₦airaland Forum

Meiji:
So how come Rivers and Akwa Ibom are owing their workers? Where is all the money?

Rivers State: Ask Amaechi. He looted the treasury and Rivers is BROKE.

Akwa Ibom State: Apart from recent intakes/new staff members, EVERY OTHER member of staff have been paid till date and are not being owed at all. There's still need for the new administration to do something about this immediately.

mmsen:
Hotels/Tourism and an influx of retailers and manufacturers.

Imagine what the IGR would be if churches and other houses of religious fraud had to pay tax?

Plus taxation.

tonychristopher:
this is false, where is Abia, where is Delta dont they generate crude evem bayelsa

*face-palm*

Macelliot:
Where is Akwa Ibom and Kano state? With the high FG allocation it receives monthly.

Look at the list again. Akwa Ibom is number 7. Also it's about IGR NOT monthly allocations.

The way things are going, I forsee Osun falling into PDP ' S hands in 2019. That's unless the people vote in APC again.

Speakdatruth:
this is a sign of insanity. wtf is wrong wit dis man?

That is a sign of a govt trying to get things right for the sake of the state.

MzJackBaueress:
Wike the wicked governor. keep sacking people who voted massively for you because of your grudge with Amaechi.

your days are numbered as governor of Rivers State.

So you'll prefer he keeps these people despite the govt's soaring recurrent expenditure and the fact that the state is BROKE, no thanks to Amaechi?

As painful as this may be, this is indeed a very wise decision as it will go a long way in prunning the state govt's overhead/recurrent costs. Well done Wike

People can now see why we elected a technocrat. Well done my able Governor.

pretydiva:
Toke's hubby should pls stfu. He ought 2 b ashamed of himself 4 cheating on his wife. There is no excuse wat so ever 4 a man 2 cheat on his wife

What proof do you have that he cheated? 'cos Linda Ikeji said so?

OrlandoOwoh:
NSO metamorphosed into DSS. Go do your findings.

A little correction: NSO morphed into DSS, NIA, and DIA in 1986. I already did my findings.

aminho:
Operatives within the Defence Intelligence Agency go under a 12-week training process at the Defence Intelligence School which was devised by the United States African Command (AFRICOM). This training is conducted by instructors at the European Regional Intelligence Training Facility of the United States

ITS EASY FOr me thats why am inviting you where do you stay in nigeria once i return i will take you round some of the locations you never thought you will see in nigeria

That's EXACTLY my point. Intelligence training and field craft is TOTALLY DIFFERENT from Close Protection training. Two different beasts. The 1st involves Intelligence gathering using HUMINT, SIGINT, and ELINT assets, and processing plus analysis of collated data. And it's done covertly. Close Protection on the other is a bit more on the Ops side of things, is more overt, and involves a different skill set including offensive and defensive driving, intensive firearms training, CQB, hand-to-hand combat (Krav Maga), etc.

BTW, DSS agents are trained by the Isrealis.

OrlandoOwoh:
You speak as if the DSS has always been from the beginning. Prior to General Obasanjo regime, who provided "close protection?"

I never said that the DSS was there from the word go. Prior to the service was the defunct National Security Organization (NSO) and before that was the Nigeria Police Force, grandfather of them all.

soe:
dude u r beginning to really get on my nerves for real.

I never said protection does not INVOLVE carrying rifles.

I said protection does not MEAN carrying rifles.

As u said...there is a counter assault force in every protection detail...but so also is there an intelligence unit in every detail...it is a team work...the police/army do the attack, the SSS do the intelligence/avertion

"DUDE" what the hell are you talking about? Maybe I should break this down on each units functions in protecting the president.

DSS
*They plan out each mission (route selection, premises protection, exfiltration, etc) and provide the necessary Intelligence to back it up.
*For visits, they form the advance detail and check each of the president's destination. Such checks involves checking the grounds for the deployment of operatives, identifying access points, identifying possible threats and positions that could be used by those who intend to harm their principal, neutralization of bomb threats in conjunction with the NPF EOD team (Bomb squad).
*They provide the immediate protection ring around the president. Operatives within these ring are armed with sidearms/pistols, SMGs (Uzi or Heckler & Koch MP7s or FN-P90s), and bullet proof blanket to shield the principal further in a fire fight.
*The DSS equally man each COUNTER-ASSAULT teams. These SWAT-like teams are those who were the tradional jet black gear or the new DSS darkblue+black DPM/camo gear, body armour+tactical vests, and are armed with both side arms AND assault rifles (eg Tavor CTAR-21s or GALIL ACE assault rifles). These teams not only protect the immediate outer perimeter of the Principal's residence, but provide the immediate outer ring that fights off any assault on the president in a gunfight while the close protection team wisks the principal and his family to safety.
*The DSS operates the specialist equipment from comm gears to radio jammers mounted in one of the vehicles. During GEJ's administration this vehicle was a Ford Edge festooned with multiple radio antennas.
*The DSS operates and maintains every vehicle within the main presidential fleet. These includes the Principal's vehicle plus decoy, the chase vehicles that convey additional agents and members of the Counter-Assault force, the comms vehicle that equally contains the jammer equipment.


NPF & NA-GUARDS BRIGADE
*The NA Guards Brigade and NPF-SPU (Blue berets)+ Squadro 24 PMF (Police Mobile Force - MOPOL) provide the outer protection ring for the president. For Governors, SPU officers serve as ADC to their principals while SPU teams provide outer protection. The only exception is the security team of the Borno State Governor where SPU team was complemented with NPF ATS (Anti Terror Squad - red berets) teams.
* The NA and NPF provide protection for the outer external perimeter grounds.
* Initially, the NPF Airwing provided rotary aircrafts (helicopters) and pilots to transport the president. They've been replaced by NAF.
*The NA and NPF (SPU + 24 Sqdrn MOPOL) provides the external wall of protection for the president
*In case of further incidents, both NA Guards Brigd and NPF provide the QRF (Quick Reaction Force) to back up beleaguered teams.
*The NA Guards Brigade provides ceremonial duties
*The NA Guards Brigade is responsible for the protection of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).


NPF-BOMB SQUAD
*Identify and neutralise Bomb threats. The Police EOD team is pretty much the very best and most experienced team in Nigeria. FACT.

NAF
*Operate and maintain all fixed-wing and rotary aircraft in the presidential air fleets.

OrlandoOwoh:
The military has a far better intelligence squards. Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) and Nigerian Army Intelligence Corps (NAIC) are some of them.

No they don't. I'm pretty sure they're all competent operatives, but for this particular task of close protection, the best Service with the BEST TRAINING, BEST EQUIPMENT, and BEST TECHNOLOGY is the Department of State Service (State Security Service).

Frankly, if at all a military should be used, then it ought to have been the Army's Military Police Corps OR Army Special Forces, not Army Intelligence Corps.

tmanuelle:
Well one point he didn't get right in his text is that the DSS cannot do what the CIA does...that responsibility is on the NIA. The NIA does what CIA does (external intelligence gathering), while DSS does what the FBI does (domestic intelligence and security).

However he is very correct on the role of the DSS carrying out the responsibilities of both the FBI & the USSS at the same time, talking about intelligence, internal security and the protection of VIPs.

Well he is right on the comparison BTW DSS and the CIA as foreign espionage isn't the DSS's forte, but NIA's (although the NIA recruits the very best from the DSS, NPF, and military for its field operative cadre).

aminho:
that is what you think where do you stay? I can invite you to a tour so that you will know how trained they are

Invite me for a tour? Last I checked, it wasn't easy entering DIA facilities. Anyway, I'm not saying that our spooks in Army Intelligence are incompetent. Far from it. But for this particular function, they are ill equipped and not trained to handle it. Their AKs aren't even good for CQB (close quarter combat) compared to DSS' s Tavor CTAR 21s. Maybe they'll have to borrow some Uzis from DSS.

kazmanbanjoko:
Mtcheww. PDP is a wicked party. During their reign, did they allow any other political party have a position in jonathan's cabinet or the NASS. Now, they wan dey form holiness. Na ogun go kill all of 'em. #ekweremadu must be impeached.

Like Tambuwal who was Speaker? Keep talking.

Nigeria36:
I don't have time to educate you now, SSS performs 3 functions: intelligence (equivalent of the CIA), counter-terrorism (FBI) and close body protection (presidential security service, South Korea or US Secret Security Service) they don't av uniform but dresses on black suit (jacket). It is their responsibility to offer close body security to the President and Governors and their immediate family. They also maintain the mobile fleets of the President except the air fleets. The Guard protects the seat of power, the exteriors, but the DSS protects the interior of the buildings. When the President is on a move, the Guard acts as Vanguard in front and back of the convoy and can never ride with the President in side the same car, during functions they protect the perimeter of the event venue, while DSS maintains close body and the convoy. During emergency, it is the duty of the DSS to extract the President to safety while the Guard engages the criminals, providing cover for the evacuation of the President, and during the extraction, the DSS acts as body shield to the President until successful extraction while the Guard engages. The SSS is the best trained among them and also the best paid. The only commendable thing His Majesty will do is to separate those powers and vest it in different new and independent agencies to improve productivity. Thank me later

THANK YOU!! Abeg teach some of these people here.

agabusta:
So what is the duty of the Guards Brigade of the Nigerian Army which reports directly to the presidency and not the Chief of Army staff.

Protection of the Federal Capital Territory (primary AOR) and ceremonial duties.

soe:
protection doesn't mean carrying rifles.

IT INVOLVES CARRYING RIFLES FOR CHRIST SAKE!!! Why the hell do you thing there's also a counter - assault force in every protection detail?! For heaven's sake if you don't know much about a subject, zip it and read some more! Jeez...

aminho:
Our army intelligence corps is one of the best trained in their field

Our Army Intelligence Corps are not trained in Close Protection or Counter-Assault. Only the DSS and NPF-SPU are trained in that. This is a major mistake by GMB.

soe:
since you have asked....

The military has always been the one in charge of guarding the seat of power. In fact, last year when boko haram attacked the DSS headquaters very close to Aso Villa, the military had to be drafted immediately.

The job of the DSS is different...the SSS are secret state police who normally should not be seen with rifles or uniform. They are meant to mix with people, gather intelligence to feed the military and police force.

The DSS in the villa are not body guards,they are meant to have specific day to day ordinary roles which allow them go unnoticed as they monitor underground activities.

But today what we have is an SSS trained for bodyguard services, leaving the job of intelligence gathering to nobody and everybody...why else do you think nobody knows when or where boko haram is about to strike? Why do you think nobody knows the whereabouts of the chibok girls?

PMB wants to return the DSS to it's main purpose, to secretly monitor the state of security of the nation.

WRONG!! The Army is NOT responsible for protecting the seat of power. READ THE CONSTITUTION AND THE 1986 INTELLIGENCE ACT. The DSS, along with the Nigeria Police Force, is responsible for protecting the seat of power. THAT is the 2nd PRIMARY TASK of the DSS. The Army, the Guards Brigade in particular, provides ceremonial duties (being the oldest Army unit) AND protects the FCT as a whole as that is its primary AOR.


Another correction: the DSS is the domestic Intelligence Service of the nation. But it is also responsible for providing Bodyguard service, from Close Protection Detail to Counter-Assault teams. That is because this is ALSO ITS 2ND PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY as the DSS was designed in a similar way like the Isreali Shinbet/ISA (similar way we created NIA and DIA in 1986 in the image of Isreal ' s MOSSAD and AMMAN).

And yes, like EVERY OTHER INTELLIGENCE SERVICE AROUND THE GLOBE from the American FBI, Russian FSB, Isreal ' s Shinbet, and China ' s MRS, the DSS is authorised to carry firearms, including ASSAULT AND SNIPER RIFLES.

Abugab:
Is the reality of governance now dawning on Wike or is he looking for excuses to squander over 7 billion all in the name of tarnishing Amaechi's name?
Wike, govern your people and deliver the goods, that was the promise. Afterall, Amaechi the bad boy is out and his 'stooge' didn't win.
No excuses, work....

Don't worry about Wike. The man is already at work with construction firms already hard at working fixing both damaged and incomplete road projects abandoned by Amaechi.

efilefun:
Apart from the funds amaechi left behind, jonathan also sent in the funds amaechi spent on federal roads yet the slowpoke is going for a heavy loan.... I SMH in pity for the people of rivers state

You mean the same funds that were deducted by Zenith Bank as repayment for a loan initial drawn by the Amaechi administration?

shachris:
at least something was left and we must commend him for that. other governors left their states in dept.

NOTHING WAS LEFT OH. RIVERS STATE IS BROKE!

shachris:
which workers? the workers that were protesting were pdp paid agents. Most rivers state workers were paid.

Bros, abeg ENOUGH OF THE LIES!! My mother - in - law's tenant is not only a civil servant but also Amaechi ' s kinsman, YET till date that poor man, along with every other civil servant are yet to be paid. When Dakuku lost the gubernatorial elections, celebrations broke out at the State secretariat beside the State Govt House. So please STOP LYING!!

atlwireles:
What is there to applaud, sorry I don't see it. The Fulani political position is well known in Nigeria, there is no deftness and finesse involved. The fools willingly leading themselves into bondage is the tragedy that needs explanation.

On point. 'funny part is that this Tinubu camp & clowns that went along with him kept boasting of their so-called "political sophistication"..... It sure looked like SOPHISTICATED IDIOCY as someone rightfully mentioned once.

Skybob:
U shouldn't be surprised, I never did Geography in school.
But actually, if u had given ur brain a bit of chance to cerebrate, u would have known that Akwa Ibom mentioned is just an example..
The point is most Ndigbo states collect huge allocations.

And your choice as an example was a non-Igbo state.....yet you still don't know the grey matter between your ears has expired...*smh*

BTW, Igbo states don't collect huge allocations (the exception probably being Abia state).

All said, I don't understand all these attacks on the Igbos. Ever since the last election there's been a hike in tribal attacks and hatred. Last I checked we run a democracy, so if a tribe decide to go massively for someone other than your candidate, IT IS THEIR CHOICE AND RIGHT. So stop acting like some damn immature kids.

Oh BTW, last I checked GMB is the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, NOT the President of the NE, NW, NC, and SW. He represents all the geopolitical regions irrespective of how they voted. So those of you demanding that the Igbos be left out really need to get your heads checked.

Abagworo:
Nonsense. 6 years of waste. I feel ashamed of useless comments from supposed Igbo brothers.

Did you even bother to find out when the 2nd Niger Bridge project was initiated. That was one project that started quite late, NOT at the start of the GEJ administration. The Enugu airport was upgraded with international flights flown in. If there are minute jobs left to be completed, then its up to the new administration to do just that. After all, govt is about continuity.

Skybob:
If d monthly allocation to Akwa-Ibon alone could almost equate that of the entire Southwest, then the Ndigbos should be able to collectively 'surprise' d FG if he fails to complete it. Abi?

I never knew Akwa Ibom was an Igbo state or even in same geopolitical region. Yet you wonder why you still have issues with your WAEC results.