tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83041477423160203102024-03-13T21:33:28.813+01:00Nigerian MagazineNigerian News MagazineNigerianEyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15999092608201591868noreply@blogger.comBlogger14640125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304147742316020310.post-43597503079248888952020-09-06T03:44:00.003+01:002020-09-06T03:44:38.968+01:00 Patrick Ononenyi Okonkwo goes underground, avoids media<p>All efforts to contact Mr Patrick Ononenyi Okonkwo have proved futile. The Lagos based business man and his associates on social media had flooded the internet last weekend claiming that Chief Waheed Eletu Odibo a Lagos White cap chief and prince of the Eletu Odibo royal Family tried to defraud him of 250,000 hectares of land in lekki. His associates also claimed on his behalf that Mr Yemi Idowu a respected property developer had colluded with Prince Eletu Odibo of depriving him of his birthright. </p><p>These allegations were quickly debunked at the weekend by Prince Eletu Odibo and Mr Yemi Idowu in separate press releases. </p><p>Many social media outlets were quick to pick up the stories before it was discovered to be fake news.</p><p>Ramon Ibrahim, an estate agent confirmed that Patrick Ononenyi Okonkwo had a dispute with Eletu Odibo royal family over 3 plots of land he bought 15 years ago and the matter has been in the civil court for years. ,"It seems Mr Patrick has now resorted to other methods to blackmail the Eletu Odibo royal family to resolve the dispute"</p><p>All efforts to contact Mr Patrick Ononenyi Okonkwo over the weekend proved futile thereby creating the impression that he has gone underground to avoid further press scrutiny.</p>NigerianEyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15999092608201591868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304147742316020310.post-7470471027580907132020-09-06T03:43:00.006+01:002020-09-06T03:43:54.942+01:00 Background story of dispute between Patrick Ononenyi Okonkwo and Eletu Odibo Royal family. <p>Social media and the internet was awash this weekend by reports of a 15 year dispute over 3 plots of land measuring 1,700 square meters in Osapa Eti Osa between Patrick Ononenyi Okonkwo and Chief Waheed Eletu Odibo a Lagos White cap chief and prince of the Eletu Odibo royal Family . Patrick Ononenyi Okonkwo a Lagos based businessman claimed the Eletu Odibo royal family tried to defraud him of 250,000 hectares of land in lekki. His associates also claimed on his behalf that Mr Yemi Idowu a respected property developer had colluded with Prince Eletu Odibo to prevent him from claiming the 3 plots land.</p><p>These claims were refuted by the Eletu Odibo royal family and Mr Yemi Idowu over the weekend via press releases.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reports confirm that the dispute between Mr Patrick Ononenyi Okonkwo and The Eletu Odibo royal family has been in court for years and Mr Yemi Idowu is not a party in the court case.</p><p>Mr Yemi Idowu this weekend said he will commence legal action against the parties involved in tarnishing his image. </p><p>"Social Media should a cause for good and freedom of Information but some crooks are determined to ruin it for others " he said</p>NigerianEyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15999092608201591868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304147742316020310.post-57366304849031583942020-09-06T03:43:00.001+01:002020-09-06T03:43:09.069+01:00 I have not been declared wanted, says Yemi Idowu<p>I have not been declared wanted, says Yemi Idowu</p><p><br /></p><p>Business mogul, Mr. Yemi Idowu, has refuted an online report claiming that he has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).</p><p> The report alleged that 250,000 hectares of land in Lekki, Lagos belonging to one Mr, Patrick Ononenyi Okonkwo was converted by Mr Idowu and Chief Waheed Eletu Odibo.</p><p> But in a swift reaction, Mr. Idowu said: “I found out that some people were trying to tarnish my image online.”</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ej-0JKZmUzw/X1RMs_TcOqI/AAAAAAAAXoM/u1dq4ld00xMBmOcLbAhE9AdouU0SMN5ygCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/yemi-idowu.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ej-0JKZmUzw/X1RMs_TcOqI/AAAAAAAAXoM/u1dq4ld00xMBmOcLbAhE9AdouU0SMN5ygCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/yemi-idowu.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>“I have never been invited to court by the EFCC or any other law enforcement agent and I was never arrested by them. I am perfectly safe and sound. It is fake news whose purveyors I am determined to take legal action against. I thank my family members and friends for their concern over this malicious fake news. Kindly ignore the fake news. Thank you all for your concerns.”</p>NigerianEyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15999092608201591868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304147742316020310.post-15708543717920203382018-07-18T18:36:00.001+01:002018-07-18T18:36:23.450+01:00The Unveiling of Nigerian Air<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The Nigerian government has revealed the name and logo of the new national airline on today, the 18<sup>th</sup> of July, 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The unveiling was done at Farnborough Air Show in London. The Farnborough International Airshow is the industry's largest air show and aerospace technology exhibition. In attendance were thousands of commercial and defense aerospace professionals, the Nigerian Minister of Aviation as well as other dignitaries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304147742316020310.post-64923932803373304062018-07-14T11:27:00.000+01:002018-07-14T11:27:41.972+01:00Ekiti Election: Voters Turn Out in Large Numbers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">On Thursday the 12<sup>th</sup> of
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Train Terminal.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The political cabal held the nation by the jugular while her people fed on the crumbs falling off their dining tables. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">President Buhari did not see the mission to rescue Nigeria's funds from looters as a personal one, no single repatriation was done outside the law courts, yet his detractors would not cease to pour opprobrium on him at every opportunity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Buhari does not interfere in the arraignment of any member of the political class for corruption, not even when members of his ruling party like Babachir David Lawal, was involved. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Everyone would get his day to clear his name of whatever graft allegations in court, Buhari does not exempt or protect anyone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">When attacking his person failed, the political elite resorted to underhand tactics, the latest of which was the propagation of fake news. Buhari attackers are all in the CUPP of controversy.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Because someone is pushing the narrative of President Buhari being unfit for office, hence, Nigerians should deny him re-election in 2019. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">That's because it's what the political elite want Nigerians to think their president is protecting the marauding herders from the long arms of the law.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">How come no one protested against the move in 2014? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">It has disappeared because the political elite ate it. The funds they ate in 2014 culminated in the farmers-herders violence the lop-sided press has dubbed the Fulani herdsmen ethnic cleansing in 2018. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Freedom of expression and political association is an undeniable and inalienable right to every Nigerian, so the social engineering the CUPP is trying to create is not wrong, politics is a game of numbers and they are trying to win the 2019 general elections. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The motive, though questionable is not illegal either, the political elite can choose for themselves a leader who fits their aspirations. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">But never again will Nigerians welcome the return of unbridled graft and corruption to Nigeria's political sphere. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">They don't want to remove President Buhari from office because they share concerns about Nigeria's development, their concern is to push out the man who put corruption in a chokehold. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">When teachers cannot pass their exams what are they suppose to teach the children? It is a very tragic situation we are in.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Our country is facing numerous challenges in education and all other sectors as a result of historical abuses, mindless impunity and corruption is not news to anyone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> - A full review of the Universal Basic Education Act with emphasis on gender equity in primary, secondary school enrolment whilst improving the quality and substance of our schools.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Targeting up to 20 percent of the annual budget for this critical sector whilst making substantial investments in training quality teachers at all levels of the educational system.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Reduce malpractices in the sector to a low level.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Enhance teacher training and improve the competence of teachers in the light of the 21st Century.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">– Provide one meal a day for all primary school pupils as this will create jobs in agriculture, catering, and delivery services.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Develop and promote effective use of innovative teaching methods/materials in schools.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Ensure a greater proportion of expenditure on university education to help improve the sector.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Establish at least six new universities of Science and Technology with satellite campuses in various states.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Address the out-of-school children phenomenon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Ensure 30 million Nigerians become literate within three years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Re-negotiate the 2009 Agreement with unions in the tertiary sector.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Academic stability at all levels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Attracting best brains to the teaching profession.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Reducing the percentage counterpart fund paid by states to ease their access to funds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Providing e-learning, technical and vocational education and training, education data and planning and adult literacy including special needs education.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Providing educational support to deportees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Re-emphasising ban on tuition fees in federal universities<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Achievements recorded</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Presented a roadmap for ‘radical change’ in the education sector between 2016 and 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Introduction of national headcount of pupils and personnel in all primary and junior secondary schools.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Compulsory basic education for pupils especially in Bayelsa State.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Implementation of open distance and flexible learning for 25 polytechnics.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">– Introduction of the school feeding programme.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Modification of the United Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for candidates seeking admission into the higher institutions of learning by introducing Central Admission Processing System.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">– Making JAMB, Nigeria’s foremost admission body to tertiary institutions, not only more transparent but also more productive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Approval of 15 university online learning centers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Revamping data-collection system in the education sector.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">-Introduction of Teachers’ professional examination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Whilst we acknowledge the work done, there is still more work to be done. More importantly, the President Buhari administration needs </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">to take solid measures towards addressing</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">the issue of producing unemployable graduates by some institutions. If not, this negates all the good work done.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304147742316020310.post-58128598732877334772018-06-20T18:44:00.000+01:002018-06-20T18:44:34.155+01:00Buhari Signs 2018 Budget<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">President Muhammadu Buhari<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">It is imperative to note that I<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; letter-spacing: 0.4pt;">t the budge signing has a very significant accelerator effect on the financial plans of other tiers of government, and even more importantly, the private sector, which mostly operates on a January-December financial year. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;">Notwithstanding the delay this year, I am determined to continue to work with the National Assembly towards improving the budgeting process and restoring our country to the January-December fiscal cycle.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The bill was slated to be signed today, but I<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; letter-spacing: 0.4pt;"> submitted the 2018 Budget proposals to the National Assembly on 7th November 2017, I had hoped that the usual legislative review process would be quick, so as to move Nigeria towards a predictable January-December financial year. The importance of this predictability cannot be overemphasized.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The lawmakers increased the proposal by N508 billion from N8.61 trillion to N9.12 trillion before passing it, they made cuts to some projects and introduced others which the President consider a setback to his plans.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Buhari expressed his worry, he said “an aggregate of N73 billion increase” the National Assembly made with regard to the provisions for statutory transfers. Most of these increases are for recurrent expenditure at a time we are trying to keep down the cost of governance’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">“An example of this increase is the budget of the National Assembly itself which has increased by 14.5 billion naira, from 125 billion naira to 139.5 billion naira without any discussion with the executive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;">As it is, some of these projects relate to matters that are the responsibility of the States and Local Governments, and for which the Federal Government should therefore not be unduly burdened.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">1. The provisions for some nationally/regionally strategic infrastructure projects such as Counter-part funding for the Mambilla Power Plant, Second Niger Bridge/ancillary roads, the East-West Road, Bonny-Bodo Road, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and Itakpe-Ajaokuta Rail Project were cut by an aggregate of 11.5 billion Naira.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">4. The provisions for various Strategic Interventions in the health sector such as the upgrade of some tertiary health institutions, transport and storage of vaccines through the cold chain supply system, provision of anti-retroviral drugs for persons on treatment, establishment of chemotherapy centres and procurement of dialysis consumables were cut by an aggregate amount of 7.45 billion Naira.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">7. At a time when we are working with Labour to address compensation-related issues, a total of 5 billion Naira was cut from the provisions for Pension Redemption Fund and Public Service Wage Adjustment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">8. The provisions for Export Expansion Grant (EEG) and Special Economic Zones/Industrial Parks, which are key industrialization initiatives of this Administration, were cut by a total of 14.5 billion Naira.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">9. The provision for Construction of the Terminal Buildin<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>g at Enugu Airport was cut from 2 billion Naira to 500 million Naira which will further delay the completion of this critical project.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">10. The Take-off Grant for the Maritime University in Delta State, a key strategic initiative of the Federal Government, was cut from 5 billion Naira to 3.4 billion Naira.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="background-color: white;">11. About seventy (70) new road projects have been inserted into the budget of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works, and Housing. In doing so, the National Assembly applied some of the additional funds expected from the upward review of the oil price benchmark to the Ministry’s vote. Regrettably, however, in order to make provision for some of the new roads, the amounts allocated to some strategic major roads have been cut by the National Assembly.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #606263;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304147742316020310.post-68700015813304119692018-06-19T18:29:00.001+01:002018-06-19T18:29:07.528+01:00Buhari And nPDP Lawmakers' Face-off: A Most Desirable Development<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">If there are admirable qualities about President Muhammadu Buhari, they are his strong political will and the capacity to see his decisions, no matter how unpopular, through against all adversity. Even when he found himself standing alone and taking the heat from the opposition, sometimes against members of his ruling APC, he didn't relent, didn't bend nor break in submission to his doubters. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Many of his economic policies during the recent recession proved to be unpopular; the operation of a multiple foreign exchange window and ban of certain imported items from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) forex list, to mention a few. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Despite opposition from various quarters, he allowed the CBN the independence to formulate policies, and coupled with luck from rising oil prices, Buhari led Nigeria out of hard-biting recession. That isn’t to say he didn’t have unending troubles, particularly with the legislature. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Since the return of democratic experiment Nigerians calls the 4th Republic, it is an open secret that the National Assembly is Nigeria's unofficial apex trading floor. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">It is open record the executive had been coerced (sometimes humiliated) to dance to the whims and caprices of the lawmakers over and over, especially when an election cycle is coming around. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The penultimate year to a general election never fails to reveal another level to the shenanigans the average Nigerian lawmaker possesses, in that period, the legislature’s avarice and most selfish tendencies emerge fully in the hallowed chambers, green and red alike. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The enmity between these arms of government isn't restricted to opposition lawmakers, members of President Buhari's ruling APC are constantly involved in the cloak and dagger games to impede the president’s progress on issues of national interest any time they get to the floors of the National Assembly. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">These mutinous senators have not failed to bare their fangs at every given opportunity against President Muhammadu Buhari and his policies. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">With the 2019 elections looming large in the political horizon and gerrymandering at its feverish pitch, the biggest of President Buhari's troubles is finding it hard to camouflage its colors. Members of the New PDP, a key part of the political merger on which President Buhari crested to victory in May 2015, constituted themselves a thorn in the ruling APC's side since his administration's inception. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Not satisfied with upsetting the cart at every given chance, senators of the New PDP have demanded showdown talks with the President, mere days before the ruling APC's national convention scheduled for the weekend. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Their demand? Besides getting automatic re-election tickets to the 2019 elections, they desperately want to select the composition of the ruling APC's National Working Committee. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">These rapacious individuals, who have arguably been behind every rancor that bedeviled the Buhari administration, promised to throw everything out of the pram if he doesn't accede to their every request. But true to his characteristic self, President Muhammadu Buhari has decided to rebuff their entreaties and call the New PDP senators' bluff. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">In 2017, the federal government has said it would close down the land border between Nigeria and some neighboring country in a few days time to avoid the smuggling of foreign rice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304147742316020310.post-29573689319116606572018-06-17T19:32:00.001+01:002018-06-17T19:32:46.622+01:00How to run your business on a budget<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> I recently started my own consulting business and it's been really good. You know </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">how</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> nice it is to have everyone calling you a business strategist, sales expert etc, getting invitations to speaking gigs, my face splashed all over posters and banners and even on TV. I leveraged all social media and I could </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">work</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> from home. </span><br />
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" Madam, because of the size of our organization and our procurement policies, you have to have a physical location and at least 2 or 3 staff. This project we want to entrust to you has a relatively large budget and it can't be handed over to a freelancer. </div>
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Agents kept calling me with ridiculous offers, the prices didn't even make me go and inspect the properties. Where was i to find 1.5 million to rent an office and pay for for 2 years at once ( N 3M)?? And then it occurred to me- Why not find a suitable co-<span class="il">working</span> space and share an office?</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">For nearly a quarter of a century after the Ibrahim Babangida led junta annulled the June 12 elections, a majority of the Nigerian electorate lost faith in the country's leadership. Leader after leader, from the interim arrangement led by Ernest Shonekan to President Goodluck Jonathan, the masses longed for a leader they could believe in but sadly couldn’t find one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">While the right words come during presidential campaigns, the hope placed on the leader usually fizzled out when the president assumes the mantle fully, with accusations of cronyism and nepotism renting the air. Without a leader to carry their hopes, Nigerians, masses and elite alike, would after each election cycle return to their various domains, embittered and full of regrets for another four years. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The belief the country could one day become great again goes to the cooler for another 4 years. All that changed on June 12, 2018, when President Buhari gave out the special national honours to heal the wounds in the land, largely brought about by the injustice that followed the June 12 agitation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">President Buhari showed tact, diplomacy, maturity, forgiveness and most important of all, the political will to do the right thing without fear. Such was the renewal of hope that Co-founder of Michael and Cecilia Ibru University Agbarha-Otor, Delta State, Dr. Cecilia Ibru, called on President Buhari to proceed with the restructuring of Nigeria at an event at the Petroleum Training Institute, Delta State.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Mrs. Ibru said the restructuring of the country is very paramount, much more than any other gesture to bring Nigeria back together again. That belief that Nigeria was long overdue and is no restriction to Mrs Ibru, many Nigerians believe restructuring was the only way of seeking redress on touchy issues such as reconciliation across ethnic lines, devolution of powers, resource control and other problems threatening to rip the nation apart. Is Mrs. Ibru's faith in President Buhari's misplaced? Not at all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Are there still so many challenges buffeting the nation? Yes, a myriad. Has President Buhari reached the end of his capabilities? No. Not even the protracted illness of 2017 could put him out of action. He<a href="https://www.blogger.com/u/1/null" name="_GoBack"></a> is poised to restore Nigeria to where she belongs in the comity of nations, what he needs is a renewed faith in the country's potential from all her peoples, old and young, North and South, East and West, in the urgent business of rebuilding the nation. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304147742316020310.post-19517897748802184312018-06-14T15:30:00.000+01:002018-06-14T15:30:23.187+01:00Buhari: The Real Messiah?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">In the books of many Nigerians, Buhari has scored good points in the last few months. Honoring the late MKO Abiola, to the signing of the not too young to run bill, his visit to Morroco and Tanzania are all part of the points.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Beyond hearsay, these milestone achievements have been classified as a strategy to win his election in the coming year. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">However, placing reason against sentiments, he could have chosen another route to this which would be to buy the minds and heads of the average Nigerians and skim his way through. But as an Honorable man, he chose the road less traveled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Buhari has taken calculated steps that would benefit Nigerians whether he wins or not. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The not too young to run bill would be significant even to generations yet unborn and this is naturally a bill he does not stand to benefit from.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Spiritually speaking, it is often believed that gratitude brings more. Nigeria is a country of over 190 million people with several foundational issues to tackle but taking active steps in the right direction should be applauded. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">As a propagator of enhancing bilateral and multilateral relations, Buhari has tightened his seat belt in preparation for this long ride. He has visited France, United Kingdom, India and other African countries, to discuss several developmental projects, economic strategies and solidify bonds for collective security.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">A man who is sensitive and attentive enough to have listened to the internal rage of many to relive their 1993 votes for MKO, he also granted the family a presidential apology and honorary posthumous award. Never has such a feat been carried out in the past 25 years by any administration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">In all honesty, President Buhari’s accomplishments are under-communicated in the media. This could be a major ploy by the opposition to frustrate the efforts of an upright man. Imagine a laudable triumph such as the release of the 200 chibok girls who were withheld for about 2years to be regarded as unpopular. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">This is a clear indicator, that the opposition is threatened by his exploits.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Various speculations have emerged as the cause of this. But one thing is certain, jumping into a lagoon was her last resort to avoid the impending shame.<span style="background: white; color: #111111;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;">The Minister also said that the Federal Government is committed to ensuring that Nigerians enjoy much better opportunities in the oil and gas industry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;">Kachiukwu made these statements at the inauguration of laboratories built by Laser Engineering Nigeria in Rumudara in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers state.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;">“The Government is prudent in the way they have been managing our resources. Personally, whatever is available when I am traveling, even if it is economy class, I will take my seat,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;">“I have made a commitment to seeing that a larger part of the opportunities in the Nigerian oil and gas sector are enjoyed and indeed managed by Nigerians.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;">Kachiukwu pointed out that many Nigerian entrepreneurs making waves in engineering, drilling, and other areas would be showcased when the ‘Project 100’ would be launched by the President.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;">Earlier on, the Managing Consultant of Laser Engineering, Prof. Mike Onyekonwu, described the establishment of the laboratories as a modest contribution to the efforts of the federal government in its bid to set up research institutes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;">The managing Consultant explained that research still remains the backbone of sustained growth in any industry and one of the ways we can build capacity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;">According to Onyekonwu, no university can procure the research equipment that we need for our research due to poor funding. As a result of this, there must be private intervention in research and Laser Engineering has taken the challenge and invested.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Even though President Buhari didn't declare a public holiday, the buzz created by the official recognition of June 12 as new Democracy Day in Nigeria can be felt across the whole length and breadth of Nigeria. The feeling is understandable, Nigerians had been yearning for a quarter of a century, to have someone address and right the wrongs committed in the annulment of what was (and still is perceived as the fairest and freest election in Nigerian political history. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The democratic experiment of June 12, 1993, had the whole of Nigeria in a political frenzy. There was so much faith in Option A4, the voting method adopted by the electoral commission which ensured voters witnessed the counting and announcement of the winner of each polling unit. It's only natural the abrupt annulment of the elections sent shockwaves and angst through an astounded nation. Political scientists and observers believed the annulment of the June 12 elections was a great injustice to Nigerian sensibilities, many took to the streets and forced/shamed General Ibrahim Babangida out of office. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">From then on, Nigerians rejected every military government foisted upon the people till the general elections that produced Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as the president of the 1999 elections. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/u/1/null" name="_GoBack"></a>The cost of actualizing the June 12 mandate was huge on Nigerians; too much blood was spilt, many were herded into General Sani Abacha's gulag in an effort to shut the agitation out of people's minds. June 12 was more than Chief MKO Abiola's ambition, it was the aspiration of Nigerians to dump the military for good. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Dreams of Chief Obasanjo righting the wrongs of the military's annulment of June 12 fell disappointingly short. He had a chance to write his name in gold in Nigeria's political history but Chief Obasanjo he played the proverbial ostrich and buried his head in the sand. President Umaru Yaradua didn't do better, June 12 was a forbidden topic in his short stay in office. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">President Goodluck Jonathan's attempt was not rebuffed by the people, the University of Lagos was too little to measure up beside the lives lost in the June 12 cause. History passed the baton of healing Nigeria to President Buhari and he took it with courage and grace.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">What did President Buhari do right with the recognition and renaming of June 12 as Democracy Day? Firstly, he took everyone by surprise and halted the mistake of the past 18 years of leaders wanting Nigerians to move on without doing justice on the June 12 argument. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The injustice committed by leaders intentionally ignoring is akin to hoping Nigerians would forget about a painful wound without treatment. The annulment of June 12 created a chasm that needed closing, Buhari the surgeon, has closed this painful wound. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Whoever chose to address the June 12 mandate risk offending a lot of egos and disrupting the status quo, it takes a lot of courage to approach and seek closure on such combustible material. Secondly, President Buhari demonstrated rare courage by honouring late Chief MKO Abiola, his erstwhile running mate, Ambassador Kingibe, and the "Senior Advocate of the Masses, late Chief Gani Fawehinmi. President Buhari damned all consequences and made the Abiola family (and millions of Nigerians) happy by crowning Nigeria's real hero of democracy with the nation's highest award. Justice is served at last.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">President Buhari recognized June 12 represented a chance to get things right anew. And it's a great feeling President Buhari didn't let the train pass him by. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Nigeria's political terrain will never be the same again after the June 12 Democracy Day declaration. Hope and faith in Nigerian democracy have been returned, where Nigeria goes next will be determined by the 2019 elections but one thing is sure; President Buhari has steered the nation out of darkness. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Nigeria is on the march again and the rebirth may be at hand, Buhari has started the much-desired healing and turn-around. History will never forget his place for this rare demonstration of courage and justice. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">It is biologically proven that women are weaker and that has allowed for several misinterpretations. This does not mean women were molded with lesser quality materials, it means that we appreciate peculiarity and uniqueness. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The oppression of women is foundational and has been aided by the media, the typical representation of an African woman does not depict strength. This is where the concept of feminism was birthed, it is on this note that the 21st-century<sup></sup> woman who has made a phenomenal impact is less respected solely because of something she has no control over.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Too many abused women and no laws forbidding it because the lawmakers are men. Women should fly just as high as men if not higher, women should be allowed to express themselves without deliberate demeaning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304147742316020310.post-32381821132923012922018-06-07T17:23:00.000+01:002018-06-07T17:23:01.271+01:00June 12 Democracy Day: What Do You Think of Buhari’s Popularity Rating At The Moment?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The wily politician in Buhari has shown that he has aces up his sleeves with the uncanny masterstroke he pulled last night with the announcement of the official recognition of June 12 as Nigeria's new official Democracy Day. This came barely 24 hours after the National Assembly dropped the gauntlet to the president in its resolution cum ultimatum over the embattled Inspector General of Police's dilemma on June 5<sup>th</sup>. <br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The President replied emphatically with his own gambit, the official conferment of Nigeria’s highest honor, GCFR, on the purported winner of the June 12 elections, late Chief MKO Abiola. And the conferment of Nigeria’s second-highest honor, GCON, on Abiola’s running mate, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe and the late “Senior Advocate of the Masses”, Chief Gani Fawehinmi. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">It took 25 years, a quarter of a century, to put June 12 in its proper place in history, that’s why Nigerians, rich and poor, educated and illiterate are talking about the initiation of a healing process to the agitation that rent Nigeria’s fabric apart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">On Wednesday the 6<sup>th</sup> of June President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed that from 2019 Nigeria’s Democracy Day which has always been celebrated every May 29 for the past 18 years be moved to June 12 to honor Moshood Abiola, the winner of the 1993 presidential election.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">What do you make of the 11-point joint session resolutions issued by the National Assembly to President Muhammadu Buhari on yesterday, June 5th, 2018? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Many questions are running wild in the minds of political observers but the main one is, why did the National Assembly single out the Inspector General of the Police for the sack if all of the security agency heads must be fired for stemming the spate of killings across the nation? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Truth and morals are moonwalking into the morass while Nigerians praise-sing those who have money to throw around. That penchant for illicit wealth and get-rich-quick schemes is driving Nigerians over the precipice, morals have taken a backseat while deceit is running the show. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Falz shook tables Nigerian pastors, imams, politicians, public office holders, mummies, and daddies refuse to shake to bring society back to its senses. He didn't take an isolated aim at Islam, he drove the message home with Christians (the white-garment denominations particularly) too, drug abuse aka science students wasn't left out, Yahoo-Yahoo boys, police brutality wasn't spared either. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">We didn’t hear anyone threatening anyone over the video. MURIC needs to take its sanctimonious magnifying glass somewhere else. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">There's nothing to see or morally shred here. As they say on the streets, Falz odi ok! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">What are we even talking about here? Where was MURIC's misplaced outrage when the Chibok girls were snatched? What ultimatum did MURIC give the Federal Government when the Dapchi girls got snatched? Where was MURIC's statement following the murder of innocent Nigerians following the murder of hundreds of Nigerians all around Nigeria? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">"This is Nigeria" is a wake-up call to society in general, not a hate video as being projected by MURIC. Someone needs to take a chill pill. Islam in Nigeria has a deeper problem than girls in hijab dancing shaku-shaku, that's what MURIC should be addressing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Like twitter user, @Olajvde, tweeted on the controversial MURIC sanction, "If Falz comot the video, we go upload am back." No one could have put it better.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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