TURAI VERSUS PATIENCE - OUT OF COURT SETTLEMENT FAILS

The two first ladies were squabbling over a choice plot of land situated at Cadastral zone in the FCT and to save the Country further embarrassment
they were to settle the dispute out of court. Following the resolve to settle, the court adjourned the matter at the request of the counsel to the Attorney general of the federation, Baba Said'u to allow
the two women to reach an amicable resolution.
Former First lady Turai Yar'adua was given an alternative plot along airport road in the Wawa district measuring 2.2 hectares in place of her original plot which meausured 5333 square metres and was located in the Central area of Abuja. The offer was refused  through the Legal representative of her NGO, women and youth empowerment foundation citing the reason for the refusal being that the plot offered her was in an unapproved layout of the city.
story courtesy of leadership newspaper
Pay-back is a pain, this must be Patience's way of getting back for all the nastiness Hajia Turai sent her way while she was the Head girl in charge.

PLANNED DEMOLITION IN 19 ABUJA TOWNSHIPS

The Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) is embarking on a demolition exercise on illegal structures in Abuja. The Public relations officer of the organisation, Mrs Josie Mudashiru told Nigerian eye on Monday that the demolition would affect only property without genuine land allocation documents and(or) building approval. She explained that the would be carried out in 19 communities as part of measures to rid the FCT of illegal structures.
The civil legislative advocacy centre has criticised the FCT administration over the planned demolition calling it insensitive and inhuman.

PRESIDENT JONATHAN THE MOST INSULTED PRESIDENT IN THE WORLD

Mrs Sarah Pane, the special assistant to the president on special duties and social development matters has said that the negative use of the social media by Nigerian youths is impacting negatively on the country's image''. She added that denigrating Nigerian leaders through the medium has become a part time of the youth to the extent that the Nigerian president has become the most insulted in the world, this is not the type of record we want. let's use the social media for positive interaction''.
She gave this speech at the discovery empowerment programme for NYSC corps members held at Alexis hotel, Abuja.
It's laughable really, how the Nigerian ruling elite value being held in such high regard by the poverty stricken masses they rule over. It's not enough that they have taken everything worth anything from the people, they still want to be hailed and exalted while doing it. It's only in Nigeria, you have a situation where a whole state can be held hostage by the visit of the president, with traffic totally halted for the president's swift passage, so he can get back to Abuja on time to continue embezzling our resources and mismanaging the country. Mrs Pane, for your information Nigerian youths are not the only ones denigrating their leaders, the leaders also denigrate themselves. How is it good for the image of the country that the budget for managing the presidents fleet of air-crafts in 2011 was 18 billion (add the 23 billion budgeted for two additional jets for the fleet to make a total of 41 billion) while the budget for the ministry of aviation as a whole was 34.8 billion yet it was this same president that was shedding crocodile tears at the Dana crash site. A president that would budget 356 million for cars and 1 billion for food while his people are dying of road accidents and hunger is a disgrace to his country yet Mrs Pane says the youth are  the ones denigrating Jonathan.
A president who goes on National TV and says he does not ''give a damn'' about asset declaration a core principle in the fight against corruption does not need anybody else to denigrate him, he did it all by himself.
Mrs Pane, please tell your Oga to stop being such a cry baby, let him get busy and create jobs for the youths, maybe if they are otherwise occupied they might have less time to sit on their laptops and insult their leaders.

AFRICAN FIRST LADIES PEACE MISSION SECRETARIAT TO COST 8 BILLION NAIRA

The permanent site for the secretariat of the proposed African first ladies peace mission secretariat in Abuja would cost N8 billion to build and another N88.5 million to maintain for a two year period from 2012 to 2014. AFLPM was established in 1995 after the UN conference on women for the objective of promoting peace and harmony in Africa as it's main objective.

NIGERIA PURCHASES 200 EXOTIC VEHICLES FOR AFRICAN FIRST LADIES SUMMIT

Sources have alleged that the Federal Government is taking delivery of 200 exotic vehicles for the hosting of the 7th African First ladies for peace mission Summit being held in Abuja on the 24th to 27th of July 2012. Dame Patience Jonathan is the convener of the summit themed ''The African woman : A voice for peace''. The cars include 80 BMW X3 and X5 series which retail around 13.5 million each and 120 different models Honda, Jaguar and others.
The vehicles were said to have been supplied by Coscharis motors and 180 units had been delivered to the Presidential Villa as at Saturday.
The whole idea of throwing mind boggling amounts of money away hosting a peace summit using the platform of the office of the first lady which is not recognized by the Nigerian constitution is just plain ridiculous. Which then begs the question - what do African first ladies know about peace? Are they not the same women married to the Despots holding Africa to ransom? Are they not the women married to the men embezzling the commonwealth of the people and diverting said funds to accounts overseas? Are their husbands not the cause of lack of peace in Africa? With the exception of a few.
What a waste of time and resources.

ABUJA ROAD NAMED AFTER PATIENCE JONATHAN

A road in the Federal capital territory, linking the Police officers wives association (DEPOWA) office with the Shehu Musa Yar'adua Barracks in Abuja has been named after Dame Patience Jonathan.
The road was constructed by the association to ameliorate the hardship caused to the occupants of the Barracks by the bad condition of the road. Mrs Jonathan commissioned the road and lauded the members of the association saying ''the gesture will provide an evidence of the capability of our women to initiate and execute projects and programmes critical and beneficial to the well-being of our nation''.