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The inhaler saved his life not God.

How much sex do you need a week to be happy? While a slightly ridiculous question, most of you are probably thinking of a fairly high number. Well, science has been on the case and it’s discovered that, if you’re in a relationship, sex just once a week is all you need to be content. The study, published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, drops this bombshell, among others.

Lead author Amy Muise, a sex and romance scientist at the University of Toronto Mississauga, conducted a three-part study on the sexual behaviors of a wide range of people in an attempt to uncover the link between sex and happiness – and it’s not as simple as you think. There are many studies – and of course, many opinions – out there that link the amount of sex you have each week to how happy you are overall. The results of Muise’s study dismiss this concept, to a degree.

The first part of the study used data from a 23-year-long study of over 25,000 people, looking at their sexual desires, patterns, and preferences. In line with the general consensus, this research found that more sex is indeed linked to higher levels of happiness, but only until the frequency reaches once per week. After this point, the link between personal happiness and sex becomes more tenuous, and more sex has a far less significant effect.

This link only applies to those in romantic relationships , though – the relationship between singletons having sex and their own happiness wasn’t statistically significant.

The second part of the study asked 335 ethnically diverse participants to take an online survey; they were asked the same types of questions about sex and happiness in relationships, and the results here confirmed the previous findings. This time, however, she decided to compare the sex-happiness link with another oft-cited measure of happiness: personal wealth.

People earning up to $25,000 (£16,400) per year were less happy overall than those earning $75,000 (£49,100); similarly, those having sex on a monthly basis were less happy overall than those having sex on a weekly basis. This isn’t surprising, perhaps, but what was striking was just how much happier they were due to a change from monthly to weekly sex when compared to those who began to earn up to $50,000 (£32,740) more than their peers. To put it another way, weekly sex made people happier than a huge pay rise.

Lastly, data from a 14-year-long study of 2,400 married couples was examined, and the overall trend was that more sex was linked to higher levels of relationship satisfaction, but once again this link became insignificant once the sex became at least weekly .

“In general it is important to maintain a sexual connection with a romantic partner, but it is also important to have realistic expectations for one’s sex life, given that many couples are busy with work and responsibilities,” said Muise to the Huffington Post. “Our research suggests that engaging in regular sex is associated with happiness, but it is not necessary, on average, for couples to aim to engage in sex as frequently as possible.”

Source: Iflscience

I've not seen Star wars the force awakens or Deadpool because there aren't any movie theaters in Awka.

And they've not been released on bluray

These are the movies I was looking to most for early 2016.

Buy I now really want to see Secret lives of pets and Zootopia so much after watching their trailers.
It's kind of weird that I have more faith in Illumination and Universal studios than Disney and Pixar to deliver a movie i'll love.

After The Good dinosaur my love for Pixar dropped a little.

cao:
Jupiter Ascending.
This film was disappointing as hell, but once you lower all your expectations, it's a rather entertaining & does have some rather stunning visuals. The Wachowskis should really stop overthinking things, or they should just make the general story & let someone else write it.

I had seen reviews and heard complaints before I went to see this movie, so I went in with low expectations and I thoroughly enjoyed it, like really really enjoyed it.

sinaj:
I understood it better

Glad someone got it, I think it's awesome!

jack00000:
do u know what terminal illness is?

That's the joke. ITK

How unlimited is it?

Get on the hype train people, this is superhero movie fan preparing their respective bodies for the assault of superhero movies and shows that's coming our way, From Deadpool to Captain America: Civil War to X-men: Apocalypse to Suicide Squad or is it Skwad? to Daredevil, Thor: Ragnorak, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Batman vs Superman and all the rest.

This is just to get yourself more acquainted with these awesome characters.

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dovelike:
Studying my picture, aren't we?
Don't worry, I've noticed you

That should have been "Studying my picture, are we?
but don't worry we've all noticed you too.

EUGENE4GOO:
What is capacity of the charger you are using to charge it? I am using Xiami 10000mah, initially, I was using my android charger that was rated 5v 1A to charge it. It was charging more than 12hours without being full. I was worried because it was stated 5-6hours to full from 0% to 100%. I have to do research why it was not charging and I discovered that it was stated that charger that is rated 2Amp, 5V. I have to try my tablet charger that is rated 5V, 2Amp behold I happy on the speed of charging. Within 5 to 6 hours is already full from 0%. It is advisable you use Samsung galaxy or Ipad, or even tablet charger that is rated 2Amp, 5V to charge.

I used the 2amp cable that came with my tablet, but my 3000mah tablet never charged more than 15% before the 10400mah powerbank was completely drained.

dovelike:
NL guys dem are ugly kaiiiiiiiiii

And your profile picture is very badly edited e.g the eyelashes, contact lenses and flower were all added with photo editing software.

franciskaine:
are you a zikite? How is 5 decking? First and Second Market? I really miss that place. Oh, how time flies!

I'm not a Zikite man, I've not been here up to five months.

donhils:
U used it recently? Like this month? Cos I used it last December and it was a disaster.

I'm using it right now, i'm switching networks immediately this current subscription expires.

Glo is rubbish in Ifite, Awka, it's great in some other parts of Awka i've experienced but just rubbish in Ifite road.

Naijasinglegirl you don come again, I'm personally thinking of a short lived terminal illness.

I had their 10000mah powerbank but I couldn't charge my tablet properly, any device that needed increased power supply to charge properly was a problem.

So test this with different kinds of devices to check it's compatibility.

It's a fake memory card, I had one like it before, just throw it away.

Roseey0:
Somethings pictures don't speak volume.
If you have hrd the opportunity to be very close to these vips you will understand why their aids run all these errands. Sometimes it's on trust or friendship built over a long time of following them about, or on very rear cases, them trying to flex their boss muscles.


last last, it's unprofessional. How then will you defend them in time of emergency if you are busy carrying bags or running errand?

You should have read the article.

And i've been opportune to see this act 1st hand, my aunt used to be the Comptroller General of Prisons so she had aides and armed guards.

One policeman to 600 people
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Nigeria has about 306,000 serving police officers. Out of this number, over 100,000 are reportedly attached to individuals.

Thus, the citizen/police ratio in Nigeria, with a population of about 170 million people, stands at one police officer for every 555 citizen, or about 180 police officers per 100,000 people.

This falls short of the global average, according to data from the United Nations, which indicated that it should be about 340 police officers per 100,000 people. The UN also recommends a minimum police strength of 220 per 100,000 people.

Nigeria is said to have one of the highest crime rates in Africa.
A retired commissioner of police, Mr. Yomi Onasile, said the ratio of police officers to citizens for a country like Nigeria, with its security challenges, was not good enough.

“When you have two or three officers protecting a VIP, the larger society is being short-changed because there are not enough officers to protect them. Yes, it is important that we protect our VIPs and our leaders, but it should not be to the detriment of the public. We should recruit more people into the force.”

A security expert, Mr. Emeka Nwenyi, said private security firms should be recruited to give protection to VIPs that are not necessitated by law to have police escorts.

He said there are over 10,000 registered security companies and about 5,000 to 6,000 licensed security outfits in Nigeria.
“They need to take advantage of the numerous private security outfits we have in the country today; then the police would be left to perform their primary functions,” he said.

Restructuring a system
Onasile said the domestication of police officers attached as security details to VIPs was not only demeaning to the individuals, but to the police force as a whole.
He said, “It is really damaging for the police force. Today, you see policemen in bathroom slippers and going about as errand boys. In our time, this practice was not as bad as it is now. That is one of the reasons why the Police don’t command respect anymore.”

Onasile called for better recruitment process, as well as better salary package for police officers.

“I don’t see how a graduate or PHD holder from the universities of Lagos or Ibadan would be posted to a VIP and he would go there to wash plates or carry handbags. Also, graduates won’t collect N50 or N100 from motorists, but when we recruit motor touts or area boys with little or no education, he can afford to collect such without any shame. With a poor salary package, an orderly would do anything for a VIP; even wash that person’s underwear, because that is where he gets his own bread and butter.”

Thousands of police officers have died without getting proper insurance benefits for the families they left behind.

A retired colonel of the Nigerian Army, Dr. Sunday Majekodunmi, said orderlies attached to senior military or police officers should not be compared to what is being practised by orderlies attached to civilian VIPs.
He said, “A senior officer of my rank is entitled to some paraphernalia, including having an orderly or a batch-man. They are required by discipline to do some minor tasks for senior officers they are attached to. But this cannot be compared with how a security detail from paramilitary agencies carries out domestic duties for their civilian bosses; it is an abuse and misuse of the security personnel, at the expense of security for the VIP. It is very unprofessional. A detail should stick to providing security first for his boss.”

Ejiofor said special courses should be organised for all security agencies that provide security details and escorts to help define their job specifications.
The National Coordinator, Network on Police Reform in Nigeria, Mr. Okechukwu Nwanguma, told SUNDAY PUNCH that the poor public presentation of the Nigeria Police Force and its members were among the issues identified by the Civil Society Police reform Panel during its Public Hearings across the country’s geopolitical zones in 2012.

He said, “The domestic and demeaning use of police officers by politicians, or by wives and girlfriends of politicians and other wealthy and influential persons in society to run errands outside police duties reduce the prestige of the police officer and the police as an institution. These are among the major causes of lack of public confidence in the police. Equally, the unkempt appearance of police officers, the shabby police stations, filthy and dilapidated police barracks have created a deep contempt for the police in the minds of the public. Police officers should be adequately remunerated and motivated to reduce the present low self-esteem that pervades the junior and some senior ranks.”

Asekun added that the negative perception of the police as a profession for “socially out-classed persons,” tended to lower their self-esteem; while “undue criticisms made them more resentful and led to “wrong judgements which can manifest in shooting an innocent person, emotional outburst, poor social skills, that lead to mistreatments of suspects.”

He further said, “It is ridiculous that relevant authorities ever allowed this practice (domesticating orderlies) in the first place. Many officers have no homes to always go to for emotional support. Besides, they are not there to raise their own kids. Thus an average Nigerian police officer is embittered and angry at the system that expects them to serve loyally, but has little or no respect for them.”

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ARUKAINO UMUKORO writes about the poor treatment of Nigerian police/ paramilitary officers posted as security escorts or orderlies to VIPs in the country

A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words. Nowadays, it is also worth a thousand online shares and memes.

In a picture that went viral last December, the wife of the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, was seen holding her hands in reverence during a Muslim prayer session. She was flanked by a man and three women, including her paramilitary orderly.

But it was not her supplication that drew the most attraction. It was her orderly, a female officer who was holding the First Lady’s designer handbag that became the talk of the town.

Across Nigeria, it is common sight to see orderlies or security escorts carrying the handbags or umbrellas of those they are supposed to protect.
The trend was further highlighted recently when a video of a similar incident went viral.

In the 30-second video, which went viral about three weeks ago, Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Mr. Abdulrahman Dambazau, seated and wearing a white kaftan, appeared as if he couldn’t be bothered as his security escort, alleged to be an officer of the Department of State Service, cleaned his shoes with seeming gusto at an event which held at the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Academy in Abuja last December.

While the orderly was cleaning Dambazau’s shoes, his service pistol was protruding loosely from under his jacket.
Similarly, last year, the photo of a male police orderly carrying the handbag of a woman outside the premises a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, surfaced online.

The military is not exempted from this practice. In March last year, ex-beauty queen, Dabota Lawson-Aku, was seen with her male military escort carrying one of her bags as she strolled regally on her arrival in Abia State.

Shoe shiners, bag carriers, errand boys
Stooping so low for their principals might have become a norm for police or paramilitary officers attached to Nigeria’s rich, who see escorts as a status symbol.

Sergeant Joshua (not real name) was recruited into the Nigeria Police Force 18 years ago. Although he had a diploma certificate, he had dropped out of the university due to lack of funds.
He knew the risks involved in police work. However, Joshua got more than he bargained for, not in the line of duty fighting crime, but as a police orderly who provides security for some of Nigeria’s civilian Very Important Personalities, including an influential senator.

‘VIP’ is a common term used to describe notable figures. In Nigeria, they include local government or council chairmen, traditional rulers, state governors, the president, politicians, senior army, police and paramilitary officers, wealthy, influential personalities across different sectors, celebrities, and so on.

Joshua, a father of three, recalled an incident: “The senator treated me like a slave. But then, even a slave is entitled to certain rights and privileges, is it a crime to give one’s service to one’s fatherland?”
He further said, “Sometimes when one is hungry and needs to get some food, it is impossible to do so, even with two orderlies present. He would shout at me, and ask why I must go out without his permission.

“They send us on errands with their wives, children or girlfriends, to buy things from eateries. If you say no, it becomes a problem and they threaten to report you to your superior officers, they shout at you and make you look stupid before others. I feel hurt each time such happens. One is not happy being treated that way and one loses morale. At times, the VIP would request for one’s withdrawal.”

Joshua is not alone in the pit of despair. In a fit of rage, one orderly told our correspondent how he had once almost turned his firearm at his boss for a series of maltreatment.

Another officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told our correspondent that some influential Nigerians they protect treat them badly because they believe they are not educated or smart enough.
“Usually, we are trained to give security coverage to VIPs, but some of them use insulting language to address us. As orderlies, we don’t get extra money, just our salary, unless the VIP is generous. So, although one is posted to the VIP by one’s superiors he (VIP) sees you as his direct employee. ”

For some, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a VIP to give them any sort of allowance.

One of the orderlies attached to a traditional chief said some of them who are seconded to local government or council chairmen sometimes got N500 or N1,000 as allowance only when they complained of hunger.
“If I had another option, I won’t be a police orderly because there is nothing special about it. They have driven my children from school because I can’t pay their fees and I want to sell my television to raise money,” another orderly, who gets extra income from running a small beer shop, told SUNDAY PUNCH.

Another corporal, who did not want to be named, said, “Sometimes they simply ignore our greetings to let us know that we were not in the same class with them. There was a woman that asked some of my colleagues to regularly pack bunch of bananas from her vehicle to the house. When he refused, the woman called her husband, who now called our bosses.

“We wash their clothes and cars; carry their handbags, and engage in all forms of domestic chores.”

An average officer of the Nigeria Police is one of the poorest paid among officials of other security agencies in the country.

A police orderly told SUNDAY PUNCH that the risks sometimes involved was not worth the sacrifice or denigration.

“Being a uniformed person, one does not know one’s enemy or that of the VIP, but they know one. Some of my friends have lost their lives trying to protect VIPs. The assailants sometimes could be better armed and in the course of an attack, one must do everything to protect the VIP, because that is what you are paid for. In doing that, the orderly may lose his life, be severely injured or maimed.”

Juicy perks
An orderly, who gave his name as Corporal Jonas, however noted that some of his colleagues go as far as lobbying to get juicy postings to some VIPs, but such opportunities are rare.

“Some (VIPs) don’t pay while some are generous. One of my friends, who worked with a civilian VIP, is doing well. So, it depends on the relationship. It is opportunity and luck. For me, I am still praying to get that kind of job.”

He told our correspondent how a constable, who was promoted to a corporal and transferred to another location, begged to remain at his ‘duty post’ as an escort to a particular ‘big man.’

Another orderly told our correspondent that he was paid less than N50,000 as a police corporal, and that the extras he got as an orderly helps him take care of his family. “Some VIP can pay between N20,000 and N50,000, depending on how one behaves. Again, some of us like to do ‘eye service,’ to get favours from our VIP bosses.” he said.

A security expert, Mr. Ona Ekhomu, noted that economic benefits may be tied to the reasons why officers attached as security details go as far as doing menial duties for their bosses.
He explained, “When a police officer gets such a job, because they are not well paid, it is a bonanza for them. They get special accommodation, go to big parties and eat special food with their bosses; they fly on planes with them, sometimes on first class or business class—something they may never have aspired to.”

Joshua told our correspondent of a commissioner in one of the states in the oil-rich Niger Delta who bought cars for each of the four policemen attached to him. “Not all VIPs are bad. Some have built houses for their police escorts, but there are some that are extremely bad,” he noted.

Jonas added, “Those attached to oil companies are doing well and they now drive big cars. I would be very happy if I can get that kind of attachment. Our remuneration is very poor. In the North, where I served, most of my colleagues would spend twice their salaries buying things on credit before their salaries would be paid. When their wives gave birth or their children are hospitalised, they have no money to pay for their hospital bills. Some go to the extent of robbery or suicide. Last month, a colleague committed suicide because he could not cope.”

According to another orderly, while an officer basically survives on a meagre salary of between N39,000 and N50,000 monthly, depending on the rank— Constable, Corporal or Sergeant— some VIPs usually paid them monthly for their services.
But it comes with a catch. He said, “If you are posted from your station to a VIP, the money that is meant for you will be sent there; then maybe 60 or 70 per cent goes to your superiors, while the rest comes to you the orderly; whereas, it is the orderly that is doing all the work and taking all the risks; which is not fair.

“When I worked as an orderly for a politician (name withheld), I was supposed to get N100,000 per month, but no feeding, nothing else. But at the end of the month, I only got only N40, 000; N60, 000 went to the station. In another instance, I got about N38,000. At another time, I was paid N75,000 per month, but then, I got less than half of that from my superiors. One can’t complain. When one does, the ogas would say, ‘Abuja was aware and also getting some percentages.’”

When contacted, the Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, Mrs. Olabisi Kolawole, told SUNDAY PUNCH that any police officer worth his salt would face his professional and constitutional duties of protecting citizens, and not doing domestic work for them.

On the allegation that some superior officers short-changed orderlies, the Force PRO said, “If they (orderlies) are entitled to any amount, I think they would give it to them. The VIPs are not supposed to pay them; they are supposed to protect the VIPs. But let’s get one thing clear, there is an allowance that you pay the officers when you request for their services to protect your company. That is the one I know. But I don’t know about the one of civilian VIPs paying them, and whether their superiors are taking from their money or not, I don’t know about that.

“They should know their rights, when to say yes and when to say no. Aside from that, the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has directed that no police officer should carry any bag or luggage for any VIP. That is not their responsibility. They should face their job, carry their arms and protect the VIP. The job terms of references are there. The IGP has continuously warned officers not to do that again, and they have asked the VIPs to stop using police officers. He recently directed that they should be monitored. Any officer found going outside his responsibility should be handled and reported. The Police continue to warn and advise both the officers and the VIPs to desist from that act. The VIPs can get their domestic aides. The police officers should respect their profession.”

A former Director of the State Security Services, Mr. Mike Ejiofor, emphasised that security details should not carry out domestic jobs for their principals.
Ejiofor said, “Their job specification is to take care of the security of the principal and his/her immediate family; every other thing aside from that is wrong. But the relationship between the principal and the security detail must be good and cordial, but not to the extent of being subservient or domesticating oneself.

“In this particular incident, suppose there was an attack on his principal, how would he (escort) have known? The attacker could have killed the security man first because his attention has been divided. It is worrisome; it breeds unprofessionalism and it’s an embarrassment to the various security agencies, because it is mainly the police and the Department of State Service that provide such security escorts.”

According to the ‘code of conduct and professional standards for police officers’ of the Nigeria Police Force, “The fundamental duties of a police officer include serving the community, safeguarding lives and property, protecting the innocent, keeping the peace and ensuring the rights of all to liberty, equality and justice.”

Ekhomu also noted that the use of security details or escorts has been abused by many VIPs in the country.
He said, “Assigning close protection professionals, or what we call Executive Protection specialists, to political executives or businessmen is well intended. It is usually predicated on the risk assessment of the principal (VIP), such as kidnap risk, suicide bomber rates, armed robbery, political violence, and so on. The level of the risk would now determine which individual VIP should receive close protection, because it is assumed that whatever role they play in society is so critical. That is why police work for governors, politicians and police executives.

“But here in Nigeria, like everything else, they do abuse it from time to time. The domestication of security details is a common practice. Having those people carry handbags and do menial domestic duties is dehumanising and it is unfortunate. But having said that, human interaction is important; the security escort wants his boss or the agency he represents to be pleased with him.”

Like the security experts, many Nigerians have expressed their disappointment over the use of police and paramilitary officers serving as security escorts to VIPs — traditional rulers, renowned politicians, government officials, council chairmen, or influential personalities or celebrities – for domestic chores.

A lecturer and a former coordinator, Psychology Unit, Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, Lagos, Dr. Ajibola Asekun, could not hide his disappointment when he saw one recently.
“I was at the international airport with a traditional ruler and I saw how he shouted at his escort who was carrying his briefcase, his complaint was that the officer was too slow for his liking. This kind of treatment can only further diminish the self-esteem of the officer which is already low. It is unprofessional, to say the least, for officers to engage in menial tasks outside their professional duties.”

A construction worker in Port Harcourt, Mr. Samuel Okon, described as an insult to the security institution in Nigeria the use of orderlies by VIPs as domestic chores. He said, “It is a bad practice that should stop. I have seen a lot of them do menial duties; that is why we are having issues with the police, they should ban our politicians and big men from using more than one or two policemen as their orderlies, some have up to 10.”

jstriker442:
bros, that guy made sense, u knw
watch wat ur kids wear, cos u dnt knw who the devil might tell what.
Hav u ever asked a suspected rapist his reasons ??
Dnt jst write, think first.

No, you should think 1st, and also people like you should stop blaming the devil for every evil committed by human beings, rape unlike most rape apologists would like you to believe is not a crime of passion, it's always premeditated.

A rapists reason is either sexual gratification or to exert power over someone else, they didn't "lose control" like most would have you believe but they thought it out and decided to harm someone for their own pleasure, afterall a normal person would not think to rape a child even if they were naked.

modestbrowser:
Hmmmmm.


1960-2000.
We seldom hear of rape cases!! Why?
Because children dress properly.. U hardly see their tiles or cleavage.


This days... The way children (14-17) dress, even a male he goat will get attention down below.


The bomb shot or wateva they wear will just expose everything down dia.

The short skirts they were just expose everything down there assuming they mistakenly forget to close their legs.


The sagged tops or short tops they wear just expose all the cleavages and give way for those little mango size pointed nipples to stare @ sons of men.




Mothers please dress your kids properly and kick some western practices to the dustbin.


Some men have extremely high libido and the devil himself is also @ work.

This is the stupidest post i've read on this thread, shame on you.

1960-2000 we seldom heard of rape cases because there wasn't internet to tell you about what happened across the country, give up your internet access for a year then tell me how many rape cases you'll hear of.

People like you are the reason rapists commit this heinous crime with impunity, because you're always so ready to blame the victim.

dovelike:
. Sorry to say this but are the prostitues in Nigeria now that expensive?



Parents please dress your lityle girls properly. It's a arrange world now.

How do you know wasn't dressed "properly"?
And even if she wasn't does that make it ok for the beast to rape her?

The GSM networks don't pay WhatsApp a dime, WhatsApp is very free because they grant you use of their services without charge, what isn't free is access to their free service.

It's like saying that the coke a visitor drank at my house isn't free because they had to pay for the transportation to get to my house.

Or saying opera mini isn't free because you pay for internet access.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said that with the quantum of problems his administration inherited, he sometimes wondered why he had to seek power at this time.

Buhari spoke in London while addressing members of the Nigerian community in the United Kingdom.

Our correspondent obtained a transcript of the President’s address to the gathering on Friday.

Buhari said he wondered why oil, which used to sell for over $140 per barrel, would reduce to $30 per barrel during his time as the President.

Notwithstanding the problem, however, Buhari said he kept praying to God to be merciful to the over 170 million Nigerians who are exposed to poverty, illiteracy and other social ills.

He said, “With the problems we have in this government, I sometimes wonder. At least, this time around, I asked for it, I prayed for it, I went round the country and I asked for it. But the first time under the military, I allowed the military to take decision.

“But I say why me? Why is it that it is when they have spent all the money, when they made the country insecure that I returned?
“Why didn’t I come when the treasury was full? Oil price was over $140 per barrel and when I came, it slipped down to $30. Why me?
“I keep on praying to God to pity Nigeria and its over 170 million people who are exposed to climate change, illiteracy and poverty.”

The President, however, said his administration had succeeded in mopping up over N2.2trn as of January through the Treasury Single Account arrangement.

He said although the TSA was introduced by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, that administration could not implement it for reasons best known to its officials.

He said his administration decided to implement the arrangement when he came on board and discovered that the country was broke.
The President said, “You know the condition we are in now. I am sure with demands from home, in spite of what your effort is, you know we are really in trouble.

“We have tried to impose what we call Treasury Single Account. The reason is simple. This government did not initiate it, it was initiated by the previous government. But it was so unpopular to the bureaucracy, so the previous government for its own reasons, could not impose it.

“But when we came and we found out that we were broke, we said this is the way to do it.

“I will tell you two examples to convince you. Firstly, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation had more than 45 accounts. Ministry of Defence had more than 70 accounts. Tell me which Accountant-General can trace all these accounts?

“So, we imposed TSA. By the end of December, coming to January 2016, we mopped up more than N2.2trn which would have been used through bureaucratic system to raise vouchers and sign cheques so that they don’t go into the next budget.”

The President said Nigeria owed the United States and Britain a lot of appreciation for stopping the former administration from rigging the last presidential election.

He recalled that ahead of the elections, the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), urged the service chiefs and the then Inspector-General of Police to tell officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission that they could not guarantee their safety during the polls.

He said the then Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, however, gave a comprehensive report at a meeting of the National Council of State, where he said he would be able to deliver, at least, 60 per cent free and fair election.
The President said as of that time, the country had never gone beyond 45 per cent.

He said it took the intervention of US Secretary of State, John Kerry, for the last administration to conduct credible election.

He said, “Then we insisted that election must be done according to the constitution.

“At this point again, I must hasten to thank the United States for sending the Secretary of State, Kerry, to go and read the riot act to the previous government and speak to Prof. Jega, the Chairman of INEC and speak to us as opposition that the US would not tolerate any election outside the Nigerian constitution.

“They maintained the pressure from that date until after the election and the formation of the new government.

“I think Nigerians honestly should thank the US for this. The same thing with Britain, they used all their experience and their powers to make sure that the Federal Government did not rig the last election.

“We thank God, we thank these super powers and we thank technology. Why we thank technology is because of the permanent voter cards and the card readers.”

Buhari said the issue of Diaspora voting had been coming up in all the countries he had visited since the inception of his administration.

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Vote for Nairaland? With its atrocious and sadly hilarious censorship?
Or is it the constant brain dead tribalism and veiled religious extremism?,
or the ultimate focus on only politics and celebrity news?,
or is it the toxic community of members that can't ever have an argument without devolving into unimaginative insults?
no thank you.

cao:
Nah, the only NLer that can attest to my awesome terrible aiming skills & my weird outbursts is youmour. A good public CoD match for me is killing 2 people & dying 10-20 times. I believe my best CoD:BO3 public match is 5 kills...

You would probably be better with a KB&M, I always suck when I play FPS with controllers.

cao:
Let's hope I don't decide to live broadcast my terrible aiming skills, I don't think y'all would cope with me cackling at my own demise...

I would love that actually.