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WebmastersHow To Get Around Issue Accessing Nairaland Homepage On Blackberry by Em5(op): 8:56am On Aug 17, 2016
Some persons who use blackberry devices may have been encountering the annoying "Try Again" when they try to open nairaland homepage on the browser. Good news is there's a work around.

Simple go to the url field and type www.nairaland.com/links and hit enter.

Goodluck
PhonesRe: What Song Is Your Current Incoming Call Notification Alert Tone? by Em5(m): 10:56pm On Jul 23, 2016
The good the bad and the ugly
PoliticsRe: Umar Ganduje Watching The Europa Finals Between Portugal And France by Em5(m): 9:59am On Jul 11, 2016
Expected to see an executive setup. Look at wires flying loose here and there like my sitting room.
Politics"Arrest Jonathan Now And Declare A State Of Emergency" - Frisky Larr by Em5(op): 3:20pm On Jun 10, 2016
It would have been so easy if anger could solve problems. We would have chosen the path of the prophecy of the legendary Bob Marley of blessed memory. “A total destruction, the only solution.

They aren’t no use, no one can stop them now!” Quite obviously, the civil war that seemed to have been avoided in March 2015 on the heels of former President Jonathan’s concession of defeat to retired General Muhammadu Buhari, is now looming large more than ever before. Who didn’t feel a chill up the spine when the carefully choreographed theatre of the absurd played out at the collation centre of election results on that fateful sunny day when ex-Minister Orubebe starred as the notorious bad boy and angel of doom? Who didn’t feel the eerie air of silence that seemed to have paralysed the nation in expectation of the second Act?
Again, who did not heave a sigh of relief when Goodluck Jonathan finally did the needful and called Muhammadu Buhari on telephone to concede the obvious defeat that was only waiting to be announced? Who?

Of what relevance is that today, though, in the face of dreadful realities portending danger and misery for the Niger Delta and the rest of the country?

Indeed, every fair-minded analyst knew what it meant for Nigeria when news broke out that former President Jonathan performed the historical act that was done before him only by Dimeji Bankole at a lower level, to concede electoral defeat and congratulate the rightful winner. We knew the pit of hell that Nigeria was rescued from and agreed that Jonathan deserved accolades.

Tragically too, we knew very many things that we did not want Jonathan to get away with. One generally known fact is that no nation on earth makes budgetary provisions for the re-election campaign of any political leader. Nigeria was no exception. Yet information dominated the airwaves of the free flow of hard currency for gratifications to mobilise support from all nooks and corners for Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election. Ridiculous pictures hit the airwaves, of an incumbent president kneeling and crawling for prayers before witches, pastors and imams. Millions of dollars were paid for spiritual salvation and physical manipulations.

Today, thanks to the dogged but expected efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari, these issues are no longer speculations but common knowledge that will soon be widely validated by judicial pronouncements. Government and party officials, who knew so well that there was no budgetary allocation for the re-election campaign of the president are now trying in vain to feign ignorance of the source of the money that was disbursed to them to prosecute the president’s re-election campaign. The giver and the taker of stolen money are often considered trapped in the same cage in the spirit of the law. Ignorance is no excuse.

The same applies to a cousin or next-of-kin of the president, who is officially awarded a $40 million contract and is paid upfront in full for doing nothing.

A lot happened prior to the elections too. Sanusigate ended up in some Pricewater charade with whistleblowers rather than the perpetrators of crime being hunted beyond all bounds. The perpetrators revelled in triumph and emptiness, believing in the power of the highest political instance. The brigandage of an elitist clique called the shots in the land much to the amazement and fury of the discerning minds. A nation was simply bastardised by drinkers of liquor and many who should have known better.

No doubt that the anger was immense that Jonathan sought to paper-over with the virtue of conceding an electoral defeat that was not orchestrated to look as such. The sweetness of the moment was compounded by memories of the vicious rape committed on a single nation in the belief of raping the nation on a turn-by-turn basis and from region to region. Worse still, it was led by a man who, Nigerians erroneously believed, was blessed with the highest possible academic decoration as a symbol of intellectual superiority.

Now, we know that former President Jonathan is immensely constrained intellectually by virtue of his actions and omissions. Discerning Nigerians – not the half-educated and emotionally overwhelmed soldier-bees – had long come to terms with this reality and accepted that an internationally brokered soft-landing (even though only speculated) for the ex-president may be grudgingly accepted in the interest of peace. That much was the status quo until Sahara Reporters threw the bombshell. We will come to that later.

No one anticipated the enormity of the theft that the former president supervised until fingers started pointing at him repeatedly, as the legitimator of the loots that turned the Central Bank to a self-service snack bar. The deliberate weakening of the Nigerian Armed Forces through the free ride granted the Generals to loot the coffers blind was complemented by the suspected arming of rebel forces in the creeks with warships from Norway, as far as we know in public space. Former President Obasanjo worried aloud about fighters sponsored by President Jonathan, who were receiving military training overseas. His open letter claiming the stock-piling of weapons by Jonathan’s men is no secret to the nation. Today, some militants are boasting of missiles to strike the presidential palace.

It all started with the curious and sudden resurgence of secession agitation led by one pathetic but fully misguided agent of the invisible forces that was quickly tamed and quarantined by the forces of re-organised authority. Having been frustrated in that angle, the forces obviously regrouped and activated the alternative option of restarting the Niger Delta militancy, again, under the pretext of marginalisation.

They proceeded to launch treasonable sabotage attacks on the economic lifeline of the country and did not care that they were subjecting their region to the more serious collateral impact of environmental hardship. While speculations have been rife on the evil project being the brainchild of political sponsorship, no one saw the bombshell coming that indeed elected and trusted officers of state in charge of public funds would come anywhere near sympathising with the diabolical notion of the criminals in the creek.

Indeed, like me, many Nigerians are waiting and hoping they will wake up soon from a deep sleep and understand that the bombshell exploded by Sahara Reporters was just a dream after all.

The yet-unrefuted Sahara Reporters report contends that governors of the Niger Delta region with the exception of Cross-River and Edo State are presently in an open and brazen gang-up to kill the war against corruption as it affects their region by calling for the abandonment of corruption charges against politicians from their region. This is supposed to be in return for the cessation of pipeline-bombing hostilities. In this extremely outrageous ploy, it is yet unclear if they enlisted the support of the only government Minister so far perceived to be hardworking and productive, or if this Minister – himself from the region of the tamed trailblazing secessionist agitators – has been a part of the criminal design all along.

No surprise that the teeming majority of Nigerians who voted for a clean-up of the system to reset the button of decency, are now up in arms and extremely infuriated. The blackmail that was planned by these governors, who now stand under the serious suspicion of at best sympathising with the criminal activities of the Niger Delta militants or at worst, having sponsored them all along, seems predicated on the obnoxious thought to fall back upon, that the resources being from the Niger Delta justifies corruption by politicians from that same region. They, therefore, hold the belief that the state can be legitimately blackmailed in this respect.

Many have been wondering why former President Goodluck Jonathan in his abundance of wisdom has so far failed to speak up on the atrocious acts of his kinsmen. Now, there is a sense of knowing why it has been so. Yet, a more intelligent approach of openly disowning the rampaging criminals, whether he sponsors them quietly or not, would have been the least strategic move to expect. It is reminiscent of the game that he played in the run-up to the Presidential election of 2015. Even though all indications pointed to his re-election ambition and efforts, he kept mute on the issue for a very long time and even denied it outright when confronted directly. On one occasion, he was quoted as telling his predecessor, Olusegun Obasanjo that “I have never told anyone I wanted to run for re-election”.

With the bunch of pedestrian advisers surrounding him, he will, sooner or later, end up ostracising himself in the international community, where the same people who have been awarding him questionable democracy prizes will begin to question his integrity and the role he is playing in destabilising his country. Most pathetic of all is the lack of constructive remorse in the attitude of the former president under the evidential yoke of consuming vices. With evidence mounting by the day, of the unprecedented monumental scale of corruption directly coordinated by this former president, he still nurses the hope of bullying his way out of the stinking quagmire.

In his failure to learn from history, he is unable to see what his presidential bullying has turned his party (the PDP) into. He bullied his way into presidential candidacy in the spirit of ‘having it my way or the highway’. Denying his party, the option of a strategically more qualified candidate, he ran for re-election and lost woefully and today, his party is in tatters. Again, he is trying the same diabolical tactic using the Niger Delta as a springboard. His pawns are the ganja-smoking sons of Jah and militant-minded governors of Nyesom Wike quality that were foisted on us by allegedly compromised Supreme Court judges. In the end, all signs are pointing to the fact that the Niger Delta may as well be left in tatters like PDP as a historical presidential souvenir. If the meaning of “Goodluck” is to leave a trail of disaster wherever the former president goes, I will gleefully wish the Niger Delta good luck.

For now, though, the fury and outrage that the so-called governors of the South-South plus Ibe Kachikwu have triggered in the public should be encouraging enough for President Muhammadu Buhari to bring out the General in him pretty quickly in spite of age-induced frailty. Indeed, in the depth of my anger at this willful sabotage to spite the aspirations of a nation for good governance and a return to casual sanity, I would have advised the president to summon an emergency meeting of the Council of State to declare the urgent need to arrest former President Goodluck Jonathan there and there, declare a State of Emergency in the rebel states of the Niger Delta, arrest the governors and have them tried for treason, and declare an all-out war on the Niger Delta until the militants are wiped off the face of the earth.

Unfortunately, though, anger does not solve problems and innocent souls will bear the brunt. No matter what happens, this is a battle that Muhammadu Buhari must win by hook or by crook. By defiance and doggedness! Without surrendering, without retreating! No region in any nation is ever granted a free ride to corruption – golden egg or not. Nigeria will not be an exception.

Every well-meaning Nigerian will now be best advised to brace up for the impending revolution to topple the forces that will not let Nigeria be. At individual level and at the level of voluntary, non-governmental organisations, the time is fast approaching to seize the sceptre and grab the bull by the horn. Preparations should start here and now, to pick up the gauntlet and deny evil forces the taste of victory. Nigeria must survive and together, we will blow ‘em all up!

Frisky Larr is a German-based Radio/Television Journalist and author of Africa’s Diabolical Entrapment.

https://www.360nobs.com/2016/06/arrest-jonathan-now-declare-state-emergency-frisky-larr/
PoliticsRe: Lawmakers Almost Mobbed Buhari At Dinner During Hand Shake Session by Em5(m): 2:31am On Jun 01, 2016
God bless you Broda. It's just that common sense is not common in this part of the world.


HungerBAD:
It's called Loyalty.

When the Wailers are here killing themselves, their ROLE MODELS are holding their caps in their hands, and paying loyalty to the President of Nigeria up there. Take a look at the Pictures Wailers, i mean do not rush it.

Slowly gloss through the Pictures, and the one fact that will come out , is that this is a man that is genuinely loved and respected by everybody, and why is that so?the answer is simple.

HE IS NOT A THIEF OR A CORRUPT MAN.

Wailers, i am sure you guys are even seeing the way the Senate President is eyeing the President? he is trying to start the BRO-MANCE thing, you can see the look of respect starched on his face.

Buhari may your days continue to be beautiful, and may your achievements continue to give the haters heart attack.
BusinessRe: China To Start Importing From Nigeria - Emefiele, CBN Governor by Em5(m): 7:26am On Apr 21, 2016
tit:
"china to start importing some of their items"


ha ha ha ha

so it will be cheaper than the one wey them make for their side?

ha ha ha ha
this zombie supporter of APC emefiele wan make me laff ooo
but i is not finding it funny.
I wish you live to see it, hoping your senseless hate doesn't consume you before then
PoliticsRe: Amaechi Invited For Road Inspection By Rivers PDP by Em5(m): 1:21pm On Apr 17, 2016
I live in Rivers state and i think It will be unfair to let this one pass by keeping silent. As a matter of fact most of the mentioned projects were projects almost completed (some as much as 95%) by the past administration. How can the PDP claim these achievements.

The present adminstration has started a couple of projects and i believe they can still prove themselves without exposing their desperation to impress this cheaply.

I'm sure other 'neutral' witnesses will soon come up as well to debunk these surprising claims.
PoliticsFuel Scarcity: Be Patient, FG Tells Nigerians by Em5(op): 5:37am On Nov 18, 2015
THE Federal Government, yesterday, urged Nigerians to exercise patience over the fuel crisis currently witnessed across the country, while it assured the public that the fuel queues currently witnessed in petrol stations would disappear within the next 72 hours, as it has stepped up activities to ensure a significant increase in fuel supply.
Long queue of jerry cans at a petrol station as fuel scarcity bites harder, yesterday. Photo: Joe Akintola, Photo Editor.
Speaking during a monitoring exercise of fuel stations in Abuja, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, also warned that, henceforth, any oil marketer caught hoarding the product, would be forced to dispense all the products in its tanks to motorists for free, while stiff sanctions would be meted out to the marketer subsequently.
Kachikwu, who is also the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, said, “There is enough supply within our facilities. Some of the pipeline issues are being addressed. We are moving stock massively. Most of the stations in Abuja have products right now; it is just a matter of time before the queues disappear.
Disappearance of queues
“I have also instructed DPR, as they proceed, if they see any station that has the product and is not selling, they shouild sell all the products for free to customers and we will impose heavy sanctions on that filling stations. So sealing them, is not the answer, it is penalising them that matters. I urge Nigerians to be patient, stop panic buying, No need for panic buying, there is product, and we are going to get to everybody.”
He further stated that the Federal Government would pay oil marketers the amount owed them as subsidy immediately it secures the approval of the National Assembly.
He, however, lamented that sustaining subsidy payments at the current level is a major problem for the country and it is happening through the magnanimity of the president.
FG to review fuel pricing mechanisms to check subsidy burden.To this end, he said, “By January, we will have price regulation dynamics that will enable us address the critical issues for the marketers. We are going to look at the pricing dynamics to see how we are going to sustain supply at the current environment. We are going to look at it to see if we have enough budgetary provisions to deal with those issues. We are working closely with the president and we are going to find solutions to this problem.”
Also speaking, Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Mordecai Ladan, assured Nigerians that fuel was available and there was enough quantity to go round the country.
He, however, appealed to Nigeria to desist from panic buying, saying that “If we are patient enough, within the next 72 hours, the queues would thin out.”
149 truckloads of fuel deployed to Abuja, environs — DPR: Meanwhile, the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, yesterday, stated that 149 truckloads of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, were deployed to oil marketers in Abuja and other surrounding states on Tuesday, November 17, 2015.
The DPR, in a statement by its Head, Public Relations, Abuja, Mr. Mohammed Saidu, stated that of the 149 trucks, 99 were dispersed to Abuja, while the rest were deployed to surrounding states. Giving the breakdown of fuel supply to oil marketers in Abuja and the number of trucks allocated to them, the DPR stated that Forte Oil received four trucks; Conoil received 10 trucks; Mobil – eight trucks; MRS – seven trucks; NIPCO – six trucks; Oando – 11; Total Plc – 14 trucks; NNPC Retails – 34 trucks and IPMAN – five trucks.
The DPR also stated that the immediate environs outside Abuja received 32 trucks while others received 18 trucks.
NNPC deploys 38 million litres across Nigeria: The NNPC, however, stated that 38.278 million litres of fuel were dispatched to petrol stations across the country on Monday, November 16, 2015. The NNPC, in its Daily Dispatch Report to Filling Stations, stated that its Suleja depot trucked out 6.62 million litres; Kaduna depot – 1.85 million litres; Kano – 6.15 million litres; Minna – 0.3 million litres; Gusau depot – 3.444 million litres; Mosimi depot -4.2 million litres and Satellite depot – 3.49 million.
Others are: Ilorin depot – 0.629 million litres; Ore – 0.832 million; Ibadan – 0.413 million; Gombe – 5.3 million litres; Benin – 0.331 million litres; Port Harcourt – 0.032 million litres; Aba – 0.179 million litres; Makurdi – 1.58 million litres and Enugu depot – 2.933 million litres.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/fuel-scarcity-be-patient-fg-tells-nigerians/
PoliticsRe: Suspect Selling Properties To Return N103m Loot — ICPC by Em5(op): 12:26pm On Sep 20, 2015
PoliticsSuspect Selling Properties To Return N103m Loot — ICPC by Em5(op):
Suspect selling properties to return N103m loot — ICPC

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015 : LEKE BAIYEWU

The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Mr. Ekpo Nta, on Thursday, said a Federal Pay Officer who allegedly diverted N103m meant for three Federal Government colleges had been selling off his properties to pay back the loot.

The ICPC Chairman said while the commission had recovered N53m from the suspect, he would remain in the commission’s custody till the recovery of the balance.

Nta said this at the 2nd Annual Colloquium organised by the law office of Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, in Abuja on Wednesday, according to an email sent by the Resident Consultant, ICPC, Mr. Folu Olamiti, to SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday.

The ICPC boss said the commission had recorded successes in the fight against corruption, starting with the recovery of assets seized from officials of government who he said were being investigated for living above their means.

He said although the law provided that anyone whose assets were seized had the right to challenge the seizure within one year. He stressed that nobody had attempted doing so to prove his innocence.

Nta said, “We just returned close to N1bn to the Federal Ministry of Environment and N53m to three colleges in Ogun State.

“An official in the ministry took the money and lodged it into a dedicated account. We tracked it and recovered the money. The N53m we just returned to the schools was recovered from a Federal Pay Officer in Ogun State.

“The man is currently in custody and we will keep him there so that we will be able to recover the entire N103m that he took. He has been disposing of his properties to ensure that he pays up.

“The sum of N103m taken by the Federal Pay Officer was meant for feeding of students in those schools. These are what we have been doing to return integrity to the society.”

The ICPC boss had handed over the sum of N924m diverted from the account of the Federal Ministry of Environment to the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mrs. Nana Nebe, at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday.

Same day, Nta also handed over the sum of N56.2m to three Federal Government Colleges – the Federal Government College, Odogbolu; Federal Government Girls College, Sagamu; and Federal Science Technical College, Ijebu Mushin.

http://www.punchng.com/news/suspect-selling-properties-to-return-n103m-loot-icpc/
PoliticsSuspect Selling Properties To Return N103m Loot — ICPC by Em5(op):
Suspect selling properties to return N103m loot — ICPC

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015 : LEKE BAIYEWU


The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Mr. Ekpo Nta, on Thursday, said a Federal Pay Officer who allegedly diverted N103m meant for three Federal Government colleges had been selling off his properties to pay back the loot.

The ICPC Chairman said while the commission had recovered N53m from the suspect, he would remain in the commission’s custody till the recovery of the balance.

Nta said this at the 2nd Annual Colloquium organised by the law office of Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, in Abuja on Wednesday, according to an email sent by the Resident Consultant, ICPC, Mr. Folu Olamiti, to SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday.

The ICPC boss said the commission had recorded successes in the fight against corruption, starting with the recovery of assets seized from officials of government who he said were being investigated for living above their means.

He said although the law provided that anyone whose assets were seized had the right to challenge the seizure within one year. He stressed that nobody had attempted doing so to prove his innocence.

Nta said, “We just returned close to N1bn to the Federal Ministry of Environment and N53m to three colleges in Ogun State.

“An official in the ministry took the money and lodged it into a dedicated account. We tracked it and recovered the money. The N53m we just returned to the schools was recovered from a Federal Pay Officer in Ogun State.

“The man is currently in custody and we will keep him there so that we will be able to recover the entire N103m that he took. He has been disposing of his properties to ensure that he pays up.

“The sum of N103m taken by the Federal Pay Officer was meant for feeding of students in those schools. These are what we have been doing to return integrity to the society.”

The ICPC boss had handed over the sum of N924m diverted from the account of the Federal Ministry of Environment to the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mrs. Nana Nebe, at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday.

Same day, Nta also handed over the sum of N56.2m to three Federal Government Colleges – the Federal Government College, Odogbolu; Federal Government Girls College, Sagamu; and Federal Science Technical College, Ijebu Mushin.

http://www.punchng.com/news/suspect-selling-properties-to-return-n103m-loot-icpc/
PoliticsRivers Gov Poll Marred By Violence, Irregularities –INEC by Em5(op): 6:29am On Sep 12, 2015
Rivers gov poll marred by violence, irregularities –INEC

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015 : ADE ADESOMOJU
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike


The Rivers State governorship election held on April 11, 2015 was a sham and mockery of democracy, the Independent National Electoral Commission told the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Friday.

The commission said the poll was marred with violence and all kinds of malpractices.

INEC is the first respondent to the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress and its candidate, Dr. Dakuku Peterside.

Other respondents are Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party, whose declaration as the winner of the poll, is being challenged by the petitioners.

INEC’s representative, Charles Okoye, who heads the Election and Party Monitoring Department of the commission in Rivers State, appeared before the Justice Mohammed Ambrosa-led tribunal on Friday on subpoena, testifying that the election was conducted in an atmosphere of warfare and “militant terrorism.”

The witness, who said he monitored the April 11 election alongside three national commissioners, also told the tribunal that the poll was characterised by large scale violence.

Okoye, who was led in evidence by the petitioners’ lawyer, Chief Akin Olujinmi, said apart from sending various teams to 19 local government areas of the state, he, along with three national commissioners of the commission, visited eight local government areas on the day of the election.

The report of the monitoring exercise, which Okoye said was co-signed by him and the three other national commissioners, was tendered and admitted by the tribunal as Exhibit A2.

The counsel for the respondents comprising INEC, Wike and PDP, said they would object to the report at the stage of final addresses because it was not front-loaded with the petition.

Okoye debunked allegation by INEC’s lawyer, Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu, during cross-examination that the report of the monitoring exercise was his private document.

When challenged by the INEC lawyer that he did not witness any scenario where snatching of electoral materials took place, the witness said, “In Khana, seven officers returned to the INEC office to report that their electoral materials had been hijacked.”

During cross-examination by PDP’s lawyer, Mr. Ifedayo Adedipe, the witness alleged that the security officers deployed for election duties were compromised because “militants seized a number of local government areas and the security officers moved away without confronting them.”

The witness also debunked the allegation by Ukala that he by-passed the state Resident Electoral Commission to submit his report to the national office of INEC because it was cooked up.

Meanwhile, five army officers had appeared before the tribunal on the strength of a subpoena on the Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, had attested to the fact that there was widespread snatching of electoral materials in the five local governments they patrolled.

Okoye, with two operatives of the Department of State Services, who also testified that election did not hold in parts of the state which they patrolled on April 11, brought to 42 the number of witnesses so far called by the petitioners to prove their case.

Before Okoye went deeply into his testimony on Friday, INEC’s lawyer, Ikpeazu led the lawyers to the two other respondents –Ukala (for Wike) and Adedipe (for PDP) – to oppose the witness giving oral evidence.

Ikpeazu, whose opposition was dismissed by the tribunal, had argued that he was not aware that the witness was coming to testify and that an electoral officer or any officer of the commission was duty bound to defend an election petition.

The lawyer said in any situation where there was reason for the officer not to defend, then the officer shall seek a written consent of the Attorney-General of the Federation.

But the tribunal dismissed Ikpeazu’s objection.
BusinessBuhari Orders Reduction Of Recurrent Expenditure In 2016 Budget by Em5(op): 3:04am On Aug 04, 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Planning Commission (NPC) to alter the present economic planning that reproduce a framework that will reduce recurrent expenditure and prioritize developmental projects in 2016 budget.
President Buhari gave the order after taking a briefing from the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr. Bassey Akpanyung at the Presidential Villa on Monday.
According to the president, capital projects must be accorded the priority it deserved.
“In carrying out its role in surveillance of the economy, review and appraisal of policies, the Commission should devise a plan for a realignment of the budget so that capital projects can be really prioritized,” the President said.
Briefing the president earlier, Akpanyung told the President that many challenges were militating against Nigeria’s planning system.
These challenges, according to him included the non-alignment of national plans with the annual budget and inadequate capacity in the departments of Planning, Research and Statistics in the various government ministries.
The executive who later briefed State House Correspondents in an interview stated that the commission was going to focus on the priority areas that would help realize the   “Change” agenda of APC’s government.
“We came to brief the president on the activities of the National Planning Commission which the covers mainly the preparation of long term and medium term plans for the economy. 
“We used the opportunity to inform him that we already have on the ground a perspective plan that is national vision 20:20:20 and we in the process of developing a medium term plan to cover Vision 2016 to 2019 which will address the core elements of this present administration’s priorities.
“Of course, we sought his support to the articulation and finalisation of that document because his pronouncement on it will assist us in rapidly doing so. Planning like I said will make it effective from 2016 to 2019. So, we should be working already very seriously to pick out the elements that will form the document
“The core areas: security, the areas of diversification, the area of restabilising the polity, the micro economic situation that are going to be addressed. Of course, we can’t forget the issues of unemployment, agric in the real sectors. These are the areas that will drive and ensure that the employment situation is improved upon and that will impart the poverty level.
“The president’s response was positive and he has specifically directed that we have to take a second at the capital projects and their funding rather than spreading capital funding widely that will not impact on anything. We should look at the core priority areas, select those and fund effectively to the end and take on the second priority areas and do likewise”, Akpayong said.
RomanceRe: 7 Sure Ways To Tell If Your Boyfriend Is Going To Be Rich by Em5(m): 12:18pm On Dec 01, 2014
ireneony:
to my own understanding;
1.he has vision
2.he is a giver
3.he have a good heart
4.he pays his tithe regularly
5.he listen to the words of his elders
6. he is not afraid to speak the truth
7.he is confident
8.he is not a dreamer but he actualise his dream



when you have these qualities, you will end up rich, not just rich but wealthy
I disagree with your No. 4. Sounds strange but trust me... No. 2 is good enuff esp to the. Poor and needy
PhonesRe: Nokia Won't Be Making Phones Anymore! by Em5(m): 7:05pm On Nov 18, 2014
I can proudly boast I 'owned' a 3310!
PhonesRe: MTN SURPRISE UPDATE: Price Drop On Data Rates officially by Em5(m): 6:56pm On Nov 18, 2014
Beware!!! MTN has no free gift!
Christianity EtcThe Truth About Tithing - Is It Christian To Impose Tithing On A Congregation? by Em5(op): 4:33pm On Nov 02, 2014
A very Interesting and enlightening read

http://www.ukapologetics.net/tithe.htm
TV/MoviesRe: What's Your Best Nigerian/nollywood Movie? by Em5(m): 1:41pm On Oct 12, 2014
Nollywood is BRAIN DRAINING and can cause RETARDATION...last thing that crosses my mind any boring day. It's a joke!
TV/MoviesRe: What's Your Best Nigerian/nollywood Movie? by Em5(m): 1:39pm On Oct 12, 2014
Nollywood is BRAIN DRAINING and can cause RETARDATION...last thing that crosses my mind even in my most boring day. It's a joke!
Health2nd Ebola Case Confirmed In The US by Em5(op): 11:17am On Oct 12, 2014
A health worker who attended to Duncan the late index case has been confirmed 'Ebola positive' in the US.


http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/12/health/ebola/index.html
Car TalkRe: Motorcycle Pictures From 2014 Bikers Convention In Nigeria by Em5(m): 1:12am On Oct 06, 2014
Okada na okada undecided
U don't wanna crash in one of these.
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Good News To The Unemployed by Em5(m): 3:23pm On Jan 04, 2010
Sounds like scam
NYSCRe: Youth Corpers Den by Em5(m): 6:18pm On Aug 05, 2008
Corpers weeeeeeeeeeeee ooooooooooooh!

dis Emmanuel, camped in Kano KN/08A/1926 and serving in PH RV/081/3151.
NYSC no easy oooh!

cheers.

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