₦airaland Forum

aresa:
[s]Any government can be assessed based and conclusion reached based on sane, rational, thoughtful and reasonable examination and metrics, but your assessment and puerile conclusion was insane, irrational, thoughtless, and unreasonable and I'll tell you why.


This government is less than 1 year in office and many Government policies and programs are yet to get off the ground, ministries and agencies are yet to carry out any capital projects or programs and the National operational budget is yet to be passed.

Can they build any road or bridge without a budget?

Can they build any house or carry out any housing program promised without a budget?

Can they address our power infrastructure without any funding by the NASS?

Can they feed anybody with their feeding program without any funding?

Can they fund or carry out their transportation policies and programs without any functioning budget?

Can they carry out their education policies and programs without funding?

Can they address our deplorable health care system without funding?

So, exactly what did you assessed? A less than 1 year old government yet to be blessed with any operational budget by the National Assembly and promised programs and policies yet to be funded based on the same yet to be passed budget?

You can not assess and fail people before writing exams and in this government's case, you first have to give them the opportunity and funding to carry out their programs and policies before assessing and reaching any kind of conclusion.

Have they even finished rummaging through the ugly mess of thousands of unfunded and abandoned projects the previous government left behind?

The fact that there's pressure placed on you by the #PDPhouseOFhunger to litter the internet with your assigned daily talking points doesn't mean you have to keep insulting our intelligence with your elementary irrational, corrupt, unpatriotic, thoughtless, absurd and ridiculous assertions.

Beats me why a disgraced and discredited joker like you keep posting rubbish and trying to be taken seriously..









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stonemasonn:
Funny I kind of agree with you, though I'm a Buhari supporter

9jatriot:
[s]Every agency seem to suddenly be working in Nigeria, did they recruit new staff?[/s]

alrahmanonline:
[s]Barcanista, you're just an evil genius trying to manipulate the brain of your reader, Inside your sincere mind you know that Buhari is the best for this country, because of his doggedness and zero tolerance for corruption... Stop decieving people and say the truth as it is[/s]

disloman:
Can someone provide the link of the Lai's comment on the budget padding?We can now deduct the differences in those stories.

9jatriot:
[s]Una don commot for devaluation una don enter loan. Are you not even ashamed that you are saying that a man refused to indebt you to the tone of $30b for only $2?

In case you don't understand, are you not ashamed that we have to borrow in the first place from China, yet you are angry we are not borrowing more that is necessary because your hero is used to borrowing and squandering. This level of stupidity must be really hard work to sustain[/s].

OrlandoOwoh:
You are as confused as the writer.

fctguy:
[s]where did you see soldier in that post?
Please be careful what you post[/s]!

Progressive01:
[s]Oga leave matter for mathias. We all know the Trent for nothing but lies and divisive propaganda. That is ALL they publish. [/s]

PentiumPro:
[s]The Trent online ?
PDP owned online news medium [/s]

EgunMogaji:
I have never seen a gun in the hand of a Nigerian with the safety on.

What could have been a serious diplomatic row between Denmark and Nigeria was averted Tuesday when an operative of Nigeria’s Secret Police, the Department of State Security Services (also called DSS or SSS) accidentally discharged his weapon in the presence of the visiting Danish Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Kristian Jensen.

Jensen is currently on a working visit to Nigeria, was at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 to meet with Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. While Jensen and his entourage were passing through security clearance, a DSS official discharged his weapon.

“Immediately, there was panic and the security detail of the visiting Danish foreign minister whisked him into the toilet for safety,” a security source told The Trent.

“It was discovered that the weapon was discharged accidentally. It was a big relief for all of us present. Nigeria, certainly, missed a bullet with that one,” our source, who spoke to our reporter on condition of anonymity said.

The meeting with the Vice President later held after the matter was cleared up. Jensen led a Danish delegation to Aso Rock. The delegation included the Danish Ambassador and businessmen from Denmark.

“This is what you get when you replace highly trained DSS operatives with soldiers,” a security source familiar with the situation told The Trent that the shot was fired in the direction of the visiting foreign minister and it was fired by a soldier who had been assigned to the Presidential Villa.

“When the new president came he ordered that DSS operatives at the Villa [Aso Rock] be replaced with soldiers. This directive, led to disagreements between the President’s security detail and the DSS, there was a whole lot of back and forth and some officers were fired from the service because of it,” the source who pleaded anonymity told our report.

“DSS operatives who are assigned to protect the President are highly trained and in the history of the service, this kind of embarrassment has never happened,” our source said.

A top diplomat who confirmed this incident to The Trent said that first thing that came to his mind was the religious riots that rocked Nigeria in 2005 following publication of editorial cartoons that depicted the Prophet Muhammad in Denmark.

Violent protests broke out in Northern Nigeria following the publication of the cartoons by a Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten. Sixteen Christian were killed in Maiduguri, Borno State, churches were torched and businesses belonging to Christians were looted and burnt down by Muslim rioters.

The Danish government defended the rights of the newspaper to free speech after violent protests broke out around the world over the cartoons. “The freedom of expression has a wide scope and the Danish government has no means of influencing the press,” the Danish prime minister at the time, Anders Fogh Rasmussen wrote in response to a letter from twelve foreign ambassadors. Rasmussen later described the episode as “Denmark’s worst international relations incident since the Second World War”.

“I thought, ‘O, my God’, I hope some sleeper terrorist has not infiltrated Aso Rock and targeted the Danish foreign leader,” the diplomat who said he was not authorised to speak on the matter and as such did not wish to be named, told our reporter. “Thankfully, the minister was not harmed. Had it been otherwise, who would have believed it was an accidental discharge?”

Mr. Jensen, 44, is in Nigeria to inaugurate the new office of the Denmark Consulate-General in Lagos and and trade mission. At the ceremony on Monday in Lagos, he announced his government’s renewed commitment to strengthen strategic areas of cooperation with Nigeria “which would strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries in the years ahead”.


At the event yesterday, Denmark’s ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Torben Gettermann disclosed that the visit of the minister and Denmark’s business delegation to Nigeria was aimed at growing Danish business interests in Nigeria. He also disclosed that Danish companies had indicated interest in doing business in Nigeria.

“We know that Nigeria is a central political player in Africa.” Jensen, who is a member of the Danish Parliament said. “Denmark will, therefore, be working with Nigeria in ensuring regional stability, end conflicts, improve maritime security and counter violent extremism.”

Our request for comment on this incident to the spokesman for the DSS, Steve Okey and the spokesman for the Vice President, Laolu Akande were not replied at the time of going to press.

Update

Denmark’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Kristian Jensen has commended The Trent for our story on this incident and confirmed that indeed an accidental shot was fired in Aso Rock as reported by us. He also confirmed that the trade meeting with the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo held after the incident.

Jensen made this confirmation using micro-blogging website, Twitter where he wrote in Danish, “God historie, men faktisk et ret uskadeligt vådeskud….. Gode møder og erhvervssamarbejde #dkpol #dkbiz.” Translated to English, “Good story, but actually a pretty harmless accidental shot.. … Good meetings and business collaboration #dkpol #dkbiz.”



The Nigerian government is still yet to commented on this incident.

PentiumPro:
[s]That is the truth everyone is in the know, except of course deluded and misguided biafrans[/s]