₦airaland Forum

I don't expect this type of statement from someone who called himself a man of God, was that what Christ taught us. Why must you be talking about those who want to influence you negatively. Always do what is right in the sight of God.

My own concern is, why conducting the inspection by night, does he want it to escape public view? Why not in the afternoon when all the deficiency and lapses in the project can be vividly exrayed.

tfelicityk:
The federal government should start paying this security agencies good salaries and welfare - this will reduce corruption and bribery in the system...

What if someone outside get access to the security personnel posted to guard the accused is lured with huge promises that he had imagined he can't get one tenth of it even if he retired successfully from service...

Don't let us attribute what is not the cause of an event, is NNPC and CBN official not well paid, even is the governor of CBN not ranked among the highest remunerated officials in country, does that stop them from corruptly enriching themselves.

Our government officials are just putting us in mockery state, where on earth will a criminal be put in a guest house? What is the purpose of our correctional centers, or DSS or EFCC detention facilities, all those people who colluded together and facilitated his escape should be sacked immediately and head of that unit be seriously warned.

They should remember Sodom and Gomorrha, that was the sin they committed that brought the anger of God upon them, because they go against God' plan for marriage, for He created them man and woman, husband and wife. God's mercy is still available if they can repent.

I don't like these Nigeria politicians, they never fight the good of ordinary Nigerians. Atiku that is saying this now, where was he during buhari government? Less I forget he was in Dubai, if not, I cannot statistically say with confidence that the number of people that die during 8 years of buhari rule is less than that of Tinubu's 9 months old.

RickyJesus:
Consultancy is never unnecessary.

If you say consultancy is never unnecessary, the question is why are we still keeping civil servant at work? if every action must be handled by the consultancy.

Who ate the beneficiary? Did they pay them in their bank account with their BVN verified? How was it distribution according to states, because only kebbi state was mentioned.

If top government officials and politicians can play according to our rule of engagement, both financially and other wise, Nigeria will bounce back. But in a situation they will take government money to BDEs and covert naira to Dollar with no records of who have done that, our economy will continue to cry.

DIVINEEVIDENCE:
This crop of governors must be the most foolish set of politicians I've ever seen.

Why not invest ₦12 billion into revolutionizing the Agriculture sector ?

Purchase tractors and other farm machinery, distribute or subsidise fertilisers that target the nutrient deficiency of soils in different local governments, distribute super grains or stems or cuttings or fruits like Anambra governor did with coconuts, drill boreholes for central irrigation in mapped out places, build access roads to farms, install and maintain storage and processing facilities, subsidise pesticides, encourage people to farm and plant, combat banditry and willful destruction etc.
12 billion can go a long way.

But trust Naija politicians to always look for a way to abuse any program to help them loot.

'Palliatives' began during COVID-19 but years after the lockdown, they are still in love with the word.

I am disgusted by these handouts from governments that feed a man today and leaves him to die of hunger later.

This is wickedness, disguised as kindness.

All the statement you made above only apply to a same country, but in Nigeria where our rulers are supreme emperors, they only think of how to loot. Do not be surprise that the man may not buy food more than 500 million naira, whereas he is claiming 12 billion naira for it. Why cant he collect the account number of these people and post the money into their account directly, for people to buy what they actually need and the man be held responsible and accountable for the money, no they will just claimed one big figure so as to loot their state treasury. They we all face judgment of God here on earth and also in eternity.

Lemos14:
Tinubu is trying to copy obi template but always ends up as a clown he is as always. A corrupt man will always smell of corruption no matter what. In the end this "news" is all for the masses to feed on. They will still continue

Please let us leave Tinubu is harken to advise of Obi or that, as government herself has said, the time of politics has gone, it is now time for good governance, kudos must be given to Mr. President for listen to good advise that can move our country forward, irrespective of where the advise came from, either from party in power or opposition parties or even ordinary Nigerians.

I always advocated that every government department must be periodically probed, may be every two years, to unraveled the rot there. This selective probe only when there is allegation does not augur well for our nation and economy. Also our financial institutions who always colluded with these corrupt officers to perpetrate this evil must be made to pay for it by CBN from their money, this I think will minimize the evil.

Freedom of religion is just written in our constitution for written sake. The only law that is uniformly implemented if FAAC law, where our money is shared to federating units. After the sharing, then their is 36 countries.

FiftyFifty:
Good move by the two universities. The North is finally waking up from their slumber. Southern Christians should go back to where they come from and school there. Is that too difficult to understand?

Which means you must be ready to finance the university with money that is generated from the north also, not the money that comes from Christian south.

Nigerians don't need handout, let the economy be good, so that individual could afford their own meals. The money he suppose to pay as tax were waved for him, running to trillions of naira every year, but someone being paid 30,000 naira minimum wage is being force to pay tax. Also he has constituted himself to monopoly power, where he sells his goods at maximum profit, because there is no competition or collusion of few sellers, he also get huge billions of Dollar as loan from government. Now saying he is donating 1 million bags of rice, who counted it to determine that quantity, or what is the value of that rice as compared to abnormal and monopolistic profit he has been making from poor Nigerians.

Senate President is correct, they are machineries hired from neighbouring countries, they are not Nigerians, let them pursue them there.

I completely disagree with the statement, Tinubu appointees are never his problem, but his incompetency to check and monitor them, we have past president like Obasanjo who don't take any nonsense from any of his appointees. Mr. President should wake up and use all the constitutional means to control his corrupt appointees.

The problem is not the expensive quoted prices, the borehole in most cases will not even being a liter of water. I have one in our community that did not bring any water till date, and these people will claim they love their constituent that voted them.

Why don't we have them, the one they paid millions of Dollar to install, that is camera to cover abuja, the money was embezzled, no one talk about that. Minister, don't fool us that we don't have tracking devices, even if money is devoted for it, it may also go to the drain pipe.

The NNPCPL MD is a complete hypocrite, he was talking of illegal oil theft, what of the official one they are perpetrating? Or it is by mistake according to Falana (SAN), that more than half of our oil terminals were not metered. They are just taken our oil out without accounting for the quantity involved, he is now talking of oil theft, whereas, he is deeply involved by not allow meter, to determine the quantity of oil lifted at any particular time, the question is who allow the theft prosper? that why he rightly said that all of them were involved.

Can we see hypocrisy of this government, they told us the messes to endure hardship, while they continue to embarked on jamboree all over the world. Why not do it with resource persons virtually or at worst invite them to conduct it in Nigeria. The government claimed that they lack foreign exchange, at the same time approved wasteful use of the same scarce foreign exchange.

If the whole wife of the President can be so treated this way, what do we think will happen to ordinary woman on the street of Sokoto, where the man made the statement.

Why is it that many of these government pronouncement are being reclined by this government? Are they not well taught before the pronouncement?

Nigeria law has turned to common man's law, our politicians and other elites are above Nigeria law. Now, that anti graft agency should immediately stop all prosecution in that state, since some one is not touchable. What a country full of useless politicians. Everything they touched they destroy.

Giant of Africa mentality is affecting us, instead of bringing ourselves low, our leaders who have spoiled everything through their corrupt activities, will come and receive us that we are going of Africa, whereas, we are among the least in term infrastructure and quality of lives of citizens, but for those who have stole are resources, we are giant of Africa. And many that commented above also have this pride in them, asking what are we going to learn from Zimbabwe.

The question is, what the man said, is it true or not? if it is true, his apology will not be accepted before God and man. But if the allegation is false, it is acceptable. Also if it is true and this happened, it means that Nigeria democracy is for few powerful ones.

RenaissanceGuy:
But the question is, why would Buhari make provision for subsidy for only the first 6 months of the year, knowing that his successor would be carrying such heavy load??

You people are not asking the right questions, even if Buhari did not make provision for subsidy from July to December 2023, why must he stop it at May ending? Why not him make supplementary budget to cover the rest of July to December? After all, does Buhari made provision to buy yatch, buy SUV of 160 million each for nass members, renovation of Tinubu and Shettima house in Lagos where they do not stay, sending 1400 people on shopping they called conference and many more extravagant spending.

This is what some people are advocating for, and our respected leader, Baba Obasanjo has also supported it, but personally I have some reservation about this, our state governors have constituted themselves as terror in our nation, let look at what happened during covid 19, where they hoard palliative meant for the people, they gave them money to share to people, they sat on it and many of them diverted it to their private account. During elections they have hijacked all political powers, that if they did not support you, you can't be anything in this country from president to ordinary counselor. They always gang up against the progress of our country.

It has been recorded for you in the history of our nation that, you try your best to effectively check mate the excesses of buhari's administration in the 8th assembly. Good people of Nigeria is praying for you. But for lawan and gbaja in the 9th assembly God will run their lives and family the way they allow buhari to ruin our country.

I don't understand why EFCC and CBN are behaving like a mediocrity. CBN issued licence to these people, why didn't they withdraw the license and ask them to reapply with stringent operating conditions, like asking them to open Dollar account with money deposit bank, so that buying and selling of Dollar must be conducted from their bank account only, also, buyers mist pay through their bank account only. And anyone who operate without license renewal then be prosecuted. This is what to do in same society

Why meeting them? Does the government not knowing the implication of allowing a section of the country having a monopoly power over the supply of certain goods. They will collide to fixed the price. What government should do is issue licence to other investors from other region to come into the business, and even loan them, so that they can compete effectively with them, after all Dangote used government money to build his refinery according to former CNN governor. Also this is time for government not depend on his refinery to sustain energy sector, they should issue licence to other in petroleum industry and direct the cbn to make Dollar available for them to be able to build big refinery as they did to Dangote before he will bring government from other region down as they want to do to Tinubu government.

sulaak:
The removal of fuel subsidies was a national policy by oil political parties during the last election. In fact, it was Buhari who removed fuel subsidies in 2023.

I don't want us to subscribe to the insinuation that it is Bihari that remove fuel subsidy. Bihari planed to remove it in December 2022, but recline the decision because of hardship. If you don't have short memory, you will realize that the subsidy suppose to have ended on jude 30the of last year, but if he is not the one, why did he ended it 29th of May, the day he was swore in. Even if the past administration did not make provision to cover the whole of last year, why cant he make supplementary budget to cover the rest of the year afterwards he made supplementary budget to buy cars, yatch, renovation of unoccupied houses in Lagos and other white elephant expenditure. Also, if he is concerned with the welfare of masses he would have acted the same way former President Yaradua of blessed memory behaved. Obasanjo increased fuel price 2 days before leaving office, but the man of people came and reversed it back. This is man of people. So no one should mislead masses that it was Buhari that remove the subsidy. Yoruba adage says " e ni a konika to gba o fe tinure se ni" means any who was taught to behave wickedly, have wicked within himself.