Ameachi better start reading the script.

GEJ is truely the first democratically elected President/ Prime Minister Nigeria has ever produced who is actually a 'Democrat'. Who can battle with him come 2015? who is worthy? He is slowly and stealthly accomplishing what is necessary, with the tactics i refer to as 'Civilio-coercive tactics' : a system of coated force required to bring a soceital project to completion in Nigeria without incuring any reasonable criticism from anyone. Long live Emperor Jonathan, long live Goodluck, long live Ebele.

They neva c anytin.

Makes sense, this should have been done since day one. Really pity the governors.

Thank you senate and rep members, now things can move foward without hinderance from those inept govs and thier gang. Apart from feeding the soldiers, they should use the remaining funds to rebuild the drstroyed churches and government buildings. any leftover funds shud be used to buy more bullets to shoot those heartless, confused and brainwashed neandatals in the as.s as they Ben Johnson to the hills.
Nigeria is too big for illetrates to have d final say! U can say no to western education, but western bullets ll definitely pierce ur sun-baked ass.es!
Forktards!

The morals of diz issues is : NEVeR UNDERESTIMATE A CaLm JONAtHAN

D president has shown much courage in diz pursuit of restoring peace to d nation, luv what he has done it now d real notion of SOE has comply wif d statutory and constitutional meaning.

Hope diz governor will b even give deir statutory salaries and allowance? It a lesson to other turbulent northern states incase dy still abhor diz inhuman religion fanatics in their state

I think much actions are still yet to cum from GEJ jst b on d watch out

Just loving this ma jona

Good move. By doing so, the Governors won't have excess money to give to Boko Haram.

These undemocratic powers are now removed,see Daily trust of today,Law Makers have check the presido on those sweeping power,SEE BELOW FROM DAILY TRUST


The National Assembly yesterday curbed the sweeping powers conferred on President Goodluck Jonathan by the emergency rule proclamation instruments, restricting him to exercising control on security matters only.
Federal Government official gazettes submitted to the lawmakers had given the president wide-ranging powers on the emergency states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, including powers to issue orders to the governors as well as to utilise their funds.
When the Senate and the House of Representatives first debated the emergency proclamation behind closed doors on Tuesday, they placed conditions and set up committees to harmonise their positions.
Yesterday, the two chambers received and adopted a harmonised version of their resolutions, limiting President Jonathan’s emergency powers in the three states to be on matters of security.
In the harmonised report, an amended clause now says: “The President may give directions to a state governor or local government chairman directly or through his designate or a duly authorised person with respect to the administration of the emergency area, in matters of public order, peace and security only.”
Also, the Senate and the House said powers of the president over funds of the emergency states should only be to “provide for the protection, documentation, return, re-integration, resettlement, rehabilitation, compensation and remuneration of persons affected by this order.”
The two chambers further introduced a new clause in the gazette saying the president shall have powers to “provide for payment of compensation to victims of terrorism on or before emergency proclamation.”
Speaking soon after the House adopted the harmonised report, deputy spokesman Rep Victor Ogene said the lawmakers’ decision was to protect democratic tenets and accountability.
“Clause 3 (2E) page 7 of the gazetted declaration submitted by the executive talks about utilisation of funds of any state of local government in emergency areas. But we are not comfortable with the clause because we feel funds coming to the state and local governments should not be used for emergency, there is the tendency for anyone to want to prolong the time of emergency,” he said.
Constitutional lawyer Professor Auwalu Yadudu said the National Assembly was right to have curbed the powers that President Jonathan sought under emergency rule.
“It is difficult to find any support in the constitution for the president to exercise the powers he now wants to claim under the gazette,” he said. “The powers of the executive governors of the states are clearly defined whether in relation to appointments or spending of money and those powers are subject to the authority of the states Houses of Assembly. If the House of Assembly of a state exists and it has appropriated funds, I do not see the president tempering with that or modifying that or even questioning that. The constitution does not give him such powers and you cannot under the guise of emergency powers exercise any such powers.”
He added: “So if the National Assembly seeks to revise that or nullify that or if they stipulate conditions for improving the state of emergency, they will he right in doing that. I think it will be political inter-meddling by the president in a manner that he lacks any constitutional basis, even to do such a political meddling.”
But a senior Kaduna-based lawyer, Barrister Aliyu Umar, said the National Assembly lacked the constitutional power to amend the emergency gazettes presented by the president.
“The legislators are empowered constitutionally to either approve or disapprove the emergency and not to amend or change the gazette. If they find anything wrong in the gazette, they are to disapprove it and not to change or amend the nature of the declaration,” he said.
For his part, Barrister Yahaya Mahmood (SAN), said the legislators amended the gazettes probably because they know the financial status of the affected states.
“The National Assembly knows how much it appropriates for security in the current budget. It also knows the meagre resources of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. That may be why the National Assembly amended the proclamation to stipulate that the Federal Government not the states should finance the operation,” Mahmood said.
Yesterday, the president’s adviser on National Assembly matters, Senator Joy Emordi, commended the lawmakers for the unanimous approval of the emergency proclamation. She said senators and House of Representatives members have demonstrated that national interest must at all times be placed above partisan and sectional considerations.
Meanwhile, speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, said the House would closely monitor the implementation of the emergency rule to ensure troops adhere to the rules of engagement.
Tambuwal gave the assurance while hosting a delegation of the N-Katalyst Forum, a non-partisan group of professionals committed to the enthronement of good governance and political justice in Nigeria.
He said the House had directed its committees to keep a close tab on the military operations going on in the three states, and that it will invite the Chief of Defence Staff to brief the lawmakers on a monthly basis.
“Nigeria was not at war but was only witnessing a breakdown of law and order in some of its component states. Even with the level of insecurity in the emergency areas, there was need for the military to abide by the rules of engagement,” Tambuwal said.
The group led by Dr. Jibril Ibrahim said their visit was to solicit the support of the House in prevailing on the Federal Government to respect human rights in the course of combating the insurgency in the emergency areas.

We should develop this country and by extension the naira land by strong comments that will move this country forward too

KASOFARI: NIGERIA AND THE 40 CHARLATANS
Why has Boko not had any real proper Power and influential Government target since.... LOL.

na so so poor people den dey kill since....

Whoz fooling who.....?

Just 2 days and dey are saying they are seeing results on Boko... very funny a movement they created /
has bn running for years just quelled within 1 week like that. Doyin Okupe must be a joker sha....

If they could do this why allow them to grow and do us so much damage over the last few years..

Boko is an internal creation by them, GBAMK, they grew out of hand just like Massob and d past militants dey had to buy their arms off them back in d days for money/amnesty.

Im not fooled even if others are fooled....

I know Nigeria well enough....

Field marshal Doyin Okupe is now reporting war front success as if the people on ground have filed a security report withing 2 days or is it a week of Stste of Emergency

what is the National Security Adviser doing... drinking beer or what?

What a bunch of liars, deceitful and jokers they all are
2 years ago they told us same lies like this... this is now 2013 and they suddenly have woken up from their slumber after needless blood/lives have bn shed.....GOD will judge them all

....https://www.nairaland.com/762912/nigeria-chad-niger-set-launch....


Nigerian military no more the nation defenders...

1. The Nigerian military turned into political charlatans of GEJ administration
2. By using the military as a tool to achieve his devilish 2015 plus….. 6 years agenda.
3. Harassing, killing innocent Nigerians in a simple bid to curve insurgency (BH) created by same man to achieve this agenda.
4. Unprofessional and crude approach by the military to tackle small but elusive targets like BH guerrilla fighters. (Killing a mosquito with an axe!)

Pally you are confused!

pro01:

Blessed abi cursed??

Anyways,.@ topic, the powers at the president's disposal are enormous, and of course he knows that. Make no mistakes. The fact that he is unfairly derided as 'weak' in some quarters is a glowing testament to his democratic credential, and demonstrates that he is a gracious man that does not misuse or abuse power (unlike OBJ and co). That does not mean that he will not act decisively when pushed to the wall. I'm glad we're beginning to see that.

With great power comes great responsibility, and I dare say Jonathan is the most responsible president we've had in this Fourth Republic.

Fantastic. God bless you sir. Didn't know we still have well articulated and unbiased Nigerians on NL.

It now shows dat d north r in support of d move...maybe buhari and lai mohammad wil hug transformer soonest.

They vowed to make Nigeria ungovernable for GEJ. Now its GEJ's turn to make their homes and towns unbearable for them. Hunger knocks! BH boys will eat up their sponsors now like rams.

it realy unfortunate for them ,but the so called northers were some times calling for same emergency in Jos .its dear turn now let them fill how emergency rule is .big tanx to Gej come 2015 we in jos and entire plateau are behind u .dont be itimidated by any region we in midle belt are behind u fully just like 2011

They will learn to keep their house in otrder nex time.

what took them so long?

am surprised that many nairalanders are applauding the hunger strategy of this administration in fighting the boko war yet d easterners cried foul when Chief Awolowo adopted the same in the civil war. What a tragedy of double standard.
Now a southern president is using an army headed by a southerner to destroy the North and u think the northerners are happy..hummmm. What goes up must come down. What u sow, you will reap someday
Today it is north, someday it may be Lagos or Enugu or calabar ,let no one cry foul when the tide turns.
I was told that no nation had survived two civil wars. What we have in the north is a civil war. No more no less. I hope by the time our mighty Presido had levelled d north, there will still be a Nigeria to rule .GOD SAVE NIGERIA

Isaiah 35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
Isaiah 35:9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Mathew 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looks on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Mathew 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
1Thessalonians 4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

Apologise to Jesus for loving pleasure more than loving God.....for loving the world and the uncleanness in the world......for your coldness, and weakness....for your spiritual naivity, and spineless christian life. Since you said you became a christian, how many souls have you won for Jesus? Repent today before it gets too late for you.

God is ready to help anyone who believe on His word and cried to Him for help (Mark 9:20-26). We all should cry and show God that we believe His word and ready to keep His commandment and ask Him to help you to be holy and make you holy. He will do it (Mark 9:23-24). His grace is sufficient (2Corinthians 12:9). So, stop making excuses why you cannot live holy life.Remember,Jesus Christ is coming for the holy,righteous and ready people without spot(Ephesians 5:26-27; Mathew 24:42-44)

Proverbs 31:4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Proverbs 31:5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Proverbs 31:6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

You are invited to attend the forth coming International Crusade titled,'THAT YOKE MUST BREAK'.Organised by the Lord's Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement, and the venue is at the HQ church, Ijesha, Lagos (Ijesha B/stop); in June 1-2, 2013; 8am daily.

All your yokes must be destroyed by the annointing;ministering is the General Overseer, Pastor Lazarus Muoka.
Be there!!!

Hmmmm....Obama put a drone base in Niger a few months ago...France and the EU are right across the border in Mali with all their special forces, and high tech equipment.

I think Jona is getting some help from the world powers on this one. They must wanna remain silent as to not offend the mallams in the North.

I don't know what to say about the SOE but I just hope it will work.

Come to think of it, Buhari too was very brutal in dealing with Boko Haram like uprising when he was head of state. But Buhari's response was quick and swift.


It's like Jonathan dragged this long enough to use it to campaign for 2015.

Let's be honest, Jonathan can't win next election. PDP won't bet on it during convention. If he had stamped Boko Haram out early enough, people would have criticized him but they would have been quiet by now. We would have been arguing resource control and constitution change right now.

No money for godfathers anylonger

Obviously,workers in the affected states will stop getting their salaries because the governors must still 'chop'.

Now, am loving this man, Uncle Jona... God bless our nation

KASOFARI: NIGERIA AND THE 40 CHARLATANS
Why has Boko not had any real proper Power and influential Government target since.... LOL.

na so so poor people den dey kill since....

Whoz fooling who.....?

Just 2 days and dey are saying they are seeing results on Boko... very funny a movement they created /
has bn running for years just quelled within 1 week like that. Doyin Okupe must be a joker sha....

If they could do this why allow them to grow and do us so much damage over the last few years..

Boko is an internal creation by them, GBAMK, they grew out of hand just like Massob and d past militants dey had to buy their arms off them back in d days for money/amnesty.

Im not fooled even if others are fooled....

I know Nigeria well enough....

Field marshal Doyin Okupe is now reporting war front success as if the people on ground have filed a security report withing 2 days or is it a week of Stste of Emergency

what is the National Security Adviser doing... drinking beer or what?

What a bunch of liars, deceitful and jokers they all are
2 years ago they told us same lies like this... this is now 2013 and they suddenly have woken up from their slumber after needless blood/lives have bn shed.....GOD will judge them all

....https://www.nairaland.com/762912/nigeria-chad-niger-set-launch....


Nigerian military no more the nation defenders...

1. The Nigerian military turned into political charlatans of GEJ administration
2. By using the military as a tool to achieve his devilish 2015 plus….. 6 years agenda.
3. Harassing, killing innocent Nigerians in a simple bid to curve insurgency (BH) created by same man to achieve this agenda.
4. Unprofessional and crude approach by the military to tackle small but elusive targets like BH guerrilla fighters. (Killing a mosquito with an axe!)

Will you get lost with your pessimistic spirit??I'm noh a fan of GEJ,buh we all know this is one of the best things he has don in his regime and let us give him accolades instead of criticising him blindly.... 4 this,Oga Jonah ma ba ishe re lo..kill all the boko idiots...

ruth Dung: it realy unfortunate for them ,but the so called northers were some times calling for same emergency in Jos .its dear turn now let them fill how emergency rule is .big tanx to Gej come 2015 we in jos and entire plateau are behind u .dont be itimidated by any region we in midle belt are behind u fully just like 2011

I taught we have 19 northern states,if i remove middle belts( that are northerners only in period of elections),i am thinking where i will get the number 19.

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shine eye: Emergency Rule: Borno, Adamawa, Yobe Governors Lose Power
Dats very good.goodos jonathan

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/emergency-rule-borno-adamawa-yobe-governors-lose-power/

SlyIg: So my dear Presido had all these enormous ideas and he was silent all this while?
I'm loving this man!

Buhari and co can now cry out blood. Let me see where they will get the money to fund the boko boys.

Now i can authoritatively say that 'boko are ram' days are over. Hunger will strike the land.

Thanks to Oga Jona.

U ppl amaze u always tink wit ur anus anytime dey say anyting abt BH boys u meansion Buhari name as a sponsor since u have prove againns him wat ur cluless presdoww is waiting. 4 let oder his arrest if he cnt so u all shut up ur pie hole 4 gud bunch of mumus mtsw

KASOFARI: NIGERIA AND THE 40 CHARLATANS
Why has Boko not had any real proper Power and influential Government target since.... LOL.

na so so poor people den dey kill since....

Whoz fooling who.....?

Just 2 days and dey are saying they are seeing results on Boko... very funny a movement they created /
has bn running for years just quelled within 1 week like that. Doyin Okupe must be a joker sha....

If they could do this why allow them to grow and do us so much damage over the last few years..

Boko is an internal creation by them, GBAMK, they grew out of hand just like Massob and d past militants dey had to buy their arms off them back in d days for money/amnesty.

Im not fooled even if others are fooled....

I know Nigeria well enough....

Field marshal Doyin Okupe is now reporting war front success as if the people on ground have filed a security report withing 2 days or is it a week of Stste of Emergency

what is the National Security Adviser doing... drinking beer or what?

What a bunch of liars, deceitful and jokers they all are
2 years ago they told us same lies like this... this is now 2013 and they suddenly have woken up from their slumber after needless blood/lives have bn shed.....GOD will judge them all

....https://www.nairaland.com/762912/nigeria-chad-niger-set-launch....


Nigerian military no more the nation defenders...

1. The Nigerian military turned into political charlatans of GEJ administration
2. By using the military as a tool to achieve his devilish 2015 plus….. 6 years agenda.
3. Harassing, killing innocent Nigerians in a simple bid to curve insurgency (BH) created by same man to achieve this agenda.
4. Unprofessional and crude approach by the military to tackle small but elusive targets like BH guerrilla fighters. (Killing a mosquito with an axe!)

mentality of an aboki...it cudn't be better