‘Our resources may be limited but our resolve to overcome these challenges and provide good governance for the benefit of the people is boundless. Mr Speaker, before going into the highlights of the 2013 Proposed Budget, a review of the 2012 Budget implementation is pertinent’
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Anybody still in doubt about the fact that there was a motive to discredit the performing Governor of Jigawa State should go back to the statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and read it one more time. Apart from hinting that the young man was on a money-laundering mission for his father, it gave a further impression that the boy had been doing several trips overseas on money laundering on behalf of the governor
‘Let me say that we remember today, the heroes that have fallen, but also our serving military men and women. We remember today as always, the sacrifice that our armed forces have made and are still making so our country can continue to live in peace and remain secure’
Why pray in the midnight? Midnight (or hours between 11.00pm and 3.00am) is known to be the most spiritual active period of the day. You will notice that dreams, revelations, attacks, visitations from the spirit world (both by angels and demonic powers) often come by this time, especially when you are sleeping.
A perceptible federal government should read the writing on the wall by ending this expensive jolly ride and refocusing the nation on the basic issues of security, the right to life and infrastructure. This constitution amendment has only succeeded in driving the country further apart.
Jonathan does not personally suffer Boko Haram neither does Diezani Allison-Maduekwe, both of whom are in the news for the perfidy in the oil industry. After six or 10 years that he apparently aspires to do, Dr. Jonathan will one day leave office. The one who takes over from him, a Northerner or whoever it is, would not like to spend his four or eight years fixing Jonathan’s de-development of the nation
The relationship between the state and the citizens today is under considerable storm and stress, and there is the need to begin to squarely address the question of poverty, unemployment of most especially the youth, decayed social and economic infrastructure, as well as marginalization of women in the development process in order to give meaning and content to our evolving democratic order.
A few days ago, an assortment of characters, led by the Governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji, marched on the headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party at Wadata Plaza, Abuja, primarily to declaim their visceral hatred and fear of Dr. Kalu under the veneer of protesting his purported efforts to rejoin the PDP. The shady and duplicitous attributes of these characters are not hidden from the Nigerian people. That they are led on this disgraceful display of ignorance and squander of the people’s time and resources by the very patron saint of ignorance himself, Governor Orji, is not in the least surprising. But the willingness of members of the National Assembly, including, emphatically, distinguished senators of the republic, to participate, openly and vocally, in this extraordinary disadventure, brings unmitigated opprobrium to that assembly and further exposes the colossal failure of leadership in Abia State
No time in the history of Nigeria has the church faced the level of persecution it is currently going through. For about two years now, hundreds of Christians have been killed and tens of churches destroyed
The first challenge of change that we faced in office therefore was how to restore and rebuild public trust in governance; how to re-create the necessary institutional architecture required to deliver change; how to implement policies that would combat poverty, inequality, unemployment, the diversification of the economy and industrialisation; how to promote democratic governance; and how to provide social security
Waiting upon God will always result in having the last laugh. Sarah waited. Sometimes it could be very difficult, but you must have to wait
The only way for sustainable productive politics is to continuously have ‘good’ people in the arena. Only the continuous supply of talented men and women with character will ensure the protection of good institutions and continuously refine existing or invent new ones to propel the ship of state
That this past century, our people have suffered horrendous murders, killings and now recently the bombing of our worship places, the rage killings of our people through terrorist acts, in the quest for political and economic domination and manipulation of Nigeria by forces alien to us
One is not, however, sure if many Nigerians would agree with the President that the strategy he announced is actually working according to plan. The “success” story announced by the President may have stemmed from the briefings he had received from his officials and state governments
Martins knew of my close relationship with Dr. Saraki because he was in my office in 2003 when Saraki phoned me in the Presidency to confirm the drop of his son, Dr. Bukola Saraki, by President Olusegun Obasanjo as his special assistant. “Don’t worry Eric,” Dr. Saraki assured me, “I will make Bukky a Governor.”
We will however support this bill for the harmonization of taxes in Rivers State to the extent that it will not be used as a ploy to introduce any new form of taxes and/ or levies in the state
With IDA’s help, hundreds of millions of people have escaped the vicious cycle of abject poverty – through the creation of jobs, access to clean water, food security, schools, roads, electricity. In fact, for the first time ever, researchers found last year that the number of people living in absolute poverty – less than $1.25 day – dropped in every region of the world, from 1.9 billion in 1990 to 1.3 billion in 2008
You can be ridiculed by fellow men, by situations or by agents of Satan, well positioned to discourage you from moving forward and achieving God’s purpose and your vision. But you can also decide to ignore all these, press forward, achieve your goal and have the last laugh
As many of us know Kalu as a man of his utterances who has initiated programmes in many quarters but especially through his Saturday Sun column but the government at the centre seems is playing the ostrich, we must agree with the news that the People’s Democratic Party has failed Nigerians.
But I do also view the offer of mediation by the former governor of Abia State as historic, salutary and heroic. The Federal Government is hereby advised to weigh this option comprehensively in the best interest of Nigeria