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nikkiking:
Too bad .

Since there's life, there's hope.

Never give up.

abi oo a king aous way born na riches e dey bring

grayht:
It is well

even in da well

It was a mix of grief and palpable tension in the Alausa area of Lagos on Friday when fire ravaged the mechanic village located on Ashabi Cole Street in the Central Business District, destroying over 15 vehicles, while about 10 others were partly burnt. The fire was said to have started around 2:30am and lasted several hours before it was put under control by men of the state Fire Service. Though no life was lost in the incident, several other goods were also burnt, including motor batteries and generators, while some other vehicles were not affected, especially the ones parked in the inner part of the shop. Some other properties that were completely razed in the premises include a computer services shop and a confectionery shop. The fire also spread to the Tisco building, which shares boundary with the mechanic shop, destroying printing machines, air conditioners, desktop computers, souvenirs and other items. When our correspondent visited the premises on Friday, the expansive village was like a shadow of itself as it was devoid of its usual activities, coupled with the pungent smell that rented the air, safe for sympathisers, car owners and mechanics, who gathered in their numbers counting their losses and lamenting the tragedy that had befallen them. One of the owners of the burnt vehicles, who identified himself simply as Tony, regretted leaving his Honda Legend saloon car with the mechanic overnight. He told Saturday PUNCH that the car had a minor ignition problem when he gave it to the mechanic. He said, “I asked my mechanic to pick the car in my house on Thursday morning and I thought he would finish it, but when I called him in the evening, he said he would finish it first thing on Friday morning, so I left the car with him. But the incident happened overnight. “My wife was supposed to use the vehicle to take the children to school on Friday but because it was with the mechanic we had to look for an alternative.” Tony, who appeared distraught over the incident, said he had just repainted the car the previous week in the same shop, which cost him thousands of naira. While Tony kept gazing at his burnt vehicle, one of the mechanics was still at loss as to how to inform his client that his vehicle had been completely razed by fire. He said he had finished panel beating the vehicle and had planned to do the painting on Friday morning when the incident happened overnight. “I don’t even know how to tell the owner what happened. I don’t know,” he said.
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Over 2,000 Niger Delta students studying in the
United Kingdom and other parts of the world
under the Presidential Amnesty Programme have
protested against the non-payment of their
tuition fees, in-training allowances and
accommodation fees.
The students, who protested on Sunday in
Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, lamented that
since the appointment of the substantive
Coordinator for the PAP, Brig. Gen. Paul Boroh,
their conditions had worsened.
The students, who expressed their grievances
through their coordinators in Swansea University,
UK, Mr. Elliot Yibakeni, and Emomotimi Ziprebo
of Birmingham City University, UK, noted that the
Federal Government’s indifference had left them
frustrated and disillusioned.
They said, “We are protesting on behalf of the
over 2,000 abandoned and dejected Nigerian
students of Niger Delta extraction studying in the
United Kingdom and other parts of the world
under the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
“Sadly, since the appointment of Coordinator for
PAP, Paul Boroh, nothing has changed for us,
rather the situation is becoming more precarious
each passing day.
“We wish to tell Nigerians and the international
community that as we speak, Niger Delta
students are frustrated and disillusioned because
of uncertainty with regard to the prolonged delay
and non-payment of tuition fees, in-training
allowances, accommodation fees and other
stipends that will aid our stay in foreign lands.
“We are now a bout of joke around the world
especially in the UK and have practically turned
refugees and laughing stock in our respective
cities where the institutions are. We have just
received the news of the death of one of our
fellow students in the University of Belarus due
to the present hardship faced by the students.”
The students claimed that some students on the
amnesty programme in Malaysia had been
arrested and were daily subjected to inhuman
treatment because they could not meet their
obligations.
They wondered why the Amnesty Office had
failed to implement President Muhammadu
Buhari’s directive that the students should be
paid their allowances urgently.
They added, “As of the moment, schools in UK
and other parts of the world have started
resuming for fresh academic sessions.
Unfortunately, Niger Delta students may not be
able to join their colleagues in their various
institutions of higher learning because of the
delay in meeting their financial obligations.
“Worse still, students that did foundation
programmes in the UK and were successful are
currently denied visas by the UK embassy
because of the yet to be resolved challenges
experienced by the students.
“All the relevant authorities are aware of this
development but because it affects the people of
the Niger Delta, they seem not to bat an eyelid.”
The students appealed to President Buhari and
other well-meaning individuals to save them and
the PAP from imminent collapse.
Particularly, they urged the President to match
action with words in seeing that the funds were
released on time for the beneficiaries of the
programme.
The students, who said they had exhausted
every peaceful means of amicable resolution of
the issue, noted that they might be tempted to
direct the various chapters across the world to
embark on a massive demonstration in the
capitals and state houses where Nigerian leaders
reside.

www.punchng.com/news/amnesty-ndelta-students-abroad-protest-non-payment-of-allowances/

President Muhammadu Buhari has said it is not
easy for his administration which, he said, is
fighting on many fronts.
According to him, the government is contending
with insurgency in the North-East and oil theft in
the South-South while trying to provide
infrastructure in the country at the same time.
Speaking when the President of Togo, Faure
Gnassingbe, visited the Presidential Villa on
Thursday to invite him to a security summit in
Togo in November, 2015, Buhari noted that
development would be impossible without
security.
He, therefore, called for cooperation among
African countries to combat terrorism, piracy and
other security challenges facing the sub-region.
He also said African countries must pay
attention to agriculture and manufacturing to
provide jobs for unemployed youths.
Buhari expressed appreciation for Gnassingbe’s
visit and for his concern about regional security,
Boko Haram insurgency, oil theft, illegal fishing,
oil pollution and the dumping of toxins.
He said, “His (Gnassingbe’s) concern about
regional security made it imperative for him to
organise a summit on maritime security and
development in November to examine a lot of
issues.
“As for Nigeria, we are grateful for the sympathy
and the goodwill expressed, touching on the
performance of our armed forces and law
enforcement agencies, since this administration
came into being. It is is not easy trying to fight
on so many fronts, the North-East, the South-
South and then try to provide infrastructure in
our country.”
The President observed that the cooperation of
the regional countries comprising Cameroun,
Chad, Niger and Benin Republic had resulted in
the isolation of Boko Haram and a chance of
peace in the region.
Speaking earlier, the Togolese President
commended Buhari and the Nigerian security
forces for the work they are doing to combat
terrorism in West Africa.
He informed the President that the security
summit being hosted by his country would deal
with issues of piracy, oil theft, environmental
pollution, immigration, as well as human and
drug trafficking.
When asked by journalists if African countries
were not hosting too many summits, Gnassingbe
disagreed, saying the summits were not enough.
He said, “Piracy alone costs the Gulf of Guinea
$7billion a year, that is what we lose for not
combatting it and we also know that without
cooperation you cannot combat piracy, but the
first stage is to come together and talk.
“If all the African countries are on the same
page, it would be easy to tackle the security
challenges, so we have to keep holding summits,
because individual countries cannot combat
piracy effectively without cooperation.
“If you try to fight them in Togo, they go to the
next country, then you don’t have the mechanism
to go into the other countries. so summits are
necessary, they are not even sufficient.”

www.punchng.com/news/its-not-easy-fighting-terrorism-oil-theft-buhari/

Since he was elected in March, President Muhammadu Buhari has been working hard to choose those he would work with to deliver his campaign promises, at least, in the next four years. The task of choosing ministers is never an easy one in Nigeria or in any other parts of the world for political and technical reasons. Considering that Buhari was elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, he is duty-bound to protect the interest of the party that got him to power at all times. This is because he has become the leader of the party. He must deal with crises that may arise from within the party. His choice must also take into consideration the fact that there will be elections in the next four years. In choosing ministers who are, more often than not, party members, the President must identify potential conflict that his appointments may cause so that that party’s unity is preserved ahead of the next general elections. In doing this, the President should look out for persons with a history of party loyalty. In Nigerian politics, people with long years of party loyalty are rare. Since the President is the leader of the party, he must defend the party ideology and manifestoes, by appointing party men and women into his cabinet for the formulation of policies, guidance and implementations. The second factor the President must consider is that apart from being just the party leader, he is the father of the nation. In some cases, he may want to look outside the party for some appointments when it appears no party member is thoroughly suited for a particular portfolio. He can find loyal technocrats to head ministries like Finance, Foreign Affairs, Justice, Education, and Science and Technology that must not be left for ‘professional politicians’. The 1999 Constitution contains a provision known as the Federal Character principle, under Section 14(3) which states, “…to promote national unity and also to command national loyalty, thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of persons from few states or a few ethnic or other groups in government or in any of its agencies”. This simply means that he must appoint ministers for at least two-thirds of the 36 states of the federation. This is to ensure that all ethnic groups are fully represented in the administration. Apart from the constitutional provision, appointing people from different geopolitical zones of the country is just another votes- winning strategy the President may want to employ. It cannot be assumed that the party or the President will not be interested in consolidating on covering more areas or zones in the next election. The administration must be able to at least have a fair representation across the country. There are certain instances when the President appoints some cabinet members due to special needs. For example, the Ministry of Niger Delta, is to be headed by a person from the Niger Delta by the law that created that ministry. The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation must be occupied by a professional lawyer. The Minister of Women Affairs cannot be a male. The President must look for persons with these qualifications to occupy these positions. There is no gainsaying the fact that the choice of the President’s cabinet will in no small ways make or mar the lives of Nigerians at least in the next four years. This is why the President must display deliberate wisdom in his choice of his cabinet this month as he promised some days ago in Ghana.
www.punchng.com/opinion/the-long-wait-for-buharis-cabinet/

The Senate will on Tuesday begin a probe of the Nigerian power sector from 1999 till date. The probe will cover the regimes of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the late Umaru Yar’Adua and former President Goodluck Jonathan. The Senator Abubakar Kyari-led Senate Ad- Hoc Committee on Power, inaugurated by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, about two weeks ago, made its plans public in a statement in Abuja, on Monday. The Clerk of the Committee on Power, Mr. Cletus Ojabo, who signed the statement, said the probe would be in form of investigative hearing and interactive session with key stakeholders of the sector for the period under review. He said, “The investigation will centre on funds appropriated for the power sector since 1999 to the point of unbundling of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria and all matters connected therewith.” It will be recalled that Saraki had at the inauguration of the committee asked it to conduct a comprehensive probe of questionable practices in the power sector during the period under review. Saraki expressed sadness that the continued absence of regular power supply in spite of the huge investments in the sector was denying the nation the desired development. In response, the Committee chairman, Abubakar Kyari, assured the Senate that the committee would ensure that a thorough job was done for the benefit of Nigerians. Kyari explained that a careful look at the entire power value chain comprising of generation, transmission and distribution required a policy review in order for Nigerians to fully benefit from it. He said, “The abysmal performance of the generation segment is no longer news in view of the current deteriorating power supply which hovers around 4,600MW for a population of over 170 million people, despite the huge resources committed into it. “This, compared with our contemporaries, is highly regrettable. No wonder so many companies have relocated from the shores of this nation, due to increasing cost of production.”
www.punchng.com/news/senate-begins-power-probe-today/

The immediate past Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Sunday,said he was grateful to God for surviving last Monday’s car accident. “I thank God for my survival and remain grateful to Nigerians for their prayers and display of concern,” Akpabio said in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom. The Senate Minority Leader was involved in a car accident last week Monday on his way to the airport to catch an international flight. His car ran into a convoy of some United States’ embassy officials while trying to beat the traffic light. Akpabio, who is presently receiving treatment in a London hospital, also asked politicians to desist from politicising tragedies and disasters but work towards the unity and progress of the country. The lawmaker also disassociated himself from Twitter and Facebook accounts opened in his name, advising those who are doing so to desist from such. He said he never authorised anyone to operate any Facebook or Twitter account on his behalf. The statement partly read, “Senator Akpabio also charged Nigerians, particularly the political class, to desist from politicising disasters and tragedies, but should rather work towards the unity and progress of the country without any political or ethnic colouration. “The former governor specifically thanked President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Bukola Saraki; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, his colleagues in the National Assembly and former President Goodluck Jonathan for their concern and expression of love when the accident occurred. He also thanked members of his family, traditional and religious leaders, who have been calling on a daily basis to inquire about his well being.”
www.punchng.com/news/i-am-thankful-to-be-alive-akpabio/

UNTIL August 11, 2015 when President Muhammadu
Buhari ordered stoppage of multiple accounts, the
Federal Government had, for at least 48 years,
breached its own rules on collection and
management of national revenues.
Beginning with the Oliver Lyttleton
Constitution, the 1954 document that
conferred the status of a federation on
Nigeria, the central government has
always been mandated to operate a
single revenue account for the country.
Forty-five years after, Section 162, sub-
section 1 of the 1999 Constitution of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria (as
amended) states: “The Federation shall
maintain a special account to be called
‘the Federation Account’ into which shall
be paid all revenues collected by the
Government of the Federation, except
the proceeds from the personal income
tax of the personnel of the armed forces
of the Federation, the Nigeria Police
Force, the ministry or department of
government charged with responsibility
for Foreign Affairs and the residents of
the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.”
As opposed to keeping common funds in
multiple accounts in commercial banks,
contrary to the provision of the
constitution, Buhari recently ordered
implementation of Treasury Single
Account (TSA), into which all ministries,
departments and agencies (MDSs) of
government, which are funded from the
Federation Account, will henceforth pay
their earnings.
Specifically, the MDAs will henceforth
pay all their revenues to a sub-account
that is linked to the TSA at the CBN. To
ensure quick compliance with the
directive, the Head of Service of the
Federation, Danladi Kifasi, gave the
federal sub-treasury account name and
number as Accountant General:
300002095.
Some of the MDAs affected by this
directive include Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Security and
Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigerian
Ports Authority, Nigeria Customs Service
(NCS), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)
and Federal Inland Revenue Service
(FIRS), among others.
The constitutional provision for single
account — beginning from 1954 —
notwithstanding, investigation revealed
that since 1967, successive
administrations have “been breaking the
law” by operating multiple accounts.
Apart from the Excess Crude Account
(ECA), the latest in the list, the
controversial Sovereign Wealth Account
(SWA) is being challenged by state
governors, though it has been legitimised
by an Act of Parliament that birthed the
Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority
(NSIA), the managing agency for the
Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF).
In an exclusive interview with The
Guardian in Ibadan, Oyo State, a budget
historian and lawyer, Dr. Tunji
Ogunyemi, attributed operation of the
‘illegal accounts’ to “exigency and,
sometimes, corruption.”
According to him, “Sections 82, 83, 84
and 162 sub 2 of the Constitution of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria (as
amended) are clear as to what should
happen to monies earned. They say you
shall deposit all monies — with no
exceptions — earned by the federation
within a fiscal year, into the Federation
Account. No exception as to running cost
is granted.
“The National Assembly can then allocate
what one can take from the account. It is
not like there won’t be some set off, that
can happen, but it shouldn’t be in such a
way that an agency earns N162 billion
and spends N160 billion out of it.”
Ogunyemi, who lectures in the
Department of Economics at the Obafemi
Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun
State, had, in a scholarly article, The
Trouble With Nigeria’s Fiscal
Federalism: Non-Statutory Accounts And
‘Un-due’ Processes In Fiscal Matters,
1967 to 2004, virtually indicted many of
the past administrations for allegedly
bastardising the TSA, through arbitrary
operation of illegal accounts in disregard
to the federating units. The article was
published in the journal, Transactions of
the Historical Society of Ghana (New
Series No. 14, 2012.
Ogunyemi’s position was corroborated
by Dr. Emmanuel Egbogah, an oil expert
and former adviser to the late President
Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, who, re-iterated
that the administration of former
President Goodluck Jonathan had
planned to implement the TSA in
February but was handicapped by
political issues.
Responding to the avalanche of reactions
trailing the policy, Ogunyemi said the
legitimacy and supremacy of the
Federation Account is enshrined in the
constitution, in which there is no room
for illegal accounts or exceptions on
remittances of funds accruing to the
country.
He argued that some accounts
established between 1967 to 2004
negated principles of revenue generation
and allocation in federal states and that
their continued operation “called to
question the integrity of the Federal
Government in keeping to the dictates of
the rule of law and the due process of
financial management as enshrined in
extant legislations in Nigeria.”
One of the cases of corruption
instantiated by the operation of the
illegal accounts, according to the budget
historian, is the shoddy management of
Nigeria’s external debts, particularly
with the London club of creditors. He
revealed that a debt servicing account
was illegally established in 1982, and
argued that the Federal Government
failed to consult all stakeholders in the
Federation Account and did not enact a
law to give it legal backing. The account
was discontinued after 2002, after the
Supreme Court declared it illegal.
Prior to the interview, Ogunyemi had
written thus: “During the period the
account was operated, the sum equal
five per cent of the accruals from
exports and income derived from
Nigeria’s investment abroad, which were
public revenues that belonged to the
Federation and not to the Federal
Government alone, was paid into it.
Despite the opening and maintenance,
Nigeria’s debt management was still in a
shambles.
“The debt increased from $4 billion in
1979 to $18 billion in 1985. Thus, the
fact that a special account was created,
the amortisation of the debt did nothing
to arrest its growth, rather, the
‘anatomy’ of the Nigerian economy
became, in the words of C.S.P Okongwu,
even more ‘traumatised’ due to the debt
and other factors induced by it. They
later handed the template over to
civilian rulers at the return to
democracy in 1999.”
Ogunyemi told The Guardian that, though
the legitimacy of the TSA was enshrined
in the 1954 Oliver Lyttleton Constitution,
the opening of other accounts started 48
years ago, during the civil war under the
Gen. Yakubu Gowon regime, to prosecute
the war.
“The origin for several accounts for the
Nigerian Federation can be traced to the
regime of Gen. Gowon, who was Head of
State for about nine years, from 1966 to
1975. That regime was awash with petrol
money, so it had to create several
accounts in England and the United
States, to receive the huge unexpected
income, after the civil war, which ended
in January 1970. These accounts were
dedicated to certain things such as
reconstruction of facilities that were
destroyed during the war; amortising
debts incurred during the war; and Joint
Venture Cash Calls Account for financing
joint-ventures between the Nigerian
government and oil partners among
others,” he said.
According to Ogunyemi, the
bastardisation of these accounts, from
dedicated to corruption-induced, and
arbitrary operations began with the
regime of then Gen. Ibrahim Babangida,
and later Gen. Sani Abacha regime, when
the country had stabilisation and
dedicated accounts which, he said, were
not really true to their purpose.
“The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation
and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC)
established by Section 162 sub 2 of the
constitution, immediately there is an
accrual to the Federation Account, will
issue a statement to set aside 13 per cent
which should go to the oil producing
states, and one per cent to the Ecological
Fund. The remainder is what ought to be
shared in the percent of 52 and 48 for
the federating units. This is the normal
thing and no one should tilt it because
there is a law backing it up.
“However, there are several accounts
that the Federal Government has kept
without deference to the other
stakeholders. There are several of them.
Some are called dedicated or
stabilisation account. They are
completely outside constitutional
provision, as no section provides for
them.
“The regimes that practiced this most are
those of Generals Babangida and
Abacha. What we have today is that
politicians from 1999 continued with the
illegality from the military. Some of the
states were bold enough to challenge the
Federal Government,” he said.
Stressing that it behoves on the account
holder to close it since its objective has
been defeated, Ogunyemi said the
monies ought to have been returned to
the treasury.
“The legal foundation for the opening of
any account by the Nigerian government
is codified in sections 80 to 84 and 162
of the 1999 Constitution. Section 162 is
very clear about which account money
should be domiciled.
“All monies earned, according to the
constitution, must be kept in the
Federation Account. It is also known as
the Distributable Pool Account (DPA). It
doesn’t matter what it is called; it is one
single account. The proceeds and income
accruable to the Federation are kept in
this account, whether they are from tax
efforts or petroleum receipts or donors
or sales or income from courts and
offices. Income from assets, too,
especially Federal Government bonds or
seignoraige, that is, the income made
from producing currency, are paid into
the account,” he said.
The expert noted that “there is the
Consolidated Revenue Fund, which
belongs exclusively to the Federal, which
is provided for in the constitution from
sections 80 to 84. It is from the account
that the Federal Government budgets,
not the Federation Account. The
Federation Account is jointly owned by
the federal, state and local governments.
Abuja is not a beneficiary of the
federation account. A judgment in the
case between Attorney General of the
federation government and Abia State
government and 35 others, delivered in
April in 2003, rules that Abuja is not a
state and therefore cannot earn from the
Federation Account.”
The problem, he said, is that the Federal
Government has been dealing with the
Federation Account, particularly since
the regimes of Babaginda and Abacha, in
such a way as to completely
discountenance the other stakeholders as
if they knew nothing. “Instead of
depositing one per cent of earnings into
the amelioration of ecological troubles
known as the Eco Account or Ecological
Fund before sharing, the Federal
Government has been appropriating the
fraction to itself.
“Immediately the fund is set aside, it
ought to go to the fund from the
federation account and not remain
there. But the Federal Government
appropriates the one per cent into its
own and then determines when to
release it. Nothing can be more un-
procedural. It should ordinarily go from
source,” he added.
Egbogah, an oil and gas expert, said the
new directive would clearly enshrine
transparency and discipline in
management of finances. Egbogah has
had over 40 years of diversified
geological and petroleum engineering
experience in consulting, teaching,
research/ development, project planning,
implementation and management in
Canada, United States, Middle East and
Asia Pacific region. According to him,
payment of government revenues into
multiple bank accounts operated by
MDAs in commercial banks, “as obtained
under the older order, was clearly
against the Nigerian constitution, which,
in sections 80 and 162, directs that all
federally collected revenue should be
paid into the Federation Account.”
“This (implementation of the TSA policy)
is something very good, because, for the
first time, it will give the government
what you may call helicopter view — one
single look at what the financial
situation is at any point.”


www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/09/tsa-fg-operated-illegal-accounts-for-48-years/

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has set up a task force to probe eight former governors. A top operative of the commission, who confided in our correspondent on Wednesday, said that the task force was set up following petitions written against the former governors. It was learnt that top operatives of the commission working in the task force had been dispatched to the states to carry out the probe of the affected former governors. A top operative of the commission said that the former governors were Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State; Chief Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema of Katsina and Sullivan Chime of Enugu State. The source said that the other four were on the waiting list. The former governors on the waiting list, according to the source are, Mr. Raji Fashola of Lagos State, Godswiil Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State, Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State and Alhaji Sule Lamido of Jigawa State. The source said that the ICPC was not considering political parties or association in its response to allegations of corruption made against the affected personalities in the petition. The source said, “It is true that we are going after eight former governors. The investigation against four of the former governors of Rivers, Katsina, Kano and Enugu has commenced. “However, the commission has listed four other former governors who are on the waiting list because of petitions against them. They are the immediate past governors of Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi and Jigawa States. “A Special Task Force was set up by the Chairman of the commission last week to coordinate the investigation in the states. So we are reopening the petitions through the Chairman of the Special Task Force.” The probe is coming on the heels of a recent move by the ICPC to move 47 crack detectives to the states and the zones to strengthen them in the fight against graft in the society. The Resident Consultant, Media and Events, of the ICPC, Mr. Folu Olamiti, refused to comment on the story when contacted. None of the ex-governors was available for comment on the probe.
www.punchng.com/news/icpc-probes-fashola-amaechi-akpabio-others/

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in
Abuja declared his administration’s commitment
to boosting national productivity, by among other
things, taking all necessary actions to end
incessant strikes by workers in vital sectors of
the Nigerian economy.
At a meeting with the Permanent Secretary and
Directors of the Federal Ministry of Labour,
President Buhari said that he was particularly
disturbed by the seemingly endless strikes in
Nigeria’s health sector which have contributed to
the fall in the standard of health services
available in the country.
The President directed the Permanent Secretary,
Dr. Clement Illoh and Directors in the Ministry of
Labour to liaise with other stakeholders and
quickly work out proposals for ending the
recurring strikes in the health, education,
transport, oil and gas, power and other critical
sectors of the national economy.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who was also
present at the meeting, urged Dr. Illoh and his
staff to make an input to ongoing plans for the
extension of welfare services to poor and
disabled persons.
Dr. Illoh had earlier attributed some of the
recurrent strikes in the country to the inclination
of some government officials to enter into
agreements with financial implications without
carrying the Ministries of Finance and Labour
along.
He said that the Ministry of Labour has now
introduced a Code of Conduct for Government
Negotiators barring them from entering into
agreements with financial implications without
the consent of the President.

www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/09/we-are-committed-to-ending-incessant-strike-actions-buhari/

stonemind:
I beg bfr I download am let me quickly ask this question, does it have sex scenes like game of thrones, Spartacus or power?

yes bt nt dat real as d series u mention above bt its an adventure film n u will enjoy it

Imanuelle:
We already have a thread for Vikings...

owkay tanx

Ukeachu1:
same here. but do u know if the series is stil in production

season 3 is out as well

Ukeachu1:
which season are u watchin

na season 2 i dey watch currently

yungpowers:
You are just an epitome of ethnic bigot.
All I perceive in this Zoo is marginalisation,
Period.
Instead of one Nigeria I see one NORTHGERIA.
ASSHOLES.
If you are sick and tired of my comments, Go and DIE

lolz e pain u reach dat level bt dis ur ranting hia will nt change anytin why nt pack ur loads n catch d next flyt to heaven.
Kill urself because Buhari is appointing is kinsmen ooo

yungpowers:
I don't care

den
if Buhari likes e shld appoint all d members of his family so far dey delivers
i dont care

Av u watch d series?
Wus ur best character?
Wats ur best scene?
Lets discuss

yungpowers:
This is nonsense.
All I perceive in this Zoo is marginalisation,
Period.
Instead of one Nigeria I see one NORTHGERIA

and wat did ur comment av to do with d Topic?

Highbee01:
Raymond kills Elizabeth's father...still claims he isn't her biological father. Really can't remember much,watched it about four months ago and i've watched tons of series after that.

kk tanx
wich oda series av u watched share dem pls

wx9Z:
Bro you mean Series or Movies ?

Series: you can see Tyrant. It is not an adventure per say but it's heading towards that direction (Assuming you have seen GOT)

For Animation try and see Finding Nemo. It is the best

You will love Hercules [/b]2014 (Dwayne Johnson),
[b]Guardians of the Galaxy.

if you haven't seen Mad Max, i envy you Bro. you are in for a Treat.

i mean series
tanx will try n watch dem

wx9Z:
Black mirror has just 3 seasons ( 7 episodes ) 3 episodes a season. You can read about it on my blog http://yeyepikin.com/why-black-mirror-is-the-best-sci-fi-show-ever/

I haven't seen season 3 of black list.

tell me some latest seasonal movies,like adventures

wx9Z:
Black mirror has just 3 seasons ( 7 episodes ) 3 episodes a season. You can read about it on my blog http://yeyepikin.com/why-black-mirror-is-the-best-sci-fi-show-ever/

I haven't seen season 3 of black list.

tanx
will try n watch it.

wx9Z:
Black list is great, but it is a shitty series compare to Black Mirror.

really?
Hw many season is it?
N pls if uve watched season3 of blacklist kindly summarize

Highbee01:
yes I have...s3 is out.

yes!
Pls can u summarize wat happen in season3, wat is d connection btw Kim and Red? Wu is Kims Father is season 3 d last or d season still continues,tanx

MuhdG:
Sorry. Bro, its season 2. You can check o2tvseries.com

Season 3 is yet to be out.

tanks on dat
i cant wait 2 watch season 3 i want 2 actually know wu is Kims Father and d connection between her and Red

MuhdG:
Disk? Or downloaded?

disk

MuhdG:
S3 not out yet bro

i tink its out sum1 borrowed me bt i was unable to copy it dat 9t b4 i travelled

MuhdG:
The guy's character is awesome! He is fearless and isn't scared to pull the trigger!

I also like tom sha

pls can u summarise wat happen in season 3 i only stop @ 2 and av nt been able to lay my hand on 3 tanx

MuhdG:
Suits
Ray donovan
True detectives (*)
The flash
The blacklist
Power (*)
House of cards
The big bang theory
Gotham (*)

The astericked means I am/have not watching/watched them.

u can watch The 100
Vikings as well u will enjoy it