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Trust me If you go Four points by Sheraton in Lekki, dats more than a five star hotel, went there for dinner once, Oriental should be good as well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc4aU8lPC0E&feature=related

LOOK at this like this if we actually practised SOCIALISM IN NIGERIA we would far worse off than we are today!! (Taking into account the level of corruption in Nigeria)

Ma guy don go look weather forecast!!!, abeg ppl shud nt bother us with this men of God!!, got so much issues to talk bout

Fuuny enuff jus spotted BA'S advert below this same page!!!, coincedence??

poverty and illiteracy is a really bad thing!!

PALPABLE tension currently reigns in the Independent National Electoral Commission following last Thursday’s confirmation of appointment of individuals believed to be card-carrying members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party as electoral commissioners.

Sources in the headquarters office of INEC in Abuja told one of our correspondents on Sunday that a gale of resignations might soon hit the commission if the trend was not halted.
One of the sources said the appointment of at least three persons among those confirmed by the Senate contravened provisions of Section 153 and 156 of the 1999 Constitution (As amended).

Section 153 outlines federal executive bodies whose members are not required to be card-carrying members of political parties.

Section 156 (1a) and Part 1 of the 3rd Schedule single out INEC in this regard because of the need to make it truly independent of political manoeuvres.

But individuals and groups have queried the confirmation of the appointment of Nigeria’s ambassador to Mexico, Ambassador Lawrence Nwuruku, as a National Electoral Commissioner representing the South-East in INEC.

The confirmation was sequel to the submission of the report of the Senate Committee on INEC, which earlier screened the nominees as requested by President Goodluck Jonathan.

Others confirmed include Sylvester Okey Ezeani (Anambra); Minkaila Abdulahi (Jigawa); Dr. Lawrence Azubuike (Imo), Sam Olumekun (Ondo); Prof. Istifanus Dafwang (Plateau); Mrs. Gesila Khan (Bayelsa); Samuel Madaki (Taraba); and Dr. Gabriel Ada (Cross River).

There are fears that one of the persons cleared for the position of a REC is being positioned as a hatchet man in one of the states where governorship election is billed for next year.

The particular appointee was also said to have won election into the House of Assembly in his home state on the platform of the PDP in the past and still remained a strong member.

A source, who is a high ranking official in INEC and who is worried by the latest development, noted that the little progress made in the commission in the handling of the 2011 general elections was a product of the commitment of the Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, and a handful of committed commissioners and electoral officers.

The source said, "We thought with the retirement and end of tenure of the 13 people being replaced, the Commission will enjoy a new lease of life because some of them were known to have soiled our reputation.

"But what we have seen is a deliberate attempt by some people to take the Commission back to its pre-2011 election position.

"If this is allowed to happen, I am afraid you will begin to see mass resignations by those of us who hold our integrity and the love of Nigeria dearly."

Spokesman for Jega, Mr. Kayode Idowu, in an interview with THE PUNCH however denied any threat of mass resignations by staff of the commission.

"If anybody has a case against any of the appointees it should be taken up with the appointing authorities. There are political appointees and career civil servants within the Commission, so which of these are threatening to resign?" Idowu asked.

A Kaduna based legal practitioner and human rights activist, Festus Okoye, told our correspondent on the telephone on Sunday that Jonathan was courting legal trouble with the confirmation of the appointment of Nwuruku as National Commissioner of INEC.

Okoye, who is also the Coordinator of the Independent Election Monitoring Group, threatened to sue the President if he did not withdraw the nomination of Nwuruku.　

Nwuruku, who hails from Ebonyi State, replaces former INEC National Commissioner in charge of information, Philip Umeadi. Okoye said Nwuruku’s nomination contravened provisions of section 156 of the 1999 constitution (As amended).

He said, "Chief Lawrence Nwuruku is currently Nigeria’s Ambassador to Mexico and was nominated to the said position on the basis of his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party. In the 2003, he contested governorship election in Ebonyi State under the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.

"During the 2007 elections, he contested for the same position under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.

He said, "Chief Lawrence Nwuruku is currently Nigeria’s Ambassador to Mexico and was nominated to the said position on the basis of his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party. In the 2003, he contested governorship election in Ebonyi State under the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.

"During the 2007 elections, he contested for the same position under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.

"He was the state Coordinator, 2007 Peoples Democratic Party Presidential/Governorship Campaign organisation in Ebonyi State. He is formerly a National Commissioner in the Independent National Electoral Commissioner and left to join partisan politics."

Efforts to get the reactions of the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Prof. Rufai Alkali, were not successful as he could not be reached through his mobile phone. He also did not respond to the SMS sent to his phone on the issue.

But a member of the party’s National Working Committee, who pleaded anonymity, said that it would be difficult for any party to rig with the way INEC conducted the last elations.

On the allegation that the new commissioners are pro-PDP, he said, "There is no Nigerian that is not inclined to any political party. These commissioners are individuals. They do not rig. Those who rig are on the field."

The PDP NWC member said the PDP would win in future elections without rigging, adding that Jonathan’s administration was committed to free and fair elections.

Section 156 of the 1999 constitution reads: "No person shall be qualified for appointment as a member of any of the bodies aforesaid if- (a) he is not qualified or if he is disqualified for election as a member of the House of Representatives; provided that a member of any of these bodies shall not be required to belong to a political party, and in the case of the Independent National Electoral Commission, he shall not be a member of a political party."


http://www.punchng.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2399:inec-commissioners-disquiet-over-appointment-of-ex-pdp-gov-candidate-others&Itemid=542

loool!!, @ least d man was bold enough!!, HE Said he would rather die than  leave libya!!,  He was simply being a man !!!!,

They may as well jus privitise the damn thing and lets move forward!!!. This thing is a two way there, theres the generation aspect and distribution aspect of it. If they do not want to privitise all of it. They should do the one in which they are go at and leave the rest to the private sector ( But we all knw they are not veryy efficient)

Im amazed by some comments here. Its a good idea, but people are not discussing the real issues here. Take the economy for instance, what is the state of Nigerias economy today. Fine if I win i get the money, I start my business, How will the business thrive or how will it survive the next year due to the state of Nigeria economy, what is the market saying.

abiolak:
80,000 to 110,000 jobs in four years very poor, Gej n Iwela should set our steel companies, refineries, n other government dead companies up wit the 50bn, i tell u not less than 900,000 people will be employed at a go, its time they stop this rubbish of creating jobs for their families, senators and reps, governors and ambassadors, in the name of nigeria youth, when we have over 150,000 graduate every year.
FG wake up for good

Dude we do not need another Government owned and controlled firms again. They have done it in the past and look where it is now. This is an era of capitalisation and privitisation. Sell them off, give incentives to private firms to buy them and make them more efficient. Its dammn simplee!!, If incentives are not gives, no one is going to buy them

Beaf:
This is the an example of the sort of far reaching idea that the country needs to make progress. The private sector must be energised to generate wealth and employment. That is the way it is in all developed countries the World over.[/b]The traditional drivers of development in the developed World are the military industrial complex and the [b]private sector. Nigeria already has the beginnings of a military industrial complex with our space programme and various IT developments; so the country needs to plug any gaps by energising the private sector, especially by empowering our teeming youth population who are hardest hit by unemployment.

Let us pray that the running of YouWin will be excellent to produce the excellent results we dream of.

Great initiative.

Very good idea from GEJ, but the important aspect I have highlighted up there. If the private sector is not functionning at full capacity, there is no way this will work. Because as at now most people feel it is very dificult doing business in Nigeria its diffuclt to access funds, the cost of starting up the business and even maintaining it is really high, and now that they are removing fuel subsidy, it will definately drive the cost of things up. So Nigeria is a case where you income goes up as inflation rises. Like I said its a good idea, but they need to make the private sector very very efficient

On November November 30, 2010, President Goodluck Jonathan gave leave to the Senate President, the Deputy Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, to “purchase” their official quarters. Reporting that story, NEXT newspaper said that N1.5 billion had been made available in the 2011 budget for the construction of replacements for those properties. The largesse, which was denied at the time by presidential Special Adviser Ima Niboro, was thought to be Mr. Jonathan’s way of garnering wide-ranging support for his April 2010 presidential bid.


And some1 will say GEJ IS CLEAN!!!

We'll cut your aid if you persecute man-loving-men, Britain warns African nations

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2046965/Well-cut-aid-persecute-man-loving-men-Britain-warns-African-nations.html#ixzz1aIuoaxOF



This is  one very good example,

one simple question, whta are we actualy basing this disussion on, and av any of us bn to the states to see whether they are doing anything or not,

Cmmon India has invested year in year out in its educational sectoor, and i has established itself as one of the thriving countires in software development. When Nigeria does dat (Invest in Education) then we can make our own

Party Hard

This will be a very good idea if true!!, Spoken to some top military guys and most of them usually commend Gusua!!, they call him the spy doctor. That guy knows the security problems and answers of Nigeria

@kobojunkie, I dint sai that was AJIMOBIS HOUSE, dats MY HOUSE IN OLUYOLE!!!, lost so many things

Pafuri:
And the governor is in Saudi Arabia. Our leaders sha!

Find ur facts out b4 u post rubbbish, akimobi dat was live in IBadan dis monrning, was really afffected by d fllods as well

To me this is very stupid. Situations like this u don send ur press secetary to read us all this rubbish, A TRUE LEADERS ADDRESS THE NATION HIMSELF ON LIVE TV, ASSURE US OF BETTERS THINGS NA ENCOURAGES THE POPULACE NOT BE FEARFUL, WE CAN RISE ABOVE THIS BOKO HARAM PPL, rather its abati dat is reading press statement

(Without giving a timeline for the removal: One thing i dont get is while they are trying to reduce inflation , removing this susbsidy would just mean a whole lot of thing would be much more expensive because  the price of oil seems to determine the price of so many other things in the market  e.g agricultural products, most of which come from the north and so many other things. Like they have  done  in past (Privitise your damn refineries to make them more efficient or even is the government does have  money, give incentives to investors to build more refineries rather than paying some oil barons

This thing is simple and straight forward. If jonathan knows he won the election squarely free and fair, why not leave the man there and let him conclude his job.

Enenemiboforitamunokpekerebia wakama

I just got one crucial question, who is going to pay for the clean up  of Libya because this country is not going to be the same again!!, or are we going to see another system of  divie an rule??

To whom much is given much is required ( but in the case of Nigeria MUCH MUCH MORE is require), lets jus see how this plays out, I hope and pray  she does well and lives up to our expectation, but, but, i would let nairaland complete that but!!!

And to GEJ, I wonder how this would play outt, ( The corrupt idiots that helped you up there, and what way would this have an effect on them), Pls grow two more balls to deal with such issues

Please sup with Dimeji

From 1922 to 1936 he was British representative on the League of Nations' Permanent Mandates Commission. Lugard's The Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa was published in 1922. It discusses indirect rule in colonial Africa. In this work, Lugard outlined the reasons and methods that he recommended for the colonisation of Africa by Britain. Some of his justifications included spreading Christianity and ending barbarism. He also saw state-sponsored colonisation as a way to protect missionaries, local chiefs, and local people from each other as well as from foreign powers. Also, for Lugard, it was vital that Britain gain control of unclaimed areas before Germany, Portugal, or France claimed the land and its resources for themselves. He realised that there were vast profits to be made through the exporting of resources like rubber and through taxation of native populations, as well as importers and exporters. In addition, these resources and inexpensive native labour (slavery having been outlawed by Britain in 1834) would provide vital fuel for the industrial revolution in resource-depleted Britain as well as monies for public works projects. Finally, Lugard reasoned that colonisation had become a fad and that in order to remain a super power, Britain would need to hold colonies in order to avoid appearing weak.
Lugard pushed for native rule in African colonies. He reasoned that black Africans were very different from white Europeans. He did speculate about the admixture of Aryan or Hamitic blood arising from the advent of Islam amongst the Hausa and Fulani.[4] He considered that natives should act as a sort of middle manager in colonial governance. This would avoid revolt because, as Lugard believed, the people of Africa would be more likely to follow someone who looked like them, spoke their languages, and shared their customs.
Olufemi Taiwo argues that in fact Lugard blocked qualified Africans educated in Britain from playing an active role in the development of the country, preferring to advance prominent Hausa and Fulani leaders from traditional structures.[5]
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Got that peice from wiki>>>>>>but the highlighted bits is quite interestingg!!

Rubbish, its simple , 10% of ur income so what the issue there. Tithe is a personal thing betwen you and God. One doesnt have to worry what the church does with the money. Once you know you have cleared yourself.