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THE HAUSA LEADERS HAVE CLAIMED THAT THEY ARE BORN TO RULE ON THE CONTRARY, THEY ARE THE REASONS WHY NIGERIA REMAINS A FAKE UNION. THEIR KIND OF DEMOCRACY IS TO HAND PICK SOMEONE WHO WILL SHEILD THEIR LOOT. OBASANJO NOT ONLY SCREWED THEM, HE HOSED THE WHOLE NATION.
OBANSAJO IS NIGERIA'S MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT-BALARABE MUSA
Friday, February 1, 2008 Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) and former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, spoke to the Northern Region Bureau Chief, Hassan Ibrahim, on issues of national significance. Excerpts:
Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd.), was in the papers recently where he gave reasons he supported Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to emerge as president in 1999. How would you react to his statements? I did not read the report of his statements, but I know that it was Babangida and his friends who even organised Obasanjo’s release from prison. I also know for a fact that it was Babangida that vouched for Obasanjo to be accepted as a presidential candidate in 1999. I know this because even though I have no direct contact with him, I never had and there has never been any reason for it. I know that one leader in Nigeria who was very close to Babangida and I believe he is still very close to him, approached me and over a period of four weeks, we discussed the possibility of supporting Obasanjo’s candidature. Finally, I and our group agreed that as compared with other presidential aspirants at that time, Obasanjo was the least risked. So I know for a fact that it was Babangida who vouched for Obasanjo not only in the North but throughout Nigeria. That is why we believe that Babangida made Obasanjo the president. Among the reasons Babangida gave in the report was that Obasanjo loves Nigeria very much... Yes, we also believed that, but we didn’t support him simply because Babangida vouched for him, we did because we believed what Babangida’s agents told us. His agents are people we have associated with and we have confidence in them. So, we believed that he was suitable and we said he was the least risked. We said he was the least risked because the role of money in Nigeria’s politics makes it very difficult to know who to support with confidence. But someone had to be supported and compared with others who competed with him, Obasanjo had the least risk. Unfortunately, immediately after Obasanjo was sworn-in, he betrayed everybody, he betrayed himself, he betrayed his associates, he betrayed his conscience, he betrayed Nigeria and that is the problem. Did he also betray Babangida? Of course! Because he wanted to destroy Babangida through the Oputa panel. Not because he wanted Nigerians to know what happened, he just wanted to destroy former presidents, particularly military presidents and particularly Babangida. Some people blame Babangida for ‘paving the way’ for Obasanjo to become president. Do you think such an allegation is genuine? No, I don’t think we should blame Babangida because we also analysed the situation and agreed with him. Even though we were opposed to his political standing, we were opposed to him even when he was military president. But in 1999, we definitely agreed with his reasoning and we didn’t want to dismiss his reasoning simply because we had our own feeling about him as a leader or a person. They were important but they were secondary to the fact that he advanced credible reasons for supporting Obasanjo. How would you assess Obasanjo’s eight-year tenure? A disaster! Why was it a disaster? It is a disaster for Nigeria because he turned out to be the most corrupt president Nigeria has ever had; in fact the most corrupt public officer in the history of Nigeria if we go by the allegations, credible allegations against him. He also has appeared to be the lowest morally upright person that we have ever had. Now, there are so many allegations against him but I can only mention two. One, the allegation that he participated in the sharing of the ecological fund of the Plateau State Government. Secondly, there are a number of projects which he established personally that he couldn’t have financed from his legitimate earnings. He must have financed them from a source which is of doubtful legitimacy. His university project and his library project are examples. We are saying this because in 1999, Obasanjo was virtually bankrupt particularly with regard to his farming project. Yet, four years after he became president, Obasanjo Farm admitted that it was making a profit of N30 million a month and it is now a very big project. How was he able to finance it? From his legitimate income? It couldn’t be . These are just few based on his own admission. In the case of sharing of the ecological fund, the media has reported that when Obasanjo was confronted with this problem, he paid N50 million back to the Plateau State Government. Now, there are more serious allegations. They are becoming more serious and credible that we are not only calling for the probe of Obasanjo, we are calling for the probe of the Obasanjo regime from 1999 to 2007 because it is the only way Nigerians can know the truth of the theft of public property. How about those who say Obasanjo has done well for the North by supporting the emergence of Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua as president? As far as Obasanjo is concerned, he betrayed everybody, not only the North. His support of Yar’Adua was purely based on his own calculations and the need for someone who will be his surrogate, someone who will protect him and keep his secrets. Unfortunately, these secrets can not be kept.
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This is the logic, Babagida picked Obasanjo as President for more than 100 million people to protect his loot, and the latest gist is that, Obasanjo picked Yaradua to protect his rogue Presidency. Babagida was declared untouchable by Obasanjo and could not be probed. Quote" If there is anyone with evidence against Babagida, let me know" ------> Obasanjo. Now, who will Yaradua pick to screw up Nigeria? There is no doubt that Obasanjo stole money from the people's Bank. The buck gotta stop somewhere and it begins with Babagida to Obasanjo. A Special committee not affilliated with party politics or loyalty to probe each god dammed President after his or her term. It is called accountability, checks and balances.
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Can the Sharia System amputate the heinous governmental looters of Nigerians treasury before severing ordinary individual for his or her slightest socio-misdeeds as it's? Is it not the worst of an abomination to the Islamic and Christian worlds due Nigeria?
Now can us see how they condemn this evil acts by those diabolical elements once entrusted with the welfare and security of Nigerians? Can Nigeria's judicial apparatus be anything differently welcomed due this?
Yet, no matter what becomes its aftermath, it only remains where Nigerians-enmass and NdiIgbos-enmass are enlightened enough to start denying their socio-political goodies and baits by directing their steps to Armageddon and abaddon for life, aye!
Alibi!...Abeg, read below...We must fight it to the end, period!
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dano4life <dano4life@yahoo. com> wrote: To: FGGN@yahoogroups. com From: "dano4life" <dano4life@yahoo. com> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:19:31 -0000 Subject: [FGGN] CAN DIS B TRUE???
I am so sorry my first post comes short of any accolade for our dear country. I stumbled on this piece of information as released by the WORLD BANK:
Find below the reasons why Nigeria is in the situation it is in, Lacks all infrastructures. Pass this on to the people you know. This need not be let to rest. These men are selfish and for all I care they were trusted by all Nigerians to lead us rather they robbed us blind.
See Nigeria o o o.
LOOTED MONEY DISCOVERED IN FOREIGN BANKS
NAMES OF DEPOSITORS LONDON(£) SWISS($) USA($) GERMANY(D)
GEN IBRAHIM BABANGIDA 6.25bn 7.41bn 2.00bn 9.00bn GEN ABUBAKAR 1.31bn 2.33bn 800M REAR ADMIRAL MIKE AKHIGBE 1.24bn 2.42bn 671M 1.00bn GEN JERRY USENI 3.04bn 2.01bn 1.01bn 900M ALH ISMAILA GWARZO 1.03bn 2.00bn 1.3bn 700M ALH UMARU DIKKO 4.5bn 1.4bn 700M 345M PAUL OGWUMA 300M 1.42bn 200M 500M GEN SANI ABACHA 9.01bn 4.09bn 800M 3.01M MOHAMMED ABACHA 300M 1.2bn 150M 535M ABDULKADIR ABACHA 700M 1.21bn 900M 471M ALHAJI WADA NAS 600M 1.32bn 300M TOM IKIMI 400M 1.39bn 152M 371M DAN ETETE 1.12bn 1.03bn 400M 1.72bn DON ETIBET 2.5bn 1.06bn 700M 361M MAJ AL MUSTAPHA 600M 1.001bn 210M ANTHONY ANI 2.9bn 1.09bn 360M 1.66bn BASHIR DALHATU 2.3bn 1.001bn 161M 1.43bn GEN WUSHISHI 700M 1.301bn ALH HASSAN ADAMU 300M 200M 700M T Y DANJUMA 300M 200M 700M GEN ISHAYA BAMAYI 120M 800M
*SOURCE: WORLD BANK TO THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA
THIS SHOULD NOT DISCOURAGE OR FRUSTRATE OUR EFFORTS TO C A REFORMED NIGERIA. THESE HUGE SUM WOULD GO A LONG WAY IN SOFTPEDALLING THE HARD WHEEL OF POVERTY GRINDING THE NATION I THINK?
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In a message dated 3/15/2008 5:34:28 A.M. Central Daylight Time, SeyiOluAwofeso@ gmail.com writes: Nigerian deals 'wasted billions'
Olusegun Obasanjo is still influential in Nigeria's ruling party Some $2.2bn-worth of Nigerian energy contracts were awarded without a bidding process by the former president and his energy minister, officials say. One was to a company with less than $200 of base capital at the time, a witness told a parliamentary committee.
It is investigating why $16bn of investment in the energy sector during Olusegun Obasanjo's eight years in power failed to end power shortages.
Ex-President Abdulsalami Abubakar heads one of the firms, the committee heard.
He is chairman of Energo Nigeria Ltd, which received a $163m contract to build a power station by 2009.
According to a state official, only 5% of the work has so far been completed.
The staff in the Ministry of Energy was never involved
James Olotu Government official
The BBC's Ahmed Idris in the capital, Abuja, says this week's parliamentary hearings, which are being aired on television, are causing a stir with their revelations.
He says many parts of the country go for days without electricity and businesses and many homes rely on their generators.
When President Umaru Yar'Adua came to power last year he announced he would declare a "state of emergency" on the country's energy crisis.
Nigeria currently has 10 power stations - they are all between 20 and 30 years old.
Last month, Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan said power cuts were an "embarrassment" to Nigeria - after black-outs affected a meeting he was attending.
Testimonies
The House of Representatives committee is investigating why six power stations - already paid for by the government - are yet to be completed years after they were begun.
Many businesses cannot rely on a regular electricity supply It has called all the contractors to give testimony about their progress.
Two witnesses told the hearings, which began on Tuesday, that bushes from the the site where a South African company, Pivot, had been contracted to build a station in the oil-rich Niger Delta have yet to be cleared.
Pivot, which had a base capital of $200 at the time it received its contract, had received about 75% of the money for the project, government official James Olotu said.
Mr Olotu heads the National Integrated Power Projects, a government organisation set up by Mr Obasanjo to try to attract private investment into the energy sector.
He and another official said that Mr Obasanjo and former Energy Minister Liyel Imoke personally approved all the contracts.
"The staff in the Ministry of Energy was never involved," Mr Olotu told the committee.
President Yar'Adua is also expected to appear before the committee and it is likely that Mr Obasanjo himself will be called to give evidence.
The committee is expected to give its recommendations within a month.
In a message dated 3/15/2008 5:34:28 A.M. Central Daylight Time, SeyiOluAwofeso@ gmail.com writes: Nigerian deals 'wasted billions'
Olusegun Obasanjo is still influential in Nigeria's ruling party Some $2.2bn-worth of Nigerian energy contracts were awarded without a bidding process by the former president and his energy minister, officials say. One was to a company with less than $200 of base capital at the time, a witness told a parliamentary committee.
It is investigating why $16bn of investment in the energy sector during Olusegun Obasanjo's eight years in power failed to end power shortages.
Ex-President Abdulsalami Abubakar heads one of the firms, the committee heard.
He is chairman of Energo Nigeria Ltd, which received a $163m contract to build a power station by 2009.
According to a state official, only 5% of the work has so far been completed.
The staff in the Ministry of Energy was never involved
James Olotu Government official
The BBC's Ahmed Idris in the capital, Abuja, says this week's parliamentary hearings, which are being aired on television, are causing a stir with their revelations.
He says many parts of the country go for days without electricity and businesses and many homes rely on their generators.
When President Umaru Yar'Adua came to power last year he announced he would declare a "state of emergency" on the country's energy crisis.
Nigeria currently has 10 power stations - they are all between 20 and 30 years old.
Last month, Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan said power cuts were an "embarrassment" to Nigeria - after black-outs affected a meeting he was attending.
Testimonies
The House of Representatives committee is investigating why six power stations - already paid for by the government - are yet to be completed years after they were begun.
Many businesses cannot rely on a regular electricity supply It has called all the contractors to give testimony about their progress.
Two witnesses told the hearings, which began on Tuesday, that bushes from the the site where a South African company, Pivot, had been contracted to build a station in the oil-rich Niger Delta have yet to be cleared.
Pivot, which had a base capital of $200 at the time it received its contract, had received about 75% of the money for the project, government official James Olotu said.
Mr Olotu heads the National Integrated Power Projects, a government organisation set up by Mr Obasanjo to try to attract private investment into the energy sector.
He and another official said that Mr Obasanjo and former Energy Minister Liyel Imoke personally approved all the contracts.
"The staff in the Ministry of Energy was never involved," Mr Olotu told the committee.
President Yar'Adua is also expected to appear before the committee and it is likely that Mr Obasanjo himself will be called to give evidence.
The committee is expected to give its recommendations within a month.
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