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They are already talking about juicy position before getting the power this country will be finished as soon as the power get to the hands of thieves and looters.
Also, the Director-General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Bukola Saraki, was said to be insisting that some of his loyalists be given some juicy positions in the council.

Good news! I had a wonderful experience while flying with Dana as well. Kudos to their management team.

Did I just read Campaign of the politricians and the seller of Nigeria !!

Eeee pain am! (

depezee:
Shatap your smelling gutter!

I agree with the NA on this one. Politicians should not kill the only institution that can protect our sovereignty from our enemies. God bless Nigeria Anyways, Click Like if you agree and Shaer if you disagree

Hope all the parties involved will play to the rules included in the document.

If you believe he is the only foot ball paying and the best player so far click like and share if you believe otherwise !!

It is well with you all. Ekiti people and stomach infrastructure back then are like SIX and HALF a dozen !!!

Aregbe don enter one chance because PDP is still pained about the last election!!

Seller of Nigeria !!!

How

Hmmmmm. Cool and interesting!!

Mikel Dey find trouble with iPod people!

By Chike Nwoko
In a season of partisan emotion, fair, objective reactions to matters in the public square have indeed become a strenuous undertaking. This is even more so when respected democratic institutions misjudge equally respected, elected senior citizens. But, perhaps, more importantly, democracy would lose its defining equality if it foreclosed or abridged the free exercise of democratic functions by relevant complimentary institutions.


Such was the case when, recently, the House of Representatives Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness, at the instance of the Lower House, investigated an alleged “Violation of Public Trust in National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).” In the course of this so-called investigation, His Excellency, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was blamed for authorizing the disbursement of N5.8 billion for food security intervention purposes in the troubled North-East region.

What was responsible for the beef by the Reps? The Lower House had alleged that a sum of N5, 865,671,939.26 (for emergency intervention on food security to the North-East to support the population ravaged by insurgency) was approved and released in June 2017, vide a memo raised from the Office of the Acting President, directing the Hon. Minister of Finance and the Accountant General of the Federation to so act.

The details, according to the report of the Committee, further specified a directive to the Governor of CBN from the Ministry of Finance to pay the sum from the Consolidated Revenue Fund Account for which the AGF was to raise a mandate. According to the Reps, this was in contravention of approval by the National Assembly on the issuance of Euro Bond from which the Hon. Minister authorized the payment, further holding that the Euro Bond was for specified infrastructural projects and not for discretionary intervention.

They further held that there was no specific appropriation by NASS in this connection and that it contravened Section 80 (4) of the 1999 Constitution as amended: which states: “No money shall be withdrawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund or any other public fund of the Federation, except in the manner prescribed by the National Assembly.”

Significantly, the conclusion reached by the House of Reps Committee under focus is both false and misleading. Simply put, the Lower House goofed. Vice President Osinbajo, who assumed office after taking the oath of office on 29 May, 2015 at the Eagle Square, Abuja, is an erudite Professor of Law, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and a Senior Pastor of The Redeemed Christian Church of God to boot and needs pretty little tutoring on the finer points of constitutionalism.
The period at which the acting presidential intervention came was when Internally Displaced Persons and their host communities faced severe food shortages throughout the North East, as a result of successive poor harvests, abandoned farmlands, minimal cross-border cash crop trade and lost economic opportunities.

It could be recalled that the United Nations World Food Programme had on April 15, 2017 issued a warning that it would be reducing its support to about 1.8 million IDPs by as much as 85%, due to corresponding reduction in funding by the donor countries.

Further, at the same time, the United Nations Commission for Refugees in Geneva also warned of the growing risk of mass deaths from starvation among people living in the conflict areas. The Federal Government simply moved urgently to prevent the looming disaster by establishing a strategic food intervention plan for the affected States.

The Reps couldn’t have so quickly forgotten that a Presidential Committee on Emergency Food Delivery to the North East was convened and the Committee met on the 13th of May, 2017 to kick-off the process, with the then Acting President as Chairman.

Other members of the Committee included the Minister of Finance; Minister of Budget and National Planning; Minister of State for Budget and National Planning; Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development; Governor of Central Bank; Deputy Chief of Staff to the President; and the Senior Special Assistant in the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President.

Flowing from the deliberations of this and subsequent meetings, the approval referred to in the House Committee’s report was, in fact, based on a request raised by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria as facilitator of the National Food Security Programme, via a letter dated May 25, 2017.

The said letter specifically clarified there was an immediate need to distribute grains, including rice, maize, soya beans and sorghum, to Internally Displaced Persons through the National Emergency Management Agency. The only way to obtain the quantity of grains required was to resort to the National Food Security Progamme earlier established by the Federal Government as a means of shoring up its strategic grain reserves.

The foregoing facts are not secret and are verifiable. It is a given that during emergency situations, the Public Procurement Act supported such executive approval for fund without necessarily going through legislative vetting.

Moreover, the VP was Acting President when the matter under analysis transpired and had the full compliments of power to approve the fund meant for an emergency situation. It is an open secret that under the Public Procurement Act, there is a provision for such emergency spending. So, it is within the powers vested in the executive that was exercised by the then Acting President Osinbajo, in this case, to make the approval.

These facts simply rubbish the allegations of procedural infractions committed by the then Acting President in ordering the drawing of the approved funds from the nation’s consolidated revenue. Details of where the money was sourced from, when it was done, and who did it can be sourced from the Finance Minister.

In conclusion, the VP as Acting President had the full authority to approve the money in that (emergency) circumstance, and clearly, within the Nation’s laws. It is, therefore, pertinent to state here that Vice President Osinbajo continues to prove his diligence in exercising his duties, as the number two citizen of Nigeria, beyond a reasonable doubt and he clearly puts national interest first. He is a disciplined leader worthy of emulation by all aspiring leaders and shows exemplary respect to other democratic institutions.

As a watcher of socio-political and economic developments in our nation, this is my take on this issue and until I am convinced by very cogent and verifiable reasons to believe otherwise, the House of Reps and its Committee goofed.
Nwoko, a political commentator writes in from Awka

Reference : https://persecondnews.com/2018/11/25/n5-8bn-intervention-fund-reps-goofed-on-osinbajo/

By Chike Nwoko
In a season of partisan emotion, fair, objective reactions to matters in the public square have indeed become a strenuous undertaking. This is even more so when respected democratic institutions misjudge equally respected, elected senior citizens. But, perhaps, more importantly, democracy would lose its defining equality if it foreclosed or abridged the free exercise of democratic functions by relevant complimentary institutions.


Such was the case when, recently, the House of Representatives Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness, at the instance of the Lower House, investigated an alleged “Violation of Public Trust in National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).” In the course of this so-called investigation, His Excellency, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was blamed for authorizing the disbursement of N5.8 billion for food security intervention purposes in the troubled North-East region.

What was responsible for the beef by the Reps? The Lower House had alleged that a sum of N5, 865,671,939.26 (for emergency intervention on food security to the North-East to support the population ravaged by insurgency) was approved and released in June 2017, vide a memo raised from the Office of the Acting President, directing the Hon. Minister of Finance and the Accountant General of the Federation to so act.

The details, according to the report of the Committee, further specified a directive to the Governor of CBN from the Ministry of Finance to pay the sum from the Consolidated Revenue Fund Account for which the AGF was to raise a mandate. According to the Reps, this was in contravention of approval by the National Assembly on the issuance of Euro Bond from which the Hon. Minister authorized the payment, further holding that the Euro Bond was for specified infrastructural projects and not for discretionary intervention.

They further held that there was no specific appropriation by NASS in this connection and that it contravened Section 80 (4) of the 1999 Constitution as amended: which states: “No money shall be withdrawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund or any other public fund of the Federation, except in the manner prescribed by the National Assembly.”

Significantly, the conclusion reached by the House of Reps Committee under focus is both false and misleading. Simply put, the Lower House goofed. Vice President Osinbajo, who assumed office after taking the oath of office on 29 May, 2015 at the Eagle Square, Abuja, is an erudite Professor of Law, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and a Senior Pastor of The Redeemed Christian Church of God to boot and needs pretty little tutoring on the finer points of constitutionalism.
The period at which the acting presidential intervention came was when Internally Displaced Persons and their host communities faced severe food shortages throughout the North East, as a result of successive poor harvests, abandoned farmlands, minimal cross-border cash crop trade and lost economic opportunities.

It could be recalled that the United Nations World Food Programme had on April 15, 2017 issued a warning that it would be reducing its support to about 1.8 million IDPs by as much as 85%, due to corresponding reduction in funding by the donor countries.

Further, at the same time, the United Nations Commission for Refugees in Geneva also warned of the growing risk of mass deaths from starvation among people living in the conflict areas. The Federal Government simply moved urgently to prevent the looming disaster by establishing a strategic food intervention plan for the affected States.

The Reps couldn’t have so quickly forgotten that a Presidential Committee on Emergency Food Delivery to the North East was convened and the Committee met on the 13th of May, 2017 to kick-off the process, with the then Acting President as Chairman.

Other members of the Committee included the Minister of Finance; Minister of Budget and National Planning; Minister of State for Budget and National Planning; Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development; Governor of Central Bank; Deputy Chief of Staff to the President; and the Senior Special Assistant in the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President.

Flowing from the deliberations of this and subsequent meetings, the approval referred to in the House Committee’s report was, in fact, based on a request raised by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria as facilitator of the National Food Security Programme, via a letter dated May 25, 2017.

The said letter specifically clarified there was an immediate need to distribute grains, including rice, maize, soya beans and sorghum, to Internally Displaced Persons through the National Emergency Management Agency. The only way to obtain the quantity of grains required was to resort to the National Food Security Progamme earlier established by the Federal Government as a means of shoring up its strategic grain reserves.

The foregoing facts are not secret and are verifiable. It is a given that during emergency situations, the Public Procurement Act supported such executive approval for fund without necessarily going through legislative vetting.

Moreover, the VP was Acting President when the matter under analysis transpired and had the full compliments of power to approve the fund meant for an emergency situation. It is an open secret that under the Public Procurement Act, there is a provision for such emergency spending. So, it is within the powers vested in the executive that was exercised by the then Acting President Osinbajo, in this case, to make the approval.

These facts simply rubbish the allegations of procedural infractions committed by the then Acting President in ordering the drawing of the approved funds from the nation’s consolidated revenue. Details of where the money was sourced from, when it was done, and who did it can be sourced from the Finance Minister.

In conclusion, the VP as Acting President had the full authority to approve the money in that (emergency) circumstance, and clearly, within the Nation’s laws. It is, therefore, pertinent to state here that Vice President Osinbajo continues to prove his diligence in exercising his duties, as the number two citizen of Nigeria, beyond a reasonable doubt and he clearly puts national interest first. He is a disciplined leader worthy of emulation by all aspiring leaders and shows exemplary respect to other democratic institutions.

As a watcher of socio-political and economic developments in our nation, this is my take on this issue and until I am convinced by very cogent and verifiable reasons to believe otherwise, the House of Reps and its Committee goofed.
Nwoko, a political commentator writes in from Awka

Reference : https://persecondnews.com/2018/11/25/n5-8bn-intervention-fund-reps-goofed-on-osinbajo/

Ighalo really need to leave that phantom league. Rho is spot on on this one ☝️

Which side was he on when GEJ was in power on this Boko Haram issues!! Click yes if you believe Atiku is on the right part and Share if you think he is not !!

Both parties should be ignored by the voters in 2019 despite collecting this money from them.

Great art work of one of my greatest scientists

Oga Jona should let the past be, stop the distraction and move on. We need to put our eyes on the ball the 2019 election.

Ok

Ok

Thanks hmmmm!! Hope the south eastern youths gets this into their heads. Politics is game of numbers and not ranting on social media. Anyways Click like if you believe the South East will vote for PMB and Share if you think otherwise

If that is the case why use a foul language on a platform like this ‘older woman’ ’

computergeek:
I'm older than your eldest sibling.

Mind your language young lady

computergeek:
She's like: Fvcking backstabber. Money-loving parrot. Eze nlacha Ike

I’m suprised with some of the comment above me. Rather than for them to focuse on the message the man put up they are busy ranting on how the former president with his selfish ambitions booted him out of office. I pity some of our youths this day.