Wednesday, 23 May 2012
The Great Nigerian Railway 100 Billion Naira Robbery And The Ooni Of Ife's Connection
Railway line completely submerged at Akerri
By Citizen Reports
As the nation reels from the news of the EFCC’s arrest of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr Adeseyi Sijuwade, following his indictment by the State Security Service (SSS), questions are being asked as to whether he could have acted alone or in concert with others.
THE DAMNING INDICTMENT
“The efforts by the Federal Government in revamping the moribund rail sector, to complement road transportation has been marred by controversies and allegations of corruption in the NRC. The current administration in NRC under Sijuwade has not shown any sign of seriousness, to revamp the system as it has allowed personal interest to override its duties.” – SSS Report
THE CHARGE
“Investigation has revealed that the process for the award of the contract for the rehabilitation of NRC Eastern line, Port Harcourt – Kaduna Junction and that of the other NRC Eastern line, Kafanchan – Maiduguri, is fraught with corruption and irregularities, masterminded by Sijuwade. He has been accused of manipulating the contract procedures to favour predetermined contractors and recommending unqualified contractors for specified jobs” - SSS Report
THE BACKGROUND
The project involves major rehabilitation of Nigerian Railway Corporation’s existing narrow gauge single line rail track, including the bridges and culverts, from Port-Harcourt to Maiduguri. The estimated total length of track work to be covered is 1,654km. In order to enable quick delivery of the work within the expected time frame, the work is divided into two contracts.
Contract (3) covers the rehabilitation work from Port-Harcourt to Kaduna Junction through Kafanchan - approximately 916km. Consultant’s Estimate: N47.9 billion.
Contract (4) covers the rehabilitation work from Kafanchan to Maiduguri, including the branch line from Kuru to Jos, totaling approximately 738 km. Consultant’s Estimate: N30.7 billion.
Bids were invited in February 2010 by publications in the Nigerian press. Thirty-five companies expressed interest, and 13 of them were prequalified to submit technical and financial proposals. Twelve companies submitted bids in May 2010 and were evaluated by a team led by Sijuwade. Two of the companies were recommended to the Ministry of Transportation for award of the contracts. In the end, Contract 3 went to Eser Nigeria Contracting Company Limited at N35.59 billion, while Contract 4 went to Symdicate Construction and Commercial Company Limited at N29.96 billion.
Complaints however followed the awards, and the Chairman of the NRC, Alhaji Bello Haliru, initiated an investigation which was later expanded to involve the SSS.
THE CRIME
The investigation revealed that Eser Nigeria Contracting, which Sijuwade recommended for Contract 3, had family connections with him. It is alleged that his brother or a relative (one Aderemi Sijuwade), is a signatory to the bank account of the company held with Skye Bank at Adeola Hopewell Branch on Victoria Island, Lagos, and that records at the Corporate Affairs Commission reveal that the registered office of the company is 65 Queen Street, Alagomeji, Lago. That property belongs to an uncle of Sijuwade, the well-known Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade. Aderemi Sijuwade is also known to be a Deputy Chairman of Espro Asphalt, an affiliate of Eser Contracting . One Prince Tokunbo Sijuwade has also been named as a Director of Espro Asphalt. Engr Adeseyi Sijuwade has up till now not declared this conflict of interest as required by the Public Procurement Act.
The Public Procurement Act in Section 57 sub. 10 provides that:
“Any person engaged in the public procurement and disposal of assets who has assumed or is about to assume, a financial or other business outside business relationship that might involve a conflict of interest, must immediately declare to the authorities any actual or potential interest.”
It further states in sub 11 that:
A conflict of interest exists where a person:
(a) possesses an interest outside his official duties that materially encroaches on the time or attention which should otherwise be devoted to affairs of government;
(b) possesses a direct or indirect interest in or relationship with a bidder, supplier, contractor, contractor or service provider that is inherently unethical or that may be implied or constructed to be, or make possible personal gain due to the person’s ability to influence dealings;
(c) entertains relationships which are unethical, rendering his attitude partial toward the outsider for personal reasons or otherwise inhibit the impartiality of the person’s business judgements;
(d) places by acts or omissions the procuring entity he represents or the Government in an equivocal, embarrassing or ethically questionable position;
(e) entertains relationships compromising the reputation or integrity of the procuring entity he represents or the Government;
(f) receives benefits by taking personal advantage of an opportunity that properly belongs to the procuring entity he represents or the Government;
(g) creates a source of personal revenue or advantage by using public property which comes into his hands either in the course of his work or otherwise; and
(h) discloses confidential information being either the property of his procuring entity, the Government or to a supplier, contractor or service provider to unauthorized persons.
Secondly, it was discovered that the company did not submit a Bid Security at the time the bids were opened in May 2010. In that case, its bid should have been disqualified for being non-compliant. It is alleged, however, that a Bid Security miraculously appeared among the company’s bid documents subsequently. Enquiries at the issuing bank revealed that the Bid Security was only issued in June 2010, several weeks after bid opening. It is further alleged that Mr Sijuwade, with the assistance of policemen, forcibly caused all the opened bids to be moved into his office from the Company Secretary’s custody presumably so that the Bid Security could be inserted subsequently. Under the Public Procurement Act, the insertion of documents such as Bid Security after bid opening is a serious offence attracting a minimum jail sentence upon conviction of five years, without the option of fine.
The Public Procurement Act in Section 58 sub 4 says:
The following shall also constitute an offence under this Act:
f) altering any procurement document with intent to influence the outcome of a tender proceeding ;
In Section 58 sub 8, the Act says:
An alteration pursuant to subsection 4( ) shall include:
b insertion of documents such as bid security or tax clearance certificate which were not submitted at bid opening;
Thirdly, it was discovered that Eser Nigeria Contracting was registered only a few months to the submission of the bids and had no work experience. Its submitted tax clearance revealed that it had no income and no assessable profit or loss. This means, in the opinion of a source at the Ministry, that such a company had no business bidding for high profile contracts of nearly N70billion.
Fourth, the company’s bid of N35.59 billion against the consultant’s estimate of N47.9 billion was adjudged to have been too low and deemed not compliant, as it is 26% below the consultant’s estimate. The prescribed tolerance margin under the act is +/-15% and the tendency is for bids to be higher than the consultant’s estimates, not lower.
As regards Contract 4, the recommended company by Sijuwade, Syndicate Construction, apart from having no requisite railway experience, submitted a fake tax clearance certificate as enquiries made to the FIRS office where the certificate was purportedly issued confirmed that it had not been issued by them. The company was further shown to have submitted a fake Bid Security, as GTB Bank, which allegedly issued the Security, disowned the document as not emanating from it. Several of Syndicate Construction’s other documents, such as its audited accounts, were allegedly falsified. Curiously enough, Sijuwade did not deem it fit to file a report with the EFCC against this company for fraud after it was brought to his attention that this company’s particulars were dubious. Instead, he set about trying to explain the lapses to see how they could be accommodated, and then went ahead to award the contract. It is alleged that his conduct was informed by his personal interest in the company.
Our source at the Ministry said that it is a big shame that the railway rehabilitation has been turned into a contract jamboree because of the attitude of people like Sijuwade. He told this reporter: “There are only three construction companies in Nigeria with the requisite experience and capacity to carry out work on our railways. Unfortunately and because of how Nigeria is, when you invite bids for railway work, you have thirty five companies responding, most of whom have no business bidding for railway work. To make matters worse, it is the incompetent ones that are getting the jobs because they have connections. We have road construction companies who have no experience of railway construction and who have not even completed their contracts on our roads parading questionable foreign companies who they have never worked with before and who have no experience of working in Nigeria before as partners. Some of them submit audited accounts which do not match with the figures in their tax clearance because Sijuwade allows them. That is why a simple job like Lagos to Kano has still not been completed and may never be. This Eastern line contract is not the only indiscretion of Sijuwade. Everything he has done since he went to NRC has been dogged by controversies of manipulation, fraud and corruption. There is a case at ICPC and many others that nobody is talking about yet.” Even Mr. Sijuwade cv which he submitted is full of bogus claims.
When the ministry reviewed the tender process, they disqualified all the companies whose documents were not compliant. These included the companies favoured by Sijuwade. This did not go down well with him. So what did he do? He cancelled the procurement process and decided to start afresh. So after 10 months of a bid process, he is starting bidding all over again. The companies which submitted fake documents in the first place or inserted documents in their bids after closure are not barred from participation. They are now being afforded the opportunity to perfect their papers. All bidders’ prices are now known including the consultant’s estimate, since bids in the original process were opened on 26 May 2010. The only people who are being disadvantaged are those who meticulously complied with the terms of reference and submitted compliant bids. Is that fair? To make matters worse, the same Sijuwade who superintended the manipulated process in the first place is superintending the re-run. How can it ever be credible? Where is the Minister in this matter? Where is the Chairman of the corporation in this matter? Where is the Due Process office in this matter? Looks like they are all doing “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.”
THE STORY OF CONTRACT 1 AND 2
When enquiries were made about the issues around the case with the ICPC, our Ministry source became agitated. He said, “That is the story of Lagos to Jebba (Contract 1) which they have promised and promised will be delivered but will never be on time because it was manipulated and given to a company without capacity to do it. It is a story of manipulation and flagrant breach of the Public Procurement Act by Sijuwade and covered up by the previous Minister, Ibrahim Isa Bio.
It is the story of how two companies sent in compliant bids, one was N14billion and the other N12billion, and they took the contract and gave it to the company that bidded N14billion at N12billion”. When a legal expert was asked if the government does not reserve the right to give a contract to anybody it likes to, he said, “Once you have submitted to the precepts of open competitive bidding under the Public Procurement Act, then the government’s discretion is limited by the law. It is a criminal offence to allow a company to change its price after bids have been submitted.
Section 31 sub. 3 of the Public Procurement Act is very explicit in this respect. It states that:
The following shall not be sought, offered or permitted:
(a) Changes in prices;
(b) Changes of substance in a bid; and
(c) Changes to make an unresponsive bid responsive.
The legal expert further said, “In law, when you see the word “shall”, and then it is mandatory. There is no room for discretion at all.”
The situation with the Contract 2 is even worse. The company which was awarded the contract has no railway experience whatsoever. Its bid was identical to the consultant’s purported estimate which is unrealistic and undeliverable. Purported estimate because something very strange happened in that consultant’s estimate.
One key element of work is the Akerri flood control work involving the erection of a major bridge across the river at Akerri. The consultant’s estimate in this segment is inconsistent with its estimates in the other sections of the bill of quantities where similar scope of work is priced. Using the same rates from other sections of the consultant’s bill of quantities for identical elements of work, the consultant’s estimate for the Akerri works should be no less than N10billion. However, and by some miracle, the entire Akerri work was priced lump sum in the consultant’s bill of quantities as N2.75bn. Whereas in the other sections of the bill of quantities, the various elements of work are priced, in the Akerri section the individual elemental rates were left blank and a total lump sum figure of N2.75bn entered against the whole section. Whereas the other bidders priced the Akerri works at no less than N10bn, by some stroke of genius, the company to which the contract was awarded quoted a price of N4.46bn, which was closer to the purported consultant’s unrealistic estimate of N2.75bn for Akerri.
An analysis of the successful bidder’s prices side by side with the consultant’s estimate shows a pattern of being consistently below the consultant’s estimate in every other section. Only in Akerri is he higher than the consultant’s and it appears that the manipulation was a balancing figure to bring him to par with the ‘adjusted’ consultant’s estimate.
What needs to happen now is for that consultant to confirm if it really estimated Akerri at N2.75bn and to explain how he arrived at that ridiculous figure but who will ask him? ”I swear on my mother’s grave that he will not be able to justify it”, said our source.
The consequence of all this manipulation is that the Akerri work is standing there not up to 12% complete and the contractor does not know how to complete it. The contract was signed in February 2010 with 10 months duration which means it should have been completed by December 2010. At the current rate, only God knows when it will be completed and how much more will be needed. Meanwhile trains cannot pass.
The question on many lips is, who are Sijuwade’s collaborators whose actions are helping to keep our railways moribund? Who are his protectors and why is he not in jail?
Our source lamented, “Don’t be surprised if the EFCC turn out to tell you that he has no case to answer. ICPC investigated Contract 1. Where is the case? A permanent secretary was arrested for obstructing the investigation. Where is the case? This is Nigeria wonderland. Anything and everything happen can here. Only God can save us from the Sijuwades of this country. Meanwhile President Jonathan is seeking re election so everyone is now a sacred cow.”
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I always come back to your
Submitted by SaraQ11 (not verified) on February 13, 2012 - 22:40.
I always come back to your blog because you always have relevant information. I know how hard you work on it! Next to my favorite taylor swift new song this blog is the one of my favorites. -Sara
The only sollution for all
Submitted by Lexy (not verified) on October 8, 2011 - 08:46.
The only sollution for all these rogues, looters, is death penalty, beside this no way. People are too desperate to steal, loot, and thats all.
@ Other side of the coin
Submitted by gwobezentashi on February 13, 2011 - 08:32.
A burglar breaks into your house. He is arrested before he takes your property. Is he innocent?
Aluta!
Gwobezentashi
I do agree one is innocent
Submitted by Shriner (not verified) on January 31, 2011 - 06:13.
I do agree one is innocent until proved guilty and for all of
us in the Diaspora, I do indeed pray he remains innocent and that the bulk of the allegation against him are indeed false.
I am sure he will learn from it - indeed we all will. The bottom line is Nigeria needs a functional railway that is comparable to that available in the Western.
IGWE Gwobezentashi
Submitted by the other side of the coin (not verified) on January 30, 2011 - 17:35.
IGWE Gwobezentashi
These are all allegations and my point is this:
YOU ARE INNOCENT TILL PROVEN GUILTY...............
Take a look at the headlines;100 Billion Naira Robbery. At the end of the article i'm thinking the contracts were cancelled so when did the robbery take place.
Bruv the man is moving NRC forward period
I hail you
Igweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
The original article as
Submitted by Shriner (not verified) on January 30, 2011 - 14:04.
The original article as posted by Sahara Report contains a good deal of fact but also false. In some cases, some statements made within the publication are not given objective analysis or put into context. The article apart from referring to the Ooni of Ife's children makes no direct connection of the Ooni to the allegation yet the title appears of the article appears to suggest the involvement of the Ooni.
I am not a supporter (or non-supporter) of the Ooni or the Sijuwade's as my contribution to the discuss might demonstrate.
Competence: The article suggest that Seyi is not competent to be the MD NRC but relies on an allegation of false statements within his resume to make such a claim. Some others have made a far more direct statement with reference to their knowledge of his career - Transport for London (TfL). I would state that there are very few Nigerian working within the Railway Industry in the UK that have Railway Engineering and Management experience adequate to manage a "design and build" railway project and definitely Seyi is not one of them. To the best of my knowledge (and I might be wrong) he falls within what we call paper managers.
But assuming he has this knowledge, it would be interesting to know if he really understood the works to be undertaken and the true value of the works. Is the contract really worth N12b?
Railway Engineering and Nigeria Experience: If truth be told, there is no Engineering outfit, that is Nigerian owned, that has undertaken any significant railway engineering works before now - since the railway infrastructure has remain morbid for so long. It is equally fair to assume that there is an interest to ensure that certain skill set are acquired and maintained by Nigerian firms. This I believe informed the decision, in part, to award part of the Western Line contract to Costain West Africa, otherwise we would have ended up with Chinese firms doing it all, using chinese labourers. Where competence comes in is the recognition that such a contract can only be issued to a Nigeria identity if it partners with another that has the requisite railway engineering knowledge/experience - in plain english, a joint venture involving Nigerian Railway engineering professionals with a local engineering/construction firm.
Even those clamouring for the Eastern Line Contract are likely to fail as per Costain on the Western Line for the same reason - lack of railway experience or lack or domain knowledge without a serious partnership as suggested above. Joint Ventures are not new in Railway projects and many projects that I know off are joint ventures where two or more firms combined to form a serious vehicle for the delivery of the project.
Contract Award: Ordinary, I would not expect the MD of an Agency to be directly involved in contract award - well but this is Nigeria and it appears we have different rules
Achievements: I am told that we now have some 12 odd trains running a day! yeppy I say, but is 12 trains a day for a Country the size of Nigeria? What is the headway? how long do I have to wait for each train? With about N30b spent (remember that the Western Line has two contracts split between the Chinese who are responsible for Lagos to Jebba, and Costain from Jebba onwards) what changes do we actually see? With the figure of N30b we could have designed and built a new standard gauge line! - ok not all the way to North but for what is currently being delivered on the Western Line, N30b is way too much!
Bearing in mind that no new civil structure is visible as part of this achievement - I see no new train station(s) or platform and the level crossings (the few that have been replace is still a manual lever!) No new signalling system installed, no new control room! All we have here is track replacement! Hmmmm N30b!
History would tell if Seyi's management of NRC was for the good of the organisation and the Nigeria people, I guess if we have functional railway by the time he leaves office, his legacy would be sealed positively, but this case and all its trends explains why highly competent professional shy away from returning to Nigeria. We do need to recognise though that we do need to return and help move this country forward
Re: Other side of the story
Submitted by gwobezentashi on January 30, 2011 - 07:04.
Mallam Other side of the coin.
You say you are not defending the man but you seem to be.
Yet you have brought no new facts but hearsay.
What are the irregularities that you are talking about? That he did not realise that it was his family business that he was awarding the contract to? That he did not insert a document after opening? That his family company had no experience?
What are the irregularities other than what he did?
You deny the bogus cv claims but cannot tell us whether you have seen the cv in question or whether you are familiar with the basis of the claim.
If you have contrary evidence, lets hear or see it. From where I am standing, this man has broken the law and should pay. Sadly too many people of power break the law and get away with it. It is the travesty of Nigeria. Shikena.
Aluta!
Gwobezentashi
The other side of the story
Submitted by the other side of the coin (not verified) on January 29, 2011 - 19:53.
I believe it is right and only fair for journalists to always present a balanced story and not allow themselves to be tempted to sensationalise important issues.I will point out a few things:
-When Seyi Sijuwade was appointed acting MD of the Nigerian Railway there was only one service from ebutte-metta to alagbado now there are twelve services.
Generally there is a huge improvement in almost(note i used the word almost) all spheres of the services the corporation provides.
-The contracts where cancelled on the insistence of Seyi Sijuwade because of a lot of irregularities and not when an investigation was initiated
-Mr Seyi Sijuwade has improved the welfare of Nigeria Railway staff thus increasing productivity
Now before you all start asking for my head, I don't work for NRC nor am i a relative and to be honest I hate the Ooni and everything he stands for.I was in Nigeria over the Xmas period and i saw some improvements, also did some research.I also spoke to a few people who knew the MD and i was told about the cancelled contracts months before the story broke in Nigeria.I was also made to understand the intense pressure this man is under from the powers that be.
Mr Seyi Sijuwade was headhunted by Olusegun Obasanjo a few years ago from England based on his qualifications and experience.From what i hear he took a huge pay-cut to serve his country so the issue of his CV being bogus is just ridiculous and basically all the companies he worked for in the UK can be verified
I am not defending the man but just saying it as i see it.
Saharareporters step up your game (meaning be objective)!!!!!!!!!!
The other side of the story
Submitted by d other side of d coin (not verified) on January 29, 2011 - 19:42.
I believe it is right and only fair for journalists to always present a balanced story and not allow themselves to be tempted to sensationalise important issues.I will point out a few things:
-When Seyi Sijuwade was appointed acting MD of the Nigerian Railway there was only one service from ebutte-metta to alagbado now there are twelve services.
Generally there is a huge improvement in almost(note i used the word almost) all spheres of the services the corporation provides.
-The contracts where cancelled on the insistence of Seyi Sijuwade because of a lot of irregularities and not when an investigation was initiated
-Mr Seyi Sijuwade has improved the welfare of Nigeria Railway staff thus increasing productivity
Now before you all start asking for my head, I don't work for NRC nor am i a relative and to be honest I hate the Ooni and everything he stands for.I was in Nigeria over the Xmas period and i saw some improvements, also did some research.I also spoke to a few people who knew the MD and i was told about the cancelled contracts months before the story broke in Nigeria.I was also made to understand the intense pressure this man is under from the powers that be.
Mr Seyi Sijuwade was headhunted by Olusegun Obasanjo a few years ago from England based on his qualifications and experience.From what i hear he took a huge pay-cut to serve his country so the issue of his CV being bogus is just ridiculous and basically all the companies he worked for in the UK can be verified
I am not defending the man but just saying it as i see it.
Saharareporters step up your game (meaning be objective)!!!!!!!!!!
Fala
Submitted by asunmo (not verified) on January 29, 2011 - 15:46.
You are really as somebody said eartlier
jealous
Submitted by asunmo (not verified) on January 29, 2011 - 15:43.
Why are you so jealous or has your girl friend ran to him... bounch of idiots
olatunde sowemimo
Submitted by asunmo (not verified) on January 29, 2011 - 15:40.
Your name is synonymous with sabotage, it was your father or your fateher's namesake that jailed Awololwo and course has been placed on that name that is why you have misfired now and alale yoruba will never give you joy again, you will no longer no peace in your life. You are a bastered, you are from sierra leone, we know all of you atoko wa belejes. can you talk to common BrigGen Sultan of sokoto like this. Omo ale paraku. Oduduwa will distabilise u....aseee
Thieving Royal Bastards
Submitted by Otitokoro ezeoku gaskia (not verified) on January 29, 2011 - 14:26.
WTF the Ooni definitely needs to be tried and all His ill acquired wealth taken including those of his Criminal associate and children. Bunch of thieving bastards parading themselves as royal fathers. All they care about are their dirty-ly lined pockets. Royal Idiots.
IS THIS REPORT POSTED IN OUR
Submitted by Tangara Lanson (not verified) on January 29, 2011 - 14:14.
IS THIS REPORT POSTED IN OUR NIGERA NATIONAL DAILES? IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE THAT THOSE WHO HAVE ASSES TO COMPUTERS ONLY READ THIS REPORT. THE PUNCHS, SUNS, GUIDIANS, AND OTHERS MUST BE COMPELLED O ANNOUNCE THIS ARTICLE. GOOD JOB SAHARA1
I am ashamed.
Submitted by adekunle onabajo (not verified) on January 29, 2011 - 13:47.
I am ashamed.
Ashamed
Submitted by Jimi D Baldheaded Guy (not verified) on January 29, 2011 - 11:38.
When i heard that this young man was responsible for restoring our Railways, i really admired him. I dont know but i had this instinct that this chap was gonna make this happen. This would have put his name(and family name) in gold forever in Nigeria. Ijust dont know why he resolved to doing this.
But as they say in Nigeria "you have to sort yourself out first" I guess this is what led him to this. I'm dissapointed.
We need a psyche change in that country. We need a situation where we should no longer praise peopple because of what we see around them. Nigerians need to start measuring quality and contents and of course, proffessionalism.
They'll be consumed when we
Submitted by Chika (not verified) on January 29, 2011 - 09:39.
They'll be consumed when we say goodbye to cowardice and chase them out. Nigeria'll not be left behind in the current wave of poeple's power sweeping through the continent. Those who refuse to go will pay with their lives.
Nigeria, the corrupt zone
Submitted by Hassan Eromi (not verified) on January 29, 2011 - 07:33.
Buhari is d only solution to these nonsense nigerian ideology. Fuck all other nigerian leaders.
SIJUWADE& CO, ODUDUWA HAS DISOWNED YOU
Submitted by olatunde sowemimo on January 29, 2011 - 05:51.
Its a shame that a thief is sitting on the most reverend stool of the cradle of the Yoruba kingdom . Whoever sits on that throne represents the Yoruba ancestor i e Oduduwa . But the thief sitting on that throne has finally proved that by his behavior he is not a legitimate son of the lineage of Oduduwa and has finally proved Alaafin of Oyo right who had been at logger head with this son of a slave in the king's palace. The entire Sijuade family should be ashamed of them selves for dragging the exalted throne of Oduduwa into this shameful act of treasury looting . This is not the first scandal the sijuades have been involved with it also happened recently in Osun state water project
The June 12 election won by late M K O Abiola and annulled by babangida was supported by sijuade after several millions of Naira had been given to him and some other traditional rulers
There is no difference between this thief and baba iyabo . All those dragging the Yoruba kingdom in the mud , nemesis will catch up on you all
My question to you all these Yoruba bastards is ; what else do you want ? You have everything you want at your beck and call . Se e fe di igba keji Olodumare ni ? You all are a shame to your entire family Oduduwa will never forgive you in his grave .The blood of yet unborn sons and daughters of Yoruba kingdom in diaspora will never forgive you
You will all die a shameful and miserable death for betraying the Yorubas in diaspora
NIGERIA AND STEALING OFFICIALS
Submitted by karem (not verified) on January 29, 2011 - 05:29.
It is no news. It is Yoruba man's way of life.Forgery and forgery. They are the problem nigeria has today. They forged everything and in the end nigeria's parasitatals and companies under their watch are dying. Look at what is happening at the defence ministry. It is all bogus contract. look at what happened before under Aviation during Yar adua, the contract for rehabilitation of RUNWAY was inflated. Look at all the organizations(government owned) under a Yoruba man. Foggery and stealing is all you get. They killed Nigeria not the Hausas. Yes bad leadership from the Hausas but what about the forggery to defraud as it happened to former NIGERIAN AIRWAYS where yorubas used FAKE TICKETING to kill the AIRLINE. something must be done and done quickly.
the naked dance of the masquaread of our OBAS
Submitted by mayor adesua (not verified) on January 29, 2011 - 02:51.
THESE OBAS WILL NEVER CHANGE ,ALREADY THE SANGOS,AND OBATALA HAVE BEEN LEFT IN THE PALACE THEY ARE NOW CHASING MONEY EVERYWHERE,OUR OWN REVOLUTION IS VERY CLOSE ,WE SHOOULD ALL WAIT FOR THE TIME.
uhmn!
Submitted by MSA (not verified) on January 29, 2011 - 01:30.
Wait a minute! The name Sijuade sounds like a HAusa/Fulani name who are synonymous with corruption. Hausa/Fulanis are the only corrupt people in Nigeria.....And who ordered for the investigation after the complaints? They said is one Alh Bello Halliru! The name sounds like every other name from any tribe in Nigeria except the Hausa/Fulanis who dont wish us well and who must milk us dry! Hahaahahaaaa, Am I being sarcastic??
Anytim a society chooses to
Submitted by Henry Hilado (not verified) on January 29, 2011 - 00:12.
Anytim a society chooses to respect people by their names and not the content of their characters, that is what you get. You get crooks and morons running the society just because there were born into certain family. I have never been a fan of the royal family in Nigeria or anywhere else in the world. I don't see any reason whatsoever why somebody should be privileged just because his or her father is King so so and so. By the way, did I mentioned most of the kings are by themselves just lazy pinheads preying on poor people too? I am sorry if I am venting, but till Nigerians learn to do away with this punks, and not respect them or their perverted scions, born out of greed and lust and breed with ill gotten wealth from the sweat of the poor, we shall never move forward.
Except the Lord build the House, the Workman Worketh but in Vain
Submitted by Jibola Hurst (not verified) on January 28, 2011 - 23:36.
When was the last time we prayed for Good Leaders ?
I am beginning to realise that only mass prayer can remove these Crooks who have us by the jugular.
Except the Lord build the House, the Workman Worketh but in Vain.
We need to go on our knees for Nigeria.
Words Cannot Describe The rot In Nigeria
Submitted by Jibola Hurst (not verified) on January 28, 2011 - 23:30.
Words Cannot Describe The rot In Nigeria and only a Divine solution will chase out these LOOtocrats.
Prayer moves Mountains
The Obas
Submitted by Abiola abiola on January 28, 2011 - 23:14.
Though there may still be some genuine royal fathers in Nigeria, I have always known that those at the helms of affair royally in Nigeria of today are mainly thieves. The most pathetic thing about this is that majority of us still see them as the custodians of our culture. If Sijuade is a saint, Alaafia Oyo a good man Sulu Gambari a pious, Saudana of Sokoto a genuine mumini, etc. Nigeria will not be where it is today. These people collect money from governors, LG chairmen and all other public office holders, and they hand us over to them. Why? Because we are too sentimental to see straight. As a matter of fact, we are blind and stupid.
I do not know much about Rauf Aregbesola, and I am not saying he is better than Omisoore, but for Ooni of Ife to be saying someone is the next governor of Osun state was the highest point of insult to the populace of that state. The slave trade that was aborted a century ago by white men is still being carried on by our own stupid, greedy, myopic, good-for-nothing and never-do-well kings and there political collaborators! Pathetic and disheartening!
Solution : Let us stop respecting people because they are kings or rich. Let us respect people they are good and and intelligent and intellectual.
Ibadan - Ife Road
Submitted by Alli Pedro (not verified) on January 28, 2011 - 23:13.
The man could not even construct a dual carriage way well (Ibadan - Ife dual carriage way is an eye sore) talk less of a rail road. What else should we expect. we need a tunisia kind of revolution to set these folks right.
Let them continue...
Submitted by Joseph Ola (not verified) on January 28, 2011 - 22:36.
Let them continue...
Sijuwade Children
Submitted by TJ (not verified) on January 28, 2011 - 22:26.
Jumaid, you are 100% right about the Doyin Sijuwade guy boasting about his contacts and the information he has on them. He is the most desprate of them. Always in cahoots with Tokunbo Sijuwade, trading on the Ooni's name to make billons. they should all be investigated and locked up. they should tell EFCC where they get all the income they have and show evidence of tax payment. They have also inherited the fathers talent for womanizing. Thus guys believe they are untouchable, with houses all over Nigeria and abroad. Seyi is just a dumb idiot that does their dirty work. they have plenty of contracts at NRC, The Ooni has raised a family of criminals.
Have We All Forgotten So Soon?
Submitted by Reform 2 Deform the Corrupts (not verified) on January 28, 2011 - 22:19.
The role the iku-baba-yeye played during the IBB regime,how he sold the yorubas to the dictator in return for cash.Lets not fool ourseleves vast majority of our so called Obas,Ezes......abuse the powers vested in them in seach of goodies for thier selfish ends. They should all be ashamed of the history they are leaving behind and should be made to face the consequences of their abuse of power.
