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Peroti:
I dedicate this news to the baret cap wearing minister of sports that always spew trash

ahn ahn ....why na

Ben Murray-Bruce, a senator representing Bayelsa East senatorial district, has said that Nigeria needs a minister of common sense.

The 60-year-old entrepreneur made the statement in an interview with Peace Hyde on ‘My Worst Day in Business’.

The founder of Silverbird group said a lot of people in government do dumb things, hence, the need for a minister with such a portfolio.

“A lot of people in government do dumb things. I’ve told successive presidents in this country to appoint a minister of common sense.

“The minister of common sense will not have a budget. All the minister would do is to think about Nigeria and find solutions to the problems of Nigeria without thinking about enriching himself.”

Murray-Bruce, a senator who prides himself as an advocate for common sense, said he did not plan for his life to turn out the way it did.

“I didn’t plan my life, when I was in the university, I thought I would get a PhD in political science because I loved political science and history.

“It never occurred to me that I would get into media, entertainment or pageants. My whole life has been an accident. I didn’t know I’d be a senator or try to be a governor.”

Source : http://ijebuloaded.com/news-ben-bruce-need-common-sense-minister-people-government-dumb-things/

TheEastActivist:


Who trained the caterers and provide the enabling environment if not Obiano team??
Besides this is a fg project and not state like osun own though poorly done.
So I guess you don't know what Obiano administration has invested in education in the state..
Ask why osun is in her current position in Waec?
Try and Be reasonable for once and acknowledge good governance where you see one as your state can't do 1% of what his government is doing in education which has yielded much fruit in that sector.

Yu are a disgraced to this country... you can now see that your useless Anambra Media Outlet z so dumb not even knwing whats going on in yur so called Anambra state........

#Bunch_of_crooks

#shameless pipu


#Wailingwailers



Thanks at RockHard

VeeVeeMyLuv:
sorry sir i mean not just a Minister, he is a Minister of ministers (a star Minister).

i concur

THIS OP SEF

VeeVeeMyLuv:
do you mean miniSTAR?

what yu say ??


u must be a drunkard

TheEastActivist:
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Lol!! You guys don't know us?
You think we don't have our own media outlets?
You think we give a fk about all this punch, tribune newspaper found in Ibadan express way open drainages??
You've hit the rock bottom...
Get us evidence or go self-service yourself man.

Recession issa #BASTARD....... Affecting some brains sinc MARCH 2016......

RockHard:
Guy, abeg free dem to continue entertaining us. Even when Obiano himself do press release about am, dem still no go gree say na true, in fact dem go ask to see pix of him or his children tasting the food It's like you don't know these folks. Lol.

lol.... no mind dem

TheEastActivist:
Am in Anambra..
And no Anambra media outlets has carried the news...
Only picture evidence and location will guarantee this news else is a propaganda from hungry fg bloggers.

only PUNCHNG is better-off any Fcukin anambra media outlet

Gimme sample of ya Anambra Media Outlet mayb we recognize it sef


#YEYEpipu

iamhorny:
they should do test on the food. I fear with the level of hatred this government have for Ndiigbos, there may be a depopulation agenda. the food when raw(beans, rice and yam) may have been poisoned with chemicals that cause sterility. Igbos should be very watchful hausa/fulani have an agenda to reduce our population. they have tried pushing us to fight but we have been able to hold our cool and resist their game plan by being peaceful. now they are starting a food programme in Anambra and not kano, kastina or even in the IDM camps that needs the food the most. A food programme which will silently poison our children and the effect will only be felt in the future. NDIIGBO BE WATCHFUL.

The way yu think bruh....


Yu talking like say na ABuja dem go Cuk d food carry come anambra,......



Yu should ve review dz ur post before posting bruh

TheEastActivist:
Oga you are at fault...
Isn't this absa website that am talking about? I know you lifted the picture from their website but this is still a press release advert nothing has been done yet based on implementation...

Did you see the osun picture you posted earlier?
Why not do the same for Anambra??
Get us evidence on ground not all this media junk and if it has started we will hear it here in Anambra.

Upon All we don dey tok, yu still need evidence ??


Goto Anambra bro.....

RockHard:
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/217435-buharis-school-feeding-programme-takes-off-anambra.html

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/abia-govt-begins-free-feeding-primary-schools/

No mind dem ... dem hate good news ..... i hope yu sabi dem name ?? wai...........................!!!

TheEastActivist:
Op the second picture you put won't fly as this is Kenya... why lumping it with Obiano advert banner on the school feeding program placed on absa website which has not yet started...

Or is Obiano feeding program banner advert now federal govt own evidence?
You guys should just give it up or get us evidence...
Propagandas everywhere

Original picture

Lol....who is at fault here ?

After six weeks in detention, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed from its custody.
The decision was sequel to an order of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), vacating the remand warrant which the Commission was relying upon to hold the former in its custody.

It was counsel to the former Minister, Chief Chris Uche (SAN) who moved the court to vacate the remand warrant.

Justice Hussein Baba Yusuf had on November 29, 2016, issued an order directing the anti-graft agency to Senator Bala Mohammed from detention after granting him bail pending the determination of the substantive suit filed by him.

‎However, days days after the enrolled order of the court was served on the Commission, it refused to comply with the order of court relying on the remand order of court, which was yesterday vacated by Justice Yusuf.

‎Before his eventual release yesterday, the former minister had threatened to commence committal proceedings against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over his continued detention against a subsisting order of court that directing his release from the custody of the Commission.

‎In a letter addressed to the Acting Chairman of the EFCC dated December 5, 2016, Uche lamented the inability of the Commission to obey the orders of the court after same was been served on them.

The letter which was cited with the caption ;Refusal to obey court order in suit no: FCT/HC/CV/220/2016 Senator Bala Mohammed Vs EFCC” noted that his client had since met his bail conditions yet “you have refused to release him or produce him to court.”

The former minister, who was arrested and detained since October 24, 2016, when he went to honour an invitation by the Commission, has filed a N100 million fundamental human right suit against the anti-graft agency over his continued detention.

However, before the determination of the substantive suit, his counsel, Chief Chris Uche [SAN] also filed an application praying the court to release him on bail pending the hearing and determination of the suit.

Source : http://ijebuloaded.com/news-former-fct-minister-regains-freedom-%e2%80%8e/

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, has called on the federal government to adopt an “aggressive policy” to recover looted funds instead of asking for loans.
Falana said this on the sidelines of an event organised by the US embassy in Abuja to mark the international anti-corruption day.

“People have stolen our money, why are you begging them to return it? We need to fight them and collect the money; we do not need loans that will mortgage the future of our country,” he said.

“The government is asking for a loan of $29.6 billion and we have more than that to recover.”

He called on the US government to intervene, and also urged anti-graft agencies to enhance cooperation to ensure the recovery of such funds.

He said that the federal government’s current plan to recover stolen loot of past administrations would not get the country out of its economic crisis.

“For instance, $458 million has been forfeited in the US; Nigeria has filed an application before the high court in Jersey where the money was traced to,” he said.

“But the US government has filed an objection to the release of the money to the government of Nigeria, claiming the money should be paid to the US government to be managed for Nigeria.

“We also have some money to collect from the Swiss government; the Swiss government is illegally saying that they are not going to release this money unless the World Bank is ready to supervise the management of the fund.

“Unfortunately, the government (Nigeria) is not challenging such violations of our sovereign rights as a nation.

“Unless the federal government is prepared to adopt an aggressive policy against western governments and their very corrupt financial institutions, we are not going to come out of this mess.”

Falana said the federal government’s request for loans would be detrimental to the future of the country. He also called on Nigerian media to join the campaign for the return of the country’s looted wealth.

“The Financial Times Magazine of the UK wrote an editorial asking the UK government to release not less than one billion pounds instead of giving us aid; the Nigerian media should join the campaign.”

Source : http://ijebuloaded.com/news-falana-fg-stop-begging-stole-nigerias-money-fight/

Good Movement!

The Presidency on Thursday said the National Homegrown School Feeding scheme, a component of the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programmes, has started in Anambra State.



According to a statement by the Laolu Akande, spokesman of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, the pupils were served moin-moin garnished with vegetables on the first day of the exercise.

Akande said an estimated 76, 690 pupils in 1050 schools would be served every school day in the state under the feeding programme that caters to pupils from Primary 1-3.
He said, “Having met the stated requirements for Federal Government funding for the Homegrown School Feeding, a sum of N53, 687, 900 had been released directly to cooks for the kick-off of the school feeding programme in Anambra, to last till the end of the current school term.

“All the cooks were recruited from communities around the primary schools for the program, verified and trained to provide the catering service in the 21 LGAs in the State.
“Generally, the Homegrown School Feeding programme, which is one of the Social Investment plans of the Buhari presidency, is driven through community participation where residents in the community are engaged as cooks to provide feeding services. Also the programme leverages on the agricultural produce available within the communities.

“The Homegrown School Feeding programme of the Buhari administration will not only boost school enrollment and improve the nutritional status of the pupils, it would also stimulate local farming, while equally creating jobs including the 774 cooks now in gainful employment in Anambra State.”

Source : http://ijebuloaded.com/news-fg-school-feeding-programme-begins-anambra/

ok

Over 700 academic and non-academic staff of some tertiary institutions in Delta state, whose names were not on the State’s payroll have been disowned over ‘illegal’ employment.

The state’s Commissioner for Higher Education, Mr Jude Sinebe, announced this at a news conference in Asaba on Wednesday.

The commissioner said there was no provision for such employment before the staff were engaged.

“In tertiary institutions, we don’t just employ workers for the sake of employment. We only employ when there is a need for such workers.

“This issue can be likened to a case of illegal employment and I can tell you that it is not only in the Delta Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku; we have similar cases at the State Colleges of Education in Agbor and Warri.

“The affected staff were employed out of the institutions’ statutory provisions. The system that we operate, does not recognise them as our staff, as such, we cannot pay them”, Sinebe said.

The commissioner further explained that many of the schools went out of their way to employ the affected staff without recourse to approval from the state government.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that many of those employed between 2013 and 2015, were lecturers, technicians, information officers, clerical officers and messengers.

Source : http://ijebuloaded.com/news-delta-govt-disowns-700-staff-tertiary-schools/

The Ondo State governor-elect, Rotimi Akeredolu has explained why he failed to thank the national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu in his acceptance speech on Sunday.

According to him, Tinubu, like other leaders of the party, fall under the leadership of Buhari and Odigie-Oyegun.

Akeredolu made this explanation when he and his deputy, Agboola Ajayi, on Wednesday paid a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

On why he didn’t mention Tinubu while thanking leaders of the party in his speech after winning the election, he said: “I thanked the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the leader of our party profusely for the leadership which he showed leading to this election. I also thanked our indefatigable chairman for standing by the truth and for his position on this matter that led to this election. I have no reason to do otherwise.

“You see, party structures to the best of my knowledge is very clear. You have the leadership of the party and that is represented by Chief John Odigie-Oyegun. And after the election, a chief executive emerges, he becomes a leader of the party, you don’t have to personalize and be looking for leaders all over the place. If we have to do that then I will have to mention 36 or 37 leaders.

“So I believe the leadership as represented by the president covers all leaders and that tells me it would include Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu, it would include even Baba Akande, Onu, so many leaders. But president Buhari is the leader of the party so that is my position there,” he added.

Asked how he was going to amend his strain relationship with Tinubu, he said: “The relationship with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has always been the same. I don’t think we have any strain relationship. For me as a person, I believe he is one of the leaders of the party and I don’t see any strain relationship between us.

“And you would observe that he has sent in his congratulatory message after the election, so what else do you expect? I mean all of us see this as victory for the APC, not for Akaredolu, not for as an individual but for the party as a whole.

“I believe he is a member of the party. Mr. Femi Adesina had issued a release but you journalists just want to put words into our mouths,” he said.

He said: “When you say a defection, Senator Yele Omogunwa even joined us in the campaign right there in Ondo State, he had joined the APC, he only just formalized it on the Senate floor today.

“I mean when you have a party that is already balkanized like the PDP, from bottom to the top they have two candidates, they have two chairmen now. So you don’t have to be sneaking between one chairman and another you make up your mind to go to a place that is stable.

“And I believe that he thinks that the APC is stable and he has come to a place he thinks his fortune will be better served and I am sure he took the right decision to join the party of the day.

“At the center the government of the President Muhammadu Buhari said we must look back in order to move forward, he has been there for over a year now, has he instituted a probe looking back is not a probe and I maintain that I will not probe any regime.

“This is responsible leadership I am elected to lead the people. The task ahead of us is enormous than for us to start instituting probes. My own is not to institute any probe of last regime and that is what president Buhari has done.

“But if we find out that wrongs were committed we have enough laws of the land to take care of people who have committed wrong. As we start our work as we go ahead if there is any semblance of Dasukigate at the state, the law will take its course that is different from probing. We will follow what Mr. President is doing at the center.”

Asked if he will end up reducing his campaign promises after assuming office, he said that what he met on ground will determine if all the promises will be met.

He said: “You see as a candidate, it is expected of you to have a fore knowledge of the position for example of the finances for the number of things we need to do and what it will take to do.

“Now it is quite possible and I don’t rule out the fact that, you might set out in your campaign promises to achieve 10 things at a time. But because there is no way you can know everything that is in government when faced with realities it might not be possible to achieve those 10 things at a go.

“But it is not to say that you will still not go for that 10. When you talk of review if you find a few things that are not in the right places, so there is nothing wrong if you try to review your campaign promises when faced with stake realities.

“But for us in Ondo state, we have come up with five Cardinal points and it is so clear to us. We have decided that we will embark on job creation through agriculture, industrialization and entrepreneurship and what is going to cost government. We need machinery because it is not going to be agriculture through hoes and cutlasses but mechanized one. It is given that we must go back to basis.

“On entrepreneurship we are going to encourage our state people to be self-employed and employ others. We are talking about public private partnership and there are a lot of people who want to come and build industries in our state because our state is a viable one.

“We are going to have enabling environment for industrial growth. What is the cost? Maybe land. And then when you talk of functional education and technical growth, when you talk of infrastructure, there are schools that are already dilapidated and we believe that rather than spend money on a mega school, that money can repair and put several schools in a better form. How much will it cost us? It is the same money that we are spending.

“We don’t want to take our people to civilization, we want to take civilization to our people. We want to ensure that the school within their vicinity are good enough for them to be interested in those school. Yes it is going to be cost intensive because we will develop our rural areas. We have told our people we are not going to build tar roads but we are going to provide accessible roads and when we have done our little bit people will do it for some time,” he said

Source : http://ijebuloaded.com/news-didnt-acknowledge-tinubu-acceptance-speech-akeredolu/

Meanwhile, when issue of commission of corruption practice is established, the executive has the responsibility of investigation without recourse to the judiciary.“


“I had no objection that the operation would be carried out at night because I have taken time to go through the administration of Criminal Justice Act and I was convinced that this operation can be conducted at any hour, any moment without restriction.

“I didn’t have to inform the Inspector-General of Police or Commissioner of Police in the State about the DSS operation because they were also under the same constitutional obligation to act. One of the agencies had investigated, came up with a report and I was convinced.”



To Hell with those who support corruption


God Bless Malami
God Bless Buhari
God Bless Nigeria

cc: Lalasticlala; Mynd44

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, said on Tuesday that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had no exclusive rights to any investigations, including matters relating solely to financial crimes.
He also said his office received full briefing and gave backing to the arrest of some judges by the Department of State Services over allegations of corruption last month.

Malami spoke in Abuja as he appeared before an ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives at the National Assembly.


The committee, which is chaired by Mr. Garba Dhatti, is investigating all cases of invasion of property and arrests of persons by the DSS from May 2015 till date.

The AGF said there were reasonable grounds to justify the arrest of the judges, looking at the high number of petitions that had been received by his office, the DSS, EFCC and other anti-graft agencies.

Citing Section 15 (5) of the 1999 Constitution, he stated that the state had a responsibility to halt all acts of corruption and could deploy any agency with the capacity to achieve that purpose.

He also said the state waded into the matter after the National Judicial Council was duly notified but was not willing to act.

Malami also told the session that judges had no immunity against prosecution, adding that there was no requirement of law which stipulated that only the EFCC must investigate financial crimes.

His position was a clear reference to an earlier submission to the committee by the EFCC. The anti-graft agency had insisted that the DSS acted outside its jurisdiction since the alleged offence of the judges fell under financial crime and did not pose a threat to national security.

Asked whether he ordered the raids on the homes of the judges, Malami replied, “When we are talking about constitutional obligations, it goes without saying that all state instruments, Ministries, Departments and Agencies are under obligation, inclusive of the legislature and the judiciary, to take steps that will abolish all corrupt practices.

“It is in respect of that obligation that whatever issues that arose from the search and arrest of the judicial officers were carried out.

“The state was in receipt of multiple petitions of corrupt practices by the judicial officers and there was further apprehension that if immediate steps were not taken, the possibility of destroying existing evidence that were believed to have been kept within their respective domains would eventually be tampered with.

“Arising from the responsibility created and established by Section 15 of the constitution, the state had to act.

“But, the question of which agency has the responsibility of executing it, my response to that derives from the fact that multiple petitions were written to the Office of the AGF, DSS, EFCC and a lot of other agencies of government.

“To my mind, I have a discretion to look at and weigh the situation and decide which agency against the background of the petition, who will act for the purpose of ensuring that the obligation of the provisions of Section 15 (5) of the constitution are carried out.

“So, whatever evolved from the search and arrest of the judicial officers revolved around the need to comply with the responsibility and obligation vested in them by provisions of the constitution and the need to ensure that the investigation was not in any way tampered with negatively.

“These were the circumstances that led to the operations. It was a clear exercise of the constitutional mandate in respect of what is expected of the State to abolish corrupt practices.”

The AGF explained how his office felt compelled to act after it became apparent that the NJC would not act on the petitions before it.

He added, “When we got the petitions, I had cause personally to write to the NJC, requesting that they take administrative steps to investigate the allegations contained in the petitions.

“A response was made to my office that the NJC could not act unless the petitions were accompanied with affidavits. But, I felt there were no reasons why the petitions could not be looked into on their own merit by placing sanctions on the AGF, while it was a constitutional obligation.

“Incidentally, multiple petitions were also written to the DSS and I requested that they equally write to the NJC to look into the petitions, but it was the same response the DSS got from the NJC that without a supporting affidavit the petitions could not be looked into.

“So, we have a situation where there is reasonable grounds for suspicion for commission of corruption and we have a body saddled with the primary administrative responsibility of looking at such things first, but it seems not to be cooperating in that respect.

“Meanwhile, when issue of commission of corruption practice is established, the executive has the responsibility of investigation without recourse to the judiciary.

“That is how the idea of taking the advantage of Section 15 (5) arose.

“I asked the EFCC and the DSS and another agency to investigate because they were in receipt of several petitions on the same subject and I was informed by the DSS before the search and arrest and I did not object.”

Malami further disclosed how he received reports on the raids.

He said, “The DSS presented a formal report to me before and after effecting the search and arrest; they informed me that the operation will be done at any hour without restriction.

“I had no objection that the operation would be carried out at night because I have taken time to go through the administration of Criminal Justice Act and I was convinced that this operation can be conducted at any hour, any moment without restriction.

“I didn’t have to inform the Inspector-General of Police or Commissioner of Police in the State about the DSS operation because they were also under the same constitutional obligation to act. One of the agencies had investigated, came up with a report and I was convinced.”


Source : http://ijebuloaded.com/news-approved-dss-raids-arrest-judges-agf/

But wait, where are these people since all this while ...


its seems Obasanjo wakes dem up thou......




Buh i pray d Senate culd give full support to the Reps , so things culd be better ....

Chai... Some Nigerians don foul Buhari untop this fuel hike gidigan ooo... and see dose evil behind it...


Even d curse Nigerians dey give PMB everyday sef ...na only God fit mak him succeed.....

cc: Lalasticlala; Mynd44

The House of Representatives on Tuesday faulted the current pricing template for Premium Motor Spirit, better known as petrol, saying that a realistic pump price should not be above N70.04 per litre.




It, therefore, asked the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency and Ministry of Petroleum Resources to review the current price template of PMS with a view to bringing down the price of the product.

The landing cost of the product today is N119.74k, while the distribution margin and other costs add up to N18.37k, bringing the total to N138.11k.

However, marketers are allowed to sell petrol in the range of N140 and N145 per litre.

But, on Tuesday, the House, acting on a motion moved by Mr. Abubakar Hassan-Fulata, noted that 90 per cent of the current cost of PMS (N124.34k) was introduced by factors that were unnecessary.

It said the factors were related to transport charges, which were transferred to consumers by the marketers.

Lawmakers argued that removing such unnecessary charges would not affect the profit margin of the marketers if the Federal Government put all the needed infrastructure in place.

In his lead debate, Hassan-Fulata listed some of the charges as lightering expenses, N4.56k; bridging fund, N6.20k; freight, N109.01k; NPA charges, N0.84k; and transport allowance, N3.36k.

He also said the landing cost had inbuilt charges that when removed would not affect the profit margins of the importers and marketers.

The lawmaker cited jetty charges, NIMASA charges, storage charges and retailers’ margin, among others, as costs that could be removed without affecting the profit margin of the marketers.

For instance, he stated that the current bridging charge of N6.20k could be reduced to just N2.00 per litre if the pipelines linking the refineries and the depots across the country were not vandalised.

Hassan-Fulata, “Bridging is supposed to be an annual event only when the refineries are carrying out their turnaround maintenance, which does not exceed three months.

“However, due to the fact that the pipelines linking the various depots have been vandalised or are in a state of disrepair, bridging has remained a permanent feature of the oil industry in Nigeria.”

Similarly, he said the N2.00 built into the price for the maintenance of storage facilities was wasteful as it did not benefit any public-owned depot.

“The fund goes to enrich an ever-growing number of private depot owners, whose facilities have now become the official storage facilities for government products, while government facilities are allowed to decay,” he told the House.

Many lawmakers also faulted the N4.56 lightering charge on the ground that vessels conveying products into the country were not docking directly at the harbours.

The motion for the review of the pump price received unanimous endorsement of members at Tuesday’s plenary, which was presided over by the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara.

The House directed the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to ensure that the price review was done within eight weeks.

However, petroleum products’ marketers faulted the call for petrol to be sold at N70 per litre.

According to them, the landing cost alone is far higher than N70 at over N128 per litre.

The marketers stated that the challenge in accessing foreign exchange and the fall of the naira against the United States dollar were factors that would make it practically impossible to sell petrol below the regulated rate of N145 per litre.

They told one of our correspondents that the Federal Government still owed them subsidy claims as well as differentials as a result of accrued interests on the debt, running into several billions of naira.

A member of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria said, “What are their reasons for calling for N70 petrol price? Are they aware of the current economic realities and how the oil and gas sector operates? It is practically impossible at the moment, despite the huge debt being owed us, other factors show that it can’t happen.”

The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, said that the oil firm would not react to the demands of the House of Representatives.

This, he said, was because the corporation had yet to get any directive to that effect from the House.

Source : http://ijebuloaded.com/news-reps-want-fuel-sold-n70-per-litre/

Abeg beta ssource

khadaffi:
We do not need to strike. This data increase affects the youth more and most of the youths are in tertiary institutions. If the various SUG's an NANS has not been compromised, this is enough reason to shut down highways all over Nigeria by various Nigeria tertiary institution, demanding a reversal of the price and the sack of whoever is responsible.
Of course you will never hear them do this.

Una dey vex ooooo

iyke926:
You and Buhari need new brains. Quote me when you are ready so that I can place an order from Japan. Heard they now grow sensible brains in lab for simpletons.

O.M.G don't tell us urz is made frm Japan ooo

wristbangle:
I don't know Nigerians cannot embark on Natiowide strike because of this madness.

Let it begins with you... OR yu nt frm nigeria?

kryptonian1987:
Buhari is MORE CORRUPT than OBJ, Yar'Adua and GEJ combined.I'll tell you why:On May 20, 2015, GEJ approved the 2015 Budget. The budget was 4.5 trillion naira.On May 29, 2015 (9 days later) Buhari was sworn in.In December 2015, Senate approved 0.57 trillionnaira supplementary budget.In total, Buhari received N5 trillion naira in 2015.---------------------------------------------------------------------------On May 6, 2016, Buhari approved the 2016 Budget. The budhet was 6 trillion naira.On October 25, 2016, Buhari requested for an additional 1 trillion naira supplementary budget.[Considering that the Senate only reduced the main budget from 6.08 to 6.06 despite the public outcry, it's almost certain that Buhari will get this extra 1 trillion in December].---------------------------------------------------------------------------In total, between May 29 and today November 29 (18 months--1 yr and 6 months), Buhari has received N11 trillion naira.My fellow country men and women, aside the1. N150b monthly wage bill for FG employees (N2.7 Trillion)2. The N2.5 trillion for debt servicing (in 2015 and 2016)3. Budget for National Assembly (N150b in 2015and N115b in 2016 - N265b in total)4. Budget for Judiciary (N73b in 2015 and N70b in 2016 - N143b in total)5. Release of N200b for road construction (whether all that money actually went to the contractors, nobody knows).Which is a total of 5.75 trillion;What did BUHARI and his merry band of "touch-not-my-anointed" looters use 5.25 trillion naira for?You cannot have INTEGRITY without ACCOUNTABILITY.Yet, this VERY CORRUPT man that used 16 SANs to quash a court case requesting for his certificate (when he simply could just dust a copy and provide it in court or release it in the public domain like Obama) is attempting to borrow $30b (N9.5 trillion as at today with official exchange rate) WITHOUT AN ECONOMICPLAN.This same UNEDUCATED RIFF-RAFF wants to present a budget in 7 DAYS time, when the 2017MTEF and FSP that should guide same budget has been lambasted by the National Assembly, high-profile economists, and every right thinking NIGERIAN as been "UNREALISTIC,""NOT TRUTHFUL," and "STUPID."How can you present a budget when the MTEF and FSP are not being debated on the floor of the Nat'l Assembly (they were sent to a special committee to check through it before it would come to the floor of the House)?So, this fantastically corrupt Buhari who cannot give account for over N5T, the billions of loots already recovered, cannot provide an economic blueprint for a $29.9b loan, cannot provide a holistic and realistic MTEF and FSP wants to hurriedly bring another N6T budget (most of which will be sourced by borrowing) and Nigerians are just looking at him like hypnotizedpeople.No president since 1999 has been this FINANCIALLY RECKLESS, ECONOMICALLY INEPT, and SHAMELESSLY CORRUPT!Shame on the 15 million people that foisted this disaster on 180 million hardworking Nigerians.

what is this one saying??

Abeg na wetyn dey wan count

Eze Duruiheoma, Chairman, National Population Commission (NPC) said that the planned 2018 National Population and Housing census will gulp N222 billion.


Mr. Duruiheoma said this on Tuesday in Akwanga, Nasarawa State at the review workshop of Phases 1 and 2 of Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) as well as training of the trainers for the 2018 census.

He said the fund would be used to conduct a scientific census that can stand the test of time despite the dwindling resources of the country.

The chairman explained that the budget had been spread over four years to handle different components of the census exercise.

Mr. Duruiheoma said the money was for procurement of hand-held devices for the biometric based census; engagement of 1. 5 million field staff; training of field officers and other preparatory activities.

He said the commission was not unaware of the concerns raised in some quarters about the affordability of the census budget.

Mr. Duruiheoma, however, noted that the benefit of the census to the nation outweigh immediate financial considerations.

“There is no better time to conduct a census than in this period of economic recession.


“Coming out of a recession is definitely a complex and difficult task that can be made easier through demographic data as a compass for economic revival Programme.

“Census will serve as a guide in identifying human elements that can be exploited for development process and formation of people responsive welfare Programme,” Mr. Duruiheoma said.

The NPC boss maintained that the EAD was the bedrock of the census and formed the basis for the planning and execution of the census project.

He explained that the EAD exercise involve the division of the country into small geographical areas to facilitate enumeration and scientifically verify doubts and contentions.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the EAD exercise is not the enumeration of persons living in the country and its outcome will not in any way determine the population of any community, local government or state,” he said.

He emphasized the need for the training the trainers exercise saying, “the quality of the personnel for the EAD has great impact on the outcome.”

Mr. Duruiheoma said the commission was not leaving any stone unturned in order to ensure that the EAD for the 2018 census was carried out meticulously, professionally and scientifically.

According to the NPC boss, the 2018 census would be free of manipulation through the EAD as it would be biometric based requiring the capture of finger prints and facial impression of persons during the exercise.

He said that the phase 3 of the EAD would be concluded by February 2017, when 74 local government areas in the country would have been completely demarcated.

Mr. Duruiheoma said it would involve two LGAs in each state and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)

He added that other local government areas would be covered in subsequent phases depending on availability of funds.

He urged Nigerians not to treat census as an extension of politics driven by narrow political consideration at the expense of collective national interest.

Suleiman Hunkuyi, Chairman Senate Committee on National Population and Identity, in a remark, assured the NPC of the senate’s unflinching support to ensure the successful conduct of the 2018 census . (NAN)

Source : http://ijebuloaded.com/news-need-n222-billion-conduct-nigerias-2018-census-npc-chairman/

…Says it is against Nigerians
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), said Tuesday that the proposed increase in data rate by the telecoms operators in the country was a conspiracy against the collective interest of the common man in the country.



In a statement made available to newsmen and signed by the President, Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama and Acting Secretary General, Comrade (Barr.) Simeso Amachree, the Congress said the proposed increase was unacceptable as if is aimed at frustrating the lives of the Nigerian people.

If said rather than increase awareness for greater citizens’ participation especially in ICT, they are doing the opposite, pointing out that while the government is banking on ICT for youth empowerment, the NCC is trying to cut youth participation.

The statement reads: “The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria warns against the on-going conspiracy between the Federal Government through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and some major telecom companies, especially MTN to further increase their data rates from December 1, 2016. It is really startling the extent government and its capitalist’s cronies would go to frustrate the lives of Nigerians.

“We feel particularly awful about the move because data is one of the cheapest ways to empower the teaming youth. This move if allowed would make it unaffordable. In our view, this is insensitive and criminal on the part of the parties involved.

“We are not surprised that MTN has thrown its whole weight behind the policy; but the telecom giant should realized that trying to lobby the government will not save the organization when the chips are down. Of course, this cannot happen in South Africa.

“Naturally, we had expected that government would increase awareness for greater citizens’ participation especially in ICT, but unfortunately they are doing the opposite. One cannot really situate Federal government policy direction these days.

“On the one hand, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is banking on ICT for youth empowerment while on the other, the NCC is trying to cut youth participation. All the promises made to the Chief Executive Officer of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg when he visited the country cannot be achieved if the policy is implemented.

“This is not the best way to make money. This move is spineless and should be done away with. What then would be the benefit of the policy to the self-employed who depend on data for their businesses? The truth is, cheap internet data is a vehicle of some sort to economic development.

“It is very unfortunate, very unreasonable and inhuman to come up with such idea at a period of recession. Any call for increase in anything for now is most unreasonable, uncalled for and a calculated attempt to record more suicide cases and insecurity in our already tension-soaked country.

“The telecoms sector was often used as a case study to justify the removal of fuel subsidy. But the question is, is the telecoms sector truly deregulated? What happens to the issue of free market in the telecoms sector?

“There is so much deceit and insincerity in the system. We are calling on government to come up with godly policies that would encourage investment and stimulate growth, instead of deliberately trying to stifle businesses.”
Source : http://ijebuloaded.com/news-tuc-rejects-proposed-increase-data-tarrif/