₦airaland Forum

fulanimafia:
Papa respect your age and do the needful.

Mopol should be sent to guard him before we hear the N100 Million has miraculously disappeared with some PDP herdsmen.

#WeMustKillCorruption.

ABUJA – – NATIONAL Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Chief Olu Falae, Monday, said he would not refund the N100 million he collected from Chief Tony Anenih, which has been alleged to have come from the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki.

Chief Falae, explained that the amount was given to him for onward delivery to his party, to assist sell ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term bid, saying it was not paid through the office of the former NSA.

To this end, he has asked the government to hold Anenih, former Board of Trustees of the PDP, the source of the money rather than either himself or his party.

Speaking at a press conference, in Abuja, through the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Abdul Ahmed Isaiq, Falae insisted that his party would not return any money to the government coffers, since the money it got was neither from Col. Dasuki nor Office of the National Security Adviser.

He explained that the money was as a result of electoral alliance his party entered with the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party, to deliver the then President Goodluck Jonathan in his re-election quest.

He said those who were returning money to the government were those who got money directly from the Office of the former NSA, saying he cannot be part, since he did not get the money from Dasuki or the office he was occupying.

“In terms of refund of money, I want to say here that those people who are refunding money are those who got their money directly from the arms deal fund.

“Our fund did not come from the arms deal, our fund came from an electoral alliance with the PDP and we knew that the PDP had a fund raising committee that gathered billions of naira and PDP had been in government for 16 years.

” So, with that, we knew that the PDP had the capacity to fund the alliance that was formed with them by the SDP, he explained.

“You don’t postulate what you don’t have on the ground, you can’t build on a non foundation.

“We, as a political party knew that the PDP was a capable hand in the electoral alliance which we entered with them. And we equally knew that the PDP had a fund raising, where it generated over N20 billion down.

“So, whether the money came from Col. Sambo Dasuki or his office, is what we don’t know and it is left for them to ask Chief Tony Anenih to explain, “he added.

He emphasized:” “We knew that the PDP had been ruling Nigeria for 16 years. So, this was the basis of our electoral alliance with them.

“We can’t refund any money to anybody because the money we got as a party came because of the alliance we had with the PDP and we have the agreement note from this alliance.

“If it is possible that the money Chief Anenih gave us was from the arms deal, it is left for them to ask Chief Anenih to clarify. As far as we knew, we did not have any dealing with Dasuki.

” Our office did not ever have anything to do with the office or person of the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki. ”

Dr Abdul explained that prior to the 2015 presidential election, the SDP was approached by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP through its BOT chairman, Chief Tony Anenih, for electoral alliance for the re-election bid of the former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan

agabaI23:
My brother, it is difficult to develop selective amnesia when you don't have dementia in your lineage

modath:
Pa Falae was seriously shortchanged, he should have asked for & not settled for less than 500m but probably Papa never saw the loss coming & felt more will come by way of contracts et al!! Papa miss road patapata!!

We will treat Papa"s F up on every level! Agabalagba ti O to Ile, tifunlona!


& I love love love punchlines mehn!! satires & parodies give me so much joy as well!

I so Wish to be like those guys you mentioned someday!!!

*sidebar* How a dey try?

agabaI23:
2012 in my mind

This is exactly thought. It would have been very brutal in 2012. Market forces would have taken control by now

modath:
Get a better approach, your catalogs did you no good in the time when it really should have, now it comes across pathetic & redundant!!!! & quit that tale of you being in opposition, you are just butt hurt that your free fund stream has dried up, Pele, i empathize with you!!

Your obsession with Fashola is admirable, .... I totally get that his endorsement of Ambode was the deal breaker for that charlatan your Lagos paymasters were fronting, so you have no choice but to have so much emotional attachment to the symbol of your anguish.

Egbon Clorox, if you want the Lagoon, go and have it, all the back to back photo was an epic fail! Change ti takeover!!

Image123:
hehehehehehehe, no vex sir.

yanabasee:
How did NASS force down the Price of crude oil? And when did NASS stared making decisions for global market on crude price?

Look, The political consensus on balanced budgets risks condemning Nigerian into economic mediocrity.. This will expand our GDP by 2% making Nigeria head for a debt crisis... To answer your question to your understanding, We don't need to balance budget... It'sa had decision to make... I believe the IMF president will inculcate this into Bubu as what Canadian government passed through years back.

yanabasee:
What indictment? That the previous administration borrowed money and left about 1.5billion into the TSA and Buhari toured the world with nothing right?

From May till December, Buhari had been in possession of all the budgets made for 2015 and he had mismanaged them.... He resumed May and extracted unplan levy to revamped Aso Villa and now, he's making another budget for it.

Secondly... The FG was able to close budget with about $3.2trilion.. How did Buhari meet N1.5Billion and close with $3.2trilion? And upon this, he borrowed more $2.3tirllion for capital projects... What're the long term investment that Buhari is meaning to spend high budgets for? Oh I forgot, discovery of oil from north. #Silly!

ManirBK:
In just 7 months the controller of customs Ali has generated N903B a little short of original target of N954B for 2015. This he made known to the general public as he decorated some newly promoted senior custom officers. Ali said that by the time the restructuring going on in the service is fully ready the agency will surpassed the target and hit trillions. It is on record that under Jonathan govt, for 2014 the customs declared N162B as revenue collected and remitted only N2B to the federal account. Let me also remind us that by the time Buhari thought it wise to appoint Ali, PDP the yam eaters and their gullible sycophants engaged in wide out cry that a none serving officer is not supposed to head the customs, forgetting the wind of change. Has the appointment not justified the means now? CHANGE is what we worked and laboured for. Thank you PMB for spreading the CHANGE message. Wailers do you still say you are not seeing the change?

DaBullIT:
It is no news that the FG has suspended the payment of subsidies to private / independent marketers and the official PMS is 86.50

Although, Punch , Premium times, Sahara reporters and co confirmed that the price has been adjusted in some petrol stations at the FCT

Please suggest how to make it work all over the country, At least a suggestion can make a difference


TonyeBarcanista , Seun, IshiLove, omenka , modath, Agabai23 , Firefire , Ngeneukwenu , arresa , abduljabbar4 , thevoice , after1 ,


Honest and reasonable suggestions only

Kyase:
thevoice, keneking,madridguy,hungerbad,omenka.
not forgetting the boss mynd44

modath:
... Hope Baba will not develop stroke!!

Cc iyaiode , omenka , NgeneUkwenu , musKeeto , seunmsg , Tonyebarcanista , abduljabbar4 , thevoice , passingshot ..


Mynd44 , lalasticlala , our grandpa ate yam & only declared peels only..

serenegroup:
where is Azu working self. i do enjoy his write up whenbheveas with punch

tsdarkside:
because fraudulent nigerians who gave it to them,to save money and get some bucks....

we can tear this contract to pieces anytime...rubbish....and we dont have to pay anything.....

this is a clear invasion of our country...who the hell are this curry-bastardss giving visas into nigeria sef??.....

tsdarkside:
una see,what happens,when you trust they devil??....


i say tear the contract,and throw them out of nigeria!!!......what they want to do??...india is nothing!!!!!!....

chudionu58:
Keep quiet my friend, all my posts in this thread is to deflate the seeming praise and worship by some APC supporters in the first page, which you saw and deliberately looked the other way! #Hypocrite!!

chudionu58:
Please every government has their policy direction and consequently accept any gains or shortcomings thereof! It shouldn't be used as an excuse by their supporters to justify an indifferent performance!
Na me tell CBN make dem remove am?

AceRoyal:
APC supporters will still applaud this.....
Corruption at it's peak,selling this Country each day in bits.Our leaders APC and PDP lack true patriotism!

carinmom:
this shows that the guy didn't even read the article very well before commenting.

kITATITA:
Father Mbaka is the Oritsejafor of Buhari's administration.

chudionu58:
Thanks very much! you just took it from my mouth. They are singing praises for generating less than the previous year, also they want us to glorify the new customs boss for this figures despite coming to office in August!
APC supporters sef!

4Play:
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977 billion Naira in 2014 and 903 billion Naira in 2015. Revenues have clearly dropped and this fits in with my long-running theme that there is little evidence that revenue collection is improving now we are suppossedly in or moving towards a zero-corruption era.

An Indian firm, Continental Transfer Technique Limited, has hijacked a sensitive national security project – the Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Aliens Card – which was supposed to be managed by the Nigeria Immigration Service.

Apart from controlling the sales of the residence permits to foreigners, each of which goes for $1,000 (about N250, 000) and is valid for two years, the company has also sidelined the NIS and it is the sole manager of the project.

The CERPAC project was for the automation of the issuance of residence permit (Green card) as well as Aliens Registration (Brown card) to expatriates who are either residing or working in Nigeria or visiting for long periods (that is beyond 56 days) and seamen who stay ashore beyond 28 days.

Findings indicate that the contract was awarded to CONTEC in 1999 by the Ministry of Interior on a build-operate-and-transfer basis and it took off in May 2002 after installation of equipment and systems by the contractor.

Investigations by our correspondent indicated that the project should have been handed over to the NIS in 2006, but this was not done as the firm had refused to train immigration service officers on the nitty-gritty of the project and had been using its own workers ever since.
Apart from controlling the production of the vital security cards, CONTEC also excluded the immigration service in the sale of the security document, according to sources.

The implication of this, according to NIS officers, is that the firm can unilaterally issue the CERPAC cards to foreigners and illegal migrants who may pose a security threat to the country.

Face-off over CONTEC’s incompetency

According to the contract agreement, the company was supposed to produce 900,000 CERPAC cards at the profit-sharing formula of 60 per cent for the Federal Government, 30 per cent for CONTEC and 10 per cent for the ministry for operational expenses.

But the firm failed to meet the target as it was producing only 37,000 cards per annum instead of 300,000.

The Federal Government had attempted to take over the project in 2007 following the inability of CONTEC to meet the production targets of 300,000 residence permits and 200,000 aliens’ registration certificates annually, but the move was resisted by the firm which demanded N5bn pay off.

Minister calls for revocation of contract agreement

In 2009, the then Minister of Interior, Godwin Abe, wrote a letter to then President Umaru Yar’Adua informing him about the need to review and possibly revoke the contract with the firm.

In the letter dated February 17, 2009 and obtained by our correspondent, Abe narrated how the CERPAC project was awarded to the detriment of the nation. He stressed that those who signed the contract agreement with the firm “did a disservice to our country as it was heavily skewed in favour of Messrs CONTEC.”

Abe further explained that he arranged for a meeting with the then Attorney-General of the Federation, Michael Andoaaka, adding that he was accompanied by the Minister of State, the Permanent Secretary, Comptroller-General of Immigration and Director, Finance & Accounts and the legal adviser.

At the meeting on April 17, 2008 with CONTEC, the minister stated that the sum of N3.67bn was offered as exit option to the firm, adding that he also offered to pay off the company the sum of N1bn.

He said, “CONTEC resolutely rejected our offer and even refrained from making a counter-offer, despite promptings from the members including the representative of the Attorney-General of the Federation, to indicate what they wanted.”

In spite of Abe’s advice to the government to either review or revoke the contract, checks showed that nothing had changed as CONTEC is still in control of the project and may remain so for a long time.

A brief on the NIS presented by the CG, Immigration Service, Martin Abeshi, to the Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazzau (retd.) on November 26, 2015 indicated that the reviewed contract agreement on the project favoured CONTEC.

Code of silence

When asked for comment on the discrepancies in the project management, the spokesman for CONTEC, Tunde Ayansanwo, directed all inquiries on the project to the immigration service, stressing that it was being managed under a tripartite arrangement between the firm, the Federal Government and the immigration service.

He said, “The project is being managed under a tripartite arrangement between CONTEC, the Federal Government and the Immigration Service. So, we cannot comment on it, please direct your enquiries to the immigration service.”

The CG, Martin Abeshi, also declined to comment. He said questions on the project could best be answered by the ministry.

“I am sorry; this question can best be answered by the Ministry of Interior, not NIS please. NIS did not sign any contract with CONTEC,” he said in a text message.

The Director of Press, Ministry of Interior, Alhaji Isiaka Yusuf, in turn passed the buck to the immigration service.

Moro turns blind eye, inks new deal

Findings indicate that past interior ministers had turned blind eyes to the anomalies observed in the contract as pointed out by Abe in his letter to Yar’Adua.

For instance, rather than address the discrepancies in the CERPAC project, the immediate past Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, awarded a new project to CONTEC in which he awarded a higher percentage of the profit to the company against the Federal Government.

Investigations reveal that Moro approved the award of an e-Pass biometric project to CONTEC on behalf of the NIS without advertising it for competitive bidding in violation of the Public Procurement Act.

According to Section 17 of the Act, requests for proposal for contracts must be advertised in at least two national newspapers of general circulation and the Federal Tender’s Journal, but this was not done.

More profits for CONTEC

Moro, according to the document obtained by our correspondent, favoured the private firm in the sharing formula for the proceeds of the project which was based on Private-Public-Partnership arrangement.

Visitors who stay in the country beyond 56 days but not exceeding 90 days would pay a fee in the equivalent of $200 while 91 days to 180 days will attract a fee equivalent to $1,000 which must be paid to Sterling Bank Plc only.

According to the scheme, an aggregate stay by immigrants beyond 180 days but not exceeding 365 days would attract a fee equivalent to $2,000 while an over-stay without due permission from the Federal Government would attract a penalty which is 100 per cent of the prescribed fees.

An additional fee of N8, 000 will be charged for each application form by the receiving bank.

Parradang had, in his letter to Moro on the e-Pass project, proposed that the government should abolish the issuance of re-entry visa while adding a $100 fee to the $1,000 being charged for the Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Aliens Card.

Parradang had proposed that the service provider, CONTEC be given 15 per cent of the $100 added to the CERPAC fee while NIS collects 15 per cent.

But Moro, who signed the letter, amended the sharing formula by giving 30 per cent to the service provider against the 15 per cent suggested by the immigration service.

Security experts weigh in

A retired Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, called on the Federal Government to investigate the observed discrepancies in the management of the CERPAC project.

He warned about the security implications of allowing a foreign private firm to manage such a sensitive project which has a bearing on national security, particularly now that the country is fighting an insurgency.

Tsav said, “The Federal Government must direct the company to hand over the project to the immigration service immediately given the security implications; allowing a private foreign company to handle such a sensitive national project have serious consequences because they could bring in anybody into the country.

“They can use the alien cards for diabolical purposes just like the way Nnamdi Kanu brought in transmitters for his Radio Biafra project. The government needs to find out the people behind the company.”

chaloner:
no the thieves we have is 98% fron north. Thanks

obailala:
On the contrary, Buhari is the king of the North, he appoints only northerners, develops only the north and fights crime only in the north by arresting only northern thieves. The plan is to rid only the north of thieves even whilst he leaves the southern thieves to roam about freely causing more havoc to their people. Buhari is evil! We will not take it!