₦airaland Forum

Salewa97:
Wike too dey do emotional things.

How can you be crying because of market women cheering you.

Abeg

ycat:
Says who?

We are loving president Tinubu tenure and by end of next year, things should be stabilizing and better, and by 2026, we should start enjoying dividends of democracy. And in 2027, lo ba tun wole and keep Nigeria great.

Kushites:
WAITING TO KICK HIM OUT SO THAT THEY CAN GO BACK TO BORROWING 10 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TO PAY FUEL SUBSIDIES, AND THEN COMPLAIN WHEN THERE IS NO MONEY TO BUILD THE COUNTRY, BECAUSE ALL WE ARE DOING IS REPAYING BACK LOANS PLUS INTEREST WITH OUR TINY OIL INCOME.

THOUGHTLESS PEOPLE.

TINUBU, PLEASE RESIGN AND LEAVE THE COUNTRY FOR THEM.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY YOU BOTHER.

blacknp:
I have noticed of late Robert Carlos that your level of wailing has intensified tremendously, you never even reach midterm yet of Tinubu’s 4 year mandate, & you done dey already enter this level of frustration?

Sorry for you, you better get with the program if you know what is genuine for you.

livinbygrace:
Lol!!You think say Tinubu na Jonathan?As far as this man he still alive he will not only rule for 8 years but still appoint his anointed candidate after his 8years.

One of the grounds on which Supreme Court judges “mutinied” in June 2022, leading to the forced exit of Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed as Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, was inadequate housing for judicial officers. They complained that many of them lived in rented apartments which rendered them vulnerable.

On the face of it, the move by the Bola Tinubu administration to build 40 units of houses for judicial officers in Abuja is a step towards addressing the issue. In September 2024, the Federal Executive Council approved the project which was handed over to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to implement in the Katamkpe District.


However, Wike’s involvement is criticised as an “inducement” of the Judiciary. Rights activist, Femi Falana, in a television interview, said it is unconstitutional for the Executive to build houses for judges, more so as it is contrary to the concept of judicial autonomy. While authorising the project, President Tinubu had also claimed that provision of adequate housing would “promote judicial autonomy”.


It is beyond argument that adequate housing will foster productivity and independence of judicial officers. The real question is: who should implement it to ensure autonomy of the judiciary?

The Executive Arm of Government believes it has the constitutional preserve to budget, award contracts and implement projects for all branches of government, including the Legislative and Judicial Arms.

However, the concept of autonomy or independence demands that the Judiciary in particular should be able to budget, award contracts for its own projects and implement them to prevent the need to depend on the good graces of outsiders.

As Falana pointed out, the Constitution has been amended to vest all funds due to the Judicial Arm on the National Judicial Council, NJC. This is the governing body of the Judiciary. It should be allowed to assess all the needs of the Judiciary (including housing), present its budget to the National Assembly and be directly allocated its funds to carry out its programmes.


A situation where the Executive continues to pick and choose what the Judiciary should get, when and how it gets it, is totally contrary to judicial autonomy. It still amounts to paying the piper and calling the tune. Wike is a frequenter of courthouses for political favours. He should not be building houses for judges.

This is more so now that the Judiciary has become, to the discomfiture of our democracy, a “big player” in our elections. Most electoral contests are now decided by the judiciary. The Judiciary has become almost as important a “referee” as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Allowing the Executive to dish out favours to judicial officers is akin to the players in a game providing welfare for the referee.

That is not acceptable.

FreeIgboho:
Emphatically, they CAN'T. Same way APC is winning all over despite abysmal performance. Same way, there'd be all sorts of noise-making, in the end Tinubu will be announced the winner by a wide mergin!

yarimo:
Seyi TINUBU has constitutional rights to contest as Lagos state governor

Richtaiwo:
No be only 30m. Make she go collect $30b na.

If that is the case, govt should start paying some of the detained Boko Haram terrorists because they are all terrorist groups.

odejimioflagos:
Wike is a great man.

givedemwotowoto:
Nigerians in the SS, SE, SW, NW, NE, and NC can’t wait

Apcshyte:
These thugs should be arrested

7upnigeria:
If your father had half of Tinubu's achievements, you'll not be a nuisance on social media.

finni:
You are just a pathetic loser like Peterobi.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has again slammed President Bola Tinubu’s seemingly insatiable appetite for foreign loans.

Atiku said this against the backdrop of Thursday’s National Assembly approval of the President’s request to borrow N1.7 trillion from external sources.

The Turakin Adamawa said in a statement released in Abuja that “the recent report released by the World Bank, showing Nigeria as the third most indebted country to the International Development Association (IDA), is very concerning.

“This report is coming just when the government has already sent a proposal to the National Assembly signalling an intention to borrow an additional N1.7tn being shortfall in the 2024 budget through Euro Bonds.

“What makes this particular loan proposal even more concerning is that it is benchmarked at the exchange rate of 1 USD to N800, whereas the current exchange rate from the Central Bank of Nigeria stands at over N1,600 to 1 USD.

“Nigeria is sinking further in debt, and the National Assembly has become an accomplice once more.

“Tinubu had, in July this year, boasted that the FIRS and Customs under his watch have collected all-time high revenues to finance the budget.

“Why then are they still borrowing? There is something that they are not telling Nigerians, even as they are being crushed by a combination of their failed trial-and-error policies and loan rackets.

“These Tinubu’s loans are bone-crushing to Nigerians and bringing insufferable pressure on the economy, especially when they are not properly negotiated and utilised.

“It is concerning that the voracious appetite for these humongous loans is powered by corruption and not for infrastructure and development needs.

“A report by Budgit, a budget watchdog, has disclosed that the 2024 budget is a mess because of the level of pork associated with it.

Kdon2:
You mean naanu from consumption to production Bangladesh to china go and verify ba😝

helinues:
One chronic wailer spotted

helinues:
Wailers should go and get a meaningful life. Abi seh Dem swear wailing for some of una ni

Some of you have stopped living because of president Tinubu