₦airaland Forum

Spain?
How convinient, her father doesn't maintain our local hospitals for her to have a baby here.

Oyedepo and co, when you're ready to fight Fulanis, please wake us up!

PointZerom:
When the National Security Council meets, the following will be in attendance:

1. Muhammadu Buhari (President)

2. Mansur Mohammed Dan Alli (Minister of Defence)

3. Abdulrahman Dambazzau (Minister of Internal Affairs)

4. Lawal Daura (DG-SSS)

5. Ibrahim Magu (Chairman, EFCC)

6. Tukur Buratai (Chief of Army Staff)

7. Sadique Abubakar (Chief of Air Staff)

8. Mohammed Saliu Usman-AVM (Chief of Defence Intelligence)

9. Ibrahim Idris (Inspector-General of Police)

10. Abubakar Malami (Attorney-General)

11. Baba Gana Monguno (National Security Adviser)

12. Ahmed Rufai Ababukar DG NIA)

In what language will they communicate, please?

Do they discuss Nigerian security or Northern Security?

An expanded meeting will have:

13. Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu (Civil Defence)

14. Hamid Ali (Controller-General of Customs)

15. Mohammed Babandede (Comptroller-General of Immigration)

16. Ja'afaru Ahmed (Comptroller-General of Prisons)

Notice anything? They are all from the North, mostly Fulanis.

#1 guy on this list says it's not correct to blame him for the security lapses since he came to office.
He wants to rejig his security when he returns from oversea trips or when the next killing occurs!

Nothing good comes out of something bad.

Trying to divert attention from Buhari's inefficiency to something else!
Been there done that!!

A few weeks ago, it was Benue. Villagers were warned that attack was coming, police, army, DSS all knew.

Yet more than 150 helpless women, children, and old people were mowed down in their sleep by cowardly marauding Fulani herdsmen who have been using the same tactics for the past 10 years.

After innocent people were killed, then the army is mobilized in full force to prevent possible retaliation, then the politicians begin to visit!

Rewind, now it's Kaduna, more than 160 killed, the army and police knew of the plan, they did nothing to prevent the attack. Now , as predicted they will mobilize to prevent retaliation.

Next Buhari will visit!
Is he incapable of providing basic security to all Nigerians?

Kwankwaso in Rivers to bail Fulani criminals in prison for killing innocent civilians?
We no go forget his atrocities to Igbo businessmen in Kano, and how he thought that pushing Hausa/Fulani agenda will send him to heaven

Nedfed:
Nairaland fall my hand bigtime.
This rubbiiiish still reach FP.
Na today a criminal dey chain for hospital?
Or is it because of the name (Buhari)?
Buhari is a common name like others name, so what so special.
Meaningless thread abeg.

It tells you a few things about N/L
1. It's been taken over by Fulani herdsmen and their sympathizers
2. The lucky prisoner is waiting for Kwankwaso to come bail him
3. The chain on his leg looks too comfortable for a criminal who probably ra..ped and murdered innocent people because of his cow
4. You'll never see news of innocent Fulani victims hit the Front page so fast.

Heart breaking letter.
Unfortunately, the soldier did not know that Buhari is corruption himself. What will he do? Ask Burutai to investigate the issue, while Burutai is even more corrupt!

kn23h:
The topic was deleted for no reason, but I will recreate the clean version.

Today, Ibadan, Lagos, Ogun and even Osun all have masterplans to develop their land. Why don't Ibos have the same plan? Why do they rely on FG to come up with a plan to develop the SE?

Once upon a time a grown, but immature man asked his father why his father has been unable to sire male offspring. The father responded by asking the young man "who's your father"

I take it that you meant well and probably have the best interest of Igbos at heart, otherwise you would not have my response.

1. Igbos were defeated, their cities, infrastructures and independence completely destroyed by Britain, Russia, and other foreign countries that fought through the Nigerian army.

2. Today, it's a miracle that the average Igbo town is on the average more developed than the average Hausa and probably Yoruba town.

3. Igbos are no good, Igbos love money too much, Igbos are not capable of ruling themselves, Igbo rulers are selfish, etc are just tribalistic diatribes mouthed by poorly educated Nigerian leaders, first as a joke, and now carried to the main stream, and then unfortunately and ignorantly echoed by fellow Igbos who lack insight as to what's really the problem.

4. Igbo governors owe their allegiance not to the Igbos that elected them, but to powers residing in Sokoto, Lagos, and Abuja. Many times these are never Igbos' finest, but they fit into somebody's machination for the Igbos. Do you know how many times the so-called Igbo governors have run to Sokoto crying and asking for help?

5. The federal emasculation of every sphere of life in Nigeria, started as pretence for One Nigeria has been used to strangle Igbo ingenuityy and efforts. You probably would know that the limitation of universal free primary education was because Igbos were noted to be enjoying most of resources devoted to the scheme, so some smart Alec figured it would be better to do it state by state. My point is that any federal program that levels the playing filed for everybody is some how not good, because Igbos would certainly excel in that endeavor.

6. OBJ recently stated that he laughs at people complaining about the presence of too many Igbos outside their region, "well, he asked is there any federal presence in Igboland to cater for Igbos? The answer remains a big NO"

7. From roads, education, commerce, and industry, the federal government has cornered everything about Nigerias with a view of 'slowing the Igbos' down while at the same time feeding a non-productive group in the north-(exactly as the racist Sarduana of Sokoto envisioned many years ago)

8. Igbos need better understanding of what's going on, otherwise what happened to them yesterday will happen to them again tomorrow.

PROPAGANDA all the way!

Our embassies in US is now being rolled into one, instead of Washington Dc, Chicago, Atlanta, and San Francisco.
The new mostly Hausa/Fulani staff has no idea about customer service, or even how to make thing less difficult for the average citizen.

It seems as if they are angry with everybody.
Oh don't forget about the system being down for days in a row, and the passport booklet running out.

If you have ever gone to a Nigerian bank before the arrival of ATMs, you'll get a better idea of how Nigerian embassies look like these days.
Other countries, they are getting better, but Nigeria is getting worse!

Rotimik:
Another lie!

There were thousandnaires in Nigeria at the time. No millionaires. The value of our currency was very high at the time.

A brand new car that would cost you N50million today goes for less than 500pounds then.

Another blind expression of childish ethnic chauvinism. If you're saying that there were no Igbo millionaires before the civil war, I can only say sorry to you, for the mega ignorance!

A. Corrupt Buhari enemy:

Trial by the press.
Confiscate everything he has, including his wife and children, take all his money, cars, and properties even before trial.
Lock them up in jail, disobey court order even if required to be released.
Mount continue public relation assault, attribute lack of rain fall in Sokoto to Buhari's enemies.

B. Corrupt Buahri friend:

Feign ignorance of the news. When complaints become louder, step in to confuse the issue, threaten hell and brime stone while at the same time provide safe hiding place for them. When pressure gets stronger, "revoke" the action, and then set up a panel of friends to look into the matter.
Then sit on the report, sit on it, and keep sitting on it while the corrupt friends go about their business and even start a new life.

If you're corrupt and find yourself in option A, try as much as possible to metamorphose into option B, and the conditions will apply!

How's the fight against corruption going?
In the good old GEJ days, police dey accept naira, now in this Buhari era, na only dollar they want!

Why is nobody talking about Dambazzau, he is the corrupt brain behind all these.

hmabdool:
IF NOT FOR PMB.
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How would you know that Patience Jonathan mama is currently spending billions of dollars even while in the grave?
How would you know that Saraki kept N1.4b to himself from Paris Club refunds and is richer than Kwara state?
How would you know that $2.1b was shared by ATM Dasuki among ranks and files?
How would you know that Wale Oke hide N4b raw cash at Ikoyi's apartment?
How would you know that someone abandoned N400m at Kaduna's Airport without looking back for the fear of EFCC?
How would you know that over N1trillion was shared every year by the subsidy cabals yet you still had fuel scarcity?
How would you know that Tompolo was paid over N43b to protect our water ways by Jonathan?
Tell me, how would you know that over N240b was spent to import rice every year thereby leaving the local farmers poor as church rats?
How would you know that Deziani embezzled billion of dollars not to talk of the 56 choice property recently forfeited to the Federal Government through the court?
How would you know that Jamb who had over the years remitted N3million now remitted N8billion to the Federation account within one year?
How would you know that Fayose collected N4.7billion from Jonathan through Obanikoro to fund his Ekiti state election?
How would you know that Nigeria Customs can generate over N300b within first quarter of 2017 compared to N3b remitted over the years?
How would you know that Atiku and company (Intel) has been stealing from Nigeria government through the NPA for past 17years?
How would you know that some judges and lawyers are encouraging corruption through perpetual injunctions and what have you?
How would you know that Stella Oduah used her maids to launder N2.4b?
How would you know that Patience Jonathan also used her maids to launder over N13b even own Hotel worth N11b in Bayelsa?
How would you know that the unscrupulous ones hide billions of dollars on farms, grave hards, suckaway pits, tanks etc.?
How would you know that Deziani bribed INEC officials with N23b in the last 2015 elections to achieve victory for Jonathan and his cronies.
How would you know that Femi Aluko (Deziani's boy boy) bought a Yatch (Boat) worth N32b.
Hmmm, how would you know, how would you know...? if not for the Best President of our time.
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Like Oliver Twist, we are surely waiting to know more even if the National Assembly refused to pass the bill you sent to them (The Anti Corruption and Special Court bill) to Prosecute the corrupt elements in our midst besides our constitution which shelter the unscrupulous elites... the high and mighty ones in our society.
We all know that the House of Assembly/House of Legislatives are part of the rots in our country and we are eagerly waiting for them comes 2019.
We also know that their end is near because the lives of innocent people that died as a result of their callous ways will hunt them down.
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PMB, God bless and guide you for us.

I didn't see the grass-cutting contract, and the $45 million found in a house in Lagos.
If not for the corrupt Buhari, we for don get the reports published a long time ago. But Buhari is a criminal who works with fellow criminals, hidding their evil, and playing politics with the so-called war on corruption. God will be the judge!
Remember the recent $25B from NNPC?
Anytime Buhari is mentioned, money go begin to miss!

Soon, very soon, Brutai will carry army invade Atiku home, and "disappear" the man and his family. Then Buhari and his supporters will start to look for Buhari all over the place!

More of the fight against corruption, but with nepotism.

http://punchng.com/insubordination-by-buharis-appointees-one-too-many/

Insubordination by President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointees against their superiors in the past two years, according to analysts, has become a recurring decimal that should be addressed, writes JESUSEGUN ALAGBE

When a strong-worded memo from the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, to President Muhammadu Buhari on the actions of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, leaked last Wednesday, not many people, perhaps, expected that such a feud had been going on between the minister and the NNPC boss.

In the memo, titled “Re: Matters of insubordination and lack of adherence to due process by the GMD NNPC – Dr. Baru,” dated August 30, 2017, Kachikwu had expressed dissatisfaction with the way Baru had repeatedly snubbed and disrespected the board of the national oil firm, which is chaired by him (the minister), as regarding decisions made by the corporation.

The letter had detailed how Baru made oil deals worth $25bn (N9tn) and also made some changes within the NNPC structure without intimating the minister and board chairman of the national oil firm’s activities.

But for the NNPC GMD’s persistent refusal to carry him along in the activities of the national oil company, Kachikwu said he would not have resorted to writing a long letter of complaint to President Buhari.

“Not only did he (Baru) not give my letter the courtesy of a reply, he proceeded to announce the appointments without consultation on board concurrence,” Kachikwu had written.

While the memo has continued to generate reactions from Nigerians and Civil Society Organisations, some have described Baru’s behaviour as “absurd” and inimical to good governance as he ought to have carried the minister along in all deals, being the national oil company’s board chairman.

However, in his defence five days later, Baru replied that no law mandated him to report to Kachikwu because the latter was just a Minister of State and not the substantive minister, that is, President Buhari.

The NNPC GMD’s response had partly read, “It is important to note from the outset that the law and the rules do not require a review or discussion with the Minister of State or the NNPC board on contractual matters.

“What is required is the processing and approval of contracts by the NNPC Tenders Board, the President in his executive capacity or as Minister of Petroleum, or the Federal Executive Council, as the case may be.”

Although the NNPC Act indicates that the Minister of Petroleum Resources (in this case President Buhari) is the NNPC board chairman, it was the President himself who, on July 4, 2016, named Kachikwu the oil firm’s board chairman.

Even though Kachikwu and Baru gave the impression they had reconciled on Tuesday at the 23rd Nigerian Economic Summit, political analysts have said there is a need for the President to stop condoning acts of insubordination by his “appointees,” which is gradually becoming a hallmark of his administration.

A United States-based political scientist and Convener, Youths Must Arise, Mr. Femi Matthews, told Saturday PUNCH via LinkedIn that it was unfortunate that Buhari was losing his goodwill as a “tough and disciplined hero.”

The political scientist noted that prior to becoming the country’s leader in May 2015, Buhari was regarded among many Nigerians at home and abroad as someone who would not tolerate any act of indiscipline or misconduct.

He said, “However, two years down the line, it is not as we expected. Personally, I believe that for every act of insubordination in this government, it has an unwritten backing of the President himself. Most of the people who have shown acts of insubordination are his people, his appointees.

“Look at Baru not having an iota of courtesy to respond to Kachikwu’s memo for a long time. It was because the latter was frustrated that he had to write Buhari, not knowing that Baru was only acting on the instructions of the President. No one is a fool. We all know what’s happening.

“If someone that the President does not like had erred, fire and brimstone would have been unleashed on the person. The President would have called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to look into the $25bn allegation raised by the minister.

“But because they know what they are doing, that’s why the President has not said anything about the matter. Now, the two men (Baru and Kachikwu) have met and agreed. What happens to the allegations raised?”

Perhaps true to Mathews’ assertion, there have been several instances of insubordination by the President’s appointees against their bosses. However, despite Buhari’s knowledge of the issues, he has yet to respond to some of them.

For instance, apart from Baru, allegations of both insubordination and corruption have also been levelled against the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, who was appointed by Buhari on June 21, 2016.

The Police Service Commission, the body responsible for police affairs in the country, had last Sunday blamed Idris for the rot in the police force, saying he did not implement the directives sent to him.

The commission had lamented that although it had constitutional powers to appoint, promote and discipline police officers, it did not have the authority to discipline “an IG who refuses to implement decisions.”

While responding to allegations of promotion scandal rocking the force, the Head, Press and Public Relations, PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, had said it was common knowledge that most times, its decisions were not implemented by the IG.

Ani further explained that the commission had given Idris guidelines that should govern his recommendations on special promotions, however, noting that all recommendations from him (Idris) on the issue had been put on hold until he complied with the PSC’s guidelines.

Still on Idris, the lawmaker representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District at the Senate, Isah Misau, had on August 26, 2017, alleged that the IGP collected about N120bn annually as payment for special security services rendered by the police to corporate organisations and very important personalities.

Saying that over 50,000 personnel involved in the act had not benefitted from the money, Misau, a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, had also alleged that the special promotion of officers by the force was fraught with corruption.

Meanwhile, some Nigerians were amazed when on Tuesday, the Federal Government, through the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, filed two separate sets of charges against Misau for spreading “injurious falsehood” against the IGP.

A Lagos-based lawyer and social commentator, Ms Kike Babalola, said she couldn’t understand why a suit would be filed against Misau for the “mind-boggling revelations.”

She said, “Sincerely, I can’t believe what’s happening in this country. Is this a joke? With all the weighty allegations against the IGP, why would the Federal Government be muzzling Misau with a lawsuit and not tell the EFCC to probe the allegations? I mean, this is really pathetic!

“Now, how would Buhari defend himself when people say his anti-corruption war is watery? To me, it is. This whole anti-graft fight is a facade. The whole scenario is becoming uninteresting to watch. This has confirmed the President’s ineptitude in combatting corruption on a large scale.”

[b]In the meantime, another instance of insubordination and corruption perpetrated by one of Buhari’s appointees was by the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, who was appointed by the President on July 29, 2016.

Within just a year in office, Yusuf was alleged to have committed a fraud to the tune of N919m in the agency.

However, when the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, who supervises the scheme, asked Yusuf to step down for three months for investigations to be carried out, the NHIS ES snubbed the minister, saying he had no power to ask him to be suspended.

Giving a reason for his inability to comply with the minister’s directive, Yusuf said, “Except removed from office by the President under the circumstances specified in the NHIS Act, my appointment is for a period of five years. This is subject to a further term of the same period at the discretion of the President.”

Nevertheless, the minster’s directive prevailed in the end, and after investigations, a panel set up by the Ministry of Health to probe Yusuf found him culpable of the charges and in September 2017 submitted its report to the President for necessary action.

But while the President has yet to act on the panel’s report, Adewole on October 6 suspended the NHIS boss indefinitely.

Apart from his act of insubordination to the Minister of Health, Yusuf had also in April 2017 failed to carry out a directive of a committee set up by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, over an industrial crisis at the agency, regarding the secondment of 15 officers by him (Yusuf) to the NHIS.[/b]

For several weeks in March 2017 when the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), was asked by the Senate to appear before it wearing his uniform and he refused to do so, some political analysts described his behaviour as insubordination to the law-making body.

Ali had been summoned by the Senate for questioning on the controversial vehicle duty he had announced then but later suspended.

The Customs boss had also not been seen in Customs uniform since he was appointed by President Buhari in 2015.

In his view, Lagos-based political scientist, Dr. Samuel Igbobie, advised President Buhari against allowing his reputation to diminish by not acting promptly on issues of insubordination that had been committed by his appointees.

Noting that the act was fast becoming an attribute of the President’s administration, Igbobie said the situation could lead to rendering the anti-corruption war fruitless.

He said, “Insubordination is a serious problem in governance. What is even noticeable is that those who have committed the act are the President’s own men, the people he appointed. Maybe he loves them too much to be disciplined. But if that’s the case, this whole anti-corruption war is over.

“If the President is refusing to act on these issues raised by his men’s bosses, his administration will lose its reputation for anti-graft war. Of course, many people have already doubted the whole war. His inaction will make many people think of him as an ineffective leader. Then, his other appointees might take advantage of his inaction.

“They might also summon the courage to flout their organisations’ and superiors’ directives because they know they can get away with it. This is not good for his administration and the country.”

Citing an instance of the President’s inaction on negative reports about his appointees, Igbobie suggested that nothing had been done about the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, because the latter was Buhari’s man.

Lawal had been suspended on April 19, 2017, after he allegedly flouted due process and misappropriated N270m meant for the rehabilitation of persons displaced by Boko Haram insurgency and for the redevelopment of the North-East.

Probably not believing that he could be suspended by Buhari, Lawal had on the day he was suspended reacted to the development by asking journalists, “Who is the Presidency?”

Asking Buhari to stop delaying acting on reports of allegations against his appointees, Igbobie said, “It is high time the President stopped being overprotective of his men.

“If indeed he is here to fight corruption, he should show that there is no one who cannot be probed, even his closest allies. It is time for demonstration, not mere talk.”

AntiWailer:
No 25billion was missing. Stop sounding like a chronic idiot

Can u quote the part of Kachukwu's memo that says 25billion is missing ?

Take time and refute the facts, not lob childish insults.

ArmedRobber:
at times it is better to keep quiet and pretend like genius rather that making fool of yourself with stupid comment

BMC official, please rely with facts so that you can earn your allowance from your thieving patron who calls himself president, not childish insults

GoodMuyis:
My Last weekend went down with fill disappointment, where a lot of educated folks asked question "When did Military Personnel turn to Medical staff ?" that will be administering Health Service to Civilian, I guess a lot of them were used to Self/Home Treatment with Local Herbs, Local Clinic or Drug store, we should not blame the.

It was a surprise to me too the first time I visited 44 Nigeria Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna, I was to stay overnight with the patient. The next morning, it was time for routine checkup of patients, I saw this Lady/Woman between 35-40 years of age bracket, and in full military Khaki and boot, except that she did not have gun on her, came to examine/questioned the patient I stayed with. She must be a Lieutenant and one of the doctors.

Previously I Knew The Nigeria Armed Force do recruit Medical Personnel, But i did not expect them to be working/depolyed in an Hospital that admitted Civilians. So I dont want to budge you with story, below is a Very Short List of Military (NOT ALL) Clinics and Hospitals in Nigeria, believed me they are one of the best in any state. For example the 44 Nigeria Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna is said to be second best in Kaduna state after General Hospital Shika, Zaria which was among the best in Nigeria.

If you have ever visited any Military Clinics or Hospitals in Nigeria, you will know that are more friendly than our regular Medical Centers



List Source: http://www.medpages.co.za/sf/index.php?page=serviceregion&servicecode=364&countryid=22

For more info visit Defence Health Maintenance Limited Website dhmlnigeria. com

Next time Buhari wan run go London, please advice him to go to one of these useless army reference hospitals. After all Walter Reed Army Hospital, DC has been treating US presidents for years.

Handing out money, dashing people money that doesn't belong to you is corruption, and Buhari and his group found this to be an easy way to divert attention on the short run, and then pocket the major share!

Anybody remember the 2.8B naira missing when Buhari was minister of petroleum?
What about the $21B missing when he was PTF chair?
And now this $25B missing from NNPC.

His spokesmen denied that all these were missing, even in 1984 when the Nigeria's budget was about 5B naira, 2.8 B was stolen with Buhari in charge.
His government spokesmen denied, denied and denied.
Unfortunately investigative reporters like Vera Ifudu lost her job with NTA, Senate led by Olusola Saraki instituted a probe committee when Nigerians probing the loss began to be killed, or "disappeared" one by one.

Waiting for BMC members to refute this with facts, not insults and innuendos

Can someone take this child to a doctor who knows about nephrotic syndrome, quickly! To bad we are here just feasting our eyes, but doing nothing to save the baby's life.

Mikeangelo0433:
Well I feel dat if the Nigerian army wants to depopulate the south east by using a biological weapon, they would come up with something more virulent than monkey pox virus a virus that probably has an incubation period of a few minutes to a day so dat the individual who comes in contact with it dies almost immediately thereby reducing the risk of the virus being carried to other regions. However what is being peddled around is false, baseless,illogical and outrightly ridiculous .The mere fact that this rumour was bought goes to show dat the easterners do not trust the Nigerian govt and as such every move taken by them is viewed suspiciously.

You still have not told us what the army is doing in small primary schools in the first place. Defending the nation against some 5 year old kids?
In a sane clime, the army will be definitely made to answer these questions under oath.
Instead, they provide lack lustre explanations through social medial consultants like you who make things even more suspicious.

Vivere:
Are you OK?? Where was it written that the Army treated or vaccinated kids, without their parent's consent? Which parent has come out so far to say that his children were vaccinated without his knowledge?? Tell us, pls.

The Army itself has come out to deny this over and over again, but because you are so determined to believe the worst kind of propaganda and lies being peddled around, you are ready to accuse others of the worst kind of things.

If you are ever able to get your head out of the prejudiced net it's in, then please go and check if any child was vaccinated without his parent's consent or knowledge. I work with kids and would NEVER agree with anything that would jeopardize their health.

Which part of Nigeria do you work with kids, so that I never never, ever send my kids to that part of the country. Listening to you defend the criminal action of the army is outrageous!

When Buhari next asks for billions and billions of dollar loans, everyone should know where he intends to develop and focus with the money apart from his own pocket and those of his friends

If nothing is done about the where about of NK, I bet you he will not be the last opposition personality to be murdered, and his body will be " disappeared" by Buhari's army.
Nigeria is not a country where people live by principles, that's why they will not complain about the injustice done to their neighbor until they are visited by same!

Lawyers of conscience?
I'm sure they have never heard of democracy, human rights, and equity.

^^^^^
That's called nepotism