₦airaland Forum

There is a Big conspiracy in that Borno/Sambisa forest

That's less than 1k per day? Even labourers get better deal easily.

Bigotry has blinded most people for some 60 yrs now. It can be still reversed.

barcanista:
Buhari is either a pretender or has been compromised.
He should start his corruption fight from Sanusi, the Abachas, Tinubu, Amaechi, Bagudu, Goje etc, he should stop fooling himself.

As for public asset declaration, buhari can't do ANYTHING about it because the constitution clearly states that people declare assets with the Code of Conduct Bureau and it never said they make public. It is at the prerogative of office holders to publicise theirs or leave it as specified. If Buhari need it public, he should fight for the amendment of the relevant sections of the constitution which requires 2/3rd of National Assembly consent and approval from 2/3 States Houses of Assembly.

BabaOneChance is overrated at best!

GEJ admin already follow Tinubu allegation up so it will be wise for Buhari to go after those active in GEJ admin.

Gboliwe:
These politicians are shameless!

And somebody has this one as father, husband and even uncle. I wonder what loyalty means to him.

SMH

They are like that. Few months ago virtually the whole SS where claiming to be PDP 'state'. Now that power has shifted base they can only identify with the easy way out. He never really stood for nothing.

They deduct N75 for the plan highlighted by the OP so i don't see how this idea could be real.

Mama peace's Nightmare any-day anytime.

Education has been subsidized already. The average Federal higher institution spend roughly 300k per student so it has been subsidized. What we need is basic things common to both the educated and uneducated. So many of these subsidy ends up in the hands of the crooked.

BlackTechnology:
See the wahala Yorubas don put us into by voting CHAIN


Ever since Buhari was elected, Fulani herdsmen have gone fully mad in their killing mission

are u sure of this?

This is the mentality of our leaders. Witches and Wizards even took sides by placing a newspaper advertisement

Most of the oil related businesses that started out in the ND relocated key offices and units to Lagos and I believe they did for a reason. So what's the shout and threat about? Ijaw this Ijaw that, like Iron ore from Kogi wasn't transported to Delta state in the past for processing.

theV0ice:


Who will help this guy's case of bitterness, hatred and sadness over Jonathan's loss?

So you knew GMB should pick his ministers? Yet you've been salivating over lists coming from APC govs, lists from Arewa council and every other lists that makes it look like the hawks in the north have hijacked GMB and have sidelined the SW?

Who do you this thing is very wicked

[b]Take heart.....gej will be back like the Terminator to lead the charge himself.....he promised you that [b]

The man is being his usual self by telling 'people' he will be back to build PDP. The internal rebels within PDP are busy finalizing plan to rid the PDP of GEJ influence and he is here displaying his funny nature to the whole world.

Demburrows:
The Niger Deltans has been wallowing for too long, they better open their eyes and know who there enemy is and who is their through friend.

Enemy and Friend mentality!

betty202020:
igbos have not felt insecured and will not feel in future. My happiness is that no state in igboland will suffer what southsouth will suffer without oil. Mind you that southeast states are also oil producing states. QED.

How many buckets of oil do you guys (SE) produce?

Good record

betty202020:
thanks, i really love ur writeup. the north and west pretended to show love to ss when their only interest is oil. what ojukwu saw while siting down, most SS elites did not see while on NITEL mast. Goodmorning SS.

Greedy and unrealistic people like u are the reason the real oil producing communities are being sandwiched. You will always look for ways to demonise those whose presence and size make u insecure.

atlwireles:
You think the PIB is about APC/PDP. Have a nice day, and please don't quote me.

Now u av gone bitter. You said u pity those clamouring for change. And I made u understand it isn't about change (APC)

atlwireles:
I blame no one. Maybe my change criers in creeks of the Niger delta will finally learn for their own good. Dakuku Peterside, Silva, Amaechi, O'tega, etc they all love Nigeria more than themselves. Unfortunately Nigeria hates them more than Lucifer and they just slapped them again.

Please stop trying to hold the deputy speaker responsible, the objections of Ogor and other Nigerdetans was voted down by a major of members, not the deputy speaker.

before u derail any further, this has nothing to do with APC. When PDP held sway, it was the same story. When Jonathan was there also it was the same story also so Buhari and APC is out of the equation here.

The oil pipeline running through non-oil exploration communities in Nigeria is negotiable in the sense that tankers can be used for same purpose. That's like street occupant in a city charging PHCN for the damages electricity transmission brings to the streets because the power plant host community charge same. Everybody might as well go to the ND and buy fuel in their gallon then.

letsbet:
he can swear witwatever he likes.

He shouldn't be swearing with the quran. There is clear a tilt of our constitution towards Islam...

Church of Christ?

For her last minute eye service she has my last minute gbosa!!!

BlackTechnology:
Buhari should probe Tinubu OBJ Saraki

these people u mentioned ought to have been probed by GEJ and not buhari, Buhari main aim of probing, according to what he said, is to raise much needed monies for the economy. Going by his motive, I think it will be best to prove the last administration more because the are likely to have more money left of all the loot. The above is even more on point when u consider the fact that the GeJ admin had a record revenue from oil sales. Also GEJ had the chance to probe these guys but choose to not see stealing as corruption.

theV0ice:
If Abacha could steal all these with oil selling for $9/barrel and petrol @N3.25/ltr, I shudder to think about what has been stolen with oil selling @$115/barrel and petrol @N97/ltr

I won't blame gej for this particular issue. The man is not a lawyer. Its the officials in the ministry of justice I blame for making it look like its impossible to prosecute crimes of this nature.

Of course we all know why they do this: the kickbacks they are surely going to get from the deals. Mohammed Adoke must be a billionaire in dollar terms now.

They make it very clear that the real crime in Nigeria isn't stealing.....ITS NOT STEALING ENOUGH

Are you sure of your $9/barrel oil price or you are just trying to make it look like Abacha never stole $5B?

I did a quick search and got a page with some nice results:
www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/about-bp/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy/review-by-energy-type/oil/oil-prices.html

Jayboi:
shey na those local phones we wan chop. Abeg, make the ogbeni pay Money and stop wasting resources on frivolities. Different phones wey correct and even cheap plenty for market. I wonder what this so called innovations are about. All their opon imos etc are no more working.

Investment in Industries is no frivolity Mr. Man. That's where Nigeria missed it long ago- to think monies can be shatred out to the populace as a form of direct impact. Aregbesola is trying even though he might no be perfect. I rate him a Top 3 governor in Nigeria.

As we learn more about the pension benefits state governors have legislated for themselves, one cannot help but wonder how a civilised people would have allowed themselves to be so blatantly robbed by a bunch of marauders. Leaders of the world’s
richest economies will be aghast at the
pension packages our governors have legislated for themselves. Even more incredible is how a civilised people would have allowed this to happen unchallenged, in a supposed democracy. There is nowhere
in the world where public officials retire on
the same salary as the incumbent when
they leave office, otherwise you could have
a situation where the government would be
paying up to five or six individuals full
salaries for a role that only one person is
performing. In the United Kingdom for
instance, former prime ministers are
entitled to just half their salaries when they
leave office.
Interestingly, Gordon Brown
waived his right to this pension package
when he left office, considering it to be too
generous compared to other public office
holders, opting instead for a much reduced
pension package. Even the United States,
the world’s richest economy, does not pay
its former presidents the full salaries of
their incumbents. It is not done anywhere
in the world. Even more staggering are the benefits some
of these governors have arrogated to themselves – a house in Abuja, another in Lagos, servants, gardeners, a fleet of cars that are changed every three years, a regiment of police and the Department of State Services officers to guard them and their families for life, free medical treatment abroad and a host of other monetised allowances for furniture, cars, utilities and many more allowances that far
exceed their salaries. There are no words to
describe this greed and banditry. The
wickedness of these people is unbelievable,
in a country where their fellow countrymen
sleep under bridges; where hospitals lack
vital equipment;where many pensioners
die waiting many years for their meagre
pensions to be paid; and civil servants are
owed many months in unpaid salaries.
It is foolhardy however to believe that the
president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, can
change all of this on his own without the
help of the masses. The stakes are high and
corruption will fight back in the form of
threats of impeachment. Buhari will do well
to appeal over the heads of legislators direct
to the people and Nigerians on their part
must be ready to come out in peaceful demonstrations to force the legislators to change the laws that make this banditry possible.

This callous treatment of the people by a few cannot continue whether at national or
state level. It was puzzling reading the account of the embattled Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly narrating how
he and his colleagues were each given N200, 000 of state money for transport by the governor when they paid him a visit.
This was narrated as if it was normal behaviour. In a sane country the Speaker, his colleagues and the governor will be in prison by now.
Like a pack of wolves to the prey, governors
have muscled their way into the Senate in
large numbers, no doub to continue
feeding their greed at the nation’s expense.
They will yet again collect as senators, all the allowances they will receive as ex-
governors. So, in effect, they will be paid double allowances for the same expense; furniture, domestic staff, car allowance and
so on, including allowances for accommodation even though they are entitled to free houses in Abuja as ex-governors. In addition, they will be paid as senators a package believed to be in excess of N30m a month, the highest remuneration of any lawmaker in the world.
Not even the world’s richest economy, with a GDP 35 times that of Nigeria, pays its legislators this much. Our legislators take home in a month more than twice what permanent secretaries and our army generals receive as gratuity after 35 years of
public service.
Being in public office in Nigeria is like winning the lottery. It is no wonder they kill to get into office. If you imagine for one moment a state with four surviving ex--governors, by the time the state finishes paying these individuals and the incumbent, there will be no money left for anyone else. Sadly, these stupendous benefits are believed to be widespread in the public sector and in hundreds of our parastatals, especially revenue generating agencies, where board members arrogate to themselves outrageous benefits and pensions packages. They do it because they can; sheer theft clothed in legality!
Although the searchlight is mainly on the Federal Government, state governments are believed to be the citadel of corruption in Nigeria. The president elect must resist any attempt by governor to impose ministerial nominees on him. He must use the best people for the job wherever he can find them. Apart from perhaps a few progressive governors, the majority of state governors have served Nigeria poorly. A state like Delta State, for instance, at the height of the oil boom was receiving revenue allocations in excess of $100m a month; revenue allocations that far exceeded the income of many African countries that have to maintain national armies. With the resources at the disposa of oil rich states like Delta, we should have a Dubai or a
Singapore in Nigeria. Instead, state funds
were squandered between the governors,
the state lawmakers, traditional rulers and
the so-called elder statesmen who pretend to mean well for Nigeria when all they really care about is their belly. Yet, these governors are feted ever day with meaningless awards by their cohorts in the private sector, when they should really be in the dock for the mismanagement of public funds. They build schools they don’t send their children, roads they don’t use and hospitals where people go to die because of lack of equipment.
The mantra of the Nigerian Army as they regained territories previously overrun by Boko Haram is so apt for the whole of Nigeria at this juncture in our history –
“NEVER AGAIN”!. This slogan should be embedded in our national flag to depict the change Nigerians expect from the incoming government. We cannot continue a system that exists primarily to serve the interest of the few at the expense of the masses. We cannot have a system of governance that is based on patronage where the best people cannot get access to jobs in the Civil Service because they do not have a ‘godfather’. We must look again at the governance structure and processes in both federal and state tiers of government that make it easy
for corruption to strive.
The harrowing plight of the hundreds of women and children that were rescued from the Sambisa Forest was distressing; children that will never know a father or a brother because of a government that was asleep on the wheel.

Nwachukwu, an international business
consultant, wrote in from London

Dividend of democracy!
PDP will want to stick out their necks and take glory for good governance that pave way for the arrival of shoprite.

Never take silence for foolishness.

Packaging! The difference between guguru and popcorn.

God help you.

Same man who left Bayelsa empty and seem lost in that small space called AsoRock. Wants to come build PDP, a party he couldn't sustain with total power. I bet he is still clueless about the fact that PDP governors are trying to get rid of the faintest of his fingerprint by pushing for the removal Muazu and co.

Luggi007:
Is he just waking from his sleep of 6 years?

I believe he was waiting for his last term to commence before showing true colors of his admin. Good riddance to a tribal leader.