₦airaland Forum

babyface333: This OP is the most useless human being i have seen. Which political view are you talking about?

For your information, i am igbo myself and even have my political view leaning towards GEJ's transformational stead and fresh air as a genuine citizen of this country. What do i get for my political leaning and postulations, Ban upon Ban by the same afam your accusing.

Infact, i have followed this same afam to differnt threads cursing him for all the bans he has knocked me with.

With my political view leaning toward afam's own, yet he bans me at will and you this OP opens a thread to seek sympathy claiming your igbo and have different stance from afam being reasons for your bans.

Infact, i can never use my old monicker again as i have de-activated it because of the inccesant bans i get from this same afam i see as my igbo brother.

OP, abeg go siddon for gutter and stop blackmailing someone to garner sympathy with your useless progressives who now see obasanjo a well-known demon in all ramifications as a progressive.

Ngwakwe: Just look at the question above and tell me what the question is pointing to.

Is the Finance Ministry responsible for the amount allocated to EFCC?

In my own opinion, the NASS underfunded EFCC after critically examining the amount allocated to them during budget defence knowing fully well that they have the powers to increase EFCC allocation in the budget and that the FG only presents estimates.

Why didn't the NASS increase or even triple EFCC allocation?

Is the committee trying to accuse NOI of withholding EFCC funds when the amount budgeted has already finished?

Ngwakwe: You missed it.

Why give two weeks when NOI categorically told him she has the answers there with her including the statements of facts, the figures and the presentation if he doesn't intend politicizing it by publishing the questions in the media before receiving his answers?

We need to discourage the politicization of important government issues.

Ngwakwe: Tell them to start thorough drilling for ministerial appointees and stop telling them to take a bow after stuffing money in their caps.

Moreover, I can see your frustration in your choice of words. Goodbye

Ngwakwe: See Common Entrance questions.

All I can see are antagonistic questions borne out of low self esteem and desire to showcase Paper knowledge devoid of practical experience.

Now I understand why the Committee Chairman couldn't engage and debate NOI orally without prior written answers to his elementary questions.

Let's take the questions one after another and provide answers to honourable Chairman without NOI input.

omenka: You folks do know how to rub it in don't you... Smh

Its official, nairaland mods have all declared for APC. Any semblance of doubt was removed today when a two years old news item made front page. Meanwhile Iyabo's open letter to her father will not make front page but a fake rebuttal made it. Every single day there are at least 3 anti GEJ front page item.
Guess what Seun, GEJ is going no where till 2019. In the words of comrade Oshiomhonle the mods can go and die.

No more born to rule politics, if the north don't like it, tough.

ilugunboy: I also noticed that the GEJ till 2019 noise has died down considerably...

They are now begging Tambuwal to declare the 27 defecting PDP members seat vacant.....akin to an hyena begging a lion murder the cubs.

ilugunboy: Mods....please accord this interesting thread a FP status. Let's catch some political fun this afternoon.

ilugunboy:

Those chest beaters have disappeared.

The sing song story is now.

So the defecting PDP members are now saints because they have crossed to APC?

They are now really crying ....ewu na ba akwa....

jmaine: That lawmaker attitude is such an embarrassment . . . . .

eye4eye: I suspect more coming when Tambuwal swiches to APC. I don't expect Tambuwal to move alone. He will be bringing members with him.

The PDP is now minority in the House of Representatives

In a historic move, 37 members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday announced a long-awaited defection from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressive Congress, APC, thrusting the APC into the lead as the majority party in a House divided for months by PDP’s internal conflicts.

With the move, the APC leads the House with 175 members ahead of PDP’s 171. The remaining seats are shared by Labour Party, Democratic Peoples Party, All Progressive Grand Alliance and Accord Party.

It is the first time the PDP, in its 14 years of existence, would lose the majority number in any arm of the National Assembly.

Members of the PDP say the APC could only take charge of the House if its members hit 181, basing their argument on the rule that requires a simple majority to take over leadership.

They argue that for a 360-member house, such majority will be above the half mark-180.

The opposition members have rejected that interpretation, which they say fails to take into consideration that the house comprises of other parties, not only PDP and APC.

Early Wednesday, names of the defecting lawmakers were read out by the speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, after which they later took turns for a hand shake with Mr. Tambuwal.

The defection came more than a week after five state governors defected from the PDP to the opposition coalition, APC; after months of failed attempts at reconciling with the presidency and the leadership of the party.

Governors who defected are Chibuike Amaechi, Rivers; Aliyu Wammako, Sokoto; Murtala Nyako, Adamawa; Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara; and Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano.

Defecting lawmakers are known supporters of the governors, and their decision on Wednesday apparently to conform to their principals’, save for members from Adamawa state.

Eleven of the defectors are lawmakers from Kano state, 10 are from Sokoto state, 8 from Rivers state, 6 from Kwara state. One member apiece from Katsina and Bauchi also moved to the APC.

The spokesperson of the House, Zakari Mohammed, was among those who defected.

The lawmakers said they took the decision as a result of the divisions in PDP, troubled by months of internal conflict between seven governors, the leadership of the party and the presidency.

“This action is as a result of the division/faction in the political party that sponsored our election into the House of Representatives,” they said in a letter read by the speaker.

Ahead of the defection, the lawmakers secured a court order stopping the PDP from declaring their seats vacant. Twenty two Senators were joined in the suit, meaning at least that number will be announcing their defection.