SmartyPants: But the effects are there to see...every single state has recieved a record high in terms of allocation since the subsidy removal. That's the idea...giving more to the States so that development can be felt locally. This has been followed up by granting local government fiscal autonomy. You don't see the idea?
Did ThiefNuibu’s federal government receive less in terms of allocation?
Chinkoalhaji34: Eish, Oshiomhole don talk am well. Good things no dey rush. Those wey dey complain should just chill small. Tinubu’s policies go soon show their true colors, make we no dey too hasty to judge. Rome no build in a day, my people!
Kini oși ọmọ olè fẹ rí sọ after looting Edo people silly instead of employing workers to do everything that the state and its local governments are supposed to do. Things like water supply to every building.
He should keep his useless talk to himself and his fellow members of the Assembly of Past Crooks, APC
sharpden: The All Progressive Congress (APC) has said once those who looted the nation’s treasury join its fold, all their sins will be forgiven.
The national chairman of the ruling party, Adams Oshiomhole, stated this on Thursday at the presidential campaign rally held in Benin, the Edo State capital.
Mr Oshiomhole made the comments while receiving decampees from the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP).
“I’m told that there are a lot of senior people from PDP who have decided to join forces with President Buhari to take the broom to sweep away PDP to continue to ensure that APC continues to preside over Nigeria,” he was quoted by TheCable to have said.
“It includes my own brother and friend Henry Duke, he is the former organising secretary of PDP. We also have former vice chairman PDP and leader of PDP Edo North, in fact, once you join APC, all your sins are forgiven,” the top APC official said.
Oshiomhole urged Nigerians to return President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office.
This will go along way to help the deteriorating state of this country.
By the time he succeeds with the regional government... The Boko Haram in the North will have to stop as that will keep them in a complete mess..
It's a gradual process and the north wants to do everything to stop it.
They never protested during the hardship of Buhari and his stupid policy of shutting down borders and foods from neighbouring countries into Nigeria. We ensured all the suffering and now they want to complain? What a hypocritical protest is that?
They wanted to protest but ThiefNuibu told them not to protest because he didn’t want them to disrupt his own Ebilokan turn. Got it now? Understood
Highways: Where Are The Cows? Is Evans A Herdsman?'
When Funke Olakurin, daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti was murdered instead of Bola Tinubu to make sure that the perpetrators were brought to book, he ended up making fun of the death of the young lady by turning everything into tribalism by showing his hates for Igbos.
Tinubu has never spoken against the deadly activities of Fulani herdsmen across the country
The same stand Adeyinka Grandson gave on the death of Fasoranti's daughter is where Tinubu, the leader of the Yoruba Conservatives stands. Please see Tinubu's video below. pic.twitter.com/COhiSvabqW
— Adeyinka Grandson (@deyinkagrandson) July 14, 2019
Mrs Olakunrin died of gunshot wounds in July 2019 after her vehicle was attacked by armed men, suspected to be marauding Fulani bandits whose violent activities had reached a frightening level across the southwest states.
Those arrested suspects include Lawal Mazaje, 40, from Felele area of Kogi State; Adamu Adamu, 50, from Jada area of Adamawa State; Mohammed Usman, 26, from Illela area of Sokoto State and Auwal Abubakar, 25, from Shinkafi area of Zamfara State....
However, the leader of the team, identified only as Tambaya, and three others are yet to be found.
Tambaya has been declared wanted by the police and he is said to be capable of communicating in Hausa, Fulfude and Pidgin English.
He is continuing Buhari and APC’s destruction of our country, which is what he has done for Lagosians for over two decades.
itubaba001: Lagos, the commercial hub of Nigeria, has been ranking as one of the worst places to live in the world for the nine straight years, a BusinessDay analysis shows.
Data from the 2019 Global Liveability Index published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the world’s leader in global business intelligence, shows the city has been within the range of 137th-139th position out of a total of 140 cities in the world from year 2011-2019. > > The EIU examines the quality of health care, education, infrastructure, stability, and culture when assessing living conditions of each city. More than 30 factors are taken into account when calculating each rank, which are then complied into a weighted score between one and 100.
phemray: Guy, try to understand that Nigeria economy permutations and indices is different from Alaba international view of economy. Stop going to China, move your factories from China to Nigeria period.
Has ThiefNuibu and his fellow looters moved their money from Pandora, Dubai etc to Nigeria so Lagosians can have ordinary tap water and stop dying from cholera in this 21st century?
Do you have any clue whatsoever about what you are blabbing balablu about
Lawmaker scores Lagos Water Corporation low
A Lagos State lawmaker, Mr Saka Fafunmi, on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction at the performance of the state Water Corporation.
Fafunmi, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA), said in Ikeja that the corporation had not been able to justify statutory allocations to it.
The lawmaker, who represents Ifako-Ijaiye Constituency 1 at the assembly, spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
He said that the corporation had the capacity to generate much fund internally through water rates but had relied solely on government funding because of poor performance.
'' Anyone that is using water will be willing to pay for it; the corporation has not been giving us water.
"Is there any new community that Water Corporation has given water? People depend on boreholes; even government estates have industrial boreholes.
"Why do we keep pumping money into an agency that does not give us the desired results?'' he asked.
He noted that the Adiyan Waterworks was located at Ifako-Ijaiye, where many of the residents had resorted to digging boreholes as a means of getting water.
''A lot of people are falling sick because they don't drink clean water.
''In the same compound, where you have sewage, is where you have a borehole.
''There is no way you can manage the sewage that it will not leak and pollute the water; everyone drinking such is drinking contaminated water,'' he said.
The lawmaker urged the corporation to increase water reticulation and supply to residents.
Has the petrol price not risen enough for ThiefNuibu to stop choking on the masses with low minimum wage while he is buying yacht and doing medical tourism for free
How much was petrol when he alone made Buhari president in order to get his own Emilokan turn to worsen APC failures since 2015? How much was minimum wage then?
Do you love him for pulling our country into APC mess since 2015, or for what reason?
citizenisb: Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari may not do well in economy and foreign affairs, except in military matters.
“Buhari is not a very hot person on the economy and foreign affairs,” Obasanjo said.
The former President stated this on Monday at the third International Conference on African Development Issues — themed, “Driving inclusive and sustainable development in Africa: Models, methods and policies” — organised by Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State.
While reacting to a question posed to him by a member of the audience: “Is there any hope for Nigeria under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari?”, Obasanjo replied, “Is there any hope for Nigeria under this administration? I came back from Geneva, Switzerland a few days ago to attend a conference titled, ‘Are elections giving democracy a bad name?’ We had an election, we elected a leader and the good thing about democracy is that the power you have to elect a leader is also the power you have to remove him. I am saying this because I said earlier that if you don’t see any leader that has done well in the 56 years of Nigeria’s independence, then let us forget about Nigeria.
“I will tell you what I know and I will tell you what I don’t know. I know Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. He served under me in the military. His characteristics that I know, his behaviour that I know, he has not deviated from them. He was never a perfect man, he is not a perfect man and no leader can ever be a perfect man because they are human beings. But if you read my book, what I said about him is correct. He is not a hot person when it comes to economy. He is not a very hot person when it comes to foreign affairs. But he will do well in matters of military and he will do well in fighting Boko Haram.”
Yes, and that is why ThiefNuibu and other looters are rushing there for medical tourism, Pandora properties etc. Spit on your hypocrisy, will you
julaion: "The Pandora paper linked a house in U.K to Tinubu who acquired it by looter funds by proxy via his related Oyetola, the current governor of osun state"
PANDORA PAPERS: Buhari visited Tinubu in corruption-tainted London villa acquired by Oyetola Governor Oyetola, a relative of Mr Tinubu, may have sabotaged his own country by buying the exotic property as Nigeria made to seize it.
It was a meeting of two of Nigeria’s most influential politicians in London – President Muhammadu Buhari was visiting political kingmaker and senior member of his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu.
In July, the presidency announced that Mr Buhari was heading to London for an education summit. The office also added that the president would also see his doctors for “medical check-up”.
Coincidentally, Mr Tinubu, who had travelled to London earlier, was also receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment in the British capital. So, a perfect setting for both men to meet was created.
Media handlers of the two men later flooded social media with photos of both men having what seemed like a jovial conversation in a London house. Another photo of both men standing, with their face masks drawn underneath their chins, was also shared.
“President Muhammadu Buhari this evening in London, the United Kingdom, visited Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,”Bashir Ahmad, one of Mr Buhari’s media aides, captioned the photos on Facebook on August 12.
Certainly, it was not the first time both men were meeting, and photos of their encounter were released to the public. However, on this occasion, the release of their photographs angered many Nigerians.
Many called out the two politicians for releasing photos of themselves on medical tourism while doctors in public hospitals in the country were on strike.
But what most Nigerians did not know was that the property at which the duo met was linked to one of the biggest corruption scandals in the country since Mr Buhari became president in 2015.
A PREMIUM TIMES investigation has now revealed that the mansion where Mr Tinubu welcomed President Buhari is not only embroiled in a multi-billion fraud scandal, the Buhari government had actually secured a freezing order on the property from a Federal High Court before the previous owner, who is now an international fugitive, sold it at a huge discount to an offshore company owned by the governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, a known proxy and a relative of Mr Tinubu.
This revelation emerged as part of the ongoing global Pandora Papers reporting project, led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and in which PREMIUM TIMES is a key participant.
The project involved 600 journalists from 150 news organisations around the world sorting and analysing a trove of almost 12 million confidential files, tracking down and interviewing sources, and adding context using public records and documents.
The leaked files were retrieved from some offshore services firms around the world that set up shell companies and other offshore entities for clients, many of them influential politicians, businesspersons, and criminals seeking to conceal their financial dealings.
Google Street View Images of the Mansion at 32 Grove End Road, London Google Street View Images of the Mansion at 32 Grove End Road, London The Mansion at 32 Grove End Road, London The property, which is situated at 32 Grove End Road, in the wealthy Westminster neighbourhood of London, has become a sort of mecca to associates of Mr Tinubu, and politicians of the ruling APC, after the former Lagos governor started staying there for what appears to be recuperation.
Apart from Mr Buhari, other politicians who have visited Mr Tinubu at the expansive 6,975 sq ft property are the governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; a former governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun; Mr Amosun’s successor, Dapo Abiodun; the governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi; the governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu; members of the Lagos State House of Assembly; the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; a contingent from Kano State led by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje; top fuji musician; Wasiu Ayinde, among other dignitaries.
Some Nigerian senators visits Tinubu in London Some Nigerian senators visits Tinubu in London The 32 Grove End Road villa exudes stunning opulence. According to an advert brochure of the property released by popular United Kingdom real estate company, Savills, the estate is made up of two buildings – a five-bedroom property with a formal reception, a study, a master bedroom with an en suite dressing room, bathroom and a cinema suite with a balcony overlooking the rear garden. Two of the other four bedrooms in the property are en suite.
The Mansion at 32 Grove End Road, London The Mansion at 32 Grove End Road, London The Mansion at 32 Grove End Road, London The Mansion at 32 Grove End Road, London The second building on the estate is a self-contained two-bedroom flat which is built above the property’s double length garage. The property comes with a gym, two guest cloakrooms, a carriage driveway that can park up to eight cars, and front and rear gardens, and an electric gate.
The Mansion at 32 Grove End Road, London The Mansion at 32 Grove End Road, London The Mansion at 32 Grove End Road, London The Mansion at 32 Grove End Road, London
Bought from a fugitive at a £8 million discount Documents obtained from the UK property register revealed that in July 2013, the property with title number 340992, was bought for £11.95 million by Zavlil Holdings Ltd, a shell company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, a notorious tax haven. Further documents obtained by PREMIUM TIMES revealed that Zavlil Holdings Limited is owned by Kolawole Aluko, an international fugitive wanted by law enforcement agencies in Nigeria and the United States for money laundering.
Kola Aluko and his associate, Jide Omokore, were indicted in the U.S. and Nigeria for multi-million-dollar fraud and money laundering violations allegedly in collusion with a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.
In 2016, the Federal Government of Nigeria filed a Mareva injunction at a Federal High Court in Lagos seeking to confiscate a list of properties belonging to Messrs Aluko and Omokore valued at $1.8 billion.
A Mareva injunction is a Court order which freezes the assets of a defendant pending the outcome of a litigation.
In the suit against Messrs Omokore and Aluko, alongside their companies, Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited and Atlantic Energy Brass Development Limited, the Nigerian Government asked the court to grant it seven orders to prevent the accused from disposing the assets. The government alleged they were acquired through fraudulent means.
The third prayer the government made to the court was to grant it an order restraining the accused “from giving any instruction, demanding, accepting, receiving payments and/or transacting, transferring, mortgaging or howsoever dealing in any manner with assets of the Defendants in both houses and land in Abuja and Lagos and others located outside Nigeria.”
The government then listed 17 properties in Abuja, Lagos, the U.S., Canada, Dubai, Switzerland, and the UK.
Among the listed properties was “Grove End Road, London”.
The court granted the government all its prayers. In October 2017, an attempt by the defendants to dismiss the Mareva injunction granted on the properties was subsequently dismissed by Oluremi Oguntoyinbo, the trial judge.
But just around the time (on October 18, 2017) the court dismissed the defendant’s attempt to dismiss the injunction, documents obtained from the U.K. property register revealed that Mr Aluko sold the house for £9 million to Aranda Overseas Corporation, an offshore company incorporated in the British Virgins Island by two of Mr Tinubu’s most trusted surrogates – Adegboyega Oyetola, formerly chair of Paragon Group of Companies and incumbent governor of Osun State and Elusanmi Eludoyin, Mr Oyetola’s successor at Paragon.
The huge discount at which the property was sold is curious and raised questions of whether Mr Aluko desperately needed to sell the property even while a court of law had placed a freeze order on it.
The United Kingdom, especially the greater London area, is noted for rapid increase in the value of properties. According to PREMIUM TIMES’ calculation of the likely value of the property when it was bought by Aranda Overseas Corporation done on the website of UK’s National Building Society, which is the largest building society in the world, the property should be worth approximately 17 million pounds. Thus, Mr Aluko sold the property at a discount of £8,000,000.
How we used public photos to confirm Identity of London villa In the application filed by the Nigerian government, the house number of the property on Grove End Road was omitted. However, PREMIUM TIMES’ extensive investigation in Nigeria and the U.K., including a detailed analysis of photographs of visits to Mr Tinubu, has shown that the APC leader is staying at the same property the Nigerian government wants forfeited.
We were also able to determine that it was at the same property that Mr Tinubu welcomed Mr Buhari on August 12 as well as other politicians who visited him. Our reporters carefully analysed some of the photos of these visits. Sources close to Mr Tinubu also confirmed that he stays and welcomes guests, including Mr Buhari, at the property.
Two photos of the visit of Mr Abiodun, the governor of Ogun State, were particularly helpful in making the initial connections.
We compared the photos with those of the estate published in an advertisement brochure for the property by the real estate firm Savills, and they matched with features seen in some of the photos shared by those who visited the political kingmaker and presidential hopeful.
In one of the photos, Mr Abiodun, wearing a blue jacket and brown pants, stood beside Mr Tinubu, who spotted a white robe just behind. Double door entrance in front of a staircase. They smiled as they touched each other with their elbows in what seems like a playful coronavirus “shake”.
The floor tiles of the doorway and the intricate mental work of the railings of the staircase are identical to one of the photos in the advertisement brochure of 32 grove End Road published by Savills.
Bola Tinubu and Dapo Abiodun in London Mansion Bola Tinubu and Dapo Abiodun in London Mansion In another photo, Messrs. Abiodun and Tinubu were captured having what seemed like a hearty laugh. A comparison of the concrete rectangular concrete slabs around the garden with those of the garden in the Savills brochure showed that they are identical.
Bola Tinubu and Dapo Abiodun in Londom Mansion Bola Tinubu and Dapo Abiodun in Londom Mansion We also compared the photos taken during Mr Buhari’s visit and those taken during the visit of the Kano State governor and his entourage and they clearly showed that Mr Tinubu met with them at 32 Grove End Road.
President Buhari, Governor Ganduje during a vist to Tinubu in London President Buhari, Governor Ganduje during a vist to Tinubu in London Beyond analysing photographs of the interior and exterior of the building, we also sent representatives to visit the location and determine that the APC leader stays there.
We put our findings to Tunde Rahman, the spokesperson for Mr Tinubu. He promised to get back within 24 hours when we reached him on the telephone. Four days after, we are yet to hear from him.
When reached for comments, Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant on media to Mr Buhari, asked that questions be emailed to him. We did as he instructed. However, we did not hear from him subsequently.
How Oyetola broke the law In November 1999, eighteen years before it was used as a vehicle to purchase the London property, Mr Oyetola and his billionaire partner, Mr Eludoyin, sought the service of a Bristol, UK-based international company registration agent, Jordans Limited, to help them set up a company.
They wanted a kind of setup that would guarantee some secrecy and on November 11 of that year, the company was registered.
Leaked confidential records revealed that Messrs Eludoyin and Oyetola became the shareholders and directors of Aranda and we did not see any record that the latter resigned from the management of the company even as he served as chief of staff to his predecessor, Rauf Aregbesola, thereby breaking Nigeria’s law.
In Nigeria, a person is statutorily obligated to withdraw from engaging in or directing a private business, except if it is farming, upon becoming a public officer, Section Six (6) of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act stipulates.
Apart from Aranda, Mr Oyetola has another footprint in the offshore shadow economy. He and Mr Eludoyin, in 2003, incorporated another shelf company in the British Virgin Islands, Global Investments Offshore Limited.
Gboyega Oyetola, Governor of Osun State. Gboyega Oyetola, Governor of Osun State He ran the company as a director almost throughout his term as Mr Aregbesola’s Chief of Staff. However in June 2018, months before he became governor, he withdrew from the company and made his children – Rukayat Oyetola, Hafiz Oyetola, and Rasheedat Oyetola directors.
He also transferred his shares in Global Investments Offshore Limited to Mr Eludoyin and his son Haifz in June 2018. A register of directors we saw shows that all the formalities for the transfers were concluded and signed on June 1, 2018.
By remaining a director of Global Offshore for the entire period he was Chief of Staff to Mr Aregbesola, Mr Oyetola violated Nigeria’s code of conduct law and could be arraigned before the Code of Conduct Tribunal if authorities decide to prosecute him for the infraction.
It however remains unclear why Mr Oyetola would rush to buy a property his country was pushing to confiscate due to well-known corruption allegations against its then owner.
Also unclear is why Mr Tinubu, who apparently wants to become Nigeria`s president, would agree to stay at the controversial property.
As for Mr Buhari, it is yet unknown why he would visit Mr Tinubu at a property suspected to have been originally bought by Mr Aluko from the proceeds of alleged theft of Nigeria’s oil money.
Mr Oyetola ignored multiple requests for him to comment for this story. His spokespersons declined to revert days after they promised to do so.
As indicated earlier, the spokespersons for Messrs Buhari and Tinubu also declined to comment for this report despite multiple requests by our reporters.
PoundHound: Reno is trying so hard to get a job from this government. A government that has rendered once average families paupers. Giving them sleepless nights as to how to provide basic needs and essentials.
A party he was vocal against has turned all of a sudden his darling party.
Wetin poverty nor fit do nor Dey exist.
Is it poverty or greed? How poor can Reno be after his years in government?
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ALTERNATEID: Response To My Beloved Senior, Dele Momodu: Nigeria's Economy Is Not Collapsing. Far From It!
Secondly, Nigeria had a record high of ₦6.52 trillion trade surplus in the first quarter of 2024. This has never happened before. We routinely had trade deficits in the past. This means that because of the monetary reforms by the current government, Nigeria is now exporting significantly more than it is importing, and the growth is largely in the non-oil sector.
Reno Omokri
If Reno is half as intelligent as he pretends to be he would have know that the 2014 figures are far better than this when translated into real naira value adjusted for inflation that is roughly seen in the dollar depreciation over the years.
Has the value of our naira depreciated more than 3 times since 2014? Is it correct to say that N100 in 2014 is worth more than N300 today
The first quarter of 2014 saw an N492. 6billion or 14.2% rise in the value of exports, alongside an N140. 6billion or 8.3% fall in the value of imports against the quarter 4, 2013 figures. The resultant trade surplus of N2,424.0billion represented a 35.4% increase from the surplus observed in the previous quarter.
ALTERNATEID: Response To My Beloved Senior, Dele Momodu: Nigeria's Economy Is Not Collapsing. Far From It!
Finally, the Student Loan promised is now a reality and is being disbursed. That means Nigeria is about to witness a dramatic increase in its human resources, as more youths will have access to education.
Reno Omokri
This ThiefNuibu asslicking with lies is just too much from a supposed pastor with nuggets of wisdom.
Dramatic increase in human resources when tertiary institutions increased fees by over 100% before the student loans kicked off? How many students will benefit from such when jagaBandit is doing emilokan continuity of Buhari's economic cluelessness that has increased our debts by many times over since Reno's former boss was replaced in 2015?
Meanwhile human resources increase starts from primary, vocational and secondary schools being free.
sucess001: Excellent piece. Very insightful and intelligent
Like most things from him, which may be why he is not a good POLITICIAN but an excellent businessman and administrator with a focus on free enterprise capitalism for the people's prosperity and widespread welfare.
DMerciful: Where does the bulk of the power reside? Where does the bulk of the resources reside? The INEC that conducts fraudulent elections that allows criminals to become governor in my state is not a fg agency whose chairman is appointed by the president?
The corrupt judiciary that ensures criminal politicians go scot free is not an arm of the fg?
The national assembly that makes retrogressive laws is not an arm of the fg?
Yeye dey smell
47% of the JOINTLY owned federation account is for the 36 states and 774 local governments, leaving 53% for the federal government that has responsibilities for EXTERNAL engagements and presence in the states. The states and local governments also raise IGR that may in total surpass the 53% federation account that is owned by the FGN.
Is the judiciary in your own state less corrupt than the federal judiciary?
Are the laws made by your state and local government lawmakers not retrogressive, assuming you are not totally and completely clueless about these laws?
It is your yeye of ignorance with arrogance to remain in darkness that stinks to high heavens. Get yourself a cure before it is too late.
DMerciful: STFU! We're talking about the senate, you're focusing on the minor.
You people do not want Nigeria to work!
Your state and local governments are the ones to make Nigeria work INTERNALLY more than the senators, representatives and president in far away Abuja federal government. Know this and know peace instead of being arrogant in your ignorance.
DMerciful: One of the demands of citizens is that the Senate has to be scrapped. It is useless!
Only the house of representatives will be spared and they must be on civil service salary structure
What of your state and local governments legislators? Should they be on civil service salary structure also? Did your own representative agree to this proposal
OkpaNsukkaisBae: The presidency and APC is allergic to criticism.
Unlike when Jonathan, Yar'Ádua and Obasanjo were president. What a bunch of hypocritical nincompoops calling themselves progreThieves.
Even after the A-looter Propaganda Conmen, APC were given the chance to implement their promised change, they criticised and blamed PDP for their own failure to perform.
catchfun: Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has declared that Nigerians were now paying for the sins of the past government.
He said the Jonathan government owed oil marketers huge debts in oil subsidy payments, such that they have stopped importing the product in the last couple of months, hence the biting scarcity.
Asked by State House correspondents to explain the scarcity to the nation, Lai said: “What I will be telling Nigerians is that what we met on ground is such that we are paying for the sins of the last administration”.
“I am being very serious. You remember that about two weeks ago, we had to go to the National Assembly for a supplementary budget of N674 billion. Of that figure, N522billion was for arrears of fuel subsidy which was incurred as far back as August last year”.
“One of the reasons for the fuel scarcity was the inability of the last government to make adequate provision for fuel subsidy”.
“We do face some other logistic problems but majorly, we are paying for the sins of the last administration”.
Asked what the solution the government was now proffering, the Minister said:“The first thing we have done now is to make sure that unlike before when the marketers used to import the major percentage of the fuel, NNPC has been involved in importation”.
“This is because some of the marketers had stopped importing for a couple of months. If you see any fuel anywhere today, it is imported by the NNPC”.
“We also inherited the vandalisation of the pipelines which has made it impossible for us to even transport the fuel. In tanks today we have 14 days reserve and off tank we have 10 days reserve”.
“The issue is not non-availability of the product; it is the distribution because of pipelines that have been vandalised and the gridlock in Lagos”.
nonxo007: My dear friend it goes beyond what you have written, in as much as we want to sound politically correct let’s also be mindful of the fact that whatever happens up there has an indirect effect on the masses.
It is wrong for the executive to always call the shot for the legislature, they are both different arms of government with their own powers, and therefore should act independently of each other. But sadly the legislature has become a slave to the Executive, doing whatsoever the executive so pleases, remove or punish anyone the executive chooses to punish, haba it makes no sense na. When the Executive is going out to line it is the duty of the Legislature to checkmate them and put them in line.
Remember how on their toes the Executive was when Saraki was in power ? You don’t approve every request that comes to your table until due diligence has been done to it. The Legislature under Ahmed Lawan and Akpabio have just been an annex of the executive which isn’t healthy for our democracy.
Preach bro, preach even though the defenders of the indefensible may not heed your wise words, others will surely.
NeckingNgulping: You're always on this platform 365 days of the year, 24hrs of a day, every minute of a single day.
Go and get a job and be useful to your family.
He has to be, otherwise how will he do his obfuscation job of defending the indefensible clueless ruining of our economy by the man ThiefNuibu alone made president to get his own ebilokan turn last year? Ko easy fun awon odaran agbalowomeri egbe onigbale.
Emergingnation: Flashback: How Bola Tinubu spoke highly of Buhari in 2015, named PDP ‘Poverty Development Party
National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu had during the presidential campaign in 2015, referred to President Muhammadu Buhari as the only solution for the security and economic challenges facing Nigeria.
During a mega presidential rally, the former governor of Lagos State recalled how some powerful nations in the world returned to army generals when they were challenged, saying “Major General Buhari would revive Nigeria’s economy”.
He named the current opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP as the “Poverty Development Party saying they had nothing to offer.
His words at the time were; “Every nation has a period of their own challenges, when America was challenged, they turned to one great man, their ex-military general, General Eisenhower. When the French were challenged, they turned to their general, Charles de Gaulle.
“When Britain was challenged, they turned to their general. Today, Nigeria is economically and physically challenged so we turn to General Muhammadu Buhari. He is the right man for the job. If you talk about military experience, he has it abundantly, he has courage, simplicity, he has it abundantly.
“If you talk about great determination, a combination of vision and ability to perform, honesty and integrity, he has it abundantly.
“I laugh when the incapable government, ‘Poverty Development Party’ PDP were talking. They have nothing again to say, they now want to question the qualifications of General Buhari and look for his certificate”.
Following the manifestos in 2015 which projected the APC presidential candidate as a ‘saviour’, Buhari defeated the then incumbent president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan with Nigerians expecting a total change in security and economy.
Politics › Re: Be Patient, Tinubu’s Policies Need More Time To Materialise – Oshiomhole by anonimi: 10:12am On Jul 22, 2024
