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The Osun State government led by the embattled governor,
Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola has begun the part
payment of salary arrears it owes his workers.
Having being paid since February, the Local Government
Workers in Osun State have started to collect their March
and April 2015 salaries The alerts for the payment have started coming in from
Friday June 26, 2015 afternoon.
It was also gathered that workers in others categories in
the state would get their payment early next week
starting from Monday June 29, 2015 as promised by
Governor Rauf Aregbesola.
Impeccable sources in the state revealed that labour
unions rejected the option by the government to pay them
two to three months and return to their duties posts.
They insisted that they (workers) would collect nothing less
than five months salaries before they would call off the
on-going strike in the state.
The State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC),
Jacob Adekomi, was said to have handed down the
decision during a meeting with government officials in the
state.
But, the government made it clear that there was no way
it could raise five months salaries at once presently, and
that payment had to be gradual.


Source....... www.newspunch.org/aregbesola-begins-payment-of-osun-workers-salaries/

I vote JARIZOD cc:nljega

The rise and fall of Muslim Brotherhood Party in Egypt
suppose to be a great lesson to APC!
If President Buhari can't call all APC Legislators into
order, i bet he may be d one to loose everything!
The rebels legislators see the party decission as one man
order and if Buhari keep mute i bet things may
boomerang and cause a fatal blow to our democracy
I wish to write more but i reserve my view till further
observation!

NIGERIANS that have expressed surprise that each
senator receives N506,600 per annum as wardrobe
allowance may be in for a shocker as the lawmakers
receive far more allowances under different other
categories.
Investigation by our correspondent on Monday showed that
senators’ allowances totalled N18,642,880 on annual basis.
In all, the allowance each senator receives is nine times
more than his annual salary.
A senator’s salary is pegged at N2,026,400 per annum.
Each senator or a member of the House of
Representatives is entitled to 19 different allowances.
These allowances are for vehicle maintenance and fuelling;
domestic staff, entertainment, utilities, personal assistant,
constituency, wardrobe, house maintenance, newspapers,
recess, accommodation, furniture, severance, tour duty,
estacode, special assistant, security, legislative aide and
medical.
These allowances are specified in the Remuneration
Package for Political, Public and Judicial Office Holders
prepared by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal
Commission.
On an annual basis, the 107 senators receive N1,994,788,160
as allowances. Only 107 senators are eligible for these
allowances. The President of the Senate and Deputy
President of the Senate receive fewer allowances
because most of their needs are fully provided for by the
state.
For members of the House, the annual allowances payable
are about eight times higher than their annual salaries.
While the annual salary of a House member is pegged at
N1,985,212.50, the annual allowances add up to
N15,286,135.25. This means that the 358 members of the
House (excluding the speaker and the deputy speaker) get
N5,472,436,419.5 annually in allowances.
The allowances, however, are in categories. Some are
tagged regular while others are tagged irregular
allowances.
Regular allowances are those that are paid on monthly
basis along with the monthly salaries while irregular
allowances are paid at other intervals, ranging from annual
to once in four years.
There are also other allowances not included in this
calculation that are paid not at any fixed periods but as
many times as they occur in the year.
The allowances are calculated as percentages of the
annual salaries. While some are higher than the annual
salaries, others are lower.
Basically, both senators and Reps are paid the same
percentages of their salaries as allowances, except the
constituency allowance where senators are paid 250 per
cent while Reps get 100 per cent of their annual salaries.
Vehicle maintenance and fuelling allowance is 75 per cent;
domestic staff, 75 per cent; entertainment, 30 per cent;
utilities, 30 per cent; wardrobe, 25 per cent; newspapers,
15 per cent; house maintenance, five per cent; and personal
assistants, 25 per cent.
For a senator, therefore, the vehicle maintenance and
fuelling allowance adds up to N1,519,800; domestic staff, N1,
519,800; entertainment, N607,920; utilities, N607,920;
wardrobe, N506,600; newspapers, N303,960; house
maintenance, N101,320; constituency, N5,066,000; personal
assistant, N506,600.
For a member of the House of Representatives, the
vehicle maintenance and fuelling allowance comes up to
N1,488,909.40; domestic staff, N1,488,909.40; entertainment,
N595,563.75; utilities, 595,563.75; wardrobe, N496,303.12;
newspapers, N303,960; house maintenance, N99,260.62;
constituency, N1,985,212.50; and personal assistant, N
496,303.12.
The irregular allowances include housing allowance, 200 per
cent of the Reps annual salaries; furniture allowance, 300
per cent; recess allowance, 10 per cent and severance
allowance, 300 per cent.
Housing allowance is paid once a year. Furniture allowance is
paid once in four years and recess allowance is paid when
the lawmakers are on recess and they go on recess four
times in a year. Severance allowance is at the end of the
four-year tenure.
The housing allowance of a senator is N4,053,800. The
furniture allowance is N6,079,200. On annualised basis, the
furniture allowance is N1,519,800. The recess allowance
climbs to N810,560 if they go on recess four times a year.
The severance allowance is N6,079,200. On annual basis, it
comes down to N1,519,800.
For Reps, the housing allowance is N3,970,425. The furniture
allowance is N5,955,637.50. Annually, the furniture
allowance comes down to N1, 488,909.38. Also, recess
allowance comes up to N794, 084. The severance allowance
is N5,955,637.50. On annual basis, it comes down to
N1,488,909.38.
There are other allowances that the lawmakers are not
paid directly but provided and paid for by the government.
These are allowances for special assistants, security and
legislative aides. What this means is that those engaged in
these capacities are paid directly by the government as
the allowances cannot be claimed by political office holders.
These allowances apply to senators and Reps.
Medical expenses are also borne by the government when
the lawmakers have need for the services.
The lawmakers are also entitled to tour duty allowance and
estacode whenever they travel out of the country. For a
senator, the tour duty allowance is N37,000 per night while
the estacode is $950 per night.
For a member of the House of Representatives, the tour
duty allowance is N35,000 per night while the estacode is
$900 per night.
Although political office holders in the country are among
the highest paid government officials in the world, our
correspondent reports that the worry of many Nigerians is
not what they earn officially but what accrues to them
through self-appropriation and corruption.
The budget of the National Assembly is never broken into
components and efforts to get them to break down the
budget have not yielded the required result even after
the invocation of the Freedom of Information Act.
Lawmakers are known to collect huge quarterly allocations,
some of which are ostensibly designated for constituency
projects. The constituency allowance is different from the
constituency project fund.
Constituency allowance is paid for the maintenance of
constituency office and contact while constituency project
fund are appropriated to enable the lawmakers to execute
projects in their constituencies.




Source......... www.punchng.com/news/senators-allowances-nine-times-higher-than-basic-pay/

Akure —Former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of
Technology Akure FUTA, Prof Albert Ilemobade was
yesterday abducted by gunmen.
Ilemobade was the vice chancellor between 1987 to 1995.
He was said to have been abducted alongside with his
gateman at his Ijapo residence, in Akure, the Ondo state
capital.
Ilemobade, a septuagenarian was said to have been
abducted by gunmen at his residence.
The house maid reportedly saw the gunmen when they took
the former don away.
The gunmen on their arrival at the residence of the
former Vice Chancellor approached the gateman, but
before he knew what was happening a gun was reportedly
pointed at him and he was asked to lead them to the
living room where the former Vice Chancellor was accosted
and asked to follow them to their vehicle.
Vanguard gathered that the gate man was bundled into
the vehicle when he attempted to raise an alarm.
They reportedly whisked them away to an unknown
destination.
His car was later abandoned by his kidnappers along Ijare
road .
Family members of the abducted former Vice Chancellor
have besieged his residence.
The Police Image Maker Wole Ogodo said investigation into
the matter is in progress.
It will be recalled that the Executive secretary of Cocoa
Association of Nigeria CAN Mr Michael Adewunmi who was
kidnapped last week has been released after the family
paid an undisclosed amount as ransom.
Adewunmi was abducted on his way to his office in Akure

Source............ www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/gunmen-abduct-futas-septuagenarian-ex-vc/

Source..... www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/i-regret-inability-to-pay-salaries-aregbesola/

Osogbo—Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has
expressed regret over his inability to pay salaries for
months now.
He however added that contrary to reports, he was not
helpless about the unpaid salaries of civil servants in his
state because he has Allah.
Delivering a Ramadan Lecture at the Women Development
Centre, Abuja, the governor used the occasion to debunk
reports that he ever said he was ‘helpless’.
He delivered a lecture titled : “Ramadan, Living in The
Season of Positive Change”at the event organised by the
Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society.
Aregbesola said, “It is extremely painful that I cannot pay
salary. It is painful that I have to be in this condition.
“I am not helpless because I have Allah and the people
with me. And whoever has Allah and the people has
everything,” he said, assuring that he was making efforts
to pay the outstanding salaries of the civil servants soon.
He noted that the state borrowed up to N25 billion from
banks to support the allocation from the federation account
to pay workers salaries but the banks have refused to
continue lending him money.
He explained that the state’s wage bill was N3.5 billion
monthly and his administration has found it difficult to pay in
the face of dwindling allocation in spite of increase in the
Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from N900 million to N8
billion annually.
Aregbosola
“I didn’t envisage that 400,000 barrels of crude oil would
be stolen daily. But the whipping boys must be the
governors and I am the ‘Chief’ of the whipping boys,”
Aregbesola said.
He expressed delight with the re-emergence of
Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s leader. Also, the governor
hailed the Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society which organized
the event.
Aregbesola said “terrorism is a challenge to Islam and it is
the Muslims who will solve it”.
He maintained that Islam does not support killing without
judicial ruling.
Some of the dignitaries at the lecture included Chief
Justice of the Federation, Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais,
wife of Nasarawa state governor, Mrs Mairo Al-makura,
Senators Abubakar Sodangi and Khairat Gwadwabe as well
as a former Minister of National Planning, Dr. Abubakar
Suleiman and many more.
Meantime, the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, in Osun State
has described as insensitive and callous the statement
credited to the ruling All Progressives Congress APC that
workers in Osun state constitute less than one percent of
the population.
Speaking on behalf of the party Prince Diran Odeyemi, the
Director, Media and Strategy said the APC has publicly
shown to the world that it has lost focus and not
responsive to the plight of Osun citizens.
According to the party, “The APC arithmetic of 1% civil
servant is a formular coined for them after the election
forgetting that these hard working servants are financiers
of over 90% of the populace in the state. Source....... www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/i-regret-inability-to-pay-salaries-aregbesola/

I need bold 2........hw much?

As a prelude to setting up his
administration, President
Muhammadu Buhari has
reportedly handed over the 800-
page Transition Committee
Report to a trusted team of his
associates, headed by former
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde
Fashola.
Fashola is being tipped to
emerge as Chief of Staff to the
President because of his pedigree
as a former Chief of Staff,
governor and a Senior Advocate
of Nigeria.
According to VANGUARD, Buhari
instructed that after all others
had completed working on
transition report, they should
hand over the voluminous
document to Fashola to reduce
into an implementable format
for him to read and take
necessary actions.
“Hopefully, from next week,
some appointments would be
announced. Buhari is a fast
reader and he will be able to
take immediate actions based on
the transition report.”

Nigeria - According to PUNCH,
posters and banners of a former
Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju
Ahmed Tinubu, had disappeared
from the All Progressive
Congress' national secretariat in
Abuja.
His banners were hitherto pasted
side by side those of President
Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-
President Yemi Osinbajo.
Most of the banners were put up
by individuals and groups
supporting the APC.
It is not clear what led to the
disappearance of the posters and
banners.

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Hmmmn

Watching in 3D ⌚

eleojo23:
Good write up.
@borlarge, arrange the post well to make it look more presentable.

okay

(1) Christ Is Someone To Know And Trust


Christ is more than a system, tradition, or belief. He is a
Person who knows our needs, feels our pain, and
sympathizes with our weakness. In exchange for our trust,
He offers to forgive our sins, to intercede for us, and to
bring us to His Father. He cried for us, died for us, and
rose from the dead to show that He was all He claimed
to be. Conquering death, He showed us that He can save
us from our sins, live His life through us on earth, and then
bring us safely to heaven. He offers Himself as a gift to
anyone who will trust Him ( John 20:24-31 ).

(2)Religion Is Something To Believe And Do

Religion is believing in God, attending religious services,
taking catechism, being baptized, and receiving communion.
Religion is tradition, ritual, ceremony, and learning the
difference between right and wrong. Religion is reading
and memorizing Scripture, offering prayers, giving to the
poor, and celebrating religious holy days. Religion is singing in
the choir, helping the poor, and making amends for past
wrongs. Religion is something that was practiced by the
Pharisees, those Scripture-loving, conservative, separatistic,
spiritual leaders who hated Christ enough to call for His
death. They hated Him not only because He broke their
traditions in order to help people ( Matthew 15:1-9 ) but
because He saw through their religion to their hearts.

(3)Religion Doesn’t Change Hearts


Jesus likened the religious Pharisees to a group of
dishwashers who clean the outside of a cup while leaving
the inside dirty. He said, “Now you Pharisees make the
outside of the cup and dish clean, but your inward part is
full of greed and wickedness. Foolish ones! Did not He who
made the outside make the inside also?” (Luke 11:39-40 ).
Jesus knew that a person can change his image without
changing his act ( Matthew 23:1-3 ). He knew that religious
credentials and ceremony cannot change the heart. He told
one of the most religious men of His day that unless a
person is “born again” by the Spirit, he cannot see the
kingdom of God ( John 3:3 ). Yet from that day until now,
many of the most religious people in the world continue to
forget that while religion can give attention to outward
appearance, only Christ can change the heart.

(4)Religion Makes Much Of Little

Jesus spoke to religionists who had a passion for detail
when He said, “Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God
a tenth of your mint, rue, and all other kinds of garden
herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You
should have practiced the latter without leaving the
former undone” ( Luke 11:42 ). Jesus saw our tendency to
make rules and to focus on “morally correct” behavior
instead of keeping our eyes on the bigger issue of why we
are trying to be so right. While the Pharisees were big on
knowledge carried out to its logical conclusions, they forgot
that God doesn’t care how much we know until He knows
how much we care. It was this greater “why” that the
apostle Paul had in mind when he wrote, “If I speak in the
tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only
a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. . . . If I give all I
possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,
but have not love, I gain nothing” ( 1 Corinthians 13:1,3 ).
Religion Offers The Approval Of Men Rather Than God
Jesus reserved His strongest criticism for religious people
who used their spiritual reputation to get social attention
and honors. To such religionists Jesus said, “Woe to you
Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues
and greetings in the marketplaces” ( Luke 11:43 ). Then,
speaking to His disciples, He said of the Pharisees, “All
their works they do to be seen by men” (Matthew 23:5 ).
Jesus saw clearly into the practice of religion, which holds
the opinions and attention of man to be more important and
desirable than the approval of God.

(5)Religion Makes Hypocrites Of Us

Jesus said, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
For you are like graves which are not seen, and the men
who walk over them are not aware of them” ( Luke 11:44 ).
What looks better than being dressed right, attending
religious services, and doing things that mark us as decent,
God-fearing people? Yet how many religious scholars,
ministers, and faithful followers withhold honor and
encouragement from their wives, attention from their
children, and love from their doctrinal enemies? Jesus
knew what we often forget: What looks good may have a
heart of evil.

(6)Religion Makes A Hard Life Harder

Because religion cannot change a heart, it tries to control
people with laws and expectations that are not even kept
by the religionists who interpret and apply the rules. With
this “burden factor” in mind, Jesus said, “Woe to you also,
lawyers [experts in religious law]! For you load men with
burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the
burdens with one of your fingers” (Luke 11:46 ). Religion is
good at describing high standards of right behavior and
relationships, but poor at giving real and merciful help to
those who realize they have not lived up to those
expectations.

(7)Religion Makes It Easy To Deceive Ourselves

It’s been jokingly said, “I love humanity. It’s people I can’t
stand.” The Pharisees acted out a similar idea, but it
wasn’t funny. According to Jesus, the Pharisees prided
themselves in honoring and building memorials to the
prophets. The irony is that when they met a real prophet
they wanted to kill Him. Barclay says, “The only prophets
they admired were dead prophets; when they met a living
one, they tried to kill Him. They honored the dead prophets
with tombs and memorials, but they dishonored the living
ones with persecution and death.” This is the point Jesus
made in Luke 11:47-51 and in a parallel passage in Matthew
23:29-32 . The Pharisees had fooled themselves. They didn’t
think of themselves as prophet-killers. Religionists don’t see
themselves as the God-rejecting people they are.


(Religion Hides The Key Of Knowledge


One of the greatest dangers of religion is that it causes us
to be a danger not only to ourselves but also to others. To
the very religious biblical experts of His day Jesus said,
“Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of
knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who
were entering in you hindered” ( Luke 11:52 ). Religionists
take away “the key of knowledge” by distracting people
from the Word of God and from a “right attention of
heart” by the unnecessary additions of denominationally
correct traditions and expectations. Rather than leading
people to God, religionists shift the focus to themselves and
their own rules. Religionists are those who trust the
beliefs and actions of their religion to do what only Christ
can do.

(9)Religion Leads Its Converts Astray

In Matthew 23:15 Jesus said, “Woe to you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win
one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as
much a son of hell as yourselves.” Converts of religion are in
double jeopardy. They bring a double enthusiasm to their
new way of life, and with zeal they blindly defend their
blind teachers. They put themselves in the trust of people
who have exchanged a system of rules and traditions for
the life, forgiveness, and relationship of an infinite Savior.

(10)Religion is important in its place

( James 1:26-27 ), but only
when it points us to the Christ who died for our sins and
who now offers to live His life through those who trust
Him (Galatians 2:20 ; Titus 3:5 ).
You’re Not Alone
You’re Not Alone
You’re not alone if you find yourself honestly unconvinced
about whether Christ rose from the dead. But keep in
mind that Jesus promised God’s help to those who want to
be right with God. He said, “If anyone chooses to do God’s
will, he will find out whether My teaching comes from God
or whether I speak on My own” ( John 7:17 NIV ).
If you do see the reasonableness of the resurrection, keep
in mind that the Bible says Christ died to pay the price for
our sins, and those who believe in their heart that God has
raised Him from the dead will be saved ( Romans 10:9-10 ).
The salvation Christ offers is not a reward for effort, but
a gift to all who in light of the evidence put their trust in
Him.

Mr. Jonah Otunla, the Accountant General of the
Federation was yesterday June, 12, 2015 relieved of his
duties.
The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation
(AGF) confirmed the removal of Otunla as Accountant and
the appointment of Mr. Mohammed Dikwa, as Acting
Accountant General.
Mr. Otunla was said to have been removed from office
because he allegedly misappropriated N2.5 billion of security
agencies’ funds.
A statement from the Office of the AGF late Friday, said
President Muhammadu Buhari approved the change, which
takes immediate effect.
The statement said Dikwa would fill the position until a
substantive replacement was announced.
Before being appointed the Acting Accountant General,
Mr. Dikwa was the Director, Funds Department in the
Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, the
statement said.
Mr. Dikwa who holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Accountancy also has a Master in Business Administration
and Finance.
He had attended the Senior Executive Course 34, 2014 at
the National Institute of for Policy and Strategic Studies
(NIPSS), Kuru. He was awarded Certificates in Public
Finance Management Reforms, Leadership and Governance,
High Performance Leadership Programme and Treasury
Management at the Harvard University USA, University of
Cambridge, Oxford University UK and Thames Valley
University UK respectively. Mr. Dikwa is a Fellow Certified
National Accountant and Fellow Charted Institute of
Taxation of Nigeria, among others.
He has facilitated and attended many Courses, Workshops
and Seminars, the statement said.

Dorrobucci:
So many Orubebe in 4th republic.

lol

kazmanbanjoko:
Abeg, help me add the year and their president as at their post as senate president.

have add it

List of Senate Presidents
Senate Presidents of Nigeria
Senate President
Term
Party
Nnamdi Azikiwe
1960
NCNC
Dennis Osadebay
1960-1963
NCNC
Nwafor Orizu
1963–1966
NCNC
Joseph Wayas
1979–1983
NPN
Iyorchia Ayu
1992–1993
SDP
Ameh Ebute
1993
SDP
Evan Enwerem
1999
PDP
Chuba Okadigbo
1999–2000
PDP
Anyim Pius Anyim
2000–2003
PDP
Adolphus Wabara
2003–2005
PDP
Ken Nnamani
2005–2007
PDP
David Mark
2007-2015
PDP
Bukola Saraki
2015 - present
APC

I vote twaci

I vote twaci

A gift awaiting you, if u can get dis 3 riddle correct

(1) The Farmer’s Challenge
A farmer went to market and purchased a fox, a goose, and a bag of corn (for reasons that must forever remain his own). On his way home, he needed to cross a river, but the boat he found there was so tiny, it could only carry the farmer himself and a single one of his new possessions. Naturally he couldn’t leave the fox alone with the goose; or the goose alone with the bag of corn. The only things he could safely leave together were the fox and the bag of corn, for a fox will never be tempted to eat corn, and only very rarely will a bag of corn be tempted to eat a fox. The farmer’s challenge was this: how could he ferry all of his possessions across the river, without harm coming to any of them?

(2) The Riddle of the Sphinx
What walks on four legs in the morning; three legs at midday; and two legs in the evening?

(3) The Labyrinth
Identical twins — A liar and a truth teller — stand at a fork of the path in a labyrinth. One path leads out of the labyrinth, but the other leads further into it, and following it would be illadvised to say the least. You do not know which of the twins is the liar and which is the truth teller, but you know that they both know the way out of the labyrinth and are aware of the other’s behavior.
You may ask only one question to only one of the twins. What should you ask to escape the labyrinth?

pls,how can i get tecno l6 rom