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Donmeca:
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In d same vein sir, cud u explain what the office of Special Adviser on Niger delta affairs wud handle differently from the offices of minister of ND?

I took time to read comments here and i got confused. . . y yab GEJ strictly on one appointment when he made like four of them simultaneously? Is it because he created a brand new office? appointed a woman? cos it is a former beauty queen? cos it is Bianca, igbo, Ojukwu's wife, from Apga? Her husband is sick?

Just tell me y people did not criticize d appointments generally but chose to restrict it to the office Ojukwu's wife wud occupy? We lack objectivity on dis site, among our youths and in d nation generally. We chose to throw away d baby with d bathwater and it backfires on us.

The trend on this thread is not solely on GEJ's appointment of Bianca, I believe most people on here are actually concerned about the relevance of those offices and what it will cost tax payers to sustain such.  Ojukwu's wife's appointment naturally drew attention and rightfully so, considering her husband's health status.  Additionally, it wouldn't be too much to question the President's judgement on appointment of Bianca Ojukwu given that the lady has almost no claim to experience in diplomatic issues, neither has she held positions that call for speedy Judgment, should we not be worried that our President is making appointments to suit his own selfish Political agenda at the expense of tax payers?

How long till Goodluck makes a bad luck of the national treasury from his ill informed spending habits?

Ribadu should equally know that we Nigerian demand the sourc of his properties scattered around the globe.

which ones?

Presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to resign.

The call for his resignation came following findings of the Presidential Advisory Committee headed by retired General Theophilus Danjuma that the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan is engrossed in massive corruption and high level debt profile.

Ribadu made the call today (Thursday) through a statement signed by the Director Media and Communication of his campaign team, Ibrahim Modibbo.

The presidential hopeful suggested that since Jonathan was asking the Minister of state for Health to resign on corruption charges, “the President, who seems to be helpless in the face of this national problem, should also resign on the grounds of the findings of the PAC.”

It would be recalled that the PAC, which was set up by President Jonathan on the 20th of January 2011 presented a report to the President which raised alarm over widespread and substantial increase in the level of corruption in all sectors of government

The report claimed that as a result of the high level of corruption, Nigeria had remained internationally uncompetitive and that it had hampered the implementation of several policies like the vision 20-2020.The committee also raised concerns over the depletion of the Excess Crude Account at a time of rising oil production and prices and the excessive expenditure on the legislature.

Ribadu decried the level of corruption in the country and the president’s inaction towards the menace.

“We are baffled that despite the common knowledge that corruption is the bane of the country’s growth and development, President Jonathan has allowed this menace to thrive during his administration.

“It is even more compelling that it is the President’s own advisers who are not only admitting this, but apparently chastising the government for its inactions by calling for the President and his administration to be more proactive in the fight against corruption.” , he said.

http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/resign-now-ribadu-tells-jonathan

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You are right on that!

Let's even say for once Banks are on point with their database and registration systems, the federal government can arrange for a kind of data exchange or something of sort!

I wouldn't be surprised if come next election the FG is budgeting another 100 billion for voters registration. it's absurd really, nothing works in Nigeria, absolutely nothing

Nope, i can be good friends with them tho

I believe the process would have been smoother if handled by telecommunication providers.

It's as easy as the government appointing two providers. . e.g MTN and glo.

Voters are instructed to go into any of their nearby offices to make registration, all details are the collected ad filed into a single national database. That would have prevented the brouhaha of missing DDC machines and untrained personnels.

sighs!

These things are no longer considered news in our beloved country, and like some dolt mentioned a while ago, the only thing we can do is to "thrive and adapt"

He can't be sued cos he's a representative of INEC, and the responsibilities of his decisions are borne by INEC, it wouldn't make sense for the federal government to sue INEC

Ujujoan:
Scenario . . .

You hire a consultant to carry out an assignment. You present him with his ToR which contains his exact job descriptions and expectations. Based on that, he draws up a proposal covering the total cost. This proposal is approved by you and the funds subsequently released.

Halfway through the project, he realized he won't be able to meet the deadline as a result of bad planning and shoddy implementation of the activities. The information you received from the field was that he employed inexperienced and inadequate workers, procured sub-standard materials, and generally messed up the whole process.

The only alternative to ensure the activity is effectively implemented will be an extension of the time line. However, your consultant is insisting that the assignment must be concluded at this point because an extension would incur additional costs on his side.

Question:
What will be your reaction?

Options
a) Grant him the time extension he requested for at no additional cost because the extra costs is as a result of his own failure.
b) Grant him the time extension he requested for and provide the extra costs he's demanding because he's threatening to resign.  
c) Object to the time extension because of the extra cost at the risk of not achieving your own objectives as a result of his failure to implement as planned and as budgeted.
d) Object to the requests for time extension additional cost, fire him and sue his highly unprofessional a$$!

I'd go for option d . . . .  How about you    

Nice one, I'd go for option D as well!

@Evano

Could you elaborate a bit more on what you think the office of Special Adviser on Diasporan affairs will handle differently from the offices of Minister of Foreign Affairs?

ofala:
Jega may not be a perfect human but from every indications, he has shown some signs that draws him apart from the Iwu era. One point is that Nigeria or do i say our politicians are always looking at where money is going into, especially if its coming from the Federation Account.Has anybody asked why poor Jega is asking for this ,more money?Has anybody bothered to question what the law makers are doing for taking huge chunks of our National budget for their person frivolities? Methink it makes sense to spend as much if only we can flush these gluttons out from power,

MORE REASONS WHY WE MUST ASK EVERYBODY WHO HASN'T REGISTERED TO DO THAT IMMEDIATELY

Poor Jega my foot!. . .It's all part of an elaborate sham to loot the country dry and Nigerians in their helpless state as usual.

Jega, we hail thee. . .

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Attahiru Jega, on Wednesday requested an additional N6.6 billion to complete voter registration, in disregard of the warning issued by the National Assembly (NASS) November last year for him not come back for more funds.

The INEC already got N87 billion for the entire election process, including voter registration.
The Senate suspended Order 79 (1) of its Standing Rules to hasten the amendment of the Electoral Act and concurred with the House of Representatives by granting an extension of 30 days for the exercise.
When Jega appeared before Senators in Abuja, as summoned the previous day, Senate President David Mark told him that his reputation is at stake, and so, should perish any thought of resigning from office.  Said Mark: “On voting day, there would be a lot of confusion but we can try and rectify the confusion now. We have preached one man, one vote. So, let’s put in place policies that would make that work and not disenfranchise those who want to vote.
“Even if we give you 30 days, it doesn’t mean we would give you money for 30 days. The import of the extension is to ensure that people don’t get frustrated. From what we’ve seen in the field, we believe that you need more than seven days. “It’s better to amend the Electoral Act to have free, fair, and credible elections that would be acceptable to all participants.

“Your reputation is at stake. I would advise you not to resign because you cannot threaten to quit in the middle. Politicians are also determined to win elections creditably because our own reputation is at stake. “I would advise you to move out of your office and see what happens in the field. We are reasonably reassured that the exercise isn’t where it’s supposed to be, but we are reassured that you are taking steps to rectify that.”
Jega replied: “Frankly, I’ve never threatened to resign. I have resolved to give it my best, and frankly, the issue should not arise. The question of my resignation doesn’t arise. I’ll make the place a success.”

He told unimpressed Senators after a question and answer session which spanned three hours and 42 minutes that the fresh funds would address four pressing challenges: personnel (two), transportation, and consummables.
He said the INEC registered only 28.5 million voters by January 22 out of the estimated 65, 783,046 million.

On rerun primaries, Jega reiterated that the Electoral Act clearly says the INEC should announce a timetable for the election “and any timeline we fix has implication for the next election.  All we are doing is to bring sanity and respect into the system.
“The timetable is very clear: all party primaries end on January 15 and nominations end on January 31.  “If  we wake up and somebody says he is going to do primary again, long after January 15, we are obligated to draw his attention to the provision that the date for primary has elapsed.
“That is what we have done, and I do not see how we can be seen to have broken any law or acted contrary to the provision of the law.   We felt we should draw their attention to it.”

Jega dismissed the thinking floated in the Senate on Tuesday that the INEC would revert to the old, manual register because of hitches in the electronic registration.
“Every registration we do in a day is saved in the hard disk of the computer and an external hard disk. In addition to that, we take manual records as well. If push comes to shove, we still have the manual register to fall back on. We don’t see ourselves ever going back to the old register that is not even credible.
“We have not taken that decision and we will not take that decision ever.”
Deputy Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, and Deputy Minority Leader, Olorunnimbe Mamora, asked questions about the cost implications of extending the registration period.
Jega said: “The cost elements are about four: We have 240,000 personnel for those in the field and we would take care of another 9,000 personnel in the registration centres.
“We also intend to increase the transport allowances from N400 to N1,000 and also procure consummables such as ink, paper, and co-laminates.
“Everything adds up to N6.6 billion, certainly under N10 billion. This is the figure and it’s certainly unavoidable.” 
Jega said voting in April would be manual, with motorised boats already provided for the riverine areas.
He disclosed that although 250,000 voters were registered on the first day of the exercise on January 8, an average 4.3 million voters have since been registered per day.
“By the provisions of the Electoral Act, we cannot do electronic voting. We are going to do manual voting. Accreditation for the voting is electronically generated because it covers the biometrics of the voter.
“As of four days ago, with information available to us, we have registered 28.5 million Nigerians. When we close on Saturday January 29, we would have registered between 43 million and 45 million more.
“At the end of the extension, we would have registered more than 65 million Nigerians by February 5. We’ve done our calculations, we’ve done our projections, and we’ve been reasonably conservative with our expectations.”
On lack of facilities in registration units, Jega admitted that there have been “challenges and we have not taken environmental factors into consideration. They are formidable challenges.”
He defended the extension of the registration period and insisted that Nigerians requested it, not the INEC.
“The reality is that Nigerians want an extension. There are clearly problems which have emerged, and based on circumstances totally out of our control, Nigerians still feel that there are legitimate grounds for extension.
“They are asking for it. Given the projections that we have done, an additional week would be sufficient to register those who have not been registered.”


http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/news/25998.html

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loool

By the way, does anyone know how the duties of the minister of foreign affairs will differ from that of Special adviser on Diaspora affairs?

A press release issued a while ago has announced new appointments made by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

A media release signed by Ima Niboro, Special Adviser to the President on media and publicity, said, Mr. Jonathan has approved the following appointments:

Hon. Kingsley K. Kuku as Special Adviser, Niger Delta Affairs;

Amb. (Dr.) Zakari Ibrahim as Coordinator, Anti Terrorism;

Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu as Senior Special Assistant, Diaspora Affairs; and

Oyewole Olugbenga Leke as Senior Special Assistant, Maritime Services.

The appointment of Mrs. Ojukwu at a time the husband is  hospitalized in an undisclosed hospital in London is aimed at gaining political capital for Mr. Jonathan in the South eastern region where Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu is widely respected.

The release further stated that the new appointments take immediate effect.


http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/jonathan-appoints-ojukwus-wife-bianca-special-assistant

spyder880:
Okay, I agree with you, but if your conclusions are that Nigeria will not progress for 50 years, you should agree that YOU will not progress for 50 years?

You muppet!, Nigeria's progress has no correlation with my progress.

spyder880:
Wasnt cursing, just telling him the truth about his feelings. Some people feel worse about their home countries and yet dont come online to cry, they look inwards and improve/adapt. Nigerians are worse today, partly because of wrong policies by foo.ls in govt, and partly by their own laziness, thinking they should get free mels just because we export oil. I gat news for ya all lazy azz fellas, get busy, make money or die of hunger. Leave the stoopid govt out of this, this is about you and your inability to face up to your responsibilities, of your inability to adapt, I never heard our fore fathers died of thirst just because the river in the town dried up?
Those illiterate ancestors knew how to adapt, and thrive, but what did education turn our generation into? Lazy, selfish, envious, greedy goons who cant tie their own shoe laces, they only know how to moan, groan and complain!

You are speaking from all cardinal points of your mouth without stopping to reconsider if you are making any iota of sense.  I wonder what kind of thought process must have produced such piece of garbage!. . . .The Nation rots, and stinks and all this fúcktard has to say is "thrive and adapt".

More than 90 percent of Nigerians source their immediate energy and water needs, provide accommodation for their families and are not dependent on any form of governmental social scheme to support even the most basic healthcare needs. The country generates a revenue of over 150 billion annually and still has been unable to provide a sustainable secured enviroment for her citizens, It's a common thing in suburban towns to find vigilante groups working voluntarily to keep their homes and loved ones safe.
Pray tell, in your deranged and rétarded mind where else in the world would you find such a group of thriving and adaptable people?


The Poster is simply echoing what is in the mind of 100 million people, and you, in a haste to appear brilliant made a complete fool of yourself!

Not even a single picture, na wa o

Now that's what i call soccer!

White shirt+white belt+ black trousers+ white shoes is totally bland and insipid!

It becomes more distasteful when worn by a short guy!

Possibly some broke ass magazine selling wrong stories to attract readers.

Why not address the issues he raised before nailing him along with his ambitions and past relationships to the cross?

LMAO!. . . let's go there, ki lon so!

I'd give up 2pac a million times over and over again just to see MJ moonwalk!

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Ha, this is interesting, some groups are already seeking presidential favors ahead of the general elections.

Abeg, me and my group {[b]I[/b]ntellectually [b]A[/b]cclaimed [b]B[/b]lack [b]D[/b]escendants [b]G[/b]roup}, wan give am nobel price for being African's most loyal man,  . . it's a rare thing for a single man to be loyal to his boss, his party, his country, and hear this,. . . .  even his wife

Lucky bástard!

This is really disturbing

Nigeria is disgusting!

What kind of society watches 4 year olds fend for themselves?. . .and in this same country, there are over a million groups claiming to help abandoned kids.

Everything has failed, Nigeria will never rise up again, I am not being pessimistic, this country is doomed for hades!

The President has a budget to spend 1.5 million for food on a daily basis, I am as sure as hell if this lads parent had 1.5 million, their lives would probably have changed for the better till forever. .

The churches, and mosques have all failed, I will not contribute my kobo to any of em again, when more people like this are out there!