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Pls moderators don't be biased here, why did you hide this post ' Uduaghan upgrade public schools in Delta'

Thanks my brother for your observation. True DELTANS who are residing in the state know that there is unprecedented turn around the educational sector of the state

The comrade governor deserve the honour

The man is working and we are happy. God bless the Comrade governor of Delta State. Uduaghan is working,Delta State is moving, to God be the glory. The man has performed beyond our imagination within a short time. when there was system failure, we said it here and even protested. Now that the man has surpassed all the governors in Nigeria, we should also let the world know that he is working to encourage him to do more.

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Monkeyleg, go and sleep, must you continue to criticize a comrade governor that is doing well. Are you angry that the man is working and the people are happy. You just call some body thief without evidence? You are the real thief. When the righteous are in power the people rejoice.

How many state can use this kind of vehicles as public taxi. You can only find this in Dubai(UAE)

Uduaghan is working, Delta State is moving, to God be the glory.

God bless His Excellency, Comrade Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan. Congratulations Sir, haters should kindly hug the nearest transformer

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The governor deserve the award. Congratulations to His Excellency.

Youths celebrate in Delta as Uduaghan get National award. Congratulations to the people's governor. Comrade Dr. EE Uduaghan

Where are the doubting thomas, more to come for other schools in Delta

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@Solomon
It is you that GOD will punish, is any body preventing those people from contesting election. You think governance is all about speaking grammar

Facilities available in the school

Wayo nor dey, the difference is clear

Free education for all. Another Awolowo in Delta

Entrance to the primary school

God bless the Comrade Governor of Delta State

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GRA MODEL PRIMARY SCHOOL ASABA

Honour should be given to whom honor is due, uduaghan deserve more award for transforming public schools in delta to international standard

The governor deserve that award. Look at how he transform schools in Delta State to international standard

Honour is given to whom honour is due, not for the purpose of aggrandizement but to encourage those who have rendered selfless services to the generality of the people irrespective of their political affiliation to put in their optimum best to meet the need of the people.
His Excellency, the Comrade Governor of Delta State Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has distinguished himself in the area of human capital development, peace and security and infrastructural development.
The Comrade Governor played a critical role in resolving the militancy issue by going to the creek to negotiate with the boys. Today, the effect is increased in oil production with a corresponding increase in gas out-put which has affected power generation positively for the benefit of the Nigerian people. The governor played his part in improving our revenue profile as a nation and restoring peace in the Niger Delta. He has been able to foster peace among all the ethnic groups in Delta State who were hitherto at daggers drawn at one another prior to the emergence of the comrade governor in 2007.
The free maternal health care introduced by the governor is unprecedented and the masses are very happy with him for introducing such a laudable programme. It is in recognition of the exemplary leadership quality of the Comrade Governor that the federal government gave the prestigious award of GCON to him. This is a moment of joy for the down trodden masses in Delta State in view of our believe that this award will further encourage the governor to put in his best to deliver the dividend of democracy to the good people of Delta State.
On behalf of the Urhobo Youths Coalition, I say thank you to the president and commander in chief of the armed forces of the federation Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for the honour given to the comrade governor of Delta State who have worked indefatigably round the clock to put food on the table of less privilege deltans.
To this end therefore, we want to acknowledge and commend the president Dr. Goodluck Jonathan for the general improvement in power supply across the nation. This is an unprecedented improvement in power supply in the history of the Nigerian nation and we urge the president to continue in that direction.
GOD BLESS UDUAGHAN
By Comrade Ovie Sanco
Chairman Urhobo Youths Coalition

Friday, 31 August 2012 05:47 | Print | E-mail
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[James Ibori]

James Ibori
The issue of a certain $15million bribe money allegedly given by former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori, to former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, to compromise Ribadu and his team, has recently generated a lot of controversies.

The matter first came to public knowledge when Ibori was charged to court in 2007 by the EFCC for various offences. One of the counts in the charge was in relation to offering that money as bribe to Ribadu. But in an affidavit in support of his application for bail, Ibori denied any knowledge of the money. However, according to the EFCC, after taking custody of the money through Ibrahim Lamorde, who was then the Director of Operations of the Commission, the money was taken to the Central Bank of Nigeria and kept there.

QUESTIONS: WHY DEPOSIT THE PROCEEDS OF A CRIME, WHICH IS ALREADY AN EXHIBIT TO BE TENDERED IN COURT, IN THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA? IS THE CBN A STORE FOR EXHIBITS? DOES THE EFCC NOT HAVE FACILITIES TO KEEP EXHIBITS?

In any case, the 170-count charge against Ibori, which included a count of giving the $15 million bribe, was struck out by the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba. The EFCC appealed against that decision and various parts of that appeal are presently before the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.

In the meantime, James Ibori, has been extradited to the United Kingdom, tried and convicted of some other offences, which do not include giving the $15million bribe or laundering that sum. In other words, if the appeal of the EFCC against Ibori succeeds at the Supreme Court, Ibori can still be tried in Nigeria for laundering the sum of $15million and giving it as bribe, since he was never tried for those offences in United Kingdom. For instance, if a person kills Mr. Peter and Paul and he is tried only for killing Mr. Peter and convicted, he can later be tried for killing Mr. Paul also. It will not amount to double jeopardy.

It is with this state of affairs that the Federal Government, through the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, sparked off controversy recently when it applied to court that the said money be forfeited to the Federal Government. The Delta State Government has also come forward to lay claim to the money. And a certain businessman named Chibuike Achigbu and Dr. Andy Uba, the former Special Assistant on Special Duties and Domestic Affairs to President Olusegun Obasanjo, have also claimed in court that they were the proxies through whom the money was given to Ribadu, but that it was for a different purpose other than bribe.

QUESTIONS: WHY WERE THE DUO OF ANDY UBA AND CHIBUIKE ACHIGBU NOT ARRESTED AT THAT TIME (SINCE THEY ENJOYED NO IMMUNITY LIKE CHIEF JAMES IBORI) AND CHARGED TO COURT FOR CONSPIRACY AND BRIBERY? WHY HAVE THEY NOT BEEN ARRESTED UP TILL THIS MINUTE AND CHARGED TO COURT? OR IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TELLING NIGERIANS THAT NUHU RIBADU WAS LYING ABOUT THE BRIBE MONEY?

WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY WILL WANT TO RECOVER EXHIBITS THAT ARE THE PROCEEDS OF CRIME, WITHOUT FIRST ARRESTING THE CULPRITS, INVESTIGATING THEM, TRACING THE ORIGIN OF THE MONEY, CHARGING THEM TO COURT AND SECURING CONVICTION?

It is in the light of the above that the attempt by the Federal Government to recover the alleged $15miilion bribe money deposited in the CBN surreptitiously through the court is nothing but a shameful and disgraceful attempt at covering up a crime, abdicating its statutory responsibility to prosecute criminals, and reneging on its pledge to the people to fight the cancer of corruption to its roots, no matter whose ox is gored.

The Federal Government should immediately withdraw that case from court and the Delta State Government and all other parties should back off from this national embarrassment we are witnessing. Consequently, the Federal Government should do the following:

(1) Await the decision of the Court of Appeal or Supreme Court over the appeal against the discharge of Ibori on the 170-Count charge. If the Supreme Court rules that Ibori was wrongly discharged and orders a retrial (just as happened recently in the case of Kenny Martins when a retrial was ordered by the Court of Appeal over stealing of police funds), the $15 million is one of the exhibits that will be tendered when the case is retried.

(2) Await the verdict of that retrial, (if it is ordered) which retrial will determine once and for all whether the money was actually given by Ibori or not as bribe to Ribadu.

(3) Arrest immediately the duo of Andy Uba and Chibuike Achigbu, interrogate them, trace the origin of the $15million, and if it has no origin, charge them with money laundering and/or conspiracy and bribery.

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(4) Arrest Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, interrogate him and charge him to court, if necessary,for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and perjury as regards the proceedings in Asaba when he swore on oath or procured another to swear that he was given a bribe. This is because, it is either Ribadu on the one hand is lying that he was offered $15million as bribe or Andy Uba, Ibori and Chibuike Achigbu on the other hand are all lying that it was not bribe. Both versions cannot be correct and any version that is false amounts to a crime under our laws.

Either way, we cannot fold our arms and watch helplessly and hopelessly as some persons with dubious intentions regarding that money which is public funds play on our collective intelligence in this matter.

This is a very serious matter that is turning into a comedy of sort. It is the embarrassing failure of the Federal Government to follow due process and the rule of law to the letter regarding that bribe money that is the foundation for the present absurdity we are witnessing where those who should actually be in jail and institutions that failed in performing their duties are fighting themselves publicly to claim money that is purely the proceeds of crime.

It is important to mention that apart for my well-known commitment to the campaign against corruption in public office, my particular motivation in this case is the fact that the funds in question have some kind of connection to my State (Delta State) which has suffered from series of maladministration. I am an Urhobo man, born, bred and raised in Ughelli, while I hail from Effurun in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, near Warri. I am pained to see that whilst social amenities and infrastructure are lacking in most parts of Delta State, a hefty sum of $15million WHICH MAY HAVE come from the State was allegedly given in one fell swoop as bribe to cover up crimes committed, perhaps, against the people of Delta State.

Consequently, if in the next few days, the Federal Government fails, refuses and/or neglects to take appropriate steps to terminate the case in court and properly investigate all the suspects in this matter, whether the principals or proxies who participated in laundering and offering this money as bribe or otherwise, I will be left with no other option than to proceed to court to bring the suspects to justice.

Being the full text of a statement issued on Thursday by Festus Keyamo

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I hate when people who are not on ground here in delta criticize blindly

He has built an international airport,power plant, schools,roads,employment etc. What has your governor achieved? Demdem

The owners of the oil are looking for alternative sources of revenue while northern governors are breaking their heads over offshore /desert dichotomy.The Niger Delta people can decide to stop the flow of oil and reserve it for future generation.With what the comrade governor is doing in Delta State, we can generate revenue without oil and if the people unanimously agree to stop the flow of oil for two years,the north will learn torn to respect us.

Lagewrwhenindoubt as ur name implies, go and drink bear, after drinking, go to ogbeogonogo market and see the primary school opposit it, if u will not be dumbfounded even in ur drunken state