₦airaland Forum

Dino Melaye and controversy

Subsidy removal is the right step in the right direction. However, the minimum wage needs to be reviewed as well.

ndcide:
From May 29, 2015.. Can you tell us what an average nigerian have benefited from this government.

Boko haram under Jonathan vs Boko haram under Buhari. Say the truth and shame the devil. Is the average Nigerian not safer from BH under PMB?

optionB:
Stupidity is a bastard......

As usual, you people can only hurl insults. Come up with constructive criticism of what I said and we can have a conversation

Looking at your moniker, I don't know why your father didn't use his option B which is a condom

Buruji Kashamu should get ready. They are coming for him

NLC should join hands with this government to move Nigeria forward. Fuel subsidy must go and it is only fair that the minimum wage be upwardly reviewed.

For those asking why we opposed subsidy removal under GEJ. What did he do with the $100/barrel revenue Nigeria was getting from crude oil sales? $60bn foreign reserves, $3 billion ECA, etc were squandered and they still wanted the small subsidy we were enjoying. Subsidy has been corruption-ridden from the get go but Jonathan was not the person to make good use of the funds to be saved from subsidy removal. What did he do with the SURE-P funds? Where are the buses and stoves he promised as palliatives? Looking at Dasukigate, etc why should I trust Jonathan with subsidy removal? Buhari has the integrity to make proper use of those funds. Well meaning Nigerians know this and that's why there is a reluctance to go on strike by many groups. Compare this response with the massive turnout that greeted Jonathan's subsidy removal in 2012. Nigerians are not fools

OP you should write petitions to Fed Ministry of Education (cc the Hon Minister as well as NIMASA). Nothing makes incompetent civil servant wake up to their duties like taking an issue to their supervisors.

Jabioro:
Na who I go ask now?

Olukokosir:
It is well

Look at these so called human beings. If you were the one who had a serious problem and was looking for advice, would you appreciate such comments? Why don't you just not comment at all rather than display your boundless stupidity?

All these words like faction, billions of naira, fraud, etc....NLC is beginning to look like a political party

NLC response

on corruption -----------. No strike
On Dasukigate------------ No protest
On chibok gals------------No protest
on NASS salary -----------. No strike
on NASS cars --------------No strike
on secret N120b NASS budget --------------No strike
on marketers hoarding fuel----Blind & Dumb
on IDP--------------------------No effort
on Ghost workers-------------Blind & Dumb
on states owing workers salary-----No strike
on workers welfare-----------No effort
on retirees owed pension-----------No effort
on pipelines bombing ----------Blind & Dumb

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NLC response

on corruption -----------. No strike
On Dasukigate------------ No protest
On chibok gals------------No protest
on NASS salary -----------. No strike
on NASS cars --------------No strike
on secret N120b NASS budget --------------No strike
on marketers hoarding fuel----Blind & Dumb
on IDP--------------------------No effort
on Ghost workers-------------Blind & Dumb
on states owing workers salary-----No strike
on workers welfare-----------No effort
on retirees owed pension-----------No effort
on pipelines bombing ----------Blind & Dumb

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1,500 per night and 2,000 for home service. See as them dey set price like say na data plan

The competition has already started. By the time it is in full force, what has happened in the telecoms industry will be child's play because there are so many more players in the downstream oil sector. Soon, these importers will also have to compete with Dangote who will be refining 750,000 barrels locally (which is 1.5 times the combined capacity of all 3 NNPC refineries). The common man will be the ultimate beneficiary

NLC response

on corruption -----------. No strike
On Dasukigate------------ No protest
On chibok gals------------No protest
on NASS salary -----------. No strike
on NASS cars --------------No strike
on secret N120b NASS budget --------------No strike
on marketers hoarding fuel----Blind & Dumb
on IDP--------------------------No effort
on Ghost workers-------------Blind & Dumb
on states owing workers salary-----No strike
on workers welfare-----------No effort
on retirees owed pension-----------No effort
on pipelines bombing ----------Blind & Dumb

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This is a welcomed development. No civilian should possess a firearm without a government license

Look at who is talking. Isn't he part of the reason why Cameron said we are fantastically corrupt? Is it a lie? The very first step to solving a problem is admitting that the problem exists

Those calling Nigerians out for strike & planning to make the already chaotic situation of Nigeria more chaotic have their ulterior motive.
They are those enjoying the dividend of petroleum subsidy.
The best they will do for the masses is to fight for the fuel to be reduced to "May be" N100 & then we are back to our long queues. Independent marketers will continue to sell at their independent prices of over N145 & the NLC will have nothing to do about it.
The government too will still give excuse of paying subsidy since we have refused to accept subsidy removal.
Who is deceiving who?
If we think PMB is not doing it right, may be we should have tried the continuity of GEJ & by now we would have discovered ourselves.
It is an understatement that we will experience more pain, but I am sure there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Let's agree for once, with subsidy removal & let's see what happens after, if the government will have any other excuse but it's glaring we shall be better off.

sunnyb0b0:
Ibu Onye Awka?

Enugu

When I was using MTN 3G, e be like say na 1G abi 0.5G sef. Maybe this 4G LTE will be like 2G.The actual 4G will come out when they unveil 6G

So he finally listened to me and made the type of car I like. I will buy for December because my village people must hear am

Udu motor nke a ka ha n'akpo okwuru oto ekene eze

Even first bank help these goats to chop our yam. Chai!

Today is Sunday and they still decided to fornicate? They cannot wait till tomorrow?

Let them repent because the end is near

Church and politics

IamMissMarvel:
While you're dreaming, how does this help Nigeria?

I will not be your boyfriend. Is it by force?

This geh haf join Linda Ikeji to be snapping pishure in front of black gate abi? So she has joined 'team nobody wants to marry us'. Hian! Girls don't let anyone snap you pishure in front of black gate. Na bad market be that. Otherwise you will be 40 and still searching for a Mr. Right.

OP the geh no fabulous anything. My one and only sweery DJ cuppy fine pass her. Nonsense

FORMER Deputy Senate President and chieftain of the Peoples Demo­cratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ibrahim Mantu is of the opinion that Nigeria is a corrupt nation and the only way to remove this toga is for every­body to be ‘born-again’. Mantu in this interview with IHEANACHO NWOSU shared his views on the goings on in the PDP, APC-led Fed­eral Governent and the activities of herdsmen.Excerpts…

What difference would the budget make in the econom­ic well-being of Nigerians?

Nigerians always expect miracles to happen. The fact that the budget has been signed does not mean that suddenly everything will be alright. Don’t forget that the items in the budget would be executed between now and the end of the year . The N6trn will not be spent within 24 hours so that the impact will be felt in every sector of the economy. It will take time .

We are used to having high hopes whenever a budget is announced but at the end of the day, we get disap­pointed because many of the items would not be implemented. I think the challenge here is the imple­mentation of the budget . Nigerians should rise to ensure that the budget is implemented fully. The problem has further been compounded by the fact that we are close to six months into the year. This is a budget that was supposed to have been imple­mented from the first of January 2016 . Government has a double responsibility in ensuring it covers the lost grounds if the impact of the budget is to be felt.

From your experience in government, what are the factors that hamper full im­plementation of budgets?

There are many factors. First, budgets are estimates based on presumptions. If something goes wrong with these presumptions, it will affect the implementation. For example, if the oil benchmark is $50 and market forces force the price of crude to come down to $40 , it means the budget which was based on a benchmark of $50 would be af­fected because the actual earning is less than the target. So, price fluctua­tion affects faithful implementation of the budget. If the price goes up, that would mean well for the bud­get. It means there would be more money in the excess crude account.

Another thing could be the de­termination and capacity of the ministers and their bureaucrats in implementing the budget. Some­times, you would discover that the intention would be there but the ca­pacity to actualise that intention may not be there . Sometimes, they may award contracts to contractors who don’t have the capacity to execute the job given to them. A job that would have been completed within a year would spill over to one or two years . Obviously, you cannot pay somebody in advance for what he has not done. Many times, we have a wrong choice of contractors who don’t have what it takes to execute jobs given to them in line with speci­fication handed to them.

The inability of the National As­sembly to carry out effective over­sight function affect budget imple­mentation. If lawmakers effectively oversight the works of the minis­tries, it will be able to know whether the ministries are lacking behind in implementing the budget or they are keeping to the pace of the time allot­ted for projects execution.

Do you share the position of some eminent Nigerians like Prof Ango Abfullahi, Mo­hamned Junaid who believe that some current ministers don’t have the capacity to function effectively and deliver the change this government is mouthing?

Quite frankly, I can only assess somebody if I have taken a careful look or screen the person’s creden­tials . May be those people you have mentioned have come to that conclu­sion because they know the appointees very well. They have assessed them and they know their backgrounds and intellectual capacity and relate it to the duties they are expected to carry out . You can only comment properly if you do have full knowledge of the person you are commenting about . It is then that you can say yes, this guy would not be able to do this because this his background, he hasn’t got the neces­sary training, knowledge, intellectual capacity to be in the position given to him; that he cannot drive the ministry to success . For me I have not actually taken a closer screening or hard look at the ministers that have been ap­pointed for me to be able to criticize objectively.

The fact that this govern­ment is running its first bud­get, would you say that the criticisms against it over the handling of the economy have been unjustified?

Like I said, Nigerians believe that miracles can happen overnight. You and I know that the Buhari euphoria was that once he was elected as Presi­dent, all the problems of the country would cease. They believed that milk and honey would start flowing, there would be no corruption anywhere be­cause the man’s stand against corrup­tion was known, he fought indiscipline to a standstill when he was a military head of state and all that. The expecta­tions were high. People believed that once he was sworn in as president we would say good bye to all our problems. But that is not a realistic as­sessment of the situation . Buhari is a human being like all of us. He cannot change things overnight. These prob­lems were not created overnight, so there can’t be an overnight solution to them. We need time to gradually solve our problems .

This is his first budget, he has just signed it , it is only now we can say that he has the legal instrument to begin to spend money and execute projects. It is rather too early to pass an objective assessment of the situation on ground . I think that we should give him one to two years and see how he has suc­cessfully or otherwise implemented budgets, kept to the promises he made to the people.

Every promise he made was sup­posed to have been captured in the budget. He could not have started implementing the budget before it was signed. If he had done that, he would be accused of not respecting the con­stitution of the land which he swore to uphold .

Some people believe that the controversy that dogged the budget and caused it to be delayed showed that the APC government was unprepared for governance, do you agree with that view?

The truth is that APC is an amal­gam of political associations. It is also an amalgam of people with different philosophy. They wouldn’t have been in a position to come up with a mani­festo that would represent their phi­losophy and ideology. . It is now that APC would work towards becoming a compound body ,that is to say, one party. The fact that we are having these problems is not unexpected . Many of us saw these coming because of the way incompatibles, strange bedfel­lows came together to form the party. So what is happening is expected. Anybody who has the capacity and experience to see would tell you that he or she is not surprised or amazed at what is happening .

Are you also not amazed that APC government has blamed most of its failings on the rot left behind by your party in the 16 years it held sway?

As far as I am concerned, it is very easy to criticize. Look at any house, it can take you two hours to demolish it . But when it was being built it would have taken one or two years to erect.

When APC was in the opposition it felt that once it took over govern­ment, it would fix Nigeria’s prob­lems quickly. That was what made Nigerians to believe that APC had the capacity to fix Nigeria within hours once it was voted it into office. That is why people are so disap­pointed that their high expectations have not been met by APC. When expectation is high, disappointment will also become high.

I think instead of APC blaming the PDP, it should face its business. The party should try to change the perception of the people through hard work, ensure that things change fast. Let them change the perception of people by making sure we can drive to a filing station, fill up our car tank and move out. Let them change the perception of Nigerians by ensuring that electricity supply which improved during Jonathan’s era returns. For four days I have not enjoyed electricity. It has never been as bad as we are experiencing in Asokoro , a place that is supposed to be a highbrow area .

Things have degenerated to a point that nobody can comprehend . Rather than passing the buck or blame, they should sit down and face the reality. Government should ask, how do we fix the power prob­lem? How do we solve the fuel scar­city challenge? How do we address the issue of inflation especially on food and essential items? Today, a bag of rice has jumped from N7000 to N15,000. They should ask how do we address the forex problem? Many people who have children in schools abroad are faced with the painful reality of seeing their children and wards being sent out of school. You go to the bank you would be told this and that, you go the black market you will be given a cut throat exchange rate.

Things have degenerated to a level that cannot be conceived or imagined by anybody. If you say we are fighting corruption, no problem but the Nigerian society is a cor­rupt society whether it is PDP that is in government or APC or ADC or whichever party in government . What we have to do is to appeal to the conscience of the people. Our attitude to everything must change, we must be born-again. We must change things for good. We cannot continue this way. It is not a question of PDP or APC being in govern­ment . No, it is an endemic problem in our society. The Nigerian society is sick. Like I said, what we need to do is to appeal to the conscience of the people to change their attitude towards doing things.

Are you surprised about the figures coming out from EFCC regarding PDP chieftains that were given money during the last general elec­tion? ­

I am not only surprised, I’m shocked. When I was reading the sto­ries, I dismissed them with a wave of the hand. I told myself that they were trying to blackmail the PDP . But when I saw that they were arraigning those accused before law courts , I sat up and told myself, this joke was getting serious. It is no longer a joke if you are taken to court and you are told that you took this and that .

As a chieftain of the PDP, I was shocked beyond imagination. I had not expected such a thing to happen.

I was the chairman of Goodluck Elders Support Group which was supposed to be one of the highest or­gans of the people supporting Jona­than . When we were inaugurated, we were told that nothing would happen without going through the Goodluck Elders Support Group . But from the day they inaugurated us up to the time they did all these things , I, Senator Ibrahim Mantu never saw one naira from anybody. We thought that since the Elders Support Group was not given anything, we believed there was nothing. We thought that if there was going to be anything we as the shakers and movers, the custodian of everything would be approached first. So I am shocked beyond every imagination.

I had been in government, I have never expected that government money could be used for partisan politics . Till now, I have not recov­ered from shock over the revelations. Moreover, the people that were ac­tually given these hundreds of mil­lions of naira were meeting with me and other members of our group. So they were looking at some of us say­ing, look at these idiots, they don’t know what they are doing, they are mumus. Most times we held meet­ings with them and sometimes when there was the need to contribute five naira they would be the first to com­plain that they had no money. Some of us who did not know what was happening would be the one to sell our plots of land to raise money and pay. We didn’t know that we’re being laughed at .

Much as I have sympathy for the ordeal they are going through, I believe it is a lesson for us to learn from . It should teach us a lesson that sometimes if you are not part of something , don’t be angry, it is God that is protecting you .

Some of us felt marginalized, to­tally marginalized . We knew what to do to make things happened but be­cause they didn’t see us going to play ball or being part of them, they kept us in the dark . That was why we lost the election. Many of us told them clearly that we were not going to win the election . But they didn’t believe us because they thought that we were just messengers.

What did some of you see that informed your telling the Jonathan campaign team that it would lose the elec­tion?

I am a veteran , I have been in politics for almost four decades now . When a good budget manager and a professor make a forecast, the dif­ference would not be more than five or ten percent up or down. I am an authority in politics in Nigeria today . I can tell you, with every sense of responsibility, that when I see failure I can smell from afar before it comes near me. I told them in black and white what would happen. I headed so many committees, I told them clearly that we would not go far. The reason I told them was because every person that mattered were left out. They brought amateurs and left out the veterans . The party machinery which should have been used to cam­paign for Jonathan was brushed aside . They brought people that called themselves TAN . How many people have television to watch TAN? Even if you have tv where is the power to watch it?

Would you say that some of the money that were alleged to have been given to the PDP chieftains did not trickle down to the voters and that may have contributed to the party’s loss?

The PDP chieftains that were given that kind of money were not people that electorate relate with. There are people who have lost steam in this game . There are people who are still very hot . When you leave out the right people you run into a problem.

Even the party structures at all lev­els were left out . They created dif­ferent campaign organs and brought who they wanted to bring there . Can you imagine that I didn’t head any committee, when all these things happened, we didn’t know what was happening. If they were honest, could they have ignored somebody like me taking into consideration the number of years I have spent in this game? They ought to have taken into consideration my effectiveness and impact on the political scene. Should any right thinking politician who wanted to win election discounte­nanced me?

Are you satisfied with the di­rection the PDP is going? Do you see the party reclaiming power in 2019?

Let me tell you the truth , as I speak to you PDP has more members than any other political party in Nigeria. APC government was made possible by PDP. PDP voted against PDP in many places because of what I told you that many chieftains of the party were left out. Out of anger, many of them decided to vote and mobilize their supporters to vote for the oppo­sition party .

Also, PDP after 16 years of being in power allowed power to intoxicate it. We were no longer thinking that the people who voted us into power mattered. Power went into our head . When the people spend the whole day in the sun queuing behind peo­ple to elect those who will represent them, some of us would sit in our offices and cross those names and replace them with people who have never been to the ward or the constit­uency . So when people see strange faces they get angry . The governor or party foists those candidates on the people instead of giving ticket to those that people know. Some now said ok, you have control of the party machinery but on the day of voting you will not control my vote . That was what happened . This kind of impunity , imposition , not following due process , not following the party’s constitution and guidelines were re­sponsible for the PDP losing 2015 election .

What are we supposed to do now? We are supposed to come out boldly and tell Nigerians that we are sorry . You gave us an opportunity to rule this country for 16 years but we allowed power to intoxicate us. We need to tell Nigerians that we disrespected your views , your voices did not matter to us , we apologise to you for betraying the trust reposed in us . We are telling you that if given another chance we will never go the path we plied before.

From now, every action of the PDP should have been that of a repentant person. sSmebody who has purged himself and doing things differently in order to win the confidence of the people who lost that confidence in you hitherto . Many people thought that we would demonstrate to the Nigerian people starting from the congresses that we are truly born again, that we are no longer going to do things the way we did them before. Reports reaching us from the states show that we have gone back to our own game. We have learnt nothing , we are doing exactly what we did that led us to losing govern­ment . Indeed, many people think that some of us have personal axe to grind with the chairman of the party who is in charge of affairs at this point in time. I have nothing personal against Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff. But I’m to­tally committed to ensuring that we restore the lost glory of the PDP . Anything that I see that may deny us the chance of coming back to power or restoring our lost glory, I will stand against it.

FromArticle:
"As a PDP chieftain, I was shocked to hear that most PDP members collected millions for campaign..

I was the Chairman of Goodluck Elders Support Group which was supposed to be one of the highest organs of the people supporting Jonathan. From the day we were inaugurated up to now, I Senator Ibrahim Mantu never saw one naira from anybody... Moreover, the people that were given these hundreds of millions of naira were meeting with me and other members of our group. So they were looking at some of us saying look at these idiots, they don't know what they are doing, they are mumus. Most times we held meetings with them and sometimes when there was the need to contribute five naira they would be the first to complain that they had no money. Some of us sold our lands to pay some of the bills, yet, they went to collect huge amounts from the government without telling us "

-Ibrahim Nasir Mantu.

http://sunnewsonline.com/nigeria-worse-off-under-buhari-mantu/

Ameboperoo:
I catch you!

Space bookers association of Nairaland President, vice president and secretary

After Doyin Okupe called OBJ irrelevant when he left PDP, he came back to beg by prostrating. OBJ is still attending meetings with the world's power brokers.

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Fear of PMB

Nigeria is fantastically corrupt. Thanks to me

HIGHESTPOPORI:
I thought Fashola said Power Supply is not rocket science which he would do in 6months,dats why d people are angry,Pdp invested in Power supply,because it wasn't worse like this before

Please share the link with me where he said he would provide uninterrupted power supply in 6 months

Thanks

TippyTop:
I hate seeing Fashola these days, the Honourable Minister of Darkness should hide his head in shame.

PDP had 16 years to fix the power problem and spent at least $16 billion on power. Yet, it is the man who has barely spent 6 months in office and just had his budget approved last week that should hide his head in shame because you don't have light

You are a disgrace to yourself, your family, your community, your local government, your state, your country and to the world at large

I rest my case

PMB 2015-2023
Fashola 2023-2031
Willie Obiano 2031-2039
Me 2039-2047

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