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menabadoo:
The Petroleum Trust Fund was inaugurated by the Abacha administration in March 1995 and General Muhammadu Buhari was appointed to head the Fund which was formed sequel to the increase in the pump price of petrol to N 11 from N 3.25. The then Head of State, Gen Abacha had said then that the Fund was to distribute the gain from the increased price on social and infrastructural projects.

The Fund started work with an initial capital of about N60b in 1996 with a mandate that included the rehabilitation of roads and waterways, educational and health institutions, providing textbooks and stationery, procuring essential drugs and vaccines, providing water supply systems, reviving crumbling agricultural sectors, connecting outlying areas to the national electricity grid, extending railways and telecommunications and ensuring consistent food supply.

Buhari often referred to as Mai Gaskiya (the honest one) was apparently considered for the job mainly because of the qualities he possessed, with the Abacha led government feeling that would douse the tension generated by the increase in fuel prices. With time however, allegations started flying that the PTF was no more than another avenue for the Abacha administration to siphon funds.

On assumption of office in 1999, Chief Obasanjo disbanded the PTF. One of the discoveries made by the administration was that between its inception and July, 1999, the funds that accrued to the PTF stood at N 181 billion. It was also found out that the Consultants appointed by the Executive Chairman of the Trust Fund, Gen Buhari constantly fleeced the country of funds running into billions.

In 2000, the Obasanjo administration set up an Interim Management Committee to take a look into the affairs of the Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund and ascertain among other things, how much has been spent by the PTF so far and what is on ground to justify the huge expenditure. The Committee the set to work and accomplished all the terms of reference by March 2000. The Interim Management Committee submitted that:

Term of Reference No 1:

The Interim Management Committee has already ascertained the total income that has accrued to PTF from its inception to date. The total amount that has accrued to PTF is N 181, 795, 000, 000 (One hundred and eighty one billion, seven hundred and ninety five million Naira). The report for the ascertainment of accrued income has been completed.



Term of Reference No 2

Independent Consultants were commissioned by the Interim Management Committee to ascertain the state of all the bank accounts operated by the Petroleum Special Trust Fund from its inception up to September, 1999. All the assignments have been completed and all the reports submitted. An Executive Summary was prepared and a total of N 3, 642, 982, 280 (Three billion, six hundred and forty two million, nine hundred and eighty two thousand, two hundred and eighty Naira) was found to be recoverable from various banks, due to excess charges, under payment of interest on fixed term deposits and non-payment of interest on current account balances, as stipulated by Central Bank of Nigeria guidelines.



Terms of Reference No 3

The Petroleum Special Trust Fund intervened in, prepared and packaged, ready for transfer to the appropriate line ministry

(b) Food Supply Sector All the necessary verification work have been concluded for projects and programmes and reports already supplied by independent consultants. The programme is already in the process of being transferred to the appropriate ministry, as per the approval given by Mr President.

(c) Education Sector i) Educational Materials Procurement Programme: The verification of the entire programme has already been done and the process of handing over the whole programme to the appropriate beneficiaries has reached an advance stage as directed by Mr President ii) Rehabilitation of Educational Institutions: The services of various consultants have been used to carry out the technical audit of all the projects throughout the country and a comprehensive up to date report has already been completed by the co-ordinating consultants. The preparation of an Executive Summary has reached an advanced stage.

(d) Health Sector: (i) Drug Revolving Fund: The drug revolving fund programme has been thoroughly verified and all available stocks have been transferred to the various state governments. As per the directive of Mr President (ii) Rehabilitation of Health Institutions: The programme for the rehabilitation of Health Institutions throughout the country has been verified and a comprehensive up to date status report prepared. And Executive Summary for the attention of Mr President is being prepared.

(e) Water Supply Sector: All projects and programmes under this sector have been thoroughly verified in compliance with the terms of reference No 3. A comprehensive and up to date report has already been completed.

(f) Other Project Sector: The projects under the sector which were commenced have already been completed. The rest of the projects are yet to commence. The report stating the above mentioned up to date status of all projects under this sector has already been completed.



Terms Of Reference No 4

(i) The audited account of the fund as at 30th June, 1999 stating the Assets and Liabilities of the Petroleum Special Trust Fund has already been prepared by the KPMG Audit, a firm of Chartered Accountants. (ii) The Audited Accounts of the fund as at 31st December, 1999 stating the Assets and Liabilities of the fund has already been prepared by Pricewaterhouse Coopers Audit, a firm of Chartered Accountants. (iii) The Audited Accounts of the Fund for the month commencing January, 2000 to June 30th 2000 is to commence when the IMC was replaced. This would have given the asset and liabilities of the Fund at the end of the terms of the former IMC.

Terms Of Reference No 5

The present administrative structure was carefully examined and the best option is to transfer each departmental staff operating a project sector to the appropriate ministry where the projects are transferred. This will reduce hardship on the staff and also will enhance the capacity of the ministry concerned for it to cope with the additional responsibility.



Terms of Reference No 6 and 7

The former IMC has undertaken a thorough technical audit of all projects and programmes using well experienced independent consultants. In the process of the technical audit, the sanctity of all contracts agreement was upheld and all costs were evaluated to a realistic level. The value of work done up to date has been ascertained and the estimated cost of completion has also been calculated. The appropriate ministry that will be responsible for the completion of any project may further negotiate the time and cost of completion of any project.

As it has been enumerated above, all the terms of reference given to the former IMC has already been virtually completed. The handing over of projects to respective ministries has already commenced. The former IMC would have completed the winding down of the activities of the Petroleum Special Trust Fund as directed by Mr President by the end of June, 2000.

The total public funds to be recovered from various contractors, banks and consultants amounted to about Twenty five billion, seven hundred and fifty eight million five hundred and thirty two thousand four hundred and forty eight Naira.

Below is the Executive Summary of various reports of the independent consultants on verification exercise which resulted in the funds recoveries.



Members of The Interim Management Committee Are As Follows:

Dr. Haroun Adamu (Chairman), Alhaji Abdu Abdurrahim, Barrister Achana Gaius Yaro, Arc Edward Eguavoen, Mr. T. Andrew Adegboro, Engr Baba Goni Machina



Report On The Amount To Be Recovered From Some PTF Projects And Programmes

The Interim Management Committee was appointed by Mr President. One of the terms of reference of their appointment is to carry out verification exercise on all projects and programmes prior to packaging the projects and programmes for subsequent transfer to the appropriate line ministries. The recoverable exercises of the under-listed projects were completed and the various reports and the IMC recommendations forwarded to President Obasanjo for further directives.



The Listed Projects Are –

(i) Afriproject Consortium (APC) PTF Management Consultants and also Project Consultants (ii) PTF intervention in the HIV/AIDS Programme (iii) PTF Health Sector Intervention inputs (iv) PTF Prevalent cases of expiring drugs all over the country (v) PTF residential estate development on Plot 780 Cadastral Zone A8, Abuja FCT (vi) PTF Head Office extension contract at Airport Road, Abuja (vii) PTF-Bank accounts operated from inception to 31st December 1999.



AFPRI- Project Consortium (APC) Afri-Project Consortium were contracted by PTF as Management Consultants and Project Consultants. The former Chairman of PTF also delegated to them the power of Engineer in all appropriate project requiring such power. Afriproject Consortium then assumed an absolute power of initiation, approval and execution of all projects.

Three reputable management consulting firms were engaged to verify all payments made to (APC) from the inception of PTF up to 30th September, 1999. On verification it was found that they have over charged PTF for their services to the tune of N 2, 057, 550, 062 (Two billion fifty seven million five hundred and fifty thousand and sixty two Naira only).



(ii) PTF Assisted HIV/ AIDS Programmes : The intervention of PTF in the HIV/AIDS was flawed due to professional negligence by the management consultants. There was an excessive order of HIV/AIDS kits which resulted in most of the kits expiring before use. Also there was gross inflation of the purchase price. The two factors combined resulted in a loss of N 579,000,000 (Five hundred and seventy nine million Naira only).

(iii) PTF Intervention Programmes : PTF intervention in the health sector input programmes totalled to about N 9 billion Naira. The projects were executed by the management consultants and PTF in-house staff. In this sector there are three glaring areas of loss: (a) Purchase of specific frames which was done at N 1,900 each while they can be purchased locally at a price between N 80 and N 880. This resulted in total loss of N 45, 270,000 (b) Purchase of ambulances which was done at N 13,000,000 each instead of the price of N 3,000,000 each. This resulted in total loss of N 900,000,000 (Nine hundred million Naira only). (c) Purchase of drugs was done to the tune of N 3.08 billion. Price inflation and expiring of drugs resulted in a loss to PTF of about N 1, 500, 000,000 ( one billion, five hundred million Naira).

(iv) PTF Prevalence Expiring Drugs All Over The Country: A team of Pharmacists were commissioned to verify the Drugs Revolving Fund Programmes. Their findings were very depressing. A huge loss has been incurred by PTF as enumerated below:- (a) Drugs and consumables worth N 817, 831,723 (Eight hundred and seventeen million, eight and thirty one thousand seven hundred and twenty three Naira only) were found to have expired by October, 1999 (b) another quantity of drugs worth N 94, 741, 517 expired in December, 1999 (c) drugs worth N 233, 416, 829 will expire by March 2000 (d) Drugs worth N 461, 255,073 will expire by June 2000 (e) Drugs worth N 429, 117, 861 will expire by September, 2000 (f) Drugs worth N 1, 196, 276, 052 will expire by October- December, 2000.

There were many cases of deterioration of drugs as a result of faulty manufacturing, inappropriate packaging, improper storage and excess stock.



(v) PTF Residential Estate: The involvement of PTF in Residential Estate Development was out of its intervention sphere. As at now, the estate has been confiscated by government. The contract sum is N 703, 815, 416 (Seven hundred and three million, eight hundred and fifteen thousand four hundred and sixteen Naira only) while after verification, the whole project was valued at N 328, 901, 521 (Three hundred and Twenty Eight Million nine hundred and one thousand, five hundred and twenty one Naira only). There was an inflation of the contract to the tune of N 374, 913, 895 (Three hundred and seventy four million, nine hundred and thirteen thousand eight hundred and ninety five Naira only).



(vi) PTF Headquarters Extension: The IMC Commissioned Consultants to determine the current construction cost of the on-going extension at the headquarters office. The current construction cost determined by the Consultant came to N 326, 207, 861 (Three hundred and twenty six million, two hundred and seven thousand, eight hundred and sixty one Naira only) as against a contract sum of N 461, 216, 759 (Four hundred and sixty one million, two hundred and sixteen thousand, seven hundred and fifty nine Naira only) this resulted in contract sum inflation of N 135, 008, 879 (One hundred and thirty five million, eight thousand eight hundred and seventy nine Naira only).



(vii) Bank Accounts Operated By PTF From Inception To December 31, 1999: Various Consultants were commissioned to verify the Bank accounts operated by PTF from inception of the Fund up to 31st December, 1999. The Fund operated its bank accounts under three different categories viz- (a) Administration Account (b) Project Account (c) Treasury Account. Recoveries to be made from the various banks are as follow:

(a) Administration Account Total Amount recoverable is N 664, 415, 793 (Six hundred and sixty four million, four hundred and fifteen thousand seven hundred and ninety three Naira only). This is mainly due to overcharge on Cost of Turnover (COT), non-payment of interest on current account balances as stipulated by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other various discrepancies.

(b) Project Account On project Account, total amount recoverable is N 2, 467, 817, 167 (Two billion, four hundred and sixty seven million, eight hundred and seventeen thousand, one hundred and sixty seven Naira only). This is made up mainly from overcharge of Cost of Turnover (COT), non-payment of interest on Current Account balances as stipulated by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other various discrepancies.

(c) Treasury Account All the Treasury Accounts were verified and amount to be recovered is N 510, 749, 323 (Five hundred and ten million, seven hundred and forty nine thousand, three hundred and twenty three Naira only). This is mainly due to short-payment of interest on deposited funds. (See Box A).

The total sum of N 11, 658, 532, 448 (Eleven billion, six hundred and fifty eight million, five hundred and thirty two thousand four hundred and forty eight Naira only) is recoverable as per various reports completed as at now.



1.Other Potential Areas Of Fund Recovery : Road (Highways and Urban Roads) The PSTF uses about 70% of its income on highways and Urban Road Projects. In this project sector, there was total variation of contract sums of N 68,000,000,000 (Sixty eight billion Naira). These variations were not done with properly priced bills of quantities and approved civil contracts procedure as stipulated by government regulations. Taking the experience of what has been discovered after verification of previous contracts awarded by PSTF, the minimum potential recovery will be about 15%. This estimated percentage will be about N 10, 000, 000 (Ten billion Naira). The verification of this project sector was about to take off when the IMC members were replaced.



2. Rural Water Supply Programme; The area of potential fund recoveries under this programme are basically two :- (i) Mobilisation paid to contractors who by now have not even commenced work (ii) Over pricing of contracts. The amount to be recovered from this project sector can be conservatively estimated at N 1,000,000,000 (One billion Naira).

The detail verification report on this programme has already been completed. The executive summary of this report was in the process of compilation when the IMC members were replaced.



3. National Health and Educational Institutions Rehabilitation Programme; The detail verification exercise on this sector has already been completed by various independent Consultants. The executive summary for total amounts recoverable is now in the process of being compiled. The conservative estimate of amount recoverable due to non-performance of contractors and over-pricing of contract is about N 600,000,000 (Six hundred million Naira).



4. National Educational Material Procurement Programme; This programme entails the purchase of educational materials such as text books, exercise books, chalk, dusters, pencils, biro, magazines, maps etc. The verification exercise of this programme is yet to commence. The conservative estimate of recoveries to be made due to non-performance by contractors and inflation of prices will be in the region of N 900,000,000 (Nine hundred million Naira).



5. Rural Telecommunication Programme; The Rural Telecommunication Programme was supposed to be carried out in two phases viz: – (i) Pilot programme (ii) The main programme. The main programme was to commence after the pilot programme has been completed and certified as operational, but mobilisation of N 1, 600,000 (One billion, six hundred million Naira) was paid to the contractors for the main programme without any contract being signed at all.

In view of the government policy at present, the full amount of the mobilization paid can be recovered (i.e N 1,600,000,000), See Box B

The Committee recommended that the total recoverable amount can be used to offset some of the outstanding debts because some of the creditors are contractors from whom these amounts are to be recovered. It also recommended that the President may wish to set up a high powered judicial panel to recover the huge public fund and to take the necessary action against any officer, consultant or contractor whose negligence resulted in this colossal loss of public funds.

The Interim Management Committee Members who compiled this report include Dr. Haroun Adamu (Chairman), Alh. Abdu Abdurrahim, Barrister Achana Gaius Yaro, Arc. Edward Eguavoen, Mr. T Andrew Adegboro and Engr. Baba Goni Machina.

This is sweet. OP more greeze to ur efforts. Thanx a lot 4 this piece. This is what I am talking about. Any talks should be supported by proof, documents and links. That's what we need cos Nigerians are not fools. We need proof. Buhari is a goner.

zboyd:
Pardon?

I don't get what you're saying.

U won't till the light shines on u. U need a new baptism of fire and reorientation. Pity u have to do so urself. Try ya best and hope on god.

christopher123:
Don't worry they are confused maybe the saboteur they did during the war is painting and hurting them ..they will live with it. Now the question us how do your wife see herself ...we are same with them they might not be okay with Igbo tag they have a name for all of us called mid onu nuo.. the ones that say nuo (welcome) so don't be worried

I also married there and there is no problem with there

Imo man call anambra man ijekebe
Anambra call Ebonyi abakaliki wawa
Owerri to port call strangers isoma
Ngwa call others ohuhu

So don't worry all is a funny way of us behaving in one Igbo family

I have seen where some siblings change their surnames due to one religion indoctrination but that doesn't mean that they are not bona FIDE members if the family

Train your child in our culture

My daughter speaks a mixture if Nnewi and ukwuani and its funny

So let it be

Just one we are

Trying to differentiate a leopard and cheetaah will be a hard thing to do

Spoken with sense and wisdom unlike all those children arguing above u.

Deeman87:
OBJ publicly told the world that GMB is an upright man

1. Not many people know that his 1st daughter is married to an Igbo man from Anambra
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2. He exempted Christians from performing duty on Sundays. “When his Muslim soldiers asked him to exempt them from duty on Friday, he told them the bible says Christians should rest on the 7th day, the Muslims should show him where the Koran says they should rest on Fridays.

3. As Head of State he slashed the number of Muslim going on pilgrimage by 50%.

4. His driver and cook for the past 10 years plus are Christians yet some uninformed Nigerians say he is a bigot.

5. It is a pity that some people failed to understand that PDP deliberately capitalised on the gullibility of Nigerians to paint him black. This they did in order to keep their loot and ensure that he never gets the opportunity to send them to gaol. How many Nigerians would hold the appointment of government, minister of petroleum, PTF chairman and head of state yet don’t own a house in Abuja?

Love him, hate him you cannot take his integrity away from him.

Well done Gen Muhammad Buhari. You have stood the test of time and character with a swagger. It is time we set the record straight.

http://www.osundefender.org/?p=191083

Pls give us proof with names, birthdays and pictures or forever remain a bigot with ur mssters. Buhari is a known bigot, tested proven and trusted bigot. We all know this so what is this white washing for? It's only in nigeria that known criminals and bigots can disappear 4 some time and reappear again whiter than snow. Pls OP respect yasef.

pendy79:
Isn't it amazing that a party birthed less than.2 years ago is having so much goodwill and attracting people of timbre and calibre into its rank daily.

The sole reason I guess is the unbridled and undeniable anti-corruption stance of General Mohammadu Buhari and the political sagacity of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. When brains and brawn meets you can be sure of results and performance.

Kudos to all the eggheads and political juggernaut in this assemblage of political bulldozers in Nigeria's political space.

2015 is damn becoming closer to reality .....

Watch film in 2015. U will see how Tinubu will disappoint all of u and them

daey118:
That what you'll think. Till he's about 19 or 20 when he's just finished he's gf then he' might start having flashes of what he's seen when he was tiny. And be. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. so that was what happend tht time ..we never really forget anything .we just lose track of where it ws saved.

Na wah 4 u. Children don't remember any of those things till they are around 3 years. Believe me I sabi. Once he is below 3 years it doesn't matter but as from 3 years then u got to be careful cos he will remember everything.

missberrypop5:
that's good. Even if you know your girlfriend is a nice person and can't cook, you can as well teach her. Women are not for the kitchen anyway.

Am married and my wifey cooks wonderfully.

sunnyshayne:
On this particular night, with the elements making the mood perfect for weather for two, me and wifey, my very sweet darling half had started playing right from the kitchen.

The scene one from the kitchen was so promising that we forget to arrange Piccan and other necessary missiles to knock off our one year son, a very renowned jobless workaholic at night!

Realising it was to late and our common enemy was very active like a forest guard we decided to manually put him to sleep. Ah....it worked, the coast was clear.

Without saying a word of prayer, I jumped into action, inter facing directly with the great beyond but my ancestors who will not fail me whispered into my ear to look left and right!

Brethren, as I turned to look......gbam.... there was my son by the edge of the bed staring right into my face as if to say " what are you doing to my mum". I became paralysed, all virtue left me and my cutlass became a table knife.

Have you ever been in my shoes?

Bros ur own dey fair. Am rarely home so when ever I am home my wifey and I attack ourselves to make up for the time past. On one of the many events we attacked ourselves. My 1 year old son way be "Jacky Chan" (that's what he is called cos if in dey awake we no dey hear word. Na so so from one part of the house to the other part. That little boy keeps us up till late in the night).

Anyway, we knew if he wakes no more action. Wifey no even allow me wake, she woke me with serious Frenching around 6:30 am. Na so we enter gear even b4 sleep clear my eyes. As we begin enter gear two about 30 mins later my son woke.

We didn't even know till one tiny body jumped on me. As I turned to see wetin dey happen. He wriggled himself between us and when he got there. I think say na film.

This little rascal carry in leg dey kick me 4 belly na when I sabi this world done spoil. My wife laugh tire.......
Well action had to stop cos my chairman don wake.

missberrypop5:
Have you seen? Nigeria girl? Again? You, why can't you cook? Must a girl cook for you? What did you learn at home? How to eat? No be your mates be chef for 5star restaurants? If you know Nigerian girls can't cook go and marry a girl from Togo and leave us alone. Kilo?

Naija girl wey go try use food do shakara 4 me done jam olomo rock. I be cook personified.

lindaiikeji:
Hey ladies, I'm not d celebrity buh ma name is also Linda Ikeji.
Now to the point, I hav used dis technique to get any guy I want, not only to date me buh also love me.

Step 1: Identify d man u want. Look 4 d man dat has som of d qualities u want cos u won't see a man wid all u may want.

Step 2: Try and initiate a discussion wit him no mata aw brief, but don't be too friendly. Just speak well, dress well and smile a little.

Step 3: Try and bump into him or try and see him again buh mek it look surprised. Ensure he gets ur contacts. Men being men, he will contact u

Step4: Respond to his calls buh don't go out on a date yet, talk only on phone or chats, and discuss sensible tins. U ar tryin 2 paint a picture of a sophisticated lady.

Step 5: ensure u ar always in contact buh don't let him know u like or want him. Wen he meks d move 4 u, stall him. Its important u don't giv in easily.

Step 6: afta u go out wit him, pls don't hav sex wit him, don't french kiss, no orals pls, don't follow him home. Ensure u kip ursef for at least 4months.

Step 7: if u reach dis stage N he's still datin u, u've gat ursef a man dat Loves u and may marry u dependin on ur behaviour.

Hope it helps. Much love

Abeg see this woman. Guys make una help me ask this gal whether na by force?

bheemz:
....i was wit his fone wen a message beeped, "I love d way u made me feel like a woman" wen I asked him bout it he said he actually told a friend to send d msg just to see how am gonna react, isn't it dumb? 6years r/ship fa!

Funny enof, I know a guy that did this to his babe/fiancee the day he asked her to marry him. Babes not all scopes be lie abeg.

Ayed44:
Associates of All Progressives Congress, APC leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu are lining up three possible running mates for Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) should the former head of state prevail in the forthcoming presidential nomination convention of the party.

The synergy between Team Buhari and the Tinubu camp was formally brought to public light last Wednesday when many of Tinubu’s political associates, including his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu got prominent presence at Buhari’s public declaration for the presidency in Abuja.

The three prospective running mates, according to Vanguard sources are Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, a former commissioner in Lagos State, Senator Ajayi Borofice presently representing Ondo North in the Senate and Mr. Wale Edun, a former commissioner in Lagos State.

Two other choices in the consideration of Team Buhari, the immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and another former governor of Ekiti State, Otunba Niyi Adebayo were said to have been taken off the radar by the Asiwaju forces on account of political differences.

The intrigues in the relationship between Dr. Fayemi and Tinubu reached a crescendo last week when Tinubu absented himself from the commissioning of the Ekiti State Government Liaison House in Lagos.

On the scheduled day of the commissioning, the APC leader was said to have become invisible, sources close to the development told Vanguard, a fact that seemed to underline the increasing political disconnect between the once close men.

The projection of the three men, Borofice, Osinbajo and Edun by the Tinubu camp follows the rejection by the mainstream of the party of a Muslim-Muslim ticket that would have seen a Buhari- Tinubu ticket.

Sources say that Tinubu may have lately withdrawn himself to that fact and is now believed to be preparing himself to position his own man to be a possible number two man for the country.

The consideration of Osinbajo Vanguard learnt is based on the twin factors of his relatively clean character and respect in the Christian community. Osinbajo, who served as attorney general and commissioner for justice in the Tinubu cabinet has won a respectable image as a senior pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of God.

He is said to be fairly close to Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the general overseer of the RCCG. Those rooting for him say that positioning him on the ticket would balance any insinuation on the country drifting towards an Islamic path as some critics of Buhari have sought to assert.

The consideration of Senator Borofice, it was learnt, was aimed at strategically breaking up the hold of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the Ekiti/Ondo axis, where the PDP is presently known to have set its foothold.

“By bringing out Borofice, who is about the only APC senator elected official in the Ekiti/Ondo axis, we can push for presence in the two states given that the PDP is in control of those two states,” a close associate of Tinubu said at the weekend.

Edun, who is reported to be the third person under consideration served as commissioner of finance for the two terms Governor Tinubu between 1999 and 2007 and he is said to be in position to bring relative youth to a presidency under Buhari’s watch.

“Our consideration of Edun is on the need of young blood given that Buhari is now of age and would need, young savvy men to keep him in track,” a source said.

Both Osinbajo and Borofice were acclaimed at Buhari’s declaration. Edun’s presence at the event could not be confirmed at press time. One other prospective nominee, Senator Olurunnimbe Mamora Vanguard learnt was like Dr. Fayemi not being favourably considered by the Tinubu camp ostensibly because of his independent trait, which reportedly came to fore in the testy days leading to Governor Babatunde Fashola’s certification of a second term ticket in 2011. Mamora was also present at Buhari’s event.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/tinubus-camp-lines-three-men-buharis-running-mate/

Be deceiving urself. Did u see Tinubu on the podium when Buhari declared his intentions. Watch as magic will happen come 2015.

wisepluto:
The truth is obvious....It saddens to know that PDP ardent supporters are not wishing this country well....Stomach Infrastructure is now the other of the day. Just wondering a sane society that observes this rascality.

Not in 2015. Buhari cam wait til 2019. We no send.

kennyslim1:
for your st.up.id mind now, you make sense abi?

U are the most ignorant person I have ever read his comment.

Dem for go a step further by making it religious and watch how some group will start rioting and killing people.

Obiagelli:
Elder drnoel i hail thee. Learn to use I not WE next time

Nice return from u. Am surprised u didn't go into insults like it's usual in NL. Madam, keep it up. U will go places Cheers.

100Cents:
Surprise is the word.

She will hmm you.

Go to market with her money and cook for you.

She will dress your home.

She will always call you.

She will miss you and fix a date.

When you give her money, she rejects it.

Wonders shall never end.

Yep I have and she is currently my wifey and the mother of my son.

Obiagelli:
As if your vote counts more than one

Urs too counts just one so go and sit down or better. Go to the kitchen and cook something. Little girl, allow ur elders to talk.

Johnnyessence:
its just a mere rumour its will be buhari/ameachi ticket.

no one likes Amaechi

Propaganda machine. Let the polls come we shall see.

TribalEAST:
Who won't want GEJ's administration out of aso rock come 2015? An administration that calls corruption ordinary stealing, makes friends with militants(asari dokubo) and BH sponsors(ali modu sherrif), can't find $20billion, shields corrupt politicians etc cannot and shouldn't be trusted with a second term. The Almighty God will disable GEJ's plans if he's trying to use the agony faced by the girls, their parents and their communities to score points politically.

Lol, this holier than holy attitudes of ur is uncalled for. We know the APC leaders, all criminals, brigands and cutthroats. We know their chieftains, all have benefited from our collective wealth so what is this bullshit u are talking about. U know and am sure u know cos we all know they won't do better if they cease power. They would do even worse. We all know Buharis mentality, history has shown us, has told us what he is. He will not rule this country again. Look in life we met people twice but People like Buhari should be met once not twice.

Obinoscopy:
It's obvious these guys are not after our wellbeing. They are just hell bent on taking over power. Every statement of theirs has to do with ousting the present government. They should be careful lest Nigerians would sense their desperation. I detest desperate politicians.

Thus far, I would say Atiku has been the most matured opposition politician I've observed. His twitter statement concerning the ceasefire deal/chibok girls negotiation is very matured. I hope his party alongside his fellow aspirants would tow his line

That's why it's so dangerous to have them get that power cos we Nigerians they are calling now will be relegated to the background, they will push us into the gutter when they have that power. I say, if they want that power they will have to proof their worth to Nigerians but in 2019. We will listen to them then. There is no vacancy in 2015.

ba7man:
We don't care!!!!

GEJ must go!!!

Be patient till 2019 then people will listen to u. 2015 is not going to happen 4 Buhari.

Justcash:
I like your profound optimism, but I really am not affiliated to any political position in 2015. However, as a political and economic analyst with a strong understanding of the dynamics in Nigerian politics, I can assure you that GEJ's liberal political approach (commendable) has erased the power of incumbency in the political calculations of 2015 general elections.

For your information, there are also consequences (mild) if the North fails to grab power in 2015. It is a political stalemate.

Your bat description is unnecessary.

Bros the bat description was metaphoric and not to cause upset. I agree with the writer but with ur comments, I still dey look am one kind one kind. GEJ is going to win, what we don't know yet is how difficult APC will make it for him.

This looks like it's for NCO's.

DailyNews:
Everyone (male & female) on nairaland dumped their bf or gf, have never read abt a nairalander who got dumped, y Justwondering anyway.

Funny thread

go and read my own

segzybobo:
Imaging a lady telling you that she is currently dating 7 guys but i'm the one she like most, she even called one of her friend to come and confirm it... and I b like shay dis gurl see mark for my face nii

Ur own is fair. What of one that kept calling me assistant boyfriend. After I investigated her sorry ass found out she had being playing one buccaneer hit man with me also found out we weren't the only guys she was playing. She had uncles all over Nigeria. She once confessed after downing 3 large stouts "my uncles are very rich but I only spend night at their place when their wives are outside the country" Na so my alarm bells begin ring. All this time I no even smell her puzzy till boyfriend 1 pushed her to the curbs she come make she settle with me. Come see begging and more lies. She no sabi say I don get her story from her own friends. Anyway, I housed her 3 days with me cos I wanted to really 4k her. We both 4 ked ourselves senseless I dropped her at the park and told her to delete my number. Told her the story of her life. That's was 4 years ago. She still calls me begging. SometimeSometimes I wonder whether she get too much ear wax where make am no hear say "it's over".

hischoice:
I am the liar.
Even I get scared of my lies sometimes but I guess she loves to hear them, no wonder she's carrying my baby now.

She's my wife (technically me EX-girlfriend)

Now that's not funny. If u are man enof to upgrade a woman to wife, then be man enof to remain faithful cos it won't cost u a thing.

TribalEAST:
where you expecting him to openly admit he's pro-GEJ?

Pls state or quote anywhere in that write up that silently gave any kind of sentiment or was in favour to GEJ. Some people just amaze me with their mentality