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Lai have start again? What are you doingvto stop ongoing corruption? That is what we need to know. As I write politicians and civil servants are still putting heads together to award phony contracts, security vote is still unaccountable, even pmb does not account for his security vote, govt is still maintains long convoys and fleet of jetsetc

When aribisala says there is no fight against corruption we all shout wolf. What machinery has buhari rolled out to tackle ongoing corruption? Nothing. For somebody who prosecuted the war against indiscipline, I expected he would deploy his information machinery to tackle the corruption menace in a similar manner? Now when police extorts money from me who do I report to? Until we make fundamental changes to our value system, we are going nowhere but down

And the name of the billionaire debtor begins with D..........

What is there to checkout in a portrait of a runs gal with a Nigerian flag behind her? Is this the kind of change APC promised us? Now there is second lady also? What a sad development? APC that promised there will not be office of the first lady

Okijajuju1:
Politicians (Ministers and heads of Service/parastatals) get an allocation to their offices.. His sanction simply means he does not want to see 'First Class Air-Tickets' as 'Overhead costs' in the balance books of any Ministry or Parastatal.

If the said Minister or Head of Service is traveling on Personal business, he can hire a private jet for all the President cares.

The order from the presidency refers only to Official Travels where such tickets are back charged to the Government under overhead costs.

If truly buhari does not care if his minister of transport for instance flies private jet as long as it does not show in the books as that then he is not serious about fighting corruption. The first rule should have been no minister should leave above their means and legitimate earning. Every appointee of government fills an asset declaration form before assumption of office, unless they can clearly show the source of the payments for private jets it should be assumed that it was illegitimately earned. That is the only way corruption can be tackled. For those claiming the mother paid for the ticket, I dare you to produce the part of buhari asset declaration form where it shows that the woman can afford first class tickets and 10 million naira watches. We need to start asking the right questions in this country

diegwu01:
What is wrong with The President's daughter, A minor, flying First class?

Well we need to get this right, did this minor always fly first class before she became the president daughter? How can the president afford first class ticket on half salary?

Rather than ask for proof that ticket was not bought with tax payers money. We should be requesting to knoiw how she paid for it. Did she use to fly first class before her father became president. Even if ticket was a gift, we need to know who gave the gift and why? Remember ibb 50 room mansion was a gift. Until we get this seemingly small issues right in this country, we will never win the war against corruption. And thsecurity risk is the same in all cabins of the same plane. So nobody should play the security card here

Menzy86:
its so sad to see people trying to stand truth on its head. So where is your proof that fairplus is a money laundering outfit? At least I have proof that kogi state didnt pay workers salary 4 7 months under wada which is ur example of prudence. And pls point to one sustainable legacy of wada? As much as it pains people like u, Bello has come to stay! I think its u that needs to get that into ur skull.

What proof can you possibly have to back up your fabricated lie of wada owing 7 months salary. As much as you will like to divert attention with lies about wada, what we are interested in is why Gov bello dashed out 70 million for a book about lipstick and eye-shadow.that gov bello has come to stay is the unfortunate abuja made tragedy that kogites will have to live with. Now that is very very sad

diegwu01:
its a private affair, not sanctioned by the Government, No law says she should make the donations public.

Private event at old banquet hall. Aso villa. I hear you! Private event where all governors are planning to use our money to buy book. Private event ko private event ni. Next time she wants to do her private event, she should not use our chibk girls as cover. She should just gather all the money and buy makeup so she can be more beautiful

Why should Aisha buhari encourage secret donations? It is either osibanjo is stingy or corrupt? What law says he must donate from his salary. After all he declared savings in his code of conduct firm. Why not take out of there?

Menzy86:
PDP must be very ignorant. B4 becoming governor, Yahaya Bello was already an established businessman/philanthropist who had NEVER held any government office. So he should use his personal money to pay workers when d indolent wada that was there b4 him sucked d state dry b4 leaving? Doesn't make any sense.

Bros then you don't know bello. Bello was a junior accountant at revenue mobilization and fiscal commission. The only place he worke in his life. He made money by doctoribg allocations tgat go to states. His so callwd private company called fairplus is a money laundering outfit. Transportation cannot generate the kind of money you claim bello has. And get it into your skull, wada did not suck kogi dry. Infact wada was the most prudent governor kogi has seen. Bello is jyst feasting on the state allocation. Partying everyday with imported babes in lugard housr

Silumi:
They are all on d same team infact We all are d lady should just chill instead of trying to play most concerned citizen tor d book lunch is over and she twitted wat problem was solved 'none' lets face d problem at hand instead of slandering ehen she is d presidents wife and is supposed to set an example very true but putting a book lunch which profits is going to a particular course wat better day to put it dan a remembrance day dat will pull in more sympathy meaning more cash. And for them not declaring d donations publicly...... Let me inform u dat its not every1 dat actually says i will donate this that actually do so, some pple just say their donations for 'show up' some cheques actually blue, pple meet difficulties then the dont come tru wit pledges in a nutshell humans cant b trusted worse moni issues. its better not to gets d public hope up wrongly u dont count ur eggs b4 d hatch

This post should be unlinked by even the poster. Sycophant is an understatement. So because people might not honour, they should not announce.the only reason they did not announce is because they don't want to be transparent. Finish. Even a kindergarten child knows that

GaniLAb:
What is special about launching book on April 14.
The proceeds from the lauching will go into charity.

They claim it will go to charity but they refused to announce how much was raised. How then do we know that all of the proceeds will go to the chibok girls? I think the chibok saga was just used as a front for another jamboree. Aisha buhari claims she does not have an office but she has all the paraphernalia of office ranging from a seal to convoy to the use of private jets. Sad that we can't get it right under buhari. The jamboree continues. The mere fact that governor of kogi announced Donation on behalf of his other colleagues goes to show that state money will be used to buy the book

Na book maryam babangida take start first lady. The rest they say is history. I thought baba say no first lady

Bobnotrouble:
Or he should be sent to Prison for arresting the desired development of the Confluence State.

Bello has done worse in just three months of governance,

In 3 months under bello, no pension, no salary, no water, no roundabout, even assembly has been removed. I wonder what will remain in kogi after 4 years if bello remain

fatahtalks:
the other guy lying that bello is owing 4 months salary, haba . Hw many months has bello done in office, jst 2 months, how can he owe 4 months wen he has spent jst 2 months in office. he has paid twice. u shld b ashamed of urself that wada that refuse to pay salary for 4 months after losing his election has suddenly become a hero to u. shame u my broda

Election was Nov wada left January. How is that 4 months? Bello has collected 4 months allocation and paid only one month to some people and nothing to Some. Instead he is doing screening upon screening. Bello that cannot even resolve first lady issue in his house should get ready to leave lugard house. Even the fight among his wives is too much for the state. We are broke, we cannot afford three first ladies

naxman:
Shameless Governor, He has neva dreamed of bcoming a Governor in his entire life. Jux because of d differences btwen Ibro n Echocho dat make Ibro to bring him frm no were....... he is nt ashamed even wen he did nt do any tangible tin for d whole 4yrs.... he is contesting n even going to court over his loss...... All l no is even though is 20yrs old boy contest wit him frm Ibira or Okun d person person wil win because his administration was a total mess..... infact dere was notin to show.... Am an Igala Boy

A senseless post from a senseless person. How can somebody not do anything for four years. Since the only criteria to become governor is to dream about it. Start dreaming about becoming governor from now. No future ambition

This is the rightful winner in this kogi saga. Theovervoting and rigging clearly show that APC lost that election. Even buhari has admitted he failed in kogi. Bello does not stand a chance. It will become clearer to everybody when the matter ends

In a bid to support the impeachment of the speaker of kogi house of assembly by 5 of the 15 members. The Attorney General of the federation, Abubakar Malami SAN has directed the IGP Solomon Arase to ignore the directive of the National Assembly to seal the kogi house of assembly complex to forestall a breakdown of law and order as Governor Yahaya Bello has made it impossible for the right speaker, Rt Hon Jimoh Lawal to preside over the house. In his directive, malami claims he is not aware of any breach of security that warrants the take over of the house by the national assembly. This same attorney general was instrumental to the relocation of the kogi election tribunal to abuja from lokoja because of security concerns. It will be recalled that the national assembly took over the affairs of kogi house of assembly because of protracted crisis in the house. The latest action by malami, if left unchallenged portends serious danger for our democracy because it abolishes the mandatory 2\3rds requirement for impeachment. The full text of his directive is as follows-
This is the legal opinion of the Honourable Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation to the Inspector-General of Police posted here verbatim as written to the IGP in a letter dated 5th of April, 2016 on the Kogi State House of Assembly issues.

LEGAL OPINION
RE: RESOLUTION BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO TAKE OVER THE AFFAIRS OF THE KOGI STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY PURSUANT TO SECTION 11(4) OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 1999 (As Amended) AND THE CONSEQUENT DIRECTIVE TO THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE TO SEAL OFF THE PREMISES OF THE KOGI STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

This Legal Opinion is proffered pursuant to the request contained in your letter No.3383/IGP.SEC/ABJ/VOL.40/779 dated 18th March, 2016 in respect of the above described subject matter. You will recall that the said letter further conveyed Letter No. NASS/CAN/105/VOL.21/166 dated 14th March, 2016 from the Clerk of the National Assembly.

OBJECTIVE OF THE LEGAL OPINION
2. This Opinion seeks to address the legal issues arising from the Resolution of the two Houses of the National Assembly (The Senate and House of Representatives, respectively) pursuant to which the National Assembly has decided to take over the affairs of the Kogi State House of Assembly, in consonance with S.11(4) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) (hereinafter referred to as the 1999 Constitution) due to the alleged crisis within the said State House of Assembly, which in the opinion of the National Assembly, now prevents the State House of Assembly from performing its normal functions.
3. Furthermore, this Legal Opinion examines the directive of the National Assembly to the Inspector-General of Police requesting the Nigeria Police Force to seal off the premises of the Kogi State House of Assembly in Lokoja, in order to prevent the Assembly from conducting any business during the period of take-over of it business by the National Assembly.
4. The fundamental issues to be addressed hereunder include the following:
(i) Whether the fatual situation envisaged under S.11(4) of the 1999 Constitution entitling the National Assembly to exercise the powers contained therein, existed in Kogi State at the time of the Resolution(s) by the National Assembly purported to take over the affairs of the State House of Assembly.
(ii) Whether the National Assembly validly exercised its powers as aforesaid, particularly in relation to the doctrine of lis pendens in adopting the aforesaid resolution(s) to tak over the affairs of the House;
(iii) Without prejudice to the determination of the above, whether the Resolution of the National Assembly as aforesaid has the force of law to actually amount to a take-over of the functions of the House.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
5. The factual situation which the Resolution of the National Assembly seeks to address is contained in the Resolution as set out in the letter of the Clerk of the National Assembly herein before referred to as follows:
(i) In view of the fact that the Kogi House of Assembly cannot perform its legislative functions due to the intractable crises and the volatile security situation in the State, the National Assembly hereby invokes the powers conferred on it by Section 11(4) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to take over the legislative functions of the State House of Assembly pending the restoration of normalcy in the Assembly.
(ii) declared that the impeachment proceedings embarked upon by 5 members of the Kogi State House of Assembly is null and void.
(iii) condemned the action of the 5 members of the Kogi State House of Assembly as a clear violation of Section 92(c) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended);
(iv) condemned the role played by the Nigeria Police in subverting the provision of the Constitution by providing cover for only 5 members out of the 20 members of the Kogi State House of Assembly to commit illegalities.
6. A distillation of the Resolution as contained will however indicate that the following factual situations were apparently meant to be addressed by the House of Representatives Resolution:
(i) The inability of the Kogi State House of Assembly to perform its legislative functions;
(ii) The inability was caused by the intractable crises and the volatile security situation in the State;
(iii) 5 members of the Kogi State House of Assembly had embarked on impeachment proceedings against the Speaker of the State House of Assembly.
(iv) The said impeachment proceedings were null and void; and
(v) The Nigeria Police Force had acted unconstitutionally in providing cover for the said 5 members.

The Constitutional basis for the intervention by the National Assembly
7. S.11(4) and (5) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) which provide the Constitutional foundation for intervention by the National Assembly are set out as follows:
“ At any time when any House of Assembly of a State is unable to perform its functions by reason of the situation prevailing in the State, the National Assembly may make such laws for the peace, order and good government of that State with respect to matters on which a House of Assembly may make laws as may appear to the National Assembly to be necessary or expedient until such time as the House of Assembly is able to resume its functions and any such laws enacted by the National Assembly pursuant to this Section shall have effect as if they were laws enacted by the House of Assembly of the State.
Provided that nothing in this Section shall be construed as conferring on the National Assembly power to remove the Governor or the Deputy Governor of the State from office.
(5) For the purposes of Subsection (4) of this Section, a House of Assembly shall not be deemed to be unable to perform its functions so long as the House of Assembly can hold a meeting and transact business.”

Determination of the Issues:
Issue I
8. Comment: A careful reading of the factual situation envisaged under Section 11(4) which can give rise to a “Take-over” decision by the National Assembly in respect of the affairs of a State House of Assembly reveals that it must be by “reason of the situation prevailing in the State”. This therefore, means that the conditions must go beyond the “situation prevailing within the House of Assembly” itself. The Constitution, in my opinion, presumes that the general security situation in the State should have deteriorated to the extent that the House of Assembly finds it difficult or impossible to operate or exercise its normal legislative activities. Section 11(4) is therefore, not meant to address mere issues of disagreement between legislators within the State House of Assembly, since it is recognized that such disagreements or disputes are normal incidences within the democratic governance space. The 1999 Constitution therefore never presumed that every disagreement within a State Legislature would be visited with the sanction of National Assembly legislative oversight.
9. It is instructive to note that Section 11(4) is part of the general Section 11 of the Constitution which is titled “Public Order and Public Security”. It must therefore be read within such a context and not merely in relation to the situation within the House of Assembly.
10. In view of the foregoing, the next question would be: Was there a security situation in Kogi State at the time in question which made it impossible for the State House of Assembly to exercise its legislative functions? From information available to me, it would appear that the answer to the question is “No” as there was no such alarm raised by the relevant security agencies or by the Federal Government itself. Kogi State is currently not under a State of Emergency or any situation close to it. At best, what was playing out in Kogi State was an internal dispute within the Kogi State House of Assembly from which the majority of its citizens have been immune as normal activities continue to take place. The said dispute was also of a character which was ultimately capable of being resolved by requisite judicial intervention, in line with the Constitution.
Issue 2:
10. Comment: The rules of procedure of the National Assembly preclude it from taking a decision on a matter/adopting a Resolution where such a matter is pending before a Court of Law. In this case, it would appear to me that this rule of procedure was observed in the breach by the National Assembly as it is on record that both parties to the dispute in the Kogi State House of Assembly had already filed actions in Court at the time the decision of the National Assembly was taken.
11. A notable example of pending legal action in the above regard was Suit No. FHC/LKJ/CS/16/16 (KOGI STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY & 3 ORS V. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY & 2 ORS), which to the best of my knowledge is on-going. It is therefore my considered view that the Resolution of the House of Representatives on the matter breached its own rules and would therefore face a grave test of validity.

Issue 3:
12. Comment: Without prejudice to the above issues, it is further necessary to interrogate the legal status of a Resolution of a House of the National Assembly. It is a notorious fact that Parliamentary Resolutions are merely persuasive and not binding in law. While they may convey the thinking and philosophy of a House in respect of a matter, Resolutions however lack legal efficacy and cannot become the basis to compel Executive action, such as the present directive to the Nigeria Police Force to seal off the House of Assembly.
13. A close reading of Section 11(4) further suggests that if the National Assembly is expected to ‘make laws’ for the peace, order and good government of a State in crisis, it cannot make such laws on the basis of a Resolution. The legal maxim that ‘you cannot build something on nothing’ will be applicable here. It is submitted that the National Assembly in the appropriate circumstances, where it validly exercises its powers under Section 11(4), would need to back up its Resolutions with a Bill, which when ultimately passed into law would create the necessary legal basis for its take-over of such legislative functions.
14. In addition to the above issues, it appears to me that the determination by the National Assembly that the alleged impeachment of the Speaker of the House of Assembly by ‘5 members of the House of Assembly’ was ‘null and void’ was an exercise of judicial power by the Legislature, contrary to Section 6 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) as it is a matter that should be determined judicially on the application of the affected persons. The same evaluation will attend its description of the alleged action of the Nigeria Police Force in purportedly providing protection for 5 persons as an act that was tantamount to ‘subverting the provision of the Constitution’ as matters of Constitutionality are issues for judicial determination.
CONCLUSION
15. In view of the foregoing, I am of the considered opinion that sufficient legal basis has not been established for the consequent directive to the Inspector-General of Police by the House of Representatives to “Seal the Kogi State House of Assembly Complex until the matter is resolved”.
16. I hereby advise that you take all necessary action within the law to continue to ensure the safety of lives and property in Kogi State and ensure that the necessary public peace and order continues to be maintained appropriately.
17. The above is for your guidance and further necessary action, please. Be assured of my warm regards and high esteem always.

ABUBAKAR MALAMI, SAN
Honourable Attorney-General of the
Federation and Minister of Justice.

In the name of propaganda and fighting the first wife, new wife advertises the photograph of her partly unclad mother in law on social media. This is wrong culturally up north.

hamzeiy:
thats not the point...were you got it wrong is your believe that polygamy has anything to do with education

As long as you understand that polygamy does not stop adultery. Otito!

iyb:
Yet our people are still moral compare it with ur place. A lot of ur women are Ashewo and ur pastors are randy fuck1ng anything in skirts and they are married too

Malam, many imams are molesting girls everyday, just that the women dare not report. What is moral when the alhajis form the highest population of customers to brothels. Get it into your head polygamy especially the one being practised by Nigerian men is ant Islam just like bokoharam is anti islam

Faru1:
oh so he should have been having extra marital affairs with her or any other ones like what the likes of you does instead of marrying her Abi?
God forbid joor

Polygamy does not stop adultery or fornication. Get real. Many living examples everywhere. Besides the Quran says any man that cannot exercise self restraint should fast, not marry many wives. Prophet Muhammad saw prevented his daughter Fatima's husband from marrying another wife. I hope you know that. So it is OK if somebody opposes polygamy

hamzeiy:
stupi.dity soo polygamy is about your level of education abi?....mugu i taught it was christanity that made you guyz not to practice it ( without biblical evidence though) .
we practice polygamy and if thats uncivilisation to you..you can as well go to hell with your taught. we care less..na your type sleep with women outside marriage as your level of so called education dosnt see anything wrong in adultery or fornication but only with polygamy.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK POLYGAMY STOPS ADULTERY OR FORNICATION. ASK TAMBUWAL NEW WIFE, SHE WILL CONFIRM THAT IT WAS FORNICATION THAT JOIN HER AND TAMBUWAL FIRST. ALL YOU MUSLIMS, USING RELIGION AS EXCUSE ALWAYS. ALL THIS ALHAJIS WITH PLENTY WIVES STILL CARRYING OLOSHOS DONT THEY READ THE SAME QURAN AS YOU? POLYGAMY DOES NOT STOP ADULTERY OR FORNICATION GET REAL

You are a kogite from 'his part of the world'? Must you always look at everything through a tribal lens? We cannot in the name of tribalism and self centeredness throw our constitution to the gallows. allowing the yahaya bello govt who is not constitutionally qualified to contest because he has no valid voters card will create a dangerous precedent for our electoral system. Tomorrow someone with primary school cert can disregard the educational requirement for contesting and get sworn in as president of Nigeria as long as he has the backing of the powers that be and there will be nothing we can do about it. Apart from the apparent complications of legitimizing inheritance of votes. The kogi issue has far reaching implications for our democracy.

Marley01:
I'll would have chosen to believe but unfortunately u are not God's spokesman. The so 'Good People' of Kogi, where did they suddenly erupt from? I'm a Kogite! From his part of the world, let's face the truth and set aside tribal differences. The state is in ruins, it pains me to see my mother land in such a demented state. We need help from a different axis, let us see what good lies in others and not clinging on to everything like the spoilt sibling!

You are a kogite from 'his part of the world'? Must you always look at everything through a tribal lens? We cannot in the name of tribalism and self centeredness throw our constitution to the gallows. allowing the yahaya bello govt who is not constitutionally qualified to contest because he has no valid voters card will create a dangerous precedent for our electoral system. Tomorrow someone with primary school cert can disregard the educational requirement for contesting and get sworn in as president of Nigeria as long as he has the backing of the powers that be and there will be nothing we can do about it. Apart from the apparent complications of legitimizing inheritance of votes. The kogi issue has far reaching implications for our democracy.

obge:
Unfortunately God and the Good people of kogi think otherwise. This is beyond media propaganda

Point of correction OP- recount puts Wada in the lead with over 25000 votes.

Drsheddy:
http://www.kogireports.com/tribunal-wada-may-return-as-kogi-governor/

For those who can reason- God has been doing wonders in Kogi since the elections. First, Audu dies on the verge of 'winning' the election. An extraordinary occurrence anywhere in the world. News of audu's death is hidden for reasons best known to the hiders. Second -Election is declared inconclusive. Third- Hiders of news of audu's death are forced to announce his death. Efforts to resurrect him begin in earnest. Fourth- all resurrection efforts failed. Audu is buried. Plans for votes inheritance hatched. Fifth- APC as a party decides on yahaya bello who shunned audu and the party throughout the campaign. Legend even has it, he campaigned for pdp. Sixth- faleke refuses to deputize for bello. All efforts to reconcile them fails. APC goes ahead with bello choice because they feel since he contested primaries, his choice can stand up in court. Seventh- all parties go to court. Eight- court ordered recount puts pdp in the lead. Nineth- testimony by gov bello team confirms that he is not constitutionally qualified to be governor as he does not have a valid voters card to contest in kogi. Big blunder by APC. It is clear that many of these happenings are extraordinary and beyond human comprehension so it is better to leave the kogi matter and wait on God's final decision through the supreme court or otherwise