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PoliticsRe: When GEJ Heard What Bafarawa Got Was For Spiritual Purposes by bulakos25(m): 6:56pm On Dec 30, 2015
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PoliticsFull Details Of TSA: Dino Melaye Misleads Nigerian Senate On N25 Billion Claim by bulakos25(op): 9:02pm On Nov 15, 2015
Contrary to the alarm raised by
the Senate over the alleged
illegality and exorbitant
commission charged for the
deployment of Remita, an e-
payment software, used for the
transfer of Federal
Government’s funds from
financial institutions into a
single treasury account (TSA),
PREMIUM TIMES can
authoritatively report that the
use of the software is not only
legal but also represents a
drastic cut of the commission
previously charged by banks for
collection of government
revenues.
Also, findings reveal that the
commission collected by
SystemSpecs, the owners/
developers of Remita, is
nowhere near the N25 billion
Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West)
alleged to have been collected
by the firm. It was Mr. Melaye,
who originally moved the
motion on the Senate floor for
the payment to be investigated.
Last Wednesday, following Mr.
Melaye’s motion, the senate
ordered its committee on
finance and public accounts to
immediately commence an
investigation into use of Remita
(which it erroneously described
as an e-collection agent) for
remitting government funds
into the TSA; and its alleged
collection of N25 billion
commission being one per cent
of the alleged N2.5 trillion it
remitted into the TSA.
Mr. Melaye had argued that the
use of Remita was a violation of
Section 162(1) of the
constitution, which stated that
“the federation shall maintain a
special account to be called the
federation account into which
all revenues collected by the
government of the federation
except the proceeds from the
personal income tax of the
personnel of the Armed Forces
of the Federation, the Nigeria
Police Force, the ministry or
department of government
charged with foreign affairs and the
residents of the FCT, Abuja.”
Mr. Melaye further stated that the Central
Bank of Nigeria, CBN, could only appoint a
registered bank as an agent for collecting
and disbursing the funds.
He said that since Remita is not a bank, its
appointment as a collection agent is in
violation of the CBN Act and the Banks and
Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA)
2007.
According to him, Remita collected N25
billion “for doing nothing.”
However, documents, including the service
agreement between SystemSpecs and CBN;
correspondence between the company and
the office of the Accountant General/ CBN as
well as a letter to President Muhammadu
Buhari, seen by PREMIUM TIMES show that
not only was the commission charged
backed by law, it is shared by the company,
commercial banks and the CBN.
Though the commission is nowhere near the
exaggerated N25 billion touted by Mr.
Melaye, the one per cent charge also
represent a drastic reduction from between
2 per cent and 46 per cent commission
charged by commercial banks in some
instances for collecting government
revenues.
In a telephone interview with PREMIUM
TIMES, the CBN Director for public
communications, Ibrahim Muazu, dismissed
the amount quoted on the floor of the senate
as “completely misleading.”
“That is false. That is false,” he repeated for
emphasis.
“It is grossly exaggerated. We are talking of
one per cent. What is one per cent of the
money? Have we collected up to a trillion?
That is a completely misleading
information. Even at the beginning of the
TSA the estimation of all the movement of
federal government funds into the account is
N1.2 trillion,” he added.
When asked to tell the total amount moved
into the TSA, Mr Muazu said: “I cannot give
you the exact amount now but I know it is
far, far, far lower than N2.5 trillion.”
THE AGREEMENT
According to the service agreement between
the parties, signed by Eunice Ikekhuah and
Aderemi Atanda of SystemSpecs on
December 4, 2013, and H.M Yusuf and R.A
Olaniyan of the CBN on December 11, 2013,
Systemspecs, the CBN will deploy Remita, a
T24 banking application, for executing
payment instructions and collection of
government revenue.
Apart from the collection of revenue, Remita
is also used for payment of salaries,
payment of taxes, payment of pension,
payroll processing biometric verification,
among other uses.
In a letter dated November 6, 2015, to Mr.
Buhari, SystemSpecs explained that “all
commercial banks and over 400 Micro
Finance Banks in Nigeria” are connected to
the software. The company also explained
that 705 Ministries Departments and
Agencies (MDA) are currently using the
software as payment and collection
platform.
So, contrary to Mr Melaye’s argument in the
senate, Remita is indeed a software that
facilitates the payment of government
revenue from financial institutions to a TSA
in the CBN and not a revenue collection
agent.
Also, contrary to Mr. Melaye’s submission,
the entire 1 per cent commission does not go
to SystemSpecs, the commission is shared
between the CBN, commercial banks, and
the CBN.
“A tariff of 1% of the funds collected shall be
charged for the government revenue
collections: i. Platform Owner/SystemSpecs:
50%, ii. Collecting Agents/DMBs (banks):
40%, iii. Introducer? CBN: 10%,” the
agreement reads.
SystemSpecs further explained that at a
seminar organised by the CBN and the
Office of the Accountant General of the
Federation (OAGF) between May27-28,
2013, it actually proposed a commission of
1.5 per cent, It explained that commercial
banks actually proposed 5 per cent, while a
committee set up by the CBN and the OAGF,
actually proposed 2.5 per cent. It explained
that it was the then Accountant-General of
the Federation that actually overruled all
the suggested commission and reduced it to
1 per cent.
However, the company said it was surprised
to receive a letter from CBN signed by Dipo
Fatokun, Director, Banking and Payments
System Department, on October 27, 2015
directing it to refund all charges it collected
from MDAs for implementation of the TSA.
“I have been directed to inform you that you
should refund all charges (1% cost of
collection) made into the MDAs accounts as
a result of the implementation of the TSA,”
the letter reads.
“The total amount should be credited into
the account mentioned below:
“FGN Revenue e-Collection Pool Account at
the Central Bank of Nigeria Account
Number: 0020054161043
“Since the cost of the collection must have
been shared by all the stakeholders, you Are
hereby required to also provide a schedule
of the total amount collected and the portion
that was shared to each of the three
participants. The schedule should be
prepared on month by month basis, from
the commencement of the TSA
implementation in March 2015, to date. We
will recover the share to the CBN and the
DMBs,” the letter explains.
SystemSpecs explained that after the kick off
of the TSA following a deadline announced
by Mr Buhari, it was invited for a meeting
by OAGF where they were told that
following the enlarged scope of the TSA, the
government wanted to review the charges.
“We wrote to the CBN to give a brief on the
meeting with OAGF and said inter-alia that,
while on our part, SystemSpecs is not averse
to a review of the existing transaction fee to
a figure that is agreeable to all parties, we
would however, advise of the need to carry
along the DMBs as you will recall that the
current fees were agreed with the banks and
communicated by CBN via a circular in
December 2013,” the firm stated in a letter
to the CBN governor.
REDUCTION OF COST
In the same letter to the CBN Governor,
SystemSpecs further explained that the 1 per
cent charge actually represents a drastic
reduction of the amount the Federal
Government had to pay for the collection of
its revenue before the implementation of the
TSA.
“Your Excellency will recall that one of the
primary focus of the TSA project is to
retrieve funds from the banks who were
indirectly lending the government money
back to government at about 15%. Hidden
cost to government? Arguably 15%.
“Remita provided a technology to empower
government retrieve her funds immediately
customers pay at Deposit Money Banks. No
overnight stay at any bank. Is 1% to be
shared by all parties really too high to pay
for such a service?”
For instance, the firm explained, banks
charge as high as 46 per cent for National
Open University (NOUN) charges, nine per
cent for Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB) fees, and six per cent on
Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC)
National Drivers’ License charges.
Thus in its letter to the President,
SystemSpecs appealed for the return of its
fees and those earned by the partner banks
seized by the CBN.
Mr. Muazu corroborated SystemSpecs
position during the telephone chat with
Premium Times
“The information you are given is in line
with the agreement dating back to 2011.
That is a fact. They started it actually when
the TSA came up. The one per cent was, yes,
agreed at that time. But now with the issue at
hand everything needs to be reviewed and
agreed.
“But truly the banks, the CBN and
themselves are stakeholders. What is it that
we are talking about? It is the software or
the platform. You can’t do everything free
for doing any business. The banks that are
doing the e-collection they pursue agencies
and other sources of revenue. Not just taking
the value. So it is actually an arrangement
for the service to be provided. That software
that is being used by the platform has to be
maintained apart from the initial design,”
he said.
He said CBN asked SysytemSpecs to return
the commission already collected to enable
it renegotiate the terms of the contract.
“Now we are having a new arrangement.
It’s not just e-collection. Central bank is now
in charge of government revenue. So the old
arrangement cannot continue. So when the
issue started the central bank gave the order
and the money were all paid back to the
government.
“Look at it this way, you have a product that
you are allowing someone to use, it can’t be
free,” he said.

Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/193213-full-details-of-tsa-dino-melaye-misleads-nigerian-senate-on-n25-billion-claim.html
PoliticsPhoto: Can You Guest Who Is On This Picture by bulakos25(op): 6:37am On Nov 14, 2015
[img][/img]Madam do not steal Nigerian's money.

PoliticsVideo: “rivers State Panel Of Inquiry Never Indicted Me”- Amaechi by bulakos25(op): 6:55pm On Oct 22, 2015
After stalling the screening of former Rivers
State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, three times,
the Senate on Thursday screened the former
governor for ministerial position.
While fielding questions from the senators, Mr.
Amaechi said he disliked corruption, adding
that he was not indicted in the whole report of
the Judicial Commission of Inquiry of Rivers
State.

Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/video/191923-video-rivers-state-panel-of-inquiry-never-indicted-me-amaechi.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter
PoliticsBREAKING: EFCC Arrests Former Benue Governor, Suswam by bulakos25(op): 12:53pm On Oct 12, 2015
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, on Monday, arrested a former
Benue state governor, Gabriel Suswan, over
alleged corruption during his tenure as
governor.
Mr. Suswam governed Benue state between
2007 and May 2015.
He was being quizzed at the EFCC office in
Abuja over alleged graft in his state, at the
time of this report.
“He was invited by the EFCC in connection
with ongoing corruption investigation in
Benue state,” Wilson Uwajuren, EFCC
spokesperson, told PREMIUM TIMES.
Source
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/191388-breaking-efcc-arrests-former-benue-governor-suswam.html
PoliticsMasses Hail Buhari In Lagos As Kerosene Sell At N50(video) by bulakos25(op): 5:52pm On Sep 15, 2015
Gas station owned by oil tycoon Femi Otedola
began selling kerosene at all his stations at the
official price of N50. SaharaReporters was at
Forte's Oba Akran Fuel Station in Ikeja to witness
the sale of Kerosene.

watch Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aLXJUWzDwk&fulldescription=1&client=mv-google&hl=en&gl=NG
PoliticsNo Going Back On Demolition, El- Rufai Vows by bulakos25(op): 11:47am On Sep 11, 2015
Kaduna State government will use part of the N24billion
recovered as a result of the operation of a treasury
single account to pay workers’ salaries, Governor Nasir
El-Rufai said yesterday.
The government had said that the amounts were
hitherto lodged in 470 different accounts operated in
about 23 banks.
The governor, who made the disclosure while
addressing members of the state chapter of the Nigeria
Labour Congress who led a march to the Sir Kashim
Ibrahim Government House to submit a letter for
President Muhammad Buhari, said Kaduna State will no
longer wait for money from the federation account to
pay its workers.
He promised that for this month, civil servants in the
state will get their salaries before Sallah.
“We just met with the deputy governor, head of service
and commissioner of finance and decided that every
civil servant in Kaduna State will get his salary before
Sallah God willing. As you know we found some money
that have been hidden, so we have enough money to
pay you without waiting for federal allocation. So I want
you to know and remember that we are working for you
and whether I am here or not, the deputy governor,
head of service or advisers and commissioners are
working for you. We are all working together to work for
you,” he stated.
Governor El-Rufai, who also spoke against the backdrop
of inactivity in the bid by the state government to
recover lands belonging to schools and hospitals, vowed
that nothing will stop him from demolishing structures
erected on such lands.
He said, “We are going to make life comfortable for the
people of the state, particularly the poor. Today I am
going to Rimi College to take a final look before we
move in; anyone that has taken school land will lose it.
If he has C of O and approved building plan, we will pay
him compensation. But we will take back our school
lands, there is no going back on that, we are doing so
because we care about the people. We don’t care about
some few people who want to steal people’s land, we
will not forgive them. We must take back those lands”.

http://dailytrust.com.ng/news/news/no-going-back-on-demolition-el-rufai-vows/110372.html
PoliticsComparison Between Jonathan And Buhari Appointment That Shows Ethnic Lopsidness by bulakos25(op): 1:34pm On Sep 02, 2015
List Of Ex-President Jonathan’s Appointments
The list amongst others goes thus:
1. NIMET – Dr. Anthony Anuforom
2. NNPC – Eng. Andrew Yakubu
3. NIMASA – Patrick Apobolokemi
4. PENCOM – Mrs. Chinelo Anohu Amazu
5. FERMA – Engr. Chukwu Amuchi
6. DPR – Mr. George Osahon
7. Bank Of Industry – Ms. Evelyn Oputu
8. Nigerian Content Dev. Agency – Mr. Ernest
Nwanpa
9. Consumer Protection Agency – Mrs Dupe Atoki
10. NCC – Engr. Eugene Juwa
11. NAMA – Engr. Nnamdi Udoh
12. NCAA – Engr. Akikuotu
13. FAAN – Mr. George Uriesi
14. NCAT – Capt. Chinere Kalu
15. SEC – Ms. Aruma Otteh
16. Sovereign Wealth Fund – Uche Orji
17. NAFDAC – Dr Paul Orhil
18. FIIRO – Dr. Mrs. G. N Elemo
19. Maritime Academy Of Nigeria – Oron Joshua
Okpo
20. Railway Corporation – Eng. Seyi Sijuwade
21. Nigerian Tourism Dev. Corporation – Mrs. Sally
Mbanefo
22. Budget Office Of The Federation – Dr Bright
Okogwu
23. NERDC – Prof Godswill Obioma
24. NEXIM – Mr R. R Orya
25. Standard Organization Of Nigeria – Dr Joseph
Odumodu
26. Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation – Emeka
Nkem Mba
27. Industrial Training Fund – Prof.
LongmasWapmuk
28. National University Commission – Prof. Okojie
29. NESREA – Mrs. N.S Benebo
30. MDG Office – Dr. Precious Gbenio
31. Surveyor General Of The Federation – Peter
Chigozie
32. Statistician General Of The Federation – Dr.
Yemi Kale
33. Accountant General Of The Federation – Mr.
Jonah Otunla
34. Auditor General Of The Federation – Samuel
Yonongo Ukura
35. National Orientation Agency – Mike Omieri
36. News Agency Of Nigeria – Oluremi Oyo/Mr
Ima Niboro
37. NEPC E/S – David I Adelugba
38. NEPZA – Mr. Olugbenga Kuye
39. BPP – Engr Emeka Ezeh
40. NECO – Prof. Promised Okpala/Professor
Monday Joshua
41. SURE-P – Gen. Martin Luther-Agwai

Read more: http://newsrescue.com/list-of-
president-jonathans-appointments-shows-ethnic-
lopsidedness/#ixzz3hBlZ79Nr

ull list of the president’s
appointments till date:
Appointments made by President
Muhammadu Buhari to date:
1. Aide de Camp to president: Lt. Col
Abubakar Lawal , [Kano State, North-West
and husband to President Buhari’s foster
daughter].
2. Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to
the president: Femi Adesina, [Osun State,
South-West].
3. Senior Special Assistant, Media and
Publicity: Garba Shehu , [Kano State, North-
West].
4. State Chief of Protocol/Special Assistant
(Presidential Matters): Lawal Abdullahi
Kazaure , [Jigawa State, North-West].
5. Accountant General of the Federation:
Ahmed Idris [Kano State, North-West].
6. National Security Adviser: Babagana
Monguno [Borno State, North-East].
7. Chief of Defence Staff, Abayomi
Olonishakin, [Ekiti State, South-West].
8. Chief of Army Staff: Tukur Buratai ,
[Borno State, North-East].
9. Chief of Naval Staff: Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas ,
[Cross Rivers, South-South].
10. Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar ,
[Bauchi State, North-East].
11. Chief of Defence Intelligence: Monday
Riku Morgan [Benue State, North-Central].
12. Director General, State Security Services,
SSS: Lawal Daura , [Katsina State, North-
West].
13. Acting Chairperson, Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC,
Amina Zakari , [Jigawa State, North-West].
14. Managing Director, Nigerian Ports
Authority, NPA: Habibu Abdulahi [Kano
State, North-West].
15. Special Adviser, Niger Delta Amnesty
Office: Paul Boroh , [Bayelsa State, South-
South]
16. Acting Director General, Nigerian
Maritime Administration, Safety and
Security Agency, NIMASA: Baba Haruna
Jauro [Yobe State, North-East].
17. Executive Vice Chairman/ Chief
Executive Officer, Nigerian Communications
Commission: Umaru Dambatta [Kano
State, North-West].
18. Executive Chairman, Federal Inland
Revenue Service, FIRS: Babatunde Fowler ,
[Lagos State, South-West].
19. Director General, Budget Office of the
Federation: Aliyu Gusau , [Zamfara State,
North-West].
20. Group Managing Director, Nigeria
National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC,
Emmanuel Kachikwu , [Delta State, South-
South].
21. Secretary to Government of the
Federation, Babachir David Lawal ,
[ Adamawa, North East]
22. Chief of Staff to the President: Abba
Kyari , [Borno, North-East].
23. Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs
Service: Hameed Ibrahim Ali , [Bauchi State,
North East].
24. Comptroller-General, Nigerian
Immigration Service: Kure Martin Abeshi,
[Nasarawa State, North-Central].
25. Senior Special Assistant on National
Assembly Matters (Senate): Ita Enang ,
[Akwa Ibom State, South-South].
26. Senior Special Assistant on National
Assembly Matters (House of
Representatives): Suleiman Kawu , [Kano
State, North-West].
27. Director, Department Of Petroleum
Resources, DPR, Modecai Baba Ladan.
[Niger, North-Central].
28. Managing Director, Asset Management
Company of Nigeria, AMCON, Ahmed
Lawan Kuru. [Kano].
29. Commissioner for Insurance and Chief
Executive of the National Insurance
Commission, Mohammed Kari [North-
West]
29. Executive Director AMCON: Kola Ayeye
[]
30. Executive Director, AMCON:
Eberechukwu Uneze , []
31. Executive Director, AMCON: Aminu
Ismail, []
32. Group Executive Director, NNPC,
Maikanti Baru, []
33. Group Executive Director, NNPC, Isiaka
Abdulrazaq, []
34. Group Executive Director, NNPC: Dennis
Nnamdi Ajulu , [].
35. Group Executive Director, NNPC:
Babatunde Victor Adeniran

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/189117-outrage-grows-across-nigeria-as-buharis-lopsided-appointments-continue.html
PoliticsRe: No Boko Haram Member Was Arrested In Enugu - Enugu Police Command by bulakos25(m): 11:14am On Sep 01, 2015
The source is not reliable.
PoliticsRe: Buhari's Appointment Of Northerners To Key Positions So Far, Who Is To Blame? by bulakos25(m): 10:58am On Sep 01, 2015
More appointment are still coming
PoliticsRe: Nigeria To Launch First VAC Survey In West Africa – FG by bulakos25(m): 12:37am On Aug 21, 2015
Nice one baba carry go.
PoliticsRe: Editorial : Abubakar Peace Committee’s Doubtful Agenda - Punch by bulakos25(m): 3:32am On Aug 19, 2015
I do respect Rev. Matthew Hassan kukah, even though i don't know the information he have. But what i m sure of under this presents administration is probe must continue and looters must be punish.
PoliticsRe: The Real Video Of The So Called Bombardment Of Sambisa Forest by bulakos25(m): 3:21am On Aug 19, 2015
Enemies of progress. Continue wailing for the next four years.
PoliticsRe: The Corruption Amnesty Committee by bulakos25(m): 11:05pm On Aug 12, 2015
Probing must be continue
PoliticsRe: I Will Be Ready For PDP In 2016 by bulakos25(m): 11:00pm On Aug 12, 2015
PDP is already dead in Nigeria

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