The Senate has warned the public against what it described as “vicious attempts” to tarnish its image and that of its leadership.
The Senate’s position was contained in a statement on Friday by the Senate Leader’s Directorate of Media and Public Affairs.
The statement titled “Senate frowns at false claims against Bamidele, mulls stiffer action,” expressed concern over what it described as recent efforts to undermine public trust in the National Assembly.
The Senate, while reacting to a petition against its leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, said it would no longer treat cases of cheap blackmail against it or any member of the Red Chamber with levity.
The statement noted that the latest incident involves a petition addressed to the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Dr. Musa Aliyu (SAN).
The petition said to have been signed by Convener of the Public Procurement Transparency Group, David Udoh, accused Bamidele of pressuring the Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency, Mr. Abba Aliyu, into awarding contracts to companies linked to the Senator, in violation of the Public Procurement Act of 2007.
In dismissing the allegation as baseless and unsupported by any credible evidence, the statement also quoted the REA as having issued a statement refuting the claims, asserting that its management had never been pressured to compromise the integrity of its procurement process.
The statement from Bamidele’s office further highlighted the proliferation of “cheap blackmail” by faceless groups and individuals using social media to disseminate falsehoods.
According to the Senate Leader’s media team, “preliminary investigations revealed that the Public Procurement Transparency Group is not registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission and that its Convener, David Udoh, is untraceable, with a non-functional phone contact. Additionally, it was confirmed that no petition had been submitted to the ICPC by the group.”
In a warning to those behind the campaigns of misinformation, the statement noted that Nigeria operates under a federal system governed by the Constitution, Acts of the National Assembly, and judicial precedents.
The Senate Leader’s office declared its intention to pursue legal action against those found guilty of blackmailing the Senate or its leadership.
“We have endured enough all sorts of cheap blackmail by faceless groups and individuals using some bloggers and social media to feed the unsuspecting public with falsehoods and fallacies capable of causing further damage not just to the image of the National Assembly, but also to the public perception of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, especially among comity of nations,” the statement read.
The Senate added that it will no longer treat issues of blackmail with levity.
“Nigeria is a federation of 36 states and Federal Capital Territory governed by the Constitution, Acts of National Assembly and judicial precedents.
“Henceforth, we shall no more treat cases of cheap blackmail against the Senate, its leadership and the National Assembly lightly.
“But we shall treat such infractions within the confine of extant laws, and whoever found guilty in the process shall face the full wrath of the laws,” it concluded.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted applications filed by the police to remand 124 arrested #EndBadGovernance protesters for 60 days pending the conclusion of the investigation.
Justice Emeka Nwite, in separate rulings on ex-parte motions moved by Ibrahim Mohammed, counsel for the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, granted the interim order to remand the suspects until the conclusion of the investigation.
Justice Nwite equally ordered that the suspects, who are minors in the applications, be remanded in Borstal Home of the correctional center pending the conclusion of the investigation.
In the first motion ex-parte marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1154/2024, moved by Mohammed on August 14, but with a certified true copy (CTC) of the order obtained by NAN, the judge directed that the suspects be remanded for 60 days pending the conclusion of the investigation and legal advice from the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF).
The I-G, in the motion dated Aug. 8 but filed Aug. 9, sued 75 protesters with ages ranging between 14 and 34 years.
They include Abubakar Ibrahim (18), Abubakar Adam (19), Suleiman Ali (16), Mubarak Mas’ud (23), Umar Musa (19), Aminu Hussaini (20), Umar Kabir (23), Ibrahim Musa (24), Abba Usman (30), Umar Inusa (18), Tasi’u Lawan (17), Ibrahim Rabi’u (16), and Jamilu Haruna (16).
The suspects also include Muktar Yahaya (17). Abdulbasit Abdulsalam (34), Salisu Adamu (16), Bilal Auwalu (15), Abdul’aziz Adam (15), Sadiq Sunusi (15), Muhd Musa (14), Usman Amiru (14), Abdulganiyu Musa (15), Muhd Yahaya (19), and Sunusi Nura (14), among others.
They were alleged to have committed acts of terrorism, treason, and treasonable felonies, including arson and terrorism.
The police said the offense was contrary to Sections 2(1) and (3), 24 and 26 of the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022; Sections 41 and 42 of the Criminal Code Act; Sections 410, 411, and 412 of the Penal Code Act; and Section 4 of the Miscellaneous Offences Act CAP M17 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and other enabling statutes.
Miss Elizabeth Ogochukwu, a Litigation Secretary of Legal and Prosecution Section, Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Police Force Headquarters, Abuja, deposed to the affidavit in support of the motion.
She said the I-G’s office, through the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), received a damningly credible intelligence report of a planned violent uprising against the government of the states and the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Ogochukwu averred that “the planned violent insurrection was believed to have been orchestrated by terrorist groups both within and outside Nigeria to unleash terror against the sovereign states of Nigeria, scheduled to start from the 1st day of August, 2015.”
She said, “Despite serious security measures intensified by the various law enforcement agencies, the planned protest took place as scheduled and seriously intimidated the populace and seriously destabilized or destroyed the fundamental, political, constitutional, economic, or social structures of some parts of Nigeria.
“That the violent protest causes death and bodily harm to citizens of the country and led to arson and wanton destructions of government or public and private facilities, transport systems, and infrastructural facilities in Nigeria.
“That the suspects were arrested in the actual act of rampage and reasonably suspected to be complicit in the crime, which calls for district investigations.
*That the suspects/defendants herein were found to have been carrying Russian flags, banners, placards, and slogans agitating for sovereign invasion of Nigerian territory to destabilise or overthrow the sovereign state of Nigeria by the Russian government.”
Ogochukwu said the suspects were arrested in Abuja and various states in possession of many Russian flags and other incriminating exhibits, while others are still at large.
She said investigations into the matter had commenced, and the defendants made voluntary statements, mostly admitting the crime, which reasonably suspected them to be members of proscribed terrorist groups.
She said the investigators had to travel to various states to discover and apprehend the sponsors of this heinous crime for effective prosecution, and the same would not be completed within the time frame contemplated by the constitution, which necessitated the application.
She said that “time is required to complete investigation thoroughly and obtain legal advice from the office” of the AGF as most of the prime suspects are still at large.
Ogochukwu averred that the suspects admitted the commission of the offence.
According to her, the suspects/defendants are now in detention in police cells, which are congested and pose serious health challenges to the inmates, and possibility of attack or escape will be ruled out.
Also, in the second ex-parte motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1223/2024, moved by Mohammed on Thursday, Justice Nwite ordered another set of 49 defendants to be remanded for 60 days pending the conclusion of the investigation.“That an order of this Honourable Court is hereby made committing the defendants to a correctional centre pursuant to Section 299 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), 2015,” he said in the CTC of the order sighted on Saturday in Abuja.
The judge, who directed that the underage defendants be remanded in Borstal Home of the correctional centre, adjourned the case until Oct. 23 for mention. The motion, dated Aug. 20, was filed on Aug. 21.
Giving four grounds why the application should be granted, the lawyer said that the defendants engaged in the offence of terrorism financing in order to overthrow a democratically elected government.
Mohammed alleged that the defendants were supporting some disgruntled elements that were flying the flag of another country in Nigeria.
He alleged that the defendants conspired with some foreign nationals to take over the sovereign nation, which is a treasonable felony.
A detective attached to the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Abuja, Gregory Woje, in the affidavit in support of the ex-parte motion, deposed that preliminary investigation revealed that some suspects arrested were being recruited by some financiers to cause mayhem and destroy life and property.
“That preliminary investigation further revealed that the financiers were sending money to recruit the indigents and other vulnerable individuals to carry banners and overthrow a democratically elected government.
“That preliminary investigation further reveals that some foreign nationals were the heads in the unscrupulous act of treasonable felony and promoting terrorism financing in Nigeria,” he averred.
Woje said the acts of the accused persons are akin to the offenses of criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felonies, cyberstalking, and cyberbullying.
He said it is the function of the police to stop the act by appending the offenders as offenses to one, which is an offense to all.
Some of the defendants include Comrade Opaluwa Eleojo, Michael Adaramuye, Musiu Sadiq, Buhari Lawal, Love Angel Innocent, Suleiman Yakubu, Yunusa Aliyu, Ahmad Nasir, Muhammed Sani, Iliyasu Anas, Abdullahi Sani, and Gaddafi Muhammed.
They also include Jibrin Abdulhakim, Mahmud Umar, Kabiru Rabiu, Aminu Muhammed, Sagir Hassan, Lukman Abubakar, and Ahmed Isah.
Others are Abdullahi Abdulwahab, Hassan Muhammad, Abdullahi Salisu, Sabo Murtala, Fahad Ibrahim, Umar Yakubu, Zakari Yakubu, and Ahmed Haruna, among others.
Nigerians are waiting eagerly for President Bola Tinubu to make a proclamation on the new date for the postponed National Population and Housing Census. The immediate-past administration of President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier scheduled the exercise to hold between May 3 and 7, 2023. However, in the course of the transition of power from the former to the new government, Buhari deemed it fit and proper to put the exercise on hold, to allow the incoming administration to make inputs and determine the date of the census.
A year after taking over power, Tinubu is yet to announce a date for the exercise. Nigerians who know the importance of census are bothered by the delay in the announcement of the new date. They are more worried that no provision was made for it in the N27.5 trillion 2024 federal budget. Furthermore, information in the public domain shows that prior to the rescheduling, the National Population Commission had concluded the implementation of all the necessary preparatory activities. They include the Enumeration Area Demarcation, conduct of pre-test and trial census, recruitment and training of census field staff, procurement and configuration of Personal Digital Assistants, and the establishment of Information and Communication Technology infrastructure across the country.
According to the National Population Commission, all the processes of the census are going to be technology-driven. As the enumerators are getting information in the field using the PDA, it would be transmitted automatically from the system to the server. The use of technology would make the fresh census more credible, transparent and acceptable than previous censuses conducted in the country. The commission equally conducted robust advocacy and publicity campaigns across the country, to sensitise Nigerians to the exercise. They were in the process of recruiting enumerators when the immediate-past administration rescheduled the exercise. Given that Tinubu promised during the campaigns to continue where Buhari stopped, many Nigerians, including this writer, thought that the census would be handled with a sense of urgency, considering its immense benefits to the country. So far, our expectations on the exercise have not been met.
Conducting a census is a capital-intensive exercise. There is no doubt about that. The United States Agency for International Development described the census as “the most expensive data collection activity a country can undertake, involving thousands of workers and millions of dollars of cost.” The process of conducting a census involves many events and stages. However, in considering the cost and the rigour, we should also look at the numerous benefits. The census is the spine of the national statistical system. For example, development planners need population information for all kinds of development work, including assessing demographic trends and analysing socio-economic trends and economic conditions. Similarly, data generated from the exercise are vital to budgeting and the implementation, monitoring, as well as evaluation of the effectiveness of government programmes and policies, including immunisation and Universal Basic Education programmes.
Likewise, census data could be used for tracking the progress towards national and internationally agreed development plans, such as the Sustainable Development Goals, designing evidence-based poverty reduction strategies and empowering local communities with information to enable them to participate in decision-making. In the political sphere, census data are used for the creation of federal and state constituencies to enhance effective representation in government. Nigeria practises representative democracy and the constitution makes population a prerequisite for the creation of federal and state constituencies, which constitutes a critical basis of representation in the country. The Senate and House of Representatives have passed resolutions, asking the Independent National Electoral Commission to carry out its mandate of creating new federal constituencies in line with Section 73 (1) of the 1999 Constitution. The electoral umpire has often used the prolonged non-conduct of population census as an excuse for refusing to do so.
In addition, data generated from a census could be used for academic research and feasibility studies by research and development departments of companies and corporate organisations, for promotions, programmes and projects. These are to mention but a few. Regrettably, Nigeria, the widely acclaimed “Giant of Africa” has been deprived of these benefits for almost two decades, as a result of its inability to conduct census. The last population enumeration in the country took place in 2006. Since then, Nigeria has been planning based on population estimates and projections, using outdated data. We should also not lose sight of the fact that the last census was marred by controversies like the previous ones.
By international convention, a census exercise should be held in a country at least once every 10 years. The United Nations recommends at least once every five years to guarantee better and more current data. Nigeria held its last census 18 years ago. If we should go by the UN recommendation, Nigeria ought to have held at least three censuses and should be preparing for the fourth one by now. We are, however, lagging behind our peers. South Africa conducted its most recent census in 2022. Ghana, Nigeria’s next-door neighbor, conducted the same in 2022. Kenya held its census in 2019. We pride ourselves as citizens of the most populous black nation on earth. Yet, we don’t know our population. What an irony.
A few days ago, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, announced that the Federal Government has started paying N75,000 each to 75 million vulnerable citizens selected from 50 million households in the country under the National Social Investment Programme. Permit me to ask. Which data did they use in selecting the beneficiaries? We are all aware of the corruption scandal that trailed the door-to-door verification of the discredited social register developed by the immediate-past administration.
Therefore, the current administration should prioritize the conduct of the Digital National Population and Housing Census. If the Federal Government could afford to spend N6 trillion on infrastructure in the past year, there is nothing wrong with spending N500 billion to conclude the postponed census. If you know the size, location and characteristics of the population, it will enable you to plan better. Thankfully, the President re-appointed a good number of the federal commissioners in the commission who have been part of the planning and execution of the preparatory activities over the years. Shortly after he assumed office, he promised to support the NPC to conduct a credible and acceptable census for the country. The time has come for him to match his words with action by announcing the new date for the census and empowering the NPC financially to conclude the process that was started many years ago.
Luckily, on May 29, he told the Joint Session of the National Assembly to expect a supplementary budget soon. Nigerians expect that the funds for the census will be part of the supplementary appropriation. If the President does the needful, he will take the glory as the man who broke the jinx of not conducting a census in Nigeria for 18 years. This year (2024) has gone halfway. We have six months left. The census is a five-day exercise. There is no need for further procrastination.
The Nigerian government, through the Federal Ministry of Education, has returned to class over four million out-of-school children in one year.
The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman stated this in a media briefing tagged ‘Transformative Journey’ to mark his one year in office.
He said the development resulted from measures taken to address the learning crisis he met last year upon assumption of office.
Professor Mamman targeted the basic education sector using the DOTS Policy which includes Data Repository, Out-of-school education, Teacher training and development, Skills acquisition, and development programs.
He said five agencies under the ministry were responsible for the feat, stressing that the ministry has also projected to take 3 to 4 million out-of-school children annually from the street to the class in the next three years.
“Over Four million (4,028,000) young children have been brought to basic school and Arabic literacy program including 200,500 learners with disabilities through 5 agencies of the federal ministry of education. “In the last two weeks, over 20,000 school children have been registered in Abuja and similar exercise is ongoing across the country. Those who are above school age will be taught skills so that they can continue with their life. “We are targeting 3 to 4 million out-of-school children to be brought back to the class every year for the next three years,” he said.
Mamman said the ministry has also increased school enrolment of learners from 30 million to 55 million within the one year in focus. According to him, more than 85,662 teaching and non-teaching staff at all levels in various academic and non-academic institutions have been trained in the last year. He also said over 40,000 facilities have been provided by UBEC for basic and senior secondary education as there can be no good learning without a good environment.
In the Tertiary education sector, the Minister said over 6,500 facilities have been provided including a laboratory, faculty building to auditorium among others, through TETFUND especially. The Minister said over 759, 000 scholarships have been awarded to students in the last year.
“Some of these scholarships are internal while some are external and have taken the burden off the beneficiaries and their parents. Similarly, under the student loan scheme, NELFUND has disbursed 3 billion naira,” he said.
He said the ministry has processed the payments of allowances to Nigerian Scholars under the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA), with some foreign countries, urging beneficiaries and parents to exercise restraint as the CBN and the Ministry of Finance are on the verge of paying the money. He added that the ministry under his watch implemented the Transnational Education (TNE) system that gives opportunities to Nigerian Scholars to get world-class education with less finances, as doors have been opened for foreign countries to come and invest in Nigeria.
The ministry has also employed the use of Artificial intelligence and other forms of technology for teaching, just as emphasis has been placed on technical Education from primary school levels to Tertiary Institutions to enhance hands-on skills for the labor market after graduation.
“Before now, many had no skills resulting in unemployment but now technical Colleges, Polytechnic, and colleges of education (technical) are being strengthened. “From September/October this year, schools will begin to teach skills from Primary schools so that when students graduate at any level of education, they will be ready for the labor market,” he said.
He said the ministry under him, re-invented and enhanced the Safe School standards, especially the establishment of a rapid response team for security, provision of CCTV for security in schools, raising of fences in schools, and sensitizing communities on security measures.
Others he said include the review of the school curriculum including that for crafts and artisans, early grade learners as well as streamlining of policies on distance learning.
He said in a short while, Nigeria’s education system will be completely transformed with the kind of policy design and implementation, especially with the level of support from Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The Minister of State for Education, Dr Tanko Yusuf said the whole programme being implemented aims to improve infrared access to education and welfare.
He commended the staff of the ministry for their unwavering support.
The United Nations Children Fund’s (UNICEF) has lamented that nutrition supplements meant for malnourished children in some communities in Sokoto State are being stolen and sold in the market.
UNICEF’s Chief of Field Office in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara states, Mr Micheal Juma, expressed concerns over the theft of the items during the quarterly policymakers’ meeting on Wednesday in Sokoto.
Juma, who was represented by Mr Abraham Mahama, noted that the nutrition supplements were provided by donors and distributed to healthcare centers in different communities aimed at enhancing the lives of malnourished children.
He lamented that some bad elements in the system connived with traders and engaged in selling the supplements to unintended persons He stressed that the supplements were openly sold in markets while on investigation at the designated stores, UNICEF discovered that personnel stocked cartons of supplements with stones and other objects to cover their nefarious acts.
Juma urged community members and stakeholders in the healthcare sector to intensify vigilance against the diversion of prepared nutrition supplements in the state. Juma also urged the Sokoto government to join other states in appointing the state’s Statistician General that would fast-track data collection, prudence, preservation, and dissemination in line with modern trends. He highlighted that most of the key indicators in the state portrayed very poor indices such as; antenatal care, immunization, mortality rates, healthcare-seeking behaviors, and social behavioral change.
According to him, indices on healthcare Infrastructures, power, and water supply, competent healthcare workers, and clients not trusting service providers along with others were not encouraging in the state.
In his presentation, the UNICEF Social Protection Specialist, Mr Isa Ibrahim, dwelled on the state’s 2024 Budget performances, areas that need alignment such as the nutrition sector which recorded zero allocation along with some areas recording high concentration of capital expenditure which has less impact to the citizens. Ibrahim also anchored Juma’s call on the appointment of a substantive Statistician-General in the state to harness data prudence and accessibility using standard systems, stressing that the absence of a Statictian General is a vacuum and gap which is needed to be abridged. He explained that the objectives of the quarterly meeting comprised; sensitizing stakeholders on activities, advocating increased inclusion of children on policies, prioritizing joint partnerships, advocate optimum data usage and budget performance.
Earlier, the Sokoto State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Idris Gobir, assured the government maximum support to all donor agencies activities describing the presentations as an awakening call to government officials to amend anomalies.
Alhaji Balarabe Kadadi, the state Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, said UNICEF and other donor interventions were critical toward addressing the state’s challenges. Kadadi noted that collaborations remained key to improve service efficiency and ensured value for money on budget formulation and implementation.
The meeting was organized by UNICEF in collaboration with the Sokoto State Government to discuss activities, successes, challenges and offer solutions to lingering challenges.
Stephench: ✓ But these white people no rate us for Africa at all. How dem go give certain countries IQ of less than 70? 70 IQ score is considered a retard. Which means those countries are retarded on average. No country has an IQ of below 80. Most countries in the world should have IQ average of 80 - 100 on average. Any country having above or below that is not reasonable
Leave the white man alone and face facts on ground.
Let's start with identifying intelligence from LGA to LGA at least. Which of the 774 LGAs in Nigeria can boast of at least one or two of the following? ■ Electricity ■ Clean Water Supply ■ Robust Sewage Management system ■ Good Roads(roads built by the ancient Romans thousands of years ago are still very much available to this day) ■ Passenger Rail ■ Adequate and effective security and emergency services ■ Reliable internet and mobile services ■ Robust Waste Management and Recycling System ■ Strong healthcare system ■sturdy educational & training System ■a Welfare/Social system
Racoon: Meaning the occupants of the famed giant of Africa got no sense. Perhaps they are referring to all the mummified zombies of this useless government.
Mummified zombies of the useless government who supposedly rule over people who are smarter than them? Abegi!
HeatSeeker: ↪ Here is the video: The lawyer that wrote this rebuttal
Chinjo2: This is the link to the interview on Channels TV.
SmartPolician: This is the most interesting thing I have watched on a Nigerian TV station in decades!
Very interesting watch, thank you!
Now, we have to wonder if INEC has investigated, prosecuted, and charged every one of those the data shows were implicated in the attempt to manipulate the results of the voting exercises in every single polling station, and ward/district.
In the video, Osita Chidoka mentions that one can find a drill down of the data to identify the individuals who were implicated in vote manipulations/rigging by the data. Has anyone been able to find a link to this information on the Athena website yet?
Akwamkpuruamu: ↪Na north dey draw Nigeria back. The population of Alma jiri is more than enough to take Nigeria IQ and literacy on the average to be low
Stop deceiving yourselves abeg!🤔
Can you point to any place in the South that does not experience many of the same problems you find in the North? 🤔
You talk of sexism, tribal bigotry(racism), religious bigotry, political bigotry... the mind of the average Nigerian is regularly consumed with that which negatively impacts IQ.
Nigeria's Law enforcement and Judiciary need serious reformation. This bullying and harassment of Nigerians by those who are employed as public servants to the same people should not go on naw!
nwirinedu: ↪Isnt he doing well for the state, atleast the roads for a start.
Apparently, Orji Kalu who stole blind from the people for a period of 8 years straight, and was slated to end up in jail only to magically avoid it somehow, is also doing well in the same Abia State. I believe it is all a ploy to help enhance the image of APC in Abia State for when Otti finally decides to decamp back to APC. Basically, this may just be an attempt to pull tangled wool over the eyes of the people of Abia in favor of APC at the end of the day.
Hopez456: I think electricity generation was just decentralised, it was under the exclusive list. So there was nothing they could do except for solar energy that some of them adopted.
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This ambiguity induced debates on the implication of restricting powers of the House of Assembly of a State to only “areas not covered by the national grid system” within a State. Also, the Constitution did not define the phrase “national grid system” thereby adding more fuel to the fire. To address this Constitutional debate, on March 17 2023, former President Muhammadu Buhari assented to the Constitution Amendment Bill passed by the National Assembly in respect of the amendment to Paragraph 14(b), Part II of the Second Schedule to the 1999 Constitution. This provided a much-welcomed clarity on the powers of States to establish an independent electricity market.... On June 9, 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assented to the Electricity Bill thereby making it an Act, empowering States, companies, and individuals to generate, transmit, and distribute electricity. This in turn repealed the EPSRA 2005 and created a comprehensive legal and institutional framework to guide the NESI. This enactment provides the necessary boost for the continued decentralization and liberation of the NESI and stands to promote competitiveness and efficiency in the market.
Alexlalax1: This man talks anyhow. Is he in anyway related to Goodwill Akpabio? Abians that have tey tey rejected anything that has to do with Orji and Kalu
Alex Otti decamped from APC to join the Labor Party in 2022. He can simply go back to APC before running for Governor again in the next election. That may be what Senator Kalu was hinting at when he insisted that the next Governor of Abia State would be from APC party.
condensedmilk: APC don promise this one heaven and earth as usual, dem con dey one corner dey look am.
It isn't nonsense talk at all! Alex Otti decamped from APC to join the Labor Party in 2022. He can simply go back to APC before running for Governor again in the next election.
spencekat: ↪Nonsense talk from OUK boy. Alex Otti, by God's grace will defeat both PDP and APC with a landslide triumph in 2027.6th Citizen kee you there, Okezie Benjamin Kalu.
It isn't nonsense talk at all! Alex Otti decamped from APC to join the Labor Party in 2022. He can simply go back to APC before running for Governor again in the next election.
ogugwa1992: Re: Revelations of Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi Elections by Law School Student, Chidoka, A Mere Tabulation of Personal Opinion of an Extern On August 11, 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted off-circle governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi States, which resulted in the election of Duoye Diri, Hope Uzodinma, and Usman Ododo as governors, respectively. While Governor Duoye Diri is of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hope Uzodinma and Usman Ododo represent the All Progressives Congress (APC).
OP, how can I get access to the particular video were the information was disclosed? Wetin be the name of the people wey do the research?
Hopez456: ↪This is the way to go, the benefits are enormous. The noise and the fumes from base stations will reduce and consequently reduce the coys operating cost.
These companies did not care about all of that until now. If the economic situation had not deteriorated to the level that it has today, they likely would not have pursued alternative sources. So...😂😂
tsdarkside: ↪you nigerians like cuttin corners too much...you cant blame nepa that much what happened since independence....serious people pay their bills...
The reason why over $16 billion was wasted/looted in the power sector is because Nigerians don't pay their bills. Wow... You be serious village champion!
fergie001: ↪ The national president of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke who spoke on the outcome of the meeting said the agreements reached with the Federal Government had not been implemented. “At the meeting called by the Minister of Education, we agreed that after two weeks, we will meet to see the progress the government has made. “We will also see what we will do next if the government fail to implement the agreements reached.” The ASUU president said some of the demands included the non-implementation of the 2009 re-negotiated agreements. He said the agreements had lingered for over six years, and the government had yet to implement them. Osodeke said the academic allowances due to their members had also accumulated for over six years, and nothing had been done about it. On the issue of the revitalisation fund, he said they agreed on the Needs Assessment Report to raise N200 billion yearly for five years. “Since 2013, only one has been paid. We need revitalisation funds to upgrade our universities to standard so that we can have students and lecturers from outside the country,” he said. Oshodeke added that the government had yet to stop the proliferation of universities, adding that many new universities were being approved without funds to run them.
How can a president make this announcement only for us to now discover that not only did he lie, but that he almost doubled the amount Nigerians have been paying for subsidy instead? Isn't this what the 419 Scam is? 😐😐😐😐
courage89: ↪This strategy is not a bad idea. What this does is to free up power resources on the grid. Power resources that typically goes to these companies will now be available for other consumers to use. Overall, it’s a win win for all. ↪Also, these companies might generate more power… way more than they need. The rest would probably be sold back to the grid to increase total power supply. ↪I think the government primary strategy is to increase power supply, in respective of where it’s coming from. I understand the devil is always in the details. Let’s see how this strategy plays out
You say that as though we are all not aware that the majority of the companies in Nigeria to this day depend heavily on generators to light up their offices and factories. Shifting from that to generating their power from other sources will probably not make any impact given the average the listed companies likely consume about 30,000Kwh- 50,000Kwh of electricity per year. 🤔
2. Unless they are attempting to do a free giveaway, I doubt any of them would produce more than each project they would need in the present and future. None of the listed companies are charitable organizations. 🤔
3. The government strategy has been to increase power supply since 1999, and Nigeria has spent well over $16 billion on just that with nothing to show for it to date. These companies are not part of that plan nor is there the likelihood that their switching from generator power to an alternative power source for their businesses will help Nigeria in any way with its power goals. 🤔
By the way, from what I know of the power situation in Nigeria, these companies would need to dabble in all 3 sectors — power generation, transmission, and distribution — to reach their goals hence the need for different licenses from the government.
annyz: ↪ And you will still castigate him. You are of the same DNA with RENO OMOKIRI
We should all castigate him because what he is doing is all in an attempt to buy votes from the people. He had a chance to prove himself different from the rest and he blew it. 7 whole years and completely nothing of the basics in the State. That is why he is going around doing all of this now, particularly in the Northern States.
I am not a fan of the touts-in-office today but let's not deceive ourselves into believing the other politicians out there are any different from them. They have all more than proven they are cut from the same cloth.
Politics › ‘It’s Enough’, Senate Vows To Move Against Blackmailers by Kobojunkiee(op): 7:59pm On Aug 30, 2024
