The President, Rights Monitoring Group and
Country Director, Centre on Convention for
Democratic Integrity, Mr. Femi Aduwo,
described the N4bn proposed for Aso Rock
clinic and N800m for a website in the 2016
budget as embarrassing and abnormal.
He said, “If N4bn is proposed for Aso Rock
clinic in a year and the facility is meant for
the Very Important People, I want to
believe that the VIPs go beyond the
President and the Vice-President. For
example, if you have an equipped clinic in
Aso Rock, all the former presidents, former
ministers and former governors can go
there for medical checkup, but as it were
today, we know that all the former
presidents and former governors don’t use
Aso Rock clinic. This is an Aso Rock clinic
that could not take care of former President
Umaru Yar’Adua when he was sick.
“So, if you propose N4bn to be spent and
there are elements of trust and
transparency in the spending, there is no
problem with that, but if you propose N10
for the project and the money is looted or
stolen, we will still go back to square one.
He also added that it was embarrassing
that N800m was being proposed for a
website in this modern era, citing that the
website of the United States President,
Barack Obama, cost less than $1m.
The activists claimed that the proposals
were the direct opposite of President
Muhammadu Buhari’s change mantra.
Another activist and lawyer, Mr. Ebun
Adegboruwa, recalled how Nigerians were
angry with former President Goodluck
Jonathan who budgeted N1bn for feeding
in 2014. He urged Buhari to be a “shining
example of a Spartan leader who is not
interested in living a life of luxury at the
expense of the people he was elected to
govern. He should let the charity begin at
home.”
“Though I accept the fact that the Office of
the President deserves all the glamour and
the state of the art equipment, the amount
budgeted for Aso Rock renovation, for
website, for Aso Rock clinic, for
maintenance of generator is becoming like
a scandal to us as a nation. This is very bad
and I urge the President to scale down the
items of luxury; the items that have no
explanation.” he said.
Saturday 23 January 2016
Nigerian Actor John Okafor Mr Ibu To Buhari: It Is Too Early To Fight Corruption
Hear what comic Nollywood actor John Okafor has to say about Buhari’s anti corruption drive in a recent interview
“It is too early to fight this. I would have preferred the government to set their house in order first. Set the administration going,make the people who voted you talk good of you as you are coming in. The corrupt people know themselves. While your good work is going on,you can then start picking them one after the other. Whoever that has offended government knows he or she has done so.
Government should set its house in order first. Let the good things about this administration flow first before the arrests. Let Nigerians talk good of you first, then you can now tell them,there are people who did this and that,that need questioning. But starting with this quarrel,fighting as a new government,I do not think it will help.
Many people are talking about hunger,no money,collapsed businesses among others. They would have first of all laid good foundation about their administration so that people will feel them first. The change should be seen in the peoples’ welfare and every other thing will follow. That’s my own idea.”
“It is too early to fight this. I would have preferred the government to set their house in order first. Set the administration going,make the people who voted you talk good of you as you are coming in. The corrupt people know themselves. While your good work is going on,you can then start picking them one after the other. Whoever that has offended government knows he or she has done so.
Government should set its house in order first. Let the good things about this administration flow first before the arrests. Let Nigerians talk good of you first, then you can now tell them,there are people who did this and that,that need questioning. But starting with this quarrel,fighting as a new government,I do not think it will help.
Many people are talking about hunger,no money,collapsed businesses among others. They would have first of all laid good foundation about their administration so that people will feel them first. The change should be seen in the peoples’ welfare and every other thing will follow. That’s my own idea.”
Olisa Metuh locked up with 419 Bad Boys
Olisa Metuh Locked Up With 419 Bad Boys In Prison
There are indications that the Peoples Democratic Party spokesman, Olisa Metuh, is being kept in a prison cell where financial scammers and some bad boys who had committed frauds were being held.
Nigerian Prison authorities usually isolate high profile inmates from other criminals who had committed violent offences like armed robbery, murder and other heinous crimes.
The prison officers are said to be keeping a tight watch over Metuh to prevent any foul play...
It was learnt that Metuh, who was remanded at Kuje Prisons, Abuja on the order of a Federal High Court, was isolated from other awaiting trial inmates to protect him from being harmed.
It was gathered that the prison authorities were following the standard laid down protocol in Metuh’s case by shielding him from violent inmates who could attack him at night.
The source explained that Metuh had not been eating prison food, adding that he had made arrangement for his feeding, which he said was allowed.
A source said, “The prisons service has a standard procedure they follow when it comes to high profile inmates or VIP detainees as you call them. One, we don’t allow them to mix with other inmates for safety reason. Secondly, we don’t keep them in crowded cells, but they are kept with those who may have committed a similar offence or offences.
“In Metuh’s case, we are observing the same protocol; he is being held in a cell where people who had committed similar offences were being kept, that is, those who did not commit violent crimes and we are keeping a serious watch over him to prevent any foul play.”
When Punch asked if the prison service was giving Metuh special treatment, the Public Relations Officer, Francis Enobore, said all inmates were treated fairly and equally, stressing that “there is no VIP treatment for anyone in prison custody.”
There are indications that the Peoples Democratic Party spokesman, Olisa Metuh, is being kept in a prison cell where financial scammers and some bad boys who had committed frauds were being held.
Nigerian Prison authorities usually isolate high profile inmates from other criminals who had committed violent offences like armed robbery, murder and other heinous crimes.
The prison officers are said to be keeping a tight watch over Metuh to prevent any foul play...
It was learnt that Metuh, who was remanded at Kuje Prisons, Abuja on the order of a Federal High Court, was isolated from other awaiting trial inmates to protect him from being harmed.
It was gathered that the prison authorities were following the standard laid down protocol in Metuh’s case by shielding him from violent inmates who could attack him at night.
The source explained that Metuh had not been eating prison food, adding that he had made arrangement for his feeding, which he said was allowed.
A source said, “The prisons service has a standard procedure they follow when it comes to high profile inmates or VIP detainees as you call them. One, we don’t allow them to mix with other inmates for safety reason. Secondly, we don’t keep them in crowded cells, but they are kept with those who may have committed a similar offence or offences.
“In Metuh’s case, we are observing the same protocol; he is being held in a cell where people who had committed similar offences were being kept, that is, those who did not commit violent crimes and we are keeping a serious watch over him to prevent any foul play.”
When Punch asked if the prison service was giving Metuh special treatment, the Public Relations Officer, Francis Enobore, said all inmates were treated fairly and equally, stressing that “there is no VIP treatment for anyone in prison custody.”
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