₦airaland Forum

Kukutente23:
Na wa o
When he was working, you guys said he was fighting his godfather

Now that he's a lame duck, you're still angry at him for being subservient

What exactly do you guys want from him

OMEGA009:
Who dey see this cloth for Gen. Musa? Does he not have any native attire? He wore same design to his senate screening

DSS1335:
This one is not even close to the hypocrisy of Rivers state house of Assembly that dedicated a whole session yesterday to pass a vote of confidence and endorse Tinubu for 2nd term despite the ravaging insecurities. Imagine a full fledged PDP members openly engaging in antiparty activities. They did it before when they openly decamped to APC but the all knowing supreme Court jurist in their puerile wisdom ruled otherwise

SixSeven:
The US does not need to ask. Whenever US announces its policies, it affects other countries and they don't want to offend them so it automatically applies to them. If US puts you on a ban list, you are already there on behalf of other countries.

Dogalmighty17:
Musa is minister of defense and not CDS. H
e is already retired from service. Musa may not even be taking orders from Tinubu. Musa was appointed under pressure from the US. It can be said that Musa presently is more powerful than Tinubu.
Who backs Tinubu? The Nigerian armed forces.
Who backs Musa? The military of the United States.
There is a reason why the US wanted him there. They will bypass Tinubu and relate straight with Musa. [

Matawalle will resign in the coming days.

trutharena:
Trump really has that diplomatic swagger.

Rivers State Governor, Siminialayi Fubara and the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, are at loggerheads over the deplorable conditions of public schools particularly primary and secondary schools in the state.

Amaewhule while addressing lawmakers decried the deplorable conditions of schools across the state, attributing the development to abandonment by the executive arm of the government.

He said, “Public Schools in Rivers State particularly at the primary and secondary level are generally in deplorable condition. It’s a fact. The reason is because of abandonment by people who are supposed to be doing the needful.

“As at yesterday the House committee Chairman on Education found out that one teacher is teaching two classes. Two classes are in one classroom being taught by one teacher, primary one 1 and 2.

“So, the teacher will teach primary 1 a little while primary 2 is listening to primary 1 class. Then primary one will stop listening while the teacher will teach primary 2. Maybe they are blocking their ears and they are in the same classroom, no toilet, no electricity, yet that school is sharing fence with the PHED headquarters, no electricity, no security.

“That same school is directly opposite the police headquarters, meanwhile vandals have taken over the school. They destroy the little facilities they have there. The worst of it is that upon what we said when this motion came up nothing has happened”.

Amaewhule lamented that despite the complaints of the Assembly through its resolutions the executive arm led by Fubara had refused to remedy the situation.

He said, “The Rivers State Executive Council has not done anything. They have nothing to remedy the situation. This is a sad commentary. Something has to be done for our schools, for our children, for the future of this state.

“Our primary and secondary schools cannot remain like this. They cannot remain without teachers. When the last administration was leaving they plan for the employment of people, I think 10,000 across the state took place, interviews. What has happened?

“People were not employed, but when it is time for protest funds will come for people to go and protest. When it is time to employ teachers and make teachers to be in the classroom there will be no money. We cannot continue to keep quiet.

“We cannot continue to fold our arms while our children continue to suffer, while teachers continue to cry. How will anyone believe that in the year 2025 in a state like Rivers State one teacher will be teaching two classrooms under one roof?

“How would anyone believe a school that is very close to the Government House in the year 2025 that pedestrians will be called to come and teach people because there are no teachers? It is an abomination, it is an aberration and it is unacceptable. Something has to be done. We will not allow this indolence to continue.”

Amaewhule insisted that the assembly would not allow the sorry state of schools to continue adding that the lawmakers must act on complaints from parents.

The speaker said there was no reason for such abandonment disclosing that the former Sole Administrator, Rear Admiral Ibok Ibas left over N600bn in the coffers of the state.

He said, “We are the only people mandated by law to fight for our parents. Parents are crying. The complaints we are getting, the pictures they are sending to us are coming from parents from Township School 2.

“The other day somebody went to a school in Etche and saw children inside the classroom with even weed on their roof. How the weed went to their roof and they are learning under I don’t imagine. I’m trying to remember the name of that community now. It is appalling.

“Is it that we don’t have funds in the state? Of course we have! As at the time the administrator, Ibas was leaving, he left over N600 billion in the accounts of Rivers State. Over N600 billion by October, can’t such funds be used to remedy the situation in our schools?”.

But Fubara while replying Amaewhule said that improving the poor state of education in Rivers State was a top priority of his administration, announcing that the sector would receive the largest allocation in the 2026 budget.

The governor spoke while declaring open the 123/124 combined quarterly meeting of the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers in Port Harcourt.

He admitted that many schools across the state were in bad shape but stressed that the decay did not happen overnight.

According to him, the deterioration predated his government and was one of the major issues used by opponents during the 2023 election campaigns.

The governor said his team was working strategically to reverse the decline, noting that his background in public administration guided his approach to planning and reform.

On healthcare, the governor pointed to the ongoing upgrade of zonal hospitals and other interventions in the healthcare workers welfare as evidence of improved service delivery in the sector.

Speaking on employment, Fubara said the government remained committed to creating jobs but insisted that recruitment, including the anticipated 10,000 openings, would be based on the needs of the state, adding that the exercise would not be politicised.

Monday’s meeting, which was the 3rd and 4th combined session of the year and the fourth since he assumed office, also provided an opportunity for Fubara to commend traditional rulers for their role in resolving the political impasse that once threatened stability in the state.

geezville86:
I agree, the man’s political sagacity will be seriously tested yet again. Just amazed at how he played Baba Iyabo in 2003, when PDP swept the entire south west, except for Lagos. 2027 will be a much bigger test. Was not a fan of any of the frontline presidential candidates in 2023, but I’ve got to say the man is an expedient class act in naija politics.

Pootle:
another problem of the country,

you that could not stand that ikwerre man and you ran out of rivers because of him.

the billions you spent on the rail line is also there,

as minister of transport nothing tangible can be looked at as your achievement.

under your watch as governor oil bunkering was at its peak, ikwerre man did more to fight them than you.

tempex88:
Penalty for non-payment should not be revocation. As of today, most Banks do not accept valid FCT land title document as collateral for loans. They have seen that anything can happen under Wike's leadership

geoworldedu:
Facing Wike is enough for me. E sweet my belle die.

lilsmart:
So businesses that Drive the economy should be on hold till the perfect their documentation

lilsmart:
My brother, sorry to talk, but it look like you no even get the point at all. Nobody dey talk about making anybody above the law. We dey talk about the collateral damage wey this action cause.

Where you dey see "equality for law," we dey see economy for trouble. The anger wey dey your own comment, I no even know where e come from. This matter no be about "comply or no comply." E be about how government policy fit wound an entire market and scatter people wey just dey try to do their business.

You talk say "perfect your title," but the main problem na say BANKS DON DEY REFUSE LAND DOCUMENTS ALTOGETHER. Na so e serious! I go say the title even need upgrade

Abi you think say businesses na magic wey dem dey run? You think say people just get millions for pocket to do business? NO! Most business dey run on loan. And how you go get loan? Na to use your asset, like your land or your house, as collateral for bank. Na so the money dey enter the economy, business dey run, turnover dey happen, and loan dey pay back.

Now, if bank no dey collect land again, how business go survive? How person go expand? Where the money go come from? This policy just dey cut the oxygen wey the economy dey breathe. E dey take money comot from people pocket directly.