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samofson:
Joy Ogwu is not to blame for this ...the itinerary was there for the entourage to see . Shehu Garba said it was unofficial hence the reason why it's wasn't priority.

That's means they knew about it but didn't send anyone to represent the country. If we had a noise maker for interior it would have been his priority to make sure we are represented.

This is another clear reason why PMB needs ministers.

Please September don almost finish ...where is the list of noise makers

September 30 is not too far away, may God spare our lives. It's not priority to be at every fundraising event.

francizy:
The bolded.. You are quite sensible yet you shunned out that ultra-stewpid comment on the FP of this thread? I never asked Buhari to make bogus campaign promises like him ending boko haram in two weeks. I have every right to criticize him because people are dying on daily basis. I criticized Jonathan because of that too.

If I may ask, how many times has Buhari commiserated with the victims of bomb blast and him missing this important meeting (and also giving a silly excuse by calling it unofficial) shows how insensitive Buhari is.

Buhari never promised anything in two weeks or even two months, don't believe everything you hear or read in the papers. Also, there are hundreds of side meetings going on concurrently at the United Nations General Assembly. The official schedule is on their website, including high level meetings. This particular meeting is not there. See for yourself.

http://www.un.org/en/ga/info/meetings/70schedule.html

Ganjafama:
Hey nigger, are u still interested in having ur IMEI read? Remember, the consequences are grave.

Who is this one threatening others on a public forum?
Seun, OAM4J do your job please.

FreeGlobe:
you are still making this nonsense arguments at this time? learn how to read please

Teach me how to read. What did we miss by our absence at the fundraising appeal event?

FreeGlobe:
shut it please, you are both an APC and Buhari supporter. didn't the presidency say the meeting was unofficial and not important? does that sound like they weren't aware? will you say this nonsense assuming it was Jonathan that made this huge blunder you hypocritical being

The meeting is not a priority. See schedule.

http://www.un.org/en/ga/info/meetings/70schedule.html

nationwide1:
You made no sense to anyone that has his / her brain in place. These are some of the reasons :


1. How comes UN officials were displeased by Nigeria's absence if the schedule was wrong?


2. Why did other countries in the lake chad basin area attend?



3. Which country in the lake chad basin area is worst hit by bokoharam?



4. Do you mean Buhari's meetings with Gordon Brown, King of Spain and Bill Clinton were in the schedule and those meetings were more important than meeting on bokoharam?



5. What is the greatest problem of Nigeria today?



When you answer the five questions above, you will know why you typed from emotional point of view and made no sense.

1. The report didn't mention UN officials. BTW, anybody has a fundamental human right to his/her feelings. Here is the schedule.
http://www.un.org/en/ga/info/meetings/70schedule.html

2. Maybe to fulfill all righteousness. What tangible thing did we lose by being absent? We go share the money together fa.

3. The meeting wasn't about boko haram.

4. Those meetings were in his schedule, plans and itinerary, and they make more sense, considering the fact that he's already made appeals for help countless times in Germany, France, Britain, US, SA, Cameroun, Niger, Benin, Chad etc. We can afford to miss that fundraising appeal.

5. i don't know, maybe health issues killing millions like malaria and HIV, or corruption, or illiteracy. These are things the likes of Gates, Brown, Clinton and co will help with. Boko haram is near coma, and we got over $1billion on their case from world bank already, with millions more in cash, intelligence, training etc from US, France, Germany, G7 etc.

cc bigtt76

abimic:
Nay, u got it wrong! Instead of blaming the president on an international trip, why not channel your blame to the right person, Nigerian UN permanent representative! infact, the president got invited via her office, the needful is she didn't bring to the notice of PMB's COS, I'm 100% sure buhari would have attended the meeting had he being aware,infact, those that drafted his schedule at UN should be blamed. Anyway, Ogwu's tenure would soon be over. PMB on assumption into office shuffled neighboring countries, does it look like fun to anybody? Everybody knows the purpose, so isn't what played out at New York ironical? just think it. I'm neither a supporter of APC nor PDP, I'm just a supporter of common sense!

Note that we didn't lose anything important or tangible by our absence. It's just one of hundreds of meetings at the UN general assembly. Here's the schedule.
http://www.un.org/en/ga/info/meetings/70schedule.html

drss:
have u ever seen a wedding without program of activities? Fyi every un activities have schedule programs and activities. All presidents attending un general assembly have these schedules. Its left for d president to decide which activity nigeria will participate. Unfortuntaley his kunu infested brain made him to absent nigeria from un organised boko haram meeting.

You that maybe has lacasera instead of kunu, here is the schedule. Be educated.

http://www.un.org/en/ga/info/meetings/70schedule.html

dBard:
Oh please...
Your biased research didn't reveal that the incidence has been falling over the years in Nigeria...
Of all the myriad of issues affecting the country now, he chose HIV.

Ok... This gov't is little by little being regarded as a joke.

How is it my biased research? This information is from WHO and anyone can access it. We have more issues and more people dying from HIV and living in poverty. Boko haram issue is already settled on paper, HIV isn't. Buhari has been talking about boko haram and chibok girls even from campaign. All his trips have been on mainly boko haram and security. We have been to and gotten assistance from G7, US, Britain, France, AU, Chad, Cameroun, Benin, Niger etc. What more is left to say/address the UN about them? We have other pressing issues and HIV is one. Thank God polio is out, malaria is still there. These are things to address and easily refocus the UN on. They'd rather spend billions on climate change than boko haram, boko haram. If you don't know, there are people who know.

dBard:
An insurgency is ongoing in Nigeria, there's a so called'anti graft ' war, there are numerous economic realities ppl are facing in view of the falling global oil prices, there's the major burden of the IDPs.......... AND he's going on about HIV and eradicating world hunger.

Laughable.

This trip, if not careful, won't achieve much f d country...
But, if y'all are happy sha.....

Are you on earth? According to WHO, sub-Saharan Africa is the most affected region, with 24.7 million people living with HIV in 2013. Seventy-one percent of all people who are living with HIV in the world live in this region. HIV is the world’s leading infectious killer. According to WHO, an estimated 39 million people have died since the first cases were reported in 1981 and 1.5 million people died of AIDS-related causes in 2013. There are over 3.5 million Nigerians living with HIV, we are second in Africa. Do you realize what you are saying at all?

OboloMAN:
How do You Undrstand?

A meeting related to Boko haram is Less Important?

What then is of more importance to Nigeria?

Again, it's not the issue that is unimportant but the meeting. For instance, if you are theist, you cannot be at every meeting discussing God as important as He is. You set your priorities and plan. Like the Presidency said, i quote " it was not the only one or the most important of such meetings in New York that are paying attention to the problem of insecurity, migration and violent extremism in the Lake Chad area and the rest of the world"

OboloMAN:
Disappointing response from the Presidency.

Who are the worst hit by Boko haram? #Nigerians

Who are the most internally displaced? #Nigerians

Who will benefit most from the said Funds? #Nigerians

Who was unavoidably Absent from the meeting? #Nigeria.


Conclusion: The Government does not see the issue of ending Boko haram and caring for the internally displaced as a Priority.

Don't be ridiculous, we didn't miss anything by our absence, did we? We cannot be at every meeting talking about IDPs, it's just not compulsory or even possible. Yes, we can be there for courtesy sake, but nothing new or major happens/happened there. It's a fundraising event, an appeal for humanitarian assistance. We've done a lot of that already, and are still doing that practically. BTW, the meeting is not primarily about boko haram but about the dire conditions in the Lake Chad Basin region. This issue has been there for long, though worsened by the boko haram menace.
i tire for you guys and complains. First, the complain is that the President shouldn't travel but stay at home and no picture. Now,the complain is that he should be there. Na wa oh.

dBard:
Issues bordering on internally displaced persons is unimportant
A fundraiser that most developed countries/super powers deemed fit to send official representatives is unimportant

I really wonder at some of you sha

The ISSUE is not unimportant, the meeting is. In the list of their itinerary and priorities at the UNGA. The important thing is that we didn't miss anything, did we? Whatever money was raised at the humanitarian event will be channeled to the LCBC. Buhari already addressed that in the France interview. It's not by force but courtesy to be at the fundraising.

dBard:
There are a whole range of issues affecting Nigerians that he could have chosen.
Issues bordering on the Internally displaced persons cover a wide range of subjects that u could spend days talking on.

HIV is overflogged and a ridiculously poor choice at this time.


Let's call a spade a spade

HIV doesn't affect Nigerians? Are you kidding? Anyways, he also gave another speech there.
www.statehouse.gov.ng/index.php/news/1580-at-adoption-of-post-2015-development-agenda-buhari-urges-world-leaders-to-do-everything-possible-to-eliminate-illiteracy-hunger-and-disease-by-2030

Happy?

dBard:
This is a diplomatic faux pas, and the government should just admit they messed up instead of trying to explain away their tardiness in international issues.

This issue is going to come around to bite us in the ass,especially wen funds/aids starts getting disbursed, or wen other issues concerning idps come up and Nigeria will find itself relegated to a mere bystander instead of d front man it should be.

Buharis diplomatic team need to be up and doing.
These embarrassing moments are becoming one too many.

It's an unimportant, unofficial fundraising event.

OboloMAN:
As expected a silly response.

Since when did the issue of boko haram become less important to Nigeria?

The meeting is the less important thing, not the boko haram issue. How do you read?

walozanga:
Vision is not our problem bt how to face reality
my friend. He went to D.c and came back clueless.. Now a topic of bokoharam is on the UN table and he is not present.

Evidently, you're the clueless one. Buhari is not back but due to come back on the 29th.

kingdompropty:
This is a reckless reply. Don't want to believe this emanated from the Nigerian government. Are we short of representatives? Simply put this is the most clueless government in history.

You think this is owanbe wedding where it's church service and reception events? It's the UN general assembly and we don't have to be at every unofficial event. Many world leaders were turned down for meeting already. Meeting with Nigerians in diaspora, arewa organization, oodua group, APC alliance, Ojukwu brethren etc. A serious person must have priority and be bold to say no graciously.

LewsTherin:
With our challanges on security,asking for aid to takle aids is a poor choice for a speech to the general assembly. No offence but no one's gonna take us serious if that's what we are talking about right now.

He's already talked about security several times when invited, must he boringly repeat that? There's a session for that which we chair i think. And we do have challenges with HIV. Many are more interested in investing and discussing climate change than our boko haram song, HIV is global and on point. You have a visionary leader for the first time in a long while, let's appreciate.

989900
OboloMAN
kenny987
CSTR2
DaBullIT

Note that the funds are mainly geared towards the region to help with drought and environmental issues. It's mainly a LCBC thing,not boko haram and security. Boko haram worsens matters but are not the primary target here.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Chad_Basin_Commission


https://www.nairaland.com/2626491/buhari-explains-why-he-missed

OboloMAN:
Your Opinion.

But to the world that was a Diplomatic blunder.

Am sure the presidency will respond with a Lame excuse.

May be it was prayer time for Buhari, and he forgot to send Amaechi to the Fundraising.

You forgot that he was in the US listening to the Pope on sallah day. Rubbish.

989900:
You know when ur 16 years old, and your 2 -4 year old siblings are begging and patronizing the uncle next door for candy, and you too join them.

That's how I see it. #myopinion#adiefunfun

Don't mind them. After we got over $1billion from world bank. Pledges in millions of dollars from US, France, Germany, G7 etc. Na to answer present sir for $6.8million fundraising remain. When GEJ was dashing south Africa $15million, dey didn't complain.

CSTR2:
The chad basin memebers are the victims of bokoharam, so ofcourse, the fundraising is for them.
But still, the LCBC was not created by the UN but by Nigeria. The LCBC has its own fundraisers independent of the UN.
Any fundraiser sponsored by the UN for nations suffering bokoharam terror is not under the LCBC. The nations submit their needs to the UN as different entities.
And please, could you tell me one thing that has changed? I seriously want to know.
Every inch of nigerian territory was under Nigerian control before jonathan left office.
So, i hope you don't use it as a campaign for buhari.
Btw, we are all arm-chair analysts. Unless you work in the NSA ,DSS or military, with direct and real updates, then you are an arm chair analyst.

Yes, the fundraising is for them,no one disputes that. It is the importance or compulsion that is disputed. Maybe we should organise fundraising too at church tomorrow, FG should be there as it concerns them. The UNGA has focus and so does the President. It is not compulsory to be at every begging opportunity or offering time. Here's an idea of what the focus was/is.
www.statehouse.gov.ng/index.php/news/1580-at-adoption-of-post-2015-development-agenda-buhari-urges-world-leaders-to-do-everything-possible-to-eliminate-illiteracy-hunger-and-disease-by-2030

We are not all armchair analysts, millions of Nigerians are affected by boko haram and know the difference between now and then. They don't just see 5dead in bomb blast on the newspaper or internet. They have lives and business at stake. It's wrong to say that every inch of Nigerian territory was under government control. Many of them got displaced and arrested and thousands of captives freed after May 29. Maiduguri just had light last week, Borno airport opened after GEJ. Many closed down schools, markets and worship locations just reopened after GEJ. Many IDPs have been returning as they now feel safer. You can't sit in Lagos and declare that nothing is happening.

CSTR2:
The lake chad commission is a west african-chad-cameroon initiative. It has nothing to do with the UN.
Nigeria is the face of bokoharam terrorism and when the UN organize its own fundraiser, it is common sense that Nigeria should lead.
Btw, i can't see any difference between the past administration and now.
Bokoharam is still wrecking devastation on innocent lives and properties.
I can't list one new thing this administration has done differently aside changing the military heads.
Aside empty rhetorics, pictures and propagandas, there is nothing concrete that shows Nigeria is no longer helpless as you like to put it.

It appears you don't know what you are talking about. The fundraising was for the Chad Basin, you can't separate the LCBC from it. Also, only an ignorant armchair analyst would not see any difference in the boko haram crises.

kenny987:
Really? And whose citizens have fled to these neighbouring countries because of terror? Is it not Nigerians that were returned in droves from some of those countries? Is it not Nigerians that are wasting away as IDPs? What is d condition of their existence? And u sit there and say it is not necessary to have been represented? Was it all about fundraising? The Lake Chad project that was part of issues discussed with drought n all, does it not affect Nigeria?

Again, we're not that helpless as to be present at every appeal and fundraising. We went to NY primarily for the UN general assembly, this fundraising event is by the way. Good they raised $6.8 million. The project is already being taken care of by the Lake Chad Basin commission. Only cordiality demands that we send someone, not necessity and definitely not compulsion. We got $5million or so from US already, and over $1billion from world bank on boko haram. We're also a big part of the Lake Chad commission. It is not compulsory that we must be at every begging function.

CSTR2:
Oh boy shut up and stop talking nonsense.
Your third world country is the worst hit and the most devastated victim of bokoharam terrorism.
A fundraiser is conducted in your honour by the UN and you decided to be absent due to gross negligence.
Go and learn how to be an intelligent sycophant.

You don't have to be rude to make your point. There's a lake Chad Basin commission in charge of this issue. It is not compulsory or necessary to attend a volunteer fundraising. Concerted efforts are already been made to get things done. We're not that helpless or stranded like the previous administration painted us. The idea was we were failing because America didn't sell weapons to us, that era is gone.

kenny987:
And who is supposed to appoint those government agents? Do u even understand how these things work? Do u know that this is a major international gaffe? Ur President is appealing to these same people for assistance and he can't be there or ensure his representation? Is this a joke?

To be President is not about body language. You must multi task and be seen to be competent!

It's not a must to be present before you get help. Buhari made reference to this Chad Basin thing in his interview in France. We've already asked for help and will get it. Buhari doesn't need a bowl at the UNGA.

CSTR2:
Otondo. Respect begets respect indeed. For a third world nation whose president recently called poor.

It's a fundraising, duh. It's not a must to be present. We're not helpless.

We are not helpless beggars, don't you get? Respects PMB.

The frustration is palpable. Eeyah, TB why na?

elbinmanny:
No more medical tourism for Buhari , Tinubu and their likes at least we can now take on major transplants and surgery in naija

Eeyah, shooting one's self in the foot. Akpabio no respect local content.