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floriana: AIT is Nigerian vilest and most disgusting TV station. I have watched with great concern how the useless station has descended into the abyss over time. This was a station that was bankrupt years back and we had to contribute alms to help offset its huge debt and keep it on air. From very ridiculously looking presenters like Oloyede Oworu to the present Kaakaki ladies (Usama and Adaora) who continue to exhibit intelligence below that of a 5th grader in their analysis,style and presentation, it has all been foolish output from the very viceful station. This is the kind of TV station one sometimes secretly wishes boko haram will help keep of the air once and forever more.

The way they couch their news and take reckless position between warring parties and controversial issues suggest they may have been too poor to afford the services of a right thinking attorney as legal adviser. The only redeeming value in this evil station is Jire kuforiji, Imoni Amarere and probably Adebayo Bodunrin. They should seek better platforms elsewhere and let AIT die. ChannelsTV is next door.

Reasons states are broke –Gov. Aliyu


Date: Sun, 07/15/2012 - 23:18
Governor of Niger State and Chairman, Northern Governors’ Forum, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, has said that most states are broke and that is why it is difficult for them to execute projects. Speaking to Daily Sun at the weekend, the governor noted that besides the poor statutory revenue, states find it difficult to generate revenue internally.

The governor said. “It is not only states in the Northern part of the country that are not in position to meet all their financial obligations. Virtually all states in the federation apart from probably Lagos, are in the same boat. The situation had been compounded by the introduction of a new minimum wage for workers in all the states of the country.

“States have been looking for other sources of funds to enable them meet their obligations. Some states have gone to the capital market to get money to finance capital projects to the people while others go for loans from commercial banks. This is why we have been asking that the revenue allocation formula should be reviewed.

“As the case is now, there is too much money at the centre, so we need to change the position because it is in the states and local government areas that we have the people. I will still want the revenue allocation formula to be reviewed if for nothing, it has outstayed its usefulness especially when the law says that it should be reviewed every 10 years,” he said.

The governor also said that the North is prospecting for crude oil, adding that there is oil in the Chad Basin and the Bida Basin in Niger State . “We have not made any serious effort to tap these resources. We, in Niger State, have commissioned the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University at Lapai to carry out a survey of the Bida Basin for the presence of oil and so far, the report we are getting is cheering,” he noted.

On the recurring communal clashes in the North, Aliyu said that initially they thought the crises were religious before they realized other dimensions to the violence.

“At first, we believed that it was religion, but with the dimension it has taken, we need to carry out a thorough investigation into those behind these frequent attacks which have not only turned the North-Eastern part of the country to ghost states and towns. One thing I know is that the communal clashes and frequent bomb blasts portend great danger for Nigeria as a country.

Now you can see people moving in large numbers from one part of the country to the other. This is not the type of country we want. We want a country where people will live in peace with one another irrespective of their place of birth or religious beliefs,” he explained.[b][/b][color=#000099][/color]