The serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly and convener of the Save Nigeria Group, SNG, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has slammed Nigeria’s former Army Generals, saying they were holding the nation to ransom.
Pastor Bakare, who was speaking in his church in Lagos yesterday about the state of the nation, specifically tongue-lashed former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida and Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, saying they and other retired Generals were responsible for the mess Nigeria was in today.
According to Bakare, “the Generals are on the prowl again. They are gathering like vultures. The same people who got us into this mess are the ones we have called to heal us.”
He said what kind of counsel would someone like Danjuma, who did not know what to do with the N500 million he got from the sale of oil bloc, give to Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, who appointed him Chairman, Presidential Advisory Council, PAC.
Bakare debunked reports in a section of the media that the Save Nigeria Group was now torn apart over funds received from Malam Nuhu Ribadu, Malam El-Rufai and others.
He challenged the purveyors of the report to produce evidence that the group had got money from these people.
He said the false report was the handiwork of detractors who were not comfortable with the strides SNG was making to bring about a new Nigeria.
Bakare said SNG had paid for its secretariat since January and that it was being renovated and would be opened in April, contrary to the report that it had no secretariat.
He added that the group was being funded by contributions from key members and that at the appropriate time, credible and ordinary Nigerians would be asked to contribute their widow’s mite and that every kobo would be properly accounted for.
http://thepmnews.com/2010/03/22/ex-generals-holding-nation-to-ransom-%e2%80%94pastor-bakare-slams-obj-ibb-danjuma
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Amodu Drags NFF To Court Over N300m Sack Compensation
Amodu was reassigned to the Super Eagles Team B, comprising home-based players, after winning a bronze medal at the Angola 2010 Africa Nations Cup. In a report posted on MTNFootball.com, Amodu, who was replaced by Swede Lars Lagerback, is asking for N135 million for the remaining part of his contract, which was to have ended in July.
He is also asking for another N165 million as bonus for qualifying Nigeria to the 2010 World Cup. He has already taken his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS). Ironically, Amodu also qualified the Super Eagles to the 2002 World Cup but was axed after a squabble with the country's top officials, thereby allowing Adeboye Onigbinde to lead Nigeria to the World Cup.
The NFF has received notice of the litigation from Amodu's lawyers but the officials said the coach has no case against them. NFF President Sani Lulu's special adviser, Tunde Aderibigbe, said the federation's contract with Amodu was still intact, insisting that there is no loophole that can be exploited by the coach's lawyer.
"It was just a notice and we are responding to it. We have not defaulted in terms of an agreement between employer and client," he said. "We are still keeping to our contract. Amodu was not sacked. He was only deployed from Super Eagles team A to team B, which means he still has his job.
"We have consulted our lawyer and he is already working on our case. Berti Vogts did the same and we argued our case."
Aderibigbe disclosed: "In Vogts' case, the CAS listened to us before we were acquitted by the Arbitration for Sports and FIFA. There is nothing to be worried about Amodu taking us to Court of Arbitration."
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/sports/article01//indexn2_html?pdate=240310&ptitle=Amodu%20wants%20N300m%20as%20compensation%20for%20redeployment
He is also asking for another N165 million as bonus for qualifying Nigeria to the 2010 World Cup. He has already taken his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS). Ironically, Amodu also qualified the Super Eagles to the 2002 World Cup but was axed after a squabble with the country's top officials, thereby allowing Adeboye Onigbinde to lead Nigeria to the World Cup.
The NFF has received notice of the litigation from Amodu's lawyers but the officials said the coach has no case against them. NFF President Sani Lulu's special adviser, Tunde Aderibigbe, said the federation's contract with Amodu was still intact, insisting that there is no loophole that can be exploited by the coach's lawyer.
"It was just a notice and we are responding to it. We have not defaulted in terms of an agreement between employer and client," he said. "We are still keeping to our contract. Amodu was not sacked. He was only deployed from Super Eagles team A to team B, which means he still has his job.
"We have consulted our lawyer and he is already working on our case. Berti Vogts did the same and we argued our case."
Aderibigbe disclosed: "In Vogts' case, the CAS listened to us before we were acquitted by the Arbitration for Sports and FIFA. There is nothing to be worried about Amodu taking us to Court of Arbitration."
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/sports/article01//indexn2_html?pdate=240310&ptitle=Amodu%20wants%20N300m%20as%20compensation%20for%20redeployment
Electricity Tariff Set To Rise
Consumers are in for more charges as the Federal Government may approve the take-off of a new tariff regime of N8.50k by the first week of June this year if gas supply remains stable. The current tariff is N6 per kilowatt.
The disclosure came as the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) announced yesterday that power generation had increased to 3,600 megawatts.
The Assistant General Manager, Rates and Competition of Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr. Dikko Halilu, said at the flag-off of stakeholders’ forum on metering code in Abuja that the commission had issued a notice to commence minor review of electricity tariffs.
“We have already given out notice for a minor review of prices. Under the review, we are going to look into whether there have been any escalation in cost of gas and changes in exchange rates before it can be effected.
“As you know, the cost of gas, inflation rate and exchange rate affect the operator’s cost. Latest by the first week of June, we are going to change the tariff price to N8.50k; though we do not expect that to happen because the rate of inflation has come down; material cost and exchange rates have stabilised to some extent,” he said.
“We will enter into an agreement with NGC that if there is more gas, then we will agree to an increase in the price of gas. Presently, gas price is pegged at about $88 last year, but this year it is being expected to go for $132 per cubic feet,” he added.
He said with the expected increase in gas price, the tariff was being projected to be N8.15k per kilowatt.
According to Halilu, government while considering the approval of the new tariff would be looking at how to help the operators recover cost.
ss“If the price granted to electricity producers are not enough for them, then they have to show adequate justification for another increase. We are only to allow efficient cost and nothing short of that. Whatever will enable producers to recover their cost of production and a reasonable return on investment is what we will consider,” he said.
Sole Administrator of NERC, Mallam Imamuddeen Talba, said the purpose of the metering code is to improve service delivery to consumers and to ensure proper accountability through accurate metering.
Talba said the task of the committee on metering code is to monitor its effective implementation in order to achieve accurate measurement of electricity utilisation in the country.
Meanhwile, the Managing Director of PHCN, Mr. Hussein Labo, has confirmed that power generation has increased to 3,600mw. He also said all power stations are currently generating power, a position that was corroborated by NERC.
“In the last two days, electricity has gone up to 3,500mw on Wednesday and 3,600mw yesterday and almost all the power plants are running,” he said.
The disclosure came as the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) announced yesterday that power generation had increased to 3,600 megawatts.
The Assistant General Manager, Rates and Competition of Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr. Dikko Halilu, said at the flag-off of stakeholders’ forum on metering code in Abuja that the commission had issued a notice to commence minor review of electricity tariffs.
“We have already given out notice for a minor review of prices. Under the review, we are going to look into whether there have been any escalation in cost of gas and changes in exchange rates before it can be effected.
“As you know, the cost of gas, inflation rate and exchange rate affect the operator’s cost. Latest by the first week of June, we are going to change the tariff price to N8.50k; though we do not expect that to happen because the rate of inflation has come down; material cost and exchange rates have stabilised to some extent,” he said.
“We will enter into an agreement with NGC that if there is more gas, then we will agree to an increase in the price of gas. Presently, gas price is pegged at about $88 last year, but this year it is being expected to go for $132 per cubic feet,” he added.
He said with the expected increase in gas price, the tariff was being projected to be N8.15k per kilowatt.
According to Halilu, government while considering the approval of the new tariff would be looking at how to help the operators recover cost.
ss“If the price granted to electricity producers are not enough for them, then they have to show adequate justification for another increase. We are only to allow efficient cost and nothing short of that. Whatever will enable producers to recover their cost of production and a reasonable return on investment is what we will consider,” he said.
Sole Administrator of NERC, Mallam Imamuddeen Talba, said the purpose of the metering code is to improve service delivery to consumers and to ensure proper accountability through accurate metering.
Talba said the task of the committee on metering code is to monitor its effective implementation in order to achieve accurate measurement of electricity utilisation in the country.
Meanhwile, the Managing Director of PHCN, Mr. Hussein Labo, has confirmed that power generation has increased to 3,600mw. He also said all power stations are currently generating power, a position that was corroborated by NERC.
“In the last two days, electricity has gone up to 3,500mw on Wednesday and 3,600mw yesterday and almost all the power plants are running,” he said.
Yar’Adua to attend Jumat service
Politicians of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have expressed anxiety over plans by loyalists to ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua to bring him to the Friday Jumat service today.
Party officials said it is disturbing that this is coming three days before the Senate begins the screening of ministerial nominees on Monday. They also question the choice of a religious occasion for Mr. Yar’Adua’s re-emergence in public.
One source said, “if the President would be coming out four months after his absence, it ought not to be at a religious event because that will send the wrong signal.”
Mr. Yar’Adua, a Muslim from Kastina State participated in the weekly Jumat service at the National Mosque located at the Central business district in Abuja until his illness kept him from public view.
The ailing President was flown out of the country on the 23rd of November 2009 to Saudi Arabia for a heart condition and has since been out of public view.
Last week, two national dailies claimed that plans were afoot for the ailing president to make a public outing this week.
Top presidency and PDP officials confirmed to NEXT last night, that the planned outing has being fixed for today’s Friday prayers.
“The idea is to achieve maximum political impact and a religious approval” a PDP official said last night.
The PDP chairman; Vincent Ogbulafor, the speaker; Dimeji Bankole and a few other officials were in a closed-door meeting regarding the development, and the mood at the meeting, a knowledgeable source told NEXT, was “celebratory and bubbling.”
The National Assembly, on the 9th of February, 2010 declared the Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as the Acting President based on the ‘Doctrine of Necessity’ because the ailing president failed to hand over the reins of power to his vice before his departure as recommend by the constitution.
After much outcry and protest from civil societies and series of litigations on the lacuna in the nation’s presidency, the ailing president was sneaked into the country in the early hours of 26th of February, 2010, days after his Vice was declared the Acting President
The Acting President dissolved the Cabinet of ministers appointed by the ailing President last week and had just sent a list of Ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening. Mr Yar’Adua’s return to public life could cause uncertainty in the polity.
http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5546261-146/story.csp
Party officials said it is disturbing that this is coming three days before the Senate begins the screening of ministerial nominees on Monday. They also question the choice of a religious occasion for Mr. Yar’Adua’s re-emergence in public.
One source said, “if the President would be coming out four months after his absence, it ought not to be at a religious event because that will send the wrong signal.”
Mr. Yar’Adua, a Muslim from Kastina State participated in the weekly Jumat service at the National Mosque located at the Central business district in Abuja until his illness kept him from public view.
The ailing President was flown out of the country on the 23rd of November 2009 to Saudi Arabia for a heart condition and has since been out of public view.
Last week, two national dailies claimed that plans were afoot for the ailing president to make a public outing this week.
Top presidency and PDP officials confirmed to NEXT last night, that the planned outing has being fixed for today’s Friday prayers.
“The idea is to achieve maximum political impact and a religious approval” a PDP official said last night.
The PDP chairman; Vincent Ogbulafor, the speaker; Dimeji Bankole and a few other officials were in a closed-door meeting regarding the development, and the mood at the meeting, a knowledgeable source told NEXT, was “celebratory and bubbling.”
The National Assembly, on the 9th of February, 2010 declared the Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as the Acting President based on the ‘Doctrine of Necessity’ because the ailing president failed to hand over the reins of power to his vice before his departure as recommend by the constitution.
After much outcry and protest from civil societies and series of litigations on the lacuna in the nation’s presidency, the ailing president was sneaked into the country in the early hours of 26th of February, 2010, days after his Vice was declared the Acting President
The Acting President dissolved the Cabinet of ministers appointed by the ailing President last week and had just sent a list of Ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening. Mr Yar’Adua’s return to public life could cause uncertainty in the polity.
http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5546261-146/story.csp
Mrs Anenih Bank In there!
Imagine this, one Mrs Anenih is being expected to serve once again in Nigeria as a minister. This is after the failure of her husband to do any known road when he was minister of works.
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