Garbage. Pure nonsense. I mean you gotto cite your reference. Seems like the information was just assumed. Not facts at all. Prove me wrong by citing your reference/s. By the way being a Nigerians millionaire is not a big deal. 10 million naira makes you a millionaire. Now the same 10 million naira is less than 65 thousand USD.

The National Assembly has put measures in place to ensure that its jumbo allowances are not slashed by the Executive.

Investigation by our correspondent revealed that the legislators had, through the amended 1999 Constitution, removed their budget from the Federal Government’s overheads and made it part of the annual statutory transfers that must be released directly to beneficiaries.

It was learnt that with this move, the National Assembly’s budget could not be altered even if the national budget must be cut to tackle the effects of an unexpected revenue shortfall as long as it had been signed into law by the President.

Other bodies receiving funds from statutory transfers include the Niger Delta Development Commission, Independent National Electoral Commission, National Judicial Council and Universal Basic Education Commission.

A top government official, who confirmed this, said it was clear that the Constitution was amended without public debate to guard against the kind of public outcry against legislators’ jumbo pay, which began in November 2010.

The source, who asked not to be named because of the sensitive nature of the matter, said, “Contrary to public view that the National Assembly has reviewed recurrent expenditure downward, the reduction is a make-believe, because of the transfer of the lawmakers’ budget, which used to be under the Federal Government overheads, to statutory transfers.

“Now, if the President signs the bill into law, if they (the legislators) decide that they want their entire allocation now, since it is under statutory transfers, they will get it. The implication also is that if the government can’t achieve its revenue target, and there is going to be any budget cut, the government will give them that money statutorily.”

According to the amended 1999 Constitution, Section 81 of the Principal Act is altered by substituting for the existing subsection (3), a new subsection “(3).”

The new subsection “(3)” states, “The amount standing to the credit of the (a) Independent National Electoral Commission (b) National Assembly and (c) Judiciary, in the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation shall be paid directly to the said bodies respectively. In the case of the Judiciary, such amount shall be paid to the National Judicial Council for disbursement to the heads of the courts established for the Federation and the states under Section 6 of this constitution.”

Before the amendment, the Constitution simply said, “Any amount standing to the credit of the Judiciary in the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation shall be paid directly to the National Judicial Council for disbursement to the heads of the courts established for the Federation and the states under section 6 of this Constitution.” No mention was made of the National Assembly.

However, another top government official close to the budget process said, “Recurrent expenditure is made up of four main items – statutory transfers, debt servicing, overheads and personnel costs. Items that go into statutory transfers are defined by the law and are usually formula-driven. They are prioritised and so you must allocate them first. You can’t reduce them.

“The National Assembly’s budget was formerly under personnel and overheads. Now that they (the legislators) have put their budget under statutory transfers, you can’t touch it. They (the legislators) have increased their allocation by N121bn. But because they have moved their budget to statutory transfers, the Executive cannot challenge it. When it was under overheads, if it was N100bn, for instance, the Executive could say, ‘no, you can only get N50bn.’”

However, a Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, said, though the amended Constitution provided that the legislators would no longer need to go through the Executive to access their funds, it did not mean that they would not account for the money spent.

He said, “The so-called statutory transfer is nothing new within the context of our constitution. What it means is that the National Assembly is now self-accounting. Under Section 85 of the Constitution, the Auditor-General shall audit all the accounts of all the departments of the government, including the National Assembly.”

With the addition of the National Assembly’s budget, statutory transfers have increased from about N183bn in the 2010 budget to N496.62bn in 2011.

Of the N496.62bn statutory transfers approved by the assembly, NDDC got N54.32bn; Judiciary, N95bn; UBEC, N62.38bn; INEC, N52.18bn; while the National Assembly got the largest share of N232.74bn.


http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201103234334115&sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d8a33064a1116c8%2C0

PDP na wao

sochan:

I have heard worse, but on the priority scale, this is way down.
[b]Let us start by fixing our raod network which is practically crumbling before us. The single most inportant road in the country (Benin-Ore) is a death trap.[/b]Like Aisha2 makes the point, the air-traffic simply isnt there, it will end up being a total waste. See whats happening in Delta state, the Phucking short-ugly-thief of a Governor cant even complete the damn thing.

Let us stop wasting money on silly projects. Oga Goddy you would have made better sense by establishing a Federal Hospital of Excellene in every state. Nigerians are dying of perfectly cureable ailments everyday, he is here talking about airport.

Sochan, this road was supposed to be fixed by an Edo PDP godfather by name Tony Anenih. The contract amount was 350 billion naira. He turned around and donated half of that amount to OBJ's campaign. He actually produced a proof of that donation to OBJ during some hearing. That's why that whole issue about that road was swept under the carpet. Point blank, GEJ would probably give the contract back to Anenih again, and the same circle of events will repeat itself. The bottom line is that no airports are gonna be built, no roads are gonna get fixed. Quality of life will continue to go south. To sum it up, VOTE BB

Johnpaul2k2:

GEJ/SAMBO ALL THE WAY
OUT OF ALL THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA, WHO SPENT 4,8,12 OR EVEN 16 YEARS IN OFFICE (INCLUDING BLACK BERRY).
GEJ (ONLY ONE YEAR) SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY PERSON!!!
THAT HAS VISION FOR NIGERIA
ISSUE OF FUEL SCARCITY IS THE THING OF THE PAST,
POWER SUPPLY HAS IMPROVED,
BUHARI WAS BUSY THEN,FIGHTING TO SECURE SHARIA IN THE COUNTRY
ABACHA,THAT ONE NA PROPER THIEF!!!
IBB,HISTORICAL JUNE 12,GOLF WAR ETC
AND ALL THE HAUSAS GOOD PERFORMANCE IN OFFICE ARE EQUALS TO GEJ ONE YEAR IN OFFICE
PATHETIC

@Johnpaul2k2
Nigga I aint seen light in 3 days. What power improvement are you talking about? where do you live? Obviously not in mainland lagos. You need to be on ground to see what we dey go thru for 9ja before you runoff your mouth. Do yourself a fovor and vote BB

Folks we are in trouble. LMAO

@Loveking

Why you no just give them 1000 naira and go about your business? You were probably quoting your American /Western nation rights to a Nigerian wretched and underpaid police officer.    You suppose realize say 9ja no be Yanky. Over here in 9ja we just pay dem so that they can leave us the f-uck alone.  It is so unfortunate that the system is so messed up. I have been living here for 2 years now (after living in the US since 1991), and I fought issues like this all this whlie. I have given up, and I am now part of the system (trust me you no fit change the system. You can only join or move back to yanky or wherever you come from.

Nigerian police officers are underpaid, and as a consiquence of that, we the innocent citizens are bound to make up the underpayment. That's why we are constantly extorted. You are lucky they did not whip your backside sef. In most cases they would brutalize you, and nothing will happen. They are very indisciplined and uneducated.

OK here is a picture of a 9ja police officer on duty (hillarious as hell, but sad). I hope this makes you laugh (Mind you he is on duty sipping on some Star Lagar beer and smoking on a cig)

"while Muhammadu Buhari was described as having “showed principled positions on anti-corruption and electoral issues” in the 2007 elections. " Even foreign diplomats are able to see this about this man. I wonder why despite what PDP has done to us in the last 12 years, my fellow Nigerians are still going for a PDP figure head (GEJ). GEJ has not done anything beside pegging fuel price @ 65 naira / litre since he's been in power.

Folks we need Buhari in the house to clean up this mess. Sorry for going off point on this tread.

Abeg how do you bold stuff you want to reply to?

@Lagcity

It depends on how old you were when you obtained your first degree. Sky is the limit if at the time of your graduation you were less than 30 years old. For instance, if your current age is 60 years old, and at the time you graduated with your first degree, you were not up to 30 years, then you must do the NYSC. However, if you were >=30 at the time of your graduation, then you are exempt

I am currently doing my NYSC in Lagos. I was born in Tuskegee Al to both 9ja parents, I have a Nigerian passport. "YES AS A FOREIGN GRAD, YOU CHOOSE YOUR STATE TO SERVE IN" (UNFORTUNATELY). I am currently doing Batch B, I went to Abuja with my credential, so I believe that you must go to Abuja to present your credentials. The whole stuff is so easy, do not go out there spending your dough on something you can easily take care of yourself. Depending on your age, you might have lots of fun in camp. I am a little bit older, so I did not stay in camp ,I tipped my way outta camp  . Good luck

Yall kill me with this term "MAN OF GOD". I guess the rest of us are men of the devil. To me the men of God are the people that actually make a significant impact in our society. I mean people that take care of the motherless babies, etc. Not people that fly around in their jumbo planes, live in mansions, got house in all the continents, and Launder 30 million plus dollars that the downthroden donated. You go to these churches you see all the Okada riders give all the money he worked hard for all week to this so called Man OF GOD. Yeah, I got your man of God.

@Udezue,

nwanne abugi m Jason123. My screen name bu Jason2010. I believe you are mistaken me for Jason123. Either way make sure you vote mentally by voting Buhari. Maybe you need to come back home and stay here for 3 months so you will understand what I mean by PDP mess.

@Udezue,

Nwanne there was absolutely nothing tribal about me suggesting Buhari. I be pure Aba boy, and ano m on ground in 9ja nwanne. Nna GEJ agaghi a savu 9ja from our mess. Mind you, Buhari/Idiagbon regime wasn't bad at all if you can remember. If you were not around then, Ju ndi be unu di older in age that were around then. I really don't blame una wey dey diaspora (as your location "downsouth" suggest (GA, TX, LA, FL etc)), because una no know wetin dey happen for 9ja. Na we dey suffer this PDP 12 years mess. Una just sidon for laptop dey assume and type. I am not trying to offend you neither abeg. But please screw the sentimental sh-t and plug the hole with Buhari

This is one heck of an alliance Buhari/Bakare (classic alliance to be precise). However, how da heck are they gonna sell this to the average south south and Igbo man that hasn't had the opportunity to see one of their's run this country.

Regardless I am voting Buhari all the way, because I believe that he is the one that will go retroactive on all the corrupt politicians including OBJ and IBB. To hell with the GEJ's "lets move forward and forget the past" sh-t. We definitely need someone that can go back and probe these corrupt folks, and I believe that Buhari or Ribadu can effectively do that. I know people do not expect GEJ to probe his father (OBJ) or even proba anybody that has anything to do with PDP. Here is an example why I do not trust GEJ, Check this link out http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8303381/WikiLeaks-cables-Nigeria-pressured-UK-to-drop-charges-against-politician.html. For Chris/Allah sake they are not going to minimize corruption, it is simply going to be business as usual. That means that IBB and a lot of folks are gonna go free.

BUT I foresee non yorubas and non Housas playing the tribal cards on this one. I wish we can look pass this tribal sh-t and vote these men in? Vote mentally and not sentimentally

Great team. Go get PDP guys

@tensor777
Well she definitely needs something speech related. She just don't sound right. She sounds a hot mess

Can somebody say, "SPEECH TUTOR"

"In character and temperament, the typical African of this race-type is a happy, thriftless, excitable person. Lacking in self control, discipline, and foresight. Naturally courageous, and naturally courteous and polite, full of personal vanity, with little sense of veracity, fond of music and loving weapons as an oriental loves jewellery. His thoughts are concentrated on the events and feelings of the moment, and he suffers little from the apprehension for the future, or grief for the past. His mind is far nearer to the animal world than that of the European or Asiatic, and exhibits something of the animals’ placidity and want of desire to rise beyond the State he has reached. Through the ages the African appears to have evolved no organized religious creed, and though some tribes appear to believe in a deity, the religious sense seldom rises above pantheistic animalism and seems more often to take the form of a vague dread of the supernatural"


“He lacks the power of organization, and is conspicuously deficient in the management and control alike of men or business. He loves the display of power, but fails to realize its responsibility , he will work hard with a less incentive than most races. He has the courage of the fighting animal, an instinct rather than a moral virtue, In brief, the virtues and defects of this race-type are those of attractive children, whose confidence when it is won is given ungrudgingly as to an older and wiser superior and without envy, Perhaps the two traits which have impressed me as those most characteristic of the African native are his lack of apprehension and his lack of ability to visualize the future."

---Lord Frederick John Dealty Lugard, The Dual Mandate, pg.70 (1926)"

http://ournaija..com/2008/07/what-lord-lugards-thought-about-nigeria.html

One thing for certain is that if Buhari wins, the following people will spend the rest of thier lives in jail. Babangida, Obasanjo, Abdusalami, and the rest of the Kaduna Mafia. Buhari is governed by intergrity, make una no forget war against indiscipline

Here is some background info: Her child is 4 years old, she is 24, and I am 30. I knew that she has a child all along, but we are getting really serious these days and the family pressure is on (on me). The dude that knocked her up simply bounced because her child turned out to be a female ( He never came back, not even a mere phone call).
I know in the US, where I lived for over 15 years, stuff like this flies easily, but here in 9ja, society still frowns on that.

Thus, if you were in my shoes, what will you do?

How would anybody in their right mind vote for this dude that has been wasting our resources paying US lecturers in his university $1m per month. Please yall should not vote for this dude if he makes it out of the primaries, he does not know the value of money. I say Ribadu all the way if Jonathan does not make it. I know a lot of people will be hangind in jail upside down if Ribadu makes it

@Ozin, I appreciate the response. My post did not say or imply that General Abdusalami is contesting. I was merely pointing out a few politicians that Buhari and Ribadu my throw in jail if they (Buhari and Ribadu) are elected

Guys, here is a question, who would you vote for and why between the following candidates; Ribadu, Atiku, IBB, Jonathan, Buhari? For me, I say Buhari or Ribadu because I know that Generals IBB and Abubakar Abdusalami would be in jail with the key thrown into the atlantic if any of those two guys are elected. Just some straigth foward simply answers

Nigerian

Why does she act like she cares so much about 9Gria. The other day she was saying the we should buy made in 9gria items to show our patriotism, and yet a pic of her in england, shopping for shoes shows up on the internet. Now she want to discontinue the use of the term 9ja, acting like she really cares. Her daughter is also married to an American caucasian dude. She needs to just relax, shut up and chop her money, and dont say jack if she really dont have anything to say that makes sense

You gotto screw him right ladies. As harsh and blunt as that sounds, it is the hard coded truth. All that mopping, cleaning, and cooking aint gonna cut it. If you aint letting him lay the pipe right, he will keep chasing skirt out there. point blank

@Sulad82i, you aint never lied. I totally agree with you. I personally think that he is the best president that we have ever had in nigeria. At least I can use mobile phone. He is still a bush me, with his statement such as " I dey Kampe". lol

I didn't regret moving abroad in 1991, and I don't regret moving back to 9ja in 2009. As a matter of fact, my living in the USA enabled me to see the various opportunities here in 9ja. However though, 9ja is still a sh-t hole, quality of life is extremely low. For instance I had to travel 30 minutes to go get my work out on in Festac this morning, NEPA hasn't given me electricity since 3 days. But I gotto say this, all you folks in diaspora need to come back, yall aint never gonna regrete it. Word up

A hotter mess. lmbao.

LOL. I am sorry yall, I had to laugh at this one after posting. They look a hot mess.

Policemen In Show Of Shame In Lagos

POLICEMEN are out in every society to keep the peace, and maintain law and order.

But the story was different in Lagos yesterday, as three policemen engaged in a brawl at Ajegunle, along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, endangering the lives of hundreds of road users with their AK 47 rifles held carelessly as they exchanged blows.

People were seen scampering for safety, and nobody could tell what caused the fight, which got so messy that the policemen wrestled and dragged themselves on the ground.

The fight caused a heavy traffic build up that lasted for hours on both sides of the road.

The three fighters are corporals serving in the elite Mobile Police Force.

Some motorists and hawkers, who could have intervened, were afraid of the guns they were wielding while the fight was going on.

One of them said: “We don’t really know the cause of the fight. We just saw them fighting. Some of us tried to move in to know the cause of the fight but because of the way they they were holding their guns while still fighting, we were afraid of a case of accidental discharge.

“It would have been better if they had handled the matter more maturely than to engage in a street fight.”

http://www.compassnewspaper.com/NG/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69757%3Apolicemen-in-show-of-shame-in-lagos&catid=43%3Anews&Itemid=799