₦airaland Forum

Firefire:
APC, corruption cries to the heavenly.

lisimmo:
puke
Sinators and Senathieves.

Sibrah:
Sad and low of them. So our senate will collect our money and be supporting one criminal like who's against us, against us. Let this man drown on his own.

Nigerian Senators Receive Text To Accompany Saraki To Corruption Trial

BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK NOV 04, 2015

SaharaReporters has obtained a copy of a text message sent out to Nigerian Senators urging them to accompany embattled Senate President Bukola Saraki to his corruption trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja tomorrow (November 5 2015).

President of the Senate Bukola Saraki
Mr. Saraki and the leadership of the Senate have consistently shut down the Senate to enable senators to storm the venue of the CCT tribunal in a show of solidarity. In previous outings, more than 60 senators had showed up with Mr. Saraki at his hearings. Some civil rights activists have accused Mr. Saraki of using Nigerian taxpayers’ time and funds to attend to his personal corruption trial.

Yesterday, Mr. Saraki adjourned the sitting of the Senate until November 10, shortly after releasing the list of newly constituted committees of the Senate.

A copy of the text message to senators, signed by one “Arthur,” self-identified as “Director of Protocol to Saraki,” read:

Gdevenin Distinguishr. Wish to inform dt Buses are available 2moro mrnin to convey Senators wishing to accompany H/E d Senate President.
Departure is at 9 am frm d house @ 22 Yesderan Str. by IGP’s House Maitama. Regards. -Arthur (dir’ of Prot. S/P). +2348077770119

IcecoldDon:
But seriously.....still no response or input from the PDP fans?? I am seriously disappointed. Where d hell is firefire,tonyebacarnista,mizmycoli etc......

Or should we take it that this isn't worth contributing about Shouldn't all divide be about making Nigeria greater and better??

Aareonakakanfo:
@modath,that's a brilliant move.This is what intelligent people were advising Mr "grey cap" to do, instead he was thinking about how to get another term.Otondo

modath:
Long overdue sef...

It was never done for the good of the common man, it was just patronage for cronies & political associates..



Cc: passingshot , omenka, midolian, beremx, egift, sammyj, laudate, seunmsg , gbawe , Ngenekwenu, balloski, rawani, sandraokosun ,MayorofLagos, Aareonakakanfo , zimoni et al

theV0ice:
Of course the way Oshiomhole talked about it then, its obvious they're working on it.

Diezani's confinement to UK till next year isn't for nothing. Read somewhere that USA, UK and Switzerland are collaborating with Nigeria on the matter

theV0ice:
This is the part that got me thinking too.

So Oshiobaba didn't make up stories?

The President’s searchlight has been on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) – for obvious reasons. Oil accounts for over 90 per cent of Nigeria’s revenue. Preliminary probes launched into the activities of the NNPC and other revenue-generating agencies, including the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS); Nigerian Customs Service (NCS); Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), among others, discovered the agencies as conduit pipes for public office holders.

The Excess Crude Account (ECA) – the savings for the rainy day – is also being examined.

At its maiden meeting, the National Economic Council (NEC), under the chairmanship of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, raised a committee of five to look into allegation of sharp practices in some money-generating agencies. Specifically, the NEC mandated the panel to investigate a shortfall of N3.5 trillion in remittances by the NNPC into the Federation Account since 2012.

Headed by Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole, the panel’s other other members are ; governors Nasir El Rufai (Kaduna), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Ibrahim Dankwabo (Gombe) and Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos). The NEC decided to set up the committee after a briefing by a director of Funds in the Office of the Accountant-General on the status and management of the Federation Account, which indicted NNPC for remitting only N4.3 trillion out of its earnings, estimated at N8.1 trillion in three years.

DelGardo:
That's how they roll, the TANoids.
As you said, bigots are attracted only to negatives of Buhari (if ever there was). When they can't see a way to twist positive to negative they engage in wanton ridicule of the subject.

I supported GMB all the way from 2003 because of the reasons you have so eruditely captured in your various posts. He was the only option after the heinous outings of PDP and the calamity called Goodluck.

neolboy:
No more fuel scarcity, no marketers will be holding a nation of about 140million citizens to ransome

EasternLion:
But why must everything about Nigeria be about oil sef.?

viktagorion:
If we don't kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria.


Carry on Mr President, we got your back.




That's the reason I voted for Muhammadu Okechukwu Ilufemiloye Buhari.

BALLOSKI:
I don't think Jonathan and his 'cronnies' should be forgiven.








Useless people!

Fuel Subsidy Rip-Offs: Wikileaks Reveals How NNPC Cost Nigeria Billions of Dollars


Following that, on April 6, Femi Otedola, President and CEO of Zenon Petroleum and Gas, essentially corroborated Finlayson's report, saying over $300 million has been overpaid by NNPC for fuel imports, and that many leading international traders are involved in the manipulation of shipments that the NNPC curiously failed to notice. “Discrepancies were found when comparing dates on the bills of lading with dates of landing in Lagos,” the document said.

According to the cable, “Pointing to examples, Otedola said that while a tanker loading fuel at a refinery in Bahrain usually takes four weeks to arrive in Lagos, comparisons between the bills of lading and dates of arrival of some shipments reflected only a four-day difference, and in other cases, if taken at face value, indicated the journey took nine months. Otedola said 73 shipments from refineries in the Persian Gulf, England, and Venezuela listed delivery times of only one day. NNPC is attempting to get compensation for the over-charge. Otedola went on that most of the fuel traders supplying Nigeria are implicated in over-charging NNPC, and showed a list of 17 companies that supplied fuel in the first quarter of 2004, several of which, he said, are significant players in international markets, such as Trafigura and Vitol. Otedola added that three companies clearly not involved in the scandal are British Petroleum, ChevronTexaco and Shell.”



[size=14pt]The most stunning part of the cable is the reported recommendation of Otedola who felt that Nigeria would “save some four billion dollars a year in expenditures on imported fuel” if the NNPC simply stopped contracting with international fuel traders and, instead, negotiated purchases directly from refineries worldwide.[/size]

Gbawe:
Why are you guys surprised at this development? It is what any government that is not corrupt and is genuinely on the side of Nigerians would do. I have said it many times that leading Nigeria is not rocket science. You do not need 4 PHDs to lead Nigeria well. What is required, above everything else, is the fearless will and decency to shun the need for self-aggrandizement and do what is right for the people always and in every sector.

This development is not new and even Femi Otedola has given this advice in the past i.e Nigeria should engage directly with foreign refineries to beat fuel subsidy scams, petrol queues and the other deleterious effects of using fuel marketers i.e glorified and unneeded middlemen that PDP Presidents have all kept in place because this helps their individual drive to stuff their pockets and those of their cronies. Nairalanders themselves can see that this idea is not new and many of us have called for its adoption even if the PDP had remained too corrupt to acquiesce. Some of us know why we wanted Buhari passionately and our reasons will become clear to others too very soon.

https://www.nairaland.com/2339465/buhari-not-use-oil-marketers




I have said this here a million times. GEJ is corruption and corruption is GEJ. Is Otedola not in GEJ's economic team? Does he not have the ears of the President directly? How come, as many have pointed out here many times, GEJ has not taken Otedola's advice , shown below, if he is not the same corruption plaguing Nigeria?

The man's penchant for "don't give a damn" scams are really a disgrace to Nigeria. Nothing would come more naturally than for a President who is a solution provider to do as Otedola suggests below. I think even a child knows why GEJ is always loathe to take good advice and do what will save Nigeria money, promote accountability, defeat corruption, strengthen our institutions, diminish the enrichment of politicians and their cronies plus optimally boost income accruable to the Nation. Nauseating how this President openly abets corruption and the plundering of his own Nation in a brazen and wanton manner.


http://saharareporters.com/news-page/fuel-subsidy-rip-offs-wikileaks-reveals-how-nnpc-cost-nigeria-billions-dollars

Gbawe:
Simple. GEJ rejected doing the right things always, even when he knew precisely what to do, because this would block the avenues that enables him and his cronies to loot Nigeria. The beginning of the greatness of Nigeria is connected to our nation gaining an immaterialistic, ascetic and highly principled President who will work for Nigerians. One thing most Nigerians do not understand is that the inordinately powerful Nigerian Presidency, if any of us gained control of it today, could turn anyone into a callous and very corrupt man/woman if we are not highly principled and unshakably pro-people to begin with.

When you become President the first to approach you will be those who will show you how you can become richer than Bill Gates. Once you listen to these people, as PDP Presidents always do because of the patronage system the Party favours, then you have condemned Nigerians to underdevelopment and greater misery. It is not the case that GEJ "never thought of this". He was shown what must be done but rejected such because using marketers and middlemen opens up a monumental floodgate of scams against Nigerians and the common man that would see Jonathan and his minions become filthy rich. PDP President will thus always embrace the scammers because this gives them an opportunity to become very rich in return also. Yet Nigeria and Nigerians are the victim of this wickedness. The game changes when you then get a President, Buhari, not interested in self-enrichment and will only accept doing what will improve the lives of ordinary Nigerians. This is why some of us rejected GEJ to back Buhari passionately.

Adextaiwo48:
do you even have brain atall?... why are you myopic and lazy in your thinking... what happened to d allocations, and the budget the government made on the road previously... if you live in the mentioned area you won't reason so shallow.

obailala:
Resign and then what happens?... He hands over to Prof Osinbajo?... Or maybe the prof resigns too and they hand over power to Saraki?

Instead of you PDPians to go back to the drawing board, put on your thinking caps (that's if you guys have any) and try to strategise on 2019, you are here wishing for the president to resign with the hope that you could drag power from some kind of backdoor. Shame!

hinwazaka:
Mr Politician wannabe, you are back. How far with your political ambition. Has the APC not delivered on their promise yet.

Ballmer:
Wailer n you do not think power makes more sense than minister of Abuja ?

dialfa:
Six months after "winning" the election, you APC guys are still telling us what you will do. Future Past Government.

LRNZH:
I second this realistic assertion.

dialfa:
Which posts are more juicier than petroleum and finance? Both of which if this list is true will be controlled by Igbos.

cutestcee:
That's pathetic! Really poor. So 5k is all they were worth?

9jacrip:
Uncle Gbawe, good evening (at least from this part of the world). I would like tonknow your take on the integration of south western states in terms of economy and political agenda drive. Is this achievable?

Can a united Yoruba group be formed or Afenifere resuscitated with every political party member/politician under it and serving as the common ground for all regardless of party leaning. A place where Yoruba agenda can be drawn up and brought into fruition regardless of what party gets power.

As it stands, Yoruba polticians stand for nothing that will benefit the West. Their party objectives seem to override the interest of their people.

Sir, can we bring the western region back or something close to it. Nigeria and her politics are holding us back and undoing our 1950s and 1960s achievements.

Aareonakakanfo:
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Thank you! If you have more or you discover anyone besides these two,please post it.I'll try picking some beautiful ideas here and sending it to them.Ki olorun je ogbo

@the bold, hmmmmn interesting!