₦airaland Forum

ashacot:
lol.

this one don day smoke. Was he in Kaduna yesterday?

Malam Shetima has put it perfectly, “You can not stay in South and tell me whats happening in the North”.
Everytime someone on ground talks about Buhari candicacy not being as popular as before, One senseless Yoruba man in one brown roofed shanty will come out to make noise. Someone that has never crossed Kwara not to talk of Niger will come to dispute facts on ground. Are you in kaduna or do you knw kaduna? Am from there and based there, the Buhari crowd we saw in 2014-15 was two times more than what we saw yesterday.
We know the Yorubas are desperate and scared of whats to come thus must make empty noise, am just glad alot pf them are now seeing the wisdom to vote out Buhari.
You keep making noise about kaduna crowd. The capacity of that stadium is a mere 16,000. It was even a flop based on what we saw when the PDP guber candidate kicked off his rally at the Tradefair ground. If Elrufai and Buhari are popular. Why are they refuaing to allow the PDP access to state owned stadiums? They got that crowd from state sponsored promos of winning Led Tvs, Smart fones and price money.
Not to worry when Incoming president Atiku visits, all your senseless doubts will be cleared.

Rubish. all i see is hotels. while Anambra is building factories Imo state capital is turned into a whoring den. Is Owerri the only place in Imo? how about orlu and Okikwe, the situation in Orluvis.not only pathetic but shameful. Rochas must have done well for owerri, but he faiked woefully by abandoning other parts of Imo. Orlu Zone will definately go for their own thats a fact, cos they have been short changed by Rochas. I cant say i blame them.

The recent Miyatti Allah endorsements of the Buhari lead Federal Government, may not be unconnected with the already concluded plans by the APC lead Federal government to convert its own lands located in various parts of the country for the establishment of cattle colonies and ranches in order to put an end to clashes between herders and farmers across the nation.
It was learnt that the Federal Government ’ s decision was prompted by the continued delay of state governments in providing land for ranches .
Our correspondent gathered that the Federal Government would use its land as well as some identified grazing reserves for the establishment of ranches.
On July 14 , 2018 , it was exclusively reported by Saturday PUNCH that with the refusal of some state governors to give land for ranching, the Federal Government had decided to reactivate and convert about 177 out of the 415 grazing reserves across the country to ranches .
It was also reported that aside from Kogi State that had officially agreed to provide about 5, 000 hectares of land , no other state had publicly announced willingness to provide land for ranches or cattle colonies , which the Federal Government favours .
Governors of the South- East states in July rose from a meeting in Enugu with a decision that no land would be made available for the establishment of cattle ranches in the zone, while other states have deliberately been delaying in acceding to the request of the Federal Government.
Officials of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, however , stated that the Federal Government was still making plans to establish ranches across the country despite the delay by state governments .
They told our correspondent in Abuja that the government recently realised that it had more than enough land for this purpose.
The Director , FMARD , Tolu Makinde , said , “The latest decision is that the government has more land than required, even as far as ranching is concerned . There are various pieces of land in different locations across the country that have been documented and gazetted, the Federal Government has decided that it is better to use them than ask state governments to donate land .
“So , the decision has been taken and the issue now is funding, but as soon as the release from the 2018 budget starts to come in, the government will come up directly with what it intends to do. So many options are being considered .”
Makinde noted that with the latest development, the government would not compel any state to donate land for the establishment of ranches or grazing reserves .
He, however , observed that a lot of people had encroached on some of the Federal Government ’ s grazing reserves , adding that the remaining ones and the available land were more than enough for the establishment of cattle ranches .
Makinde added , “The fact now is that the government has discovered that it has more land and it is not compelling any state to donate land for grazing reserves or for ranches.
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“It may interest you to know that the number of grazing reserves that the government has ; some of them have been encroached upon . However, the remaining available ones are more than enough .”
When asked to state where the Federal Government ’ s pieces of land were located , he replied, “Before Nigeria got independence , the colonial masters actually had land scattered from Maiduguri to Sokoto , up to Oyo. These were large expanses of land that were mainly left for only grazing .
“And so , when the herders are migrating with their cattle, they go to these pieces of land ; they don ’ t go to the land of other people. But problem started when we now decided to create states, as some of the land fell within some states. And some state governments decided to take them over .
“However, the ones that are documented and gazetted right now are more than enough for the Federal Government to use , instead of asking state governments to donate . So , it is the gazetted land that the government is trying to do something about as well as the identified grazing reserves .”
Another official of the ministry stated that the government would use the gazetted land as demonstration grazing centres.
“The government is going to use the gazetted land as demonstration centres, because it will have security there. There will be dams in these grazing centres to ensure adequate water supply , ” the official , who pleaded to remain anonymous, said.
“This is because three things are required in these centres. There must be security , water and fodder , which is grass for the cattle to feed on. So , anybody who wants to make use of the place will bring his livestock there and pay some token . This is against the earlier claim that the government is trying to take the land of citizens, ” the official stated.
The ministry said it would commence public enlightenment campaigns to educate Nigerians on the need to create ranches and why the Federal Government would use its own land for the purpose .
“It is becoming clear now that we don ’ t have any vibrant alternative to addressing the clashes than the establishment of ranches . And this is because it is going to benefit the farmers and herdsmen . Also , the minister ( of agriculture ) recently revealed that there is going to be a programme for artificial insemination in some of these centres , ” Makinde stated .
He noted that a number of state governments gave indication that they would provide land for ranches , but only Kogi State had fulfilled its part .
It was also learnt that about 15 other states had volunteered to provide land for the establishment of cattle ranches .
They include Adamawa , Kano , Kaduna , Katsina , Zamfara, Kebbi , Nasarawa and Plateau .
Others are Bauchi , Gombe , Borno, Jigawa , Yobe, Niger and Kwara states.
Findings from the headquarters of the FMARD in Abuja showed that while there were dissenting voices in some of the documented states that had volunteered to provide land , the 15 states had agreed to provide 5 , 000 hectares of land each for the establishment of ranches.
Earlier this year , the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh , announced that the establishment of cattle colonies in the states that had volunteered land would commence within weeks .
This, however , has not happened .
Senior officials at the agriculture ministry re -echoed what Ogbeh said , as they stressed that the Federal Government would not force any state to volunteer land for the initiative .
The officials , however , stated that the 16 northern states had been documented as locations where the initiative would start , adding that the government was canvassing support from more states , particularly from the southern part of the country.
Ogbeh’ s Special Assistant on Media , Olukayode Oyeleye , and Makinde provided our correspondent with various speeches by the minister, which extensively explained how the Federal Government planned to go about the initiative.

https://punchng.com/ranches-fg-to-use-own-land-as-states-resist/i

An anti-corruption group, the Council on African Security and Development (CASADE) has petitioned the Presidency demanding a halt to the procurement process towards the award of several contracts by the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA).
The shortlisting of potential contractors was found to have ignored key procurement regulations and procedures published by the agency.
The group, in a petition dated January 14, 2019, by its assistant director, Okechukwu Effoduh, to the Director General, Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), said it would not hesitate to sue the BCDA if steps are not taken to stop the award of the contracts next week.
“If appropriate action is not taken on or before January 25, 2019, we will be compelled to file a lawsuit against the BPP and the BCDA for a judicial review of the flawed procurement process at the BCDA. We will also be compelled to amplify our complaints in all forms of media,” the group said in the petition.
A copy of the petition was obtained by PREMIUM TIMES on Monday in Abuja.
The petition by the anti-corruption group criticized the BCDA following an
exclusive report by PREMIUM TIMES detailing massive contract procurement irregularities uncovered in the agency.
BDCA AND BID GUIDELINES
The federal interventionist agency established in 2003 to develop the country’s border communities, has President Buhari’s son-in-law, Junaid Abdullahi, as executive secretary.
The agency has the mandate to provide social and infrastructural amenities to international border communities in 21 states of the federation, spanning over 105 local government areas.
Although the invitation-to-tender advertisement published on July 29, 2018, called for bids from prospective experienced and competent contractors/suppliers for almost 400 self-enrichment projects by lawmakers, findings showed most of the companies shortlisted did not meet the approved guidelines.
Some of the guidelines included submission of bids accompanied with a three-year financial audit report and tax clearance certificate validated by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), with a cumulative average annual turnover of a minimum of N50million for the period 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Also, prospective bidders were asked to submit current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) compliance certificate and Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) compliance certificate, all valid till December 31, 2018; evidence of registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and service providers or valid certification by the BPP.
The director general, Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze, told PREMIUM TIMES in Abuja on Wednesday these documents are “statutory requirements under the procurement law for all persons bidding for government contracts.”
However, an analysis of a trove of procurement documents on the controversial contract showed that the majority of the companies shortlisted by the BCDA submitted irregular bids not accompanied by both evidence of current Pension Compliance Certificate (PCC) and the Company Incomes Tax Clearance Certificates.
A technical bid evaluation list of 988 pre-qualified companies under the 2018 constituency projects revealed that about 815 of the prequalified or shortlisted bids (representing over 83 percent) failed to meet at least one or the two key criteria that define the minimum threshold specified in the bid guidelines.
FRAUD DISHEARTENING
The anti-corruption group described the BCDA’s handling of the exercise as “a disheartening violation of the country’s procurement law, as qualified bidders were disqualified, while others shortlisted were clearly ineligible to be awarded jobs by the federal government.
“Clearly, the action of BCDA is a threat to President Muhammadu Buhari’s integrity, anti-corruption posture and drive to increase revenue.
“It is a clear violation of the Public Procurement Act 2007, which established the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) as the regulatory authority for the monitoring and oversight of public procurement in Nigeria.”
Besides, the group said the action by the BCDA is also a threat to the revenue drive of the Federal Ministry of Finance and the FIRS on the one hand, and other revenue generating agencies like the Industrial Training Fund, National Social Insurance Trust Fund, Pension Commission and the Corporate Affairs Commission.
“While the FIRS is calling on companies to pay taxes and sanctioning tax defaulters, the BCDA is encouraging companies not to pay taxes and rewarding tax defaulters. The BCDA is about to spend about N18,188,942,647 on the Zonal Intervention Projects, out of which about N9,094,471,323 has already been released to the agency,” the group said.
While accusing the BPP of failing to closely monitor the process, the group noted that under the BPP Act, one of its key responsibilities is the “enforcement of fair, competitive, transparent, value-for-money standards and practices for the procurement and disposal of public assets.”
The group urged the BCDA to award the contracts to only those companies that met the prequalification requirements based on the procurement process advertised in the Federal Tenders Journal of Monday, July 30 to August 5, 2018.
PRESIDENCY SHOULD ACT
Mr Effoduh said having waited for over 27 days since the petition was submitted to BPP without response, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Itse Sagay, should act on their warning that the government will not tolerate any of its agencies and regulators to sustain corruption in the system.
“This is already a contravention of the BPP Act and the Freedom of Information Act which responses are mandatory within 14 days,” he said.
The petition by the group is the second in a week from different groups and individuals calling on the Federal Government to halt the award of the multi-billion Naira contracts under the 2018 zonal intervention projects for lawmakers.
On Tuesday, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, also asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices & Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC), to launch an investigation against the BDCA.
Mr Abubakar made the call in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday by his special assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu.
Also, in his reaction to the report, a former director-general of the Bureau for Public Sector Reform, Joe Abah, told PREMIUM TIMES in Abuja on Wednesday the relevant government agencies should look into the matter immediately.
“It is a clear breach of the public procurement rules. It should be taken up by the relevant government bodies,” he said.
A senior Federal Ministry of Finance official familiar with the matter told our reporter that the BDCA is one the numerous conduits members of the National Assembly found as willing allies to funnel proceeds from over 6,000 projects illegally introduced into the 2018 budget.
The official requested no

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/306185-contract-fraud-group-petitions-presidency-threatens-lawsuit-against-border-agency.html

StOla:
Nigerians can now see that Atiku and PDP are clowns.

Ogbeni show evidence and stop disturbing us with your many PDP lies.

Over 1 week gone and you are still grasping at straws, unable to show evidence like Sahara Reporters and Premium Times would do.


Atiku is a boko-haram and ISIS financier, and I will also hold on to the piece of evidence that I have, based on Atikulated PDP logic.

You guys are the clowns here. You say Atiku is grasping on straw, what is APC grasping on for the kast 3plus years? empty promises and propaganda. Funny how most of you think your stupid lies can sway sensable people. Bros we knw you are paid to come here to decieve Nigerians. Only a weak incompetent govt would be so concerned with propaganda than telling Nigerians what they have done in the last 3and half years.
Even Atiku presents you with the evidence, you wpuld still make more excuses for Buhari, its simple thats what you are paid to do. Zombie

This mumu have told so many les he finds ot difficult in knowing which onebos true or not. Shetimma Governor of Bornu said they have never had it this worst, but who we go now believe Buharo or Shetimma?

In 2915, this drug baron sang sai Baba, una rush vote am, After 7.4million jobs lose, Over 5000killed by BH and Herdsmen, and then finally Hunger and poverty took over. the Olodu wan make we follow am enter one chance? God Forbid. Afonja can follow him the rest of Nigeria are not interested.

you did it in anambra, we know you can do it in Abuja too. Congratulations Incoming Vice President.

yes.

By Collins Olayinka, Abuja
03 January 2019
• NNPC takes over calculation from PPPRA
The task of determining the daily consumption and subsidy on petroleum products has been taken over by the Petroleum Products Marketing Company ( PPMC ) , a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC ) .The development came as statistics show that the government currently pays N 2.434 billion daily to subsidise petrol .It was gathered that the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency ( PPPRA ) saddled with the responsibility of determining the pricing template of petroleum products in the country had been unable to discharge the responsibility in the last two years.
Indeed , the PPPRA official website which displays the landing cost and other parameters for determining the price of petroleum products has been dormant in the past two years.
The Group General Manager , Group Public Affairs Division ( GPAD ) of the NNPC , Ndu Nghamadu , confirmed the new responsibility of the PPMC yesterday when The Guardian sought to know if the daily consumption of petrol was still 50 million litres as claimed by the NNPC Group Managing Director , Dr. Maikanti Baru last year .
Nghamadu failed to call back to provide information on the current daily consumption . It is not known what parameters PPMC uses to make projections upon which NNPC base its importation regime .
Recall that only NNPC brings in products into the country and also single- handedly determines how the under -recovery is reimbursed . Before now , PPPA was saddled with the responsibility of verifying , while the Federal Ministry of Finance also verifies the veracity of the claims by marketers as well as authorise payment through the Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN) .
Air of uncertainty currently envelops the PPPRA as the NNPC has silently taken over one of its crucial responsibilities and the Executive Secretary of the agency, Abdulkadir Umar Saidu , seems helpless .
As at yesterday, a gallon of petrol costs $ 2.54 Cent in the United States of America. The Naira equivalent of $2.54 Cent at official rate of N 305 to the dollar is N 774. 7kobo. Therefore , the landing cost of a litre of petrol should be N 193 .68kobo ( excluding freight and other port charges ) .
At 50 million litres daily consumption , Nigeria currently pays N 2. 434billion per day subsidising petrol. An industry expert told The Guardian under condition of anonymity that it was time for Nigeria to do away with subsidy in order to free money for development purpose. The source said : “It is clear that if Nigeria does not do away with subsidy, the economy would crash in no distant time. How would government implement the new minimum wage ?”.
How will government fund education as demanded by the unions in that sector ? How would government fund health , which is in shamble ? How will government tackle poverty , which is principally fuelled by absence of critical infrastructure that will unleash the innate capacity of the Nigerian people? Why would government not use deregulation as a precondition for the implementation of a living wage that is far beyond the N 30, 000 being demanded ?”

https://m.guardian.ng/news/petrol-subsidy-hits-n2-43b-daily/

Pharrel30:
Atiku is not the right person, cause na him and Obasanjo spoil Nigeria, sold some company, all sort

Even of they spoil Nigeria, we were safer, BH and herds men didnt kill us. We had food to eat and clothes to wear.

CilicMarin:
Afraid ke? Did you read the article? Smart cards would be used alongside the incident forms incase of issues, as we had in 2015..

The only problem is that, if the INEC disenfranchised some Voters on the account of smart cards, somebody would just wake up and approach the court for the cancellation of the entire election, citing the use of illegal smart cards to conduct the said Election..

So INEC is being proactive, as they don't wants to be caught off guard.

Inec said itvhas cleaned up the register, and the Xhairman said it wont use incidence form. So why the U-turn? The most funny thing in this lifevis karma. Shey e dey sweet you now cos APC wants to rig abi? I hope if in the end the table turns, and this law is used against your demigod Tinubu political empire, i hope una no go dey shout blue murder. not to worry sha we go see how e finish.

You call JKay customer dada ni, yet The ApC has an agency dedicated to the removal of his posters, they spend all day online discrediting or demonizing him. How about you let the man alone? is it your sideline? why are the APC erats crying more than the sidelined Lagos PDP? why so much obsession with Jimi Agbaje?

Hahaha, nothing more to lie with, no positive post, no achievements. Buhari withdrew $1Billion USDs, without approval, yet BH is ransacking the entire NE, Hundreds of thousands have fled their homes, many victiims running away and trooping to Niger, Chad and Cameroun. But these shameless bunch are here spreading lies.
This comment was made by Trump early last year, in April 2018. This happened when the rest of the world thought Buhari was worth the time. Funny thing is after President Trump said this, they had a meeting with Buhari and after that meeting, President Trump looked to his aides and said the most honest and precise description of what Buhari is now known thevworld over to be, A Lifeless incompetent fossil. It was exactly after this meeting that Pres. Trump said,

“I NEVER WANT TO MEET SOMEONE SO LIFELESS AGAIN”

President Trump will and can never hail Buhari again like he was decieved to back in April 2018. This is simply cos the world over knows Buhari is as corrupt as they come, the oy people decieving themselves with this the fake Buhari corruption fight are APC zombies.

Afonja. President wanna bes will not near this post. Hahaha, after 4more years of Buhari and complete take over of North East and West of Nigeria. The So called Yoruba president will then carry the burden. Wetin concern us. shey una say make them slaughter people dey go as lobgvas buhari continues? Dear Lord may you repay people with their deeds. May those who say they dnt care if the country burns and your chikdren slaughtered as long as they can rule over Nigeria, let them have a taste of their own medicine.

Godblesspmb:
I called on the DSS to arrest this animal. I believe he knows more about the PDP plans.
We know PDP to be a party of terrorist even late AZAZI know that, that was the reason the BUFFOON killed him

you are the animal here. stupudity is not what anyone should be proud of. stup showing that in public.

Vicintonsh:

Please who has plyed this road recently cos I serve in Enugu, I was in Enugu November, and that road is as worst as it used to be. This particular one shown by OP is just before Enugu main town, and it is just one sided, the other side is just as bad as others. Na wa

this road is exactly as you saw it. They come online to decieve the Yorubas who hardly travel to the East. this is somply to make it seem as if the IBos are not grateful.

AZeD1:
I'm not defending Tunde Bakare but I can't find any lie in his statement.

Accepting to be Buhari's running mate did not invalidate the earlier assertion that Buhari is part of the 'old' except Reno believes Buhari is part of the new.



Here Tunde Bakare was quoting Buhari so you can't ascribe the lie to him as he was merely quoting the President.

he is a know liar. How about when he clained that God and the holy spirit told him OBJ wont won the 2003 election and if he does win he wont rule cos they would poison him? lol. A fake ass pastor.

ekestic1976:
Keyamo knows his onions. A man of few words, he speaks with lots of sense. But would Atiku heed Keyamo, being the stubborn man he is?

oy a fool will find alot of sense in senseless comments. So no sensable person on this platform would be surprised at your comment.

StOla:
Obi should be reminded that if refineries were working, we would not be importing refined petroleum products.

For 16yrs, PDP tried aimlessly yet could not repair a single refinery.

We are paying for 16yrs of unrepentant failure by the PDP.

Kaduna refinery and the one in PH was working even though not full capacities. The one in Kaduna has been down for the past 1year and half. What exactly are you talking about?

hisexcellency34:
Nobody takes Bakare serious again. He knows Buhari has failed but he is afraid of saying so

No mind am. Fake pastor. He onces predicted OBJ wont win the 2003 election, OBJ won, He then claimed OBJ will be poisoned, yet OBJ is still alive and kicking. Person wey deybempty na them dey make noise pass.

hisexcellency34:
Nobody takes Bakare serious again. He knows Buhari has failed but he is afraid of saying so

No mind am. Fake pastor. He onces claimed OBJ wont win the 2003 election, OBJ won, He then claimed OBJ will be poisoned, yet OBJ is still alive and kicking. Person wey deybempty na them dey make noise pass.

Not a single libral mind supports Buhari. There about 4 kind of people who supports Buhari.
1. Islamic Fanatics, BUHARIDEENS, Those who simply supports Buhari based on Ethno-Religious sentiments.These sadists are happy that the christian population up north and by extension the entire christian population in Nigeria are being gradually wipped out or decimated.

2. Tinubu Afonjas, Those who know deep down Buhari is a humongous failure, but their quest to replace Buhari wont allow them to say the truth or vote him out.
95% of this group are here on Nairaland akways shooting down anything that shows just how incompetent and clueless Buhari is, They will deny that even Herdsmen kidnapped Olu Falae. They claim its the PDP thats doing the killings. To the extent they brag that 2023 is already in the bag for their Yoruba son.

3. BMC e-RATS. Now these ones are the most shameless and pathetic, They have not only sold their conscience but also their entire generation for 30k or so stipends. They are so shameless to the extent Boko Haram will take over their villages and rape their mothers, but they will still come online to deny it.

4. This group consists of those who know Buhari has no business being a Local govt councilor, let alone a President, But they are so docile to either speak up or go and vote. They have govong up hope on Nigeria, but forgot that good things only happen when you act towards achieving it. To this group, just knw anyone who decides not to vote or cast their votes has indirectly voted for Buhari. These includes the IPOB members with voters cards, Nigerians who intends to seat back at home. Every member of the society who refuses to go and vote against Buhari.

Dear, Lord save and protect us from these people.
May they be rewarded in full with that which they by theor actions, invite to befall us. Amen.

Prior to 2015 Elecriions.

APC Sophisticated Zombies: Ambode is the real deal!!! Agbaje is a bad product!!!.
Buhari is the saviour!!! Goodluck if the expired product.

3years and several months later of both candidates being a monumental disaster.

APC Sophiticated Zombies: Ambode is a mistake, Sanwo olu is the real deal!!! Agbaje is not good enough.
Buhari has failed but lets give him another term to fix the country. Atiku is not good enough.

APC Sophisticated Zombies how do you want your thunder? Fried, Grilled or Roasted?

MufasaRebirth:
Giant of Africa indeed

shameless Bunch Uganda and Burundi is ranked higher than Nigeria and the now try to twist it.

artofseduction:
Lalasticlala

You never wake up.



Just look at d people Osibanjo

TINUBU

Fashion

Antonio

Okorocha

and co are supporting.

In this country $1bn was withdrawn from ECA 6 months after the Military came out to say dey hv not been given the $1bn.

D question is, where is d money?

Na jazz dis Daura gang use hold us down?

My bros no be Jazz. There is a War going on alright, but not on the battle fields in Borno, Yobe, Zamfara, and Adamawa. The War is hapoening in the media, There is a fight to stiffle the truth, a blanket on information about whats really happening. All they did was to buy out certain peoples conscience. Especialy those social media enforcers, Tinubu, Osibanjo, and Lia mohammed are the generals, Garba Shehu and Adeshina are the Commanders, The Nation , TVC and the rest are the Baracks, where the ammos are shunned out. The Foot soldiers are every where on Socila media always shooting down any negative news that could show the gross incompetence and grand corruption taken place in Nigeria under Buhari.
The $1Billion you mentioned are pumped into these guys pockets. While the Conflict rages on.

Tobi Soniyi
Massive corruption among top military chiefs appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari is the reason Nigeria is losing the war against Boko Haram, the Defense and Foreign Affairs has revealed in its Special Analysis released on December 28.
The Defense and Foreign Affairs reports are published by the International Strategic Studies Association (ISSA) based in the United States of America. ISSA is a Washington-based non-governmental organisation with a worldwide membership of professionals involved in national and international security and strategic policy.
The association, in 1998, took over publication of the Defense and Foreign Affairs publishing and information group, which began in 1972, providing strategic information and analysis to governments worldwide. It also incorporates the Global Information System (GIS), an encrypted on-line intelligence service for governments.
President of ISSA, Gregory Copley, told THISDAY yesterday night that their analyses were not released to the public but to governments the organisation had affiliation with. Investigation shows that not less than 160 countries have some form of affiliation to the organisation’s reports.
Asked specifically if the organisation had any affiliation with Nigeria, Coley, replied, “All I can say is that our report go to all countries we have some form of affiliation with. I will not comment on specific cases.”
The report obtained by THISDAY is damning and blames corruption among higher ups in the military high command for the faltering war against Boko Haram. Extracts from the analysis stated that at present, the Nigerian government had completely and comprehensively lost control of the engagement with Boko Haram and could show no instance when the government presently had tactical, theater, strategic, or information dominance of any aspect of the conflict.
According to the report, the insurgent groups grow stronger, and the government forces grow weaker and more beset by morale collapse.
It said, “It is fair to say that the Nigerian intelligence community itself is no longer sure what groups even comprise ‘Boko Haram’, nor has it addressed the international logistical, ideological, and support aspects contributing to the ongoing viability of the groups.”
The report stated that the leadership of the military, rather than concentrating on how to defeat the insurgents, were preoccupied with how to stop the leakage of information about massive corruption that had taken place on the pretext of fighting Boko Haram.
Excerpts from the report states as follows, “The conflict will almost certainly prove the undoing of the present government of President Muhammadu Buhari at the February 16, 2019, presidential elections.
“Despite this, the only significant engagement which the Nigerian military leadership — up to and including the National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. (rtd.) Mohammed Babagana Monguno – seems to prioritise is the fight to stop the leakage of information about massive corruption, running into the equivalent of several billions of dollars, in the purchase by senior military officers of major military capital goods and military consumables, including the troops’ own food.
“The conduct of the war in the North is tied to the corruption in the military, and Buhari — ring-fenced by his own team — is unable to tackle the issue.
“His poor health does not help, but he had always (even as a military president, taking office on December 31, 1983) been indecisive and vindictive.
“This ongoing set of characteristics mean that the coming months will be dramatic, even more than the dying days of the preceding administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.
“It is significant that Buhari, who received the findings of the commission as much as a year ago, has refused to allow it to be made public and he, through National Security Adviser Monguno, has attempted to have the commission disband.
“However, it is believed that Monguno and Buhari are aware that copies of the report are beyond their reach and could be released unofficially if further attempts are made to assassinate commission members.
“The commission, investigating defense procurement from 2007 onwards, made significant strides which were initially accepted by the Buhari government, until the scope of the inquiry went beyond the period relating to the former government of Pres. Goodluck Jonathan, and began to show corruption patterns extending into officers still serving under President Buhari.”
The report stated that the death of a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal (rtd.) Alex Sabundu Badeh (who became Chief of Defence Staff), and that of a former Chief of Administration of the Nigerian Army, Major General Idris Alkali, on September 3, 2018 were not a mere coincidence .
It said, “Given the upsurge in momentum by ‘the highest levels of government’ to stop the findings becoming public from the corruption commission on defense procurement, it is plausible that the attribution of a criminal ‘kidnapping-attempt-gone-wrong’ against the Air Chief Marshal was a convenient excuse to ensure that the victim — Badeh — could not divulge in court the pattern and details of corruption which has grown even more rampant in the current generation of defense leadership.
“On September 3, 2018, the retired Chief of Administration of the Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Idris Alkali, was also killed, ostensibly by a gang of youthful protestors who set up a roadblock near Jos, the capital of Plateau State. His body was discovered on October 31, 2018. And his death was blamed on ‘an irate mob’, who were protesting in the Du-ra-Du community against the September 2, 2018, killing of 11 members of their own community.”
The report further stated, “No significant economic or political progress can be achieved in Nigeria until the issue of the Boko Haram insurgency is resolved. Other insurgencies are also expected to emerge, or re-emerge, particularly in the Niger Delta. And while other pending internal security issues are important, it is on the BH issue that the prestige, credibility, and reliability of Nigeria is assessed by the international community. Thus, all questions of the viability of Nigeria as a candidate for inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and international cooperation are dependent on a resolution of the BH issues.
“Domestically, resolution of the BH issue is a pre-requisite to enabling issues of intra-Nigerian regional equity imbalances to be addressed. Moreover, the credibility of the Federal Government as an arbiter of justice is assessed by the domestic electorate and the world community.”
However, the Nigerian Armed Forces have consistently denied any allegation of corruption against the leadership. They have also stated and demonstrated the fact that they are capable of not only stopping the insurgents but rooting them out of the country.
Two days ago, army spokesman, Brig. General Sani Kukasheka Usman, said the nation’s military repelled an attack by the insurgents in Baga, Boro State. According to him, the insurgents on Wednesday, December 26 attacked the 7 Brigade of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), based in Baga, Borno State, about 7pm.
A statement issued by Usman read, “The troops along with their Nigerian Navy counterparts put up a very determined fight to repel the attack throughout the night, while Sector 3 Operation LAFIYA DOLE sent in reinforcement who are in hot pursuit of the terrorists.
“Similarly, a Search and Rescue team has been constituted.
“The Nigerian Air Force component has also been mobilised and are engaging the fleeing terrorists. Unfortunately, a naval personnel was killed in action. So far, no further details of casualties yet as efforts are ongoing to clear the terrorists hiding in Baga and environs.”

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seanfer:
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