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Aifey: Only in nigeria 16 is greater than 19.
GEJ remains d foooooool here.

and only in nigeria would 16 attend an inaugural meeting that a lair claimed 19 voted for him. While 18 attended the one the same lair claimed 16 voted for. U and ur father are the fools here not gej because u And ur father have been fooled by amaechi and his paid press. How come 16 governors and deputy governors attended amaechi NGF meeting while 18 attended jangs own? If u and ur fada Re not foolish anwer this question

Giddyprance: it seems u watch ur tv upside down dats why 16 appears to come b4 19...mtcheeew ewuu

i keep asking people like u this question how come the 19 has suddenly become 17?. Why did 16 governors attend amaechi NGF inuagural meet while 18 governor attended jangs inuagural meeting? This are begging questions waiting to be answered by ur like and press that sold us the the amaechi lies

tpacalipse: What I witnessed at Ado ekiti today has made me lose the little respect I had left for Fayemi. Ekiti is not a place where thugs can successfully be used as weapons against the people. Ekiti people will vomit anything and everything being shoved down their throats whether you like it or not. NURTW may be installing governors in Lagos, but in Ekiti, the earlier they know that it won't work the better for them. Yes! I am saying it again, let the child of the hunter be warned, that roaming at the river banks might not be a good idea, lets he receives bullets from good guns. For obedience is better than sacrifice. Ekiti a gbe a o.

that is how our progressives play their own progressive politics. Very unfortunate, if this was done by a pdp or any other party's governor mr lair mohammed would call a press confrence telling nigerians how that governor is worse than hitler. Just like his telling gej to remove maku as acting minister of defence because he claimed he has an interest in what is happening in nasarawa.the problem in nasarawa was started by another progressive governor and his hired fulani terrorists just like fayemi is doing with this thugs in ado ekiti

stanlink: Na who be dis?

na amaechi lol

fagbalex: rubbish !!!!!!!!! if your own 16 is greater than 19, we can follow you celebrate mediocrity and impunity. our absolute conclusion is that 19 is greater than 16. if you and your co bigots no do elementary mathematics, sorry to say we do. amaechi is the true chairman of Nigeria governors forum. final!!!!!!!

so how come 19 has now turned to 16 when amaechi called for his inuagural NGF
Meeting?

BekeeBuAgbara: She was not sacked rather she resigned when OBJ tried to mess her up, the world bank did not waste time to {grab} take her back because goldfish has no hiding place.

u know most nairaland are ignorant u should have allowed him wallow in his ignorance

gboss4sure: What proof do you have to show that the Finance minister is corrupt, Do show us your proof.

he would soon quote a newspaper publication for u as prove

Is left for the british prosicutors to prove it. Which am sure they would

jmaine: Nonsense can never be punctured bruv . . COs you said nothing . . . .

Be sane

dont mind the ignoramus

Bensonite: So could this be the authentic people who voted?? I see why in a law court they put sentiment aside and use only verifiable evidence and fact to make informed decision or judgment.

of course these are the people that voted for him

Amaechi did not Win any election. Amaechi only had 16 votes thats is why he and 15 of his co travellers attended his NGF meeting on tuesday nite, fashola the confused san who was quick to run to court now has his weak case thrown out.

farem: [color=#990000
Why all this your "IGNORATIC" statement? Puncture any of the above facts or bring up facts to support your moribund 'star'!

what is fact about all the junks u wrote.... if i ask u now to provide evidence for all those junk u wrote. U would provide newspaper article as evidence of what ur claiming to be fact.

I noticed is only on nairaland that any news article, it doesnt matter if its verified or not as long as it say's something against this administration it becomes a fact to ignoramus like u, without having a mind of ur own to get it verified. While at the same time quick to debunk anything good published by foreign and some credible nigeria media claiming they've been bribed by the fg



And if ur not ignorant can u prove all those junk you wrote?

oxford: This more than anything reflect the authentic result of the NGF election.

Over to Aboki/APC e-worriers

the bribe for article media houses we now have in nigeria. Didn't see anything wrong in 16 governors attending an inaugural meeting of a man who claimed 19 governors voted for him.

While when jang held his own inaugural meeting 18 governors attended.

lertee: You have seen the vid shey, that woman is something else. I bet she was a tout before she entered that house. Disgracful.

the woman is not a lawmaker she is an ex lawmaker. And an exco member of baraje fake pdp. She came in with baraje and his gang

Bliss4Lyfe: Very Good, divided we shall prevail.

amaechi and his 16 thieves are finding it difficult to loot thats why they want her removed but they are of the minority. He has only 16 gov backing him while jang has more than 18 governors backing him.

fagbalex: we didn't know una as the real governor forum. well Jang and his political rascals governors were not to be blame because they're adhering to the directive of the presidency. in all sincerity and conclusion amaechi is the real chairman of Nigeria Governor forum hatred go kiss lion or act like monkey in the zoo.

his the real NGF chairman how come his supporters are in the minority? How come 17 instead of 19 that was fed to nigerians attended his inaugural meeting. While 18 instead of 16 attended jangs inaugural meeting?. This question is for your likes...

From those that attended amaechi inaugural NGF meeting nigerians and the whole world now know the truth about how many governors really voted for amaechi at the NGF election. no wonder fashole withrew the case in court so that he wont be disgraced in court .

These are the governors that voted him

1 rivers
2 sokoto
3 kano
4 niger
5 adamawa
6 imo
7 zamfara
8 nasarawa
9 lagos
10. Ogun
11 osun
12 ekiti
13 oyo
14 edo
15 jigawa
16 kwara
17. Yobe

While 18 governors attended jangs inauural NGF meeting.


How come amaechis 19 is now 17 while jangs 16 is now 18?

Jang Faction Opposes Amaechi’s Faction On Finance Minster’s Sack

Posted by: Channels Television Posted date: September 18, 2013

The Jonah Jang faction of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has reacted to the call earlier made by Amaechi faction of the NGF, that the Finance Minister should resign from office.

The Jang faction is opposing the decision reached by the Amaechi faction.

The governor Jang faction in a statement noted that the content of the communique by the Amaechi faction clearly indicates that the faction now sees itself as an opposition to the presidency and Nigerians.

Weighing in on the matter also, the governor of Delta state says it is wrong to ask for the sack of the finance minister over the issues raised by the Amaechi faction, but instead the NNPC and relevant agencies should be held accountable.

This reaction by the Jonah Jang faction of the NGF is not coming as a surprise to most Nigerians, but what would have triggered surprise would have been the faction’s non-reaction to the call by the Amaechi faction.

There’s been a split in loyalty in the NGF which was once united under the chairman ship of the Rivers State governor, but it all went awry when another election for the chairmanship of the NGF was due and was held in Abuja in the Rivers governor’s lodge where a disagreement ensued after the election produced Amaechi returning as the Chairman of the NGF, while Jonah Jang the Plateau state governor who contested with the incumbent  and apparently lost the election which was captured in video, laid claims to the chairmanship seat with the support of some governors, sometime in May.

Amaechi faction had in attendance, Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Abdulafatah Ahmed (Kwara), Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), Babatunde Fashola (Lagos), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Rauf Aregbesola (Osun), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), and Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti).

The Governors of Edo, Nasarawa and Borno were represented by their Deputies.


http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/09/18/jang-faction-opposes-amaechis-faction-on-finance-minsters-sack/

Sincere 9gerian: The following characters are the PILLARS behind the newly registered All Progressive Congress (APC). Do they represent agents of change?

1. Alhaji Ahmed Rufai Sani Yerima, the former governor of Zamfara State and chief proponent of child marriage.

2. Muhammadu Buhari, a coup plotter, tribal bigot and Islamic fanatic.

3. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the greatest thief and looter of this democratic dispensation.

4. Ali Modu Sheriff, former governor of Borno State who nurtured Boko Haram.

5. Achike Udenwa, former governor of Imo State who presided over the retrogression of the state between 1999 and 2007

6. Rochas Okorocha, the current governor of Imo State who has taken cluelessness to a new peak. His free tertiary education policy is the most clueless and senseless policy I've ever heard or read about.

Do these characters represent agents of change? I dont think so.

(Note: I deliberately omitted known but peripheral members of APC, including Fashola)

here are more of them.

Alhaji bello massari. Formal speaker of the national assemble under pdp

Bisi akande

Mallam el rufai. Formal minister under pdp


Tom jkimi. Ibb boy and played a major role in the june 12 annullement

Audu ogbe. Formal national chairman pdp

George akume. Formal governor under pdp

Sen annie okonkwo. Formal sen under pdp

Sen ngige. Formal anambra governor under pdp and a patron of okija shrine

Tony momoh. Formal spokesman for the abacha regime

Mallam shakarau. Formal anpp kano state governor that looted kano state dry



Segun osoba. That was formal governor of ogun state instead of working he was busy looting




Will be back with more mostly past generals that served both abacha and ibb

HAH: Honestly am surprised that non of Gej opposition bring this valid reason to stop him from contesting. The fact is that GEJ is on his second term as president, furthermore if he is allowed to contest and if he win that means he will be president for 9 years which is grossly a violation of our constitution.

If our justice system is just Gej should not be allowed to contest, some will bring the aguement that he just finished yaradua tenuren the answer is no the moment he was sworn in he has started his tenure and first term and that is the consequence of being vice president.

Fake lawyer read


Court clears Jonathan to contest presidency in 2015


on March 02, 2013 at 12:50 am in Headlines
By IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI, Abuja

[b]The coast  may now have been finally cleared for President Goodluck Jonathan to seek re-election, as an Abuja High Court, yesterday, maintained that going by the express provision of Section 137(1) (b) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, he is eligible to contest for presidency in 2015.
His party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had earlier indicated that it would sponsor Jonathan in 2015, if he so desired.  In a judgment yesterday, the court presided by Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi, held that President Jonathan is currently on his first term of four years, stressing that “if he so wishes, he can seek from his political party or any other party, the sponsorship to contest in the 2015 presidential election.”

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (L) and his Ivorian counterpart Alassane Ouattara wave to the crowd on March 1, 2013 during a visit to Yamoussoukro. Goodluck Jonathan is on a two-day official visit to Ivory Coast. AFP PHOTO
The court further held that in the eyes of the law, Jonathan’s tenure commenced on May 29, 2011, saying he only assumed the presidential seat in 2010 following the demise of his boss, late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua who it said duly contested and won the 2007 presidential election.
In its interpretation of Section 137 of the constitution, the court, insisted that the germane issues for determination were “whether the death of Yar’Adua and swearing-in of Jonathan to complete the tenure, remains four-year tenure? Did the firstt defendant (Jonathan) contest presidency the first time in 2001? Was he ever declared and sworn-in as president in 2007? Was he the presidential candidate of the PDP in 2007?”
Justice Oniyangi further maintained that “the distinguishing factor is that after the election of Yar’Adua, there was no election or bye-election upon which Jonathan became president. He was merely asked to assume the position. I will like to borrow the word that was used by the legislature then, doctrine of necessity.[/b]r
“He was not elected into the position but was asked to assume the position. Having exhausted that tenure, he sought and obtained the ticket of the party to contest for presidency in 2011.
“Consequently, it is my considered view that the first  defendant is on his first tenure of four years. It therefore follows that if he so wishes, he can seek from his party to contest for presidential election in 2015.  Let me put it on record in order to guide against any mischief; this court is not saying that he is the automatic candidate of the PDP or any party, but that he could seek for the sponsorship of his political party or any other party of his choice to vie for the position.
“He is running his first tenure and can aspire to seek for nomination like any other Nigerian to contest in 2015. I do not see how such right can affect the plaintiff in anyway. When that time comes the plaintiff can also seek alongside other aspirants to vie for presidency subject to nomination by his party,” he added.
The court equally held that Section 137, applies only when someone is elected and not when such person assumes the office like in the instant case. “In the case of Jonathan, the section applies to when he was elected as president, by implication, when he took oath of office on May 29, 2011.
“I therefore hold that the tenure of office of the first  defendant did not begin on May 6, 2010 but May 29, 2011.  The constitution was clear that no person shall take oath of allegiance and oath of office prescribed in the seventh schedule of the constitution more than twice except on special circumstance as witnessed in the demise of Yar’Adua. Thus, the order of injunction against the first defendant contesting in 2015 is refused.
’’ Application for an order restraining the second defendant, PDP, from sponsoring him is refused and dismissed. Likewise, application for an order directing the Indipendent National Electoral Commission,  INEC not to accept Jonathan if sponsored by the second defendant in 2015 is also dismissed and refused.  The plaintiff is to pay a token of N20,000, to each of the defendants,” Oniyangi ruled.
Earlier, the court had while upholding preliminary objections filed against the suit by both  Jonathan and the PDP, held that the plaintiff who is also a chieftain of the party, Mr Cyriacus Njoku, lacked the locus-standi to institute the action, noting that the matter was pre-mature considering that Jonathan was yet to declare his intention to run for the election in 2015.
The court held that in-line with provision of Section 87 of the Electoral Act, a political party has the exclusive powers to nominate or pick candidates to sponsor in any given election, adding that such issue was a domestic affair of political parties which no court had the powers to determine.
“The mere fact that the plaintiff is nursing the ambition to be a candidate of the party does not confer right on him to seek to stop another candidate also nursing a similar ambition. It is crystal clear that the plaintiff’s suit did not disclose any cause of action; it is only an expression of interest to contest which is still at its embryo stage. At least, it is still within the realm of speculation and no court pays heed to speculation. All the grounds of objection by the defendants succeed and are sustained. The plaintiff lacks locus standi and the suit is accordingly struck out.”
Specifically, the plaintiff who is a registered member of the PDP in Zuba Ward, Abuja, in his suit, urged the court  among other things, to  determine “whether Section 135(2) of the 1999 Constitution, which specifies a period of four years in office for the president, is only available or applicable to a person elected on the basis of an actual election or includes one in which a person assumes the position of President by operation of law, as in the case of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.”
Arguing that Jonathan was constitutionally barred from contesting the presidency in 2015, Njoku, also asked the court to determine “whether Section 137(1) (b) of the Constitution, which provides that a person shall not be qualified for election to the office of President, if he has been elected to such office at any two previous elections, applies to the first defendant, who first took an oath of office as substantive President on May 6, 2010 and took a second oath as President on May 29, 2011.”
He also sought a declaration that ‘’the President’s tenure of office began on May 6, 2010 when his first term began and his two terms shall end on May 29, 2015 having taken his second oath of office on May 29, 2011; and by virtue of Section 136 (1) (b) of the Constitution, that no person (including the first defendant) shall take the oath of allegiance and the oath of office prescribed to in the Seventh Schedule to this Constitution more than twice.’’
He then prayed the court for an order of injunction restraining President Jonathan from further contesting or attempting to vie for President after May 29, 2015 when his tenure shall by the Nigerian Constitution end.
Furthermore, the plaintiff asked the court to issue an order of injunction restraining the PDP from further sponsoring or attempting to sponsor Jonathan as candidate for election to the office of the President in 2015, as well as make an order directing the INEC, to refrain from accepting the name of the 1stdefendant, Jonathan, should the party decide to sponsor him in the next presidential election.
However, both President Jonathan and the PDP, in separate preliminary objections they filed, described the siut as “frivolous and highly vexatious,” saying it ought to be dismissed in its entirety as grossly lacking in merit.
They argued that the plaintiff failed to disclose any reasonable cause of action that precipitated the suit, insisting that Jonathan is currently doing his first term of four years in office as the President of Nigeria as provided by the 1999 Constitution, as amended.
“President Jonathan’s status and position is formidably backed by the 1999 Constitution. The constitution of Nigeria only makes provisions for a president to contest for not more than two terms of four years each.
The constitution recognizes the President’s tenure of office to be four years,” the PDP stated.
It further maintained that Jonathan had not indicated or announced anywhere whether in words or in writing that he would contest the presidential election in 2015, adding that the plaintiff lacked the locus-standi to seek for such declarative orders against Jonathan.
Similarly, Jonathan, through his consortium of lawyers led by Chief Ade Okeaya-Inneh, SAN, maintained that the 1999 Constitution, as amended, permits him to contest for not more than two terms of four years each.
In a 15-paragraph counter affidavit deposed on his behalf by a lawyer, Mr Osahon Okeaya-Inneh, Jonathan said he was yet to indicate or announce anywhere that he would contest for presidency in 2015, just as he dismissed the suit as an academic exercise.
In the counter affidavit against the suit, the Counsel to Jonathan averred: “I am a counsel in the law firm of Ade Okeaya-Inneh and Co. Counsel to the first defendant in this suit, by virtue of which I am conversant with the facts of this case
“I have the consent and authority of the 1stdefendant respondent to depose to this affidavit. When my law firm was briefed by the first defendant to  The constitution recognizes the President’s tenure of office to be four years,” the PDP stated.
It further maintained that Jonathan had not indicated or announced anywhere whether in words or in writing that he would contest the presidential election in 2015, adding that the plaintiff lacked the locus-standi to seek for such declarative orders against Jonathan.
Similarly, Jonathan, through his consortium of lawyers led by Chief Ade Okeaya-Inneh, SAN, maintained that the 1999 Constitution, as amended, permits him to contest for not more than two terms of four years each.
In a 15-paragraph counter affidavit deposed on his behalf by a lawyer, Mr Osahon Okeaya-Inneh, Jonathan said he was yet to indicate or announce anywhere that he would contest for presidency in 2015, just as he dismissed the suit as an academic exercise.
In the counter affidavit against the suit, the Counsel to Jonathan averred: “I am a counsel in the law firm of Ade Okeaya-Inneh and Co. Counsel to the first defendant in this suit, by virtue of which I am conversant with the facts of this case
“I have the consent and authority of the 1stdefendant respondent to depose to this affidavit.
When my law firm was briefed by the first defendant to represent him in his action, I, together with Mr Mattew Aikhionbare (senior special assistant to the President) and Dr Reuben Abati (special adviser on media and publicity to the President) meticulously went through the 11-paragraph affidavit of the plaintiff in support of his originating summons.
The first  defendant is currently doing his first term of four years in office as the president of Nigeria as provided by the 1999 constitution as amended. The first defendant status and position is formidably backed by the 1999 constitution.
“The constitution of Nigeria only makes provisions for a president to contest for not more than two terms of four years each. The constitution recognizes the Executive President’s tenure of office to be four years.
“I was informed by Dr Reuben Abati on the April 4, 2012 at about 5.30 pm in his office and I verily believe that. The first defendant has not indicated or announced anywhere whether in words or in writing that he will contest for the presidential elections to be conducted in 2015.
The late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua contested and won the presidential elections conducted in 2007 for a one term of four years. He was the president from May 29, 2007 until sometime in May 2010 when he passed on. Yar’Adua’s four years was to end in 2011.”
Jonathan further told the court that on May 6, 2010, he was sworn in as the president after the demise of the Late President Yar’Adua thereby completing Yara’Adua’s 12 months of the  four years tenure, stressing that this was the first time he is coming to power as the president of Nigeria through a conducted election wherein he was voted as the presidential candidate of his party, the PDP.
He said the plaintiff neither attached copies of his recent tax clearance certificate from the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, nor his PDP membership card as proof of who he claimed to be, and therefore, asked the court to terminate hearing on the suit, which he said was meant to make the court labour in futility.
Remarkably, this is the second time the plaintiff, Njoku is dragging President Jonathan to court with a view to thwarting his political ambitions.
Njoku had also in August 2010, attempted to stop the PDP from allowing Jonathan to participate in the PDP presidential primaries of January 2011.
The plaintiff, from Zuba Ward in Gwagwalada Area Council of Abuja and with PDP registration number 1622735, had previously urged the court to ask the PDP to respect its principle on zoning formula in line with Article 7. 2(c) of the party’s constitution.
He had insisted that the declaration of Jonathan then to contest the presidency on the PDP platform was contrary to Article7.2(c) of the 2009 Constitution of the PDP, as amended.
 

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/court-clears-jonathan-to-contest-presidency-in-2015/

Posted by: Channels Television Posted date: September 18, 2013

Jailed former governor of Delta state,James Ibori told a Swiss private bank in 2004 that he owned 30 percent of oil firm Oando, which paid $1.2 million into his account that year, a prosecutor told a British court on Tuesday.

Prosecutor Sasha Wass told Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday that in 2004, Ibori had opened an account at Lugano-based PKB in the name of a shell company called Stanhope Investments.

Quoting from internal PKB documents, Wass told the court that Ibori had presented himself to the bank as the owner of an insurance company, half of a bank and 30 percent of Oando.

Oando said on Monday that Ibori had only an “insignificant” holding in the firm.

Reuters reported that details of Ibori’s assets and how he kept them hidden from the public gaze through a web of shell companies and foreign bank accounts are being disclosed as part of a three-week confiscation hearing which began in London on Monday.

Ibori was jailed for 13 years in Britain after pleading guilty in February 2012 to 10 counts of fraud and money-laundering worth 50 million pounds.

http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/09/18/ibori-claimed-30-per-cent-shares-in-oando-british-prosecutor-tells-court/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

[quote author=One_Naira]Mtcheww. Rubbish.

Anyone that the thug parading as a governor fights is immediately named "GEJ's tool". SMH. Tell Amaechi to look deep inside himself and ask himself why he's constantly in the news for thug-like behavior; ask himself why he is constantly fighting not 1 person but multiple people. Why his popularity in his region is reducing as the day goes by. Rather than you all to accept his shameless behavior and advice him accordingly, you all resort to the usual blame GEJ tatics.

Like I said earlier, go back to that man and inform him that he is a governor, not some street thug.[/quote]leave the ignorant to continue in their ignorance
Just ignore them.

I was expecting to see 19 governors attending his meeting since 19 governors voted him in his 419 election. The true picture of what happened in the ngf election is getting clearer amechi never got 19 votes.

jmaine: Lolz . . . .The seas are indeed very rough . . .

dem neva see anything. I watched it on ait.

Reps in free-for-all as nPDP visits House


on September 17, 2013 at 8:17 pm in News

ABUJA – THE crisis ravaging the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) bared its fangs in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, as members of the old PDP disrupted a scheduled meeting between the leadership of the House and the Alhaji Kawu Baraje-led new PDP (nPDP) and the G-7 governors.
Immediately the meeting started at about 3.30pm, Rep Henry Ofongo representing Bayelsa State raised a point of order during protocols, which other Reps considered unusual and pounced on him.
Chairs and all available objects were used to hit Ofongo.
 


However, the hefty Ofongo, who is about 6ft 3inches tall retaliated by throwing blows at his attackers.
His colleagues came to his aid and immediately shouts of No!No!! No!!! rent the air and followed with thunderous claps that further disrupted the meeting.
At about 3.45pm when Baraje stood up to deliver his speech, the claps and shouts of Tukur! Tukur rent the air making it virtually impossible to hear his speech.
But immediately the Speaker, Hon Aminu Tambuwal mounted the rostrum to deliver his speech, peace and order were restored.
As soon as he mentioned “leaders of our great party”, the old PDP lawmakers took over again, but this time, the chant was” PDP Goodluck! PDP Goodluck!!

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/09/reps-in-free-for-all-as-npdp-visits-house/

By Chris Ochayi
ABUJA—Determined to help address power inadequacy in the country, the United State Africa Development Foundation, USADF, and General Electric, GE, have committed $2 million to supply electricity to rural and urban communities not covered by the national grid.
This came on a day the French government promised to assist Nigeria to build capacity in all critical areas that will increase power generation in the country.
Nigeria President and Chief Executive Officer of General Electric, Dr. Lazarus Angbazo, who disclosed news of USADF and GE’s plans at a joint press conference in Abuja, yesterday, officially announced the call for entries for the Power Africa Off-Grid Energy Challenge.
Besides, the Economic Advisor at the United States Embassy in Nigeria, Douglas Climan, who represented the USADF, explained that the initiative was part of President Barrack Obama’s Power Africa initiative, which is aimed at doubling generated power across the African continent with a $9 billion grant.
Dr. Angbazo noted that there was still a huge segment of the rural population either grossly underserved by the national grid or not on the grid at all.

He said: “The Power Africa Off-Grid Energy Challenge is a $2 million initiative to promote innovative off-grid energy solutions development by African-owned and-operated businesses. It will award 20 or more grants up to $100,000 each to innovators that further develop, scale-up or extend the use of proven technologies for off-grid energy.
“This initiative rewards innovation but the monetary reward should be viewed beyond the value to the much deeper motivation to positively touch lives of eventual beneficiaries of the off-grid solutions in communities and corporations where they are needed.”
In his address, Douglas Climan, who stood for USADF, declared that, “through President Obama’s Power Africa Initiative, the United States is committed to expanding the grids and helping to ensure transparency in the large scale energy sector.”
Meanwhile, the French government has promised to assist Nigeria to build capacity in all critical areas that will increase power generation in the country.
French Minister of External Trade, Nicole Bricq, who made the promise, said her country would participate actively in all power related development projects in Nigeria.
Describing the relationship between Nigeria and her country as good, Bricq said France was prepared to assist Nigerian in all critical areas that will increase power generation capacity.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/09/usadf-general-electric-commit-2m-to-electrify-communities-off-national-grid/

engineerd: You are just as clueless!

ur fada is clueless and your a wasted sperm ur name should be anusneerd

Asoozy: May that amen stick and continue to be your portion from generation to generation. As for the later part of your sentence, may it be so for not only your kinfolks but for all those remotely related or acquainted to you.

once again i say amen to the prayer ur fellow hypocrite prayed but the later part of my prayer is for ur likes and here is more for ur kinforks. And urself. may ur life and bussiness and that of ur generation both living and unborn remain stagnant the way our past president left our rail system before gej, may you or generation not see uplift in your present conditions the way our past leaders left our airports. And may ur life and that of ur relatives remain the way the benin-ore express road was before gej took over. And may God punish u and ur generations if u ever use any infrastructure rehabilitated or built by this administration. And if by mistake u and u generation benefit from any economic growth that this administration worked hard to achieve (which i pray u dont) may u or your generation not live. To enjoy it.
May ur life be ran the way buhari,ibb,abacha and obj ran nigeria....

Toba Suleiman 

Perhaps the government’s gesture was aimed at making life a little less brutish for the traditional rulers of the various communities in the state.  But the outcome of the generous donations to the monarchs in Ekiti State has led to a rising wave of disquiet in some communities.

The subjects are somewhat angry that their monarchs, and not them, have been picked to benefit directly from the “democracy dividends” which the government in Ado Ekiti is showering on the communities.

The 123 Ford cars and SUVs doled out recently by Governor Kayode Fayemi to some traditional rulers in Ekiti have been causing ripples in some communities as all the quarters' chiefs, youths and other community leaders in Efon Alaaye area of Ekiti are now calling for the removal of the town's monarch, Oba Emmanuel Aladejare, over what they described as his undemocratic style of leadership.

The crisis assumed a new twist at the weekend when all the six quarters' chiefs in Efon Alaaye, the headquarters of Efon Local Government Area, especially  Obanla John Fakorede, Obaloja Pariola, Oisajigan Ejigan, Peteeko Ojo, Alaayo Folayan and Ojubu Olowookere decided to shun the palace after removing their beads in protest.

They vowed that they would not have anything to do with the palace, following their exclusion from the list of traditional rulers to get vehicles from the state government.
So it was not quite a charge of being undemocratic, but was an accusation, as they say in the local verbiage, “chopping alone”. They alleged that in some local governments, no fewer than 13 traditional rulers got a car each as part of the government largesse.

The protesters, especially the transport commercial motorcyclists, popularly called okada riders had, for three days, refused to convey any passenger within the town, while the chiefs shunned the palace.

One of the quarter's chiefs, who spoke to newsmen but did not want to be named, disclosed that Oba Aladejare had been suppressing moves by the lesser communities in the area to gain autonomy.

“We observed to our chagrin that the state government has just given autonomy to at least six different communities in the state, and we observe that our monarch is not supporting such a move in this local government. We realised that our traditional ruler has been oppressing various moves and agitation for the upgrade of our traditional rulers,” he said.

However, in his reaction to the development, a prominent citizen of the community and the President-General of the Efon Development Association, Chief Patrick Ojo, said all the leaders of the community had intervened and resolved to bring peace and harmony back to the community. Ojo further said the agitation by the chiefs and the youth would soon be addressed.

As at press time, the monarchs and the aggrieved chiefs were attending a crucial meeting with the Special Adviser on Chieftancy Affairs, Chief Aderemi Ajayi, to resolve the logjam.

Observers have however wondered why the state government had to provide vehicles for traditional rulers. They argued that the gesture might not be unconnected with the gubernatorial election in the state next year.

The traditional rulers are believed to have a significant influence on their subjects. The interpretation of the government’s gesture, therefore, is that the gifts sre aimed at securing the support and understanding of the monarchs and their subjects ahead of the election.

As one of the commentators asked, “Governor Fayemi has been in office for almost four years now. Why is he suddenly being this generous to the traditional rulers a few months to the gubernatorial election in which he is billed to participate?” 


http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/fayemi-s-car-gifts-to-monarchs-unsettles-ekiti-communities/159216/

Desola: May you parents run your life the way Jonathan runs Nigeria.

i say amen. And may ur parent run your life the way our past presidents ran nigeria before jonathan took over.

While some mugus are busy rejoicing and m@sturbating to the remixed news by premium times. The senate is busy approving GEJS request.