lacasa:



They pay yr family's bills? No wonder u a sadist

Every dime been spent in northern nigeria by the gov's, EX- generals, ministers, Rtd public servants, the "millionaires", etc comes from NIGER DELTA, better still, SOuthern Nigeria. Lets call a spade a spade, North is the WRETCHED of the earth, just like Niger, chad, Mali, sudan & all the cursed ARID land and people up there. Respect ur saviors.

Who brought this TRAGEDY ( AMALGAMATION) to innocent people of other tribes in Nigeria? When will this end?

NL's, the level of INSECURITY in Nigeria, is not to be taken for granted, I don't know know if anyone still have hope for a better Nigeria,? NIGERIA IS HEADING FOR DISINTEGRATION, CIVIL WAR, ANARCHY, as in, IT'S A TIME BOMB WAITING TO EXPLODE.

Don't bring RELIGION into this, FACE THE REALITY...Because, all the countries that got messed up started gradually like this and they had MOSLEMS AND CHRISTIANS too.

GEJ, might win the 2015 election ( either by voting or rigging), one thing is CERTAIN...Northern muslims will unleash VIOLENCE, but guess what? Southerners might REACT and things will get out of hand. Fact: Gej, will get thousands, if not millions of vote from CHRISTIAN NORTHERNS, added to what he'll get from SE,SS & SW. Hence, the result will speak for itself.

In reality, Northern muslims DO NOT have a SELLABLE candidate that will can WIN millions of VOTE in DEEP SOUTHERN Nigeria, (I don't mean Lagos, P.H or Owerri, I mean Country side).
FACT: Buhari, is the only candidate with HUGE FOLLOWERSHIP among the common man in the north and he's the only one they trust. If not Buhari, who else can fly the OPPOSITION FLAG in the north and garner millions of votes?

Fact: Northern muslim elites, will FOREVER keep on working against Buhari.

Reality : The odds favors GEJ, but my fear and question is what will happen when he's been declared the winner??

Gej, has failed Nigerians and he needs to GO. millions will not vote for him, but will that make him lose the election? NO! In reality, votes doesn't count in Nigeria.

Opposition, opposition and all their side talks, WHO ARE THEY GOING TO BRING OUT THAT HAS THE NATIONAL ACCEPTANCE and the RESOURCES to really campaign nationwide??

My only hope was Buhari, but I'm beginning to have DOUBT about his mission because, if Buhari, is HOBNOBBING with EX- Gov's, ministers and all other politicians that LOOTED Nigerian treasury, with the ones going to decamp from PDP, how then can he BOLDLY probed them and send them to jail? How am I sure he has not entered into a SECRET AGREEMENT with them? He might end up using "RULE OF LAW", the euphemism Yar'adua used to protect Ibori and his cohorts?

The Northern muslims don't want to be RULED by a SOUTHERNER. The South/south and SE don't want to be RULED by a NORTHERN MUSLIM. So, what's the way out

Who will become the president and there'll not be VIOLENCE from any region?

Apparently, El Rufai wrote his " USUAL" on FB and a guy there replied him with the message above. Quite interesting though.

Elrufai u r a shame to ur generation. Dis is enuf of u n ur cohorts. All u r interested is just making negative publications abt our fatherland simply cos u n ur cohorts r nt in power. Mind u, ur blood will also be spilled along ur genration to atone for d sins u hv committed. Ombatse Allah.

1.Vice President =North.
2. Senate President = North.
3. Speaker House of Reps = North.
4. PDP National Chairman= North.
5. Head of Service = North.

6. INEC Chairman = North.
7. Inspector General of Police = North.
8. CBN Governor = North.
9. Chief Justice of federation = North.
10. President Court of Appeal = North.

11. EFCC Chairman = North.
12. President Federal high court = North.
13. National Security Adviser = North.
14. Chief of Defense Staff = North.
15. Controller, Customs Service = North.

16. Controller Prison Services = North.
17. Richest man in Africa= North.
18. 85% of Petroleum Marketers in Nigeria = Northerners.
19. 80% of Oil Block Owners in Nigeria = Northerners.
20. 99% of beggars in Nigeria = Northerners

21. Boko Haram = North.
22. Almajiri = North.
23. Yet, the Poorest states in Nigeria and Educationally backward areas in Nigeria are in the North.
24.
8 former heads of state(TafawaBal ewa, Yakubu Gowon, Murtala Muhammed,
Shehu Shagari, Buhari, IBB, SaniAbacha, Abdulsalam Abubakar) = North.

Now ASK yourself why is there no improvement in the average lives of Nigerians in the Boko Haram zones?

The elites(elrufai, tanko yankassai, buhari, rahamaniya, bello, tukur, and host of others are becoming richer and the common man poorer,yet the
North(elrufai, buhari n few money n greed southerners asiwere bola ahmed n rotimi fasakin blame GEJ for their backwardness,yo u,be the judge...do we need any soother or fortune teller to see this
loot-sidedness? What else do they want from Nigeria? These born to rule believers held power for 3 gud decades n they can't account 4 anytin yet u sit there n join them in blaming GEJ. My fellow youths time has come for us all to readjust and face our fears. Let's serve God not religion, let's lead n nt politicise, let's liberate our ppl after all both d rich n poor will still occupy only a room six feet down.

[b]The Senate Committee on Public Accounts last week revealed how the Federal Government under President Olusegun Obasanjo; his successor, the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and current President Goodluck Jonathan grossly abused public funds from some Special Funds Accounts to the tune of over a trillion Naira. Certain that there was more to the story beyond the headlines, I had to work my contacts in the Senate to secure a copy of the report. [/b]Aside reportorial curiousity, my interest also stemmed from the fact that I served under one of the three presidents who incidentally is no longer in a position to defend himself.

Having read the 17-page executive summary as well as the 179-page full report, including the verbatim transcript of the public hearing conducted by the committee, I can say very quickly that the issue is not that of stealing of public funds but impunity (which I dare say is a very serious offence, especially in financial matters) while more than 95 percent of the infractions documented in the report happened under President Obasanjo between 2002 and May 29, 2007. Even when these special accounts were established for specific interventions and attracted statutory financial accruals--each running into hundreds of billions of Naira within the period in question, they were administered almost as slush funds.

Chaired by Ahmad Lawan, one of the longest serving lawmakers in our country today, (having spent two terms as a House of Representatives member between 1999 and 2007 before he was elected to the Senate where he is currently serving his second term), the Public Accounts Committee is one of the most productive committees in the Senate and it has done extensive work on the management of the Federation Accounts. It is therefore no surprise that its report, which is very detailed, would raise some dust.

However, the critical issue is that of transparency and accountability in the management of public funds in our country and from the report, it is easy to see how certain individuals sometimes act as though they are above the law. The weakness of the National Assembly is also very glaring if almost $10 billion could be spent outside the appropriation process, and in a most cynical manner that conforms with neither the extant laws nor the purposes for which these monies were earmarked. Even when the lawmakers ordinarily hold the power of the purse, we have unwittingly created a system where about a billion dollars could be spent annually by the president almost as he wished without clear guidelines.

Of the three special accounts looked into, the first is the 3 percent “Development of Natural Resources Account” which belongs to the Federal Government and was established to fund the development of alternative mineral resources to oil and gas. Essentially, it was to develop the solid minerals sector and within a period of ten and half years, (from January 2002 to June 2012), the sum of N873,400,023,790.19 had accrued to the account out of which N701,489,494,960.61 had been spent by official record, leaving a shortfall of about N162 billion.

The second account is the 1.46 percent “Derivation and Ecology Account” which also belongs to the Federal Government and was established to intervene on general ecological problems in the country. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and state governments are the intended beneficiaries. Within the same period of ten and half years, (from January 2002 to June 2012), a total of N389,983,433,066.07 had accrued into the account out of which payments of N329,866,978,298.92) had been made. That also leaves a shortfall of slightly more than N60 billion.

The third account is the 0.72 “Stabilization Funds Account” which belongs to the three tiers of government (Federal, States and Local Government). Within the period under review, (from January 2002 to June 2012), N255,487,900,570.38 had accrued into the account with payments of N203,810,308,096.99 made, leaving a balance of over N52 billion.

It may be important at this point to trace the origin of these accounts and how they have evolved over the years. They derive from a modification order made by the Supreme Court on May 29, 2002, changing the revenue sharing formula among the three tiers of government. Before then, the arrangement was based on: Federal Government- 48.5 percent; State Governments—24 percent; the Local Government Councils-20 percent with a Special Fund—7.5 percent. These Special Funds were broken down into: Federal Capital Territory—1 percent; General Ecological Problems—2 percent; Derivation—1 percent; Stabilisation Account-0.5 percent and OMPADEC—3 percent.

With the Supreme Court modification, the Special Accounts were transferred to the Federal Government whose share from the Federation Account now jumped to 56 percent distributed as follows: Federal Government—48.5 percent; FCT---1 percent; Development of Natural Resources—3 percent; General Ecological Probems—2 percent; Derivation—2 percent and Stabilisation---0.5 percent. Following protests by the governors, in July 2002, President Obasanjo now signed an executive order which reduced the Federal Government shares from the Federation Account to 54.68 percent and that was how the Special Accounts emerged with the new subheads.

Following their investigations, the Senate committee came to the conclusions that several approvals from the Special Funds Accounts do not conform to the purposes for which the funds were established; there were no operational guidelines for the release of huge sums of money; the funds were being run as loan granting pools while several of the beneficiaries utilized their take for purposes not contemplated by the funds. The committee also found out that loans granted from the accounts (to the tune of over three hundred billion Naira) have not been repaid several years after they were collected and there are no regular reconciliation of accounts between the Accountant General of the Federation and the Central Bank.

However, before we go to the specific spending and the gross abuses associated with the three accounts investigated, here are two critical observations made by the Senate Committee: The sum of N1,518,871,357,426.64 was the accruals to the Special Funds Accounts as at June 30, 2012 while the sum of N1,235,166,781,347.52 represented the payments made; the sum of N580,019,682,738 was released as loans while N347,997,583,008.41 is yet to be recovered from the beneficiaries.

For the Development of Natural Resources Account, the reported abuses are as follows:

·N612,276,016.65 payment of JVC contribution deducted from Akwa Ibom State grant between March and May, 2002.

·N1,300,000,000 loan granted to derivation Escrow Account on July 24, 2003.

·N50,000,000,000 loan granted to finance deficit in year 2004 Budget.

·N3,745,505,000 loan granted to Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the purchase of a Chancery in Tokyo on November 25, 2004 and December 30, 2004.

·N864,725,036 loan granted to National Health Insurance Scheme for ID Cards Production on April 18, 2005

·N452,218,449.70 loan granted to FGN as payment to ADB for purchase of shares on September 9, 2005

·N2,000,000,000 loan granted for payment to Gitto Construzioni General Limited on September 19, 2005.

·N5,700,000,000 loan granted to Ministry of Power and Steel as payment of disengagement benefit of Steel Workers on November 15, 2005.

·N14,988,625,000.02 loan granted to Federal Ministry of Water Resources for Gurara Water Project- second payment on December 21, 2005.

·N10,114,945,832 loan for payment of October-December 205 Arrears of Monetized fringe Benefit in all Federal Government Parastatals on February 9, 2006.

·N11,000,000,000 loan to Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) infrastructure intervention Fund Account to address infrastructure problems in the Aviation Sector on November 27, 2006.

·N20,000,000,000 loan to Federal Ministry of Works against 2007 Appropriation for the dualisation of Abuja-Lokoja Road and dualisation of Kano-Maiduguri road on December 28, 2006.

·N15,000,000,000 loan to Federal Ministry of Works against 2007 Appropriation for the dualisation of East-west Roads on January 18, 2007.

·N100,000,000,000 released for financing of 2nd Quarter Capital on May 15, 2007.

·N70,000,000,000 released to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CFR) as loan to accelerate capital budget releases on September 1, 2010.

NOTE: Except for the last one released by President Jonathan, all the other abuses highlighted took place under Obasanjo. So as far as this account is concerned, Yar’Adua had nothing to do with any of the abuses detailed.

For the Derivation and Ecology Account, the following were the abuses highlighted by the Public Accounts Committee:

·N200,000,000 loan to the Presidential Research and Communication Unit on November 9, 2002.

·N500,000,000 loan to Edo State Government on November 17, 2002

·N800,000,000 released for resurfacing of runway in Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano-through SGF Ecological Fund Account on January 24, 2003

·N10,000,000 released for carrying out the building of Abattoir in Bida, Niger State—through SGF Ecological Fund Account on March 4, 2003.

·N500,000,000 loan to Edo State Government on March 25, 2003

·N150,000,000 released to Nigerian Railway Corporation for the Iju-Ijoko Rail Dualization Project—through SGF Ecological Fund Account on March 4, 2003.

·N200,000,000 released to Federal Ministry of Works for upgrading of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and Lagos-Shagamu section to 6 lanes carriageway on December 22, 2004.

·N550,000,000 released to the Federal Ministry of Works for construction of four new bridges along Argungu-Bwi Road and completion of Sokoto River Bridge at Argungu in Kebbi State in May 10, 2005.

·N7,468,800,000 loan to Nigerian Air Force through the Ministry of Defence’s Capital Account for some projects.

·N1,982,834,723.63 released to the Federal Ministry of Works for the construction of new bridge at Idundun, Cross River State on June 21, 2006.

·N146,000,000 released to Nigeria Nuclear Regulatory Authority on November 10, 2006

·N1,000,000,000 released to Ogun State Government for the construction of Badagry-Igboho road (Atan-Isaga section) on April 27, 2007.

·N750,000,000 released for Development of Abuja Downtown Mall on January 4, 2007.

·N6,000,000,000 released to FCDA for provision of engineering infrastructure to Kubwa/Karshi Satellite towns on provision of engineering infrastructure on March 23, 2007; August 13, 2007; May 8, 2005 and December 12, 2007.

·N10,942,237,791.06 release to the Consolidated Revenue Fund for funding of the 2009 appropriation act.

NOTE: Except for the last one released by Yar’Adua and one of the four approvals in the N6 billion Kubwa/Karshi engineering, all the other abuses highlighted under this Account took place under Obasanjo. So as far as this account is concerned, Jonathan had nothing to do with any of the reported abuses.

For the Stabilization Account, the following were the abuses highlighted by the Public Accounts Committee:

·N16,262,401,332.50 loan granted to Directorate of Pilgrims Affairs on November 5, 2003.

·N10,845,000 payment to Tranvari Services Ltd for Nigerian Laws on Public Finance on January 12, 2004.

·N1,420,213,338.58 released to the Nigerian Customs Service as cost of revenue collection on July 7, 2005.

·N10,000,000,000 loan to Consolidated Revenue Fund Account on December 30, 2005.

·Loan granted to Ghana and Sao Tome and Principe on September 22, 2004 and May 7, 2007.

·N142,600,000 released to Gong Publishing Company as loan of debt owed Local Government Councils on September 26, 2005.

·Various loans totaling N309,208,000.30 granted to the Inspector General of Police for purchase of vehicles for the UN Peace Keeping Operations in Haiti in 2006.

·N2,800,000,000 loan granted to pay Federal Government of Nigeria 50 percent contribution to the phase of the Pioneer Car Finance Scheme for the Public Servants in Paramilitary Agencies on May 22, 2007.

·N87,721,961,531 released to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to commence the conduct of fresh voters registration exercise on September 1, 2010, September 15, 2010 and October 13, 2010.

·N34,949,423,870.52 loan to Akwa Ibom and Delta States during implementation of 10 percent derivation indices to oil producing states on March 11, 2010.

·N5,000,000,000 released to the Federal Ministry of Aviation, National Identity Management Commission and National Judicial Council as approved by the Coordinating Minister for Economy on September 15, 2011.

NOTE: Except for the last three approvals by Jonathan, all the other abuses highlighted under this Account took place under Obasanjo. So as far as this account is concerned, Yar’Adua had nothing to do with any of the reported abuses.

But there are critical issues in the report which deserve attention. One, the idea of granting indiscriminate loans to ministries in lieu of budget is subject to serious abuse and is antithetical to the promotion of transparency and accountability in the public arena. For instance, if a Minister collects an interest-free loan of N10 billion, nothing stops him/her from putting it in an interest-yielding account in a commercial bank such that if after some months the money is returned, the person would have made huge returns. The same applies to Governors, especially those close to the president who were usually given either grants or loans without any objective criteria. Besides, all these monies may not even appear in the books of their states. There is also the issue of duplication in that funds are sometimes released for projects already captured in the budget with money duly appropriated.

To understand the lack of transparency in the management of the accounts, one may need to read the transcript of the exchanges between the Senate Committee members and Directors from the office of the Auditor General of the Federation; Central Bank of Nigeria; office of the Accountant General of the Federation and the Permanent Secretary, Federal Finance Ministry. For instance, when the committee sought explanation for the discrepancy of N44 billion in the accounts provided by these officials for the period between 2006 and 2011 in the management of the Natural Resources Account, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance could only say: “The truth of the matter is that if it is expected to balance QED, it would be a miracle because there are sometimes that the CBN could bring in some…”

This had prompted Senator Lawan to interject: “And you know miracles happen; do you believe in them?”

To this, the Permanent Secretary replied: “Not in financial terms”. But Senator Lawan would not allow it to pass: “N44 billion should just disappear?”

At this point, the Director representing the Accountant General of the Federation intervened: “With due respect Sir, if you look at the CBN figure for 2007, it is N55,676,713,947.37. The Ministry of Finance figure is N59,660,203,250.85. It is only that year that has a difference…”

As the argument went back and forth, Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi made his intervention: “Mr Chairman, we accept that there is need for additional information but the point must be made that between the account holder, the book keeper and the banker, they do not speak from the same page, and that in itself is not good enough for public finance management and for confidence building of the public.”

But the most serious aspect of funds disbursement was the selective grant of “loans” that were probably not meant to be repaid and without any collateral. For instance, in granting funds to states, it was almost as if it depended on the whims of the president, prompting the senators to query the rationale for many of the disbursements. To this the Permanent Secretary who incidentally happened to be a Muslim waxed Biblical: “It is a fund that if you did not ask, nobody would give. Knock and the doors shall be opened; seek and ye shall find...”

Given the way the three accounts were mismanaged with hundreds of millions dashed out just by a stroke of the president’s green pen and for all manner of things, the lack of accountability in our system is very evident. It is, however, noteworthy that Senate President David Mark admitted the failings of the National Assembly and I hope they will pass a legislation that will spell out guidelines and regulations for the disbursement of funds in the Special Funds Accounts so that there could be transparency in their managements and equity, especially with regards to disbursements to states.

In his closing remark at the public hearing on October 2, 2012, Senator Abdul Ningi, former House of Representatives Majority Leader, said inter alia: “...as a person who has been here before 2002 and having been in various committees, I would like to say that it makes me very sad because some of the sub-heads have actually been captured by various ministries budgets from 2003 till date. If you look at 2007 FCT appropriation in particular and compare it with what is here, you will see release to FCDA for the provision of Engineering infrastructure to Kubwa/Karshi satellite town. That is funded separately from it and now you see another Karshi-Kubwa; and they say that is third and final payment which they put at N2 billion. It has been funded by the budget….If an appropriation has been made for some of these sub-heads and you come here and see a duplication of the same sub-head that you can recall being funded, it is really funny.

[b]“Somebody, somewhere is trying to take the people for granted….you just sit down and do a paper work and you will be given N10 billion. Who actually authorized these payments and to whom? It is very important that some of these things be corrected. Some of the headings are very outrageous and I will want to insist to the committee chairman that we call all the officers who initiated the approval, of course including President Obasanjo; he is a human being, he was a public officer, nothing stops us from calling him. He can now come and tell us the mandate, the authority that he used to churn out these figures; or is it from his whims and caprices that he just gave out N10 billion? You gave money to Edo and Bauchi; what about Taraba and Ekiti—because their governors are not your friends? That is very unhealthy and you could see that these things have continued because there is foundation for it. But it is not normal. No individual no matter how powerful should sit down and appropriate money by himself to anybody…”[/b]

What the Senate committee has exposed is the glaring weakness in our system but the tragedy of it is that as bad as the situation may seem in Abuja, it is actually worse at the states where there is practically no accountability since the governors have pocketed their lawmakers and rendered the local government system virtually prostrate. But it is incumbent on all the stakeholders to understand that when there is no accountability within a system, it is very much endangered.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/obasanjo-yar-adua-jonathan-and-n1-5-trillion/147081/

Pikin wey say him MAMA no go sleep...

Tell ur blood thirsty cowards to stop the FACELESS war. They will NEVER win it. Islam has never won any of their COWARDICE war, from Somalia, 2 SUdan, 2 Afghan, 2, Pakistan, 2, Iraq, u guys will keep losing, better repent or DENOUNCE this bloody Idol worshipping sect

Why should he care? Who cares about the travelers that were bombed to death at a bus station in Kano? Are they not humans? The evil that men do LIVES with them

Obasanjo did WORSE things to his perceived enemies. Ride on GEJ!!! IT's a Banana republic, where anything goes...The evil that men do.

It's not about amechi or GEJ, the Nigerian president WIELDS so much power, if he GEJ chose to use his powers he will crush from Obj, to the last man and NATHING will happen.

"Do not outshine your master.
"Crush your enemies without mercy

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Days later, the survivors’ faces tensed at the memory of the grim evening: soldiers dousing thatched-roof homes with gasoline, setting them on fire and shooting residents when they tried to flee. As the village went up in smoke, one said, a soldier threw a child back into the flames.
Multimedia


Even by the scorched-earth standards of the Nigerian military’s campaign against Islamist insurgents stalking the nation’s north, what happened on the muddy shores of Lake Chad this month appears exceptional.

The village, Baga, found itself in the cross hairs of Nigerian soldiers enraged by the killing of one of their own, said survivors who fled here to the capital of Borno State, 100 miles south. Their home had paid a heavy price: as many as 200 civilians, maybe more, were killed during the military’s rampage, according to refugees, senior relief workers, civilian officials and human rights organizations.

The apparent size of the civilian death toll — staunchly denied by Nigerian military officials, some of whom blame the insurgent group, Boko Haram, for the carnage — has prompted an unusual uproar.

Though heavy civilian casualties are routine in the military’s confrontation with Boko Haram, with dozens dying in poor neighborhoods since 2010 as the army searches for “suspects,” Nigeria’s politicians usually have little to say about them. Past massacres of civilians in retaliation for soldier deaths have passed largely with impunity.

This time, there have been calls in Nigeria’s national assembly for an investigation, and the government has come under harsh criticism at home and abroad, including the United States. The military has said it has begun its own inquiry, and some longstanding observers of the country’s heavy-handed fight against Islamist militants say a tipping point may have been reached.

“This is coming at a time when we have had similar situations” elsewhere, said Kole Shettima, chairman of the Center for Democracy and Development in the capital, Abuja. “People are tired of the excuses the military is giving, and that’s why they are demanding an investigation. This time it’s different. There is a crisis of legitimacy in the military.”

But in a country where corruption abounds and accountability is rare, others wondered whether it would truly become a watershed moment — or get brushed aside as an unfortunate side effect of fighting a dangerous insurgency.

“This Baga is just on a bigger scale, but they have been doing this for ages,” the governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, one of the first officials to reach Baga afterward, said of the military. “They’ve not adhered to the rules of engagement,” said Mr. Shettima, who is not related to the democracy advocate. “When you burn down shops and massacre civilians, you are pushing them to join the camp of Boko Haram.”

Yet, he continued, “we are in a Catch-22 situation.” Boko Haram is a deadly insurgent force that needs to be confronted, the governor said, but not by a military that terrorizes its own people. “We need them to carry out their duties in a civilized manner.”

Some Baga residents who did not perish in the flames drowned while attempting to escape into Lake Chad, refugees here in the state capital said. Others were attacked by hippopotamuses in the shallow waters, officials said. Soldiers shot people as they ran from the burning houses, refugees said.

“Many dead, many dead,” said Mohammed Muhammed, 40, a taxi driver from Baga. “People running into the flames, I saw that. If they didn’t run into the flames, the army will shoot them.” As flames enveloped the houses — “they used petroleum,” he said of the soldiers — he fled into the surrounding desert scrub.

“If you come out” from the flaming houses “they will shoot you,” he said. “Please, sir, charge them in the international court!” he shouted.

Isa Kukulala, 26, a lanky bus driver who had left Baga that morning, gave a similar account: “They poured petrol on the properties. At the same time, they are shooting sporadically, inside the fire. They took a small child from his mother and threw him inside the fire. This is what I have witnessed.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/world/africa/outcry-over-military-tactics-after-massacre-in-nigeria.html?hp&_r=0#commentsContainer

eko ilee:


Your rants means nothing since your thread is about record and the record as it is right now says Anechi is better than GEJ. PERIOD.

A failure sees failure as a success. Gej, is a failure and it's no longer a news and only retards like you that didn't know that he was a failure even before the presidential elections. All I asked here is list of Amechi's " achievements". I'm just curious.

eko ilee:



Even with GEJ as the president of Nigeria, Amechi as a governor is still a better performer and he achieved more than governor and president GEJ.


Bias is dripping all over you and your posts since the best way to decide who's better remains stating each mans accomplishments side by side and let people judge, not by posting so lousy essay by some PDP hacks..

Hey, learn how to read and understand, stop being a hood rat. This article is written by a an Int'l organization and all they made was an OBJECTIVE observation of a corrupt man wasting public funds in a poverty stricken country, just like ur president have been wasting. The same way ur pastors rip off their members and buy jets, claiming that it's for "god's work", yet the Vatican, doesn't have any jet for the Pope. Woe unto you all. You'll leave with your HYPOCRISY. When it's done by a certain Governor, it's fine, but when it's done by another, its an abomination.

CyberG:

I don't think anyone ever said Amaechi will do better than retardeen for he NEVER and cannot remember any information saying he was contesting for presidency! Think! he can not even do that or what party will present him? PDP? Is he not from the SS of the retardeen? Remember though that he has the right to contest nonetheless if he finds a party at which time, you or whoever is voting might refuse to vote for him.

Now, that said, your news of $45 M jet is BS because even the retardeen maintains a fleet of about 9 jets in Nigeria and he bought a couple after Yaradua died I believe. What is the retardeen needing 9 jets for, Rivers though misplaced priority, bought one. They are both poor leaders with misplaced priority but the retardeen is obviously super daft for his history in Bayelsa as governor has no achievements to his name! Retardeen GEJ knows that should Amaechi be VP to any candidate, the vote in Rivers and possibly some other SS states will be split! So, he is losing in the NE, NW, SW, possibly split in the NC, split in the SS remaining SE! This is why your retardeen is jittery and running from pillar to post! Useless president!

Even Obama, leading a country with the highest GDP on the planet, and Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martins and several companies that will create airlines from 0 has only 2 planes, painted in the colors of the POTUS and can be Airforce One! So, get off this hypocritical BS. Amaechi can say well, I was just governor and not tested well but the retardeen has no excuse: failed as deputy governor, failed more as governor, failed as VP until rescued by Bakare, Soyinka, SNG and ordinary Nigerians and failed the most as president!

At this point, It's Only a clueless dummy that doesn't know that Amechi, has his eyes in the presidency. Just like saying GEJ, hasn't said he'll run for presidency

eko ilee:



Retardeen used to be a governor just like Amechi so show us one single achievement of Retardeen as a governor.


I don't care for Amechi because of his political affiliation, but as a governor in a rotten country like Nigeria, he's a performer and one of the best in Nigeria and he achieved more than all the delta governors past and present combined.

Your GEJ on the other hand didn't build a dog cage, but instead as the deputy governor colluded or looked the other way while ALAMS looted the state's treasury and even later pardoned him for crimes committed against his own state and people.


GEJ is a disgrace to the people of Bayelsa and Nigeria in general...

GEJ, is a DISGRACE no doubt. I dislike him, PDP and their cohorts. However, you've proven to me that you're a BIGGER DISGRACE by calling Amechi a "performer". You have misused the word "PERFORMER", better apologize ASAP. Amechi is a ROGUE and a FAILURE, just like GEJ. If you can, tell me or list the things that made amechi, a "performer in ur eyes.

Duru1: @OP

The only blunder you committed was an attempt to compare a country people such as CyberG call home with a country such as Norway. CyberG is lazy student and tender of waves of news released by obscure media houses. I know for such that there are more than one plane painted in POTUS colors however I can attest there are only 2 planes designated as “airforce one” since it could be a classified information.

Bro, I was not the one that did the comparison. The link is posted up there. I shared it here on NL, cos a lot of Nigerians are shortsighted, bias and doesn't learn from history, hence they keep making the same mistake over and over again.

This rogue that they're all bashing and calling him clueless and co, was APPOINTED by a BIGGER ROGUE like Obsanjo, and they're expecting him not to be CORRUPT. They all voted GEJ and not PDP cos his from the SOUTH, never had SHOES. Nigerians were not bothered about his performance records, and now they're expecting a NON-PERFORMER to perform, it doesn't work that way.

Only a clueless will not see that GEJ's "political enemies" are scheming with Amechi, for something that will serve their own SELFISH interest and not the interest of the MASSES.

I'm miffed at how some gullible folks on NL, sees amaechi, as a better option, without asking questions about his PERFORMANCE and if his INTEREST is for the MASSES or for the same OLD GUARD?

Omo_Tier1:
Wake up Mr, this is 2013 and not 2011 when most people thought GEJ would be a different personality compared to Atiku, alas He has turned out to be even worse!

Whoever had such a thought must be as CLUELESS as GEJ himself. Because he told u he had no shoes?

Read and give your OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT.

Fyi, this article was written by a FOREIGN BASED ORGANIZATION with no INTEREST whatsoever, just like myself.

Nigeria and Norway have little in common except the first letter of their names and the fact that they produce about the same amount of oil each day. Norway on a per capita basis may be the richest country in the world, while Nigeria is among the poorest. Norway has among the world’s best social statistics, while Nigeria has among the worst. Norway has been a democracy for a long time, while Nigeria is still struggling to attain it.

I was therefore startled to learn that an official spokesman for Rivers State, one of the Nigeria’s principal oil producing states, confirmed the purchase of a new Bombardier jet for Governor Chibulke Amaechi. It cost U.S. $45 million. The jet is for the governor’s “exclusive” use and replaces an older aircraft, which will be sold.

And, just out of interest, what would be the travel arrangements for the King of Norway and the prime minister? I learned from a good authority that the King flies commercial. The seat next to him, however, is left vacant. The prime minister is not accorded the privilege of a vacant seat next to him when he flies commercial. It is true that the King of Norway can use a military aircraft on official (usually state) visits. And the prime minister can hire a plane. These occasions are relatively rare.



It is an illustration of how the Norwegian leadership is accountable to the parliament, and through it to the Norwegian people. Nigeria cannot yet hold its leaders to that standard of accountability.

Even more than differing methods of travel, the two governments diverge on fundamental management of their nation’s oil revenues. Norway established the Government Pension Fund into which oil revenue funnels and is distributed to the people. It weighs in at U.S. $656.2 billion. Its management is based on Norway’s highly developed sense of accountability. As such, it operates in a very transparent fashion.

Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, on the other hand, is having a difficult time pushing a mere U.S. $1 billion past the state governors to establish a Nigerian sovereign wealth fund. It would be financed by excess oil revenues and eventually replace the Excess Crude Account, which weighs in at U.S. $8 billion. The governors fear the federal government will be unaccountable for how it manages the money; just as the current account is not managed in a transparent or accountable fashion. The governors believe the current system of distributing oil money to the states should be maintained. The state governments, however, have shown just as little enthusiasm for transparent, accountable spending as the federal government.

http://blogs.cfr.org/campbell/2012/10/31/nigeria-and-norway-accountability-dilemmas/

liloelawwal: Boko haram doesnt need money,i knew right frm time that the issue of amnesty for BH wasnt going to work.
I was born n bred in the north n i knw their mentality,they ar jst blood thirsty vampires.haters of other tribes.
Islamizing the entire country is nt even the solution

Then what do you think is the solution? They want to Islamize their own region. Is it too much to ask?

Somebody help me to understand this:

Is anything wrong in granting Bokoharam their wish, which is to ISLAMIZE NORTHERN NIGERIA?

Presently, many states in the north are under "SHARIA LAW", so what's the DIFFERENCE?

It's a known fact that northern muslims sympathize with the BH folks, I'm sure they'll be fine with their own islamic republic.

Is it not better to grant them their ISLAMIC NATION, rather than "amnesty" (giving them money to share)?

COWARDS!!! They'll tell you ASALAMALEKU in the morning and throws bomb at you at Night. PISS be unto the founder and his the followers of a VAMPIRE movement.

Buddhist, Atheist, Christians and all other followers of every religion on this earth, ALL OF THEM HAVE RESPECT AND VALUE FOR HUMAN LIFE, BUT ONLY ONE, I MEAN ONE RELIGION smiles at the sight of human blood,smh. You all will ROT in hell.

I'm with you.

nice_naija104@yahoo.ca

Thanks in advance

Fellow NL's, the two cowards that planted the explosives in Boston ( Boston Bombers), have once again proved to the world that USA is a nation that have ZERO tolerance for ISLAMIC COWARDS that love bloodshed. I want to use this time to express my view about USA and Nigeria,two countries that faced similar challenges.

Imagine a situation where the two brothers continue to bomb innocent americans for like one year and after six months of throwing bombs and killing of innocent people, SOMEONE WILL SAY GRANT THEM AMNESTY

Having said that, a lot of people always make reference to USA negotiating with the taliban in Afghanistan, as a reason to negotiate with bokoharam in Nigeria.

FACT: USA doesn't NEGOTIATE with TERRORIST GROUPS.
FACT :USA is only proposing a PEACE TALK with the taliban in Afghan.
FACT: Taliban is not a TERRORIST group, Taliban, is an Islamic political movement in Afghanistan. The taliban ruled Afghan before the US led invasion.
FACT: USA is fighting AL-QEDA, a TERRORIST GROUP and will never negotiate with them.
FACT: USA have hundreds of HOME GROWN EXTREMIST VIOLENT GROUPS (e.g, KKK &co), but the US Govt always match their VIOLENCE with VIOLENCE, no middle ground.
FACT: USA proposed peace talks with the taliban keep collapsing because the taliban must do what the USA wants and preferred.
FACT: Peace talk and AMNESTY is not the same thing.
FACT: USA proved that no individual or group will be stronger than the State.


Lessons: I learnt that every security agency in the USA is so TRAINED and well equipped for ACTION.
All the law enforcement agents in USA KNOWS and UNDERSTANDS his job description and limits.
All the USA of agents and cops wore UNIFORMS, VEST and JACKETS that have his or her dept's name visibly written on it to avoid confusion.
The US agents hunted the bombers for over 24 hours in residential areas and with several agents involved, yet, THERE WAS NO ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE or STRAY BULLET (coordination).

AS A PEOPLE WANT THEIR SOCIETY, SO WILL IT ( LEADERSHIP INCLUSIVE) BE FOR THEM!!!






FACT: FOR GRANTING BOKOHARAM, euphemism for POWER DRUNK Northern muslim elites "AMNESTY", NIGERIA just reconfirmed that it's a FINISHED corner of the earth (sinking ship).

It's known that US citizens pay their taxes while living abroad and as a U.S citizen, you have no escape route. YOU MUST PAY YOUR TAXES, one way or the other.

So, how come Nigeria citizens abroad don't pay their own taxes to the Nigerian government, or even file their taxes to prove that they've paid their own fair share of tax in their country of residence?

I don't understand Naija people and their politicians. I thought some NL's said the country is "IMPROVING" and the people in the diaspora should rush back home? Or the country is only improving on the pages of newspapers and internet?? If you're still living in DARKNESS in this 21st century, then you're FINISHED!!!

Their politicians will be saying something else, the people on ground will be saying something else, who do I believe??

What can the country boast of OR what are they good at?

I don't want to see any GIBBERISH here about how naija has improved, if I do...

Any OBJECTIVE and INFORMED mind knows that Jonathan is not "DULL". He's acting DULL. He doesn't want to appear adamant, he's buying time and will not grant anyone AMNESTY. He wants to waste their time and he's wasting it. Northern Nigeria,is an ARID region,with no ECONOMIC BENEFIT to Nigeria whatsoever and it's inhabitants have LEECHED, STOLE and WRECKED other regions that Lugard, amalgamated together. Consequently, it's IMPOSSIBLE to grant amnesty ( release funds ) to the Northern elites.

If amnesty is not granted,what ECONOMIC EDGE does the North have NONE!!! Guess what? The Niger-Delta, amnesty was so CRUCIAL cos their activities WRECKED HAVOC on the Federal Govt's treasury.

BH's activities can only and have been wrecking havoc in Northern Nigeria. Peace out.

This your post doesn't add up. How does granting BH amnesty amounts to "betraying Igbo's"? Did he sign AMNESTY AGREEMENT with Igbo's? Smh, @ you guys.

Do you read news upside down? The report is that they're DISCUSSING AMNESTY and Gej's security team is weighing its PROs and CONs.

Delete this post cos AMNESTY HAS NOT BEEN GRANTED.When they do grant amnesty you can re-post it.

I have observed how Nigerians always blame the western media for painting Nigeria bad. A lot of Nigerians always claim on NL, that things are not that "bad" at home, it's the western media that "exaggerate Nigeria and it's woes".

How does the western media paint Nigeria bad?

Does it mean the western media always give false news (things that didn't happen) about Nigeria?

Do you think the so called "western media" doesn't broadcast the negative or bad events going on in their own societies?

Thousands of Nigerians rushed to this forum to post about what he or she witnessed, and will be yearning for it to make frontpage and the same people will not remember that FOREIGNERS (media &undercover folks) monitors all the local websites, which helps them to know better and feel the purse of the youths in the country.

E.g, when you'll be asking NL's " what's the electric situation like in your area" and over 20 people will narrate how they've been living in darkness (unknowingly to you, you've given the "WESTERN MEDIA" situation report and PAINTING NIGERIA BAD TOO)and no IMPROVEMENT of any kind.

What GOOD is happening in Nigeria that you expected the "western media" to broadcast and they didn't? The only thing going on is "BOKOHARAM INSTITUTE for STRATEGIC BOMBING" and the " western media" is covering their activities very well.


All over the world, the media is BIAS and the "western media" is not an EXCEPTION.

FYI, the "western media" is you NL's, stop looking in the wrong direction.

This is money for the "amnesty". I hope they'll stop this there cowardly act of killing innocent souls.

Tinubu, spewed his own amnesty gibberish last week. This week, Nuhu, spewed his own, fine. I have a quest for all you amnesty apostles. Why can't you tell your kinsmen to embrace the supposed "PEACE OF ISLAM"? What other grievance does BH have, other than they want to "islamize an already islamize Banana republic? Tinubu and Ribadu, does it mean that if you were to be the president, you'll just grant amnesty to any disgruntled rogue that took bombing of innocent lives as a hobby? Why can't you tell BH to stop making Northern Nigeria, the Somalia, that it is already ( Killing health workers,teachers ad construction workers).

I think many of you politicians are even worse than GEJ. As in you're "DULLER" and more RETARDED than Gej.


The only thing I admire in this GEJ, is his attitude toward you Northern elites parasite, that resorted to bombing as means to fight him. Keep bombing ,killing and destroying your people and its environs, when you're tired, you'll STOP and if you won't stop COOL. Northern muslims are the WRETCHED OF THE EARTH, ACCEPT IT and LIVE WITH. Shedding innocent blood won't bring PROGRESS TO AN ALREADY DEAD and ARID HELL HOLE

A GROUP OF PEOPLE SAID THEY WANT TO ISLAMIZE A PLURAL STATE and ALL RIBADU & HIS COHORTS COULD COME UP WITH IS " GRANT THEM AMNESTY" REALLY? WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL USA, TO GRANT AMNESTY TO AL-QEDA WHEN YOU WENT TO AFGHANISTAN TO WORK? ONE US SOLDIER WOULD HAVE OPEN YOUR SKULL FOR YOU.

HONESTLY, GEJ SEEMS SMARTER THAN MOST OF YOU GUYS, AND THROUGH YOUR ACTIONS AND WORDS, Y'ALL ARE GRADUALLY HANDING THE 2015 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TO HIM WITHOUT HASSLES.

FYI, MEND means, movement for the EMANCIPATION of oil well owners.

Boko Haram, (NORTHERN ELITES) HAVE NO LEVERAGE,oil well, economic advantage or anything to EMANCIPATE. So, they should wake up!!!

#NoAmnesty

Tinubu, spewed his own amnesty gibberish last week. This week, Nuhu, spewed his own, fine. I have a quest for all you amnesty apostles. Why can't you tell your kinsmen to embrace the supposed "PEACE OF ISLAM"? What other grievance does BH have, other than they want to "islamize an already islamize Banana republic? Tinubu and Ribadu, does it mean that if you were to be the president, you'll just grant amnesty to any disgruntled rogue that took bombing of innocent lives as a hobby? Why can't you tell BH to stop making Northern Nigeria, the Somalia, that it is already ( Killing health workers,teachers ad construction workers).

I think many of you politicians are even worse than GEJ. As in you're "DULLER" and more RETARDED than Gej.


The only thing I admire in this GEJ, is his attitude toward you Northern elites parasite, that resorted to bombing as means to fight him. Keep bombing ,killing and destroying your people and its environs, when you're tired, you'll STOP and if you won't stop COOL. Northern muslims are the WRETCHED OF THE EARTH, ACCEPT IT and LIVE WITH. Shedding innocent blood won't bring PROGRESS TO AN ALREADY DEAD and ARID HELL HOLE