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N47.1bn scam: Court dismisses Akingbola’s application Ibori ‘ll still be tried in Nigeria – EFCC
S-South youths to oil firms: Relocate hqtrs to N-Delta
on FEBRUARY 29, 2012 · in NEWS
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By Etop Ekanem
LAGOS—President of the South-South Youth Council, Lagos State, Mr. Tomzine Benedict has called on oil multinationals operating in the Niger Delta region to relocate their corporate headquarters to their areas of operation.

Speaking to newsmen in Lagos, Benedict said that with their offices in Lagos and Abuja, Niger Delta youths had not benefited in terms of employment.

He contended that if there were no infrastructure on ground to absorb youths being trained in different skills through the amnesty training programme, the essence of the training would be defeated.

Benedict said: “Are they being trained to become useful citizens in the society or they are trained to go back to the creeks to resume hostage-taking and vandalisation of oil facilities?

“If there are no infrastructure to absorb them after their training, they will definitely go back to the creeks.”

He also called on President Goodluck Jonathan to ensure that the benefits of the amnesty training programme go round all the ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta region.

Benedict, who made the call against the backdrop of protest by some ethnic nationalities over alleged exclusion from the programme, said all youths from the region participated actively in the struggle and so none should be excluded from the amnesty training scheme for the ex-freedom fighters.

On the insurgency of the Boko Haram sect, he said politicians from the Northern part of the country were sponsoring Boko Haram to destabilise the government of President Jonathan because they don’t want the South-South in the presidency.

… as rights group flays call for review of Federal allocation
By Emeka Mamah
KADUNA— Kaduna-based Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria, CRCN, has flayed the call by the 19 Northern governors for the reduction of allocations to oil-producing states of the Niger Delta region to ensure the increase in allocations to northern states.

President of CRCN, Mr. Shehu Sani, who made this known, said the problem of northern governors was not necessarily lack of funds to execute projects but mismanagement.

Chairman of Northern Governors’ Forum, NGF, Dr. Babangida Aliyu was quoted as speaking of the need for a new revenue allocation formula with a view to reducing allocations to states in the Niger Delta and increasing same for northern states.

However, Sani said northern governors share their federal allocations to traditional rulers, clerics and their political cronies instead of using such money for the betterment of their societies.

In a statement entitled Northern Talakawa Do Not Benefit from Federal Allocation, by Sani and made available to Vanguard yesterday, CRCN said: “The call by Niger Governor and Chairman of the NGF on the need to re examine the revenue sharing formulae of the federation with a view to reducing the allocation to states in the Niger Delta and increasing same to the Northern states is ridiculous.

“Governor Aliyu and other Northern governors should be thinking of how they can harness the human and natural resources of the region to improve the quality of life of their people and make the region less dependent on federal charity that has become a reason for it’s ridicule and undignified insolence.

“It is an irony that Aliyu as a Governor, who has consistently loathed the begging culture of Almajiri in the north, has now elevated it to the art of statecraft.

’’It is a fact that the states in the North need more resources to tackle the problems of abject poverty, unemployment and destitution that has greatly contributed to the state of perversive insecurity. But it is also equally factual that the existing funds allocated to most of the states is not used for the betterment of lives of the teaming pauperised Talakawas (commoners).

true talk politician cant pull crowd. how can they be representative of the people.

Why did most Igbos move from lagos to Abuja


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why do nairaland do that. is he a thief.

why did boko haram see themself as liberation movement.

EFCC: he runs is website by hacking and cyber attack on other websites, should i inform the efcc.

do not attack again.

.stop telling lie. there was no such thing. It is the lies , you  have constantly told. dont you people ever give up.

This are the itsekiri people. do their name look Igbo or Ijaw to you. No , they dont, they are Yoruba names, what does that tell you. That this scammer are online trying to get delta state because of the oil.


Look delta state gave chief Obafemi awolowo state bury.  delta state was not part of biafra , not the lies, you find on nairaland or on the internet.  This people are scammer. what do you expect from scammers.


If a country comes out of nigeria, this is the map of how it will look like. except part of Kogi state in the north, which will be given to Niger state. bomadi, which will be cut off from delta state.

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Kilode , your argue is not valid. Let me put it this way. Jonathan Goodluck will be a dead man in some weeks, if he does not conduct a national conference. So Jonathan Goodluck as a dead man will have no oath , which is as swore by as a dead man. Because dead people oath are of no value.

So if a man is about to die. he has to be smart. At this point in the life of nigeria. national conference is the best for the nation. Jonathan Goodluck will be overthrow very soon if he continue to be playing hard ball. This is the history of nigeria. And all senators who claim they are God, will not have a job.

So and when a man knows they will kill him and they say do conference, smart people do conference. foolish one will refuse.

like Azikiwe once said, only a madman argue with the man with a gun .

well said

well said

well said

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first of all. New police training college in Ilorin, should be a Police University. like the army have the NDA in kaduna.

well said

well said

i believe.

i believe.

Is it true MEND want Chibuike Amaechi to become South south President. Someone told me, is it true. Mr Augustine Nwokocha as VP

it is because delta state governor is scared of Jonathan goodluck.

http://www.osundefender.org/?p=26086

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Southwest Governors Seek Better Allocation From Federation Account.


To set up full fledged secretariat

Governors of all the states that fall within the defunct Western Region on Thursday afternoon, demanded better revenue for the area for development purposes.

The governors also called for better revenue allocation saying the states are closer to the people for development.

The governors at the meeting held in Abeokuta, Ogun State were Ibikunle Amosun, Ogun, Rauf Aregbesola, Osun, Abiola Ajimobi, Oyo, Kayode Fayemin Ekiti, Babatunde Fashola Lagos, Ali Olanusi representing Ondo State Governor and Pius Odubu representing the Edo State governor.

The communique issued at the end of the meeting reads:

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE MEETING OF GOVERNORS OF STATES IN THE OLD WESTERN REGION HELD AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE, OKE-IGBEIN, ABEOKUTA

Preamble

The Governors of the States in the Old Western Region met on February 2nd, 2012 at the Government House, Oke Igbein, Abeokuta. The meeting, which deliberated on national issues and those of common interest to the Governments and people of their respective states, was a follow up to a similar meeting held in July, 2011 in Ekiti State. Some of the issues deliberated on are health, education, agriculture and food security, rural development, transportation and social housing.

In attendance were:

1. Senator Ibikunle Amosun FCA, Governor of Ogun

2. Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN),Governor of Lagos

3. Dr. Kayode Fayemi,Governor of Ekiti

4. Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Governor of Osun

5. Senator Abiola Ajimobi,Governor of Oyo

6. Alhaji Alli Olanusi, Deputy Governor of Ondo

7. Barrister Pius Odubu, Deputy Governor of Edo

RESOLUTIONS:

The meeting resolved as follows:

1. SECRETARIAT

i. That a full-fledged secretariat be established for effective coordination of the goal to fully integrate the states in the Old Western Region

ii. That the meeting of the Governors should hold more frequently. In fact a bi-monthly schedule was agreed on

iii. The proposed secretariat would, when established, immediately develop a Blueprint and Work Plan or integration of the region and build on the work of the Technical Committee for integration

2. DEVOLUTION OF POWER

i. The Federal Government is holding to too many responsibilities and power that are supposed to be within the purview of the federating states. The Governors considered it expedient to review the existing arrangement and devolve more power to the states.

3. RESOURCE ALLOCATION

i. The Governors further deplored the imbalance in resource allocation to states that make up the old Western Region given their contributions to the National Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Governors reaffirmed their determination to ensure that justice is done on the revenue allocation framework in the country.

why did Uzodima Goodhead jr change his name to Mujahid Dokubo

Musiwa what do you think the number of cell user is in the Western Niger

51 africa countries to recognize break up countries from nigeria if africa union break up nigeria.

Musiwa Can Nigeria Fight The Africa Union If Au Break Up Nigeria. Show Military

No man kill the king and expect to get away with it.

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