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nice one. l love vegetables

Bibidear:
Nah,i am still saying it,my boobs are bigger than these

lmao! u mean that plate chest of urs?

ECOTERRORS:
This is the only government that came to power without a blueprint, Curse be upon those who voted this Malu and still enjoying his stupidity

you high?

No! No! No! No! 600 boko haram members! na fowl dem be?
Linus.

korazon:
Not funny

not funny, but u use style comment so that u go follow d post. oleshi!

korazon:
Not funny

not funny, but u use style comment so that u go follow d post. oleshi!

xxxtedyxxx:
u said u lack stuffs to discuss with her, dats becos u didn't allow ur convo with her to advance. Dts y u easily ran out of stuffs to discuss . Interaction with a girl must always be progressing, from stage a to b to c to d etc. There must be a forward reaction during any interaction wif her. When we ignore this pattern, the girl easily girls bored-y? Becos everything seems stagnant. She doesn't know where to place us. We end up being friendzoned.. U need to start all over from stage 1 to stage 3. Ask her out on a date. One on one. U can rekindle the passion if u can see her one on one. Talk about ow u guys met, d first day, her hobbies, bring up dat vibe back again.

thanks man! but our exams starts in two weeks time. would it wise to still ask her
for a date? she is a serious type and in her 1st year.

Tbagwell1:
27th Sept, 08067929953

wow! my birthday mate.

Tbagwell1:
27th Sept, 08067929953

wow! my birthday mate.

op I have a girl. we met during one etisalat Program in school. I got her number. we chat normal for the first few days. I ve known her hobbies and other small small atuffs. reading is one of her hobbies. I got two novels on her birthday(6 days after we met) . as time went on our chat started becoming boring. its always like "hi, how are u, how was lectures?. what are u doing?" stuffs like that. even when I call her d same boring stuffs. I lack topic to discus with her. and now she seems not interested in me unlike d first two days I met her. she takes time to reply my chat and doesn't initiate a chat. I don't know what to do. I need her to be my girl. help me out.

Slimzjoe:
Nigeria Funny sha

Noble Was Doing exactly what We students have been Crying out for and they Impeach him

Ahaneku na Serious Terrorist sha

hahahaha! no be small terrorist

An Appeal For Justice In My Case: Punish Me If I Am
Guilty, If I Am Not, Please Exonerate Me

Dear Sir/Madam: Therefore, I, Noble Eyisi, the impeached
and suspended Students’ Union Government President
writes this letter as an appeal for justice in my case. I was
elected the Students’ Union Government President on the
11th of December 2014 and was inaugurated on the 15th of
December of that same year. After my election and the
Christmas break, on the 5th of January, our government
embarked on the reduction of transport fare in the university
from N30 to N20. At first, it seemed an uphill task as the
drivers went on strike but with time and by God’s grace,
they were back and conformed to the new N20 transport
scheme.

This gave us a very good recommendation and applause
from the university management, students and citizens of
our state and country. To be candid, the reduction of the
transport fare to N20 was a huge sacrifice from the part of
the Students’ Union Government as I, the former president
sacrificed the sum of N20,000 per day from the Transport
Trust Fund (TTF), a sum of money collected by the SUG
from drivers. This Transport Trust Fund (TTF) was illegal
and unconstitutional as it extorted money from the students
(the higher the TTF, the higher the transport fare). For the
general students, it brought us love and goodwill as we have
helped them save N10 whenever they board a bus, shuttle
or keke but from my fellow executives, Students’
Representative Council members (though not inaugurated
then) and the judiciary, it brought me hatred as they felt I
took away their daily bread because they were supposed to
benefit N8,000 daily from the illegal Transport Trust Fund
(TTF). I was by God’s grace able to navigate the ship of SUG
despite pressures to bring back the Transport Trust Fund
(TTF) up until second semester.
Before the resumption of second semester, I called my
fellow executives for a meeting where I pleaded with them
and convinced them to buy into my idea of reducing the
price of food from N200 to N150 inside the university
campus. They all accepted and agreed to it, the food
vendors were called and most of them accepted but due to
the imminent first semester examinations, we weren’t able
to begin implementation.
At the eve of second semester, I brought to the notice of the
students our decision to bring down food price from N200
to N150, which they all loved, accepted and supported since
it had been a cry in their hearts and it began working as
most food vendors complied. But this policy was greeted by
a strong university management resistance. The Vice-
Chancellor called me expressing his dissatisfaction with it
and asked me to make things right. I felt so sad but I had to
obey my superior. So I rested my case, very much against
my wish but my students felt that their rights, expressions
and feelings were being trampled on. Even if it meant that
the rent collected by the Commercial Ventures of the
university from the food vendors be reduced, let it be, but let
the interest of the general students be heard and protected.
Since the university management did not want the policy to
see the light of the day, I felt so sad and decided to rest my
case, but at the same time, my students still felt cheated.
Despite the management’s high-handedness on them
through increment of fees, institution of new fees,
intimidation by university security agents etc, the
management still wanted to extort money from them
through the food prize. With the new implementation of dues
by the management and other increments, the students
began asking me questions relating to monies which they
were asked to pay which was new in the system, increment
in some fees and so on and this led me to write an 8-point
letter to the Vice Chancellor asking him questions which my
fellow students have been asking me. Please sir, find
attached an exact copy of the letter I sent to the Vice
Chancellor. (Attachment 1)
It may also please you to find out that there are still other
issues which I did not point out in the letter which includes:
Increment in the General Studies (GS) fee of Year one
students from N1,000 to N4,000
Increment in the Continuous Education Programme (CEP)
school fees from N35,000 to N39, 800,
Payment of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) dues
of N2,500 and yet there is no clinic, how much more
obtaining free medical treatment; amongst many others
which may still be hidden to me.
After I gave him the letter confidentially on the 4th of May,
he called the management staff of the university, entire
executives of the Students’ Union Government, the Speaker,
Students’ Representative Council and the Chief Judge of the
Students’ Judicial Council to a meeting where he countered
the entire letter point by point. In the meeting which held on
the 8th of May, my phone was seized from me and I was
almost slapped and intimidated by words spoken by the
management staff present in the meeting. I still felt
unsatisfied with the response he gave us and unfortunately
the letter got to other fellow students. While the whole
situation grew tense, the Students’ Union Government bus
under my care was seized from me, my friends were
arrested and threatened and I too was threatened by the
Personal Assistant to the Vice Chancellor. Please find
attached a copy of this letter (Attachment 2). It is also
important to note that the University management never
gave me money for the maintenance of the SUG bus,
though I have written to them on countless occasions,
rather my parents had always provided me with the money
with which I have continuously repaired and maintained it.
Meanwhile, instead of addressing the issue, the Vice-
Chancellor instigated my fellow executives to sign a vote of
no confidence against me where they accused me of a 5-
count charge. It is also attached here sir (Attachment 3) and
after the impeachment, I responded to the charges and sent
them to the Vice Chancellor of which I am yet to get a reply
to (Attachment 4). The response is also attached. My fellow
executives also sued me to the Students’ Union Government
Court on a three-count charge, based on why I brought
down the transport fare from N30 to N20, why I removed
the illegal and unconstitutional Transport Trust Fund (TTF)
and why I reduced the price of food within the university
which was all student-oriented.
While the whole situation was growing tense, I thought the
Vice-Chancellor would have managed the situation well
despite media reports, rather he mandated that I be removed
quickly from office. Please sir, newspaper reports from this
issue are also attached here (Attachment 5). The only
condition he gave me to remain in office was to recant all I
said in the letter by calling a press conference which I will
address. I was suspended from being the Students’ Union
Government President of the university on the 18 May, on a
Monday, which was not the normal day the Students’
Representative Council was to sit. The suspension was
unconstitutional and also on the 22 May, I was impeached.
This was made possible by the Students’ Representative
Council members who had strongly been influenced and
bought over by the Vice Chancellor through their Heads of
Departments, hence, they ensured I was impeached and
more because they were threatened that disobedience would
result to problems in their different courses. It will also
please you, sir to note that the suspension as the Students’
Union Government President was done by the veto power of
the Speaker as majority of the quorum of the House seated
on that day were against it.
After my impeachment, students were really sad and feeling
that their rights had been trampled on, peacefully protested.
On the 3rd of June, a peaceful protest was conducted of
which I was also part of. After the protest, I kept on
attending lectures regularly and on Monday, 8 June, a court
order was served to the Vice President and Speaker by the
Anambra State High Court against my suspension as SUG
President and impeachment. On the 11th of June, on
entering the university, I was arrested in the university by a
personal security aide to the Vice Chancellor. I was
intimidated and from the Administration Block of the
university, I was dragged into the security van of the
university and taken to the State Security Service
Headquarters of Anambra State located at Amawbia. There
and then, the Director showed me my suspension letter and
I was asked to pack my things immediately and leave the
university and also that I should not be seen in the university
until further notice. I was also asked to sign an undertaking
to this which I did. I kept on asking for a copy of my
suspension letter but no one gave it to me. Accompanied by
security agents of the university, I packed my things and
left.
It will also please you to note sir, that on the morning of
11th, a circular had already been shared to all the security
agents in the university that I should not be seen in the
university as I had been suspended. It was given to them by
the Chief Security Officer of the University. All this
happened even with an order of the Anambra State High
Court which I had with me. Please find attached the
statements of the court order (Attachment 6) and the Chief
Security Officer’s circular (Attachment 7).
All through my stay as the Students’ Union Government
President from December up until May, it had been a
selfless service. The only amount of money I had ever
received from our SUG account which should be
autonomous was N70,000 which served as my take-off
grant. It came weeks after we had written a letter to that
effect and ever since then I have never received any of my
entitlements as the SUG President. Even a transport route in
the university which the SUG ought to be in charge of as an
Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for the welfare of the
students was high jacked by a personal security aide to the
Vice Chancellor, Mr. Anayo Anizoba and when I brought up
the issue, the wife of the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Gladys
Ahaneku called me and asked me to take 40% of the money
and leave the remaining 60% to the security aide which I
disagreed to.
Finally, in a country where people’s rights are being
trampled upon, I still believe that justice must be upheld. I’m
a very young, patriotic Nigerian citizen of this great country
who decided to serve my country in the capacity of
Students’ Union Government Presidency of my university,
and all through my service in office, I have fought selflessly
for the rights and privileges of my students. I don’t deserve
to be kicked out of the university considering the fact that I
have not been involved in any illegal practices or
misconduct. All I have done was for the best interest of the
students and for the good of my country. I sincerely and
desperately appeal to you as a father to look with pity upon
me and consider my case as I have no one else to run to.
Thank you very much sir for your time, understanding and
resolution to intervene on my behalf. God bless you.
Comrade Noble Eyisi
Department of Political Science
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.






http://saharareporters.com/2015/06/26/appeal-justice-my-case-punish-me-if-i-am-guilty-if-i-am-not-please-exonerate-me

just saw this thread today. going through some of d post I really like what I saw. xxxtedyxxx you are superb for u to dedicate ur time, energy, brain, resources etc just to help ur fellow guys for almost years still counting...
thank you. more grease to your elbow.

MY MUM IS A PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER. ROCHAS IS NOT OWING THEM ANY MONTH SALARY. I CAN AUTHORITATIVELY SAY THAT.

frisky2good:
Are you normal? Arrears of what is he owing them? Abi you think say arrears na bonus? You better learn to understand an article before commenting.

WHAT DO PEOPLE GAIN IN SPOILING ANOTHER PERSONS NAME? ROCHAS IS NOT OWING ANY CIVIL SERVANT. MY MUM IS A PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER. LIES UPON LIES.

MISS, FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSE, ITS ARREARS AND NOT SALARY. ROCHAS IS NOT OWING CIVIL SERVANTS ANY MONTH SALARY.

prettyrosiemua:
This is what we call man's inhumanity to man. 13 months? That's unfair.

MY MUM IS A PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER TOO. SHE IS NOT BEING OWED. THIS IS PURE FAKE NEWS.

MzJackBaueress:
When you hear stories like this,the best thing to do is to verify.

I called two friends who work in the state ministries in Imo state. They told me they are not owed by the government. The have been paid their march salaries and are awaiting that of april.

Anyone who believes Rochas can owe workers 13month salary needs his brain checked.

Rochas is not like Suswan who does not have human feelings for his state workers.

LAIRS. AM FROM IMO, AND MY MUM IS A PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER IN IMO. BEFORE THE ELECTION ROCHAS WAS ONLY OWING THEM ONE MONTH SALARY. WHICH IS THAT OF MARCH WHICH I CAN AUTHORITATIVELY SAY. I WAS EXPECTING TO SEE A QUOTE FROM ROCHAS IN THE NEWS BUT I DID NOT SEE ANY. NDI ASI

Kreamie:
My God! 13 months? How do these ruthless governors expect these civilians to live? Some of them don't even have a thriving business to fall back on when the chips are down...All they rely on is this stipends they're being paid and then you decide to owe them foa year plus? Wow! Just wow

Gen Muhammadu Buhari is not yet the president. For
now, he does not wield any political power. They much he
has now is political influence. As a private citizen that he
still is, he has the freedom to ban a media house from
covering his events. This is not being tyranical, because he
has no such executive or political power for now. Lets wait
till he is sworn in.

Senator Hope Uzodinma of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
has been arrested for thumb-
printing ballot papers at a private
residence during the
gubernatorial election rerun in
Oru East Local Government Area
of Imo State.
Arrested alongside Mr. Uzodinma
were his uncle and elder sister.
However, while his uncle and
sister were detained, Mr.
Uzodimma was released on
personal recognition.
A top police source involved in
providing security in the area told
PREMIUM TIMES that soon after
his release, Mr. Uzodinma’s
supporters in the area set
bonfires on the road to prevent
the police from taking his
relations away.
The police had to call for
reinforcement from the army and
officials of the secret police, the
State Security Service before the
bonfires and hoodlums were
cleared and his relations carted
away to be detained in the state
capital, Owerri.
Meanwhile, the rerun election in
the local government was almost
marred by pockets of violence
and irregularities.
At Oru East Local Government
Area, which has majority of the
Polling Units where rerun election
were held, some officials of the
Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) were caught
thumb-printing ballot papers in
favour of one of the political
parties.
Also arrested were fake INEC
officials who posed as Returning
Officers at the collation centre.
The Edo State Resident Electoral
Commissioner (REC), Mike Igini,
who was among the INEC team
deployed for the election, said the
INEC officials were arrested at
Umumma primary school Ward
10 Polling Unit 008, Polling Unit
003 and three others.
“Myself accompanied by the Assistant
Inspector General of Police and Commissioner
of Police have arrested poll officials in Oru
East involved in mass thumb-printing and are
now taken to owerri.
“Upon my suspicion, an imposter, who
claimed to be lNEC staff without proof, acting
as a presiding officer, l ordered his arrest and
it was effected by the Police”.
At Ozuh-Omuma, an agent of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Bernars
Nwaokoro, was shot by thugs and the ballot
box of his unit hijacked.
Also, one Rex Anunobi was kidnapped from
his home but was rescued by a team of
Policemen led by one of the visiting Assistant
Inspector Generals of Police to the state.







http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/182070-imo-election-senator-hope-uzodinma-of-pdp-relatives-arrested-for-fraud.html

PrettyClare7:
sept 21st UNIZIK

September 27 Ifite unizik

Billyonaire:
Where is the CHANGE, when all they have been doing so far is the same PDP-style nepotism ? Where did they learn these sharing formular. Old Wine in a New Bottle, you will sincerely agree, if you would. Same Ol'Gs controlling every every. I see No Change!

that's normal with every government. but the problem is getting a good person from the proposed zone.

Following the defeat suffered by President Goodluck
Jonathan and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party,
during the March 28 and April 11 elections, the President
has asked the party and government officials who handled
campaign funds to refund monies not spent, or those not
judiciously expended, SUNDAY PUNCH can authoritatively
report.
Jonathan, credible sources said, has also set up a
committee of five to get those with the funds to return
them.
Sources within the party and government told our
correspondents that President Jonathan was disturbed that
despite giving campaign coordinators, ministers, special
advisers, close aides and friends, support groups and
traditional rulers over N2trn in cash, most of them could
not deliver their polling booths and local governments.
The President was said to have been further irked by the
results of an investigation he ordered. The probe showed
that some coordinators used campaign funds to buy very
expensive properties, especially in Abuja, and luxury cars.
Some of the funds have also been traced to the bank
accounts of senior party and government officials who were
charged with the disbursement of funds to voters and
groups.
A reliable source within the Presidency told our
correspondents that one of the President, who recently
admitted to a few close aides that it would be difficult to
retrieve all the funds, was bent on getting senior party and
government officials who received funds to account for all
monies collected.
The source who is a close associate of the president said
monies given to traditional rulers in different parts of the
country, for example, would not be demanded for. But the
source was quick to add that the President was determined
to get his ministers, close aides and special advisers to
make refunds.
He said, “Some ministers did not get less than N20bn each.
None of them can deny it because this fact isn’t hidden
within government circles. The only problem with such
monies is that there is no receipt to show that they
collected money. The sad part is that almost all of them
performed woefully. Even in the states where the PDP won,
some ministers could not deliver 100,000 votes. They could
not mobilise their people to come out. The President is not
happy. They all went property and car shopping. This was
the most expensive election in the history of this country,
yet there was no result.
“The sad part was that even after the President lost on
March 28, more money was given to all of them to make up
for the dismal outing by winning their states during the April
11 elections. But that turned out to be a bad decision
because apart from losing the governorship election, we
didn’t perform well at the National Assembly and House of
Representatives polls.
“They must give an account of the money since they didn’t
use it for the election. The President is not particular about
the funds spent on genuine campaign needs like the hiring
of jets, advertisements and the rest that also cost billions of
naira. His focus is on the individuals that collected billions
to deliver their states but couldn’t even win their polling
booths.”
Our correspondents gathered that apart from the N20bn
given to some key ministers and senior special advisers,
especially in states where the PDP hoped to capture from
the opposition All Progressives Congress, some pro-
Jonathan support groups received about N16bn.
A former legislator who was to print five million recharge
cards, T-shirts and base ball caps has also come under
pressure to account for the billions she received because
only a few people got the items she was paid to produce.
Also, a top female politician in Lagos who got a contract to
produce and supply thousands of mobile phones with pro-
Jonathan messages was said to have produced just a few
and pocketed most of the funds.
It was learnt that the funds Jonathan released were
disbursed in three phases. Some were released before the
March 28 elections, others on the day of the presidential
election and more before the April 11 governorship polls.
Already, the committee of five has started asking some of
the campaign coordinators and ministers who received a
minimum of N20bn each to give an account and also refund
residual funds where applicable.
However, our correspondents learnt that most of the people
who received the funds had not cooperated with the
committee. While some have not been forthcoming, others
have simply ignored the committee.
Jonathan is said to be particularly focusing on the South-
West and northern states.
In Lagos, a popular PDP chieftain who lost in his polling
booth reportedly received $50m in cash a few days before
the governorship elections.
A senior PDP party member who spoke to one of our
correspondents in Lagos over the weekend confirmed the
cash splurge in Lagos.
The source said, “Lagos was a show of shame. A few days
to the governorship poll, about $150m was received in cash
by about five top campaign coordinators. But they failed
again, even more than we did in the presidential poll
because we lost some areas we won on March 28 to the
APC on April 11. They were to share this money to the local
governments and the masses.
“Please understand me, I am saying that the sum of $150m
was just for the governorship election in Lagos. We are not
talking about the sums they got for the presidential election.
Only one out of the five people that shared the money gave
some of it to local government chairmen. This person
disbursed about N2bn. The rest of them sat on the money.
“The coordinator that collected the sum of $50m later went
to a Federal Government agency and complained of not
having enough funds for the election and got an additional
$20m. The story is the same in almost all the South-West
especially Oyo, Osun, and the northern states. A female
minister from the North, who got the highest amount of
funds for that region, lost her state in a shameful manner.”
Confirming that campaign directors in different parts of the
country had been asked for an audit, the PDP Campaign
Director in Akwa Ibom, Mr. Idongesit Nkanga, said the
instruction was not new.
He stated that the PDP’s campaign organisation in the state
had concluded its audit.
“It is the normal thing. It is the right thing to do for
transparency’s sake,” he said.
Nkanga said he would not be able to comment on the
refund because he did not collect money from anyone.
According to him, the PDP’s campaign organisation in Akwa
Ibom State received a letter for an audit from the PDP
campaign headquarters.
He explained that “because the letter emanated from the
national headquarters of the party, they were under
obligation to submit the audit report about the campaign’s
expenditure to them.”
He maintained that at the campaign headquarters, some of
the information was available, adding that he would not be
able to give SUNDAY PUNCH accurate details offhand to
avoid possible conflict in the figures.
Asked what sanctions would be meted out to defaulters,
Nkanga said they might be prosecuted.
However, our correspondent reports that prosecution, while
not impossible, may be difficult as most of the monies
disbursed were not receipted.
Contacted, the national leadership of the ruling PDP said it
did not know anything about the money spent on its
presidential campaign.
National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Olisa Metuh,
stated this in an interview with one of our correspondents in
Abuja on Saturday.
Metuh said only those put in charge of the funds were in a
position to account for the monies.
He said, “The national leadership of the PDP is not aware of
any campaign fund. We were not part of it and therefore we
can’t be asked to account for what we didn’t know anything
about.
“There was a campaign committee and only the committee
is in the position to account for any fund.”
Efforts made to speak with the Director-General of the PDP
Presidential Campaign Organisation, Sen. Ahmadu Ali were
unsuccessful.
Ali, a former national chairman of the party, did not pick his
call and also failed to respond to a text message sent to
him.
Similarly, efforts to get the Presidency’s reaction did not
yield any result as calls made to the telephone line of the
presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati, as at 10.30pm did
not connect




http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-demands-n2trn-election-funds-refund-audit/

Yungwizzzy:
See opportunity my SE/SS brothers just lost


I'm sorry hate will make we igbos forever remain followers

I feel like weeping. I don't understand why they hated APC. see what it has caused us. its a pity.

Nneka123:
Hmm, so they turn gay just like that?


Nice points, Wrist

I wonder ooo. someone that wasn't gay from they unset can never turn gay just like that.

IceMan85:
All polling unit should have atleast 5 armed military men. And expecially, they should council any local govt PDP is winning in Abia state, because it was rigged. No sane Abians will vote PDP!

5 armed military men? people will be scared and won't come out to vote.

By Jude Opara
ABUJA—The Independent National Electoral Commission,
INEC, may have scheduled the run-off governorship
elections in three states, Imo, Abia and Taraba, where last
Saturday’s elections were declared inconclusive, for next
Saturday.
The April 18 proposed date was yet to be officially
confirmed as sources in the commission told Vanguard
yesterday that senior officials, who should take the decision,
were yet to meet on the development.
INEC had declared the Imo State gubernatorial election
inconclusive following the cancellation of results from 216
polling units that cut across 23 local governments with
about 144 accredited voters.
In Abia State, the polls were declared inconclusive because
the state electoral officer was said to have earlier cancelled
the results from Obioma Ngwa, Isiala Ngwa and Osisioma
Ngwa local government area, only to later authenticate the
results, a development that led to protests by members of
All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.










www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/inec-considers-april-18-for-run-off-elections-in-imo-abia-taraba/

Transition C’ttee: Buhari Insists on Credible Persons as
Bakare Heads Screening
Some panel members likely to be elevated to ministerial
posts
President-elect assures defectors of justice in APC
Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
President-elect Muhammadu Buhari at the weekend said
only credible, patriotic and knowledgeable Nigerians would
make up the transition committee, as part of the first steps
to chart an entirely new path for the country.
Screening of members of the transition committee, which
will meet with a similar committee from the presidency on
the handover from the Goodluck Jonathan administration to
the incoming Buhari-led government,
THISDAY learnt, is being handled by, among others, Pastor
Tunde Bakare, who was Buhari’s running mate in the 2011
presidential election.
After the screening process, Buhari, it was also gathered,
would personally interview each of the members of the
committee, as there is the major likelihood that a few of
them would be elevated to ministerial posts in his federal
cabinet when he takes over as president.
Buhari also assured members of the other political parties,
who have been defecting to the All Progressives Congress
(APC) of justice in the party, regardless of the misgivings
about their former parties.
Speaking with reporters at his country home in Daura,
Katsina State, shortly after casting his ballot in the
governorship and House of Assembly elections, Buhari said
Nigeria’s problem has been one of lack of accountability
and a terrible budgetary system, which has resulted in the
death of institutions.
Buhari, who is averse to an unduly large transition
committee to prevent members from capitalising on it to
influence the choice of ministers either for themselves or
those they want to be ministers, maintained that round pegs
would be put in round holes.
“My hope as well as my idea is to get knowledgeable and
experienced technocrats that are really patriotic to study
the handover notes by ministries and make
recommendations.
“I want them to be completely detached people who are
patriotic Nigerians, who are knowledgeable and
experienced.
“If we get majority of politicians involved, it will lead to
rows and we may end up with inconclusive
recommendations, which are not very helpful in our
condition.
“When I get it ready and before it is published, I will show it
to the leadership of my party and the terms of reference, as
well as the time limit and the result of their work.
“We will quickly study the recommendations before the
inauguration so that before we are sworn in, we get into
action,” he said.
On the state of the nation, Buhari said: “It is a difficult time
for Nigerians as you all know. I have said it in the past that
in the last 16 years, Nigeria has never realised the amount
of revenue it received. A barrel of crude oil rose to about
$140 and has crashed to about $50 now.
“During the 16 years, we knew some big companies that
employed a lot of Nigerians and gave them training facilities
like the Nigeria Airways and the Nigeria Shipping Line.
“Even the Nigerian Railways is managing to be on paper
with some refurbished engines moving from Lagos to
Ibadan and a few other places. But if you go to their
stations all over the country, you will realise that they are in
a terrible shape.
“The important thing in a country with a huge population of
youths, with more than 60 per cent of them under the age
of 30 who are unemployed, is that you need these
institutions to give jobs and training to Nigerians.
“It is very disappointing that the PDP government virtually
failed to use those resources to make sure that the
economy continues to grow in a sustainable way.
“I think the worst thing is the lack of accountability and the
terrible budgetary system. Imagine that over 90 per cent of
Nigeria’s budget is spent on recurrent spending.
“How can you sustain development in a developing country
like Nigeria with only about 10 per cent of your income
going to capital spending? Things just have to change.”
On the gale of defections in the aftermath of the presidential
election, Buhari said: “I think that this is mainly a question
meant for the party. I wish Chief John Oyegun was here to
answer you, because we have a system.
“Just because I was the presidential candidate and now
president-elect, I don’t think that the system has allowed
me to usurp the power of the party executives.
“But certainly, in a multi-party democratic system,
fundamentally, it is the number that matters for the people.
But for the party, what matters is the ability to manage the
number so that the majority will have its way, so that there
will be justice.
“No matter what the remnants from the PDP by May 29, I
assure you or I assure them through you that there will be
justice in APC.”
Addressing some of the issues that attended the outcome of
the just concluded governorship and House of Assembly
elections, Buhari specifically complained about a few
unsavoury developments in some parts of the country like
in Rivers State but asked that the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) be allowed to give its
comprehensive report first.
“I personally want to be legal about this so that people will
appreciate that we believe in a system. What we need to do
is to modify the system according to the law if we don't like
it, and that no one should come out and do to the system
whatever he likes. I have a lot of respect for the governor of
Rivers State (Chibuike Amaechi) for his courage.
“It has been a long time and as you all know, at a certain
time, the former Commissioner of Police virtually hijacked
the state and the governor was virtually sentenced to the
streets fighting thugs without law enforcement agents to
survive as a governor, while the constitution made it very
clear to all of us that the governor is the chief security
officer of the state.
“So a lot of unconstitutional and lawless acts of the PDP are
on record and we intend to make the PDP understand it and
make sure that according to law, those who are responsible
for that are taken to the courts and properly charged.
“We are in this system because we believe in it and we
want it to be stabilised because it is better for our country,”
he said.





http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/transition-c-ttee-buhari-insists-on-credible-persons-as-bakare-heads-screening/206666/

Please note that results from Ezinihitte-Mbaise LGA has
been recalculated due to complaints.

Recalculated result from Ezinnite LGA, Imo. APC: 7755
PDP: 29,677 APGA: 468


Oru East LGA, Imo State APC: 11,189 APGA: 163 PDP:
1878

Rochas have won

President-Elect Buhari spoke exclusively with SaharaTV on
how he plans to deal with corruption, the government’s
finances, Boko Haram, and Nigeria’s economy. Most
notably he blamed Minister Iweala for the financial situation
in Nigeria, and that he will make his Ministerial appointees
declare their assets to the public.
When asked about statements from Minister of Finance
Iweala on the fiscal conditions and government spending in
Nigeria, President-Elect Buhari told SaharaTV that “I’m
afraid the Finance Minister has no cause to complain
because the governors cannot force the central government
to act outside the Constitution.”
President-Elect Buhari firmly stated that “all those that were
governors, ministers, permanent secretaries, head of
foreign staff and all those with political appointments will
have to declare their assets on the assumption of their
appointment and definitely with the courts. And once they
leave they have to re-declare their assets.” He said this
would ensure greater accountability among public servants.
However, he did tell SaharaTV that he does not plan to
interfere with the judiciary and whatever action it may take
pursuing corrupt public officials. He stated that his
administration would not “become embroiled in
investigation every ministry, then the government will not
have time to move forward.”
On the contentious issue of Oil Block ownership in Nigeria,
and an equitable distribution of the country’s wealth, he
suggested that partisan politics in Nigeria is the cause of
inequitability in the oil sector. President-Elect Buhari
claimed that he wanted to professionalize the oil sector in
Nigeria. He said that the “proliferation of oil fields to people
who don’t even know what it is, is one of the messes
partisan politics has brought.” Within the equitable
distribution of wealth and job creation for youth, the
President-Elect pointed to the APC manifesto calling for
greater emphasis on mining and agriculture development.
When pressed on rumors that former president Obasanjo
was exercising inordinate influence on Buhari's
administration he said, "I think that people have to accept
the realities of Nigeria’s political development. General
Olusegun Obasanjo is the only living Nigerian that led
Nigeria for more than 11 years, so for anybody to think that
General Obasanjo is irrelevant or he was trying to push his
influence over issues, I think is being uncharitable and not
being fair to Nigeria’s political development."
President-Elect Buhari is now confronted with the challenge
of appointing a ministerial and cabinet team, and he has
stated publicly that PDP defectors should not expect to
receive Minister appointments.














http://saharareporters.com/2015/04/12/breaking-president-elect-buhari-speaks-saharatv-slams-iweala-and-will-force-ministers

Gubernatorial Election Results for Imo State: so 26 out of 27 LGA's
collated: APC 378,632 and PDP 324,486. Difference:
54,146

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Gubernatorial Election Results for Imo State: 26 LGA's
collated: APC 378,632 and PDP 324,486. Difference:
54,146

one LGA left to go and that happens to be my LGA. oru east