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I saw this write up on Facebook written by Segun O'Law. Ju̶̲̥̅̊§t wish I should share it with fellow nairaland.....

These APC hypocrites sef, dem nor dey hear masses' voice or reverse any unpopular policy when people protest, but dem dey do yeye show of 'awon agbaya' over their loss of election in Anambra.
Protest against hike in LASU fees, na police and soldiers Fashola take subdue the demonstrators; Lekki toll protest, na force e take make am stay; protest against arbitrary ban on Okada in some major roads without provision of alternatives ended with Fashola's kogberegbe 'wake-up-and-just-pronounce-a-policy' style of governance; protest against demolition of Fakunle High School in Oshogbo to create a shoprite for Tinubu fell in Aregbesola's deaf hears; the other time, Adams Oshiomhole a widower himself, treated a counterpart widow (they should have married) in a way he would not like to be treated, et al et al...
So, they also believe in protest even though they don't listen to masses.
A show of shame it was as shameless adults carried brooms to protest against #‎Anambra election. If they like, let them participate, if dem nor like, let them not participate. They lost even before the elction... a sign of their possible failure in impending 2015...
Neither PDP nor APC is different; pots calling kettle black... mscheew!!!.

What is your opinion about this..... Is it true or not?

The Killing of a Female Community Leader by a Trailer in Abule-Egba
in Lagos on November 13 Has Been Linked to the Convoy of the
First Lady of Kwara State, Omolewa Ahmed
The killing of a female community leader by a trailer in Abule-Egba
in Lagos on November 13 has been linked to the convoy of the First
Lady of Kwara State, Omolewa Ahmed.
The community leader, Victoria Adeoye, 63, was killed when a
tipper-trailer ploughed into bystanders as it tried to avoid a head-
on collision with Mrs. Ahmed’s convoy, which was driving on the
wrong side of the road.
Unconcerned, Mrs. Ahmed and her convoy of about seven cars
abandoned the accident victims and sped on towards Abeokuta.
The Kwara First Lady was on her way from visiting popular Fuji
musician, Kollington Ayinla, who was receiving treatment at
Hamkad Hospital for an undisclosed ailment.
Eyewitnesses say the accident occurred when the fourth vehicle
in the convoy was exiting the small road leading to the hospital. Mrs.
Adeoye and a roadside ice cream seller were killed.
In order to cover up the cause of the accident, authorities at
Hamkad Hospital gagged their workers from disclosing their VIP
guest, and swiftly moved Alhaji Ayinla to another hospital.
Mrs. Adeola’s son, Olusegun Adeoye, an Abuja-based medical
doctor, told SaharaReporters that Hamkad has refused to disclose
the killers of his mother.
SaharaReporters however learnt from people in the area that
although the plate numbers of the vehicles were covered,
policemen in Mrs. Ahmed’s convoy had freely chatted with people in
the area and disclosed they were from Kwara State.
SaharaReporters approached Dr. Femi Akorede, a spokesperson
to the Kwara State governor, who admitted that the convoy at
the hospital was that of the Kwara State First lady. However, he
vehemently denied that the convoy caused the tragic accident,
claiming instead that the brakes of the tipper-trailer failed and
endangered the First Lady’s convoy.
It is unclear how he obtained those details since he was not on Mrs.
Ahmed’s detail.
Asked why the First Lady’s convoy did not at least stop to assist
the victims of the accident they witnessed even on compassionate
grounds, he said she was only made aware of it after she returned
to Ilorin, the state capital.
Eyewitnesses however, contradicted Akorede’s account, insisting
that the accident happened as the convoy harassed motorists on
the highway, causing the trailer to careen off the highway and
then slam into several people, including Mrs. Adeoye who was at
the bus stop on her way to Oshodi.
The Lagos State police also tried to cover up the cause of the
accident by trying to use force to move the vehicles, until a mob
prevented them from doing so.
The accident occurred within 24 hours after another a similarly
reckless convoy of the Kogi State Governor killed Professor
Festus Iyayi, a former Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU)
President, on his way to an ASUU conference in Kano on November
12.

A gadget is a device or appliance having a unique purpose and
function. At the time of their invention, gadgets are often way
ahead in terms of novelty and uniqueness. This is what makes them
so desirable and ‘cool.’
That modern gadgets have changed the world is an
understatement. No one wants to go back to the days of no
television, no Internet and definitely no cell phone.
Each day, tech companies churn out the latest versions of laptops
and mobile phones, while household and kitchen appliances are not
left out.
While it is easy to get caught up in the rave of the moment, there
is increasing scientific evidence linking ‘electropollution’ to the rise
in cancer, birth defects, fibromyalgia, Alzheimer’s disease,
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, depression, learning disabilities and
even Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
According to the World Health Organisation, ‘electronic smog,’
created by electricity, is “one of the most common and fastest
growing environmental influences.” Experts therefore warn that it
is important that one is fully aware of the ill effects of these
modern gadgets on health.
Researchers at Carnelle Montelle University, Toronto, Canada, in a
report titled, “Tech Injury,” give a brief outline of how these
gadgets impact human health.
Texter’s neck
This syndrome is associated with mobile phones, laptops and
tablet use. The report states that those who engage in texting or
simply reading while hunched over laptops easily strain their necks.
Chiropractors say the pain can be severe.
The experts note that this habit affects blood circulation, which
can lead to tennis elbow, whereby the exterior region of the elbow
becomes sore.
Doctors in India say they see between 30 and 40 patients
suffering from texter’s neck every month, and they are mostly
youngsters.
Bad posture
Physiotherapist and posture specialist, Dr. Lauren James, says
those who hunch over laptops while working are prone to back
pain due to bad posture. James notes that incorrect posture
directly affects the shape of the spine and causes pain in the
muscles of the back and the shoulders.
She says, “Eighty per cent of laptop users face the risk of nerve
damage due to poor posture. Slouching on the chair while using the
laptop carries the same risk, as it causes dowager’s hump or the
curving of the upper back.”
Carpal tunnel
This is popularly known as texter’s thumb, which James says is
caused by heavy texting. According to her, people who spend at
least four hours each day tapping on their laptops or cell phones
are at risk of developing this condition.
“This is for those who enjoy texting and spend hours chatting.
Texter’s thumb starts with a shooting pain, burning sensation, as
well as numbness in the hands. The strength in the hands of the
patients also decreases and they find difficulty in maintaining a
grip on everyday objects,” she states.
Corrective measures include wearing braces on the hands, which
can be quite embarrassing for youngsters and adults who are
mostly afflicted with texter’s thumb.
Electromagnetic radiation hazards
According to scientists, EMR from EMFs can be disruptive to the
human body’s own natural energy fields. Like X-rays, these
waves are not blocked or weakened by objects in their way.
Rather, they pass into our bodies, upsetting normal cellular
function and biological processes. EMR can cause headaches,
tiredness and even immune system disorders.
Electromagnetic radiation is part and parcel of any electronic
device, with mobile phone radiation and mobile phone towers being
the most under the public’s eye. EMR is associated with brain
tumour, childhood leukemia and genetic damage under long term
exposure, researchers say.
Scientists believe that appliances such as electric hair dryers,
shavers and bedside digital alarms are more dangerous due to their
proximity to the human head.
According to scientist and EMF expert, Dr. George Yao, the typical
American is hit by electromagnetic radiation up to 200 million times
more intense than what his ancestors absorbed from the sun,
stars, and other natural sources.
Brain cancer
For those who believe in the dangers of the mobile phone,
exposure to cell phone radiation may increase your risks for
developing brain cancer over time, according to experts.
A recent study by Finnish scientists found a 40 per cent increase
in the risks of brain tumour for those who use these phones for
more than 10 years. The brain tumour was most likely to be
located on the side of the head where the phone was held.
In addition, a Swedish study has found that brain cells could be
destroyed by mobile phone radiation; they warn that the present
generation of teenagers runs the risk of going senile before their
middle age!
In India and the U.S., clinical trials have raised the possibility that
men who use mobile phones very frequently have reduced sperm
counts.
Obviously there is also some media hype on some of these issues.
However, there is no question about the ill effects of EMF and,
especially, the radiation released by cell phones and their effects
on the brain of children.
Some studies are, to some extent, underplaying its ill effects. At
present, most scientists agree that children under the age of
eight should not be permitted to use mobile phones — a warning
sidestepped by most lawmakers.
Stress/Ringxiety
Cell phone use has been linked to anxiety. Experts say phantom
vibration is the false feeling of thinking that a phone or any other
gadget for that matter is ringing, when it is not. Associated
problems include ‘ringxiety’ (sense that phone is ringing) and
‘fauxcellarm’ (believing that an alarm is ringing).
“You may not even know that you are suffering from these
ailments, but try to remember how many times you have checked if
your phone is ringing,” experts warn.
Sleep loss
The lead researcher, Dr. Manny Philips, in the study by Canadian
scientists, which was conducted in a sleep clinic, concludes that
sleep deprivation is quite common among those whose lives revolve
around their electronic devices — be it laptop, tablet, phone,
gaming gadgets or even the TV.
They note that those who use these devices before going to bed
are mainly at risk, since exposure of the body to bright artificial
light of the screens lowers melatonin release (a sleep-promoting
hormone).
Even worse, it promotes alertness in the body, which makes falling
asleep difficult and can aggravate sleep disorders.
Hi-tech gadgets are created to reduce stress, but their use often
results in the opposite. Shocking ring tones, high-decibel tunes on
some mobile phones, car stereos and headsets can take a toll on
our health.
In all things, let us remember that moderation is key.

Source: www.punchng.com/healthwise/what-electronic-gadgets-can-do-to-you/

N255m Car Scandal: Stella Oduah, NCAA Officials Risk 10-year Jail For Violating Budget, Procurement Laws - PREMIUM TIMES

By PREMIUM TIMES
If Nigeria’s anti-corruption authorities would, for once,
punish violators of federal budget and procurement laws,
then aviation ministry officials involved in a scandalous
purchase of two armour-plated BMW vehicles at an inflated
cost of N225 million, would be facing charges leading from
three to 10 years in jail.
PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report today that the
multimillion contract that has sparked anger across the
country was never listed or approved in any government
budget as required by law, neither was it openly advertised or
bided for.
The contract was not listed in the budget by the Nigerian Civil
Aviation Authority, NCAA, the agency compelled by the
minister to make the purchase; and was not listed by the
Federal Airport Authority, FAAN or Nigerian Airspace
Management Agency, NAMA.
The ministry’s own budget too, had no plan to purchase any
car for the minister, or other officials.
Spending public funds on unbudgeted projects attracts three
years in jail and a fine of N100, 000 the Corrupt Practices
and Other Related Offences law stipulates.
Also, contracts involving public funds without due
procurement processes- basically open advertising and
bidding- draws a minimum of five years, and a maximum of 10
years in jail, the Public Procurement law says.
A spokesperson for the Independent Corrupt Practices and
Related Offences Commission, Folu Olamiti, said the anti-
graft body would make its position on the matter known later.
A representative for the Bureau of Public Procurement, said
the “law was clear” on this case. He did not want to be named
because he was not authorized to speak.
After its initial denial of a contract that has shocked a nation
with majority of its population poor, the ministry of aviation,
on Sunday, admitted that two reinforced BMW sedans had
been purchased for Mrs Oduah at the total cost of N255
million, a sum enough to deliver at least five of such cars.
Joe Obi, Special Assistant on Media to the Minister, said the
cars were to protect Mrs Oduah from “imminent threats”
bred by the minister’s purported radical reforms in the
aviation industry, the Punch newspaper reported.
“When she came on board as the minister, she inherited a lot
of baggage in terms of concession and lease agreements in
the sector, which were clearly not in the interest of the
government and people of Nigeria,” Mr Obi said.
“And so, she took bold steps and some of these agreements
were reviewed and some were terminated, and these moves
disturbed some entrenched interests in the sector, and within
this period, she began to receive imminent threats to her life;
therefore, the need for the vehicles.”
Mr. Obi did not elaborate on the processes leading to the
procurement of the cars, whether it followed due process or
not; or why the minister chose to mandate an agency under
her supervision to deliver the cars, or still, why the contract
was directly awarded to Coscharis Motors-the company that
supplied the cars- in breach of government procurement
laws.
But PREMIUM TIMES has confirmed that the agency’s budget,
which is not usually open to the National Assembly for
appropriation, had no provision for a car, or more, for the
minister.
This paper has also established why the aviation minister, Mrs
Oduah, possibly opted for the NCAA, out of the six offices
under her regulation, to bankroll the exotic vehicles.
NCAA’s secrecy
Of the six offices under the ministry, NCAA is the only fully
self-sustaining organization with no kobo provided by the
government for its operation.
All the funds used by NCAA are internally-generated, from
charges on airlines, passengers and fines etc, as stipulated
by the Civil Aviation law, setting it up. The FAAN and NAMA,
are also as revenue generating agencies.
Government agencies under such arrangement, illegally spend
their revenues without the approval of the National Assembly,
and usually refuse to disclose their budgets.
Although believed to be in hundreds, offices officially listed by
the government in the Fiscal Responsibility Act as revenue-
generating total 31. They include big spenders such as Central
Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation, NNPC.
With the title, comes a somewhat self-imposed privilege of
maintaining secret budgets, in the belief that since they
source their own funding, they should not be appropriated
for.
That claim has irked Senators and House of Representatives
members for years, and the lawmakers have repeatedly
threatened not to pass federal budget until the 31 agencies
make open their spending proposals yearly.
The legislators accuse the agencies of violating the
constitution and the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which makes it
mandatory for all spending be approved by the National
Assembly.
The two arms of the National Assembly are currently pushing
amendments to compel the 31 agencies to make their budgets
public.
It is the secrecy that has predictably helped NCAA and others
spend freely with little or no oversight, lawmakers say,
making the NCAA the likely choice for the controversial and
unapproved car purchase contract.
Between 2009 and 2012, the agency raised N35.3 billion,
and spent all of that on its internal needs, according to the
National Assembly Budget and Research Office.
The research office predicted that NCAA will raise N10.6
billion in 2013, and if allowed, will fritter all on operational
cost.
The cars purchased for the minister came from the 2013
revenue.

Frontpage pls
www.nairaland.com/1488071/aviation-agency-bought-4-toyota

Stretch limos bought for VIPS by NAMA
By SaharaReporters, New York
A new SaharaReporters investigation reveals that the
National Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), another
agency under the Ministry of Aviation, also purchased four
Toyota Tundra vehicles for the Minister, Mrs. Stella Oduah.
Nigerians are currently up in arms about two armored cars
purchased for her by another agency, the Nigeria Civil Aviation
Authority, at the scandalous rate of N225million, and many
are calling for her to be fired.
The Tundras are in addition to four stretch limousine cars
that were allegedly purchased for the movement of VIPs.
Saharareporters obtained the photos of the Limousines,
which were parked at the headquarters of the Total Radar
Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON)
grounds in Abuja today.
Efforts to get the NAMA spokesperson, Supo Atobatele, to
comment on the fresh allegations proved abortive as he
claimed he was driving and could not speak on the wheel. When
later confronted with the facts, Mr. Atobatele denied the
existence of the stretch limos claiming that NAMA is a
“professional agency” that provides navigational aid to
aircrafts flying within Nigeria’s airspace. He hung up and
switched off his phone when further told that
Saharareporters had the photos.
NAMA’s CEO, Nnamdi Udo, reportedly made the purchase and
‘donation’ of the Tundras to the Minister in June 2013. The
four Limousines were received in the third week of June but
have never been put to use.
Last week after SaharaReporters revealed the purchase of
two BMW armored cars for the Minister, her aides and later
the Managing Director of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority,
Fola Akinkuotu, claimed the vehicles were meant for VIP
movement, but a former lawmaker and leader of Anti-
Corruption Network, Dino Melaye, told SaharaReporters
today that it is the duty of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to
transport international VIPs in Nigeria.
He also revealed that the most important Aviation inspectors
are teams from the ICAO who already have a Nigerian office
which handles all their transactions.
SaharaReporters could not confirm if the NAMA limos are
armored. It is also unclear why NAMA, an agency believed to be
cash-strapped, would need stretch limos that are normally
used by celebrities, to ferry international VIPS.
Meanwhile, a high-level source has confirmed to
SaharaReporters that the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria,
which Mrs. Oduah brags about as one of
her achievements in office, provides epileptic service.
Because it often breaks down, the objective of establishing a
safer national airspace is said to have been compromised.
Foreign airlines are said to rely on their built in navigational
equipment for air safety within the Nigerian airspace

THE World Bank Group is to undertake its biggest financing programmein the Nigeria’s power sector, never seen anywhere else in the world.
The Director, Infrastructure Department, International Finance Corporation, IFC, a subsidiary of the World Bank Group, Mr. Bernard Sheahan, who disclosed this at a power summit in Lagos, said the World Bank planned to provide financing for a number of the power projects, such as providing funding for some of the transmission cost and guaranteeing some of the risks in the sector.
He said, “The World Bank will provide funding for some of the transmission costs. The Partial Risk Guarantee programme that the World Bank is planning for Nigeria will be the largest of such programme anywhere in the world.“This integrated business plan for the power sector by the World Bank Group is something we have never tried anywhere else. We are doing this because of the magnitude of the needs here and we think the potential payoff, both for Nigeria and for opening up a really important market for investors.”
He said the IFC is already in discussion with the Federal Government of Nigeria, on how best toset up the next stage of the power reforms programme.
He also said that the IFC has started disbursing some money as co-developers to one of the first Independent Power Projects, IPPs, with the hope of bringing the project to financial closure soonest.
Sheahan noted that in the past, the role of the IFC and other agenciesof the World Bank, was mainly advisory, adding that at the moment, they are moving into the financing phase, through the IPPs and eventually some of the distribution companies, as well.
He expressed support for the tariff system, saying it is a critical part of a system intending to grow that will ensure transparency and will enable the distribution companies to generate enough cash to expand their network and grow capacity.
Continuing, he said, “What this reform has done for the government is the credibility which was not there before. Credibility, which was why many people sat on the side-lines and not much happened, where efforts were made to develop the independent power plants and it did not get very far. Whereas now, we see the payments that had been made for the discos, which are quite remarkable.
“The big difference is the perception and momentum, not because everything has been solved, but enough have been solved that people are willing to put serious money and that is because the government has succeeded in putting together more of these pieces in a whole that become credible that has been the case before.
“Officially, tariffs are quite low, but effectively, the prices that are being paid for power here in Nigeria is higher than the amount paid in any other country in the world, because of self generation. I believe Nigeria is the world leader in self-generation.”
Also speaking, Mr. Solomon Adegbie-Quaynor, Country Manager, Nigeria, African Department, IFC, said, “With the reform we have seen in the last few months, we believe we will see more interest. A couple of weeks ago, I was in Asia, some top companies there say they want a better understanding  of Nigeria, to either trade or bring the products in, with time, they might locate some assembling of the products in the market. More importantly is also the maintenance and repair, ensuring that inventory is available, so we have very minimal outages.”
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/10/world-bank-fund-nigerias-power/

contd.
Did you know that Iyorchia Ayu lost his job as Minister of Industries for insisting that a more competent and qualified bidder takes over Benue Cement?

AllAfrica: Making the denial in an exclusive interview with THISDAY in Abuja at the weekend, Dr. Ayu said that rather, Dangote’s involvement in the purchase of BCC as core investor was political and not based on pure business interest.
I’m sure you’re aware that Dangote is the spirit behind the so-called “Corporate Nigeria” raising billions of naira for Obasanjo’s re-election. I’m sure you’re also aware that he was “the young Kano businessman” that parachuted the intimidating tonnes of Ghana-Must-Go into the PDP convention ground. He’s also rumoured to have backed all the PDP governorship aspirants in the South-West, including Bukola Saraki in Kwara. This is quite apart from the claim that he’s the linchpin of Babangida’s 2007 project – his specific brief being to create and facilitate support in the South-West for the Evil Genius. And, isn’t it conveniently coincidental that he’s getting this immediately after the Presidential elections? And, by the way, how does “permission to import five million metric tonnes of bulk cement at a maximum rate of five percent duties” (note that no one is taking minimum) help in the indigenous production of cement, even as we all know that the raw material abounds in our country?

There’s nothing wrong with national governments supporting indigenous private enterprise in order to improve competitive advantage, but check all the relevant and successful examples, from South Korea to Japan or China and one thing you see is that they’re usually directed at a group/industry; it’s never done for the benefit of a single individual. What is being done with Dangote in the name of promoting indigenous business is simply crass favouritism. To put it bluntly, he’s a front for those who’re using their political power to provide him these privileges. It is criminal, to say the least.

Dangote Repays Nigeria For Our Generosity By Then Selling Cement To Masses At Triple Global Price
The most important problem with all this is the result. If Dangote was appreciative and fearful enough of the sacrifice Nigeria, Nigerian businesses and the Nigerian government had given him, he would sell his cement, now that he has established himself as the top producer, at costs that are considerate. Not, Aliku Beggar-they-countrymen Dangote. Dangote rather ensured that he, supplying up to 90% of Nigeria’s cement, forced the price per bag up to N2900, about $17/bag. This is over three times the global average for the product.

Dying Yar’Adua tried to no avail to beg the evil Don Dangote to cut prices of cement down to N1000 per bag to allow growth. Dangote blackmailed Yar’Adua according to this report:

Back-off Cement or face the Consequences, Dangote tells Yar’Adua
A fresh offensive to bring down the price of cement has already hit a snag as the powerful cement cartel led by billionaire business magnate, Alhaji Aliko Dangote are digging trenches ahead of what promises to be an imminent showdown with President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua over a planned move to grant more cement import licenses to importers outside the main industry cartel.
Late Yar'Adua
Late Yar’Adua Tried
Sources at the Presidency told Huhuonline.com that whereas President Yar’adua wants to force down the price of cement to at least N1000 per bag, Dangote remains hell-bent on keeping the price at its current average level of N2000 per bag, in order to continue reaping the astronomical profits he has been earning because of his oligopolistic status within the sector.
“If the government grants licenses to people to import cement, we’ll close down our factories and lay-off workers; and when that happens, the domestic production capacity will reduce drastically; supply will still not match demand and the prices will even sky-rocket further. My advice is that the president should back-off the cement industry or face the consequences”, Dangote was quoted as warning Yar’adua by an industry source who elected anonymity…..
“It is amazing how a shriveled conscience like Dangote can be allowed to inflict so much pain on other Nigerians,” the source told Huhuonline.com, adding: “President Yar’Adua is greatly concerned that the cement cartel is frustrating his efforts to enable more Nigerians own houses by keeping the price of cement above the reach of many citizens. He has therefore begun a process of dismantling the cartel as he did in the downstream sector of the oil industry to curb the excesses of fuel marketers and nothing; not even Dangote will stop the President.”Hulu; 7 July 2009
beggar-thy-countrymen-dangoteUnfortunately death stopped Yar’Adua. Hopefully he wasn’t poisoned.

One must commend the Jonathan administration for being able to force a tiny reduction in sale price on assumption of power in respect to this ungratefulness and criminal exploitation and profiteering on the backs of the Nigerian masses. Jonathan forced the cement manufacturers to reduce the cost. Cement now sells in Nigeria for N1650-1800/bag. That is about $10-11/bag. Our article, Paying Double The World Price: Dangote Cements Nigerians In Poverty details how this is still twice the global average for the same size product. A writer online reacted to this, proposing that the fact that the Dangote company declares “outrageous” profits indicated the exorbitant sale price of his cement was not related to the cost of production, which includes electricity generation, but set out of sheer wickedness and greed.

Ibeto Cement confirms that cement should sell for N800 a bag at the most with all production costs and government advantages given to Dangote considered.

AllAfrica: Shareholders of Dangote Cement Plc (DCP) are to reap a double for the year ended December 31, 2011, as the company has recommended the payment of cash dividend and bonus issue. [Selling at double reaps double. His exploitative rate is not due to the cost of power generation, etc.]

The Jonathan administration continues the Dangote favoritism, continuing to destroy all other cement competitors, to ensure Dangote maintains his exploitative monopoly. According to the Punch,

Cement price still defies laws of demand and supply: March 21, 2013 by Samuel Awoyinfa, Nigerian Punch
“Sometime in June, 2012, Ibeto Cement had to seek a legal option to retain its import license when the FG tried to stop it.The latter’s action was said to be based on advice allegedly offered by local manufacturers (Guess who?). Reacting to this trend, the chairman of New Entrants into Cement Production, Mr. David Iweta, says there is a need for the local manufacturers to review their prices downwards, since there are many variables that work in their favour, which the importers of the commodity do not enjoy….”
Iweta sees no reason why a bag of 50kg bag of cement should be sold above N800, since local manufacturers are using lime stones, which are sourced locally, as raw materials. Besides, he notes that labour is available and cheap. He says, “I believe it is exploitation for Nigerians to pay above N800 for a 50kg bag of cement as retail price. Let them reduce it to N700 and see how the commodity will disappear from the market.”
Also, Iweta does not see wisdom in selling imported and locally produced cement at the same price. According to him, an importer pays $100 on cost and freight per metric tonne of cement. He says the locally produced cement should be cheaper than the imported variety because the latter attracts duty and 35 per cent levy, which is another $35 per tonne.
“The local manufacturers do not pay these levies. So, their prices should be cheaper. Imported cement sells within the same price range as the locally-produced ones. This should not be,” Iweta stresses. Read full on Punch
The Same Plan Again With Tokunbo Cars
FIGHT-THE-CABALNigeria’s government again decided to punish the masses by creating similar advantages and frustrations for its people while favoring the cabal. The plan to ban the importation of Tokunbo cars was eagerly announced after the Minister of Industry who is eager to stamp his name on the sands of time; after many meetings with the cabal and car manufacturers, planned to once again frustrate all car dealers, a 320,000 Nigerians employing industry, out of business, in favor of the hand full of cabal who intend to usurp this industry and extort the masses.

It is a trade-off, manufacturing for exploitation and enslavement of the masses to the cabal, who will sell worse or same products at the highest prices worldwide.

NewsRescue sources have described unbelievable lobbying that has been going on in Nigeria ahead of this announcement of a proposed ban. The plan that has been on the table with dealers like Coscharis Group Motors, Elizade motors and others who have been lobbying strongly, is for them to work with foreign car companies and bring them to assemble and manufacture in Nigeria. However as is with the Nigerian system as exemplified by the Dangote cement model, these cabal will manufacture and sell these cars of select choices and forced on Nigerians for whatever price they wish. And the people will first be punished to support the cabal company stock and assure them of government favor, before any cars are even produced.

Dangote Is The Cabal Archetype Behind Nigeria’s Suffering, Bad Government, Corruption and Poverty
nigeria-to-cabalThis man, who has risen to global wealth status epitomizes Nigeria’s biggest problems. He is the head of the cabal behind Nigeria’s biggest political party, the PDP. He chooses and sponsors the presidential candidates who can help him totally exploit the nation. As the cable report stated, his aim is to take over control of all Nigeria’s oil, gas and other resources.

With his government favoritism, he collapses all competition and small businesses in Nigeria and establishes himself as the sole importer or manufacturer.

One wonders if when Nigeria begins its touted exportation, Dangote will sell his $hit abroad for $13.00, that’s the $11 he sells it to Nigerians plus export costs. He’ll probably export it for $2/bag!

Nigerians are grateful that he employs them (slaves) to labor in his companies, they fail to realize that he can not employ animals or use machines to work his industries that make the product he uses in Nigerian markets to rip them off of their future. See: SaharaReporters-No To Slave Labour At Dangote’s Savannah Sugar Company

As a best analogy, Dangote is just like the European colonialist. He imposes governments, steals resource and labor, and ‘employs’ a slave labor for self enrichment in the same model they ran the sugar plantations in Africa. Thanking him for his industries and jobs is just like revering the White man for the employment of slavery. Like a parasite, he needs Nigeria, his host. He did not invest his money in Nigeria, the system Obasanjo and others run through him is a Nigeria based corporate siphon and exploitation by assuming the role of the government.

Obasanjo Even Hurriedly Auctioned Nigeria’s Refineries To Dangote: Luckily Yar’Adua Reserved It -Leadership
Before his hurried exit from the presidency following the humiliation of the aborted term elongation, former president Obasanjo auctioned Nigeria’s most prized national assets, the Warri and Kaduna refineries to Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola. It took the rare courage of late President Musa Yar’Adua to listen to the national outrage trailing the auction and reverse it. -Read more on Leadership ; President Yar’adua, Reverses The Sales Of African Petroleum In National Interest -Gamji

The lack of maintenance of Nigeria’s national assets is not unlinked to the commitment to selling them to, and replacing them by the Cabal, of which Dangote is chief front-man.

A few challenge him to make his money and take his products to compete in normal markets and countries.

We earlier wrote that it can be predicted that when Dangote’s refinery is operational, Nigerians will pay double the price for petroleum products. The removal of the government oil subsidy January 2012, is very much related to the preparation of the pathway to the Dangote refinery. This removal by Jonathan helped boost the worth of Dangote’s refinery stock and helps him get loans to invest in the project. It is the same Obasanjo method of crippling the government ability and crippling the masses to make Dangote. Related: AP Shareholders To Petition London Stock Exchange over Dangote

Nigerians are also happy with his pennies in charity which help him get tax breaks as is done by all other big companies. Nigerian breweries for instance sponsors shows all over Nigeria all year round, not because they love to party, but as donations to reduce their levied tax.

SaharaReporters: Aliko Dangote Is A Criminal

the cabal thiefWhat he passes as entrepreneurial practices are brigandage and piracy personified. A few years ago, when someone I know attempted to import corned beef into Nigeria from Botswana for distribution, he couldn’t on the grounds that it was on the prohibited list. When I nosed around, I ascertained that this same criminal, Aliko Dangote imports into Nigeria and distributes all manner of corned beef from Argentina, Brazil and Australia. His shenanigan over cement stinks to high heavens. … after I discerned that every iota of cement that comes into Nigeria was through Aliko Dangote. …that the decision made in high quarters is that every cement importation must be left in the hands of manufacturers. Who else constitutes cement manufacturers in Nigeria? Aliko Dangote, the criminal. Closer investigation that I conducted clearly revealed that this Aliko Dangote has exclusive access, use and control of the Onne wharf in Port Harcourt… that anyone, be the one from the customs, or any other state establishment that tries to venture close to that wharf will receive the lashing of his or her life from the goons that man the place for Aliko Dangote. It’s right through Onne that he imports and exports whatever he wants. Read full

The current biggest enemy and obstacle to Nigeria’s development and democracy is the cabal, and the one man at the head of this small group is Dangote who is successfully turning Nigerians into beggars, as the US regards it.

It is commonly said in Dangote’s Kano, with its 1.5 million Almajiri (beggars) that “dog is more loved in Kano than Dangote.”

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Summarizing, a US wikileak cable put it thus:

¶1. (C) Summary. Alhaji Aliko Dangote (Dangote) is Nigeria’s most well known
businessperson and may be its wealthiest citizen. He has taken on
the aura of an economic folk hero for some, villain for others.
To supporters, he symbolizes that Nigeria can do more than barter and
trade. It can succeed in manufacturing. To detractors, he is
a predator using connections in a corrupt political economy to tilt
the playing field in his favor and sideline potential competition.
The truth resides somewhere between these caricatures.
Dangote is counted among President Obasanjo’s inner circle of business
advisors. It is no coincidence that many products on Nigeria’s import
ban lists are items in which Dangote has major interests.

¶2. (C) Summary Cont’d: Although an undiluted success in terms of wealth accumulation,
Dangote personifies the duality in Nigeria’s economy. This duality
presents a dilemma for US economic policy. On one hand, Dangote imports
significant amounts of US produce and equipment for his manufacturing
ventures. On the other, he has had success blocking trade and investment
that might compete with his enterprises. Weighing everything in
the balance, we believe the Dangote model is harmful to Nigerian and
American interests in the long run. Unfortunately, the Dangote model
will likely be the one most emulated until its beggar-thy-countrymen
contradictions become more apparent. End summary.

Nigeria, Where Crime Is Revered: Jonathan Gave GCON To Nigeria’s Top Cabal Crook
To add insult to the injury Nigerian’s bear from this dangerous grand crook, on 14th November, 2011, president Goodluck Jonathan awarded his sponsor and puppet master, Dangote the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), the nation’s second highest award, previously the exclusive preserve of Vice Presidents, Senate Presidents and Chief Justices of Nigeria.

GCON: Nigeria where crime is rewarded
GCON: Nigeria where crime is rewarded
The more Nigerians boycott Dangote goods, the better their hope of forcing changes for their survival. Ultimately only a revolution or a decent government he is not in bed with can bring him to book. Right now, he owns and controls president Jonathan like his puppy.

Read: Dr. Damages interviews Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke: He is a very dangerous man…they allowed Dangote Cement, an unquoted company, to merge with Benue Cement Company. Something that is unheard of. And with that merger, that man now has 51% of Nigeria’s total market capitalization. No serious government anywhere in the world will leave its economy in the hands of one man. It is very dangerous. …the Federal government lost N25 billion in the Dangote Cement merger with Benue Cement. Dangote pocketed N20 billion…

A reader’s comment of note:

Kudos to newsrescue for being brave and honest enough to expose this. Other newspapers are afraid of this thief or seeking his favor. why should i pay DOUBLE to build my house because a greedy man like this who government has criminally disproportionately advantaged, wants todeclare DOUBLE profit for his fellow cabal and foreign investors!!! God bless
Deadly Boko Haram, which Dangote has said is not Nigeria’s major problem (he proposes infrastructure building which he owns as the major issue), and tribalism keep Nigerians distracted, not noticing their country is being transferred to this Cabal.

To protect the image he gets in the press, you will see his sponsored ads on almost all Nigerian newspapers and popular blogs. Look out for the emblem that lets you know Aliko beggar-thy-countrymen Dangote runs what you read:

Immunity from criticism of the press bought by paid sponsored ads



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Tokunbo Ban And Impoverishing Nigerians
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In a December 1996 interview, Aliko Dangote admitted that a government mandate once forced him to import so much rice that the local market crashed by almost 80 percent. [2] -USA Cables
The Dangote paradigm demonstrates how easily one powerful person can disrupt Nigeria’s floundering democratic and economic liberalization processes. -USA Cables
Along with outright money laundering and corruption, the Dangote paradigm is arguably one of the key factors making Nigeria a politically and economically volatile country and a risky place to do business. -USA Cables
Aliyu Mohammed (Gusau) said that Dangote and the other “Transcorp boys” seek a Yar’Adua presidency to facilitate their gaining control over most of Nigeria’s oil and gas production. -USA Cables c/o Wikileaks
Oct. 5, 2013

*Editor Note- Article being revised with new information we are reviewing

NewsRescue- Our recent articles, Dangote Refinery: Nigerians Will Pay Double For Petroleum and Paying Double The World Price: Dangote Cements Nigerians In Poverty, have sensitized many Nigerians and stirred up much discourse and reaction including a defense from a “Dangote company Treasurer.”

In these articles, we described the “Dangote Business model” and informed Nigerians on how Dangote, and a hand-full of Nigerian cabal, set-up and control the Nigerian administration and together, cement the masses in permanent poverty. Dangote, the world’s 40th richest man has been described by the US according to wikileaks reports as operating a “Beggar-thy-countrymen” ie- get rich by turning Nigerians into beggars, business model.

Via government enforced advantages and monopolies and the destruction of all competition by his government stooges, the greatest benefactor of Nigeria’s corrupt governments over the years, Aliku Dangote, the embodiment of corruption itself, establishes himself in unimaginable wealth, and then buys press to placate the masses by making them believe that a few ‘slave-labor’ employments and charities define him as different, patriotic and benevolent. Contrary to popular narration, Dangote did not invest in Nigeria, Dangote uses Nigeria. Nigeria’s governments deposited the nations resource in Dangote.

In order to appreciate the nations predicament, we are fortunate to have the Wikileaks US cables, courtesy of Julian Assange, to digest the US account of his history, which includes his “admission” of crashing local market of rice due to excessive importation mandated by Nigerian government’s exclusive rights:

The “Miracle” Of Dangote’s Rags To Riches History According to The US Cables
Wikileaks: Jullian Assange
Wikileaks: Jullian Assange
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FROM TRADING TO MANUFACTURING — THE DANGOTE AND GON (Government Of Nigeria)
SHARED DREAM

Classified By: Consul General Brian Browne
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¶7. (C) Dangote’s shift toward manufacturing accords with the GON’s nationalistic economic policies, which place a premium on domestic manufacturing and production. What we don’t know is whether Dangote and others like him helped drive the policy or whether their actions were driven by the government policy. Reality is probably a mixture of both.

¶8. (C) In part, because of this shared dream, the Government has been very supportive of Dangote. We know the company at one time or another held exclusive import rights in sugar, cement, and rice using such advantages to do volume business and undercut competitors. In a December 1996 interview, Aliko Dangote admitted that a government mandate once forced him to import so much rice that the local market crashed by almost 80 percent. [2] The direction of GON trade barriers also suggests preferential treatment. High tariffs or outright bans on imported items favor the Group in nearly all areas in which they do business including wheat flour, cement, certain textiles, sugar and pasta.

¶9. (C) Further, the GON is normally slow in privatizing state-owned production facilities. Yet the Dangote Group swiftly won bids on GON-owned manufacturing installations such as the Benue Cement Company and the Savannah Sugar Company, and constructed its own berth at GON-owned Apapa port in Lagos where ships with production inputs offload directly at the Dangote Group factory.

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Early and Easy Access to Political Favoritism
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¶10. (U) Dangote is revered for his assumed rise from rags to riches but his family connections reveal a privileged beginning. Dangote is from the prominent Dantata family of Kano State. The Dantata family made its name and wealth in commodity trading. When in his early twenties Dangote showed promise as a young businessperson, his uncle Sanusi Dantata loaned him naira 500,000 (at the time worth USD 500,000) to start out on his own.

¶11. (C) Because of their influence in the Hausa and Muslim communities, Dangote and Dantata have always been useful to both the civilian and military leaders who ruled Nigeria. Dangote enjoyed GON favoritism in the form of importing rights throughout the military regimes and coups of the 1980s and 90s. Though he has connections with political figures throughout the country, his link to Obasanjo (OBJ) paid off when OBJ was elected president in 1999. Since then, Dangote’s market advantages and growth have multiplied.

¶12. (C) Dangote purportedly contributed 200 million naira (about $1.5 million at the time) to Obasanjo’s first election campaign, and in 2003 at least another one billion naira (about USD 7.5 million) for the second term. Dangote is a known contributor to the PDP party. He is a close friend with the governors of Kwara, Kogi, and Ogun states. He also enjoys support from the Sokoto Caliphate, the spiritual and political seat of power of Muslims and members of the Hausa tribe.

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Nigeria’s Dangote Paradigm Stands in the Way of Economic
Liberalization and Democracy
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¶13. (C) The special relationship Dangote holds with the GON defines the Dangote paradigm. The paradigm demonstrates how easily one powerful person can disrupt Nigeria’s floundering democratic and economic liberalization processes. Along with outright money laundering and corruption, the Dangote paradigm is arguably one of the key factors making Nigeria a politically and economically volatile country and a risky place to do business.

¶14. (C) Dangote openly asserts the GON should do more to manage the economy through protectionist measures to assist what he calls the “Nigerian Industrial Renaissance.” He has no qualms about “alerting the government” or “giving direction” in industrial policymaking. Dangote and some members of the GON justify this protectionism with examples such as US corporate and railroad barons and the gilded era of the late 1800s. This, they say, is the way to lay the foundation for economic growth, particularly in the manufacturing and industrial sectors. However, these alleged historic parallels do not mask the fact that the chummy relationship between Dangote and the GON, while superficially promoting manufacturing in some sectors, is causing destructive and derailing economic activity and democracy in other areas.

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Comment
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Consul Brian Browne
Consul Brian Browne
¶16. (C) Dangote’s tremendous popularity and acceptance is not likely to diminish. The average Nigerian considers him, and more importantly, his way of doing business, a model to be emulated. The fact is, however, the myriad preferences the GON has bestowed on the Dangote Group have distorted the market in ways that do more harm than good over the long haul. However, the Nigerian Government rarely takes a long-term perspective into account. The GON-Dangote relationship has been, at minimal, very chummy and mutually accommodating. Critics of this relationship would state that it smacks of insider trading.
Dangote does not epitomize the free market at work in Nigeria.What his story reveals is that he is one of the few free-wheeling actors in a relatively and artificially closed economic environment.

To Be A Dangote
The undue and corrupt mutually beneficial advantage given by all Nigeria’s administrations, both military and civilian are the “secret” to Dangote’s success. Dangote kills Nigerians with economic terrorism. Fixing Nigeria starts with holding him and those who have impoverished the nation to his and their advantage to account. Since the 70′s Dangote has enjoyed sole importation and manufacture privileges that have killed and crippled all Nigeria’s indigenous industries including farming.

A blogger in 2003 expressed on the NigeriaVillageSquare:

“Aliko Dangote, at the age of 21 in 1977 was given virtually the same privileges he’s got today by the military government of you guess who, Obasanjo. Here was a boy, who knew nothing about business and with no formal education, purportedly understudying his uncle, Sanusi Dantata, given the exclusive right to import cement into the country on behalf of a government involved in a spate of capital projects in those days, made possible by petrodollar. Now, does it need a genius to note that anyone given such a privilege would become an instant billionaire?”
The partnership between Dangote and Obasanjo is “occult.”

The Cabal: Dangote And Obasanjo
The Cabal: Dangote And Obasanjo; the two men own over half of Nigeria by their private and government corrupt collaboration
Again The Cabal, Dangote and a Nigerian we have analysed to be the chief terror mastermind, Aliyu Gusau, ensured they returned Obasanjo to power in 1999 to satisfy their personal interests. Gusau believed Obasanjo will handover the country to him at the end of his tenures, as he illustrated in his constant whining to the US diplomats, and Dangote sponsored the bid with the assurance of usurping the entire wealth of the nation. See: Nigeria’s Terror: Between Die-to-rule spymaster Gusau and Beggar-thy-countrymen Dangote

Related: NewsRescue- General Aliyu Mohammed “Die-to-rule” Gusau Exposed As Top Boko Haram Sponsor
Of installing Obasanjo and later on, the Yar’Adua administration, wikileaks reported the US as describing:

Dangote and Transcorp Buys the Presidency – Cables
Dangote and OBJ Impose A Dying Yar'Adua And Jonathan on Nigeria
Dangote and OBJ Plant Dying Yar’Adua And Jonathan on Nigeria
¶4.(S) Aliyu Mohammed, saying he was quoting Yar’Adua directly, said that Obasanjo
had “ordered” the Katsina governor to contest for the Presidency. When Yar’Adua
objected that the state of his health precluded it, Obasanjo countered that “God
will cure you,” and undertook to cover all medical expenses. When Yar’Adua said
he had no money, Obasanjo organized financial angels, all associated with Transcorp
and led by Northern millionaire Alhaji Aliko Dangote. This group is supplying the
Yar’Adua campaign with 45 jeeps (of which four are armored), a war chest of
5 billion naira, and a rented jet. (Aliyu Mohammed said that Dangote and the other
“Transcorp boys” seek a Yar’Adua presidency to facilitate their gaining control
over most of Nigeria’s oil and gas production.) Andy Uba, recently selected as
PDP gubernatorial candidate for Anambra state, has been a “special assistant” to
President Obasanjo; he has no independent power base of his own, and is
widely disliked because of his arrogance. Aliyu Mohammed went on to say that
the President had ordered the arrest of the chief of staff to Rivers State
Governor Peter Odili to warn the latter away from seeking the vice presidential
nomination himself.

7 years! The Ridiculous Cement Concessions By Obasanjo And the Resulting Exploitation of Nigerians
7 years is a Biblical term during which debts can be expunged, it is also the time limit for yet to be convicted crimes to be expunged in the US. 7 years is time enough to make or destroy a man or a nation. It is this length of time that the Obasanjo presidency gave Dangote to destroy all other cement companies in Nigeria and establish himself as Nigeria’s sole cement manufacturer.

The Guardian on 4/24/03 writes :

Dangote gets concessions for cement production
From Madu Onuorah, Abuja
THE Federal Government yesterday rolled out several incentives to an indigenous conglomerate, the Dangote Group, in its efforts to encourage Nigerians to invest locally. The business concession is to enable the company actualise an $850 million
project involving the establishment of cement production plants in three locations in Nigeria.

Minister of Transport, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, announced after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja, yesterday that the incentives included the granting of pioneer status to the company in the area of cement production for seven years.

This means that within the period, no new cement plant will be established in the country. Other incentives include the granting of 2.5 per cent duty on all plants, machinery and quarry equipment, exemption from payment of the Value Added Tax (VAT) on all plant, machinery and quarry equipment and the payment of only five per cent duty on construction materials not available within the country.

In its request to the council for establishment of the plants in Ogun, Kogi and Cross River states, the Dangote Group requested from the Federal Government the following investment palliatives;

pioneer status for 10 years; exemption of payment of duties on all plant, machinery and quarry equipment;

exemption of payment of VAT on all plant, machinery and quarry equipment; exemption of payment of duties on construction materials not locally available; massive road construction at sites of the plant by the Federal Government, and; permission to import five million metric tonnes of bulk cement at a maximum rate of five per cent duties.

The three plants located in Ibesha, Obagana and Odukpani, are expected to produce 4.3 million metric tonnes of cement yearly by the year 2005.

Maduekwe explained, “we are doing this to serve notice that this government is willing to support companies which are willing to vote (for the country) with their cheque books. They need to put their money in their country. This is a government that is encouraging the business class. We are ready to do it for other companies as we did to Dangote”.

The result of this undue and criminal advantage, was Dangote who had by then first bought cement companies in neighboring African countries, imported bulk cement into Nigeria with his 5% maximum duties and sold this cement at ridiculous prices to crumble and destroy all his competition. The government of Obasanjo also ensured he and he alone bought all available cement plants.

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TRUE STORY ABOUT LAUTECH RIOT. As earlier broadcasted,it has been confirmed that just 2 SLT students were involved in the accident,although one died but the other one survived and she is getting better in the hospital. She CONFIRMED today that they never made it to the school before the accident,apparently they were not sent back to get lab coat by the accused lecturer in charge of the practical. Pls let's STOP spreading information we are not sure of. The witness is alive to testify to this. This is not a fabrication, it is the truth,u can find out if u care to know d truth. Stop spreading bad news about the lecturer in charge she did nothing wrong.....D SLT situation was only hijacked by ppl who have grieviances against d school management,if not,Y did d story change to 'V C must GO','Olabiyisi is a thief',Registration portal must be opened'. Pls let's be reasonable and not destroy the innocent because of FalSEHOOD..
LADOKITES!! Do u know that apart from the SLT students involved in the unfortunate incident on Monday,there were other victims? Apart from the motorcyclists,THERE IS ANOTHER MALE STUDENT who also SURVIVED but with injury lying on the hospital bed? May God heal the survivors completely. NOW, Great Ladokites who will u blame for the boy who is not from SLT department and the motorcyclist or are they not human beings too? Or is it the PREGNANT LECTURER we beat up that is also responsible for them? I just pray the innocent woman survives with her baby. GREAT LADOKITES! Where is our sense of TRUE JUSTICE and INTELLIGENCE? Shouldn't the SUG have obtained the correct information before leading the mob attack? To make it worse,the picture posted on the net is not even the picture of the girl who died. If u think all these information are wrong,pls find out before u conclude. PLS BROADCAST THIS MESSAGE and if u care,pray that the lecturer in question survive if she was truly mobbed
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TRUE STORY ABOUT LAUTECH RIOT. As earlier broadcasted,it has been confirmed that just 2 SLT students were involved in the accident,although one died but the other one survived and she is getting better in the hospital. She CONFIRMED today that they never made it to the school before the accident,apparently they were not sent back to get lab coat by the accused lecturer in charge of the practical. Pls let's STOP spreading information we are not sure of. The witness is alive to testify to this. This is not a fabrication, it is the truth,u can find out if u care to know d truth. Stop spreading bad news about the lecturer in charge she did nothing wrong. Pls broadcast this message.

TRUE STORY ABOUT LAUTECH RIOT. As earlier broadcasted,it has been confirmed that just 2 SLT students were involved in the accident,although one died but the other one survived and she is getting better in the hospital. She CONFIRMED today that they never made it to the school before the accident,apparently they were not sent back to get lab coat by the accused lecturer in charge of the practical. Pls let's STOP spreading information we are not sure of. The witness is alive to testify to this. This is not a fabrication, it is the truth,u can find out if u care to know d truth. Stop spreading bad news about the lecturer in charge she did nothing wrong.....D SLT situation was only hijacked by ppl who have grieviances against d school management,if not,Y did d story change to 'V C must GO','Olabiyisi is a thief',Registration portal must be opened'. Pls let's be reasonable and not destroy the innocent because of FalSEHOOD. Pls broadcast dis message.