KINGwax007:
you must be so thinking that you are talking to an idiot. Did you even knw that only 13% has ever being earmarked for infrastructural development during GEJ's era. And hey, only 20% has so ever being implemented.

That being said,


No country would ever grow it's reserve during recession. Saudi, south Africa, Venezuela, Angetina, Greece, Angola and many more countries that focuses more on crude oil to survive have not only seen a dwindling reserve but slashes in head cost.

Saudi reduced salaries by 20% and even adopted the Georgian calendarz dropping the Islamic calendar just to save cost.

Good countries like Canada, focuses more on exportation and thus, increase in reserve.

Britain on the other hand, does what they do best- increase tax from 40 to 50%, increased cal tax to 40% etc. Pounds is on the decline.

When a country is plunged into recession, she uses her reserve to balance. We don't have.

GEJ, earns more than half of what Nigeria earns in crude oil during his five years tenure, what did he do with it.

APC met with unpaid salaries, dwindling state allocations, no infrastructural development and low reserve of just $30billion, from $60billion.

Guy, bring in more arguments-

In the first instance your argument is outside the line of thought on this thread. However, for the benefit of hindsight I would take time to reply some of the points raised in your submission;

One, a country's reserve can be built up during recession contrary to your notion. All we need to do is to increase spending on productive activities that are geared toward increase in export and spend less on importation. Loans given to governors in the form of bailouts should have been handed to local manufacturers thereby increasing their optimal productivity. If these are done, our GDP would not only improve our balance of trade would ease up while reserve would grow steadily.

Two, the persistent claim of Jonathan not having anything to show for the depletion of foreign reserve is mischievous and ridiculous. Aside the fact that part of the reserve was used to augment subsidy payment (which Buhari's adminstration is still doing), many infrastructures put in place by his administration (which Fashola and co are still continuing with) can be seen by all and sundry. No amount of propaganda can play down the fact that Jonathan's govt put up more infrastructure than any govt in the history of Nigeria as corroborated by Fashola.

As I said earlier, let this thread run its course without any foreign import. Please.

Reptyle:


Do you have a link to the news story where the federal government said it has commenced payment to all 9 states?

What I recall reading is that 9 states, including Ekiti State form part of the pilot for the payment, out of which 3 states have received payment. Perhaps you and governor fayose misread or did not comprehend the news report.

Nine states are mapped out for coverage in this first batch and already, many of the beneficiaries were reported to have started receiving their first payments by Friday last week. The states were Borno, Kwara, Bauchi, Cross Rivers, Niger, Kogi, Oyo, Ogun and Ekiti. Of the states, Borno, Kwara and Bauchi have started receiving the money while the rest of the states in the first batch would commence the CCT payments soon.

Of the states, Borno, Kwara and Bauchi have started receiving the money while the rest of the states in the first batch would commence the CCT payments soon.


Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/presidency-begins-payment-n5000-monthly-stipend-poor-nigerians-9-states/

Here's the link:

https://politics.naij.com/1080507-buhari-kicks-n5000-monthly-payment-1-million-impoverished-nigerians.html?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C1010424353

A cross section of Nigerian media reported that Ekiti was one of the pilot States for the scheme. How can a state whose indigenes were excluded in the first tranche of the payments be regarded as pilot state? In a nutshell, only 3 states qualify to be regarded as pilot states. Period. You and APC should not confuse us with semantics. Please.

1wolex85:


Abeg free this oladd guy, check all his topics, he likes raising alarm where there is none, plenty noise no substance, a complete empty barrel. if the government wanted to lie, will Laolu Akande come on TV and say what he said? He could have come on TV and lied if that was the aim. So free this guy, he doesn't think.

All your rants are nothing but arrant nonsense. Calling me false-alarm-raiser and empty barrel...bla bla bla, does not really matter My posts are not meant to elicit praises from perverse minds like you or earn as many likes as possible but to inform Nigerians about deceit in APC and I can assure you that your masters are repenting in one way or the other. For your information, Laolu had no choice but to appear on Channels TV or other platforms to counter Fayose's exposé. I know some of you are comfortable with deceits in your private lives but not everyone does.

KINGwax007:
pls, don't be angry o. It will soon reach ur turn. Tell me ur state so that I can help u tell FG...

By the way...

My only state and constituency is NIGERIA.

obailala:
Mr Man, wait for your turn, it will eventually get to your people. There's no lie about saying a programme will be implemented in 9 pilot states, and then payments have already been received in 3 of the states. Except you have a new definition of the word 'lie.' Thanks!

My man, the true definition of lie is when we were told that 9 States had been chosen as pilot states but only 3 are indeed pilot states. Many thanks.

KINGwax007:
thanks for the enlightenment. We are used to scams, courtesy of PDP.

Everything would hit the rocks, eventually, since money no dey. We also help us thank our frog-eyed ex finance minister and the overly corrupt bower hatter, called Jonathan, who met $60billion in reserve and left us with $35billion and still claimed they saved $35billion for the APC.

When reduction of a savings became saving is beyond me.

Reserves are meant to argument the shortfall in any country's foreign earnings and infrastructure deficit if need be. During GEJ era, the reserve was mostly used to finance our fuel import deficit and growing infrastructural demand. Why hasn't Buhari's govt grown the reserve in its 18 months in power? Do you know that our reserve has been plummeting since APC came on board? Stop commenting on fields you know absolute nothing about. Besides, don't derail this thread.

KINGwax007:
na over education dey worry u. The feds didn't say that they paid Ekiti, they simply said Ekiti govt piloted the scheme. It means they started it, they spearheaded it. Ekiti govt was the first to start paying 5k to the less privileged. Even though it was something that was part of the APC manifesto and Ekiti stole it. We still say, they piloted the scheme

You're just too clever for yourself. That statement was specifically referring to the so-called N5000 stipend in APC 2015 manifesto and not Fayemi's rested policy. No state can be regarded as a pilot state when fund had not been allocated to it, can't you understand? As it's now only 3 states-Borno, Bauchi and Kwara are the genuine pilot states. Ok?

obailala:
Stop nagging like a neglected wife bro... The govt said it will start the programme from 9 pilot states, I dont remember seeing anywhere where it was said that the money has been paid to these 9 states; as a matter of fact, I even had no clue any of the states had received anything at all until this morning. Why don't you wait for your turn instead of rushing online to shout 'LIE'?

If you have any argument to the contrary, kindly post us a link where the govt said it has PAID people in Ekiti?

Hey! Did you just say nagging? When did setting a record straight amount to nagging? Go through the statement released from office of the VP where it was expressly stated that the N5000 stipend had started in 9 states. Are you trying to take us though English lesson on the obvious? If the FG wasn't ready to finance the project in Ekiti why did they list it among the pilot states? Are you not even ashamed that only 3 out of 36 states are ready ,yet the Fed govt went to town shouting to the rooftop? Pls stop defending the indefensible.

Catalin:
That's too bad.

It's worst than you think. The deceit is just too worrisome.

obailala:
Sometimes one wonders why some people must reason like children in order to drive their political point.

@OLADD, What exactly is the lie in what the govt said?... Or is there now a new definotion of the word 'lie' which is known by only jonathanians?... Did the govt say anywhere that they had paid people in Ekiti state?... Last time I checked, the only thing announced is that the programme would start in 9 pilot states, of which only 3 states have received money at present. Once again, what exactly is confusing about that?...

Stop been crafty my friend and don't bring Jonathan into this. The Fed govt told us that the N5000 stipend had started in 9 pilot States of which Ekiti was among. Why did they have to specify on 9 states when only fewer states were practically ready in terms of finance. Don't you get it? Mentioning Ekiti as a pilot state when the reverse is the case was nothing but false claim and that was what elicited Fayose's disclaimer. No other words can be used to describe it other than LIE.

KINGwax007:


Firstly, he is inconsistent paying 5k to 10,000 people and not 10k.
Second, it was fayemi, the ex govnr, that paid 10k to people and not fayose.
Lastly, for him to be screaming that his people haven't gotten paid, when the govt didn't say he has, means he is crying for the same 5k he so much ridiculed

You're here talking about consistency, who gave you the impression that the Fed Govt would be fervent in paying this hoax called N5000 stipend? Haven't you heard that El Rufai has put the school feeding programme on hold in Kaduna due to inability of Fed govt to fulfil its own part of the bargain? Are you aware that Aregbesola's school feeding initiative has also hit the rock in Osun? Are these not APC scam initiatives? Don't call Fayose names for calling people's attention to APC lies, ok?

banki:


NA wa for you oh bros......all I know is that theysaid 9states are in the first phase f the scheme and 3states bauchi borno and kwara were paid on the 31st of December....

I think fayose talks too much and sometimes makes a fool of himself....
he comes on TV and says something, then he rushes to the FG and is one of the first states to apply for the 3 bail outs given by the FG but still critisies FG for not helping him pay salaries...

he made a fool of himself with the Aisha Buhari story
he made a fool of himself during the campaign taling about his mother and the death wish on buhari....

its good to be in th opposition but its foolish to continue fooling himself

Fayose as a Nigerian is entitled to his opinion and that's what you and his detractors have to abide with. If Ekiti was not ready for the scheme's takeoff why was it mentioned as one of the pilot states in the first instance? Was that not a crafted mischief? So, if Fayose comes out to dispute the veracity of Fed govt's claims, must we crucify him? If you're comfortable with hoaxes from this govt, I am not.

KINGwax007:
Why did fayose want to collect the 5k? Didn't he say it was a waste of time?

Where was it reported that Fayose begged for N5k for his people? He has already started a N10,000 monthly pay to some Ekiti indigenes.

banki:
did the government tell you tha they paid EKITI STATE INDIGINES?

Yes, the Fed Govt lied that Ekiti was one of the nine pilot states that started the programme. That's a hoax if you don't know.

angeltolly:
Wait ooo... You people are taking our government and their spokesmen too serious na


Can't Laolu Akande, the special adviser to the Vice President on Media and Publicity joke with you again?

What sef

That's a costly joke. The same set of jokes that led to recession?

When the Governor of Ekiti State Ayo Fayose told the nation penultimate week that his state indigenes were yet to receive a dime from the Federal Govt N5,000 monthly stipend he was dressed down by many Nigerians including the govt at the centre. However, while appearing on Channels TV Sunrise Breakfast programme today, Laolu Akande, Senior Special Adviser to the Vice President on Media and Publicity owned up to the fact that amongst the nine states chosen to pilot the Social Security Scheme, only three states namely Borno, Bauchi and Kwara had received cash backing from the Federal Govt and commenced its implementation. The question now is; why did the APC led govt lie that Ekiti was one of the pilot states? Was it meant to score some cheap political points and counter Fayose's homegrown Stomach Infrastructure and N10,000 monthly stipend Programmes thereby preparing the ground to "capture" Ekiti in 2018? Why can't the Buhari led govt be truthful word-for-word in its press releases and public information? Why do they always leave room for the opposition to pick hole in their actions and inactions due to half truths?

Good. I think this would give Oshiomole the ample opportunity of using either his ministerial or APC Chairmanship power to unearth the N6 trillion he claimed Deziani stole. He would equally work with Sanusi and Buhari to retrieve the N20b NNPC missing money! Bunch of satanic and sycophantic change agents.

FFK was right on this. Hilary's loss was more or less a partly divine punishment for the negative roles she and Obama played in Nigeria's 2015 elections. I have a feeling that Trump's government would reveal many things concerning Boko haram and Chibok conspiracies.

Addendum:

Shekau appears in new video claiming the army lied in thier victory claims.

The Federal Govt and the entire nation can roll out the drums when the ring leaders of Boko haram are made to pay the price for their dastardly acts.

NCP:
Any victory attributed to this govt was made possible by GEJ. Buhari only came to complete the work.

The president never believes Jonathan did anything appreciable to defeat Boko haram. In fact, he does everything possible to rubbish the last adminstration whether in the area of security or economy. Buhari's main stock-in-trade is to bring down others and sell himself as the messiah

OZAOEKPE:
I am too educated to be deceived by an ani mal called bu ha ri, he is looking for a cheap point to score. i just they laff cause Nigeria to me is a big joke..

Let's not continue to pay APC back in their own coins by calling the president names but engage them in constructive criticism and superior argument. By that, we would force them to jettison mediocrity and pettiness.

On Friday December 23rd, 2016 President Buhari elatedly broke the news of final capture and annihilation of the dreaded Sambisa forest by our gallant soldiers in faraway northeastern part of the country.

Considering the unprecedented physical and emotional damages the nation had suffered in the hands of the destructive agents of death whose main agenda is to establish a mono-religion nation, any action that waters down their potency and ability to wreck havoc deserves commendations and national appeal..

However, for many of us who keeps tap on chronology of events in Nigeria, it's premature and rather unconscientious for Mr. President and his government to trump up their hands in victory and brag over the Sambisa feat.

Between the years 2010 and 2015 when Boko haram held territories and established what they called Caliphates in Nigeria, there's a need to refreshen our memories and bring ourselves up to speed to the roles played by prominent northern leaders who tactically supported the activities of the sect.

It's on record that Mr. President as a private citizen, was approached by Boko haram to negotiate with the then sitting govt of former President Jonathan on their behalf. Not only did Buhari vehemently reject that famous offer thereby foreclosing the window of any immediate truce and bloodlettings, he was widely reported to have tagged the onslaught against Boko haram as a declaration of war on northern Nigeria. His position and those of prominent elders in that region who saw Jonathan as an "infidel" emboldened the sect into volatile metamorphosis, holding territories, hosting Islamic flags and killing innocent citizens unremorsefully. The refusal of the northern elders including Buhari to take decisive and common position against Boko haram gave birth to Sambisa forest.

Furthermore, it's petty for Buhari's government to regard the capture of Sambisa as a mean feat considering the fact that even Boko haram was aware of the timeline of its presence in that forest. No sect or militia has the capability to hold a territory perpetually in any sovereign nation without eventually capitulating and succumbing to the superior firepower of the country's loyal armed forces

Now to the major concerns of Nigerians. Reports have it that one of the members of the sect who was ostensibly dislodged from northeast was arrested in Lagos. This logically plays down any significance of Sambisa conquest. While citizens in other parts of the country could sleep with two eyes closed, this latest development poses more trouble to the nation as a whole. There's every reason to believe that those dispersed from Sambisa forest have simply found new abodes on our streets!

It's also astonishing that while efforts were concentrated in dislodging Boko haram from Sambisa, the government of Buhari failed in its inaugural promise of unearthing the sponsors of the sect. Paraphrasing one of Mr. President's promises in his May 29, 2015 address-Boko haram's sponsors and its international connections would be unearthed after the end of hostiles to prevent a reoccurrence in the future. . To this end, one wonders the basis on which the same President is rejoicing over Sambisa dislodgement when the sect's financiers are still at large.

Any feat achieved by Buhari's government that's devoid of arrest and prosecution of Boko haram sympathizers is nothing but window dressing.

Daviddson:
I'm sure that pastor Adeboye does not really know how dubious and 2-faced this man called Fayose is. Had he, he wouldn't make this statement.

With your 4 eyes and 22nd century brain, I think you probably know better than Pastor Adeboye. Well done, Mr. too-know.

Emescot:
Where those yoruBAD wailers PDP don win am o, lets not take it, change must enter abia too

Bros, negative change does not have tribal mark. Katsina people are also lamenting.

RevDesm0ndJuju:


APC zombies will be like...

Pls pardon them in the spirit of Xmas

"Presidential visit may be disruptive to Christmas". How did we get here Oh Lord?

cpapa:
are u sure u knw d states that has oil in Nigeria u go skool

Yes, I go skool. Abia is not a major oli producing state in Nigeria compared to Rivers and Bayelsa.

RevDesm0ndJuju:
APC will file a case in a kano district sharia court to cancel the elections.

APC pulled a distant third in the polls, it would be illogical for them to lodge any reasonable complaint.

Udmaster:
Abia is an oil producing Nddc state & also have a huge IGR..

Maybe Buhari and his INEC were scared away by IPOB.

TippyTop:

It would have been too obvious had they tried rigging, considering the feelers they got when Buhari wanted to travel to the east, no one would have believed INEC.

Lalasticlala come and see "dead" PDP still winning 100%

It was obvious to Buhari, Ameachi, Dakuku and Daura that Rivers is predominantly a PDP state but they still deployed everything at their disposal to rig the rerun elections. They would have attempted same in Abia if 50 gallons of crude oil is found there.

TippyTop:

This is what happens when there's free and fair elections. I guess Buhari and APC were too scared to rig this one.

My brother, there's no oil in Abia. Simple.