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blazepascal:
your daughter is a lesbian and you are happy with that. charly boy your days are numbered.

ZooOga:
"In an email sent to one of the individuals (name withheld)"

carefully crafted fake news. i'm not go count the amount of bait sallowers in this thread.

UK is on lockdown and the PM is in isolation again.

After decades of underfunding its military, Nigeria’s defence budget has increased substantially during the past 10 years. Yet the performance of the country’s military remains poor. And the country’s security challenges continue.

One measure of this is that the latest data from the Global Terrorism Index (2019) ranked Nigeria as the third-worst nation prone to terrorism with no improvement since 2017.

So what accounts for the mismatch of funding and effectivenes? We conducted research in a bid to answer the question. We also considered the implications of poor military performance for national security.

Nigeria faces three major security threats: the Boko Haram insurgency in the north-east, militancy in the Niger delta and armed banditry. Boko Haram arose in 2002 and carried out its first attack in December 2003, while militancy in Niger Delta started in the mid 1990s. Banditry violence started as a farmer-herder conflict in 2011.

Militancy in Niger Delta has reduced substantially. But Boko Haram and banditry continue in the northern part of the country.

The budgetary allocation for defence in Nigeria annually is usually around US$1.9 billion. This is second to South Africa’s $3.63 billion for 2018 in sub-Saharan Africa. Nigeria’s was $2.04 billion for the same period.

In West Africa, Nigeria’s military budgetary allocation is higher than the budgets of all other states’ defence or military operations put together. Niger’s is less than $190 million, Chad’s $24 million, Benin’s $116 million and Cameroon’s $244 million.

With this heavy expenditure, why are the outcomes so poor?

We discovered a range of problems militating against the defence or military performance in Nigeria despite large budgetary allocations. These included corruption, unhealthy rivalry among the forces, politics, and late passage of annual budgets. Others included a lack of transparency in military procurement and absence of monitoring and control mechanisms.

Obstacles to efficient use of funds

We collected data from interviews with some selected respondents from the Defence Headquarters, Ministry of Defence, Budget Office, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, and the Central Bank of Nigeria. We also spoke to members of the appropriations committee on budgets in the National Assembly, retired military personnel, and civil servants from the Budget Office.

We gathered data from news reports on defence appropriations too.

The research was limited to some degree by military respondents not giving comprehensive or detailed information requested.

The information we gathered pointed to a range of issues that added up to a lack of efficient use of allocated funds.

On the corruption front, we were told that some military personnel, politicians and other public officers had enriched themselves by diverting public funds meant to fight terror and insecurity. We were told that expenditures are sometimes duplicated using different headings by staff in the defence ministry and military institutions.

We also learnt that the lack of transparency in the procurement process encouraged corruption. The procurement of military weapons was usually shrouded in secrecy which meant that outdated items instead of modern weapons were purchased.

This meant that armed forces didn’t have the best equipment to fight against terrorists and bandits.

In one of the years under review, N55.4 million (about $145,000) spent on office maintenance was duplicated into four sub-categories. Similarly, the budgetary allocations to the army, navy and air force were all inflated using different expenditure headings in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.

We were told also that payments were not made to soldiers on the battleground as budgeted.

We also found evidence of unhealthy rivalry among the armed forces and other security agencies.

In addition, it was clear from respondents that money wasn’t being allocated in the right places because of poor leadership in the military, and an absence of good governance in the hierarchy. The top brass seemed to be more interested in procurement of office goods, services, building structures, and overseas trips.

Another factor affecting the efficiency of the military is that the government’s annual budgets are usually delayed. This created room for selective implementation of the budget.

There was also evidence of weak monitoring, controls and audits of the military budget, which allowed corruption and waste to get through. Various public scrutiny institutions, particularly audit agencies, anti-corruption bodies and Parliamentary Public Accounts Committees, were usually reluctant to investigate the military. There were even instances in which it appeared they had been prevented from doing so.
The way out

To avoid wasteful military spending and attain stable security in Nigeria, there must be transparency and accountability in military budgeting and procurement processes. There must be regular oversight functions from the ministry of finance and Budget Office and the Public Accounts Committees of the National Assembly.

The National Assembly committees on budgets and financial appropriations should be more alive to their duties. Members must shun bribes that hinder them in doing a thorough job during budget presentation and approval.

The military must ensure its funds are used effectively to provide security to Nigerians.

Corrupt and incompetent security chiefs who have turned the nation’s security into a “business venture” should be shown the way out. So should those who are more interested in politics than in the security interests of the country.

Good governance and leadership should be put in place with full commitment to the overall security of Nigeria.

https://theconversation.com/why-theres-a-mismatch-between-funding-for-nigerias-military-and-its-performance-149554

Sunofgod:
Umaru Dikko thought he was safe from Buhari also.

Biglittlelois:
Honestly christianity is really a peaceful religion, someone will wake up one day in order to trend, say rubbish about pastors, next thing you're trending, reactant Freezer will grab it hook, line bla bla bla, use it to preach in his online church to his mumu followers, while his fat head and dull thinking with sissy eyes is blind and deaf to the ills happening in Nigeria, abi his version of the Bible forbids him to speak out against killings and bad governance

chatinent:
Many are mad, few are on internship.

Evangelical Christian Pastor George Pearsons claimed that people in heaven—as well as ballots—are "crying out" about alleged voter fraud in the 2020 election, saying that "angels have been dispatched."

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were declared the winners of the presidential election on November 7, after the Associated Press, Fox News and other television networks called Pennsylvania and Nevada in the Democratic ticket's favor. President Donald Trump has refused to concede, pushing unfounded claims of widespread election fraud—for which his campaign has not provided evidence.

Pearsons, a senior pastor at the Eagle Mountain International Church in Texas, repeated many of these claims during his Sunday sermon, while suggesting God was on Trump's side. Right Wing Watch first reported the pastor's remarks.

"So not only are the voters crying out, not only are we raising our voices over this corruption and this fraud, but the ballots are doing the same thing," the pastor said.

"All the way down the line, even to people who have died and gone to Heaven. ... Especially if those people were born again, they're in Heaven right now and they're crying out," Pearsons told the congregation.

"They're crying out against the injustice of this. You cannot come against the Lord of the Sabbath, the Lord of angel armies. Angels have been dispatched; they are out there. That is why that voice is crying out. It is not just the people. It is the ballot itself," the pastor said.

Newsweek reached out to Pearson's church for further comment but did not immediately receive a response.

The day after the November 3 election, during a broadcast by the Victory Channel, Pearsons claimed that God was "not happy" about Biden pulling ahead of Trump as more ballots were counted.

"'I'm not happy with what you're doing to my nation, and I'm not happy about what you're doing to my man'—now he's speaking about Mr. Trump right there," the pastor said, claiming he was sharing God's message.

Several other prominent evangelical leaders have prayed or spoken in support of Trump in the wake of the election. The president's personal spiritual adviser Pastor Paula White denounced what she described as the "demonic confederacies that are attempting to steal the election from Trump" in an election-eve prayer service.

"I hear victory, victory, victory, victory, victory, victory, victory, victory right now in the corners of heaven" White chanted, adding "angles are being dispatched right now."

White evangelical Christians have been a key base of support for Trump since his election in 2016. Exit polls showed that about 8 in 10 white evangelicals voted for the president that year. That support appears to have declined slightly in 2020, with exit polling by Edison Research for the National Election Pool showing 75 percent support for the president.

https://www.newsweek.com/evangelical-pastor-claims-people-heaven-are-crying-out-about-voter-fraud-angels-have-been-1548178?utm_source=Flipboard&utm_medium=App&utm_campaign=Partnerships

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GambaOsaka:
The smartest choice by a reasonable government. This is the same thing that brought the United States to where it is today. Make your country accessible to the best talents in the world, and see your country boom from the utilization their skills. It's a pity Trump is trying to reverse this pattern today. Thank God he lost.
UAE is gonna be the hot cake destination in a few years. Bigger and more attractive than the USA, Canada and Europe.

AFONJACOW:
Thunder fire them... 10 yrs of Golden slavery... What's the need of living world apart from your love one's, living in absolutely penury in bed bug infested nest of bunk bed with more than 6 people living in 12by12 room. Most of these buildings are unoccupied they should work on how to make live easier for middle class earners in their country

JAMO84:
81 Profs falling for audio massacre. Power of fake news.

Biafrannuke:
Zoo playing their final script.

kingsavage:
what

kingsavage:
thought you were igbo..

https://njenjemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Biafra-Nnamdi-Kanu-reveals-when-Nigeria-ended-696x392.jpg

Dear Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,

I come with a sincere heart devoid of prejudices and biases. I am morally pressured to make this intervention of advice or counsel. Please, please, know when to maintain strategic silence. As much as we have all castigated Wike for supervising gruesome murder of Igbo youths in Obigbo, You, Kanu played into Wike’s bloodletting hands with your inciting broadcast. It is moronic to provide your adversaries the right pretext cum decoy to hide under, to unleash mayhem on our people. This was exactly what you did, albeit unknowingly, with your ill-fated broadcast.

You should have remained silent through out the #EndSars crisis in order not to rope in Ndigbo and make us sacrificial lambs, again. You knew that enemies would always misconstrue your statement—then why went ahead to utter those words at a trying time like that, when you didn’t have monopoly of propaganda to control the narratives? The best thing you should have done for the interest and safety of Ndigbo across Nigeria, was to keep mute. This is not a big sacrifice for you to have made, for the sake of the people you’re fighting for.

Your tactless broadcast endangered lives and properties of Ndigbo across the country. Ndigbo in the media—me inclusive, had to sweat profusely to damage-control what your egomaniac utterances caused. We rallied round in the media to dilute the anti-Igbo rhetorics your ill-timed broadcast ignited. Gov. Wike’s sadism and cruelty visited on Igbo youths in Obigbo could have been avoided if you were more strategic in thinking. There’s a time when silence is golden.

We are surrounded by enemies, out of jealous, are secretly baying for our blood; we have to be very strategic in our actions and utterances. You’re already aware that we have spineless cowards and opportunistic nitwits as majority of political leaders of Igbo land, who take others from the caliphate north at the expense of Ndigbo. Kanu, you’re very popular today because of leadership vacuum in Igbo land. You should know that whenever IPOB is mentioned, what comes to the minds of other Nigerians; is “Ndigbo”.

A lot of youths, especially in Igbo land see you as role model—this is the very reason you have to guard your utterances, going forward. You’re a leader today in Igbo land with huge following cum influence—God knows why it is so. And leadership comes with responsibility; and part of that responsibility is to know when to talk and when not to talk. You have to learn how to manage your emotions. Emotions are like hysterical dusts that always die down but rationality endures forever.

This is my candid advice.

My regards,
Chidiebere Nwobodo.

https://njenjemedia.com/oyibo-crisis-an-open-letter-to-mazi-nnamdi-kanu-to-be-more-strategic/

bobbybrown007:
this is an open letter to you, you see ehn carry this trash u call open letter please put it inside the dustbin, thank u.