₦airaland Forum

ACN is not better than PDP.
By the way, is it not the same disgruntled PDP members that decamped to ACN?
Even Temipre Sylva who lost PDP nomination is being courted by ACN to join their fold.

Besides, ACN had an opportunity to show Nigerians how to
conduct a free and fair election in Lagos state last year but they chose to
make GEJ a hero by conducting the worst elections in the nations history

success4:
What is its close substitute?

Substitutes plenty: Biggi, Meaty, rite, chopsy etc

UAC just shot itself in the foot unless there was agreement
with other members of the beef roll cartel to do same.

kingoflag:
Whats different between the Emir and GEJ who deemed it fit not to address the Nation, but immediately the Supreme Court judged last Elections in his favor he immediately knew where his formally lost Microphone was hidden?!

Geeerrrrraaaawwwwaaaayyyyy my friend!
Are we discussing GEJ here?
Fools that keep politicicing every issue.

@Alh haram

Sun Newspaper is pro South East but it
does not fabricate lies, unless you have instances.

@Poster

That news is a lie. We've realised it's fake.

Goddex:
I suggest licences of the following media
organisations be withdrawn for deliberate
misinformation, outright lies and mischief,

1) Sahara Reporters,
2) The Nation Newspaper,
3) TVC, Lagos
4) The Nation Magazine,
5) Radio Continental (Lagos)
6) Daily Trust Newspaper

In addition, NTA

bowee4u:
Aso Rock To Spend N18.4bn On Fuel, Lubricants, Telephone This Year

By Henry Umoru
ABUJA  — THE Presidential Villa, otherwise known as Aso Rock, will spend about N18.36 billion this year for fuel and lubricants.

Also, N237,370,200 will be spent by the State House headquarters. Of this figure, the office of the President will spend N168.722 million for fuel and lubricants, while N68,647,329 will be spent on lubricants by the Vice President.

The State House is also expected to spend N75, 131,589 on plants and generators for both the headquarters and that of the Vice President, with the headquarters spending N54,329,366 while the Vice President will spend N20,802,589 on fuel for generators alone.

The Presidency in the budget for the year would spend N577.543 million to replace aged vehicles in the presidential fleet while N15, 215, 500 has been earmarked for maintenance of plants and generators, N137,827,111 for the maintenance of office/IT equipment, N382,317,777 for maintenance of motor vehicle/transport equipment and N122,466,733 for other maintenance services.

For the Vice President, maintenance of motor vehicle/transport equipment will gulp N83, 208,883; N145, 615,546 for maintenance of office building/residential quarters; N62,406,663 for the maintenance of office/IT equipment, N10,401,110 for maintenance of plants/generators and N20,802,221 for other maintenance services.

Disclosing this yesterday during the 2012 budget defence before the Senator Dahiru Kuta-led Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Permanent Secretary in the State House, Dr. Tunji Olaopa  said refreshment and meals for 2012 would gulp N293.695 million. The same item took in 2011 was N312.316 million.

According to the Permanent Secretary, the State House would spend N993.02 million to fuel vehicles and N56. 692 million on telephone, even as the office of the Vice President will spend N20,802 million on refreshment and meals; N35.363 million to fuel vehicles; N20.802 million to fuel generators and N6.240 million for cooking gas and fuel.

For publicity and advertisement, office of the Vice President will spend N124,813,325, among others.

Olaopa also told the committee that the State House generated N2.8 billion with independent revenue accounting for N126.021 million; VAT, N1.2 billion; Holding Tax, N1.39 billon and PAYE, N48.4 million.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?action=post;board=20.0

My questions. The bolded refers:

1) Who is behind the lies that GEJ budgetted 1 billion naira for his food.
This was the message sold to protesters at Ojota and Femi Falana had even
done one abracadabra arithmetics to arrive at a figure of 1million per meal which
the crowd roared in anger against GEJ.

2) How come over 312 million was budgetted for food in 2011 and no one raised
questions. How come we are suddenly angry now that atleast a minimal reduction
to 293 million is provided for in 2012?

However, I accept that a budget of 293 million for food is too high. The
Presidency/National Assembly should cut it down to about 120 million.

So much misinformation these days, why?

Sahara Reporters, The Nation Newspaper, TVC, Radio Continental
should prove to us that Abati is lying or else there should be sanctioned.

Moderator, please move this to homepage. Nigerians deserve to know the truth.

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE



[B]President Jonathan Did Not Contest for AU Chairmanship[/B]



It has come to our attention that some media houses are alleging that President Goodluck Jonathan was "defeated" by President Yayi Boni of Benin Republic in the “contest” to elect a new African Union Chairman at the 18th AU summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This report is false and is only the latest in a series of sensational and fictional reporting in a bid to cast the administration of President Jonathan in bad light. Let me make the following clear:



1. It is not true that President Yayi Boni “defeated” President Goodluck Jonathan in an election; there was no contest in the first place and President Jonathan was not a candidate for the AU Chairmanship position.



2. It is also not true that President John Atta Mills opposed President Jonathan at any time. Ghana and Nigeria enjoy excellent relations.



3. It is true, however, that in the last week, some newspapers have been speculating that President Jonathan may be adopted by the ECOWAS Heads of States and Governments to be the next chairman of the African Union, since it was the turn of ECOWAS to produce the AU Chairman for 2012-2013. Mr. President was indeed approached by leaders within and outside the West African sub-region to take up the challenge of leading the AU for the next one year.



4. While appreciating this kind gesture, President Jonathan resolved that he needed time to focus on domestic affairs in Nigeria, and that it would be practically difficult for him to combine the three positions of President of Nigeria, Chairman of ECOWAS and Chairman of African Union. He therefore rejected the offer.



5. In order to make his position clear, President Jonathan, in his capacity as ECOWAS Chairman, summoned a mini-Summit of ECOWAS at the AU Commission Headquarters on Saturday, January 28, 2012, to ensure that there was a meeting of minds on the position of AU Chairman. His preference, he noted, would be for ECOWAS to adopt the leader of another country, in order to promote a sense of belonging among member-states. Nigeria, having occupied the position of AU Chairman four times in the past, would readily support any such country.



6. As it turned out, the President of the Republic of Benin had indicated interest in the position, which paved the way for his unanimous adoption by the ECOWAS Heads of State as the sub-region’s candidate for the AU Chair. Thus, it becomes obvious that President Jonathan rather than being “defeated” by President Yayi Boni of Benin actually facilitated his emergence as AU Chairman.



Reuben Abati

Special Adviser to the President

(Media and Publicity)

January 30, 2012


http://www.naijapundit.com/news/state-house-press-release-president-jonathan-did-not-contest-for-au-chairmanship

From this write-up, OandO did not deny being paid subsidy.
Infact, their argument is that the subsidy paid to them was earned
through business activities with NNPC and PPPRA, not fraud.

We have heard these stories before and were not expecting
Tinubu to come tell us his company has defrauded Nigeria of billions of naira, No!.

Sanusi had said it before that the collusion and connivance that goes on there between
importers, Customs, NPA, NNPC, PPPRA, Navy, Auditor Gen of the Federation and Fed Ministry
of Finance makes it impossible for FG to defeat them in court should govt choose to prosecute them.

Video is too sex related. It will spoil our children.
NBC should ban it.

Hehehehehe . . . sorry, ok, I forgot that the title is
is 'Naughty' or is it 'Nawti'

DrummaBoy:
Reading the posts on this thread it is either Nigerians do not know who their enemies really are or Beaf, werepeleri and Jmaine have recruited more than the twenty guys we heard of, to counter every anti-jonathan-policy thread.
Whatever the case Good will triumph over evil eventually.

Mr Abati we await the list!

Zap you Mr. Man if because of your hatred for GEJ you
choose to accept every piece of garbage hook, line and
sinker from a media channel like Sahara Reporters.

Damn!

If I were Abati, I would not waste my time
responding to this Sahara Reporters guy again.

Sawore and his abracadabra reporting is a scammer.
These guys are just receiving undeserved attention
from the presidency.

I heard their graphic design (photoshop) guy is
threatening to resigned over poor wages.

Wowwwwww. . . . .

Goddex:
Let him first take up arms against Boko Haram.
Talk Talk Talk Talk is cheap.

Exactly my thoughts.

@Poster
Your reasoning is childish.

I think GEJ will surpass them all.

ACN is always pushing tribal sentiments.

werepeLeri:
She is daft.

You are not normal. Pls visit the nearest Psychiatric hospital.

Ugo, that is Naija politics for you - mischeif makers everywhere.
Your mum (not you) is the target.

You remember, they started by accusing her of acquiring
a house worth several millions of dollars in Austria.

To add to the Finance Minister's clarrification:

The 57% is futher shared among
FG, states, Local Govts, Derivation
to Oil producing states and
Excess Crude Account.

The FG's share is what forms the 4 trillion
naira budgetted for year 2012.

This clarrification is neccessary because one 'ignoramus'
was misinforming protesters at Gani Fawenmi Park Ojota with
Ajegunle Mathematics of how FG sells 2.5 million barrels
of crude oil per day amounting to 16trillion naira
every year but is proposing a budget of only 4trillion naira.

LadyT:
Her answers are very very poor she should be sacked she has NO control over her department.

Mr Man, are you watching a different programme?

This intelligent woman is providing brilliant answers to questions.

By the way, why heap the blame of Nigeria's woes on a woman
that resumed as minister only in September, 2011- just four months ago?

ACN is becoming dissappointing -
Always playing politics with everything

9jvirgin:
Are you sure you wrote this? Why should someone meant to check government excesses now be appointed by the same government. Havent you read about the theory of Loyalty and Allegiance; where a man is expected to pay obeiance to his master and that will eventually lead to compromise which will negate what he swore to as the leader of TUC. Check what you have written again.

Esele is there to protect the interest of workers in the bill.

Ignorance is a diseases. People should learn to verify facts
before comming on internet to spew rubbish.

There is no better representation from labour to the board
of PIB than Esele. Quote me.

Obviously, the guy understands
the Nigerian petroleum industry. Esele had been
working in the oil industry for many years and was also
president of PENGASSAN for many years before becomming
president of TUC. Apart from being a labour leader, Esele had
been a member of several boards in the oil and Gas  industry including
that of the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA).

You are doomed if you assume in your biased mind that his
appointment to represent labour in the board of PIB is compensation
from GEJ for calling off the recent strike action.

By the way, is it GEJ that appointed him? No. It is labour
(not GEJ) that nominated him to represent them.

With due respect to prof. Whole Soyinka,
the massive looting, estortion, harassment,
disorderliness and loss of lives associated with
that protest required soldiers to restore normalcy.

Hoodlums hijacked the protest.

In front of my house,
miscreants mounted a road block to harass and
estort money from motorists.

An Okada rider was burnt to ashes from the bonfire
set by these protesters.

Let's all stop being hypocritical.

In what way are the likes of Ajumobi, Almakura, Peter Obi,
Aregbesola Amosun etc different from Amechi, Akpabio, Chime etc

It's not about the party, but credibility of the individuals each party presents.

Donald Duke of Cross River performed excellently and put the unknown state
on the map as a PDP man.

@Poster
Have you visited Akwa Ibom state recently? Some of the Yoruba guys (no offence
meant) on this forum need to travel out to other parts of Nigeria and stop viewing
the West as  Nigeria. I hate politics but, a few disgruntled elements taking to the
streets does not mean people have turned their backs on GEJ or PDP. No sir.

Mischief makers everywhere inciting
gullible nigerians with falshood.

Seun, Mukina pls put this on home
and let people be properly informed.

Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
This is to inform all my friends that stories about my arrest, or being attacked and brutalized by GEJ's security personnel are not true. I visited the OccupyNigeria location in Abuja and a scuffle between an Army colonel occurred between Dino Melaye, my humble self and some of the young protesters coming to our aid. The colonel wanted to seize my phone and those around me joined in resisting the megalomaniac. I am safe, sound and with my wife and children. Thank you all for the concerns expressed by email, text and social media messages. Nasir,

http://www.facebook.com/#!/nelrufai/posts/10150467611202331

Is Fashola still the governor of this Lagos?

So he was blind to see the looting, extortion,
molestation, killings, and the near breakdown of law
and order in the last one week?

My cousin was ripped-off of 5000 naira at Begger by
so-called protesters. Hipocricy will destroy this country.

@Owerriboy

Sharrrrrrrrrrrraaappppp your dirty teeth. Owerri is very peaceful.
From Aba Rd, Wetheral, MCC, Nekede, Orlu Rd, Onitsha Rd,
PH Rd, Doughlas, Mbaise Rd, Control, Okigwe Rd etc etc etc
people are going about their normal businesses although offices and banks are closed.

Stop that stupid propaganda.

Fine, some union members did arrange journalist and placards so there won't be penalized
by the national body. Don't ever call that #occupynigeria