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One agency in Nigeria that is known to have failed and no one seems to bother about is the Nigerian Police Force, the recent decision by GEJ to buy more helicopters to me doesnt seem to be a solution to the NPF failure. Nigerian police now dont hide the fact they collect bribe i'm starting to doubt an increase in salary can do anything. Lets post ideas on how we can have an effective NPF with serving and protecting as their main aim

A solution i think is we begin a positive awareness of the public of what the police is to us, a psychological change by the public and the police will go a long way in rebuilding the NPF. An advert on TV showing the police polite to citizens, protecting the citizens, saying NO to bribe with a tag New NPF will go a long way towards the psychological change needed and most especially testing and training of our police and raising the standards.

Because it is obvious the police and the public have no clue what the police job is again!

becomrich: link=topic=533514.msg6958815#msg6958815 date=1287334235]
  You  see if he goes to the United nation. IBB , Buhari, Atiku, Tofa and others would disappear like adabrakaba just like prof pela magic.

Oga becomrich u have been right since, b4 u started abracadabra story

It is a known fact that the North always inflate their population count during elections and make it seem like they are more than the South so that the FG can give them more allocation, from your maps we can see that houses exist there so i'm assuming you mean as a result of the number of houses the population has to more than what is recorded, nice

now me no get how jonathan does not all this o!

rebranded:
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) said it is not in support of plans by the National Assembly to insert a 'Right of First Refusal' clause in the 2010 Electoral Act to give lawmakers an infinite tenure.

Right of first refusal (ROFR or RFR) is a contractual right that gives its holder the option to enter a business transaction with the owner of something, according to specified terms, before the owner is entitled to enter into that transaction with a third party. In brief, the right of first refusal is similar in concept to a call option.

Example:
ROFR: Abe owns a house that he plans to sell to Bo for $1 million. However, Carl holds a right of first refusal to purchase the house. Therefore, before Abe can sell the house to Bo, he must first offer it to Carl for $1 million. If Carl accepts, he buys the house instead of Bo. If Carl declines, Bo may now buy the house at the proposed $1 million price.

Source: Wikipedia


Life Lawmakers Law-destroyers! Nigeria, we hail thee.

Guess im related to Obama one way also

lol becomrich sees everything as a conspiracy

Forget about her, plus you said she never cared when u guys were together sooooo whats the point!

Nigerian Osayemi Oludamola was stripped of the women's 100 metres Commonwealth Games gold medal on Tuesday after her B sample confirmed a positive test for a banned stimulant, the Games Federation said.

Compatriot Samuel Okon, who also tested positive for methylhexaneamine, waived his right to have his B Sample tested and has also been disqualified from the Games and his 110m hurdles result nullified, a statement said.

Read More: http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5629770-146/oludamola_stripped_of_100m_gold_after.csp

Becomerich, so the States in the SW should start paying their workers with your gift certificates?

and they can take it to shop instead of them receiving money, tell market woman to collect gift certificate if she wont curse the person!

This country is sinking and all the govt does is mere dressing it

Its like a sick person, that refuses to spend money on seeing a doctor, but continue to buy clothes to look good
What eventually happens is,

rebranded:
Things on ground shows that the dream of our founding fathers for Nigeria is completely opposite to where we have found ourselves
Our youths are growing far from living truthfully, while our leaders have guided the country in the wrong direction
unfortunately after 50yrs justice and peace is still a dream, God help us!

lol they had a foresight on what to pray for
the anthem prays exactly for the opposite of what Nigeria is today

Beaf:
Mr. Tejumola also said 81 percent of Nigeria’s eligible voters support President Goodluck Jonathan’s candidature in the race, noting that the polls was conducted before the presidential aspirants announced to run for office.

Good the poll was conducted also before Ribadu declared he was running for President, so the option of people at the time of the poll was a bunch of PDP thieves.

81% of Nigerians will never support PDP, unless we dont learn from the past!

[size=14pt]Vote Wisely, Vote Ribadu![/size]

He is running mate to Babangida so your dream just got dashed out of the window, both of them will lose!

President Goodluck Jonathan has asked former Goldman Sachs investment banker Mustafa Chike-Obi to run the state-owned "bad bank" to absorb the non-performing loans of nine institutions rescued in a N600 billion bailout a year ago.

The President submitted the nomination of Chike-Obi, the son of a celebrated Nigerian mathematician, to the National Assembly for approval earlier today.

The Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON), as the institution is known, was passed into law in July although uncertainy about how it will value non-performing loans has delayed the sale of rescued banks to new investors.

The appointment of directors marks another step down the long road to resolution of the debt hangover, which continues to hamper the development of Africa's third-biggest economy.

Other appointments are Aliyu Kola Belgore as AMCON chairman and Hewet Adegboyega Benson, Dosunmu Mofoluke Benedicta and Abbas Muhammad Jega as executive directors.

Belgore is a prominent figure in Nigerian financial circles with experience dealing with troubled banks.

Commercial banks have tightened lending in Nigeria since the bailout of the nine lenders, who were classified as dangerously undercapitalised. The aim of AMCON is to free up bank balances to allow them to lend again.

The rescued banks made provisions for loan losses of more than 2.2 trillion naira ($16.6 billion) by the end of September last year and have negative shareholder funds of 1.5 trillion naira.

Several foreign and local banks as well as private equity firms are interested in recapitalising the rescued banks but are unlikely to do so until the bad loans are off their books.

Read More: http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5624445-146/wall_street_veteran_named_amcon_chief.csp

LOL, wait till next Wednesday and see the next "important" issue FEC (Federal Executive Criminals) will deliberate on, Jokers!

semid4lyfe:
The campaign of calumny against GEJ is all over this section.

GEJ has been annointed to be President. . .nothing you all can do about it.

Who anointed GEJ??

@labiyemmy:
Even people who dont pay a dime of Tax come online to talk about "our" money - which money? How have you contributed to the resources you claim are being spent?

Most of The Nigerian Govt's revenue is from oil young man, tax does not make up majority of our revenue unlike other developed countries, so everyone has the right to say "our money" or does the revenue not belong to everybody

FEC could have comfortably awarded the contract to three Nigerian manufacturing companies to produce, but guess they would rather pump $6.5 into a foreign economy while theirs continue to struggle, bunch of wise folks we got in FEC

texazzpete:
Yawn.
Wake me up when you people are actually serious.

I like doubting people like you, everyone says we need change and continue to doubt the change can happen without working towards it

@Beef
Is that a 1993 document was Nigeria in democracy at that time?

Remember 12 wasted years with PDP

- No electricity
- Unemployment keeps going up
- Inflation unchecked
- Security (at the worst state in the last 20yrs)
- Corrupt leaders

A vote for GEJ is a Vote for PDP to continue their atrocities - Vote Wisely, Vote Ribadu

Nigeria ex-governor James Ibori arrested in Dubai

One of Nigeria's most influential and wealthy politicians, James Ibori, has been arrested in Dubai.
The former governor of oil-rich Delta state is accused of stealing funds worth $290m (£196m) by Nigeria's EFCC anti-corruption agency.
Last month, police were attacked by Mr Ibori's supporters while trying to arrest him in his home town.
For years, he has denied corruption allegations but is also wanted by police in the UK.
He is a senior figure in Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) and played a key role in the 2007 presidential election victory of Umaru Yar'Adua, who died last week.

Read More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8680569.stm

[size=15pt]PDP Governors[/size]

Nigeria's runaway governor
The BBC News website profiles Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, the Nigerian governor who is under investigation after jumping bail in the UK.

Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, governor of Nigeria's Bayelsa state, has an official CV that boasts awards including Best Governor on Security and the Golden Trophy for Good Governance.

British prosecutors argue that his achievements also include money laundering to the tune of £1.8m ($3.2m).

The governor denies this charge - but responded to it by developing a new talent as an escapologist as he jumped bail and fled the UK, eventually reappearing back in Bayelsa.

Nigeria's anti-corruption agents also say he is a master of disguise, donning women's clothing as he fled - though the governor denies this. But he told the BBC that he does not remember any other details of the long journey home

Read More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4499962.stm

[size=20pt]I BELIEVE IN GOODLUCK = I BELIEVE IN PDP (Do You really believe in PDP?)[/size]

Ribadu, change Nigeria needs -Akeredolu

THE former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Monday, declared his support for former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, who plans to run for president in 2011 on the ticket of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).

Akeredolu spoke at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), as chairman of the fourth Emeritus Lecture series in honour of Professor David Ijalaye.

“I say to you here, without any fear of contradiction, and I declare it here today - this is the first time I am saying it in public - I believe Nuhu Ribadu is the change we need,” he said.

Akeredolu, speaking about some other presidential aspirants, said those aspirants who had the chance to lead the country in the past had no moral ground to talk about change or run for president.

He charged the students to resist bad leadership, adding that “we cannot continue to give those who represent this decadent status quo.

“We all have reasons to call their bluff and tell them enough is enough. They have trampled on us for too long. We need to tell the leaders to search their conscience. How do you have the IBBs of this world; the Atikus of this world to say to us that now they want to change Nigeria?”

In his speech, entitled What Purpose Does Our Vote Serve?, Ribadu highlighted some of the problems facing the nation, including the lack of quality education and judicial integrity.

“It is a huge shame and a massive rebuke on the integrity of governance in the country today that even the statutory demands on educational development is not met,” he said.

Ribadu, while addressing the challenges in the judiciary, said without any urgent reform in the criminal justice system, “the vision of a democratic Nigeria will remain a pipeline dream.”

Read More: http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/11461-ribadu-change-nigeria-needs-akeredolu

GEJ might appear different from the usual PDP face, but reminder a vote for GEJ means a Vote for PDP

PDP - Peoples Destructive Party
PDP - People Destroying People
PDP - People Deceiving People

Vote Wisely - Vote Ribadu! (ACN)

Madam EFCC so what are you doing about it, you are the head of a powerful commission why come to the media and cry everytime do something Madam, your predecessor did something!

Anyone that chooses to Vote for GEJ, should remember they are not voting GEJ but PDP (think twice)

NRAs we need to come up with a strategy to ensure we have a CHANGE come 2011, this strategy we all employ wherever we are, we are not waiting 2015 or 2019 NOW  is the time for CHANGE

It is POSSIBLE!

Nigerians wise up!

Vote wisely (NO MORE PDP!)

Guess Ribadu will win the election based on NL votes

Cant wait to see another party in Aso rock apart from People deceiving people

During the World cup, GEJ said the cost of building 1 stadium in nigeria was enough to build 2 stadia

exactly what they are doing again, opting to import, and inflating price by 50%, we NEED Ribadu!

MrPrsdent:
another official planning for retirement at our detriment

the waste bin is a good idea,but why import?

we can manufacture such here

Each of those bins go for about $70 (retail) the budgeted price shows about $110 per bin, so someone is about to make about half the price ($40) as profit apart from discounts. haha that is about N300m profit minimum, how i love this country

Oh wow, this is our main priority GEJ administration know how to meet the needs of the people

almost N1b on waste bins, in a country where unemployment keeps increasing, inflation rate is under control (in their minds), half of the brains have left the country, and security is almost at the worst level in the last 20years.

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, approved the purchase of 60,000 units of British Waste Bins at N927,600,000, to maintain a clean and healthy environment in Abuja.

The Minister of Information and Communications, Professor Dora Akunyili, made this known to State House correspondents in Abuja after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, presided over by Vice-Presideant Namadi Sambo.

She said the bins would contain the volume of waste being generated in the Federal Capital Territory.

Akunyili said that the council approved the purchase of the waste bins because the major challenge confronting the FCT Administration in waste management was inadequate waste receptacles in the city.

“Studies have shown that locally-produced plastic waste bins are very low in quality and not compatible with the lifting devices of the waste compacting trucks.

“The previous efforts by the board to address these problems did not yield the desired result.

“In order to maintain a clean and healthy environment in FCT, the council approved the award of contract for the supply of 60,000 units of 240-litre plastic British bins in the sum of N927,600,000,” she said.

The minister said that the waste bins would be distributed to the residents of FCT, while the cost would be recovered within a period of two years through waste bills.

Akunyili said that there was a budgetary provision of N1.1 billion in the FCT 2010 budget for the project.

She also said that the council also approved N455 million for the procurement of additional waste disposal equipment, D7R Series II track bulldozer and Pay-Loader for the FCT.

According to her, the equipment include a landfill compactor, a wheel-loader and steer loader.

Akunyili said that the council approved additional N1.95 billion for the completion of the new headquarters complex of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja.

She explained that the additional cost came due to “inevitable changes that further enhanced the quality and standard of the building.”

Akunyili maintained that N4.7 billion had been appropriated in the 2010 amendment appropriation, including the augmentation amount of N1.95 billion.

Read More: http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/11458-fec-approves-n927m-for-fct-waste-bins-