₦airaland Forum

luvinhubby:
Education can never translate to literacy, no matter how one tries.

You say the nation is broke, borrowing 2 trillion to supplement the budget, meanwhile you have 3.4 trillion recovered loot waiting for a bill to spend it while you go borrowing to spend in the already appropriated budget.

Taah, keep quiet !!

You are absolutely right, education isnt literacy. The trillions you mentioned above were rightly labelled as temporary seizures, if education was the same thing as literacy, and if literacy directly translated to wisdom, then you should have known that the FG has no right to spend funds it temporarily seizes from suspects.

overall90:
the APC led government thrives on propaganda and sensationalism as you put it.the idea behind this expose is to hoodwink Nigerians into believing that such amount was stolen and has been recovered .even international media outlets are reporting it like that.

No I believe it was very clear to anyone from the original report released yesterday that the bulk of the money is just frozen funds belonging to suspects (interim forfeitures); the press release by Lai yesterday explicitly explained that only N78bn is the confirmed recovery. That the media decides to give sensational headlines today, or that Nigerians (both educated and uneducated) have refused to put their basic comprehension skills to use, I think anyone who doesnt comprehend the simple message only has himself/herself to blame.

Even Aki and pawpaw would bend their heads to walk past under this culvert tunnel. Honeslty this looks more like a large gutter/water channel.

overall90:
with this and about 3 trillion in TSA and 2 billion dollars coming from China,they should be able to fund the budget.
so nobody should tell us tomorrow that can't fund the budget because NDA is blowing up pipe lines.

3.4T + 3T(TSA) =6.4T Naira
Loan from China 2 billion dollars
Budget 6.04 T Naira

we are watching!

Only N78bn cash has actually been recovered, this story was actually being twisted for sensationalism. The rest trillions of the money was termed 'interim forfeiture,' made up of mainly funds belonging to alleged looters which were frozen. FG doesnt really have the right to touch those moneys, they still belong to the owners unless a law finds them guilty and orders them to forfeit the cash.

rhymaster:
The most corrupt Iwelala and Arouma Ote? Are there no other persons in Nigeria except these people except madam puff-puff Iweala who was forming sick at the meeting to defend her financial looting while gulping down tons of groundnut? She was told to go back and come back later and when she saw that the reps were not buying her lies, she wanted to turn it to a fight as soon as the cameras were rolling. Iweala is corrupt and in any sane country, she should be behind bars now or standing trial for her stealing!

What case do you have against Oteh?

todaynewsreview:
1] Akinwumi Adesina (Now President of the African Development Bank (AfDB),

2] Okonjo-Iweala (Now Chair Board Global Alliance (GAVI), Senior Advisor to Lazard, the 167-year-old global investment firm,

3] Omobola Johnson (Honorary Chairperson of the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), USA).

4] Arunma Oteh (Now Treasurer and Vice President of the World Bank),

5] Gen Azubuike Ihejirika (International defense Intelligence)

6] and Other sagacious Nigerians in GEJ's Team.

More here: http://www.todaynewsreview.com/p/589/should-president-buhari-bring-back-these-goodluck-jonathan-s

...

Pmb should as well just bring back GEJ.

Flets:
Guess where the buck stops?.... the dully's table. The weak attempt at blaming the masses failed on arrival.

Buhari should be ready to resign in two months if he is without a solution.
It was he who made the 5%/97% statement,
It was Buhari who cancelled the maritime university,
it was Buhari who cancelled the pipeline protection contract,
it was Buhari who further divided the nation with his appointment,
it was Buhari who mobilized army to the creeks despite global calls against it
It was Buhari who dumped the confab reports in the archives

This same Buhari must clean his mess or resign for being utterly unpresidential and the masses should never pay for his actions

Okay sorry it is Buhari's fault. Keep expecting him to resign, after all that is what the pipeline bombers and their worshippers want; they all want buhari to just resign and all these problems would end.

When the real famine starts in 2 months, when the entire FG and about 30 states cannot pay salaries, thunder fire any bastard that would open their stinking mouths and blame buhari... I dey laugh!

Ekwensu eromancia mamiwata!

How I wish those interim forfeitures can just be made permanent, then we can as well just say a huge chunk of the budget gap has been plugged.

Apparently the older wiser generation are not in support of these street protests and agitations which could only lead to more problems for Igbos spread across Nigeria.

How I wish those interim forfeitures can just be made permanent, the we can as well just say a hige chunk of the budget gap has been plugged.

erico2k2:
The Ijaw had never had problems with the urhobo it's always been the itsekiris

Well, we are seeing it today.

tuffpivot:
the problem is u're always in a hurry 2 type... Niger delta avengers are not Ijaw militants... It's catchy tho buh dis re jux Ijaw people fighting aladja people.... No b Ijaw people dey blow pipeline don't get it twisted.... Dos avengers make nt even b from Ijaw sef u dunno.. Buh u jux 1 talk make everybody feel say u smart

On the contrary, you are the one making a very weak attempt at being smart. I can bet my life that 90% of NDA are most probably Ijaws, they can never be Itsekiris or Urhobos or Isokos, never!... From the list of popular militants; ateke tom, tompolo, asari, gen boyloaf, gen ben, soboma george etc, kindly point out one who is Urhobo or Itsekiri or Isoko or Efik or Ibibio or Edo or Igbo?

By the way, can you please remind me of the name and origins of their spokesperson who always makes statements?

wowmenow:
there are heavy shootings right now scores of people dead already from the attacks from the ijaws over land issue
please nairaland help us cont the jtf in warri to rescue us
the shootings is too much now

vanguard just report the news
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/several-persons-wounded-houses-razed-ogbe-ijoh-aladja-clash/

Bros abeg remind me, jus na jus na nor be you dey support Ijaw militants wey dey blow pipeline dey kill soja?... now u dey find JTF because ordinary bullet fly pass ur ear... u see ursef?

Same way most northern youths supported boko and called them freedom fighters because they believed the haramites were bombing churches, killing Christians and embarrassing jonathan. But it wasnt long before the monster grew too strong to be controlled and turned around on its supposed master. Till now Nigeria is still struggling to clean that mess which grew to what it is today due to the tacit support of most northerners. We just never learn from history in Nigeria.

Agimor:
Few days ago the Op was supporting and hailing the avengers and now the chicken has come to roast how ironically it sounds. on a lighter note the Ijaws are very problematic and violent runs through their veins I just hope and pray it does not escalate to another ethnic war as the both as a long history of inter marriage.
RIP to the diseases.

Bros easy oo!

naijaking1:
It doesn't bother your democracy radar that the only people being prosecuted by Buhari are only members of the opposition party.
It's like Obama sending IRS to probe how the Republican party raised and spent money for the past election while going around telling the world how the Democratic party ran such a non corrupt campaign.
Every body would laugh at you, unfortunately Buhari doesn't even understand.

Just a reminder in case you have forgotten, soldiers kept lamenting the lack of simple bullets and were dying like ants in the fight against bokoharam. This was despite the fact that it was on record that billions were released for acquiring weapons.

So dont get it twisted, the efcc is currently investigating what happened to the money meant to procure arms to fight bokoharam; the efcc is not investigating the source of PDP's campaign funds.

Ruke1989:
bros, I think buhari fighting corruption is not actually being resisted. it's the lopsided approach that is being resisted. But if he can sincerely probe someone he appointed into office maybe the NDDC boss, amnesty boss or Niger deltan minister, that will not be viewed as a biased approach. people are only resisting the biased approach to fighting corruption. Nigerians are crying for a probe of past and present leaders

Let us be honest with ourselves and stop being unnecessarily emotional over these things. Buhari since inception has mainly been after only those who shared defense funds and you and I know that was purely a PDP affair. The efcc hasn't really started going after any ex governor or ex-minister so I think those complaining about efcc not investigating people like amaechi or tinubu are totally not being honest with themselves, but just being overly emotional..

As for investigating the current NDDC minister, na wa for you oo... What is there to investigate in someone who only resumed office few months ago and who is still yet to receive first budget?

Ijaw now attacking Urhoboland?.... is this true or just another fable?.... if true then it is safe to just say...

Ruke1989:
don't twist it. auditing firms and special anti corruption firms like the EFCC can be specially used by the Federal government to examine the accounts and projects of NDDC for example. The govt doesn't need to pick governors that will increase the corruption since kick back will be paid. presently, there has been reports of senators using their influence to blackmail NDDC directors into approving contracts for them which are never executed. So an independent anti corruption body can stop them giving white elephant contracts to Abuja politicians in the name of NDDC project. The present NDDC corruption is from Abuja and the solution can only come from Abuja

I also said this some years back that the best thing GEJ could have done for the Niger delta would have just been to appoint a very honest person of integrityas the ND minister and NDDC chairman. But in Nigeria, the hands of presidents are usually tied and they mostly end up doing the opposite.

Talking of EFCC to examining accounts, that is exactly what Buhari is doing presently isn't it presently being resisted by the very same Niger deltans?... The minds of people are naturally tuned to see things from the paranoid angle, all most people can see is that an Hausa man is assaulting Niger deltans and then you hear strange arguments like "leave him alone, after all it is our money that he stole," and this is largely a part of the reasons why bombs have been going off everyday.

Sprintson:
We are suggesting the way forward for our country.
Am saying strict supervision should be in place and a blue print of development of some years should be clearly laid out for that region so anyone who assumes position of NDDC or whatsoever in that region gets to continue from where his predecessor stopped..

A blueprint exists, it was developed since the days of OBJ. Follwing it is another war on its own.

Ruke1989:
what we are saying is the Federal government has no excuse. Arab oil was used to develop the United Arab Emirates. So instead of giving cash to cronies of those in power for onward looting in the name of NDDC without supervising what the money is used for, the government should become more proactive by supervising closely the developments in the creek and there should in fact be a 10 or 25 years development plan just like it is done with FCT. Oil money must be pumped into the creek in the form of roads, railways, federal universities (to help wipe ignorance from ijaw youths), Federal hospitals, agencies of government like NIMASA should move to the creek, create working sea ports, fishing companies, boat making industries and access to electricity

There is actually a Niger-Delta development plan/blueprint in existence. I wonder how else the FG could have supervised or monitored these funds; the same thing which happens to funds all over Nigeria is the exact same thing that happens to funds channelled to the development of the ND. Sadly, it has always been fellow ND sons and daughters of the soil that squander and pocket the money meant for bringing the ND masterplan to life.

For a second, just imagine a person llike Buhari appointing 'someone he trusts' (sure you know what that entails ) to head NDDC or the Niger-Delta ministry?.... As crazy as that may sound, but I can assure you that may just be the only way something tangible can actually be done in the ND; but you and I know that would be resisted with blood.

eyinjuege:
Asin, the first thing that came to mind was the Jenifa movie. Exact same scenario, and yet people won't learn. If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.
I sure hope this is a lie o.

Yeah, it just sounds exactly like the jenifa movie playing out. And just for your info, 80k to girls as 'thank you' for coming in parties is very true and very common, trust me. What do you think politicians, oil bunkerers and 'big' militants do with their money?

mikolo80:
do you know how much that road will make/save them(billions).your problem is you think road importance is by length or that all roads are equal

No my problem is that the government has no business organising a carnival like celebration for doing its job; we're talking of just one road here. Or is this how we've been so reduced that we now celebrate mediocrity?

Sprintson:
I don't doubt this bro but I still feel there is a cogent need for supervision especially where should be prioritised..that region needs Govt intervention and its not enough to give billions to govt cronies from that region who donot do anything rather I think their development be clearly mapped out in the Fiscal policy of the Fed Govt. I don't think its impossible to do that.
You talk about NDDC when was that created?
Lastly I don't mean to be spiteful but LAGOS was BUILT with OIL MONEY Under STRICT supervision ,why they don't replicate something like in the creeks?...
So far we are mature in this thread...thank you all

Are you suggesting that the FG should take over the leadership of niger delta states?.... Or are you suggesting that the FG should start appointing governors and senators in the ND region?

tomakint:
Wicked minded leaders who have no blood flowing in their veins if I am to be the President, no city will match Port Harcourt, Uyo, Yenagoa and Warri in aesthetic and urban planning. Imagine Kaduna finer than Port Harcourt shameless and demonic leaders....

The only reason why kaduna can be finer than PH is because Rivers state has been producing useless leaders; I can bet my life that at least in the last 20 years, Rivers state has received 5 times more money than Kaduna. Until we shift away from this primitive way of thinking that one place looks better than the other because of FG, we would continue to torment our minds and will never find the peace we seek because we have been focusing on the wrong enemy.

Lagos was a former FCT, Abuja is the present FCT; only these 2 cities have received federal presence in Nigeria since inception. The beauty or ugliness of any other city in Nigeria is purely a function of the leaders of those cities.

Gbogbo big girls should be contacted...

inforesource:
I am embarking on ICT training Business, everything is ready but I am stuck in making a good choice among these following Alternative Energy sources:

1. Generator
2. Solar
3. Inverter.

Note: My centre will have 10 PCs, projector, big photocopy machine, and a fridge.

Pls note money is not an issue here. Kindly state why you choose any of the above energy source over another.

Focus: Efficiency, Life Span, Economical, in in short, mid and long term.

Location: Akute. Ogun state.

Thanks.

If you know the price of an efficient solar system that can take your business, then you would agree with me that money is actually a problem.

mikolo80:
that's why you are wondering why it's a big deal.if you needed it you wlill appreciate the bottleneck that bad road causes and celebrate it's construction

Celebrate the construction of 1 road in a carnival like fashion?... Mounting massive airconditioned canopies and inviting dignitaries from far and wide to celebrate the construction of 1 road?... No offence but you surely sound like this is the first road you've ever seen in your locality.

mikolo80:
una kukuma no de use road for anything other than christmas going to village,you will not understand

Meaning?

precious1967:
then u ve nothing to do wit wat is happenin in my state.

It is my country, so it is totally my business. Once again, only a primary school tantrum throwing little kid wouldnt know that.