₦airaland Forum

NothingDoMe:
The government is broke and desperate. They need money to defend the Naira and settle loans.

You can say that again but why must it helpless Nigerians? Why 2m naira?

Kobicove:
Yes I have seen it, I missed it the first time.

Does your company engage in the storage and sale of items meant for human consumption?

Did NAFDAC officials at any point within the recent past visit your business premises for an inspection?

I think there should be a letter or report sent to your business which details the offences or rules which your business broke and this should have been sent before even sending you a demand notice.

Another issue I have is with the description of the amount as an "Administrative charge", such a fee is a penalty or fine and should be described as such.

The penalty is usually not an arbitrary amount, I think most government agencies usually have a scale which details various offences and their penalties, the same way there is a list of traffic offences and the amount of penalty for each traffic offences.

I don't have any shop or company in Idumota, just a concerned Nigerian who is totally against injustice and unfairness. You can see that they cunningly tagged the 2m naira as administrative charges! For what? Is it for someone you just issued a clean bill? I implore the NAFDAG DG to wade into this, and probably fish out those behind this shenaniganism.

Kobicove:
There is no mention of N2million in any of the two documents posted, this therefore means that the levy is likely being imposed by rogue staff of NAFDAC and is illegal

Please read the 3rd paragraph in the second document from NAFDAC (addressed to the managing director) again. The sum of 2million was clearly written.

Today, 25th February, NAFDAC sent a notice to all the shop owners in Idumota drug market requesting them to pay the sum of 2million naira for administrative charge. This is even when many shop owners were cleared of infractions. In asmuch as I commend NAFDAC for their passion and commitment toward eradicating fake and counterfeit products from the markets, I feel that 2million naira is outrageous considering the economic downturn in the country. Where do you expect them to pay such a huge amount of money especially when their shops have been under lock and key for 2weeks? And for many of them, no offending products were found in their shops. What is the 2million for please? I urge the authorities at NAFDAC to reconsider this huge sum of money been levied store owners in the interest of justice.

You're absolutely right. Thumbs up.

Peterobi90:
I think this is a good trend... people should be held accountable for their words and verbal opinions.

You cant say trash that gets people maimed, amputated and killed while thinking you should be given a platform to speak to those same people, not like they are an intellectual bunch.

E-money and a whole lot of visible persons from the SE were APC inclined, I doubt if any would reject their speaking in a forum.

MikoB:
I can only say congratulations to Tinubu, he is a rugged and a one man battalion fighter,the biggest obstacle he had to the throne was the party primary because there was an opportunity for Buhari to stop him, but he looked the other way as a dullard that he is, I knew from that moment especially when greed overshadowed Atikus' sense of reasoning not to allow a good popular southern candidate and pair the person with a northerner, this would have done the magic. if you guys know Tinubu very well, you wouldn't have gotten any hope in the court upturning his victory, he doesn't joke with details and he is a political strategist, he had planted his loyalist in every sector, including the judiciary, the only hope for an average nigerian now is to pray for Tinubu to use that his manipulative wisdom for the betterment of the common men...

You're absolutely right. I totally agree with your submission.

Estello:
https://insidekaduna.com/nigeria-bloomberg-and-the-hitman/

An who told you that the California high speed rail project is dead? Please read its current state below:


CA.govCA.gov website

About California High-Speed Rail
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) is responsible for planning, designing, building, and operating the first high-speed rail system in the nation. California high-speed rail will connect the megaregions of the state, contribute to economic development and a cleaner environment, create jobs, and preserve agricultural and protected lands.

When completed, Phase 1 of the high-speed rail system will run from San Francisco to the Los Angeles basin in under three hours at speeds capable of exceeding 200 miles per hour. The system will eventually extend to Sacramento and San Diego, totaling 800 miles with up to 24 stations. In addition, the Authority is working with regional partners to implement a statewide rail modernization plan that will invest billions of dollars in local and regional rail lines to meet the state’s 21st century transportation needs.

Our Objectives
The Authority is working toward three fundamental objectives:

Initiate high-speed rail passenger service as soon as possible.
Make strategic, concurrent transportation investments that will link over time and provide mobility, economic and environmental benefits at the earliest possible time
Position ourselves to construct additional segments as funding becomes available.
Our Progress
The Authority has 119 miles of active construction in the Central Valley with dozens of active construction sites.
422 miles of the 500-mile Phase 1 system from San Francisco to Los Angeles/Anaheim have been environmentally cleared.
The Authority has acquired almost all the right-of-way parcels needed for construction in the Central Valley.
The design work for construction in the Central Valley is nearing fully complete.
Project Benefits
Economic:
The project has created over 11,000 good-paying labor jobs.
The project generated $16 billion in economic output from July 2006 to June 2022.
There are currently over 770 small businesses working on the project.
To date, $5.5 billion of program expenditures have been spent in and benefitted disadvantaged communities.
Environmental:
Our zero emission trains will be powered by 100% renewable energy.
On average, California’s electrified high-speed rail will keep more than 3,500 tons of harmful pollutants out of the air – every year.
We have planted more than 7,100 trees to offset emissions produced through construction.
We have avoided over 420,000 pounds of criteria air pollutants during construction.
We have preserved or restored more than 2,900 acres of habitat.
Important Project Milestones
2023 – Authority receives $20 million in RAISE grant funding from the federal government for the Fresno High-Speed Rail Station Historic Depot Renovation and Plaza Activation Project.
2023 – Authority marks 10,000 jobs created on the high-speed rail project since the beginning of construction.
2022 – The Authority released its Draft 2022 Business Plan, opening up a 60-day period of public comment.
2022 – The Board approved the environmental documents for the Burbank to Los Angeles project section. The Board’s approval is a critical milestone that moves the project section closer to being “shovel ready” as funding becomes available.
2021 – The Board approved the environmental documents for the Bakersfield to Palmdale project section. This action marked the first certification of an environmental document in the Southern California region.
2021 – The Board approved the Revised 2020 Business Plan. This action reaffirmed the Authority’s commitment to deliver a 171-mile Merced-Fresno-Bakersfield interim electrified service line in California’s Central Valley.
2020 – The Board approved the Central Valley Wye environmental document. These actions, along with the clearance of the final section of the Fresno to Bakersfield project section in 2018, provided for full environmental clearance for 171 miles of future high-speed rail alignment between Merced and Bakersfield.
2019 – Project Update Report laid out the path forward for the Merced-Fresno-Bakersfield line, a building block project that matches the available funding.
2018 – Chief Executive Officer Brian P. Kelly and his staff composed the latest business plan expressing the progress that has been made while candidly confronting challenges going forward.
2017 – Governor Brown and the Legislature secured the establishment of an important step in long-term funding stability for the project by approving AB 398 extending the Cap-and-Trade Program through 2030.
2015 – A ground breaking ceremony was held in Fresno to signify the beginning on HSR construction.
2012 – Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. highlighted the benefits of this system in his State of the State address and declared that high-speed rail was a priority for his Administration.
2009 – $8 billion in federal funds was made available nationwide as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
2008 – The bond measure (Proposition 1A) was approved by the state’s voters, making it the nation’s first ever voter-approved financing mechanism for high-speed rail.
2002 – Senate Bill (SB) 1856 (Costa) was passed that authorized a $9.95 billion bond measure to finance the HSR system.
1996 – The Intercity High-Speed Rail Commission determined HSR in California was, in fact, feasible. The California High-Speed Rail Authority was then created by the Legislature to oversee implementation.
1994 – As part of the High-Speed Rail Development Act of 1994, California was identified as one of the five corridors nationally for high-speed rail planning. The California Legislature also created the Intercity High-Speed Rail Commission and charged it with determining the feasibility of a system in California.
1981 – California pursued the idea of a Southern California high-speed rail (HSR) corridor working with Japanese partners.

UnfairLife7:
because i know how violence men are to women. Domestic violence, rapist, assault, robbery, cyber fraud, pick pocket, hooligans et al. All these are men handwork

Try dey talk true no matter how bitter it is

Shut up!

Racoon:
https://www.farooqkperogi.com/2023/07/subsidy-removal-as-elite-banditry.html

Mr Farooq, I stopped reading your article when it's obvious that your article is too parochial, prejudiced and indirectly aimed at tarnishing an innocent man's reputation. Was it PO that removed subsidy? Why is your article unjustly biased against him? Try and be objective please.

NOETHNICITY:
Peter Obi 3rd class in Philosophy does not surprise me. Peter jumps at every unverified SM trending info, true or not Peter doesn’t care. Peter is dumber than I thought.

Shut up!

ahiboilandgas:
With the PIA only companies currently building refineries will be permitted to import refine product. This is to encourage players like total and co to build refinery. Is called backward integration . Dangote refinery and petro chemical comprised of 3 company dangote refinery . Dagaote product depot marketing frim and dangote fertilizer. The fertiler frim is now working and exporting ship and ship of urea @50m usd per shipment .The product marketing company ( 5 bn litres storage and 64 loading gantry) is completed. This subsidary will get fuel for sale from the refinery or import from any where in the world and sell locally. The refining section work in progress .no subsidiary wil wait for another once completed it become operational and mint money to service loan . But I know IPOB crew are pain and want project to fail .and bitter is own by aboki. To add to your pains dangote cement gross 1.76 trillion in gross sales and return 360bn in net profit to this aboki .meaning he makes around 1bn Naira daily.

You lack wisdom by your last statement.

FreeStuffsNG:
See a whole former Federal Minister going almost berserk on unproven unverified reports she saw on whatsapp and acting so intemperate and reckless with tribal bigotry and hate towards Asiwaju Tinubu and HE Sanwo olu. smh

She will be sued for malicious defamation. She who alleges must prove.

Meanwhile, I hope she has seen the Agulu results from all over Igboland or saw it but kept quiet because she was dazed by the outrageously incredible rigging.

Shut up!

hifocus:
Ode. The elections aren't over yet but they've started wailing.

Many of you are online today, surprisingly!

ignatiusez:
Still waiting for a response to this question. Please does anyone have any information concerning the AIG scholarship?

@Phey4say, Olasunboj, ifinger, any information or update regarding the AIG scholarship application? I made it to the essay writing stage but have not heard from them since submitting my essay. Your response will be appreciated.

ignatiusez:
Hello everyone, Please what is the latest with concerning the AIG scholarship 2023/2024? Has anybody been contacted for the next phase of the selection process which I think is the interview?

Still waiting for a response to this question. Please does anyone have any information concerning the AIG scholarship?

Still waiting for a response to this question. Does anyone have any information.

ignatiusez:
Hello everyone, Please what is the latest with concerning the AIG scholarship 2023/2024? Has anybody been contacted for the next phase of the selection process which I think is the interview?

[quote author=IdiotOjukwu post=118928583]If not for some naive. Yoruba youth, Obi name should have been banned in South West. Everywhere online, you will never find a single Igbo who is not for Obi. That's how to understand conspiracy. There criticism of Tinubu is a reflection of their habitual discrimination of every top Yoruba men. .

I remember how we all celebrated Chimamanda Adichie breakthrough with her novel. That same lady later used her platform to lampoon Adeleke, a Yoruba writer. Don't think I recalled the name correctly. We all celebrated the brilliance of Okonjo Iweala, Charles Soludo and every member of Obasanjo economic team. We aren't even mindful of the fact that Frank Nweke Junior was playing the role of Lai Mohammed. But they castigated Kami Adeosun and mock her exit from Buhari government . Every brilliant Yoruba personality in Buhari government, they painted as incompetent.

We still respect Chinua Achieve till date but they spare no word of commendation for Whole Soyinka. To them, he is a puppet of the nobel Laurette organization in Stockolm. They even forget the sacrifice he made for them during the Biafra war.

Generation Z, you are on the bed with the worng people. You join the self adulation bandwagon but always quick to criticize your your. Your obsession with trend has made your lost your self awareness. Your are caught in do not let behind syndrome .[/quot

Interesting! Clap for yourself........

ifinger:
I think they are still working on the application I also participated

Hello everyone, Please what is the latest with concerning the AIG scholarship 2023/2024? Has anybody been contacted for the next phase of the selection process which I think is the interview?

Any update on this scholarship? Has anyone been called for interview?

ifinger:
I think they are still working on the application I also participated

slimjohn2k5:
Pls share the YouTube link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKMNSvpB9dY

BKayy:
Ikpeazụ/PDP will still campaign on a plank in that road while the citizens will stand in the mud and be cheering him. Then they will vote in PDP again.

The problem of Abia is the people, coupled with tribalism.

Any place tribalism reigns, the politicians take full advantage of it. After witnessing the last election in Abia, I lost faith in them.

You’re absolutely correct

I've said it before and it bears repeating now, the biggest singular tragedy facing Ndigbo is the tragedy of leadership.

What you are seeing here is the GREATER ONITSHA WATER SCHEME bolehole site in G.R.A, Onitsha, Anambra state. This is a World Bank assisted project aimed at providing RUNNING WATER to Onitsha and its environs. As in, you come home and open your tap and water will start running just the way it is in those places we refer to as saner clime.

In 2013, the then govt of Peter Obi paid the sum of 1.8 Billion naira to a South African company, Peterson Candy International to resuscitate the Water Scheme
The then state Commissioner for public utilities, one Chief Emeka Nwankwu equally announced that they've secured a letter of credit for $700 million for the GREATER ONITSHA WATER SCHEME.

The sad thing is, as I type, most parts of the GREATER ONITSHA WATER SCHEME boreholes site have since been sold off to private individuals. The sales started last year. The implication is that the city of Onitsha may have lost a golden opportunity of having running water in over 3 decades. At first, I thought the destruction of some of the boreholes supposedly by those who bought lands there was going on without the knowledge of the state govt, never mind that the Onitsha governor's lodge where the state governor has been staying for over 3 months now shares a fence with the site. So I reached out to the state chairman of physical planning board, Barrister Chike Chukwuweike who refused to respond to my question. In responding to my WhatsApp message, the state Commissioner for public utilities, Mr Emeka Ezenwanne denied the sale of the Water Scheme site but didn't give further explanation even as heavy duty equipment keep destroying some of the boreholes. And I would have believed the Commissioner except I know some of the people who bought land there just as I know some who acted as land agents.

What this means is that all the 1.8 Billion paid by the previous govt is now gone. All the financial support already given and yet to be given by the world bank for the scheme gone. Just because we have leaders who think of nothing but selling everything just to have enough money to spend as they wish.

Check the whole of Igbo-land and tell me just one city you can beat your chest and say yes, this is it! Go to Enugu, to get water, you have to speak long grammar with water tanker drivers with all their 'shakara'. In Onitsha, you will see someone carrying 50 litters of water to climb 5 storey building in Awada. And a governor is busy selling off a World Bank assisted water scheme site.

N'ezie, "Ịfe ólú melu Igbo dị ofu mana ife Igbo melu ọnwe fa di asaa".

“They” inflicted one injury on Ndigbo while the latter inflicted seven injuries on themselves

A shame, isn't it??
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Ezewuzie01:
Enough of this lie. Fire fighters showed up after one hour and the traders prevented them from working as some wanted others to suffer like them. Though we are already used to this kind of propaganda from opposition. In 2017, when nkwo Nnewi caught fire, Ifeanyi Ubah sent fire trucks to the scene for political propaganda and to rubbish Obiano's government. It wasn't long after, he decamped to APGA after seeing the light. This propaganda too will fizzle out like the others. All the affected traders have been invited by Obiano to come to Awka and receive compensation. I will begin to believe that opposition is now gaining ground if the traders don't turn up. APGA bu nke anyi and Ndi Anambra love Obiano.

Your comment is so unfortunate and disrespectful to those who lost their lives and source of livelihood. It's so sad that we have now politicised everything even when lives are lost on a daily basis. Why do you blame onitsha residents who innocently voted for this government? The same government that collect all manner of taxes, levies, etc from them on a daily basis yet cannot provide a functional fire service unit. Did you discuss with those on ground to know that if there was a prompt and effective response from fire service, this incident could have been nipped in the bud? Due to lack of response, the fire raged on and spread towards Ochanja and environs.

I wound join issues you neither will I be prejudiced on this discuss, but let's be humane and objective. Going to Awka will not restore the lives of those lost due to dysfunctional governance. By the way, it's instructive to note that neither the governor or his representative has visited the scene more than 24hours after the incidence. Am sure you know why.......

Ezewuzie01:
A majority of the blame should go to the unruly traders and street urchins who prevented fire service men from accessing the area. It contributked to the disaster.

Your comment smacks of insensitivity. Did you not watch the video and observe that fire service never showed up until after more than 2hours? Even when they came, they came with a mini tanker that could barely do nothing and worst of it all, there nozzle was faulty? This is clearly an evidence of government irresponsibility and ineptitude. Can't you see how helpless the citizens were in that video after exhausting there sachets of water which could barely achieve nothing?


May the souls of those who departed rest in the bosom of the Almighty God. This calls for sober reflection and resolve by Anambrarians to demand for good governance. Enough of mediocrity, propaganda and sycophancy.

spyder880:
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ablogroup:

Any accident?
Is it first body