₦airaland Forum

BREAKING NEWS:

EFCC set to invite Efe.

N25million looks like Dasukigate ........ Buhari's Aide

APC blames Jonathan for Efe's victory in d just concluded BBA elections

PDP to Efe, come and be our Presidential candidate in 2019

DSS may visit Efe, claims, sudden wealth is corruption.

Tboss: the voting was rigged, I will approach the court.

FG to Efe: declare your asset

Doctors advice Efe to release 50% of the 25million to assist the man that went on medical tourism some months back

Efe's victory is a result of my visit to the Niger Delta ...... VP

NASS calls on Efe to support the 2017 budget with N20million

Efe, come and take the Chieftaincy title we wanted to give your father...... Village Chiefs

I still love Efe ......... Efe's Ex babe

I have no doubt that Efe will b a millionaire ......... Efe's Neighbour

I will accept your proposal if you will take me back ...... Efe's Ex girlfriend

Efe is my son ....... Buhari


Make I run before them say I dey lie.

BREAKING NEWS:

EFCC set to invite Efe.

N25million looks like Dasukigate ........ Buhari's Aide

APC blames Jonathan for Efe's victory in d just concluded BBA elections

PDP to Efe, come and be our Presidential candidate in 2019

DSS may visit Efe, claims, sudden wealth is corruption.

Tboss: the voting was rigged, I will approach the court.

FG to Efe: declare your asset

Doctors advice Efe to release 50% of the 25million to assist the man that went on medical tourism some months back

Efe's victory is a result of my visit to the Niger Delta ...... VP

NASS calls on Efe to support the 2017 budget with N20million

Efe, come and take the Chieftaincy title we wanted to give your father...... Village Chiefs

I still love Efe ......... Efe's Ex babe

I have no doubt that Efe will b a millionaire ......... Efe's Neighbour

I will accept your proposal if you will take me back ...... Efe's Ex girlfriend

Efe is my son ....... Buhari


Make I run before them say I dey lie.

BREAKING NEWS:

EFCC set to invite Efe.

N25million looks like Dasukigate ........ Buhari's Aide

APC blames Jonathan for Efe's victory in d just concluded BBA elections

PDP to Efe, come and be our Presidential candidate in 2019

DSS may visit Efe, claims, sudden wealth is corruption.

Tboss: the voting was rigged, I will approach the court.

FG to Efe: declare your asset

Doctors advice Efe to release 50% of the 25million to assist the man that went on medical tourism some months back

Efe's victory is a result of my visit to the Niger Delta ...... VP

NASS calls on Efe to support the 2017 budget with N20million

Efe, come and take the Chieftaincy title we wanted to give your father...... Village Chiefs

I still love Efe ......... Efe's Ex babe

I have no doubt that Efe will b a millionaire ......... Efe's Neighbour

I will accept your proposal if you will take me back ...... Efe's Ex girlfriend

Efe is my son ....... Buhari


Make I run before them say I dey lie.

BREAKING NEWS:

EFCC set to invite Efe.

N25million looks like Dasukigate ........ Buhari's Aide

APC blames Jonathan for Efe's victory in d just concluded BBA elections

PDP to Efe, come and be our Presidential candidate in 2019

DSS may visit Efe, claims, sudden wealth is corruption.

Tboss: the voting was rigged, I will approach the court.

FG to Efe: declare your asset

Doctors advice Efe to release 50% of the 25million to assist the man that went on medical tourism some months back

Efe's victory is a result of my visit to the Niger Delta ...... VP

NASS calls on Efe to support the 2017 budget with N20million

Efe, come and take the Chieftaincy title we wanted to give your father...... Village Chiefs

I still love Efe ......... Efe's Ex babe

I have no doubt that Efe will b a millionaire ......... Efe's Neighbour

I will accept your proposal if you will take me back ...... Efe's Ex girlfriend

Efe is my son ....... Buhari


Make I run before them say I dey lie.

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Go to ICAN office located along Mokola,Opposite GTB before Coca Cola.

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One thing about this country is that we are usually dishonest, emotional and sentimental with ourselves over issues that has to do with religion and the State. I shall speak on the controversy surrounding the former National Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Eunuch Adeboye, the Federal Reporting Council of Nigeria governing code for not-for-profit organisations, the suspension of the code, and the unfortunate sack of Dr. Jim Obazee.

1. The NGO Governance Code Has Court Legitimization:
The code was enacted in 2015 to regulate NGOs in the country, including Church and Mosques. I don't believe it was targeted at any individual, religion or sect.

During its enactment and hearing, a group of Pastors including those from Adeboye's RCCG and other Pentecostal Churches went to federal high court, Lagos to challenge the suit in July, 2015. on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, Honourable Justice Buba dismissed the suit and upheld that the plaintiffs had no locus standi to challenge the suit. The ruling thereafter gave the Council the legitimacy to implement the code.
http://www.barbaric.com.ng/frcn-enact-governance-codes-ngos/

2. On The Provisions Of The Code
I have heard people larment that the code was meant to stifle Christianity and the Church, but on scanning through the provisions of the code, I am yet to see where they get such Idea from.

Firstly, the code does not spare any organisation or sect that is registered as NGO. It does excused Islam/Mosque, neither does it specify a particular sect, religion or church. Even charity organisations are subject to the code as long as they are registered as NGO in Nigeria according to our laws.

Secondly, on the provision of the code, the code simply mandates Chief Executives, organisational heads, founders, General Overseer etc of NGOs to a specified term in office and not to create a sense of "ownership" of their organisations by them. It made it clear that relatives and spouses of organisation heads should not "inherit" the respective organisation under any guise. It allows for accountability to the organisation/members by the heads of the NGOs, as well as mandates financial accountability to the government.

What Is Wrong With The FRCN Good Governance Code For NGOs?
Why should a not-for-profit organisation head wish to "own" the organisation by staying in office without term limit? Why should there not be succession plan in Non-governmental organisation, including churches and mosques? Why should an NGO be inherited by spouse and relatives? What is wrong with Churches and Mosques being accountable to their members and donors, as well as to the government, paying taxes where applicable should they indulge in profit making activities? Is the Church the only group affected?

We are in a society where crises usually brew in churches after demise of founders and General Overseers simply because of lack of succession plan. We are in a society where religious bodies hide under the guise of "the Church" to engage in profit making ventures, yet refused to pay tax to the government like every for-profit organisation. We are in a society where NGO heads lavish organisational funds without accountability to anybody, yet these monies were donations, levies, offerings, tithes etc to the organisations for some purpose or the other. What is wrong with accountability to members and donors of organisation? Is this not a global practice? Will the Bill Gate Foundation donate money without asking for accountability?

What is wrong in clerics contributing to pension funds so as to ensure that their pension is protected by law after retirement? Won't this arrangement help junior pastors?

What exactly is wrong with the bill?

Why Redeemed Christian Church And Some Other Pentecostals?
Firstly, of all the NGOs that includes foundations, charities and Mosques, only Pastors from RCCG and some other Pentecostal Churches went to court to challenge the code. Is there something they are not telling the public? Fine, they exercised their right to challenge government policy, but judgement has been delivered, is it not appropriate to respect the decision and live with the regulation or approach a higher court to set aside the lower court's ruling? Why should Redeemed Church and some Pentecostal Christians see it as a personal battle?

With due respect to RCCG, the code was meant to apply not only to Pastor Adeboye or RCCG, but also to other religious organisations and their heads including Mosques. Making it appear like a personal war against the Redeemed Church or Christianity is improper and against the teachings of Apostle Peter in 1 Peter 2:13-17.

Christianity, The Church And Civil Authority:
1 Peter 2:13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority,
1 Peter 2:14 or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right.
1 Peter 2:17 Honor all men; love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.

That was a clear instruction to Christians by Apostle Peter. Christians have no history of resisting civil laws/codes even at the point of death during the time of the Roman rule. That was what distinguished Christians from others.

This Code is in fact aimed at sanitizing the society against abuse by so-called religious leaders and bodies. The Church must be subject to the civil authority of the State as long as it doesn't conflict with the demand of God Almighty and His Christ. This is a fact we must get used to or go to court if unsatisfied.


The Sack Of Dr Obazee Is A Bad Omen
The sack of the erstwhile boss of the FRCN may elicit cheers from religious sentimental people, but it only shows that President Buhari is leading Nigeria via sentiment and not principle. Sacking a man for doing his job after obtaining a legal victory is unfortunate and uncalled for. Appointees of government must be allowed to do their jobs without fear or favor to any group, but President Buhari and his minister of trade and investment expected appointees to only do what they ask and not what is to be done. This is unfortunate and a bad omen to leadership. Why should a policy be suspended because of a particular religion/church? Isn't the law meant to be above every individual and group? This is sad!

In conclusion, we must be aware that in sane climes like Europe, USA, UK and South Africa, such institutions (Religious and other NGOs) are well regulated, especially with respect to their finances and management. RCCG and some other churches have their branches over there and they comply with their regulations. Why should they now have problem with ours? Churches, Mosques and other NGOs are not classified under sole-proprietorship, and as such can't be said to belong to any SINGLE individual irrespective of his status or perceived status. Hence, management and finances must be regulated to reflect that.

Finally, irrespective of my Christian faith, it is my belief that sanity must be brought in our society. If Jesus could pay his tax as a male adult (according to the law) and subject himself to civil law, why not his followers?

NIGERIA CBN GOVERNOR
Gowin Emefiele was
Quoted:

“It is either I do not understand economics and
how exchange rates work or a vast majority of us Nigerians still don’t get how we have wrecked our country with our own curious choices. Just this morning, I was listening to the radio and the lady on air went on and on about how she thought CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele was incompetent and should be sacked because the Naira was now exchanging at 309 or so to the USD.
“That view pretty much echoes the sentiments
expressed by many people I know and it amazes me that there are Nigerians who actually think there is some magic POLICY that can make the Naira strong in the near term. If my economics and my understanding of the way the world works are right, then that is as far from the truth as Jesus Christ is black.
“The simple fact of the matter is that apart from
oil that accounts for over 90% of our revenues, we really don’t have much of an economy. We hardly produce anything, we import even toothpicks, so exactly what policy is going to be implemented that will turn Nigeria into a top exporting economy in the near term? Where are our Apples, IBMs, Disneys, GMs, General Electrics, Coca Colas, Empire State buildings, Statues of Liberties, Lockheeds, Citibanks, JP Morgans, ExxonMobils, NBAs, Super Bowls etc? Let me bring that closer home.
“There was a time long ago when Nigeria had a
truly strong economy and the naira was one to
the dollar – even exchanged for higher than the
USD, but that Nigeria is not this Nigeria. Sadly
that Nigeria was laid by the British, and this
Nigeria (if you don’t believe in the nonsensical
imperialist conspiracies like me) – fueled by the
DAMAGING Indigenization Decree, has been the
creation of us Nigerians.Back then we had a booming economy. We were either the top, or among the top exporters, of timbre, cocoa, groundnuts, rubber, palm oil, etc, in the world. Nigerians not only holidayed at home in their villages, at Yankari Games Reserve, at Obudu Cattle Ranch, at Oguta Lake, at Ikogosi springs, at Gurara Falls, at Mambilla Platueau, etc, we attracted international tourists who brought in loads of foreign exchange. Even Nigerian schools were foreign exchange earners because they attracted foreign students.
“We had different car assembly plants – Peugeot, Volkswagen, Anamco etc. Nigerian government officials only bought vehicles assembled in Nigeria for official cars. We had a thriving sports industry. We were not Man United or Chelsea fans, we were Rangers or IICC fans. We had the Nduka Odizors, people made money from sports. We also had companies like Lennards and Bata producing school shoes in their thousands, we had the thriving Nigerian Airways and the Aviation School in the north that produced some of the best pilots in the world. In those days if you were brilliant you were respected much more than the crass money-miss-road contractors of today.
Most of the Aje Butters I knew had fathers who
were university dons. Back then it meant
something to ‘know book’. Our textile industry
was alive and well. Just recently I watched a
news report on the textile industry in Nigeria on
CCTV News. Though the main focus was on the
comatose status of the industry, I was stunned by the gigantic Kaduna Textile Mill built in 1957. I could go on and on. “Today however, no thanks to our parents (and we must call them out the way Wole Soyinka did his generation) and many of us (and we should be remembered for failing our children if we continue like this), we have destroyed everything.
Today for instance Nigerian football (which comes easy to me obviously) doesn’t appeal to us, we have to fly across thousands of miles to watch ‘our’ clubs play. Every year we collectively burn billions of Naira being fans of clubs that give us nothing back, but some ‘entertainment value’ –simple pleasures for which we are ready to destroy the future of our children.
“Well people, payback time is here. Even with our ta-she-re money we all want to wear designer clothes and carry designer bags, Armani, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton etc. We all want to drive jeeps with American specs, our children must now school overseas and acquire the necessary accents to come back home and bamboozle their ‘bush and crass’ contemporaries that they left behind. Who holidays in Nigeria anymore, is there Disneyland here? No one buys made-in-Nigeria school bags for their children, after all no Superman or Incredible Hulk or Cinderella on them.“We are no longer top exporters of anything and the demise of oil means we have zilch… zero.
A country of 170M fashion-
conscious people has no textile industry. We take delight in showing how our made-in- Switzerland Aso Ebi is different class to everyone else’s. When we help our musicians grow and pay them millions, they repay us by immediately shipping the monies overseas to produce their “i-don-dey- different-level” music videos. It makes no difference that distinctly Zulu dancers are dancing to a Nigerian highlife song. “As stars concerned they also wed and holiday overseas to impress us all. All the musicians who acknowledge their Ajegunle roots now speak in a cocktail of strange accents to symbolise how much they have blown their monies overseas. Were we a more serious people, the highly popular Kingsway Stores of the past would probably have a thousand outlets pan Nigeria today supporting a massive agriculture industry among others, but today we have the likes of SPAR, Shoprite, dominating the retail industry while Kingsway is dead. “And we Nigerians make it a special point to shop from the Oyinbos who have ‘cleaner shops’, ‘better this and better that’. For our personal pleasure we don’t mind them dominating us in our own backyard and shipping proceeds overseas. I could go on and on, but I don tire. Even as you are reading this, stop for a moment and look around you. What you see will probably explain why we are lucky it is not N1000 to the USD yet. And don’t think for a moment that it cannot get there. “Just continue to wear your Armani gear and Swiss-made lace, continue to spend your money on Man United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Barca and encourage your children to do same. (My article tomorrow in my Saturday column in This Day is on the Nigerian champions Enyimba FC –
Nigeria’s most successful club – not having a
sponsor, yet Nigerian brands pay over N600m to
Man United and Arsenal for sponsorship to
impress us.) Ehhh, no problem, continue to tell
me the NPFL is rubbish or the clubs should clean up their act if they want sponsorship, mo gbo . “Don’t curtail your interest in choice wines ( we were the number one champagne
consumers in the world in 2015), continue to love your American specs, cheer the education ministry for letting schools sink to pitiable levels, don’t fight them to improve our schools, don’t chide them for letting schools drop Nigerian history and embrace British, America and whatever else curricular. “Carry on with your love of French wines and Chinese silk, don’t bother about Jamiu Alli when there is Roger Federer. Stock up on your Italian, American, British products which you cannot live without, including the ‘baby soft’ toilet rolls produced only in that small unique village in England – the days are long gone since you were a broke student who used wet newspapers to wipe your butt. “Don’t even consider holidaying in Nigeria, it’s too dangerous – you have to fulfill your dream of being Nigeria’s Henry Ford. Don’t listen to people like me who have a wardrobe full of only cheap adire that is actually cheaper than just one of your Tom Ford blazers. Please keep dressing in fine silk made in some exotic place so you can be addressed accordingly.
“Finally keep letting corrupt leaders who have looted your commonwealth and shipped all the monies overseas get away because to attack them does not fit your political narrative. Let us continue with the fine life, let us all continue to work for Oyinbo. But don’t forget that there is a payback time: Worth sharing again. I must equally add, there is nothing wrong in wearing designers but it's the misplaced priority over the lives of children and the economy of a whole nation. Remember that Because you can afford it, doesn't make it compulsory to have it.

Pls pass round until it sinks

rattlesnake:
ode

Mumu,he said the truth

Happy Eid Mubarak to all my Muslim brothers and Sisters in Islam

Anyone who knows Mankind then,that is real username. He used to be my pal then before he created his own website.

More success bro

jedisco:
No I don't follow world news. I think the he-goat in you can throw more light on the topic

Listen to correction,no you won't. Simple power of demand and supply to determine the price of crude oil you can't comprehend That's why most of you fail in school.

Sale of assets to remain afloat can be an option for now.The recession is real sir

Hmm

This is seriuos

The end will justify the means. No much talk

Alhamdullilah

henrydadon:
buhari and bad luck

So,it was Buhari that set the fire..

Shallow minded set of people. That is why we are not moving forward when you keep blaming Buhari for any unforeseen circumstances in the country now

The simple answer is you can get fired anytime without pay.

THE PARTY IS OVER

SIGN OF THE TIMES (PAST & PRESENT).....

BE OBJECTIVE IN READING THIS. MAYBE IT MA Y MAKE SENSE FOR ONCE

"Under President Olusegun Obasanjo, the highest price oil sold for was $60, and production was less than 2mbpd for the most part.

He parted with $12 billion to settle foreign debts, and still left FX reserves of $43 billion, out of which $9 billion was excess crude savings.

Under President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, oil went up and down, hitting $147 per barrel at some point, and sinking to $31 at its lowest.

With that, Yar’Adua raised FX reserves to $62 billion by September 2008 — the highest in our history.

This is where the Jonathan team loses the argument.

Oil sold for between $70 and $120 during his first four years in power (2010-2014) before the downward slide to $50 in 2015, when he left office.

If our reserve management was anything like what we had under Obasanjo and Yar’Adua (when, by the way, Professor Chukwuma Soludo was the CBN governor), Jonathan could have left at least $100 billion in the reserves.

If Buhari had inherited such a heft kitty, the naira would not be gasping for breath today.

Clearly, our failure to build an FX war chest in the time of plenty exposed us to the infectious diseases we are battling with today.

Why couldn’t Jonathan build robust reserves?"

-Simon Kolawole, Thisday Newspaper

Most Nigerians don't realise we've been living in The Matrix.

This subsidy removal is the red pill that may wake us up to reality.

We are poor.

We are broke.

We've been raped, pillaged, looted and left for dead.

All these years our economy has been sustained on the junk food of corruption.

We have kwashiorkor but because we look chubby we think we are healthy.

Those two bedrooms in Abuja going for N700 million. Those make up artists charging 500k and pre-wedding photo shoots for 700k. Aso ebi for 90k.

Buying Rolexes and Ferraris.

Range Rover Sport all over Lagos like keke napep.

It is all fake.

It's all a mirage.

We've all been living off the spoils of corruption.

That's why the country is so hard now. No money circulating.

Because no money to steal and rent flats and shops for girlfriends.

For civil servants to pay bogus tithes of N500k.

For senators to spray dollars at their daughters' weddings.

For Lagos BIG Boys to spend N2m every Friday night at nightclubs and AY Live & other Comedy Shows.

It's time to face reality.

The party is over. Now we may see the real Nigeria and Nigerians.

Now that money will go into our roads and bridges and hospitals.

It will benefit those who don't have a rich corrupt uncle with connections in oil and gas.

Those who can't travel to Dubai to celebrate birthdays.

Those who don't know what Coldstone ice cream tastes like.

Hopefully the Real Estate markets will surely crash.

The theives with 15 houses in Abuja FCT with uncountable fleet of luxury automobile will definitely be forced to sell them fast for cash.

I would prefer if EFCC seized and auctioned them, though.

All those in the service industry will have to revaluate their pricing.

You can't charge 500k to paint faces anymore; free money don finish.

Welcome to the REAL world.

THE PARTY TRULY IS OVER!!!

ZKOSOSO:
Am wondering what power does a mere traditional ruler that Gov. Tambuwa can dethrone at his will have to declare a national Holiday?
Don't we have FGN? Don't we have a minister of interior? Don't we have SGF?

Are we operating a Sultanate Republic of Nigeria?

Pls someone help!

Fla.t head spotted

Jazakunmu Allah khaeran

Your head dey there @ OP

Indeed a generous man

Consolation medal to redeem the lost battle