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barcanista:
Since I was born, I have never witness the kind of hypocrisy, double standard and demonisation that is currently perpetrated by Muhammadu Buhari, the APC, Alhaji Sanusi, Osinbajo and their "good governance crusaders" against the person of President Goodluck Jonathan, Allison Madekwe, and other government officials.

Alhajis Buhari and Sanusi and APC have been going about using every platform to talk about a "missing $20b", cheered by their hypocritical followers that pride themselves as good governance crusaders. They have deliberately gone blind over the fraud of CBN under Sanusi as outlined by the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria report in February 2014.

Sanusi Indicted And Removed For Fraud
According to the report (see below) Sanusi was indicted for Gross Misconduct that bothers on fraud and financial recklessness among other offence. The FRCN subsequently advised Mr President to remove Lamido Sanusi from office for further investigation and probe after the explanation of Sanusi appeared more like a tale and outrightly illogical according to FRCN. The council indicates that the explanation provided by Sanusi is “a clear display of incompetence, nonchalance, fraud, wastefulness, and abuse of due process and deliberate efforts to misrepresent facts on the part of the leadership of the CBN.”

The council advised the President to exercise the powers conferred on him by Section 11(2)(f) of the CBN Act 2007 or invoke Section 11(2)(c) of the said Act “and cause the governor and the deputy governors to cease from holding office in the CBN.”


April 2014: VP-elect Yemi Osibanjo Filed Case To Stop Sanusi Probe
Rather than Sanusi to prove his innocence in court, he filed a case in Federal High Court, Lagos to STOP FRCN and Other Security Agencies from investigating and prosecuting him through three Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo, Dr. Kanyinsola Ajayi and Kola Awodien.
http://www.theguardianmobile.com/readNewsItem1.php?nid=24587

13 May 2014: Lagos Judge Tshoho Grants Sanusi Prayers
High Court Judge John Tshoho rather than uphold the constitutional powers of FRCN to investigate probe Sanusi, he granted the prayers of Lamido Sanusi and BARRED FRCN from further investigation or probing Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. In his own words...
“Prejudice is very pronounced in the language of that document. The language of the briefing note (transmitted by the FRCN to the presidency) conveys a sense of the defendant desperately goading the presidency to deal with the plaintiff,”
“The plaintiff submitting himself for investigation (by FRCN) is like the cockroach finding itself in the midst of fowls. Such a cockroach cannot be innocent,”.
http://www.tv360nigeria.com/?p=11923

Despite the fact the President Jonathan commissioned PWC to audit NNPC books to ascertain the veracity or otherwise of Sanusi's claim, Buhari, APC, Sanusi and their online agents that parade themselves as good governance and anticorruption apostles have been crying blue murder but refused to comment on the FRCN report nor the APC's VP elect role in shielding Sanusi for probe.

April 26, 2015: Buhari's Display of Hypocrisy
In his usual hypocrisy, General Buahri vowed to re-visit the $20b allegation but said NOTHING about the FRCN report. In his own word... “Imagine a situation where the former CBN governor who by God ‘s grace would later become the  Emir of Kano raised an  issue of missing billions of money, not in Naira but in Dollars, $20 billion.
“What happened, instead of investigating to know whether it was true that the money was missing or not, they simply found a reason to remove him. So these are the issues we are talking about…"
Contrary to the lies of Alhaji Buhari, Sanusi wasn't removed because he raised alarm, he was removed because he was indicted by FRCN. Jonathan also never kept mute, he commissioned PWC to audit the books. Buhari was also blind to talk about prosecuting Sanusi for the CBN fraud. Perhaps the Emir is as "incorruptible" as him(Buhari)

olapluto:
APC can coerce more PDP senators to decamp as well. Being the party in power, the direction of decamping that pays is towards APC. Saraki can huff and puff, he will be easy to bring down when the time is right

dearpreye:
Bro, leave that matter. Patriotism isn't always freely given by the masses. It's a social contract thing. The masses can only show patriotism when they're given good governance.

The past and current Nigeria doesn't deserve patriotism from its people. It has failed them in all respects.

JFK couldn't have had the audacity and moral right to have asked Americans to think of what they will offer to the nation if the nation has failed in providing for the Americans the MOST BASIC AMENITIES.

Loyalty and patriotism have their price. They don't always come cheap/free.

InvertedHammer:
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The people that care to give to their countries are the ones who know that their countries will be there for them when needed.

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paulo220:
Not business as usual, thank God govs re sitting up to their responsibilities

chiefololade:
Let the good work start

Fashola visited Toronto earlier this year to inspect the TTC trains.

The Lagos deal would be the first of its kind for the TTC. Decommissioned cars are usually sold for scrap metal and can fetch up to $1,500 dollar each. While Ross declined to discuss specific figures, he says the sticker price for Lagos is "significantly more" than scrap prices, putting the potential profits to the TTC in the millions of dollars.

It is not unusual for technology from western nations to end up in poorer countries. Marketplaces in Africa and Asia are flooded with North American clothes, computers, and even cars, but the purchase of larger technology like trains is rarer.

The cars will have to be significantly refurbished to fit existing infrastructure in Lagos, and some Nigerian media reports have lamented that the government appears to have settled on "tokundo," or used, trains instead of brand new vehicles.

Although half the cars are more than 30 years old, Ross is adamant they are perfectly safe and are only being decommissioned for capacity reasons. But he also admitted the TTC is not required to make sure the cars meet any safety standards before selling them.

"Once sold, it's up to the new operator to ensure they are in good working order," he said. "They do need to be maintained much more frequently than the new trains, simply because of their age. At some point they will run out their useful life."

Murtaza Haider, director of the Institute of Housing and Mobility at Ryerson University, said the age of the cars is definitely a cause for concern.

"We should be ensuring that there is some service life left in these vehicles and we're not going to be playing havoc with the lives of those who would ride these vehicles," Haider said. "There's metal fatigue, and that metal fatigue could result in dangerous conditions. I would be paying a close watch on this for the next ten years to see how many accidents do happen in Lagos."

More from: https://nowtoronto.com/news/next-stop-nigeria/

Lagos light rail’ll be ready in June – Fashola
JANUARY 9, 2013

The Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola on Tuesday said the first phase of the state Blue Light Rail project would be completed by June this year(2013).

He expressed confidence that Lagosians would start enjoying the services of the lrail project immediately.

The first phase would run from Marina and terminated at Okokomaiko area in Ojo Local Government.

Fashola spoke during an inspection of ongoing projects in the state which took him and his cabinet members to Orile-Iganmu, Alimosho and Ejigbo areas among others to assess the level of works being done by contractors.

The governor, who inaugurated the trackwork of the blue light rail at Alaba Suru, Coker-Agunda Local Council Development Area, said the level of work on the road and those of the National Theatre and Alaba-Mile 2 rail stations, would ensure early completion

He said, “In order to finish the project, the contractor did not go on vacation during the festive period. This will ensure that the project is delivered on time for the use of Lagosians.

More from: http://www.punchng.com/news/lagos-light-railll-be-ready-in-june-fashola/

How We Spent N160bn World Bank Loan on Light Rail Project
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He, therefore, explained that the state government already “has in place, strategies to repay the loan. The federal government was in the know of the state’s decision to take the bond and it approved it.”

He added that the truth “is that what they do not also say is that no state in Nigeria can borrow money outside, from any multilateral agencies without the approval of the federal government.

“What they did not say is that they approved it. No state can raise money by bond the way we have done without the federal government’s approval. Both SEC and NSE are all federal regulatory agencies through which we must pass. If they said okay, it means there must be something good about the debt.

More from: http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/lagos-how-we-spent-n160bn-world-bank-loan-on-light-rail-project/188736/

Why I reached out to Igbo voters –Ambode, Lagos APC governorship candidate
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When is the light rail going to be delivered, the project seems to be going on for years?

I just said it, it’s being funded by Lagos State and the Federal Government support is not there. But I believe strongly that we will create a financial restructuring that will allow us to deliver that light rail within the next 18 months.

More from: http://www.punchng.com/feature/hotseat/why-i-reached-out-to-igbo-voters-ambode-lagos-apc-governorship-candidate/

anonimi:
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More pathetic pictures from this thread:

https://www.nairaland.com/2003828/unbelievable-pictures-awori-college-ojo


If I am not mistaken the Eko Project is the $90 million loan from the World Bank that Fashola did not want to disclose how it was spent because "FoI does not apply to Lagos state"

Walecole74:
According to the parish priest of Christ the King Catholic Parish, Kurudu, Abuja, Rev. Fr. Jerome Ituah (OCD), the Boko Haram sect has destroyed 50 out of the 52 Catholic churches in Maiduguri Catholic Diocese of Borno State.

Ituah, who was speaking yesterday during a church service, revealed that he was in Maiduguri during the week and that Catholic faithfuls, were forced to conduct services under the sun and rain, because of the destruction carried out by the Islamists.



“Out of the 52 catholic churches in Maiduguri diocese, 50 of them have been destroyed by Boko Haram. Yet the faithful are not discouraged of their faith. You would always see them worshipping under rain and sun in open places at the site of their destroyed places of worship,” he stated.

He also encourgaed the Catholics in Kurudu, to continually pray for their Maiduguri counterparts and those in other regions, where insurgency is a threat.

Where is this country heading to and some people are clamouring amnesty for this group?

http://dailypost.com.ng/2013/03/18/boko-haram-has-destroyed-50-out-of-52-catholic-churches-in-borno-rev-fr-ituah/

ronald4lif:
But the thread is based on the premise of ladies flaunting pictures in hotels. Money or who take care of bills was never mentioned.

ronald4lif:
Why should it be a problem for a lady to take pics in a hotel and flaunt them but it's not a problem when a man does same. Men and double standards. Don't men indulge in sexcapades as well or is it exclusive to women?.

zekki:
I blv they can help through SUBEB

Joenyam:
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And who says he is doing so to encourage looting?

Personal CDS is just taking note of needs around the community and trying to help, by meeting the bigwigs to support the course. Or now that the pupils are sitting on the floor to learn, is it U that will provide the amunities?

zekki:
U can write Universal Basic Education Commission on this. I sure u action will be taking as soon as possible.

bushdoc9919:
The problem is your govt runs too many schools....and you Nigerians expect to go to them for free.

Why are private schools better than public schools...Because if you pay high class fees....you get high class education.

Joenyam:
Why not propose furniture provision as a personal CDS, u may bag a national award oh

Lacomus:
Can't those student afford a chair ? Very soon people will expect Gov. To poop for them.

Onegai:
I'm not a political fan of anyone. But let us sit down and analyse this LOGICALLY.

So, they've banned rice and poultry and some other goods. The importers turn to black market and smuggling to bring in those goods. For a while, I cry, but then eventually LOGIC tells me to look for cheaper alternatives. People here have mentioned Nigerian rice and I have always bought live poultry (it's even better for my health than anything frozen with an expiry date some clever Nigerian has obscured and sells to me). I begin to buy this rice, and if others join me in demand for local rice, the local growers cannot keep up with demand and expand their business. AND HIRE WORKERS (leading to a reduction in Unemployment and an increase in spending power of Nigerians).

And because these local industries need power to expand (and won't sit on their ars.es hopefully waiting for government), they will look for other sources of power, including Waste, Solar, Wind, Hydro. And if our Engineers and Technicians are smart, they should hopefully be dusting up their skills in private power distribution (I'm staying with some engineers who are currently planning this for Nigeria. They don't live in Nigeria, meanwhile those in Nigeria are fighting for bank jobs So more SKILLED JOBS WILL BE CREATED.

Those same local industries will hopefully have smart people with vision in them who will think like Dangote and start their companies with people who have contacts in government, so the tax breaks come. Because that is how life works IN ANY COUNTRY and that is why Lobbyists exist. I would not start any company and expect it to grow without having as one of my partners someone well-versed and well-connected in my industry (that person will also have networks in government). Even if I have to go back to my state of origin to do so.

And any sensible company will say "Oh, Standards Organization of Nigeria doesn't do a great job, why not incorporate our own testing and standards company, open some labs and give honest, unbiased reviews of products on the market? If we do our jobs right, Nigerians will come to trust our label/certificate of Authenticity and Quality on any product and companies will pay us to review their products". And these guys will need to hire chemists, biologists, science people, PR officers, consultants, accountants, all sorts. AND MORE JOBS WILL BE CREATED.

And then watch your economy grow realistically...
People have realised if you speak to Nigerians in tenderness, they will not listen but brute force makes them sit up. All the begging in the world would not have made one Nigerian driver wear a seatbelt but the fear of LASTMA became the beginning of seatbelt wisdom. We are in desperate times, that calls for desperate actions, the time for FG to leisurely implement policies has passed and State Govts have to start functioning (almost all of them are comatose).

The reason I can think about this LOGICALLY is that I realise no-one, absolutely no-one is forcing me to buy any imported goods. There are and will always be alternatives to everything imported. I haven't bought commercial body cream in 2 years and my skin is fantastic, I'm using organic stuff and best, my baby can use everything I use without me worrying about allergies or issues developing. I've avoided frozen chicken and my health isn't bad. I can actually buy furniture made in Nigeria (more stressful but can be done), my Nichem Wax ankara of 5 years is in better condition than anything else I bought that was imported from China (not one day of fading). So yeah, I survived without using certain imported goods. I found alternatives.

But I guess the next meal is more important than any meaningful change in 4 years' time, bah? Let's all sit back and enjoy that cheap imported rice.



The reason I think like this is that for a whole year, I have been saying that Importation must die and been studying up Business in Nigeria (and consulted for a medium-scale enterprise and worked in LASG and saw some projects up close and have some business proposals), so I can see the big picture. I wish everyone would.

Freegift75:
Code Of Conduct Tribunal Freed Bola Tinubu In Error – Rotimi Jacobs
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Rotimi Jacobs, a senior advocate of Nigeria and the Federal Government prosecuting counsel in the 13 count charge of false assets declaration trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki on Thursday said the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) was misled to discharge former Governor of Lagos State Bola Ahmed Tinubu when he was arraigned before it in November 2011.

From: www.saharareporters.com/2016/03/19/code-conduct-tribunal-freed-bola-tinubu-error--rotimi-jacobs

nduchucks:
Must They Humiliate Tinubu Like This?
Sep 21, 2011


Haba!

adoinem:
Yet PDP dey expect miracles out of the new government in just 4 weeks!