₦airaland Forum

I hear u

who does not know they got money when in power.

questioning his property is questionable.

if he didn't buy or build before leaving office they will say he isn't smart. now EFCC is questioning him.

like some above said. no comment till I see the reason for his arrest. otherwise its witch and wizard hurt.

well spoken from the chest.but try and intervene in NASS matter o. them wan share #9b for cloth. I even they vex for that one them they call seating allowee. how pay somebody to sit down n do his/her work.


plsssss intervene o

it was actually hard to believe when I heard $5b. when host country pledged $100m

imhotep:
Na today dem begin make special laws? 1) EFCC 2) ICPC 3) Oputa Panel 4) FOI Bill etc
Buhari's dullard-ism know no bounds.

I quota u not only because of what u said but because of ur signature pls stop expecting from PMB so u could see great Nigeria tomorrow.
I know u are kidding but be optimistic about PMB

till its signed

Nigeria shall be great!

glad these bills isn't going to the assembly again.

FumzeeyGold:
RICSMAN DATS 2RU

babe dis one you tag me like ds na u b first lady?

firstEVA:
there is nothing automatic about it, she doesn't want to be addressed as first lady period.

not wanting to b addressed as first lady is understandable but say she isn't is wrong. just like the President choose to remove general from his official name.

who then is?

wife of the President is automatically the first lady.

its your shadow

enjoy shay e no easy.

I have read your open letter published on PM
News and re-published on Bella Naija,
premiumtimesng.com and a number of online
papers.
No one who read that letter could miss the fury
embedded in your words. I know where that
fury comes from: moral fiber, good conscience,
and love of people. I want to assure you that it
was the very same sentiments that drove me to
come up with that bill and the same sentiments
that led Senators and members to pass it.
As always, your aim was to speak as the voice of
reason in our increasingly confused society. I
know you meant well. I know you acted out of
your deep compassion for Nigerians and
fatherly love for the children.
But as I read your open letter, my heart sank
because this time, my dear Baba, my dear icon,
you are wrong; very wrong.
You have been misled by the misinformation
circulated by someone who could not read or
comprehend a legal draft; someone who did not
have the patience to read through a proposal,
see what was recommended and what was
finally accepted.
You were misled by someone who deliberately
distorted the content of one of the most
profound bills ever passed by the Nigerian
legislature, scandalised the proponent and the
institution for reasons that you and I may not
know.
No where in the SEXUAL OFFENCES BILL That I
proposed; no where in the bill passed by Senate
was it stated that you can defile an 11 years old.
No where in the bill passed by the Senate was
the age “11 years” mentioned.
Here is what was passed in relation to your area
of pre-occupation which is defilement clause 6
(2): “A person who commits an offence of
defilement shall upon conviction be sentenced
to imprisonment for life”.
You claimed that the bill re-defined “female
adulthood as marital status”. Where in the bill
proposed by me and where in the bill passed by
Senate did you see adulthood linked to marital
status? The extreme distortion of the spirit,
intent and even content of this bill leads me to
think that you may be talking about an all-
together different piece of legislation.
For emphasis, let me state that the bill makes
no such linkages as you erroneously stated. I
think it may be fear of Senator Yerima that is at
play here.
For your information, Senator Yerima and all
other Senators who participated in the debate,
the two times the bill came up on the floor,
supported it as a vehicle for instituting a
stringent law barring all ranges of sexual
offences in Nigeria.
They did this because they also have children,
wives, daughters, even mothers and cannot
afford to leave them in the current state where
abuses are rewarded with a slap on the wrist of
the perpetrators because our laws are outdated,
without strong in-built deterrence and
mechanisms for monitoring and control.
This is just another case of people demonising
what is clearly in the public good because of
deeply-set negative predispositions towards
individuals in an institution. By your strong
advocacy against the bill, you have unwittingly
stamped your feet in favour of maintaining the
status quo.
Where we are now..the statusquo.. is a world
in which a six year old child is raped to death
and then set ablaze. Where we are now is a
place where a father rapes his three year old
boys repeatedly and the mother weeps at night
and cannot speak out, out of shame and fear of
her life.
Where we are now is a place where young
Cynthia in her struggles for self-employment ran
into a gang who drugged her, raped and
murdered her. Where we are now is a place
where foreigners come for tourism and turn
children into their objects of tourism.
With all due respect Sir, I want to express my
deep disappointment with your hastiness in
flowing with the mob on this matter. I blame
your press officers. I think they should have
advised caution. You have known me since the
1990s. There is no way you could have sent
fellers and I would not jump onto the next
flight to answer you.
Infact, a mere telephone call could have
dispensed with the matter. If you had even
asked someone to get you a copy of the Votes
and Proceedings of Senate for that day which
published the exact words in the legislation
passed, you would have spared yourself the
time and emotions spent over what is clear
mischief circulated through the web.
The people who started it all are hate-mongers.
The merely took advantage of the negative
public feelings they have built up against the
legislature. You have no business with such
people Sir.
I am sure in the most inner recesses of your
mind you know I cannot in anyway be
associated with any anti-people law. Nothing in
my personal history, professional antecedents
or even the hard work I did to push through
pro-people legislations in Senate, could lead
anyone to think of me as capable of working
against children, the very people I fought for
over the course of my eight years in the Senate.
The Sexual Offences bill is only one of many I
did.
I also proposed the Occupational Safety and
Health bill protecting workers in virtually all
sectors of the economy from hazards at work.
The only group excluded are those in the oil and
gas sectors who have been extensively provided
for in the PIB.
There was no “accident” as you call it involved
in this legislation. Neither was there an error in
judgement. The bill has been fabricated to
provide a strong deterrence against abuses.
When implemented, it will mitigate the private
sufferings of parents; reduce their fear of what
happens in their absence to their children at
school, in the play grounds, in the
neighborhoods, even in religious spaces.
Nigeria today is not a safe place for children;
not a safe place for girls; not a safe place for
small boys; and it is not a safe place either for
old women.
This legislation it proposes consigns
punishments for abhorrent crimes such as we
are seeing in our country today. It even covers
crimes yet to arrive our shores.
Under this bill, pedophiles will be put away for
life not made rock stars as we do today. This
bill will bring sanity to our society. It will make
Nigeria a better place for all.
I suspect that some of those fighting against the
bill are fixating on the short title. Its long title
shows what it is: a sexual offences prevention
bill; a tough deterrence to crime.
I want you to take time and read the final copy
of the bill. You will be proud. You will realise
that good things can come from Nigeria and
Nigerians. It is not only legislations initiated by
outsiders and handed to us locals to push for
their passage that should be deemed as good for
us.
By passing that bill, National Assembly has kept
faith with the people of Nigeria. It has provided
the cover of protection under which Nigerian
children can live normal lives of fulfillment
without fear.
By your robust advocacy against the bill
preventing sexual abuses of children, you
foreclose the future of children in this society.
But if I read you correctly, I have no doubt that
you will reverse yourself on this once you have
the correct information. This is why I have
written you this letter.
You have made your first “imposition” on Mr.
President based on your understanding of the
false information circulated by the very
offenders you despise.
I plead with you as a man who has been found
to be a great man of honour and bestowed with
the highest literary honour in the world to
reconsider.
Let me on behalf of the innumerable victims of
abuse in Nigeria; let me invoke the spirit of
Cynthia who fell victim in Lagos; and let me
plead on behalf of the many wives and husbands
deliberately infected with HIV by their partners
whose suffering impelled this bill, that you
reverse your instruction to Mr. President.
The President of the Federal Republic looks to
old sages like you for positive direction. That
was what you intended to give him.
But now that you know the truth, for the sake
of your long established reputation and known
love for Nigeria, turn it around and urge Mr.
President to sign this bill that will protect our
people, restore sanity to society and make
Nigeria a better place for all.
I remain your loyal admirer and sister.
Chris Anyanwu was a Senator of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria between 2007 and 2015.

whatever

hope he will b in d front

sure

he got to say what they told him happened. but for those in Rivers, it was the fearful election so far.

yes there were elections but under what conditions? fear!!!! many didn't vote because of what they saw....thugs n guns.

so jage isn't lieing due to what those representing him told him happened.

ohhh

todayboy:
noted. so those pdp and their supporters are not Nigerins?

Nigerians are good people that love their leader.

but I believe your got my point.

APC is bias just like PDP

Nigerians is more than them

not Nigerian please. PDP and its supporters named him that. just like APC and its supporters named former President clueless. leave Nigerians out of it because am a Nigeria and am not part of ....

barcanista:
So when is he releasing the names?

when he feels its appropriate! relax

his ministers are already in his "chest"

Mekybliss:
What if the man went for medical check up somewhere

did you just said that from your write up?

another one!!!!

how can somebody with 105b be borrowing 10b naira?
is it to deny the fact that 105b naira wasn't received?

even if I may not like the alliance with PDP I love the way fatherism is going

sarike would have still won if all senators were present since PDP is backing him.

good for democracy. our two party system is growing and not the one party system. winner take all is obsoleting

Tolexander:
interesting!

interesting indeed!

overhypedsteve:
this is why they banned ogogoro.

can't stop laughing. lololololololololol straight to d point.

naijalien:
....strangely silent on anti-corruption and the NA over-bloated budget!

exactly my point.

no talk of corruption fighting

good

and he thinks it will hold ground?

yorke1:
Thanks to the Op and the Moderator.


After a long time, it feels so good to be at the top.

and who say it doesn't feel to be the FTC

yeah it feels cool but after feeling fantastic pls say something reasonable about the topic because a lot of people will see you first. cheers

Silvofitz:
The only question on my mind is why would PMB known for punctuality be late for the party meeting, especially today.
I suspect a double game within APC.

if you ask me I will tell you that what happened was a well written script and a well cooked food by PMB Ameachi Fashola and Sarike.
for those asking were Ameachi was when PMB went for G7 meeting, know now that he was either writing d script or cooking d food. Tinubu can't win always