₦airaland Forum

free2blast:
Why dont you just forget PDP or APC and lets deal with the corrupt persons. Stealing is now corruption no matter which side of the divide the person falls into.

Oh stealing is now corruption in the eyes of a president who said Abacha was not corrupt? Stealing is now corruption according to a president under whose watch N8billion was stolen through TSA? Stealing is now corruption under a president that ordered National Budget to be stolen from national Assembly but for the eagle eyes of Nigerians? Stealing is corruption under a govt where N300m was budgeted for cables in the presidency?Many of you are sick mentally, intellectually and morally.

blackpanda:
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See the load of trash u just typed!

You are part of the problem we are talking about. People who benefitted from the greed of the past regime or corruption apologists with nothing positive to contribute to national development!
There is no defence to corruption. GEJ and PDP were the biggest problem of the country. Thank God for Buhari who has the courage to wipe them off and recover our monies.

Expected junk from a mindless PDP Crucifier! For your information, I would be the last person to support corruption in any ramification but what puts me off is the myopic, thoughtless, selective, vindictive and senseless manner you people lay all corruption blames at the doorstep of PDP. Vilifying and condemning others would not exonerate you from your own sin and this applies to you and APC jingoists here on Nairaland and elsewhere. Nigeria finds herself in this current position because of the contributions of PDP, APC, APGA, you and me. So, stop all these nonsense of attributing the national woes to Jonathan or PDP, after all, Buhari once said Abacha was not corrupt simply because he benefitted from his govt. May God judge you all.

blackpanda:
This is the cesspool of shit that GEJ and his PDP goons put nigeria. What a shame! Everybody was just looting as they like without caution or care for the law.

Anyway, its not surprising. When oga at the top said looting is not corruption. That just gives green light to public officials to do as they like. Impunity at its highest!

Stop that mad talk! That's how you people run your mouths like untamed parrots calling PDP this, PDP that. Was it only PDP that ruled the country for 16 years at both State and Federal levels? Many of you would never bother to talk about gigantic fraud also perpetuated by APC in all the states under their control. Virtually every Nigerian is corrupt including the sycophants that vilify PDP on Nairaland but associating corruption with that party and leaving out APC is not only a sin, it shows how wicked, insincere and mischievous you people are. How come you and your ilks suddenly went mute on Fashola's N78m Website Scandal? What about N300m he spent on Borehole? I can tell you that's just a tip of frauds perpetuated in Lagos. Was Fashola a member of PDP? Accusing and jailing all PDP members in Nigeria, I can tell you for free, will not rid Nigeria of corruption.

1freshdude:
What has control of Rivers and Akwa ibom state by Apc have to do with the presidency raising money? I thought the 36 states of the federation gather in Abj monthy to receive allocation or has the procedure changed? Is it not APC that controls the whole pie as it is now or what kind of politics are you discussing?

What a question! What do you think is the source of financing political parties? Do you think it's only the Federal Govt that foot the bills of their party? How did you think Tinubu made his wealth? Party members are compensated through phoney contracts at State and Fed levels if you care to know.

AkoEja:
What a real shame!
Unfortunately, PDP would have been 10 times worse. where is the hope for Nigerians?

Wake up from your nap. APC is 50 times worst than PDP. While PDP would never claim to be saints, APC are just like a cat that steals from an old woman's pot and still pretends to be her friend. Those people are just masters of tricks.

casto:
Corruption wey enter national budget nah double wahala n its corruption to d highest order. APC is trying to recover d money they spent during election. Imo n Osun state are broke because of d huge amount of state funds the State governors spent in supporting Buhari. 9ja this is just d begining, if una hear "change" pls ask if it is positive or negative change.

Good points. That was why they used the DSS, Soldiers and other security agents to coerce tribunals into giving them questionable judgements in Rivers and Akwa-Ibom. They are looking for money by all means just to settle those who invested in Buhari's "election".A nation of heartless conmen.

Obiodunukwe:
Wailer

You ignored this part of her letter. Read carefully

I will however, remain an ardent supporter of President Buhari in his effort in charting a new course for this country. A course that we pray will put this country back on the path of progress. I will also continue to support the president’s fight against corruption and other ills of this country. My unflinching support for the President will remain for Allah’s sake and country. I pray that Allah will continue to guide and protect our President.

That's absolute diplomacy. She had to say that before they begin to witch hunt her with DSS or block her source of lively hood. This govt is evil.

BeardedMeat:
Even the sun newspaper has come under the spell of mass hypnotism of the Apc's propanganda machinery. So sad!

The current Media Spokesperson for Buhari was an editor with The Sun Newspaper. Its proprietor, Orji Kalu is presently romancing with APC. Draw your conclusion from there.

mynd1:
D once biggest party in africa has now turn in to a party of local champions.


Truly,"when d time comes what shall be shall be".

God bless Tinubu n co.

God bless Nigeria.

Did I hear you say local champion? You called a party that control virtually all oil-rich states a local champion? Reach out to Oyegun and see how the man is wailing and lamenting the loss of Bayelsa, Delta and Akwa Ibom to PDP. As it's now, there's no free fund for APC's campaign in 2019

Impossicant. How can a man labelled "Boko haram sponsor" by Lai Mohammed suddenly become an overnight "progressive"? Someone who APC roundly condemned for accompanying Jona to Chad? Anyway, APC is sacrilege and sacrilege is APC.

CyberWolf:
The truth is that APC wanted to steal, but Nigerians caught them red handed.. Simple!

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That's absolutely true. They were trying to bring the same template used in milking Lagos, Osun, Kano and other APC States dry but thanks to eagle-eyed Nigerians who caught them red-handed. We continually say APC is a scam but some citizens would not just listen.

Let's call a spade by its name rather than engaging in bulk passing. The entire budget shenanigan should be situated to Buhari"s incompetence and lack of basic administrative skill . No more, no less.

Assuming the budget was doctored by civil servants, are we indirectly saying the president is a Postman who delivers a package without knowing its content? Why didn't the president direct his close aides to vet and scrutinize the document line by line?

But because we have a president who lives by denial and public eulogy, anomalies of this nature will continue to trail his government. One thing remains clear, Buhari is over hyped. He only works with people but fails to work around them.

I see a president who's sordid afraid of 2019 just 9 months into his clueless rule. Anyway, only those who cherish education know its value. One would have expected consolidation of Almajiri School initiative instead of wild goose chase. Not very surprising but playing politics with education can be dire.

knightsTempler:
3 ace of spades champagne on me bro, you spoke my mind.

God bless you!

God bless you too bro.

toms55:
how much was oil then, and how much is it now?
How much was embezzled then and how many people are under investigations now?
Countless Nigerian foresaw drop in Oil prices in past years, did Mr President adhere?




Answer my questions and I'll concur to your claim

Firstly, you deliberately avoided answering the question that requires you to swear if you indeed proffered solution to the last adminstration.

However, more importantly, the dwindling fortune of global oil price started in Jonathan's adminstration but the then Finance Minister was able to professionally meander through it without hurting the nation. The difference now is a case of an ill-prepared, naive, incompetent and blame-drunk govt which cannot differentiate its left from right.

A sound and well-defined economic policy managed by an astute Finance Minister would have nipped the situation in the bud thereby preventing or mitigating these Naira free falls.

Lastly, to corroborate the above, two of the first k-legged policies adopted by Buhari at the beginning of his administration were the lifting of ban on importations of rice and textile materials. Now tell me, do those policies go in tandem with a drive toward promoting indigenous growth and positive balance of trade/foreign exchange edge? The answer is NO. Pls draw your premise from those stated facts.

Adminisher:
Technically, the PDP ruined Nigeria and they will all soon be technically rounded up and technically jailed.

Since more than 70% of the people that constitute the APC today are former PDP decampees, then can we say Buhari's govt is technically doomed?

toms55:
Dude you dont need all these. Rather come up with an innovative idea , and let's watch this country grow.


Fall in Oil prices is the reason for this and that is what you should be saying and not blaming those who are trying to strengthen the Naira by Not devaluating it.



That is there own idea as a solution to the problem, what is your own innovative idea?

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Swear by your name that you proffered solution to the last administration the same way you're soliciting for it now. For your information, those who sow wind would definitely reap whirlwind.

Eledan:
Don't let deceive ourselves, PDP finished and almost bankrupt Nigeria.

If PDP really 'finished' Nigeria, then your mouth will remain perpetually agape if the lid is opened on how APC murdered the country in their controlled States.That's the blunt truth.

phranseeqz:
This Fayose's spokesman needs to sanitize his mouth. These guys together can destroy someone's personality.
Falana sef, be bringing insults upon himself. From Saraki to HOA, to Fayose... and the responses were epic "back to back". Lol

On the contrary, I think it's those double-mouthed sycophants who pretend to be democracy activists (but who are APC middlemen) that need to seal their mouths. How often do you hear Falana, Soyinka and others criticising the oppressions that take place in Osun, Lagos and other APC States? Falana is just an attention seeker.

malele:
He said “We want to remind Fayose that many of his party leaders, who still have a modicum of integrity, have also left PDP in droves


This side really got me laugh, pls who are those people in APC that has integrity?

You just made me laugh They often feign who they are not. Even the much hyped integrity of Mr.Integrity is fake!

Is that not the madam who was referred to as "your Excellency" by Buhari during her swearing-in as a minister? From mama Taraba to ordinary mama Jalingo. Supreme Court wicked sha.

Godisnear:
I'm afraid the Nigerian government doesn't even have a clue on how to go about their so called Zero based budget.

It's just a prank. The 2016 budget was never premised on ZBB. They only used it to hoax and confuse the citizens.

Here they go again. Shameless "change agents" who always want to cover up their tracks by blaming and disparaging past adminstration. The massive fraud discovered in the 2016 "Budget of Chain" is a mountain compared to Jonathan's hill.

Is Abimbola Adelakun now wailing? I guess he's one of those intellectuals who do not see beyond their vicinity. Any discerning mind ought to have seen these coming judging from the track records of the legacy parties that made up APC. They have always been elitist, anti-people, oppressive parties and APC cannot be an exception. Anybody that has a contrary view should compare Fashola as a governor with the present Fashola as a minister.

mynd1:
Good and constructive critism sha. I know Baba Buhari is a good man and mean well to all Nigerians. anyway,I pray he succeed with all his good intentions.

God bless Nigeria.

Buhari may be a 'good man' to you but as for me, he's just a smooth operator who pretends to be good.

You can only judge a good man by his antecedents and if Buhari's previous and latest utterances and actions are dissected thoroughly, he has definitely failed the test of a good man.

How can a man that said Abacha was not corrupt be termed to be good? How can a man that publicly said "a fight against Boko haram is a fight against the north be described as good man? Have you fogotten the 95%: 5% polarization goof?

A case of hyper-stinginess now turning to a self inflicted wound. Very soon, the Villa cooks would down tools.

If you're one of those patiently waiting for a crab to blink its eyes, you'll definitely spend more time than necessary at the river bank.

You and your messaih will be the first to go to jail before Jonathan does.

Flexherbal:
We need intelligent people in government

Ironically, some of those working with the president are intelligent but they would never use it for good governance. They are bunch of individual's whose primary aim in govt is personal enrichment.

obailala:
Ahaaa!
Finally, you are now shifting away from the feeding allocations to more reasonable things. If you remember, one of the first things I advised you was to restrict you criticism to factual things and not some lousy hearsay rumours peddled by some dubious blogs. I specifically pointed out to you that there were several 'genuine' issues in the budget which needed your attention and criticism, but you chose to stick with the fictitious feeding budget which you quoted.

Now while you have done the noble thing by shifting from the N1.7bn argument, you still in your stubbornness, closed with the statement "as far as the Nigerian public is concerned today" but I ask, who is this Nigerian public you talk about?... I'm sure you obviously mean people like yourself who shamelessly prefer to stick with a clearly false story all because you think it suits your political narrative.

Shame? Did you just say shame? If there's anybody who should hide his head in shame, you're definitely the one. There are so many anomalies in that garbage called budget but I had to mention just few for the sake of space. You're not in the position to guide me on what's important or not.

I had taught I was conversing with an intellectual but the pettiness in the last post suggests otherwise. Don't bother to quote me any longer .I choose not to reply your trash again.

citizenY:
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I really do not see why Nigerians are making too much fuss on this matter. To my mind,
a budget is a proposal, subject to ratification by the legislature. In effect it only
becomes law when it is passed into law.

In view of recent revelations, everyone is on the lookout to catch a thief, which is a very
good idea. If for any reason, there are duplications that are discovered by the legislature and
eagle eyed citizens,it is good for our democracy . The executive should investigate and
establish that it is either in error or deliberate.It is only a process of weeding out vestiges of
"status quo ante" if the culprits are identified and punished accordingly.

One thing is certain, this country can never be the same again. All malpractices of the past are
bound to fail with the vigilance we have today.

The budget proposal is not a law yet, people should not develop temperature as if a law has been
breached but this should be a lesson to the executive too. A case of Ineptitude , executive
or supervisory has been established. I do not see this repeating itself in subsequent budget.

Having said that, somebody must lose his job for this.



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I don't really understand what you're driving at.Why didn't the president ensure adequate vetting of the budget before presentation? What if the NA had rubber stamped it without detailed scrutiny? I can assure you that Buhari would have kept mute on the anomalies if the budget had been passed without eyebrows.It shows all the noise about blocking leakages and prudence is just deceit. If the architects of anti corruption crusade are also engulfed in corruption, where is Nigeria heading?

obailala:
This is the reason why people fail exams. The budget document has been made public, yet you still expect Adesina and Garba to leave whatever they are doing to come and answer to some people that have refused to use their God given intelligence by reading the budget which has already been made public? I was even gracious enough to post you a link where the budget figures were analysed just so you dont go through the stress of perusing the entire budget yet you still insist? Kaii! some humans are indeed irredeemable; OLADD you are definitely an OLODO, a very stubborn one at that

http://www.theheraldng.com/re-presidency-to-spend-n114-m-not-n1-7b-on-feeding/
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/195903-buhari-to-spend-more-than-jonathan-on-presidential-villa-to-spend-less-on-food.html

I am not one of those you can force unpleasant food down his throat. Why did the presidency choose to explain the rationale for the N3.8b proposed for Villa Clinic if it was inconsequential? I deliberately ignored your attached links having realised your mischief. As far as the Nigerian public is concerned , that figure remains unchanged.

Moreover, why are you hyping on the feeding allocation only? What of the N20b also proposed for rent in the Villa? Are you one of the tenants?

obailala:
This issue was raised by some propaganda blogs before the budget was released to the public, it was debated fiercely and the falsehood was crushed when the budget was eventually made public. Like I said earlier, there are many genuine issues wrong with the budget which you can criticise, but desperately dwelling on your fictitious N1.7bn feeding figure even after being corrected speaks volumes on your level of awareness.

A simple advice, the 2016 budget is a public document. Go and download it and stop basing your arguments on hearsays from igbereTv et al. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/195903-buhari-to-spend-more-than-jonathan-on-presidential-villa-to-spend-less-on-food.html

So, you relied on blog debates to dispute the figure? As far as that allocation is concerned, it remains N1.7billion since the presidency is yet to say otherwise unless you're trying to usurp the function of Adesina and Garba Shehu.