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Mr judyeze1, are you a Yoruba man? definitely not, because if you are, then you will know that MOGAJI is a title in Yoruba land that means "head of a family" or "head of a village" Since you are not of Yoruba tribe, I advice that you mind your business. Next time, I wont be this gentle with you.

The Federal Government did not calculate the cost implication of the agreement it signed with the Academic Staff Union of Universities in 2009, Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, has said.

Maku, who spoke at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, also alleged that ASUU too was unaware of the cost implication before the representatives of both parties signed the agreement.

He also disclosed that the government had offered additional N10bn for the payment of the allowances of the striking teachers which they turned down.

Maku added that the Federal Government spent more than half of its monthly income on salaries of public servants.

The minister said, “One of the things that have tormented all of us is the ASUU strike that has lasted for over three months. The strike arose out of a disagreement on the payment of allowances to our university teachers.

“There was an agreement in 2009 or so and sitting allowance was listed under the agreement. As at the time they were listed, neither the government nor ASUU was aware of the exact figures it was going to take to pay those allowances because the allowances were not calculated.

“In the course of this period, the allowances were calculated and the gross began to emerge. ASUU made a demand for the payment and government did not say no. The agreement was supposed to be implemented by the various university governing councils. They were also supposed to come largely from Internally Generated Revenue.”

Maku said in spite of these, when ASUU threatened to go on strike, government entered into negotiation with the lecturers in order to avert the action.

He said, “We also received a report on infrastructure requirement in the universities. President Goodluck Jonathan promised to deal with both problems as our finances would permit. We agreed there was the need to intervene seriously in the universities.

“What happened under this period is that government then went into negotiation with ASUU, put N30bn on the ground to enable the university councils to pay the allowances to the teachers and promised to pay the rest as time goes on. ASUU said no. They needed about N90bn at the same time.

“We negotiated with them until negotiation broke down. In spite of the breakdown of negotiation, the Federal Government convened a meeting chaired by the Vice President of the country in our continued determination to end the strike. Government again promised another N10bn for the payment of the allowances. That brings it to N40bn for the payment of the allowances.”

Maku urged parents and Nigerians to appeal to the striking teachers to call off the strike. He also called on the lecturers to put away politics from the struggle and consider the impact of the long industrial action on the development of their students.

Meanwhile, the Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has called on the Federal Government and the lecturers to resolve their differences amicably.

Speaking during the 29th convocation of the university in Ilorin on Tuesday, he said both parties should consider the interest of the students and use dialogue to resolve the contentious areas.

Also, President, Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria, Mr. Shehu Sani, on Tuesday, condemned critics of the current strike by university teachers, describing them as ‘lackeys in government’.

Sani, in statement in Abuja, noted that the ASUU strike was “a patriotic act of resistance against bad and visionless leadership in the country.”

He said the strike was also “a genuine struggle to save the education sector from total collapse.”

SOURCE: http://www.punchng.com/news/fg-ASUU-didnt-know-agreements-cost-implication-maku/

The declining fortunes of the domestic airlines have made President Goodluck Jonathan’s 10-aircraft Presidential Air Fleet larger than the fleets of three domestic airlines combined, investigations by our correspondent revealed on Tuesday.

The three carriers are Chanchangi, MedView, and FirstNation airlines. Chanchangi has one aircraft; Medview Airlines, three; while FirstNation has two.

IRS Airlines, with five aircraft in its fleet, has only one that is currently operational. The four others have been sent overseas for routine maintenance for a long time now.

It can be technically assumed that the PAF is bigger than the four domestic airlines, according to industry experts.

Aerocontractors, the second largest domestic airline, which currently has about 12 aircraft in its fleet, is struggling under sundry debts like every other domestic airline.

Indications have also emerged that the 10-aircraft PAF may emerge the second largest domestic airline in the country after Arik Air, which currently has about 23 aircraft.

Aviation sources revealed, however, that unless the plan to turn Aerocontractors Airlines into a national carrier worked out, the declining fortunes of the debt-ridden airline might force it lose some of its planes to foreign aircraft leasing companies as it happened to Air Nigeria some years ago.

Top aviation officials admitted that the large size of the PAF could not be justified amid the dearth of aircraft among the domestic airlines, which lack adequate finance to buy more planes to meet up with the soaring passenger capacity.

Apart from Arik and Aerocontractors, each of the remaining domestic airlines does not possess half of the number of aircraft in the PAF, according to findings by our correspondent.

IRS Airlines has only one operational aircraft in its fleet; while Dana Air has five aircraft, in addition to those owned by Chanchangi, Medview and FirstNation, according to figures obtained from the industry.

According to findings, the PAF include two Falcon 7X jets, two Falcon 900 jets, a Gulfstream 550, one Boeing 737 BBJ (Nigerian Air Force 001 or Eagle One), and a Gulfstream IVSP.

Others are one Gulfstream V, Cessna Citation 2 aircraft and Hawker Siddley 125-800 jet.

Each of the Falcon 7X jets was purchased in 2010 at a cost of $51.1m, while the Gulfstream 550 costs $53.3m.

The factory price of the other aircraft in the fleet could not be obtained online. However, airline CEOs put the average price of the Falcon 900 at $35m; Gulfstream IVSP, $40m; Gulfstream V, $45m; Boeing 737 BBJ, $58m; Cessna Citation, $7m; and Hawker Siddley 125-800, $15m.

This brings a combined estimated value of the PAF to $390.5m (N60.53bn).

Nigeria happens to be one of the few countries in the world with a large PAF.

Most major countries in Europe and Asia maintain two aircraft in their PAF, according to Wikipedia.

According to the online portal, Japan maintains only two Boeing 747-400 planes in its PAF.

The two aircraft, mostly for the prime minister, the emperor and his wife, and other members of the Imperial Family, is operated by the Japan Air Self-Defence Force.

The aircraft were constructed at the Boeing factory at the same time as the United States’ Air Force One. Both Japanese aircraft were delivered in 1990.

Wikipedia also states that the Netherlands government operates only two aircraft, a Fokker 70 and Gulfstream IV to transport the Dutch Royal family and government officials such as the prime minister and other ministers.

They are also used for international conferences and for private trips by the Queen and the Prince of Orange. For long haul trips, the Royal Dutch Airline is used. Often the upper deck of a Boeing 747 is used.

The Queen of England and the Prime Minister, David Cameron, often go on British Airways chartered flights for long trips. Cameron was recently criticised by the UK media for chartering a foreign plane instead of a British.

According to Wikipedia, the Royal Squadron of the Royal Air Force maintains a fleet of Agusta A109 helicopters, BAE-125 mid-sized business jet and BAE-146 regional airliner to support short travel by the Royal Family, the Prime Minister and senior members of the British Government.

Countries like Ghana, Algeria and a host of others in Europe maintain only one aircraft in their PAF.

According to industry experts, airlines spend between 15 and 20 per cent of the cost of an aircraft on its operation yearly. They say that averagely, a little less than one-fifth of the cost of the plane is spent every year on insurance, flight and cabin crew, maintenance, fuelling, catering and training.

Going by the fact that at least 15 per cent of this amount is spent annually on operating the PAF, it means about $58.57m (N9.08bn ) is being spent annually on running the planes in the Nigerian PAF.

Some airline CEOs, who pleaded anonymity, had raised concerns over the economic sense behind the large mix of brands of aircraft in the PAF. They said although the fleet size was large, the cost of operation would have been cheaper if the Presidency had maintained only two brands.

According to the Nigerian Air Force’s website, the PAF’s current staff strength consists of 47 NAF officers, 173 airmen/airwomen and 96 technical and administrative civilians.

“The operational headquarters of the Fleet is located at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, while the administrative personnel are at the Federal Secretariat. The fleet has a liaison office at the Presidential Villa. Flight operations, training, aircraft maintenance and general running of the fleet are funded by the Presidency,” according to the website.

SOURCE: http://www.punchng.com/news/presidential-fleet-larger-than-three-domestic-airlines/

SORRY ALL, I WAS SEARCHING FOR AN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON PLATEAU STATE, BUT THIS IS PART OF WHAT I SAW

Jos – Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State yesterday made history as he named his son, Yakubu, one of the 21 special advisers he appointed.A statement by Secretary to the State Government, Prof Shedrach Best named the governor’s son as Special Adviser on Special Duties.Also appointed was former Bureau Chief of the Nation newspaper, Mr. Ayuba Pam as Special Adviser, Media and Publicity while former occupier of the position, Alhajii Dauda Lamba is now in charge of Legal Matters.Others were former Chief of Staff to former Governor Joshua Dariye, Mr. Alexander Molwus (Political Affairs), former Commissioner for Finance, Mrs Clara Gyang (Statistics) and Mr. Timothy Parlong (Peace Building).Although the appointment of the governor’s son came to many as a surprise, some of those who commented said it was a mere formality of a role he had been playing in the last four years.

SOURCE:http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/08/jang-appoints-son-20-others-special-advisers/

That is good for them, I wish I see the idiots and put hot iron into their a-sses, but wait ooo, how many years in jail for those that kidnapped the people's treasury and continue looting it every second, those that kidnapped the future of the generations unborn like OBJ, IBB, Abacha, Stella Oduah, DSP Alams, James Ibori, Sanni Yerima, Shehu Shagari, Tinubu, Gbenga Daniel, Alao Akala, Mr & Mrs GEJ e.t.c. Have you forgotten that Obasanjo and Abdulsalam Abubakar are the ones that bought Eko and Ikeja distribution zones of PHCN? How much did these two pen robbers earn throughout their military service to be able to buy the people's future (PHCN)? These are the pen robbers that turned the younger generation into armed robbers, yahoo-yahoo and kidnappers.

I served in 2001 and I wished I did not. It was just a one year waste of my life. NYSC has outlived its useful and should be scraped.

My Minister of Education is also the Media Assistant to the First Lady.

[quote author=odiase-law]This another diminesion of insensitivity. There is no reason under the sun to justfy what I call private oppression by maladjusted bullies. Lack of government employment is no reason to turn to crime as a means of livelihood. This is where I disagree with the likes of Mike Ozekhome who advocate amnesty for kidnappers. This is strange for two reasons. No1 Ozekhome himself was not a beneficiary of government employment , but has managed to succeed enough to attract kidnappers. No2 Mike Ozekhome was himself held for 20 days. He was exposed to danger and his family faced untold trauma. Just now the family or Lat Augustus Aikhomo are in the midst of the worst trauma and disbelief. Why should an elderly woman and her son suffer in the hands of fellow citizens. We need a creative answer[/quote]What did the elderly woman do when her husband was looting the future of these kidnappers? I will remind you, she was shopping at the most expensive stores in Europe using her husband's loot. This woman's late husband and other devil reincarnate looters have inflicted pains on the society, now the society is inflicting pains on them.

Caleboha: And we call this yoruba guys cowards I'm impressed! They should however brace themselves for the forthcoming ceaseless bloody fulani reprisals. Your gallantry will thus be duly assessed over a long time!

Thank you my brother. We are ready for these monkeys. We are still rehearsing, when we start with them, they will run back to their fathers' desert. We don't need their meat, we shall manage our fish and smuggled chickens and turkey.

Omexonomy: Cry cry children
This igbo people are very stupid clown just like their yaruba counterpats in lagos.

Your forefathers Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa brought up Boko Haram and other goats like Senator Sanni Yerima, while Awolowo and Nnamdi Azikiwe brought up intellects like Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe and others too numerous to mention.

Omexonomy: Cry cry children
This igbo people are very stupid clown just like their yaruba counterpats in lagos.

Your forefathers are goats and monkeys. Who even taught you cattle rearer how to construct english statements?

hammedkola: Let it go.

Pls don't post this type of rubbish next time. silence is sometimes golden.

emmydeep: Fresh air till 2019. Nigerians will vote Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR.
If you don't like it you are free to declare your Odua Yoruba peoples republic. Just that you people are cowards.

Yorubas are cowards, yet we helped you to reduce your population by over 2 million for daring to secede, FFK also helped your lord Ojukwu to father his (Ojukwu's) children. How else can we help you.

Napoleondegreat: Stella Odua seems to have stepped on so many toals after the successful upgrading of Enugu airport to international standard. Lets note that a particular govt agent from S/w had ealier tried to deny the govt approval of the project shortly after Yar adua govt approved it. And now this trending article by another s/w ner in vanguard saying that the same Enugu international airport will kill aviation industry. Ffk now want the minister's head for her commitment to ensuring that this much needed feat at the airport came to light. The official car story is just a comouflage. So much hatred from the south west!

You are very right, it is the Yorubas that bought the cars for her, it is also the Yorubas that will be driving the cars around for her, also, the Yorubas are the ones helping to inflate contracts and loot our oyel money. Tribalism has blocked your sense of reasoning and will send you to early grave.

Tell her to leave our oyel money and stop sleeping with Patience Jonathan's husband, then we shall also leave her alone.

Any person or group of persons that declare himself or themselves seceded from the country is/are criminal(s) and Awo/Gowon/OBJ/Muritala Mohammed treated them as such. If you repeat the same thing today, you will be used as suya by the Hausa/Fulani suya-men just as it happened in the past.

[quote author=Nosa-Henry]when sss sin you down, you tell them you were only joking via social media. Note that kidnapping is now a capital punishment in Edo state. Hope you will be able to explain your aiding and baiting[/quote]Kidnapping is criminal, but is looting legal? If not, what is the punishment for looting because the head of the family looted the country's treasury and these kidnappers just want their share.

Rossikk: I just googled "power cut at airport" and saw numerous incidents of airport power cuts in Asia, USA, UK, and beyond. None of the people of those countries has gone online to post the incidents out of their inferiority complex and desperate need to embarrass their country.

Is this illiteracy or bottom-licking or End Time Thing? Can we say because there are armed and unarmed robbers all over the world like the notorious armed robber Lawrence Anini and popular unarmed / pen robber Stella Oduah, the Court Judges should set free all captured robbers?

Weldone guys, more grease to your elbows. Pls send me your phone numbers so that I can send you recharge cards to call the family for the ransome. I beg, no listen to stories of no money ooo. This family is very very rich, one of the top 10 richest looters in Nigeria. I beg, asking price should be 10 billion naira. Remember that their father and IBB embezzled the 12 billion dollars Gulf oil money.

Chisom Malachy: I only remember his over 3 million Igbo people he kill during Biafra/Nigeria war

Go On With One Nigeria (GOWON)

No Yoruba/Hausa/Fulani man was killed? Hypocrites.

Merkki: And to think we put these things in our mouths every now and then. Yuck!

So, you actually give MOUTH-ACTION? Never knew you are this spoilt, oh! Sorry, I mean experienced.

PrettyRita: Its now evident that opposition groups have hijacked the industrial action. Its quite unfortunate

Yes, it is the opposition that used 225 million naira to buy 2 cars for Stella Oduah. It is the opposition that gave the militant called Government Tompolo money to buy private jet, it is the opposition that gave Asari Dokuboh money to build private university in Benin Republic. It is the opposition that gave Dr. Dame Sheppopotamus Jonathan money to buy 2 ships for transporting and selling stolen crude oil.

ckkris: Buhari stole Abacha's hard won victory in Kano State primaries of CPC, and gave it to Major General Ja'afaru Isa, (retired). Mohammed Abacha may not be willing to continue to suffer under Buhari's DICTATORSHIP.

Because Buhari does not want looters and murderers in his party. Mohammed Abacha has decamped to where he belongs, the party of murderers, looters and ritualists.

Ezemust: I dnt knw y yorubas ar quite disgustin?esspcialy d moslims.

You cannot abuse my whole tribe and my religion and expect a hug from me. I am a Yoruba muslim, now, go, drink gamallin 20 and meet Ojukwu in his grave and inform him that we all know that FFK fathered his (Ojukwu's) children, also tell him that Yoruba/Hausa/Fulani have started planning to do again what we did to you between 1967 and 1970 when we destroyed and massacred about 2 million of you fools. Also tell Aguyi Ironsi that Hausa/Fulani with the help of Yorubas are planning a repeat of his humiliating death of 1966.

I am so jealous of GEJ, I hate GEJ because he is sleeping with several light skined women at the same time while I have just one beautiful light skined wife. If you ask how sure am I, I will ask you to ask GEJ why he has refused to sac Oteh, the DG of SEC several months after the house of thieves and senate have passed the resolutions. After all proven looting and day light pen robbery by Dezaini, the Petroleum minister, she is left in the position continue looting. Despite all proven contract inflation and embezzlement by stella oduah including the latest 225 million for 2 cars, stella is still laughing at Nigerians. The reason is GEJ is sleeping with these light skin witches and looters. I envy him. I am jealous.

Pls when is GEJ going to commission the cars? This is a great achievement by GEJ administration. Pls invite ASUU as fathers of the day. Me, I love stella oduah but I hope she does not go the way Stella Obasanjo went. I love GEJ but I hate pen robbers, I hope he does not go the way Abacha went.

If stella oduah can use 225 million naira to buy two cars which actually cost far less than that at the car mart in addition to the numerous cars she has bought in the past with our oyel money, the federal government cannot say that there is no money.

chima12: Imagine an entire tribe being represented by the likes of fani kayode and Tinubu.what a sorry tribe.

The tribe that made you lose the civil war, the tribe that masacred 2 million Biafran men, women, children, goats and chickens. The tribe that made you fools cry to ICC to complain of genocide. The tribe that produce FFK who fathered Ojukwu's children. What more favour can we do to you?

Sagamite: The number one person I want killed in Nigeria is Bala Mohammed the FCT Minister.

I want someone to kill him slowly and brutally.

I can help you out, just send me his picture, address, movement info like when he leaves home, his route to office, when he leaves office for Abuja university and Nassarawa State university to pick girls that are younger than his grandchildrend for rounds of drug aided intimacy, the hotel he uses for his pedo-phile intimacy, and finally, the weapons to use. I will do it for free for the love of my father's land and God will reward me.

scientology: JESUS is the final sacrifice for mankind...NO NOTHER SACRFICE CAN BE MADE except that of the slained SON OF GOD.....U HIDE THIS POST U WILL BE CURSED

My brother from another mother, pls note that posting statements like this on purely Islamic topics only make you look foolish. You believe in Jesus alone but we believe in all the prophets including Jesus becos our Quran instructs us to. Pls keep to your believe while we keep to ours and traditional worshippers keep to theirs. This is what all religions preach, it is also called civilization and tolerance. We may eat together, drink together, work together and even sin together (may God have mercy on us), but we may not believe in the same religious doctrines. Finally, the next time you make this mistake, I will not be this gentle.

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Another Fani Kayode. U talk without thinking. Why are u lot like this? You harbour hatred for others but pretend to want to reason with them, when the argument doesnt go ur way, ur true nature comes out. Its called pretending. It also stems from realising that ur superior brain was all the while delusional.

Remember ur Awolowo when u make comments against others.

Did you read what the foolish 1oracle posted which I quoted? You can't abuse my race and expect a hug from me except you want to hug transformer. Warn your Biafran brothers and 1oracle in particular before we derail this topic and turn it to ethnic bashing.