BREAKING NEWS..CONFUSED PRESIDENT BUHARI AND NASIR EL RUFAI HAVE HIRED OVER 2000 HOODLUMS TO TURN BIAFRA PROTEST BLOODY

Radio Biafra, is alleging that President Muhammadu Buhari has pre-occupied himself with investigating the connection between the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, secessionist group and Niger-Delta militants rather than ordering the release of its detained director – Nnamdi Kanu, and call for a dialogue on how to conduct a Referendum.

The secessionist group also claimed that confidants of the President like Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State have hired no fewer than 2000 persons who, it alleged, were paid heavily “to join the IPOB Global Peaceful Protest and turn it into a violent protest, because they have seen that the Biafran protesters are not going to stop anytime soon as against what some people earlier anticipated.”

These allegations were made by IPOB in a news item published on its Radio Biafra website on Tuesday, where it claimed that Kanu “was arrested, secretly charged to a magistrate court, granted bail and he met his bail conditions.”

SIX SOLID REASON THAT PROVES ONE NIGERIA IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY

My Hausa friend asked me: Under what conditions would you start believing that One Nigeria is working? Here was my response: 1. Close down Lagos ports and Open up PH, Calabar, Onitsha and Warri. 2. Cancel all direct and major connecting flights to Lagos and Abuja airports...only local or minimal connecting flights will be allowed. While this is being done, open up Enugu, Owerri, Asaba, Uyo and PH to international flights...direct and major connecting flights. 3. Ask all international and diplomatic missions to move their embassies and consulates from Lagos and Abuja to Enugu, PH and Calabar. 4. All federal governments agencies in Lagos and Abuja shall be relocated to Enugu, PH and Calabar. CBN, NNPC,e.t.c shall and must relocate to PH, Calabar and Enugu. 6. If these conditions can be fulfilled and implemented, we can try one Nigeria and let's see if you Hausas and Yorubas will like it for a month. Meaning, Yorubas and Hausas needing to get visas shall travel to PH, Calabar or Enugu to do that. Same with flying or connecting flights, same with shipping and importing their goods, e.t.c. The Hausa friend replied: You can't be serious, this is wickedness! I said, "Really? Don't you think the South-East and South-South have been suffering and enduring this very same wickedness for over 50 yrs? Why do you think people are clamouring for Biafra?" He was quiet for a few seconds and said: Wow! You are right, but it never occurred to me. I said, "that's the problem with One Nigeria, those who are benefiting love it and would love to maintain the status quo". An adage in my place says, "The one who ate fleshy meat forgets easily; but the one who eats the bone never forgets"!

TEN GREAT QUOTES FROM THE HERO GENERAL ODUMEGWU OJUKWU

10 GREAT QUOTES FROM GENERAL ODUMEGWU OJUKWU..

"I still believe that the one thing that will bring peace, absolute peace, to this country, the type of peace we want attached to development, is to liberate Ndi Igbo and there is no better act of liberation than accepting that they have equal right in Nigeria.”

“There is absolutely no way you can look at the Nigerian federation, the way it was conceived, and say it is a good federation. One of the federating units is bigger than the other units. The other thing is that everything that has worked in Nigeria, or appears to have worked, seems very much to have been an imposition. The idea that sovereignty belongs to the Nigerian people is all fiction as far as Nigeria is concerned.”

“Let us not make the mistake of thinking that this world is a prison. You are what you are for as long as it is comfortable for you. That is how I see it. I have continued to say that in Nigeria what we require is a nation that we can build together.”

“You will understand where I am coming from better if you understand that I was brought up in the Pan-Africanist tradition. I believe that, not only would it be better for the Blackman anywhere if we in Africa find a way of joining hands, all of us.”

“There is no way Igbos would all speak with one voice. But let one be more slightly strident than the others. That is what I look for.”

“It is said that the 1966 coup that failed was strictly an Igbo coup, but then the irony of history is that it was the late General Aguiyi Ironsi, an Igbo who single-handedly dismantled the coup in Lagos, while my humble self, another Igbo-man rendered it immobile in the north.”

“It is only those who have not been involved in a war, that will always push war as the first solution to any problem. War does not solve, it cowers but the problem remains.”

“All over Nigeria there is Biafra but that Biafra today is ‘the Biafra of the Nigerians and not the Biafra of the Igbos’; the Biafra of the mind not Biafra of the fields.”

“The civil war was a stage. Some might say an unnecessary stage and some might say an inevitable stage in our march to nationhood. Whichever way, it was a stage and a mile-post in our agglomerate development. We cannot wish it away. We must for ever take it into consideration whenever the subject is Nigeria.”

“I regret the disabilities of the war. It was a choice: it was either to become a slave of the Hausas in that time, or to do what we did. And up till tomorrow, whenever I’m given the opportunity to choose, I’ll reject slavery.”

CHECK OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO KCEE YESTERDAY AT SOUTH AFRICA.

Unbelievable what happened to Kcee yesterday at south Africa airport,HE missed his flight after checking in and was stranded.

THE WAR AGAINST THE IGBOS BEGINS AS ONITSHA AND ENUGU IS UNDER SIEGE AND BLOCKADE.

By Dozie Ezennia Awka.

This morning I received the sad news as confirmed by Omata chairman main market Onitsha  that E.F.C.C  invaded the popular foreign currency exchange in Onitsha  main market and arrested some traders and impounded their  dollars and pounds and other foreign dominated currencies  running into unconfirmed amount. Early in the day at Enugu international airport the agency has also  arrested some big time importers from Onitsha who are bound to travel out on Ethiopia airline claiming they are laundering money after seeing in their  possessions money ranging from $100.000 to $150.000 and confiscating them. There is no doubt that Onitsha and her business community is again being targeted to slow its prosperity which under Gej boomed due to many incentives from state and federal government. Onitsha as a commercial hub was almost on her knees during Obasanjo era when if not GUO and his fleet of luxery buses its very hard or near impossible for goods to enter Onitsha main market then when almost every item is classified as contraband. Thanks to Okwute who used his friendship with Gej maximally and intervens on traders behalf that pushed federal government to designate Onne port for Onitsha importers. Again today those gains are being reversed rapidly as if somebody is at war with Onitsha traders. We are being reminded of the evil days of before  when if your traveling you have to give custom officers heavy inducement before you are allow to travel with anything higher than $5000 and again seme border customs will receive greater inducement if later your goods arrived Cotonou Port. I never dreamed we will ever travel this road but here it comes with more frightening consequences.

NIGERIANS ON ONE CHANCE CHANGE AS THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT IS BUILT ON LIES.

Another National disgrace the President and the military are saying three different things in a day.

N*A*T*I*O*N*A*L D*I*S*G*R*A*C*E P.M.B REPRESENTING A.P.C IN FRANCE.

It's so obvious that Nigeria President Mohammed Buhari is still on campaign stage as we saw A.P.C broom and flag flying instead of Nigeria flag. In France today.
Please someone should remind baba that he is now representing the F.R.N not A.P.C  anymore

E*X*P*O*S*E*D HIDDEN FACTS ABOUT GOV OSHIOMOLE

Exposed hidden facts you must know about Gov Oshiomole 8years in office.

FAKE CHANGE!!! OPEN LETTER TO MADAM CHANGE OBY EZEKWESILI

By Chinyere Lauretta Ufearoh-Onoh

Oby Ezekwesili has not posted any message on her Chibok girls’ campaign on her Twitter timeline since the 27th of July 2015.
Before she disappeared, she left a message that says she was going for a religious event organised by her church. Now I reckon that that event happens annually and did take place last year.
It is obvious that Oby did not take any such leave from her campaign while this same event took place last year.
This is the longest break this woman would take since she launched her Chibok girls’ campaign! I am appalled that the entire blogosphere and the Nigerian press have refused to give this sudden leave from her campaign of calumny the desired scrutiny.
Is it not right that this woman is not allowed to fool Nigerians in this manner or has the Chibok girls been brought back well and alive? Why is the press and blogosphere giving this woman such a soft landing on this issue is beyond me ..

FIRST LADY AISHA BUHARI VISITS IMO AND MILLIONS SPLASHED AMID WORKERS UNPAID SALARY

AISHA BUHARI'S VISIT IS A SCORN TO IMOLITES
MILLIONS OF NAIRA TO BE SPLASHED ON FIRST LADY'S VISIT TO IMO, AS IMO WORKERS TURN TO BEGGARS
The news all over the place is that the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Not Wife of the President as she deceitfully wants us to call her) is visiting Imo, as a guest of Imo's First Lady, on the occasion of this year's August meeting.
This is an unnecessary jamboree, considering the high level of lack being experienced by Imolites at the moment.
For a government who have callously refused paying its workers for an upward of five months, organizing an elaborate activity like this one is not only unnecessary but an affront on the sensibilities of long suffering Imolites.

Mrs. Aisha Buhari's acceptance to honour this invitation portrays her as someone who does not have the slightest empathy for the suffering of those being led by her husband. It would have being more responsible of the President's wife to tell Imo's First Lady to divert the funds meant for sponsoring her visit to pay Imo workers. My analysis is that the huge budget allocated for this jamboree will be enough to offset at least one month salary arrears of Imo workers.
IMO GA ADI MMA OZO!

B*R*E*A*K*I*N*G N*E*W*S BOMB HITS DAMATURU

A bomb has just exploded at the Eid prayer ground in Damaturu, Yobe state capital.
Sources said people were killed.
The Eid ground hit by the blast is located at an area called phase-one along Maiduguri Road.
A resident, Abdul Malik, told Reported that “It happened at about 8am. Now we are being asked to return back home. Those that had gotten close to the Eid ground said many people were affected”.

B.O.M.B.S.H.E.L.L NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IS NOT YOUR PARTY SECRETARIAT SEN IKE EKWEREMADU TELLS A.P.C

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has told the All Progressives Congress, APC, that the National Assembly is not the party’s secretariat.

Senator Ekweremadu made the comment through his Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichukwu.

The aide was interviewed during a RayPower Radio morning programme, tagged: “Political Platform”,  Wednesday morning.

Reacting to alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Rule by APC members, Anichukwu reminded the ruling party that the seat his principal was occupying was not meant for any political party or individual but Nigerians.

His words: “Every Senate or House has its Standing Rule/Order, as every Standing Rule/Order normally that has a life span of four years. So, if you go to the Office of the Clerk to the National Assembly now, you are likely to find Standing Rules/Orders of 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 and the current 2015.”

“Going by Section 50 (1) of the 1999 Constitution, that Office doesn’t belong to anybody or party. It belongs to Nigerians. That is why APC lawmakers became Speakers in Plateau and Benue State Assemblies last June even when the APC was in minority.

“By the way, are some people trying to tell Nigerians that if the PDP had won majority in the National Assembly, which is an independent arm of government, and head both chambers, then the President Buhari Administration would cease to function?

“Just as I said in a statement a few days ago, we will not be intimidated and will do everything democratically possible to protect the independence of the National Assembly”.

Anichukwu insisted that at the time the said Senate Standing Rule/Order 2015 was made, Ekweremadu had ceased being the Deputy Senate President and so could not have influenced or doctored the document.

“From the point of the valedictory session of the 7th Senate on 4th June, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Distinguished Senator David Mark and the rest of other members of the 7th Senate ceased to be senators until the 9th of June, when the 8th Senate was inaugurated; and as usually done, the new senators received new Standing Rule/Order 2015.
The making of that 2015 edition of the Senate Rule/Order is the business of the bureaucracy of the National Assembly. What the 8th Senate can do, which its predecessors have sometimes done is to amend as suitable and the process of the amendment is spelt out in the that document”.

BOYCOTT G.T BANK NOW OWING TO THEIR FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES AGAINST NDI-IGBO …PAUL ACHALLA.

Boycott Guaranty Trust Bank Now ,Owing To Their Faudulent Activities Against Ndi Igbo ;Paul Achalla

Bad faith advise to Ndigbo !

Nigerians have consistently advise Ndigbo go to home and invest but the sad reality is the same Nigerians from certain sections of the country will explore all means necessary to frustrate the same Igboman for investing in any part of the East including SS.

Why is it that whenever an Igbo man decides to heed to this ''advise'' , he starts facing unnecessary challenges and imaginary hiccups set by Nigerian Govts ...? Save for Jonathan.
During Obasanjo's regime, traders in Lagos Decided to stop using Lagos wharf and shifted to Calabar. Obasanjo overnight decreased the tariff in Lagos and increased the one of Calabar by almost 50 percent.

Ibeto wanted to go into cement, Obasanjo dealt with him harshly. Ibeto only crime is that sited his factory in the East region and not SW. Any unwritten policy to under develop Eastern region....? Are we still in a Free Market Economy?

I have read much on the case and have also heard underground stories about what caused the legal tussle.

When OBJ was in power, Innoson imported some motorcycle and agricultural machines but they were seized by the Customs despite meeting the requirements. Customs subsequently auctioned the goods worth billions of naira.

Senator Iyabo Obasanjo bought the goods at ridiculously low prices. Innoson sued Customs and the court ordered Customs to pay Innoson over N2 billion. GTB (bankers of the Customs) appealed the judgement, claiming that Customs had no money, even though evidence showed that Customs had over 10 billion in their account with GTB.

The Appeal Court upheld the High Court judgement. GTB went to the Supreme Court.

GTB have tried to explore the media to damage Innoson's reputation.

‪#‎Picketting‬ of GTBank is necessary now !

THE WAR AGAINST THE IGBOS CONTINUE AS LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT SET TO DEMOLISH LADIPO MARKET.

The cold war between Igbos and Yoruba in Lagos sets high as Lagos state government set to demolish Ogbo-ewu part of ladipo market dominated by Igbos without notice to relocate.

DANGER LOOMS IN IMO STATE NIGERIA AS IT RAINED BLACK.

Some part of Imo state are still on panic following the outcome the rain in their various homes,right source gathered that the rainfall which was black is still very distress to many.

PANIC AS NIGER DELTA MILITANTS STRIKES CUSTOM SERVICE BASE IN ORON.

Heavily armed men suspected to be Niger Delta militants on Monday invaded the Nigerian Customs Service Base in Oron, Akwa Ibom State, killing an officer and carting away 10 rifles.
The Police and residents of the area, who have since confirmed the incident, said the gunmen attacked the base at about 9pm.
The Nigerian Customs Marine Base is located at Esin Ufot, a fishing community in Oron Local Government Area.
A source, who requested his identity be protected, told PREMIUM TIMES that the area has come under consistent attacks by the hoodlums.
“The so-called militants attacked the Nigerian Customs Marine office in Oron and killed one officer, injured anther and went away with 10 rifles,” the source told PREMIUM TIMES. “That is the latest in the town now.”
Another source who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES lamented that the militants were becoming more daring by the day and have been wreaking havoc in many communities in the riverine area.
According to him, the militants have raided the police station, the Nigerian Immigrations Barracks and key fishing settlements in the area.
“The situation is becoming very critical nowadays as the militants now attack security operatives and local fishermen alike,” said the source.
“The other day, they ransacked a police station and later they attacked an Immigrations Base.
“From Oron waterway to Uta Ewa in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area, the militants have been robbing and killing people almost on a daily basis.
“The last time it happened here in Oron they invaded and over powered the marine police and carted away their arms while the policemen fled for their lives”.
The source insisted that the militants were better armed than the Nigerian Police, the Nigerian Customs Service and the Nigerian Immigrations Service.
According to him, the senator representing the area in the National Assembly would soon raise a motion of urgent national importance to draw attention to the menace.
In a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES, the Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State, Gabriel Achong, confirmed the attack.
“Yes, it is true that militants attacked the Marine Base of the Nigerian Customs Service in Oron yesterday (Monday),” Mr. Achong said.
“It is also true that one Customs officer was killed and 10 rifles taken away by the militants.”
He said the Monday attack was an isolated case, denying there had been repeated attacks in the area.

13 SOLID REASONS CHIBOK GIRLS WAS A SCAM AND CONSPIRACY AGAINST G.E.J's ADMINSTRATION.

1. How come all of a sudden we are no longer hearing Oby Ezekwesili campaign for their release? Did something get mixed up along the line? Because it is on record that the army said the chibok girls were NOT among the rescued girls.

2. The wife of the president on Thursday evening held a dinner with the mothers of the missing girls so if indeed they have not been found, why is APC backtracking?

3. Maiduguri airport which had been closed for over 2 years on account of BH violence was reopened yesterday amidst the violence which has been upbeat since PMB took over. Is there something Shettima isn't telling us?

4. I am not aware of any school even I'm the educated south where there is close to 300 students enrolment for physics exams. How much more in the village of chibok. Does that add up?

5. What mode of conveyance was used to move over 200 students? Does it sound even plausible? Considering that if they were using buses, they would need about 15 to do so

6. Does it make sense to assume that some girls escaped from BH camp running faster than bloodthirsty islamists who have shown no qualms in killing? Especially when they are armed and know the terrain against little girls who have no idea where they are or where they are headed? With no supplies or direction?

7. WAEC has a duplicate of exam photocards of their candidates. How come these photo cards have never been made public?

Has anyone imagined the logistics of keeping over 200 prisoners talk less female prisoners without the knowledge of the entire world?

8. Even el-Rufai and the current leadership in APC have suddenly lost their tongues... Can someone explain these?

9. The mantra by this administration before it came on board was that it will end BH menace in one month. And that any insurgency that lasts more than 24 hours has the government complicit in it. Well its more than 2 weeks.... Wouldn't the same standard apply here? I would also have wanted to see some action that will convince me that something significant will be happening in the next 12 days to rescue these girls and end in the insurgency as promised.... Or are you asking us not to hold the government by its promise? 10. While President GEJ was not present during this abduction, he is bound to listen to the report of his security chiefs. Thus he cannot officially hold a position different from his security chiefs. He takes responsibility for their position as the Commander in Chief. Whether or not he is convinced is now his personal opinion. However, we must also remember that it was on record too that the former NSA raised alarm on the complicity of members of the security agencies and government in the BH saga so it becomes difficult to separate fact from fiction.

11. If the Chibok girls were scattered or profiled, the man promising one month to rescue and end the insurgency MUST have known of the scattering and the locations and how to coordinate such rescue in 30 days. He must also have known the infiltrators in the security agencies that will carry out this operation and how to cage them. If not I will be as aghast as you would, if sincere, on the basis of such pronouncements.

12. Coming from a president who would stabilise global oil prices, employ 3 million Nigerians per annum amidst a recession, offer free meals to school children, make our Naira exchange 1 to 1 to the dollar amongst a litany of other obtuse promises must surely have started something to announce his arrival. At least the first batch of the 1.5 million jobs for the year ought to have started... Even if its just 100,000 jobs to stamp his authority. I really wonder therefore who is 'clueless' here. Because basic economics teaches me that parity in exchange rate only favours an importing economy. For an exporting economy, the reverse is the case. With very weak currency and good standard and cost of living, the economy thrives. Please check Japan and China. The naira if I'm not mistaken is even higher than the Yen or at par yet Japan is among the top 5 economies in the world.

In view of this, I find it hard to swallow 'ineptitude' especially when it comes in defence of a man who just met President Mitchell of West Germany and who indirectly promised to kill all industries in Nigeria and make us an importing nation. I am floundering as I assume you should be now in trying to grasp the rationale in that comment...

13. I am happy that hapless girls are given a voice by international crusaders however I am worried that international crusaders switched off as soon as the elections elections ended. Can't they continue till they see to the end of their crusade? It makes it grossly suspect, their timing in deciding to end their campaign for violence against women.

I am 100% for women empowerment, gender equality and violence against women. Even my closest friend has a song on it in which I might lend my voice to down the line.... I am peeved however that the rise and fall of this campaign seriously coincided with the 2015 general elections....

Finally let me ask you this, "Would you stop campaigning if your daughter was kidnapped by BH because Buhari won?"

I just wonder!"
.......Obinna Onyekachi Mgbeahurike.

BUHARI'S 7 DAYS IN OFFICE REPORT CARD AND STATE OF THE NATION.

ONE WEEK REPORT CARD OF PRESIDENT BUHARI:
29th May 2015- Twin bomb blast rocks wedding
ceremony in Bornu state, 7 feared dead
30th May 2015- Bomb blast at Baga road and
Monday market in Bornu state
31st May 2015- Tanker explosion at Asaba park,
Onitsha-Asaba express, Anambra state. thanks to
vice president's visit
1st June 2015- Bomb blast at Moru-Moru market at
Gomboru in Maiduguri, Bornu state
2nd June 2015- Bomb blast at Shagari low cost
estate in Maiduguri and timber shed market along
Baga road in 7 division headquarters
3rd June 2015- Bomb blast in Bornu, 45 feared dead
4th June 2015- Bomb blast at Jemeita market in
Yola, Adamawa stat.
5th June 2015 -No electricity in Nigeria yet, Buhari is not in
Nigeria, Naira is not yet equivalent to Dollar, Bringback our girls
is no longer on the news,Sahara reporters are no more reporting pictures of bomb blasts!!!

COURT STOPS C.J.N FROM SWEARING BUHARI IN COME MAY 29 OVER CERTIFICATE SAGA.

A Civil Society Organisation, the Incorporated Trustees of Advocacy for Societal Rights Advancement and Development Initiative, has ‎asked the Federal Court in Abuja to stop the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, from administering oath on the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari on May 29.
‎The group, in an originating summons that was filed by its lawyer, Mr. Philip Ekpo, insisted that Buhari is not legally fit to take over as the President of Nigeria.

•Buhari: Decked out
The plaintiff argued that Buhari did not meet the qualification enshrined in the 1999 Constitution and the Electoral Act, and ought not have contested the April 11, 2015, presidential election.
Cited as respondents in the suit were Buhari, the Independent National Electoral Commission and the Chief Justice of Nigeria.
The group specifically applied for an order of interim injunction restraining the 3rdRespondent or any person acting in his capacity, from swearing in the 1stRespondent as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on May 29, 2015, or any other date thereof, pending the determination of the Motion on Notice.
According to the plaintiff, “‎The 1st Respondent gave false information in the Affidavit he presented to the 2nd Respondent and on the strength of which he contested and purportedly won the presidential election which was conducted by the 2nd Respondent on
March 28, 2015.
“The 1st Respondent deposed to an Affidavit dated ‎November 24, 2014 that his West African School Leaving Certificate is in the custody of the Secretary to the Military Board
“The Nigerian Army on ‎January 20, 2015, said that in the personal file of the 1st Respondent with the Nigerian Army, they do not have the original copy of his West African School Leaving Certificate (WASC) nor does the Nigerian Army have the Certified True Copy of his WASC results neither do they have a photocopy of the said result.
“The 1st Respondent has not met the qualifications enshrined in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Electoral Act, Cap E6, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2010 (as amended) to havecontested the position of President of Nigeria at the 2015 general elections.
” That the authority conferred by Section 140 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) on the 3rd Respondent to administer oath of office to any person who will occupy the office of the President of Nigeria cannot be exercised in respect of the 1st Respondent who has not fulfilled the requirements of the same Constitution and the Electoral Act as it relates to his eligibility to occupy the office of President of Nigeria”, it averred before the court.
This therefore prayed the court ‎to declare that the information contained in the Buhari’s FORM C.F.001 stating that his educational qualification is the West African School Leaving Certificate (WASC) and that same is with the Secretary to the Military Board amounts to False Information.
As well as to hold that the information contained in the Buhari’s Affidavit deposed to on 24th November, 2014 stating that his West African School Leaving Certificate (WASC) is with the Secretary to the Military Board amounts to False Information.
More so, it is among other things, seeking ‎”A declaration that the 3rdDefendant is estopped fromswearing in the 1st Defendant as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as the issue of perjury involving the 1st Defendant has not been resolved.
“An order restraining the 3rdDefendant or any person appointed for such purpose from swearing in the 1st Defendant as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 29th May, 2015 orany future dateswhatsoever forgiving False Information to the 2nd Respondent on oath.
“An order annulling the Certificate of Return given to the 1stDefendant by the 2ndDefendant.”
Meantime, the case is yet to be assigned to any judge for hearing.

THE MAN OF HONOUR G.E.J APPROVES #5BILLION TO PURCHASE STOVE FOR RURAL WOMEN.

President Goodluck Jonathan has released N5 billion to the Ministry of Environment for the purchase of clean cook stoves for rural women, a project which is expected to gulp N9.2 billion.
Minister of Environment Laurentia Mallam, who said this yesterday, added that the President will inaugurate the project today.
Mrs. Mallam said the stoves will be distributed to women in the rural areas through the state ministries of environment.
According to her, the contractor, Messrs Integra Renewable Energy Services Limited, has been given N1.3 billion from the N5 billion released by the Federal Government.
She spoke during an inspection visit to the Velodrome at the National Stadium, Abuja, where some of the 750,000 stoves were being assembled.
The minister added that clean cook stoves will help to discourage the use of firewood for cooking, which she said is one of the causes of desertification in the North.
She said: “We started in the northern parts of the country because of the challenges we are facing there with the desert encroaching into the country and people still cut down trees.
“Now, the President wants it to spread throughout the country and so we have this project.
“The ministry has received N5 billion so far. You know when N9.2 billion was approved by the Federal Government last year, we told Nigerians that N9.2 billion has been approved by the Federal Government. But so far, N5 billion has been released to the ministry.
“We have given the contractor 15 per cent, which is N1.3 billion. That is what we have released to the contractor and we still have N3.7 billion in the ministry’s account.”
Mrs. Mallam added that by 2020, most women in the rural areas will have access to the stoves.