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dearpreye:
THEIR SALARIES AND THE RMAFC

The salaries and allowances of these thieves, however sickening and humongous, are determined by the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission. Our Constitution has empowered it do so.

Section 70 of the Nigerian Constitution 1999( as amended) reads:

A member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall receive such salary and other allowances as Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission may determine

Going by the above section, the huge salaries of our lawmakers are legal. The President cannot reduce or increase them; only the RMAFC can do that. And its these same thieves that appoint the head of the RMAFC. We don enter one chance!

The National Assembly should give a lead in reducing their allowances substantially and stopping their foreign travels. These savings should be applied to education, infrastructure and agriculture with emphasis on youth employment through meaningful and practical emergency programmes.

More from: http://saharareporters.com/2011/12/28/statement-general-muhammadu-buhari-regarding-verdict-supreme-court-jonathans-election

ferdvict2:
"Defy all elements, whatever it may be,and vote for APC from top to bottom,’’ he said.

abduljabbar8:
Well... There are some strangers who are going against it. Strangers whose heads are embedded with stupidity. Though their votes are not relevant and even. If they are, Jagaban will rig those votes out.

nduchucks:
Don Jazzy may very well be Doro Accurate.

AgentMS:
This is Africa where people have eternal allegiance and spiritual connections to their forefathers land. Just like Europe and Asia.

State of Residence and Place of birth can never see the light of day, talkless of working

Even Europeans have strong allegiance to their land. That is why a Welsh is forever one and Scottish is one and a German will not trade a grain of its soil. That is having pride in your ancestral lineage.

Only America, Canada and Australia can have state of residence or place of birth because they are a migrant country.

Nigeria is not a migrant country. Likewise Africa, Europe and Asia.

XBLadez:
That oba is a tout
But he can't make me stop loving my Yoruba gf, Abosede

Alleybuy:
Ambode lists one of his selling points as financial wizardry..

Abradacabra things with Lagos IGR

#saynotocookingthebooks

OrlandoOwoh:
You will be disgraced like you were on March 28.

OrlandoOwoh:
I challenge you, show me me one PDP controlled state or even the FCT that provides water to its people across the state like Lagos State. In all the places I've lived in Lagos State, I have water supplied by the state.
Anonimi, you will finally be made silent just as you have on the presidential election.

sweetgala:
Well that one get K leg, maybe they ran into the bathroom for safety or maybe they were murdered

Codedrunscom:
I LOVE JIMI

sweetgala:
Idiot it wasn't premeditated , his ECB caught fire a d the family died of smoke inhalation while sleeping. I've done fire safety courses and smoke is known to incapacitate quickly limiting vision and breathing capacity

dainformant:
What's really happening at this political event that got the eyes of everyone fixed on the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu. Pictured are governor Tunde Fashola, Bola Tinubu and other APC stalwarts with the Oba at a recent rally in the state. Hope he didn't threaten their lives with lagoon....The gestures on the faces of Fashola and Tinubu are not ordinary..."We just siddon dey look you since".....

Source; National Helm
http://www.nationalhelm.com/2015/04/caption-this-photo-of-fashola-and.html

Fashola visited Toronto earlier this year to inspect the TTC trains.
AUGUST 10, 2011

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
11 Sep 2014
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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
APRIL 4, 2015
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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/

chipmunkey:
But the old man already released a press statement denying it.

tellwisdom:
Who sold him weed??

raumdeuter:
Well said Kabiyesi

The meaning of Kabiyesi is who dares question you

You have said it and who dares question you

QuotaSystem:
Article saved for if Buhari has to increase VAT someday. TANoids will be glad to know Jonathan recommended it .

BraniacX:
You don't get his point, he was asking a buhari supporter that said that for buhari to succeed, we must first be ready to change ourselves first and that buhari's government can't bring change to us by itself and that if he fails, it would be because we failed individually, he called this philosophy selfish because the APC were unwilling to allow the same argument for GEJ, they blamed evey failure on him individually, downplayed as much as possible every success and ascribed every success they could not downplay as happening despite GEJ

AdekunleBal:
If you want PDP to jonathan all of Fashola's work in Lagos, vote PDP. If you want to build on Fashola's strides, vote AMBO!!

Eko o ni Baje.

Gbawe:
http://newtelegraphonline.com/buhari-fear-grips-nnpc-over-probe/

major466:
What your party man say can be used against your party apc and by extension Buhari himself because the party will be deemed to have agreed with the submission of the member. If not, why didn't Buhari refute the claims of his party's spokesman He was content with that because it was presidential campaign period. Now that election is over, he suddenly woken up to the reality that those claims are unrealistic Where's the integrity

fr3do:
So the relative failure of our country is based on us failing individually?
What selfish philosophy is this?

pazienza:
But Buhari is supposed to represent "Change", where is the change if he is going to copy GEJ? Or is the promised change a scam?