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In contrast, the Federal Government proposes to spend just N2billion on a pilot initiative to ameliorate the poverty in Nigeria’s Northeast, where a five year insurgency by Boko Haram militants has cost thousands of lives, and created a climate of insecurity.



Are they spending your money? The almost N500B spent on fighting boko haram yearly, should be included in your silly write up.

BY CHIDI NKWOPARA

Owerri—Minister of External Affairs, Professor Viola Onwuliri, has challenged Imo State governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, to fully account for all the monies from the federation account that accrued to the state for nearly three years.


Professor Onwuliri, who threw the challenge while fielding questions from journalists in Owerri, was particularly irked that the look of the 27 local government areas was not commensurate with the volume of money allocated to the local councils for nearly three years.

Onwuliri said: “What we have on ground in the local government areas of the state is not commensurate with the huge funds so far collected from the federation account for nearly three years.”

She also accused the state government of misapplying or misappropriating the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, Sure-P, fund allocated to the state.

The Minister sought to know where the allocations accruing to the 27 local councils, totaling over N40 billion, as well as the excess crude funds were channeled into.
“The Federal Government has received complaints from victims of the recent flood disaster that the intervention fund it released to the state was diverted,” she said.

While noting that the state government had a lot to account for, the minister, however, said the Federal Government was waiting for Governor Okorocha’s explanations.
Professor Onwuliri said Okorocha had been collecting local government allocations and disbursing it the way he wished.

She said: “The Federal Government would soon compel the governor to account for the funds he collected from the federation account.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/01/minister-challenges-okorocha-accountability

ipain: As for the Ghanians on here, give it to them like it hot and stand for your country.

Nonsense!

What are you really saying?

Osun CAN should come out and distance themselves from this nonsense asap.

You are taking yourself too serious. Nobody is going to kill you. Nigerians want to see your a55 seat in jail for that corruption you people make tons of noise about. The billions you stole from the Aviation ministry must be atoned for by you.

The town criers are wasting their megabytes again. Just prepare to sing hail to the same chief till 2019. Jonah till 2019 is not even an argument. The price for one Nigeria is not negotiable. Go take care of your family and enjoy the fresh air from the SS till 2019.

cramjones: Asari should watch his back...He will soon cross the line..when he does he will pay dearly for it!

We are still waiting for you to pay dearly for crossing the corruption line.

Kairoseki77: How so?

Stop by the IKoyi DSS office and ask why

bloggernaija: i do not want to get into senseless argument.
ibadan remains one of the most viable and livable cities in nigeria.
you can argue all day all you want.
the number of expatriates living in ibadan is only second to lagos and they are making serious money there.
it remains the collection point for gum arabic, leather etc coming from the north for the export market.she produces most of the poultry/piggery products in nigeria. cashewnut,Kolanut ,banana and plantain coming from hinterlands of the southwest.
ibadan was built for being an historical open city and as such, was a natural capital for the western region.

OKay you win.

ROSSIKE: WHAT A LOAD OF DUMBED DOWN GARBAGE. FOR YOUR INFORMATIUON YOU SHALLOW MINDED, NON-RESEARCHING SELF LOATHERS, THE ONLY REASON, REPEAT: THE ONLY REASON South Korea is a develooped nation today is that after WW2, the victorious western allies led by the US decided to create STRONG CAPITALIST BULWARKS to checkmate the spread of COMMUNISM in the Asia Pacific. This they did by CHOOSING a specific set of Pacific nations to which they granted UNPRECEDENTED FINANCIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL, AND ECONOMIC SUPPORT INCLUDING, MOST IMPORTANTLY, UNLIMITED ACCESS TO WESTERN MARKETS FOR THEIR FINISHED PRODUCTS.

THE RESULT? THOSE CHOSEN STATES BECAME THE 'TIGER ECONOMIES' OF ASIA.

WITHOUT THOSE WESTERN INCENTIVES, ESPECIALLY UNRESTRICTED MARKET ACCESS (UNRECIEVED BY ANY AFRICAN STATE IN MODERN HISTORY) SOUTH KOREA WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT FROM ITS ASIAN NEIGHBOURS WHICH WERE NOT CHOSEN - Burma, Nepal, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, and others.

SO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN POSTING THESE SILLY PICTURES COMPARING NIGERIA AND SOUTH KOREA. BETTER YET, LEARN TO READ THE HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONS BEFORE DRAWING LAZY CONCLUSIONS BASED ON IGNORANCE AND LACK OF RESEARCH.

Right on point. South Koreans were sold Jesus Christ and the American dollar. America built South Korea without question.

bloggernaija: ibadan is not growing aesthetically but ibadan is only second to lagos in terms of true organic economic diversity and growth .
it has the most diverse economy in Nigeria.
agriculture and agro allied
Animal husbandry
research
education
industry
tourism
real estate
transportation and transportation hub
arts and craft
highest population of skilled tradesmen and craftsmen

if oil were to stop flowing, the underlying economy of oyo state will not be seriously affected as those other places you mentioned.
the governor has hardly tapped in the the 5% of the revenues that can be derived from oyo state.
but i admit, it will be hard to peel of the cash off the hands of ibadan people because of their republican nature.
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IBADAN IS ALSO THE BIGGEST LOSER IN THE UNITARY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT BEING PRACTISED NOW.

Which Ibadan are you talking about?? Before crude oil, Ibadan was built on Cocoa, Rubber and Palm oil from the old Western region. Ibadan began sliding after 1963. Till today, the city has not recovered.. If crude oil stops today, Ibadan will be worse off

When I read some of the comments here, you have to ask yourself, why you people are fighting like a junkyard dog to remain in this country with SS and SE people. You cannot stand us, most of you will gladly see us all exterminated. Yet you are fatuously fighting to keep one Nigeria. Just does not add up.

ilugunboy: I don't need to go into details for you.....but there is a reason why SE / SS have the least population allocation.

Bottom line...you can't decide your fate on your own as long as you remain in Nigeria.

why do people always talk like kids.

Clerverly: You are sounding so defeatist brother, what happens to "Jonathan will win South East, South South, Middle belt and all the christains in the North would vote for him? while resorting to threat

Defeatist!!!! Mr man, you are a keyboard warrior, so Keep fighting. You will do the voting, while PDP does the counting and announcement. After Jonah is declared winner, we will be waiting to hear from you. Just get use to Jonah, because you see him till 2019.

Jonah's victory in 2015, is the price you all will pay for one Nigeria. Exercise your fingers on your keyboard all you want, but Nigeria's rent collectors cannot afford the aftermath of 2015 without Jonah. PDP will get their 55% of the votes and APC will try again in 2019.

geeez: If Western Nigeria had continued to grow at the pace it was, then Seoul will be like ten cities behind Ibadan when developed cities are listed

What stopped Ibadan from growing? Even Lagos, Portharcourt and Kano are miles away from Ibadan.

Thank God the people of South Korea kept Islam and Communism away. But opened their doors wide to Christianity and America capitalism. The difference is clear. Can the OP show us a picture of North Korea in 1964 too and North Korea today

mobile field hospital and first set of delsu medical grads.

abes: You mean there was no budget for the road before sure-p?

When did sure-p start. Obj awarded the contract 2006 without any more to back it up. Yaradua spent 3 years and the project was on standstill. Ameachi should have demanded the project then. Work did not begin on that road till 2011 with seriousness.

space booked

BY Emmanuel Arubi & Akpokona Omafuaire
WARRI— GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has said that work on the proposed Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, lanes in Warri metropolis would commenced in January.
Uduaghan, at a symposium organised by Warri Rebirth Initiative in Warri, said the BRT lanes would start from Effurun Roundabout and terminate at NPA in Warri.
The governor added that construction work on Jakpa Roundabout, Hausa Quarters and Cemetery Road Junction would commence in January as part of his administration’s commitment to urban renewal.
The theme of the event was The Future of Warri and its Environs. The governor said that it was time for the people of Warri to unite and build a stronger and better Warri devoid of ethnic differences.
He said: “Before, we hardly knew those from Urhobo, Itsekiri or Ijaw. Today, it sounds offensive to refer to Warri and Effurun without including the neighbouring communities.
“Warri rebirth will go a long way to address some of those challen-ges, where we will see ourselves as one entity.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/delta-brt-project-begins-jan-2014/#sthash.yM9nWCrK.dpuf

I have decided to write you this 18-page letter BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. If I don’t write it now, people may start considering you as a good president; forgetting that I am the only good president Nigeria has ever had. There is no one like me. As far as Nigeria is concerned, I am the Baba of the Babas. I am the president of the presidents. Before me, Nigeria had no president. After me, there will be no other president.
I have had occasion in the past to warn you, especially when I nominated you as vice-president to Yar’Adua and then campaigned for you to be president, that under no circumstances should you outshine me. I did not put you there to do the things I could not do. Neither did I put you there to succeed where I failed. I put you there because my fourth-term agenda failed. Therefore, I needed someone to be a figure-head, while I continue to rule from behind the scene.
But since you became president, you have not been following my orders. I have warned you again and again to desist from this abuse of the authority I gave you. But you have refused to listen. So you now think you are actually the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I still de laugh! You are not the president. I am the president. If you continue to disobey me, and to promulgate policies that put me in a bad light when compared to you, I will see to it that you don’t even complete your first-term, how much more have a second-term.
I am already in discussions with the APC to see if we can have you impeached. Did you not read in the papers that APC leaders came to my house the other day? When they were here, we all ate pounded yam with egusi soup. Even Buhari had a second helping and asked for the recipe. You better read the writing on the wall. I notice you have quickly returned the missing 49 billion dollars after I brought the matter to the notice of fellow Nigerians; but that won’t help you. I will have you know that we are already training 1000 snipers who will puncture all the tyres of your supporters. Therefore, if you know what is good for you, you better start acting as the puppet president I put you there to be.
How dare you, Goodluck? How dare you build almajiri schools in the North? Why didn’t you suggest that to me while I was in office? How dare you address the NEPA problem when I could not? What exactly are you trying to prove? You think you are better than me? Don’t you know that you would have remained a striking university lecturer if it had not been for me? How dare you appoint a competent man to be Minister of Agriculture? Now the man is going around getting awards for his policies. Which policies? I am the one who revolutionized the agric sector in Nigeria. When I became president, I had only one farm. By the time I left office, I had over six farms in different parts of the country. Is that not progress? How many farms do you have?
You can never be better than me. The corruption in my government was far more than yours. You have nothing to compare with my infamous Siemens and Haliburton scandals. You don’t even have the gumption to buy a Toyota Land Cruiser for your mistress. Chinua Achebe said, “One of the truest test of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.” You will soon find that this statement cannot be applied to me. I am above it.
How dare you release AlMustapha from prison after 14 years when you know I want him to stay there for the rest of his natural life? I give you my word; you are going to regret that decision. How dare you convene a national conference when I specifically refused to do so? Are you trying to make me look bad? Did you even get my approval before agreeing to it? You are a very disrespectful man. Do you think that you, a minority nonentity from the South-South, could have risen to be President of the country had it not been for me? Have you forgotten so soon, the extent I went in order to ensure that you are where you are today? There was only bad luck in Nigeria until I, in my infinite wisdom, bequeathed good luck on the country.
You ungrateful man! If you don’t stop all these irritating policies, I will declare a national state of emergency. Nonsense! You are supposed to obey your elders. Henceforth, Goodluck Jonathan, you must obey me. Otherwise, I will show you pepper. I will pour sand into your gari. I will put tea in your coffee. You can no longer be trusted; that is why you will only get a second-term over my dead body. I need to get someone in Aso Rock who will do what I say. I already have your replacement in mind. I don’t intend to make the same mistake three times. I will take him to a shrine under Olumo Rock to swear an iron-clad oath to do whatever I say. Any flagrant disregard of my authority, and he will not be able to speak English and Hausa again.
People close to you, if not you yourself, have been asking: “What does Baba want?” What a stupid question. I want to be president of Nigeria again! I want to be president! Half a dozen African presidents have spoken to me and assured me that I am the only president they recognize in Nigeria. Half a dozen of them said their only wish for Nigeria is that I should return to Aso Rock. Of course, yes. Mugabe is still there. Why not me? It is not my will but providence has determined that the presidency is my birthright. I fought for this country. Single-handed, I kept Nigeria together during the civil-war. You cannot sideline me. I put you there: I can remove you. I made you: I can unmake you. You are not the Messiah of Nigeria. I am the Messiah. Don’t you forget it! I want nothing personally from you but that you obey me at all times.
When I changed the constitution of our great party, I made sure I would continue to control things by inserting a clause which guaranteed that I am the only one qualified to be the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. But as chairman, I was not given the recognition I deserve as the father of the party. Therefore, I tendered my resignation. Imagine my surprise when you had the audacity to accept it. You are such an impudent man. If you knew your place, you would have recognized that my resignation was just a protest. You were supposed to send the elders of the party to beg me to stay on; a plea I would have graciously accepted. But like the ungrateful son that you are, you accepted my resignation. And now, you have Tony Anenih occupying a post that rightfully belongs to me.
Your unlimited ambition became clear to me when the National Chairman of the party said he never does anything without your approval. So you now see yourself as the Leader of the party. Never! See where it has got you now. A number of governors have resigned from the party and taken APC. If you don’t behave, another set will resign and take aspirin. The PDP has lost its majority in the House. There is talk of impeachment; and you are no longer sleeping at night. It serves you right. I fully intend to teach you a lesson you will never forget. By the time I have finished with you, you will run out of the country and seek political asylum in Equatorial Guinea.
It is not surprising that you have not been able to eradicate the scourge of Boko Haram from Nigeria. You don’t have military experience like I have. Under my watch, Bola Ige, Marshal Harry and others were surgically removed from the scene. Similarly, I would have finished Boko Haram within three months. I understand the violence. I am fully cognizant of the root, stem and branches of the underlying causes. But I will not share any of this with you as long as you refuse to make an unequivocal statement that you will not pursue a second-term.
Unlike you, as president of our great country, I was dynamic and resourceful. I exterminated trouble-makers from Odi and Zaki Biam. I spent $16 billion dollars restoring NEPA to its enviable heights. I committed 300 billion naira rebuilding all the federal highways in the East alone. I restored the country’s refineries. I raised the price of petrol several times. I rigged the most amazing election in the history of the country. I conducted the first widely-accepted national census. I could go on and on but my secretary has to go home. In short, I was the great president you can never be. So if you think a neophyte like you can compete with me; think again!
Stop taking me for granted. You don’t want to be in my bad books. I don’t forgive my enemies. You will regret this for the rest of your life. I will show you how much of a nuisance I can be. I will embarrass you everywhere. I will tell as many lies about you as I can. I will write public letters to you every week. I will copy the next one to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Never you forget: I dey kampe!
Accept, ungrateful Mr. President, the assurances of my highest disapproval.
Baba the Baba.
P.S. I shall be sharing the contents of this letter with all the newspaper houses in Nigeria and Ghana. I will also be copying my very good friend Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha.
By Femi Aribisala.


- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/dear-goodluck-jonathan/#sthash.vRWRrqXY.dpuf

Former President John Kufuor in his latest statement has mentioned that I am not one to judge the performance of the President John Mahama.He added, Ghanaians are the best to judge and examine the current situation of Ghana, let President John Mahama will complete his four years before people will decide on his performance, whether he has fulfilled the expectations of Ghanaians or not.President John Kufuor, who recently joins as one of the special envoys on climate change by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, talking to the Asempa FM’s in the political program ‘Ekosii Sen’ in Accra yesterday.He reminds President Mahama that this presidency doesn’t only belong to him, it’s for all the Ghanaians, not only a group of people, so he will work towards the unity of whole nation rather than a group of people.He added, I cannot just go and start advising him, he is my friend but if he will not call me for his help, I cannot just go and start helping him.The people who are blaming him and his family of corruption, they themselves don’t understand what governance is about, President John Kufuor said.I would not blame those who points out fingers at me and my family for these offending especially corruption, they are doing so because they are weak in the fight.When is my government, we were able to formulate laws, rules and regulations that help us in fighting corruption, and all the efforts that is being done now probably started in his time.I know personally that I didn’t do anything wrong, so it’s my challenge that my opponents can publish the list of things I did wrong in their point of view so that the world can see.Former President John Kufuor angrily complained about the projects that is being started by his government and abandoned later on, especially roads.

Delta State Government has awarded contract for the building of a second international airport at Osubi, near Warri.
Deputy Governor, Professor Amos Utuama, announced this at the All Saints’ Cathedral Church, Ughelli, during a thanksgiving service for the victory of Senator Emmanuel Aguariavwodo in the October 12 Delta Central Senatorial by-election.
He said Warri, as the commercial headquarters of the state, needed an international airport.While noting that the state government was committed to its completion, he assured that Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s administration would finish strong in 2015.
Utuama said he would work in harmony with Aguariavwodo to ensure that more federal projects were cited in Urhoboland.
Speaking with newsmen after the thanksgiving service, Senator Aguariavwodo said: “Urhobo people would get what they deserve in the scheme of things; we just have to be patient. “We are working hard. What belongs to the Urhobo people will surely come to them.”
On the revitalisation of the ailing Delta Steel Company (DSC), and the completion of the railway project, Aguariavwodo said: “There are a lot of stakeholders involved in the revitalisation of DSC. “I am in touch with them and we are working hard. Whatever that needs to be done for the company to come alive again will be done. As for the railway project, I can assure you that it will be completed.”
Earlier in his sermon, Bishop of the Ughelli Diocese, Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev. Cyril Odutemu, told politicians to bear fruits and shun politics of sycophancy.
He stressed the need for the revitalisation of DSC and creation of employment for youths.

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/delta-awards-contract-second-intl-airport/#sthash.K08M0LPm.dpuf

onuwaje: Hope u heard of what happened to victor oche,... And d series of kidnapping..?

What happened??

Garri the Ist, thanks for getting all these pictures out here. No matter what people say, Uduaghan finally figured out why he was elected.

solomon111: Then you're not ready for devt.

From who Utomi?? Please show me what he has done in Ibusa.

Garri the 1st: There is nothing impressive about ALL his projects. No sane mind can reconcile the quality of his projects and the huge funds at his disposal.

Most of these projects stated two years ago. 85% of them are not even complete. The man was asleep for his first 4 years.

Alikaxon: Are all these road pictures u re uploading projects? Uduaghan is deceiving u pple. How much did he pay u to upload this pix? If he didn't pay u, then u re waisting mb. Ibori the thief was better than Uduaghan Uduaghan is the worst thief now.

If all that has been happening in the last two years is deceiving us, then we need more of it.

Still on delta

Warri 100 bed mother and child hospital construction

Asaba airport lounge

Mosogar palm wine market

Asaba street light project

solomon111: Sorry,these projects are rubbish.
What uduaghan should be creating with the huge resources at his disposal are light-rails,seaports,petrochemical plants, refineries,e.t.c.
And all these projects can be PPP driven.
Seriously,delta state should go and lobby for a pat utomi.
Poorer states are doing far better than the present delta state.
The mediocrity is just too much.

The people that have more revenue than delta have not done one thing on your list. By the way Pat Utomi will not win an election in delta. He might win the SW but not delta state.