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Sprintx24:
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Steps.
1. Download Mobile Uncle or MTK Engineering
mode.
~ Open and select MTK Settings
~ Under "Telephony" which is currently the
home tab, scroll down and select •SIMME
LOCK•
~ Select "Network Personification"
~ Select "Unlock"
It will display a page showing you to insert a
code which is of 8 digits which 5 times trial.
(The code is "12345678" insert and unlock. It
will show a popup "unlock succeed". Go back
to "Network Personification" select •Unlock
Permanently• and proceed.
Freedom

APC Governors Forum on Thursday said it had
constituted a committee on job creation to
control the rate of unemployment in the
country.
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State,
disclosed this to newsmen after the forum’s
meeting in Yola.
Okoracha, who is the chairman of the forum,
said the governors were concerned with the
level of poverty in the country.
He said the forum had resolved to tackle the
issue, adding, “to this end, a committee
headed by Alhaji Abubakar Bagudu, Governor
of Kebbi, has been set up to fashion out
action plan.”
He said the forum had also resolved to meet
on monthly basis to assess progress made
and how to improve on it.
He commended Governor Bindow Jibrilla of
Adamawa for hosting the meeting.
Okorocha also expressed the forum’s
condolence to the government and people of
Borno over the recent passing away of the
state Deputy Governor, Alahji Mustapha
Zannah. http://www.punchng.com/news/apc-governors-forum-constitutes-committee-on-job-creation/

Two out of the 27 states that applied to
Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for financial
bailout, Zamfara and Kwara, have received
disbursement of funds to pay workers
outstanding salaries.
A statement from CBN said that the two
states met the requirements as agreed with
their respective banks.
The apex bank said: “Efforts will be made in
the coming days to conclude disbursements to
other states so that all outstanding salaries to
civil servants can be cleared.
“The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has
approved the request by Deposit Money Banks,
DMBs, to provide financial accommodation to
state governments to enable them pay the
backlog of salaries of their workers.
“This is sequel to the decision by the National
Executive Council, NEC, at its meeting of June
29, requesting the Central Bank of Nigeria, in
collaboration with other stakeholders to
appraise and consider ways of liquidating the
outstanding staff salaries owed by state and
local governments.
Conditions for loans
“The conditions for accessing the loan facility
include resolutions of the State Executive
Council, SEC, authorising the borrowing and
state House of Assembly consenting to the
loan package, as well as issuance of
Irrevocable Standing Payment Order, ISPO, to
ensure timely repayment.
“Out of the 27 states involved, funds have
been disbursed to two states, namely Zamfara
and Kwara, that met the requirements as
agreed with their respective banks.
“Efforts will be made in the coming days to
conclude disbursements to other states so
that all outstanding salaries to civil servants
can be cleared.”
CBN had promised to assist in the bail out of
state governments that were facing financial
crisis earlier.
The N300 billion CBN lifeline, which will
enable them pay is ready and has been
disbursed to two out of the 27 states that met
the condition for the facility.
Of the 36 states, 27 had applied to draw from
the cash relief packaged by President
Muhammadu Buhari through the apex bank.
CBN facility is one of the three-pronged relief
designed by the Federal Government to help
financially troubled states.
Other relief plans
The other two are sharing of the $2.1 billion
(about N414 billion) 2014 Income Tax/
Education Tax; and dividends paid to the
Federation Account through the Federal Inland
Revenue Service, FIRS, by the Nigerian
Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, Limited.
Besides, the states’ loans are to be
rescheduled.
The President had directed CBN to package
the loan to enable the states pay the backlog
of salaries owed their workers. CBN is to
package a Special Intervention Fund ranging
from N250 billion-N300 billion to the states
with low interests.
The decision on the N300 billion package was
reached at the last NEC meeting, chaired by
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja.
At the meeting were CBN Governor, Godwin
Emefiele, and the governors.
The sudden dip in states’ finances was as a
result of the crash in global oil price that has
cut Nigeria’s revenue by more than 50 percent,
but some governors blamed it all on the
Federal Government, which they alleged owed
them backlog of billions they claimed to have
spent on maintaining Federal facilities in their
domains. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/zamfara-kwara-get-fgs-bailout-money-others-to-follow/

Rexyl:
What is happening with the said or promised or released bail out funds to workers? That could have been the first tangible project so far. Electricity and refineries were almost completed and fixed before the new administration took over.

The new administration should be specific in mentioning successfully initiated and completed projects. It's unreasonable to sheepishly follow politicians.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/zamfara-kwara-get-fgs-bailout-money-others-to-follow/ baba is working

The 13-man investigative committee set up to
probe the procurement of hardware and
ammunition in the Armed Forces has started
its sitting, albeit in camera, The PUNCH has
learnt.
The committee has been meeting in the office
of the National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen.
Babagana Monguno (retd.), a source in the
Presidency confided in The PUNCH on
Wednesday.
The source said, “I can confirm to you that the
committee members have started meeting.
They even started meeting before their
appointments were announced. This is
because they do not need any confirmation or
any formal inauguration.
“Available information showed that members
are getting the needed assistance and support
from interested parties.
“It is the government’s belief that a lot of
ground would be covered by the committee in
its desire to ascertain what went wrong in the
past as far as the procurement of arms is
concerned.”
Presidential spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina,
had on Monday announced the composition of
the committee, which is saddled with the
responsibility of probing arms purchase from
2007 till now.
Adesina had said the President directed the
NSA to set up the committee with the
mandate of identifying irregularities and
making recommendations for streamlining the
procurement process in the Armed Forces.
Members of the committee include AVM
J.O.N. Ode (retd.) –chairman; R/Adm. J. A.
Aikhomu (retd.); R/Adm. E. Ogbor (retd.);
Brig. Gen L. Adekagun (retd.); Brig. Gen. M.
Aminu-Kano (retd.); Brig. Gen. N. Rimtip
(retd.); Cdre. T.D. Ikoli; Air Cdre U.
Mohammed (retd.); Air Cdre I. Shafi’i; Col.
A.A. Ariyibi; Group Capt. C.A. Oriaku (retd.);
Mr. I. Magu (EFCC); and Brig. Gen Y.I.
Shalangwa – Secretary.
Adesina explained that the establishment of
the committee was in keeping with Buhari’s
determination to stamp out corruption and
irregularities in Nigeria’s public service.
He added, “It (the committee) comes against
the background of the myriad of challenges
that the Nigerian Armed Forces have faced in
the course of ongoing counter-insurgency
operations in the North-East, including the
apparent deficit in military platforms with its
attendant negative effects of troops’ morale.
“The committee will specifically investigate
allegations of non-adherence to correct
equipment procurement procedures and the
exclusion of relevant logistics branches from
arms procurement under past administrations,
which, very often resulted in the acquisition of
sub-standard and unserviceable equipment.”
No timeline was given for the committee to
carry out its assignment.
Meanwhile, South Africa has said that it is not
involved in the investigation into the purchase
of arms by the administrations of late
President Umaru Yar’Adua and former
President Goodluck Jonathan.
It described the arms probe panel as a
Nigerian affair, saying it did not involve in the
aborted botched $15m arms deal by the
administration of Jonathan in 2014.
The South Africa’s High Commissioner in
Nigeria, Lulu Mnguni, stated this in a
telephone interview with our correspondent on
Wednesday.
Mnguni was asked to react to a report that
South Africa might be invited by the Buhari’s
arms deal probe panel.
Also asked if his commission would appear
before the panel if summoned, the envoy said
his mission had nothing to do with the failed
arms deals, stressing that it was purely a
Nigerian issue.
He added that the South African mission
would be guided by directives from the home
government, noting that the embassy was a
member of the diplomatic community which
only follows official instructions.
“We don’t know anything about the arms
issue; that is a Nigerian matter. We are not
involved. You know what, we are guided by
our government and you must also know that
we are in the diplomatic community,” he said. http://www.punchng.com/news/arms-deals-panel-begins-sitting-in-abuja/

it should be IGBOS Tweet On Buhari 100 Wasted Days.. not Nigerians

The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban
Ki-Moon, on Monday called for the
unconditional release of the over 200 girls
abducted in their school in Chibok, Borno
State last year and other abductees of the
Boko Haram sect.
Ban Ki-Moon made the appeal while
addressing State House correspondents
shortly after having a closed door meeting
with President Muhammadu Buhari at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja, as part of the
activities lined up for his two-day visit to the
country.
His call came the week the girls will be
spending their 500th day in captivity.
He commended Buhari who he said had
embarked on an agenda for change in which
he was prioritising security and anti-corruption
war.
He promised UN support for the President’s
agenda, saying “When you change Nigeria, you
have also changed Africa.”
Buhari on his part said they discussed the
difficult time Nigeria had found itself during
the meeting.
He said the step was taken so that the UN
could assist the country.
He thanked Ban Ki-Moon for extending
invitation to him to attend the UN General
Assembly holding in New York on September
27 and 28.
The UN scribe will return to the Presidential
Villa by 7pm for a dinner organised in his
honour. http://www.punchng.com/news/ban-ki-moon-demands-unconditional-release-of-chibok-girls/

slimmyprince:
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please call her network provider maybe they could be of help to finding her location..God will bring her back safely..

As Nigeria grapples with the Boko Haram
insurgency ravaging the North-Eastern part of
the country, the option of recruiting and
paying “attractive amount of money” to Fulani
herdsmen to tackle the insurgents has been
recommended to the Federal Government.
The recommendation is contained in a bulky
report titled: “Towards a New Dawn in Nigeria
post 2015.” It is a compendium of papers,
suggestions, analyses, and reports presented
by, scholars and policy practitioners
assembled by former President Olusegun
Obasanjo.
Mr. Obasanjo assembled the think-tank of
experts, as special committees of the Centre
for Human Security of the Olusegun Obasanjo
Presidential Library, to provide actionable and
“innovative” policy recommendations for
President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle
myriad of challenges – particularly those of
security, economy, education, and
infrastructure – facing Nigeria.
The recommendation of recruiting Fulani
herdsmen to confront Boko Haram insurgents
was made by a team led by Ahmed Joda and
consisted of Nuhu Ribadu, Steve Orosanye,
Tunji Olagunju, George Obiozor, Yusufu Pam,
and Peter Okebukola.
Mr. Joda was also head of the transition
committee set up by President Muhammadu
Buhari before his inauguration while most of
the others held various positions during the
Obasanjo presidency with Mr. Ribadu being
the internationally acclaimed pioneer
chairman of Nigeria’s major anti-corruption
agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission [EFCC].
Noting the socio-economic conditions which
provide easy recruits for Boko Haram, the
team stated that, “a Boko Haram recruit is
offered a juicy pay in a milieu where
joblessness pervades”.
Five Steps
In its recommendation, the team made a five-
point proposition, covering finance,
recruitment, accountability, reward, as well as
schedule and propaganda.
It asked the Defence Ministry to determine the
battle fronts where the herdsmen would be
needed and the specific number and duration
of service to ensure accountability of the
process. This, according to the report, will
involve working in collaboration with civilian
Joint Task Force.
According to the report, the second step would
involve the Presidency and the National
Assembly. After the Defence Ministry and
Civilian JTF must have concluded issues of
finance, personnel, and logistics, the
presidency should present the case to the
National Assembly for urgent approval of
funds needed.
Subsequently, a joint team of defence
officials, civilian JTF and heads of Fulani
herdsmen would be commissioned to recruit
and pay the volunteers with accurate records
kept.
The fourth proposal involves saddling the
Federal Ministry of Information, National
Orientation Agency, as well as public and
private media houses with war propaganda.
They are to embark on “intensive broadcast of
jingles to the general public and use
propaganda to cause panic in the ranks of the
insurgents.”
Similarly, the team proposed that agencies of
the federal and state governments, vigilante
groups, telecommunication companies and
non-governmental organisations should
dissipate efforts towards massive
enlightenment about how the insurgents, not
government troops, are killing people and the
success stories of government’s efforts. The
enlightenment should also include committing
religious leaders like the Sultan of Sokoto and
other Islamic scholars to condemn terrorism
and “preach true tenets of Islam”.
In its last proposition on the use of Fulani
herdsmen to confront Boko Haram, the team
proposed that the National Intelligence
Agency, State Security Service and the media
are to provide “random monitoring of the
Fulani herdsmen especially during pay period
to ensure they are getting their agreed
payments”.
Use hunters too
In another recommendation off conventional
military deployment, the think-tank also asked
the federal government to adopt the “Mubi
Model” of supporting, rewarding, and arming
hunters to fight Boko Haram.
The Mubi model refers to the incident in
November 2014 when a group of hunters and
local vigilante mobilised and successfully
liberated Mubi and other towns in Adamawa
State hitherto occupied by the Boko Haram
sect.
The think-tank therefore urged the federal
government and governments of the
insurgency-ravaged North-Eastern states to
“review the vigilante strategy and support
volunteer hunters with generous welfare,
military training and light weapons” and
provide “corruption free reward system to the
vigilantes that is sustainable and competitive
to Boko Haram financial offers.”
The committee’s recommendation of using
herdsmen and hunters to fight Boko Haram is
to supplement the efforts of the Nigerian
military.
It urged the consolidation of the military
campaign, as well as motivation and provision
of adequate equipment for the military to be
able to defeat the insurgents whose actions
have caused the death of about 20,000
people, mostly in Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa
states since 2009. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/188828-exclusive-use-fulani-herdsmen-hunters-to-fight-boko-haram-joda-ribadu-others-advise-buhari.html

The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges
and Public Petitions will on Wednesday begin
a probe of the Chairman of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim
Lamorde, over an allegation that he
fraudulently diverted over N1tn proceeds of
corruption recovered by the anti-graft agency.
Part of the money alleged by a petitioner to
have been diverted by the EFCC boss included
the loot recovered from a former Governor of
Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha; and
ex-Inspector-General of Police, Tafa Balogun.
The petitioner, Mr. George Uboh, whose
complaint to the Senate prompted the probe,
has been invited to appear before the Senate
committee at Meeting Room 120 of the New
Senate Building, National Assembly Complex,
Abuja, by 10am on Wednesday.
Similar invitation, it was learnt, had been
extended to Lamorde to appear before the
Senate committee the same time on
Wednesday.
The fraud allegedly perpetrated by Larmode
was said to have dated back to his days as
the Director of Operations of the EFCC
between 2003 and 2007, as well as an acting
Chairman of the commission between June
2007 and May 2008, when the then chairman
of the anti-graft agency, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu,
was away for a course at the National
Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies,
Kuru, Jos.
Uboh, Chief Executive Officer of Panic Alert
Security Systems, a security firm, in his
petition dated July 31, 2015, accused
Lamorde of some specific instances of under-
remittance and non-disclosure of proceeds of
corruption recovered from criminal suspects,
including Balogun and Alamieyeseigha.
He assured the Senate that he would produce
“overwhelming evidence” to back his claims
against Lamorde.
Uboh also alleged that the EFCC had not
accounted for “offshore recoveries” and that
“over half of the assets seized from suspects
are not reflected in EFCC exhibit records”.
The petitioner equally accused Lamorde of
conspiring with some EFCC officers and
external auditors “to operate and conceal a
recovery account in the Central Bank of
Nigeria and excluded the balances from your
audited financial statements between 2005
and 2011”.
“Lamorde continues to conceal the details of
the unsold properties forfeited by both Tafa
Balogun and DSP Alamieyeseigha despite
receiving rent revenues from some estate
agents on the said properties,” he further
alleged.
Alamieyeseigha, the man who former
President Goodluck Jonathan succeeded as
Bayelsa State governor in 2005, had forfeited
property and funds in various bank accounts
as part of terms of plea bargain in his trial by
the EFCC.
He had pleaded guilty to six counts of
corruption charges before a Federal High
Court in Lagos on July 26, 2007 and served
concurrent two years imprisonment on each
count, though he was later pardoned by
Jonathan in 2013.
Balogun had also forfeited landed assets and
funds and was sentenced to six months
imprisonment by a Federal High Court in
Abuja after he pleaded guilty to various
counts of corruption charges.
Uboh, asked that Lamorde be prosecuted and
proposed 10 counts of fraud in his petition,
which was addressed to the Senate President
Bukola Saraki, through the Delta State Senator
in the National Assembly, Peter Nwaoboshi.
In the petition bearing Nwaobohi’s
acknowledgment, Uboh alleged that Lamorde
in March 2013 diverted the sum of N779m out
of the total N3bn forfeited by Balogun to the
Federal Government and that the EFCC boss
conspired with some officials of the anti-graft
agency to under-remit the ex-IG’s forfeited
funds of about N5.85bn into the Consolidated
Revenue Account by holding back about
N2.65bn.
Uboh also alleged that Lamorde conspired
with some EFCC officials to remit to Bayelsa
State the sum of N3.1bn instead of the total
sum of N4.3bn proceeds of corruption
recovered from Alamieyeseigha.
The petitioner said that Lamorde, as Director
of Operations of the EFCC, conspired with
some officers of the commission to
manipulate records of assets recovered from
Alamieyeseigha, an act which allegedly paved
the way for him to trade with about N3.7bn of
the recovered funds for almost two years.
“Sir, the aggregate funds diverted by
Lamorde/EFCC stated below in the attached
criminal charges is over N1tn. However,
because over 95 per cent of overseas seizures
are diverted, there is an urgent need to
investigate and recover those funds as well,”
Uboh’s petition read in part.
Our correspondent, on Sunday, obtained a
copy of the Senate Committee on Ethics,
Privileges and Public Petitions’ letter, which
was signed by the committee’s clerk, Freedom
Osolo, inviting Uboh to the Wednesday’s
meeting.
The letter of invitation entitled, ‘Invitation to a
meeting of the Senate Committee on Ethics,
Privileges and Public Petitions’, partly read, “I
am directed to invite you to a meeting of the
Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and
Public Petitions of the National Assembly in
respect of your petition (copy attached)
against the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde.”
“You are by this invitation, required to appear
before the committee with all necessary
evidence to support your allegation,” the
invitation letter also noted.
Part of the proposed charges prepared by
Uboh read, “That you Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, as
the executive chairman of EFCC in March
2013, in the bid to conceal a fraud of
N779,155,004:62, being the diverted amount
from the forfeited funds by Tafa Balogun,
falsified documents in response to the request
made on you by duly constituted authorities,
wherein you fraudulently stated the total of 13
bank balances as N2,258,100,576:98 instead
of N3,037,255,521:60
“That you Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, as the
Director of operations, conspired with some
officers in the EFCC to manipulate the
forfeitures and recoveries from DSP
Alamieyesiegha, which events took place
between 2006 and 2007, as if it took place in
July 2008, with a view to shifting
responsibilities to the regime or tenure of Mrs.
Farida Waziri. By this act, you traded with
recoveries amounting to over N3.7 bn for
almost two years before formerly documenting
the transaction.”
When contacted, the spokesperson for the
EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said, “I am not
aware of it (the petition).” http://www.punchng.com/news/alleged-n1tn-diversion-senate-to-probe-lamordes-alleged-diversion-of-n1tn/

Sai Buhari. Carry on Mr President..

God bless PMB.PMB till 2022...

THE Department of Petroleum Resource on
Tuesday, sealed off 27 filling stations in
various parts of Rivers State for selling
petroleum products above the Federal
Government’s official prices.
In most of the filling stations, the operators
were selling premium motor spirit for between
N110 and N120 per litre as against the N87
per litre official price before DPR officials and
men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence
Corps swooped on them.
Some of the affected stations were also under-
dispensing the product to the customers, even
as they sold a litre of PMS at N110.
Our correspondent learnt that while some of
the filling stations that were sealed off in Port
Harcourt and its environs operated without
DPR’s operational licence, more than 15 of
them had manipulated their pumps.
“In most cases, in every 10 litres sold, they
(filling station operators) shortchanged the
buyers with about one litre of the product,” a
DPR official lamented.
Some of the filling stations sealed off by the
DPR are Donapet, De Bens, Tombug, Vic
Vintax International Company, Rahaminiyya
Oil, GVC Golden Services Limited, Yemsonat
Ventures Nig LTD, Demore Investment Nig.,
Harrison, Sobaz, Mikab, Romigbo, and Roman
Filling Station on Ada George Road.
Speaking on the enforcement of the N87 pump
price of petrol, the DPR Zonal Controller in
Rivers State, Mrs. Onyebuchi Sibeudu, said the
aim of the action was to ensure that the
marketers stuck to the Federal Government’s
approved pump price of N87 per litre.
Sibeudu explained that the agency would not
limit the war against illegal price of petroleum
products to retailers alone, adding that the
exercise also covers depot owners.
“The marketers are having one reason or the
other why they are not keeping to the pump
price, but we need to ensure that they keep to
the government approved pump price.” www. http://www.punchng.com/news/dpr-shuts-27-filling-stations-in-rivers/

Bank of Industry (BoI) has denied
receiving $200 million Entertainment/
Nollywood Fund from the former
administration of President Goodluck
Jonathan, for the development of Nigeria’s
entertainment industry.
The bank described as untrue a news report
calling for the probe of the bank on the
premise that the former president had
released the money to it, clarifying that the
bank never received such money.
“The attention of the bank has been drawn to
a news report titled “Probe Jonathan’s $200
million Nollywood Fund, Lari Williams tells
Buhari” wherein Mr. Lari alluded to the
domiciliation of $200 million with the Bank of
Industry Limited for eventual disbursement to
artists who are able to come up with viable
business plans.
“BOI would like to state for the records that it
is not managing any $200 million
Entertainment/Nollywood Fund and at no time
did the bank receive any such fund from the
government for the Entertainment/Nollywood
sector.
“This publication became necessary as some
practitioners in the creative industry believe
that BOI is in receipt of $200 million
Entertainment/Nollywood Fund.
“Due to the commercial potentials of the
entertainment industry in Nigeria, the bank
has been making investments in the industry
from its own resources since 2011. It has
provided financial and advisory support to the
following sub-sectors of the industry: movie
production, cinemas, amusement/theme parks
production studios, etc. Recently, the Bank
launched the NollyFund with a fund size of
N1.0 billion to support movie production and
distribution.
“Based on the foregoing, we hereby state
unequivocally that the Bank of Industry
Limited is not in custody of $200 million
meant for the Entertainment/Nollywood
sector,” said the statement. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/arts-entertainment/nollywood-nigeria/188611-jonathan-govt-didnt-give-us-200m-nollywood-funds-bank-of-industry-2.html

President has ordered probes into
the sale of Nigerian Telecommunications,
NITEL and Mobile Telecommunications, MTEL
sold by the previous government of ex-
president Goodluck Jonathan.
President Buhari however said he was not
opposed to the sale of the telecommunication
companies belonging to the federal
government but was concerned about the
process.
It will be recalled that former President
Jonathan’s administration sold the telecom
company for $252m to NATCOM consortium
in December 2014.
Speaking on Tuesday, to State House
Correspondents after briefing President Buhari
on the activities of the sector, the Permanent
Secretary, Federal Ministry of Communication
and Technology, Dr. Tunji Olaopa said that
the president has directed him to raise a
memo on the whole transaction to ascertain if
there were any underhand dealings.
He also stated that the president was equally
concerned on the quality of service rendered
by the telecom operators in Nigeria.
“The President was concerned about the
liquidation of NITEL. He is not opposed to its
privatization but he wants to know and he
want us to bring a memo on how he whole
transaction was undertaken so that he would
know whether Nigeria was shortchanged.
“The President was concerned by the quality
of service of telecom operators. The President
is very concerned about the whole issue
privatization that is hindering the investments
in ICT infrastructure and that he will
personally champion this. The President talked
about the potentials of the ICT sector in
generating employment”, Olaopa said. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/buhari-decries-quality-of-telecom-services-to-probe-sale-of-nitelmtel/

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory
Commission (NERC) yesterday said the next
tariff adjustment will see the monthly Fixed
Charges (FC) paid only by consumers for
electricity supply as against payments during
prolonged blackouts.
While the commission said there are no plans
to abolish it, its chairman, Dr Sam Amadi said
it has become a concern due to protracted
blackouts, adding that it is not tied to
consumption and it is not peculiar to Nigeria
as other countries refer to it as ‘daily supply’,
‘service’, or ‘property’ charge.
Amadi was response to a query by the senate
about the fixed charges and other issues
obtained at a press briefing in Abuja.
While a Residential consumer (R2) under
Abuja Distribution company (Disco) pay N702
Fixed Charge monthly, Commercial (C2) pay
N47,772 and industrial (D2) pay N25,678.
Within the 2015 tariff plan, the 14 consumer
classes pay about N609,624 monthly as Fixed
Charged under the Disco which is one among
the 11 Discos.
But Amadi in his clarification yesterday said
“the Fixed Charges that consumers pay in the
Nigerian electricity market is not illegal or
fraudulent. The difference could be that we
don’t have a good supply of electricity
because of the legacy problem of lack of
generation capacity.” http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/news/no-light-no-fixed-charge--nerc/106952.html

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday
assured Nigerians that no amount of pressure
that could be mounted on him would make
him stop his regime’s war against corruption.
Buhari, who was represented by his Special
Adviser Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr.
Femi Adesina, said this while addressing some
protesters who stormed the Presidential Villa
to encourage him to continue his ongoing
corruption war.
The placard–wielding protesters under the
aegis of the Nigerians Against Corruption
group were led by Aisha Yesufu.
They were stopped at the gate of the
Presidential Villa close to the Supreme Court
by security operatives.
Buhari thereafter dispatched Adesina and his
Senior Special Assistant on Media and
Publicity, Garba Shehu, to address them.
While promising that he would not relent in
the prosecution of the war against corruption,
the President however promised that he would
give due regard for the rule of law while
carrying out the task.
The President said that all persons charged
with stealing the nation’s resources would be
prosecuted.
He added that upon conviction, their ill-gotten
wealth would be seized and returned to the
government coffers.
He said, “I believe it is time for Nigeria to
change course. That is why I sought election
as President and got elected. As President, I
am determined that Nigeria must move away
from a course of endemic corruption that is
leading us to perdition.
“There can be no question of our willfully
allowing anyone to get away with corruption.
“No matter the pressure and entreaties, the
anti-corruption war will continue and all
accused persons will have their day in court.”
The President also reiterated his commitment
to curbing insecurity in the country and
boosting employment opportunities for
Nigerians, especially the youth.
He called for the continued support and
solidarity of Nigerians as the present
administration works to correct the wrongs of
the past.
The protesters assured the President that
majority of Nigerians supported his ongoing
efforts to curb corruption.
They urged him not to be deterred by the
antics of those who did not share his laudable
vision of a fairer, more equitable, corruption-
free and progressive nation.
Inscriptions on some of the placards carried
by the protesters read, “I voted Buhari to fight
corruption,” “Governors and their deputies
must declare their assets,” NASS, epitome of
corruption,” and “President and VP must
declare their assets,” among others.
Also, President Buhari on Monday promised
officials of the Ministry of Women Affairs that
part of the money his administration would
recover from looters of the nation’s
commonwealth would be used to fund the
ministry.
The ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mr.
Ezekiel Oyemomi, disclosed this to State
House correspondents shortly after he briefed
Buhari of his ministry’s activities and
challenges at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Oyemomi said his team briefed the President
of all its activities at the end of which he
realised that his ministry was demanding.
He said, “When you look at what the ministry
is set up to do, we cut across 70 per cent of
the population dealing with the issues of
women, children, the vulnerable, people with
disabilities, the distressed, distressed families
and the lot.
“He (the President) gave his word that once
government can recover some funds, he will
make sure that such funds are introduced into
boosting the budget of the ministry so that we
can be well-funded, especially on areas of
empowerment, empowering all the
stakeholders.”
Oyemomi said one of the challenges being
faced by the ministry was that some
establishments that were supposed to be
under his ministry had been absorbed
somewhere else.
He said the President had promised to look
into the matter and bring such establishments
back under the ministry.
“Part of the challenges are that some
establishment should normally be under our
control, but they have been absorbed
somewhere else especially the NNPC.
“We have exposed this to him and believe that
the President will look at it and bring them
back under us.
“He didn’t give a definite response but our
document that have been presented certainly
would be reviewed so that the right thing can be
done,” he added. http://www.punchng.com/news/anti-graft-war-i-wont-succumb-to-pressure-says-buhari-2/

justice must be done... SAI BABA

old foooool..

About 15 different crude oil and gas revenue
accounts operated by the federal government
agencies mostly in an American bank and
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may be
retained, Daily Trust gathered.
Sources told Daily Trust that the accounts
may not be affected by the implementation of
the Treasury Single Account (TSA) policy
which commenced last week in compliance
with the directives of President Muhammadu
Buhari.
Daily Trust has found that the 15 accounts
are domiciled with the JP Morgan Chase Bank
New York.
An oil industry source said the accounts are
necessary because oil and gas transactions
are done in dollars and are international
businesses; therefore these accounts are
necessary to receive revenue from the
business partners.
The beauty of these accounts is that, none of
the agencies have access to the accounts
except CBN. If transaction is done only CBN
can give the JP Morgan directives to transfer
the funds to the federation account.
The records obtained by Daily Trust shows
that the Departments of Petroleum Resources
(DPR) has the highest number of accounts
with seven operated with JP Morgan while the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) and the Federal Inland Revenue
Services (FIRS) have five accounts each at the
New York bank.
Details of the accounts are presented below
but the last three digits have been omitted for
security reasons.
The DPR accounts with JP Morgan Chase
Bank New York through which it receives
revenue are: DPR/CBN Joint Venture Royalty
000000802906***; DPR/CBN Production
Sharing Contract Royalty 000000802906***;
DPR/CBN Gas Flared Penalty
000000802906***; CBN Concession Rentals
000000802906***; DPR/CBN Miscellaneous
Oil Revenue 000000802906***; DPR/CBN Gas
Royalty 000000802906*** and the DPR/CBN
Signature Bonus 000000753811***.
NNPC operates domiciliary accounts with JP
Morgan Chase Bank New York USA and with
the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) where
revenue payments from the sales of Export
Crude Oil and Gas to foreign Customers are
paid and received.
The NNPC Crude Oil Marketing Department
(COMD) make Sales of Crude Oil and Gas to
Foreign Customers, issues invoices to their
foreign banks in line with terms of Letter of
Credit, and payment is received within 30
(Thirty) days.
All payments were received in United States of
America (USA) Dollar. The accounts and
records were maintained by the Foreign
Operations Division of the CBN Banking and
Payment Systems Department, according to
the report.
NNPC maintains the following accounts;
NNPC/CBN Crude Oil and Gas Revenue
(Export) Account 000000400941***; NNPC/
CBN Gas Revenue Account 000000816296***;
CBN/JV Cash Call Account 000000011658***;
NNPC/CBN Domestic Crude Oil Revenue
0020157141***.
The record shows that the revenue proceeds
arising from the sales of Domestic Crude Oil
and Gas by the Crude Oil Marketing
Department (COMD) of NNPC was also
maintained by the Central Bank (CBN)
Banking Operations Department of the
Banking and Payment Systems.
The accounts were called Naira Accounts. All
transactions were made and recorded in Naira.
Account NNPC/CBN Gas Revenue Account
20157148***.
The FIRS also maintains JP Morgan Chase
Bank New York and with CBN, such as FIRS/
Petroleum Profit Tax 00000040021***; FIRS/
Companies Income 000000400216***; FIRS/
Value Added Tax 000000400216***; FIRS/With
Holding Tax 000000400216***; and FIRS/
Education Tax 000000400216***.
When contacted the Central Bank of Nigeria
told Daily Trust that TSA is a local account
domiciled in CBN and operated by the Office
of Accountant General of the Federation.
Ibrahim Mu’azu, CBN spokesperson said
although the details of the operation of the
TSA are still sketchy but affirmed that the oil
and gas revenue agencies still need some of
these foreign accounts for the collections of
revenue from foreign transactions but at the
end of the day the revenue must flow to the
single account.
But the executive director of the Civil Society
Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) Auwal
Musa Rafsanjani said these accounts
portrayed lack of coordination among various
agencies of the government such as Central
Bank of Nigeria, Federal Inland Revenue
Service (FIRS), Department of Petroleum
Resource and Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC).
He said apart from having separate accounts,
“we understood that each agency maintains a
separate reporting template for reporting oil
and gas revenue. This has frustrated efforts to
tracking and accurately reporting revenue from
the sector and gas sector in accordance with
the international standard and good practice.”
“Of course, Nigeria has suffered from the era
of enormous fraud and revenue leakage from
the oil and gas sector, resulting from lack of
transparency and accountability.
Consequently, we strictly support the ongoing
policy by the present administration to
sanitise the sector and ensure the agencies
operate, and remit revenue in accordance with
constitutional provision. We therefore
advocate for harmonized revenue account and
unified reporting template by the agencies to
allow for maximum transparency and
accountability in the oil and gas sector,” he
added. http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/news/fg-s-order-15-oil-accounts-to-be-retained/106771.html

WhiteTechnology:
Propaganda Propaganda Propaganda
The motto of APC

wailing wailing wailing The motto of PDP

President Muhammadu Buhari has
commenced the process of identifying a few
fearless and courageous judges who will be
saddled with the responsibility of prosecuting
persons who have been found to have stolen
national resources, THE PUNCH has learnt.
Buhari had while granting audience to
members of the National Peace Committee led
by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar in the
Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday disclosed
that the prosecution of the indicted persons
would commence in a matter of weeks.
“Those who have stolen the national wealth
will be in court in a matter of weeks and
Nigerians will know those who have short-
changed them,” the President had told his
guests.
Our correspondent however learnt on Sunday
that the prosecution would not be open to
“just any judge.”
It was learnt that the President was
committed to ensuring that only judges who
would expedite action on the cases and would
be fearless in discharging their duties would
be enlisted for the prosecution.
A source confided in our correspondent that
that was one of the assignments Buhari gave
to the Prof. Itse Sagay-led Presidential
Advisory Committee Against Corruption which
he set up on Monday.
The source said it would not be necessary to
set up special courts to try corruption cases
since efforts were already underway to identify
judges that would key into the President’s
dream of ensuring that no looter was left
unpunished.
He said, “We do not need to entertain any fear
that the prosecution of corruption-related
cases will not be fast enough because many
of our courts are already weighed down by
many cases.
“The truth of the matter is that not all judges
will be considered to take up the cases of
those who have stolen our commonwealth.
“As a matter of fact, one of the assignments
the President gave the Presidential Advisory
Committee Against Corruption led by Prof.
Sagay is to identify fearless and courageous
judges that will handle the cases.
“The idea is to ensure that the judges who will
handle the cases will not be just any judges.
They must be those who will expedite actions
on the cases and discharge their duties with
courage.
“You can see that with this development, the
issue of special courts for corruption cases
may not come. It is about special judges.”
Our correspondent also gathered that Buhari
was already considering withdrawing national
honours from any individual found to have
looted the nation’s treasury.
It was learnt that the President’s position was
that the nation should not be seen to be
honouring any fruadulent person.
“The President will not hesitate to strip any
corrupt person of national honour. Can you
honour a person for milking the nation dry? It
is irrelevant how long such persons have been
bestowed with the national honours, they will
be stripped of them,” the source said.
When contacted, the Special Adviser to the
President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi
Adesina, said it was reasonable that anybody
found to be corrupt should be stripped of
national honours.
Adesina however said such withdrawal of
national honours would not be done until
affected persons had been convicted by
competent courts.
“Although it has not been considered, it is
reasonable that those found guilty of
corruption should be stripped of national
honours bestowed on them. However, this will
not be done before conviction,” the
presidential spokesman said.
While announcing the establishment of the
Presidential Advisory Committee Against
Corruption on Monday, Adesina had said its
brief was to advise the present administration
on the prosecution of the war against
corruption and the implementation of required
reforms in Nigeria’s criminal justice system.
He said the committee was also saddled with
the responsibility of developing comprehensive
interventions for achieving the recommended
reforms. http://www.punchng.com/news/buhari-seeks-fearless-judges-to-try-looters/

Pastor Kukah really messed up.....I did not expect such from him...

The immediate past Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Sunday described as untrue allegation that a substantial part($600m) of the $1bn Chinese loan obtained for railway projects, was diverted.

Okonjo-Iweala, in a statement by her Media Adviser, Mr Paul Nwabuikwu, also explained that contrary to the allegation, the Kano-Lagos rail project was not part of the project listed for funding from the Chinese loan.
President Muhammadu Buhari had last Monday queried the Ministry of Finance for alleged diversion of foreign loans obtained for rail projects by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Specifically, the President was seeking clarification on alleged diversion of a substantial part of a $1.005bn loan obtained from the Chinese Exim Bank for the construction of a standard gauge rail line, linking Lagos to Kano.

The funds were said to have been moved elsewhere.

Okonjo-Iweala, who spearheaded the negotiation for the loan during her time as finance minister, said the China-Exim Bank kept and disbursed funds for approved projects to contractors based on milestones.

The funds, she added, were not domiciled in the Finance Ministry.

Giving a breakdown of the loan and how it was utilised, the minister said $500m was used for the expansion of four International Airport Terminals in Lagos, Kano, Abuja and Port Harcourt; $500m for the Abuja Light Rail project; $984m for the Zungeru Hydro-electric power project and $100m for the Galaxy Backbone project

The minister, in the statement, noted that even if the alleged project was on the list of China-EximBank funded projects, diversion of any Chinese funds would have been extremely difficult because the terms of the contract and the processes would simply not have permitted such action.

The statement reads in part, “We have continued to receive media inquiries regarding an allegation reportedly made by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Alhaji Mohammed Bashar, that a substantial part of a $1bn loan obtained from the China-EximBank by the Jonathan administration for a Kano-Lagos rail project was diverted to other projects.

“I want to state categorically that there is no truth in the reported allegation. Anyone who is interested can cross-check with the China-EximBank or the Chinese Embassy.

“It is noteworthy that even though President Buhari, in his reported comments on the allegation, made no reference to Dr. Okonjo-Iweala but rightly stressed the need for due process and transparency in the execution of public projects, a sponsored media campaign has once again been launched by political elements to make the former Minister the culprit in a non-existent scandal.

“The alleged diversion has no substance for the simple reason that the Kano-Lagos project was not even among the projects presented for funding by the China EximBank for several strategic infrastructural projects across the country.

“In fact, it was the Lagos–Ibadan rail project, not Lagos-Kano rail project that was proposed in the original application to the China-EximBank. But in the end, no funds were assigned for the Lagos-Ibadan rail project by the China-EximBank.”



http://www.punchng.com/news/600m-chinese-rail-loan-not-diverted-okonjo-iweala/

The Federal Government has been monitoring
the social media accounts of Nigerians who
are suspected of having links with various
terrorist groups, including Boko Haram and
the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq, findings by
SUNDAY PUNCH have shown.
Our correspondent learnt that through covert
operations, which have been going on for a
while, security agencies hack into the
Facebook and Twitter accounts of those they
are monitoring.
The move, it was learnt, was meant to
frustrate terrorist attacks on the country.
The project, which is costing the country
millions of dollars, is being managed by the
Office of the National Security Adviser.
Multiple sources, who spoke to our
correspondent on condition of anonymity
because they were not authorised to inform
the press about the security checks, stated
that the administration of former President
Goodluck Jonathan approved the request by
security agencies to spy on targeted sections
of the population, mainly religious extremists
and radicalised individuals.
It was gathered that the project is being
coordinated by some foreign firms, including
an Israeli firm, Elbit System.
Our correspondent learnt that the local
espionage involves hacking of phones, email
accounts, social media accounts and bugging
of telephone conversations of persons of
interest.
A source said, “The surveillance system is not
being used to target everyone, as people may
want to believe. It is only deployed to get
intelligence on specific targets because it
would be hard and difficult to use such
system to spy on all Nigerians; the amount of
data would be too huge and staggering for
the assessors to sort and manage.
“Basically, the system is used to hack into
emails and phones of targets, and the targets
are those who are suspected of having ties
with terrorists, whether Boko Haram, ISIS or
any other criminal element.”
It was also learnt that the system had greatly
assisted security agencies to nip in the bud
and also frustrate many terror plots and
attacks across the country.
The security agencies had been using
electronic trackers, which they were used to
track and apprehend kidnappers.
But it was learnt that the electronic
surveillance system is more effective and has
better capacities to hack emails, passwords
and social media accounts used by terrorists
to recruit members.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel
Ojukwu, confirmed that security agencies were
using a sophisticated surveillance system as
part of measures to combat crime and
terrorism in the country.
He said, “It is not a new technology.
Everywhere in the world, it is used, including
drones and other sophisticated equipment.
Nigeria is part of the international community;
we have our surveillance system, which shows
that Nigeria is developing.”
Ojukwu said the security agencies respect the
rights of Nigerians and were not using the
system to hack the phones and computers of
innocent Nigerians.
The Department of State Services could not be
reached for information on their use of the
surveillance system. http://www.punchng.com/news/fg-monitors-nigerians-facebook-twitter-accounts/

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Related
Offences Tribunal has commenced a
clampdown on very wealthy civil servants.
Already, the agency has seized 24 property
and several cars from three civil servants with
one of them having 18 property.
A document obtained from the Office of the
Chairman of the ICPC, Mr. Ekpo Nta, with the
title ‘Notice of Seizure of Movable and
Immovable Properties Pursuant to Section 45
(4) a – (b) of the Corrupt Practices and other
Related Offences Ac 2000, revealed that the
commission seized the property from three
officials of the Ministry of Niger Delta.
It stated that the property was seized because
they were “excessive of the emoluments of the
affected officers.”
Although the document, dated August 11,
2015, is silent on the status of the officials, it
was gathered that the three officials are all
principal account officers of the ministry,
which has been one of the focuses of
investigations by the ICPC in recent times.
The Niger Delta ministry officers listed in the
document are Poloma Kabiru Nuhu, Mangset
Longyl Dickson and Daniel Obah.
The ICPC boss said the decision to seize the
property would be served on the appropriate
Land Registries and Departments in all the
states where the property are situated.
He stated, “The commission is investigating a
matter involving some staff (members) of the
Niger Delta Ministry, with certain movable and
immovable property owned by the said staff.
“The commission is of the opinion based on
the aforementioned investigation that these
movable and immovable property owned by
these people who are staff of the Ministry of
Niger Delta Affairs are excessive, having
regards to their present emoluments and all
other relevant circumstances. The commission
hereby notifies the entire public that all
movable and immovable properties owned by
these staff (members) and listed hereunder
are seized.”
According to the ICPC boss, one of the
officers, Nuhu, has 10 hectares of land,
covered by Right of Occupancy at Kuje valued
at N50m.
It was stated that the same officer has an
uncompleted duplex at Diamond Estate, Apo,
Abuja, that is worth N90m.
Nta also said Nuhu has 16 plots of land which
are all covered by Certificate of Occupancy in
different parts of Gwagwalada, Abuja.
Another civil servant on the ICPC list, Dickson,
is said to have a plot of land at Kubwa
District, Cadastral Zone, Abuja. The property is
valued at N7m.
The third official, Obah, is said to own
different plots of land in Abuja and Port
Harcourt, Rivers State.
Nta said Obah has a four-bedroom duplex at
Karsana South District, Abuja, valued at
N60m.
He is also said to have a plot of land at
Ozuoba, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Other plots of land said to belong to Obah are
located in Umuodili Odubo Community in
Rivers that is worth N16.5m; Olipobo
Rumuekini Layout, Obio Akpor Local
Government Area valued at N18m and another
plot at Livingstone Estate Umuogodo, Igbo
Etche in Obio Akpor Local Government of the
Rivers State.
The PUNCH had exclusively reported on July
30 that the Federal Government’s anti-
corruption operatives had been sent after
‘super rich’ public officers who had multiple
property and other assets suspected to have
been the rewards of graft.
According to the report, the searchlight of the
anti-corruption agents was on civil servants
that possess questionable property in the
Federal Capital Territory.
It was also reported that operatives in the Assets Tracing, Recovery and Management Unit of the ICPC had been asked to haul in suspects for
interrogation and recovery of ill-gotten assets in
their possession.
The ICPC was reported to have strengthened
the ATRMU by posting more personnel to the
unit to ensure the success of its campaign.
On Wednesday, the Auditor-General of the
Federation, Mr. Samuel Ukura, had recommended the recovery of about N183bn being funds meant for the development of Niger Delta but which was allegedly diverted for other purposes.
Ukura, who stated this in three special audit
reports to the Clerk of the National Assembly,
Mr. Salisu Maikasuwa, explained that the
amount was discovered in the periodic checks
carried out by his office on the activities and
programmes of the Niger Delta Development
Commission between 2008 and 2012.
According to him, N70.4bn was paid as
mobilisation to various contractors who never
reported to site, while N90.4bn was the extra-
budgetary expenditure for heads and sub-
heads without approval by the legal
authorities.
He also said N10bn was tax deductions
without evidence of remittance to the Federal
Inland Revenue Service; N5.8bn was payment
to contractors for projects not executed,
stalled or abandoned, while N1.2bn was
undeducted taxes from contractors.
Ukura added that N3.1bn was transfer made
to unauthorised accounts; N1.7bn was staff
outstanding staff advances which were never
accounted for and N785m out of N1.1bn
meant for the supply of furniture to various
schools in Delta State was diverted.
He explained that the funds for the furniture
supply was certified paid whereas inspection
carried out by the Auditor-General’s office
revealed that no single chair was distributed
during the period under review.
http://www.punchng.com/news/anti-corruption-war-begins-•-icpc-seizes-24-property-from-three-civil-servants/

rubbish

No fewer than 570 key members of the
Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State are
planning to dump the party for the All
Progressives Congress on Saturday (today).
But an association within the PDP in the state
called the Unity Group begged the aggrieved
members to reconsider the move.
The group made the appeal at a news
conference in Yenagoa on Friday against the
backdrop of mass defections of prominent
members of the party to the APC.
Addressing journalists on Friday, Coordinator,
PDP Unity Group, Mrs. Marie Ebikake, urged
the aggrieved members not to defect to
another party.
Ebikake, a former Commissioner for Transport
in the state, who was recently relieved of her
position because of her alleged closeness to
the former First Lady, Dame Patience
Jonathan, said the group was committed to
the unity and resolution of the crisis
confronting the PDP.
She said, “We cannot deceive ourselves. Some
of our people have vowed to go to the APC.
We want to use this medium to appeal to
them to return. The home they have built, they
cannot allow it to collapse.
“We are a group in the Bayelsa State PDP that
is committed to the unity of our party,
particularly after the outcome of the recent
general elections.
“We believe that losing power at the centre
after 16 years should unite rather than divide
us. We salute the commitment of our
members and supporters in the last 16 years.
“However, we are not oblivious of the most
recent defections from our great party in
Bayelsa State to the opposition APC. We
cannot also pretend to be unperturbed of the
planned defection of our esteemed members
on Saturday (today) in Yenagoa.
“There is no doubt that some of these
defectors are men and women of high political
substance and pedigree who have contributed
to our past achievements.” http://www.punchng.com/news/pdp-begs-as-members-plan-defection-today/

Adamawa State Governor, has said that he
was not using N200 million to mobilise prayer
warriors against Boko Haram insurgents.
Rather, the government says it is using the
amount to strengthen existing community
surveillance and intelligence gathering to
check mate the operations of the insurgents.
Initially Vanguard had reported that the
Adamawa Government on Friday had
announced that it had earmarked N200 million
to engage prayer warriors to seek divine
intervention toward ending the state’s
lingering security challenges.
This new position was made in a statement
released in Abuja by the Chief Press Secretary
to the governor, Mathias Yohanna.
The statement read in part: “One of the
challenges inherited by the Government on
assumption of office is the menace of Boko
Haram insurgency.
“And as a serious and responsive government
it deemed it fit to tackle it head on by
evolving new security measures and
sustaining the existing ones aimed at curbing
the menace thereby enhancing security of lives
and properties.
The correct position of the matter is that
government had evolved a community
mobilisation process intended to enhance
peace and security in the state. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/adamawa-not-using-n200m-for-prayers-against-boko-haram-govt/