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And now that you now have oil what progress have you claimed? You are the ones with the competing spirit because you all feel inferior even your president. You guys are angry at our achievements. Poor you! Get a life stop bothering about who's better you will never meet standards you will always wish you were us.

@Ranosky God bless you. Who be that mumu wey dey talk about obama 4 ghana instead of naija All dat one na camouflage,person wey never enter Nigeria never enter Africa. And Who need obama for here wetin he fit change for here. Bleep obama like say dem no dey colect fuel for our hand. Ghanians com paste he picture 4 d whole of Accra. Who get time 4 dat one here? Men to hell!

@Jamace that's a perfect construction. "Everybody Follow Come Chop"

Otum4 You are heavily Retarded. You head is Brain Repellant, this is Nigeria at its worst being compared to Ghana at its best so what do you think our best would be like? Twerp!

They are all theives

EFCC’S RECOVERED $6 BILLION



Wednesday, 05 May 2010

THE Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs Farida Waziri, had been engaged in a hard sell. She is not like a rookie salesman timidly knocking on a door. She has been as bold as freshly polished brass. She wants to show, contrary to the belief in certain

quarters that her predecessor, Mr Nuhu Ribadu, is not a hard act to follow. Indeed, she does not want to follow in Mr Ribadu’s footsteps; she says they were heavy and almost crushed the rule of law.

BUT Mr Ribadu appears to shadow Mrs Waziri like a vengeful spectre. Or so Mrs Waziri must feel. She was unfavourably compared with Mr Ribadu by the American Secretary of State, Mrs Hillary Clinton, though it is not in America’s place to tell Nigeria how to run its affairs.

THE case against Mr Ribadu at the Code of Conduct Tribunal was withdrawn a week or two after Dr Goodluck Jonathan became acting president and there were speculations in the press, probably secretly ignited by a government sources, that Mr Ribadu would be returning to the EFCC.

MRS Waziri went on the offensive to protect her job. It was not a charm offensive. Some articles in newspapers and magazines had called her integrity into question. She knew this was no time to smile like a politician trying to charm voters. She knew she needed to provide hard facts and figures to support her claim that she was not only doing a good job, but that her record was better than Ribadu’s.

THE EFCC chairman provided facts and figures in an interview with Economic Confidential. She said the EFCC had recovered $6.5 billion from corrupt people in both public and private life since 2003 when the commission was established. Her administration, she said, retrieved more than half of the stolen funds in only 18 months.

FROM Mrs Waziri’s figures, Mr Ribadu, with the help of the courts, recovered $3 billion from corrupt people during his time as chairman of the EFCC. Some of these people were convicted in sensational trials. They included a former state governor, a former police chief and a con artist. Their seized assets were listed and sold.

THE smell of scandal has clung to the sales of some of the seized assets. A newspaper investigation revealed that most of the companies that bought the houses that were seized from the former police chief were not registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission. Mr. Ribadu has not responded to this very serious allegation, as far as we know.

MR Ribadu named some corrupt people, but Mrs Waziri did not mention the names of the people she said she had recovered $3.5 billion from in her interview with Economic Confidential. She said the EFCC had successfully prosecuted 80 people. Who are these people?

ARE these convicted people in jail or were they allowed to go home after surrendering a small part of their stolen wealth? Does the $3.5 billion include the N3 million former Governor Lucky Igbinedion was fined when the charge said he stole hundreds of millions of naira?

DID Mrs Waziri sell confiscated assets like Mr Ribadu did? If she did, who valued them? Who were the buyers? Did the EFCC advertise the sale of the assets?

WHERE is the recovered money? The Obasanjo government could not account for the millions of dollars that General Sani Abacha looted but which was returned to Nigeria by Swiss banks. Government’s vague explanation then was that the money was included in the budget.

CORRUPT people need to be shamed and should be named. It is true that some Nigerians can feel no shame. Convicted felons draw attention to themselves at public functions. They belong to political parties and even one of them was admitted to the Presidential Villa. There is great ambiguity about the anti-corruption war.

STILL, naming and punishing the corrupt can be a deterrent. The children of one prominent man convicted of corruption and who is now hardly seen in public, may not want to experience their father’s devastating disgrace. It was a mighty fall and many years after, the dust of disgrace has not settled.

ALL crimes must be punished. It is not enough to seize stolen funds and properties. The suspects must be publicly tried and  plea-bargaining must be discouraged.

OPENNESS will aid and not hinder the fight against corruption. Mrs Waziri should name those she recovered $3.5 billion from.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/editorial/4905-efccs-recovered-6-billion

jayjay4u:
to HEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL WITH GHANA AND EVERYTHING IN THAT COUNTRY
BUNCH OF UNGRATEFUL IDIOTS
NOW IT IS TIME TO BITE THE FINGER THAT FED THEM ALLLLLLLLLLLL THESE YEARSSSSSSSS
TO bleeping HELL WITH THEM

What da phuck! Like their teachers were of great use! Trying to teach us the rubbish the call oral english that makes you talk like a retard. Dont you know ghanians are all sluggish in their speech they claim its oral english and yet no recognition. Men Bleep'em bunch of haters.

So what have you gat to show for it fool? Without Nigerians you guys are nothin Mo'fuckers like you dont just like to agree.

And who is the second fool that said Ghanian cinema started before Nigeria So what you started before us how come you people didn't get noticed until we started using you guys?? You are just a fool like i said. Same thing with your independence you were the first but what do you have to show for it?? You guys are just angry that nigerians are your saviour.

You guys are just confused nothin wrong wit being happy for them But the African Unity is sure whack! When they win it they Wont see it as african unity they will win it as Ghana.

@philip0906 abioo, when we comot for group stage dem no shout African unity nw dem kon nid support,this people just hate us because we successful pass them! Now them dey collect $1000 from actors. Phuck them heavily

And who is that fool comparing Accra the most developed city in gana too Lagos. You must have your brain chopped.

Bleep Ghana this people suffer from chronic inferiority complex. Mo'fuckers are ingrates they will never gain anythin in this hate.

Nothin! Am just saying the support aint from the heart. Majority of it is faked,and Nigeria as a whole isn't fully united yet and they are talkin about African Unity that's a damn! Lie.

Maybe you should invent a white card-meanin till further notice lol. Am glad you agree with some of our points. Hope u aint pretending sha!

Yeah it would have crossed the line and they be on their way home. Sorry to say its still shit thinking. If Gyan had scored you would'nt be saying this. You are just a victim of anger. Instead of blaming the offender you should blame the penalty taker, Who wreck a continents heart.

Yo mama so dead she died before she was born. Lol

Hey stop saying shyt here! African what did you call it. When mutalab commited dat crym what did we hear. Nigerians and their evil plans,all sort of shyt were said to us no african unity. When we where in the group stages no african unity. Now this mo'fuckers are in the quarters then they need AU! Bleep that! We as Nigerians are not fully united we still have inter tribal wars,and you are seeking for african unity. Men Bleep that again. Let Naija unite first before we think of african unity. So Bleep them cuz they dont like us, maybe later.

Comparism is quite dumb! It should be Gyan&Yakubu not keita. Did Gyan get a redcard? He played a full match like yakubu did and lost a greater chance like yak did too so i would have preferred Yak not keita.

What's unfair? A redcard and a penalty? Misses next match? Please do a rethink and stop thinkin shit lol. The ball didn't even cross the line? So what do say of Vidic's handball that was going to be a goalkick? So they should give a goal for that?? Please stop sayin this what if they played against nigeria wont you support the handball??

@df2006 No vex naah na play.

And its not as if the call crossed the line! They were just unlucky.

Please i hate too say you guys are actin daft! He was penalized,they gave a penalty,they lost it. Please stop sayin shit its not as if it was overlooked they were just too confident.

Men the ball bounce pass felele!

@manmustwac wasn't Suarez penalized? Wasn't he sent off? Stop sayin shit they had their chance to get back they just flunked it! Now they will now how we feel. Maybe they will stop braggin about us! and see they are full of poo too.I Pity them sha! @methodman Naija 4 life no matter condition.

Which do think is better?

Thank you @Teskyman

@k4 why do feel all you have typed are lies They aint know truth in that.