₦airaland Forum

Oboma1:
According to late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe saying, "show the light, and the people will follow", that is what is happening in this country. If you show the people the right path, they will follow you along the same path. But if other wise, then, Nigerian state will become a typical example.

That quote from Dr. Zik, used to be the mission statement of his Newspaper in those days. The truth about it is beginning to manifest today.

RSA:
Read what? Is he not your brother? He is saying the same ol crap you guys always say about black South Africans.You are all so quick to tell us that whites rule SA,but how about me telling you that criminals rules Nigeria and that you cannot do anything about it cause you're one of them?
Don't ever in your wildest dream compare SA to Naija,there is no comparison

First let me tell you that I am a black man,yes the one with a big dikc and all that ,and not only that I'm black I am an proudly Africa and South African,I am proudly African not because of someone but because this is my land,my home and my roots.
Mozambiquen and South African blood is flowing through my veins,

Ke kgabo mokgatla,
Ke ja borekhu,
Ngwana wa sebilo,
Oo mosetlhana,
makgarebe ga a mpona,
a tsholola ditete,
lekau la maratwa
go lejwa

Yes thats me, now what?

Whether you like it or not, the whites rule SA. Concerning whether your dick is very small, or gigantic, please buy a very good pant and put it in there. We are tired of these HIV that you people spread on daily basis. Now, it is very hard to see a 7 year old virgin girl. You guys will not allow them be becos you feel they are the cure for your inheritance called, HIV. Crime rate in SA, is the highest in the whole, are you people not ashamed? We are ashamed of corruption, that is why we are fighting it on daily basis, and we are not raping any baby to get the cure, or solution. Check Nigerian newspapers, people are beginning to go to jail.

agor1974:
these topic is interesting,lit ereate or illiterate,black people are the same in state of mental reason,if there is literate Africans these con tinenet wouldn't have been the way it is,travelling with visa to each others countries.the illiterate ones are even more reasonable then the so call educated class,cos they work very hard to ac hive,The language of calling others illiterate in these forum should be avoided because English language is a borrowed language or learned language,writting or reading English language,don st make one more educated then other. Africans should begin to realize that they are an oppressed race,discriminated against everywhere they find themselves.In north Africa Africans are not liked,Asia the same,southen Africa the blacks are bit lucky that the Afrikaners didn't wipe them out,but they succeeded in derailing there mental ability to take charge of there destine.At these particular moment the south African people [blacks]needs other Africans to survive the onslaught of the Europeans or else they will pay the same price the Aborigines of Australia paid.[exterminations]South Africa is the proxy of Europe,and Noe-colonist to the rest of Africa,when a white person comes into south Africa he/she is quickly accepted and documented with south African identity books and that automatically makes him a south African citizen,while other Africans are disregarded.


The visa exemption is not fare,why Nigerian government officials,the south African government are aware of the level of corruption among the Nigerian government, that's way they sign it,looting and looting of Nigeria resources to invest into south Africa in the name of African union, which south Africa only practise in the media.

Mr. RSA, did you read this?

citizenY:
If I were Yar'adua, I will first of all sack this minister of labour. Police ,EFCC, ICPC,SSS

or whatever should interrogate him to produce credible evidence of his statements.

Ministers are supposed to advise the president. What is the use of the weekly meetings of

the FEC. I expect that these meetings are mainly for a regular review of the state of affairs

in the country? I am beginning to feel that they only meet to ratify contracts and nothing else.

What they do at that FEC is total rubbish. None of their decisions have affected the common man.

PeeDaVinci:
sorry, i dont get you, do you mean that Obasanjo should be arrested and prosecuted for all financial crimes perpetrated by his appointees in his Govt because he was heading the govt/appointed them? I am not saying OBJ is innocent, but if OBJ did steal, prosecute him , and if it was his appointees, then, prosecuute them, and dont play media games with Nigerians (which is what Jonathan is doing)

Can you copy Jonathan, this your reply?, because I know that, OBJ is not a Saint as you put it.

This country stinks!. Tufia (spits out).

Why would Waziri needs the wisdom of Ribadu? Will one need the wisdom of a biased maggot, who later politicised his post and became a political tool used to hunt down anti-bad policy protesters. If care is not taken, Ribadu may become the worst EFCC chairman in history.

aisha2:
Yes, simple, Name them and punish them, why would you punish us for the crimes of your friends. Bunch of idiots

Honestly, how I wished they know the wishes of Nigerians. That is why they will never stop buying bullet proof cars.

This cartel is the strongest anywhere in the world. It will very easy for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for this cartel to be dismantled. Instead of that, they will move into the next phase called, deregulation, which means more money. This cartel is so full of long term power and connection with the power that be. They can make or break any govt. Amongst those in this cartel are NNPC staff, Otedola of Zenon oil etc. The list is endless.

PeeDaVinci:
how i wish pple on thi forum think before they start condeming OBJ on this ecological fund!!!
OBJ administration was indicted, and not OBJ. Obasanjo was not the direct manager of the fund!!! The only parallel I can draw to what many of you are doing is "saying OBJ is corrupt becuase Anenih stole money as a minister in OBJ's govt"
Morealso, Every tier of Govt has a stake in the management of the fund, so, if the fund was mismanaged, Yaradua, and Jonathan were part of the pple that mismanaged it coz they got part of the money tooo

i feel Jonathan just want to prove that their govt is independent from OBJ, that was why he was saying that, if he really wants to be serious with this, they should investigate the people that directly managed the fund, and submit names, (with evidence) of the thieves to EFCC, and not using the media to fool many nigerians stupid sentiments, such as we have on nairaland

My friend, don't garnish anything here. A thief is a thief. If a government is good, they praise the head of the administration, so also otherwise. I learnt Bode George is not doing badly where he is, There is enough privacy in the N1m chalet, let him just volunteer to be his colleague, else if forced there, then he will die there. I must add, if he dies before finishing his prison term, they should cremate hid body and be allowed to finish the term there please!.

Oboma1:
Whoever is still giving Ribadu any form of respite, is indeed partial in his/her sense of judgement. A thief is a thief!. There is no partial thief. Half truth is a lie!.

Gbam! Gbam!! Gbam!!!

Oboma1:
In actual fact, these actors too are "strugglers", and not millionnaires as they presume.

They should just allow the guy to be. In fact, I pity Enugu state here, because that will amount to huge loss in revenue, as these guys will shun shooting of films in that state, and as earlier reported, relocate their families as well.

Why can't we ever do something right in this country? Why is it that every opportunity is embezzlement? Why?

N12.1BN SCAM: U-17 World Cup organisers dragged to ICPC

From Lanre Adewole and Tunde Oyesina - 12.11.2009

A petition alleging financial recklessness on the part of organisers of the ongoing U-17 World Cup in the disbursement of N12.1 billion is, reportedly, receiving the attention of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
A rights group, The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), petitioned the commission, following sustained allegations of fraud in the disbursement of the money so far released by the Federal Government.
In the petition dated November 11, 2009, SERAP alleged financial recklessness on the part of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) chairmen of the various committees and sub-seats charged with overseeing the hosting of the tournament.
SERAP Executive Director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, who signed the petition, asked the commission’s chairman, Justice Emmanuel Olayinka Ayoola, to “use his good office to ensure full accountability in the case, and full compliance with Nigeria’s national and international anti-corruption obligations and commitments.”
Nigerian Tribune’s checks at the commission showed that the petition had been receiving the requisite attention since it was received there. When the commission’s spokesperson, Mr. Folu Olamiti was contacted, he pleaded for time before speaking on the petition, explaining that he was just coming into Abuja when our reporter called him.
The petitioner claimed that, “According to reports, there are serious allegations of financial recklessness by Local Organising Committee (LOC) chairmen of the various committees and sub-seats charged with overseeing the hosting of the tournament. Specifically, there are concerns that some officials of the LOC may not be able to account for the spending of about N12.1 billion that the Federal Government has released for the tournament.”
It added that, “The Minister of Sports has responded to the allegations by reportedly refusing to release more money until retirement of previous allocations. In a letter signed by U.T Shua for the Minister/Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), dated November 5, 2009 and addressed to the Chairman of the LOC, the Minister of Sports reportedly warned that no releases of money will be made until retirement of the previous money is effected.”
Giving the breakdown of the disbursement as revealed by its investigation, the petition stated that “According to our investigations, the money so far released for the tournament is broken down as follows: Logistic (LOC Board meeting and general purpose received N20 million from its updated budget of N75 million; the Marketing Committee received N78.4 million from the N140 million budget; the Ceremonies Committee received N65 million from its N103.9 million budget; the Mobilisation Committee received N30 million for its updated budget of N40 million; the Volunteer Committee received N40 million from its N102.15 million; the Transport Committee collected N97 million for its budgeted sum of N638 million; the Accreditation Committee received N40 million from its N75 million budget; the Security Committee received N80 million from its N300 million budget; the Media Broadcast Committee received N40 million from its budget of N98 million; the Media Print Committee received N30 million from its budget of N58 million.”


http://www.tribune.com.ng/12112009/news/news2.html

Ojukwu was right’
By DAVID ONWUCHEKWA, Nnewi
Thursday, November 12, 2009


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The recent media attack on Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu over his purported statement that another civil war can burst out because of Anambra 2010, has attracted the reaction of his kinsman and immediate past president general of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Dr Dozie Ikedife. The elderstatesman has fired back at those who called Ojukwu names over the said publication.

“I’m not his PR man, but I think fair should be fair. If you have grudges against him, wait for a proper opportunity then vent your spleen. It is not proper venting your spleen at a wrong time on a wrong issue based on a statement you have not read, I think it is unfortunate,” Dr Ikedife complained.
Read on:

What Odimegwu Ojukwu is
He stands out as so many things to so many people; from being a hero to being a villain. And because of my relationship with him, the view I have of him is not the view many people have of him. I leave that aside.
But let me go straight to the question of his being at the centre of the storm because of what he said about Andy Uba on the prospect of his being the Governor of Anambra State.

First of all, let me state the way I see the matter. It is in court and should, therefore call for minimum comments from ordinary people. It is sub-judice. And when a matter is before a court and the court is about to make pronouncement on it, too many comments may come to mean or appear like directing or trying to influence the court.

But an issue that is in the public arena, of course, will draw comments and not many people, as a matter of fact, know that the matter is in the court. So they speak freely as they feel irrespective of the fact that you can say that ignorance of the law is not an excuse.

Now, people are talking about one aspect of the matter. They say he is calling for war and so they try to vilify him. I suspect that many people who are writing against and castigating him, calling him all sorts of names have not in fact read his interview in full.

The headline of a story may give an impression of one thing but when you read the content of the story you may come away with exactly different conclusion. What I understand Ojukwu to be saying is that we must all be very careful about the things we do, that we must not indulge in excesses because excesses may precipitate war. And he said that he does not want to be involved in any other war.

People are calling down fire and brimstone on him as if he said we are going to declare war. Go and read it yourself. So some of the commentators are not fair to him. Yes, they did not read his interview very well.
I’m not his PR man, but I think fair should be fair. If you have grudges against him, wait for a proper opportunity then vent your spleen. But venting your spleen at a wrong time on a wrong issue based on a statement you have not read, is unfortunate.

Ojukwu never called for war
He never said he is going to declare war. He never said he is going to lead any war. He never said you people should go to war. He is looking at this thing as an elderly person while sitting in his Ozi Obi, on his traditional stool Upata as he sees something which a young man on top of an iroko tree may not see. That is the way I see it.He is sounding a note of warning and caution. Please, don’t do this because it may lead to something we least expect… and he at his age, as he said, is not prepared to be involved in any other way. And people are spitting fire and brimstone. I think in an issue like this, make sure you read the story very well before reacting or pigeon-holing him.

Waiting for judgement on Uba’s case
When the judgement is given so many people will react either in support or against it because it is a very big issue, a landmark issue. It could now be seen that something that started wrongly can be righted by the court.
My understanding was that the election for a gubernatorial position in Anambra State in April 2007 should never have been held because there was no vacancy. And if that was the case the exercise was an exercise in futility and the result of it should also be futile, null and void. But I’m not a lawyer or judge. So the learned people might see it differently. So, we wait for the court to give its interpretation then we shall all react.

Sentimental
Well, you may read what Ikemba said, and interprete it as being sentimental, You may interpret it as being rational; you may see it as being pre-emptive, or prophetic. Interpret it the way you will. The interpretation I give it may not be your own. So, my interpretation is neither here nor there, But I don’t think sentiment was what was working on. What was working on was a premonition, an anxiety, and a concern. This is somebody who has seen war before and he does not want to see it again.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/newsonthehour/2009/nov/12/newsbreak-12-11-2009-001.htm

All this is caused by just Anambra politics.

I feel these government are just chasing shadows. If there is any cartel in this oil business, then name them. If they refuse to, then, can such a government be regarded as genuine govt?. How much is N600b compared to what is stolen from the nation's coffers on daily basis?. Can the refineries work? If no, why not sell them to private owners, and let us see whether they will not work? Better still, sell it to the cartel, and let us see how they will sabotage their own refineries. There is a way out, so let explore it!.

M[b]afia rules oil sector –FG
, Name them -Labour
From UBONG UKPONG, Abuja
Thursday, November 12, 2009

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Labour and Productivity Minister, Prince Adetokunbo Ademola has sensationally revealed why the nation’s downstream oil sector may remain comatose.

In his submission at the resumed meeting between the Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to find a common ground on the planned deregulation of the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry on Wednesday, Ademola said government was aware of a mafia group in the sector which was unprepared to see the nation refining petroleum products in the country as they were the beneficiaries of the corruption in the sector.
“We are in a very serious trouble if we don’t change this regime.

Though, it will cause pains, when you look back at it later you will appreciate,” he had argued at the meeting held in Labour House, Abuja.
However, the Labour chieftains who said government was celebrating its failures demanded that it should name the mafias in the nation’s oil sector if it was actually interested in fighting the corruption in the sector.
Deputy President of the NLC, Comrade Irabor, said they had no confidence in the government as it had decided to re-circle the discussion without going direct to the point, adding that, “we have not seen any new thing in what government is saying. If we see any later, we will look into it.”

General Secretary of the Congress, Comrade John Odah, said they needed the government team to go beyond some of the arguments paraded by government because the arguments over the last 25 years.
Various Labour chieftains present at the meeting, who submitted that deregulation was not the solution to the nation’s problems in the sector urged government to quickly embark on projects that would alleviate the sufferings of the people get the refineries to work and bring the corrupt people in the oil sector to book rather than continue to talk about deregulation.

With the federal government and Labour adopting extreme positions with clear indications that none of them was willing to shift grounds, tempers flared and the meeting almost turned into a shouting match.
Meanwhile, the NLC has set up a ten-man committee headed by its vice president, Peter Adeyemi. The committee is to look at the union’s stand against that of the federal government, examine the way deregulation is done in other OPEC countries and what implications it would have on Nigerians.

Finance Minister, Mansur Mukhtar, who led government’s delegation had made laborious but futile effort to explain why Labour should support government’s deregulation plans but his submissions Labour held were quite unconvincing and unacceptable.

Labour, which had often stressed that deregulation was synonymous with increase in prices of petrol became very irked by explanations of the Finance minister, who bluntly declared that the deregulation was inevitable and that the price of petrol would certainly go up much higher than it is presently after the exercise.
“I cannot guarantee… nobody will guarantee that prices will not rise, prices will rise but after sometime it will also come down,” Muktar said.

Stressing that they had been involved in several fruitless meetings with Labour, the minister urged that the key thing was to see how they could narrow their differences and see how to move the country forward.
In his submission also, minister of state for Petroleum, Odein Ajumogobia, who acknowledged that a good system was for government to build its own refineries and refine locally said government was however fade up with putting over N1.3 trillion into the importation of over 18 million litres of petrol petrol daily for consumption in the country.

Stressing that government was going to pay about N600billion at the end of the year for petrol subsidy, Ajumogobia who regretted that out of this amount not up to N200billion would be spent on petrol, disclosed that a chunk sum of the money goes into other expenses.


http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2009/nov/12/national-12-11-2009-001.htm

Ex-beauty queen, Ibinabo, escapes jail as court dimisses application
National NewsNov 12, 2009
By Innocent Anaba

LAGOS — Former beauty queen and actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima, narrowly escaped being sent to jail by trial judge in the matter, Justice Deborah Oluwayemi of a Lagos High Court, which yesterday momentarily revoked her (Ibinabo) bail and ordered that she be remanded in Kirikiri Prison, Lagos.
Shocked Ibinabo, dressed in a black skirt suit, broke down and wept repeatedly, saying ‘sorry ma’. She was joined by her counsel, who pleaded for mercy.
The judge, however, reversed her order following plea by other lawyers present in the court, who urged her to temper justice with mercy.
Most of the lawyers pleaded with the judge, urging her not to send her (Ibinabo) back to prison custody. The court also dismissed Ibinabo’s application, seeking leave of the court to travel abroad to attend the forthcoming Miss Earth 2009 Pageant, describing the application as frivolous, vexatious and abuse of court process.

Ibinabo was sentenced to five years imprisonment for dangerous and reckless driving causing the death of one Dr. Giwa Suraj but sought leave of the court to travel abroad to attend the forthcoming Miss Earth 2009 Pageant, which will be held in Manila, Philippines.
Ruling on the application to travel abroad, Justice Oluwayemi said: “I hereby revoke the bail granted to the applicant and she should be taken to Kirikiri until I am satisfied that the appeal is pursued diligently. I am flabbergasted that this application is brought before me. It is unfortunate that you brought yourself before me without thinking.

“How can I grant leave to a convict to travel? How can a convicted person represent Nigeria in Miss Earth contest? A convict is not an accused person, the discretion of the court cannot be exercised in favour of a convict,” the court held.
Justice Oluwayemi maintained that justice was not only for the applicant but also for the deceased.
“Justice is not only for the applicant, it should be for both parties and for the children of the deceased who are abroad and can no longer pay school fees due to the death of their late father. If I grant the application, she (Ibinabo) may not come back because the family has instituted a N200 million suit against her,” the judge said.

“It will not be in the interest of justice and the society to grant a convict leave to travel out. There was no letter from the Ministry of Internal Affairs for her to represent Nigeria simply because as a convict she cannot represent Nigeria any longer even if she had done that in the past,” the court said.
The court further observed that Ibinabo was not remorseful, adding that during the last two hearings of her application, she rushed out of the court without any regard. “I had thought the applicant will sit down and be sober but from her comportment, she is not sober at all,” the court said.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/12/ex-beauty-queen-ibinabo-escapes-jail-as-court-dimisses-application/

FG, states, LGs to fund Police
National NewsNov 12, 2009
By Jimitota Onoyume
PORT HARCOURT — ALL tiers of government would hence-forth contribute to the funding of the Police.
Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Mr Parry Osayande (DIG rtd), made this known in Port Harcourt, yesterday.
According to him, as part of the radical reform going on in the Police institution, a strategy has been devised that would see that promotion would now be only on merit.
He said the era of what could best be described as long-leg in the system was gone.
Osayande, who said he was in the state to interact with officers and men of the force, assured that by the time the reform in the force was completed, the nation would have a Police institution everybody would be very proud of.
According to him, “As I said before, all governments (federal, states and local) will have their imputs into the funding of the Nigeria Police so that they can reposition the organisation to meet the real challenges.
“Hopefully, we are going to have a well managed police organisation. The 377,000 police in the country will be trained and retrained.
“They already have their basic education. A lot of them are graduates. But we want to train them in the art of policing. We want to retrain them in civility and we want to train them that it is not good to torture suspects; it is against human rights. We also want to teach them the art of respectful policing.
“We have now set out certain standards that were not there. We have put in place promotional mecha-nism where integrity, honesty, hard work, seniority and merit are the yardsticks of promoting any officer from one rank to another, unlike in the past when promotions were made according to the ‘length’ of your legs.
“This time around, you are not going to spend money to get promoted. Once you merit it, have the seniority and done your job well, provided that the vacancies exist, the Police Service Commission will make sure that you are promoted.
“This is the new stand and approach we are taking to reposition the Nigeria Police”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/12/fg-states-lgs-to-fund-police/

Anambra: Group berates Ojukwu over war song
National NewsNov 12, 2009
By Henry Umoru

ABUJA—A group under the aegis, Igbo Youth Forum yesterday dismissed the prediction of doom by Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu that war looms in Anambra State if Andy Uba obtained favourable judgment from the Appeal Court, even as they called on him to apologize to the people of Anambra and the entire Ndigbo for alleged sins of the past.

Addressing newsmen in Abuja yesterday, the National President of the group, Mr Kevin Okoro who stressed that the Ndigbo will not be drawn into another baseless war by Ojukwu, however described the comments from Ojukwu as self-centered and unworthy of an elder statesman.
According to them, “Our attention has been drawn to the rather comic threat of war, over a subsisting court case, by Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.
“The action is unfortunate and most pathetic coming from a man whose only contribution to the Igbo race was leading them to a war and abandoning them in the middle of a battle that consumed over 1 million Igbo sons and daughters.”

“Has Ojukwu apologised to the families of slain Igbo sons whom he led to their doom? What about the families of renowned Igbo elites whose wise counsel Ojukwu sentimentalized to his own political advantage.”


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/12/anambra-group-berates-ojukwu-over-war-song/

By Victor Ahiuma-Young & Oscarline Onwuemenyi
ABUJA — THE Federal Government, on the second day of its meeting with leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, admitted that its planned deregulation of the downstream sub-sector of the petroleum industry will lead to an increase in the pump price of petrol.
The government’s open admission however contradicts the position of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, which, also yesterday, said the planned deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry would not necessarily lead to a hike in the price of petroleum products.

At yesterday’s meeting which took place at the Labour House, Abuja, were four ministers — Finance, Dr. Mansur Muktar, who led the government team; Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman; Labour, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode (SAN) and Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia (SAN) and Chief Economic Adviser, Tanimu Yakubu.
On the side of the Labour were the NLC President, Comrade Abdulwaheed Omar; Deputy President, NLC, Peter Adeyemi; General Secretary NLC, Comrade John Odah; President of NUPENG, Comrade Peter Akpatasson and other members of the NLC National Executive Committee.
Addressing the NLC leaders, the government representatives said deregulation was inevitable if the nation must move forward and that, in truth, it would bring about price increase.
Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Ajumogobia said the issue of deregulation was more about finance than petroleum, saying that was why the government team was led by the Minister of Finance.
According to him, “It is about finance. You asked if there will be a price increase. The answer is yes. Price will go up if deregulation starts. When we had discussion with the traditional rulers, after all we said, the question they asked was: ‘will price of fuel increase? The truth is that the price will increase.”
He argued that the investors who agreed to establish refineries in the country said they could not do so under government-controlled price regime.
The Minister of State drew examples from Libya and Angola, where he said their refineries were working perfectly and posited that the panacea to the problems in the sector was deregulation, where prices would be determined by market forces.
In the same vein, the Minister of Labour, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode agreed that the position of labour on the issue could be justified because the inefficiency in the sector had been going on for over 25 years and noted that the situation was like this because change is always difficult to easily accept.
Also, the Minister of Finance, Dr. Mansur Mukhtar, said it was unacceptable that Nigeria, a major oil producing country and a member of the Oil Producing Exporting Country (OPEC), was still importing petrol for domestic consumption.
He pointed out that there were leakages and inefficiency in the system, adding that the refineries too were not working to capacity because of the Niger Delta crisis, which has now been resolved.
Mukhtar regretted that the government gave out five licences for refineries in 2005, but only two made appreciable progress while others were revoked.
He stated that the key issue was how to ensure availability of fuel, build good roads, rail lines, and channel funds to health, education, infrastructure, and other areas that needed development.
The Labour minister added that the government was already making serious efforts to address the demands of labour, which they insisted should be in place before the policy could commence.
Presenting labour’s position, General-Secretary of the NLC, Comrade Odah wondered why Nigeria should be the only OPEC member that imports fuel.
He said the situation in Nigeria cannot be compared with that of Libya and Angola, which the government team was trying to use to justify their position.
After the interactive session, the NLC held a closed-door NEC meeting to deliberate on the issue in order to come out with a new position, if possible.
Comrade Omar said the NEC would be meeting to consider the position of the government on the issue.
Deregulation not synonymous to price hike — NNPC
Meanwhile, contrary to the government’s position, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation insisted yesterday that the planned deregulation would not necessarily lead to a hike in the price of petroleum products.
Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Mohammed Barkindo, who spoke while presenting a paper entitled: “The Oil and Gas Industry – Mainstay of the Nigerian Economy”, at the National Defence College, in Abuja, explained that deregulation was not synonymous with price increase, arguing that the reform was aimed at increasing local refining capacity to end the circle of dependence on importation.
He noted that importation was one of the factors responsible for the high price of products and huge subsidies paid by the Federal Government.
Barkindo who averred that the availability of petroleum products was essential for deregulating the downstream, assured the nation that the corporation has ample supply of products across the country and therefore there was no fear whatsoever of shortage of petroleum products especially under the transition period towards deregulating the downstream sector.
He added, “It (deregulation) is timely and I don’t think it is in the interest of anyone to delay the decision on this very important policy plank of the energy reform of government. The entire reform agenda of government is predicated on a deregulated environment.
“Therefore, we cannot compromise this very important policy plank of government which industry has already aligned itself to.”


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/12/deregulation-expect-fuel-price-hike-fg/

Oboma1:
There is no point, these lands are gone for good. Govt should not start what they cannot finish, except they want to pay compensation to those who cannot get their lands back. Shekinah!.

No sinner will go unpunished, so says the word of GOD. If the El-Rufai's of this world, escape judgement here, then that of GOD will surely be heavier than expected.

The sins of the father, is now being visited on the children. Shekinah!.

Whether other candidates likes it or not, that Dubai, must arrive Anambra state - Ogbulafor

PDP: No Going Back on Soludo
From Chuks Okocha in Abuja, 11.11.2009


The decision by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to pick former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, as the party’s candidate in the February 6, 2010 gubernatorial election in Anambra State is final, notwithstanding the protest by other aspirants against the move.
“There will be no going back. We stand firm on the decision of the party, the decision of the party is supreme. So no matter what ever happens, we are not going to rescind our decision but rather to build on it to make sure that Chukwuma Soludo is given all the necessary backing by the party to win the election come 2010,” PDP National Chairman Vincent Ogbulafor said yesterday.
He asked aggrieved members of the party to quit.
But Soludo will on November 16 know if he would remain the PDP candidate for the election.
An Abuja high court presided over by Justice Danlami Senchi had fixed judgment for the day following adoption of arguments by parties in the suit filed by four aggrieved PDP governorship aspirants.
The aspirants had on October 23 obtained an ex-parte order from the court restraining Soludo from parading himself as the candidate of the party on the grounds that his selection was done in flagrant disobedience of an order of an Aguata High Court in Anambra State.
The court order also restrained PDP and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising Soludo as the party’s gubernatorial candidate, pending the final determination of the substantive suit against him.
Speaking in Abuja when he inaugurated the Osita Ogbu-led Caretaker Committee for Anambra PDP, Ogbulafor said: “Every party or association and town union has constitution that guides them. If you come into an association you better abide by the constitution of that association or town union. When you don’t like it, you quietly walk out.”
The caretaker committee was inaugurated after the event was stalled two days ago as Ogbulafor was invited to the Presidential Villa, Abuja over Anambra crisis.
“PDP has a constitution that guides us and we stick to our constitution and we don’t see why people should be taking the party to court. The party you belong and you take us to court, it is unbecoming,” the PDP chairman said.
Ogbulafor called on all former governorship aspirants that have gone to court to challenge the party’s decision in the selection of Soludo/Anosike governorship ticket to join hands to ensure that the party wins the governorship election.
He urged them to ensure that Soludo becomes the next governor of the state, stating: “Your assignment is to make sure that we put all hands on deck to deliver Anambra to the PDP. It is a big challenge that we are giving you in trust.”
Meanwhile, the PDP Deputy National Chairman, Dr. Harilu Mohammed Bello, has lashed out at opposition political parties in the country, calling them vultures that cannot win election through the ballot boxes.
“There are political vultures in this country that have no hope of winning election at the ballot box,” he said, stating that PDP would not allow the “political vultures to disrupt the political system.
“We as the leading party will lead by example and to ensure that the political process is carried out in a very cordial atmosphere. We as a political party will not allow such people into the political process in this country.”
Bello appealed to PDP members to be law abiding, saying “we expect all those who love PDP who are genuine members of PDP to honour the leadership by being law-abiding.”

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So what happens to those whose lands were illegally taken away by this self-acclaimed Saint?.

Stop ranting all over the world. Have you heard that your lord and your master squandered N200b ecological fund. Please dont forget you were the same EFCC chairman that cleared OBJ of any offence or financial misappropriation. So, where are all these facts and figures coming from?.

I cannot wait for Uba's case at the appeal court. As for PDP and Soludo, time will tell.

Yet the man is resuming daily at his Ota farm. Can't anybody do something? Was this crime not committed under the same Ribadu's EFFC-led administration?. God is exposing the idiot on daily basis.

Where is this country heading to?

Then go ahead and arrest OBJ if he has been indicted in the fraud. Stop telling us, and do the right thing.