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Staying Calm amid the storms

Why feed other people with a meal you won't even taste , this splinter Governors are the most insincere people I have ever heard of , DO AS I SAY NOT AS I DO ! Give this guys state police and by now I can assure you civil war would have been kick started !

AMID its desperate search for peace, the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) seems to have remained
struck in the mud of trouble.
It suddenly put off yesterday a scheduled peace
meeting between its leaders and its aggrieved
governors.
It emerged last night that the refusal of President
Goodluck Jonathan to make any commitment on
his perceived 2015 ambition and alleged
investigation of governors by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) led to the
abrupt postponement of the talks, which should
have been a follow-up to the Sunday meeting at
the Villa.
Besides, a group loyal to the President, Media
Network for Transformation (MNT), yesterday
asked the Presidency to discontinue talks with
the aggrieved PDP governors.
In a statement by its Coordinator, Mr. Goodluck
Ebelo, MNT said only Nigerians can determine
the fate of Jonathan in 2015 and not a group of
governors.
According to a source in the Presidency, who
gave an insight into why the peace talks were
shifted, the aggrieved governors were not happy
that they could not extract any commitment from
the President on their demands that Jonathan
should not contest in 2015 and the stoppage of
investigation of governors by EFCC.
The source said: “The aggrieved governors of the
PDP decided to seek a postponement of the peace
parley scheduled for Tuesday as a result of
President Jonathan’s rejection of the suggestion
that the government should put an immediate
stop to probe of state governments’ accounts by
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC).
“Some of the governors expressed
disappointment with the way President Jonathan
waved aside the request that he should put an
end to the probe of governors by the EFCC.”
They were also uncomfortable, it was learnt, that
the President made no commitment on his 2015
plan.
“This is purely a constitutional matter, not
subject to the dictate of any individual or group.
You cannot ask an individual to forego his right,”
the source said.
Unable to get any commitment, the governors
told the PDP leadership that they needed further
consultations before attending the peace parley.
The pro-Jonathan group asked the President to
be courageous to discontinue negotiations with
the aggrieved governors.
The group, in a statement by Ebelo said to
demand that the President should deny himself
what the constitution affords him is intolerable
hubris.
The statement said: “The Media Network for
Transformation has observed with keen interest
recent happenings in the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party.
“Of particular interest is the walkout
masterminded by a former Vice President, Alhaji
Atiku Abubakar and six governors during the
party’s Special National Convention at the Eagle
Square on Saturday.
“While we appreciate the right of any person,
including these feuding politicians, to aspire to
any political office in the land, we denounce this
glaring conspiracy to make President Goodluck
Jonathan a hostage of their individual ambitions.
“ We wish to state that the premeditated walk-
out at the Eagle Square, last Saturday and the
demands of these politicians smack of blackmail.
“We, therefore, call on Mr. President to be
resolute and resist this weather-beaten gambit, a
treachery and mischief, designed to cow him. He
should have zero-tolerance to political hostage
taking.
“It is not news that the key persona in the last
Saturday’s display of shame are a group of
politicians with smouldering ambition to be
President in 2015. Of itself, a legitimate
aspiration. But to demand that the President
should deny himself what the constitution
affords him is intolerable hubris.
“We, therefore, call on the President and all
leaders of the PDP, loyal and faithful to the party
to immediately discontinue the ongoing
negotiations with these men with self serving, ill-
disguised ambitions.. What becomes of any
ambition, including Mr. President’s, is in the
hands of Nigerians, not a motley crowd of
turncoats.
“While we welcome the wish of the feuding
politicians to remain in the PDP, we make bold to
say that intimidation, treachery and blackmail
would not derail the genuine intentions of this
President .
“It is common knowledge that a leader of this
group, once left the party and at the end, neither
the PDP nor its presidential candidate (the late
Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua), who defeated him in the
2007 presidential election, felt any pinch from his
absence.
“We are of the opinion that the performance of
the Jonathan administration in the first four
years would give the opportunity to the Nigerian
people to decide whether or not to give him a
second term in office. It does not lie in the mouth
champions of sectionalism to hijack that decision
from Nigerians
“We urge the Nigerian citizenry to be more
observant as we move closer to 2015. We cannot
afford to allow political desperation to derail
democratic governance that caused this country
so much to achieve.”
Source : the Nation

MY OPINION
It is Expedient that we discuss The Polls
objectively,and avoid Mudslinging the odds
against the president are staggering
1.APC antagonism
2. Splinter PDP
4.Boko Haram
5 Pipeline Vandalism ,ASSU to mention just
few,Some one us could easily die of
Suffocation in handling just one of this
Problems yet the president has Made
significant progresses on Some key sectors,despite the Myraid of hydra headed
Challenges
1.Power ( privatisation )
2 Agricultural rebirth
3 aviation turnaround
4. Fuel supply stability
5. SURE P
6.Rail and Inland water ways transport
7 attraction of FDI despite BH
8 sports &football rejuvenation ( nations
Cup ,hopefully world cup )
9 women empowermentetc
We are not yet there (promised Land) but the
fact that some people see some good in what
the president is doing should not offend
anyone our. Focus should not be on how best to run down Nigeria,but how to provide alternative Ideas and solutions to the problems that plague our land. GOD BLESS NIGERIA

President Goodluck Jonathan has maintained a dignifying rating in the assessment of most
Nigerians despite the unresolved internal
wrangling that has engulfed his party, the
People's Democratic Party (PDP), as was
revealed by an independent poll agent, NOIPolls
Limited.
The poll indicated that despite the slight decline
in the number of Nigerians that has experienced
some improvements in the power supply in
August, the President’s approval rating
continued to soar, particularly in the South-East
(76 percent), North Central (70 percent) and
South- South (66 percent) regions. These were
some of the key findings from the Governance
Snap Poll conducted in the week of August 26th 2013.

FULL REPORT
President's Job Approval Rating
Reaches Peak of 57% in August
2013
Abuja, Nigeria. September 3rd, 2013 – Latest
monthly governance poll result released by
NOIPolls Limited has revealed that almost 6 in
10 (57%) Nigerians approve of President
Goodluck Jonathan’s job performance in the
month of August 2013. This current score
depicts a 4-Point increase in the job approval
rating of the President from July (53%) to August
(57%)and also marks the highest approval
rating the President has scored since January
2013. Furthermore, same as in July, the results
indicated that 42% of Nigerians rated the
performance of the current administration as
average. However, there was a slight decline (2-
point) in the proportion of Nigerians (36%) that
had experienced some improvements in the
power supply in August. Despite this slight
decline, the President’s approval rating
continued to soar, particularly in the South-East
(76%), North Central (70%) and South-South
(66%) regions. These were the key findings from
the Governance Snap Poll conducted in the
week of August 26th 2013.
The results presented are the eighth in the
monthly series of governance polls conducted by
NOI Polls to gauge the opinions and perceptions
of Nigerians regarding three crucial elements –
the approval rating of the president, the
performance of the current administration,
and the situation of power supply in the
country.
Respondents to the poll were asked three specific
questions. Firstly, in order to gauge the approval
rating of President Goodluck Jonathan over the
past 1 month (August) respondents were asked:
Do you approve or disapprove of the
performance of President Jonathan in the past
1 month?: The result from this question revealed
that, overall, almost 6 in 10 Nigerians surveyed
(57%: 14%+43%) approve of the President’s job
performance over the past month, where 14%
strongly approve and 43% approve. These
figures clearly depict a 4-point increase in the
proportion of Nigerians that approve of the
President’s performance from July (53%) to
August (57%); and emerged as the best rating so
far in eight months. Comparatively, a total of
19% of respondents indicated disapproval of the
President’s performance, with 15% indicating
they disapprove and 4% strongly disapprove,
while, 24% of the respondents remained neutral
in rating his performance as they neither
approve nor disapprove.
Assessing the President’s performance across
geo-political zones showed that the South-East
zone with 76% (22%+54%) had the highest
proportion of respondents that approved of the
President’s performance in the past one month
up from 72% in July. This is followed by the
North-Central zone with 70% (26%+44%) up
from 56% in July and the South-South zone
with 66% (12%+54%) up from 62% in July. The
highest proportion of respondents that
disapproved of the President’s performance
were from the North-West zone with 31% (28%
+3%) down from 40% in July, followed by the
North-East zone with 26% (14%+12%) down
from 31% in July. The largest number of
respondents that were neutral towards the
president’s performance was from the South-
West zone with 33% up from 26% in July. In
addition, more female (60%) than male (54%)
respondents approve of the President’s job
performance.
A general assessment of the president’s rating in
an eight months series showed that the approval
rating of the President’s performance initially
experienced an increase from January (50%) to
February (54%), and then experienced a
continuous decline from February to April (42%).
Afterwards, it increased in May (44%) and was
stable in June and has experienced a continuous
increase in three months from June (44%) to
August (57%); the highest rating so far in 2013.
Secondly, in order to measure the performance
of the current administration respondents were
asked: How would you rate the performance of
this current administration in the past 1
month? Overall, the majority (42%) are of the
opinion that the current administration has
performed averagely. In addition, while a total of
35% indicated they performed well, where 8%
said they’ve performed very well and 27% said
they’ve performed well; 23% rated their
performance as poor, with 4% percent saying
they’ve performed very poorly and 19% saying
they’ve performed poorly. Furthermore, similar
to the President’s approval rating, the 35%
positive rating of the administration marks a 7-
point increase from the 28% in July 2013.
Gauging these results across geo-political zones
further revealed that the South-South zone had
the highest proportion of respondents (54%) that
rated the performance of the current
administration as average. In addition, while the
South-East zone records the highest number of
respondents (49%) that rated the performance of
the current administration positively, the North-
East (34%) accounted for the highest number of
respondents that rated their performance
negatively.
Again, an assessment of the performance of the
current administration in eight months revealed
that the job approval rating of the current
administration experienced an increase from
January (22%) to February (24%) and then
declined in two months consecutively till April
(16%). From the month of May (21%) it again
experienced a continuous increase till August
(35%), which represents the highest figures in
eight months.
Lastly, in order to evaluate the general situation
of power in Nigeria within the past month,
respondents were asked: How would you
describe power in your area in the past 1
month? Findings revealed that overall, 36% (5%
+31%) of Nigerians experienced an improvement
in the power situation over the past month,
where 5% experienced very much improvement
and 31% experienced little improvement. In
addition, (27%) of the respondents were of the
opinion that “it remains bad”, 21% indicated that
“there’s no difference at all”, while 16% of the
respondents stated that the power situation “is
very bad and has gone worse”.
Analysis based on geo-political zones showed
that, majority of the respondents that
experienced an improvement in the power
situation in August were from the South-South
zone (53%). The North-Central zones with 29%
represents the highest number of respondents
that say “there’s no difference at all” in the power
situation over the past month. In addition, the
North-East zone accounted for the highest
proportion of respondents (42%) that indicated
power supply in their area “remains bad” while
the South-West zone (26%) accounted for the
most number of respondents that say “it’s very
bad has gone worse”.
An overview of the power situation in eight
months depicts a 2-points decline in the
proportion of respondents that experienced
improvement in the power situation in their area
compared to July’s 38% score. Findings also
revealed that January and February recorded the
best power ratings with 47% and 44%
respectively, while March & April (31% each)
recorded the lowest proportion of respondents
that experienced an improvement.
In conclusion, findings from the current poll have
revealed that the President’s performance rating
reached its peak in eight months at 57%. This
figure depicts a 4-Point increase in the approval
rating of the President’s performance from July
(53%) to August (57%). Also, 42% of respondents
were of the opinion that the administration
performed averagely. Interestingly, there was a
2-points decline in the proportion of Nigerians
that had experienced improvements in power
supply for the month of August (36%) compared
to July (38%). However, despite the decline, the
President’s job approval rating still soared;
suggesting that beyond power supply, the
President’s performance on other critical areas of
the economy & polity may be responsible for his
continued positive ratings. Perhaps media
reports around heightened security & reported
death of Abubakar Shekau, the strides in railway
transportation & commencement of rail haulage
from Lagos to Kano, as well as the formal
opening of the Akanu Ibiam International
Airport & the maiden flight of Ethiopian Airlines,
which will serve as a major economic booster,
may have endeared respondents; particularly in
the South-East region where the President had
the highest job approval rating of 76%.
Survey Methods
The opinion poll was conducted on August 26th
to 28th 2013. It involved telephone interviews of
a random nationwide sample. 1,004 randomly
selected phone-owning Nigerians aged 18 years
and above, representing the six geopolitical
zones in the country, were interviewed. With a
sample of this size, we can say with 95%
confidence that the results obtained are
statistically precise - within a range of plus or
minus 3%. NOIPolls Limited is Nigeria’s leading
opinion polling and research organisation, which
works in technical partnership with the Gallup
Organisation (USA), to conduct periodic opinion
polls and studies on various socio-economic and
political issues in Nigeria. More information is
available at www.noi-polls.com

MY OPINION
It is Expedient that we discuss The Polls
objectively,and avoid Mudslinging the odds
against the president are staggering
1.APC antagonism
2. Splinter PDP
4.Boko Haram
5 Pipeline Vandalism ,ASSU to mention just
few,Some one us could easily die of
Suffocation in handling just one of this
Problems yet the president has Made
significant progresses on Some key sectors,despite the Myraid of hydra headed
Challenges
1.Power ( privatisation )
2 Agricultural rebirth
3 aviation turnaround
4. Fuel supply stability
5. SURE P
6.Rail and Inland water ways transport
7 attraction of FDI despite BH
8 sports &football rejuvenation ( nations
Cup ,hopefully world cup )
9 women empowermentetc
We are not yet there (promised Land) but the
fact that some people see some good in what
the president is doing should not offend
anyone our Focus should not be on how best to run down Nigeria,but how to provide alternative Ideas and solutions to the problems that plague our f land. GOD BLESS NIGERIA


www.thisdaylive.com/articles/poll-result-jonathans-rating-soars-despite-pdp-trouble/158064/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

With the full support of the Nigerian youth

nigeriapoliticsonline.com/60-years-old-pdp-national-youth-leader-all-we-need-is-agility-not-age-chieftain/

The Former Youth leader was 60 years Old imposed -
Garba Chiza

The decision of Delegates and President Jonathan to support this young and dynamic young man is a testament of their believe in the Nigerian Youth

New face, new ideas ,new possibilities

lincy: LOLzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz good egg in a wrong crate (carrier) hope dey don't break dis egg PDP I hail!

This Guy is a good Guy ,a devout muslim too as a SUG president he protected christians(FCS) who were about to be attacked by irate muslim students in UDUSOK ,and consistently protected the vulnerable . He is the New Face of Nigerian Youth ,he is Nationalist Not factionalist

The Peoples Democratic Party has re-elected its
sacked spokesperson, Olisa Metuh, along with
nine others into the party’s National Working
Committee.
The party also elected

Uche Secondus. -deputy nat chairman.

Treasurer- Bala Buhari

Deputy Publicity Secretary – Abuldullahi Ibrahim

National Organizing Secretary – Mustapha
Abubakar

Deputy National Legal Adviser – Maidogo
Bashiru
Deputy National Organizing Sec – Nnadozie
Okechukwu

National Legal Adviser – Victor Yusuf

Deputy National Financial Secretary – Gwadabe
Abdul

Deputy National Secretary – Owei Solomon Onwe

Women leader- Kema Chikwe

Deputy Treasurer- Claudius Godsave

Youtht Leader - Mai Basira

Those shown the Back door include
Garba Chiza former Octogenarian PDP youth leader ,Sam Jaja a loyalist of Amaechi
More updates as they come !

premiumtimesng.com/news/143931-pdp-special-convention-results-metuh-others-re-elected.html

Sincere 9gerian: These governors control ALL the structures in their states, whether within or outside the party, yet they'r not satisfied. They'll fight with president for even the little control the president should exerts at the national level. In essence, the governors want to control the party at both state and national level and disgrace the president

U are right local govt chairmen control local chapter , they Governors control state chapters , the president should be allowed to pick his men simple governors want to control everything ministers board appointment etc . Good riddance to bad rubbish simple


List of New PDP Factional National Leadership

National Chairman — Abubakar Kawu Baraje

Deputy National Chairman – Dr. Sam Sam Jaja

National Secretary — Olagunsoye Oyinlola.
''
The Trio will most likely sleep in the SSS underground cells for attempt to breach public peace and cause breakdown of law and order ''


http://premiumtimesng.com/news/143906-pd…

While APC is beckoning at his Back yard Abdulfatah has turned himself into Bukola Sarakis puppy ,forming Factions with Renegades ! On their second term with nothing to looose

To be fair to Jonathan and PDP they have tolerated this guys long enough, no one is bigger than the Party, I don't expect such rascally behaviour from my former lecturer Prof Kaoje its Sad
Its a final Nail to their coffins, with or without them Jonathan will still win ,they have just donated their state chapters to Tukur On a platter of Gold.
Once the power sector reforms bear fruits its a done deal
This 7 governors will Never try this Rubbish if Yaradua was president and. They know it

Fresh Air 2015 - its Done

Seven governors of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) have walked out of the ongoing
special delegates convention of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), thereby deepening
the crisis in the ruling party.
The governors who took what may be a final
walk from the troubled party are those of
Jigawa, Niger, Sokoto, Rivers, Niger,
Adamawa, and Kwara.
The governors followed former Vice
President Atiku Abubakar, who also walked
out, to the Yar'Adua Center in Abuja where
they are currently addressing a press
conference to detail the reasons for their
storming out.
Also in the protest walk is a former chairman
of the PDP, Abubakar Baraje, and some
Senators.
WHAT WILL EVER PLEASE THIS GUYS

This picture got me laughing take a look at pastor Mrs Remi Tinubu's Face I think the man needs some admonition !

The mild drama that took place between
Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero of
Kaduna State and one of his subjects
recently when the Governor went in the
company of Polio Immunization team to
flag off the immunization exercise speaks
of the hardline posture of some citizens
against the campaign and the exemplary
leadership quality which the Governor
possesses.
A middle aged man, Muhammad Sani
Usman Goron Namye who resides at Raba
Close, Makarfi Road, Rigasa Kaduna,
recently made headlines in a number of
national dailies for refusing Governor
Mukhtar Ramalan Yero of Kaduna state
and his team entry into his homestead to
flag off the campaign against
poliomyelitis.
The gentleman said he had nothing
malicious against the person of Yero, or
his political position, but he would not
allow him in because he (Namye) was not
notified prior to the exercise, hence he
had every right not to oblige the
Governor.
Although the Governor was in company of
his aids who were already irritated by
Sani’s behaviour and would have
compelled him to oblige, he appealed to
them for calm, and after pleading with
Namye to no avail, moved to the next
house instead.The dilapidated conditions
of the next house was what appealed to
the Governor at first, and he immediately
pledged to renovate it for the occupant.
Goron Namye who is an indigene of
Zamfara State, resident in Kaduna State,
confessed that since the time of the
incidence till the time of filing this report,
no one had looked at him maliciously, let
alone harming him on account of the
previous face-off between him and the
Governor despite the fact that he is not an
indigene of the State. “I was never
harassed by anyone on account of that,
and I have been doing my business like
every other person,” he said. According
to him, this calm and humble attitude
exhibited by the Governor shows he is a
leader that tolerates his subjects to the
core. He therefore urged all political
personalities of his calibre to emulate his
leadership style, and stop using the
powers at their disposal indiscriminately
on their subjects.
Sani Goron Namye said he did not act so
purposely to drag the image of the
governor in the mud as some people
misconstrued it to be. He however said
that he could not comprehend why the
matter, why polio alone was earmarked as
the disease
to be eradicated with a huge chunk of
fortunes being spent by the government
on tackling it apart from the jingles and
advertorials being sponsored in both
print and electronic media concerning the
disease; whereas a significant portion of
people, mostly the low income earners,
are going bed-ridden every now and then
on account of one curable illness or the
other, needing the financial assistance of
good spirited persons to foot down their
respective medical bills.
Sani cited an instance of his, when one of
his sons was knocked down by a motorist,
shortly before his encounter with
governor Ramalan, and they went to a
number of public hospitals and the case
could not be handled effectively, and they
had to go to the 44 Barracks’ hospital of
the Nigerian Army where they provided
the required medical facilities and
services and gave a huge bill that he
struggled to pay with tears in his eyes.
Peeved by what he termed official
criminal negligence in almost every facets
of ordinary men and women’s life, as far
as health facilities provision is concerned,
its officials, regardless of the position they
occupy politically, have no rights,
whatsoever, to flag off any campaign with
his family. “Over my dead body!” he
intoned.
Namye, during the chat, however posited
that Mukhtar Ramalan Yero’s style of
governance is one that listens to the voice
of the commons irrespective of who is
behind it. “So, it becomes incumbent on
the people of Kaduna state, as matter of
urgency, to put all hands on deck, to assist
him in steering the state to greatness,” he
admonished.



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Sincere 9gerian: How far with that Sahara Reporter of lies prophecy?

Sahara takes their News From HELL
Never reporting anything good, always propagating lies the fact that leadership newspaper is now their local division is no surprise .
They said Suntai was a vegetable ,brain dead he just addressed the state .
They said Imoke is dead . A dead man is rulling crossriver
They said sulliivan has few days to live the man is just laughing at them
I wonder why people still take sahara reporters seriously

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israel007: Is she married

hmmmmmmm
She senior your grand mother o

Over N1 billion has been spent by the Kano State
government on Kano/Niger Republic Bilingual
College in Niamey, Governor Rabi’u Musa
Kwankwaso has said. The money, Kwankwaso
said was expended in building students’ hostel,
multipurpose hall, kitchen, staff quarters, clinic
and wall fencing of the college.
Speaking during a farewell ceremony for the first
batch of 101 secondary school students to Niger
Republic, he said the money was the counterpart
fund of the state for the joint project. The state
government, according to a statement by the
governor’s media aide, Mallam Halilu Dantiye,
provided a bus, a pick up van, two sets of
uniforms for each of the pioneer 200 students
and English teachers.
He added that the Nigerien authorities provided
land for the project, in addition to running the
school. The idea for the establishment of the
college, according to Governor Kwankwaso, was
to consolidate bilateral relations between the
state and the Niger Republic, expose Kano
children to French language as well as create
unlimited opportunities for them in French and
English speaking countries.
“With an annual increment of 200 students, 100
from Niger and 100 from Kano, it is our vision
that in six years when the college will graduate
these very students, they will have a population
of 1,400 students”, the governor said.
According to him, the govern-ments of Kano and
Niger Republic will take full responsibility of the
scholarship of the students.
In his remarks, President Muhammadou
Yousoufou of Niger Republic, represented by the
country’s Minister of Education, Madam Maryam
Alhadji Ibrahim, said the partnership will bring
about greater unity and reinforce the existing
relationship between the two countries.




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daughter Bernice; marking 50 years since the "I Have a Dream". speech
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The political crisis tearing Taraba State apart assumed a new dimension as the leadership of the Taraba state House of Assembly has vowed not to recognize Mr. Danbaba Suntai as governor of the state.

Speaker of the House, Hon. Haruna Tsokwa has furthermore vowed not to allow the governor resume office until he addresses the people of the state through the House of Assembly.

Until this is done, the speaker said the Assembly will not allow the earlier transmitted letter of the governor to the members to allow him resume duty to see the light of the day.

Addressing journalists moments ago in his office, his decision to halt Suntai from resuming office according to him is as a result of his love to the people of the state whom he said deserved to see their governor “who has just returned from hospital physically.”

Flanked by the deputy speaker, Hon. Tanko Maikarif, the deputy Majority Leader, Hon. Josiah Kente and some members of the House, the speaker vowed to tread all legitimate paths to frustrate plans for Suntai to govern the state by proxy.

Earlier the Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Albasu Kunnin had informed journalists that since the letter transmitted to the House by the governor had been acknowledged the governor can now go ahead and resume his office as the number one citizen of the state.

Piqued with the utterance, the speaker whom LEGISREPORTS observed was visibly dejected, said for the governor to be given the nod by the assembly members, the yearnings and aspirations of the people to see “their governor physically” must be considered.

LEGISREPORTS learnt that all efforts so far made by the leadership of the House to see the governor whom since his arrival back to the state has continued to proved fertile.

The wrangling in the House which LEGISREPORT notes was necessitated by the decision of some of the members to compel the governor to appear before them, has no doubt factionalized the members into two different camps.

While those in the camp of the Majority Leader vowed not to allow the governor to come before the members, that of the speaker has categorically stressed their readiness to continue to recognize the Acting Governor in his capacity as acting governor pending when Suntai is ready to succumb to the demand of some of the members.

Wondering why the governor has continue to refused to address the people that gave him the mandate to ascend the number one position of the state in the last general election, allowing him to resume office without addressing the people, the speaker observed, as being “unfair to the good people of this state.”

To halt possible outbreak of crisis in the House especially among the members, LEGISREPORTS observed a sudden increase in the numbers of security operatives presently keeping vigil at the House.

http://legisreportsng.com/exclusive-taraba-assembly-leadership-vows-not-to-recognize-suntai-as-governor/

legisreportsng.com/exclusive-taraba-assembly-leadership-vows-not-to-recognize-suntai-as-governor/

Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai has
resumed work. His deputy, Alhaji Garba Umar is
no longer acting but deputy governor, a section
of the State House of Assembly said on Tuesday.
Suntai returned into the country on Sunday after
spending 10 months in Germany and United
States, treating the injuries he sustained when a
plane he piloted crashed near Yola, Adamawa
State on October 25, last year.
On Monday he transmitted a letter to the
legislature, informing them of his readiness to
begin work.
The House Majority Leader, Hon. Joseph Albasu
who briefed reporters at the state Assembly
Complex, Jalingo, Tuesday said the House
received the governor’s letter and gave him the
go ahead to take charge, having fulfilled the
provision of the Nigerian Constitution.
Albasu is representing Lau constituency in the
Assembly. The Speaker, Haruna Tsokwa was not
present but Albasu said he was speaking on
behalf of every member. With him at the
briefing were: Hon. Charles Maijankai (Karim-
Lamido constituency), Ishaya Gani (Wukari) and
another member representing.
The Taraba Assembly also said Suntai was
physically and mentally fit to govern.
But a section of the House is alleging that the
signature appended on the governor’s letter is
not Suntai’s.
The members, believed to be pro-Umar also said
they were stopped from seeing Suntai, “an
indication that he is not fit”.
But Albasu refuted the allegation, citing mischief.
“We saw Governor Suntai in New York and now
that he has returned, and judging from the
conversation we had with him, the governor is
sound to resume work”, Albasu said.
Showing the letter to journalists, the Majority
Leader said the House has verified that the
signature is Suntai’s. Whoever that is denying is
only bringing confusion.
“The governor could have thump printed the
letter, if he wished, provided forensic test shows
he is the one.”
The Majority Leader said: “Pharm. Danbaba
Suntai who is the Executive Governor of Taraba
State has transmitted a letter to this very House
indicating his intention to resume work and take
over the functions of the state as the executive
governor.
“The letter was caused and addressed to the
Taraba State House of Assembly, and I, as the
Majority Leader being the Chairman of the
business of this Assembly received the letter.
“The Clerk of the House acknowledged the letter
and handed over to the Speaker of the Taraba
State House of Assembly Hon. Haruna Tsokwa.
“Governor Suntai has complied with the
provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria, in Section 190(2)”.
The other group wants Suntai to appear before
the House.
But the House majority leader yesterday
maintained that the Constitution does not
compel a governor to appear before the house on
the matter in contention.
“The governor can even transmit a letter in soft
copy via e-mail to the House. But Suntai went a
step further to transmit a letter to us in hard
copy, so what are those mischief makers talking
about?
He said it is even against the Constitution for the
House to hold plenary on the matter.
“This issue is not a debative matter anywhere in
the worid. Governor Suntai has done exactly
what the Constitution requires him to do”, he
said.

thenationonlineng.net/new/suntai-has-resumed-says-divided-taraba-assembly/

Section 190 of the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria as amended states

(1) Whenever the Governor is proceeding on
vacation or is otherwise unable to discharge the
functions of his office, he shall transmit a written
declaration to the Speaker of the House of
Assembly to that effect, and until he transmits to
the Speaker of the House of Assembly a written
declaration to the contrary, the Deputy Governor
shall perform the functions of the Governor as
Acting Governor.
(2) In the event that the Governor is unable or
fails to transmit the written
declaration mentioned in subsection (1) of this
section within 21 days, the House of Assembly
shall, by a resolution made by a simple majority
of the vote of the House, mandate the Deputy
Governor to perform the functions of the office
of the Governor as Acting Governor, until the
Governor transmits a letter to the Speaker that
he is now available to resume his functions as
Governor."

Am Lawyers over to you

www.lawnigeria.com/Constitution/1stAMENDMENTTOTHECONSTITUTIONOFNIGERIA.html

Siberia's education minister says she finds it
hard to believe that not a single candidate
passed this year’s university admission
exam.
Nearly 25,000 school-leavers failed the test
for admission to the University of Liberia,
one of two state-run universities.
The results mean there will be no freshers at
west Africa’s oldest degree-granting
institution, one of two state-run universities
in Liberia, when it reopens its doors next
month for another academic year.
The students lacked enthusiasm and did not
have a basic grasp of English, a university
official told the BBC.
Liberia is recovering from a brutal civil war
that ended a decade ago.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Nobel
peace laureate, recently acknowledged that
the education system is still in a “in a mess”,
and much needed to be done improve it.
However, Education Minister Etmonia David-
Tarpeh told the BBC Focus on Africa
programme that she intended to meet
university officials to discuss the issue.
“I know there are a lot of weaknesses in the
schools but for a whole group of people to
take exams and every single one of them to
fail, I have my doubts about that,” Ms David-
Tarpeh said.
“It’s like mass murder.”
Ms David-Tarpeh said she knew some of the
students and the schools they attended.
“These are not just schools that will give
people grades. I’d really like to see the
results of the students,” she added.
University spokesman Momodu Getaweh
told BBC Focus on Africa that the university
stood by its decision, and it would not be
swayed by “emotion”.
“In English, the mechanics of the language,
they didn’t know anything about it. So the
government has to do something,” he said.
“The war has ended 10 years ago now. We
have to put that behind us and become
realistic.”
The Voice of America (VOA) reported that
the university hired a private consultant to
manage and administer this year’s entrance
exam.
The consultant, James Dorbor Jallah, told the
VOA: “There is a perception in our society
largely that once you take the University of
Liberia admission exam, if you do not pay
money to someone, or if you do not have
appropriate connections, you would not be
placed on the results list. So, the university
has been grappling with how they could
manage the process whereby people’s
abilities would be truly measured on the
basis of their performance in the
examination.”
Liberia could draw a lesson from the mass
failure, he added. “For the country as a
whole, I think this is a clarion call that we
need to all see that the king is moving
around unclad and not pretend as though the
emperor has his finest clothes on.”
www.informationng.com/2013/08/all-25000-candidates-fail-liberia-university-entrance-examination.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Ignoring the Nigerian Market is suicidal for any company that intends to leave its footprints on the african market !
However,exploiting and exploring this market is also one of the new skills investors have learnt over the years !

Question :

1.What is the financial implication of leaving the two Nigerian House mates till the last show ?
2.Will Nigerians still watch the show if both were evicted earlier on ?
3.Entertainment, Yes but is the show worth the Cost ?

Nigeria has continued to make Good progress Under President Goodluck Jonathan,
in 72 hours giant developmental Strides have taken place
A Resumption of massive container freight via Rail, B First international flight to and from Enugu Airport, C Resumption of rail services in the Eastern corridor after complete rehabilitation,

Some individuals have seen Enough reasons and decided to refrain from any form of antagonism towards this Government and embrace her transformation Agenda.

This thread is for you if the presidents Performance has changed your mindset! if still in doubt check the links below

1.Agricultural Revolution ,50% drop in rice imports ,ICT fertiliser distribution system
Etc

www.moneyworth.com.ng/president-jonathan-thumbs-chest-for-achievements-in-agriculture/

2.Rail revolution , with resumption of Kano -lagos after 2 decades ,container freight after 17 years , Enugu -PH eastern corridor after 12years

www.africanglobe.net/business/nigerian-railway-begins-container-freight-lagos-kano/

3 Successful unbundling of and privatisation of PHCN ,settlement of Labour issues and the coming on stream of 10 new plant

www.nigeriaelectricityprivatisation.com/

4. Dualisation and upgrade of perpetually Bad Roads Benin Ore, Lokoja -Abuja ,Lagos Ibadan. Second Niger bridge Ibeto etc etc etc

www.nanngronline.com/section/features/news-analysis-appraising-jonathan-administrations-feats-in-works-and-transport-sectors

5.12 brand New Universities ,New minimum wage , FOI, national integrated Payroll , aviation Revolution, FDI,ICAO,FA0 endorsement

Friday - conatiner rail freight commencement after 17 years of No Show

Saturday - Enugu international Airport comences first international flight

Sunday - eastern rail way link commence operations after 12 years on ground zero

72 hours of Gods faithfulness this country is heading in the right direction

GOD BLESS NIGERIA

Obiagelli: them wann fool us again 200 million mumu things

Oby oby ooooooby how many times did I call u .okay seriously
I won't mind paying yr bills to visit a mega rice Farm in Kebbi,kogi or Taraba ! May be u will refrain my antagonism . Happy Sunday in Advance