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I don hear. Meanwhile hbd to my mum

God will give Buhari the strength and durability to lead the country aright. Meanwhile its my mama birthday. Wullnp

President Muhammadu Buhari says with the insurgency in the northeast and the security
crisis in the south-south, his government is fighting on many fronts.

Speaking at a joint press conference with Faure Gnassingbe, president of Togo, who paid him
visit at the presidential villa on Thursday, Buhari said it was not easy fighting insurgency and
providing infrastructure.

“As for Nigeria, we are grateful for the sympathy and the goodwill expressed, touching on
the performance of our armed forces and law enforcement agencies, since this administration
came into being. It is is not easy trying to fight on so many fronts, the northeast, the south-
south and then try to provide infrastructure in our country,” he said.''Since the cooperation of the regional countries comprising Cameroun, Chad, Niger and Benin Republic, we have identified our problem and achieved positive results in terms of
isolation of Boko Haram and giving a chance to peace.

“Bilaterally, we’re trying to see how we can come closer together as he (Gnassingbe) has
explained because having being there longer than myself, he’s more exposed, both in regional and on African Union level. But first and foremost, we must identify our problem and the first thing is security. We must secure our region, otherwise sustainable development will be impossible.

“You’ve just heard him say how much is lost to piracy and Nigeria cannot afford to lose that.
So, there is need for cooperation amongst the African countries. We’ll continue to discuss
and do our best to resolve regional issues. The most important thing is that we must pay
attention to agriculture and manufacturing so that everybody can be employed and then we’ll
have much less problem.”



https://www.thecable.ng/fighting-many-fronts-not-easy-says-buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday
that it is not easy for his administration which,
he said, is fighting on many fronts.
According to him, the government is
confronting the insurgency problem in the
North-East and oil theft in the South-South
while trying to provide basic infrastructure in the
country at the same time.
Buhari, who made this observation when
President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo visited the
Aso Rock Presidential Villa on Thursday to invite
him to a security summit in Togo in November,
2015, pointed out that development would be
impossible without security.
He, therefore, called for cooperation among
African countries to combat terrorism, piracy
and other security challenges facing the sub-
region.
The Nigerian leader also stressed the need for
African countries to pay closer attention to
agriculture and manufacturing to provide jobs for
unemployed youths.
He also expressed appreciation for Gnassingbe’s
visit and for his concern about regional security,
Boko Haram insurgency, oil theft, illegal fishing,
oil pollution and the dumping of toxins.
“His (Gnassingbe’s) concern about regional
security made it imperative for him to organise a
summit on maritime security and development in
November to examine a lot of issues.
“As for Nigeria, we are grateful for the sympathy
and the goodwill expressed, touching on the
performance of our armed forces and law
enforcement agencies, since this administration
came into being. It is not easy trying to fight on
so many fronts, the North-East, the South-
South and then try to provide infrastructure in
our country”, Buhari said.
The president observed that the cooperation of
the regional countries comprising Cameroon,
Chad, Niger and Benin Republic had resulted in
the isolation of Boko Haram and a chance of
peace in the region.
Speaking earlier, the Togolese leader commended
his host and the Nigerian security forces for the
work they are doing to combat terrorism in West
Africa.
President Gnassingbe informed Mr. Buhari that
the security summit being hosted by his country
would deal with issues of piracy, oil theft,
environmental pollution, immigration, as well as
human and drug trafficking.
When asked by State House correspondents if
African countries were not hosting too many
summits, Gnassingbe disagreed, saying the
summits were not enough.
He said, “Piracy alone costs the Gulf of Guinea
$7billion a year, that is what we lose for not
combatting it and we also know that without
cooperation you cannot combat piracy, but the
first stage is to come together and talk.
“If all the African countries are on the same
page, it would be easy to tackle the security
challenges, so we have to keep holding summits,
because individual countries cannot combat
piracy effectively without cooperation.
“If you try to fight them in Togo, they go to the
next country, then you don’t have the
mechanism to go into the other countries. So
summits are necessary, they are not even
sufficient”.





www.informationng.com/2015/09/its-not-easy-fighting-terrorism-oil-theft-and-provision-of-infrastructure-at-the-same-time-buhari-says.html

Apc just dey contradict demself

By Anthony Ogbonna


All Progressive Congress (APC) Chieftain, Bola
Tinubu has debunked the claim by the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) that President Buhari
and APC are dictatorial. Tinubu gave the dismissal on Wednesday while fielding questions from State House correspondents in Abuja after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.

Tinubu, however said that PDP members should
rather commend the president for stimulating
growth in the economy across the states.
“He was elected on a platform of democracy and
he has adhered to rule of law so far. What is
dictatorship about what he has done? He has
helped to stimulate the economy in the various
states and that is where the people are,’’ he
said. Tinubu also accused PDP members for being the cause of the nation’s corrupt state which APC
has come to clean up. “If they don’t have anything to say, they rather be quiet. They created what is wrong here today and we cannot sweep that under the carpet. There must be rule
of law.’’

Also, the APC chieftain dismissed the claims
that some APC top-shots, including him; former
Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar and the former
national chairman of the party, Mr. Bisi Akande
were engaged in political struggle over the
party’s Board of Trustees’ position.

“Don’t listen to rumours, there is no struggle.
Our party is not even looking at the direction of
power struggle or anything of such.
“The support structure is to encourage and
support the President as you have heard from
Chief Bisi Akande, to help him institutionalise
his goal, principle and vision for a new Nigeria,’’
he added Mr Tinubu, who was accompanied by Mr.
Akande, refuted the insinuation that he was at
the presidential villa to discuss ministerial list to
be announced by the president before the end
of the month.

www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/buhari-not-dictatorial-atiku-akande-i-not-in-political-struggle-tinubu/

abi nah

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti
State has asked the state chapter of the All
Progressive Congress (APC) to advice the
governors elected on the platform of their party
to first of all declare their assets before
shamefully demanding for that of the Ekiti State
Governor Ayo Fayose.

According to the ruling party in the state, until
the opposition party do this they should remain
in the wilderness of foolishness where their likes
belongs as its expected that a party peopled by
intelligent persons should know that you can
only ask question on what you are not guilty of.

In a statement by the State Publicity Secretary,
Mr Jackson Adebayo in Ado Ekiti in reaction to
the purported demand by the opposition party
that the Governor of the State, Mr Ayo Fayose
should declare his assets, the PDP asserted that
the declaration made by President Muhammadu
Buhari contained many loopholes which no
sensible being should be proud of.

Adebayo stated that the declaration made by
Buhari cannot be compared to that made by the
late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua which till
date has been adjudged as a perfect declaration
by any Nigerian President.

www.informationng.com/2015/09/ask-apc-governors-to-declare-their-assets-first-ekiti-pdp-tells-opposition.html

Ado-Ekiti— Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State yesterday took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari saying the only achievement recorded by the administration has been the harassment of leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

In a statement, Governor Fayose commended the president for his efforts at ending the Boko Haram insurgency saying “I wish to call on all Nigerians to support the President in restoring peace to the Boko Haram ravaged North Eastern part of Nigeria.”

He, however, berated the Buhari administration for the alleged lopsided appointments, selective anti-corruption crusade and the recent invasion of the Akwa Ibom State Government House by officials of the Department of State Security, DSS.

Besides, he said “As at today, the only achievement recorded by the President Buhari’s government is the harassment of leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and those perceived as not on the same political page with the president in his party.”

In addition, he said: “President Mohammadu Buhari’s government is now 100 days and even though I align with most Nigerians, who opined that 100 days is too short in the life of a government, it is important to make some clarifications as regards the administration. This is more so that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and some political jobbers that are looking for appointments are praising the President, citing imaginary achievements.”

Also, he said: “Former President Goodluck Jonathan and those who worked with him as well as PDP governors and leaders are now targets of harassment, and by this, the president is telling Nigerians that it does not pay to be honourable. Dr Goodluck Jonathan was honourable enough to allow a peaceful transition and conceded to the president even though it was obvious that his victory was questionable. Visiting such a person and those who worked with him with persecution as being done now, is no doubt a sad reminder of the reason we have many sit-tight leaders in Africa.

Interestingly, some of those who worked with Dr Goodluck Jonathan that the APC called thieves are now being appointed to manage the affairs of international organisations like the World Bank and African Development Bank.”

Assembly approves bailout package

Meanwhile, the Ekiti State House of Assembly has permitted the state governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, to obtain loans and explore avenues to help the government extricate itself from current financial crisis.

It resolved that the governor should partake in the Excess Crude Account (ECA)-backed loan being made available to states facing challenges of finance to the tune of N10 billion.

In a statement by the Special Assistant (Media) to the House Speaker, Stephen Gbadamosi, the assembly also passed a resolution on the intention of the state government to partake in the Federal Government bailout package for payment of backlog arrears of workers’ salaries and bonuses.
The Speaker, Pastor Kola Oluwawole explained that the state governor had written a letter to the House seeking its resolution over the matter.
About N19.6 billion loan will be accessed by the state, apart from the N10 billion from ECA, the government would access N9,604,430,000 from Skye Bank on a 20-year repayment plan at nine per cent interest.

Ask APC govs to declare assets instead — PDP

Also, the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has asked the state chapter of the All Progressive Congress to advice the governors elected on the platform of their party to first of all declare their assets before shamefully demanding for that of the Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose.
The PDP said until the opposition party do this they should remain in the wilderness of foolishness where their likes belongs as its expected that a party peopled by intelligent persons should know that you can only ask question on what you are not guilty of.

This was the assertion of the Ekiti PDP in a statement by the State Publicity Secretary, Mr Jackson Adebayo in Ado Ekiti in reaction to the purported demand by the opposition party that the Governor of the State, Mr Ayo Fayose should declare his assets.

The PDP asserted that the declaration made by President Muhammadu Buhari contained many loopholes which no sensible being should be proud of.

Adebayo stated that the declaration made by Buhari cannot be compared to that made by the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua which till date has been adjudged as a perfect declaration by any Nigerian President.

: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/harassment-of-pdp-leaders-is-buharis-achievement-fayose/#sthash.GuWdFYlo.dpuf

Unityp:
Blowing your own trumpet

blow am well well

Ephemmm:
500k and you dey blow trumpet! This is a publicity and not a donation

how much money have you donated in ur entire life dude

good governor doing the needful

tot as much

very necessary

good

good

dt one better

info nah

sorry dem wan suffocate u die but God no go let dem

she tried

nice custumes

its her life

fold arms and leg crossed

witch hunt of the highest level

parked equipment at d site

By Ediri Ejoh & Bartholomew Madukwe
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory
Commission (ICRC) has said that the construction
of the long awaited 2nd Niger Bridge is still on
course. This is contained in a statement signed and made available to newsmen by Acting Head
Corporate Communication ICRC Ms Debora Okafor in Abuja.

Okafor disputed reports that the project was “on
hold’’, “stalled”, “ being probed” or even
“suspended”.it will be recalled that the Director-General Aminu Diko recently briefed President Buhari and the media on the status of the bridge, which had since then received negative publicity.
Diko had said “During My visit with the President I
expressed concerns about project cost vis-à-vis
projected toll fees and engagement of community
stakeholders whose land would be affected along
the bridge’s right of way. The commission would
like to see the Niger Bridge completed to alleviate
the plight travelers face on that route, especially
during festivities.

Festive holidays

“We know that it is critical, we also know how
Nigerians suffer during festive holidays and we hear people sleep on that old bridge. The time has come to bring succor to Nigerians.’’ Diko said as a Public private Partnership, the project must pass through various checks to satisfy the Federal Government and investors alike of its viability and also to ensure people got value for money.

Diko said that apart from the Niger Bridge, ICRC
was working with private partners on the Lagos-
Ibadan expressway, the Sagamu-Ore-Benin road and the Murtala Mohammed road. He added that the three Deep Seaports at Akwa Ibom, Lekki, and
Badagry and also the agriculture silos and hydro
power were some of the projects the commission
was working on. “ All these projects are important to the nation and it is in our interest that they are successful. Most importantly, our duty is not only to oversee the provision of quality infrastructure services, but also to ensure that the nation and citizens are not shortchanged the
shortchanged by investors.’’

source: www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/2nd-niger-bridge-is-ongoing-icrc/

rubbish

if he is a common man, he will be treated in a hospital or referred to hospital like UBTH, LUTH, UCH, FMC, IFE but rich man na too fly abroad even when its not critical. God help us

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government of complaints since may 29th