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The National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj-Gen
Babagana Monguno (rtd.) and the four Service
Chiefs have vowed to end Boko Haram
insurgency in the North East sub-region of the
country.
Monguno made the declarations on Friday in
Maiduguri, when the Service Chiefs paid an
official courtesy visit to Governor Kashim
Shettima of Borno State at the Government
House.
The four other Service Chiefs, who were part of
the visit included the Chief of Defence Staff,
Maj-Gen. Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, Chief of
Army Staff, Maj-Gen. Tukur Buratai, Chief of
Air Staff, Air Marshal Baba Sadiq Abubakar;
and the Inspector General of Police, Mr.
Solomon Arase.
He said the most pressing issue in the
country, was the Boko Haram insurgency, and
that was why President Muhammadu Buhari
had replaced all the Service Chiefs.
“In less than 24 hours after we were sworn in
and decorated by the President, we are here in
Maiduguri, the Borno State capital for the
reassessment of military operations to end the
insurgency in three months”, said Monguno.
He assured the governor and the people of
Borno State that the Service Chiefs would not
be found wanting.
“For us here in Maiduguri, to end this
insurgency, we are to assess all the military
operational details that will facilitate various
‘aerial and ground troops’ to fight Boko
Haram to the finish. This could be completed
before we can launch a consistent and rapid
campaign against terror and terrorists
activities in the North East and the country at
large,” Monguno pledged.
He, however, noted that the military alone
could not end insurgency that had already
claimed many people’s lives and properties.
He said the victory over Boko Haram cannot
be won, without involving the larger society.
Responding, Governor Shettima said that the
people had been cooperating with the military
and other security agencies to end the Boko
Haram insurgency.
“We are giving our unalloyed support and
cooperation to all the Service Chiefs
committed to fighting this Boko Haram
madness”, he said.
On victims of insurgency, Shettima said: “We
will continue to work for the people by
investing in education, so that our children
and future generations do not become another
new set of insurgents.
“If this Boko Haram madness comes to an
end, your names will be written in gold, and
the country and its citizenry will be proud of
all of you here in Maiduguri” http://www.dailypost.ng/2015/08/14/boko-haram-nsa-service-chiefs-promise-to-end-insurgency-in-north-east/

Information reaching DAILY POST has it that the Federal Government has appointed renowned accounting and auditing firms, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG) to audit Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other agencies.

Also to be audited are Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).

Others are Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Revenue and Mobilisation Allocation Federation Commission (RMAFC) Federal Ministry of Finance, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) among others

Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) had accused the Goodluck Jonathan led-administration of undermining previous audit of the agencies.

Last week, DAILY POST reported the tension in many of the agencies marked for investigation of corrupt practices.

Those still in office as well as former staff, including retired or sacked workers, are monitoring developments and anxious of contents of the audit report, it was leant.

Edo State Governor, a member of the National Executive Council-backed committee set up to investigate NNPC financial accounts had disclosed that the audit of affected agencies would cover the period between January 1, 2010 and June 30, 2015.

Details later…



http://www.dailypost.ng/2015/08/13/breaking-buhari-appoints-pwc-kpmg-to-audit-nnpc-cbn-firs-others/

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President Buhari told his guests, adding that 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."President Buhari told his guests, adding that 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."President Buhari told his guests, adding that 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."

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday
ordered all ministries, agencies and
departments of government to immediately
put a stop to the current arrangement in
which they operate multiple bank accounts for
the purpose of keeping revenues and incomes.
He said henceforth, agencies of government
must start paying revenues, incomes and
other receipts into what he called a Treasury
Single Account domiciled with the Central
Bank of Nigeria.
The directive was contained in a statement
made available to journalists by the Senior
Special Assistant to the Vice President on
Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande.
Akande explained that the President’s
directive was meant to promote transparency
and facilitate compliance with Sections 80
and 162 of the 1999 Constitution.
“Henceforth, all receipts due to the Federal
Government or any of its agencies must be
paid into TSA or designated accounts
maintained and operated in the Central Bank
of Nigeria, except otherwise expressly
approved,” the statement said.
Akande further explained that the presidential
directive would end the previous public
accounting situation of several fragmented
accounts for government revenues, incomes
and receipts.
He said the existing system had been leading
to loss or leakages of legitimate income
meant for the Federation Account.
He added that the directive applied to fully
funded organs of government like ministries,
departments, agencies and foreign missions,
as well as the partially-funded ones like
teaching hospitals, medical centres and
federal tertiary institutions among others.
“Agencies like the CBN, SEC, CAC, NPA, NCC,
FAAN, NCAA, NIMASA, NDIC, NSC, NNPC,
FIRS, NCS, MMSD, DPR are also affected.
“For any agency that is fully or partially self-
funding, sub-accounts linked to TSA are to be
maintained at CBN and the accounting system
will be configured to allow them access to
funds based on their approved budgetary
provisions,” he further explained.
A TSA, according to Akande, is a unified
structure of government bank accounts
enabling consolidation and optimal utilisation
of government cash resources.
He further described it as a bank account or a
set of linked bank accounts through which the
government transacts all its receipts and
payments and gets a consolidated view of its
cash position at any given time.
Buhari had, during the inaugural meeting of
the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led National
Economic Council on June 29, promised state
governors that all revenues prescribed for
lodgement into the Federation Account would
be treated as such under his watch.
He had also promised to ensure strict
compliance with all relevant laws on
accounting, allocation and disbursement.
Since then, the Presidency was said to have
been working with relevant agencies of the
government to evolve this policy directive. http://www.punchng.com/news/fraud-buhari-stops-multiple-accounts-by-ministries-agencies/

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The Director-General, Department of State Services, Mr. Lawal Daura, has said that the service will sustain the clampdown on corrupt public officials and other saboteurs.

In an apparent reference to the ongoing probe of former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.) and crude oil thieves by the DSS, Daura said the agency would be professional, noting that the service under his leadership would be accountable to Nigerians.

Daura, who replaced Ita Ekpeyong a few weeks ago, said this in an interview with Aljazeera TV, monitored by our correspondent on Friday.

The DG said, “Whatever comes before us with facts and figures, it will be dealt with equally as required by the law. The ongoing investigations and clampdown on corrupt persons and saboteurs of the nation’s interests will be sustained.”

Daura assured Nigerians of a more resolute and professional service which he said would attend to valid reports brought before it without prejudice to anybody.

He urged Nigerians to raise their expectations, adding that the secret police were poised to restore the confidence of citizens in the service.

In the less than 30 minutes chat, Daura said, “Nigerians should closely watch and follow what we have started and what we will continue to do. I am sure they will not find us wanting.”



http://www.punchng.com/news/clampdown-on-corrupt-nigerians-will-be-sustained-dss-boss/

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr.
Godwin Emefiele, on Friday disclosed that the
central bank was planning a fresh bailout for
the textile industry in order to revive it to
become a major employer of labour.
He said the planned intervention fund would
come in a single-digit interest rate and long-
tenured loans to players in the sector
particularly those in the cotton, textile and
garment segments.
Emefiele stated this at a CBN-initiated
stakeholders meeting with players in the
industry.
The governor said the objective of the meeting
was to see how the CBN could revive the
textile industry and place it on the path of
sustainable growth for the country.
He said, “A sub-sector that once employed
over one million hardworking Nigerians is now
almost completely dominated by imports from
Asia. We are all aware of the challenges that
have beset and continue to plague the
industry and I am under no illusion that this
meeting will immediately resolve these issues.
“The central bank under my leadership is
prescribing to work with the industry to come
up with holistic solutions for the long-term
sustainable development of the sector. I can
assure you that the bank is ready to provide
funding under our Real Sector Support Facility
for the industry.
“Mr. President is committed to the
rejuvenation and revival of this sector and he
is desirous of bringing this industry back to
life.”
He added, “This in my humble opinion is the
crux of this meeting, which I will like us to
keenly deliberate upon. How for instance, can
we get cotton farmers to increase their output,
reducing dependency on imports? Or how can
all stakeholders form a strong advocacy to
create a more enabling environment for the
sector to thrive once again? I am confident
that with our collective efforts, we can finally
change the sad narratives about this industry.
The CBN governor, however, stressed that the
problems that had stunted the growth of the
textile industry was far beyond funding.
As a way of solving some of the problems
facing the sector, Emefiele said he had
recently met with the Comptroller General of
the Nigeria Customs Service, as part of the
efforts to tackle smuggling of textile goods.
He said it was disheartening that an industry
that literally touched the fabric of the entire
country now pales in the shadow of its past
success.
Emefiele pointed out that the human needs for
clothing and the competitive advantage of the
country had made the sector a formidable one
in the country’s path to industrialisation in
the 1970s and 1980s.
During this era, he noted that the textile
industries were spread across the country,
with many mills located in Kaduna, Lagos,
Funtua, Gusau, Asaba, Aba, Kano and a host
of other cities.
He explained, “There were well over 159
vibrant textile mills operating at close to full
production capacities. Indeed, Kaduna was
known as the ‘Textile City’ of the country,
because of the preponderance of huge
integrated textile mills domiciled in the city.
Unfortunately, these glory days are now
distant memories.” http://www.punchng.com/news/cbn-to-provide-fresh-bailout-for-textile-industry/

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The Nigeria Labour Congress has disclosed its
preparation to declare a day of protest against
high level corruption in the country.
The NLC President, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, said
this in Uyo on Monday during the
inauguration of the 2015 NLC Rain school.
According.to Wabba, the congress leadership
will ask the National Executive Council of the
union to declare a National Protest Action on
corruption.
He said, “The congress’ National Executive
Council will hold in a few days time in Abuja.
“The congress leadership will ask NEC to
declare a day of National Protest Action to
highlight our anger at the massive corruption
and bad governance of the recent past and
make our case that all stolen wealth must be
recovered, and those involved, face
appropriate punishment for their crime.”
Wabba asked President Mohammadu Buhari
to make available the names of all those who
had been identified as having looted the
nation’s treasury.
He said Buhari had promised to make public
the identities of public officers, who
participated in the massive looting of over $
150bn in the last decade alone.
The NLC boss added, “We await the arrest and
prosecution of the former Minister, who was
recently alleged to have stolen $6bn from our
commonwealth.”
He added that the 2015 general elections, in
which the All Progressives Congress defeated
the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, had
shown that Nigeria’s democracy had come of
age.
He commended the education department of
the union for its hard work in ensuring that
the 2015 rain school was held successfully.
He expressed gratitude to the Akwa Ibom
State Government and people for hosting the
seventh Rain School.
The state chairman of NLC, Mr. Etim Ukpong,
said labour would continue to support
government, adding that the welfare of
workers must remain paramount in its agenda. http://www.punchng.com/news/nlc-plans-protest-day-against-corruption/

Governor Nasir El-Rufai declared on Sunday
that illegal structures on government-owned
schools and hospitals would be demolished
beginning from Thursday.
The government in June warned owners of the
affected to discontinued development on
government lands, but the building continues.
Speaking at the second Town Hall meeting
held in Zaria, the governor declared free and
compulsory primary and junior secondary
school education in the state public schools
as from September this year.
He admonished parents to report any principal
or headteacher found collecting fees from
pupils or students directly to his office for
prompt action.
He said government would continue to interact
with the people directly to brief them on the
administration’s activities so far and get first
hand advice from them on how to govern the
state effectively and efficiently.
El-Rufai warned occupants of illegal structures
to vacate the property, saying his
administration would no longer cordon
encroachment on government lands.
He said, “Illegal structures on Zaria library,
Alhudahuda College, Rimi College, Sardauna
Memorial College and other schools, will be
demolished as the notice to quit expires on
Wednesday, August 5.
“Those who built such illegal structures are
knowledgeable enough to know that
encroaching on school lands is prohibited.
There is no going back in pulling down such
illegal structures especially in our schools and
hospitals.”
The governor told the audience that the Zaria
water works, which had been stalled by the
past administrations, would be completed in
the next two years.
While responding to a question asked on
indigeneship/settlers dichotomy, el-Rufai said
Kaduna belonged to all.
“All citizens of the state are entitled to stay in
any part of the state and benefit from the
state,” he added. http://www.punchng.com/news/kaduna-begins-demolition-of-structures-on-govt-land/

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The Department of State Services, DSS, may
have taken over the job of monitoring
downstream petroleum distribution and
marketing, as part of the President Muhamadu
Buhari’s measures to stem the high level of
corruption in subsidy claims.
Consequently, retail outlets found selling any
petroleum product above the prescribed
government price will be immediately shut
down, while any depot selling above the ex-
depot price will have to forfeit the subsidy
claims on the cargo that brought in the
product.
The move followed the apparent inability of
the industry regulators, the Department of
Petroleum Resources, DPR, and the Petroleum
Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA,
whose officials were apparently overwhelmed
by the supply shortages to check sharp
practices and market excesses among the
operators. Consequently, the DPR has scheduled another
impromptu closed door meeting with
marketers and other industry stakeholders
today (Wednesday) at its Headquarters in
Lagos, to update them on the new
development.
Confirming the development yesterday, a top
industry source who also attended the
meeting told Vanguard in a telephone
interview that the decision was made known
to stakeholders at a closed door meeting
which held in Abuja on Monday.
The source, who spoke in confidence said:
“DSS will lead the operations (monitoring),
and marketers were also asked to monitor
each other and to report any sharp practices.
“Government decided that enough was enough
and will no longer condone any sharp
practices in the system.”
The source, disclosed that the meeting was at
the instance of the Federal Government, and
had in attendance the representatives of the
DSS, DPR, PPPRA, Major and independent
marketers, depot operators and a host of other
industry operators.
The source added that attendants sat for long
hours deliberating on the best way to arrest
the unofficial price hike of petroleum products
in the market, occasioned by supply shortages
following the inability of the government to
pay markets outstanding subsidy claims of
over N200billion.
Sudden hike in price
The source was responding to Vanguard’s
enquiries on the cause of the sudden
unofficial hike of both the pump price and ex-
depot price of premium motor spirit, PMS,
popularly called petrol and kerosene, and the
helplessness of the industry regulators to
arrest the situation.
Since the supply shortages set in some
months ago, marketers and depot operators
took the initiative to hike pump and ex-depot
prices to reap enormous profit while waiting
for government to pay off their outstanding
claims.
As a result, practically every retail outlet sold
petrol at above the prescribed N87/Litre, to
peg price at between N100 and N150/Litre
depending on the outlet and location.
Similarly, rather than the prescribed N81/litre
ex-depot price, marketers accused the depot
operators of selling at N96/litre instead,
which they claimed forced them to also hike
pump price.
He said: “Such practices will no longer be
condoned especially with the involvement of
the DSS, who will use their intelligence
network to get to the root of the matter.
“The meeting decided that all marketers must
sell at the regulated price of N87/litre of
petrol. And anyone found to be selling above
this, the DSS will track the outlet to the depot
where the product was lifted.
“If it was discovered that the pump price
increase is as a result of hike in ex-depot
price, then both the outlet and the depot will
be sanctioned.
“Originally, it was agreed that both the outlet
and the depot will be shut down, but after
considering the situation, if was agreed that
the depot will not be shut down in order not to
exacerbate the supply situation.
“However, the depot operator will be made to
forfeit his subsidy claims on that cargo, as it
will be assumed that he has reimbursed
himself through the ex-depot price hike.”
“We are meeting with DPR again tomorrow
(today) on the same matter for them to tell
everybody what is happening and the need for
all to ensure compliance,” the source added.
DPR meets with stakeholders
Expressing shock at the takeover of parts of
its functions by the DSS, a top management
official of the DPR confirmed the upcoming
meeting with stakeholders in Lagos today.
The official, who also spoke in confidence in a
telephone interview told Vanguard: “The
Downstream Unit only informed us about the
meeting holding tomorrow at about 4p.m.
today.”
He expressed shock that the Unit did not give
them full disclosures on the reasons for the
impromptu meeting saying: “It is sad that
everybody now do territorial claim when the
whole roof is caving in. if there are new
developments we should know firsthand and
not from a third party.”
Agreeing that the DPR was overwhelmed by
the sharp practices in the industry, he asked:
“How can we effectively monitor a situation
where the marketer shows us technical proof
about the depots selling above the ex-depot
price, and the depot operators in turn show
prove at selling under the regulated price?
“We heard their accusations back and forth,
and decided to hold an impromptu meeting
with them in Lagos a few weeks ago, which
was also reported by your paper. Since it was
an open meeting, we expected the parties to
openly make their allegations. But nobody did.
So how can we hold anybody responsible?”
He, however said that the involvement of the
DSS was a welcome development as long as it
will bring sanity to the system, seeing that
DPR lacked the capacity to fully monitor
downstream operations. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/breaking-news-pump-price-hike-dss-takes-over-dpr-monitoring-job/