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A company you founded and in which you continue to be shareholder secured a huge contract from another ministry in the same Government in which you are currently serving as a minister

And your defense is ... oh, but I am no longer a Director of the company, I am only a shareholder

As a shareholder, you are a beneficiary of the contract. That is the koko. Whether or not you're a director is irrelevant. This is not allowed anywhere, exceptmay be Nigeria. It is a straight forward sacking offence.

Is the Minister saying that if he finds that the permanent secretary in his ministry got a large contract from the ministry through a company the PS owns with perhaps his wife, the Minister will say, ah well, since the PS is only a shareholder and not a director, everything is fine?

Foreign observers must be laughing their heads off at this, or more appropriately shaking their heads in disgust at the level of insane corruption in Nigeria.

Has the Minister never had of conflict of interest and abuse of office.

And how on earth can he say he was not aware the company bid for the contract. He must think Nigerians are fools.

If this matter is investigated properly, and the government is truly serious, this man will be gone with Ms Edu and the other lady. No ifs, no buts.

Dangote should broaden its distribution network by encouraging as many independent buyers and not allow a unionised organisation like IPMAN to control the distribution.

IPMAN is not on the side of ordinary consumers. Before we know it, they will be threatening a blockage any time they don't have their way.

Dangote should sell to any buyer that is duly registered with the company and is able to pay the purchase price of the minimum number of truck-loads required by Dangote.

You pay, you load, and off you go IPMAN or no IPMAN.

No block sale or different purchase terms to IPMAN members.

A serious accident.

An accident can only be described as fatal if a life is lost.

I believe news of her alleged infraction broke on Friday.

Her faith should be decided next week once the Presidency conducts an initial investigation.

Mr Tinubu has shown some decisiveness so far and getting credit for it.

Let's wait and see what he does in this case.

The Chinese, Lebanese or most foreigners working in Nigeria are not among the best in their country.

In most cases, highly rated foreigners do not agree to be posted to Nigeria and most companies abroad will not even send their best or most experienced workers here.

So if the roads are not as good as you expect, the above partly explains it.

Chesster:
What atrocities..


Did he pack the money in foreign banks?.Then no born Tinubu well to touch him..after recking the reserves..they will still depend on his refinery to regain back those Forex

He has been touched already. News of EFCC raid on his headquarters and the allegations seeping out about the reason for the raid is tarnishing his reputation. What more evidence of touching do you want.

The idea that there is anybody in Nigeria that the Federal Government cannot 'touch' is funny.

If EFCC has good reason to believe he committed an offence, they will invite him for interrogation. If he refuses to turn up (he won't try it), he will be declared wanted and if found, arrested. Nothing will happen. Nigerians will go about their normal business.

I suspect Mr Dangote will be having sleepless night now, and calling some influential people to help him intervene for a soft landing.

Federal might is not to be sniffed at.

The owner of Nairaland should do us all a favour.

Ban the use of the word 'tribe'.

That word is triggering. It is sickening.

Other associated words to ban are 'tribalist', 'tribalism'.

Just do it. Please.

The Welsh, English, Scottish, and Northern Irish people exist in the same country as UK, and they have issues amongst them, but the word tribe is never used in their vocabulary.

Most civilised countries made up of different 'tribes' have ceased to use these destructive words for over 1000 years, only Nigerians insist on continuing their usage

This sort of things are doing so much harm to the reputation of Nigerians doing or aspiring to do business in the international space

This man's fraud is everywhere on you tube and other social media outlets.

Will Nigeria ever be able to shed its terrible image as a problem country?

Money Laundering should be an offence of strict liability for the launderer and the bank that received the money.

The bank or banks that received the deposits and did not query and alert the authorities should be liable to a fine of 20% of the amount laundered.

Until banks are fined in this way, these crimes against the people will not stop.

It is unbelievable that all these years some of these agencies have effectively been working for themselves and remitting a small fraction to the government.

Even with this new directive, agencies like the NPA will still keep billions for themselves.NPA claims to spend over 350 billion each year. Ole! For what.

The Federal government is basically now begging the agencies to please send 50% The other 50% nko?

Which kind wahala have we got ourselves into in this country.

No wonder there is always desperate lobbying to be members of the board of these agencies. The greedy board members must be making billions for themselves every year.

All these agencies should be remitting 100% of their revenue and be funded directly by the government.

Nigeria and drama...eh

This group is most likely doing the bidding of Akwa Ibom's current Governor.

The way humans are so compliant, gentle and even subservient when they need money or power from you.

Once they get the power, they show you pepper making sure you never get peace

Nigerian Churches have to pay for diesel or petrol, night security, facilities repairs & maintenance, do welfare etc. Some Churches even provide breakfast on Sundays.

Majority of Churches struggle to cover their monthly expenses and are doing their best to keep the Church running. Many pastors work on voluntary basis and are not paid. And I have not been to any Church where anyone was forced to make a contribution.

Tagging all Nigerian Churches as greedy exploitation centres is very unfair. In my view, only a few Churches fall in that category.

Of course, in today's world, the bad eggs get the most publicity.

https://www.unimed.edu.ng/

Mimiko established a University of Medical Sciences in Ondo 7 or 8 years ago, and I believe it is emerging as one of the best places to study medicine in the South West.

I am happy with the increased allocation to the judiciary.

All judges are maligned as corrupt but most are not.

Their pay is way too low. It is not an easy job. Many of them are overwhelmed with very little support.

Their salaries should be doubled to start with.

Bluntemperor:
Sometimes I begin to frown at the way our Women are Wrongly and Criminally following some men folks on Corruption decadence in our body Polity! But why?
Where are women like Mrs Akiyuli,of the blessed memory?

Yes, it used to be that women were thought to be less likely to embezzle on a large scale. I used to think women would be too afraid of prison or damaging their and their children 's name.

However, the former petroleum minister, Mrs Deziani shattered that illusion.

If my car particulars expire by one day, I really do not want to drive that vehicle until it is fixed because I would be too embarrassed to be 'caught' by the Police.

So, the idea that I would put myself in any situation to warrant investigation for stealing money or anything is too shocking. I would never put myself in such situation. Would rather resign.

Honesty, honour, conscience and integrity are worth more that anything stolen, including money.

qtx:
It shows gross incompetence and inefficiency on the part of both the presidency. Those Halima lapses should have been discovered before her name was sent to the national assembly for confirmation, and the national assembly

It is possible she did not have a previous record of misappropriation or similar misdemeanours.

CaptainAyub:
Replaced by a Yoruba

The new guy was the Head of N-Power, so he was performing a very similar social distribution role to the one occupied by the suspended woman.

It makes sense to put someone there who can hit the ground running.

Also, this is all temporary. If the allegations against the woman are proven and a permanent replacement is needed to fill her role, the Yoruba man may return to N-Power while a replacement is chosen from the woman's region.

Alternatively, someone from her region may be appointed to head N-Power.

Suspended for misappropriation after just 2 months of appointment?

What an embarrassment she has caused her family, and those who lobbied for her to get the role.

Thank God we now have a proactive President.

The truth is that a large proportion of Nigerians are ungovernable.

I believe Nairaland has enough rules somewhere on the site for posting. But some will neither read nor follow them.

Most decent people do not need basic rules of social interaction in order to converse in a non-abusive and civilised way. So, the problem is not about lack of rules. It is about us as a people.

Many in Nigeria just want to exist without any rules or boundaries. They are rude, crude, brutish, thin-skinned, impatient, ready for a fight any minute or moment.

Against this background, I have my doubts that anything the owner does will have a lasting effect.

oluwaseyi0:
I don't think you are a tribali

Why will everyone have to swear they are Muslim before commenting on a thread that is on front page?

My advise is you should stop moving Islam thread to front page just like sexuality thread anyone that want to see the thread should go to the section but forcing it on everyone face on front page then trying to criminally convert us to Islam is nonsense

As a Christian, I support that those of Islamic faith should have a safe place to discuss matters of interest to them without unwanted and provocative interjections by trouble makers.

I have been on Nairaland for a number of years and the amount of vitriol and abuse directed at Islam and their prophet on this politics section is shocking. Yet moslems rarely respond in like manner, and I respect them for that.

Yes, one or two of them ocassionally make jest of some of the flamboyant pastors, but it is still not a common thing. It seems to me that moslems on Nairaland generally are far more restrained than others.

Until now, I wasn't even aware they had a closed section of their own. Now that I know, I support it wholeheartedly.

Those complaining should focus on their own religion and let others be.

Under Mr Buhari, Nigeria sold a large part of our crude oil that was yet to be produced upfront in order to raise funds.

As a result, NNPC currently can't supply Dangote all the crude it needs on a consistent basis hence why deliveries is like every 10 - 14 days.

Dangote will not start production until they have sufficient crude oil in storage to guarantee continuous production. That's perfectly reasonable.

A refinery is not like a small manufacturing equipment that you can just switch on and off depending on whether the main input is available.

To be cost-effective, a refinery needs to be producing continuously/consistently.

People need to exercise patience.

People just never listen to detail.

There are 4 government refineries in Nigeria.

1 in Kaduna
1 in Warri
2 in Port Harcourt.

One of the 2 in Port Harcourt has now been fully refurbished, as the government promised.

The contractor will now move on to the 2nd Port Harcourt refinery which they hope to complete in late 2024.

biafranrealson:
They keep shifting the goal post
Watch am na till 2031

No goal post has shifted.

You probably didn't understand the story from the beginning.

There are 2 different refineries within the same compound.

The government has consistently said the smaller of the 2 refineries will be completed in December 2023. It has been widely reported this has now happened.

The contractor is now going to start work on the 2nd refinery.

Where is the controversy.

Check on Arise tomorrow and see if there is any controversy about government shifting any goal post.

I've watched a few experts in the field explain these facts on Arise in the past few months. Those who follow the news know the government has not shifted any goal post.

Even if they finish the 2nd refinery next year, I suspect many of you will still complain rather than give credit to the Italian company doing the ingenious work.

Life doesn't have to be like this.

jaxxy:
we never knew it was phase1 they were completing In December only to hear its a scam and phase2 is not completed Dec next year meaning refinery is not ready.

There is absolutely no controversy here. The press, including Arise TV, has been reporting it for several months that there are 2 refineries within the same area in Port Harcourt and only one would be refurbished this year.

One, which is about 60 years old and has 60 thousand bpd capacity (which is the one every one who follows the news know is being refurbished - just completed).

The other one is, I believe, about 40 years old and has 150 thousand bpd capacity. Refurbishment of this one will start now that the much older one has been completed.

Many people simply do not follow the news keenly. They see things on social media and jump into it with no understanding.

The old refinery that has just been completed has not produced a single litre of oil for about 30 years despite OBJ, Yaradua, and Jonathan spending hundreds of billions on it. Yet, the last govt has achieved a full refurbishment in just a few years. Yet, you people are cursing.

So, what is wrong with finishing one refinery before moving to the other. Do you not know that the project can only proceed at the pace of the Italian contractor's capacity?

Do you also know how difficult it is to completely refurbish a refinery that is based on technology that is no longer in use. Infact the original company that built the refineries refused to bid for the refurbishment work because they could not cope with the ardouos work that would be involved. Most foreign companies were not interested.

The Italian company who agreed to do the work is having to re-engineer most of the parts needed for the refinery and they have imaginatively redone a 60 yr old derelict refinery in a short time under immense pressure from the govt, and yet all many of you can do is still condemn their ingenious work on the old refinery

The government has already paid all the contract fee upfront but the Italian company could not work on 2 completely different refineries at the same time, and that is perfectly understandable.

Now they hope to finish the 2nd refinery in a years time, yet you people's histrionics is palpable.

If something has not worked for more than 20 years, and we have only 1 year to wait for it to work, what is the bid deal. And we now have one that can produce 60 thousand bpd in the interim.

Doing anything for Nigeria is a thankless job.

Stephench:
If I marry and my wife asks me to buy something for her mother if she knows I'm not financially Buoyant at that moment, I'll divorce her

Haba, divorce just like that

It is good that you're putting money aside for the baby.

That said, your wife is carrying the baby and if she has pleaded with you to buy rice for her mum, you should consider doing it for your wife.

A good compromise will be to give your mother-in-law N30k cash in envelope or transfer instead of buying N60k bag of rice.

Another 30k to your mum too will bring everything to N60k.

Although that will go against your plan, it will please your wife and buy you peace.

ImoleNaija:
Go over what you wrote again. It's like the order is not ordering .

Yes, I mixed the alphabets up. Corrected. Thank you.

zombieHUNTER:
B C A

in that order....

The correct order is B,A,C.

The driving rule is that you give way to traffic on your left.

B is on the left of A and C, so B goes first.

A is on the left of C, so A goes before C.

C goes last.

B has the right of way.

A simple rule of driving is that if you're joining another road, you must:

GIVE WAY TO VEHICLES COMING FROM YOUR LEFT.

In this example, vehicle B is the only vehicle not joining another road, and so is not affected by the rule. As it is also approaching from the left side of the other 2 vehicles, those vehicles must give it priority to pass.

After B has passed, the next priority vehicle is A. As A is on the left side of C, then according to the rule above, C must let A exit.

Once A exits, C can then turn left into the road.

Everyone leaves happily and safely.

If we all adhere to this rule the snag & logjam that typically happens on round abouts and intersections in Lagos will not happen.

WARNING: If like me, you try to adhere to traffic rules, be ready to be shouted at and abused regularly by impatient Lagos drivers. Trying to be a good citizen in this country is a big burden.

The quality of Ministers in the government is very poor.

So she's the one that's going to end poverty in Nigeria and over N500 billion is not enough for her ministry.

Isn't this the same woman that likes to take photos with the President everywhere while abandoning her duties.

Then, there is the Minister for Trade who did not know how much trade Nigeria does with other countries and claims her ministry did not have the information either but wants N1 billion for a single trip to Switzerland!

The two lady Ministers appear to be too young, naive, unserious, inexperienced, and super greedy to booth.

Both behaving like spoilt little girls.

Never heard of this company/bank.

Why would anyone leave proper banks like Zenith, Gtb, First Bank etc and go and put money in an unknown organisation called 'go money bank'.

How do people hear about these shadowy organisations in the first place?