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Silence would have been golden in this particular situation.

I do hope the NA is well prepared to take on the allegations of the Human Rights Watch because they do have a concise damning evidence.

Releasing only pictures without subsequent knowledge of what was discussed is counter productive and plain dumb.

Clearing goods in Kano? If this is true then it is full blown psychopathy by the Nigerian custom.

With that said, banning importation without ample local alternatives is retrograde as it will create scarcity and deficiency and amplify the already worsening inflation and economic downturn.

Sai B(o)ohari

That money can be used to build a new dam. SMH for Fashola.

Sylva is a tout

So goes the Giant of Africa

Thunder fire TY Danjuma
He is good-for-nothing cabal that needs to be jailed.

Where are all the yoruba bigots? Are you hiding?

1.8 trillion (30%) for capital expenditure is too damn poor and needs to be augmented if the present government wants to make reasonable infrastructural development.

The Senate has asked the Nigerian Government to review the objectives of Nigeria’s foreign policy with a view to ensuring the​ relationship with other countries ​produce benefits to Nigeria.
The resolution of the Senate on Tuesday, followed a motion by Stell Oduah (PDP- Anambra North) titled “The Urgent Need to Re-Assess Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Objectives in Line with Emerging Economic Realities”.
Ms. Oduah said since independence at 1960, Nigeria’s foreign policy objectives “invented by Tafawa Balewa” have remained unchanged.
“Rather, every succ​e​eding administration in the country has come up with new circumstantial mechanisms aimed at achieving foreign policy goals,” she said.
Speaking further, she mentioned Nigeria’s contributions to international peace and development.
​Ms. Oduah​ noted that Nigeria had made “pivotal contributions” to ending civil war, colonialism, external domination, oppressive minority rule and Apartheid in various African countries, including the Gambia, South Africa, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
​She​ said Nigeria has remained a major troop-contributing nation to United Nations Peacekeeping Operations around the world, starting with UN Peacekeeping Operations in the Congo called “Operation des Nations units àu Congo” in 1960, she said.
Despite all these contributions, Ms. Oduah expressed worry that Nigerians who reside abroad are treated with disdain.
She said, “So many of our nationals are being killed for reasons that are despicable.
“The xenophobic attack by South Africans against Nigerians who live and conduct businesses in their midst is still fresh in our minds.
“Moreso, from Kenya to the Maghreb and across Southern Africa, discrimination against and other non-nationals have been on the rise, as can be seen in various international media reports.”
Accordingly, the Senate asked its Committee on Foreign Affairs to investigate several alleged maltreatment and killing of Nigerians abroad as well as “take into consideration the Doctrine of Diplomatic Reciprocity in its activities and report back to the Senate within four weeks.”
Further, it urged the Federal Government “to reassess our foreign policy objectives in a hostile, unstable and competitive global environment which operates on the principle of survival of the fittest to ensure that Nigerian investors/businessmen are accorded the right of first refusal especially in those countries where Nigerian fought tirelessly for their liberation, emancipation, freedom, peace and security.
It also implored “the Federal Government to, going forward, imbibe Nigeria’s economic interest as vital component of our foreign policy objectives in countries where the nation invested her enormous human and material resources to restore security, peace, stability and democracy as the era of our Father Christmas Diplomacy is certainly over.”

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/194812-%E2%80%8Bs%E2%80%8Benate-asks-buhari-to-review-nigerias-foreign-policy.html

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Mynd44

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration of remaining insensitive and unresponsive to the groaning of Nigerians, which it said is occasioned by the apparent lack of competent hands in the management of the economy.

In a statement on Tuesday, by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, the PDP said, “rather than evolving economic initiatives to improve the lot of the citizens, this administration has, in the last seven months churned out policies that stifle productivity in the formal and informal sectors, thereby inflicting hardship on them. This has resulted in the semi-destruction of the long-standing extended family system in our society.
“It is a statement of fact that under President Buhari’s watch, the nation has witnessed the gloomiest festive season. Under this government, Nigerians have had the worst Sallah celebration and by all indications, this Christmas season is going to be the bleakest ever.
“More worrisome is the fact that there is no indication that the government has any plan for ameliorating the hardship of the people. Instead, the situation may get worse as this administration, in its lack of economic initiatives, is now rolling up its sleeves to introduce some stringent tax policies, in addition to completely removing the social palliatives Nigerians benefit from,” it said.
On the issue of the persisting fuel queues across the country, the PDP demanded that the government come clean, asking: “Is it market driven or a product of government conspiracy? Our take is that if indeed it is true that the government has a hand in this fuel crisis, then they should have a rethink and show pity on innocent Nigerians.”
“We therefore align with the people in declaring that this administration is unprepared for governance. President Buhari and his party came to power on propaganda, deceit and falsehood and the government has now shown lack of initiatives and the required competence to successfully move the nation forward,” it stated.
The party said it was saddening that a government that came to power on a mantra of change now sought to chain the ways and means of the very people that they deceived into voting for them.
“We advice the government to note that any attempt to increase taxes and duties will overstretch the lean income of ordinary Nigerians and gradually inflict intolerable poverty in the land,” it added.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/under-buhari-nigeria-has-witnessed-the-gloomiest-festive-season-pdp/


Cc Lalasticlala
Mynd44

Sai Bo(o)hari
Sai Shange

Chimaroke should retire from politics, he and Gil Nnaji are ineffective senators.
But truly, our judiciary has gone to the dogs; Nnamani clearly won that election.

@OP you must be high on dog shit for thinking emergency centres are functional in a shithole called Nigeria.
In this country of ours, it is survival of the fittest and all man for himself.

Here goes the so called change; APC doesn't have any good to offer likewise PDP.
We need fresh right thinking politicians and political parties and not the recycled looters we call politicians presently.

Buhari should concentrate more on Agriculture; the petroleum industry is becoming a dead business; the earlier we wean away from it, the better.

I thought they said 8 trillion naira earlier?
Why the 2 trillion reduction?

It is expected

Make I just dey look

It is either this government vigorously accelerate the rate of economic diversification or the CBN stops defending the naira and allow it to find its true value; if I was president, I would do the earlier.

APC=PDP=Corrupt politicians
Who are they deceiving?

This one fit fight Boko Haram so?

Ben Bruce the jester. I don't take you serious anymore for being silent on the anti social media bill.

SirElaw:
And you think that little baby reduced to nothing more than bones deserves to pay for the greed of the few elites and the ignorance of the peasants. You need help.

I am stating the obvious

Boss13:
You are a sick person.

The truth is bitter

Where is the prophecy here? We all know this will eventually happen if the government continues like this.

Won't want to call this karma but the north's problem is caused by north alone. With all the political dominance of the north, its citizens are still living in abject poverty coupled with high illiteracy while the peasants still defend the few elites embezzling all their supposed wealth.

How many times will they clear this Sambisa

Burantashi don dey teach am the infamous press up.