Money 'saved' on Fuel Subsidy Removal as of Nov 18th:
N384.86 billion (approx $2.405 billion)
WHAT'S NEW?
• Nigerian government is corrupt - Gallup Poll
• #NGConstitutionReview
• #FuelSubsidy
• Sound-bites from #MediaChatNG
• Airports and Airlines
• SUPPORT
• OPPORTUNITIES
Nigerian government is corrupt - Gallup Poll
Nigeria is the second among “partly free countries” of the world where citizens believe their governments are corrupt. This is according to Gallup Poll’s latest report in which 94 per cent of Nigerians are said to believe that there is widespread corruption in the country.
#NGConstitutionReview
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56 requests has been received so far for the creation of new states.
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241 memoranda have also been received from Nigerians.
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The work of the committee would be concluded by Q3 2013.
#FuelSubsidy
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned another oil marketer, Rowaye Jubril before the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja over an alleged N963.7 million fuel subsidy fraud.
Sound-bites from #MediaChatNG
President Jonathan hosted his 3rd Presidential Media Chat yesterday evening from 7-9 pm with journalists from Guardian, Vanguard, Saturday Mirror and NTA. The previous ones this year were in January and June.
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Boko Haram |
“Presently, government is not dialoguing with any group. There is no dialogue between the Boko Haram and government. Though there was a news item talking about dialogue, but the Boko Haram group is yet to come out. So there is nobody to dialogue with.”
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Odi invasion option to curtail Boko Haram |
“If bombarding Odi was to solve the problem, then it was never solved and of course if the attack on Odi had solved the problem of militancy in the Niger Delta, then the Yar’ Adua government would not have come up with the Amnesty programme. So, that should tell you that the attack on Odi never solved the militancy problem and we had more challenges after that attack on Odi.”
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2015 Ambition |
“Four years is very short time for a president to make an impact. Immediately you start talking about elections, you get diverted, give us time. Before you ask Mr. President whether he will contest or not, give me time. I don’t want to distract members of my cabinet. To know if I would contest again, I will ask you to wait till 2014. Give me some time for me and my cabinet to do our work. I do not want to distract my team in our quest.”.”
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Dwindling PDP dominance |
“It is even dangerous for this country if PDP, for example, should control all the states. Then there is no democracy and that is one of the challenges that we have conducting PDP primaries, because in some states, you look at the primaries as the election before the election. Immediately you secure the PDP ticket, you are already the governor; it is not in the best interest of this country.
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Corruption |
“The effort this government has put in in fighting corruption, I don’t think any other person has done that. This government is fighting corruption and the results are obvious.”
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The Manitoba contract & ownership of bidders in PHCN privatization
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“Manitoba’s contract has not been revoked. There were some issues raised because of misunderstanding.”
“Former heads of state are probably shareholders in some companies I don’t think they own any company of their own but no matter what, these companies bidded (sic) and they will be assessed technically so you will not know if it is owned by a former head of state or not.” |
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Refineries |
He said the administration was working towards adopting the Canadian model. According to him, Canada has 16 refineries owned by private individuals, but managed under a deregulated system. He maintained that for the private sector to be encouraged to invest in building refineries, the issue of subsidy must be resolved.
“For those people who have been given licenses to build refineries do so, the government must be seen to resolve the issue of subsidy, as people will be concerned about what gets to them after investing huge resources in that venture.”
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Fuel Subsidy |
“If we want to remove subsidy, we wouldn’t have made provisions for subsidy in 2013 budget.”
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Unemployment |
“We are working very hard. You cannot get jobs overnight; we are coming up with programs like SURE-P, YOUWIN to develop people… I never promised to reduce poverty. I promised to create wealth.”
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Feeding in State House |
“There is a lot of misconception about the State House… I even eat two times a day, breakfast and dinner; and the food I eat is not very expensive.”
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Fuel Scarcity |
“As we are talking today, there is no fuel queue in Benin Republic, and all the fuel there is from Nigeria, yet there is fuel queue in Lagos,”
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Power |
“Before the middle of next year, we would have stable electricity in Nigeria.” |
Nigerian Universities
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“We have set up a committee to identify why none of our Universities are among the top 100 in the world.” |
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Parting words |
“I, the Vice-President and my team will leave something behind by the end of his four year tenure that Nigerians will be proud of.” |
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The EiE Nigeria Team
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