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baralatie:
I hope you can see the problems coming into limelight!

PapaBrowne:
I like the Cross River guy. He is a visioneer and wise beyond measure. He went all out to get Buhari to commission, not because of the road itself but because if the seaport must fly, the Feds must first approve.

And more importantly, I like the picture. In this picture is a PDP Governor and an APC President.

Against all odds, they have shelved partisanship and upheld development.

Many APC fellas would hate this picture or would start dreaming that Ayade would decamp to APC.
MANY PDP fellas would also wonder why one of their best materials is associating brazenly with Buhari.

Well truth is, true development minded fellas understanding that getting all the collaboration you need would serve your best interests.


Once again, big kudos to the Ben Ayade, the CRS Governor. A truly digital road. I'm impressed. Cross River always produces woulderful governors. Remember Donald Duke??

Ofunaofu:
its one thing to kick start a project, its entirely another thing to finish it. I pray that this project come to completion and also at record time

baralatie:
now you asked a good question?
a 260km to be completed in how many years,I don't see it finished because of the issues of road construction hitches that is involved.

well all the same good luck to the contractor!

Ghandi12:
Some clarifications:

Is this State sponsored or Federal government sponsored? Or is it a joint-venture?

iconaus:
Baba go slow will do this very fast because it is a road that connects to the north through which the north will use to Invade the South South quickly

The Nigerian Army has set up a high-powered board of inquiry to probe alleged malpractices by its personnel in the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States in 2014.

The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in an electronic mail on Monday that the panel was also mandated to probe allegations of misconduct against Army personnel in some states during the 2015 General elections. He said that the board was also given the mandate to review the roles played by the formations and units of the Army in the last elections and other operations in the country.

Usman added that the Army authorities decided to set up the panel as part of the efforts to prevent instances of unprofessional conduct by its personnel in the future. He said, “The Nigerian Army has set up a high-powered board of inquiry to investigate among other things alleged malpractices and involvement of its personnel in Ekiti and Osun States governorship elections in 2014.
“The BOI is to investigate the alleged unprofessional and unethical conduct of some Nigerian Army personnel in Ekiti and Osun States’ Gubernatorial Elections 2014, as well as in any other State in Nigeria where other allegations of misconduct were made during the 2015 general elections.
“As part of its terms of reference, the BOI is to also review the involvement of the Nigerian Army formations/units and its personnel in elections and other duties in aid to civil authority.

“The essence of the Board is to prevent future unprofessional conduct by officers and men in the performance of their constitutional roles while strengthening Nigerian Army’s support to democratic values and structures in Nigeria.” Meanwhile, the Army has called on the international community to prevail of the members of the Boko Haram Sect to renounce their membership of the sect and desist from acts of terrorism.
Usman, who made the call in another statement, warned the terrorists to surrender in order to avoid serious military action.
He warned that the Army was aware of all their hideouts and had closed in on them.
The Acting Army Spokesman also urged the insurgents to release the Chibok girls and other captives in their custody unconditionally.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is currently intervening in the seeming crisis rocking the power sector in order to prevent the declaration of force majeure by electricity distribution companies that are seriously agitating for an increase in tariff.

Chief executive officers of power distribution companies as well as the executive director of the Association of National Electricity Distributors confirmed to our correspondent that some of the Discos had declared force majeure because they had been incurring losses since they took over the power firms.

The losses, according to them, are mainly because the current electricity tariff approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission is not cost-reflective, a development that has impacted negatively on their operations.

A force majeure is a common clause in contracts that essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control of the parties prevents one or both parties from fulfilling their obligations under the contract.

In July, the Federal Government took over the Yola Electricity Distribution Company following the declaration of force majeure by the core investor in the firm, Integrated Energy Distribution and Marketing Company.

The Executive Director, ANED, Mr. Sunday Oduntan, told our correspondent that Osinbajo was intervening in the issue, stressing that the Discos had threatened to declare force majeure if the power regulator failed to consider a cost-reflective tariff for them.

He said, “The vice president is helping us on this issue. He is intervening and trying to get things done properly, and I believe this government is serious to ensure that there is power supply. The only thing is that all other stakeholders, particularly NERC, should get their acts together and know what they are doing, because presently, it is like the commission does not know what it is doing.

“All we want is a cost-reflective tariff. Our people should realise that we need a cost-reflective tariff or else this industry will die. It is not primarily about tariff increase, but all we are saying is that the tariff should be cost-reflective or else this industry will collapse.”

Last week, The PUNCH had exclusively reported that the power firms had sought an increase in tariff by an average of 49.4 per cent, as they intensified their demand for a cost-reflective tariff structure. NERC, however, stated that it would review their demands thoroughly before approving any of the requests for tariff increase.
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The Chief Executive Officer, Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, Mr. Neil Croucher, told our correspondent that although the threat by some Discos to declare force majeure was a bump on the path of the privatised power sector, the current intervention by the vice president was actually calming frayed nerves.

He said, “With Yola, it was a special case and a bit different to what other Discos are experiencing. I believe it is quite some of the bumps on the road that we experience in the business. However, you are actually right, there were a number of Discos that did give notices of force majeure events, but I believe that the manner in which the government has been addressing that issue has been totally appropriate.

“The vice president himself has given wonderful guidelines and I’m very confident that this one bump on the road will be smoothened out and the process can’t fail. The Discos felt that we had deviated from what was originally intended and presented in the information memorandum that was given to bidders and we have deviated from the transaction agreements.

“And we felt that we needed to realign the process, but I believe the government’s reaction has been totally appropriate and I’m confident that if we are not back on course yet, we will be back on course soon.”

modath:
Moz & Moremi repping

Wo tun ti de oooo, awon yori yori...

ShowYourCertificate:
You made so many assumptions in this post of yours. And they are all false.

ShowYourCertificate:
Bros we are in the present. Get used to the fact that GEJ is no longer your president hence not answerable to you. Hold the Duarian Dullard accountable for all your sufferings. He's your president.

I created this moniker during the election period thus you won't see any post where I blamed GEJ in the past. But I did. Though it's past tense now and no longer relevant as he's no longer accountable to me.

ShowYourCertificate:
When GEJ was in power, I blamed him. If GEJ were in power now I'll still blame him. But fortunately he's not. So I'll keep on blaming the daurian dullard

ShowYourCertificate:
Who told you I won't blame GEJ? You think I'm biased like you? God forbid!

OZAOEKPE:
So you be Gbawe...... #strong face

ShowYourCertificate:
It's a federal road so don't blame the state government alone, blame the federal government as well.........biased fellow.

ShowYourCertificate:
It is a big failure on Buhari's government if he fails to fix that road. That road has economic value to the nation. It's only a dullard that don't know this for a fact.

omenka:
PDP's in for a VERY LONG thing!! Any politically savvy observer would understand PDP's already lost Ekweremadu from this.

TRUTHTOPOWER:
British Ministers are career politicians. so it is in every parliamentary system. this never detracts from the ability to carry out reforms. Hillary Clinton, Obama, kerry, et al are all politicians and these never undermined their ability to carry out reforms. it is thus uncharitable to suggest that African politicians are incapable of carrying out reforms.

In the colonial era, Chief Awolowo as a politician surpassed the European technocracts sent to Nigeria in terms of ingenuity. In fact they despised Awo for referring to them as mediocre technocrats.

dearpreye:
Yes. Indeed, they're fulfilled and very brilliant men. I admire their intelligence to no end.

Chubhie:
Don Lucchesi: Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing
when to pull the trigger.

SenseiX:
I'm thinking he might end up with Culture and Tourism, a role historically occupied by people from the Cross River/Akwa Ibom axis

omenka:
Me too. I just feel they are both dangerously witty.

SenseiX:
Amina Mohammed will head National Planning, Kemi is set for Trade and Investment.