₦airaland Forum

cizy:
Blame Buhari because he built that ancient of days during his time as a petroleum minister under the world most corrupt dictator Abacha. It appears, that Buhari, due to his looting capacity and lack of fore site constructed that stone age crap which was listed as one of his useless achievements.


But I won't be surprised if some morônic sycopate blame the refinery wahala on GEJ..

Ignoramus on the loose! PMB built refineries under Abacha's govt? LMAO!

NavierStokes:
Exactly my response to the guy, a refinery can refine heavy crude oil and you want to feed it with Nigeria's bonny light crude oil, how on earth is it supposed to work. This is just another avenue to meet the Kachikwu's December deadline and make a case why the refineries should not be sold off. Trust me a shortwhile from now we will hear about refineries operating at 1% efficiency. We want this country to work, but some people are hell bent on calling others wailers even in scenarios where we see our very scarce resources going bananas and being allocated to fruitless ventures. The case of 37billion to be spent on oil exploration in the lake chad basin comes to mind, at a time when many Major oil companies are cutting losses by writing off certain investments (Conoco wrote off over 400million dollars invested on a drillship, shell wrote off the canadian tar sands projects, While Nigerian government that claims to be broke and does not have money for cash calls on already explored projects is spending 37billion for desert exploration).

The issue is that people like you who are not in the know are making hollow posts and generalizations and passing them off as fact.

When do you think the world will stop requiring energy from fossil fuels? When do you think oil will become extraneous to energy generation? Keep wailing and misleading yourself.

How many refineries worldwide refine light crude? What is Dr. Ibe Kachikwu's plans for the refineries and how does he plan to actualize it?

If you know the answers to the questions you won't have posted this nonsense.

A40:
I think we read his body language from the start of the season. The last minute extensions were simply never going to fly with us and the same way Pep arrived due to Jupp’s initial indecision is what brought Carlo to Bayern as well. Pep should have made his decision at the start of the season. Simple as that! While fans and certain figures have spoken up against Pep the guys that matter have backed him completely he wasn’t upfront and that's the only sour note. Pep is not irreplaceable




Timing is always of the essence Pep had the opportunity to look good by simply letting the front office know this would be his last year at the start of the season. Everyone would probably go all out to win it all as he was well liked at Bayern.




Mandzukic is doing well at Juve and did pretty good with Atleti. Atleti is not exactly a striker’s paradise as Jackson Martinez is finding out. Shaqiri is another matter and you don't see me complaining. However I'd never commend Pep for offloading Mandzu. It was not performance based




Juup wouldn't lose to both sides I know that for a certainty. He took on Madrid with Mueller the only decent option on the bench. There is nothing to àsuggest he would have lost to both sides in such  a tame and scandalous manner. There is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to suggest he wouldn’t have won either or both ties

Raphael Honigstein said Pep said he would stay at the beginning of the season, but then changed his mind mid-way. If you know Pep, you'd know he can be like that. He did exactly that to Barca after they had crashed out to CFC at the semis of the UCL in 2012.

And nobody is saying he is irreplaceable but I am sure every important person in Munchen wanted him to stay. You don't just want a manager that does well but one that fully identifies with the values of your club, such that even when he is at loggerheads with the management, the disagreement doesn't filter through to the pages of tabloids and press interviews as some managers are renowned for *cough cough*

As for Mandzukic and ATM. I think it is safe to assume that if he did well enough Simeone would have kept him. And also saying that he is "doing well" in Juventus is subjective. There are some other players that you let go of not because of their talent but more about their attitude and personality. Mandzukic reminds of a Gallas or Balotelli.

Jupp took on Mou's Madrid and beat them on penalties. If he had died before the final, many would have sworn that he would have beaten CFC. He lost to a largely underwhelming CFC. Personally, losing to CFC should hurt more than losing to RM or Barca ( I am sure you agree). So it can be spun either ways.

RM beat counter-attacking teams like Dortmund 3-0, ATM 4-1 enroute to winning the UCL. So Jupp's counter-attacking brand of football may have (and I dare say most likely would have) suffered similar fate. Winning one of the legs is only mathematical as the ends is what should justify the means. As for Barca of last season, you saw what Messi did to Neuer and Boateng. It happens.

I get your drift though.

A40:
That is the Bayern Munich way. No one individual can hold us to ransom or by the jugular. If you want to start ego-trippin we would pull the carpet from under you. Extension of 4 players in one day also sent a clear message. I am not sad to see him go personally, I resent how he treated Mandzukic and how his tactics set us up for humiliation against Madrid and Barca. Unless he wins us the CL this year it would be hard for me to label his tenure a success


We were open to a stay because he had achieved the bare minimum. Win the league and get us to the CL semis but I think he could not comprehend that certain fans and past figures affiliated with the club did not think that was much of an achievement due to the talent he had and the achievements of Heynckes and I think this ate at him. Didn't help that he appeared to be dismantling that side while there was no improvements in results especially against the elite in Europe

Good luck to him wherever he goes. He can still go out on a high with a win in Milan

Bayern FC is a big club but let's get it straight. If a manager is offered the best contract ever by any manager, is expected to declare his acceptance during the annual general meeting, but he is dragging feet- it is clear he is not going to stay.

So Bayern did the right thing by seeking a plan B. He wasn't being egotistical or what not. It is clear he wanted to deliver the UCL and then leave on a high. But in doing that he knew that announcing he was going, could add extra pressure on him to deliver the UCL.

As for Mandzukic, Shaqiri etc. Is it not funny that they didn't leave Bayern to set their next clubs on fire? Pep should be commended for letting them go. Mandzukic failed in ATM and Shaqiri failed in Inter.

Yes he has obviously underperformed against 2 power-houses that went on to win the UCL convincingly and although he had some of the blames he shouldn't take all of it. We are all praising Jupp's achievements in his final season (and rightly so) but there is nothing and I mean ABSOLUTELY nothing to suggest Jupp would've beaten RM in 2014 and Barca in 2015. Ofcourse the scorelines suffered especially against RM is another topic of discussion.

oloriooko:
So you think we can trust these group of people who cannot stand by their campaign promises and already causing hardship and always referring to the past administration?

Man, you are of all men most miserable if you trust a politician. The best we can do is to hold them to their campaign promises instead of being their stooges

I can trust PMB. I actually trust him more than his party and thank God he controls his party.

I could never trust the previous govt. Even the little subsidy that was removed they grossly mismanaged. Christopher Kolade dumped the fraud of a SURE-P. The rest of the complaints about YOUWIN and co are well known. Something as serious as BH, they used as a ploy to launder money and pay themselves.

PMB is cut from a different stock.

oloriooko:
A quick question, so what was the reason behind the protest organised by whoever in Lagos over subsidy removal?

A quick answer, we didn't trust the government of Knaves to utilise the money.

Oghos1:
your analogy is giving me a migraine trying to wrap my head around it

It doesn't make sense...
As at when pep got appointed it was already clear who the best player was
Anyone trying to allude it to someone other than messi is just playing some mental gymnastics

Unlearning fallacies dey cause migraine o jare. Don't trouble your head.

There is nothing more common that unfulfilled genius. The world is full of such people- With the raw talent and brilliance who never get to achieve anything due to one factor or the other. Lee Sharpe in United, Dennis Wise in CFC, Diesler of Bayern, Quaresma of Barca the list is ad infinitum.

Nobody refutes Messi's uncanny abilities or potentials but he needed Pep to help maximise it. People underestimate the impact injuries can make to a talents rise. If Messi did not meet Pep, he would've been no better than Robben, and the world of pundits would have said...wait for it...that he was unfulfilled talent!

You keep talking about him being the best in the Barca before Pep but you conveniently ignore the fact that he was NOT the world's best before Pep. I see how you and your ilk also disingenuously forget that Ronaldinho himself burnt out too soon and CAN be classified as another unfulfilled talent simply because he didn't dominate world football for as long as he was projected to. But I'm not teaching here today.

Anyways, Neymar's ability was once classified as iffy by some people. Even Joey Barton called him a YouTube talent simply because his first season in Europe was subpar. Some dolts on here even compared him to Eden Hazard.

I am sure when he becomes WPOTY say 2017 the same people will claim Neymar was always the best player in Barca and forget how great Messi was/is.

Dhelake:
Mourinho is to blame for Mikel career wreck but Fergie is not to blame for Anderson's right?

BTW, I am still waiting for Pep to help the German Messi (Gotze) fulfill his potential, at least, he doesn't have to play in front of a right footed left back

Because every superstar thrives under every manager Including KDB and Sturridge or wait...those ones don't have enough greatness within them to thrive under Onigbinde.

Dhelake:
Lol, Just Lol

Ronaldo started scoring 50+ goals per season under Mourinho

Even if u hate Jose ... All this rubbish you put up doesn't change anything

Ronaldo had his highest ever goal scoring season under Jose by playing in front of a right footed left back as you have asserted , by making 10 sliding tackles per game .

CR7 had his best scoring season under Carlo Ancelotti. CR7 praised Carlo during his Ballon'dor acceptance speech by subtly acknowledging how Carlo helped him win it. But kiss Mou's ar$e because that's what we are here for.

PietroRico:
I see how many people didn't spot how Dayo lied about pep selling Barcelona's best player when he arrived when messi had just come 2nd in the Ballon'd or
For all those that keep scores, here's one for the records


Even though I agree that trying to play down pep's role in messi's development is very unfair
That lie shouldn't go unrecorded


We can as well just agree that coaches don't influence player development trajectories

Neymar is Barca's best player this season. But ofcourse Messi is still the overall best player in Barcelona. I am sure you know the difference or I can break it down for you.

Willian is CFCs best player this season but Hazard is the overall best player for CFC.

SIRcumalot:
Whether Mikel isn't living up to his potential is left to mikel I suppose in moment of doubt he'll look at his trophy cabinet and comot such notion from his head.
Brazillian anderson was arguably a bigger star that Mikel in youth football and what happened when he joined us ? Is he a better player than Mikel now ?
Some players owe their sucess to Pep. Busquets,thiago and Pedro comes to mind, Messi isn't one of them

Lies. WYC 05 Messi, Mikel and Taiye Taiwo. All 3 are supposed to be age mates. Only Messi goes on to prove his worth.

Debroslink:

I disagree the fact that Fergie made Ronaldo. Ronaldo became better after he left Fergie. Why? It's because Messi made Ronaldo

Rio Ferdinand in his autobiography said when United got CR7 2003 and Rooney 2004, himself and Scholes felt Rooney was better based on what they saw during trainings.

CR7 had talent but he read the game poorly: dribbled when he was to pass, couldn't head a ball to save his life. Was skinny and his goal scoring was abysmal.

Nothing about CR7 showed that he will be a prolific goal scorer. A great winger, yes, but not one of the best players to ever grace the game. That's where Fergie helped him.

Every other thing you saw of CR7 post-United, is as a result of having better players to help him in a "less competitive" league. The hardwork had been done by Fergie and even Mou said it on arriving at RM.

hariorh:
Argentina do not play the same pattern of football that barca plays. They also don't play matches week in, week out. And the teammates at Argentina are different from his team at Barca.

Pep began work like Rijkaard did by starting Messi on the wings. Through his development he saw his potential and gave him freedom to roam through as a false 9 while having pass machines like Xavi and Iniesta feed him with great assists. (what is special in this na)

Ronaldo had his best years as a single player at Madrid. Was Ferguson coaching Madrid there? Ronaldo built himself up to the level he is through hardwork and not because of any miracle-working coach

Wow. Just wow.

There is a 2-hr documentary on Messi that enjoyed alot of airplay. It involved even videos of him as a young child in Rosario Argentina as well reenactments of certain moments not captured on video. Current players like Masche, Pique as well as oldies like Cryuff also gave inputs. Messi's father, brothers, Aunts, even his current wife gave different accounts never heard or read anywhere before. ALL of them and I mean ALL of them (including Aunts) said Messi's game changed under Pep. They basically give Pep the credit for Messi.

Freddie Adu was once touted as the brightest young talent of his generation. How did he develop since then? Odengaard of RM is highly rated, so if Benitez makes him the focal point of RMs attacks and he scores 50 goals in one season, we would say Benitez didn't develop him simply because he was already rated?

Fergie made CR7 who he is. Pep did same for Messi. End of.

Spy360:
You could have easily said Pep is his real biological father. I was told you are a serial liar. Now I know.

Nobody, absolutely nobody can lay claim on the phenomenon called Lionel Messi.

You do not need to lie to make a point.

He is not lying abeg. Even Messi says it.

Tomorrow if Depay starts scoring a ton of goals and dominates world football for 5 years. You people will claim he was always a superstar and that no manager helped him.

lalaboi:
It was bigkesh

You will only mention that because i say again, its convenient for you.

Pep inherited the best team in Germany from the time he took over for his first game! True or false?

Ok @ bigkesh. I Keep conflating the names.

Yes he Inherited the best team at the time that he did. Best team because of their achievements the season before. Did virtually almost the same thing with Jupp except win the UCL.

lalaboi:
You see, this is the part i dont like about arguing with you and Dayo. You conveniently mention i said they won 8 straight games from the get go for a record.

I also mentioned they won the league in record time in April. .

I also mentioned that they won it with 25points from the closest rival.

Lets just say pep was announced by end of January. . . As at that time, they were 12points ahead. you mean to tell me that they were not considered favorites to win the league and cup.? They never thought to themselves that they were in good form to maybe get a treble. A team in such a good form is to be written off as 'potential' winners of a treble?

go to bed A40.

Please let's rest this. Pep broke all those records apart from winning the UCL. The only difference being that people expected that to happen more than they did in Jupp's last season. A40 just told you that Dortmund overtook Bayern from 8 or 11 points behind if my memory serves me well. So seeing them 12points ahead means nothing abeg.

BTW Pep had agreed with Bayern beginning of 2013 season. Bayern announced Jupp's retirement for him. He didn't even know he was retiring (I kid you not)

People forget Bayern had reliquinshed a treble winning position the season before they actually did. Lost both league and cup to Dortmund and then the UCL to Chelsea. The Bayern board were dissatisfied. The only reason Jupp wasn't fired that season end was because Pep asked for a year to learn some German. So they left Jupp as an interim manager. The only thing they didn't know was that he would end up winning a treble.

Like I said before, had they known, they won't have hired Pep.

Chelseafan1:
Mr, you quoted the wrong person cos I wasn't the one who stated that Bayern were the best 2 seasons b4 Pep came, Bayern is the league's all time best team....I didn't limit it to just 2 years abeg.

Yea I agree. That should have been for Lalaboi. Sorry.

Doesn't detract from the fact that being the best team in your league’s history guarantees anything. Did Moyes not inherit the "best" team? Abeg. Miss me with the illogic.

Chelseafan1:
Smh....If Barca and Madrid are not the all-time 2 best teams in Spain, please tell us which teams are more successful??

Same for Bayern, ansa me boldly.

Man city has won the league twice within 5 years or thereabouts, let Leicester win this one first before u hail them.

Citee have a very good and quality squad, since the Arab guys took over the team, they have been a great force to reckon with, Chelsea has to park the bus to win this team or even manage to get a draw...Man u has lost it, still in the recovery stage since Alex left...Arsenal is still Arsenal.... Tell me, how us Citee not the best in the league.


In the past 10 years, Bayern have won the league title 6 good times and in pole position to win it for the 7th time, making it 3ce in a row, if they are not the best team in buli by a distance, tell me what I don't know.

The Illogic wey fill this post dey weak me. I don't wanna derail it too much, only chipped in a little to correct some false statements.

Lyon is one of the best teams in Ligue un history but they are not the best team today. PSG is. Same with United and LFC, but today, common sense says we either call the "official best" or the current best. It is simple and in that case either Chelsea or Leicester will do fine. Doesn't mean City may not go on to win the EPL.

CR7 is the best player in the world until FIFA announce Messi as the best. Or Neymar is the best player in the world currently. I will be amiss to say Pelé or Maradona is the best. Hope you understand.

So in the same vein, Bayern wasn't the best team in the league 2 years before Pep came. And that statement that Bayern would've done the treble is even more false than all your previous statements. Remind me of the season when RM went on a run of 22wins and everyone thought they would do a treble? Yea...Barca ended up doing that treble. That's football.

A40:
Bayern finished 3rd and 2nd actually. Heynckes's Leverkusen beat us to second in 2010/2011

Yea, true. Thanks.

Chelseafan1:
Ogbeni...if u do not understand me, do not quote me again, u are obviously here to compare both managers which is not what I'm on about, why did Guardiola chose Barca and Bayern, why didn't he chose Dortmund or Atletico or Bayer Leverkusen, now that he wants to come to England, why is he going to Citee, let him choose a team like Spurs or even Arsenal and turn them to a consistent title winning team.

Barca has always been one of the best 2 in Spain.

Bayern has always been the best in Germany, no other Buli team comes close.

Man city is like the best in England right now with a very good spending power.

Raineri, who could go to a championship team Leicester without so much spending power and could manage to stay top of the table for over 5 months should be hailed and respected than both Mou and Pep put together.

The emboldened are lies from the pit of hell.

Barca finished 2nd and 3rd in the seasons before Pep.
Bayern finished 2nd and 2nd before it was announced that Pep will take the job. Jupp only overachieved before he left. If Jupp had had that level of success before 2013, Bayern won't have hired Pep.
City are not the best team in the EPL. Either Chelsea or right now (Leicester). Any other thing is a feeble attempt at pseudo-intellectualism.

knightsTempler:
The fall of Mourinho came from the first day of the season when he picked a fight with Dr Caniero, the ramifications have been far wider. The fall-out seemed to set the tone for Chelsea’s season. Too much energy wasted on hostility and conflict. Ultimately, it dragged the club down.

It seems very little has gone right for Mourinho since. His fights have often been random, but even by his standards the disintegration of player morale this season has been startling.

A team of magnificent resilience when winning the league last season — Chelsea led the table from the first week to the last — are shaping up to be the worst champions in the history of English football and sit one point above the relegation zone.

Good defenders have seemingly forgotten their art; good attackers no longer score or create. And throughout there has been a background hum of dissent, tales of mutiny, of mockery, of dissatisfaction with tactics and style.

Yet, after another defeat at Leicester City on Monday night, the point of no return was reached.

Mourinho has bristled in front of the cameras on several occasions this season, but in this post-match interview his anger and an acute sense of personal injustice could no longer be contained.

He spoke of being ‘betrayed’ by his players; he speculated that last season winning the league, he had elevated them to a level beyond their natural capability, one that could not be sustained.

In other words: it’s not me, it’s you. For Chelsea’s billionaire Russian owner, Roman Abramovich, that was no doubt the final straw.

Even if Mourinho is right, even if he is a genius who marshalled his team to the title against all odds, it was professional suicide to say it.

Critics think he is Machiavellian, plotting every word and phrase, the consummate politician, brilliant at the art of manipulating the media. Yet the truth is that on too many occasions he seems to speak without thinking. This was one of those times.Having so brazenly taken all the credit for the success last season, how could Mourinho then coax his players back onside?

Betrayal? Because his defenders were outsmarted by the league’s most prolific goal-scorer, Jamie Vardy? His words were simply too savage.

And that last part: the coaching genius whose players were no match for his talent? Where could he go from there? There was no way out.

Did you write this yourself? Geez. You write so well.

A40:
I said stagnating not rebuilding. Open your eyes please. Didn't the years after that prove me right?

Man U were in the middle of a rebuild. What main rival megedefegede are you talking about? They finished 3rd in back to back seasons, went trophyless and were a non factor in Europe. Do your research

Please help me tell them. I am getting irked beyond words.

3. Kachikwu was intended to fill the NNPC position. Let us put a rest to the floating rumors of how Obama asked PMB to employ him and what not. On the eve of the announcement of Kachikwu's appointment, the general diagnosis about the ills of the Nigerian oil industry was that there was a thriving lack of synergy between the Petroleum Minister and the NNPC GMDs and seeing that the PM sat on the board of the NNPC each GMD was forced to do his or her bidding with the consequence being, getting fired if the GMD didn't yield. It is very similar to how a lack of working relationship between the NSA and the service chiefs cost the latter their jobs in the previous govt.

It is rumuored that Kachikwu initially resisted the post of NNPC GMD citing his fear that he could be at cross-purposes with the PM and in that case the PM could easily fire him. So PMB assured him that he will leave him incharge of both offices so as not to compromise the GMDs policy directions. Ofcourse it is an onerous task and I am sure Kachikwu may eventually appoint a trusted hand to relieve him of that position at NNPC but not soon as alot is to be done.

There is reason to believe my assertions as during Kachikwu's screening by the NA he said "this will be the first time that if something goes wrong in the Petroleum sector, it will not be the president's fault". To me, this alludes to the fact that the president has entrusted the petroleum sector into his charge.

Someone may choose to say how can 1 man have such power in the sector? Well, the PIB that would've been passed by successive National assemblies granted even powers greater than this to the minister. The issue with Nigeria has never really been about laws and Acts but about the personality handling such and the rightful implementation of such laws and Acts.

Going by PMBs antecedents it is clear when he trusts some people he tends to saddle them with a lot of responsibilities for e.g, Fashola as Minister for Works, Power and Housing.

NB: The prestige of being the NNPC GMD is unrivalled as you control more resources than all the state governors put together. I haven't even mentioned that you are the cash cow for the country and are responsible for laying the golden eggs. See how Kachikwu sat at the head of the OPEC meeting in Vienna as the President and everyone listened to him. He would never have had such access as a VP in Exxon. Never.

2. I already predicted Q1 2016 for the tentative continuation of the recruitment process and I didn't need to ask any connect to assert so. That's an aside. The notion that the recruitment process is predicated on the non-promotion of staff and indeterminate number of vacancies is a bit iffy if you ask me. You do realize some of the GTs of 2012 have left to some other MNCs or Indigenous companies for better pay? Sadly (but not inadmissible) is that some may have died. This fact already screams VACANCIES and DAM and co realized this before 2015 (and even when Oil prices had dipped) hence we wrote the aptitude tests in December of 2014.

3. Telling us Dr. Kachikwu earns less than he did at Exxon is a bit hackneyed. It is like saying water is wet. What was challenged here is the talk that his pay at Exxon needed to be divided by 4 to get what he currently earns. a) Nobody gagged him to be NNPC GMD, he could have negotiated his pay. b) when he made that statement he made it in relation to his driver at Exxon and how he asked him to move over to NNPC with him but his driver refused on 2 reasons one of which was his pay grade. Ofcourse, you don't expect NNPC to pay drivers as much as Exxon pays them. Labor laws constraining MNCs don't apply to government-run companies like NNPC.

@postulates

You sound informed and you write well so I am guessing you have a good head on your shoulders plus you get your "gist" from people who work within the sector. Ofcourse, like everything on earth your assertions aren't error-proof but we appreciate them nonetheless.

I have a few reservations with your post and I will make them known in plain terms.

1. Your reason that the recruitment is cancelled because the GGMs/GMs etc. chairing such positions are retired is hollow on the basis that whether they were still in service or not, their influence hadn't been implemented as the recruitment had just proceeded the test writing stage. You'd have made more sense if we had done the interviews and expected feedback.

1b. Another thing that I find misplaced is the DAM and allegations of supplanting the list with her candidates. The question is, what list? There was no list because the only list that should have existed is the list of those who were scheduled to be interviewed. So was DAM supplanting prospective interviewees with hers? Makes no sense either.

1c. Really? Management of NNPC will resist her? Management of NNPC will stall recruitment because of DAMs impending mago-mago? Which Holier-than-thou Management is that one? Never has that been heard of in the history of NNPC and certainly not in the last "stealing is not corruption" govt. So again, I respectfully disagree with the allegations.

I will continue my rejoinder in a separate post so as to avoid making this one lengthy.

Wait, was Dasuki not innocent and being witch-hunted? LOL. APC wanted you to support Slyva because when you supported GEJ he won?

And for those saying intelligent response, you think him or his laywer wrote this?

What PUNCH really want is for PMB to wave a magic wand and "voila" everything will be ok. It works in Ayamantanga's legerdemain world, but in the real world, it will be gradual, topsy-turvy and conscientious.

Those of us who can see beyond our noses celebrate it for the intent and imminent success that it is going to be, but no bets are on, that some other cry babies will not call it snail-like and ineffectual.

The reason is simple: Nigerians don't really want a change. We are only looking for how that change benefits me, myself and I. That's why you can see former-progressives who at, the slightest impression that their fortunes are about to change begin to pontificate and cast baseless aspersions. Highlighting all the seeming failures of this present govt and downplaying their evident success. It is a rite of passage.

The long and short of things is this. As long as oil prices do not go up to 110$/bbl that it used to be, it will be economically impossible for our Naira to wrestle back it's stance with the dollar- and it is not PMBs duty to help the price of oil go up. Even if (and as he promised) he tries to diversify the economy, how will that happen? He will command the economy to be diversified?

Secondly, the author of this shallow editorial should quit the chronological gymnastics of relating events from April to November. PMB cannot even be said to have been president any earlier than June 1st and in that time when power improved and PMS wasn't scarce, this same wailers wanted all the credit to go to their hero while they conveniently blamed PMB for his lack of ministers and appendages.

Now he has ministers and they still want to blackmail him by telling him about his itineraries and the shortfalls of the Naira. The author had the effrontery to mention that 32% of 2016s budget will come from borrowing but didn't mention that we have no other means except that to help nor did he mention that the essence of borrowing is to help with the economic diversification plans and not to pay salaries like the previous govt was doing.

Abeg, give me a break. If Rwanda and Peru are so much better, take the next flight and move there. Stop with this bull in the name of criticizing.

jamanuka:
Confidently presenting a 6trillion naira budget that will be funded through heavy borrowing speaks volumes about how he will be plunging this economy further into debts. Dropping 6trillion naira like it will majorly funded through our revenues, yeah,I see you.

This TSA you are hailing isn't it ironic that the man you said led this country to a brink is the one who kicked off this idea? Isn't it Ironic that he also set up something similar called IPPIS to weed off ghost workers?

Am sure you have been reading international and local business reviews and seeing how your oga's inaction is hurting businesses.Blaming the inaction (which is clearly due to cluelessness) on the 2015 budget is to say the least ridiculous.Would you have blamed the 2015 budget if your man was getting it right in the last 6months?

Just so you know, 7 solid months is gone in the life of this admin. We have barely 2yrs left( a substantial part of 2018/2019) will go to campaigns. We are waiting for that miracle

1. Heavy borrowing is what your hero did for 6 years. Never mind the fact that Nigeria sold crude for 110$/bbl in the intervening years. So miss me with your illogic of how this present govt is relying on heavy borrowing.

2. TSA is enmeshed in the constitution. There's no obeisance for anyone who asks that it be implemented. No, the person who gets the praise is the one who actually did. "Asking to do" and "actually doing" the operative phrases wailers seem to Stevie wonder about.

2b. As for the ghostworkers fib. Make I park car to LOL. Weed off ghostworkers and yet increase budget to the same MDAs and ministries? Where a sub-office of the ONSA is getting 50B Naira as budget when the main ONSA received only 25B Naira? When the DPR with more staff than both offices put together gets 35B Naira annual budget? Talk about quasi-heroes and inverse achievers.

3. Again with the cheap blackmail of economy this and economy that. Investor this and investor that. Just mention one investor that has left the shores because of the new govt and stop throwing bafflegab around hoping it would catch.

4. Vintage closer. I would've been scared if you didn't end your piece on that note. 6 years of rancid air and you lot wanted to give the same knave another 4 years. But 7 months into this new govt and all hell should break loose. Seeing beyond the red mist should be a degree on it's own because many need it but few are willing to shelve their preconceptions to get it.

PassingShot:
I said it that neither did INEC nor APC erred.

1. Election was not won or lost based on the Electoral Act as there were more registered voters than the margin with which APC/Audu was leading. And since the Act recognized only registered voters and not PVC collected, the election became inconclusive.

2. Faleke did not participate in APC's primaries whereas the Electoral Act clearly stated that for any candidate to be elegible for election into office, he/she must have participated fully in his/her party's primaries. So, how will APC have used Faleke who didn't meet this criteria? Doing so would have handed the governorship to Wada through the courts later.

The case of Boni Haruna and that of Amaechi or any other similar ones are clearly different from this Kogi's case. In Kogi, no winner has emerged and it's the reason Faleke is unfortunate here.

Wrong. The court only said they had no jurisdiction to instruct INEC on what to do. Only the tribunal, Appeal court and Supreme Court can, following the proceedings.

1. Even though your point 1 is plausible and fair it is inappropriate for the time because the doctrine of necessity should have been implemented instead of wasting tax-payer's money to conduct UNNECESSARY supplementary elections.

2. Absolutely flawed. GEJ didn't participate in primary elections in 2007 but was sworn in as the president. Audu being alive or dead right now is immaterial. What role would he have played leading to the supplementary elections? INEC should have gone on to conduct the supplementary elections as though Audu was still alive and then declared him the governor whilst Faleke is sworn in.

3. In Kogi a winner should have emerged. Audu met all the conditions as stipulated by the constitution and electoral act. INEC should have declared him the elected Governor whilst disagreeing factions should have gone to the Tribunal to challenge it (which they would have failed).

INEC caused this mess.

tuale4u:
Official residence is not a personal residence. Once you are trough with ur tenure, you leave govt property. We are so used to people abusing thier priviledges that we now assume there is nothing wrong witj it.

He completed his tenure b4 2010. Why is he still leaving in official residence?

He completed his tenure 2007 and was appointed interim NSA between 2007-2008 I think. I also do not think that the house in question is an official residence (except I am wrong). The account says it is one of the perks of retiring as DG of SSS- you are allowed to select one location anywhere in Nigeria to live that will be funded for by the SSS. Most heads of such parastatals enjoy such benefits. It is not unusual.

Oguguah:
The Judiciary is the hope of the common man. Whether it is cheap to get court injunctions or not, it should be respected otherwise we cannot say that we are practicing democracy.

Besides throwing out the properties of an ex DG of the SSS, shows no respect for statesmen. Ask yourself if you are in the man's shoes. Doesn't he deserve a decent house after being SSS DG for 8years. Indeed some of us have sold our conscience. But thanks to Karma. You will soon get there

I agree.

Saturn213:
What sort of Pension benefits allows you to choose any home of your choosing in any part of Nigeria?

Who is he?

He should be removed quickly

If other previous DGs of SSS enjoyed same privilege, then Col. Are's shouldn't be any different.

I am a staunch supporter of PMB but I will not support these perceived acts of vengeance by Daura if the account above is true.