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Nigeria is on auto pilot... lalasticlala

The Metropolitan Catho­lic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onai­yekan, has sensationally re­vealed the problems Presi­dent Muhammadu Buhari has.

Speaking with Daily Sun on the sideline of the cele­bration of the 30 years estab­lishment of the Amity Print­ing Press, in Nanjing, China, Onaiyekan said the problem President Buhari has is that many Nigerians want to continue as they were doing before and they want every­body else to change, but not themselves.

The member, Global Council of the United Bible Societies and immediate past president of the Chris­tian Association of Nigeria (CAN), added: “that is the problem which our presi­dent has. He has with him, a whole lot of people with whom he doesn’t share the same ideas.”

According to the Kabba, Kogi State-born Onaiyekan, “this is partly responsible for the slow pace of what he is doing.”

X-raying President Bu­hari’s anti-corruption war, Onaiyekan further said: “Anybody who is expecting that with Buhari as presi­dent, all corrupt practices will end, must be somebody who doesn’t really know what kind of corruption we have in Nigeria.”

Specifically, how do you see the government in power?

It is difficult to say we have one be­cause the government in power has not really taken any action yet for us on which to judge them. They have told us to be patient. Buhari, especially, says we should be patient and let him take his time. Obviously, he has only four years to do whatever he wants to do. He can­not spend the whole of one year prepar­ing.

So, those who call him Baba go slow are right?

He agrees that he is going slowly. The only thing he is saying is that it is the right thing for him to do, that there was no need to rush, that it is better to go slowly and go well than to rush and make big mistakes. That is his own way of looking at the thing. There are certain things that you should go slowly on, but there are other things that cannot wait.

Apart from being slow, it seems you are not satisfied with the way he is going. Is it true?

It is not easy to say I am not satisfied with the way he is going because we have not seen any way he is going. All I can say is that there is a lot of work to do, we cannot wait indefinitely.

War against corruption seems to be his major preoccupation. Is he getting it right at all?

Anybody who is expecting that with Buhari as president, all corrupt prac­tices will end, must be somebody who doesn’t really know what kind of cor­ruption we have in Nigeria. Corruption in Nigeria is not basically a question of individuals who are greedy or dishon­est because by the time you meet indi­vidual Nigerians, we are all struggling. Everybody knows one another and you don’t really want to point finger at any particular person. Rather, it is a whole system that is corrupt, which needs to be changed – the system of governance, the way business is done in the govern­ment offices. All this have to change if corruption is to be tackled.

It means also that those who claim, or those who have the job to tackle corruption, must themselves do it in a non-corrupt fashion. This is where it is necessary that the rule of law must be followed. You cannot just pounce on somebody because you think you don’t like him or because people are talking about him. This is the problem that Bu­hari has.

His choice of ministers: is it a radi­cal departure from what we have been experiencing?

Nothing radically! In fact, that is what most Nigerians are saying: why did he wait so long if this is what he was go­ing to come out with? There are really no new people with any radical idea that you would find there. On the other hand, there are too many people who are very familiar. Apparently, he gave in eventually to the political pressures. It is true, of course, that a president in a democratic presidential system like our own, would have to choose his minis­ters among those who are his political associates. But then, when you start do­ing that in Nigeria, they brand them to return to the same old politicians that we have always heard about.

Your Eminence, from the way you are speaking, it is like you are not seeing any difference between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Any difference?

There is a difference all right; there is a difference. There is a difference be­tween PDP and APC. The difference is simply this: PDP was a very well-estab­lished organization, they have been rul­ing us for a long time, they were rather sure about what they were doing and they were just doing business as usual. For them, the question of change is not really the matter. They had also become used to the corrupt system of govern­ment so that for them, corruption was not a problem.

With APC, at least, what they say, they want a change. And they are talking that there should be an end to corruption. They now know that this is a war that all of us must be part of. We didn’t hear much of that under PDP.

In all this, are you convinced that Buhari can take us out of the woods?

He is in the woods now, let’s see how he will get out of it. That is the only time when we can answer the question (laughs).

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/its-difficult-to-say-there-is-government-in-power-onaiyekan/

kingofdemons:
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[s]don't worry by the time he sees himself out of govt house you'll understand that propaganda doesn't work here.
Anambra state is too big for apc style of governance (propaganda)

i only pity my dear apga

by the way are you an anambarian?[/s]

The same propaganda that peter obi used to sustain for 8 years? Abeg talk another story joor.

osymerga:
Peter Obi is a thief.
Peter Obi is a fraudster.
Peter Obi is a ritualist.
Peter Obi is a useless human being.
Freeglobe,shey you are happy now ?
OK,let's move on...
Maka odim mma ndi Anambra.
Anambra ga di...
Shalom

far from it.

duwdu:
Actually, Father Mbaka blamed the southeast governors and leaders as well while President Jonathan was in power. At some point then, Mbaka was even reported at the time to have been at serious loggerheads with some of those governors and leaders, for the same reasons - rightly or wrongly - of perceived underdevelopment of the southeast.

So, I'm afraid, your premise is simply off. You're just looking for a needle in a haystack with which to pin Father Mbaka on this issue of the relative underdevelopment of the southeast.

The southeast - like most other regions of the country, I hasten to add - certainly deserved better than what it got back from at least the immediate past leaders. This, in spite of the human, material, and financial resources then at the disposal of such leaders.

Just call a spade a spade, and all these deliberate distortions of issues will be turned into visions that should help in the development of any entities, anywhere.

P34c3
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Go and watch the video where he lambasted Jonathan and told us Buhari was the messiah, was there anytime he mentioned South East governors during that sermon. Mbaka has lost it please

tabletman1:
You don't see the 185 billion liability projects he left for obiano? Lol


I knew pita obi is a gentle fraudster, he started Nnewi malls and other mega projects to cover his loots.

Don't mind them. I just pity the gullible ones they are deceiving

Yeske2:
Excuses on Obiano's part, it wasn't as if Peter had spent the money before he left office but these were ongoing projects and of course the state has been generating money all these months so what's his stress? If Obiano feels governing this state is too much for him, he can as well resign. Isn't he happy that Obi left cash and near cash for his administration?

Excuses over what? Obiano specifically state he has never touched obi's 9 billion. All the things he is doing are all from the finance from his own administration. He had to clarify this issue since obi's media aide is always on facebook talking about a phantom 75 billion. Go and check his last post on Facebook

Prof Chukwulobelu, said the explanation which was being made 19 months after the handover become pertinent because of the rumour associated with the N75 billion was gaining both in the social and traditional media.
He said “in the real sense what the Obiano administration inherited from Obi was N9billion cash and N26billion near cash”
“Based on the figures detailed above which are taken from the handover notes from the previous administration to the current administration, it is evident that the actual and voluntary cash investments made by the previous administration amounts to approximately N35.5billion consisting of mobilization paid on contracts for shopping malls and hotels, cost of two business parks in Onitsha, investments in Eurobonds, amongst a few others”

OdenigboAroli:
Why are you so sstupid?
The misunderstanding here is that the funds aren't in liquid cash,period.
ANSG stated the only cash in liquid was 9billion. This report wasn't denying anything,rather to clarify the situation. This is not so hard to understand.

go and read the concise report I posted and cure you deliberate ignorance you fool

OdenigboAroli:
Don't take the bait...Freemumu is a known Peter Obi hater.
To make it easier for you,the ofeke was staunchly against Obiano's candidacy a[b]nd was until the animosity between Obi and Obiano break out[/b] and he suddenly became Obiano's biggest fan.

oh you have now accepted there is animosity between them. You really can't catch up. Keep sleeping boy

kingofdemons:
[s]Obiano is in deep shit

can't wait to kick this vagabond out of my state

this time Peter obi won't save him


if only ngige is an apga man

labour party should just warm up and trow this man out
useless man[/s]

deep poo for saying the obvious?

TonyeBarcanista:
If not for sheer envy and bitterness then what on earth will make some never-do-wells to invade our beautiful thread? Let me sound this clear, no amount of foolishness will make anybody cow to any slowpoke. As for those talking about joining the north and the SW to marginalise the SS, I laugh at your foolishness. You guys are emotional and irrational, otherwise, you'd have known that you have NO bargaining chip in Nigeria.



That's a FACT!

Look at this ignorant minority mofo talking about bargaining chip. Bargaining chip? The only bargaining chip we need is to support the hausas and fulanis to savage Niger Delta. We are the only reason why the north has not turned Niger Delta into modern day slavery. We are the reason why you are still receiving your 13% derivation when we could have supported the north and forced every state in Nigeria to receive the same exact amount of Federal allocation from your so called oil. Yes the north only needs our support to make yobe state collect exactly the same allocations as Rivers State and you won't do anything about it because you are minority. We are the only reason why you can stand here today to support Jonathan and his administration when we could have supported the north to end his 6 year administration abruptly. Anyway, most of you minorities are just foolish and mentally lazy? Is it not the same minority of Edwin Clark? Rubbish

melzabull:
My brother, dont mind those ingrates. its good all of us keep our eyes wide open. Most Important thing is unity of Igbo from Anioma to Imo, Abia to Enugu, Ebonyi to rivers, everywhere Igboland is.

The days of using dubious state creation to alienate Igbos from each other is gone. If they like let them carve Igbo state and put it in the north east, it will still be igboland and we must still identify with our siblings.

You are Igbo from rivers, i am Igbo from delta...Igbo is Igbo even if the treacherous evil people carve you outside SE and call it moon East zone or region.

Igbo bu Igbo. Igbo bu ofu

chai, you are one of the funniest people on nairaland.

lalasticlala, seun, afam4ever, obinoscopy

Here's a more concise reporting of the news

Obiano denies Obi’s N75 billion handover.

The Anambra state governor Chief Willie Obiano has declared in Awka, that the Peter Obi Administration did not handed over N75 billion to it as claimed.
The Governor who spoke through the Secretary to the State Government, Prof Solo Chukwulobelu, at the Conference Hall of the Government House described the claim as untrue.
He advised the public to discountenance the claim because “it doesn’t exist”
Prof Chukwulobelu said instead the state government inherited a total contract sum of N185.1 billion as liability from the Obi administration.
According to him, what Obi handed over was N9billion in the bank, adding however that the Willie Obiano administration had not spent from that amount.
He explained that all the funds so far spent by the Governor Obiano in running the affairs of the state were strictly restricted to the fund generated by his administration.
Prof Chukwulobelu, said the explanation which was being made 19 months after the handover become pertinent because of the rumour associated with the N75 billion was gaining both in the social and traditional media.
He said “in the real sense what the Obiano administration inherited from Obi was N9billion cash and N26billion near cash”
“Based on the figures detailed above which are taken from the handover notes from the previous administration to the current administration, it is evident that the actual and voluntary cash investments made by the previous administration amounts to approximately N35.5billion consisting of mobilization paid on contracts for shopping malls and hotels, cost of two business parks in Onitsha, investments in Eurobonds, amongst a few others”
“Items such as counterpart funds held jointly with domestic development finance institutions, land contributions, FGN refunds differences in bank balances and investments made directly by the federal government on behalf of the three (3) tiers of government totaling approximately N39.5bliilon have been reclassified as “illiquid investments”“FGN receivables” and “involuntary investments”
“However, to provide a true and fair picture of the state’s net position on March 17, 2014, the investments handover notes ought to have captured current liabilities and contingent liabilities also borne by the previous administration as at the time of handover”
“To put this context, the total portfolio of inherited projects valued at approximately N185 billion was however not captured in the breakdown of the handover notes”

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/obiano-denies-obis-n75-billion-handover/

patrick89, cuche, spacetour, obayaya, alfred5, yeske2, tabletman1

The Anambra state governor Chief Willie Obiano has declared in Awka, that the Peter Obi Administration did not handed over N75 billion to it as claimed.
The Governor who spoke through the Secretary to the State Government, Prof Solo Chukwulobelu, at the Conference Hall of the Government House described the claim as untrue.
He advised the public to discountenance the claim because “it doesn’t exist”
Prof Chukwulobelu said instead the state government inherited a total contract sum of N185.1 billion as liability from the Obi administration.
According to him, what Obi handed over was N9billion in the bank, adding however that the Willie Obiano administration had not spent from that amount.
He explained that all the funds so far spent by the Governor Obiano in running the affairs of the state were strictly restricted to the fund generated by his administration.
Prof Chukwulobelu, said the explanation which was being made 19 months after the handover become pertinent because of the rumour associated with the N75 billion was gaining both in the social and traditional media.
He said “in the real sense what the Obiano administration inherited from Obi was N9billion cash and N26billion near cash”
“Based on the figures detailed above which are taken from the handover notes from the previous administration to the current administration, it is evident that the actual and voluntary cash investments made by the previous administration amounts to approximately N35.5billion consisting of mobilization paid on contracts for shopping malls and hotels, cost of two business parks in Onitsha, investments in Eurobonds, amongst a few others”
“Items such as counterpart funds held jointly with domestic development finance institutions, land contributions, FGN refunds differences in bank balances and investments made directly by the federal government on behalf of the three (3) tiers of government totaling approximately N39.5bliilon have been reclassified as “illiquid investments”“FGN receivables” and “involuntary investments”
“However, to provide a true and fair picture of the state’s net position on March 17, 2014, the investments handover notes ought to have captured current liabilities and contingent liabilities also borne by the previous administration as at the time of handover”
“To put this context, the total portfolio of inherited projects valued at approximately N185 billion was however not captured in the breakdown of the handover notes”

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/obiano-denies-obis-n75-billion-handover/

I commend obiano for heeding my advice to refute this claim. I always knew it was a propaganda by Peter obi. In other news, Obiano is Sun Newspapers Governor of the year

osymerga:
[s]Peter Obi never said he left 75b naira in liquid cash.
Obiano is almost saying the same thing Obi said. The difference is that most of the contracts awarded by Obi attracted a lot of debt which the present govt is fighting to offset.
Beside,I wonder what Obiano is trying to achieve with this report. He said it during his inauguration, that his govt is a continuity one. Other state govts left huge debts in their states and nothing has happened.
What crime did Obi committed by leaving penny ? Pls,we should move on. Afterall,Obiano is the governor now and not Obi. We should be more concern with the present and not the past...
Shalom[/s]

Why shouldn't he comment anything when everyone is trying to base his achievements so far on a phantom 75 billion left for him by obi.

osymerga:
Freeglove,did Peter Obi said he left 75b naira as liquid cash ?

The debt he even left behind is bigger than the 75 billion whatever he claims he left behind

patrick89:
[s]obiano mmiri ezochana gbacha! this is time to work! we don't need media propaganda in anambra state! anyi achoro akuko oooh[/s]

obiano is already working, thats why anambra is stable

patrick89:
you have not made any point! are trying to shield these corrupt fellas?

I dont understand what you mean?

SpaceTour:
I do not agree with that part because every debt stats from past 5yrs till now has always placed Anambra on the list of states with the lowest debt profile. Debt issue cannot be hidden by anybody. So I therefore fault that part.

I think he said it was based on the last minute awarded contracts not liquid loan collected. Anyway. I will post the article.

SpaceTour:
I agree with you but he left the balance in bond, euro bonds and other investments. What Obiano has just done is to prove that he didn't meet raw cash of 75b. But the 75b is represented in other forms of investments. Its a win-win for Anambra.

But obiano said he also met a debt of 106 billion. I will be posting the news article here shortly

Peter obi left only 9 billion and not 75 billion as he claims - ANSG

Again, on this peter obi issue, I have been vindicated.

Cuche

Yeske2

tabletman1

igboson1

malawian

SpaceTour

obayaya

alfred5

wheredemdey:
First of all...whenever you want to get into a debate with me....kindly chose ur choice of words....i am not the kind of guy you denigrate and expect me to reply you....i respond to civil people not nitwits that think because NL is a faceless forum and spew thrash.

Secondly I know what I am talking abt...peter obi is the father of modern anambra...come out clean lemme school you...reply with s11lly words and be assured I will give you the silent treatment suited for your like.

Peter obi is the father of your pockets not Anambra where I belong. Come 2019, you peter obi sycophants will be put to shame. rubbish

tobimillar:
At least he left something...come to the west, south south, abia, imo, what you will see is high debt profile left by their predecessors and the high debt profile they will leave in government coffers when they leave office...

Anambra the only south eastern state that can stand on its own... they have been lucky to have progressives as governors

what a lie, Enugu is far more healthy financially than Anambra. In fact according to available data, Enugu is more than 2x financially healthy than Anambra. Even Ebonyi is not doing badly. Peter obi is just all noise and nothing else

Again I have been vindicated. Peter obi is a thief. He must provide the balance of the money wherever he claimed he left. I just blame obiano for taking this long to denounce this peter obi's claim allowing him to take credit for his stellar performance.

Lalasticlala FP

ramdris:
This man keeps making me feel proud all the time.....May God continue to bless u sir!

you are happy that he is now blaming south east governors and leaders but just months ago, he was blaming Jonathan for all the problems in Nigeria calling him bad luck and all. I now believe what they said that he was bitter at Jonathan because he lost access to him. smh. God will surely vindicate Jonathan.

Now you are blaming south east governors and leaders but just
months ago, you were blaming Jonathan for all the problems in
Nigeria calling him bad luck and all. I now believe what they
said that you were bitter at Jonathan because you lost access
to him. smh. God will surely vindicate Jonathan.

Now you are blaming south east governors and leaders but just months ago, you were blaming Jonathan for the problems in Nigeria calling him bad luck and all. I now believe what they said that you were bitter at Jonathan because you lost access to him. smh. God will surely vindicate Jonathan.

Shymm3x:
With how hairy a lot of Igbos are and the shape of the typical Igbotic head - it's very plausible.

And don't forget the speech pattern.

Amu amu amu is common in the speech pattern of both primate groups.

But most beautiful girls in Nigeria are igbos?

EUROBOMBER:
Beremx, Yeske2, Lygn19 pls come here and tag others.

incase you missed it

https://www.nairaland.com/2736578/modath-explains-why-she-voted

Shymm3x:
I'll take you seriously when ya state govt can afford to buy ya lands back from the gully erosion that has ravaged the red lands where the sun has refused to rise.

I reiterate: are Igbos the offspring of Idanre monkeys as posited by Prof. PeterKbaba?

Do igbos look like idanre monkeys?