jericho:

What do u request of me?

I NEED YOUR ADVICE OF WHAT STEP TO TAKE, IF YOU WON'T MIND!

IN MY CANDID OPINION, IT FALLS BACK TO OUR LEADERS WHICH IN TURN ITS OUR FAULT! AN ADAGE IN YORUBA SAYS "YOU CAN FORCE A HORSE TO A RIVER, BUT YOU CAN'T FOR A HORSE TO DRINK". TAKING A CLUE FROM DEVELOPED COUNTRY, IT'S TRUE WE OFTEN REFER TO THE FACT THAT WE JUST GOT INDEPENDENCE, BUT THE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT THAT HAVE SWEPT THE COUNTRY IS MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR US TO DO WAY WITH SUCH RYTHM! OUR DOOM STARTED IMMEDIATELY WE HAD THE OIL BOOM; IT MADE OUR LEADERS LOOSE A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND GREED GOT THE MOST PART OF THEM. PRIOR TO THAT WE'VE HAD FEW PEOPLE OF CONSCIENCE, I DOUBT IF THAT STILL EXIST! WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO WITH THIS MID-SET THAT HAS ENGULFED OUR COUNTRY/AFRICA LIKE WILD FIRE; THE CITIZENS ARE NEITHER LEFT OUT THOUGH, how many of us are sincere in what we do to? LET'S START FROM THERE! and we could BRING THE CHANGE WE OURSELVES CAN BELIEVE!

[color=#990000][/color]TO ME, CHEATING IS CHEATING IN WHATEVER FORM YOU TEND TO DISCRIBE IT; BUT IT BECOMES REAL WHEN YOU TEND TO DWELL IN IT; ASK ANYONE YOU KNOW, WHATEVER SPIRITUAL STATUS YOU HAVE, YOU TEND TO FALL IN TO IT; IT'S THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD, YOU ONLY GET OUT IF YOU HAVE NOT TRAINED/NATURED YOUR MIND TO IT.

YOU CAN LOOK AT A GUY/GIRL BECAUSE YOU'RE ATTRACTED AT THAT MOMENT FOR WHATEVER ATTRACTS YOU AT FIRST; BUT YOU START CHEATING THE MOMENT YOU GIVE YOUR HEART TO THAT PLEASURE-NOTICE SENT TO YOUR BRAIN AT THAT MOMENT; WHICH COULD IN TURN LEAD TO SLEEPING WITH X, PROBABLY FANTASYZING AND THE WORST KILLING TO BE WITH,

IF IT'S GETTING TOWARDS THIS LAST STAGE DESCRIBED, YOU'LL DEFINATELY NEED THERAPY (sounds weird, yes, but real),

FINALLY, I BELIEVE WE CAN ALL TRIAN OUR MIND WHEN THESE THOUGHTS CREEP IN; THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY; OR SEE THE OTHER PERSON AS A TABOO THAT WILL BE THE LAST THING YOU'LL ENCOUNTER!

Hi Jericho,

I am impressed by your decision! My question is, I have a current account with Diamond Bank; and I'm out of the country for now. Several times I hve had to send them mails requesting for username and password to operate my account online or probably that they send update of my account (statement), unfortunately, afer so many months, I was forwarded a pdf statent whihc I would not open, and nothing since then. It's so frustrating and am loosing my mind to it; it's a small amount but my sweat! and that's my frustration!

2 CORPSES DISCOVERED IN BARBING SHOP IN LAGOS:

Tragedy occurred on Tuesday morning in Sabo area of Ojodu in Lagos State, as residents woke up to discover two corpses of two teenage boys in a shop in the area.

The two teenagers, Eze Oruwa, 17and Clement Saturday, 18, were found dead with pairs of boxers pants on them in a hairdressing and barbing saloon at 2, Oremeji Street, Sabo, Ojodu.

Residents of the area, however, believed that the boys might have been killed by fumes from a power generating set which was in the shop where the corpses were discovered.

Nigerian Tribune learnt that the neighbourhood was thrown into confusion, following th e alarm raised by the shop owner, Mrs. Cecilia Gbadume, that morning.

The shop owner had reportedly opened the shop to discover the remains of Eze, who was, until his death, an apprentice barber and Clement, a known friend of Eze.

The shop owner, in a statement to the police, said Eze had been working with her for sometime in her shop.

please advise!!!

WHATEVER ANYONE SAYS; SHE'S GOOD; THIS IS NOT RATED ALONG WITH HOLLYWOOD SO LESSEN YOUR CRITICISM (ALTHOUGH I'LL ADVISE OUR NIGERIAN/AFRICAN ARTIST STEP UP THEIR ACTING; THIS IS 21st CEBTURY THOUGH),

DKNY_truth:

I understand what you've just said; but it's frustrating when you're far away over the shores; and I was told to apply for login name and password to access my account, unfortunately it doesn't work; I was thinking so far I have my email address with them it should have been forwarded to me, as I already had discussion with former salesperson to send some money over and open an account even for my kids; but here I am till date no update, First how could I go ahead, business are not run that way and once that happen you're sceptical, do you work for them?

if you have any more detail you can get in touch with me via this email: yinkafenwa@yahoo.com.

lovereigns:

DKNY_truth ,i think you are just been sentimental about issues here and also i think you actually dont know the company you are dealing with,so why dont you get informed.
you might have not been satisfied by their services especially during this reccession period but you can always get to complain at any of their branch in and outside lagos.Little facts about Aims Asset Management Limited for you.
1)IT IS A DULY REGISTERED FUND/PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LIMITED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF NIGERIA(Check their website to confirm)


2)IT IS DULY REGISTERED WITH NIGERIA STOCK EXCHANGE COMMISSION.AS A STOCKBROKER(Check the nigeria stock exchange commission site to prove this).

3)HAS 31 BRANCHES ACROSS NIGERIA ALONE.

4)AS REAL AS CBN OR ANY OTHER BEST BANKS AROUND NIGERIA.

5)OVER 8 YEARS OF EXISTENCE, AND SO ON

So it cant certainly be a fraud, it might be that you had a misconception of the company you are dealing with,

Mail me on this e-mail address i have a surprise for you.sweetprime@yahoo.com

It cant certa

I understand what you've just said; but it's frustrating when you're far away over the shores; and I was told to apply for login name and password to access my account, unfortunately it doesn't work; I was thinking so far I have my email address with them it should have been forwarded to me, as I already had discussion with former salesperson to send some money over and open an account even for my kids; but here I am till date no update, First how could I go ahead, business are not run that way and once that happen you're sceptical, do you work for them?

Frank-C:

Yes, the corruption machinery still works, i swear!!

YOU'RE 100% ABSOLUTELY RIGHT MY FRIEND! KUDOS TO THE POWER-PLAY

If Nigeria is a failed state, so what was his business as President for 8 yrs? It's obvious our government won't want things to work, 'cause they know if it does our perception will change and will in turn change our political ideaology.

Nigerian system is made to bread low/poverty driven thinkers, that's why someone can prefer to take N100 or more to vote their conscience away to the devil; no deeper thought on how decisions made today affect their grand kids in future; and that's why you could apologise to a uniform man/woman that has gone beyond his/her constitutional limit towards you.

Finally, it can't in as much as we have few ones above the law, like Baba Iyabo himself, etc

but can it ever work?

Friends, it was so disheartening watching our own Former President on Hard-talk displaying no leadership attitude, I wonder what Obama would have done! but the truth I found from the interviewer is that 'Our System Does Not Work'; and why because our Leaders won't make it work. Our former President highlighted a lot of anti-corruption bodies that his administartion did set up, but the fact remains did it work? No! Asked about the allegation against his daughter and there he sparkled again. This are hard-core truth that I guess we need to engage our leaders; but what happens when someone tries it? NTA guys are fired, AIT is closed, etc, so how can we ever get out of our mess if 'Our System doesn't work'. He said 'although we have oil, but we're too much of a population to enjoy it', comparing Nigeria with Saudi Arabia, what a shame!

Friends, it was so disheartening watching our own Former President on Hard-talk displaying no leadership attitude, I wonder what Obama would have done! but the truth I found from the interviewer is that 'Our System Does Not Work'; and why because our Leaders won't make it work. Our former President highlighted a lot of anti-corruption bodies that his administartion did set up, but the fact remains did it work? No! Asked about the allegation against his daughter and there he sparkled again. This are hard-core truth that I guess we need to engage our leaders; but what happens when someone tries it? NTA guys are fired, AIT is closed, etc, so how can we ever get out of our mess if 'Our System doesn't work'. He said 'although we have oil, but we're too much of a population to enjoy it', comparing Nigeria with Saudi Arabia, what a shame!

EMBATTLED chief coach of the Super Eagles, Shaibu Amodu, has recalled Austin Okocha from retirement following the team's barren draw, recorded against the Mambas of Mozambique in a 2010 World Cup qualifier last Sunday in Maputo.

The former coach of Orlando Pirates told Daily Dreamers that the team still needed an experienced player like Okocha, who retired in 2006 to have a sense of direction.
"It would have been a different story in Maputo if Okocha had played and let the heavens fall, he's coming back to the team.

"In fact, my strategy for the game against Kenya in June will centre on Okocha because of his wealth of experience which no player in the team can match for now," Amodu said.

The Edo State-born tactician pointed out that Okocha's presence in Maputo would have rattled their opponents throughout the match and give the Eagles the leeway to score at least a goal.
"Don't forget that it was Okocha's magic that gave the Dream Team I a 3-0 victory against Kenya in Mombassa after a draw in Lagos. The Kenyans came to the pitch to watch Okocha and that could have been the case too in Maputo if we had taken him there.

"So, Nigerians should start celebration now because no team will survive defeat in Abuja and we are sure of beating Tunisia and Kenya on their home soils now that Jay Jay is back.
“He is a magician anyday anytime," said Amodu, who gave the Super Eagles the 2002 World Cup ticket before he asked Bonfrere Jo to lead the team to Korea/Japan.
This is April Fool in case you are thinking of crucifying Amodu, lol

QUOTE: “Sorry to hear that, man.
Which sector of the economy might that be? Is it the banking or financial sector by any chance?
Peace”.

REPLY: hmmm, Is Banking in Home-Economics Sector then? LOL,

“AM REALLY SORRY ABOUT THE INCIDENT, IF YOU HAVE GOOD QUALIFICATION, YOU CAN TRY GO OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR GREENER PASTURES, WHAT ABOUT THAT,
JUST KEEP PRAYING TO BABA GOD, NA ONLY HIM FIT HELP AND DIRECT YOU,

JAH BLESS”

REPLY: For record purpose, this is global economic crisis/meltdown, read the news well please, do you think they throw money at you when you get to any of the airport abroad? lol, it's when someone changes the small foreign currency they have into naira that you think its cool there; make dem give you visa for one month,

tpia:

the customer service culture people notice abroad is a result of TRAINING.


The staff are trained on the essentials of customer care and good service.

As long as business owners want to cut corners or avoid offending their staff for whatever reason or because they're sleeping with them, the bad attitudes will continue.

I agree with the last point but not much of the first pint; it's more of the environment, ethics and what obtained in our system not more of training; even the owner of a store in Nigeria of today (supossed 21st century) can ask you to go out of his or her store, whatever, you know what they say 'get out jo, and let good people with good money come in, how much do you have to spend self'. Just like banks tend to give more of their service to the guy with pregnant belly and not you with #5, 000.00 to open a savings account; whihc is not obtainable in a developed world! Who protects in Nigeria?

there's no will whatsoever; nigeria is like a 'devil's playground'; the same conduct you get from police and other law enforcement agents who has seen themselves as 'we (the govt) against them (the citizens)' not as someone there to protect the citizens; the same demeanor is reflected in our politicians; this in turn reflects in various aspect of life from one to the other, you name it,

Someone said, it won't happen even in USA, which USA if I may ask, okay, United State of Ado_Ekiti, apologies to my Ekiti friends; people are entitled to their opinion at any given situation base on varying indices. Farakhan have said and still says a lot about America and the likes of Bush & co; criticized his policies and decions called White House all sort of names; its based on his perception and experience. There's nothing stoping anyone to express feelings base on experience or perception; LET THINGS BE DONE THE RIGHT WAY, AS CIVILIZED INDIVIDUALS NOT AS BLACK PEOPLE WITH BLACK,

Sometimes I wonder if we as Nigerians want a change in our lifestyle and unfavourable systems and condition of life that we have lived with for ages, it's a pity, I remember during Idiagbon (Buhari - figure head) regime, even though it was a military govt. things had shape at least to some remarkable extent; all we Nigerians could do then was shout and complain; we all want a good life like the Oyinbo people, if we are not ready for change to shift away from our comfort zone, nothing will happen, even if God send down Angel to rule NIgeria,

segyemaro:

This is not politics room but religion, take dis ur post to politics

wetin dey worry you in dis, na di money or what? go sleep abeg, pretender,

wetin dey worry you in dis, an di money or waht?

I HAVE INVESTED A HUGE SUM WITH THIS GUYS FOR ABOUT A YESR NOW WHILE MY CONTACT SALESPESON IS NO MORE WITH AIMS; AND SINCE MY SALESPERSON LEFT WHO USUALLY BRIEF ME BY WORD OF MOUTH ON THE STATE OF MY INVESTMENT, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED NOT EVEN AN E-AMIL FROM AIMS TO NOTIFY ME OF ONE, SO IS A FRIEND OF MINE WHO LED ME TO THEM. EVERYONE BE CARFUL OOOO; DEM PLENTY FOR HERE,

[color=#990000][/color]Following the release of the breakdown of the details of the 2009 budget, Senate yesterday launched into a closed door session where it queried Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, Senator Iyiola Omisore on the allocation of funds for projects in members’ constituencies in the Southwest geo-political zone.


THISDAY learnt that the allocation of more funds for constituency projects in favour of Osun State where Omisore comes from at the expense of other states in the zone was one of the issues discussed at the session.

A source at the more than one-and-a-half hour long session said that Omisore could not offer convincing explanations to the Senate on the issue.
Members were said to have taken their turn to draw the attention of the Senate to specific cases of shoddiness, lopsidedness and unfair deals in the budget as packaged by the Appropriation Committee, harmonised by the Joint Finance Committee and passed by the National Assembly.

Omisore, as learnt, rankled his colleagues by allegedly allocating N520 million for projects in his Osun East Senatorial District as against the about N270 million that the district of every other South-west senator got.

Although the source did not give the specifics of Omisore’s explanation and/or defence, he said that the Senate leadership came to his assistance by dousing the tension that was brewing on the issue.
He said it was agreed that the budget was messed up, but the areas of concerns were overlooked.

But Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Information, Senator Ayogu Eze, while briefing Senate Correspondents, said the increase in the allocation to constituency projects in Osun East was because another member decided to throw N250 million out of his allocation to the projects in Osun East.

According to him, “You are talking about allocation to Osun State , for instance. When the Executive brought their proposals and during our meetings with them, it was agreed that there would be N60 billion worth of money for constituency projects and it was split N10 billion per geo-political zone.
“It was equally split among the states. In the South-east zone and, I give you an example, it was split among the five states. Sometimes, marginalisation can be beneficial because South-east was the only zone that could get N2 billion per state because we are the only one with five states.

“In Enugu , for instance, both members of the House of Representatives and Senators decided to put it in the Enugu Airport ( Akanu Ibiam Airport ) Expansion project. That is where we put the money.”
Eze said further, “In the case of the South-west, it was split among the National Assembly members and each of them got about N270 million and one of the members took N250 million out of his own money and put in that Osun State, which is what reflected there and some people who were in certain committees thought that an appropriation had flown in through the roof into their committees."
Asked the rationale behind a member’s decision to donate his “personal” money to government, Eze said: “It was not his personal money; that is not what I said. That is his own constituency project allocated to him as a Senator.

“He got N270 million but he put N250 million. It does not matter where you put it now. The prerogative of the project where you put it belongs to the member of the National Assembly.
“That one, nobody restricts you where you put your money. The prerogative of where you put your money now belongs to you. In fact, I can get my own constituency project and put it in Ogun State if I know that there is a project I want to pursue in Ogun State .”

MY CONCERN: AT THIS MOMENT, I DON'T KNOW OF WHAT TO THINK ANYMORE, I BET YOU THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY GOVERNMENT OR SYSTEM IN NIGERIA - THAT IS AN UNDISPUTED FACT. THIS IS A CRUCIAL MOMENT FOR THE WHOLE WORLD; AND ALL NIGERIA CAN DO TO MOVE UP TO THE 21ST CENTURY AND BECOME A DEVELOPED NATION IS FOR PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT TO SAHER HUGE MONEY OF THIS SORT WITH NO CONCERN. WELL, I GUESS THE FG IS JUST PLAYING PRANKS WITH NEWS OF SALARY CUT FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, THE TRUTH IS, THEY'LL MAKE UP AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

[color=#990000][/color]Following the release of the breakdown of the details of the 2009 budget, Senate yesterday launched into a closed door session where it queried Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, Senator Iyiola Omisore on the allocation of funds for projects in members’ constituencies in the Southwest geo-political zone.


THISDAY learnt that the allocation of more funds for constituency projects in favour of Osun State where Omisore comes from at the expense of other states in the zone was one of the issues discussed at the session.

A source at the more than one-and-a-half hour long session said that Omisore could not offer convincing explanations to the Senate on the issue.
Members were said to have taken their turn to draw the attention of the Senate to specific cases of shoddiness, lopsidedness and unfair deals in the budget as packaged by the Appropriation Committee, harmonised by the Joint Finance Committee and passed by the National Assembly.

Omisore, as learnt, rankled his colleagues by allegedly allocating N520 million for projects in his Osun East Senatorial District as against the about N270 million that the district of every other South-west senator got.

Although the source did not give the specifics of Omisore’s explanation and/or defence, he said that the Senate leadership came to his assistance by dousing the tension that was brewing on the issue.
He said it was agreed that the budget was messed up, but the areas of concerns were overlooked.

But Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Information, Senator Ayogu Eze, while briefing Senate Correspondents, said the increase in the allocation to constituency projects in Osun East was because another member decided to throw N250 million out of his allocation to the projects in Osun East.

According to him, “You are talking about allocation to Osun State , for instance. When the Executive brought their proposals and during our meetings with them, it was agreed that there would be N60 billion worth of money for constituency projects and it was split N10 billion per geo-political zone.
“It was equally split among the states. In the South-east zone and, I give you an example, it was split among the five states. Sometimes, marginalisation can be beneficial because South-east was the only zone that could get N2 billion per state because we are the only one with five states.

“In Enugu , for instance, both members of the House of Representatives and Senators decided to put it in the Enugu Airport ( Akanu Ibiam Airport ) Expansion project. That is where we put the money.”
Eze said further, “In the case of the South-west, it was split among the National Assembly members and each of them got about N270 million and one of the members took N250 million out of his own money and put in that Osun State, which is what reflected there and some people who were in certain committees thought that an appropriation had flown in through the roof into their committees."
Asked the rationale behind a member’s decision to donate his “personal” money to government, Eze said: “It was not his personal money; that is not what I said. That is his own constituency project allocated to him as a Senator.

“He got N270 million but he put N250 million. It does not matter where you put it now. The prerogative of the project where you put it belongs to the member of the National Assembly.
“That one, nobody restricts you where you put your money. The prerogative of where you put your money now belongs to you. In fact, I can get my own constituency project and put it in Ogun State if I know that there is a project I want to pursue in Ogun State .”

MY CONCERN: AT THIS MOMENT, I DON'T KNOW OF WHAT TO THINK ANYMORE, I BET YOU THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY GOVERNMENT OR SYSTEM IN NIGERIA - THAT IS AN UNDISPUTED FACT. THIS IS A CRUCIAL MOMENT FOR THE WHOLE WORLD; AND ALL NIGERIA CAN DO TO MOVE UP TO THE 21ST CENTURY AND BECOME A DEVELOPED NATION IS FOR PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT TO SAHER HUGE MONEY OF THIS SORT WITH NO CONCERN. WELL, I GUESS THE FG IS JUST PLAYING PRANKS WITH NEWS OF SALARY CUT FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, THE TRUTH IS, THEY'LL MAKE UP AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

[color=#990000][/color]Following the release of the breakdown of the details of the 2009 budget, Senate yesterday launched into a closed door session where it queried Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, Senator Iyiola Omisore on the allocation of funds for projects in members’ constituencies in the Southwest geo-political zone.

THISDAY learnt that the allocation of more funds for constituency projects in favour of Osun State where Omisore comes from at the expense of other states in the zone was one of the issues discussed at the session.

A source at the more than one-and-a-half hour long session said that Omisore could not offer convincing explanations to the Senate on the issue.
Members were said to have taken their turn to draw the attention of the Senate to specific cases of shoddiness, lopsidedness and unfair deals in the budget as packaged by the Appropriation Committee, harmonised by the Joint Finance Committee and passed by the National Assembly.

Omisore, as learnt, rankled his colleagues by allegedly allocating N520 million for projects in his Osun East Senatorial District as against the about N270 million that the district of every other South-west senator got.

Although the source did not give the specifics of Omisore’s explanation and/or defence, he said that the Senate leadership came to his assistance by dousing the tension that was brewing on the issue.
He said it was agreed that the budget was messed up, but the areas of concerns were overlooked.

But Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Information, Senator Ayogu Eze, while briefing Senate Correspondents, said the increase in the allocation to constituency projects in Osun East was because another member decided to throw N250 million out of his allocation to the projects in Osun East.

According to him, “You are talking about allocation to Osun State , for instance. When the Executive brought their proposals and during our meetings with them, it was agreed that there would be N60 billion worth of money for constituency projects and it was split N10 billion per geo-political zone.
“It was equally split among the states. In the South-east zone and, I give you an example, it was split among the five states. Sometimes, marginalisation can be beneficial because South-east was the only zone that could get N2 billion per state because we are the only one with five states.

“In Enugu , for instance, both members of the House of Representatives and Senators decided to put it in the Enugu Airport ( Akanu Ibiam Airport ) Expansion project. That is where we put the money.”
Eze said further, “In the case of the South-west, it was split among the National Assembly members and each of them got about N270 million and one of the members took N250 million out of his own money and put in that Osun State, which is what reflected there and some people who were in certain committees thought that an appropriation had flown in through the roof into their committees."
Asked the rationale behind a member’s decision to donate his “personal” money to government, Eze said: “It was not his personal money; that is not what I said. That is his own constituency project allocated to him as a Senator.

“He got N270 million but he put N250 million. It does not matter where you put it now. The prerogative of the project where you put it belongs to the member of the National Assembly.
“That one, nobody restricts you where you put your money. The prerogative of where you put your money now belongs to you. In fact, I can get my own constituency project and put it in Ogun State if I know that there is a project I want to pursue in Ogun State .”

MY CONCERN: AT THIS MOMENT, I DON'T KNOW OF WHAT TO THINK ANYMORE, I BET YOU THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY GOVERNMENT OR SYSTEM IN NIGERIA - THAT IS AN UNDISPUTED FACT. THIS IS A CRUCIAL MOMENT FOR THE WHOLE WORLD; AND ALL NIGERIA CAN DO TO MOVE UP TO THE 21ST CENTURY AND BECOME A DEVELOPED NATION IS FOR PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT TO SAHER HUGE MONEY OF THIS SORT WITH NO CONCERN. WELL, I GUESS THE FG IS JUST PLAYING PRANKS WITH NEWS OF SALARY CUT FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, THE TRUTH IS, THEY'LL MAKE UP AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

[color=#990000][/color]Following the release of the breakdown of the details of the 2009 budget, Senate yesterday launched into a closed door session where it queried Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, Senator Iyiola Omisore on the allocation of funds for projects in members’ constituencies in the Southwest geo-political zone.


THISDAY learnt that the allocation of more funds for constituency projects in favour of Osun State where Omisore comes from at the expense of other states in the zone was one of the issues discussed at the session.

A source at the more than one-and-a-half hour long session said that Omisore could not offer convincing explanations to the Senate on the issue.
Members were said to have taken their turn to draw the attention of the Senate to specific cases of shoddiness, lopsidedness and unfair deals in the budget as packaged by the Appropriation Committee, harmonised by the Joint Finance Committee and passed by the National Assembly.

Omisore, as learnt, rankled his colleagues by allegedly allocating N520 million for projects in his Osun East Senatorial District as against the about N270 million that the district of every other South-west senator got.

Although the source did not give the specifics of Omisore’s explanation and/or defence, he said that the Senate leadership came to his assistance by dousing the tension that was brewing on the issue.
He said it was agreed that the budget was messed up, but the areas of concerns were overlooked.

But Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Information, Senator Ayogu Eze, while briefing Senate Correspondents, said the increase in the allocation to constituency projects in Osun East was because another member decided to throw N250 million out of his allocation to the projects in Osun East.

According to him, “You are talking about allocation to Osun State , for instance. When the Executive brought their proposals and during our meetings with them, it was agreed that there would be N60 billion worth of money for constituency projects and it was split N10 billion per geo-political zone.
Pork: Senators Get 60 Billion For Constituency Projects - Where Are We?
“It was equally split among the states. In the South-east zone and, I give you an example, it was split among the five states. Sometimes, marginalisation can be beneficial because South-east was the only zone that could get N2 billion per state because we are the only one with five states.

“In Enugu , for instance, both members of the House of Representatives and Senators decided to put it in the Enugu Airport ( Akanu Ibiam Airport ) Expansion project. That is where we put the money.”
Eze said further, “In the case of the South-west, it was split among the National Assembly members and each of them got about N270 million and one of the members took N250 million out of his own money and put in that Osun State, which is what reflected there and some people who were in certain committees thought that an appropriation had flown in through the roof into their committees."
Asked the rationale behind a member’s decision to donate his “personal” money to government, Eze said: “It was not his personal money; that is not what I said. That is his own constituency project allocated to him as a Senator.

“He got N270 million but he put N250 million. It does not matter where you put it now. The prerogative of the project where you put it belongs to the member of the National Assembly.
“That one, nobody restricts you where you put your money. The prerogative of where you put your money now belongs to you. In fact, I can get my own constituency project and put it in Ogun State if I know that there is a project I want to pursue in Ogun State .”

MY CONCERN: AT THIS MOMENT, I DON'T KNOW OF WHAT TO THINK ANYMORE, I BET YOU THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY GOVERNMENT OR SYSTEM IN NIGERIA - THAT IS AN UNDISPUTED FACT. THIS IS A CRUCIAL MOMENT FOR THE WHOLE WORLD; AND ALL NIGERIA CAN DO TO MOVE UP TO THE 21ST CENTURY AND BECOME A DEVELOPED NATION IS FOR PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT TO SAHER HUGE MONEY OF THIS SORT WITH NO CONCERN. WELL, I GUESS THE FG IS JUST PLAYING PRANKS WITH NEWS OF SALARY CUT FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, THE TRUTH IS, THEY'LL MAKE UP AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

[color=#990000][/color]Following the release of the breakdown of the details of the 2009 budget, Senate yesterday launched into a closed door session where it queried Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, Senator Iyiola Omisore on the allocation of funds for projects in members’ constituencies in the Southwest geo-political zone.


THISDAY learnt that the allocation of more funds for constituency projects in favour of Osun State where Omisore comes from at the expense of other states in the zone was one of the issues discussed at the session.

A source at the more than one-and-a-half hour long session said that Omisore could not offer convincing explanations to the Senate on the issue.
Members were said to have taken their turn to draw the attention of the Senate to specific cases of shoddiness, lopsidedness and unfair deals in the budget as packaged by the Appropriation Committee, harmonised by the Joint Finance Committee and passed by the National Assembly.

Omisore, as learnt, rankled his colleagues by allegedly allocating N520 million for projects in his Osun East Senatorial District as against the about N270 million that the district of every other South-west senator got.

Although the source did not give the specifics of Omisore’s explanation and/or defence, he said that the Senate leadership came to his assistance by dousing the tension that was brewing on the issue.
He said it was agreed that the budget was messed up, but the areas of concerns were overlooked.

But Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Information, Senator Ayogu Eze,  while briefing Senate Correspondents, said the increase in the allocation to constituency projects in Osun East was because another member decided to throw N250 million out of his allocation to the projects in Osun East.

According to him, “You are talking about allocation to Osun State , for instance.  When the Executive brought their proposals and during our meetings with them, it was agreed that there would be N60 billion worth of money for constituency projects and it was split N10 billion per geo-political zone.

“It was equally split among the states.  In the South-east zone and, I give you an example, it was split among the five states.  Sometimes, marginalisation can be beneficial because South-east was the only zone that could get N2 billion per state because we are the only one with five states.

“In Enugu , for instance, both members of the House of Representatives and Senators decided to put it in the Enugu Airport ( Akanu Ibiam Airport ) Expansion project.  That is where we put the money.”
Eze said further, “In the case of the South-west, it was split among the National Assembly members and each of them got about N270 million and one of the members took N250 million out of his own money and put in that Osun State, which is what reflected there and some people who were in certain committees thought that an appropriation had flown in through the roof into their committees."
Asked the rationale behind a member’s decision to donate his “personal” money to government, Eze said: “It was not his personal money; that is not what I said.  That is his own constituency project allocated to him as a Senator.

“He got N270 million but he put N250 million.  It does not matter where you put it now. The prerogative of the project where you put it belongs to the member of the National Assembly.
“That one, nobody restricts you where you put your money. The prerogative of where you put your money now belongs to you. In fact, I can get my own constituency project and put it in Ogun State if I know that there is a project I want to pursue in Ogun State .”