₦airaland Forum

A former governor of old Kaduna state, Alhaji Balarabe Musa has stated that no one should sympathise with former Presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan over the mishap their vehicles encountered at the Lagos—Ibadan ex­pressway as they were only being haunted by the karma.

Speaking shortly after the duo experienced road mishaps, Musa insisted that the two former leaders should rather be the ones who should apologise to Nigerians for failing to live up to the demands of their office particularly as it pertains to that expressway, adding that they could have fixed the roads but chose not to.

According to him, “When both of them were in office, they budgeted billions of naira for con­struction work on that expressway and other ones across the country, but that was where it ended as the money voted for the work on the road usuallymend in private pockets.


“Thousands of Nigerians lose their lives on these deplorable roads every­day but now that the two of them have also become victims of negligence of that highway, the authorities should let them lick their wounds as they soberly reflected that when they had the opportunity to fix the roads, they failed to do so.

“What happened to Obasanjo and Jonathan should now serve as a wake-up call to Buhari. As the sitting president of the country, he should order a probe into how billions of naira voted for construction and repair works on the roads ended in private pockets. The stolen money should be retrieved while those involved no matter how highly placed should be put on trial for economic sabotage instead of us sympathizing with Obasanjo and Jonathan. They are the ones who owed Nigerians an apology for failing to perform their duties when they were in
power.

“The state of our roads across the country is very shameful. Most of them are death traps. For an oil-producing nation, this is a big shame and embarrassment. But these carnages on our roads is enough, and this is why Buhari must go all out to apprehend those who are responsible for the deplorable state of our roads.



“It serves both Obasanjo and Jonathan right to have a taste of what average Nigerians suffer as a result of bad state of our roads,” the elder statesman concluded.

OreMI22:
Amaechi already threatened buhari that he would ask for his money back if Buhari does not ask the party to confirm him.
Now, stealing is officially not corruption.

fran6co:
this a victory for corruption....Naija I hail thee....
..
...WAILING CONTINUES

Twenty-four out of 29 political parties in Rivers State have said they would not present any candidate against the State Governor, Nyesom Wike, should there be a rerun of the 2015 governorship election.

The State Election Petition Tribunal had on October 24, 2015, nullified Wike’s election, citing non-substantial compliance of the election to the Electoral Act.

But speaking under the aegis of the Inter-Party Advisory Council in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, the political parties explained that though they were not expecting a rerun, they would not vie against the current governor of the state.

IPAC Public Relations Officer and the State Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr. Favour Reuben, who briefed newsmen after the group’s meeting in Port Harcourt, restated that the call for a rerun was unnecessary, adding that the election in Rivers was free and fair.

Reuben expressed dissatisfaction over the ruling of the tribunal that nullified Wike’s election, describing the judgement as a miscarriage of justice.

“We are saying here that we will not present any governorship candidate against Governor Nyesom Wike should there be a rerun because we believe that he won in a free and fair contest.

“We unequivocally restate our earlier vote of confidence passed on our legitimate and authentic Executive Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, CON, on the 9th day of October during our solidarity visit to the governor in Government House, Port Harcourt.

“A curious precedence of gross miscarriage of justice, akin to ‘different strokes for different folks’ became the order of the day in a circumstance which bore similar particulars with the case of Rivers State as pertaining to the non-use of card reader, wherefore it was okay for the sake of the APC, it was not acceptable to Hon. Justice Mohammed Ambrosa because it is the PDP at the receiving end.

“In summary, we members of the Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria (IPAC) do hereby state that the April 11, 2015 governorship election took place in Rivers State under a peaceful and safe atmosphere in substantial compliance with the Electoral Act,” Reuben said.

However, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party were absent at the IPAC’s meeting.

Jesusloveyou:
wil that stop ameachi for confirmation?

afoo02:
Empty treat from the opposition party.

ABUJA — Senators belonging to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and their All Progressives Congress, APC, were, yesterday, preparing for a showdown over different positions on the confirmation of two of 16 remaining ministerial nominees.

It was, however, learnt that Senate President Bukola Saraki was determined to weigh in on behalf of the former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi and the ministerial nominee from Cross River State, Usani Uguru. The duo had been caught up in a grudge war mounted by PDP senators.Amaechi-saraki

Amaechi is held in contempt by the PDP Senate caucus for his role in the defeat of the former ruling party in the last round of elections. Uguru brought himself into the bad book of the PDP Senate caucus when, during his screening, he said “God forbid” to a question as to his membership of the PDP.

Following the end of the screening of the nominees yesterday, the PDP Senate caucus held a meeting where they reportedly took a position against the confirmation of Amaechi. The senators were said to have resolved not to consider Amaechi’s nomination unless the report of the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges on the petitions filed against the former Rivers State governor was brought forward for consideration first.

Last five nominees screened

Five nominees were screened, yesterday, bringing to an end, the exercise that commenced about three weeks ago.

The five nominees screened were former Vice-Chancellor of Imo State University, Professor Anthony Anwuka (Imo); financial expert and medical doctor, Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia); newspaper columnist, Adamu Adamu (Bauchi); former Executive Secretary of National Hajj Commission, Mohammed Musa Bello (Adamawa), and Aisha Abubakar (Sokoto).

However, the confirmation exercise which was expected to commence

cramjones:
I am appalled that the moderators of Nairaland took down a thread that meant absolutely no harm. They never waited for me to provide evidence, but unlawfully took down my post. Why someone would deny a meeting after pestering me for a long time beats me.

-CramJones

cramjones:
I am appalled that the moderators of Nairaland took down a thread that meant absolutely no harm. They never waited for me to provide evidence, but unlawfully took down my post. Why someone would deny a meeting after pestering me for a long time beats me.

-CramJones

TonyeBarcanista:
@OP Create your thread without bringing me into the madness. I have no business on who met who and who never did. I only addressed a LIE that was peddled at me. If that is a problem to you then you indeed have a problem.


Channel your problem to the source of your problem not barcanista.

Idokojimmy:
I met Episteme2 today at Transcorp.
Hmmmmm on a second thought, I think I should open a thread

Dannyset:
This is the only point they think they have. No wonder they've been hammering on it as if they can't dig deep for more evidence. PDP with their shallow mindset.
The Court already knows how to give them uppercut on this stand.

Dannyset:
PDP is about dying now and ur saying another thing. Na wa for you oo!

micfoley:
When is the time