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awodman: ...He said: “Everything has been compiled, we have sent the payroll to the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) and we are optimistic that before the end of this week, or latest next week, they would begin to receive alerts from their banks.”...Benjamin Dikki,DG BPE

Source:www.thisdaylive.com/articles/taleveras-northwest-power-win-afam-kaduna-power-assets/155054/

Symphony007: Keep throwing nigeria's money into this pit calles cassava bread, meanwhile thailand is making billions off the rice needs of nigerians. They can't belive their luck, a country that can produce rice but no vision to drive it. They are now even paying lobbyist in nigeria to make sure nigeria's rice industry is the the gutter pepetually, so we keep buying from them. This country lacks vision. No roadmap to success. Just throw everything at the wall and see which sticks.

awodman: The same Ngige that could not tender a single bill for two years or even oppose some evil bills is now claiming a federal project...Who doesn't know NIPP projects are jointly sponsored by Federal,state and Local govts..look @ how he mischievously termed it an IPP project...

As more of this NIPP projects come on stream and as PHCN workers are paid their severance package this week or early next week...Nigerians will begin to feel the positive effects of the power sector reform...

Senator Chris Ngige and Governor Peter Obi have differed over who should take the credit for the improved power supply to some parts of Awka, the Anambra State capital.

While Ngige, the Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on Power and Steel, gave the credit to the Senate, which he said had been working hard to salvage power supply in Nigeria, Obi said the state government, working with the federal and local governments, made the feat possible.

For the past fortnight, some parts of Awka, especially High Tension, Ifite, Government House, GRA and places around the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, have been enjoying steady power supply.

Before now, the affected areas were supplied electricity once every other days. But with the activation of the Agu-Awka power sub-station, normal electricity had been restored to these areas for the first time in many years.

Ngige said the work of the Senate Committee had already started yielding great dividends.

Speaking with reporters in Awka, the Senator, who represents Anambra Central, said the improvement was part of his constituency development programmes. But he said the new facility at Agu-Awka was still undergoing test-running.

He said, “This is part of the IPP programme of the government on the power sector. What we have in Agu-Awka power station is a new transmission line that is under a test-run and that explains why in the past three weeks, major parts of Awka capital territory have been enjoying uninterrupted power supply.”

But Special Assistant to the Anambra State Governor on Media and Publicity, Mr. Valentine Obienyen, said it was wrong for people to place the credit for the improved power supply in the wrong quarters.

He said, “People keep commending those that absolutely have nothing to do with the project that led to the improvement. The project is jointly sponsored by the federal, state and local government.

“The improvement was as a result of the completion of National Integrated Power Project at Agu Awka.

“The projects are going on very well. In places where there were problem of securing land, Governor Peter Obi intervened, example being at Fegge, Onitsha.”

The Federal Government has announced the completion of environmental remediation of lead poisoned sites in Zamfara State.

It said a total of N837m was spent for the environmental remediation, safer mining activities and sustainable health to alleviate the effect of lead poisoning in the state.

Media reports had indicated that over 460 children died as a result of lead poisoning from gold mining in the state since 2009, with many others suffering different forms of long-term and serious medical conditions.

But speaking on development in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of the Environment, Mrs. Hadiza Mailafia, said the government had successfully completed the clean up and environmental remediation of lead contaminated sites in Bagega village and other affected communities in the state.

She said, “This is to clarify the seeming complacency of the Federal Government towards the welfare of the children in Zamfara State affected by lead poisoning. The exercise spanned over a number of years, but today, we have kept our promise.

“We are glad that we have been able to successfully carryout environmental remediation of lead contaminated sites and this has brought succour to residents in the affected communities.”

On the N837m provided for the exercise, Mailafia said the fund was shared among three ministries.

“The amount spent in Zamfara was over N800m for three ministries. The ministries are the Health, which is to take care of the medical aspect; the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, which is in charge of safer mining techniques; and the Ministry of the Environment, for environmental remediation,” she said.

The minister, however, added that there was still the need for thorough public enlightenment on the dangers associated with lead poisoning.

She said, “In January this year when the President agreed to release the fund, I made a promise that we were going to be committed to see that the project succeeds. This is because lead poisoning is something most people are aware of, but unfortunately, there is a lacuna in terms of education.

“What we want people to know is that because of the negative effect of lead poisoning, there is a tendency that children will have cognitive impairment and are likely to exhibit behaviours that are not in tandem with societal norms and values.”

Mesico2: Irrelevant comment. Local laws' issue is different from NGF palava bro. Beside, what majority are u talking about? Does being majority in the market make u the owner of the market? Were u guys in Lagos in the first instance to fight for post or do your trading peacefully? God bless u on our land and now u want to be dragging which belong to us from us. Pls and pls don't get it started

Garri the 1st: So in ur village you elect your traditional rulers abi

Olodo like the retardeen!!!

Garri the 1st: That doesn't give them the right to disobey the laws of the land. I'm sure yorubas are grateful for their "contribution" to SW economy, but they should obey simple laws if they wish to maintain the peaceful coexistence..

Garri the 1st: That doesn't give them the right to disobey the laws of the land. I'm sure yorubas are grateful for their "contribution" to SW economy, but they should obey simple laws if they wish to maintain the peaceful coexistence..

payless: What a delusional liar of a President.

You once promised electricity by end of 2012. You and your Minister also pledged to put problem of power behind us by end of 2013. Your Minsiter said in June that the date has now been rescheduled to 2014. When you give out contracts, I thought there should be dates when the terms of the contracts must be met. In you own case Mr. President, the date of contract delivery is unending. I know you don't give a damn! You did not promise us your so called "steady progress". People can't see your so called steady progress being made in the power sector. All we hear are numbers of contracts being given to newly registered companies owned by some Nigerian elements. In the last 18 months, there have been over 100 power contracts approved by you to these companies with nothing to show for it. These contracts are running into tens of billion dollars. The only thing to show for this so called progress is unending blackout. Going by your Minister for Power, power problem is as a result of witches and wizards. How clueless can you get, Jonathan? As recent as 10 days ago, your Minister said Nigerians can now boast of 16 hour per day of electricity. Do you truly believe that? Go to main cities in Nigeria and rejoice with them that they now enjoy 16 hour electricity. Let us see if you come out alive while doing it.

How dare you praise INEC when all you and your power drunk killer party called PDP did was to throw spanners into the registration of APC? You and your fellow party men went ahead to create problem by springing up the same acronym of APC. Do you think Nigerians are so stup.id and can't see through your dirty politics? The registration of APC should not have taken this long if not for your political gimmick. Mr. President, your plan was to have original APC to engage in an unending court battle with other APCs, but God was bigger than you after all. Registration process of APC should not have taken more than two months, but with God on their side APC was finally registered.

On MTN appointing a Nigerian as CEO, Nigerian government had no hand in the appointment. The only reason is nothing other than the guy is cheaper and qualified as any other executives who vied for the job. Appointing a Nigerian as CEO makes a lot of sense because MTN will be paying him the fraction of what a white man or Indian man would have accepted as salaries and benefits. Once again Mr. President, you had nothing to do with the appointment of MTN CEO. MTN makes its own decision as a South African company.

Mr. President, you claimed in your last paragraph of your plan to build strong democratic institution but your record shows otherwise. Have you forgotten what happened during NGF, where 16 votes were greater than 19? What about your arithmetic of 5 being bigger than 27 in Rivers State House of Assembly? What stopped you from taking a position during the NGF saga? What stopped your from calling your dogs out that 5 legislators cannot and should not impeach the Speaker who has the backing of 27 others? Why haven’t you call your wife to order? Your wife destabilized a whole state while you sit still.

Mr. President, you can run but you can't hide. Nigerians know you for your deceit and deceptive way of governance. Nigerians can see through your lies. 2015 is around the corner, you should prepare for rude awakening.

HNosegbe: I never expected Cameron's Conservative government to backpedal with this policy. The move is clearly a political one to curry favour with his right-wing anti-immigration base.

Cameron doesn't really care about limiting immigration (it's a senseless move, really) - he cares about winning the next elections.

I would suggest that Nigeria liaise with India, Kenya, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on the possiblility of adopting a coordinated, multilateral approach to this issue. I think that would better achieve the desired effect than taking a unilateral retaliatory measure.

Meanwhile, what are we still doing in the Commonwealth?

gramci: Mr. There's difference between drop and dump . Please stop using the cyber space as a vehicle to expose your ignorance

Symphony007: Rubbish..give us workable refienaries before dreaming up stupid petrochemical plants. Is it not shamefull that we have three refieneries. Non is working. We keep importing petrol. Very soon, ghana and cameron will buld refineries, collect our crude and sell back to us as petrol.

bloggernaija: Election time has come early
This goverment went china to grovel and beg for money recently .where will they get the money from
If you are going to believe this ,then you are going to believe anything.
All the usual suspects (oil coys) are packing their loads and bolting out of the door as quickly as possible.
Shell,the dominant company in nigeria,has a very light footprint
All shell needs to get out is to charter plane for the company's expatriate staff.
No smart private investor would risk such an amount money in the Niger "delta" something which has a long break-even point(apart from the federal).
Nigeria is considered a high borrowing risk in the bond market.borrowing from international banks will come with a very high interest rate .
I doubt many banks will even entertain giving such a collosal sum of money.
Lastly ,with the serious lack of electricity,
Wouldn't it make more sense to build a power FTZ to utilise or the wasted gases.
FOR THE ABOVE REASONS,YOU CAN SAY THAT ELECTION TIME IS UPON YS ONCE AGAIN AND GULLIBLE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BITE.AT LEAST THOSE IN THAT COMMUNITY WILL BELIEVE IT AND VOTE ACCORDINGLY.

bloggernaija: Election time has come early
This goverment went china to grovel and beg for money recently .where will they get the money from
If you are going to believe this ,then you are going to believe anything.
All the usual suspects (oil coys) are packing their loads and bolting out of the door as quickly as possible.
Shell,the dominant company in nigeria,has a very light footprint
All shell needs to get out is to charter plane for the company's expatriate staff.
No smart private investor would risk such an amount money in the Niger "delta" something which has a long break-even point(apart from the federal).
Nigeria is considered a high borrowing risk in the bond market.borrowing from international banks will come with a very high interest rate .
I doubt many banks will even entertain giving such a collosal sum of money.
Lastly ,with the serious lack of electricity,
Wouldn't it make more sense to build a power FTZ to utilise or the wasted gases.
FOR THE ABOVE REASONS,YOU CAN SAY THAT ELECTION TIME IS UPON YS ONCE AGAIN AND GULLIBLE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BITE.AT LEAST THOSE IN THAT COMMUNITY WILL BELIEVE IT AND VOTE ACCORDINGLY.

Tolexander: better you use your head full of hair strands to read it instead of the armpit full of hair strands to understand!

Tolexander: Before, it was electricity,
now, it is cement, next, only God knows!

Same story, no action!

CFCfan: Its not possible to do so; I think u meant to write "NAMA" there.

CFCfan: Its not possible to do so; I think u meant to write "NAMA" there.

KenGali: And the Manger's Office is not part of the Federal Airport. Talk of reasoning upside down.
Since when can anybody walk into a Federal Airport to shut it down, Is that not a National Security Issue?
Will the airport function without the FAAN Manager.