₦airaland Forum

Nuepen, pengassn, Airport workers, NuE, NEE, are joining gv it 3days you will see who is losing. Gov vs NLc&TUC

Later you can give me the scores after Wednesday

Crime in the land you didn't finish it, na water crime you want fight now. Ok continue

Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina, Borno waiting for Netanyahu to condemn Nigeria government

Like him or not..... Honour to wicked Wike.

On personal I don't like Wike but on development I scored him A+++

Anything progression this beliefs are against it

HeadNigga:
This negotiation get end so? Lots of civil servants do nothing at work...lay them off and give them what they are meant to earn in 12 months at a go let them go into farming or any other productive venture. This will have a massive positive impact on the economy. The FG can secure a loan to do this.

Many ideas dey my head but they will never vote for people like me

What is the population of Nigeria and how many are in government payroll.

Population: 0ver 200
Government workers: less than 4m

So you think if all these 3m government workers were sacked can change the farming systems to feed 200m people.

Sometimes I wonder why people think as such. We are praying for government to employ more graduates and you are here saying negative things.

You need to start getting your national share as soon as ....

Like him or not Wicked Wike is a hard working minister that has the progress of Nigeria in his Heart

Brendaniel:
How can something that was passed into law by constitutionally elected law makers be unconditional ?

When Ganduge did his own with the same law makers, was it conditional?

Read and understand. What they are saying is; all the proceedings to remove ado Bayero followed due process, that someone should have been made the emir not Sanusi. Court and traditions barred Sanusi to be reinstated.

Meaning? We should clap for you?

Quintessence44:
This man was calling for a religious conflict during his election campaign.

If he'd won, some of us might have returned to the Great Beyond by now, following a bloody religious war.

Some of us might have been in refugee camps in Cameroun by now, fed by the International Red Cross.

The entire country right now could have been engulfed in flames, with bombs and bullets flying around everywhere.

I think we are lucky that this man was not voted into power as president of this country.

He's a danger to national security.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfhpeA5D2Bg&t=15s&ab_channel=ObjectvMedia

Where were you when buhari called for Muslims to vote Muslims only those that can hold on Islamic laws in their states in Gasau, Zamfara State at 16th National quranic recitation 21/01/2002

ChidiCmatencore:
It’s Time For The Army To Vacate Banex Plaza

By Chidi Matthew Nwachukwu

On Tuesday this week, a Nigerian soldier reportedly assaulted an innocent harmless woman at Banex Plaza, simply because she crossed over a barricade while trying to make her way to her destination. Daily Trust reported that the assaulted woman collapsed into a coma after being slapped heavily by the soldier, indicating that she may have been unwell or seriously ill at the time of the assault.

She was immediately rushed to the hospital, and the last has not yet been heard of her or her condition. This is not the first time that the personnel of the Nigerian Army or other security agencies have assaulted unarmed innocent citizens without consequences. We witness these sorts of distasteful occurrences every day, and there seems to be no end in sight to the manner of high-handedness and show of force that is being exhibited by military personnel and their co-security agents against civilians.

This is exactly a week since the Army has been occupying Banex Plaza in Abuja, locking it up and preventing hardworking Nigerians from going about their normal businesses. Many of the business men and women whose shops have been under lock and key for a week now, have expressed their disgruntlement with the way the Army is handling the earlier attack of its personnel at the plaza.

Reports have it that at least two soldiers were assaulted at Banex Plaza on Saturday, the 18th of May, following a misunderstanding that ensued from the sale of a phone to a dissatisfied customer. It is still not very clear how the altercation erupted, but eyewitnesses claim that the soldiers who were invited by the dissatisfied phone buyer (to probably force the phone seller to either refund her money or replace the phone she had bought from him), tried to intimidate the phone seller and force him to do their biddings, but were attacked by some hoodlums who would not have their colleague victimized by soldiers.

Many observers who have commented on the Banex fracas largely blamed the soldiers for allowing themselves to be dragged into what they described as “a purely civil affair.” While these sets of people blamed the soldiers and hailed their manhandling and assault, others felt it was totally wrong and unacceptable for thugs and hoodlums to pounce on uniformed men and beat them up in the manner that was seen in a video that has since gone viral on the internet.

During the course of the altercation, the Police quickly arrived at the scene to quell the situation and prevent the soldiers from being mobbed. It was not long after peace had been restored that soldiers in military trucks reportedly invaded the entire Banex Plaza and descended on the people there. The invasion by the soldiers caused serious pandemonium at the ever-busy plaza as people ran helter-skelter to avoid being beaten up by the visibly-angry military men. Some persons who were not too fortunate were apprehended by the soldiers and severely punished, while many who managed to escape from the scene lost some of their valuables such as phones, laptops and some accessories.

It is not to be overlooked that this very issue that has caused a lot of embarrassment to the Nigerian Army is one that would have completely been avoided. There was no reason for a soldier in khaki to accompany a civilian to the market to settle a civil dispute. That was the soldier denigrating himself and the entire Army which he represents. Civil matters are best handled by the Police. The Army has never been known to resolve civil matters without using brute force and violating people’s rights.

So, while we condemn the manhandling of the soldiers by hoodlums who took their self-help measures to the extreme, we will however not turn a blind eye to the soldiers’ folly which was demonstrated by their meddling in a purely civil affair.

It was to my dismay and consternation that General Onyema Nwachukwu, the Army spokesperson, did not address the issue of the soldiers’ meddling in a “purely civil affair” in his official response to the Army’s takeover of Banex Plaza. He merely window-dressed the matter and put all the blame on the hoodlums whose reactions to the entire situation were instigated by the soldiers’ actions.

Phone sellers and other traders who usually carry out their businesses at Banex Plaza and other popular spots in the FCT are often united when it comes to staving off external aggressions and threats from bellicose customers, and that was exactly what played out at Banex last Saturday. The aggrieved customer went overboard in seeking redress by inviting soldiers to harass the person or persons who sold a ‘bad’ phone to her, and the phone sellers who mainly are hoodlums and seasoned law-breakers, did not care at all that the persons who were invited to ‘resolve’ the problem on ground were kitted in military fatigues. What then ensued afterwards was largely expected as the situation was clearly mismanaged by the megalomaniac soldiers.

This once again brings us to the question of why the military has found a favourite pastime in meddling in civil affairs. Since when did the laws of Nigeria empower the military and other uniform security outfits to handle civil issues or meddle in matters that are clearly under the jurisdiction of the Police? Is the military high command in support of the misconducts of its personnel, especially the ones that border on their meddlesomeness and unwarranted interference in matters that are off their concern?

The language of General Nwachukwu’s official statement on the Army’s takeover of Banex was indicative of the Army’s approval of the misconducts and irrational behaviours of its personnel, particularly in their dealings with civilians. It clearly showed that the Army is far disconnected from the realities of the times that we are in. It did not in any way portray the Army as a respecter of the democratic system that is in force in Nigeria. The Army and the Armed Forces are constitutionally the defenders of the country’s democracy and must therefore put up behaviours and conducts that portray them as such.

While we continue to blame any civilian who dares to raise his hand against a uniformed person or an agent of state, we also call on members of the Armed Forces to be well-guided in their dealings with members of the civilian public. It is not proper for military men to be seen regularly in public spaces. They should ordinarily be in their barracks and in the confines of their bases except when there is need for them to be present on the streets.

In civilized climes, soldiers are rarely seen in public spaces spotting their military fatigues. They spend most of their time in their barracks or at the warfronts. But in countries like Nigeria where anything goes, soldiers are found all over the place and in some cases, engaging in unwholesome practices such as drinking and smoking in public. This does not say well of the highly-revered and well-regimented military career that we know.

Civilians are not under any obligation to live regimented lives or act decorously, but members of the military are required to always behave in ways that portray them as good ambassadors of the Armed Forces they represent and their country by extension.

Today, about a battalion of soldiers is laying siege at the Banex Plaza, preventing hardworking citizens from undertaking their productive businesses and wasting taxpayers' money. This conduct of the Army constitutes great nuisance to the masses and must be addressed forthwith. Soldiers who should be at their duty posts tending to Nigeria’s many daunting security issues are idling away in the name of “laying siege.”

As it stands now, Nigeria is under-militarized as there aren’t enough soldiers to man the hundreds of terror flashpoints in the country; yet there are hundreds of soldiers presently occupying a very important business hub in Abuja where thousands of productive citizens engage in quality businesses that contribute to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). This is not the way to address issues such as this, and the government should as a matter of urgency, call the Army off from Banex Plaza and ensure that the place is reopened for business.

Legal luminary, Chief Femi Falana, SAN, has lent his voice to the cacophonous call for the reopening of the Banex Plaza. He has recommended the best ways to resolve the pending dispute and douse the already-brewing tension. His advice that the assaulted soldiers should press criminal charges against their attackers is a wise one and should be considered by the Army.

Falana further emphasized that neither the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria nor the Armed Forces Act empowers the Army to investigate criminal offences involving citizens who are not subject to service laws. That is exactly how the entire issue should be viewed. Nigeria operates under the principle of the Rule of Law and must be seen to be a law-abiding nation, not some anarchical entity where some people are above the law.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, must as a matter of expediency, order the Army to immediately vacate Banex Plaza and allow hardworking Nigerians to continue their productive businesses. As it stands now, billions of naira have been lost by the business community in Banex, and this is not a good thing.

At a time when the economy of the country is on a constant downward trajectory, businesses and other endeavours that contribute to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) should be buttressed rather than hampered. It will do Nigeria no good that the legitimate businesses of its citizens are subjected to jeopardy just in a bid to prove a point and massage the ego of a megalomaniac unit of the Nigerian society whose existence is hinged on funding and supplies from the state purse.

The Army must realize that it exists to serve Nigeria and not the other way round. Therefore, it must sheathe its sword and toe the path of honour by vacating the Banex Plaza and reopening it for business. General Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff, is said to be a man of honour who always demonstrates a high level of professionalism and tact. I believe that he will hearken to the voice of reason and do the needful.

May Nigeria succeed!

Nwachukwu is a freelance journalist and media consultant. He can be reached by email at cmatencore86@gmail.com and on X (formerly Twitter) @Cmatencore

MR. freelancer this your write up is not help the matter at all. You are begging the soldier to lay-off the besieged of Banex and at the same time you are blaming them.

highchief1:
Tinubu don kill me.

you need to forgive yourself first, bro

God1000:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL8hl-6UOCw

better. you cant have 60% of the population doing nothing but giving birth only, it derails a country. women need to serve in all endeavors of life not based on religion brainwash

xin5:
A girl I am currently seeing is telling me the cost of her bride price is #120 that once I pay that..20 naira will even be handed back to me because she is not for sale. I asked her if that's all for the traditional marriage.. she said from there if we want to do big ceremony it's our choice. I think I am about to be scammed into marriage, something I might regret in the long run.. and I still wonder why her elder brother is still single (in his 40s) if marriage is cheap over there.

I wouldn't want a case whereby after doing that I will be presented an unexpected list of things to provide.

She's from the south.
I want confirmation if this is true

you need learn in the hardy way!

Paraman:
He should have left this decision for the next governor of the state to make

why anything good you people are always against it? late is better than never.
Who told you that the next governor had it mind to do it right away in his 100 days in office?

kristiankr:
It might sound cliché. Never apologize for anything you did wrong nor act guilty.

Learn from the 2023 elections.

Anything you did wrong can be covered by more boldness.

Be more specific and say not in private life

Had it been different person was named as the replacement of Ada Bayero all these won't came up.

Let Sanusi face his corruption charges for now and forget this emirate saga, thereafter he will not wether he is on the left side or the right now.



Full report of commission that accused Emir Sanusi of fraud
ByAgency Report June 4, 2019 Reading Time: 9 mins read
Below is the full Interim Report of investigation by the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission as obtained exclusively by NAN.

Highlights of the 19-page document includes the indictment of individuals, amounts involved, obstruction of investigation by suspects and recommendations.

PRELIMINARY REPORT OF INVESTIGATION IN RESPECT OF PETITION OF


FINANCIAL MISAPPROPRIATION AGAINST KANO STATE EMIRATE


COUNCIL UNDER THE PRESENT EMIR MUHAMMADU SANUSI II

INTRODUCTION
Yahaya Bello vs EFCC

The Commission is in receipt of a complaint filed by Concern Friends of Kano Emirate dated 28th March, 2017 on allegation of Financial Misappropriation by Kano Emirate Council under the Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II.

The petitioners raised some allegations bordering on spending the funds without due regards to due process. They alleged that, the Emir (Muhammadu Sanusi II) engaged in indiscriminate spending without regards to due process and the rule of law.

In the exercise of its powers under the provisions of Section 9 of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission Law 2008 (as amended) the Commission launched an investigation into the allegation and in conformity with the provisions of Section 15(2) and (3) of the Commission’s enabling law wish to forward the preliminary report of the investigation to the Government. The opinion of the Commission is that disciplinary action be taken before further legal action.

FACTS OF THE CASE
The case was initially filed before the Commission by Concern Friends of Kano Emirate on allegation of Financial Misappropriation by Kano Emirate Council under the Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II. In their petition they raised some allegations bordering on spending the funds without regards to due process. They alleged that, the Emir (Muhammadu Sanusi II) spent over Three Hundred and Sixty Million (N360,000,000.00) only in the provision of CCTV in the Emir’s Palace. This is in addition to expenditures on hotels, chartered aircraft and many more which petitioners alleged to be well over Four Billion Naira.

INVESTIGATION
The investigation commenced in 2017 through inviting the officers who are directly connected with the maintenance of the Treasury of the Emirate for information and interview and also requested for relevant documents covering the said period of investigation which the Emirate Council complied.

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In the same vein, the Commission received an information from Ministry of Panning and Budget and Office of the Auditor General Local Government

Audit in respect of:-

(a) Approved budget for the Emirate Council from 2013 to 2017

(b) Audited Financial Account of the Emirate Council from 2013 to 2017.

The Commission also got statements from the Financial Controller of the Emirate who is also the Walin Kano Alh. Mahe Bashir Wali, Sarki Waziri thee Deputy Secretary of the Emirate as well as Rufa’I Buhari who is the Treasurer of the Emirate Council.

At the peak of our work during that period an investigation into the activities of Emirate Council was also commenced by State House of Assembly. The Commission then sent a letter to the speaker of Kano State House of Assembly seeking for clarification as to avoid duplicated investigation as enshrined under Section 16(1 )(a) of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Law 2008 (as amended). The letter was duly acknowledged but never replied. (Copy attached). The Commission, as a mark of respect to the House and in fairness to the parties under investigation halted and suspended its investigation.

It was after the closure of the Assembly’s investigation that the Commission then decided to re-open and continue with its investigation with a view to ascertain the true position of things.


While the investigation process was going on, another complaint was lodged by Cardinal Architecture Ltd. against the Emirate Council, specifically the Chief of Staff who is the Danburam of Kano. The company alleged that it was awarded a construction work at Baban Daki and the money was paid to Tri-

c Nigeria Ltd. but was never paid to them. The complaint bothered on Eighty Four Million Nine Hundred Thousand and Twenty Three Naira Naira (N84,900,023.00) only which was alleged to have been criminally diverted for personal use. This prompted the Commission to merge the complaint together and treat it as one.

In the cause of investigation an invitation letter was served on four personnel of the Emirate Council for discussion and clarification on some expenditures incurred and the Commission believed they are at the right position to clarify but three persons refused to honour the invitation on the instructions of the Emir. By way of substantiating the assertion, Munnir Sanusi (one of the invitees) honoured the invitation of the Commission barely a week before the subsequent matter on a separate case.

The Commission also got necessary information from the hotels, Airline companies, travelling agencies and telecommunication companies. To expedite action, the investigation officers also travelled to some of the affected companies in Abuja and Lagos in order to receive more information and clarification on some documents in furtherance of the investigation.

FINDINGS
The fund in question is regulated by the provisions of Kano State Emirate Council Special Fund Law 2004. The law provides under Section 4 that:

4.(1) “Every Local Government Council in the State shall in respect of each calendar month contribute three percent (3%) of the amount of its monthly statutory allocation into the fund

(2) The State Government shall in respect of each calendar month contribute an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total contribution of the Local Government Councils in the State made pursuant to sub-section (1) into the Fund

Section 8 Kano State Emirate Council Special Fund Law 2004 which deals with the utilisation of the funds provides that:

8. The Fund shall be utilised:-

(a) For the payment of salaries, remuneration, allowances and other fringe benefits of the persons described in the schedule,·

(b) To defray all expenses of working and managing the affairs of the Council and its properties;

(c) To defray the cost of such works of a capital nature as the Council may deem necessary from time to time,·

(d) To grant loans and make advances to the persons on such terms and conditions as the council may approve,· and

(e) To defray operational expenses that may be incurred in the course of the general administration of the funds.

The schedule to which the above section relates provides inter alia that

1. Emirate Councils and their staff;

2. Other employees of the Emirate Council”

3. Royal Guard (Dogara!),-

4. Palace Staff (Yaran sark!),·

5. Persons employed for the administration of the Fund

The Law also mandates the preparation of the budget by the Emirate Council which is required to be transmitted to the Governor for necessary action apparently in conformity with Section 11 of the Kano State Emirate Council Special Fund Law 2004.

Investigation revealed that the Emirate Council failed to forward their estimate to the appropriate authorities as required by Law establishing the fund for consideration.

❖ From 2013 to 2017 Fifteen Million Naira (N 15,000,000.00) only was approved as budget for the Emirate annually based on the submission of the Ministry of Planning and Budget vide communication No. MPB/PLN/S/309/V.l/62 dated 26th April, 2017. (Copy attached).

This suggest that, in the first place there was no budgetary provision to authorize all the alleged expenditures.

❖ The Commission also got a statement from Financial Controller who confirmed that the Emirate Council approves its budget which indicated a gross violation of Section 120 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), Section 11 of the Kano State Emirate Council Special Fund Law 2004 as well as Section 26 of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Law 2008 (as amended).

❖ In the cause of the Commission’s investigation some expenditures that were incurred without following due process or appears to be suspicious were uncovered. Huge sums of money were transferred to some banks accounts which were claimed to be companies’ accounts.

However, the companies appears to be either unregistered with the Corporate Affairs Commission or dormant that cannot appear in the public search of the companies register. Investigations also shows that those unregistered companies are linked to some of the identified suspects in the emirate council. Investigation will later reveal the beneficial owners of those entities.

Meaning they can put anyone as the emir but they can reinstate sanusi

Khyrvxjzy:
yes, we stand our ground, 2027 peter obi will not be president and will never.

First time experience with over 6m votes. I know it pains you

seunmsg:
Long overdue. USA and other hypocritical western countries must enforce this warrant anytime Netanyanhu steps on their soil.

fake news. thats not how it been spelt out in the real context. That should be the prosecutor's minds toward israel leaders

helinues:
N75-N80 k should be okay

Even N100k would be disastrous for the economy.

answer the question first? have you ever receive salary? if you ever did break down the 75-80k. so sending money back to the hands of the real owners now is disastrous for the economy

Oloripelebe:
Just desperate to become president...Okoro[right][/right]

called it anything you want.......the best is the best

nlfpmod:
https://nairametrics.com/2024/05/20/musks-starlink-becomes-third-largest-internet-provider-in-nigeria-in-q4-2023/

wait and see, when the minimum wage had been increase to 600k Elon Musk will push out all those mtn and co out of this country.

helinues:
Na supermarket price you dey display here. How many Nigerians buy from supermarkets?

Modified: ebukajay184, unfortunately the notorious trollers on the forum derail this thread for you.

Hope mods would take care of them sha

And you think that's ok, because you think civil servants and others are not supposed to take milk. Very unfortunate

magoo10:
A drunkard that is lost looking for someone to lead him home.

You that you are not a drunkard do you think you are better than him? I don't think so

This boy Reno is confused now. "What the heck is going on?"

Elsueno:
This is a blatant lie my brother, Bubu says a lot of controversial shyt, But he never said that. Show me video where he said it.

You are too lazy to do research on issues as these to ascertain the authentication but quick to pass judgement. Very pathetic generation

Forget that hunger na your mate? Buhari talked similar to it- Muslims should vote Muslims and Christians should vote Christians because jihad is mandatory in Nigeria. That was 2010 statement and in 2015 he won the election based on that. Reno forget your frustrations and face what is facing Nigeria... hunger

Atiku is a total failure and as long as obi rejoin himself with failure don't expect different result