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Disgusting is the word. A CEO of a listed entity and an MP of the Federal Republic. Absolutely disgusting!!!

Callimo: , Ashyna for nwannemus. who are wa,hope no abortion b4 pregnancy? Dayzis for u.

Paul I know Barnabas I know, who are wa? Identify yourself in a guy guy way.

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Billyonaire: The Bible says we should respect the people in Authority because they cant be there if God does not allow. This Pastor Bakare, which Bible is he using ?

In fact you for even dey respect Adolf Hitler and Idi Amin because according to the Bible wey you dey read they were in "authority", mugu.

Billyonaire: I love this comment....

Chineke! Who are wa to wire Waec? When shall it become that wheelbarrow will jam 911? Seek caution or the gods shall juwa your coconut. I can't see myself. This is an animaley triancing the way of human beings.

I'm sorry but "I don't give a Dame"

WHO CARES? "I don't give a damn" let them come. When shall it become that wheelbarrow will jam 911. I can't see my self. This are animaleys triancing the human kingdom.

BTW if you are a PDP agent on this forum, may olodumare juwa your coconut. May you triance the way of six feets under the ground. May your okpekesis forget your walking stick. The gods are wa.

Did El-rufai mention Omokri? He forgot to add Oronto Douglas to the list. I've said it before and I'd say it again, Jona's biggest problem is that he has surrounded himself with idi0ts and I say fire these low lives now. You've done away with Azazi who never wanted an end to Boko Haram because of the contracts he was getting from the trouble, why not do away with the rest of the low lives? I know Jona reads this forums and would not disappoint.

Fire Oronto Douglas and Omokri now.

First take NTA and FRCN away from the politicians grip. Let them have their autonomy.

Secondly, a steadfast adherence to corporate governance codes would also be important. Let them have an efficiently run board headed by a truly independent chairman. Then we can cascade the organisational culture set at the top through its hierarchy. With this, I believe we can have some improvement in NTA and FRCNs operations with a culture and system cascaded down from the strategic level. It is not different from the way the BBC is run.

But would the politicians want this?

NTAs problem I repeat is partly as a result of its faulty corporate structure.

Hehehe a rubbish article from no other than Reno Omokri and Oronto Douglas. Thank God the figures are there on all international databases. Go to UNCTADstat, IMF WEO database or even the UNDP database, Nigeria is below Ghana in most economic indicators.

This is the Human Development Report 2011, compare Nigeria and Ghana's figures. The same Nigeria that does not report its reserve figures to the IMF yet claims it holds $35 billion in reserves whilst also seeking loans to shore up its reserves. I dey laugh, the world dey laugh, Jona dey chop cassava bread.

Below is the GDP per capita of both countries in PPP international dollars from the IMF WEO Database. Please download and compare so you can see the extent of desperation of these people.

16000 investors? Wake me up when 500 start investing.

MMMMM OSHO BABA! I hail O. This one na another Obanikoro or Aregbesola survived assassination.

El-rufai shares another mans article on his wall and then the devilish Reno Omokri removes the part showing the name of the author to satisfy his blood thirsty pocket.

However, as long as Jona fails to act on this issue then it gives credence to the belief that Jona and the evil PDP have a hand in this. Reading Marks statement on this issue is enough to convince me that this is the case. The same Mark who benefited from the whole Northern arrangement and who is a known ally of IBB tells "northern leaders" to sort it out.

If Sambo, Mark and Tukur with the power and influence they possess cannot sway the north in the direction of peace then they should just send in their resignation letters. They are as good as useless.

Why apply for a visa when you can get a passport for 16k? E be like say this ones no settle well.

Na so Nigerians go dey kill themselves over other people matter. What the hell is your business if he confesses his sin to a stone. As long as we fail to recognise that everyone has different decisions then we would continue to have issues with ourselves.

Jona really needs to organise his thoughts when speaking. Any academic who listens to Jona an academic speak would definitely be disgusted. He must learn not to throw terms which he cannot back around. The campaign rallies are over! What does Jona mean by "agricultural revolution" by giving seedlings to farmers. It is patronizing to the citizens of Nigeria and any knowledgeable person would sure be irritated as one can see from the Prof's opinion when he says, "this man is a joke".

I don't see anything wrong in inquiring about the President's academic life. He should flaunt his thesis with pride. A PhD thesis should be and is published for the sake of humanity. Since against universal ethical principles he has refused to declare his assets he could at least compensate by making his thesis available for the sake of humanity. It should not be as difficult as Oronto Douglas and Abati have made it to be. Some of the guys I contacted who have tried to access his work at UNIPORT have been unsuccessful. Why? It is very disturbing I must say. If he does not make his work available, he further reinforces the position that his PhD was obtained via 'sorting'.

Beaf: Mr rumour monger! You people love to freely exhibit stup!dity in public.

Subsidy payments are made in arrears, so it takes only a little IQ to deduce that the subsidy bill for 2011 was incurred in 2010. It takes only a slightly greater application of IQ to realise that the Yar Adua saga ended on May 29 2010.

Anyways, I'm talking to a bonehead, so the IQ of a nematode is expected.

Mr fool please shut up your mouth. Whether it was the arrears of 2010 is not the issue. The fact remains that actual spend exceeded budgeted by over 300% in the year. It was a violation of the laws as passed. It is standard procedure in auditing to determine if the figures had been materially misstated. Who paid what? Where controls circumvented? Only a fraud like you and Jona would not ask what went wrong. Your brain is not beyond the deceit you seek to spread on this forum and please don't make me a part of your roller coaster, I am more intelligent than that.

I laugh off the deceit you seek to spread. It is very petty, grow out of it. Have you no shame? A grown up spreads falsehood to earn a living. You are worse than the man who picks pocket in a 'molue'.

I thought Lawan would have been shot by now. Please do so we can get our $20billion back and send the bigger thieves to jail. It is more important than this $620k Otedola and Jona's noise.

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Beaf: I just told you how the e-library works and you are still arguing.
It is a building full of computers, not physical books. You go in, download your book and thats it; they would likely have print services, so you can print the entire book.

Typical of a chav. Would do anything to Steal peoples intellectual property rights.

1025: arsenal fans will tell u that they are building a stadium and they bought podolski and giroud. if podolski is good with his 1000 caps, buyern and other german teams for don take am since. if he wants to play in epl, man u, man city and will show interest. before going for podolski, ur club did not see hulk? una no sabi cavani abi ur jersey no go fit ibrahimovic? coaches are judged by trophies not the number of stadium they built. why are we giving wenger the credit of stadium self? in arsenal, there boards of directors and positions like chairman and presidents so what happened to all these offices if wenger as a coach is responsible for stadium or are there things u guys are not telling us?

At times some of you forget these club sides are corporate entities and must therefore be financially responsible. The board of the club has a duty to ensure the club runs within its means. This includes analysing potential financial risks. Arsenal has assets and generates a lot of profits but the problem has to do with cash flow. If you stretch the club beyond what it is at the moment you create liquidity problems for the club giving the current liabilities it has to settle. One option is to take more loans, however, it would be irresponsible to take further loans to finance purchase of players or the payment of wages. The board has a responsibility to ensure an entity is run in a financially responsible manner. Arsenal is a club that would last the test of time given its focus on the long term rather than the short term. Arsenal's has a robust governance structure than most clubs in England. For example, the Chairman can be said not to have unfettered powers. This cannot be said of Chelsea with Abramovich dominating the board or Man United with the Glazer family dominant on the board.

Football club sides are corporate entities and as such must be run as one. UEFA recognises this as can be seen from the introduction of the Financial Fair Play rule.

To achieve what Wenger achieves with Arsenal is a miracle. There are very few managers who can achieve similar feats with a limited amount of resources. He has won trophies and continually put Arsenal in the top flight with the little he has and had. It takes a genius to do that.

I repeat again Arsenal would stand the test of time. It is a responsibly run corporate entity. It does not employ very risky strategies and assets to meet short term objectives but rather focuses on the long term.

Please no beer parlour analysis.

1025: @harryobas,
no vex abeg, how many did osaze score and how many did yakubu score? believe me brother, if vulture na good meat, ppl of the olden days for chop am.
if podoslki is the player u think, other clubs for go for him. no be here we dey wenger chase chamakh for 4 seasons until he became a free agent? wey chamakh now? ashravin nko? we dey look.
mark my words and today's date, wenger has lost touch with current football and if things no change soon, fans will throw objects at him this season. i said mark my words and today's date.

If a 100 cap German international is not class then I don't know what your definition of class means. Arsenal is the most responsibly run football club in England and I must salute the board and management of that club for achieving this in the face of the recession.

Even before the war got to places like Owerri, there had been cases of kwashiokor in those places as a result of the blockade.

T9ksy: So why the kwashokor during the civil war?

Thank you for asking the arrogant man this question.

uzomagic: The subsidy regime was unsustainable due to corruption and had to be dispensed with. That's simple enough. You don't need to know the dynamics to know that it will be more beneficial to the citizenry for Govt to subsidise production by investing in the productive sectors

IBB and Abacha said sweeter things.

Naijagunner83: If providing buses does not give the transport sector a boost, maybe buying shoes for u to trek will give it a boost. Fooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

You for even dash the whole naija one keke napepe and call it a boost to the transport sector, mugu.

Billyonaire: Thank you.
Transport sector received a boost with the introduction of the 1600 buses donated by the Federal Government to TUC, I have seen those buses ferrying people in VI, VI has 2 of those buses, and I have seen them daily.

The very sector of price decrease is the Oil sector, the effect is directly seen with the downward adjustment of the pump price, that has a multiplier effects on transportation of goods and services with a catapulting effects on all related sectors.

Score me

Seriously you need to have your head examined if providing buses to you means boosting the transport sector.

edicolove: This is the part where you totally fall flat on your face. You think this is 1970? You are not even in majority anymore. You are actually a minority now. Middle belt has gone their way. The SS and SE are solidly together. NE and NW are divided along religious lines now! You are a stup1d minority and the earlier you realise it, the better for you. You have no mouth in Nigeria anymore. Adamu!

What a bigot, go wash your skin negro.

Who stole the money now? How did he subsidy funds rise by over 300% within a year? Who is going to jail to serve as a deterrent to others? Abi na Jona thief the money?

If he fails to act then reinforces the opinion that subsidy funds were stolen to fund his campaign.

BTW to say removal of petroleum subsidy would bring an end to corruption in the sector is totally false. I have strong economic and ethical reasons for this position. It is an attempt to relegate the importance of ethics by operators in the sector.

David Mark's statement is an attempt to deny responsibility. One is not amazed as Mark has always been very irresponsible. Remember the "telephone is not for the poor statement".

If Mark and Sambo the number 3 and 2 citizens respectively cannot sway the North in the direction of peace then they should leave that place. However, we know the truth. Boko Haram is a creation of the evil gang called the PDP. Thus there is very low interest in putting an end to the death of our citizens. Mark's statement is a desperate attempt to shift focus on the core issues by passing the buck. If Sambo and Mark do not consider themselves fit enough to solve the issue then they need to have their heads examined.

Secondly, Mark's statement on "17 virgins" portrays him as such a bigot. It is disgusting and not one expected from the Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Such statements is indeed what breeds religious tension, hate, xenophobia and racism. At this critical time in our nationhood one would expect such high ranking officials to be cautious when making remarks on the religion of others. It is a no no for an ordinary citizen to speak on the religion of others in such a manner and we have the Senate President doing the same. Well one is not surprise, Mark has never failed in being irresponsible since the IBB days. I won't be naive to believe there is a new being in him.

This says it all.

Jonathan’s needless and insensitive trip

WEDNESDAY, 27 JUNE 2012 00:00 EDITOR OPINION - EDITORIAL

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan may have boasted that he had “no regrets going to Brazil” for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development otherwise termed the Earth Summit, yet his action is at once insensitive and runs counter to the public image he has sought to cultivate. He undertook the journey at a time citizens he sometimes calls ‘brothers and sisters’ were being bombed into smithereens, shot, and maimed; and a part of the country was on the brink of religious strife.

Furthermore, the reasons he offered for his decision to travel, ostensibly to defy agents of destabilisation, were so unimpressive. How can the president merely lament that “the issue of security in (this) country is pathetic,” that he has lost people and property, that he sympathises with affected persons, that he feels their pain; and then turns around to accuse the critics of his trip? Is it ignorance of the reason(s) – whatever these may be – that their leader took off with an entourage of 100-plus comfortable and secured citizens in high places when and while they, hapless and unsafe, are abandoned to destructive religious and secular forces? Is it ignorance of the benefits to derive from the president’s presence at the Rio+20 talk shop that has now been acknowledged to have yielded neither tangible outcome nor concrete agreement? Besides, this was a summit that was less than a summit. The most industrialised and influential countries of the world, whose activities affect the state of the earth substantially, were not represented at the highest level of their governments, and this hints at the level of seriousness they attach to the issues at stake. Nigeria, neither a major manufacturing country nor a serious polluter of the planet, merely attended to make up the numbers, to beg for more aid for African countries, and to discuss with businessmen of some of the participating countries. Those are assignments that lesser officials of government could do.

The President’s presence at this summit was needless and a waste of expensive time and other resources of the state. President Jonathan told interviewers at his meeting with selected journalists that security is a global challenge. Yes; but some governments are handling it much better than others. The responsiveness, the resoluteness, the flexible creativity that for instance, the Americans, the Israelis, and the British, consistently bring to bear on this global, yet local problem, are desperately lacking here. Three, the president speaks about presidents of other countries urging him to ensure that the country is not grounded because of terrorism, and concludes that, “the day the international community gets to know that the president of Nigeria could not travel because of Boko Haram, we are finished.” But then, who does our president report to? Is it the presidents of other countries, the international community, or the Nigerian electorate who gave him the highest job in the land to do and in their best interest? The simple truth is that the citizens are being made to feel neglected. To the rest of the world that the president seems eager to impress, all these create doubts about both leadership capability and quality of governance in the country. This is not at all good for his image or that of the country. In any case, it is not an act of cowardice but an act of concern and seriousness to cancel foreign engagements in order to attend to an important and urgent domestic issue. And if the increasing insecurity in the land is not important and urgent enough to warrant the constant presence and close attention of the President of the Republic, what else can be? Indeed, the 1999 Constitution as amended, establishes as a fundamental objective and directive principle of state policy that, “the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government…”

It is abnormal to abandon one’s house when it is on fire – except of course, if the person does not care what fate befalls it. Forty-eight hours before the president left the country, scores of his fellow citizens were murdered or injured while worshipping in churches in Kaduna State. And, the Commander-in-chief was absent when the security of the state was being discussed with the vice-president by his senior security chiefs. Nothing could be less assuring to a populace feeling so unsafe. Rio Plus 20 should not be the headache of Dr. Jonathan, but Nigeria’s intractable security problems. While he was away attending to global issues, scores more were killed in Yobe, Plateau, and other states. Since the president’s arrival, many have died as the killings continued unchecked.

President Jonathan has, at every opportunity promised Nigerians good leadership and security. On the 50th anniversary of the country’s independence, he declared: “On my part… I promise to give my all, my best to our great country. I am committed to ensuring public safety and security.” In his inaugural speech on May 29, 2011, he emphasized that he, and other elected officials “must demonstrate the leadership, statesmanship, vision, capacity, and sacrifice to transform our nation.” He said: “The time for lamentation is over. This is the era of transformation. This is the time for action.” Over one year in the administration’s tenure, the lamentation in the land regrettably is louder; government inaction is the norm, and the much-touted transformation agenda is in dire need of transformational leadership. President Jonathan should focus on the job of ensuring the security and welfare of the Nigerian people. This is the primary purpose of his government, above and ahead of any global issue.
The Guardian editorial

Removing the entire board is not the same as restructuring. Trying to set a different "tone-at-the-top" and a "taken-for-grantedness", yeah fine but certainly not restructuring.

BTW when would Jona fire Oronto Douglas and Omokri. Those two are the main drawback in this administration.