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Johndoe100: Only ibo's in biafra, the era of slavery is over.

dont sound like your happy for them am sure your about to cry ,the era of free handouts and food stamps will soon end.

Kobojunkie: Sorry, that is for YOU and those of who YOU who throw lies, insults and black mail around with. I have absolutely no reason to lie AGAINST OR FOR any politician. Unless you can, with evidence point out the lie that I have told, you are talking to the wrong person of this. I am simply posting what I believe. You can do either of two things, Counter what I say INTELLIGENTLY or ignore BUT NEVER expect me to allow you post bull-shiot in response to my post and essentially "get away" with it.

this is an example of what happens to contracts awarded by federal govt . some contractors fake accounts to pose as if they have the capacity to carry out these projects , when they finally win the contract depending on who is in power they will either be slow or at times it will be abandoned and forgotten only for the next adminstration to re-award the contract and the cycles goes on and on , i believe that is what NOI is trying to fix.


UMUAHIA—ABIA State government has called on its federal counterpart to direct the contractor handling the construction of an Industrial Agro Processing Estate at Olori, Ikwuano council of the state, to be serious or terminate the contract.

Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief Ike Onyenweaku, made the government’s position public at the project site during a joint monitoring of agricultural projects being sponsored by the Federal Government in the state.

Vanguard learnt that the Federal Government awarded the contract at a cost of N439.5 million to ROZI International Nig. Ltd., while the company was mobilized in September 2011, and given a completion period of 12 months.

However, almost one year into the contract, not much is on ground to show that the project would come on stream as scheduled.

The project, when completed, will accommodate two factories, amenity block, administrative block, utility block, a clinic, and two main factories as well as two-detachable bungalow, a bore-hole and four labour lines.

He said: “The contractor has shown that he doesn’t have the capacity to deliver the project and this will definitely affect the implementation of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda of the FG in Abia.”

According to him, despite being informed of the inspection visit, the contractor “decided not to come and explain issues”


we both agree we need a way to monitor these things , trust me it wont be easy but we will get somewhere if we channel all our energy from insulting GEJ and NOI everyday to stuffs like this. i have never heard that FG refused to award contract for a project in a particular area , the problem is usually shady contractors 50 percent of the time and of course non challant attitude of people, governors,LG chairmen and councillors of those places to follow up with the contractor or organisation handling the project (money changes hand at the local level in some cases to).

bayooooooo: lol. What a joke!

unless theres something your stealing from them or something they owe you its not a joke.

i think this is the only good news i have read this year , they deserve it, everybody deserves autonomy , its time we stopped fooling ourselves in nigeria.

fonzie2u: Like joe asked in his song its very rare nowadays to find them.

A female friend whom I respect so much used her cousins pix as DP, she looked so hot and decided to make enquiries about her.

I told my friend I would like to meet her cosin she gave me her cousins pin and also informed her cousin about me so wen I sent d pin request she added me.

We got chattin tellin me bout life,school and relationships.Cos she schoolsawy frm wher I stay we hadn't found time to c.As days passed on we call,chat n xchange messgs and was gettin fond of her.

Only recently she informed me she was comin to town ans asked if I would like to c her,I was over excited and invited her.

I got a shocker a shocker, when she did an analysis and told me my bill would be 25k.I was just too shocked. she came to town buh I never picked her calls.
Wher r d decent girls?its like searchin for water in d desert

lmfao. well you would have used her and moved on to another girl anyway so she is just trying to make it easy and uncomplicated for you, i bet if she came with the lov love mushy mushy character you will still complain

go and read your books , children of nowadays

if you girls dont learn how to close your legs you will continue to experience the same thing.

so u gave a girl a girl 5dollars after sleeping with her nothing i no go see for nairaland

wow this thread dry pass desert, where are all the attack dogs

BoboYekini: kobojunkie, if you have no particularly meaningful contribution, why not read and watch like me?

guy u harsh oo

meanwhile i love this woman , anytime she speaks everybody shuts up, she has a strenght of a thousand men

now its over to beaf and co , govt should have a website where such information can be accessed because a lot of nigerians are not being carried along thats why theirs so much anger and ignorance directed at the presidency and NOI. also it will be good to start getting the information of contractors that were given major contracts especially roads cause most of these contractors are very currupt.

Kobojunkie: [size=13pt]Why is it that the question is always about cash disbursements? [/size]

Answer:The Nigerian people want to know how much has been spent, so they can better guage how much RESULTS they should also EXPECT to SEE.

[size=13pt]Why not focus on the actual projects and their respective status like Mr President is doing?[/size]

Interesting that you ask this. Currently, the Nigerian still have NO DIRECT plug in to what projects are already being worked on and the status reports on each one of them. This information does not seem easily accessible via the many websites, agency offices maintained by the Government, or any of the other sources and so, it is sensible for us to at least ask how much money has been spent so, again, we can get a good idea of how much to expect at this point.

[size=13pt]Does disbursement of funds translate to execution? You'd think the noisemakers would have thought about this! [/size]
We like to believe it is so. However, disbursement remains the easiest way for us to get, again, from a monetary stand point, of how much has been spent and the worth of the progress to look out for.

its good we are all getting on the same page , i said it before rather than throwing lies , insults and black mail up and down lets focus on knowing what projects are on going, which ones have been completed and how much is being spent, if we reduce our insults and lies on GEJ nd NOI we can all focus on getting and sharing those information.

mkmyers45: Mr there are no infastructural PPP at the moment that are capable of such..but of course the loan won't be returned.

that is a big lie, what do you take this country for

mkmyers45: PPP they say eh? who will bear the risk? gorvernment acting as intermediaries? are they any notable PPP's on ground? Im sure this is not our first 'chopped' loan

that a good question, let believe these PPPs will be better than when government handled these projects, another big problem might be politicians rushing to register or use their companies to access these funds and these days it seems people are getting away with fraud ,our judiciary is not just performing.

chucky234: Who is the mumu here because from what you wrote there your case is beyond mumu.
You are talking of 10 percent interest being a welcome development and that makes sense to your senseless brain.
Nigeria's debt currently stands at N5.4tn with N1.2tn of that borrowed by GEJ between 2011 and March 2012,can you possibly point to a single project that has been completed between the period 2011 and March 2012? Don't just comment to impress yourself because you will end up selling your stu:pidity in public,its better you read and pass quitely as that will do a lot of good.

READ AGAIN. you have become so obsessed with GEJ that you dont think straight anymore.
To help address the huge infrastructure deficit in Nigeria, the World Bank is poised to provide $200 million as a seed fund to set up a Financial Intermediary Loan (FIL) scheme under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative.

Head, Legal and Governance, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Mr. Joe Ohiani, disclosed this at the inaugural ESQ Project Finance Summit, held in Lagos, and stated that some other development finance organisations have also agreed to contribute to the scheme.

He added that eligible participating financial intermediaries, particularly commercial banks with Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) as the lead, will lend to qualifying private sector partners in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) project at the financial intermediaries’ risk.

noblezone: We are waisting our time pursuing subsidy thieves.

Simple solution:

Remove subsidy!

will CPC/ACN, opportunist politicians, misguided youths,clueless labour union and some ethnic bigots allow that to happen? as long as subsidy stays we will continue to have subsidy thieves and our judiciary is too currupt to prosecute them and yet we still experience scarcity. like you said the best thing is to end subsidy once and for all.

first GEJ cut their salaries and now he is going to cut all the loop holes where they make mega millions ,i no blame them sha if i were in their shoes i will fight GEJ back with all i have. .

[b]To help address the huge infrastructure deficit in Nigeria, the World Bank is poised to provide $200 million as a seed fund to set up a Financial Intermediary Loan (FIL) scheme under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative.[/b]people dont read before they start shouting GEJ. mumu nigerians, you should be bothered about how much the interest rate will be because banks in nigeria offer rates over 20 percent depending , if their interest rate to these private or public firms can be below 10 percent then its a welcome development.
also we should be more worried about already rich people and politician accessing it before we the people even get a chance, pls this has nothing to do with GEJ or govt borrowing.

HNosegbe: Actually I'm with Sanusi with regard to the economics of fuel subsidy. Ordinarily, I would prefer that funds currently being used to subsidize fuel importation be redirected to support labour-intensive industries like the textile sector and help create jobs.

That being said, there's NO WAY subsidy removal will fly with the average Nigerian if the subsidy thieves are not prosecuted and duly jailed, if government of all arms and tiers continue to demonstrate such mindless profligacy when 112 million of their compatriots continue to live in poverty. A massive build-up of social capital and trust is needed for this deregulation policy to see the light of day.

you know thats never going to happen , they will arrest them and the next thing you know they are out on bail. thats the judiciary for you

remark D: At times I think that too (she should have stayed at World Bank and let Nigeria rot while I bring all my family over); because even if an angel comes from heaven to help move this country forward, guaranteed there will be faults, both real and unreal that'll be found with any and everything done.

There once was a character on nairaland not long ago that said Igbos are too patriotic and always want to improve the country, and that they are stupid for doing that instead of looting the treasury dry like other thieves and politicians before them.
The Igbos belief in one=Nigeria and trying to fix this country by effecting change is clearly not appreciated by other Nigerians. I mean Ironsi had to pay with his life; even Zik was shocked how tribe affiliations exceed Nigerian unity. Enough said, Nigeria doesn't deserve good leaders. Maybe GEJ should really quit and transfer this administration over to looters that will go back to the status quo.

Such ingrates.

i thought am the only one that have noticed it. dont forget ekwueme would have easily become president instead of obasanjo but because he was pursuing change of constituion and regionalism they made sure he never became pdp presidential candidate and brought obj from jail instead.

Falling oil prices and domestic energy output due to declining global demand are a concern for Nigeria’s economy, the country’s Central Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi said yesterday.

The worsening situation in the Euro zone and rising global food prices may also push inflation higher, Sanusi said in an interview on Nigeria investment conference, adding that the country’s slower growth and tighter fiscal discipline could counter balance those upward effects.


Sanusi
Nigeria is among the top 10 crude oil exporters in the world and is one of Goldman Sachs’s N-11 emerging economies after the power houses of the BRIC countries — Brazil, Russia, India and China.

Nigeria’s 2012 budget is based on an oil price of $72 a barrel and oil fell below $90 in recent weeks, though it has since reached $100.

Nigeria exports most of its domestic output and figures show exports have been falling, suggesting falls in output. Exports are set to fall, to 1.81 million barrels per day (bpd) in September, a provisional loading programme showed last week.

“The budget is based on assumptions of output of 2.4 million barrels a day, and output has been underperforming, so $72 may not be an effective benchmark,” Sanusi said.

Long before you get to $72, you will have major strains on government revenues, so long as output doesn’t improve.” Sanusi said the euro zone sovereign debt crisis, along with vulnerability in the U.S. economy and growth slowdown in India and China, were having an impact.

Dip in economy blamed on movements in commodity price

He said: “The price of oil is affected by global demand. The economy remains highly vulnerable to movements in the commodity price, the global outlook is important,” adding that a slowdown in growth in emerging economies was contributing to the drop in demand, unlike during the sub-prime crisis.

In 2007, 2008, 2009, when Europe and America were slowing down, China, India and Brazil were there to take the slack, now there is nobody.”

Nigeria’s Finance Ministry has cut its 2012 growth forecast to 6-7 percent. “We would broadly agree that it’s reasonable to expect a slowdown,” Sanusi said.

Nigeria’s double-digit inflation — 12.9 percent in June —prompted surprise tightening measures from the CBN last week. The apex bank left rates on hold at 12 percent, but raised banks’ Cash Reserve Requirement, CRR, to 12 percent from eight percent and reduced net open foreign exchange positions to one percent from three percent to support the weakening naira. The naira has recovered from two-month lows since then.

He added that “The increase in the CRR was perhaps far more effective for tightening than an increase in interest rates. Interbank rates have responded, the exchange rates have also responded. Interbank rates rose as high as 19 percent this week. We don’t want them to be there, we think there will be moderation, but we think they will be higher than before the tightening.”

Sanusi said inflation forecasts of 14.5 percent peaking in the third quarter were made in January, when the global outlook was more benign. “There are other factors at play, rising global food prices, uncertainty that was not there in January, usually which was the time when we thought the Euro zone had fixed its problems

Moderation in govt spending

He added that “moderation in government spending” should help contain inflation, and that for Nigeria, “growth hasn’t been very fast”.

Fuel subsidy not sustainable

Nigeria is struggling to cope with the costs of its fuel subsidies, which were only removed in part in January following widespread protests. Despite Nigeria’s oil exports, decades of corruption and mismanagement mean it has to import most of its refined fuel needs.

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, said last week it was owed $7 billion in government fuel import subsidies. Debts which would wipe out savings in the country’s Excess Crude Account, ECA, where it saves oil revenues over the benchmark price of $72 a barrel.

Sanusi said: “My position has always been clear, the subsidy is not sustainable,” adding, however, “There are political obstacles in removing it totally.

Not worried by Fitch Ratings report

He said he was not worried by a recent report from ratings agency, Fitch that Nigerian banks’ asset quality was at risk from recent rapid credit growth.

He said banks should be increasing their lending to small and medium-term enterprises. “In my job, I have more information on the banks than Fitch has, and I don’t have the concerns that Fitch has”, he added.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/08/falling-oil-price-threat-to-nigerian-economy-sanusi/

yoruba pastors dare senate, recruit more gays into their church accross africa

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/12/homosexualism-nigerian-gay-pastor-dares-senate-recruits-more-members/


The Senate during the week passed the anti Same-Sex Marriage Bill prohibiting all marriages between man and man and between woman and woman.

The Bill sponsored by Senator Magnus Abe, PDP, Rivers, prescribes 14 years jail term for anybody convicted of contracting marriage between same sex.

It also prescribed 10 years for anybody convicted of aiding and abetting the contraction of same sex marriage in Nigeria and also nullifies certificate of same sex marriage contracted outside the shores of Nigeria.

The act also kicked against the operation of gay clubs in Nigeria with a punishment of 10 years jail term without option of fine for anybody guilty of operating gay clubs within the country.


Gay Pastor Rowland Olajide Macaulay,
In 2008, Saturday Vanguard reported a story about a gay Reverend Rowland who was running a church secretly in Nigeria. The Church called House of Rainbow was situated at No 36/38 Yakoyo street, Ojodu Berger, Lagos. Reverend Roland some time ago reportedly appeared on Cable Network News, CNN, where he proudly talked about his church of gays.


The initial reaction about his exposure was that such a church could not exist within Nigeria as such things are common outside the country.

But an uproar in the Anglican communion in Europe on gay bishops brought up the case of Reverend Rowland, a Nigerian, and was residing in Lagos. He was also operating his gay church in Lagos.

In his plot 145 flat 1, Jakande Estate, Isolo, Lagos, where Rev. Rowland Olajide Macaulay, the gay pastor lived, the apartment was locked. It was learnt that the Reverend had left his house on Saturday, September 13, immediately after a national newspaper carried the story of his homosexual church.

According to the neighbours, the Sunday service was unable to hold both at the Jakande Estate branch and the Ojodu headquarters of House of Rainbow Ministries after that publication.

Right now, Rev. Rowland has relocated abroad where he is presently running his gay church,”House Of Rainbow Fellowship”.

According to him, “ My Church is a voice of the younger generation of citizens, activists, and diaspora, and our collective belief in a more progressive Nigeria. They are afraid of our growing influence as we gather allies not just from the West, a people that are not afraid but powerful and resilient.

“Right now, they are spreading their tentacles to every village, town and city around the world”. The Church is also calling on faithful and dedicated local leaders who believe in homosexuality and lesbianism. Ten House Of Rainbow Fellowship local leaders are in Ghana, Nigeria, UK, Burundi, and Lesotho.


According to the gay pastor, “any negative effect on the anti-gay bill will have detrimental effect on the work and mission of House Of Rainbow in Nigeria. The lives of LGBTI people and their friends, families and allies will be further frustrated with fear and prejudice. We need to pray and stand up against injustice”.

Nigeria is kicking against the practice of same sex marriage where homosexuality is punishable by up to 14 years in prison, so it might be a terrible time for both gay and religious leaders who are in support of this practice.

Meanwhile, Rev Rowland Jide Macaulay, the gay minister who founded the church, is leading a comeback even though he remains in self-imposed exile in London.

”Religion is a backbone to life in Nigeria, so we all want to go to church,” he said. “But we don’t want to lie to God about who we are.”

Macaulay first set up House of Rainbow in 2006, where he openly held Sunday services in a Lagos hotel hall decorated in rainbow colours. A public backlash culminated in members being beaten as they left the church. Macaulay fled to the UK after receiving death threats.

This year, he has recruited a small team that includes his local leaders in Lagos in his voluntary role.

The project could even spread beyond the borders of Africa’s most populous country. Macaulay has recently recruited a local leader in Accra, the capital of nearby Ghana. He is considering applications from Rwanda and Zimbabwe.

Pentecostal pastors often see gay desire as the work of demons. “You might start casually but, once you get into it, you will be possessed by the spirit,” said Emmanuel Owoyemi, a pastor in Lagos.

Meanwhile, in the 12 sharia states in the North, gay sex carries the death penalty, although no executions have yet taken place.

A national anti-gay marriage bill, which pushes for jail sentences for anyone who even assists gay marriage, has been before Nigeria’s parliament since 2009 and was passed recently prohibiting the practice. Macaulay, however, is not taking any chances this time.

Prayer sessions are being held in secret locations. No unknown newcomers are being admitted. He continues to preach via YouTube from London – he thinks it would be unwise to return home. “We have learnt our lesson,” he said. “It is a hostile situation.”

Being gay is regarded as an offence across much of Africa.

Apart from being on the wrong side of the law, many homosexual Nigerians say exclusion from church is one of the hardest parts of being gay. ”We are brought up to believe that you should belong to a religion. We feel that, if we don’t go to church, God will not answer our prayers,” says a young gay man in Abuja, .

first case of homosexuality among men in nigeria
Bisi Alimi (born Adebisi Ademola Alimi,[1] 17 January 1975) is a Nigerian is a Nigerian gay rights activist, public speaker, blog writer and HIV/LGBT advocate who achieved notoriety when
he became the first Nigerian to come out of the closet on television.
That same year, Alimi was chosen as a representative to give face to homosexuality in Nigeria at the 4th National Conference on HIV/AIDS held in Abuja. He later became a Nigerian gay rights activist leading several peaceful protests and social dialogues to demand acceptance of homosexuals in Nigeria. In July 2005, The Independent Project for Equal Rights-Nigeria was founded by Alimi with a group of friends. He served as Executive Director of this organization where he pioneered several Nigerian LGBT Youth Group initiatives until April 2007. He also worked as director of Nigeria youth programmes at Alliance Rights organization. However, his controversial interview on national television in 2004 had become catalyst for the proposed motion on "Anti-Same Sex Bill" of 2006 that was presented to law makers in the Nigerian National Assembly.[5] The motion for this controversial “Anti-Same Sex” bill was presented before the legislative house three times between 2006 and 2011.
An attempt on Alimi’s life in 2007 prompted his decision to leave Nigeria as continued repression of gay rights and hostile oppositions against LGBT organizations in the country created a grim hope. He quickly migrated to the United Kingdom where he later applied for and was granted protection asylum in 2008. In 2011 he completed his Master's in Politics from Birkbeck University in "Global Governance and Public Policy". His academic research is titled “Access to Anti-retroviral Medications in Middle, Low income countries and the Intellectual Property Rights”.
Now residing in London,[6] Alimi has continued his advocacy on gay rights within Migrant African communities. He has worked for organizations in the UK including Naz Project London, Michael Bell Research and Consultancy and HIV I-Base. Bisi also worked with AHPN, Terrence Higgins Trust and Mesmac in the North East of England to set up a project for newly arrived African gay immigrants to the United Kingdom. He was selected a member of the IAS youth organizing member for Mexico 2008 and was a member of AmfAR review panel for the international grants for African MSM AIDS initiative 2009 and 2011 respectively. He joined Kaleidoscope Trust in 2011 as the Director in charge of Africa. Presently Alimi is steering a community engagement project for Migrant African MSM in the United Kingdom and has remained visible in leading debates and discussions on sexual health issues of Black and African gay men.[7]
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yorubas spreading homosexuality in nigeria and beyond

Ybutterfly: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^[size=40pt]Tradition of Same Gender Marriage in Igboland, Nigeria[/size]^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
http://blackagendareport.com/?q=content/tradition-same-gender-marriage-igboland-nigeria

what crap is this, so yorubas have resulted to this .

Ileke-IdI:
How is that specifying it to a tribe esp when I said Yorubas also have a gay population on the same thread. Just lower than Igbos.

thats a big lie, do you even live in nigeria, gays are more prevalent in south west states and abuja than anyother place in nigeria.

actually leader of homosexuals in nigeria is yoruba and southwest nigeria have the highest number of stories of gay people so maybe people from there can explain. there are only 2 places where its rampant in nigeria and thats lagos nigeria and abuja(where it is rumoured that some politicians are gay)
the gays that have been fighting for gay rights in nigeria and africa are mostly yoruba too

alj harem: He is not from Calabar but another iddeieotic Igbo boy. South south people are too sensible for this nonsense.

Our people say "He who the gods want to kill, they run mad first"

who told you okija juju is igbo< he is a tribalist yoruba who happens to speak igbo. mind yourself and stop this cry cry syndrome.

of course yoruba crimes that are rampant everyday including ritualism , killing of mothers never make it to front page but once an igbo person coughs they rush and put it on the front page. that is why yorubas can never be trusted with anything because bigotry will never allow them function roperly. if you want to know those disgracing nigeria visit the crime section of nairaland you will be shocked.