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ATkester:
Little by little. We are almost there. Ntoor, to those who will remain slaves forever.

Hit like if you know those I referred to, or share if you want me to call their name.

I know them....check my name/signature

Nice development.......

Buhari needs to be taught some lesson

Far better than the other Yoruba man whose method of giving back to the society is asking ladies to storm his party without pants and bra

Anytime i read about this big lipped Obasanjo's ex, i cant help feeling pity for the husband.


Th man has been emasculated by this cheap political jobber

The former World Bank Vice President (Africa) and co-leader of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, said what Nigeria is currently practising is not real but pseudo democracy bequeathed by the Nigerian military.
Ezekwesili made this observation Wednesday as a guest speaker at a seminar on “Advocacy to Lawmakers Seeking Reduction in the Age Limit for Young People Seeking Political Office” with the theme ‘Youths in Nigeria: Inclusion and Participation in Politics’ organised by the League of Progressives Ambassadors of Nigeria (LEPAN).

She explained that the nascent Nigerian democracy was founded on the imperfect constitution drafted under the military authorities and handed over for civil rule.
She, however, noted that even though there were gaps in the constitution, it helped Nigerian democracy to thrive for 17 years, which is the longest stretch of democratic governance since the country gained independence.
“The democracy we have today might not even be real democracy. It might be a pseudo one based on the Constitution handed over to us by the military. However, we must thank God that we have enjoyed democracy now for 17 years.
“Even though there are gaps in the Constitution, it still provides the basis to agitate for more improvement in democracy and for inclusive governance,” she said.

Speaking further, Ezekwesili, noted that the country had only achieved what she termed a “low outcome” since its 56 years of independence.
Consequently, she called for urgency in addressing the issues of governance in the country including visionary youth participation in politics.
“There is an urgency to improve things in the country. By October this year, we are going to be 56 years and in all these we have been able to achieve is this low outcome that the country has found itself. That is why there should be urgency in what we do,” she stressed.

Ezekwesili also noted the fact that in other climes like the United States (US) and other advanced democracy, youths enter into politics with a vision to advance the course of their country and not for monetary gains, which is the norm with most of the politicians in Nigeria.
She also emphasised that the quality of the politicians and institutions go a long way to determine the quality of the governance, policies and programmes in the country.
“Common problems lead us to politics, which in turn lead us to governance, policies and programmes. Our common problems create a necessity for us to therefore engage in politics.

“The quality of the operators of a political system determines the quality of its outcome. So the question is; how are you (youths) going to activate your time to determine the desired quality outcomes,” she posed.
Ezekwesili who was also the former Minister of Solid Minerals and Education, however called on the National Assembly to amend the constitution by reducing the age limit for political aspirants, saying that the current age limit of 30 to 35 for political office participation is outdated.

Earlier, the former Special Assistant (Media) to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Reuben Abati, in his comment, said one of the impediments of youth participation in active governance was money-politics and lack of political reforms.
Abati urged the political parties, leaders and policy makers to see the issue of youth participation in governance as a right and priority.
“Exclusion and marginalisation is counter-productive, hence youth inclusion is a right and not a privilege. Youth participation in governance and politics is a fundamental rights for every youth,” he said.

https://www.today.ng/news/national/124392/nigeria-practising-pseudo-democracy-ezekwesili

They want to destroy and clamp down on Innoson motors like they did to Ibeto.

Why haven't the Daura goro-chewing child defiler dragged Amaechi to court despite having many records of embezzlement??

May thunder strike Buhari and his retinue of haters

Bush-burning and photogenic zombie soldiers posing for shots on Jonathan's hard-earned weapons

tbaba1234:
How exactly? Do you know this man? Do you know his antecedents? Stop exhibiting bigotry.

This is not bigotry but a well established fact

tbaba1234:
Demonic because they do not share your faith??

Because they are the brain behind global terrorism.
May dangote trailer crush them

I rebuke Buhari and his demonic visitors



They should be searched thoroughly

jeffizy:
We are definitely not cowards as you guys delude yourselves into believing.
We reason sensibly, carefully choose our battles and above all, WE ARE MATURED.

The same maturity that made you ran to as far as Mowe when Hausas struck at Mile12

The herdsman has no iota of shame else he would have boycotted the conference owing to Cameron's insult.



Wait a minute......is it not in same London Buhari said all Nigerians are criminals

Meanwhile this is what we have in Daura

potbelly:
They never learn... No matter the rituals/sacrifices they do, they can never be richer than dangote, bill gates or mark zuckerberg... R.I.P to the one lost to the hands of the evil ones

And you are really sure Dangote didn't indulge in money rituals

Premium Times can afford to be less flattering. Where on earth did anyone ever describe Yemi Oshibajo as "a stickler for truth and integrity"? Where and when?
Listen up, Yemi Oshinbajo started out as a career LIAR in late 1999 when he took it upon himself - without shame or self respect - to justify the false oath sworn by Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

In that affidavit, Bola Tinubu perjured himself that he attended and graduated from Government College Ibadan. Bola Tinubu never attended that school.
Secondly,Bola Tinubu lied on oath that he attended the IVY League University of Chicago. Whereas, he never attended University of Chicago.
It was Pastor Yemi Oshinbajo who went running round television stations to justify that perjury with arguments made in silliness.
That's not integrity.
A man of integrity would not ever associate with perjury on its face or ever justify it as right.
But Pastor Yemi Oshinbajo needed money and agreed to run the fool's errand for Tinubu.

Osibanjo is a disgrace to pastors, a liar and a fake pastor, no one can serve God and mamorn, my surprise is some blind fellowers are supporting him.

Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, is well regarded across the country as a stickler for truth and integrity.
But PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report that the nation’s number two citizen did not tell the truth regarding who can receive healthcare at the State House Medical Centre in Abuja.
Mr. Osinbajo had on February 26, in Lagos, said the state house clinic was open for use by all Nigerians.

The vice president was responding to questions at the Pastors and Leaders Retreat of the Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, Lagos.
He said the medical centre was a well-equipped general hospital always open for use by the public.
However, when PREMIUM TIMES visited the hospital on May 4, the Vice President’s claims were found to be untrue.

The question Mr. Osinbajo answered at the event was triggered by a PREMIUM TIMES report of February 2 indicating that the presidency planned to spend more on the State House Clinic than on all the federal teaching hospitals in the country.
Based on the budget proposal in the public domain at the time, the clinic was billed to gulp N787million more in capital allocation than all the 16 federal teaching hospitals combined.
The State House Medical Centre provides services for President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr. Osinbajo, their families and employees of the Presidency.


The 72-bed clinic thus offers services to less than 1, 000 Nigerian elite. But the 350-bed Abuja National Hospital, which caters for millions, got far less in capital allocation.
The same situation applied at the federal teaching hospitals across the country which bed spaces triple that of the state house clinic and cater for millions, train medical doctors and allied health professionals while also serving as medical research centres.
The February 2 report triggered outrage across the country with citizens and activists calling on government to review the funds allocated to the state house clinic downward while pumping more money into health facilities open to millions of Nigeria.
To deflate the mounting criticism of government at the time, Mr. Osinbajo claimed the hospital was open to all Nigerians and that it should not be considered an exclusive preserve of presidency officials.

He said he even preferred that the facility be further equipped to provide higher medical services to those in need.
But our reporter, who sought to access treatment at the facility on two occasions, gathered evidence which countered Mr. Osinbajo’s claim.
The qualification assessment and blockades
The qualification assessment for treatment at the State House Clinic begins over one kilometre away from the facility.
The assessment is not done by health workers but by army officers who mounted blockades.

An army officer stopped our correspondent at the security post on the road leading to the hospital at 11.55 a.m. on Wednesday, May 4.
The security check was not limited to PREMIUM TIMES correspondent but to all those going into the exclusive zone.
“Hello, madam, where are you going?” the young soldier asked.
Upon being informed that she was headed to the State House Clinic, he continued, “Do you work there?”
The reporter responded that she was ill and needed to see a doctor.


Mr. Osinbajo’s claims immediately started falling apart.
“Are you entitled to treatment there,” the soldier asked.
Our correspondent sought to know what he meant just as the officer continued, “Do you have a card?”
The officer, who had no name tag, waved the reporter on when she explained that she was referred by another doctor to see a specialist at the facility.
At the gate to the clinic, another soldier in civilian attire waved the reporter down, asking the same questions his colleagues asked.
When our correspondent repeated her earlier responses, the officer raised his hand and the automatic barricade went up welcoming PREMIUM TIMES into the health facility.
Mr. Osinbajo’s claims countered
State House Medical Centre's webpage admits it is not open to the public.
State House Medical Centre’s webpage admits it is not open to the public.
At 11.59 am, when out reporter got inside the facility, she met a senior health officer at the General Out Patients Department (OPD), who gave her name simply as Matron Ahmed.
“Are you entitled to treatment here,” was the first question Matron Ahmed asked PREMIUM TIMES.
Our correspondent immediately engaged her in a friendly conversation.


“Who is entitled to services in this facility,” our correspondent asked, “Because I am a Nigerian and I guess every Nigerian is entitled to service here.”
“Where do you work,” the health official asked.
When told that she works in a newspaper house in Lagos, Matron Ahmed replied, “This one is presidency. It is mainly for presidency. It’s just like in the states, you have government house clinics. This is state house clinic for the presidency. So, it is meant for only those who work in presidency,” the matron said.
“If you go to National Assembly, they have their own clinic. It’s just like that. If you go to CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), they have their clinic. If you go to NNPC they have their own clinic. And it’s only those people who work there that can use it.”
Besides the hospital not being open to all Nigerians, family members, including children of workers at the presidency who are above 18 years old are not entitled to treatment at the facility.
The rule, PREMIUM TIMES learnt, applies even if the ward is a student or unemployed.
When asked if our reporter could access treatment if a family member works in the presidency, the official said, “You are already above 18 and already working. You can’t access treatment here.”
She, however, explained that it was nothing personal but that it was organizational policy, adding that she was equally affected by the policy.
“My daughter is above 18 and can’t access treatment here. Even if she is not working, she is not entitled since she is above 18.
“Though I am working here, I took my father to Garki hospital. We have an eye clinic here,” the health official said.
Patients attended to while that discussion took place were first asked their ages. That information was cross-checked from the computers in the office.
Our correspondent also found that while the State House Clinic is digitized, teaching hospitals in the country are still struggling with dusty paper files with many patients’ files often reported missing.

The endless queues witnessed in other government-owned hospitals are non-existent at the State House Clinic.
Confirming the quality of services provided at the facility, the matron said, “We are good here at the state house clinic. We have to set the pace. So, if people complain about us, what will happen to others? It will be terrible. So, we have to set the pace no matter what.”
After explaining that she (the reporter) wasn’t qualified for treatment at the facility, the matron recommended Garki General Hospital to our reporter for physiotherapy and Asokoro General Hospital for psychiatry care.
But not without a motherly advise.
“Don’t mind the delays you will meet there and the attitude of the health officials you may encounter. All that should matter to you is getting the needed services,” Matron Ahmed advised.
Vice President’s reaction

The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Vice President, Laolu Akande, confirmed that members of the public cannot access services at the presidential clinic.
In an email to this newspaper which he titled “Response to PREMIUM TIMES inquiry on access to Aso Rock Clinic,” Mr. Akande stated, “It is true to say that the State House Clinic is not open to everybody.”
Explaining further, he said the vice president initially thought the State House Clinic was an exclusive medical centre for the President and the Vice President.

According to him, Mr. Osinbajo has since discovered that the 72-bed clinic is used by staff of the Presidency and their families as well.
Mr. Akande did not say why the vice president claimed the facility was open to all Nigerians when he knew all along that it was exclusively for presidency officials.
“Information from the Medical Director of the Clinic also indicates that on recommendations, non-government officials are also able to use the clinic. The point is that the clinic is not exclusive to the President and the Vice President, but open to a wider range of Nigerians,” Mr. Akande said.
But Mr. Akande’s argument is contradicted by what is published on the website of the presidential health facility.
A post on the site reads, “The State House Medical Centre provides medical services to the President, Vice President and their families, aides, staff of the State House and other entitled public servants.”

A repeat visit to the presidential clinic on Saturday, May 7, validated PREMIUM TIMES’ earlier experience as the norm at the health facility.
Again, our reporter’s qualification for healthcare at the medical centre was assessed right from the outer gates by a security official and was again screened at the clinic’s gate, just like it was during the first visit.
Medical doctors and nurses in the paediatrics and obstetrics/gynaecology departments respectively refuted Mr. Akande’s claim of recommended non-government officials using the clinic.

“Ordinary Nigerians can’t use this clinic,” was a common phrase on the lips of all State House Clinic health officials interviewed for this story.
“May be they want to make it open to all Nigerians, but as at this moment that you are speaking to me, the clinic is not open to Nigerians. Indeed, this hospital has very good facilities and services that can serve Nigerians but isn’t doing that yet,” an official who cannot be named for concern she might be punished, said.
“There is no iota of truth in that claim that non-presidential workers use here. This place is not a general hospital. Even our children who are above 18 years-old are not entitled to treatment here. You have been lied to,” a doctor at the facility told PREMIUM TIMES.
“You know, in Nigeria, some are more equal than others.”

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/203183-fact-check-vp-osinbajos-claim-not-true-state-house-clinic-not-nigerians.html

gidgiddy:
Ojukwu was already exporting oil from Portharcourt terminal by the time the war started in 1967. Nigeria was quite lucky to to have had the British on their side because it was British warships that blockaded Biafra and prevented Ojukwu from selling Oil and importing food, arms and ammunition. Gowon on the other hand had no money to fight the war. Had Britain stayed neutral, Ojukwu would have won.

Ojukwu decimated the Nigerian soldiers before Awolowo resorted to impoverishing of biafran kids.
Thank God amadioha entered his head and he grabbed otapiapia

In 1956 oil was discovered by Shell-BP

1959 was the year the 50-50 tax profit law was established..

Offshore licence was issued in 1962.

Civil war started in 1967.

We should ask the junketing Daura cow where he got his own version from....

Come....abi Buhari also scored f9 in history

fiizznation:
Nigeria producing zero megawatt doesn't affect me in anyway. And yes Nigerians buying PMS at the high rate of $1 per litre don't affect me. Like I said before, the average Nigerian artisans and small medium income earners are my concern. I feel they don't deserve these pipelines vandalism and all that.

Even if you do not stay in the country, you must have relatives that are groaning under fuel scarcity.
If the militants succeed in halting oil exploration in the Niger Delta then Nigerian economy will again crumble and when this happens...you know what will follow.
So your claim that the vandals activities not affecting you do not hold water

fiizznation:
Go and get your facts right my friend. Late president yar'adua granted amnesty to the militants. Obasanjo never gave them amnesty even though he wickedly killed innocent Nigerians at UDI in his crazy search for the militants.

Funny, why should I do the fighting? I'm not a uniform man neither am I indirectly or directly affected by the militants silliness. I'm just concerned for the average Nigerian who will be affected in one way or another by these militants silliness

So you were not affected when Nigeria had zero electricity in her national grid
So the militants bringing oil exploration to a halt in the country does not affect directly or indirectly

omenka:
Too bad. God rest their souls.

But it wasn't too bad when they killed innocent protesters right

What goes around they say comes around

May amadioha intercept and detain their souls if they happen to be headed the peace way

fiizznation:
Hey what's wrong with you young man? I hate it when people like you quote me ignorantly. Isn't this topic about militants killing Nigeria soldiers? When did i ever say the soldiers should go on a killing spree in the SS just because they lost three of their soldiers? Didn't you see the topic before you ignorantly misquote me or it is that you don't understand the difference between militants and law abiding civilians. What's wrong with you again man? You better hold your thumb there and use your cranium when next you want to quote me.

My friend stop wining your mouth like an Australian hummingbird
You do not apply brutal force in order to solve all problems
What happens to a more diplomatic approach in solving a sensitive issue as that of the Niger Delta that lays the golden egg

tufia

The more reason why sensible igbos should join IPOB....

THE MORE REASON SENSIBLE IGBOS SHOULD JOIN IPOB.........

This is the more reason all igbo youths should join IPOB.........

Standing5:
In your narrow logic, it didn't occur to you cows don't live up to 12 years and that some must av been sold off as profits while maintaining just the number of cows that can be accomodated in his farm.
Maybe you had unripe pawpaw and walnut as lunch sha. . .

logic man.......typical zombie

In 2003, Buhari declared 150 cows;

In 2007, Buhari declared 150 cows;

In 2011, Buhari declared 150 cows; and

In 2015, Buhari declared 150 cows.
Then I ask:

(1) Are Buhari's cows using CONDOMS or contraceptive Pills?

(2) If Buhari's cows don't multiply, how can Nigerian economy grow under him?

Hypocritical amnesty international!

Have you criticized the brutal killing of ipob members by same army?