₦airaland Forum

By Henry Umoru

ABUJA- THE Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP yesterday explained that when completed, the proposed N4 billion African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) will reduce the financial burden of rents for international bodies that were being hosted in Nigeria.

The PDP also explained yesterday that the increase in the budget proposals for the renovation of Vice President’s guest house became imperative following emerging security challenges in the country as well as the need to change the earlier designs, just as the PDP noted that the guest house was not strictly for the present Vice President Namadi Sambo, said.

In a statement by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, the party warned the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and Congress for Progressive Change, CPC against what it termed politics of deceit following the stiff opposition to the project by these parties.

Metuh said, “Contrary to the odious and deliberate distortion of facts by the opposition, the building is not for the Nigerian First Lady. The complex on completion is to host the AFLPM which has the backing of the African Union as an instrument for championing women and youth development.

The Peace Mission House is a public institution, a building in the likes of the Women Development Center, Nigerian Cultural Center among others which the law empowers the FCTA to build and operate in provision of facilities for the advancement of its development efforts. It will go a long way in reducing the financial burden in rents for international bodies being hosted by the country.

‘’Similarly, the increment in the budget of the official residence of the Vice President was occasioned by the changes in the redesigning, expertly advised to take care of emerging security challenges.

The house is not for the exclusive benefit of the current Vice Present as the malicious propaganda of the opposition has been feeding the public with.”

According to PDP, attack on Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Senator Bala Mohammed were designed by CPC and ACN to discredit him and the the PDP-led government of FCTA, adding, ‘’The two political parties in their absurd releases accused the FCTA of budgeting the sum of N7billion for the construction of two Abuja City Gates; N5 billion for the rehabilitation of commercial sex workers and N4 billion for the construction of First Lady’s Office.

They also claimed that the FCTA padded the budget for the construction of the Vice President’s official residence.

‘’It is however clear that this coalition of disparate forces are at their usual homage to deceit and bare-faced lies aimed first at misleading Nigerians and whipping up public anger against the PDP.

It is unfortunate that the leadership of these political parties among whom are elders whose ‘silver hairs’ we thought, would avail the nation virtues to paraphrase Shakespeare in Julius Caesar, have turned to merchants of cheap lies in an attempt to slur the integrity of our leadership of the nation.

“There is no provision for the construction of the Abuja City Gate in the FCT 2013 budget and there is nowhere the FCT earmarked N5 billion for the rehabilitation of commercial sex workers in the said budget. We challenge the parties to prove us wrong.

“The truth is that the FCT administration has nothing to do with the proposed Abuja City Gates. The project is one of the items making up the Centenary City to be financed by the private sectors in earnest of corporate social responsibility towards the Centenary Celebrations. Neither is the FCTA connected to the Centenary City nor to the City Gate, as such does not exist in its budget.

”’The FCTA did not provide the sum of N5 billion for the rehabilitation of commercial sex workers in the 2013 budget. What is public knowledge however that is the overall budget of the Social Development Department of the FCTA is N4.7 billion out of which the FCTA slated only N150 million for routine enforcement and general management of the rehabilitation centers including training and empowerment of rehabilitated sex workers. In fact, the budget was reduced from N225 million budgeted last year.

Therefore, to tell Nigerians that the FCTA budgeted N5 billion for the rehabilitation of prostitutes when it is clear that only N150 million was budgeted for the sub-head under which it falls is to say the least despicable.

“What else but studied obscurantism will blind the opposition elements to the massive infrastructural development going on in the FCT under the current administration?

‘’The opposition is well aware of the Land Swap Initiative of the FCT administration which in partnership with the private sector has delivered a sizable part of a total of 500,000 houses in 10 new districts while providing jobs for half a million Nigerians.

“Is the opposition blind to the on-going Social Housing Scheme set to deliver a total of 50,000 free houses for Nigerians? Does the opposition not feel the vibration of massive construction in all crannies of the city as in Abuja Light Rail Scheme; the new 10 lane Outer Circular Roads as well as the on-going resurfacing of the inner roads within the city?

“The bottom-line is that both the ACN and the CPC are daily proving to Nigerians that their political parties thrive in lies and deceit; an opposition lacking in character and in attitude, a brood of self ambitious dictators united in a shameful agenda of lies to mislead the people.”

“This is certainly not the type of leaders Nigerians will entrust their fate to.’’

www.vanguardngr.com/2013/02/why-there-is-need-for-first-ladies-mission-pdp/

What a shamefull act. This goes to
show that these lawmakers are
criminals. They came to show
solidarity with thier patener-in
crime.Shameless lawbrakers!

Garba, Your own stupidity
is getting out of hand! GEJ
is d best thing that has
ever happened to us
Nigerians. . You are
castigating Okoli just because he wished My
president well! Mr Garba, i
hope u are nt what i am
thinking right now? If u
are one them pls go back
to Mali and join ur colleagues there
(Haramists)..

MTN has announced that it has started installing Long Term Evolution
(LTE) network, a ‘standard for wireless communication of high-speed
data for mobile phones and data terminal’, known as 4G technology. The network infrastructure upgrade plan will provide its customers with faster data access and speed of up to 100Mbps such as faster access to the internet and superior quality live streaming and video chatting. Mr Rami Farah, the company’s chief
technical officer, said the telecom’s
continuous investment and
introduction of supreme technologies
seek to provide customers with the
best user experience across the country.
MTN Uganda launched the first mobile
money service in Uganda, introduced
3G+, expanded its distribution foot
print, and enhanced the core, radio
capacity and infrastructure technology. Furthermore, it extended its fibre
network by laying optical fibre and
built regional switching centres in the
North, East, West and Central regions. "MTN remains committed to the development of the ICT sector and the Ugandan economy. LTE becomes the new standard determining the level of technology development and offering substantially faster data speed than other technologies" says Mazen Mroué, MTN Uganda chief executive officer. The company plans to invest US$ 70 million this year added to another US$ 80 million spent in 2012. This launch will make MTN the first telecom to use such technology in East Africa. However, last year, Smiles Telecom tested 4G technology services in Kampala after acquiring a license from Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) allowing it to trade in this technology. The two telecoms have set the tempo; it remains on the part of their competitors to be more innovative and creative to woo customers.
www.independent.co.ug/news/news/7167-mtn-to-launch-4g-technology

ABUJA -President Goodluck Jonathan
will tomorrow declare open a two-
day national conference aimed at
encouraging broad-based approach
to tackle emerging contemporary
security challenges in the country. This is contained in a statement
issued by CSP Frank Mba, the Deputy
Force Public Relations Officer, in
Abuja yesterday. Mba said the conference will be
attended by military and police
chiefs, representatives of state
governors, special advisers on
security to governors and security
experts/practitioners from within and outside the country. Also to attend are principal officers
of national and state assemblies,
chief executive officers of registered
and active private security agencies
and representatives of ethnic forums
and nationalities. He said that the National Human
Rights Commission, invited Non-
governmental organisations and civil
society groups were expected to
attend. Others included Nigeria
Labour Congress, PENGASSAN, Trade Union Congress The others are Nigeria Union of
Journalist, representatives of Police
Community Relations Committee at
national and state levels among
participants. It also said that other
critical stakeholders in the Nigerian Project were also expected to make
inputs. “The summit, which is a public private
partnership initiative, is expected to
provide an avenue for Nigerians from
all walks of life to make informed
inputs into concerted efforts by the
police and other security agencies at providing lasting solution to Nigeria’s
myriad Security Challenges,” it said.
The statement said the two-day
event was being organised by the
Nigeria Police in conjunction with
Vanguard Newspapers. The theme of the conference is:
“Addressing Nigeria’s: Security
Challenges for Sustainable Peace and
Development”. It urged participants to use the
opportunity to make sincere and
informed inputs on matters bordering
on the general security of the
country and the people. According to
the statement, the conference is predicated upon the belief of the
force that the business of policing
and securing Nigeria is the
responsibility of all. It added that “no
single individual or organisation has
monopoly of security knowledge’’ . It assured participants that their
inputs, suggestions, contributions and
decisions would be given
consideration in new security policies
and strategic operational plans by
the government and the Police High Command.
www.nigerianobservernews.com/09012013/news/news10.html

Niger don tire me.

Authorities of
Nigeria’s University of Benin (UNIBEN)
located in the capital of southern Edo
State on Tuesday announced the
discovery of a new herbal drug that
can cure the dreaded Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and the
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS), urging carriers of the disease
to give it a try. Dean of the School of Basic Medical
Sciences of UNIBEN Isaiah Ibeh unveiled
the herbal drug to reporters, saying
it had undergone series of successful
tests at the laboratory and by
medical experts both in Nigeria and the United States of America, where it
passed through more critical tests. “We are at the threshold of making
history, in the sense that we seem to
have with us something that will
permanently take care of what over
time seems to have defied all
solutions. We are talking about the latest discovery of an oral drug made
from plants extraction in Nigeria for
the possible cure of the pandemic, HIV
and AIDS virus,” he said, adding that
research on the project had
commenced in 2010 and culminated in the development of the liquid drug
known as Deconction X (DX) or
Bioclean 11, for the cure of HIV/AIDS. “The existing retroviral drugs are
intervention drugs for the
management of AIDS, but our new
discovery is a possible cure,” he said
further. According to Ibeh, the university had
tried to look at the herbal drug first,
as well as its toxicological analysis
and discovered that it has a large
safety margin before unveiling it to
the public. “This means that if animals or human beings are exposed to it,
they will not suffer any serious harm
at all from the exposure,” he said. The Nigerian university also claimed to
have obtained a refreshing and
revealing result, having done
bacteriological analysis on the drug,
after which it looked at its effect on
the virus. “The drug had performed well on patients with the HIV virus
and had shown evidence of total
restoration of damaged tissues. The
result showed an increase in the body
weight of the individuals administered
with DX,” Ibeh said. He said further tests were being
conducted to determine the point at
which a patient will prove negative
after being administered the drug,
explaining that this verification
became necessary because it is what is used to measure whether an
infection was still there or not. “Preliminary results showed that of
the five latest patients orally
administered with the drugs within
seven months, three of them were siro
negative while two were still faintly
positive,” he explained, while appealing to government and other
relevant bodies to assist the
university with relevant equipment to
sustain the research.
www.nzweek.com/world/nigerian-university-says-discovered-new-cure-for-hivaids-41557/

Gunmen on a motorcycle kill three people when they open fire on a group of Muslim worshippers in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, the latest such attack in the region, say police.

KANO – Gunmen on a motorcycle killed three people on Monday when they opened fire on a group of Muslim worshippers in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, the latest such attack in the region, police said.

Three gunmen fired into a group of people preparing for evening prayers in a business district of the city, the largest in Nigeria’s mainly Muslim north, police spokesman Magaji Majia told AFP.

“The three gunmen came on a motorcycle around 6:00 pm and opened fire on a group of people getting ready for the evening prayers at a popular tea-selling spot opposite the zoo,” Majia said.

One person was also injured in the attack.

Gunmen thought to belong to Islamist extremist group Boko Haram have done scores of such shootings in Nigeria’s north, though criminal gangs also carry out violence under the guise of the group.

Violence related to Boko Haram’s insurgency has left some 3,000 people dead since 2009, including killings by the security forces.
www.vanguardngr.com/2013/01/gunmen-fire-on-muslim-worshippers-kill-three/

Hmmm.. Lets wait and see.

With a lot of expectations for performance and progress, Osun state Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola has approved the appointment of the pioneer members of Board of Trustees and Board of Directors for the Osogbo based Awolowo Centre for Philosophy, Ideology and Good Governance. Former Governor of Lagos state and National
Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria
(ACN), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is to serve as
the chairman of the centre’s Board of
Trustees while Nobel Laureate, Professor
Wole Soyinka will represent Ogun state and the founder, Aregbesola will represent Osun
state on the board. Other members of the board are former Vice
Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU),
Ile-Ife, Professor, Wale Omole and former Vice
Chancellor of University of Ado-Ekiti, Prof. Akin
Oyebode (Ekiti). In a statement issued by the
Director, Bureau of Communications and Strategy in the office of the Governor, Mr
Semiu Okanlawon names other members of the
board to include Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; Dr.
Usman Bugaje (North); Prof. (Mrs) Bolanle Awe
(Osun) and Professor. M. A. Makinde, who is
also the Director General and Secretary to the Board. Besides, the Board of Directors is
headed by Governor Aregbesola with Prof.
Tunde Babawale, ACN National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; human rights
lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) Chief Wale Osun and
Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa as external members. Internal members include the DG/CEO, Prof.
Makinde; a Director of Training and Research,
a Director of Administration and Finance, a
Director of Planning, Programmes and
Linkages. The statement stressed that the eminent
Nigerians selected into the centre’s BoT and
Board of Directors were carefully chosen to
match the personality and ideals of the late
sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. According to
the statement “these tested and trusted Nigerians were congregated into the centre in
order to help revive the legacies of Awolowo
and sustain his political ideals of true
democracy and good governance.” It added
that “These prominent and tested Nigerians
have been carefully selected to match the reputation, political, social, economic and
political ideals of the legendary Awo and to
help in bringing back the legacies of his
achievements in the old Western Region of
Nigeria and in the sustenance of his ideals of
true democracy and good governance. not only for the South-West, but for all states in
the federation”.
www.informationng.com/2013/01/aregbesola-appoints-tinubu-soyinka-others-trustees-of-awo-institute.html

And How Does This Effect The Price Of Garri?

A group in the South-South geo-political zone
of the country, Justice and Equity Coalition,
has kick-started what looks like an informal
campaign in support of the presidential
ambition of former Vice President, Atiku
Abubakar. According to a press statement made
available in Calabar on Friday and signed by
the coordinator of the group, Prince Victor
Okon, they observed that the country had
missed “the political ingenuity and authority
which Alhaji Atiku would have brought into national leadership at a crucial period like
this.” The statement pointed out that Atiku had, a
few years ago, raised the alarm on the
economic policy of the Federal Government,
which was denied by some presidential aides,
but later turned out to be true. According to
Prince Okon, Atiku having served for eight years as the vice president and criss-crossed
the nooks and crannies of the country, he was
better prepared and preferred as a
personality from the northern part of the
country whose quality could keep the country
as one. The statement continues: “As people from the
South-South region, we decided to root for
our son, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, during
the last presidential election. Now however,
we must carry our patriotism further by
acknowledging that Alhaji Atiku, who was the most tested candidate, but lost to sentiment,
be allowed to fix the country. This present
leadership has failed our people.”
www.informationng.com/2013/01/2015-elections-south-south-group-abandons-jonathan-begins-campaign-for-atiku-abubakar.html

Happy birthday bro! Long life.

Yes is true,he has no choice,he can only
grumble and keep quiet,he is out dated
as long as Naija politics is concern.even
in his own state of origin,in politics he
is irrelevant..

Today (January 7) is the birthday of popular Nollywood actor Victor Osuagwu.
Victor Osuagwu, who is arguably one
of the funniest actors in Nollywood is
a graduate of Theatre Arts from the
University of Port Harcourt. He started acting professionally in
the 1990s. His breakthrough movie
was Our Daily Bread. Some of the movies, which he has
featured in include Bird Flu, Powerful
Civilian, Men on the Run, My Kingdom
Come, Store Keeper, Tears from
Holland, Joshua, and Trouble Maker.
www.lhardells./2013/01/07/happy-birthday-to-victor-osuagwu-as-he-adds-another-year/

Despite the constant denials and dodgy response of the presidency to talks on whether President Goodluck Jonathan will run for a second term, the body language of the president, his aides and even close confidants, suggest he will run. Whats more? The Presidency is very optimistic that should President Goodluck Jonathan decide to run for a second term in 2015, no individual or group can stop him from exercising that right; including former President Olusegun Obasanjo who they say, has no choice than to support Jonathan for a second term in office.

This view and others was given on Saturday in Abuja, when Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Barrister Ahmed Ali Gulak, said the constitutional right of President Jonathan to contest the 2015 presidential election is non-negotiable, even as he expressed confidence that in the event the president decides to run, he would perform better in the North than recorded in 2011.

Gulak, while speaking on the Obasanjo factor said, “Nobody is God, nobody should play God, no one is indispensable. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, no doubt, is a well-respected leader who has played his part in developing the nation; he is a well-respected man who is like a father. But the truth is that just as people say he is a benefactor of the president, others have been his benefactors, too.

“You know you come you go. When your time comes and goes, so be it; only he cannot pick a leader for this nation because Nigerians have not conferred on him the right to pick their leaders for them. This is more so when Nigerians are right-thinking people whose brains work. So, when people continue to express certain views as if the president and the former leader are at war to the extent that such can affect his chances of returning for a second term should he decide, it baffles me.

“There is no war at all, and in fact, there are many individuals who can play roles, not a single person making it work. There is no doubt the former president has influence, but it is limited to a certain level. The truth is that as a member of the PDP, as a former president under the party, as a former chairman of the party’s BoT, and as a member of the same body, former President Olusegun Obasanjo will eventually have no choice than to support a second term should Mr. President decide to run both before the primary and after the primary.”

In what might come as a rude shock to some governors of northern extraction who are rumored to be eyeing the Aso Villa – the seat of power, Gulak says: “Northern governors can’t stop Jonathan. Most of the governors making statements are serving out their second terms, and what do you expect?

“Most of them are aspiring to be president and they cannot stop Jonathan if he decides to contest. How many governors stood for election and failed? They can challenge, yes, but cannot defeat him. Everybody has the right to contest. They can challenge President Goodluck Jonathan, but defeating him? I would say no. None of the governors has the potency to defeat President Jonathan, both within and outside the party, if he decides to contest.”

www.247nigerianewsupdate.com/obasanjo-has-no-choice-but-to-back-gej-in-2015-presidency/
www.informationng.com/2013/01/by-force-obj-has-no-choice-but-to-back-gej-in-2015-presidency.html

Hint Like If You Are A Proud Igbo.

Trouble is looming in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as governors on the party’s ticket are rallying for a showdown with the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur over his alleged unsavoury attitude towards them.
The hard stance of the governors, it was
learnt, had last night sent some members of
the National Working Committee, NWC, of the
party into a panic mode, following agitation
by the governors for the dissolution of the
body. “There is trouble,” one senior party official
said yesterday evening in between trouble-
shooting meetings, one of several held in the
federal capital yesterday. The governors, Vanguard learnt, yesterday
were mobilizing to convene a meeting of the
National Executive Committee, NEC of the party
which is expected to reverse some of the
actions of the NWC, particularly as it affects
Adamawa State. Yesterday, Governor Sule Lamido who heads
the committee instituted by President
Goodluck Jonathan to resolve the Adamawa
crisis, met with some members of the
committee including Governor Theodore Orji
during where issues affecting Adamawa were reviewed.Govs to use NEC against NWC The governors who nominated most of the
members of the NEC are now poised to use the
body to reverse the actions of the NWC
concerning Adamawa. Besides, the governors
are also threatening to mobilize the NEC to
convene a special convention of the party for the singular purpose of dissolving the NWC. It was as such not surprising that the
hitherto unanimous support Tukur was
getting from NWC in his battle with Governor
Murtala Nyako has dwindled as the NWC
members moved to save their necks. A number
of the NWC members, yesterday, had sent emissaries to the seething governors on their
readiness to soft pedal. The grouse of the governors flowed from the
dissolution of the Adamawa State executive
of the party on the instruction of the NWC led
by the national chairman, Tukur. Tukur is from
Adamawa State and until his election, he did
not have much say in the affairs of the party in his state as the whole party structure was
controlled by Governor Nyako. However, following his election last March,
Tukur moved to strengthen his hands in the
state with the dissolution of the state
executive of the party. The NWC said the
reason for the move was that the state
chairman, Alhaji Umaru Mijinyawa Kugama had overstayed his tenure and was from the same
senatorial district as Governor Nyako. The dissolution of the state executive was,
however, opposed by the governors who
alleged, among others, that it would inspire
anarchy and lead to a situation where NWC
members at the least provocation would
dissolve state executives of the party. The state executives of the party are in almost all
cases loyal to the governors and the decision
against the Adamawa State chapter was seen
as something that, if not checked, could in
future affect all of them. Yesterday, the same fear was expressed at
the meeting of the governors in Abuja. The governors at the instance of President
Goodluck Jonathan, had agreed to the
establishment of the Lamido committee as a
soft landing for Tukur. The expectation, it
was learnt, was that Tukur would use the
report of the Lamido committee as the basis for reversing the dissolution of the Adamawa
executive. However, to the chagrin of the
governors, Tukur using the NWC forged ahead
with the fresh congresses in Adamawa State
last month with the aim of putting the state
executive out of the control of Governor Murtala Nyako. Besides sacking the Adamawa executive, Tukur
is being accused of dictatorship following the
suspension from office of the National Vice-
Chairman, North-East, Alhaji Girigiri Lawal by
the NWC on the allegation of not
collaborating with the National Chairman’s agenda to weaken Nyako in Adamawa. Tukur is also being accused of hobnobbing
with the party’s local enemies in Adamawa
State for the purpose of humbling Governor
Nyako. It is claimed that supporters of the
Congress for Progressive Change, CPC
candidate in the last Adamawa State gubernatorial election, Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd.)
had been integrated into the structure of the
PDP faction sympathetic to Tukur in Adamawa
State drawing concerns from Nyako’s
loyalists.
www.informationng.com/2013/01/trouble-in-pdp.html

I don tire 4 dis country.

Hmmm

The rate of kidnapping has become terribly alarming, and after one case is over it seem a new one always pops up. Last year the height of it was when Okonjo Iweala’s mother was kidnapped, followed by the kidnapping of Nkiru Sylvanus. Now its a case of the PPMC deputy manager.
It was reported that the senior staff of the
Pipelines Products Marketing Company, PPMC,
Okrika Area Office, an affiliate of the Port
Harcourt Refining Company has been
kidnapped, the Police Command in Rivers has
said. The spokesman of the command, Ben Ugwuegbulam, said this in an interview in Port
Harcourt on Friday. The PPMC is a subsidiary of the Nigerian
National Petroleum Commission, NNPC. Mr.
Ugwuegbulam said that the victim is a Deputy
Manager at the PPMC, adding that the
manager was abducted at Ozuoba in the
outskirts of Port Harcourt on January 3. “The details of the incident are still sketchy.
Our anti-kidnap unit has commenced
investigation into the incident. We will give you
more details as soon as we get them,” he said. Mr. Ugwuegbulam said no group has claimed
responsibility for the abduction and no
ransom has been demanded. Prayer is that he gets found very soon.
www.informationng.com/2013/01/ppmc-deputy-manager-kidnapped.html

R2bees: lol, i think say na only 9ja where mad people dey, hmmm even in UK

lol

don33310: Stop attacking the poster, you are just as dull as President Jonathan,for you is normal to tell lies,shame on you and your President Jonathan.

Don't mind the old fool, like father like son.

A group which purports to be the Youth wing of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to resign if he has run out of ideas instead of denying sponsorship of posters for his second
term, which surfaced in major parts of Abuja on New Year’s day. The group lamented that since the President assumed office, he had not shown any competence in solving the myriad of problems bedevilling the nation. The statement was signed by its Publicity Director, Comrade Bala Usman, and its National Director, Mr. Fidelis Uzoka. The statement was entitled, ‘What will Jonathan gain by digging the grave of our great party, the PDP?’ and ‘Resign if you have run out of luck and ideas’. The group said it was high time to save the PDP from the President. It said, “The event of the last few days has ignited outrage and public condemnation because of the deliberate and well- calculated commencement of a presidential campaign by President Jonathan even in the face of his so-called ban on political activities. “This is an unwarranted test of the will and patience of Nigerians, who tried to exhibit high level of tolerance of an administration which seems in the last two years to have lost the focus of true leadership and proper understanding of the ideals of our party’s founding fathers.” Admitting that the right of every member of the party to seek re-election, the group said the display of the President’s posters was capable of destroying the party’s unity. The group added that almost two years in office, “Mr. President has not shown the will and competence to solve the many problems of our country for which Nigerians entrusted him with their mandate.” The group while scoring Jonathan’s performance low, said it was evident that the PDP might suffer its first presidential defeat. Speaking further, the group said the denial by the Presidency that it knew nothing about the posters was informed by the condemnation that greeted their sudden appearance. The group appealed to the President to honour his alleged agreement with party leaders and governors in 2011 not to seek re- election. However, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, has denied the existence of any such group within the party. He said, “Let me make it clear that my
response is a mockery of a childish attempt by
a faceless, inexperienced and impotent
persons using a non-existing name or body.”
www.informationng.com/2013/01/2015-posters-resign-if-youve-run-out-of-idea-pdp-youth-group-to-jonathan.html

A very proud born again Christian by the name Terry O'Neill recently gets an intricate design of Jesus Tattoo on his back in a bid to show his faith.
Terry got the tattoo at a salon in
Adlington in Bolton.
While others think he might be crazy,
Terry cares less. I'm a born again believer who loves
the Lord Jesus and am proud of Him. If the people of the world can do it,
why not me? According to the daily mail UK, he was
quoted saying: ' I'm a born-again
Christian. I don't think I was a nice person
before I became a Christian. I've had
a lot of lucky escapes and have been
in some bad situations. '
www.m.naij.com/news/18847.html

tobechi74: Op, b sincere, hav u lied dis year?

I have not.

"Now, we are generating more than 5,000MW," another false statement by President Jonathan?
The Transmission Company of Nigeria,
TCN, has said that at no time had the
country's electricity generation
capacity reached a peak of 5,000
megawatts, MW. This contradicts
President Goodluck Jonathan's claim during his third Presidential media
chat last November that the
combined average power generation
capacity from all the power plants in
the country moved from less than
3,000 MW in 2007 to a new peak capacity above 5,000 MW. The
President had listed the 5,000MW
power generation capacity as one
of his administration's major
achievements under the Power
Sector Reform agenda. "Power is one area Nigerians appreciate we are
moving. We are yet to get 24 hours of
light in our cities, but you would
agree with me the difference is clear.
We moved, in 2007, from about a little
below 3,000 MW production average. Now, we are generating more than
5,000MW," the president told the
panel of interviewers.
As at the time President made the
claim, TCN, the Power Holding
Company of Nigeria, PHCN, successor
company in charge of monitoring
electricity transmission data in the
country, had given 4,321.3MW as the country's power generation
capacity as at August, 31, 2012.
President's Spokesman, Reuben Abati,
and the Special Adviser to the
Minister of Power, Garubadeen
Mohammed, did not respond to calls and mails sent to them seeking
clarification on the source of the
President's controversial figure. But,
the Assistant General Manager,
Public Affairs of TCN, Dave Ifabiyi,
said on Wednesday during a telephone chat from Abuja that at
no time had the country's power
generation capacity neared 5,000
MW. "There was never a time like that
(5,000MW generation capacity),
never. The highest peak generation of 4,517.6 MW was achieved on
December 23, 2012," Mr. Ifabiyi said.
The TCN spokesman, said in a
previous statement, that a new peak
power generation capacity of
4,502.2 MW was achieved on
December 21, 2012, an improvement
on the 4,454.1 MW achieved on December 19. He attributed the
achievement to the commitment of
the President to fulfill his promise to
Nigerians on improved electricity
supply. Mr. Ifabiyi dispelled any
insinuation that the TCN was probably not evacuating all the
generated electricity when he said
that transmission and distribution
companies would continue to
harness "every available generation
to ensure delivery of stable electricity supply" even as more
National Integrated Power Projects,
NIPPs became functional.
This is not the first time President
Jonathan would be making a public
statement that turned out to be
false. In his Independence Day
broadcast to Nigerians on October 1,
the president had claimed that "In its latest report, Transparency
International (TI) noted that Nigeria
is the second most improved country
in the effort to curb corruption." The
claim turned out to be false.
Transparency International stated that it "does not have a recent
rating or report that places Nigeria
as the second most improved country
in the fight against corruption." The
latest Transparency International
Corruption Index report later released placed Nigeria as the 35th
most corrupt country in the world.
The president is yet to apologise to
Nigerians for that goof, just as he
may not apologise for this. TCN to
improve operations The TCN Chief Executive Officer, Olusola
Akinniranye, said the company would
not relent in its efforts to ensure
that the transmission grid functions
effectively for greater efficiency.
Mr. Akinniranye said part of that effort is to restore the Benin-Egbin
330kV line as well as complete the
new transmission/distribution
interface projects to further
enhance the company's power
evacuation capacity. He appealed to electricity consumers to continue to
partner with TCN in protecting
electricity installations and forestall
vandalism, which he said was
constituting a major setback to
efforts to improve electricity supplies.
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