Good political statement, politicians will always make statement to make the masses believe there is hope.

The security situation in the country is what the Government need to tackle immediately. Armed robbery, kidnapping, snail pace judiciary system, bad road, corruption, ritualist, etc.

We need a total overhaul of the police, SARS, Army and Efcc. All service chief should go and retired civil servants should either be consultant {if they are good on the field) to the government and not reappointed into office.

Why should service chief go?

1. Immigration: It's on record (according to them, don't ask me who) that those causing evil in the land are not Nigerian. Meaning those in charge at immigration services don't know their duty.

2. Police: The police are ill equipped with all the money generated within and allocation from Federal Government. They are suppose fight crime but crime itself is fighting them, you will hear police crying that thief and armed robbery are terrorising their barrack, that police DPO was release after 3M naira ransome was paid to kidnapper, family of police shot while on duty are beg for money for treatment.

3. Army: This outfit was dreaded by Nigerian and African in the past due to their achievement on international duties. But today curruption have reduced them into a toothless bulldog. When Charles Taylor hears the name Gen. Dogoyaro of blessed memory, he pee in his pant. When he arrived Liberia then after Taylor bragging, Taylor begged to have a meeting with the General, the General states "I am a soldier, I told discuss with rebels". Then the Former US president stepped in to broker peace. Do we still have Generals like that in the army.

Why should the government waste all his resources on zambisa forest if we still have Generals like Dogoyaro?


Young blood should be injected into the system and if it's attainable let use the Chinese judiciary system to prosecute corrupt government officials. Don't say it's not in our constitution because Soldier killing police on officials assignment, police/SARS killing unarmed civilian and stack piling Dollars in houses are not in our constitution.

In advance countries politician, government officials move about freely with police guard. We need more police to fight crime and instead of assigning 5-20 police to any office hold, the number should be reduce to 2 only. With this office holder will setup to perform their legislative duty knowing very well that he is at the mercy of the masses.

Road contractor should be made to write undertaking guarantee road they constructed for the government for at least 3yrs.

Above all, let stop beat drum of fight against corruption and start using gavel to sentence corrupt official or public office holders and not only our opposition party members.

It's endless, Mr. President act now or never

MOUTH!!!

Naija don finally enter next level one chance

Fight for yourself

for someone with poverty of ideas himself.......

globalresource:
Disregard that meat seller. He has an acute mental problem

I have to agree with your assessment of his mental health status.
Can it be something that he shares with his idol, the fumbling fumbler of Aso Rock?


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aolawale025:
Okay but action speaks louder than voice

"words" NOT voice Bro...

govomotors:
In advance countries politician, government officials move about freely with police guard. We need more police to fight crime and instead of assigning 5-20 police to any office hold, the number should be reduce to 2 only. With this office holder will setup to perform their legislative duty knowing very well that he is at the mercy of the masses.

I guess that with is a typo and you meant without?

Very touching

The same story everyday...
Help yourself Mr President

Mumu

As they say, history will be the judge.

Sonoyom:
i will
i will
i will
i will
i will













the only thing he has done is 'willing'

Hahahaaaa

yarimo:
Wallahi president BUHARI means well for Nigerians.

I go swear for u o. Better respect urself

Taaaah, getaway you. We know your mission.

Help yr self first

He is ironically saying he will fight for the northerners.

my first reaction when I read the haeadline was
Hm! e wo warey
Him! look at this mad man
I just don't take this man serious at all

Thanks, I actually meant "without".

Smh.

The issues raised by the Elumelu Committee were as follows:

All NIPP payments were made without following Due Process

No meaningful progress was made in the execution of power contracts

Officials rushed to pay contractors in full even before engineering design for the projects had been completed and approved

NIPP contracts were not only overpriced in comparison with PHCN contracts, they were also wide off the mark

Widespread evidence of systematic over-scoping of projects in order to inflate costs both in PHCN and NIPP

NIPP Distribution EPC contracts were awarded at costs averaging about 10 times the norm when compared to PHCN contracts

The Ndudi Elumelu Committee was put in place by the House on January 31, 2008 to look into how much was spent on power projects.

In its report, the committee said that about $13.278 billion was spent on power projects between 1999 and 2007.

The committee recommended termination of 13 contracts and review of 10 projects.

About 15 contracting and consulting companies were asked to be investigated by the appropriate agencies.

The report reads in part: “From the oral and documentary evidence, it was clearly established that the total expenditure in the power sector during the period 1999-2007 was US$13, 278,937,409.94billion.

“Indeed, had the supplementary budget of the power sector in 2007 been implemented, the expenditure could then have been over $16billion reported by the Honourable Speaker of the House of Representatives.

“There are also unfunded commitments to the tune of US$7.265billion for NIPP projects as at May 29, 2007.

“There is another US $1billion for PHCN capital projects awarded between 2000 and 2007, which have been captured in the 2008 Appropriation Act.

“Additionally, the total commitment of the NNPC and its Joint Venture partners(of which the Federal Government, through the NNPC has an average of 51% interest) towards IPP power plants, gas sources development, gas transmission and metering of JV IPPs, PHCN power plants and NIPP power plants, according to the submission of the acting GMD of the NNPC is US$7billion, out of which about US$1.62billion has been expensed, leaving outstanding commitments of over US$5.5billion out of which the Federal Government will provide about US$3billion.

“Recognition of these unfunded commitments would bring the total (funded and unfunded) FGN expenditure commitments in the power sector to over US$24.5billion between 1999 and 2007.

“From the assessment done during the Committee’s tour of the project sites, it is safe to conclude that no meaningful progress was made in the execution of power contracts.

“It is curious and quite strange that officials rush to pay contractors in full even before engineering design for the projects have been completed and approved.

“NIPP contracts were not only overpriced in comparison with PHCN contracts, they are also wide off the mark when viewed against comparable power stations in several parts of the world.

“A comparable review of the cost of power installations in varied regions of the world such as South Korea, Saudi Arabia, U.S.A, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mexico and Chile showed that $10billion could have built plants to produce between 5,000 to 6,000 MW of electricity. But this amount failed to do so in Nigeria.

“Unfortunately, all NIPP payments were made without following Due Process. In its place, a process called ‘Waiver of Due Process Certification for Payment’ was adopted in flagrant disregard of Due Process Policy, thus paving the way for dubious and highly risky payments to contractors and consultants by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

“The committee found hard and widespread evidence of systematic over scoping of projects in order to inflate costs both in PHCN and NIPP.

“At least 15 transmission lines and substation projects have been identified. For example, the New Haven-Ikot-Ekpene 2x330kv Double Circuit Line was over-scoped by 49% whilst the Afam-Ikot Ekpene 330kv line was over-scoped by more than 100%.

“The estimated aggregate cost inflation identified so far for transmission projects is over N20billion and this is recoverable from contractors.

“A clear example of project cost inflation is the proposed supply of 9No GE frame 9 gas turbines and auxiliaries at the cost of N185billion($1.55billion) awarded to Rockson International.

“In comparison, it is noteworthy that GE supplied 18No turbines of similar specification previously at about $404million, including cost of Technical Assistance (TA) services and Long-Term Service agreements (LTSA). The implicit cost inflation on the additional turbines and associated services exceeds $1.145billion.

“Another example is the costing of the so-called change-order provisions for Alaoji Power Plant (Phase I) at a highly-questionable amount of US$123million.

“NIPP Distribution EPC contracts were awarded at costs averaging about 10 times the norm when compared to PHCN contracts costs for similar projects in the past five years. This 1,000% cost inflation of the NIPP Distribution EPC work scopes translates to an aggregate overpricing of over N50billion.”

Regarding the funding of NIPP projects, the panel says: “The contracts were not funded from any Appropriation Act. What this means is that the National Assembly had no knowledge of the source of the funds of the NIPP projects. All the government functionaries who testified referred to what they termed Excess Crude Account as the source of funding.

“The Committee was not able to determine the level of involvement of the National Assembly in the decision to set up the Excess Crude account. What the committee established is that it was illegal and unconstitutional for such a fund to be established without legislative authorization. Sections 80(3 and 4) of the 1999 Constitution which states clearly.

On the role of the CBN, the panel’s report added: “The committee is perturbed by the failure of the CBN Governor to provide information in respect of Letters of Credit opened and where the money involving over $1billion has been kept all these years

“It is necessary to note that the Central Bank of Nigeria refused to provide the Committee with schedule of utilization and draw-downs on Letters of Credit as well as interest accrued on unutilized balances.

“The committee strongly believes that these monies might be on fixed deposit accounts with some banks.

“In view of the apparent unwillingness of the CBN to cooperate with the Committee in this matter or provide the Committee with a proper account of withdrawals from Excess Crude account, the balance on the account, where the monies in respect of the unutilized Letters of Credit are kept and interest that have accrued thereto, we recommend that the EFCC be invited to investigate the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation and the Central Bank of Nigeria in respect of the above issues relating to Letters of Credit opened.

'you will'?

I usually thought people that wore medicated glasses had sense...until I saw Buhari

odinceblog:
According to media reports, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Daura, Katsina State, said he will use his second term in office to improve the lives of Nigerians by paying close attention to the poor and those on the lower rungs of society.

Addressing leaders of various communities from five Local Government Areas of Daura Emirate, who paid him a visit as part of Eid El-Kabir celebration, the President said he is convinced that majority of Nigerians understand who he is and his mission, on account of which they returned him for a second term in office with larger margin of votes than 2015.

In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the President said “You know how much I laboured to get here. I ran three times in the past. The fourth time, God used technology to do it for me. The fifth time I ran (February 23, 2019), I went to all the states of the federation. The turnout of crowds was overwhelming.

“Truly, the people know and understand my mission. This is what the votes showed. The administration will dwell on our campaign issues — security, economy and corruption. We will fight for the poor,” the President said.

He emphasized the important place of agriculture under his administration, promising to appoint a minister who is knowledgeable and will know how to promote interest and investment in the sector.

“I will appoint a minister who knows agriculture and its role in providing jobs and growing our economy. You have seen how we broke the fertiliser jinx in the country. We will do more to better the lots of our farmers. Agriculture is our strength,” he added.


President Buhari expressed happiness with the changing attitude of young people to agriculture, with many earning respectable incomes, urging all of those without regular incomes to return to the farm.

In his remarks, Hon. Yusuf Bello Mai’ Aduwa, one the leaders of the delegation, thanked Nigerians for giving the President a second mandate to lead the country for another four years, stressing that he will not let the country down.

Mohammed Saleh, another community leader, said the communities under the Daura Emirate were grateful to the President for signing a bill to establish a Federal Polytechnic in Daura, after they had complained that the area needed a tertiary institution to encourage the youth to pursue higher education.

READ MORE: https://odinceblog.com/i-will-fight-for-the-poor-buhari/

LIE LIE LIE LIESSSSSSSSSS

He should actually head the ministry of professional lies. Even the devil will hail him.

post=81234464:
Hi wailers......have you wailed today?!

Please, don't forget your daily 50Cl of tears inside the usual pepsi bottle please!!

suya man...Go and grill your suya. You have nothing to do in this forum. It's meant for intellectuals with sound reasoning faculty.

post=81234443:
God bless our darling Daddy President Muhammadu Buhari, the president of all wailers along with all their family members both dead and alive.

The man after God's heart.
The man who thieves, criminals and haters hate all their miserable lives.

The man they tried to bury underground and prayed for his death overseas.
But God brought him back looking 100 times fresher, handsome and cute.
Hehehehe .
Many wailers and those who wish Baba dead will most def go before him.
Many won't even see the end of PMB second tenure, all these is for you only if you wish our darling President to be dead.

We will always love you and pray for you sir as you are doing all you can to take our country to a land flowing with milk and honey.

God bless Nigeria.

Yeah I know say u go talk trash. Your head don give since. Cuz ur head know say na mumu na he stand on top. You irritate me I swear. Suffering and smiling.... I shame for u bros.

Thunder go fire you there, after you ve promised people should expects tougher time, now you think you can deceive people, your mission is to rain hardship on people

Why wont you fight for the poor, you're just one of them.

After all d poor must have been wiped off. We hear. Yinmu