₦airaland Forum

monkeyleg:
terrible decision, once again GJ has failed. We should not be spending more that #150m, in a country were there is not real reason to celebrate

monkeyleg so you prefer they spend N1 for each person in the country at N150M

I believe we have a listening President

FOR  the  second time  within two weeks, President Goodluck Jonathan has  sent  an amendment proposal to the National Assembly on 2010  Appropriation  Act.

The  first was on  the revenue framework to be based on revising the  assumptions for oil production of 2.2million barrels per day and oil price benchmark of  US$60  per barrel.

The first  revision will imply aggregate revenue for the federal government budget of N2.392trillion and a  deficit of about N1.829 trillion based on the  proposed amended budget’s  level of expenditure.

However, the latest, which is the second request  dated July 7, 2010 and addressed to the Senate President, Senator David Mark, was to seek  adjustment to some sub-heads and  a  downward  review  or removal  of some allocations to some of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).

The affected  MDAs  which have their allocations reviewed or completely withdrawn were Office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation, the Ministry of Women Affairs, the Ministry of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Ministry of Aviation, the National Planning Commission and the National Assembly Office.

But the amendment still proposed a total expenditure of N6.6 billion for the celebration of Nigeria at 50.

The fresh proposal indicated that the Office of the SGF  would now spend N3.3 billion instead of N6.3 billion, but other subheads had been added to the reduction made by  President Jonathan.

A breakdown of the new proposal under the SGF office shows that 50th independence anniversary parade will cost N860 million, branded gifts and souvenirs N450 million; accommodation and logistics for invited guests N700 million, while security and protocol will cost N400 million.

The Ministry of Information and Communications is now to spend N1.7 billion instead of the earlier N1.2 billion. The ministry will spend N1 billion on special reports, N400 million on publication of compendium and N320 million for jingles and adverts.

Aviation Ministry is to spend N2.2 billion on Abuja Airport renovation and provision of additional parking space and equipment for safe airport parking at five airports at the cost of N250 million.

First Lady, Mrs. Patience  Jonathan, will spend N50 million  on  visits to special homes, orphanages, prisons and selected hospitals, while N20 million will be used in sponsoring a special session of the National Children Parliament and another N20 million  will be used to organise a party for 1,000 children.

Other ministries to spend part of the anniversary fund include, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, N600 million; Ministry of Culture and Tourism, N820 million; State House, N215 million; National Assembly Office, N100 million and the National Planning Commission, N135 million.

Read More: http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/8032-jonathan-slashes-2010-budget-again-seeks-nass-approval-to-spend-n66bn-for-independence-anniversary-

redsun:
Why are u talking like an idio-t?  as if uk is another planet.

yeah UK is another planet and a far one for that matter, sorry buddy spend some time in your country once in awhile to understand how she operates!

redsun:
I am not saying ribadu is a criminal but there is no smoke without fire.If he is guiltless like they are saying he is now,let the people that framed him be punished,if not people like me me will just accept that it is another serious wuruwuru matter that ends in a wuruwuru way as always in nigeria,without a loser or a winner.

My friend WHAT are you saying, stop exposing your ignorance, Ribadu left the country because there were threats to his life. Now you need to understand how things work in Nigeria, and stop comparing it to things in the UK. Man i dont even know what to say to u, Goodluck talking about things you are not well informed about

i think 1-2billion will be ideal, i dont know what kind of celebration they are doing for their pocket only!

Becomrich, i no know why you don dey say yoruba, edo and co should go to Benin, but if Ribadu believes north should be a minority thats good, plus i know he will help reduce corruption which is preventing our growth/development.

All yoruba people should vote for Ribadu and becomrich forget about Benin its not happening

Becomrich0:
TELL THEM I SAID NO. ORO WA NI IWE KOBO.

Becomerich whats the problem now, so who do you want GEJ?

If he does agree to run, i will happily cast my vote for him and i see an end to corrupt practices in our beloved Country

GoldCircle:
JESUS IS LORD!!!! Where in the world would you arrange accommodation and logistics for both local & foreign at that amount?? God abeg let my own time to chop come quick! GEJ wants to make more millionaires!

Goldcircle i agree with you, just get assigned to deliver one of the above and you are good, lol

wow, that break down is ridiculous, i can help with building the website at 6million and even maintain for 4yrs lol

this celebration money should have been channelled towards infrastructures, that could have been commissioned on the 50th independence celebration, whats the point of spending so much when it wont matter to the common man.

I think 1billion is well enough to celebrate all that needs to be celebrated, the remaining 8.5billion could have been used to refurbish Federal schools, Hospitals and even organise celebration rallies in each state.

i tire!

the ref is partial

and those Uruguay are cheats!

Please leave this funny man, Is PDP Nigeria?

Where in the Constitution did it state a rotational Presidency, it shows the mindset that PDP must win all elections

Pls wake up Mr. Ekwueme

lol, i saw a drunk man recently and all he was saying was "shes going to love you and leave you", lol
all i can tell you is dont let anybody change you, but also shine your eyes in naija the economy don make the girls too money conscious.

advice be good and smart!

i cant believe Prof Iwu and Ibori were not on that list, WHAT A SHAME!!!

National Awards should be given to past Officers for their selfless duties not current ones, Jonathan is going down the wrong path

Lost Country!!!

Saharareporters can reveal that President Goodluck Jonathan is in possession of details of an EFCC investigation that exposed how Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, his deputy, Usman Bayero Nafada and a few principal officers shared and pocketed N500 million in a corrupt car deal. Yesterday, the Presidency issued a misleading statement to the effect that it had not received a copy of the EFCC report. “It was a blatant lie,” said one of our sources who works within the Presidency, adding that Jonathan received a copy of the report while he was still "Acting President."

The source revealed that Mr. Jonathan strategically used the report as a tool to whip the House of Representatives into line during the protracted political crisis occasioned by Umaru Yar'adua's prolonged illness and absence from Abuja.

The source, who is privy to the facts of the case, told Saharareporters this morning that Mr. Jonathan had requested for the report and discussed it with the deputy speaker. “The deputy speaker was caught unawares and told the full story to Dr. Jonathan,” said the source.

According to this source, Nafada explained how he “discovered” that 500 million naira was deposited in his account by the company that supplied cars to the House of Representatives. Mr. Nafada then stated that he gave N185.6 million to Speaker Bankole whilst the rest of the cash was split between him and other principal officers of the House as well as committee chairmen involved in the car supplies.

The encounter between Mr. Jonathan and Mr. Nafada secured a closer relationship between the two politicians, according to our source. The closeness ultimately led the leadership of the House of Representatives to retreat from their original opposition to the idea of Jonathan’s succession to the presidency. Once the truce was achieved, Jonathan was eventually made the "Acting President" by a unanimous vote of the two legislative chambers under a process defined as "doctrine of necessity".

Another source at the EFCC also confirmed that the agency had indeed forwarded its report to Mr. Jonathan, adding that yesterday’s press release denying that fact was mere hot air by Jonathan's spokesperson.

"It is a tradition that whenever the presidency or any agency of government requests an investigation of any type, the EFCC is obliged to share its report with the president before taking further action," said one of our sources.

A political source in Abuja who worked closely with the late Umaru Yar'adua revealed that it was Mr. Yar'adua who ordered the initial investigations, but sat on the report because Speaker Bankole was his right hand man.


On the other hand, Mr. Nafada is a well-known ally of Mr. Jonathan’s. Our investigations revealed that Nafada’s nominee from Gombe was the person Jonathan accepted when he was appointing new ministers. "President Jonathan is protecting the deputy speaker the same way Yar'adua protected Bankole before his death," said our source.

A source in Abuja who is a former diplomat told Saharareporters that Jonathan was exposing a reputation for embracing corrupt people. The source pointed out that Jonathan’s appointment of former Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, a convicted money launderer, to a Federal Government committee, was “a slap in the face of those who are working hard to clean up Nigeria’s image.” The source added that Mr. Jonathan’s failure to take action on the Halliburton and Siemens scandals, in which top Nigerian government officials received massive bribes in exchange for funneling juicy contracts, “is making a mockery of Nigeria’s avowed crusade against corruption.”

Two civic and democratic activists told Saharareporters that Jonathan seemed to have decided to court some of the most corrupt Nigerians to support his bid to run for the presidency in next year’s election.

In one of the surest signs of Jonathan’s coziness with corrupt characters, his administration worked out a deal that enabled the ultra corrupt Vaswani brothers to return to Nigeria last week. Several sources have told Saharareporters that billions of naira changed hands in the Vaswani deal that was packaged by Attorney General Bello Adoke.

Read More: http://saharareporters.com/real-news/sr-headlines/6384-jonathan-has-efcc-report-implicating-speaker-bankole-in-corruption.html

They want him to sail with his best friend Femi Otedola

I think the Navy guy is just trying to secure his job after GJ wins next elections

Simple Conclusion - [size=16pt]Jonathan is Extravagant!!![/size]

I dont care who initiated it, they know what their Oga would like

Cant that money be used to provide good hospitals or improve security or build schools or improve our roads or, abeg dont let me keep going

clueless leaders!

Becomrich, any luck did you get to see Mr. President

Becomrich i think you should act fast i heard he should leave on Sunday!

Becomrich, the President is finally in Canada i think you should find a way to tell him yorubas must go to benin republic

mogentle:
I love this!!
USA, Obama, una do well.

which one of the two is andoaaka??,

They need to know how much to budget towards settling next election, crazy leaders

The nominee chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Atahiru Jega, says he cannot be bought over by money if his appointment is confirmed by the senate.

Mr. Jega, the current vice chancellor of Bayero University, Kano, stood for over four hours on the floor of the senate, convincing the lawmakers that he is good enough for a job that would determine if the most of them would come back to the senate the same way they were elected in 2007.

While reacting to one of the over 170 questions that was thrown at him during the screening, he emphatically stated that he would not "faint" on seeing a N50 million bribe.

"As a VC, I have seen more than that," Mr. Jega said while reacting to a question asking if he will faint if presented with a N50 million bribe by a politician. "I am not for sale."

Read More: http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/Metro/Politics/5584688-146/i_am_not_for_sale_jega.csp

OBASI should PASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

We encourage another party to take PDP down!

Dis Guy:
I didn't know Ajumogobia is the Ambassador to the Uk, Thought he only became the minister some few months ago

As the Minister of Foreign Affairs he is responsible for all the Embassies

The official residence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia went up in flames Saturday night and within minutes, the one storey building in the exclusive Maitama area of the FCT was completely destroyed.

Read More: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/06/19/breaking-news-ajumogobias-house-on-fire/

Kobojunkie:
I said it 3 years ago and will continue to say it. Not until Nigerians wise up, they will continue to be laden with the type of leaders they deserve!

@Kobo, i think what we need is a President from a party other than PDP (People Deceiving People) nothing good can come out from that party