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 Business › Re: OIL PRICE CRASH: Nigeria In Top 5 At-Risk Countries - Global Risk Insights by LRNZH(op): 8:46pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
oyezed:Well done for this exposition. May you keep seeing clearly what these bats are denying. |
| Politics › Re: Doyin Okupe: NIGERIA CAN'T AFFORD Brand New Trains, It Is Not America by LRNZH(op): 8:39pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
hansad:Now I know you are a confirmed illiterate. Look at what Taiwan did with just $3.4Billion. 30 state of the art trains. The THSR 700T - Taiwan High Speed Rail (Cost $3.4 billion US) This operates on the high-speed line between Taipei and Kaohsiung in Taiwan. The train entered into service with Taiwan High Speed Rail in January 2007. It operates at a speed of 300kmph reducing the journey time between the two cities from four hours to just 90 minutes. It was constructed by Kawasaki, Hitachi and Nippon Sharyo. Based on Kawasaki's 700 series Shinkansen trains, the 700T was the first Taiwanese rolling stock to import Japanese high speed rail technology. The total investment for manufacturing the initial 30 trains in the series reached about NT$100bn ($3.4bn).courtesy of Oduastates https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/THSR_700T_Modern_High_Speed_Train.jpg Meanwhile GEJ has sunk Nigeria in $70Billion debt. 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Doyin Okupe: NIGERIA CAN'T AFFORD Brand New Trains, It Is Not America by LRNZH(op): 8:12pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
Billyonaire: gunnersjohn: dein77:Let it be on record that you TANOIDS have admitted that GEJ's trains are refurbished and not brand new. Na so God dey expose liars and thieves.  7 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Doyin Okupe: NIGERIA CAN'T AFFORD Brand New Trains, It Is Not America by LRNZH(op): 8:08pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
gunuvi:I no know ooooo. Doyin has admitted that theyre not brand new. It was in the news recently that locomotive engine was been moved around in a trailer to different locations for GEJ and Sambo to commission as new trains. This govt lies have no end in sight. 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Doyin Okupe: NIGERIA CAN'T AFFORD Brand New Trains, It Is Not America by LRNZH(op): 7:08pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
Shiifi:See Doyin beating a hasty retreat when he realises how disjointed his lies had become. 88 Likes 2 Shares |
| Politics › Doyin Okupe: NIGERIA CAN'T AFFORD Brand New Trains, It Is Not America by LRNZH(op): 6:39pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
https://newsrescue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/doyin-okupe.jpg This is an unbelievable video recorded by SaharaReporter’s Adeoye Fasehun. In it Doyin Okupe said the ridiculous and made sense only to thieves. When asked why Nigeria buys only second-hand trains, he answered that this is because “we are not America,” Nigeria is rich enough to afford as many new trains as it needs, the only reason why it does not buy them is because as has been proven repeatedly, Diezani, Ngozi, Jonathan, Dokubo, Muazu and the like embezzle over 3 times the nation’s annual budget in corruption that Jonathan defends as not stealing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYZY_ettmGA http://newsrescue.com/unbelievable-video-doyin-okupe-says-nigeria-cannot-buy-new-trains-isnt-america/#ixzz3TijDFqlb 36 Likes 5 Shares |
| Politics › Re: Breaking: BOKO HARAM KILLS 68 In Borno by LRNZH(op): 8:34am On Mar 06, 2015 |
OREMUSSANCTUS:Ol boy grow up. Period. |
| Politics › Breaking: BOKO HARAM KILLS 68 In Borno by LRNZH(op): 6:06am On Mar 06, 2015 |
https://punch.cdn.ng/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Members-of-Boko-Haram-sect-360x225.jpg Boko Haram fighters have killed 68 people in a fresh attack on Njaba, a village in Dambua Local Government Area of Borno State. A civilian JTF leader said that the fleeing fighters attacked the remote village between Monday and Tuesday morning and torched houses in the community. Also, a military source said on Thursday that the Boko Haram fighters started shooting into houses in Njaba at about 5.30am on Tuesday. The village is close to the town of Damboa and about 100 kilometres south of Maiduguri, the state capital. “The attack was not immediately known because the village is very remote and our men couldn’t access the area,” the military source said. The fighters, it was learnt killed 68 men, who were mainly teenagers and the elderly. Boko Haram then set the entire village on fire, a fleeing villager told SaharaReporters. A fleeing woman told SaharaReporters “more than 60 people have been killed by the insurgents, they killed all our husbands and young boys,” adding that all their dead bodies littered the village. “They came to our village at about 5.30am, during early Morning Prayer, so we started hearing heavy gunfire (then) there was pandemonium everywhere as they shot sporadically, killing anybody in sight. “I ran into the bush since then I never seen my husband and three children. [I] came back to our village in the afternoon and saw dead bodies scattered everywhere,” Fatima Abakar told SaharaReporters by phone. A Dambua resident, Kurri Bulama, whose father was among the people killed, said he was the only son of his father. He also complained that the military had not visited the village. “Yes, I was told that he had been killed along with more than 60 people by militants in Njaba village on Monday. But we got to know about it on Wednesday. I am so confused I don’t know what to do. They burnt many houses. Many people fled the villages into the bush,” Kurri Bulama said. “As I am speaking with you, the military has not visited the village as their bodies were scattered at the Njaba village till now,” he repeated. He said there was no military presence in Njaba village since last Monday. A senior local government official in Damboa, who declined to be named, said that most of the victims were teenagers. http://www.punchng.com/news/bharam-kills-68-in-borno/ |
| Politics › Re: GEJ & PDP HAVE FINALLY CRIPPLED The Electric Power Sector - Joe Igbokwe by LRNZH(op): 5:14am On Mar 06, 2015 |
dustmalik:Of course they're mostly lying to themselves. The electricity situation in Nigeria has never been this worse since 1960. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: GEJ & PDP HAVE FINALLY CRIPPLED The Electric Power Sector - Joe Igbokwe by LRNZH(op): 9:00pm On Mar 05, 2015 |
Collynzo9:What are you saying? Yes companies run generators almost 12 to 18 hours per day which is very expensive. PHCN rations light more to industries and companies in the day time and residences at night. The manufacturers hope that GEJ's power in 1 year promise of 2010 will come to pass Instead, they are being asked to pay more for little to no power. Their bottomline is gettig worse with this development. I hope you learnt something today. |
| Politics › Re: GEJ & PDP HAVE FINALLY CRIPPLED The Electric Power Sector - Joe Igbokwe by LRNZH(op): 8:55pm On Mar 05, 2015 |
dumodust:Let me summarise for you. GEJ has underperformed. In a country of 180Million why should we stick with the same guy who has done nothing significant to our lives. We need to set a precedence with this election so that politicians will know that performance matters. If GMB and APC wins and don't performance as well, we kick the out in 2019. Infact kicking GEJ out in 2015 will make an APC govt stand on its toes so that the same fate doesn't befall them in 2019. That is the only way Nigeria's democracy can grow to the level we aspire to be. |
| Politics › Re: GEJ & PDP HAVE FINALLY CRIPPLED The Electric Power Sector - Joe Igbokwe by LRNZH(op): 8:49pm On Mar 05, 2015 |
emmysoftyou:I appreciate your objectivity but GEJ cannot be returned. Under OBJ, Nigeria sold about 1Million barrels of oil per day at an average of $60/barrels. OBJ paid back Nigeri's debts, left a debt of $17Billion and saved almost $60Billion in our reserves. GEJ inherited a similar situation from Yar'adua. But under GEJ, who sold over 2Million barrels of oil per day at an average of $85 per barrel for 5 years, Nigeria's debt has balooned to ~$70Billion with reserves struggling to make $30Billion. If a hired manager does this to you company will you retain him after a performance review? 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: GEJ & PDP HAVE FINALLY CRIPPLED The Electric Power Sector - Joe Igbokwe by LRNZH(op): 8:39pm On Mar 05, 2015 |
TheSonOfMark:In that case, we need to change the revenue allocation formula. FG can't be taking about 52% of National revenue and abdicate its responsibilities to state gov'ts who have to share 48% amongst 36 States and 774 LGAs. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: GEJ & PDP HAVE FINALLY CRIPPLED The Electric Power Sector - Joe Igbokwe by LRNZH(op): 8:16pm On Mar 05, 2015 |
dumodust:So if these problems started before GEJ we should then absolve the non performing president of all responsiblity going by your post. Let me educate you. While the power situation has gone worse, refineries remain dead, the Chibok girls are still missing and the Naira is gone haywire, GEJ has taken Nigeria's debt from $21Billion under Yar'adua to $70Billion today. What did he use our money For? For me, that is enough to query GEJ very hard. cc: Lalasticlala, Ishilove, Maclatunji, Obinoscopy, OAM4J 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: GEJ & PDP HAVE FINALLY CRIPPLED The Electric Power Sector - Joe Igbokwe by LRNZH(op): 8:08pm On Mar 05, 2015 |
TI1919:Since you are in a rural area of Nasaraws State, I suggest you talk to people that stay in urban centers starting from Lafia to give you the real situation on ground. If I get up to 3 hours of light in a day, then it is a good one. However, the electricity bill keeps increasing every month. 4 Likes |
| Politics › Re: GEJ & PDP HAVE FINALLY CRIPPLED The Electric Power Sector - Joe Igbokwe by LRNZH(op): 6:52pm On Mar 05, 2015 |
TI1919:Mention the exact area please so we can verify your claim. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: GEJ & PDP HAVE FINALLY CRIPPLED The Electric Power Sector - Joe Igbokwe by LRNZH(op): 6:45pm On Mar 05, 2015 |
TI1919:By that 2019 children born around that period will never know that Nigeria had national electricity generation and transmission capability because everybody will rely solely on personal generators 24/7. Just like our children have forgotten about State Waterboards and that you need a driving test to get a drivers licence.  May God forbid us of GEJ by May 29, 2015. 4 Likes |
| Politics › GEJ & PDP HAVE FINALLY CRIPPLED The Electric Power Sector - Joe Igbokwe by LRNZH(op): 6:18pm On Mar 05, 2015*. Modified: 6:40pm On Mar 05, 2015 |
[img]http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/G1KlWQaASueuHvCKaT6dgQwnzGMTnLFyXT5MUmlGryBKzupMAtoQ2-yq7kjvJetu8ZZDP-LYPdhSbq81IBSrqODoSc7qmIWCXFEkKXuimwR-g3CYNaI1QbihyQhaU0TjAYHrIe1G=w443-h332-nc[/img] When the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, said at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on return from an overseas trip in September 2012 that with the exit of Professor Bart Nnaji as Minister of Power the Goodluck Jonathan administration had destroyed Nigeria’s electric power sector, apologists of the regime accused him of crying wolf where none existed. But it has become crystal clear now that Asiwaju Tinubu’s statement was prescient. The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has now alerted the whole nation to the fact that over 70% of industrial concerns in the country could collapse anytime from now because of grossly insufficient power supply across the country and the arbitrary increase in electricity tariff which the National Electricity Regulatory Commission(NERC) approved for the 11 distribution companies to charge from last month, based on the thinking that the 2015 general election would hold in February. While NERC approved only a 24% hike, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has been charging hapless commercial concerns in the Southeast geopolitical zone a whopping 94% increase. Consequently, manufacturing firms like Innosons Motors, which are forced to pay N100m monthly each to the EEDC are on the verge of collapse, with over a million employees thrown into the labour market. Since manufacturing firms in the Southeast now pay much higher than their counterparts elsewhere in the country, they are under pressure to relocate to other parts of the nation, according to the chairman of the Kotek Group, Chief Chika Emelike, who is based in Nnewi, Anambra State, where he manufactures Tummy Tummy noodles, among other products. At no point in our national history have manufacturers been faced with a gloomy future as much as under Jonathan. What is clear to all Nigerians is that the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan government has finally run the power sector aground. The country has been generating less than 4,000 megawatts of electricity, but the current Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, a serving high Anglican priest, has been compelled to tell lies serially to the effect that 4,500MW is generated. The amount of electricity clamed is still about 1,000MW less than the quantum of power the country was producing when Prof Nnaji left office in August, 2012. The present generation level of less than 4,000MW is a far cry from the 10,000-15,000MW promised in the Road Map for Power Sector Reform, which Jonathan launched with fanfare in Lagos on August 26, 2010. Thermal power plants are routinely commissioned even where there is no molecule of gas, examples being the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) stations in Geregu, Kogi State, and Omotoso, Ondo State. The leadership of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources which is responsible for gas is not interested in gas issues because it does not bring humungous and immediate private benefits like crude oil swap and subsidy payment. The nation’s transmission network is in a total mess. It is too weak to wheel even the paltry 3,800MW currently generated during peak period. The board of the government-controlled Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has been the hotbed of intrigues and politics which owes to avarice, resulting in two chairmen and two chief executives in one year. Practically all operators in the now privatized power sector are in the throes of death because the assumptions upon which they participated in the privatization bid do not obtain. The generation companies have little gas from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to fire their plants to full capacity. The transmission infrastructure cannot transport the limited quantity of power available to different parts of the country on account of ageing and poorly maintained facilities. Therefore, distribution companies do not have reasonable quantum of power to sell to the public and generate reasonable revenue. Yet, the government has forced these struggling firms to pledge a donation of N5billion to its reelection campaign fund based on a promise announced by the Minister of Petroleum Resources last September 30 to grant the operators a facility of N213billion. The whole nation is amazed at how Jonathan has given the power sector reform a very bad name. In the name of privatization, for instance, assets of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) have been handed over to cronies of the outgoing regime, rather than the best organizations which bidded for them. The privatization of the Enugu and Kano electricity distribution companies readily comes to mind. The financial and technical capacities of the so-called winners are nothing to write home about. The Jonathan government blatantly flouted its own rules on the privatization of PHCN assets. Under Jonathan the Nigerian nation is facing its worst electricity crisis ever. Power outages now last for several days across the country; and whenever there is electricity the quality is embarrassingly poor. Yet, the people are being made to pay through their nose every month. The promise of providing prepaid metres to our long suffering and exploited people has remained a mirage, like any other pledge by the outgoing government. It is the moral responsibility of every Nigerian who wants to save this country from imminent collapse to vote out this ineffective, inefficient and very corrupt regime on March 28. A new order will emerge not just in the electric power sector but also in all facets of our national life. We have no other country than Nigeria. We must salvage it together. http://saharareporters.com/2015/03/05/president-jonathan-and-pdp-have-finally-crippled-electric-power-sector-joe-igbokwe 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: NIGERIA STOPS CHAD, Aims To Beat Boko Haram Alone Before Election by LRNZH(op): 9:34am On Mar 04, 2015 |
I believe that if GEJ is to win the elections (which he won't) the whole counter insurgency fight by Nigeria will stop being top priority. The 6 weeks president will stop to care after his aim of winning elections is achieved. Otherwise why are they playing politics with the fight now? Nigeria is unfortunate to have leaders like this. cc: Lalasticlala, Ishilove, Maclatunji, Obinoscopy, OAM4J 1 Like |
| Politics › NIGERIA STOPS CHAD, Aims To Beat Boko Haram Alone Before Election by LRNZH(op): 9:20am On Mar 04, 2015 |
https://cdn.akamai.thisdaylive.com/0bef99d6-acf5-4e2c-9779-8fa02ba3fcd4/assets/311014F-Alex-Badeh.jpg?maxwidth=400&maxheight=540 When battle-hardened Chadian troops overran a Boko Haram camp in northern Nigeria last week, they wanted to press deep into territory controlled by the Islamist group but Nigeria refused to let them. Having defeated al-Qaeda in Mali two years ago, Chad’s military believes it could finish off Boko Haram insurgents alone. It has notched up victories that have pushed the Nigerian militants back from the Cameroonian border. But with presidential election this month, Nigeria is keen to press ahead with its own military campaign against Boko Haram insurgents aiming to push it out of major towns before the March 28 election. In a country proud to be a major African power, it would be an embarrassment to President Goodluck Jonathan as he seeks reelection for a smaller nation to tackle Nigeria’s security problems, diplomats said. In their forward base in the town of Gambaru on the Nigeria-Cameroun border, Chadian soldiers displayed dozens of guns seized from the insurgent and a burnt-out armoured vehicle painted with black and white Arabic script. “We turned back because Nigeria did not authorise us to go any further,” army spokesman Colonel Azem Bermandoa said. Nigeria’s spokesman for operations in the North-east, Mike Omeri, said cooperation between Chadian and Nigerian forces has brought some major military successes and any issues would be resolved via existing command structures. But the Chadians say there have been no joint operations between the two forces. Chad’s offer to join a Nigerian offensive to capture Baga, site of one of Boko Haram’s worst atrocities in January, was rebuffed, Bermandoa said. Officials from Chad, Niger and Cameroun say lack of cooperation from Nigeria has for months hampered efforts to put together a regional taskforce against Boko Haram. Chad was compelled to take unilateral action in January, under a deal that allows it to pursue terrorists into Nigeria, after Boko Haram violence started to choke off imports to its economy. With Niger and Cameroun deploying thousands of troops on their borders, blocking escape routes for Boko Haram, the tide may be turning. In what Nigeria has branded a sign of desperation, the Islamist group has carried out wave of suicide attacks and threatened to disrupt the election. Francois Conradie, analyst with South African-based NKC Research, said if the current offensive can be sustained, Boko Haram insurgent could quickly be driven out of the remaining towns it holds. It would, however, remain a deadly rural guerrilla force. “All of this is good news for stability and will probably be to Jonathan’s electoral advantage,” he said. Many in Nigeria ask why it took so long to act. Boko Haram sect killed thousands last year and kidnapped many more in its six-year campaign for an Islamist calpharte in Africa’s largest oil producer. Niger, Cameroun and Chad said Nigeria neglected the uprising in its economically backward North-east, an opposition stronghold. Borno State is home to two percent of Nigeria’s 170 million people. But in recent months, Muhammadu Buhari, a former military ruler, who is running as the presidential candidate for the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), has gained popularity with voters desperate for tough policies both on corruption and Boko Haram insurgency. Amid pressure from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s electoral commission announced a six week postponement to the February 14 election, to allow the army tackle the security situation in the Northeast so voting could go ahead there. Ernst Hogendoorn, Crisis Group’s Africa Deputy Program Director, said the government appeared to have engineered the delay in the hope the APC would slip up or the military could boost Jonathan by defeating Boko Haram sect. “Boko Haram has certainly suffered a strategic setback ... Clearly this improves Jonathan’s chances somewhat. “The question is do any of these forces have the ability to maintain this tempo, particularly the Chadians and to a lesser degree the Nigerians?” Hogerdoom said. With Chad already squeezed by a slump in the price of oil, its main export, the government said it could only sustain the offensive in Nigeria for a short time, diplomats said. Buhari, however, has already criticised Jonathan for relying on Chad to push back Boko Haram, saying his government would tackle the problem alone. Many in the military and the government are keen to limit foreign involvement on Nigerian soil, diplomats said When Chadian forces last month entered the town of Dikwa, they were told to leave by Nigerian military, which said it was planning air strikes, Bermondoa said. After Nigeria’s army retook Baga last month, Army Chief, Lt-General Kenneth Minimah, said his soldiers would recapture a handful of remaining towns before the elections, listing Dikwa as one of them. “The war is almost ended,” he said. Boko Haram was long regarded by neighbouring countries as an internal Nigerian problem, but attacks in Cameroun and Niger last year prompted the regional response. Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Benin and Cameroun agreed in May to join forces against the militants. Since then, however, distrust and misunderstandings have stymied preparations for the force, due to take effect by the end of this month. Nigeria initially sent low-level representatives to planning meetings, angering its allies. Cooperation between Cameroun and Nigeria has been dogged by long-running border tensions, while Niger accused Nigerian troops of cowardice. “Nigeria must get involved and honor its promise of providing between 2,500 and 3,000 to the multinational force,” said Cameroun’s defense spokesman Colonel Didier Badjeck. Cameroun has stepped up its activities since July, when Boko Haram attacked Kolotafa, the hometown of its deputy prime minister, killing dozens and kidnapping his wife. The government has boosted its security forces in northern Cameroun from 700 to around 7,000. “We have to do whatever it takes to make sure the sect does not occupy any town in Cameroun,” said Colonel Joseph Nouma, in charge of Operation Alpha, the mission against Boko Haram. However, Nouma said he has orders not to enter Nigeria, and Cameroun has denied Nigerian troops the right to pursue insurgents into Cameroun. Along its 400 km (250 miles) border with Nigeria, Cameroun has created 14 new bases, with heavy artillery batteries. It has also deployed surveillance drones, a senior intelligence officer said. Another senior Cameroun military figure said they were attempting to choke off Boko Haram’s revenues, including the trade in fuel with Cameroun, Chad and Niger. “All of this looks to be paying off,” the officer said, with no incursions since mid-February. http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nigeria-stalls-chad-aims-to-beat-boko-haram-before-election/203269/ |
| Politics › Re: LOWER HOUSE THE DRAG GEJ, FG To Court If Inec Chairman Is Removed by LRNZH(op): 5:34am On Mar 04, 2015 |
GeneralBosco:You just struck the nail in the head. The worst leaders are those who are not intelligent enough to identify wise counsel. 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: ENUGU – Federal Government Yesterday, Commissioned The 240km Enugu-abakakiliki-o by LRNZH(m): 11:16pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
The 6 weeks president has come again..... This road will be abandoned after May 29 if retardeen is not sent packing to Otueke. 3 Likes |
| Politics › Re: LOWER HOUSE THE DRAG GEJ, FG To Court If Inec Chairman Is Removed by LRNZH(op): 11:01pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
mikeansy:Desperate times callnfor desperate measures. That was how the rumours of election postponement realised a life of its own before our very eyes. The '6 weeks president' aka GEJ cannot be trusted. 1 Like |
| Politics › LOWER HOUSE THE DRAG GEJ, FG To Court If Inec Chairman Is Removed by LRNZH(op): 9:52pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
https://cdn.akamai.thisdaylive.com/0bef99d6-acf5-4e2c-9779-8fa02ba3fcd4/assets/2406N.-Waziri-Tambuwal.jpg?maxwidth=400&maxheight=540 The House of Representatives has resolved that it would subject any person or organisation that attempts to oust the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega to litigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) or a suitable Nigerian court. The lower chamber took the decision at plenary on Tuesday when the matter was considered. Speaker of the House, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, and the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (NCS-SR) alsi flayed any attempt to remove Jega as unconstitutional and counter-productive to the survival of democracy in the country. Tambuwal made this observation when he received members of the NCS-SR who paid him a courtesy call in his office. Prior to the meeting with the NCS-SR, the House had during plenary taken the same position as that of the Speaker. Tambuwal noted that those plotting Jega's removal are simply playing a script that Nigerians are familiar with. "When the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II," whose removal he explained precipitated the current economic woes being experienced in the nation, "I had cause to condemn the act. Those contemplating Jega's removal are acting along the same line." "But Jega is not a civil servant. We should be careful. We shouldn't send the wrong signal to the people of Nigeria," the Speaker appealed. Kicking against the veiled declaration of war and the indications from unknown quarters that an interim government is in the offing, Tambuwal observed that "signs are ominous that if we are not careful, the dark days will return to Nigeria." "There is no interim government in the constitution. Those talking about interim government, are they planning a coup? It is outside the constitution and I don't know why our security agencies are condoning it? It is a treasonable offence. We should respect the wishes of the people and the will of God." "It is very clear that certain individuals are not interested in a free and fair electoral process," he added, stressing that, if on the contrary the electorates decides, their verdict should be respected. http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/house-to-drag-gej-fg-to-court-if-inec-chairman-is-removed/203224/ |
| Politics › Re: FUEL SCARCITY: Oil Workers Urge Okonjo-Iweala To Intervene by LRNZH(op): 12:12am On Mar 03, 2015 |
alaoeri:Of course. We need to set a precedence in Nigeria. Voting GEJ out is sending a message to our politicians that performance matters. Same thing will happen to GMB if he dares underperform by 2019. Otherwise our political class will only remain the lootocracy that it currently is. |
| Politics › Re: FUEL SCARCITY: Oil Workers Urge Okonjo-Iweala To Intervene by LRNZH(op): 9:13pm On Mar 02, 2015 |
alaoeri:In other words, fuel scarcity is here to stay. They did not calculate this when they postponed elections. The only way I will consider voting GEJ is if he can totally wipe out BH, raise Nigeria's electricity generation to 15,000MW, build at least two refineries and return our exchange rate back to N150/$. All these in 6 weeks because he was asleep on duty for over 5 years. |
| Politics › Re: FUEL SCARCITY: Oil Workers Urge Okonjo-Iweala To Intervene by LRNZH(op): 8:56pm On Mar 02, 2015 |
politricks:Don't mind GEJITES and selective myopia. The same Cabal will continue until GEJ and PDP are booted out. cc: Lalasticlala, Ishilove, Maclatunji, Obinoscopy, OAM4J 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Why Was I Banned, Debates Being Stiffled? by LRNZH(m): 8:53pm On Mar 02, 2015 |
Sort your ban issues out. The claim that NL is pro APC is unfounded. What you are rightly observing but wrongly interpreting is popular opinion that Nigerians are tired of GEJ, PDP and a failed corrupt Govt. Vox Populi, Vox Dei. NL Is The Voice of The People 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: FUEL SCARCITY: Oil Workers Urge Okonjo-Iweala To Intervene by LRNZH(op): 8:48pm On Mar 02, 2015 |
Adamu Mumu Muazu bu onye ara oo. What the hoot was Mu'azu accusing APC of when It was GEJ and NOI owing subsidy money? Subsidy they should have removed under this low oil price but are playing politics with. This Govt is a joke at best and a tragedy every other time 3 Likes |
| Politics › FUEL SCARCITY: Oil Workers Urge Okonjo-Iweala To Intervene by LRNZH(op): 8:37pm On Mar 02, 2015 |
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers, NUPENG, on Monday in Abuja called on the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to intervene in the current fuel crisis in the country. Isaac Aberare, the NUPENG General Secretary, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the intervention of the minister was imperative to resolving the crisis. Mr. Aberare also called for the intervention of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Petroleum, Pricing, and Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, and major players in the sector to tackle the scarcity. “It is the intervention of the minister that can adequately solve the problem. “She is the one who promised the marketers in February that in March, their outstanding subsidy amounting to N264 billion will be paid,” Mr. Aberare said. He said that the marketers had claimed that the amount of money being owed them was huge and this had been suffocating their businesses. The NUPENG General Secretary said that the marketers had also claimed that their cash was trapped such that they could not import the product unless they were paid. “It is when the money is released that they can import petroleum products; for us as a union, we have little or nothing to address the situation. “Our tanker drivers are not on strike; they are available to load the trucks but the product is not there for them to carry, so that is the situation,” he added. Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala had met with members of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria on February 23, and agreed to remove all bottlenecks in fuel imports. According to her, this includes the settlement of N100 billion before the end of March to banks, in order to avert fuel supply crisis. The minister had also met with officials of the Debt Management Office and members of the major oil marketers, to reassure them of the government’s commitment to sustained supply of petroleum products. The meeting followed the marketers’ claim that the recent devaluation of the naira by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), had imposed extra burden on their capacity to finance further fuel importation. The continued pressure from the falling crude oil price at the international market since July 2014, led to the devaluation of the naira in November 2014 from N155 to N168 to a dollar. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/177804-fuel-scarcity-oil-workers-urge-okonjo-iweala-to-intervene.html |
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