₦airaland Forum

falseman:
First and foremost a president should defend the country at all cost. He was a bit general with such statement on international soil believe me he failed it.

I know you have not read the article. Anyway, this is the
[a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/12143510/Nigerians-reputation-for-crime-has-made-them-unwelcome-in-Britain-says-countrys-president.html/" target="_blank]link[/a]. Please, don't just read the article, read the comments as well.

falseman:
You called it their nightmare that will continue till 2019.
Well if you actually want to know who Buhari's statement will hunt it is the middle class and you the average man trying to do a legitimate international business or just a trip. The high profile Nigerians, their Children and their Children's Children may not face such and if they eventually do they will return home to come loot from you the poor.
What do you think will be the reaction of Nigerian Politicians if Buhari had said Nigerian Politicians are thieves and corrupt?
The government calls it's citizens criminals for their failure. If Nigeria of today is in shape I bet you no Nigerian will be seeking greener pasture elsewhere and mind you no one goes out there to be a criminal they all have intentions to go work and fetch money based on stories they hear but when they arrive it's a different scenerio......they are unemployable.

May God bless you for being lenient with me in your reply. I can see that you are very mature in your response. Now, before we take this a little further, have you read the said article wherein he made the statement?

I can see people suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) here.
The fact is they need to deal with it. Their problems are not going to be over in another 3 years. So let them rant on because their nightmares continue till 2019.

Shinyjay:
Nigerians are so hypocritical... The rest of the world knows our reputation yet we choose to pretend that we are Saints. Isn't it high time we face our demons fair & square by admitting the truth. What the president said about Nigerians using the pretext of asylum to seek admission into those countries is very much true. But in the real sense no government is hunting us down but rather we are seeking financial asylum. It is a bitter pill to swallow but we must admit it. Once you've soiled your reputation,it's hard to make it look like it was before.

God bless you my dear friend.
I did my postgraduate thesis on cybercrimes. Imagine that there's a particular type of fraud that is specifically named after Nigeria. In one of the seminars, a professor particularly singled me out to talk more on "Nigerian letter" because I'm a Nigerian. I was ashamed but as a Nigerian, I took responsibility for what my kinsmen did but I equally hit them hard by pointing out their own frauds.

Please I know most of you are averse to research, simply open a new tab on your browser, search "Nigerian letter" and check the results and tell me if you will not align with what the President said.

luvinhubby:
Most, if not all terrorists are moslems, then permit me to call moslems terrorists.
Guess common sense is not common anyway.
#IamNigerianNotaCriminal

Let's take your "common sense" a little further.
Given your comments, I know you're definitely not a moslem, isn't it?
Now where you come from majority of people there are not moslems, am I right?
Crimes are being committed by people in your place who are definitely non-moslems since you're no moslem.
So it's safe to say all of you who are non-moslems are criminals.
Now does that make any sense to you?

Flets:
The endemically corrupt Amaechi and his co-looting noisemakers to be officially assigned their channels to recoup their election funds invested to foist a propaganda government on Nigerians.

But they failed too quickly! !!!

The good news is that nobody understands what you're saying. Thanks for saying nothing.

agabaI23:
A question is , if the card reader can be replaced, does it mean that anybody can now vote wherever he is? What do they do to transfer the data from the faulty one to the other?

To the best of my understanding, this Prof made it cleared that one can only vote at one's polling unit. The register of that unit would have been uploaded on the card reader meant for that unit. If a replacement is to be made, it will still contain the register of the polling unit. And mind you, the card reader is just for accreditation purpose only. It is only when you have been duly accredited that you can now come back to vote.

Well this question was cleared by Prof Jega yesterday during his Q&A sessions with the senators yesterday.

He said that the distribution of PVCs started by July 2014 and was done in phases. Each phase consists of 12 states with each geopolitical zones contributing 2 states. He said this was done to ensure balanced geopolitical spread so that one region is not favoured above the other. He gave example of Adamawa that only 2 local governments are under the emergency rule and Yobe about 4 local governments are under the same rule.

So he said most of the states in the north east fell under the 1st or 2nd phase which accounted for the high collection rate. He said Lagos and some other 11 states were in the last phase 3 and that accounted for the poor showing.

Like some of the commentators above have pointed out, an average northerner takes politics very seriously. If you are in doubt, take a look at any Maisuya around you, even all those mallams that dig well, you find them listening to BBC Hausa service almost all the time in the MHz/AM frequency. How many of us still know that our AM stations are still operating?

Therefore, we know there is always a credibility problem in Nigeria if it's not done by our tribeman. But like I always say, we should learn to give ourselves the benefit of doubt. Look critically at the map of Nigeria against other countries from the map of Africa, you'll see that there is a particular reason we are "bunched" together by the Supreme Being.

queensmith:
I read somewhere there's 3009 polling units with slightly more PVC readers 500 is nearing 20% and not 0.03 of the total. Which is significant.
@op has anyone asked about battery failures? I also read the reader doesn't last more than 6 hours and apparently its required for 10?? And polling units with large numbers? And of course what happens when it doesn't work and who decides? Or does eot cover all that?

The 0.03% is in respect to the total of card readers in their possession which is around 182,000 out of which about 500 is defective.

Concerning the battery, a fully charged battery of the card reader will last up to 14 hours of serious usage and the accreditation is just 5 hours. In the case of polling units with large number of voters above 500, voting points will be created by INEC to cater for that. If the card reader does not work, provision will be made for replacement and if with all efforts replacement cannot be made within the time frame of the election, then the election is postponed till the next day wherein a functional card reader will be brought in.

THE WAY THE CARD READER WORK

According to Jega, there is an embedded chip in the card. The card reader will read the chip and not the information on the plastic we are carrying about. The card reader will then send the information on the chip of the card to the screen including the details and passport of the bearer. The observers and the party agents will definitely confirm the identity of the bearer. Then the bearer will then be required to thumb print to further verify the identity. If the fingerprint matches the one in the chip, the card reader will beep SUCCESSFUL.

Secondly, the card reader will now transmit the information of the bearer to the backend server through a GSM network. If there is no network in the polling unit, immediately they get to the collation centre, the data will be transmitted.

I kind of see the confidence of the ICT staff of INEC. This is a breakthrough for ICT in my country. Senator Saraki of Kwara State has just been accredited.

Jega has made his presentation followed by Chidi Nwafor the director ICT INEC. Senator Yerima has been accredited followed by Senator Chris Ngige from Anambra State. Next in line is Senator Akinola from Oyo State

"He who tells you about others will surely tell others about you".

"I do not fear my enemy as much as I do fear my friend. For my enemy has one weapon: my weakness. But my friends have both my strength and weakness and may use both against me whenever he turns out to be my enemy".

"There are so many reasons to love your enemy, but to your friends who are so close to you and secretly pushing you down. It much better to have an enemy!"

"Don't fear the enemy who attacks you.. Fear the fake friend who hugs you".

"Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be bastards".

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake".

"Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy and your enemy as if he will one day be your friend".

"He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves; one for his enemy and the other for himself".

"If I have a friend like you; what enemy do I need again?"

"What matters most and endures forever is what the people say of us and not what we want people to say about us. Take a stand my brother and stand for something. Vindictiveness sometimes never pays in the long run".

One thing I also noticed from his answers is the fact that he accepted responsibilities for all that happened when he was the military head of state. He tried to explain why they took the decisions then which was quite understandable. He debunked the allegations of the secret tribunal and the press muzzling decree. He never blamed anybody for the crisis, not even his successor. That's one attribute of a leader.

Secondly, he seemed very much composed and confident. This is another attribute of a truthful leader who has nothing to fear.

DebateNigeria:
Thought I was the only one that noticed it.
For his age, he's trying sha.
Another thing I noticed is that he never really answered any question, eg when he was asked about his age, he started listing his achievements instead of saying how he intend to face the challenges of Nigeria considering his age.

Well the question was that at 72, would he be capable to manage the affairs of the largest economy in Africa. He answered by listing all his previous experiences as governor, Minister, head of state, chairman of ptf and finally he said with all these experiences he's well prepared if given the chance.

GMB Means Business - GMB Meets Organized Private Sector in Lagos - Welcome Address - February 2, 2015

Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for responding to my invitation.

In the course of asking Governor Fashola to set up this meeting, two things occurred to me.

The first is that I told him that I meant business by getting Nigeria’s economy back on its feet.

This is why the caption of this meeting is: “GMB Means Business.”

Number two, he told me that he meets with you every six months to listen to your problems and provide solutions within the following six months.

This is a wonderful idea because Government can not know in detail business developments as they occur because it is too immersed in various other aspects of Government.

A periodic and regular series of meetings is something I will encourage if you elect me as your next President so that our Government can hear from you at firsthand what we should or should not do to advance business interests.

This will be our approach to growing the economy, creating jobs and restoring the dignity of labour among Nigerians.

I will however start by sharing with you, a summary of the economic plans highlighted in our manifesto.

As practical as it is possible to do so, our policies for implementing our commitments will be governed by the highest consideration of how they create jobs.

Equipping and resourcing our security personnel, for example, will not be limited to provision of arms alone, but uniforms, boots and accoutrements, are enormous opportunities for textile production, garment making and shoemaking.

Power supply is the minimum that we can seriously commit to in order to quickly galvanise the economy back to productivity.

We agree with the privatization of the power utilities but we believe it must go further to transmission.

After the signing and handing-over ceremonies of the power assets the real work of producing, transmitting and distributing power is really just beginning.

The reason why the success seems elusive is that apart from the signing ceremony and handing over of the power assets, the hard work to connect the various parts of the power chain, supply gas, install transformers, complete substations has not been done.

Our studies show that we will require no less than 200,000 trained personnel to support the initiative to provide power and light up Nigeria.

Apart from the inherent direct employment that this will give, the reduction in cost of production, the savings from self-generation by Nigerians, who currently spend a lot of their income on purchase of diesel and petrol to generate their own electricity, will reduce the burden on their disposable income.

These savings to Nigerians from reliable electricity will help the average Nigerian spend their money on other basic necessities of life and reduce poverty.

There is already an initiative to build a refinery in Lagos. Our Government will fully support this initiative because a local refinery means many things such as:-

Jobs locally at a Nigerian refinery instead of refineries abroad;

Local fuel supply and National security;

Reduced importation, less demand for foreign exchange and strengthening of the Naira

Other areas of infrastructure investment is roads and highway construction from one end of Nigeria to the other.

We will concentrate on the roads and highways that link up Nigerian states, while state Governments will be expected to connect their states to these highways by building the last mile connections.

Road construction alone will unlock a value chain of opportunities in the built industry for construction companies, builders, engineers, architects, quarry operators, cement and iron rod production and supply.

The successful opening up of Nigeria by the construction of new roads and highways will revive road transportation, truck manufacture, tyre manufacture, engine oil, brake pad production on one hand.

It will also create a demand for jobs for mechanics, drivers and those engaged in transport support business.

We expect a revival of all the inter-state economies that used to thrive across Nigeria, providing support to travellers by way of canteens, restaurants, farm produce, etc.

This is a summary of how we intend to revive the economy. But I know that there are views you have about what will help and what will not.
So, apart from sharing our plans with you, the other purpose of this meeting is to afford me the opportunity to listen to you. To hear your own side of the problems. We shall collate your views and proposals in policy formation.

I wish to invite you to sit with my economic team to look at our proposals and develop workable policies and implementation options. In particular we would like, in consultation with you to explore options of reducing taxes and customs duties without too much disruption to Government finances and private sector business plans.

Before I yield the floor to you, I wish to say a few more words about our manifesto and our campaign message.

The manifesto of the APC is the product of a survey that took over 6 months to develop. We spoke to over 20,000 Nigerians across the 36 states and the FCT.

The questionnaires we issued to them and the interviews we conducted showed overwhelmingly that; Insecurity, Corruption and the Economy were the biggest worries among the electorate.

This is why I have been talking about Insecurity and Corruption on the one hand; and Mining, Agriculture, Infrastructure and Jobs on the economic side.

They are so inter-connected and the Nigerian people are right in their identification of these problems. We cannot build an economy in an insecure environment. We cannot build an economy when the playing field is not level. We cannot build an economy where corruption is the working capital.

Corruption affects our ability to secure ourselves, and it also undermines the performance of the economy.

Let me share some figures with you to demonstrate what I mean.

This current Government is being challenged to account for an estimated $20 Billion and the whole country is awaiting a report of a forensic audit.

$20 Billion at N210 to $1.00 is equal to N4.2 Trillion- nearly a year's federal budget.

If it is true that this sum cannot be accounted for, this is grossest form of corruption. Just think at N5 Million per vehicle, this money would have bought 840,000 patrol vehicles (This would have improved security in every town and village in the country).

At N13.5 Million for a high capacity bus this money would have bought 311,000 buses (This would have revolutionised the transport and production side of the economy).

From information at my disposal, Lekki Bridge in Lagos cost N29 Billion to construct. N4.2 Trillion would have built 145 Lekki bridges (This would have revolutionised Transport, Infrastructure, Construction, Employment in the economy).

If the average cost of generating 1 (ONE) Mega-Watt of power is about US $1.5 Million (excluding gas and distribution costs), $20 Billion would have bought us over 13,333 Mega-Watts of power. What a difference that would make up and down the country.

If you also factor the N2.2 Trillion spent on subsidising fuel import which became a huge scandal, you may then understand why our manifesto focuses on the issues of security, corruption and the economy.

We are too vulnerable as a nation at this moment if we have to import fuel to move our planes, our tanks and our men. We are too vulnerable as you can see that we also have to import arms. We are vulnerable because our troops also depend on imported food.

We cannot continue like this.

Thank you for listening, I will now like to listen to the problems and your proposals, from your own experience as industrialists and business executives.

General Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR

Source: https://www.facebook.com/nasirelrufai/posts/10155161827450128

For those of you who have the problem of hearing the General, kindly find below the transcript of his speech:

After having searched in vain if somebody would be kind enough to give us the "gist" of what transpired at the gathering to no avail, I decided to search it through the web and I found this.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/nasirelrufai/posts/10155161827450128

Mind you, you can find the video of the event in this thread https://www.nairaland.com/2126818/gmb-discloses-plans-economy-meeting


GMB Means Business - GMB Meets Organized Private Sector in Lagos - Welcome Address - February 2, 2015

Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for responding to my invitation.

In the course of asking Governor Fashola to set up this meeting, two things occurred to me.

The first is that I told him that I meant business by getting Nigeria’s economy back on its feet.

This is why the caption of this meeting is: “GMB Means Business.”

Number two, he told me that he meets with you every six months to listen to your problems and provide solutions within the following six months.

This is a wonderful idea because Government can not know in detail business developments as they occur because it is too immersed in various other aspects of Government.

A periodic and regular series of meetings is something I will encourage if you elect me as your next President so that our Government can hear from you at firsthand what we should or should not do to advance business interests.

This will be our approach to growing the economy, creating jobs and restoring the dignity of labour among Nigerians.

I will however start by sharing with you, a summary of the economic plans highlighted in our manifesto.

As practical as it is possible to do so, our policies for implementing our commitments will be governed by the highest consideration of how they create jobs.

Equipping and resourcing our security personnel, for example, will not be limited to provision of arms alone, but uniforms, boots and accoutrements, are enormous opportunities for textile production, garment making and shoemaking.

Power supply is the minimum that we can seriously commit to in order to quickly galvanise the economy back to productivity.

We agree with the privatization of the power utilities but we believe it must go further to transmission.

After the signing and handing-over ceremonies of the power assets the real work of producing, transmitting and distributing power is really just beginning.

The reason why the success seems elusive is that apart from the signing ceremony and handing over of the power assets, the hard work to connect the various parts of the power chain, supply gas, install transformers, complete substations has not been done.

Our studies show that we will require no less than 200,000 trained personnel to support the initiative to provide power and light up Nigeria.

Apart from the inherent direct employment that this will give, the reduction in cost of production, the savings from self-generation by Nigerians, who currently spend a lot of their income on purchase of diesel and petrol to generate their own electricity, will reduce the burden on their disposable income.

These savings to Nigerians from reliable electricity will help the average Nigerian spend their money on other basic necessities of life and reduce poverty.

There is already an initiative to build a refinery in Lagos. Our Government will fully support this initiative because a local refinery means many things such as:-

Jobs locally at a Nigerian refinery instead of refineries abroad;

Local fuel supply and National security;

Reduced importation, less demand for foreign exchange and strengthening of the Naira

Other areas of infrastructure investment is roads and highway construction from one end of Nigeria to the other.

We will concentrate on the roads and highways that link up Nigerian states, while state Governments will be expected to connect their states to these highways by building the last mile connections.

Road construction alone will unlock a value chain of opportunities in the built industry for construction companies, builders, engineers, architects, quarry operators, cement and iron rod production and supply.

The successful opening up of Nigeria by the construction of new roads and highways will revive road transportation, truck manufacture, tyre manufacture, engine oil, brake pad production on one hand.

It will also create a demand for jobs for mechanics, drivers and those engaged in transport support business.

We expect a revival of all the inter-state economies that used to thrive across Nigeria, providing support to travellers by way of canteens, restaurants, farm produce, etc.

This is a summary of how we intend to revive the economy. But I know that there are views you have about what will help and what will not.
So, apart from sharing our plans with you, the other purpose of this meeting is to afford me the opportunity to listen to you. To hear your own side of the problems. We shall collate your views and proposals in policy formation.

I wish to invite you to sit with my economic team to look at our proposals and develop workable policies and implementation options. In particular we would like, in consultation with you to explore options of reducing taxes and customs duties without too much disruption to Government finances and private sector business plans.

Before I yield the floor to you, I wish to say a few more words about our manifesto and our campaign message.

The manifesto of the APC is the product of a survey that took over 6 months to develop. We spoke to over 20,000 Nigerians across the 36 states and the FCT.

The questionnaires we issued to them and the interviews we conducted showed overwhelmingly that; Insecurity, Corruption and the Economy were the biggest worries among the electorate.

This is why I have been talking about Insecurity and Corruption on the one hand; and Mining, Agriculture, Infrastructure and Jobs on the economic side.

They are so inter-connected and the Nigerian people are right in their identification of these problems. We cannot build an economy in an insecure environment. We cannot build an economy when the playing field is not level. We cannot build an economy where corruption is the working capital.

Corruption affects our ability to secure ourselves, and it also undermines the performance of the economy.

Let me share some figures with you to demonstrate what I mean.

This current Government is being challenged to account for an estimated $20 Billion and the whole country is awaiting a report of a forensic audit.

$20 Billion at N210 to $1.00 is equal to N4.2 Trillion- nearly a year's federal budget.

If it is true that this sum cannot be accounted for, this is grossest form of corruption. Just think at N5 Million per vehicle, this money would have bought 840,000 patrol vehicles (This would have improved security in every town and village in the country).

At N13.5 Million for a high capacity bus this money would have bought 311,000 buses (This would have revolutionised the transport and production side of the economy).

From information at my disposal, Lekki Bridge in Lagos cost N29 Billion to construct. N4.2 Trillion would have built 145 Lekki bridges (This would have revolutionised Transport, Infrastructure, Construction, Employment in the economy).

If the average cost of generating 1 (ONE) Mega-Watt of power is about US $1.5 Million (excluding gas and distribution costs), $20 Billion would have bought us over 13,333 Mega-Watts of power. What a difference that would make up and down the country.

If you also factor the N2.2 Trillion spent on subsidising fuel import which became a huge scandal, you may then understand why our manifesto focuses on the issues of security, corruption and the economy.

We are too vulnerable as a nation at this moment if we have to import fuel to move our planes, our tanks and our men. We are too vulnerable as you can see that we also have to import arms. We are vulnerable because our troops also depend on imported food.

We cannot continue like this.

Thank you for listening, I will now like to listen to the problems and your proposals, from your own experience as industrialists and business executives.

General Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR

Source: https://www.facebook.com/nasirelrufai/posts/10155161827450128

And for those who are interested in watching the video, kindly consult this thread by spyx64, particularly the second video where he was speaking without the written speech:

https://www.nairaland.com/2126818/gmb-discloses-plans-economy-meeting

After having searched in vain if somebody would be kind enough to give us the "gist" of what transpired at the gathering to no avail, I decided to search it through the web and I found this.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/nasirelrufai/posts/10155161827450128

Mind you, you can find the video of the event in this thread https://www.nairaland.com/2126818/gmb-discloses-plans-economy-meeting


GMB Means Business - GMB Meets Organized Private Sector in Lagos - Welcome Address - February 2, 2015

Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for responding to my invitation.

In the course of asking Governor Fashola to set up this meeting, two things occurred to me.

The first is that I told him that I meant business by getting Nigeria’s economy back on its feet.

This is why the caption of this meeting is: “GMB Means Business.”

Number two, he told me that he meets with you every six months to listen to your problems and provide solutions within the following six months.

This is a wonderful idea because Government can not know in detail business developments as they occur because it is too immersed in various other aspects of Government.

A periodic and regular series of meetings is something I will encourage if you elect me as your next President so that our Government can hear from you at firsthand what we should or should not do to advance business interests.

This will be our approach to growing the economy, creating jobs and restoring the dignity of labour among Nigerians.

I will however start by sharing with you, a summary of the economic plans highlighted in our manifesto.

As practical as it is possible to do so, our policies for implementing our commitments will be governed by the highest consideration of how they create jobs.

Equipping and resourcing our security personnel, for example, will not be limited to provision of arms alone, but uniforms, boots and accoutrements, are enormous opportunities for textile production, garment making and shoemaking.

Power supply is the minimum that we can seriously commit to in order to quickly galvanise the economy back to productivity.

We agree with the privatization of the power utilities but we believe it must go further to transmission.

After the signing and handing-over ceremonies of the power assets the real work of producing, transmitting and distributing power is really just beginning.

The reason why the success seems elusive is that apart from the signing ceremony and handing over of the power assets, the hard work to connect the various parts of the power chain, supply gas, install transformers, complete substations has not been done.

Our studies show that we will require no less than 200,000 trained personnel to support the initiative to provide power and light up Nigeria.

Apart from the inherent direct employment that this will give, the reduction in cost of production, the savings from self-generation by Nigerians, who currently spend a lot of their income on purchase of diesel and petrol to generate their own electricity, will reduce the burden on their disposable income.

These savings to Nigerians from reliable electricity will help the average Nigerian spend their money on other basic necessities of life and reduce poverty.

There is already an initiative to build a refinery in Lagos. Our Government will fully support this initiative because a local refinery means many things such as:-

Jobs locally at a Nigerian refinery instead of refineries abroad;

Local fuel supply and National security;

Reduced importation, less demand for foreign exchange and strengthening of the Naira

Other areas of infrastructure investment is roads and highway construction from one end of Nigeria to the other.

We will concentrate on the roads and highways that link up Nigerian states, while state Governments will be expected to connect their states to these highways by building the last mile connections.

Road construction alone will unlock a value chain of opportunities in the built industry for construction companies, builders, engineers, architects, quarry operators, cement and iron rod production and supply.

The successful opening up of Nigeria by the construction of new roads and highways will revive road transportation, truck manufacture, tyre manufacture, engine oil, brake pad production on one hand.

It will also create a demand for jobs for mechanics, drivers and those engaged in transport support business.

We expect a revival of all the inter-state economies that used to thrive across Nigeria, providing support to travellers by way of canteens, restaurants, farm produce, etc.

This is a summary of how we intend to revive the economy. But I know that there are views you have about what will help and what will not.
So, apart from sharing our plans with you, the other purpose of this meeting is to afford me the opportunity to listen to you. To hear your own side of the problems. We shall collate your views and proposals in policy formation.

I wish to invite you to sit with my economic team to look at our proposals and develop workable policies and implementation options. In particular we would like, in consultation with you to explore options of reducing taxes and customs duties without too much disruption to Government finances and private sector business plans.

Before I yield the floor to you, I wish to say a few more words about our manifesto and our campaign message.

The manifesto of the APC is the product of a survey that took over 6 months to develop. We spoke to over 20,000 Nigerians across the 36 states and the FCT.

The questionnaires we issued to them and the interviews we conducted showed overwhelmingly that; Insecurity, Corruption and the Economy were the biggest worries among the electorate.

This is why I have been talking about Insecurity and Corruption on the one hand; and Mining, Agriculture, Infrastructure and Jobs on the economic side.

They are so inter-connected and the Nigerian people are right in their identification of these problems. We cannot build an economy in an insecure environment. We cannot build an economy when the playing field is not level. We cannot build an economy where corruption is the working capital.

Corruption affects our ability to secure ourselves, and it also undermines the performance of the economy.

Let me share some figures with you to demonstrate what I mean.

This current Government is being challenged to account for an estimated $20 Billion and the whole country is awaiting a report of a forensic audit.

$20 Billion at N210 to $1.00 is equal to N4.2 Trillion- nearly a year's federal budget.

If it is true that this sum cannot be accounted for, this is grossest form of corruption. Just think at N5 Million per vehicle, this money would have bought 840,000 patrol vehicles (This would have improved security in every town and village in the country).

At N13.5 Million for a high capacity bus this money would have bought 311,000 buses (This would have revolutionised the transport and production side of the economy).

From information at my disposal, Lekki Bridge in Lagos cost N29 Billion to construct. N4.2 Trillion would have built 145 Lekki bridges (This would have revolutionised Transport, Infrastructure, Construction, Employment in the economy).

If the average cost of generating 1 (ONE) Mega-Watt of power is about US $1.5 Million (excluding gas and distribution costs), $20 Billion would have bought us over 13,333 Mega-Watts of power. What a difference that would make up and down the country.

If you also factor the N2.2 Trillion spent on subsidising fuel import which became a huge scandal, you may then understand why our manifesto focuses on the issues of security, corruption and the economy.

We are too vulnerable as a nation at this moment if we have to import fuel to move our planes, our tanks and our men. We are too vulnerable as you can see that we also have to import arms. We are vulnerable because our troops also depend on imported food.

We cannot continue like this.

Thank you for listening, I will now like to listen to the problems and your proposals, from your own experience as industrialists and business executives.

General Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR

Source: https://www.facebook.com/nasirelrufai/posts/10155161827450128

Wow! I just love this robust debate put forward by all these brilliant Nigerians. Now who say we don't have a future? My personal appeal to all of you is that just don't give up on Nigeria. Whether we get it right now or later, always believe that we will always get the Nigeria of our dreams. How I wish this particular thread will be made available to those APC leaders right now and fathomed in each and every point being canvassed by these brilliant minds here.

Nonetheless, we all know decision making is not a simple task. Whoever emerges as some of you have said, is capable enough to complement the People's General. Interestingly enough, APC has in its kitty those who can turn around Nigeria for the CHANGE we all desire. That is the most important thing to me. People like Prof. Pat Utomi, Dr Kayode Fayemi, Fola Adeola, and a host of others will definitely have the opportunity to avail us of their service at the National level.

THERE IS HOPE FOR NIGERIA
NIGERIA CAN STILL BE SALVAGED
NIGERIA IS NOT FINISHED
NIGERIA CAN NEVER BE DESTROYED
NO MATTER THE NUMBER OF PASSPORTS WE CARRY
NO MATTER THE NUMBER OF NATIONALISATIONS WE ANSWER
NO MATTER HOW PASSIONATE WE HATE TO BE CALLED NIGERIANS
WE WILL ALL BE EMOTIONALLY ATTACHED TO THIS COUNTRY
BECAUSE THIS IS OUR HOME
THIS IS OUR LAND
THIS IS OUR COUNTRY
NIGERIA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN
I SEE IT I LIVE IT AND I WILL LIVE TO TELL IT
NIGERIA WILL BE GREAT ONCE AGAIN

Thank you.

Washington (AFP) - The FBI encouraged and sometimes even paid Muslims to commit terrorist acts during numerous sting operations after the 9/11 attacks, a human rights group said in a report published Monday.
"Far from protecting Americans, including American Muslims, from the threat of terrorism, the policies documented in this report have diverted law enforcement from pursuing real threats," said the report by Human Rights Watch.
Aided by Columbia University Law School's Human Rights Institute, Human Rights Watch examined 27 cases from investigation through trial, interviewing 215 people, including those charged or convicted in terrorism cases, their relatives, defense lawyers, prosecutors and judges.
"In some cases the FBI may have created terrorists out of law-abiding individuals by suggesting the idea of taking terrorist action or encouraging the target to act," the report said.
In the cases reviewed, half the convictions resulted from a sting operation, and in 30 percent of those cases the undercover agent played an active role in the plot.
"Americans have been told that their government is keeping them safe by preventing and prosecuting terrorism inside the US," said Andrea Prasow, the rights group's deputy Washington director.
US attorney general Eric Holder speaks at the US ambassador's residence in Oslo on July 8, 2014 …
"But take a closer look and you realize that many of these people would never have committed a crime if not for law enforcement encouraging, pressuring and sometimes paying them to commit terrorist acts."
US Attorney General Eric Holder has strongly defended the FBI undercover operations as "essential in fighting terrorism."
"These operations are conducted with extraordinary care and precision, ensuring that law enforcement officials are accountable for the steps they take -– and that suspects are neither entrapped nor denied legal protections," Holder said July 8 during a visit to Norway.
The HRW report, however, cites the case of four Muslim converts from Newburgh, New York who were accused of planning to blow up synagogues and attack a US military base.
A judge in that case "said the government 'came up with the crime, provided the means, and removed all relevant obstacles,' and had, in the process, made a terrorist out of a man 'whose buffoonery is positively Shakespearean in scope,'" the report said.
This booking photo courtesy of the US Department of Justice shows suspect Rezwan Ferdaus on October…
The rights group charged that the FBI often targets vulnerable people, with mental problems or low intelligence.
It pointed to the case of Rezwan Ferdaus, who was sentenced to 17 years in prison at age 27 for wanting to attack the Pentagon and Congress with mini-drones loaded with explosives.
An FBI agent told Ferdaus' father that his son "obviously" had mental health problems, the report said. But that didn't stop an undercover agent from conceiving the plot in its entirety, it said.
"The US government should stop treating American Muslims as terrorists-in-waiting," the report concluded.
Mike German, a former FBI agent now with the Brennan Center, said FBI counterterrorism excesses were a source of concern -- "concerns that they both violate privacy and civil liberties, and aren't effective in addressing real threats."
But JM Berger, a national security expert, said law enforcement faces a dilemma: it can't just ignore tips or reports about people talking about wanting to commit a terrorist action or seeking support for one.
"The question is how to sort out which cases merit investigation and which do not," he said.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-pushed-muslims-plot-terrorist-attacks-rights-report-160325158.html

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Well IMHO, I think the best format is that the members of the congregation should be considered at each mosque. For instance, in a school environment, English should be adopted while the summary should be done in the local dialect. In a local mosque in the street, the khutbah should be delivered in the local dialect and the summary should be done in English.

In all the mosques, the khutbah should first be introduced in Arabic for everybody so that everyone is encouraged to learn it as it is the lingua franca of Al-Islam.

Lastly, let us communicate to most of these Imams whenever we observe that the congregation is not that homogeneous. The little we could do, may Allah accept it from us as an act of ibadah.

@OP. Let me first start by saying Jazakallahu khayran for raising these all important issues. These are issues that have been bothering me for quite some time now. And it's my belief that you'll never relent until you find some beneficial answers to some of the issues you raised above. I may not have all the statistics, but I want to use my own experience as a case study. Out of over 150 of us(Muslims) that went to the same primary school in the late 80s, I can say that we were not up to 50 that made it to the secondary schools. What was en vogue then was to pass out of the primary school and take up apprenticeship. Out of that 50, you can be rest assured that we were not up to 15 that finally passed our WAEC. I can talk authoritatively on this statistics because I was the headboy and I still communicate with some of them even up till this moment.

Secondly, I went to a Catholic secondary school, we were 43 Muslims in numbers that wrote WAEC then out of over 200 candidates. As at this moment, only about half of us are able to proceed to higher level of education. The rest have been dropped along the way. Similarly I'm sure of this because we still keep tab on each other. I was also the senior prefect so i still communicate with some of them. I believe a discerning mind can follow the dwindling statistics of my mates.

Thirdly, at the university level, we were not up to 50 Muslims in my set. But as at now,only 3 of us have either completed or in the process of completing their Masters' programme.

Now you can see the trends. The question I have been asking myself is where will the shortfall come from? This is only the one I can speak of categorically because I'm involved, what of others that I'm not even aware of?
I hope as the discussion continues, our generation will be able to proffer some solutions. Maa' salaam.

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