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Enough is enough!

He must be joking for real!

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@Hatch#, I am not interested in being a mod at all. You are simply going off the topic. All I am sayin is that forumites should check the board well as to not make repetitive post. There is no gain in wanting to start a thread at all cost by reframing a topic that has been posted. That is plain and simple enough, but it seems forumite are deaf to this as it still continues even after I had posted this few days ago.

For example-Atiku's return to pdp has like 4 post, On the new ministers matter like 4 as well, On Rimi , On Dora etc etc.

Let us stop this repetitions.

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* hisses* takes exit.

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Seun should give more mods to this section then. Sanity must be brought back to politics section!

The mods are simply not vetting the posts. I wonder why we have them then.

Didn't receive any message from gtb. Must be a hoax.

For example the story of Abubarka Rimi's death has four different tittles all pointing to his death. If you check properly too you will see the same thing for Dora Akunyili and many others. habba! Why do we have moderators here then?

Forumites should endeavor to check the board properly before starting a new topic. We don't want this section to start becoming boring due to so many topics which are the same in ten different places.

Let us strictly abide by the rules.

Our mods where art thou?

Deceivers and hypocrites! God punish them all!

‘Abuja Runway Project Not Costly’


Despite the criticisms that trailed the cost of the planned second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, which many Nigerians described as outrageous at N64 billion, the Bureau for Public Procure-ment, popularly known as Due Process Office, has said that the cost of the project is a reflection of the type and quality of runway that the Federal Government wanted.

Spokesman and communications consultant for the Bureau, Dr Abiodun Adeniyi, told THISDAY at the weekend that the planned 4.4 km Abuja runway project went through due process and due process certification and it was “painstakingly vetted” and approved at the aforesaid sum.

“I can say that I am in a good position to speak on this issue, because the Abuja Airport runway contract went through due process, and that due process certification is based on technical issues, and we have more than enough experts in the Bureau that certify contracts to get them done and that the contracts have value for money, and that the processes for deciding on the which company that should handle any contract is transparent, and the essence of the Bureau for Public Procurement is to ensure transparency, value for money and competence,” Adeniyi said.

He said that the project which was awarded to Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, was technically evaluated and it is the quality and type of runway that government wanted that determined its cost and according to documents made available to THISDAY that outlined the project’s history, four contractors initially indicated interest in the project.

The contractors were Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, RCC Nigeria Limited, PW Nigeria Limited and Dantata and Sawoe, but after the technical design and type of runway that government wanted was outlined, it was Julius Berger and PW that submitted tenders to do the work at N83.525.144.499,05 and 30. 205.054.312, 60 respectively and that was on September 11, 2009.

After clarification of designs concept, which indicated that the runway would be built like the one at the Frankfurt airport in Germany and it would meet all the conditions to land the biggest aircraft in the world, which is Airbus A380 that at landing multiply its weight by two, PW Nigeria Limited was said to have withdrawn its tender, while Julius Berger scaled the cost of the project to N72.754.601.138, 02.

“If you look at the technical implications, the processes that led to the award of the contract, it was nothing less than salutary. Yet, people are making comparison about airport projects done in other places and being far less , compared to the amount for which the Abuja Airport project is constructed for , in this case we are looking at a runway of the best quality , world class standard, that can take planes in the eight hundred series , consider that it a runway for Nigeria's federal capital , Africa's most populous country, the most prominent black country on earth , and we cannot make do with only one runway, and building another one has to be much more sophisticated , much more qualitative than the existing one, which is more than 20 years old, taking emotions and sentiments apart , you will realise that the processes that led to the award of the contract was transparent, nothing phony happened. Nothing phony went underneath,” Adeniyi explained.

THISDAY learnt that the Bureau was able to prune the cost till it was brought down to N63.584.605.157, 41 and according to Adeniyi, who is working at the Bureau in the capacity under the aegis of the World Bank Economic Reform and Governance project, the cost of the project was scaled down from more than N80 billion to N64 after checking and comparisons with similar projects all over the world.

“I can assure you from the due process perspective , the Abuja Airport runway contract went through painstaking vetting , it was painstakingly vetted , the initial tender submission was over eighty something billion but was scaled down to sixty four billion , we did it after checking , the checking most times are not only local but we externalised it. And we made sure we have the best hands in the field in line with international best practices. We never compromised in this process, Adeniyi added.

Reacting to avalanche of criticism that have trailed the cost of the runway project, Adeniyi said, “We are in a democracy, and democracy is about questioning, and especially about providing answers. We have a trinity, the executive, legislative and judicial arm of government. And all these arms are independent, they can raise questions whenever they deem it necessary; that is what we are going through, if this arm does not raise questions as an institution, even the people who seek participation in a democratic process are always free at any time to raise questions and they are always justified whenever they raise questions.”
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have directed that payment should not be made for the project because the cost of the runway at N64 billion is outrageous.

House of Representatives rejected the project budget, describing it as highly inflated and ordered stoppage of work as members argued that the more than N64 billion planned for the contract was enough to build two new airports.
Similarly, the Senate Committee on Aviation has queried the project and also described the cost as highly inflated.

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America's change in policy does not change anything for Nigeria! We are still regarded as a terrorist or terrorist supporting nation.

Here we are again!!!

ONLY IN NIGERIA!

Bankole: How Ministries Duplicate Projects to Siphon Money




Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole has alleged that federal ministries duplicate projects already executed and paid for in previous budgets in successive projects to fleece the country.

Bankole in Ibadan, Oyo State as a guest of honour at the commissioning of Computer Based Test Centre built by Electronic Test Company in conjunction with the University of Ibadan at the institution’s Faculty of Technology Annexe, explained how the lower chamber stopped the Ministry of Works from ripping the country of N40 billion through the 2009 appropriation bill.
According to him, from the total budget estimate of N100 billion the ministry presented to the House, last year, the Lower House, he remarked, discovered that the said amount was among the projects already budgeted, completed, certified and paid for in previous year’s budget.

In the last 10 years, he said that the House also uncovered between N800million and N1trillion accruals from the internally generated revenue which were not remitted to the national treasury.
Bankole expressed surprise that nobody had been arrested in connection with the alleged discovery and noted that the figure could be higher if the books were properly scrutinised.

Though, he assured that the House of Representatives would continue its oversight function, he however expressed surprise at the kid gloves with which identified criminals are treated in the country are being treated, noting that while pick pocketers are being chased about, the real criminals milking the country dry are being allowed to walk the streets freely.
“We will continue to exercise our oversight function without fear or favour. Before the presentation of the budget, the Ministry of Works came up with a budget of N100 for last year.

“But we discovered that N40bn of the amount was to be spent on the roads that have been done, completed and certified. We had to stop it.”
Vowing not to allow the matter to be swept under the carpet, he said he would not be surprised if the culprits initiated a “campaign of calumny” against him in the next few weeks.

The speaker said, “Chances are that the figure could be higher, because it was the civil servants themselves that gave us the figure. Imagine what N10tr could have done for this country in the last 10 years.

“This is an amount that could have been spent on education, power or the health sector. And up till now nobody has been arrested despite the undisputed fact that we have submitted our report on the matter.

“Those involved will start campaign of calumny against Bankole soon, but I don’t care. I’m now used to it. You call me speaker and I will speak. When they start abusing me in the next few days, just know why.
Sometime ago, he said that the country also lost the opportunity of having about $8billion invested in various sectors of the economy by a group of bankers.

He said that the five ministers designated by the President, who he did not name, to work out the modality with the investors frustrated the move because of their conviction that they would not be in direct control of the money.


ONLY IN NIGERIA!

*shakes head* hiss. When will things start to work in Nigeria?

barnabasj:
And Someone said that this can only Happen in a wonderland Called Nigeria.   lol   

Yes o! It can only happen in few places including NIGERIA.

This is just a tip of what is going on all the different government ministries. Maybe this got to public knowledge because enough palms were not greased. Billions of Naira belonging to the Nigerian tax-payers goes to private pockets on daily basis.


These "eat everything" attitude may only be happening in my country, NIGERIA!

A group of 140 lawmakers in the House of Representatives yesterday reaffirmed that but for the February 9, 2010 resolution of both chambers of the National Assembly proclaiming Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan as the acting president, Nigeria could have witnessed another forceful change of government that could have returned the military to power.

The group, named The Nigeria First Forum (NFF), was reacting to recent legal suits and media campaigns mounted against the acting president by opponents who are of the opinion that his elevation to power by the National Assembly was illegal.

A prominent member of the Board of Trustees of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, had led an onslaught against the administration and had asked the Senate not to honour the list of nominees for ministerial appointments sent to it for screening and confirmation because, according to him, the acting president lacked both the legal authority to dissolve the Executive Council of the Federation (EXCOF) and the power to constitute a new cabinet.

Chairman of the (NFF), Hon. Abba Anas Adamu (PDP Jigawa), who spoke with THSDAY on the issue, said while individuals like Yakassai were free to express their views, it would have been better if those opposed to the new regime had provided a viable alternative to what the parliament did in the heat of the constitutional crisis that arose out of the prolonged absence of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua on account of poor health.

The elevation of the vice-president to the position of acting president, Adamu said, was the best in the circumstance the country found itself.
According to him, the prolonged absence of President Yar’Adua and the leadership vacuum it created almost led to a military takeover of government which in turn could have led to political chaos and disintegration of the country.

Adamu said that Yakassai might either be suffering from old age or acting somebody else’s script.
He said that it was wrong criticising the action of the National Assembly and the steps so far taken by Jonathan to stabilise Nigeria without offering viable alternatives.

“If what we (parliament) did was wrong, what would he have suggested that we do that would have guaranteed the existence of Nigeria as one entity and the continued progress of democracy in this country? If what we did was not done, certainly the ship of this country could have capsized because it was at that material time that military officers, high and low, were given instructions not to move an inch without clearance which was an indication of the fact that something dangerous was looming and that they (military) could act. “If we did not act the way we did, there could have been a problem in the country which could have consumed not only those who are elected and who have the responsibility of seeing that something was done to checkmate the disaster but the very existence of this country would have been in danger.

“The only alternative to what we did was change of government through forceful means and that is not what members of the National Assembly are interested in seeing. That is also not what every person who is conscious of the importance of democracy would have loved to see happening in Nigeria. I am sure that what we did was in the best interest of the country and if we had not done that certainly, Nigeria could have been in shambles,” he said.

On the suits challenging the proclamation of the National Assembly on the elevation of Jonathan, Adamu said that the controversy was already being resolved with the amendment of Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution.
The Senate, according to him, had passed the bill on the amendment of the relevant provisions of Section 145, while the House of Representatives would soon concur with the bill to put an end to the controversy surrounding the resolution of the parliament.
The NFF had played an active role in the build-up to the February 9, 2010 resolution of the House of Representatives.

Days before the resolution, members of the group had raised the issue in form of motions of urgent public importance but the motions were shot down apparently because the leadership of the House was not favourably disposed to the idea.
Even on the day the resolution was finally adopted at a closed door session, THISDAY learnt, members of the group "practically forced" the leadership of the House to include the post of “Acting President” in its resolution as this was missing in original motion crafted by the leadership.