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I am very sorry 4 dis bt I think I av to do dis. I guess d writer of dis piece is just been foolish, and usless. One hw can developmental project be 4 d benefit of d rich alone, govt is meant to secure lives and property, so I ask hw can a sensible govt allow street trading and hawking its dat hw its done in EUROPE?, moreso u said it is draconic to protect traffic officer with d 100,000 fine 4 assault. This tells dat u perpetrate dis act. U foolishly said d housing project across lagos is to alienate d rich 4rm d poor, and d question is what very rich man will live in a two or one bed room flat built in rural areas. Finally on borrowing, no develop country or state in d world dat does nt borrow to develop. It may be hard now bt it 4 a long term success......remember Lagos is d most populated in nigeria. In conclusion, what d Lagos govt is doing is to bring sanity and development to Lagos state. Less I 4get, u mentioned abt d very rich and very poor u never talked abt d middle class pple who reside in lagos and enjoys d development in it or are dey nothing like Middle class?
IF dis is to change d orientation of d pple toward 2015, Writer u av failed!
Eko oni Ba je ooooo!!!

January 19, 2013 | 9:41 am
News
Aba (Abia) - The Minister of
Information, Mr Labaran Maku, says is
it is criminal for the petroleum
marketers to sell the product above the
official pump prize of N97.
Maku said this while fielding questions
at Osisioma Depot, near Aba, Abia,
during the Good Governance tour of
the state on Friday.
“It is criminal for people to come and
take fuel here at N97 when the
government has already paid the
balance between N97 and the market
prize.
“You come and get government
subsidy in this depot and all other
depots in the country, then they move
out and sell fuel at N150 per litre, this
is highly criminal.
“That is problem with Nigeria and that
is why the President Goodluck
Jonathan is insisting that with the
subsidy, some people are stealing from
national patrimony in subsidy.
“You can see now, you are confessing
that people come to the depot and buy
fuel at N97 which is what the
president is saying, but unfortunately
for us, our people are not honest,’’ he
said.
Maku said that it was criminal for the
marketers to get the product at N97
only to sell above it.
“People talk about corruption, but there
is nothing more than corruption when
a citizen will come and take fuel here
at N97 and sell at N150, which means
he is taking N97 from government.
“Taking about N60 from government
subsidy and then another N50 from
the public and selling close to N200 per
a litre, so he invest N97 and sell to the
public at almost N200.
He urged the media to report such
marketers and follow up the
investigations.
“The Federal government is subsidising
fuel, some Nigerians are selling at
exorbitant prizes after taking subsidy
from government and government
cannot be in every filling station in
Nigeria, it is not possible.’’
He urged Nigerian youths to stop the
attitude of destroying government
infrastructure, pointing out that such
action was detrimental to
development.
“We are talking about job, we are
talking about poverty, you can never
defeat poverty unless you obey law
and follow due process in your area.
“I know that poverty can lead to crime,
but crime re-enforces poverty where
you have criminality already, unless
you reduce the level of crime, economic
activities can never take off.
“Today, we in the North are crying
because of the incidence of crime and
terrorism, in some areas in the North,
you cannot come to work; we have
seen in the South that there is a lot of
development.’’
The National President of NUJ, Malam
Mohammed Garba, commended the
efforts of the Federal and Abia
Governments for ensuring adequate
security for business to thrive in Abia.
“It is my prayer and hope that the
existing relationship between the duo
will continue, so that the people will
benefit from this type of project.
Chief Emeka Ananaba, the Deputy
Governor of Abia, who represented the
governor, said that the government
would continue to ensure adequate
security in the state for development to
thrive. (NAN)

www.vanguardngr.com/2013/01/selling-fuel-above-n97-is-criminal-maku/

The statement credited to Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe,
accusing Rivers State governor, Rotimi
Amaechi of disrespecting President
Goodluck Jonathan in his comments on
the state of the East-West road, has
elicited a sharp rebuke from the
governor who has described the tenure
in office of the minister as an
embodiment of “ineptitude and
abysmal failure”
Amaechi’s response was contained in a
statement released yesterday by his
spokesman, David Iyofor. He said the
response was to “show clearly that the
minister’s game is just to divert
attention from his ineptitude and
abysmal failure.” The governor
reiterated his tremendous respect for
President Jonathan and his office and
slammed the minister for painting a
different picture.
“The office of the President of Nigeria is
a big institution that deserves utmost
respect and it would be grossly
irresponsible for anyone to disrespect
Mr. President, which unfortunately
Minister Orubebe is doing by dragging
the President’s name into his inability
to deliver on the East –West Road.
Minister Orubebe seems to suffer from
a severe form of selective amnesia as
he conveniently forgets that the same
Amaechi he (Orubebe) now
contemptuously, disgraciously and
insolently disparages and flippantly
accuses of not respecting Mr. President,
led Rivers people to overwhelming
vote for and gave President Jonathan
the highest votes by any state in the
country at the last Presidential
elections.
“Minister Orubebe should please tell us,
what respect, regard and show of love
is bigger than that? Minister Orubebe’s
imprudent and reckless attacks on the
person of Governor Amaechi is a
dubious but obvious attempt by the
minister to divert attention from his
abysmal failure to deliver on the East-
West road. This callous attempt to drag
the President’s name into it is what is
most disrespectful and irresponsible.”
While accusing the minister of
monumental failure in office, Amaechi
said: “I challenge Minister Orubebe to
show the world the projects he started
and completed in the Niger-Delta as
Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs. I
challenge Minister Orubebe to show
the world one project he started and
completed in Rivers State with the
huge resources allocated to his
ministry.”
“What an irony, for an appointed
minister who has failed woefully, who
has been unable to complete one single
road, to cast aspersions on an elected
governor who is judiciously using the
resources of his people to better their
lives and develop their state. What a
shame! This is indeed most ridiculous
and laughable. It’s no longer in doubt
that Minister Orubebe does not like
Rivers State.
“Minister Orubebe should please face
the simple task of completing one road,
just one road, the East-West road, as
this dubious diversionary attempt to
attack Governor Amaechi will not
complete the road that is most dear to
the hearts and lives of Niger-Deltans”,
the statement added.

www.informationng.com/2013/01/amaechi-descends-on-orubebe-calls-him-an-embodiment-of-ineptitude-abysmal-failure.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

kutchs: This post has finally shown who you are, dumb and dull.
MMIA belongs to LAGS?
Apapa, Tin Can etc belongs to LAGS?
I cant believe you mean that rubbish u typed above.
I can name so many facilities in Lagos belonging to the FG which will cripple the economy of Lagos should the FG decides to shut them down. Dont pretend you dont know baby boy.

I equally cannot believe u meant as well that shutting the MMIA will affect lagos and not d FED govt equally the Tin- Can Island in Apapa which is d highest import entry port in nigeria. Brother dis facilities are beneficial to the FG thank d State Govt.

babyosisi: What is he waiting for?
He should set a good example and stop collecting oil money for his state
Walk the walk not just talk the talk

I wonder Y pple like you are finding it difficult to understand simple English. The governor used a conditional clause of "IF" the supply is Shut........ I don't know hw difficult that is 4 u to understand. Even 4rm d oil revenue Self hw much does Lagos earn conpare to Bayelsa whose population is 10times Smaller than lagos. Abeg Appreciate Good things joor

Continuation of Last year deadly Movie titled "Costly Nemesis" Enjoy it.

Amusaopeyemi: Only outside Nigeria can such happen.

True talk. If not na talk go finish dem

Police don chop dat goat ni.... Hw goat go die 4 custody.... Well no be dia fault dey were train to share one head of fish at camp so wen d opportunity came to eat goat dey took d chance.....

Lady A can't cook, she has a bad attitude, nags at you, not too brilliant and does not respect any of your family members. While Lady B can cook, she is smart, got a home economics skills and she is so nice. Friends, who ll u marry or advice someone u know to marry?Be candid pls! Disclaimer: These ladies are just models and are in no way related to this post. Thanks.

gmolen: Pls, do u know the second person and the portfolio he/she is being nominated for?

the Second person 4rm Kebbi state and the governorship Aspirant of d state under ACN in 2011....

Omexonomy: how far long time you still dey do all this ur nonesens. Well sha u must collect salary for this month
b4 u start the insult i ply that road from apapa to oshodi can any body please point out which part is fash talking about. Note i am not a PDP member and i hate lies. Nigeria is full of lies

Are u saying dey are no port holes at mile 2 - Apapa road or dey are no port holes on Oshodi road... D oshodi road dat get flooded after just a drop of rain... Abeg go and Sit down joor. U re a pathetic lie

Sincere 9gerian: What has the Lagos State govt been doing with its share of funds saved from partial removal of fuel subsidy? This is an important question that should bother every right thinking Nigerian/Lagosian.

Though subsidy removal was fiercely opposed by ACN governors and legislators, the federal govt succeeded in partial removal of fuel subsidy, courtesy of which ALL tiers of govt earned EXTRA funds. The FG has since deployed its share to intervene in several critical infrastructure nationwide through a programme it calls SURE-P. However, no one knows what other tiers of govt are doing with their share of the funds.

I singled out Lagos state because it is the nations commercial capital and is expected to set the pace for other states. The question therefore is what has the Lagos state govt been doing with its share of the funds? It is estimated that the Lagos state govt has been getting EXTRA N300million or more every month since fuel subsidy was removed partially in Jan 2011.

Personally, I had expected the Lagos state govt to deploy this UNEXPECTED EXTRA funds to complement funding and bring to quick completion critical projects in the state such as the Lagos metro rail line. What about using it to commence the construction of 4th mainland bridge? What about using part of the funds to bring back to life the EPILEPTIC and "o ti ba je" state owned media organisation (LTV)?

I ask again, what is the Lagos state doing with the unexpected EXTRA funds it receives courtesy of partial removal of fuel subsidy? Or is the funds being diverted to Tinu...'s pocket?

. For you to Make dat statement dat eko ti ba je" Shows dat u re a PDP apologist and u are only been selfish with d truth. How else do u want to see d efficiency of 300million which sums up to 3.6billion in 2012. What has d state governor not done. Question 4 u to Answere
* Is he d one to Provide Electricity?
* is he d one to construct d badagry road?
* is it his responsibility to Fund d police and buy dem patrol van which he is doing?
* is he d one to secure our water way which he is doing?
* Is it d responsibility of supplying Transformers to Communities which he is doing? And so on
Finally d Sure P money is meant to Purchase Buses 2 ease d effect of d fuel subsidy and I think it was reported here on NL dat fashola bought. Some buses 4 easy transportation. So What else do u want 4rm him u dis PDP low life apologist.. No matter ur propaganda U can never Win Lagos. Eko oni ba je oooo!!!

veraponpo: . All your points over there are lughable except the issue of LASU.

Is Makoko a good settlement from your own look?
So any where in the world, demolision of wrong settlement is welcome otherwise, why is El-Rufai not in prison by now even for demolishing good houses in good environment.
How many cities/ states have banned okada in Nigeria before Lagos, nothing less than 8 to 10 even within Lagos before now, there are some streets you can't take bike too, so what are you saying?

When he cleared Oshodi of its mess people hailed him, maybe except you, when he cleared Ojota, people praised him, work is on-going at Obalende terminus now and it is laudable, so what is wrong if he works on Katangwa? Is that not his job as the governor?

What is wrong wrong with Lekki toll gate? Didnt you study Economics at all? Lagos is not an oil producing state for now in Nigeria (though with oil) so you dont expect Lagos to do like Rivers or Akwa Ibom who get huge allocation/ 13 percent derivation without much responsibilities, you have to use what you have to get what you want.

Back to issue of LASU. LASU was one of the worst school when it was N25,000. As an accountant, graduate of accounting from LASU then could never get ICAN exemption to PE II but now in the last NUC rating LASU is 14th out of 136 universities first time in the last 25 years. Above some Federal universities. Remember the weekend programme has also stopped in order for the whole attention to be on the main programme, so it is not about money but the quality of the education there. However, I still don't like it too because I attended Ife (OAU) where school fee is next to nothing.

GOD will seriously Bless you 4 all dis points that u av Mentioned in responce to that PDP apologist who sees nothing Good in Lagos... He shud tell me where in a civilised World Okada is used as means of transportation? Talking abt Toll gate, Maybe he has nt heard dat d F.G is planning d re-introduction of toll after d success of the Lekki- toll. On lasu b4 d increment, Lasu was d HQ of all sort of Cult Group. it was just like a Post- secondary dat wen I was in Command Ojo, I never prayed to gain Admission in2 Lasu even 4 free den. Bros if u find Nothing Good in Lagos, meet fashola for Your transport fee Back to ur Vilage. Eko o ni Baje oo!!!

thelastPope: Does Uyo generate the IGR that Lagos generates? Some of you keep putting out this funny population argument. The population is as much an advantage as it could be a disadvantage. Fashola is using the advantage with fat IGR every month, so the excuse of population is not tenable! The average of 30 billion monthly IGR is enough to build a new city. That is over 2 trillion in 6 years! That is exclusive of FG allocation.

. Why nt Give kudos to d Man 4 generating dat much. Is kano nt more populous dan Lagos? Is oyo state nt almost d same as Lagos state.? U just memtion d IGR, can u compare d FG allocation with dat of Akwa ibom... U make ur research Akwa iboms F.G allocation is far much dan Lagos IGR plus Allocation if nt *2... Abeg fashola is d Best joor

Dis is surely 4rm anoda foolish PDP apologist... If u claim fashola did not build a single road in his tenure in lagos, u are so blind to see d green revolution in some part of lagos. U futher mention private companies doing every thing. Have u ever heard of PPP b4. Wen LASU was 25k it was full of all agency of Cult groups, infact Lasu became the hub 4 Cult groups bt since d fee was increase wen last did u hear Negative News abt Lasu? U equally talk abt hospitals, well u can be living at Ogijo nt far 4rm ikorudu or Agbara and claim to live in Lagos. Cos am sure u re nt a Lagosian, so if u re tired of lagos, sell ur house and Move elsewhere. .

manny4life: ACN may be progressive in the SW, but they're no different than PDP - both parties are have same manifesto. ACN may indeed be perfect for SW platform, they can't go national and challenge PDP because of the simple fact of "Godfatherism" and other underlying ethnic differences.

I don't know what you mean by god Fatherism bt if it is depending on one person or anoda to get electoral Vote I think it is the Bane of democracy as Obama depends on Clinton and other business Moguls to Win Election.... Bt if ur god fatherism is abt exploitation I think dey is non like dat in ACN. U can Ask Oshoimole. ACN can survive nationally as it is presently doing in Edo state aside SW.

k2039: He is sick, so GEJ should be sent out or what was he insunating. Besides Jesus came for the sinners which include looters not the saints like him(Bankole).

His statement would only have made sense if robbers, kidnappers etc are not allowed into the camp ground.

It's only logical that in a gathering like that, the president must be recognised, afterall he is the PRESIDENT of Nigeria not a district pastor.

Give honor to whom honor is due.

What Rubbish are u saying, the Man did not condemn the attendance of the president bt his right to talk on an alter of God as a politician and nt to preach... U equally mentioned repentance, wen G.O was praying 4 GEJ did u See or hear him say Amen to those Prayers? Or Were his Word Spiritual or Political? Lastly u talk Abt honour, how honourable is it 4 a serving president to kneel b4 d G.O? Abeg let's face reality joor. Baba Don Turn politician and GEJ was only only trying to gather Cheap Political points.

kingsrod: At the end of the day if dem no carry trophy come back....dem go say why coach no carry Osaze martins and co...now he is saying the truth dem dey yab am...we siddon dey watch na

Oga Ade, dats no point joor. The once he has been participating how many goal did he score talkless of trophy. Make him sit-down 4 WB.

Ibanga p: Do u watch football at all? If u do den tel me; among doz picked who's beta dan him?

Aside Ameobi d other strikers are better than Him. He is a national Arrogant Flop

Death at a funeral, the living mourns the dead, the living joins the dead...... RIP YAkowa and Azaazi

Regardless of the prayer pastor Adeboye renders to GEJ, GOD will not listen... Even the person Pastor Adeboye is praying For did not Open his mouth to say AMEN!! to any of the prayers. Does dis means AMEN is nt needed wen praying?

From all the reports so far, ACN seems not to be involve in any form of violent..... Good one to the Party even if dey loose.

Ikengawo: If we're talking about governors, the ones in the east except Amaechi and Sullivan are mediocre at best.
If we want to talk about Igbo presidency lets truly bring our BEST. Our Barth Nnaji, even Okonjo Iweala for as much as the fraudulent 'occupy nigeria' tribalism demostration tried to paint her as evil, she's brilliant, she's a global leader of women and finance, and she presents ideas that have saved nigeria before (Sovereign Wealth Fund, budget benchmarking) that are of an international standard.

and yes i fully believe we need to get rid of the stupid subsidy and put the money where it counts.
either way these are two igbo people that are global thinkers. Our state politics are still occupied largely by village champions and local thinkers.

point of correctio Ameachi is nt 4rm south east bt 4rm south- south... Those south east governors are nt Fit to be president.

lazbay: A C N tell lies too much. I live in Osun State & I can confidently tell u that Aregbesola has demolished in 2 years more than what he can build in 8years. He has borrowed like nobody has ever done. Everytin in Osun now is standing still. Though I don't like PDP but from d look of things now, A C N is not a better option.

that was hw fashola started by destroying those useless structures on water ways and abt to collapse.. Now we are all praising his government... Aregesola is less dan three years in power..

petitebussy: Aketi says we have just one singular project (Mother and Child) in Akure and promises to build Hospitals for Father mother and Child.How does that make sense?He doesn't seem to know that the mother and child hospital is specially created to tackle infant and maternal death which was in highest form before mimiko's government took over power,it is different from the State Hospital which is set to treat different kinds of ailments.Oke of all people says he is going to decentralize the Mother and Child in Akure,but one thing this two candidates fail to know is that this mother and child is a referral centre where people come from all parts of the country and it is in Akure so it could be easily accessible.There is no way the olodo of ondo (Aketi) is ever going to be our Governor!

Read ur foolish defence abt the mother and Child project.. It is to stop infant and maternal death. So u mean ppe 4rm Owo, Akungba, ikare, ondo, ikale will travel down to Akure just to give birth?. .. I think it is better u think b4 talking... Such projects ought to av been decentralised cos it is nt only in Akure pregnant women live neither is it sensible to encourage pple 4rm other area to Akure to deliver babes... Pls be rational

Prof Corruption: Nobody takes this type of debate seriously in Nigeria. It's just a media hype. The election is too close to call between ACN and LP. The only party that does not have any chance is PDP! The ACN political guns have smartly framed this campaign as a battle between political parties, not individuals. Fortunately for them, that's the general perception out there. So murdering adjective or killing verbs neither adds to nor subtracts from the overall analysis.

While ACN is very strong in Ondo's North, Labour is the party to beat in Central while PDP has the South in his kitty. Ondo Central has the highest population of voters. Both LP and PDP have their respective running mates from the North while ACN's Akintelure is from the South. The thinking in ACN quarters is clearing the North, sharing the central and banking on negative perception of PDP in the south to win some votes. While PDP can hold some Local governments in the south, it's chances of winning any outside the district is almost zero due to negative perception. Both ACN and LP can spring surprises beyond their strongholds. The major impediment to Mimiko's chances is poor showing of his administration beyond the central senatorial district.

If ACN focuses a lot of resources on the North (holding their stronghold) and the south (exploiting PDP's negative perception and LP's administration lack of developmental projects in the region), LP chances become shaky. It's just too close to call.

Bravo!!! What a good political Analyst.... I love dis

Roland17: OOOO my God!!!! how on earth did Akeredolu become a SAN with such cancerous sentence construction and speaking skills? Naija i hail thee ooo

SAN award is nt given to those who knows hw to shout bt pple who are intelligent and av won so man cases in court..... Mimiko has failed..#shekena

Roland17: OOOO my God!!!! how on earth did Akeredolu become a SAN with such cancerous sentence construction and speaking skills? Naija i hail thee ooo

mumu na him u be.... Must everybody be outspoken like mimiko and oke who have been feeding us with lies.... He is a soft spoken lawyer and mimiko just attested to that.... Action speaks louder than voice.

lazbay: A C N tell lies too much. I live in Osun State & I can confidently tell u that Aregbesola has demolished in 2 years more than what he can build in 8years. He has borrowed like nobody has ever done. Everytin in Osun now is standing still. Though I don't like PDP but from d look of things now, A C N is not a better option.

he has borrowed because Osun is among the poorest state in nigeria.... And his pple want better government. So he is left with no choice than to borrow for as long as it is nt embezzled