₦airaland Forum

sonOfLucifer:
Sai Buhari!!!!

kokoA:
Power, works and housing. Ba wan use work kill BRF.

stinggy:
Ask them. His only sin is going against 'their son'.
Amaechi is not perfect, but he wouldn't have been hated had it been he worked with Jona.

What's bad in having you our mind and following what your principles are?

PassingShot:
Yes, including the conqueror of GEJ and Wike.

justmenoni:
Including amaeachi

TippyTop:
Can someone please alert me when you see a saint among the noisemakers.

realchanger:
What the heck is wrong with this man self, must you talk all time, on the no 1: being a minister does not equate you to deliberate life of inconvenience to your previous lifestyle, mind you if someone has being flying 1st class before being a minister, so once he became one he should seize to, just because he his a minister, #deceit.

easydone:
So any of the new ministers cant afford a first class ticket without tax payers money? You get to a certain level in life where you can afford first class. Bruce snap and shame is not the way to fish out corrupt officials! Lets do stuff the right way and we will get the right result. Enough of this round about politics, chasing shadows and ignoring what matters.

ola7199:
Nigerian Politicians playing tricks again.
You guys ain't for the purpose of good development ...we know you just want campaign to get sympathy vote.

Fayose sabi pass you. yeye idiats

Charly68:
He would have taken Goodluck ministers pictures before demanding for Buhari's ministers pics ..what if a minister pays for his own flight ticket from his personal purse ? What a nonsense. People should misup issues in this nation..We are talking of modesty & not witch hunting

blackprowler:
I have a fair understanding of Ben Bruce, having followed his rise since MBGN 1987 and engaging him frequently on Twitter. I'm sure if he starts blocking people, I will be high on his list. However, unlike most Nigerians, I look at the message and not the messenger. If you think Nigeria is a place where people who are stupendously wealthy would want to work for government and spend their own money on ostentation, I'm sure I have no idea where you're from.

motilolami:
I should have snapped Ben Bruce when he travelled with his younger brother early this year,they were both on first class. Won't disclose the airline. All na wash

blackprowler:
If you provide evidence it's from your own personal wealth you make your expenditures, by all means charter an A380 with only you inside sef; I'll be the first to defend you against any attack. Do you know Nigeria is at the bottom of almost all indices to measure a nation's human development?

Abagworo:
I have been watching the events unfold across Southeast and some parts of South-South but one striking thing noticeable has been the failure to build a formidable movement in Imo State. Why has the Biafran struggle been so sketchy and casual in Igbo heartland?

I don't think it is because of military or Police presence but because of what I have always written on Nairaland often debunked by fellow Igbos. Imo State suffered the most neglect in history under Jonathan's administration and we believe that we should support the FG to gain back what we lost in the past 4 years. All Buhari needs to be the darling of Igbo heartland is to complete the Umuapu-Elele Road and rehabilitate the Arondizuogu section of Nnewi-Okigwe Road.

PassingShot:
And some dolt will tell me it's illogical to blame PDP for the rot in Nigeria.

The most annoying thing is these nincompoops are the same set of people already blaming a five month government for the failure of their own failed presidents! They want Buhari to solve problems created in sixteen years, in five months or less. What an absurdity!

Foolish people everywhere here.

APC accuses Jonathan, appointees of looting at least N11.11trillion, says they must face the law
August 16, 2015Joshua Olufemi


The ruling All Progressives Congress has accused the past administration led by Goodluck Jonathan of looting at least N11.11 trillion (or $55.68 billion at N199.5 to a dollar) of public funds while in office.
In a statement Sunday, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Lai Mohammed, said, the rate at which public funds were stolen during the last regime was too “massive”, “spine-chilling” and “mind-boggling” to ignore.
The party listed the funds unaccounted for by the regime to include:
– 3.8 trillion Naira out of the 8.1 trillion Naira earned from crude oil (2012-2015) withheld by NNPC
– 2.1 billion US dollars from Excess Crude Account unaccounted for
– Department of Petroleum Resources’ unremitted 109.7 billion Naira royalty from oil firms
– 6 billion US dollars allegedly looted by some Ministers of the last Administration
– 160 million barrels of crude worth 13.9 billion US dollars lost between 2009 and 2012
– 15 million US dollars from botched arms deal yet to be returned to Nigeria
​- 13 billion US dollars​ in NLNG dividends mostly unaccounted for
​- 30 billion Naira rice waiver​
​- 183 billion naira​ unaccounted for at the Niger Delta Development Commission.
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The party said the listed ‘missing’ funds constituted just a tip of the iceberg since they are mostly from a few sectors of the economy, mostly the oil sector, and were discovered even before the forensic audit now being undertaken in some key areas.
”The level of looting that went on in other sectors is better imagined, hence the need for all Nigerians to rally around the Buhari Administration to recover the loots, bring the looters to justice and to put in place measures to prevent such looting in the future,” Mr. Mohammed said.
”The level of looting that went on in other sectors is better imagined, hence the need for all Nigerians to rally around the Buhari Administration to recover the loots, bring the looters to justice and to put in place measures to prevent such looting in the future,” he added.
He said any worthy leader would not close his eyes to such huge plundering of public resources before
“… Nothing but the total recovery of the funds will be acceptable to all patriotic Nigerians,” he said.
Mr. Mohammed said anyone who attempts, either by deeds or words, to sabotage the recovery efforts is not a patriot and deserves nothing but public opprobrium.
The statement thanked “Nigerians for their overwhelming support for the Buhari Administration in its tough but important task of tracing and recovering the loots, while also ensuring that the looters face justice”.
It added, ”It is absolutely gratifying that Nigerians are vehemently opposed to the few who would rather have the government of the day turn a blind eye to the looted funds and, in their words, carry on with the process of governance.
”Truly, what sort of governance can go on if the billions of Naira in a few hands are not recovered? In the first instance, the government needs every kobo of the funds it can muster to bring about the change it has promised Nigerians. Secondly, leaving such hair-raising funds in the hands of the few looters is dangerous, because they can use the funds to destabilize any government. In fact, no one will be surprised if the looters use their dirty funds to sponsor public demonstrations against the government’s determination to recover the funds.
”Thirdly, allowing those who privatized the commonwealth to get away is offering a thumbs-up for looting. No responsible government will do that,” the APC said.
The party said already the looters have embarked on a relentless and an increasingly-bold campaign to discredit the government of the day and sabotage the funds’ recovery process, using newspaper columnists, ‘talking heads’ and otherwise respectable opinion leaders.
”They and their paid hirelings have tried to employ sophistry to muddle the waters, but Nigerians are much wiser, and will not succumb to the dirty antics of the looters’ megaphones,” it said.
The APC said it is necessary to remind Nigerians of the kind of massive looting of the treasury that took place in the past few years, so they can better appreciate the seriousness of the issue at stake.

coolhamid:
Bro, one of the nominees used 79 million naira to design a website that should have been less than a million naira.
Another nominee used millions of naira to buy bed in state house when he was a governor.
I can go on and on, these guys embezzled public funds by inflating contract figures, and you are here defending them..
In a sane society where corruption is a capital offense, many of the nominees would be in jail.

PassingShot:
Just told you it was not even six months yet! A whole three weeks to make it six months and you're already approximating it. You exhibit a trait of a wailer.

coolhamid:
Why will I be expecting that a man I campaigned so hard for to fail? I lost hope in this administration since the day he appointed those career politicians as ministers.Look at all the ministerial nominees , most of them are known faces that have been government for donkey years with no convincing CV. Why not new faces since he came on board on the premise of CHANGE?
The problem with all APC guys on Nairaland is that, you see all critics as enemy of progress.

What will I gain from PMB failure but I will definitely gain much if he succeed in fixing Nigeria.

coolhamid:
So because he has control over them, you think some of the ministers won't devise another strategy to loot? Knowing fully well that their oga at the top will sack them if their shady deals are exposed. Many of them are known to be corrupt, corruption is in their DNA.

the President told the new ministers that “ we have already taken deliberate measures to plug leakages of government revenue and resources.”

The Treasury Single Account (TSA) is one example. Under this new system, all government revenue, income and payments are being handled via one single account which will be maintained by the Central Bank. This way, the government will have direct supervision of inflow and outflow. Cases such as that of Nigerian Maritime and Security Agency, NIMASA (currently under investigation by the EFCC) where billions of dollars were channelled for questionable purposes will be a thing of the past. Nigerians can expect more transparency and less misappropriation of funds by agencies of government. Government will begin to realise her revenue in full measure and agencies will be able to spend only within their budgets.

lorbah001:
He has control over his cabinets.....career politician or technocrats.

obailala:
This project is been done by the LASG.

The only reason why anyone would be silly enough to claim that their sophistication built Lagos is because someone else was silly to claim that his kinsmen are solely responsible for developing all of Lagos. Silly statements are usually prompted by another silly statement.

hotdi:
They will soon change their name to: People Denominational Party (PDP)

efilefun:
Soon KOWA will be much more relevant in Nigeria politics than this "People DEMOCRACY Party" abeg they should bring GEJ again in 2019, so APC will have a sweet landslide victory

aguiyi:
Such can only happen in animal kingdom

[size=14pt]The fact that the purported PDP primary election was held outside the stipulated time as stated by an INEC staff whose testimony was accepted by the Tribunal is conclusive of the fact that the PDP never validly nominated a candidate as required by law.[/size] In essence, the PDP did not participate in the election. It has been argued by some that it amounts to "double standard" for the Tribunal which sat in Abuja because of the security situation in the State to invalidate the PDP primary election which was taken to the party secretariat in Abuja also because of "security concerns".

On the surface, this argument appears logical. However, the point should be made that the Tribunal was not the proper forum for the PDP to raise such a defence. If INEC that is vested with the constitutional power to monitor and supervise primary elections of political parties did not admit or agree with the defence of the PDP on why it held Its purported gubernatorial primary in Abuja instead of Taraba State as stipulated by the Electoral Act, there is no justification for inviting the Tribunal to consider, accept or agree with that defence.

Also, it should be emphasised that even If the primary was held in Taraba State it would not have altered the decision of the Tribunal since it was held outside the stipulated time. The Court of Appeal and possibly the Supreme Court is open for the respondents who are dissatisfied with the findings of the Tribunal to test whether indeed the purported primary was held outside the stipulated time.

Babacele:
Quote the provisions of the law vis-a-vis the tribunal verdict n let's see who is sentimental here Mr Judge!

chronique:
Since we're in the era of change,let's discuss Nigerian politics without sentiments. The picture below clearly states what the verdict of the tribunal should have been since it's a straight forward case(as the electoral act clearly captures the offence/error and the remedy/punishment). What do you think made the tribunal judges go ultra vires,to pronounce the APC candidate the winner,as against the clear provisions of the law which they are duly aware of? Do you think there's an external influence involved in this? Let's hear your views from a neutral stand point.

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