₦airaland Forum

TonyeBarcanista:
Fruit of which labour? This is a statement of corrupt apostle! [b]Someone allegedly stole Rivers state blind [/b]and you are saying we should reward him the more. What a life!

...and because of these "allegations" you would have Amaechi sentenced to death? Have you ever heard of anyone sentenced to serve time or die based on allegations? Isn't that why we have courts so that he who alleges should prove in line with our laws?

You and your ilk are criticizing this government for the travails of The Senate President and calling it a witchhunt. Yet you fail to rule Amaechi's trial by media a witchhunt. Such double standards makes no sense.

Amaechi, Saraki and their likes are innocent and fit for office until a court of competent jurisdiction declares them guilty.

Sounds to me like this was a mere clash of egos and shows how matters can quickly go south when people allow their egos to get in the way.

Coach Oliseh should have shown a bit more compassion in dealing with the situation but Enyeama also took a very big decision without thinking it through and now he is trying to convince himself that it was the right move to make.

I wish one of the 2 men will choose to be the bigger man by apologising so that we can have Enyeama back in the team. He is one of the few truly committed players we have in the squad and fact is none of the present super eagle goalies can match his class at the moment.

If both men truly care about Nigeria, they or atleast one of them will get over themselves and take the wrong in the overall interest of the team.

mbulela:
Your point is noted. However read your initial comment and see if same advice should not be applied to you?
You were condescending in your choice of words as you lumped thoses of us who were aware of the differential and referring to that and those who assumed envelopes were being given out.

Apologies if I came across that way.

mbulela:
Are you too daft to see the exchange rate there?
Do you think the differential is offset with monopoly money?

I am aware there is a differential. But I am sure you can deduce from most of the responses that most are under the impression that the government is going to be handing out envelopes of dollars to intending pilgrims.

By the way, throwing insults at people or speaking condescendingly to others on a faceless forum doesn't make you look intelligent...actually does the exact opposite.

Errrr....is there anybody that has responded to this post that actually read beyond the wrongly cast headline

Where in that entire article did it say anything about government "sponsoring" pilgrims

Seriously guy!!! C'mon!

What's even more curious is that the OP knows enough about "Caro bleaching cream" to be able to recall the odour from memory.

"The leaders of tomorrow"...pink lips and bleaching cream...God help us.

omazus:
Reality dawning on baba. I thought he saidbhebwont recognise Saraki until he is cleared and obey party instruction.

No he never said that.

QuotaSystem:
The U.N. Sec Gen is attending to the poorer nations first, then he will get to us as we are the richest and smartest Africans that have the highest number of professional diplomats that own the tallest houses and mate daily with the most succulent women.

...Besides we Igbos don't need Ban ki Moon to survive, afterall we are republicans that will never lick the ass of an unbeliever

After all who needs a Ban Ki Moon when we have a Ban Ki W?

TonyeBarcanista:
I know quite well that the ruling All Progressive Congress is not favorable to having opposition. I am also aware that they are very desperate to shut down opposition, but I really under-estimate the degree to which APC can go to shut down opposition.

When I pulled out of the fraud called APC in February 16, all manners of missiles were thrown at me by members and supporters of the APC with sole aim of either getting me return or to silence my voice. In fact, I had to be more security conscious because life is precious. Nevertheless, I assumed that all those exhibition of hate start and end on Nairaland forum.

Blocking of My Facebook Account:
Towards the end of last month, I created a facebook page TONYE BARCANISTA so as to reach people on facebook despite having an existing facebook account with name SOLOMON TONYE. I ensured that message/articles on TONYE BARCANISTA are written in a way that it won't connote inciting against the Nigeria state, but left it within the confines of constructive criticism. About Two weeks into operation of the account, I received a message from FB that I have been reported for not using my 'Real Name' and always tagging friends. They gave me the grace of uploading my ID to show that the name on the page is my real name. They also said if I had inputed a phone number, all I would have done was phone verification. The account was suspended/closed/blocked.

Blocking of My Main FB Account:
After the blocking of the TONYE BARCANISTA account, I reverted to my existing SOLOMON TONYE account. Both names are mine, and the account is connected with my phone number. However, hours after sharing the article titled The Battle For Senate Presidency: PDP Have The Upper-hand on my FB page, I got a message from some guy saying that 'we are working on this your page'. I ignored the user because I believe that worse come to worse, I will be asked to do a phone verification. Few hours ago, I tried to access my FB page but I was told to 'verify' my account by uploading a Valid ID (and not through phone). Note that on this account I never at any time tag any user. Unfortunately for them, I will NOT submit my ID to them because I have lost confidence on FB to keep my ID confidential.

Since leaving the APC camp, they have deployed the following to gag me:
1. They engaged in character assassination, Insults and varying forms of cyber abuse to no avail.

2. They Created parody accounts on Nairaland to deceive unsuspecting members of the public, but it was futile.

3. They Vigorously stalked me on FB to see that my accounts are locked. This won't stop the advocacy for good governance.

I want to assure them that their efforts to see that I'm silenced on social media shall amount to futility. What will they do next? Will they move their madness to my twitter page or eliminate me completely?

No Retreat, No Surrender!

With the passing of each day, you sound more and more like that Musiwa fellow.

Facebook asks you for a verification and you and your 1 million IDs and goons believe APC has a hand in it

How are you different from that chap that expressed gratitude to GEJ for bringing Facebook to Nigeria?

With all your vaunted intelligence and exposure

C'mon son!!!

Please which calender are you working with?

The President has said Nigerians should cry out only if he fails to appoint his ministers by the end of September. Hold your horses until then and stop crying wolf where there is none.

Haha hahaha!

Nice and humorous summary of the Nigerian situation.

chimere66:
Anambra state governor Chief Willie Obiano yesterday donated gun-boats to the Nigerian Naval Outpost in Onitsha.He also donated 15 speed boats and seven water ambulances to ease life in the riverine communities in Anambra State.

Speaking while donating the speedboats,Chief Willie Obiano said the gesture is geared towards facilitating movement across the water channels in the state and also link the riverine communities to their kit and kin on the mainland. He was cheered by the jubilant crowd that gathered at Okoti Odekpe in Ogbaru Council Area to witness donation.

Source: http://trezzy2..com/2015/09/governor-willie-obiano-of-anambra-state.html

I don't think Director Kanu will be very happy with this Governor's action o!

hansad:
Docking Senate president Saraki the crooked over a ten years old matter on assets declaration is Buhari being more crooked than Saraki.

Buhari has big ugly plans to preside over Nigeria like dictator Idi Amin.

Meanwhile, Buhari does not seem to understand that he has presided over Nigeria for about four months without a functional legislature.

Well, if that is what it will take to get bad eggs like Senate President Saraki to answer for the charges against them, so be it.

We must consciously choose not to celebrate these corrupt officials whenever the State manages to drag one of them to justice regardless of our political leanings.

If there is enough evidence to drag them before a court, let them go and answer to the charges. Arguments about a witch hunt are secondary and distracting.

snowland:
See hin eyes. Pleading not guilty to all charges.....

Dude is trying to look cool in the dock.

He's still got nothing on Tinubu when it comes to owning the dock

Like play like play, this man might soon be posing for a mug shot...hehehehe...

Finally he sees the light.

I hope he is not just flying another kite to stave off his arrest.

Agbakoba is obviously off the mark here. How does one court claim superiority over another court when they both appeal directly to the same higher court?

2 great songs by 2 talented singers.

Timi has a slight edge in the area of vocal depth and range in my opinion.

rolchi:
The import of his message is simple: He doesn't want to appoint ministers. He doesn't need them. Thank God for the Constitution. PMB has just informed us that his ministers' opinion will be irrelevant after 30th September 2015.

The import of the message is that technocrats will make better ministers than politicians. The import is that a lot of thot needs to go into the selection and appointment of ministers over and above the federal character principle of the constitution and the desire by politicians to nominate ministerial candidates as a reward or incentive rather than on their capacity to do the work.

TonyeBarcanista:
I'm compelled to write this piece not to spite President Muhammadu Buhari but to cure his misconception of ministers. Earlier today, Mr President was quoted to have made a statement that suggest that ministers are not to relevant in the running of government. According to President Buhari


UNDERSTANDING Ministers and Civil Servants Roles:
Ministers:
Firstly, we have to appreciate the purpose of ministers of the federation. We all we agree that all political parties and candidates standing for elections come with their own program and agenda. These programs are highlighted in their respective document called their Manifesto. The Manifesto is usually in concordance with the overall ideology of the respective parties. When a party's Presidential candidate get elected, he assemble a team of men and women of intellectual standing and believers of his vision to help formulate policies, supervise implementations and defend these policies before the public to actualise the vision and fulfil the President's electoral programs. These group of people are called Ministers. The loyalty of the ministers are to the occupant of the President's office, the country and in most cases the ruling party. Ministers sit and deliberate on policy issues and strategy with the president

Civil Servants:
Every country have a workforce that carry out day-2-day activities of the government in power. We all agree that it is impossible for every government to come on board with their own workforce every 4-8years, hence the country provide for a 'permanent' workforce that will work with every administration. This workforce is called the Civil Service. They are non-partisan career people. They are not to help any political party or candidate formulate policies but are to work with every ruling party and administration to IMPLEMENT policies. They are technocrats and bureaucrats. Their loyalty is not to the ruling party or individual in power but to the "Office of the President" and the Country. They have NO business deliberating on policy issues and strategy with the president or his party. They only take instruction. Let's see a case study...

Case Study: Petroleum Ministry
In the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, there is the Minister, the Permanent Secretary and career Civil Servants, and other agencies and department (eg NNPC, PPPRA etc) under the ministry.

The Minister sit with the President to formulate policies and programs for the sector in line with the President's agenda. S/he prepares budget for the ministry, see to the implementation of this program/policies (supervision) and is answerable to the President, the party and the public. Statutorily, S/he is the Chairperson of the NNPC. She also supervises other department and agencies under her ministry on behalf of the President.


The Permanent Secretary is the Account officer of the ministry and most senior civil servant(rank) in the ministry. S/he is responsible for the implementation of the Minister's policies/program. S/he is the head of the ministerial tender board BUT any contract approved by the board has to be countersigned by the minister (to ensure that they are in tune with the Minister's/President's agenda). He/she is not a member of the Cabinet, neither can S/he replace the minister as the Chairperson of NNPC except S/he resigns and is appointed minister thereafter.


The roles of the minister and permanent secretary are distinct and straight forward. The importance of ministers cannot be over-emphasised. It is instructive to note that Nigeria is not an isolated case when it comes to ministers/permanent secretaries. The United States for instance have Under-Secretaries, which is Nigeria equivalent of Permanent Secretaries, and Secretaries which is ministers equivalent.

Contraty to Buhari's perception, ministers are not for 'noisemaking', neither are they meant to 'fill space' except the incompetent and clueless ones. Without cabinet ministers, a country will be likened to one on 'Auto-piloting'. More importantly, our constitution provide for offices of Ministers just as it provide for the offices of the President and Vice President.

To be fair with the President, his perception of Ministers is inappropriate. I wonder what prompted him to utter such statement when he was a former minister under the General Olusegun Obasanjo military regime between 1977-79. Is he trying to say that he was a 'noisemaking' minister in General Obasanjo cabinet?


May God Bless Us All

Please what exactly have you said in this very long essay that is new and could not have been expressed in 5 sentences or less?

What PMB was saying simply is that the civil servants and technocrats do most of the heavy lifting while politicians as ministers are merely figureheads. The Adesina you spoke about for instance, was a technocrat as was the lady who headed the communications sector under President GEJ's government. He may not have expressed himself quite clearly but I am sure that the import of his statement was not lost on you.

I just wonder when you will quit this pointless and unnecessary crusade of criticizing every action or speech just to appear intelligent to your cheering band of hallelujah boys.

it is becoming very old.

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Here we go again...calling on the Voltron team...

TonyeBarcanista:
The action of Hell Rufai is unconstitutional, illegal, null and void! The Kaduna state government does NOT have jurisdiction over the internal matters of religious organisation. Only the Court has the power to order for shut-down and decide on the matter under dispute. This is an infringement on the Church and is highly condemnable.

Just a lot of pseudo-intellectualism going on as usual.

PMB just stated the obvious in his usual blunt manner.

I also like the fact that he stated that in spite of his reservations about the necessity of having ministers, he intends to abide by the provisions of the constitution that says he must have ministers.

Brilliant!

AllNaijaBlogger:
Sir, you are a professional spin-doctor.

But you can't cover up a mountain of corruption and arrogance.


However you want to remix it, the private jet was bought with money that could have been used wisely. A private jet is a luxury and it fulfills no travelling purpose efficiently. A private jet is for those who want to waste money. It is not a solution to anything, it is purposeless except for those who want to waste money. Diplomats, international PRs and even the pope travel a lot more than your pastors without owning a private jet.

Furthermore, maintaining a private jet is costly. You claim that the cost of maintaining the plane is covered by leasing it out. Really? You can't make profit from a plane you use and lease out at the same time. How do you then do maintenace repairs in between?



There are so many things I want to say but as a christian, I will hold my tongue.

The pope does not own a private jet. But when he travels, he and his entourage travel on an Airbus A320 operated by Alitalia. The aircraft is usually set aside for the Pope's use whenever he needs to travel...which is a lot of times. So technically, the Pope does fly privately on a jet. Just saying.

Onyejiuwaokoh:
I love the way Anambrans shuned Buhari and buried they son chukwuma. It is a mockery for a government that does't see you as part of its term to be more interest only in buring your son.

So "Anambrans" shunned Buhari and buried their son.

The also shunned HRH Obi Achebe in whose palace the deceased served as a high chief, and his cabinet chiefs.

Nice.

People like the OP will have us believe that anything positive this government has recorded so far, like the recent improvement in power supply, is as a result of foundations laid by the previous government.

Going by that logic, is it not only fair to conclude that the perceived parlous state of the nation's economy is also a harvest of the foundation laid by the previous government?

I just hope Fayose realises that making unsubstantiated claims against a "presidential candidate" is totally different from doing same against a President.

Na so e take try Obasanjo wey dem nearly finish em political career

Paraphrasing the immortal words of the infamous Idi Amin, freedom of speech is guaranteed; freedom after speech however, is another matter entirely

I am not an economist. but I do not need a degree in economics to know that whatever is responsible for this current situation did not happen in the last 100 days of the current government assuming power.

When some of us were saying that Mrs. Okonjo Iweala's "prosperous Nigeria" only exists on her powerpoint slides and dashboards as there isn't a clear connection between the so-called "steadily growing economy" and the increasing poverty on the streets, we were labelled haters.

May God grant the current government the wisdom and tenacity to steer Nigeria out of this current situation to the path of true economic prosperity.

C. I'd rather he take his time and get things right than rush and waste another 4 years.

staymore:
That is not his campaign in Kano.

Oh, my bad. This must be a video of his campaign in your village

Even when you have been caught in a lie, you are still talking kak!

I have videos of most, if not all of Buhari's campaign stops in various states and even outside the country. I did it for the sole purpose of countering fallacious claims like yours.

Provide a link to Buhari claiming he lives in a rented apartment in Abuja during any of his campaigns or be honourable enough to admit you lied.

staymore:
Go and get his campaign video in Kano. While others were listening to his fake campaign speeches you were busy chanting 'sai baba'.

I will ignore the subliminal jibe in your response.

This is a link to a video of Buhari's campaign in Kano. He spoke for a little over 6 minutes at the event in hausa. I speak hausa fluently having grown up in the north.

Where, during this campaign did he claim he lives in a rented apartment in Abuja


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsgCVru8AfE