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BENIN CITY-GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has taken a swipe at the Federal Government for buffeting Nigerians with excuses, saying Nigerians are tired of waiting in vain for the party to get its acts right and are yearning for change to return the country to the path of glory.
Speaking Wednesday when over 3,000 members of the Edo State Welders Association paid him a thank-you visit at the Government House, Oshiomhole said in spite of the media hype from the PDP Federal Government about revolution in the agriculture sector, he was surprised to read in the newspapers that the country still imports rice.

From left: Mr Lawrence Okah, APC leader, Comrade Isaac Okunbor-Oguns, President Edo State Welders Association and Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State during a thank-you visit by the Welders Association to the Governor, on Wednesday, for his empowerment programme for their association.
According to him, “they say we are doing well in agriculture but we are importing rice and PDP says those who import rice have not paid export duties, so I ask, ‘what happened to the agricultural revolution we are celebrating’? Can you be importing what you are producing?
Everywhere you turn to, it’s always excuses and that is why in Edo we have said it is about ‘eye-mark’, not ‘I shall’, but ‘I have’ and you can see it”, he said.
The Governor said as March 28 approaches, “the issues in the forth coming election are between the forces of the status quo, business as usual continuing versus change.
They tell us there is train, but I don’t know when last you entered train but we see it on television. Second River Niger Bridge we see it on television. They said they have created millions of jobs but we only see it on the pages of newpapers. They arrange some well-dressed young boys and get them to do fake confessions. We see young farmers wearing three piece suits and they say they are farmers.”
The Governor said it is laughable that rather than own up to its inefficiency, the PDP Federal Government is blaming the current fuel scarcity on the APC , saying the Sure-P programme has been bastardised as it is now used to patronize political thugs of the PDP.
According to him, “we hear of what they call SURE-P, which we now know is “choppie” They take government money, Nigeria peoples’ money and give to PDP leaders to give to thugs rather than give it to people who will work.”
He said it is unfortunate that the PDP Federal Government has brought the nation to so much ridicule that we now rely on small neighbouring countries, including Chad, Niger and Camroon to quell insurgency in parts of the country, saying “We in APC understand clearly that Nigeria cannot continue to behave like a lazy elephant on its knees. It has to get up and dominate the African forest. We are destined to lead the black world not to be assisted by any country but to lead them. That is God’s wish for us. He gave us land, He gave us people more than 170 million, He gave us liquid gold, solid gold, all kinds of gold and above all he gave us brain, so what is our excuse?”
The Governor said he is happy that the Welders understand the issues on the frontburner for the next elections, saying “You have your PVCs, use it to vote for change, to vote for light, to vote for security, to vote for anti-corruption. I ask you to have faith in our country and I am happy that in spite of the frustration, you are on course and the energy you demonstrate shows you are determined to move the nation forward and ensure Nigeria makes it”, he said.
The Governor who praised the welders for judiciously utilizing Government’s support to them in 2012 pledged an additional N50 million support for them to help boost their trade.
He said: “Consistent with our commitment to support our people regardless of your place of birth or so called origin, once you are here, you are Edo; we don’t care where you happen to have been born, we care where you reside. To further encourage you to expand your business, we have decided to again support you this year as we have done in previous years by providing you with N50million.
Oshiomhole said, “Once you have shown the capacity to manage a small capital, government needs to give incentives to keep on expanding. So to ensure that this support goes to your capital and you don’t mistakenly use it for any other thing, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry will sit with your leaders, and identify how best to procure the equipment you need and a small working capital to expand your business.
“I believe that giving you small money to expand your business to grow is more helpful to Nigeria than leaving people idle, spending the money to buy hilux to chase criminals because if people are working, they will not go to commit crime.”
According to him, “whatever support we have given you is informed by my own background. The way to keep our country going is to connect with the real people and the needs of our real people are still very basic. No Nigerian says Government should bring food to his table. What Nigerians say as in your case is give us light so that we can weld. If there is no light and we have to buy diesel, let the diesel be available, not the one that is adulterated and will destroy your generators.”
Earlier, President of the State Welders’ Association, Comrade Isaac Okunbor-Oguns said the association was in Government House to appreciate the Governor for the support he gave the union in 2012 which has led to the expansion of their businesses.
He said: “Have you ever seen any Governor or Head of State that recognized any welder, it’s only our Comrade Governor.”
He said the Governor provided provided tools for workers, something they’ve agitated for over the years saying “we have our PVCs to vote for or against any government.
“In Nigeria today the two major parties, APC and PDP are under watch based on their campaign slogans of continuity and change.
“We enjoin Nigerians to view continuity from these perspectives: one. Electricity blackout to continue? Corruption to continue? Insecurity to continue?
The devaluation of our currency, Naira, to continue? Decaying infrastructure to continue? Those canvassing for change want change from blackout to light. To change the country from being the most corrupt country in the world. To change the country from the present level of insecurity to a more secured environment where we can sleep with our two eyes opened. To change the current level of our naira to be equivalent to other currencies in the world.
“We call on Nigerians to study these analyses carefully and choose this day, the party to vote for. For us welders, we have collectively chosen the party of change.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/nigerians-tired-of-pdps-excuses-says-oshiomhole/

ejiro2130:
Ooh subsidy and the cabals I remember that episode, lol its like a series movie to me now, what I don't understand is how some Nigerians don't feel hurt with all these information available

moonnstar:
ur eye de pain u ne?she go visit ha frnd.

ejiro2130:
So with our massive crude oil reserves we have to rely on those thieves that call themselves oil marketers abi oil importers??

Big big shame on Nigeria, when will our refineries start working?? Those three refineries at full capacity will employ almost 20,000 young Nigerians directly or indirectly.

Well make I shuus my mouth b4 they say I am for Buhari

neoapocalypse:
Don't be quick to judge , I don't think the man was peeping at her. After reporting her to the husband he went back to peep at her , isn't that just absurd. She took that action because the young lad went to report her to the husband , like someone said she probably was in a foul mood and just vented her anger on the poor lad

Nigeria’s finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has blamed the ongoing fuel crisis on “disruption of pipelines and logistical issues”,

Dtfaithfulkid:
was it GEJ dat shared d pics on Nairaland or was it PDP or was it someone paid by PDP??

well I figured since u can't see d things the present administrationvhas done others are ... and sharing the pics for you to see

akinsadeez:
Some pregnant women can just be unnecessarily cranky and oversensitive. What can be enticing in the body of a woman with swollen tummy that would make a man want to peep at her na.kedness? Even if d man did see her unclothedness, is pouring hot water on him d solution? She was probably in one of those their moods and the man was just unfortunate to be d recipient of her bad mood. Now that she has done d deed, she is blaming it on d devil as usual. Both she and d devil in her should be prosecuted.

Dtfaithfulkid:
I doubt your Nationalityvas a Nigerian... for you not to be aware of the so many GIANT STRIDES by GEJ

Gaining admission into the university should not be a do-or-die affair, but a 24-year-old female pre-degree student of a University in the South-South has attempted suicide after she failed to gain admission into the university for a degree programme.

After going through the list of students that succeeded in gaining admission for a degree programme in the University on the internet and found out tha her name was missing, she decided to poison herself.

One of her roommate who noticed what was going on quickly called for help and she was rushed to the hospital.

In the hospital, the doctor ran some tests, and it was discovered that she wanted to commit suicide.

The doctor said if she had stayed a moment longer she would have died.

The doctor then gave her some drugs to flush the poison out of her system and advised her to take life one step at a time.

http://leadership.ng/news/415008/frustration-student-poisons-self-over-failure-to-secure-varsity-admission

The victim sustained severe injuries as a result of the incident and is currently receiving treatment
in hospital.

Segadem:
don't blame him,he does not know maths.

He said he had always insisted that propaganda that the opposition is known for could only take one to a limit after which the reality would be clear.

He said with the latest development, Nigerians were now aware of the giant strides of the present administration in the different sectors of the nation’s economy.

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State said, having taken stock of preparations for the forthcoming general elections, it has become clear that the Peoples Democratic Party would win the March 28 Presidential election on the first ballot.

He boasted that the party’s candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan, would win over 90 percent of the votes cast across the country.

“The meeting was just to take stock of the situation on ground and the report is very favourable. It looks like on the first ballot, we will win well over 90 percent of the votes across Nigeria,” Akpabio told State House correspondents at the end of a marathon meeting Jonathan had with PDP governors and governorship candidates at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday evening.

Akpabio, who is the chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, said it was clear that the opposition was already in disarray ahead of the elections.

He said he had always insisted that propaganda that the opposition is known for could only take one to a limit after which the reality would be clear.

He said with the latest development, Nigerians were now aware of the giant strides of the present administration in the different sectors of the nation’s economy.

The governor said in the four years of Jonathan’s administration, the President had performed better than any President in the history of the country.

He said, “Today, Nigerians are much more aware of what the PDP administration under President Goodluck Jonathan has been doing.

“I want to commend not only the President but also members of the Federal Executive Council who have opened the eyes of Nigerians to know that so many things have been done in the different sectors of the economy.

“It was as if people did not know these things because the opposition took over and they kept saying PDP was doing nothing. Yet, in four years of the President’s tenure, he has achieved far more than any President had ever done in the history of our country.

“We are very proud of the achievements of the PDP, not just at the federal level but also at the different states.

“If you want to assess state-by-state, pick the opposition’s best APC state in Nigeria and compare it with the best state of the PDP, you will see that we tower above the opposition in all ramifications.

“The next election, particularly the election of March 28 will be about performance and issues. Nigerians have since gone above the level of tribalism and ethnic or religion differences. God put us together in this country and He knew that we are a multiplicity of religions and tribes.”

Akpabio said the same way Nigerians came together in 2011 and voted for Jonathan, they would return him based on the fact that he has performed creditably and that the PDP has discharged its responsibilities to Nigerians to the best of its ability based on available resources.

http://www.punchng.com/news/pdpll-win-over-90-votes-akpabio/

dre11:
That's one thing that got me thinking if that's isn't much........
Money she should have used to take care of herself she is busy using it for love portion on granddad that doesn't know if she existed

kamkechi:
wat do you mean dat u can't understand women sha? What of the man that left her for another woman?

The Osun State-born Akin Babalola allegedly
collected N500,000 from Grace under false
presence of preparing the love potion for her

OLADD:
Stop this attitude of always vilifying govt functionaries for pointing out the underhand activities of the Nigerian opposition. As a private citizen, I can confirm to you (God bear witness) how there was constant power outage by PHCN in my area anytime PDP or GEJ was about to hold a televised campaign but the opposite occured anytime APC was campaigning. This is not a fabrication but verified truth. The fact that APC has been using NLC, PHCN and other bodies to sabotage and undermine the efforts of GEJ's administration is a common knowledge. Muazu was absolutely right.

JigsawKillah:
the fear of woman is the beginning of wisdom bros
women bringing doom since the days of Eve

Students of the Kwara State University have been banned from mixng with the opposite sex and wearing palm sandals on weekdays, as published in its new code of conduct and dressing.

Mixing with the opposite sex on or off the campus or simply wearing palm sandals on weekdays are punishable by expulsion according to a new code of conduct and dressing introduced at the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete.

In a noticed dated 19th of February, issued and signed by the institution’s Registrar, Surajudeen O. Oyebode, KWASU introduced a new dress code and banned gender mix between its students, off and on the campus.

Under the "Gender Mix" section, students are banned from living near each other, even in private accommodation outside the campus.

"Gender mix is forthwith prohibited in hostels on and off campus. There shall be zero tolerance for students of different genders co-habiting in the same room, hostel or compound," the announcement read.

Visiting at any time outside 4pm-6pm daily is also banned and students are not allowed to host visitors.

"Any student caught visiting another, or a group of students, after the stipulated hours, will be liable to severe punishment by the school authority.

"No student is allowed to live with students in their various hostels on and off campus."

The "Dress Code" section featured other strictures, banning "sexually suggestive or provocative dressing."

"This shall include dressing which may, wittingly or unwittingly, cause undue attraction/exposure to private members of the body e.g. cleavages, chests, thighs etc."

The notice prohibited distressed and patterned jeans, heavy jewelleries, body revealing clothing, untucked shirts, rolled sleeves, body piercings, and other "other forms of dressing that may be adjudged morally unacceptable or indecent."

Oyebode said the ruled were introduced "in order to engender sound moral values and promote strong character building which are the hallmarks of students of Kwara State University."

It will be recalled that, in February, he Lagos State University (LASU) management banned a wide range of fashion choices common amongst its students, including face caps, tattoos, earrings and hair extensions.

http://pulse.ng/student/building-morals-character-kwasu-bans-students-from-mixing-with-opposite-sex-visiting-after-6pm-wearing-slippers-id3530283.html