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Happy Fresh Air

Useless leadership breeds useless people

Tnk God 4 †ђat Judgement Day we will all account for our actions on earth

No doubt. Politicians r the same, bt not all are like PDP

PDP's own is too bad

They r a party of vampirees cutting across all tribal n religious divides feasting on the massess as their prey

Neva trust a politician, YES.

But i'd rather give ACN/CPC/APGA the benefit of my vote than any PDP flag

From "unknown gunmen in army bulletproof vests ϯo fulanis" again

This is misleading.

Odenigbo Aroli: This is our punishment for having blood thirsty hausa and funani ppl among us!

^^ likewise the other tribes

Cos last i knew d fulani αve suffered casualties in similar attax as well

Besides, "unknown gunmen in army uniforms n bulletproof vests" is wat is reported.


Where did u read hausa or fulani did it

Dnt be a bigot, jus condemn d killings or ppray for d deceased n it'ld be more useful

Na ​ so​!

Mtcheeu!!

ScorchedViper: Stupid Boko Haram Sponsor....

Prove it pls

May the dead RIP

Maybe now the NA anϑ the politicians will stop playing politics with the security of Nigeria

edicolove: Can you please point to one, just one, southern state and one project that the fund was used for? Please no lies. Thank you.

JUNE 1998
COUNTRY REPORT
NIGERIA
Development: PTF - shining in the gloom

The Petroleum Trust Fund, headed by former President, Gen. Buhari, has confounded all its critics. As a development agency, it has succeeded spectacularly where all others failed. Pini Jason has the details.

The one silver lining to emerge from the current heavy economic cloud must be the performance of the Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund (PTF). In October 1994, General Sani Abacha hiked the pump price of petrol from N3.25 to N11 per litre, promising, with Decree 25, to set up a Petroleum Trust Fund to distribute the gains from the increase on social and infrasturctural projects. The board of the fund, headed by former Head of State, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, was eventually inaugurated on March 21, 1995.

The Fund began with an initial capital of about N60bn in 1996. Its all encompassing mandate includes the rehabilitation of roads and waterways, educational and health institutions, providing textbooks and stationary, procuring essential drugs and vaccines, providing water supply systems, reviving crumbling agricultural sectors, connecting outlying areas to the national electricity grid, extending railways and telecommunications and ensuring consistent food supply.

The huge budget and all-embracing mandate earned PTF some criticisms. Some dubbed it "the alternative government," accusing it of duplicating the responsibilities of other existing government agencies. There was for instance an initial conflict about who should be tarring which road, between PTF and the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing.

Yet, for once, other Nigerians began to hope that here was an agency that took its work seriously. The question was: could it carry out its entire mandate, or even a part of it? Everyone waited to see what would happen.

Initially PTF awarded contracts for the rehabilitation of 12,000km of federal highways (including drainages) nationwide, and between 25-100km of urban road in major cities such as Gusau, BENIN, Funtua, Zaria, ENUGU, Kaduna, ABA, LAGOS, Lokoja, and Port Harcourt. A N27.3bn contract was awarded for road rehabilitation in the first quarter of 1996. The sum of N1.328bn was awarded to 53 pharmaceutical companies for the supply of drugs, while the importation of vaccines cost N229.9m. As at December 31, 1997, funds available to PTF stood at N115.1bn.

One thing even the most uncharitable critic of PTF will admit is that it has evolved a new way of doing things. This is true to its mission statement which is 'to establish and operate an open, modest and efficient organisation for the purpose of achieving the honest and timely execution of carefully designed socio-economic projects.'

Right from its inception, the Head of State directed the fund to operate a lean bureaucracy. It depends therefore largely on consultants supervised by Afri-Projects Consortium, the management consultant to PTF. This policy has created jobs and boosted the confidence of Nigerian professionals such as architects, engineers and quantity surveyors.

In many other ways, PTF has thrown a lifeline to dying sectors of the economy. Most of Nigeria's pharmaceutical companies were failing, and the foreign multinationals were divesting. But through its drugs procurement programme, PTF has turned the balance sheet of most of them into profit. Equipment and car leasing companies are also benefitting from the multiplier effects of PTF operations.

Banks and insurance companies have also benefited. Nigeria has a history of contractors collecting mobilisation (advance) fees and not carrying out the contract. But not with PTF. Every advance payment up to N10m must be guaranteed by a PTF-approved bank, while other advance payments are covered by performance bonds issued by similarly approved insurance companies. This method, apart from increasing solvency through cash deposits, has created business for banks and insurance companies.

One of the insurance companies that has benefited from PTF as a provider of performance bonds is The United Nigeria Insurance Company (UNIC), a composite insurance company which provides both life and non-life insurance. The total assets of UNIC stood at N979m while it grossed premium income of N916m and settled claims of N263m in 1996. With a staff of 552 spread all over its nationwide branch network, UNIC is today one of the leading insurance company in Nigeria.

Another company that has done good business with PTF is IPWA plc, formerly International Paints (West Africa) Ltd. IPWA is today one of the biggest and most diversified paint manufacturers in Nigeria. The company product range spans automotive paints, building paints, industrial coatings and marine coatings. Others are packaging coatings, protective coatings and wood finishes.

Most PTF contractors, specialist advisers and consultants lease and use computers, fax machines, printers and photocopiers. This has provided a new market for computer companies like Leading Edge Ltd., headed by Mr Tony Edoro, the managing director. Leading Edge is foremost in cloning computers with parts from diverse companies such as US Micro-Generation, IBM Direct, Merisel and Gateway. According to Mr Edoro, a widely experienced computer systems engineer, the advent of PTF has been good for Leading Edge. The company's turnover has grown from N50m in 1995 to well over N100m in 1997.

Apart from energising several sectors of the economy, PTF is also setting the pace in another direction. In the words of Mr Salihijo Ahmad, of Afri-Projects Consortium, the twin objectives of PTF are to "rehabilitate infrastructures and reorientate the people." This the fund does through its insistence on transparency even though some critics still accuse it of lopsidedness in project execution and selection of consultants and contractors.

In a country dogged by lack of transparency, PTF is the first, and perhaps the only public institution in Nigeria to publish its annual accounts. Last year, when he presented the annual report and accounts of 1996, Gen. Buhari promised to present the 1997 accounts before the end of the first quarter of 1998. He fulfilled that promise.

The 1997 account of PTF shows that it disbursed N24.3bn on roads, N21.2bn on security, N7.8bn on health, and N3bn on other projects. Other disbursements include N2.2bn on water supply, N936m on food supply and N476m on education. It realised a total of N1.049bn from various investment activities.

Reviewing the success story of PTF, Gen. Buhari said: "We have consolidated our execution of the take-off projects for the previous year and increased our intervention within the sectors. There is no doubt that the years ahead will witness even more intervention, as reports of some of the studies commissioned are received and project execution commenced."

The fund has embarked on community education to sensitise and enlighten communities of its activities. The idea is to bring recipients closer to the objectives of the fund, so that they can participate in project identification and selection as well as eventual PTF projects in their areas.

One aspect of the overall project that the public has raised an eyebrow over is the Armed Forces PTF. According to Gen. Buhari, PTF is under instruction to allocate 20% of its funds to the armed forces, and another 1% to the Federal Capital Territory. The allocation to the Armed Forces is probably a continuation of a practice that started during Gen. Babangida's time when he used to allocate excess revenue from the projected price of crude directly to the commanding officers. But what worries critics of PTF is that the military is not accountable to anyone regarding its utilisation of funds. Moreover, critics question the wisdom of allocating such a huge chunk to the military (who also usually takes the lion's share of the budget) over and above food supply, education and health. Apart from roads, the allocation to all other sectors does not add up to the Armed Forces PTF allocation.

Nobody knows how long PTF, a purely intensive intervention agency, will last or whether there will be a place for such an agency under a democratic set up. That decision, Gen. Buhari said, will be up to Nigerians. For now his preoccupation is to rehabilitate infrastructure and reorientate the people towards a new, effective and efficient way of executing uninflated contracts without kickbacks and without consuming mobilisation fees. Said Gen. Buhari to PTF contractors: "If you perform well, you get a hand shake. If you perform badly, you get a handcuff."

divine2043: Who is this lacasa slowpoke?

Anyway it is clear that many 'religious' Nigerians can barely seen beyond their noses. It is as a result of poor doctrines and poor exposure. The Christians are brainwashed in many ways. The muslims are also brainwashed in so many ways. What is most important is that for all your brainwashing, please do not harm anybody or destroy any private or public facility in the name of whatever you believe. You can self-service to the thoughts of the 77 virgins or whatever but please do not see the person who does not believe in your religion as the enemy.

Dumb headed-people.

Critiicise yourself b4 u̶̲̥̅̊​ criticise others

i neva abused xtianity nor the negative sides of it.

But i will not scroll by n see hardhitting insults towards Islam n not correct them

Go tru ϑ posts n see wat is being written on a story †ђªt has no mention of religion in it bt people ave used it τ̅o barrage muslims with insults for no reason.

Anϑ, τ̅o correct yoy the 72virgins Ɣou all use τ̅o profer ur maeningless insults τ̅o a beautiful religion is taken out of context anϑ used as an attack phrase.

No doubt tђere is radicalism in all religions of the world anϑ even Allah noted this in the noble Qur'an years b4 now.

i agree τ̅o †ђªt anϑ believe it must be fought by all involved, bt wat i will not accept is this cyber-bullying anϑ religious misconception abt Islam.

Correct yourselves anϑ u̶̲̥̅̊​ wnt αve τ̅o worry about Lacasa anymore.

But continue with the unfair bashing anϑ i for one will not stop replying.

Thamk you

torkaka: @lacasa
when you finish deceiiving yourself,log out of nairaland and jump into reality (preferably through your tv news channel) and see what islam is doing to the world

The Truth hurts ain't it

blackboi: They only deceive you whenever you're told islam is Peace.

Read the truth below:

Peace in Islam = War
Love in Islam = Hate
Good in Islam = Evil
Freedom in Islam = Slavery
Sufism in Islam = Stupidity
Halal in Islam = Forbidden
Stupidity in Islam = Lucidity





















Islam..
the only religion that justifies hard-core madness...
throat cutting bastards

#this one is immature τ̅o say the least.

#them dey do me mah i must do

#its a pity hw lame u̶̲̥̅̊​ are

tunapawizzy: To attack a church ,its always a suicide attack; cars are loaded with explosives n IEDs n rammed into d building. People trying to escape are gunned down in some cases. But to attack a mosque, d bomb is planted somewhere only to be discovered later before it detonates. Seriously apart from d fact that islam is evil, shit, intolerant,wicked, anti-human, it is also dumb to think this decoy is a sellable one. Dear sane sane muslims, even atheism is a better option to this crap of a religion u practise.

Well i guess Gej as xtian is in on it, ihejirika a xtian as well is in on it, former azazi a xtian is in on it, cos i dnt c Ђδω ϑ police n stf will frame it dis way unless they r also in on it

Dumbo.

Abuse islam all u̶̲̥̅̊​ want, bt it still remains the biggest n fastest growing religion on earth with the most xtian conv erts on record

torkaka: @lacasa
are you a comedian?
you said no one was killed in nigeria as a result of the cartoon of moh'd in netherlands? big fool!

the initial jos crisis of 2001 was caused(inflamed) by muslims attacking a pregnant woman for driving near the central mosque jos during jumat! big pig!

is paradise not promised a muslim for killing an infidel? big id!ot!

Ɣε̲̣̣̣̥a, cos jos is not a tribal unrest btw indigenous tribes n fulani settlers bah? Bastard.

if paradise is promised for killing an infidel then i guess pastors n xtians wld be the entertainment for homosexuals n lesbians in †ђªt paradise .

#get educated, seek knowledge n dnt follow wat fools say.

Nonsense

cashmentor: The Northerners are professioners when it comes to politics, marginalisation, and corruption... sadly true, but Nigerians just don't realize this yet! The Northern elites are the problems of this Nation....

Only Northern?

Then i guess ibori, alameiseigha, obj, anenih, deziani, otedola r part of the 12disciples

torkaka: on top of my wife? really? i thought it was your wife! i have humped her so much that she's beginning to look to you(in your eyes) like she's mine

u̶̲̥̅̊​ wicked ☺º°˚˚°ºoo

Lmfao

jmaine: You need to drop this line bruv cos no Southern state ever stopped Buhari from campaigning for his candidacy . . .The man simply thought it not expedient to do so cos he felt only the North can deliver the trophy to him

The state governors who barred him were the Northern State governors of Bauchi and Niger state, a fall out of the post election violence . . .Pointers to that are below



buhari-under-fire-barred-from-niger



bauchi-killings-68-arrested-as-buhari-is-barred-from-city



The SE were resoulute in their support for GEJ and saw it expedient to go all out enmasse to vote him. even the ultra aged senior citizens in Igbo land defied all odds to vote for Jonathan . . .
If you argue about the voters turn out as being fraudulent, then i might get to listen to you; but if your argument is based on the huge margin of GEJ victory then you are obviously very wrong . . .There is no where Buhari will score higher than he did in the SS and SE region with how he went with his campaign strategy. Repeat that election now and Buhari might even have sub-zero percentage with the whole Boko menace

Lagos State, the undisputed ACN strong hold had GEJ leading with a healthy 65.90% . .How much more the SS and SE region who never hid their desire to even give GEJ a full loaded 100% full support.

Lagos PDP 1281688 65.90%
Lagos ACN 427203 21.96%
Lagos CPC 189983 9.77%



The above is Just the usual noise, so it's allowed . .But a Buhari candidacy will make the PDP carry the day at any given time in Nigeria, Fact.


Verdict : Buhari failed woefully in the south cos he simply did not campaign enough for obvious reasons known to him . .And the falsehood that he was barred from campaigning in some Southern States of Nigeria needs to end

Thanks . .

u̶̲̥̅̊​r quoting tinz dat αve no bearing on wat is being said

if u̶̲̥̅̊​ beliv a candidate can swoop 90ppercent of votes cast, n 99percent in some of them in any election then dat candidate must be jesus or Mohammed.

Pdp is a party dat rigs election since 99, ϑ yaradua one was the worst among them n even ϑ supreme court was divided on ϑ election.

Buhari was clearly barred frm mostly SE states n security wasn't "guaranteed", if it was u̶̲̥̅̊​r father, wld u̶̲̥̅̊​ advice him τ̅o go tђere? ​ so​ he was adviced not τ̅o go.

All the same, Gej is tђere n every1 is feeling the 'fresh air' isn't it

Some nemesis dey worry dem 4 voting ignorantly

torkaka: muslims are better bahaved than christians?
let me see,
christians don't kill because some one cartooned Jesus miles and countries away, muslims kill because moh'd is cartooned!
christians don't kill in order to have 72 virgins,muslims do!
christians are tolerant even when a muslim enters a church during sunday service,try that as a christian during friday jumat and you will be referred to in past tense!
so who behaves well again?

Ɣε̲̣̣̣̥a, Ɣε̲̣̣̣̥a,

1stly, Ɣ did ϑ muslims react τ̅o the cartoon of a prophet of God holding a bomb in his hand?

if u̶̲̥̅̊​ saw jesus depicted as dat u̶̲̥̅̊​ wldnt react?

Plus no one was killed, the author was sanctioned, Fool.

2ndly, if u̶̲̥̅̊​ read anywhere in ϑ quran where God told anyone τ̅o kill for 72virgins pls quote ϑ verse n surah for me n i promise τ̅o convert τ̅o xtianity ϑ nxt moment.

Fool.

3rdly, even ϑ prophet during his time, once had visitors who were xtians, jews n pagans, do u̶̲̥̅̊​ know he met them in a mosque, he entertained them in ϑ mosque, infact wen they were abt τ̅o worship he gave them the use of the mosque for their prayer.

Bastard misleader, get knowledge n help urself

Dawdy: Because it is in Quran 5:64whenever they ignite the flame of war, Allah extinguishes it,
and they strive to create chaos in the
land; and Allah does not love the
mischievous4

u̶̲̥̅̊​ jux quote a book wtout knowin wat its talkin abt.

Wat a fool

Ganys: Because they are more vigilant & not a noise maker like you

Exactly, they dnt jjust blab lyk parrots on NL

Eazee-e:
those bastard hausa fulani from neighbouring Bauchi & Gombe at it again! my people y not shift d batle ground 2 dia door steps by also invading dia villages? a Tiv man canot take such nonsense 4rom dos bastards without paying dem back. Kaduna has force dem 2 retreat because dey know d repercussion of dia attacks so y not do same by invading d enemies of peace?

Wow! u̶̲̥̅̊​ rilly r unintelligent

fatahtalks: [color=#990000][/color] reply......u talk like a big fool , did u hear dat muslim or hausa attacked d village. Every attacked in dis country i nw done by boko haram or hausa/fulani.. Even if go and set a bomb and it goes off, d media wants to sell there product.they will nt even wait 4 investigation, automatically it is boko haram or hausa man. Why is it dat all d pple dat hv been caught try to set bombs are xtristains. Why is it dat all d boko haram arrested by sss we here nothing concerning them again, kabiru sokoto and abu qadir can nt give them enough information to tacle boko haram uptill nw. Wen azazi said pdp is d founder of boko haram he knew wat he was saying. Wen d president said boko haram are in my cabinet, he knew wat he was saying. Think b4 u talk..... reply......u talk like a big fool , did u hear dat muslim or hausa attacked d village. Every attacked in dis country i nw done by boko haram or hausa/fulani.. Even if go and set a bomb and it goes off, d media wants to sell there product.they will nt even wait 4 investigation, automatically it is boko haram or hausa man. Why is it dat all d pple dat hv been caught try to set bombs are xtristains. Why is it dat all d boko haram arrested by sss we here nothing concerning them again, kabiru sokoto and abu qadir can nt give them enough information to tacle boko haram uptill nw. Wen azazi said pdp is d founder of boko haram he knew wat he was saying. Wen d president said boko haram are in my cabinet, he knew wat he was saying. Think b4 u talk..... reply......u talk like a big fool , did u hear dat muslim or hausa attacked d village. Every attacked in dis country i nw done by boko haram or hausa/fulani.. Even if go and set a bomb and it goes off, d media wants to sell there product.they will nt even wait 4 investigation, automatically it is boko haram or hausa man. Why is it dat all d pple dat hv been caught try to set bombs are xtristains. Why is it dat all d boko haram arrested by sss we here nothing concerning them again, kabiru sokoto and abu qadir can nt give them enough information to tacle boko haram uptill nw. Wen azazi said pdp is d founder of boko haram he knew wat he was saying. Wen d president said boko haram are in my cabinet, he knew wat he was saying. Think b4 u talk.....

Guy, u̶̲̥̅̊​ dey mind such fools

Some r empty on issues bt they must just comment

Okija_juju: [size=18pt]If they are marginalised, then let them swallow it peacefully... Marginalization in Nigeria is now by zoning... Now it's their turn... When Bihari used PTF Funds to finance all the projects in the north, nobody complained.. I know they are marginalised and rightly so...[/size]

Buhari n ptf τ̅o fund projects in the north alone

u̶̲̥̅̊​ funny sha

Go n read abt buharis ptf n uld c ϑ most benefactors were in the south

#mumu everywhere on nairaland commenting, smh

thegoodjoehunt:
HABA, this is too Harsh. Even Cold entered my body.

But he is direct.

The op is just tryin τ̅o cause arguments n insults

Wwell, op uv got wat u̶̲̥̅̊​ wanted, congrats

τ̅o ϑ mods, same τ̅o u̶̲̥̅̊​ 4 makn it frontpage u̶̲̥̅̊​ hier

Mtcheeu

jmaine: Please name the state governors who barred Buhari from campaigning in their states in the build up to the election . . Am waiting for your prompt response

Akpabio of Akwa-ibom & sullivan chime

Anϑ they went further τ̅o state †ђªt his safety could not be guaranteed.

Infact one of ϑ governors in th SE states assured GEJj of 90% of his state votes n †ђªt was exactly wat happened.

Wen Buhari coughs PDP shivers n dat is ϑ truth.

Buhari is perhaps the only politician alive dat PdP as a party feears cos they know of his Integrity τ̅o the letter

jmaine: Please name the state governors who barred Buhari from campaigning in their states in the build up to the election . . Am waiting for your prompt response

Akpabio of Akwa-ibom & sullivan chime

Anϑ they went further τ̅o state †ђªt his safety could not be guaranteed.

Infact one of ϑ governors in th SE states assured GEJj of 90% of his state votes n †ђªt was exactly wat happened.

Wen Buhari coughs PDP shivers n dat is ϑ truth.

Buhari is perhaps the only politician alive dat PdP as a party feears cos they know of his Integrity τ̅o the latter

uzomagic: When did Buhari not use religious sentiments? How many southern states did he visit for electioneering campaigns? Buhari's Nigeria is Nothern Nigeria. I can not fault his integrity but Buhari is a bigot and a religious fundamentalist.

Didn't the state govs tell him no τ̅o come τ̅o their states

2ndly, i ask again pls name where n when he made statements dat prove u̶̲̥̅̊​r cheapp accusations?

Dis is ϑ same man dat has a PASTOR for a running mate, has a driver who is a xtian

Pls, take u̶̲̥̅̊​r cheap lies τ̅o the foolish gossips not wt us

°☺k˚ now.

We're is Beaf n ϑ oda fresh air squad

Mek dem flash Jona the news

Dells: These are d kind of guys giving Nigeria a bad name. But to be candid this islamic religion encourages terrorism.

As xtianity does as well

TrueNaijaguy: See who's talking of sentiment. I've never expected you to see anything good about Jonathan where you sleep,eat,dream and think Buhari.

Who played ethnic and religious cards during the last election? BUHARI

Who campaigned only in the northern part of the country hoping that he will win with the Imaginary 18 million votes from the Northwest? BUHARI

You should understand that GEJ was the most widely accepted candidate even in the North with a large Muslim population. Nigerians never made a mistake rather they were really wise enough not to fall for the ethno-centric and religious bigots that wanted to play on their intelligence. I understand that your master being a serial loser can make you disillusioned and frustrated, but you should learn how to see things objectively. Bad belle no dey pay. Be wise

When did buhari use sentiments anϑ religious undertone wen campaigning pls?

what did he say anϑ where was this said?

Plus, buhari didn't iignore campaigning in other parts but they warned him not τ̅o come eg Chime n co

Lastly, Gej wasn't any national choice but Pdp manipulated the 25% in all 36states whilr recording 99% in bayelsa n co. (Which even in the USA dat claims the no.1 democracy it has never apend before)

Get u̶̲̥̅̊​r. Facts straight GEJ is a failure, even his owm ignorant niger deltans now ignore him even going as far as saying the same aboki dat they love τ̅o hate is beta than this slowpoke in Abuja.

TrueNaijaguy: See who's talking of sentiment. I've never expected you to see anything good about Jonathan where you sleep,eat,dream and think Buhari.

Who played ethnic and religious cards during the last election? BUHARI

Who campaigned only in the northern part of the country hoping that he will win with the Imaginary 18 million votes from the Northwest? BUHARI

You should understand that GEJ was the most widely accepted candidate even in the North with a large Muslim population. Nigerians never made a mistake rather they were really wise enough not to fall for the ethno-centric and religious bigots that wanted to play on their intelligence. I understand that your master being a serial loser can make you disillusioned and frustrated, but you should learn how to see things objectively. Bad belle no dey pay. Be wise

When did buhari use sentiments anϑ religious undertone wen campaigning pls?

what did he say anϑ where was this said?

Plus, buhari didn't iignore campaigning in other parts but they warned him not τ̅o come eg Chime n co

Lastly, Gej wasn't any national choice but Pdp manipulated the 25% in all 36states whilr recording 99% in bayelsa n co. (Which even in the USA dat claims the no.1 democracy it has never apend before)

Get u̶̲̥̅̊​r. Facts straight GEJ is a failure, even his owm ignorant niger deltans now ignore him even going as far as saying the same aboki(Yar'adua) dat they love τ̅o hate is beta than this slowpoke in Abuja.

Get her a toyota carina-E my friend