It would be recalled that last week SERAP launched its report titled: “From Darkness to Darkness: How Nigerians are Paying the Price for Corruption in the Electricity Sector,” alleging that “the much-publicised power sector reforms in Nigeria under the Electric Power Sector Reform Act of 2005 is yet to yield desired and/or anticipated fruits largely due to corruption, regulatory lapses and policy inconsistencies. The country has lost more megawatts in the post-privatisation era due largely to widespread, systemic and large-scale corruption”
Browsing: Umaru Yar’Adua
Abubakar spoke on Friday in Bauchi at a National Symposium and Launch of 2025 Vision by Da’awah Coordination Council of Nigeria
Obasanjo stated this at a dinner programme organised by an inter-denominational Christian organisation, Christ The Redeemer’s Friends International of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Lagos Province 39 Chapter
I describe this as the conflict between the na-my-brother-dey-there syndrome and the no-be-my-brother reactive tendency. It used to be the case in this country up till the time President Olusegun Obasanjo left in 2007, that whoever held power in Abuja was openly and strongly supported by other Nigerians, regardless of ethnicity or religion
Citing a study, Prof. Sagay said that the corruption captured in the study related to only six years (2006- 2013)
Somebody capable, fit and proper, must be in charge of Nigeria, not a cabal. And our nation cannot be ruled by proxy, through a cabal that was not elected into office
The absence of President Buhari has therefore not created any vacuum in governance, and it is incumbent on all well meaning Nigerians to continue to support the administration and pray for the speedy and full recovery of the president
Indeed, we must insist that public stealing must have no place in the future of Nigeria unless Nigeria itself would have no future
They have failed to realize that there is no vacuum in governance and no one is immune to health issues. The President duly transmitted power to his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo. Hiding the condition of the president health is therefore not only embarrassing but a foolish height of desperation by some powerful cabals who are only interested in creating administrative gap to relive the usual cabal battle of resource control as witnessed in the late Yar’Adua era
In a statement of Sunday, Tony Eluemunor, the Head of Ibori’s Media Office, said Ibori has particularly condemned the bare-faced lies that some journalists and news organizations, especially Premium Times, have continued to heap against him
Buhari spoke during a presidential parley and presentation of report on poverty reduction by Course 38 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, near Jos, Plateau State, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja
Madueke, a prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party, also at one time served as the Minister of Transport for the country
There is no doubt that the Commission has in the last seven years under the leadership of Opara recorded significant achievements
Clark said both Jonathan and Yar’Adua also lacked the courage and the political will to fight corruption
In his yet-to-be-released three-part volume of his memoirs titled: “My Watch,” which was exclusively obtained by an online journal, The Cable Alert, Obasanjo revealed how late Yar’Adua gave him the impression that he had overcome his health challenges and did not act responsibly when he eventually became terminally ill
At the launch of his autobiography titled: “My Watch,” at the Lagos Country Club, Ikeja, Obasanjo denied seeking a third term but admitted he knew about it
The PDP in Katsina is based on a very strong foundation, and that foundation has continued to be reinforced
Governor Lamido Sanusi will not have a hard fall and by God’s mercy, his story will have a happy ending. It will have a happy ending because the latest quarrels he has picked against the increasingly unpopular administration are the peoples’ battles
Senators, who contributed to the debate on the report, alleged sheer executive recklessness and misappropriation of funds contrary to Section 80 (2) of the 1999 constitution as amended