₦airaland Forum

Dear Nigerians,

Understanding Religious Preaching Bill

If you go back in history to when the Maitasine incident happened; it was a Cameroonian that came to Nigeria and started preaching. The Emir of Kano had him deported back to Cameroon. After that, he managed to smuggle himself back again and continued preaching.

He was preaching a version of Islam that was intolerant, a version that called other Muslims pagans and so on. But in spite of what he was preaching, he acquired followers and we all know what happened.

Military operation had to be mounted to flush them out. Those that escaped from the Maitasine crisis moved to Borno State and started the Kalakato sect, which again led to many deaths and destruction in the early 1990s. All these came from people that were not trained in religious matters, people that woke up and started preaching and acquiring followers and inevitably their sects grew in large numbers to threaten communities and there were clashes.

That was also how Muhammed Yusuf started. He
was a student of Sheik Jaafar Adam in Kano. They
fell out because Jaafar felt that some of the views he
was expressing were extreme and intolerant. He
went and started his own sect and we all know what
happened and we are still dealing with it.

Thus, when you have such things happening in your
country, I think as leaders, we have to sit down and
examine ourselves and the society and see what we
can do to prevent it.

In my opinion, it is the lack of regulation of religion
that led to all these circles of death and destruction.
Just recently, we had the Shi’ite problem in Zaria,
following a similar pattern.

I believe that before you start preaching in any
religion, you should have gone through a system of
education, training and some kind of certification.
Even those that deal with the physical life get
certified, let alone those that deal with the spiritual
life.

We initiated this bill from the Kaduna State Security Council, based on reports of new sects emerging in Kaduna State.

Imagine, there is one around Makarfi called Gausiyya, they do their Zuhr prayer around 11am, different from other Muslims. This is how this thing starts and if you don’t resolve it quickly, it grows into something
else.

Another one is: A woman in Makarfi said Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was speaking to her and sick people started going to her for their healing. The husband of this woman was busy collecting N1,000 as consultancy fee before people could see his wife. We had to take steps to end that movement because before you know it, people would start coming from far and wide and this woman would become our next
problem.

It was the report of two or three of these that compelled us in the security council to ask the question, whether or not there was a law that
regulates preaching. Then we were told there was a
law; since 1984 after the Maitasine problems, the
administration passed the law. It was subsequently
amended several times to increase the fine and the
imprisonment term. This is a living problem and we
know it.

Christian priests, the ones I know, go to seminary and spend so many years there, study under a more experienced Reverend to learn what to say and what not to say.

Religious leaders don’t preach hatred; they preach
peace, tolerance and love. But today in my religion
of Islam, anybody can wake up and start a sect;
there is no control. In those days, from Islamiyya
School, if you chose that line, you needed to study
more books. After that, you would go to the East
(Borno area) for more studies and training. Then
from there, you would go to a mosque and begin to
call people to prayer before you become an imam
in any mosque. Before you became an imam of a
Friday mosque, the community must agree that you
were well learned and competent. But now, everyone can build a mosque, put up loudspeakers, call himself an imam and start disturbing people at night.

A priest that has gone through thorough teachings
and training would not go and ask people to cause
trouble and kill each other. They are trained men of
God. In Christendom today, we all know that some
people would drink something overnight and wake
up the next day and claim they are apostles, that
God had spoken to them. You could not disproof
that because you were not there with him and he
would start to collect followers. When he begins to
preach hatred, what can you do? Is it the society we
want? This is the question.

The logic behind this law is to strengthen the 1984 laws so as to regulate and ensure that those that are given the opportunity to preach at least know what they are doing, they have a level of responsibility to develop the society rather than divide it. This is our goal; we don’t have anything against any religion or anybody.

Some people have argued that there is freedom of
religion, of course; Section 38 is very clear: We
must not have a state religion, every Nigerian is
allowed to practise their faith or even if they do not
have any religion at all.

However, those that are quoting Section 38 of the constitution conveniently forget Section 45 which says that you can regulate any human right if it would affect the right of others. You can practise your religion but you can’t do it in a way that abuses the right of another. There is nothing in this law that is not in conformity with the constitution, or there is nothing new about it other than expanding the scope and after we sent the bill to the House of Assembly, I saw an article that alerted us of what we did not include: Blocking of federal highways, but that is in the Penal Code. It is good to have put it there because every Friday you see most mosques blocking roads. Why?

We had to call them to a meeting to have a system that police would be there to guard and also control the traffic.

In my opinion, this is a law that we need not only in Kaduna State but almost all states in Nigeria and I want to assure you that, I just came back from the National Economic Council meeting, and a handful of the governors asked me to send them our own law because they thought they also needed it in their state.

Are you telling me it is okay for someone to put up speakers in the night and start making a noise, be it Islam or Christianity, disturbing people? Is that okay? Which chapter in the two holy books says that Jesus or Muhammad (SAW) did that. Are we not trying to copy them? Are they not the perfections of both our religions?

http://www.punchng.com/the-apostle-that-said-i-will-
die-should-mention-the-date-el-rufai/

triplewisdom:
Really?

That's original history for you

[quote author=triplewisdom post=44269868]Does Ijebu Igbo have historical ties with the Ibos?[/quote

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Ijebu Igbo (Yoruba: Ìjẹ̀bú-Igbó) is a town in Ogun State, Nigeria. It is approximately a 15-minute drive north of Ijebu Ode. Ijebu Igbo is the headquarters of Ijebu North Local Government Authority, of Ogun state, Nigeria.

Ijebu Igbo is divided into 5 clans: Oke-Sopen, Oke-Agbo, Ojowo, Atikori, and Japara. An Oba (King) is enthroned to govern each of these clans. These Obas are typically classified as "Third-class" and they all submit to the headship of the Orimolusi of Ijebu-
Igbo. The Orimolusi is a First-class and he is the supreme head of Ijebu-Igbo.

Some of the facts about the ancient town are:

# Ijebu igbo is the home of PONMO IJEBU ; ijebu igbo
has over 30 ponmo making industry known as "BUKA"... Also Ijebu Igbo is the major supplier of
PONMO to Lagos state, Oyo state and wide distribution within Ogun state. Forward ever backward never!

# Ijebu igbo is the home of COW MEAT ; Ijebu igbo is
the one of the originators of butcher business known
as "ALAPATA". Ijebu igbo is one of the major
distributor/supplier of cow meat to Epe, Aja, Sagamu
and all other towns within and around Ijebu land.
People come from other towns to buy cow meat in
Ijebu igbo because we are blessed with professional
Butchers. May God continue to bless them.

# Ijebu Igbo is the home of Agric Produce; Ijebu Igbo
is the 2nd largest town in Ogun State in terms of
LAND MASS, There are arable land for farming. Also
there are hundreds of villages and hamlet under
ijebu igbo. majority of the people in the rural area of
the town engaged in farming. GARI PRODUCTION,
BANANA, PALM-OIL, COCOA, COLA NUT, ORANGE,
BAMBOO STICK etc are some of the produce that we
produce in Ijebu Igbo. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO
BLESS OUR TOWN.

# Ijebu igbo is d home of spiritualist; Ijebu igbo is
blessed with hundreds of spiritualists. CLERIC, ALFAS,
PASTORS HERBALIST, TRADITIONALIST. They are
capable of handling any spiritual problem if they are
consulted. though, there are fake among them, but
if u need the real and original ones among them, u
will get them. They try but God heal...

# Ijebu igbo is d home of politicians and Administrators; Ijebu igbo has produced great
politicians in the history of Nigeria and is still
producing politicians. Also, Ijebu igbo indigenes are
good administrators and great ambasadors
whenever,wherever they find themselves....people like Mike Adenuga, Abraham Adesanya, Buruji Kasham, Sen Durijaye, even World Africa Bank is headed by Ijebu Igbo indegene. I'm proud to be one of them. GOD BLESS MY TOWN

# Ijebu Igbo is the home of Scholars; I appreciate our
fore-fathers and our fathers for that.... They dont go
to school but they try all their best to educate their
children both male and female and its a great
honour for the town. As at now, a family will have
atleast a GRADUATE in their family. God bless our
parent... amen


* OVER 80-CARS USUALLY TRANSPORT PONMO
FROM IJEBU IGBO TO LAGOS ON DAILY BASIS ..........UNBELIEVEABLE BUT ITS TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!

* OVER 120 COWS KILLED AND BUTCHERED FOR
FOOD IN IJEBU IGBO ON DAILY BASIS......
UNBELIEVEABLE BUT ITS TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

* OVER 25 BUSES AND CARS USUALLY TRANSPORT
BANANA OUT OF IJEBU IGBO ON DAILY BASIS........
UNBELIEVEABLE BUT ITS TRUE

* IJEBU IGBO IS D BEST TOWN THAT PRODUCED
MANY SENATORS IN IJEBU LAND,No other town in
ijebu land that has d number of senators that we
have in Ijebu igbo............ Unbelieveable but its
true

* IJEBU IGBO HAS OVER 50-PROFESSORS, HUNDREDS OF DOCTORATE HOLDER(PHD), THOUSANDS OF MASTERS HOLDERS(Msc), HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GRADUATES(BSC).......... UNBELIEVEABLE BUT ITS TRUE
*Ijebu Igbo is known for sawmill business. There over 50 sawmills in the town...........

God Bless Ijebu Igbo


Written by:

Dr Saint

Pidggin:
Who asked you to post her pictures here? Wait until you get arrested.

She is still single, just commit any crime, call me for help and I will send her to arrest you. The rest left for you

Some beautiful ladies have just been recruited to Nigeria Police Force. Note, their mission is to cause Katakata at the barrack.

With this kind person in the office with an OGA, how will the Oga get better sense?

What could happen if such person carries arrest warrant to arrest a typical lover boy at home? Because they say POLICE IS OUR FRIEND

This kind babe has fallen many MOG. To avoid the fall of OGA Police
Buhari must hear this!

Shekau resigns because Alimodu Sheriff has become no-1 in PDP. Their mission is gradually becoming realised.................lol lol lol lol

theDEVILisHERE:
Did you read the 2nd reason given in the article?
That's exactly what the case is

Buhari is one of the chief founding fathers of Boko haram
The aim was to get Bokoharam at the centre
They have accomplished this!

Right now
Bokoharam are firmly in charge of the Presidency, the Military and dss

Their mission is still on course

Pls write with the fear of God. There is nemesis to false allegation. Beware of untimely death, and it shall not be your portion IJN

omenka:
Another exclusive from "Newsrescue". These guys seem to have taken over from trentonline and breakingtimes.

Well, I know a lot of inconsolable miscreants who can't seem to get over the defeat of their god in the last election would wish by devil Al Baghdadi lands in Nigeria. My prayer is, as they wish ISIS gets here, may their campaign of terror begin from the MiddleEast, after all, Baghdadi if from Middle East as well.

My inlaw, well said
I just pray God never slumber on Naija matter

www.newsrescue.com/orders-from-above-why-did-isis-tell-boko-harams-shekau-to-quit/#axzz44CHPuXW3


A video of retirement by Daesh Nigeria affiliate, Boko Haram’s notorious leader has raised many questions.


www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/isis-takeover-shekau-resigns-as-boko-haram-rebrands-terror-machine.108859/

In March of 2015 Boko Haram leader, its Shekau swore the Bay’ah oath of allegiance to the ISIS or better put, Daesh, the Iraq-centered global terror network. Swearing a Bay’ah-oath in Islam is hefty, it’s
not a joke. The word comes from “sell” or “transaction.” By pledging you have sold yourself to that Imam, guide or spiritual leader.

The swearing of allegiance to Daesh by Boko Haram’s Shekau split ranks in the terror organisation with a new faction leader, Muhammad Daud veering off in open rejection.

The implication of the oath was simple: from then on, Shekau acted on orders from above and was no longer in command of his network. He was now a worker for Iraq’s Abu Baghdadi.

While the losses Boko Haram has faced in recent months are important, the Thursday video of Shekau’s retirement with an ISIS flag prominently behind him, spread shocks through the world.

Shekau retirement video with ISIS flag behind him It will be the first time in history, perhaps, that a group leader will retire openly and in public announcement while not under duress (with no gun to his head).

David Otto, CEO of UK-based global security provider TGS Intelligence Consultants, told IBTimes UK,

“The goal and ideology of groups like Iswap or Isil [the Islamic State] is beyond one man and definitely beyond Shakau.”

Most terror or other rebellion leaders hide for as long as they can and never surrender. The United States took over Afghanistan and Osama Bin Laden never surrendered or quit his mission. In Nigeria and larger West and Central Africa, and then most juicy north
Africa with Daesh’s luxury second command capital based comfortably in Libya, there are simply too many places to hide and live large without a need to retire.

Terror is not a particular mission that requires its leaders quitting until or unless their mission is accomplished.

There are two possible reasons why Shekau was ordered by Daesh in Iraq to retire:

1. The first possibility is that Muhammad Daud, Barnawi or some other faction head had taken over. But this reason still does not satisfy the conditions and implications of a public Shekau retirement speech. A retirement speech is not personal but
organizational. It affects the entire group. By retiring publicly, Shekau was destroying the fabric of whatever was left of the terror network that whoever was to take over was going to inherit. Power exchanges are private affairs and not done by retiring the whole group.

Muhammad Daud
2. The second and more plausible explanation of Abubakar, Boko Haram’s Shekau’s public retirement is that the mission was accomplished in Nigeria. This is the more favored explanation according to most of our analysts and security experts consulted.

The question was: why would Abu Bakr Baghdadi decide the need to cancel his mission in Nigeria? This would mean Nigeria no longer needed a mission. The follow-up question is: to whose benefit is such a public retirement speech?

The only answer to that is the current Nigerian leadership. It seemed to positively advertise and speak tremendously well of the success of Nigeria’s
campaign against the terrorists and not surprisingly, Nigeria quickly discredited the statements.

TonyeBarcanista:
Oga Na who you know Na hin you know, what about who he knows? Please, don't let a charge and bail lawyer build upstair with your money. Jejely free the guy and move on.

Thanks very much

blezor:
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DaBullIT:
Unless you have a SAN lawyer

Video evidence or voice recording

Witnesses to back you up


No waste your time

Your neighbor Sabi police


Make you no come chop round two suffering

If your neighbor can get you locked up with lies

Same can say you threatened their life

You'll probably get locked up again
Forced to write undertaking
Intimidated in the house you paid for


On the other hand, if you have enough evidence talk to your lawyer said neighbor will be subpoenaed by the court

That's how you can take your balls back

Take note: I'm a landlord on my own. The neigbour is also a landlord. He maliciously alleged what the whole community knows that I did not do.

When it comes to connection, I SABI pass him.
It is community matter which the chairman of the LCDA had appealed to me to forgive him.

But this stubborn man keeps bragging, claiming he can do and undo.

Could it be because he is a school principal?
But I want to teach him a lesson

Now the fuel price is on high side all over the nation, but yet some filling Stations even in my area here still sell normal pump price, N86.5. These filling Stations are not NNPC outlets but private individuals.

Now who is to blame for the fuel hike?

It's glaring that FG has never announced the increment in fuel pump price. But why the high price?

Does it mean FG has failed in their responsibility to address the normalcy?

N150 @ the capital of Ijebu State

ozoigbondu:
Sue him for malicious prosecution

Thanks

A total lie was fabricated against me by my neighbour. He called for police to arrest me but later bailed with payment.

I strongly have concrete evidences which was why I got released by the police.

Please, can I sue him to court for LIBEL?

Pls guidelines

Thanks

All of you have rights to your individual opinions. The most disappointing part of it is the comments from some numskulls who have been on high with diluted OGOGORO

Seun needs brain-test approach before approving membership.

Because of new available video from Shekau, must you curse Mr president. Even one guy asserted that HE has Bokoharam number.

This is a sign of total insanity

It's universally believed that human journey on earth is a series of
destinations. From time immemorial, no one has ever established the fact that human existential experience is predestined.

When look into the world today, it amazes the rate at which many people take bad roads to reach good destination.

When a friend of mine returned from exile since Dec 1992, his assertion was that "All things work for good for them that believe."

For several days, I got myself confused to really understand what he meant. This guy was rusticated from University while in year two due to an alleged case that involved murder. Three months later, he abducted a two yrs old baby and sold him N50,000. When the secret was about to be opened, he fled for his life since 1992. Later, the baby was found and recovered, but my guy was at large.

The wonder of it is, this March 2016 my guy returned home with entourages. Meh en en eh... The guy don arrive (MONEEEY)

24yrs later, no one could even talk of the atrocity committed.
He has become a G.O. With a big Church in Liberial.

How can one explain this? Pre-destined or what?

It's universally believed that human journey on earth is a series of
destinations. From time immemorial, no one has ever established the fact that human existential experience is predestined.

When look into the world today, it amazes the rate at which many people take bad roads to reach good destination.

When a friend of mine returned from exile since Dec 1992, his assertion was that "All things work for good for them that believe."

For several days, I got myself confused to really understand what he meant. This guy was rusticated from University while in year two due to an alleged case that involved murder. Three months later, he abducted a two yrs old baby and sold him N50,000. When the secret was about to be opened, he fled for his life since 1992. Later, the baby was found and recovered, but my guy was at large.

The wonder of it is, this March 2016 my guy returned home with entourages. Meh en en eh... The guy don arrive (MONEEEY)

24yrs later, no one could even talk of the atrocity committed.
He has become a G.O. With a big Church in Liberial.

How can one explain this? Pre-destined or what?

A friend of mine in

SleekMallam:
A country as Nigeria with a system where known cocaine pushers in Chicago are given access to power is setup for failure and international mockery.

Tinubu today is godfather of APC who financed Buhari rise to power with dirty drug and looted funds. Tinubu today was bestowed with appointing his boy Osinbade as vice president,Senate president---which saraki counteredand speaker to which dogara fired projectiles to shoot down.

APC and Buhari insults Nigerians when they throw up silly selective corruption charges without convictions yet, Buhari himself is a known beneficiary of epidemic corruption. Just take a penetrative scan through the 2016 budget of corruption and see corruption wearing pant and bra and cat walking.

This your post confirms you to be a Mallam indeed.
Can you prove this your allegation in the court of law?

Aranagbagi

www.saharareporters.com/2016/03/19/code-conduct-tribunal-freed-bola-tinubu-error--rotimi-jacobs


On Friday, Kanu Agabi, the lead prosecution counsel to the Senate President had made reference to the
decision of the Tribunal in the Tinubu’s trial, asking that the former Kwara State Governor should also be allowed to go home.

This, according to him was because Saraki was also not informed of the charges or asked to defend himself against the allegations before the CCB brought him before the Tribunal.

“The result of the investigation by Bureau is expected to be presented to Your Lordship. Where is it?” Where is the reference? We don’t have it; you can strike it out and let them start afresh.

“He has not been invited; he should be invited like Tinubu. He is the Senate President of this country. We have not been invited; it is not discriminatory.

“My Lord, the reason you said you allow Tinubu to go home was that ten other governors were invited, but he was not invited, the defendant is a former governor,” Agabi said while asking the Chairman of the Tribunal to strike out the charges against the Senate President.

But while countering the argument, Jacobs told the Tribunal that the CCB did not need to invite the defendants to make any clarification on the discrepancies in his assets because section 3, part one of the third schedule of the 1999 Constitution
has removed such conditions.

Rotimi Jacobs, a senior advocate of Nigeria and the Federal Government prosecuting counsel in the 13 count charge of false assets declaration trial of
Senate President Bukola Saraki on Thursday said the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) was misled to discharge former Governor of Lagos State Bola Ahmed Tinubu when he was arraigned before it in November 2011.

He was charged with operating foreign bank accounts, contrary to the constitution. The tribunal had then dismissed the case against former Lagos state governor based on arguments that the bureau did not establish a prima facie case and also engaged in abuse of process in filing the charges against him.

Tinubu was accused of operating 10 foreign accounts during his tenure as governor between 1999 and 2007 in the charges filed against him by CCB at the
tribunal. But the three-man panel of the Tribunal
dismissed the case at the second appearance of the former governor at the court as it declared that “there is no significant basis to proceed against Tinubu as the charges were “defective and
shoddy.”

The tribunal also said that the prosecution abused the process of the court by not seeking leave of the Tribunal to file two additional counts and that the filing of two sets of charges simultaneously constitutes an abuse of process.

[quote author=Sweetlemon post=43980751]I'm also disappointed in the light way he's handling some issues. I expected to see the military man in him in certain areas because God alone knows that Nigeria of today needs iron hands. [/quote

Relax...don't worry yourself. All you need do is to draw your man closer in bed and produce a future president.]

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Address By President Muhammadu Buhari at the
National Economic Council Retreat on the Economy Held at the State House Conference Centre, Presidential Villa, Abuja,

Monday 21ST, March 2016
by Nikita Bikita

I am delighted to have the opportunity to address this distinguished and all-important retreat on the Nigerian economy. The purpose of this retreat as outlined in the Retreat Concept Notes is to generate immediate, medium and long-term viable policy solutions to the economic challenges facing us at both the Federal and State levels.

2. From information at my disposal, if we aggregate public views from the grassroots, city dwellers, the economic managers, consumer groups, the Unions and other stakeholders of the economy, there is near unanimity about the ills of our economy. But naturally, there are divergent views about solutions.

3. I am going to throw at this gathering some random policy options filtered from across the spectrum of our stakeholders on four (4) selected sectors of our
economy.

These are:
Ø Agriculture
Ø Power
Ø Manufacturing
Ø Housing

4. I have not touched Education, Science and Technology pointedly because these related subjects require a whole retreat by themselves.

5. Distinguished Ladies and gentlemen, these suggestions I am putting forward to you are by no means directives but a contribution to your discourse.

AGRICULTURE
6. On Agriculture today, both the peasant and the
mechanized farmers agree with the general public that food production and self-sufficiency require urgent government action. For too long government policies on agriculture have been half-hearted, suffering from inconsistencies and discontinuities. Yet our real wealth is in farming, livestock, hatcheries,
fishery, horticulture and forestry.

7. From the information available to me the issues worrying the public today are:
• Rising food prices, such as maize, corn, rice and gari.

• Lack of visible impact of government presence on
agriculture.

• Lack of agricultural inputs at affordable prices. Cost
of fertilizers, pesticide and labour compound the
problems of farming. Extension services are virtually
absent in several states.

• Imports of subsidized food products such as rice and poultry discourage the growth of domestic
agriculture.

• Wastage of locally grown foods, notably fruit and
vegetables which go bad due to lack of even moderate scale agro-processing factories and lack of feeder roads.

8. These problems I have enumerated are by no
means exhaustive and some of the solutions I am
putting forward are not necessarily the final word on
our agricultural reform objectives:

• First, we need to carry the public with us for new
initiatives. Accordingly the Federal Ministry of
Agriculture in collaboration with the States should
convene early meetings of stakeholders and identify
issues with a view to addressing them.

• Inform the public in all print and electronic media
on government efforts to increase local food
production to dampen escalating food prices.

• Banks should be leaned upon to substantially
increase their lending to the agricultural sector.
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) should bear part of the
risk of such loans as a matter of national policy.

• States should increase their financial support
through community groups. The appropriate
approach should be through leaders of community
groups such as farmers cooperatives.

• Provision of feeder roads by state governments to
enable more effective evacuation of produce to
markets and processing factories.

9. When I was a schoolboy in the 1950’s the country
produced one million tons of groundnuts in two successive years. The country’s main foreign exchange earners were groundnut, cotton, cocoa, palm kernel, rubber and all agro/forest resources.

10. Regional Banks and Development Corporations in
all the three regions were financed from farm surpluses. In other words, our capital formation rode
on the backs of our farmers. Why was farming so
successful 60 years ago? The answers are simple:

• Access to small scale credits
• Inputs (fertilizers, herbicides etc)
• Extension services.

11. Now we have better tools, better agricultural
science and technology, and greater ability to process. With determination we can succeed.

POWER
12. Nigerians’ favourite talking point and butt of jokes
is the power situation in our country. But, ladies and
gentlemen, it is no longer a laughing matter. We must
and by the grace of God we will put things right. In the three years left for this administration we have given ourselves the target of ten thousand megawatts
distributable power. In 2016 alone, we intend to add
two thousand megawatts to the national grid.

13. This sector has been privatized but has yet to show any improvement in the quality of service. Common public complaints are:

• Constant power cuts destroying economic activity
and affecting quality of life.
• High electricity bills despite power cuts.
• Low supply of gas to power plants due to vandalization by terrorists.
• Obsolete power distribution equipment such as
transformers.
• Power fluctuations, which damage manufacturing
equipment and household appliances.
• Low voltage which cannot run industrial machinery.

14. These are some of the problems, which defied
successive governments. In our determination to
CHANGE we must and will, insha Allah, put a stop to
power shortages. Key points to look at here are:

• Privatization. We are facing the classic dilemma of
privatization: Public interest Vs Profit Motive. Having
started, we must complete the process. But National
Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), the
regulatory authority, has a vital job to ensure
consumers get value for money and over-all public
interest is safe-guarded.

• Government to fast-track completion of pipelines
from Gas points to power stations and provide more
security to protect gas and oil pipelines.

• Power companies should be encouraged to replace
obsolete equipment and improve the quality of service and technicians.

MANUFACTURING
15. It grieves me that so many manufacturing
industries in the country today are groaning and
frustrated because of lack of foreign exchange to
import raw materials and spare parts.

Painful though this is, I believe it is a temporary phase which we shall try to overcome but there are deeper, more structural problems bedeviling local industries which this Retreat should identify short and long-term answers to. Chief among these problems are:

• Inadequate infrastructure:
Power
Roads
Security
leading to increase in costs of making Made-inNigeria
goods pricier than imports

• High Cost of Borrowing Money:
Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has been
hammering on the fact that high lending rates make
manufacturing unviable and unprofitable.

• Lack of Long Term Funding:
The Nigerian Capital Market has not completely
recovered from the 2008 worldwide crisis. Banks’
funding sources are short-term in nature due to
sources of the liabilities.

• Under-developed Science and Technology Research:
As with Agriculture, Nigeria’s industries are in the main outmoded and industrial practices far behind those in advanced countries.

• Unions:
We need to protect our workers from exploitation, but unions must cooperate with entrepreneurs to
substantially improve productivity and quality of
products if we are to move forward.

• Smuggling:
Need I say more?

16. Recommended Actions on industries are:

• The infrastructure Development Fund should be fast- tracked to unlock resources so that infrastructural deficiencies can be addressed.

• There should be more fiscal incentives for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which prove themselves capable of manufacturing quality products good enough for export.

• Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) should create more
incentives and ease credit terms for lending to
manufacturers.

• A fresh campaign to patronize Made-in-Nigeria goods should be launched. Example: all uniforms in
government-sponsored institutions should be sourced from local factories.

HOUSING
17. Some estimates put Nigeria’s housing deficit at
about sixteen million units. In our successful
campaign to win the general elections last year our
party, the APC, promised to build a million housing
units a year. This will turn out to be a very tall order
unless:

• The Federal Government builds two hundred and
fifty thousand units. The 22 APC States together
manage another two hundred and fifty thousand
units.

• We invite foreign investors together with local
domiciled big construction companies to enter into
commercial housing building to pick up the rest.

• The most frequent public concerns brought to my
attention are three-pronged:
1. Severe shortage of housing
2. High rents
3. Unaffordable prices for prospective buyers
especially middle and low-income earners.

• In addition, red tape, corruption and plain public
service inefficiency lead to long delays in obtaining
ownership of title documents.

• Again, there are no long term funding sources for
mortgage purposes.

18. These hurdles are by no means easy to scale, but
we must find solutions to the housing deficit. This
Retreat might start by looking at the laws.

• Laws
The relevant laws should be reviewed to make the
process of acquiring statutory right of occupancy
shorter, less cumbersome and less costly. Court
procedures for mortgages cases should make
enforcement more efficient. Ministries of Works and
Housing should upgrade their computerization of title registration system for greater efficiency.

• Mortgage Institutions. Achieving affordable housing
for all Nigerians will require the development of
strong and enduring mortgage institutions with
transparent processes and procedures.

• Mortgage Re-financing Company. This institution
when fully operational should ensure adequate
support for mortgage financing.

HEALTHCARE
19. Last of the four areas that time will allow me to say a few words, but by no means the least, is healthcare.

In my inauguration speech last May, I remarked that
the whole field of Medicare in our country needed
government attention. Dirty hospitals! (Few sights are
more upsetting than a dirty hospital), inadequate
equipment, poorly trained nursing staff, overcrowding. The litany of shortcomings is almost
endless.

20. Sound health system is part of the prerequisites
for economic development. Nigerians travel abroad,
spending an estimated One Billion US Dollars annually to get medical treatment. Despite huge oil revenues the nation’s health sector remains undeveloped.

21. In attacking the challenges of this sector we could
start with

• More funding for health centres to improve service
delivery. World Bank and World Health Organization
(WHO) could be persuaded to increase their
assistance.

• Strengthening public health propaganda in primary
prevention:
Ø Environmental sanitation
Ø Stop smoking
Ø Better dieting
Ø Exercising

And secondary prevention:
Screening and early diagnosis of diseases

• NAFDAC to intensify efforts on reducing or stopping
circulation of fake drugs in Nigeria.

• Ministry of Health should work closely with the
Nigerian Medical Association to ensure that
unqualified people are not allowed to practice.

22. Finally I urge participants to learn from the array
of experts and resource persons and learn from the
shared experiences and perspectives to understand
how other countries have transformed their
economies and livelihoods of their people for the
better. It is also the government’s expectation that this Retreat will highlight the respective roles and
responsibilities of each tier of government in adopting and implementing agreed policy initiatives.

23. I hope this Retreat will come up with practical,
viable solutions and recommendations as we chart a
course for our nation in this turbulent domestic and
international economic environment.

Thank you.

www edition.cnn.com/2016/03/19/africa/cameroon-boko-haram-death-sentences/index.html?eref=rss_africa

Yaounde, Cameroon (CNN) — A military court in Cameroon this week sentenced 89 Boko Haram insurgents to death for their roles in terror attacks in the country's Far North Region.

The judgment handed down Wednesday marks the most extreme implementation of a controversial anti-terrorism law promulgated by President Paul Biya in December 2014. It prescribes the death penalty for "any activity which can lead to a general revolt of the population or disturb the normal functioning of the country" and for "anyone who supplies arms, war equipment, bacteria and
viruses with the intention of killing."

The death penalty also applies for people found guilty of kidnapping with terrorist intent, as well as for "anyone who directly or indirectly finances acts of terrorism" and for "anyone who recruits citizens with
the aim of carrying out acts of terrorism."

The law also punishes people and companies found guilty of promoting terrorism, as well as people who give false testimony to administrative and judicial authorities in matters of terrorism, with various fines and prison terms.

A military magistrate who would not be named told CNN that "the judgment was not subject to appeal."
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allycat:
I leave you to continue living in a delusion. The military with which I worked for several years It's people like me that should be shouting military come because I will soo chop, They are wrose than you can imagine.But as I said if Oga says black is white in the military black is white, Nobody will challenge him except another coup where the new guys will come and chop their own. But I am thinking of my children and my children's children.

Ok ooooooo

allycat:
All the former military heads of states, governors, members of armed forces ruling council and military ministers all became multi millionaires, owners of oil blocks and the largest farms all over nigeria. Check the boards of banks and the stock market retired military men have the largest shares. So it amuses me when people think they will be better than civilians ruling the country. The major difference with the military is that only them chop and clean mouth. No bloody civilian has any say and you can be jailed for com planing AKA decree no 4. They don't have to show you their budget, they kukuma don't even need to have a budget. You cannot remove them if they mess up (remember Abacha). So keep praying for bondage. Obviously these are people who were in primary school prior to 1999 otherwise they would remember sleeping in fuel queue for days, SAP, essential comodity era, Tally number in the bank, doctors, journalists and lecturers fleeing the country in droves. Anyway they don't teach history in schools anymore so it's obvious why younger Nigerians think this way.

@Allycat:

Mr Man you seem not to understand the issue well. Look back to 17 years when Military handed over to civilian government, things have gone worse.

The major challenge that leads to that is the lapses of lack of discipline in democratic practices. The who Nigeria is corrupt, politicians even lawyers are corrupt.

And this will continue till jesus comes if not checkmate.

We need military intervention to restructure Nigeria. Present set of politicians can do that. For example, what has happened to the referendum during Jonathan era?

There are influences from all angles frustrating the implementation. This is a shame

Again, Buhari forwarded a Anti-corruption bill to NASS, till today nothing has being done about it.

I'm not a kid as you insinuated. By 1999 I had already started a Nursery and Primary School which is still functioning till date.

In 1984-85 I witnessed Buhari's government which I can make references to in comparing to present dispensation.

Mohammad Buhari has intention to revive Nigeria but democracy does not permit.

If you look at the past of Military influences in Nigeria government, you just have to agree with my opinion.

Forget about the pas military leaders who are rich by crook, we need them to enact policy.

Imagine, Military can bar Tinubu, Amechi, Alimodu Sherrif, other from participating in politics but Democracy can not.

The present set of Military leaders are more wiser and innovative. We hhave both learnt fron our 17yrs democratic errors.

We need them.

Imagine, a filling station is supppose to sell fuel at N86.50k but selling at N120 and you expect democracy to continue.

I live very close to two filling stations, one sells normal price while other sells N120. That's what is destroying Nigeria.

Arise O Lord,
Influence The Military
To Lead Us Out Of Bondage

TonyeBarcanista:
OP Your request is treasonable and carries death penalty. Please take it down!



Meanwhile, we shall resist any soldier that illegally seize power from any government in Naija. The army destroyed Nigeria. If there wasn't a coup we would have hone far. We either change government through the ballot or other legitimate means.

Barca, you sincerely goofed as regard this issue. I guess you just commented by mere looking at the topic. That is not speak well of your personality on Nairaland. So Try not just to be knocking out opinions without giving it a second thought. Men of sound brain have posted sensible comment. They know Nigeria is at the brink of collapse.

Believe me you, all the present politicians cant lead Nigeria to its Canaan land. Military has to come in to restrict all those rogues with selfish motive in Politics.
We need new generation of politicians

mhiztess:
We don't need any military intervention in Nigeria's politics all we need is common sense and JESUS

Pls we are not discussing Jesus here.

But what is common sense revolution by you?
Don't be deceived!

Our Mass Protest against present system of governance is what Military waits for.

Note: all one-time politicians would be banned from participating in the next dispensation. That alone is enough to gate-crash those political cabals who don't mean well for Nigeria