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Politics › Crisis Rocks Apc’s Registration, New Rival Group Heads To Court by arcis(op): 7:08am On Jun 14, 2013

APC insists it has fulfilled all requirements
THE political party that will eventually use
the APC acronym may be decided at the
nation’s courts, following the decision of
another APC to challenge the registration of
the merging All Progressives Congress (APC)
by the Independent national Electoral
Commission (INEC).
Barely six days after the merging, All
Progressives Congress (APC) approached the
INEC for registration as a political party,
another rival group, All Progressive Congress
of Nigeria (APCN) has threatened to take
INEC to court to secure an order restraining
it from registering any group with such an
acronym .
The threat was also coming as the INEC set
more hurdles for the merging opposition
parties before registration.
There is the fear, however, that the merger
group may suffer the same fate with the rival
African Peoples Congress (APC) which the
commission had earlier rejected its
application.
INEC sources Thursday disclosed to The
Guardian that the application for registration
by the merger group did not come with
names and addresses of their national
officers, as required by Section 222 (a) of
the Nigerian constitution, rather the group
submitted an application that was signed by
only the national chairmen, secretaries and
treasurers of the merging political parties.
But in a swift reaction to claims by the INEC,
a member of the opposition merger
committee, Osita Okechukwu noted that the
committee had fulfilled all the requirements
to merge into a single political party, adding
that the group carefully involved the
National Chairman of the ACN, the National
Secretary of the All Nigeria People’s Party
(ANPP) and the National Treasurer of the
Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) who
endorsed the letter of request for
registration to INEC as interim leadership of
the party with its national office at Wuse
District in Abuja. He added that the office
was donated to the party by an official.
“Both INEC and the other group should
commend us for showing a little experience
in our request for registration. We carefully
used and involved the leadership of the
three merging parties who signed the letter.
We could not have planned to fail when we
involved the services of senior legal experts
in the country for advice and writing of the
letter to INEC,” he noted.
But in a move that suggests more trouble
and confusion for the merger group, a third
group, the All Progressives Congress of
Nigeria (APCN), threatened to take the INEC
to court over an alleged attempt to register
another group with a similar APC acronym.
The group, which is bearing the same name
and acronym with the merger parties (All
Progressive Congress) disclosed that it
commenced its registration process with
INEC with a letter of intent sent to the
commission on March 5, 2013, same time as
the controversial African Peoples Congress
which is also laying claim to the APC, adding
that INEC in a reply signed by its National
Secretary Abdulahi Kaugama, dated March
15 advised the group to change the name
claiming that a group had earlier come with
the same acronym for registration.
According to the National Secretary of the
group, Oguzie Ikechukwu, the group acted in
compliance with INEC advice and re-applied
for registration in March 28 as All
Progressive Congress of Nigeria (APCN). But
INEC again advised the group to still change
the name for the same reason that another
group with a similar acronym had
approached the commission for registration.
Wondering why INEC couldn’t register his
group as a political party even when it has
changed from APC to APCN, Ikechukwu
disclosed that the party had also in a similar
letter to INEC dated May 22 asked the
commission to furnish it with the name of
the group it claimed had earlier applied for
registration under such an acronym relying
on the freedom of Information Act.

Education › Four NANS Leaders Die In Auto Accident On Way To Uyo by arcis(op): 4:10pm On Jun 13, 2013

Donald Onukaoguu, the Senate President
of the National Association of Nigerian
Students (NANS) and four other students
have been killed in a road crash.
The students met their end yesterday on
their way to the University of Uyo, Akwa-
Ibom State, to intervene in the current
crisis rocking that institution.
The lone survivor for the accident, who is
currently receiving treatment at the
Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, claimed
that an illegal road block mounted by the
police was responsible for the tragedy.
It would be recalled that yesterday, the
police killed several students during a
protest organized by students of
Engineering at the university. That
prompted the decision of the NANS
leaders to embark on the urgent trip to
Akwa-Ibom.
The Engineering students were protesting
against new transport fees and other anti-
student policies, including the
contentious “No pay, No examination”
policy.
Confirming the death of his colleagues
this morning, the President of NANS, Yinka
Gbadebo, blamed the tragedy on the
police. “The police under the current IGP
killed nine students within one week; the
police action is barbaric and we call for
the immediate resignation of the IGP,
Mohammed Dikko Abubakar."
However, it is yet unclear how the
incident happened. The survivor of the
crash claimed that the police mounted an
illegal road block by putting heavy logs
and stones on the road and that the
unsuspecting students, who were
travelling in a NANS bus rammed into the
illegal barrier. According to him, the
police ran away immediately the accident
occurred.
Another source, has, however
controverted that account, claiming that a
trailer crushed the students’ vehicle.
The Nigerian police have a poor
reputation of extra-judicial killings. "We
are closing down all campuses in Nigeria
and national action will commence
immediately," Mr. Gbadebo threatened.
In a similar occurrence last February, nine
students of the Nasarawa State University
in Keffi, died in a road accident at
Mararaba, Karu Local Government Area as
they fled from soldiers who attacked them
during a campus protest.
The soldiers ao killed several students on
the scene protest .
In July last year, three students’ union
leaders were killed on the Owo–Akure
Road. They were the Student Union
Presidents of the Federal University of
Technology, Akure, Comrade Awopegba
Oluwaseun, Comrade Akintola Abiodun of
the Adeyemi College of Education, and
Comrade Oyikan Olotu of the Ondo State School of Midwifery, Akure.

Politics › Re: PDP Lambasts Tinubu!!! by arcis: 9:50am On Jun 13, 2013

U get big problem fa!!! E b like say u don collect june and july salary. Pls tell us something new.

Politics › Wamakko Calls PDP Chairman Bamanga Tukur A ‘political Prostitute', May Join APC by arcis(op): 6:51am On Jun 13, 2013

As the ruling Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) continues to come apart at the
seams, one of its suspended governors,
Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko of Sokoto
State, today came down hard and heavy
on National Chairman Bamanga Tukur,
denouncing him as a political prostitute
whose mission is to destroy the party and
north.
Addressing a mammoth crowd at
Government House, Wamakko said that
people like Bamanga Tukur and Ahmed
Gulak, the Special Adviser on Political
Matters to the President, have no business
in PDP and ought to be sacked by
President Goodluck Jonathan.
On his suspension from the PDP, Governor
Wamakko vehemently dismissed the
development, saying he has no regrets
and no apology whatsoever.”
Furthermore, he stressed, “I will never
support Godswill Akpabio, the Chairman
of PDP Governors Forum.”
Wamakko called on Mr. Jonathan to bring
back, Ahmadu Ali and Abubakar Kawu
Baraje, to continue as Chairman and
Secretary of the party.
The governor, who was flanked by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Rt. Honourable Aminu Waziri Tambuwal,
said, “When we took over PDP in 2011,
the party has no single elected person
from Sokoto state. Today we have won all
the 234 seats of the Councilors as well as
all the 23 local government chairmen. We
have won all the 30 members of the state
house of assembly, all the 11 members of
the national assembly, all the 3 senators
as well as the governor and his deputy,
therefore the peoples of Sokoto state are
ardent lovers and supporters of Alu not
PDP.”
Governor Wamakko’s scorched-earth
criticism of his party’s chairman comes as
sources say he may dump the PDP for the
yet to be registered All Progressive
Congress (APC).
The sources said the governor held a
closed-door meeting with Bola Ahmed
Tinibu in Lagos upon his arrival from The
Netherlands, where he attended an
investment forum along with the Kwara
State Governor, Ahmed Abdulfatah.
The source confided a SaharaReporters
correspondent that Wamakko spent over
three hours with Tinubu to discuss the
terms of his joining the APC.

Politics › Re: Oyo Hasnt Borrowed Money In 2 Years – Ajimobi by arcis: 7:48am On Jun 11, 2013

2curiousity: Hello Mr. Payless. Kindly take note that i used the term "419" to describe his attitude and i hope you know the reason why i used that term. For instance if a man made a promise to pay you N10k if you are able to carry out an assignment for him and after you have done that assignment the man is now giving you an excuse, begging you to manage N3k that is available. Will you be wrong to call such a man 419? at from Nigeria concept. Do you remember he was too vocal about paying N22,000 minimum wage to workers before he was voted in? How much is your governor paying now? Ask if you are not a civil servant in oyo state. Do you remember he made a promise on news media that he will not demolish houses and shops when voted? Why is it that he has now taken that demolition as if that is the only thing his government has come to do?(Am not against his beautification programs but am against his own style of total demolition having in mind that we can beautify without much of demolition). And again i like you to read what he campaigned for:

[b]The ACN candidate, Senator Abiola Ajimobi said he intends to lay a good foundation that would transform the state to an enviable position by integrating and opening up the rural areas of Oyo state through provision of roads, development of agro-industries and provision of employment for the masses.

According to him, major roads in the state would be dualised, while a railway network would be construed to link up with Lagos state.

Senator Ajimobi stated that Oyo state required between 500 and 1,000 megawatts of electricity, which he intends to provide by building a thermal station to provide 100 megawatts in 18 months as well as using coal to supplement the energy source.

While promising to provide affordable housing through joint ventures with the private sector and creation of satellite towns, Senator Ajimobi said he would provide potable water for citizens by setting p mini water-works, using the water springs that abound in the state.

Senator Ajimobi also called for a return to regional government in the country to enable every region to develop at their own pace, while he pledged to run an all-inclusive government.

He described corruption as the greatest problem facing the state’s as well as the nation’s economy, and pledged zero tolerance to the cankerworm which he promised to minimize through industrialization, commercialization and provision of gainful employment for citizens of Oyo state.[/b]

you can also do the assessment of him on the basis of his electioneering campaign. Is YESO job a gainful employment? Its now 24 months he has been governing, where is the 100 megawatts electricity supply, where is the railway network? Infact, there are many questions to be answered. So, i called him "419" on the basis of his failure to do what he promised. His beautification program is not worth making noise over because its not beyond what local government can achieve if they have not destroyed that sector and they will do it better with more human face. I rest my case till you respond but mind you, you dont need to bring our family issue to discussion here.

Oga please tell us about any Governor even the President that achieved what he promised during manifestation and campaigns? Mind you, the so call developed world to can't achieve 100% of their promise. They can only try to.

Even our parent do promise us heaven n earth but they can only try to fulfil some of the promise they made.

I challenge you to mention any politician that fulfil 75% of the promise made before election not even GEJ.
Waiting for your reply sir.

Politics › It Is Jonathan That Is Ethically Challenged And Not Me-ribadu by arcis(op): 6:15am On Jun 11, 2013

Malam Nuhu Ahmed Ribadu, pioneer
chairman of Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) has just
replied President Goodluck Jonathan’s
outburst that Ribadu is suffering of
‘ethically challenge’ and series of
vindictiveness against Jonathan instead of
appreciation.
Ribadu in his reply to Jonathan said that it
is Jonathan that is ethically challenged
and struggling to redeem his lost morality
and integrity.
Ribadu in a statement issued by his office
in Abuja described Reuben Abati,
Jonathan’s spokesman as fraud
presidential spokesman, standing on
crooked crutches of rehashed falsehood
fabricated by corrupt politicians
prosecuted by Ribadu while he was
heading EFCC.
The statement said “Reuben Abati’s
statement, typical of his increasingly
desperate personality, has exposed him
as a fraud of a presidential spokesman
who does not have the simplest level of
media literacy. It is unfortunate that he
stands on crooked crutches of rehashed
falsehoods fabricated by corrupt
politicians prosecuted by Mallam Nuhu
Ribadu, in his desperate attempt to hold
on to his job.
“His conjectured statement is a sad
commentary on the type of people we
have in the helms of our affairs: even with
the resources at his disposal, Abati could
not conduct a little research to save
himself from embarrassment before he set
out barking.
“It is a huge gaffe for Abati to charge
Ribadu of ingratitude as the latter has
more valid stand to make similar
accusation having been betrayed after his
selfless service to the nation in the
Petroleum Revenue Task Force committee.
The question of who is ethically
challenged, however, is left for Nigerians
to answer.”

Saharareporterr.com

Politics › Re: Reasons Why Muslims Have Always Been Lagos Governor- Tell Me. by arcis: 1:02pm On Jun 10, 2013

author=Pvt. Parts]
so in essence what you are saying is that muslims are more politically inclined.
so then why are muslim dominated societies generally a sh1t hole?
YOu don't need to look beyond our country for proof. You still don't need to look beyond our continent for more proof as well and if you want the full evidence you can look towards where you bow and pray towards 5 times daily.

Finally, I consider mohammed more of a power hungry robbing pedophile than a prophet.[/quote]I always respect ur opinion on issues on nairaland, but your statement above tell more about u. Pls u need to apologize to the muslims and don't 4get the op was jt asking a question not attacking a religion.
Thank you.

Politics › PDP Compels Employees To Take Oath Of Secrecy by arcis(op): 6:27am On Jun 10, 2013

The Peoples Democratic Party has administered an oath of secrecy to its members of staff as part of its efforts to control the flow of information in and outside the party.

The compulsory oath, which took many of the workers by surprise, was supervised on Thursday by the Acting National Secretary of the party, Chief Solomon Onwe.

Some of the workers, who spoke with our correspondent on Sunday, complained about the oath, which they said was aimed at victimising perceived enemies by some leaders of the party.

They said that some members of the National Working Committee of the PDP were not happy with them and had been doing everything possible to replace them with their loyalists.

The workers claimed that Onwe told them that anyone suspected to be fraternising with journalists might be summarily dismissed if the party found out that a piece of information was leaked by any of them.

One of the workers said, "On Thursday, we swore to an oath of secrecy which the party said was meant to control the flow of information at its secretariat.

"We were also warned to stay away from you people (journalists) and that anyone of us who fraternised with you could be sacked without any query.

"You will recollect that a cleaner was sacked few months ago for telling reporters that they (cleaners) were being owed five months' salaries. That is the kind of treatment they say awaits some of us, including directors, if they suspect that we are close to you people (journalists)."

But another member of staff said they were not surprised with the attitude of the NWC members, whom he accused of being desperate to fill the secretariat with their cronies.

"You can see their retinue of aides. None of the former NWC members   had the number of aides these present NWC members have,"   he added.

Efforts   to speak with both Onwe and the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh, on the issue were not successful.

They neither picked their calls nor responded to text messages sent to their telephones

In a veiled reference to the happenings in the party, its National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, said the PDP needed to maintain discipline and good conduct among its members.

Tukur stated this in a statement which he signed in Abuja on Sunday.

He said the leadership of the PDP did not harbour any malice against any of its members.

It will be recalled that the party, in the last few days,   suspended two of its governors – Mr. Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) and Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko(Sokoto)- for what it called   insubordination.

Tukur said, "We harbour no malice against any member. We only do not want to be a flock without a She pard. If we are not disciplined as a party, we certainly may not be able to produce the most progressive government in line with the greatest expectation of every Nigerian and the rest of the world.

"The PDP government led by President Goodluck Jonathan has a good agenda founded on desire to transform Nigeria.

"The agenda has started bearing fruits. Indeed, the PDP should lead in the implementation. We do not want to constitute a distraction to the President's Transformation Agenda.What we require are absolute discipline and loyalty from every member.

"Right now, we are reorganising by way of bringing everyone to appreciate the constitution and manifesto of the party so that when we go into election in 2015, we can win landslide as a family."

Also, Metuh said in a statement that happenings in the party in the last few weeks were part of the processes of instilling discipline within the PDP .

He said the PDP was not unmindful of the feelings of its members since it began to enforce discipline, hence the need for the clarification.

Metuh said, "We assure that all the issues will be looked into and resolved amicably in line with the spirit of brotherliness and the guiding principles of our party.

"The PDP remains a strong, united and democratic family guided by the principles of equity, justice, rule of law and love for one another and will at the end of the day definitely come out stronger than ever before.

"We therefore urge all members to close ranks and totally disregard suggestions from   enemies of our family that some individuals or groups are being targeted for certain reasons.

"We assure all members that the PDP remains the only national party committed to the welfare of the people for which it will continue to win elections across board.

"It will continue to exist as the party with structures in all wards, local governments and states in the federation where all are free to air their views and canvass their opinions."

Meanwhile, leaders PDP in the North-West will on Monday (today) speak on the suspension of Wamakko.

The Vice-Chairman of the party in the zone, Senator Ibrahim Kazaure, stated this in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Saturday.

Kazaure said the zone would use the occasion to speak on the suspension, which he had earlier said was not acceptable to them.

The suspension was believed to have been the outcome of the Nigeria Governors' Forum's chairmanship election, which was won by Amaechi.

The Presidency was    said to have been angered by the defeat of their candidate for the office, Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State.

Also, governors elected on the platform of the party may meet this week to review the outcome of the NGF election.

A competent source said the meeting was being considered to appraise the efforts of the Jang-led faction of the NGF to gain acceptability among Nigerians.

http://www.punchng.com/news/pdp-compels-employees-to-take-oath-of-secrecy/

Politics › Re: Things You Need To Know About Senator Musliu Obanikoro by arcis: 12:17pm On Jun 09, 2013

barcanista: is it fair to hate a man of repute without a reason?

Kindly define the word "Hate"? What has he done to deserve lagosian vote? Please tell us his antecedents?

Politics › Re: Things You Need To Know About Senator Musliu Obanikoro by arcis: 11:08am On Jun 09, 2013

Koro or watever u called him will NEVER taste power in LAGOS.

I rest my case!!!

Politics › APC Will Be Register This Week by arcis(op): 7:07am On Jun 09, 2013*

BARRING last minute changes, a formal application for registration
by the All Progressive Congress (APC) may be presented to the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) this week.
A competent source told The Guardian that an interim executive of the
proposed party, comprising serving chairmen, secretaries and treasurers of
the ACN, ANPP and the CPC have been constituted to achieve the goal.
They have been mandated to pick from among themselves those who
would positions of the chairman, secretary and treasurer of the proposed
party.
The old secretariat of NITEL, located at zone 6 Abuja, is being proposed to
serve as the headquarters of the APC. Former Kano state governor, Ibrahim
Shekarau, who is touted to serve as the secretary of the proposed party, is
billed to make this known today.
Meanwhile, kites are flying on who would occupy the position of protem
chairman, which may have been zoned to the South East.
A source within the APC’s top hierarchy confided in The Guardian that some
notable politicians from the Northwest are not favourably disposed to the
choice of former national chairman of All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP), Dr.
Ogbonnaya Onu, to occupy the chairmanship seat.
The source disclosed that Onu’s candidacy is also not enjoying support of
the Southwest.
According to the source, the initial suggestion for the former Kano State
governor, Shekarau to head the fledgling political movement was deflated
by politicians from the Northwest, so as to pave way for the emergence of
one of theirs, as presidential candidate.
He said: “One issue that is affecting the setting up of the interim national
executive committee to see to the registration of the APC is which zone the
presidential candidate and the running mate should come from. Initially,
the Southwest wanted Bisi Akande, but started backpedaling against the
background of the provision that all those that would temporary hold
executive positions should not contest any substantive position
immediately the party is registered.”
The source also noted that the little squabbles between promoters of APC
in the South East have made it practically impossible for the zone to agree
on what it wants, pointing out that Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha’s
aspiration to run for the presidency is also militating against the team play
of the zone.
He pointed out that two distinct factions have become noticeable in the
South East caucus, saying that while former Imo State Governor, Achike
Udenwa, is leading former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stalwarts in the
merger, Governor Okorocha and former Anambra State Governor, Senator
Chris Nwabueze Ngige, is leading the other.
But reacting to the perceived wrangling in the South East caucus, former
Enugu State governorship candidate of the Congress for Progressive
Change (CPC), Mr. Osita Okechukwu, denied any zonal input “at this time”.
He stressed that it is a party matter: “It is the party that would release the
template; we are still talking. The major thrust in the arrangement rests on
the parties forming the merger and only when there is a clash should the
consideration of zone come in.”

Politics › Former Governor Sylva Breaches Protocol To Shake Hands With GEJ by arcis(op): 6:39am On Jun 09, 2013

Former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre
Sylva, today breached President Goodluck
Jonathan’s security, walking up to the
Nigeria leader at the high table of a
wedding party and shaking hands with
him.
The occasion was the public wedding
reception of a daughter of another former
governor, Peter Odili. A security source
told Sahara Reporters both the security
and protocol of the President were taken
aback by Mr. Sylva’s action, as he
approached the high table while the
president was already seated with other
guests, however, they claimed they knew
the president was not in any danger.
A source close to Mr. Sylva said he only
went to greet his next-door neighbor and
celebrant, Mr. Odili and that he (Sylva)
used that opportunity to say " hello " to
the President as a form of courtesy. " It
was a chance meeting between the two,
there is no reason to impute any motive,
when Mr. President asked Sylva how he
was doing he said he was still alive and
left to his seat afterwards, " said the
source that witnessed the incident.
Sylva, the former governor of Bayelsa
State, is facing corruption charges
initiated by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission.
Mr. Sylva has repeatedly stated that his
trial was motivated by his political
disagreements with Mr. Jonathan. He was
prevented from running for a second term
in office by Mr. Jonathan, who then
imposed upon the state as governor, his
protege, Seriake Dickson.
Political observers say that today’s event
also reflects the intricate connections
between power and corruption in Nigeria.
Odili is widely-known to have looted the
resources of Rivers State during his
tenure as governor, but has never been
prosecuted because of a perpetual
injunction he obtained for self-protection.
Although all of that information must be
in the hands of President Jonathan, who
claims to be fighting corruption, he chose
to publicly take a seat at a wedding
funded by proceeds of corruption

Politics › PDP Suspended Wamakko For Disrespecting Tukur by arcis(op): 11:23pm On Jun 06, 2013

The Peoples Democratic Party has said it decided to suspend Governor Aliyu Wamakko because he refused to pick calls made to him by the party's national chairman, Bamanga Tukur.

In a statement released in Abuja today, PDP spokesman Olisa Metuh sought to explain why the governor was suspended.

He stated that Mr. Tukur had called to ask the governor to explain his recent comments, but that the national chairman was unable to get across to Mr. Wamakko.

Mr. Metuh also said the governor refused to respond to a query sent to him, but instead asked Bello Sokoto, the party’s then secretary for the state to reply on his behalf.

Mr. Metuh argued that Mr. Bello Sokoto was too junior in party ranking to have responded to Mr. Tukur.

In addition, Mr. Metuh stated that it was improper for Mr. Bello Sokoto to have used the official letter head of the state government in his reply.

Metuh’s full statement:

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wishes to set the records straight on the reasons for the suspension of the Executive Governor of Sokoto State, His Excellency, Dr. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko as a member of the PDP.

The decision to suspend His Excellency, Dr. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko came after very wide and exhaustive consultations, in accordance with the provisions of the constitution of the PDP and in the overriding interest of the Party.

It is important to note that the reason for the suspension of Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko predates the Nigeria Governors’ Forum’s election.

Sometime in early April, the leadership of the Party was concerned with the statements and conduct of the Governor whereupon the National Chairman placed several calls to draw the attention of the Governor to the matters concerned.

However, it was not possible for the National Chairman to speak with the Governor despite several attempts. The National Chairman thereafter vide a letter dated 12th April, 2013 requested an explanation to the NWC within seven days.

Instead of replying the National Chairman, Governor Wamakko directed the Sokoto State Secretary of the Party, Mallam Aminu Bello Sokoto to reply the National Chairman. The State party Secretary in a letter dated April 14, 2013 and on the official letterhead of the Sokoto State Government House, replied the National Chairman on behalf of the governor.

This amounted to gross disrespect and act of insubordination to a National Officer and a lawful organ of the party which is in violation of Articles 58.1 (c ), (h) and (m) of the PDP constitution which prescribed sanctions for any member who (c ) “disobeys or neglect to carry out lawful directives of the party or any organ or officer of the party”, (h) “engages in any conduct likely to cause disaffection among members of the Party or is likely to disrupt the peaceful, lawful and efficient conduct of the business of the Party” and (m) “fails, refuses or neglects to treat a petition, complaints or appeal timeously” respectively.

Nevertheless, the NWC, vide a letter dated April 17, 2013 kindly requested His Excellency, Dr. Aliyu MagatakardaWamakko to appear before it on the 8th of May, 2013 to clear the issues thereof.

The NWC also wrote to the State Secretary, Sokoto PDP, Mallam Aminu Bello Sokoto requesting explanations for his actions as a state party officer, in replying the National Chairman.

Regrettably, Dr. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko never honoredthe invitation and refused to respond in any way despite repeated invitations from the NWC, an action which is in clear violation of Article 58.1 (c), of the PDP constitution. In the same vein, the State Secretary, Sokoto PDP also refused to respond to the National Working Committee (NWC).

Consequently, the NWC at its 336th meeting held on May 22, 2013 suspended the State Secretary, Sokoto PDP Mallam Aminu Bello Sokoto and communicated the decision to him in a letter dated May 22, 2013.

The NWC thereafter extended yet another invitation to His Excellency, Dr. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko in a letter dated May 23, 2013 in which it requested him to appear before it on Wednesday, June 5, 2013 to clarify the issues.

Unfortunately, in complete disregard to a lawful organ of the Party, His Excellency, Dr. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, instead of appearing before the NWC traveled out of the country on Tuesday June 5, 2013 without any form of response to the party.

The NWC frowned at this act of gross indiscipline and disrespect to the party and was therefore left with no other option than to invoke relevant articles of the PDP constitution in furtherance of the determination to enforce discipline at all levels within the Party.

We wish to state that the leadership of the Party has immense respect for all elected and appointed political office holders and in the same vein expects all political office holders to reciprocate by respecting the constitution and lawful organs of the Party upon which platform they hold office.

The NWC hereby restates that no individual or group within the party is, and must be seen to be above the constitution and lawful organs of the party. All party members are under the rule of the constitution of the party and must so abide.

Signed

Olisa Metuh
National Publicity Secretary

http://saharareporters.com/news-page/we-suspended-wamakko-because-he-did-not-take-tukurs-calls-pdp

Politics › Re: Wamakko Governor Of Sokoto Suspended By PDP by arcis: 9:25pm On Jun 05, 2013

Good for PDP! Pls suspend all PDP governors from your party. I can c ur do.nf.ll. Yeye people.

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Politics › 10 Nigerian Varsities To Train Nigerian Air Force Personnel by arcis(op): 7:34pm On Jun 05, 2013

THE Nigerian Air Force has signed a
Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with 10
universities and five research institutions in
the country towards capacity building for its
personnel.
The pact, the first by the military, would
enable the Air Force to source slots for
training its personnel locally instead of
spending foreign currency to train them
abroad.
Among the institutions which signed the
MoU are Covenant University, Otta,
University of Ibadan, University of Lagos,
Federal University of Technology, Owerri,
Lagos State University, Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile Ife, University of Benin,
Ahmadu Bello University, Yaba College of
Technology, Electronic Development
Institute (ELDI), Awka, National Agency for
Science & Engineering Infrastructure
(NASENI), Defence Industries Corporation of
Nigeria (DICON) and the National Space
Research and Development Agency, Abuja.
Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Alex
Sabundu Badeh said, while presiding over
the signing ceremony, that the new measure
is aimed at helping to build a self-reliant
nation.
Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University,
Prof. John Oladapo Obafunwa, who spoke on
behalf of the other vice chancellors and
heads of agencies said he was “witnessing
for the first time in Nigeria a challenge being
posed to the academia to come forward and
contribute to the development of science
and technology in this country. It is a big
challenge but we will live up to the
expectations.”

Politics › Re: Labaran Maku Blasts Fashola At Ministerial Platform by arcis: 10:08pm On Jun 03, 2013

Sorry pls who is Maku Malo malu? Who's Insincerely Pdp nigeria?

Shioo kelebe!!!

Politics › Re: EXPOSED: Sanusi Lamido's Sexual Escapades With Married Lover Revealed by arcis: 9:56pm On Jun 03, 2013

You no get work abi? What's ur biz with this?

Politics › Re: Lagos Begins Residents' Registration Today by arcis(op): 9:28am On Jun 03, 2013

Sincerely, our gov should as a matter of urgency do something abt unemployment.

God help us.

Politics › Lagos Begins Residents' Registration Today by arcis(op): 6:14am On Jun 03, 2013

Lagos State Government will on Monday begin the registration of residents living in the state in a move the government says will help to plan and efficiently allocate resources.

This was made known by the General Manager of the Lagos State Residents Registration Agency, Ms. Yinka Fashola, in an address to pressmen on Friday in Lagos.

She said, "The main purpose of the registration is for planning and the efficient allocation of resources. It is not a census. The issue here is that there is no point in planning for so many people when you don't know who they are, where they live, what their road, water and electricity needs are. The only way to know is to go out there and register them.

"A live pilot begins on Monday with a manageable chunk of people so that in the event that there is the need to review, or fix anything we can easily do that without any serious damage."

The card issued from the registration point is expected to give residents access to health, transportation and other government and non-governmental services in the state.

Stating that the project began four years ago, Fashola, added that the agency having consulted with stakeholders, had trained about 600 registration officers and 41,000 teachers for the exercise.

When questioned about the registration of beggars, destitute and street urchins, Fashola said no resident would be left out in the registration exercise which is expected to commence by mid-June.

She said, "The truth is that everybody is coming from somewhere. No matter where you are in the world, you have an address.

"Even for the prostitutes and purdahs, I have female officers who will camp them in a hall and register them. Anyone who has lived in Lagos state for a minimum of six months will be registered."

Fashola also revealed that the agency had received applications from many Ph.D, M.sc holders and graduates in the course of recruiting registration officers.

"The position was initially planned for only school certificate holders and people with OND who would be a paid N25, 000 monthly but 85 per cent of people that applied have degrees, masters, PhD or even some other higher levels.

"We have them coming from all walks of life; accountants, biochemists, micro-genetics, applying for a job that does not pay that much," she said.

Fashola added that LASRRA had brought this to the notice of the Ministry of Establishment and Training to help find a way of helping them.

She said, "I do not believe that we should turn them back to the community without giving them some necessary skills that can move them forward in life. We haven't come up with an exact plan, but we are on it.

"Candidates have been given an assessment test and only those who passed were allowed to go through the training."

http://www.punchng.com/news/lasg-begins-residents-registration/

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Politics › How Amaechi Ignited Crisis In NGF, By Jang by arcis(op): 12:29pm On Jun 02, 2013

Factional chairman of the Nigeria
Governors Forum (NGF), Governor Jonah
Jang of Plateau State, and three other
members of his group – Governors
Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo), Peter Obi
(Anambra) and Liyel Imoke (Cross River) –
are blaming the Chairman of the rival
group, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, of
igniting the crisis in the Forum.
They alleged that Amaechi insisted on
going for second term as the NGF chairman
in the name of an “unknown constitution”,
and contrary to the Forum’s convention
stipulating one term only for the incumbent
chairman.
The four governors spoke at a press
conference in Abuja, yesterday.
Jang, who alleged that Amaechi as
Chairman of the NGF, turned himself into a
dictator, stressed that there was never
anywhere in the Forum’s constitution that a
Chairman could be re-elected.
The Plateau governor explained that there
was no time governors met to ratify the
constitution, adding that the only time they
parleyed on the issue was when Vice
President Namadi Sambo was still the
governor of Kaduna State, insisting the
constitution was never ratified to
accommodate a sitting Chairman re-
contesting, “contrary to what Amaechi was
propagating”.
File Photo: Pro-Jonathan state governors,
addressing the media after presenting
their factional chairman. From left,
Ibrahim Shema (Katsina); Goodswill
Akpabio (Akwa Ibom); Seriake Dickson
(Bayelsa); Liyel Imoke (Cross River);
Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo), factional Vice
Chairman; and Jonah Jang (Plateau),
factional chairman.
The governor said, “Amaechi virtually
became a dictator, dictating everything. He
brought in a constitution that many of us
had never seen or aware of. The only time
we looked into the constitution was when
Namadi Sambo was still there and there
was nowhere that says a sitting Chairman
could be re-elected. The constitution was
never ratified.”
Describing the video coverage of the
election as improper, the factional NGF
chairman said, “We have never called
journalists to video our proceedings; if it is
Amaechi that planted the camera, it is
morally corrupt”.
When asked why the Forum had not
intervened in the suspension of the Rivers
governor from the PDP, Jang, who noted
that the matter was not the business of
NGF, but, that of the PDP Governors Forum,
said that Amaechi had not formally
reported the matter to the NGF.
Speaking on how elections had been
conducted by the NGF since 1999, the
Cross River governor, Imoke, who
explained that the elections had always
been by consensus, said the reason was to
avoid acrimony that would otherwise
emanate after election.
Imoke said, “It is a consensus between the
North and South that it will be one term.
For the 14 years of the existence of the
NGF, there has never been an election. The
reason we agreed on consensus is because
it will be divisive.
Mimiko,. who expressed worry over the
unfolding scenario, said that not one
governor would say he was very proud of
what happened at the Forum.
The Ondo governor blamed the Rivers
governor for the development, saying he
(mimiko) did not vote during the election,
but that 18 governors endorsed Jang for
the chairmanship position. He added that
the day after the election, 18 members
reported when Jang called for a meeting.
According to him, Amaechi, notwith-
standing that he was a contender in the
poll, took over everything, including the
printing of the ballot papers and
procurement of ballot boxes which,
according to him, was against the principle
of democratic practice. He stated that had
the governors in opposition to Amaechi
walked out during the election, which was
one of the options, Nigerians would have
misconstrued it to mean another thing,
adding that the other option was for them
to smash the ballot box.
He challenged whoever carried out the
video coverage during the election to show
the total clips. Mimiko described the NGF
as a voluntary association any governor
could decide to leave anytime.
According to him, the best thing to do
before the election was for Amaechi to step
down for somebody else to preside over
the election, but Amaechi “insisted that he
will not vacate the seat before the
election”.
S/East govs endorsed me – Obi
Obi said South-east governors had
endorsed him for the governors forum chair
before Amaechi was picked for the position
in 2011, adding that he lost the position
because he was not from PDP.
A letter, signed by his colleagues from the
four other South-Easter states: Theodore
Orji, Martins Elechi, Sullivan Chime and
Ohakim, with reference number SEGF/S/
GOVS/INT/1/022 and addressed to Saraki,
who was then Chairman of NGF, with the
heading “nomination of Mr. Peter Obi”,
said, “We, the governors of the South-east
of Nigeria wish to respectfully nominate Mr.
Peter Obi, Governor of Anambra state of
Nigeria as a candidate for the position of
Chairman, Nigerian Governors Forum.
”Our action in this regard is unanimous as a
zone and is borne of our firm conviction
that he will discharge the functions of this
office with credibility, dedication and due
diligence”.
The Anambra governor said he was
surprised that the meeting, which was
supposed to be a valedictory session for the
former Kwara governor and NGF Chairman,
was turned to an election event, where
Amaechi emerged as Saraki’s successor,
adding that he was then begged to accept
the position of Vice Chairman.
He described the Forum as an association
that is not recognised by the Nigeria
constitution, adding that the NGF was a
trouble for him when he was Vice
Chairman.
Meanwhile, Saraki, yesterday, faulted Obi
over the claim that the South-east
governors endorsed him for the NGF chair
before Amaechi was suddenly picked for
the position in 2011, saying the Anambra
governor was rejected.
The former Kwara State governor, who
explained that Obi was rejected because he
was not a member of majority party,
stressed that there was no trade off, as it
was the convention that the party with the
majority governors should produce the
chairman of the NGF and he was not in the
party.
Disqus seems to be taking longer than usual.

Politics › How Amaechi Ignited Crisis In NGF, By Jang, Mimiko, Obi, Imoke by arcis(op): 10:14am On Jun 02, 2013

Politics › Re: Bola Ige’s Murder: Omisore Slams N20b Suit On Oyo by arcis: 8:28am On Jun 01, 2013

Omisore need to see a doctor!

Politics › Evolution Of APC Is For National Cohension -- Buhari by arcis(op): 11:40pm On May 29, 2013

Retired Gen. Muhammad Buhari, leader of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), said the evolution of All Progressive Congress (APC) was not for personal aggrandisement, but for national cohesion.

He stated this at the inauguration of constituency projects by member representing Zaria at the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbass Tajuddeen in Zaria, Kaduna State on Wednesday.

Buhari, represented by CPC Chairman in Kaduna State, Alhaji Ahmadu Yaro-Cocacola, said APC, if elected, was determined to foster national unity and restore hope to Nigerians.

He appealed to electorate to remain humble and peaceful during and after 2015 general election with a view to electing credible candidates into various elective positions for the good of the nation.

Buhari lauded the efforts of the lawmaker for bringing the dividends of democracy close to the door steps of his people and called on other members to emulate him.

Politics › Re: Fashola Commissions Lekki-ikoyi Link Bridge. PICS by arcis: 11:22pm On May 29, 2013

prem love: So u guys mean u pay money to cross ordinary bridge wtf, i cant imagine dis nonsense in my own state wat nonsense and some idiot are here celebrating, na wa for naija ooo

Which language u dey speak? Igbo or tivs?
That why your state will never developed. Soup wey sweet nah money kill am ok.

Wentin u dey talk self because I no understand u abeg.

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Politics › SSS Arrests PUNCH Reporter Over Obasanjo Story Regarding Assassinations by arcis(op): 10:51pm On May 29, 2013

The State Security Service (SSS) has
again gone after the press, last Monday in
Abeokuta arresting and harassing Segun
Olatunji, the Ogun State Correspondent of
The Punch.
Mr. Olatunji went to the offices of the SSS
at the invitation of Joseph Okpo, its state
Director, who had sent an invitation to
him though Kehinde Akinyemi, the
Chairman of the Ogun State Council of the
Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
SaharaReporters has learned that Olatunji
was then subjected to a full day of
exhausting and humiliating questioning
and harassment by Okpo himself, who
then tagged with his deputy, Yau Umar, to
continue the process, before he was
handed over to their Principal Staff Officer
(PSO).
The men, who said their activities had to
do with issues “bordering on national
security,” questioned the correspondent
about his academic qualifications and
work experience. They then began an
interrogation about a story in the Sunday
Punch which contained allegations by two
former government insiders against
former President Olusegun Obasanjo
about his maintenance in place of a killer
squad that was previously used by
General Sani Abacha.
Last month, the two men, Segun Seriki
and Richard Odusanya, sent a petition to
the National Assembly in which they
called for an investigation of a slew of
allegaitons they said they were ready to
substantiate.
On April 20, the two men also appeared
on SaharaTV and spoke, among others,
about issues of corruption and several
high profile killings during the Obasanjo
presidency, including those of former
Attorney General and Minister of Justice,
Chief Bola Ige and Chief Harry Marshal,
which were never solved by the police.
Nonetheless, Mr. Okpo, upset that Olatunji
had failed to give him “straight answers”
to his questions, instructed his faithful
deputy to extract a statement from the
reporter, who was then forced to open his
email on a computer to enable the SSS
identify some of the reports he has written
in the past.
He was also forced to fill out forms and to
write further statements, following which
he was handed over to the Principal Staff
Officer, and then fingerprinted and
photographed in a variety of postures.
As the night fell, the reporter was
returned to the office of the Deputy
Director, made to write another
statement, and then thrown into an
unlighted room on the ground floor of the
building. The room contained two men in
handcuffs.
The matter took a different turn thereafter
when Mr. Akinyemi and the chairman of
the NUJ, Wole Sokunbi came in and met
with Mr. Okpo in his office. When Mr.
Olatunji was brought into the room, the
powerful SSS boss asked if Olatunji, who
had not been charged to court, would like
the duo to “bail” him.
He was eventually released, but not until
he had been warned against his
“uncooperative and arrogant demeanour,”
and asked to return again to the SSS
office at 11.00am the following morning.
It is unclear at this point whether Mr.
Okpo, Mr. Yau Umar, or their PSO have
solved the security mystery they are
chasing, or whether they have yet invited
Chief Obasanjo to their office.
Calls to their office by SaharaReporters
were not returned.

Saharareporters.com

Politics › Re: Fashola Commissions Lekki-ikoyi Link Bridge. PICS by arcis: 10:01pm On May 29, 2013

Eko Atlantic: Ajumobi is commissioning, Fashola is commissioning, jonathan is delivering speech.

I love this democracy.

Eko atlantic! I no fit laugh abeg. Haha speech ke!!! Ok let try this maths together: a. Fashola is commissioning
B. Ajimobi is commissioning
C. Jonathan is delivering speech

Which of these statement are correct?
1. Fashola is progressing
2. Ajimobi is working and moving forward
3. Jonathan is sleeping and angry with opposition.
4. All of the above

Lol!!!

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Politics › Re: CPC’s Fashakin Is A Brainless Ignoramus - Abati by arcis: 9:55am On May 29, 2013

Sincere 9gerian: Fantastic. That is the only language those LIARS understand. Abati, pls give them more doses of their own medicine

I pity u bro! I hope u hav bin paid?

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Politics › Re: Why I Supported Jang -- Mimiko by arcis(op): 6:36am On May 26, 2013

This explanation here is a blatant lie. Jang himself became a candidate a few hours before the election so when did "Jang contact you first". Mr. Mimiko, did you vote or not? Did Akpabio bring in a signed paper saying that Jang was a consensus candidate but that was rejected and led to votes being cast? If you want to be vice-chairman and both camps want you as you claim, would that not assure that you would win? With your experience under the rule of Obasanjo, no one imagined that you would join the camp of another President to harass and intimidate "opponents". Now that Ondo State people know that you are in the PDP, the Ondo State people who rejected PDP will also reject you. We are waiting for the local government election, see you then.

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Politics › Why I Supported Jang -- Mimiko by arcis(op): 6:27am On May 26, 2013

The Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, on Saturday, said he supported Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State because he approached him to be his vice-chairmanship candidate at the election of the Nigerian Governors' Forum.

Mimiko said this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Eni Akinsola.

Mimiko said he was surprised when the camp of Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State also picked him as its candidate for the same position without his consent.

The statement said, "Mimiko had earlier been approached by Jang's group to contest as the vice-chairmanship candidate and he agreed. He was surprised when he entered the venue of the election and saw his name on the list of Amaechi's camp also as the vice-chairmanship candidate.

"Confused by this development, Mimiko announced that he was stepping down as the vice-chairmanship candidate to Ameachi to avoid uproar since he was already in Jang's camp.

"Mimiko thought it wise then to step down from Amaechi's camp in the interest of democracy and fairness because it was Jang and not Amaechi, who approached him first."

Besides, the Ondo State governor said he and other governors made efforts to convince Amaechi on the need to make the process free, fair, transparent and credible, but that the pleas fell on deaf ears.

He said, "For instance, the election was to be conducted through a secret ballot arrangement and the sitting chairman refused to dissolve the house and allow a neutral body to conduct the poll.

"Apart from that, the way they carried out the entire arrangement suggested that Amaechi and his group had a predetermined agenda of some anti-Jonathan politicians which he was desperate to implement."

Mimiko said he and some governors walked out of the venue when it was glaring that Amaechi would declare himself as the winner of the election.

He added, "Why the confusion had yet to be resolved, the Director-General of the Governors' Forum came up with ballot papers which he distributed to members. But pro-Jang governors protested and walked out of the venue. There would have been uproar if that decision was not taken."

Mimiko said he read a communiqué on Saturday after a meeting with 18 of his colleagues in Abuja where he confirmed himself as the vice-chairman of the forum.

The statement added, "More than 18 governors would have attended the press conference addressed by Mimiko if some of them had not left Abuja before the notice for the press conference was sent out."

He said prior to the election, all governors from the North had adopted Jang as consensus candidate after Governor Yisa Yuguda had stepped down while the Peoples Democratic Party Governors' Forum also adopted Jang.

Mimiko said he was convinced that Ameachi's group was enjoying support from the opposition parties who were bent on dividing the NGF.

Politics › Re: Amousn Will Surely Leave Oke Mosun Come 2015 by arcis: 6:26pm On May 24, 2013

I was just lol wen I saw your post! So tell us if u ar d one that will decide for Ogun people.

Pls go get something better to say.

Politics › Grounded Rivers Aircraft: Reps Clear Amaechi And Indict NCAA, NAMA. by arcis(op): 4:38pm On May 24, 2013

A committee of the House of
Representatives has determined that
Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi
Amaechi, did not break any laws in the
incidents that led to the grounding of a
state-owned Bombardier Aircraft by the
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
The legislators stated that Rivers State
remained the real owner of the B700
Global Express Aircraft with Registration
Number N565RS with a valid insurance
cover that will expire in 2015.
The representatives also found there was
no truth to the claim by Nigeria’s aviation
agencies that the aircraft belongs to a
foreign country and has no valid papers.
These were some of the conclusions
contained in a report by the House
committee on Justice and Aviation. The
committee investigated the
circumstances that led to the
controversial grounding of the aircraft.
The 11-page report was jointly signed by
the House Committee Chairman on
Justice, Ali Ahmad, and his Aviation
counterpart, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha. The
House had composed the committee on
April 30, 2013 to probe the grounding of
the aircraft by the NCAA.
The committee sat on May 14, 2013 and
took testimonies from officials of the
NCAA, the Nigeria Aviation Management
Authority (NAMA), Aviation Minister, Stella
Oduah, as well as officials of Caverton
Helicopters and the Rivers State
Government.
The report stated, “The level of ineptitude
of NCAA is glaring in many respects:
failure to appreciate from a trust
agreement that an aircraft belongs to a
trustor-beneficiary even after their
attention is drawn to it and even as other
aircraft are registered in the name of the
same trustee; non-detection of an expired
flight clearance 24 days after the fact and
the detection was triggered by an
incident rather than as a matter of course;
even if the fact of falsification of
documents were true.”
The report added: “It was unacceptable
that NCAA did not detect this fact for over
six months; indeed NCAA boasted in a
letter of 29th April, 2013 that following
the incident it undertook a due diligence
of the status of the aircraft, but even then
it failed to determine the issue of
ownership and several others.
“Operational and other navigational
charges were received by NAMA and FAAN
and other agencies while operating the
aircraft and receipts issued without
raising alarm as to ownership of the
aircraft by Rivers State Government.
Part of the report also stated: “Perusal of
the Trust Agreement between Rivers State
Trustor and Bank of Utah Trustee would
have shown this fact of ownership; it is
distressing that NCAA and the Ministry
still fail or refuse to appreciate this simple
fact; but since the authorities did not
raise ownership issue with several other
aircraft having the name of Bank of Utah
Trustees, this allegation is in bad faith
and grossly unprofessional, as the owner,
Rivers State Government elected to
register the aircraft in the U.S. to save
money for the State and avoid
unnecessary bureaucracy.
“Rivers State Government, through
Caverton, applied to the Hon. Minister of
Aviation to import and operate the aircraft
in Nigeria but the application was not
consummated, and so it is being operated
in Nigeria as a foreign aircraft for private
use.
“As from 27 August, 2012 when it applied
on behalf of Rivers State Government to
import the aircraft, Caverton maintained
agency relationship with the Government;
although that relationship was abated
shortly thereafter with regard to
importation of the aircraft, other aspects
of the agency relationship continued
especially relating to applications for
flight clearance; however, all relationships
between the parties was brought to an
end by Caverton’s letter of denunciated to
NCAA dated 26 April, 2013.
“As owner and operator of the aircraft,
neither Rivers State Government nor its
officials forged or falsified any document
toward securing flight clearances or any
other license. Should top management of
Caverton deny transacting business with
Rivers State Government despite its
acquiescence of transactions between its
member of staff and the Government,
then its behavior smacks of administrative
laxity or negligence; alternatively, its
behavior lends credence to the assertion
that it was pressured to deny the
relationship.
“Caverton should be held accountable for
providing information that led NCAA to
ground the aircraft, contrary to provision
of the law;
“Rivers State Government operated its
aircraft with expired clearance between
2nd and 26th April, 2013; but several
other aircraft are suspected to be in
similar situation; isolation of Rivers State
Government for reprimand becomes
difficult to deny.
“Justifications for both the delayed start-
up in Akure and the continued grounding
of the aircraft in Port Harcourt amount to
taking an action and later shopping for
reasons: the faulty declaration of manifest
and failure to file flight plan ceased to be
a reason immediately the Director-
General of NAMA waived the infringement
and permitted the aircraft to depart
Akure, otherwise continuous citing
manifest and flight plan violations as
additional reasons for grounding the
aircraft has serious implications for the
Director-General; alleged fabrication of
documents by Rivers State Government
was unsubstantiated.
“Having overlooked the Akure violation,
the only justification known to law to
warrant regulatory action against the
aircraft is its operation with expired
clearance between 2nd and 26th April,
2013; however, NCAA botched the
opportunity to legally impose the sanction
as it failed to give a written notice to
Rivers State Government as required by
Section 35(5) Civil Aviation Act, Cap. C13
Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004;
“The handling by NAMA and NCAA of this
violation and their response actions
further confirm the previous findings of
the Joint Senate and House Committee on
Aviation on the crash of Dana Aircraft that
the Ministry of Aviation exerts undue
interference on routine operations of
these agencies.”
The report suggested that the House
Committee on Aviation be mandated to
scrutinize the reason for rampant foreign
registration of aircraft by their owners and
to further investigate all private-use
aircraft operating in the country in order
to sanitize their operation and ensure
enforcement of the law.

Source: saharareporters.com

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