₦airaland Forum

Miciuk23:
Good day Nairalanders

I received today a credit alert of “#15000” from CBN . Here is a photo of the credit alert and screenshot

For once I don receive money from federal government…… make I go stock house small !

The government said 25k will be sent. Where did you really get your 15k from?

So these guy nah 7

MrALIVE:
hunger go soon deal with you that it will become difficult for you to type.

Stop crying on my behalf Mr IPOBdient.

zinaunreal:
If this guy stayed here in Nigeria , it would have been easier for him to disappear than even go to a small country like that

No matter where he stay, if he does not stay lowkey, he will eventually be caught.

Abrahamweb:
Aswear,I like wetin Tinubu dey do o
Dollar @ 1200 now,I just dey cashout now.
Agdadorians,shey it still dey favor una?
Nonsense group of idiots.

It's only affecting agbado people, stop wailing bitterly on our behalf Mr IPOBdient.

If dollar like, make e reach #50,000... Tinubu will rule till 2031

Almost every country around the world is battling inflation. Cost of living is so high, even in western countries.

I only hear about all this cash transfer online

Early in the morning


Tinubu dey give it to you guys wotowoto... Una no even fit sleep

Chokehold:
Talk talk talk! Just shut up and work! I had high hopes when umahi was junketing round the country making promises, proclamations and pronunciations. I still can't travel intra-state within my state of residence because not one tipper of laterite or the proposed sharp sand has been dumped and graded to allow passage. Shut up and work! To the ugly-faced governor whose only achievements are troublemaking and fighting political associates, I reserve my comment.

So Umahi should fix all the roads in less than 3 month?

Aketi should resign. There's nothing special he's kuku doing in Ondo state.

President Bola Tinubu on Friday approved the partial waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” Order instituted against striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities following the commencement of their eight-month strike which began on February 14, 2022, and was terminated on October 17, 2022.

A statement signed on Friday by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, revealed that the waiver “will allow for the previously striking members of ASUU to receive four months of salary accruals out of the eight months of salary which was withheld during the eight-month industrial action undertaken by the union.”

The statement is titled ‘President Tinubu approves partial waiver of the no work, no pay order on ASUU members; orders release of four months of withheld salary.’

However, Tinubu directed the grant of the waiver with a mandatory requirement that the Federal Ministry of Education and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment must secure a Document of Understanding establishing that this exceptional waiver granted by the President will be the last one to be granted to ASUU and all other Education Sector Unions.

Invoking the Principle of the Presidential Prerogative of Mercy, Ngelale said the president sought to “mitigate the difficulties being felt during the implementation of key economic reforms in the country, as well as his recognition of the faithful implementation of terms which were agreed upon during the deliberations between ASUU and the Federal Government of Nigeria.”


https://punchng.com/breaking-tinubu-okays-release-of-four-months-withheld-lecturers-salaries/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social

Racoon:
Where will the budgetary provision comes from? Guess they will not tell us they want to borrow another stash of billions again to loot because of this undertaking?

It will come from the 2024 budget. The horrible spot on that bridge is causing traffic

abhosts:
Wike should cool down and lay low for a while. It appears that his boisterous bragging disposition is making him a lot of enemies in Abuja.

Thank God Wike is not a weakling like you

Belafonte:
See animal talk. People are being given a lifeline and you're angry. Would you spout this tosh if you were wrongfully held in prison?

They were not wrongfully held in prison. Go through the op post again.

China has imposed export controls on graphite, a material used in electric vehicle batteries, as Beijing hits back at US-led restrictions on technology sales to Chinese companies.

China, which dominates global supply chains for the mineral, will require special export permits for three grades of graphite, the commerce ministry and the General Administration of Customs said on Friday.


The new export controls, which China said were introduced on “national security” grounds, are set to escalate geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington and its allies over tech supply chains. They also underline China’s dominance of global supplies of dozens of critical resources.

Graphite for batteries can be produced either from mined material, which is called “natural” material, or in a “synthetic” process using petroleum feedstocks, which helps the cell charge quicker and last longer but is more expensive to produce.

China is by far the biggest processor of natural graphite and generated almost 70 per cent of the world’s synthetic graphite last year, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, making it one of the critical materials where Beijing has the tightest stranglehold.


The move comes days after US president Joe Biden’s administration tightened controls on exports of cutting-edge artificial intelligence chips to China.

Beijing criticised Washington for the controls. The Chinese commerce ministry on Wednesday said the “US constantly overstretches the concept of national security, abuses export control measures and turns to unilateral bullying acts, which China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly objects to”.

Japan said it would look into whether China’s latest measures were in accordance with World Trade Organization and other international rules.

“We will take appropriate steps . . . if the measures are deemed unjust,” said chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno on Friday, adding that the government will assess the impact of the export curbs. “We will check with the Chinese side on their intentions and operational policies of the measures.” 

The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

Executives at companies in the graphite supply chain said they are scrambling to understand how the new export controls differ to existing ones on graphite introduced in 2006.

Graphite prices have fallen 30 per cent since the start of the year but Thomas Kavanagh, head of battery materials at commodity data provider Argus, said the restrictions could set them on an “upward trajectory internationally”.

While Chinese officials are wary of retaliation that could damage China’s own companies, Beijing in recent months has started to leverage its dominance over a vast array of materials and resources in response.

In July Beijing announced similar restrictions on gallium and germanium, metals used in a number of strategic industries including electric vehicles, microchips and some military weapons systems. The government also cited national security concerns.

However, those export restrictions are yet to significantly disrupt supply for non-Chinese manufacturers since they typically hold stockpiles. Bill Jackson, senior director at Indium Corporation, a New York-based supplier of materials to electronics companies, expected a “slow loosening [of restrictions by Beijing] and allowing of material back out”.

The new controls also require companies to obtain additional permits, which does not equate to a ban but creates uncertainty for industries dependent on the Chinese products and requires handing over confidential commercial information.


Graphite is the most common material used in the anode side of lithium-ion batteries because of its relatively low cost, high energy density and stable structure. The anode side of a battery releases electrons during discharge.

Ross Gregory, a Seoul-based partner at consultancy New Electric Partners, said any ban on anode materials would be “incredibly significant”.

“The whole of the car battery industry is dependent on anodes, and they nearly all come out of China,” he said. “It’s not that the rest of the world can’t catch up, they can, but it won’t happen overnight.”

Hong Kong-listed shares of China Graphite Group gained 10.7 per cent on Friday following the announcement.

https://www.ft.com/content/8af8c05c-8e54-40e9-9051-5a0b2b036c32

Gentlelox:
d one wey u appoint abi d one wey ur papa appoint ?

The one wey court confirm as the chairman.

tesppidd:


Can they try it?


Tinubu don't want beef with the North, especially the fundamentalists.

Y'all think if it was a Southern President that did that stuff to El Zaki, this country will still be in one piece?

Chidish comment.

Gentlelox:
na ur papa be chairman ?

No b my papa o, nah Apapa be labour party chairman.

ABIODUN NEJO examines the Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji’s one year in office as elders and other residents list expectations

On October 16, 2022, when the Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, was sworn in for a term of four years, the consensus in the state was that he should hit the ground running.

Setting the agenda, residents wanted the governor to prioritise infrastructure, roads, agriculture with the value chain, youth unemployment, wealth creation, education, security, and the economy generally.

Oyebanji, who in his inaugural address said he understood his mission, said his priorities included growing the economy, creating jobs, investing in human capital development and strategic infrastructure projects in transport, agriculture, and power.




The Commissioner for Finance, Akin Oyebode, said the Oyebanji administration had delivered on the promise in the first year, reiterating its preparedness to put governance on full throttle, saying, “The implementation of the six-point agenda of the administration continues on a daily basis.”

Oyebode said that Oyebanji chose to complete inherited projects alongside newly initiated ones in order to expand the scope of development and plug wastage in the deployment of resources “to promote continuity of vision, continuity of planning, and continuity of development.

“We have a lot of projects that we have started, and we will complete them soon. Go to the Omisanjana-Deeper Life-Ajebandele area, go along the Agric Olope axis, and see the roads we have started there. The power projects in the Gbonyin and Ekiti East local government areas were started and completed by this administration,” he added.


However, Social Democratic Party State Chairman, Dr Bamidele Ekunola, who said one year was not enough to assess the governor’s performance, said, “I can see what he has done. He really tried.

“I was not expecting much from him because I have not seen any APC governor be as serious as he is. He really surprised me because he has done creditably well. Let us continue to see what he will do.

“For now, he has satisfied us: regular payment to workers and pensioners; he is trying on the roads. Ikogosi has not had light for 10 years; he has done it. It is the same thing in Ayekire, Gbonyin, and Ekiti East. The House minority leader, a member of my party from Omuo, confirmed they now have electricity after over 10 years.

“Oyebanji listens to the problems of the masses. For these, I will say he did well. The same thing applies to schools, health, other infrastructure, and security as well. He is trying. I like his sense of humility and respect for elders.

“But I must say, I am unimpressed that he does not make this government inclusive. He made it in totality without even considering other political parties to serve. It ought to be spread across political parties. It should not be winner takes all.”

The Ekiti Council of Elders, however, scored the governor “very high”, saying, “The consensus is that he has tried his best within the available resources in 365 days.”

The Secretary of the Council, Elder Niyi Ajibulu, said, “Oyebanji came in at a very difficult time when trucks and rainfall created a lot of havoc and virtually made the roads impassable, coupled with the removal of subsidy on petrol and the attendant hardship.

“But within his own sphere, as a state governor, he has performed creditably well; at least he has been able to ensure that a lot of the roads, particularly the township roads, are maintained and repaired.

“Not only that, his overtures to the opposition and people generally have endeared him to the Ekiti people the more, and he has had very little opposition. Generally, the elders of Ekiti have scored him as having performed very well in the first year.

“But we still like to advise him to ensure there are jobs and to look at what is available in an agrarian society. We think he should concentrate more on agriculture and provide jobs for the youth. He should ensure that Ekiti can produce enough, not only to feed itself but to feed the rest of the country and other parts of the nation.”

Oyebanji addressed these and many others in his State of the State address delivered before the House of Assembly on Monday, October 16, 2023, to mark his one year in office, which came barely 72 hours after the governor presented the 2024 budget proposal to the legislative body.

He said that he had, in the last year, demonstrated commitment to the principles of participatory democracy, inclusive governance, and accountable leadership, ensuring that he would not deviate.

The governor assured that his administration would “remain committed to our social contract with the Ekiti people. We are in a hurry to ensure an earlier realisation of our dream of rapid economic prosperity in Ekiti for all.


“Even though we acknowledge the socioeconomic difficulties that we collectively face as a people at this time, we will do our best to continue to fulfil our aspiration,” he said, urging the labour movement to exercise more patience.


He also noted that the Ekiti Free Trade Zone, ready to play its pioneering role as the leading knowledge-based economic zone “is anticipated to provide over 12,000 jobs for young people in Ekiti, fostering economic growth and prosperity.”

Oyebanji, who said he had made it a duty to meet with Ekiti people every 100 days to give accounts of government activities and solicit their opinion on the best way they would want to be served, stated, “The periodic feedback has given us the opportunity to let them know where we are and where we are going.”

He assured of a better future, having successfully laid a solid foundation for the socio-economic prosperity of Ekiti, saying he had carried out radical restructuring in the system to fortify the economy.

Oyebanji explained that to boost agriculture and attract youths into farming, thereby curtailing incidences of joblessness and crime, the government was in the process of connecting the agricultural zone along the Ipao-Oke Ako axis to the national grid to propel the state to food security status.

“In the area of infrastructure and industrialisation, my government has been aggressive in improving electricity supply and the construction of access roads because these are the two most important factors in industrial development,” he said.

The governor, who inaugurated the reconnection of Erinjiyan, Ikogosi, and Ikogosi Warm springs in Ekiti West local government, as well as towns in Gbonyin, Ayekire, and Ekiti East councils to the national grid, reiterated the importance of power supply to socio-economic development.

He declared, “We have energised towns like Egbe by connecting light from Ikare in Ondo State, while we have connected light from Eruku in Kwara State to Ikun Ekiti. We are also mobilising contractors back to the site to complete ongoing road projects like Ado-Iworoko Road, Ilawe-Igbara-Odo Road, Ilawe-Igede Road, Ikole-Ara- Isinbode Road, and Ado township roads, among others.”

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Oyebanji, who said that he expended N1.5bn on equipping and rehabilitating Ekiti’s 177 primary healthcare centres, added that 2,000 teachers were recruited and deployed to primary and secondary schools in the last year to undertake subjects that could bolster Ekiti’s ranking in public examinations.

The Speaker, Adeoye Aribasoye, who assured of the Assembly’s continued support and collaboration, said, “Under Oyebanji, we have witnessed transformative governance, dedication to duties, simplicity, and respect for elders. I commend you for a job well done.”

The Chairman, Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers, and the Olojudo of Ido Ekiti, Oba Ayorinde Ilori-Faboro, said Oyebanji’s one year in office had been “a source of inspiration and relief to the traditional institution and Ekiti generally.”

Oba Ilori-Faboro, who said the governor had started well, said, “Being one of the people who fought for the creation of Ekiti, he was the secretary of that committee; he knows how it was and the Kabiyesis’ efforts. We have been very happy since he came.

“You cannot imagine where we will be in another three years’ time when he has completed his term, and we are hoping that he will continue to govern us for yet another term. If he can rule us for eight years, I am sure that at the end of it, Ekiti will be in a very good position; he will have placed us on a pedestal of good progress.

“He has not put any foot wrong since he became governor. He understands the situation. We pray for him; we pray for his wife, Princess Olayemi Oyebanji; and we pray for his deputy, Princess Monisade Afuye. They are specially sent by God to make us happy.”

A professor of political science at Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof. Sunday Akindele, said the governor had “performed excellently well within the first year of his tenure as the governor of Ekiti State.”


Akindele, a traditional high chief and the Elemo of Ado Ekiti, said, “To be candid, Oyebanji is better described as a person who ought to have come before now. This line of thinking is exemplified by his trailblazing performance in terms of governance and public administration in Ekiti State.

“None of the things he has done has failed to meet the yearnings in terms of responsiveness of public policy. He has the focus, and I am sure that if he is not distracted, he has not started at all. It is just the tip of the iceberg.

“All one can say is to pray for him and his administration and improvement in the economy of Nigeria because people will keep on asking for more, no matter the paucity of public funds.”

The don advised that if the governor maintains the velocity, “his current rise to political stardom and prominence would create a conducive environment for the stability of Ekiti politics and people’s satisfactions in terms of political agenda and rendering more responsive public service delivery.

“He has learned the rudiments of the governance process. Do you want to talk in terms of infrastructural development and provision of the requisite needs of the people? He has done well,” Akindele added.

https://punchng.com/oyebanji-battles-cash-crunch-confronts-ekiti-infrastructural-deficit/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social

Umahi should stand his ground

The lawmakers are not scared of abure because they know he's not the labour party chairman

chaloskyx:
i dont understand is it going from 30k to 35k or 30k +35k= 65k

30k+35k=65k

Civil servants earning 30k before will have 35k added to their salary making 65k

Kk4:
Will it be added to already existing salary or its part of their salary?

It will be added to thier salary

A federal worker earning 100k will start earning 135k.

NigerianAngelo:
"What concord hath the faithful with the unbeliever?" (2 Cor 6:15)

Opinion: Nigeria Should Divide Along The Federal Capital Territory, Translate the Religious Demographics

1. There are provisions for division in the Constitution. It is quite obvious that what was keeping Nigeria together was Christian majority and Christian rule. Wikipedia most recently put muslim numbers at 47%-49% in Nigeria (Article: Muslims around the World). As muslims manipulated the borders since the wee hours of 2015, they have been importing their people enmasse, and as they have approached 49.9%, the smiles aren't here anymore. It is the same approach: the one that islamised Northern Africa over 500 years (700-1200).

2. The country should divide. The topic is not "non-mainstream". People were created to live to their potentials. To reach their optimum, freely, regularly and in liberty. The current Nigeria isn't one were people are interested in the development of the nation. 98% of interests up North, are just about islamisation, regardless of the hunger they face or their people who die.

3. BBC reported that 30,000 Northerners had AK-47s up North. Thank God they ended up rather staying with them up North. Only a few moved to Niger, and to Benue. Such "potentials" are not good.

4. Many Christians are already becoming weak. The division of the country is only morally right.

Formula for Division

5. A North-South division along the Federal Capital Territory, with mass migration of muslim communities to the North, and all Christian communities to the South.

The Southern Christian Leverage

6. The muslims should not think they can do jack. They should go and ask Buhari why they failed in the islamisation. Christians have the leverage to stop any pensive islamisation, but division is inevitable for legal living.

7. Also Southerners (home and abroad) can sponsor any Division to the fullest, once they publicly agree they want the move/motion.

Problems of Living with Northerners?

8. Poverty. The muslims will place their sheiks in all offices, cause extreme insensitivity and inefficiency and bleed poverty down the line.

9. Prostitution, Scam, Suicides. Problems caused by muslim frustrations and poverty upper up the line.

10. Lies, manoeuvers. Muslims will always lie if the generation is unsuspecting. After keeping quiet for 8 years with Saraki/Lawan, they wanted to claim due process with Akpabio, calling on others to impeach him -- but Christians are wiser and more diligent in the current generation.

11. Killings. We know. But the death of one or potential for death of one man is sufficient to commence and conclude a Division. One man is a great affair.

Conclusion

12. Nigeria should divide along the Federal Capital Territory, and the first step is for the citizens to see it, validate it and accept it as so.

So people should leave their ancestral lands in the north and south? If Nigeria will divide, it will divide on ethnic lines not base on the nonsense you're suggesting.