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BobUg28:
So this is true? The last time I was told what Buhari has in mind, I doubted the person whose informed me. There's sth about this government that is seriously giving me a greater concern. When Goodluck was the president of Nigeria, he empowered all this six geo political zone in Nigeria. But immediately Buhari becomes the president, he channelled most of the major investments to the northern part of the country.

Thats true but not as regards this. it is impossible for such a project to be conceptualized, planned and executed within one year. 3 years at least. All in all its a good development which i applaud the previous government for. It walked its talk on agricultural revolution especial in an industrial scale and i hope this government improves on it and not these pedestrian ideas i hear all the time like one day off for farming - RUBBISH.
Nigeria is currently and steadily increasing its capacity for rice production and this would also add to the consistent (approximately 7.5%) drop in food imports yearly for the past 4 years (ps.data for this year yet to be released)

I am yet to see a government that lies like this one.

LIARS LIARS LIARS


Five International Airport Terminals To Be Completed First Quarter 2016 – Aviation Perm. Sec

Posted by James Odaudu">James Odaudu on September 8, 2015

PIC. 7. THE AKANU IBIAM AIRPORT IN ENUGU ON SATURDAY (18/5/13).
THE AKANU IBIAM AIRPORT IN ENUGU

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation, Hajia Binta Bello, has said the federal government will complete and deliver five international airport terminals across the country, concurrently being remodeled and built to meet international standards at a total cost of $500 million (N100 billion).
The remodeling of the airports located in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu, was conceived by the former Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, at the cost of $500 million, including a counterpart funding of $100 million (N20billion) from government on Built, Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis.
Bello, who made this disclosure weekend in an interview in Abuja, averred that finance was not an impediment to the delivery of all the projects going on simultaneously in the five major states of the country.

According to her, “We don’t have any financial impediment that would slow down the work that is in progress. For instance there is no problem of finance with the finance of the five ongoing international terminals.
“The five international airport remodeling terminals are being financed by the Chinese EXIM bank loan and federal government’s counterpart funding of $100 million, which has been paid at the commencement of the projects. I therefore assured that the contractors will deliver the project by the first quarter of 2016.”
The timely completion of the five new brand terminals, Bello pointed out, became imperative in the present administration’s change mantra, adding that it would help to boost foreign direct investment and increase the nation’s gross domestic product.
Assuring all on completion timeline of nine months, Bello disclosed that the airport remodeling projects were almost half way completed. “The job is about 45 per cent complete, but the most important thing is that the contractors have all the other materials ready as are only awaiting shipment from China. Most of these things are already done as the super structure is already on the ground. And once the materials arrive, it will just be fixing of the materials,” she said.

However, the permanent secretary admitted that the envisaged delay at the 22 domestic airports regarding infrastructure upgrade was due to financial constraints.
She said hands were on deck to guarantee the collective interest of safety, security and efficiency at the domestic airports, adding that very soon installation of sophisticated security equipment apart from the ones already there will be completed.

According to her, agencies under the ministry had been mandated to assert their regulatory functions to inspire public confidence and stimulate growth in the sector.
She emphasised that steps were also being taken to ensure that all airport operations conform to established laws and regulations in line with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) standards.

Meanwhile, Bello expressed confidence that the committee on national carrier will come out with solutions for the establishment of a national flag carrier that Nigerians will be proud of.
President Muhammadu Buhari, she revealed, had given the ministry a marching order to commence work on the national carrier that should culminate in making the Nigeria Africa’s aviation hub.

She stated that the establishment of a national was not only justified by economic considerations, but also national interest, national pride and job creation potentials for the country.
The committee, she noted, had the mandate to consult widely with stakeholders on establishing a national carrier, including interested national partners on the basis of Public Private Partnership (PPP).
James Odaudu
Assistant Director, Press & Public Affairs

‘Catholics Are Bearing Your Shame’: Open Letter To Father Ejike Mbaka (READ)
by Jude Ndukwe - Feb 2, 2016


I write you this letter with all sense of humility and deep respect for you and your calling as a priest of the Holy Mother Church. This letter has become absolutely necessary owing to your recent political activities which are causing the Church huge embarrassment. As a Catholic myself, I, as other Catholics, are now forced to bear the shame of your recent activities and asked questions about the transfer policies of the Church which ordinarily should not have caused any public inquisition if you had not caused it to be so.

Fr, it is unfortunate that as a priest of the Catholic Church, you have allowed your emotions to take you beyond your allowed limits in partisan politics before, during, and after the last elections.


Pray, what is in a transfer of a priest in the Catholic Church? You were transferred from one parish to another, an exercise that is a normal routine in the Church, and instead of you to move quickly and quietly as expected, you caused a whole lot of needless hullaballoo and in an attempt to curry public sympathy, made your transfer look like anything but usual in the Church. The razzmatazz and revelry that graced your movement to your new parish is alien to the Church! You are gradually eroding the very fabric that makes the Catholic Church unique and uncommon among others.

Were you the only priest transferred? Why did other priests not cry to the public about their own transfers? Did you reach an agreement with the Church on the day of your ordination that you should be exempted from transfers? Fr, you need not be reminded that you are a priest of the Catholic Church and not a pastor of any other denomination. It is no longer news that priests of the Catholic Church do not belong to themselves but to the Church wholly, fully and entirely, hence, you took an oath of not only obedience to your Local Ordinary, the Bishop, but your oath also included that of poverty. So, the Bishop exercises his prerogative to transfer any priest serving under him to areas where their services are most needed among other considerations. Just like you were transferred from somewhere else to Christ the King Parish, GRA, Enugu, you have also been transferred to Our Lady Parish, Umuchigbo, Njinike also in Enugu.

It would be ignorant of me to think that you actually thought Christ the King Parish, GRA Enugu would be your parish forever. No priest of the Catholic Church would ever think a particular posting of his would last for too long. For example, in Abuja Archdiocese from where I write you this letter, there are brother-priests of yours who have been transferred from the highbrow area of Maitama to a parish in a remote village like Yangoji in far away Kwali LGA, just as there have been priests transferred from Igu, also a very remote village in Bwari LGA, to Our Lady Mother of Perpetual Help Parish, Gwarinpa, and then to Our lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral, Garki, and so on and so forth. Are you not aware of brother-priests who have been transferred from the comfort of parishes in Nigeria here to remote places even in war-torn and less developed countries like Chad, Sudan, Mali, Sierra-Leone, Burundi etc.


Some of them in areas so remote cars cannot even get there nor is there electricity, yet, they went in obedience and without noise. Fr, how is yours supposed to be different?

You complained about the parish house you are to occupy as being too small and by implication, not comfortable for you. The question is, was it not a brother-priest that just used and left there? Are you saying that other priests can remain to serve God’s people perpetually in a one room self-contained apartment while you enjoy the comfort of a gigantic parish house perpetually?

Fr, John the Baptist served God effectively in the wilderness; all the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ left all the comfort of family and wealth and followed willingly and without complaining, the Son of Man who had no place to lay His head. Fr, from which part of the scripture did you get your reason for complaining?

To describe your transfer as a witch hunt is the most uncharitable comment any priest can make against his bishop especially in public. You are not a Pentecostal pastor or a General Overseer of any church, you are a priest of the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. You own no church and you own no parish. The gifts of the Spirit (miracle, healing, prophecy etc) which God has blessed you with are not the emphasis of the Church. The Catholic Church places more emphasis on the fruit of the Holy Spirit which is what ultimately helps a man to make heaven: “…Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name. But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws’”. There is no ordained priest no matter how gifted that has survived a confrontation with the Church. They go quickly into oblivion soon after while the Church waxes stronger. Fr, be very careful!

You lamented about the assets of the Adoration Ministry and where you were going to keep them since your new parish is too small to contain them. I understand your concern especially as I am also aware of the enormity of the assets being an archdiocesan official of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of Nigeria, Abuja, myself. However, just like you admitted, you have “given” the assets to the Catholic Church in Enugu. So, if you have “given” the assets to the Catholic Church, why not just hand them over to your Bishop who knows how most appropriate to take care of them. Why do you still cry over that which you have “given” out? More so, you know that as a Catholic priest, you own nothing! There is no major asset even including a car that you can own without the consent and blessing of your bishop. This is how the Catholic Church is structured. This is how the Catholic Church works. So, those assets never belonged to you ab initio, they have always belonged to the Church. Just take an inventory of them and hand them over to the appropriate authorities. They know what to do with them.

One of the reasons why our priests are not allowed to own anything of their own is so that when the call of service comes and they are asked to go anywhere at the shortest notice, they would not have to look back at what they would be leaving behind so that they do not drag their feet on obeying the call to service. Lot’s wife looked back and turned to a pillar of salt. Fr, why are you looking back?

As I end this letter, let me remind you that your gifts of the Holy Spirit do not come in isolation. They come with enormous responsibility! Enough of this ridicule you have subjected the Church to. Focus your attention on your apostolic calling and leave politics for politicians. If you are so interested in joining politics and making your mark there, you know the right thing to do. Stop parading about like a colossus that the Church is so badly in need of. No one man or group of men can hold the Catholic Church to ransom. Even if the Lord decides that you answer the eternal call today, Enugu diocese will never fold up!

I pray that God will lead you aright in all your endeavours.

Jude Ndukwe is a political analyst who lives and works in Abuja, Nigeria. He tweets from@stjudendukwe.


source:
http://www.thetrentonline.com/an-open-letter-to-reverend-father-ejike-mbaka-by-jude-ndukwe/

‘Catholics Are Bearing Your Shame’: Open Letter To Father Ejike Mbaka (READ)
by Jude Ndukwe - Feb 2, 2016


I write you this letter with all sense of humility and deep respect for you and your calling as a priest of the Holy Mother Church. This letter has become absolutely necessary owing to your recent political activities which are causing the Church huge embarrassment. As a Catholic myself, I, as other Catholics, are now forced to bear the shame of your recent activities and asked questions about the transfer policies of the Church which ordinarily should not have caused any public inquisition if you had not caused it to be so.

Fr, it is unfortunate that as a priest of the Catholic Church, you have allowed your emotions to take you beyond your allowed limits in partisan politics before, during, and after the last elections.


Pray, what is in a transfer of a priest in the Catholic Church? You were transferred from one parish to another, an exercise that is a normal routine in the Church, and instead of you to move quickly and quietly as expected, you caused a whole lot of needless hullaballoo and in an attempt to curry public sympathy, made your transfer look like anything but usual in the Church. The razzmatazz and revelry that graced your movement to your new parish is alien to the Church! You are gradually eroding the very fabric that makes the Catholic Church unique and uncommon among others.

Were you the only priest transferred? Why did other priests not cry to the public about their own transfers? Did you reach an agreement with the Church on the day of your ordination that you should be exempted from transfers? Fr, you need not be reminded that you are a priest of the Catholic Church and not a pastor of any other denomination. It is no longer news that priests of the Catholic Church do not belong to themselves but to the Church wholly, fully and entirely, hence, you took an oath of not only obedience to your Local Ordinary, the Bishop, but your oath also included that of poverty. So, the Bishop exercises his prerogative to transfer any priest serving under him to areas where their services are most needed among other considerations. Just like you were transferred from somewhere else to Christ the King Parish, GRA, Enugu, you have also been transferred to Our Lady Parish, Umuchigbo, Njinike also in Enugu.

It would be ignorant of me to think that you actually thought Christ the King Parish, GRA Enugu would be your parish forever. No priest of the Catholic Church would ever think a particular posting of his would last for too long. For example, in Abuja Archdiocese from where I write you this letter, there are brother-priests of yours who have been transferred from the highbrow area of Maitama to a parish in a remote village like Yangoji in far away Kwali LGA, just as there have been priests transferred from Igu, also a very remote village in Bwari LGA, to Our Lady Mother of Perpetual Help Parish, Gwarinpa, and then to Our lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral, Garki, and so on and so forth. Are you not aware of brother-priests who have been transferred from the comfort of parishes in Nigeria here to remote places even in war-torn and less developed countries like Chad, Sudan, Mali, Sierra-Leone, Burundi etc.


Some of them in areas so remote cars cannot even get there nor is there electricity, yet, they went in obedience and without noise. Fr, how is yours supposed to be different?

You complained about the parish house you are to occupy as being too small and by implication, not comfortable for you. The question is, was it not a brother-priest that just used and left there? Are you saying that other priests can remain to serve God’s people perpetually in a one room self-contained apartment while you enjoy the comfort of a gigantic parish house perpetually?

Fr, John the Baptist served God effectively in the wilderness; all the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ left all the comfort of family and wealth and followed willingly and without complaining, the Son of Man who had no place to lay His head. Fr, from which part of the scripture did you get your reason for complaining?

To describe your transfer as a witch hunt is the most uncharitable comment any priest can make against his bishop especially in public. You are not a Pentecostal pastor or a General Overseer of any church, you are a priest of the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. You own no church and you own no parish. The gifts of the Spirit (miracle, healing, prophecy etc) which God has blessed you with are not the emphasis of the Church. The Catholic Church places more emphasis on the fruit of the Holy Spirit which is what ultimately helps a man to make heaven: “…Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name. But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws’”. There is no ordained priest no matter how gifted that has survived a confrontation with the Church. They go quickly into oblivion soon after while the Church waxes stronger. Fr, be very careful!

You lamented about the assets of the Adoration Ministry and where you were going to keep them since your new parish is too small to contain them. I understand your concern especially as I am also aware of the enormity of the assets being an archdiocesan official of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of Nigeria, Abuja, myself. However, just like you admitted, you have “given” the assets to the Catholic Church in Enugu. So, if you have “given” the assets to the Catholic Church, why not just hand them over to your Bishop who knows how most appropriate to take care of them. Why do you still cry over that which you have “given” out? More so, you know that as a Catholic priest, you own nothing! There is no major asset even including a car that you can own without the consent and blessing of your bishop. This is how the Catholic Church is structured. This is how the Catholic Church works. So, those assets never belonged to you ab initio, they have always belonged to the Church. Just take an inventory of them and hand them over to the appropriate authorities. They know what to do with them.

One of the reasons why our priests are not allowed to own anything of their own is so that when the call of service comes and they are asked to go anywhere at the shortest notice, they would not have to look back at what they would be leaving behind so that they do not drag their feet on obeying the call to service. Lot’s wife looked back and turned to a pillar of salt. Fr, why are you looking back?

As I end this letter, let me remind you that your gifts of the Holy Spirit do not come in isolation. They come with enormous responsibility! Enough of this ridicule you have subjected the Church to. Focus your attention on your apostolic calling and leave politics for politicians. If you are so interested in joining politics and making your mark there, you know the right thing to do. Stop parading about like a colossus that the Church is so badly in need of. No one man or group of men can hold the Catholic Church to ransom. Even if the Lord decides that you answer the eternal call today, Enugu diocese will never fold up!

I pray that God will lead you aright in all your endeavours.

Jude Ndukwe is a political analyst who lives and works in Abuja, Nigeria. He tweets from@stjudendukwe.


source:
http://www.thetrentonline.com/an-open-letter-to-reverend-father-ejike-mbaka-by-jude-ndukwe/

wirinet:
Chukwudi, you flogging a dead horse. The Code of conduct tribunal is a superior court as it is a creation of the constitution. Even Saraki's lawyers have seen their error, hence they applied for the arrest warrant to be quashed at the appeal court and not at the high court. The constitution does not create inferior courts.

IMO, Saraki's lawyers went to the court of appeal to appeal his arrest warrant - a "decision" of the CCT,this being the right channel. However , their sojourn to the FHC was not to appeal to a CCT "decision" but on issues of jurisprudence/process for which the FHC being a SUPERIOR COURT as affirmed by the 1999 Constitution and its subsequent ammendment, has every right to.

The constitution is supreme and any court NOT EXPRESSLY listed as a superior court IS AN INFERIOR COURT.

The CCT IS AN INFERIOR COURT, hence matters of its jurisprudence/process can be reviewed by a FHC - A SUPERIOR COURT

I'm befuddled.
Women n girls rescued, terrorists surrendering, camps desteoyed, yet NOT ONE news on the EXISTENCE or SIGHTINGS or LOCATION of CHIBOK GIRLS.

Definitely more questions than answers

the media aide was quite vague, she did confirm that Blair met with Buhari but she conspicuously forgot to say when, was a recent visit or a past visit, and the vanguard reporter conveniently forgot to press for clarification.

Did PDP hack your account to post this as well??
let me correct you my dear..."After they found out my father HAS a legit certificate..."

Errors are common on social media, even by the best of brains, So please don't take Nigerians for fools. this is the colossal mistake your father made and for which he will live to regret.

NOTES:

1. Examination results were classed in grades by 1 to 9. 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 indicate a Pass with Credit; 7 & 8 indicate a Pass; 9 indicates a Failure.
2. To pass the School Certificate, candidates had to pass examinations in a variety of groups. It was compulsory to pass English Language, but not Maths, in order to gain the Certificate.
3. The number of candidates who sat for the WASC Hausa examination in 1961 was 152.
4. Our records show that Hausa was set in the Northern Region in 1961.

From the notes stated above i have made the following deductions
1. Buhari wrote the examinations
2. Buhari was not issued a certificate by the examining body because he Failed English thus he has no certificate and has never had a certificate

According to Note no2, any candidate writing the WASC exams in the 60s had to pass English in order to 'GAIN A CERTIFICATE".
I assume that the manner in which the exam was conducted then, is quite different from the way it is conducted today. Today WASC would issue you a certificate irrespective of your grades but it seems that was not the norm back in the 60s. One had to pass the COMPULSORY English Language before a Certificate is issued.
Due to the absence of a certificate he could not handover any document when the results for the year were released and the army did not bother to ask or verify.
the purported master sheet is a forgery, a poor one at that. A master list where the names of the candidates were cut out from another document and super imposed on the one presented.
i weep for my country, is this the best we have to offer - a current president who has performed below par and a ex general whose foundation was built on lies and deceit...hmmmmm

NOTES:

1. Examination results were classed in grades by 1 to 9. 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 indicate a Pass with Credit; 7 & 8 indicate a Pass; 9 indicates a Failure.
2. To pass the School Certificate, candidates had to pass examinations in a variety of groups. It was compulsory to pass English Language, but not Maths, in order to gain the Certificate.
3. The number of candidates who sat for the WASC Hausa examination in 1961 was 152.
4. Our records show that Hausa was set in the Northern Region in 1961.

From the notes stated above i have made the following deductions
1. Buhari wrote the examinations
2. Buhari was not issued a certificate by the examining body because he Failed English thus he has no certificate and has never had a certificate

According to Note no2, any candidate writing the WASC exams in the 60s had to pass English in order to 'GAIN A CERTIFICATE".
I assume that the manner in which the exam was conducted then, is quite different from the way it is conducted today. Today WASC would issue you a certificate irrespective of your grades but it seems that was not the norm back in the 60s. One had to pass the COMPULSORY English Language before a Certificate is issued.

New World Health Organization guide to prevent and control cervical cancer
World Health Organization news release | 3 December 2014
Melbourne—New guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) aims to help countries better prevent and control cervical cancer. The disease is one of the world's deadliest—but most easily preventable—forms of cancer in women, responsible for more than 270 000 deaths annually, 85% of which occur in developing countries.

The new Comprehensive cervical cancer control: a guide to essential practice is being launched at the World Cancer Leaders' Summit in Melbourne, Australia, on 3 December 2014.

The main elements in the new guidance are:
Vaccinate 9- to 13-year-old girls with two doses of HPV vaccine to prevent infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer. The reduced, 2-dose schedule has been shown to be as effective as the current 3-dose schedule. The change will make it easier to administer the vaccine. In addition, it reduces the cost, which is particularly important for low- and middle-income countries, where national health budgets are constrained but where the need for HPV vaccine is the greatest. Today, girls in more than 55 countries are protected by routine administration of HPV vaccine. Encouragingly, a growing number of low- and middle-income countries are introducing HPV vaccine in the routine schedule, many with support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Use HPV tests to screen women for cervical cancer prevention. With HPV testing, the frequency of screening will decrease. Once a woman has been screened negative, she should not be rescreened for at least five years, but should be rescreened within 10. This represents a major cost saving for health systems, in comparison with other types of tests.
Communicate more widely. Instead of focusing mostly on encouraging the screening of women aged over 29, the guide recommends communicating with a wider audience—adolescents, parents, educators, leaders and people working at all levels of the health system—to reach women throughout their lives.
Dr Nathalie Broutet, a leading WHO expert on cervical cancer prevention and control, says, "WHO's updated cervical cancer guidance can be the difference between life and death for girls and women worldwide. There are no magic bullets, but the combination of more effective and affordable tools to prevent and treat cervical cancer will help release the strain on stretched health budgets, especially in low-income countries, and contribute drastically to the elimination of cervical cancer."

An estimated one million-plus women worldwide are currently living with cervical cancer. Many have no access to health services for prevention, curative treatment or palliative care.

Addressing inequities

Cervical cancer rates have fallen in much of the developed world during the past 30 years, largely because of screening and treatment programs. During the same time, however, rates in most developing countries have risen or remain unchanged, often due to limited access to health services, lack of awareness, and absence of screening and treatment programmes. Rural and poorer women living in developed countries are at increased risk of invasive cervical cancer.

The new guidance highlights the importance of addressing gender discrimination and other inequities in relation to a range of other social factors (such as wealth, class, education, religion and ethnicity) in the design of health policies and programmes.

"Unless we address gender inequality and ensure women's right to health, the number of women dying from cervical cancer will continue to rise," says Dr Marleen Temmerman, Director of WHO's Department of Reproductive Health and Research.

Editor's note: About the guide

The new WHO guidance provides a comprehensive cervical cancer control and prevention approach for governments and healthcare providers. Also known as the "Pink Book," it underlines recent developments in technology and strategy for improving women's access to health services to prevent and control cervical cancer.

The guidance identifies key opportunities and ages throughout a woman's life when cervical cancer control and prevention can be put into action, especially for:
• Primary prevention: human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination targets girls aged 9 to 13 years, aiming to reach them before they become sexually active.
• Secondary prevention: access to technology for women over 30 years of age, such as VIA (visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid) or HPV testing for screening, followed by treatment of detected precancerous lesions, which may develop into cervical cancer.
• Tertiary prevention: access to cancer treatment and management for women of any age, including surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
• When curative treatment is no longer an option, access to palliative care is crucial.
A variety of health services and programmes are needed to implement the different elements of these recommendations. The guidance emphasizes the importance of collaboration between sectors, between health programmes, and between professionals working at all levels of the health service, for the success of cervical cancer prevention.

The guidelines also show how cervical cancer prevention and control can be integrated into existing health care delivery systems, including those for family planning, postpartum care and HIV/AIDS. The delivery of vaccinations to adolescents, for example, opens the door to reaching them with additional health information, sexual education and advice about healthy life styles.

A global opportunity to improve women's health: Implementing cervical cancer prevention and control programmes supports the UN Secretary-General's 2010 Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health. Cervical cancer was identified in the 2011 Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases.

The 2013 World Health Assembly identified cervical cancer as among the priority interventions in the action plan for the prevention and control of NCDs 2013–2020, which was agreed upon by Member States, committing them to including cervical cancer and other NCD interventions in national health plans.

WHO media contacts:
Paul Garwood

Marie Stopes International Organization Nigeria (MSION) has been in the forefront of preventing Cervical cancer in Nigerian women through our various service channels
1. MSION Clinic
2. MSION Outreaches
3. MSION Social Franchises
We encourage girls, young ladies and women to visit any of our service centers or franchisees and receive Cervical Cancer Screening and Preventive Therapy.

MarieStopes Clinic
Block 233, FHA Estate
Phase 1 Karu Site,
Opposite Customs Clinic
08170416263

52 reasons not to date an aid worker
There are many reasons why you shouldn’t date an aid worker. Here are the best, courtesy of onSanity
1. They think everyone’s been to Africa enough times to discuss which are the best and worst airports.
2. They don’t consider you’ve been to a place unless you had to rent an apartment and pay utilities.
3. They think the 11pm news is talking about them.
4. They think they understand third-world problems better than the experts or the people actually living in those third-world countries.
5. They think five years is a long-term commitment.
6. They think malaria and dengue are perfectly acceptable diseases for children to be exposed to.
7. They’ve heard gun shots, and are not afraid to tell you or your parents the story.
8. They’ll try to cook you black and white pasta, with zebra meat instead of squid, and complain if they can’t find it in the market.
9. They’ve eaten snake or crocodile, or both.
10. They will celebrate strange holidays like chung beng and expect you to know what they are talking about.
11. They’ll constantly be comparing your home town with their last destination.
12. It doesn’t matter how hot it gets, they’ve had worse and are not afraid to tell you the story.
13. They think having parasites is normal and a perfectly acceptable topic of conversation at dinner.
14. They blog.
15. If you complain about your internet breaking down they’ll remind you that children in Africa have to walk for miles just to get water.
16. If you ever have relationship issues they will do a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats).
17. They choose furniture by weight and how easy it is to dismantle.
18. They think being apart for weeks on a regular basis is normal.
19. They are strange, or at least like to think they are.
20. There are as many of them as the poor people that they are trying to help.
21. All conversations lead to a time when they were in ….
22. They drink and eat all kinds of weird shit just because.
23. They are always suspicious of how real or committed other aid workers are.
24. They come out last in the movies because they are trying to recover from the emotional shock.
25. They can’t change a light bulb without appointing a committee and a sub-committee.
26. Tableware is always ethnic and not always easily recognisable.
27. They will question the Fairtrade claims of your coffee.
28. You will have to hear the origin and story of every piece of original art work in their home.
29. They can’t give birth to more than one child in the same continent.
30. Will randomly thank you in Kiswahili or Khmer, and then attempt to apologise, in Kiswahili or Khmer.
31. They read books by other aid workers.
32. They do not know how to add and subtract, but can draft a 40-page document between the main and the dessert, which will make no sense to anyone other than another aid worker.
33. They have silver card memberships and points to airlines you or the airport authority have never heard of, and expect you to use these for your joint holidays.
34. They idolise people who nobody knows and speak of them as if they were colleagues.
35. They take pictures almost daily and expect you to be interested in them.
36. They ask your opinion about everything but they do whatever they want.
37. Everything can be justified, even if it contradicts a previous justification or logic.
38. They never heard of Excel, and are pretty convinced it does not actually exist.
39. When arguing, you will be nicknamed after some dictator you never heard of before, and won’t be able to complain without having to put up with a condescending “What do you mean you don’t know who he is?”
40. They will avoid fancy shoes because their feet are accustomed to feeling free and dealing with the rough terrain.
41. They are writing a memoir and you are likely to be included, how is yet to be determined.
42. They keep an emergency bag in case they have to leave the country with 15 minutes’ notice.
43. They listen to music you have never heard of.
44. They can’t cook a normal dish, they always have to experiment with new ingredients they brought from their last trip.
45. They do yoga and meditate, but the real kind.
46. They will attempt to read rare books of traditional indigenous tales to your children or your nephews, in the original language.
47. They’ve experienced spiritual rebirth in Asia.
48. You will never understand their gifts.
49. They see ordinary objects and laugh.
50. You can’t watch a movie with them because they will inevitably compare the movie with the real thing.
51. They are always sleepy because they work 24/7 and are regularly jet lagged.
52. When together, instead of competing over who has the best car they’ll compete over who’s been to the worst place.
Angélica Arbulu has been a humanitarian for over 12 years. She blogs about juggling humanitarian work with family life (www.onmotherhoodandsanity..com) and is currently writing a book about gender identity.
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/jan/26/52-reasons-not-to-date-an-aid-worker

You have ulterior motives – Dasuki slams Amnesty Int.
By Bankole Jamgbadi on August 9, 2014@todayngr

Sambo-Dasuki TODAY

Following the video made public by Amnesty International (AI) showing those believed to be Nigerian soldiers and members of local vigilante engaging in extrajudicial killing of Boko Haram suspects, the office of the national security adviser has written to Amnesty International, accusing the human rights campaigners of having ulterior motives.

The military authorities had responded by saying they would conduct an investigation into the allegations.

According to reports from The Cable, the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, has taken exception to certain aspects of the report in a letter sent to the secretary of the organisation, Salil Shetty on behalf of the NSA.

According to him, he was writing to “express Nigerian Government’s profound disappointment in how Amnesty International have handled the alleged video footage that was made public on August 5, 2014. In short, the actions have placed Amnesty International’s desire for publicity and fundraising ahead of the justice and accountability that Amnesty claims to seek for victims.”

He also noted that the report made public by the human rights campaigners was prematurely as this could jeopardise an ongoing investigation even as the AI has already wrote to President Goodluck Jonathan and the group was told that the issue was being investigated.



THE FULL TEXT OF THE LETTER

RE: ALLEGED EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS AND MASS ARBITRARY ARRESTS BY THE NIGERIAN MILITARY AND MEMBERS OF THE “CIVILIAN JOINT TASK FORCE”

1. I am directed to write and express Nigerian Government’s profound disappointment in how Amnesty International have handled the alleged video footage that was made public on August 5, 2014. In short, the actions have placed Amnesty International’s desire for publicity and fundraising ahead of the justice and accountability that Amnesty claims to seek for victims.

2. There is no doubt that the alleged actions shown in the video were horrific and, if the claims that these atrocities were conducted by Nigerian Soldiers are proven accurate, every soldier involved in these actions deserves to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

3. Prior to your press release, however, we had thought that our Government and Amnesty International were united in a desire to investigate the video and other allegations and hold alleged perpetrators to account. In a letter you sent to President Jonathan on July 23, 2014, you asked for an “immediate, impartial, independent, and thorough investigation” into these reports of extrajudicial killings. On July 30, 2014, we responded with a letter stating that in response to your allegations, the “Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff has accordingly directed for an immediate and thorough investigation into all the issues and allegations contained therein.” It went on to say that “as soon as the investigation is concluded you will be availed with the report, findings, recommendations, and actions taken on the issue.”

4. To our shock and dismay, despite this clear and unequivocal response, Amnesty International rejected this action and only days later launched a public assault against the Government of Nigeria. We had thought from our correspondence, mistakenly, that Amnesty International actually wanted to stand in solidarity with the victims and obtain justice and accountability for alleged perpetrators. Instead, by your hasty press release, you have compromised our investigation and made our job more difficult. It is clear the only reason for making such a choice can be a conscious decision to prioritize your own publicity and fundraising ahead of demonstrable results.

5. In your online Question and Answer Section, on the topic “Nigeria’s Military Implicated in War Crimes”, you asked: “Did Amnesty International raise these concerns with the Nigerian Authorities?” and you answered: “Yes. On 23 July 2014, the organization’s Secretary General Salil Shetty sent a letter to Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, detailing the evidence we had gathered, asking for specific information. In the letter, he urged the Nigerian authorities to publicly condemn the serious human rights and international humanitarian law violations carried out by the military and to launch an investigation into the allegations we have documented. To date, no response has been received from the President (emphasis added). A similar communiqué and evidence was also sent to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, the National Security Advisor, The Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Defence headquarters and the Special Advisor on Public Affairs to the President and the Nigerian High Commission in London”.

6. In this online response on your web site, you intentionally omitted the highly material information that you actually received a formal reply from the National Security Adviser’s office on 30 July 2014, which directly addressed your concerns and made clear that Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff has launched an investigation and you would be informed of about the report, findings, recommendations, and actions taken. Your answer to the question in your public-relations materials leave no other interpretation but that in response to the concerns raised by Amnesty International, the Government of Nigeria had nothing to say.

7. Even more offensive, you claim on a technicality that “the President” didn’t respond to your letter. As you obviously know, the President of Nigeria is the elected head of the Executive Branch of our Government. The National Security Adviser works for the President as do all of the other people to whom you sent your letters. The allegations that you put forward deserve an investigation and that is precisely what the Government committed to do as indicated in our prior letter. But to claim that there has been no response from the Government unless every official to whom ‘you wrote sends back a written reply is both unreasonable and not the way any Government conducts business. The Office of the National Security Adviser provided a formal response on behalf of the Nigerian Government and together with the Military is developing a way forward.

8. We request that you immediately correct your web site and include both the original letter and this follow up letter in full on your web site, under that question. In addition, your intentional omission of exculpatory and material information from your written materials raises serious questions about both the caliber of your investigation in Nigeria and a breach. While the Government will conduct its own investigation, regardless, it is regrettable that we cannot rely on the report as being either fair or objective when such a simple fact about the Government’s response can be misrepresented by Amnesty International.

9. Firstly, by making the video public and identifying the alleged perpetrators as being with a specific battalion, you have broadcast to those pictured on the video that they are being investigated, giving them time to evade arrest as the Government determines their identities. Secondly, you have made it much more difficult for the Government to identify and interview witnesses, who may now be very worried about the public profile of the case. And thirdly, you also have failed to facilitate our investigation by connecting us directly with witnesses who can shed light on the video.

10. Suffice it would be recalled that, this isn’t the first time Amnesty International prioritized publicity and fundraising over results. At a prior incident, Nigeria’s National Security Adviser met one of your staff who presented him with a lengthy report with numerous allegations being made against the Government. The National Security Adviser personally committed to investigating the allegations and asked for a few weeks to get back to Amnesty International with a response. But he was told that this wouldn’t be possible. That report was instead published the next day.

11. Our Security and Law Enforcement Agencies are committed to abiding by the Geneva Conventions and all standard operating procedures designed to maximize the protection of civilians when fighting an armed and hidden insurgency, which blends in with the local population. That said, however, there have indeed been abuses committed where our security and law enforcement operatives failed to abide by those important standards. We are however determined to do better and happily with each passing day we are doing better.

12. But if Amnesty International really wants to advance justice and accountability for all perpetrators of crimes in Nigeria, then when making accusations against the Government, give us a fair opportunity to investigate allegations of abuse and don’t act in ways that make it easier for perpetrators to evade responsibility for their actions.

Please accept the kind assurances of the National Security Adviser as always.

Major General SY Bello (rtd)


Source: http://www.today.ng/news/you-have-ulterior-motives-dasuki-slams-amnesty-int/

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Ogoni militant: 1. You bring a gal from a club, before you start to do something she will tell you let's pray.
2. After paying ashawo her money, she still ask for transport money. So annoying

>

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FEMI FALANA, ODINKALU, DEBUNK SAHARAREPORTERS BRIBERY STORY IN AL-MUSTAPHA JUDGMENT

Nigerians woke up this morning to an accusation on the notorious gossip site, saharareporters.com, to the effect that the Jonathan administration had procured the judgment that set former Chief Security Officer to Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapaha, free via a $2 million bribe to the presiding judge, Justice Amina Augie. Not done with this allegation, saharareports alleged that the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Professor Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, wrote the judgment. All this was done by President Jonathan in order to pave the way for his 2015 reelection which according to the site was going to be impossible if Al-Mustapha remained in jail per a prophesy from renowned seer, T.B. Joshua.

Saharareporters did not provide any evidence to back up its claims beyond stating that it got the information from an unnamed ‘source’!

However, NaijaPundit’s investigations have established that the saharareporters story is untrue and malicious. We have seen documents from both Chidi Anselm Odinkalu and Femi Falana which indicate that the story is a pack of lies.

Femi Falana revealed that rather than bribery as alleged by saharareporters.com, the Al-Mustapaha case was lost "due to shoddy investigation and procedural irresponsibility". It is instructive that the prosecution of the case was handled by the Lagos State ministry of Justice which is controlled by the Action Congress of Nigeria and not the Federal Ministry of Justice which is controlled by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.

NaijaPundit exclusively brings you two emails from both Professor Odinkalu and renowned Human Rights Activist and foremost lawyer, Femi Falana (a known critic of the Jonathan administration) which put the lie to the saharareporters story;

The email below is from Femi Falana;

> From: falana*****yahoo.com
> Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:33:07 +0000
>
> Dear Carol,
>
> In a commendable manner, efforts were made by some of our colleagues to comment on the judgment of the Court of Appeal through this medium. I think that was last week.
>
> That should have continued instead of descending to the scandalous level of impugning the integrity of judges and lawyers over a case that was painfully lost due to shoddy investigation and procedural irresponsibility. For instance, why was Sergeant Rogers Jabila not turned into a hostile witness by the prosecution when he began to retract his copious confessional statements?
>
> Although there are disagreeable aspects of the judgment which have been highlighted in this medium it is difficult to dismiss the reasoning and conclusion of the Court of Appeal on the acquittal of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and Alhaji Lateef Shofolahan.
>
> In another clime the legal profession would have wished to find out why the cases of those who were charged with the brutal assassination of Pa Alfred Rewane, Chief Bola Ige, Mrs Kudirat Abiola et al were all discharged and acquitted. Most of the on-going cases of murder involving rich suspects are bound to end the same way. It is a neo-colonial State that is on the verge of total collapse. The ruling class is just pretending to run a modern State.
> It is a banana republic.
>
> There are no measures in place to equip the investigation departments of the police or improve the skills of prosecutors. Witnesses are not protected by the system. Hence it is easy for defendants who are rich to bribe or scare potential witnesses from testifying for the prosecution.
>
> In the 2013 federal budget the sum of N300 bn was earmarked for the police. Out of that sum N293 bn goes for recurrent expenditure while the remaining N7 bn will service 10,515 police stations and posts, police colleges,laboratories etc as well as corruption. Where is the fund for investigation? It is collected from complainants or suspects or from both. At the end of the day reports of investigation are tailored in favour of the highest bidders. Such dubious reports are then forwarded to the office of the DPP for legal advice and possible prosecution!
>
> FF
>
>
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN



The email below is from Professor Chidi Anselm Odinkalu;

> From: ch******@hotmail.com

> Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:15:24 +0000
> Subject: Re: [OurCountryNigeria] The Scheme That Freed Al-Mustapha - SR
>
> IBK,
>
> Let me try and understand you. It is ok to accuse judges of taking bribes but not ok to read their judgments in order to be informed about what we're talking about;
>
> it is ok to believe allegations circulated by a web-based publication but a judgment is "inauthentic";
>
> it is ok for the ICTR to share its judgments by e-mail but only those that wish to "destroy Nigeria" can do that here. What else?
>
> IBK, my bother, no vex, joo: how many CTCs of judgments did you process in the ICTR? How many have you processed in England? Why is what is good for the climes in which you practice bad for us? White people can do it but if blacks do it it must be because we're corrupt? If a white person said that to me, I'd have dumped on them. But...
>
> Well, I circulated the judgment of the Kenyan Supreme Court on the elections the day it was given. No one said I shared money with any of the judges or parties nor asked about CTC - and by the way I have Long standing personal relationships with all the parties in the Kenyan case and all but one of the judges in the case. I shared the judgments of the South African Courts on Silk from High Court to the Supreme Court of Appeals, no on asked bothered to allege they were inauthentic. I could go on: What does consistency matter to us?
>
> Chidi.
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN
>
> -----Original Message


http://www.naijapundit.com/news/femi-falana-odinkalu-debunk-saharareporters-bribery-story-in-al-mustapha-judgment

Sincere 9gerian: I read on the other thread that Gbenga was trying to link the release of Al Mustapha to the 2015 elections. I dont understand why everything done in Nigeria should now be related to 2015 elections, just because GEJ appears to be interested in seeking re-election.

There's crisis in Rivers State House of Assembly, its because of 2015. But before the crisis in Rivers State House of Assembly, there has been similar crisis in Adamawa andKogi. Were those also becauseof 2015?

There is crisis in the Nigeria Governors Forum, its because of 2015.

The president flagged off construction of Lagos-Ibadan road, its because of 2015

Preliminary works on the Second Niger Bridge begins, its because of 2015

Jonathan flags off construction of Enugu Airport international terminal, its 2015.

Al Mustapha was discharged and acquitted by the judiciary,its because of 2015. But this same judiciary convicted him earlier.

The govt sets up Boko Haram amnesty committee, its because of 2015

The govt declares State of Emergency in 3 states, its because of 2015

In fact, these days if the president raises his hands, its because of 2015. If he puts down his hands, its because of 2015.

Its getting boring. Maybe everything should now standstill as we approach an election that is still about 2yrs away. Even if the president and his govt standstill, vultures will still find away of linking it to 2015.

I think these vultures should be told that LIFE is much more than elections. Nigerians are not interested in holding elections everyday. What they want is good roads, stable power, good health care, portable water supply, efficient rail transport system, an efficient aviation sector, jobs and more jobs,etc

I love Gbenga Arulegba and his programme, Focus Nigeriabut I think in recent months he's been taking sides with his ACN brothers in the southwest. Even on the ongoing Rivers crisis, Gbenga has not hidden the fact that he is taking sides with Amaechi.

The case of Gbenga is just like Punch newspaper, which used to be a very powerful medium but fell when post-2011, it became ACN mouth-piece.

Imoni Amarere is also a very brilliant journalist who I respect alot. Post 2011 elections, he became un-repentantly anti-Jonathan. I noticed recently that he has since soft-peddled on his anti-Jonathan stance. He's been presenting 90minutes, aprogramme where public office holders account for their stewardship. So far, some federal ministers have appeared on the programme.

Notwithstanding, the bias of Gbenga and Imoni, I still loved to watch their programmes. I will surely miss them, if truely they were sacked. They are fantastic journalists.

Reminds me of the coverage of the HOR debate on the Rivers state assembly fight . Focus Nigeria deliberately cut out the Dissenting remarks made by two HOR members from rivers state and only aired those clamoring for the removal of the com of police. This was quite shameful as AIT continued in this line of reporting throughout the saga.

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I THINK WE ARE MISSING THE BIGGER PICTURE HERE. THERE IS A NEED TO SEE THE WHOLE DOCUMENT AND ALSO THOSE ASPECTS THAT WERE "KEPT SECERT"

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dBard: am sorry but I ve t disagree,tho wit a lil bias . ve come across both d u.k Drs n dse from oda developed countries n frankly dey aren't all that. imagine how long it takes t make a diagnosis there compared t here n also d quality of thier training. Yes, in terms of tech advancement n facilities dey beta but let me summarise by saying wat we do,we do dem far better..Truth

very true, they might be better in facilities but when it comes to genuine critical reasoning that leads to accurate diagnosis we are far better. mayb because we overcompensate for our technological deficiencies

what drug regimen are you currently on

Dangote's gimmicks. And to imagine that the like of him were put on the president's economic team. We Nigerian's are quick to forget the role he played in the fore saga 2yrs back. His role in any public committee is self enrichment.