amosy007:
ok look it at from dis angle.. Lets say a ghana must can contain one million naira (if the denomination is 1000)
now how much will d same ghana must bag contain (if the denomination is 5000)

u see dis policy is meant for only d politrician and those that stylishly steal and dine with d government..
How many students or a woman that all her investment is not even upto 5000 can flaunt such note

did u noticed those that supported the policy? (otedola, dangote, adenuga)..

And u tink such policy shouldnt be protested against?

amosy007:

This is d kinda policy that people like farook lawan feed on ...imagine farook bribe was paid in dollars but with dis kinda policy in place ..I guess he will receive his balance in naira instead

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LISBON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Real Madrid's Jose Mourinho said that he should

be labelled the "Only One" instead of the 'Special One', after becoming the only

coach to win the top three leagues in European football.

Mourinho has won titles in Spain (once, with Real Madrid), Italy (twice,

with Inter Milan) and England (twice, with Chelsea), as well as in his native

Portugal (twice, with Porto).

"Like me or not, I am the only one who won the world's three most important

leagues. So, maybe instead of the 'Special One', people should start calling me

the 'Only One'," Mourinho said in an interview with Portuguese television

channel SIC.

Mourinho, 49, was nicknamed the 'Special One' by the English press after

referring to himself as just that, during a news conference following his

arrival at Chelsea from Porto in 2004.

In an interview televised on Monday he explained that, as his career has

progressed, he has become less selfish and less focused on his individual goals.

"Things have been going well for me, thank God. I am focused on others much

more these days. The pleasure of winning with Inter Milan was seeing a club

which had not won for 50 years winning again.

"That is what entices me more and more, instead of pursuing individual goals."

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, has responded to a sharp rebuke by Doyin Okupe, President Goodluck Jonathan’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs. In a recent statement, Mr. Okupe, who is a medical doctor, berated the former for constantly describing the Jonathan administration as a failure.

In a statement released today, Mr. el-Rufai’s media advisor, Muyiwa Adekeye, stated, “After the needless drama at the Lagos airport when the SSS tried to truncate his trip abroad, Malam Nasir el-Rufai was greeted at his destination with evidence of further misguided action by the Jonathan government. That was the spectacle of the recycled Dr. Doyin Okupe providing a specious political thesis that confirms the crisis of thoughtlessness in government. Dr. Okupe asked that critics of the government should tell it what to do, wrapping his defense of incompetence around a false patriotism.”

Mr. Adekeye’s statement continued: “It bears repeating that the duty of patriots is to stand up for their country, not necessarily for its government, especially one as uninspiring as the incumbent. Had more patriots stood up in Nazi Germany and Apartheid South Africa, millions of lives would have been saved. Service to one's country includes being able to acknowledge when the responsibilities of office seem beyond the ken of its government.

“The federal government is failing to tackle terror, kidnapping, armed robbery and other forms of insecurity.

It is right that it be held to account for these failures. The best response the government can give its critics is performance, not cheaply questioning their patriotism. The Jonathan government cannot outsource to others the duty to provide good governance and the quality of leadership that can inspire the country.”

The former minister, who is now a top member of the Congress for Progress Change (CPC), also stated that he and the likes of Pastor Tunde Bakare worked hard to ensure that Mr. Jonathan became acting President during the prolonged hospitalization of then President Umaru Yar’Adua, now deceased. The statement noted that Mr. el-Rufai’s support for Jonathan’s ascension as acting president was borne out of sheer patriotism. “It was the patriotism of many citizens in the Save Nigeria Group, including Pastor Tunde Bakare and Malam Nasir el Rufai, that helped make Goodluck Jonathan acting president against the machinations of the Yar'Adua cabal,” the statement argued. “It was the patriotism of citizens, expressed in the discourse and agitations against fuel subsidy removal that exposed the trillion naira subsidy scam.

Better still, it was the patriotism of these citizens that pressurized (sic) the government to reluctantly indict their friends and financiers that were found wanting by the National Assembly probe into the worst corruption saga in our checkered history.”

Mr. el-Rufai’s spokesman suggested that the Jonathan administration was bereft of ideas. “When the government is not begging the opposition for ideas, it is busy trying to cocoon clerics. Nothing stops priests from caring about the conditions of living of those to whom they provide moral and spiritual leadership. And their status as priests neither abrogates their citizenship nor constrains their right to free speech. Tunde Bakare is not the first priest to perceive his responsibilities as embracing a concern for his country's fate. He is following the illustrious examples of the Reverend Martin Luther King in the pursuit of civil rights in the United States, and Bishop Desmond Tutu in fighting racism in South Africa. The courage of these clerics helped make their countries freer and more equal, and the world, a better place.”

The former minister blasted Mr. Okupe, a recently appointed presidential aide, for excessive enthusiasm. The statement accused the presidential aide of seeking “to impress in his new job.” It then cautioned him to serve the president “with fidelity to history, and cease calling patriots that stand on principles his brothers just so he can smear them.” The statement added: “If the Jonathan administration wants El-Rufai to provide them a manual on governing Nigeria, they should do so nicely without violating his civil rights, harassing him incessantly or suggesting that the man wants to run for an office now being desecrated by an occupant who blames everyone but himself for his zero performance.”

Super1759: senselessness

Trinidad and Tobago has deported 28 ex-Niger Delta militants whose characters and behaviours were considered inimical and threatening the good relationships between Nigeria and that country.

The 28 ex-militants were part of the initial 100 sent to that country for a training programme that is costing Nigeria as much as $6 million, 15 had earlier dropped out of the programme on health ground.

Ten of the ex-militants have, however, been rewarded with scholarships to further their programmes up to masters degree level following their excellent performance in their training aimed at equipping them to play significant roles in the Nigerian oil and gas sector.

This much was revealed to President Goodluck Jonathan who concluded his two-day visit to the country on Wednesday.

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, while receiving President Jonathan said her country is pleased to be part of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme “initiated and implemented by your office to engage young persons from the energy-rich Niger Delta in training and rehabilitation programmes, thereby contributing to the positive development of that region”.

Ten out of the ex-militants participating in the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme initiated and implemented to engage young persons from the energy-rich Niger Delta in training and rehabilitation programmes won scholarship up to masters level at the Caribbean University.

As a result, only 57 Nigerians are now taking part in the programme where the Federal Government of Nigeria is spending over $6 million to equip the youths with various skills expected to be deployed in the oil and gas sector.

They represent the first group of trainees who will be certified in the areas of Automotive Service Maintenance, Heavy Equipment Operations and Millwright and Shielded Metal Arc Wielding.

The prime minister noted that “on Wednesday July 25th, the National Energy Skills Centre held a graduation ceremony for its first group of trainees from the programme who are now certified in the areas of Automotive Service Maintenance, Heavy Equipment Operations and Millwright and Shielded Metal Arc Wielding.”

“I am confident that the 57 graduates will utilise the skills acquired to enhance the human capital of the Niger Delta. I am informed that another group of approximately 80 trainees are expected to arrive in Trinidad and Tobago and that discussions are underway for the implementation of a similar training model in Nigeria.”