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takenadoh:
Who brought this thread to FP, this isn't a comparison but a very biased write up against Peter OBi by an Obiano supporter.
very unfair

it was written by james eze SSA to Obiano on media. The most annoying thing is that the sycophant is from enugu.

[quote author=hadizadeezy post=58706761]Abia?? thought this guy is from One of the calabar speaking state......he's from anambra state, uli precisely.

Rubbish... You know how many goals he has scored against English teams?? How many has he scored against chelsea and liverpool and can you also mention one big club in europe rondaldo has not scored.... Believe it not, ronaldo has scored more goals than messi in head to head(playing eachother)

Facts: messi is yet to score for the 5 past(consecutive) el-classico matches........ Ronaldo has 15 el-classico goals since he joined madrid(2009). Whiles messi scored 13 el-classico since ronaldo joined madrid(2009).............. Messi is el-classico top scorer with 21 while ronaldo scored must el-classico consecutive goals with 6 goals.

[quote author=prodigyhenry post=51569702]I think messi will considering the fact that he has a better el classico head to head record over ronaldo. It might interest you to know that messi is yet to score for 5 past(consecutive) el-classico matches

[quote author=Rayfield post=51536895]Oh Merciless Messi, don't have mercy on this one because at this point in time they don't deserve your mercy
Messi anyday, anytime, anywhere!!! It might interest you to know that messi is yet to score for the past 5 el-classico matches.

ishiamu:
Ndi igbo everywhr, successful peeps... not those tiger claws niggas

he's the second son of my town king (ogbunike in oyi local government area of anambra state) igwe ositadimma umeyiliora the longest serving king in anambra state

jonhemma11:
As shared by Ifeanyi....

'Latest Update...

Pictures of Obiano boarding Arik Air from Enugu to Abuja... Not a Private Jet as alleged by Valentine Obienyem and his boys.

Someone said my first picture is the governor's office... No no no! Flag with Yellow Colour is that of FAAN, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria.

Even though governor Obiano is free to take Private Jets when the need arises, I am aware that the few times he has done so were when there was no commercial flights and there were pressing needs to fly.

But as you can see, Gov Obiano is not in any Private Jet today, he booked Arik, waited for Arik and now boarded Arik...

Have a safe flight Willingly Working Willie'



Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/11/governor-obiano-spotted-boarding.html

ifeanyi aniagoh is that you?

drizslim:
Nnewi Obodo Ike Meanwhile

You will never know that you are a fine boy until you are caught stealing in the market. Everybody passing by the way will be like...chai! This fine boy

funny but true

domido:
2008,did fasting and prayer when I was writing my WAEC. No I didn't fast for the waec but for the match. That time Liverpool was flogging Chelsea in the champions league ooo. But After that, Chelsea never lost to Liverpool.
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Also in 2012 when Chelsea beat Barcelona in 2012 I celebrated all through the night forgetting I had exam the next day. The next day as God wan punish me I was put in front of the supervisor and that was my toughest paper. The supervisor didn't leave ooo. In fact, she took a seat and was just watching me. I was like my own don finish today.

like seriously, chelsea vs barca in ucf final? Chelsea is yet to play against barca in ucf final.

DaniDani:
Your own crazy thing no get comparison. imagine staking a 30 days salary believing that arsenal, under Arsene Wenger (a specialist in failure) will win AS Monaco. Nawao, your craziness is akin to that of zombies who voted for NEPA certificate Buhari and expected him to perform like Obama.

but arsenal won the match by 2 goals to nil. Thats betting for you. Its either you win or loss.

The Law Making Process A Law begins life as a Bill. A Bill is a proposed Law. It can emanate from the Presidency, in which case it is an Executive Bill. Or it can emanate from a member of NASS, in which case it is a Private Member Bill. A Bill is read for the First Time (to inform members of its formal arrival), and then at a subsequent sitting its general principles are debated and, if members think it worthy, the Bill is read a Second Time and sent to the relevant Legislative Committee for further work. The Committee organizes a public hearing where the public is invited to contribute. Inputs are collated in a report which the committee brings back to the larger house. The larger house goes through the report, line by line, debating and voting on each one. Then the Bill is read a Third Time and passed. Because we have a bi- cameral legislature, this process has to happen twice in both chambers, separately. Then a Harmonization Committee, comprising members of both chambers, is set up to reconcile any differences between the versions passed by the two chambers. The harmonized bill goes back to both chambers for a formal assent before it is sent to the President for his assent. If he gives it, the Bill becomes Law. If he doesn’t, it remains a Bill, unless NASS chooses to override the President’s veto by passing the Bill by a two-thirds majority. Please note, whether Executive or Private Member, a Bill must go through this process to become Law. The Budget The Budget is a Law. It is a Law detailing the Government’s spending plans for the year. So, like any other Law, it too begins life as a Bill. However, unlike any other Bill, It is always an Executive Bill, because it is the constitutional responsibility of the Executive to prepare the Budget. But it must be sent to NASS, like any other Bill, and it must be passed by NASS, like any other Bill, before the Government can spend a kobo out of it. The Budget goes through the exact same legislative process described above, the only real difference being that when it is committed to the relevant legislative committees, the general public is not invited to make contributions. Instead, the relevant MDA is invited to come and justify its budgetary provision. That the Legislature can re-write any Bill before it is not really in contention, but it is argued that the Budget is a special type of Bill, and so the Legislature can only agree or disagree with its provisions, but should not re-write any of them as this would amount to the Legislature making the Budget, which is the constitutional responsibility of the Executive. These are conflicting interpretations of the Law which can only really be settled by a court of law. The Origin of Constituency Projects Till then, politics and governance must go on. So, in the early days of the 4th Republic, the Legislature argued that considering the over-centralized nature of the Nigerian government, whereby a little village in a little known local government in a scarcely noticed State will spend years waiting for the Federal Government to notice that it has no light and include this in its almighty budget, the fastest way to bring development to the grassroots was to allow legislators – who come from all over the country, and are in touch with these villages and LGAs all over the country – to introduce projects into the budget directly from the grassroots. The argument carried, and became the genesis of Constituency Projects. How It Works Even though the Executive conceded this to the Legislature, they worked out controls between themselves. So, one, the Executive caps the total amount the Legislature can insert as constituency projects. It is an amount that is factored in when the Budget is being prepared, after discussions with the Legislature. Two, the Executive is still responsible for the execution of these constituency projects. So, it is not that the legislators are given the money to go and do the projects, no, they put it in the budget and hand the budget over to the Executive to execute. Three, whether or not a constituency project is executed still depends on the Executive’s priorities and the amount of cash actually available to it in the budget year. In effect, a legislator who really wants a constituency project of his/hers executed must get up, go down to the relevant MDA and stubbornly chase the file. Things are further complicated by the fact that projects can span several budgetary years, and that all 469 legislators are out there doing the same thing. This, in fact, puts a lot of leverage in the hands of the budget-holder in the relevant MDA. This is where a legislator’s personal political clout can make a difference in how quickly he/she is able to get a project from paper to reality. How The Process Can Be Abused Of course, a situation where 469 people are able to separately develop micro-developmental projects and include them in the budget can make centralized economic planning problematic. But it only, in fact, adds another layer of complexity to what already is, seeing as the F.G must co-ordinate with the 36 states and 774 LGs to achieve its economic plans. This is a problem that can be easily surmounted with proper co-ordination by the Party in power across all levels and branches of government. So, the real danger for abuse of constituency projects is not in the concept itself really, but (as is all too common in Nigeria) in its execution. Quickly, 3 common points of abuse: 1. Where the lawmaker just dreams up a project that has no bearing on the needs of the generality of his people, e.g if he/ she goes and buys farm land in some village and uses his/her office as a lawmaker to get the F.G to build a road that goes to that farm, and that is the only purpose that road serves; 2. Where the lawmaker puts a project in the budget and then colludes with officers in the relevant MDA to get the project awarded to a firm he/she owns. (Note: as part and parcel of modern Nigerian politics, which heavily involves politicians brokering special access to public resources for their direct constituents, lawmakers routinely lobby MDAs for the privilege of nominating contractors to execute projects, as a way of creating employment for their constituents. As with everything else in life, some lawmakers use this opportunity for their own direct self-enrichment, while others use it in a genuine attempt to help others.) 3. Where the lawmaker puts a project in the budget, allows the executing MDA to choose its contractor itself, but then goes behind and attempts to shake down the contractor by insisting that since the projector is ‘his/her own’, the contractor must ‘settle’ him/her before executing the project. A really unscrupulous legislator could even threaten to ‘mobilize boys’ to disrupt the execution of a project if the contractor refuses to pay up. In every case, however, abuse requires, at the very best, that the relevant MDA turn a blind eye to what is happening on site. In other words, the MDA in charge of execution holds the trump card always. Back to Abdulmumunin Jibrin So, he mischievously used the term ‘budget padding’ to refer to the insertion of constituency projects in the budget by law makers. This is NOT budget padding. Budget padding is when an item that costs N100 is inserted into the budget at N150. He knows this. Not when a lawmakers inserts a line item requiring the construction of a Film Village in his constituency to create jobs for his constituents. But I believe he chose the term ‘budget padding’ because it is scandalous, it would get the attention of a President like Buhari, and would also get our energetic army of social activists talking. His Real Grouse I am not sure. I have not spoken with him. But having seen some of the ‘evidence’ he has released I can make an educated guess. I think he is annoyed that he got a lot of heat from his colleagues for inserting a certain amount of projects into the budget, while those he knows inserted a lot more got no heat at all. This is how it works. One of the reasons why being a leader in the National Assembly (i.e Senate President, Speaker, Majority Leader, Whip etc), or being Chairman of the all- powerful Appropriation Committee (which Jibrin, as direct payback for his vigorous support of Dogara during the Speakership tussle, was), is so lucrative is that you are high up in the pecking order. So, when NASS gets its budget for constituency projects, for instance, you can channel a big portion of it to projects in your own constituency. The lower down you are, with the first-time green-horn legislator at the lowest, the less consideration you get. So, Jibrin’s documents show the top dogs requesting the citing of the lion’s share of projects in their constituencies. But this is not evidence of a crime; this is evidence of an internal pecking order. His Real Crime – Stepping On Toes Not in the righteous, anti-corruption way he’s trying to project now, no. As Chairman Appropriation, the Committee that compiles the reports of the various Committees on the Budget into one consolidated report, you have to deal with a LOT of requests from colleagues, all desperately wanting one project or the other included in that final version of the budget you will present to the larger house. How you handle this deluge will make or mar you as an Appropriation Committee Chairman. From the way Jibrin interacted with Okonjo-Iweala, in that famous exchange of theirs years ago, I can make an educated guess as to his tactfulness and diplomatic ability. I think his people-management skills let him down and led to his eventual removal as Chairman. And unable to take it lying down, he kicked up a storm. Did Any Budget Padding ACTUALLY Take Place? I hope so. To justify all this time we have spent talking about it. I hope so. Because budget padding happens, and it’s the sort of crime that has to be coordinated across both arms of government to work, so really shining a light on it would be shining a light on a true systemic rot. But, honestly, what is happening now is looking like the old familiar scene, where a temporarily disgruntled politician borrows the language and, therefore, energy of social activists to fight his rofo-rofo right, not to change the status-quo in the end, but to change his/her current position within it. Sadly, with the Senate already in crisis, it’s looking like Change will have to wait till 2019, to re-apply to the Nigerian people for consideration.

[quote author=Iszboy post=43423366](2017 - 2019) That is from now till when they leave power.guy ur name na israel?

Largas:
Now APGA has one state governor and a house of rep member.

Good one.

not true. apga has more than 1 member of house of rep. i.e barrister gabriel onyemweife of apga represents oyi/ayamelum federal house of rep and one other apga member from taraba state

PRYCE:
The Cable....! Shamelessly Pro-APC

Wait oo, This guy might just be the youngest democratically elected governor yet... Arguably Of course!

donald duke of cross river became governor at age of 38 and chimaroke nnamani of enugu also became governor at age of 40

what about donald duke(former governor of cross river and also the yougest governor nigeria has produced), i thought he became governor at age of 38...does that mean he didnt pass through 6.3.3.4 system?

Hi friends. Pls help a nairalander...I won bet online, nairabet precisely. I paid out 2 days, but am yet to get alert...Called a customer care but it wasnt explicit.

Abu Mikey:
Spanish got nothing to boast of except playesrs from Barca,Madrid and Athletico abi?
What about Bilbao flogging then Champions of England Home and Away?

the same way liverpool raped real madrid and barcelona. The same way chelsea used to rape barcelona and valencia. The same way arsenal raped real madrid and villareal. The same way swansea raped valencia. The same way man u raped real sociedad. So which one is better?

Have you guys forgotten so soon that kelvin prince boateng has retired from international duty? which automatically disqualify him from the award. Have you also forgotten that in 2008 abou treka of egypt correct me if am wrong in the spelling,won AFCON,CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE,EGYPTIAN LEAGUE AND SEMI-FINALT in WORLD CLUB CUP, bt adebayor who didnt win any trophy won the award? have you also forgotten that in 2010 samuel eto' fills won UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE,WORLD CLUB CUP,ITALIAN SERIAL A and ITALIAN SUPER CUP, but drogba who only won premierleague nd fa cup won the award? have you also forgotten that in 2012, drogba won UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE and F.A Cup single handedle,but yaya toure who only won premier league won the award? for those of you saying that mikel derserves the award cus he won EUROPA LEAGUE and AFCON,dont also forget that moses outshined mikel in AFCON and EUROPA LEAGUE and also musa won RUSSIAN LEAGUE,RUSSIAN F.A Cup,AFCON,RUSSIAN SUPER CUP. Although the award is by voting, but your perfomrance matters which we all knows that yaya toure performs better than mikel this year be it club or international.

fr3do: My mom was once a principal in his community's secondary school.

who ask you....... nwa teacher

Lilimax: How many of una wey dey make mouth here fit join army? Americans prides themselves in joining there Marines at an early age. I think Nigerians should emulate them so as to strengthen our military.

make u start first.

Tolexander: UNIZIK thank your star that OAU that use to be 2nd to none in Nigeria wasn't in the competition.
Honestly, you will be celebrating like Burkina Faso in the last edition of the nations' cup football tournament.

see wetin awolowo(founder of tribalism) afo nsi cause. i knw say anybody wey graduated 4rm dat skul go b lyk dia fada ike nsi. i rep UNIBEN

CFCfan: I thought Obama ran away because of university scholarship

someone should pls hurry up and get a rope before he escapes from zoo again. he is one of them, KENYAPITHEKUS

somieee: sobbing badly..............started making plans with mine already....guess every disappointed is a blessing

I.M.T

Gaiden k: I am igbo and a Biafran sympathizer,but i have become ashamed at the rantings of massob.

impostor

zambian league runs from february to november which is not even up to 1 calendar year

i wish you guys goodluck not obj. oyo 4 una