onyengbu:


If you believe that the man just sat there and his in law was just stealing without his knowledge then you can believe anything.
Its likened to an igbo saying that a person is not a thief but things get missing whenever he passess!

gratiaeo:
Buhari is a fraud! His sins have found him.

onyengbu:

The word mere was mine and I didnt say you used the word mere. Or did I?
I wont bother answering you proof-of-inflation question but you might need to read this:

The firm directly managed the PTF HIV/AIDS Intervention Programme, knowingly importing sub-standard, poorly packaged, poorly stored, expired, or soon to expire treatment kits and drugs which the auditors said cost the government N579 million in waste via the stocking of useless drugs and kits in huge silos, all purchased at inflated prices

21 JANUARY 2004
AKURE — THE National Agency for Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed expired drugs at an Ibadan hospital. The drugs were donated to the hospital by the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) but expired in the year 2000. During the destruction of the expired drugs, the zonal coordinator for the National Agency for Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Mr. Felix Asemota said that the check up would be done throughout the country.

Mr. Asemota who was in the state on the inspection of pharmaceutical distribution centers in the zone pointed out that this was to ensure that drugs being dispensed to the people are NAFDAC certified. According to him, Nigerians were being sensitized on the need to purchase drugs that conform with the Agency's standard http://allafrica.com/stories/200401210494.html

duni04:
I read the entire article on point blank (newshttp://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/ptf-fraud-how-n25-billion-was-stolen-under-buharis-watch/) and some things dont just add up. If the committee was disbanded and the members replaced before they completed the terms of reference of the committee, how were they able to submit a final report and who submitted the final report?
Verification of the projects was one of the terms of reference of the committee. It wasn't done and yet a final report was submitted, after the members of the committee were replaced? The wordings of the article are very contradictory, and its the same article Thisday quoted

"THISDAY over the weekend, exclusively took hold of the original copy of a report by the Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund (PTF) Interim Management Committee, instituted on July 7, 1999 by former President Olusegun Obasanjo."

"Based on this report, the PTF under Buhari's supervision was mismanaged. The report was however neither made public nor was it acted upon by the former president."

"Taking the experience of what has been discovered after verification of various contracts awarded by PTF the minimum potential recovery will be about 15%. This estimated percentage will be about N10 billion. The verification of this project sector was about to take off when the committee members were replaced."

"In 2000, the Obasanjo administration set up an Interim Management Committee to take a look into the affairs of the Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund and ascertain among other things, how much has been spent by the PTF so far and what is on ground to justify the huge expenditure. The Committee then set to work and accomplished all the terms of reference by March 2000. The Interim Management Committee submitted that

"(ii) The Audited Accounts of the fund as at 31st December, 1999 stating the Assets and Liabilities of the fund has already been prepared by Pricewaterhouse Coopers Audit, a firm of Chartered Accountants. (iii) The Audited Accounts of the Fund for the month commencing January, 2000 to June 30th 2000 is to commence when the IMC was replaced. [/b]This would have given the asset and liabilities of the Fund at the end of the terms of the former IMC."

[b]"The Interim Management Committee was appointed by Mr President. One of the terms of reference of their appointment is to carry out verification exercise on all projects and programmes prior to packaging the projects and programmes for subsequent transfer to the appropriate line ministries. The recoverable exercises of the under-listed projects were completed and the various reports and the IMC recommendations forwarded to President Obasanjo for further directives."

All these statements don't add up

beopened:

The election is about 40days away,i dare GEJ to act on the report and prosecute Buhari

barcanista:
Now I see why Obasanjo disbanded the committee. Take a look at the bold, first the writeup look more like a gossip than a research findings. What do you mean "expired or about to expire"? I want to assume that you have submitted project before, will your supervisor accept such lines? Were the drugs expired or not expired? Yes or No? It can't be both ways. Were there reports of deaths or any other ailment as a result of the said PTF drugs that APC supplied? Was any reported, was there complaints? To the Best of My knowledge, the some of the drugs that PTF donated to hospitals expired in year 2000 and were destroyed by NAFDAC, that was after the dissolve of the PTF Board



What is the case exactly? because I see no case. Again, I am calling for implementation of the report. I will be happy if Jonathan through the AGF can bring it up. We need to nail whoever was trespassed the law. However, from the OP's report, I see no case against Buhari, the PTF Board and the APC

barcanista:
I sure will, but I believe that we should tender tangible fact when making a case against a candidate

Eluwilussit:



I am not about to play God here and now, so I will give GMB credit for his unwavering spirit and determination to rule his fatherland one last time. Kudos. If it be the will of God, nobody can stop Buhari. Destiny may be delayed but it will never be denied. But if it is not God's will, I hope Buhari, APC and supporters will be magnanimous enough to accept the people's verdict.

God bless Nigerians.

onyengbu:

Na waa for you ooo. Please crosscheck your questions before you pass them along.
Did it say it was one drug or one batch of drug or that it was all the drugs provided by PTF?
Again, as of today, a drug that has expiry date of December 2014 is expired and the one that has march 2015 is about to expire.
So you expected health officials to administer an expired drug on patients and see if they can die before anyone will be accused of wrong doing? That action was in the report in the first place because someone found out the drugs are no good.

GEJ will not implement anything... he understands Buharists very well.

onyengbu:

That report is fifteen years old and GEJ is ruling for a third of that. It is not a new report and millions of sensible Nigerians knew about Buharis's exploits. People like you who just heard about it and will not believe it are only suffering from his Stockholm syndrome .

No way! GEJ will not prosecute Buhari. He is smarter than that!

He does not want to hand you guys opportunity to start killing and maiming corpers! Why didnt his friend OBJ prosecute him? Why didn't Yaradua do that or even why didn't IBB that only threatened him once not to insult him again or face exposure prosecute him.

barcanista:
No case here. I bought Superbite roll last night, it was produced on the 30th December and is to expire 9th January. As long as it hasn't expired it is considered safe for consumption. This is applicable to commodities. A drug that is to expire February 2015 is very safe for consumption as long as long as there is proper storage. Nobody can be arrested for selling "About to expire" drugs. You see why I say the report has no case? What and what drugs were expired? At least it should provide example of a drug that expired. You wonder why the committee was disbanded? They had no clue! Anyway, I will welcome implementation

ORAFA:
I'm observing. But let me make something clear here; NOBODY can stop Buhari except GOD. Note that down.

beopened:

Dont tell me that Buhari if found to have infracted on the law should be allowed to go scot-free

barcanista:
I had to cut the irrelevant part of the quote off.. Forgive me!

I agree with this that you said, I will congratulate whoever is declared winner in the February 14 contest, except the court decide otherwise.

onyengbu:

[s]Over $2.8bn oil money he embezzelled in the 70's he went scot-free under: Obasanjo, Shagari, himself, IBB, Abacha, Shonekan, Abdusalami, Obasanjo (again) and Yaradua and they were not accused of being corrupt for that sole reason.

Again over PTF billions: OBJ and Yaradua did not prosecute him and now you want GEJ to do it so that you guys will go on killing rampage? Try again![/s]

beopened:


I thought i was talking to an intelligent fellow.........

If all you can come up with are unsubstantiated allegations,then it is of no use talking to you

ORAFA:
I'm observing. But let me make something clear here; NOBODY can stop Buhari except GOD. Note that down.

ayukdaboss:


... come here and say Buhari didn't do anything as PTF Chairman?? Look at all the sectors that were touched under his supervision as PTF Chairman.

Even as I don't support the inflation of prices by the company I must say that there is a difference between Buhari's PTF regime and what is happening now.

Then the prices were inflated by the company but the projects were still completed. 

What is on ground now is a situation where the prices are "OVER inflated" then a selected few syphon all or some of the money before it even gets to the company hence the project is NEVER completed.

barcanista:
From what I read, the report never "indicted" Muhammadu Buhari nor the PTF. It only accused the APC (company) of sharp practices in terms of inflated figures. According to the report, the APC short-changed PTF in executing some project ie a contractor short-changes a government agency. Who is to be held responsible? Was the process that led to the hiring of APC transparent? Were the contracts bided for in a transparent and legal manner? Why didn't the government work on the report and bring those found wanting to justice (if any)? Did Buhari promote his own interests in all these? When has operating 3 different accounts for 3 different units become a crime? Contracts is awarded through bidding process, did the APC follow the process before they were awarded? Did they execute the projects? Did they loot the monies? Was there kickbacks? From the report, I see no case against PTF and APC. If there is, I challenge the government to dig up the file and prosecute them.


PDP should give it up. Buhari is a clean slate

onyengbu:


No case even when a company purchases drugs and kits that expires in a month whereas they were meant to be used over a long period of time?
Because Buhari is involved?
Do you honestly believe they bought it at the same cost with the ones that will last 2 to 4 years?

Please quit defending this, it doesnt fit you at all.

oweman:
And that is why the phd man from Otuoke is a grand looter.

beopened:


I thought i was talking to an intelligent fellow.........

If all you can come up with are unsubstantiated allegations,then it is of no use talking to you

To think that someone will grandstand about the fact that other leaders didnt fight corruption hence Jonathan too should not and would not is the height of intellectual laziness which by the grace of God will cost him reelection

barcanista:
From what I read, the report never "indicted" Muhammadu Buhari nor the PTF. It only accused the APC (company) of sharp practices in terms of inflated figures. According to the report, the APC short-changed PTF in executing some project ie a contractor short-changes a government agency. Who is to be held responsible? Was the process that led to the hiring of APC transparent? Were the contracts bided for in a transparent and legal manner? Why didn't the government work on the report and bring those found wanting to justice (if any)? Did Buhari promote his own interests in all these? When has operating 3 different accounts for 3 different units become a crime? Contracts is awarded through bidding process, did the APC follow the process before they were awarded? Did they execute the projects? Did they loot the monies? Was there kickbacks? From the report, I see no case against PTF and APC. If there is, I challenge the government to dig up the file and prosecute them.


PDP should give it up. Buhari is a clean slate