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The governor started his fight too early and as a result he nearly destroyed APC in the process. I am sure genuine party leaders will not be happy with him. He allowed the sycophants around him to deceive him. He had shown he is not a politician. I feel for him as i can see a desperate man running around aimlessly with no strategy on how to survive what is coming to him.

DPR paid ₦8 billion salary upfront in January
May 27, 2020 Paul Adeyeye Premium Times
Data analysis by Dataphyte has shown the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) paid over 8 billion as salary upfront in January 2020. This is according to the daily payment data published on the open treasury portal.

The review of salary payments between January and April 2020 showed two descriptions. The first description is January 2020 DPR Staff Salary. This has only five beneficiaries and sums to ₦29.6 million. The second description, which is 2020 DPR Staff Upfront Payment, had 605 beneficiaries and summed to ₦8 billion.

29 top officials received between ₦50 million and ₦71.7 million as upfront salary payment. Another 30 received between ₦30 million and ₦49.9 million. 51 staff members received between ₦20 million and ₦29.9 million. 119 others received between ₦10 million and ₦19.9 million. The remaining 375 staff members received between ₦5 million and ₦9.9 million.

The treasury database also indicated that five DPR staff received double payment in the same period. The first payment was with the description January 2020 Salary while the second payment had the description – 2020 DPR Staff Upfront Payment. An example of a recipient of the double payment is Abubakar Attahiru Saleh who received a sum of ₦22,755,745.91 twice the same day. While he received ₦6,318,167.93 as January Salary, he also received a second payment of ₦16,437,577.98 as Salary Upfront.

610 DPR staff earn more than the President

In addition, the data revealed that over 610 DPR personnel may earn more than the Nigerian President. According to RMAFC, President Buhari receives a total salary package of ₦1.17 million monthly. This sum is inclusive of a basic monthly salary of ₦292,892, a hardship allowance of ₦146,446 monthly, and a consistency allowance of ₦732,230 per month. Similarly, Vice President Osinbajo receives a total of ₦1.01 million monthly take-home pay. From basic arithmetic, the take-home pay of the Nigerian President and the Vice President comes to ₦14 million and ₦12 million, respectively.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
Further analysis of the open treasury data revealed that staff annual salary at the DPR ranged from ₦5,028,450.22 to ₦71,723,727.24. By implication, the least paid person in DPR received over ₦419,000 monthly. While the designation of the lower ranks in the salary structure is unknown, the Operations Controller received an excess of ₦70 million annually. Also, the Director of Petroleum Resources; the Head, Safety, Health and Environment; and the Deputy Director, Basinal Assessment and Lease Administration received ₦69,378,164.01; ₦64,359,638.72; and ₦63,459,241.62, respectively.

Wage Justice and Revenue Management

This lopsided salary structure raises questions on justice and revenue management. As known, the implementation of a minimum worker’s payment of ₦30,000 monthly has been a subject of an unending debate in Nigeria. Thus, such an enormous financial commitment to a group of workers generates questions on fairness and equity. Indications that this lopsided salary payment structure is a common practice in many MDAs including the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) also stimulates concerns.

More specifically, the Treasury Data raises questions on the public service rule on upfront salary payment and the discrepancies in salary roster of DPR and other MDAs. Another question is as to whether these discrepancies violate the salary structure by the National Salary, Incomes and Wages Commission.


The need to harmonize worker’s earnings at this point remains pressing. In addition to the need for justice and equity in worker’s payment, Nigeria’s revenue shortage requires prudent economic management measures. The recent effort of the Federal Government to harmonize workers earning across MDAs is commendable. However, there is a more urgent need to level up the discrepant wage structure across

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teadrake:
Confused government full of confused people. They keep on disgracing the country every day.

The most uncoordinated government in the history of Nigeria

Stephenomozzy:


His reasons are pretty good and sensible. Politics just nor go let some people see road . I mean if the method that guarantees a possible outbreak in the state is being pushed for, then it should be questionable the balance between politics and people welfare.

And you are clamouring for the full opening of the economy? Right now markets are open.

Yobabad:
This is who local Yoruba Muslims rooted for against Jonathan, now they are trying to devide SS and SE. I stop taking the Yorubas serious having seen the rule the played against Jonathan

What concerns Jonathan in the post?

OVB123:
Shut up ur mouth, if u don't know what to say. Our people say dat "the stone that u c strow towards can not blind u" since obaseki have seen d stone (danger) coming, he has decided to hid himself. so matta what wil happen Obaseki is 4 + 4. it is a sure banger.

Did you make any sense?

FuckAllTheMODs:
There were primary elections in the two states but the game changes(power tussle) and the court ordered INEC not to recognize the candidates fielded by the warring sides.

Wrong. In Zamfara, Inec clearly said APC did not organize any primary monitored by them.

FuckAllTheMODs:
You need to study Edo politics more. Obaseki will contest under APC or APC may lose out.

There are two parties in APC in Edo state. One is anti and pro to oshiomole. One is state, the other is National.
The governor is in charge of the state chapter, why oshiomole is in charge of the national. If there's no agreement on their primary, it will lead to court, of which you know how it will later play out. Watch out!

My friend as i said before, i dont know about Edo politics. What i know is the law on nominating a candidate and history of past events on party nominations. And from the law and history, Obaseki will not get APC nomination. He can be re elected through another party. This i cannot dispute.

odinga1of:
Oga this is Edo State. Watch this space, how Obaseki will be re-elected.

Re-electing Obaseki through another party i dont know that. But from the way things are going Obaseki had already lost out in APC.

athaboi:
Are they still on this??

v
I posted this for those hailing Obaseki when his group declared for indirect primary to see it is the end of road for Obaseki.

Gov Amosun loses as APC affirms Dapo Abiodun winner of Ogun governoship primary
October 5, 2018 By Lois Ugbede Premium Times.


Hours after Adams Oshiomhole met with the Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, and some of his fellow governors, the APC headquarters gave a verdict against the Ogun governor’s interest.

The APC in Ogun, led by Mr Amosun, had adopted Adekunle Akinlabi, a federal lawmaker, as its ‘consensus’ governorship candidate despite the protest of several other aspirants.

When the APC National Working Committee, led by Mr Oshiomhole, dispatched a governorship primary committee to the state, the committee had a troubled relationship with the Ogun APC whose chairman, Derin Adebiyi, accused Mr Oshiomhole of plotting to impose a candidate on Ogun.

The two parties (Ogun APC and NWC primary committee) refused to work together eventually resulting to the conduct of two parallel governorship primaries in Ogun.

As expected, the Ogun APC loyal to Mr Amosun declared Mr Akinlabi winner of its governorship primary.

However, the Muhammed Ndabawa-led electoral committee declared another aspirant, Dapo Abiodun, winner of the governorship primary it conducted.

Both primaries were conducted same day, Wednesday.

By Thursday, Mr Amosun joined about seven other APC governors in Abuja to protest the conduct of primaries in their states. The problems each of the governors had with the primaries largely differed from the other. For example, while the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai’s problem was the automatic ticket granted an APC senator, Shehu Sani, by the NWC, Mr Amosun’s problem was mainly with the controversial governorship primaries.

The aggrieved governors met with both Mr Oshiomhole and earlier with President Muhammadu Buhari.

However on Thursday night, the APC NWC released a series of statements one of which declared support for the Ogun governorship primary conducted by its committee.


Former Governor Adams Oshiomole
The NWC affirmed Dapo Abiodun as the winner of its governorship primaries.

The party said this in the statement by its publicity secretary, Yekini Nabena

Mr Abiodun won with 102,305 votes while his opponents Jimi Lawal scored 51,153, Kunle Akinlade – 23, 443, Bimbo Ashiru – 29, 764, Adegbenga Kaka – 17, 771 and Abayomi Koroto – 9, 610.

“The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) announces Mr. Dapo Abiodun as winner of the Party’s Ogun State governorship primaries. Abiodun won the primary election after scoring 102,305 votes,” Mr Nabena said.

It is not yet clear what action Mr Amosun will take with the latest announcement.

Make una go back and read Amosun and Apc national working committee. Case closed.

They faked this one not knowing he is a prof.

Banmeallday:
Friends with who? Criminals?


Nope, we are not Nigerians nor are we Niggers.

BTW, nothing like SOuthSOuth

Wetin concern him with benin?

By Jide Orintunsin, The Nation , Abuja


Architect Waziri Bulama on Monday finally took the oath of office as the new acting National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) pending ratification as substantive National Secretary by the National Convention of the party.

He takes over from Victor Giadom, the Deputy National Secretary who has been acting in the office of the National Secretary.



His inauguration, which took place at the party National Secretariat in Abuja, was supervised by National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole with Borno Governor Babagana Zulum and his Gombe counterpart Mohammed Inuwa, in attendance.

Also in attendance were other members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.

Inaugurating the new scribe, Comrade Oshiomhole said: “The party had meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, Governor of Yobe and also consulted other stakeholders of the party where they came to a conclusion that Arc Waziri Bulama should be admitted as the acting National Secretary of the party pending the ratification by the National Convention.”

Bulama promised to work with every organ and other executives to retain its position as the ruling party.

He assured party faithful of fairness as he said that he has no personal agenda.



Bulama, who lauded the contributions of the founding fathers of the APC and commended the current NWC, promised to do everything possible to bring about the needed unity in the governing party.




Arch. Wazirin Bulama signing the oath of his office as the acting National Secretary of All Progressives Congress’s before the National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomole
Speaking to newsmen, Inuwa expressed confidence in the appointment of the new party’s scribe, whom he will add value to the leadership of the party.

Governor Inuwa, who said he has known Bulama for more than 40 years, stated: “I am very happy that it ended this way. It took sometimes for us to have this replacement but what is more important is that at the end of the day we are able to come to a resolution and the new National Secretary has been sworn in today.

“We hope he will work with other leaders and consolidate on the gains of the party. I know Architect Buluma in the last 40 years.

“I know that he is the person of impeccable character, a person that you can vouch for and is very hard working. He knows what to do.

“In fact, he has already started doing that trying to work and carry everybody around so that APC should deliver on its mandate and that is what he going to do”.

Bulama, who would been inaugurated as the National Secretary since March, had his appointment opposed by a section led the National Vice Chairman from his North-east zone, Mustapha Salihu.

So chinese doctors is what is worrying PDP at this time?

BREAKING: Nigeria records 338 new cases of COVID-19, total now 5959
May 17, 2020
BREAKING: Nigeria records 338 new cases of COVID-19, total now 5959
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Nigeria on Sunday night recorded 338 new cases of the Coronavirus.


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338 new cases of #COVID19;

177-Lagos
64-Kano
21-FCT
16-Rivers
14-Plateau
11-Oyo
9-Katsina
4-Jigawa
4-Kaduna
3-Abia
3-Bauchi
3-Borno
2-Gombe
2-Akwa Ibom
2-Delta
1-Ondo
1-Kebbi
1-Sokoto

5959 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1594
Deaths: 182

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hedonister:
I'm not talking about Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Lekki and the likes.

Even Ibeju is cosltier.

hedonister:
Do you mean that the cost of a 3 bedroom in Ajah area is the same cost you would get a bedroom on the mainland?

Btw, how does AJah compare too Ikorodu because i've been to Ikorodu and i don't really like the place.

He is telling you that the cost of one bedroom flat in island will be what you are paying for 3 bedroom in mainland

You are running away from cost and want to move to Island/Ajah? Think twice. You will double what you are spending now in mainland

FAKE FAKE FAKE

bluebay:
I trust the south... Sharp returning .

FAKE FAKE FAKE

Biafranguy1:
If he no py na me go pay. Shhh

These peolple also include people from other states.

This man is mean and wicked. I dont if he has advisers.

LearnITsmash:
I will be laughing hard when it gets to 100k cases, right now I'm still chilling

And you will be among those 100k.

Beautifulminde3:
I went to Onitsha this morning to receive my Waybill, there's heavy traffic towards headbridge Onitsha
Lalasticlala

It is because of the lockdown at bridge head and the tight security there.

Powerintoxicate:
and the hotel operators had the option of obeying the executive order signed by the governor same way every other law abiding citizen have been obeying

Your name is powerintoxicate and you are supporting Wike foe destroying sombebody's means of livelihood over nonsense lockdown? I know you answered this name because of Buhari.

KnowAll:
By saying he is innocent. Basically he is entitled to compensation worth billions & d FG would have to pay it.

They did not he is innocent. They sent it back for retrial.

Captainrambo2:
What sort of country is this ?

This was what abaribe asked the aboki called tanko

"What will you do about the supreme court pronouncing judgments based on technicalities" ?, tanko could not answer.

Just see this stupid thief walking out... daaaaamn

This is not a matter of Tanko. The court lacked the jurisdiction.

BeerParlour:
You also didn't read the comments above mine.

I was angry the article is saying Igbo all the over in the write up like some ethnic bashing.

Why not use the "South East"
If this was about the North, would they mention "Hausa all over their"
And this is coming from "Tiv" media

Please i am not interested in the comment from anybody. My only interest is that long post from INTERSOCIETY which you condemned without even reading.

BeerParlour:
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That's not how to give warning.
The person that wrote the article is an ethnic bigot.

Why would someone be claiming that a group of easterners are happy of the death of people in the North?

You see. You did not even read that long article. Please no where in that long article he mentioned that igbos are happy over the deaths in the North.

BeerParlour:
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Useless Tribalist

You like is the problem of the east. Everything is tribal tp you. See a timely warning and an alert and you are calling it tribalistic.