₦airaland Forum

solla22:
Inauguration was on Friday - That was when she wore the watch.
So did they have access to public funds before the inauguration ?? Or am i missing something?

He was gov of old North Eastern region
Minister of petroleum
Head of state
PTF chairman under the bespectacled tyrant

He has always been government pikin with no other means of livelihood, in or out of govt we have every right to question the ostentatious lifestyle of any member of his family.

Beremx:
and she's also from a very wealthy family. How do you see that?

Since you know the family is rich, you must also tell us what they are into. These politicians deceiving us and we also deceiving ourselves amounts to double jeopardy. Let our vigilance be concerted otherwise they will keep on exploiting our division

That wrist watch is worth a 100 cow, if Buhari declares more than 50 cows in his asset declaration form, then I would conclude the watch is an inducement for future gratification

Beremx:
so what? If she can afford the watch,isn't it her money? Some Nigerian celebrities can afford such a wristwatch not to talk of Aisha Buhari.

Abeg make una free the woman joor! Did she tell you Buhari met her a poor woman? She is a royalty if you must know.

Gosh!!!

She was a junior administrative staff in UNIMAID when the ex dictator met and married her

I have lived in Rivers state for more than 20yrs and I don't think We've ever seen the kind of lawlessness, depravity, brigandage , impunity, arrogance as we witnessed under Rotimi Amaechi's govt. I knew he was reckless but never knew he could descend this low. A senior citizen (a former ambassador) from rivers state accompanied Wike to the govt house on Friday and the guy almost broke down while recounting to us what he saw.

The Buhari advertised to us during campaign was an incorruptible man of meager means. They told us he has 3 houses, about 150 cows and paltry sums in his various bank accounts. We were even told he borrowed 27million Naira from his bank to purchase the APC form for the presidential primaries ( we would like to know the bank that granted that amount of loan with just a phone call and disbursed it with the speed of light so Baba could meet the deadline) . All these assets could be computed in an hour and made available to the public, they can even make provisions for the pregnant cows in their computation. They insult our intelligence by saying the form would be made available after verification by the CCB, once the declaration is made under oath it becomes an averment of truth for which any discrepancy becomes a crime. The verification by the bureau is an administrative procedure to ascertain the veracity of what he declared, the result of such verification either corroborates his deposition or disprove it, it won't change the content . It is therefore a lame excuse to say they are waiting for Ccb verification result to publish what he has already deposed to under the law

Obfuscation is becoming a consistent pattern with our new president, simple task are deliberately made more complex than it ought to be. A man who contested the presidential elections three times and had ample opportunities of fulfilling the simplest task of obtaining his school cert from the appropriate authorities but would rather go through the rigorous procedure of deposing to an affidavit each time he contested comes across as either un -serious minded or disdainful of public accountability

Very impressive resume, no doubt a man of high intellect, hopefully his brilliance would be marched by unimpeachable moral rectitude, decorum and fairness in carrying out the functions of this exalted office. Congrats Mr Ogbonaya Onu

GoodGovernance:
You are actually the one misinforming the public.Asset declaration is not a precondition for swearing-in.

Also note that president Buhari did not promise to publicly declare his asset within 48hrs.What he had done was to firstly fulfill the constitutional provision:

140. (1) A person elected to the office of President shall not begin to perform the functions of that office until he has declared his assets and liabilities as prescribed in this Constitution and he has taken and subscribed the Oath of Allegiance and the oath of office prescribed in the Seventh Schedule to this Constitution.

Buhari can publicly declare his assets anytime after resuming office.He never gave a time frame.Even the late Yar'dua did his own about one month after!

Nigerians with impatience

Two preconditions in the section you quoted
1) declaration of assets and liabilities

2) oath of office

You need to seek clarification/ guidiance from those who have better understanding of constitutional provisions before taking up the challenge of informing/educating others

franchizy:
You see why they say we PDP are hypocrites. Now you ask me what does been at the centre means but this was the usual slogan of the PDP.
This was why the PDP survived. I bet you without a federal might wike won't survive.
Let's watch and see the end

Are you saying we should not trust the vaunted integrity of the man at the helm of affairs to always do what's right? Federal might is not synonymous with reckless interference with states affairs. Wf have a tribunal in place, so let's allow them to make pronouncement on the validity of the gubernatorial election in Rivers state. For anyone to state unequivocally, based on his own personal but limited experience, that there was no election in the state is not only insulting to those who voted and rightfully believed that the votes counted. Taking the vacuous partisan ranting of APC members as the whole truth and nothing but the truth is quiet myopic

Reference:
So what if the best, brightest and most suitable come from the north. Should Buhari reform or should you reform. Who or what is the hindrance to our development. Who needs to 'change', the government or the people.

I am all for bringing the best and the brightest on board irrespective of their ethnic background, but then the same principle should be applied to all public appointments, promotions and employments including admissions into all publicly funded institutions of learning. We should do away with quota system, federal character, allow merit in all spheres of our national endeavors. I know this may be difficult in a multi ethnic society like ours where every region must be carried along and made to have a sense of belonging so we need to find a balance where merit is not sacrificed and no region feels left out

Reference:
Until we re-structure your fears will continue. Nigeria has real and serious issues beyond quality of governance. Tar all the roads, provide power 24hrs, it won't solve the fundamental problems this country has. As a matter of fact there cannot be sustainable development until we tackle those fundamental issues. Most Nigerians just donot understand how this country works or why it has failed to work since independence.

Gbam, you've said it all

ShowYourCertificate:
Bros you've earned my respect. You're the most objective guy I've come across in this thread.

Thanks Bros, hope I won't lose the respect once we have divergent views on any issue, that seems to be the tradition here

ShowYourCertificate:
Bros you've earned my respect. You're the most objective guy I've come across in this thread.

Thanks Bros, hope I won't lose the respect once we have divergent views on any issue, that seems to be the tradition here

Emdee590:
God bless you a million bro ! What kind of hatred do we have for PMB like this ? Every nook and cranny wants him fail , abi if him change Nigeria positively , no be all of us go enjoynam ?

I tire with some people comment for here sha

It's too early for a pity party, you lots should keep encouraging him with your support while you allow the cynics continue to raise legitimate doubts, with time and in due course, he either win over the cynics or lose your supports, whichever way Nigeria would be better for it

bknight:
The arguments here are really funny.

You read people submitting invalid premises and deriving conclusions they hail as objective. Trying to sound intelligent, yet fill their posts with nothing but insults/personal attacks on anyone with opposing view and still claim to be objective.

In what I will hail as being neutral and objective, I'd say that GMB has declared his assets. But not publicly.


And to read somebody here said if anyone wants to know it, pay N100 to CCB and obtain it by invoking FOI. What ridicule!

Very sound and objective, thanks

lastpage:
Liar!
GEJ said he was FORCED to declare it to CCB in 2007, by his Principal, President Yar Ardua.
In 2009 and 2011, he refused to even declare it to CCB...... and said "I dont give a damn".

Are we surprised that his Govt was a monumental failure and epitome of Corruption?
Good riddance to bad Rubbish.

Let them make him Governor of Bayelsa state, if truly he is a good President!



Lastpage!

Please let's stop Misinforming the public, the constitution makes asset declaration a precondition for every public servant to be sworn in. GEJ declared his asset as a deputy gov, gov, vice president and later as president as constitutional precondition for him to exercise the powers in the various position he held. To say he was forced by anyone to do so is not only mischievous but stupid. He fulfilled what was legally required of him and to impute any motive or cast aspersion on his integrity for not going beyond the constitutional requirements is silly

I personally do not subscribe to forcing or demanding that public servants go beyond what is constitutionally required of them, if we want public declaration of assets, then we as Nigerians must demand for the constitutional provision concerning asset declaration to be amended to align with our aspirations. I believe the reason a lot of people are demanding for Buhari to make his assets declaration public is because he made a promise to go beyond the requirements of the law by giving the general public opportunity to have a glimpse of his worldly possession. This was done to bolster his image as an incorruptible man and endear him to the electorate. He owes the electorate the moral duty to fulfill his promise and I have no doubt he would fulfill the promise. Its too early for him to start losing the public trust

booqee:
urghhhh!!! anything about buhari is now a topic! really this is starting to piss me off!

buhari on d way to mosque- news
buhari at the mosque- news
buhari leaving the mosque..news
buhari eating breakfast...news
eating lunch..news
eating dinner..news
buhari goes to the restroom..news
several different picture threads on the beauty of his kids(all saying d same thing with same pictures)... all is news and even on front page!!!

and the same cycle for the next 365days!


wtf??!!!!!

PMB is ma guy too but u guys should stop posting irrelevant things...urghhhh!

Hahahahahaha the thing tire me ooo, the only thing not yet deodorized is his poo

I will never subscribe to People playing politics with wanton and needless waste of lives and properties, one of the reasons I find APC's politics uncharitable, unsavory and reckless. If we had united as one in our support for Gej's administration in the fight against these murderous retards , I am sure by now the insurgency would have been a forgotten nightmare . National security is a collective responsibility of all and we are duty bound to encourage and support whoever is at the helm of our national affairs. That said, I will urge the new president to quit the grandstanding and empty threats directed at people who are prepared to die for their belief. He must first and foremost realize that the problem is not just the will by the military to deal with the menace but that of capacity , therefore, he needs to get proper intelligence briefing from appropriate quarters before charting a new course of action that, hopefully would eliminate the menace

akanbiaa:
There is a difference between office of the First Lady and office of the wife of the president with time you shall know the difference my child

And what's the difference? I see "office" in both designations and that makes it official

akanbiaa:
There is a difference between office of the First Lady and office of the wife of the president with time you shall know the difference my child

And what's the difference? I see "office" in both designations and that makes it official

ddippset:
agreed that's why I did a follow up comment. You may check and see. Sentiments aside, settlement aside, amaechi is a performer. One of the best performing governors in the history of rivers state. Forget the beef he had with the Jonathans or all the Negative press, the man is performer and a mobilizer. As at his first term you couldn't count 5 performing governors without counting amaechi. It's not about buhari settling him.

He did creditably well in his first four years then got derailed by unbridled ego, arrogance and puerile tantrums. Right now what Nigeria needs are not politcians that divides us further. This is a time of healing and rehabilitation and that requires the right temperament from those who presides over our collective patrimony

49cents:
TRUE BUT GEJ LET WORSE ISSUES SLIDE

NNAJI IS A POWER EXPERT IF HE BENEFITED FROM THE SALE IT WOULD BE BECAUSE HE IS QUALIFIED TO

I agree with you, our collective loss

dipopooo:
That's a fallacy!

What is the major role of a chief of staff?
Even wen he left for Abuja what positive impact did he make in GEJ's administration?

Not even Amaechi can deny his influence in the four years he was the chief of staff, the reason he made him his Campaign director when he was seeking re election. He helped set the agenda for the administration and in driving the policy objectives to fruition. Compare him with Tony Okocha that came after him and you will get my drift

49cents:
GEJ WANTED NNAJI OUT HIMSELF AS HE WAS DULLING HIS RUNS TO SELL OUT THE DISCOS TO HIS FREINDS WHOM HE HOPED WILL HELP HIM OUT AT THE POLLS

Nnaji presided over the unbundling of NPplc and later the privatization, some of the companies that lost out later alleged he had interest in one of the companies that won the bid . When he was confronted with the allegation, he admitted having an interest in one of the companies but claimed his interest was disclosed even before he became a minister

dipopooo:
i dnt knw why rivers pple so much like wike. He has nothing to offer

All the notable achievement recorded by Amaechi's regime happened when he was the chief of staff to the govt of Rivers state. The govt became rudder less when the guy left for Abuja

mymissingrib:
him children dey young o,him no quick marry

Yea, he got married as a Local govt chairman during Odili's tenure

Olushauneddy:
Some mumu's calling for new ideas what was JONATHAN when we voted him into power and office. Don't get me wrong I didn't say new ideas ain't good though but let me remind you that experience counts. Someone like Barth Nnaji should be enlisted. He got fired by Jonathan because he wanted to improve the power output in Naija while Jonathan and his cartel are not comfortable with his steps toward the idea of giving Nigeria light...........Jonathan is a real bad man

Nnaji was relieved of his post for alleged conflict of interest, no thanks to the vociferous opposition who would rather cut their nose to spite their face

ddippset:
very funny you think Rotimi amaechi will not be in. Amaechi is the biggest scape goat for the Jonathan ouster and the most hated man in the niger delta today. Even if buhari was the devil himself, he'd compensate amaechi richly. I think he will be a minister. Even if gmb wanted only 5 ministers, amaechi makes it.

The promised change should not be about compensation for electoral support from friends and cronies, it should be about delivering political dividends. Their compensation should come from enhanced security, 24hrs electricity supply, better schools, roads, hospitals etc if they are waiting to be compensated with political appointments then the motive of their change mantra is not altruistic. We have a lot of young , enterprising Nigerians who have distinguished themselves in their various fields of endeavors, they come with no political baggage and are not beholden to any special interest who can be brought on board to inject fresh ideas into governance. People like El-Rufai, Oby, Ribadu, Ngozi Iweala, Akinwunmi et al were all unknown quantities before they were brought on board and in their initial outings , performed creditably well

tucky200:
Learn to listen and learn b4 criticising
I just hope dis senselessness doesn't run in d whole family

I listened attentively hence my observations, I am not sure you did, seems you were more interested in the military parade

SLIDEwaxie:
OP, pls, what positive thing have you contributed to this nation

A good and upright citizen, pay my taxes and I voted in the last election

SLIDEwaxie:
OP, pls, what positive thing have you contributed to this nation

A good and upright citizen, pay my taxes and I voted in the last election

omolami:
The man is daft, clueless,ignoble ,lacking in modern democracy and highly dull. He is a primary school leaving certificate holder. Not much is expected from the man.

I totally agree with u

soe:
The op didnt go to school. Ignore him.


So u don't know that the wife of a president is also called excellency? First lady office is not about bing called excellency .. It is about the state paraphenalia reserved for her which is not right.

But as the wife of the president, they become excellencies.

As for usman dan fodio...u r talking of fouta jallon whatever...do u know where the beni empire started from? Or where the oyo empire started from? Did u not read history? Nonsense

About the fallen heros...he was at that time talking about countries who have assisted in the fight against corruption, assuring them that we can take it on from here..so he thanked them for their support. He wasn't thanking the soldiera themselves so there was not an avenue to talk abt those who have died and so on..get a life

You sound very literate and your logic well articulated

soe:
The op didnt go to school. Ignore him.


So u don't know that the wife of a president is also called excellency? First lady office is not about bing called excellency .. It is about the state paraphenalia reserved for her which is not right.

But as the wife of the president, they become excellencies.

As for usman dan fodio...u r talking of fouta jallon whatever...do u know where the beni empire started from? Or where the oyo empire started from? Did u not read history? Nonsense

About the fallen heros...he was at that time talking about countries who have assisted in the fight against corruption, assuring them that we can take it on from here..so he thanked them for their support. He wasn't thanking the soldiera themselves so there was not an avenue to talk abt those who have died and so on..get a life

You sound very literate and your logic well articulated

Very predictable responses

Almost all our newspapers have turned into ragsheets, the downside of absolute freedom, loose professional oversight by the NUJ , barely literate and very uncritical readership who over the years have been fed and are now used to lies and propaganda