₦airaland Forum

new2020:
All SS and SE listen up...the rationale behind this arm saga is to eventually get to the big elephant...TO REMOVE EMEFEILE and replaced him with a northerner or a yoruba servant. MARK MY WORD!

Political cleansing of SS and SE continues!

osewanu:
E-diot. In your little mind you have failed to realize that this is why Nigeria is so broke as not to be able to pay salaries at least Lagos can still pay salaries? Two wrongs can never make a right. This is our money and they have to pay back. It's simple. When they said Jonathan was distributing dollars all over the place in desperation, you and your fellow e-diots said it was APC propaganda. Now we see it was fact.

Boss13:
In my own opinion, I think the CBN governor's appointment, including members of the CBN board should be sack, not resignation, complete termination of appointment and the EFCC should go after them.

No wonder PDP wanted Sanusi out by all means

ify2016:
I thought PDP na saint before

Over to you Olisa Metu and FFK.


NONSENSE!!!!!

Kenobus:
that is rubbish talk! Where did Buhari, Ambode, Tinubu, Fashola and all Apc Govs get their campaign funds from? These guys are thieves. Buhari should be jailed!

chrisbaba1:
If thats all you can take out of this, then my friend you have a problem.

Boss13:
In my own opinion, I think the CBN governor's appointment, including members of the CBN board should be sack, not resignation, complete termination of appointment and the EFCC should go after them.

No wonder PDP wanted Sanusi out by all means

OLADD:
Whether we like it or not, our type of democracy will always promote the act of using State funds to finance the election of public office holders be it at the State or Federal levels. This is not suggesting that it's a good practice or the best way to go but that's the reality. Has anybody asked questions on how Tinubu, Fashola, Ameachi , Aregbesola and other APC stalwarts allegedly used their respective State Funds to finance their party when they were in opposition? Did anybody try to unravel how Buhari's electioneering campaigns were financed (pls forget the story of N50 donations from members of the public)? How about the billions of Naira APC spent on advertisements both locally and internationally? Who financed the fuelling of the many private jets Buhari used during his nationwide campaigns? What about the money spent on Buhari's Chatham House appearance? Where did the funds come from? The answer is not farfetched. These are monies from State covers under spurious, fictitious and questionable expense heads. It's as simple as that. Obviously, the N78million and N300million allegedly spent by Fashola on Website and Borehole respectively might not have gone into his private pocket but for party financing purposes.
APC and Buhari are fighting a battle that may boomerang if care is not taken and I see them burning their fingers along the line. Kettles should desist from calling the pot black.

new2020:
All SS and SE listen up...the rationale behind this arm saga is to eventually get to the big elephant...TO REMOVE EMEFEILE and replaced him with a northerner or a yoruba servant. MARK MY WORD!

Political cleansing of SS and SE continues!

Boss13:
https://www.thecable.ng/exclusive-how-emefiele-emptied-cbns-vaults-to-finance-pdps-presidential-election

OLADD:
Whether we like it or not, our type of democracy will always promote the act of using State funds to finance the election of public office holders be it at the State or Federal levels. This is not suggesting that it's a good practice or the best way to go but that's the reality. Has anybody asked questions on how Tinubu, Fashola, Ameachi , Aregbesola and other APC stalwarts allegedly used their respective State Funds to finance their party when they were in opposition? Did anybody try to unravel how Buhari's electioneering campaigns were financed (pls forget the story of N50 donations from members of the public)? How about the billions of Naira APC spent on advertisements both locally and internationally? Who financed the fuelling of the many private jets Buhari used during his nationwide campaigns? What about the money spent on Buhari's Chatham House appearance? Where did the funds come from? The answer is not farfetched. These are monies from State covers under spurious, fictitious and questionable expense heads. It's as simple as that. Obviously, the N78million and N300million allegedly spent by Fashola on Website and Borehole respectively might not have gone into his private pocket but for party financing purposes.
APC and Buhari are fighting a battle that may boomerang if care is not taken and I see them burning their fingers along the line. Kettles should desist from calling the pot black.

Kenobus:
that is rubbish talk! Where did Buhari, Ambode, Tinubu, Fashola and all Apc Govs get their campaign funds from? These guys are thieves. Buhari should be jailed!

teebaxy:
this is another strategy to put aboki as the cbn governor ba

looseweight:
Enough of all this stories abegg, get to work and make use of the resources available now to better the lives of Nigerians...

IAMLOOSEWEIGHT

new2020:
All SS and SE listen up...the rationale behind this arm saga is to eventually get to the big elephant...TO REMOVE EMEFEILE and replaced him with a northerner or a yoruba servant. MARK MY WORD!

Political cleansing of SS and SE continues!

OLADD:
Whether we like it or not, our type of democracy will always promote the act of using State funds to finance the election of public office holders be it at the State or Federal levels. This is not suggesting that it's a good practice or the best way to go but that's the reality. Has anybody asked questions on how Tinubu, Fashola, Ameachi , Aregbesola and other APC stalwarts allegedly used their respective State Funds to finance their party when they were in opposition? Did anybody try to unravel how Buhari's electioneering campaigns were financed (pls forget the story of N50 donations from members of the public)? How about the billions of Naira APC spent on advertisements both locally and internationally? Who financed the fuelling of the many private jets Buhari used during his nationwide campaigns? What about the money spent on Buhari's Chatham House appearance? Where did the funds come from? The answer is not farfetched. These are monies from State covers under spurious, fictitious and questionable expense heads. It's as simple as that. Obviously, the N78million and N300million allegedly spent by Fashola on Website and Borehole respectively might not have gone into his private pocket but for party financing purposes.
APC and Buhari are fighting a battle that may boomerang if care is not taken and I see them burning their fingers along the line. Kettles should desist from calling the pot black.

new2020:
All SS and SE listen up...the rationale behind this arm saga is to eventually get to the big elephant...TO REMOVE EMEFEILE and replaced him with a northerner or a yoruba servant. MARK MY WORD!

Political cleansing of SS and SE continues!

new2020:
All SS and SE listen up...the rationale behind this arm saga is to eventually get to the big elephant...TO REMOVE EMEFEILE and replaced him with a northerner or a yoruba servant. MARK MY WORD!

Political cleansing of SS and SE continues!

OLADD:
I won't dignify your post by exchanging banters with you but by your reasoning, I have no doubt that your IQ is seriously impaired. However, Nairaland is meant to educate kids like you. States cannot pay salaries not necessarily because of pulsity of fund from the Federation Account but simply because of State Governors' wastefulness, ingenuity and playing politics with govt funds. In the last elections, money meant for salaries were used to finance the campaign of Buhari and other candidates and that suggested why Buhari was arm twisted to approve the bailout fun







You've said it all, I wonder how much state like Lagos, Rivers and spent to get Buhari were he is today I guess the news papers should also investigate that too.






and open your minds to happenings in the country. OK?

new2020:
All SS and SE listen up...the rationale behind this arm saga is to eventually get to the big elephant...TO REMOVE EMEFEILE and replaced him with a northerner or a yoruba servant. MARK MY WORD!

Political cleansing of SS and SE continues!

new2020:
All SS and SE listen up...the rationale behind this arm saga is to eventually get to the big elephant...TO REMOVE EMEFEILE and replaced him with a northerner or a yoruba servant. MARK MY WORD!

Political cleansing of SS and SE continues!

Blastfinito:
When Sanusi said he was independent, you guys said the president can remove him, and he was eventually removed.

Now you are saying a CBN governor is independent. It is when the law favours you that you dish out correct interpretation.

omenka:
That is just it. They knew Sanusi would never be the puppet they want him to be so they eased him off the stool using some trumped up allegations and installed a robot who could do their bidding at the push of a button- and what a fabulous job he did!

Saw wailers crate a dozen threads the other day from a story by their preferred propaganda site Thetrentonline "exposing" a "secret plot to remove Emefiele and replace him with a Northerner", and they Wailed all over the place with their usual "Buhari is a religious bigot and anti South East".

None of them appeared to think Baba doesn't need to "plot" or do anything in "secret" to remove Emefiele if he wants to, but can simply do so with the stroke of a pen.

None of them appeared to remember Jonathan did the exact same thing they are accusing Baba of "plotting" to do when he (Jo) removed Sanusi and replaced him with Emefiele.

I'm still confused as to why Baba has been retaining this guy. Get some other fella from the same region if need be and give this guy the boots already! Then have him become jolly friends with EFCC just like his buddies.

I remember Boy George promising to go on exile should Baba win the election- now, with Dasuki singing like a bird, I understand why! He and Odili should be put under surveillance so they don't bolt outta the country unnoticed.

PDP is one insatiable parasitic behemoth that dealt Nigerians a really raw deal and deserves to be wiped off the surface of this earth using every legitimate means possible.

And that big liped headress blabbermouth called NOI would want us to believe she played no part in all of this. I'm pretty sure it is but just a matter of time before one of these canaries rat her out. Her dossier would soon be laid bare for the public to scrutinise.

Oh, I thank and bless the Lord for the day we made the choice to vote Buhari. I shudder frightfully at the thought of what might have been had PDP been retained at the centre...

The FRCN’s report on Sanusi


The decision to suspend the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Sanusi Lamido was based on a report of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria dated June 7, 2013.

The report was made after a review of Sanusi’s response to the query issued to him by the President over the apex bank’s financial statement of 2012. His response was dated May 20, 2013.

According to a copy of the report obtained by our correspondent on Thursday, the council indicates that the explanation provided by the suspended CBN governor is “a clear display of incompetence, nonchalance, fraud, wastefulness, and abuse of due process and deliberate efforts to misrepresent facts on the part of the leadership of the CBN.”

The council advised the President to exercise the powers conferred on him by Section 11(2)(f) of the CBN Act 2007 or invoke Section 11(2)(c) of the said Act “and cause the governor and the deputy governors to cease from holding office in the CBN.”

The report read: The particulars of the infractions against Sanusi are:

Persistent refusal and/or negligence to comply with the Public Procurement Act in the procurement practices of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

(A) By virtue of Section 15 (1)(a) of the Public Procurement Act, the provisions of the Act are expected to comply to ‘all procurement of goods, works and services carried out by the Federal Government of Nigeria and all procurement entities.’ This definition clearly includes the Central Bank of Nigeria.

(B) It is however regrettable that the Central Bank of Nigeria, under his leadership, has refused and/or neglected to comply with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act (PPA). You will recall that one of the primary reasons for the enactment of the PPA was the need to promote transparency, competitiveness, cost of effectiveness and professionalism in the public sector procurement system.

(C) Available information indicates that the Central Bank has over the years engaged in procurement of goods, works and services worth billions of Naira each year without complying with the express provisions of the PPA.

(D) By deliberately refusing to be bound by the provisions of the Act, the CBN has not only decided to act in an unlawful manner, but has also persisted in promoting a governance regime characterised by financial recklessness, waste and impunity, as demonstrated by the contents of its 2012 Financial Statements.

Unlawful expenditure by the Central Bank of Nigeria on ‘Intervention Projects’ across the country

(A) the unacceptable level of financial recklessness displayed by the leadership of the Central Bank of Nigeria is typified by the execution of ‘Intervention Projects’ across the country. From available information, the bank has either executed or is currently executing about 63 such projects across the country and has committed over N163billion on them.

(B) it is inexcusable and patently unlawful for any agency of government to deploy huge sums of money as the CBN has done in this case, without appropriation and outside CBN’s statutory mandate. It is trite that the expenditure of public funds by any organ of government must be based on clear legal mandates, prudent costing and overriding national interest.

Financial infractions and acts of financial recklessness committed by the Central Bank as reflected in its audited financial statements of 2012

(A) pursuant to Section 50 of the CBN Act 2007, a copy of the audited financial statements of the CBN for the year ended 31st December 2012 was sent to Mr. President. Based on the issues raised in the financial statement, a reaction was requested from you to enable a proper appreciation of the nation’s economic outlook.

(B) the response to this query was further referred to the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria. The review by the council, rather than allay the fears of government, further confirmed concern bout the untidy manner in which you have generally conducted the operations of the CBN.

Some of the salient observations arising from the review are;

(A) in a most ironical manner, it has become obvious that the CBN is not able to prepare its financial statements using applicable International Financial Reporting Standards (IFFS) whereas Deposit Money Banks that the CBN is supervising have complied with this national requirement since 2012.

Undoubtedly, this laxity on the part of our apex bank, apart from calling to question its capacity for proper corporate governance, is capable of sending wrong signals to both domestic and international investors on the state of the Nigerian economy.

(B) the provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by the CBN and other Deposit Money Banks on Banking Resolution Sinking Fund have been breached in a material manner. For example, a Board of Trustees (BOT) to manage the Fund has not been constituted since 2010 when it was established. The CBN has however continued to utilise the Fund for certain operations without approval of the said BOT.

(C) contrary to section 34 (b) of the CBN Act 2007 which provides that the CBN shall not, except as provided in Section 31 of the Act, inter alia, purchase the shares of any corporation of company, unless an entity set up by the approval or authority of the Federal Government,m CBN in 2010, acquired 7% shares of International Islamic Management Corporation of Malaysia to the tune of N0.743 billion. This transaction was neither brought to Mr. President’s attention nor was a board approval obtained before it was entered into.

(D) the CBN has failed or refused to implement the provisions of the Personal Income Tax (Amendment) Act 2007. Accordingly the Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) deductions of its staff are still being computed in accordance with the defunct Personal Income Tax Act 2004, thus effectively assisting its staff to evade tax despite the generous wage package in the CBN, relative to other sectors of the economy.

(E) the CBN had an additional brought forward to General Reserve Fund of N16.031bn in 2012 but proceeded on a boy age of indefensible expenses in 2012 characterised by inexplicable increases in some heads of expenditure during the year. Examples include:

1. The bank spent N3.086bn on “promotional activities” in 2012 (up from N1.084bn in 2011). The bank spent this sum even when it is not in competition with any other institution in Nigeria;

2. The CBN claimed to have expended N20.202bn on ‘Legal and Professional Fees’ in 2011 beyond all reasonable standards of prudence and accountability;

3. Between expenses on ‘Private Guards’ and ‘Lunch for Policemen’, the CBN claimed to have spent N1.257 billion in 2012;

4. While Section 6(3)(c) of the CBN Act 2007 provides that the board of the CBN is to make recommendations to Mr. President on the rate of renumeration to Auditors, the bank has consistently observed this provision in breach and even went to the extent of changing one of the Joint External Auditors without notifying the office of the President.

5. In the explanations offered by the CBN pursuant to presidential directives, it offered a breakdown of ‘Currency Issue Expenses’ for 2011 and 2012. Interestingly, it claimed to have paid N38.233bn to the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting. Company Limited (NSPMC) in 2011 for ‘Printing of Banknotes.’ Paradoxically however, in the same 2011, NSPMC reported a total turnover of N29.370bn for all its transactions with all clients (including the CBN).

6. It is significant to note that the external audit revealed balances of sundry foreign currencies without physical stock of foreign currencies in the CBN Head Office.

Questionable write-off of N40bn loans of a bank

The above issues are only a few of the infractions highlighted by the review and which point to the gross incompetence and recklessness which characterised the operations of the CBN in the period under review.

However, the CBN also claimed that it paid Air Charter, such as payments to Emirate Airline (N0.511bn), Wing Airline (N0.425bn) and Associated Airline (N1.025bn) to distribute currency by air nationwide. Emirate Airline does not fly local charter in Nigeria, Wing Airline is not registered with Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority and Associated Airline does not have a billion turnover for 2011 because upon enquiry, the management claimed that they have no financial statements and have not had any significant operations for the past two years that will warrant preparation of financial statements.

The breakdown also include “Currency Issue Expenses” of N1.158bn and Sundry Currency charges of N1.678bn under “Currency Issue Expenses.” As they are in 2011 so are similar expenses in 2012. These are difficult to understand.

Other areas of fraudulent activities include

1. Facility Management N7.034bn in 2012 (N5.751bn in 2011.

2. Foreign Bank accounts that have been closed offshore were still operational in the General Ledger for over six months after they have been confirmed as closed accounts by the offshore banks.

3. The “Know Your Customer” policy is not properly followed by the CBN to the extent that the CBN has unknown customer with account balance of N1.423bn since 2008. The CBN claim that it is taking steps to obtain the required details regarding the address of the customer.

Wastefulness

1. Training and travel expenses N9.24bn in 2012 up from N7.65bn in 2011.

2. Expenses on “ATM offsite policy change” came to N1.045bn.

3. Expenses on “Non Interest Banking” N1.359bn in 2012 up from N0.977bn in 2011.

The CBN is still very heavy on expenses on “Project Eagles” spending N0.606bn in 2012 up from N63m in 2011.

Expense on newspapers, books and periodicals (excluding CBN’s publications) is N1.678 billion in 2012 up from N1.670bn in 2011.

The FRCN’s report on Sanusi | Osun
http://www.osundefender.org/the-frcns-report-on-sanusi/