₦airaland Forum

By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA —

For the first time late Tuesday night, President Muhammadu Buhari, broke his silence on padding in the 2016 budget proposal currently before the National Assembly, vowing to deal decisively with the masterminds. The President also said that with the drastic fall in oil prices in the international market, Nigeria was returning to agriculture and mining development to boost the economy.

President Buhari, who spoke while addressing the Nigerian community in Saudi Arabia where he is current on an official visit, admitted that the budget proposal submitted to the National Assembly late December 2015 had been utterly doctored but condemned the distortion in the document by entrenched interests he vowed to deal with.

He revealed that the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Mr. Udo Udoma, did an excellent job of knitting the budget together, but regretted that the document was distorted by unknown persons. The President said the unauthorised alterations had completely changed the document from the one he presented to the National Assembly, vowing to severely punish anyone found culpable.

President Buhari said: “The culprits will not go unpunished. I have been a military governor, petroleum minister, military Head of State and headed the Petroleum Trust Fund. “Never had I heard the words “budget padding”. Our Minister of Budget and National Planning did a great job with his team. The Minister became almost half his size during the time, working night and day to get the budget ready, only for some people to pad it. “What he gave us was not what was finally being debated. It is very embarrassing and disappointing. We will not allow those who did it to go unpunished.”

The President also assured members of the Nigerian community that his administration was working diligently to fulfil its campaign promises, particularly on security, unemployment and corruption. Reaffirming his government’s zero tolerance for corruption, President Buhari said the war against graft was a monumental task that he was determined to tackle successfully. “We have zero tolerance for corruption and other unethical practices. We will deal decisively with anybody found wanting,” he promised members of the Nigerian community.

The President also used the opportunity to brief Nigerians in Saudi Arabia on his administration’s efforts to end the Boko Haram insurgency and terrorism in Nigeria. “Our armed forces have done a great job of dealing decisively with Boko Haram. We are collaborating with our neighbours in the operations of the Multinational Joint Task Force to handle security threats in the sub-region and we have significantly destroyed the capacity of the insurgents,” he said. He also spoke on efforts being made to diversify the Nigerian economy, stressing that more opportunities were now open for local and foreign investors in the country.

On the drastic fall in oil prices in the international market, President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria was returning to agriculture and mining to cushion its effect on the economy. He regretted that the country had largely depended on oil, stressing that current harsh economic realities were an indication that the economy needed to be urgently diversified. President Buhari, who stated this at a meeting with leading members of the Council of Saudi Arabia’s Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Riyadh, also on Tuesday night, said his administration would welcome greater foreign investment in support of its efforts to rapidly diversify the Nigerian economy. He noted that aside from oil, Nigeria was gifted with arable lands and mineral resources that were waiting to be tapped, and urged the businessmen to take advantage of the opportunity. “With the downturn in the global prices of oil, we now have to prospect our solid minerals. We have to return to agriculture. Mining and agriculture are our hopes now. ‘’We will welcome investments in these areas. We will appreciate an inflow of more resources and expertise to help us achieve our objective of economic diversification,” the President said.

Similarly, governors of Osun, Ogun, Katsina, Borno, and Zamfara states who were part of the President’s delegation, took turns to address the Saudi Arabian businessmen on investment possibilities in their states, assuring them of good returns. The Chairman of the Council of Saudi Arabian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Dr Abdulrahman Al Zamil, said agriculture was a very important area of investment for its members, adding that they were already in Brazil, the United States of America and Sudan, where they had huge farms. Declaring that they were willing to invest in Nigeria, Dr. Al Zamil said the Saudis were the leading investors in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Kenya and Ethiopia.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/padded-budget-im-embarrassed-says-buhari/

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A couple of months ago, APC complained that Jonathan went dancing immediately after bombings by boko haram.

Hypocrites

After my liver don slice finish, I come touch am. She laughed and said I should observe her to know when she's in the mood. I asked for clues, she said I said I should find out.

Please, how do you when a lady is in the mood?

FFK my man... You must really like jonathan oo cause the national cake from ONSA seem say e no reach your side or is it that dem never discover the gate where you bin dey collect from

Mature advices pls.....

westlius:
U need to use Ogogoro (sapele water). Snuff, e wrap of IGHBO and 200k go beg her. D gods ar angry wit u

LOL..... Holy Shekpe na in I go use go

HateU2:
You need TJ Joshua's attention now or go to MFM. Thank me later

My dear hateu2, I tend to share your ideology. Lets leave MFM talk for another day. I can make you feel helpless today

holusormi:
Buy anointing oil and go to her house , you will get all the answers u need

LOL

BuddhaPalm:
Nothing dey happen.

You can't build a model on two interactions.

Bros me, I wish that to be true abeg. my life still teee o

asadike:
My brother, bible made it clear that there's power in d word of mouth.Oya, open your mouth and begin to reverse any negative pronounciation against u.Try and make amends with d girl, there are ways to break up with a girl without ill feelings ftom both side.

Am on it right away, the reversing the negative pronunciations. Am working on how to work it out it with her

RexKexMilann:
Now this is funny. I'm surprised that I couldn't giggle though.

Where is she from again? Benin?.

Bros me... na every benin be winch?

She be bini sha o

I broke up with my girlfriend last week Monday. She, with tears in her eyes told me i'll never find love again and that i'll forever be rejected by anyone whom I love. The relationship was no longer working for me and I was tired of pretending.

Thursday last week, I met a girl at the school buka. I wasn't going to ask her out or anything, I was just trying to make a conversation when she slammed me and told me she doesn't like me and that I should stop talking to her. something like this has never happened to me before, you know, occasionally, a lady must shot you down but this one was strange.

Okay, yesterday, I met a girl in church. The girl was so wow that I decided to say hi at least. My hi was accepted with a smile. We conversed occasionally during the service and most of the times, she asked the questions, while I replied. After the service, I offered to drop her at the hostel or wherever she was going (I was with my uncle's car). she accepted and entered the car. Along the line of our journey, she grew cold, very cold and quiet. when we got to her hostel, she just alighted the car and was walking straight to the hostel. I tried calling her back, but she just waved goodbye and disappeared. The thing happened as if she was being controlled.

I don't normally believe in curses and the likes.... but the one of yesterday shocked me. I cant go back to that relationship, the thing don tire me abeg.

Rone16:
Nice!!Yeah you do

if that's you in your profile, then you're looking nice too

pinceprinz:
Even ur 13 yr old broses are criminals walahi, trust me those kids know way more than u can ever imagine already so no disturb ur life trying to protect them from exposure... Anyway, Kudos to the guy, Na God's work hin dey do , Is no good to dismantle his minis3 unless yre jealous.

Besides me sef wey e be my papa house no dey lash for the family house

queencalipso:
where is the picture na op Abi you high?

Check my profile

Add some pepper to it make the pussy cry

I overheard someone I have a very close relationship with just now begging that it won't be later than 15th January before he returns the money. That him and other people involved were returning the money to one account so that they will from the account remit it to the Ministry of works.
The person precisely is a contractor and I know he got a lot of contracts from the previous administration. So I guess it's the money for maybe one of the jobs he didn't do

RexKexMilann:
Where Is her "EyeBrow"? .... That "Alone" Is a "Turn Off".

Taaa gbafuo

jmaxjohn:
Lol. NL hijacked my comment. Read again

With the soldier ryt..? Still veeeery funny

jmaxjohn:
No.
I'm suggesting u hv a party, ask d father to join sef

Veeery funny

falconey:
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Check my profile

jmaxjohn:
If ur friend uses an android nd d 2 of u don't know hw to recover deleted files with ur android or pc (recovering from a memory card), una b dunce
Dat comment was 4 fun
.
.
.
.this z serious
Serves d guy ryt. He carry another babe go chop abi. Ntoor

So you're suggesting that if we could, we should release it??

jmaxjohn:
If ur friend uses an android nd d 2 of u don't know hw to recover deleted files with ur android or pc (recovering from a memory card), una b dunce
Dat comment was 4 fun
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.
.
.this z serious
Serves d guy ryt. He carry another babe go chop abi. Ntoor

So you're suggesting that if we could, we show release it??

Check out me bae

agarawu23:
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I don't blame you. See moniker 'agarawu' sounds like that of a diety, no eyes no ears yet they think they smart

agarawu23:
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See moniker 'agarawu' sounds like that of a diety

agarawu23:
www.Google.com

Thanks for the answer now get your stupid ass off my thread

agarawu23:
Did you checked the section well ?

You should b in joke section

What took the guy to the girl's house??

My guy's bae saw him yesterday with another girl at an eatery. My guy called yester night to beg and was told to visit in person before his plea will be granted. When he got to their house, the gateway told him to come in that they've been expecting him.
As in enter, my guy see the girl papa in camouflage tee. He was told to kneel down and start explaining why he has been disturbing the daughter. My guy chop like 16 slaps this morning before he could make some space and run for his life.
The funny thing is that he had some nude pics of this girl but deleted them all yesterday as part of the new year resolution, so no leverage to get his revenge.
My guy say make I advice am and am blank. This one na wickedness o

Tell her you want her to fall in love with you nah, it's that simple.

#Ike