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Our President needs to show leadership and visit Benue State

What cannot be hidden in Leadership

Leadership of a nation is such that it's either succeeding or failing, none can be hidden. There are critical areas of leadership that must exist for a nation to move forward, and these are summed up in four Cs: Competence, Capacity, Character and Compassion. Where these four are non-existent, there is no magic you can do.
It's in this line that I have always maintained that we must move away from voting based on tribe and religion, and begin to vote for people with competence, capacity, character, and compassion, because we have all seen, painfully, what leadership without these qualities has done to our country.

Competence because Nigeria today needs a leader who understands the issues, who has the knowledge, experience, and clear ideas to solve them. Capacity because it is not a ceremonial position; it requires strength, stamina, and the mental energy to confront our complex challenges. And above all, leadership must be rooted in character and integrity because without integrity, public trust collapses, corruption thrives, and selfishness takes over. But perhaps most importantly, we need compassion, because when a leader lacks compassion, human lives are treated as statistics, and suffering is ignored.

Sadly, the evidence is right before our eyes. Recently, we witnessed severe flooding in Niger State that claimed nearly 200 lives, with many still missing. Yet, not even a single presidential visit, this, in a nation where the scene of the tragedy is less than an hour away by helicopter.

Just days ago, over 200 Nigerians, innocent men, women, children, and even soldiers were massacred in Benue State. Again, no presidential visit. No physical presence at the scenes of pain. No genuine national mourning. No leadership face to comfort the grieving or give hope to the people.

Yet, we have seen what true leadership looks like elsewhere:

In India, after a plane crash killed nearly 200 people, the Prime Minister was physically at the scene within hours.

In South Africa, when floods claimed 78 lives, the president went personally to the affected communities, stood with them, and took responsibility.

That is leadership with compassion. That is leadership that understands the value of human life. But here in Nigeria, we have normalised leadership without empathy, without accountability, and without a human face.

That is why I insist: Nigeria does not just need another president; Nigeria needs a leader, a leader with competence, capacity, character, and compassion. Until we choose leaders on these principles, the cycle of pain will only continue.

A New Nigeria is POssible.

-PO

Source - PETER OBI OFFICIAL TWITTER: https://x.com/PeterObi/status/1934521414410752095?t=FoI9uAQzKXZZjXvy4kffdg&s=19

dru23:
Am curious to know the gear oil you use. You can't just use any Benz gear oil. Each oil has its own specification example......MB 236.15
MB. 236.17
MB. 236.21
The one I bought for a client is use for. ML350 2013 it has the year range of ML you can use it for. So take that into mind. You don't usually hear of Benz having gear issues as long as you use the genuine fluid.

It is better to park the car and save money for a Grade A tokunbo transmission. I repeat avoid fixing that transmission.

If any mechanic tells you he can fix the transmission please take race and run from that mechanic. There is no point fixing it and after 3months back to square........

Once you are able to get a tokunbo transmission please use the appropriate Benz fluid that matches with the year of the Benz. Make sure when the mechanic fixing the transmission has a clean environment to avoid Contamination to avoid you going back to square 1......

Benz is not easy to maintain, na person wey chop belly full dey drive Benz..

my client that I got the gear oil spend over 250k for the. Original gear oil from Benz dealership....

Goodmorning

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Why would they go as far as trying to assassinate the Man

Donald Trump has been rushed off the stage after gunshots were heard as he addressed a crowd at a rally in Pennsylvania.

Secret Service agents dashed up to the former president and quickly removed him from the stage in Butler.

Mr Trump could be seen ducking for cover behind the lectern.

The former president was then driven quickly from the scene in an armoured vehicle.

LINK :https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/07/13/donald-trump-speech-shooting-latest-news

Nlfpmod

Nigerians we are in trouble

MPH Rail Development Ltd., a United Kingdom-based private company with no history of rail construction and owned by Adeyemi Sabitun Ikuforiji, is on the verge of securing a rail construction contract from the federal government.

Ikuforiji was the speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly from 2005 to 2015. His legislative leadership partly coincided with the last two years of Bola Tinubu as Lagos governor, 1999 to 2007.

He co-owns the company with Gbadamosi Mudashiru Oriyomi, Jason Andrew, Osinowo Dacosta Rotimi, Osinowo Olubode Sayeed and Smith David Neil, according to the UK’s Companies House. Apart from Andrew, Rotimi and Neil with UK addresses, others used their Lagos addresses on the company’s profile.

On Friday, Said Ahmed Alkali, the minister of transportation, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the company to enable it to “carry out the design, construction, commissioning, operation and transfer of the Port-Harcourt–Enugu–Calabar–Abuja Standard Gauge Rail Line on Public–Private Partnership basis”.

The execution of the MoU is a prelude to the final award of the contract that may run into billions of naira by the Federal Executive Council, constitutionally chaired by the president.

“This development will enable the company to concentrate on preparing relevant documents to support a request for approval of the Federal Executive Council to execute the project,” the March 13 statement, signed by Olujimi Oyetomi, the director, press and public relations at the ministry, read in part.

MORE ABOUT THE COMPANY
Andrew registered the company in 2019 as Mordecai JB Ltd., with him as the only director

On December 12, 2020, Neil was appointed as a director and a person with significant control at the company. On February 16, 2021, the company’s name was changed to MPH Rail Development Ltd.

With evidence of dormancy and a compulsory strike-off notice by the authorities, the company first co-opted Ikuforiji and Rotimi as directors on October 30, 2023, in an approach that shows its entry into Nigeria.

The company further brought Sayeed and Oriyomi on board as directors on January 16. This increased its Nigerian ownership. However, there is no evidence of its previous project handling in Nigeria or in the UK.

IKUFORIJI’S ONGOING MONEY LAUNDERING TRIAL
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) believes Ikuforiji used his former position for conspiracy and money laundering alongside Oyebode Atoyebi, who was his aide.

The EFCC has been prosecuting them in court since 2012 on a 54-count charge on conspiracy and money laundering amounting to N338.8 million.

They allegedly obtained N4.5 million to renovate the speaker’s residence, N1.5 million for the speaker’s guest house and N13.5 million for honorarium for six months in a row.

Both suspects have denied the allegations, with Ikuforiji describing his trial as political. He claimed the foundation of his trial was a petition by an unknown person accusing him of stealing public funds to the tune of N7 billion from the legislature.

Before now, Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Lagos Federal High Court pronounced that the anti-corruption office had no case against them. The EFCC, however, appealed the judgement and the appellate court ordered a retrial in 2016.

Now before Justice Mohammed Liman, the trial has been stalled several times. A letter by the defence team seeking an adjournment stalled the hearing on November 20, 2023.

https://fij.ng/article/without-obvious-rail-construction-history-lagos-ex-speakers-company-about-to-get-multi-billion-naira-port-harcourt-abuja-standard-gauge-rail-contract/

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Addme:
Op, this is not just for CoP28, that's the official estacode for all government officials that travel out of the country at every occasion.
That's why you see them wanting to travel abroad at any given point.
It must be said that this didn't start with Tinubu, it has been like that since 1999 only that they "RMAFC" always review it mostly upward.
This is the kind of waste our government spend on while they tell us to tighten our own belt.

Yeah

It's a pity that this present government does not even want to pretend to cut the cost of governance

Racoon:
See what these bastards are stealling. This is minus their allowance, salaries, and the other ones they are stealing by the side ways. Yet they are quick to endure the hardship they are inflicting on the downtrodden masses.

Them no even send us

Lanretoye:
so if you see it,you will go and retrieve it from them

They deserve to know how their taxes are being used ... Abi Na free money?

Nigeria has a spending problem and not a revenue problem

Who can tag FrontPage moderator

Nigerians need to see this information

This is extremely sad to see

A broke country living luxuriously

🇳🇬 ESTACODE PER NIGHT

1 Minister: $900
2 Minister of State: $900
3 Special Adviser: $800
4 Director General of MDA: $900
5 Chief Justice of Nigeria: $2,000
6 Justice of Supreme Court: $1,300
7 Appeal Court President: $1,300
8 Judges of Courts: $1,100 / $600
9 Senate President: $1,300
10 Dep Senate President: $1,100
11 Senator: $950
12 House of Rep Speaker: $1,200
13 Deputy Speaker: $1,000
14 House Member: $900
15 Commissioners: $600
16 Special Adviser (State): $500
17 DG/Perm Sec (State): $500
18 House Assembly Speaker: $700
19 Dep House Speaker: $650
20 House Member (State): $600
21 LGA Chairman/Vice: $450
22 Supervisory Councilor: $400
23 LGA Special Adviser: $400
24 LGA Legislative leader: $225
25 Dep LGA Leg. Leader: $220
26 Councilor of LGA: $210

#Statisense
(RMAFC)

SOURCE https://twitter.com/StatiSense/status/1731396287608635529?t=PnbDWz34LwbEZGZIUUma7w&s=19

The comments here show why it will be hard for Nigeria to move forward.... You will leave the message and start insulting the messenger

In a twist of sad irony, let me congratulate the giant of Africa, Nigeria, for matching the great China, with the same number of contingents at the ongoing COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Nigeria's contingent to COP28 totaled 1411, the same number as the Chinese contingents. While China's budget for 2024 is about $4 trillion, about $2,860 per head; Nigeria's budget is about $33 billion, about $165 per head. China has a high Human Development Index, HDI, with a ranking of 79 out of 191 countries measured, and Nigeria has a low HDI, with a ranking of 163 out of 191 countries measured. Nigeria has more people living in ‘Multi-Dimensional’ poverty than China, despite China having seven times our population. Most importantly, the vast majority of those in the Nigerian delegation to COP28 are either non relevant civil servants or relations, friends and hangers-on of high government officials. Most of them hardly understand or have anything to do with Climate Change. This huge contingent is out at public expense at a time when most Nigerians can hardly afford food and basic needs as a result of economic hardship. I pray earnestly that a day will come soon enough when we can focus on competing with China on productivity and the miracle of migrating the highest number of its citizens out of poverty over a relatively short time. As we have kept emphasizing, we must stop waste as a a tradition of our government and nation. We urgently need to cut the cost of governance and invest in production. We need to de-emphasize unnecessary ceremony and showmanship as a mode of government behaviour.We need to tie spending to necessity and national Priority. A New Nigeria is possible. We only need to do the reasonable and the necessary. -PO

SOURCE : https://twitter.com/PeterObi/status/1731254470346940604?t=l4JJH27v9bIwWO5eNstmtQ&s=19

YorubaDemonswag:
Yes I'm not educated,are you happy now

Ok No Wonder

Sorry for engaging

YorubaDemonswag:
Slave and master's affair, third class citizens greeting his first class maters

Why can't you be civil?

Are you not educated?

WHO IS THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION IN NIGERIA NOW?

PETER OBI OR ATIKU