₦airaland Forum

He should invite them in to occupy his state.....

Proofs....

Potentially Peps 2nd to last game?

I've already seen the pre recorded speech.

He rich but still poverty stricken,

Justice Aboki

More taxation!

Short devil....

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Pious101:
A member of the cabinet must be snitching on him

Its the driver's.....

Welcome to the zoo....

The Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has revealed that a grant of $20 million, has been approved by the World Bank to prosecute projects that will cushion the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on Ekiti citizens.

He said the fund, which will be released under a novel programme tagged ‘Nigeria CARES’, would be deployed to undertake projects in rural communities to reduce poverty and propel the local economy.

The governor spoke yesterday in Ado Ekiti during a programme organised by the Ekiti State Social and Community Development Agency(EKSCDA) to review community projects executed in Ekiti since 2009.

Fayemi, represented by his Special Adviser on Development Partnership, Mrs Margaret Fagboyo, lauded the partnering communities, for believing in his rural development policy by contributing over N200 million as counterpart funding to boost the Community and Social Development programme(CSDP).

“I am happy to inform our people that the World Bank has approved a new project called the Nigeria CARES as a post COVID-19 intervention grant for Ekiti State. The grant is in excess of $20 million as a stimulus fund to cushion the effect of the pandemic in our various communities”.

Fayemi described Community and CSDP as a poverty reduction initiative of the World Bank established in 2009 to accelerate development at the community level, saying Ekiti was being ranked as one of the best in the implementation and sustainability of the policy.

“The project allows the benefiting communities to choose, implement and sustain their projects, while also contributing 10 percent as counterpart funds to encourage ownership of the project so as to make maintenance and sustainability of the project possible”.

Reeling out the benefits of CSDP, Fayemi said: “in the educational sector, there was 34.0% and 78% increase in schools’ enrollment at the primary school level both for male and female students respectively. At the secondary school level, male enrollment also increased by 135.8% while females increased by 157.4%.

“This outstanding feat was also recorded in water and health sectors respectively. In other words, access to healthcare services and provision of portable water have tremendously impacted the lives of our people at the rural communities.

“I am also grateful to learn that benefiting communities have contributed over N200 million in counterpart funds in order to make maintenance and ownership of the various micro-projects a possible one”.

The Chairman of the board of EKSCDA, Chief Biodun Akin-Fasae, commended Fayemi for initiating 644 projects under CSDP across all the towns to ensure that no community is neglected in the scheme of things.

In his lecture entitled: ‘Project Sustainability Strategies’, Prof. Niyi Okunlola, said about 90 projects that were executed in the area of education,had increased enrolment in schools, while the 160 and 175 executed in the health and business sectors, had helped access to healthcare service and the growth of local economy

“For the community to succeed in sustaining the projects, they can contribute a pool of funds for maintenance, so that they can repair any fault immediately to save future cost and total damage. The traditional rulers must energise the community associations to make this work”.

https://dailypost.ng/2020/09/28/fayemi-world-bank-approves-20m-post-covid-19-stimulus-fund-for-ekiti/

I'm not surprised.....Our politicians are all devils!

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She's fckable......but probably a militant/suicidal bomber/anti christian in her heart/DNA.

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Can you imagine.........

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Liar......see the way you 'shook you ynash' for that award - still nothing

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This claim come weak me....

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Ancelotti - he was an 'Everton' legend.

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A typical 'Master Servant Relationship'

Xi jiping - Aboki, Release this statement,

Buhari Jibrin -

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday mourned Gabriel Igboanugo, a man he fondly called Daddy.

A statement to DAILY POST on Sunday, signed by Femi Adesina, his Spokesman, said that Buhari and his ‘Daddy’ became very close when he was the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3rd Armoured Division of the Nigerian Army, Jos, Plateau State.

“Pa Igboanugo was the Principal Education Officer at the Command Secondary School, Jos, and had a close and amicable relationship with the then GOC,” the statement said.

The statement said “Lady Margaret Igboanugo, in a private letter to President Buhari, writes: ‘My husband, whom you used to fondly call ‘Daddy,’ passed away the way he lived; peacefully and in comfort, in his home in Ihiala, Anambra State. He will be buried there on Friday, November 27, 2020.”

The President commiserated with the Igboanugo family, urging them to take solace in the fact that their patriarch lived to a ripe old age, and touched the lives of a countless number of people that came across his way.

https://dailypost.ng/2020/09/27/president-buhari-mourns-daddy/

Brandstudio01:
It is commendable. But we hope the money get to the people who need it

I disagree - Public schools need he attention.

Private schools mainly exist to enrich the owners.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, applauded Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Sanwo-Olu, for launching a N5 billion post-coronavirus recovery support capital for the education sector to support low-cost private schools in the state.

The Speaker also commended the governor for flagging off 377 roads and power projects across the various wards in the state.

The Speaker said Sanwo-Olu’s gesture is a clear indication that he has the interest of those in the education sector, both in government and in the private sector, at heart.

Special Adviser to the Speaker on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi, quoted him as saying the programmes embarked on by the government of Lagos State since the beginning of the COVID 19 pandemic give hope of brighter days ahead.

He called on the governor to ensure the implementation supervision of these initiatives for the betterment of the intended beneficiaries.

The Speaker said such people-oriented projects and initiatives must be commended and supported by all Lagosians.

He said the 377 projects would bring more dividends of democracy closer to the people, which is one of the goals of coming to power.

https://thenationonlineng.net/gbajabiamila-applauds-sanwo-olus-n5bn-support-for-private-schools/

What a country...

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The year 2020 proposed New Yam Festival by Ndigbo living in Kano State has been put on hold as the High Court has issued an ex parte motion, stopping the activities until the hearing of the substantive motion before it.

The High Court presided by Justice Farouk Lawan Adamu, stopped the Ndigbo from performing the New Yam Festival (Iwaji 2020) rituals scheduled to hold on Sunday (tomorrow) in Kano.

The court, in Suit No. K/322/2020, also restrained one Ikechukwu Oliver Akpudo from organising, assembling people and celebrating the Iwaji or any festival that has to do with Ndigbo living in Kano.

Justice Adamu directed the Kano State Commissioner of Police, Habu Sani, to ensure Akpudo, other Igbo natives and the general public comply with the court order.

“Order of interim injunction is hereby retraining the defendant (Akpudo), whether by himself, through any of his agents, servants, successors or privies, from presiding over, supervising, convening, assembling, summoning, celebrating, organising and partaking in a New Yam Festival (Iwaji Festival 2020) scheduled to hold on Sunday, September 27, 2020,” the court said.

The court further stopped Akpudo from carrying out any event or other occasions whatsoever pertaining to Igbos in Kano State, pending hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice filed by Igwe Boniface. The court fixed October 7 for hearing.

Meanwhile, the Igbo traditional ruler in Kano, His Highness Igwe (Dr.) Boniface Ibekwe Ide I, Ezedioranma IV, has hailed the court’s verdict.

Dr. Boniface, who is also the President-General of Igbo Traditional Rulers in the Diaspora, told DAILY POST that the said Akpudo has been parading himself as the Igwe V of the Indigbo in Kano.

It was gathered that Boniface is also recognised by the Abdullahi Ganduje administration as the authentic traditional ruler of the Indigbo in Kano State.

“The court had initially restrained Akpudo and asked him to pay me the sum of N2 million, as damages, for disturbing me on the throne. He has not paid the money, yet, he went ahead to invite people for an Igbo New Yam Festival.

“He also wrote letters to prominent Igbo personalities promising to give them chieftaincy titles during his purported event. So, I and my cabinet members, as law-abiding citizens, had to go to court to stop him.

“How can someone wakes up suddenly and begins to parade himself as my successor when I am still alive, still on the throne and performing my duties diligently as the authentic Eze Indigbo in Kano?,” Dr. Boniface who has been on the throne for 10 years queried.

The Igbo monarch appealed to the Igbos in Kano to be calm, that the New Yam Festival (Iwaji) will be celebrated at an appropriate time in accordance with the Igbo tradition.

https://dailypost.ng/2020/09/26/court-stops-igbos-new-yam-festival-in-kano/

A nother

P olitical

C atastrophe

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Add the fools who go to rome......holy cities my arrse.

Jibrils babe....

Pathetic...

The Presidency has called on the British lawmakers to work with President Muhammadu Buhari’s government in addressing rampant killings in Nigeria and not to fall for propaganda churned out by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and others.

This was contained in a statement the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu issued on Thursday.

Shehu was responding to a petition the British lawmakers wrote to the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland and dated September 14.

In the letter co-signed by Baroness Cox, Baroness Kennedy, Jim Shannon, Fiona Bruce, former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Williams and 14 others, they called on the Commonwealth to conduct an impartial probe into the killings in Nigeria and bring the perpetrators to justice.

The lawmakers decried the killings by Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East and Fulani herdsmen in the Middle Belt region, alleging that the failure of the Buhari-led government to protect Nigerians remained a breach of the Commonwealth charter.

They asked the Commonwealth to address the issue with the Ministerial Action Group.

But, the Presidency in its statement entitled ‘British lawmakers, legal experts and campaigners should work with President Buhari, not fall for propaganda,’ said:

“The President and Government of Nigeria welcome the seriousness of the letter from UK lawmakers, legal experts and campaigners. We welcome the attention paid to this serious challenge by the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group and seek to work with you, the Commonwealth and all concerned parties to bring a lasting solution to herder-farmer clashes, and the threat posed to all Nigerians – and the Sahel region as a whole – from Boko Haram terrorists and their allies.

“We ask our British colleagues to visit Nigeria, whether formally or informally to discuss all the points raised in their letter.

“Our government is made equally of Christian and Muslim cabinet members; our Vice President is an Evangelical Pastor. We have everything to gain as a country through international cooperation with concerned, senior British parliamentarians and policymakers.

“The threat to civilians and peaceful co-existence between different ethnic and religious groups from Boko Haram, banditry and land disputes is of serious concern to the President and the government. It is incorrect, however, to assert that the government has or is doing nothing to address these intertwined threats.”

The statement continued, “Firstly, there are on-going efforts for the establishment of cattle ranches to prevent or curtail open grazing, the practice that brings herders and farmers into conflict. This is an age-old problem facing Nigerian Governments since the colonial days. However, matters of land distribution are dealt with at state level. This means willingness has to be shown by state governors to drive the process forward. The Federal Government launched a plan last year to work with states to address these issues – together. Unfortunately, this has been lacking in some states.

“Secondly, with regards to the long and determined battle waged against Boko Haram, Nigerians are aware of the efforts made by this Government. When the government came to power, the terrorist group held and administered an area the size of Belgium. Now they hold none. The terrorists are hiding out amongst remote forests and across borders. This makes it difficult to extinguish the final flames of the insurgency, and the government has no illusions of the potent threat still posed. However, the progress made cannot be denied.

“Thirdly, in the face of rising crime and insecurity, the government’s new community policing initiative was launched this month. 10,000 new constables are being recruited from the areas they will safeguard – as opposed to past practice. The government hopes this will bring policing closer to local communities. N13 billion has been earmarked for this initiative.”

The Presidency added, “At the same time, as we take note of the lawmakers’ letter, it is also important to stress to our partners and colleagues in the United Kingdom that not all who press them have the best interests of either democratic governance or peaceful coexistence in mind.

“For example, the former Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, named and quoted in the letter as a source on military matters, relinquished that position some 40 years ago – in 1979. He was last in a government position 17 years ago in 2003 (as Minister of Defence). At that time, religious and ethnic riots erupted in two states of the federation, (2001 and 2002), these were violently and ruthlessly put down by the military under his authority, leading to the loss of thousands of lives and the displacement of some further 50,000 persons. He is, therefore, not a natural source of pressure for good governance.

“Another, signatory to the letter, is well-known to be associated with the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, a Nigerian-blacklisted terrorist group. The IPOB are running a well-known (source-of-financing-unknown) international campaign intended to damage the reputation of Nigeria and its government in order to further their cause of “independence”. He jumped bail in Nigeria. He frequently travels on a Nigerian passport but urged his supporters to burn their passports! The IPOB barely mention their aims in their publicity; neither do they mention that their own leadership do not claim to be Christian. Yet, their media and lobbying campaign has focused near-exclusively on promoting matters related to Christianity in Nigeria, promulgating false claims that a government with 50 per cent of its cabinet and 50 per cent of its State Governors who are Christian somehow works against Christians. We call on our British friends and colleagues to join us in addressing genuine solutions not pander to agents of anarchy.”

https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/killings-dont-fall-for-ipob-others-propaganda-presidency-replies-british-lawmakers/

Ballooning debt portfolio, a penchant for committing funds to expenditures that are not capable of delivering utilitarian value and absence of a shrewd fiscal planning have set Nigerian states on course for a fiscal crisis, advocacy group, BudgIT said on Thursday.

A majority of the states rank below the group’s sustainability point, with Bayelsa, Osun, Ekiti and Plateau taking the bottom rungs of the fiscal sustainability ladder, the movement’s 2020 States’ Fiscal Sustainability Index shows.

Rivers, Anambra, Ogun and Lagos, lead the index in that order.

Thirteen states on BudgIT’s index were not capable of funding their recurrent expenditure alongside their debt repayment with their total revenues.

Oyo, Kogi, Osun and Ekiti States were worst affected by this crisis. The rest are Plateau, Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Cross River, Benue, Taraba and Abia.

Eight of the rest 23 states that could meet their loan repayment and recurrent expenditure commitments had pretty low revenue left, forcing them to resort to borrowing to finance capital projects.

The most adversely affected in this class were Zamfara, Ondo and Kwara, which had excess income of N782.45 million, N788.22 million and N1.48 billion in that order.

Only Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Kaduna, Kebbi and Ebonyi showed greater commitment to capital expenditure over recurrent spending while the rest spent more on recurrent expenditure.

“Recurrent expenditures are not necessarily a bad thing, especially when skewed towards sectors like Health and Education. However, 9 of the states in this category had overhead costs that were larger than their capital expenditures. These states are Ekiti, Kogi, Kano, Plateau, Kwara, Nasarawa, Taraba, Adamawa and Benue,” Abel Akeni, BudgIT’s Research Research Lead.

The debt burden of the states soared by 162.87% of N3.4 trillion from N2.05 trillion in 2014 to N5.39 trillion in 2019.

“To achieve fiscal sustainability, states need to grow their IGR as options for borrowing are reduced due to debt ceilings put in place by the Federal Government to prevent states from slipping into a debt crisis. There has to be a shift from the culture of states’ overdependence on FAAC,” said Damilola Ogundipe, BudgIT’s Communications Lead.

Bayelsa, Borno and Katsina are projected to bear the biggest weight of declining revenue as they relied on the federation account for 89.56%, 88.30% and 88.16% of their total revenues respectively in 2019.

Lagos, Ogun and Rivers are likely to be least affected by the phenomenon, given that they depended on FAAC for 22.82%, 35.31% and 53.02%.

https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/bayelsa-osun-ekiti-plateau-lead-fiscally-unsustainable-states-list/