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it seems this guy is high on kunu

the lady in red is endowed

pls when is epi722 manga coming out

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You guys are turning this thread to a battle zone, please stop this madness

ABUJA — PEEVED by alleged comments by Minister
of State for Finance, Dr Yerima Ngama that the 2013
budget was no longer implementable due to what he
called “over-bloated revenue estimates by the
National Assembly”, the Senate yesterday, directed
its Committee on Finance to, as a matter of urgency,
summon the two ministers of finance to appear
before it to defend the allegation.
The Senate also said it was awaiting the Accountant-
General of the Federation to present before it, the
various monies released in the on-going year for
ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs, in
accordance with clauses 6 and 9 of the 2013
Appropriation Act.
Finance Minister, Ngozi-Okonjo-Iweala
The development came even as Senate President,
David Mark blamed the various committees for not
doing enough to monitor budget performances by
the executive arm of government.
The Senate which deliberated the issue at its plenary,
mandated Committees on Finance and Appropriation
to immediately summon Minister of Finance, Dr
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as well as the Ministry of State,
Finance, Dr Yerima Ngama to appear before it to give
explanation and submit its report within three weeks.
The summon followed a motion to that effect,
sponsored by the Senate Deputy Leader, Abdul Ningi,
PDP, Bauchi Central, and 13 others praying the upper
legislative chamber to probe the performance of the
budget, with a view to critically assess the position of
the nation’s economy.
Senator Ningi, in his lead debate, said the minister’s
statement was worrisome, as the National Assembly
enactment guiding the implementation of the
budget, most especially clause 6 of the 2013
Appropriation Act, stipulates that the “Minister of
Finance shall ensure that funds appropriated under
the Act are released to the appropriate agencies and
organs of government as at when due, provided that
no funds for any quarter of the fiscal year shall be
differed without prior waiver from the National
Assembly”
He said the essence of the motion was to bring the
issue to the fore that the National Assembly was not
to blame for failure of the executive to implement the
2013 budget.
“There has not been any communication from the
executive that there’s a shortfall in the revenue
projections and Mr. President said time and again
that this economy is healthy”, he said.
While noting that the 2013 Appropriation Bill was
passed on December 20, 2012, and subsequently
assented to by President Goodluck Jonathan on
January 15, 2013, Ningi expressed concern that the
release indications from first to third quarter saw the
capital at N 855,141 billion while approved budget
stands at N1, 591, 657 trillion, saying there was a
difference of N736, 466 billion.
He expressed dismay over the minister’s statement,
saying it was targeted at blackmailing the National
Assembly, considering that all the revenue variables
were within the target expectations.
He observed that part of the minister’s argument
was that the benchmark being used for the budget
implementation was over bloated which made it
impossible to be implementable.
Ningi insisted that the alleged declaration by the
minister should be discussed because the
benchmark fixed for the 2013 budget was $79 per
barrel of crude oil whereas the current price of the
commodity is now $107 per barrel.
He requested the senate to consult relevant agencies
saddled with the responsibilities of monitoring
budget performances to get the true state of the
nation’s economy.
Contributing to the debate, Senator James Manager,
PDP, Delta South, said the development was a wake
up call for the National Assembly to find out what
went wrong in the budget implementation just as he
said it was wrong for the executive to always blame
the legislature for budget failure.
Senator Bello Tukur, PDP, Adamawa Central,
wondered why it was taking so long to bring out the
facts and blamed the Senate committee responsible
for monitoring budget implementation for not raising
the issue before things got to the present level.
Senator Ali Ndume, PDP, Borno South, blamed the
Minister of State for Finance for making the
pronouncement, saying he lacked such powers.
Source: www.vanguardngr.com/2013/09/senate-summons-okonjo-iweala-ngama-to-explain-budget-performance/

An FCT High Court on Thursday struck out a suit by Lagos state Governor, Babatunde Fashola, challenging the purported election of Plateau state Governor, Jonah Jang, as chairman of a faction of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum.
Details of the judgment are sketchy at this time.
Mr. Fashola had on June 5 filed the suit asking the court to stop Mr. Jang from parading “himself as the elected Chairman of the NGF in any manner whatsoever and howsoever.”
However, on July 17, the Lagos governor filed a motion on notice seeking to withdraw the case. His lead counsel, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) said Mr. Fashola was withdrawing the suit  to enable him to put his house in order.
But Mr. Jang and two other defendants in the suit opposed the motion. Mr. Jang’s lawyer, Tayo Oyetibo, argued vehemently that it was too late for Mr. Fashola to bring the motion after parties in the suit had already determined issues for determination.
In her ruling, Justice Affen however asked the defendants to allow Mr. Fashola’s counsel to first move his motion for withdrawal before advancing reasons for opposing it.
The Lagos governor sued Mr. Jang after the Plateau Governor set up a parallel faction of the Governors’ Forum hours after he was defeated 19 to 16 votes by Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers in a keenly contested chairmanship election. Source: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/144903-breaking-court-strikes-fasholas-suit-seeking-stop-jang-governors-forum-chair.html

Abariwiseman: when PDP takes over Lagos in 2015, every inhuman treatment from this APC (or Panadol Government) will be taken care of.

belovedbest: I pray he atleast take the positive from Jo's comment and decard the rest without necessarily picking up a fight with him. There's always one thing or the other to pick from either a successful man or a failure as the case may be. That's how a star is made, steal from the best and add that to yours. No man is an HIGHLAND!

National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD are matching ground for the possible embarking on industrial action end of Septembers, unless the Federal Government commences implementation of the integrated payroll and personal information system or the union will not guarantee industrial harmony.

At a media briefing after the 5days Annual General Meeting of NARD and election of new exco held at Kano Grand Cental Hotel, Kano state, the newly elected national president, NARD, Dr. Jibril Abdullahi said that despite the apparent good nature of the payroll policy, there are still octors and medical staff who have not been paid their salaries for four months, saying despite the agreement and memorandum of understanding the union signed with the FG.

The NARD President added the inadequate provision of budgetary allocation for the training of specialist doctors in the country, highlighting that Nigeria is a country of about 150 million people, “out of which 90 percent cannot afford basic medical care”.

He requested the FG to respect and implement the agreement had in July, 2012, involving high powered inter-ministerial discussion between federal ministries of Finance, Commerce, Health and Labor as well as representatives of medical professionals unions. He decried; “The FG has not yet made the white paper out of the agreement to be available. We want the paper to be available!”

NARD President explained further that his association demands that the budgetary allocation for residency training should solidly be based on the agreement, reiterating that they will not bargain on the declaration “government must abide by it”.

He however warned; “The continuous casualisation of medical practice by Lagos state government is unacceptable by the union and should be stopped. The Lagos government has gradually turned the profession into casual one, where doctors are employed on casual agreement and without benefit. I called on FG to step in so as to avoid industrial disharmony.

Other issue he raised was the failure of Enugu state government to implement the consolidated medical salary structure despite three years of its commencement in the country, which he described as unacceptable to the union.

Dr. Jibril also decried on the failure of the FG to understand that to maintain harmony in a health care sector there is need to abide by the best international practices, lamenting that FG is only willing to adopt a structure where chaos will continue in the health sector.

Source: http://leadership.ng/news/170913/strike-doctors-give-fg-ultimatum

And they will lie shamelessly on NL

This post deserve to be on FP

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The Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi and his Akwa Ibom State counterpart, Godswill Akpabio again clashed at the Sunday night’s peace meeting, held at the Presidential Villa between President Goodluck Jonathan and the governors of the “New” Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.”

Mr Amaechi, who is the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, and Mr Akpabio, the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, were reportedly engaged in a shouting match, pouring invectives on each other.

They were said to have used unprintable words to describe each other at the parley held at the First Lady’s wing of the Presidential Villa, to seek ways of reconciling the New PDP and the Bamanga Tukur-led PDP.

Sources at the Sunday meeting said Messrs Amaechi and Akpabio clashed while the meeting was in progress.

A source told PREMIUM TIMES that during the discussion, the Rivers State governor, apparently angry, accused his Akwa Ibom State counterpart of corruption.

‘You’re a terribly corrupt man,” Mr Amaechi reportedly yelled at Mr Akpabio, in anger.

The governor of Akwa Ibom State was said to have responded by saying “What did I steal, how am I corrupt? You’re the one that is corrupt.”

However, calm soon returned to the meeting when Mr Jonathan prevailed on Mr Amaechi not to describe the Akwa Ibom governor with such words.

The truce induced by the president’s intervention was short-lived, as the South-South governors soon resumed their quarrel.

During the second phase of the clash, Mr Akpabio was said to have complained that members of his family were no longer safe in the country.

PREMIUM TIMES sources said the Akwa Ibom Governor specifically lamented that his daughter in one of the higher institutions in the north was being “bullied.”

In his response, Mr Amaechi was said to have told the Akwa Ibom Governor that his daughter was suffering that fate because the money he donated to the school, was stolen.

“They are bullying your daughter because the money you went there to donate is not yours, it was stolen money,” the Rivers State Governor reportedly told the Akwa Ibom state governor.

PREMIUM TIMES further gathered that during the altercation, apparently in response to a threat that officials of the Economic and Finance Commission, EFCC, would investigate him, the Rivers State governor was quoted as saying that he was not afraid of the Commission.

Mr Amaechi reportedly said that if the Commission’s officials were dispatched to Rivers State to investigate his administration, they would find nothing incriminating and that he would ask them to go to Akwa Ibom State where, according to him, the public treasury was being looted.

Both governors had last month clashed during a meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo to resolve the crisis that trailed the May 24 NGF’s election.

At the meeting with the former president, Mr Amaechi was said to have accused Mr Akpabio and some other governors of going behind their colleagues to tell Mr Jonathan different stories after any meeting, to show that they were not part of the discussion.

The meeting where both governors met were convened to reconcile the two factions of the PDP.

The ruling party split into two when, on August 31, seven governors elected on its platform, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and its other chieftains, announced the birth of the “New PDP”.

The seven governors are Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Musa Kwankwaso (Kano), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Ailyu Wamakko (Sokoto), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara), Babangida Aliyu (Niger) and Mr Amaechi.

The splinter group also named Kawu Baraje, a former acting National Chairman of the PDP and Olagunsoye Oyinlola, a former National Secretary of the party, as its national chairman and national secretary, respectively.

Source: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/144768-exclusive-amaechi-akpabio-clash-reconciliation-meeting.html

End time umbrella

#Fresh air things

[quote author=sam(obo)]Atleast someone sensible is talking at the moment[/quote]Idiota why did have to quote the long epistle

martinseme: goodluck jonathan will certainly win if only the south east vote enmass for him,,the truth be told igbo are the most populous tribe in nigeria .there isnt any location one does find an igbo man

why did you always lie shamelessly

SE always making empty boast. "IT IS MORE THAN OBVIOUS NOW THAT THE
WEALTH AND RESOURCES OF THE SOUTH-
SOUTH AND THE YORUBA PEOPLE ARE BEING
USED TO FUND DEVELOPMENT IN OTHER
REGIONS OF NIGERIA. THE REASON WHY WE
LACK QUALITATIVE HEALTHCARE FOR IJAW'S
CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS, AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, JOB OPPORTUNITIES, SOCIAL
BENEFITS ETC."
I have read numerous claims from the Igbos in the
last two weeks over the Federation Account
Allocation for the Month of May 2013. They all
claimed South-East received the lowest allocation.
To them, this is injustice. But in reality,the Igbo,
Hausa/Fulani, Kanuri, earned more allocation than
they contributed to the national economy.
The Yoruba and South-South have earned the
least, below what they contributed to the
Federation Account.
For the month of May 2013, the Federal
Government of Nigeria made N1.6 trillion as
revenues. These revenues come from all the six
geopolitical zones of Nigeria. The Igbos have
deliberately concentrated their twisted argument
on what was shared to the geopolitical zones as
follows:
1] South-South -N285 Billion.
2] North-West -N157 Billion.
3] South-West -N127 Billion.
4] North-East -N109 Billion.
5] North-Central -N105 Billion.
6] South-East -N85 Billion.
7] FCT Abuja -N3.2 Billion.
8] Federal Government -N730 Billion.
9] NCS/FIR -N6 Billion.
10 ] TOTAL ALLOCATION: N1.6 Trillion.
The Igbos have completely ignored the argument
of how much each geopolitical zones of Nigeria
contributed to the Federation Account. I present
you the details of how much was contributed by
each geopolitical zones to the Federation Account:
1] South-South -N479 Billion.
2] North-West -N20 Billion.
3] South-West -N339 Billion.
4] North-East -N5 Billion.
5] North-Central -N15 Billion.
6] South-East - N10 Billion.
7] FCT Abuja -N 0 Billion.
8] Federal Government -N 0 Billion.
9] NCS/FIR -N 0 Billion.
10] TOTAL CONTRIBUTION: N1.6 Trillion.
The argument now is not how much was allocated
to each geopolitical zones of Nigeria or how much
was contributed by each zones, but to know which
zone(s) is at the receiving end of our flawed
unitary system. This brings us to Contributions
Versus Allocations.
1] South-South contributed N479 Billion to
the Federation Account. The zone was
allocated N285 Billion. It made a loss of
N194 Billion.
2] South-West contributed N339 Billion to
the Federation Account. The zone was
allocated N127 Billion. It made a loss of
N212 Billion.
3] South-East contributed N10 Billion to the
Federation Account. The zone was allocated N85
Billion. It made a gain of N75 Billion.
4] North-West contributed N20 Billion to the
Federation Account. The zone was allocated N157
Billion. It made a gain of N137 Billion.
5] North-East contributed N5 Billion to the
Federation Account. The zone was allocated N109
Billion. It made a gain of N104 Billion.
6] North-Central contributed N15 Billion to the
Federation Account. The zone was allocated N105
Billion. It made a gain of N90 Billion.
It is more than obvious now that the wealth and
resources of the South-South and the Yoruba
people are being used to fund development in
other regions of Nigeria. The reason why we lack
qualitative healthcare for Ijaw's citizens and
residents, affordable housing, job opportunities,
social benefits etc.
We must demand for fiscal federalism or outright
division of Nigeria for the Ijaw's are suffering when
our wealth and resources are used to developed
other people will we suffer...( A.Grandson )
- See more at: http://nigerdeltastandard.com/Post-
federation_account_allocation__who_is_short_chang

[quote author=One_Naira]He thinks we don't know what his original ID is. LMFAO

@topic
The two region that's benefitting the most from Nigeria aka north/SW. North can survive if they focus on the agricultural of their newly formed nation. SW, I don't see them surviving without FG or oil from ND[/quote]Read the bolded part again and used what call common sense

23 year-old Nigerian student of a private college in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was sentenced to death by hanging after he was found guilty of trafficking in 16,936gm of cannabis two years ago.

As reported by NewStraitsTimes, the Judicial Commissioner Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab ruled that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt against John Amaechi Eze.

In his judgment, Zaki said the accused claimed he was waiting to board an express bus at a restaurant in front of the Lye Huat Garden hall when he was arrested by police. However, he said the court did not believe his claim that he did not own the luggage when witnesses had testified that he was with the luggage all the time.

His sentencing has elicited a range of reactions and warnings to Nigerians against trafficking drugs in countries where the stated penalty for such an offence is the death sentence.

A Nigerian blogger, Ola, who lives in Malaysia and blogs at www.madameaproko..com shared this experience of living in Malaysia after the sentencing and warned against trafficking drugs. It is quite an interesting read:

Now, for anyone harboring thoughts of trafficking drugs to this country, this is what you get. It beats me why someone would risk their life, by taking banned substance to this racist shit hole called Malaysia, because when issued a visa, it is clearly stated that the punishment for drug trafficking in Malaysia is death.

To be fair and honest to Malaysia, there are some very nice and wonderful people out there, but they are greatly outnumbered by the bigots among them. I live and study in Malaysia and I’ve observed a bias pattern in judicial procedures and policing  as regards drug trafficking and crime prevention.
My assertions are based on my day to day experience and observation as a resident. I have no statistical analysis of the Nigerian population living in Malaysia neither do I have the exact figures or nationality of the number of cases prosecuted by the Malaysian judiciary.
From the Nigerian side, The easterners (Igbos) out-number other ethnic groups within the Nigerian community here. That’s why most Nigerians you meet are from the east. A lot (of) Nigerians you meet are not in Malaysia to study, though they are enrolled in one college or another, they are semi-illiterates or outright illiterates, very lousy, brash and arrogant (for reasons I don’t understand). Then we have the stranded group who were duped by travel agents into thinking the pasture in Malaysia is greener.
In short, You meet criminals of all shapes, size and age. They just sleep, eat, wake up, and hope the next Maga pays. They are so much, you’ll think all Nigerians living in Malaysia are criminals, but we have bright students doing well and graduating in Malaysian Universities, we have gainfully employed graduates trained by Malaysians themselves (few) and business men and women doing legitimate business exporting goods to and from Nigeria (also few compared to the population of the Nigerian community). But the Yahoo boys and drug traffickers are so high in number it seems they’ve all relocated from Nigeria to Malaysia. Conditions here favour them.
Basic infrastructure is great here compared to what we have in Nigeria. 24 hours electricity, running water, well laid roads, affordable high speed internet, compact 3/4 bedroom apartment, affordable furniture,  little or no scrutiny on international remittance etc. Malaysia is a Yahoo Boy’s paradise. Though, most foreigners especially new comers call them (Malaysians) lazy and stupid (I still don’t get the rationale behind that).
On the Malaysian side, you’ll meet the Malay Supremacist. A Muslim, religious bigot, loud, aggressive and assertive. He (male and female) hates Jews and despises Christians. He wants to protect the “sanctity” of Islam, State resources are at his disposal. His opinion and interest supercedes that of others. His ancestors are the first settlers in Peninsular Malaysia. His interpretation of the Islamic text  dictates and guides the Muslim community and some times the whole nation. His favourite question when he meets you for the first time in class or anywhere is “Are you Muslim?”. He runs the country and he knows it.
Then we have the Chinese Chauvinist, a business tycoon/ hard working student. Drives flashy cars, he believes his race is the best. He is rich and he has read stories of Nigerians using Malaysian girls as drug mules, black/chemical money stories; he has meet or read of stranded Nigerians who loiter around Kuala-Lumpur begging for money (these stranded guys don’t shower, so they stink). He cringes when you happen to be in the same elevator, crosses to the other side of the road when you are walking towards each other and always thinks you need something from him any time you try to talk to him. He has held on to so many Nigerian horrible stories and thinks every Nigerian is like that.
Then, we have the Angry Indian, always pissed and mean-mugging you. He has been discriminated against so much that even his language is not included in the country’s ATM machine (LMAO). He is always trying to pick fights with you and the first comment he makes is “THIS IS MY COUNTRY!”. He’ll smash his crash helmet on you at the slightest provocation or stab you. He also reads of atrocities committed by Nigerians and sees you as a threat.
So, living in Malaysia has made me a racism connoisseur of sought. In fact, I have become so sensitive that I believe I can tell if an individual is racist within a few seconds of being around them. There are people in Malaysia whose sole purpose in life is just to ruin your day. Racism in Malaysia is perfect. It is subtle when it needs to be and brass when necessary.
As a foreigner you might be misled into thinking Malaysia is a boring place and no one gives a damn about you, so you can do what ever you like and get away with it. No, you are seriously mistaken. Malaysia sometimes feels like the North-Korea we watch on T.V. Some citizens are very nosy and they watch and observe every move you make. I read a news article some weeks ago that says about 80% of Police personnel don’t do normal Policing but rather, spy and gather intelligence.
So, my point is this. Malaysia is a tightly controlled society where the authorities decide what business prospers, whether legal or illegal. Elements within the police control the drug trade, the distributors are under their command and they arrest them when it’s politically needed to unite the country against a common enemy. We hear of stories of Iranian and Arab drug traffickers who are quietly deported and warned never to return to Malaysia but other nationalities are shown off as trophy in front of news men who broadcast and publish sensational news headlines.
South-east Asian countries are united against drug trafficking and they hold meetings regularly to discuss new strategies on deterrent, Death (rolls eyes). So, it baffles me why people still take the risks John Amaechi Eze was sentenced on January 22; a British Grand mother Lindsay Sandiford was also sentenced to death on the same day in Indonesia. In the year 2008, two Nigerians were executed in Indonesia and one in Singapore.
Nigerians, please stop trying to bring drugs into Malaysia. Source: www.bellanaija.com/2013/01/23/23-year-old-nigerian-student-sentenced-to-death-for-drug-trafficking-in-malaysia-a-nigerian-bloggers-account-of-life-in-malaysia/

All I can say is wow