APC says N11trn went missing during Goodluck Jonathan’s administration

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that about N11.02 trillion was embezzled during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

The APC said further that President Muhammadu Buhari would need to recover the funds if he was to bring forth the change promised during his campaign.

This was disclosed via a statement released by National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed on Sunday, August 16, 2015.

It reads in part:

“Some instances of the looting are as follows: N3.8tn out of the N8.1tn earned from crude oil (2012-2015) withheld by NNPC; $2.1bn (N413.7bn) from Excess Crude Account unaccounted for; Department of Petroleum Resources’ unremitted N109.7bn royalty from oil firms.”

“Others are: $6bn (1.2tn) allegedly looted by some ministers of the last administration; 160 million barrels of crude worth $13.9bn (N2.74tn) lost between 2009 and 2012; $15m (N2.96bn) from the botched arms deal yet to be returned to Nigeria; $13bn (N2.56tn) in NLNG dividends mostly unaccounted for; N30bn rice waiver; and N183bn unaccounted for at the NDDC.”

Dickson,Alamieyeseigha Ordered Out of Jonathan's Meeting With PDP Board of Trustees

Bayelsa state governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, and former governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha were on Sunday ordered out a meeting former President Goodluck Jonathan held with members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) o Sunday held an emergency meeting at the country home of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Otuoke, Bayelsa State, it wades into the crisis rocking the state chapter of the party.

At the meeting, both the state governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, and former governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, were ordered out of the venue by the party leadership.

At the meeting which looked into the recommendations of the National Peace Committee for the state, the acting Chairman of the party’s BoT, Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed, called on all feuding members and stakeholders of the party in the state to close ranks, while also upturning the decision of the state chapter of the party to expel some prominent members from the party.

President Jonathan was said to been scandalised by the action of the party at the state level, adding that the party cannot afford a major crisis less than five months to the governorship election.

At the meeting which was held at the Jonathan country home amid tight security, some uninvited prominent persons, including those who had already defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), were walked out of the venue.

Boko Haram; Cameroon blames Nigeria's ex-President Goodluck Jonathan

Sources close to the Presidency revealed that theCameroonian government said that ex-President Jonathan, for a long time, was not forthcoming with any form of solution that incorporated the border countries, in the fight against Boko-Haram.

According to Sun Newspaper, “The major complaint, according to Biya, is that Jonathan never or seldom, at best, picked his calls. He said most times he called, Jonathan neither picked nor returned his calls. And as a result, the integration of efforts that should have stopped Boko Haram’s foray and unchallenged run was lacking.”

The source also said “This solo handling of the problem did not enable the neighbours put in much to solve the problem until it got this bad.”

The Sun Newspaper also reports that the Cameroon President,Paul Biya complained that Jonathan avoided communicating with the leaders of Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

Jonathan ministers sold one million barrels of oil per day- Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has given more insights on the extent of corruption in the country’s oil sector under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
He spoke on Tuesday while reacting to questions from members of Nigerians In Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) in the United States and Canada at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington DC.
According to him, “250,000 barrels per day of Nigerian crude were being stolen and people sell and put the money into individual accounts,” adding that the United States and other developed countries “are helping us to trace such accounts now.”
” We will ask that such accounts be frozen and prosecute the persons. The amount involved is mind-boggling. Some former ministers were selling about one million barrels per day.
” I assure you that we will trace and repatriate such money and use the documents to prosecute them. A lot of damage has been done to the integrity of Nigeria with individuals and institutions already compromised,” Buhari stated.
Citing the example of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), President Buhari said unlike what obtained during his tenure as Federal Commissioner for Petroleum under military regime when the NNPC had only two traceable accounts before paying oil proceeds into the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), “now everybody is doing anyhow.”
The President, who expressed skepticism on the existence of oil subsidy, said if subsidy was removed, transport, housing and food prices would go out of control and the average worker would suffer untold hardship.

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Basketmouth Slams Goodluck Jonathan

Top Nigerian stand-up comedian BasketMouth has blasted former president Goodluck Jonathan and his administration for allegedly looting the public treasury.

During his show BM Uncensored in Houston, Texas, BasketMouth didn't hold back as he aired his thoughts about the high level of corruption in the last administration.
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"And the funny thing is Buhari is now in power and everyone is hating on the guy under two months. I said some sh&t that made the news. Me, I don't care. I am not normally into politics but when I see some sh*t I say it. Goodluck was there for six years, all they did was steal money. Yeah I will say it..." said Basketmouth.

Goodluck Jonathan Should Apologise For Bad Governance - APC

The All Progressives Congress has called on former President Goodluck Jonathan to apologise to Nigerians for the kind of “bad governance and leadership” it administered on the country during the six years he spent in office. The party also called on the Peoples Democratic Party to eat the humble pie and apologise to the people for the way it mismanaged the country for the 16 years it ruled the country, saying their apologies would be the most honourable thing to do. A statement on Sunday by the Publicity Secretary of the APC in Ondo State, Omo’ba Adesanya, noted that instead of making excuses, the PDP should be remorseful and apologetic for plunging the country into the mess it found itself.

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Okonjo-Iweala hands Pres. Buhari list of Corrupt Deals Approved by Goodluck Jonathan

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the immediate past Finance Minister has handed President Muhammadu Buhari a list of corrupt deals approved by Goodluck Jonathan, SaharaReporters has reported.

The online news medium claimed that Okonjo-Iweala has been quietly cooperating with Buhari’s administration. “In an attempt to curry favor with the new government, Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala recently directed officials of her polling agency, NOI Polls, to give President Buhari a 70 per cent approval rating among Nigerians,” SaharaReporters said.