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The OccupyNASS campaign group has denied being sponsored to move against the National Assembly, or its embattled chairman, Bukola Saraki, pointing instead to a robust support package from unnamed Nigerians, at an average of N400, 000 daily, throughout its campaign.
The group on Thursday said it would bring down its tents and leave the main gate of the National Assembly on Friday morning, three days after starting a sit-in there.
At a hastily-arranged press briefing on Thursday night, the movement listed its achievements, demands and plans for its future.
Bunmi Awoyemi, the convener, said the protest was ending on a good note for all Nigerians.
“This is the first time in the history of Nigeria that Nigerians from all walks of life were able to galvanise each other to come to Abuja to shut down the National Assembly,” Mr. Awoyemi said. “We succeeded in sending a very strong message that Nigerians will no longer be taking for a ride.”
The group denied that the protest was against the Mr. Saraki, who is under pressure to step down from office as he faces corruption trial.
The OccupyNASS said Mr. Saraki was only the symptom of the entire rot in the National Assembly.
“As we have said since the beginning of this protest, it’s not about Saraki. The aim of this protest is not to get Bukola Saraki to resign because he’s a symptom of the entire rot in the legislature,” the group said. “The aim of this project is to achieve fundamental reforms.”
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It also denied being sponsored against the nation’s legislature, saying its activities were fully funded by Nigerians who are sympathetic to the movement’s cause.
“From day one, when Nigerians said they’re interested in occupying the National Assembly, contributions started coming in. Nigerians started asking for the account of the movement,” Mr. Awoyemi said.
“Five thousand, ten thousand, one hundred thousand and even one million. A Nigerian, sitting amongst you today, donated ₦1 million to this protest. From U.S., from U.K., people were contributing to this movement. We were averaging ₦400,000 every day.”

“OccupyNass”, however, rejected calls it to open its internal activities to public scrutiny, describing a PREMIUM TIMES’ question about publishing details of its account for all Nigerians to properly scrutinise as “insulting”.
The group said a series of missteps by lawmakers in recent weeks informed their decision to take over the National Assembly.
“The National Assembly was trying to amend the law in order to escape justice. Some of them even said making laws that will further balance gender issues will make women turn to prostitutes,” the group said.
The group also held the lawmakers responsible for the ongoing budget impasse between them and President Muhammadu Buhari.
“We know the president sent a terrible budget,” the group said, “but they (lawmakers) took this terrible budget, mutilated it, destroyed it, pounded it, separated it and pocketed it.”

The group listed areas it believed the protest had been “resoundingly successful”, and acknowledged its agitation was buoyed by the overwhelming support from Nigerians on the Internet.
“When the movement of OccupyNass started, there were issues that were related to the amendment of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Code of Conduct Tribunal Act and the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, it was when this movement took off that they took those controversial bills down,
“We succeeded in sending a very strong message that Nigerians will no longer be taking for a ride.
“The senators also held a private meeting in which they said there’s too much negative publicity about the National Assembly because of our protest.
“They also cancelled the summon of the CCT chairman.
“This is a victory not just for the Nigerian people but the agitation on social media as well,” the group said.


The movement demanded an immediate return of newly-acquired Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles by the lawmakers, immediate passage of the petroleum industry bill as well as a reversal of all constituency projects proposed in the budget.
Its members said they will take their campaign to the country’s hinterlands where they will interact with other citizens on the need to recall their lawmakers if their demands are not met.
They also promised to continue their agitation for a better Nigeria by sensitising rural dwellers to the activities of their elected lawmakers.
Other leaders of the “OccupyNass” who participated at the briefing included, Hamid Bakare, Isa Abubakar, Rekiya Sani and Jubril Gadzama.
The protesters had thronged to the parliament building in their hundreds on Tuesday morning, to demand an immediate end to what they described as a “criminal plunder” of the nation’s resources by the 469-member legislature.

Following initial squabbles with the police who denied them entry into the premises, members of the group agreed to settle beside the National Arcade, just across the passage from the main gate, where they unfurled the National Flag, installed their makeshift tents and mobile toilets.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/202626-%E2%80%8Boccupynass-group-received-n400-000-daily-national-assembly-protest.html

He should alert us when they all suffocate to death.......for the wages of sin is death

Nigeria’s Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has declared that his children are also suffering from the erratic power supply plaguing the country.

The minster while speaking on Channels TV yesterday added that his children as a result of the poor electricity supply presently being experienced in the country have developed Heat rashes adding that they also sweat a lot.

He said: “It’s a very hot season of the year. I see my children too sweating, having heat rash and they look at me like what are you doing about this thing. Let me be very clear, this problem can be solved.”

He added that: “It needs detailed and methodical approach. First work to do is to supply more gas because without gas, I am like a generator owner who can’t get fuel, so I can’t power my plants. There are errors of planning of yesterday but they are errors that can be corrected”


Read more at http://www.theheraldng.com/children-sweating-heat-rash-fashola-laments/#uhrKqy5zBsIjuw30.99

Hagm0nd:
I am seriously dissapointed at the way in which buhari is handling this matter with unbridled silence,if nothing is done then every community should arm themselves visit their camps at night and do the needful

This is what i like about yorubas
no loud talk,stupid ultimatums and chest beating
they deal with these vermins quietly

You mean the way they dealt with the Fulanis at mile12

I mean the way they all scampered for safety upon learning of the attack

#istandwithtrump....

Buhari can go and die

But sadly he ain't any better.
The on-looking Aso rock boy boy is just as incompetent as his dumb master


Retinue of inept mofos

Now, i really believe the lanky dolt from Daura is scared of Aso rock villa and the heat from Nigerians.

This goro chewing vagabond wants to make more Money for his Children before he dies.

The Esta Code is paid in Dollars and that is extra change.
He did not make much Money the last time, now provided him the opportunity to do just that.
what you wish is what you get. Nigeria and Nigerians Ntoor...

Oga eme unu na anya fiaam! Three more years Lamentation from Nigerians.

But USA? A lot of Biafrans there o! ...Before another Okorocha treatment

Imagine a sane mod closing down a thread with a valid source for this without a contex and source.

Back to the topic: our president is now A NIGERIAN IN DIASPORA.

Seems we should change nursery school song Fly away Peter..Fly away Paul!! to Fly away mallam, fly away mallam

A country that continues to have stinking garbage filled open sewers in its biggest city (Lagos) ..

A country where the majority of its citizens go to bed to sleep in the heat and in the dark ...

A country that is run on cheap noisy generating sets...

A country that cannot cap its gas flarings in the Niger-Delta , or stop barrels and barrels of crude oil seeping and leaking into its environment in both land and sea ..,,

Such a country just has no business attending a Nuclear Summit of any sort!!

Buhari na Agbaya!!

He is not remotely aware of how shameful his presence at such an event will be.

A small discreet delegation led by the Minister of Environment , purely as observers would have sufficed !!

What this means......

All mouth no action

Buhari is simply not MAN enough

Gone are the days when mere body stench generated electricity and also sent shivers down the spines of people

If you need the budget details, come collect it-NASS

So these lottery-playing never-do wells from Southwest have taken their inglorious profession to the police force

The Presidency on Tuesday raised the alarm that President Muhammadu Buhari was still waiting for the details of the 2016 Appropriation bill almost a week after it was passed by the National Assembly.

A presidency source who does not want his name in print, said that the President is anxious to assent the bill.

The delay, the source said, is slowing down quick implementation of government programmes contained in the budget.

He said: “The President has just received the transmission of the Appropriation Bill (2016 Budget) from the National Assembly and is very anxious to sign it into law, but the National Assembly only sent in the highlights without the details of the budget.

“As result, the President has been handicapped in signing the Bill because he does not know what is contained in the details and what adjustments the National Assembly must have made to the proposal sent to them.



“Although he is anxious to sign the document so that implementation of the provisions could start immediately and ease the tension in the economy and polity, he is afraid he may later discover, when the details are sent, that what is contained therein is not implementable.

“He wishes the National Assembly could send in the details speedily so that it could be considered for assent.

According to him, Ministers are also eager that the budget be signed so they could start implementing their programmes,

He added: “But they are unable to push the President to sign what has been transmitted because they also do not know what is contained in the details.

“They are particularly worried that the year is gradually aging and the provision of the law in respect of spending the previous year’s budget is not helping matters because of the low Capital provision for 2015.

“Because of the low provision made last year for capital expenditure, spending 50% of that provision for the first half of this year will make no impact on provision of infrastructure.

He also said that the Budget Office cannot work on the Budget for implementation because it is the details, and not the highlights, that they convert into implementable templates for the respective MDAs.

He said: “This development confirms speculations that the National Assembly either did not complete work on the budget or are playing politics with the documents which affects the life of both the country and its citizens.

“The National Assembly may just have passed the bill to pass the buck to the executive and escape the wrath of the public which was gradually suspecting it of sabotage.” He stated.

http://thenationonlineng.net/buhari-still-awaiting-2016-budget-details-presidency/

Lots of Igbo industrialist should follow Innoson model of investment.

If we all should follow suit soon those almajiris and their agberos will be shouting tribalism tribalism but at the same time they are currently boasting Igbo's should go invest in their region and i hope when the trends start the same animals won't be shouting.

ABUJA – The Innoson Kiara Academy, an affiliate of Innoson Group is to train 200 beneficiaries of the Amnesty programme on automobile and plastic manufacturing. At the end of the nine months programme, the trainees will be given business starter packs by the Presidential Amnesty Office to establish themselves.

Speaking at the commissioning of the Skills Acquisition Training programme, the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig. Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd) expressed confidence in the ability of Nigerian youths to proffer solutions to the socio-political and economic challenges confronting the nation. According to him, the training is in partnership with the Innoson Group and has 120 beneficiaries training in automobile technology and 80 in plastic manufacturing at the Innoson-Kiara Academy, Umudim, Nnewi, Anambra State and Emene, Enugu State respectively.

The programme is part of an Education- for- Employment Initiative conceived by the Presidential Amnesty Office and some of its key partners, for youths in the Niger Delta region. The Amnesty Coordinator said he is optimistic that with basic and advanced skills in key technical fields, young Nigerians can tackle development issues in the country. He described the training in Anambra State as being particularly critical considering current efforts by the Federal Government to transfer and develop local expertise in car manufacturing.

In his remarks, the Anambra State Governor, Willy Obianor who was represented by his Deputy, Dr. Nkem Okeke at the commissioning of the skills acquisition training at the Nnewi centre, commended the Amnesty Office for the initiative and expressed hope that the beneficiaries will apply themselves to the training in order to develop requisite skills that would position them to start up small enterprises. One of the beneficiaries, Mr. Udeme Francis Ikpeme expressed appreciation to Federal Government for its commitment to human capital development in the Niger Delta. On his part, the Chief Executive Officer of the Academy, Mr. Ende Ezengwa lauded the Presidential Amnesty Office for keying into the national drive to encourage the growth of cottage industries.

He reiterated the readiness and commitment of the Academy to mentor young Niger delta youths in their quest to acquire skills that would make them entrepreneurs. Under the agreement, the Innoson Kiara Academy has a mandate to train the 200 Amnesty beneficiaries for nine months after which they will be given business starter packs by the Presidential Amnesty Office to establish themselves.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/innoson-trains-200-amnesty-beneficiaries-automobile-tech-plastic-manufacturing/

One day, a promise! The next, a denial!!

Kachikwu should shut up and do his job.
April 7 will come and go and problem continues.

Nigerians have heard this nonsense many times from him before.
Nothing is new under Buhari, Nigerians have witnessed all level of incompetence and lies from Buhari administration.

I HATE BUHARI

– Fulani herdsmen are not buying the idea of grazing reserve

– Some of them see it as an infringement of their rights to movement

– There is suggestion that the herdsmen be educated on the importance The nomadic practice of moving cattle from one place to the other that is common among Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria has led to violent clashes between the herdsmen and farmers but the end of these confrontations doesn’t seem to be near. This is because the idea of providing permanent grazing reserves for herdsmen to prevent them from roaming with their cattle from the northern part of the country to the largely agrarian south is not welcomed by some herdsmen who feel their right to movement is going to be infringed.

In a report published by Daily trust, some herdsmen and milk sellers expressed displeasure at the idea of restricting their movement and claimed cattle could not survive restrictions. A herdsman, Muhammadu Tukur said the idea of a permanent reserve will not work.
“It will not work out because we always relocate to where pasture can be found.” Adamu Birniwa who is the secretary of the state chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association said he was aware of the federal government’s plan and that there was plan to educate the herdsmen on the importance and benefit of the grazing reserve. Halilu Alhaji Ya’u who is a herdsman condemned the idea and said it would not work. “If what you are saying becomes reality, it will inconvenience us.”

Alhaji Muhammad Hussaini who is the chairman of the Nasarawa state Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Nigeria said it was a bad idea and an invitation for to trouble. “We have over 35 million Fulani herdsmen in the country and stopping their movement with cattle might not be possible.” “If you force a Fulani man not to move with his cattle, you are inviting trouble.”
Hadiza Umar who sells Fura Da Nono rejected the idea and said it might kill her business.

“If you stop moving cattle how do you feed them? Do you think you will get grasses and water from a location to feed them? Where are we going to get the milk? If you don’t get the milk from the cattle rearers in the bush, where do we get it? They are planning to kill our business. They shouldn’t tamper with our means of livelihood and find an alternative means of resolving their problems, and not create another because this move is unacceptable.”
The debate rages on…

https://www.naij.com/778244-never-cant-stop-us-moving-cattle-around-fulani-herdsmen-issue-threat.html

IyaIode:
Only Nigeria produce fools like u

Hairy chest and grouchy women like you are the reason why Nigeria should kiss the gender equality bill good bye.
akwuna kobo kobo

A wobbling nincompoop like Buhari has no place in Civilised Public Service.
It is only in Nigeria where every thing goes that the worst people with unspeakable demenour rule it over men of integrity.
God Save Your People From These Wolves .

Wat a great achievemen!

Buhari must be among the patients

Dr Kabiru Getso, the Kano state Commissioner for Health, says Nigeria is still ranked first in Tuberculosis (TB) cases in Africa. The commissioner disclosed this on Friday while addressing newsmen in Kano. According to him, recent estimates showed that Nigeria have about 600,000 people infected with the disease.

Getso added that “more than 500,000 people infected with Tuberculosis in Nigeria remain undetected and not placed on treatment. TB is treatable and curable if appropriate treatment commenced on time”. FILE: A TB patient on a hospital bed. He said that Kano was among the six states with the highest burden of TB in Nigeria with estimates suggesting that annually in Kano state about 30,000 people were infected with the disease.
He said in 2015, the state was able to diagnose and put on treatment 6,023 all forms of TB cases which comprised 5,550 adults and 428 children. Getso said 45 Multidrug Resistant TB cases were diagnosed and put on treatment, leaving a huge gap of about 25,000 missed cases in various communities undetected. However, he said that the state government and its development partners had established 110 laboratories where TB testing was provided free of charge.

Besides, Getso said the state government had set up 381 free TB treatment centres which also provide free TB treatment across the state. The commissioner said that active TB cases search was going on in Kano especially in slums and overcrowded areas. He added that other areas at risk affirming that massive awareness creation was being undertaken regarding TB in the state. He called on citizens of the state to refer any person battling with cough for more than two weeks to the nearest designated health facility to ascertain his TB status.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/nigeria-maintains-1st-spot-tb-cases-africa/

It was probably a norm for the on-looking PYO to open bottle water cans for his master


What has this man done that he is being relegated and denigrated like this.....or just because he is from the south west

The mere commissioner must be regretting accepting the aso villa boy-boy offer from Tinubu

Buhari cant help wrecking his own boat

hinwazaka:
Phoolish old buffoon. The Oba, should get ready to drown in that lagoon, he promised the easterners. Before 2019, him, Keyamo and Oshiomole will join their ancestors.

Iseeeeee!!!

I will embark on prayer and fasting against this summit. At the end there will be no solution to the economy crisis rocking the country under an Islamist dictator.
We don't need the courageous governor to tell any discerning mind that it was a needless jamboree. Most of us, who commented on the communique equally said as much.
The mere fact that buhari has continued his penchant of forcing square pegs into round holes speaks volumes about our seriousness in revamping our economy. The two-day retreat came and gone without the participants brainstorming about the epileptic power supply in the country. No wonder at the end of the so called retreat, a law professor was appointed to head our economic recovery team. Buhari government as presently constituted is a big joke. Junaid yesterday called it government of incompetents.

Buhari must fail.

To bring the ailing Nigerian economy back to track would require diligent work and time, the All Progressives Congress (APC), said at the weekend.
The party urged Nigerians to give the Federal Government the opportunity to straighten things out.
Deputy National Chairman (South West) of the party, Engr. Segun Oni, urged Nigerians to be patient with the government in its efforts to turn around the flailing economy.

Oni assured Nigerians that the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration would bring the economy back on track with the 2016 budget.
The former governor of Ekiti State, who spoke in Abuja at the launch of a book titled: “Who says Government has no Business in Business?,” written by Engr. Anthony Madagua, blamed the previous government for mismanaging the economy.
He said: “The economy is down not going down. It is down because it was badly managed; it was mismanaged by the previous government that went on a looting spree, debasing everything. It was almost as if it is a form of madness.
“Nigerians should not worry. Yes we are impatient but the economy will be brought back but it will require diligent work and time and we should give the government the opportunity to straighten things out.
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“I will say we are a bit hasty, we are in a hurry. This government came in middle of last year. The budget in place for last year was prepared by the previous government. The government in place now is going to be operating in its own budget very soon.
“What can be done outside budget lines and budget items government has done appreciably well, prosecuting the war against corruption, prosecuting the war against Boko Haram.
“We should now wait to see prosecute its own agenda via its budget. That has not started and i don’t think we should judge the government on the performance in a few months when the government is actually in place for four years.”
In his address, the author of the book, Engr. Anthony Madagua, called on government to create enabling environments for businesses to growth.
“The government must not only create the enabling environment, it must also take a role in businesses. There is no reason why government cannot make our refineries to work,” he said

https://www.today.ng/news/national/95844/fixing-economyll-require-time-diligent-work-apc

obailala:
And he keeps calling others dumb even when he barely has functional cells up in his skull. Chai!!

Kindly point out where you read/heard Buhari say the bolded part of what you just quoted?

Forget the sentimental and bigoted Nl half-baked stories.
Always endeavor to get the clean breast of matters by visiting more reliable sources.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/power-situation-nigeria-no-longer-laughing-matter-buhari/

obailala:
It's quite amazing how a person who cant even comprehend elementary English language is calling a president 'brainless.' Wonders shall never end, you need to seek psychological help urgently.

You are the dumbest guy on NL.....

"The president said his administration must do everything necessary to increase power generation and distribution from its present status of about 1,500 to 3,500 megawatts with additional 2000 before the end of the year as a way of halting the ripple effect effects on the economy."

Now tell us the amount of megawatts Buhari inherited from Jonathan

Right step at the right direction

Rivers State once a peaceful/progressive place to be has now been turned into a theatre of war in the pursuit of power/money by god-forsaken thugs masquerading themselves as politicians APC.

Everywhere Buhari goes or comes from is senseless killings, war and tragedies,

May God almighty help us overcome Buhari and his blood letting relatives/friends Amen.

shachris02:
Did he fly into his country in the night as well? and captured on top of a cheap prostitute?

Just as i expected......average yourba chaff brain