brightballer:
Ossynachi, do not put your brother ellovee in trouble oo

Ain't scared of Buhari's undemocratic attitude

This underscores the level of unseriousness on the part of our government.
This is the same govt that launched the "change begins with me" campaign, but could not demonstrate the chance in them.
How can we come out of this economic recession when those with this kind of mentality continue to manage and run the economy?

Between 2015 and 2016, the Federal Government spent N4. 9 billion on the procurement of military and paramilitary uniforms and allied materials from foreign countries.

The procurement of the items including footwear, berets, belts, cardigans, head warmers and branded stockings, from foreign markets is now a source of concern to the House of Representatives.

A member of the House, Mr. Prestige Ossy (Aba: Abia: APGA) drew the attention of his colleagues to the development via a motion of urgent public importance at the plenary session presided over by Speaker Yakubu Dogara.


He said the rate of dependence on foreign markets for almost everything used in Nigeria had become alarming.
Shedding light on the expenditure, Ossy disclosed that the N4. 3 billion spent on the items in 2016, when converted to dollars at the current rate of N305, amounted to $14. 1 million while the N1. 6 billion earmarked in the 2015 budget at the benchmark rate of N197 per dollar amounted to $8. 1 million.

He expressed the fear that if patronising foreign markets and trading in foreign currency continued, there was no way the government policy of foreign currency conservation could be achieved.

According to Ossy, such uniforms and other items could be produced locally and procured from indigenous markets at far more reduced prices. He said it behoved the government to put in place palliative measures in the form of grants and loans to empower indigenous textile factories to meet local demand for such clothing and other material needs of Nigerians.

According to Ossy, if the items were manufactured locally, it would boost the economy by way of foreign exchange.

The lawmakers adopted the motion and mandated the Bank of Industry to assist producers of garments, shoes and other materials with soft loans to procure modern machines.

They also mandated the House Committee on Defence and Industries to ensure that uniforms and other materials of the Nigerian Army, Navy, Air Force, Customs, Immigration, Police, Civil Defence, Nigerian Prison Service and Nigerian Fire Service as well as health workers were produced locally.

Why is the demand always high even when it is obvious that dollar is the bane of our economic problem?

That's nice and educating!

[size=14pt]why killing a petty thief when the real thieves are been glorified by the same mobs?
Why not kill the political thieves instead of this hungry thief [/size]

Ain't surprise, do they cherish western education. Had it been they do, they would have supported GEJ.

Forwetinnah:


Leader over where? My friend wake up from sleep!! Ameachi's relevance in the ND is on continuous recess (permanent reverse mode)...don't kid yourself. The only important thing he has is his ministerial portfolio

Yes oh! His ministerial portfolio with budget and without disbursement of funds. Hahahahahahaha suffer-head minister.

hydroking23:


Do you even live in PH? I lived in PH from 2007 till date. It was much more peaceful when he was Governor than it is now. Can you explain that?

[size=14pt]let me tell you the other side of the story that you probably don't know .
Was it peaceful when Omehia was the governor? Who made the state hostile and downs the hostility immediately Amaechi was announced governor by supreme court? Again, why is Rivers State in hostility now that same Amaechi is defeated? Or would you call these mere coincidence? [/size]

[size=14pt]i love ekiti ppl, they are always giving buhari and APC the kind of opposition they deserves. Now tell me, will any right thinking APC member condemn her candidature after justifying Buhari's candidature and his appointments? [/size]

Abimbola29:

let's assume his commander of BokoHaram like you ignorantly said,why did you NSA what's that his name again Dansuki did not buy the Arms he was asked or instructed by ur chief head looters to buy? so you can defeat the BokoHaram commander like you said?guy talk well na

It will amount to self deceit if you say that Dasuki didn't but arms and ammunitions.
Granted that some of the arm procurement funds are diverted, but it is still not arguable the fact that most of the ammunitions the arms belong used by the Nigeria Arm forces to combat boko haram were either procured of refurbished by GEJ/Dasuki administration

vivaciousvivi:

I am female Mr. Matured man

[size=14pt]noted [/size]

Abimbola29:

I wonder what you guys use when reasoning,it hurts when I seE people talking trash !!! he is only telling the people where the problem started common guys let's take a chill pill support him it's not a day job mind you!!!kai

[size=14pt]if truly he wants to trace where the problem began ,he should trace it to his tenure as a Head of States or BokoHaram. Then I'll see his sincerity [/size]

[size=14pt]BlameGame:This is the only thing you can try your best at doing even though you can't do it right.Are you insinuating that Nigeria's economy was run dry under the six years of GEJ administration? senselessness is the worst thing that can happen to a man [/size]

Making this a news means that it is a rare act. Does it mean that Adamawa state ppl don't know how to show respect to the elders?

Israeljones:
With the look of things here most of this guy are the ones doing boi boi while there ogas are in one secret room biting there fingers with frustration on how much they wud be loosing 2day...
Let them extend this to another day and see what happens...
This boys havent seen holiday from their oga in a while,,, and they manage to get one 2day,, and yu expect them not to use it to the fullest...

For me oo.... A day is not enuf.. They shud extend it to another week and see wah happenss...

[size=14pt]they don't need to stay at home for an entire week for you to understand how resolute the ppl are. Even if they make it one month, wailers like you will still wail.
Better still, consider this as a warning strike! [/size]

vivaciousvivi:

This was exactly what came to my mind. No one will tell them to go open their shops by force.

was it a perpetual stay-at-home order? When people go on hunger strike, does it mean that they abstains from food in their entire life? Grow up and think maturely boy!

goldedprince:

Don't reply as if you are talking to a foreigner. I dont need a sorcerer to tell me they where compelled to do so. Once the touts say "hey, today no one opens his or her shop", the innocent shop owners will have no choice than obey . A normal Nigerian shop owner knows that failure to obey will result to him or her getting mobbed . The reason Nigeria is still backwards is because we are not true to our selves. We pretend to be ok even when we ain't

[size=14pt]thank you for making me understand that you are not a foreigner but speaking as one. Igbos have no record of mob actions as is the case in the northern part. Mob actions in the south occurs only as a retaliation. So don't think that ppl were scared of mob action.
But let me emphasise that today's compliance is borne out of volition. [/size]

[size=14pt]APC and their CUNNY fight against corruption. Where is that PMB, Mr integrity and his claimed body language? It seems Mr president's body is now deaf and dumb. Can't he fight this famous corruption in the house? [/size]

goldedprince:
On Sunday, IPOB and MASSOB issued a directive that people should stay at home today to protest Kanu’s detention – for many months.
The groups ordered all the markets in the Southeast, banks, institutions, motorist and civil liberty groups to shut down activities.
_ the nation newspaper

My question is why should a group of touts impose something like this to the entire comunity.
Obviously, the people sitting at home are not doing it voluntarily. There are being forced by a group of holigans to do this. This violates the average nigerian rights to an extent.
When dem put another idiot for kuje now, una go begin dey rant.

[size=14pt]it is the apex of ignorance for anyone to refer to the leadership of IPOB as touts. No one is coerced to stay at home rather the people are doing it with happiness. The compliance should tell you how determined the people of Biafra are as it relates to the actualization of Biafra. I am a Rivers man but a "DieHard" cann of Biafra. I'm glad to announce to you that I observed the order. [/size]

orimsamsam:
I just want dis people to get dere Biafra. They just believe Nigeria can't survive without them. They keep shouting Biafra but let Nigeria army release recruitment form u see them trooping in there thousands to collect the form.

Pls stay at home for a week. And let see who will suffer most

if it's necessary that they keep benefiting from Nigeria in as much as Nigeria keeps benefiting from their taxes

Yommy247:
hope you are really making money and not just spelling and shading buhari upandan

You don't need to ask me such question because that does not in any way affect you.

[size=18pt]your research is poor, Omoku in rivers state also enjoys same degree of power supply[/size]

Ratello:

You are here again

[size=14pt]Buhari have manifested his illiteracy in the management of the nation's economy [/size]

amaechi1:


If you think that PMB is not educated enough to know what he is signing then I will encourage you to wake up and face reality.

what other reality are you referring to, isn't it glaring on your face that the man is a stack illiterate?
A man that couldn't understand ordinary US English

I am not surprised!
The recipients are willing to die that is why they willingly receive the gift item, so the blogger shouldn't have complained knowing that his complain might stop the recipients from dying, which is against their choice.
This is typical among Muslims, they derives not in dying.

Fayose won't stop thrilling me with his purposeful leadership, kudos to you my able govr!

We are watching to see when and how to Punish the Speechwriter

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said the speechwriter responsible for plagiarising the United States President Barack Obama’s 2008 victory speech will face disciplinary action.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, in a statement said that the similarities between certain paragraphs in Buhari and Obama’s speeches were too similar to be coincidental.

The statement read in part, “President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that prompt and appropriate disciplinary action be taken against those responsible for a wrongful insertion in his speech delivered on September 8, 2016 at the launch of the ‘Change Begins with Me’ campaign.

Shehu blamed the action on some overzealous workers and apologised on their behalf.

He also said that a deputy director in the presidency had accepted responsibility for the action but added that the oversight would be investigated and the appropriate punishment would be meted out to the official.

Shehu urged Nigerians to look beyond the error and not allow the gaffe to distract them from the core message of change.

He added, “There was a mistake by an overzealous worker and we regret that this has happened. Already, a Deputy Director in the Presidency has accepted responsibility for the insertion of the contentious paragraph.

“This serious oversight will be investigated thoroughly and appropriate sanction meted. The Presidency wishes to state in the clearest possible terms that it regrets this unfortunate incident and will ensure that this does not happen again.

“President Buhari urges Nigerians to look beyond this incident and focus on the message of change which the country needs in order to restore our cherished value systems.”

This development arose when President Buhari’s “Change Begins With Me” campaign was severely criticised following a discovery that some of the quotes used in his message matched those used by the United States President Barack Obama in his 2008 election victory speech.

This action came a week after the associates of a Lagos-based media consultant, Akin Fadeyi, the creator of “Not In My Country,” accused the Buhari administration of stealing his concept to launch the “Change Begins with Me” campaign.

The associates said Fadeyi, a creative artist and former head of communications at Airtel Nigeria, met with the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, in December 2015 to intimate him of “Not In My Country,” an episodic narrative that deploys humour to underscore societal ills and appeal to Nigerians to shun sharp practices.

They said Mohammed declined interest in the concept, only to turn it around to adapt it for the “Change Begins with Me” campaign.

But Mohammed denied the allegations, saying he started the “Change Begins With Me” before he was appointed minister.

Buhari had on September 8, 2016 said at the launch of the campaign that before Nigerians could see the changes he promised before the 2015 election, they must first change their attitude by shunning corruption and other social vices.

He had also said that change was not about economic or social progress, but about the citizens’ personal behaviour.

“Our citizens must realise that the change they want to see begins with them, and that personal and social reforms are not a theoretic exercise. If you have not seen the change in you, you cannot see it in others or even the larger society,” he had said.

He also said, “We must resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship, pettiness and immaturity that have poisoned our country for so long.

“Let us summon a new spirit of responsibility, spirit of service, of patriotism and sacrifice. Let us all resolve to pitch in and work hard and look after, not only ourselves, but one another.

“What this problem has taught us is that we cannot have a thriving army of rent seekers and vested interest, while the majority suffers.”

[ b] However, some lines in Buhari’s message were found to be similar to those said by Obama on November 4, 2008 at a rally in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, after winning the race for the White House.

He had said, “Let’s resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.

“So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.

“Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it’s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.”[/b]

Describing President Buhari’s act as plagiarism and a “terrible mistake,” a writer and columnist with ThisDay, Adeola Akinremi, said the last thing the President could do on a day he launched the “Change begins with me” campaign was to deceive Nigerians with words that were not his own.

He said, “So you didn’t notice that our president lifted from Obama’s 2008 victory speech and passed it off as if the words were his own?

“The argument will rage, but the moral problem of plagiarism on a day Mr. President launched a campaign to demand honesty and integrity from the people is what we should concern ourselves with

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