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OrlandoOwoh:
Buhari made the statement, that all claims that Abacha was corrupt remained allegations until proven otherwise in the court, about ten years ago; how old were you then to be able to form an opinion in politics? PDP and lies, "God forbid."

http://allafrica.com/stories/200806090008.html

Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, who ruled Nigeria between 1983 and 1985, and his successor, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, gave Abacha the clean bill in Kano yesterday after the rememberance prayers marking 10 years of the death of Abacha, who ruled between 1993 and 1998.

view the link and read yourself

Mohammed Mustafa Lecky for South-south INEC commissioner. So you mean to tell me you could not find one reputable person in all the SS states to do that job, you had to go and bring a northerner. Later when people complain about northern agenda, you will hear wailing wailers

Fellow Nigerians, what other proof do you need to see that the fight against corruption is a one-way street. It only applies to PDP. Everyone under the sun knows Amaechi is dirty. Yes i understand the need to reward him for his loyalty and financing of the current administration after all that's Nigerian politics. Give him ambassador to Nepal or something, far removed from power.

The problem with a lot of things in Nigeria is we have no long term plan. We are always concerned with how we can be satisfied now.

The youth are ready but our so called elders will not step aside, they keep forgetting that some day, these same youths will become elders and if they are not prepared for the responsibility of leadership when they are young then when they get to power we will continue to fail as a nation

What amazes me the most about blind APC supporters is the hypocrisy, they are quick to shout DAM is a thief and corrupt, but gladly turn a blind eye to Tinubu.

This is part of the reason why this country is not moving forward.

Its not even November yet and he is already admitting defeat.

MrJah:
Whoever that is in charge of NIMC should be probed. You can imagine how many person who have registered over the last two years but are yet to get their National IDCARD.

Typical Nigerian, shout probe all year long but knows nothing about what NIMC is doing

bulldoza:
Nimc
Useless Clueless ídiots

I don register since last year yet i never see anything

Thieves

You are the clueless one, state facts not opinions

Lets think about this for a quick minute, is DAM innocent? chances are she is not

A Cambridge trained graduate, first female Nigerian executive director in Shell, first female Nigerian petroleum minister, first female OPEC president. Success or brilliance was never an issue for her, so was it greed? . . .

She probably came into the GEJ administration thinking she will do a good job and change that industry and then realized somewhere along the way the billions of dollars being stolen by nobodies and even VIPs, no one was batting an eyelid.

Maybe she figured, if she cant beat them, join them
Maybe she found out if she didn't play ball they would try to destroy her (see ribadu, sanusi, oteh, adesina, oweala)

She is the scapegoat for this PMB administration. If she falls, I hope she brings down a lot of other politicians with her, especially the old school ones

Lets be honest with ourselves, if its proven she stole that much(13 billion pounds or whatever is being put in the papers these days), then what did OBJ, IBB, Danjuma, Tinubu steal

We all know those other folks will never see the inside of kirikiri plus when you look at the so called ministerial list, you have to ask yourself is PMB really fighting corruption or bringing change (Ngige, Ogbeh, Fayemi ... really?) is that the best that could be done, both home and abroad

Its the same old faces all over again

This administration is showing they are all about propaganda

lastpage:
Every word is your post reeks of SENTIMENT and DISHONESTY!


So, Saraki did not throw his party and party members under the bus when he joined the opposition to thwart the policy of his party?
So, Saraki who is a Legislator, can poke a legal constituted body in the eye and go scot-free?
So, Saraki can own close to five billion Dollars while his state (Kwara) Civil Servants were owed salaries and had to be bailed out by PMB?
So, Saraki who has a long history of corruption is the perfect candidate to rule this country in 2019
So, when PMB "kept quiet" when Saraki was doing his manoeuvring (calling a sitting of the plenary session when PMB said he wanted to meet with his party members somewhere else) and people like you were shouting that he MUST NOT INETREFRE while Saraki was installing himself s Senate President,.... arethe same people who want PMB to now "interfere" with the courts?

Cheesux Christ!
You should thrown into the deepest Dungeon we have in Nigeria, for your complete lack of sense.

See Sarakis' asset below and tell me which job he has ever done in his whole life, apart from looting State treasuries as a Governor, to acquire this stupendous wealth.

When PMB says he will fight corruption, it is not just PDP members, even Tinubu is on the radar, if you must know.






Lastpage!

I am just here laughing at you, why, because you think I care about anything you
said or whether or not Saraki fails or succeeds.

Everyone knows Saraki is not a saint, I even said he owns Kwara

Shouldn’t that have given you a clue as to what I meant?

Mention where in my post I said Saraki “is the perfect candidate to rule this country in 2019”

I will wait, your foolishness will show.

Who cares what assets Saraki has, that is for Kwara indigenes to figure out

As for you, you show to be a properly demented rapscallion and a myopic all-

befouling mental midget with the natural grace of an intoxicated beluga whale


Hide your stupidity quickly

Lets put away sentiments and be honest with ourselves

There is no way Saraki will get justice in this country

The judiciary is very tightly controlled by the executive. The VP is a lawyer by profession and is obviously 'golf-buddies' with most of the top justices in Nigeria

As if that is not bad enough, Tinubu is the shadow behind him

Then theres PMB, who in the judiciary wants to cross him when they see what the no 3 man in the country is going through

I sit on the fence concerning this Saraki issue, his own party is doing this to him, talk about no loyalty, even to the no 3 man in the country
They are willing to throw him under the bus to teach every other party member a lesson, tow the party line or get out.

PMB is also keeping quiet while allowing the underlings to do the work, if Saraki falls, its two birds with one stone, be hailed internationally for fighting corruption while removing any chance of Saraki contesting for the presidency in 2019 plus not being the anointed candidate for senate president

Saraki is in a tough spot, he cannot switch to PDP now, if he does, any possible heavyweight financial donor will see him as a feeble candidate for president given how many people have fought against this issue

He is still part of the north, so he must get some heavyweight cabal members on his side, he owns kwara pretty much plus his family name, so he has the money and manpower to fight back being the no 3 man.

If Saraki falls, I hope he ends a lot of politicians careers as well plus it will be good for our immature democracy, if he survives, no doubt he will contest in 2019, why, he fought against PMB, Judiciary, CCB, Tinubu and won, talk about political power, donors will flock plus he will frustrate any legislative agenda PMB has and they will regret the day they decided to end him

Let us be watching

The irony is too much, after all the noise making exercise you will now add comma inside

Chances are these are the most corrupt institutions in the country

If that exemption is upheld then the simple truth is we are not ready to fix this country

If PMB does not win this battle, any legislative agenda in this administration is dead on arrival

ibisko04:
Kindly tell us your age as at 1984 when Buhari first served as head of government. Then I will ask you some questions.
Wait and see how things will work out soonest.

Share yours first,then I will ask as well

Editor1:
https://www.thecable.ng/buhari-civil-servants-work-ministers-make-lot-noise

GMB makes me laugh with every single word he utters.
When an elected leader can open his mouth and say “ . . . ministers make noise” what should that tell you about that leader
A zebra will always have its stripes; this man is a dictator in a democratic age
I have always asked people, after GMB was removed as head of state, what did he do to improve on himself? Give me just one example
Common asset declaration, he has not done
Policy direction nko? Nothing till date
WAEC results that one is still a mystery
All we hear is close, probe, orders, travelled, sack and appoint, of what use is all that
There is no proof that this country is heading in the right direction, use any metric you want
Is it the economy or the falling naira, is it the war against insurgency, is it the empty cabinet, the lack of policies
This is 1984 all over again

LanreBrown:
Ill-informed
Are You for Real or just putting up a Senseless Defense against an Obvious Fact?
How many of the Ex-president or Dignitaries registered simply Walked into any of the Registration centers to get themselves Registered?
It's a well known fact that Mr. Chris always avail himself alongside Some top Management members when this dignitaries are been registered. In most cases SPECIAL CENTERS are set up for the sole purpose of registering Dignitaries. Only a Deranged M-o-r-o-n will assume these dignitaries registration isn't done with some prior invitation from Mr. Chris.

His Family Members need not be employees of NIMC to have a say in the Commission or run it like their Dynasty.
It's a well known fact among Staffs that most Contracts are excuted by His Close relatives.

Almost half of the Management Board are Northerner
Obviously You are just trying to Put up a senseless Defense...

Therefore I refuse to dignify your weak tired comment with any further Response.

You don’t have to dignify anything I have said with a response

It does not change the fact that what you have said is completely false

You said contracts are executed by close relatives, tell us who? We don’t want your opinion give facts
Anybody can walk into the center to get enrolled, that is a Fact

You want to know who is on the board, here is another fact
http://www.nimc.gov.ng/?q=management

I refuse to dignify your uniformed self

If we are truthfully honest with ourselves and are awake, you will see that there is media propaganda to make you believe that PMB is working.

Will PMB flying to Kaduna put bread on the table of the common man? What are we supposed to gain from it?

So much propaganda everywhere

Show us ministers, show us policy direction, their response in the 'fullness of time'

efilefun:
Just going thru their records alone should tell you the kinda people PMB works with, wailers can wail till eternity but their tears wont distract baba... May God continue to Guard and Guide PMB, VPYO, and all those who believe in this government.
.... Abeg can someone help us with Doyin Okupe's records

efilefun, tell PMB to show us the asset declaration, or is there no record of it?

[quote author=abdnMe post=37505547][/quote]more rubbish here, please remove this nonsense write up

Greycells:
Massive Corruption Scandal At National Identity Management Commission; DG, Onyemenam Enmeshed In N50 Billion Fraud

NEWS
Aug 31, 2015
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•DG unlawfully spending his 9th Year in Office
•Refuses to Pay Severance Package to Sacked Staff since 3 years
•DG Under Panic to Abscond


On Monday, 25th August, 2015 Barrister Chris Onyemenam visited the Presidential Villa, at that visit it was widely reported that President Muhammadu Buhari was registered for his National Identity Card by the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC.





Onyemenam had at the villa told Journalists that from the NIMC Database, that he has been able to register about seven million Nigerians and that in collaboration with other agencies, in the next three months the number will be quadrupled.

But a NIMC staff who spoke on the condition of anonymity told this medium that the DG, should bury his head in shame, “Is Onyemenam not ashamed of himself by making such statement that he has only registered a paltry seven million Nigerians, since 2007 when he became the Director General of the Commission. Out of over 140 million Nigerians, Barrister Onyemenam could only boast of registering only seven million and he is happy to say it to the world.”

“We all know that he is mired in corruption in collaboration with senior management officials of the Organisation, but we know their time is up, the staff said.”

Universalreporters247.com learnt that some workers in the Commission such as drivers, and some technicians who are on contract with the organisation has not been paid for months, some are being owed three months, while some are being owed five months.

Meanwhile, this medium learnt that this may not be the best time for the Director General following an open letter written by Citizens United for Peace and Stability, CUPS, to President Buhari on the brazen being perpetrated by the DG.

In the letter dated 26/8/2015, and signed by Dr. Idris Ahmed, President and Founder of CUPS divulged how the Director General turned the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC into a commercial entity, using it to enrich himself.

In the letter titled: Exposed! Massive N50 Billion Corruption At National Identity Management Commission – An Open Letter To His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, CUPS, stated that they are compelled to write to the President on matters of national importance, CUPS, said; “Very senior staff at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) have contacted us, raising alarm about ongoing massive corruption in the commission, which has since almost crippled its operations.”

According to CUPS, it said; “It can be recalled that NIMC was established by an act of Parliament (Act No. 23 of 2007), with the sole aim of fostering the orderly development of an Identity Sector, and building a modern Identity Management System for Nigeria. Some of the objectives of the organisation includes the followinga) Create, operate, and manage a secure, sustainable National Identity Database for Nigeria; (b) Build and manage an Identity Authentication and Verification Service Infrastructure for Nigeria; (c) Establish Permanent Registration Centres across the country to enrol every Nigerian and legal resident at his/her convenience; and (d) Issue a chip based, highly secure and user friendly multi-application Smart Card to facilitate online/offline identity authentication and verification.”

According to CUPS, it said in spite of the benefits of NIMC to the country, it said that the commission is a shambolic white elephant; “It is saddled with grandeur corruption running into billions of Naira. As discovered by our investigation, during which we received input from many NIMC staff, corruption at the highest management level is endemic. We hereby outline some of the corruption charges raised.”

Chronicle of brazen corruption perpetrated by the current Director- General of the Commission, Barrister Chris Onyemenam, as enumerated by CUPS in it open letter to President Buhari shows how he spent over N50 billion of the Commission’s fund with nothing tangible to show for. Only a paltry 2 million ID cards have been issued since 2007. Similarly, the National Identity Database is a sham. It contains no more than 10 million records, out of a potential 180 million. Besides the DG and his senior colleagues, nobody can tell exactly where the bulk of the N50 billion went to, CUPS said.

“Without proper feasibility studies of the security implications, without due consultation with Nigerian security apparatus, and without due process of bidding, the current DG commercialised the National Identity Database. He solely handedly entered into a commercial agreement with MasterCard, which enables the National ID Card to operate as a Credit Card. Your Excellency, the security and commercial implication of this mistake are enormous.”

According to the NIMC bank account obtained by CUPS, showed that at least N400 million has been squandered in the so called National Agricultural Payment Initiative (NAPI). The N400 was paid to Cellulant Nigeria Ltd. Cellulant is a mobile e-commerce and content management company. It manages, delivers, and bills digital content over mobile telephone network. On 22/7/2015, a whopping N200 million was transferred from NIMC Zenith Bank account to Cellulant.

“The NAPI contract between NIMC and Cellulant is unlawful. It was done devoid of due process of law. There was no proper advertisement for tender, no proper bidding process, and no proper screening exercise that determined the final winner of such a significant contract. Everything was shrouded in secrecy,” CUPS said.

Speaking further, the organisation in its petition stated thus; “Your Excellency, there is also another ongoing scandalous contract between NIMC and a shadowy company called IFY EZE NIGERIA LTD, of no specific address. Without due process of advertisement, bidding for tender, and screening, this company was awarded the contract to supply NIMC with diesel to fuel its generators. Even though the highest cost of 1 litre of diesel is N150 in the market, IFY EZE is allowed to supply diesel to NIMC at the extortionist cost of N250 per litre. On 25/7/2015, the sum of N43,321,759.42 and N6,678,240.58 were transferred from NIMC Zenith Bank Account to IFY EZE.”

“Since 2012, the current DG has spent over N50 million supposedly trying to connect the NIMC offices with the national grid. Up until the time of wring this report, this project has not been implemented. Instead of prioritising the connection of NIMC offices to the national grid to save money, N50 million has been wasted with no results. And at least another N50,000,000 (N43,321,759.42 + N6,678,240.58) has wastefully being paid to shadowy IFY EZE NIGERIA LTD to supply diesel at exorbitant price per litre,” the letter said.

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Credit: CUPS; NIMC Bank Details showing withdrawals made for over inflated contracts and fictitious and wasteful spendings

The letter reads thus; “Your Excellency, even the staff at NIMC are not safe from the treachery of their DG. On 18/8/2013 he sacked 3,099 staff under the pretext that they did not have degree qualifications. Not long after that, some more unfortunate staff was unlawfully laid off. These unlawful acts were supported by the then Labour Minister, John Wagu, who we learnt benefited from the illicit lay-off operations. Despite being ordered by the 7th National Assembly to settle the benefits of the sacked employees, none of them is settled as of the time of writing this report.”

In the letter CUPS made some recommendations to President Muhammadu Buhari, in the recommendation it said; “Your Excellency, we contend that it is inimical to national interest to renew the contract of NIMC DG, Mr. Barrister Chris Onyemenam. He has demonstrated propensity towards corruption, he is clearly incompetent, and is therefore not fit for purpose. He has already served two successive terms of 4 years each, and had his contract unlawfully extended by another one year by the then Secretary to the Federal Government, Pius Anyim Pius; All contracts entered into between NIMC and other parties since 2007 should immediately be cancelled and thoroughly investigated, as they were done without due process of law.”

Making further recommendation to the President, CUPS said; “The commercial partnering with MasterCard is inimical to Nigeria’s commercial and security interests. We contend that it is dangerous to commercialise the National Identity Database in this way. Therefore we advise his Excellency to terminate this senseless contract with immediate effect; The new employees hired by the DG after the unlawful sacking of over 3,099 staff are mainly people with even less qualifications. They were employed only as favours to friends and family. They should be screened and retained only on merit; The over 3,099 employees unlawfully sacked by the DG, whose benefits have still not been paid, should be settled by the Federal Government to ease suffering on them and their families; The National Identity Management Commission and the National Population Commission are serving very similar functions. Billions of Naira could be saved annually in overhead costs by simply merging the two commissions.

Meanwhile, CUPS in its latest report stated that: “following its open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on 26/8/2015, and our subsequent update on 27/8/2015, in which we reported grandeur theft worth over N50 billion by the DG National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), we are reliably informed that a witch-hunt exercise has commenced today at the commission.

“The NIMC Director General, Barrister Chris Onyemenam, seems to be in total disarray since we exposed him on 26/8/2015. He spent the whole day harassing and threatening his staff to reveal the identity of the person who leaked this attached bank statement. Of course we know that he will never succeed! This grandeur thief of billions of Naira is totally oblivious of the fact that his every move is actually being recorded, and will be used against him when he gets to the Court. The man seems to be going from frying pan to fire,” CUPS said.

According to CUPS it said; “As a reminder, Barrister Chris Onyemenam has been the DG at NIMC for the past nine years. He systematically brought down the organisation and made it worthless, despite taking more than N50 billion from the Federal Government. Furthermore, without any provocation and warning, he unlawfully sacked nearly 5,000 low ranking employees in 2013. This brought immense suffering to all the families affected, and even death to some of them. We spoke with some of the affected families. Their story is not pleasant to hear.”

More update on the revealing corruption shows that following the CUPS open letter to his Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari on 26/8/2015, CUPS said that they are in a position to reveal that more witnesses have come forward to expose the rot at the agency.”

“Meanwhile we have been reliably informed that panic has set in at NIMC. An emergency meeting was held in Abuja, the meeting which was chaired by the DG Barrister Chris Onyemenam and his senior management officials are making plans of what to do next. Even as CUPS said that absconding may be one of their options,” said CUPS.

http://abusidiqu.com/massive-corruption-scandal-at-national-identity-management-commission-dg-onyemenam-enmeshed-in-n50-billion-fraud/

if you believe this, I have a bridge to sell you

LanreBrown:
Buhari yesterday finally got enrolled into the Data Base of National Identity Management commission. Why did it take such a Long time?

Those of You close to the commission will agree the management was been sentimental in its running and handling of the registration exercise.
Mr. Chris Onyemenam and His Jonathan Cronies were busy running the commission as if it belong to PDP and the Igbos in General. He was grossly Bias in choosing those to register especially during the reign of GEJ.
Buhari by virtue of the fact that he was an opponent of Jonathan was completely sidelined and avoided like a Leper when the ex-presidents were been registered. Rumor has it that it was a calculated attempt aimed at discrediting the person of Buhari. Chris shamelessly avoided Buhari as instructed by His pay masters GEJ and Uche Secundus and went about flashing his teeth while he registered all loyalist to GEJ.
Wonder why it’s taking so much time to Sack and Probe Chris despite the allegation of Corruption hovering around Him: Squandering of Funds for imaginary contract, hiring of irrelevant and inexperience Igbo contractors, running a sensitive institution like a personal family business, promotion of half-baked or unprofessional loyalist ahead of their rightful senior, illegal and unlawful dismissal of staffs not loyal to him and a lot more allegation not befitting a learned Person. A Lawyer turn Dirty is a big no for such commission.
His Management team are mostly unprofessional South-South and Igbo Loyalist whose main aim is money making. No wonder the snail speed pace of activities in the Commission frustrating the objectives of the Commission.

Hope PMB treat his matter as soon as possible.
As Mr. Chris await his day of reckoning, its hope that a Qualified and Impartial Hand is chosen to bring Sanity into the commission.

NIMC staffs on Naira-land surely will agree with Me?

It is obvious that the person who wrote the original post is very ill-informed. In fact, this person is petty, extremely bitter and knows nothing about the work this NIMC management is doing.

What do you mean by he was grossly bias in choosing those to register during the reign of GEJ?

There are multiple enrollment center in all 36 states + FCT, anyone can walk in to register during business hours

You said he rant it like a personal family business, tell us which of his family members are there?

You said his management are mostly south-south

That is a lie, almost half the management board are northerners

You said there were unlawful dismissals, are you referring to the 6000 ghost workers that he blocked


They have been trying to remove this DG for years, it didnt work, they brought corruption scandal, it didnt work, CHAMS has been trying to take them to court, still not working

It is because we have mostly uneducated masses thats why our politicians can get away with this

They want to give out "free" money while at the same time telling you there is no money in FG account

The minute you do that, there is no more incentive to work

As a side note ,where was the money going to come from, take more oil abi with low prices or print more and let our currency be useless? tchewww

Just like we will soon see the asset declaration abi?

Please shift let us hear word

Foolishness of the highest order

Take a look fellow Nigerians, this is how stupid they think the masses are. They want to change mouth 100 days into a 4 year administration

I would have unlooked this issue if not for the fact that we don't even have ministers or any policy direction

So where is this country going?

mummydirect:
Me sef na over confusion dey worry me. When and where is d registration taking place?

They have the locations listed on their website

bashydemy:
Wow you know people that have their cards but you don't isn't that proof that you lying?

how is it proof that I am lying, just because I know others who have gotten their cards and I haven't gotten mine

your logic is weak, shift.

juddexy2:
i can bet, u work at zone 5..

lol, nope

Ephemmm:
Ask people that have registered around you, how many of them have got theirs? If you want to be sincere to yourself, you will realize that little or no distribution has been made yet.

I personally have registered since over two years and I have not got mine. so, get your fact right.

I have seen the card many times with my own two eyes, why should I deny what I have seen?

As a side note, you know you can check the status of your card online right

Tmissy3000:
But the NIMC is temporary not permanent. And banks doesn't accept the temporary or would they accept the temporary now?

The slip you are given has the NIN, just like social security number in the US

The ID card is the physical manifestation

Ephemmm:
Yet Buhari, you and I never get ID card after 3-4 years in which the exercise has commenced: see ya life

How was he supposed to get his ID card when he had not registered before?

think about it

bigtt76:
This National Master Card ID sef! Banks would always tell their customers to ensure the safety of their card numbers yet this same card is going to be used for Identification purposes (used my for the yeye SIM card registration being forced on us) and they had to scan and upload same so that means its going to be less secured.

You don't know what you are talking about

educate yourself on the project

http://ninnimc..com/2013/01/frequently-asked-questions-about-nimc.html