₦airaland Forum

HtwoOw:
So , these people sabi drink jedi ??

And dem go dey do jingle say make person no drink and drive ??



FRSC WARKA SHEGE

Lifeiscool:
POI, don't begin what could 'end' you. You are dealing with Oshio Baba

McDoe:
[s]
Nigerians particularly those electorates from the South South are so myopic; cannot read between the lines; lack sound political judgement and foresight. Else, how will a people that have been defrauded, impoverished and denied due to more than a decade of mal-administration under PDP contemplate returning such a terrible party to power againfor now. I weep for Edo people. U guys should remove the big political log in your eyes to enable u see and make sound judgement. In all ramifications, APC remains the best party for your state[/s]

famology:
U made d same ranting b4 d imo state rerun.

LORDOFAFONJAS:
Pastor Iyamu ti take over

koboko69:
[s] Ok

You have made your sensless point...

I have given u ur first LIKE. Hope u are OK now?


Now walk out of the thread and shut the door behind you.[/s]

Hundreds of pensioners on Monday defied the heavy rain and took to the streets of Benin, the Edo state capital, to protest non-payment of arrears of pension ranging from 10 to 42 months.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the pensioners, armed with placards of various inscriptions, took their protests to the Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Benin.

A Spokesman of the pensioners, Mr Gabriel Osemwenkhai, told newsmen that the pensioners in the state had been experiencing hard times over the non-payment of their pension and gratuity by the government.

He said that some pensioners had died as a result of hardship. Osemwenkhai said pensioners involved comprised public servants, who retired in 2011 and owed by the state government.

The spokesman alleged that the state government had refused to commence payment of the pension with effect from the date of retirement as stipulated in the Civil Service Pension Law.

He said that the government’s refusal to adhere to pension laws had led to a backlog of arrears owed to pensioners in Edo.

Osemwenkhai said that their problem was further compounded by the dissolution of the State Pension Board.

“At the moment, public servants retiring after the dissolution of the Pension Board are again stranded due to government’s delay in processing their retirement papers; more than six months after their names have been removed from the payroll.


“Rather than creating avenue for retirees to process their pension papers, government has left this category of senior citizens in limbo,“ he said.

The Chairman, NUJ, Edo Council, Mr Roland Osakue, said the union shared the pains and challenges of pensioners. He appealed to the pensioners to remain peaceful in their protest, promising that members of the NUJ would use their various media outfits to let the authority know their plight.

“In Nigeria, we are learning. We are learning the hard way through hardship, and we are learning very quickly on how to explore other sectors of the economy like gas, solid minerals and agriculture for growth.

As Iranian investors storm Nigeria
Tobi Soniyi in Abuja

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Federal Government would work to ameliorate the challenges facing the Nigerian economy within a short period by under-studying the experiences of countries like Iran which thrived in adversity.

This was contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina.

He Buhari spoke during a meeting with a Special Envoy from the President of Islamic Republic of Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif, at the State House.

Buhari said the Iranian economy remained an inspiration for Nigeria in the deployment of technology to harness and export gas, grow food for the populace and promote entrepreneurship in education.

He said: “The progress made by Iran within a short period of 30 years is really commendable. Within the period, you have been able to harness gas flaring, and you are now exporting. You have recorded strides in security, manufacturing, agriculture and technology.

“You have also achieved a lot in nuclear research. I must also congratulate you for successfully negotiating with America and the European countries on the development of your nuclear energy.”

The president noted that Nigeria had all the potentials for growing into a great economy through more inclusive planning, consistency in government policies and commitment to the realization of development targets.

“In Nigeria, we are learning. We are learning the hard way through hardship, and we are learning very quickly on how to explore other sectors of the economy like gas, solid minerals and agriculture for growth.

“We are grateful for your support and cooperation in opening up the Nigerian economy for diversification,’’ Buhari told the envoy.
Not less than seventy Iranian investors and businessmen are presently in Nigeria scouting for potential areas to‎ put their resources into.

The investors are already holding discussions with a view to investing in sectors like banking, education, scholarship, agriculture, energy, tourism and technology development.
Zrif, also the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, who disclosed these, said the Iranian government would support the ongoing restructuring of the Nigerian economy.

He said: “We are very keen to see a better and stronger relationship with Nigeria, which is the largest country in Africa and a major global player.”

Zarif said he came into Nigeria with a delegation of more than 70 members of the Iranian business community who had already started discussions on investing in sectors like banking, education, scholarship, agriculture, energy, tourism and technology development.

THE Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said that the Nigerian Army would not hesitate to use force should the dialogue between the Federal Government and militants fail.

Buratai also appealed to the Niger Delta militants to embrace democratic means in their demands and desist from engaging in violence.

The army chief made this remark in Port Harcourt on Monday at the commissioning of a modern 2 Brigade headquarter complex with an Olympic size swimming pool.

He explained that, though, the Federal Government was committed to negotiation, the use of force had always been the first action before dialogue.

Buratai added that it was necessary for the militant groups in the oil rich region to take advantage of the government’s readiness to engage them in a dialogue.

“Government is still committed to dialogue and whereby this cannot go on – then there could be resort to other means. The non-kinetic (force) means has always been the source first before government can recourse to the kinetic means.

“So, there is need for the Niger Delta Avengers to see reason and dialogue with government,” the Chief of Army Staff insisted.

Buratai, who was represented at the occasion by the General Officer Commanding 82 Enugu, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, pointed out that the military was ready to provide its services for the legislative rerun in Rivers State if it was called upon to do so.

He lamented that the army was facing shortage of accommodation, offices and other facilities needed for optimal performance by troops.

According to him, “The newly built RSM accommodation quarters and brigade administrative headquarters will provide a conducive atmosphere for higher productivity by officers and soldiers.

fruityvine:
[s]The governorship campaigns for the September 10 poll  is in top gear with all parties in full swing with their campaigns which has charged the political climate of the state. Many are wondering what the 19 candidates have in stock for them as they make up their minds for  their choice.

While some candidates are positively engaging the electorates with their programmes and policies if given a chance to lead, the Peoples Democratic Party aka  People Deceive People (PDP) are at their game of deceit again. They are already marketing lies to Edo people, promising to build bridges where there are no rivers. They are telling us stories as though Edo people have short memories, but unknown to them, Edo people are wiser by the day.

While the APC flagged off its campaign in Benin City with a big bang and massive turn out of thousands of supporters, the PDP, which has been boxed to an ethnic corner, took its campaign launch to Uromi, the home town of its national leader,  and the old Pussy Cat, Chief Tony  Ahokon Anenih.

Anenih, who is 82,  at the event said he would not have been at the rally if he had no assurances that his party would win the September 2016 poll. Anenih said, “Today, we have problems in Edo State. Problems of hardship, insecurity. People who used to eat three times a day now eat once a day. We have had Oshimohole for eight years, we have no water.”

He  accused Oshimohole of failing to pay a counterpart fund of N300million for the Federal Government to make water available in Edo State. Anenih also accused the Edo governor of doing everything to frustrate the candidature of pastor Osagie Ize Iyamu, as PDP’s flag bearer.

On his part, Loquacious Dan Orbih accused Oshiomhole of using public  fund amounting to N17billion to build his private House in Iyamho, compelling the factional PDP candidate to make a  promise to probe Governor Adams Oshiomhole if he is elected. They promised to abolish tax and allow people to drive anyhow and shade their goods in the walk ways. Yet they say they will employ all the unemployed in Edo State, pay all pensioners their arrears (which they accumulated in the first place) and build industries. Then the question is with which money will they want to do all these? Do they mean well for Edo people?

Clearly, the Edo PDP has refused to believe that no Edo man, woman, youth or even children is ready to travel with them to the land of greed, misery, corruption and underdevelopment. In the ten wasted years of PDP in Edo State, what was the situation? What did Edo people benefit from the PDP government? There were horrendous pot holes, gutter and even brooks in all the roads in the City of Benin and major urban Centres across the state. There were deep pot holes even in Ring Road. Whenever it threatened to rain, people ran quickly from wherever they were to their homes so as to be able to salvage their property from the devastation of flood that was almost a daily occurrence. All that is almost fading away following the application of the right development approach by the Adams Oshiomhole-led APC government and Edo people are not ready at all for a paradigm shift.

In every intent and purpose, from every new policies and programmes of the APC government this past seven and a half years, Oshiomhole and his team made them people-centered. One thing is clear about the average black man: the average black man needs a little bit of force to compel them to do the right thing.  Yes. Just a little bit of it.

Otherwise, why will some citizens  see the beauty put in place by the oshiomhole administration in the cities still throw wastes all over the roads that have just been constructed and beautified? Why will traders, in spite of repeated warnings chose to use the pedestrian walk ways as  wracks for  their wares? Why will a driver, private or public drive against traffic? Why should they beat  red traffic light? Why should a responsible citizen not pay his or her own tax?


These are innovations, policies and programmes introduced by the Oshiomhole administration to get Edo State out of the woods and put it at par with civilized societies. Today, 27 states of the federation, including the big oil producing states in the Niger Delta cannot pay their state workers salaries. But Comrade Oshiomhole, working with the Head of the administration’s economic team, Godwin Obaseki, now the APC governorship candidate are not only paying salaries as and when due, but have gone ahead to increase Edo workers’ salaries from a minimum wage of N18,000 to N25,000. Even the workers promotion are being processed to make it up-to-date before the end of the current administration in November.

This is why  I have repeatedly said that history will remember Oshiomhole in Edo State long after he would have left office. Today, the PDP is telling Edo people that citizens would not be made to pay their taxes. This is a retrogressive promise, because even Jesus Christ paid his tax and instructed his followers to pay their taxes as well. Tax is important if we have to sustain the tempo of development Oshomhole has provided, more so  in the face of dwindling nationally shared oil revenue and competing  social and developmental needs in Edo State. Oshiomhole has obviously opened Edo people’s eyes to behold what a responsible government can do for its citizens.

Edo people will certainly regret if they allow the PDP to manipulate their way into government. When therefore, the PDP is promising Edo people that it will not collect taxes, Edo people should know that the party is desperate to return them to Egypt and from the various commentaries all around the state, Edo people are united that affliction of the PDP will not visit them a second time.

This perhaps explains why in Benin where Governor Adams Oshimohole and the party formally presented Mr. Godwin Obaseki as the party’s flag bearer and Honourable Philip Shaibu as his deputy for the September 10 governorship poll, every available space at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium was filled to capacity with mammoth crowd of supporters. Even outside the main bowl of the stadium was filled with anxious supporters of the APC. That and the turn-out of supporters for Obaseki and Shaibu at the on-going ward-to-ward campaigns are a testimonial that the APC will emerge victorious.

The Godwin Obaseki and Philip Shaibu train is set to move and it is important that all Edo voters  join the train. The PDP will definitely be rejected by the electorate as has been their lots in all recent elections in Edo State, so that the development that Edo people have been witnessing would be sustained with greater appeal, zeal and zest[/s].

kropotkin2:
Very few people follow the ineffectual buffoon around these days

TippyTop:
Buhari was removed for incompetence and tribalism, any other narrative is an attempt to skew the history books.

247Potential:
No need for this. He was defeated by a Stone last time on Nairaland

OLADD:
Some people whose alias start with "Z", claim PDP is dead. Despite having an alternative in Labour Party, the Kogi East people ignored the influence of their sitting APC governor to pitch their tents enmass with PDP. APC should watch its back as 2019 approaches.