₦airaland Forum

this is a crazy country

Tallesty1:
So this was how the building was tilting and people still get mind to go inside and work?

This is weird to think about. How didnt he fortify himself against any reason to visit the hospital

Tiwa and Yatch like 5&6

This should be addressed to the government, most people earn a salary that rarely increases, instead its purchasing power decreases. So if I made projections with a monthly salary of 500k in 2018, estimating that in dollars and compare to now 2021, where it’s less than 1000USD. It’s impossible to make any sense with Naira overall. So essentially one will go bankrupt trying to pay you in dollar equivalent. Best is for people to save in dollars a more stable currency so that you can have less of this crazy inflationary instability with Naira.

whats prices are we talking about

Mariangeles:
Can you afford mini electric jugs?

gas is above my budget bros

chatinent:
5kg gas cylinders filled up.

Hello everyone, please I need help, I want to do a 65th birthday celebration for my Oldman Just because he never actually celebrates this things, but the problem is;
*I don't know how to go deciding classy souvenirs to hand out to about 65 of his closest pals.Mostly couples of about that age.
*He would have loved something basic but i want to celebrate him since i am beginning to see some good bread, I am looking a a moderately classy event. And i would love the Souvenirs to be classy as well.
*I AM TIRED OF THE NIGERIAN MUGS AND PLATES AND JOTTERS, THEY ARE PILED UP IN MY HOUSE ALREADY

So any ideas would be appreciated. Thank you and God bless.

First He said "the general public needs to know that there was nothing called Joint Panel Recovery Under the Ministry of Justice in the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, and by extension the entire Federal Ministry of Justice"
Guess Who was also responsible for authorizing the illegal seizure of Peter Odili's Passport?
Has it been returned after the court judgment?
Mr Attorney General we know your antecedence from past lawless actions your denial is expected.You are no different from the rouge cop Abba Kyari. Maganann Gaskiya!

Nigeria’s Justice Minister, Abubakar Malami has reportedly secured federal jobs for his northern brothers, a report by Gazette Nigeria has revealed.

The federal jobs were secured at the National Industrial Court according to the report.

The three beneficiaries have been identified as: Mohammed Lameer Sani Gado, Shuaibu Ahmed, and Abdulhadi Usman Bayaro.

Making what appeared as nepotistic appointments public, an overly excited Mr Gado, who hails from the same state (Kebbi) as the justice minister, disclosed on his Facebook page that the appointment letters were issued on June 24, 2021, and took effect on June 30, 2021.

“Our sincere gratitude goes to the Almighty for making it a reality. Today Friday, 25.06.2021, we received our offer of provisional appointment with the national industrial court,” Mr Gado wrote.

Thanking the Attorney general for using his office to facilitate their appointments at the court, Mr Gado added, “Our sincere appreciation goes to Attorney General Abubakar Malami, who is solidly behind this. May Allah reward you with jannatul firdausil Aalah, Amin.

“The three of us are Mohammed Lameer Sani, Shuaibu Ahmed, Abdulhadi Usman Bayaro.”

In the letters seen by Peoples Gazette, Messrs Gado, Bayaro, and Ahmed all had the Federal Ministry of Justice Abuja as their address.

While the court offered Messrs Gado and Bayaro appointments as ‘assistant executive officer,’ Mr Ahmed was employed as ‘assistant data processing officer’ at its Sokoto division.

“Your appointment will take effect from 30th June 2021 and you are accordingly advised to report to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Sokoto Judicial Division at Opposite Federal Government College, Kano Road, Sokoto, Sokoto State for the documentation of your appointment while the authenticity of your certificate/statement of result is being verified,” the letters stated.

Mr Malami could not be reached for a comment on his role in the appointments. The Gazette contacted his spokesman, Umar Gwandu, on whether the justice ministry advertised vacancies for the jobs.

Instead of responding to the inquiry, Mr Gwandu requested The Gazette should forward its inquiry to him via WhatsApp, but he had yet to respond to it several hours after receiving the message.

Mr Gwandu also refused to pick a follow-up call from The Gazette.

In February, The Gazette exposed how President Muhammadu Buhari secretly recruited his new media aide Bashir Ahmad and four others into the Department of Petroleum Resources in violation of the law.

The Gazette also exposed how top NIA job was secretly approved for Mr Buhari’s nephew, Tunde Sabiu, while Aisha Buhari’s brother landed an appointment at PTDF, another top-tier agency of the Nigerian government, despite Mr Buhari’s claim on leading a transparent and corruption-free regime.

Malami has always been the rascal of the Cabal. Mungono said this.

Because it is not Alhaji Atiku, you are all of a sudden not interested

sapientia:
We don't care

The Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has narrated how the former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu and the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed manipulated election results as far back as 2011 under the old Action Congress of Nigeria.
Abdulrazaq in an interview with newsmen noted that Mohammed was in charge of ACN in Kwara and he threw him out because they had their choice candidates.

He further stated that he experienced a tough time in the Peoples Democratic Party because of the dominance of former Senate President, Bukola Saraki.The Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has narrated how the former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu and the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed manipulated election results as far back as 2011 under the old Action Congress of Nigeria.
Abdulrazaq in an interview with newsmen noted that Mohammed was in charge of ACN in Kwara and he threw him out because they had their choice candidates.

He further stated that he experienced a tough time in the Peoples Democratic Party because of the dominance of former Senate President, Bukola Saraki.


The Kwara State Governor said, “When this republic started, everybody was with Saraki in the All Nigeria’s People Party. Just a few of us were in PDP then. We launched the party, very few of us. We knew our goal, to remain in opposition and remove these people from power. That’s our goal from then up till now.

“Along the way, they started pulling out because most of them saw that they had a glass ceiling on the Saraki side. They started pulling out. We started in 1998. Where was Lai Mohammed in 1998? He was in Lagos.

“He came in 2003 to contest and went back. The other guy that was shouting was with Saraki. We remained here deliberately. We did not ask for anybody’s structure.

“We had people like Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, as well. He was with us. He was the first Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP. He has never been with Saraki. There were less than 10 of us. We deliberately continued to build our structure. In 2015, when Saraki moved to PDP, we left because we will not be part of it. We left the party for them. I moved out.

“I never contested for office, I was sponsoring candidates and building a party. I was even offered the position of Board of Trustees of the party. I refused. I said I have my business.

“Our goal was to change the system in the state. It was not until 2011 that we found ourselves in the ACN, but then ACN belonged to Asiwaju and Lai Mohammed was his frontman here. So, they had their candidate.

“We said let’s do free and fair primaries, they refused. Eventually, they threw us out and picked their own candidate.”

“The delegates were playing games so I stepped down to contest for Senate. I contested against Saraki. I believe they rigged the election.

“Many times, I have engaged with the traditional rulers, especially to say, let’s be accommodating, it will soon pass,” the governor said.

https://www./2021/11/01/governor-abdulrazaq-narrates-how-tinubu-lai-mohammed-allegedly-rigged-party-elections/

PDP is just a platform for Nigerians to assemble like any other party.
When populated by progressive and informed human resources can offer the economic turn around that everyone so desperately desire.
I remember that both the man in ADB and Okonjo Iweala among others were appointees of PDP. Their results were known too. To think that "an entirely new set of hands and minds" will descend from space, assume power and develop Nigeria, is utopian. Political Parties evolve and get better over time, and this includes the PDP. Let men and women and youths of good conscience get involved in these parties and make them better vehicles of governance. The PDP is miles ahead of other Parties in this evolution.

Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Honourable and His Excellency, all this title should stop being used by nigerian politicians it comes of as extremely distasteful

Tinubu's APC machine has failed Nigerians, woefully! Anyone who gives them his or her vote in 2023 does not love Nigeria and does not want her progress.
Under Buhari and his hatchet man Prof Osinbajo and APC, Nigeria has been set back, at least 20 years. Some of their landmark achievements include Corruption, Insecurity, Nepotism, Tribalism, Unemployment, The Dwindling Naira, Oppression and Suppression are all at their worst, under Buhari/Osinbajo and Tinubu APC.

APC will surely be decimated beyond repair come 2023. They will split back into the original fragments and continue their regional struggles. ANPP,CPC ,AD.

Tinubu's APC machine has failed Nigerians, woefully! Anyone who gives them his or her vote in 2023 does not love Nigeria and does not want her progress.
Under Buhari and his hatchet man Prof Osinbajo and APC, Nigeria has been set back, at least 20 years. Some of their landmark achievements include Corruption, Insecurity, Nepotism, Tribalism, Unemployment, The Dwindling Naira, Oppression and Suppression are all at their worst, under Buhari/Osinbajo and Tinubu APC.

We can't wait to be rid of their leadership!

Tinubu's APC machine has failed Nigerians, woefully! Anyone who gives them his or her vote in 2023 does not love Nigeria and does not want her progress.
Under Buhari and his hatchet man Prof Osinbajo and APC, Nigeria has been set back, at least 20 years. Some of their landmark achievements include Corruption, Insecurity, Nepotism, Tribalism, Unemployment, The Dwindling Naira, Oppression and Suppression are all at their worst, under Buhari/Osinbajo and Tinubu APC.

We can't wait to be rid of their leadership!

Publisher and journalist Dele Momodu has re-entered politics and joined Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Momodu announced his move to the PDP in a statement, explaining that his decision was based on the need to contribute meaningfully to the development of the country.

“I have consulted widely. And it is clear to me that given the dangerous and disastrous drift that our nation has experienced in the past six years, the only party from which amends can be made to rectify our situation is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),” he said in the statement released on Friday morning.

“This accords with my vehement opposition to the policies and practices of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and its leadership, which has denuded our country of everything we hold dear – national unity, cohesion, security, economic prosperity, educational advancement, social infrastructure, and above all, our cherished moral values.

“For these reasons, I am happy to declare that I am now a full-fledged participating member of the great and patriotic Peoples Democratic Party.

He accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of failing in delivering democratic dividends to Nigerians, maintaining that the PDP has landmark achievements to show for their 16-year rule.

“It is deeply saddening and regrettable that some of the biggest and landmark achievements recorded under the PDP administration have been diluted, wasted, or diminished by the present APC government,” he added


https://independent.ng/breaking-dele-momodu-joins-pdp/

Mukhtar Sani’s brother, Yunusa, had descended the ladder after a plumbing fix, when he looked up and noticed that the job was not perfect. So, he climbed the ladder again. This was when he slipped and fell, the impact causing damage around his neck and back.

What happened to him afterwards could never have been imagined in a government owned hospital, and it led to his death.


He was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, where he was attended to and was soon referred to the National Hospital Abuja (NHA) due to the complicated nature of the surgery he required.

The Interim Invoice issued to Sani, and obtained by HumAngle, showed his brother’s medication history. The cost of his treatment, which included an x-ray, amounted to N175,780.

The invoice also indicated that his brother had been in the hospital for four days, from Feb. 6, 2020, by 10:06 p.m. until his death on Feb. 9, 2020. He was registered as patient 660461 and stayed both in the old ward of the National Hospital and the new ward.

They had a challenge with raising N500,000 within the shortest possible time for the surgery he required.

Fortunately, Yunusa’s boss was able to provide the money. Sani then approached one of the doctors with the intention to pay for the surgery. To his surprise, he was given the account details of one of the doctors.

“I refused and asked for evidence that I was sending to the hospital account,” Sani explained. “I said I wasn’t going to send it to an organisation I didn’t know.”

Previous payments made, according to the Interim Invoice HumAngle consulted, revealed that for every service/drug prescription given to the patient, a section in the document listed the names of those who billed the patient, including two receipt details for a total number of 27 different services and drugs provided.

So, when it came to payment for surgery, Sani did not send the money to the private account given to him. His refusal to do as others did cost his brother, Yunusa, his life. He died while awaiting surgery, leaving a wife and three children.

But they found a convenient excuse for his death.

“They told us that they knew he wouldn’t survive, that was why they didn’t do the surgery,” Sani said.

“I’m still fighting to get his death certificate because we have gotten some kind of sponsorship for his children’s education.”

“I wrote an application to the medical director, but I still haven’t been given. In fact, they were unable to find his file in the entire hospital, so it’s even impossible to get hold of the record that will make it possible for me to get the death certificate. I took the file number and documents of everything we did, but they are unable to find it.”

This is just one in several cases of alleged corruption at the NHA.

Give a bribe or keep waiting

The procedure for booking appointments at the NHA stipulates that: “All bookings are done in the various clinics of the hospital by Health Record Officers on duty. Patients are expected to give their hand card to the Record Officer in charge so that he/she will indicate the day, time and the Doctor to see in the next appointment.”

But this procedure is only on paper. Some intermediary staff at the hospital have devised their own rules. Such was the case with Mr and Mrs Yakubu who were patients at the hospital recently.

The couple, like Mukhtar Sani’s case, were also referred to NHA in 2020 when their six-year-old son had tonsillitis.

“We were given a letter from Nisa Premier Hospital to give to the National Hospital because they had the required equipment for our son’s surgery,” Lucy Yakubu said.

At NHA’s pediatric section, a Record Officer (RA) collected their file and shelved it. The husband and wife then waited for over four hours, hoping they would be called in to see the doctor.

When the RA returned, the couple asked why they were left waiting for so long. But there was no apology because, according to the RA, “he had a lot of other things to attend to.”

Mr Yakubu then reminded the official that their situation was an emergency because their son had not eaten properly for three days and was in pain. But that was still not enough to sway the man.

“At that moment some people walked in and he quickly attended to them,” Mr Yakubu claimed, adding that the patient appeared to have bribed the RA.

Mr Yakubu’s suspicion was confirmed when he and his wife approached a nurse and she told them that staff at the hospital prefer to attend to those who give them money. “‘If you don’t, they won’t, the nurse told us,” he recalled.

Mr Yakubu and his wife returned to Nisa Premier Hospital and relayed the incident to a nurse. She prescribed antibiotics to their son and advised them to take a local approach.

“We diluted salt in water and added alum,” Mr Yakubu narrated. “That was what helped our son.”

His wife added that when she gave birth at NHA, nurses liked to be given money before they would call a doctor “to attend to us.”

Money paid into private accounts

A HumAngle reporter visited the Ophthalmology Department of NHA for an eye test with the help of another staff member.

When she went in, the doctor was attending to patients so she had to wait. When she was finally called in, he asked a few questions before the tests began.

There were two students present and the doctor conducted the test using a machine while simultaneously teaching the students.

When they were done, he took down her details and then negotiated a price with the hospital employee that brought her. He wrote down the prescription on a piece of paper and handed it to the HumAngle reporter.

This reporter was later issued medicated glasses after payment of over N30,000 was made into the private account of the doctor (name withheld).

“There are many acts of corruption to uncover in this hospital,” a staff member who pleaded anonymity told HumAngle. “In some places, you pay directly into the doctor’s private account.”

The source also explained that patients are required or expected to pay bribes when consulting doctors who have assistants. These assistants ensure patients give them some money before they have access to a doctor.

“Also, a particular female doctor at the hospital who has her own practice has the habit of referring patients to National Hospital. But instead of the patients paying to National Hospital for the use of its facilities, they still pay to her because she ensures that she personally attends to them,” the source revealed.

There are reported cases where doctors collude with hospitals to scam Nigerians through a referral kickback scheme, but the former case is different.

When HumAngle reached out to Segun Adetola, Public Relations Officer at the Ministry of Health, he said he was not the right person to speak to regarding government hospitals in the capital. He directed HumAngle to the Ministry’s Director of Hospital Services, Dr Adebiyi Adebimpe.

But Dr Adepimbe asked HumAngle to write to the Minister of Health himself.

Meanwhile, the management of the NHA appeared to have received reports of corrupt practices among staff members. Tayo Haastrup, the facility’s Public Relations Officer, said NHA now has an e-payment system “which has really blocked these kinds of loopholes.”

Haastrup, who sent his response in text messages, added that the NHA has been running the e-payment system for about three years.

A source at the hospital agreed that, indeed, the e-payment system has helped to reduce corruption within the hospital, but added that staff members still find ways to engage in fraudulent practices.


This story was produced in partnership with Civic Media Lab under its Grassroots News Project.

This reeks of Propaganda. We know he doesn't have the capacity to do it. His govt is run by a handful of individuals in Aso Rock

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN, has said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has a strong political will to fight corruption in Nigeria.

Owasanoye said this during the presentation of a paper titled, ‘Anti-Corruption Legislations, Policies and Practices: How they Align with UNCAC, OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and other Regional Conventions on Preventing and Combating Corruption,’ at the 26th INTERPOL Global Programme on Financial Crimes and Assets Recovery in Abuja recently.

The ICPC Chairman, who was represented by ICPC’s Director of Operations, Mr. Akeem Lawal, stated that the Buhari regime was known for not interfering with the work of the anti-corruption agencies.

He also said the regime had been noted internationally to have a strong political will to fight corruption.

According to him, “Even if you are in his political party, he does not care. Go and answer the anti-corruption agencies. If you are free, you are free, if you are not, he doesn’t care. So he has a strong political will to fight corruption at this moment. Notwithstanding our internal challenges, we know this government to have the political will to fight corruption.”

He called for collective effort to ensure anti-corruption is institutionalised in Nigeria, adding that there was a need for strong institutions that would survive governments in order to make the fight against corruption a continuous one.

The Chairman also spoke on the need for principles, morals and good attitudes while stating that leaders had a role to play just like the followers.

“All of us are in this battle to ensure that corruption is brought to a standstill, and we do it in a manner that is logical and consistent with other international legislation and convention,” the ICPC boss declared.

The programme had in attendance officers from security agencies of different African countries.

Do you have Quality Health Care?
What is the budget for the health sector for 2022 as a percentage of this figure?


The Permanent Secretary, State House, Umar Tijjani, said on Thursday that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had approved the construction and equipping of a 14-bed space Presidential Clinic at a cost of N21bn

Tijani stated this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, to present his 2022 budget proposal for consideration.

He explained that the construction firm, Messrs Julius Berger Nigeria, construct the VIP clinic.

He said the physical construction would start on November 1, 2021 and would be inaugurated on December 31, 2022.

The Permanent Secretary explained that the Presidential Clinic would contain 14-bed facilities with a total area of 2,700 square metres.

He added that there would be an underground, first floor, two operating theatres, two executive suites, two VIP wards, two Isolation wards and a six-bed isolation area in the building.

He further explained that there would be laboratory, healing garden, pharmacy, and X-ray facility in the clinic.

“It was estimated to cost about N21bn and the facility contains 14-bed space with a total area of 2, 700 square meters, there will be underground and first floor.

“Most of the preliminary works had been concluded. Mr President has approved the project. We have gone to the Bureau of Public Procurement to get a Certificate of No Objection.”

He told the committee that JBN was picked as the contractor because it built the State House and had been maintaining it since 1990.

“JBN has done a great job, and it was considered because of security reasons.”

He said the clinic would also be open to other African countries for medical treatment.

One of the members of the committee, Senator Nicolas Tofowomo, expressed dissatisfaction with the failure of the Permanent Secretary to show the committee any pictorial view of the hospital.

However, some other members of the committee led by the Chairman, Senator Danjuma La’ah, commended the initiative of the Federal Government for constructing and equipping of the Presidential Wing of the State House Clinic.

https://punchng.com/buhari-approves-n21bn-for-14-bed-presidential-plinic-perm-sec/

Former Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Ibrahim Isa Bio has dumped the All Progressives Congress party.

He defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Bio, also a former Minister of Transport, defected on Thursday, alongside his supporters at his Gure/Gwasoro ward in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State.

DAILY POST reports that Bio, refused to go along with Dr Bukola Saraki when the former Senate President decamped to the PDP from the APC prior to the 2019 general elections.

Welcoming Bio to the PDP, the Kwara State Publicity Secretary of the party, Tunde Ashaolu, in a statement in Ilorin on Thursday, commended the Baruten born politician for taking the bold and timely decision to join the party.

He said ” the action reflects the wishes of Kwarans who are tired of the misrule of the Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq led administration.

“We are pleased to welcome former Minister Ibrahim Isa Bio and his followers into the Kwara PDP family.

” We applaud his voluntary bold and timely decision to dump the retrogressive and dysfunctional APC and pitch tent with our party that is moving from strength to strength,” he added.

The party spokesman said, as a respected community leader and experienced politician, the party has no doubt that the entry of Bio to the party, will further strengthen the PDP.

“The repositioned Kwara PDP is poised to reclaim power from the APC and deliver good governance to the people of Kwara,” he stated.


https://punchng.com/ex-transport-minister-ibrahim-bio-dumps-apc-for-pdp/

It will become clearer in due time

You threshold for performance must be so low

Baawaa:
Tested Failed

I have addressed the discussion and also offered my view on solution. You don't have to be Crude,Okuko nyuo ahu, ana achuwa ya oso.

Guyman02:
You dey mad for bringing Saraki campaign into the discussion

You are not smart. So you will naturally be thinking like a bottom feeder

kenzysmith:
see wetin 5k per month they cause

He deserves great commendation. Nigeria has world beaters in every sector we just need to harness our greatness. Clap

Tinubu will be sending this nation backwards with his cronies

PrinceOfLagos:
I am among the people pressuring the president not to support Tinubu

Predictably No institution is working in Nigeria. If any government is interested in fighting corruption in Nigeria FIRST there will be “RADICAL institutional reform” Nigeria police force is stinking, Nigeria police uniform is a shame and the ONLY solution is “RADICAL institutional reform”
The case of Kyari is sad. He is a hero who turned out to be an idol with clay feet.... Where can we get a relatively clean police force when most Nigerians are dishonest and motivated by money?? God!!

It is very irritating to be calling Tinubu name for 2023.

They swear for us?!

How can we be talking of a man with a lot of baggage, liabilities and gangsterism inclinations as a possible candidate for presidency?

Lagos needs urgent rescue from this greedy man's choking grip.

A man who openly displayed two bullion vans of money (money laundering) in the eve of election day and even boasted about his right of spending his money how he likes which got me asking how he even acquired the money he was boasting about. Every penny he is boasting about is Lagos state public fund which he diverted using the puppets he imposed on Lagos state