Sunday, 19 May 2013
President Jonathan Pays Close To N1billion In ‘Severance’ To Yar'Adua Family
The presidency has paid nearly N1billion to the family of late President Umaru Yar'Adua, according to an official memo obtained by SaharaReporters.
The slush funds were routed through the Katsina state government, the home state of the former president.
The payment includes about N150 million to Mrs. Turai Yar'adua, as well as the late president's aged mother, his married daughters, and sons.
It is yet unclear if any provision was made for his second wife, Hauwa Umar Radda, whom the late president divorced in 1997, shortly before he became the governor of Katsina state.
Although she has received the biggest payout, it would be recalled that it was the controversial former First Lady, Turai, who pushed Nigeria to the brink of a political crisis between 2009 and May 2010 while her husband was hospitalized in Saudi Arabia. He eventually returned and died inside the Aso Rock Villa.
Mrs. Yar'Adua was at the head of a cabal of Ministers, aides and security agents that manipulated the nation for many tense months as they clung to power, almost leading to the collapse of the government.
@Bukhari
I struggled hard to understand your little incoherent piece to no avail. All I got from it was your threat against the Igbo man in the last sentence. Even your mention of Oduduwa was surrounded with words that succeeded in cementing my opinion that you are simply a monkey with a machine gun.
A LESSON TO ANY NORTHERN LEADER.
The way the SS people have commented here on Yaradua and his family may serve as a lesson to any ruler from the North who may think that he can satisfy or gratify these people by whatever actions.
1 plus 8 billion
Turai is fascinating. She has been making the good and the bad news. She made a record as the only Nigeria's first lady to net 8Billon under five hours of her launch of international cancer center in Abuja, when her late husband heldsway. She've added a billion to her loot.
That is Naija for you .
That is Naija for you . Corruption is killing ordinary Citizens in this country. Is time to take action.
there's definately something
there's definately something wrong with the president if this is true. something very, very wrong.
Revenge
Who are you to call notherners slaves ? And who tell you that yar'adua did nothng for nigeria? have you forgeting the reconcition and creation of the ministry of niger delta ? If you do then we have not yar'adua is educated person and some one who knows what he is doing. And we are free from what you are saying that we are traying to drive jonathan out by any means because we as muslims we beleive every person is responsible for his destiny.
Igbo were innocently born to nigeria;
An igbo man was innocently born to nigeria; if not because of the northern-man's crops surely there will no even ODUDUWA rather so-called igbo man or his tempered stipulated crude. So whatever JEG did to north he will never ever compensate them. Therefore, my dear remains(igbo) is better to shut-off or the history will repeat itself!
Question & More Questions...
Question: Is there any chance these payments are ment for the "land" Turai & Dame are wrestling over? & yet have to drag to court?
More Questions:
1) What on earth... Ney. What in Nigeria are these payments for?
2) What business does Mr. Jonathern have with the Late President's Widow & Divocee, Daughters (Wives of other men)... & Sons?
3) Is Mr. President seeking favours? & 4 what?
4) Is this bribe?... Is Mr. President involved in 'Bribery' hence 'Corruption'?
5) EFCC what the HELL are you doing?! Your searchlight failed to spot this???!!!
6) Please are there people out there that smell the strong odour of dead rotten fish & rats between these 2 families (Current & Former 1st families)? Somthing fishy & ratty: ''Jona & family despirately hiding, Turai & family despirately wanting to expose''.
this comment is as ignorant
this comment is as ignorant as the writer, with people like you around we do not need the government to bring us down.
The lollies are worth more!
That's cheap. This is tease-n-tell story. I will believe it when I see the memo published. Reacting now is akin to rushing to judgement. Tactless. But, taking the "surface value", I thought they said it was land meant for "Women and Youth Empoerment Foundation". How come the Ya'Ardua family gets the beefy Billion? I read that it was Lady T's NGO WAYEF that took the legal action and not the "Ya'Ardua Family"! Granting SR the benefit of veracity (since they're mostly right), it shows nothing new in Dumbo's approach. He always "settled" no matter who coughed. He probably pissed on himself on hearing the name Turai. Warlords IBB and OBJ bluffed him and got PHCN, trust Turai to squeeze his balls dry. From Neighbour-2-Neighbour to Bash for Nollywood, it's been Brown Envelope government. Cabal leader Turai is a lawyer, she knows the ropes, and is probably hoarding some information a dirty court battle would reveal. Giv'am the Billoja to carry im wähala go. Schioor!
Why can't the President do good things
Why can't this President do something that will make Nigeria Progress
SS people are Lazy
Actually, I agree that most SS people are lazy & not ready to work. But what should we do when God has blessed us with free oil?
GEJ has the right provided it's SS and not my SE revenue...
@Jeun Jeun
GEJ has the right to give out money to whoever he deems fit. He doesn't need to take permission from you or your Yoruba tribesmen before doing so. So stop ranting for something thats not yours. The money came from his polluted crude backyard. However, I hope the oil revenue from the southeast wasn't part of the money given to Turai. If it were part of it then it's high time we seccede from naija. We can't continue to dash out money to cowardly Yorubas and prostrating Hausa-fulani at the detriment of my eastern brothers. This sham marriage can't be reconciled and division is the answer. A sovereign national conference is the way forward. We can't continue to feed the rest all the tribes in naija whose region doesn't contribute a dime to the nation's vault. May Lord federick luggard rot in hell for amalgating Biafra with these barren region. Enough is enough!. Division now
WHAT DID YAR'ADUA DO FOR NIGERIA
Pls.Refer your question to the sensible south south elders,since you seem to be a useless unsesible southerner.
How Much Land Does a 'woMan' Need? Leo Tolstoy (1)
Rueben Abati, did you remember to ask Patience, how Much Land Does a 'woMan' Need?
“And what will be the price?” asked Pahom.
“Our price is always the same: one thousand rubles a day.”
Pahom did not understand.
“A day? What measure is that? How many acres would that be?”
“We do not know how to reckon it out,” said the Chief. “We sell it by the day. As much as you can go round on your feet in a day is yours, and the price is one thousand rubles a day.
Pahom was surprised.
“But in a day you can get round a large tract of land,” he said.
The Chief laughed.
“It will all be yours!” said he. “But there is one condition: If you don’t return on the same day to the spot whence you started, your money is lost.”
“But how am I to mark the way that I have gone?”
N1 billion severance pay
Who paid for this story? It can not be a coincidence. Why are we so desperate and intolerant
WHAT DID YAR' ADUA DO FOR NIGERIA?
what did Yar'Adua and his family do for Nigeria that warrant that amount? Johatnan has been trying to bribe these northern muslim Arabs'slaves since he came to power, even though they want to get rid of him by all means. What a disgraceful President. He could have used this money to develop SS. UP TO YOU DERRI? HE IS YOUR BROTHER. This the dullest man I have ever seen or heard about on earth.
Under paid?
You mean they underpaid themselves before and after and needed more compensation? And all this was part of our constitution with the congressional oversight? Haaaaaaha, Niaja!
Another SAHARA FICTION
you said N1 billion but SR was able to give us N150 million for Turai, daughters, sons and mother...so who got the balance of N850 million.? You guys are so obsessed with anti jonathan madness that you dont read your scripts before u publish.
Again SR said the information is contained in a MEMO OBTAINED BY SR, and i ask, why couldnt you guys publish the memo as you usually do or quote it extensively.
It is sad you guys are fast losing credibility. if you dont have anti jonathan story , please publish normal stories.
Federal Republic of Settlement
This is not capitalism. This is mediocrity of the highest order.
Mediocrity is a killer of innovation.
If Yar' Adua's family was allowed to continue on it's natural trajectory, perhaps his daughters - with family pride as a motivation - would have been able to chart their own course. Which, by the way, will enure to the benefit of Nigeria.
The 1 billion Naira killed it.
Executive Compensation in Nigeria.
So? what is out of the ordinary here where state executive receive scores of millions as compensation? As for any malfeasance attributed to Turai it is perhaps because we are so cheap that we cannot even stand up for our rights thus the first ladies became the effective deputies while the deputies are well mere errand boyz leaving the field for the 'yesmen'..
This is outrageous. We did
This is outrageous. We did not know that Jonathan agreed to pay Turai family humongous amount of oil money to be allowed in Aso Rock. Severance of what? The presidency is not a copyright of the Hausa Fulani born to rule. They should practise their born to rule in Northern Nigeria Period. What a grave injustice to Igbo people whose oil money is used for these bribes. When Jonathan agreed to pay these bribes he should have made it known to all. Jonathan should refund us and use his family money or oil money from SS to pay his Hausa Fulani masters their hush money.
DUNDERHEAD
This our Jonathan is something else!
Dear lord. How much is he going to pay me off? I used to rule the roost in Oghara & Delta. How much is that worth to Jonathan?
NA PART OF THE AWUF OIL MONEY FROM THE SS
Hear SR again, (Although she has received the biggest payout, it would be recalled that it was the controversial former First Lady, Turai, who pushed Nigeria to the brink of a political crisis between 2009 and May 2010 while her husband was hospitalized in Saudi Arabia. He eventually returned and died inside the Aso Rock Villa.) yet we read a story just hours ago, about madam taking on Mrs Jonathan in court! The money paid toi Turai is part of the Awuf oil revenue from the SS-being wasted by members of the 3 old regions since 1958. Would they have allowed such wastage if oil had been found in their back-yards? Every ethnic group from the old region would have been busy clamoring for 100 percent revenue for their unprofitable zones
The Lady Is Trouble!
These are really unusual payments, especially in light of the lady's disgraceful act at the end of her husbands' life. It is all the more surprising as she is now dragging the firs lady through the mill. She seems to have the touch of a rogue and a troublemaker.
How Much Land Does a 'woMan' Need? Leo Tolstoy (2)
Pahom looked at the sun, which had reached the earth:..With all his remaining strength he rushed on, bending his body forward so that his legs could hardly follow fast enough to keep him from falling. Just as he reached the hillock it suddenly grew dark. He looked up - the sun had already set! He gave a cry: “All my labor has been in vain,”... He took a long breath and ran up the hillock....Before it sat the Chief laughing and holding his sides. Again Pahom remembered his dream, and he uttered a cry: his legs gave way beneath him,...
“Ah, that’s a fine fellow!” exclaimed the Chief. “He has gained much land!”
Pahom’s servant came running up and tried to raise him, but he saw that blood was flowing from his mouth. Pahom was dead!
His servant picked up the spade and dug a grave long enough for Pahom to lie in, and buried him in it. Six feet from his head to his heels was all he needed.
Unbelievable!!!!
Free money!! The way they dispose government money in this land is unbelievable! They allocate money and government resources to themselves while social problems and people are totally and utterly neglected. What has Yar'Adua family done to deserve this largesse for heaven's sake? This obscene money on top of what they already looted? This Jonathan man? He's going to run this country to ground with his mindless trait!! But O Lord, what have done to deserve this brigandage going on in this country? Are we beyond any hope? What sins have we committed to keep punishing us for half a century?
Unbelievable
This is really unbelievable. These are people who should be languishing in jail for the financial atrocities they committed during the twilight of Yaradua's tenure. By the way, whatever happened to the CABAL, I am sure they are all somewhere enjoying their loots.

