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davodyguy:
conspiracy theorists.
They just must have something to write.
Forbthe sensible Nigerians that know, this was bound to happen.

At a point, they criticizing him as a non performer.

He's a minister of the federal republic. Let him face his enormous duties already and let someone else deal with NNPC. Simple

Thief looter diezani was the minister of petroleum resources, yet she called the shit at NNPC. Nothing stops ibe kachikwu from doibg same.

You dont have to be GMD of NNPC to perform.

Like I said, the message is to the sensible ones and not for those looking for fire under the rain

Bros,

It is only in Nigeria that journos will sit in his dingy room, concoct stories that satiates the idiotic thirst of our bile filled folks and these news get gobbled up.

The moment Kachikwu was made minister, it was know ahead of time that he'll have to vacate his GMD position. It is illegal for someone to do so. Is it that wailers are crudely ignorant or sincerely steewwpid? Do they know that governance principle makes it illegal for a minister to be the GMD of NNPC?

No need trying to convince the demented souls

busomma:
The truth is Nigeria was not consuming 40 million liters of fuel daily. It was padded by the marketers to keep on fleecing the country. What we have now is a true reflection of the actual consumption. Thanks to the able Buhari government that has the political will to remove the fuel subsidy thereby dealing a major blow to the oil cartel that has been milking Nigeria dry for such a long time.

This was the point SLS made during the Lagos Subsidy Debate in 2012 that the then government didn't like and got him into more trouble. Documents on Crude shipment coming to CBN didn't just make sense, considering the number of vehicles in the country


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK1vvL2P1zM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTly9wWVH5c


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMmr8f4i3dA

tuniski:
U need comprehension skills! 30% drop in consumption of fuel is a direct hit on GDP and overall ecoomic well being of the nation. It simply means we are heading to depression!

The economy is in terrible state.

Bros,

Unfortunately the joke is on you with comprehension skills, going by your analysis on GDP and economic well being.......as it shows you do not comprehend what GDP is

aubventure:
I pity Yoruba people, following the northerns like cow. the president is busy developing north while the VP is busy commissioning those projects. When will the Government do any good thing like in the South.

1. Unfortunately, people like you are as ignorant as they come. First off, even if we're to edge our bets, GEJ gave no alternative. What did GEJ do in the South?
2. Secondly, the south has articulated her requirement in a more intelligent manner. We look at the big picture. We simply to wait for singular projects. We follow a developmental plan which we are currently working with the FG. For example we are beneficiaries of the recently signed two rail projects (LAG-Kano, Lag-Calabar).
3. We don't just wake up and start crying for projects. We plan. We make our environment relative more peaceful and accommodating, we make friends with regions in exchange for mutual benefits. Lagos State for example has bought vast lands in the north for agri-Investments. Lagos State government recently signed a business deal with Kebbi state to be joint largest producers of Rice, matching and exceeding the volume we import annually.

But most importantly, the yorubas believe in unity. We want a united and equitably developed Nigeria. We support the development of the north, so that we can have mutual benefits. Unfortunately that is what you hate filled lot don't get

bigtt76:
We don't do things right in this country naaaaa. We should start with manufacturing the panels locally then the rest will follow.

Madam,

What proven competence do we have in producing solar panels?

kenny81:
We can talk too much... Help me ask FG/Min. of Power about 10mw wind power project that was 90% completed during Jonathan administration in the same Katsina. Is it abadoned project? I weep 4 this country!

It is in final testing stage..... the 2 reports below

Fresh hurdles for N4bn Katsina 10mw wind power
Read more at http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/business/fresh-hurdles-for-n4bn-katsina-10mw-wind-power/115708.html#ptO7pgp5o45tpbL5.99

Work remains stalled at the Katsina 10 megawatts wind power farm at Lamber Rimi in Rimi Local Government Area of the State, with a power ministry official saying a report awaits a presidential nod for its completion.
The N4.4 billion project was awarded to a French firm, Messrs Vergnet SA in 2010 and was scheduled for completion in 2012, but it has been suffering from many twists and turns that made the completion date unachievable and stalled progress.




Despite assurances of completion before May this year and eventual commissioning by June, 2015, work is yet to continue at the site four months behind the new target, as the Daily Trust, which visited the site last weekend observed.
Our reporter noticed that the wind turbines mounted had not exceeded four, as we reported in May, out of the slated 37 turbines to power the facility. The total turbines have a rated power of 275 kilowatts mounted at a height of 55 metres. The unmounted 33 turbines still lay decaying at the farm.
The project, which was initiated by the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua when he was governor of Katsina State, was subsequently taken over by the Federal Government after he became president in 2007.
About three years ago, the lead contractor was abducted for a year when the project was about 90 per cent completion. Officials at the Federal Ministry of Power said the project would have been completed if the French engineer had not been kidnapped.
The then Minister of State for Power, Hon. Mohammed Wakil, in August, 2014, commissioned a technical audit of the plant, apparently seeking to commission the project by last year end. In a statement, he said, “The Katsina wind farm will soon be commissioned as the technical audit has commenced. Engineers were deployed to site a week ago.”
Wakil disclosed that construction had been transferred to a Nigerian firm trained in France after the original contractors wavered following the abduction of their lead engineer. Former president, Goodluck Jonathan also visited the site in April, 2014 and directed that the project be sped up.
Although it was not commissioned last December as planned, Wakil told Daily Trust that the trainees to audit the plant were rounding off their training in France. “It is a matter of test-running it for commission. That is part of the agreement with the technical contractors to train our local people to take over from them,” he had said.
The Permanent Secretary in the Power Ministry, Dr Godknows Igali told our reporter in May, 2015 that the success of the plant will determine if wind energy can work in the sahelian part of northern Nigeria.
“We joined another company with the original contractor since the first company refused to come back; so another company took over the job and it is about 95 per cent completed. What is left is just a few other details of electrical activities and testing.
“The engineers are on the fifth turbine now for the trial commissioning, out of the 37 wind turbines. The contractor said it should be ready in three weeks, probably by the end of June. The transmission alignment by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to strengthen the grid has also been completed.
“They are test-running it and power will be fed into the transmission line and then stepped down to be used around Katsina town. This is a pilot project and when we see that it is successful, we can then do more in the northern part where there is much wind,” Igali explained.
Worried about the silence that shredded the June target, Daily Trust checks showed that the change in administration dealt another setback to the project as the new government had to be briefed before taking up existing power projects.
A top official at the ministry who spoke in confidence said a letter awaits presidential nod for the plant to be completed and put into use. He admitted that with what he called “years of the unfortunate neglect”, rodents have tampered with the cables, with oil leaks along with other defects. “After the man was rescued, the contractors now said they can continue with the project but they would have a technical audit of the project to correct the fault detected. They just concluded the technical audit.
“They also started the trial commissioning by mounting four or five turbines. The transmission section is already completed and the audit is ready. We have written to the Due Process for the certification and a letter has been written to the President for its continuation,” the official said.
He disclosed that the project would be put in the 2016 power budget for its completion even as its completion status remains at 95 per cent. “Every other equipment needed is there. The transformer that would be operated for it has come in and is already in Lagos,” he added.
Read more at http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/business/fresh-hurdles-for-n4bn-katsina-10mw-wind-power/115708.html#ptO7pgp5o45tpbL5.99


Katsina 10MW wind farm attains 98% completion — FG ON MAY 12, 201512:06 AMIN ENERGY, NEWSCOMMENTS By Chris Ochayi ABUJA: The Federal Government disclosed last weekend that the 10 mega watt, MW, Katsina wind farm has attained 98 percent completion. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power, Amb. Godknows Igali, who said this in Abuja noted that the test running of the 37 turbines in the facility had since begun with five already successfully test-run. He also said the transmission line for the evacuation of the power to be produced is ready through the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, as confirmed by their officials. Igali disclosed further that Government is committed to ensuring the smooth running of this pilot scheme, adding that it planned to replicate it in the entire Northern region, where wind velocity is high, stressing that the harnessing of wind resource is an integral part of the newly approved National Policy on Sustainable Energy and Energy Efficiency. It would be recalled that the delay experienced in the completion of the Katsina wind power project was occasioned by the ugly incident of kidnapping of a French national, who was in-charge of the project and the need to subsequently engage on French company to complete the project. He explained that the wind farm was only one component of the renewable energy programme of the Federal Government, which is being boosted with the recent approval by the Federal Executive Council of the first-ever National Policy on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. The Permanent Secretary identified other renewable energy projects to include small, medium, large hydros as well a solar power projects and bio-mass. He also said that Government has put in place measures to check the menace of power infrastructure vandalism, and appealed to communities and new owners of power facilities to collaborate with Government by being vigilant in exposing the activities of vandals, hence they would be protecting their assets and also provide electricity to the people would make more profit from the project.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/katsina-10mw-wind-farm-attains-98-completion-fg/

FakeNEWSevryday:
Good point but u forgot funds issues
200 of 75MW will cost us $29.2b, the questions is can we entrust this huge of money in care of our polithiefchians?

Bros,

Private sector will fund it. The only guarantee they need is a guarantee minimum pricing to recoup their investment in reasonable time. Government's involvement will be minimal.

This is what Americal has started, i.e. to generate half of their power from solar in a decade

obua:

KingsCity: :
if a solar plant can deliver as much as 75MW @ a cost of $146m, then why don't we build build 200 of such plants across the country to get 15000MW and forget about militants and gas powered plants?

Who will fund 200 of such solar projects

and who is funding this solar project?

Bantino:
Tinubu will be crying by now

Plz don't quote me abeg

O ya were ni. Won fi Tinubu sepe fun e ni

WOCKHARDI:
How do you know the corrupt elements if you don't probe? For now it's only the opposing PDP elements that are probed and of course you'll always see the mess in their bumbums. No? Try probing the broom governors with the same zeal and scrutiny and tell me you found nothing. SMH.

Bros,

1. It is either you're struggling with logic that I stated in my submission or you're not interested in reasoning. The issue is simple
2. Did the FG just wake up and said go after X, Y and Z? No. Rather the FG called for the investigation of the misappropriated $2.1b meant for arms procurement and Fayose's name among came up as people whose accounts the monies were traced to. So the onus is on Fayose to explain how and why arm's procurement money found it's way into his account. Not that money ALWAYS leaves a trail.
3. If I should go by your logic, which to me is baseless, why didn't PDP probe all the APC members when they were in government? At least Tinubu submitted himself to ICPC/CCT probe and was discharged and acquitted.

mailmitch:
Buhari nd ths his EFCC are just settng a bad precedence in the history of ths con3. Come to thnk of it is Fayose d only governor in Nigeria tht has houses. In several states in ths con3, or is he d only governor tht has billions of naira in his account? I dnt knw whn it has bcme a crime in ths con3 fr sme1 to b in d opposition party or fir sme1 to speak freely in ths con3. Wht of Tinubu who has nd had estates nd mansions nt to tlk of stakes in oil companies such as Oando, and still receives pension up till date. Nt to tlk of d likes of fashola, my own governor Godswill Akpabio, Ameachi, Fayemi, Theodore Orji etc. Ir is it because Fayose is saying smethng we Nigerians dnt knw abt ths govt. Till today nobdy us tlkng abt Buratai's mansions in dubai because he is in d gud books of d present day government. Ths is nt fighting corruption bt mere victimization nd defaming of governor Fayose's person. Wht has d government done bt d economy, all we hear nw nd thn on newspapers here nd thre is we will do this , we will do tht, we are working on ths, and so many excuses here nd thre. Pls Mr President focus on saving Nigeria wre u hve put it nd let d other agencies do their wrk within d ambits of d law.

1. Except you have little or no morals, Buhari and EFCC are setting the right precedent - No tolerance for corruption
2. Fayose has houses, 2 among them are the ones in Magodo and LAWNA Estate Ketu, which he acquired before 2014. How come such houses are not in contention? EFCC is specifically talking about 6 houses he acquired within 6months of his government and there is no descernable source of funds for those houses. Better still EFCC was able to establish that he siphoned Ekiti State money to acquire those property (this will be judged by the courts)
3. The DHQ have anounced that they have commenced investigation into Buratai's Dubai property and the result will be made known. Stop making baseless assumptions. EFCC investigated a sitting IG (Tarfa Balogun) in this country and he ended up being jailed, so if Buratai is found guilty, he's sure going the same route


I find it difficult to believe that rational human beings will see Fayose as the voice of anything positive? Is it that you guys are corrupt minded, aside from hate-filled minds?

WOCKHARDI:
So what happens when all the opposition politicians have been intimidated and silenced and we are in a one party system - where even the party members dread the leader? Is this not what we had during the military regimes? We are almost there.
All politicians all over the world have skeletons in their cupboards just as every asshole has sh*t inside. EFCC , please extend your probe into the ruling party politicians cupboards - if you you don't want to be seen as being used.

There is a difference between corrupt elements and the opposition. The two should not be seen as same. If anybody is found to have corruptly enriched himself with the government money, he deserves to be prosecuted - opposition or party member.

Secondly, PDP is not the only opposition. There are many credible opposition spread in other parties and interest groups who freely expresses their opinions and are not touched

Ladycloud:
... Village Bush rat

I assume you're correcting me on how to address you shey? "Bisch" girl

I'll first check Malaria, a major culprit at the time.....

Ladycloud:
hey sorry ass nigga... Don't quote me again... Bisch

Why won't I. You've become a classic example of comprehension-miss-road


...and wtf is bolded ...... village rat

Ladycloud:
very stupid man... Jeeez

Hey daft girl,

You just got popular. On the scale of daftness 1-10; I give you 15........Jeez? Sure Jeez!!! How can someone be sincerely daft?

Metallurgist:

Ladycloud: meaning, people can barely sleep.. And our leaders r traveling upandown...

just look how irrational u are because of hatred and bigotry shame

Irrational you say? I think you forgot to add how dumb, empty and illiterate she is........ Gawd! Very Unintelligent girl

Jesusloveyou:

davibid: :

I like people like you, always shying away from the truth
From your heart of hearts tell me if you don't miss GEJ with all the hardship PMB has put this country through smiley

why wil any sane man miss ineffectual buffoon, as for me, i always thank God everyday for removing ineffectual buffoon, how can somebody borrow for his pocket and we are now servicing d debt, very funny country.

Can we then safely conclude that Davibid is insane?

Tolexander:
Na male housemaid she get before?

obiageIi:

anonimi: :
Good to see Buhari continue on the agricultural initiatives of the previous administration just as he is doing with the railways.
Hopefully he has realised, this time around, that government is a continuity and won't be CANCELLING progressive, development projects like he did to the Lagos metro project in 1984.
This is much better than chasing people all over the place with EFCC even before they have concluded investigation, all in the name of some hyped fight against corruption.

You are sooo shameless

.....and idiotic

PaulAdeka:
I am not a fulani guy, but why is it that any bad thing that happen in Benue state now is tagged "Fulani"? Did the criminals introduce themselves as "fulani herdsmen"!

Anybody now (criminals) can commit crime in the name of herdsmen, especially considering the state of our troubled nation, and the people involved.

I live in Benue, but. Whenever i am online, Benue state seems to be a strange place to me!

The place is not perfect but it is also not as bad as people (in the internet) make it look.

Bros,

Point is when I see news like this from some faceless and crap-named websites like "Idoma Voice", then you know these are false news sponsored by some no gooders to heat up the polity.

Even if we go by the news, you would have noticed the poor reportage. A girl supposedly get rapped, the rapists ran into the bush......BAMN! they conclude they are Fulanis...........

Our "Muderators", are you on some weekend weed on something, that this craps makes it to FP?

obailala:
Lawd hav merci.

Some months ago some strange blog claimed that 'Fashola said' GEJ built about 25,000km of roads in 5 years (much more than any other Nigerian leader). I have been asking myself where on earth these 25,000km of very good roads are located or where they lead to because save for the bad 'portion' of the Benin-Ore road which was fixed in 2014 (and which saves a lot of travel stress), I am yet to meet anyone who can point out where these 25,000km are. I'm sure I would be blasted for daring to ask this question.

Bros,

don't let anybody fool you. It is on record that GEJ DID NOT build 1 single KM of new road......all those lies were debunked during the campaign when they were showing roads in Cameroun as new road, and Estate in Lekki as Federal Housing Estates in Abuja

pedrilo:
Is ayiri now the governor of delta state? APC always settin very dangerous precedence and Dis ayiri own is gettin too much in delta state, he has arrogated to himself powers he doesn't have.
Okowa and Tompolo are Watchin u.

APC didn't do anything wrt Ayiri, the communities did themselves in. When they allowed a thug and Ibori's hitman to rise to prominence. When communities will solicit Ayiri and boys' help to ground Oil companies until their demands were met, where were you? When Uduagan made Ayiri consultant on marine security matters, where were you? When Ayiri got contracts even from FG to protect waterways, where were you?

Meanwhile Ayiri is just marking time in APC. He said he's waiting for his "Lord" Ibori to complete is jail term........ I guess so that they can both continue to terrorise Warri.........

TonyeBarcanista:
The law must take its course. Though Ikpeazu should have approached the same court for a stay of execution pending the outcome of his appeal at the Appellate Court.

I don't think an Abia High Court can override the order of FHC Abuja.

I have to admit that Ikpeazu is on a very thin rope

Admit that Ikpeazu was naive and have himself to blame. He goofed on many fronts aside from his fake tax certificate, he approached a relatively lower court, he didn't file both the appeal and the stay of execution at the same time? He's hoping sentiments will hold sway when there are clear dicrates. . .

Omoluabi16:
I have a buddy who was a street hawker in the tough streets of Aba. He's a 2:1 graduate now. Now I ask what is the alternative? Street hawking was deemed 'illegal' by this government because of their crazed ambition to make lagos a mega city. Street hawking is not a criminal activity..when the government has failed to meet up to its responsibilities, of course the citizens will act otherwise.

People go on about skill acquisition and all.But where is the structure? I t doesn't have to be so difficult just to survive..we Can't absolve the Government of any blame.

1. Please, stop flaunting needless stats that bears no correlation to the discussion. what is the link between your friend getting 2:1 and street hawking?
2. Street trading hawking had been deemed illegal since the 80s. The latest review in Lagos State was in 2003. So what are you on about this govt ambition to make Lagos a mega city? Right from the military era in the early 80s street trading had been deemed illegal.
3. I think it is advisable to use google to get more knowledge before spewing ignorance. Street hawking is deemed a criminal activity, even by UNICEF as it is runs contrary to Child Right Acts. Street hawking is illegal in many states in Nigeria, from Lagos, Ogun....to Edo....Rivers.... Kaduna
4. A rejoinder to another vague statement of yours is What responsibility in this context did govt fail to meet? That t Whahe government did not provide public schools where education is free?
5. You even introduced a ridiculous question asking what structure wrt skill acquisitions. We do know that aside from government, there are traditional means of apprentiship and skill acqusition that many of the people can go through. Lagos State boast of well organised and robust structure in skill acquisiton, with many centers spread over all LGAs.

Omoluabi16:
Wicked people..criminals who sit in high places and oppress the poor. I see street hawking as a last resort of survival,most of them are uneducated and are doing a honest work to make a living.Is it not better than armed robbery?? This same Lagos government have turned a blind eye to Agberos and the menace they cause every now and then.Because agbero dey deliver money to them. Poor hawker died, not a thing about the irresponsible KAI officials chasing a man through a highway.How these people even sleep at night is beyond me. #No justice in this world.

We should stop getting emotional over facts. Street hawking is illegal and there have been signposted in many streets and highways to that effect for many years.

Have you gone on the roads to see kids of school age who can be enrolled into any of the public schools hawking on the street, especially those cleaners of windshields? These people have incentives of immediate cash and its not about it being a last resort.....

The moment we try to rationalise the other way what has already passed, we are simply being in denial

willyo:
Must everybody run on a white collar job? I think 'No' is a befitting answer.
Is there a constitutional decree that restricts movements within states? 'No' I think is the right answer.
Since Govt. Cannot provide job for all, the all should provide means for themselves...
The resolute answer to them is hawking.
Think about our economic downstride... Would u fold ur hands and urself and family members die? U cld say 'Yes'... To me, 'No'.
Should they had used robbery and other social vices as a means to an end? I decline in strong terms...
Maybe u cld tell me sth else... Willing to listen

Is there a law against hawking and street trading on Lagos highways?

Yes

pheliciti:
Mr Lawyer, if you truly admire and miss Gani Fawehinmi's fearlessness then step into his shoes irrespective of death threats. Dont institute a case to seek attention and then chicken out mid- stream.
At any rate, dont hesitate, give the police the details of the death threat and leave it to them to investigate or not.
Show us you are not a charlatan like those other fake human rights activists you complained of!

Bros,

You so hit the nail on the head. This lawyer almost played us the sucker. He's trying to project his profile overnight. Starting a case that was leasing nowhere, then dumping it under the vague excuse of "Threat to life and family"......

He now looks the fool when he made reference to Gain and Soyinka who never chickened out like him....
Halide the Conman