Friday, 3 April 2015

Igbo Man Of The Year Sets Agenda For Buhari

The president of Good Governance Initiative (GGI) and Igbo Man of the Year 2015, Mr Festus Mbisiogu has praised the statesmanship of President Goodluck Jonathan, who peacefully conceded defeat and congratulated his Opponent and President elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, charging him on the provision of steady power supply for the people.



In a news conference after the elections, Mbisiogu, a Nigerian businessman based in Guangzhou, China, who has been fighting for improved electricity supply in Nigeria, commended the president for his efforts in the power sector and delivering on his promise to ensure credible elections.



“In August-September 2013, when the unbundling of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) was completed and 10 Distribution Companies (DISCOs) and five Generation Companies (GENCOs) effectively took over the defunct PHCN, some of us heaved a sigh of relief.

“It was very thoughtful on the part of President Goodluck Jonathan who heeded the cries of many of us in unbundling that government parastatal, which had been bogged down by officialdom, bureaucracy and inefficiency.”



Citing cases of incidents caused by epileptic power supply, Mbisiogu said that it is unimaginable that at this time in the history of our great country, we are losing some of our brightest, our generation to avoidable accidents caused by poor electricity.



“It is the urge to avoid such tragic incidents that I decided to champion the course of steady power supply in the country three years ago when I formed Good Governance Initiative (GGI) a Non-Governmental Organisation dedicated to achieving sustainable energy in Nigeria.



“Our investigation has shown that despite the unbundling of PHCN, it has not in any way benefited the masses, rather, the investors and the government that are collecting taxes are the ones benefiting. Prolonged power outage and high electricity bills; demand for outrageous fees by staff of the company for the installation of pre-paid metres, which ordinarily should be free; compiling bills without commensurate spending by consumers are some of the attendant problems facing the sector today. Apparently government failed to demand a timeline of performance from the investors. This was what the GGI advocated earlier,” Mbisiogu said.



Congratulating the president-elect, General Buhari for his victory in the elections, Mbisiogu, who was instrumental in the establishment of the Nigerian Consulate in Guangzhou, China, said that he should remain focused in delivering on his major campaign promises of fighting corruption and ensuring a steady power supply for Nigerians.



“We congratulate General Mohamad Buhari whom Nigerians have called to bring the change that we clamour. By his antecedents, we know he can deliver on his two major campaign promises of eradicating corruption and giving the people a steady power supply. We hereby call on him to consolidate on the effort of President Jonathan on the power sector,” he said, adding that in this age and time, Nigeria with the largest economy in Africa should not depend on generator for power supply.”





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'I’ll speak at the appropriate time' - President Jonathan


President Jonathan says he will speak on issues bothering on his administration and the last election at the appropriate time. President Jonathan said this while speaking to State House correspondents after Good Friday Service organised by the Aso Villa Chapel today April 3rd

“Don’t worry, I will talk to you at the appropriate time,” President Jonathan said with a smile on his face




The Thrill of Thresome Sex in Marriage


I must confess that the first time I heard that some marital arrangements are beginning to accommodate this oddness…I did not believe it. Not until a lady wrote me a few days ago. That her ‘abroad returnee’ husband suggested they make their sex life more exciting by bringing in a female participant. This was after she had their second baby. She said that when she objected-he asked if she would rather prefer he starts cheating on her-with someone out there. She also claimed that he gave her the liberty to bring in whoever she prefers. Grudgingly-she gave in. That was the genesis of the ‘three some’ that is now threatening to tear her marriage apart. She said that on the occasions that the said lady (whom they normally pay off after every session) joined them…that her husband reluctantly touched her because he concentrated more on the other lady. And these days, he hardly touches her when they are alone!



Another male friend(whose line of business has to do with ‘women’s things’) said that a good number of his supposed married female clients have actually approached him with requests such as helping them to find a willing participant-in a ‘three some’ arrangement. These women take it upon themselves to look for a willing participant (usually young girls that are in for the money)-rather than risk their husbands making out (elsewhere) with someone they don’t know. I also hear there are exclusive social settings that are purely for couples that want to sample each other’s ‘better half’…this, they call ‘swinging.’



I have since been asking ‘must any woman reduce herself to this level (to an obviously weird man) in order to stay married?’ It is only a man with a questionable state of mind that will even dare think along this line. What are women letting themselves put up with-in the name of marriage? What else could be more degrading? Which ‘self respecting’ woman will put up with a mere suggestion of such ‘sickness?’

For goodness sake, there is little or no hope for any marriage whose sanctity is thrown to the dogs. A marriage should observe certain limits (e.g. keeping the marriage bed undefiled) based on the ‘values’ of those involved. If ‘love making’ is the way that I have come to understand it, I wonder what is there to enjoy when one can’t even focus on who he is in the act with. What joy is there to derive from prancing from one ‘body’ to another? Which woman is happy foregoing her ‘pleasure’ to watch her husband pound another in her presence? Why would anybody stick to such outright degradation?



If a man decides you are no longer good enough for him in the bedroom (despite your best efforts), please refuse to be part of any ‘sick’ idea he comes up with. Refusing to be dragged lower than you wish to go is not arrogance; it is self-respect and no self-respecting woman will let herself tolerate this sick arrangement-in the name of marriage.

When you give wings to every weird imagination that crosses your mind…you will remain slave to every ‘unwholesome thought.’ To live a happy life, you must maintain a good deal of ‘restraint.’ One should cultivate some values too; you should be able to say ‘no’ to certain weirdness.

It’s abhorable that young girls (I hear they now do it for more money from their patrons) who wish to live respectable lives- someday, allow themselves to be reduced in this manner but for a married woman to stick same is…oddness is an understatement!


See List Of Elected Senate Members In The 2015 National Assembly Election

The next Senate will be men-dominated. Only eight of the 109-member Chamber of the National Assembly are women, going by the list of elected Senators.



As against the outgoing Senate where four parties have members elected on their platforms, only Senators from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will constitute the next Senate.



All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Labour Party (LP), the APC and PDP have representatives in the outgoing Senate.



Sixty of the Senators have been elected on the APC platform and the PDP has 49 elected on its platform.



Three of the eight women-senators are of the APC. They are: Oluremi Tinubu, who is a ranking member of the Red Chamber from the Lagos Central Senatorial District, the incumbent Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Alhaja Monsurat Sunmonu. She will be representing Oyo Central.



The third is Binta Masi Garba from Adamawa North.



The five others are from the PDP. They will be joining the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly afresh.



Anambra and Ekiti states produced two each and the other is from Cross River State.







From Anambra are: House of Representatives member Uche Ekwunife (Central) and former Aviation Minister Stella Oduah. The two elected Senators from Ekiti are: Abiodun Olujimi (South), who was Governor Ayodele Fayose’s deputy between 2003 to October 16, 2006, when they were impeached by 24 of the 26-member House of Assembly and Fatima Raji-Rasaki (Central), a House of Representatives member between 2003 and 2007.



Fatima is the wife of former military administrator of Oyo and Lagos states, Brig-Gen. Raji Rasaki (rtd).



The fifth PDP Senator-elect is Rose Okoh, Cross River (North).



Mrs. Okoh has been indisposed since her nomination as the PDP candidate. She did not participate in the campaigns.



The list of Senators-elect



•Mao Ohuabunwa (Abia North)

•Theodore Orji (Abia Central)

•Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South)

•Bassey Albert Akpan (A/Ibom North)

•Godswill Akpabio (A/Ibom West)

•Nelson Effiong (A/Ibom South)

•Uche Ekwunife (Anambra Central)

•Andy Uba (Anambra South)

•Stella Oduah (Anambra North)

•Ben Murray-Bruce (Bayelsa East)

•Emanuel Paulker (Bayelsa Central)

•Ogola Foster (Bayelsa West)

•David Mark (Benue South)

•Rose Oko ( Cross River North)

•Gershom Bassey(C/River South)

•John Enoh (Cross River Central)

•Alfred Joseph (Delta Central)

•Peter Nwaboshi (Delta North)

•James Manager (Delta South)

•Ogba Joseph (Ebonyi Central)

•Samuel Egwu (Ebonyi North)

•Sunday Oji (Ebonyi South)

•Clifford Ordia (Edo Central)

•Mathew Urhoghide (Edo South)

•Duro Faseyi (Ekiti North)

•Fatimat Raji-rasaki (Ekiti Central)

•Biodun Olujimi (Ekiti South)

•Gilbert Nnaji (Enugu East)

•Ike Ekweremadu (Enugu West)

•Utazi Chukwuka (Enugu North)

•Philips Aduda (FCT)

•Joshua Lidani (Gombe South)

•Samuel Anyanwu (Imo East)

•Uzodinma Goodhope (Imo West)

•Achonu Nneji (Imo North)

•Danjuma La’ah (Kaduna South)

•Philip Aruwa Gyunka (Nasarawa North)

•Buruji Kashamu (Ogun East)

•Yele Omogunwa (Ondo South)

•Jeremiah Useni (Plareau South)

•Joshua Dariye (Plateau Central)

•Jang Jonah (Plateau North)

•George Sekibo (Rivers East)

•Olaka Nwogu (Rivers S/East)

•Osinakachukwu Ideozu (Rivers West)

•Mohammed Hasan (Yobe South)

•Abubakar Sani Danladi (Taraba North)

•Bashir Marafa (Taraba Central)

•Emmanuel Bwacha (Taraba South)



•Binta Masi Garba (Adamawa North)

•Ahmadu Abubakar (Adamawa South)

•Abdul Aziz Murtala Nyako (Adamawa Central)

•Isah Hamma Misau (Bauchi Central)

•Ali Wakili (Bauchi South)

•Suleiman Nazif (Bauchi North)

•Barnabas Gemade (Benue East)

•Akume George (Benue West)

•Abubakar Kyari (Borno North)

•Ahmad Zannah (Borno Central)

•Ali Ndume (Borno South)

•Francis Alimikhena (Edo North)

•Bayero Nafada (Gombe North)

•Goje Danjuma (Gombe Central)

•Abubakar Gumel (Jigawa N/West)

•Sabo Mohammed (Jigawa S/West)

•Muhammad Shitu (Jigawa N/East)

•Suleiman Hunkuyi (Kaduna North)

•Shehu Sani (Kaduna Central)

•Barau Jibrin (Kano North)

•Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano Central)

•Kabiru Gaya (Kano South)

•Mustapha Bukar (Katsina North)

•Abu Ibrahim (Katsina South)

•Umaru Kurfi (Katsina Central)

•Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North)

•Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central)

•Bala Ibn Na’Allah (Kebbi South)

•Dino Melaye (Kogi West)

•Abdulsalami Ohiare (Kogi Central)

•Abdulrahman Abubakar (Kogi East)

•Shaába Lafiagi (Kwara North)

•Bukola Saraki (Kwara Central)

•Rafiu Ibrahim (Kwara South)

•Oluremi Tinubu (Lagos Central)

•Olugbenga Ashafa (Lagos East)

•Adeola Olamilekan (Lagos West)

•Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa West)

•Salihu Hussain Egye (Nasarawa South)

•Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi ( Niger North)

•Mustapha Sani (Niger South)

•David Umaru (Niger East)

•Olanrewaju Tejuoso (Ogun Central)

•Gbolahan Dada (Ogun West)

•Ajayi Boroffice (Ondo North)

•Tayo Alasoadura (Ondo Central)

•Olusola Adeyeye (Osun Central)

•Babajide Omoworare (Osun East)

•Isiaka Adeleke (Osun West)

•Monsurat Sunmonu (Oyo Central)

•Buhari Abdulfatai (Oyo North)

•Adesoji Akanbi (Oyo South)

•Ibrahim Gobir (Sokoto East)

•Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto North)

•Ibrahim Abdullahi (Sokoto South)

•Bukar Baba Ibrahim (Yobe East)

•Ahmad Lawan (Yobe North)

•Kabir Garba Marafa (Zamfara Central)

•Tijjani Yahaya Kaura (Zamfara North)

•Ahmed Rufai Sani (Zamfar West)







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French President invites Buhari to Paris for bilateral talks


President of France, Francois Hollande has invited President-elect, Gen. Buhari to Paris for bilateral talks on expansion of trade between France and Nigeria and the fight against Boko Haram.



A statement by the French Embassy in Abuja said President Hollande had put a call to Gen. Buhari yesterday April 2nd, congratulating him on his success at the polls and reiterated France's support to Nigeria in the fight against Boko Haram. The statement reads in part;

“The French head of state assured the President-elect of France’s wish to continue the close relationship that existed with his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan and reiterated France’s support for Nigeria and its neighbors in their efforts to combat the terrorist sect Boko Haram."




The Nigerian Army has found Buhari's certificate?



According to an APC leader, Sen. Tokunbo Afikuyomi, the Nigerian Army has found the certificate of Gen. Buhari. The former Senator shared this new development on his twitter handle today.



The certificate of Gen. Buhari generated a lot of controversy after the Nigerian Army came out to say they didn't have it. The Nigerian Army has however not confirmed that they've found the certificate.