₦airaland Forum

asEdeyHOT:
Is Buhari responsible for all these?

GEJ had the opportunity to save for the rainy day but he left the reserves worse than he met it despite the fact that he was in charge when oil prices reached an all time high.

Diversification of the economy has been on the agenda of every government since 1960 but has any implemented it? No

Now things have reached a crescendo where oil is now virtually worthless and everybody is blaming Buhari

I would even surmise that diversification to other extractive sectors is just folly. Nigeria should not depend on Solid Minerals, China has excess stock of steel- they may start throwing some away soon. It is that bad.

What we need is a Knowledge economy where we innovate and manufature things. I have a lot of Saudi colleagues and despite the fact that their leaders are cocaine sniffing, closet homosexua.ls, they have invested billions of dollars to improve their competitiveness. A lot of them are studying for PostGraduate degrees in STEM courses and they have built innovative hubs all over the country.

Nigeria needs to totally change its orientation and blueprint.

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Adebanjo is an old useless Afenifeya who only cares about his own stomach. No one takes him serious in Yorubaland

mr I hav a question sir, wen d idea of a sovereign wealth fund came up who were those instrumental to its failure? D same APC. The blame game is d easiest game to play

Too many misinformation on social media these days smh.... now lemme try nd correct dis ok. u can be on inspectorate cadre level 8 nd suppose to wear d badge of rank appropriate to dat cadre, som1 else will b on same level 8 bt in d superintendent cadre nd wears stars notice its still d same level 8. Bt most pple who r in d inspectorate cadre who acquired bsc wears e equivalent superintendent cadre rank witout going tru d due process of notifying d service to place dem in d proper cadre based on d newly acquired qualification. So dats just d simple explanation. There's notin political in dis to call past govt or present govt, and ders no way pple can pay demselves salaries on a fake rank. Some pple wear dos inappropriate ranks just to save face because of this over emphasis on bsc in nigeria, som pple feel seeing der mates wit a bsc rank makes dem feel inferior. Anyways I tink d press are doing a very gud job misleading nd misinforming nigerians nowadays

Op this list is not complete witout NNPC towers abuja nd churchgate building in abuja because they r taller dan cocoa house nd civic centre

If u r an insider and u read how these reporters report these tins u will weep for nigerian journalism. I won't speak for any agency bt from d little I knw where I am I knw I can point out many unprofessional, unverified above all sensational reporting. These journalists are just instigating hate amongst nigerians unecessarily in d name of corruption. Enough of sensational reporting let dem take der time nd excercise due diligence

before you go all out defending a girl make sure, i repeat be double sure cos you will end up being the laughing stock....as for me i dont vouch for any girl. never will

OLADD:
This is "Zero Budgeting" indeed. Nigeria is now on autopilot.

my brother i just tire ooo i wonder if APC accountants knw wat Zero based budgeting is all about cos i dont see none of that rather same ol'poo

Demdem2:

U Av a good point there no doubt.
However, if we are to factor in the fact that between January and August and when Ali took over, customs was declaring whatever she deemed fit including unnecessary waivers that has been lifted now coupled with excessive loopholes associated with our collection system, I feel it's fair to say that a minimum of a thrillion naira shouldn't be difficult to meet. Am confident it will be surpassed significantly.

I just laugh wen pple say things dey knw notin about wit so much confidence like wat u just said who eva told u customs declared wat eva it deemed fit do u tink d e collection system started wen ali came on board? Im nt here to argue bt pls say wat u can defend wit hard facts rather than tins to support ur skewed sentiments. Customs surpassed dis same amount a couple of years ago under dikko also. Even d so called waiver abuse wasn't even from d customs bt rather from d ruling govt as at den becos waivers come from d minister of finance. Customs only effect wat eva waiver has been granted anybody learn d true facts befre u conclude. Dis is still part of d negative impression d CG was talking abt though so I don't blame u

Good move from d IG. These r d improvements we wanna see in d force

Never had an F wen I was in school though had a missing script in my second semester 100L Eco 113 economics mathematics 11. Rewrote it in 300L

I will just drop dis hur. I expect nigerians to be wise bt we r nt. Customs is not d diversification we need in our revenue base. Reason dis logically, d increase in customs revenue means loss of jobs, means loss of industries cos its import duties we get a greater percentage of d revenue from. Wen we import d same tins we cld produce nd export wat do we do to our economy ?.... please nigerians think.... take a look at china greater percentage of der customs revenue comes from exports dat means jobs r being created. so its not abt blocking leakages our leaders lack intellectual depth to lead us out of this situation all I see is germane questions nd primary school children solutions to d questions it can't solve it.... think nigerians

One question I hav for mr lai mohammed if jonathan owed subsidy claims since August last year how den was he able to get dis same marketers off his neck during dat strike just befre d elections? Did jonathan beg dem by mouth to call it off or he paid dem

Dis #arms kinikan is getting baseless if dey knw dos guilty of misappropriation let dem charge dem wit evidence nd let dem do der time. Bringing pple who got paid for a legitimate job from d proceeds doesn't make sense, I mean hw was linda suppose to knw d money was meant for arms anyway even if she did collect such money.... pls dis woman shld get a job

Lagos is a jungle. Period

bolajJP007:
Thats Nigeria for you. A country where corrupt politians are given award, chieftancy tittles, etc, but the upright are sacked, arrested and even given life sentences.
I hope PMB wont give any useless award this year and if he is going to, i WISH he honours the deserving U17 boys and there coaches, athletes at the last All African games who won medals, that woman at the airport who returned millions, and there likes. This will send a strong message to Nigerians, and may change and improve our morals.

by apprehending taylor, he was serving a country he took an oath to serve even pushed away d handsome bribe offered him and his team.. im shocked this is the reward he got

In the light of recent negative news about the customs, this goes a long way to show that there are a lot of patriotic, hard working officers in the Nigeria Customs Service... lalasticlala please do the needful...

THE last has not been heard about the ordeal of Mr. Umoh Sunday Etim. Etim was the Customs officer who led the team that arrested former Liberian President, Mr. Charles Taylor, when the former was about sneaking out of the country after being declared wanted by the International Court of Justice over war crimes. Etim and his team later handed Taylor over to the Nigerian government.

Etim who was said to have refused the $450,000 offered to him as bribe in order to allow a smooth passage of Taylor has since been sentenced to prison by the ICJ at The Hague, Netherlands.

But not long after, Etim, who was then billed to be rewarded for his rare show of patriotism, was dismissed by the Nigeria Customs Service.

After some years of legal battle, Etim received a reinstatement letter dated August 14, 2015. His excitement was, however, cut short when he discovered that the content of the later also read that he had been retired on compassionate grounds with effect from 2006.

Going down memory lane, Etim said that his greatest regret was not opening up to the media when his problem started after the arrest of Charles Taylor.

“I joined the Nigeria Customs Service in December 1987, after which I was sent to the training school at Ikeja, Lagos. After the training, my first posting was to Katsina State and later Kaduna and Kano. In 2000, I was transferred to Apapa Area Command in Lagos.”

He was there till 2004 when he was transferred to the Borno- Yobe Area Command. “On March 29, 2006, I arrested the fugitive ex-Liberian warlord, Charles Taylor, and handed him over to the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I was forbidden to grant any press interview which could have helped my situation when trouble started.”

Unaware of the dangers ahead, Etim was excited when he received a letter in November 2006 which said that he had been nominated for an award. He was asked to come along with the officers who were with him on the day Charles Taylor was arrested.

“We travelled to Ogun State where the event was to take place. It was a week-long programme organised by the Comptroller General of Customs. We were asked to submit our citation that would be read before the award would be given.

“Hours later, I was told by one of the officials that we were no longer going to receive the award. I was shocked and demanded to know the reason. They simply told me that orders from above said that we should not be given the award.

“I went back to Maiduguri, demoralised. That was the beginning of my travail. When I got back to my duty post, I was told that my name was published in the agency’s magazine as a dismissed Customs officer. They removed my name from the routine roaster. I told them that when I was employed, I was given a letter. Now that they didn’t need me, couldn’t they oblige me any letter of dismissal? I did my best to see if I could rectify that, but they kept telling me that it had to do with the 2004 Apapa incident,” he narrated.

On what the Apapa incident was about, Etim recalled that it was a case of missing 40-feet container at Apapa Port in 2004.

“When I was at Apapa, there was an unfortunate incident where a 40-feet container was removed illegally without the normal Customs procedure. They demanded that all the officers who were working at the terminal at the time should be suspended and called for orderly room trial. During that period, our salaries were suspended, but later on some of us were exonerated, and I was transferred to Borno State. I never knew that God specifically sent me there for a purpose which was to help the country arrest Charles Taylor.

“Days ran into years till 2010 when one of my colleagues, who was also indicted, called to inform me that I should come to Abuja, that they had reinstated some of us. That was how I got to Abuja. Rather than giving me a reinstatement letter, they referred me to the department in-charge of discipline, brought my file and gave me a dismissal letter,” he narrated.

Even with the letter of dismissal, Etim chose not to give up; rather, he sought the help of Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). “It was as a result of his intervention that they decided to reinstate me. I got the letter on Monday, October 22, 2015. I was about rejoicing when they brought another letter which turned out to be my retirement letter.

“When Charles Taylor escaped, the international community said that it was going to bombard this country with sanctions. The then President Olusegun Obasanjo was in the United States at the time. I remember he made a comment that this same fellow escaped in America and he was not arrested but it was easy for Nigerians to pick him up,” he said.

Any regrets that he did not collect the $450,000? He said: “I did that because I am a patriotic Nigerian. I did that because I am a worthy ambassador of the Presbyterian Church. I did that because of my background. I am from a disciplined family. No matter what I have gone through, if I have the opportunity, I will do it all over again. If I had collected that money then, maybe I would have contested with our dear president. With such an amount of money, I would become an importer but I was thinking of the welfare of our country. I am grateful to Almighty God that kept me alive,” he said.

Although Etim had been retired with all the full benefits, he still has the passion to continue serving as a Custom official.

He said: “I am using this opportunity to call on President Muhammadu Buhari to help me. He should recognise me, so that, that would serve as a morale booster in case such an opportunity presents itself to any Nigerian still in service. I plead with him to correct the wrong. Let him recognise me and reward me and prevail on the Nigeria Customs to recall me to service,” he pleaded.

On how he had been surviving till date, Etim thanked God for the gift of a good wife who he said stood by him all these years of wait and neglect. “I also thank Mr. Falana whose effort got my dismissal converted to retirement,” he said.
source:http://sunnewsonline.com/new/my-ordeal-at-customs-man-who-arrested-charles/

lordtim001:
Everyone is happy to serve their God with a partner who shares their belief.Many stories of those who went contrary to that command shows that the spouse(mostly women)end up derailing and stop associating with us altogether...Even to convert and marry is dangerous.So,sticking to that command is best

bottom line bro at d end of time wen God will take away d righteous how many of ur sect members will God find worthy Food for thought. I say sect cos dats wat u pple r, I knw a lot about u pple I can't come up here nd argue

Charlesberry:
Brother, that one is small. Just too much I want cry. I dated one of them and I was ready to settled down with her but she tried forcing me to be one of them but decline. Becoz of dis, she is married to someone she doesn't even love and a Jw. Today she still sneaked out to come to my house but warned her seriously to stay off me.

BRO same wit myn although myn isnt married yet bt she is dating a jw she doesnt even love. she still call me to tell me how short he is and how he isnt wat she wants in a man and all. also during my fraternizing wit d jw's i realised alot of their marriages are broken.

Op I beg to differ a little bit. I use to love d jw's nd always get angry wen pple discriminate against dem nd say bad tins abt dem. Bt dat changed wen I dated a jw we dated for two yrs nd dat gave me d opportunity to really get close to dem nd I really saw d opposite. Jw r d ones dat discriminate against oda christian far from my previous belief, dey call oda christians "them" the unrighteous who gave u pple d right to judge? From getting close u pple behave more like a cult dan a religion, u pple destroyed d best love I eva had becos I was not of ur fold. U pple purnished her by reproving her nd she almost risked disfellowshiped becos she refused letting go of an unrighteous. I can go on nd on although u pple have ur good side bt don't make u all look like u r all good cos u r not. D sin in d jw fold is worse dan sodom nd gomorrah cos I can tell u I knw jw lesbians nd hw many of u guys sleep wit eachoda in d name of broda sister I hav come to knw a lot bt war freaks me is despite all dis u call odas unrighteous

Nigeria has always had special forces and has been used in many operations in d past, covert or odawise, dis isn't a new development. Don't miss inform pple

Actually dis govt can be likened to a space shuttle at a lunch site dat in d process of lunching removes so much smoke nd vibrations nd noise. But in dis case d lunch refuse to occur bt d vibrations,noise nd smoke continues. In space science shuttle lunch tests if such continues d shuttle itself will b consumed by d lunch pad..... #foodforthought

The 56th induction ceremony comes up on the 3rd and 4th November, 2015. this is wishing all inductees a hearty congratulations, It hasn't been an easy road. All the sleepness nights, the money we parted with, the friendships we lost: I for one lost 2 girlfriends to ICAN. I can go on and on, come Wednesday the 4th our efforts will be crowned and to all those still struggling on the road to ACA-ship don't give up God is your strength. All inductees feel free to share your stories. Once more CONGRATULATIONS

Even fellow girls get attracted to big boobs how much more men...
Bt for me big boobs ain't a priority. Sweet fresh legs kills me...nd hippy curvylicious

Even fellow girls get attracted to big boobs how much more men...

I been wan comment buh after reading that guy's placard i no comment again....... chai

SenseiX:
That aircraft is actually from the Presidential Air Fleet not a private jet

please its a customs plane not a presidential jet. It was bought under d dikko's administration nd commissioned by d den minister of finance okonjo iweala... pls note

the judiciary itself is the sole reason corruption is endemic in Nigeria. there must be a way to reform it and urgently too. i believe d problem is in the way the judiciary is constituted, allowing d corrupt cult to hold top positions. i say CULT cos dats wat d judiciary really is if u look deep. i call d judiciary an organized crime in itself

the same civil servants you said was corrupt and lazy? now doing most of the work ? #contradiction continues

IbnSultaan:
come to Nigeria Defence Academy tmrw 08:00hrs and see quarter guard

bros hw else do u want a quarter guard to be? Don't rubbish others becos u feel urs is better, rather appreciate d fact dat dey r dem nd u r u geddit? Save for some protruding tommy. Quarter guard nt bad. Don't be selfish

IbnSultaan:
it doesn't matter
haba
U want a Nigeria Army colonel to were civilian uniform

imagine wat u r saying, so u classify para military personnels as civilian? Haba pls be reasonable

PassingShot:
These unrepentant TANoids again!

With just N30m in an only bank account, Buhari was a poor man.

Shame on Balarabe Musa and his co-travellers. Shame on all the billionaires who saw nothing wrong in looting the common wealth.

With his assetdeclaration, Buhari has again proved that he is indeed incorruptible.

An average local govt chairman in Nigeria is far richer than Buhari.

In societies where honor and principle still guide people's actions, this shameless man and Olisa Metuh and their co-wailers will forever bury their head and shut their dirty mouths PERMANENTLY.

and who told u he declared all his assets? For real is dat wat u tink? Wake up from illusionary utopia please

Kiakia:
There is no provision in our statute books which compels the President and his Vice to declare their assets publicly. I cannot remember Obasanjo and Jonathan declaring their assests publicly when they held sway as Presidents of this country. No fuse was made about that. That both Buhari and Osinbajo decided to to tow the path of rectitude by declaring their assets to the public was of their own volition. How many Ministers and other top government officials declare their assets publicly? How many of them have made public what they own at the end of their tenure [b]as required by [/b]law? Nigerians are so much in a hurry to criticise and condemn in their holier-than-thou attitude. The two gentlemen only made a partial disclosure of their assets through a media aide. They are to fully do this. The media aide even gave an inkling that full disclosure will be done in due course, yet Nigerians want to stampede the natural course of events. I wil urge restraint in this regard. Things will gradually unfold.

the bolded is contradictory