₦airaland Forum

eaglechild:
You say 200 million every month is "just".
That amounts to 2. 4 billion per annum.

Well let me tell you what smarter states did with theirs.

They purchased patrol vehicles and communication gadgets for their state police force which served as a great incentive for them to fight crime.
200 million can get 50 Kia Rio cars (using Enugu as an example) which can be stationed permanently at various outposts in the state.

That way you reduce unnecessary recurrent expenditure and conserve money for capital projects which are also a source of employment.

Have u been to d state before?

The All Progressives Congress in Ondo
State said on Tuesday that the anxiety
within the state government and among
ministers who served in the last
administration over allegations of
corruption smacked of guilt.
APC’s statement followed an alarm
raised by the state’s Commissioner for
Information, Kayode Akinmade, on the
plot to petition anti-graft agencies
against the governor, Olusegun Mimiko,
and other leaders of the Peoples
Democratic Party who served under the
Jonathan administration.
Mr. Akinmade had said that the state
government had uncovered a plot to
launch a series of attacks on the
credibility of the governor and the
Peoples Democratic Party by some
political enemies.
But the APC said the apprehension was
needless if the governor and his
companions in the Peoples Democratic
Party had clean hands.
The Publicity Secretary of the party,
Omo’ba Adesanya, said the corruption
fight would continue irrespective of the
blackmail by Mr. Mimiko and other PDP
leaders.
“We advise them not to exercise fears if
they are not corrupt, as President
Muhammadu Buhari, whom the Nigerian
public and the international community
have nicknamed ‘Mr. Integrity’ will be
fair and just to all in the fight against
corruption,” he said.
“The fight against corruption is
sacrosanct and indispensable. Nigerians
voted for the APC at the last presidential
election, amongst other reasons, because
President Muhammadu Buhari promised
to nip corruption in the bud.
“Therefore any attempt to jettison the
fight, will amount to a breach of trust on
our electoral promises to millions of
Nigerians.”
Mr. Adesanya noted that the APC was
aware of the efforts by Mr. Mimiko, who
is the Chairman of the PDP Governors’
Forum and other leaders of the party, to
rubbish the anti-corruption crusade of
the president, warning that Buhari
would only be encouraged to be firm in
his pursuit to rid the country of
corruption.
“APC as a party and by our manifesto,
strongly urges all would-be political
appointees to be exemplary and lead by
example, as there will be no waiver or
sacred cow in the fight against
corruption,” he added.

www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/189678-mimiko-ex-ministers-have-nothing-to-fear-if-they-arent-corrupt-apc.html

funkybully:
Aregbe is a progressive, an omoluabi.

Osun enjoy d Chanji

abeg stop being funky, d situation in my state my not b even up to 50% of wat is happening in ur state, o le je omo Ekiti be yen ooo

Obiagelli:
I still think a serious government will discard mentality and streamline his payload. I read SMALL osun has on of the largest civil service in the country an this was done by aregbesola himself with the numerous Oyes

well u can ask people who knows about wat happened to d last governor dat tried to streamline d payload, and Oyes dat u mentioned isn't part of d civil service, it's just a youth empowerment programme dat cost d state only #200million every month n it's a very effective way of reducing crime in d society. But d major problem d state has is not just civil service alone, it runs 2 universities at d same time wit one jointly own by OYO n d oda having about 6 campuses, and the state has to equip them concurrently since they are still far from being well equipped, so u see, dis present situation will only help d state to grow better cos every decision to cut cost now will not b met with resistance by even d opposition.

Obiagelli:
Why didn't they do this verification all these while? Does the government not have a register for people on it's payroll, these shows the lack of capacity by the governor, this is a second term governor for God's sake.

Oyo state another example of incompetent governments.

U know dis is Nigeria, if he had wanted to do it earlier in his first term, d civil servants would av termed it witch-hunt or an attempt to sack dem, bt d circumstances of now just gave dem d perfect time to do such, remember Fayemi in Ekiti lost d support of teachers cos he wanted to do a competency test for dem, which was d right thing, so we need to understand d complexity of things in our society, but if d bailout is with him, he should pay-up immediately since he will even b having a good balance to b used for projects. Although I heard from one of their house of reps member dat he will pay before Salah

lurther:
I blame his people. I blame Osun people. I don't blame Aregbesola at all. Infact, Aregbesola, go ahead, dont pay a dime to them, embezzle their money and the profit together.

Next time, Osun people will not vote with sentiments. Knowing fully well that. Aregesola is a thief going by his antecedents and they still voted him because of Tinubu Amala and Rice. Next time, if Osun people see amala during campaign, they will run.

Sentimental people.

do u still have more rubbish to type?

Obiagelli:
This guy is just plain evil, so all these while he was doing owing salary, he didn't do verification. How can one be so devilish to think of himself only.

Pay this people for God's sake, it is not your money.

The verification became necessary wen there was disagreement btw d government n d NLC over d total number of civil servants in d state, d government claims it spends close to 3.6billion on salaries n pensions, so it was jointly agreed dat d government should do a verification exercise which is even been conducted by d civil service commission, d situation in Osun is not as worse as been portrayed in d media n from d list of states collecting bailout u can see dat it's not peculiar to Osun alone, just recently OYO was even saying it needs more money despite d bailout.

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U wan open d yansh of our bodyguard legislator(Dino Melaye) b dat

Sure-p = SURE-pocket

And if he doesn't apologize?

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He should keep doing whatever he thinks is right but he should let it be for the benefit of d masses n he should try and make it inclusive without neglecting any zone cos of the crying wolf

Firefire:
Interesting...

What has CHANGED ?

The last explanation from American government for not buying oil from Nigeria anymore is described below.

- Does it mean that America oil production has dropped to make it now intending to buy crude oil from Nigeria ?

- Could it be a wicked policy to punish the unyielding president at the time ?

- Do we now have a president who is ready to do the bidding of the modern slave master ?

Fellow Nigerians,

Please what has really changed ? abi dis too naa the body odour or na body language una dey call am ??

According to the White House Economic Council Director, “across the last several years, US oil production has ramped up significantly by more than 50 percent to now over eight and a half million barrels per day.”

He explained that such a high turn up in local US oil production “has now dramatically reduced our dependency on imports,” Zients noted, adding that “in fact, we now produce more here than we import.”


https://www.nairaland.com/2063726/why-stopped-buying-nigerias-oil

A crying wolf as been spotted

Governor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State has disclosed that his Public Property Recovery Committee discovered an aircraft belonging to the state but hidden in Morocco. Mr. Abubakar stated this on Saturday night in Bauchi in a broadcast marking 100 days of his administration. The governor, who did not substantiate further on the aircraft, said the plane would be received by the state government in a few days at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport, Bauchi. He said the aircraft was recovered by the committee set up by the government and headed by Ahmed Tijjani- Baba, a retired Air Commodore.
“I wish to announce the fruitful efforts in locating the
state owned “Embraer 145. Aircraft in Morocco and soon it will land at the Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa international Airport in a matter of days,” said the governor. He added that “the committee will now beam its satellite on the ministry for local affairs
and the State Basic Education Board to see how billions of naira allocated to them were spent.
“Such examples are the N2 billion micro loans and
others that were allocated them but carelessly spent
leaving our pupils to study under the trees”, he added.
Mr. Abubakar assured that the state government would soon embark on the construction and reconstruction of some rural roads in the state to ease transportation problems. He said the government has
refurbished five trucks belonging to the State Fire
Service as part of safety measures. He added that 420 youths have been engaged as street cleaners by the government under its youth employment scheme to curb youth restiveness.
He also said water supply, especially within Bauchi metropolis, has improved following the government’s intervention such as regular payment of electricity
bills and upgrade of electricity gadgets at Gubi Dam.

www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nnorth-east/189579-we-found-bauchis-stolen-aircraft-in-morocco-governor-abubakar-says.html

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Kayode Ogundamisi is a well known public affairs analyst, he posted this on his Facebook page while also posting an excerpt of Buhari's interview in 2012 by The Sun reporter, where he talked about his assets, which looks very similar to what he just declared.
Below is the link to the interview for those that missed it.

sunnewsonline.com/new/the-sun-exclusive-buhari-bares-it-all/

Oyo state Governor Senator Abiola Ajimobi has reiterated the determination of his administration to suspend the sponsorship of pilgrims to the holy land until the economy of the state improves. Governor Ajimobi stated this while receiving the Executive Secretary and other officials of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission at the Governor’s office, Agodi, Ibadan. Governor Ajimobi explained that individuals who are interested in holy pilgrimage should endeavor to sponsor themselves since the purpose is for spiritual rejuvenation and not a compulsion. He recalled that the Government maintained the same stand during the 2015 hajj exercise by sending only the medical staff to monitor the health of the pilgrims in Saudi Arabia. He said the present state of economy in Oyo state called for a cut down in the financial spending’s of the state. Earlier in his remark the executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission Mr. John Kennedy said the purpose of the visit was to sensitize the Government and well to do members of the society on the need to support their brethren and finance their pilgrimage to holy land. He said the Christian Pilgrim Commission had also introduced youth Pilgrimage and skills acquisition in Jerusalem which according to him would enable the youths to acquire some vocational trainings in the Holy land of Israel. He explained that the Commission is also working in conjunction with the National Lottery Commission to ensure that all intending pilgrims obtained a lottery ticket with a view to sponsoring the lucky winner to the holy land with the proceed of the lottery.
thenationonlineng.net/oyo-suspends-sponsorship-of-pilgrims/

Omo this guy get punch line oooo, he will surely dizz better dan Meek Mill if he were to b a rapper

Omo see punch line

In our hero's voice, he who hires can fire, ask Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

He only did so inorder to outsmart El - rufai

The State Security Service (SSS) on
Thursday uncovered a “stockpiles of
arms and ammunition” from the Akwa
Ibom State Government House in Uyo,
the state capital, during a surprise raid,
top security sources have told PREMIUM
TIMES.
The operation, which was jointly carried
out by operatives from the SSS
headquarters in Abuja and a detachment
from the Akwa Ibom State Command of
the Service, were said to have stormed
the Hilltop Mansion based on security
reports that suggested arms and
ammunition were stored in a room
there.
After ransacking the entire residence of
the governor, which is yet to be occupied
by the serving Governor, Udom
Emmanuel, the operatives moved to
guest houses and the presidential lodge,
said to be currently in use by ex-
Governor Godswill Akpabio.
It was, however, in one of the guest
houses within the expansive complex,
the source said, that the stockpile of
arms and ammunition were found
locked up in a large room.
Apart from the arms stockpile, the
source also said the operatives
uncovered a guest room filled with
United States dollar notes.
“It is true that our operatives carried out
an operation in Akwa Ibom State
Government House in Uyo yesterday,”
the source said.
“During the operation which lasted for
over an hour, our operatives found
stockpile of arms and ammunition
locked up in one of the guest houses
within the Government House complex.
“We also found a room which has stacks
of United States dollars, but since we had
no order to take them away, our
operatives left the room untouched.”
One of our sources said the operatives
initially wanted to evacuate the dollar
notes but received instructions from
their superiors in Abuja to let the notes
be.
However, a staff of the Government
House, who pleaded not to be named for
security reasons, told PREMIUM TIMES
that in the course of the operation, a lot
of government property were damaged
by the SSS operatives.
He claimed the operatives did not
ransack the official residence of the
governor but confirmed they broke into
all the guest houses within the
Government House complex.
The source also confirmed that Governor
Emmanuel was yet to move into his
official residence.
The SSS could not be immediately
reached to officially comment on the
operation. The agency does not have a
known spokesperson that could be
reached for comments.
And it’s Director General, Lawal Daura,
did not answer or return multiple calls
to his telephone.
However, apparently jolted by the
development, the raid has attracted
harsh reactions from the leadership of
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
An official of the SSS said PDP’s loud
reaction “is to divert attention and
downplay the findings of the Service”.
The Acting Chairman of the party, Uche
Secondus, while hosting Bayelsa State
governor, Seriake Dickson, in his office
Friday, raised the alarm and described
the invasion as a civilian coup d’état.
Mr. Secondus said the action is part of
the strategy of the ruling All Progressives
Congress, and the Muhammadu Buhari-
led government to forcefully take some
states won by the opposition PDP.
”Let me alert this nation that there was a
civilian coup d’état in Akwa Ibom State
where the State Security Service, headed
by Lawal Daura, invaded the
Government House in Akwa Ibom,
ransacked the entire Government House,
looking for the governor (Udom
Emmanuel), to kidnap,” Mr. Secondus
said.
“We want to alert this nation that this is
part of the strategy of APC and its
Federal Government to forcefully take
Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Abia and Taraba
States by force because they are not
satisfied with the control of the Federal
Government.
“They still want to take over by force all
the states controlled by PDP. “This
nation belongs to all, to both PDP and
APC, a situation where, consistently, the
SSS has assaulted states controlled by
PDP, the international community
should be aware of what is going on. Is
this democracy? Is this how PDP ruled in
16 years?
“We want to advise and point out to the
President that we will not tolerate this
anti-democratic arrangement by APC
and SSS because it will be a
reincarnation of Rafindadi days when
he was in charge of SSS.
“This is exactly the format. Daura is a
reincarnation of Rafindadi and
Nigerians are not ready for what
happened 30 years ago. This is a clear
warning that they should desist from
taking laws into their hands.”
On his part, the Ekiti State Governor,
Ayo Fayose, called for the immediate
sack of the Director General of the SSS,
Lawal Daura, whom he accused for the
invasion.
Mr. Fayose said armed men from the
Special Squad of the SSS invaded the
Presidential Wing of the Government
House, Uyo, in a commando style,
ransacked it, intimidated and harassed
the occupants, claiming that they were
searching for bomb and documents.
While wondering when Akwa Ibom State
Government House turned into a bomb-
making factory, Mr. Fayose said he was
shocked that men of the SSS were
overzealously looking for bomb in Akwa
Ibom instead of the Boko Haram-ravaged
North East Nigeria.
“From the barbaric act of the SSS
yesterday and other actions of Security
Service under Alhaji Lawal Daura in the
last few weeks, one can conclude that
Daura is taking Nigeria back to the 1984
era of General Mohammadu Buhari and
this is unfortunate.
“No doubt, the Director General (DG) SSS,
Lawal Daura is acting out a sinister
script of taking over Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) controlled States in the
South-South and South East by whatever
means,” Mr. Fayose said.
“To say the least, the invasion of the
Akwa Ibom State Government House on
Thursday ordered by Daura, is a rape of
democracy and invitation to chaos and
anarchy. It is authoritarian, dictatorial
and I condemn it strongly,”
“It is unfortunate that this is happening
under President Buhari’s watch, and
painful that Alhaji Lawal Daura is
drawing Nigeria back to the Military
era.”
Mr. Fayose recalled the arrest of the
Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC; Resident Electoral
Commissioner, REC, in Akwa Ibom,
Austin Okojie, by men of the SSS in July,
as a continued case of undemocratic
tendencies by the security agency under
its new leadership.
“I wonder why “the SSS under Alhaji
Lawal Daura that has turned Akwa Ibom
State and other states into centres of its
draconian operations has not deemed it
necessary to invite for questioning, the
Yobe State INEC REC, Mr. Abu Zarma, in
whose bank account N15 million alleged
to be a bribe was found.”
He said the recent action by the SSS and
the earlier arrest of the state REC were
part of a sinister plot by the APC, to
circumvent the will of the people of the
South-South and South-East states
controlled by the PDP.
Saying the plot would fail ultimately, Mr.
Fayose argued that if a Government
House occupied by a governor, who
enjoys the same immunity like the
President, as provided in the 1999
Constitution, could be invaded by a
special squad of the SSS, it meant the SSS
DG was moving the country towards
dictatorship.
He said having witnessed the era of
dictatorship and barbarism where
Nigerians were treated with contempt,
the governor said under the present
democracy the people would never
accommodate the 1984 era of draconian
rule.
Mr. Fayose urged Mr. Buhari to call the
DG SSS to order, pointing out that he
should be made to know that his
extremely controversial activities since
he assumed office were of growing
concern to Nigerians.
“His actions as the DG SSS are
regrettable, unfortunate, condemnable
and unacceptable because he has come
to symbolise dictatorship, which
democracy abhors,” Mr. Fayose
continued.
“Alhaji Lawal Daura should know that he
is holding the office of DG SSS that he
presently occupies in trust for all
Nigerians and such office is not one that
can be turned into instrument of
political witch-hunt.
“If Alhaji Daura continues with his use
of the SSS to harass, intimidate and
assault the constitution of Nigeria,
President Buhari may have to show to
Nigerians that he is not a party to the
use of the security agency to witch-hunt
his political opponents by sacking the DG
SSS,” the governor said.

www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/189528-exclusive-sss-uncovers-stockpiles-of-arms-ammunition-in-akwa-ibom-govt-house.html

ThisisBuhari:
yes, same cloth he wore for his official portrait

oga, no SURE-pocket under dis government den

A defence witness at the Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, Bassey Willie, admitted on Friday that he signed all the result sheets for Oron Local Government Area of the state during the April 11 governorship poll. Willie, who said this during his testimony, is one of the defence witnesses for Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, of the Peoples Democratic Party, whose victory at the April poll is being challenged by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Umana Umana, at the tribunal, which sits in Abuja. Willie said the result sheets were signed by one agent due to the inability of other wards collation agents to get to the Local Government Collation Centre because the engine of the boat, conveying them to the collation centre, developed a fault. He admitted that he was the Local Government Collation Agent, adding that he signed the result sheets for Ward 4, even though one Elder Effiong Atanang was the PDP Ward 4 agent. Atanang had, however, claimed that he signed the Ward 4 result sheet. Willie, during cross examination, also told the tribunal that election results could be collated outside the ward collation centres “as was the case in Oron”. He explained that lightning and security issue made it impossible for election results to be collated at designated collation centres, saying the collation was done elsewhere with the support of security agents and INEC officials. Another witness, a former PDP state chairman, Uwem Etuk, during cross examination, told the respondent’s counsel, Dayo Akinlaja (SAN), that “if anyone says no election took place in the area, then INEC should be told to answer for it”. Counsel for INEC, Obinna Onyia, declined cross examining the witness. Mr. Jude Edet, a witness and the Local Government collation agent for Ibesikpo Asutan, said it was wrong for Dr. Ita Udosen and former governor Victor Attah to have testified that there was no election in the area. Denying knowing the names of other PDP ward agents in the area, he, however, admitted that it was wrong for total votes cast to be higher than total number of accredited voters. He said such a development amounted to fraud. “Ghost can’t vote,” he added. After the testimony of these witnesses, the respondents counsel, Paul Usoro, who had earlier pledged to call eight witnesses, asked the court for an adjournment. “My Lord, we have had enough from this witnesses for today,” Usoro added. The tribunal adjourned hearing in the case to Monday.

@op did u notice dat was d same cloth he wore while praying for his cows d last time he visited?

Please wen will our legislooters declare their asset oooo, cos I want to know d number of plots of land Akpabio has in d whole 36 States dat he is still looking for

naija2dabone:
For those who have the details:

1. What is his net worth?

2. What is his total liabilities?

3. Was his assets held in his wife name stated

4. Was his wife the £10m 'inauguration wrist watch' included?

5. How did the 150 presidential cows suddently increased to 227 cows?

6. How did "I have only 1 million in my bank accounts" now grow to 30 million

7. A 'land somewhere' in PH? like seriously he doesnt know where the land is?

8. Was Union bank that gave him the N27 Million loan for APC nomination form as he claimed then?

9. Mud houses? Pictures pls

10. Cars as gift....ok from who? Amaechi? Fashola? Tinubu? or .....

dont b lazy friend, just go to Google n read about his wife's background, Her grandfather,Alhaji Muhammadu Ribadu was Nigeria's first Minister of Defence. [12] Her father was a civil
engineer while her mother is a descendant of
the Ankali family, renowned farmers and
textile giants.