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wawaboy1:
SEE THEM LAUGHING LIKE SAY NIGERIA NO GET PROBLEM

TheFreeOne:
Abeg who get sheriff and justice okon abang phone number

From Tony Osauzo
Benin Crown Prince and Edaiken N’ Uselu, Eheneden Erediauwa, has urged the newly posted Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 5, Mr. Adeyinka Kolawole Shodipo to provide a level playing field for all political parties in the forthcoming election in the state.

He made the call while playing host to the AIG Zone 5 in his palace at Uselu, Benin City, yesterday.

The Crown Prince said he was pleased that the AIG made the remarks in his welcome address that he was going to provide a level playing ground for all candidates in the state in the election.

He said from the rumour making the rounds that there is going to be mayhem during the election, he should endeavour to put machinery on ground to forestall such occurrence.

He said, from the angle of the palace, they are praying earnestly to God and their ancestors to let peace and tranquility reign before, during and after the election in the state.

Earlier, the AIG Zone 5, Mr. Adeyinka Shodipo said he was in his palace to solicit his blessings and cooperation to succeed in the state.
He assured the Crown Prince that he would provide a level playing ground for all candidates before, during and after the election.

In a similar vein, the AIG who also had an interactive session with the traditional rulers, representatives of the various vigilance groups in the state, thanked them for providing useful information to the law enforcement agencies that have helped in the reduction of crime in the state.

He said the importance of community policing cannot be overemphasised, adding that while doing it, they should know that they have no right to make an arrest or detain any offender but to report such to the police for proper action.
He assured the vigilance groups of maximum cooperation to succeed in their community as they assist the police.

Ize-Iyamu has integrity, vision -Shekarau

People’s Democratic Party (PDP’s) candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has been described as a man with integrity, determination, vision and commitment to excellence.
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Former Minister for Education and two-term governor of Kano State, Alhaji Ibrahim Shekarau, stated this while addressing supporters of the party at a Campaign Fund-raising dinner for Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu at the Royal Chinese Restaurant in Benin City.

Flanked by former minister for works, Mr Mike Onolememen, Shekarau said that he has no doubt that Edo as a state and a people were in for better days if on September 10, 2016, they elect Ize-Iyamu as governor.
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Cautioning that elections in Nigeria have moved beyond sharing money to buy peoples’ conscience, he said:”I want to assure the people of Edo State that they have a man of dedication, a man of commitment, a man of business, a man of determination and a man of vision in Pastor Ize-Iyamu.

“By some coincidence, the same devilish act of the APC by people who were sleeping on their beds when we did the dirty job of forming the APC, both of us are no longer in APC and are in the right place, PDP”, Shekarau said.

‎He recalled how he led a 21-member team of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) along with a 21-member team from the Action Congress of Nigeria, (ACN) led by Chief Tom Ikimi with Ize-Iyamu on board with Garba Dadi leading the 21-member team from the CPC to form the APC.
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He said the APC ran into crisis after the Caretaker National chairman, Mr Olabisi Akande went ahead with the idea of creating a national leader for the party as well as giving the leadership of the party in the states to the five erstwhile PDP governors who joined the PDP whereas there was no such provision in the Constitution.‎”

We thank God that we are today not part of that mess called APC. We are by the day being vindicated and by the grace of God, by the time Ize-Iyamu becomes the governor of Edo State, we will be further vindicated”‎, he said.

Let good work continue, Oyegun tells Edo communities

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has appealed to the people of Jagbe in Agbede community, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, to allow the good work of Governor Adams Oshiomhole to continue by voting for the APC candidate, Mr. Godwin Obaseki.
He described Obaseki as the pillar of the Governor Oshiomhole administration.

Chief Oyegun was speaking at the palace of the Odionwere and Clan Head of Jagbe, HRH Ferdinand Etakhine, when Governor Oshiomhole led the APC campaign train comprising the state Chairman, Barrister. Anselm Ojezua, and other party leaders in a visit to the royal father to present the party’s standard bearer, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and his running mate, Hon. Philip Shaibu, for his prayers and blessings.

According to the APC National Chairman, the decision to be in Jagbe community was to give people all over the state a sense of belonging that APC is a party for everybody and not a cabal who see some communities as superior over others.

He assured the people of the area that Godwin Obaseki would complete the Jagbe-Agbede road, which was abandoned by the PDP-led Federal Government, when he assumes office as the next governor of the state due to the economic value of the road in accessing various farms.

He also assured that the Magistrate Court in the area will be opened in the not-too-distant future to give the people quick access to justice.

Chief Oyegun, a former governor of Edo State, also joined the APC campaign train to the palace of HRH, Oba Danesi II – the Aidonogie of South Ibie, where he expressed gratitude to the monarch for his endorsement and support for the candidacy of Godwin Obaseki.

He maintained that the APC in Edo State has shown that governance can be sweet and more meaningful than the PDP era of leaking roof in schools and lack of portable water in communities.

While assuring them that a vote for Obaseki will be a vote for development, Oyegun said: “Edo State suffered so much mismanagement under the PDP. What we need is a responsible government that will sustain the on-going development projects of the current administration and actualise the industrialization, youth employment and women empowerment agenda that will lead to a prosperous and sustainable future for all Edo people.”

IllegalMoney:
Mumu Police

Aufbauh:
To him that the gods what to destroy he first made him crazy. ... That is the storyline of the PDP

JingoOAU:
I don't expect wailers to believe this since its coming from The Nation Newspaper

Noneroone:
Obviously not only you

buhari and most of his ministers were born by mistake

ANBAKO:
But Fayose must know that he is also one of the manager - a wrong and corrupt one!!!!

Chigold101:
I wonder when this incompetent people will start working. They spend all their time in Aso Rock given reasons why they are failing. It is a very big pity that Nigerians voted in men who have no knowledge of where they want to take Nigeria to into Aso Rock.

Buhari is a millennial failure already. A failure is any person who fails in keeping up expectations and promises.

If this government has channeled all the energy they expend in excuses and accusations into the economy, Nigeria would have been out of this wood long time ago.

tufia for this Bubu government.

Failed men in power.

The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has described his foray into politics as “accidental.”
Odigie-Oyegun, who clocked 77 last Friday, said this while speaking in Abuja, weekend.

He said he was tactically co-opted into politics by his late friend who was a general in the military.

He said: “I visited a friend in Ikoyi Hotel, the late General Liene. He said he had a meeting in his house in Benin, but he was in Lagos then and he asked me if I could attend (meeting). I said no. But he told me that, ‘we just want to borrow from your wisdom and benefit from any advice you want to give us.’ So, as his friend, I said okay. So, I went to this meeting. It was held behind his house, not knowing that he had set the big trap for me.

“They were setting up committees. I spoke once or twice on the setting up of committees. They ended up saying that Chief Oyegun would be a member of that committee. In spite of all protests, I finally settled down.

“But I said I would be a back bencher by interacting with them and giving advice. I would assist with the best of my ability. I was in politics, but not in elective politics at that stage. I was contented to be a back bencher. I didn’t want anything at all. We started during the early IBB days when all associations were established.”

The APC national chairman recalled that he became an aspirant during the period after his rejection of another aspirant who was being sponsored by the opposition.
Odigie-Oyegun, who served from January 1992 to November 1993 as civilian governor of Edo State on the SDP platform before he was removed from office after General Sani Abacha seized power, said the high-point of his political career was reached when his election was annulled.
He said that he knew the election would be annulled because he recalled that a member of the tribunal from Borno State visited him twice.

“Of course, those days, we didn’t think of giving bribe. I didn’t know if that was what went wrong. He came a second time and he started saying: ‘Well, look, whatever way this thing goes, we are sure even if the election would be held again, you will beat Lucky Igbinedion hands down, no fear about that. Whatever may happen, just take it and face it.’ I said: ‘haha! What is going to happen? I put two and two together. I said it was clear that the election would be annulled. It was annulled. But that was why I think that episode as one of my finest moments because the entire country converged and described it very revolting and unacceptable.

The chairman of that tribunal had to be smuggled out of Benin. He was virtually rejected by members of his family. So, it was pleasant. The whole state rose up like one man.”
“IBB was in East Africa then. The situation was so charged that he had to cut short his tour. I got my election back. I was reinstated. The rest, as they say, is history.”

Meanwhile, Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said Nigerians are suffering under the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Muhammadu Buhari because “the country is in the hands of wrong managers, who do not know what to do.”

•Nigerians are suffering because Buhari has run country aground —Fayose

APPARENTLY worried by the upsurge in the criticism of the perceived inaction of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidency, on Sunday, maintained he was a victim of tyranny of high expectations.

In a statement made available to the media, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, outlined the achievements of the president in office so far, assuring that he was working, adding that the promised change would take time to manifest.

“It bears repeating that president is a different kind of leader, who just happens to be a victim of the tyranny of high expectations. He brought positive intention, commitment, honesty and personal integrity into governance. This is why the country’s poor hold him so dear; this is why the world is in love with him,” he said.

Entitled ‘In defense of President Buhari’, the statement observed: “The last couple of weeks had witnessed the heaviest public criticism of the Buhari-led administration since he came to power after inflicting a heavy defeat on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Dr Goodluck Jonathan. Much of it had been on account of unresolved social and economic problems facing the country.

“Unfair criticism of the Buhari-led administration, especially on account of escalating prices of foodstuff and the liberalisation of the currency exchange needs to be challenged before it overshadows the commendable job the president had done in fighting terrorism, as part of overall efforts to secure the country, reducing corruption and yes, arresting the economic slide before it sinks the the nation.”

The presidential spokesman regretted that criticisms had taken the shine off Buhari administration’s efforts, noting “Boko Haram terrorist leader, Shekau or the pipeline vandal from the Delta region is more likely to make newspapers’ frontpages today than the Minister of Labour, Governor Emeka Ngige or the Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun talking about jobs creation in the economy.

“I do not say that media criticism is not reflective of the feeling of the citizens.

“President Buhari has himself, on numerous occasions, admitted that the change mantra has brought with it pain and suffering, which he likened to the pains of labour. It is a passing phase.

“When they ask the question, is this the change we voted for? The critics had forgetten how far we have come from the scam-tainted years of the PDP rule.”

He revealed government’s suspicion on resistance posed to the war against corruption by corrupt elements, saying: “Everyone living in Nigeria knows that there is a major movement against corruption as part of the ongoing change. This war has forced the return to the treasury of billions of Naira and millions of Dollars stolen by past officials.

“On account of this war, government suspects that the biggest trigger of the opposition to the change agenda is the army of the corrupt. With the enormous resources at their disposal; money that is unearned, these forces are ready to throw in everything to gag the Buhari-led administration.

“When he assumed office, President Buhari said he understood the outcry of Nigerians and was determined to right those wrongs.”

He further said about Buhari: “His knack for prudent spending and effective management of resources is in the belief that this country can only prosper when there is transparency, reduced corruption and a drastic cut in bureaucratic red tape.

“His decision to have a small cabinet, reducing government ministries from 46 to 24 has the effect of relieving the treasury of the burden of salaries, allowances and miscellaneous expenses now being counted in billions of Naira.

“President Buhari should be credited for the the unblemished record of his ministers. This is a government that has stayed above scandal for a year.

“If all of these are not desirable changes to be appreciated and adored, it is hard to know or determine what some of our critics want.

“These reforms certainly represent major milestones in change which have led to a decline of corruption at the top.”

He observed that Buhari had not had much luck in governance unlike his predecessors, who presided over high crude oil earnings.

According to him, “in addition to hard work, all leaders need luck on their side to create what is sometimes seen as economic miracles. As leader, President Buhari never had the luxury of high oil prices as did his predecessors in office.

“When he first emerged the military Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari saw oil price, the mainstay of the nation’s economy, sink to as low as eight Dollars a barrel.

“He rolled up his sleeves, worked on diversification strategy of the economy, only to be eased out of power, just as they began to take hold. Thereafter, his successors abandoned these efforts.

“On his second coming, this time, as a democratically-elected leader, the collapse of oil prices has challenged President Buhari to quicken efforts towards the diversification of the economy, with emphasis given to agriculture and solid minerals mining.

“Every crisis, it is said, is an opportunity. Not so in Nigeria. This is a country that inherited massive technological inventions from Biafra, yet failed to take it forward. We must not lose this opportunity to diversify the economy and our foreign earnings presented by the present oil crisis.

“As the country hopes for a bumper harvest this year, government is taking steps to ensure that no farmer will sell at a loss or fail to find markets for their harvests.

“Grain silos are being readied nationwide to receive excess produce for warehousing to ensure food security, avert market glut and price collapse. By this, government will ensure a minimum guaranteed price.

“In dealing with challenges of the economy, the administration is devoting attention to ridding the country of its notoriety as a difficult place of doing business.

“The government has been making quiet but significant progress in this area, thanks to the leadership given by the National Economic Council under the vice president and the combined efforts of the Ministries of Trade and Investment, Finance, Interior, Foreign Affairs, Budget and Planning and the Customs under new leadership.

“Everyone in this sector is doing everything in his or her power to boost Nigeria.”

Shehu assured that the currency liberalization and the deregulation of the petroleum products made Buhari “one of the best presidents till date.”

He said the removal of subsidies on the petrol products had saved the government more than two trillion Naira annual expenditure in this regard.

On how government’s action will revive the economy, he noted: “As to the question of this leading to a resurgence of economy, it all means that in a democracy, everything takes times. The president needs our support, with understanding and patience.

“No matter how hasty a president wants to bring changes, there is no magic wand in that office to make everything change from bad to good or make all of us prosperous with a wave of the hand. This change is on course. It requires patience.

“The change is working for the nation and sooner than later, the testimony shall be given.”

Meanwhile, Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said Nigerians are suffering under the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Muhammadu Buhari because “the country is in the hands of wrong managers, who do not know what to do.”

The governor said “presently, Nigerians are suffering, hungry and angry, because the APC government has run the country aground,” adding that “Nigeria has gone beyond recession, the economy has collapsed completely and painfully, those who should revive the economy do not have any clue as to what to do.”

In a release issued in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, on Sunday, by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Mr Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said Nigeria was experiencing the worst form of nepotism in the history of government in the country, saying “nepotism is the reason our president discarded competent people in his party that should be running the government with him and opted for his relatives, friends, in-laws and very close associates.”

While lamenting the parlous state of the country’s economy, Governor Fayose said “most of those people that aided the emergence of President Buhari must be having a rethink now, but it is too late!

“Interestingly, political affiliation has nothing to do with hunger, poverty and lack.

“Exchange rate was less than N200 to $1 when President Buhari took over power, as at today, it has gone beyond N400 to $1 and Naira is still undergoing a free fall. One bag of rice was less than N8,000 as of May, it is now N20,000. Kerosene is now beyond the reach of the masses.

“Nigerians voted for change because the APC promised them solutions to the country’s problems, but all we hear every day from the APC government are complaints upon complaints, as if Nigerians elected a government of complaints.

“Obviously, the APC government has failed Nigerians and the president has resorted to putting his immediate family members and close associates in key government positions to protect himself from the fear of the unknown that has enveloped him.”

"The overriding priority now is to rapidly immunize all children around the affected area and ensure that no other children succumb to this terrible disease.”

[s]"It is an old trick used by the PDP that has always failed them. They did it to Oshiomhole, they did it to Buhari and now it is the turn of Obaseki.[/s]

ba7man:
The thiefChief is back.

This GEJ needs to explain how he spent the N51trillion the nation earned under his watch.

Flashh:
Of what use is his return? I don't get it.

maclatunji:
1. Curbing waste

2. Investing in infrastructure

3. Reforming the public sector and improving the regulation of the private sector.

4. Making increased effort at diversifying the economy.. For example, sorting out the dispute on Ajaokuta steel company.

5. Bailing out states that cannot pay salaries.

6. Ensuring that stolen funds are returned by foreign governments.

7. Encouraging local production, for example, Dangote is now in the rice business.

8. Deregulated petrol marketing without collapsing the economy in a recession (very impressive).

All this ongoing despite saboteurs and criminals destroying pipelines and inheriting a wrecked economy from GEJ.

I hope you are engraving these achievements on your skull the way you bolded this post I am responding to.

Mylove55:
u that suppose to be a wise guy by posting d original version from that fake mboi, u were in hurry not to read d content, osho has paid 13yrs pension and gratuity instead of 7yrs of his govt

maclatunji:
Insulting? No O, just laying the facts on the table so that we know how we got to where we are.

kossyablaze:
Nawa o.... Buh wen lara go get belle na

maclatunji:
Thank you for the compliments, Oya address the issues raised by NOI in the post.