₦airaland Forum

Mayflowa:
Nigerians don't read. Simple. The best part of civilization is listening and logicality. Unfortunately, many Nigerians lack these.

1. Who is govt? It is not you and me? You only persecute people on evidence beyond reasonable doubt. If all the their documents are complete, how wud they be persecuted? Everyone is bride. the directors, cleaner, police and SSS. People pray to work there hoping to get bride

2. Govt didnt say they would provide jobs by removing subsidy. The environment would be ripe for investment by private individual and companies. This shud be most important to you.

I completely disagree with your submission as highlighted in 'bold'. SLS gave you an example that any sane prosecutor can use to convince a Judge without pulling out a strand of hair: How can you claim 13 ships off loaded their contents in Lagos ports in a single day! Lagos ports, we know do not have such capacity, hence you begin by getting those officials who approved those documents to provide leads. Any serious prosecutor would 'strike a deal' with those officials and I bet He would get those folks jailed or sent to the 'beyond' for economic sabotage!

@SLS article, there is nothing in there that we do not already know. A pertinent question for SLS is why has He presided over an economy without a blue print for development and growth for nearly two years? Do this not show that SLS himself is not convinced of his 'fiscal and social' ideology the Nigeria economy needs to heed?

Concerning subsidy payments, why did SLS approve off and signed on documents for payments for transactions which never took place (base on His own findings). This is akin to a building contractor who went on to pay a birck layer for a days job S/He never excuted yet comes complaining that He does not understand why some people are getting paid for doing nothing! For heaven sake, you have a measure of authority to withhold payments and engage the President and concerned Nigerians of why such will spell doom for the Nigerian Economy.

Perhaps SLS can put forward a better argument thrust of why a phased withdrawal of 4 years, vis-a-viz fighting corruption like a man dying for a beautiful woman would not have brought about a slow but steady development in Nigeria.

My take in all of this is simple: SLS, talk is cheap. You have the rod, why cry over the rot? I guess Nigerians would have be proud if they wake up to read news story as : "CBN governor refused oil subsidy cabal payments for non-importation of declared products" or "At last! subsidy gravy train runs dry as CBN governor halts payments for false dealings"!

Bwoodlt:
Can I invite someone to the UK while I'm on PSWV (Post Study Work Visa)?

Please advise!

Yes, provided your 'Further leave to remain' days as valid will not be less than the duration the invitee would be in the UK.

I guess those of us that called the budget "a SHAM of the highest proportion in the history of Nigeria" when it was presented last year was right after all.

So many people in here including that disgruntled element called 'beaf' called us names but at last Nigerians are now seeing what most of us saw!

Wait until the "Security" budget is unleashed on the public in the next few days and you would be left with one word on your lips : "Overthrow" !

GEJ claimed 2011 budget performance was above 60%, if this is true why then are we still seeing projects in 2011 being funded to a near 50% of the actual contracted sums?

The SURE document is like the PDP zoning arrangement document. When the time comes for taking of responsibility, this government would deny it using all sorts of tactics! FG 2012 has close to N450bn of waste itentionally 'planted' into it because GEJ has a policy of 'you chop, I chop' in governance.

Fellow Nigerians, let it be known that it is not just the FG budget that is ridden with such wast as highlighted in this article, go and read the budget of many states like Akwa-Ibom, Edo, Lagos, Rivers and Delta States to mention but a few. You would be amazed that WE the masses are short changed at every corner by every government authority in Nigeria. The only difference is some of the states I have mentioned are doing 'some' infrastructural projects that the every day Nigerian can see and use but again value those projects in real costing and you would be alarmed at the waste our governments engage in!

God bless Nigeria!

BDT:
I have found discussions on Nairaland useful.
My husband and I are due to attend for e-passport interview, I am having such a nightmare that I am thinking it's a bad idea to visit Nigeria House.
I need help, one of the requirements is local government letter of recommendation, we live in London, is this really necessary?

Go down there with all other documentations and they will tell you what to do as regard Local Government Letter of Recommendation. Alternatively, if you hold a British Passport, then apply for a Nigeria visit visas and when you do visit Nigeria, process your e-passport as you would be able to get the Forms from the NIS and your passport can be processed in a day.

justwise:
Omo_Tier1 with due respect to you i think you are talking nonsense, accusing me of attacking people because they do not agree with me is utter rubbish, we all have our opinions about issues, defending my view does not means i'm attacking people. I can't stand this lazy argument of. . . nobody knows it all. . . some of you throw about each time issue like this comes up.

The op started this thread looking for help and if you have the material don't post it here, send it to her, i'm not interested in whatever you have.

Perhaps a good manner of communication that 'Suggests' is the best way to post in a forum. When you go about with statements like : ", if what you have is not illegal stuff then post here, ", it leaves a very bad impression.

I notice long ago that the OP has not responded to earlier post, hence partly the reason I did not want to post the witness cases here. I have done so in two other bigger UK Immigration fora, where we have Solicitors and Immigration experts commenting and they never made such allegations like you did. In fact a Ghanian applicant post a reply of how the case witness help her Solicitors in winning Her case in court.

Anyway, I think this will be my last post on this thread. And if this attitude continues, (and I am sure it is not only me that has pointed this out as I have seen some others do same last year) some of us might just call it a day with the Travel Section here on NL.

justwise:
This is a joke, the same people that claimed to have the solution are now changing stories, if what you have is not illegal stuff then post here, or send it to the Op. Let cut all the stories, send her that material that is why she started this thread.

Just 'cos it's a forum does not mean you can dump things in here. Beside, calling it 'illegal' simply 'cos I do not want put it in here says alot about the obnoxious and despicable way alot of you in here go about your opinion.

Need I remind you that no man is an island of knowledge but unfortunately, some of you in here seems to think you'r the Know it all one stop paddy daddy.

I abhor illegality in any form and I would be the least to encourage anyone on here to do same. However, I think it is pertinent to say that the way some of you go about "attacking" views that are contrary to you guys' opinion is really sickening!

If you go to the Ministry of Justice web site on civil cases covering, JR, UT and Appeal Court, these cases are there! So there is nothing illegal about it.

justwise:
We are still waiting for the judgement and relevant cases.

I have seen some of those cases myself, but I wont put them up here for other reasons. The poster is got very good witness case to use but it will require a Solicitor to do the construction!

efisher:
I've made my points, you have identified possible flaws, good and fine. Let those that have access to real data do the rest. I just love to analyse and I'm having fun.

I am highly dissapointed in your person! I was taken aback reading much of your post trying to justify the seemingly unexplainable 'qantas' of a N1tn jump in Fuel Subsidy.

Going by your post, I think it will be a complete and utter waste of time engaging your thrust of argument, rather I would avoid reading much of the post and excuse myself from this thread.

ONLY 6000 PEOPLE IN A 60000 Stadium , the remaining are in #OccupyNigeria !! Moer power to the people,

Fellow Nigerians, it is true that Nigerian Senators get 1000 litres of Fuel allocation daily?

DaraAlina:
Hope all is well Naija !!

Please anyone tell me their experience flying with arik air on international flights, I am afraid I made a wrong choice with them

Arik Air is by no means the worst airline flying internationally from Nigeria. I flew them to London last december and they were much better thab I thought. The only minus is that there was no inflight entertainment on board but food was quite good, choice of wine, tea/coffee, Juice, Water, etc. I watched in awe how the cabin crew member gave a first class service to a lady with her baby throughout the flight!

But then there are a few issues with Arik air but I would give them 70% in terms of operations, inservice and general customer service.

ALL CHELSKIIIIIIIIIIII FANs, I wld send u to TB Joshua, oh

Detongue:
Na lie, na d normal calmness naim dey warri.

Quiet there! Is vanguard now living in US or UK Or is Channels also lying with their video clips?,

SS/SE no join protest my foot!

My tht was classic Henry goal!, First touch, ban.g in, the net rolls,

wHY HIM GO CARRY BEAR BEAR NAHH him do turn Bin Terri al Henri

The King is BACKK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beaf:
Of course, when you launch an ethnic war, then we the victims will protect ourselves.

Is it not strange that there are no protests in the oil producing areas of the SE/SS?
Keep being baffled.

Will you shut up and stop hiding in Lagos!,
Is Warri part of South South or not ?

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/protesters-shut-down-warri-effurun-udu/

[size=30pt]SHAMELSS [/size]

Beaf:
The excerpts below fairly jump at anyone who takes their time to actually read and digest the article:

In simple words, Achebe supports the removal, but not its timing. The timing is govts own card to play, cos they know their enemies best and strategise accordingly.

Nuff said.
I agree with the above. Now that the battle is open, the people MUST pour into the streets to support a lonely President in his battle against deeply entrenched interests, vultures, hyena's and the filthy creeping creatures of the night that hold a knife to the national jugular. GEJ cannot do it alone.

We MUST demand that heads roll and give our solid backing. In turn, the govt must do its utmost to transparently lighten the burden on the masses.

What Achebe said is what we have always hampered on all along! Yes Fule Subsidy MUST go eventually but not in this circumstance. The deceitful and dictatorial manner in which GEJ went about left #OccupyNigeria with no option than to bring the protest forward!

The advice given is simple: Heed to the call of Nigerians, reverse course for now, plan and engage Nigerians while the sign board is held up high that Fuel subsidy will go soonest. GEJ failed to listen to men of wisdom in Shagari and Gowon. Obasanjo also made a last minute appeal to him but He refused. Now His government will spend the remain part of her years figting mistrust. Who knows where the next week protest will bring. Total revoluation and chaos? No one knows but the desire if any is : Get rid of corruption and reduce cost of governance before #removefuelsubsidy.

[quote author=Rhino.5dm link=topic=841804.msg9921685#msg9921685 date=1326050161]Which vote is more powerful and effective? The UN & EU or these selfless legendary luminaries?

. . .Na small small monkey dey go market, till him no go fit come back.[/quote]Did He not tell you in October last year that Obama was applauding him and clapping, urging him on and that we Nigerians are calling him name That tells you how shallow GEJ's mentality is and were His loyalty lies.

luckern:
Britain is now importing only the tiniest fraction of its oil from the Middle East, sourcing its crude instead from the Americas, Africa and Norway, according to intriguing new Government figures.
An analysis by experts at the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly the Department for Trade and Industry), reveals how dramatically the map of UK oil sources has changed over the past half-century, with almost three-quarters of UK oil coming produced from Norway.

This shows that UK imports oil, please, before you post anything on public, investigate your post.

Leave ignoramus to continue to wallow in their st.upidity!, Who does nt know that the North Sea is getting drier by the day

obowunmi:
We understand that Arik Air, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic KLM, Lufthansa and Ethiopian Airline plan to operate a normal international service on Monday.


The Nigerian government has reported that the airport in Abuja will open and operate as normal on Monday,

Strike my foot.

FG is the least I would trust on this matter! FG can rant, when the airports are shut out, passengers stranded, you would not find anybody to come to your rescue. If you want to know if flights would depart from Nigeria tomorrow on international routes, use 'Sky Scanner' to see if most of the airlines that normally fly into Lagos are using large aircraft on their 'inbound' flight. If not, that would give an indication that they are 70% sure they won't fly out of Lagos and are likely going to divert that plane to a neighbouring country for a shorthaul journey.

I will make contacts tonight and post any updates here.

#Occupy Nigeria: Foremost Nigerian Novelist Chinua Achebe, Other Writers Declare Solidarity
Posted: January 8, 2012 - 19:30

Prof. Chinua Achebe
By SaharaReporters, New York
Foremost Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe and a group of Nigerian writers at home and abroad have signed a statement asking President Goodluck Jonathan and other political leaders to act immediately in order to avert the deterioration of the crisis in Nigeria.

The statement decried the escalation of sectarian violence, deplored "the state of lawlessness in certain parts of the nation" and described the removal of fuel subsidy by the Jonathan administration as ill-advised.

The writers asked President Jonathan to release his plans to address the scourge of terror and also to appoint competent officials to head the various security agencies.

Below is a full text of the statement:


Statement of Solidarity with the Nigerian People


We are troubled by the turn of events in Nigeria, and hereby call on President Goodluck Jonathan and the rest of the country’s political leadership to take immediate steps to tackle the state of lawlessness in certain parts of the nation and address the sense trepidation and rage that has reached dangerous levels within the Nigerian populace.

Nigeria is witnessing a new escalation of sectarian violence, culminating in explosions that have killed or seriously wounded scores of people at churches and other centers of worship and local businesses.

As a people who lost two million citizens in a civil war, Nigerians must bring an urgent sense of history to the gloomy events. The country’s leadership should not view the incessant attacks as mere temporary misfortune with which the citizenry must learn to live; they are precursors to events that could destabilize the entire country.

We applaud President Jonathan’s declaration of a state of emergency in certain local government areas in four states. However, we have seen little indication that the country’s security and law enforcement agents are up to the task of protecting the lives and property of citizens in all parts of Nigeria.

Clearly, the sophistication and deadly impact of the terrorist attacks suggest an agenda to create widespread fear and, possibly, to foment anarchy or war. Mr. Jonathan has no greater duty than to ensure that Nigerians are safe wherever they live or visit within the country. He should demonstrate his recognition of that solemn duty, in our view, by doing the following:

(a) Outline both short and long term plans to comprehensively address the scourge of terror,
(b) Appoint competent and committed officials to head the various security agencies, and
(c) Serve as an agent to heal the many divisions plaguing Nigeria, and persuade all well-meaning people to enlist in the fight against festering violence.

Mr. Jonathan’s decision to remove fuel subsidies in the country at this time was ill-advised. Coming at the advent of the New Year, and barely a week after the gruesome Christmas Day attacks on worshippers, the policy has forced many Nigerian citizens to perceive his leadership as one that is both insensitive and possibly contemptuous of the mood of its people.

We stand with the Nigerian people who are protesting the removal of oil subsidy which has placed an unbearable economic weight on their lives. This action has clearly imposed an untenable and unfair burden on those segments of Nigerians who are already impoverished - subsisting on less than $2 a day. We call on Mr. Jonathan to immediately change course. By reverting to the old prices of petroleum products, Mr. Jonathan can work to diffuse tension in the country and exemplify the true servant leader who not only serves but also listens to his people. To insist on having his way, and to deploy state security and legal apparati to crush growing popular uprisings is to stamp on a highly valued tenet of democracy – the right to peaceful assembly – and to inadvertently promote greater violence in the country.

Mr. Jonathan’s administration has made a persuasive case that a few highly connected Nigerians have corruptly profited from fuel subsidy. The government should swiftly bring to justice those corrupt profiteers as well as the bureaucrats who aid and abet their unconscionable parasitic activities and economic sabotage.

We acknowledge President Jonathan’s recent announcement of 25% cut in the basic salaries of political office holders. But we believe that the move merely scratches the indefensible bloated salaries and allowances paid to Nigerian political officials. The president should also champion significant cuts in the huge cost of running the various tiers of government and the luxuries that have become the signature of those who ought to protect the commonwealth, serve the people, and not exploit them. Besides, the culture of corruption and impunity in official quarters constitutes a grave threat to national security and to the country’s effort to establish a democratic culture and  meaningful economic development.

Nigeria needs a return to relative calm to enable its people, and the Jonathan administration in particular, to focus on the task of combating the incubus of corruption, poverty and home-grown terrorism.



Signed by



Chinua Achebe                                   

Okey Ndibe

Nduka Otiono

Helon Habila

Akin Adesokan

Pius Adesanmi

Tess Onwueme

Obiora Udechukwu

Yinka Tella

                                    Richard Ali

Chiji Akoma

Paul Ugor

                                    Tolu Ogunlesi

                                    Samantha Iwowo

Idowu Ohioze

                                    Offiong Bassey




                                    Chido Onumah

                                    Bunmi Aborisade

                                    Omolade Adunbi

                                    Mahmud Obeamata

                                    Mahmud Aminu

Nasr Kura

Gimba Kakanda

                                    Obioma Nnaemeka

Sonala Olumhense

Ikhide Ikheola

Isidore Okpewho

E.C. Osondu

Ogaga Ifowodo

Mike Nwosu

Herbert Ekwe Ekwe

Chimalum Nwankwo

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Ebenezer Obadare

Ahmed Maiwada

Madina Shehu

Hussein Abdu

Auwal Musa Rafsanjani

Source: http://saharareporters.com/news-page/occupy-nigeria-foremost-nigerian-novelist-chinua-achebe-other-writers-declare-solidarity

obowunmi:
but that is not what I paid for.

That is why the name for it is called :ALTERNATIVES, or shall I use GEJ's word : PALLATIVE MEASURES,

debosky:
The UK does not import crude so let's get rid of that falsehood. Besides, the US that imports some of its crude consumption still produces at a lower cost than the UK.

WOW you mean the UK does not import crude?, You must be day dreaming! I have read your submission in here and I think you are a conny fellow. What you fail to address is the lazy man reasoning that should crude be sold to NNPC, they would divert it to the international market and sell it! Do you realize that the price of crude internationally also includes cost of storage and transportation?

Also, are you aware that the OPEC charter which Nigeria is signatory to demands that every member nation give a percentage of their total capacity for local consumption before selling the excess at international crude price. In Nigeria, this volume amounts to 450,000bpd. This is what NNPC refines in our four refineries and the alleged price paid is another part of the dirty SCAM played out on the Nigerian masses by the FG controlled cabals.

obowunmi:
What am I doing in a neighboring country ?

Well if Ghana is not going on strike, they can make arrangement to fly you out from there (conveying you by road from Lagos) and then putting you guys on the flight from Ghana to SA and then from SA to Dubai.Stressful, yes, but it may help get you to your destination in 12hrs!

Have a read at the 2012 budget, you would weep for Nigeria! One would have thought Okonjo Iweala the Finance Minister would be the one to lead an onslaught on the huge and obscene allowances of the excutive and legislatives arms of government and present a budget to address same and put it at the mercy of the public!

eghost247:
lol the silvio berlusconi part is funny

Of course He is the symbol of modern day women slavery and it is shameful that any one would think such as behaviour/attitude was normal!

imperiouxx:
Well, I scheduled for weekend and by then the whole issue should have been settled or else I . . . . .

or else you Trekke

obowunmi:
I am schedule to travel tomorrow, I will have to take the loss.

Sorry for your loss, but do not forget to check with your airline. They may have alternative arrangement for you to travel from Neighbouring country.

mikeansy:
There has to be cuts from all arms of Government and it is down for the President to drive it.

We also have to look at this free-of-charge peace keeping missions we do in Africa. We need to start choosing what wars to get involved in in Africa.

Ther eare whole lots of issues that we need to address! Do you know how much Nigeria has given out to Benin Republic, Sao Tome, in form of "support" without any corresponding interest to the Nigerian masses? Remember the $10million largeness of GEJ to The President of Benin Republic which He never got the approval of the NASS for?

I think onething is now clear: We have a generation of leadership in Nigeria who do not care one bit about the yet unborns  and the living Nigerians! Their talks would suggest they do, but their actions clear shows where their loyalty lies and that is why We must resist NOW or face hardship in real time soonest!

GEJ either resign now or seize this clamour by Nigerians on the street to engage in REAL structural reforms that include constitutional changes to the way and manner we create wealth and spend same in this country of ours!

mikeansy:
Exactly my point. Tap the current anger in the country, send a bill to cut NASS wages and tell the Nigerian people if that bill gets passed fuel subsidy removal will be reversed!

You can not sit there and do nothing and call youself President.

@ bold, He is wishing on 'luck' yet again! When has He ever been proactive

ak4God:
For the " Office of the SGF" only
Electricity charges: 137 million
Telephone charges: 11 million
Water rates: 5.6 million
Sewages charges: 15 million
,  Office stationeries/Computer consumables: 71 million
Magazines & periodicals: 10.4 million
Teaching AIDS/Instruction materials: 13.8 million
Maintenance of motor vehicle: 16 million
Maintenance of office furntiture: 5.5 million
Maintenance of building: 4.8 million
Maintenance of office / IT equipments: 8.6million
Maintenance of plants/ generators: 3 million
Other Maintenance services: 4.3 million
Security services: 180 million
Office Rent: 201 million
Security vote (including operations) : 84 million
Motor Vehicle fuel cost: 24 million
Plant / Generator fuel cost: 21 million
Refreshment and meals: 40 million
Honorarium & sitting allowance: 1.1 trillion
Publicity & advertisements: 37 million
Medical espenses: 30.7 million
Postages & courier services: 3 million
Welfare packages: 524 million
Subscription to professional bodies: 356 million

At the bold, I would build a self regenerating power plant for the VP at far lower cost! How much will it cost to build a 10MW wind turbine sub station for the VP complex? Same goes for the office of the President. This you would do under six months and you would save so much within 3years.

Beaf:
GEJ has proposed a cut in NASS funding in every budget, but they always vote it out; if you recall, there was a quarrel in early December b/w NASS and FG about the same thing. The onus is on the NASS, they are just there to reap the country off.

Again I say sut it in there!!, NASS refused GEJ's proposal 'cos they could not identify any where in the budget where GEJ has made similar cuts in the excutive arm. GEJ played into the cries of Sanusi and He tried to play politics with it, unfortunately it back fired at him.

mikeansy:
Jonathan can send a bill to the NASS demanding this cut.

It must not be proposed by the NASS.

This is the job of the President and his treasury.

Exactly! In a democracy, the Executive drives much of what goes on in the economy and the legislative 'regulate'! If GEJ is serious, send a bill to NASS cutting all salaries and allowances of all top excutives on government payroll. Weep the public to support the course and see if the NASS would not bow! At the same time, He would show real balls in the fight against corruption. You would even suprise that prices of goods and commoditiy in Nigeria will fall, 'cos prices on goods and services in Nigeria are hugely 'artificial'.