₦airaland Forum

how many more minutes before this nonsense finish

see chance  -

Kanu is to old na wa o

who can we bring in to change the midfield

the passing is so shit

who told u it is your right  - not  with the present nonsense u call super eagles

buffead:
NA WA OO CAN WE AFFORD NOT TO GO TO WORLD CUP FOR THE SECOND TIME   DIS WILL BE A DISASTER  

this one has a draw written over it

shit game

boring boring boring

naliakar:
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I will like to know why we always make noise about Nigerian-messed up leader being snubbed and Ghana is being this and that.
What has Nigeria achieved in yearsssssssssssssssss? Nothing.


It is sickening this whining and crying about Nigeria and yaradua are not invited to this, to that? WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE> NIGERIA STILL REMAINS A GREAT COUNTRY, HER SHORTCOMINGS NOTWITHSTANDING. QUIT WHINING!!!!!!

Another Government sponsored commerical

bialegend - take it easy dont give yourself high blood pressure -I am a yoruba man and i sympatise with the people of the Niger delta - i have also been to Rivers state and seen issues first hand.

@poster

The above is not actually factual

Nigeria and Senegal Officially Invited to This Year's G8 Summit
Minister Frattini and Defence Minister Mustapha Settima, during their talk

13/02/2009

“We confirm our invitation to Nigeria to attend the G8 summit on La Maddalena in its capacity as founder member of NEPAD, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development” Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said in the course of an official visit to Africa, formally extending the invitation to Nigeria on Wednesday 11 February.  On the following day the minister also extended an invitation to Senegal in the course of a meeting with President Abdoulaye Wade and with Foreign Minister Tidiane Gadio.

Minister Frattini is currently conducting an official visit to several countries on the African continent.  The meetings that he held in Nigeria focused on security in the Niger Delta oil region and on both legal and illegal immigration.  The talks also addressed some of the issues that may well be on the agenda at this year's G8 summit such as the food crisis in Africa, budding regional crises, the risks posed by drug trafficking routes that move through Africa before reaching Europe and Asia, and lastly, the growth of organised crime gangs.  Also on the agenda in the two-day Nigerian leg of Frattini's tour were talks with, among others, Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan, Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe and Defence Minister Mustapha Settima.


http://www.g8italia2009.it/G8/Home/News/G8-G8_Layout_locale-1199882116809_1199889177502.htm

oshiomole is going to serve 4 years without doing jack shit

I reject that curse for Nigeria in Jesus Name ------

Nigeria has recorded further reduction in its crude oil production as Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) yesterday shut in some chunks of its oil production owing to last Wednesday’s attack on its Trans Ramos pipeline in Aghoro- 2 in Bayelsa State.
The escalation of violence in the Niger Delta region in the last three weeks, industry sources said, may have reduced Nigeria’s crude oil production to about 1.3 million barrels per day (mbpd).
Prior to the renewed attacks on oil facilities in the region, the country was said to have recorded a shut in of over 1mbpd, bringing the country’s output to only about 1.6mbpd.
Statistics released by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) about a fortnight ago showed that production deferment due to the crisis in the oil-rich region was over 1mbpd.
The statistics indicated that both the reserves and the daily output are on the decline due to the restiveness in the Niger Delta, raising fears that it may deter the country from achieving its set targets of 4mbpd and reserves of 40 billion barrels by 2010.
The damaged Aghoro-2 pipeline is said to be connected to the Tunu, Opukusu and Ugbotubu flow stations, which feed into the Forcados export terminal.
The SPDC yesterday explained that the company had to shut in some oil production to avoid damage to the environment.
“The SPDC can confirm the Trans Ramos pipeline at Aghoro-2 community in Bayelsa State was attacked last night (Wednesday night). Some oil production has been shut in to avoid potential environmental impact,” its spokesman, Precious Okolobo, said.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), which claimed responsibility for the incident, had in the last three weeks launched several attacks on the facilities of United States oil major, Chevron, a development which resulted in the shut in of unspecified quantities of the company’s oil production.
Speaking on the crisis, which has worsened by the day notwithstanding the offer of amnesty by the Federal Government, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, observed that the slowdown in investment in oil and gas production, insecurity in the oil-producing Niger Delta and OPEC quotas are some of the key challenges facing the industry.
The SPDC had on Tuesday declared a force majeure on Forcados crude oil exports for the remaining part of June and July, following the damage to its Trans Forcados Trunkline.
An initial force majeure declared by the company on March 7, would have ended in April while the oil major had planned to load up to eight cargoes of 950,000 barrels each in May, equivalent to around 245,000 barrels per day.
But the company had to extend the force majeure due to security concerns in the region.
However, following its inability to complete the repair of the damaged facility, the company on Tuesday, deferred both June and July loadings due to damage to the Trans-Forcados Trunkline at Chanomi Creek in Delta State.
Forcados crude is one of Nigeria’s benchmark crude oil grades that are highly prized by foreign refiners due to its relatively low sulfur content.
MEND said in a statement it released late Wednesday night that it had blown up the Trans Ramos pipeline facility in its avowed “Hurricane Alpha Piper” with which it said it would ground Nigeria’s oil production and export to zero level.
Okolobo confirmed the attack had been reported to all relevant government agencies.
The Joint Task Force (JTF) spokesman, Colonel Rabe Abubakar, said they had not received a report of any such attack and warned MEND which he called propagandist to desist from making bogus claims as its time was up.
MEND, in an email from its spokesman, Gbomo Jomo, said it dedicated the attack to the two brothers it alleged were slain extra judicially by soldiers and captured on tape which the JTF has denied.
“At about 2030 Hrs today, Wednesday, June 17, 2009, fighters from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) in furtherance of Hurricane Piper Alpha (our campaign to cripple the entire oil and gas export of the Federal Republic of Nigeria), destroyed with high explosives a major crude oil trunk line in Bayelsa State belonging to Shell.
“This delivery line which supplies the Forcados export terminal takes feed from the Tunu, Opukusu and Ugbotubu flow stations. The point of attack is the Agge/Odimodi axis.
“Piper Alpha veered off course to show its displeasure at the manner the government has reacted to the extra judicial killings of two brothers by the JTF that was caught on tape. This attack is dedicated to the brothers.
“Shell should take a cue from Chevron and vacate the Niger Delta region to avoid collateral damage to their investment and death to staff. We do not intend to waste time taking hostages. Hurricanes are no respecters on anyone,” Jomo said.
In his response, Abubakar said: “We have not received any report from the company until such is received, we will not be able to comment on such claim. But all we can say is that all their claims are crying foul for cheap popularity and this is criminal. JTF is not competing with anybody or group.
“We are only here to carry out our assignment for the protection of all including MEND themselves. The general public is once again reminded that the activities of this group is unpatriotic, unholy and deserves to be condemned by all. However, the JTF would continue to monitor their activities and situation closely, as they adage goes ‘that all days for the thief and one day for the owner.’”

http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=146514

blame it on American office stress

THE nation's fight against corruption has failed due to lack of commitment of the generality of Nigerians to the campaign, according to the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), Justice Emmanuel Ayoola.


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Ayoola spoke in Akure, Ondo State yesterday just as the state governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, said that "the worst form of corruption is the one being practiced in this country where proceeds of graft are taken across the borders to deny the country of investible funds."

The two men spoke yesterday while opening the fourth session in the series of conferences organised by the anti-graft body for relevant committees of the Nigerian legislatures and Anti-Corruption, Transparency and Monitoring Units (ACTUs) of ministries, departments and agencies of the three tiers of government.

The three-day conference, which has participants from the South-West geo-political zone, according to Ayoola, "is aimed at providing the much-sought platform and collaboration between legislative committees on anti-corruption from the three tiers of government and the ICPC and between legislative committees and ACTUs on how best we can move the fight against corruption forward."

The ICPC boss said the theme of the conference, which is "Building and promoting transparency and accountability in public and private sectors: A collective responsibility of all Nigerians," was chosen "to emphasise our belief that fighting corruption is not the sole responsibility of the ICPC or government alone but the collective responsibility of every citizen of this great country."

While blaming the generality of Nigerians for the failure of the anti-corruption crusade, he said: "The fight against corruption can succeed only if Nigerians at all levels stop paying lip service to the fight, change their corrupt ways and embrace integrity and accountability as the only way forward to national honour and prosperity.

"Efforts by previous governments over the years at fighting corruption and indiscipline would have yielded positive results but for public apathy and widespread lack of integrity in society. This we must all join hands to change to empathy, transparency and accountability to achieve national transformation."

Mimiko, who opened the conference, said: "Although corruption is very bad for any system but at least the one that would keep the proceeds within our shores is better than the one that deprives our economy of funds. It is unfortunate that the bulk of these stolen funds get trapped abroad while only a trickle gets back here in form of donations."

According to him, "the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the seven-point agenda of the Federal Government and any transformational strategy at all tiers of government can only be attained in a corruption-free environment."

The governor, who disclosed that his administration had put in place an anti-corruption mechanism to prevent graft, however, told his audience, which included legislators and public officers drawn from the South-West Zone, that "the concept of re-branding Nigeria must start with the integrity of the ballot box."

http://odili.net/news/source/2009/jun/17/15.html

A school nursery rhyme goes thus: “Some have food but cannot eat; some can eat but have no food. We have food and we can eat, glory be to thee, O, Lord”. My little kids recite this nursery rhyme as a meal ritual but beyond that, the message unfolds in various dimensions to the son of man.

A number of homes in Nigeria of today are stocked with assorted food items, others with money; the world renown legal tender which can feed the families of the “class of the chosen” from one generation to generation.

The affluent, Nigerians, those who’s “Chi” according to Chinua Achebe has helped to crack their nuts in benevolent manner have all to eat without an iota of ado or rigor. They sweat not and bother not about what to eat and drink.

On the other side of the divide are brigades of poor Nigerians whose days turn to nights and nights alternate with days on mere empty stomachs. Their stomachs are so empty of food no matter how little to such an extent their small and large intestines intertwine on agonizing level thus they curse the days of their birth.

We are all “Good people” in “Great Nigeria”.A few of us are, however, privileged to oscillate between the class of the chosen, the affluent and stinking rich and those that are so down trodden and could not boast of anything to eat. We know as Bob Marley once sang the reality of affluence and debilitating impact of poverty and hunger as he intoned, “Dem belly fool but we hungry. A hungry man is an angry man ………”

Similarly, Max Romeo while describing the plights of downtrodden children in the ghettos in comparison with those of the affluent homes delivered a rendition. “Up town babies don’t cry they don’t know not what hunger is like, they have mummies, nannies, lots of toys to play with, they have daddies, grannies, and lots of things to play with”

I remember as if it were yesterday, our childhood days at Offa, when life was based and spent merely on a subsistence level and there was no big difference between the affluent families and those that could be tagged relatively poor. Life was like that in many homes and Yoruba Communities of old.

Today; as Jimmy Cliff has rightly posited, “too many people are suffering, too many people are dieing. Too little people got everything and too many people got nothing. Remake the world, with love and happiness ………, ”

I have had the unique privilege of being invited to dine with Military Administrator’s family. At the dining hall was placed all sorts of what could be eaten by both the hungry and glutton. The waiters were there attending to every beck and call but my inquisitive mind betrayed my hunger. I was tempted to ask how life was, working and preparing food for such privileged Nigerians. It was gory tales of seeing, preparing but not partaking in the ritual of last respect to those delicacies lying in state at the government house dinning room.

The salary being paid to them was so meager to such an extent that most times their minds were being bugged by problems of children school fees, domestic commitments, family demands to such an extent they were over blinded to perform oversight function when the remains of the delicacies on table were to be interred. Just like them, I remembered that after devouring such sumptuous meal, I would have to resort to what my meager salary could provide for my family when I get back home.

I though held the golden cutleries but could not do justice to the food. With sorrowful mind, the rhyme reverberated “Some have food, but cannot eat, some can eat but have no food……, ”.

I also later realized the joy and affection I used to share with Adamu my beggar friend who before his untimely death used to share kola nut, groundnut and part of my coins with me before his demise under the stair case at General Post Office, Dugbe, Ibadan.

I remember I was the only so called “big man” that witnessed how Izal Antiseptic was poured on his remains before the old haggard staff of Oyo State Health Management Board carried his corpse for burial. It occurred to me that one day the son of man would die either in affluence or poverty like Adamu.

We are today witnessing a lot of sorrowful circumstances as tumultuous times are taking tolls on the lives of both the rich and poor. The rich though are getting richer and poor, poorer, our meals are so full of sorrow to such an extent we all bemoan our plights.

While the poor Nigerians yawn because of unending hunger, the rich are mindful of what and what not to eat because of the plaguing health problems associated with tucking the tummy with expensive junk foods. The selfish tendencies of the affluent to corner every resource Nigeria nation is blessed with for only themselves and their current dynasties, make the lives of the poor bleak and gloomy with attendant explosive and violent thoughts they daily nurture.

Collins Powell at a breakfast table at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja advised that political democracy must go along with economic democracy spiced with commercial code of law.

He relished the contributions of American statesmen such as Abraham Lincoln. Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin whose methods of political governance still sustain American ontology on truth. According to Powell on this evergreen golden truth is the statement of fact that “All men are created equal, we are all endowed by the Creator and that every being has right to life, liberty and free to pursue happiness”. To secure this right, government must be derived from just power which invariably must rest on the concern for the governed.

At each meal the generality of Nigerians take, we bemoan why in the midst of plenty many and very many are still hungry. We detest the lip services of the privileged few to building a virile nation without consideration for building our minds toward such noble ideals.

We are fed up reading how billons of dollars are stolen by the few, retrieved and recycled into personal pockets and accounts and yet, and many are left to suffer hunger and deprivation. “Money” according to Powell “is a coward; it only goes where it is sent”.

Would our money bags in politics and political economy of Nigeria please send their money to areas of noble purposes and ideals that would benefit us all Nigerians?

It is equally a truism that a citizen makes best choice for his country but the truth is self evident that our excellences and honourables by their actions and habits are not convincing average Nigerians to be good citizens when daily we eat bread of sorrow. Whatever be the case, crop of Nigerians and generations after us have no other place to call home, Nigeria belongs to us all and we must concur with Powell when he admonishes us on democracy at 10; “work, hard, sustain it, secure it and keep it”.

•Taiye Olaniyi

taiyelolu_2004 @yahoo.com

TO assist Nigeria in her power and gas infrastructure, the World Bank on Tuesday approved $600 million soft credit for the power and gas sectors in the country, according to a statement yesterday in Abuja by the bank's Senior Communications Officer, Mr. Obadiah Tomhodet.

Meanwhile, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday okayed N11.1 billion for the procurement of 25C25EMPD diesel-powered locomotives for the reactivation of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).

Tomhodet said the new credit comprises $200 million in IDA credits to assist in network investments and technical assistance to improve electricity supply and another $400 million in Partial Risk Guarantees (PRGs) in support of domestic gas market development. The approval was done yesterday.

Poor infrastructure in the power sector is a key constraint to growth in Nigeria. The project will help the Federal Government's current programme to improve electric power supply to Nigerians, a priority in the government's seven-point agenda for economic development.

The Nigeria Electricity and Gas Improvement Project (NEGIP) will provide for Partial Risk Guarantees (PRGs) in support of Gas Supply Agreements that will increase gas supply to boost power generation which is critical for economic growth of the country. In this way, the project will address one of the critical bottlenecks in the supply chain for power generation and underpin the government's reform efforts in the gas and power sectors.

The project will rehabilitate existing transmission and distribution infrastructure to supply the increased power generated from the improved gas supply to consumers. Benefits to be derived from the project include reliable and improved quality of gas supply by instilling commercial discipline in the gas sector through commercial contracts; reduction of power losses from the electrical grid and improved power quality and reliability. The project involved extensive consultations with government and Civil Society Organisations (CSO) in Nigeria.

Three additional projects for Nigeria were approved by the board yesterday, amounting to $420 million. These are the Second HIV/AIDS Programme Development Project ($225 million) to reduce the risk of infections by scaling up prevention interventions as well as increase access to and utilisation of counselling, testing, care and support services; the malaria booster project ($100 million); and the Lagos Eko Secondary Education project ($95 million).

The additional funding for malaria will help close remaining gaps for net distribution, malaria treatment, diagnostics, awareness raising, behaviour change communication, and engagement of grassroots organisations in the fight against malaria in Nigeria.

The Lagos Eko Secondary Education project will support public secondary education in Lagos State, transforming it into a centre of excellence in Africa, by enhancing the skills of its population through quality secondary education.

Lagos, which accounts for 80 per cent of the country's manufacturing value, needs skilled labour force to support its 2,000 industries and 250 financial and allied institutions. The project will be implemented using grants, performance-based incentives, teacher training and standardised testing of students. Schools, which improved the most in standardised English, Maths and science tests, will receive performance cash grants. Over 500,000 students in 637 public secondary schools will benefit from the project, and more than 5,300 teachers and 1,700 school administrators are expected to be trained under the project.

"The approval of these four projects is a major milestone in our partnership with Nigeria. We are especially excited about the prospect that our support to the power sector might help solve the perennial problem of generation capacity lying idle whilst Nigerians stay without light. I also would want to highlight the malaria project, which will build on the very encouraging results of the Kano bednet campaign last month. We will work hard with our partners in government as well as civil society to ensure that the money will be well used and deliver real results for Nigerians", said Onno Ruhl, Country Director, World Bank, Nigeria.

Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili, along with the Minister of Transport, Alhaji Ibrahim Bio, told journalists at the end of the Council meeting that the decision to acquire the locomotives was to strengthen the nation's rail system in readiness for the envisioned Public Private Partnership.

He stated that "nobody will want to buy a dead horse. That is why all the necessary feasibility studies have to be carried out and analysis done on the economic viability of the Nigerian railway."

Bio expressed regret at the comatose state of the nation's rail, stating that government was desirous to create enabling environment and viability of the system before inviting the private sector to participate in the entire exercise.

According to the minister, "A memo was presented and approved for the supply of 25 locomotives. As you are all aware, Nigerian Railways had been comatose for over 20 years, reason being that there has been very low budgetary allocations. Secondly, being that the management for the railways system has not been very good and has not been profitable. So, it has been the idea of Mr. President in his seven-point agenda to revive the NRC so that it can give service to Nigerians.

Hitherto, he also wants to ensure that we improve the inland waterways corporation. The first phase is to buy locomotives, which is one of the major keys for reviving the railway system. Because of the duration of producing locomotive, he has given approval, which has been ratified today; it will take about eight months to 10 months.

"In eight months specifically, we will start receiving these locomotives, followed by rehabilitation which will soon start, the tender processes are going on and we hope that when the locomotives are delivered to us the tracks also will be ready. Ditto, we are going to train the train drivers because the locomotives we are going to get are a bit modernised though they are diesel-driven but their system is not like the former one where they used hydraulic system; these ones use electrical system. So, there is a work package in the agreement to train and build capacity of Nigerian railway staff and their engineers", he added.

He added: "In the area of inland water transportation, today, a memo was also presented in addition to the dredging of the River Niger which is about to start in July. The Council also approved the construction of Oguta Inland River Port, which has been on the drawing board for N2.7 billion with the completion period of 24 months. This is supposed to serve the hinterland waterways transportation, particularly in the area of movement of goods and services within Imo, Anambra and Bayelsa states. I believe with this, Mr. President has shown enough commitment in the execution of his seven-point agenda, particularly in the area of transportation."

Bio noted that all stakeholders had been co-opted in the task to re-position the railways, saying: "What we are trying to do is to bring everyone on board. We have people who want to partner. We have been partnering people like Oando, Dangote who are pure haulers. It will pay them to invest in rail and locomotives than what presently obtains by the number of trucks they put on the road, which has further put pressure on our roads and its attendant risk.

"If Dangote today buys five locomotives, each will pull about 30 wagons and each wagon is equivalent to what a trailer carries, so five multiplied by 30 is about 150. The cost of fuel consumption for one locomotive is equal to same fuel consumed by one trailer, so, it is economically wise. We are preaching that to all of them. I want to say that when General Electric came here, Dangote sought to have a discussion with them because he wants to buy locomotives to put on the track", he added.

Told that Nigerians are skeptical of this re-activation as each government has always not delivered on this promise, the minister said the processes were "not similar because without iota of doubt, the process we are following is more transparent. The Chinese locomotives brought by the Abacha administration were 50, none of them today are on our rail track, they are all bad, maybe the technology is not as good as the one we are buying. What we are buying today is General Electric and they have been in the locomotive production business for over eight decades. For the question of the number of locomotives we have today in the NRC, General Electric locomotives were bought 30 to 40 years ago, they are still the ones we are using today. So that is the difference between what happened before and what is happening now, we are going for the best.

"In the area of concession, Mr. President has given out a target that within the next 44 weeks this rehabilitation and locomotives should dovetail into concessioning agreement. We don't want the Nigerian Railway to be run by government any longer because past experiences have shown that if you use the same management system, it will still collapse. We are hoping that by June next year, a concessioner would have been in place to take over the management of the railway system. If it is concession now nobody will want to buy a dead horse and that is why all the necessary feasibility studies have to be carried out to analyse the economic viability of the Nigerian railway", he added.

" On the status of standard gauge and Chinese contract, there are two issues there. Mr. President and all Nigerians want the standard gauge because it is faster and is modern, but in the wisdom of Mr. President, he wants to have a low hand input. The Nigerian rail track is there and with minimum cost, we can rehabilitate it and it will help in the movement of goods from Lagos to Kano. That is the prime expectation of Mr. President to at least see movement from Lagos to Kano to reduce the pressure on our roads in the movement of these heavy trucks", Bio said.

The minister added: "Nobody has said the issue of standard gauge is contaminated, it is not so. What is there is that Mr. President wants due process followed. That contract was not properly advertised, designed and no proper financial plan. These are issues that we have been directed to visit and we are at the level of completion. He also said because of the economic meltdown, the former President based his payment schedule on excess crude oil and in the current situation, there is no excess and there is cash crunch for this particular project. So it is beneficial for us to reconsider it to ensure that the national economy does not suffer and in the next few days you will hear about that project. We were asked to re-scope into phases, up to five phases so we can execute in phases according to resources of the country."

Akunyili listed other contracts in the agricultural sector to include the dams and irrigation projects to be constructed to include those in Sabke, Katsina State, (N1.19b); Ogbese, Ekiti State (N5.49b); Yobe, Katsina (N6.86b); New Nigeria Farmers project in Kwara (N2.82b); and other irrigation systems in various states (N3.71b).

Two silos are to be built in Abuja (N4.17b) and Uyo (N1.73b) while the FEC okayed the release of N4.73 billion out of the Agriculture Ministry's 2009 budget, being 25 per cent of government grant for a tractor-hiring scheme in conjunction with a private firm.

Following memos presented by the FCT Minister, the council further approved a contract of N331.98 million for consultancy services for designing roads, bridges, drainages and telecommunication facilities for roads around Abuja central area.

Also, a variation of N578.57 million was approved for a contract to complete the construction of the Shehu Shagari Presidential Complex, Abuja. The new contract sum now stands at N3.22 billion. The complex is meant to accommodate visiting heads of states and is expected to be completed in 24 months.

The FEC ratified Yar'Adua's anticipatory approval of more power projects which include purchase of 160 330KV transformers for 1.92 euros, plus N61.97 million; variation of contract sum for construction of Gombe-Yola-Jalingo transmission line to the tune of $13.51 million (now $76.76 million) and another cost

variation for the construction of switchyard for Aloji power station with the final cost at $7.63 million, plus N500.3 million.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/article01//indexn2_html?pdate=180609&ptitle=World%20Bank%20gives%20Nigeria%20$600m%20for%20power

Former Governor of Plateau State, Chief Joshua Chibi Dariye and his supporters from the Action Congress (AC) were formerly welcomed back into the Chief Emmanuel Mangni-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Plateau State.

However, the Jonah Jang- led government has described the celebration and reception as shameful and sad.

In the reception which was witnessed by mammoth crowd, comprising of old PDP members at the PDP (2) secretariat on Yakubu Gowon Way, Chairman of the Party said with the formal entrant of Chief Joshua Dariye into the party, following the lifting of his suspension, the circle of who is who in the politics of Plateau State and the PDP in particular is complete.

According to him, Chief Dariye, is a politician you can only ignore at your peril. “With the assembly of personalities at the arena today, we can say without iota of contradiction that Plateau PDP has spoken loudly and the direction is clear for all to see.”

Personalities present included former Minister of Sports, Chief Damishi Sango, former NTA Board Chairman, Yakubu Hussaini, former Speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly and his Deputy, Simeon Lalong and Alhaji Zumunta Musa, former members of state executive council under Dariye and Senator Venmark Dangin, a senator in the second republic, who was said to be representing Senator John Shagaya who, represents Plateau South in the National Assembly.

Others were Engineer Jimmy Cheto, governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Honorable Lumumba Dah Adeh represented Jos North Bassa Federal Constituency between 1999 and 2003, as well as chaqirmen of local government councils during Dariye’s tenure.

Former Deputy Senate President, Alhaji Ibrahim Mantu, Chief Solomon Lar, Ambassador Fidelis Tapgun were represented at the occasion.

The party Chairman, Chief Mangni reiterated that they had thought that the circumstances that led to the emergence of the PDP government in Plateau State would unite the party but it did not turnout to be so because after the government was formed, key stakeholders and members of the party were excluded by the Chief Jang-led administration.

Dariye, who for the first time in two years would be speaking to crowd of PDP supporters called for sober reflection because those who had disagreed must now agree because of Plateau project which is more important than any personality.

While stating that he made Plateau better than he met it, he said there must be continuity in governance and called on his supporters who are still in the Action Congress to dump the crisis-ridden party and join the mainstream politics.

http://odili.net/news/source/2009/jun/17/513.html

the fly has gotten more attention than the millions of people the USA have killed.

OgidiBoy:
@Blacksta,


Start the revolution and I'll be right behind you. All Nigerians know how to do is talk.

I am ready but we need at least 100,000 people.

Kobojunkie:
Roflmao!!! I am not sure you even understand what you just said. So, you are saying the Police force would send a Policeman into the midst of Drug dealers because the dealers would immediately say because he seems out of place means he is not out to get them?

i hope u r not saying the policeman will dress in uniform amongst drug dealers. would that not be daft?

Kobojunkie:
I don’t underestimate them. Rather, I choose not to live paranoid and suspicious of all around me. To assume that, because you have read books/watched movies of how the CIA does all it can to infiltrate any group it wants to, this man definitely has to be of the CIA is ludicrous. You really think they would try something like this --- a WHITE and out of place american in the middle in all BLACK Nigeria selling GALA, and telling people he is doing it for a research Seriously, if you do not see how ridiculously funny and absurd that is, then I will continue to wonder how you make these things make sense to you.

What will your “CIA” do next?  Send a BLACK man to infiltrate the KKK??

ROFLMAO!!! Big time!!

I mean seriously, what is the WHITE gala man after? Is he out to jeopardize Yar adua's REBRANDING _scam scheme?

U r missing the whole picture the fact that he is out of place makes suspicoius people elminate that idea in ones head that the guys is not a spy. how can they be that stupid.

U know the saying the more u look the less u see

ANYBODY here gives a shit about these ghana whingers - It is called captialist society - if you can compete u simply die.

Was the road tarred or not ?

Anything website or forum that is not real with last that long before it dies. I want worry to much this new yar mad nonsense

WAS that really breakfast it looks more like rice and beans

sAW it on sky 1 on friday  must say it was very impressive - Ajejunle is a shocking place to live  - Lord have mercy.

one Naija - have u been drinking that ghanaian dry gin - Please write clear english or may be write yoruba

please abeg

The Guy na Undercover American spy - he should be arrested and questioned.