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Minister of Petroleum Resources

Date of Birth: 06/12/1960
Place of Birth: Port Harcourt, Rivers State

Education: BSc, Architecture, Howard University; MBA, Cambridge University; Architectural Intern, Charles Szoradi Architects.

Career: Project Engineer, American Interior Builders, Washington; Design Coordinator, Furman Construction Management Inc, Rockville, United States; Project Manager, Facilities Planning and Development Department, Howard University; Head, Projects Unit, Shell Petroleum Development Co of Nigeria Ltd, Lagos, 1993-96; various positions (including Head of Corporate Issues Management), Shell, 1996-07; Minister of Transportation, 2007-08; Minister of Mines and Steel Development, 2008-10; appointed Minister of Petroleum Resources, 2010.


Diezani Agama was born on December 6, 1960 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Her father was Chief Frederick Abiye Agama. She studied architecture in England and then at Howard University in the United States, and worked in USA for some years before returning to Nigeria, joining Shell Petroleum Development Corporation in 1992. In 2002, she attended Cambridge University for her MBA.[1] In April 2006, Shell appointed her its first female Executive Director in Nigeria.[2]

Since 1999 she has been married to Admiral Allison Madueke (retired), one-time Chief of Naval Staff who was at various times governor of Imo and Anambra State.[1]

ARD would resist it, its not true that the management structure hasnt changed, it has been evolving and the natonal health bill that has yet to be assented to by Mr president also addresses some issues. We know how much Relativity would have been distorted in nigeria. The current laws of the land support the status quo. maybe a bill changing the management structure and composition should be sent to the national assembly, I would rather channel energy in making sure we provide care to our patient at all levels. what works in the Uk doesnt work in germany.

Tks reindeer, the Uk system is different from ours, so comparison is faulty. the nursing union here also proposed to have their consultants too without a framework or binding law.

the backbiting and competition within the health sector can be annoying. anyways i agree with u. there is nothing in a doctor's training that prepares him to handle a budget. same goes for pharmacist and other health workers. Individual  vary with their administrative capacity, US aint nigeria.

all over the doctor is the head, so whats the fuss all about

dora was a health minister< she wasnt a doctor. but as per cmd yes it must be a doctor

skins

http://nigeriafilms.com/news/14072/1/breaking-news-baba-suwe-excretes-16-pellets-of-coc.html





http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/popular-nigeria-comedian-baba-suwe-detained-at-airport-after-drug-screening/2011/10/14/gIQA57JMjL_story.html



shame

total removal of fuel subsidy would be a disaster awaiting .with one of the highest unemployment rates in the world and the recession caused artificially ny the ineptitude of our leaders why cant the federal goverment buy up some refiniries even abroad that would supply most of the domestic demand, if they cant secure or trust the operators down here

Must we pay fully for their incompetence,

However the over 1 trillion bill is crazy, it even allows the naira to fall more freely. i suggest a review of 80 per litrem if the economy was really growing fast that is minus the oil sector . then prob our budget would be large enough, prob we wouldnt be import dependent.

our leaders are not thinking. the subsidy is the best tax cut to boost productivity

Nigerians are so funny< first i acknowledge that gej appointed a competent minister< but the current imporved power supply cant only be attributed to his mere 9mnths or there abt or the 100 days spent by barth nnaji, however there is a roadmap, thats cheery. political will would be necessary visavis privatisation of phcn. acknowledgement must however go to the NIPP instituted by OBJ, several IPPs are now coming on stream adding greatly to the national GRid. THIS yEars rainfall was on record highs, so the hydro dams are on full turtle.I hope that the are encouraged and determined to invest much more time political will and money, so that the middle class can reinvent itself

ogbeni rauf is a joker, can they afford julius berger. osun earns peanuts from the fed acct. ilesha road network is so crappy and pot hole ridden< thought as an engineer he would turn around the water situation in his state.

so pathethic, what happened to the one done during obj time, simcard registration is still ongoing, heads should be rolling

The point is the message, not the messenger. Swest governors really have to buckle up, i am also worried about governor fashola second term, he has slowed down a bit, i guess he is repaying political debts, anyway, he stood out to me. m not impressed by the works the other acn governors have done so far< its too early to judge, lets give them a year.

wat a crappy thread, well u can all start by boycotting travel thru mma or better still desist from spending 20naira

Associated Press
Nigeria: Relative of slain sect leader killed
By NJADVARA MUSA and JON GAMBRELL , 09.17.11, 12:21 PM EDT  

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- A relative of the slain leader of a radical Muslim sect in Nigeria was shot dead Saturday, only two days after taking part in peace talks led by a former president, police said.

Babakura Fugu's killing comes as Nigeria's[b] weak [/b]central government struggles to stop attacks carried out by the feared sect. The group known locally as Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the Aug. 26 car bombing of the United Nations headquarters that killed 23 people.

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His death also raises concerns about who controls the sect, which has reported links to two other al-Qaida-affiliated terror groups in Africa, and whether its fighters want to negotiate an end to their increasingly bloody sectarian attacks.

Boko Haram later claimed responsibility for the attack in a text message to the BBC's Hausa language radio service, a trusted source of news throughout Nigeria's north. The claim could not immediately be independently verified.

A lone gunman approached Fugu near his home Saturday close to the site of Boko Haram's former main mosque in Maiduguri, a city in the far reaches of northeast Nigeria approaching the Sahara Desert.

The gunman pulled a Kalashnikov rifle from inside the folds of his traditional robes and shot Fugu to death, Borno state police commissioner Simeone Midenda said.

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No one else was wounded in the attack and the gunman apparently walked away, Midenda said. The commissioner said no arrests have been made in the attack.

Fugu is a relative of the late Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf, who died in police custody following a 2009 sect riot and security crackdown that left 700 people dead. Fugu and other family members had spoken with former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday in a fledgling peace effort to stop the sect's attacks.

Associated Press writer Bashir Adigun in Abuja, Nigeria contributed to this report.


http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/09/17/general-af-nigeria-radical-sect_8685374.html

KEY POINTS
WEAK GOVERMENT FROM A FOREIGN PRESS,
WHO CONTROLS BOKO HARAM
THAT GUY OUGHT TO BE IDENTIFIED IDEALLY
THE BATTLE LINE HAS BEEN DRAWN
IT WAS A BRAVE MOVE

perSONALLY, oBJ MADE GOOD MOVE, AGAINST ACTIVITIES OF THE GROUP, BUT YET  HE PAYS SYMAPTHY EVEN AT A GREAT RISK TO HIS LIFE YUSUF WAS KILLED UNJUDICIOUSLY EVEN, OSAMA EXECUTION WAS NEATER> THE PUZZLE IS BECOMING CLEARER AS PER THE KILLING

tope its not fair

I agree with obj, but he also betrayed charles taylor

johnathan is an a*** licker, very embarrasing

dey were just dancing like robots,

haha murray bruce can whyne person sha, and patience why are you wearing ur wedding dress

Our father watching football in heaven,United be thy name. Thy double is coming. Thy will be done in Wembly as it is done in Old Traford. Give us dis Saturday,our historic Reds and forgive us for beating Chelsea as we forgive those who take points frm us, and lead us not into d mind of Guardiola,and deliver us frm Messi. For Old Traford is thy Kingdom,d power and d Glory,for Evra and Evra, Amen.

am dissapointed in this budget. where is the ministry of works. they should be on top of the list

@ kristonium

some nurses involved in surgery get as high as 350k per mnt, perioperative nurses. nurses in a federal institution earns btw 120-350, i have my facts. thats why we fought for relativity, I am a senior resident in one of the federal hospitals , so i have a bit of privy info, the private sector and some lgas pay peanuts, as states begin to approve or modify conmess, the pay wud also improve too

Doctors especially with the newly approved conmess are relatively comfortable

applicable to those working with federal health institutions and with some state goverments who have approved it

also docs workin in reputable private units/research/academia/Ngos

fresh medical graduate(intern) 180k per mnth

junior resident jst after nysc (260k per mnth)

senior reident (320k per mnth)

consultant starts from 800per mnth plus honorarium if u double as a lecturer i.e in unn oau unilag et all
i know some profs that earn as much as 1.5 mill per mnth

NB if u pass all ur exams at one sittin it wud take u 8 yrs if u decide to got to surgery
6 yrs if u decide to go to medicine
abt 5 yrs if other sub specialties psychiatry obstetrics and gynaecology pediatrics etc

plus outside consultation,

all these come with accomodation in some cases

m not too sur abt the exact figure, but it depends on ur qualification and where u work> in the federal teaching hospitals the pays is not bad> peri operative nurses earn as high as 350 k per mnth, but u wud need further qualifications, for a fresh nurse i guess its about 100-120 or a little higher, but d pay depend on whether u ve bsc nursng or sch of nursin.

I think this man (NYSC DG) should resign or be removed for reckless statements made so far



Reports from some states in the North have verified this. Soldiers were seen escorting corps members from their lodges to zonal offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and to the polling centres.

Tsiga, however, dismissed media reports that some coprs members were killed during the riots. According to him, there have been no recorded casualties involving any corps member so far.



http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/soldiers-escort-corps-members-north

Am not an agent of deceit, what i know is that major work is goin on in the sector and power seems to have improved a bit.
We wasted two years probing the project and another 6mnths probing the probe comitee, that wasnt progress,
gej slowly but surely yes, U sound like a BB supporter, i know u would like another 3 yrs of probe whilst the equipments rotten in the ports with demurrages and fines on loans taken and a big loss to tthe country.

As President Goodluck Jonathan winds down the present administration, the various ongoing power projects in the country under the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPPs) will deliver only 843 megawatts (mw) of electricity by the end of May 2011, out of the 1,266 megawatts envisaged under the Power Sector Roadmap which he launched on August 26, 2010.

Under the roadmap, 1,266mw was targeted from the NIPPs in the short-term - that is, the period up to May 2011.

Investigations by THISDAY revealed that those who designed the roadmap are not involved in the execution of the power projects and the controversy surrounding the suspension of the NIPPs by late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s administration for over two years had also affected the plans by the present administration to revive the projects.

But the NIPPs will from next month be delivering additional capacities at the end of every quarter, as part of the renewed commitment of Jonathan to revamp the projects.

Confirming the quarterly increase in generating capacities to THISDAY Monday night, Managing Director of Niger Delta Power Holding Company, Mr. James Olotu, said the NIPPs were now making progress and would have since delivered 4,774mw of electricity if they were not interrupted for two and a half years by the previous administration.

He said two out of six units of Olorunsogo Power Station, a 750-megawatt-capacity generating plant in Okitipupa Local Government area of Ondo State, were already

generating electricity, while the remaining four units would come on stream in the next quarter.

Olotu also disclosed that two out of the six units of Alaoji Power Station, a 1,074-megawatt NIPP in Ugwunagbo Local Government area of Abia State would be delivered by the end of next month.

According to him, two out of the four units of the 450-megawatt-capacity Sapele Power Station would be ready by next month, while the two remaining units would be delivered by the next quarter.

“Essentially, what we are saying is that henceforth, the NIPPs will be delivering additional capacities at the end of every quarter. The NIPPs were originally designed to generate 4,774 megawatts, if things had gone right, without the two and a half year’s disturbance.

“But let us not look back at the dark history but concentrate on what President Goodluck Jonathan is doing to put things right and improve the power situation in the country. The president is determined to add more generating capacities as quickly as possible and we are collaborating with the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) to ensure uninterrupted supply of gas. We are also working together with the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) and he has been helping us to ensure that our goods are cleared without delay. There is massive movement of power equipment from the ports to the various sites where projects are on-going and we must thank the CGC for his assistance,” he said.

Olotu said a 300 MVA substation in Abuja had been increased by additional 150 MVA under the NIPP and technically commissioned.

He said another 150 MVA substation in Ibadan had also been expanded to 300 MVA, adding that many distribution projects were ongoing.

However, despite the threat by the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to withdraw the licences of non-performing Independent Power Producers (IPPs), it pointed out at the weekend that such action would only be taken as a last resort, if they fail to meet up with requirements of their contracts, after all options had been exhausted.

In fact, the commission said licence withdrawal would be “counter-productive”, especially at this period when the Federal Government was looking for ways to add more megawatts to the national grid.

NERC had threatened to withdraw licences of IPPs that had failed to perform in accordance with the terms of their licences and had subsequently written them to either show commitment to their projects or risk losing their operating licences.

It had issued licences to 44 IPPs to build power plants that could add over 10,000 megawatts to the national grid but investigations revealed more than half of these licensees had not demonstrated the capacity and willingness to execute the projects.

THISDAY checks revealed that most of the entities granted licences to build power plants have not done anything meaningful years after obtaining the licences. Some of the operators were said to have complained that they were finding it difficult to secure loans from both foreign and local banks, due to the current electricity tariffs, which they considered too low to attract investments into the sector.

Chairman of NERC, Dr. Sam Amadi, told THISDAY weekend that the commission was continually reviewing activities of the IPPs and would not be hasty to withdraw their licence, if they only have shortcomings that could be addressed.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nipps-behind-schedule-to-deliver-840mw-next-month/90298/


According to him, after the threat issued by NERC, many of them had come up with their challenges- mostly in terms of gas supply, among others and the commission had been assisting them to overcome the identified challenges.

He, however, pointed out that those who were complacent and had been encouraged to perform better but were still found to be unable to meet up with stipulated requirements and deadlines, would have their licences withdrawn.

“We will not be too hasty to withdraw their licences but will assist them to address their concerns- that is, challenges- especially, in terms of gas supply. However, if there are some that have been encouraged and given long-time frame to meet deadlines but still could not make visible improvement, we will revoke their licences. That would a last resort,” he explained.

Nevertheless, Amadi confirmed that many of them were now performing well and were expected to generate capacities and add appreciable megawatts to the national grid within the next one to two years.



slowly but surely thats gej

Don't argue with a fool(y-stranger) cos it wud be hard to differentiate,he enjoys ur attention.

Childish, let's talk issues abeg

Wat if gmb was pres 4 yrs later @ age of 74 and he lost. M sure he wud reject the result.and sack jega. A leopard never changes spots. We don't need generals 5O yrs after indp.