₦airaland Forum

EdCure:
Na Wadata plaza d Defence HQ dey?

Was that stated in the OP

azimibraun:
Too afraid to mention ameachi's name they defence hqtrs said " a statement made by a popular politician" Is Rotimi Ameachi too difficult to mention or pronounce? The man just said the truth and has ruffled feathers.

That is what simple decorum & protocol requires in civilised societies.
Are you allergic to such niceties of life or do you have any particular problem with it

Below is what I consider key part of the OP =>

He said he expected Amaechi or his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to retract the statement, but their failure to do so prompted the reaction of the military. “It was expected that the fellow quoted or his party would have made immediate moves to correct this fallacy or erroneous impression being propagated especially in view of the level of knowledge of his principal and candidate in forthcoming elections.

“Unfortunately, no such gesture seems to be forthcoming. There is therefore the need to caution against the propagation of this dangerous idea before it causes more problems. “For the avoidance of any doubt, the military institution rejects this declaration and its intention in all ramifications.

The military law as recognised by the constitution of the federation is an appropriate legal document for the management of affairs of the military. The processes it outlines for handling military offences remain legal and will continue to be applied in the interest of the nation’s security and democracy.”

He further called for caution in meddling in the affairs of the military, adding that constituted authority in the military must not be undermined. “Individuals and interest groups seeking to play to the gallery by being meddlesome, sensational or mischievous in interpreting developments in the military are advised to moderate their activities with some decorum.

I also expected that General Muhammadu Buhari would have arranged adequate & appropriate damage control over the loquacious mess caused by his Donatus General (DG) but obviously that was expecting too much from the daft old soldier pensioner.
Never mind his grandstanding about consulting Generals about how to deal with BH menace!
Why consult Generals whom your party is undermining their authority on the altar of petty politics
As if there are no better alternative channels for addressing lapses in the military command raised by the mutinous soldiers? That includes the over-fed, loafing SINators and representaTHIEVES with their "oversight" functions!
And to imagine that he is a retired military officer who has held juicy political appointments from a very young age

The blatant HYPOCRISY of the Association of Pretending Crooks, APC gets exposed & revealed for more of our fellow citizens to discover daily despite their desperate attempt at packaging their putrid alternative WRONGLY labelled as change!

rebranded:
Car allowance cannot be monthly oooo at 9m per month

This break down is faulty even with the clueless he wont allow this

I thought the legislative arm of government in a democracy is INDEPENDENT, is it not

deletrue:
Well, that guy as I know him then use to give, as birth day gift, musical sets, flat screen tv, motor bikes, pressing iron.etc. He behaves like tanker drivers. Highly mannerless. You don't dare pass close to his entrance or else he will send his body gaurds, mobile police to beat you up. He is a very close relation to Ibori and Uduaghan. They recked Delta state as today.

The issue is not whether he gives or not. Rather it is about HOW/WHAT he gives.

Those shiny objects you listed can't help the recipients for long IF they do not have the capacity to generate their own INCOME stream to maintain, replace & even expand on what they received!
That is where meaningful education projects for as many people from his ghetto as possible is a more viable option/route that lifts everyone up and in the process POLISHES his own background in an enduring manner such that when he steps out of his immediate society he is not simply recognised as a LOCAL champion

BTW, would you know if he has done anything towards refurbishing the primary & secondary school he attended

stanech:
we need a better opposition apc and pdp are the same,,,, the oppposition must campaign based on issues not these name calling,,

Na so me sef I see am oh! That is why we are saying they should stop the holier-than-thou pretence.
Nobody holy pass between the two bands of rogues.

stanech:
do the progresve law makers collect the same large pay if so how are they different

There own progressive na only for mouth and PROPAGANDA.
When you ask for criteria of being a progressive, all you get is dead silence

Progressive ko, regressive ni

datribune:
LIAR!. Stop lies. Stop d misinformation. Under Gowon, Nigeria was a federation wit 12 states. It was Aguiyi Ironsi who promulgated decree 34 which abrogated Nigeria's federal structure in exchange for a unitary one. It was a major political miscalculation.

I thought Gowon ruled AFTER Ironsi was killed in the July 1966 coup, is that no longer correct

And how could Gowon who CREATED the 12 states still make the country a federation of the states he created AFTER Ironsi's unitary decree?

jeflexy:
The masquerade came around yesterday, so i begged it for a shot and i also gave it some money....
U can post pixs of ur village masquerade too..

Thanks for sharing your beautiful picture with the masquerade.

However, I don't think it is appropriate to refer to the masquerade as "IT". Based on the little I know about masquerades they are either male or female and hence should be referred to as he or she, not so

Image123:
The FG (pdp) delays monthly allocations. State government depends on monthly allocations, and opposition states are usually the worst hit from what i see.

You may need to replace your eyes and read widely so you can see clearly and stop embarrassing yourself.

The Federal Allocation Accounts Committee (FAAC), is made up of the 36 states and the federal government as CUSTODIAN only. They meet monthly to agree on sharing of the national cake aka Niger Delta oil revenue.

The states are free to sue the federal government to the Supreme court if they feel they have been shortchanged in the sharing. They have done that before over the oil subsidy payments, Excess Crude Account etc.

Subsidy - Governors Sue FG At Supreme Court
13 JULY 2012

State governors rose from a meeting early yesterday announcing a decision to seek legal redress at the Supreme Court over what they called illegal funds deductions by the Federal Government, including withdrawals for petrol subsidy and Sovereign Wealth Fund.

In a communique, the Nigerian Governors' Forum said they will challenge "continuing illegal deductions from the Federation Account towards offsetting oil subsidy payments, Excess Crude Account and other unconstitutional withdrawals by the Federal Government."

More from: http://allafrica.com/stories/201207130730.html

Many of us seem IGNORANT of the fact that we have been in a growing democracy for the past 16 years or so and the separate but complimentary INSTITUTIONS are slowly recognising and exercising their constitutionally guaranteed INDEPENDENCE while the useless politicians in the 36 states and 774 LGAs continue deceiving their fellow citizens of the sole responsibility of the federal government for their daily existence

Topiipii:
I had to quote because of your reputation here on NL. One would think that someone of such reputation should have done a little bit of research as to why the workers were owed in the first place and not hurry to comment in order to curry favour. Ekiti is a 'civil service state', it relies on federal allocation to pay its workers. The question should be why the allocation for September was witheld.

Do you have evidence that Ekiti state's September allocation from the Federation Account largely funded by Niger Delta oil revenue "was withheld"

If you do, please share here.
Thanks.

yibomustgo:
Outfoxed

Betrayed the same way Alimi betrayed Aare Afonja and Ilorin became part of the Sokoto Caliphate with an Emir ruling over the town till tomorrow!

History keeps repeating itself for those who are not VIGILANTE and do not take note of the lessons!!!

LRNZH:
The closest ally of a known Boko Haram sponsor (Ali Modu Sherrif) is GEJ. Who are we deceiving here?

I thought he was one of the founding members and leaders of the Association of Pretending Crooks, APC

Tinubu, Sheriff in near fisticuff at APC NEC meeting
March 29, 2014


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The recent meeting of the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, almost turned violent following the threat by a former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff to beat up a national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu.

Mr. Sheriff exploded midway into the meeting, raining abuses on Mr. Tinubu and threatening to slap the former Lagos State governor.
But for the intervention of the some party leaders attending the meeting, including a former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari and a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, the former Borno Governor, almost made real his threat, sources at the meeting told PREMIUM TIMES.

The APC NEC meeting, which was held at the party’s headquarters in the Wuse 2 District of Abuja, was convened last Monday to discuss some pressing issues in the party, including the impending inaugural ward, local government and state congresses as well as a national convention.
The membership of the party’s NEC includes all members of the National Working Committees, NWC, Board of Trustees, BoT, former presidents, vice presidents, governors and their deputies who are members of the party, and leaders of the party in the National Assembly.

Mr. Sheriff is a member of the organ in his capacity as a former governor and a leader of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, which last year merged with the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Congress for Progressives Change, CPC, and a section of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, to form the APC.

He was the Chairman of the ANPP Board of Trustees until the merger. On his part, apart from being a former governor, Mr. Tinubu is a respected leading light of the country’s main opposition party.

More from: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/157696-tinubu-sheriff-in-near-fisticuff-at-apc-nec-meetiing.html

Bloody HYPOCRITES!!!

Orikinla:
The man said he would be leaving in 2015.
A God fearing man like President Goodluck Jonathan will not lie to the whole world.

And the daft old soldier pensioner who took a bank loan without collateral is a "God fearing man", abi

From: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/features-and-interviews/169474-analysis-as-buhari-formally-joins-the-presidential-race-for-the-fourth-time-how-far-can-the-general-go-this-time.html

On December 9, 2010, while formally declaring his intention to run for president in the 2011 election, former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari had said he would not contest the result of the election in court if he lost.
Mr. Buhari’s decision was premised on the fact that on two previous occasions, he had approached the court to adjudicate on his petitions challenging his loss in the elections, but was denied justice. He said it would be a waste of time to return there again.
“The common feeling was that the judiciary was not acting independently,” Mr. Buhari, who was then running on the platform of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, lamented at a news conference in Abuja.
“Even though we disagreed with the rulings, we accepted them as a decision of the highest court of the land so that people do not lose faith in the overall democratic system. This time we are not going to court. Once bitten…..but in our own case twice bitten.”
A few months later, at the grand finale of his campaign in Abuja Mr. Buhari promised that the 2011 presidential contest would be his last as he would not contest for the position again.
“This campaign is the third and last one for me. I will not offer myself again for election into the office of president,” he said.

Bloody HYPOCRITES !!!

bishopclin:
The above is a fiction of your imagination. How on earth would a Nigerian, based in Nigeria expect such an outcome? It is ridiculous. Mr. President, Goodluck Jonathan is comfortably on ground in about 75% of the states in the country. This is no online fictitious result but from available information on ground in all the states. Nigerians know better. Nigerians know that Goodluck Jonathan is the best that has happened to us. Let us unite and vote in this humble, gentle, and silent achiever. GEJ till 2019!

While some of our fellow citizens have seen the revival/transformation in several sectors of our socio-economic life, we owe our dear country the onerous duty/task of SPREADING/SHARING the information on specific achievements that we are/become aware of.

Each one of us can contribute our little effort to ensure the CONTINUITY of the progress witnessed in the past five years or so instead of the bizarre alternative of taking us back to the dark days of repression of our basic liberties/freedom and daft, harmful economic policies!

Sebosede:
yes

Thanks for confirming.
So Fayemi messed up big time while PRETENDING to be a 'genleman progre'THIEF'.
However, Fayose needs to pay up now since government is a continuum!

aresa:
What salaries do they want again? I though they are all belefull with stomach infrastructure, chicken and rice....

After the drama, trash talk and comedy and free chicken and rice, the painful realities of governance is now setting in...

U na neva jamm ...You reap what you sow

Who was the governor in September that did not pay that month's salary

Does this mean he [Fayose] has paid October - December salaries

siraj1402:
My father will say "Amukun won ni eru é wó oni oke lenwo ewo isale".When the head is bad,you can't blame the bottom.Since our president said stealing is not corruption then why will I blame the customs?They were acting on oga at the top instructions.

Your translation/application of the adage is incorrect. Please review.
Cheers!

barcanista:
Unfortunately, there is nothing anyone can do about it. One has to prepare clearance and other sundry charges when doing importation.

Thanks!
The more we learn to be law abiding at ALL times, especially when personally inconvenient, the better for our overall & individual interest.

Grievances should always be addressed through legal channels.

omonnakoda:
Sitting or standing in the queue IS critical work of state. Eating the food served on an airline is part of the job of a good CEO. That is how you know what is going on. That is why a leader would not come and claim his nation is one of the biggest in the world or electricity is improving or cement is 1000 or everyone takes a train to work.

If done once in a while, randomly & discreetly that is okay for the purpose of getting a real feel of what is going on.
If done regularly and/or for photo-op PROPAGANDA, then it is clueless pretence meant to deceive voters.
QED!!!

Change2015:
President prefers German hospitals o.

Just like the alternative being proposed to replace him. The national leader of his party also dashes out frequently for regular visits despite the hype of 'progressive' rule of the state of excellence for eight years in the recent past.

Bloody HYPOCRITES!!!

I'm not REALLY concerned by the topic but think it is a great idea. I try to live healthy and as environmentally conscious as possible. It may SEEM expensive at first but the OVERALL cost, in the medium/long term, to the individual & society is usually less when you factor in so many other qualitative issues and costs that may appear unrelated to the particular decision/issue at stake.

In this particular case, Onegai has provided some of those seemingly unrelated issues that have a cost for the individual & society at large.
Thanks!

Hungry scammer on prowl!

mcquin:
If you are agreeing that Jonathan is also a bully, then you have no moral ground to post what you did about General's use of force in a Military regime.

Do you want me to explain what PROGRESS means to you

MadCow1:
Money can buy you everything but class

........except the person is HUMBLE & DISCIPLINED enough to undergo the needed transformation that may imbibe SOME class in him/her.

Reminds me of an old B&O advert:

First class living is not just about an air ticket

mcquin:
That was a military regime. Go ask Tambuwal and Amaechi how well Jonathan welcomes opposition in a democracy.

I will ask both to check first with Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and compare notes with those who held similar positions during his administration (1999-2007).
Deal

Ever heard the word PROGRESS?

mebad:
are those the grooms men dressed like undertaker?

Dumb is what dumb does no matter the packaging

The environment/surrounding (particularly of the first picture) sure looks like the area that breeds rich people, talk less of billionaires, not so


www.nairaland.com/attachments/1974039_1901221971705269743435137004n_jpegd9a87860761fbcadbcaac3683138381c

Does anyone have a list of his philantropic activities, particularly in the area of educating children and providing opportunities for his fellow ghetto dwellers to break out of poverty in a sustainable way?

Abi nor be so our "superior" oyinbo billionaires dey do so tey dem go maintain dem "superiority" over we BLACK people

Gbawe:
Oh laaawwwd !!! The annoying crayon brat is here.

@Mods. Can you guys not do something useful and develop a 'Nairaland prison' where some posters can be sent to if other Nairalanders unanimously vote for them to be e-jailed? There has to be some way to curb the nuisance of this annoying character called Anonimi.

Typical Buhari Gestapo DICTATOR style- no freedom of expression.
Lock up any critic and journalist like:

- Nduka Irabor
- Tunde Thompson

both of Guardian and

- Vera Ifudu, NTA

felt the brutal force of the "rigid and uncompromising" military COUPIST under his obnoxious Decree 4!

superstar1:
if that is the idea, the sissy of a president should come out openly and stop being lilly-livered.

He is still a weakling. He had the opportunity of a CONFAB to achieve his supposedly balkanisation, but he could not utilise it. He even told us that balkanisation is a no go area. How weak and clueless can he be?

We have had 6years of mediocrity, it is time for a CHANGE.

You obviously do not know what you are talking about.
Cluelessness plus daftness mixed with lack of knowledge- typical symptoms of the Cow Cloned Brain Syndrome (CCBS)!

superstar1:
If we had the kind of GEJ as our President in 1996, by now Nigeria would have been balkanised into 250 nations.

He stands for weakness, cluelessness and mediocrity.

A president that cannot visit war front to motivate his Army and he is the C-in-C. Tompolo threatened him, he could not visit Gbaramutu, Shekau threatened him, he could not visit Chibok. That says it all. What other big grammar can be used to describe weakness?

Are you talking about this man who helped us ensure Niger Delta oil flowed even more as part of Yar'Adua's amnesty for the militants

Niger Delta: Life in the Creeks
Monday, July 21, 2008 - By MURPHY GANAGANA, Abuja

Curiously, Government Ekpompolo a.k.a Tom Polo, who is the leader of Camp 5, has kept government and security top shots in suspense with his mode of operation. And his creed seems to be less talk and more action. Described as a focused, principled and courageous warlord, Ekpompolo is reputed to have four major camps, and his home is a Mecca of sorts for politicians as well as top government officials including some state governors in the Niger Delta. In fact, as part of the Federal Government's search for peace in the troubled region, Vice President Goodluck Jonathan had also visited Camp 5 without any security detail, a move which ruffled feathers in military circles. And General L.P Ngubane, immediate past commander of the Joint Military Task Force in the Niger Delta did not mince words in expressing his dismay.

"It is disconcerting that Camp 5 has become a pilgrim centre for some important politicians, especially those from the Niger Delta. These constant visitations to a known criminal legalizes the activities of the militants, embolden and empower them financially and emotionally. For example, the Governors of Bayelsa, Rivers and Delta states at various times after their inauguration, visited Camp 5. Recently, the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria also visited Camp 5 on June 28, 2007 without security details accompanying him just because the militants said so.", he wrote in a memo reference TFRH/25/G, addressed to the Chief of Defence Staff, General Owoye Azazi.

More from: http://nm.onlinenigeria.com/template...nt-article.htm

berem:
So how is it possible for Buhari to introduce Sharia in a secular Nigeria where we have senators and house of reps? He didn't introduce sharia law as a military head of state where he has all the powers to do so. Why should he do it in a democratic government?

Buhari has been described as "too rigid and uncompromising in his attitudes to issues" by his fellow military DICTATORs, not so

Meanwhile you may wish to note that Adolf Hitler also had a parliament to deal with when he took over leadership of Germany

Obiagelli:
Finally i give up on you. The President have been able to get his private jet budget passed in the house but his campaign promises are impossible in the same house of assembly?
Wow, na so we go dey mumu dey go?

- Which campaign promise exactly are you referring to?

- In which "house of assembly"? I believe you may have meant the National Assembly, which is different from States' house of assembly, right