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^ Nchoni iza ajuju e juni bu ife edeni adine kwem na ghorsa. Kene bu "mbarezi"? Ni onu Aboh, kenu bu ele anyi nakpo ife umu ndiom ji ne gide ala weh!

ITbomb: anything with Kobojunkie in it, count me out

LMAO. On a serious note, If you can get Kobojunkie to drop even a fraction of her cynicism, I'm sure she would be of great help - Goodluck trying.
I totally agree with the OP. NL has become a place to vent and make insane noises without any real action to remedy the situation. Maybe a "NL House of Assembly" with a very select few won't be out of place here.

Was thinking along that line when I started this thread:
www.nairaland.com/1008973/david-mark-myth-telephone-not

^ That isn't the point. The point is He never said what was attributed to him and something most have come to know him for. I do not seek to portray him as one of our "better" politicians or make him a hero, I'm just trying to burst a myth and highlight how misleading some of our media houses can be sometimes.

For a long time I was among those that couldn't understand how a minister that had the guts to say "telephone isn't for the poor" could rise to prominence and eventually vie for one of the highest positions in the land. Perhaps it was in line with keeping with our national tradition of rewarding our greatest failures with our highest honours I thought, but a couple of years ago, my ignorance was cleared by an uncle who calmly put me in my place in an argument. lol
I've found it quite amusing to read David Mark get whooped left and right over his "Social Media" comment and most (including those I felt should know better) have pointed to his previous comment of "Telephones aren't for the poor" as a pointer to his "anti-social" leaning without realizing this statement is actually a MYTH created by the media - Yes it is! Here's how THISDAY's Simon Kolawole put it some time back:

In Nigeria, myths always are garnished and promoted to facts. Up till tomorrow, Nigerians will quote David Mark as saying telephone is not for the poor. But what he said as Minister of Communication was that NITEL would disconnect the lines of its debtors. He said they could not claim that they were too poor to settle their bills. Poor people, he added, didn’t own telephones. The headline the following day was: “Telephone is Not for the Poor – David Mark”.
thisdaylive.com/articles/buhari-bloodshed-and-2015-baboons/116199/

Need I say more?

Obiagu1: Ị were wayọ gụọ ife ụfọdị dele, ị ga họta ife ha n'ekwu. Ọ nya bụ ụtọ tredịa. Ahọtara m ihe ị dele ọfụma. M na-amụta kwa ka ụfọdị si akpọ okwu ụfọdị.

Eziokwu ku Ikuni, ikedu nsogbum bushi nma cho kum na gu ife unu deni diko onye na gwu asusu nde ocha. Elre ndeli ni obi ani na gwu ife unu deni, ebido fum na "ghorsa" aya nwa ke oma.

Andre Uweh: @Wesley, thanks for joining this thread. Am interested in your dialect as my uncle's wife is from there.
In Isinweke: Wesley, Imeela otu ishi bata na tredia. Uchem no na asusu ghi a. Nwunye wunnem woko shi Aboh.

Nsogbu adaya, mbene ashi ni okene e kene num.

ChinenyeN: Wesley, ga ra waahu?

Mba, ike gunum kalriaka nyafulu amalim oge ula jini bulum ni enu oche! Biko ni, iwe beh weh unu ni ele ndijine shali kele unu.

Kalri ele anyi ji kpalri uka bu anyi adi na horsa ife anyi na su? Ikedu ordiw unu efeh e horsa ife unu na su bu mme bu onye Aboh, asusu unu na dim ike ohorsa kalriaka. kobu unu jeka chosa num tapilrita (lol).
And no, I'm not translating. I read thru the entire thread like a 4year old testing his reading ability and I have to say I found Odumchi's dialect more comprehensible, why? I'm hoping someone will tell me. I hope this thread is just about demonstrating our various dialects, if its not then I think it wont go very far without translations considering how difficult it is to make sense of some dialects.

^^ Interesting.

Another "Police action" in the offing.

kasiem: abeg, use style comot nah.

I just woke my entire household with laughter! Jeez

BoboYekini: kobojunkie, if you have no particularly meaningful contribution, why not read and watch like me?

ROFLMAO!

Kobojunkie: As I was saying . . .



The Nigerian people want to know these things and their REPRESENTATIVES are there to get them that information.

Madam, do you not find it embarrassing that your REPRESENTATIVES are asking why funds have not been released for their respective constituency projects when in the words of the minister, most of the constituency projects do not yet have engineering designs? Why aren't they demanding to see the quality of projects about to be erected in their respective constituencies before fighting over fund release?

Kobojunkie: [size=13pt]Why is it that the question is always about cash disbursements? [/size]

Answer:The Nigerian people want to know how much has been spent, so they can better guage how much RESULTS they should also EXPECT to SEE.

[size=13pt]Why not focus on the actual projects and their respective status like Mr President is doing?[/size]

Interesting that you ask this. Currently, the Nigerian still have NO DIRECT plug in to what projects are already being worked on and the status reports on each one of them. This information does not seem easily accessible via the many websites, agency offices maintained by the Government, or any of the other sources and so, it is sensible for us to at least ask how much money has been spent so, again, we can get a good idea of how much to expect at this point.

[size=13pt]Does disbursement of funds translate to execution? You'd think the noisemakers would have thought about this! [/size]
We like to believe it is so. However, disbursement remains the easiest way for us to get, again, from a monetary stand point, of how much has been spent and the worth of the progress to look out for.

Ermm madam, those questions were actually directed at LEGISLATORS who normally make up an ARM OF GOVERNMENT not relatively ignorant and information starved madam Kobo in the USA!

So after all the huffing and puffing from the National Assembly that usually benefits no one other than News editors, came D-day and an opportunity for our "esteemed" legislators to take the Fin minister to the cleaners - ermm well... With a statement from the Chairman Sen Ndoma Egba the hearing took off, trying to appear like a very serious military commander he issued a stern warning; "This isn't going to be a family meeting, its going to be a Market meeting, Nigerian's want their questions answered". You'd think this was going to be a shouting match with figures flying up and down and our legislatos finally getting to earn a fraction of their Sallah Bonus, for where? Na there their shakara end oh, the rest na Madam lecture and the usual 'agama response'!
To cap it all off, Madam threw a question to the okpolor eyed legislators; Why is the question always about cash disbursement? Why not focus on the actual projects and their respective status like Mr President is doing? Does disbursement of funds translate to execution? You'd think the lawnoisemakers would have thought about this!

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday appeared before the Senate-Executive interaction on issues concerning the 2012 budget. At the session, the minister gave the assurance that the implementation of the N1.3 trillion budget, which had been a sticky issue between the National Assembly and the Executive, was on course. The minister said the implementation of the budget began in April 2012, adding that although the ministry should have released N446bn by now, only N404 billion had been released. Okonjo-Iweala stated that so far, 56 percent of the capital budget had been utilised while 44 per cent was still outstanding. “There is more room for utilisation. Fifty-six per cent of the funds that has been released has been used, meaning 44 per cent is still available for implementation. “The budget must work for Nigerians. They must feel the impact. That is our focus. “We have been working collaboratively with the National Assembly. We have made sure that salaries have been paid and that we are meeting other obligations.” The minister debunked an assertion by the House of Representatives that she lied to Nigerians on the implementation of the budget by claiming that government had achieved 56 per cent implementation of the appropriation Act. The House had called her a liar on Wednesday at a briefing in Abuja after discovering from documents submited to the Senate by the Federal Ministry of Finance that the performance of the budget as at July was a mere 12.6 per cent. Responding to this assertion, she said, “I think that on the issue of budget execution, I have tried to be as clear as I possibly can. “The appropriations bill there is N1.3 trillion. When you add the SURE programme, you get 1.5 trillion. Non-SURE P budget is N1.3 trillion. “If you prorate the amount of budget, you will get a figure of about N113 billion per month. “If you measure what’s been implemented over the entire budget, you get 13.7 per cent. But because we’re talking about four months, the implementation is 41 per cent.” Okonjo-Iweala also pleaded that the execution of the budget should be kept within January- December, adding that the current practice of extending it to March of the following year should be discontinued. She also said the ministry had been providing funds to Ministries, Departments and Agencies “in bulk,” noting that there had been no selection of projects. “We release resources to MDAs in bulk. There is no discrimination. We don’t have a selective approach. “Some of the constituency projects in the 2012 Budget are new and have not undergone the Proper Procurement Process, which takes time,” she noted. She also said President Goodluck Jonathan had been leading the drive for higher budget performance. More details later

[url]punchng.com/news/okonjo-iweala-appears-at-senate-hearing-clarifies-budget-figures/[/url]

Na una sabi, if una like make una launch campaign of "Fresh Air" proportions, I'm sticking with ma Lady May. Talia ko Tally ni.

^No, you regale us with proof of their endless failures before inundating us with incurable pessimism.

You mean they only 'raised doubts'? Lol. I thought Vulcan was some phoney company hiding under Paul Allen and your investigative prowess was supposed to bring that all out to the fore? So now we have Rewane expressing doubts over inadequate info and you feel vindicated? Surely when success eludes the lame even a dirge would sound like a victory song!
I believe the problem here is a lack of basic understanding of what this project entails. To help you out, just find out what a 'modular refinery' actually means before you come running your mouths and shouting eureka over your obvious foolishness.

Seems the latest fad is to announce you're being 'stalked',i learnt it immediately confers on you celebrity status when you announce you're being 'stalked'. Even cockroach dey claim being 'stalked' by humans. Wetin we no go hear? E remain sheet to claim being 'stalked' by flies! Lmao

teskyg: Moderator,Please move this post to the front page.I was iritated by comments from posters yesterday on this topic from misleading Report from Sahara Reporters.

What do you want the Mods to move to the frontpage? You practically said nothing even though I believe you without proof!

SAGirl: I fully agree... last year's season was the worst yet! And this year Biggie really outdid himself with good quality housemates...

Do I smell "sour grapes"? Perhaps if Karen had lost out to an ultra dull housemate like Luclay did I also would have said last years edition was "the worse ever"!

^Do the Ibrus own the Ocean? To thinks that's why you reposted the entire story!
My thots on this supposed final report? Not impressed, it leaves too many questions than answers.

^You're free to call it whatever you like Sir. We know what "our" laws define as corruption and "Political patronage" isn't one. In any case, I wasonly looking at the bigger picture.

Oloshi? Is that your Surname? As in the above post was signed by Mr M. Oloshi? Uhm well, quite befitting I'd say!

mutiply: wesley80
WTF is wrong wit u,i stoped replying u cause u ar d most ignorant fellow on earth,is like u skiped ur pills and rehab 2day,whn u ar ready,believe me,i will b ready.NL has be compromised,d truth will come out soon

Olodo, when you are ready for what? Could you at least try to be coherent?

Eziachi: Ethnic politics apart, you are in all honesty comparing all African games that was watched by billions of television audience worldwide to a Jamboree of wives of African dictators?
If you are a true business person, you will sponsor an event no one knew about and unpopular event for that matter?
That is not PR, its called suicide, because if you have ran any sort of corporate business, you will never like to be associated with anything that is unpopular like this jamboree.
Or do you think that many Tanzanians starving from recent drought will be rushing to buy Coscharis car tomorrow because the wife of their president was on a Jamboree in Abuja by brother Cosmas?
Just think about it. I doff my hat off for some of you, that defend the indefensible day in day out.
For GEJ, a president that rushed off to Brasil recently when his own domain was on fire on the excuse that he is desperate to save the planet is at the same time unleashing 200 gas guzzling car on the streets of Abuja, something a single airconditioned coach can handle, does it make sense to you?

Sir, the kind of biz Mr Maduka is involved in doesn't require popularity or global approval to be profitable - He isn't selling CocaCola but "exotic cars" that concerns only a very minute number of people and in this line of biz, political patronage could be everything!

Eziachi: .
Please excuse my ignorance, my questions are this:
1. Is Coscharis sponsoring this event or one of many other sponsors? What do they get out of it, as they profit making business not a charity organisation?
2. Isn't lease the baptism name for Hire? Can they be sponsoring the event and at the same time leasing their property towards what they are equally paying for?
3. If this is not the case, so who is bankrolling the car leasing from Coscharis or is Coscharis paying themselves?

4. If their sponsorship ends with just giving out 200 cars, who is responsible for feeding, accommodation and general welfare of this African queens and their entourage?

5. Who is paying the drivers of this 200 cars or does Coscharis has 200 drivers on their payroll as well?

6. Who is paying for the security of this lovely African ladies? Is it Coscharis too?

1a) Coscharis is just one of possibly numerous sponsors.
b) They get right standing with a govt that's obligated to purchase clean and sometimes exotic cars annually. Complete this statement; One good turn deserves . . . ..
2) Here's a quote from the statement issued by Abati

As part of its own contributions to the successful hosting of the summit by the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, Coscharis Motors Ltd. offered to provide some cars for the event at no cost to the organizers or the Federal Government of Nigeria. Under an agreement signed by the committee and Coscharis Motors, all the cars will be returned to the company after the summit.

Hope that's cleared?
3) Maybe this explanation by Okija Juju wld help out here.

Coscharis has always sponsored events in Nigeria.. Example are the CHOGM and COJA events.. They lease these cars out, return them to their show room and wave off 10% from the cost..[quote]Hope we r making progress?

4a) I'm sure by now u understand they aren't "giving out" 200 cars right?
b) Here's another part of the statement and I leave you to draw your conclusions
[quote]Its activities are funded by stakeholders and members of the private sector who support and identify with its objectives. In accordance with its modus operandi, the AFLPM set up several committees, including a finance committee to raise funds and sponsorship for the organization of its Abuja Summit.

5) If Coscharis could allow 200 of their prized cars out of their sight even though they intend to sell them at a profit, I don't think paying for 200 more trusted drivers would be too much. What do u think?

6) Security is the contribution of the Nigerian govt to a successful summit - is that too much?.

mutiply: @ifihear am
whn dis letter came out,dere was no source dats was why i asked casued we dnt knw who is who here,u went and start insultin ur head and sayin jonathan will rule again,dnt come near me cause u cant handle it whn it starts.be warned

My friend keep quiet abeg. Cyber Tiger, if there wasn't a source why didn't you ask for one? why did u rather choose to insinuate he's a paid agent?.

jmaine: You simply said nothing . . . . .A simple rebuttal was placed before you and all you could do is type the tripe above . .

Now, what were you trying to say again in the context of this thread . . .

Lol, Bros I tire o!

Its only fair that this thread makes the homepage as well.

mutiply: @wesley
u ar a big fool who will die wretcted,for all d lies u potray to d pple of God,ur generations will live to suffer all wht and d 39 laptop agents ar doin.oloshi

Give me an example of some of the lies I've told or your curse will revert on you ten fold.

doctokwus: Bullshit!When did Coscharis turn to a charity company dat gives out cars for hire for free,assuming its evn for hire as we are made 2bliv.Where were d funds for d summit raised frm,if not frm d FG whc in nigeria has turned to a bazaar willing to dole out money blonging to d commonwealth wt nobody feeling nor wanting to b accountable to d taxpayer?Bullshit X2

Stop yapping like a popular slowpoke I know on this forum over something you obviously don't know jack about. If you've got evidence that the govt purchased or hired those vehicles, present it or simply STFU. The freedom of Information Bill was passed so daft critics like you and your ilk can get yourselves informed yet you all still prefer to wallow in perpetual ignorance while denying others ample space for reasonable discussions and sensible debates. SMH

^ Shut your putrid mouth my friend. Aren't you ashamed that you and your likes have been running your mouths and throwing insults left right and centre over a totally contrived and mischievous report? Does your shame and those of your fellow kindergarten hopeless bandwagonists have no limit? Instead of expressing some remorse for your unbelievable foolishness you're trying to pass it all off as some sick joke. What on earth is wrong with you people ?