"JAPA SYNDROME" HAD NO PLACE IN NIGERIA'S FIRST REPUBLIC!

ZION B-BC

 NEWSLETTER.   

 

 A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church Kpeyegyi Abuja Nigeria.  {Vol. 13. NO 558. 21st April 2024} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32).  PRAY & FAST EVERY WEDNESDAY TO STOP BLOODSHED IN NIGERIA!

 

"JAPA SYNDROME" HAD NO PLACE IN NIGERIA'S FIRST REPUBLIC!

MV AUREOL - the very successful luxury ocean passenger liner of the early 50s - shuttling between Britain and Nigeria, seemed to have disappeared into thin air but not like the TITANIC! (According to Wikipedia, it changed ownership, beached and eventually sold in scraps!)

Aureol was a mid-sized British ocean liner, originally put into service for Elder Dempster Lines of Liverpool in 1951. She was constructed on the River Clyde in Glasgow by Alexander Stephen and Sons. At 537 feet long and measuring 14,083 gross register tons, Aureol had room for 329 passengers and carried 145 crew. She spent her entire Elder Dempster career on the UK-Lagos passenger cargo service. From 1951 to 1972 she sailed from Liverpool, but closure of the landing stage and the hope of better loadings led to her being transferred to Southampton (first departure 26 April 1972) for the last two years of her service.

Aureol arrived at Southampton at the end of her final Elder Dempster voyage on 18 October 1974. She was purchased by Greek oil tycoon Yiannis Latsis, and renamed Marianna VI after one of his daughters. In 1989 she was laid up at Eleusina and did not sail again until 2001, when she moved to the Indian port of Alang to be beached and broken up for scrap.

AUREOL - THE FLAGSHIP VESSEL FOR VIBRANT NIGERIAN YOUTHS WHO SOUGHT GREENER PASTURES IN BRITAIN AT INDEPENDENCE!

Nigerian Youths at independence were a determined bunch of nationalistic, patriotic and ideologistic citizens who were determined to lift the new independent nation to International recognition in all industrial/socio-economic studies and engagements.

They travelled on MV Aureol at very minimal costs on the luxurious modern ship to Great Britain to study successfully and returned to Nigeria to build up the nation.

If only the Military had not truncated democracy - Nigeria would not have degenerated to the sordid state , of institutional corruption that have now compelled Nigerian Youths to ("Japa" ie, migrate), at very high costs and at the peril of their lives to offer themselves as slaves to the developed countries of Europe, the United States, Canada etc.!

EVEN AS WILLING SLAVES - THEY ARE BEING REJECTED, BRUTALIZED AND DEPORTED!

This expose' will be restricted to the human rights violation/dehumanization of all category of immigrants from Nigeria and other nations by the United States Immigration according to extracts from an article published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs People's Republic of China.

"US Human Rights Abuse Against Refugees and Immigrants: Truth and Facts. 2023-03-30 10:00.

"In the 21st century, successive U.S. administrations have increasingly restricted immigration and treated immigrants harshly and inhumanely, with arrests, detentions, deportations and repatriation of immigrants on a large scale every year. The U.S. government arrested 850,000 migrants in 2019 and more than 1.7 million in 2021, a record high since 1986.

 "The number of immigrants detained has grown rapidly. In August 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detained more than 203,000 illegal immigrants from Mexico. In fiscal year 2022, more than 2.3 million refugees and immigrants were arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border. A record high of more than 430,000 immigrants were deported from the United States in 2013. The number still reached 360,000 in 2019.

 More than 100,000 have been repatriated each year. In large-scale arrests, detentions, deportations and repatriation, the human rights of immigrants are grossly violated, and humanitarian disasters occur frequently. In September 2021, more than 15,000 refugees from Haiti gathered in the Texas border town of Del Rio, waiting for a slim chance to enter the United States. The refugees were brutalized by U.S. border enforcement agencies, with patrols on horseback wielding horse whips, charging into the crowd, and driving them into the river. The CNN commented that the scene was reminiscent of the dark periods in American history when slave patrols were used to control black slaves. On 25 October 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council condemned the systematic and large-scale deportations by the United States of Haitian refugees and immigrants without assessing their individual situations as a violation of international law.

"After COVID-19 broke out, the U.S. government used COVID as an excuse for large-scale deportations of illegal immigrants. In 2020, the U.S. government invoked Title 42 of the United States Code to prohibit immigrants from entering under the pretext of stemming the spread of COVID. Scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the practice lacks a public health rationale and could instead increase the likelihood of the epidemic spreading. Through this practice, the U.S. government has made over 1.8 million deportations, expelling at least 215,000 parents and children, of whom 16,000 are unaccompanied children. The immigrants who were not deported for the time being were sent to detention facilities and continued to be subjected to inhumane treatment.

"Political polarization in the United States is worsening its immigration problem. In recent decades, the immigration issue has become more entangled with economic, racial and ideological issues as well as cultural values. The Democratic Party and the Republican Party have kept attacking each other, and a compromise is hard to reach. 

"Democrats accuse Republicans of embracing nativism and white supremacy and inciting xenophobia and racial discrimination to win votes from the white population. Republicans accuse Democrats of accepting immigrants to gain more votes from ethnic minorities and more seats in the Congress. The partisan divide has prevented any significant immigration reform bill from passing Congress since the comprehensive Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Both Democrats and Republicans had put forth their own immigration reform proposals, but they all hit a dead end very soon."

NIGERIANS SHOULD UNITE TO SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN FOR ONE HOUSE (UNICAMERAL) PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THROUGH POPULAR REFERENDUM!

Was it not high time that all Citizens of Nigeria should join ranks to build a New Nigeria of our dreams that will be economically viable not only as the Merchant/Economic Nation of Africa but of the entire world?

IF WE ARE REJECTED BY OTHER NATIONS WE CANNOT BE REJECTED IN OUR OWN ANCESTRAL HOMELAND! THIS IS THE APPOINTED TIME FOR NIGERIA TO BECOME GREAT AGAIN!

Vanguard gathered that over 10,000 people had been deported from the U.K. between January 2019 and May 2022.30 Jun 2022

According to United Nations numbers, there are just over 700,000 migrants in Libya at the moment, making up just over 10% of the country's total population.9 Jul 2023

So far this fiscal year (through March 2024), immigration judges have issued removal and voluntary departure orders in 35.1% of completed cases, totaling 140,644 deportation orders.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH !

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Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access, to this newsletter, log on to:  facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com, 

Please look forward to divine revelations in  The Sure Word Gospel Tracts, Our divinely inspired books on the Amazon KINDLE Store Namely: The Unbroken Chain of Grace, Nigeria’s Pot Pourri (Volumes 1-5), Godly Politicking For World Peace,  and The Wedding Mascot Died

If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray  this prayer: Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament in your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and personal Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen. If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations! 

 I am, yours sincerely, THE WATCHMAN Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor. 08130669886, 08058436756. g-mail-dvdolufon@gmail.

PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM WILL STOP THE MASSIVE BLOODSHED - CRUDE OIL FLOWS ACROSS NIGERIA!

ZION B-BC

 NEWSLETTER.   

 

 A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church Kpeyegyi Abuja Nigeria.  {Vol. 13. NO 557. 14th April 2024} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32).  PRAY & FAST EVERY WEDNESDAY TO STOP BLOODSHED IN NIGERIA!

 

PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM WILL STOP THE MASSIVE BLOODSHED - CRUDE OIL FLOWS ACROSS NIGERIA!

In every annual budget since the discovery of crude oil in Nigeria in 1956, revenue from oil alone had always constituted not less than 85% of total overall appropriations!

The oil and gas sector plays a significant role in the economy, contributing about 65% of government revenue and 85%of total export.

The Federal Government had in the 2024 budget estimate projected N18.3 trillion revenue, expecting that N8.0 trillion or 43.9 percent would accrue from oil revenue.

However Niger militants and the entire indigenous people of the region had always claimed that without oil from their soil, Nigeria would not survive economically, when their political leaders were unfaithful in spite of the 13% derivation allocation to the oil-producing communities! The 13 % derivation fund comes from the federation revenue to oil-producing communities through the state governments as enshrined in section 162, sub-section 2 of the Nigerian constitution, but due to ripple effects of degradation of their soil through years of exploration/exploitation, they are now demanding for 30% of total oil and gas revenue for their region! In a Parliamentary System of government which citizens are demanding, the question or agitation for certain percentages from the Federal Government will no longer arise because grassroot constituencies would explore and utilize

such NATURAL ENDOWMENTS while agreeable percentages would be paid to the Central Government as at when due.

The Buhari APC Administration in November 2022 announced that over a billion barrels of oil was found in Northern Nigeria and that drilling had commenced.

The ex-president said the country also found 500 billion cubic feet of gas within the Kolmani area of Gombe and Bauchi, which had already attracted $3 billion investment when he flagged off the first crude oil drilling project in northern Nigeria, on the boundary of Bauchi and Gombe States on Tuesday 22nd November, 2022.

According to a Leadership Report, the NNPC had in October 2019 announced the discovery of hydrocarbon deposits in the Kolmani River II Well on the Upper Benue Trough, Gongola Basin, in the North-eastern part of the country. The commercial quantity discovery was the first in the region after several crude oil explorations in the Upper Benue Trough. The oilfield will be developed by Sterling Global Oil, New Nigeria Development Commission (NNDC) and NNPC Ltd.

The discovery of oil and gas in commercial quantities in the Gongola Basin, according to NNPC, will attract foreign investment, generate employment for people to earn income and increase government revenues. During the flag-off in Bauchi on Tuesday, Mr Buhari said the successful discovery of the Kolmani Oil and Gas field by NNPC and her partners has finally broken a decade’s long jinx.

“THIS IS INDEED SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERING THAT EFFORTS TO FIND COMMERCIAL OIL AND GAS OUTSIDE THE ESTABLISHED NIGER DELTA BASIN WERE ATTEMPTED FOR MANY YEARS WITHOUT THE DESIRED OUTCOMES,” MR BUHARI SAID.

“This discovery had emanated from our charge to the NNPC to re-strategize and expand its oil and gas exploration footprints to the frontier basins of Anambra, Dahomey, Sokoto, Benue trough, Chad and Bida Basins. Similar activities across the other basins are currently actively ongoing.” 

“We are pleased with the current discovery of over 1 billion barrels of oil reserves and 500 billion cubic feet of gas within the Kolmani area and the huge potential for more deposits as we intensify exploration efforts. “As a fully integrated in-situ development project comprising upstream production, oil refining, power generation and fertilizer, the project promises many benefits for the nation. This includes but is not limited to Energy Security, Financial Security, Food security as well as overall socio-economic development for the country,” he said.

Mr Buhari noted that considering the landlocked location and the huge capital requirement, the economics of the project is a challenging proposition.

“Consequently, from the onset, I instructed NNPC Limited to utilize and leverage their vast asset portfolio across all corridors of its operations to de-risk the project to attract the much-needed investment. I have directed NNPC to continue along these lines.

“It is therefore to the credit of this administration that at a time when there is near zero appetite for investment in fossil energy, coupled with the location challenges, we are able to attract investment of over USD 3 billion to this project,” he said.

According to him, this will surely be a reference subject for favourable discussion in the industry as we pursue the energy transition program that will culminate in our country achieving Net-Zero position 1 by the year 2060. “I have engaged the Governors of Bauchi and Gombe States, and both have given me assurances of their unwavering commitment and willingness to ensure support and cooperation in these localities as this activity affects the local populations,” he said. He urged the NNPC Ltd, NNDC, and their Strategic partners to ensure all lessons learnt from our years of experience as an oil-producing nation are utilized to ensure harmonious relationships with the local communities.

AS THE OIL & GAS FLOW ACROSS NIGERIA THE PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM WOULD COMPLEMENTARY & COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THE AGGRESSIVE RIVALRY AND DICHOTOMY BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH!

URGENT NEED FOR A UNICAMERAL LEGISLATURE IS NOW!

A unicameral legislature refers to the type of legislature in which there is only one House or Chamber. 

It provides for diligence, dedication and accountability through hard work because ALL HANDS MUST BE ON DECK 24/7!

Below are salient advantages of Unicameral Legislature FOR NIGERIA!

On appointed days of the week Legislators/Parliamentarians and the PRIME MINISTER would seat and work together as a Team in the One Chamber and address constitutional duties of government according to priorities.

Unicameral legislature is democratic in that it ensures grassroot free/fair elections through direct voting system by the people.

. It is cost-friendly, cost effective because aspirants would not have to campaign across the entire country but within their locality and constituencies.

. Successful Parliamentarians would appoint from among themselves the leader of the party with the majority votes as Prime Minister who becomes head of government.

. Government has two executive posts namely: The Real Executive and the Ceremonial Executive who is decorative Head of the State.

. Members of the Press are regularly briefed to inform the public through their Media Establishments by the Prime Minister as appropriate or any member delegated by him.

. There is no specific tenure of office for the Prime Minister as it obtained in the Presidential system. A Prime Minister remains in office for as long as he or she performs creditably.

It could be Four years, Six months or Three weeks! His/her tenure depends on STERLING & ACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE BY HIS COLLEAGUES - unlike SEAT-TIGHT LEADERS in a Presidential System!

. The Executive Prime Minister who is a product of the Legislature is responsible to his colleagues (the parliamentarians), with whom he shares a collective responsibility of the whole Council because he and his ministers were elected from among other members of Parliament.

. A Prime Minister may resign from office at any time instead of being kicked out through a VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE by his colleagues!

.Bicameral legislature in Nigeria had always engendered rivalry in respect of superiority - upper or lower - not specifically highlighted in the 1999 Military Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria!

.A Unicameral legislature prevents such squabbles.

.Unicameral legislature provides room for a faster process of law making because CONCURRENCY would not be applicable in moments of emergency!

INTRACTABLE INSECURITIES OF BOKO HARAM TERRORIST, BANDITS, GUNMEN KIDNAPPERS, ASSASSINS, MURDERERS, ARMED FULANI HERDSMEN ETC. WOULD BE COMPLETELY ELIMINATED WHEN A ONE-HOUSE PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IS ESTABLISHED IN NIGERIA!

.All able-bodied adults will be gainfully employed to earn living wages. People will dwell in harmony because all constituencies will be highly productive and competitive in industrial revolution in agriculture through information communication technology (ICT) and state of art equipments.

Agriculture will be the main stay of the economy that will even overshadow mineral resources/Oil and Gas. Every part of Nigeria will be developed to international standards.

The time to act is now! The present government of Bola Tinubu should realize that the Citizens have sovereignty over them who were selected/selected and appointed politicians!

Nigeria is adequately endowed roundabout and there should be no more negative indexes with which Nigeria have been labeled in the past!

It's time to act now in righteousness by discarding sinful attitudes of nepotism, cabalism, tribalism, feudalism, egotism, institutional corruption etc.!

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of Wisdom!"

[EXPECT A PRIME MINISTER IN NIGERIA NOW!]

Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access, to this newsletter, log on to:  facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com, 

Please look forward to divine revelations in  The Sure Word Gospel Tracts, Our divinely inspired books on the Amazon KINDLE Store Namely: The Unbroken Chain of Grace, Nigeria’s Pot Pourri (Volumes 1-5), Godly Politicking For World Peace,  and The Wedding Mascot Died

If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray  this prayer: Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament in your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and personal Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen. If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations! 

 I am, yours sincerely, THE WATCHMAN Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor. 08130669886, 08058436756. g-mail-dvdolufon@gmail.

OVER 300% ELECTRICITY TARIFF INCREASE WILL EVENTUALLY BE PAID BY NIGERIAN TALAKAWAS!

ZION B-BC

 NEWSLETTER.   

 

 A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church Kpeyegyi Abuja Nigeria.  {Vol. 13. NO 556. 7th April 2024} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32).  PRAY & FAST EVERY WEDNESDAY TO STOP BLOODSHED IN NIGERIA!

 

OVER 300% ELECTRICITY TARIFF INCREASE WILL EVENTUALLY BE PAID BY NIGERIAN TALAKAWAS!

The Nigerian National Electricity Grid has collapsed forty six times between 2017 and 2024 in spite of the billions of billions of United States dollars expended on the inexpendable project!

On Thursday 4th April 2024 it collapsed for the second time in the year and plunged the entire nation into complete darkness while Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission had completed plans to increase ELECTRICITY TARIFF OF BAND [A] CONSUMERS - THE INDUSTRIES SECTOR BY OVER 300%!

Resilient Nigerians who have been used to paying for services never rendered by consecutive Regulation Authority took the ineptitude of an Oligarchy Government as usual in their stride and moved on! According to NERC, that industrial sector would consume 20 hours of daily and must therefore pay higher premium!

PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO INCREASE ELECTRICITY GENERATION IN NIGERIA HAD FAILED!

On 13 February 2019, during Buhari's second- term bid, Sahara Reporters, New York, published the following article which stated that "$16bn Obasanjo Spent On Power Project Will Be Probed, Says Buhari" Buhari said his government would do everything possible to recover the money and uncover those behind the scam.

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his resolve to probe the $16billion spent on the failed power project by the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Buhari said his government would do everything possible to recover the money and uncover those behind the scam.

He stated this on Tuesday while speaking in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, during the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign rally.

Although he did not mention Obasanjo, Buhari said: “The previous government mentioned on their own that they spent $16billion on power, but you are better witnesses than myself; where is the power? Where is the money? We will follow them; eventually, God willing, we will catch them and get our money back.”

The Nigerian government was reported to have spent N16billion on power projects between 1999 and2007 when Obasanjo was in power."

END OF STORY! THEY HAVE ALL MOVED ON WITHOUT PROFFERING SOLUTION TO POWER OUTAGE IN NIGERIA!

 

How much does Nigeria need to get 24/7 electricity asks Opeoluwa Dapo-Thomas in a publication in Nairametics precisely one year ago!

As of December 2022, Nigeria has a generating capacity of 22,000 megawatts Nigeria as of 2020, has 54% electricity access

Despite the nature of the country’s electricity, Nigeria exports electricity to neighbors Niger, Benin, and Togo.

Over the years, one question that has yet to be answered despite promises made by successive governments is the possibility of the country having electricity for 24 hours a day, and 7 days a week. According to reports, 8 out of 10 Nigerians lack access to 10 hours of power supply. This means that most households and businesses do not have access to electricity for up to 10 hours. This has made doing business in the country increasingly difficult as most companies incur additional costs to have access to electricity through generating plants. Also, the unavailability and high cost of diesel, and petrol have further compounded woes and increased prices of goods in the market.

Electricity generation, transmission, and distribution now on concurrent list, but…

In Nigeria, electricity generation, transmission and distribution are placed on the concurrent legislative list. This means that both the federal and state legislatures share power in this regard. However, there are some limits to the power which a state can exercise in some instances as electricity. In paragraph 13(b) of the concurrent legislative list, the national assembly is vested with the power to make laws as regards the generation and transmission of electricity to any part of the country.

In paragraph 14(b) the state is only vested with the power to generate, transmit and distribute electricity to areas not covered by the national grid within the state. This means that now the federal government was vested with the sole right to electricity in the country. However, in March 2022, the lawmakers at the National Assembly passed a bill to reform the 1999 constitution. The bill allows states to generate and transmit their own electricity (without fully relying only on the national grid). Despite having a generating capacity of 22,000 megawatts, the country’s power generation peaked at 4,594.6MW as of November 2022. The electricity generated is considerably low considering the country’s population of over 200 million people.

In July 2019, the FG signed a deal with Siemens AG to increase electricity generation to 25,000MW in six years. In phases, it’s expected to increase from its current capacity to 7,000MW by 2021, 11,000MW by 2023, and 25,000MW by 2025. Also, based on international standards of 1,000MW to one million people, the country is expected to at least generate 200,000MW to give the population better access to electricity.

In Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria are countries with the most access to electricity with 100 per cent access. In Egypt, the country overcame its electricity woes through investment. In 2015, it signed a $4.4b deal with Siemens AG which built three power stations with a combined output of 14,400 megawatts in two years. According to President El Sisi, $39 billion was spent between 2014-2019 to double electricity output to about 60,000MW in the country.

Nigeria needs to spend at least $100 billion for 100% access to electricity 

24/7 electricity in Nigeria will no doubt come with a cost to Nigerians and consumers. In an earlier article, having electricity 24/7 is possible. One of the ways this can be done is through the clustering of electricity. This means neighborhoods/areas/places with almost similar consumption rates and under an agreement can negotiate a deal for their own power. The earlier report highlighted how it was possible to achieve this through a blend of 60% from grid supply and 40% from generators through an independent operator at an initial N95/kWh. The cost could rise as reported, based on some factors which are not limited to gadgets usage in a household, amount of electricity from the national grid, and cost of fuel. This could cost between N100, 000 to N400, 000 or more monthly. 

This will also raise questions about the commitments and willingness of Nigerians to pay. The population in Egypt is around 109 million which could as well pass as half of the population of Nigeria. With Egypt’s expenditure that high within the timeframe, and considering the cost in recent times, Nigeria might spend $100 billion as the minimum within the same timeframe or more to provide constant electricity and increase access to almost 100 per cent.

In Nigeria, the main source of electricity is Thermal and Hydro. Nigeria can take a clue at Morocco in exploring other sources to provide electricity for its citizens. According to state-owned power utility ONEE, Morocco’s electricity production in 2021 came from coal (37.08 per cent), hydroelectricity (16.14 per cent), fuel oil (7.67 per cent), natural gas (17.72 per cent), wind (13.37 per cent), solar (7.58 per cent). Nigeria can explore this to shift towards renewable energy sources which will help provide more sustainable power.  Electricity access to as high as 100 per cent in the country is possible but will come at a cost.

ALL OF THE ABOVE LOFTY SUGGESTIONS COULD HAVE PROFFERED THE RIGHT SOLUTIONS IF MR. PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU HAD NOT COMMITTED SOCIO-ECONOMIC SUICIDE ON 29TH MAY 2023!

Nigeria will now need not less than USD$400 billion dollars to produce 24/7 electricity for over 230million Nigerians! And where would a debt-ridden government that executes only annual recurrent expenditures of purchasing/ importing exotic luxurious vehicles and paying unfailing salaries/allowances to elected/appointed politicians find funds to  fix electricity for the Sovereign Citizens of 1999 Military Constitution of the Federal Republic? 

TAX THE RICH AND KILL THE POOR WITH HYPER INFLATION!

If NERC plan works out, more tariff would be collected from over TWENTY MILLION high-grade consumers across the 36 states of the federation and FCT Abuja. However, the affected industries would definitely pass cost of increase in production to the Poor whom NERC intended to succor due to another POLICY SOMERSAULT by the rudderless administration!

This government claims to have SUBSIDIZED ELECTRICITY LIKE PMS (PETROL)!

Every LIE has an EXPIRY DATE!

[EXPECT A PRIME MINISTER IN NIGERIA NOW!]

Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access, to this newsletter, log on to:  facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com, 

Please look forward to divine revelations in  The Sure Word Gospel Tracts, Our divinely inspired books on the Amazon KINDLE Store Namely: The Unbroken Chain of Grace, Nigeria’s Pot Pourri (Volumes 1-5), Godly Politicking For World Peace,  and The Wedding Mascot Died

If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray  this prayer: Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament in your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and personal Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen. If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations! 

 I am, yours sincerely, THE WATCHMAN Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor. 08130669886, 08058436756. g-mail-dvdolufon@gmail.

NIGERIAN ARMY MUST STOP THE BLOOD SHEDDING IT BEGAN IN 1966 NOW!(EASTER EDITION - 2024).

ZION B-BC

 NEWSLETTER.

 A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church Kpeyegyi Abuja Nigeria. {Vol. 13. NO 555. 31st March 2024} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32). PRAY & FAST EVERY WEDNESDAY TO STOP BLOODSHED IN NIGERIA!

NIGERIAN ARMY MUST STOP THE BLOOD SHEDDING IT BEGAN IN 1966 NOW!

(EASTER EDITION - 2024).

The Nigerian Army was an institution of honour and high repute until they dipped their hands IN CIVILIAN BLOOD IN 1966! Constitutionally the Nigerian army duties should be limited to defending The Nigerian Nation from external aggressions and when necessary to participate with great caution in Internal Security (IS Operations), as a defensive arm of government! However some adventurous soldiers mostly of the South East extraction on 15th January 1966 concocted some spurious allegations of tribalism, ethnicity but most importantly large scale institutional corruption against the politicians barely five years of freedom from colonialism into a constitutionally-elected parliamentary system of government and overthrew the legitimate institution!

No blood was shed during several years of negotiations between British Colonial masters and the founding fathers of Nigeria's independence and so it was very strange that guns were used to snuff out lives of Innocent Nigerians especially leaders of the Northern and South-Western parts of the country! It later became clear to all and sundry that the Igbo-dominated coup plotters had a hidden agenda to subject Citizens to military dictatorship! A reprisal against the coup in July of the same year eventually led to secession by the then Eastern Region from the rest of Nigeria and a continuous flow of Innocent Blood continued for the 30 months that a civil war lasted in the country! The 30 month Biafran or Nigerian Civil War began on 6th July 1967 and ended on 15th January 1970 under the commands of General Yakubu Gowon and late Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu with the unifying declaration of "NO VICTOR NO VANQUISHED slogan initiated by Rtd.General Gowon.

FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS OF CONTINUOUS BLOODSHED IN NIGERIA (1966-2024)!!!

From the first salvo of gun shot fired on 15th January 1966 by clandestine soldiers, tons and tons of blood of Innocent Nigerians have flowed ceaselessly to date! During the CIVIL WAR alone, government documented that not less than 1.5 million lives - civilians/soldiers perished! It is very safe to conclude that the military introduced bloodshed, sustained bloodshed AND IS STILL BENT ON PERPETRATING BLOODSHED IN NIGERIA!

Nigerians are industrious and peaceful people by nature in spite of the DIVERSITY that should normally be harnessed to build a very economically-viable country like the United States of America! Instead, suspicion and insincerity had existed in the political game of Nigeria since the unfortunate incident of 1966 because the dichotomy between North/South could not be breached because it got wider and wider by the day!

THE SOLDIERS HELD NIGERIANS TO RANSOM WITH THE GUNS FOR 30 YEARS!

Beginning with the 1996 Military Coup, the Nigerian army remained in power without anyone challenge them because they succeeded themselves with one coup after another! However they failed to realize that during their long tenure of changing batons through military high-handedness, all manner of aggrieved/disadvantaged groups began to amass illegal weapons which are now more sophisticated than what they could boast of! And they began to challenge the Army, the Police, Prisons (correctional facilities), and all security architectures in Nigeria! THE NIGERIAN DEFENSE ACADEMY, WAS NOT SPARED!

Right now violent attacks against all military installations across Nigeria has boxed Mr. 'Bola Tinubu's Federal Government into a very tight corner - when juxtaposed with the UNPARDONABLE POLICY SOMERSAULTS OF OUTRIGHT REMOVAL OF PETROLEUM SUBSIDY, FROM DAY OF INVESTITURE AS MR. PRESIDENT, MERGING OF OFFICIAL/PARALLEL FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES, FLOATING OF A VERY WEAK AND DROWNING NIGERIA NAIRA CURRENCY; ETC. It is a shame that Nigeria which is regarded as the giant of Africa will now find itself in this kind of security quagmire!"BLOODY CIVILIANS" can now boast of more Guns than those of the security operatives put together!

 From the Niger Delta (South-South), during the Olusegun Obasanjo into the Yar'adua/Goodluck Jonathan Administrations, to the North-East, dissident groups included religion and ethnicity into their grouse against the Ruling Class and let loose mayhem on innocent Citizens of Nigeria! Militants of the Niger Delta coupled with Boko Haram insurgents flourished from 2007- 2024 and the blood continues to flow! Now, the Boko Haram terrorists have metamorphosed into bandits, rapists, armed herdsmen harassing farmers all over the country by deploying cows as shields to penetrate all societies and there's virtually no community that has been spared from their menace!

ATTACKS ON SECURITY AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN NIGERIA ARE NOT NEW!

Between 2010 and 2024 Nigeria had faced several attacks from Boko Haram and other insurgencies and several gallant soldiers/security operatives have lost their lives in the process! Righteousness exalts a nation, but SIN is a reproach to all people according to biblical tenet but the crop of Nigerian politicians from 1999-2024 care less because they were very determined to enrich themselves even MORE THAN THE SOLDIERS! It should be regarded as ABOMINATION FOR CIVILIANS TO ATTACK THE MILITARY AND KILL THEM IN COLD BLOOD but from the preceding narratives the CULPABLE PARTY IN THE VERY DISGRACEFUL ANALYSIS ARE THE MEN IN KHAKI!

1) The constitutional duty of soldiers is to protect Nigeria and Nigerians from external aggressions!

2) They should always remember that they constitute a Force guided by chains of commands from the top most hierarchy which must be carried out with utmost alacrity and dedicated commitment.

3) The military are a bunch of trained security operatives who have passed through various deliberate and well-calculated indoctrination and should not throw all of those intrinsic values into the winds because of illicit gains!

4) They should be ready at all times to always obey Rules of Engagement to avoid being blamed for collateral damages in situations when things went wrong.

5) Soldiers were not supposed to delve into civil politics/administration with the evil agenda of tribalism, nepotism, cabalism etc, by shedding INN0CENT CIVILIAN BLOOD!

6) BUT FOR THAT UNWARRANTED MILITARY INTERVENTION IN 1966, NIGERIA WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MOST PEACEFUL AND ECONOMICALLY-VIABLE NATION OF THE WORLD TODAY!

7) THE PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT OF DR. NNAMDI AZIKIWE AS CEREMONIAL PRESIDENT AND ALHAJI TAFAWA BALEWA CAN BE DESCRIBED AS THE MOST PEACEFUL IN NIGERIA TO DATE.

8) Now that they have realized the enormous bloodshed they have caused in Nigeria since 1966-2025, they should be ready to make necessary RESTITUTIONS!

TO EVERY CHALLENGE THERE IS A SOLUTION!

The Solution rests squarely at the doorstep of the Nigerian Army and the Armed Forces including all Security Operatives put together to now join hands with THE ONGOING CAMPAIGN FOR A REFERENDUM THAT WOULD JETTISON THE VERY COSTLY AND CORRUPTION-INFESTED PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM OF 24 YEARS AND REPLACE IT WITH A UNICAMERAL PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM THAT IS COST -EFFECTIVE AND WILL ENABLE ALL NIGERIANS FROM THE GRASSROOTS TO PARTICIPATE IN A TOTALLY VIOLENT-FREE AND STABLE GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE - JUST AS IT OBTAINS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

THIS IS THE MAJOR TASK BEFORE THE MILITARY AND WE BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL JOIN HANDS WITH MILLIONS OF NIGERIANS TO ACTUALIZE TRUE DEMOCRACY AS WE MOVE INTO THE SECOND QUARTER OF THIS YEAR 2024! THIS TIME AROUND SOLDIERS WILL SHOUT WITH TOPMOST VOICES AND NOT THE BARRELS OF GUNS IN SUPPORT OF UNICAMERAL PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THROUGH POPULAR REFERENDUM! GOD SAVE NIGERIA AMEN!

[EXPECT A PRIME MINISTER IN NIGERIA NOW!]

Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access, to this newsletter, log on to: facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com,

Please look forward to divine revelations in The Sure Word Gospel Tracts, Our divinely inspired books on the Amazon KINDLE Store Namely: The Unbroken Chain of Grace, Nigeria’s Pot Pourri (Volumes 1-5), Godly Politicking For World Peace, and The Wedding Mascot Died

If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer: Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament in your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and personal Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen. If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations!

 I am, yours sincerely, THE WATCHMAN Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor. 08130669886, 08058436756. g-mail-dvdolufon@gmail.

NIGERIAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION MUST STOP FURTHER COLLATERAL DAMAGES IN THE CREEKS NOW!

ZION B-BC

 NEWSLETTER.   

 

 A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church Kpeyegyi Abuja Nigeria.  {Vol. 13. NO 554. 24th March 2024} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32).  PRAY & FAST EVERY WEDNESDAY TO STOP BLOODSHED IN NIGERIA!

 

NIGERIAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION MUST STOP FURTHER COLLATERAL DAMAGES IN THE CREEKS NOW!

Once again, We offer our condolences to the entire Nigerian Army hierarchy and all the families of our gallant 17 slain soldiers whose souls are resting in Heaven with our Almighty Sovereign God and Creator.

The HOLY LAW OF GOD expressly forbids homicide in any form and stipulates that, "...he who kills by the sword shall perish by the sword."

In the past 10 days the Nigerian Media and social network have been awash with the very embarrassing and unpalatable news of the gruesome murder of these men in uniform whose lives were terminated while on a PEACE MISSION to resolve a land dispute between two communities in Delta State, South-south Nigeria.

It was also reported that their lifeless bodies were brutally mutilated and their weapons carted away!

According to one of the reports in the Premium Times, residents of the Okuama Community (one of the warring parties), has been fingered to have on 14th March 2024 ambushed and murdered the 17 military personnel including a commander (a lieutenant colonel), two majors, one captain and 13 soldiers!

The Nigerian army says the hoodlums who killed the military personnel in Delta State also carted away weapons belonging to the slain personnel.

During a condolence visit by the Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the General Officer Commanding 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, and Joint Task Force, South- South Operation in Delta State, Jamal Abdussalam, disclosed that the suspected residents ambushed and murdered the Commanding Officer of 181 Army Amphibious Battalion, two majors, one captain and 13 soldiers.

The troops were ambushed and killed while responding to a distress call during a clash between Okuama and Okoloba communities in the South-southern state.

The military, earlier said a total of 16 soldiers were killed but later posted the names and photos of 17 soldiers, including the commander (a lieutenant colonel), two majors, one captain and 13 soldiers.

The GOC, Major General Abdussalam, said troops will be “firm, strong, decisive and professional” in conducting operations to arrest the hoodlums and recover the weapons, adding that the Chief of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja, had issued  directives to the troops carrying out the operation.

THE ARMY CHIEF FURTHER SAID THE TROOPS WOULD CONTINUE TO BE IN THE CREEKS UNTIL THE HOODLUMS WERE ARRESTED AND WEAPONS RECOVERED!!!

He reiterated that “propaganda, arm-twisting, blackmailing, intimidation, and false narratives” would not distract troops from staying on course to achieve their objectives and called on people of the Niger Delta Region to go about their normal activities.

The army chief appealed to people in the communities to assist the troops with information about the location of the fleeing criminals and the weapons that were carted away from by the hoodlums.

“If we allow criminals to continue to attack our security forces, there will be anarchy,” he said.

He stressed that troops would not rest until all the hoodlums involved in the murder of the military personnel were tracked down and reassured that the operation against the attackers was being conducted in such a way that, going forward, nobody would contemplate attacking military personnel in uniform.

VENGEANCE IS MINE I WILL REPAY SAYS THE LORD!

" Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord." (Romans. 12:19).

It is not only the ARMY and immediate families of the departed combatants that grief, the entire Nation grieves and would wish that the SLAIN SOLDIERS COULD JUST RESURRECT!

From the statement of the GOC it can be deduced that the military would remain an ARMY OF OCCUPATION in the CORDONED AREA until they fished out the criminals involved in the dastard act.

* How long will it take the Commander-In- Chief of the Armed Forces Mr. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) who had ordered thorough investigations to be carried out to call his SUBORDINATES TO ORDER?

 We want to remind the Nigerian Army that they should still remember that Nigeria is operating a DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT - A CIVIL AUTHORITY THEY MUST BE SUBJECTED TO AT ALL TIMES!

*Up to the time of this publication Sunday  24th March, 2024, the cordoned area remained off limits to other members of the security architecture in Nigeria namely the The Nigerian Police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), DSS etc,  and even the Nigerian Press which is the Fourth Estate of the Realm!

WHATEVER IS GOING ON IN THAT REGION RIGHT NOW IS SHROUDED IN SECRECY!

Already various accusations have been leveled against the Nigeria Army that military atrocities were being perpetrated in the CORDONED AREA similar to the total massacre/destructions of Odi Village, Balyesa State in 1999, and Zaki Biam Village  Benue State between 20th-24th October 2001, by Nigerian Army soldiers during the tenure of Ex-president Rtd. General Olusegun Obasanjo!

One fact should be made clear to the Nigerian Army hierarchy that they cannot be the ACCUSER, the INVESTIGATOR, the PROSECUTOR and the JUDGE IN THEIR OWN Case!

Already the accused Community has been razed down, innocent citizens especially the vulnerable, women, children, juveniles and even pregnant women have been murdered in Cold Blood according to media reports while the Army claimed not to be culpable!

* Total blackout of the Nigerian Army activities - successes or failures - in their quest to fish out the murderers from the Creeks may only be known to the C-IN-C who also believes that he was not subject to inform developments to CITIZENS who "voted" him to POWER!

 For how long will the Nigerian Army remain AN ARMY OF OCCUPATION in that land because according to the GOC they would remain in the creeks until they fished out the murderers!

Are they sure that the heinous murderers were still in the Creeks and why has it taken so long for them to reach and arrest those criminals?

OUR SUMMATION:

"Not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing." (1Peter.3:9).

The Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces should make a CATEGORICAL STATEMENT TO PROVE THAT IS IN CHARGE OF THIS COUNTRY'S SECURITY ARCHITECTURE AND THAT THE ARMY HAS NOT TAKEN OVER FROM HIM!

He MUST Issue an order for INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATORS AND CRIMINOLOGISTS that are abound in the nation in conjunction with THE NIGERIAN PRESS TO UNRAVEL WHAT ACTUALLY TRANSPIRED IN OKUAMA AND OKOLOBA COMMUNITIES, DELTA STATE!

DELAY COULD BE DANGEROUS!

The Word of God says, "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction" (Proverbs. 1:7).

THESE HURTING AND ANGRY SOLDIERS MUST BE PERSUADED TO CALM DOWN. DEATH IS AN ULTIMATE AND INEVITABLE PRICE EVERYONE MUST PAY!

"And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this THE JUDGMENT!" (Hebrews. 9:27).

MAY THE SOULS OF THIS GALLANT HEROES REST IN PERFECT PEACE WITH THE LORD! AMEN, AMEN.

[EXPECT A PRIME MINISTER IN NIGERIA NOW!]

Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access, to this newsletter, log on to:  facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com, 

Please look forward to divine revelations in  The Sure Word Gospel Tracts, Our divinely inspired books on the Amazon KINDLE Store Namely: The Unbroken Chain of Grace, Nigeria’s Pot Pourri (Volumes 1-5), Godly Politicking For World Peace,  and The Wedding Mascot Died

If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray  this prayer: Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament in your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and personal Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen. If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations! 

 I am, yours sincerely, THE WATCHMAN Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor. 08130669886, 08080243066. g-mail-dvdolufon@gmail.

HOUSE OF REPS. KEPT MUM WHILE SENATORS DANCE NAKED IN MARKET SQUARE!

ZION B-BC

 NEWSLETTER.   

 

 A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church Kpeyegyi Abuja Nigeria.  {Vol. 13. NO 552. 17th March 2024} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32).  PRAY & FAST EVERY WEDNESDAY TO STOP BLOODSHED IN NIGERIA!

 

HOUSE OF REPS. KEPT MUM WHILE SENATORS DANCE NAKED IN MARKET SQUARE!

ARE Nigerians surprised that the leadership of the House of Representatives in the bi-cameral legislative system kept quiet over the controversial allegations of 2024 BUDGET PADDING by Senator Abdul Ningi, Bauchi Central?

They are BIRDS OF A FEATHER! The 8th National Assembly was awash with the damning exposition of humongous budget padding by a ranking member and Chairman of House of Representatives Appropriation Committee who gave detailed information about how the illicit funds were shared! He was brazen to admit his own share of the bloody loot and gave detailed statements of the legislative cabal to the EFCC, POLICE ICPC etc, but till date, neither Hon. Abdulmumin Jibril Aminu nor his accomplices were invited for interrogation! They are all walking free! 

Although he was suspended for ONE YEAR from all legislative duties, he sought redress at the courts, won all petitions but the entire case was swept under the carpet!

ABDUL NINGI WAS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPS. DURING THE EXPOSED 2016 BUDGET PADDING!

Now as "distinguished" Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, his patriotic/nationalistic instincts forced him to "BLOW THE WHISTLE" which has earned him a 90-day suspension from the legislative Chambers!

BELOW ARE SORDID EXPOSITIONS OF SENATOR NINGI ACCORDING TO PREMIUM TIMES: March 17, 2024

 "The claim by a senator, Abdul Ningi, that over N53 billion worth of projects in the 2024 Appropriations Act are without a specific location, is true, a check by PREMIUM TIMES has revealed.

The suspended lawmaker, who represents Bauchi Central Senatorial District, recently accused the leadership of the Senate of fraudulently smuggling projects into the 2024 budget.

The lawmaker, who was suspended by the Senate on Tuesday over the claim, had disclosed that he got experts to review the budget and discovered some projects that do not have locations.

A review of the document obtained by this newspaper as well as a review of the proposed 2024 budget and the one eventually passed by the lawmakers, indicate that there is substantial merit in Mr Ningi’s claim.

According to Mr Ningi’s document, the consultants traced 36 projects that are worth N53 billion though the projects have no specific locations they are to be sited.

The 2024 Budget

On 29 November 2023, President Bola Tinubu presented the N27.5 trillion budget to the joint session of the National Assembly.

The budget has a recurrent expenditure profile of N9.92 trillion, a capital expenditure component of N8.7 trillion while N8.25 trillion was set aside for debt servicing.

Within 30 days, the lawmakers passed the budget, increasing it by N1.2 trillion and bringing the total figure to N28.7 trillion

Many observers believe that the lawmakers sacrificed diligence on the altar of speed.

It was not only the lawmakers who were in a hurry, President Tinubu also signed the bill into law within 48 hours after it was transmitted to him.

However, barely 60 days into the implementation of the budget, controversy arose.

PREMIUM TIMES reported the meeting between Mr Ningi, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and some principal officers of the Senate.

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio

During the meeting, Mr Ningi, who at the time was the leader of the Northern Senators’ Forum, alleged that about N3.7 trillion worth of projects were smuggled into the budget.

Mr Ningi also had an interview with BBC Hausa, during which he was quoted as saying, “Apparently, we discovered N3 trillion was inserted into the budgets for projects without locations. This is the highest budget padding that happened in Nigerian history under Senator Akpabio’s watch.” The lawmaker later claimed that he was misquoted in the interview, insisting that he never mentioned “budget padding” or Mr Akpabio. He, however, refused to be pressured to recant his claims by his colleagues during Tuesday’s plenary session. He was subsequently suspended. In the course of the saga, two main issues have occupied centre stage – budget padding and constituency projects.

Sen Abdul Ningi -Tracking the 36 projects without location

In the document Mr Ningi has, for instance, N500 million was allocated for “Energy Poverty Intervention in Selected Rural Cooperators Settlements.” The project is under the Federal College of Land Resources Owerri, Imo State.

This line item has a very vague description with an equally vague location. “Selected rural cooperators settlement” was the only description for the location of the project.

Further checks revealed that this project was not in the budget proposal submitted by President Tinubu. Aside from this project flagged by Mr Ningi, this paper also flagged several other projects placed under the same college in Imo.

For instance, N500 million was allocated for the “construction of solar street lights in selected cooperators settlement”. Like other projects, it has no specific location and it was not contained in the proposed budget submitted by the president.

In total, 14 projects worth N2.4 billion were injected into the institution’s budget. These 14 projects were not in the proposed budget by the president.

A similar vague project was domiciled in the budget of the Agricultural Council of Nigeria. The N40 million project is tagged, “supply of farm inputs and farm implements in selected communities.” No specific location was put in place for the project.

When President Tinubu presented the budget, the agency had a N2.7 billion budgetary allocation. After the lawmakers’ controversial insertions, the agency’s budget was increased to N22.9 billion. Many of the projects are to be executed in different senatorial districts. However, some have very vague descriptions. For instance, N297.6 million (N297, 555,911) was repeated four times in the agency’s budget for projects without specific locations.

There is “Solar street light installations in selected federal constituencies in the six geopolitical zones”, and there is another: “entrepreneurship/empowerment of SMEs in some six geopolitical zones in the country.”

Another agency that Mr Ningi flagged is the Nigeria Institute of Oceanography and Marine Research. He highlighted N1.5 billion worth of projects that could not be tied to any specific location. A simple search revealed that Mr Ningi only scratched the surface. Over N54.2 billion worth of projects were dumped by the lawmakers in this agency. Many of them are vague.

In the budget of the National Centre for Agriculture Mechanisation, over N36 billion was inserted in the budget of the agency by the lawmakers. When President Tinubu presented the budget in November 2023, the agency had about N1.8 billion as total estimated expenditure. However, by the time the lawmakers dumped their projects in there, the allocation increased to N38.6 billion.

Duplicating same untraceable projects in two agencies.

Mr Ningi’s claim that projects worth about N2 billion in the budget of the National Horticulture Research Institute, Ibadan, cannot be traced to any specific location is also true. Four line items at the rate of N500 million each are in the budget without any specific location.

However, the problem is not just the lack of specific locations of the projects, there appears to be intent to commit fraud. These same projects in the National Horticulture Research Institute, Ibadan were also dumped in the budget of the Nigerian Institute of Oceanography and Marine Research. It has the same amounts and the same project titles.

These projects were not in the original budget submitted by the president. They were included by the lawmakers.

Most of the projects flagged by Mr Ningi checked out following an investigation by PREMIUM TIMES. However, the lawmaker only scratched the surface, as a deeper search showed that   many more projects were dumped by the lawmakers.

Budget Padding vs Constituency Projects

The emergence of the phrase “budget padding” into Nigeria’s political lexicon could be traced to 2016, when Abdulmummin Jibrin, the then chairperson of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, accused the then Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, and some principal officers of the House of padding the budget of the House with projects. Amid that scandal, Mr Jibrin was suspended by the House.

However, controversies over the insertion of projects into the budget could be traced to the beginning of this Fourth Republic.

Lawmakers have always maintained that they reserve the power to insert projects into the proposed budgets.”

PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN NIGERIA IS A FRAUD! THE POLITICIANS  (EXCEPT FOR A SPINELESS MINORITY FEW) ARE FRAUDSTERS!

CITIZENS DO NOT NEED AN ANGEL OF THE LORD TO COMMAND THEM TO DEMAND FOR THE GRASSROOT UNICAMERAL (ONE HOUSE) COSTLESS SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT NOW!

JOIN THE MOVING CAMPAIGN TRAIN WHICH HAS GATHERED MOMENTUM ACROSS ALL POLITICAL DIVIDE NOW!

PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM FOR NIGERIA IS NOW - NOT 2031! AMEN, AMEN, AMEN.

[EXPECT A PRIME MINISTER IN NIGERIA NOW!]

Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access, to this newsletter, log on to:  facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com, 

Please look forward to divine revelations in  The Sure Word Gospel Tracts, Our divinely inspired books on the Amazon KINDLE Store Namely: The Unbroken Chain of Grace, Nigeria’s Pot Pourri (Volumes 1-5), Godly Politicking For World Peace,  and The Wedding Mascot Died

If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray  this prayer: Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament in your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and personal Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen. If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations! 

 I am, yours sincerely, THE WATCHMAN Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor. 08130669886, 08080243066. g-mail-dvdolufon@gmail.

POLITICAL CHARLATANS ARE THE CRIMINALS IN NIGERIA!

ZION B-BC

 NEWSLETTER.   

 

(Looking at Nigeria's Political System from a Godly Perspective).

 A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church Kpeyegyi Abuja Nigeria. {Vol. 13. NO 552. 10th March 2024} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32). PRAY & FAST EVERY WEDNESDAY TO STOP BLOODSHED IN NIGERIA!

 

POLITICAL CHARLATANS ARE THE CRIMINALS IN NIGERIA!

Nigeria has been beguiled by a deficit of true political leadership because all those who had ascended to positions of power and authority succeeded not through relevant experiences or educational qualifications but by sheer guts of inordinate ambitions!

Political ascendancy at all levels from Independence to date had been a process of unclassified leadership struggle without articulate direction or road maps!

Genuinely-interested leaders have never made it to the presidency, governorship or local government positions at the grassroots because their primary motivation was for personal gains/aggrandizement which is at variance with the DOCTRINE OF MODERN POLITICS!

WHO ARE THE CHARLATANS?

They are the Hustlers, Leaches, Fraudulent, Fakes, Pretenders Tricksters, Sham, Ticks...etc.

Classification: 

1) Raw village boys/girls who were restricted to the rural barbaric environment culture without any form of worldview.

2) Hustlers and adventurists who ventured out to seek better existence in nearby towns that hardly experienced any form of civilization: and devoid of socio-economic manifestation - like public water system, sewage facilities, health institutions except local clinics scarcely with drugs; without any planned or sustained primary/secondary education program!

3) Opportunists: Half-baked Village Primary/Secondary School Leavers – employed by the Local Government Area (LGA) authority and in spite of crude mentalities discovered that Nigerian Politics was" A MINEFIELD OF MASSIVE CORRUPTION to be harnessed!

At independence both Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, the First Prime Minister and Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe the ceremonial President were educated and could be classified as potential leaders but did they possess requisite knowledge of modern politics?

Following the 1966 military coup, a mixture of local and foreign-trained soldiers took over the mantle, accused the leadership of institutional corruption, tribalism, nepotism, flamboyant lifestyle etc, and brought the nation into political turmoil!

NB: Charlatans have over the years from post-military era to date have perfected their craftsmanship and outsmarted the thoroughly educated elite (who should have known better that politics in Nigeria would not have been discarded as A DIRTY GAME IF THEY HAD NOT ABSTAINED! The Charlatans now drive most expensive vehicles on the highway, state-of-the-art aircrafts and choppers, enjoy the luxury of the best Fire Star Hotels all over the world at the expense of the virtuous, faultless, impeccable, immaculate, highly-educated Nigerian elites WHO WOULD NOT TOUCH POLITICS WITH A LONG POLE!

POLITICS DOES NOT NEED BARREL OF GUNS TO THRIVE!

What is politics in simple words?

Politics is the way that people living in groups make decisions. Politics is about making agreements between people so that they can live together in groups such as tribes, cities, or countries. In large groups, such as countries, some people may spend a lot of their time making such agreements.

From the inception of the contraption called Nigeria, the meaning of politics was turned upside down.

Politics means opportunity to steal all available funds at all levels of governments among survival of the fittest and wait for "Heaven to fall"!

According to Section 13; 14(1-4):

Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

13. "It shall be the duty and responsibility of all organs of government, and of all authorities and persons, exercising legislative, executive or judicial powers, to conform to, observe and apply the provisions of this Chapter of this Constitution.

14. (1) The Federal Republic of Nigeria shall be a State based on the principles of democracy and social justice.

(2) It is hereby, accordingly, declared that:

(a) sovereignty belongs to the people of Nigeria from whom government through this Constitution derives all its powers and authority;

(b) the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government: and

(c) the participation by the people in their government shall be ensured in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.

(3) The composition of the Government of the Federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs shall be carried out in such a manner as to reflect the federal character of Nigeria and the need to promote national unity, and also to command national loyalty, thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of persons from a few State or from a few ethnic or other sectional groups in that Government or in any of its agencies.

(4) The composition of the Government of a State, a local government council, or any of the agencies of such Government or council, and the conduct of the affairs of the Government or council or such agencies shall be carried out in such manner as to recognise the diversity of the people within its area of authority."

CROOKED NIGERIANS HAVE CELEBRATED CHARLATANS FROM OLUSEGUN OBASANJO TO AHMED BOLA TINUBU WHILE THE SOVEREIGN CITIZENS HAVE BEEN POLITICALLY SIDELINED!

We of this Editorial Board have categorically stated that presidential system of government in a development nation like Nigeria is ANATHEMA!

AND WE HAVE BEEN PROVED RIGHT BECAUSE Nigeria HAS BECOME A BANKRUPT NATION! Nigeria’s total public debt reached NGN87.91 trillion naira by the end of Quarter 3 of 2023 according to statistics from the Debt Management Office (DMO)!

The few Charlatans that enjoy the PERKS OF OFFICE have continued to lavish the scarce resources of the Nation by borrowing more to satiate their penchant for luxury in office; BUT MUST THEY GET AWAY WITH BLUE MURDER?

WAS IT NOT HIGH TIME FOR THE CITIZENS TO DEMAND FOR PAYMENT OF ALL LOANS (LOCAL& INTERNATIONAL), TO BE OFFSET THROUGH SALES OF LUXURY NATIONAL ASSETS BEING EXCLUSIVELY ENJOYED BY THESE CHARLATANS?

(1) THE PRESIDENTIAL FLEET MUST BE SOLD TO PAY OFF NIGERIA DEBTS!

Erstwhile President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari promised to cut wastages in government by selling off some of the official 10 Presidential Air Fleet but SPENT UP TO 41.9 BILLION NAIRA ON THE FLEET BEFORE HE DEPARTED OFFICE, (2015-2023), contrary to his 2015 presidential election campaigns promises to reduce waste in governance by downsizing the fleet. As of October 2016, when his government last made a public inventory of the PAF, the fleet included 10 aircraft, namely one Boeing Business Jet (or Air Force One) 737, one Gulfstream G550, one Gulfstream G500, one Hawker 4000, two Falcon 7X, two AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters, and two AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters which upkeep increased by 243% in six years!

After taking office on May 29, 2015, the 2016 Appropriation Act signed by Buhari allocated N3.652bn for the upkeep of the presidential fleet. In 2017, the cost of maintenance of the presidential aircraft rose to N4.37bn (19.6 per cent). The figure then skyrocketed to N7.260bn (98.7 per cent) in 2018. In 2019, the cost of maintaining the PAF again rose to N7.297bn (99.6 per cent). The allocation, however, fell to N6.793bn (86 per cent) in 2020. But in 2021, the budget for the presidential fleet saw its sharpest Buhari-era jump to N12.550bn (243.6 per cent). The combined estimated value of Nigeria’s PAF is $347.4m (N142.96bn) and funding increased to N81bn under Buhari!

(2) ALL ABANDONED FEDERAL AND STATES INSTITUTIONAL EDIFICES AND STRUCTURES IN THE COMMERCIAL CITY OF LAGOS SHOULD BE PUBLICLY AUCTIONED AND SOLD TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR!

(3) THE FOUR REFINERIES SHOULD BE THOROUGHLY REPAIRED, REFURBISHED AND SOLD TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR OPTIMUM GAIN TO OFFSET THE NATIONAL DEBTS.

Mr. President Tinubu has the option to fly in his private jets like other billionaires in his government or go COMMERCIAL!

BOLA TINUBU PROMISED TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY OF HIS PREDECESSOR!

Tinubu cannot and must not continue to go down the PRECIPICE that will take the nation deeper into further debts through prodigal expenses! For the UMPTEENTH TIME, We advise that he should champion the POPULAR DEMAND FOR A UNICAMERAL PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THROUGH REFERENDUM AND SAVE HIMSELF FROM FURTHER EMBARRASSMENT AND DISGRACE OUT OF OFFICE!

A Word is sufficient for the wise!

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