At least I'm a Lagos-Ibadan expressway journalist wannabe, I doubt if you can be anything at all

richidinho:
Balderdash from a Lagos-Ibadan expressway journalist wannabe

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, does not think direct cash distribution to the poor can help combat poverty, as he takes a different policy path to President Muhammadu Buhari on addressing the malaise.

The Buhari administration has a string of special intervention programmes operated to tackle poverty, a scourge that has taken a soaring nature in Nigeria, ironically Africa’s largest economy by GDP size and largest oil producer.

According to the World Bank 2017 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals, between 1990 and 2013, Nigeria added 35 million people to its poverty population, jumping from 51 million to 86 million (and now over 100 million). Of the 10 populous countries surveyed, Nigeria is the only country that failed to reduce poverty.

By 2018, Nigeria has overtaken China and is only behind India, arguably, with the highest number of extremely poor people within one national territory.

Among the Buhari anti-poverty programmes, Trader Moni offers N10,000 cash to market women (and men) trading in a few markets across the country. There is also a N5,000 monthly grant to ‘poorest Nigerians’. The latter does not offer up to $1 a day to the beneficiaries, falling below the $1.9/day global poverty line.

“Rather than direct cash distribution,” says Mr Abubakar in the policy document he launched at the start of the campaign towards the 2019 elections on Monday, “What we shall do (is to) provide skill acquisition opportunities and enterprise development for job and wealth creation (and) improve citizens’ access to basic infrastructure services – water, sanitation, power, education and health care.”

He also vows he would help “marginalised and vulnerable citizens” remove discrimination and enhance their access to education and income-generating activities as well as “implement pro-poor policies that will enhance their participation in economic activities and improve household income.”

Ultimately, Mr Abubakar, a former vice-president, promises to lift 50 million people out of poverty by 2025. To execute this ambition, there are no specifics or mentioning of the steps to be taken in Mr Abubakar’s policy document.

Instead, the PDP candidate says he would “reconcile the link between economic growth and human development through proper selection of effective polices on education and health, and set as our major policy objective the transformation of the agricultural sector into a viable high-income generating enterprise for the rural workers.”

But in social media event to kick off his campaign, he mentioned it would take two years to achieve the goal of removing 50 million Nigerians from poverty.

He spoke of “investments (that) will create a minimum of 2.5 million jobs annually and lift at least 50 million people from poverty in the first two years.”

“If he says creating 2.5 million jobs would lift 50 million people out of poverty, that is almost impossible to achieve given that Nigeria’s average household is about five or six persons,” economist Mohammed Al-Salafi said, pointing to flaws in Mr Atiku’s policy ambition. “So we could expect to see about 15 million people who would benefit from that policy, assuming it comes to fruition.”

Meanwhile, one other programme of the current All Progressives Congress (APC) administration, N-Power, is not about direct cash distribution. It deploys thousands of unemployed graduates to fill inadequacies in public services in education, health and civic education, with N30,000 monthly benefit. It is the country’s poster work-for-cash social programme to address the challenge of unemployment.

However, it comes short of fitting into the standard definition of conditional cash transfer (CCT), contrary to the government’s boasts.

CCT programmes transfer cash to poor households based on the condition that the beneficiaries demonstrate pre-specified investments in the human capital of the members of the households, especially children.

In other words, they are not just for the recipients to use for clothing and feeding, but also to combat wider effects of poverty and social problems a country faces such as low-school enrolment rate, poor rate of vaccinations for children, gender disparities and malnutrition, among others.
For instance, in Bangladesh and Cambodia, CCTs have been used to drive a reduction in gender disparities in education, the World Bank reports.

In the case of Nigeria, however, there are no conditions that beneficiaries of social programmes need to demonstrate; for instance, enrolling their children in school – to tackle the country’s notorious problem of high number of children out of school.

At any rate, Mr Abubakar’s current plan does not get to grips with the gaps in the current administration’s policy and consequently offers no remedy.

SOURCE: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/poverty-reduction-how-atikus-policy.html

Im glad you did not exclue yourself from been stupid but speak for yourself and not others..

RevenGeMission:
That death certificate has been edited and used by scammers over 100,000,000

You can see it by just darkening contrast


But in other news, let's show how we can all be stupid


This image speaks Volume

After several public appearances and speeches since news of President Muhammadu Buhari’s “death” broke out in January 2017, the rumours should have died by now.

But no. Not yet.

In recent times, the news started trending again that Buhari actually died, and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo should have taken over as president but a certain Jibrin Al-Sudani, a body double, was brought in by the “cabal” to replace him. Osinbajo would have resisted, according to the allegation, but his hands were “soiled” and he had to retreat.

How do these events connect?

CLAIM 1: Buhari died and body double replaces him

The content of various WhatsApp broadcasts claims that the president passed on in January 2017 in a United Kingdom hospital. The broadcast claims that the president was replaced with Jibrin Al-Sudani, a former prisoner and body double.

In a January 2017 fact check published by TheCable, it was established that the websites claiming to be UK’s Metro newspaper and Huffington Post of the US were spoofs.

Some of the loopholes that killed the story were: calling the high commission in London ‘Nigerian embassy’ and attributing the death announcement to the Nigerian mission and not Aso Rock, which is the seat of power.

A commenter on social media wrote in response to the latest speculations: “The writers claimed that President Buhari who died in London was replaced by Jubrin Al-Sudani, a former prisoner but they did not think that there is something called technology. They also have never heard of a voiceprint. This is a set of measurable characteristics of a human voice that uniquely identifies an individual. These characteristics, which are based on the physical configuration of a speaker’s mouth and throat, can be expressed as a mathematical formula. The term applies to a vocal sample recorded for that purpose, the derived mathematical formula, and its graphical representation. Voiceprints are used in voice ID systems for user authentication.

“Even if the bigots that wrote the article claims that Buhari will pass the voiceprint in Nigeria, will he pass the test across the world? Will he get past world leaders? Will this mirage of a Jubrin speak like him, recognize all the people he knows, his family, friends, etc? This is a stupid and lazy allegation to say the least.

“The writers also claimed that Aisha Buhari could not stand this so-called Jubrin that she refused to receive Prince Charles and Camilla on their royal visit to Nigeria.

“But the writers forgot that in September, Aisha and her husband graced the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. They held multiple meetings that were reported by both the local and international media.”

CLAIM 2: Osinbajo blackmailed to play along

The authors also claim that Vice-President Osinbajo could not confront the cabal and take over as president because his hands were soiled with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) scandal.

True, the house of representatives report said that the vice president acted against the law by approving N5.8 billion north-east intervention fund for NEMA without appropriation from the national assembly.

However, the report said the approval was given in April, three months after the purported death of the president. Practically, the sequence of events was impossible.

Osinbajo had not given the approval during the period of the president’s rumoured death.

Linking the purported death of Buhari in January 2017 and the failure of Osinbajo to become substantive president in January 2017 to the NEMA affair of April 2017 is implausible.

The office of the vice-president has defended his action in approving the emergency funds.

According to his media team, Osinbajo, then as acting president, acted in the best interest of Nigerians and saved thousands of Nigerians by swiftly approving N5.8 billion for emergency food supply — in line with Section 43 of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) Act which makes provision for emergency procurement, in which case the procuring entity can engage in direct contracting for goods and file a report thereafter with the BPP.

Conclusion: As previously established, news that President Muhammadu Buhari died in January 2017 remains false and theories that Vice-President Osinbajo could not take over office then because his hands were “soiled” from the NEMA approval in April 2017 are chronologically impossible.

SOURCE: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/fake-news-alert-buhari-jibrin-al-sudani.html

A Leader of the Coalition of Niger Delta ex-Agitators, Comrade Steve Ebisintei, has urged Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election in 2019.


Ebisintei also urged Niger Delta ex-agitators under phases one, two and three of the Presidential Amnesty Programme to support Buhari in order to enable the President complete what he started in the region.

Ebisintei gave this advice on Monday in Abuja, NAN reports.


He argued that stakeholders must rally round the reelection project of Buhari to enable the region benefit from the numerous programmes and projects of the president.

Ebisintei said: “President Buhari remains the only president since the return of democracy in 1999 who has initiated projects and programmes that are directly beneficial to the people of the Niger Delta.

“Not supporting the re-election of Buhari will only hurt the region more as many of the ongoing projects in the area may likely stop.


“Without equivocation, I can tell you that more than ever before, the Federal Government under President Buhari has paid more attention to our devastated region than any other government at least since 1999.

“Today, modular refineries, which when completed will take over from illegal refiners and create jobs for our teeming youths are ongoing in the region.

“The East-West road, which had prior to now remained in the pipelines, has been progressing with appreciable speed and the Petroleum University at Okerenkoko in Delta is progressing in good measure.

“The Amnesty programme has been revived and expanded in the interest of youths of our region; it is the only programme that is targeted at the youth and it is evident that Prof. Dokubo has integrated more youths into the programme than any other Amnesty boss before him.

“Because of the sterling performance of Buhari’s administration in the area of peace-building, which has resulted in decrease in the spate of militancy in the region, the dark days of avengers and other militant groups in the region are in the past.

“All these achievements can be traced to the Midas touch of Prof. Quaker Dokubo and therefore, we as a region must encourage the amnesty boss by supporting Buhari.”

Ebisintei however cautioned politicians from the region to avoid misleading youths for their own selfish political gains ahead of the 2019 elections

Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), plans to establish a soft loan bank for small traders and artisans, called the People Moni Bank.

The People Moni Bank is an offshoot of the People Moni Scheme, which aims to house the Trader Moni, Market Moni, and Farmer Moni schemes, with plans to reach 10 million Nigerians.

According to the Muhammadu Buhari campaign manual and the Next Level Scorecard, the president plans to provide 24 hours of electricity for Nigerians in the next five years.

Running with the theme, Next Level, the president and his running mate, Yemi Osinbajo, plan to establish 10,000 smart classrooms every year — totaling 40,000 smart classrooms in four years.

The document highlights the achievements of the Buhari administration, including ongoing projects, while stating what will be done to get to the promised land.

ON EDUCATION
The incumbent plans to “continue to implement education policy which will support the revamp of public primary and secondary schools revamp that includes setting up 10,000 smart classrooms across the country”.

“Continue to structure the education system to develop skills that are key to nation building such as hardwork, discipline, cooperation, unity, respect, honesty, service, leadership, accountability, and integrity

“Expand NHGSFP to be in all states and reach at least 12 Million children”.

ON SECURITY
On security, the Buhari government plans “to build a knowledge and technology-driven Army, the Government would take steps to encourage the smartest Nigerians to enlist in the armed forces”.

It also plans to decentralise the Police for effective policing of states and communities, while “ensuring that we derive more strategic security benefits from our relationship with our foreign partners”.

“Deploy adequate resources to mop the illegal arms in circulation in the country and stop the proliferation of arms around the country, and build one of the strongest and well-motivated fighting forces in the World.”

ON THE ECONOMY
The Buhari admin plans to continue a consistent delivery of the targets of the economic recovery and growth plan, while providing a $500 million tech fund, aimed at creating 500,00 jobs in the creative sector.

The government plans to stop the importation of petroleum products via private refineries and repair of state-owned refineries, leading to “significant increase in GDP”.

“Continue investment in the most vulnerable through the National Cash Transfer Program (NCTP) that identifies the poorest in communities and makes a monthly amount of N5,000 available to them and reach the target of 1 million poor households”.

BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE
With infrastructure, the government plans to keep up with the projects it says it has embarked on, including, the Mambila power project, Lagos-Kano rail line, Second Niger bridge, among others.

“Undertake an urgent review of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) enabling environment to address the legal, regulatory and operational challenges,” the document read in part.

The government plans to complete all the roads under the SUKUK bond funding path, including the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

ON HEALTH
The incumbent plans to ensure 45 percent of the population is covered by the national primary health plan by 2023, from the current 12.6 percent today.

“Execute the National Strategic Health Development Plan II that spans 5 years from 2018 to 2022,” the document read.

“The six key pillars of the Plan include providing an enabling environment for the attainment of health sector goals, increased utilisation of essential package of health services, strengthening the health system, improving protection from health emergencies and health financing.

“The plan will attract N6.1 trillion of both public and private sector funding”.

SOURCE: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/soft-loan-bank-247-electricity-40000.html

Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and over 10 governors of the ruling party are currently at the presidential villa in Abuja where President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to showcase his achievements and unveil his plans if reelected.

Festus Keyamo, spokesman of the reelection campaign of the president, had earlier announced that the programme would hold at the presidential villa on Sunday.

Keyamo said the president is expected to unveil two documents that would highlight his achievements and also project the direction of his administration if reelected.

Speaking at the ongoing event, Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation, said: “This is event was put together to showcase the dividends of democracy in Nigeria.”

He said the Buhari administration came at a time Nigeria clamoured for change and that the government had been able to fulfill its promises to the people.

“We promised change and we have delivered change,” he said.

Among the governors at the programme are Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos), Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), Mohammed Abubakar (Jigawa), Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), and Bello Masari (Katsina).

Ministers, members of the national assembly and top government functionaries are also in attendance.

The campaigns for 2019 elections kicked off on Sunday in line with the schedule of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

SOURCE: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/oshiomhole-over-10-apc-governors-in-aso.html

IPOB members and doubting thomas.. Go and look for the video yourself

Rickyzagy:
Show us video where he said it

Dullard wow... Keep holding the federal govenment responsible for everything.. People that were employed through the various schemes of this administration wont see PMB as a dullard.. There is definitely still unemployment in Nigeria, but the government is doing it's best to employ people and eradicate it.. Rome was not fixed in a day after all

baliyubla:
Election fever. The dullard knows he can't keep students at home during the elections. Nigerians are still waiting for NBS to release the number of unemployed currently in Nigeria.

Has he said minimum wage is not valid? you think federal government won't be able to pay the minimum wage or what? the only problem here are the governors not the federal government

NaijaRoyalty:
minimum wage is not valid abi?

This man will say anything to win, but he will lose.

Is that what you're more foucsed on? Is his vice not a christian? or did he not hug Goodluck Jonathan?and pastor Tunde Bakare? and they are both Christians

BrownChima212:
Can Buhari hug a Christian?

The report of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness indicting Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and Engr. Mustapha Maihaja, the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is an eloquent proof of the deeply ingrained decadence in the Nigeria’s legislative process where investigations are carried out based on personal premonitions and flagrant animosity.
In its report, the House Committee alleged that the sum of N5.8 billion was illegally approved and released in June 2017 via a memo raised from the Office of the Acting President, directing the Honourable Minister of Finance and the Accountant General of the Federation to so act.
The House Committee also concluded that the payment made was in contravention of approval of the National Assembly. This conclusion suggests a covert attempt to paint the exalted government of integrity of President Muhammadu Buhari and his undiluted erudite Professor of Law, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The facts available show that there is a big gulf between the report of House Committee and the reality, suggesting a failed attempt to discredit the efforts of a government that is making frantic efforts towards ameliorating the plights of Nigerians in North East region who were and still are, in dire need of humanitarian interventions.

To uncover the political intrigues and scheme behind the House Committee’s report, there is need put in the right perspectives the circumstances that compelled the Federal Government to give approval to the said amounts at the time. In North East Nigeria, security and humanitarian conditions had deteriorated considerably, due to violent upheavals caused by the Boko Haram insurgency. Fleeing populations and host communities were confronted with acute food shortages resulting from successive poor harvests and abandoned farmlands, minimal cross-border cash crop trade and lost economic opportunities.

More disturbing was the Cadre Harmonisé analysis of August 2016 which placed the figure of food insecure people in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states to about 4.4 million, out of which 1.1 million people were reported to be severely food insecure in Borno and Yobe States. Furthermore, in April 2017, a warning was given by the United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP) that it would be reducing its vital support to about 1.8 million Internally Displaced Persons by as much as 85 per cent, due to corresponding reduction in funding by the donor countries.


Around the same time, the United Nations Commission for Refugees in Geneva had also issued a warning of growing risk of mass death from starvation among people living in conflict areas, including Nigeria. All these developments signified that ruthless danger was imminent, as the humanitarian crisis in the North East was hurriedly advancing towards a more catastrophic proportion.

Food security in any country calls for concern, not only of the home government but of the international community. This is more so when the nation faces a grave humanitarian crisis in an entire region. In the North East, international aid agencies and non-governmental organisations were very active in providing food and medical aid, thereby contributing substantially to the humanitarian relief efforts in the region. No responsible government will stay aloof while her citizens progressively move towards being consumed by humanitarian crisis.

In response to these threatening developments, and to further avoid further deterioration of the food supply situation in the North East, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) immediately swung into action by conceiving a strategic food intervention plan, to increase supply to the affected States and, in the process, bring down the general prices of food items. To this end, a meeting on Emergency Food Delivery to the North East was held at the Office of the Vice President on 13 May, 2017 with the following personalities in attendance: The Vice President (then Acting President), Honourable Minister of Finance, Honourable
Minister of Budget and National Planning, Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Office of the Chief of Staff), Special Assistant to the President (Planning & Coordination) and the Special Assistant to the CBN Governor. This group later metamorphosed to the Presidential Committee on Food Security and Intervention in the North East.

Based on the information received from the United Nations World Food Programme, the meeting established that a gap of 45,000 Metric Tons of food assistance was imminent and made immediate arrangements to fill the gap. To ensure effective distribution of the grains to displaced persons in the region, the then Acting President Yemi Osinbajo established an Emergency Food Intervention Project Team, consisting of the Director General, of NEMA and representatives of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Chief of Naval Staff (CONS), Chief of Air Staff (COAS), Department of State Security (DSS), Nigeria Police and the Presidency. The Committee also worked with respective State Emergency Management Agencies (SEMAs) as well as humanitarian agencies, such as World Food Programme, International Committee of the Red Cross, and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Fortunately, the CBN Grains Reserve Programme, which had already started, provided a good basis for solving the problem. Before this time, the CBN Governor had provided loans to private sector companies to procure, store and maintain grains as part of a price stabilisation programme, and through this, a total of 30,905 Metric Tons of Maize, Soya beans and Sorghum were procured. Since the CBN only provided loans for the grains acquisition, the companies concerned had to be paid before they could be made to release their stock of grains for distribution in the North East. It was also agreed at this meeting that the NEMA and the SEMAs of the North East should be saddled with the responsibility of designing logistics for the distribution of these food items.

After consultations, analysis and submission of necessary documents, the Director General of NEMA submitted a Memorandum to the Acting President on June 2, 2017 with an approval, release and utilisation of the sum of N829 Million.

With all these important figures, curious minds would want to know what the grouse of the House of Representative Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness is. The Committee reported that procurement rules were not adhered to. Does that mean that a House Committee that is made up of lawmakers is not conversant with Section 43 of the Public Procurement Act which makes provision for emergency procurement, in which case the procuring entity is allowed to engage in direct contracting for goods and file a report thereafter with the Bureau of Public Procurement?

The House Committee report also suggests that taxes from these transactions were deliberately waived. It is wrong to assume that taxes and interests accruable to government from these transactions in food items were deliberately ignored or waived by neglect. Of course, we expect that any loans advanced to any of the companies would be recovered with the agreed interests and that any profits made by such companies would be liable to tax in the usual manner. It will, therefore, amount to double taxation.

The House Report also suggests that the grains were never delivered to the target states. This part of the report shows the desperation of the Committee to give dog a bad name in order to hang it. Facts available indicate that those grains were distributed to the beneficiary states. In fact, in order ensure effective distribution of the grains, an Emergency Food Intervention Project Team was established, consisting of the Director General of NEMA and representatives of the National Security Adviser, Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff, Chief of Air Staff, Department of State Security, Nigeria Police and the Presidency.

In addition, the Federal Government also worked with respective State Emergency Agencies, as well as Local and International Non-Governmental Organisations, including World Food Programme, International Committee of the Red Cross, and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, in the distribution of the items to the intended beneficiaries. As a matter of fact, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was personally present in Maiduguri, Bornu state when the food distribution was flagged off on 8th June, 2017.

Moreover, robust monitoring and evaluation systems were entrenched to ensure transparency and accountability of the entire process.

With all these overwhelming facts and evidences, do you think Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Engr. Mustapha Maihaja deserve to be crucified and vilified? You be the judge!!

Nathan is an Abuja-based media and communications expert

SOURCE: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/house-committee-on-fg-intervention-in.html

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said in Ibadan, Oyo State that the agitation by the Academic Staff Union of Universities for improved welfare, infrastructure, funding and other contentious issues affecting the nation’s universities were genuine.

Buhari, who was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the 70th Foundation Day ceremony and award of certificates to the PhD graduands and honorary doctoral degree awards to some notable Nigerians by the University of Ibadan, however, said the government could not do it alone. He called for alternative sources of funding education.

The celebration peaked with the conferment of honorary doctoral awards on six Nigerian: Chief Bode Akindele; Prof.(Mrs.) Bolanle Awe; Prof. Grace Alele-Williams, Mrs Olufunmilayo Olopade, Prof. Akinlawon Mabogunje, and Prof. Omoniyi Adewoye.

Buhari agreed that the nation’s education was underfunded but regretted that the Federal Government could not meet all the demands of the lecturers.

He, therefore, called on the authorities of various institutions to explore other sources of fund to meet their demands.

The President, who said basic issues such as population growth, climate change and education called for insightful thinking, singled out education as a major source of concern to the Federal Government.

The President pointed out that the best efforts of the government could not provide what was needed for education in the country, stressing that government alone could not provide everything needed for the nation’s education, saying ASUU’s agitation was valid.

While emphasising that the country could not achieve accelerated development without substantial investment in education, he canvassed the idea of raising money from the capital market to fund education.

In his remarks, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State called on all the stakeholders to come together to develop the nation’s education sector.

A former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd.) called on members of the university community to continue to hold on to the tenets of academic excellence, integrity and patriotic zeal in the country.

SOURCE: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/ASUU-demands-are-valid-buhari.html

By Sharon Faliya Cham

In 1999, not long after Obasanjo became President, the “Christian community” of Odi in Bayelsa State murdered some Mobile Policemen sent there on a peacekeeping mission.

But “Christian President” Olusegun Obasanjo didn’t waste time in ordering heavily armed soldiers to go there and wipe off that “Christian community” as punishment for the murdered Mobile Policemen!

Some six or seven years later, another “Christian community” called Zaki Biam in Benue State murdered some soldiers sent there on another peacekeeping mission. The murder was so gruesome that they cut off the heads of some of the soldiers and stuck them on the tips of their spears, and then danced round the community with them in a primitive manner as if we were in the Africa of 1326 AD!

Well, “Christian President” Olusegun Obasanjo didn’t also waste time in sending heavily armed soldiers to this “Christian community” to wipe off the community in vengeance for the gruesome murder of those gallant soldiers!
But what do we have today under Muslim President Muhammadu Buhari?

An Army General on a trip from Abuja to Bauchi was allegedly ambushed and murdered by a very primitive community also claiming to be a “Christian community” in Jos, Plateau State, after which they dumped his car in a deep water pond, and then buried his corpse in a shallow grave from which they removed it and dumped it in a well after it dawned on them that the shallow grave has been discovered by military Intelligence!

The only thing that made the difference here is the kind of Commander in Chief the Nigerian military currently has in power. While an impulsive and disruptive Commander in Chief would never ever waste time in avenging his murdered General by wiping off everybody within the area of the murder, a cool headed, rational and compassionate Commander in Chief like Buhari will calculate the factor of innocent people and other collateral damages within the area of the murder, and then order the military or the Army in particular to exercise restraint and allow the natural course of justice to take place!

Ladies and gentlemen, this is why today, under President Buhari, instead of the Dura Du community to have been wiped off (by now) by angry soldiers over the gruesome murder of their General, we merely have the terrorists or murderers of the General hiring 120 lawyers to defend them in court!

Yes, 120 lawyers! That should tell you that those primitive murderers may be enjoying the support of certain powerful persons and groups who have up till now not condemned the gruesome murder of that General.

Not even a word of condemnation or commiseration was heard from ex-senior military officers of those people, and neither have we heard any from their Paramount traditional ruler! Only Governor Simon Lalong and the leadership of COCIN Church were left moving around, visiting families of the murdered General as well as visiting the Defence headquarters and the President to apologise and calm frayed nerves!

Now, if President Buhari were an ethno-religious bigot the way some corrupt, bigoted hate-preaching pastors would want you to believe, the fact that the murdered General was a Muslim would have gingered or propelled him to wink at the Army to invade that community and have it wiped off the way Obasanjo did to Odi and Zaki Biam, or the way Goodluck Ebele Jonathan had Bama town in Borno State incinerated in 2012 on the ground that people in the town killed some soldiers sent there to fight “Boko Haram”!

Something tells me that the people of Odi and Zaki Biam are currently envious of the Berom people of Dura Du who killed a whole Army General and still got the privilege of having their community intact till date plus the awesome privilege of 120 lawyers to defend their killer squad that murdered the General.


But as we all know, both Odi and Zaki Biam communities never had the privilege of hiring 120 lawyers to defend their own killer squads unlike their Berom brethren who both have this privilege and the other privilege of even addressing press conferences to attack and question the Army’s search of the General they allegedly ambushed and murdered in their bloodied community! This can only happen under a very thoughtful, compassionate and patient President and Commander in Chief!

Yet, this is the same President that bigots and vain people in Nigeria who have not hidden their love and admiration for all the rogues that plundered and ruined Nigeria love to label as a tyrant or dictator, which leaves you wondering whether the words ‘tyrant’ and ‘dictator’ have acquired different meanings from the meanings of the despots and rogues who ruled and ruined Nigeria from 1999 to 2015, or are we to blame the rottenness of education, morality and religious values that took center stage during those 16 years of plunder and debauchery for this penchant of calling white black and black white?

Either hate him or love him, one thing has been made manifestly clear in the last few years that President Buhari has shown great love, care and compassion to those who unduly hate him, even to those who spent their worthless hours praying and wishing him death on behalf of those who see Nigeria as a big cake that should simply be sliced, shared and eaten in Dubai or in Switzerland or in Panama or in any part of the world that didn’t have the misfortune of being ruled and ruined by the PDP.

SOURCE: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/do-they-still-believe-their-lies-that.html

When you’re fighting corruption that has got as close as being the face and very definition of your administration as President Muhammadu Buhari has done over the last three and half years, it becomes difficult to escape the sharpened knives of critics on the way and manner in which you handle projects initiation, execution and final completion. Early enough fasten your belt with the fact that Nigeria is littered with abandoned projects-a roll call of almost every administration in Nigerians’ recent memory.

With a pocket loaded with corruption demystifying bullets, Buhari has been accused by some, of being rather busy commissioning projects of his immediate predecessors rather than the ones he initiated. But the calculation of the man who made history of displacing an incumbent in power-first in Nigeria’s history-, going by analyses provided by close Presidency sources has been double fold.

The recession which seemed to have ambushed the administration as soon as it came into power cautioned it enough on the futility of immediately lunging into several new projects- with the usually attendant huge but largely inflated billions involved in such projects-just as the past administrations before it. The script, largely unwritten as it were, has always been, discard every project once it has the signature of your predecessor.

Buhari, even for all his anti-graft virtues will never do that. There’s always that lingering worry though that he has those game- changing moments, like reviewing the valuation of such projects and cancelling them. Again, not the retired Daura General.

So what is the reaction to the massive corruption with which these projects were awarded?

The anti-corruption stance of the administration and specifically of the Buhari persona- who is sufficiently aware of the ‘corruption and inflated contracts’ that usually trail the award of such contracts by previous governments, drew its steps back in plunging into such cesspool of corrupt and short-changing tactics. And with avowed financial prudency of the administration, the stage was set for ‘behaving the right way in the economic recovery and growth of Nigeria’.

In a straight shoot therefore, the President, as a deliberately thought out policy, has been completing and commissioning projects either started or abandoned by his predecessors as ‘part of agenda to right all the wrongs done by the previous governments before him’.

Yes. The President for instance in July 2016, inaugurated the Abuja-Kaduna railway for commercial operation-a project conceived and started by the erstwhile administration of President Goodluck Jonathan but completed by the current administration. As Nigeria’s first high speed rail, that will run on speeds greater than 100 km/hr for both cargo and human coaches at an estimated value of $1.04 billion, would it have been better if the President and his administration had left the project to waste? In that case, there will be only one loser: Nigerians.

In the last three years of his administration, President Buhari has executed projects worth over $5 billion. These projects which are in the areas of infrastructure and human capacity development were done with the support of the Chinese. Speaking in Beijing China recently, the President said Nigeria’s partnership with China through the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) has resulted in the execution of vital infrastructure projects across the country, valued at over $5 billion.

According to the president, the Chinese support to Nigeria has also impressively addressed significant challenges in the areas of power, transport, agriculture and humanitarian assistance.

Again for President Buhari, what counts more than any other in the execution and funding of projects is the economic recovery and growth of Nigeria-much more than who initiated and who completed what projects.

He had said while dispelling insinuations about the so-called death trap by Chinese government on developing countries, insisting that Nigeria would be able to repay every loan she has taken from China.

These vital infrastructure projects synchronise perfectly with our Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.

“Some of the debts incurred are self-liquidating. Our country is able to re-pay loans as and when due in keeping with our policy of fiscal prudence and sound housekeeping,” he had said while dispelling insinuations about the so-called death trap by Chinese government on developing countries, insisting that Nigeria would be able to repay every loan she has taken from China.

President Buhari said that,”Nigeria is leveraging Chinese funding to execute $3.4 billion worth of projects at various stages of completion.

These he said include the upgrading of airport terminals, the Lagos – Kano rail line, the Zungeru hydroelectric power project and fibre cables for our internet infrastructure. “Furthermore, less than three months ago, Nigeria signed an additional $1 billion loan from China for additional rolling stock for the newly constructed rail lines as well as road rehabilitation and water supply projects,” he said.

This according to him is as an additional Chinese mechanism to build further cooperation in our quest for infrastructural and economic development.

When the leadership of Kano Traders Association led by Alhaji Ahmed Sani, Chairman of Kanti Kwari Traders Association visited him recently in Daura, Katsina State, President Buhari pledged that his administration would not relent in doing the necessary, to create jobs, expand trade and encourage greater productivity.

One of the best things any administration that is focused can do is to revive projects long abandoned by previous administrations.

President Buhari has among others revived $2.5billion Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline, which was abandoned by the previous administration. Commending the President for this, Alhaji Ahmed Sani, Chairman of Kanti Kwari Traders Association also applauded the Buhari administration for the ongoing works at river ports in Baro, Niger State, Lokoja, Kogi State and Oguta in Imo State which were abandoned for about a decade but would now be completed before May 2019.

Equally of note are some of the actions taken by the President on projects by his administration, suspected to have been in any way smeared by corruption. He has made it clear several times that that he will spare no one in the anti-corruption war. He kept to his words by suspending the then Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal, over allegations of financial impropriety. It is instructive to note that Lawal is one of the closest associate of the president and his suspension was a clear signal that in the anti- corruption war there will be no sacred cows.

On the anti-graft war and transparency in projects, the Buhari administration, set up the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA): PICA to strengthen con

trols over government finances through a continuous internal audit process across all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), particularly in respect of payroll. Through the activities of PICA, more than 50,000 erroneous payroll entries have been identified, with payroll savings of N198 billion achieved in 2016.

Also, the Federal Ministry of Finance has set a target to ensure that the Federal Government’s Payroll Platform — the ‘Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System’ (IPPIS) — covers 100 percent of MDAs by the end of 2017. Currently 60% of MDAs are enrolled on the IPPIS platform.

Ochonma, a banker and international finance expert, wrote in from England.

SOURCE: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/why-buhari-is-getting-it-right-on.html

When you’re fighting corruption that has got as close as being the face and very definition of your administration as President Muhammadu Buhari has done over the last three and half years, it becomes difficult to escape the sharpened knives of critics on the way and manner in which you handle projects initiation, execution and final completion. Early enough fasten your belt with the fact that Nigeria is littered with abandoned projects-a roll call of almost every administration in Nigerians’ recent memory.

With a pocket loaded with corruption demystifying bullets, Buhari has been accused by some, of being rather busy commissioning projects of his immediate predecessors rather than the ones he initiated. But the calculation of the man who made history of displacing an incumbent in power-first in Nigeria’s history-, going by analyses provided by close Presidency sources has been double fold.

The recession which seemed to have ambushed the administration as soon as it came into power cautioned it enough on the futility of immediately lunging into several new projects- with the usually attendant huge but largely inflated billions involved in such projects-just as the past administrations before it. The script, largely unwritten as it were, has always been, discard every project once it has the signature of your predecessor.

Buhari, even for all his anti-graft virtues will never do that. There’s always that lingering worry though that he has those game- changing moments, like reviewing the valuation of such projects and cancelling them. Again, not the retired Daura General.

So what is the reaction to the massive corruption with which these projects were awarded?

The anti-corruption stance of the administration and specifically of the Buhari persona- who is sufficiently aware of the ‘corruption and inflated contracts’ that usually trail the award of such contracts by previous governments, drew its steps back in plunging into such cesspool of corrupt and short-changing tactics. And with avowed financial prudency of the administration, the stage was set for ‘behaving the right way in the economic recovery and growth of Nigeria’.

In a straight shoot therefore, the President, as a deliberately thought out policy, has been completing and commissioning projects either started or abandoned by his predecessors as ‘part of agenda to right all the wrongs done by the previous governments before him’.

Yes. The President for instance in July 2016, inaugurated the Abuja-Kaduna railway for commercial operation-a project conceived and started by the erstwhile administration of President Goodluck Jonathan but completed by the current administration. As Nigeria’s first high speed rail, that will run on speeds greater than 100 km/hr for both cargo and human coaches at an estimated value of $1.04 billion, would it have been better if the President and his administration had left the project to waste? In that case, there will be only one loser: Nigerians.

In the last three years of his administration, President Buhari has executed projects worth over $5 billion. These projects which are in the areas of infrastructure and human capacity development were done with the support of the Chinese. Speaking in Beijing China recently, the President said Nigeria’s partnership with China through the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) has resulted in the execution of vital infrastructure projects across the country, valued at over $5 billion.

According to the president, the Chinese support to Nigeria has also impressively addressed significant challenges in the areas of power, transport, agriculture and humanitarian assistance.

Again for President Buhari, what counts more than any other in the execution and funding of projects is the economic recovery and growth of Nigeria-much more than who initiated and who completed what projects.

He had said while dispelling insinuations about the so-called death trap by Chinese government on developing countries, insisting that Nigeria would be able to repay every loan she has taken from China.

These vital infrastructure projects synchronise perfectly with our Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.

“Some of the debts incurred are self-liquidating. Our country is able to re-pay loans as and when due in keeping with our policy of fiscal prudence and sound housekeeping,” he had said while dispelling insinuations about the so-called death trap by Chinese government on developing countries, insisting that Nigeria would be able to repay every loan she has taken from China.

President Buhari said that,”Nigeria is leveraging Chinese funding to execute $3.4 billion worth of projects at various stages of completion.

These he said include the upgrading of airport terminals, the Lagos – Kano rail line, the Zungeru hydroelectric power project and fibre cables for our internet infrastructure. “Furthermore, less than three months ago, Nigeria signed an additional $1 billion loan from China for additional rolling stock for the newly constructed rail lines as well as road rehabilitation and water supply projects,” he said.

This according to him is as an additional Chinese mechanism to build further cooperation in our quest for infrastructural and economic development.

When the leadership of Kano Traders Association led by Alhaji Ahmed Sani, Chairman of Kanti Kwari Traders Association visited him recently in Daura, Katsina State, President Buhari pledged that his administration would not relent in doing the necessary, to create jobs, expand trade and encourage greater productivity.

One of the best things any administration that is focused can do is to revive projects long abandoned by previous administrations.

President Buhari has among others revived $2.5billion Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline, which was abandoned by the previous administration. Commending the President for this, Alhaji Ahmed Sani, Chairman of Kanti Kwari Traders Association also applauded the Buhari administration for the ongoing works at river ports in Baro, Niger State, Lokoja, Kogi State and Oguta in Imo State which were abandoned for about a decade but would now be completed before May 2019.

Equally of note are some of the actions taken by the President on projects by his administration, suspected to have been in any way smeared by corruption. He has made it clear several times that that he will spare no one in the anti-corruption war. He kept to his words by suspending the then Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal, over allegations of financial impropriety. It is instructive to note that Lawal is one of the closest associate of the president and his suspension was a clear signal that in the anti- corruption war there will be no sacred cows.

On the anti-graft war and transparency in projects, the Buhari administration, set up the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA): PICA to strengthen con

trols over government finances through a continuous internal audit process across all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), particularly in respect of payroll. Through the activities of PICA, more than 50,000 erroneous payroll entries have been identified, with payroll savings of N198 billion achieved in 2016.

Also, the Federal Ministry of Finance has set a target to ensure that the Federal Government’s Payroll Platform — the ‘Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System’ (IPPIS) — covers 100 percent of MDAs by the end of 2017. Currently 60% of MDAs are enrolled on the IPPIS platform.

Ochonma, a banker and international finance expert, wrote in from England.

SOURCE: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/why-buhari-is-getting-it-right-on.html

Former Chief of Staff to the Imo State governor, Uche Nwosu, has dismissed the reported endorsement of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Peter Obi, by Igbo leaders at an Enugu summit recently.

He described the endorsement as “a designed plan to deceive the people that the Igbos rest their support with the PDP”.

Nwosu, who maintained that the support for President Buhari by the Igbos was still intact, noted that the endorsement by the few Igbo leaders at the Enugu Summit did not reflect the position of Ndigbo and will not affect the chances of President Muhammadu Buhari in the South East.

According to him, the South East has nothing tangible to show for its support for the PDP during its 16 years in power to warrant the endorsement of its Presidential candidate or any other.

Nwosu, in statement on Friday, reassured that despite the post primary crisis rocking the party (APC) in the zone, President Buhari would still get a landslide victory.

According to Nwosu, “We are not losing sleep over the recent endorsement of Atiku by some Igbo leaders, the action will not change the reality on ground.

“The South East will deliver Buhari in 2019 because it is our best option. We cannot be distracted with the PDP’s Greek gift of Vice President, our focus as a people should be Igbo Presidency in 2023.

“One important question we should be asking ourselves as Ndigbo is what did we benefit from the PDP for the 16 years it was in power to warrant the endorsement of its candidate, as against what we have recorded within the three years that President Buhari is in power”.

He continued that, “Most of the political decisions of some of our leaders are self serving and not in the overall interest of the Igbo but this time we are committed to pursuing the best political option for the Igbo, which is supporting President Buhari’s second term”.

Nwosu also added that, “The fact that majority of our party members are not happy with the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomole over the manner he handled the party primaries across the zone does not affect our support for President Buhari.

“In fact it is beyond personal considerations, it is about the interest of Ndigbo and we will deliver President Buhari in 2019. The support for President Buhari is borne out his unequalled integrity and uprightness, which is what the country needs most now,” he concluded.

SOURCE: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/igbos-didnt-endorse-atiku-we-are-still.html

The United Progressives Party (UPP) has adopted President Muhammadu Buhari as its candidate for next year’s general election

UPP National Chairman, Chekwas Okorie, disclosed this to State House correspondents, after meeting with the President on Friday in Abuja.

Okorie said the adoption of President Buhari would be further confirmed when the UPP leaders meet on Tuesday next week.

He also denied reports that the people of the South East region have thrown their weight behind the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, was also present at the meeting between the President and the UPP delegation.
SOURCE: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/upp-adopts-buhari-as-presidential.html

What does re-structuring mean personally to each and every one of you... Every one clamouring for restructuring know the way to Buhari's office, rather than pay him a visit to explain their points, they'll rather bash him on the pages of the newspaper.. Where is the time to study the 2014 national conference report that you people are referring to.. Jonathan that organised it, had the time to start re-structure the country but obviously did not do it...How everyone says Buhari promised to do this and that ehn

I totally agree with you.. we have too many groups clamouring for different types of restructuring.. Afenifere wants theirs, Ohaneze, Ndigbo wants theirs too.. and a lot of them, don't really know what restructuring means

WisdomFlakes:
There seems to be some confusion as to the form of restructuring that Nigeria should undertake. Some want a wholesale return to regionalism, another group prefers to retain the current 36 states structure but with devolution of powers/decentralization from the centre to the states. While the North is apprehensive about any talk of restructuring. The North and South need to agree on how they want the country restructured.

President Muhammadu Buhari has given conditions under which he could consider restructuring.

The president gave the conditions during an interactive session with Nigerians based in France.

Buhari met with them after the Peace Forum attended by over 50 world leaders.

The president said there should be proper definition of what Nigerians want before the government can delve into restructuring.

“There are too many people talking lazily about restructuring in Nigeria. Unfortunately, people are not asking them individually what do they mean by restructuring? What form do they want restructuring to take?” he said.

“Do they want us to have something like the three regions we used to have? And now we have 36 states and the FCT. What form do they want? They are just talking loosely about restructuring.

“Let them define it and then we see how we can peacefully do it in the interest of Nigerians.

“They are just saying they want Nigeria restructured and they don’t have the clue of what the form the restructuring should be. So, anybody who talks to you about restructuring in Nigeria, ask him what he means and the form he wants it to take.”

Restructuring can be seen as the cornerstone of the campaign of Atiku Abubakar, Buhari’s main opponent in the 2019 general election.

SOURCE: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/buhari-lists-conditions-for.html

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday broke silence on the bribe-taking videos of Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje.

He said the security agencies were vetting the video and that action would be taken on the matter soon.

The President’s response on the Ganduje videos followed a remark by a Kano student in France, who lauded the achievements of the governor, especially on scholarship, and advised the federal government to emulate the governor.

But the president reportedly asked the student if he had watched the governor’s videos receiving bribe in dollars.

“That aside, haven’t you watched the videos of the governor stuffing dollars under his gown?” the president asked rhetorically.

“We gave the videos to security agencies for vetting. And we will surely take action on the matter if he is found guilty.”.

The Paris town hall meeting, held at Shangrilla Hotel, was attended by Nigerian Students studying in various institutions in France, Nigerian community in France, APC members in France, among others.

The president was accompanied by Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano, Ambassador of Nigeria to France Modupe Irele, Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami and National Security Adviser Babagana Monguno.

SOURCE: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/buhari-breaks-silence-on-ganduje.html

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi on Monday criticised the decision of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to embark on strike.

According to him, tertiary institutions in the country had fared better under President Muhammadu Buhari.

Fayemi said this in Paris at the end of the President’s interactive session with Nigerians living in France.

He said; “If you talk about tertiary education, ASUU is on strike, but you ask yourself, why is ASUU on strike. ASUU claimed that it is on strike because it wants improvement in the fortunes of education in Nigeria and that government has not lived up to expectations.

“I made bold to say that no government has done as much as this government has done, not just for ASUU, but for tertiary education in our country.

“Is it enough? Absolutely, it’s not going to be enough. We have to keep doing more”, Nation quoted him as saying.


“But ask yourself what was the average wage in the University system before. A university professor earn more than me as a governor. My salary as a governor is N500,000. Most university professors earn about the same amount, if not more.

“Yes, you may argue that there are other opportunities available, there are also other opportunities that are available that are not being taken advantage of by our academics. I can say a little bit about this because this is my terrain.

“I do not think that ASUU on its own strength can argue that government has not done well. There is hardly any institution in Nigeria today, including states universities, that have not had the benefit of intervention.

“It is either the government is building an auditorium or rehabilitating a laboratory, or improving on students hostels in virtually all the universities as I speak to you. That’s what TETFUND does via their intervention funds. That again is not the complete solution.

“Can we continue to maintain a tuition-free education in Nigeria, in even Federal universities. What UNESCO pushes for, what most universal human rights positions argue for, is that basic education should be free. Basic education is free in Nigeria right up to secondary schools.

“As for free university education, I’m not so sure that is what we really need right now. But in order to address that, we also must elevate the place of technical and vocational education in our country so that we don’t see those that go for technical education as inferior to those who go to universities.

“Our educational system should focus on functionality rather than just certificates. I think this is what ASUU and other drivers of change in our economy should be arguing for.

“Can we add more resources to education budget? Absolutely we can. But when you have competing needs, you cannot have everything that you want. And this is something ASUU needs to know”.

SOURCE: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/universities-better-under-buhari.html

You think? Why? How?

StillX10:
Buhari is simply incompetent

Suleiman Adamu?

baliyubla:
After 3.5 years. No wonder Suleiman Adamu has been the most redundant Minister in the history of Nigeria. Buhari is just failure personified.

I agree with you

chukelvin:
Its high time already

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared a state of emergency on Nigeria’s water supply, sanitation and hygiene sector.

Buhari made the declaration at the inauguration of the National Action Plan for Revitalisation of Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sector at State House Conference Centre on Thursday in Abuja.

He directed governments at all levels to intensify efforts and work towards meeting the nation’s water supply and sanitation needs.

Buhari warned that henceforth Federal Government’s support to state governments would be based on their commitment to implementing the National WASH Action Plan in their respective states and to end open defecation by 2025.

The president said the declaration had become critical to reduce the high-prevalence of water-borne diseases in different parts of the country, which has caused preventable deaths.

He described statistics on open defecation, access to piped water services and sanitation in the country as ”disturbing”.

“Access to piped water services which was 32 per cent in 1990 has declined to seven per cent in 2015; access to improved sanitation has also decreased from 38 per cent in 1990 to 29 per cent in 2015.

“Our country now ranks number two in the global rating on Open Defecation as about 25 per cent of our population are practicing open defecation.

“WASH services at the rural areas are unsustainable as 46 per cent of all water schemes are non-functional, and the share of our spending on WASH sector has been declining from 0.70 per cent of the GDP in 1990 to about 0.27 per cent in 2015, which is far below the 0.70 per cent at the West African regional level,” Buhari said.

The president restated that the provision of potable water supply, adequate sanitation and hygiene were primarily the responsibilities of State and Local Governments.

According to him, water supply and sanitation are not being given the required attention judging from the high prevalence of water-borne diseases that are being reported in different parts of the country.

He said that the stakeholders could not and would not continue to allow the preventable occurrences to decimate Nigeria’s population.

Buhari said that he was aware that Nigeria did not meet the MDG targets for Water Supply and Sanitation that ended in 2015.

“The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets (6.1 and 6.2) for WASH are even more demanding as they require WASH services to be provided in adequate quantity and quality on premises at affordable prices.
“This cannot be achieved if we continue with ‘a business as usual’ approach.

“It is on this premise that I fully endorse the decision taken at the meeting of the Federal Executive Council in April this year to declare a State of Emergency on our WASH Sector.

“I call on all state governments to complement this effort by according the sector similar recognition to enable us work together to achieve the SDG targets for WASH by 2030.’’

At the federal level, Buhari pledged that his administration would continue to place priority on infrastructure development including those of water supply, sanitation and hygiene services towards ensuring a better life for Nigerians.

According to him, the commitment is being demonstrated through faithful implementation of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) – which is the present administration’s blueprint for infrastructure and economic development.

“From the inception of this administration, we have demonstrated serious commitment to the development of the Water Sector by preserving the Ministry of Water Resources and subsequently approving the 15-year roadmap developed for the sector.
“The transformation being witnessed in the sector since then is highly commendable.

“I have no doubt that the on-going initiatives including the implementation of the Partnership for Expanded Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (PEWASH) in the Ministry will take the water sector to improved performance and supply, thereby meeting the national aspirations as well as the SDGs,” he said.

The event was attended by representatives of state governments and development partners.

SOURCE: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/buhari-declares-state-of-emergency-on.html

President Muhammadu Buhari again on Wednesday said the mismanagement he met when he assumed office in May, 2015 was mind-boggling.

Despite this, however, he said his administration was working hard to organise the country.
A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, quoted the President as making the claims while receiving a group from the southeastern part of the county under the aegis of One on One Nigeria on Tuesday evening.

“We are trying to organise the country. The extent of mismanagement we met when we came was mind-boggling,” Buhari said.

He added, “Many times, I have spoken about the tremendous resources available to us between 1999 and 2014 and how they were frittered.

“If only they had used just 25 per cent of them on infrastructure: road, rail, power, Nigerians would mind their own business and not bother about whoever was in power.

“The casualty figure on our roads daily is simply scandalous. No wonder they are in the opposition now, despite all the power they thought they had.”

The group, led by Chief Chido Obidiegwu, said it had keenly observed the achievements of the Buhari administration nationwide, particularly in the South-East.”

According to Obidiegwu, “We have seen the work being done on the long-abandoned second Niger Bridge, roads are being constructed in many parts of the region, and we believe there is every reason to support you for a second term.”
SOURCE: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/i-met-mind-boggling-mismanagement-on.html

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says there is a need to reform Nigerian banks for them to meet up with the inevitability of the Fintech revolution.

Speaking at the ongoing first ever Africa Investment Forum in Johannesburg on Thursday, the Osinbajo said there are no plans to take the banks’ lunch, but the banks have to reform to survive.

He said the “Fintech companies, as you know, are challenging some of the old laws on banking and all of that”.

“The major issue is that technology is clearly going to disrupt the financial space, and is doing so already, so banks have to reform,” Osinbajo said.

“They have to invest in some of the Fintech companies themselves, and they have to see this revolution as inevitable.

“I think that what we are seeing today is the reform around that space, and many of the banks are looking up and understanding that this is going to happen, and it’s already happening”.

OSINBAJO: BANKS NEED NOT FEAR BUT REFORM, INVEST

He, however, allayed the fears of the banks by saying the government is, and will, work with them, the regulators, and the Fintech companies to ensure development in the sector.

“I think the first thing is to allay the fears of the bank that lunch isn’t being taken away. Banks, of course, are jittery about some of what is happening in the Fintech space,” Osinbajo added.

“They need to be assured that this isn’t about taking their lunch but that we cannot avoid what is coming to us now.

“What we are saying is that payment system, lending, all sort of financial systems, even insurance are happening much faster.

“So we have to change regulation and we must ensure that we give space to these tech companies because what is happening is that there is a quick convergence between technology and financial products.

“So much faster than many of the banks are able to cope with, so what we are trying to do is work with the banking system, the Central Bank of Nigeria for example, we are sitting with the Fintech companies, banks, and the telcos.

“The telcos are in this space now and many of them are challenging some of what used to be traditional banking businesses.”

Osinbajo, who spoke alongside the presidents of Ghana, Guinea, and South Africa, on the presidential panel in Johannesburg, acknowledged that there is a regulatory challenge in the financial space.

SOURCE: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/nigerian-banks-have-to-reform-to.html

The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Lanre Issa-Onilu, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s integrity has remained without stain because he has not diverted public funds into private pockets since assuming office in 2015.

Issa Onilu stated this on Tuesday in a brief chat with reporters in his office at the APC secretariat, Abuja.

He said the fact that the only seeming scandal the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, could associate with President Buhari after his three and half years in office had to do with the now rested issue of WAEC certificate, was proof of his strong moral principles.

His words: “If after President Buhari’s three and half years in office and his signing of over N20 trillion as national budget within the period, but the only thing the PDP or any other person had to talk about was his certificate, it means this man (Buhari) is truly a man of integrity.

“I expect them to have nailed a more important issue or put a finger on something that tells on his integrity or an issue that has made this country prostrate under PDP; that is, corruption at all levels whereby public money is diverted to private pockets.”

Recall that the PDP through its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, had in statement accused the Presidency of displaying corruption and decadence by involving in manipulations, forgery and lies in an attempt to hoodwink Nigerians with bogus claims over Buhari’s WAEC certificate.

SOURCE: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2018/11/buharis-integrity-genuine-apc-spokesman.html

Which money? so are you also saying, Saraki, Bolaji Abdullahi collected money to go back to PDP

zombieTRACKER:


When money has changed hands

No party is more corrupt than APc

If you doubt me... Ask Ganduje