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lconised:
Condition of Enugu

what concerns Enugu roads with this post? Afonja obsessed woth Ibos. shameless bunch.

Hmmm you can just see how these Tinubu boys will lie just to save their quest to decieve Nigerians that this humongus failure Buhari is still working. Haba. The Boko Haram ransacked a Millitary base, and chased away our soldiers yet they want to change the naratives that it was just a town. Question is, which town is allowed to keep guns? you guys are really shameless. For just few money you are lying and decieving Nigerians.

Lol. No Bros, you wanted Lawan as SP simply so that your House boy and convicted fraudster of houseboy would become Speaker. The brown teeth drug baron and cert forger have not learnt anything from the first 2 years of APC when they disgraced and sidelined him. Awon brown roofed king maker never sabi say National politics is different from Amala panlansa politricks.
They have not even won elections, but he is here making noise. Havent this one heard what Aisha Bubu said the other day? Buhari is not inbcharge, the people incharge are his cousin and uncle, Kyari and Daura. Or doesnt he know in politics its amounts to suicide to lay your cards for all to see? Hehehe I hope this one and his boys would not forget their utterances the past 3plus years they found themselves at the center stage? #Restructuring is not good again, #State is not the solutions # Lagos dont neccessariky need to be givingvspecial status.
We hope when Nigerians send Ewedu politicians back to their brown roofed enclave they wont start shouting Restructure, State police and what not o. Una eyes go clear very soon.

so why is it that any tom dick and harry can comment on a christian post, but if it was a muslim post you would first of all go through some vetting?

hisexcellency34:
Atiku Is becoming too petty for my liking. I can assure you he will come last in the presidential debate

there was never a time you liked him. So the hell with your liking. Abegi swerve make sensable people.

senseless post. Goodluck built over 160 of these type of schools. With over 10 of them in Buharis home state and daura village.

ericsmith:
i wonnt av minded you, but some words trapped my attention ... "atiku team are been pro active "...how ??
if atiku team were to discuss economy policies .. naa bruce & omokri he kon send ... speaks volume
facts about alan greensperm :Democratic leaders of Congress criticized him for politicizing his office because of his support for Social Security privatization[5] and tax cuts, which they felt would increase the deficit.[6]
the moment i saw privatization & tax cut ... i saw the blood link . why is atiku so obsessed with selling nigeria, kilode !!

at least they are articulate and sensable. You are rooting for a govt that thinks its an economic policy to share 5-8k to people instead pipe borne water. A federal minister that thinks producing pencil is a tevhnological break through. How about the one that believe cattles are more valuable than Human lives?

smalls001:
Anybody can take pictures with any prominent person they come across. Just like taking pictures with celebrities when you meet them. This picture doesn't show or mean anything was discussed regarding moving Nigeria forward. SCAM!!!
They are not even seated in a discussion formation.....

e pain am. hehehe

By Saxone Akhaine
Kaduna — Contractors in Kaduna State, under the auspices of Group of Kaduna Drainage Contractors, have protested against non-payment of N1.2 billion debts.
The contractors gave a-five-day ultimatum for the government to invite them for a round table meeting.
They vowed to embark on a sit-down protest at the entrance to the Government House, should it fail to pay them at the expiration of the ultimatum.
While addressing journalists shortly after an emergency meeting of the group at Hamdala Hotel Garden, Kaduna, the Public Relations Officer of Kaduna Road Agency (KADRA) contractors, Nasir Abubakar, said the contractors will not only occupy the gate leading to the government house, but will also mobilise their children, wives and family members to join in the sit-down protest.
According to him, the contract works were scattered across seven local government areas of the state: Kaduna North, Kaduna South, Igabi, Chikun, Zaria, Sabo Gari, and Jama'a local government areas.
The 489 contractors alleged that some selected close allies of the governor were paid the sum of N600 million in December 2017.
"At the initial time, the allocated amount for the said contracts was 3.5 billion naira and thereafter, it was screened to 1.8 billion naira with the inauguration of a committee headed by the Secretary to Kaduna State Government (SSG), Abass Balarebe."
At the time of this report, all efforts to get across to the Managing Director of KADRA proved abortive.


https://allafrica.com/stories/201812140393.html

DECEMBER 15, 2018
Boko Haram attacks Nigeria military base in Gudumbali

Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province faction of Boko Haram attacked a military base in Gudumbali late on Friday, December 14, military sources told AFP.
Fighters in several technicals – trucks fitted with anti-aircraft guns – attacked the base around 7:00 pm (1600 GMT), leading to an hours-long fight, the two military sources said.
The attack was repelled with aerial support, the sources said.
There were no reports of casualties.
The town of in Guzamala district of Borno state has been attacked several times in recent months.

https://thedefensepost.com/2018/12/15/nigeria-boko-haram-attacks-gudumbali-military-base/#

By Tunde George & Kasali Martins
tundegeorge20@yahoo.com, kasalimartins1960@yahoo.com
thetruefaceoflagos@gmail.com
0807 266 2201, 081 249 8568, 0813 296 7667
We are tax payers residents in Lagos who are desperately desirous of accountability since taxes have recently become major revenue of Lagos State government. In the developed societies where a similar revenue regime operates, associations such as ours have acted as Government Watchdogs, which is why some of us have decided to take up the gauntlet of championing the cause of taxpayers in the state. After all if we don’t pay our taxes, government can charge and eventually jail us.
In the last ten years, tax revenue has come to constitute about 75 per cent of government revenue base, yet, the government never bothers to render account to tax payers in Lagos . In the last three years alone, a colossal sum of 1.1 trillion naira was budgeted by Fashola’s government with the government itself affirming that it has consistently recorded a minimum of 75 per cent of budget performance out of which 80 per cent came from Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). This is 30 per cent more than the entire budgets recorded by successive governments between 1992-2007-a period spanning 15 years.
Today, the total tax revenue of Lagos on a monthly basis hovers between N14 and N17 billion naira while federal allocations come to N6 billion Naira monthly. This is more than the revenue of seven states put together on a monthly basis. But how has the governor been spending the money? While we note the heavy investments in roads and environmental infrastructure mainly and commendably so, there is the need to question some of the ways the governor has been expending tax money which in our opinion reflects financial recklessness, mismanagement, gross constitutional violations and abuse of office.
Set below are some of the expenditures which the government claimed to have incurred on behalf of ‘Lagosians’ and which we feel were mere avenues to corruptly enrich some privileged individuals in and out of government and to which the state House of Assembly under the tutelage of ‘governor emeritus’ otherwise known as the Lion of Bourdillon has become an accomplice covering up a lot of misdeeds on the part of the executive. Just last week, it was alleged that each member of the House was given a sum of 20million naira through a lawyer member of the House from the Lagos west senatorial district, the constituency of the governor emeritus himself. When this was about to be leaked to the press, the Lion of Bourdillon used his powerful media contacts through two of his former aids who are media chieftains to suppress the leakage. Were this not to be the case, we would have otherwise sent these complaints to the House of Assembly. But since we no longer trust this pliant House of Assembly, we have decided to go public with the following:
1. Last year, Fashola (BRF) gave N250 million to Rotimi Akeredolu led Exco of NBA for the NBA conference held in Lagos . At a time when Lagos teachers and doctors were on strike for improved welfare package.
2. The BRF government within 6 months, January to June 2009 spent N420 million on hiring of private security – to guard who – despite his heavy investment in the Police Force through the State Security Trust Fund.
3. BRF spent N1.5 billion to demolish the Bank of Industry (BOI) building, paying a company introduced by one Tunji Olowolafe in cash transfer only for him and his cronies to claim the land adjacent to it.
4. BRF government awarded part of Western Avenue ( Funsho Williams Road ), about 2 kilometres road for N7.7 billion just between Abalti Barracks and Costain. And without the construction of any bridges, the project was carried out by Julius Berger. This project must certainly be investigated.
5. Between January and June 2009, the BRF government claimed to have fuelled 225 vehicles in his office alone with N135 million. These figures amount to about N800, 000 per day, at a time that petrol was sold for N65 per litre and government always get it cheaper, but BRF claimed to have bought it at N85 per litre.
6. Also between January and June 2009, BRF’s Chief of Staff and PAs expended N290 million in sending TEXT Messages and phone CALLS on their lines.
7. It is also very sickening to know that the BRF government awarded the construction of a road and drains inside Gbagada General Hospital for over N1.8 billion to the same Tunji Olowolafe’s company (DEUX Projects Limited).
8. The sum of 1.5 billion naira of un-appropriated funds, without approval was claimed to have been spent on demolition of Oshodi.
9. The Helicopter Deal – was a big fraud. The helicopter was not built for any kind of emergency evacuation, rescue or to even combat urban fire. Over N5 billion has been spent on the two helicopters. And, the seal of Lagos State is not on it, and it is not even in Lagos but in the Niger Delta making money for some private people in government. The whole helicopter deal stinks to high heavens; it constitutes the biggest governmental fraud of all times and confirms the rot in the State. See ThisDay December 19, 2009
10. The SSA (Media) to BRF spent N183 million in 6 months on press coverage and on editors outside the approved budget but funded directly from the Governor’s Office.
11. In a State where children are sitting on the floor in classrooms, where unemployment is rampant and poverty pervasive. BRF paid a lady wife of a controversial pastor over N600 million in 2 years for Xmas Decorations for about six streets in Lagos.
12. In Six months between January and June 2009, BRF spent on several faceless organisations, subventions, grants and donations and they quickly pocketed N2 billion.
THE RIPPING OFF OF LAGOS – ESSENTIAL DETAILS
1. The BRF government recklessly increased and paid over 60% increase on the LASU – IBA road awarded by the Bola Tinubu government for N6.2 billion but was jerked up to N10 billion less than 2 weeks that BRF came on board.
2. Also, the Tinubu administration awarded the construction of City Hall for N2.3 billion. BRF only changed the floor tiles to marble tiles and increased the contract sum to N5.2 billion. This project was increased by 126%.
3. Publishing of INDICATOR Magazine, is falsely presented to the public as a private magazine but is actually co-ordinated by Tunji Olowolafe and Hakeem Bello, SSA (Media) to BRF with government money.
4. BRF recently gave a media-related Permanent Secretary, and some others the sum of N100 million to do a soap opera on himself. They are presently in London recording the film.
5. The BRF government has failed woefully in the area of Public Private Partnership (PPP) in three years. Yet, BRF is paying the PPP boss in Lagos State N2 million per month in violation of the Constitution, when even commissioners recognised by the Constitution are receiving N300,000 per month. The PPP guy is the highest paid government official presiding over a non-performing and failed parastatal.
6. The Beautification Programme of Fashola administration is reeking with corruption. In a State where there is no water, where over 90 per cent of the road in Lagos is in a deplorable state of disrepair, he is spending over N13 billion on planting grass and flowers. Most of the money was spent to import Palm trees from Niger Republic , a sahel region when Lagos is in the rain forest which explains why most of them have dried up,
7. Also, it is important to note that the renovation of classrooms of usually 12 blocks plus one which was done for N26 million by the Tinubu administration up till 2007 was increased to N53 million with the collaboration of the housing commissioner who is supervising projects in the education ministry.
8. CCTV project was awarded to BRF’s relation who claimed to be acting for CISCO. The contract was awarded for $62 million dollars, while the rejected quote for the contract was $30 million. It is important to note that this is only a pilot scheme.
9. BRF’s wife travels abroad once bi-monthly and takes N30 million per trip from the State coffers, apart from her monthly running cost.
10 The mother of all rip off is the award to DEUX PROJECT LIMITED, a company owned by the powerful Tunji Olowolafe 11 out of 19 contracts in the Lagos State Ministry of health between January and August 2009. Out of N5.6 billion naira contract in the Ministry of Health, Olowolafe alone collected N5.1 billion worth and was paid 70% upfront in cash.
OTHER QUESTIONS
1. Why did BRF divert N1.85 billion in the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to a project that was not originally provided for in the budget and promptly awarded to Olowolafe?
2. Why is Lawyer BRF’s administration illegally deducting funds from the statutory allocation of the Local Governments in Lagos State ?
3. Why was the Mayegun Scheme which was sold to Olowolafe and other friends and cronies against public interest without any independent valuation by relevant agency of government? Why is the size of the scheme shielded in secrecy? Why was N5.2 billion for which the land sold untraceable? Where is the over N2 billion loan borrowed to sand-fill the place? What is the fate of the Tourism and Art-craft sellers chased away from the place?
4. Pinnacle – why did the governor and his cronies engage in questionable transfer of 400 hectares of land to Pinnacle, South Africa, when it is known that the company is almost bankrupt and the ABSA Bank now owns over 60% of the Company. What nature of PPP is this? The world is watching!
5. Why was the illegal sand-filling of about 1 km in the Badagry – Marina awarded for N1.5 billion out of which N700 million has been paid and yet the contractors and the Tourism Ministry have completely destroyed all the historical relics and artefacts in the area? It has also created an environmental disaster for West Africa because of greed. And it appears the Commissioner has been settled.
FASHOLA AND CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS
1. Flagrant and deliberate disregard for the Appropriation law passed by the Lagos State House of Assembly, in violation of Section 120 of the 1999 Constitution.
2. Criminal diversion of funds without due approval of the Lagos State House of Assembly, in further violation of Section 120 (3) of the 1999 Constitution.
3. Indiscriminate award of contracts without due process, without following the laid down financial regulation as well as the public procurement guidelines. The payment of such contracts is in violation of Part (E) Section 120(4) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
4. Most Ministries, Departments, Parastatals sometimes do not know when contracts are awarded in their names and for what purpose, they only find out later. And they don’t know when payments to contractors are made by the State Treasury Office. This is in further violation of Section 121(2) of the 1999 Constitution.
5. Illegal and unwarranted deductions from the statutory Allocation of the local governments. This is in direct contravention of Public Revenue Provision of the 1999 Constitution and in violation of Section 162 sub-section 6, 7 and 8.
6. Opening of illegal and unconstitutional Dedicated Accounts which is contrary to the provision of the 1999 Constitution and which Revenue Monitoring Agency is unaware of. This act is in direct violation of Section 120(1) of the 1999 Constitution.
7. Office of the Chief of Staff which is unknown to the Constitution has more staff than any other Ministry in Lagos State . This violation is very grave as it is in direct breach of the Governor’s Oath of Office in the 7th Schedule of the 1999 Constitution Section 13 and a gross violation of Sections 192, 193 and 208(2d) of the 1999 Constitution.
8. Indiscriminate borrowing by the Ministry of Finance without legislative approval, which the Finance Commissioner calls Bridging Loans, is a grave assault on Fiscal Federalism, a coup against Financial Regulations and a shameful and criminal violation of Section 120(1), (2), (3) and (4) of the 1999 Constitution.
9. Concentration of over 70% of Lagos State Government contracts in the hands of one Tunji Olowolafe. This is the clearest indication of the betrayal of trust by Governor Fashola, it is against the Oath of Office he swore to, it is a violation of Sections 14(4), 15(5) and 17(2a) of the 1999 Constitution on which social objective of a just, free and equitable social order is founded.
10. Arbitrary use of Special Expenditure Vote for activities not originally provided for under the Appropriation Law. This is a further betrayal of Fiscal Federalism and a violation of provisions of Section 120(3) and (4), and Section 123(1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution.
11. Payment of 70% up-front to persons and cronies for contracts not yet executed. Similarly, this is a contravention of Section 120(4) of the 1999 Constitution.
12. Giving arbitrary donations to selective professional associations and faceless organisations for acting as sycophants without appropriate authorisation by relevant constitutional bodies. This is a clear violation of sections 120(4) and 123 of the 1999 Constitution
13. The fraudulent purported acquisition of 2 Bell 412 EP Series Helicopters from a Canadian firm constitute a flagrant violation of Section 123(1) and (2) and Section 120(4) of the 1999 Constitution.
14. Furthermore, the award of contract of courts and other Judicial Infrastructure as well as procurement for the Judiciary in Lagos State by the Attorney-General, Tunji Olowolafe and Governor Fashola is in gross violation of Section 121(3) of the 1999 Constitution.
In all these aberrations, the Lagos State House of Assembly has kept mute, and the House has become inept, achaic, drab, docile and inefficient. All the noise by Mr. Speaker about accountability and probity be only to enable house members line their pockets and feed fat on the sweat and toil of the people of the State?
Is it also true that they have been given their own share of the loot, they are maintaining undignified silence over the report of the ad hoc Committee set up to look into the books and activities of the Lagos State Government pursuant to Section 103 of the 1999 Constitution with powers expressly provided in sections 1a, b(i) and (ii), as well as Section 129 1 a b c and d.
We are aware that the report has been submitted since November 2009, so why is the Lagos State House of Assembly still sitting on the report? This is just a tip of the ice berg of financial recklessness by the Lagos executive led the seemingly performing governor Fashola! More soon.

https://www.nairaland.com/390082/fashola-mega-corruption-true-face

By Tunde George & Kasali Martins
tundegeorge20@yahoo.com, kasalimartins1960@yahoo.com
thetruefaceoflagos@gmail.com
0807 266 2201, 081 249 8568, 0813 296 7667
We are tax payers residents in Lagos who are desperately desirous of accountability since taxes have recently become major revenue of Lagos State government. In the developed societies where a similar revenue regime operates, associations such as ours have acted as Government Watchdogs, which is why some of us have decided to take up the gauntlet of championing the cause of taxpayers in the state. After all if we don’t pay our taxes, government can charge and eventually jail us.
In the last ten years, tax revenue has come to constitute about 75 per cent of government revenue base, yet, the government never bothers to render account to tax payers in Lagos . In the last three years alone, a colossal sum of 1.1 trillion naira was budgeted by Fashola’s government with the government itself affirming that it has consistently recorded a minimum of 75 per cent of budget performance out of which 80 per cent came from Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). This is 30 per cent more than the entire budgets recorded by successive governments between 1992-2007-a period spanning 15 years.
Today, the total tax revenue of Lagos on a monthly basis hovers between N14 and N17 billion naira while federal allocations come to N6 billion Naira monthly. This is more than the revenue of seven states put together on a monthly basis. But how has the governor been spending the money? While we note the heavy investments in roads and environmental infrastructure mainly and commendably so, there is the need to question some of the ways the governor has been expending tax money which in our opinion reflects financial recklessness, mismanagement, gross constitutional violations and abuse of office.
Set below are some of the expenditures which the government claimed to have incurred on behalf of ‘Lagosians’ and which we feel were mere avenues to corruptly enrich some privileged individuals in and out of government and to which the state House of Assembly under the tutelage of ‘governor emeritus’ otherwise known as the Lion of Bourdillon has become an accomplice covering up a lot of misdeeds on the part of the executive. Just last week, it was alleged that each member of the House was given a sum of 20million naira through a lawyer member of the House from the Lagos west senatorial district, the constituency of the governor emeritus himself. When this was about to be leaked to the press, the Lion of Bourdillon used his powerful media contacts through two of his former aids who are media chieftains to suppress the leakage. Were this not to be the case, we would have otherwise sent these complaints to the House of Assembly. But since we no longer trust this pliant House of Assembly, we have decided to go public with the following:
1. Last year, Fashola (BRF) gave N250 million to Rotimi Akeredolu led Exco of NBA for the NBA conference held in Lagos . At a time when Lagos teachers and doctors were on strike for improved welfare package.
2. The BRF government within 6 months, January to June 2009 spent N420 million on hiring of private security – to guard who – despite his heavy investment in the Police Force through the State Security Trust Fund.
3. BRF spent N1.5 billion to demolish the Bank of Industry (BOI) building, paying a company introduced by one Tunji Olowolafe in cash transfer only for him and his cronies to claim the land adjacent to it.
4. BRF government awarded part of Western Avenue ( Funsho Williams Road ), about 2 kilometres road for N7.7 billion just between Abalti Barracks and Costain. And without the construction of any bridges, the project was carried out by Julius Berger. This project must certainly be investigated.
5. Between January and June 2009, the BRF government claimed to have fuelled 225 vehicles in his office alone with N135 million. These figures amount to about N800, 000 per day, at a time that petrol was sold for N65 per litre and government always get it cheaper, but BRF claimed to have bought it at N85 per litre.
6. Also between January and June 2009, BRF’s Chief of Staff and PAs expended N290 million in sending TEXT Messages and phone CALLS on their lines.
7. It is also very sickening to know that the BRF government awarded the construction of a road and drains inside Gbagada General Hospital for over N1.8 billion to the same Tunji Olowolafe’s company (DEUX Projects Limited).
8. The sum of 1.5 billion naira of un-appropriated funds, without approval was claimed to have been spent on demolition of Oshodi.
9. The Helicopter Deal – was a big fraud. The helicopter was not built for any kind of emergency evacuation, rescue or to even combat urban fire. Over N5 billion has been spent on the two helicopters. And, the seal of Lagos State is not on it, and it is not even in Lagos but in the Niger Delta making money for some private people in government. The whole helicopter deal stinks to high heavens; it constitutes the biggest governmental fraud of all times and confirms the rot in the State. See ThisDay December 19, 2009
10. The SSA (Media) to BRF spent N183 million in 6 months on press coverage and on editors outside the approved budget but funded directly from the Governor’s Office.
11. In a State where children are sitting on the floor in classrooms, where unemployment is rampant and poverty pervasive. BRF paid a lady wife of a controversial pastor over N600 million in 2 years for Xmas Decorations for about six streets in Lagos.
12. In Six months between January and June 2009, BRF spent on several faceless organisations, subventions, grants and donations and they quickly pocketed N2 billion.
THE RIPPING OFF OF LAGOS – ESSENTIAL DETAILS
1. The BRF government recklessly increased and paid over 60% increase on the LASU – IBA road awarded by the Bola Tinubu government for N6.2 billion but was jerked up to N10 billion less than 2 weeks that BRF came on board.
2. Also, the Tinubu administration awarded the construction of City Hall for N2.3 billion. BRF only changed the floor tiles to marble tiles and increased the contract sum to N5.2 billion. This project was increased by 126%.
3. Publishing of INDICATOR Magazine, is falsely presented to the public as a private magazine but is actually co-ordinated by Tunji Olowolafe and Hakeem Bello, SSA (Media) to BRF with government money.
4. BRF recently gave a media-related Permanent Secretary, and some others the sum of N100 million to do a soap opera on himself. They are presently in London recording the film.
5. The BRF government has failed woefully in the area of Public Private Partnership (PPP) in three years. Yet, BRF is paying the PPP boss in Lagos State N2 million per month in violation of the Constitution, when even commissioners recognised by the Constitution are receiving N300,000 per month. The PPP guy is the highest paid government official presiding over a non-performing and failed parastatal.
6. The Beautification Programme of Fashola administration is reeking with corruption. In a State where there is no water, where over 90 per cent of the road in Lagos is in a deplorable state of disrepair, he is spending over N13 billion on planting grass and flowers. Most of the money was spent to import Palm trees from Niger Republic , a sahel region when Lagos is in the rain forest which explains why most of them have dried up,
7. Also, it is important to note that the renovation of classrooms of usually 12 blocks plus one which was done for N26 million by the Tinubu administration up till 2007 was increased to N53 million with the collaboration of the housing commissioner who is supervising projects in the education ministry.
8. CCTV project was awarded to BRF’s relation who claimed to be acting for CISCO. The contract was awarded for $62 million dollars, while the rejected quote for the contract was $30 million. It is important to note that this is only a pilot scheme.
9. BRF’s wife travels abroad once bi-monthly and takes N30 million per trip from the State coffers, apart from her monthly running cost.
10 The mother of all rip off is the award to DEUX PROJECT LIMITED, a company owned by the powerful Tunji Olowolafe 11 out of 19 contracts in the Lagos State Ministry of health between January and August 2009. Out of N5.6 billion naira contract in the Ministry of Health, Olowolafe alone collected N5.1 billion worth and was paid 70% upfront in cash.
OTHER QUESTIONS
1. Why did BRF divert N1.85 billion in the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to a project that was not originally provided for in the budget and promptly awarded to Olowolafe?
2. Why is Lawyer BRF’s administration illegally deducting funds from the statutory allocation of the Local Governments in Lagos State ?
3. Why was the Mayegun Scheme which was sold to Olowolafe and other friends and cronies against public interest without any independent valuation by relevant agency of government? Why is the size of the scheme shielded in secrecy? Why was N5.2 billion for which the land sold untraceable? Where is the over N2 billion loan borrowed to sand-fill the place? What is the fate of the Tourism and Art-craft sellers chased away from the place?
4. Pinnacle – why did the governor and his cronies engage in questionable transfer of 400 hectares of land to Pinnacle, South Africa, when it is known that the company is almost bankrupt and the ABSA Bank now owns over 60% of the Company. What nature of PPP is this? The world is watching!
5. Why was the illegal sand-filling of about 1 km in the Badagry – Marina awarded for N1.5 billion out of which N700 million has been paid and yet the contractors and the Tourism Ministry have completely destroyed all the historical relics and artefacts in the area? It has also created an environmental disaster for West Africa because of greed. And it appears the Commissioner has been settled.
FASHOLA AND CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS
1. Flagrant and deliberate disregard for the Appropriation law passed by the Lagos State House of Assembly, in violation of Section 120 of the 1999 Constitution.
2. Criminal diversion of funds without due approval of the Lagos State House of Assembly, in further violation of Section 120 (3) of the 1999 Constitution.
3. Indiscriminate award of contracts without due process, without following the laid down financial regulation as well as the public procurement guidelines. The payment of such contracts is in violation of Part (E) Section 120(4) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
4. Most Ministries, Departments, Parastatals sometimes do not know when contracts are awarded in their names and for what purpose, they only find out later. And they don’t know when payments to contractors are made by the State Treasury Office. This is in further violation of Section 121(2) of the 1999 Constitution.
5. Illegal and unwarranted deductions from the statutory Allocation of the local governments. This is in direct contravention of Public Revenue Provision of the 1999 Constitution and in violation of Section 162 sub-section 6, 7 and 8.
6. Opening of illegal and unconstitutional Dedicated Accounts which is contrary to the provision of the 1999 Constitution and which Revenue Monitoring Agency is unaware of. This act is in direct violation of Section 120(1) of the 1999 Constitution.
7. Office of the Chief of Staff which is unknown to the Constitution has more staff than any other Ministry in Lagos State . This violation is very grave as it is in direct breach of the Governor’s Oath of Office in the 7th Schedule of the 1999 Constitution Section 13 and a gross violation of Sections 192, 193 and 208(2d) of the 1999 Constitution.
8. Indiscriminate borrowing by the Ministry of Finance without legislative approval, which the Finance Commissioner calls Bridging Loans, is a grave assault on Fiscal Federalism, a coup against Financial Regulations and a shameful and criminal violation of Section 120(1), (2), (3) and (4) of the 1999 Constitution.
9. Concentration of over 70% of Lagos State Government contracts in the hands of one Tunji Olowolafe. This is the clearest indication of the betrayal of trust by Governor Fashola, it is against the Oath of Office he swore to, it is a violation of Sections 14(4), 15(5) and 17(2a) of the 1999 Constitution on which social objective of a just, free and equitable social order is founded.
10. Arbitrary use of Special Expenditure Vote for activities not originally provided for under the Appropriation Law. This is a further betrayal of Fiscal Federalism and a violation of provisions of Section 120(3) and (4), and Section 123(1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution.
11. Payment of 70% up-front to persons and cronies for contracts not yet executed. Similarly, this is a contravention of Section 120(4) of the 1999 Constitution.
12. Giving arbitrary donations to selective professional associations and faceless organisations for acting as sycophants without appropriate authorisation by relevant constitutional bodies. This is a clear violation of sections 120(4) and 123 of the 1999 Constitution
13. The fraudulent purported acquisition of 2 Bell 412 EP Series Helicopters from a Canadian firm constitute a flagrant violation of Section 123(1) and (2) and Section 120(4) of the 1999 Constitution.
14. Furthermore, the award of contract of courts and other Judicial Infrastructure as well as procurement for the Judiciary in Lagos State by the Attorney-General, Tunji Olowolafe and Governor Fashola is in gross violation of Section 121(3) of the 1999 Constitution.
In all these aberrations, the Lagos State House of Assembly has kept mute, and the House has become inept, achaic, drab, docile and inefficient. All the noise by Mr. Speaker about accountability and probity be only to enable house members line their pockets and feed fat on the sweat and toil of the people of the State?
Is it also true that they have been given their own share of the loot, they are maintaining undignified silence over the report of the ad hoc Committee set up to look into the books and activities of the Lagos State Government pursuant to Section 103 of the 1999 Constitution with powers expressly provided in sections 1a, b(i) and (ii), as well as Section 129 1 a b c and d.
We are aware that the report has been submitted since November 2009, so why is the Lagos State House of Assembly still sitting on the report? This is just a tip of the ice berg of financial recklessness by the Lagos executive led the seemingly performing governor Fashola! More soon.

DaniDani:
Buhari and his relationship with Niger Republic is something questionable. No wonder our border is opened for them through Daura through which they bring in contraband goods.

Buhari was not born in Daura, katsina, he was born in a Nigerien Village not far from the Nigerian border. His father migrated to Nigeria simply because one of Buharis aunt was married out to a famiky member of the Daura emirate. Buharis father subsequently found his way into Daura Nigeria and was offered a job as Dogari (Palace guard). That was how Buhari became a citizen of Daura. Till this moment Buhari considers himself more of a Nigerien than a Nigerian, which is why he has diverted a railway line to his ancestorial village in Niger Republic and is building a refinery there too.
I weep for Nigeria, especially the Yoruba Muslems rooting for this man.

am begining to suspect this Jubril story o. Its like the woman is crying foul cos the cabal is looting without her, so they prolly tossed her this bone to shut her mouth.

zlantanfan:
All these installing done majorly in akwa ibom, rivers, and delta where PDP allocate a million votes to their presidential candidate would surely not work 2019

No matter how correct the grammer from a zombie is, he/she will always end up spewing, unintelligent, lifeless, contradictive and hypocritical jargons. The PDP allocated that much and guess Kano and so dodnt do same? not to worry we dont expect anything less from an APC zombie.

this guys is not one to mess with. I bet they have been digging since he emerged to pin something on him. He is not crowned the Stone for nothing. You hit him, you get hurt, he hits you you get hurt, you fall on him you get hurt, he falls on you, you get hurt. Wetin Ant fit do Iroko tree?

that was too much nahhh

Fashola goes to the North West to inspect transformers and base stations already install by the Goodluck admin., and to oversees the patching of Federal roads from Kano to Kaduna.

He Never visits the North East.

He goes to the North Central to accuse them of vandalizatuon. The hurridly leaves for South East, where he inspects Ziks Mausoleum. As if thats what that region needs.

He goes to Niger delta to also warn against vandalization, cos he has nothing to show them.

He runs back to the South West to inspect Railway lines and Lagos -Ibadan express way.

No wonder they want to kill themselves to return rhe lifeless Buhari.

My dear North West, North East, North Central and South East and South South. Lets gather together and send these lifeless bunch back to their villages.

In a show of solidarity, governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have moved against attempt by the national leadership of the party to sanction some aggrieved governors who are embittered over the outcome of the party primaries.
Daily Independent had exclusively reported last week that some governors who may come under the party’s big stick are Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara, Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, Rochas Okorocha of Imo and Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo.
The party has resolved to take the actions after exhausting all means to placate the aggrieved stakeholders who have rebuffed all entreaties including setting up a reconciliation committee in all the six geo-political zones.
It was also gathered that the issue has polarised the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party because while some members are favourably disposed to punishing them, others felt the party should tarry a little.
To register their displeasure, majority of the governors last weekend boycotted a meeting called by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and the party’s NWC.
Oshiomhole had said 20 new governorship candidates of the party and nine sitting governors were expected at the meeting, which, he said, was being held to get to know the governorship candidates.
Only two governors, Sani Bello of Niger State and Simon Lalong of Plateau State were at the meeting.
Though the party did not give any reason why the governors stayed away, a credible source in the party said the governors who operate under the aegis of the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF) were showing solidarity with their colleagues and will not support any move by the party to wield the big stick on them.
“Yes, it is true that the party may discipline recalcitrant members, no matter how highly placed and from the feelers we are getting some of the governors are not happy about this. This may be the reason why they stayed away from the meeting. I know a particular governor from the South-West who admonished the party to suspend any disciplinary actions till after the elections. His argument was that any actions made to punish anyone now may have negative effects on the party’s chances.
“I also know some of the governors who also believe that injustice to one is injustice to all. So, they have chosen to rally behind their colleagues especially in Ogun, Imo and Zamfara. These ones believe that the governors have been humiliated enough by the party leadership and as such don’t deserve any further punishment”, he said.
He said aside suspension or expulsion, the party can also discipline the governors by dissolving the state exco loyal to them.
“Once the state exco is dissolved and a new one that is not loyal to the governors is constituted, they will be powerless and the party will win the elections”, he said.
Also speaking, a member of the NWC said the party leadership will not be blackmailed by the governors but will do everything within its means to instill discipline in the party.
“The party has done everything possible to mend fences and pacify aggrieved members, especially the governors who are the leaders of the party in their respective states but it seems these ones have resolved not to listen to the voice of reason.
“Daily, they keep abusing the national chairman. In fact, there is a viral video of a governor saying publicly that if the national chairman is the true son of his father and mother, he should come and campaign for President Muhammadu Buhari in his state. Another one also threatened the reconciliation committee not to come into his state. I think the party has had enough.
“One of the complaints against the former national chairman was his inability to instill discipline in the party. Under him, the party lost focus and impunity became the order of the day. That was the major reason why President Buhari threw his weight behind Oshiomhole. He knows him as a no-nonsense labour leader and politician who will bring his wealth of experience to bear in sanitising the party.
“I will advise the governors to sheathe their swords and allow peace to reign. Their actions and utterances are inimical to the progress of the party. They should realise that no individual is greater than the party and they are products of the party too”, he noted.
In a related development, the APC has described as untrue reports that it cancelled a planned rally in Kano State to herald the campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari.
There were reports that the rally which was to be held to herald the campaign of President Buhari was called off after security reports that several APC chieftains will be attacked in Kano.
However, speaking with Daily Independent, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Oniru said he only heard about the rally on social media like other Nigerians.
According to him, the APC will first come out with a timetable for its campaigns and will also inaugurate a campaign council before any rally can take place.
“The APC did not plan any rally for Kano State. We didn’t issue any statement to that effect. I am hearing it just the way you heard it too.
“Before any rally, we will come out with a timetable on our programme of activities and we will also inaugurate a campaign council. So, the rumour of a rally in Kano at last weekend is a surprise to me”, he said.
APC Senators Vow To Block Veto Of Electoral Bill
Meanwhile, senators elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have vowed to resist any attempt to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s rejection of the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2018.
There were strong indications that the Senate would begin the process to override the president’s decision to withhold assent to the bill this week.
It would be recalled that the president had, on Friday, for the fourth time, declined to give his assent to the Amendment Bill, citing the closeness to the 2019 elections as the reason for his final refusal.
The president’s latest decision came in a letter dated December 6, 2018 and addressed to both chambers of the National Assembly.
However, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, lawmaker representing Lagos East, has stated that the APC lawmakers – known as progressive senators – would stand against any plan by the National Assembly to veto President Buhari’s refusal to once again sign the recent amendments to the Electoral Act.
Ashafa made this assertion while addressing the press after a stakeholders’ meeting of the Lagos East chapter of the APC which took place in Epe, on Saturday, December 8, 2018.
Responding to questions on the next line of action for his colleagues in the Senate after the refusal of the president to assent to the Bill, Ashafa said: “I have had the opportunity of looking through the well thought out reasons adduced by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, for not assenting to the version of the Bill which has been forwarded to him, and I am quite in agreement with him.
“Both the president and the National Assembly have shown good faith in the back and forth caused principally by drafting inconsistencies that have delayed the bill till now.
“We must all understand that both sides must be dispassionately and painstakingly disposed to ensuring that there is no loophole in the final result of the proposed amendments, considering the sensitive nature of the Electoral Act and overarching effect of same on national security and stability of the polity.
“It cannot be in tandem with any standard democratic ethos to introduce new rules to the field of politics less than two months to a general election, we must be fair to all concerned.”
Commenting specifically on the possibility of a veto of the president’s decision by his colleagues, the lawmaker stated: “It is a game of numbers and to conduct a successful veto of the president’s position, the National Assembly would require a vote by two thirds of both houses. I am certain that the progressive bloc of senators who have already seen reason with the president would not be in support of such a veto.”
Ashafa also used the opportunity to express his confidence in the capacity of the electoral umpire, INEC, to conduct a hitch-free general election while stating his belief in INEC’s neutrality.
He cited the several commitments of President Muhammadu Buhari as well as the INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, to the international community, civil society, and all stakeholders in the electoral process, as well as the recently concluded elections as basis for his belief.


https://politicsngr.com/trouble-looms-apc-govs-back-amosun-okorocha-oshiomhole/

sureheaven:
This man is crazy, he shld be given national Honor for what?

For being a bigot or for sponsoring ipobs underground thinking a time like this won't come.
The nemesis of the evil done by Peter obi for supporting and funding ipobs to divide Nigeria will hunt him and won't make him become the 2nd citizen of this great nation.

You can't eat ur cake and have it, u can't be at the side of corruption at the same time at the side of correction .

Lol. Peter Obi being a bigot is a lie and a fragmentation of a demented mind. Obi is inteligent, a performer, the cleanest and most performing governor ever in Nigeria, he is everything your Tinunu, Fashola and Buhari can only dream about but can never be.
Buhari that you are supporting is infamous the world over as a ethno-religious Fanatic that values cattle over you his supporters. A bigot that insist on using Nigeria Govt lands to set up private ranches for his tribesmen. Fashola is another Tribalist that deported Nigerians. Your plot has failed bro, no body believes your lies any more.

rubbish post from a Tinubu erat, to stock up sentiments. Between IBos and Yorubas. They used this sentiments in 2015, to decieve the Yorubas in lagos that ObOs would soon take over Lagos and it worked, nowbthesame people are using thesame methods but sadly the IBos here cant even see they are playing into their hands. IBOs and Yorubas have always lived in peace. From Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto, to Delta, South East and Middle belt up to Lagos. Yorubas and IBOs might insult themselves, shame themselves, but the have always lived in peace.
Why? They are sensable people not barbaric or primitive, They worship in thesame churches, they interact businesses together and live together.
This type of write ups and tendercies is why I disdain The APC, they have absoluteky nothing to show for the last 3 plus years in power, just hate speech.
Soon the next move will to bring up the Civil war to rave up sentiments and division.

My IBO brothers please be very careful with these people, an average Yoruba man in the street is not your enemy, its the Tinubu and Oba Akiola group of Muslemus that wants to pitch you against your Yoruba neighbours.
As per my Yoruba brothers, the IBOs i knw of are not after you either, they are against Buhari and his repressive govt of no progress. Its impossible to enjoy your succeess in peace when your neighbours are beibg killed and slaughtered for their lands. Dont let them decieve you into thinking you can never be effected. 25% of the money Lagos generates for the FG is pumped to the North East and stolen, they are not using to build bridges, but to fund the embargo on information and to enforce the carpeting of news eminating from the North East.
Nigerians should wake up.

deomelo:
VP Osinbajo in Ibadan.



Real love and affection is going to the people and the people welcoming you with love and, happiness and affection. Something Atiku can not command in his life.

Take a good look again, cant you see the weariness and disappointment in their faces? These bunch prolly showed up thinking he will share money via the Votermoni ehn sorry Tradermoni sham. i bet the guy on the first picture was hoping Osibanjo would gift him some of the #5.8 Billion of IDP funds Osibanjo stashed.

deomelo:
VP Osinbajo in Ibadan.



Real love and affection is going to the people and the people welcoming you with love and, happiness and affection. Something Atiku can not command in his life.

Take a good look again, cant you see the weariness and disappointment in their faces? These bunch prolly showed up thinking he will share money via the Votermoni ehn sorry Tradermoni sham. i bet the guy on the first picture was hoping Osibanjo would gift him some of the #5.8 Billion of IDP funds Osibanjo stashed.

Epifanio:
And you sat down to type this trash? you actually thought you could impress me with the whole bla bla bla igbo bullcrap ? He can have askadian blood for all i care, I don't give a rat ass. Every thing and everybody you mentioned up there is worth less than nothing to me.
So You should take your own advice and don't kill the rest of your already depleted brain cells by boring me with your worthless moral preaching.





AND IT'S BEST FOR DAVIDO TO DUMP THAT GOLD DIGGING PUTRID SMELLING AKPU EATING PIG.

Goan and kill yourself. Ugly ass Afonja.

Epifanio:
And you sat down to type this trash? you actually thought you could impress me with the whole bla bla bla igbo bullcrap ? He can have askadian blood for all i care, I don't give a rat ass. Every thing and everybody you mentioned up there is worth less than nothing to me.
So You should take your own advice and don't kill the rest of your already depleted brain cells by boring me with your worthless moral preaching.





AND IT'S BEST FOR DAVIDO TO DUMP THAT GOLD DIGGING PUTRID SMELLING AKPU EATING PIG.

Goan and kill yourself. Ugly ass Afonja.

atobs4real:
The Igbos would have taken the Senate president seat if not because they refused to vote for Ngige

your logic is not only stupid but senseless. So you want the IBOs to believe APC wanted to give Ngigi the Senate Presidency? So why were they not campaigning for the South East then? why was Tinubu trying to install Sen. Lawan? The APC can compel Senator Akpabio to decamp but cant compel one of the 15senators from the South West to decamp and be the Senate President? Lol.

Published on December 9, 2018
By John Owen Nwachukwu

The lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani, has reacted to the freezing of the bank account of the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Peter Obi.
DAILY POST reported yesterday the Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Campaign Organization PPCO, cried out over the stoppage of transactions on all accounts belonging to Obi, wife, his family members and their businesses by agencies of the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
In another development, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was also said to have stormed the home of the Spokespersons of the PDP campaign, Doyin Okupe, on Saturday.
Okupe made this known on his official Twitter page.
Sani noted that the scenario played out in 2015 when the government in power used state apparatus to try to subdue the opposition.
However, the lawmaker wondered why this continued even under the current administration that preaches change.
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The Senator tweeted, “In the run up to 2015 elections, the then government used the apparatus of the state to intimidate members of the then opposition led by PMB.
“Its sad now that history is repeating itself; the fangs, the claws and the venom of the state is ‘progressively’ unleashed on the opposition.”

http://dailypost.ng/2018/12/09/2019-election-shehu-sani-reacts-freezing-peter-obis-accounts-efcc-okupes-home/

Too much IDP funds stashed in his accounts is shacking the insequential Imp. We shall knw wether you are the owner of Nigeria to tell us what to do or who to vote for.

deomelo:
Ipobs and dumb thread are like pathetic twins..

when you trade your senses for a broom and 10k, Sensable things becomes foolishness in your eyes. Everyone that says anything beside Sai Baba must be Ipob member. Zombie spotted.

braine:
Buhari cannot be doing such running around.

But why then do they want such a lifeless fellow to run our nation? Don't you think he should resign and take a deserved rest, after all its not as if he has been able to improve or fix anything?

Am forced to make this post out of concern for our democracy. Since campaigns started, the Media have been awashed with accounts of Osibanjo criss- crossing the length and bridth of the country campaigning with Tradermoni. One would think Osibanjo is the Presidential candidate of the APC.
Why is Buhari hiding behind Osibanjo when he is supposed to be out there campaigning? Could it just be Mr. President is scared to face millions of Nigerians he has impoverished the past 3 plus years?

Epifanio:
Funny enough they are actually more beautiful and richer than this igbo putrid smelling vormit.
THE reason he is still with that witch is because she has gone diabolical, because of his money.







DAVIDO DUMP THAT TRASH IN THE GARBAGE TRUCK AND GO AND PICK A GOOD GIRL FROM YOUR HOMETOWN.

Bros dont kill yourself over somekne elses choices, Davido ypu are defending has IBO blood running through his veins, i bet you dont know his grandmum is from thesame State with Chioma? I dnt understand the disdain you people have for that girl, what has she done to you lots that you always sort to either degenerate her each time her name pops up on NL?
I know what am about to say now will be painful.
1. She is not the one chasing Davido, he is the one chasing her.
2. She isnt a gold digger if she was like the other two, she would have been pregnant with his child.
3. She is by far smarter than the other bunch, cos she is smart enough to know being babay mama is not an upgrade.

dotcodotuk:
Stop lumping SS in your madness. What do you know about SS

Brainless Zombie am from the South South you dunce. How dare you.