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Ahmed Joda, chairman of the transition committee of President Muhammadu Buhari, says the immediate past administration left a deficit of N7 trillion. He lamented on the state of the economy, saying the government of former president, Goodluck Jonathan, deceived Nigerians about the real state of the economy. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Daily Trust, the man, who has played key roles in the transition committees of different governments, also spoke on the challenges of the new government. “We were told at the beginning of the exercise that the government was in deficit of at least N1.3 trillion and by the end people were talking about N7 trillion,” he said. “We were to receive the handover notes, study them and wherever necessary to seek clarifications from wherever, whether ministers, civil servants or chairmen of boards or chief executives of parastatals. But, we did not receive those notes in time and our terms of reference although extended by the president limited us by the mere fact of our name ‘transition committee’. “On  May 29, we could not be a transition committee because the transition had ended. We did not want to ask for extension in order to be able to interrogate the other government people. In any case, the ministers had gone and it would have been a complicated, probably expensive exercise to bring them. “We did not want to stay and nobody asked us to extend our time to interrogate them so what we said in our report is that look in view of the fact that the handover notes were delayed, we did not have time to interrogate, question or interact with any of the people of government; therefore we leave this to the incoming government. In any case, it would be an investigative thing by now and the government can do what it likes. “Nigeria should be ready to face a lot of challenges. The biggest in my view is corruption; it is everywhere. There is no department, no ministry that can be said to be free of corruption. There is nowhere that fraud does not take place on a daily basis. It has become embedded in the minds of the people because the rule books have been thrown away and everybody is doing what they like. Nobody follows the rules anymore. You employ people anyhow and pay them anyhow and I think you in the media have a fair idea of what is going on and are surprised how bad things are. “I often wondered, since the beginning of this exercise, if the PDP and president Jonathan had won the election, what would have been the fate of Nigeria. It would have been more difficult for them to face the challenge because they had been telling people that everything was good; the roads were good. They were not talking about the absence of light in the house, but they were talking about the capacity to produce electricity is 12,000 megawatts out of which only 5,000 could be released. “But even out of this 5,000, at the time they were doing the handover notes, only 1,300 megawatts was being generated, but they were talking about 35,000 kilometers of distribution lines and so on, but nobody told us the real problem – that there is no gas, or there is no capacity to transmit the electricity that could be generated; that even when it is delivered at the point of distribution, the distribution system is so weak that it can’t take it. I personally didn’t know that until I got into this exercise. Now, if they came back, they couldn’t wake up in the morning and say we can’t pay salaries, we couldn’t do this or even pay contractors and might even not be able to pay pensions and gratuities or finance any of our operations.”

http://www.thecable.nghttp://www.thecable.ng/joda-jonathan-deceived-us-left-a-deficit-of-n7-trn

Cc: Lalasticlala

jejemanito:
Why taking it personal? The Op is not far from the truth. Those in the coporate world know these facts

Think. There is a reason P&G chose UNN and not FUT-Yola(no offence) for UG internship last year. There is a reason Schlumberger and Shell based their research centers in UI and FUTO. Think!

PS: Just noticed uniben isn't on list! Err lalasticlala it is either you put UNIBEN or delete this thread asap!! WTF!

And who told you UNN was the only school students were chosen for intenship that year. Get your facts right before typing nonsense.

Reading through this lists with the little notes behind the header, any argument with the Op will be a waste of time. How can you release a top 10 list without any research. Which company/industry were your sample, what criteria did you use to judge productivity?...Infact, I think everybody should start releasing their top 10.

You guys should help me tell GSK to stop sending me multiple Regret Mails nau, one is enough, I already know I didn't make it...lol

chuna1985:
Lol, deceive urself not me. I am not a northerner with shallow brain that accepts those acting.

Yea I agree you not a northerner reason why you are ignorant, but not having a shallow brain?...I Disagree Totally.

chuna1985:
El rufai, go n develop ur state. Moving around without a convoy does not give water supply and does not put food on the table.

Maybe you should begin to pay attention to News more. No New Government is performing as much as El-Rufai at the moment.

Ezenwammadu:
Publicity stunt.lt is just like Omisore eating two corns and pop corn at the same time with one hooded man at his side or osunbade buying boli in lagos and preaching change inside bus now where is he

Not bad if the publicity stunt continues after election is won. This publicity stunt may continue all through his tenure, btw that's why we love him.

njays24:
I like the president,but whenever he wants to speak,especially when he's abroad,i'm always praying for him because of his accent. So many people can hardly hear him. This is a very important factor when choosing a presidential candidate;he has to be able to speak well,at least if not very eloquent. Alternatively,he should just stick to speaking in hausa or Arabic while he gets a translator.

At least he speaks confidently unlike his predecessor. BTW The French, The Germans, The Spanish, etc have accent, So it's nothing bad.

It's thine bible. Do unto it as it pleaseth thou for proper understanding and remembrance.

Op...Tell no one what you observe. keep it to yourself and stay away from those kids if you don't want to be implicated in a child molestation accusation. Too bad children of these days have been exposed to such and parents are the main suspect. Growing up I use to think my dad and mum were siblings cos they were very 'sexually discreet'.

RileyFreeman1:
Someone in the same situation did that and it didn't turn out fine.

Do same there is no harm in trying. Nothing like having a one on one contact.

Icon4s:
U dnt follow d women game. So u dnt know any thing abt this team.

Happy Following...

Icon4s:
Then u can as well say save for Nkwocha,Dede, Ebi and Nwanbuko the other players are green horns.

D Courtney Dike dat was brought in has equalized for Nigeria abi.

IF this is their first time in this tournament then YES. The Asisat that played almost till the end equalised.
Go and Sleep Baba.


My little advise : Kill Pride before it Kills You.

Icon4s:
Asisat had been playing with the Super Falcons even before the last U20 WC. It simply shows u dnt follow women football very well.Courtney has zero cap as we speak. That is nt a kind of player u bring in when u are chasing a game of this magnitude.

Even if she's been playing for ages with the Super Falcons as far as this tournament is concerned and at this level, it is safe to say she is a greenhorn. You that follow women football, you should know that you don't write any player off cos they might just be the joker that turns the game around.

Icon4s:
If players like Oparanozie, Ordega, Okobi & Azizat are finding it tough, a green horn like Courtney cant do nothing.

Your assumption is baseless. Oh and lest I forget if Courtney is a greenhorn, Asisat is one too.

Mopolchi:
no be only america na togo. mtcheeew!

Hater!

What is my baby Courtney still doing on the bench...Mr Okon should have left her for me to keep up with her bed duties. Now am all alone here in the states and she's not even in the field...

Who go lend me money take start my digital Tv company?Gimme 6months I will send DSTV running from Nigeria...Lol

Segadem:
your coach?

Una coach! The Pot-bellied one.

Dorrobucci:
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When una dey vote buhari una no know abi?

Na Buhari dey play defence abi?...nitwit

ZUBY77:
Am I the reason Australia scored 1 goal?

No, it belongs here. Because the moment this football match started, the light went off.

I live on the 5th floor without lift, and the ever noise making generator is downstairs.

Now I have to go down to put it on, and hope that they don't bring the light back because when and if that happens, I would be going down again..

And it goes on and on.. Useless country.

Pele...E don tey wey we dey manage am like that.

After I watched that Press Conference with Coach Okon, I knew these girls were just playing based on the individual skills, talents and zeal. Pardon me but I think our coach has a blocked head.

Oremus loading on AIT

Who can help with Courtney Dike's phone num? Asking for a friend...hehehe

Much Ado about this ministerial list. Mr. President should release this list let the speculators get to rest and focus on the next item for noisemaking.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with some security chiefs to marshal the country’s plans that will be presented at a meeting of the Lake Chad Basin Commission in Abuja on Thursday.

National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.); Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Ismail Aliyu; Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh; and Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin attended the meeting held inside the Defence House in Abuja.

Aliyu briefed State House correspondents at the end of the meeting that lasted less than two hours.

He said they discussed issues relating to the operationalisation of the Multinational Joint Task Force and the contributions of each member state.

He said the President, at the meeting, reiterated his desire to end insurgency in the country and the region in shortest possible time.

Aliyu said, “We came to brief Mr. President on the meeting of the Lake Chad Basin Commission which the Head of States are attending on Thursday.

“The arrangement of the meeting held between the Chiefs of Defence Staff of the Lake Chad Basin and Ministers of Defence which is culminating in the President’s meeting on Thursday.

“We have discussed the issue of the operationalistion of the Multinational Joint Task Force and the citing of its headquarters in N’Djamena and the contribution from various states.

“This is with the objective of fighting the insurgency within that region. Some issues came out that the President identified, he wants us to see the end of this fight for the purpose of peace, security and prosperity of the region.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/insurgency-buhari-security-chiefs-in-closed-door-meeting/

Good move. The coming days will be interesting. These guys milked us with reckless abandon. Diezani was the overseer, GEJ was the 'sidon look' President.

Talk Is Cheap: So bottomline,if u want to stay in HQ u can check monday??. My probs is dat,we posted to HQM were given deployment letter and still told to wait. But I guess its becos dey r busy with documentation. So I will advise all dose dat were deployed to HQM and want to start work to show on monday. Becos as for me..na HQ get me on monday oo!!

You guys in HQM cant start work because of the mistake in your posting letters...If you look well it was addressed To State Coordinator and dere is no state coordinator in Abuja. The last time we were @HQ dey said until dat mistake is correccted by HCP u cant start.

Ifatu: thank God for NIMC the have made me holl. got my APL and waiting for posting.

How long were u asked To wait for the posting?