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LAfricana:


maybe i would stop posting on nairaland

You'd get that great job soonest in Jesus name!!

barcanista:
No sir, I'm not hallucinating...but very concerned with respect to the eternal anger of your people.

Okay. Just chill. I'd talk to "my people" sir.

Babacele:
oh Omenka baby!!!

"Baby"?? Nor be man you be

jomoh:
You even have time, going through the stress of reading the rants of a deranged Id!ot.

Once I see the name, I go straight to the comments to enjoy the bashing.

The guys story is a typical example of someone that fell "from grace, to disgrace".

We have no choice but to share the forum and Nigeria with them. Some of them are genuinely ignorant like I pointed out in the opening post. For that, it becomes our self appointed responsibilities to ensure the are able to distinguish their left from right by presenting them with indisputable facts from recognised sources. I think totally ignoring them would in the end be counter productive.

barcanista:
Sometimes you begin to wonder whether these people have the fear of God(or gods). But we can't be intimidated! Never

No one is trying to intimidate you or anyone for that matter bro. This is a faceless forum. Come on. You just might be hallucinating.

Not like I care about this though, but I must say wow!! Has it gotten to this bro?? Come on!

Wow!!
Sai Sheik Jay Carter!!
Lovely pictures there op.

ribbit:
This omenka guy should be employed by apc

If I may ask, why

soludo93:
When you tell lies in public, you need much words to proof them. The op is either a blatant liar or has no issue to present.

Could you point to the "lie" in the article??

@Obiagelli, Passingshot, Etruth, you guys are too generous with your complements. Thanks.

SuperMaq:
Please, don't defend the indefensible. The man has snot started working. How can you work without first appointing key officials of a normal government. Until he does,I'd take it to mean he is not ready for business yet. This is not a one - man show. The VP is already being sidelined. So who is he working with?
All the things you wrote are not his achievements. Please, take note of that. They are just outcomes of the previous governmental process, which is continuous.

Mark you, the President is not the Judiciary and cannot prosecute anyone. So I don't think anybody is scared of him. This is a democratic government. The Legislature has organized itself and elected it's officials. The Judiciary does not have any issues with that. But the executive is still delaying appointments. So if you ask me, the Executive is delaying Nigerian ' s progress.

Hahaha. Ok. Noted.

Curvinus:
Except Buhari magically rubs his buths together to produce some gold shillings with which to his administration, I don't really see much changing anytime soon.

You know the thing with guys like you- even if he does, you wouldn't see any good coming from the gentleman. That is the fact.

ndcide:
Omenka, giving pedestrian excuses for a government that is seen to be aloof. A president that had a luxury of 2 months before inauguration. He seems not to have a idea of what he should do.

It's unfortunate that omenka who did not spare words in criticizing the past government, will go this low to justify such sloppiness in government.

Big shame.

Oga, points were raised in the article I wrote. Counter them if you can and stop personal attacks. Thank you.

Lalasticlala, still waiting on you sir.

Did APC lose control of NASS What sort of headline is this??

Princess042:
This is getting serious
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If APC cannot handle this issue in a matured way, then they are not ready to rule

I hope you and others can see the report pre-dates the NASS election.

dre11:
Omenka.....

You miss that of EFCC

During the last tenure/government..... It's was only used to catch pretty thieves and yahoo boys. You don't hear of any government officials probe or questions for corruption

Even the head of EFCC did say they weren't given the go ahead to probe and prosecute them... But this government have given them the free hand to do their work.

Thanks for this. They used to be small time 419ers and some bank crooks. The EFCC boss himself (I stand to be corrected) alleged that the posturing of the government made it difficult for them to function effectively. Today, EFCC is in the news every other day for the right reasons, exposing what a dormant body they had been in the past.

NgeneUkwenu:
Omenka, They took Nigeria's money for TAM on refineries since 2012 no result. But fear of Buhari has now made them return to fix the refineries.

Refinery will start working in August!

Buhari Magic!

It is really unfair assessing the government in under 2weeks. Hell the least anyone could ask for is 1year, then we can start talking. Some policies take that long for their effects to start being felt and these guys know it.

Firefire:
..."Frankly, this is totally nonsensical..." Omeka


I expect all to join hands and ask the President in Buhari to start work already.

- Nigerians are still being killed everyday in Maiduguri by Boko Haram.

- Workers in Osun, Oyo, Kwara, Imo, Benue etc are still suffering without pay for their labor.

And APC best action now is infighting and struggle for power when the citizen demands immediate CHANGE.

Seen. Your attempt to derail has been noted.

Firefire:
I expect you to give your opinion(s) without attacking the previous OP.

Well, I didn't really attack him, I only made reference to the things he said. Where's the "attack"??

Aminat508:
Thanks OP...

God Bless Our President, General Muhammad Buhari (GCFR)

You welcome. I'm in the mood to break balls today.

Firefire:

You find this funny??

Good morning.

Ordinarily, joining issues with doomsday prophets is what I hardly do but on this particular occasion, I am compelled to write this in order to set the records straight.

There's certainly no doubt a lot of young lads with impressionable minds roam this site daily to keep abreast with the latest goings-on in our society. These guys have minds like a fresh canvas upon which an image or a painting should be made, most of which are indelible. When you try to erase the painting when the paint sets on the canvas, you wind up destroying the canvas itself- you destroy the mind.

On the flip side we also have genuinely ignorant adults who swallow whatever is served them hook line and sinker, most of them too lazy to go a bit further to verify information they are being fed with. They take the lies they read here, propagate them among their peers and younger folks who look up to them in the main street, and in the end, lies become staple to the general public.

This piece, belated as it may, is meant to be an eye opener to those who care to keep an open mind to divergent opinions as they relate to government and governance in this country.


1. Anti Corruption.

Regarding this, the Op made reference to Timipre Silva's and Murtala Nyako's cases, and said: "Buhari is yet to make any high profile arrest or prosecution since coming into power". He claimed both have been cleared. Haha. How bigger can a lie get?? Nowhere has Murtala been given a clean bill of health, but he lumped it up with Timipre's case in order to deceive gullible readers as to the "similarities" in both cases. Even the link he provided didn't say Nyako has been cleared.

Further, what kind of corruption case can be dispensed of in 12 days!!?? The op wants the president to make "high profile arrests and prosecution in 12 days. Are we in a military regime?? Isn't this totally laughable??

In which court can such be achieved?? What good is there making an arrest and charging one to court when you don't have your facts and evidence to build a water tight case and get a conviction?? Does the op have any idea the investigations going on underground (I'm not saying there are, but chances are there could be) which could possibly result in an indictment??

Now, here are the things I think the op deliberately ignored:

(a) Former Governor Ali Modu Sheriff has submitted himself to the authorities for onward processing.

www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/184335-ex-borno-governor-modu-sheriff-hands-himself-in-to-efcc.html.

(b) Some officials of the immediate ps government have started returning stolen monies .

www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/184721-jonathans-men-returning-stolen-money-el-rufai.html

(c) Oil Traders, NNPC Officials Interrogated,
Watch-listed in Major Investigation.

www.thisdaylive.com/articles/oil-traders-nnpc-officials-interrogated-watch-listed-in-major-investigation/211388/

(d) EFCC arraigns CBN officials, others for N8bn currency scam.

www.punchng.com/news/efcc-arraigns-cbn-officials-others-for-n8bn-currency-scam/

(e) Buhari Reopens $182m Halliburton
Bribery Case, 3 Ex-Presidents May be Jailed.

m.thenigerianvoice.com/news/181746/1/nigeria-buhari-reopens-182m-halliburton-bribery-ca.html

(f) Buhar's Anti-corruption War Takes Off.

www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/buharis-anti-corruption-war-takes-off/

(g) 14 Foreigners Arrested For Oil Bunkering.

http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2015/06/10/14-
foreigners-3-vessels-charged-with-bunkering/

(h) Former police IG Mike Okiro in Court over Embezzlement.

www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/184566-ex-police-ig-okiro-denies-stealing-n275m-says-own-aide-set-him-up.html

From the foregoing, there's no gainsaying the side to which this government is tilting in terms of sanitising and purging the system of corruption in whichever forms they may exist.

I challenge anyone to show me what the immediate past administration did in this regard within 12days!


2. Transparency.

From anti corruption, the op went on to touch on transparency, pointing to the president's "non declaration of assets publicly".

Here's what people tend not to understand about assets declaration.

First of all, Assets declaration on assumption of office is totally useless with non-disclosure upon exit from office. The purpose of declaring your assets on assuming office is for the authorities, and indeed the public, to know how much you are worth before being handed a position. After leaving the position, you are meant to declare your assets again. This is meant to reveal, as the case my be, how much you acquired over the period covered from your initial declaration. If what you declare is way and above what is deemed "acquireable" under the circumstance, then a case could be established against you for illegal acquisition of wealth. That is, you must have corruptly enriched yourself.

Now, when you declare your assets by filling the form from CCB, a time frame is given within which investigations are carried out by the body to determine the veracity or otherwise of the claims made therein. Most politicians declare their assets in liu of what is to be acquired. They might say they own "XYZ" estate in Banana Island with the hope that they could steal enough money to build same in due time. Eventually, when they happen to declare their assets when leaving office, the content of the form would appear the same as that which they submitted on assumption of office, giving the wrong impression that they've stolen NOTHING!

Therefore, it is very important that verification is being carried out on declared assets and liabilities so as to avoid the scenario described above. When this is done and the assets are not declared publicly or access is being denied the public by CCB perusal of the forms , then we can say the president has gone back on his promise. At this point, it is simply premature criticising them on transparency based on assets declaration.

3. Security.

On Security, the poster talked about non rescue of the Chibok Girls and the spike in Boko Haram activities.

Frankly, this is totally nonsensical, and made me laugh. I really don't know how to go about shedding light on this one but the poster was just being cheeky.

In the inaugural address by the President, he made particular reference to the Chibok girls. He stated that they've not been forgotten and everything within the powers of the government would be done to ensure the girls re rescued and re-united with their parents. The op expects them to be rescued in 12 days!! Wow. Even the Israeli Commandos would find this very laughable. I don't even have to mention the attitude of the immediate past government towards this issue, especially in it's initial stages- two weeks we heard it took the ex-president to come to believe the incident actually happened.

In addition, we've seen the president embark on painstaking trips, rallying our neighbours to form a common alliance to fight this monster head on. He's held bilateral and trilateral talks with some heads of states, brainstorming on how best to approach the knotty issue.

Countries have made commitments on assistance in this regard ( www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/g7-france-canada-germany-back-buhari-on-fight-against-boko-haram/) and hopefully, before long, we'd start seeing concrete outcome of all these

Since the op stated the number of deaths recorded so far (don't know where he got that figure from since he provided no links), here's a time-line of the terrorists related incidents since they barged their way into our consciousness.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Boko_Haram_insurgency

It is simply too early in the day to start condemning Mr President in this regard- come on guys!

4. Economy.

Here, reference was made by the op to the sale of PMS above the official price of N87.

To me, this is another feeble attempt at casting this government in bad light. There is no doubt the situation that obtains today represents a huge departure from what it was three weeks ago when the country was virtually brought down to her knees with an acute scarcity of PMS, and where available, sold for no less than N250 per litre- N400 in some cases I read! Not only was there scarcity and a price hike, electricity was totally nonexistent- the country was, simply put, on life support!

Now the situation has eased up. Even though we are not where we desire to be, there's been a remarkable improvement. No??

5. Governance.

In this regard, the op points to the non-appointment of heads of agencies and parastatals as a mark of failure- very very ignorant I must say. This issue has been thrashed time again but the PDP supporters keep harping on it. I just don't understand why.

Now, check this out. We know what a heterogeneous country Nigeria is with its many ethnic groups and power blocks. We know that a delicate balance must be maintained in the appointment of heads of government bodies so avoid a nasty situation where power appears concentrated in a particular region. Given what has played out in the National Assembly, shouldn't Nigerians be happy these appointments were not made earlier?? Had the appointments been made in such a manner the principals of the National Assembly come from the same regions, states, or ethnic groups as the appointees, who would have been the ones crying of marginalisation??- Nigerians- I hear someone say.

So, the president in his wisdom, refrained from making any official pronouncements of who is to oversee what, and I think that is commendable. Now that the NASS has been inaugurated, the picture appears clearer and such decisions can be taken in a more accommodating fashion.

Lastly, just so you know, "GOVERNANCE" is a sum total of the outcome of all the indices stated above and not just some appointments here and there

I challenge anyone to tell us what Jonathan, or any other president for that matter, achieved in their first 12 Days in office.

Thank you all.

Long Live Nigeria.

Long Live President Mohamadu Buhari.


Cc: Obiagelli, Demdem, Beremx, Midolian, Pendy69, Jarlons, Mynd44, Caseless, Gbawe, Egift, Donphilopus, Aresa, NgeneUkwenu et al.

It is the NBA president's word against Robert Clerk's. See them in court.

@ ImperialYoruba: I'm sorry but I have to call the attention of the mods to this thread. Though no one doubts the veracity of its content, purpose is negative and the title provocative. Before you know what's happening, a dozen counter threads would be created and this board would be transformed into a huge pile of rubbish.

There are more important things to discuss.

Tribalism should have no place in this forum, and can be seen recently on this board, it is fast fading away- don't revive it. Every single tribe has its fair share of goods and evils. Pointless poking hands in each other's eyes.

Hope you'd understand.

Cc: Ishilove, Lalasticlala.

GodsMercy1:
There was bro. The Clerk of the NASS conducted it following laid down procedures. They should please accept that too for the good of the country.

There was no election in the senate bro. What happened there was nothing but a bloodless coup.

Even NTA themselves ran this story back then.

Feranchek:
Speak good English and I tell you most solemnly, GEJ go personally hand the money to you.... e-diot graduate. Okponu

You guys should simply ignore him. You are spamming my mentions.

This picture only demonstrates one thing; that the people around the vice president and perhaps the president are highly compromised.

Nice way to boost the morale of the boys sweating so we could sleep with both our eyes closed.

Hopefully, this mess would be put behind us in a short time from now.

God bless Nigeria.

Dang!!!! Babies that could impregnate her on the day of their adoption!! Such capable babies.

Brb.

Edited:

Had to go confirm the twitter handle before rushing to comment. Lots of lies flying around these days.

Hell, I've got nothing really to say on this one. Just his business.