₦airaland Forum

Now that Betta Edu has been suspended, i believed she did not carry out that illegal action alone. In my opinion, the permanent secretary and director of Finance in that Ministry cannot claim ignorance of that shady act. The Minister cannot single handedly take that decision without the input and connivance of these senior officers in the Ministry. Infact, they could be the one that brought that suggestion to her cos that practice has been their usual way, however i stand to be corrected. A thorough investigation should be carried out to know if they are guilty or not. What do you people think on this?

Dyke15:
Na now I know the reason why this woman was jumping up and down during the presidential campaign of APC.
Such a bright and promising woman when she was the commissioner for health in Calabar till she got herself involved in national politics.
We re watching Tinubu on HD nd if this woman doesn't go down, then we will see his government for what it really is.
As for the corruption in government, na who Dem catch na him be the thief.

See, you cant just conclude like that. Let EFCC conduct a thorough investigation on her current activities and past activities in that Ministry and anyone found culpable should be suspended and made to face the full wrath of the law.

seunmsg:
The right decision considering the current circumstances. Like i have always said, the federal public service is not the private sector where the CEO can do as they like. The public service is governed by laws, rules, regulations and over one thousand extant circulars. People without public service knowledge who gets appointed as ministers and heads of agencies must be extremely careful and very cooperative with the civil servants they meet on ground or else, they will run into trouble quickly.

I like Betta Edu and really wished this did not happen to her but the serious violations observed from those approvals and the fraudulent intention behind the diversion of over N500m to a private account are too much to be ignored. I hope other newly appointed political office holders would learn from her mistake. Learn the rules before approving anything. When in doubt, seek and take the advice of the more experienced civil servants. If Betty had listened to the wise counsel of the Accountant General, she won't be in this mess.

Which experienced civil servants? Don't be surprised the civil servants are the conduit pipe used in siphoning public funds. I'm sure they were the one that sold that idea to her. Infact, EFCC should probe that woman whose account was used to receive the find. There's every tendency that woman's account was receiving public funds during buhari's tenure. The permanent secretary of that ministry ought to have been suspended too. The Minister cannot do anything without the connivance of the Permanent Secretary.

ITbomb:
This smear campaign must stop

All those ones you mentioned were caught with stolen money


If that woman resign or sacked, I lose hope on Nigeria

Edu uncovered a 40bn fraud by her predecessor, instead of to follow up and prosecute all involved, she was indicted in an alleged approval, that was channeled through official procedure, and that same procedure was used extensively by the ministry all these time.
The said private account, is that of the Project Accountant who is the last stage of the disbursement, the money is not yet disbursed.
We only quote laws when we want to nail someone who doesn't want to "play book".
OR is because she is not from the North or West?

So the ministry cannot give instruction to bank to do a bulk upload by debiting the ministry account and crediting the bank account of the beneficiaries? The way you people defend nonsense is second to none.

blackmantis:
Soldiers have one mind.
All for one...one for all
An insult to one is an insult to all.

The Governor had better tread carefully before shit happens.

Are you trying to defend the action of the soldier who broke the law? You people want the country to be better and here you cannot condemn the law breaker rather you're envisaging what soldiers might do.

TajuDEENaMao:
The Governor of Lagos State, SanwoOlu goofed by calling the soldier "useless".

You are right, however I think what infuriated Sanwoolu was the guy insistence that he was a soldier. So because you're a soldier, Sanwoolu should exonerate you and lock up the civilians that were arrested. A soldier that should be seen upholding the laws of the land is the one breaking it and people are coming to his defense. It is because people hype the soldiers, that's why you see them saying bloody civilians. Does Soldiers in advanced countries like Canada, US and UK call their citizens bloody civilians?

I tell you, what the government will aim, will be to peg minimum wage at a value between 50 and 70 thousand Naira. This I have seen and I'm sure labour will drag back and forth but at the end of the day accept that amount.

PressMyButton:
Wike, Umahi, Tunji-ojo, you've got to watch your back. Opposition is never happy seeing you deliver creditably, they try every ways possible to throw the spanner in the wheels. Since Betta took over, she has opened up various programmes, added more beneficiaries into the welfare packages, more impressively is the introduction of retired security personnels, widows of gallant soldiers who died on the field, including previously neglected soldiers whose limps were lost in battle, giving them a new lease of life. My advice to the opposition is, let people work and stop the distractions. Sponsoring media propaganda against top notch performers is a poor tactics and a wrong use of money. Betta is a moving train.

What rubbish is this? What concerns us with the programmes she has initiated? Whenever they are accused of illegal and unethical acts, they'll begin to look for means of defending themselves. What concerns opposition in this? Was it opposition parties that directed Beta Edu to unlawfully ordered transfer of public funds into account?

We need good investigators to beam a searchlight on the claim by the office of AGF. We need to know if this claim is true or not. If the AGF was found to be telling lies, she should be dragged. I don't care if she's a Yoruba woman, anybody that is bent on bringing Nigeria to her knees, they will not know peace. The level of suffering is increasing and some useless people will continue to siphon public funds that should have been used to alleviate poverty in the land. Anybody stealing public funds and causing untold hardship to the people will not have good health to enjoy that fund by the special grace of God.

The way public officials continue to defend illegal act is second to none. Who will believe the Minister does not have fraudulent intention by authorising payment of public funds into private account? Why do people always misuse any opportunities given to them to do things differently? The rot in the system is too enormous and Tinubu needs to take a hard stance on corruption if he wants to succeed at all. Almost every public officials are corrupt and stopping this rubbish will need outright dismissal and prosecution of any public official accused of corruption.

yemobrown:
Nothing will happen to this soldier

You said nothing will happen? You think say na Hausa be Chief of Army Staff? Once dem report this guy rubbish to Lagbaja, him own don finish be that. If not that Nigeria is an insane country, soldiers that are supposed to be law abiding will be the one breaking the law and feeling funky about it. Na because people deh hype dem reason why they continued to display lawless attitude.

happney65:
Aha

Igbo's want to take over Lagos .

Wait o.

You will not see those Ronu bastards attacking them o..

Never

Laiye

They know what they can do. They know if they attack them,those ones fit bring out their daggers. They prefer to attack those that won't retaliate with violence

Cowards

Na people like you deh make dem shut Nairaland. Can't you comment without using uncouth words?

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Feintline:
Tinubu and his gang are busy with owambe while terrorism is sweeping through the nation.
Happy tinubulation.

Get sense bro. Some of you just think a country as complex as Nigeria is easy to fix overnight. I tell you, Nigeria is gone and if anyone tells you he can fix Nigeria instantly, do not fall for it. Almost all Nigerians are greedy and only waiting for their own opportunity to loot.

Why are African leaders so short-sighted? The public funds wasted in building this could have been channelled to building public hospitals, schools and good roads. Most of our African leaders are good at wasting public funds on frivolous things that has no direct impact to the people. The governor that built this would think he has achieved something whereas he succeeded in wasting public funds.

jconsulting:
This last election pain Atiku and Company no be small

He had mismanaged the only chance he had while serving as VP to Obasanjo. Even if he won't support OBJ for third term, Atiku should have lay low and pretend that he's in full support of OBJ decision but his rebel antics exposed him and OBJ dealt with him that he's yet to recover from several electoral loss till date.

MatrixReloaded:
Them go mess this man up oh. Intimidation drinking bottle water and feeling funky. U will climb down ur high table and meet with the same people in nearest future.
Soldiers can risk there life to end your life. Be am exemplary leader. Even in China, bikes are allowed in major cities.

See what you're spewing. You people will complain that Nigeria is not working, government is trying to enforce compliance, you're still blaming government. How will the country be better with this your mentality?

Judolisco:
Why won't there be financial misappropriation... When u choose to share money by cash when there's account number and individual BVN.... They'll tell you not everyone has an account number... Tell people today that you'll be sharing money into bank accounts if they won't troop to banks to open accounts... U can tell people to get voters card but u can't tell dem to open bank accounts... Nigerians are so cunny

Get your facts right. Who told you they are paying beneficiaries by cash? I have worked in the banking system in Nigeria and most of these payments were effected through bulk uploads into beneficiaries account. However, these does not rule out the fact that a chunk of these fund may be diverted by corrupt public officials.

agabusta:
Unfortunately I doubt he can win any Presidential election in Nigeria.

The damage has been done already. There's no way he can comfortably pull heavy numbers from the other zones.

From my point of view, the last election was his best chance. But a lot of the gains he made has been swept away by insensitive management of the electoral loss.

The electorates will form and make a decision based on your past achievements. Leadership is not only about having good intention or claiming to be a saint but does the would-be leader has the political will and competency to govern a complex country as Nigeria. I think Obi will be overwhelmed with the various challenges confronting Nigeria and may be frustrated at some point. Take a look at Tinubu, the first 2 months into his administration, there was noticeable peace across the country, however, things are taking negative turns presently as security is getting worse under his watch. Why is it difficult for him and the security agencies to nip all these senseless killing in the bud? what are the service chiefs doing to curtail these rubbish? Why is Ribadu sleeping or what is his role as NSA? Arms and ammunitions are now in the wrong hands and this is a time bomb. Imagine Bokoharam, UGM displaying ammunitions in broad day light and some governors are romancing them or looking away? What would Obi have done differently if he were to be the president today? Do you think he has solution to boko-haram, fulani herdsmen, kidnappings bedevilling the north and UGM issue in the south-east? How many states in Nigeria has Helicopter that can respond to emergency security issue in their states? These governors never think outside the box on ways to improve security in their states except to steal public fund. Federal government should compel every states acquire helicopters to respond to emergency security situation. Had it been Plateau State has an helicopter, the senseless killings of innocent people would have been stopped or reduced to the minimum.

garriAndsugar:
Something he should have turned to 3some and bang the hell outta both of them

I thought they said when life gives you lemons make lemonade out of it.

Bang the hell out of them Is he not the one that'll be tired and probably knowing the door to grave?

SalamRushdie:
The govt about to make another mistake that will affect future FDI if it does anything to revoke Titan Trust acquisition of Union Bank ...Emeifele doesn't have a dime in Titan Trust , it's owned by Dutch billionaire Cornelis Vink,

So the investigator findings is wrong abi? Dey play.

Greenfusion:
The big question is, if Emefiele had openly supported Tinubu, would all these accusations arise?......i don't think so.....while I'm not a fan of Emiefele, i think he acted on instructions from the then GCFR....so everybody should be brought to book if there are cases truly to answer because the APC govt i know is full of LIES.

Do not link his only problem to the fact that he never supported Tinubu. What about his illegal purchase of the two Banks, stashing millions of dollars in foreign accounts without approval etc. For even having the guts to enter politics, definitely billions of naira have been siphoned using his cronies. Emefiele hands is not clean to some extent.

MRSALT:
Bros, this is history repeating itself. Corruption of this magnitude comes with collaborators. Probably, over 40% of the APC members, past and present colluded in this malfeasance. Maybe, your President and his allies are also part of it. They will try to shield their friends, while they lay all the allegations on only perceived enemies. This is why Emefiele would be exonerated from any culpability after years of kangaroo trials. For Buhari, it was Sambo Dasuki. For Tinubu it is Godwin Emefiele. The circle continues.

How did Tinubu benefited from Buhari's govt? He said it openly that he never ask or borrowed anything from Buhari.

Dialpad:
Was Emefele working independently? The guy was simply following instructions

He must account for his actions while in office. Emefiele did not have a mind of his own, those northerners in Buhari's cabinet were just controlling him anyhow and he couldn't say no cos he was trying to protect his job. His greatest undoing was his interest in politics and the naira redesign.

Why is Nigerian government irresponsible? Why not shoot at sight those beasts kidnapping people for ransom? Can't they deploy security personnel to the highway to monitor and safeguard the people? Everything is bastardized. Unemployment, insecurity, corruption, nepotism, Armed Robbery and collapsed economy is a menace in Nigeria. What's the usefulness of the Security Chiefs if they cannot combat the internal security threats facing Nigeria. At least if the government cannot improve the standard of living of the masses, why won't you be able to secure their lives.

AqualinaXYZ:
Yoruba people Fubara is not Sanwo Olu or Yoruba elders who has chosen to be puppets of Tinubu




This is a bold Rivers man we’re talking about here



For PH we match akpor with akpor

Mouth don starts again. If he eventually withdraws it, will you withdraw your statement?!Always beating chest on top nothing.

Capernum:
First of all, how did you make aver 50m if it's true you come from a very poor family? Can you explain the process? Which land banking? Which crypto)trading? Which farming? Na this nation Nigeria we gather dey o.

You are the only one sensible enough to ask germaine questions how he was able to acquire properties valued at N50m despite coming from a poor family? Is he into yahoo business, kidnappings, armed robbery or what actually fetched him that money?

crossfm:
Hehehe.

No peace for the wicked. Simi Fubara will be a big fool if he is deceived for the second time again.

This same scenario played out sometime ago,we know how it ended.

Bullies like Wike understands only violence.

How can one man appoint more than 90 percent of another man's cabinet. That is not godfather but subjecting a governor to slavery.

A governor that can't drink water without reporting to his master is a useless governor.
Simi can decide to be free now,or remain a slave forever.

If Fubara was not also hungry for power, why did he allow Wike to choose commissioners for him? If he wasn't comfortable with the arrangement as at that time, why didn't he reject the idea or allow Wike to pick someone else as Governorship candidate. I have always said it that people should stop supporting these politicians, they are the same. Can Fubara swear that he hasn't taken a dime from government fund apart from his salary and allowances while he was a commissioner? The same Obaseki that fought Oshiomole is now also trying to impose someone that'll be loyal to him.

LooneyLester:
At least he falls sick he'll get a benefitting health care

Didn't he pay for the IHS which covered his healthcare? You're talking as if the healthcare is free there. As long as you're not working in healthcare, UK will collect IHS fee from you before approving your VISA

Why is she just talking now? Useless politicians all over Nigeria. Anyone that keeps supporting them whether in APC, PDP or LP is a fool. Whenever they are stealing public funds, they act in unity but when their positions is threatened, they begin to yearn rubbish to gather public sympathy.

Validated:
These ones are deceiving themselves. Those Edo former lawmakers did more than this. Holding meetings and taking useless pictures.
Any group of people can do that. Just carry mace put for table and be forming "defiance".
Gov Fabara should just start retreiving all government properties in their possession. Next is to demolish the personal house of the foolish "speaker" and "house leader". Then mark all the other members' houses asking them to regularize their properties within 7 days or risk demolition. Others will quickly fall in line. Tinubu and Wike woukd have done worse.

I know Fabara reads me because all recent steps were in sync with my previous posts.

Meanwhile INEC should schedule

See how you deh run mouth as if you're the governor. Some of you think na by gra-gra. Fubara is not taking decisions alone, he has some political heavyweight he's consulting that are telling him what to do, no be this your online suggestions.