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The Manifesto of Dumo Lulu-Briggs of Accord is supported by a never before seen Minifesto of action plans relating to individual local governments. His proposal was electrifying and visionary. In a State where gutter language and mannerisms are being exhibited at high quarters, DLB intellectual and civil approach to governance stands him head and shoulders (he is tall) above the pack. He should win the forthcoming Rivers State gubernatorial election.

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honourhim:
My brother i pity River State people. The way they reason tire me. They vote sheepishly for party without weighing other qualities. quite a pity....these Rivers people cant reason well. Wike's track record is deadly and they know it yet they foolishly supported him just because of Jonathan. River state is pathetic.

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Let us suppose you are married to a spouse from Rivers State. How would you see your words here written. When people write the words are permanent. You may not be right, so write soft words in case you have to come back to eat the words.

If Jega is sent on leave he will obey like a small boy. Then what will APC do? Just make noise and sulk. They cannot do more than Boko Haram.

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is the man that God has blessed with Wisdom. He that puts his trust in God shall mount on wings like an eagle. Now the most important job in Nigeria and in Africa has landed on the laps of the Yoruba. This job at INEC is bigger than Speaker of the House that Tambuwal stole.

Rip-off: Amaechi, RSSDA Trade Off Medical Students On Overseas Scholarship  ...Give Them Marching Order To Return Without Qualification

This may sound funny and incredible but it's indisputable that what could pass for a giant leap and landmark achievement of sending a good number of Rivers youths to the United Kingdom for Special studies in Medicine through Gov Amaechi's Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) was only a goof.

 
Rather than registering them for the Medical Degree Programme (MBBS) for which they were awarded the scholarship to augment the few medical doctors for the numerous State health demands in the light of the newly built health centers across the State also for which millions of pounds were expended or purportedly spent, the students who are currently stranded and have been asked to return home were entered for courses other than medicine, a mistake the RSSDA accepted upon confrontation in 2012 by the State House of Assembly but subsequently kept repeating.

In the United Kingdom, students are not admitted directly for medicine after secondary education.

Prospective medical students are expected and must of necessity undergo an A-level programme and, or four years of premedical degree followed by a medical interview by the few universities that offer medicine in the UK.

Because it's not all the Universities that offer medicine in the UK, the percentage offered to international students (the rest of the world) is only 6, making it very competitive.

But having been subjected to undergo these undergraduate programmes that are equally offered in Nigerian Universities like Pharmacology, Biomedical science, Biochemistry etc, which they successfully completed and a good number of them qualifying to start the medical course proper (MBBS), the RSSDA had asked them to come home as though the premedical degree was what they were offered the scholarship for.

Consequently, the agency has stopped paying their upkeep and  accommodation allowances including their  tuition fees.

In response to the lamentation of the stranded students, one Mrs Ogechi Odu of the RSSDA replied the students inter alia: “We had expected to receive funds from our funding authorities to enable us discharge our responsibilities to students and the Universities.

Further to this, payment of your last and final allowance for June and July as ex-gratia has remained unpaid. Because of the time it has taken for this payment to happen which is still being awaited, you would have incurred some expenses including rent on accommodation for August, management has granted one additional month allowance for August.

We hope to make your payments in naira upon your return in the event that we did not receive funding before the date of your return.

Consequently, we advise you to please give us your return date for us to provide you a return ticket as we will Not be responsible for your stay beyond August 2014, kind regards.”

Still at a loss, the students besides being compelled to return home without actualizing their dreams to become medical doctors for which they were offered the scholarship, said their expenses were incurred in the UK in pounds and cannot be allowed to leave without paying off these debts.

Frustrated as much as their children and wards, the parents of the affected students had cried out to Governor Amaechi as well as who cares to listen that what should have ordinarily been a thing of joy to the government and people of Rivers State, the extra ordinary performance of the students that just have been offered provisional admission into UK medical schools, has been frustrated by outright refusal of RSSDA to continue sponsoring them.

These aggrieved parents are therefore calling on Gov Chibuike Amaechi to as a matter of urgency intervene directly, arguing that the claim by RSSDA that the students have competed their degree programme for which scholarship was offered was untrue and a calculated to mislead the government, adding that all efforts to meet with the Secretary to the State Government, George Feyii to discuss the issue have been fruitless due to the SSG's evasiveness.

But the underlying fact remains that since the commencement of the RSSDA overseas scholarship scheme, only about four out of the estimated 250 students have secured admissions into medicine and three of them through A-Levels.

The low rate of admission is primarily due to RSSDA placing the students in inappropriate programmes and institutions such as business schools yet both the agency and Gov Amaechi are boasting of sponsoring Rivers Medical Students abroad for which he (Amaechi) has received undeserved applause.

What a deceit, the aggrieved students have cried out.###

Dele Momodu studied Yoruba in the days when applicants did not know JAMB had it. He became an interpreter of sort or maybe the Yoruba editor at MKO Abiola's Concord. On fleeing abroad he got into photo-journalism which brought him fame and fortune. Now we see him image-laundering for moneybag miss-roads like Governor Amaechi. He has delved into political journalism and expectedly depleted his limited intellect. What is left of his career is verbosity, grandstanding and megalomania. Most irritatingly, he advices and counsels on political strategy!ladies and gentlemen, ignore Bob Dee.

emeka94: Most stupid resolution the confab has made second only to the incredulous idea of rotation of presidency. Are these people blind or just plain selfish and greedy. Resources is scarce.... Creation of addition states will only make the center stronger, the states lazier, fragmentation of Nigeria and break up of ethnic groups and families.!! I can only see selfish reasons and selfish reason and selfish reasons. If 36 isn't working how will 54 work? Give LGAs autonomy...create city councils not states. please!!!. Tufiakwa. God save Nigeria from this old men and women.

My dear, you are infuriated for nothing. You need to think deep. You suggested a solution and it is being given in another name and you cannot see it! You said "give LGAs autonomy" and your prayers are being answered by scrapping the LGAs and giving you replacement autonomous States. All you need to do is ask for more States duh!

[quote author=emeka94]Most stupid resolution the confab has made second only to the incredulous idea of rotation of presidency. Are these people blind or just plain selfish and greedy. Resources is scarce and corruption is thriving more than oil yet you still want to create more states...... Creation of addition states will only make the center stronger, the states lazier, fragmentation of Nigeria and break up of ethnic groups and families..... If 36 isn't working how will 54 work? Give LGAs autonomy, reduce the powers of federal and state govt and create city councils not states. please!!!.



My dear, you are infuriated for nothing. You need to think deep. You suggested a solution and it is being given in another name and you cannot see it! You said "give LGAs autonomy" and your prayers are being answered by scrapping the LGAs and giving you replacement autonomous States. All you need to do is ask for more States duh!

This morning, Kwanee says no assembly meeting outside The known House of Assembly. Hours later Amaechi presents his budget proposal to a handful of lawmakers around the Government House. In minutes to an hour these lawmakers allowAmaechi to go ahead and spend FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE BILLION NAIRA of rivers State heritage. GOODNESS!!! Is this how APC works?

This morning, Kwanee says no assembly meeting outside The known House of Assembly. Hours later Amaechi presents his budget proposal to a handful of lawmakers around the Government House. In minutes to an hour these lawmakers allowAmaechi to go ahead and spend FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE BILLION NAIRA of rivers State heritage. GOODNESS!!! Is this how APC works?

This morning, Kwanee says no assembly meeting outside The known House of Assembly. Hours later Amaechi presents his budget proposal to a handful of lawmakers around the Government House. In minutes to an hour these lawmakers allowAmaechi to go ahead and spend FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE BILLION NAIRA of Rivers State heritage. GOODNESS!!! Is this how APC works?

utumunta: These are the same people spitting fire and threatening to decamp to the APC on the floor of the house.

They should move fast to the APC and carry their badluck with them.

Before his corruption caught up with him, these were the legislators planning to dump the PDP and sail with OBJ's "President" Lamido to the madmen APC. sick SW APC e-goats.

courage54: Before dis E-PDP forks come here to start ranting up and down, you guys think those PDP reps members decamping don't no much about d constitution before they are decamping? Am sure they are very aware of wat d constitution says about decamping from one political party to another and I think if it won't favour them they won't venture into it, and moreover they all have legal advisers who must have enlighten them very well
on the matter

You sound like someone who is rational. The truth is that Nyako and Amaechi cannot find any space in PDP. Wamakko does not need PDP to survive politically. Apart from inducing the Rivers lawmakers with stupendous cash Amaechi needs them to do this rash decamping to satisfy the bloated ego of a village boy that he is. Rivers lawmakers know that they are stuck with an irrational Amaechi. Their political future is dead. Ditto Nyako boys.

GEJ GOT CLASS AND CULTURE.

Sincere 9gerian: You wrote "The divisive tendencies of tribe and religion, which have become more pronounced under Jonathan". Can you explain further?

I understand that part of the propaganda is to repeat wicked lies as often as possible hoping the lies may by so doing transmute to truth.

Can you explain to us how "divisive tendencies of tribe and religion" have become "more pronounced under Jonathan"? Is it in terms of project sitting in the country or appointments? What else do people ask for after electing a govt if not for projects and policies that'll make their lives better? So how has GEJ made "divisive tendencies of tribe and religion... more pronounced"
in these areas? Pls explain.

Can you explain to Nigerians why you'r online always attacking the president? Why would any normal human being spend a better part of his time attacking another? Is not because of tribal bigotry?
This is like placing logic on its head. You attack the govt for the obvious reason that the head of that govt is not from your tribe, then you turn around to
blame the president and those who support him as being clanish. The shame is on you.

I am so very disappointed with the bigotry being exhibited by young Lagos residents in the main. Most are Yoruba who have very little exposure to the rest of Nigeria. Fashola, their hero is ordinarily not quality material like Agbaje. Even Jakande attended King's College and you could see originality in his radical approach. Fash is a product of lowly Birch Freeman which was not top 20 in the Lagos of his time. Fash is wobbling by showcasing ' Eko for show projects ' that the Lagos economy cannot sustain. Bigots beware. Your heroes are paper tigers. Your empire is collapsing!

rudedough: Listen every Nigerian knows that GEJ and his team are doing well for Nigeria and they deserve an applause. But the truth still remains that he turns a blind eye to corruption. He's too weak to confront other politician and he's too ambitious not to prosecute anyone in order to win the coming 2015 election. He wants to be a goody-2-shoes even at the detriment of the Nigeria economy.

Let's tell ourselves the truth for once. I like GEJ but his take on corruption is my problem and it is unacceptable to well meaning Nigerians.

GEJ cannot fight corruption stupidly the way OBJ did. During and after OBJ did corruption stop? GEJ is eliminating the sources of leakages by minimizing Government involvement in business such as privatization of NEPA, refineries etc. The forthcoming Confab will localize whatever is left of corruption to people in your locality whom you must now begin to PAY YOUR TAXES TO. Then will you leave your armchair, regularise your licenses, prove your credentials, certificates and documents and get ready to battle anyone who asks you to settle. If you know you hate GEJ, simply say so.

GEJ HAS BEEN PROVEN RIGHT TIME WITHOUT NUMBER. ALL THIS NOISE WILL NOT STOP THE TRANSFORMATION AGENDA. THOSE OF US WHO KNOW NIGERIA BETTER CAN TELL YOU THAT GEJ AND INDEED A MINORITY IS THE BEST FOR NIGERIA NOW. THAT IS WHY THE CONFERENCE WILL HOLD. EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE.

I knew her as a budding actress and a great Michael Jackson fan. She was quite daring, elitist and multilingual like many of us. Being an actress then was taking a leap of faith. It was a risky job. Just like when Steven Keshi gave everything up for football. See how big a name he is today.
Anyhow, Clarion was somewhat more up-class than Shina though.

Ngene-Ukwenu:
Is Jonathan now God??
Why are these advisers making it look as if Jonathan was not voted to look after the electorates and help to solve problems like this one? Did we vote (selected) him to junket around the globe with the taxpayers money?
So what is the big deal if he stacked his dumb ass on a chair for 13 hours to discuss with ASUU on the welfare of the students after foot dragging for 6 months?
After all how many minutes did he take Mr. President to intervene on the release of Asari Dokubo- a confessed criminal??

This is what we get when we "elect" a drunkard and clueless nonentity as a Leader

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You will shock all civilised people.

pascyj: He did it again?Absolutely SPLENDID.Impunity + Impunity equals Impunity.No party has a monopoly of impunity.Tit for tat.Get with the program or get out of the kitchen if it's too hot for u or take some APC for the APC Amaechi Oshiomhole induced headache or go and die!.Cos start numbering ur days and get swept out.Capisce?No?I know u r nt that bright.The pain is severe?in ur heart?Sorry.More pain's coming
though.Kwankwaso'll soon complicate ur pain.This is what happens when u support the party that destroys people.

For want of a defense a sinner goes ranting.

BENIN VOTERS: APCEEEEEEE
OSHIO: GO AND DIE
VOTERS: GO AND DIE
OSHIO: APCEEE

The typical APC arrogance displayed by Oshiomole and Amaechi.
https://www.nairaland.com/1535567/governor-ameachi-dissolves-obio-akpor-council

APC, the party of name changers and hypocrites. Can you see your darling Amaechi on rampage. Tinubu and his followers can only control Amaechi by running mad.

chimchim1: Despite the hard line posture of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Presidency has opted to reach out to the aggrieved governors and leaders of the New PDP to give room for the completion of peace talks with President Goodluck Jonathan.
The aggrieved governors- Rotimi Amaechi, Murtala Nyako, Abdulfatah Ahmed, Aliyu Wammako and Rabiu Kwankwaso- defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday.
According to sources, who pleaded not to be named, a security chief has since Tuesday been reaching out to the aggrieved G-7 governors to honour the President on Sunday by attending the resumption of peace talks.
It was learnt that the security chief made the governors to realise that the ill-health of the President accounted for the shift of the meeting.
It was gathered that the security top brass said even if the governors had taken their decision, it is proper to allow the conclusion of talks with the President.
A source, who spoke in confidence, said the intervention of the security chief was as a result of the likely implications of an all-out-battle between the President and the governors.
The source said: “The top security brass has been begging the governors to return to the negotiation table because of likely degeneration of the political situation in the country.
“His fear is that the implosion in PDP may ground governance to a halt, in view of the attitude of some hawks in the ruling party that the President should adopt a tit-for-tat measure against perceived political adversaries.
“The consequence of the crisis on the 2014 Budget became obvious following the probability of APC controlling the majority in the National Assembly, especially the House of Representatives.
“So, there is pressure on the governors to have a rethink. The security chief has contacted some key Northern leaders and traditional rulers to intercede.”
As at press time however it was learnt that the aggrieved governors, with the exception of Governors Sule Lamido and Babangida Aliyu, were yet to make any commitment to have meeting with the President on Sunday.
Another source said: “Mr. Rotimi Amaechi told those making the overtures as follows: ‘I won’t attend any meeting on Sunday since I am no longer in their midst.’
“The governors are skeptical about the sincerity of the President to the resumption of peace talks. He is using the session to gauge the feeling of the governors and determine when to strike against them.
“The governors and New PDP leaders have merged with APC; it is presumed that the reconciliation process is dead.”
http://thenationonlineng.net/new/presidency-reaches-amaechi-nyako-others/

. Discerning minds know that this article from The Nation is Junk Propaganda to massage the putrid APC ego. If you believe this article then you are lost. Don't suffer a stroke when APC loses even Lagos.

Ngene-Ukwenu:
This guy is very brilliant! I love the way he chooses his words. Moreover this quote below would be the new propaganda I am loving this men!



Set Rivers people against the Ijaws, and bring on the game

Did you say someone can "set Rivers people against the Ijaws..."? Do you really know much about the Rivers people? Do you know the Ijaws in Rivers? To imagine that you wish for ethnic tension in the region. You must be out of your mind.

Italiano1: This is the problem with some NL posters- lack of comprehension and a penchant for butting in arguments that they do not know the genesis of; apart from the ludicrous list you have written up there, you even bizarrely claimed to be arguing from an intellectual standpoint. I laugh!




1. So because no country has banned the use of old planes, it is OK for a newly established National carrier to buy planes that are 20 years old. What exactly is your point here?

2. Most Airlines have a mix of old and new airplanes because they have been operating for years! When they








commence operations, credible airlines order new airplanes - of course as they years go by, they would retain airplanes that are still functional and pass quality tests. What reputable airline would start business with 20 year old planes and expect to have a successful long term business?
Eagle Air is just commencing operations and as such, your argument is invalid.










3. Your third point is perhaps the most derisory of all, you want the ICAO to lecture you that the older a mechanical contraption gets, the higher the probability that it would fail to perform at optimum and hence becomes susceptible to accidents? That point was clearly a joke- right?



4.You say ICAO has accredited Nigeria as having one of the safest aviation practices- you could have kindly provided a source for your claim. Regardless, there is a major difference between practices, processes, procedures on the one hand and the performance of an airplane . The fact is that the older a plane is, the less reliability it has in terms of quality and performance

I just cannot understand how some people can unashamedly support actions that might have a negative effect on them or their family members all in the name of sycophancy. Nigerian administrators have always compromised the quality of goods and services procured on behalf of the citizenry-
second hand public buses, third- hand trains, and now they are celebrating the commencement of a new airline with planes that were manufactured in 1993 when Jonathan goodluck was in his mid thirties

It is ok for the Minister of Aviation to buy brand new bullet proof cars but it is totally complicated and complex to buy airplanes that would facilitate the success of the new airline and significantly lessen the probability of air crashes or incidences occurring.

The plane that is displayed for the launch may even be a "dummy" as is commonplace in marketing events. Oduah haters have a real big problem. The dependable Aero Contractor plane being flown this morning may be over 20 yrs old, so why can it not be repainted for a launching to sensitize the public, and build momentum and finance for the impending operations. New planes do not come off supermarket shelves. Haters are dumb.

When you criticize the FG be ready to face the same.

Lagos can only become more commercial, less industrial and agrarian. It will become more high cost environment.

Why on earth will Bill not visit Lagos. He had to come and see the Fash the Governor of "otibgaland" Lagos where Microsoft make their biggest LOSSES to the software pirates.
Fashola must be apologizing for the software piracy of Lagosians.

Jonathan is the best thing to happen at this time to Nigeria. All Nigeria needs to lead in the world is a National Restructuring that will lead to RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL. Only a minority President can effect it.
Also, if Nigeria is ruled by a Majority person he will depend too much on his power and tribe to seek the face of God. You are a child if you do not know the power of God in governance.

abu12: Where is she working? Following the threat from governor rabiu musa kwankwoso that, she should allow all airline that want to land in kano instead of enugu to land in kano if she want to sleep well which has made her to approved Emirate, Ethiopia and turkish airline with immediate alacrity withing three week. What is she waiting for before now?

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So your Kwankwaso built and remodeled the once stinking Airport before commanding Princess Oduah to bring International flights for him to chew gworo in. Even a hundred northern presidents didn't dare.