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thesicilian:
Sorest losers. They keep attacking the man, instead of offering concrete solutions to our many problems.

OrlandoOwoh:
Ghost worker.

SweetSoup:
Make i help you nominate 3 nairalanders.
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Phockphockman
MrCork

How Speaker Dogara Helped To Quietly Push Sharia Bill Through Second Reading.

A member of the House of Representatives criticised over a controversial pro-Sharia bill which he sponsored, has said he was advised by the speaker, Yakubu Dogara, to quietly speed the bill through a second reading to avoid controversy.

In an interview with PREMIUM TIMES Thursday, Abdullahi Salame, representing Gwadabawa/Illela federal constituency, Sokoto State, said Mr. Dogara recognised that the bill could draw public outrage, and urged him not to “make noise” about the bill.

“I wrote the bill. I presented it. It was in the gazette. It went through first reading and second reading. So, the Speaker, in his wisdom — you know there are some issues that is not necessary to publicly discuss them or deliberate on them to avoid problems– asked me not to make noise about it,” Mr. Salame told PREMIUM TIMES.

Mr. Salame was widely criticised on social media on Wednesday, after it became clear that his bill, which seeks to amend the Constitution to give more powers to the Sharia Court of Appeal, had quietly passed the second reading last week Thursday.

Mr. Salame said the Speaker directed him to quietly work the bill through second reading for it to be sent to the Constitution Amendment Committee for consideration.

“The Speaker considers this bill one of the bills that do not require much argument. Because many people could misunderstand it. At the committee, they will see the nitty-gritty of the bill. So it was the Speaker that did not allow us to publicly debate on it and he advised that we refer it to the constitutional amendment committee,” Mr. Salame said.

The speaker, Mr. Dogara, is a Christian.
When reached for comment, Mr. Dogara’s media office did not confirm nor deny Mr. Salame’s claims, pointing instead to a statement issued by a spokesman for the House about the nature of the bill and how the legislative body handled its presentation.
Read the full response below:

The Bill came up on the floor and was automatically referred to the ad-hoc committee on constitution review.
There was no debate on it either for or against because the House is a democratic representatives chamber of the Nigerian people
Even if five people only have an issue with any section of the Constitution, the House will give it a listening ear.
The ad-hoc committee on Constitution review has one member per state and women and other representation.
The precedence is that it is in this committee that these kind of matters are thrashed out.

Any bill that has potentials to divide the country on religious or tribal lines or to reopen settled constitutional issues will most likely fail in the committee.
It should be noted that constitutional review bills are special bills that undergo many stages unlike an ordinary bill.
These include committee stage, plenary stage for voting by 2/3rd of the House, 2/3rd of all the state Houses of Assembly before it comes back again to the National Assembly for voting again and finally it must receive presidential assent.
We are still at a very early stage in the process and Nigerians should not worry about bills of this nature as the House has shown over the years to be the protector of Nigerians’ national unity and interest.
Signed:
Hon. Jonathan Gaza Gbefwi
Deputy Chairman
Houss Committee on Media and Publicity.

greatgod2012:
The govt just need to put a stop to this menace, not just by mere mouthing but by proactive measures.

Esseite:
This could have been avoided if only he began with an all inclusive tenure.. and not with a nepolistic approach..

WIZGUY69:
They should go back to Libya, where they came from.

1. Apo Well was award to Sapetro Oil owned by Gen Theophilus Y Danjuma .Apo field is capable of producing 300,000 barrels per day and crude reserve of 500 million barrels.
2. OML 110 Obe oil field own by Alhaji Mai Daribe, Cavendish Petroleum with an estimated 500 million barrel of crude oil that worth $50 billion dollars after tax.
3. Akpo condensate field was awarded to Sapetro Oil owned by Gen Theophilus Y Danjuma. This field worth $100 billions of dollars.
4. OML 112 and OML 117 were awarded to AMNI International Petroleum Development Company owned by Colonel Sanni Bello. Son inlaw to former Head of State. Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar. Its worth $150 Dollars after tax.
5. OML 115 also known as Oldwok field and Ebok field was awarded to Alhaji Mohammed Indimi. Inlaw to former Head of State Gen. Ibrahim Babangida the two fields worth $200 billion Dollars.
6. OML 215 was awarded and operated by Nor East Petroleum Limited owned by one Alhali Saleh Mohammed Gambo. The field worth $100 billion Dollars after tax.
7. OML 108 awarded to Express Petroleum Company owned by Alhaji Aminu Dantata. This field worth $128 billion Dollars.
8. OML 113 was allocated to Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum Limited owned by Alhaji W. I. Folawiyo. Net worth is $150 billion Dollars.
9. Prince Nasiru Ado Bayero cousin to the Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanisu, owns ASUOKPU/UMUTU marginal oil fields. It worth $110 billion Dollars.
10. Inter is owned by Atiku Abubakar, Yara dua and Ado Bayero has a substantial stakes in the oil and gas exploration in the Niger Delta of Nigeria.
11. AMNI International Petroleum Company owns OML 112 and OML 117. Former Minister of Petroleum and OPEC Chairman Rilwanu Lukman has major stakes in AMNI International Petroleum Company.
12. OML 67 is operated Afren Plc. Rilwanu lukman also has a major stakes and the field worth $180 billion Dollars.
13. OPL 245 is awarded to Malabu Oil and Gas owned by Dan Etete. Former President Obasanjo and former Vice President Atiku Abukbakar all has major shares. It worth $50 billion Dollars.
14. OPL 289 and OPL 233 was awarded to Cleanwater Consortium, the two fields worth $200 billion Dollars. Former Governor Peter Odili of River State, Obasanjo and Sultan of Sokoto has major Stakes.
15. OPL 288 was awarded to focus Energy Senator Andy Uba, Obasanjo, and Gen Theophilus Y Danjuma are the major stakeholders. The field worth $70 billion Dollars.
16. OPL 291 was awarded to Starcrest Energy Nigeria Limited owned by Emeka Offor. The field worth $100 billion Dollars.
17. Mike adenuga’s Conoil controls and operates Six (6) oil blocs and exports about 500,000 barrels of crude oil daily. These 6 oil bloc worth $500 billion Dollars.

From our analysis above, 90% oil blocs are allocated to individuals from northern Nigeria and some confused elements from the region are calling the Niger Delta Avengers names, some are calling us criminals. Our question to these groups of individuals calling us names are; where were you when all these atrocities were happening to the people of the Niger Delta?

orisa37:
Go back to Sokoto.

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria has appealed to Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, to relax the ban on herdsmen and their grazing cattle.

Baba Ngelzerma, the secretary general of the association, said this when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television.

Ngelzerma asked the governor to show statesmanship, blaming most of the attacks on “criminals”.

He announced the readiness of the group to negotiate with Ekiti government.

“Our doors are open, we can still go to the governor, we can still discuss and find solutions to these problems,” he said.

“We had a meeting with our elites from different fields of human endeavours to find solutions to these problems. We are calling on the governor of Ekiti state to show a lot of statesmanship.

“These things are perpetrated by criminals. No doubt what happened is sad but before investigations are conducted, people jump to conclusions that things were done by herdsmen; it may be so, but at least as a governor he should wait and find out who the perpetrators are before apportioning blame.
“The whole of Ekiti state is his responsibility today including strangers that are in the state. Even the cows that are in Ekiti state today, the governor has a responsibility on them.

“You cannot blame an entire group for a crime committed by few. There was a situation in Ore where a watchman killed a herdsman, we did not take law into our hands, instead we reported to the police.

“We cannot say that the Yoruba people are responsible for that. If you stop the Fulanis from grazing, where should they go?”.

Stating actions that have been taken, Ngelzerma expressed the readiness of the association to put an end to the situation.

He said the association had been collaborating with security agencies to find a last solution to the problem.

“A lot have been going on regarding this issue and different factions of the government have been looking into it. We have been having meetings with the defence headquarters and the police, hands are on deck to resolve the issue.”

Meanwhile, Fayose has said he has nothing against the Fulani, explaining that he only decided to act in order to “check to the excesses of her‎dsmen”.

He said his decision to ban grazing was not political, but a standard practice which obtained in developed countries.
The issue of incessant attacks on communities across the country by the herdsmen is a time bomb and it should not be allowed to get out of hand. The earlier will stop the menace the better for us as a nation,” he said at the funeral ceremony of Viola George, mother of Bode George, top chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

“This has nothing to do with politics or where one comes from in the country. Who knows who the next victim could be? The attack is spreading across the country and I call on other state governors as well as political, religious and community leaders across the country to see the issue as a national one that we all must address.

“Like I have said earlier, the solution is that those rearing cows should have ranches to keep them. In advanced nations, they engage in animal husbandry too and they don’t allow their animals to just roam about.”

aresa:
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1. PMB assumed office a year or more after Fayose.

2. Projects are funded with budgets and PMBs budget is a few weeks old and you don't build projects in weeks.

3. Fayose has presided over 2 budgets and spent over 2 years in office with nothing apart from playing with market woman and taking over their food.

Please come with sane, rational, intelligent, and educated argument and not your illogical village argument..

EasternLeopard:
Buhari should finance his government using Fulani cows

tonychristopher:
ewwhere




where is that my ikpu atulu known as hopeathand and where is oyim ezepromoe...make i come gbawa uzor hopeathand...usu rakwa......hopeathand


kedu Beremx the nwa fulu efu... elewe ikpu ede cheque

Beremx:
My dear, are you talking on behalf of Ikwerre people? are you sure they agree with you?
Well, i am yet to see any Ikwerre man or woman who says he's Igbo. Same as Anioma.

Honestly, this kind of topic breaks my heart.

Sunnynwa:
Yes. Contact phockphockman.

Sunnynwa:
And forex to import those commodities will fall from the sky abi?

Common sense is not common.

blackpanda:
Igbos

joborskill:
Islam will conquer biafra insha allah

blackpanda:
Pls abuja is not north. I stay in abuja too and I have stayed in sokoto and kano. Igbos have lived in kano for ages. Infact most speak fluent hausa u cant tell the difference. They own property everywhere and nobody disturbs them. Northerners are very open and welcoming. But which hausa man can boast of land in anambra? Which yoruba man can bet his chest that he has land in owerri?? Pls u dont know what u are saying

joborskill:
[b]We the concerned people of the Southwest hereby bring to the notice of the south south people of an impending doom ochestrated by the IPOB an Biafrans in General. The IPOB leader called Kanu is a terrorist that must be disregarded. Do not believe every lie you hear on his hate filled radio. They are trying so hard to force the people of the SS into their failed Biafra so they can dominate you people as majorities incase the biafra is ever declared (God Forbid). The IPOB and biafrans in general are known for their dominating attitude and the reason for this new friendship with the SS is to control their destinies and resources in future. Niger deltans must be aware that you people are entirely differents from the igbos. You are not brothers like they claim. Your culture and way of life is different. Do not be decieved by the recent chants of Biafra. It pays you people to be Nigerians than follow a biafra where u wont have control over your future. We yorubas are working tirelessly with the north to rebuild this country and make it great. the unpatriotic ones are the people shouting Biafra. Nigeria is your home people of the SS. You are better here. Do not be fooled by Nnamdi Kanu. He is going to die in jail for trying to break our great nation. Biafra will never come. We hate and condemn biafra.


God bless Nigeria[/b]

We yorubas are working tirelessly with the north to rebuild this country and make it great.

kodded:




cc omenka dropshot

ibietela2:
Long time no see you here