₦airaland Forum

Chukwueze ooo

Moses Simeon oooooo

The replay system is so poor ooo.
Dat Osimhen fall na penalty?

Stadium full oooo.
Na free tickets to Ghanians?

Igbofam:
Are you living on Mars? Were you not aware he suffered a facial injury while playing and needed a facial surgery? What he I wearing is a protective gear to help protect it from worsening

You dey answer am?
E nor dey watch ball.

I just got an information now that the first female UNIBEN VIce Chancellor, Professor Grace Allele William is dead.
How true is this information?

I need an advice from people who have bought laptops before from jumia online, is their laptops and their accessories original?
Someone is advising against buying laptop from jumia online.
What is your advice?

Can jumia laptops be trusted for authenticity?

Njokuobinna:
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE PDP GOVERNORS’ FORUM AT THE END OF THEIR MEETING AT ABA, ABIA STATE OF NIGERIA

The PDP Governors’ Forum comprising all elected Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party held its regular meeting on Wednesday, 23rd March, 2022, at Aba, Abia State.

The meeting reviewed the excruciating
hardship and suffering being meted out to Nigerians by a failed APC led Federal Government; the near collapse of the APC as a viable political party, the readiness of the PDP to take over and offer qualitative leadership options to rescue the nation and issued the following Communique:

1. We lament the terrible pain and hardship facing Nigerians in virtually all aspects of life. The meeting noted that life was much better in 2015 under the PDP than today under the APC as exemplified in the following Comparative Indicators obtained mainly from the National Bureau of Statistics:

a. Diesel which is critical for running of SMEs was N131.47 in 2015, it now costs above N700
b. Fuel: Official and Black-Market was N87/155 in 2015, it now costs N167/350.
c. Aviation Fuel/Air Ticket Rate on Domestic Flights was N110 per Litre/N18,000 in 2015, it now hovers around N700 per Litre/N70,000, where available. Indeed, the scarcity of fuel which has resulted in loss of several man hours is a disgrace to Nigeria.
d. The collapse of the National Grid (126 times in 7 years – (June 2015 to March 2022) and its consequences for non-availability of power is most unfortunate.
e. Kerosene (NHK) used by the ordinary Nigerian for cooking and power was N180 in 2015, it now sells at ₦450.
f. Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) - 12.5kg Cylinder sold for N2,400 in 2015, is now sold at between N8,750 and N10, 000.
g. Prices of basic food stuffs are now three times higher than what they used to be in 2015. Staple foods such as rice, beans, cassava flakes are now slipping out of the hands of average Nigerians. Indeed, a Bag of Rice sold for N8500 in 2015 is now N39,000.
h. Electricity was N14.23 per kilowatt in 2015, it is now N38.530, and not even available.
i. Unemployment rate was 11.4% in 2015, it is now over 33%, one the highest in the world.
j. The poverty rate in 2015 was 11.3% but now about 42.8%.
k. Accumulated Inflation in 2015 was about 4%, it is now 15.50%; Inflation Rate was 9.01% in 2015 and now 15.7%.
l. Perhaps the Exchange Rate has been one of the most disastrous. N150 to a dollar was the parallel market (patronised by most businessmen and Nigerians) rate in 2015, it is now about N580 to $1 in the parrel market and still rising.
m. Debt and Debt Servicing:
Domestic Debt of N8.4T and External Debt of USD 7.3b was incurred between 1999-2015.
While Domestic Debt of N7.63T (June 2015-Dec 2020) and USD28.57b as at Dec 2020 was incurred. External debt of USD21.27b was incurred between June 2015 and 2021.
n. National Debt to GDP Ratio was 23.41% (2016) it is now 36.88% (2022).
o. The Corruption Index has risen from 136 in 2015 to 150 now.
p. Nigeria's Misery Index, an indicator used in determining how economically well off the citizens of a country are, is usually calculated by adding the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate to the annual inflation rate, has moved from 14.75 percent in 2015 to 50.48 (2021).
q. The major threat to the agricultural sector and food security in Nigeria is insecurity. In the northeast of Nigeria, it is estimated that no fewer than 70,000 hectares of arable farmland have been abandoned in the affected States and Local Government areas. The trend is the same all over the country. This further contributes to food inflation. The APC led Federal Government must take steps to cooperate with States to bring security down to the grassroots.

2. The Forum is surprised that in the face of these statistics of complete failure in all ramifications and areas, the APC still wants to be on the ballot in 2023.

This shows how uncaring and insensitive the APC is. IT HAS BECOME A MENACE TO NIGERIA.

3. The Forum urges Nigerians to reject the APC, a party run undemocratically by a Committee contrary to the Constitution (S.228) with Mr. President regularly issuing instructions and dictates. It is impossible for a party so disorganized to offer good governance to the people of Nigeria.

4. The meeting expressed concern and alarm over various reports and claims of incidents of stealing of crude oil ranging from 80% to 95% of production made by industry practitioners and called on the Federal Government to set up an appropriate mechanism to reverse this trend and bring perpetrators to account.

5. The PDP Governors once again decried the inability of the NNPC to make its statutory contributions to the Federation Account, inspite of Oil selling at above $110. It is patently unconstitutional for NNPC to determine at its whim and discretion when and what to pay to the Federation Account, as it is a mere trustee of the funds for the three tiers of Government: Federal, States and Local Governments. We once again, call for investigations and audit of the quantity of consumption of fuel ascribed to Nigerians and for deployment of technology at the filling stations to determine in a transparent manner the volume of consumption.

The Governors would resist any further attempt by NNPC to ascribe unsubstantiated subsidy claims to other tiers of government.

6. Furthermore, S.162 (1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended stipulates that “The Federation shall maintain a special account to be called “the Federation Account” into which shall be
paid all revenues collected by the Government of the Federation…”
and S.162 (10) states that “For the purpose of subsection (1) of this section, “revenue” means any income or return accruing to or derived by the Government of the Federation from any source and includes –
(a) any receipt, however described, arising from the operation of any law;
(b) any return, however described, arising from or in respect of any property held by the Government of the Federation;
(c) any return by way of interest on loans and dividends in respect of shares or interest held by the Government of the Federation in any company or statutory body”

a. As of today, 18 (Eighteen) Federation Revenue Agencies are not paying/remitting any revenue to the FAAC Account. These include (i) Central Bank of Nigeria (ii) Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) (iii) Nigeria Liquefied National Gas (NLNG) (iv) Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) (v) Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) (vi) NPA (vii) Security and Exchange Commission etc

(b) FIRS and DPR takes cost of collection of 4% (Four percent) of Revenue collected while Customs collects 7%. In March 2022 for instance, FIRS took N15.4Billion as cost of collection and Customs took N8.4b. If these are annualised, FIRS and Customs collects about N1.84Billion and Customs N100B per annum. Obviously, some states of the Federation’s capital budget does not come close to these.

(c) Nigeria Federation has 49% shareholding in NLNG. According to the Minister of Finance during the 2020 budget performance brief at the National Assembly stated that the federation received dividend of N144billion (One Hundred and Forty Four Billion) from NLNG. These figure to the best of our knowledge was never paid into the Federation Account.

(d)) NNPC deducts N8.33Billion monthly for the rehabilitation of the Refineries in Nigeria. Till date no refinery is working.

(e) On priority projects of the Nation’s oil industry, NNPC deducted N788.78Billion for various investments between 2018-2021 without recourse to FAAC.

(f) NNPC in 2021 alone claimed to have paid over One Trillion Naira as petroleum subsidy. Indeed, the month of March 2022, N220Billion was deducted as oil subsidy with a promise that N328Billion will be deducted in April 2022. This is unacceptable.

(g) NNPC and FIRS as well as other remitting Agencies continue to apply an exchange rate of N389/$1 as against the Import and Export window of N416/$1. The extent of this leakage can be better felt, if this rate is compared to the current N570/$1.

(h) From available records about N7.6T is withheld between 2012 and 2021, by NNPC from the Federation Account. All these are said to be payments for oil subsidy.

(i) Conclusively, we believe that all these leakages in NNPC have been made possible because the President is also the Minister of Petroleum. The urgent separation of these two portfolios have become necessary

7. The Forum noted the approval by the PDP NEC of the Time Table and Timelines for Congresses and Convention of the Party and urged all party members and party leadership to remain focused and united to win power in 2023, to tackle the myriads of problems facing the country.

8. The PDP Governors congratulated the host, His Excellency, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, the PDP Governors’ Forum Vice Chairman, for his generosity and hospitality in the hosting of the meeting.

9. In attendance are:

• Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal - Sokoto State - Chairman
• Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu - Abia State - Vice Chairman
• Gov. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri -Adamawa State
• Gov. Udom Emmanuel - Akwa Ibom State
• Gov. Bala Mohammed -Bauchi State
• Gov. Sen. Douye Diri - Bayelsa State
• Gov. Samuel Ortom -Benue State
• Gov. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa - Delta State
• Gov. Godwin Obaseki - Edo State
• Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi - Enugu State
• Gov. Engr. Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde - Oyo State
• Gov. Nyesom Wike, CON - Rivers State
• Hon Haruna Manu, Deputy Governor - Taraba State.

What have these PDP Governor's done in their respective states from the funds they have gotten?
PDP=APC.

Ahmed0336:
When other aspirants have spent lots of money campaigning over the past one year, Abdullahi Adamu wants to play smart by making Mr president to endorse him.

That won't work, let them go and face the delegates.

The delegates will make more money for themselves now, the highest bidder will win the election.
Na mouth are they going to use to face the delegates?
Corruption is embedded in the various political parties.

Adewale1603:
sure

I have chatted you up.

Adewale1603:
both systems has almost similar specs. but the first system has higher turbo speed of 4.1ghz versus 3.6ghz of the second system. both are touchscreen. the second system is only more recent than the first one as it already has upgradability to windows 11 Os

Can we chat on WhatsApp?

iwaeda:
https://dailypost.ng/2022/03/22/hardship-fuel-scarcity-youll-go-to-hell-if-you-dont-protest-huriwa-to-nigerians/

The reason why we hardly see peaceful protest is that the government will hijack it with their political thugs so that can have the reason to invite the security agents to stop the protest.
It's well.
If all these happened in Jonathan Government, Nigeria would have been on fire now.

iwaeda:
https://dailypost.ng/2022/03/22/hardship-fuel-scarcity-youll-go-to-hell-if-you-dont-protest-huriwa-to-nigerians/

The reason why we hardly see peaceful protest is that the government will hijack it with their political thugs so that can have the reason to invite the security agents to stop the protest.
It's well.
If all these happened in Jonathan Government, Nigeria would have been on fire now.

roselynbas:
The first one shows the base frequency, the second did not state, just showed the speed it can be boosted to. Just confirm the one with the higher speed and if possible with SSD drive for storage, they are usually faster.

Core i3 can serve a lot of purpose, although depends on what you want to use it for.

Also,.mind where you buy laptops from.

Can we chat on WhatsApp?

OgogoroFreak:
I'm always high but the 2nd one is better.

What do you mean you are always high but the 2nd one is better?

otunbablacq:
The second one has more speed and capacity

Thanks so much Chief.
I hope it will be fast since it's corei3 processor.

Please, someone should advice me on the one to buy among these two laptops.
Thanks.

And this one

This one

JoshuaAkinmi:
Oga buy used one. I can give u a used one of 150k. Very good. New one na packaging. I am into Laptop sales. 08138803091. My number

Oga, you wan sell your market

Buying a new laptop with lower specifications with #300k or buying a UK or used laptop with high specifications with #150k-#170k, which is more advisable?
I am considering the risk attached in buying used or UK used laptop.

Is UK and other developed countries in different world from Nigeria?
Paying millions of Naira for what his eyes couldn't control.
This case wouldn't go anywhere if it was Nigeria.

If he has good intentions for lagosians and Lagos State, may he succeed in his ambition.

edocommsorg:
By Isaac Aimurie

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has added fillip to his administration’s commitment to the processes that would enable the state gain in the ease of doing business ranking and become the preferred investors’ haven.

Before the latest strategy, the Edo State Investment Promotion Office, created by the Governor and headed by Mr. Kelvin Uwaibi, has been working on a series of programmes to vigorously market Edo to potential investors in Nigeria and in Diaspora, who constantly seek environments with liberal economic policies.

Interestingly, with the coming on stream of the Ossiomo Independent Power project which currently feeds the Edo production centre, some government offices, the ongoing street light project across the state and a network of reconstructed roads across the three senatorial districts, Edo is clearly way out in front of other states in Nigeria as the new investment frontier offering new opportunities.

In addition, the Obaseki-led administration has cut the time for getting certificate of occupancy (C-of-O) for property to a few weeks, from the over five years it used to take, prior to his emergence as governor.

 Edo parades a huge pool of ready-to-work and skilled youths, a robust market driven by foreign receipts, other support structures like security, availability of raw materials, a friendly tax regime, a functional industrial court for the resolution of business-related matters, amongst other business-support structures.

According to Obaseki, one of the ways to make the top spot in the ease of doing business ranking is to spur the ongoing economic diversification effort across the state and effectively communicate achievements in the key sectors.

The governor said this while inaugurating the 15-man Business Enabling Environment Task Team, set up to identify the challenges militating against businesses and recommend solutions that would raise the state’s ease of doing business profile in Government House, Benin City, the state capital.

Beyond ranking, Obaseki stressed that in the long term, only states with liberal economic policies and a business-friendly disposition will do well in the face of dwindling revenue from the federation account.

He explained: "This is a team that has been set up to prepare the state for a baseline survey on the ease of doing business in Nigeria as was decided by the Nigeria Economic Council. As you are aware, states today are typically funded by the federation account.”

"Investors use the National survey as a guide when they are selecting states where they will invest in. One of the indicators is how long it takes to get a Certificate of Occupancy (C-of-O). They want to see the process and compare it to other states.

"If we are at the bottom of that survey, we will not be a priority state to come into, and this survey is so internationally. I think it is something we should take seriously,” Obaseki told the team of experts, headed by the commissioner for finance, Mr. Joseph Eboigbe

He maintained that in a normal environment, states depend on tax revenue and so the states’ ability to do well depends on the ease with which business is conducted in their domains, adding that the federal government still give subvention to states today but states’ growth cannot be satisfied by such allocations.

"Over the years, the attitude of states is to run themselves with the view that at the end of the month, funding will come from the federal government. In a normal environment, states depend on taxation for their sustenance.”

He added: “States ability to do well depends on the businesses in the environment. What has happened today in Nigeria is that the federal government still gives subvention to states on a monthly basis. But the growth requirements for states today cannot be satisfied by the allocations.

"So, for any state to survive going into the future, you must have enough businesses that can pay taxes from which you can derive revenues. For businesses to be able to do well based on which you will now collect taxes, the environment for them to do well must be conducive.

"You must create an environment where businesses will thrive. Let's take transportation for instance, if your roads are not good, and drivers don't meet up with their desired targets, you cannot collect enough taxes.

"If it's the manufacturer that cannot have access to reasonable electricity cost, how are they going to make profits? How are they going to pay taxes? How are they going to increase the number of staff in their workforce? So, the purpose of the government is to create an environment for people to do well.

"Unfortunately, the government has evolved in a very arrogant manner, wanting to suck the blood out of these businesses for our own survival as government, whereas, our first priority should be the public and businesses. If you look at the way we are operating today, our first priority is to take care of ourselves.”

The team has Mr. Kelvin Uwaibi as Secretary. Members include Frank Evbuomwan, Ukinebo Dare, Dr. Joan Osa-Oviawe and Edugie Agbonlahor, Isoken Omoand the Edo Communication Organization amongst others.

Speaking on behalf of the team, Mr. Eboigbe assured the Governor of an excellent job and thanked him for finding them worthy for the task.

Governor Obaseki 6years of administration is just a waste.
Always talking.
Roads he said he has constructed don't even last up to a year, potholes.

TMSMedia:
https://www.facebook.com/103104878681389/posts/272041211787754/

Power have changed hand. Henceforth, Obiano is now Ex-Governor.
Anything that has a beginning have an end.
Touts reign supreme in Obiano administration.

garfield1:
True,very true.it is similar to what happened in zamfara.apart from umahi,no pdp candidate participated in all the stages of the election.therefore if umaahi is removed,either a fresh election is uubdertaken or the next party in line takes over

In zamfara state, APC was not having a candidate because the primary that produced their candidate was faulty.
Zamfara state case is very different from Ebonyi state case.
Umahi was rightly made a candidate by the PDP, he defected and the court is saying his votes belong to the PDP because people vote for party and not candidate that partook in an election.
Anything APC is ruled out.
Look at the case of kogi( Yahaya Bello), did he partook in all the election in his first term? Absolutely No, supreme court ruled that votes belong to party and not the candidate.

garfield1:
He has some points actually.he is saying that by virtue of defection,umahi and PDP have been disq and the next runner up which is APC should benefit

The candidate (Umahi) was disqualified and not his former party (PDP).

xalex77c:
is Bruno still on the pitch?

No

seunny4lif:
What kind of sub is this
This coach is mad
We need to attacking midfielders not

Let the coach do his job.

Matic in.
Ronaldo to score.

Rashford and Pogba are in now.