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Vikkie14:
The Fight against Corruption by Buhari is getting really OVERBLOWN. This is highly dangerous and self grave digging if after two years in service people see no change. Nigerians are expecting alot of 'deliveries' from Buhari led government coz a lot had been made by APC and Buhari concerning Corruption.
The problem of Buhari fighting corruption would amount to stepping on some toes and biting the fingers that fed him. We wish him Good Luck in his Fight against Corruption as he takes over the mantle of leadership on May 29th.
God Bless Nigeria

He, however, said Buhari’s promise to extend hands of friendship across the political divide in his acceptance speech shortly after winning the poll, does not mean that he would not prosecute corrupt government officials who served in the President Goodluck Jonathan administration.

IdiAmin1:
Mr. Lecturer, so na only Gej and Diezani stole "returnable" money abi. Saints Tinubu, Amaechi, and Atikus' loots drowned in the Lagoon? We know where the "forgiveness" is coming from and the purpose for such so can I sleep now please

A statute of limitation is a law which forbids prosecutors from charging someone with a crime that was committed more than a specified number of years ago. The general purpose of statutes of limitation is to make sure convictions occur only upon evidence (physical or eyewitness) that has not deteriorated with time.

Ahmed Joda Heads Buhari's 18-Man Transition Committee

25 Apr 2015

After weeks of consultation and character evaluation, President-elect General Muhammadu Buhari has finally short-listed 18 persons across Nigeria's six geo-political zones, who will make up his transition committee ahead of the May 29 handover date.


In a related development, President Goodluck Jonathan and Buhari met on Friday for the second time this month behind closed doors at the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja.


Also, the National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, still struggling with the reality of the loss of his party in the Presidential election, attributed the defeat to the “political tsunami that swept across the northern part of the country which was too much for the PDP to withstand.”


Although the transition committee to be headed by Malam Ahmed Joda will be made up of three persons from each of the six geo-political zones, sources said the South-west however has more representation (four persons) indicating the weight and influence of its leader in the zone, Senator Bola Tinubu.


The sources further hinted that apart from Buhari who decided the choice of persons selected across the zones, Tinubu also had a major and significant input in the list, in addition to also exceeding the regional quota of three persons per zone.


The committee which, according to sources, will be inaugurated on Monday or sometime next week comes with terms of reference for members, chief of which is liaising with members of the committee put together by the Jonathan administration for smooth handover.


Apart from Joda, who has been selected as the chairman and Dr. Doyin Salami as Vice-chairman, the committee also has Malam Adamu Adamu as its secretary.


Other members of the committee according to an exclusive document made available to THISDAY are Mr. Boss Mustapha, Malam Muhammad Hayatuddin, Alhaji Abubakar Malami (SAN), Dr. Tam David West, Governor Rotimi Amaechi and Chief John Oyegun.


Also on the list are Mr. Festus Odimegwu, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Mrs. Nike Aboderin, Mr. Wale Edun, Mrs. Bola Adesola, Barrister Solomon Dalong, Chief Audu Ogbeh, Senator Hadi Sirika and Brig-General Lawal Jafaru Isa.


Aside liaising with government's committee, the terms of reference also includes studying and working on the handover notes preparatory to May 29.


Other terms, THISDAY learnt, include designing the blueprint that would assist the Buhari government take off smoothly with a clear understanding of the challenges at hand.


Responding to the calibre of persons likely to make up his transition committee a few weeks ago, Buhari told THISDAY in an interview: “We have started discussing about it. Personally, I will make sure that it is not too big because if it is big, they will start thinking of how to influence the choice of ministers either for themselves or those they want to be ministers.


"But my hope and my idea is to get knowledgeable and experienced technocrats that are really patriotic to study the handing over notes by ministries and make recommendations. I want them to be completely detached people who are patriotic Nigerians; who are knowledgeable and experienced.”

luvmijeje:
Gbawe, thanks for ignoring those kids. @post, it brings to mind the proverbial sayings 'Good name is better than gold' it's a good testimonial..... It gives me hope that this country will be great.

relchange:
you know, i have decided to bookmark this your praise singing thread till your buhari takes over.
not that it'll do much anyway, because you people are known for changing colors and shapes and twisting out of every evidence presented against your claims.
my satisfaction then would only be to see you defend your "Jesus of Daura", the way you termed Jonathan "Jesus of Otuoke".
i will enjoy every dart aimed at your buhari's "whited sepulcher" integrity.
he is already banning AIT. too early mehn. lol

Mamatee07:
Buhari must revoke all the last minute deals Jono is doing because na looting agenda

ijustdey:
for a man to achieve his aim he has to surround himself with men of principles and integrity

SeverusSnape:
Gbawe, I know you're an elderly guy, So I'll go light on you.
You're a despicable and Sadistic minion, You remind me of a bitter old man who doesn't appreciate anything from others and thinks he's perfect.
Just shut that latrine you call mouth. You and that LouisVanGaal

sweetguy26:
Some people sabi talk nonsense sha. How is the appointment of this man a proof that Buhari wants to end corruption in Nigeria?

Besides, everybody wants corruption to end in Nigeria. Wanting corruption to end is not the problem, making it end is the problem.

Truckpusher:
Papa Gbawe, you should be asking these kids to unite and build a better Nigeria but here you are fueling division and hate.


If I catch you for real life eh, The kain slap wey I go give you eh......

SkyBlue1:
But the Buhari team definitely made a huge mistep with Timipre Sylva. Seriously. That man should not be anywhere near responsible positions. He did a terrible job in Bayelsa, that state has never had a good leader. It is not so critical that he is in the transition team, as long as he is not given any position of responsibility at the federal government, not even opening and closing the gate to the federal secretariat, he will mess it up.

LouisVanGaal:
You should be ashamed of yourself, if these what your brain can make out...i just hope that you not these dumb in real life! What should matter to you...Integrity or Age

Proof For Nigerians That General Buhari Truly Means To End Corruption In Nigeria By Dr. Wumi Akintide

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Dr. Wumi Akintide

The choice of Alhaji Ahmed Joda as Chairman of the Transition team is a choice made from Heaven. I worked for Ahmed Joda when he was one of the 4 super Permanent Secretaries of the Federation comprising Allison Ayida, Philip Asiodu, E.M.E Ebong and himself while Yakubu Gowon was Head of State from July 1966 to 1975.

The 4 Permanent Secretaries along with their colleagues were quite unhappy when Murtala Mohammed and Obasanjo regime decided that Permanent Secretaries were to be seen and not heard because they felt that the Permanent Secretaries had become too powerful in Government. They wanted to cut them to size. They insisted they should only accompany their commissioners to the Executive Council meetings as advisers and no more as spokesmen for their Ministries.

The commissioners won and the permanent secretaries lost. A few of them took the new gag order personally. Unflappable E.M.E. Ebong was one of them. The others including Ahmed Joda went along albeit reluctantly because they were all very competent and proud bureaucrats and they knew a lot more than their transient political appointees.

Other Permanent Secretaries who were a force to reckon with in those days but were not listed among the 4 included the great Abdul Azeez Attah, the first son of Ohinoyi, the Attah of Igbira Land, Chief Festus Awoniyi of Mopa in Kwara state and Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji a Sokoto prince who later on became the power behind the throne when Shagari became President in 1979. Shagari did not take any decision without first of all running it by Abubakar Alhaji. (Tripple A)

I proudly served as Secretary to National Council on Education and Secretary to the Ministry's Tenders Board under Ahmed Joda as the Permanent Secretary. [b]If you are looking for an incorruptible Nigerian who shares all of the personal attributes of General Buhari as an incorruptible leader, that man is Ahmed Joda from Girei in Adamawa State of Nigeria. I accompanied the man a few times to his village and I came to know him very well as a Nigerian without blemish.

The man served for many years as Chairman of Liquefied Gas Company or Commission of Nigeria and I believe he was chairman of Peugeot Automobile Nigeria PLC at one point in his distinguished career. I knew he was a journalist by training and the man was a prolific writer. He has been everything that he wants to be in Nigeria and he has served in all of the positions with distinction and integrity. If he is a thief he would have long become the Bill Gates of Nigeria.

General Buhari could not have picked a better choice to serve as Chairman of the Transition Committee. He would do a fabulous job because he knows the Federal Public Service inside out, and he is as smart as hell. Age may have slowed him down a little bit but I think he is still one hell of a bureaucrat. He looks a bit old and worn out from his latest picture I have seen in the social media but he remains a monument for integrity in the Public Service.
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He is without any doubt one of the best northerners I have ever met or served under. The others of course are Abdul Azeez Attah and Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji a prince of the Sultanate of Sokoto, Alhaji Damcida and late Yusuf Gobir the dapper don Permanent Secretary from Ilorin who was my Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defense. There was Francesca Yetunde Emanuel nee Perreira from Lagos. She was the pioneer lady Permanent Secretary in the Federal Public Service. There was Late Grey Eronmosele Longe from Sabongida Ora and Chief Oluyemi Falae now Kabiyesi the Oluabo of Ilu Abo in Akure North Local Government who retired as Secretary Federal Government and Minister of Finance.

I became who I am today because all of them have touched my life in so many ways. Ahmed Joda in particular had the greatest influence on me when I served under him in the Federal Ministry of Education. I remember him as if it were yesterday.

That man nearly fired his Yoruba Deputy Permanent Secretary whose name I would keep to myself for now because the man was proved to have taken some bribes in cash and kind from one of the contractors supplying food items to all of the Federal Government Colleges in Nigeria at the time. I was reluctantly made to play the role of a whistle blower on the occasion because the man who was Chairman of my Tenders’ Board had wanted to make himself the victor and me the victim. I was the Secretary to the Board and I kept record of all that transpired including a Dozier on each of our contractors at the time. It was my notes that saved me because Ahmed Joda does not play.

I was amazed by the level of integrity and probity displayed by Ahmed Joda on the particular case in question. I wanted to be like him from that moment on in my career. I am pleasantly surprised to know he is still alive and well enough to be considered for that assignment.

Ahmed Joda taught me all I knew as an administrator and as Secretary to the National Council of Education headed at one point by Chief Wenike Briggs and later on by Chief A Y. Eke a former Registrar of the University of Lagos. Those were the days. The Civil Service was at its best I might add. Ahmed Joda insisted that all minutes of meetings must be ready within 24 hours after the end of the meeting come rain or shine. I must give him my draft of the minutes for him to look over and correct in the plane as we both flew back to Lagos. By the time we landed at Ikeja he had already made his corrections and the minutes would be ready for circulation latest by the next day.

I took that habit from him and it remained part of my routine till tomorrow. When I became the Director of the Salvation Army Emergency Center for Children and Families at Bushwick in New York more than 30 years later, I could not shed the habit. Who says the northerners are inferior to the southerners? Those who say that are southerners who may never have met “workaholic” northerners like Ahmed Joda. Nigeria would be a great country with more of Ahmed Joda and General Buhari. I am awfully proud to be one of them

I take off my hat for that man and I shout “Ranka Dede” as I put finishing touches to this tribute to a worthy Nigerian public servant I would never forget.

I now know that General Buhari means business by picking Alhaji Joda to be the Chairman of his Transition team. The President-elect can go to bed easy tonight and not have sleepless night on whether or not Alhaji Joda is going to do a good job and serve the nation to the best of his ability on that chair.

I now see a reason for greater optimism in Nigeria come June 1st 2015 and thereafter.

God bless Nigeria and long live our new President.

Dr. Wumi Akintide

Oil Swap Fraud: Aiteo, Alleged Front For GEJ & Diezani, In Buhari’s Cross-hairs

BY SAHARA REPORTERS, NEW YORKAPR 28, 2015

As the vultures circle Nigeria’s troubled oil industry with Muhammadu Buhari taking office in just four weeks, Aiteo, a key player which is alleged to be a front for President Goodluck Jonathan and Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, appears to be heading for a major investigation, according to an analysis in Energy Compass.

“Companies deemed close to the minister that could face further scrutiny include Nigerian trader, which has been criticized for unfairly exploiting its OPAs, and Atlantic Energy, which has allegedly lifted crude beyond its entitlements from the upstream SAAs,” Christina Katsouris wrote.

She noted that Buhari could dig deeper and hold more alleged perpetrators to account than his predecessors, partly because he has staked his credentials on fighting corruption, and because of the major power shift which is under way.




As Nigeria's new President­-elect Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC) party ready for power, state Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) officials, oil traders and upstream players alike are bracing for a raft of investigations into deals approved by outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan's regime. As corruption is endemic across much of Nigeria's oil sector, such probes have featured with every incoming government for decades with new presidents and lawmakers using the findings to threaten and control opponents, shake down oil companies for more cash, terminate contracts and award new ones to allies.

Buhari could dig deeper and hold more alleged perpetrators to account than his predecessors, partly because he has staked his credentials on fighting corruption, and because a major power shift is under way. Corruption became a huge issue under Jonathan, with sizeable volumes of crude allegedly squandered through offshore processing agreements (OPAs), under which traders lift crude and deliver oil products and cash back to NNPC, as well as through strategic alliance agreements (SAAs) that paid companies in crude for helping NNPC to operate upstream assets divested by Royal Dutch Shell. The government eventually commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to audit NNPC's finances in 2014 but declined to release the full report (EC Mar.28'14).

Buhari is treading carefully, starting on his own doorstep by disputing his own supporters' demands for contracts to satisfy their sponsors, sources tell Energy Compass. To manage such intense pressures, some expect Buhari to keep the oil portfolio himself and appoint a minister of state for petroleum as did former President Olusegun Obasanjo (2000­07) ­­ a move that streamlined rather than eradicated such activity. Significantly, though, APC policy director Kayode Fayemi yesterday promised to publish PwC's audit in full.

The president-­elect will need a light touch in Jonathan's home, the Niger Delta, where his People's Democratic Party retains control of all states after flawed governor elections on Apr. 11 (EC Apr.17'15). Powerful former militants are conciliatory but could stir up trouble if Buhari cancels their lucrative pipeline and maritime security contracts secured through the 2010­15 amnesty agreement and ties to Jonathan. Former gang leader Ateke Tom took out a full-­page advertisement congratulating Buhari. Less predictable are militants excluded from the amnesty, who are now flexing muscles to secure contracts.

A compromise to tackle corruption without ruffling Niger Delta feathers could be in the making, under which most of the corruption gets blamed on unpopular outgoing Oil Minister Diezani Alison­Madueke, allowing Jonathan to retain the statesmanlike image he acquired on ceding power to Buhari (EC Apr.3'15). A narrative is emerging that the minister helped herself to funds raised for his election campaigns and recycled it with help from business allies. "Goodluck was kept in the dark ... without real influence over oil sector decisions," one trader said. The minister will struggle to counter this version of history, as numerous fallouts have left her with few allies, sources say.

Trader Trouble

Companies deemed close to the minister that could face further scrutiny include Nigerian trader Aiteo, which has been criticized for unfairly exploiting its OPAs, and Atlantic Energy, which has allegedly lifted crude beyond its entitlements from the upstream SAAs.

Aiteo and Geneva-­based, Nigerian-­owned trader Sahara each signed a two-­year OPA in November that took effect in January to deliver products against roughly three 950,000 barrel cargoes a month. A general rule of thumb equates approximately 120,000 tons of gasoline or kerosene to each standard cargo of crude. Contracts seen by Energy Compass outline a process requiring the counterparty to specify products and parcel sizes, delivery date range and discharge port within a week of loading the crude. Aiteo's contract requires products to be supplied within two months of crude loading.

Traders and NNPC insiders allege that by late March, Aiteo was more than 20 cargoes in arrears on the new deal. Analyzing these complex arrangements is not easy, but data obtained by Energy Compass for products shipped against January and February loadings indicates some shortfall and suggests Aiteo was casual in following contract process. For example, after loading two cargoes in January, Aiteo nominated 110,000 metric tons of dual purpose kerosene against one cargo but showed few plans to offset the other, listing only product delivery dates, with gasoline and vessels to be arranged later.


Nomination data was again incomplete in February, and tracking of delivery vessels shows a shortfall in February and March. An Aiteo spokesman contacted by Energy Compass denied any wrongdoing, arguing that contracts allow for delays of a few weeks. Analysts meanwhile say that the OPAs provide too much flexibility and are too complex ­­with more formulas, conversions and other moving parts than crude­-for­-product swaps or open­-account trading; Aiteo lacks a full crude­ trading team and has been selling through Shell.


So Buhari will have his work cut out to get to the bottom of allegations. In the long term, NNPC needs to restructure $1.5 billion in arrears on products to traders so they can return to supplying products on short­term credit (EC Sep.5'14). The more basic questions of why OPAs were chosen over NNPC's relatively expensive but more straightforward swaps, whose interests they serve, and why Aiteo and Sahara were selected also remain to be explored.


Given the political risks of investigating such deals, Buhari could quietly tell beneficiaries to repay funds dubiously obtained in exchange for waiving prosecutions. But he'll need experts to work out how much is owed, and what could replace the OPAs while NNPC remains in arrears. Traders seeking advantageous contracts for themselves are already lobbying his inner circle to proffer advice and alternatives. But Buhari would do well to tap a broader range of advisers.


Christina Katsouris, London

JackBaueress1:
you're right sir,but he's still tolerable than the monetary protection seeking mofo. What do you think.

JackBaueress1:
Pa Shukudi is a serial and incorrigible liar. We are already used to his lies on Nairaland. The best is to counter his lies and make him look like a fool

chukwudi44:
If Buhari wins in Benue state on March28, I will deactivate my moniker

onatisi:
what makes it more painful is that majority of these sentences were passed 10 to 15years ago .

nduchucks:
If Tinubu has a case to answer in the USA, how is he able to travel back and forth to the country without being arrested?

I suspect that he has already settled with the authorities and made restitutions, essentially, made a deal, a plea bargain which saved him from prosecution. As far as this is concerned, Buhari need not act.

Now, if people have any allegations of theft or corruption against Tinubu, let them come forth with evidence. I recall that Tinubu was charged to court but was not found guilty of anything and set free. This tells me that Buhari does not need to prosecute Tinubu for anything.

Let Buhari first deal with NNPC and missing billions first. Tinubu's financial empire seem to have been built legitimately. I'll stand corrected once I see evidence otherwise.

It is not enough to shout Alpha Beta or other corporations without concrete prosecutable evidence of any crime.

talktimi:
I am coming back to properly reply you but let this be the last time you class me amongst tribal bigots here on nairaland and even elsewhere. You can check my records anywhere, even as an Ijaw man I have always been outspoken against the e wars Yoruba's and ibos especially always engage themselves in. If you knew my background while growing up, I would be the last person you will accuse of ethnocentric hatred. Cheers

talktimi:
Gbawe please stand on one side. You are categorically saying that even if Tinubu is guilty of corrupt offences, he should not be indicted or charged by Buhari's administration. How then do the ordinary masses and indeed the world at large take the incoming govts anti corruption stance seriously when there are obvious sacred cows ? Nigeria will indeed be viewed as a country run by a corruption riddled government. I don't expect what you posted here even though your usual praise singers refused to be analytical. I would rather expect you to challenge anybody to throw in the gauntlet and challenge Tinubu in a proper court of law with valid evidence

Remember Buhari's mantra during the campaign was he would fight corruption. Certain individuals around him would be a minus to him

cramjones:
Much a do about the elections - it is now time to act. Agreed, GMB benefited from massive funding of corrupt money from Bola Ahmed Tinubu, but did he really have a choice? Not at all. GMB needed stolen money to fund his campaign to usurp the PDP whose bank account was Nigeria's treasury. This is the only way one can win the elections.

GMB is now our president elect, definitely of higher power that Bola Tinubu. We must do away with a heroin and cocaine dealer, a theif who plundered and continues to plunder Lagos. It is time to do away with this man called Tinubu. He is nothing but a thief and a murderer.

GMB must do the needful!

God Bless Nigeria!

CramJones

OdenigboAroli:
This hateful scum should be shot right on the balls. Obiano went to congratulate the president elect like every sensible Nigerian should. An old man like you should know better.

Buhari Will Get 100% Support From APGA, Says Obiano

24 Apr 2015
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Willie Obiano


Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja

The Governor of Anambra State and the national leader of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Willie Obiano has said the state and party will give total support to the incoming administration of General Muhammadu Buhari.

Addressing journalists shortly after a congratulatory visit to the President- elect at his Aso Drive residence in Abuja Friday, he said though he does not intend to leave APGA, the state government will give its support and cooperation to the APC government at the centre just as it did to the out-going PDP administration.

Obiano who was by a gleefully looking President- elect, said their discussion during the meeting centered on requests of the people of the South East to be carried along in sensitive appointments and projects execution particularly the building of the Second Niger Bridge.

Details later

oneeast:
Obiano is a refined technocrat with an American accent. So its an insult to common sense comparing the two persons.

Sesan2:
I will prefer Buhari's English accent to Obiano's. Just saying!

oneeast:
Did Buhari reveal to Obiano how Nigerians has just entered a ONE CHANCE BUS?

PassingShot:
Bad belle also known as belly ache go kill you ooo.

BermudaTriangle:
These demented race from the southeast cannot but display their crass stupidity, hatred, bigotry and primitive tendencies that are gradually turning them into outcasts. This op is a typical example. An idle hand is the devil's workshop. His fellow gullible goons will lash on to this falsehood without using a thinking cap which they lack.

dustydee:
And how did you know the bag belongs to HRM Sanusi?

alentyno:
How african first ladies decided to make dame patience their presido is as mysterious as the bermuda triangle