₦airaland Forum

Hardeywerlay: speechless

bayooooooo: PDP seems to be heading towards implosion.

bayooooooo: Tribune is doing a low level propaganda for PDP. The write up sounds so silly and daft.

peruso: One thing you can quickly observe with us in nigeria is that it's very easy to divide us once you throw in the north-south card, or you throw in the religion card, or the ethnic card.
Babanginda aliyu is a politician and as a politician, you can get the other person to play to your tone as long as you hold the right cards. Which is what him and his colleagues did then. This has nothing to do with NORTHERNERS and the so called born to rule theory.

Ok if I may ask is this agreement binding on atiku abubakar, or is it binding on Buhari, how about, Donald duke, or ken nnamani, or Orji Kalu, or fashola. Ok what if ameachi or imoke decides to run for president by 2015 is this so called agreement binding on any of these individuals?

IT'S NOT EVEN BINDING ON ME! Cuz i knw who I would lik to vote for.

This is just a politician to politician thing and its only binding on them not on everyone else . He may choose to keep to the agreement or not, he is a politician.

But in my candid opinion I think this revelation is good, cuz I think it will only lead to more revelations

mikeansy: I dont know the relevance of this so called agreement as the North clearly did not vote Jonathan in the last election.

I personally think Jonathan will loose the next election if he dares to contest but what I will not accept are silly claims like these.

The North is a section of Nigeria and bound by the provisions of our constitution. They do not have the power to renegotiate the terms of that consitution either in the dark or in day light. If they so want power they should identify a Presidential candidate they think can move this country forward and show us his track record while also tell us what he will do in office.


Enough of this sectional madness!!!!!!!!!!!!

Governor of Niger State Babangida Aliyu has revealed of the existence of an agreement signed between President Goodluck Jonathan and some Northern governors in which Jonathan pledged to do only one term of four years from 2011 to 2015.

The governor said it was on the basis of that agreement that himself and some other Northern Governors, especially those of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party supported the President during the 2011 Presidential election, a decision that majority of the people of the region found offensive.

gabriel212: Y do we ppl indulge in insulting each other? We are mature n we can not reason in the same direction that is y we hav political, ethnical, religion different.
ALL THE PPL WE FIGHT OVER ARE FRIENDS.
LET B SWIFT TO READ BUT RELUCTANT TO RAISE INSULT!!!

“You see, when people sit down to share what is not enough and you don’t have anybody to speak for you,there is a problem” he explained.

"You see, when people sit down to loot what is not enough and you don't have anybody to loot for you, there is a problem" he explained.

superbloke: We know the truth, but many of us just like to be deceived.

Fadelex: Even though i dont agree wit some of the governor's policies, i went to osun state last week and i can see d governor is massively working... The state is looking brighter, @least people are feelin govt's impact... If this can be achieve in 2years i womder hw d state will look like in 8years.... Kudos to d O-govnor

gonzaga: I had long ago arrived at the conclusion that; most Nigeria are largely ignorant about the workings of government. To them, everything must start and end with the President as though we were operating a form of monarchy or dictatorship. They forget that in a democracy, there are certain functions that have been constitutionally delegated to other agencies of government for which the President, unless acting in a dictatorial manner cannot and should not be seen to perform. If we must practice democracy, we must be ready to obey the rule of law, no matter how inconveniencing or absurd it may be. This is one area I commend the late President Yar’adua.


The position of the law is that issues bordering on civil servant misconduct and discipline must be handled by the office of the Head of Service of the Federation. It is therefore both befuddling and absurd for the senate, who ordinarily should know better, to ask the President to sack a civil servant! When has it become the constitutional duty of the President to sack and discipline earring civil servants? Abdulrasheed Maina the man in the middle of the storm is neither a minister nor a political office holder, he is a civil servant for crying out loud and should be subject to the civil service rules!


The office of the Head of Service has the constitutional responsibility to discipline and dismiss all civil servants that have acted in contravention to the laws governing the service. One had expected the senate to direct the Head of Service to commence the process of dismissing Maina and not to give an ultimatum to the president to sack a civil servant. The position of the senate on this matter is both misleading and sets a dangerous precedence. The senate should not only be viewed as the bastion of the law, they should act in consonance to the provisions of the laws of the land.


We must begin to understand that the office of the President is an exulted one and therefore, should not be dragged into petty and trivial issues. The earlier we realize this, the better for us, this wobbly democracy we are practicing and the office of the President irrespective of who is occupying it. If care is not taken, someone will ask the president to issue query to a civil servant who comes late to work one day.

Reference: Very correct but every day it is the Presidency and the President that pays the price in political capital. Perception in Nigeria is stronger than fact.

UPDATE: Sack Maina Now, Jonathan Orders HOS

Fri, 15/02/2013 - 2:38pm | GEROGE AGBA Cover Stories News

President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the Head of Service to commence disciplinary action against Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Force, Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina, saying specifically that "section 030402 of the Federal Government’s Public Service Rules lists Absence from Duty without Leave as an act of Serious Misconduct punishable by dismissal".

Jonathan who had on Thursday stated through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati that he was not shielding Maina had cautioned, however, that laid down civil service rule and procedure should determine Maina's fate.

But Abati yesterday told State House Correspondents that the matching order given to the Head of the Federal Civil Service by the president became necessary "following his receipt from the Inspector-General of Police of a status report on efforts by the Nigeria Police to execute the warrant issued by the Senate for the arrest of the Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Force".

The presidential spokesman said, "President Goodluck Jonathan today directed the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation to immediately commence disciplinary action against Alhaji Maina for absconding from duty.

Section 030402 of the Federal Government’s Public Service Rules lists Absence from Duty without Leave as an act of Serious Misconduct punishable by dismissal.

"In his directive to the Head of Service, Alhaji Isa Sali, President Jonathan noted that the Inspector-General’s report clearly indicated that Alhaji Maina had absconded from his official duties.

President Jonathan directed the Head of Service to act expeditiously on the disciplinary proceedings against Alhaji Maina and report back to him on actions taken".

Disclosing the content of the IGP's report that informed the president's directive, Abati said, "The Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar stated in his report to President Jonathan that after receiving the Senate’s warrant for the arrest of Alhjai Maina, he had constituted a team of detectives under the leadership of a Deputy Inspector-General of Police to find and arrest him in compliance with the Senate’s directive.

"The Inspector-General said that the police has since mounted surveillance at Alhaji Maina’s home and Office but has been unable to arrest him because he has gone into hiding and stayed away from both locations since the warrant was issued, leading to his publicly being declared wanted by the Police.

"Alhaji Abubakar assured the President that “intensive search” operations were still ongoing for the arrest of Alhaji Maina and that the Police will not relent until he is apprehended and produced before the Senate".

The Senate had on Wednesday handed down a two-day ultimatum to the president to sack Maina from the Federal Civil Service, saying Jonathan should choose between it and the pension task force chairman.

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TechRev: Less than 24 hours after the Senate asked President Goodluck Jonathan to fire the embattled Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Dr. Abdulrasheed Maina, the embattled Maina, spoke from his hiding yesterday, alleging that the pension cabal was after his life and not just his sack.

Before reaching Maina on phone yesterday, sources in his office had told Daily Sun that the task team boss hadmaintained a low profile, shortly after he was declared wanted by the police, on the instruction of the Senate.

One of the sources said: “If you recall, the last time he appeared at the Senate, security was provided for him. But as we speak, all the guards have been completely withdrawn and the seeming involvement of the Senate and the police in the alleged plot to get at him at all cost, is a further indication that it will be suicidal for him to show up or even appear in the public for whatever reasons.

And it has further shown that the cabal after him has infiltrated the police and the Senate. “But here is a man, through whose effort, over N200 billion was recovered and saved for the country, among many other achievements. The records are there for all to see,” the source added.

It was lso gathered that most of the staff members of the office had since taken cover, following reports that the police might arrest all of them, since it had been unable to arrest Maina. Speaking from his hiding yesterday, embattled Maina said that “I am fast losing confidence in the country called Nigeria.

Imagine, I have suddenly become a villain for saving the country billions of naira, being stolen daily by pension thieves. “I’m saddened, demoralised by the whole mess. It is baffling that the hunter has become the hunted. It is simply ridiculous. How can one continue to fight for the country and the poor pensioners, when the system is so rotten to the effect that the thief catcher is being branded as the thief ?

“Already, I have gone to court to redeem my name, save my team, with a view to go further to expose the big names behind the cabal. But with what I have seen so far, I doubt if Nigeria is worth dying for,” Maina added.


http://www.naijapundit.com/news/i-am-innocent-and-pension-cabal-want-to-kill-me-says-maina

Eziachi: The question is, didn't the so-called senators knew this fact that a president cannot just go in and sack a civil servant unlike a political appointee before their grandstanding orders?
And for Jonathan and his sidekicks, can't they prevail on whoever is responsible for this guy that he has to go without having to be directly involved, through direct media pressure, like showing their distaste towards the action of the guy through statements?

They tend to show their like towards rule of law only when it suits, but when he waged into the sacking of Silva in Bayelsa, he forgot the rule of law.

INEC career

Iwu was appointed INEC commissioner for Imo State in August 2003 by President Olusegun Obasanjo based on his Rigging skills. In June 2005, he succeeded Abel Guobadia as Chairman of INEC. Soon after being appointed, Iwu announced that foreign monitors would not be allowed during elections, but only foreign election observers. This decision was condemned by politicians and civil society groups who called for his immediate removal from office.[2]
In December 2008 Abubakar Rimi called on Maurice Iwu, to resign from office, citing irregularities in the previous presidential election.[3] Michael Aondoakaa, the Attorney General, opposed sacking Maurice Iwu despite criticism of Iwu's conduct of the 2007 elections.[4]
In March 2009 the Vice-Chairman of Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Maina Maaji Lawan spoke against a motion that questioned the integrity of INEC Chairman Maurice Iwu.[5] Iwu's tenure was due to expire on 13 June, 2010. However, on 28 April 2010 Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, who has committed himself to pursuing electoral reform, removed Iwu from office.[6]

superbloke: Best comment so far.
@bolded, very true. The suspension and reinstatement of justice salami also comes to mind

jigawatts: Bros, IF it is meant for surveillance, Nobody needs jet to do that, A helicopter can hover and monitor current occurences, So tell ur extravagant governors to take a cue.

zangality: Somebody should help this eediot...

The helicopter is also to provide emergency services for the Osun Emergency Management Agency and the O-Ambulance in cases of medical emergencies and other forms of evacuations.

dvee2: Gbawe, You must differentiate between between those nigerians that are making excuse and nigerians that are paid to defend any policies of this government. Most nigerians are not fools,they see through this corrupt government. however majority of those defending this action are from the 40 man laptop crew,paid for by your own goverment to swoop on any meaningful opposition to the action of this government. so much for transformation.

inufele2: You're a tool! So every protest must be at Abuja?

Clerverly: Lets go there

berem: I hope he wont join PDP ?

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abes: nobody is forcing anything on you, you are the one having sleepless nights over the downfall of PDP.

olabukola: Seriously Gbawe are you being paid to be a residence here? I must commend you if you are not getting anything out of this your defence and attack. The Agipa chicken(Okorosha) according to Eko ile is now the best gov in the south east and when did APC become a yoruba party pls?. i tire for Nigerians i tell ya.

Sincere 9gerian: Consistent with my notoriety for being sincere on this platform, I admit Governor Fashola is working, just like Governor Goodswill Akpabio and some other PDP governor. Even my governor, Peter Obi of APGA is working too.

But for me the pertinent question is whether or not the projects/achievements of both governor Fashola and Akpabio are commensurate with the resources avialable to their states? In my opinion, the answer is a BIG NO for both governors.

For all the projects you just highlighted (except the health facilities), sincerely speaking, the Governor of Enugu state did similar things or even more. Now compare Enugu state (N3billion monthly revenue) with Lagos state (N30/40billion monthly revenue). That is the koko of the matter.

And for your information, it is SENSELESS to compare GEJ with Fashola for the following reason:

1) Fashola is governor while GEJ is president. The state gov are emperors in their respective states while the president is more restricted in terms of what he can do. Currently, the FG budget which was submitted in early Oct has not been signed while state govt budgets that were presented to the state assemblies even as late as December/January have been signed. This is just one example of the constraints a president faces.

2) Fashola has spent about 6yrs in office while GEJ is just about 2yrs.

3) state govt projects are clustered and easy to see but FG projects are vast and not easily completed/visible. Many of the pictures of the road projects you posted should be in the AVERAGE range of 1 to 2km. Compare with FG roads, which in many cases a single road may span over 100km. The East West road for instance is over 360km.

ikee: Fake link, probably fake news

Nigerian Senators go tough on Jonathan


Premium Times
Published: February 13,2013

Senators on Wednesday went hard on President Goodluck Jonathan condemning him for not implementing Senate resolutions.
“We have no reason to be here. If we will pass resolutions and the executive will not implement them, then what are we doing here,” Smart Adeyemi, the Senator representing Kogi Central said on the floor of the Senate.
Mr. Adeyemi castigated the Executive for retaining the head of the Nigeria pension reform task force, Abdulrasheed Maina, despite his indictment for corruption by lawmakers.
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