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ifeanyi83: This indeed is a welcome development. It's a fantastic idea to have automobile assembly plants in Nigeria, but it has to be up and running before implementing these policies on importation of used vehicles (by the way...do we have the necessary infrastructure in place?...).. FG please fo the needful....

On what basis will private investors set up the industries if there is no conducive environment to protect their investments
Any farmer who waits for the IDEAL weather conditions BEFORE planting will be left out with nothing to harvest in due course.
Do you give birth to a baby all GROWN UP
Is that not what you are asking for here?

cramjones: That said, please tell people what you have seen in GEJ's wonderful achievements...List them because people like me and others would like to know. From what you have stated, I am trying to be sure I live in the same country with you.

Right here on NL you have it:

https://www.nairaland.com/1557746/another-look-president-jonathan-achievements

Happy reading!

cramjones: No, it is not do or die as you posit. It is an affirmation of optimism based on the facts on ground and dynamics that would play out in 2015. On the other hand PDP is the do-or-die party. Where people like Asari tells the whole Nigeria that GEJ must be reelected or else there would be bloodshed! The president sees this and keeps silence. Judge for yourself!

This should be obvious with the number of PDP rejects in APC that have ported with the do-or-die mentality anchored by your former boss the BullyAminu of Owu who your new party has chosen as its "navigator".

Anyway I hope the security agencies are taking note of your statement that winning is the ONLY option so as to nip any mischief in the bud. Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire said something similar and we know how things ended up in his country.

DISBURSEMENTS OF MATCHING GRANT TO STATES FROM 2005 - 2013 AS AT 6th December, 2013

The table shows that N187,536,455,236.03 has been disbursed to various states based on meeting the set eligibility criteria.

Anyone who is better in IT can copy and paste the pdf details here.

Source: http://ubeconline.com/Pre/Disbursememt%20as%20at%206th-December,2013.pdf

Kwankwaso's Kano state has received N6,153,640,578.47 in the eight years reported on.
One may wish to ask why the governors are QUIET about this extra allocation from the federal government

[quote author=Me_Aboki]Assuming you are right, wouldn't you agree that that the FG has a duty to ensure faithful implementation of its policies? What is its monitoring and evaluation department doing and for that matter EFCC doing?

I would also want to suggest, if at all true, that this issue is not only peculiarly to Kano State alone.

Last and most importantly, you would agree that most of the tertiary institutions are owned, financed and completely run by the the FG; so why are these universities charging tuition and other fees under FG's own watch - why then should Kwankwaso therefore be at fault for trying to sponsor his state indigenes through higher education which clearly is being denied to them by the FG?[/quote]He is partially right.
Below is from the Universal basic Education Commission's (UBEC) website:

The Universal Basic Education (UBE) Programme is a nine (9) year basic educational programme, which was launched and executed by the government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to eradicate illiteracy, ignorance and poverty as well as stimulate and accelerate national development, political consciousness and national integration. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo flagged off UBE on 30 th September 1999 in Sokoto , Sokoto State. The UBE Programme is Nigeria's strategy for the achievement of Education for All (EFA) and the education-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

The implementation process of the programme has been on since 1999 , but progress was hampered by lack of an enabling law to execute certain aspects of the programme. What a big relief it was when the President signed the UBE Bill into law on 26 th May 2004 following its passage by the National Assembly . The UBE Act 2004 makes provision for basic education comprising of ECCE, Primary and Junior Secondary Education. The financing of basic education is the responsibility of States and Local Governments. However, the Federal Government has decided to intervene in the provision of basic education with 2% of its Consolidated Revenue Fund. For states to fully benefit from this Fund, criteria were established which states are to comply. The Act also provides for the establishment of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) to co-ordinate the implementation of the programme at the states and local government through the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) of each state and the Local Government Education Authorities (LGEAs) . The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) was formally established on 7 th October 2004 .


Vision Statement
At the end of nine years of continuous education, every child should acquire appropriate and relevant skills and values and be employable in order to contribute his or her quota to National Development


Mission Statement
To serve as a prime energiser of National Movement for the actualisation of the nation's Universal Basic Education (UBE) vision, working in concert with all stakeholders, thus mobilising the Nation's creative energies to ensure that Education For All becomes the Responsibility of all.


Scope of UBE
Programmes and initiatives for early childhood care and education, Six-year Primary Education, and three (3) years of Junior Secondary Education.


Objectives Of UBE
Ensure unfettered access to nine (9) years of formal basic education.

The provision of free, Universal Basic Education for every Nigerian child of school­ going age.

Reducing drastically the incidence of drop-out from the formal school system, through improved relevance, quality and efficiency

Ensuring the acquisition of appropriate levels of literacy, numeracy, manipulative, communicative and life skills as well as the ethical, moral and civic values needed for laying a solid foundation for life-long learning.

More from: http://ubeconline.com/

I will post more relevant information from the website.

Gboliwe: lol @ meagre money that Kano is making.

Since I am no longer sure of the meaning of meagre I went to see the 2014 budget proposal of Kano state:

Kwankwaso Presents N2I9bn 2014 Proposed Budget

Details from: http://leadership.ng/news/251213/kwankwaso-presents-n2i9bn-2014-proposed-budget

This amount does not include the budgets, based on monthly federal allocation, of the LGAS who are mainly responsible for primary education and technical schools.
Moreover this budget is just less than half of Lagos budget.

SwTonia: not until he repairs those road in sabon gari

Are there Kano people aka indigenes in Sabon Gari

abdulkayus: Yes, in term of education, southerners may still have higher no than northerners, bt d north too are goin to school nw in great number. Just come to kano and c durin clossin hour of schools and c hw students will be troopin out.

How many more years do you think before this commendable embrace of education in the north despite Boko Haram's contrary philosophy, will show up in the Common Entrance admission scores for Unity schools

Right now, one of d most lucrative business nw in kano is to have a private school, nt just anyhw, bt a good private school. Yes, that is wat is movin right now for u to knw that dey have realy embrace education.

So how is Kwnakwanso going to also make educatin free for ALL Kano state children even in the private schools
What % of enrolled children are in PUBLIC versus private schools currently- a rough guess/estimate will suffice.
What should that % be AFTER one year of Kwankwanso's free education policy
FYI, comparison and to serve as a benchmark over 95% of British children attend government schools!!!

kennypoka2: confirm talk here. PDP has being d ruling party for years now no improvement.

In Lagos LGAS where the AD/AC/ACN/APC has been ruling for almost 15 years what improvement has there been on BASIC issues that the 1999 constitution says must be handled by the LGAS
You can read up on those functions here:

http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/ConstitutionalMatters/1999Constitution/FourthSchedule.html


Please note that they receive some N 300 million monthly from the Federation Account for this purpose and Councillors are guaranteed some N 250k salary
Was it not Tinubu who fought OBJoke to a legal standstill over seizure of the allocation for Lagos state LGAS

papparatzzi2013: It is their thread.

Leave them and their lies and propaganda.

Are you for real
Where did you learn about morals and good value to write the above?

theoctopus: The core North has never had a problem with free education. They have never had a problem of poeple not being able to afford education. What the north has had is apathy for education. The people have very little interest in education. It is a cultural problem ably supported by the ruling elite. When I was in school, every Northerner from the core Northern states were sponsored by their state government and giving everything they needed. But you still wont find them in school. Declaring free education in Kano is meaningless. It means nothing

The key issue is to make it COMPULSORY in an EFFECTIVE manner.
That means to first sensitise the leaders and everyone on the NEED for education and subsequently CRIMINALISE non-sending and withdrawal of children from schools. There must also be an EXTENSIVE data gathering exercise on how many children are in the state so as to have enough classrooms AND appropriately qualified & adequately motivated teachers to cater for ALL the children in PUBLIC schools.

How many children do you find roaming the streets during school hours in SUPPOSEDLY free education states in Nigeria

la furia: You are wrong. So easy to pass false information knowing folks will just swallow hook line and sinker. Please when last did you pay a visit to the north? I don't understand you southern people you really think the north has not moved on as per education.
Yes in the past the number of Northerners attending schools were nothing to talk about but in past 15years, a lot has changed. My village that had just one primary school now has three primary schools. It's just unfortunate that that there are no stat to show the number of Northerners now in school as compared to the Colonial era which folks like you love referring to I just find it unbelievable that someone as 'educated as you believes Northerners don't go to school.

Well there are statistics on out-of-school children in Nigeria, although not broken down by states:

SHOCKING: Nigeria holds world record in number of children out of school
Abdulrahman Abdulmalik
Published: June 11,2013


https://media.premiumtimesng.com/dev/wp-content/files/2013/03/firewood-e1370962181240-490x300.jpg

Children running errands during school hours in Northern Nigeria

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has released a shocking report indicating that one out of every five Nigerian children is out of school.

In what is clearly a national disgrace for a country that is the world’s eight largest oil producer, the UNESCO Education for All Global Monitoring Report (EAGMR) says Nigeria holds the world record of having the highest number of its young people out of school.

With approximately 10.5 million kids out of school, Nigeria dominates twelve other countries with which it accounts for 47 percent of the global out-of-school population.

The other countries are Pakistan (5.1 million); Ethiopia (2.4million); India (2.3million); Philippines (1.5million); Cote D’Ivoire (1.2million); Burkina Faso (1million); Niger (1million); Kenya (1million); Yemen (0.9million); Mali (0.8million) and South Africa (0.7million).

And of all these countries, UNESCO says Nigeria is among the four that has experienced the highest increase since 1999.

“It (Nigeria) is one of only four among these twelve countries where the number increased in absolute terms,” the report noted. “It now accounts for almost one in five out-of-school children in the world.”

Although, UNESCO officials blame the drop in school enrolment in some countries on the decrease in aid between 2010 and 2011, anecdotal evidence suggests that the monumental corruption at all levels of government might have worsened Nigeria’s case.

In Nigeria, officials routinely steal funds appropriated for building classrooms, buying textbooks and implementing programmes that should bring more children to school.

Recently some officials were indicted for stealing funds released to the nomadic education commission, an agency charged with the responsibility of getting Fulani herdsmen to enroll their kids in school.

More from: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/138442-shocking-nigeria-holds-world-record-in-number-of-children-out-of-school.html

BTW, Kwankwanso has been governor for how many years ALREADY

jmaine: A "criminal" merely adorning the robes of a clergyman/priest doesn't transform him/her.

They disagreement was for only their selfish and self serving reasons. That alone shouldn't even be debated as a popular stance .

Pius Adesanmi's recent article provides a better response, if you do not mind:

While still not hitting the pavements of Nigeria to meet with the people and sell any kind of programme and vision, they have been busy struggling to recruit and lap up the political excreta of the PDP. Sometimes they don’t even wait for the excreta to fully come out of the PDP’s anus before they put their lips to it and try to suck it out: damaged and corrupt Governors and Senators ostracized by the PDP have suddenly become top recruitment priority for APC leaders, not the Nigerian people. And these are the same clowns who went to town not too long ago saying that nothing good could ever come out of the PDP. We must therefore ask them: just what is good about these characters that you are so busy recruiting instead of changing the game from the elite paradigm in order to convince Nigerians that you are indeed worthy of being that sought-after and much-desired alternative to the vermin in the PDP?

More from: http://saharareporters.com/column/aiye-vigilance-apc-pius-adesanmi

jmaine: OBJ believes everyone is inclined towards elimating perceived opponents to have his way.

We definitely see ourselves in others . . . . .

I think psychologists and other behavioural scientists call it Frame of Reference.

Standing5: You can feast on the protest against Fashola all you like but don't think SWesters will forget in a hurry the level of caos withnessed when PDP held sway there. Do you really think the People of SW didn't feel like protesting or you think the constant terror of Ibadan big boys was small compared to Fashola/Tinubu "dictatorship" reign in Lagos?

Is this a "Freudian slip" admission of Emperors Tinubu & Fashola's dictatorial reign in Lagos with so much secrecy about government transactions in Alausa

berem: @Cramjones,what plans does APC have for the protection of the rights of women and Gender inequality?

Seeing that on NL you have always supported the merging parties in APC wholeheartedly, why don't you list their achievements in the past (almost 15 years in Lagos and other northern states, lesser years in others). That way we can project into the future.
Abi make we dey rely on future tense promises only ni

cramjones: Can't you see that the last elections, the ACN had agreed to support the PDP in the presidential elections? This is different, no one is supporting the PDP for presidency. The whole of South West is in APC's pocket...watch and see!

FFK,

This is noted for future reference!
Would you be kind enough to inform us if ACN's agreed support for the PDP presidential candidate in 2011 was about the pocket of ACN as a party or as an individual

TechWalker007: As one who believes in this administration and have high hopes, I must say this is a great idea but took too long.
As the saying goes, "better late than never".

Also, why use gmail, don't they have official mail servers? A ".gov.ng", ".com.ng" or simply ".ng". These will help promote Nigerian brand.

It's a great idea and I think every minister/ministry should emulate and get in touch with the people "directly".

We need to build Nigeria together, it's what we owe the Nation (except we no longer want to be together).

I thought I was the only one who noticed that. Very poor taste and shows a certain level of carelessness.
How much will it cost to have an OFFICIAL email address hosted on a NIGERIAN government server that is ADEQUATELY maintained
Nor be correct work for dem plenty programmers and webmasters wey full NL so?

Moreover the Minister/Ministry is better off having a dedicated website for his Ministry ending in .gov.ng where FACTS with pictures (of Before & After) are shared about completed and ongoing projects with feedback/contact us page that is monitored with a response time of maximum 48 hours.
Oyinbo people dem nor carry juju for head, biko
Na sey dem dey well organised and think things through with focus and consistency!!!

I believe Obama had a similar website in his 2007/2008 campaign to counter the rumours, propaganda and outright lies of his many detractors. It is however VERY IMPORTANT to make it absolutely factual to avoid any further embarrassment by the opposition hawks who will not hesitate to pounce on any INACCURACY that may be placed on the Ministry's website.

Akinmail: that's in Oyo state. And those roads you mention are state roads. They are nice and clean!

Given that Ajimobi has been governor for only two years plus, can you confirm if those roads were rehabilitated/maintained by Mr. I-nor-dey-bleach Alao Akala
Thanks.

gregg2: APC propagandist will be looking for a way to pull this man down in thier desperate attempt to pull down all hard working ministers in GEJ's cabinet.

First, it was Alison Madueke, then Arumah Oteh, later Okonjo-Iweala, and again Stella Oduah. But God will see all of them through, Amen.

Na true you talk oh.
You forgot to add Adesina's name also. He is the Agric Minister who was recognised as Forbes Africa Person of the Year recently.
Make we wait maybe small time now SaharaReporters go carry another "scandal" story to harass and intimidate this Minister also

[quote author=So-brit]the road is of good quality though and we give kudos to GEJ but that road deserve dualization given the heavy traffic especially heavy duty trucks moving crushed granites to different parts of the country from Abakaliki and the international traffick linking cameroon thrugh calabar[/quote]Don't you think the bold part is better addressed by alternative transport modes such as railways and waterways?
Is there any work been done on these two alternatives for that area

redcliff: doesnt mean he cant so anything if he wants to.... LASG has ignored it for more than 20 years. Isnt it better We go to a higher authority?

Daily with the passage of time, MORE Lagosians are coming to realise the 419 governance that we have been served by the scamming duo of Tinubu and his boy boy Fashola.
Nevertheless your concerns are better addressed through your:

- LGA Councillor
- state Assembly lawmaker
- NASS Representative
- NASS Senator

Abi you wan make them collect mega millions and billions for representing you without doing anything ni

mu2sa2: What stops the minister from driving round the country to have a feel of the bad roads? He sits in Abuja,travels by air, and comes out to make jest of the gullible like you to send emails.

Are you joking or are you talking seriously
How many kilometres of FEDERAL roads do you think there are in this country?
How many directors of companies go through ALL the DETAILS of their divisions in order to have a feel of what is bad about them
If there are no bad FEDERAL roads in your area to report via the email provided you should NOT discourage others with your one kind post above so.

ajast: Local government no get mouth for land matter in any state, they only collect revenue from any landed property and can help enforce planning laws they will never be concerned about the owner of any parcel of land they only want levy so count then out of this matter.

Not so fast.
Why should the LGA collect money from any landed property for which the title issued by the state is not genuine?
Any suggestions

okeke2: Its not as easy as it sounds sir, you'll be surprised that the guy will walk free
naa 9ja we dey

What do you mean by the bold part

And there is a law FORCING them to remain "executive PRSISONERS".
Who be MUGU

Abbeylincson: No one can do that to my wife.I will file a case immediately against the firm for murder of my baby and attempt murder of my wife.I will make sure the firm paid for what they did especially their manager.Anger can cause anything.

Right attitude to be emulated.
Kudos!

ajast: I think both state and federal government should do something urgently to investigate the demolition, a place where about 1000 dwelling units is existing can not just be demolished like that what was the police looking after the first Ten buildings were constructed, were they sleeping? I am sure they were busy at the road check points then, if lagos state truly collected land use charge from them, if PHCN has 33kva transformers there, then they collect bills there, if telecoms operators have masts there, if local government collect levy there,if there was always a polling booth there during elections, then i think this matter must be a result of bad business between some police chiefs and the[b] omo oniles[/b] and they decided to show them power, i will like to see this matter taken up to the highest level.Its the worst i have seen in injustice.But i wish this people good luck in the coming year God will answer their prayers on this matter.

Why did you leave out the LGA oout of the government TIERS that should "do something urgently to investigate the demolition"
FYI, the LGA councillors are guaranteed some 250k monthly as salary ONLY and the LGAS nationwide receive federal allocation of nearly 300 million monthly.
We need to ask ourselves what are they doing with all these funds, abi