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Post by Honorebu on Jan 30, 2016 1:07:40 GMT
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Post by Honorebu on Jan 30, 2016 1:10:10 GMT
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Post by Honorebu on Jan 30, 2016 1:10:54 GMT
dansoye1 If this guy were female, I would have searched for his number online to send him an e-kiss
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Post by dansoye1 on Jan 30, 2016 15:28:23 GMT
dansoye1 If this guy were female, I would have searched for his number online to send him an e-kiss He made a sensible speech ,so we are expecting him to walk the talk.
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Post by dansoye1 on Jan 30, 2016 15:33:39 GMT
Investment in vocational education is a good investment.
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Post by Honorebu on Jan 30, 2016 15:52:14 GMT
dansoye1 If this guy were female, I would have searched for his number online to send him an e-kiss He made a sensible speech ,so we are expecting him to walk the talk. Hopefully oooo
I was really happy when I read it because it appeared like I was the one speaking
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Post by OmoOba on Jan 31, 2016 11:48:41 GMT
How salary crisis is holding Ahmed’s Kwara hostage
Still on the salary matter...
THESE are not the best of times for the administration of Abdulfatah Ahmed in Kwara State as a result of its failure to be up to date with the payment of salaries.
Virtually all the civil servants in the state have not been paid in the last five months, leading to industrial action embarked upon by the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE.
The leadership of the union has vowed not to return to work unless the state government pays the accumulated wages.
Advocacy meeting
In a chat with Vanguard, Secretary of NULGE, Comrade Abayomi Afolabi, noted that the strike would remain until the needful is done by the state government.
The worst hit is the education sector where both primary and post- primary schools have remained closed, resulting in discontent among parents and guardians.
Worried about the situation, 16 Local Government chairmen in the state under the aegis of Association of Local Government Council of Nigeria, ALGON, and the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, convened an advocacy meeting among stakeholders to find a solution to the impasse.
The forum was also aimed at sensitising the public about the factors responsible for the crisis and as well plead that they return to work.
To achieve their aim, the chairmen, who visited the three senatorial districts in the state, also made a stop at the palace of the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari.
While appealing to the Emir to prevail on workers to return to work, the chairmen disclosed that all revenue alternatives had been utilised without success. From the state council of chiefs also came the call for synergy between the state government and the leadership of the labour unions in order to find amicable solution to the problem.
The traditional rulers, after their meeting, urged the ?state government to ensure that the welfare of its workers at all levels remain paramount as soon as the financial status of the state improves.
This among others was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of an emergency meeting of all the traditional rulers in the state.
Held at the Emir’s Palace and attended by members of the traditional council, representatives of all local governments and the leadership of the labour unions, the gathering was aimed at deliberating on the protracted funding challenges facing the state.
The communiqué reads: “Given the need to forestall any impending strike actions that may occur and in view of the fact that the masses are terribly affected by the paucity of fund to pay workers, it is therefore pertinent to appraise the entire gamut of the issue with a view to contributing to what may become succour to the problems.
“The council notes that the inability of both the state and local governments to presently provide adequate funds for the payment of salaries and allowances and meet other commitments of governance, at rates commensurate with past provisions, had arisen due to the drastic fall in the statutory allocation from the Federation Account.”
Statutory allocation
“The Internally Generated Revenue by both the state and local governments has not been adequate to bridge the funding gap noting that the newly established Kwara State Internal Revenue Service will assist in curbing leakages and enhance revenue base of the state.
“The council observed that the workers are entitled to their salaries because it is a right and not a privilege.
“We sympathise with the state government for not having enough money for their projects and to satisfy the needs of the people but appeal to the Kwara State government and the 16 Local Government Chairmen to continue to explore all avenues for stabilizing the situation.
“After an exhaustive discussion with the leadership of the labour unions, they have agreed to convince their members to call off the strike and further resolve that we should work to ensure that subsequent salaries are regularly paid as and when due.
“The one month salary arrears must be paid before the commencement of the bio-metrics exercise and to also urge the government to review the number of emoluments of political office holders? at both state and local government levels as their status cannot be compared to those of the civil servants.
“The state government is also urged to urgently set up a committee to address the issue of ghost workers and pensioners at the local government areas.’’
On its part, the state government had earlier convened a similar forum in Ilorin where it pleaded for patience over the paucity of funds in the state.
Paucity of funds
The Commissioner for Finance Alhaji Nurudeen Banu, who led the government delegation, had hectic time explaining the situation.
Those present include leaders of NULGE, Nigeria Union of Teachers , NUT, pensioners, health workers and market women among others .
Banu told the gathering : “The state was collecting N3.4billion before the fall of the prices of crude oil in the international market but now it has reduced to N1.4billion every month.
“Apart from this, the Internally Generated Revenue is N200million every month while the Excess Crude fund is N400million every month but this cannot resolve the current precarious financial situation in Kwara State.”
“Our monthly wage bill is N2.4billion and this is a serious deficit to the state government in view of the N1.4billion we collect as federal allocation.”
While appealing for patience Banu urged the stakeholders to come out with facts that would help the state out of the present financial logjam.
Proffering solutions, the NUT called on the state governor and other political office holders to forfeit their security votes and other fringe benefits pending the time the economy of the state improves.
This, they said would also help the state to meet its financial commitments to workers.
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Post by Honorebu on Jan 31, 2016 13:24:09 GMT
Lol a lot of these governors never hesperred it
Drop in oil price just dey catch people off-guard
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Post by dansoye1 on Feb 7, 2016 16:04:26 GMT
Share People Have Unbridled Ambition To Annex Nupe Land –MohammedAlhaji Mohammed Kudu Mohammed is the secretary Board of Trustees (BOTs) of Tsaragi Emirate Development Association, Kwara State. In this interview with ISAIAH BENJAMIN, he gives clarification on the crisis between the Nupe -speaking Tsaragi people and Share people, both in Kwara State. He proffered possible solutions that could bring an end to the recurring crisis that has led to deaths of many in the area and property worth millions destroyed, Excerpts. The crisis between the Tsaragi and Share people in Kwara State has continued to be a recurring decimal, how did it all start?This issue has become very worrisome over the years. Tsaragi is a town that has about 130 villages including the present day Share. Share people are predominately the Igbomina dialect of the Yoruba people. Our grandparents received them when they came from Aun sometime back. We gave land, Islam, the needed cover and compassion. They have lived together peacefully under our rulership obeying all our rules, laws and instructions including the payment of appropriate taxes without any problem until 1973 when their first set of school graduates returned home and decided they should not exist as a town without having land ownership and some villages under them. At that point they started making attempts to annex some Nupe lands and villages initially by going to the villages to force them to proclaim that they are under Share rulership without war or conquest. Things are never done like that. By 1976 they went to the federal government panel (boundary commission) headed by Justice Mamman Nasir to claim that some Nupe villages belong to them. When the panel went round, the villages were found and declared to be Nupe villages belonging to the Tsaragis. In summary, this unbridled ambition to annex Nupeland and villages is the remote cause of this recurring crisis that has claimed lives valuable properties. This is not acceptable and shall be resisted anywhere in the world. What steps have the Tsaragi people taken to address the recurring crisis with the view to amicably resolve and find a lasting solution to it?At every point, the federal government and Kwara state government have always come into the matter. As we speak, there are four reports from panels and even judicial commissions headed by eminent jurist and personalities in the calibre of Justices Mamman Nasir, Mbanefo, Deacon Sayomi and Shehu Gafar respectively among others. They have come out with decisions and recommendations at the end of their respective assignments. We have always preached peace and we will continue to preach peace because we know how our grandparents received them. We will not drive them away, neither can they wipe us out as they always want to do. We are forced to live together and at every point we always remind them that we Nupes are landlords and our rights as the landlord must be so respected. Their (Share people) refusal to respect that status is what always creates the problem. At a point they contested the panel reports in courts and lost both at High and Appellate Court. What was expected of them was to come back home and accept each other, as the neighbours that we are. The issue between us is not a boundary dispute, it is a matter of serial breach of trespass and reckless encroachment on Nupe lands and villages. There are known boundary lines but their refusal to accept and respect this has always been the issue. leadership.ng/features/499000/share-people-unbridled-ambition-annex-nupe-land-mohammed
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Post by Her Highness on Feb 7, 2016 16:13:29 GMT
dansoye1We've already handed Kwara to the North. When was the last time a 100% Yoruba man governed Kwara state? Share people better wake up and annex am well well. They shouldn't depend on Yorubas in the SW because e be like say Yorubas are too weak-minded to dominate their own region, talkless of their state in another region. Honestly, were we sleeping when 20% made 80% Northerners? I know Share people are Yorubas, never heard of Tsagari people.
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Post by dansoye1 on Feb 7, 2016 16:35:39 GMT
dansoye1 We've already handed Kwara to the North. When was the last time a 100% Yoruba man governed Kwara state? Share people better wake up and annex am well well. They shouldn't depend on Yorubas in the SW because e be like say Yorubas are too weak-minded to dominate their own region, talkless of their state in another region. Honestly, were we sleeping when 20% made 80% Northerners? I know Share people are Yorubas, never heard of Tsagari people. The current governor is from Share and his mother is from Agbo-Ile Ologbomosho in Ilorin,so that makes him a complete Yoruba man. Mohammed Alabi lawal is also a complete Yoruba man fro Idi-Ape,Ilorin. Her Highness,you dey vex o. Anyway,Tsaragi people are Nupe.The fight between the two communities has been on for quite a while now.Infact they've taken one another to court over ownership of land before now.
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Post by Her Highness on Feb 7, 2016 16:40:17 GMT
dansoye1 We've already handed Kwara to the North. When was the last time a 100% Yoruba man governed Kwara state? Share people better wake up and annex am well well. They shouldn't depend on Yorubas in the SW because e be like say Yorubas are too weak-minded to dominate their own region, talkless of their state in another region. Honestly, were we sleeping when 20% made 80% Northerners? I know Share people are Yorubas, never heard of Tsagari people. The current governor is from Share and his mother is from Agbo-Ile Ologbomosho in Ilorin,so that makes him a complete Yoruba man. Mohammed Alabi lawal is also a complete Yoruba man fro Idi-Ape,Ilorin. Her Highness ,you dey vex o. Anyway,Tsaragi people are Nupe.The fight between the two communities has been on for quite a while now.Infact they've taken one another to court over ownership of land before now. Any others? Abi are those two our only prized possession since......? Abdulfatah Ahmed is a Yoruba name? Interesting. What's on the land that they're fighting for? Same land? I'm liking these Share people sha. E be like say dem get more balls than SWners. Hope they dominate Kwara state. Nupe ko Nipples ni.
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Post by dansoye1 on Feb 7, 2016 16:50:22 GMT
The current governor is from Share and his mother is from Agbo-Ile Ologbomosho in Ilorin,so that makes him a complete Yoruba man. Mohammed Alabi lawal is also a complete Yoruba man fro Idi-Ape,Ilorin. Her Highness ,you dey vex o. Anyway,Tsaragi people are Nupe.The fight between the two communities has been on for quite a while now.Infact they've taken one another to court over ownership of land before now. Any others? Abi are those two our only prized possession since......? Abdulfatah Ahmed is a Yoruba name? Interesting. What's on the land that they're fighting for? Same land? I'm liking these Share people sha. E be like say dem get more balls than SWners. Hope they dominate Kwara state. Nupe ko Nipples ni. Her Highness,you still day vex. We just returned to democracy now Abdufattah Ahmed is an Igbomina man with Arabian name . The problem in the state are just few Ilorin elites who keep throwing others under the Fulanis.If you go to the Yoruba towns in kwara then you would know that they are not into the Fulanis.
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Post by Her Highness on Feb 7, 2016 17:03:48 GMT
Any others? Abi are those two our only prized possession since......? Abdulfatah Ahmed is a Yoruba name? Interesting. What's on the land that they're fighting for? Same land? I'm liking these Share people sha. E be like say dem get more balls than SWners. Hope they dominate Kwara state. Nupe ko Nipples ni. Her Highness ,you still day vex. We just returned to democracy now Abdufattah Ahmed is an Igbomina man with Arabian name . The problem in the state are just few Ilorin elites who keep throwing others under the Fulanis.If you go to the Yoruba towns in kwara then you would know that they are not into the Fulanis.
It's Sunday. Obatala day, I no fit vex lol. For sure, I know Ekiti part of Kwara aint into Fulanis. I've not been to Kwara since I was younger than 6years old. I'd love to visit sha. Has anything changed in terms of development? What about the Okun people of Kogi? Are they into Fulanis? I keep seeing that dumbazz Malaye in Fulani gear, looking like a class A circus clown.
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Post by Her Highness on Feb 7, 2016 17:05:41 GMT
@dansoye
Dumb question, are Igbominas Yoruba?
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