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 Politics › Re: Buhari Passed Cambridge/ WASC Examination In 1961, General Aliyu Gusau by silami(op): 6:15am On Jan 25, 2015 |
Tundeiab:as you keep dreaming to work in NNPC, Buhari had been the bosss there before you were born. And with kind of ignorance you're displaying, I doubt if any of your classmates would ever recommend you for even a cleaner in NNPC. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: Buhari Passed Cambridge/ WASC Examination In 1961, General Aliyu Gusau by silami(op): 5:33am On Jan 25, 2015 |
Tundeiab:no he is a retired General, former NSA to Obasanjo, Yardua, Junathan and current minister of defense. Who knows more than your entire clan. 1 Like |
| Politics › Buhari Passed Cambridge/ WASC Examination In 1961, General Aliyu Gusau by silami(op): 4:38am On Jan 25, 2015 |
Nigerian minister of Defence, General Aliyu Gusau has confirmed that he was a school mate of General Muhammadu Buhari who is currently the Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for the February 14 election. “You know that I’m not a politician but the truth needs to be told that I know Buhari since 1960. He passed through the school that I also attended. He sat for his Cambridge/ WASC examination and came out with Division 2. He then joined the Army, rose to become Major General and Head of State.” General Gusau, who reacted today to the lingering controversies dogging the secondary school certificate of General Buhari when he spoke to newsmen, wondered why uptil now, the Old Students Association which was formed years ago had not come out to defend its member, in the person of General Buhari. “We had just formed an association of old students of Katsina Provincial School, right from when it was a Middle School till date. And His Royal Highness, the Emir of Katsina, as an ex student of the school, invited some of us as the representatives of different sets, to his palace and we decided to even form a secretariat. I thought that the secretariat of our association should have clarified the status of Buhari’s certificates long before it took this dimension.” General Gusau said that he met General Buhari in the Katsina Provincial Secondary School when he was enrolled into the School in January 1960, the year of independence. “General Buhari, at that, was in form five. I stayed two years with General Buhari at the school. They passed out in 1961 and we passed out in 1964. Buhari had leadership qualities since secondary school; in form five, he was a House Prefect. “Their set went up to form six but we were the first set that finished school at form five. Normally, out of those in form five, the school authorities used to pick House Prefects and when they get to form six, House Captains were chosen from those who were House Prefects. In Buhari’s case, he was a House Prefect in 1960 when we joined. By 1961, when he was in form six, he was chosen to be the Head Boy of the School. “There were four Houses during our time in the school; Magaji House, Kaura House, Alkali House and Durbi House. Buhari was the House Prefect of Magaji House in 1960, Justice Umaru Abdullahi was the House Prefect of Alkali House, the late Mamman A Zango who became a policeman, was House Prefect of Kaura House while the late General Shehu Musa Yarádua was House Prefect of Durbi House. By 1961, all of them became the House Captains of their respective Houses but Buhari became the Head Boy.” http://www.greenbreporters.com/home/national/politics/buhari-passed-cambridge-wasc-examination-division-2-1961-general-aliyu-gusau-narrates.html 1 Like 2 Shares |
| Politics › Re: Watch Ait Now!!! Massive Crowd At PDP Kano State Governorship Rally by silami(m): 1:57pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
doctokwus:in 2011 the incumbent was shekarau, also a presidential candidate of ANPP not PDP incumbent. 3 Likes |
| Culture › Re: 8 Reasons Why You Meet Few Hausa/Fulanis In The Uk by silami(m): 10:38pm On Jan 12, 2015 |
The article gives some insight but not entirely true. Am Hausa/fulani though a Christian, however I know having lived/living in western Europe and north America, I know there are alot of hausa/fulanis comunities here.religion though play a role but very inconsequential. They stay away from overal Nigerian comunities because they are not into parties and other social vices that plagued alot of our southern brothers and sisters. Another reason, an average southerner sees an hausa or fulani person as dulard and unintelligent I experienced that alot in my church even though by far I am well more educated and than majority of them. So I I'd rather hangout with hausa Muslims than alot of some southern Christians. For instance there was a day the pastor of my church referred to boko haram as my brothers even though he has known me for over 5 years as a Christian, he still sees me more as a northerner than Christian child of God and that's very myopic even though I corrected that impression,it still hurts to be referred to as brother to Boko Haram. Don't get me wrong I have alot of southerners as confidents and friends, my fiancee is even an igbo girl. 8 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Presidential Declaration: My Take Away. By Fashola by silami(op): 8:04am On Jan 12, 2015 |
OLADD:. Lol I've been through it and all I see, is an intelligent, valid and genuine points raised by fashola, which eludes big fools and bigots like you. 3 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Presidential Declaration: My Take Away. By Fashola by silami(op): 3:28am On Jan 12, 2015*. Modified: 5:12am On Jan 12, 2015 |
OLADD:. What I expected to deduce from your rants, is that all the laid facts are not true. But like your pay master, you're blaming and name calling s. Very dumb man 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Presidential Declaration: My Take Away. By Fashola by silami(op): 2:41am On Jan 12, 2015 |
FastShipping:. Just hope they can drop their egos and learn from one of the brightest! |
| Politics › Re: Presidential Declaration: My Take Away. By Fashola by silami(op): 2:32am On Jan 12, 2015 |
jeffizy:Fashola is brand that everyone should associate with! 2 Likes |
| Politics › Presidential Declaration: My Take Away. By Fashola by silami(op): 2:22am On Jan 12, 2015 |
On Thursday 8th of January, 2015, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came to Lagos, warts and all, in furtherance of a presidential campaign flag-off. They had advertised this flag-off with a promise to show what they had done in Lagos. I anticipated this visit because I hoped it would provide an opportunity to discuss issues important to the people. When they left, they left nothing tangible behind except violence, attacks and robberies on citizens who had been trapped in the traffic they created. The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention had held in the same city of Lagos a few weeks ago without violence and robberies. But that is not my take away. My take away was the presidential speech. Having ridden to office on the back of civil society (a.k.a Doctrine of necessity), and having been elected by an impassioned campaign of emotion and sympathy (a.k.a ‘I had no shoes’), I expected that a president seeking re-election will understand that his record of service and not sympathy would be the vote catching message. Even though I was in Benin to attend the APC vice-presidential candidate’s town hall meeting, I took the time to listen to the presidential flag-off speech. Mr. President had my attention when he said his message that day, and for the rest of the 35 states and FCT, was going to be focused on young people. And just as I thought he was going to raise hope, he did what no leader should ever do. He dashed hope. He told young Nigerians that his generation had failed. Yet he seeks their votes to lead them. This compounded the problem. If the president admits personal failure, he was uncharitable in seeking to paint everybody in his own service record. What then is his “Transformation Agenda” about? Failure? My take away: Leaders don’t dash hope, they inspire it. To be fair, he quite rightly set out the agenda and burning issues on the minds of the Nigerian people when he opened by stating that he was going to address 3 (three) issues of corruption, insecurity and the economy. I expected to hear about a security plan to restore Nigeria’s territory that was lost to terrorists and how to bring back the girls abducted in Chibok, the president sadly said nothing. Instead, Mr. President went for the sympathy message again, that there was an assassination attempt on his life four years ago. My take away: Mr President, this is a good try but it took four years and on the eve of election campaign for you to disclose such grave national security information. Any attempt on your life as our leader is an attack on all of us as a people and a nation. Twenty-four hours before this Lagos presidential flag-off, there was an attack of terror in Paris in which 12 people were killed. By midnight, arrests had been made; the Government of France had swung into action with 80,000 combined security forces in a manhunt for the terrorists. They pursued the terrorists into a forest, evoking memories of Sambisa Forest. As I conclude this piece, three terrorists had been killed and one was on the run. After six years, there was no message or plan in this presidential re-election bid speech on how to solve our security problem. Mr. President spent a lot of time accusing his predecessors of not buying arms. Those young people whom Mr. President sought to impress must remember that in the last 20 or so years, our armed forces have been involved in wars/peace-keeping missions in Somalia, Sierra-Leone and Liberia, and their performance was globally adjudged to be outstanding. They used arms. If Mr. President’s predecessors did not buy arms, which arms did these soldiers use for those operations? It seems to me very simple to accept that armoury management is a matter of inventory management; use and replace. I think young people must see these accusations against predecessors as being without basis. Assuming there is a basis, General Buhari left office in 1985; the technology of arms has improved rapidly and it cannot be his fault that a president in 2015 is seeking to use 1985 arms. Mr. President still owes Nigerians an explanation about the $9 million cash seized in a plane in South Africa, in an amateurish attempt to buy arms through the back door. As far as corruption was concerned, the president’s silence on the forensic audit report about $10 billion and $12 billion or $20 billion, (depending on whose version between the ministry of finance or central bank), showed an unwillingness to defend his record. I think it would have helped Mr. President’s re-election bid if he spoke about losses to the economy as a result of pipeline vandalism and huge economic losses to the country in terms of stolen crude oil. Answers to allegations of mismanagement of SURE-P funds being used for political objectives and the unresolved kerosene import scandals would perhaps have been helpful. Instead, Mr. President chose to attack the records of predecessors, many of whom are not seeking re-election. My take away: Mr. President seems to have forgotten that he is the one seeking re-election and it is his record in the last 4-6 years (not his record as Governor of Bayelsa) that would be helpful to the people in decision making. In case Mr. President has forgotten, he should ask his aides to provide tapes of the Obama campaign for him. President Obama rode into office on a massive emotional campaign anchored on change (and that is where the comparison ends) but in the second term bid, the Republicans were most scathing, unrelenting and uncompromising in the public scrutiny of his first term record. That is what happens in every democracy. It is not about emotion and last minute allegations of assassinations. Even after Obama had taken out Bin Laden, who claimed responsibility for a terror attack on America, it took a most passionate presidential convention speech by his Democratic predecessor, President Bill Clinton, to defend his record of service and ‘save’ the Obama re-election bid. Which one of President Jonathan’s predecessors will stand up for his record of service? As far as the economy was concerned, the president pitched on the size of the Nigerian economy as the largest in Africa. He was silent on why the citizens of the largest economy in Africa still live in darkness. He was silent on why the football team of the largest economy in Africa will not be at the Nation’s Cup, when Cape Verde, the smallest country will be there. Mr. President, who was addressing young people, would have helped his own case if he had explained to them why Bolaji Abdullahi, a young Sports Minister, under whose tenure we won the Nations Cup, was removed for political expediency. I think Mr. President needs to be reminded that as recently as December 2014, citizens of the largest economy in Africa were looking for petrol in jerry cans across Nigerian cities including Abuja. Instead of revealing the plan for the next four years on the issues which Mr. President chose by himself to address, he sounded angry, and appeared irritated by the demands of his citizens for a better life. I expect that Mr. President will seek to do better as he promised across the next 35 states and FCT. My take away: A re-election bid is like a job appraisal or interview; the applicant who seeks to serve cannot get angry – Anger is not a strategy. We the citizens must continue to ask questions. Mr. President made promises to us in Lagos such as the construction of the road leading to the Murtala Muhammed Airport. He promised stable electricity. He promised to keep us safe. He promised jobs although Nigerian youths died under his watch while seeking to serve in the immigration service. Mr. President must show us that these promises have been fulfilled, or he must explain why they were not fulfilled. This is the essence of the social contract in a democracy. He must show us that he will not lose more parts of Nigeria and that he has a clear plan to reclaim the lost ones and rescue the Chibok girls who fall into the generation of young people he chose to address. This is the presidential speech I waited for. I am still waiting. Mr. President has 35 more states and the FCT to convince us not to vote for the CHANGE that beckons. P.S: If you watched the speech given by the APC vice-presidential candidate in Benin City on the same day, please note that he became candidate only on the 11th of December, 2014? 25 days ago (not six years ago) yet he was able in half an hour without a prepared speech to discuss a plan for security, power, jobs, healthcare and social security. •Mr. Fashola, Governor of Lagos State write from Lagos http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/presidential-declaration-my-take-away/198926/ |
| Politics › Re: See Apc's Clever Response To GEJ'S Joke About Buhari Not Knowing His Phone No by silami(m): 7:08am On Jan 11, 2015 |
PassingShot:you still haven't got it man...the correct spelling is HEART not hearth. Good point though |
| Politics › GEJ On Ogogoro: Says Buhari Can’t Remember His Phone Number by silami(op): 3:22am On Jan 10, 2015 |
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday during a rally in Enugu said that the All Progressives Congress candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), cannot remember his own mobile phone number. Jonathan, whose unscripted address was mostly a response to previous statements made by Buhari, accused the APC presidential candidate of deceiving Nigerians by promising to revive the economy without explaining how he would achieve the feat. The President wondered how Buhari would develop the country’s economy, a feat he could not achieve while he was in office as head of state between 1983 and 1985. “Is it now that Buhari cannot even remember his own phone number that he can change the economy of the country.” Jonathan asked. The Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate said that although he did not like to “go personal during campaigns,” “sometimes circumstances demand that certain things must be said.” Jonathan said that Buhari belonged to the medieval age, adding that he (the APC candidate) intended to run the Federal Government as a medieval king. He said, “We cannot run the government as if we are in the medieval age; we cannot run a government where somebody said he would throw people into jail. “You are not a medieval king – a medieval king can throw you into jail but we have to follow the rule of law because we cannot go back to the old days.” Jonathan, however, read the speech made by Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd.) after overthrowing Buhari’s regime through a military coup on August 27, 1985 to justify his claim that the APC candidate does not keep his promises. Babangida, in the portions of the address read by Jonathan, justified Buhari’s overthrow by pointing out that the latter did not live up to the promises he made to Nigerians when he ousted a democratically elected civilian government headed by Alhaji Shehu Shagari in a military coup. Noting that Buhari “deceived Nigerians” from 1983 to 1985, Jonathan quoted Babangida as saying, “The initial objectives of Buhari’s intervention were betrayed as there was a general deterioration of standard of living in the country.” The PDP candidate also pointed out that Babangida accused Buhari of being “too rigid in his attitude to national issues” and “became alienated from the people” in the course of his stay in power. He, therefore, challenged Buhari to tell Nigerians how he intends to revive the economy. Jonathan said, “They are telling young Nigerians that they are going to change the economy but they have not told us how they want to manage the economy more than us. “If they say they want to change agriculture, they should tell us the weak links in the agriculture value chain and what they want to do about it. “I said in Lagos that I want to work with young people, not to deceive people. “I am not going to run the government based on my habits, I am going to run the government according to global best practices.” Jonathan also insisted that he was committed to the campaign against corruption. “There is no government that has fought corruption more than we do,” he said, noting that some previous administrations pretended to be fighting corruption while oppressing their enemies. He recalled that Buhari jailed some prominent Igbo politicians while in office as head of state, including former Vice-President Alex Ekwueme and former governor of old Anambra State, Chief Jim Nwobodo. Stressing that Buhari jailed politicians on trumped up charges, Jonathan said, “You can no longer carry people and put them in prison for 301 years.” The President equally accused Buhari of having a wrong idea of corruption. According to him, Buhari believes that every wealthy Nigerian is corrupt. He said, “If a Nigerian businessman has a private jet, then you are corrupt but if a South African has a private jet then you commend him. “If you have a good house, then you are corrupt, if you have a good car then you are corrupt – that is his definition of corruption.” Jonathan accused his opponent of making spurious claims against him. The President said, “They are saying that government is corrupt but they are not telling us what they are going to do to stop corruption. Let them go back to their consultants to coach them, then I will listen to them. “They should tell us how they are going to manage the economy better than we do. “They are saying we stole foreign reserves, nobody can steal foreign reserves – spurious allegations.” He also reiterated his claim that Buhari did not equip the military while he was the head of state. Jonathan said that he had done more than his predecessors to shore up the country’s defence. “For 30 years, we had only one frigate, now we have four additional frigates,” he said. In the same vein, he pointed out that Buhari did not find any woman worthy enough for appointment when he was the military head of state. The President asked Nigerians to assess him and Buhari by looking at how they performed during their respective periods in office. He said, “They have deceived us before and they want to deceive us again. “Go and find out whether these people are deceiving you or are telling you the truth. “People are assessing me because I have run this country for some years – they have run this country for two years. “They came with promises but immediately they came in, what they did was to jail Jim Nwobodo for 201 years.” http://www.punchng.com/news/buhari-cant-remember-his-phone-number-jonathan/ 1 Like 1 Share |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: US Opens Up On Why Nigeria Cancelled Military Training by silami(op): 8:05am On Jan 09, 2015 |
[quote author=SUBMARINE post=29627440] What stops US from selling weapons needed to train our troops Let me tell you one fact OBJ is a CIA agent All this is to frustrate GEJ who is not yielding to OBJ's demand Finally what did US use in training Iraq and Afghanistan military.? US weapons US is just ashame that their plan is not working[/quote Because of mumu like you 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Foreign Affairs › US Opens Up On Why Nigeria Cancelled Military Training by silami(op): 5:38am On Jan 09, 2015 |
Calls for violence-free election 7 Likes 3 Shares |
| Politics › Re: MEND Leader, Henry Okah Was Paid To Assassinate Me - Jonathan by silami(m): 6:10pm On Jan 08, 2015 |
Jonathan says MEND not responsible for Abuja attacks NAN October 2, 2010 05:17PM print email President Goodluck Jonathan has said that terrorists were responsible for the bomb blasts that rocked Abuja yesterday contrary to claims that the act was perpetrate by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). Mr. Jonathan made the claim in his opening address at the colloquium, organised today in Abuja by the ECOWAS Parliament, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of some African countries. ``What happened yesterday was a terrorist act and MEND was just used as a straw; MEND is not a terrorist group," the President said. ``The Niger Delta people are aware of the government's noble efforts to assuage the suffering and deprivation in that region. ``I am from the Niger Delta, my father's house is few metres from an oil-well, so nobody can claimto be a Niger Deltan than myself." MEND, yesterday, claimed responsibility for the attacks. A few minutes before the blasts, the group sent an email to journalists and media companies warning of the impending violence. "With due respect to all invited guests, dignitaries and attendees of the 50th independence anniversary of Nigeria being held today, Friday, October 1, 2010 at the Eagle Square Abuja, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is asking everyone to begin immediate evacuation of the entire area within the next 30 minutes. This warning expires after 10.30Hrs," MEND spokesperson Jomo Gbomo said in the mail. However, Mr. Jonathan has said this was a diversionary tact by the real perpetrators of the crime. He argued that no Niger Delta group would carry out such an act as it would affect the region's chance for development. ``It is erroneous to think that my people who have been agitating for good living will deliberately blow up the opportunity they have now,'' Mr. Jonathan said. He also said the country's security agencies will be restructured to become proactive to guarantee the safety of lives and property. ``I pray for the souls of those who died to attain peace and fervently pray for those who sustain injuries in the blast to be healed,'' he said. Back http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5626087-146/jonathan_says_mend_not_responsible_for.csp |
| Politics › Re: Massive Crowd Inflow At PDP Lagos Rally [photos] by silami(m): 3:59pm On Jan 08, 2015 |
So why is Jonathan saying wanted to assassinate him after denying it. Jonathan says MEND not responsible for Abuja attacks NAN October 2, 2010 05:17PM print email President Goodluck Jonathan has said that terrorists were responsible for the bomb blasts that rocked Abuja yesterday contrary to claims that the act was perpetrate by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). Mr. Jonathan made the claim in his opening address at the colloquium, organised today in Abuja by the ECOWAS Parliament, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of some African countries. ``What happened yesterday was a terrorist act and MEND was just used as a straw; MEND is not a terrorist group," the President said. ``The Niger Delta people are aware of the government's noble efforts to assuage the suffering and deprivation in that region. ``I am from the Niger Delta, my father's house is few metres from an oil-well, so nobody can claimto be a Niger Deltan than myself." MEND, yesterday, claimed responsibility for the attacks. A few minutes before the blasts, the group sent an email to journalists and media companies warning of the impending violence. "With due respect to all invited guests, dignitaries and attendees of the 50th independence anniversary of Nigeria being held today, Friday, October 1, 2010 at the Eagle Square Abuja, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is asking everyone to begin immediate evacuation of the entire area within the next 30 minutes. This warning expires after 10.30Hrs," MEND spokesperson Jomo Gbomo said in the mail. However, Mr. Jonathan has said this was a diversionary tact by the real perpetrators of the crime. He argued that no Niger Delta group would carry out such an act as it would affect the region's chance for development. ``It is erroneous to think that my people who have been agitating for good living will deliberately blow up the opportunity they have now,'' Mr. Jonathan said. He also said the country's security agencies will be restructured to become proactive to guarantee the safety of lives and property. ``I pray for the souls of those who died to attain peace and fervently pray for those who sustain injuries in the blast to be healed,'' he said. Back http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5626087-146/jonathan_says_mend_not_responsible_for.csp 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Massive Crowd Inflow At PDP Lagos Rally [photos] by silami(m): 3:32pm On Jan 08, 2015 |
So where is the issue base campaign advocated by PDP. |
| Politics › Re: Massive Crowd Inflow At PDP Lagos Rally [photos] by silami(m): 3:25pm On Jan 08, 2015 |
What is massive about this rented crowd? |
| Politics › Re: Massive Crowd Inflow At PDP Lagos Rally [photos] by silami(m): 3:22pm On Jan 08, 2015 |
buJu234:you're duch a slowpoke really. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Buhari Begins Presidential Campaign In Rivers Today, Kano promises 5 million vot by silami(op): 11:10pm On Jan 06, 2015 |
petrov10:this further confirms, that your parents are regretting wasting their resources on your training. |
| Politics › Re: Buhari Begins Presidential Campaign In Rivers Today, Kano promises 5 million vot by silami(op): 6:41am On Jan 06, 2015 |
petrov10:dumb ass illiterate 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: How Obasanjo’s Report Indicted Buhari In 1999 by silami(op): 5:01am On Jan 06, 2015*. Modified: 5:55am On Jan 06, 2015 |
I think thisday newspaper is becoming a branch of PDP media campaign office for publishing this rubbish. |
| Politics › How Obasanjo’s Report Indicted Buhari In 1999 by silami(op): 5:00am On Jan 06, 2015 |
In the face of deepening world economic crisis, the ability of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, to manage the Nigerian economy and fight corruption, if elected president, has been called to question. THISDAY over the weekend, exclusively took hold of the original copy of a report by the Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund (PTF) Interim Management Committee, instituted on July 7, 1999 by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Based on this report, the PTF under Buhari's supervision was mismanaged. The report was however neither made public nor was it acted upon by the former president. In its summary, the Committee had advised Obasanjo to "set up a high powered judicial panel to recover the huge public fund and to take necessary action against any officer, consultant or contractor whose negligence resulted in this colossal loss of public funds." According to the report, the sum of N25,758,532,448 was mismanaged by the Afri-Project Consortium (APC), a company contracted by the PTF as management and project consultant. Buhari as PTF chairman was said to have also "delegated to them the power of Engineer in all appropriate project requiring such power," which made them assume absolute powers to initiate, approve and execute all projects by the PTF. The mismanagement that took place in the PTF under Buhari's watch was said to have been carried out by the APC (the company) in their capacity as management and project consultants. Both their management services fee and budget for several projects carried out during the existence of the PTF were greatly overpriced. While carrying out its obligations, the Committee made up of Dr. Haroun Adam as Chairman, and Alhaji Abdu Abdurrahim, Mr Achana Gaius Yaro, Edward Eguavoen, Mr. T. Andrew Adegboro and Mr. Baba Goni Machina as members, engaged three management consulting firms to verify all payments made to PTF from inception to September 30, 1999. On verification, according to the Committee, "it was found that they (the consulting firms) had overcharged PTF for their services to the tune of N2,057,550,062". Also, while intervening on behalf of the PTF in the road and waterways, education, food, health, and other sectors, the APC, according to the report, inflated all the prices. For instance, intervention in the health sector, was said to have totalled N9 billion. Projects in this sector were said to have been executed by the APC and PTF in-house staff, and loss of billions of naira were recorded due to price inflation of products and services. To purchase spectacle frames, which could have been done locally at a price between N80 to N880, the APC, under the watch of the PTF chairman, bought them at an inflated price of N1,900 each. Ambulances were said to have been purchased at N13 million per unit, instead of N3 million. And then price inflation of drugs were done to the tune of N1.5 billion. The report also said that the PTF lost money to the tune of N3.5 billion from its bank account operations. The PTF operated its bank accounts under three different categories: Administration, Project and Treasury accounts, and the loss of money to these accounts were said to have been due to "overcharge on Cost of Turnover (CoT), non-payment of interest on current account balances as stipulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), short payment of interest on deposited funds, and other various discrepancies." While discharging their duties, the Committee discovered that an average income of N182 billion accrued to the PTF from its inception to the date of filing their report. According to the Committee’s report, the PTF used about 70 per cent of that income on highways and urban road projects. The report stated further that, "In this project sector there was total variation of contract sums of N68 billion. These variations were not done with properly priced bills of quantities and approved civil contracts procedure as stipulated by government regulations. "Taking the experience of what has been discovered after verification of various contracts awarded by PTF the minimum potential recovery will be about 15%. This estimated percentage will be about N10 billion. The verification of this project sector was about to take off when the committee members were replaced.http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/how-obasanjo-s-report-indicted-buhari-in-1999/198511/ 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: Buhari Begins Presidential Campaign In Rivers Today, Kano promises 5 million vot by silami(op): 4:49am On Jan 06, 2015 |
temitemi1:in your coconut head. 7 Likes |
| Politics › Buhari Begins Presidential Campaign In Rivers Today, Kano promises 5 million vot by silami(op): 4:09am On Jan 06, 2015 |
State mobilises 100,000 supporters for ex-Head of State Deputy Gov: Kano will deliver five million votes to presidential candidate Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt and Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano As the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 14 election, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), commences his campaign in Port Harcourt, an official of the Rivers State government has said the state has mobilised not less than 100,000 supporters for the event. The event is scheduled to hold at the 40, 000-capacity Adokiye Amieseimaka Stadium, Igwuritali-Ali in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state. The Director of Mobilisation for the rally, Chief Tony Okocha, who disclosed this to journalists in Port Harcourt yesterday, expressed happiness that Buhari decided to commence his campaign in the state. Okocha explained that the Director General of the Buhari campaign organisation and Rivers State Governor, Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, is the chief host of the event. He said the APC in the state would not hire any crowd, stating that the intention was to make the ceremony more eventful than the October 25, 2014 mega rally of the party at the same venue. The rally, according to him, will be a “tornado” as it would change the political landscape of the state. His words: “This is to inform you that the Presidential candidate of our great party, the APC and his running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will flag-off their campaign here in the state (Rivers) on Tuesday (today). “As I speak to you, all is set for the rally which takes place at the Adokiye Amieseimaka Stadium and we (the APC) are mobilising 100, 000 supporters to the venue. “The stadium has a 40, 000 capacity, but we expect an overflow. We assure our supporters and residents of the state that no negative incident will be recorded, as we have put measures in place, including security to ensure there is no untoward development. “The rally will be a tornado, it will be unprecedented. We however appeal to our supporters to come out en-masse to give support to the party’s presidential candidate and his team.” Meanwhile, the Deputy Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has disclosed that the APC in the state will deliver five million votes to Buhari during the next month general election. Ganduje said: “We are working very hard to give Buhari the maximum votes and we are begging even those who are not in the APC to vote for him. Our state is ready for the election.” Addressing journalists in his office yesterday, Ganduje said: “Kano being the most populous state in the country, we are going to contribute our quota by ensuring that the state provides hundred per cent votes to our presidential candidate, Buhari.” The deputy governor said: “There are different shortcoming in the country. The country requires somebody who is strong, somebody who will fight corruption and somebody who has the political will to rule this country.” Ganduje who is the governorship candidate of the APC in the state, promised that “By God’s grace, we will rejoice with our victory in the coming elections because the electorate is ready for the election to ensure that they cast their voted for our party. We are always appealing to people including the aggrieved ones to join us in the struggle for change in this country.” According to him, “My administration will make sure there is continuity, consolidation and innovation of new projects in Kano if elected into power. The issue of security is paramount to us and we will provide modern scientific security surveillance camera in the state to ensure total security of the lives of our people. “My administration will complete all the projects started by our government. We will also introduce new projects. We must ensure that all the laudable projects initiated by this present government will be completed.” Ganduje added: “Kano is to be surrounded with flyovers to intimidate our visitors because my belief is that quantity without quality is like tea without sugar.”http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/buhari-begins-presidential-campaign-in-rivers-tuesday/198505/ 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Pictures of GEJ Certificates And Achievements! by silami(op): 5:00pm On Jan 05, 2015 |
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| Politics › Re: Pictures of GEJ Certificates And Achievements! by silami(op): 4:55am On Jan 05, 2015 |
loco4love:it's not funny at all! |
| Politics › Re: Pictures of GEJ Certificates And Achievements! by silami(op): 12:36am On Jan 05, 2015 |
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| Politics › Pictures of GEJ Certificates And Achievements! by silami(op): 11:55pm On Jan 04, 2015 |
These are GEJ's certificates and achievements in 6 years very sad indeed. May the souls of deads rest in peace. 6 Likes
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| Politics › Re: Revealed: ‘actionable Intelligence’ From US On Chibok Girls Was Ignored By Milit by silami(op): 6:07pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
tit:chai this woman abi small girl, sabi read so? Read the headline and content pls if u no sabi English language, as your husband/bf/ sugar daddy or better goole translate to help you. |
| Politics › Re: Revealed: ‘actionable Intelligence’ From US On Chibok Girls Was Ignored By Milit by silami(op): 5:38pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
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