₦airaland Forum

1. Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala former finance minister, makes Fortune’s 50 Greatest World Leaders’ List former Finance minister.
2. Dr. Mike Onolememen, fomer works minister. Honored by Georgia congressional black caucus for leadership
3. Dr. Akinwumi Adesina. Former Agriculture minister, now president elect of African Development Bank.
4. Arunma Oteh former Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), now World Bank's Vice President & Treasurer.

APC AND TINUBU HAVE STARTED ANOTHER SERIES OF LIES AGAIN. UNA NO DEY TIREE

The Oyo State Government yesterday announced stoppage of payment of the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) for public school pupils in the state.

The decision is among the measures taken to address the poor performance of students in the public examinations being conducted by the West African Examination Council (WARC) and National Examination Council (NECO).

Head of Service Mr Soji Eniade, in a statement yesterday, pointed out that the measure would enhance quality education in the public school system.

Consequently, each pupil us to pay N3,000 as Education Development Levy per session.

The statement entitled: “Efforts of Oyo state government to Address Poor Performance of Students in Public Secondary Schools”, said: “Government has stopped further payment of WAEC registration fees with effect from 2015/2016 academic session. This is as a result of poor financial status of the state government coupled with the lackadaisical attitude of parents and students to promotion of quality education”.

On the education levy, the HOS said, “A sum of N3,000 only will be paid per student on annual basis as Education Development Levy. Payment would be in three equal installments of N1,00” per term. Fund gathered would be utilized to complement government’s effort in the improvement of infrastructure in public secondary schools”.

Aside the financial aspect of the repositioning, the government said there would be enforcement of 80 per cent attendance of pupils in schools; cancellation of automatic promotions; re-invigoration of extra-mural classes, as well as establishment of zonal education monitoring committees to bring a halt to truancy among students, “

The release noted that government has perfected arrangements to partner with stakeholders in the management of public schools. -Nigerianeye

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By Nduka Nwosu N(ew York)

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned twin attacks in Nigeria and the Cameroon yesterday by the terrorist organisation Boko Haram.

Boko Haram had carried out suicidal attacks in the two countries, targeting churches and mosques where they bombed Christian and Muslim worshippers in particular during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the north eastern states of Borno and Yobe.

The statement released by Mr. Ban’s spokesman said: “The Secretary-General takes note of [Nigerian] President Muhammadu Buhari's determination to root out this menace, and commends the countries of the Lake Chad Basin Commission and Benin for their steadfast efforts in the fight against Boko Haram.”

The suicide bombers that devastated both the Muslim and Christian communities counted the dead in their left dozens in Zaria in the early morning of yesterday stepping up a week long activity of bombings and indiscriminate shootings into crowds of civilians.

Extending his heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims by Mr. Ban, the statemend added: “The Secretary-General renews his calls to support the operationalization of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) through the provision of the requisite political, logistical, and financial resources and necessary expertise, consistent with international humanitarian, human rights and refugee law.”.

According to Mohammed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA), “Boko Haram has since May, stepped up its attacks in the Lake Chad Basin area – not only in Nigeria, but also in Niger and Chad – mainly against civilian targets, although the structure and capacity of the group for conventional warfare had been largely destroyed through regional action supported by international partners, which he called commendable.”

According to Ibn Chambas, there was need for further vigilance and coordinated regional action against Boko Haram adding that what was more important at this time was increased support from all the partners also stating that addressing the root causes of the insurgency was a requirement for lasting stability, with “a coordinated post-conflict strategy to help restore living conditions and allow the return of displaced persons.”

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ban-ki-moon-condemns-twin-attacks-on-nigeria-cameroon/217956/

JUST PASSING

BBOGs was nothing but a scam, it was a convert operation by APC to turn Nigerians against GEJ. Now that their mission has been accomplished. That is APC in power there is nothing like bring back our girls again. Just wait and see the list of ministers. Oby is surely going to be list as compensation for work done.

Tinubu and APC have started this again with their usual lies and propaganda. They are trying hard to come in between Dogara and his deputy. God in his infinite mercy will not allow this propaganda to to IJN amen.

ajepako:
And the masturbators include: Beremx, Omenka, Passingshot, Rilwayne, Obiageli, Midolin....

HBP loading........

lolz

Masturbators go dey vex as them see this pics

Una no dey tire ehh. Apc

ARE WE NOW IN THE SEASON OF DENIAL

jayfolarin:
You wanted to diss someone but can't even compose a simple sentence correctly. Get an education boy!

ENGLISH TEACHER GO SIDDON JOOR, PEOPLE LIKE UNA WEN BE WAEC CUSTOMER GO COME NL CON DEY FORM TOO KNOW, MTEWWW

azzima:
how much of the stolen money did they give you and your wretched family?.....and you are still jobless while their Children are bagging first class all over the worldYou will remain wretched forever, keep fighting for the Thieves.

anoda one way thinker on the the loose . Your own even worst. All the amala wen u dey eat don make ur brain black finish. That's y sense u no get ozworr

That place didn't look like somewhere that was bombard, I feel mayb they were going for a mission. Even the the foot soldier were just strolling. If it were bombardment NAF would had also bombard they while fleeing, instead of showing us video of them fleeing, and also no military on ground. APC and lies are inseparable. No wonder they have liar Mohammed As spokes man

I pray say you go even see 20 year old virgin for this obodo again self

This was written by on Tinubu and Apc apologist. One way thinkers. Oshomole has been shouting corrupt charges against Ngozi as if he is the court. Why all hear from mr west Germany is GEJ's men stole this and that. They should quietly do they investigation and take anyone culpable to court. Instead of making noise. APC And Buhari should note that they are now in power and not opposition.

We are winning the war - buhari
boko haram are our misguided brothers- buhari
war against boko haram is a war against d north- buhari.
boko haram is a northern agenda. Where is arewa. They are now mute. BBOG girls nko also mute. They should continue we are watching.

Nice one, Dss should b next.

Its almost 100 days in office, the only thong we hear is probe, jail, corruption but wat we see is northnization of Nigeria . Nothing tangible has been done in terms of development. Apcshit and Buhari better get to work. Country just dey on autopilot, wch kind rubbish b dis.

BudgIT, the civic advocacy and transparency group, which first noticed the details that led to an outrage over the N78.3m budgeted for a website by the former Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, have alleged that they are being threatened for doing their work.

Oluseun Onigbinde, the lead partner of BudgIT, said that since the website story broke, “our motives have been questioned, our support from trusted partners queried, accusations made against our staff – and now we have received new information about threats.”

When the ScoopNG spoke with members of the BudgIT team, they were visibly worried and shaken but refused to be publicly specific about the threats and those behind it, citing security reasons.



However, Onigbinde said that the threats they have received, “directly reference our Tweets about information published on the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency website for the ‘Upgrade of www.tundefashola.com website post May 29, 2015 Handover.’”

In a statement released by BudgIT on Tuesday, the organisation said it was “disheartened that in a democracy, threats are being made over the mere fact that a civic organisation highlighted public finance data to none other than the public. We reiterate that the information was, and (at the timing of this statement), still is on the website, and therefore in the public domain, and therefore legally open to scrutiny by BudgIT.
http://www.lagosppa.gov.ng/awarded-contracts/details-contracts-award-2014. We have made no accusations, neither have we published any (secret) document or violated any government rules.

“We are at a loss as to why these threats should be made, as our actions were motivated by nothing more than our role as an institution respected for data-driven advocacy for accountability, transparency and openness in the management of public funds in Nigeria.

“We state once more that we have no political interest as we don’t take funds or seek untoward favours from government officials or politicians. Our relationship with government institutions has always been on intersecting civic engagement with institutional reform and this is mainly funded by international donor support. We also want to state that we are not interested in any timing as regards the motives of this as we have only highlighted a public document published on May 13, 2015. We advise other Nigerians to interrogate the document and ask questions as responsible tax-paying citizens.”

http://www.thescoopng.com/we-refuse-to-be-intimidated-budgit-says-its-being-threatened-for-blowing-whistle-over-n78-3m-website/

The launch of three books written in honour of the immediate past governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola was a shadow of the expected large turnout of the who is who in his party, as leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, stayed away from the launch of the books in Lagos on Tuesday.

Aside the absence of the APC leaders, most of the members of the former governor’s cabinet, including his two former deputy governors and members of the State Executive Committee of the APC were absent at the presentation the books titled, ‘In Bold Print’, ‘The Lagos Blowdown’ and ‘The Great Leap.

The books were authored by Fashola’s media aide, Mr. Hakeem Bello and Mr. Dapo Adeniyi.


The National leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, however sent Prof. Tunde Samuel to represent him.

Fashola’s book presentation falls sharply short of that of the former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Ameachi, which had Tinubu, Governor Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Governor Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Governor Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna), Governor Samuel Lalong (Plateau), Governor Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos), APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; Chief Bisi Akande, former Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, and many others in attendance.

The failure of prominent members and leaders of APC to attend the Fashola’s book presentation may have further exposed alleged bad blood between the former governor and his estranged godfather, Tinubu.

http://dailypost.ng/2015/08/18/apc-leaders-snub-fasholas-book-presentation/

President Muhammadu Buhari says he will gladly reverse or abandon some inherited economic policies if doing so will lead to the creation of more jobs for Nigerians.



The president made the statement at a meeting in the Presidential Villa on Monday with Executive Members of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN).

He directed the Ministries of Industries, Trade and Investment, and Finance, as well as the Central Bank and other relevant government agencies to evolve before next year’s budget, new policies to boost domestic manufacturing.

Policy Somersaults

“We are in difficult times economically, but we’ll continue to do our best for manufacturing to pick up. We must begin to behave as if we have no oil at all.

“We will gladly have policy somersaults, if it will mean more jobs, particularly for youths. I campaigned on three major planks. To effectively secure our country, provide employment through revamping the economy, and wage a relentless war against corruption. I intend to keep faith with these promises,” a statement by the President’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, quoted Buhari as saying.

He lamented that the textile industry that employed about 320,000 people in the past only parades about 30,000 now.

“It shows the carelessness of past governments, if almost 300,000 people lose jobs in a single sector. We have a clear idea of how we can stimulate employment and we will work very hard to do so,” President Buhari told the MAN delegation.

The MAN President, Dr Frank Udemba Jacobs had appealed for a review of policies that stifle the manufacturing sector, noting that the importance of a robust manufacturing sector for the general well-being of the economy cannot be over-emphasised.

http://www.channelstv.com/2015/08/17/buhari-orders-review-of-economic-policies-to-create-jobs/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

MY MENTOR

I DON'T BELIEVE THIS PIECE, THAT WAS HOW THEY SAY JONATHAN'S MAN HAD ALREADY STARTED RETURNING LOOT ALLEGEDLY STOLEN, ONLY FOR CBN TO COME OUT AND DISPUTE IT. NOW I THINK APC SHOULD START BACKING THEIR STATEMENTS WITH PICTURES OR VIDEO, ENOUGH OF THESE LIES AND PROPANGANDA

THOSE WHO LEAVE IN GLASS HOUSE DON'T THROW STONES, THEM NO BORN BUHARI WELL TO PROBE OBASANJO AND IBB. UNLESS HIM WANT MAKE BREEZE BLOW HIS YANCH OPEN.

THIS SCAM OF A GOVERNOR STILL HAVE MOUTH TO TALK RUBBISH. WELL ALL KNOW APC IS BUILT ON LIES AND PROPANGANDA. SO WE'RE NOT SURPRISED

MY PRESIDENT MY HERO. GOD IS WITH YOU

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has been inching forward in his three-point agenda: securing the nation from terrorists, declaring war on corruption and opening up the economy. After raising serial alarms both at home and abroad about the evil exploits of thieves and looters in our emaciated economy, PMB took the first step towards opening action against graft. He set up the Presidential Committee on Anti-Corruption (PCAC), with renowned constitutional lawyer, respected social commentator and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Professor Itse Sagay, as the Chairman. It seems we are set to go. But the question is: what exactly are we moving into?
Are we merely reacting to the pinch of a lean purse, the gloom of oil glut and low prices of our primary export commodity, crude oil? Are we stampeding to recover looted public funds from the officials of the former President Goodluck Jonathan administration? If so, what about other big thieves who were not part of that administration? What of the big looters who blindly wrecked the treasuries of their states? What about the bigger thieves and looters further back, down the line who conducted the crooked sales of our public assets in the name of privatisation and used fronts to corner our commonwealth?
What about the infamous failed turnaround maintenance of our refineries which gulped billions of naira during the Olusegun Obasanjo regime? When that failed, we were forced to rely exclusively on imported and heavily subsidised petrol and diesel to run our autos, homes, offices and factories. What about the multi-billion dollar power projects that the Hon. Ndudi Elumelu House of Representatives Panel probed and indicted the Obasanjo administration but was swept under the carpet?Buhari-looters
What about former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s six-year tenure as the Minister of Petroleum, during which happenings in the oil sector were not made transparent? Obasanjo, being the almighty president, was never invited even once by the Senate or House of Representatives to disclose how the industry was being run. Are we to overlook the need to know how much the Obasanjo administration raised and spent the proceeds of the increases in petrol prices from N22 in 1999 to N85 in 2007? What explanation can justify the restriction of the probes to the Jonathan administration?
The probe we need must be comprehensive. We want to know how people, including former governors and presidents, became multi-billionaires after their stints in public office. 1999 is a credible benchmark to start because it was not only the period that our renascent democracy dawned, it also signified the beginning of the second, and by far the most momentous of our oil booms. At the end of it, our commonwealth went into private pockets. Civil servants, state and federal government appointees and other classes of people with access to public funds built or bought up choice houses in the cities, especially Abuja and Lagos, became owners of brand new hotels in state capitals all over the federation and acquired exclusive real estate properties in foreign countries like Ghana, South Africa, UAE, UK, USA, Canada and what have you. People who laundered money for top public officeholders became owners of the hundreds of private jets that litter our airports without any credible economic activities to justify their fabulous wealth.
The anti-graft war we need will not only recover funds and properties whose owners cannot convincingly explain the legitimate means by which they acquired them, it must also send such people to jail as the law prescribes. Such a clean-up campaign will not look anybody in the face to distinguish their tribe, state of origin, region, religion, political party or relationship to people in power.
For this to succeed, the Sagay panel must propose a comprehensive reform of the criminal law system that will ensure that once the anti-graft agencies raise queries against anyone to justify how they acquired their wealth, the said wealth will temporarily be forfeited to the government pending when the accused completes his or her exoneration in court. It should no longer be a question of the prosecution proving the guilt of the accused beyond all reasonable doubt. That should be reserved for cases involving personal liberties and civil rights not stolen funds and illegally acquired property.
This effort should be aimed at returning Nigeria to reality and keeping its citizens to the simple diet of living within their legitimate means. When this succeeds, government will once again, have the resources to give the people light, water, good schools, functional hospitals, affordable housing, and our security agencies will be well provided for to protect us. We will no longer have to dig boreholes in every compound to tap water from the aquifer. We will no longer depend on our generators (with their deafening noises and polluting smoke) to live. We will no longer have to pay shylock school proprietors for the poor quality education our children are receiving. We will no longer have to lock ourselves behind high walls and employ our own security.
Anything short of restoring Nigeria to sanity and ensuring that public funds are henceforth strictly deployed for the good of the citizens will be a waste of time.
Corruption must be comprehensively defined. We should no longer leave it to individuals to define for us what they think corruption is (such as former President Jonathan’s view that stealing is not corruption). For me corruption is not just about stealing. Stealing is only the sensational face of it. There are other facets that may be even more dangerous than stealing. Stealing, especially the looting of public funds, does not just take place in a vacuum. You have to create the conditions that will predispose a system to it. When you allow, ignore or condone the infringement of due process, you predispose the system to corruption and stealing.
It is in this dangerous terrain that the Buhari administration has been traipsing. Obtaining a search warrant from a magistrate’s court and using it to invade and search the properties of former National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Col Sambo Dasuki and his father in three separate states was a wrong application of due process, but the regime got away with it.
Interfering in the affairs of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) instead of allowing departing Chairman, Attahiru Jega, to hand over to Ambassador Wali as Acting National Chairman, pending when the President would appoint a substantive National Chairman was an abuse of power and a dangerous illegality.
Worse still, appointing Hajiya Amina Zakari as “Acting” National Chairman and keeping her on that post even after her tenure had expired and not renewed is a disservice to our democracy. Putting someone close to the president in that office against the constitutional requirement that the occupant must be credible and independent puts the nation in danger of Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC) deciding the outcome of elections in Nigeria from now henceforth. Stealing the people’s power to elect candidates of their choice is a bigger corruption than stealing public funds. You cannot be using one hand to recover looted funds while using the other to loot the people’s right to elect candidates of their choice.
And you cannot use the Directorate of State Services (DSS) headed by your kinsman and party member to harass and intimidate INEC officials and judicial officers in Rivers and Akwa Ibom States in flagrant violation of the law and yet pretend to be fighting corruption.
The war on corruption must not be done in a way to make us a laughing stock. It should not be designed as self-help mechanism by the ruling party to harass, intimidate and diminish their political counterparts while shielding crooks within its own ranks.
Professor Sagay and his group have a tough job on their hands, and we hope they are man enough to do it without fear or favour.

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/buharis-impending-anti-graft-war/#sthash.8oMfrSKr.dpuf

LAGOS — The nation’s banks would be losing about N2 trillion deposits to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, with the implementation of the Treasury Single Account, TSA, as ordered last week by President Muhammadu Buhari. States are also gearing up to adopt the policy.
CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele
CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele
The report on accounts of banks with CBN shows that as at beginning of this current quarter, banks’ total public sector deposits was N1.3 trillion but additional net flows from Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FACC, as at end of last month (about N240 billion) as well as expected inflows by end of this month may push the figure close to N2.2 trillion by the time the pull out begins next month.
According to the directive from the Presidency, the implementation of the TSA by all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) is to enable compliance of MDAs with the provisions of the constitution. This is also in line with the Presidency’s directives to the National Economic Council, NEC, to ensure full compliance of MDAs to relevant laws on accounting, allocation and disbursement of public funds.
Bankers had pressurized the former government of Goodluck Jonathan, which had initiated the policy in December 2014, to soft pedal on the implementation which was originally scheduled for February 2015, on the reasons of a likely negative impact on the economy.
Last weekend, bank treasurers told Vanguard that the implementation would adversely affect liquidity in the banking system and end up putting pressure on interest rates and availability of credit to the economy.
In a statement, weekend, Afrinvest Group, a Lagos-based financial investment house, said: “Whilst the directive issued came as the first official statement by the Presidency on the TSA, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, had earlier began withdrawing its funds from banks for retirement into CBN.
“This had an impact on liquidity level in the banking system, resulting in a surge in money market rates during the period as banks scrambled for funds to cover their liquidity positions.
“With the TSA implementation now extended to all federal MDAs, the Nigerian banking industry, on an aggregate basis, would be affected in terms of deposits and funding cost structure.”
In relation to this FBN Capital, an investment arm of FirstBank of Nigeria Plc, stated in its money market reports last weekend that the NNPC withdrew about N400 billion from the banks last month pushing Open Buy Back, OBB, and overnight interest rates to a record high of 50 per cent. It, however, stated that this pressure was corrected when FACC inflow came to the banks within the same period.
In the implementation of the TSA there will be no FACC inflow to correct or compensate for the outflows.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/treasury-single-account-bank-deposits-loss-may-hit-n2trn/#sthash.38bjYYCF.dpuf

Buhari is afraid of probing any if the past generals, cos they know his secret. In IBB's voice, those who live in glass house don't throw stones

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