Sincere 9gerian:

** Nigerian government distributes 10,500 bags of fertilisers to farmers in Sokoto – Official

The fertiliser was distributed to dry season farmers.

The Federal Government on Wednesday distributed 10,500 bags of assorted fertiliser to 3,500 irrigation farmers in Kware local government area of Sokoto State.

The ceremony, which took place at Kware town, the headquarters of the local government area, was presided over by Jubril Enesi, the state Director, Federal Ministry of Agriculture.

Mr. Enesi, who was represented by Abubakar Mohammed, said that the gesture was extended to the beneficiaries under the Growth Enhancement Support scheme of the Federal Government.

He said that each of the beneficiaries was given two bags of NPK fertiliser, one bag of Urea, a 25kg bag of rice seeds and two 2-litre cans of agrolyser nutrients.

“The three bags of fertiliser and the agrolyser were subdised by 50 per cent by the Federal Government, while the rice seeds are free,” he added.

Mr. Enesi said that the gesture was aimed at encouraging more Nigerians to engage in all-year round farming activities.

“This is to further guarantee the food security of the country, as the need for food is next to nothing,” he said.

The Chairman of the local government, Abubakar Zamau, and the District Head of Kware, Aliyu Abubakar, commended the Federal Government for the gesture.


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Sincere 9gerian:

** Authority Stealing: Jonathan budgets millions for non-existing aircraft, boats in foreign embassies

The 2014 budget presented to the National Assembly by President Goodluck Jonathan last week contains fraudulent request for funds.

In what clearly appears a ploy by officials to brazenly steal public funds, the Federal Government is asking the National Assembly to approve about N30million which it purportedly plans to spend on fueling aircraft and boats owned by Nigerian embassies abroad.

The fraudulent request is coming when government officials know that none of Nigeria’s foreign mission owns a plane or boat.

Details of the 2014 Federal Budget presented last week by the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to the National Assembly on behalf of President Goodluck Jonathan, revealed that the foreign affairs ministry is asking for about N30million to cater for these phantom expenditures.

Officials claim Nigeria’s foreign missions in Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Ethiopia, Algeria, and Mali would need an average of N1.785million each to fuel aircraft, and another N2.381million each to fuel boats during the year.

Similar provisions, concealed under the general fuel and lubricants subheads, were made for the embassies in Turkey, Lebanon, and United Arab Emirate, UAE.

The budget for the mission in Mali also has ludicrous demands for aircraft maintenance cost (N638,365); boat maintenance cost (N635,435), and railway equipment maintenance cost (N999,8240).

When released, these funds will simply go into the pockets of corrupt officials since the embassy does not own aircraft or boat and has no railway line to maintain.

The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ogbole Odeh, told PREMIUM TIMES in a telephone interview in Abuja on Tuesday that the provision for aircraft fuel cost in the budget for the foreign missions was strange, as the federal government does not maintain aircraft in any of its embassies abroad.

Read more:
http://premiumtimesng.com/news/152073-authority-stealing-jonathan-budgets-millions-non-existing-aircraft-boats-foreign-embassies.html

Sincere 9gerian: Many of us already know what the likes of Premium Times represent. Their editorials and news analysis should be taken with a pinch of salt.

Obiagelli:
bottom line the president presented a flawed budget with fraudulent inputs.

Sincere 9gerian:
And you arrived at those conclusions based on a single newspaper report? Have you heard from the other side (those who prepared the budget)? Cant you see the damage desperation and frustrations are doing to your senses? Who can reache those sort of conclusion after listening to only one side of a story? Only a senseless idiota!

The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ogbole Odeh, told PREMIUM TIMES in a telephone interview in Abuja on Tuesday that the provision for aircraft fuel cost in the budget for the foreign missions was strange, as the federal government does not maintain aircraft in any of its embassies abroad.

Sincere 9gerian: ^^ Nonsense! Was it the spokesperson for the ministry of foreign affairs that prepared the budget? Was he the one that presented the budget to the NASS? The right people to contact are those in the budget office and ministry of finance.

agbameta:


So, okonjo is responsible and should be fired right?

Sincere 9gerian:
And you arrived at those conclusions based on a single newspaper report? Have you heard from the other side (those who prepared the budget)? Cant you see the damage desperation and frustrations are doing to your senses? Who can reache those sort of conclusion after listening to only one side of a story? Only a senseless idiota!

Obiagelli:
if not the press? Where are my going to get info, or do you have gej's number? Coming from the hypocrate that has been accusing buhari of destroying gas pipeline for phcn

payless: Merry Christmas!

Orlando Owoh: OP, one day you go kill yourself with high BP.

eGuerrilla: How can a doctor sworn to the Hippocratic oath leave gangrene untreated, in order to chase after house flies? It boggles the mind that the risk of widespread infestation, which could possibly result in the amputation of a limb or two, is not of greater concern Dr Sincere 9gerian

Personally, I am aghast at some of the spending figures budgeted for the Presidency for the year 2014!
I hope you realise 15 Million Naira for Newspapers equates to N42,000 Naira/day
And that 5 Million Naira for Books is too high a cost for a Presidency not renowned for any literary prowess

@OP, please tell me you share my disgust of the 35 Million budgeted for an X-Ray machine, the 41 Million budgeted for a Mammography machine, and the 1.7 Million budgeted for an embalming machine...
Place hand on heart and tell me your good senses are also assaulted by such imprudent allocation of funds to what is, to all intents and purposes, a personal clinic.

A personal mammography machine goes beyond taking the mickey to sticking two fingers at the long suffering Nigerian public, no?

Seasonal greetings!

Obiagelli:
same to you, it's been a while o.

eGuerrilla: How can a doctor sworn to the Hippocratic oath leave gangrene untreated, in order to chase after house flies? It boggles the mind that the risk of widespread infestation, which could possibly result in the amputation of a limb or two, is not of greater concern Dr Sincere 9gerian

Personally, I am aghast at some of the spending figures budgeted for the Presidency for the year 2014!
I hope you realise 15 Million Naira for Newspapers equates to N42,000 Naira/day
And that 5 Million Naira for Books is too high a cost for a Presidency not renowned for any literary prowess

@OP, please tell me you share my disgust of the 35 Million budgeted for an X-Ray machine, the 41 Million budgeted for a Mammography machine, and the 1.7 Million budgeted for an embalming machine...
Place hand on heart and tell me your good senses are also assaulted by such imprudent allocation of funds to what is, to all intents and purposes, a personal clinic.

A personal mammography machine goes beyond taking the mickey to sticking two fingers at the long suffering Nigerian public, no?

Seasonal greetings!

stebell:

He was banned for 3months

Ngwakwe: What the Federal Government Budget Office compiled are budget estimates subject to defence by various heads of ministries and parastatals before the NASS that have the purse and power to approve or deny any request as they so desire.

Moreover, most DG of Federal Government institutions and agencies are responsible for most of the figures allotted to recurrent expenditures by just tinkering with previous budgets without recourse to changing realities.

Agreed, some of allocations are ridiculous but we should understand they are just estimates that need to be defended in various house committees before passage.

It behoves the NASS to do the job they are elected to do without politicising their functions.

It will be a greater shame if any abnormally is passed as act of NASS without proper and careful investigation.

In our criticism, let's understand that the Executive is an arm of government with many institutions and agencies that require the president to trust the judgement of either the Ministers or the various Director Generals

eGuerrilla:

Listen Ngwakwe, although I have seen you veered over to the dark side with many of your contributions of late, it is obvious that you still strive for balance occasionally.

One thing I don't get, though, is why you feel this constant need to belabour the inner workings of the government, by repeatedly rehashing that which is blatantly obvious? Help me understand where the buck stops for you?