₦airaland Forum

Amitez:
Go and read amended Electoral Act

What does the amended electoral act tell you? You seem to know everything in it’s entirety.

babajero:
He was disqualified before the election so it has nothing to do with the election. and in the case of the apc governor he was disqualified by the Supreme Court and that is the highest court in the land.

He was not disqualified before the election.

Okay... In 1999, the election of Muazu was set aside by the tribunal and the appeal court because his deputy governor presented forged certs. A new election was conducted and Muazu participated alongside a new deputy governorship candidate and he won. What’s the difference between then and now?

pode:
My brother you lied, I am categorically tell you that, he (obaseki) will win both Owan west and east, because I'm from Uzebba Iuleha and I know what I am saying to. At the end, e go shock you.

Okay.

I can categorically tell you Obaseki will lose Owan west/east. You can take it to the bank.

I’m from Owan east lga, forget all these rubbish you see here. I don’t know about other lga’s o, but these two, forget it!

If Shaibu can turn against Oshiomhole, then fear humans. Tueh!

All these people got no shame.

tungamaje:
In every rumour, there is always an iota of truth. After all, EFCC and DSS refuted the claim that Magu was arrested when Sahara reporters first reported it yesterday

I heard you don’t have sense. There must an iota of truth in that.

sayhi2bammy:
But wait oo......This man looks like one of these old actors in Nollywwod

You’re right! He’s an actor.

TheGodlessGod:
Exactly.. I noticed most of the inner street works he did are very sub standard.

As an upper guy, when ever it rains it flood from third junction downwards.

The only thing I was expecting(gelegele and industrial park), he abbadoned them

ALL the inner streets are substandard. Deceiving people with sweet speech.

I laugh when I see praises for Obaseki. That dimwit? Look at Adolor junction. Tomline is back to how it was pre oshiomhole. Once it rains, you’ve got to remain where you are.

Ordinary drainage, Obaseki finds it an uphill task to clear. God will not allow that man remain. I love my state and it’s regressing so fast.

Sammy07:
When he was the Acting President

The name of Justice Walter Onnoghen was also forwarded to the National Assembly as acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, less than 24 hours to the expiration of his three-month acting period, saving the country another constitutional controversy.

A presidential task force was set up to address the skyrocketing prices of foodstuff across the country, while seven bills passed by the National Assembly were signed into law. Four others were rejected.

Face-to-face talks were held with communities in the creeks of the oil-rich Niger Delta on how to stabilise the region, fix their infrastructure and ensure a hitch-free flow of crude to the international market.

Osinbajo has so far presided over five meetings of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), awarding contracts worth billions of naira, among others.

January 20: After the Davos summit

Osinbajo was attending the 2017 World Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland when Buhari travelled to London and he became acting president. On his return in January 20, he swung into action by having an engagement with service chiefs who briefed him on the situation in The Gambia at that time. He also received briefing from some members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC).

January 23: Unveiling 59 strategies for economic recovery

On January 23, Osinbajo presided over the Presidential Business Forum, during which 59 strategies for implementing the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) were unveiled. He later received the special envoy of President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti.

January 24: Micro enterprise clinic launched

On January 24, Osinbajo launched the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Clinics at the Old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa. He later proceeded to preside over a meeting of the Presidential Enabling Business Council.

January 25: Presided over his first FEC meeting

The acting president has so far presided over five weekly meetings of the Federal Executive Council since President Buhari left for the United Kingdom. The first was on January 25.

January 27: Met with the World Food Programme chief

On January 27, the acting president held a meeting with the executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Ms Ertharin Cousin.

January 30: Met with Senate Leader over budget

On January 30, Osinbajo had an audience with Senate Leader Ahmed Lawan over the 2017 Appropriation Bill.

January 31: Met with Ortom, Saraki, Dogara, Kogi APC

On January 31, he also received the governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom. He later met with Senate President Bukola Saraki and the House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara, over the economy and the 2017 budget.

A delegation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains from Kogi State visited him in the evening of January 31.

February 1: Inaugurated NPC commissioners

Shortly before presiding over the FEC meeting on February 1, during which the Presidential Task Force on Food Security, mandated to reduce prices of food items in the country, was constituted, Osinbajo had inaugurated five commissioners of the National Population Commission (NPC).

February 2: Met Saraki, Doagara again

The acting president again met with the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on February 2.

February 6: Economic Recovery Forum opened

On February 6, Osinbajo declared open, the Agenda for Consultative Forum on Economic Recovery and Growth Plan. He told the forum that the nation was in a very serious economic situation, but assured that the government remained committed to putting the economy on the path to sustainable growth.

Osinbajo assured the nation that President Buhari is hale and hearty and would return home as soon as he completed the necessary tests recommended by his doctors in the United Kingdom after his reported telephone conversation with the president.

February 7: Sent Onnoghen’s name for confirmation

The acting president, on February 7, sent the name of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, to the Senate for confirmation.

He later issued a statement assuring Nigerians that with the federal government’s complete focus on improving the economy, the current recession would soon be history. “We are committed to a continuous engagement with our people to explain government policies, receive advice and criticism,” he said.

Later in the day, the acting president met with the then outgoing Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko.

February 8: Met Kano Emir, as FEC approved N21bn roads contract

On February 8, Osinbajo chaired a meeting of the Federal Executive Council, which adopted measures to reduce prices of food items in the country. The meeting also resolved to restrict importation, from ECOWAS countries, of finished products that could be produced locally. That was in addition to the approval by the FEC, of N21 billion for the construction of the Ilorin-Omu Aran-Kabba Road, Section I.

Later in the day, the acting president held a closed-door meeting with the Emir of Kano and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi.

February 9: Met Oba of Lagos, Labour, CSOs, Asset Recovery Committee

On February 9, Osinbajo met with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and applauded them for joining the ongoing anti-corruption campaign in the country. He gave the commendation when leaders of the NLC and TUC visited him and jointly presented an 18-point demand to the federal government. He also received the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu.

Later in the evening, Osinbajo chaired a meeting of the Presidential Committee on Asset Recovery. The meeting was attended by the Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris, the director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura; the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu and the chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Ekpo Nta.

February 10: Visited the creeks in Bayelsa

Osinbajo headed for Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital on February 10 in continuation of his interactive engagements with oil-producing communities in the Niger Delta region.

February 13: Met Governor Wike in Rivers

Similarly, on February 13, the acting president was in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to meet stakeholders of the oil producing communities. During the meeting, he rolled out the framework for the clean-up exercise of Ogoni land.

February 15: FEC approved N126bn roads contracts, national health policy

The Federal Executive Council meeting he chaired on February 15 approved the award of N126 billion road projects spread across Kano, Bauchi, Adamawa, Kwara, Gombe, Enugu an Kaduna states. The council meeting also approved the National Draft Health Policy 2016.

February 16: Directed the CBN to review foreign exchange policy

On February 16, the acting president inaugurated the National Road Safety Advisory Council, mandated to advise the Federal Executive Council and the National Economic Council on how to improve road safety management in the country. He chairs the council.

He presided over the first National Economic Council meeting of the year on February 16. The meeting directed the CBN to review the foreign exchange policy. The meeting also resolved that fresh $250 million be injected into the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF). The CBN subsequently released about $500 million through the interbank market, where the 23 banks bought $371m.

The dollar crashed between N400 and N450 against the earlier N525.

The naira also gained against other currencies such as the Pound Sterling, which traded at 645 a day earlier but slipped to 610 while the Euro came down from N537 to N507 at the end of trading yesterday.

Also during the week, the CBN began moves to fund commercial banks with additional Forex to carter for school fees, medicals and personal travelling allowance (PTA) and business travel allowance (BTA) at a special rate.

February 17: Signed 7 bills into law

On February 17, the acting president signed seven bills into law. They were Oaths (Amendment) Act 2017; Defence Space Administration Act 2017; Veterinary Surgeons (Amendment) Act 2017; National Film and Video Censors Board (Amendment) Act 2017; Pension Rights of Judges (Amendment) Act 2017; Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (Establishment) Act 2017 and Mortgage Institutions (Amendment) Act 2016.

February 18: Attended Barrow’s inauguration in The Gambia

The only function Osinbajo had so far attended outside Nigeria as acting president was the inauguration of the new president of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, which took place in Banjul on February 18. The Presidency did not announce that Osinbajo was going for the inauguration; his aides only released the photographs of the event two days after.

February 19: No money earmarked for vice president’s residence

On February 19, Osinbajo said that no money was earmarked for the proposed new official residence of the vice president following reports that he budgeted N250 million for an iron gate to the proposed residence, which had been under construction since 2010 despite lingering economic crisis.

February 20: Met wheat and rice task force

Osinbajo, on February 20, presided over a meeting of the Presidential Task Force on Wheat and Rice. He assured that the nation would attain self-sufficiency in food security. The meeting was attended by the governors of Kano, Jigawa, Kebbi and Ebonyi states, as well as ministers of agriculture and finance.

Osinbajo could not make his proposed visit to Ondo State where he was expected to commission Governor Mimiko’s N1.5 billion event centre due to ‘bad weather’.

February 21: Adopted 60-day action plan for business

On February 21, he chaired an expanded meeting of the Presidential Enabling Business Council. The meeting, which was attended by Senate President Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara and other government officials, adopted a 60-day national action plan for business. Osinbajo asked the nation to expect changes in business visas, as well as seaports and airports.

February 22: Approved N32bn for Kaduna bypass

The Federal Executive Council meeting he chaired on February 22 approved N32 billion for the resuscitation and completion of the 50km dual carriage Kaduna eastern bypass highway. The Council also approved $39.9 for the construction of the Cameroon-Nigeria border link bridge at Ikot Efiem. The council also approved the Revised National Policy on Environment.

Osinbajo also withheld assent to four bills recently passed into law by the National Assembly.

He asked the House of Representatives for approval to borrow $500 million out of the $1 billion Eurobond from the International Capital Market (ICM). He said the $500 million would be used to fund the 2016 budget deficit.

After the FEC meeting, the acting president hosted the commander of the United States-Africa Command, General Thomas Waldhauster and the American ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington.

February 23: Met economic team, Saraki, Dogara over budget

On February 23, the acting president, at his Aguda House residence in Aso Rock Presidential Villa, presided over a meeting between the National Economic Management Team and the leadership of the National Assembly over the 2017 budget.

He summoned Inspector-General of Police Idris Ibrahim over the kidnap of two German archaeologists, Prof. Peter Breunig and Mr. Johannes Behringer in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

February 23: Unscheduled visit to Lagos airport

The acting president also paid an unscheduled visit to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, as part of the 60-day action plan for business reforms in the country. The visit took many airport workers by surprise. Osinbajo inspected facilities and interacted with airport officials.

February 24: Sacked 10 NCAA directors, met poultry farmers

Less than 24 hours after his unscheduled visit to Lagos airport, the federal government announced the sack of 10 directors of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Three new directors and a general manager were also appointed for the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).

He also met with representatives of the poultry farmers in the country. He said the government was planning urgent relief for poultry farmers in the country to save the industry from collapse.

Those in attendance were the comptroller-general of the Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Hali, CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele and Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun.

Well spelt out.

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Is Anselm the chairman of Apc in Edo? All these ones are mad.

Good riddance. Yeye Governor.

Before reading I already said H-medix in my mind and immediately I opened, I saw H-medix. Those people are criminals!

fistonme:
Exactly!! they say he is wake and see governor. you wake and see a project after a while you wake and you will not see the road again. He is so incapable that a lot of the road projects he awards he never supervise them from beginning to the end. He never even commission them, yet people will say he doesn't commission them because he likes to be silent in achieving. yeye dey smell

You dey mind all these idiots. The man is so inept, it’s appalling. He has to go!

xrayj:
U compare obaseki with Oshiomhole?
Obaseki works across the state from Benin to estako to ubiaja. How can u compare him to someone who was busy working only in his home town? The road oshiomhole refused to do for 8 years in ekpoma, obaseki did within his first two years. Obaseki do not select areas, every part of the state is benefitting from him. U can never compare him with oshiomhole's government! Oshiomhole that almost ruined the state owned university to build his own? Make una dey talk truth small!!!
I fear una!

Lmao. You’re a compound f00l.

uau:
U are talking thrash. This is the best governor that Edo state has ever produced. I am not from Edo state but I live there and support PDP. But I am fully in support of him. U talk of roads, it is uncountable. Ugbor-amagba, Irhirhi-ebo-sapele road, GRA etc.

Okay.

xrayj:
U are very biased!
Gosh!!!

Can you mention the GOOD roads Obaseki has done in Benin apart from TV road? Obaseki constructs a road today and in few days, you find they’ve collapsed. What a man!

handie:
Why on earth would a 'popular governor' be afraid of direct primaries? With the crisis in Edo APC, d only mode of election that can prevent a repeat of the Zamfara incident is a direct primary election. Why on earth is Obaseki afraid? He has d same access Ize-Iyamu and every other aspirant has to d party faithfuls. What is he jittery about? As an Edo man, truth be say Obaseki too Bleep up. Nobody knew him in Edo political circles prior to 2016. Oshiomole brought him in and practically ran his campaign for him. While I'm against godfatherism, there's what we call political patronage and Obaseki could have done that while still being his own man. But nah, he'd rather engage in an open fight with his predecessor and every party man. Imagine going as far as lobbying to have the NDDC appointment of the ex deputy governor revoked cause he is not from his camp. Would any of the so called progressive governors be happy if the Oshiomole treatment is meted to them by their successors who they almost singlehandedly installed? As for development, forget what u read online. I'm an Edo man and I can tell you for a fact that Obaseki hasn't done zilch apart from some civil service reforms and d repositioning of the primary and post primary education sectors. Infrastructurally, Obaseki is a non performer. How can anyone even be agitating for an indirect primary which is a cesspool of corruption as d few delegates selected can be easily influenced with state funds.

God bless you! You’ll live long. In terms of infrastructure, Edo state has regressed so bad. The only worthy road Obaseki has done in 4 frigging years is TV road. Can you imagine?

I know someone who travelled from Abuja to Enugu with a public transport. All these na wash.

They don’t sound like Nigerians. Maybe that is in line with the law in their country.

We no just get shame for this country.

GamalNasser:
Hmmm just yesterday I was saying to a friend that I suspect they will close a diamond bank in my estate and I was right , looks they are closing diamond bank branches in areas where they already had Access branches , Methinks Herbert Wigwe is just using COVID crunch as an excuse to ditch Diamond bank staff he inherited in the acquisition

Well, I’ve seen a lot of branches there that were originally AccessBank. This your assertion isn’t entirely correct sir.

Victorious1000:
Thought 5 have been discharged in Edo? Why still 15 cases?

Is NCDC a scam?

What school did you attend?

bigtt76:
So this means Coronavirus had been with us since January 2020 or what?

Even India as a Country had it’s first Covid19 case on the 30th of January. Obviously he contracted it here.

Mcreloaded:
So what's the new number of those infected?
As of this morning ncdc said 15 for Edo state and now that 5 inside the 15 have been discharged lets see if ncdc will reduce their rightly update.
Because every day we hear discharge from states especially Lagos state and yet the numbers of those affected does not reduce after doing plus and minus

What’re you yapping Mr man?

osazsky:
see capital mumu,una go just they Jo's they talk abt edo politics,have u seen me commenting on zamfara politics,, obasrki is d best govt we have had after ogbrmudia in 1979,go to our primary Schools go to various ministries,check our roads, and most especially our igr now goes to d govt cofers unlike d past foolish animal that was paying agberos,200m every month yet he couldnt pay pensions and salaries spit

You're disgrace! Apart from TV road/Plymouth road, mention one major road Obaseki has done in Benin. Road Kee you there! Ozuor!

How I wish Obaseki has something tangible in terms of achievement to make the masses back him up, it would have been understandable. Benin is a mess! If Obaseki does a second tenure, he would take Benin back to pre-Oshiomhole. Silly man