₦airaland Forum

Firefire:
No please...

vanbonattel:
so you expect us to stand aside while a probably innocent man is being witch hunted,
evil is evil even if it's against a fulani
next they will come for inejirika with trumped up charges
if we don't fight now, how should we fight then

onlykach:
it obvious you are an ethnic bigot.... He is a Nigerian not a fulani man

kenex4ever:
u didn't even read d link u pasted. D amount is nt for one travel. And all I see there are cooked up figures from saharadistorters

chukwudi44:
It is the perogative of the NASS bureacracy and not senators to create or amend house rules!!! The house rules for each NASS is unique and created by the clerk prior to the inauguration of that particular house.That is why we have senate house rules 1999,2003,2007,2011 and 2015

No senate commitee or constutional amendment team sat down to create the house rules for 1999.It has always been the perogative of the clerk to prepare the house rules for the incomming senate.
In the words of Senator Ike Ekweremadu

“Just as I said in a statement a few days ago, we will not be intimidated and will do everything democratically possible to protect the independence of the

He washed his hands off the allegation, saying at the time the said Senate Standing Rule/Order 2015 was made, he had ceased being the Deputy Senate President and so was no longer a principal officer to have contributed to the making of the document in question.

He said the making of a new Rule/Order for a new Senate or House was entirely the business of the National Assembly bureucracy, asking those striving to frame him up to look elsewhere.


He said: “Let me just explain here that every National Assembly, that is every Senate or House has its Standing Rule/Order as every Standing Rule/Order normally has a life span of four years. So, if you go to the Office of the Clerk to the National Assembly now, you are likely to find Standing Rules/Orders of 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 and the current 2015.


“From the point of the valedictory session of the 7th Senate on 4th June, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Distinguished Senator David Mark and the rest of other members of the 7th Senate ceased to be senators until the 9th of June, when the 8th Senate was inaugurated; and as usually done, the new senators received new Standing Rule/Order 2015.


“The making of that 2015 edition of the Senate Rule/Order is the business of the bureaucracy of the National Assembly. What the 8th Senate can do, which its predecessors have sometimes done is to amend as suitable. And the process of the amendment is spelt out in the that document~ DSP Ike Ekweremadu





Anyone who wants to challenge the status quo should simply go to court

zonax:
How will you call this hate?
When GEJ was in government Buhari pointed out all his travels as a waste of funds. Same Buhari promised to reduce the cost of governance is elected. Now why should his travel to America cost up to that?
Isn't that hypocrisy?
How is that a reduction in governance since GEJ's travel never cost up to that?

kenex4ever:
now it's obvious lies because it's against ur gmb. When saharadistorters was cooking figures like beans during GEJ administration u hypocrites swallowed every part of d falsehoods hook line and sinker, but now u dnt want to believe d news from a much more disciplined news outlet.

paooxide:
I'm sick and tired of silly people trying to soil the name of nairaland in dirts, especially the silly mods that move silly topics to front page. . Nairaland is turning into a blog tganks to silly mods

biafranqueen:
imagine that I counted 22 visits in 30 days has to be a world record, and his wife have mouth talking about she cook for him he was fasting most of the time here did she cook that food that he shared withbTinubu and Rotten from Rivers?
. Every time he go out the Naira falls more did you notice that?

Beremx:
mumu,you expect me to comment on a news that is filled with lies? TANoids are not smart at all!

MizMyColi:
Now you bring in the proactive angle on insurgence.
what efforts have been made so far to nip these folks in the bud.
Can you honestly say Buhari is tough on BH?

I'm glad you succinctly admit a particular party seems to be at the receiving end of the anti-corruption crusade.

America carries out such acts and does all it can to maintain plausible deniability because they know it is not the right thing to do.
The DSS is doing same.
But now, it has been exposed to the public, they owe this public an explanation.

kutchs:
If several trips made by Jonathan cost only #3.3 billion and one trip of Buhari cost #2.2 billion pray tell me between the two who's more wasteful?

calebo101:


In a nation filled with illiterates it's unfortunate an illiterate will likely be preferred to an educated man. When propaganda is the order of the day and black is painted white, what else do you expect?

MizMyColi:
You still don't get my drift, do you?

How do you incarcerated a man without stating a case against him, for one week!?
In saner climes, you must have built damning evidence, before getting a warrant from a court of law to arrest him.
Even as that, he ought to have access to a lawyer and a at least a family member.

It is no longer a secret.
It behoves on the SSS to now issue or public statement stating the reasons for his arrest.
Yes, we will fight corruption.
But when we do so using jungle justice and a lopsided angle, be sure to get mass resistance.

keyzid:
Very lame propaganda. El-Rufai, was it not your son who recently crashed a Posh Carrera in Abuja? What do you have to say to that. Well, it's none of my business. Politicians hunting Politcians. Let the game begin

calebo101:

You sound educated. .but unfortunately that's all you just sound it but your analysis and thinking pattern clearly portrays a stark illiterate like our president.

MizMyColi:
It doesn't have to suit your ears to sound objective.

DelGardo:
I admire your stamina and the mature way you engaged the fellow.

Meanwhile back to the topic Mama Peace with 28 aides? Meanwhile the lovely Aisha Buhari is performing her matrimonial duties despite the allure of the 'first' lady that she is.

We really dodged a 50 calibre bullet by kicking out the clueless one. God bless our president.

MizMyColi:
This Space Is Booked For Objective Reasoning.


*zModifies*z

Is Mr President aware of this development?
This might likely be the work of security zealots who see a need to impress to get their pay.

It is wrong on all counts to hold a man to ransom without so much as a fair hearing.
One can only imagine the torture he is being made to undergo?

I hope to hear of the man's release soonest.
Mr President should not be a party to such crass violation of human rights.

Hopefully, when this news gets to him, things and records will be set straight.
Hopefully....

jmaine:
Your spirit of discernment is weak and faulty simply because it is already prejudiced toward an expected endpoint . . . . . . The current article still had the defining word Official(announced) attached to it, and that gives room for more speculation about the earlier unannounced aides accompanying the entourage.

MizMyColi:
This Space Is Booked For Objective Reasoning.

jmaine:
You are simply deploying emotional blackmail to extricate yourself from your obvious gaffe. We all seek to believe or discard issues/news bordering on the things we hold dear to heart.

If that dailymail news was about GEJ, you will automatically take it as the gospel since he was your object of hate . . .The same essence will lead you to discard the news simply because it is tainting the image of a man you love dearly . . . . . .

jmaine:
So a report written before a trip automatically renders it null and void ? What makes you feel reports after a trip is not subject to exaggeration from interested quarters ? . . . . Did the punch newspaper give tenable proofs to back up their claims ? Why should should we ingest yours and discard dailymail report .

jmaine:
Dailymail tabloid is now pepper soup supposition to your ilk simply because it exposed you all as fraudulent agents of change. What facts did the punch newpaper present to make her report fool proof beyond all reasonable doubt.

The APC supporters on nairaland simply need to upgrade their skills in their attempt to defend the missteps of the incumbent . . . . .

Muhammadu Buhari Goes to America; Yusuf Buhari First Son & 32 Others Make Entourage, With an official entourage of 33 including his son Yusuf, President Muhammadu Buhari arrives the Joint Base Andrews Airport, Washington DC Sunday to kick start his official visit to the United States.



Apart from getting a brief on the visit from Nigeria’s Ambassador to the US Professor Ade Adefuye and his team, Buhari will have a private dinner with Madeline Albright former US Secretary of State after settling down at the historic Blair House in Pennsylvania Avenue, the first time a visiting Nigerian leader would be so honoured.

Shettima, Oshiomhole, Amaechi, Emefiele among delegation
President to hold town hall meeting with US Diaspora Nigerians
The President who is billed to hold a Town Hall meeting with Nigerians in the Diaspora Tuesday will on Monday be officially welcomed at the White House starting with a breakfast meeting of five at the Naval Observatory, the official residence of the US Vice President Senator Joe Biden.

When a call was put to to Adefuye on the expectations of the visit and what Nigeria stood to gain, he said the visit was strategic on many fronts because Nigeria and the US remain partners on many fronts.

According to him, the US recognises Nigeria as an emerging economic giant not just in Africa but in the global village adding this is the first time the US is inviting a newly elected African leader who has been in office for less than two months, to a state visit.

President Buhari, Adefuye said, “has what it takes to drive this emerging role of Nigeria and I am glad to receive him on this historic visit. The expectation that President Buhari will reposition the nation along the path of greatness is not misplaced.”

The importance of the visit to the US, Adefuye added, “is in the fact that the US is accommodating President Buhari at Blair House, the first of its kind for a Nigerian leader and at no expense to the country.”

Part of the high point of the visit is the long awaited lecture of Buhari at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on his last day in the US.

The institute had expected him to deliver a public lecture at the heat of the Presidential campaign in February. USIP Director of Programmes, Ms. Jennifer Cooke had envisaged an event that would attract a large audience of US policy makers, academics, business leaders, and Nigerians in the Diaspora, an expectation that has even become heightened with the President’s rising profile since his defeat of Goodluck Jonathan a sitting president and the first time this is happening in the political space of the country.

The interactive session jointly organised by USIP, National Democratic Institute, International Republican Institute, Centre for Strategic Studies and the Atlantic Council will offer the President an opportunity to highlight on his policy direction and the expectations in the days ahead.

The Corporate Council for Africa (CCA) which also cancelled its lunch session with Buhari will along with the US Chamber of Commerce hold an interactive dinner with the president who would also have another media chat at the Blair House, later holding talks with Dr. Muhammad Ali Pate of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Economic Assistance Programme for the North East and other important stakeholders on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)

The Blair House breakfast meeting which is restricted to five people includes the President, his host Senator Biden, the Permanent. Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Governor of Borno State; Ambassador Ade Adefuye and Rotimi Amaechi, former Governor of Rivers State.

The White House visit which is billed to last one hour will be followed by a media chat at the Pool Spray, a bilateral meeting with Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, US Trade Representative Michael Froman with Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha and his Nassarawa State counterpart in attendance

Buhari will also hold talks on corruption with Loretta Lynch, US Attorney General with Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole, Permanent Secretary, MFA; Director General, Nigerian Intelligence Agency and the Solicitor General of the Federation in attendance
He would later hold talks on Strengthening the Nigerian Economy with Jack Lew, US Secretary of the Treasury, with the Governor of the Central Bank Godwin Emefiele Permanent Secretary, MFA and Director General of the Budget as part of his team.

jmaine:
Dailymail is now pepper soup supposition to your ilk simply because it exposed you all as fraudulent agents of change. What facts did the punch newpaper present to make her report fool proof beyond reasonable doubt.

The APC supporters on nairaland simply need to upgrade their skills in their attempt to defend the missteps of the incumbent . . . . .

jmaine:
I consider it absolute foolishness when you scream change yet seek to justify your prevalent errant acts with the past one considered abominable . . . .




http://dailymail.com.ng/muhammadu-buharis-united-state-visit-will-cost-nigeria-n2-2billion/

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This thread is a very silly attempt at nothing . . .. . If a single trip of Buhari is going to cost tax payers a whooping N2.2 billion . . .Kindly do the maths to extrapolate the total expenditures of Buhari travels . . . . .