ITbomb: For the sake of sustainability, the price has to be competitive, however the most effective way of making Nigerians own this car is to make a favorable policy of acquisition through bank with payment period spread over two years especially for fixed income earners
This is a very good GREAT suggestion. I hope our bankers and financial policy makers will take note and work out something very practical so it works for everyone.
Afritelly: Those car were the one OBJ bought for civic servants and abandoned in Ikeja Cantonment Barracks and now they are telling us Peugeot roll out car. Where is the factory built in Naija?
Did you read the OP?
I don't know how old you are BUT back in the 70s up to the early 80s Peugeot had a factory in Kaduna and cars were assembled in Nigeria with some level of locally produced components. The company is now REVIVING its factory based on the VERY GOOD auto policy of this federal administration. You may find the news story below helpful:
Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN) to Resume Car Assembly Next Month BY BABATOPE OLALEYE ON MAY 12, 2014
Chief Executive Officer of PAN Nigeria Limited, Alhaji Ibrahim Boyi has said the company would begin the assembly of cars in its plant in Kaduna next month. Boyi stated this at the just concluded 9th Lagos Motor Fair and 3rd Autoparts Expo, Nigeria held at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.
According to him, “By 2015 we will start full CKD assembly, and this will generate the most local content.”
He said they were already looking at the local auto component manufacturers and were ready to work with any serious investor in that sector. “So, it is a great opportunity for people that want to ride on the back of this policy.”
PAN, he said was already working with the association of auto component manufacturers to create clusters and that the Minister of Transport has been informed that “We are ready to work with auto component manufacturers that show enough seriousness in our cluster in Kaduna.”
He said the company would need to employ more people and expand its distribution and sales network. He said the PAN would work hard to regain its customer-base that was lost when the company went under, adding “All of these will bring opportunities for more people.”
PAN was established in 1972, he said as a joint venture between the Automobile Company of France and the Federal Government of Nigeria and that when it was in operation, produced more than 500,000 cars, adding that it produced up to 90,000 cars in a single year and employed over 4,000 people. He said the story has changed, unfortunately, explaining that “as at last year, the company had 300 staff and our projection last year was under a thousand cars and if you quantify that against the current tax, you see the amount of loss that the Nigerian economy has suffered.”
He said the workers that lost their jobs have suffered a great deal and that the company’s dealership across the nation also suffered.
Stating what was ahead in the plans of PAN with the auto policy, he said, “It will start to bring those benefits back to Nigeria. The objective of the new policy is to encourage local production; local development of skill and manpower; for employment and create local opportunity. So, we are fully in support of the policy and we want to assure everybody, including those who may not like the policy, that the policy will only do one thing, naturally help improve the Nigerian people. Despite all the opposition and the fear that the policy will generate, we will be able to create more opportunities for our people and all will translate into better and cheaper products.”
Another crucial issue Boyi discussed was the proliferation of fake spare parts. He urged auto companies in the country to provide genuine spare parts to discourage the use of substandard parts. He said the Lagos Auto Fair was an opportunity to meet with PAN’s critical stakeholders and, praised the orgnisers, BKG Exhibition Limited for putting up a good show.
Stressing the need for genuine spare parts and good after sales services, he said, “We as industry players must rise against the proliferation of substandard parts. Personally, I will take up the challenge and our organisation will also take up the challenge. We will speak with the regulators and the enforcers and ensure that we minimise the incidence of fake parts in Nigeria.”
He said, “We are very much concerned that those customers, who buy PAN vehicles, get full value from the vehicles. Strategically as an organisation, we are concerned about the provision of spares. A lot of companies suffer this problem. Cost of ownership of vehicles has been so much mainly because of the incidences of fake spare parts in the market. By our estimate, there are about 70 per cent to 80 per cent fake spares in the market. So, the chance of you buying spares and getting original spares is only 20 or 30 per cent.”
This, he said was a major concern for PAN and that it has led to their ensuring that, as part of their new development plan, “we manage and ensure the integrity of after sales, because Peugeot brand is known as vehicles that anyone everywhere can maintain. We will like to bring that back into our system.”
The company, he said intended to expand its after sales network and spread it to all nooks and crannies of the country and that since there is new sophistication in the production of the vehicles, people’s skills would be upgraded to enable them provide adequate services. “We will have skilled and very well-trained manpower and to also ensure that whatever parts that is used for your cars are genuine spare parts.
The chief executive officer promised that PAN customers would enjoy the use of their vehicles at cheaper running and maintenance costs, because “with genuine spare parts, you are given peace of mind, comfort and lasting use of the vehicles.”
Boyi said another important thing happening in the country was the auto development plan of the federal government.
According to him, the nation embraced the policy in the seventies but that, “unfortunately, when the industry was just at the verge of exploding in its full potentials, such policy initiative was reversed and the industry suffered a major setback in terms of its own development.”
Present at the event were; PAN’s technical partners, France Automobile Company, represented by Mr. Erik, Technical Assistant to the Managing Director, and other top management staff of the company.
jeffizy: After the masses eat and sleep with their eyes closed, their children are in school with good uniforms, then Peugeot will sell. #basicnecessitybeforeluxury
You are very correct BUT I hope you realise that state governors and LGA chairmen are RESPONSIBLE for ensuring ALL children go to primary/VOCATIONAL/secondary/TECHNICAL schools for FREE and they receive EXTRA-budgetary support in billions from the federal government, through UBEC, for this purpose
Furthermore if these state governors and LGA chairmen RECRUIT professionally qualified teachers, doctors, nurses etc REGULARLY as required for total service provision according to their constitutional RESPONSIBILITY then the masses will be able to "eat and sleep with their eyes closed" as it was mostly in the 60s when these TIERS of government were more active than they are now!
Isoko man: This must be good for us. Are they recruiting?
They will surely be recruiting but MORE importantly is that other companies that are involved in their SUPPLY CHAIN for components and other related products & services will also be REVIVED/RECREATED/ESTABLISHED for even more RECRUITMENT of our youths so there is LESS attraction to join the terrorists. That is the effect of well thought out socio-economic policies that TAKE TIME to manifest but are ENDURING for SUSTAINABLE development.
We need to task our state governors and LGA chairmen to also do their work for primary/VOCATIONA/secondary/TECHNICAL schools and health Clinics/General Hospitals by continuously recruiting PROFESSIONALLY qualified teachers, doctors, pharmacists, lab technicians etc instead of only using Youth Corpers.
Nigeria is on the RISE again and the gates of Boko Hell will not prevail against it. Amen! Insha Allah!!!
Ayekotoo: ``The public education system is producing results. `` As I have mentioned before, out of about 14,000 schools in the state, only about 2,000 belong to the state government.
``Those 2,000 schools are the ones where free education runs, where free textbooks are given, where tuition is free, where children participate in different clubs -- Climate Change Club, Young Farmer`s Club and others -- at no cost to them.-- Babatunde Fashola
What is the % of 2,000 to 14,000? Is it not about 14% Was Fashola elected to be governor of ONLY 14% of the whole state?
[quote author=Okiki_Oluwa]Fine. Those guys are doing well. How about other PDP governors. Especially the northerners. Do you know how under developed those region are? They are recking their states, breeding poverty & errand youths for terrorists![/quote]Are they not now with APC
- Alhaji Ahmed Abdulfatah (Kwara), - Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso (Kano), - Alhaji Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), and - Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto).
fijiano202: Wow,this a wonderful and well written article....as the writer aformentioned Only God is flawless,Tinubu is human with many flaws.i understand people accuse him of embezzlement without evidence but what they all fail to appreciate is how he turned Lagos state to a self-sustaining state. Americans call it an Independent State..
Has Lagos state STOPPED collecting in the almajiri begging bowl monthly in Abuja from the Niger Delta oil revenue to be your "Amercians call it independent state"
Is this the low quality education that Fashola is dishing out in LASU despite hiking fees from 25k to 250k in a progreThief manner
Orikinla: All the PDP states and the oil producing states in particular are like banana republics when compared to Lagos state since 1999 to date. Lagos was an eyesore before Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu became governor and transformed the state and with free education for all the children resident in the state regardless of the states of origin of their parents, including the children of those from PDP states who are breeding like dogs in Lagos, especially the Igbos who breed kids they cannot even feed and abandon their liabilities for the Lagos state government.
. . .
All the present and past governors of PDP combined have not achieved what Asiwau Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his successors have achieved for Lagos since 1999 to date. And he has proved by his works and political wisdom that he can be a better President than any PDP President since 1999 to date.
Any critic attacking and insulting Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu should show facts or just SHUT UP!
What is it with APC supporters and the propensity to LIE as if they are breathing Let me share this with you in case you are unaware:
Soyinka commends Akpabio’s Educational Programmes
NOBEL Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has commended Governor Godswill Akpabio for his efforts in human capacity development in Akwa Ibom State.
The erudite scholar, who was the Chairman of a discussion session at the second day of the just-ended South South Economic Summit in Asaba, specifically mentioned Akpabio’s target training of Akwa Ibom youths in specialized field of aviation.
He also identified the governor’s free education to all youths in the state, as another area where Akpabio had blazed the trail, pointing out that “such models must be developed by governments at all levels, in the country.”
The Governor had earlier told participants at the summit of his administration’s investments in free and compulsory education for all Nigerians resident in Akwa Ibom State from primary to senior secondary school, with an attendant revamping of education infrastructure .
Such a gesture, he said, was designed “to build the capacity of the youths to meet the manpower challenges of not only the emerging industrial economy of the state, but the highly competitive labour market in the country.”
Akpabio said his educational scheme was devoid of any hidden charges as his government was paying subventions to school heads in the state.”
This apart, he said, “we have made a law, the child rights law, that among other things prohibits children of school age from being detained at home during school hours.”
Similarly, he said, “my administration has sponsored several youths abroad for specialized training in aviation in view of the huge investments it has made in the aviation industry.”
Meanwhile in Lagos, a SINator is giving scholarship to pupils to attend SUPPOSEDLY free schools:
Lawmaker’s scholarship lifts 75 pupils
The lawmaker representing Lagos East in the Senate, Gbenga Ashafa, has charged parents to support their children’s education to the tertiary level. Ashafa made the charge in Epe last weekend during the presentation of scholarships to 75 indigent pupils in Ikosi-Ejirin Local Council Development Area (LCDA).
The pupils, drawn from various public schools, were selected by the Gbenga Ashafa Educational Enhancement Programme.
Congratulating the beneficiaries, the lawmaker told the pupils to make judicious use of the grants.
He urged the parents to see education as a potent tool for development and always support their wards’ quest for it. He added that the programme is aimed and sustaining pupils’ interest in education.
He said: “Today’s occasion serves as a pilot project for the indigent students in public schools throughout the Lagos East senatorial district. Support for education has always been an integral part of our programmes.
“Under this scheme, a lot of success has been recorded. In the last three months, over 10,000 copies of writing materials, mathematical sets and rain coats were distributed throughout schools in my senatorial district. This is not to mention the different categories of scholarships and various financial assistances, all to keep the interest of our children in education.”
The chairman of the Gbenga Ashafa Educational Enhancement Programme in the local government, Oba Ganiu Aderibigbe, Alayandelu of Odo Ayandelu, thanked the lawmaker for the gesture.
“We thank our amiable Senator Ashafa for this initiative. Without this scholarship, the implication would have been to have these children out of schools without completing their studies, which has the potential to constitute nuisance in our community,” he said.
The beneficiaries, who were indigenes and non-indigenes of Lagos State, were selected across communities in the LCDA. One of them, Abraham Mercy, a Primary 5 pupil of Anglican Primary School, Ajebo, said she almost stopped schooling when her parents could not afford to pay. She appreciated the senator’s gesture, saying: “Thank you sir, Senator Ashafa, for this scholarship; I will go back to complete primary school.”
[quote author=Okiki_Oluwa]If APC failed with only water. PDP failed with everything. The issue here is one party has ruled for 15 years with little development while another party ruled in a state for 3 years & did wonders.[/quote]For how long has APC ruled Lagos state
But as a man, his achievements are numerous and for all to see. When Tinubu became the governor of Lagos State, the state was internationally known as the dirtiest city in the world. Lagos has been improved, cleaned and made better. Take a drive round Lagos metropolis today and judge for yourself.
Do you have a governor for the metropolis or for a STATE No wonder the Conmen in the Arewa People's Congress have been taking us for a ride PRETENDING to be progressives How much of Lagos state has this Tinubu praise-singer driven around:
hensben: i want to ask a question; is it that pdp doesnt want an opposition? because acn merge with apc have really open the masses eyes to see what is really happening in nigeria since they become a formidable opposition. A democracy with no opposition is not a democracy, we need strong opposition party against pdp for we to put things in check. Please lets be civil instead of calling 'supporters of APC', 'cankerworms'. pdp as a party have failed us.
Do you think ACN/APC wants opposition in Lagos after ruling us for 15 years non-stop with 100% win of LGA elections even when the Thief'nubu tribunal said he lost in his polling boot to Obanikoro's son:
Tribunal Declares ACN Winner of Ikoyi/Obalende Election
ACN is WORSE than PDP since they paint themselves as angels/progressives, which clearly they are NOT. Simply a bunch of HYPOCRITES who can only continue fooling their MUMU followers
[quote author=colo$$u$]Shey na now daybreak for am? Abi him no know say that road need repair since [/quote]And you think a major road repair na like to buy bread for market....you just pay mama Basira and sharp sharp bread don reach your hand Have you handled any construction- even of a building to understand project time frames and possible challenges Sometimes you wonder what some of us have upstairs sef?
vicchi12: shut up please.. Ignorant cunt! There are black ppl with natural blondes... Start watching discovery channel n do more research before using your German roach looking fingers to type shit... Mofo!
I hear you. Indeed natural blonde dey for Africa and we dey call dem Albinos
scribble: lol the incomeptence of northern leaders since independence is the real culprit.
Abi o! Can you imagine that Borno state received more than each & every south east state and most south west states in 2013 and yet has NOTHING to show for it in terms of schools, health clinics, roads, pipe-borne water etc hence the attraction of the youths to BH
Okonjo-Iweala said, “Clearly, the Federal Government cannot do it alone; we need the private sector to work with us and we have reached out to them in transforming Nigeria. But, in addition to that, we should ask ourselves what is the role of the state and local governments in supporting our transformation.
“A lot of attention is turned on the Federal Government. So, we also need to ask what our states and local governments do with the resources they get.”
The minister said the states were getting their monthly allocations, adding that the information was being published in the media so that the people would know what accrued to the federal, state and local governments.
She added, “We need to ask more questions; poverty eradication and building of infrastructure are not only by the Federal Government. In 2013, the top 10 allocations were going to the following states:
- Akwa Ibom, N260bn; - Rivers, N220bn; - Delta N209bn; - Bayelsa, N173bn; - Lagos, N168bn; - Kano, N140bn; - Katsina, N103bn; - Oyo, N100bn; - Kaduna N97bn; and [size=14pt]- Borno at number 10 with N94bn.[/size]
“These were the allocations all these states got last year. The question is what did they do with the money?”
RealSleek: Afro Pop Artiste “Imelda J” (Her Picture Below) has blasted organizers of BET AWARDS to stop humiliating & treating our Top African Super Stars like “sh7t”. The Benue Diva whose cousin was among the stage technicians that worked on the BET AWARDS stage, took to her twitter to Divulge top secret on how the international organizers actually made Tiwa Savage and Mafikizolo to perform in an empty rehearsal room used by top American counterparts.
The singer stated that she had it from top accurate source, that all the people Tiwa Savage & Mafikizolo performed for, where technicians, cleaners and workers that worked on the decoration of the BET AWARDS Set and not real fans or audience.
It`s high time BET organizers start taking African Artistes serious and stop making mockery of our “African Superstars”. its better they don`t perform than making them look like “second hand” artistes, she said.
See grabs and more photos below..
Perhaps Imelda might help that cause and be taken more serious IF she also showcases her African-ness by not putting BLONDE weave on etc..... One needs to avoid CONFUSING messages about one's personality etc.
doctimi: I was travelling from PH to Bayelsa, just around Mbiam village...loose granites flew from the other side of the road (which they claim is motorable) and inflicted the crack on the car windscreen. Within few days, the crack spreaded like virus. What shall I do than to praise the FG for their motorable roads that keep inflicting pains on its users.
Could the "loose granites" be the result of construction work on the road at the time
How many of us have wondered what % of ALL roads in the country are actually federal roads as opposed to those FEEDER roads ( directly in front of our houses, shops, businesses, offices etc) under the care of the various states and LGAs. Can we compare the actual state of these FEEDER roads and developments thereon in the past three/four years to the efforts by the Jonathan administration That would be an interesting exercise, wouldn't it?
greggng: Comprehension is the problem of must nigerians on nairaland. Keshis contracted ended with this world cup.there is no need for him to resign. Resignation is for someone whose contract is still valid. If nff wanna renew his contract fine but he should be given a free hand. Keshi can never beg for job
Exactly. Someone who is already been offered Bafana Bafana (South Africa) coaching job!
BTW, It is one thing to offer it is another to pay as and when due. Were they not owing him so many months salary during & after AFCON
To those who are screaming about the amount, how much do you think NFF will pay a foreign coach Let us learn to APPRECIATE our own talents, o jare.
texazzpete: We can imagine the effect a fraction of the missing $20bn would do for Nigerians too!
This tariff increment is wrong, immoral and unjust, sold to us by an anti-people Government in thrall of several cabals.
Why is it that when it's a discussion about removing fuel subsidy, the Government is quick to tell us 'market forces will decide and ultimately force the price of fuel down', yet when it comes to autos, the FG has no intention of letting market forces decide?
Cars assembled in Nigeria are supposed to be CHEAPER than new cars coming in, and price competitive with many popular Tokunbo brands that are imported. Yet the Government still wants to punish those who may not want those locally assembled brands or who cannot afford them. You do NOT need any increase in tariffs in tokunbo cars to make the auto policy a success.
As always, it is sad to see how you've been compromised.
I guess you need to get better informed on this economic issue before you make comments that may embarrass you. You may want to find out how the Chinese, Indian and othe South east Asian countries have built up their industries that can NOW compete with those in Western Europe and America. Any person or group of people who cannot SACRIFICE TODAY in order to have a better future will remain SLAVES to those who can.
And keep harping on your imaginary compromised phrase. I guess if it makes you feel better I cannot & should not deprive you of such pleasure.
ogaju007: I share your views however, the growth on paper will never ever, never ever filter down to the people as long as we have greedy bastards in power. Nigeria is fine as it is (All we need to do is change our greedy mentality). When a senator,governor, president starts to think of the people before themselves only then will Nigeria rise but until then, we will only see road and building construction but no real impact for the common man.
I also agree with you about the "greedy bastards in power". We must realise however that WE put them there, either through active participation in the political process or PASSIVE NEGLIGENCE. Therefore it is up to us to CHANGE them and/or their behaviour, especially the LOAFING legisLOOTERs and LGA chairmen & councillors who are literally SLEEPING ON DUTY. Yet a Councillor receives almost N 300,000 monthly
From years of decadence fueled by SIMPLY sharing & siphoning away our commonwealth aka Niger Delta oil revenueto PROGRESSIVE growth in our socio-economic indicators with real impact on the people, through REGENERATIVE employment, of our potentially great country.
aguiyi: The president is too tolerant, this is how the auto policy will become a charade. The same way he tolerated boko harm till they became a national embarrassment.that is how he tolerated slow poke ministers until they made his administration a laughing stock and went further to take the life of some youths in the name of recruitment exercise.
He is presently tolerating Biafra zionists until they start taking up arms, I mean real arms. Just like he tolerated obasanjo until he almost started dictating does and don'ts for him.
How can SON not be carried along in a policy like this. How can we continue to play with a policy that will revive so many industries at the same.
How can we be this inconsistent as a people and expect to be taken seriously by others.
This administration will pass in no distant future but will the results of their inactions pass with it?
Time is ticking Destinies are been delayed
Seriously, I don't like this inconsistency even though I will be told its human feelings and a listening leaders style
You put it so well. We cannot continue pushing forward and postponing the NEEDED SACRIFICE for our country's INDUSTRIALISATION and rapid SUSTAINABLE soci-economic development that creates EMPLOYMENT for our teeming youths, particularly those with relevant VOCATIONAL and TECHNICAL schools qualifications. This will normally REDUCE attraction to TERRORIST recruitment & activities by the currently jobless youths.
One can only imagine the outstanding MULTIPLIER effects on our national economy of just a fraction of the $ 3.4 billion we are currently LEAKING outside for auto related imports:
Nigerians spend 3.4bn dollars annually to import used cars and spareparts July 2,2014
Nigerian Government says no going back on '70 per cent' vehicle import duty
“This is to discourage trading, to encourage local assembly, job creation and unnecessary pressure on our foreign reserves.”
The Federal Government on Wednesday defended its auto policy that requires vehicle importers, who do not manufacture locally, to pay 70 per cent duty on imported cars. The Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, said the policy is necessary to check the activities of importers putting a “strain on our (Nigeria’s) foreign reserves.” He disclosed that Nigerians spend about $3.4 billion (N544 billion) on importation of used cars and spare parts. Mr. Aganga, however, said the few local vehicle manufacturing plants in the country would get extra concessions of being allowed to import vehicles at 35 per cent duty. He stated this while addressing journalists after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, during the briefing, said Council had earlier asked the trade minister to brief it on the new policy, following ‘misleading’ media reports. “I briefed council today on a misleading article in one of the newspapers yesterday on the auto policy and we thought it necessary to communicate and correct it,” Mr. Aganga said. “The article has claimed that the duty on used cars is now 70 per cent from yesterday, that is incorrect. It is 35 per cent. “It has also claimed that all used cars coming into the country will attract a duty of 70 per cent that again is incorrect.” The minister justified the advantaged levy given to the manufacturers to import at 35 per cent levy. “Those in the car assembly programme will be able to import cars to meet the gap, when you look at production and the demand in the country. They will be able to import those cars at 35 per cent, not 70 per cent,” he said. “It is only for those who are putting a strain on our foreign reserves, who have no intention of creating jobs in the country, who want to continue to remain traders that the 70 per cent duty applies to. “This is to discourage trading, to encourage local assembly, job creation and unnecessary pressure on our foreign reserves. So, it’s an economic issue and deliberately so,” he added. Mr. Aganga said Nigerians should be “proud of the progress we have made since that policy was introduced in October.” “If we don’t implement this policy, the pressure on the economy of this country will be unbearable because we rely heavily on the importation of cars and this is not what we want to use your foreign exchange for. Today, we spend more than $3 billion every year on importing cars, and another $3.2 billion and $3.4 billion importing used cars and spare parts. “With every importation, we are creating new jobs in other countries. Why should we as a country continue with that policy when we have high level of employment in our country just because we enjoy to ride beautiful cars and yet making sure we are creating unemployment in our country. That is not the best way to go as a country of for the economy of this country. That is why the policy was put in place,” he added . He noted that local manufacturers of cars would import completely knocked down (CKD) and semi-knocked-down (SKD) parts 1 and 2, at 0, 5 and 10 per cent respectively adding that this brings the blended rate of what they produce locally and what they import to a little above 20 per cent. Mr. Aganga also dismissed suggestions that the policy would lead to the increase in the prices of vehicles beyond the reach of the country’s average income earners, stating that Nigeria will be the first country out of all the countries that have implemented the auto programme that has refused to ban used cars at the time of implementation because of the interest of the Nigerian people. The minister further disclosed that local manufacturing and assembling companies and some major car distributors and importers had undertaken not to increase prices. According to him ” In fact, they issued a press statement yesterday night to reassure the Nigerian people that the newspaper article was put there by some interested groups who wanted to deliberately mislead Nigerians. “We will publish their names so that anyone who wants to buy cars from any one of them will find out that none of them has increased prices at all. “We will encourage them to publish the names of their dealers so that any Nigerian who wants to buy cars can go there and buy.” He also noted that price sensitivity was a critical component of the automotive policy which is aimed at ensuring that cars being produced locally are affordable to Nigerians. He added that his ministry had embarked on a weekly car price monitoring exercise to ensure that the local assemblers live up to their promise.
blacksta: I fail to understand the desire of Nigerians of wanting to remain in poverty , I can understand paid hacks like Insecure Nigerian - he or she don mortgage their future for a bowl of rice. PDP hAS failed Nigerians
Why do you guys try to give the FALSE impression that you also do not dash out rice to induce people to vote for your party It is a VAIN attempt to DECEIVE those who are not conversant with what is going on in our politics. Or probably you must be talking of yourself and other Arewa People's Congress, APC people seeing as Fayemi was dashing jollof rice out to old women before the elections:
Ahead Of June 21st Governorship Election, Fayemi And Fayose Share Rice To Electorates
Two prominent contenders of the upcoming Ekiti State Governorship election, incumbent Governor Kayode Fayemi and former Governor Ayo Fayose decided to show the people of Ekiti some love by sharing cooked and uncooked rice. Pictured above is Governor Fayemi and his wife sharing cooked jollof rice to elderly people in the state
esere826: well, I won't I'd rather sit back, think, and propose workable strategies
...You probably should go forward. I might support you
I believe the bold red is what we need more at this time to encourage more understanding how we are & why we are how we are. From there, naturally a critical mass for change will unfold and progress will continue hopefully at an accelerated pace.
esere826: I also recall Ribadu's recent position on some of those he had previously said were corrupt
Our saints in Nigeria are quite messy just like the biblical Moses was
..but they're all we've got
Not quite......WE have OURSELVES and we are MORE than "they" are.......Why are WE not doing more and waiting for some random un-Biblical Moses to save us Why?
oluamid: Well, this EXAMINATION is looking more like a Buhari abuse parade. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Buhari is wrong or right.
I have no qualms saying & showing that Buhari is wrong and will continue to highlight how wrong he is in so many ways vis-a-vis the LAWLESSNESS and the real/deceptive widespread CORRUPTION that has characterised our country for so long.
If you or anyone else continues to revert to the initial comments I made on Buhari's role in Umaru Dikko's life I will be obliged to further examine and explain that role, particularly seeing as he wants to get back to rule us yet again.
esere826: Naaa while not holding forth for Buhari I beg to disagree
Here in Nigeria we have a special tool for identifying corrupt folks
The tool has a scale from 0 to 10 it is comparative, and has a number of indices
Many of us, you and I will fall under the very low percentiles and so we won't be classed as corrupt (maybe we'll be described as 'steal-ers')
Abacha (prior to his centenary award) will most probably gross 10 on the scale But Buhari is surely not up there
You seem to have missed where/when Buhari said Abacha was not corrupt right here on NL:
karl max: Babangida
- From Ibrahim Shuaibu in KanoViewed 1466 Times Rating: by 0 users The late military Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, did not loot the national treasury contrary to the general impression, two military former heads of state have said.
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, who ruled Nigeria between 1983 and 1985, and his successor, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, gave Abacha the clean bill in Kano yesterday after the rememberance prayers marking 10 years of the death of Abacha, who ruled between 1993 and 1998.
Abacha was accused of stealing nearly £5 billion while in office, out of which over $1 billion has reportedly been recovered from various sources around the world.
But Babangida, who described Abacha as a “courageous, loyal and honest military head of state who stood for the unity and development of the country during his years in government”, has dismissed the allegations.
He said the looting allegations against Abacha were unfounded and baseless, stressing that “it is not true that he looted public treasury. I knew who Abacha was because I was close to him”.
Babangida said: “Abacha was a courageous person who stood firmly in handling the affairs of the country during his regime.”
He added that the regime of Abacha brought positive changes in the country which should have been emulated.
He said 10 years after the death of Abacha, his contributions to the nation’s economy remain indelible.
“There is no doubt, during his administration as head of state, Abacha contributed his best to the nation’s economy which we are still enjoying,” he said.
Babangida’s new position however contrasts with what he told Newswatch magazine in July 2000.
He had said: “The revelations [on Abacha’s loot] surprised me. I am surprised, because I didn't know.”
He had also explained that Abacha's death brought "relative stability", adding that "it gives us, oh well, let's see, there is hope after all".
Babangida, in that interview, also blamed the society for allowing Abacha to grow into the dictator he became.
"I feel bad that society failed to realise that they have a duty to protect whatever values they hold dear to their hearts as far as this country is concerned. At any rate, there are people I like and do respect those who stood against the regime, who are not military officers but civilians who are able to speak out. They didn't mince words and if their views had been heard, he wouldn't have [done enough harm]," he had said in response to a question.
[size=14pt]Buhari, in his own comments yesterday, described the allegations of looting against Abacha as “baseless”, because according to him, “ten years after Abacha, those allegations remain unproven because of lack of facts”.[/size]
While also commenting, former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, who took over when Abacha died on June 8, 1998, commended his predecessor for initiating Vision 2010, saying that the economic vision of the present administration termed Vision 2020 is a replica of Abacha’s 2010 initiative.
Abubakar also tasked Nigerian politicians to concentrate on how best to contribute to national development instead wasting time and money investigating their predecessors, adding that probing past administrations “does not yield anything positive to the nation and should be discouraged”.
Babangida also spoke on the probe of his government by the immediate past administration, saying: “We are still waiting for the outcome of the probe.”
The three former leaders sat close to one another during the special prayer session which started exactly 10am and lasted for over one hour at an open compound belonging to the family of the former head of state.
The prayer session was attended by former Abacha’s aides, Emirs of Hadejia, Gumel, Jema’a and Chief Fredrick Fasehun of Odua Peoples Congress (OPC).
From a man who crated Umaru Dikko WITHOUT due court process to prove the allegations of corruption against him since the allegations remain "unproven because of lack of facts" Is that not plain CLUELESS or simply being a confirmed HYPOCRITE
Car Talk › Re: Peugeot Nigeria Rolls Out "Peugeot 301" In Commercial Quantities by anonimi: 11:56am On Jul 06, 2014
[/quote]And you think a major road repair na like to buy bread for market....you just pay mama Basira and sharp sharp bread don reach your hand 
