₦airaland Forum

jusRadical:
I done hear of that rice since last year. How the rice dey? E dey sweet? Na jollof? Or fried rice.

Ahmeduana:
YOU DEY MIND THE MUMUs THEY WILL AM NOT A PDP SUPPORTER, AND I DON'T SUPPORT APC Ii only support buhari THEY EVEN WANT TO JUSTIFIES THERE STUPIDITY BY CALLING THEMSELF THE patriots!

dragonking2:
Hehehe, hope that thunder no go finish sarrki the patriotic zombie

jusRadical:
He denied satan but acknowledged demons baahh?

allrightsir:
A lways P romising C hange by P eople D eceiving P eople

kings09:
Endorsed by sarrki, ngeneukwenu, modath, omenkalives, keneking, madridguy.

Bitterleafsoup:
Exactly! We shall see....

kropotkin2:
Oga i am not an APC man. I deny APC. I only support president Buhari and equally loath both APC and PDP

kropotkin2:
Oga i am not an APC man. I deny APC. I only support president Buhari and equally loath both APC and PDP

oyinkinola:
...the non-indigen were still in doubt!

malware:
Wicked guy... You made the OP removed her dp.. lolz

The Federal Government plans to generate up to $16.4 billion through asset sales in the next four years to reduce the burden on the nation’s budget

A document obtained by Bloomberg from the Ministry of National Planning, which outlines the country’s plans for economic recovery from 2017 to 2020, revealed that the sales was to help tackle inefficiencies and stem “corruption in public enterprises”, though assets to be sold were, however, not named.

It was gathered that President Muhammadu Buhari will introduce the proposal later this month.

Nigeria estimates its economy contracted 1.5 percent in 2016, partly because of a decline in the price and output of oil, the country’s biggest export and revenue generator.

The Federal Government proposed a 20 percent increase in this year’s budget to stimulate the economy and help gross domestic product expand by an average of 4.7 percent annually over four years and reach 7 percent in 2020.

Pabina Yinkere, Head of Research at Vetiva Capital Management Ltd., told Bloomberg: “They could look at reducing government stakes in oil joint ventures from around 55 percent to 40 percent or 45 percent.

‘’That alone can generate over $10 billion. Non-oil assets like concession of airports are a more difficult sale because they would involve a lot of transactions.”

The government targets oil production of 2.5 million barrels a day by 2020 to boost export earnings, it said in the document.

Output declined to an almost three-decade low of 1.4 million barrels per day in August after militants in the Niger Delta bombed pipelines to demand more benefits from the resource.

Overall, the Federal Government is said to have developed 59 strategies for implementation to achieve the strategic objectives of the Economic Recovery Growth Plan that will be launched in the next few weeks.

The document, which is awaiting Federal Executive Council’s endorsement, has twelve strategies that have been prioritised based on their importance to the success of the government recovery plan.

Those working on the document said the plan would accelerate non-oil revenue generation through expanding the tax base, blocking leakages in tax avoidance and non-payment.

The plan is expected to drastically cut cost and align monetary and fiscal policies. The government also during the plan period, will spend heavily to expand critical infrastructure, especially power, roads and rail.

Another strategy in the recovery plan is government’s intention to revamp the four existing refineries to ensure local supply of petroleum products in order to conserve foreign exchange.

It is also stated in the document, government’s intention to expand its social investment and deliver on agricultural transformation.

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Monday, said President Muhammadu Buhari and his medical doctors were the only competent set of people who could say why he (Buhari) was seeking treatment in a foreign hospital.

The minister said this in an interview with journalists on the sidelines of the inauguration of the Central Pharmacy Store and Maternity Building at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife.

He said the President might have travelled abroad as a matter of choice or on the advice of his doctors.

He said, “I won’t describe it as a large volume but we still have people travelling abroad. One, it is a matter of choice and secondly, there is what is called bonding between a doctor and his patient, irrespective of where the doctor is and that creates a problem; the patient may not want to see a new doctor.

“If a patient is using a particular doctor and that doctor is not around, he may likely wait. You don’t want to be examined by a new doctor, you don’t want to start all over again. It is one of the reasons and you can’t take it away.”

Asked if that was the reason the President travelled abroad for treatment, the minister said Buhari and his doctors were the ones who could answer the question.

Adewole said, “The President is the best person to speak on this; he is our leader and also a private citizen. He is entitled to make a choice which will be influenced largely by the advice of his doctor.”

The minister commended the management and staff of the OAUTHC for doing what he described as a wonderful job but he said their feats were largely underreported.

He had earlier promised the hospital to ensure the clearance of the two containers of hospital consumables imported by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, for the OAUTHC.

The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Victor Adetiloye, had earlier appealed to the minister to intervene in order to redeem the consumables which he said were imported by the monarch for the hospital but had remained at the port because of waiver issue.

Adetiloye also called for the establishment of a radiotherapy unit at the hospital, saying the hospital had the best set of cancer experts and equipment but lacked radiotherapy machines to complement it.

The CMD stated that the hospital had routinely performed medical feats such as open-heart surgeries and kidney transplants which some Nigerians travelled abroad for, saying these surgeries and transplants were at low costs when compared with the costs obtainable abroad.

He also appealed to the Federal Government to allocate more funds to the hospital which he said was big enough to be divided into three teaching hospitals.

Adetiloye stated that the hospital was in a dilemma over how to take delivery of $400,000 worth of hospital equipment donated to it by a foreign organisation.

Meanwhile, Christians in Borno State on Monday offered special prayers for the quick recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari.

The prayers were coordinated by the Borno State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria and clergymen were drawn from various churches in the state.

Christians in the state had earlier been called to dedicate the day to offering special prayers and fasting to God to improve Buhari’s health.

The national body of CAN had last Friday, in a statement signed by its Director Legal and Public Affairs, Evangelist Kwamkur Samuel, called on Christian bodies and God-fearing Nigerians to declare special prayers for Buhari and the nation.

The Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, had also instructed the Borno State Ministry of Religious Affairs to write CAN requesting prayers for the quick recovery of the President in appreciation of his commitment to the fight against Boko Haram insurgency.

DeepFriedPuff:
[color=magenta]mmmmm. What if she buys new panties she knows he like and wears it? Sound like a gift ta me [/color]

fejikudz:
You are wicked

omogidi234:
May God forgive you. How can you call this pretty lady a man?

Jerryojozy:
I no fit leave meat come de chop bone na. ur head dey there.