₦airaland Forum

River state Governor Rotimi Amaechi has
debunked a story spreading on the internet
that claimed he labeled governors
Babangida Aliyu And Sule Lamido of Niger
and Jigawa states, respectively as
‘deceitful’.
He accused desperate politicians of writing
and posting on social media fake stories
and concocted statements for selfish
political gains.
Amaechi spoke through his Chief Press
Secretary, Mr. David Iyofor, in reaction to a
recent report in an online sharing platform,
Nairaland, titled: “How Aliyu and Lamido
deceived me – Gov. Amaechi.”
He said: “that is a false story obviously
cooked up by mischievous haters, desperate
politicians. Governor Chibuike Rotimi
Amaechi did not make such derogatory
comments about his colleagues, governors
Aliyu Babangida of Niger state and Sule
Lamido of Jigawa state.
“He did not speak to anyone or say the
things attributed to him in that fake posting.
It is a big lie, baseless and unfounded. And
to confirm it was fabricated, the story had
no source.
“This smear campaign against the governor
and others will not sell. The public is now
wiser and well informed to believe such
gibberish. Whoever is writing, posting,
publishing or sponsoring these lies should
look for something else to do and stop
spreading false rumours”.

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phransix147: My brother will all these things work? No be to dey pass bill wey no get head y not save more people from going to jail by creating jobs or better still cushion the effect of poverty by giving unemployed citizens stipends.till such bills are passed Mr. Senate President u have done nothing worthy of congratulations.

So you feel this bill isn't important. Haven't you heard of employed professionals or self emploed businessmen who were wrongfully placed in jail without trial or those who deserve to be jailed but have overstayed their term if they were tried in court? It seems your only problem now is unemployment and until you get one everyone is doing nothing in this country

Gboliwe: So, of what use is a branded drug when generic drugs can handle an issue? Is illness a thing of pride to showcase one's wealth? If Panadol can do the job why take diclofenac?
Well, let me try and answer your other fears.
Firstly, to those who use it, the scheme is super effective and that's why there's a serious clamour to include more sets of people.
Secondly, "restricting" one to a particular hospital is for routine/regular check-up NOT when there's an emergency. There's also an option of using other facilities when your primary facility can't handle an issue/case
Thirdly, the scheme catering for a family of six as maximum is standard. Thought the government adviced for a "father, mother, 4 children" family standard and concerning their ages, it is believed that at over 18yrs when the family package cannot cover the child anymore, he is either in school being covered under Tship package or peharps married and utilising his/her own family package.
Fourtly, the 21 days inpatient attendance is an accumulated stay and not a stretch off thing. Hope you know that. All these are for proper organisation.
You may want to look up how other countries with a similar scheme operate.
Low priced lenses? I think its the frames you are talking about. Nhis will give you your perfect lenses in a not cosmetic frame. That is, they won't give you designer frmaes or in contact lens. Isn't that fair enough?

I'm not against the use of those drugs cos I use them too, what I'm against is when a patient's sensitivity result comes out and the only drug that can be used according to the sensitivity is meronem and the scheme can't provide that for him obviously because its expensive.
Imagine a situation where I travel to another state and suddenly feel abnormal (malaise) which obviously is not an emergency, I will have to wait till I return to see a doctor.
A stroke patient who stays above three weeks in the hospital has to take care of herself after the third week and any other time of admission till the next year right, meanwhile most of the investigations like the CT scan or MRI needed to manage this patient are not covered by the scheme.
In a situation I have five children, I'll have to chose which of them that won't benefit from the scheme.
Let's say I'm an 18yr old jambite, no NHIS for me till I get an admission, when we know a lot of jambites are above 18. I don't think the TSHIP back in school even had cover for ultrasound an x-ray because my classmates had to pay their bills when they had an accident.
A friend of mine currently covers a private hospital that runs the scheme and always complains of the way his hands are tied when he tries to give his patients adequate basic healthcare from investigations, admissions to drug prescription and administration. Most of his patients are referred to another private where they pay from their pockets.
The National Health Insurance Scheme in Nigeria has a lot of loopholes that have to be fixed.

Are u hypertensive? Any history of trauma to the back? have you had stroke before? have u had any abdominal or pelvic( below the abdomen) surgery before? Any abdominal pain? Can u postpone/hold the urge to urinate?

Gboliwe: You are clearly in error my dear. What you refer to as "cheap drugs and investigations" is the same thing that kill one. What you term cheap may not be cheap for your neigbour. These generic drugs cure illnesses.

Nobody said the drugs don't cure illnesses. Most patients that come to the hospitals can afford those drugs and investigations without the NHIS. So it seems they are not losing anything outside the cover of the scheme. The two groups still have problem with paying for the more expensive drugs and investigations.
There are a lot of limitations also e.g number of offsprings to register, age of offsprings to register, restriction of healthcare to the hospital of registration, 21 admission days a year, low priced lenses etc. Have you wondered the reason the scheme has not been effective.

What are the advantages one enjoys using NHIS as they cover only cheap drugs and investigations? As these can be paid for easily by those not using the scheme

iwonbaoko: We will soon find out whether he controls the military let him rig election then we will know . Control is not by appointing chief of Army staff from your village as Aguiyi Ironsi found out too late. Who are those people that will carry out the repression are they Ijaw soldiers too. I look forward to Asari Dokubo as the new Ojukwu when GEJ is slaughtered
Let us pray to witness the drama

What's this one saying? Do you think 2011 was free and fair? Na you go slaughter am. You are still living in the military regime. Wake up man, you are 200late.

passion007: Ifeoma Nwobodo has yet to gain public acceptance; There was a rally to try to convince Nkanu indigenes that despite originally being from Udi, she is now married to an Nkanu man and has the liberty to represent Nkanu. On the other hand, Frank Nweke hasn't any identity issues to battle with. His stint as Minister ended well. So, I believe he has the advantage of everything else except incumbency.

My grouse with Gil is that he has neglected his constituency. He might have fixed a few schools at Nike but his ministership is parochial. Nkanu East and West and Isi Uzo has benefited little or nothing from him. And whatever he did at Enugu Urban must be too small because I cant see it. Contrast with Ekweremadu and Ayogu who have attracted vocational schools, SURE-P roads, offered scholarships or built churches.

Nkanu East is home to the popular Unateze dynasty. I think we are yet to exploit this avenue to public acceptance. The Okwesiliezes were able to take advantage of their royalty to clinch political successes.

Can you please remove Ayogu Eze from your list of senators that have achieved something tangible because he has nothing to show for the 7 years he has been in Abuja. He obviously is the worst of the 3. Thank you.

spyder880: Nsukka all the way for me.

Anyi ejebe nsukka

spyder880:

Just saw his poster, not supporting anybody, yet.

It is all over the town. An intelligent man anyway. but I don't think he is from the nsukka zone

Johnnyessence: see my people in d house d opposition party d apc has learnt alot of lesson from ribadu move apc is not having consensus candidate in d next month primary am predicting kwakwanso for president 2015 and his running mates his owele okorochas just wait and see buhari is 70+ of age he just need to be of support to d young candidates.

How will he? he is born to rule. He will contest till his time is up. I will say it again, Nigeria is not Zimbabwe. We don't need a Mugabe.

enigmaotr: Do not expect people to be calm when a result is declared in a unit for example and a different one declared at the INEC office. He should be ready for trouble if that's what he's depending on. And you can not rig where you're not popular. You'll only cause trouble.

A man that controls the military and paramilitary can rig anywhere he wants and don't forget INEC too is within his reach. You can only go to the tribunal after the election to whine and come back disappointed. I will repeat that Nigeria has not gotten the strong opposition that we need to check those in power. APC is just a party of aggrieved PDP politicians, same old men that have failed us. Meanwhile it seems Jona is doing his homework.
www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/2015-gov-lamido-endorsed-jonathan-presidency/#sthash.BqUSVRUS.dpuf

THE emerging scenario in the fight against
terror and the steps Nigeria’s government
has taken would have resulted in global
sensation during the cold war. The United
States would fight to keep their allies.
They would never easily lose any of their
allies to then Soviet Union as now
represented by Russia which has, although,
embraced free market economy.
Nigeria, for years, enjoyed close ties with the
West and was seen as a US ally. But the
seeming snub or nonchalant attitude
towards it by its traditional allies has
reportedly compelled Nigeria to turn to
Russia and China for the training of its
military as well as acquisition of military
hardware to fight Boko Haram insurgents.
Highly placed military and intelligence
sources in Abuja told Saturday Vanguard
that the decision to turn to the other two
world military powers was an interim
measure to roll back the military advances
made by the Boko Haram insurgents who
have gained some grounds in seizing and
controlling some towns and Villages in the
north eastern states of Borno and Adamawa.
Already, Nigerian security personnel from
the Army, Police, Department of State
Services (DSS) have been dispatched to
Russia for training as Special Forces to
combat the Boko Haram insurgents who are
mounting stiff challenge to the Nigerian
security services.
According to Saturday Vanguard
investigations, following the increasing
sophistication of the Boko Haram terrorists,
the Nigerian government approached
American and British governments to
procure arms for its armed forces in order to
effectively counter the insurgents but the
two western governments have continued to
dither, a situation that may have been
responsible for some of the gains recorded
by terrorists in recent times.
A senior security Source told Saturday
Vanguard: “the United States and Britain
appear unwilling to provide arms to our
armed forces. It is surprising because these
are two friendly countries to Nigeria which is
under threat from terrorists. We have no
option but to look somewhere else for our
needs pending when the issues are resolved
at the diplomatic level by our government.”
This remark underscored the current
lukewarm attitude of both countries to the
Federal Government. The USA had said that
it would not assist Nigeria with land forces
and would not also share intelligence with
the Nigerian military. Sources said that they
did not trust the Nigerian military which was
accused of lacking professionalism and
which also had moles within. But Nigeria
expected better assistance from USA, Britain
and the like. But their support has fallen
below expectation.
Saturday Vanguard gathered that one of the
options was to turn to Russia which has
always been willing to supply weapons and
some other logistics to Nigeria when other
western countries are not forthcoming. The
Nigeria Air force has several Russian fighter
jets in its fleet.
It was gathered that Nigeria has entered into
contract with Russian Arms manufacturers
for the supply of high calibre weapons to the
Nigerian Army to combat the insurgents in
the North east and has begun discussion
with the Israeli government on possible
supply of military hardware.
“When the Chief of Army staff said recently
that the Nigerian army would soon take
possession of weapons that would reverse
the trend in the North east, he was referring
to the deal between Nigeria and some
Russian arms manufacturers. We are also in
discussion with Israeli companies. We don’t
want to be held ransom by our traditional
allies. That is why we are expanding our
sources of supply,” the source said.
As part of the agreement between Nigeria
and Russia, a group of Nigerian security
personnel are already in Eastern Europe for
training as Special Forces with another
batch, made up of the Army, Police and DSS
billed to leave Nigeria next month to join the
other three batches that are already in
training.
President Jonathan recently, at the passing
out parade of cadets at the Nigerian Defence
Academy, said the armed forces would set
up a Special Forces Brigade to combat
terrorism in the country.

www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/boko-haram-fg-turns-russia-china-usa-uk-fail-nigeria/#sthash.gq64IVsY.dpuf

enigmaotr: I do not expect him to lose next year either, but then we'll follow the results from the units right to the INEC Headquarters in Abuja.
Jonathan can not win a free and fair election again in Nigeria! He will have to do his home work well to be able to rig where he's not popular. Any daylight rigging will result in an uncontrollable violence

Violence..... is that what your party now stands for? Meanwhile people only rig where they are unpopular.

Meanwhile our IGR keeps increasing. Enugu Na adi mma.
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enigmaotr: The talks of regions is mere talk? Have you ever wondered why the Jonathan-led FG is soiling Buhari's image? South-West will be the battle ground this time around. Subtract South-West votes from Jonathan's=victory for Buhari/APC!
I'll personally deliver my constituency for APC!
PDP have been at the helm of affairs at the centre for 15years now and they've failed Nigerians, so I think they're the ones that should not come back next year! You can't keep doing things same way and expect different result. Enough is enough.

Forget all these your calculation my friend. Have you forgotten he has the power of incumbency. Don't expect a free and fair election from those old men cos we are still far from that. Come 2015, you will left wondering who voted Goodluck Jonathan in.

enigmaotr: The talks of regions is mere talk? Have you ever wondered why the Jonathan-led FG is soiling Buhari's image? South-West will be the battle ground this time around. Subtract South-West votes from Jonathan's=victory for Buhari/APC!
I'll personally deliver my constituency for APC!
PDP have been at the helm of affairs at the centre for 15years now and they've failed Nigerians, so I think they're the ones that should not come back next year! You can't keep doing things same way and expect different result. Enough is enough.

So buhari is the answer is the answer to the trouble with Nigeria. The same man that threatened to make the nation ungovernable. Any wise Nigerian won't vote such into power.

enigmaotr: I know Buhari is the most fearsome PDP nightmare! With the support of Tinubu,APC governors in the South-West, and some stakeholders in the North-West, GEJ should kiss 65% of the votes in that region goodbye. Any APC presidential candidate will still have at least, the required 25% in states in the North-East a North-Central with the exception of Kogi and Benue!
This's in addition to Southwest and Northwest votes! APC isn't looking towards South-South and South-East in the next election to win! The votes in those regions combined is not up to that of South-West anyway. Jonathan is in for a tough fight! I bet you, He's not taking it lightly the way you make it seem!

Buhari has only been one thing.....a loser. So I'm wondering how he is a nightmare. He should just quit and leave the younger minds to try. We both know ur claim of regions above is mere talk. I don't have any problem with any region producing the President, but I'm strongly against those that failed us coming back.

ISpiksDaTroof: Because the Ibos say so?

Not only Ndigbo but a lot of Christians considering what some Muslims have been up to all around the world, northeast Nigeria inclusive.

nwando: Who is calling me

Nne I just love your name.

enigmaotr: If you still think GEJ will win next year, I don't know what adjective to use for you! Massive victory in North-West and South-West alone is enough to send him packing. What's needed is few more states to get the required 25% votes. Not that the South-East and South-South votes are consequential.
You're joking with what's giving your god, GEJ, sleepless nights!
By the way, a bad PDP requires a bad APC, so cut that good opposition bullsh!t

I don't worship politicians if you do. So which states will you use to get the 25%? Just waiting for the primaries and once its lord buhari you know the rest. Just know that APC will see a lot of decamping after the primaries.

enigmaotr: Atiku was actually arranging for 2015 Igbo presidency, back in 2011. But now that GEJ won in 2011 and still wants to sit tight till 2019, it's better Ndigbo stop mortgaging their chances at Presidency to GEJ who would most likely handover to a Northerner come next year or latest, 2019! The earliest, Ndigbos can have a chance at presidency in PDP calendar is 2027! Okun re, Osa re, so which way Ndigbo?

Modified
I'll certainly be your President from 2027-2035, so Ndigbos, here's your chance for a single term presidency! Embrace it, embrace APC!

In other words "embrace buhari" right. You are sure going to lose. APC is just a refurbished party with a new name and the same goals. Till the day we get a good opposition, PDP will continue to rule.

egift: Ohaneze Ndigbo and Igbo Businessmen have sold Ndigbo 2015 to the Zoologist. Have you not been seeing them in TAN Rallies?

So that's the reason you sound bitter, the TAN rally. But you have Rochas or is he now Hausa?

egift: The impact of a Buhari/Fashola 2015 is breaking the heart of every PDP member

Once there is a buhari factor there just expect to lose. I was expecting a strong opposition with a younger innovative mind as their flag bearer no matter the ethnic group. But here we are, left with the same old politicians that had the opportunity to rule this nation and failed still struggling to come back. Nigeria is not Zimbabwe.

barcanista: Theere is a clause in Oyegun's Statement. Pls take note of the if

In other words,
Support APC in 2015 and you get your chance in 2023

Reject APC in 2015 and FORGET IT.

NB:
Whether you support or not, the APC will still win.

The ball is in your court

Sai Buhari 2015

Buhari will still lose as usual. That's if APC will be so lame to give him the ticket this time.

Any Igbo being that believes this is dumb. Why can't they start from 2015?

The All progressive congress (APC)
leadership has said that it will be the first
political party in Nigeria to give the south-
East region the opportunity to provide the
country's next president.
The APC promised that they will also
develop the Igboland if the party has the
total support of the South-East to kick out
the ruling party PDP out of power come
2015 in the country.
This statement was made known by the APC
National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun and
the Ex Governor of Bayelsa state, Chief
Timipriye Sylva in Abuja during the opening
of the Imo state office in Abuja.

m.dailytimes.com.ng/article/apc-give-igbos-chance-produce-nigerias-president-2023-oyegun

The All progressive congress (APC)
leadership has said that it will be the first
political party in Nigeria to give the south-
East region the opportunity to provide the
country's next president.
The APC promised that they will also
develop the Igboland if the party has the
total support of the South-East to kick out
the ruling party PDP out of power come
2015 in the country.
This statement was made known by the APC
National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun and
the Ex Governor of Bayelsa state, Chief
Timipriye Sylva in Abuja during the opening
of the Imo state office in Abuja.

m.dailytimes.com.ng/article/apc-give-igbos-chance-produce-nigerias-president-2023-oyegun

The All progressive congress (APC)
leadership has said that it will be the first
political party in Nigeria to give the south-
East region the opportunity to provide the
country's next president.
The APC promised that they will also
develop the Igboland if the party has the
total support of the South-East to kick out
the ruling party PDP out of power come
2015 in the country.
This statement was made known by the APC
National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun and
the Ex Governor of Bayelsa state, Chief
Timipriye Sylva in Abuja during the opening
of the Imo state office in Abuja.
m.dailytimes.com.ng/article/apc-give-igbos-chance-produce-nigerias-president-2023-oyegun

Met a guy back in school and he introduced himself as Nkejesus. I thought the dude was joking but it was real.

Was expecting them to have passed this stage considering the stage it was the last time I saw it. Anyway work is still on.

So I passed by and got some pix with a phone. The Diagnostic centre in UNEC under construction. They are currently trying to roof the building.