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Aminat I've been following your blog for awhile and you've always post good things about the state. Anyway it's on official page of Osun state that the Governor has paid all workers and pensioners till December using the new modulated scheme. so why the IDP again. or did d Governor lied about the payment.

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it seems rice farmers are not much or not on this forum. I'd advise you to go to village and meet rice farmers. they will be of great help. We need people like you to save Nigeria

I'm very happy about this good news. I Would like u to update us on the state of the project

ShinnBet:
This is a fat lie and obviously another avenue to get govt subsidy to buy non existing rice for storage.

China with larger landmass a with rice as a staple food does not even smell that rubbish you guys are circulating.

Abi una sabi farm rice pass China?

Illiteracy is a disease. don't you see in 1000 metric tonnes above? which implies 1000 tonnes x 144000 =144 000 000 tonnes

I am very pleased to come across this thread. I hope to buy from you. and also market for you. Also take into consideration the risk of birds attack when planting in south west.

By Abiodun Alade, @biodunpen
The Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri, has berated the governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola for allegedly budgeting a whopping 18.6 billion for the running of his office while workers in the state are yet to be paid salary since October 2014.
It will be recalled that in January, during the budget defense at the State House of Assembly, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, the Chief of Staff to Governor Aregbesola, disclosed that the budget for the Governor’s Office for 2015 is N18,645,514,610.
reno-omokriAccording to Oyetola, N1,159,000,000 is expected to be expended on salaries, allowances and other remuneration of career officers and political office holders in the Office of the Governor.
The sum of N3,775,000,000 is expected to be spent on general administration of bureaus and agencies in the Office of the Governor, as part of overhead costs.
The payment of salaries to the Governor, the Deputy Governor, Judges, the State Independent Electoral Commission and others would gulp N2billion.
On Tuesday, civil servants in Osun State staged a protest against the alleged non-payment of five months salaries by the state government.
The workers, led by the Chairman of the Trade Union Congress in the state, Mr. Olatunji Akinyemi, marched through the Osogbo/Gbongan road, chanting anti-government songs.
RenoOsunThe workers said that apart from the failure of the Governor Rauf Aregbesola -led administration to pay them the outstanding salaries, the same government had refused to remit pension deducted from their previous salaries to their various retirement savings accounts.
They claimed that the governor was busy spending the state’s resources on campaigns of the All Progressives Congress and left workers to suffer untold hardship
Omokri, took to his Twitter page, on Wednesday, to question the manner of change been promoted by the All Progressives Congress, APC, if one of its governors cannot pay workers’ salaries, describing it as a foretaste of the change APC promises
“Imagine the reaction if a PDP Gov budgets 18.6 Billion for his office yet cant to pay workers #whatmannerofchange? ” he posted on his twitter page.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/omokri-berates-aregbesola-you-budget-18-6-billion-for-your-office-yet-cant-pay-workers-for-5-months/
The money is much though considering the nonpayment of salary but you should give us info about what Fayose used forthe same period and Oyinlola before Aregbesola

The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said he deserves commendation for building the Moshood Abiola International Airport at Ido-Osun, Osun State, for N11.5bn.
A consultant to the state government on information, Mr. Sunday Akere, who spoke on behalf of the governor, said this in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Tuesday.
He said the contract was not inflated to siphon the state’s resources as alleged by the Peoples Democratic Party.
He said the increase in the contract sum was necessitated by the inflation caused by the fall of the naira.
Akere said, “The PDP in Osun should be ignored, they are just seeking relevance. They should find out how much PDP states like Akwa Ibom, Gombe and others built their airports.
“When former President Goodluck Jonathan was in power, he said he added an additional airstrip to the Nnamdi Azikiwi International Airport, Abuja with N36bn. We should be commended for building an airport with N11.5bn.
“If we are building a complete airport with a hanger and other facilities for N11.5bn, then we should be commended. The governor deserves commendation.”
Akere also said the initial cost of the airport was underestimated.
But the PDP accused the governor of increasing unilaterally the contract sum of the airport from N4.5bn to N15.5bn.
The Director of Media and Strategy of the Osun PDP, Mr. Diran Odeyemi, said this in a statement on Sunday.
The statement read, “We are aware that Governor Rauf Aregbesola, on January 8, 2016 through a letter with reference number SP/S96/1/vi/348 re-awarded the airport contract to the same contractor and a payment of N472m was paid as take-off sum.
“The same company had earlier been paid N2.7bn for the same project without any serious work done on the project.
The PDP also accused the governor of inflating the contract sum in order to embezzle the bailout funds it got from the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The opposition party lamented that workers in the employ of the state were languishing in hunger as a result of unpaid salaries.
The party had said, “We are calling on the President and anti-graft agencies to send a secret team to the site of the so-called Moshood Abiola International Airport, Ido-Osun, to confirm what the government and the airport company had done with the N2.7bn taken from the purse of the state on December 14, 2012.
“Out of the amount, N2.5bn was sourced as a loan from a bank to be repaid monthly at N100m from the SURE-P funds. That loan is now part of the N88bn restructured for the state by the Central Bank for repayment till the year 2034.” Punch

anonimi:
I am really sorry for you with this crass display of IGNORANCE about the extent of bizarre DAMAGE by Baba Kabiru.
Let me just show you some samples. If you have any conscience you will cry, weep and gnash your teeth.



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can you give the details of the news concerning running his office. That's how punch posted an headline saying GOVERNMENT SPENDING BILLIONS ON ARMOURED CARS IN RECESSION. only to discover they are referring to bullet proof cars used by Aregbesola even before becoming the governor of Osun
He was right concerning his statement about salary. he used to pay before 25th of the month but it doesn't mean he doesn't not need d federal allocation to pay salaries. you can buy manuals with you own money when you're assured of getting your money back but not when u have no hope

anonimi:
Do you mean:

Has he done...........?

You are not obliged to write in English if you went to AreGbese's schools where there are NO professionally qualified teachers who are paid well and promptly.
You can always write in Yoruba on a forum that allows such.


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It may be true that Fayose has not done half of AreGbese's stomach infrastructure.


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Thanks for the correction. I never attended any school in Osun for your information. Fayose owes five months salary with only a street lights project. But Aregbesola who knows the value of Education and real development did his best to achieve it but was restricted by the low federal allocation you could say why not increase IGR. He absolutely did his best by increasing it from 300 million to around 1 billion making Osun 11th among states with with highest igr. He owes junior workers 2 months and senior workers same plus an arrears of 1 year half payment. If you can show a single project apart from the lights of Fayose I will show you 5 of Aregbesola's.
He also employed more than 12 k teachers. How many did Fayose employed?
You're just commenting with sentiment but I'm telling you facts

have he done half of Aregbesola's project?

the pictures below are few of his completed projects

kaystick86:
Mr Ogbeni, do you just inspect an abandon bridge. where is the contractor or project supervisor.

This guy is a jack.

Did you ever visit the site? if no then don't ever comment on need related to Osun. For me Aregbesola is still the best governor in Nigeria. He is a visionary leader that seeks a long lasting solution to a problem rather than solve immediate problem and cause chaos in future. For those saying y half salary. when Aregbesola was receiving enough fed allocation btwn 4-5 billion he used to pay salaries b4 d end of the month. yet there's no level of seriousness in most civil servants. if commitment is proportional to income then public school teachers should be serious than their private counterparts paid meagre money. Osun workers are more than 40 k and gulp a total amount of 3.6 billion which is more than the federal allocation combined with igr. on issue of IGR D monthly igr used to be 300 million and he increased it to 1.5 billion before dropping back to 700 million in recession. and he's making efforts to increase it to about 5 billion. he met with NLC and other civil service stakeholders before he signed an MOU with NLC to pay full salary for level 1 to 7 workers and senior workers salary half pending the time the economy of the state will be back to normal. If you're not in osun state don't comment out of hatred or political affiliation

I have exam tomorrow too. I called the number in the email but I can't reach them. what can I do? Is it a must to attend the ceremony

please someone should advise me on what to do. I have a 3 unit course exam on the award ceremony day. I'm confused on what to do since I've been invited. If I don't attend the ceremony does that means I won't be awarded the scholarship

dom222:
thanks man! I rily want to knw hw d result in each polling unit is unfolding in oyo state. Thanks ones again

Ogbomoso South LG. Oyo state
Governor
UNIT 11 ALAPATA
Accord = 62
APC = 21
LP = 208
Unit 12 Alapata2
Apc = 28
Lp = 193
Accord = 21
House
UNIT 11 ALAPATA
Accord = 52
APC = 21
LP = 212
Unit 12 ALAPATA
Apc = 29
Lp = 176
Accord = 24

GEJ can't stop PVC (People Voting for Change ). If you want Buhari like this comment if you want Jonathan share. Let's see who wins

I have decided to join issues with you as I
see you seem given to good reasoning. I
quite agree with you that nations are not
developed overnight. Yes I agree with you
that developmental strides in the life of a
nation does take time…but then, isnt it then
paradoxical that Jona is undoing the little
achievements of the past instead of building
on those of previous office holders? And I
speak specifically in the area of corruption
which you might agree with me is the
singular plague bedeviling the Nigerian state
today.
Yes corruption was always there…it didnt
start with jona but for me, and regardless of
what many may say, previous govts were
able to make some progress regarding this
issue…… i.e Obasanjos govt. Some say his
fight against corruption was selective…I say
selective or not, there was still a fight for all
to see going on! And that so called selective
fight had its patently obvious benefits,
regardless of what many may want to say to
condemn it! I will always remember the
casual conversation I had with a police
sergent on the streets of Lagos the next day
after the then inspector general of police,
Tafa Balogun was taken to court in handcuffs
on national TV the previous night. He said
wow!! to see our IG in handcuffs and taken to
court??!! He said he never thought that he
would live to see such a day in his life time
as a Nigerian! He said I should have come to
their station this morning as everyone of
them was shaken and dombfounded to their
boots that its no longer buisness as usual o!
Well, my friend, for whatever its worth,
selective as it was, it had that little effect!!! If
only others came and built on it! Tafa
Balogun was a yoruba man like obasanjo and
at the end of the day, he admitted his guilt
that he stole money meant for the ordinary
policeman on the street and he even refunded
the monies! And you know the interesting
thing, this was money meant for both yoruba
policeman, south-south policeman, hausa
policeman, mind you, he didnt discriminate
and say, please only give me monies meant
for all other tribes apart form yoruba
policemen!…so that they can have the
neccesary bullet-proof vests to go out and
fight crime without dieing. No he didnt, he
chopped all regardless of tribe…and yet you
see people on these forum saying south-
south, yoruba, hausa etc
Again, let me remind you that they say it was
selective! Now i must say that I dont give
two monkeys about Segun Obasanjo, but
history will record it that he was the
president who achieved that…however
selective it was!
Rather than successivve governments to build
on it….they have sadly turned back the hands
of the clock! Jonathans presides over a very
very widely corrupt govt. I make no qualms
to repeat that for me, I do not know Mr
Jonathan personally, and I have nothing
against him as a person! If anything, i
percieve him as a very humble gentleman of
easy going disposition unlike the brash
mannered obasanjo! But sorry, thats just not
good enough! The destiny of the federal
republic lies in his hands and he has very
simply not done enough to salvage it by
fighting that thing which keeps Nigeria
perpetually underdeveloped called corruption.
The biggest example and I say only an
example, is stella oduahs continued presence
in the cabinet. Any presidents cabinet is the
face of that president. Since oduah was
indicted, Jona said nothing for weeks and
when his silence became so deafening in the
face of such a huge public outcry, it was only
very reluctantly that he came out and said he
was ordering an investigation…report of
investigation was submitted 7 wks ago and
jona is still pervericating and patently and
manifestly corrupt Oduah still continues to be
his face! And you say right thinking and
decent people should approve of his
performance or want him re-elected! Its just
such a shame! Answer me truthfully I beg of
you, in saner climes, will such a public officer
continue to be in office? Right or wrong, they
will first be required to resign or step back so
that the publics confidence in the president
can be maintained! Look at that minister in
the UK who had to resign simply for allegedly
calling a policeman names. He has been a
personal friend of the prime minister for
upwards of 30yrs!!! Yet he simply had to
resign even though it pained the UK prime
minister to see him go! But he realised that
for the greater and common good of public
confidence in his government, he had to let
his friend go! Well then my friend, what about
that?! SOme say Oduah organised so many
votes for Jona and others say a whole lot of
other things…but the truth is….a manifestly
and patently corrupt official remains the face
of Jonas govt and you say people should not
be disillusioned with Jona How many
more undetected Oduahs remain in his govt,
your guess is as good as mine! I know some
will tell me no others exists…some will even
argue and say….yes na, but no be we start
am na! others will say, but na south-south
turn to chop na! And yet a few more will say
but Yorubas too chop their own na…while a
good few others will say but na hausa people
start am! But yet the pot holes that exist on
the roads as a result of corruption and cause
a whole lot of road accidents that kill
innocent people and make many fatherless
and motherless or childless dont discriminate
when its time to cause death…the
substandard general hospitals across the
lenght and breadth of Nigeria cant tell the
difference between south-south man and a
yoruba man when they bring them in and no
adequate medical supplies to treat them due
to the fact that Mr minister of health in abuja
has chopped his tribes turn…and funny
enough, the minister might even be from
south-south and yet the common south-
south man is dieing at the general hospitals
waiting area and cant be treated cos he has
no money to pay or there are too few doctors
or nurses or the workers there just cant be
bothered because they are so disillusioned
with the system that they have decided that
their own way of chopping too is to simply
collect pay and do as little work as
possible……and yes the armed robbers too
dont discriminate when they resort to robbing
due to no employment opportunities…and
ofcourse the police too dont discriminate
when time comes for them to respond to a
call from your neighbourhood that armed
robbers are operating there and they dont
turn up because they do not have patrol
vehichles and ammuinitions due to the fact
that Oga at the top has decided to chop his
own turn and yes indeed, hunger and misery
do not also discriminate when its time for
them to turn up and torture that old
pensioner whose pension some in Abuja have
used to drink and womanise simply because
they are also chopping their regions turn!
Perhaps my friend, you might now see a need
for us all to be objective and hold our office
holders to account regardless of their tribe or
ethnicity.
Note; I copied this from a comment on punch.I would have added the name of the writer but the writer failed to add his name..
Visit........
www.punchng.com/opinion/president-jonathans-11th-private-jet/

They are more than that. I've discovered some of what you post and still have one to add. Thanks a lot op for the post. The fact that the sun is stationary is a lie. It has been discovered that the sun moves round the milky galaxy.
Visit this link or search Google for more information
starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question18.html

viruz007:
As much as I laud the initiative, how many companies are willing to upgrade basic softwares talk less of using local content softwares?

You'll find a company still using Server 2003, Windows XP, Office 2003 etc and refuse to upgrade and you are talking of getting them to use local softwares?

Good luck with that.

Anyways I welcome the idea. Met some great programmers with great ideas and if this works, this will help them grow.

P.S We need more CCHubs

My greatest fear is that longlegedness would not take over In employing the programmers. We have great talented programmers but Nigeria will always employ the poor ones they know

Good Question. Islam as a religion encompasses everything you need to know spiritually, morally and physically . Prophet Muhammad taught us that mentally ill people are free from religious activities and will therefore not be judged in their state of insanity. They will be judged based on their deeds before their illness. Children who are not matured enough to have no record to judge on but their parents are responsible for their deeds since they are in charge of the upbringing of their child. If the person have not reach maturity before meeting this calamity. He or she is free from judgement and thus will be granted Paradise if Allah will.

Evil Brain: How did Noah fit 2 million insects (1 million species x 2) into the ark? And how did be manage to fit 12,000 amphibians, 20,000 birds, 11,000 mammals, 16,000 reptiles and god knows how many crustaceans, arachnids and mollusks into a boat that must have already been overflowing with insects? Where did he find space to keep a years worth of food for all those animals? How did he keep the meat for the Lions, tigers and other carnivores fresh for a whole year? Why did he take mosquitoes, tapeworms, guinea worms and the HIV virus aboard the ark? Did he infect himself with all those parasites, or did he force his wife and children to carry them? How come all the animals didn't freeze to death at 9,000 metres altitude (the height of Mount Everest which must have been underwater) Where did they find oxygen to breathe at that height? What did all the animals eat after getting off the ark? All the plants must have died after a year underwater, and all the animals would have drowned so no food for herbivores or carnivores. How come all the fish in the ocean survived? Saltwater fish can't survive in freshwater and the ocean would have been massively diluted with all that rain. Or did the ark also have a salty fish tank with space for 60,000 fish (30,000 species x 2)? And how did he feed all those fish?

Not that I'm doubting this ark story mind you. Its in the Bible after all, so it must be true. I'm just curious about a few technicalities. I'm sure you have good explanations for all of them.

The bible story of univrsal flood is a great fallacy, Egyptians and many oder tribes live @ d dat age and have no experience of flood. Also scientist revealed that there have been no time of universal flood. Quran also confirmed that the flood is restricted to the tribe of Noah only. Scientists also confirm the existience of th flood @ d location of the tribe of Noah as written in d bible

KingsleyCEO: Another confused Igbo man... What's his name again?

100 advises from the Quran
1.Do not mix the truth with falsehood (2:42)
2.Order righteousness to people only after practicing it yourself (2:44)
3.Do not commit abuse on the earth (2:60)
4.Do not prevent people from mosques (2:114)(2:114)
5.Do not follow anyone blindly (2:170)
6.Do not break the promise (2:177)
7.Do not engage in bribery (2:188)
8.Fight only with those who fight you (2:190)
9.Keep the etiquettes of war (2:191)
10.Protect orphans (2:220)
11.Do not have sexual intercourse during menstrual period (2:222)
12.Breast feed your children for two complete years (2:233)
13.Choose rulers by their merit (2:247)
14.No compulsion in religion (2:256)
15.Do not invalidate charity with reminders (2:264)
16.Help those in need by finding them (2:273)
17.Don’t consume interest (2:275)
18.Grant more time to repay if the debtor is in hard time (2:280)
19.Write down the debt (2:282)
20.Keep the trust (2:283)
21.Do not spy and backbite (2:283)
22.Believe in all prophets (2:285)
23.Do not burden a person beyond his scope (2:286)
24.Do not become divided (3:103)
25.Restrain Anger (3:134)
26.Do not be rude in speech (3:159)
27.Think deeply about the wonders and creation of this universe (3:191)
28.Men and Women have equal rewards for their deeds (3:195)
29.Wealth of the dead should be distributed among his family members (4:7)
30.Women also have the right for inheritance (4:7)
31.Do not devour the property of orphans (4:10)
32.Do not marry those in your blood relation (4:23)
33.Do not consume one another’s wealth unjustly (4:29)
34.Family should be lead by men (4:34)
35.Be good to others (4:36)
36.Do not be miserly (4:37)
37.Do not keep envy (4:54)
38.Judge with justice between people (4:58)
39.Do not kill each other (4:92)
40.Do not be an advocate for deceitful (4:105)
41.Standout firmly for justice (4:135)
42.Cooperate in righteousness (5:2)
43.Do not cooperate in sin and aggression (5:2)
44.Dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine are prohibited (5:3)
45.Be just (5:
46.Punish for crimes in an exemplary way (5:38)
47.Strive against sinful and unlawful (5:63)
48.Avoid intoxicants and alcohol (5:90)
49.Do not gamble (5:90)
50.Do not insult others’ deities (6:108)
51.’Having majority’ is not a criterion of truth (6:116)
52.Don’t reduce weight or measure to cheat people (6:152)
53.Do not be arrogant (7:13)
54.Eat and Drink, But Be Not Excessive (7:31)
55.Wear good cloths during prayer times (7:31)
56.Forgive others for their mistakes (7:199)
57.Do not turn back in battle (8:15)
58.protect and help those who seek protection (9:6)
59.Keep Purity (9:108)
60.Never give up hope of Allah’s Mercy (12:87)
61.Allah will forgive to those who have done wrong out of ignorance (16:119)
62.Invitation to God should be with wisdom and good instruction (16:125)
63.No one will bear others’ sins (17:15)
64.Be dutiful to parents (17:23)
65.Do not say a word of disrespect to parents (17:23)
66.Do not spent money extravagantly (17:29)
67.Do not kill your children for fear of poverty (17:31)
68.Do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse (17:32)
69.Do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge (17:36)
70.Speak to people mildly (20:44)
71.Keep aloof from what is vain (23:3)
72.Do not enter others’ house without seeking permission (24:27)
73.Allah will provide security for those who believe only in Allah (24:55)
74.Do not enter parents’ private room without asking permission (24:58)
75.Walk on earth in humility (25:63)
76.Do not neglect your portion of this world (28:77)
77.Invoke not any other god along with Allah (28:88)
78.Do not engage in homosexuality (29:29)
79.Enjoin right, forbid wrong (31:17)
80.Do not walk in insolence through the earth (31:18)
81.Lower your voice (31:19)
82.Women should not display their finery (33:33)
83.Allah forgives all sins (39:53)
84.Do not be despair of the mercy of Allah (39:53)
85.Repel evil by good (41:34)
86.Decide on affairs by consultation (42:38)
87.Try for settlement between people (49:9)
88.Do not ridicule others (49:11)
89.Avoid suspicion (49:12)
90.Do not spy or backbite (49:12)
91.Most noble of you is the most righteous (49:13)
92.Honor guests (51:26)
93.Spent wealth in charity (57:7)
94.No Monasticism in religion (57:27)
95.Those who have knowledge will be given a higher degree by Allah (58:11)
96.Treat non-Muslims in a kind and fair manner (60:
97.Save yourself from covetousness (64:16)
98.Seek forgiveness of Allah. He is Forgiving and Merciful (73:20)
99.Do not repel one who asks (93:10)
100.Encourage feeding poor (107:3)

Alfa Seltzer: Maybe he couldn't find a mental hospital in Bangladesh so he went to the next available alternative.

He is mentally alright with a sound mind. You don't believe a religion because those who claim to practice it practice evil. The west that brought christianity to Nigeria have the highest rate of muslim converts, do you why? Its because they are very curious and not lazy. Most of them dump christianity after studying the bible for atheism or agnostism. But due to the blackmailing of Islam by the media, they start to study Islam to know it and end up becoming a muslim. Nigerian christian this is a good example for you to follow. Know your Bible and history, dont stop there know Islam. Allah said in d holy Quran that there is no compulsion in religion (Quran 2:256)

Ngwakwe: Can you compare community healthcare system in Abia State to that of any State in Nigeria?

The State with the lowest unemployment rate in Nigeria where its remotest parts have something to export (goods and services) to either Cameroon, Ghana, Togo, Benin Republic or Congo DR.

What do you know about Abia State?

Tell me about Aba City

we need facts here not thought, Osun state has d lowest rate of unemployment which is 3 percent

isale_gan2: What does that mean? Appointed and elected officials should not be questioned?

We are not zombies!

giving account does not mean you should not xtion elected leaders
Prophet Muhammad said if u c corruption or evil correct it with ur hand, or ur mouth, if u can't hate it with your heart

ferociouz: Tah! Na lie joor. The state of public schools are bad but not this worse. Don't believe this picture.

it exist in NIGERIA, A REPUTABLE SCUL IN OGBOMOSO OYO STATE, OGBOMOSO HIGH SCHOOL HAS CLASSROOMS OF D SAME TYPE, D ONLY DIFFRENCE IS DAT IT HAS NO TYRE BUT ONLY 1 OR 2 CHAIRS I wonder what d oder students use