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I don't like GEJ, he is an embarrassment to people that expected so much from him.

but, you see his failures for a reason. He signed the FOI, so much information is available to us now and we can now demand for good leadership. Mr brother, even the APC of Lagos is scared of signing it, you'll scream at the rot in Lagos government if you have the information.

APC keep shouting they want to change Nigeria . But none of their Governors dare domesticates the FOT ACT . I challenge all the state of Governors to domesticate FOI ACT and lets see if they will have any place to hide , lets see if fact an figures of their stealing does not become public in one month of domesticate . why are they afraid of making freedom of information a law in their respective states ? Who is transparent among them ? CHANGE WITHOUT TRANSPARENCY IS DOOM!!!!!

I don't like GEJ, he is an embarrassment to people that expected so much from him.

but, you see his failures for a reason. He signed the FOI, so much information is available to us now and we can now demand for good leadership. Mr brother, even the APC of Lagos is scared of signing it, you'll scream at the rot in Lagos government if you have the information.

APC keep shouting they want to change Nigeria . But none of their Governors dare domesticates the FOT ACT . I challenge all the state of Governors to domesticate FOI ACT and lets see if they will have any place to hide , lets see if fact an figures of their stealing does not become public in one month of domesticate . why are they afraid of making freedom of information a law in their respective states ? Who is transparent among them ? CHANGE WITHOUT TRANSPARENCY IS DOOM!!!!!

I don't like GEJ, he is an embarrassment to people that expected so much from him.

but, you see his failures for a reason. He signed the FOI, so much information is available to us now and we can now demand for good leadership. Mr brother, even the APC of Lagos is scared of signing it, you'll scream at the rot in Lagos government if you have the information.

APC keep shouting they want to change Nigeria . But none of their Governors dare domesticates the FOT ACT . I challenge all the state of Governors to domesticate FOI ACT and lets see if they will have any place to hide , lets see if fact an figures of their stealing does not become public in one month of domesticate . why are they afraid of making freedom of information a law in their respective states ? Who is transparent among them ? CHANGE WITHOUT TRANSPARENCY IS DOOM!!!!!

GBAM

iv4fb:
I don't like GEJ, he is an embarrassment to people that expected so much from him.

but, you see his failures for a reason. He signed the FOI, so much information is available to us now and we can now demand for good leadership. Mr brother, even the APC of Lagos is scared of signing it, you'll scream at the rot in Lagos government if you have the information.

Obscurity is not security

WHEN THINGS DONT GO YOUR WAY GET READY TO KILL NIGERIANS AS USUAL. HOPE YOU DRESS LIKE AN ALMAJIRI THAT DAY IF NOT U COULD JUST BE A VICTIM.

Awoofawo:
I am already practising different different styles with my PVC......... anyone wey 4uckup on vateline day, chai, chai He/she go know say there is God o!

YEAH MEND AND BOKO HARAM HAVE ALL ENDORSED BUHARI........................WHY NOT? FEBOKOHARI FOR PRESIDENT AND THEN THEY CAN STOP KILLING NIGERIANS

TOO LATE TO REDUCE FEES NOW FOR WE KNOW YOUR GIMMICK AND YOUR TIME IS UP, GET READY TO PARK YOUR THINGS FROM GOVERNMENT HOUSE........................LAWAL

GET READY TO KILL PEOPLE IF IT DOES NOT TURN OUT THAT WAY. ANYWAY, I HOPE YOU ARE NOT ONE OF THE UNLUCKY ONES BECAUSE ONCE YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE THEM YOU ARE A GONER

tinuolababy:
Ok

IF YOU WANT THE INTERNATIONAL PRICE OF CRUDE OIL TO INCREASE VOTE BUHARI

thaoriginator:
Jobless and clueless bitches everywhere online!




If you want the price of Garri to reduce, vote for Buhari




#SaiBuhari

COMPARING GO SLOW TO PORT HOLES? I DONT SEE ANY PORTHOLES THERE. KINDLY RE POST PICS.

FOR PEOPLE TO OPEN A FAKE WEBSITE AND WEB PAGE TO "CONGRATULATE" OSINBAJO IS THE HEIGHT OF DECEIT; FORGERY AND PROPAGANDA.

THIS IS DESPERATION AND EVIL.

MUST U CONGRATULATE HIM? MUST YOU FORCE HIM DOWN OUR THROATS?

Baraac:
BREAKING NEWS!! BREAKING NEWS!! BREAKING NEWS!!

The truth of the matter is that Pastor Adeboye is yet to make any official statement.
There are so many fake account all over now. BE AWARE and BE WARNED. RCCG is not a political party.
LET US KEEP ON PRAYING FOR THE WILL OF GOD IN 2015.
Do not let the Christians be divided.
Internet is full of trash these days.
Take note.

BREAKING NEWS!! BREAKING NEWS!! BREAKING NEWS!!

YEAH, JUST LIKE THIS

Wadosky:
And rocks buharis card too

IS IT THE SAME REASON WHY DOCTORS SALARIES HAVE NOT BEEN PAID BY THE STATE WITH THE HIGHEST REVENUE IN THE FEDERATION?

APC IS FULL OF TYRANTS. IF THEY WIN THE PRESIDENCY YOU CAN NEVER USE EAGLE SQUARE AGAIN IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF THEM. THEY CAN DO ANYTHING I MEAN ANYTHING TO STIFLE OPPOSING IDEAS.

LEGITIMATE ASUU STRIKE AND THIS IS THE RESULT ABI?

APC.....................................WE SEE YOU

yinchar:
Am not surprised at all, that's what you get when your 1st, 2nd & 3rd degrees are from the same university. Most of these lecturers have colonize and monopolize the academic structure of our university system, you see a lecturer that spent all his life in a single university, even for post-doc they won't venture to another university, a lot of secrecy exists in our institution, were lecturers tends to cover for themselves, it's one hell of a cult, if not for little disagreements like this...issues like this will never see the light of the day.

GO AND CHECK THE RECORDS. THOSE OIL WELLS WERE TAKEN DURING THE OBASANJO REGIME AND IT IS A COURT JUDGEMENT...

BUT LEGEND OF THE ATTENTION SEEKER AMAECHI WILL WANT THE GULLIBLE TO BELIEVE THAT JONATHAN COLLECTED THE OIL WELLS WITH

EXECUTIVE FIAT.................WHICH PRESIDENT CAN DO THAT?

CROSS RIVER STATE LOST 75 OIL WELLS TO AKWA IBOM IN THE SAME JUDGEMENT AND NOBODY IS ACCUSING JONATHAN.

LIES CAN ONLY CARRY YOU FOR A WHILE..............

1025:
all these criticisms did not come when Amaechi was in pdp. nobody criticised all those who ruled rivers as pdp govs. did the past govs work well in rivers? ndi ara. Aamechi is fighting for the lives and liberation of rivers ppl yet like the isrealites, many are here murmuring and u are following aaron maybe to worship man made God.
listen cry cry babies, the president forcefully took rivers oil wells and gave them to akwa ibom so Aamechi is running short of funds in the state because pdp wants to frustrate him.
God is on his side and pdp will be news come 2015 and oil wells will be returned to the rightful owners.
Amaechi is a courageous man and he will come out victorious.

MY BROTHER COMPARING AKPABIO TO AMAECHI IS LIKE COMPARING SLEEP WITH DEATH. THOSE OF US THAT HAVE LIVED IN BOTH STATES WILL TESTIFY THAT AMAECHI IS JUST A NOISE MAKER.

GREATER PORT HARCOURT AND OTHER PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ABANDONED SINCE 2011 ELECTION

AKPABIO HAS BEEN WORKING ROUND THE CLOCK AND HAS PROJECTS TO SHOW.

notobs:
Amaechi is a learner when you put his achievement in 7.5yrs side by side with Akpabio. Am saying this as a dispassionate cross Riverian who knows both state intimately and does business in local communities in both state.

GOOD NEWS AND EVIDENCE OF A SILENT AND REVOLUTIONARY TRANSFORMATION OF OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM.

NO AMOUNT OF PROPAGANDA CAN WISH THIS AWAY.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GEJ............WE THAT ARE WITH YOU ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN THOSE THAT ARE AGAINST YOU

CLOSE ALL THE SEA PORTS IN LAGOS OR OPEN OTHER SEA PORTS IN AKWA IBOM, PORT HARCOURT, CALABAR AND 2 OTHER PLACES AND LAGOS IS DEMYSTIFIED.

LET THEM KEEP DECEIVING THEMSELVES.

bakila:
What is the resources of Aba, Onitsha or Kano other than geography?

LET ALL THE SEAPORTS IN LAGOS BE CLOSED AND RELOCATED TO THE SOUTH SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST LIKE ALL OTHER COUNTRIES DO IN WEST AFRICA AND WE SHALL SEE HOW MUCH IGR LAGOS CAN GENERATE...........

THIS IS THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT DEPENDS 90% ON IMPORTED GOODS AND IMPORTS 99% OF ALL GOOD THROUGH ONE BORDER STATE.

Cubeet2:
What are you insinuating?
Does Lagos have any resources? Lagos is only booming cos its a business/commercial centre.
Answer me and dont lie, which tribe is holding the pillars of business in Lagos?

WHERE IS JONATHAN IN ALL THIS? RASCALS IN MALAM CLOTHING

muktarmtt:
Chai god love dis tambuwal he always wins despite d soldiers nd police tears gas he finally enter d house by b help of his member both PDP nd APC nd d rest shame on u GEJ we will surely vote u out mark dis

THIS IS PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN'S FAULT. HE HAS BEEN DISTRACTING FASHOLA LATELY WITH HIS PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION.

DesertCommado:
Fashola uncommon educational transformation

Hero10001:
Started from the bottom, now we'r here..
After 2015 election, we go carry first.
PDP wins, Wahala!
APC wins, Kasala!!
Which kind govt be this self?

PDP WINS AND HALF OF BOKO HARAM STATES ALLOCATIONS WILL BE SENT TO BOKO HARAM TO BUY ARMS AND AMMUNITION TO KILL 9JA.

APC WINS AND THE NATIONS OIL EXPORT WILL BE CUT BY 90% BY THE NIGER DELTA MILITANTS (ASK OBASANJO)

WHY WAIT TILL THE KASALA AND WAHALA? ALL THESE POLITICIANS HAVE MULTIPLE VISAS TO MULTIPLE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD.

MY PEOPLE BE PREPARED. YOUR LEADERS ARE ALL PREPARED.

Presidential candidate for the Congress
for Progressive Change in the 2011 Presidential election, Maj.-Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has frowned on the emergency rule in parts of
the North. He alleged that innocent civilians were being killed in the
states.

Buhari speaking during a Liberty FM Hausa Service Programme, Guest of the Week,
on Sunday in Kaduna said that Boko Haram members were being killed and
their houses demolished unlike the “special treatment” given to the
Niger Delta militants by the Federal Government

Buhari, who also blamed President
Goodluck Jonathan for failing to tackle the security problems in the
country, argued that the challenges started in the Niger Delta.

THE TRUTH IS BITTER. NOBODY WANTS TO ASSOCIATE ISLAM WITH VIOLENCE BUT THE TRUTH IS CLEAR TO SEE. HOPE YOU GUYS CAN COMMENT MORE ON THIS.

icemann:
The 1st 10 countries have a large Muslim population in them, Just something i noticed.


Fundamentalism is the problem. Some crazies are miss interpreting the Quran, but some would say GEJ is the problem . Let me ask is GEJ still the president of these other 9 countries?

NIGERIA IS THE ONLY COUNTRY IN WEST AFRICA THAT HAS ONLY ONE PORT THAT HAS THE LOWEST CUSTOM DUTIES THAN ALL OTHERS. BANNING IMPORTATION TRU OTHER PORTS. CLOSE ALL THE PORTS IN LAGOS AND LET US SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL REMAIN. ONCE THE DEEP SEA PORT IN AKWA IBOM IS COMPLETE, YOU WILL SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL GO TO LAGOS TO BUY IRON RODS, CLOTHES AND ALL OTHER 99% OF GOODS WE USE IN THIS COUNTRY

MisterLongman:
Despite all this, why are your kinsmen still migrating in their millions to lagos everyday..... Did fashola force them to come abii the mega city wey dey your region cannot contain all of you..... Just look at the number of transport companies plying lagos-benin-east and you will understand. Ekenidilichukwu, ifesinachi, young shall grow, abia line, cross country and the rest...... Why you nor dey stay for your region abii na by force to live in lagos.....

baye2023:
The yobe suicide bomber won't go unpunished- GEJ. How do u punish a dead man? #DoroDumbo grin

wao!

shawl:
wao!

EVIL SHALL NOT GO UNPUNISHED. PUNISHMENT IF NOT BY MAN THEN DEFINITELY BY GOD!

@ Baye2023 who is the DoroDumbo now? why dont you take advantage of the almajiri school near you?

beopened:
I was just preparing to fire a response against the Government of National Unity suggestion by Ngwakwe before i read your comment

GMB must never have anything to do with the PDP Government that has done all it could to destroy him with wicked lies and terrible propaganda

If ever they respect him for his wealth of experience despite the fact that he is an opposition figure,they wouldnt have engaged in acidic and divisive politicking whose effect will take another generation to clear

It was the same lie they sold to Ribadu to come and serve whereas we know it is a ploy to destroy his credibility.......i wonder how the dude will be feeling now with all the sordid news consistently coming out of PDP

The PDP have never been a sincere party and their style is reminiscence of the IBB days wherein he invited almost everyone to 'come and chop' and those who refused to do so were either killed or run out of town

Buhari has gone through fire to position himself as the bastion of incorruptibility in this sinful political landscape hence he must separate himself from amongst them

The fact that he accepted to serve the country via PTF Chairman with superlative results and his integrity still intact under Abacha is still being used by narrow-minded people against him

GEJ,his Govt and Party lacks credibility and opinion poll against them is at an all time low.......hence they are like Biblical Naaman the Leper whom sincere people must never have anything to do it under the guise of Government of National Unity

Another lie you lot like to tell to yourselves. You honestly believ that Buhari did not profit from heading any of these agencies or there was no accusation of corrupt enrichment?

Have we all forgotten that as commissioner (minister) of petroleum, 2.8 million dollars (billions in today’s currency) went missing under his watch. Till date they say he was not the thief. Others stole it. Okay oh! At this juncture, I think it is imperative that we discuss his chairmanship of PTF:

Gen. Buhari was Executive Chairman of the Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund from its inception in 1994, to its disbandment by the Obasanjo administration in 1999. According to the report of the Interim Management Committee, which was set up in that year to investigate the affairs of the Fund, the total income accruing to the Fund from mid-1994 to July 1999 was in excess of N181 billion. There were six major areas in which the PTF intervened directly during the period. They were: roads and waterways; supply of educational materials and rehabilitation of educational infrastructure; food supply; health; water supply; and what was curiously termed other projects.

The management structure of the Fund was so capricious, from start, as in retrospect to suggest that the executive chairman was far more impressed by his position as an alternate Head of State, an Interventionist Czar who was answerable to no one, not even the Head of State himself, than anything else. First, he unilaterally appointed a single consultant, Afri-Projects Consortium, as the sole adviser to the Fund. Then he delegated virtually all his powers to this agency. Afri-Projects Consortium was given the exclusive power to initiate projects, assess their probable cost, approve the costs, execute the projects, and assess the quality of execution, all alone. The Consortium's decisions could not be questioned by anyone outside the Fund. Even the statutory members of the Fund's Board of Trustees found themselves helplessly watching as huge sums of money were paid out for questionable projects. And not surprisingly, the three professional management firms recruited by the Interim Management Committee to audit the performance of Afri-Projects Consortium came up with the unanimous conclusion that APC had over-charged the Fund for its services to the tune of over N2 billion.

APC directly managed the HIV/AIDS Intervention Programme of the Fund. Its managerial incompetence was found to be staggering. It knowingly imported sub-standard, poorly packaged, poorly stored, expired, or soon to expire treatment kits and drugs. And in the end, the auditing firms that investigated APC's performance concluded that it had cost the government N579 million by stocking huge silos of useless drugs and kits, purchased at inflated prices.

PTF's intervention in other areas of the health sector was equally atrocious. For instance, under the supervision of the omnipotent APC, PTF purchased large quantities of spectacle frames which were at the time costing only N800 a piece locally, for N1,900 a piece. This cost the public treasury over N45 million in inflated charges.

Ambulances whose going price at the time was N3 million each were found to have been purchased for N13 million each, leading to a loss to the treasury of N900 million.

PTF, through APC, purchased general drugs at the cost of N3 billion. The Interim Management Committee's consultants concluded that the Fund had been cheated by as much as N1.5 billion through inflated charges, and because most of the drugs had already expired before they could be safely used.

The Interim Committee's consultants also discovered that PTF had decided, without approval from the government, to build a residential estate in Wuse, Abuja, a project which was clearly outside the scope of its intervention mandate. The project purportedly cost PTF N703 million. But the consultants concluded that a realistic valuation of the project could not exceed N328 million. The project cost was inflated by more than 100 per cent, at N375 million.

In virtually every other area of PTF activity, three separate consultants engaged by the Interim Committee, and working independently, concluded that there had been massive fraud or criminal mismanagement of funds belonging to Buhari's empire. The Headquarters Extension and Renovation Project of the PTF cost the Fund N461 million. The consultants determined that it should not have cost more than N326 million. The Fund had been defrauded by N135 million.

The PTF had three main bank accounts. The independent consultants concluded that the Fund had been short-changed by as much as N3.6 billion by way of short payment of interest accruals from deposits, or excessive charges on Cost of Turnover by preferred banks.

The Rural Water Supply Scheme was another funnel from which huge sums of money were siphoned away. The independent consultants determined that as much as N1 billion was recoverable from inflated costs and mobilisations for work that was never done. They discovered, also, that the Fund had lost as much as N900 million in the Educational Materials Supply Scheme, through inflated charges and non-performance of contracts duly paid for.

The Rural Telecommunications Development Scheme was another such scheme from which money was cynically carted away by favoured clients. The scheme was designed in two parts: a Pilot Phase, and the Main Phase. The Pilot programme was intended to determine the viability of the project. But this did not deter PFF, under Gen. Buhari, to award contracts for the main programme to the tune of N1.6 billion, without any contracts signed, and before any conclusions could be drawn from the Pilot project.

It is a horrendous story of criminal negligence, cynical fraud, and unprecedented disregard for all civilised standards of prudence and transparency in the disbursement of public funds. In the end, the independent consultants concluded that of the N181 billion that accrued to PTF in the four and a half years of its existence between July 1994 and July 1999, as much as N25 billion was either stolen or improperly expended.

The great man's defence

Sources from within the PTF Interim Management Committee assert that when Gen. Buhari was invited to comment on the findings of the committee's consultants regarding the conduct of the empire over which he presided, he coyly retorted that he was not aware that such massive fraud went on his watch, but that in any event, he could not have benefited personally from the hideous purloining of the treasury.

That may be true, but it does not detract from the fact that he delegated to this outfit the sole and exclusive power to initiate projects, assess those submitted by other companies, approve variations on contract sums, and determine the quality of work done. He also, by his own admission, according to our sources, approved in writing all recommended payments from the Fund. But he did not know, he claimed, that those to whom he had delegated virtually all his powers were stealing the country blind. And no one has a right to call him to account, since to do so would be to question his famous reputation. So much for a clean slate, no nonsense leader.

ONLY TO LABEL BOKO HARAM AS A TERRORIST ORGANISATION SOME PROMINENT NORTHERNERS WERE FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL AGAINST IT. NOW THE SAME PEOPLE ARE CALLING THE FG NAMES. THATS ALL YOU CAN DO: CALL NAMES. YERO HAS TAKEN OVER KADUNA AND THERE IS NO MORE BOMBING ALLAH AKBAR!!!!!!!

IbnuUche:
really you got it. well said & analyzed, left for FGN to stratagise effort to bring end to this insurgence or those bloodthirsty foes will keep on carrying out their devilish mission.
worst part of it is that government don'nt even border on insecurity of nation but more concerned in their re election into office in 2015, clueless type of governace since 1999!!!

babestella:
$12 billion dollar gulf oil revenue disappeared during IBB, $16 billion dollars spent by OBJ on power, do you have electricity in your home today. Do you know what $16 billion dollars could have done in our power sector if it was actually spent on that sector?
Have you asked yourself why GEJ privatized the power sector? Have you asked yourself why we can't have local refineries working? Corruption is too much, Nigerians employed to manage government agencies are overtly corrupt, build a refinery and employ people to manage it, they will run it down. Please the change must start with us too, not blaming GEJ for everything. Please they all have their share of blame. All of them.
Walk into an eatery today and forget your Smartphone for just 30 seconds and tell me if you'll ever find that phone again. Yet the one who took it will come to social fora to condemn others for being corrupt. If you place him in position of authority, he'll loot the place dry.

Please we also need to change to being better people.

BUHARI IS A SAINT (OSTRICH SAINT)

You honestly believ that Buhari did not profit from heading any of these agencies or there was no accusation of corrupt enrichment?

Have we all forgotten that as commissioner (minister) of petroleum, 2.8 million dollars (billions in today’s currency) went missing under his watch. Till date they say he was not the thief. Others stole it. Okay oh! At this juncture, I think it is imperative that we discuss his chairmanship of PTF:

Gen. Buhari was Executive Chairman of the Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund from its inception in 1994, to its disbandment by the Obasanjo administration in 1999. According to the report of the Interim Management Committee, which was set up in that year to investigate the affairs of the Fund, the total income accruing to the Fund from mid-1994 to July 1999 was in excess of N181 billion. There were six major areas in which the PTF intervened directly during the period. They were: roads and waterways; supply of educational materials and rehabilitation of educational infrastructure; food supply; health; water supply; and what was curiously termed other projects.

The management structure of the Fund was so capricious, from start, as in retrospect to suggest that the executive chairman was far more impressed by his position as an alternate Head of State, an Interventionist Czar who was answerable to no one, not even the Head of State himself, than anything else. First, he unilaterally appointed a single consultant, Afri-Projects Consortium, as the sole adviser to the Fund. Then he delegated virtually all his powers to this agency. Afri-Projects Consortium was given the exclusive power to initiate projects, assess their probable cost, approve the costs, execute the projects, and assess the quality of execution, all alone. The Consortium's decisions could not be questioned by anyone outside the Fund. Even the statutory members of the Fund's Board of Trustees found themselves helplessly watching as huge sums of money were paid out for questionable projects. And not surprisingly, the three professional management firms recruited by the Interim Management Committee to audit the performance of Afri-Projects Consortium came up with the unanimous conclusion that APC had over-charged the Fund for its services to the tune of over N2 billion.

APC directly managed the HIV/AIDS Intervention Programme of the Fund. Its managerial incompetence was found to be staggering. It knowingly imported sub-standard, poorly packaged, poorly stored, expired, or soon to expire treatment kits and drugs. And in the end, the auditing firms that investigated APC's performance concluded that it had cost the government N579 million by stocking huge silos of useless drugs and kits, purchased at inflated prices.

PTF's intervention in other areas of the health sector was equally atrocious. For instance, under the supervision of the omnipotent APC, PTF purchased large quantities of spectacle frames which were at the time costing only N800 a piece locally, for N1,900 a piece. This cost the public treasury over N45 million in inflated charges.

Ambulances whose going price at the time was N3 million each were found to have been purchased for N13 million each, leading to a loss to the treasury of N900 million.

PTF, through APC, purchased general drugs at the cost of N3 billion. The Interim Management Committee's consultants concluded that the Fund had been cheated by as much as N1.5 billion through inflated charges, and because most of the drugs had already expired before they could be safely used.

The Interim Committee's consultants also discovered that PTF had decided, without approval from the government, to build a residential estate in Wuse, Abuja, a project which was clearly outside the scope of its intervention mandate. The project purportedly cost PTF N703 million. But the consultants concluded that a realistic valuation of the project could not exceed N328 million. The project cost was inflated by more than 100 per cent, at N375 million.

In virtually every other area of PTF activity, three separate consultants engaged by the Interim Committee, and working independently, concluded that there had been massive fraud or criminal mismanagement of funds belonging to Buhari's empire. The Headquarters Extension and Renovation Project of the PTF cost the Fund N461 million. The consultants determined that it should not have cost more than N326 million. The Fund had been defrauded by N135 million.

The PTF had three main bank accounts. The independent consultants concluded that the Fund had been short-changed by as much as N3.6 billion by way of short payment of interest accruals from deposits, or excessive charges on Cost of Turnover by preferred banks.

The Rural Water Supply Scheme was another funnel from which huge sums of money were siphoned away. The independent consultants determined that as much as N1 billion was recoverable from inflated costs and mobilisations for work that was never done. They discovered, also, that the Fund had lost as much as N900 million in the Educational Materials Supply Scheme, through inflated charges and non-performance of contracts duly paid for.

The Rural Telecommunications Development Scheme was another such scheme from which money was cynically carted away by favoured clients. The scheme was designed in two parts: a Pilot Phase, and the Main Phase. The Pilot programme was intended to determine the viability of the project. But this did not deter PFF, under Gen. Buhari, to award contracts for the main programme to the tune of N1.6 billion, without any contracts signed, and before any conclusions could be drawn from the Pilot project.

It is a horrendous story of criminal negligence, cynical fraud, and unprecedented disregard for all civilised standards of prudence and transparency in the disbursement of public funds. In the end, the independent consultants concluded that of the N181 billion that accrued to PTF in the four and a half years of its existence between July 1994 and July 1999, as much as N25 billion was either stolen or improperly expended.

The great man's defence

Sources from within the PTF Interim Management Committee assert that when Gen. Buhari was invited to comment on the findings of the committee's consultants regarding the conduct of the empire over which he presided, he coyly retorted that he was not aware that such massive fraud went on his watch, but that in any event, he could not have benefited personally from the hideous purloining of the treasury.

That may be true, but it does not detract from the fact that he delegated to this outfit the sole and exclusive power to initiate projects, assess those submitted by other companies, approve variations on contract sums, and determine the quality of work done. He also, by his own admission, according to our sources, approved in writing all recommended payments from the Fund. But he did not know, he claimed, that those to whom he had delegated virtually all his powers were stealing the country blind. And no one has a right to call him to account, since to do so would be to question his famous reputation. So much for a clean slate, no nonsense leader.

THIS IS SERIOUS




With the regime equally inept economically, we couldn’t even rely on Britain or any country in the West to help. In fact, when the Buhari government asked for our debt to be rescheduled, British Prime Minister at the time, Margaret Thatcher threatened to release the names of prominent Nigerians, civilians and military, whose account balances were enough to pay off all our national debt. That shut up the Buhari government, because they knew that a release of such names would have exposed the sham that was anti-corruption fight on the side of the regime as many elements of the regime and their supporters had these accounts



SAI BUHARI?

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TRUE

Blueboy0402:
Just because it is politics, some people will come to a faceless forum like this and type trash. For goodness sake Nigeria is not properly structured. You can see and even feel the injustice in our national life. Inasmuch as I prefer competence over any other thing, unfortunately it is not so in this country. To all those promoting muslim-muslim ticket, what will you say about quota system? what will you say about federal character? is it only now that you will remember competence? As a nation, we did not remember competence when a child scores 230 in an examination but was not given admission but another child scores 2 and was offered admission into our unity schools; we did not scream competence!

I am not a fan of Obasanjo but the old man said the biter truth. Some of us may not like what he said but that is the sad reality in Nigeria. If we are talking about competence, let it reflect in all our national life. Obasanjo has hit the nail on the head, let those who have ears hear!

sarutobie:
you dey mind the political toddlers on this forum? what injustice surpasses that of the quota system that this contraption of a country has practiced for decades? where a boy in anambra scores 200 in an examination but is rejected because some boy from adamawa who cant even write his name has been offered his slot in a unity school! all these e-activists with a 1mb capacity brain sef..

WOW N50m FROM THE N200m THAT GEJ SENT.....................

GOVERNMENT COLABO AT WORK.

UP BRF!!!!

UP GEJ!!!!