lalalasticlala, mydn44

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari today foreclosed any chance for a referendum as a path to bring healing and closure to the vexing issue of Biafra.


He made the statement during a media event in New York City at the end of his
visit to the United States as the leader of Nigeria's delegation to the 71th United
Nations' General Assembly.

The president stated that the
choice left for Biafran activists is to form a political party that would advance
their interest within the Nigerian democratic space.

The president’s advice to Biafrans activists came a day after commercial activities in some key cities in the South East, and South-South of Nigeria were grounded following a stay at home order from the Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB ). There were also protests in various cities around the world by Biafran activists demanding the release from prison of IPOB's leader, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu.
In recent past, the president had been dismissive of Biafran agitators as kids who did not see the Biafra-Nigeria Civil War.

A few weeks ago, while speaking to Youth Corp members who visited him at his country home in Daura, the president pressed on them to ask their friends to forget Biafra.

Mr. Buhari also used the opportunity offered by the media event to outline the accomplishments of his trip to the General Assembly. He stated that Nigeria was well
represented at various meetings held as part of the General Assembly. President Buhari talked about Nigeria's signing of the Paris Climate Change Accord and progress made at the Chad Basin conference. He announced that the US and the UK pledged over $300 million dollars to support the efforts of his
government.


Media personnel at the event were disappointed that the president was not going to take questions from the media despite the event being tagged a press conference. At the insistence of SaharaTV's Adeola Fayehun, the president reconsidered the position and took just three questions. He also granted a ten-
minute interview to the Hausa Service of the Voice of America.


Accompanying the president to the
event were the governors of Lagos and Zamfara states. Other government officials present were ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice, Defence, Internal Affairs and other top government officials. Buhari departed New York for Abuja after the press conference.

http://saharareporters.com/2016/09/24/no-referendum-biafra-president-buhari

Rilwayne001:



Liar! Where are you getting the idea of low cut off for Southwest candidates from? Did they even release any cut off? So you want to tell me that no Southwest candidate applied for admission there or that non of them met the alleged low cut off?

Yeah, so much for one Nigeria indeed..

Lol..no need of replying you again. But let me just give you a hint beçause I know that you have not beeñ to the east.

When I got admission to study law in UNN, çut off Mark for states differed. 272 for Enugu indiģenes, 272 for Anambra, etc then 241 for kogi, 245 for Ekiti, etç

This made it possible for two persons from north to be in my clàss, nobody from the west.

The truth is that nobody from the west wants to stay in the east. They would rather remaiñ in their states while shouting that the south east isn't friendly.

Rilwayne001:
See as only SS/SE names full the list
Is this really merit list or catchment list

How many people from Yorubaland would want to study in the east? Although the cut off marks for the south west and the north àre always very ĺow just to encourage them to çome to UNN, they still have this bias and hatred for the east.

so much so for one Nigeria.

Lalasticlala

mynd44

JixNation:
why is the thread skewed to the left??

fixed.

xreal:
Afterall he is qualified and was serving in the same agency (NIMASA) before now.

I wish him the best in his new appointment.

Why appoint a junior?
The same government applies different rules to different people. did you not read this part:
Based on
fairness to official hierarchy
which was applied to oust a
former Executive Director,
Mr. Callistus Nwabueze Obi in
favour of Mr. Haruna Jauro
who was a NIMASA acting DG
for 72 hours after his former
boss (DG) was sacked, Mr
Jamoh should not have been
elevated to this position.[b][quote author=xreal post=49457708]Afterall he is qualified and was serving in the same agency (NIMASA) before now.

The Federal Government a few weeks back, on recommendation by the Minister of Transport appointed the following Executive Directors; Mr. Bashir Yusuf Jamoh is the Executive Director Finance and Administration, Mr. Joseph Oluwarotimi Fashakin is the Executive Director, Maritime Safety and Shipping Development while Mr. Gambo Ahmed is the Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services.


The Executive Director Finance and Administration, Mr. Bashir Yusuf Jamoh is
the son-inlaw to President Mohammadu Buhari. Until his appointment, he was an
Assistant Director in NIMASA in charge of Training and Development. He had served
in the Kaduna State government before
transferring his services to the then National Maritime Authority (NMA) in 1994. Jamoh also holds a Master’s
degree in Management from the Korea Maritime and Ocean University, with a
Diploma in Accounting from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.


Mr. Jamoh an Assistant Director is being elevated to an Executive Director, ahead
of his superiors, which goes contrary to Nigerian civil services guidelines. Some may say that this was a political
appointment but Mr Jamoh never resigned from NIMASA before being elevated to his
new position. Based on fairness to official hierarchy which was applied to oust a
former Executive Director, Mr. Callistus Nwabueze Obi in favour of Mr. Haruna Jauro who was a NIMASA acting DG for 72 hours after his former boss (DG) was sacked, Mr Jamoh should not have been
elevated to this position. His appointment above his superiors is a major
disregard to due process.


Obviously you don’t expect a director to take directives from a one time subordinate. This type of appointment
breeds bad blood and puts a clog in the wheels of operations and administrative
duties. In fact I am compelled to believe he was appointed because he is a
son- inlaw to President Mohammadu Buhari, being married to his daughter. This is a deceitful and improper
appointment.


Another ED appointee, Mr. Joseph Oluwarotimi Fashakin, is a well-known APC
mouthpiece as they sought for this change agenda and quite vocal to say the least. He is the Executive Director
in charge of Maritime Safety and Shipping Development. He is a Telecommunication
Engineer having graduated from the University of Ife with a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Mr. Fashakin is a career telecommunication engineer and his appointment gratifies the saying that
states ‘putting a square peg in a round hole’! He is versed in his qualifications cum experience albeit in the
communication sector and one wonders why he was not appointed into the Nigerian Communication Commission,
(NCC) or even the Nigerian broadcasting Commission (NBC) where his experience
will be brought to bear and well appreciated. What does Mr. Fashakin bring to the table as far as Maritime Safety and Shipping Development are concerned?


Finally, the third appointee, Mr. Gambo Ahmed, the Executive Director of
Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services holds a Bachelor’s degree in (Business Administration) Actuarial Science from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and a Masters in Banking and Finance from
the Bayero University, Kano. Mr. Gambo has spent a number of years of his career
in the financial sector. If common sense had prevailed in this process, he should
have been assigned to Mr. Jamoh’s portfolio of finance and administration or better still sent to the Nigerian
Stock Exchange (NSE) where his wealth of experience in the sector would be well
appreciated. At a time when our economy is in dire straits, he should have been
able to introduce innovative concepts and ideas to the nation’s stock exchange
market and by so doing set a pathway to revamping our ailing economy. These
appointments are truly lopsided and unthoughtful for NIMASA’s progress.


FROM kABIRU ISSAH, IN THIS DAY


http://abujareporters.com.ng/buharis-appoints-son-in-law-bashir-jamoh-with-diploma-in-accounting-as-executive-director-finance-in-nimasa-ahead-of-superiors/

http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/09/05/nimasas-executive-directors-assume-duty/

Lol...The way Airtel disturb their customers is annoying.

They will call you up to twenty times in a day and send you numerous nonsense texts.

Thank God for true caller, it helps me block those annoying calls.

It is very disheartening indeed. The amount a corps member spends on transportation in Rivers State is more than 8000 in a month, just to go to their PPA.

The Gov raised the hope of these corps members and now he is reneging on his Promise. I don't want to believe that he made that promise just to score some cheap political gains.

To think that Enugu State pays corps members #10000 per month and an oil rich state like Rivers State pays nothing, is disheartening.

One donald1111 is busy ranting that the Corp members should leave the governor alone and go and work for money. Does he know that 98 percent of Corp members in Rivers State are posted to government schools where they have to go to school almost on a daily basis? Do you know how many of them that have been issued query for missing CDS?

The annoying part is the level of insecurity in Rivers. The way Corp members are robbed is not fair. A friend told me how his phone was stolen and after one month of buying a new one, he was accosted by three men who slapped him and collected the new phone.

Amaechi stopped this payment when he was governor because of the issues he had with Jonathan and the fact that he needed money to sponsor Buhari. And now Wike wants to follow that wicked line.

The love I have for Wike will die a natural death if he doesn't fulfill his Promise.

NYSC does not serve any useful purpose. It should be scrapped.