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This Is The Real Meaning Of The Nigerian Army Logo
& How The Arabic Script Got There
The Nigerian Army is the pride of the Nigerian nation
but not many Nigerians are familiar with the symbols
of the military. This article explains the motif of the
Nigerian Army cap badge or what is also called the
Nigerian Army logo. The logo is of utmost importance
and is seen in many establishments of the Nigerian
Army. So here is a breakdown of the Nigerian Army
logo:
THE EAGLE: The eagle represents the graceful power
of the Nigerian Army. In various cultures across the
globe, the eagle is revered as a towering symbol of
grace, power and elegance. Just like an eagle, the
Nigerian Army maintains keen surveillance during
times of peace and strikes with brutal precision and
eye-popping decisiveness only when it has been
provoked beyond tolerance.
THE TWO INTERLACED TRIANGLE-LIKE SIX-
POINTED STARS: This is the first symbol of Nigerian
unity and it was first struck by Governor-General
Lord Lugard in 1914. This was put in place when the
Northern and Southern Protectorates were merged to
form one nation, which explains the interlacing of the
two stars. The Nigerian Army shall maintain the unity
of Nigeria.
THE ARABIC SCRIPT:
The transliteration of the Arabic script on the
Nigerian Army logo is:
Nasrunminallah which means:
Victory Comes From God Alone
This particular motto was inscribed on the banner
under which the Nigerian indigenous forces battled
against the invading colonial forces. It symbolizes the
fact that the Nigerian Army stands to defend the
territorial integrity of the country at all times. The
motto was formerly that of Shehu Usman Dan Fodio,
head of the Sokoto Caliphate. Contrary to what many
think, the inclusion of the Arabic motto was not done
singlehandedly by General Muhammadu Buhari (now
president) or by northern elders but by the British.
Nowa Omoigui explains thus:
The adoption of the motto of the Sokoto Caliphate,
as that of the Nigerian Army, was made by the
British – before Nigerian Independence, and long
before Major General M. Buhari (rtd) even joined the
Army. The Nigerian Navy and AirForce have
different mottos from the Army.
One of the reasons was that the fall of Sokoto in
1903 – and death of Sultan Attahiru – was (and in
some circles, still is) inaccurately regarded by
western historians as the last formal battle in the
fall of what became “Nigeria”. The highly symbolic
Flag of the Caliphate was captured by the British,
recaptured by gallant Sokoto Horsemen and
recaptured again by the British. It was kept for
many years as a British trophy in one of the
officers’ messes in Kaduna but returned in a formal
ceremony just prior to Nigerian Independence. The
myth was spun and sustained by British Tradition.
However, “Nigeria” did not really fall in 1903. The Tiv
of the middle belt of “Northern Nigeria”, for example,
were not militarily or otherwise pacified for at least
another ten (10) years. Many pockets of resistance
remained in present day “Southern Nigeria” –
including Ekumeku and many others. Abeokuta lost its
independence in 1914.
Nevertheless, the symbolism of the events of 1903
became etched into official memory, as shaped by
Dealtry Lugard, which is why the Northern Nigeria
regiment and later the combined Nigeria regiment
(when Lugard supervised the wedding of Northern and
Southern Nigeria in 1914) adopted the Sokoto motto.
Many indigenous pre-colonial Nigerian armies and
nationalities resisted British rule. They all
presumably had their own mottos, but Sir Lugard was
preoccupied with his personal legacy as embodied by
the subjugation of the Sokoto Caliphate and
stabilization of the Anglo-French colonial frontier in
the north. It is not the making of modern day
“Northern Nigeria” or “Northern leaders” or “Leaders
of Northern origin” or “Hausa-Fulani oligarchy or
cabal” – as various writers suggest, that the motto of
the Nigerian Army is that of the pre-colonial Sokoto
Caliphate. It is one of the many colonial scars in
modern Nigeria – and there are many. I have even
heard of a cynical interpretation that Lugard
privately scoffed at the Sokoto motto “Victory is
with God Alone” by saying that he gained victory
over the Caliphate by combining God with the Maxim
gun. And so to this day, while we are encouraged to
wait for God to bring victory, predator nations
worship God in the day and make new weapons at
night.
The Army motto can certainly be discussed and
debated and perhaps even open to change after due
process (if deemed necessary), but we should keep the
true historical context and cynical significance in
mind. Nigeria is in many ways the way it is because
of the legacy of British conquest. Major General M.
Buhari (rtd) did not single handedly or otherwise
inscribe the motto of Shehu Dan Fodio into the battle
flag and the insignia of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
The original reason for Arabic was that Frederick
Lugard (who was the first Commander of the West
African Frontier Force (1897 – 99) and later the first
High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria (1899 –
1906); and later the Governor of the protectorates of
Northern and Southern Nigeria (1912 – 1914); and
finally the first Governor General of post-
amalgamation Nigeria (1914 – 1919 ); identified
Arabic the only written “indigenous” language
anywhere in Nigeria/West Africa, particularly among
the widely spread Hausa trader class across the
region. (See Lugard report to Parliament, 1919)
Arabic inscriptions were, therefore, used as symbols,
not only for currency but even on official West
African Frontier Force badges etc… which persist
until today in Nigerian Army badges etc…
In the mind of the British colonial administrators in
Nigeria – whose administrative experience was heavily
influenced by their military service in Northern
Nigeria and other parts of the sahel belt of West
Africa – rightly or wrongly, Arabic writing was to
West Africa as Latin was to Europe. In addition to
English, therefore, they used Arabic to domesticate
British instruments meant for local use. The fact
that such symbols still exist is one of many scars of
the era of colonial rule. However, not all former
British West African colonies still use Arabic
translations on their currencies as a footnote to
history. Nigeria and Gambia do. Ghana and Sierra
Leone do not.
THE COLOUR RED: This colour depicts the enemy
forces, their installations and their activities. Colours
used in the Nigerian Armed Forces often follow the
NATO military colour code and can stand for the
same thing even when used in different places. The
Nigerian Army uses a flag that has three vertical
stripes (red, black and red), all of the same width.
The flag is flown at the Nigerian Army headquarters.
THE COLOUR BLACK: In military circles, black is the
traditional colour of the cavalry, armoured or
mechanized troops.

Source:www..com/this-is-the-real-meaning-of-the-nigerian-army-logo-how-the-arabic-script-got-there/

Helkayklassic:
Bros i take God beg you.. I don't wanna be like Nnamdi Kanu and Sambo Dasuki.

Lol no qualms then

Helkayklassic:
Boss it will be boring na.Lol

I'll report you officially to mr president

toposi4naija:
Bro .......I fear yhu ooo

No b so?

Helkayklassic:
Kikikiki
Lil kesh no perform for Presidential media chat.

But that doesn't mean.

Helkayklassic:
Kikikiki
Lil kesh no perform for Presidential media chat.

But that doesn't mean.

SUPOL:
hahahha, guy ur mad. I missed it oo

**winks**

If You Missed The
Presidential Media Chat And You Watching Headies award Then You Are The Problem Of
This Country"

On a scale of 1-10,Rate President Buhari media chat.
On Economy:6 Security:9 Empoyment:5 Politics:6
The presenter from Channelstv and Premiumtimes Kudos to them.

This one z 7:58am

Dhamielawlah:
I finally got ..Over joyous..Chemistry..Thank Jah..

Have nt been offered admission yet

Dhamielawlah:
66%..

Have you been offered admission?

Hope dashed already.Let's brace up for future.

mazzi:
was the deputy name printed on the ballot boxes? Did the people of kogi voted for the deputy or audu? Remember,audu has not been decalared winner so,Inec might have to cancel the entire election and order for a fresh election.

Audu's name was not printed on the ballot paper.The party comes first in this situation then the candidate.

The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in Kogi state, Mr. Abubakar Audu is
dead. Mr. Audu died of undisclosed medical reasons
shortly after the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) declared his victory at the
elections inconclusive. Saharareporters could not
determine the cause of Mr. Audu's death.

Source:www.saharareporters.com/2015/11/22/abubakar-audu-apcs-governorship-candidate-kogi-election-dead

Contrary to the alarm raised by the Senate
over the alleged illegality and exorbitant
commission charged for the deployment of
Remita, an e-payment software, used for the
transfer of Federal Government’s funds from
financial institutions into a single treasury account
(TSA), PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report
that the use of the software is not only legal but
also represents a drastic cut of the commission
previously charged by banks for collection of
government reven
Also, findings reveal that the commission collected
by SystemSpecs, the owners/developers of Remita, is
nowhere near the N25 billion Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi
West) alleged to have been collected by the firm. It
was Mr. Melaye, who originally moved the motion on
the Senate floor for the payment to be investigated.
Last Wednesday, following Mr. Melaye’s motion, the
senate ordered its committee on finance and public
accounts to immediately commence an investigation
into use of Remita (which it erroneously described as
an e-collection agent) for remitting government
funds into the TSA; and its alleged collection of N25
billion commission being one per cent of the alleged
N2.5 trillion it remitted into the TSA.
Mr. Melaye had argued that the use of Remita was a
violation of Section 162(1) of the constitution, which
stated that “the federation shall maintain a special
account to be called the federation account into
which all revenues collected by the government of
the federation except the proceeds from the
personal income tax of the personnel of the Armed
Forces of the Federation, the Nigeria Police Force,
the ministry or department of government charged
with foreign affairs and the residents of the FCT,
Abuja.”
Mr. Melaye further stated that the Central Bank of
Nigeria, CBN, could only appoint a registered bank
as an agent for collecting and disbursing the funds.
He said that since Remita is not a bank, its
appointment as a collection agent is in violation of
the CBN Act and the Banks and Other Financial
Institutions Act (BOFIA) 2007.
According to him, Remita collected N25 billion “for
doing nothing.”
However, documents, including the service agreement
between SystemSpecs and CBN; correspondence
between the company and the office of the
Accountant General/ CBN as well as a letter to
President Muhammadu Buhari, seen by PREMIUM
TIMES show that not only was the commission
charged backed by law, it is shared by the company,
commercial banks and the CBN.
Though the commission is nowhere near the
exaggerated N25 billion touted by Mr. Melaye, the
one per cent charge also represent a drastic
reduction from between 2 per cent and 46 per cent
commission charged by commercial banks in some
instances for collecting government revenues.
In a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES, the
CBN Director for public communications, Ibrahim
Muazu, dismissed the amount quoted on the floor of
the senate as “completely misleading.”
“That is false. That is false,” he repeated for
emphasis.
“It is grossly exaggerated. We are talking of one per
cent. What is one per cent of the money? Have we
collected up to a trillion? That is a completely
misleading information. Even at the beginning of the
TSA the estimation of all the movement of federal
government funds into the account is N1.2 trillion,”
he added.
When asked to tell the total amount moved into the
TSA, Mr Muazu said: “I cannot give you the exact
amount now but I know it is far, far, far lower than
N2.5 trillion.”
THE AGREEMENT
According to the service agreement between the
parties, signed by Eunice Ikekhuah and Aderemi
Atanda of SystemSpecs on December 4, 2013, and
H.M Yusuf and R.A Olaniyan of the CBN on
December 11, 2013, Systemspecs, the CBN will deploy
Remita, a T24 banking application, for executing
payment instructions and collection of government
revenue.
Apart from the collection of revenue, Remita is also
used for payment of salaries, payment of taxes,
payment of pension, payroll processing biometric
verification, among other uses.
In a letter dated November 6, 2015, to Mr. Buhari,
SystemSpecs explained that “all commercial banks
and over 400 Micro Finance Banks in Nigeria” are
connected to the software. The company also
explained that 705 Ministries Departments and
Agencies (MDA) are currently using the software as
payment and collection platform.
So, contrary to Mr Melaye’s argument in the senate,
Remita is indeed a software that facilitates the
payment of government revenue from financial
institutions to a TSA in the CBN and not a revenue
collection agent.
Also, contrary to Mr. Melaye’s submission, the entire
1 per cent commission does not go to SystemSpecs,
the commission is shared between the CBN,
commercial banks, and the CBN.
“A tariff of 1% of the funds collected shall be
charged for the government revenue collections: i.
Platform Owner/SystemSpecs: 50%, ii. Collecting
Agents/DMBs (banks): 40%, iii. Introducer? CBN:
10%,” the agreement reads.
SystemSpecs further explained that at a seminar
organised by the CBN and the Office of the
Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF)
between May27-28, 2013, it actually proposed a
commission of 1.5 per cent, It explained that
commercial banks actually proposed 5 per cent, while
a committee set up by the CBN and the OAGF,
actually proposed 2.5 per cent. It explained that it
was the then Accountant-General of the Federation
that actually overruled all the suggested commission
and reduced it to 1 per cent.
However, the company said it was surprised to
receive a letter from CBN signed by Dipo Fatokun,
Director, Banking and Payments System Department,
on October 27, 2015 directing it to refund all
charges it collected from MDAs for implementation
of the TSA.
“I have been directed to inform you that you should
refund all charges (1% cost of collection) made into
the MDAs accounts as a result of the implementation
of the TSA,” the letter reads.
“The total amount should be credited into the
account mentioned below:
“FGN Revenue e-Collection Pool Account at the
Central Bank of Nigeria Account Number:
0020054161043
“Since the cost of the collection must have been
shared by all the stakeholders, you Are hereby
required to also provide a schedule of the total
amount collected and the portion that was shared to
each of the three participants. The schedule should
be prepared on month by month basis, from the
commencement of the TSA implementation in March
2015, to date. We will recover the share to the CBN
and the DMBs,” the letter explains.
SystemSpecs explained that after the kick off of
the TSA following a deadline announced by Mr
Buhari, it was invited for a meeting by OAGF where
they were told that following the enlarged scope of
the TSA, the government wanted to review the
charges.
“We wrote to the CBN to give a brief on the meeting
with OAGF and said inter-alia that, while on our
part, SystemSpecs is not averse to a review of the
existing transaction fee to a figure that is
agreeable to all parties, we would however, advise of
the need to carry along the DMBs as you will recall
that the current fees were agreed with the banks
and communicated by CBN via a circular in
December 2013,” the firm stated in a letter to the
CBN governor.
REDUCTION OF COST
In the same letter to the CBN Governor,
SystemSpecs further explained that the 1 per cent
charge actually represents a drastic reduction of
the amount the Federal Government had to pay for
the collection of its revenue before the
implementation of the TSA.
“Your Excellency will recall that one of the primary
focus of the TSA project is to retrieve funds from
the banks who were indirectly lending the
government money back to government at about
15%. Hidden cost to government? Arguably 15%.
“Remita provided a technology to empower
government retrieve her funds immediately
customers pay at Deposit Money Banks. No overnight
stay at any bank. Is 1% to be shared by all parties
really too high to pay for such a service?”
For instance, the firm explained, banks charge as
high as 46 per cent for National Open University
(NOUN) charges, nine per cent for Joint Admissions
and Matriculation Board (JAMB) fees, and six per
cent on Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC)
National Drivers’ License charges.
Thus in its letter to the President, SystemSpecs
appealed for the return of its fees and those earned
by the partner banks seized by the CBN.
Mr. Muazu corroborated SystemSpecs position during
the telephone chat with Premium Times
“The information you are given is in line with the
agreement dating back to 2011. That is a fact. They
started it actually when the TSA came up. The one
per cent was, yes, agreed at that time. But now with
the issue at hand everything needs to be reviewed
and agreed.
“But truly the banks, the CBN and themselves are
stakeholders. What is it that we are talking about?
It is the software or the platform. You can’t do
everything free for doing any business. The banks
that are doing the e-collection they pursue agencies
and other sources of revenue. Not just taking the
value. So it is actually an arrangement for the
service to be provided. That software that is being
used by the platform has to be maintained apart
from the initial design,” he said.
He said CBN asked SysytemSpecs to return the
commission already collected to enable it renegotiate
the terms of the contract.
“Now we are having a new arrangement. It’s not just
e-collection. Central bank is now in charge of
government revenue. So the old arrangement cannot
continue. So when the issue started the central bank
gave the order and the money were all paid back to
the government.
“Look at it this way, you have a product that you
are allowing someone to use, it can’t be free,” he
said.
source: www.saharareporters.com/2015/11/15/full-details-tsa-dino-melaye-misleads-nigerian-senate-n25-billion-claim

Contrary to the alarm raised by the Senate
over the alleged illegality and exorbitant
commission charged for the deployment of
Remita, an e-payment software, used for the
transfer of Federal Government’s funds from
financial institutions into a single treasury account
(TSA), PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report
that the use of the software is not only legal but
also represents a drastic cut of the commission
previously charged by banks for collection of
government reven
Also, findings reveal that the commission collected
by SystemSpecs, the owners/developers of Remita, is
nowhere near the N25 billion Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi
West) alleged to have been collected by the firm. It
was Mr. Melaye, who originally moved the motion on
the Senate floor for the payment to be investigated.
Last Wednesday, following Mr. Melaye’s motion, the
senate ordered its committee on finance and public
accounts to immediately commence an investigation
into use of Remita (which it erroneously described as
an e-collection agent) for remitting government
funds into the TSA; and its alleged collection of N25
billion commission being one per cent of the alleged
N2.5 trillion it remitted into the TSA.
Mr. Melaye had argued that the use of Remita was a
violation of Section 162(1) of the constitution, which
stated that “the federation shall maintain a special
account to be called the federation account into
which all revenues collected by the government of
the federation except the proceeds from the
personal income tax of the personnel of the Armed
Forces of the Federation, the Nigeria Police Force,
the ministry or department of government charged
with foreign affairs and the residents of the FCT,
Abuja.”
Mr. Melaye further stated that the Central Bank of
Nigeria, CBN, could only appoint a registered bank
as an agent for collecting and disbursing the funds.
He said that since Remita is not a bank, its
appointment as a collection agent is in violation of
the CBN Act and the Banks and Other Financial
Institutions Act (BOFIA) 2007.
According to him, Remita collected N25 billion “for
doing nothing.”
However, documents, including the service agreement
between SystemSpecs and CBN; correspondence
between the company and the office of the
Accountant General/ CBN as well as a letter to
President Muhammadu Buhari, seen by PREMIUM
TIMES show that not only was the commission
charged backed by law, it is shared by the company,
commercial banks and the CBN.
Though the commission is nowhere near the
exaggerated N25 billion touted by Mr. Melaye, the
one per cent charge also represent a drastic
reduction from between 2 per cent and 46 per cent
commission charged by commercial banks in some
instances for collecting government revenues.
In a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES, the
CBN Director for public communications, Ibrahim
Muazu, dismissed the amount quoted on the floor of
the senate as “completely misleading.”
“That is false. That is false,” he repeated for
emphasis.
“It is grossly exaggerated. We are talking of one per
cent. What is one per cent of the money? Have we
collected up to a trillion? That is a completely
misleading information. Even at the beginning of the
TSA the estimation of all the movement of federal
government funds into the account is N1.2 trillion,”
he added.
When asked to tell the total amount moved into the
TSA, Mr Muazu said: “I cannot give you the exact
amount now but I know it is far, far, far lower than
N2.5 trillion.”
THE AGREEMENT
According to the service agreement between the
parties, signed by Eunice Ikekhuah and Aderemi
Atanda of SystemSpecs on December 4, 2013, and
H.M Yusuf and R.A Olaniyan of the CBN on
December 11, 2013, Systemspecs, the CBN will deploy
Remita, a T24 banking application, for executing
payment instructions and collection of government
revenue.
Apart from the collection of revenue, Remita is also
used for payment of salaries, payment of taxes,
payment of pension, payroll processing biometric
verification, among other uses.
In a letter dated November 6, 2015, to Mr. Buhari,
SystemSpecs explained that “all commercial banks
and over 400 Micro Finance Banks in Nigeria” are
connected to the software. The company also
explained that 705 Ministries Departments and
Agencies (MDA) are currently using the software as
payment and collection platform.
So, contrary to Mr Melaye’s argument in the senate,
Remita is indeed a software that facilitates the
payment of government revenue from financial
institutions to a TSA in the CBN and not a revenue
collection agent.
Also, contrary to Mr. Melaye’s submission, the entire
1 per cent commission does not go to SystemSpecs,
the commission is shared between the CBN,
commercial banks, and the CBN.
“A tariff of 1% of the funds collected shall be
charged for the government revenue collections: i.
Platform Owner/SystemSpecs: 50%, ii. Collecting
Agents/DMBs (banks): 40%, iii. Introducer? CBN:
10%,” the agreement reads.
SystemSpecs further explained that at a seminar
organised by the CBN and the Office of the
Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF)
between May27-28, 2013, it actually proposed a
commission of 1.5 per cent, It explained that
commercial banks actually proposed 5 per cent, while
a committee set up by the CBN and the OAGF,
actually proposed 2.5 per cent. It explained that it
was the then Accountant-General of the Federation
that actually overruled all the suggested commission
and reduced it to 1 per cent.
However, the company said it was surprised to
receive a letter from CBN signed by Dipo Fatokun,
Director, Banking and Payments System Department,
on October 27, 2015 directing it to refund all
charges it collected from MDAs for implementation
of the TSA.
“I have been directed to inform you that you should
refund all charges (1% cost of collection) made into
the MDAs accounts as a result of the implementation
of the TSA,” the letter reads.
“The total amount should be credited into the
account mentioned below:
“FGN Revenue e-Collection Pool Account at the
Central Bank of Nigeria Account Number:
0020054161043
“Since the cost of the collection must have been
shared by all the stakeholders, you Are hereby
required to also provide a schedule of the total
amount collected and the portion that was shared to
each of the three participants. The schedule should
be prepared on month by month basis, from the
commencement of the TSA implementation in March
2015, to date. We will recover the share to the CBN
and the DMBs,” the letter explains.
SystemSpecs explained that after the kick off of
the TSA following a deadline announced by Mr
Buhari, it was invited for a meeting by OAGF where
they were told that following the enlarged scope of
the TSA, the government wanted to review the
charges.
“We wrote to the CBN to give a brief on the meeting
with OAGF and said inter-alia that, while on our
part, SystemSpecs is not averse to a review of the
existing transaction fee to a figure that is
agreeable to all parties, we would however, advise of
the need to carry along the DMBs as you will recall
that the current fees were agreed with the banks
and communicated by CBN via a circular in
December 2013,” the firm stated in a letter to the
CBN governor.
REDUCTION OF COST
In the same letter to the CBN Governor,
SystemSpecs further explained that the 1 per cent
charge actually represents a drastic reduction of
the amount the Federal Government had to pay for
the collection of its revenue before the
implementation of the TSA.
“Your Excellency will recall that one of the primary
focus of the TSA project is to retrieve funds from
the banks who were indirectly lending the
government money back to government at about
15%. Hidden cost to government? Arguably 15%.
“Remita provided a technology to empower
government retrieve her funds immediately
customers pay at Deposit Money Banks. No overnight
stay at any bank. Is 1% to be shared by all parties
really too high to pay for such a service?”
For instance, the firm explained, banks charge as
high as 46 per cent for National Open University
(NOUN) charges, nine per cent for Joint Admissions
and Matriculation Board (JAMB) fees, and six per
cent on Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC)
National Drivers’ License charges.
Thus in its letter to the President, SystemSpecs
appealed for the return of its fees and those earned
by the partner banks seized by the CBN.
Mr. Muazu corroborated SystemSpecs position during
the telephone chat with Premium Times
“The information you are given is in line with the
agreement dating back to 2011. That is a fact. They
started it actually when the TSA came up. The one
per cent was, yes, agreed at that time. But now with
the issue at hand everything needs to be reviewed
and agreed.
“But truly the banks, the CBN and themselves are
stakeholders. What is it that we are talking about?
It is the software or the platform. You can’t do
everything free for doing any business. The banks
that are doing the e-collection they pursue agencies
and other sources of revenue. Not just taking the
value. So it is actually an arrangement for the
service to be provided. That software that is being
used by the platform has to be maintained apart
from the initial design,” he said.
He said CBN asked SysytemSpecs to return the
commission already collected to enable it renegotiate
the terms of the contract.
“Now we are having a new arrangement. It’s not just
e-collection. Central bank is now in charge of
government revenue. So the old arrangement cannot
continue. So when the issue started the central bank
gave the order and the money were all paid back to
the government.
“Look at it this way, you have a product that you
are allowing someone to use, it can’t be free,” he
said.

source:www.saharareporters.com/2015/11/15/full-details-tsa-dino-melaye-misleads-nigerian-senate-n25-billion-claim

Dear biafrans I support ur struggle 100% but my
problem is ur approach. I would want to suggest the
following procedures and i can assure u its going to
work out successfully. if u can unite and follow the
following steps then i can tell, welcome to the
Republic of Biafra in advance.

STEP 1
withdraw all ur services from Nigeria and render the
Nigerians as u are the backbone of the country

STEP 2
Withdraw your kinsmen who are public office holders
e.g Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, Peter
Obi the D.G of S.E.C

STEP 3
Reject all the ministerial nomination from the so
called Nigeria.

STEP 4
Endeavour to reject Federal Allocation. u re very
industrious people u will be better off without it

STEP 5
Stop all form of importation through the Nigerian
sea port so that Nigeria will crumble without ur Tax

STEP 6
Recall all your sons and daughters from all parts of
Nigeria to relocate to home untill this fight is over
then Nigeria can beg them to come back as
expatriate

STEP 7
Lock up all ur shops in idumota, Alaba international,
Kano main market, and every other market even in
the remote villages accross the country.

STEP 8
Go beyond closing of the Niger bridge stop all
Nigerians from buying or selling in Onitsha Main
market or Ariaria market in Aba.

STEP 9
Make sure u make ur Visa very hard for Nigerians.

STEP 10
This fight can be achieved without Violence just like
south Sudan. Finally, make sure u dont fight it with
weapons.
Igbo kwenu!!! hee! .

Montaque:
Yes ofcourse. it's my fault and am sorry.

Based on your judgement that APC influence the result m jst making a correction

Montaque:
Yes ofcourse. it's my fault and am sorry.

Which section of the construction are you quoting?

Ministers-Designate would be sworn-in by
President Buhari on Wednesday 11th November 2015.

Montaque:
that I did not read nor comment on that news doesn't make this present one foolproof.
injustice is injustice anywhere, anytime

Then it is not APC fault

Montaque:
-( I) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, if the Triounal or the Court as the case may be, determines that a candidate who was returned as elected was not validly elected on any ground, the Tribunal or the Court shall nullify the election.
(2) Where an election tribunal or court nullifies an election on the ground that the person who obtained the highest votes at the election was not qualified to contest the election, the election tribunal or court shall not declare the person with the second highest votes as elected, but shall order a fresh election.

I have seen that APC is bent on something undemocratic.

Why putting the blame on APC there was this HOR member that lost his seat based on the fact that he his not yet up to 30yeara old.Why dint u say then that PDP was @ fault.

MizMyColi:
This tweet was made long before the tribunal delivered judgement.
Clearly, they were acting a script.

I wholeheartedly welcome Nigerians to change.

That is not APC twitter handle.Their official handle is @APCNigeria

Amaechi calling PMB

Rotimi:Baba I don reach National Assembly

PMB:That's good of you,mk sure u don't disappoint me

Rotimi:Sure baba I don jot some point down.(checks the point)

ABUJA — AHEAD of today’s screening of former Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi; Senate Majority Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, yesterday, lampooned senators elected on the platform of his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, saying that the 8th Senate belongs to the All Progressives Congress, APC. According to him, the PDP should note that it has become a minority, a situation where the majority would always have its way, warning that PDP cannot disqualify Amaechi based on what he described as triviality instead of the constitution. He added that Amaechi has not been convicted by any court of law. Ali Ndume boasted that the Senators will determine the fate of Amaechi and not the report of Senator Samuel Anyanwu-led Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, adding that Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu would not have presided yesterday because APC ministerial nominees were being screened, which explained the adjournment. Ndume spoke amid strong indications, yesterday, that PDP and APC senators will flex muscles today over Amaechi. While the APC senators have insisted on screening and confirming Amaechi for a ministerial appointment, the PDP Senators have not shifted grounds on the position they took on Tuesday to frustrate the screening of the former governor. Today, Chairman, Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, Senator Samuel Anyanwu (PDP, Imo East) will submit the reports of his committee on petitions against the nominees including Amaechi. According to a PDP Senator, who spoke with Vanguard, the report will be up for discussion and votes will be taken in support or against Amaechi being screened and cleared. The senator, who noted that if the voting favours that Amaechi be screened as opposed to their collective decision, they would as a caucus stage a walk out and allow the APC senators do what they want to do. PDP senators to review pact with Saraki The Senator told Vanguard that the PDP Senators who formed an alliance with Senate President Bukola Saraki prior to his election and which led to his emergence were planning to review the unwritten agreement. On whether the PDP senators were aware that if the Senators failed to screen or reject Amaechi by October 29 upon the expiration of the 21 working- day constitutional deadline, the former governor would automatically become a minister, the Senator said “we will not allow that to happen” as PDP Senators. The Senator continued: “The report of the Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions will be laid tomorrow (today) and there will be voting on whether or not to accept that Amaechi be screened. The voting will determine the way forward and if the voting says he should be screened because APC wants and PDP as a caucus thinks we should not screen Amaechi and if the APC insists, PDP Senators will stage a walk out.” Another PDP Senator, who spoke with Vanguard, said that the issue has to do with 21 working days which is like a month, adding that the position of PDP Senators is about the law and the society, adding that the National Assembly is a theatre of politics, but as law makers, they must be cautious. According to the Senator, the PDP senators were standing on Section 66(h) which stipulates that when indicted by a panel, the person cannot occupy any public office. Section 66(h) says: “No person shall be qualified for Membership of National Assembly and Right of attendance if he has been indicted for embezzlement or fraud by a judicial Commission of Inquiry or an Administrative Panel of Inquiry or a Tribunal set up under the Tribunals of Inquiry Act…” The PDP senators are also citing section 53(5) of the Senate Standing Orders 2015 as Amended on why they will work against the clearance of Amaechi. Section 53(5) of Senate Standing Orders 2015 As Amended reads: “Reference shall not be made to any matter on which a Judicial decision is pending, in such a way as might in the opinion of the President of the Senate prejudice the interest of parties thereto.” The screening would have taken place yesterday, but the Senate suspended sitting to allow senators accompany Senate President, Bukola Saraki to the Code of Conduct Tribunal where he is facing trial over alleged false declaration of assets. For the third time since it began the screening of ministerial nominees, the Senate on Tuesday, postponed the screening of Amaechi. We’re not against Amaechi— Sen Ogba Also, a member of the Senate Committee on Ethics and Public Petitions, Obinna Ogba, has denied allegation that the committee was against Amaechi’s confirmation. He equally debunked insinuation that the delay in releasing the report of investigation on Amaechi, which resulted in the delay in his screening was as a result of sharp division among members of the committee on the report. Reacting in an interview, yesterday, with Vanguard, in Abuja, Senator Ogba, who represents Ebonyi Central in the National Assembly, under PDP, insisted that there was no disagreement among members of the committee. We will determine Amaechi’s fate not Anyanwu’s report – Ndume Answering questions from Journalists, yesterday, on the issue, Ndume said Amaechi would be cleared. His words: ‘’The Ethics and Privileges report is not the determinant of Amaechi’s fate. It is the Senate. Even if they write their report, it has to be laid before the Senate which will decide on the report. It is not the report that will decide the fate of Amaechi. “Whatever the Committee recommends to the Senate, it is the Senate that will decide. And I have told Nigerians several times that this Senate belongs to APC. We have PDP senators that are in the minority. We are practising democracy in a changed environment. That is to allow the minorities to have their say. But you know that the majority will always have its way. We have 58 senators, the Senate President excluded, and they have 48 Senators. “And Amaechi is an APC candidate and the constitution is very clear. Until there is conviction, you are considered innocent until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt by a competent court of law. Unfortunately, you cannot confirm or disqualify Amaechi, we are the only ones that can do that. And PDP cannot disqualify Amaechi based on triviality. It must be based on constitutionality.” On why the plenary was suspended, Ndume said: “The Senate President has a pending case before the Appeal Court which judgement was suspended indefinitely. We, therefore, thought that the lower court will suspend today’s (yesterday’s) sitting as the Senate President has to be in court by 10.00am. He is the Presiding Officer and this is an extraordinary period because we are screening ministers who are predominantly APC. So, that was why we said this screening should continue with the Senate President presiding. So, we are continuing tomorrow (today) by God’s grace.” When told that the Deputy Senate President was supposed to have presided in the absence of the Senate President, the Senate leader said: “This is not a normal day because we are screening APC nominees and there are issues surrounding it. The Presiding Officer is the Senate President who started the screening and we said we would continue after taking a day off and continue tomorrow (today)”. Speaking on the senators’ solidarity with the Senate President at the tribunal, Senator Ndume said: “It was not a solidarity as such. This Senate does not belong to Saraki, Senator Ali Ndume or anybody. The Senate is an institution, an independent arm of government and should be respected and strengthened. Besides, if the President takes his time to submit the (ministerial) list, which Nigerians patiently waited for why will Nigerians not be patient with the Senate to wait for its conclusion? And why don’t you take us on issues other than these trivialities? Suppose we had said we are suspending the screening till next week, we have the right to do that. “But the constitution is guiding us that we have to do this within 21 working days. And we are still within the 21 working days. It is not 21 days, it is 21 working days. And our working days in the Senate plenary is three days in a week. So, if you are talking about 21 working days, it means that the Senate will do this within seven weeks because we sit for plenary Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. That is three working days. It means that logically, we can do this up to seven weeks.” “The ministries have not been streamlined yet to know where they are going. I don’t even see an issue out of it. I was thinking that by now, we will be talking about ideas not about people and events. It won’t move this country forward. We are supposed to be talking about the screening details.”
Source:www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/pdp-senators-cant-stop-amaechi-ndume/

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