International Atomic Energy Agency boss visits Abuja facility

The DG, International Atomic Energy Agency, Mr Yukiya Amano was in Abuja last week, and on Tuesday, inspected the nuclear energy facility of the Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission, where he commended Nigeria's nuclear energy programme. Picture shows Mr. Amano , President Buhari and some members of staff of the Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission. It is important to note that nuclear energy can be used for power (electricity) generation and other developmental purposes.

Flashpoint of Rivers Rerun through tweets from PDP

Rerun Elections in Bonny LGA postponed

The March 19th, 2016 rerun elections in Bonny LGA has been postponed because of the flooding of INEC result sheets in the hands of one of the political parties.

According to witness report, the people of Bonny decided to boycott the elections to avoid rigging while staging a protest to call for its cancellation.

We wonder why the desperate measures just to win elections which is suppose too be for the god of the people. Where is the change promised Nigerians

Made in Port Harcourt Car seen on Aba Road, PH

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This locally manufactured car was seen driving along Aba Road, Port Harcourt. This is a call on the Nigerian government to invest in the skills of the youths to be able to allow the country to  harness their skills in the country's effort to produce locally.

ANY END IN SIGHT TO ENERGY CRISIS - VICTORIA OHAERI

Victoria Ohaeri

The situation in Nigeria today is far from ideal: no fuel, no electricity, no water, compounded by scorching heat, rising food and transport prices. The majority of filling stations are under lock and key, while the few dispensing fuel have unilaterally hiked the pump price from the official rate of N86.50 to between N100 and N150 per litre. With the economy in tatters, and naira value falling like a house of cards, families-particularly female-headed households-live under pressure, as job losses mount, school fees skyrocket and housing costs soar. Beyond the far-from-ideal situation, the greatest source of worry to many is that there is no projection of its end in sight.

Since the 90s, the twin challenges of fuel scarcity and power outages have been recurrent phenomena in Nigeria. The demand for petroleum products continues to exceed supply especially as the country’s four refineries function below the refining capacity required to meet local energy demands. Capacity has remained at 445,000 barrels per day since the late 1980s, despite the dramatic rise of Nigeria’s population from over 95 million in 1990 to over 170 million in 2014. The situation is similar in the power sector. Nigeria has huge natural gas reserves and enormous renewable energy potential but its power-generating capacity- only about4,000 MW -is unable to meet the energy demand of the rapidly growing population. Average power generation stood at 3,200MW in 2011, and for the first time ever in February 2016, peaked at 5,074MW, producing the highest maximum daily energy of 109,372 megawatts hour.  This was still low compared to the estimated demand of 12,800MW needed to match demand with supply.

Owing to the chronic electricity supply shortages, households and businesses depend on petroleum products (mainly petrol, diesel and kerosene) as alternative sources of energy to light up homes, carry out basic domestic chores and power the industries that create jobs. Scarcity or unavailability of energy alternatives aggravates mass suffering, and can make life unbearable. The lamentations below by grieving Nigerians sum up the excruciating hardship citizens have had to endure last week.



Because of their traditionally-gendered roles of cooking, heating, laundry, storage, women bear a higher share of the burdens associated with fuel scarcity and electricity shortages. A young woman disclosed on social media that she bought fuel on the black market at a rate of N12,000 for 40 litres to power generators in her home. Because of prevailing inequalities in income- on average, women have lower incomes than men -procuring fuel at such prohibitive prices puts an additional strain on women. The inability to refrigerate or preserve food also forces women to cook or heat frequently, leading to loss of nutritional quality, food wastages and drudgery, taking up valuable time that women would have used for other productive activities. Not only that, the regular boxing bouts, violent pushing and spontaneous fights witnessed daily at the few filling stations that still dispense fuel have left women more vulnerable to violence and physical harm.

Since May 29, 2015, Nigeria’s fuel supply crisis has lingered for over nine consecutive months, with only random short breaks in-between. Frighteningly, the inadequacy of power and fuel has now reached lowest levels never before experienced or anticipated. As of last week, the Transmission Company of Nigeria announced that power generation had dropped drastically, from 4,387MW to 1,580.6MW. Vandalisation of gas pipelines, leading to shortage of gas supply and disruption of gas supply to power plants, top the long list of reasons blamed for the drastic drop.  In addition, strike action by workers of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation prevented the loading of petroleum products at depots, escalating the fuel shortage and reducing the gas supply. Power plants have struggled to upgrade and re-tool because of the scarcity, as well as to pay off international debts, because of the weak currency and foreign exchange.

What makes the lingering fuel crisis particularly perplexing is that the elementary forces that previously triggered fuel shortages are supposedly absent. For instance, recent retail price modulation prompted by the declining oil prices in the international market has painlessly eradicated gasoline and kerosene subsidies. Therefore, there are no more marketers holding the government to ransom on account of subsidy arrears. In the same vein, gas prices have been upwardly reviewed to attract investors. Electricity tariffs were also increased recently by as high as 45 per cent. Higher tariff burdens have not improved electricity supply, but instead, appears to pass the high costs of avoidable inefficiencies to customers who now have to pay more for darkness.

More tellingly, Nigeria has moved from the era of heavy subsidy payments to a new era of over-recovery following the recent revision of the petroleum products pricing template for Premium Motor Spirit and Household Kerosene. Substantiated media reports, including the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency’s pricing template, showed that the government is already making N13.81 on every litre of petrol as of February 16, 2016, generating savings of over N2.6 billion as a result of the price modulations. In February 2016, Spaces for Change submitted an FOI request to the PPPRA, requesting it to declare and publish the over-recovery earnings on PMS and kerosene.

It should also be recalled that the NNPC, in November 2015, cancelled the call for commercial bids issued to 44 shortlisted bidders comprising of 34 international firms and 10 indigenous companies. The bidders are primarily, middlemen authorised to engage in crude oil sales through the vehicle of Offshore Processing Agreements. In March 2016, the Federal Government further jettisoned the crude oil swap arrangements and the associated Offshore Processing Arrangements. It replaced these schemes with the “Direct Sale-Direct Purchase” alternative, touted as more efficient because of the wider latitude it gives NNPC to directly sell crude oil and purchase petroleum products from credible international refineries. The Presidency boasts of “greater efficiency” expected to result from these new reform measures in the oil and gas industry but this is still unrealised. More so, it is unclear how much longer the reform experimentation will last before desired outcomes begin to manifest. The unending fuel scarcity is a new low, increasingly gaining public recognition as the “new normal”. This growing perception of normalcy is imparting an unusual numbness, and fuelling an unremarkable resilience to upsetting conditions that formerly elicited public outrage.

One important lesson to learn from recent events is that the official policies and programmatic measures deployed to address the energy supply challenges in the country are just not working and it is time to explore new ideas and methods. The over-dependence of the energy sector on petroleum has slowed down the development of alternative, and much cleaner fuels. The recurrent fuel scarcity situation presents a unique opportunity to develop new technologies, and increase investment in critical infrastructure needed to diversify Nigeria’s energy mix. Renewable energy sources-such as solar, wind, hydropower from natural falls, flowing rivers, oceans waves and currents, biomass (wood fuel, ethanol, willow coppice, waste, and agricultural products and crop residues)-abound in Nigeria. But the renewable energy generation growth of eight per cent and 16 per cent projected between 2020 and 2030 respectively is only realisable by developing sustainable financing solutions for accelerating the development and commercialisation of renewable energy.

Ms Ohaeri, executive director of Spaces for Change based in Lagos, wrote in via victoria@spacesforchange.org

Dakuku Peterside approved as the new DG, NIMASA

Wike commissions the Nkpogu bridge in Port Harcourt

Gov. Nyesom Wike commissioned the first phase of the Nkpogu bridge leading to the NLNG roundabout. This is a welcome development and will ease the traffic situation of the Eastern by Pass, Amadi Round About, Nkpogu and Rainbow areas. The NIB wishes Wike well and hopes to see more of this road projects.

A NIB reader's police experience

A reader of our blog (NIB) shared his experience at a Police check point at Omerelu, by the boarder of Rivers State and Imo State along the Port Harcourt/Owerri road. He said he was stopped and asked to produce his vehicle documents and driver's licence which he did. The Police man attending to him asked for his Vehicle Purchase Clearance Certificate (which actually does not exist). For this reason,  the NIB reader was asked to pay 6,000 Naira which he refused to do and was delayed for over three hours. Another Police colleague at the check point then came and asked what the problem was. After hearing from the NIB reader, he was asked to go. Since then, the NIB reader had gone to the Police headquarters at Moscow road, Port Harcourt and the Rivers State Licensing Office to confirm if there was any document like Vehicle Purchase Certificate which both offices confirmed it's non-existence.

We are calling on the Nigerian Police Force authorities to control the excesses of their officers. The Police is said to be our friends though they don't act that way.

See how RSSDA celebrated the Int. Women's Day

The Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) celebrated the International Women's Day with the Theme: Pledge For Parity. The CEO of the agency, Mr Larry Pepple, pictured above, pledged to help Women and Girls to achieve their Sustainable Ambitions. He said "please join the fight to end all forms of discrimination against Women and the Girl Child"

Nigerian Donli now chairs Student Union of Uni of Surrey,

All hail the new Chair of the Student Union of the University of Surrey, England. She is Zainab Elizabeth Donli. The New Informer would love to celebrate her, as a role model for future young Nigerian ladies. Congrats Zainab Elizabeth Donli.

Asisat Oshoala: Nigerian granted permit to join Arsenal Ladies from Liverpool Ladies

Asisat Oshoala is one the biggest names in African women's football

Nigeria international striker Asisat Oshoala has been granted a UK work permit, clearing the path for her to complete a switch to Arsenal Ladies from rivals Liverpool Ladies.

Arsenal Ladies' bid was "reluctantly accepted" by their fellow Women's Super League One side in January.

The Gunners activated a release clause in Oshoala's contract, subject to her gaining a work permit for 2016.

Oshoala, 21, was named the BBC's Women's Footballer of the Year in 2015.

She is presently in Zurich as a panellist at the Fifa Women's Football and Leadership Conference 2016 and is expected in London on Wednesday to finalise her switch to the two-time FA Women's Super League champions.

Oshoala joined Liverpool ahead of the 2015 WSL campaign but injury blighted her time at the club and she only scored three goals in 12 league outings last season.

The first player from Africa to compete in the Women's Super League, Oshoala burst into the limelight when she emerged as the leading scorer at the 2014 Under-20 World Cup in Canada and was voted the tournament's best player.

Her performances led Nigeria to the final, where they were narrowly beaten by Germany, and she was also a major influence in the senior Nigeria team, who won a record seventh African Women's Championship in October 2014.

That ensured their qualification for last summer's Women's World Cup in Canada, where Oshoala scored her only goal of the competition in a thrilling 3-3 opening match against Sweden.

But the first player to win the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award, voted for by football fans around the world, could not stop the African champions from exiting the tournament in the group stage.

Source: BBC Sport

Amnesty Programme and the beauty of continuity

Article by Sam Okubokeme 

Students of contemporary history have since proclaimed that one of the best demonstrations of continuum in governance in our era is what has been taking place in the Caribbean Island of Guyana. The reference is to what the government did in 2008 when there were food riots worldwide including the Caribbean nation.

The authorities pumped a whopping $2.8b into agriculture, specifically for drainage and irrigation for massive food production. This not only ensured the country was saved from famine. But also it laid the basis for the country to push to become the bread basket of the CARICOM member states that include Jamaica, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Surinam and others.

How was this achieved? The principle of continuum of governance was applied by the administrations that succeeded Guyana’s government that initiated the agricultural policy in 2008. Those governments were never influenced by the fact that the initiator belonged to a different political party. Keen observers now refer to the Guyana experience as the “continuum of interventions in agriculture.”

Today, I see this beauty of continuity at work in Nigeria following the way the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has gone with the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme now headed by retired Brigadier-General Paul Boroh. The president’s decision to extend the life of the scheme by some two years establishes a clear indication that indeed government is a continuum.

It didn’t matter to President Buhari whether the programme was initiated by his predecessors, who belong to a different political party. He opted instead not to play politics with the well-being and stability of the region that produces the country’s wealth in spite of the vicissitudes and the attendant fall in the price of oil on the global market.

There are two conclusions to draw from this. First, it sends strong signals to the people of Niger Delta that the amnesty initiative, with all its goals of rehabilitating the repentant militants and empowering its people is an ongoing affair, not a one-off contract of a government or a political party. It is a national preoccupation. The extension is a value-laden admission that the oil-rich Niger Delta remains as much a critical contributor to the national wealth. Never mind the relatively low revenue oil is giving the country at the moment.

Secondly, the extension of the programme, which was earlier speculated to end in December 2015, reflects the confidence President Buhari has in Boroh, the man currently directing its affairs. He was appointed on July 28, 2015 and promptly assumed duty on July 29. But his work has so far convinced the government that some exciting developments have taken place under his watch for it to earn the support of the people of the region. Thus, there is renewed confidence in the amnesty for the ex-militants. This has completely displaced the forlorn pessimism that Buhari would scrap the scheme without allowing the dreams of the beneficiaries to be fulfilled or to get to the logical conclusion.

On this score one has to laud the efforts of Boroh in a number of respects. He has begun a commendable plan to “graduate” some 3,232 beneficiaries from the programme as a first step of an elaborate exit strategy. These youths have been trained in various academic disciplines and vocational skills. Others are being given set-up or starter packs to enable them stand on their own in the business world.

The implication? The Federal Government will no longer pay them monthly stipends. What does this translate into in the long run? The central government in Abuja will be saving a huge N2.52b in stipend payment per year. That is what Boroh is throwing into the treasury bag of the government from his little corner at the Amnesty Office. For a government seeking funds to enlarge its revenue base and fund budget estimates for capital and recurrent expenditure, this is no little contribution at all.

Boroh has also started a verification exercise of the number of former agitators in the programme. This move is not meant to abort this aspect of the programme as some mischief makers had speculated. Rather it is only designed to enable the new managers of the programme know the actual list of beneficiaries onshore and offshore to allow for frugal allocation of funds. The real intention is to let money go the way it is planned and not to the wrong hands. Again, some good money is going to be saved for better purposes.

The point also has to be made that following the renewed confidence in the programme, more than 1,500 youths of the region recently renounced violence and embraced peace voluntarily. It is doubtful whether it will be possible to absorb them in the programme at this stage. But observers, however, agree that their action would enhance the peace and security of the Niger Delta. The expectation is that with these warlords and violence-prone individuals laying down their arms, the country would witness less attacks on oil facilities and pipelines.

It bears emphasizing that the Amnesty Programme continues to play a major role in upholding the peace of the region nay the nation despite the economic challenges the country faces at the moment. With the onslaught of Boko Haram yet to be fully tamed in the northern flank of the country, we do not need clairvoyance to prevent another uprising in the southern flank.

The beauty of democratic governance is that although administrations go and come, governance along with the need for the people to continuously enjoy the breeze of the good things of life is a sacred covenant between the people and their rulers. The Amnesty Programme under Boroh is proving just that.

…Okubokeme is an Abuja-based media consultant

Drunk football fan kills friend over Lionel Messi-Cristiano Ronaldo argument

Drunk football fan kills friend over Lionel Messi-Cristiano Ronaldo argument





New Delhi: In a freak incident in Mumbai, a 34-year-old Nigerian was stabbed to death by his fellow countryman after the duo had a heated argument over who is the best footballer in the world.

According to a report in the Times of India, the incident occurred on Sunday morning at Mahesh building, Ostwal Nagri, Nalasopara (east).

Michael Chukwuma (22) was part of the 34th birthday celebrations of Obinna Durumchukwu (victim) on Saturday night.

The party went on till 9 am in the morning. Both of them proceeded to play football in the common balcony on the building's third floor.

The two were drunk and ended up having an argument over who between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo was the greater player.

Obinna allegedly hurled an empty bottle at Michael. The bottle missed Michael, hit a wall and smashed into pieces. Michael then picked up a glass piece and slashed Obinna's neck who died on the spot, reports TOI.

On hearing Obinna's screams, the residents of the building informed the Tuling police.

Michael, who ran to the fourth floor of the building, was then arrested by the police.

GEN. BOROH (RTD), FLAGS OFF DISTRIBUTION OF STARTER PACKS

The Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig. Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd) has called on state governments in the Niger Delta and relevant public institutions to encourage the growth of small and medium enterprises as a way to boost the local and national economy.

Brig. General Boroh made the call at a ceremony in Warri, Delta State to officially flag-off the distribution of starter packs to delegates trained as entrepreneurs under the Presidential Amnesty Programme.

He emphasized the role of small businesses in the service sector of the economy while noting that a thriving small and medium enterprises sector would help fast-track the growth of Nigeria’s Industrial sector. 

Brig. General Paul Boroh said this was why the Presidential Amnesty Office is deploying empowerment as part of an integrated platform to consolidate the planned exit strategy for delegates under the programme.

The Strategy will in effect oversee the exit of all trained delegates from the programme over a planned two-year period.

The first set of three thousand two hundred and thirty two beneficiaries who have been trained as entrepreneurs and have received business set up and starter packs are to lead in the exit plan. Also affected are all beneficiaries of the oil and gas international foundation programme.

The Amnesty office has revealed that exiting the first set of 3, 232 delegates from the programme will help save the government a total sum of two billion, five hundred and twenty million, nine hundred and sixty thousand naria.

The Co-ordinator disclosed that the current disbursement of starter packs to a second batch of one thousand and forty two beneficiaries is in furtherance of efforts to ensure that delegates trained as entrepreneurs are able to successfully set up their businesses before they exit the programme.

He described the Amnesty programme as a huge success which has helped in sustaining the peace and stability currently in the Niger Delta.

Brig. Gen. Boroh also advised beneficiaries who received starter packs to be prudent and apply wisdom in running their businesses, as society expects their contributions to national development.

The Chairman at the Flag-off Ceremony, Mr Joel Bisina applauded the federal government for its commitment at maintaining peace and development in the Niger Delta.

He identified the Amnesty Programme-sponsored skills acquisition and vocational trainings as vital tool which has largely helped to arrest youth unemployment and curb restiveness in the region.

The official flag-off ceremony in Delta State was preceded by the disbursement of starter packs to trained delegates of the Presidential Amnesty Programme in some states of the Niger Delta.

The starter pack is handed over to a specific delegate based on the delegate’s area of training as an entrepreneur. Items on the pack are mostly tools relevant and useful for the entrepreneur’s stock in trade.

Boko Haram's 'cattle markets' shut down

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Image captionThe closure of Gamboru market has affected the cattle trade in the region

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Four cattle markets in northern Nigeria, where stolen animals were allegedly being sold to finance the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency, have been shut down.

Insurgents are using unscrupulous middlemen to sell stolen cattle, the governor of Borno state said.

Trade was suspended about two weeks ago at Gamboru cattle market - one of the biggest in Africa.

Boko Haram has stolen thousands of cattle in Nigeria and nearby Cameroon.

The group's six-year insurgency has led to the deaths of some 17,000 people, destroyed some 1,000 schools and displaced more than two million people. 

The suspension of the cattle trade has affected businesses in a region already battered by Boko Haram's deadly campaign to establish an Islamic state.

Much of Nigeria's cattle trade passes through Borno and the closures have reportedly caused cattle prices to rise in Lagos, more than 1,500km (940 miles) away.

A civil-military management team has been set up to monitor the activities of cattle traders and butchers in order to stop all illegal activities, Borno Governor Kashim Shettima said in a statement.

All transactions must be vetted and approved by the new team, he added.

Cattle markets in Dusuman, Shuwari and Ngom have also been suspended. The insurgency had already forced the closure of other markets in Borno's capital, Maiduguri.

The government has also suspended all cattle imports and banned the sale of dry meat.

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Image captionBoko Haram has previously targeted cattle markets in the region

Thousands of cattle and goats are dying from lack of water and food after being locked in at the main abattoir in Maiduguri, Abubakar Abba of the Livestock Traders' Union told the Associated Press news agency.

Correspondents say the militants, who have pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State group, are in dire need of food after regional troops cut off their supply lines.

The group has also lost most of the territory it once controlled but still carries out frequent suicide attacks in northern Nigeria and Cameroon.

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Boko Haram at a glance:

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Image captionBoko Haram has sworn allegiance to Islamic State and often displays its trademark black flag

• Founded in 2002, initially focused on opposing Western-style education - Boko Haram means "Western education is forbidden" in the Hausa language
• Launched military operations in 2009
• Thousands killed, mostly in north-eastern Nigeria, hundreds abducted, including at least 200 schoolgirls
• Joined so-called Islamic State, now calls itself IS's "West African province"
• Seized large area in north-east, where it declared caliphate
• Regional force has retaken most territory this year

7 Buhari Ministers That Are Doing Absolutely Nothing

President Muhammadu Buhari had on 11th November, 2015 assigned portfolios to 36 ministers who are expected to implement his ‘change’ agenda.

Presiding at the swearing in ceremony of the new ministers, Buhari said that the assigning of portfolios was done to put square pegs in square holes, adding that members of his team were carefully chosen and assigned portfolios to reflect their capacities.

More than 3 months after the ministers were assigned portfolios, some have refused to come out of their shell.

Top sources within some ministries have posited that most of Buhari’s ministers are technically unfit for some of the ministries they were posted to, and have continued to make blunders and have become stumbling blocks to the administrations ‘change’ agenda.

Post-Nigeria gathered that President Buhari is said to be under intense pressure from some ‘powerful’ forces, including his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, to “undertake a cleansing of the Federal Executive Council, FEC.”

As part of the impending restructuring, the following ministers have been seen to be doing nothing and many have recommended for their immediate disengagement before they lead the Buhari administration astray.

Geoffrey Onyeama – Minister of foreign affairs

Many had hoped that he would wield in his international expertise into Buhari’s agenda, however, more than 3 months after his appointment as the minister of foreign affairs, Nigeria as the giant of Africa still does not have a focused foreign policy agenda.

The failure to manage Buhari’s public and international perception has been traced to the lack of a foreign policy agenda.

If a nation’s foreign policy is understood as the expression of its national interests vis-à-vis other countries, it follows that foreign policy decisions need to be made and expressed and should not be left only with the so called Buhari’s ‘body language’.

Aisha Alhassan – Minister of women affairs

“Mama Taraba” was reported to have told the grieving chibok parents that they were not invited, during their visit to the villa. She was also reported to have told them that, the girls were not kidnapped under the current government, “so why are you harassing us?” As if the diatribe was not enough, Minister Alhassan reminded them: “You wanted schools, you wanted hospitals, you wanted this and that… you wanted so many things.”

As a minister of women affairs, many had expected that she would have been at the fore front of the chibok agenda. She has no doubt failed to carry the women folks along. Hence, there is an urgent need to find a suitable replacement.

Kayode Fayemi – Minister of solid minerals

The former governor of Ekiti state shocked many when he was assigned his portfolio as he was reported to have said that he would need time to learn in his ministry. An admission that nothing much should be expected from him as he did not envisage he would be posted to the ministry of solid minerals.

More than 3 months after he was assigned the portfolio, the former governor is yet to convince Nigerians that he is the right man for the job.

Lai Mohammed – Minister of Information and culture

He is a specialist in image laundering; he has refused to move on from the days of political campaigns. His public statements have done nothing, but dent the public image of the Buhari administration. He speaks on every issue, even though he does not have the right information, he would always speak.

He has continued to blame the previous government for the failures of the Buhari administration. He once said the 2016 budget was not padded, whereas the President admitted that his budget was padded. Many believe the former spokesperson of the APC would be more productive if he returns as the spokesperson of his party.

The current state of the economy is enough for the minister of finance to resign her position. The confusion within the economy especially on policy statements has been attributed to her inability to steer the ship of the Nigerian economy.

More than 3 months after she was handed the portfolio as the minister of finance, many Nigerians have become worst of, as poverty and hardship are now the order of the day.

Adebayo Shittu – Minister of Communications

The controversy surrounding the MTN fine has exposed the lack of managerial qualities of the Minister of Communications.

The hullabaloo trailing the role of the Ministry in the out-of-court settlement by MTN Nigeria, and its payment of N50 billion to the Federal Government still remains unaddressed. It is worthy to note that the telecommunications regulatory organ, the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, has been shielded away from the settlement process.

What other reason do we need to convince us that the minister of communications seems to be finding it difficult with his current portfolio.

Muhammadu Buhari – Minister of Petroleum Resources

He has been tagged the junketer-in-chief for his frequent foreign trips, which are still yet to yield benefits to many Nigerians. Many have forgotten that he is the current minister of petroleum resources and hence should be held responsible for the frequent fuel scarcity in the country.

The best decision Buhari must make is for him to relinquish his position as a minister, because his effect has not been felt, more than three months after.