NANS urges Buhari to probe N2.9bn Olympic fund Read more at: http://sulyben.blogspot.com /2016/05/nans-urges-buhari-probe-n2-9bn-olympic-fund/

By Jude Opara, Abuja As Nigerian athletes continue to complain over poor preparations ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to probe how the N2.9 billion he released to the defunct National Sports Commission (NSC) for the preparations for the Games   was spent.



The government had last year released the said fund for the country’s participation for the All Africa Games, the Youth Olympics and the preparation for the Rio Olympics. But the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung had repeatedly claimed that the former Director General of the NSC, Mallam Alhassan Yakmut never briefed him concerning the money, an allegation which Yakmut has vehemently denied. In a statement issued in Abuja at the weekend and signed by the National Director, Sports, NANS, Comrade Godwin Erheriene, the body said the matter must not be swept under the carpet since the money in question ought to have made it easy for the athletes to prepare for the global fiesta. However, the body pleaded with the government to try and release another for the training of the athletes while it probes into what really happened to the N2.9 billion earlier released. According to the student body, it will be meaningless if Nigeria will send athletes to the games without adequately preparing them to give optimum performance. The statement further urged the government to put measure in place to ensure that the fund will not be misappropriated if eventually it decides to release the money which it added is for the good of Nigerian athletes preparing to defend the name of Nigeria in Brazil. “Lack of fund should not continue to be the excuse of sports men and women in our great country Nigeria which is also the giant of Africa. Nevertheless we urge the government to track every amount they want to approve for the training of our athletes to ensure that they get what is their due” the statement concluded.

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Buhari is Nigeria’s best President ever – APC Chieftain Read more at: http://sulyben.blogspot.com /2016/05/buhari-nigerias-best-president-ever-apc-chieftain/

A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress(APC), in Delta State and National Organising Secretary for Grassroot Mobilisers for Buhari, High Chief Igho Osiebe, Wednesday, adjudged President Muhammadu Buhari, the best President in the history of Nigeria, saying Nigerians should be grateful to God who through the forces of change and accelerated development thrust up the Daura-born retired General and politician.

Chief Osiebe, who was stated this in Asaba, said President Buhari had displayed enough competence in administering the country especially his prudent management of resources in his drive to deliver quality service to the Nigerian people. The High Chief of Agbon Kingdom in Ethiopia East area of the oil-rich state, cited the recovery of looted funds starched away in foreign banks by politicians, who corruptly enriched themselves in the past by the President Buhari-led APC administration as a legacy that will live beyond the “no nonsense” retired General. According to him, as things stand at the moment, there is seeming sanity in the way politicians carry out their businesses in a clear departure from the immediate past government, ‎saying as time goes on, “we as a people shall celebrate a nation free of corruption.” He took a swipe on the Yakubu Wada-led faction of the Nigerian Labour Congress(NLC) for leading Nigerian workers on strike, noting that such action was self-serving, lack of patriotism to the government and the ‘good people’ of Nigeria. He wondered if Wada understands the basic economic principles of a free market economy as being introduced in the downstream sector of the petroleum industry as he called on the FG to avoid the “booby trap” of salary increase for workers noting that such was a catalyst for hyper inflation. Osiebe condemned the renewed hostilities pivoted by the self acclaimed Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, in the Delta region wondering what was there to avenge? According to him, NDA is an group that does not mean well for the region in its self-serving drive urging the federal government to deal decisively with any mischief maker where and when necessary. “In President Buhari we have Nigeria’s best President in our national history and it is of note that we as a people must be grateful to those forces of change and accelerated development who gave us this weird character. “We have seen with enthusiasm how much this generation of politicians dread him and how much he has been able to hound the looters of our national patrimony to surrender and I want to urge him on. “Ours is an action packed President who will fire anybody who deviates from the path of bringing glory to our nation like we saw in the sack of the immigration boss over alleged extortion of officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service, such action is alien to us in our clime. “I understand a group of masochists who goes by the name, Niger Delta Avengers, vowed to hold Nigeria ransom, I wonder what they are avenging, in whose interest and for what? We are peace loving people in the region therefore the president should go all out for any trouble maker when and wherever necessary,” he said. 

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I Hear Your Cries and Share Your Pains – Read What Buhari Said After Signing the Budget

Shortly after signing into law the 2016 National Budget, President Muhammadu Buhari, took a minute to appreciate Nigerians for their patience, toughness and resilience.
After several weeks of horse-trading between the presidency and the National Assembly over the controversial 2016 National Budget dubbed ‘Budget of Corruption’, President Muhammadu Buhari, today, 6th May 2016,signed the budget into law

Femi Adesina, the presidential special adviser on media and publicity took to his Twitter page to disclose the short statement made by President Buhari shortly after the official signing of the budget.

Read below;

“Living in the State House does not alienate me from your daily struggles. I hear your cries, I share your pains.

“I commend the sacrifice, resilience, toughness of all Nigerians, who have continued to have hope and confidence of a great future.

“This government is like no other. We are absolutely committed to changing the structure of the Nigerian economy once and for all.

“I can’t promise that it will be an easy journey, but can assure this govt you have freely elected will work with honesty & dedication.

I shall speak in more details about the overall economic and social policies of the govt in my address on May 29, God willing,” President Muhammadu Buhari.sulyben.blogspot.com

And finally the President has just appended his signature to the budget.

Congratulations Nigerians for the patience thus far.

"I commend the sacrifice, resilience, toughness of all Nigerians, who have continued to have hope and confidenc

e of a great future" ~ PMB