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PoliticsRe: Photos; Governor El Rufai "Goes Back" To School, Visits Alma Mater In Kaduna by Rawani: 4:58pm On Aug 09, 2015
Who wouldn't bow in the presence of such mighty Iroko's.
PoliticsRe: Buhari 50% Salary Cut: Following The Noble Step Of Dr Goodluck Jonathan by Rawani: 11:05am On Jul 12, 2015
Demdem2:

Are u basically saying that the OPs claim is a big lie since Jonah-daft intents were never implemented for once?
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/03/austerity-30-per-cent-pay-slash-for-jonathan-ministers-others/

It's a long read, or you could refer to the highlighted areas in my earlier post. Anyone that believes the irredeemably corrupt and greedy Jonathan would recieve a reduced salary needs to be more honest with themselves.

Don't also forget the order was supposedly to affect ALL political office holders, did that happen in Nigeria?
PoliticsRe: Buhari 50% Salary Cut: Following The Noble Step Of Dr Goodluck Jonathan by Rawani: 10:55am On Jul 12, 2015
Apart from the fact that Jonathan never received any reduced salary as he 'immediately ordered', can anyone tell us the new salary PMB will be earning considering 50% is to be cut out of the 'already reduced' salary?

Official salary N14.058 million - 30% = N9.84 million

N9.84 million - further 50% reduction = N4.92million.

That's about just N400k per month salary for the President of Nigeria. What a laughable assertion.
PoliticsRe: Buhari 50% Salary Cut: Following The Noble Step Of Dr Goodluck Jonathan by Rawani: 10:28am On Jul 12, 2015
That pay cut was never implemented, as at March 2015 before Jonathan handed over, he was operating the 2009 remuneration template. The President dies not have the power to issue such an order.

It can only be a personal decision, like the one taken by PMB & VPYO.

**

Austerity: 30 per cent pay slash for Jonathan, ministers, others
By Madu Onuora and Mathias Okwe (Abuja)


March 16, 2015

IN a display of leadership-by-example in these belt-tightening times brought about by the slump in crude oil price at the international market, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has ordered a 30 per cent pay cut for all political appointees in the Executive arm of government including himself and the Vice President.

But there is a new twist over the pay cut initiative by the President yesterday as a dependable source at the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMFAC) told The Guardian that the President lacks the power to implement a pay cut unilaterally without the Commission’s approval.

The source who asked not to be named, however, confirmed that the Commission was in receipt of a request from President Jonathan on the matter but said the request may not sail through because it does not for now see the need for the pay cut, pointing out that a similar development played out around 2009 and 2010 when the late President Umaru Yar’Adua made the request of pay cutin the face of falling oil prices.


With crude oil mineral resources constituting more than 80 per cent of Nigeria’s revenue stream, the country’s liquidity condition has, expectedly, been jolted since the third quarter of last year when prices at the international market headed downwards until recently when it began a gradual recovery.

Now, in addition to those unveiled earlier by the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala when she presented the 2015 spending plan on December 17 last year, which include the introduction of taxes on luxury items and first class and business class air travel taxes, Jonathan has directed a 30 per cent pay cut for all political appointees in the Executive arm as part of sacrifice to free up revenue for funding of the yet to be passed plan.

The Director -General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Dr. Bright Okogu, who revealed this at the weekend when he spoke to The Guardian exclusively in Abuja, said the directive takes immediate effect. All classes of political appointees including Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Federal Government agencies are affected by the pay cut order.

His words: “Political office holders’ salaries are being cut by between 20-30 per cent, ranging from permanent secretaries, directors’ general and so on all the way to ministers. This, however, does not amount to very much, but the purpose is to show the commitment of this administration that if they want to make adjustment, they want to do it and lead by.

But according to the RMFAC source: “The remuneration package for political, public and judicial office holders in use now remains the February 2009 to June 2009 approved package because the last time the late President Umaru Yar’Adua attempted to revised it suffered a setback because the commission which role is to among other things fix political office holders’ package didn’t see the need based on economic realities then. You know it was during the same oil price fall. So the package has not changed.

“Yes, President Goodluck Jonathan has actually made the same request. But unfortunately, the commission has still turned it down because there is no merit in the move.
I can tell you he has no right to temper with the salary of any political office holder.


“However, the President in his own capacity can say he would not receive a part of his salary or all of it, saying he is donating it for charity or related cause but he can not order his or any other person’s pay as approved by the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission,” our source insisted.

Under the sustaining pay package for political office holders, annual take home pay is N14.058 million which translates to a month pay of N1.171 million. The Vice President takes home annually the sum of N12.126 million broken down to N1.010 million every month. For senior ministers, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and chairmen of constitutional bodies, their annual package is N7.801 million with a monthly value of N650,136.65 kobo while ministers of state and members of constitutional bodies take an annual package of N7.536 million which gives them a monthly pay of N628,056.91 kobo.

For the categories of special advisers, which included others like speech writers, their yearly pay is N7.09 million and per month, N590.957.81 kobo.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/03/austerity-30-per-cent-pay-slash-for-jonathan-ministers-others/
PoliticsRe: Synagogue Verdict Is ‘Rape Of Justice’ - Northern Youths by Rawani: 5:59pm On Jul 10, 2015
dayo23:
almajiris your words are noted
That's uncalled for.
CultureRe: A Photographic Tour Of Southwest Nigerian Peoples by Rawani: 7:24pm On Jul 09, 2015
Beautiful culture, beautiful people.

One of the things Yoruba's have blessed Nigeria with is the Aso-ebi culture now replicated across the different tribes and cultures in the country.
PoliticsRe: EFCC Detains Steven Orosanye For Pension Fraud by Rawani(op):
These men deprived elderly Nigerians of the fruits of their long days of labouring for a secure future, out of nothing but pure greed and selfishness. Despite their huge salaries and allowances for things as trivial as newspapers, these self appointed tormentors of the Nigerian masses still had the inhumanity to dip their sticky fingers in the pensions of old workers, left to live what's left of their lives in pain, misery and unearned ridicule.

Orosanye should be made to pay fully and heavily for his crimes if found guilty.

EFCC is kicking...Change promised...Change delivered.
PoliticsEFCC Detains Steven Orosanye For Pension Fraud by Rawani(op): 6:36pm On Jul 09, 2015
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC) on Wednesday arrested former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOS) Steven Oronsaye for his alleged involvement in over N6 billion biometric pension’s enrolment scam.

Daily Trust gathered that Oronsaye was detained at the head offices of the EFCC in Abuja and will be subsequently arraigned in court Thursday on corruption charges committed when he was Head of Civil Service.
EFCC sources told Daily Trust that Oronsaye is to be charged before an Abuja High Court along with five others for allegedly fleecing the pension’s monies in the notorious biometric enrollment scam allegedly carried out by the pension task team headed by Abudlrasheed Maina, who is still at large.

It was gathered that the EFCC investigations show Oronsaye was connected to the billions stolen under the guise of the biometric pension scam regime that implicated the now infamous Maina.
According to sources, Oronsanye it was as Head of the Civil Service of the Federation was linked to the fraud going on under the pension’s task team and authorized siphoning of billions meant for pensioners.

It was also learnt that the EFCC is set to attach as part of its proof of evidence a recent report by the auditor general of the federation titled Special Audit of the Accounts of Civil Pensions, which indicted Oronsaye of involvement in looting billions.
EFCC sources hinted that the charge sheet has already been prepared and the embattled former Head of Service is likely to remain in custody until he is arraigned tomorrow.
http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/index.php/top-stories/59402-efcc-detains-oronsaye-over-pension-fraud
PoliticsRe: Why I regret campaigning for Change- Opinion by Rawani: 8:51am On Jul 07, 2015
eph12:
What are this reforms if i may ask sir?. A colleague of mine said same but when i asked him this he couldn't say anything. I want to be a believer but am not going to be a blind one so my expectations are not cut short.
1. The reforms in the NNPC

2. The reforms in the DSS

3. The reforms in the Defence HQ

4. The awoken EFCC

These are off the top of my head, many more reforms are on the way, and will be sped up once the immediate distractions of BH and the National Assembly are taken care of. From the pattern of PMB's actions, he is clearly being strategic and calculative to avoid errors.

It will be well.
PoliticsRe: Why I regret campaigning for Change- Opinion by Rawani: 7:47am On Jul 07, 2015
eph12:
Oga what are the signs you've seen that makes you think things will be better than before? Or is belief just based on blind faith?
I have seen purposeful leadership that does not seek to play to the gallery to gain immediate approval from Nigerians. President Buhari inherited a failed system, but his ongoing reforms regardless of how slow they might seem, are definitely a step in the right direction.

It will be disastrous if Baba disappoints us, because then I would know there is truly no hope for this country. Having said that Sir, I am 100% confident that things will be better than before based on the ongoing reforms.
PoliticsRe: Why I regret campaigning for Change- Opinion by Rawani: 5:21am On Jul 07, 2015
"Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better" - Samuel Johnson

Fani Kayode has reclaimed this moniker and has continued his PDP campaign director role online.

Nigeria is hell to live in after 16 years of PDP rule, not after 30+ days of change.
PoliticsRe: Maryln Ogar Demoted, Recalled From Study Leave - Nigeriantimes by Rawani: 5:54am On Jul 05, 2015
gleaf:
This is a dangerous trend its so obvious that Buhari is planning with hunt against some people. [b]We should not be playing politics with our secret police;[/b]I believe this action will unearth alot of unpleasant stories and allegations.......too bad
Our secret police has never been as politicised as it was under the last administration, with the brazen show of partisanship which led to their invasion and raid of an office belonging to the opposition party at the time. Ogar also made several unsavory comments about the APC and it's leaders.

What's happening in the DSS is the restoration of order, it's not about the regularity of the promotion process but if the promotions were merited and the basis upon which they were given.
PoliticsRe: Maryln Ogar Demoted, Recalled From Study Leave - Nigeriantimes by Rawani: 5:46am On Jul 05, 2015
So after her shenanigans during the last elections, madam Ogar planned to run away for 3 years under the guise of a study leave. Thank goodness she has been recalled to come and continue to serve the nation and answer any questions that arise about her tenure as PDP's unofficial spokesperson.
PoliticsRe: Why Tinubu Boycotted APC NEC Meeting – Chieftain: The SUN by Rawani: 5:35pm On Jul 04, 2015
The ever calculating Jagaban dodges another bullet, it would have been humiliating if he did not sniff out the plot and kept his distance.

It's instructive that the warring factions have called a truce, the winning synergy is back to deliver on the promise on change.
PoliticsRe: APC; The Ruling Opposition Party by Rawani: 5:34pm On Jul 04, 2015
This hiccup can only be construed as a damning event for the APC by myopic members of the opposition desperate for a sense of victory in the midst of humiliating defeat. A coalition party like the APC which was built across fault lines to achieve synergy and uproot such a humongous and deeply anchored party like the PDP was bound to run into such challenges, which thankfully we have overcome with the recent truce called by the warring factions, thanks to the meditation by President Buhari.
PoliticsRe: Buhari Recalls Kinsman From Retirement, Appoints Him DG SSS - Premium Times by Rawani: 8:18am On Jul 03, 2015
SenseiX:
You were wrong in making it seem like Ekpenyong was not senior enough when he was made DG, Jonathan dismissed Gadzama obviously for his role during the Yar’Adua's sickness saga and promptly appointed the next most senior Director as DG, Buhari dismissed Ekpenyong as is his prerogative but chose instead to bring a mid level retiree from his village to head the agency, Ekpenyong was fully qualified and merited his appointment when he was promoted but Daura got his simply because of him hailing from Daura cheesy...QED
Lawal Daura was the Deputy Director, Presidential Communication, Command and Control Centre at the Presidential Villa Abuja between 2003 and 2007 and as such has cognate experience. Furthermore, he was the State Director of Security Service at various times in Kano, Sokoto, Edo, Lagos, Osun and Imo States. He also attended various professional courses both at home and abroad including the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru. His appointment was made even easier by the partisan rot in the top rung of the DSS and the crisis that could happen if a lower serving officer is appointed as DG.

He got it because he was experienced, competent and qualified...and came from Daura.
PoliticsRe: Buhari Recalls Kinsman From Retirement, Appoints Him DG SSS - Premium Times by Rawani: 6:23am On Jul 03, 2015
SenseiX:
You are wrong, Here's a Wikipedia extract from his profile
Ekpeyong was born in Cross River State.[2] He studied at the University of Calabar, obtaining a BA (Hons) in History in 1982, and then a Masters in Philosophy. He was the first director of the Institute of Security Studies in Abuja, a training school for Intelligence Officers. He then was appointed director of the Senior Staff Development Centre of the SSS in Bauchi. Ekpenyong held in turn the positions of SSS director in the states of Bauchi, Kwara, Lagos, Anambra and the Federal Capital Territory. Before being appointed SSS Director General he was Acting National Director (Operations) of the SSS.[3] He managed intelligence successefully during the 2007 governorship election in Anambra State, and this is said to have influenced Jonathan in his favor.[
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ita_Ekpeyong
He was Gadzama's No 2, Operations is the next most senior role so he fully merited his becoming DG not because he was from SS, plus if GEJ wanted his kinsman, he would have picked an Ijaw man from a core Niger Delta state like Delta, Bayelsa or Rivers
How was I wrong? What was Gadzama's offence?

The fact is Jonathan dismissed Gadzama a northerner, and replaced him with fellow Niger Deltan Ekpenyong in September 2010, three months after taking office.

Is that a lie?
PoliticsRe: Buhari Recalls Kinsman From Retirement, Appoints Him DG SSS - Premium Times by Rawani: 5:56am On Jul 03, 2015
SenseiX:
Does that mean nobody in the entire directorial cadre of the SSS that was competent enough that Buhari had to bring a mid level retiree to head the organisation, Daura only got the job because he's from Daura....nothing about competence here, the outgoing DG was the Operations Director before he was promoted to DG BY GEJ, a stark difference from this
That's not completely true. Jonathan also dismissed the then DSS DG Afakriya Gadzama and replaced him with fellow Niger Deltan Ekpenyong a few months after Yar'adua's death.

Furthermore, it is believed that Ekpenyong managed intelligence successfully during the 2007 governorship election in Anambra State, where he was the State Director and this was said to have influenced the then President Jonathan’s decision to appoint him as the Director General.
PoliticsRe: Buhari Recalls Kinsman From Retirement, Appoints Him DG SSS - Premium Times by Rawani:
Dollyak:
I don't agree with the author. I think the northerners are the most suitable people for the job. In addition, he need someone he can trust for such a sensitive job and not a mere southerner who are not trustworthy.
In all seriousness, I genuinely hope they would serve the country in fairness and with dignity.
I'm tempted to agree with you. The sensitivity of the position, the partisanship of the DSS, the cognate experience of the new appointee and President Buhari's last experience in power are issues that could easily justify this decision of his. It's now up to them to discharge their responsibilities diligently.
PoliticsRe: Osinbajo Arrives Adamawa To Visit IDP Camps In The State by Rawani: 12:53pm On Jul 02, 2015
godoluwa:
Osinbajo should be careful with all his travelling to the war zone. let fulani solve d problem they create for themselves by themselves. am not a fan of APC but just a yoruba man. FVCK APC!!!
Borno/Adamawa indigenes are not Hausa/fulani, but Kanuri.
PoliticsRe: Buhari Has No Personal Relationship With Zakari, Presidency Tells PDP by Rawani: 5:41am On Jul 02, 2015
Ignore the wailing wailers, due process is alien to them and like salt on a tapeworm, they will fidget and kick till they mellow and accept that change has arrived.
PoliticsRe: Unpaid Salaries: APC Indict Ex President Jonathan by Rawani:
If you ask me, all these tales of looted funds is just noise until Jonathan is probed and prosecuted if found guilty, then I'd be convinced. I wonder why PMB and the APC keep treating the opposition with kid gloves while they are throwing everything except the kitchen sink at the ruling party and our dear General.
PoliticsRe: How Jonathan Lands In Otuoke And How Buhari Intends To Land In Daura by Rawani: 9:59am On Jun 29, 2015
neocortex:
I will assume you are familiar with economics.
Economic decisions are not based on feeling but numbers , are you not concerned that a
post that attempted to exonerate a bad spending decision fail to provide any numerical
backing.

Reply me when you know your numbers.

And I see no point in spamming different thread with ill-equiped response using different usernames.
I got that mention because my name was in the post, and I refuse to pull numbers from the air since the original article did not provide any numbers. The only feasible number is the possible cost of the project which I clearly estimated in my response. The logic however, is watertight.
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Loses N50trn Annually From Untapped Natural Resources. Most In North by Rawani: 9:21am On Jun 29, 2015
Dollyak:
I hope so. The northern region would get a new look when it starts running
Most southerners have a warped view of what the North looks like. Its just like when foreigners think of Nigeria, all they imagine are the slums of Lagos, the poverty in the creeks, and destitutes in the north because that is what is served up in the media. Only bad news is good news in the news industry as they say. Similarly all southerners imagine are almajiri's, scorched earth devoid of vegetation, and extreme poverty everywhere. The fact is some of the most beautiful and developed cities are situated in the north (Kano, Kaduna, Jos etc.) but due to ethnic misgivings, skewed reporting and misleading statistics, most southerners remain oblivious of this fact till they visit. Ask the ones that have (not corpers posted to villages in Katsina o ) smiley

This thread might help...

https://www.nairaland.com/1945471/true-face-north
PoliticsRe: How Jonathan Lands In Otuoke And How Buhari Intends To Land In Daura by Rawani: 8:52am On Jun 29, 2015
neocortex:
Stop following like a cow , we are given a brain for a reason.
This post has already been debunked, don't let anyone pull
wool over your eyes reason for yourself.
That post was never debunked. Nobody can dispute the fact that it is cheaper to fly directly to Daura from the villa than fuelling the Presidential Jet to Katsina, and then moving the entire convoy to Daura. And then repeat same for the return trip, possibly twice every month.

Its also a fact that a helipad will cost less than N5 million to build, and it is necessary to avoid potential accidents as a result of 'blow-outs' - a situation where the pilot suffers spatial disorientation and loss of situational awareness.

Its simple logic if you eliminate bias.
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Loses N50trn Annually From Untapped Natural Resources. Most In North by Rawani: 8:42am On Jun 29, 2015
Dollyak:
This is just bad. I hate Chinese and Japanese people with passion. I understand life it's a battle of survival, but those guys can bleed you dry and take your bones without blinking.
President Buhari's proposed mining reforms will eliminate all of that, i'm confident.
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Loses N50trn Annually From Untapped Natural Resources. Most In North by Rawani: 8:41am On Jun 29, 2015
Dollyak:
Imagine how much southerners taunt you guys as leeches and whatnot, don't you think it will be a good idea to have one up the rude southerners? Lol.
Truth is by nature, northerners are not moved by taunts, its evident even on NL, so thats not likely. Besides, the North supplies most of the food the country consumes so its obviously mischievous elements that are doing the taunting smiley
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Loses N50trn Annually From Untapped Natural Resources. Most In North by Rawani: 8:37am On Jun 29, 2015
Jaypea98:
Have you reported those Chinese criminals to the authorities??
The authorities are guarding the Chinese criminals.

Its really bad.

PoliticsRe: Nigeria Loses N50trn Annually From Untapped Natural Resources. Most In North by Rawani: 8:15am On Jun 29, 2015
I have personally seen choppers fly out of the hills of Anka in Zamfara State, carrying Chinese plunderers that are 'illegally' mining gold, lead and tantalite in the area. They are all over the place, from Gusau to Plateau silently raping our land. I think part of the problem is with our mining legislation which are archaic at best. As it stands, local traditional rulers issue mining rights to anyone who can pay marginal fees, thereby depriving the FIRS of taxes and other forms of revenue from the mining activities.

PMB must act fast in this sector, the potential is mind-blowing. N50 Trillion is about $250 Billion, which is possible considering South Africa has about $ 2 Trillion in gold reserves alone, while Russia has about $794 billion in iron ore reserves.

With the way Nigeria is blessed, no one should be talking about unpaid salaries.
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Loses N50trn Annually From Untapped Natural Resources. Most In North by Rawani: 8:09am On Jun 29, 2015
Dollyak:
That's a lot of money. That will increase the Gdp by more than 80%. I can see the northerners dumping Nigeria the moment they start tapping those resources.
Lol, why would you think that?
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Loses N50trn Annually From Untapped Natural Resources. Most In North by Rawani:
This is not at all surprising.
PoliticsRe: Bukola Saraki Was Petty Thief As Of 1990 - Sahara Reporters(photos) by Rawani: 4:29am On Jun 29, 2015
Whynotthetruth:
Mr Integrity... See ya life...Celebrating thieves who use blackmail to intimidate others...unfortunately Saraki has immunity now...Unless PDP sanctions his impeachment, it remains an impossible stuff for APC not to talk of Tinubu...Go Get more documents to blackmail people...smh...
Since when did a statement of fact equate to lack of integrity? Regardless, I have everything to gain from whoever is SP, the point is that Saraki's continuous treachery must be contained and it matters little who contains him.

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