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Andy kan estate benind ALD estate by saraha new kafe Gwarinpa.15 million.

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3 bed room adjusted to 4bed bungalow,location: marcus poly estate,Saraha new kafe,Gwarinpa. 35 million

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[b][/b]Abuja property
3 bed room adjusted to 4bed bungalow,location: marcus poly estate,Saraha new kafe,Gwarinpa. 35 million.



[b][/b]2bed room bungalow
Andy kan estate benind ALD estate by saraha new kafe Gwarinpa.15 million.

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The address is:[b][/b]SARA FLAT: new Southgate, London N11 1PB and it's near southgate/arnos grove/finchley/muswell hill/ bounds green.
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[b][/b]Benin property

100 by 100 and 100 by 200 plots of land at ogunmwenyi,ugbor quarters,G.R.A,Benin city
Contact seller and negotiate your price directly.

Interested buyers should email otijaja08@hotmail.com

Its only a blind man that would not see what's tearing us apart and the need for social cohesion vis a vis the need for a national dialogue to resolve this issues, else i forsee calamity or is this man oshio trying to tell us his desire is to see bloodshed in the wake of the 2015 election, i think we have see enough ,creating jobs would not stop boko haram crisis neither would it eradicate ethnicity which fuels corruption and Godfatherism nor would it stop religious bigotry which has done so much damage you can elect the best president if we don't address this issues we can't progress as a nation.

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[b][/b]Abuja property
3 bed room adjusted to 4bed bungalow,location: marcus poly estate,Saraha new kafe,Gwarinpa. 35 million.



[b][/b]2bed room bungalow
Andy kan estate benind ALD estate by saraha new kafe Gwarinpa.15 million.

[b][/b]London property
The address is:[b][/b]SARA FLAT: new Southgate, London N11 1PB and it's near southgate/arnos grove/finchley/muswell hill/ bounds green.
Sara flat in London goes for £ 300,000 only

[b][/b]Benin property

100 by 100 and 100 by 200 plots of land at ogunmwenyi,ugbor quarters,G.R.A,Benin city
Contact seller and negotiate your price directly.

Interested buyers should email otijaja08@hotmail.com

He should put an end to injustice,ethnicity,tribalism and religious bigotry by eradicating state of origin and religious affliation in our system if he can't do this he should just divide the country for peace to reign .

This goes to show the importance of niger delta in nigeria economy,it means they are the nevre center of this country.it means if you distort the ND you distort the nigerian economy.

I have always said this but no one cares to listen,stupid student nah them i blame after paying huge some of money as school fees they still tell you guys to sit at home and you can't protest that,i sometimes wonder what students of this day think,state uni have no business going on strike.

The United Kingdom’s (UK) Milton Keynes Trading
Standards department has commenced
investigations into the controversy surrounding a
Nigerian national, Dr. Tina Beloveth Powerful, who
runs a university from a city centre flat in North
Third Street in CMK.
Dr. Beloveth Powerful, whose school is named
Havard School UK, has also been sued by the
American university of almost the same name.
A spokesman for Trading Standards confirmed that
the Nigerian is under investigation but refused to
give details.
“As it is an ongoing investigation we cannot
comment in detail about it,” he said.
Media reports, however, suggest the trading
standards investigation may involve false claims on
Havard’s website that the school is affiliated to the
Institute of Administrative Management. The
wording on the school’s website has been changed
to read “is to be accredited to.”
However, Dr. Beloveth Powerful insists she has not
done anything wrong, adding that she was on a
“mission from God to help people study.”
“I have six degrees myself, two of them from
Nigeria where I came from,” she said in a report. “I
transformed my life and God has given me power to
transform others’.”
The Nigerian claimed she is not aware of the trading
standards investigations into Havard.
America’s Harvard University files suit
Dr. Powerful, whose school is named Havard School
of Management and Technology UK, is also being
sued by Harvard University of the US. The American
university, which name differs from Dr. Powerful’s
institution by just a letter, is suing for alleged
trademark infringement.
But Dr Powerful is counter-claiming for £2 million –
the money, she says, she has spent so far on
setting up her school.
“A good name is better than silver and gold,” she
said. “Having said that, we are telling them we
want to step aside but we have spent money in
advertising, marketing and productions.”
The 46-year-old Nigerian also denied claims she
caused academic confusion by calling her school
Havard, explaining that the name ‘Havard’ was
from her grandfather.
“My paternal grandfather’s first name was Havard. I
chose to immortalise his name. I never thought
about Harvard,” she said.

telegraphng.com/2013/10/uk-investigates-nigerian-runs-university-flat/

This man thinks been president of nigeria is sniffing coca.

The group said Mr Al-Mustapha is a brave soldier
A group, the Northern Emancipation Network, has
advised President Goodluck Jonathan to reinforce
his administration’s war against corruption by
appointing Hamza Al Mustapha, former Chief
Security Officer to late dictator, Sani Abacha, as
chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC.
The group made the call at a press conference
addressed by its Coordinator, Abdul-Azeez
Suleiman, who described Mr Al-Mustapha as a
‘brave, fearless and honest intelligence officer’
capable of taking the administration’s corruption
war to the desired level.
“While we commend Mr President’s committed war
against corruption, we advise him to reinforce the
EFCC with an equally committed and dedicated
head like Major Hamza Al Mustapha who is capable
of moving the graft war to the desired level,” he
said.
The group said corrupt politicians particularly the
“bankrupt northern political leadership” are already
jittery with the release of Mr Al Mustapha from
prison after 14 years of incarceration.
According to the group, even after going through 14
years of unjust persecution in the hands of these
people, Mr Al-Mustapha is not an officer known to
harbour vengeance and will therefore carry out the
corruption war unbiased without fear or favour.
“Driven by a burning desire to reinvent Nigeria and
it’s battalion of neglected and deprived young
people, Al-Mustapha could fearlessly confront the
embarrassing official corruption in the country and
bring it to its knees,” Mr Suleiman said.
Mr Al-Mustapha was in charge of the safety of Mr
Abacha, reputed as one of Nigeria’s most corrupt
leaders who stole the country blind, stashing away
billions of dollars in foreign accounts.
The former CSO was arrested after Mr Abacha’s
death in 1998, and was recently released after 14
years in jail. Army authorities say he remains in
service as a Major.
Under the EFCC law, the commission’s chairman
must be a serving or retired member of any
government security or law enforcement agency,
and must not be below the rank of Assistant
Commissioner of Police or equivalent.
The person should also possess not less than 15
years cognate experience. Past and serving heads
of the commission were drafted from the police.

premiumtimesng.com/news/146613-group-wants-abachas-former-aide-al-mustapha-appointed-efcc-chairman.html

Nigeria this is a fight for your lives its a fight for justice,equality a fight against tribalism ethnicity,nepotism,religious bigotry, etc,you all know the truth and the people that benefit from the present structre that don't want things to change they want things to remain the same where favouritism and godfatherism is the norm ,nigerian you know the truth i don't care if you are from the north ,east,west,south you must have suffered from one form of injustice or the other because of the present structure on ground except you are one of the cabal,let's talk about justice and equality ,no more religion and state of origin in our day to day affairs if we are nigerians and who tries to mention it should be persecuted immediately it has caused more harm than good it has divided us more than it united us its a fight for our future and our kids don't be blinded by ethnicity and religion it can't benefit us if we can't work this out then i would subscribe to division the country.

Religion and tribalism is killing us faster than ever imagined,we need to abolish state of origin and religious affiliation from our day to day dealings it divides us more than it unites us as a nation.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan may have begun the
search for a new and acceptable head of the
National Intelligence Agency (NIA), as an air of
anxiety and relief already pervades its national
headquarters in Abuja ahead of next week’s exit of
the Director-General (DG), Ambassador Ezekiel
Oladeji.
The Guardian learnt that Oladeji’s seat would
become vacant on Monday, thereby creating a
leadership vacuum in the agency saddled with
overseeing foreign intelligence and counter-
intelligence operations, being one of the nation’s
very strategic security agencies.
The outgoing DG’s tenure was dogged by a string of
controversies, including claims that he spent three
and a half years beyond his tenure, nepotism, and
alleged persecution of perceived subordinates
believed to be opposed to his alleged illegal tenure,
among others.
According to NIA sources, Oladeji ought to have
retired on March10, 2010, when he clocked the
mandatory retirement age of 60, but did not,
apparently with backing from powerful people in the
Presidency.
Similar violations were recorded at the Universal
Basic Education Commission (UBEC), where the
immediate past Executive Secretary, Dr.
Mohammed Modibbo Mohammed, overstayed his
tenure at the National Teachers’ Institute (NTI) by
18 months.
However, Modibbo was in August 2007
“redeployed” to UBEC to displace the commission’s
boss, Dr. Lami Amodu, who had spent only four
months out of a five-year tenure. Like Modibbo, the
NIA DG is alleged to have spent the remainder of
his extended stay at NIA “doing a lot of fighting
against perceived enemies,” according to a reliable.
Last year, a Deputy High Commissioner to the
United Kingdom, Ambassador D.C.B. Nwanna sued
the NIA boss at the National Industrial Court,
challenging his purported retirement by the latter.
Nwanna had been redeployed from his UK posting,
only to be barred by NIA security men from entering
his office in Abuja or any NIA facility, allegedly on
the DG’s orders.
The judge handling Nwanna’s case, Justice Maureen
Esowe, reportedly wept in the open court last
November over allegations of bias brought against
her by the NIA boss; he had reportedly petitioned
the President of the Industrial Court, alleging that
Justice Esowe favoured Nwanna not on points of law
but largely because he was of the same tribe as the
judge.
However, in a similar development, a group of
serving NIA officers recently petitioned President
Goodluck Jonathan alleging that the ‘DG’s action or
inaction’ “adversely affected espirit de corps in the
agency.” It was also learnt that the officers told
Jonathan that their boss allegedly took certain
decisions that compromised the “security cover” of
NIA operatives in foreign missions.
“This singular act has more than anything else
exposed all NIA operatives to even the local staff
(who are assumed to be spies themselves), since
they have access to the list of all our operatives all
over the world and are likely to apply it against the
legitimate interest of Nigeria and hurt the Federal
Government in a most terrible way,” the officers
alleged.
They further accused the DG of “undue” favouritism
in the recommendation of officers to be promoted,
citing the last promotion interview for GL 16 to GL
17. According to them, out of 50 officers who sat for
the exams, only 14 passed, with half of that number
coming from the DG’s part of the country, including
three officers who were allegedly confirmed to have
failed but were promoted. This has generated a lot
furor in the service, with from very senior officers
insisting that the exercise was not transparent.

www.ngrguardiannews.com/national-news/135324-jonathan-shops-for-new-nia-boss-as-oladeji-quits-next-week

Akpors shows a lady he is a no nonsense
man. it all started when Akpors sits next to a
girl on a table in a hotel. Akpors: Hello
Madam?, Lady: What is it?, Akpors: Sorry
madam , just wanted to ask what the time is
on
your watch?
Lady: ehee ...now you think my watch is used as a
public clock huh? Go away and stop wasting my
time.
Akpors: but madam.
Lady: shut up!!!
Akpors takes out his Apple phone and makes call
Akpors: Hello John I just settled from Washington
D.C can you please tell me what time it is right now
so that I set my clock to the local time since it still
reads American time? *she listens*
Ok, thank you and today don't forget to come for
the galaxy tablet that you requested * she listens*
Since my girl is still in America bring me a beautiful
girl to spend my money with tonight Ok bye.
Lady: Sir the time is ....
Akpors: Shut up !!!!!

Federal Government may have begun enforcement
of “no work, no pay” rule on university teachers
who are now on an indefinite strike called by the
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and
other university-based unions.
Daily Independent gathered from a reliable source
close to the National Universities Commission
(NUC) that government had given directive to the
various universities’ governing councils to halt
payment of salaries of the striking lecturers.
The development was confirmed on Thursday in
Abuja shortly after a zonal conference of ASUU at
the University of Abuja, Gwagwalada campus, to
review the strike that has paralysed the university
system for over three months.
ASUU Zonal Chairman, Clement Chup, said his
colleagues are yet to receive their September
salaries.
He said they have, therefore, resorted to other
welfare strategies to cope with the effect of the
non-payment of salaries, in a bid to contain the
attempt by government to break the resolve of the
union.
“The Federal Government has through the National
Universities Commission directed universities to
stop the payment of our salaries effective
September this year and since then our salaries
have not been paid.”
Part of the welfare strategy, he said, involves
distributing food items, giving out soft loans and
cash advances to members.
Chup said Nigerians should disregard rumours
making the rounds that the three-month-old strike
has been called off, saying “the strike continues
until the government demonstrates a positive
inclination towards implementing the 2009
agreement and the 2012 memorandum of
understanding signed by both parties.”
Meanwhile, General Secretary of the Non Academic
Staff Union of Universities (NASU), Peters Adeyemi,
said strike has been beneficial to the academic
system.
At a separate forum in Abuja on Thursday to
announce the coming back of NASU into the fold of
the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Adeyemi said
strike has helped in saving the education sector
from total collapse, as it has compelled government
to be alive to its responsibility in the sector.
He said some of the benefits currently being
enjoyed in the tertiary education sector have come
as a result of strike.
He cited the N130 billion for infrastructure and
earned allowances recently released by the Federal
Government through the Needs Implementation
Committee chaired by Benue State Governor,
Gabriel Suswan.
“The government had already pledged to release
N400 billion for infrastructure since 2013; N100
billion for four years. But if not for the ongoing
strike, they would not have released the first N100
billion.
“Why does the government have to wait for strike
before implementing agreements?” Adeyemi asked.
He added that although NASU is not on strike, the
salaries of its members have not been paid for
several months, which has led to some local
chapters embarking on strike.
Adeyemi added that the union is currently
restraining itself, but cannot understand why its
members’ salaries are being withheld.
He blamed government for the spate of strike in the
tertiary education sector.
“Government negotiators have to know their
onions, they must know the capacity and limitation
of government, but if on behalf of government, they
entered an agreement to provide N1.3 trillion, then
the government is bound by that agreement.
“Yes, N130 billion is a lot of money, but is that what
they said they will provide in the agreement? When
you know you are not in a position to do something,
you should not promise that.
“You cannot have an agreement, then after three
years come back and say you want to renegotiate
that agreement,” he said.
Organised Labour, under the aegis of the Nigeria
Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress
(TUC), has also called on the Federal Government to
explore more options of dialoguing with ASUU to
put an end to the lingering crisis in the education
sector.
Labour warned that the alleged ‘no work, no pay’
directive by the Federal Government to the
respective universities would worsen the ongoing
crisis.
NLC Acting Secretary, Chris Uyot, while insisting
that dialogue is the only solution to the strike,
stressed that no work no pay will further create
more crisis.
“We urge the government to decisively tackle the
crises in the education sector in order to prevent a
total shut-down of the sector.
“We urge the Federal Government to muster all the
necessary will and skill to confront the issues that
threaten the education sector before the bubble
burst.
“This is because any threat by the Federal
Government will not bring an end to the lingering
crisis in the education sector,” he added.
Also, Secretary General of TUC, Musa Lawal, who
insisted that government’s threat may further fuel
the ongoing crisis in the education sector, said: “We
urge the government to dialogue with the ASUU as
any threat has grave implications for the education
sector and should be avoided, at least for the sake
of our children.
“There is need for the Federal Government to put in
place all that is needed for crisis in the education
sector to be resolved because the strike by ASUU,
for instance, is in its fourth month and has almost
certainly disrupted an entire academic session with collateral consequences,” the TUC scribe said.
dailyindependentnig.com/2013/10/ASUU-strike-fg-begins-no-work-no-pay-policy/

Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women.
Venustraphobia - Fear of beautiful women.
Gynephobia or Gynophobia- Fear of women.
Arrhenphobia- Fear of men.
Hominophobia- Fear of men.
Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia- Fear of
money.
Gamophobia- Fear of marriage.
Genophobia- Fear of sex
Heterophobia- Fear of the opposite sex.
(Sexophobia)
Lockiophobia- Fear of childbirth.
Maieusiophobia- Fear of childbirth.
Pentheraphobia- Fear of mother-in-law.
(Novercaphobia)
Philemaphobia or Philematophobia- Fear of kissing.
Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love.
Soceraphobia- Fear of parents-in-law.
Panophobia or Pantophobia- Fear of everything.

So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that
the only thing we have to fear is...fear itself
Franklin D.Roosevelt as the 32nd President of the United States .

Gynophobia- fear of women
caligynephobia -fear of beautiful women
Androphobia - Fear of men.
Gamophobia - Fear of marriage.
Lockiophobia - Fear of childbirth.
Philophobia - Fear of love
Venustraphobia - Fear of beautiful women.

Its fear and what you should be afraid of is fear itself.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The new $100 bill, with an array of high-tech features designed to thwart counterfeiters, will get its coming out party on Tuesday, partial government shutdown or not.

The Federal Reserve, which has not been affected by the shutdown, will have armored trucks rolling from its regional banks around the country headed to banks, savings and loans and other financial institutions with the new C-notes.

The bills took more than a decade to develop and the introduction was plagued by production problems that set back the rollout by 2½ years. But officials say the problems have now been fixed.

Some bank customers could start seeing the new bills by Tuesday afternoon depending on how close their bank is to a regional Fed facility.

"We have 3.5 billion of these notes which we think will be more than ample to meet domestic and international demands," said Sonja Danburg, program manager for U.S. currency education at the Fed.

The bill redesign, the first for the $100 bill since March 1996, will still have Benjamin Franklin on the front and Philadelphia's Independence Hall on the back. It will also have a number of new features that will definitely turn heads.

There is a disappearing Liberty Bell in an ink well and a bright blue three-dimensional security ribbon with images that move in the opposite direction from the way the bill is being tilted.

"The 3-D security ribbon is magic. It is made up of hundreds of thousands of micro-lenses in each note," said Larry Felix, the director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. "This is the most complex note the United States has ever produced."

The $100 bill is the last bill to get a make-over in a process that began in 2003 with the $20 bill. The government redesigned the greenbacks with subtle colors and other security features to make it harder for counterfeiters. The $100 bill, which is the most commonly counterfeited note outside of the United States, was redesigned with even more complex security features.

But the government ran into troubles when 1 billion of the first bills were found in 2010 to have unwanted creases. There was later a problem with ink smearing that further delayed introduction of the new notes, which were initially scheduled to be introduced in February 2011. Felix said the bureau is now confident it has resolved the various production issues.

Officials stressed that the $900 billion worth of $100 bills currently in circulation will remain good and will only be gradually phased out as worn-out bills are returned to Fed facilities. The $100 bill is the largest U.S. denomination in circulation and has the longest life at 15 years. The $1 bill lasts 5.9 years.

The new $100 bills will have one old feature. The signature on the bills will be that of former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. The signature of current Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, who has been teased by President Barack Obama for his loopy handwriting, will start appearing once the current supply of new bills has been put into circulation.

The Fed has a website at www.newmoney.gov with information in 23 languages on the new bills.

http://news.yahoo.com/100-bills-start-circulating-tuesday-183309743--finance.html

Would it be that easy for anyone from any part of nigeria rise up easily to become president?or aspire to be, I don't think so because the person would have to through these hells and when he returns he would not be able to do anything good for nigeria ,tribalism\ state origin,inequality not belonging to the ruling class or ruling or elite's plus religious affliations ,and must have stolen lots of funds and not to talk of the occultic aspect that you have to join,i would stop there ,our political class have no idea of what they about to do removing GEJ would be a mistake to me because of what he stands to represent ,to me he's more of symbol of hope for Nigerians any where they are or where the come from if they were smart politicians they would have come together a work with him and earn the trust of nigerians,for me nigeria should do away with state of origin and religion in its affairs its caused too much problem for us and the politicians are benefitting from it,inequality breeds corruption ,the fight should be against inequality.

Time for big business to step up on
corruption.
Editor’s note: Tom Hart is the U.S. Executive
Director of The ONE Campaign. The views
expressed are his own.
The annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative
in New York isn’t usually the place where the
bosses of big business are made to shift
uncomfortably in their seats. But ONE campaign co-
founder Bono seemed to do exactly that at the
CGI’s opening session last week when he took on
Big Oil for its opposition to more transparent deals
with developing countries.
Here is the issue. Africa is a rich continent – rich in
minerals, oil, and gas. Right now, big companies
pay big money to countries in Africa to extract
these resources – and yet so many Africans live in
extreme poverty because the money goes missing.
This phenomenon is so common that it has a name
– the “resource curse.” But the curse is not the
resources, it’s the corruption.
That is why we are backing a global initiative to
compel companies to publish what they pay to
governments for these resources, forcing any
corruption into the daylight. When the public can
see what’s being paid, they can hold their leaders
accountable for how the money is used.
Imagine if the U.S. government made a secret,
backroom deal with a foreign company and sold off
the mining rights to the Grand Canyon. Americans
would, rightly, be outraged and demand to know
details of the deal. Anybody would.
But in the developing world, these kinds of deals
are commonplace. Millions of people living in the
poorest countries have no idea where the proceeds
of their natural wealth are going.
People have a right to ask their leaders, “Where is
the money from the natural resource deals? What
happened to the clean water and sanitation you
promised us? Where are the hospitals?”
Ordinary citizens can only fight corruption with
information. We must do our part to help get
information to them – in this case, by fighting for
rules to require companies to publish what they pay
for extractive rights.
In fact, U.S. law already requires them to do this. In
2010, Congress passed a provision requiring all
U.S.-listed oil, gas and mining companies to publish
their payments to foreign governments. However,
when the SEC made a rule to implement the law,
the American Petroleum Institute – which
represents oil company interests – launched a legal
attack that resulted in a court negating the rule and
sending it back to the Commission for further
action.
As the SEC crafts a new version of the rule, it’s time
for big oil companies to back off, or risk being
considered complicit in the corruption the current
opacity enables. Corruption kills like any disease,
as a nation’s resources should be used for the
health, development and dignity of its people rather
than being squirreled away in some offshore
account.
To be clear, we are not saying the oil companies
are corrupt. We’re saying they could help uncover
corruption, but they’ve chosen not to. Unless the
terms of the deals are made known, citizens are
kept in the dark and leaders cannot be held
accountable.
Take Equatorial Guinea, for example. It’s one of the
most resource-rich countries in Africa, where more
than 90 percent of the government’s revenue
comes from oil and gas. Yet, a majority of its
citizens live in extreme poverty, many without
reliable electricity, healthcare and basic
government services. Their biggest customer?
Exxon/Mobil.
In Nigeria, it’s estimated that $400 billion dollars
have been lost to corruption in the natural
resources sector over the past half century. Two of
its biggest customers? Chevron and Shell.
By contrast, when a country commits itself to
transparency, great things can happen. In
Botswana, revenues from natural resources are
being spent on its own people and dramatically
improving their health, education and economic
well-being.
There are also some companies who are doing the
right thing. Tullow Oil, a British company, has
decided to voluntarily publish what they pay next
year, even before a European-wide law takes effect
requiring them to do so. And the mining sector,
including the world’s biggest mining company,
Austrialia’s Rio Tinto, and U.S.-based Newmont
Mining, are generally supportive of more
transparency.
We also shouldn’t lose sight of the very good things
some oil companies are doing in the developing
world, especially in the area of HIV and malaria
prevention. But as Bono said at CGI, “You can’t give
alms to the poor on one level and have your hands
on their throats on another.”
Indeed, there is a global transparency revolution
under way. The tide of history is moving in only one
direction: towards shedding more light on opaque
deals, not less. The European Union has passed
transparency laws that apply to all of the EU’s 28
countries and Canada and others are stepping
forward with laws of their own. Oil companies are
fighting a rising tide.
At ONE, we’re doing our part in the U.S. by asking
people to sign a petition to the SEC urging them to
be a part of this global revolution. To sign the
petition or learn more, visit ONE.org.

globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/05/time-for-big-business-to-step-up-on-corruption/

Nigeria's President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
has inaugurated the Advisory Committee on
National Dialogue. The president gave the
committee a period of six weeks to formulate
an all-inclusive process that
will make all Nigerians contribute towards the
enhancement of peace and solidarity in order to
ensure they live together as one.
His Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan, GCFR
On theOccasion of the Inauguration of the
National Advisory Committee
On our Country's Conversation towards a
Greater Nigeria
State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja
Monday October 7th 2013
PROTOCOLS
1. Today, we are taking historic and concrete
steps that will further strengthen our
understanding, expand the frontiers of our
inclusiveness and deepen our bond as one
people under God.
2. In my address to the Nation on the
occasion of our 53rd Independence and
Golden Anniversary as a Republic, I
announced that in response to the yearnings
of our people, we had decided to take on the
responsibility of decisively and genuinely
exploring the option of a National
Conversation.
3. In furtherance of this objective,
Government announced the names of some
Nigerians, with wide experience from various
disciplines, to form membership of an
Advisory Committee to facilitate a most
acceptable process that will bring our
aspirations to fruition. Our gathering here
today is to formally inaugurate this child of
necessity, the Advisory Committee to midwife
this Conversation.
4. Permit me to very quickly review the
foundational principles that drive our action,
and also address a few matters arising.
Firstly, let me emphasize that this is a
National Project, a sincere and fundamental
undertaking, aimed at realistically examining
and genuinely resolving, longstanding
impediments to our cohesion and harmonious
development as a truly united Nation.
5. There is a view by some of our people that
we do not need to sit together to dialogue
over the socio-political challenges facing our
country. Some believe that because we have
held several Conferences in the past, we do
not need to hold another one. I was one of
those who exhibited scepticism on the need
for another Conference or Dialogue. My
scepticism was borne out of the
nomenclature of such a Conference, taking
into cognizance existing democratic
structures that were products of the will of
the people.
6. However, we are in a democracy, and in a
democracy; elected leaders govern at the
behest of the citizenry. As challenges
emerge, season after season, leaders must
respond with best available strategies to
ensure that the ship of state remains
undeterred in its voyage.
7. Nations rise to the challenges that each
epoch presents. It is imperative therefore,
that in our march to nationhood, we have to
be dynamic in our approach and response to
the problems, even as we seek solutions to
them. We cannot proffer yesterday's solutions
to today's problems.
8. Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, let us
remind ourselves of the gains from previous
Conferences and Dialogues. The Conferences
that were held before 1960 were designed to
produce a political system and a roadmap to
Nigeria's independence.
9. The Constitutional Conference of 1957 in
London, for example, effectively prepared
Nigeria for Independence. The Eastern and
Western regions were granted self-
government in 1957, while the Northern
region got its own in 1959. The Office of the
Prime Minister was created and it was also
decided that the Federal Legislature would be
Bi-cameral.
10. Furthermore, the Constituent Assembly of
1978 gave us the 1979 Constitution and also
created the current Presidential System with
its attendant checks and balances and
Fundamental Human Rights provisions. The
1999 Constitution we operate today, is a
successor to the 1979 Constitution and
records show that the 1999 Constitution also
benefited from reports and recommendations
arising from the 1994/1995 Constitutional
Conference.
11. Although not enshrined in the 1999
Constitution, the idea of the current Six Geo-
Political Zones that have become one of the
avenues for equitable distribution of projects
and public offices in Nigeria was also a
product of Dialogue that emerged from the
1994/1995 Constitutional Conference.
12. The 2005 National Political Reform
Conference produced a number of key
recommendations that were sent to the 5th
Assembly, which were however not perfected.
In 2010, I reasoned that the outstanding
recommendations from the 2005 Conference
be revisited.
13. It was my view that Government is a
continuum and that we must find ways to
strengthen the foundation of our Union. I
proceeded to set up the Justice Alpha Belgore
Committee with a mandate to review the
report for possible implementation, especially
the areas where there was a common
agreement. The committee worked hard and
came out with its report that included a
number of Bills, which were forwarded to the
National Assembly.
14. We believe that these Bills will form key
components of the on-going Constitutional
Review by the National Assembly.
15. Clearly, every dialogue adds something
valuable to our evolving Nation. The urgency
of a National Conversation in the present
therefore, need not be over emphasized.
16. Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, as
we continue to strive to build a strong and
virile Nation, especially in the midst of
agitations and tensions, we cannot deny the
fact that sitting down to talk is one right step
in calming down tensions and channelling our
grievances, misgivings and suggestions into
more positive use for the good of our
Country.
17. Let me use this opportunity to thank the
Senate President, and the leadership and
members of the National Assembly for the
support they have given to this important
National Project.
18. The concept of participatory democracy is
such that even after the people have given
their representatives the mandate to make
laws and act on their behalf, there is also a
space for the governed to make further input
into the political processes, without
undermining the authority of the statutory
bodies. Sovereignty continues to be with the
people even as the people evolve strategies
and tactics to strengthen its foundation for
the benefit of successor generations.
19. It is this sort of collaboration between the
people and established institutions of
government, that will allow for a robust
outcome that leads to greater understanding
and a more cohesive and inclusive Union. For
me, there is no alternative to inclusivity,
equity and justice in a modern democratic
state.
20. I will therefore like to allay the fears of
those who think the Conference will call the
integrity of Nigeria into question. This
National Discourse will strengthen our union
and address issues that are often on the front
burner, and are too frequently ignored.
21. Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Committee
Members, this is a serious task, and history
beckons on you not to disappoint our people.
I want to charge you to consult widely before
sitting down to develop the framework that
will guide and guard the proceedings of the
discussions.
22. In the task before you, no voice is too
small and no opinion is irrelevant. Thus, the
views of the sceptics and those of the
enthusiasts must be accommodated as you
formulate this all important framework. This
Conversation is a People's Conversation and I
urge you to formulate an all-inclusive process
that protects the people's interest.
23. Let me also urge the Advisory Committee
not only to be alive to the expectations of our
people, but to bear in mind, that what we
desire is what can work for the good of our
people and country. The goal is to bequeath a
better and a greater Nigeria to the present
and the generation that is to come.
24. Ladies and Gentlemen, We have wasted
too much time and resources, bickering over
sectional versions of what define reality. This
is an open-ended luxury we can no longer
afford. Let us move forward, with honest
conviction and patriotic courage, to
strengthen this Republic, and get it to work
better and brighter, for all of us, to the glory
of God.
25. On this note, I hereby inaugurate the
National Advisory Committee on this
significant National Assignment and give the
Committee six weeks to submit its report. I
thank you for accepting to serve and I wish
you the very best of wisdom in this very
important call to duty.
26. Congratulations. I thank you.

Would it be that easy for anyone from any part of nigeria rise up easily to become president?or aspire to be, I don't think so because the person would have to through these hells and when he returns he would not be able to do anything good for nigeria ,tribalism\ state origin,inequality not belonging to the ruling class or ruling or elite's plus religious affliations ,and must have stolen lots of funds and not to talk of the occultic aspect that you have to join,i would stop there ,our political class have no idea of what they about to do removing GEJ would be a mistake to me because of what he stands to represent ,to me he's more of symbol of hope for Nigerians any where they are or where the come from if they were smart politicians they would have come together a work with him and earn the trust of nigerians,for me nigeria should do away with state of origin and religion in its affairs its caused too much problem for us and the politicians are benefitting from it,inequality breeds corruption ,the fight should be against inequality.

bettercreature: Sorry Not only in Naija!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23972952

Dancing to daft punk,that's nt humiliating or explotative like the 9ja banking industry...