₦airaland Forum

Rawani:
Hogwash. You should have posted the remaining article.

But what is President Jonathan’s worth? That question still needs to be answered.

Since the president will not just tell us and save us and save himself the headache, we will calculate it for him.

But before we do so, lets look at what the law about declaration of assets says.

The Nigerian constitution requires that top government officials declare their assets before they are sworn into office. President Jonathan did not do so when he was sworn in on May 29, 2011. Nigerians had to huff and puff for months. During one media chat when the question was put to him that Nigerians were worried that he was disobeying the constitution by not declaring his assets as at when due, the president said he did not give a damn.

Eighteen months after, while nobody was looking, President Goodluck Jonathan declared his assets. We know this because on September 24th, 2012, the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) Dr. Sam Saba, speaking through Alhaji Ibrahim Manzo, the Federal Commissioner representing North West in the Bureau, brought the good news to the media.

At that event, Saba reiterated that no law said that the President should declare his assets publicly. Saba also added, “What is important is that he has declared his assets and when we go through his form and we discover any area that is questionable, then we will take him to court.”

This was on September 24th, 2012. At that time the Code of Conduct Bureau was yet to go through President Jonathan’s form. Which was how we determined that it was sent to them around that time. And since we have not heard from Mr. Saba, over two years after, we can safely assume that he went through the forms and found nothing questionable that would require him to take the president to court as he promised in that speech at a Compliance Training Workshop for Public Officers in Abuja.

What President Jonathan declared is secret, sealed and locked away in the office of Code of Conduct Bureau. The presidency insists that the constitution did not require that he makes his declaration public. The chairman of Code of Conduct Bureau on his part asked those who want to know what is in the president’s declaration form to invoke the Freedom of Information Act.

Paragraph 3, Part I of the Third Schedule to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, provides that the Code of Conduct Bureau shall have power to: (a) receive declarations by public officers made under paragraph 12 of Part I of the Fifth Schedule to this Constitution; (b) examine the declarations in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Conduct or any law; (c) retain custody of such declarations and make them available for inspection by any citizen of Nigeria on such terms and conditions as the National Assembly may prescribe.

The next option left for Nigerians who wish to know the content of the president’s declaration forms was to invoke Schedule (c) which says that the Code of Conduct Bureau retains custody of such declarations and make them available for inspection by any citizen of Nigeria on such terms and conditions as the National Assembly may prescribe.

In October of 2011, the African Center for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) dragged the Code of Conduct Bureau to court for failing to release to the public the asset declaration of the president. AFRICMIL had in July of 2011 sent a Freedom of Information request “to be allowed to inspect and obtain copies of the 2007 asset declaration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan; the asset declaration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan after the end of his tenure on May 28, 2011; and the current asset declaration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan when he assumed office on May 29, 2011.”

As expected, nothing has come out of it.

Whatever the constitution says, and whatever interpretation President Jonathan’s men give it, the gold standard has always been for government officials to make their asset declaration public on taking over office.

This is the weakest argument I have ever read, before the election you portray your god as being better and upright but now that he has been sworn in , you are trying to justify his actions with what PDP allegedly did.
I hope you are not in a position to mentor young people.

Rawani:
Clearly the past PDP administration was not committed to transparency, accountability and the whole asset declaration process, which is why we are just discovering these constitutional challenges now, an issue that would have been long resolved through making the required amendments which will force the CCB to publish submitted asset declarations in the newspapers.

Regardless of these hiccups, it would be great if President Buhari sets an example and ignores the usual long process, and publicly announces his declared assets so we can concentrate on other issues of national importance.

It is disheartening that all you got from this article is PDP did that bullshit.
There is no law stopping Buhari himself from declaring his assets in a national daily but he chose to keep mum over it.

Friend: Bihari refuse to declare his assets publicly
Rawani: PDP is a bad party.

Now try to connect those two statements logically.

Aregberascal is the face of the new change in Nigeria.
Osun people voted him and they must realise that the "change" has come to stay.

pussygotlips:
hahaha........

He was so desperate to power thinking that pdp will manipulate a way as they usually do,

which he fail [/b]to realise things [b]have change from the way the use to be,
only God knows the kind of money ribadu spend just to win this election but the masses have prove him wrong by voting their preferred candidate (bindow),

this will serve as a lesson to those who think sun only shine in one man butt.

I think someone who cannot construct a simple grammatically correct sentence shouldn't comment on topics such as this, don't you think you deserve the change more than Nigeria ?
It is better to keep silent and be considered a fool than to speak and remove all doubts.

memudyink:
Buhari scape goats!!

They were arrested while GEJ was still in charge. Right now Bihari is resting.

This s amaechi is a petty criminal , I never knew a governor could descend so low just to spite his opponent.
He is truly the Judas of Ubima.

Beremx:
you didn't cry when David Mark gave Jonathan a wrist watch worth $200,000. You're now crying about Aisha Buhari's watch.

You guys are hypocrites

I SMH for you beremole, gone are the days you used to make sensible comments , has the change also happened upstairs ?

Your argument is fallacious because you claim being right by pointing to others. It is no different from a robber in front of the judge who claim there are other robbers therefore he sshould be freed. But yyou need to know that Nigerians don't care if Dangote , OBJ or Babangida use such watches because at this point in time they are neither responsible nor accountable to us.

Just try to see Bihari as a man and not God for a second maybe that could help lift the wools obstructing your vision of discernment and if it is hatred for the other regime that's blinding you need to wake up to reality that your President is neither GEJ nor patience but the one and only Baba one chance himself Bihari.

handie:
Do u guys realise Aisha Buhari is from a very influential family in adamawa state and also runs her own business? She had a contract with NNPC for crying out loud and her institution is approved by the NBTE? What if it is a gift from a family member, client or friend. No matter how non corrupt the husband is, we're talking about d wife of an ex head of state and a retired major general who earns millions in pensions and gratuities. say something else jor

You are a typical slowpoke, who cares if her father is Bill Gate, Bihari sold himself to you as a modest man ,now that you find out he isn't , instead of you condemning him and blame yourself for being gullible , you make up indefensible scenarios to justify Aisha's extravagance.SMH.

The most loyal Bihari slaves have avoided this thread while those who showed are citing untenable excuses such as : she is not a politician,
It is her personal money,
This has nothing to do with Nigeria bla bla bla.
But they are the same set of people who claimed Buharis family is the most poorest and modest of past rulers.

Only those who can swallow their pride and have put Nigeria first will see something wrong with Aisha's action.

I trust Baba he will have done more than that by 2016

pussygotlips:
I use to respect this man not until he deform to pdp,

he is more clueless which he fail to see that the game is up for Jonathan but he still went for pdp with the motive of taking over from jona,
imagine presidential material been defeated at governoship election.



i no blame him tho typical product of nigerian police.

Thoughtless post as usual, you don't respect the man because he doesn't belong to the party you support. SMH for your.
How has the party you belong to improved the quality of your life, don't tell me about the stipends you got for the election.
You can either decide to accept Ribadu as a member of PDP or you can Go and Die.

This article is the handiwork of opposition as Bihari will make Naira equal dollar by July

kenex4ever:
there has been steady light since may 29th, d guy said d truth. There was a conspiracy against GEJ, it's glaring!
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But in all, if they can continue to give us light by mare sight of buhari in aso rock then no qualms.

If that is the case , then the DISCOS simply redistributed the light from one area to serve others areas because since the beginning of fuel scarcity, light in my area has gone from 8 hrs a day to less than an hour.

naijainfogalery:
While some people are busy celebrating mediocrity some people are planning and building mega cities. Continue the good works jare. in 5 years from now by the time the seaport, airport, Lekki free trade zone and Eko Atlantic City in Lekki is fully functional, Lagos will be competiting with Nigerian in terms of revenue.

haters please dont quote me oooo

Yeah, mega cities such as Ajegunle and Okokomaiko

patrotic9gerian:
Thanks to Goodluck Jonathan for stealing our money and spreading dollars belonging to Nigerians for his election... We are the ones suffering the actions of selfish and corrupt politicians..

I was temped to think that your brain was also stolen for campaign purposes.
If you can't comprehend complex articles simply ignore the threat rather than portray yourself as naive and ignorant.

naijainfogalery:
Now Nigerian politics is getting so freaking interesting
- The same power that they claimed Nigeria does not generate up to 4000MW you wont believe we have been having light since inauguration, yesterday, we has light for 15 hours, i have never witnessed this in my life
- After 2 days of inauguration all of a sudden EFCC declared fraud in CBN
- Now the refinery that hasnt worked in 6 years is almost ready to start refining
- Even the queues in our filling station has reduced

Did you guys smell fraud, So some people are purposely making all these things not work

This is either a lie , a grandiose illusion or selfish comment.
Power have actually gone worse since inauguration, except in your own world 1000MW supplies more electricity than 1000MW

Will Ross
BBC News, Lagos
Posted at 11:01
Officials in Onitsha, in the east of Nigeria, say 69 people died after a truck crashed into a bus park and caught fire.

Eyewitnesses say the driver lost control of the fuel tanker as it was going downhill. Rescue workers say twelve other vehicles caught fire.

There are gruesome images of the aftermath that show burnt corpses on the ground besides the charred shells of the vehicles. Dozens are being treated in hospital after the crash on Sunday.

Police are treating it as an accident.

Source:
http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-africa-32945343

Blastfinito:
How I wish this regime has the backing of some martial laws to aid quick journey of some despotic elements in this nation to the gulag.

Only jungle-brained individual will think like that, but if you prefer martial law you are free to relocate to North Korea where primitive slaves worship their "dear leader".

LasoulMacuby:
Then go and tell him to come of the house na since you are so reasonable . Abi a clear conscience dey fear ni?

Ediotic mumu

Are you OK ?
Every informed person already knows that kashamu is now walking around freely while NDLEA left his in humiliation , maybe the news has not gotten to your remote cave.

helovesme:
Yep.

"Orange is the new black" was inspired by one of Kashamu's major drug mules. Everybody indicted in the drug cartel have also served jail time except Kashamu of course who is still on the run.

He was even in a relationship with one of them. You can google and read up the entire story online.

Shallow and thoughtless comment as usual , so because a TV series was made about a drug cartel , it automatically means that Kashamu is the head of that cartel.SMH.
I think nairaland need to institute a logical reasoning assessment for members so that individuals can be restricted to sections where they can effectively make reasonable comments.

LasoulMacuby:
If u are not a stupid ediot, u should have know the U. S. A department of drugs related offences dey find this man.
But as bastard wey u be, I leave u to stupidity

White man's slave ,you can still go to US to offer them your free service.
You want an innocent man to be extradited because the US are looking for him.
I hope inferiority complex hasn't totally destroyed your sense of reasoning.
For your information , extraditing a person requires following a legal proceeding if that makes any sense to you.
In law , a suspect remains innocent until proven guilty.
So accept the reality that this senator is going no where except through the court or you might develop a high BP.

helovesme:
Smh. This guy is a joke.

The alfas, marabouts and jazzmen giving him such confidence, balls and guts should be exposed.

First of all, with his criminal past and with the FBI actively on his case, he had the audacity to get involved publicly in active politics to the extent that he campaigned, contested and won the post of a senator.

Now, look at his shameless but confident press release.

He is just postponing his judgement day. He won't be sworn in as a senator and it's just a matter of time before he's on the next chartered flight to the US.

As for the residents of Ijebu -Igbo that voted for this man. . . . The likes of noble men such as the late Abraham Adesanya will be cursing and turning in his grave at the support this man received from Ijebu-Igbo.

You need to get over yourself and accept that this man is a senator. It is none of your business who the people of Ijebu-Igbo voted for. But if you believe he shouldn't be a senator you can go to court instead of taking panadol for other people's headache.

akinladejo:
Clean enviroment of Ogoni land? What was Jonathan doing for the past 6yrs as president plus 2yrs of VP that he didn't implement this? Too bad for the south for having a too dull man is their former resident. Y are they crying now , when they ve d head what do they do with it?

You need to stop crying already.
Answer this question , 1. who is the current president of FRN ?
2 Who should the citizens complain to when they have problems ?

If you are intelligent enough to answer those two questions correctly , you will know that your previous rant is unnecessary if not ireesponsible.

disloman:
If u can tell us how APc followers F*** up,I will respect u from now on.But u can't,U remain a goat 4 life.

Empty drum makes the loudest noise. If you can't wrap your mind around his post you simply ask for clarification but your over bloated ego won't let you. The hypocrisy lies in APC followers saying that he doesn't need to publicly declare his asset because CCB declaration is sufficient when we are all aware of his campaign promise.
To you lots, Buhari has been placed on a divine pedestal and whatever he does is always right because the god is never wrong.
So next time you don't need resorting to insult for lack of comprehension.

This administration is just full of bad news. I wonder what BabaOC is doing up there.

Rilwayne001:
Sculpture of the clueless drunkard in his fedora hat… Even his sculpture looks like a slowpoke!

I can see some idiotard crying after me. The goat below me is another victim of jonathan's cluelessness, an odouriferous transmogrified creature of perennial failure! The apogee of failure de apologia!

You deserve a maximum security VIP in yaba left to prevent future escape, I wonder how you escaped in the first place.

hifaif:
Your idiocy is staggering.

In case you don't know, Aisha is the first lady and her children are the first children. If they had dogs, the dogs would be the first dogs. All these are just positions by virtue of their relationship to the president.

Now the issue is, Buhari will not let his wife run her position like an office the way Patience ran hers. That was what Baba promised. I don't know what is so hard to understand in all these.

Everybody knows that already, but you seem ignorant of the difference between being a first lady and functioning as a first lady.
If Aisha would just sit in her beauty parlor no one will raise an eyebrow, but she closed down her business just to resume as the first lady.
This basically showed that she is ready to assume her office.
If it is the world office that confuses you , it just means that Aisha will have a portfolio and resources allocated to her.

I am curious on how patience ran her own "like an office" and her predecessors didn't.
One thing I find common among Buhari's loyalist is that everything he does is good , even if he breaks his voluntary promises.

This "bishop" is delusional, everybody this days are just looking for cheap publicity. Why not invite Bihari to probe the elders and choristers in your church.
It is better to keep silent and be considered a fool than to speak and remove all doubts.

fellis:
The foolishness of this post is too overwhelming
Please go and read up on the meaning of 'office of first lady' in Nigeria before coming here to make noise.

And your reply stink with stupidity, if you know what "office of first lady" means as you claim simply explain it, but I doubt you have any clue ,because it is your type that base their arguments on hearsay.
You are better of commenting in the romance and fashion threads not on intelligent section of politics.

achemedez:
THE. FEARING OF IMPEACHMENT AND PMB....

Welcome back to planet earth, while you were gone , the APC lawmakers lost their seats and no longer a threat to Fayose.
Next time you wake up from dream , always inquire about what happened before making any comments so that people won't see you as ignorant.

fellis:
PMB never said no first lady, he said no office of first lady.


@topic, he is not under obligation to declare his assets in less than 48hrs after inauguration. Like someone said before some past presidents declared theirs about a month or so after swearing in.
Please you people (PDP loyalists and biafrans)should just nurse your wounds and move on abeg. your attempts to make this man look bad are too obviously desperate and ill thought out.

In case you don't know having an "office" means that resources of the state is being allocated to the occupant, it is not just having a four cornered room with furnitures.
Except you can confirm that a single Naira of Nigeria's money will not be spent by Aisha as a "first lady" then I will agree she has no office. But you and I know the practicality of that,you either have a first lady or you don't .
So if you think Bihari hasn't broken his promise let his wife go back to her business since she has no official role constitutionally.

ki02020:
Nigerians will always complain.....you ask them to declare and they did......how they did it should be no case

How they did it is the most important factor here , do you know that any official can claim to have declared their asset , but if the public isn't aware of it, it is as good as not d3claring at all.
You are a Nigerian , so I assume you know how scammers do their deeds, secrecy is the scanner's refuge.