Ghanaian comedienne Afia Schwarzenegger is causing a stir on Social media after posting a weird photo.

The controversial actress is apparently trending after baring her chest to her fans who are shocked by the sizes of her b*obies.

In a photo sighted by GhanaCelebrities.Com, Afia Schwarzenegger’s chest has been erected too well.

Captioning the photo, she wrote ‘May your finances be firm like my breast. Have a lovely Tuesday.

This is quite strange — something might have happened on our blindside!

Check out the photo and some social media comments below;

Source : https://www.ghanacelebrities.com/2019/11/19/afia-schwarzenegger-causes-stir-after-posting-her-alleged-breast-implant-photo/

INTERMAN:
"We thought he was gone, but, he latter re-sufarced"

Man Celebrated after he showcased amazing brave and heroic skill during during the inferno that claimed lifes and properties at Anambra state.

Thanks Bro

Islie:


° Borrowing not yielding results – Experts, DisCos

° Nigeria’s external debt rises to N25.7trn

By Zakariyya Adaramola, Simon Echewofun & Latifat Opoola





Despite spending N1.5trillion on the country’s power sector in the last two years, the Federal Government yesterday said it is in the process of investing a fresh $3 billion (N915bn) World Bank loan into the sector.

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this during an interview with journalists on the sidelines of the World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings holding in Washington DC, United States.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had in September said the federal government invested about N1.5 trillion in intervention fund in the Nigeria’s power sector in the last two years.

Osinbajo said this at a power sector roundtable hosted by Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited (MESL) at its Kainji Hydropower Plant in Niger State last month.

The Vice President, who was represented by the Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, said “the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the third round of intervention funding for the sector, with a total of about N1.5 trillion in the last two years.

But yesterday in Washington DC, the Finance Minister said she would be holding further discussions with the management of the World Bank to explain how the fresh $3.5bn loan it is seeking would be disbursed for the country’s power project.

She said based on the plan of the Federal Government for the power sector, the loan would be used for the development of transmission and distribution networks to enhance the delivery of electricity.

The minister also said the loan would be used in addressing some of the challenges that the country is currently facing in the power sector.
She said, “There is a proposed $2.5bn to $3bn facility for the power sector development programme in Nigeria and this will include development of the transmission and distribution networks as well as removing the challenges that we currently have now in the electricity sector.

“We are going to have a full meeting to discuss the power sector recovery programme and back home we have been working a great deal with the World Bank to design how this programme will be implemented.

“So we have an opportunity now to have a direct meeting with the leadership of the bank and to tell them the plan we have and how much we need from one to five years.”

The minister disclosed that the government would be disbursing the $3bn facility in two tranches of $1.5bn each.

When asked to comment on concerns being raised by the IMF about Nigeria’s debt which stands at N25.7tn, the finance minister said, ‘‘Nigeria does not have a debt problem.’’

She said what the government needed to do is to increase its revenue-generating capacity in order to boost the revenue to about 50 per cent of Gross Domestic Product.

She said with Nigeria’s current revenue to GDP ratio standing at just 19 per cent, its underperformance is significantly straining the government’s ability to service its debt obligation.

The minister said, “Nigeria does not have a debt problem. What we have is a revenue problem.
“Our revenue to GDP is still one of the lowest among countries that are comparable to us. It’s about 19 per cent of GDP and what the World Bank and IMF recommended is about 50 per cent of GDP for countries that are our size. We are not there yet. What we have is a revenue problem.

“The underperformance of our revenue is causing a significant strain in our ability to service debt and to service government day-to-day recurrent expenditure and that is why all the work we are doing at the ministry of finance is concentrating on driving the increase in revenue.’’


FG got N1.2trn for power sector projects between 2015 and now

An analysis by Daily Trust has shown that the federal government took steps to borrow $3.311 billion (about N900bn) externally since 2015 to finance power sector projects.

The analysis of external funding for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) being the sole public utility in the power sector value chain indicates that the Company sought loans and grants to raise the transmission wheeling capacity from 8,100 megawatts (MW) to 20,000MW.

TCN is obtaining $1.661bn (N601.3bn) multilateral loans from five agencies which it said, it is using for the procurement and installation of projects under its Transmission Rehabilitation and Expansion Programme (TREP).

The breakdown of the fund obtained by this paper indicates that the World Bank is the highest donor with $486m for a fresh Nigeria Electricity Transmission Project (NETAP), and $27m for transmission project tagged, North Core.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) gave $410m loan for transmission expansion projects; the French Development Agency -AFD and European Union (EU) gave $330m for the northern corridor transmission project.

While the Japanese International Corporation Agency pegged $238m for Lagos/Ogun transmission project, AFD gave another N170m for the Abuja transmission ring scheme.

Between 2017 and 2018, the federal government collected a $1 billion (about N362bn) Performance Based Loan from the World Bank to fix the power sector in what it called the Power Sector Recovery Programme (PSRP).
The World Bank is also processing another $350 million (N127bn) loan for the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in May also announced the disbursement of N120.2bn to different electricity distribution companies (DISCOs), power generating companies (GENCOs), service providers and gas companies, in order to address the liquidity and funding challenges facing the power sector.


Power firms express dissatisfaction

But the power Distribution Companies (DisCos) had recently reacted to the borrowing by TCN which it said is not yielding results in the sector.

In a statement by the Executive Director, Research and Advocacy of the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), Chief Sunday Oduntan said even with the TCN multilateral funding, its poor equipment caused over 100 electricity grid collapses since privatization in 2013, and nine collapses this year.

ANED said TCN analogue system caused 5,311 interface disruptions in a single DisCo within 18 days of September 2019 and that it was despite the $1.6 billion investment TCN said it has made.
The DisCos which said they have invested $1.4 billion in their networks, said despite TCN saying it is implementing a Transmission Rehabilitation Expansion Programme (TREP) with the $1.6bn fund, “the reality is otherwise. TCN finds it difficult to move away from analogue-based and informal communications systems and frequent explosions and burnings of transmission sub-stations and transformers.”

Nigeria records rise in public debt to N25.7trn
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s total public debt rose to N25.7 trillion as at June 2019, indicating an increase of about N754billion since the Debt Management Office last report in March earlier in the year.

The document also showed that the CBN exchange rate of N306.40/$ was used in converting the figure.

The document further indicated that FG accounted for the biggest external debt stock in the country with about N7.01 trillion while states and the FCT accounted for N1.3 trillion.
The Federal Government also accounts for the biggest domestic debt, accounting for N13.4 trillion, out of the N17.3 trillion, while states and FCT accounted for N3.9 trillion.

This indicates that the federal government debt stood at N20.4 trillion out of the N25.7 trillion while the states and the FCT accounted for the remaining N5.3trillion.

The country recorded total debt stock of N24.9 trillion as at March 31 2019 while at December 2018 its debt stock was N24.3 trillion.


Experts react

Experts have expressed concern over the country’s high debt profile, worrying that the accruing loans may cost the country in the long run.

Professor of Development Economics, University of Abuja, Professor Sarah Anyanwu, said the burden of servicing these debts is huge.

She noted that not all borrowings should be considered good and that government should borrow externally only for projects with guaranteed return on investment that will be able to pay back the loans.

“It is not the borrowing that is the problem it is the usage of the money. The problem is not taking loans and incurring debt either internal or external, the problem in Nigeria is diversion of the loans to other purposes. If the loans are used for the purposes that they have been stated for then there won’t be a problem. The important thing is that there must be accountability and it must be used judiciously,” she said.

She also called for revalue orientation for management and usage of the FG loans and not for government officials to believe it is their birth right.

Also speaking from the same department, Professor Mohammed Yelwa expressed worry over the consistent increase in the debt stock, saying the implication is that the country will get to a point that its revenue will no longer be able service its debt.


https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/fg-to-sink-fresh-n915bn-loan-into-power-sector.html

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UncleGist:
Nollywood actor Zubby Michael in a recent video curved a fan who tried to kiss him. The young lady was excited to see him, immediately she tried kissing him but was being curved.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ufK7EnhlC

Gist from Gistmore
http://gistmore.com/actor-zubby-michael-curved-a-fan-who-tried-to-kiss-him

Zuby na mad man

eternityk:
Meet Nigerian Who Owns The Biggest Shipping Company In Nigeria

Dr. Taiwo Olayinka Afolabi, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SIFAX Group, a multinational conglomerate, was born in Ondo to the family of Chief & Chief (Mrs.) Samson Afolabi. A native of Idokunusi Ijebu in the Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State, he started his educational pursuit at Ansar Ud Deen Primary School, Ondo and thereafter, proceeded to Baptist Grammar School, Ibadan, where he obtained his West African School Certificate (WASC).

His quest to attain high level of academic excellence and leadership in advocacy led him to the University of Lagos, where he obtained the degree in Law. He became a member of the noble profession when he was called to the Nigerian Bar by the Body of Benchers on Wednesday, November 4, 2009. He later obtained a Masters degree in International Law and Diplomacy from the same university.

He began his professional career with a shipping company, Nigerian Express Agencies Limited, where he distinguished himself and rose to become the Head of Operations. With the zeal of entrepreneurship burning in him, he left the company in 1988 to establish what has now turned to a big conglomerate, SIFAX Group, a business interest with diverse investments in Maritime, Aviation, Haulage, Logistics, Oil & Gas and Hospitality, among others.

From a little beginning, the company, which started as a freight forwarding agency in Lagos, Nigeria, currently operates across the world with presence in the United States, United Kingdom, Ghana, South Africa, Holland, Belgium, Morocco, Spain and Djibouti, among others.

Some of the Group’s subsidiaries include Ports and Cargo Handling Services Limited, concessionaire and operator of the Terminal C, Tin Can Island Ports, Apapa Lagos; SIFAX Off Dock Limited, a bonded terminal operator; SIFAX Stevedoring Limited; SIFAX Oil and Gas Limited; SIFAX Haulage & Logistics Limited; SIFAX Logistics & Marine Services Limited; Skypower Aviation Handling Company Limited, an aviation ground handling company and SIFAX Shipping Limited.

With about three decades of rich entrepreneurial experience, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, through the dint of hardwork, foresight, resilience, vision and knack for excellence, has emerged not only as one of the leading business icons in Nigeria, but also reckoned with across the world.

No doubt his wealth of experience, organizational prudence and business ingenuity have remained invaluable assets to SIFAX Group, which has become a leading player in the Nigerian economy. The company, alongside its subsidiaries, has generated both direct and indirect employment for thousands of eligible Nigerians.

Afolabi is a seasoned maritime consultant and a Fellow of many professional bodies including Nigerian Institute of Financial Management (NIFM), Institute of Freight Forwarders of Nigeria (IFFN) and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of Nigeria.

He has attended several maritime and aviation-related trainings both locally and internationally on port operations, aviation ground handling operations and management.

Due to his rich experience, Afolabi is a sought-after speaker and facilitator at various industry conferences and mentoring programmes.

Aside being renowned for his business acumen, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi has also established a reputation as a public-spirited individual. His philanthropic philosophy has driven him to give hope and support to many public causes. The major focus of this philanthropic initiative is education, where many schools, from primary to tertiary level have received immense support and assistance.

Few of these interventions include a 1,000 capacity lecture theatre at Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomosho and an 18-seater Toyota Hiace bus donated to the medical students association of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.

As a mark of recognition of his outstanding achievements and invaluable contributions to nation building, he has been conferred with various honorary doctorate degrees by four universities, including Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomosho, Oyo state, Cornerstone University and Theological Seminary, Jerusalem, Israel and USA, European-American University, Dominica and Commonwealth University, Belize.

Dr. Taiwo Afolabi is also a recipient of over thirty individual awards from diverse organizations. The latest of these awards being the 2014 Business Person of the Year which was conferred on him by one of Nigeria’s leading newspapers, Daily Sun.

The Federal Government has also recognized the great contributions of this Ogun-state born business icon. He is a recipient of the Member of the Order of Niger (MON).

The accolades are not restricted to Nigeria alone. He is also the Honorary Consul-General of the Republic of Djibouti in Nigeria.

He is a member of the Institute of Directors Nigeria; Ikoyi Club 1938; IBB Golf Club, Abuja; the Building Committee of the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry, amongst many others.

Dr. Taiwo Afolabi is a sports lover, who enjoys watching and playing football. He is happily married with children.

Source: http://sifaxgroup.com/about-us/the-ceo/biography/

I PREFER TO DEY CRY INSIDE LAMBORGHINI , THAN TO DEY LAUGH INSIDE KEKE

kidap:
Super Eagles and Lille striker, Victor Osimhen as reacted to the news of him winning Ligue 1 Player Of The Month for September.

He shared some pictures on his instagram page with caption saying..



https://www.instagram.com/p/B3upZwvICQQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link


Source: https://ngg.ng/2019/10/18/victor-osimhen-reacts-after-winning-ligue-1-player-of-the-month/

His Village People will be like ..

Maraokere:
Nigeria Super Falcons Star, Asisat Oshoala romped to victory at the UEFA Women’s Champions League round of 16 encounter at the Johan Cryuff Stadium in Barcelona, Spain on Thursday night.

Asisat Oshoala shines as Barcelona thrash Minsk 5 -0 in Women

Barcelona Ladies playing against Belarusian outfit Minsked 5-0 in the Champion’s League

Oshoala, who has played previously in England before going on a money-making Chinese league switch, opened the scoring for Barcelona in the sixth minute of the game and provided the assist for the third goal as the home side beat the visitors who had another Nigerian, Ogbiagbevha, in their team.

The goal was Asisat Oshoala’s second Champions League goal for Barcelona following her strike in the final of the competition against Olympic Lyon last season.

The 5-0 win leaves the Spanish Ladies with a healthy advantage to take to Belarus for the second leg of the UEFA Women Champions League Round of 16 in two weeks’ time.

http://irukkanews.com/index.php/2019/10/18/asisat-oshoala-romped-to-victory-at-the-women-champion-league/

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BleedingPen:


Management of the University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, has suspended some students over alleged involvement in a peaceful demonstration.

Those affected are the Mayors and Mayoress of halls of residence, including that of Hall 5 and Keystone hostels. All the three persons are undergraduate students.

CAMPUS GIST reliably gathered that the said protest was led by postgraduate students in first semester. The school is currently in second semester.

The protesters were said to have demonstrated to the official residence of the vice-chancellor, otherwise known as VC lodge, in protest against non-availability of power.

It was gathered that the hostels lacked electricity and water for over three days during exam period, forcing the students to take to protests.

Their suspension was announced by the university Registrar, Mrs O. A. Oshodin, in a private letter exclusively obtained by CAMPUS GIST on Friday.

“You will recall your alleged involvement in a case of unlawful protest and at an unholy hour”, she said in the letter obtained by our UNIBEN correspondent.

“The Vice Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 17 (b), (c), and (d) of Edict No. 3 of 1975, and as amended by Decree No. 20 of 1975, has directed that you be suspended from all academic activities forthwith until you before the Security Department for clearance.

“Accordingly, you are hereby suspended from your Faculty and the University until get clearance from the Security Department”, added Mrs Oshodin.

Efforts to reach the Registrar for comment proved abortive, even as calls placed to the known phone lines of the university spokesman, Michael Osasuyi, went unanswered.

But an official of the school who would not like to be mentioned, said the university took the decision because the VC was disturbed from sleep at such “ungodly hour.”

On why the affected persons were suspended even when they are not directly involved, the official said the suspended persons were expected to have managed the situation.

“They failed in their duties as halls’ mayors and mayoress, respectively”, he said, adding, “they are expected to handle any of such cases from escalating especially at such ungodly hour.”

One of the affected persons who craved anonymity, told CAMPUS GIST that he was shocked to hear about his suspension from his hostel porter.

“The protest was led by postgraduate students [last semester] because they had no light in their hostels for over three days”, he said.

“Nobody even heard about it except for members of the Committee on Hostel Matters. Even myself, I wasn't aware not until my attention was drawn after the protest had begun.

“It was a peaceful demonstration, though the protest was taken to the VC’s lodge which is a normal thing in the university. Sadly, management accused us of spearheading the protest”, said the hall mayor.

This is not the first time UNIBEN will be suspending her students over demonstrations. In February, 2018 four union members were expelled from the school over a protest against an increment in tuition fee.

The expelled students were accused of staging a students’ demonstration on November 24, 2017, an action the university authorities described as intended to disrupt the institution’s 47th Founders’ Day Lecture and the 43rd Convocation Ceremony.

Those suspended include the then Student Union president, Osemudiamen Elvis; PRO, Ehiabhi Goodnews; Secretary-General, Justus Aidenagbon; Director of Socials, Innocent Ehiozua, and a renowned activist, Benjamin Majekodunmi, alias Sankara.

They were later recalled to the school following the intervention of external forces, including the university chancellor and Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II.

http://www.campusgist.ng/exclusive-uniben-suspends-three-students-over-protest/

The Guys Will Be Like ...

newsynews:
Nigerians have reacted to the logo designed by a second graphics artist for Innoson Vehicles.

Recall that the attention of the chairman of Innoson Vehicles was drawn to a graphics artist who designed a proposed logo for the company.

The company reacted as seen in the screenshot below.

The attention he got motivated another graphics artist to take a chance at also getting the company’s attention. This he did by making his own design and uploading it to Twitter.

However, his move was criticized by some Nigerians who felt it could tarnish the chances of the first guy who already has the attention of Innoson Vehicles.

See tweets below.

https://wotzup.ng/nigerians-react-as-another-graphics-artist-designs-logo-for-innoson-vehicles/

please whats the meaning of your logo

Ritzy10:
Boko Haram Terrorists Running From Soldiers During A Fierce Battle Yesterday (Video)

Bokoharam running from Nigeria Soldiers • The Hunter became Hunted, BHT received a Mouth Gig from Nigeria soldiers, shout to my G from 123 sfBn @bush_soja I sight you bro the maddest Gunner


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Hc-1WmKPU

May God help us.

Wealthierboy:
Na them o!!! Na the Iphone 11 crew, chai, this life sha.

The lady bellow me na still one of them o! Just that she's a sucessful one, she's the vice of Iphone 11 crew. Aunty, for you to support your member shows that women as realy lost their dignity

I Pity your brain .... because na relaxer full am.

doris00:
A man has announced that he lost his father to the Ochanja market, Onitsha fire which also consumed their shop.

The man, Gerald Ifeanyi Ogbuagu revealed that he lost his father after he had initially sent out a distress message saying his father has been missing since the fire which consumed their shop in Ochaja market, Onitsha, Anambra state.
He wrote; Haven’t seen my dad since yesterday fire burnt down our shop. please help me repost.

He has now announced that he didn’t only lose his shop but also lost his father to the fire outbreak.


The fire started after a fuel tanker fell and exploded leading to a wide spread fire that consumed so many shops and lives in Ochanja market and its environs. It was indeed a black day in Anambra state.

According to reports, help didn’t come until after about 2 hours when Delta state fire service responded to the emergency.


https://thickmatch.com/man-loses-father-shop-ochanja-market-onitsha-fire-photo/

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@krisasimonye with me is 10 years old today. Like play like play.

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#Mikings and #miqueens #teammike racing to get those votes in. We’ve got less than 5 hours before voting lines close

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THAT IS WHERE XENOPHOBIA STARTED ......

IS WE ARE GETTING IT IN A HARSH WAY IN SOUTH AFRICA ... LET'S KNOW THAT WE ALL STARTED IT ....

ONLY GOD CAN HELP US

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@Afro.Life (Never Give Up)

For many people, waking up to the realization that you have just received some extra millions in your bank account would send them into a frenzy and dismay, to an extent you would want to go MIA.

Well, one Canadian man who has been playing lottery for almost thirty years now, was in the same state when Lotto Max jackpot announced he was the winner of not millions but billions. 

Bon Truong of Edmonton, Canada could not believe he had won $60, 000, 002 and for 10 months, he did not claim his prize as he felt overwhelmed by the magnitude of his win.

UGC Bon Truong of Edmonton, Canada could not believe he had won $60, 000, 002 (N22 billion) and for 10 months, he did not claim his prize as he felt overwhelmed by the magnitude of his win.

"I started to think about what this win would mean for my family," he said. "I realized it was going to change a lot of things and I wanted to make sure we were all ready and prepared for those changes," he added.

According to Truong he used the winning numbers; 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 20, 30 and the bonus number 45 which he claimed were combination of important dates and family birthdays for nearly 30 years.

As soon as he saw the winning numbers, he went to the store and had the clerk print them, just to be certain, he then took the numbers home and double checked them for hours. When he first called his wife with the news, he did not tell her that he had won the big prize.

He said he kept it a secret because he had a lot of thinking to do. Truong said he has come up with a few ideas over the last few months, including paying off all of his bills, buying his family a new home, saving for their future, and a vacation in the works.

“The first thing I thought was, ‘I am going to be able to pay off everything!’ and I was happy just to do that. We are also going to buy a new home and put away for our future," he said.

“After those big, main things, I would like to take my family on a holiday. I am not sure where just yet; I think we will try to go everywhere!” he added.

The report further showed Truong had purchased the ticket on Oct. 26, 2018, and had he not revealed himself within a year of the draw date, the ticket and the prize would have expired.

Lovely!

Source : https://afro.life/featured/bon-truong/

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View More Pictures + Video Here : https://afro.life/crime-list/unlucky-robbers-find-fufu-in-ladys-handbag-after-snatching-it-from-her-photos/

@Afro.life

- According to a social media post by the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), some petty robbers were left disappointed after snatching a lady’s bag  , Read more below.

Fast and Foolish: These three guys were serial robbers who dispossessed people of their belongings on a daily basis. They were eventually caught by our men after snatching the handbag of a lady. Unknown to them, the bag contained her dinner. ��‍♂️#Throwbackthursday

Source : https://afro.life/crime-list/unlucky-robbers-find-fufu-in-ladys-handbag-after-snatching-it-from-her-photos/

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Thank you everyone for your voices. I have gotten a mail from
@Twitter
and I am back. I will continue to be a voice. My voice is not for myself alone but for so many others who unfortunately did not get that education that so many of us take for granted to have a voice.
THANK YOU

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Ok oooo

President Muhammadu Buhari received in audience Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli and his delegation at the State House, Abuja.#Aso Vill Today.

source : https://www.naijaweb.com.ng/olu-warri-visits-president-muhammadu-buhari-aso-rock-villa-pictures/

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Onye Eze Storms Enugu As Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka Celebrates 24th Priestly Anniversary - Pictures

The Wonders and The Blessings of God was truly on this day As Our Daddy Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka Celebrates his 24th Priestly Anniversary , Checkout some Pictures from the event below.

Source: https://www.naijaweb.com.ng/rev-fr-ejike-mbaka-celebrates-24th-priestly-anniversary-pictures/

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The story of 73-year-old Ugbaha Mohammed popularly known as Dogo is that of a fall from grace to grass. From the glamour and bliss of the State House in Lagos and Aso Rock, Abuja under seven former Nigerian leaders including military heads of state and civilian presidents, Dogo now lives in a thatched room offered him by a Good Samaritan in an Abuja slum.

Dogo served three civilian presidents and four military heads of state beginning from the administration of the late Alhaji Shehu Shagari. Despite coming so close to power and fame, he is now dejected because of rejection by his children and other relations as well as the Nigerian leaders he served.

His journey to this present life of horror, misery and squalor began when the only house built for him by Gen. Nuhu Bamalli, former aide de camp (ADC) to the then military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, was burnt during a political crisis in his village in Benue State.

LEADERSHIP Weekend gathered that his children and other members of the family deserted him after the unfortunate incident.

Some of his children told our correspondents that they were yet to unravel the mystery behind a man who served seven Nigerian presidents not having a roof over his head and affording the cheapest medical service.

The thatched house located near a police station in Gwagalape, a remote community in Nyanya, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) is owned by 36-year-old Faith Okolo who came to Dogo’s rescue when everyone left him in the cold.

While in active service, Dogo cooked and served rich, nutritious, and appetising meals to the former heads of states and civilian presidents, their families as well as their visitors, both Nigerians and foreigners. Then he was the cynosure of those who came across him as he charmed everyone with his height and chief cook attire.

As the chief cook at the presidential villa, Abuja, his highest monthly salary was N25,000.

From his story, Dogo served the late Second Republic President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as head of state, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Chief Ernest Shonekan, head of the Interim National Government (ING), the late Gen. Sani Abacha, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, and former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

He started life as a soldier during the Nigerian Civil War before fate turned him to a presidential cook.

During his service at the villa, LEADERSHIP Weekend gathered that the children of these leaders sometimes refused to eat food not prepared by Dogo.

He said: “I served Shehu Shagari, Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Ernest Shonekan, Sani Abacha, Abdulsalam Abubakar, Olusegun Obasanjo, after which, I left.”

Dogo told LEADERSHIP Weekend when he was traced to the thatched room in the Abuja suburb that “I was called upon during the late Umaru Musa Yar’adua and Goodluck Jonathan administration, but I declined simply because I felt there was nothing I had gained serving other presidents. But in 2015, the housekeeper to President Muhammadu Buhari, Sale Yuguda, called me, and because of the relationship I had with the president when he was head of state, I took the job hoping that one day I would be able to talk to the president about my plight.

“Unfortunately, I was posted to the Defence House where I attended to the National Security Adviser (NSA) and Chief of Staff. I was there for four years without an appointment letter or salary but I was given N25,000 per month which stopped coming when my appointment letter was ready.

“Hoping that someday I will be privileged to see and talk to the president, when I was given the appointment January 1, 2018, I worked for six months without salary until July and the first salary I got was N70,000. By July end, I got paid for two and half months, plus overtime running to N70,000 plus. My monthly salary after that was N20,000. During these years of service, I never for a day took permission to travel,” Dogo said.

His predicament did not end there. The only house he retired to in the village with his children after serving Obasanjo was burnt down during a political unrest and all the members of the family were scattered.

Dogo continued: “Nuhu Bamalli, ADC of Gen. Babangida, assisted me with the finances for the building of my only house I’ve had in my life in the village but due to a political crisis that broke out, the house was burnt down, four of my brothers had gunshot wounds but they survived.

“I have nine children, six girls and three boys. My wife died in 2003 from tonsils. We were in Abuja then, when she went to seek traditional help at Karu, her condition became worse; she was taken to a hospital and later referred to Asokoro General Hospital but she didn’t make it,” Dogo said of the passage of his wife.

On his relationship with his children, Dogo said: “Most of my children are annoyed with me, especially the first child. Whenever she pays me a visit, she ends up crying, and tells me that I’m supposed to be an important person, but my condition is pathetic.

“My children think I earned more but squandered it. On one occasion, I had to remind my first daughter how I once sought a piece of advice from her on what to do with my money, and her words made me to buy a grinding machine and this went a long way to improve our finances before it broke down,” he said.

Dogo, an Idoma from Otukpa in Ugboji local government area of Benue State, relocated to his maternal place in Ugbadibo local government area of the state after the destruction of his house.

Born on August 20, 1946 at Ugboji, Dogo still remembers the moments of joy and laughter during his childhood despite the present difficulties he lives with.

After attending St. Mary Primary School in Ogobia, Ugboji in Benue State, Dogo joined the Nigerian Army when he heard a recruitment announcement in Kaduna, where his height got him the job.

The war veteran was enlisted on January 1, 1969, trained before he headed to the war front as mortal soldier that made use of bombs for various operations.

After the war, Dogo retired in 1979 and joined the State House in 1980.

“I went to visit a friend, who was the watchman for one Gen. Osisi. While I was there, my friend was busy ironing the General’s uniform and there were other wears there. I asked for an iron to assist with the female wears I saw and was given the iron.

“I applied starch on it while I pressed it. I handed it over to a woman who was there to collect the wears. On seeing it, she was impressed and added more clothes. I finished and took them to her, and she asked where I was working, and I replied I was without a job. She told me to draft an application letter immediately, which I did and handed it over to her. She attached a letter and told me where to take it. She also revealed that she was the housekeeper to the then President Shehu Shagari and her name was Mrs. Adela.

“I took the letter to the office; one lance corporal accompanied me and took me to the permanent secretary. When he read the application, he instructed that a file be opened for me. I also did an interview and was given a job and directed to start immediately. That was how I secured the job at the State House.

“It was like a dream, I took the appointment letter to the president’s housekeeper, and she told me they were sending me to Federal Palace Hotel to be trained as a cook. Some days later, a sibling to the housekeeper became the managing director at a Nigerian Hotel, so I was withdrawn from the Federal Palace Hotel to continue training at the Nigerian Hotel.

“After the training, I went to the State House to commence work as a cook,” Dogo said, as he shared his experiences at the State House.

“After serving at the State House during the Shagari era, one night soldiers went round knocking from one door to the next, asking of Dogo. They finally got to my door, and asked if I was the person; I responded in the affirmative and the over eight soldiers said that I was needed at Dodan Barracks, Lagos. Immediately my wife heard she began crying as she felt the worst was about to happen, but the soldier in charge asked why she was crying. He said it was a promotion because there was a change in government and they needed my services because the coup plotters were hungry,” Dogo said.

He followed the soldiers as the only cook at the State House that stayed behind because his employment was directly from the State House unlike others whose files were with the contract company.

The soldiers took Dogo to Dodan Barracks and when he got to the kitchen, he requested for soldiers to assist him and was given seven.

“I had to send packs of food, over 40 to Bonny Barracks and Command Mess at Onikan was given 20, Command Mess at Okotie Eboh was given 20 and the food for the main house was also delivered,” Dogo explained how he shared food to the coup plotters.

“I continued as the only cook until three more cooks joined me. The ADC told them to take their jobs serious because they were recommended by me as people who were reliable and they were told to henceforth, respect me as the chief cook.

“I automatically became General Muhammadu Buhari’s chief cook. While I was serving the head of state, everything that had to do with the wellbeing of staff, he would ask me. We usually had a menu they went through during their meals, and from the list of the dishes, they would tick the preferred meals for the next day,” Dogo said.

The then chief cook said that Gen. Buhari at that time preferred Tuwon Shinkafa, Tuwon Masara with either Miyan Kuka, Miyan Taushe or Egusi soup.

“We cooked only a soup in a day and after dishing the food, he would add mai shanu to it. Daily we kept salt, pepper and other seasoning on the table for whoever needed them. There was an instance the ADC and I quarrelled and he told me to leave the kitchen. After I left, when the president’s children returned home from school, they asked after me ‘Dogo’ and were told I was no longer there.

“Food was ready and served but they insisted they would not eat except I was brought back, they had to send for me from the State House, Marina. When I arrived, the head of state’s wife called him from the office. I was summoned before him, his wife, the ADC and children. Then the head of state asked why I left work, before I could give a response, the children said they needed no explanation, and they told me to go and prepare food for them to eat.

“That was how the case ended and I didn’t have the opportunity to tell the head of state what transpired. Shehu Shagari’s children were also fond of me and would not eat any food that was not prepared by me. I had direct access to him during his regime before he was overthrown. I served IBB for eight years and had a good working relationship with the family,”Dogo stated.

He said back then, he lived at Maroko and arrived late for work. IBB’s son, Mohammed, refused eating the food prepared for him because Dogo didn’t do it and left for school.

“When he came back, he asked where I lived and I told him. He was angry and said, how can a chief cook live far from his place of work? He immediately took his phone and put a call across to the ADC and gave him 30 minutes to give me a place at the State House, Marina and it wasn’t up to 30 minutes when the ADC called me. I was given a place and a gardener took my things from Maroko to the State House Marina,” Dogo said, adding that the president’s son was good to him.

“Whenever I ran to him for assistance, he was ready to provide my needs. After they left the State House, I lost contact with him,” Dogo said of Mohammed Babangida.

While Ernest Shonekan was ING head, Dogo also served him, but it didn’t take long, and he was overthrown by the late Abacha.

“Gen. Abacha came along with four cooks and they were sergeants, a major, a lance corporal and myself. I was the only civilian among them. I was not in charge of the kitchen, but I worked with them. I also served Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar and Olusegun Obasanjo. It was a rare privilege, and it was an honour to have served them,” he said.

Of all these years Dogo spent serving the Nigerian leaders at the State House both in Lagos and Abuja, a surgical operation he had while treating a groin problem led to his retirement during Obasanjo’s administration.

“After retirement, I took to carpentry to make ends meet but I later took ill with hernia due to the strenuous nature of the work. There’s no one who has gone through difficult times like me. I have never in my entire existence counted N100,000 at once,” Dogo said while narrating how his house in the village that was burnt down was built with the help of the late ADC to Babangida.
“This is the only house I’ve built in my life and it was all I had. I have written various administrations and attached copies of reports of my health challenges and hardship but there has been no response,” he said.

“Right now, all I can do is to plead with people to assist me. My situation is worsened as my family has relocated to my maternal village and God forbid, but if the unexpected happens, they would not even have a land to bury me because I don’t have a land there and they would not be able to come up with the money to buy a piece of land,” Dogo said.

“My job at the State House made me susceptible to everyone in the village. They assume that I was doing well and therefore refuse to assist them. Whenever there is a donation in the village, they charge me higher than others and when I spoke out, they would claim I was working with the president and that money was not a problem.

“Whenever I talk of my hardship, nobody believes me, including my children. They say it’s impossible to work with a president and more so I have worked with many, yet none has helped me in the aspect of children’s education and so on. I keep telling people that none of the presidents I have served ever asked about my family and I cannot start telling them about my problems,” he said.
He said while serving, some workers were asked about their needs and it was met.

“So I felt my time will come, but it never did. I was ashamed to cry to them and being turned down on the account that I was being paid salary. Besides, I’m not the type of person that talks about his struggles at work without being asked and this is the reason I kept quiet all these years. I regret this and to correct it, after declining to work for the late former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Ebele Jonathan when I was called upon. I accepted to serve the present administration when I was called while in the village cultivating cassava.

“I fell ill around March this year and had to be in and out of hospitals like State House Medical Centre, Customs and Asokoro General hospitals trying to get a diagnosis but it has not been detected and I still have pains on my leg,” Dogo said, adding that the people he worked with knew about his sickness.

“They are aware that I’ve been sick at work and I’m still being paid my salary monthly. I was advised to get traditional help, and I did. The wound on my leg is healed and the pain has reduced. I called the person in charge, Sale Yuguda, housekeeper to the president and told him that I was feeling better and was ready to resume work, but he told me he had removed my name from the staff list. I sent a text message but got no response from him and have been restless ever since,” Dogo said.

Speaking to LEADERSHIP Weekend, 36-year-old Faith Okolo, who provided an accommodation for Dogo said that she saw him as a father and was sad about his situation.

“As a father, his homeless situation is sad. He did not withhold any information about himself from me; he has served heads of states and presidents but he is in this condition. I wish I could do more for him but I’m also struggling,” Faith said.

According to her, “the community is aware of his situation; sometimes they encourage him and give him advice. This is a village and everybody living here is managing and can only do little for him because it is not easy.”

One of his children, Oche Dogo, told LEADERSHIP Weekend that he was surprised that someone who served several presidents was living in such a terrible condition.

“He started serving this country right from Shagari era to Buhari. Even when he was sick, they abandoned him. As you can see, he is in a very bad situation. But we don’t just know what our country is all about,” the 45-year-old Oche said.

Also speaking, 38-year-old Emmanuel Dogo said that no one in the village believed that their father was poor.

He said the family had been scattered by the burning of their house in the village and appealed for help.

Source : https://leadership.ng/2019/07/27/chief-cook-of-7-ex-presidents-lives-in-penury/

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