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eyeview:
APC is a curse to governance and equity. They have ruined every public institution.
I wonder when Nigerians will cry out to God to deliver them from this wicked regime

many will not speak now until people related to them are being affected by the impunity in this government

ozoigbondu:
He has been baptized into buhari saintly and holy family therefore his sins has been washed away the second he bowed to bubu

this is not Nigeria of my dream. Why not deal with who go against the police act equally.

These police officers where dismissed because they choose to the governor and stop APC rigging plan. We saw clips of how SARs commander invaded Inec collation Centre and beat up Inec staffs on live TV, yet nothing have happened to the SARs commander as he is still serving because he was doing the bidding of APC

Nigerian Police Dismisses the following Policemen Attached to Governor Wike for accompanying Governor Wike to stop APC from rigging the Rivers East Senatorial District Election:

i. AP/No.177893 EX. Inspr. Eyong Victor

ii. F/No. 400872 EX. Sgt Peter Ekpo

iii. F/No.374585 EX. Sgt Oguni Goodluck

iv. F/No. 385870 EX. Sgt. Orji Nwoke

v. F/No. 234216 EX. Sgt. Okpe Ezekiel

vi. F/No. 437983 EX. Sgt. Tanko Akor

While Akin Fakorede, who was caught, by Channels Tv camera, beating an INEC staff, is still a serving police officer, while the former Rivers State Commissioner of Power accused of being the sponsor of those who beheaded police DSP, Alkali, is still walking the street as a freeman and even bragging that the police has not invited him and won't invite him, Policemen attached to Governor Wike have been dismissed by the Nigerian Police force, for accompanying Governor Wike to stop APC from rigging the Rivers East Senatorial District Election

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In our series of letters from African journalists, Mannir Dan Ali, editor-in-chief of Nigeria's Daily Trust paper, looks at why the Nigerian president is finding it hard to please anyone.
Muhammadu Buhari's second coming as Nigeria's president one-and-a-half years ago was greeted with a lot of hope and excitement.
There was a collective sigh of relief when he took over from the lacklustre Goodluck Jonathan, who symbolised everything that was wrong with the then ruling party.
Eighteen months down the line, many Nigerians are openly asking whether the 73-year-old president has what it takes to lead Africa's most populous state, given the enormous challenges that the country faces.
Celebrations in Kano after Mr Buhari's victoryImage copyrightREUTERS
While the president has gained some kudos for his efforts to tackle corruption and for the fact that the military now has the upper hand in the fight against militant Islamist group Boko Haram, which at one point held large swathes of territory in the north-east, little success has been recorded in other areas.
As President Buhari has said, he had the misfortune of coming to power at a time when very low oil prices meant the import-dependent and oil revenue-reliant country was paying a high price for its expensive habits.
Mannir Dan Ali:
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"Nearly halfway into his four-year term, Mr Buhari is yet to make some key appointments to drive his vision"
Nigerian leaders, and especially Mr Jonathan's government, never planned for the vagaries of oil prices, which have plummeted from more than $100 (£79) a barrel in 2014 to just above $30.
Mindless corruption ensured that the extra income was carelessly spent and even money allocated for purchasing arms to counter Boko Haram's insurgency was allegedly pocketed by individuals or diverted to political campaigns.
Mr Buhari admitted he felt like absconding from the job when he found how bad the situation was when he took office in May 2015.
Having won the election on his fourth attempt, Nigerians expected the former military ruler to have an idea or two about how to fix the country's main challenges: Poor infrastructure, lack of electricity and high unemployment.
Wifely tongue-lashing
Now some of his supporters are beginning to lose patience.
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Even his wife took the unprecedented step of criticising him publicly in a BBC interview where she said she might not support him again if he ran for another term in 2019.
Nearly halfway into his four-year term, Mr Buhari is yet to make some key appointments to drive his vision.
It took him six months to assemble a cabinet and, eight months after the death of one government minister, that post remains vacant.
With many key officials yet to be replaced, there is an air of tentativeness in the operations of many government departments.
It is in the area of the economy that there is even more dissatisfaction given the recession that the country is experiencing.
'Investors are no fools'
The unofficial devaluation of the local currency, the naira, higher food prices and job losses have all made life more difficult for families. Many people just manage to have a meal a day.
The following phrase trended among Nigerians on social media recently: "We are no longer asking President Buhari to develop Nigeria. At this point we are only asking him to return Nigeria to the state it was before he became president."
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Concern was raised about the doubling of the price of food items and the more than 50% fall in the value of the naira.
Similarly, the business community and those with knowledge of the economy are unimpressed with some of his key economic advisers and the direction they are taking.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who supported Mr Buhari's election but who has a reputation for sounding like a one-man opposition party, has come out to oppose some of the economic policies of the government, such as the idea of borrowing about $30bn.
"If we do not fix the economy to relieve the pain and anguish of many Nigerians, the gain in fighting the insurgency and corruption will pale into insignificance... Economy neither obeys orders nor does it work according to wishes," Mr Obasanjo said.
"It must be worked upon with all factors considered and most stakeholders involved. The investors, domestic and foreign, are no fools and they know what is going on with the management of the economy, including the foreign exchange, and they are not amused," he added.
As things stand now most Nigerians are hoping that President Buhari and his team will get their act together to pull the country out of its biggest economic downturn since the return to civil rule in 1999 - and prove that it was not a mistake to invest so much hope in the man who promised to fix the limping giant of Africa.

fabiano09:
I've been hearing so much complain abt hanging money when you fund merrybet,I still say make I try am now,funded 3h to test,the money I no see for my account ,abeg what's the procedure to recover my money? Merrybet plz reply

go to go bank and make complain, it will be reversed.

Good points raised here, we need competent persons to vie for the position and not corrupt or religious bigot

EMMAUGOH:
I expect baba to send sympathy message but as this is in Nigeria....NO

Baba is busy in Morocco he is not interested with what goes on in the country

All this Jungle Justice must stop, even the politicians that steals more than these thieves are still been worshipped and working free.

Lagos Jungle Justice: Wailing Wailers write Ambode, want perpetrators brought to book
PRESS RELEASE: #SayNoToJungleJustice; JUNGLE JUSTICE BOY FAMILY MUST GET JUSTICE- Wailing Wailers (@NGRWailers)



We want to call the attention of the Governor of Lagos State Governor, His Excellency Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, to the cruelty meted against one young man reported to be between the age of 7-16 years old accused of stealing Garri in Badagry area of Lagos State.

The boy was killed by mob action as seen in the video circulating on social media, a copy posted and pinned to our official Twitter Handle @NGRWailers.

We as a group, concerned with democracy and civic rights of Nigerian citizens totally condemn the sadistic and barbaric act of the killers in strong terms.

We call on Mr. Governor as the Chief Security officer of the state and all the state security agencies to wade into actions immediately and bring the perpetrators to book, the gory videos and pictures circulating on the internet can be leads to the arrest of killers of the young man.

We don’t encourage any citizen to engage in any theft, criminality or stealing of any form but even if the boy stole more than Garri as alleged online by some section of sympathizers, that does not warrant that the people should take laws into their own hands, at best, he could have been handed over to the nearest police station for investigation and be dealt with in accordance with the law of the land.

The matter have become a subject of national discourse and the good people of Nigeria wants to know how the state governor will handle the case to ensure that the family of the young man gets a fair justice for the deceased.

The worrisome and sad part as shown in the clip was that matured Nigerians, male and female who are likely to be residence of the area gathered and watched how the boy was subjected to a horrible pain before his death.

Some of them were even encouraging the killer on how he should kill the boy, this does not speak well of the oneness, peace, tolerance and love our forefathers fought very hard to achieve under a democratic setting in Nigeria.

There were many other cases of jungle justice which have been swept under the carpet; the #ALUU4 saga is still fresh in our memory where four young University undergraduates were killed and sent to early grave in cold blood by Aluu community in Rivers State on the allegation of cultism and robbery which has not been proven nor substantiated till date.

Nigeria is not a lawless country where citizens can take laws into their own hands, unfortunately, Nigerian government and security who are the law enforcers have not laid a good example with the recent killings of Indigenous People of Biafra agitators and members of Islamic Movements of Nigeria (Shiites)

The mindless killing of the young man and fellow citizen should be thoroughly investigated and his killers be brought to book to serve as deterrent to others who may likely engage in such heinous acts.

Usman Abubakar
Ag. NPS, Wailing Wailers
Headquarters, FCT. Abuja.

Sall:
The President should find a solution to this problems already . The situation in the land is out of control and I just hope Nigerians are not been push to the Wall his polices.

well said, the suffering is too much, and baba looks helpless

Patriotic Democrats, a coalition of young Nigerians in the country have raised the alarm over the increase in hunger , poverty, crime, unemployment and suicide in the country.

The group raised the alarm in Lagos, Nigeria after the first ever e-summit held in the country, warning that if the President fails to do something before 20th of December of 2016, it could lead to the breakdown of law and order.

The group which carried out an intelligent analysis on the current situation of the country's young population interviewed 106,000 respondents across 36 states of Nigeria.

According to the research, 102,005 out of a total of 106,000 of the respondents claimed to have seen incidents of survival which includes the running into vehicles and motor bikes as a means of making money off the owners.

Another 70,497 claimed to have experienced petty stealing which is now the order of the day as stealing of soups while being cooked are being announced on radio stations.

Reports of inflated goods and services have also been experienced as common goods such as bread, rice (a staple food in the country), have all skyrocketed. Transportation in the major cities kf the country have also been inflated and have become unneccesarily high.

A total of 106,000 respondents claimed to have experienced a hike in fare on their way to the interview venue.

In the light of this research, the Patroitic Democrats hereby call on the Federal Government led by President Buhari to engage technical experts on the needed moves to elevate Nigeria out of the present state it is in.

If he cannot, the option of making Nigerians happy once again is readily available by quitting the stage.

Signed
Patriotic Democrats

tuniski:
Buhari resigning will be the most patriotic act of a sitting president beyond GEJ's calling to concede.

But instead of fulfilling even a few of those promises that will make life better for an average man in Nigeria, people are becoming jobless, people can no longer afford to send their kids to school nor feed adequately, a lot of people are in critical medical condition, no medicare for them, our roads are bad, electricity situation in Nigeria has gone from bad to worse, everything is turning upside down under President Buhari.

well said. we don't want change anymore, he should just resign and go

Dcomrade:
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This is simply the best thing for him to do now.

well said my brother

naturev14:
#buhariMustGo

Supported

fmzzy:
seriously....have been expecting this kind of move for long,our president is weak,he need a total rest,
#buhariMustGo

well said sir, Buhari is an economy Boko harm,

i support this move and will gladly join the #BuhariMustGo ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

sayhi2ky, tonyebarcanista, Dcomrade, wailers Don vex ooooo

PRESS RELEASE: WHY BUHARI MUST RESIGN FROM ASO ROCK WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, BY WAILING WAILERS

The good People of Nigeria, we thank you for your patience and resilience under the government of President Muhammadu Buhari with no single achievement ever since he was sworn in on the 29th of May, 2015.

We want Nigerians to recall that during the electioneering campaign of Buhari and his party APC, promises were made that if they come to power life will become better for the people; massive job creation, economic and political stability,  $1=N1, etcetera.

But instead of fulfilling even a few of those promises that will make life better for an average man in Nigeria, people are becoming jobless, people can no longer afford to send their kids to school nor feed adequately, a lot of people are in critical medical condition, no medicare for them, our roads are bad, electricity situation in Nigeria has gone from bad to worse, everything is turning upside down under President Buhari.

Of course, his followers and supporters will hurriedly jump into defense that he is fighting corruption, we do not dispute that but what has happened to all the corrupt people he named as ministers and aides in his cabinet?

Why are we still trying to borrow $29.6Billion? Why is President Buhari opting to sell Nigeria's critical assets to fund consumables in his 2016 and 2017 budget? Inflation is now 18%, GDP has shrink beyond what words of mouth can explain.

Buhari is planning to sell NNPC, DPR, PPPRA & others refineries. At this point even if he sells Nigeria no one can do anything.

AMCON boss, Ahmed Kuru is also planning to sell Keystone Bank, a Nigerian asset to Northern cabal loyal to President Buhari.

What has happened to all the allegedly recovered loots? Based on an estimate,  well over $200 Billion has been recovered!

For the avoidance of doubt, if a fund is called "Recovered" it means it is in the possession of the government and no constraint is placed on it that might be hindering the government from spending it.

Over 1,000 Shiites Muslims were killed in cold blood, same as the agitators for the Restoration of Biafra country.

Nigeria is not a "banana republic" where citizens can just be killed by free will as if they don't have a right to live as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

All of these inhumane treatments are meted to citizens under a duly elected democratic President in Nigeria.

Unfortunately, all the leaders who are supposed to stand up firmly to defend our badly weakened democracy have gone into hiding because of fear of being tyrannically bullied, some others have soiled there hands in dirt and have lost there voices.

We the wailing wailers, a voice that speaks the truth no matter how ugly it may look, calls on all the well meaning Nigerians to rise up, enough is enough for all the ethno-religios-partisanship division in Nigeria, enough is enough for all the ineptitude of President Buhari.

If we allow things to continue this way, 2019 is not far but still far, we may not have anything left to hold on to as a people, we therefore call on President BUHARI to hand over power to his Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo.

President Buhari has said it on many occasions that old age may limit his performance and really his old age is affecting the sovereignty of Nigeria in negative ways.

We urge him to resign if he truly loves Nigeria as he professes, to avoid it sliding into total collapse.

All the pro-Nigeria and Pro-Democracy should join us on Tuesday, November 15th from 11 AM Nigerian time for a Social Media storm with the hashtag #BuhariMustGo.

Thank you and God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Usman Abubakar
Ag. NPS, Wailing Wailers
Headquarters, FCT. Abuja.

PRESS RELEASE: WHY BUHARI MUST RESIGN FROM ASO ROCK WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, BY WAILING WAILERS

The good People of Nigeria, we thank you for your patience and resilience under the government of President Muhammadu Buhari with no single achievement ever since he was sworn in on the 29th of May, 2015.

We want Nigerians to recall that during the electioneering campaign of Buhari and his party APC, promises were made that if they come to power life will become better for the people; massive job creation, economic and political stability,  $1=N1, etcetera.

But instead of fulfilling even a few of those promises that will make life better for an average man in Nigeria, people are becoming jobless, people can no longer afford to send their kids to school nor feed adequately, a lot of people are in critical medical condition, no medicare for them, our roads are bad, electricity situation in Nigeria has gone from bad to worse, everything is turning upside down under President Buhari.

Of course, his followers and supporters will hurriedly jump into defense that he is fighting corruption, we do not dispute that but what has happened to all the corrupt people he named as ministers and aides in his cabinet?

Why are we still trying to borrow $29.6Billion? Why is President Buhari opting to sell Nigeria's critical assets to fund consumables in his 2016 and 2017 budget? Inflation is now 18%, GDP has shrink beyond what words of mouth can explain.

Buhari is planning to sell NNPC, DPR, PPPRA & others refineries. At this point even if he sells Nigeria no one can do anything.

AMCON boss, Ahmed Kuru is also planning to sell Keystone Bank, a Nigerian asset to Northern cabal loyal to President Buhari.

What has happened to all the allegedly recovered loots? Based on an estimate,  well over $200 Billion has been recovered!

For the avoidance of doubt, if a fund is called "Recovered" it means it is in the possession of the government and no constraint is placed on it that might be hindering the government from spending it.

Over 1,000 Shiites Muslims were killed in cold blood, same as the agitators for the Restoration of Biafra country.

Nigeria is not a "banana republic" where citizens can just be killed by free will as if they don't have a right to live as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

All of these inhumane treatments are meted to citizens under a duly elected democratic President in Nigeria.

Unfortunately, all the leaders who are supposed to stand up firmly to defend our badly weakened democracy have gone into hiding because of fear of being tyrannically bullied, some others have soiled there hands in dirt and have lost there voices.

We the wailing wailers, a voice that speaks the truth no matter how ugly it may look, calls on all the well meaning Nigerians to rise up, enough is enough for all the ethno-religios-partisanship division in Nigeria, enough is enough for all the ineptitude of President Buhari.

If we allow things to continue this way, 2019 is not far but still far, we may not have anything left to hold on to as a people, we therefore call on President BUHARI to hand over power to his Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo.

President Buhari has said it on many occasions that old age may limit his performance and really his old age is affecting the sovereignty of Nigeria in negative ways.

We urge him to resign if he truly loves Nigeria as he professes, to avoid it sliding into total collapse.

All the pro-Nigeria and Pro-Democracy should join us on Tuesday, November 15th from 11 AM Nigerian time for a Social Media storm with the hashtag #BuhariMustGo.

Thank you and God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Usman Abubakar
Ag. NPS, Wailing Wailers
Headquarters, FCT. Abuja.

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday has confirmed that some of its soldiers who were attacked in the border town of Gashigar in Borno, had returned according to a senior military officer but LeadersNG made series of checks and spoke to 3 Second Lieutenants who said none of the missing soldiers have been found or returned. All the officers said that their ogas were lying to those in Abuja about the war.

They also complained about lack of weapons to effectively fight Boko Haram. The junior officers said Boko Haram terrorists more equipped and are waxing stronger each day.

All the 3 junior officers who spoke to LeadersNG said “The Theatre Commander is lying, none of the soldiers have returned. They want pressure on them from Abuja to reduce. If the officers missing have been found, where are they? We want to see them”.

The Theater Commander had said while briefing newsmen that “It is true that about 39 soldiers were declared missing.
“I want to inform you that a sizeable number of our soldiers had returned to base.

“I think it is only a handful that have not been found,” Irabor said.

LeadersNG also spoke to a Lieutenant Colonel who corroborated the storyline of the junior officers saying none of the missing officers have been found, that it was just a political statement to douse public outcry. He said the military high command was worried about the new perception that the army was becoming powerless which is why he believes they said the missing soldiers have returned.

http://leaders.ng/?p=13465

By Omoh Gabriel, Ben Agande & Levinus Nwabughiogu LAGOS – ON the heels of the Federal Government’s plan to borrow US$29.9 billion over the next two years, the Debt Management Office (DMO) has said that there was an urgent need for the Federal Government to formulate an economic blueprint or road-map for the medium term. DMO made the observation in its 2016 Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) report released yesterday in Abuja. This is just as the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is averring that the bid would take Nigeria back into the “captivity of the Paris Club of debtor nations, which a preceding PDP administration exited Nigeria from.” Dr. Abraham Nwankwo Director-General Debt Management and President Muhammadu Buhari Also yesterday, the Federal Government said that the 2016 budget has recorded a performance of 50 per cent, especially in capital expenditures, even as it expressed hope that barring any negative interferences, the documentation of 2017 budget estimates would be concluded and sent to the National Assembly next month. According to the DMO, the formulation of a blueprint will engender confidence in both local and international investors on the way forward. The blueprint has become imperative since the investor perception of the country’s outlook is critical to economic recovery. “In view of the fall in Federal Government’s revenue, the government should reinforce its initiatives aimed at diversifying the productive base of the economy, thus improving the non-oil revenue receipt,” it stated. The DMO said that concrete and urgent steps should be taken to broaden the nation’s tax base and improve efficiency in tax administration and collection. The report said given the country’s huge infrastructure needs, the government should sustain the policy of allocating a minimum of 30 per cent of its budget to capital investments. It said that judicious utilisation of such funds was necessary for infrastructure development and urged the government to ensure the strict adherence to the annual national budget calendar to facilitate growth recovery and reduce fiscal slippages and delays in budget implementation. The report noted that the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) by the National Assembly was long overdue and should be given speedy attention. PDP kicks, says it’s anti-people The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, meanwhile, has strongly objected to the administration’s financing plans describing it as anti-people and a move that would drag Nigeria into the capitivity of the Paris Club of debtor nations which a preceding PDP government liberated Nigeria from. While asking the National Assembly to reject the President’s request, the PDP charged the All Progressives Congress, APC-led administration to explain what it has done with the unprecedented haul of recovered looted funds saying that history will not forgive the APC administration if it goes ahead to put the yoke of suppressive debt on the nation. The PDP statement issued by its national publicity secretary, Prince Dayo Adeyeye read in part: “We totally disagree with the APC led Federal Government on this latest move, and call on President Muhammed Buhari to first and foremost explain to Nigerians what his administration has done with the so called ‘recovered looted funds’ and how far the 2016 Budget is fairing. Also, President Buhari must itemize what he intends to finance with this proposed borrowing of almost $30b instead of lumping it up in a coded term, and to plunge the nation’s future into burden of debt. More so, this approach cannot be the preferred solution to the economic quagmire which this Government created due to ineptitude. “This government budgeted the Sum of N6.07trn for the 2016 Fiscal Year with deficit of N2.22trn and according to the breakdown, N1.8trn was budgeted for Capital Expenditure and President Buhari is now seeking to borrow over N9trn ($29.960b) for ‘critical infrastructure’. This is absurd and way outside the government budgetary provisions for Capital Expenditure and must be rejected by all well-meaning Nigerians. “Nigerians will recall that the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in June 2016 made public, through a press statement, an account of recovered looted funds between May 2015 and May 2016 amounting to the sums of N78.3b, $185.1m, £3.5m and €11,250m in cash; while others were under interim forfeiture. What happened to the recovered funds?Or is it the same funds the EFCC and DSS are planting in houses of opposition figures and Justices instead of channeling it into the economy? In addition, the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu recently confirmed our position when he stated that the Commission recovered more money in eight months than it recovered in 12 years. “Nigerians need to know how much revenue government has been able to generate from crude oil, non-oil and independent revenue sources since assumption of office from May 2015 to September 2016. This clarification will boost confidence of Nigerians on the management of their resources, especially in this period of recession before thinking of engaging in external borrowing. “It is no gain saying that the APC-led Federal Government has left no stone unturned in castigating the PDP’s 16 years as wasted even with its obvious achievements; one of which was getting reprieve from the Paris Club of Creditors.The APC led Federal Government is again taking Nigeria prior to Year 2005 when external debt burden derailed the growth of Nigeria economy and weakened the GDP before the total cancellation of her debt. This proposed action of the APC’s government will be a great injustice to the citizens of this country now and in the future if they are plunged back into debt. “Let us state unequivocally, that history will not forgive this APC Government and its collaborators if they allow this injustice and maladministration to our economy and citizens to stand. We, therefore, call on the two Chambers of the National Assembly to reject this anti-people request by an anti-people government that has no genuine interest for the growth and development of the people of this country. “We again call on all Nigerians to speak with one voice and stop President Buhari from further destroying our great nation, Nigeria and by extension, Africa.” 2017 Budget ready next month — Minister Meanwhile, the federal government has expressed hope that barring any negative interferences, the documentation of 2017 budget estimates would be concluded and sent to the National Assembly next month. To this end, it is expected that the implementation of the budget would commence in earnest January 2017, with a view to getting Nigeria out of economic recession. Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, gave the hint yesterday while fielding questions from newsmen at the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. Ahmed, who was asked to rate the performance of the 2016 budget, stated that the budget had recorded 50 per cent implementation, especially in the capital expenditure. She also justified the request of the President to the National Assembly to borrow $29billion, saying it was to make up the deficit in the 2016 budget. She said: “The 2017 budget preparation is at an advanced stage, the Economic Management Team has reviewed it extensively, the next step is that it is going to be brought into the Federal Executive Council for approval, thereafter it will be sent to the National Assembly. “Concerning the borrowing plan that Mr. President has sent to the National Assembly for 2016, indeed included in the borrowing plan is the amount that is required for both local and foreign borrowing to fund the 2016 budget deficit. “The budget implementation itself is on course; the 2016 budget is fully performing to date in terms of personnel, that is to say we are not owing any salaries at the federal level. Operational expenditure has been disbursed for eight months and the ninth month is just being processed. “Capital expenditure has been disbursed to the tune of nearly 50 per cent. About N720 billion has been released for the MDAs as at the end of September.” Ahmed told State House correspondents that FEC also gave approval for the commencement of the home grown school feeding programme, noting that N65 billion had been earmarked for release in the first phase. She also stated that N30,000 had been approved to pay each graduate teachers who would be engaged in the teaching programme, while soft loans would be provided for the less privileged and the vulnerable in the society. “The Budget Ministry presented a memo to Council for notation and implementation on the progress of national roll out of the social investment Programme. “The programmes are in four parts. First is the homegrown school feeding Programme which is targeting 5.5 million primary school pupils in all the states of the federation from primary 1-3. “As at today, 11 states are fully ready to start and the first phase will feed 3.5 million school children. “The second is a job creation programme which is aimed at preparing 500,000 university graduates, they will be equipped with devices containing information to train them as teachers, agricultural workers and also as health support workers. “They will be deployed to work in their local communities. They will be receiving a monthly stipend of N30,000 for a period of two years. “The third is the Conditional Cash Transfer, CCT, where one million care givers will be given N5000 monthly for a period of two years. Focus has been given to the extremely poor and vulnerable in our society and special emphasis is being placed on providing for as many as possible in the north eastern part of the country where a lot of internally displaced persons are. “The fourth is the enterprise promotion programme which is essentially the loan scheme that will be handled by the Bank of Industry. The 1.6 million people made up of market women, traders, artisans, small businesses, youths will be given loan from N10,000 to N100,000, with a repayment period of three to six months and administration cost of five per cent. “N500billion was budgeted for the social investment Programme in the 2016 budget. We are rolling out with this first four programmes and it will continue till 2017”, she explained.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/fg-needs-new-plan-economy-dmo/

TheFreeOne:
That'll be a cowardly and foolish move if true.

I hope he's not one of those that'll sell their own people for a pot of pottage according to FFK.

Security agencies should have arrested the dude that signed Miyetti Allah press statement in which Ekiti state / her citizens were threatened to show their sincerity and make people believe they aren't partial.

Unfortunately such may not happen cos recent events in naija have shown there are double standards under present administration for handling same issue.

What do you expect security agencies to do, when the grand patron of Miyetti Allah is the GCON. Fulani herdsmen have killed more Nigerians that Boko Haram since inception of this government and no one have been arrested or jailed for their atrocities. This is one reason why fayose has my support. If the federal government cannot defend you, you have the right to defend yourself

Youths in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, under the aegis of Ekiti APC Youths Congress (EAYC) have condemned the Special Adviser (Political) in the office of the Vice President Senator, Babafemi Ojudu for choosing to hold meeting with leaders of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, despite that the association threatened the government and people of Ekiti State over the recently introduced anti-grazing law.

In a press statement issued in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday and jointly signed by Mr Tope Ogunkuade and Comrade Tunji Adeleye, Convener and Secretary respectively, the EAYC said it was painful that leaders of the APC like Senator Ojudu always involve themselves in actions that will set Ekiti people against the party.

The youths said it was painful that while the entire people of Ekiti State were seeing the the Prohibition of Cattle and other Ruminants Grazing in Ekiti State law, 2016 and its total enforcement beyond political party lines and were standing behind Governor Ayodele Fayose, APC leaders like Senator Ojudu could be hobnobbing with leaders of MIyetti Allah in Abuja.

When our party failed to speak out to condemn killing of fellow indigenes of Ekiti State by Fulani herdsmen, we condemned it.

We said then that support for President Mohammadu Buhari should not becloud the party’s sense of reasoning and patriotism towards Ekiti and its people.

However, instead of our leaders to join Governor Fayose to safeguard the lives of Ekiti people and the sources of their livelihood against the killer herdsmen, Senator Ojudu, again took the ridiculous step of holding meeting with leaders of the herdsmen, not minding that they openly threatened to invade Ekiti State.

At such a meeting, we would have expected that Senator Ojudu would ask the Miyetti Allah what role it played when its members invaded Oke-Ako and killed two Ekiti sons, but we were shocked to read in the newspapers that Ojudu was pacifying them.

How do we now, as a party face Ekiti people that are already seeing our party as supporting the herdsmen’s killing of our people and destruction of their farmlands?

Haven’t Ojudu now justify that belief that APC is supporting Fulani herdsmen against Ekiti people and that we value cows more than human lives?

BlackSeptember:
I stand with Fayose.


Where is patriotic9jaboy aka mrkayusfit aka joboorskill.

same I join you stand with am