₦airaland Forum

… says FG owes Jigawa N12 billion for airport
By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor

[b]For all the projects he carried in the state for eight years, the immediate past Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido has said that he did not borrow a dime from any bank to fund those projects.
He also said that the total contractual liability of the state at the time he left office stood at about N13 billion but added that it could come to about N2 billion if the money he left behind for verified projects and the debt owed the state by the federal government was settled, it could come down to N2 billion.
Lamido said that he judiciously applied the funds that accrued to the state and executed many monumental projects, including the N17 billion International Airport, without approaching any financial institution for loan as was the practice by most of his colleagues.
The former governor, who made the revelation in an exclusive interview with Vanguard in Kano, said that the Federal Government was owing the state N12 billion in respect of the airport, which former President Jonathan promised to build.
Lamido said: “I did my best to run the state with available resources. I did not borrow a penny from any company or from any bank or from anybody in Nigeria for the purpose of doing anything in the eight years I spent as a governor.
On how he was able to build the airport without any loan facility, the former governor pointed out that he sourced money from the state’s main line budget because he had a commitment from the Federal Government that it was going to build an International airport in the state.
“I had a commitment from the Federal government that and I decided to be smart by starting the building of the airport with the hope that when the federal government pays us we can use the refund to do other things.
“That is why I said that the federal government is owing Jigawa State N12 billion for the airport. We spent N17 billion to build it and the government has so far remitted N5 billion to the state, leaving a balance of N12 billion[/b]

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/i-didnt-borrow-a-dime-for-jigawa-projects-in-8-years-sule-lamido/


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Using this FTC to pray for all aborted babies, may God purge them of their 'original sins' and accept their souls, amen.
May God forgive all our ladies, that one way or the other might have committed such a crime, that God may forgive them and wash them clean.




-EPHPHATHA

Well in Nigeria once you hold public office, you become an automatic criminal

Blakjewelry:
Well in Nigeria once you hold public office, you become an automatic criminal

Like Akinwunmi Adesina abi...

Freemanan:
Like Akinwunmi Adesina abi...

Well go and asked the common man on street, as for the enlightened, I bet they are divided. Okonjo is a heroine in East, but not in the West

Blakjewelry:
Well go and asked the common man on street, as for the enlightened, I bet they are divided. Okonjo is a heroine in East, but not in the West

Why will Okonji be a heroine in the East please?

OZAOEKPE:
"If you think that the north is about to use and dump the descendants of 'afonja', please click share, but if you think otherwise click like", quote me anywhere.




Using this FTC to pray for all aborted babies, may God purge them of their 'original sins' and accept their souls, amen.
May God forgive all our ladies, that one way or the other might have committed such a crime, that God may forgive them and wash them clean.




-EPHPHATHA

Igbo igbo igbo.

Freemanan:
Why will Okonji be a heroine in the East please?

Tell me which woman in Nigeria beat her pedigree even the Adesina you called shows do much respect for her. If not that Nigerians are looking for who to sacrifice on the alter of politics

Blakjewelry:
Tell me which woman in Nigeria beat her pedigree even the Adesina you called shows do much respect for her. If not that Nigerians are looking for who to sacrifice on the alter of politics

You keep begging the question. Why will Okonji be seen as a heroine in the East? And mind you, she is not from the East.

friends and colleagues from every part of the nation and some of my best friends are not even from my side of the country.

However, recent events are making me to have a deeper reflection and I wish we- Southerners in this instance- can have some kind of introspection. Out of 25 appointments made so far, 18 are from the North, 3 are from the South West, 4 are from the South South while the South East has ZERO appointments. A tweet which I saw today stated that “southerners are only competent when it’s time for elections but northerners are competent in terms of governance” and this made the following thoughts run through my mind:

1. Only Southerners have been accusing fellow Southerners of corruption. Oshiomole has been attacking Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as if Ngozi turned down his marriage proposal. The same Oshiomole tried to make nonsense of Akinwumi Adeshina’s successes in the agriculture sector. Ambode tried to pull Fashola down and successfully smeared him with stains. Maybe that’s why Fashola did not get the Chief of Staff role. I’m yet to see a Northerner accuse another Northerner of corruption, even when they belong to different parties. The closest a Northerner got was when the new Kano State Governor attacked Rabiu Kwankaso but he quickly sheathed his sword and even disowned previous reports of attacks. Why are we like this?

2. Are Southerners the only ones who are corrupt? Were there no northerner heading the ministries and parastatals? Did the outgone Comptroller-General of Customs, Abdullahi Dikko not have an alleged case of certificate forgery but he still served out his tenure until he resigned voluntarily? I’m not in support of corruption under any guise but the fight against corruption must not be seen to be sectional.

3. How come it’s easier for the President to believe that Sanni Abacha was not corrupt in spite of recovered loot while it is so easy for him to believe Goodluck Jonathan is irredeemably corrupt?

4. I still remember that aside from God, Tinubu made Tambuwal what he is today. The same Tambuwal would later call Femi Gbajabiamila ‘incompetent’ and rated Dogara as more competent. The same Tambuwal was propped up by Tinubu, a Southerner against a fellow Southerner, Mulikat Akande. Obasanjo was very key to denying Goodluck Jonathan a second term. A good number can still recall how OBJ tore his PDP membership card in public glare. The Northerners find it easy to support themselves but we are always pulling ourselves down. Babangida Aliyu, Sule Lamido and all the other Northern Governors including the former PDP Chairman Adamu Muazu often times refused to campaign for Goodluck Jonathan openly and many times even espoused the virtues of the opposing candidate on the rostrum!

5. Southern leaders and Presidents pull down Southern business men but prop up Northern ones. How many people still remember how Obasanjo ran Mike Adenuga out of town but both Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan made Aliko Dangote what he is today. No northern leader goes against their own. I dare to put it on record that President Buhari will never go against Aliko Dangote for any reason.

6. How come OBJ pardoned Salisu Buhari, the ex-Speaker who forged his credentials and he later was given an appointment as a Governing Council member of a University and heavens did not fall- but when Goodluck Jonathan pardoned Alamieyeseigha it became one of the major issues counted against him? Is there one rule for some and another rule for others?

7. We find it easy to raise our voices in support of the deportation of Buruji Kashamu but have no qualms with Atiku Abubakar strutting around the corridors of power.

8. Only Southerners find it so easy to abuse their elders when they voice opinions not in tandem with the popular opinion. We find it easy to diss Afenifere elders and call them ‘Afenifebi’ while hurling expletives and curses at them. We even abuse our kings and priests. Northerners will never abuse an Emir no matter how unpopular what he said is. Can you imagine any Northerner raising his voice against the Sultan? In spite of Tanko Yakassai, Balarabe Musa and Dangiwa Umar’s perceived support for Jonathan, northern youths did not abuse them. But our own youths run down our elders on social media while our educated elite also support the act.

These are some of the thoughts that have been running through my mind. I don’t pretend to have all the answers and I do this at the risk of being labelled an ethnic bigot. The point however is that Southerners have to get their acts right. We have to put our house in order. The bickering must stop. Let’s engage our emotional intelligence. Let’s not allow others to exploit our tendency to self-destruct.

Freemanan:
You keep begging the question. Why will Okonji be seen as a heroine in the East? And mind you, she is not from the East.

You want a direct answer? Her achievement in both the National and international stage. Raping Nigeria well in the international community, setting a good standard for other Nigerians to follow if you don't call such person a hero, then I like to hear your definition. And mind you i refer all ibos as easterner no matter where they are from