Omo-Agege, who is representing Delta Central Senatorial District, spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday in Abuja.
Saraki had, on July 31, defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), hinging his defection on unsuccessful efforts to ensure a harmonious existence in the APC.
Omo-Agege stated that the demand of the APC’s senators for Saraki’s removal was still standing.
“Our demand has not changed, in fact, that demand has been accentuated by the directive of the APC national leadership.
“We have all been enjoined as APC senators at a slightest opportunity to remove Saraki and once we are provided with that slightest opportunity, we will remove him and he knows that,” he said.
According to him, the moment Saraki left the party, APC, to join the minority PDP, he lost the right, legal and moral, to occupy the office of the Senate President.
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ReplyDeleteForget the hypocritical rants of lying wailers. Anyone who says PMB hasn't achieved anything is either a thief or a bigot or a lunatic or deceived or sentimental.
It's only a big time crook that will say that 200,000 N-power beneficiaries is not an achievement. PMB should have shared the #6billion used to pay them monthly among elites every month.
Anyone who dismiss the school feeding program is a slowpoke. The farmers and workers who benefit and the children whose enrollment has increased should have been at home.
It's only a scammer that will tell me that a man who met foreign reserve depleted to #30billion and increased it to a high of #47billion amidst comparatively lower oil prices has not achieved anything.
Only a lunatic will say that the security situation PMB met on ground in the Niger delta ravaged by Militants and bunkerers, Ikorodu ravaged by Badoo, South East ravaged by kidnappers, North East ravaged by Boko Haram hasn't improved under PMB .
The herdsmen they sponsor have been quiet since they started hunting for their return tickets. Their recent attempt to escalate it led to the Du pond discovery in plateau state and they have been very quiet about the revelation.
PMB inherited a rice importing economy. He inherited a fuel importing economy. He inherited an economy that was bled to death through all sorts of criminal rackets notably in the petroleum industry subsidy scam. No rail line was working when PMB came on board. Roads where in terrible shape. By the time PMB came, they had sold PHCN to their cronies in the name of DISCOS and inserted in the agreement, a ridiculous clause requiring the government to pay them some billions if their licenses are revoked. What they give Nigerians is unsatisfactory even though generation has been increased by this government from 2600-4000MW it met to 8000MW.
By the time PMB came, they have sold Nigerdock, Nicon Insurance etc. They had concessioned NPA and sacked workers who are yet to be paid till date. They had liquidated Nigerian airways whose ex- workers pay PMB is just settling. They had sold NITEL and left their ex-workers benefits for PMB to settle.
When PMB became president, 27 states were owing salaries. He gave them Paris debt refund and bailout running into trillion. Religious and ethnic bigots won't see all that.
They said Tomato was their problem, now there is tomato in abundance . They said there is no garri now Garri is in surplus. They said their headache was fuel scarcity now fuel is everywhere.
But I know that the traffic of clerics, celebrities, traditional rulers, journalists, political jobbers etc to Aso Rock has reduced drastically because they cant get big brown envelopes as before.
This set of people who were used to easy money are the ones wailing like mad dogs but we shall put them in check with facts and figures
buhari anyday anytime.
buhari will defeat atiku hands down..
help me save this comment pls.
come 2019 buhari will win atiku.
There is no way PMB will win the upcoming election if the election is free and fair. Nigerians are not that stupid. Even a scare crow will beat him if they don’t rig.
DeleteThere is too much suffering in the land.
Bravo!!! You have done what you were paid for but while you are at it, please can you tell us what happened to the new Nigeria air carrier in which billions were spent.
DeletePolitical versus Teejay.
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DeleteYou mentioned N200,000 empowerment school feeding programs, but let me also add the N5,000 that was distributed the "The Poor" ( buhari's supporters) and the N10,000 trade mini and compare compare it to YOUWIN program of N2,000,000 (N2m) to each participant.today if there is sincerity of purpose no trader should be borrowed less than N1m and if you want to help the poor, N5,000 cannot even fuel 1 car. If your Messiah was innovative, he should have focused more on agriculture, NOT the lip service that currently obtains, eg 1 tractor is currently serving more than 50,000 farmers , so who is fooling who??? When your buhari ( Messiah) came into power N160 exchange for $1, but today $1 is now N364, so are we moving forward or backwards??
Your Messiah $30billion in our reserve with zero international debt profile, he then grow the external reserve to $45billion and as well grew the international debt profile from zero dollars to about $256billion ( Google is your friend.
You mention security; in 2011, Buhari threatened Nigeria when he said that blood will fow if he does not win the election, and that was exactly what happened, as soon as the elections where over, there where killing of southerner in the north and south. He also openly called bokoharam fighters his brothers in an attempt to stop the then Nigerian government from dealing decisively with bokoharam. When buhari came to power he openly told the Igbo's that they don't belong to Nigeria ,because they didn't vote for him, he equally sent soldiers to innocent worshipers in Igbo land with his famous pyton dance ( well I buhari is going to dance " egwu eke" from the Igbo man come 2019) . 6 months after his inauguration, buhari refused to appoint ministers, as a result ,the Nigerian economy which was the fastest growing economy aliped into recession. Then poverty, anger,frustration,depression became the order of the day, to the point that Nigerians started things unheard of like committing suicide , rate of armed robbery and kidnapping increased,all the security challenges in Nigeria currently can be trace to your Messiah, buhari.
As a farmer in Nigeria , if the Fulani herdsmen destroy your crops, YOU can NOT have JUSTICE, even when eventually the Fulani man is arrested, that same day he will be released , so where is the justice?? If you meet them in your farm, destroying your crops and challenge them, they will kill you with machetes or AK47, where is the justice??? As a result framers did not farm rice in Taraba, Nasarawa,Plateau and southern Kaduna states pls you can confirm.
80% of all rice mills currently operating in Nigeria bought, imported and installed during Jonathan's administration
The railing where 85% ,90% and 95% completed before buhari came in.
In power generation, all the Turbines currently being used in Nigeria, had already been paid for brought in and most of the power plant where already completed or between 80% to 100% completion before buhari came in. So he is merely finishing what PDP started.
My fried your Messiah is a comprehensive failure, kindly extend our heart felt sympathy for him as we will send him back to daura February 2019
Response by a concerned Nigeria to the numerous APC lies ;
DeleteParagraph 1 ;The whole world knows that Buhari & APC do NOT know the definition of democracy or the freedom of the people to chose their leaders as evidence in all election conducted under INEC headed by Yakubu Mahmood who is a relationship to Buhari. All the elections so far have been riddled by rigging, imposition of candidates, voter intimidation ,ballot box snatching and stuffing, and other forms of electoral manipulations. In fact in Osun state, votes where bought for as much as N200,000, so sir APC is a fraud and a lie.
Paragraph 2 ; let's talk history here, it is a well know fact buhari was the minister of petroleum in 1979, under his watch about $2.9billion was missing,now when the Alhaji Shehu Shagari's regime tried to investigate in 1983, three weeks after, buhari overthrow the first civilian government. The same buhari served unde Abachaas (who holds the record as the worst military tyrant ever to rule Nigeria, with a history of monumental looting ,arrests, imprisonment and mass murders . Google is your friend) chairman of PTDF, under him billions of dollars grew wings ( Google is your friend) . in Buhari's desperate for power he had threaten violence against the PDP government, if he lost election in 2011, and true to his word violence erupted after the election, when he didn't win, he also condemned the military when he said that that Jonathan and PDP where killing his people when then the war against bokoharam was on going ( so it is safe to say that Buhari has a hand & is a supporter of bokoharam)
Paragraph 3 & 4 ; The US has issued a statement stating that Alhaji Atiku has NO criminal case to answer, neither is he wanted in the US. Google is your friend.
Paragraph 5 : we the Nigerian masses do NOT care if he has moved round 100 political parties, we are interested in having a president with outstanding competence, good quality education , great entrepreneurial skills, a detribalized leader ,a leader that will helh Nigerian created jobs
Magnificent 10:19 and 10:27. You just made my day. Thanks for saving me the stress of typing. We are out to counter their lies and propaganda.
DeleteBloody BMC. You are the slowpoke. Publish the name of the NPOwer recipients and what they have collected. Your lifeless principal is going back to Daura. I'm so angry right now. How dare you publish this lies and think people are dumb here. You think we only debate social activities here? Who and who is a participant as school children being fed?
DeleteI'm not even sure if this will be posted. Stellz you need to allow us have a healthy(anyone who starts the insults should be ready for repayment) debate with FACTS on this blog but you won't post. See this rabid dog barking ceaseless like Atiku took your bread. I'm not Atkiulated yet till he picks his VP and there are other candidates too. So Shut the Fuck Up you wasted arse licking piece of shit.
Stella post this....ooooooooo
saraki must vacate that office..democratically or by force nonsense.majority rule the senate.so if apc are majors...they should produce the senate president.simple!no body go die.
ReplyDeletePls get educated, stop showing your blind ignorance on social media. It takes 2/3 majority to remove him, and if you people try using force, we the Nigerian masses will resist your undemocratic operation.
DeleteAnon 10.23.Unfortunately it seems that you didn't do govt in school . You need to educate also educate yourself on what is a democracy and how it works.The majority becomes the Senate President and this has nothing to do with votes. I
DeleteHave never seen or heard a minority' becomes a Senate President. Saraki becomes a Senate President because his Party APC won the Presidency and is the majority but now that he has defected to PDP which is the minority and under the democracy rule, he has no right to become the Senate President. If he has any morals left, the best think is for him to allow the Majority APC to elected a Senate President within their own party. PDP is a minority and as a result, Mr Greedy - Saraki can not continue to be the Senate President. But then I'm a screwed up
country like Nigeria where no one follows the rule of law, unfortunately anything goes
Anon11.03 your bad English spelling has given you up as one of the dullards from daura, before try to counter my stand kindly go go get university degree first, then come and can take. Illiterates defending themselves.
Deletepeople are talking this OJI will open his mouth too...senate house has become their inheritance
ReplyDeleteDrama everyday. These grown folks need to act more responsibly. Must of them politrickians are political postitutes jumping from PDP to APC. We need one new solid party where all the old poltickians will only serve on advisory committees and not run for any office.
ReplyDeleteIs this not the man that was expelled and disgraced for anti party activities? What thrash is he saying or up to?
ReplyDeleteEven in delta state politics, he is not want . a complete agbero.
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This leaking mouth, just like his dad.
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ReplyDeleteLMAO. This old men eh, let bubu vacate his seat too, as far as I'm concerned they are all the same
ReplyDeleteLet’s watch and see
ReplyDeleteStella pls post . what I am about to post will come in 5 parts. It is the PTDF report of 1999.
ReplyDeleteNigerians deserve the Truth.
PART 2
ReplyDeletecountry and a comprehensive up to date report has already been completed by the coordinating consultants. The preparation of an Executive Summary has reached an advanced stage.
(d) Health Sector:(i) Drug Revolving Fund: The drug revolving fund programme has been thoroughly verified and all available stocks have been transferred to the various state governments. As per the directive of Mr. President
(ii) Rehabilitation of Health Institutions: The programme for the rehabilitation of Health Institutions throughout the country has been verified and a comprehensive up to date status report prepared. And Executive Summary for the attention of Mr. President is being prepared
(e) Water Supply Sector: All projects and programmes under this sector have been thoroughly verified in compliance with the terms of reference No 3. A comprehensive and up to date report has already been completed.
(f) Other Project Sector: The projects under the sector which were commenced have already been completed. The rest of the projects are yet to commence. The report stating the above mentioned up to date status of all projects under this sector has already been completed
The audited account of the fund as at 30th June 1999 stating the Assets and Liabilities of the Petroleum Special Trust Fund has already been prepared by the KPMG Audit, a firm of Chartered Accountants. (ii) The Audited Accounts of the fund as at 31st December 1999 stating the Assets and Liabilities of the fund has already been prepared by Price water house Coopers Audit, a firm of Chartered Accountants. (iii) The Audited Accounts of the Fund for the month commencing January 2000 to June 30th, 2000 is to commence when the IMC was replaced. This would have given the asset and liabilities of the Fund at the end of the terms of the former IMC.
The present administrative structure was carefully examined, and the best option is to transfer each departmental staff operating a project sector to the appropriate ministry where the projects are transferred. This will reduce hardship
Part 3
ReplyDeleteon the staff and will enhance the capacity of the ministry concerned for it to cope with the additional responsibility.
The former IMC has undertaken a thorough technical audit of all projects and programmes using well experienced independent consultants. In the process of the technical audit, the sanctity of all contracts agreement was upheld, and all costs were evaluated to a realistic level. The value of work done up to date has been ascertained and the estimated cost of completion has also been calculated. The appropriate ministry that will be responsible for the completion of any project may further negotiate the time and cost of completion of any project.
As it has been enumerated above, all the terms of reference given to the former IMC has already been virtually completed. The handing over of projects to respective ministries has already commenced. The former IMC would have completed the winding down of the activities of the Petroleum Special Trust Fund as directed by Mr President by the end of June 2000.
The total public funds to be recovered from various contractors, banks and consultants amounted to about Twenty-five billion, seven hundred and fifty eight million five hundred and thirty two thousand four hundred and forty eight Naira.
Below is the Executive Summary of various reports of the independent consultants on verification exercise which resulted in the funds recoveries.
Members of The Interim Management Committee Are As Follows:
Dr. Haroun Adamu (Chairman), Alhaji Abdu Abdurrahim, Barrister Achana Gaius Yaro, Arc Edward Eguavoen, Mr. T. Andrew Adegboro, Engr Baba Goni Machina
PART 4
ReplyDeleteReport On The Amount To Be Recovered From Some PTF Projects And ProgrammesThe Interim Management Committee was appointed by Mr President. One of the terms of reference of their appointment is to carry out verification exercise on all projects and programmes prior to packaging the projects and programmes for subsequent transfer to the appropriate line ministries. The recoverable exercises of the under-listed projects were completed, and the various reports and the IMC recommendations forwarded to President Obasanjo for further directives.
The Listed Projects Are –
(i) Afriproject Consortium (APC) PTF Management Consultants and also Project Consultants (ii) PTF intervention in the HIV/AIDS Programme (iii) PTF Health Sector Intervention inputs (iv) PTF Prevalent cases of expiring drugs all over the country (v) PTF residential estate development on Plot 780 Cadastral Zone A8, Abuja FCT (vi) PTF Head Office extension contract at Airport Road, Abuja (vii) PTF-Bank accounts operated from inception to 31st December 1999.
AFPRI- Project Consortium (APC) Afri-Project Consortium were contracted by PTF as Management Consultants and Project Consultants. The former Chairman of PTF also delegated to them the power of Engineer in all appropriate project requiring such power. Afriproject Consortium then assumed an absolute power of initiation, approval and execution of all projects.
Three reputable management consulting firms were engaged to verify all payments made to (APC) from the inception of PTF up to 30th September 1999. On verification it was found that they have over charged PTF for their services to the tune of N 2, 057, 550, 062 (Two billion fifty-seven million five hundred and fifty thousand and sixty-two Naira only).
(ii) PTF Assisted HIV/ AIDS Programmes: The intervention of PTF in the HIV/AIDS was flawed due to professional negligence by the management consultants. There was an excessive order of HIV/AIDS kits which resulted in most of the kits expiring before use. Also, there was gross inflation of the purchase
PART 5
ReplyDeletePrice. The two factors combined resulted in a loss of N 579,000,000 (Five hundred and seventy-nine million Naira only).
(iii) PTF Intervention Programmes: PTF intervention in the health sector input programmes totalled to about N 9 billion Naira. The projects were executed by the management consultants and PTF in-house staff. In this sector there are three glaring areas of loss: (a) Purchase of specific frames which was done at N 1,900 each while they can be purchased locally at a price between N 80 and N 880. This resulted in total loss of N 45, 270,000 (b) Purchase of ambulances which was done at N 13,000,000 each instead of the price of N 3,000,000 each. This resulted in total loss of N 900,000,000 (Nine hundred million Naira only). (c) Purchase of drugs was done to the tune of N 3.08 billion. Price inflation and expiring of drugs resulted in a loss to PTF of about N 1, 500, 000,000 ( one billion, five hundred million Naira).
(iv) PTF Prevalence Expiring Drugs All Over The Country: A team of Pharmacists were commissioned to verify the Drugs Revolving Fund Programmes. Their findings were very depressing. A huge loss has been incurred by PTF as enumerated below:- (a) Drugs and consumables worth N 817, 831,723 (Eight hundred and seventeen million, eight and thirty one thousand seven hundred and twenty three Naira only) were found to have expired by October, 1999 (b) another quantity of drugs worth N 94, 741, 517 expired in December, 1999 (c) drugs worth N 233, 416, 829 will expire by March 2000 (d) Drugs worth N 461, 255,073 will expire by June 2000 (e) Drugs worth N 429, 117, 861 will expire by September, 2000 (f) Drugs worth N 1, 196, 276, 052 will expire by October- December, 2000.
There were many cases of deterioration of drugs as a result of faulty manufacturing, inappropriate packaging, improper storage and excess stock.
(v) PTF Residential Estate: The involvement of PTF in Residential Estate Development was out of its intervention sphere. As at now, the estate has been confiscated by government.
PART 6
ReplyDeleteThe contract sum is N 703, 815, 416 (Seven hundred and three million, eight hundred and fifteen thousand four hundred and sixteen Naira only) while after verification, the whole project was valued at N 328, 901, 521 (Three hundred and Twenty Eight Million nine hundred and one thousand, five hundred and twenty one Naira only). There was an inflation of the contract to the tune of N 374, 913, 895 (Three hundred and seventy four million, nine hundred and thirteen thousand eight hundred and ninety five Naira only).
(vi) PTF Headquarters Extension: The IMC Commissioned Consultants to determine the current construction cost of the on-going extension at the headquarters office. The current construction cost determined by the Consultant came to N 326, 207, 861 (Three hundred and twenty six million, two hundred and seven thousand, eight hundred and sixty one Naira only) as against a contract sum of N 461, 216, 759 (Four hundred and sixty one million, two hundred and sixteen thousand, seven hundred and fifty nine Naira only) this resulted in contract sum inflation of N 135, 008, 879 (One hundred and thirty five million, eight thousand eight hundred and seventy nine Naira only).
Bank Accounts Operated By PTF From Inception To December 31, 1999: Various Consultants were commissioned to verify the Bank accounts operated by PTF from inception of the Fund up to 31st December, 1999. The Fund operated its bank accounts under three different categories viz- (a) Administration Account (b) Project Account (c) Treasury Account. Recoveries to be made from the various banks are as follow:
(a) Administration Account Total Amount recoverable is N 664, 415, 793 (Six hundred and sixty four million, four hundred and fifteen thousand seven hundred and ninety three Naira only). This is mainly due to overcharge on Cost of Turnover (COT), nonpayment of interest on current account balances as stipulated by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other various discrepancies.
(b) Project Account On project Account,
PART 7
ReplyDeletetotal amount recoverable is N 2, 467, 817, 167 (Two billion, four hundred and sixty seven million, eight hundred and seventeen thousand, one hundred and sixty seven Naira only). This is made up mainly from overcharge of Cost of Turnover (COT), non-payment of interest on Current Account balances as stipulated by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other various discrepancies.
(c) Treasury Account All the Treasury Accounts were verified and amount to be recovered is N 510, 749, 323 (Five hundred and ten million, seven hundred and forty nine thousand, three hundred and twenty three Naira only). This is mainly due to short-payment of interest on deposited funds. (See Box A).
The total sum of N 11, 658, 532, 448 (Eleven billion, six hundred and fifty eight million, five hundred and thirty two thousand four hundred and forty eight Naira only) is recoverable as per various reports completed as at now.
1.Other Potential Areas Of Fund Recovery : Road (Highways and Urban Roads) The PSTF uses about 70% of its income on highways and Urban Road Projects. In this project sector, there was total variation of contract sums of N 68,000,000,000 (Sixty eight billion Naira). These variations were not done with properly priced bills of quantities and approved civil contracts procedure as stipulated by government regulations. Taking the experience of what has been discovered after verification of previous contracts awarded by PSTF, the minimum potential recovery will be about 15%. This estimated percentage will be about N 10, 000, 000 (Ten billion Naira). The verification of this project sector was about to take off when the IMC members were replaced.
2. Rural Water Supply Programme The area of potential fund recoveries under this programme are basically two :- (i) Mobilisation paid to contractors who by now have not even commenced work (ii) Over pricing of contracts. The amount to be recovered from this project sector can be conservatively estimated at N 1,000,000,000 (One billion Naira).
PART 8
ReplyDeleteThe detail verification report on this programme has already been completed. The executive summary of this report was in the process of compilation when the IMC members were replaced.
3. National Health and Educational Institutions Rehabilitation Programme The detail verification exercise on this sector has already been completed by various independent Consultants. The executive summary for total amounts recoverable is now in the process of being compiled. The conservative estimate of amount recoverable due to non-performance of contractors and over-pricing of contract is about N 600,000,000 (Six hundred million Naira).
4. National Educational Material Procurement Programme This programme entails the purchase of educational materials such as text books, exercise books, chalk, dusters, pencils, biro, magazines, maps etc. The verification exercise of this programme is yet to commence. The conservative estimate of recoveries to be made due to non-performance by contractors and inflation of prices will be in the region of N 900,000,000 (Nine hundred million Naira).
5. Rural Telecommunication Programme The Rural Telecommunication Programme was supposed to be carried out in two phases viz: – (i) Pilot programme (ii) The main programme. The main programme was to commence after the pilot programme has been completed and certified as operational, but mobilisation of N 1, 600,000 (One billion, six hundred million Naira) was paid to the contractors for the main programme without any contract being signed at all.
In view of the government policy at present, the full amount of the mobilization paid can be recovered (i.e N 1,600,000,000), See Box B
The Committee recommended that the total recoverable amount can be used to offset some of the outstanding debts because some of the creditors are contractors from whom these amounts are to be recovered. It also recommended that the President may wish to set up a high powered judicial panel to recover the huge public fund and to take the necessary action against any officer,
Final PART
ReplyDeleteThe Committee recommended that the total recoverable amount can be used to offset some of the outstanding debts because some of the creditors are contractors from whom these amounts are to be recovered. It also recommended that the President may wish to set up a high powered judicial panel to recover the huge public fund and to take the necessary action against any officer, consultant or contractor whose negligence resulted in this colossal loss of public funds.
You can see that Nigeria was sold a complete fraud.
All I know is that elections are not won on social media. Keep running your collective mouths. The real politicking is going on underground.
ReplyDeleteNa month hê dey
ReplyDeleteLiar, Buhari, cannot and will not win in a free n fair election.
ReplyDeleteThey know this. Thus perfecting plans to rig the election
Bunch of incompetent idiots