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132 UMAR FARUQ ALHASSAN M B.SC/B.A KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 46
133 UMAR U. MOH'D M B.SC/B.A KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 162
134 UMMUL KHAIRI SANUSI F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
135 USMAN ABUBAKAR M B.SC/B.A KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
136 USMAN KHALEED M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 143
137 YAHAYA DAHIRU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 51
138 YAHAYA SHAFIU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 41
139 YAHAYA SULEIMAN M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 371
140 YAHAYA USMAN M DIPLOMA KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 225
141 YUSHA'U MUKTAR M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
142 YUSUF ABDULLAHI M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 253
143 YUSUF H. ALIYU M B.SC/B.A KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
144 ZAINAB ADAMU F B.SC/B.A KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 2835
145 ZAINAB AHMAD F B.ED/B.SC.ED/B.A.ED KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
146 ZAINAB MUHAMMAD F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 218
147 ZUBAIRU ALHASSAN M B.ED/B.SC.ED/B.A.ED KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 170
148 ZUBAIRU IDRIS M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 104
149 ZUBAIRU SALISU BAWA M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 024
150 ZUWAIRA ABDULLAHI F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
151 ZUWAIRA GAMBO F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 372
152 SA'ADIYA ABDULMUMINI F B.SC/B.A KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 20929
153 SHURMAU BUHARI M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 103
154 ABUBAKAR YAKUBU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 141
155 OGBOLE STELLA EZIHE F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 155
156 SHA'AFATU HASSAN F B.ED/B.SC.ED/B.A.ED KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
157 OBAFEMI OLADINI B. F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
158 OYEBANJI BOSE F HND KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
159 AMINU ADAMU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG 077
160 ABDULMUNIM AISHA F NONE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
161 AMINA HUSSAINI F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
162 YUSUF MUHAMMED M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
163 UMAR AMINU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
164 SHUAIBU ALIYU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
165 ALHASSAN UMAR M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
166 YUSUF SALEH M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
167 YAHAYA SUWAIBA F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
168 YAHAYA A AUWAL M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG 302
169 ADAMU RAMATU F NONE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 305
170 SALAMATU IBRAHIM F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 172
171 USMAN D USMAN M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG163
172 ISMAIL YUSUF M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG223
173 INIH ISAIAH UDOSEN M NONE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG147
174 ELESHIN LATEEF O. M HND KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG152
175 MUSA ABUBAKAR M NONE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG100
176 SHAFUI MUHAMMAD M B.SC/B.A KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG105
177 KHALID SALISU BAWA M B.SC/B.A KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG114
178 ONYIGBUO MARTHA F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG125
179 ALHASSAN WA'ALLIM M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG005
180 ISAH AUWAL M DIPLOMA KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG 012
181 AMINA ISMAIL F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG 024
182 ISMAIL ALHASSAN M NONE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG031
183 AMINU MUHAMMED M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG036
184 SAIFULLAHI ALIYU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG051
185 AISHA ALIYU F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG062
186 SAKINA IBRAHIM F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG 070
187 KHALID SALISU A. M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 310
188 MUHAMMAD ABDULRAZAQ M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 284
189 MUHAMMAD SANUSI ADAMU M B.ED/B.SC.ED/B.A.ED KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
190 SHEHU UMAR M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
191 ADAM ABDURRAHMAN M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 234
192 NURA ABDULHAMID M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 214
193 IDRIS RUFA'I M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG375
194 YAHAYA A. IBRAHIM M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG335
195 YAHAYA ZAINAB F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG377
196 ABUBAKAR ADAMU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG318
197 AHMAD GAMBO M NONE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG134
198 SULEIMAN IBRAHIM M B.ED/B.SC.ED/B.A.ED KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG315
199 SALIHU ALIYU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG189
200 UBANI VERONICA CHIOMA F B.ED/B.SC.ED/B.A.ED KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG122
201 AHMAD YAHYA NA'ABBA M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 065
202 ABDULKADIR YUSHAU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
203 HARIRA SANI F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 142
204 JEREMIAH USMAN NOMAN M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 117
205 YAHAYA ALIYU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 054
206 ABDULLAHI FATEEMAH F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 028
207 AUWALU ISHAKU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 048
208 MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM K. M NONE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 106
209 SULEIMAN YAHAYA KHALID M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 026
210 ALHASSAN IBRAHIM M B.ED/B.SC.ED/B.A.ED KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 116
211 HADIZA ABUBAKAR F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 3359
212 BINTA MOHAMMED F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 193
213 IBRAHIM MUTABA HUSSAINI M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 240
214 FARUK UMAR M NONE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 197
215 AMINA ABDULGANIYU F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 216
216 SULEIMAN AMINU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
217 EGBA GRACE F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
218 MUHAMMAD HAJARA F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 130
219 BUHARI ABUBAKAR M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 271
220 BUSHARA MAHMAUD F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 095
221 OGBURADA MISHACH OMERINDA M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 299
222 MUHAMMAD ABDULLAHI M B.SC/B.A KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
223 BASHAR HARUNA M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
224 ILIYA HAMISU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 188
225 HAUWA DAHIRU F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 219
226 DAHIRU JIBRIL M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 220
227 JAMILU MUHAMMAD M B.ED/B.SC.ED/B.A.ED KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
228 YA'U ABDULLAHI M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 8
229 SHAMSIYA MUHAMMED KABIR F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG14
230 ABDULMALIK TASIU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG29
231 BABANGIDA LAWAL M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG38
232 SOLOMON EMMANUEL M B.SC/B.A KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 65
233 MANSIR MUHAMMAD M DIPLOMA KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 12663
234 FAIZA ABBA ALI F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 13279

1 ABAH ANTHONY M NCE KADUNA CHIKUN 344
2 ABAH D. JULIANA F B.ED/B.SC.ED/B.A.ED KADUNA CHIKUN 19092
3 ABAH JULIANA T. F B.SC/B.A KADUNA CHIKUN 3743
4 ABATTI GODIYA LOT F B.ED/B.SC.ED/B.A.ED KADUNA CHIKUN 44
5 ABDULAZEER IDRIS F B.SC/B.A KADUNA CHIKUN 11707
6 ABDULAZEEZ IDRIS F NCE KADUNA CHIKUN 11707
7 ABDULAZIZ AISHA F NCE KADUNA CHIKUN 039
8 ABDULGANIYO A. RASHIDAT F HND KADUNA CHIKUN 108
9 ABDULLAHI KABIRU M NCE KADUNA CHIKUN 294
10 ABDULLAHI W. JAMILA F HND KADUNA CHIKUN 22725
11 ABDULLASHI SANI M NCE KADUNA CHIKUN 2285
12 ABDULRAHEEM SHAKIRAT F B.ED/B.SC.ED/B.A.ED KADUNA CHIKUN 15964
13 ABDULRAHMAN IBRAHIM M HND KADUNA CHIKUN 0383
14 ABENE YOHANNA M HND KADUNA CHIKUN
15 ABIGAIL DANJUMA AZEKU F DIPLOMA KADUNA CHIKUN 94
16 ABIGAIL DUSTSE SARKI F NCE KADUNA CHIKUN 257
17 ABIGAIL J. ALBRA F NCE KADUNA CHIKUN 3864
18 ABIGAIL KUFANA F NCE KADUNA CHIKUN 405
19 ABIGAIL THOMAS F NCE KADUNA CHIKUN 016
20 ABIGAIL VINCENT MOSES F HND KADUNA CHIKUN 12834
21 ABRACK TANKO M NCE KADUNA CHIKUN 100
22 ABRAHAM ACHENYO LILIAN F B.SC/B.A KADUNA CHIKUN 16975
23 ABRAHAM DINA F NONE KADUNA CHIKUN 20250
24 ABRAHAM THOMAS M NONE KADUNA CHIKUN 019
25 ABSALOM CHRISTIANA F NCE KADUNA CHIKUN 13144
26 ABUAJA KINGSLEY M PGDE KADUNA CHIKUN
27 ABUBAKAR HARUNA M NCE KADUNA CHIKUN 330
28 ABUBAKAR HASSAN M B.ED/B.SC.ED/B.A.ED KADUNA CHIKUN
29 ABUBAKAR JIBRIN M NCE KADUNA CHIKUN 682/156
30 ABUBAKAR MUBARAK M NCE KADUNA CHIKUN 157
31 ABUBAKAR SADIQUE SULEIMAN M NCE KADUNA CHIKUN 17021
32 ABUI BETHSHAEBA SAMUEL F B.SC/B.A KADUNA CHIKUN 18873
33 ABUI VERONICA F B.SC/B.A KADUNA CHIKUN 18874
34 ABUTU JOHN M B.SC/B.A KADUNA CHIKUN 125
35 ACHE O. SAMUEL M HND KADUNA CHIKUN 21256
36 ACHIKWU JONATHAN M B.ED/B.SC.ED/B.A.ED KADUNA CHIKUN 3133/264
37 ADAH JAPHET AREGE M NCE KADUNA CHIKUN 1299
38 ADAH MAGAJI M B.SC/B.A KADUNA CHIKUN 3655

KADUNA STATE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS' RECRUITMENT EXERCISE 2017
LIST OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES
S/NO NAME SEX HIGHEST QUAL STATE LGEA APP NO.
1 ABBAS UMAR M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 62
2 ABDULHADI MUH'D M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG092
3 ABDULHALAL ADAMU M B.SC/B.A KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 21166
4 ABDULLAH ISAH M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 190
5 ABDULLAHI ABIDA A. F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 344
6 ABDULLAHI AISHA NANA F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
7 ABDULLAHI DAYYABU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 248
8 ABDULRAMAN GARBA M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 392
9 ABDURRAHAMAN ZAKARI HARUNA M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
10 ABUBAKAR AHMAD M NONE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
11 ABUBAKAR IBRAHIM M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
12 ABUBAKAR MAGAJI M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
13 ADAMU AMINU SHEKARAU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
14 ADAMU LABARAN M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
15 ADAMU MUSA DANJUMA M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
16 AHMAD SIRAJO M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 030
17 AHMED HUKA M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 181
18 AISHA BAKO MOHAMMED F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 55
19 AISHA IBRAHIM JIGO F NONE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 179
20 AISHATU BALARABE F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 173
21 AISHATU ISAH ABDULLAHI F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 699
22 AISHATU MUSA F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
23 ALIYU ADAMU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 209
24 ALIYU TANKO AKAGO M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 50
25 AMEH PAULINA F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
26 AMINU LAWAL M DIPLOMA KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
27 AMINU TANI F B.ED/B.SC.ED/B.A.ED KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
28 ASHIRU ABDULLAHI M B.SC/B.A KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 233
29 ASIYA IBRAHIM F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 367
30 ASMA'U ALIYU F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG 140
31 ASMAU MUH'D DANGIWA F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
32 ATIKA IBRAHIM JIGO F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 365
33 BELLO SEKINA F PGDE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 66
34 BUHARI SAIDU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 52
35 CHRISTOPHER SABO DANLADI M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 113
36 DAHIRU AISHA F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 201
37 DAVID EMMANUEL M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
38 FAISAL IBRAHIM JIGO M B.SC/B.A KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG072
39 FATIMA USMAN F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 052
40 FATIMAH ABUBAKAR F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 166
41 GAMBO ABDULLAHI M B.ED/B.SC.ED/B.A.ED KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 135
42 GAMBO JONATHAN M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 261
43 GARBA ALIYU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
44 GOBINA AWUNA MONICA F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 75
45 HABIBA IDRIS ABDULRAUF F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 322
46 HABIBA SHEHU F B.SC/B.A KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 4381
47 HAFSAT B. BALA F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 176
48 HAJARA ABBAS F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 33
49 HAJARA ABDULLAHI F NONE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
50 HAJARA BUHARI F NCE KWARA BIRNIN GWARI 283
51 HAJARA SULEIMAN F NONE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 105
52 HAMAMATU YAKUBU HAMZA F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
53 HAMZA ABUBAKAR M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 199
54 HAMZA AHMAD M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 007
55 HARUNA ADAMU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
56 HARUNA ZUBAIRU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 296
57 HASSAN BALARABE Y. M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
58 HASSAN IBRAHIM M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 289
59 HASSAN TANIMU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 19642
60 HAUWA ALIYU F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
61 HULEIRA ABUBAKAR F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
62 HUSSAINI IBRAHIM M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
63 HUSSAINI SA'ADATU F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 336
64 HUSSAINI SALIHU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
65 IBRAHIM ABDULKADIR M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
66 IBRAHIM ABUBAKAR M B.ED/B.SC.ED/B.A.ED KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 237
67 IBRAHIM BAKO M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
68 IBRAHIM HARUNA M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
69 IBRAHIM HARUNA A. M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 374
70 IBRAHIM HASSAN M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
71 IBRAHIM ISIYAKU M B.SC/B.A KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 109
72 IBRAHIM RAHMATU F NONE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 314
73 IBRAHIM SADIQ M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
74 ISAH IDRIS M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
75 ISAH ISAHABDULKADIR M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 626
76 ISIYA ABDULHAMID M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
77 IYABA A. MUSA F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 344
78 JAAFARU YAHAYA M M.SC/M.A KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI Z103
79 JAMILA MUHAMMAD IDRIS F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
80 JOEL EMMANUEL M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 84
81 JONATHAN JOSEPH M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 101
82 KABIRU HASSAN M DIPLOMA KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 224
83 KHADIJA ADAM F B.ED/B.SC.ED/B.A.ED KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 868
84 KHALID HARUNA M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
85 KORAU RILWANU ABUBAKAR M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
86 LANTANA MOH'D F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 18943
87 LAWAL HAJARA F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 351
88 LAWAL AHMED M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
89 LAWAL HARUNA M NONE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
90 LAWAL USMAN M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 146
91 LONGBA CHARITY MUSA F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 153
92 MAIMUNA MOHAMMED F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 287
93 MARIYA MOHAMMED F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 364
94 MARYAM ABBAS F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 107
95 MARYAM ABUBAKAR ALIYU F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
96 MARYAM MUHAMMAD F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 241
97 MARYAM MUHAMMED DAHIRU F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 91
98 MIKAU ANIMAT F DIPLOMA KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 231
99 MIUBARRAK D. MUHAMMED M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
100 MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR M B.SC/B.A KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
101 MOHAMMED ILIYASU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
102 MOHAMMED SANI M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 131
103 MUBARAK YUSUF ABDULLAHI M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 320
104 MUHAMMAD BELLO ABDULLAHI M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 366
105 MUHAMMAD SANI M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 245
106 MURJANATU GAMBO F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
107 MUSA A. SAKIRU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 346
108 MUSA ADAMU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 375
109 MUSA HARUNA M B.SC/B.A KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG 349
110 MUSA MOHAMMED M PGDE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
111 MUSTAPHA MUHAMMED MACHIKA M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
112 NDUBISI CHRISTIANA F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 341
113 NUHU HADIZA IDRIS M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 40
114 NURA HARUNA M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
115 NURA HASSASN M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
116 NURA IBRAHIM M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 49
117 NURATU ADAMU F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
118 OJO NIKE REBECCAH F B.ED/B.SC.ED/B.A.ED KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 12638
119 OYEBAMIJI BANKE F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
120 RABIU HUDU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
121 RAMATU ABDULLAHI F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 266
122 SA'ADIYA YUSHA'U I. F B.ED/B.SC.ED/B.A.ED KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 20929
123 SABIU DAUDA M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 146
124 SADAM HUSSAIN M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
125 SAFIYA ABUBAKAR F NONE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 334
126 SALISU HAMZA M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 102
127 SALISU YAU M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 118
128 SANI ABUBAKAR M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
129 SANI JAMILA M NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI
130 STEPHEN DORCAS KASANG F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 20899
131 SULEIMAN AMINA F NCE KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI EBG380
132 UMAR FARUQ ALHASSAN M B.SC/B.A KADUNA BIRNIN GWARI 46

Deepfreezer:
so Like someone said earlier your brain is really paining you

You must be referring to yourself.

Deepfreezer:
so Like someone said earlier your brain is really paining you

You must be referring to yourself...

nairavsdollars:
Congrats To George Oppong Weah who was earlier today sworn in as Liberia's new President. Like George Weah, Can Nigerians Elect This Dude As Our President If He Contests? Can his popularity get him the votes?

We will not know until he joins a political party, run for their primaries and ready to play politics.

chinex276:
idiotof the highest order

Still referring to yourself..

santopelele:
DEJI, YOU BE MOO, COW IS BETTER THAN YOU, YOUR COMMENT IS OFF POINT

Says an i-Pig.

They are all in a happy mood.

chinex276:
SHUT UP... ode

yeye assz likeer

You must be referring to yourself.

Icecomrade:
If only you had a little sense, you should have been wondering why a person who has 4m is willing to pay another person for just a job.

Sense obviously eludes you. Because someone was willing to pay for a fraudulent transaction, does not excuse the person who carries out the fraud.

careytommy7:
Your brain is paining you

You must be referring to yourself..

FaniDan:
its a pity you don't have sense, was killings not part of the reason GEJ was voted out? So it should contact na because you will be the next

But you did not make noise about Herdsmen killing under your hero nau? All the money released for ranching stolen by your hero, yet no ranch was established, even when oil sold for over $100 per barrel.
Now Buhari has to clean up all your hero mess.
Yes he will do it.
Like Boko Haram, kidnapping, LiePOB and Herdsmen killings, they will all be defeated.

https://guardian.ng/news/reps-probe-alleged-theft-of-cbns-n100b-fund-to-build-ranches/

naijapips04:
it's only a mad man that chase rats around while his house is burning. Falae needs fire extinguisher. Go lend him so hand, dumbie.

It takes a dumb person to drop this comment of yours. Were you deaf and dumb or probably not in existence when Herdsmen were killing your chiefs in Enugu under your hero?
Hopeless slowpoke.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/fulani-herdsmen-kill-village-chief-in-enugu/

That is why they were prepared to die for GEJ to continue in office. GEJ allowed their fraudulent lifestyle to flourish

To the hypocrite/s shouting Herdsmen upandan, where were you when herdsmen were killing people under your hero? You lost your voice then?

https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2015/03/gunmen-kill-100-christian-villagers-in-central-nigeria/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL_vUDLdIf4

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-22528257

http://saharareporters.com/2014/03/15/suspected-fulani-herdsmen-kill-least-100-southern-kaduna

https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/5th-Crime-Conf-2014/X002-Bolaji-Omitola.pdf

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-violence/nigeria-clashes-between-fulani-herdsmen-and-vigilantes-kill-72-idUSBREA360HT20140407?feedType=RSS

To the hypocrite shouting Herdsmen upandan, where were you when herdsmen were killing people under your hero? You lost your voice then?

https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2015/03/gunmen-kill-100-christian-villagers-in-central-nigeria/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL_vUDLdIf4

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-22528257

http://saharareporters.com/2014/03/15/suspected-fulani-herdsmen-kill-least-100-southern-kaduna

https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/5th-Crime-Conf-2014/X002-Bolaji-Omitola.pdf

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-violence/nigeria-clashes-between-fulani-herdsmen-and-vigilantes-kill-72-idUSBREA360HT20140407?feedType=RSS

To the hypocrite/s shouting Herdsmen upandan, where were you when herdsmen were killing people under your hero? You lost your voice then?

https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2015/03/gunmen-kill-100-christian-villagers-in-central-nigeria/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL_vUDLdIf4

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-22528257

http://saharareporters.com/2014/03/15/suspected-fulani-herdsmen-kill-least-100-southern-kaduna

https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/5th-Crime-Conf-2014/X002-Bolaji-Omitola.pdf

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-violence/nigeria-clashes-between-fulani-herdsmen-and-vigilantes-kill-72-idUSBREA360HT20140407?feedType=RSS

E get how God dey take punish these Polithievians. See as the Daughter looks like a N50 Olosho.

Maybe they will give you 2 million votes in 2019 or they might give it to Atiku.

Na their vote, if them like dey carry am give RED CARD party..

This CIA DECLASSIFIED report is like reading Nigeria newspaper when the event happened,with all the gossip, and particular reference to "anonymous source"

seniwellsFX:
. You see how idiotic and dumb headed you are. You could not decipher the sarcasm in that comment from the above poster. You extraordinary deliverance deji17 or whatever you call yourself. Zombie nation

What is with people like you? Must you self identify as a Zombie all the time? Is that the only lexicon you were programmed to be repeating? You need the said deliverance more, as you write like someone who is frustrated with life.

ken2baba:
every money is attributed to GEJ 2015 election as if he is d only one dat contested.

Lol

GEJ has been adjudged to be an ATM with no PIN number

Jatinzbusinessc:
GEJ is the cause of the missing loot He wants to use it for 2019 erections.

No, GEJ used it for 2015 elections..

NEWS: Abacha's $500m loot, relooted.

GEJites: You see.. Corruption under Saint Buhari

NEWS continued: .. Looted between March & April 2015 under Jonathan (GEJ)

GEJites: It's a Distraction

NEWS: Abacha's $500m loot relooted.

GEJites: You see.. Corruption under Saint Buhari

NEWS continued: .. Looted between March & April 2015 under Last Admin

GEJites: It's a Distraction

EFCC launches probe as $500m Abacha loot goes missing
Posted By: Yusuf Alli, Abuja

January 19, 2018


Where is $500 million recovered from the late Gen. Sani Abacha’s family?

This is the question the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is battling to answer.

The cash was recovered from the family of the late Head of State during ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

It was repatriated from slush accounts in foreign jurisdictions.



The foreign governments, which released the loot to the Federal Government after hard negotiations, demanded that the cash be used for concrete developments, including infrastructure, such as roads, water, healthcare and education.

EFCC detectives tracking the $500million have discovered that it was diverted.

Of the $500million, about $250million was released to the Office of National Security Adviser (ONSA)during the tenure of Col. Sambo Dasuki without appropriation. The balance of $250million cannot be traced yet.

The Nation learnt that detectives discovered that the $250million was illegally withdrawn barely two months to the end of Jonathan’s administration.

Investigators are said to be working on clues that part of the cash was spent on “extraneous matters, including media services, opinion polls and personal matters”.

According to a fact-sheet on the investigation, the $250million was withdrawn between March 2, 2015 and April 21, 2015.



About $36,155,000 (N13,015,800billion) of the $250million was also withdrawn in cash “without any purpose” on March 2nd, 9th, 16th and 18th of 2015.

Detectives have retrieved documents relating to the alleged “re-looting” of the Abacha loot.

In the fact-sheet, the ONSA in a memo of January 12, 2015, asked the former Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to transfer $300million .

The memo said: “Please refer to our meeting on recovered funds. You are pleased requested to remit the sum of $300m and £5.5m to the following account being ONSA share as agreed. Account name: CBN (NSA Foreign Operation; Account number: -100367-USD-CABANK30

Bank; Address: 28, Finsbury Circus, London. Please accept the assurances of my highest esteem.”

Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala, in a memo to Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, requested for $300m from the Abacha loot.

Only $250million was released to the ex-NSA.

The January 20, 2015 memo said: “Attached, please find a request by the NSA for the transfer of $300m and British pounds (£5.5m) of the recovered Abacha funds to ONSA operations account. The NSA has explained that this is to enable purchase of ammunition, security and other intelligence equipment for the security agencies in order to enable them confront the ongoing Boko Haram threat.

“His request is sequel to the meeting you chaired with the committee on use of recovered funds where decision was made that recovered Abacha funds would be split 50-50 between urgent security needs to confront Boko Haram and development needs (including a portion for the Future Generations window of Sovereign Wealth Fund).

“This letter is to seek your approval to borrow these funds, for now, to disburse to the NSA. These funds form part of projected FG Independent Revenue to be appropriated.

“In light of this and for accountability, given the peculiar nature of security and intelligence transactions, we would expect the NSA to account to your Excellency for the utilisation of the funds.”

On January 29, 2015, the ex-President responded to the ex-Minister as follows: “CME/HMF, approved.”

To back his approval, Dr. Jonathan through his Senior Special Assistant (Admin) Matt Aikhionbare, in a memo of January 30, 2015 said: “RE: Request by NSA for transfer of funds.” I am directed to forward Ref A to you and convey to you Mr. President’s approval. Humbly submitted for your further action, Ma’am.”

Detectives have discovered that only $250million out of the $300million requested was paid to ONSA.

16/2/15

In a letter of February 16, 2015, the then Director of Funds of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. M.K. Dikwa, in a memo to the CBN Governor, conveyed the mandate to transfer the $250million.

The memo said: “. You are hereby requested to immediately effect fund transfer as below($250m) being amount disbursed to enable for the purchase of ammunition, security and other intelligence equipment for the security agencies in order to enable them fully confront the ongoing Boko Haram threat.

“As per Mr. President’s approval on CME-HMF/FMF/2015/18 dated 20th January 2015 conveyed via State Houses letter No PRES/87/MF /-2/520 dated 30th January 2015. NSA’s letter Ref. No. NSA/362/5 dated 5th March 2015 also refers.”

A source said: “The $250million was duly approved by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan; the ex-NSA did not commit any infractions. He acted in the interest of the country.

It is incorrect for EFCC to assume that the $250million was diverted because it was used to purchase vital equipment.”

A table of how the $250million was spent was obtained by our correspondent last night.

An EFCC source, who spoke in confidence, said: “We will need to interact with the former Minister of Finance, Okonjo-Iweala, to guide us on the contents of her letter, especially on the legality of the withdrawal of the $250million.

“We will find out what she meant by to ‘borrow these funds’ and these ‘funds form part of projected FG Independent Revenue to be appropriated.’ She should assist investigators on whether or not the ex-NSA accounted to Jonathan for the ‘utilization of the funds.’

A former Chairman of the EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, had claimed that Abacha “took over $6 billion from Nigeria”. He also said $2 billion was recovered when he was in charge of the anti-graft agency.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project(SERAP) had through its Executive Director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, on 21 September 2015 sent an access to information request to the President, World Bank Group, asking him to “exercise the bank’s prerogative to release documents relating to spending of recovered assets stolen by late Gen. Sani Abacha”.

SERAP asked the World Bank President to “disclose information about the Bank’s role in the implementation of any projects funded by the recovered assets and any other on-going repatriation initiatives on Nigeria with which the bank is engaged.”

It said: “The request is pursuant to the World Bank’s Access to Information Policy (The Policy), approved by the Board on June 30 2015. SERAP notes that one of the policy’s guiding principles is to maximise access to information. There is also clear public interest in Nigerians knowing about the Bank’s supervisory role and specifically its involvement in the implementation of projects on which repatriated funds were spent.”

But Okonjo-Iweala in 2015 insisted that she had no case to answer.

She said: “Former President Jonathan set up a Committee comprising the former Minister of Justice, former NSA and the former Minister of Finance to determine how best to use both the returned and expected funds for development.

“The NSA made a case for using the returned funds for urgent security operations since, he noted, there cannot be any development without peace and security. Based on this, a decision was taken to deploy about $322m for the military operations, while the expected $700m would be applied for development programmes as originally conceived.

“Following the discussions and based on the urgency of the NSA’s memo, Dr Okonjo-Iweala requested the President to approve the transfer of the requested amount to the NSA’s Office for the specified purposes.

“But, as captured in the memo, she insisted on three conditions: a. only a part, not the entire Abacha funds would be spent on the arms; the rest would be invested in developmental projects as originally conceived b. the money was to be treated as borrowed funds which would be paid back as soon as possible c. the NSA’s office was to account for the spending to the President who was the Commander in Chief, given the fact that the Minister of Finance is not part of the security architecture and does not participate in the Security Council.

“The attempt to link the former Minister’s name to any misuse of these funds for any purpose other than security as far as she understood it is totally false and cannot stand.”

GavelSlam:

For laughing like that, wailers and defenders of corruption are coming for you...

CC
Lalasticlala
Mynd44

babadey:
Does he think it's the power of the doctor to heal or be successful in an operation.
If the Lord God doesn't approve it, who will? And where else do you go to show your appreciation as a Believer...... Radio station?

Doctors are great. They are the instruments of God!

If it was their power (doctor), a former first lady of a particular country wouldn't have died.

Then the Pastor should have prayed for the patient to get healed, instead of taking the sick person to the Doctor for surgery.

How many sick people left in the care of the Pastor has died?

Court Describes Union Bank as Busybody, Permanently Forfeits Ikoyi Flat to Federal Government
It was in this flat that slush sums of $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23, 218,000 (about N13bn) were found by the operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on April 12, 2017


BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK

JAN 19, 2018

The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos has likened Union Bank Plc Involvement in the controversial Flat 7b, in Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, to that of a “busyboy” while he permanently forfeited same flat to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

It was in this flat that slush sums of $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23, 218,000 (about N13bn) were found by the operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on April 12, 2017.

The money was disowned for a while until the now sacked National Intelligence Agency (NIA) boss, Mr. Ayodele Oke, claimed the sums were stashed for a highly coveted NIA operation which the President Muhammed Buhari had not been briefed about.

Justice Muslim Hassan of the same court had ordered the final forfeiture of the sums recovered in the apartment to the federal government.

However, there were controversies on the ownership of the apartment where the money was found until the anti-graft agency traced the ownership to Mrs. Folashade Oke, the wife of the sacked NIA boss.

The commission revealed that Mrs. Oke bought the properties with proceeds of fraud by her husband.

Thereafter, an order for temporal forfeiture of the apartment was obtained by EFCC in November of 2017, through an ex-patre application.

Union Bank Plc came into the matter to challenge the temporal forfeiture of the sum, claiming that the property was mortgaged to Union Bank in exchange for a loan.

Chief Ajibola Aribisala (SAN), who represented the bank, said the bank sold the flat to Chobe Ventures, a company owned by Mr. Oke’s wife, with an agreement that the flat owner would observe several “covenants”, including payment of service charges, land use charge and levies.

Adding that granting the permanently forfeiting the apartment to the government would prevent it from enforcing the terms of the agreement on which the flat sale was based.

Justice Saliu Saidu, today, however ruled in favor of EFCC and ordered the final forfeiture of the money to the Federal Government.

http://saharareporters.com/2018/01/19/court-describes-union-bank-busybody-permanently-forfeits-ikoyi-flat-federal-government

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Lalasticlala
Mynd44

Tinubu speaks on the Herdsmen Attacks....

I would be remiss at this moment if I failed to mention the terrible killings that have occurred in Benue and Taraba states.
It is important that we place the current crisis in proper context. No one should pretend that this evil just suddenly appeared from nowhere. We have been living and dying with this lethal situation for many years.
In years past, there have been herdsmen attacks smaller than this. There also have been attacks larger than this.
The current hue and cry against these killings is hopefully a sign that we are maturing as a nation. That we shall no longer countenance the wanton destruction of human lives no matter the religion, ethnicity or origin of the victims or the villains. If so, maybe this nation is coming of age and none too soon.
As such, this outcry is as welcome as it is overdue. We should have been agitating in this manner 5, 10, 15 years ago. Lives would have been saved. For reasons I cannot completely fathom we have come late to the point of strong, collective outrage at this bloodletting. Yet, all in all, late is better than never in this regard.


At its essence, this crisis was not born of religious or ethnic hatred. It is about a shrinking amount of grass and water.
In recent years the desert has expanded, consuming land once used to graze livestock. This pushed cattle herders farther and farther south to collide with the farmers who were there.
Ecological peril spawned economic conflict which descended into violence.
This violence has taken on religious, ethnic and regional consequences because of the identities of the parties involved. This tragic episode tolls a caution to us all.

These laudable initiatives notwithstanding, clearing of salary arrears is still not fully achieved although it has clearly taken on an importance not seen in prior governments. Meanwhile, the issue of longstanding mounting arrears of pension payments and retirement benefits to public sector workers remains outstanding. The total figure is estimated in trillions. This not only results in untold hardship for pensioners and their families, it denies the economy of needed stimulus and growth from the increased purchasing power resulting from payment of pensions.
In short, the progressive governance we seek will open the door to affordable housing for the average family, consumer credit for those with steady employment and the provision of basic welfare to our most vulnerable citizens.
Against progressive this vision, the other side, the conservative party among us, believes they can miraculously improve the nation by retaining the old ways that led us into the ditch in the first instance.
The past 3 years have captured the essence of our collective challenge. Progress has been made in part. However, advocates of the old ways have rebelled in full against even these partial blossoms of improvement.
Yet, I maintain the unshakeable belief that smart, progressive governance can bring prosperity, tranquility and justice.
During the past three years, this government has beaten Boko Haram into retreat. None of us should forget the looming threat Boko Haram posed and the fear it instilled in the general public just a brief time ago. It had planted its flag over Nigerian land, claiming territory bigger than several nations. It had kidnapped and killed at will, decimating towns and villages in its wake.
The dreaded terrorist flag is nowhere to be seen and steadily people are returning to their homes, rebuilding their towns and villages in the process. Boko Haram may not be completely defeated but it shall never rise again to be the existential threat it once was. Because of this government’s policy, countless lives have been saved from the grasp of terror.
In addition, this government has progressed in the fight against corruption through recovery of stolen public funds and bringing wrong-doers to justice.
As progress is being made on these fronts, Nigeria also must face its biggest structural problem: our imbalanced economy and the poverty and misery it has caused.
If a prophet, I would begin to prophesy at this point about all the good economic things that shall visit Nigeria and its people if we stay the proper course; in taking further bold action to reform and improve our political economy.
But a prophet I am not.
Yet, if you permit me the slight indulgence of considering myself, at least, a statesman in the making, may I then state unto you the issues this nation and those who govern it must address.
I would be remiss at this moment if I failed to mention the terrible killings that have occurred in Benue and Taraba states.
It is important that we place the current crisis in proper context. No one should pretend that this evil just suddenly appeared from nowhere. We have been living and dying with this lethal situation for many years.
In years past, there have been herdsmen attacks smaller than this. There also have been attacks larger than this.
The current hue and cry against these killings is hopefully a sign that we are maturing as a nation. That we shall no longer countenance the wanton destruction of human lives no matter the religion, ethnicity or origin of the victims or the villains. If so, maybe this nation is coming of age and none too soon.
As such, this outcry is as welcome as it is overdue. We should have been agitating in this manner 5, 10, 15 years ago. Lives would have been saved. For reasons I cannot completely fathom we have come late to the point of strong, collective outrage at this bloodletting. Yet, all in all, late is better than never in this regard.
This spirit of compassion and care must be enshrined in our political culture because it is integral to national greatness and democratic progress. True patriotism requires that you love more than the concept of Nigeria. You must love the people who comprise this nation, whether they worship in a church, mosque, and shrine or not at all.
Over the course of history, nations have faced crises more crimson than this. Through wise policy, many nations emerged from the thicket better situated to realize their better destiny.
These nations and their people are no better than us. We can and we must do the same thing.
Against this backdrop, we must take prudent action. It is incumbent on the federal government to do what past governments neglected to do. We must forget our age-old prejudices in order to resolve this problem. What we need is serious committed action.
At its essence, this crisis was not born of religious or ethnic hatred. It is about a shrinking amount of grass and water.
In recent years the desert has expanded, consuming land once used to graze livestock. This pushed cattle herders farther and farther south to collide with the farmers who were there.
Ecological peril spawned economic conflict which descended into violence.
This violence has taken on religious, ethnic and regional consequences because of the identities of the parties involved. This tragic episode tolls a caution to us all.
Left to fester, this problem expanded to assume dimensions that now tremors the body politic.
This is what too often happens when dire problems are left unattended. Now, the current administration is moving to arrest the lethal situation.
I welcome the deployment of more law enforcement and military into the troubled areas. These security measures will stem the immediate violence and loss of life.
As we commend these security measures, we must not lose sight of the fact that the problem bears an economic origin. Thus, agro-economic policy initiatives must help shape the lasting solution.
The crux of the matter is that the nomadic way of life is fast becoming obsolete. Large scale nomadic practice does not belong in this day and age. This is reality and it is inescapable.
Thus, herders have no right to cling to this way of life by killing others. Government must stop their violence but also offer them a viable new way of life by moving them toward more modern, non-nomadic cattle rearing.
Additionally, government should establish a relief and rehabilitation program for those families and communities that have been so grievously harmed.
In short, to resolve this lethal problem, government must implement a multi-dimensional policy that encompasses security, agro-economic, educational and emergency relief elements. This is the art and mastery of governance that our nation and its complex problems require.
In addition to mending this rupture of peace, I believe those who seek to enshrine good governance must boldly act to improve the quality of life of the people.

1. We are a populous nation with large, ever-growing cities. We need to provide jobs for this expanding urban population.

This means we must press forward with a national industrial policy by fostering strategic industries that will provide employment into the foreseeable future.
2. We need a national infrastructure plan that envisions a coherent and integrated infrastructural grid, as no national economy may grow beyond the capacity of the infrastructure that serves it. This particularly is true of electrical power.
3. We must reject the notion of orthodox economics that governmental balancing of budgets or surpluses are always good. In our case, following this mainstream approach may lead to perpetual stagnation and deter us from the brave steps required to promote true development.
In this regard, an immediate opportunity to provide stimulus to the economy while simultaneously alleviating the hardship of retirees and old-age pensioners presents itself, through the comprehensive tackling of outstanding pension payments. While what is needed is a holistic review and reform of the disjointed social security and welfare apparatus, a good place to start would be the clearing up of existing pension arrears and the establishment of a framework for averting their future build-up. The wider task of comprehensive social security reform would inevitably require a high-level body to review and advise on the harmonization of various initiatives and deductions from workers’ payrolls in the name of welfare, such as pension contributions, national housing fund, national health insurance etc
4. Monetary policy should move toward lower interest rates to make credit is more accessible to business and the consumer. This will spur industrial investment and help us reach more conducive levels of consumer demand. It also will dissuade people from corrupt temptations.
The need to pay for homes and other costly items in one lump sum payment is a strong invitation to corruption. For example, if mortgages and credit instruments are more available to the judiciary, jurists would be able to purchase homes, decent care and other items considered the basic amenities of modern life via long-term installment payments that can be met through their salaries. Able to purchase these things properly and thus afforded a comfortable life, jurists would be less vulnerable to improper inducements.
5. The government-backed home mortgage system must be re-structured and land conveyance more streamlined make mortgages and all forms of landed transactions are easier and less bureaucratic. This will increase the wealth of the nation and improve the efficiency of land use. It also opens the door to affordable housing for millions of families now beyond the reach of owning their own homes.
6. Agriculture remains the backbone of the nation. We must help the common farmer by improving rural output and incomes. Here, we must revive an old policy that served us well. We must return to commodity exchange boards which will allow farmers to secure good prices and hedge against loss. An agricultural mortgage loan corporation should be inaugurated to further promote these goals.
7. To achieve better levels of overall governance, we need to re-balance the duties between federal and state governments by giving states more power, authority and resources.
8. Last, Government must be sufficiently bold to begin a process that will ultimately result in a government-backed pension plan for all elderly Nigerians, this is something akin to Social Security which all great nations provide for those of advanced age.

CONCLUSION

The challenge we face leading into 2019 is not to fall backward in governance and development as we move forward in time. Reform and change are difficult because they are always and everywhere resisted by those who benefit from the old order.
But we must insist on a better life for our people. As such, the electoral politics of 2019 cannot be played as if a game that has no end other than itself. Here again, we must insist on politics having a nobler and larger goal than just registering certain people into the fraternity of officeholders.
People must not only aspire and hold office; they must seek to govern prudently from that office.
This is the challenge of 2019. Shall our elections be a game in and of itself or will it be a platform from which we continue to move toward the progressive, responsive governance Nigeria deserves.
I know the path I prefer. Because the next time I speak with a child, I would rather that it be that I can tell him more about the nature of our politics than can he tell me.

Tinubu was represented by former Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State, Mr. Olawale Edun

Nigeria and the challenges of 2019: This is not a game – Tinubu

January 18, 2018

FULL TEXT OF DAILY TRUST DIALOGUE BY FORMER LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR ASIWAJU BOLA TINUBU

The mouths of babes speak truths that the hoary and the wise dare not utter. This may be an unusual way to begin an address on the political challenges that lie before us. But I have good reason for this unique entrance.

Before I provide that reason, permit me to commend the Daily Trust for having the foresight to inaugurate this important event 15 years ago.

This dialogue has enriched our democratic discourse. As such, it has served us all well no matter one’s partisan stripe or political affiliations.
More profoundly, the Daily Trust has established itself as a pillar of journalism. It has become a well-respected, widely read newspaper, an objective platform for the exchange of views regarding the evolution of our country.



I thank the Daily Trust for the honor of addressing this important gathering at such a national moment, freighted with such consequence.
I must add a caveat at this point. I do not stand here in my partisan garb. The partisan moment will soon come and I will actively engage in it when it does.
But that moment is not now. Today, I speak to you as your compatriot, a man who seeks the best for his family, community and nation. I am not here to contend with anyone. I am here that we may better understand one another.
“From the mouths of babes…….”

I repeat this phrase because of a talk with some young children a few weeks ago.
One of the children raised his voice, saying the old people’s game will soon start. The statement puzzled me as I could not guess the sport he meant.
I was taken even more off guard when he answered my subsequent question by exclaiming: “politics.”

The young boy described how politics seemed but a game. He explained that people joined parties which were nothing more than teams.
Partisans dress in funny clothes with peculiar symbols on them, carry banners at big rallies in stadiums just like fans at a football match. And politicians always boasting that the contest will be tough but they will beat the other side just like opposing footballers do.
He concluded the only difference was victory in sports was measured by goals scored while in politics it was defined by votes gained.

Initially, I was amused by the boy’s observations. I tried to explain the differences between politics and games. Yet after the children left, I pondered his observations in earnest. It hit me that his comparison was more accurate than I dared admit.
Too many of us for too long have treated politics as a game open only to an elite, exclusive club of players. The nation and the people constituted the pitch upon which the game would be decided.

This incorrect mindset has misshaped our politics and injured the nation in ways mundane and profound.
Approaching nearly 60 years of independence, Nigeria remains a complex yet incomplete work of art, a project as much on the drawing board as it is our daily reality.

For too many, Nigeria itself is a game. They are not wedded to the idea and ideals of Nigeria as a diverse and democratic but unified nation.
They see the nation not as object of loyalty but as the most available platform to realize their personal aims. In their minds, Nigeria is lesser than their ever expanding ambitions. Because they view Nigeria as a game, their politics is but a game within a game.
Instead of being a joyous nation, we have become a cruel playground where the fears and concerns of the average person get exploited but their interests never get promoted.



While democratic politics inherently bear aspects of competition and contest, it must never be reduced to a mere game.
The objective of a game is served by the mere playing of it. Playing the game is an end in and of itself. However, this cannot be the case with politics and elections.
Winning the political contest can never be an end in itself.
The proper outcome of electoral victory is not for the victor to revel at his good fortune or his skill in electioneering. The inevitable sequel to an election is for the winner to assume the sobering burden of governance.

Elections are not the climax of an epic book. They are merely the close of the book’s opening chapter.
What comes afterwards – governance — is much more vital than politics, for governance determines how we shall live.
Whether we shall inhabit the lush fields of growth and prosperity, or the thorny bog of despair,
Whether we join in unison to overcome common social and economic afflictions or allow those afflictions to set us against each other in a ceaseless barrage of recrimination and animosity,
Whether we stand for justice and fairness for every Nigerian or stand for nothing at all, the quality of governance will determine these important things.
Politics determines governance and governance defines the life we lead. Thus, politics can never be a game. It is a link in that vital process that spins either toward progress or toward the accumulation of problems and their dire consequences.
In this regard, 2015 was a watershed year. People jettisoned the political game as usual. They rejected worn political affiliations and superficial loyalties for a chance at substantive change.
The people realized the political game had theretofore been played against rather than for them.
Prejudiced notions of all kinds were cast aside. Inducements that had enticed people before did not work that time. The people voted to better Nigeria.
Yet we must acknowledge that cynical politics as a game had been played, so long that it has become institutionalized.
The bad game permeates every institution of the political economy.
Ridding the nation of this rot is not a game. It is tantamount to moral as well as political warfare. Thus, we must not play at it.
We must fight desperately as if the fate of the nation depends on the outcome. For our fate actually does depend on it.
The battle waged during one election cycle is not enough to win this war.

Curing the ills that plague our house will require many years of outstanding governance.
Thus, it is imperative that we not allow politics as usual to claim the 2019 election season away from us.
We must insist on the principle that elections do not return to being games played by a well-heeled elite while the rest of the nation is left to struggle and starve.
The people must resist all appeals to unthinking passions and old prejudices. We must adhere to what our conscience reveals as the best path to good governance for all.
For me, that path has always been a progressive one that harks to the need to materially transform the power relationships upon which this political economy is based. Despite the progress made, too much political and economic power resides in the hands of too few. This results in a society described by too much unemployment, inadequate infrastructure, too little food, yet too much poverty.
For the debate needed on how best to tackle these structural problems, 2019 must not be a game between players similar in every way save the political party costume they wear.
The election to come must be a contest of different visions for the nation’s present and future.
As a progressive, I believe we must transform the nation by embarking on deep and impactful reforms, by creating more jobs, providing social policy initiatives and building an infrastructure befitting a leading nation. Social services must become a reality close at hand and not a vague dream lying in the distance.
For example, we must reform the current fuel subsidy regime. At this stage it causes more problems than it cures. Bottlenecks of long fuel queues, erratic supply, resultant economic dislocations for consumers from lack of fuel and the corrupt practices of trade insiders undermine the good intentions upon which the subsidy is based. Currently, the subsidy does not benefit the average person. It sweetly profits the elites who manipulate the program to their own advantage. We need to allow market forces to more directly determine price. We need to open the now closed market to more suppliers. In this way, we may better harmonise supply and demand, where they do the most sustainable economic good.
In addition, we must repair our social safety net. Old people who have given so much to the nation are being shortchanged and forced to live in penury when they should be living in the dignity due their advanced years and their former labors.
Mr. President won the 2015 election on a platform that included economic recovery, job creation and improved welfare for workers. In keeping with his promise, one of his first executive actions was to arrange federal funding of nearly N800b for states to pay salary arrears; also, the subsequent refund of over N800b of Paris Club excess payment came with a similar guidance to State Governors to prioritise salary arrears and payments.

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