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Politics › Re: Media Framing: Wakili Is Fulani Warlord But Igboho Is An Activist - Nwabufo by Ttalk: 8:07pm On Mar 11, 2021
Heavens1stson:
https://dailytrust.com/media-framing-wakili-is-fulani-warlord-but-igboho-an-activist
Why do you have to hide under the name Frederick Nwagbufo to spit this gibberish. This tactics of divide and rule tactics coming from born to rule jobber like you is no longer selling.

Before you blame the media, why not ask the displaced Seriki Igangan that describe Wakili as dreaded warlord, he even taunted Igboho to go and engage Wakili if he's so powerful.

The media is not as low as you are not to know difference between an activist and a killer
Politics › Re: Wakili's Arrest: Fani-kayode Doing The Bid Of His Northern Paymasters – OPC by Ttalk: 6:03pm On Mar 10, 2021
Miracle1991:
unfortunately, you cant provide evidence that the alleged crime is truly committed by the so called fulani. Even the governor of Oyo state said the killing of a particular man in Oyo town is political not fulani.
The old man that they arrested and even killed a woman, is there any evidence? He was not cought with arms, they did not see any dead body in his house, the police don't have him in their file as a wanted criminal.
Let me tell you, : the reason for all this rubbish is politics, they Yoruba and hausa enjoy good political relationship, that is why they worked together and defeated PDP in 2015.
The igbos who are also fighting for the presidency in 2023 realize that if Yoruba and hausa continue to have a peaceful political relationship,it will be difficult for them to win in 2023, that is why they instigate this rubbish alleged fulani crime. Just look on nairaland, the moment a topic of fulani and Yoruba fighting is brought up , 89% of those that rush to the topic are igbos. Why?
I thought our people will be wiser to see what the igbos are planning for them but they failed.
Will you keep kwayet with your mediocre submission that shows you are neither Igbo nor Yoruba.

You think sane people are not seeing through your unimpressive divide and rule crap?
Politics › Re: Wakili's Arrest: Fani-kayode Doing The Bid Of His Northern Paymasters – OPC by Ttalk: 6:02pm On Mar 10, 2021
Miracle1991:
unfortunately, you cant provide evidence that the alleged crime is truly committed by the so called fulani. Even the governor of Oyo state said the killing of a particular man in Oyo town is political not fulani.
The old man that they arrested and even killed a woman, is there any evidence? He was not cought with arms, they did not see any dead body in his house, the police don't have him in their file as a wanted criminal.
Let me tell you, : the reason for all this rubbish is politics, they Yoruba and hausa enjoy good political relationship, that is why they worked together and defeated PDP in 2015.
The igbos who are also fighting for the presidency in 2023 realize that if Yoruba and hausa continue to have a peaceful political relationship,it will be difficult for them to win in 2023, that is why they instigate this rubbish alleged fulani crime. Just look on nairaland, the moment a topic of fulani and Yoruba fighting is brought up , 89% of those that rush to the topic are igbos. Why?
I thought our people will be wiser to see what the igbos are planning for them but they failed.
Will you keep kwayet with your unitteligent submission that shows you are neither Igbo nor Yoruba.

You think sane people are not seeing through your unimpressive divide and rule crap?
Politics › Re: 2023: Why The North Would Support South South Presidency by Ttalk: 6:35pm On Feb 25, 2021
This your armchair analysis will be a good script for nollywood, it will make a good super story
Politics › Re: Akeredolu Advocates For True Federalism In Nigeria by Ttalk: 4:31pm On Feb 23, 2021
Its long overdue. Let's go back to 1963 constitution that gives each region autonomy. This leeching and pecking won't lead us anywhere.

Its either we restructure or we dissolve the contraption
Politics › Re: Can A Nigerian Village Look Like This? (photos) by Ttalk: 6:46pm On Feb 21, 2021
BrandBrainBox:
If na Naija, gun-toting herders go dey inside the bush. Once in a while, dem go bring their cows to shit on the lawns. If dem see ves for your face, dem go rape your wife and kill you. So, answer to your question: Nigerian villas no fit dey like that.
Yes, it cant be like this.

How will those small huts accommodate 4 wives and 21 children?
Politics › Re: Plane Crash In Abuja Close To The Airport by Ttalk: 1:27pm On Feb 21, 2021
Yes
Politics › Re: Give Us State Police, Resource Control Now, El-rufai Tells FG by Ttalk: 6:09am On Feb 20, 2021
From El- Rufai, to Fayemi to my respected Pastor Adeyemi are all talking gibberish.

ElRufai was the chairman committee that looked into APC restructuring propaganda but could not push for it after 2years only for him to be making political statement because of 2023, he better be told that Nigerians are wiser and not ready to swallow any trash from politicians.

As for Fayemi, a self acclaimed security experts who cannot proffer solution to herdsmen menace ravaging his state and the country, is fuming and making many incoherent statements these days. You more confused and lacks capacity and courage to deal with Nigerian problem, so kindly swerve and keep your hallucination to yourself.

Oga Pastor, you made small sense when you say wicked Nigerians were benefitting from the crises, but creating fear by bringing Korea disintegration into the issue is where you miss the point. When you make reference to countries that had problem while separating why not talk about countries that broke peacefully and later on became successful, or you perceived that breaking up Nigeria would affect your ministry?

Enough of all these political correctness. Nigerians are wise, the veil covering their vision is removed, they now see clearly the deceit in tge statements of political and spiritual leaders
Politics › Re: Give Us State Police, Resource Control Now, El-rufai Tells FG by Ttalk: 5:05am On Feb 20, 2021
From El- Rufai, to Fayemi to my respected Pastor Adeyemi are all talking gibberish.

ElRufai was the chairman committee that looked into APC restructuring propaganda but could not push for it after 2years only for him to be making political statement because of 2023, he better be told that Nigerians are wiser and not ready to swallow any trash from politicians.

As for Fayemi, a self acclaimed security experts who cannot proffer solution to herdsmen menace ravaging his state and the country, is fuming and making many incoherent statements these days. You more confused and lacks capacity and courage to deal with Nigerian problem, so kindly swerve and keep your hallucination to yourself.

Oga Pastor, you made small sense when you say wicked Nigerians were benefitting from the crises, but creating fear by bringing Korea disintegration into the issue is where you miss the point. When you make reference to countries that had problem while separating why not talk about countries that broke peacefully and later on became successful, or you perceived that breaking up Nigeria would affect your ministry?

Enough of all these political correctness. Nigerians are wise, the veil covering their vision is removed, they now see clearly the deceit in tge statements of political and spiritual leaders
Politics › Re: Take A Look At The Names Of Top NNPC Executives - South Na MUMU by Ttalk: 10:21pm On Feb 17, 2021
olajizz01:
You see,that was how the format used to be since time immemorial, I just discourse this issue with my friend just now, not even know it will come up on nairaland.


South South is the main issue here because they owned the resources( larger portion),let them start the issue first and see whether SW will not lent their voices heavily. This is sth that can never happened in SW or SE regions,but their leaders in the region were too comfortable with this situations for one reason or the other.
It's happening already to Swesterners otherwise they would be the one heading NPA and Customs since no Southerner is allowed to be FCT minister
Celebrities › Re: Fuji Artist K1 Shows Off His Cattle Ranch by Ttalk: 6:42am On Jan 30, 2021
plaindealer:
How many private investors are rushing to invest in livestock trade or ranching? How many? It's not the kind of business many Nigerians are willing to explore so at this point it really doesn't matter, government or private.

When RUGA was introduced, you and many Nigerians did not read the plan or even pay attention to what's written on the paper, you just condemn the whole plan based on baseless sentiments, emotions and tribal reasonings.

There was no plan to take your land or allocate your land, they simply asked state governments to produce land and the FG will give them money to set up animal husbandry businesses from breeding and raising livestock to meet processing and so on.

The states can hire local labor to run the operation, create jobs and make money, not necessarily settling Fulani people on your land.




RUGA is for animal husbandry including pigs, chicken, goats, turkey and so on, what you raise and sell on your ranch is your problem, there's no RUGA stipulation stating what you can or can not raise on your RUGA ranch.

Instead of reading the plan, paranoid and tribalistic Nigerians made up their own fake stories and mischaracterized the whole plan.
Can you provide the proposed RUGA document and let's analyse it.

There are farm settlements area all over the country that are left in shambles, but government want more land specifically for grazing purpose when government has no shares in the business

Why creating a RUGA school, RUGA hospital, RUGA electricity just to satisfy an ethic group within a heterogenous entity like Nigeria.

I would be very happy if you can bring the document up here and let's discuss the trash government is trying to sell to Nigerians
Politics › Re: Northern Governors' Forum Hail Buhari On Appointment Of Service Chiefs by Ttalk: 6:31am On Jan 30, 2021
Saint Buhari
Celebrities › Re: Fuji Artist K1 Shows Off His Cattle Ranch by Ttalk: 5:46am On Jan 30, 2021
plaindealer:
Good to see private individuals setting up their own RUGA.

RUGA is still the one and only answer, government or private.

Confine animals to private breeding grounds and ranches and feed your animals on your own ranch just like K1.

Too bad our tribal and bigoted national character killed RUGA, a very brilliant idea.
In a capitalism there shouldnt be anything like government RUGA, cow rearing is a private business and government has no business in allocating people land for private business

Besides, when are we going to have RUGA for piggery, RUGA for aquaculture, RUGA for Snail farming, RUGA for poultry farming.
Politics › Re: List Of The 14 Most Useless Organisations In Nigeria by Ttalk: 7:10am On Jan 29, 2021
Bonavi:
These organisations, agencies, bodies, parties, groups are listed from bottom to top according to their level of uselessness:

14, CBN - Central Bank of Nigeria

13, NGF - Nigeria Governor's Forum. These Forum is so useless as a body as FG does not even pause to think that this body exist before carrying out whatever action they want

12,, PDP, People's Democratic Party. This organisation of fools is why we are in the mess we find ourselves today,

11, INEC, This body as we currently know is incapable of independence as implied by the name

10, PANDEF, This organisation is just existing because order regions have theirs

9, NNPC, This agency is where corruption headquartered

8,NYM, Northern Youth Movement. This movement has constituted itself a very huge nuisance majorly by its chairman's uncouth and irresponsible speeches and utterances.

7, NDDC, If Niger Deltans are looking for where to channel their blame, it should be at the doorsteps of this agency

6, Senate, The Senate should simply be scrapped because if there is anything atall going on in the National Assembly, its the House of Representatives. For the senators the Senate house is a very good place to retire to. Where u can dose off at will.

5, Southeastern Governo's Forum. These brainless eastern governors could not organise themselves to be useful to the region they are leading. Even when their counterparts in the southwest organised and floated their security outfit for the region, these embarrassing individuals could still not get their ass together to do anything.

4, NA - Nigerian Army. Their specialty now is flogging and killing civillians. They run from Bokoharam and most recently, from gun engagement with ESN, Eastern security Network only to get into Orlu communities and started flogging and killing women.

3, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. This ministry is simply created as conduit pipe by the cabals.What is going on in that ministry headed by the badder Alisson Madueke, Madam Sadiya Farouq can only be imagined.

2, NLC - Nigerian Labour Congress has become so useless under the chairmanship of Wabba? This organisation that is not just the hope of Nigerian workers but the entire citizenry. We all know their role in the increments to the fuel and electricity tariffs.
No state is paying the 30thousand minimum wage increase except federal government and Lagos state and these people did nothing

1, At number 1 is Ohaneze Ndi Igbo. This organization is so useless. Their main objective is bambiala. The president will simply be going from one governor to the other begging for alms. The governors can do as they wish, and they are not bothered, all they hope is for the alms coming from the governors. Today they will carry restructuring for head like gala, tomorrow is Igbo presidency. All they ever care is where to get alms.
Any list without MURIC is incomplete. In fact that organisation occupy the first 10 position followed by Miyetti Alla, Disco, Nigeria Police, Customs, VIO and NURTW
Politics › Re: What I Discussed With Buhari – Oyo State Gov. Seyi Makinde by Ttalk: 9:29pm On Jan 27, 2021
helinues:
Make I supply you free handkerchief and buckets?
Stop being a chameleon and take a stand. You have always been operating from a reverse gear in your opinion.
Politics › Re: APC Welcomes Appointment Of New Service Chiefs by Ttalk: 5:51pm On Jan 26, 2021
Okay
Politics › Re: I Weep For The South: Former Goveror Of Zamfara, Sanni Yerima by Ttalk(op): 5:45pm On Jan 26, 2021
ThatFairGuy1:
How did Tinubu sold South?
Senselessness.

They all know, only attack on Tinubu's personality makes people remember them. Failed politicians

Ahmed Tinubu, for his desire to rule Nigeria practically sold the south and with his bullion vans rigged Buhari to power. History will tell of him soon like others.
Kindly ignore the aspect of Tinubu and deal with the other issues.

History will remember Tinubu as one who tribalised and trivialised the murder of Fasoranti's daughter with his infamous statement of " where are the cows"

Tinubu may have raised many political icons but he did that at the expense of his people. For example, while we have one Oluomo, there are many who have lost thier livelihood due to the recklessness of agberos. He may have made Mrs Oluremi Tinubu but at the expense of loyal and party faithfuls who are better qualified.

Tinubu is not a saint, where he erred should be criticised and cautioned to be a better leader. Idolising our leaders is major weakness that is making them treating their people like slave
Politics › Re: I Weep For The South: Former Goveror Of Zamfara, Sanni Yerima by Ttalk(op): 2:51pm On Jan 26, 2021
flokii:
Go back and read your history.. South East (igbos) have been united with core North since independence up till say 2011 or so.

They have occupied many key posts in government since 90s' more than any other tribe but have nothing to show for it. The same people claimed GEJ completed 2nd Niger bridge and all airports in the SE. Today we can't see anything of such on ground.

Leave South West out of your folly, we are connected to West Africa just like the North is to Niger Republic and the likes. We'll chart our own course in due time.
I don't expect this to turn to tribal discuss while leaving the crux of the post.

Have the southern youth and the populace demanded for accountability from their leader? While it is easy to blame federal government and northern cabal, southern political leaders remain the clog in wheel that must be straighten or replace for south to benefit from Nigeria.

Until southerners begin to question their leaders and compel them to serve the collective interest of the people and not their egocentric proclivity, south would always be at the mercy of the north
Politics › I Weep For The South: Former Goveror Of Zamfara, Sanni Yerima by Ttalk(op): 12:55pm On Jan 26, 2021
You must understand something, all Southern politicians are driven by untold degree of selfishness. While in office, they are all aspiring for the next office. The strategy to get on the ladder is to sacrifice their people, their towns and villages and their region. They do everything possible to please the Hausa Fulani Northerners in order to be favoured. We can go back a little to pull out some examples.

(1) *Gov. Peter Odili wanted to run for presidency*, he squandered River State money on Northern Emirs and Northern Opinion leaders. At the end, he failed.

(2) *Gen Obasanjo held up all development programs in the South and promoted infrastructure development in the North in order to get the 3rd term agenda through*. At the end, he failed.

(3) *James Ibori wanted to be a Vice President to President Yar’dua, in place of Jonathan*. Delta State Liaison office in Abuja, became an ATM for all the Northern PDP members. At the end, not only did he fail, he was sent to prison.

(4) *Jonathan Goodluck postponed South South development to his anticipated second tenure* and put in all resources to the rehabilitation of the Almajiris, Emirs Palace from Sokoto to Maiduguri. Built Abuja- Kaduna Rail line when Lagos Ibadan Express Way was impassable, East West Road was a mere historical concept; built and completed Federal Universities in Katsina, Jigawa etc but did foundation ground breaking for the the Federal University in Bayelsa. At the end, he was sent out of the Villa by the Northern INEC Chairman he appointed.

(5) *Under Jonathan, the then Minister for Aviation, Stella Odua, funded in full*, the rehabilitation & upgrading of the Kano, Sokoto, Katsina Airports but Port Harcourt Airport operated from a Tarpaulin, Enugu completely short down. At the end, AMCON took over all her assets and currently facing EFCC.

(6) *Our brother Ibe Kachukwu was the Chairman of NNPC BOT & Petroleum Minister* at the same time. He promoted the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano Gas Pipeline. He rehabilitated the Petroleum institute in Kaduna when the Petroleum Institute in Warri was not captured in the budget. He was humiliated out of office.

(7) *Obono-Obla was appointed the Chairman of Government Asset Recovery Committee*. His target was only all past office holders from the South South and South East. At the end he was framed and arrested.

(cool *The immediate past MD of NDDC and Akwa Ibom State APC Governorship candidate, Nsima Ekere gave out emergency jobs (contracts) only to Southern Contractors fronting for Northerners*. NDDC became an ATM for “the Villa Boys”. Where is he now?

(9) *Rotimi Amaechi is lobbying to be the next Vice President, in 2023*. His first action is to sell the South and became a saboteur. No wonder why as a Transport Minister he found it very necessary to build the Lagos-Ibadan- Abuja-Kaduna-Kano-Katsina Rail line, Calabar – Maiduguri Rail line, Transport University in Katsina. The Great Eastern Railway line From Port Harcourt via Aba, Onitsha to Enugu to Okene in his books, is not feasible.
The minister is completing the biggest rail and road line into Niger Republic and towards the border of Niger Republic and other countries while the roads in the south are impassable. What Niger Republic has benefited in this Administration is bigger that all that south south and south east combined. Who are the MDs of Nigerian Ports Authority and NIMASA?

(10) *The current Petroleum Minister, Chief Timipre Sylva, has initiated the construction of the Ajaokuta-Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Gas Pipe line* to facilitate the building of a Gas Power Station in Abuja and Kaduna and “to turn Kano into an Industrial Head Quarters”. The man is from Bayelsa State where there is over 90% unemployment and no electricity light from National Grid.

11)” *Ahmed Tinubu, for his desire to rule Nigeria practically sold the south* and with his bullion vans rigged Buhari to power. History will tell of him soon like others.

12) *The number of appointments of people from Niger Republic in Buhari Administration is bigger than all south combined* and all the National Assembly members are aware but keep quiet because of future ambition and to avoid probe.
Politics › Re: What Does Peanut Burger Coating Machines Mean To Entreprenuers In 2021? by Ttalk: 6:59pm On Jan 20, 2021
Cburke:
Hi everyone!
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Let me get right to it..

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Politics › Re: Ondo Forests: Afenifere Hails Akeredolu by Ttalk: 5:32pm On Jan 20, 2021
Misterone:
afenifere and rubbish talk. are those Fulanis not Nigerians. is it proper for a state government to restrict some citizens (just because of their tribe and culture) from moving freely in an area that has not been designated "restricted area"? if this nonsense were to be done on southerners in the North would there not be a call to arms? so long as these areas are free for some, then it is free for all because we have only one constitution.
Stop being clever by half. El Rufai demolished many southerners houses in FCT on account of development plan even when such areas were left unused and has become tick forest now, such power resides with governors to exercise within his state as he as a custodian of the state's development plan has power over reserves forest in his state
Politics › Re: Is It Constitutional For Fulani Herdsmen To Live In the Forests? by Ttalk: 2:06pm On Jan 20, 2021
[quote author=uBuNiT post=98244683][/quote]There is a forest reserve opposite DSS office behind National Assembly facing Aso rock, go for a game there as we live in a free world and cone back to share your testimony
Politics › Re: Advertise On Cool Fm And Other Radio Stations by Ttalk: 1:51pm On Jan 20, 2021
themayor4542:
Sent.
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Politics › Re: SW Leads Opposition Against Buhari Government by Ttalk: 8:39pm On Jan 17, 2021
IamAtikulate:
Play your opposition like SE but don't stab him at the back.

You can't claim to love him and still backstabs him.
You are such a confused man. Just the way you love Atiku but hate Ekweremadu yet you keep sending him to Senate since 1999
Politics › Re: SW Leads Opposition Against Buhari Government by Ttalk: 7:00pm On Jan 17, 2021
Sctests:
You are very right. yorubas are like the proverbial hunter that kills a crying man in the bush and comes out of the bush to ask 'Who is killing that man?". cheesy grin

They are dribbling themselves as usual but they call it 'sophistication'. grin

Presidency them no go smell until East takes their turn rightfully. cheesy
Funny post, are you the one sharing presidency?
Politics › Re: SW Leads Opposition Against Buhari Government by Ttalk: 6:57pm On Jan 17, 2021
What is wrong with being critical of a bad policies of a bad government? Because prominent members from SW formed APC doesn't make the party immune to criticism.

South West is more committed to good governance rather than a party. Besides, am yet to see your gain from your beloved party PDP that you have been praising
Properties › Reputable Developer Needed In Lagos Nigeria by Ttalk(op): 7:28pm On Dec 27, 2020
Compliment of the season to all nairalanders.

Please kindly suggest name of reputable developers in and around Lagos.

There is a virgin Island for development along Badagry road in Lagos State.

Chat me up if you are connected to a reputable developer.

Thank you
Politics › Re: I Give Up On Nigeria As ICAN Tell Inductees To Become Entrepreneurs by Ttalk: 11:42am On Dec 24, 2020
Johnnyessence:
toor. reality have reset our brain already.
The OP is yet to come in term with the reality
Politics › Re: I Give Up On Nigeria As ICAN Tell Inductees To Become Entrepreneurs by Ttalk: 11:36am On Dec 24, 2020
mrrandomguy:
We focus too much on certificates and credentials while encouraging ourselves to embrace entrepreneurship.

Why should I train to become a chartered accountant just to end up as an entrepreneur?

Why should I go through the stress of passing an accounting exam that is meant to equip me with skills to perform a specialised task, but instead end up producing/selling electric cars, Android apps, liquid soap, small chops, waist beads, human hair and makeup?

Why should I pay annual dues to ICAN or any of these professional bodies, when infact my aim is to own a garment factory or become a fashion designer at least?

What happened to vocational and technical schools? We should be encouraged to attend these institutes If they wanted us to become any of the above.

We have lost focus and we should stop deceiving ourselves. They should just close the Universities and stop awarding BSc.
Am surprised youve not come to accept reality that is hitting us as a nation.

When people are developing apps that covers a whole degree courses in accounting and simplifying it in such a way that primary school pupil can operate, what then do you expect.

The reality is that most courses we read in our university belong to the past when manpower is require in carrying out basic task, but all that are not require now and that is the reality.

It is better you accept this bitter pill before hunger becomes your companion
Politics › Re: Kidnappers Of 333 Students Must Face Justice – US Tells Nigerian Govt by Ttalk:
Not that many believe in the abduction in the first place as people wondered how can over 300 school children be abducted without one single teacher. I have never seen a school with students without academic and non academic staff.

How the stage managed abductors succeeded in identifying only the students will remain a mystery till the end of time.

Abi the abductors took roll calls of the students.?

Now that different government official's claim of how the abductor were traced and tracked, they should go ahead and prosecute them, failure of which will confirm people's believe that all Kankaras saga was just a ruse
Politics › Re: Kankara Schoolboys’ Abduction & Rescue Is Scam — Afenifere by Ttalk: 7:50pm On Dec 18, 2020
plaindealer:
What's there to gain by staging massive kidnapping of hundreds of kids and suffer unnecessary bad press, publicity and attention? Where is the value in that, even political value?

These afenifere jokers are getting more and more absurd and irrelevant.
Their gain is the Ransome paid to them
Politics › Re: Femi Falana: Senate Has No Power To Summon President, Governors (2018) by Ttalk: 7:13am On Dec 12, 2020
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL POWER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO SUMMON the PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.” made available to TheNigeriaLawyer(TNL).


Mr. Ogbole, SAN, began by establishing the power of NASS to make law regarding the Armed Forces and the power of NASS to investigate matters that fall under legislative exclusive list.



“The general power and functions of Legislature Arm of Government is provided under section 4 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (As Amended). The National Assembly has the power to determine by law, the organization and administration of the force, and may make provisions for the establishment of different branches of the force.

“By the provision of section 88 (supra) the National Assembly can direct investigation into any of the matters listed in the exclusive and the concurrent legislative lists with respect to which it has the authority to make laws.” he said

Therefore, he added that under the said section 88, “the legislature can look into the affairs of members of the executive (including the President) in relation to duties or responsibilities vested or intended to be vested on them under laws made or to be made by the National Assembly.”

The learned silk said the management and control of the security sector is exclusively vested in the President by Section 218 (1) of the Constitution as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces including the power to determine the operational use of the Armed Forces.

Consequently, the President, “as the Commander in Chief has exclusivity on security and has confidentiality over security matters. These powers and rights he does not share with anyone safe and except when he delegates by writing as contemplated by section 218(3) of the 1999 Constitution as amended.”

He opined, therefore, that, “by the combined effect of the provisions of sections 88, 89 and 218 (4) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is unequivocal that the National Assembly is empowered to summon any public officer including the President in the course of conducting investigation into any matter with respect to which it has power to make laws and the conduct of affairs of any person, authority, ministry or government department charged, or intended to be charged, with the duty of or responsibility for executing or administering laws enacted by the National Assembly.”

He, however, clarified that the powers conferred on the National assembly under the provisions of Section 88 are exercisable only for the purpose of enabling it to make laws with respect to any matter within its legislative competence and to correct any defects in existing laws; and expose corruption, inefficiency or waste in the execution or administration of funds appropriated by it.

“From the combined effect of section 88 and 89 of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, even a committee having charge to investigate or interrogate the Armed Forces can invite any authority or persons who have the answers to such questions or any other questions therefrom.” he added.

Making reference to many provisions of the constitution, he said NASS can summon President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

He said, “A combined reading of Preamble of the Constitution, Section 1(1), 4, 14(1), (2) (a) & (b), 67 (1), 88, 147, 217, 218 (4) (a), 219 and the Seventh Schedule (Oaths of Allegiance) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (As Amended), one will easily arrive at positive conclusion on the power of the NASS to invite or summon President as in this case.

“This is more so that the President is also the Minister for Petroleum and can be summoned ordinarily”

Ogbole further stated that the position was affirmed in the US by former Associate of the US Supreme Court

“Justice Van Devanter ( an American Lawyer who served as an associate Justice of the Supreme Court of USA from 1910 – 1937) recognized this power as: an essential and appropriate auxiliary to the legislative function, a legislature cannot legislate wisely or effectively in the absence of information respecting the conditions which legislature is intended to affect or change, and where the legislature does not possess the requisite information – which not infrequently in true – recourse must be had to others who possess it.”

He therefore concluded as follows:

“It is submitted respectfully that considering the insecurity and killings we are witnessing on a daily basis across the country, the NASS can summon President who is the C-in-C of the FRN for the purpose of getting information that will assist them to legislate wisely and effect change on the current security challenge.

“The main issue here is that Checks and Balances and Public Accountability is a core attribute of democracy that distinguishes it from any other form of governance.
It is a groundnorm of democracy that is so basic that it does not require constitutional or legislative provision and enactment before it attaches to democratic governance.

“Any argument otherwise is an attempt to steer away from the shores of democracy to the turbulent waters of undemocratic governance.



“Whenever Checks and Balances and Public Accountability are stripped from a democracy, then what you have is no longer a democracy.”

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