₦airaland Forum

solomon111: proof of tinubu's corruption?
Lol.

solomon111: But you won't advise caution if it was ACN making the accusation.
I am sure ,you would have ran with it.

Maxymilliano: But why trying to bring PDP into the picture even when there was no mention of the party in the original post? This news was reported and published by The Will, and if you must know, it was this same media that first came out with a COUNTER report to PM News story on the alleged arrest of the wife of the Oyo State governor in the UK. This much can be confirmed from the thread, so rather than coming up with unfounded theories, the story should be treated on its merit.

Katsumoto: I actually believe that Nigeria should devolve power from the center towards the regions but some folks managed to turn this into a region vs region issue.

Katsumoto: Ndigbo Should Get New State & Fulfillment Of Jonathan’s Promises First, Or… – Dr Dozie Ikedife, Ohaneze Chief

http://247ureports.com/south-east-should-get-new-state-and-fulfillment-of-jonathan-2011-promises-first-or-dr-dozie-ikedife-ohaneze-chief/


How can an organisation be asking for regional autonomy and state creation at the same time? Does it not amount to not knowing what to ask for? If you get federalism, then state creation becomes irrelevant. But as long as you ask for state creation and those in Abuja agree to it, in a bid to avoid devolving power, then your primary and more important proposal becomes redundant.

Is the PDP not pushing ahead with state creation simply becomes it wants to defeat the agitation for federalism?

taharqa: I dont know, you tell or explain to me. I actuali hv an open mind on dis issue, and am only interestd in d solutn.... By d way, d reason mostly given for the private investors not been able to build refineries (including d IOCs) who hv bn given licenses for more than 8 yrs is cos of d regulatd environment. But i wud want to hear alternatives though

taharqa: The US has 1500 refineries you say, but do you know that the US downstream is fully deregulatd and hv been so for a looong time? Do you think they wud hv that sucessful if they didnt hv a deregulatd economy? Can we ever be as successful if we still hv a regulatd one? QUESTIONS needing answers.... Sm good points you made though

taharqa: Plz @take dat, for God's sake stop inputting things that arent there just cos u want to push yr viewpoint or agenda. The committee neva said that sm of the data/info they usd were inconclusive/unverified cos sm govt agencies stalld d findings, but they stated unambigiously in dat 'Disclaimer' letter that they didnt hv enough time to do their work (which is curious cos in leaking d report they gave d impression that d report was 'final', which was also frankly d DECEPTIVE word Ribadu usd when submitting d report which we now know to be false). This report that is even not saying more than we already knew: the oil industry has been inefficient, wasteful and corrupt for decades, and making Recommendations which are mostly already in d critical PIB bill presently in d NA, has been shamelessly POLITICIZE; and it is such a shame that many ppl hv playd alone.... By d way, talking about Agbakoba plz go to Punchonline to read an article about his views on d committee he servd in and what he thinks of its current politisatn; also in d same Punch, try reading anoda article by d ACN on how they are changing their original tone on d report and really realising that the Propaganda they initially pushd is failing. Anoda article yterday on The Nation also showd that d report actuali exoneratd NNPC from under-reporting crude oil sales in at least recent yrs (even though they are oda infractures d NNPC has been involvd in). I will post these 3 articles once I get a hold of my laptop..... The point really is that if we left d silly urge to politicize d report and focusd on real issues like finding out what really went wrong with d sector for decades and then trying to find a SOLUTION to it, we may hv been doing d sensible thing; we may start d Solution making by resolving to push d PIB bill tru d NA this time around

nija80: This where i dont understand Nigeria and Nigerians.NNPC is a player in both the upstream and downstream sector and not a regulator.Your post says NNPC official and your write-up says PPRA.NNPC is different from PPRA and vice versa.so if you want to blame anyone about fuel availability it is PPRA and DPR and not NNPC.As per the PPRA official,if its ever true,he is on his own,the problems are being tackled.it easy for you guys to stay on your sytem and write all sort of rubish about why and what is the cause of fuel scarcity.people are working their life away under very terrible condition to make sure these things are sorted out.life are been lost on a daily basis to vandals and briefcase middle men by this same NNPC that Nigerians think are not doing anything.problem they this country,what is on ground is more than NNPC we are need to fight it together.

citizenisb: Despite concerted efforts of the Federal Government, through the military operations of the Joint Task Force (JTF), otherwise known as “Operation Pulo Shield,” in the heart of the Niger Delta, influential multi-billionaires, who, for decades, have been funding illegal oil bunkering and local refineries are scaling up their cartel to steal the nation’s crude and refined oil in the creeks of the South-South

Sunday Tribune exclusive investigation indicated that most of the suspects arrested by the JTF in the ongoing battle to checkmate siphoning of oil along the coast line and in some oil producing communities located in Bayelsa, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Edo states are foot soldiers of powerful barons who actually play behind-the-scene role to sustain illegal bunkering trade in the Niger Delta.

However, majority of the suspects often find their way out of police cells after they must have been handed over by the JTF for prosecution, a development that makes it easier for them to return to the creeks to further perpetrate stealing of oil through ruptured pipelines and abandoned well heads.

http://tribune.com.ng/sun/news/8778-how-oil-thieves-feed-fat-on-nations-crude-why-oil-theft-illegal-refining-are-unstoppable