the proposal was faulty on many grounds and could not be implemented at it was.

He said that predication of oil benchmark at 38 dollars per barrel when the crude oil price had fallen below 30 dollars per barrel made the budget unrealistic.

Abaribe faulted the government for increasing spending by 30 per cent based on borrowing.

“Mr President, my colleagues, this budget is indeed unique. After the budget presentation, the finance minister has never come to explain the details of the budget as it is normally done.

“It is a budget of change I agree, but it is a change in the wrong direction. I say it is a change in the wrong direction because it says that it is based on zero budgeting requiring all expenses to be fully justified.

“Mr President, a budget that increases spending up to 30 per cent based solely on borrowing, in what way are we justified? That is the question we want to ask the people who brought this budget.

“We know what is going on in the global economy: this budget is predicated on an oil benchmark of 38 dollars per barrel and I can now say that with oil being 28 dollars today, this budget is dead on arrival.

“The job of the opposition is to help the government to get its priorities right, so I want to please urge this government to withdraw this budget and go back to the drawing board,” he said.

The senator also faulted the adjustments made in the budget as well as allocation for spending in the Aso Rock Villa, saying that it was too exorbitant.

He said that the adjustments rather than reduce spending in areas where they were not necessary only spread it into different offices.

“Mr President, a budget that moves domestic spending within Aso Villa from N580 million to N1.7 billion cannot be a budget of change.

“We were told that in the revised budget there was an adjustment due to error, we agree but what has happened is that up to N7 billion were moved from buying vehicles and spread to offices.

“It also increased the spending that is due to renovations within the Villa.

“They are going to renovate the Villa with N3.9 billion: what else do you want to renovate there that Nigerians will see in the Year 2016?” he asked.

However, in his contribution, Sen. Ahmed Lawan (APC Yobe North) blamed the previous administration for the lack of funds due to the embezzlement witnessed in previous governments.

He said that this was the 17th budget he would be debating as a legislator and noted that not more than 40 per cent implementation was achieved in the last 16 years.

“The proposal before us is the first budget where the executive has deemed it necessary to give ordinary Nigerians genuine hope.

“N500 billion allocated for school feeding and social SAFTEY NET is commendable.

“It is time to say oil should not continue to play dominant role as we have suffered economically and politically: it is time to diversify this economy.

“The direction of the executive is the way to go. `That is, we should make every effort to have the real sector-agric mining and manufacturing.

“The budget deserves the support of everyone, including my colleagues on the other side. When we were in the opposition we supported the PDP, they should support us,” he said.


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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/602809/

Abfinest007:
let me borrow patience jonathan word there is GOD oh.....
and he is worthy 2 b praize

8stargeneral:
D God of miracle

Explorers:
A small airplane carrying 22 passengers and three crew members crashed after it took off in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, police said.
A number of people suffered injuries, with some serious enough to require air ambulance services, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said.
The West Wind Aviation ATR-42 went down near the remote Fond-du-Lac airport at around 6:15pm on December 13, RCMP said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5180103/Plane-25-people-crashes-Canada-no-deaths-reported.html

Proudlyngwa:
The problem is we rely on government to do a lot of things for us,
The private sector needs to up their game while government provides favourable policies.
It is high time we scrap this idea of feeding into the national grid concerning power. It is drawing certain states back

Dee60:
I wonder why Nigerians always settle for less. Most of the old brigade people only know how to flaunt money. Enough of the re-cycling of lootocrats. Enough of trial and error. I read the man's statement. Like most statements he makes, he just touches everything on the surface. Most of the old brigade people can only tell you the problem! They can only play on the gullibility of Nigerians. PDP almost grounded Nigeria. They should stay away until they have credible candidates.

greiboy:
Talk is cheap Atichukwu was always part of government. why didn't he suggest this to his colleagues.

citizenisb:
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari may not do well in economy and foreign affairs, except in military matters.

“Buhari is not a very hot person on the economy and foreign affairs,” Obasanjo said.

The former President stated this on Monday at the third International Conference on African Development Issues — themed, “Driving inclusive and sustainable development in Africa: Models, methods and policies” — organised by Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State.

While reacting to a question posed to him by a member of the audience: “Is there any hope for Nigeria under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari?”, Obasanjo replied, “Is there any hope for Nigeria under this administration? I came back from Geneva, Switzerland a few days ago to attend a conference titled, ‘Are elections giving democracy a bad name?’ We had an election, we elected a leader and the good thing about democracy is that the power you have to elect a leader is also the power you have to remove him. I am saying this because I said earlier that if you don’t see any leader that has done well in the 56 years of Nigeria’s independence, then let us forget about Nigeria.

“I will tell you what I know and I will tell you what I don’t know. I know Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. He served under me in the military. His characteristics that I know, his behaviour that I know, he has not deviated from them. He was never a perfect man, he is not a perfect man and no leader can ever be a perfect man because they are human beings. But if you read my book, what I said about him is correct. He is not a hot person when it comes to economy. He is not a very hot person when it comes to foreign affairs. But he will do well in matters of military and he will do well in fighting Boko Haram.”

The former president also said he tried his best in fighting corruption, especially in the recovery of funds looted by the late Gen. Sani Abacha and that as of the time he left the government, about $1bn was still to be recovered.

Obasanjo said, “For me, we have no hope if we have no future. I am an optimist as far as Nigeria is concerned. If somebody doesn’t get it all right for now, we will get somebody who will come up and fix whatever is missing. The administration before this had no clue on how to deal with Boko Haram, there is no doubt about that.

“You may not like the way he (Buhari) is fighting corruption. I fought corruption. We recovered over $1.25bn from Abacha and his men. We didn’t make noise. Also, we recovered £100m and about N30m and those who were helping us, the lawyers and the rest said there was still at least $1bn to be recovered at that time. I put it in my handover notes. But rather than encourage scrupulous persons, we had another spate of corruption.”

Obasanjo added that fighting corruption would not be effective if it did not translate to better life for the citizens.

He said, “Fighting corruption is not a one-day or a one-regime affair. If where we left it, they continued, we would have gone far. For me, the questions are: Is corruption being fought? And if it is being fought, is it being effectively fought? Are we getting the desired results? And if we are getting the desired results, what impact is it having on our society and on our nation?”

Other speakers at the event included Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Prof. Joy Ogwu, and the Associate Vice-President, Research, McMaster University, Canada, Prof. Bonny Ibhawoh.

They both said if Africa was to experience any development, leaders must match their words or policies with action.


http://www.punchng.com/buhari-not-sound-economy-foreign-affairs-obasanjo/

CaptainJeffry:
The only reason I'll listen to him is because he himself is a creator of jobs in Nigeria and I commend him for that.

urbighead:
So Nigerian government dey pay house rent again to live inside state house built by hard earned deducted tax from my civil servant paleh?
Na which kine tin pesin no go hear for this country Sef?

princejenks:
paper qualifications aside,he's better exposed than the current occupier and well grained in business and governance but I just think his best shot at presidency is long gone after obj failed to support him as his successor rather discrediting for life. Nigeria needs new leaders with fresh ideas not recycling old ones

Kdon2:
Dumb question. What is buhari highest qualification? pls ask reasonable question. this is computer age not stone age!

Prestige16:
Another avenue to steal our hard earned money

Why is no one asking why we are in recession despite budgets as follows:

2015 - N4.5 trillion
2015 - N2.1 trillion supplementary requested / N575 billion approved
2016 - N6.06 trillion
2017 - N7.3 trillion


Sources: http://www.reuters.com/article/nigeria-budget-idUSL5N0YB49M20150520
http://dailypost.ng/2015/11/18/buhari-seeks-n2-1trn-supplementary-budget-for-2015/
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/senate-approves-n575bn-supplementary-budget-for-buhari/
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/buhari-signs-n6-06trn-2016-budget-change/

DoyenExchange:
CBN really don't want us to enjoy this Xmas!!

Tmelisfon:
Na their way

Lothario:
I can see sarrki has resurfaced. BASTARD

begwong:
AS THE MINISTER OF PETROLEUM. CAN'T HE ADDRESS THE CURRENT FUEL SHORTAGES IN THE NATION RATHER THAN GLOBE THROTTLING? JUST LAST WEEK U RETURNED FROM EUROPE NOW NA AFRICA EXPLORATION ABI? ✈ ✈

Puffydon1:
I stand with Buhari.
As jagaban of West Africa i feel there is a need to travel if not daily weekly.

lightblazingnow:
He has the energy, keep flying it's part and parcel of your records after leaving office. As an old man he did all. Traveling around to see things for himself and engaging in meaningful discussions. Brave mr P

Fukafuka:
XYZ

seunmsg:
This Baba self take style rock life when he was much younger. I have seen his throwback pictures where he was playing squash, eating pepper soup and now rocking the dance floor with white ladies. He definitely doesn't fit into the profile of an Islamic fanatics that his detractors always paint of him. Happy birthday Mr. President.

seunmsg:
Even PMB had no shoes in his younger days.

sapientia:
God.. we have learnt our lessons.. deliver us now..
We simply have lunatics as leaders in this country. From 1960 till date.

dukie25:
Sack the minister of Petroleum for not covering all the loopholes that makes it easy to steal from NNPC.

*modified*
I just realised the minister of petroleum is Buhari.
No wonder Baru is dishing out contract willy-nilly.
No wonder Abacha deployed him to Petroleum, to enable him steal billions.
Mr Integrity folded his arm while Abacha emptied NNPC coffers.

Woe betide anybody that says Buhari is fighting corruption.

PastorLucifer:
Afonjas right now...

liljboy:
It’s okay to marry a woman old enough to be your mother, you can still explain that as love, but someone old enough to be your grandmother?



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todaynewsreview:
The bodies of at least 74 migrants have been washed ashore in western Libya, in the latest tragedy along the dangerous trafficking route to Europe. The Libyan Red Crescent posted photos of dozens of bodies in black and white bags lined up along the shore near the western city of Zawiya.
A spokesman for the aid organisation said there were still bodies floating out at sea as the agency had no way of retrieving them. He said the migrants were all adults, mostly from sub-Saharan African countries, and all but three were men.
The UN migration agency, the International Organisation of Migration (IOM), said the dinghy had set off on Saturday with 110 people on board. The agency said traffickers deliberately took the engines from the boat and then abandoned it to drift.

http://www.todaynewsreview.com/p/3051/tragedy-bodies-of-migrants-wash-ashore-en-route-europe-photo



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Keneking:
Adebayor can dress in Yoruba attire

chiagozien:
Igbo amaka abi no be so..........

crazydude1:
I don't see anything breathtaking here...Just some road that is properly lighted.

NgeneUkwenu:
What I like most about his projects, is the quality of works.....only Fashola and Sullivan Chime former governors of Lagos and Enugu States came close, when it comes quality projects..

Firefire:
As a rejoinder to this publication: https://www.nairaland.com/2872621/aregbesola-inflated-airport-contract-n11.5bn#42080710

Femi Makinde, Osogbo

The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said he deserves commendation for building the Moshood Abiola International Airport at Ido-Osun, Osun State, for N11.5bn.

A consultant to the state government on information, Mr. Sunday Akere, who spoke on behalf of the governor, said this in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Tuesday.

He said the contract was not inflated to siphon the state’s resources as alleged by the Peoples Democratic Party.

He said the increase in the contract sum was necessitated by the inflation caused by the fall of the naira.

Akere said, “The PDP in Osun should be ignored, they are just seeking relevance. They should find out how much PDP states like Akwa Ibom, Gombe and others built their airports.

“When former President Goodluck Jonathan was in power, he said he added an additional airstrip to the Nnamdi Azikiwi International Airport, Abuja with N36bn. We should be commended for building an airport with N11.5bn.

“If we are building a complete airport with a hanger and other facilities for N11.5bn, then we should be commended. The governor deserves commendation.”

Akere also said the initial cost of the airport was underestimated.

But the PDP accused the governor of increasing unilaterally the contract sum of the airport from N4.5bn to N15.5bn.

The Director of Media and Strategy of the Osun PDP, Mr. Diran Odeyemi, said this in a statement on Sunday.

The statement read, “We are aware that Governor Rauf Aregbesola, on January 8, 2016 through a letter with reference number SP/S96/1/vi/348 re-awarded the airport contract to the same contractor and a payment of N472m was paid as take-off sum.

“The same company had earlier been paid N2.7bn for the same project without any serious work done on the project.

The PDP also accused the governor of inflating the contract sum in order to embezzle the bailout funds it got from the Central Bank of Nigeria.

The opposition party lamented that workers in the employ of the state were languishing in hunger as a result of unpaid salaries.

The party had said, “We are calling on the President and anti-graft agencies to send a secret team to the site of the so-called Moshood Abiola International Airport, Ido-Osun, to confirm what the government and the airport company had done with the N2.7bn taken from the purse of the state on December 14, 2012.


“Out of the amount, N2.5bn was sourced as a loan from a bank to be repaid monthly at N100m from the SURE-P funds. That loan is now part of the N88bn restructured for the state by the Central Bank for repayment till the year 2034 .”

http://www.punchng.com/aregbesola-admits-increasing-airport-contract-by-n7bn/




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princefunmmy:
Is this what is called beauty? I wonder what sort of clueless and unenlighten people we have in government and also deluded followers they've got... Things are gonna change someday