Johnken1234:
Are you saying after almost Six months in the office,these offices don't have Mr President portrait in their various offices

These are mostly reports for Q3 2023, not next year's budget.

All the news you have been reading about Lagos, Abia, or Osun, are all for expenditure already made withing a 3month period of Q3 2023.

It is the 2023 budget performance that is being reviewed for different quarters that is already concluded for this year.

Eriokanmi:
How much did you just call one portrait 😀. Abeg stop. The ones sold in traffic for 8k is much better

That one no be corporate price naa.

There will always be markup price and also to be provided by a registered company who have a business to run and staff to pay.

Even the little work hand tools and safety gear used in engineering companies, get supplied at almost double the price by their licensed suppliers.

The point I am trying to make is that if it was even as high as N100k, does the state need 731 copies of the portrait to put in their offices all over the state and each local government?

This is not good.

It is both serious and ridiculous.

Except he will "explain" also.

Eriokanmi:
Just yesterday, amid economic crisis, Sanwo-Olu approved N73.1m for Tinubu's portrait, N44m for vegetables. What's in portrait to cost so much?

That has to be the official portrait of the President that will be put in all the Lagos State Government offices.

It certainly is not for 1 portrait as there is need for many portraits, but the number is not disclosed I reckon, so we cannot say if the cost is justified.

At an exorbitant but corporate rate of N100k per portrait, that will be 731 portraits.

You will see Tinubu everywhere you go, so your hope can be renewed on a steady.

This one need to be locked up for good.

I supported you to fight corruption and bring about efficiency in the civil service and political service.

You failed on those 2 counts.

You and your team did not have the capacity to deliver on those 2 key interests of mine.

tollyboy5:

That justify the extravagant spending of 200million naira for court case?

Who was he defending? sanwo-olu or Lagos state?
All the enemies of Lagos pretending to love Lagos in the name of "Yoruba" they'll meet urgent resistance from sane minds

Go and ask lawyers how much they collect.

You think Ozekhome collects chicken change from PDP and LP?

Or you think all the top SANs like Wole Olanipekun would even collect N50m peanuts for their briefs?

Didn't PDP pay Afe Babalola about N150m in the mid 2000s just to sign document during the Obasanjo regime?

Stop talking like someone sunk in poverty and ignorance.

GRV keeps disgracing himself.

jamesversion:



The court said he sexually molested the girls by fingering them, and you claimed he raped them. You read one thing and write another thing.

If you a student and was asked to make a review of what he read, na zero I go give you.

That fellow is too emotional to be a relevant witness or judge in such matters.

He/She has implied in his/her own comments what was not implied in the comments quoted, and has even invented a crime that was not disclosed in the news report.

luminouz:


E pain you reach like this?

This is what happens when you are more emotional than logical. That dude made a very balanced post based on the report but you just jumped outta nowhere and started lambasting him and cursing him. Whatever points you had to make became diluted by your emotional outbursts and frankly no one cares about your point anymore.

Will you calm dafuq down and read what he wrote again? Why would you think he supported rape?

It is unfortunate that because I asked what the report did not disclose about the other evidence as mentioned by the judge, that made the accusation very air tight besides the word of the victims, is why that fellow is going off on a tangential.

Such people are so emotional that they are so quick to dispense justice by even aiding the very criminal who might be at the background pointing fingers at the innocent.

PHAYOL81:


This epistle of yours looks defensive against the judgement and the children cum victims. It is very unnecessary and UNFORTUNATE

It is not defensive, but takes a very broader look at this crime.

Was there really a crime?

Was the crime possibly staged?

If indeed there was a crime, was the accused the actual culprit?

As much as children are innocent, they are also very programmable by adults and used as a weapon against another unsuspecting adult.

Having witnessed things around me and read up on news around the world on same and similar topic, I have made my advise to men who are both guilty and innocent.

And the guilty and innocent can easily switch places as regards this crime, just by the very accusation of it.

Even the guilty can spearhead the accusation against the innocent, and justice eventually denied to both the actual victim and the accused.

epainos:

You are definitely sick also. What on earth will make 6 to 11 years old girls sexually attractive to a 65 years old man if not that he is sick. And you also ....you are sick.


This confirms you are not well. What kind of testimony do you really need to hear from these young girls. Instead of this werey to advocate for protecting the girls, he wants to hear their testimony. Werey! Oh..you want to hear their testimony so you can change your tactics....goodness God! Chai! Many are sick oooo.


Check yourself well. You are a candidate. Take to your advice before it is too late. It is written all over this post of yours.


Now I know you are a pedophile. Werey plenty in this Naija ooo. A 65 years old man raped 6 and 11 yrs old girl and this one is talking about the accused being innocent. Madness dey ooo.

Chai.

Trust me...you will enter jail too. Mark my words. And it will be soonest..

Where in my previous opinion did I discuss anything about sexual attraction or claimed anyone seduced the other?

Anybody guilty or innocent can enter jail.

You only need to be accused without any proper alibi to your defence and that is all.

And even more so when those responsible for adjudicating are as emotional and sentimental as you are.

It is a shame that all you could extract from my warnings and condemnation, is that I questioned what evidence besides the allegations of the victims, decided the case against the accused.

Learn from the words of wisdom as I have posited or continue to put yourself in a position were accusation can easily be made against you even when you are innocent.

I have directly witnessed how 11yr old girls in school accused their own male classmates of all sorts.

If the teachers were like you, the innocent young boys would have been damaged for life because in your opinion, the 11yr old girls are too innocent to come up with such a grand scheme as they did.

Even you as a male or female parent of those boys would have contributed to their damage, and begging them to own up to their crimes

The truth came out eventually by a last minute mistake made by the accusers, and the punishment of expulsion already reserved for the boys as the victory the "innocent" girls wanted over some other issues they had with the boys, became the reward the girls received for having such a wickedly creative mind.

As an adult male, learn to stay away from young kids who are not your relation. As in, never let them into any house or room you occupy.

Most especially as a landlord, avoid the kids of your tenants, especially that tenant who is not ready for peace in the house. Never be found helping the children with any task or assignment.

I would like to know what the prosecution proved with the testimony of the children.

As for those who cannot live their lives without a pedophile perversion, better you send yourselves on exile before your crimes would send you to captivity.

Lastly, parents should be very mindful of who and where their children have access to.

There is no innocence in this world anymore. Both the accused and the accuser can easily be the victim of each other.

Even an actual pedophile can program his victims to accuse another innocent fellow of his own crimes.

Ttalk:



Because the state and Nass legislators passes these budget doesn't makes it right.

The em budgets of the entire states and FG in Nigeria are rotten and something must be done quickly to correct these open brazen and sheer shenanigans that the budget office has turned budgetary exercise into.

Tinubu personally spoke about correcting the nation's budgetary system and we are keenly looking forward to seeing him work in that direction.

Defending state or FG budget as rising presently designed is not patriotic

But did you see the defence that has been put up by the Abia State Government, that many state agencies are captured under the government House, hence the seemingly outrageous amount for anything listed as for the Governor?

So my argument is still right that misinformation plays a great deal in the criticisms we make in our politics.

Which faction is he addressing?

If you think Obaseki would let LP breathe in Edo, then you must be blind to the character he has shown when dealing with his deputy.

LP need a victory somewhere, anywhere, to show that they should be taken seriously.

Unfortunately, what Gov Peter Obi used to do to Labour Party when he was the Godfather of APGA, is what the Labour Party would still face in Edo State.

Peter Obi knew the power he had and exploited as Governor and state Godfather, that was why he was begging Wike to let LP take Rivers while he would sacrifice the Labour Party gubernatorial candidate without even consulting her on her sick bed.

That is the same power Obaseki has been showing and would show Abure and Labour Party.

No politician in Nigeria who has held power and won re-election, is a saint.

PDP, APC, LP, Nigerians.

All the same.

Obaofpigs:
They are explaining, which shows accountability.

Who will explain for Sanwolu Fan and perfume?

They can't because they have been paid to be Idiots.

They will explain too.

Is it ever hard to explain?

Will the explanation from the Lagos State Government not show accountability too as you have accepted it from Otti?

Are you not the very idiot you are projecting towards others?

You are the very idiot of the Abia State explanation, while others would be the idiots of the Lagos State explanation.

Then the cycle continues for the budget of 2025.

I said it would be justified.

Abia State has set the standard of explanation for all the other state governments.

All the agencies of the government are under the budget of the government House.


We continue again with 2025 budget, when we ignorantly or partisanly criticize, and those in power "explain".

What is evident is that budgeting should not be worded like shorthand.

Implicit details should be made explicit for every illiterate to understand so they do not waste their energy criticising.

N3b to purchase rechargeable fans because the previous ones are all faulty and these ones would be for the whole Alausa Secretariat?

AncientAlien:
Pls let bash Sanwo aswell if this is true. We shouldn't be bias if we really want any tangible development

Exactly!

Brendaniel:


You don't still get my point, you cannot judge her character on such matters till she gets to such kind of position, so you cannot criticize her or do you have any example to give about her on such matters even if it has to with just handling her family's finances, if you don't then don't judge her, you can speak for your self ...

You are failing to see that there is a pattern here that goes beyond age bracket, gender, faith, or political association.

Why does this pattern continue to perpetuate?

If Peter Obi had won and was in power during this turbulent start to a new regime, Tinubu would have told us how he would have done things better.

If only Buhari was elected as President, he would have dealt seriously with kwarruption. Guess what? Buhari was indeed President for 8yrs and corruption stood gallantly and was even asking "which Presidency?"

So don't be too concerned about the personalities, but the cycle that seem to continue unabated, and the protest of innocence from those in position of power.

Brendaniel:


Till She gets there you cannot judge her, it is like you sentencing a man for stealing because he criticized another man for stealing on the grounds that he will also likely steal if he had the opportunity like the other man....

Note that this matter is not about stealing which is an actual crime, but about what is moral even when it is completely legal.

It was not illegal for Buhari to travel abroad for healthcare as Nigerian President, but it was a moral burden owing to the fact that he fiercely criticized previous Presidents for doing same.

Whatever Otti is spending is not a crime as long as it has been budgeted for and within the limits of that budget. The same budget was already reviewed by the legislature to determine the merits or otherwise, and a final and likely adjusted document was approved.

What I am saying about Aisha, and you, and me, is that what we have criticized as laymen, we would also be criticized for same or similar when we join the clergy.

Goodoldays:



This is an excellent view point and I understand you fully well

But when things like this arise we need to criticize them,put pressure on them to explain this things we that are not in the system do not understand about this expenditures.That’s the beauty of democracy and I’m sure he is already working on an explanation.That too is accountability

Certainly, he will provide an explanation that will not reduce the amount and would not assuage the anger of those who think such amount is not justified.

I have no particular love or hate for Gov Otti, but I have over many disappointments from the political leadership, realise that sometimes we the followers are not informed enough to make a rational objection or counter claim to what we oppose.

Maybe it is something that political scientists and sociologists need to ponder upon.

Why do we always feel the next set failed us after they had joined us to criticise the previous set?

And in all cases, each set swore that they never betrayed us.

Would you and I also been seen as traitors to those who remain behind waiting for their own turn to betray?

Brendaniel:


Explain please....

I have completed my statement in that post.

And my opinion stems from the fact that I am also a critic who has found disappointment with other critics who finally got to high position, only to perpetuate the very thing they critiqued when they were laymen.

What then is my own fate when I find myself in position of power?

Brendaniel:


Must you guys always support unaccountability by leaders in government, even me an LP supporter is in support of what she is doing, na wa for una...

It is good he is criticized, if we are all holding those we support into office for accountability, Nigeria will move forward.

But when you shield them like APC supporters do for their leaders then impunity becomes the order

At what iteration of this cycle would you realise that something else we have not accounted for as laymen is at play?

Is it when Aisha gets to power and you criticize her own spending, only for you forming saint now to get to power, then I criticize your own spending which you would defend as would Aisha defend hers, just as Otti would also defend his own now, just as as Ikpeazu defended his own?

I ask again, until what iteration do we take a more critical and educated look at matters we criticize that is outside of our competencies?

I can wager all my savings that Aisha would get to such a role and her "meal budget" would surpass what she criticized.

Something that we are yet to properly grasp is the root cause of our misunderstanding or our misinformation, leading to criticisms and false standards that we ourselves cannot hold up to when we get to power.

I posit again like I always do.

The state and national assemblies whose responsibility it is to audit the respective state and national budgets, already found nothing wrong with the legally appropriated amount, either as the original amount that was presented to them, or the final amount that they reduced it to in the discharge of their duties.

Yet the layman on the street still finds an uneducated reason to think the amount is not justified.

Maybe the question you all need to ask is if indeed such expenditure is justified, but the title or wording in the budget and cost reports do not do justice to the full scope of what it covers.

What I am saying is that Aisha and all those who spend all of their time criticising, oneday find themselves in power, and their so called "feeding budget" is also in the billions too.

Then something is fundamentally wrong with what we know, what we are told, and what we criticise, only to get to power and realise we have only been criticising like illiterates and beer parlour analysts.

Didn't Buhari insist there was nothing like subsidy before he got to power and continued paying it?

Didn't Fashola insist that a serious government would solve power problems in 6months like Bola Ige also claimed in 1999, only for both to fail in that very portfolio despite spending beyond 6months as the Minister in charge?

Did Tinubu's aide and now Minister, Dele Alake, and his current media aide Bayo Onanuga, not claim that a serious government did not need more than 1month to nominate Ministers? Are we unaware of how the Tinubu Presidency managed to beat the 60days deadline set by Buhari, by presenting incomplete list of nominees?

So we have seen old governments fail, and have also seen the erstwhile critics even fail the more when saddled with the responsibility they yearned for.

It is time we cool off on the illiterate criticisms and outlandish expectations that Rome must be built in a day, even when the bricks and the Masons are yet to be provided.

Ttipsy:
who presidency help ??
Your level of reason is laughable

It is your own unsteady reasoning that is partisan and laughable.

Who LP Governor help??

It is time uninformed Nigerians should stop being foolish in their criticism of government budget they do not understand.

The national and state assemblies that are in the position to know and audit such expenditures have deemed them to be appropriate for the allocated procurement of goods and services.

I am happy this has come up under a Labour Party government, so now some are already using their brain to know that things are expensive and not for the singular need of the Governor or his family.

Ttipsy:
Feeding about millions of children in Abia and regarding the economic Conditions

Things r expensive

So you know things are expensive for the Governor you like, but expected budgeted feeding and Presidency expenditures to come cheap?

SharingIsLife:
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All eyes on LP. Everyone expects leadership from LP just because of a name made by one person, Obi. It's a good thing but remember that we didn't market LP as a party. Instead, we marketed a person who happened to be in LP at the time. PO can't control what Otti does in Abia when he isn't yet the President.
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So why were you all shouting that LP be voted from top to bottom?

Hahahahahaha!