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wengerjay:
21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to CHANGE.

22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? Proverb 24 :21-22

The delivery of 360 exotic cars to members of the House of Representatives has begun amid the economic downturn in the country.
Investigations by The PUNCH revealed on Sunday that 28 units of the Peugeot 508 series had already been delivered to lawmakers in Abuja.
The 28 were among the first batch of 50 cars supplied by the Kaduna-based Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited.
The House allocated a princely N3.6bn for the cars in the 2016 budget at a unit price of N10m.
A National Assembly top aide told
The PUNCH on Sunday that the arrangement with Peugeot was that the company would supply the vehicles in batches because of the huge number of members involved.
“Fifty cars will be supplied in the first batch; 28 have already been delivered. That was last week.
“Twenty-two more in the first batch are expected to be delivered this week,” the source stated.
Findings indicated that the luxury cars would arrive in Abuja in batches till January, 2017 when all 360 members would have picked a unit.
About 223 of the members of the House are new, having come to the National Assembly for the first time in 2015.
But all 360 members will still benefit from the luxury cars, officially known as ‘utility’ or ‘committee’ vehicles.
Investigations showed that owing to paucity of funds, the lawmakers agreed with Peugeot to spread the payment of the N3.6bn across 24 months or “two years’ budget.”
The PUNCH gathered that the original plan was to start the delivery of the cars last June, but the delay in the passage of the 2016 budget stalled it.
“The House was not sure of the provisions in the budget owing to the general drop in the revenue available to the Federal Government this year.
“So, they delayed it till the budget was passed before they continued with the procurement processing.”
It was learnt that a lengthy disagreement among lawmakers preceded the choice of the Peugeot 508 series.
Investigations revealed that while the majority of the new members preferred the 2016 Toyota Camry, others argued in favour of Peugeot 508 on the grounds of patronising ‘Made-in-Nigeria products’.
“Eventually, the argument was sustained that Peugeot should be the choice to encourage local automotive industry; though it would also appear that there was a comparative cost analysis,” another legislative source added.
The Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Abdulrazak Namdas, confirmed that members had started taking delivery of the vehicles.
Speaking with our correspondent on Sunday, Namdas stated that female lawmakers were the first in line to pick up their units, while the males would take their turn in subsequent batches.
Asked why the House would splash money on 360 exotic cars at a time the country was in recession, Namdas played down any reference to the cars as being “luxury.”
He said, “This issue of cars is long overdue. They are not for luxury but for committee and oversight duties.
“The 8th Assembly is nearing two years, yet members have no cars to carry out their duties.
“Ministers and other officials in the executive have long bought vehicles for official duties.
“At the state level, members of House of Assembly have cars to carry out basic functions.
“I think it is only fair that members of the National Assembly will have utility vehicles for their assignments.”
Namdas also told The PUNCH that the choice of Peugeot 508 was to “look inward such that Peugeot, which is locally-assembled, will benefit and grow.”
On paper, the cars are the property of the National Assembly, but the tradition over time is that lawmakers take them along with them on completion of their tenure after paying a fraction of the unit cost.
It was learnt that the management of the National Assembly would evaluate the cars after four years and deduct an agreed sum from the severance package of members.
Besides the utility vehicles, members also get a repayable loan to buy personal cars.


Source: punchng.com/amid-recession-reps-take-delivery-n3-6bn-exotic-cars/

21. We established twelve conventional Universities and a specialized Maritime University. To assist the disadvantaged children in Northern Nigeria, we built 165 special schools known as "Almajiri School" that integrated Islamic culture into Western education.
41. We may not have been perfect, but we did our best, and our best yielded an era of unprecedented economic growth for Nigeria.

omoolorire:
MOG the researcher @olofintoto
Awon eleyi nka bibeli Gan ooooo

mosu25:
thanks for the information. is direct entry student paying the same amount with post utme student for the screening form...Coz I heard last year direct entry was 10k. pls I need urgent reply. thanks

S2dT:
Please am trying to send my Transcript to Uniosun from OAU. And have been stoked at Uniosun postal code. Please someone should help. If you happen to know uniosun postal code. Please help me ASAP. You can drop it here or please send it to this number 08068803317

llove2:
I shld av listen 2 my mum,wen she ask me 2 do change f institution n2 oau but i insisted on uniosun,
#just1yeartospend.

psucc:
Nigeria is a continuum. For me it is still the PDP that is in power with a different name. These were men who thought they were cheated or were not getting enough, so the migrated to a new platform.

For example, Seen Ndoma Egba had been in the Senate from 1999 till 2015 and when his people refused to return him in 2015, he switched faith to the APC. With this, it is still the PDP characters that manage the APC govt.

So don't expect anything different.

fineyemi:
See reasons why candidate applying with OND,HND,NCE may not gain admission this year
http://www.guru9ja.com/2016/07/reasons-why-external-de-candidate-may.html

anonimi:
I am sure you know that your DullardPoo from Daura and their All ProgreTHIEF Criminals, APC "navigator" contributed to the education system going to the dogs.
So when you wail about our education system, know against whom you are wailing.




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mitie17:
i meant i chose linguistic n comm(ikire) in jamb,buh i want to change to pol sci(okuku)..ao m i gonna do dah....i was told to just fill in d new course when registering fr ma post ume...is dah true?

YoBoyfwend:
#runs away.....

YoBoyfwend:
How much is the tuition fees of uniosun?

skipon:
please can uni osun accept office technology and management for industrial relationship and personnel management.

adegoke93:
Thanks bro for taking your time to explain.please did you know of any body from the department of LINGUISTICS?

adegoke93:
I guess you came in through D.E?

1)Please do they accept second choice candidate for D.E?

2)Will the screening be based on our course of study in ND or a general question?

3)IS there any particular calculation for D.E OR cutoff mark?

4)Can i still submit my transcript a week after the screening?
Thanks in anticipation

hopeyemmy1:
pls sir mr kay...it will take atleast 3weeks to 1month for my school to process my transcript...... shld i start the processing now? humm

yinkus125:
Pls can I still submit uniosun DE form?

S2dT:
Direct entry students. Will we write exam?? If yes. What type and are past questions available ? Please reply ASAP

schumastic:
what are you saying didn't he say he will turn it around once he gets into power? is a yr already and things are looking more bad than good, is really appalling

cktheluckyman:
Has Buhari been able to provide his certificates now?

Chanchit:
The girl market value never crash sha.

yetunsbay:
Does uniosun/biu accepts awaiting result for admissn pls?

TIMIJAT:
Guys pls I'll be picking Uniosun for my direct entry this year.....I just want to know if they will pick someone who chooses them as second choice

Moz22:
same pic