₦airaland Forum

nonsense, useless petition!! who petition epp? like the petition get any meaning or has any effect? Op dey here dey waste ur energy on politicians that doesn't care about you!! iranu!!!

this is so fake!! project fame organizers should do better!!

Smh

Azuka Onwuka, azonwuka@yahoo.com  0809-8727-263 (sms only)

President Muhammadu Buhari’s trump card is the fight against corruption. He has realised that most Nigerians hate the blow corruption has dealt on Nigeria for decades. Much of the money that would have been used to provide infrastructure and build the nation has been stolen and stashed away in foreign bank accounts and also invested in property and businesses overseas.

Therefore, anytime Nigerians hear that a corrupt public officer has been arrested, they go wild with joy, asking for stiff penalty for the person. Some even ask for the death penalty. But who can blame Nigerians? Corruption has caused the death of many children who could have survived if there were good medical facilities in our hospitals. Many Nigerians had died in road crashes caused by potholes that would not have existed if the money set aside for road construction was not embezzled. Many Nigerians had died of dehydration in the desert trying to cross over to Europe for greener pastures because the money that should have been pumped into the economy had been embezzled, leaving the nation impoverished.

Having realised how impassioned Nigerians are on the issue of corruption, Buhari has taken advantage of it fully. There is no speech he makes in Nigeria or overseas that he does not harp on corruption and how it has crippled the nation. The same thing occurs when Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, presidential aides and APC leaders speak.



Anytime there is a negative news story against the government, the Presidency releases a story on corruption or announces some huge amount of money recovered, and the attention of the public is immediately taken away from the negative story.

But there are issues that point to the fact that corruption is laughing at the efforts being made to eradicate it. The first instance is the shocking pictures of malnourished and dying Internally Displaced  Persons in camps in Borno State released to the media last month by Doctors Without Borders. The pictures looked as if they came from some distant country ravaged by war and blockaded from food and water or like pictures of Biafran children during the Nigerian Civil War.

Doctors Without Borders said that 200 people died in a month in the camp from starvation and dehydration. The body described the situation as a “catastrophic humanitarian emergency” and said that refugees at the camp spoke of “children dying of hunger and digging new graves every day”.

It was shocking that such pictures came from an IDP camp that the Federal Government and the state governments said they had spent billions of naira to take care of in addition to the various products donated by individuals and organisations. It is obvious that while the President tells the world that he is fighting corruption, corruption is waltzing around under his nose, stealing the funds and the food meant for the IDPs.

Similar pictures emerged recently about our prisons, where inmates, especially those on the awaiting-trial-list who are not allowed to step out of the prison, were seen looking like skeletons because of starvation and malnutrition. Ironically, the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, said in May that the Federal Government had an annual budget of N10bn for the feeding of its 63,142 prisoners (the population as of March 31, 2016). Nigerians asked in shock: “What happened to that money?” The answer is simple: Corruption.

Also, some weeks ago, it was reported by some news channels that the Central Bank of Nigeria embarked on a secret recruitment involving only children of the top political class. It sounded like a joke that could not be possible in the administration of Buhari, who has repeatedly said that he would fight corruption to a standstill. But that story turned out to be true. The Presidency said nothing about that corrupt practice.

While that was dying down, another story surfaced that the Federal Inland Revenue Service had done a secret recruitment that had the children of the high and the mighty as beneficiaries. Again, the Presidency said nothing, and did nothing. No person was punished. The recruitment was not cancelled.

As if that was not enough, last week, it was reported that the Nigerian Prisons Service had undertaken its own secret recruitment. It still followed the same pattern. As usual, the Presidency said nothing and did nothing.

Excluding these three Federal Government bodies, other government bodies may have carried out a similar secret recruitment or are planning to do the same. And there is a trend in all of the recruitment exercises. To fulfil the requirement of the constitution that recruitment must reflect the federal character, those recruited were randomly assigned states across the federation.

What can be deduced from this secret recruitment of the children of the influential and well-connected is that the silence of Buhari shows that he is aware of it and endorses it. How then can the fight against corruption be successful with such occurring repeatedly?

To know whether the fight against corruption has any effect, you need to visit any government agency or attempt to do any transaction with any of them, whether on the federal, state or local government level. It is a complete case of business as usual. Bribes are still demanded brazenly. There is no secrecy about it. Nothing still gets done if bribes are not offered.

Buhari may spend four years in office, or a maximum of eight years, if he gets re-elected in 2019. It will be tragic if after all this effort and raised hope, we discover at the end of his tenure that nothing has changed on the issue of corruption. Corruption is not like armed robbery whose perpetrators can be easily seen. Corruption is also tempting unlike armed robbery, which is too risky. It does not have the type of bad image associated with armed robbery. It pays huge dividends, given the honour society accords to those who are well-to-do. Therefore, fighting corruption is not as easy as fighting a crime like armed robbery. It requires a systematic and systemic approach, with the creation of strong institutions, investment in technology, reduction of the direct contact of officials with funds, reorientation, and living by example by the leaders.

But most importantly, something feeds the corruption that takes place in Nigeria. It is the availability of free money that is seen as belonging to nobody. There is a kind of competition among those who are involved in public service to grab as much as they can. This attitude of public money not being anybody’s money has its root in the type of federal structure we practise, which makes all resources deposited in the federation account and shared among the three tiers of government every month. If it is not changed for a structure that empowers the states to work for their money and choose how to spend it, corruption will continue and even get worse, in spite of all the efforts of Buhari and anybody who will come after him.

In its manifesto, the ruling All Progressives Congress has this as one of the things it would do if elected: “Initiate action to amend our constitution with a view to devolving powers, duties and responsibilities to states and local governments in order to entrench true federalism and the Federal spirit.” Since the APC won last year, its top guns, including the party chairman, the President, and the Vice President, have been singing a different song on the issue of restructuring and true federalism.

 On bended knees, we appeal to this administration to embrace restructuring and true federalism to save Nigeria from corruption, retrogression and ethnic and religious strife.
http://punchng.com/corruption-laughing-buhari/

hahahaha alert don show for Sahara reporters hahahaha where is the video nah? please give us tangible proof ooh oya zombies Una food don ready oooh

Obago1000:
Even the zombies can't run from the hunger.

Hunger no know wailer / zombie

The most painful thing in life is having to defend what is killing you.

We dey look

this is deep!! God punish all zombies!!

raumdeuter:
People dont spill over in Secondary school. Every student who enters SS3 or Form 5 is entitled to take WAEC or WASC and they all get their certificate

Below is what Buhari classmates said

Coomassie said:
“While we were in school, Buhari was the head boy. He loves playing football. We were all close friends in school. After we finished secondary school, General Buhari decided to join the military, I joined the police and Justice Abdullahi decided to go to the university.”

“I, the late Shehu Yar’Adua, the late Halilu, a Grand Khadi in Katsina, Senator Abdul Ali, a Senator in the 2nd Republic and several other attended the same school”

On his part, Justice Abdullahi described Buhari as a brilliant student when they were in school, saying he was Buhari’s classmate from primary to secondary school, saying:

“I, Buhari and some others had the best results during our final examinations in secondary school back then. He was a very brilliant student in school, no doubt; we attended the same school from primary to secondary school.”

Oga so if them ask for your certificate, you go bring old pictures of you and your "classmates" and quotes from people?? Kai ZOMBIES sef hahahaha hahahahahaha Una no go kee since when does pictures and quote from people become a substitute for certificate?? hahahahahaha

similar??

propaganda government!!

Musiwa419:
The ethnicity of these criminals is not in question. We know as a matter of fact that they are Ijaw Militants. Hitherto, there criminal activities which only involves Oil Bunkering and Pipeline Vandalism was restricted to the creeks and waterways of Arepo(Ogun) and Itowolo(Lagos). Now, they have opened new fronts in Ogijo, Isawo, Elepete, Majidun, Festac(Yes ! The same Festac in Lagos), Igbo-Olomu, Ibese, etc, etc, all in Lagos and Ogun state respectively, killing; raping; Pillaging; and looting in their wake. There are concerns that the Ijaw militants might open another front at Ese-Odo in Ondo state


These recent attacks have been going on for weeks now but local media has been underepeorting it. The Ijaw militant attacks on Yoruba riverine communities in Lagos and Ogun are real, alarming and frightening. It is very much more serious than what the media is reporting. The casualty figure is very high.

Rumour mill has it that these Ijaw militants have the tacit support of some elites from the Niger Delta. This place is not appropriate to mention names, but we know some of them.


Omo Yoruba, Ija nbo. Ewu nbe loko


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lol u dey call ur fellow propagandists lol

modath:
Ever since that big headed Mofo declared SW as being "too peaceful" in the midst of chaos, there has been orchestration to draw SW into armed conflict...

Akpabio if you want to destabilize the government, to cover up you & your cronies briggandage & mindless looting, restrict your activities to the ND.

We prefer the Brexit way, Violence isn't our thing...

Cc

Ramdeuter, TheVoice, Karm16, Pentiumpro, iamdiabolic, omoajowa7, seunmsg, Gbawe, Musiwa419, hundredhunndred..... etc.

lol u dey summon your fellow zombies abi

you just go pick pictures of random of people call them celebrities!! Op Oya go to work before I change my mind!!

see as Una dey here dey fight dey curse each other while their daughters and sons dey abroad dey flex!! shame on Una!! THE YOUTHS OF NIGERIA NEEDS TO STOP FIGHTING THEMSELVES FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T CARE ABOUT THEM BUT RATHER LET'S FIGHT FOR OURSELVES!! ALL NIGERIAN YOUTHS PARTY LOADING SERIOUSLY!!

what are the specs naw?

kenonze:
Hmmmm.

Anything Ijaw youth is synonymous with violence.

There are always different fashions.

Both PDP and APC fashions are all killers.

as in fashion parade?

kudos to Buhari, creating unemployment since 19AD

Sahara reporters are high on shekpe and weed

this man's hypocrisy and sycophancy sinks to high heavens !!

this guy is an idiot SEE REASON - he Presidency on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari did not violate any rule in the treatment of his ear infection because he was treated by Nigerian medical experts in the country. ZOMBIES Oya over to Una

funny enough this is written by a Yoruba man http://www.herald.ng/author/owolabi/

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with 180 million people, and its largest economy with a US$1.1 trillion GDP, is imploding: Insurrections by Boko Haram and others; sectarian butchery where the country’s Muslim north meets its Christian south; corruption so rampant it ranks as the country’s second-largest industry; and plummeting oil production are making the country ungovernable.

This resource-rich former British colony — until recently Africa’s largest oil exporter — is now racking up deficits, and negotiating multi-billion dollar bailouts through agencies such as the World Bank.

But bailouts from rich countries won’t cure Nigeria’s dysfunctions. This immense country is artificial, a forced union of three major and hundreds of minor ethnic groups speaking different languages, observing different legal codes and loyal to different tribal groups. Nigeria’s cure will start when the ahistorical boundary cavalierly drawn on a map by Britain’s colonial masters dissolves. The more coherent constituent nations to emerge — composed largely of the Igbo in the southeast, the Yoruba in the southwest and the Hausa and Fulani in the north — would be less burdened by the many rivalries that now hobble the central government, and better positioned to govern themselves.

A first attempt at that necessary dissolution occurred in 1967, seven years after Britain gave Nigeria its independence, when the Igbo and related tribes of its oil-producing southeast broke away to form the Republic of Biafra. This nascent black African Christian republic, with a population of 14 million in an area larger than Ireland, was soon officially recognized by other black nations in Africa as well as Haiti in North America, and was unofficially supported by France, Spain, Norway, Israel and other Western nations, along with the Vatican and various Catholic organizations such as U.S. Catholic Relief Services. Biafrans, who had a culture of village democracy, tended to be skilled, entrepreneurial, relatively prosperous and relatively literate. The Republic of Biafra had the international legitimacy, the human capital and the resource wealth to be viable.
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But the support that came from its sympathizers was almost entirely moral, forcing Biafra and its initial 3,000-man army to manufacture most of its own arms in a civil war against the Nigerian army, which was armed by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Some two to three million perished in the two-and-a-half years that Biafrans held out against their better armed, more numerous enemy, before surrendering and reintegrating into Nigeria.

Nigeria since the Biafran War saw waves of military coups and repression. It stayed intact only because its oil revenues enabled the central government to finance its military and to buy off rebel insurgents. With oil revenues down, the central government reduced the payouts to tens of thousands of militants by 70 per cent, leading to widespread upset. In recent weeks, a new pro-Biafran militant group demanding sovereignty, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), has attacked the country’s oil infrastructure, almost halving Nigeria’s oil production to 1.4 million barrels a day. “Our goal is to cripple Nigeria’s economy,” NDA vowed, and it is making good on its vow. Among its successes: blowing up two Chevron export terminals and an underwater pipeline that forced Royal Dutch Shell to shut a terminal handling 250,000 barrels of oil a day.

The Nigerian military not only needs to contain popular unrest in the Biafra region — the local press reports 53 killed in a “Biafra bloodbath” on Monday during a march commemorating the anniversary of Biafran independence — it also needs to contend with Boko Haram, which aims to establish a caliphate in the Muslim north-east. But Nigerian forces are dispirited and ineffectual, short of ammunition, poorly trained and poorly paid.

Even if World Bank financing comes through, the loans won’t do much for an economy in shambles. The national currency has depreciated 70 per cent in the last year, leading to high inflation; government workers in 26 of the country’s 36 states haven’t received their monthly salary for months; and severe gasoline shortages led the government to end price controls, causing a 67 per cent hike in prices at the pump.

Nigeria doesn’t need cash; it needs good governance, which is likelier to occur if the Igbo rule themselves in the southeast, the Yoruba in the southwest and the Hausa and Fulani in the north. The West blew it a half-century ago when the Igbos attempted to achieve self-determination by establishing the Republic of Biafra. We may soon see a reprise of that civil war. How the West responds will determine whether the nation states within Nigeria achieve self-determination, or whether Nigeria, like Libya and Somalia, becomes another failed state.


Read more at http://www.herald.ng/oil-rich-nigeria-ready-implode-theres-one-way-stop-financial-post/#v6QWDmEkt41seIv0.99

Chai diaris God ooooh this is about 40 pounds for one good month? and you dey even look for someone who went to a higher institution? fear God oga Jarus!!

Chai diaris God ooooh this

this is totally unacceptable!! complete violation of Nigerian constitution!!!!! Zombies what happened to federal character!

President Muhammadu Buhari is being accused of violating the federal character principle in a string of recent appointments at the Federal Ministry of Interior.

The presidency on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 announced the appointments of Mr. Ahmed Ja’afaru as new controller-general of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) and Mohammed Babandede as new comptroller-general of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS).

Following the announcement of the appointments on Tuesday, civil servants in the interior ministry are said to be unhappy and grumbling about the appointments, which is in clear violation of Nigeria’s federal character principle that guides geo-political composition and appointments into the Nigerian civil service.

A top civil service source who did not want to be named told Signal, an online newspaper, on Tuesday that the appointments were in contravention of Nigeria’s Federal Character Act. “Look, we know the kind of country that Nigeria is and that is why the federal character principle exists. You can’t have the minister of interior from the North, the controller-general of prisons from the North, the commandant-general of NSCDC from the North, and the comptroller-general of immigrations from the North all at the same time. Is it that there are no qualified people from other parts of the country? This is unacceptable. It is morally obscene.”

Under President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s interior ministry is organized around five key agencies; the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS), the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), the Federal Fire Service (FFS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). In addition to these five agencies, the Nigeria Civil Defence, Immigration and Prisons Service Board exists and is headed by the minister of interior.

As it currently stands, Ahmed Ja’afaru, the controller-general of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS); Mohammed Babandede, the comptroller-general the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS); Abdullahi Muhammadu the commandant-general of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) and Joseph Garba Anebi, the comptroller-general of the Federal Fire Service as well as their overall boss, the minister of interior, Lt. General Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd) are all from the Northern part of Nigeria.

In 2014, former President Jonathan appointed Dr. Peter Ezenwa Ekpendu, mni as substantive controller-general of the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS). Ekpendu was appointed following the retirement of the former controller-general of prisons, Mr. Zakari O. Ibrahim. NAN reports on Tuesday that Ekpendu retired from service on May 17, 2016 after the mandatory 35 years in service.

The “federal character” principle has been enshrined in Nigeria’s Constitution since 1979. It seeks to ensure that appointments to public service institutions fairly reflect the linguistic, ethnic, religious, and geographic diversity of the country.

In the guiding principles and formula for the distribution of all cadres of posts across the country, the Act stipulates in its Part 1 that (1) “Each state of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory shall be equitably represented in all national institutions and in public enterprises and organisations. (2) The best and the most competent persons shall be recruited from each state of the federation to fill positions reserved for the indigenes of the FCT.”

The political offices covered by the Act include:

Ministers of Cabinet rank
Ministers of State;
Special Adviser to the President;
Non‐career heads of Nigerian diplomatic missions;
Chairmen and members of Statutory Federal agencies.
Recall that a human rights group, Kingdom Human Rights Foundation (KHRF) had dragged President Muhammadu Buhari to a Federal High Court in Abuja alleging lopsidedness in the appointments of service chiefs and composition of the government of the federation.

In the suit with No, FCH/ABJ/CS/737/2015, the group is claiming that the present composition and appointment of the service chiefs mainly from the North-east, of North-west, North-central and South-west intentionally excluded the Igbos of the South-east and therefore did not comply with the federal character principle of Nigeria.

Nigeria’s deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu has also publicly accused President Buhari of violating the provisions of the Federal Character Act.
http://www.thetrentonline.com/buhari-violating-federal-character-interior-ministry-appointments/

Stevosty:
The 2billion dollars arms deal disappearance has been on for a while and none of the those in government then has come to deny it not even Dasuki himself or GEJ, saying the prosecution details didn't add up doesn't negate the fact that the exact money was missing, probably that amount stated in the court are the ones that has proofs, don't forget some returned the shared money.

I just weak for una, is this Zombie thing a job or what? lack proof? some returned the shared money? so it has reduce? how come the amount still never reduce? who and who has returned which money? so they are now free since they returned the money? so the president can now accuse without prove abi? Oya what of the 20billon that Sanusi said has been missing? why can't Nigerians understand when they are been used to settle scores?? think my man ( unless you are doing a zombie job but do it with conscience)

dvee2:
So you are more knowledgeable than the presidency and the efcc combine with respect to the case? trying to sound intelligent but you are not. Go and defend them in court if you are that smart. They will face there days in court and the whole world will see the facts.

the same presidency that wanted to pay rent for Aso rock abi (padded budget) or Efcc that now wants to run Linda ikeji out of blogging business? Park well jooor

Ifewilshere:
My very first question is; are you more interested in the lies than the day light robbery?
I still don't get why people see the stealing as nothing but views the lies as a big deal.
The folks that are being charged to court are not complaining of any lies, you know why? coz they're ashamed and you're here defending them people you should be raining curses on.
Yet we wonder why 70 plus man is still ruling us when the youth are not thinking right.
My candid advice to you bro is to change your mood of thinking and if this hatred Is borne out of the will to create a sovereign state, then keep agitating for it and not defend any bullshit in the name of activism.

smh when they are faced with the truth, they start looking else where, who is defending who? this is how they will use our youths and be fighting political battles, you haven't answered any of my questions rather you want to deviate to usual ipod slang lol you won't ask why is Dasuki charged to court for not even half of the amount mentioned? does it add up in your brain?? think critically UNLESS MAYBE YOU ARE A !!

omenka my brother, hope the Libyan no reach your village ?

Ifewilshere:
I don't have time to waste dragging issues with you, you believe what you choose to believe.
Good night

BTW, sir not madam

brother there no issue to drag, as this is as clear as daylight!! you said I stole your 2.1 billion but you are charging me to court for 353 million? does it make sense? what happened to the rest? ASK QUESTIONS MY FRIEND!! which kind people be this??