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Landlord-Tenant problems has been around for donkey years.
Sometimes either of the parties need spiritual deliverance in order to do the right thing.

The State House and several Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government are to share over N1.119bn on foodstuffs, meals, refreshments and welfare packages as contained in the 2017 budget.

The National Assembly had passed a budget of N7.441tn on Thursday, last week.

The PUNCH obtained a copy of the budget in Abuja on Sunday.

The Appropriation Bill (budget) has yet to be signed into law by the Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, but he might do so this week.

The State House would buy foodstuffs and make other provisions for catering in excess of N123.5m while a separate N97.5m will be expended on ‘refreshments and meals’.

The President’s Office has another sub-head on ‘foodstuffs and catering supplies’ with a vote of N114.9m, while under the same heading for the Vice-President’s office, there is a provision of N53.4m.

In 2016, the vote on feeding and refreshments for the President’s office was N104.7m.

The Lagos Liaison Office of the State House is not left out as it has N7.4m for meals and another N8.3m for supplies.

The Ministry of Education and some of its listed parastatals will spend over N126m on refreshments, meals and sundry packages this year.

In the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, the figure is N29.8m for the main ministry and listed parastatals, while in the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, up to  N17.012m will go for tea, coffee, confectionery and other consumables.

For the Ministry of Justice and listed parastatals, N15.8m will be spent on meals and refreshments; N14.5m in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources; N12m in the Ministry of Women Affairs; N11.5m in the Ministry of Niger Delta; and N3m in the Ministry of Water Resources.

Similarly, Police Formations and Commands are to spend N25.8m on refreshments and the Ministry of Power, Works/Housing will spend N39m, while the Ministry of Interior and its listed agencies have a provision of N18.5m.

At the Ministry of Information and Culture, refreshments will cost N30.3m this year and N40.2m at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

http://punchng.com/budget-state-house-mdas-get-n1-119bn-for-meals-refreshments/

StRichard:
Where is the man?

Lying stone dead on the back seat of the car. You can go there to confirm it.

It seems he was murdered. May his soul RIP

Lagos State Government has said that she targets becoming  preferred destination for investors and third largest economy in Africa in the next three years.

Speaking on the government’s plan for 2020, Commissioner for information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, in an interview, said that as the Government aims to become third largest economy, it has also envisaged that pressure would increase on its infrastructure.

According to him, in the next three years, our projection is to become the third largest economy in Africa and emerge as beckon of hope for the continent.

“There will always be challenges due to the huge influx of human resources; it means that Lagos will continue to subsidize other states and neighbouring countries that may not be able to look after their own.

“There will be pressures on social infrastructure but Lagos has often risen up to the challenge to meet up people’s expectation and we will continue to deal with it as we have often done,” he added.

On the road, the residents said: “Ambode administration has helped us in construction of Anifowoshe road, Okunsuna road, Odunlade road, Abiodun road among other projects.

“We are calling on Governor, Ambode to help us facilitate the completion of Shodimu Street and Bolaji Omupo,” they added.

Speaking during the commemoration of Lagos at 50 in the community, the vice-chairman, Shomolu Community Development Committee, Dr. Modupe Oluwole, however urged the governor to assist in area of vocational training center to empower both young and old people in the community.

She said that construction of Akinwunmi Ambode primary health, Eko free health services program and rehabilitation of Ola Olu primary school has shown that the the present administration cares for the community.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/2020-lagos-eyes-africas-third-largest-economy/

cyzonsuez:
Hi
Good day great house, I just got admission to university of Chester uk for my masters in public health, is anyone going my direction.

Pls kindly identify so we can plan together.
A general idea or advise will b appreciated. As I want to begin my first installment payment next month, hope is not too late.

Thanks

I was awarded a Westminster scholarship by the University of Chester for the 2017/2018 academic session. Still trying to make up my mind about schooling there. Tuition fee is £11750 for international students.

E nor dey work at all

It's too heavy. I think it needs some bf attention ASAP.

Osibanjo is a good man that is loyal to his able president. Let's give him all the support he needs to coordinate the activities of governance.
Kudos Mr Acting President. May you rule with wisdom and foresight as you take Nigeria to the next level.

The south be like

In this interview with JOHN ALECHENU, a member of the House of Representatives during the second republic, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, talks about President Muhammadu Buhari’s health, 2019 presidential election and other national issues

Buhari has refused to address Nigerians concerning his state of health. Do you think that he should have done that before travelling out of the country again for medical treatment?

Ideally, I think he should have done so even though there is no law which requires him to do so. It would have been better for him to calm the nerves and the psyche of the nation because of the uncertainty which has bedevilled the country (because of issues surrounding his poor health). There are a lot of rumours and occasionally, some opportunistic and reckless statements emanate from some characters who are active players in the political circle, including non-politicians. I wouldn’t want to hold that against him because before he left, there was no indication that he was going to leave in a hurry. Being a professional in that field (health care), when a patient leaves in a hurry because the doctors handling his case insist that he should leave in a hurry, we must not make an issue out of that.

It is important that he travels to take care of his health. I am glad that for the second time he has left the country to seek medical attention, he has the presence of mind to send the requisite letter to the National Assembly – apart from the hiccup caused by somebody who smuggled in some irresponsible and reckless expression into the letter. This is somebody close to the President; the person was so lousy to input certain motives into the letter – thank God the constitution and reason prevailed.

As a medical doctor, what do you think is the true state of health of the President? What do you think he is suffering from?

As a medical doctor, I have no right to comment on the issue when he is not my patient. Secondly, whatever I know about his health is privileged information and it will be unethical on my part to discuss specifics in public. Thirdly, a lot of the confusion arising from the misinformation and deliberate attempts to mislead the people of Nigeria arose because non-medical persons took over the responsibility of managing information (concerning Buhari’s health). They wanted to use it for propaganda and present the President for what he is not. They want to present him as a superman, who cannot be sick, and when he is sick they treat it like he is just having a cold. As far as I am concerned, the best thing that could have happened was that it behoves the personal physician to the president in addition to the doctors who are managing President Buhari’s health to come forth and tell Nigerians what is wrong with the president. They cannot do that without clearance from Buhari. This is what applies to doctor-patient confidentiality.

In the situation we have found ourselves, Buhari is a public property. He is the president of Nigeria. People are concerned about the well-being and state of health of the President of close to 200 million people. This is a President that was freely and creditably elected; they are worried about what is being said concerning the state of being of the President they freely elected – the situation needs to be properly managed. You don’t leave the management of such information to the hands of two small boys who don’t even know the formulae for water to start talking about important medical issues. From the way the President looks, talks and walks, clearly the man is not in good health.

It is not proper to start making a noise and blaming people. They should come out and tell us the basic facts. And if the President does not want to come out and tell us the basic facts, it will be known. I don’t think the President is the kind of person that would not want to talk about his health. He is the one to decide (whether to reveal his health status or not). He is to decide on what could be divulged; it is within his powers. He is a patient and every patient has certain rights within the medical profession. I am not going to tell you what is wrong with the President because whatever I say will be a conjecture. We don’t do that kind of thing – I am not about to break my Hippocratic Oath because I am granting you an interview.

In view of Buhari’s ill-health that has kept him away for weeks, do you think he should resign?

The constitution of Nigeria provides that if the president is either sick or otherwise incapacitated physically or mentally, there are certain steps to be taken. But I don’t believe we are there yet. My concern is not about whether the President is sick or not, but the way the sickness is being treated. From the day Buhari came back into Nigeria, it was clear that he had been ‘hijacked’ – the Presidency has been held captive by a cabal, as we know them. Now, whether the cabal has the right to do that is another matter because the constitution does not provide for any group of people – whether they are personal blood relations or friends of the President or his cronies. They have no right to deny Nigerians access to the President. But if doctors decide not to allow him see some people, that should be stated in statements which are coherent and medically knowledge-based. But what we have been seeing is abracadabra, with everybody telling his own lie by saying that the President is either praying or going to the office or to the mosque.

These do not allay fears. Our concern is: What is the state of health of our President? If we know this and have it on good authority, tempers will not flare. I noticed from the last time he came back to the time he went back, there have been a group of people making very irresponsible statements. They are saying that some people are planning confusion. Someone claimed that he cried because Buhari was unable to attend the wedding of his (Buhari’s) grandson – certainly, that old man was lying. We’ve seen all sorts of people who are now bringing up all sorts of animosity within the ruling party that some people are responsible for some people not being given appointments or denied the opportunity to be picked as vice president. These are very dangerous gimmicks. Dangerous, because there is a problem of sensibilities; those of us who have opposed zoning and rotation since the 1970’s have continued to say that this is not a very healthy situation and it is not in the interest of the country.

The zoning in the Peoples Democratic Party has not worked. Now it is trending in the All Progressives Congress. It is either we fix it or ship it out altogether. If that is not done, then you have to go back and redress it by saying that in the course of zoning and rotation, (Umaru) Yar’Adua died in office. The years he ought to have spent in office were not compensated for. Those who are claiming that Yar’Adua was theirs or that he came from their region did not get the compensation that was due to them. We are now having a situation whereby Buhari is sick – whether he resigns or God forbid, something else happens, we are going to have the balance of Buhari’s years taken over by someone else from outside the zone Buhari comes from. What are we going to do? Are we going to say okay, nothing has happened, let’s carry on? They invoked the so-called Doctrine of Necessity and carried on. Whereas you can ignore agitations from people who didn’t win an election, you cannot ignore agitations from people who won an election. I have no doubt in my mind that Buhari won an election. What he has done with the mandate is another matter and I have been very critical about what has been happening. But the fact of the matter is, those who see Buhari as their representative and are not being treated justly are going to claim their own rights and the only way you are going to resolve the issue is that after Buhari’s administration, you have it zoned to a certain part of the country for eight to 10 years. Whether this makes sense in a democracy or not is beside the point, because I don’t support zoning and rotation. You should ask those who support it and see whether they can continue with the system.

Because clearly, there are so many unforeseen circumstances that can come up in the process of zoning and rotation for which there is no remedy. And, if we don’t have a remedy for it, it may lead to the breakup of the country. We should be very careful. It cannot be the kind of thing which happened under Yar’Adua whether you call it divine intervention or Doctrine of Necessity. This time around, the concept has to be revisited and those who have lost out twice have to be compensated. Otherwise, there may not be much of Nigeria to think or talk about and our democracy will be gone.

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu issued a statement recently, saying Nigerians should not politicise the Buhari’s health. A former National Chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande, expressed concern over the president’s health. Do you think both men are sincere with their comments?

They are far from being sincere. Both of them are playing politics and they are blaming other people of playing politics. Clearly, (Bola) Tinubu had the ambition to be vice president of Nigeria. He is blaming certain people for denying him the opportunity of becoming the vice president and eventually the president. Clearly, (Bisi) Akande was being alarmist when he said some people are creating confusion. He should tell us who are those people creating confusion? I believe he and Tinubu are the people throwing stones and blaming other people for not being patriotic. They imagine that they can win sympathy so that when the time comes for a transition, it will be easy for them and they can justify the eventuality of Buhari’s inability to continue. So that they can manipulate their way to take over completely in 2019; one thing I know is that, if Vice President (Yemi) Osinbajo becomes the president from whatever date to 2019, he cannot contest that position again. This was the understanding that was reached with Jonathan Goodluck (with the PDP) and he reneged on it and nearly threw the country into a civil war. This time around, those, whether from the North, South-South, South-West or South-East, who sign agreements with whomever, must make such public. They should also state the time when this agreement will come into force. We cannot now avoid the constitution. If there is the need to follow the constitution we must follow the letter and spirit of the constitution – that is up till 2019. Beyond that, power should come back to where Buhari comes from and remain there for a solid eight to 10 years – unless in running for a second term the person loses re-election. There is nothing one can do about that.

Expectedly, the Arewa Consultative Forum and other northern groups seem to find nothing wrong with the way the President is hiding information about his health. Do you think this is nepotism?

I wouldn’t call it nepotism even though I am not an admirer of the Arewa Consultative Forum. I have never been a member of the group and I will never be a member till I die. They are trying to play ethnic or regional politics. But they are doing it in a very crude manner. One: none of them is a specialist in information management. Two: none of them knows enough about the President’s state of health; none of them is close enough to know the actual facts. It is only when you know the facts that you can determine how such information should be dished out to the public. As far as I am concerned they are just crying foul. But if they insist that before power is shifted from Buhari whether alive or dead, certain things must be done, I will be with the ACF every step of the way. I don’t believe in any kind of pressure group which is ethnically or religiously inclined – that applies to Ohanaeze, South-South Peoples Assembly, Oodua People’ s Congress or whatever they call themselves. As far I am concerned, these groups are a drag to our national development and are always looking for cheap ways to circumvent democratic norms and principles; that is why we have not made any meaningful progress from 1999 to date.

What are your fears about Buhari’s health?

I do have fears about his health. But I am not about to share them with you. The only job I learnt in my life is medicine. Let’s leave it at that.

The current tenure of the Buhari presidency will end in 2019. What do you think will be the outcome of his government?

Only God can tell with unquestionable precision what will happen tomorrow. In life and in whatever capacity one finds himself, it doesn’t really matter how long one serves but how well he performs. If one talks of performance index, it will be difficult to rate Buhari very high. It is difficult to give a full assessment after just two years. What has happened within the last two years could send cold shivers to the spines of everybody including Buhari himself. If what he thinks he has achieved is enough to protect his legacy, let him go ahead and do the same for the remainder of his term. But I don’t believe it is enough. I have known him since he was a Second Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army. I believe he has the capacity to do better and I am looking forward to him doing better. However, there are areas you must give him credit for. You must give him credit for the way he has handled the Boko Haram insurgency. But that is not to say his noisemakers in the Presidency saying that the Boko Haram insurgents have been caged and defeated aren’t talking nonsense.

They want to give an impression that everything is okay, which is not true. If you look at what has been happening in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, you can see clearly that the insurgency is far from over. They are also saying because Boko Haram is no longer holding any territory it is all over – this too is sheer nonsense. That theory is not backed by military science. None of them knows what they are talking about. Even if you say they are not holding any territory again, you are not being truthful. There are certain areas in Borno State and parts of Yobe (State) where Boko Haram is holding territory, in addition to Niger Republic and parts of Chad and Cameroon. I wish they are no longer holding any territory because I want every Boko Haram presence to be destroyed. But that has not happened yet. A lot of achievements have been made in fighting them. I must give credit to the soldiers for the sacrifices they have made and are still making to deal with the situation.

We have to give him credit for the current management of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission – for what the commission is doing. If, in the process, the EFCC have run afoul of the law, then they should be held accountable. I believe the problem between the Senate and the Presidency over the EFCC is man-made and I believe if Buhari was in good health and had better people advising him – unfortunately, he doesn’t have– things would be better. We now have a situation where the Senate rejected an appointee of the president twice and in one of the instances, the senators used communication from the Director General of the Department of State Services (against the EFCC chairman). That is a misnomer. I don’t know how a President can nominate somebody only to have an agency of government directly under the President writing a letter to undermine that person. There is something funny going on. We now have a situation where members of the cabal who are relations of Buhari are fighting one another. Under this kind of situation, you don’t know who to trust or who to believe. Who is the substantive EFCC chairman? Because the fight against corruption must proceed, Buhari has to take a stand.

The APC appears to be promising to deliver the Presidency to the Igbo. Do you think the Igbo will ever produce the country’s president?

I think the Igbo will someday produce a President for this country. There is nothing in the constitution or political facts that can deny them that opportunity. But the way and manner they are currently approaching the issue cannot lead them to the presidency. We want an Igbo president who will be president of all Nigerians. Obasanjo was a Yoruba, who was president of all Nigerians no matter what you say about him. The other people who were also presidents were not presidents because of their ethnic groups, zones or religions. They were presidents of all Nigerians. And anybody who thinks he can blackmail people because of his ethnicity is wasting his time. Those who imagine that they can agitate their way into Aso Rock are making a huge mistake.

The wife of the president, Aisha Buhari, has been silent about the cabal she claimed are running Buhari’s government. Do you think she’s been cowed into silence?

I think Aisha has come to realise that she is first a wife and a mother. So, when the head of the family is in this kind of dire straits, common sense demands that you should be more circumspect in making statements. I don’t believe she was cowed because I don’t see anybody cowing her. She is a woman who has seen power at a very close range. She has been with Buhari for almost 27 years and unlike other members of the cabal, she is sincerely in love with her husband. They can sometimes prevent her from seeing him, using his doctors. I believe she did what she did creditably and when history comes to be written it would do her more justice than Mamman Daura, Babachir Lawal or any of those characters around the President. I doff my hat for her.

What is your view about swapping Boko Haram commanders for the Chibok girls?

I think what happened should be applauded. If my daughter was to be in the situation the Chibok girls found themselves, whatever is done to bring her home, I will support. If money has been paid, I will support the payment of such. There is the issue of so-called commanders in Boko Haram who were said to have been released. If at all they are commanders, taking them away from the theatre of war for the last three years has rendered them useless even if they go back – because the operational theatre has changed.

http://punchng.com/if-anything-happens-to-buhari-north-will-insist-on-two-terms-in-2019-junaid/

The United States of America and the United Kingdom have expressed no doubt in the ability and commitment of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to continue with the anti-corruption war and economic revival in Nigeria.

The two countries told SUNDAY PUNCH on Friday that they have confidence in Osinbajo to carry on with the quality leadership President Muhammadu Buhari has been providing the country.

This is coming on the heels of public outrage and fears expressed by Nigerians over Buhari’s deteriorating health and continued absence from public.

The President left for the UK last Sunday to receive medical attention and he is expected to be there for an indefinite time, according to his media aide, Femi Adesina.

In his last medical trip to Britain, Buhari was away for 49 days.

In the last few weeks, some prominent Nigerians had expressed angst over a cabal that has purpotedly hijacked power in the Presidency due to Buhari’s protracted illness, leaving Osinbajo in the cold.

The US and the UK, however, told SUNDAY PUNCH that they believe the VP would take off from where the President stopped when he jetted out of the country to the UK for further medical attention.

When asked by our correspondent if the US Government was worried that Buhari’s poor health could slow down ongoing anti-corruption war in Nigeria, the spokesman for the US Embassy in Nigeria, Russell Brooks, said President Donald Trump’s administration believed in Buhari and Osinbajo.

Brooks said, “We are very much in favour of President (Muhammadu) Buhari’s campaign against corruption. We also believe that Acting President (Yemi) Osinbajo is strongly committed to this agenda and will continue to pursue it while President Buhari is out of the country.”

Speaking in a similar vein, the spokesman for the UK High Commission in Nigeria, Joseph Abuku, stated that while the British Government could not comment on whether any crisis resulting from Buhari’s protracted ill-health would lead Nigeria into political instability, he said the UK had confidence in the President and his deputy.

“The Vice President is acting President in President (Muhammadu) Buhari’s absence. The United Kingdom has full confidence in both he (Osinbajo) and President Buhari. Questions on President Buhari’s health should be directed to his office,” Abuku told SUNDAY PUNCH.

Concerning Buhari’s return to the UK to continue his medical treatment, Brooks stated that the US looked forward to the President’s return to the country.

“Again, we wish President Buhari good health and a speedy return to his homeland,” he said.

Recently, the US had praised the Buhari administration’s current agenda of fighting insecurity and corruption, noting that it agrees with Trump’s plan of dealing with such issues on the African continent.

Speaking last week during a special briefing in Washington, the Deputy Director, Office of West African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Nathan Holt, told journalists that the country was a critical US partner.

“Nigeria matters to us because it’s Africa’s most populous country, and depending on the price of oil, it’s either the biggest or the second biggest economy on the continent.

“With a current population of 182 million, Nigeria is projected to grow to over 400 million over the next few decades, which will leave it by the middle of this century as the fourth-largest country in the world,” Holt said.

When asked about America’s continued support for the country in view of President Donald Trump’s rhetoric to cut foreign aids to Nigeria and other African countries, Holt said, “I’m not the person who can answer your questions about the future of the US Government budget.”


http://punchng.com/we-have-confidence-in-osinbajo-us-uk/

True talk

Hmmmm

It's only in Nigeria you see these crazy things.

Fück up big time.

I know he would consider returning to Nigeria to continue his dangerous trade.

Oya babe, let's go climb mount Kilimanjaro to prove our undying love for each other.

This book go sweet me ooooo. Already salivating.

Ahhhhhhhhh

So you mean these fine things have PHALLUS?

Queensuccubus come and see female-like homosapiense with penís down there instead of a V.

Hmm mm

Maybe you are not taking good care of him. So you opened the door for snatchers to come in unknowingly.

Good

6 years ke

Jonathan is like, ''Mehn, I don't belong here at all. See all these men in white robes with their evil minds. Chai, I can't wait to go home.''

Lol

Euopal:
I love this babe so much. I used to give her one or two rounds. Saving her pucci for the future, in case we later get married. I did not know she likes s*x that much. I did not know she likese to go like 4 rounds.

I caught her in bed p*nts down with my paddy, an Ibo guy. Instead of being ashamed, she said I only go two rounds, that I am not hot.

That my friend can go 4 to 5 rounds. And that my friend does not pity her pu*sy. I don't knw what she means by that.
So I angrily left.

Right now I am in tears.

I have not felt like this before.
Pls advice me.

Should I go and beg her?
Should I dump her or has she dumped Me already?

Should I forgive my paddy that betrayed me?
Read full story

We are discussing David Luiz and not Nollywood

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Nice one

Rufus is just being REFUSE.