I am sure my readers were rudely shocked out of their reverie by
the eponymously named Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, who
announced to a bewildered nation that the Federal Government, whose
spokesman he is, is making preparations to stop Nollywood and
Nigerian pop stars from shooting movies and videos abroad.
Said Lai Mohammed, “This government has agreed that henceforth,
whatever we consume in Nigeria in terms of music and films, must be
made in Nigeria. We cannot continue to go to South Africa or any
other country to produce our films and then send them back to be
consumed in Nigeria.”
It was perhaps lost on Lai Mohammed as he spoke that his boss,
President Muhammadu Buhari, who was elected in Nigeria by Nigerians
is not being consumed in Nigeria.
And while we were still grappling with the absurdity of Lai
Mohammed’s comments, his colleague in office, Kemi Adeosun, added
to the comedy that this government has become by announcing that
the Buhari administration plans to tax beggars!
According to the honorable (?) minister, “You are supposed to
pay taxes even if your means of income is begging.”
This is the reason why I have said that a polytechnic graduate
like Kemi Adeosun is not sufficiently qualified to handle our
complicated economy! It doesn’t matter if the polytechnic she
graduated from is in the U.K.
In civilized nations, they place beggars on social security, but
in Nigeria our polytechnic graduate finance minister wants them
taxed! Last year, President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter got married
in a lavish ceremony which attracted several private jets to Abuja.
Rather than beggars, Kemi Adeosun can pursue their owners for
taxes!
President Muhammadu Buhari is in a U.K. hospital. His children
study at U.K. schools. His wife shops at U.K. stores. He and his
family are more U.K. oriented than they are Nigerian oriented. Yet
it is Nollywood shooting a few movies abroad that Lai Mohammed
complains about. I am told that the Federal Road Safety Corp wants
to perform psychiatric evaluation on reckless drivers. The FRSC
should not limit its psychiatric test to reckless drivers. They
should also start performing them on reckless ministers like Lai
Mohammed and Kemi Adeosun!
And when given the chance to explain himself two days after
making his faux pas, Lai Mohammed doubled down on his comments and
insisted that TV/radio programming meant to be consumed in Nigeria
must be made in Nigeria, saying inter alia “This is because we
cannot continue to develop the economies of the other parts of the
world from the sweat of Nigerians and at the expense of the
Nigerian economy”.
Lai Mohammed forgets that our Presidential jet has been
languishing at London’s Stansted Airport for over 80 days and
accruing daily charges in the thousands of U.K. pounds per day.
As at today, the amount of charges our Presidential jet has
accrued at London’s Stansted Airport could have paid 2,000 Nigerian
workers going by the lowest parking rate charged by Stabsted. Why
is the jet even there? This joke of a Presidency in their statement
justified parking the Presidential jet at London’s Stansted by
saying it was for ‘prestige’ reasons.
The Presidency says the Presidential jet is parked at London’s
Stansted for ‘prestige’. The British Prime Minister has no official
jet. Maybe she has no ‘prestige’ even though Britain makes Jets and
Nigeria does not!
Is this not a case of Nigeria’s tax payer monies being used to
“develop the economies of the other parts of the world from the
sweat of Nigerians and at the expense of the Nigerian economy”, to
borrow Lai Mohammed’s words?
Lai Mohammed who now wants to stop Nollywood from making videos
abroad, forgot that his All Progressives Congress relied on foreign
consultants to win the 2015 elections!
They go abroad to win elections. They go abroad
to educate their children. They go abroad for
healthcare. But they do not want Nollywood to go abroad to make
money! Perhaps Lai Mohammed wants to reduce Nollywood stars to
beggars so they are eligible for taxation by Kemi Adeosun!
Since we the citizens have not complained that President
Muhammadu Buhari is receiving medical treatment abroad should the
Buhari administration now complain that we make movies abroad? Lai
Mohammed should not provoke us.
The Financial Times of London called our President a “frequent
London resident” in their recent Oped wherein they stated that he
has done ‘nothing’ to improve the Nigerian economy, yet his
government is complaining that they will stop our movie makers and
artists from making movies and videos abroad.
According to the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, Nigerians
(mostly government officials) spend $1 billion annually on medical
tourism while less than 1% of that is spent on shooting movies and
videos abroad. Lie Mohammed should get his priorities right!
I am even thinking that since Lai Mohammed does not want
Nollywood to make movies abroad, perhaps Nollywood should just
contract the making of films abroad to President Muhammadu Buhari
and his family. After all, they are always abroad!
And those people complaining about the President spending much
time in the U.K. misunderstand Lai. It is okay for the President to
go abroad at public expense but not okay for Nollywood to do the
same at their own personal expense!
The spokesman of a President who spends more time in London than
Nigeria has the guts to condemn Nollywood for making movies abroad.
What a comedic administration!
And the comedy continues!
When Garba Shehu says that the Jonathan administration increased
the activities of terrorists, he betrays a very shallow grasp of
history which I will now prove with the benefit of some historical
facts.
When the Jonathan administration imposed a state of emergency in
certain local governments in the Northeast of Nigeria to contain
terrorists, it was precisely Muhammadu Buhari that said on Monday
the 3rd of June 2013 that ‘the military offensive against Boko
Haram is anti North’.
Again, after the Jonathan administration banned Boko Haram in
2013, it was precisely Lai Mohammed, President Buhari’s current
minister for information, who on Monday the 10th of June, 2013 said
that banning Boko Haram was unconstitutional and that “the
proscription stifles the press and tampers with the fundamental
human rights of Nigerians.”
So it is therefore rich for the Buhari administration to start
making these claims against the Jonathan government.
It may be that Garba Shehu is not aware that this administration
has lost any credibility it has especially as regards the anti
terror war.
On Thursday the 24th of December, 2015 President Muhammadu
Buhari told the world that Boko Haram was ‘technically defeated’
and gave himself a pat on the back after claiming that the terror
group had lost its capacity to conduct “conventional
attacks”.
Since that time, Boko Haram has attacked military barracks and
military formations multiple times as reported in the media.
Since that time, there has been an upsurge in suicide attacks
with more than 30 attacks reported in the media. In the last week
alone there have been three such suicide attacks with almost 20
deaths, according to media reports.
There has also been attacks on military and police convoys with
Boko Haram terrorists releasing a video this week of several women
it says it kidnapped from a police convoy.
Just two days ago (Thursday, July 20, 2017), the US State
Department released a statement indicating that 75% of all global
deaths from terrorism in 2016 originated from Nigeria and four
other nations!
Nigerians may want to note that it was under the Buhari
administration that the World Economic Forum on Tuesday June 20,
2017 listed Nigeria as the fifth most dangerous country in the
world because instances of Fulani Herdsmen terrorism are so rampant
and continue with impunity.
Fulani herdsmen operating in Nigeria were also named the fourth
most deadly terrorists group in the world by the Global Terrorism
Index on Wednesday November 18, 2015. This is not surprising in a
situation where a governor, who happens to be a close confidante of
President Muhammadu Buhari, confessed to giving Fulani Herdsmen
money.
It may also be recalled that on February 2, 2017 the US Congress
cited Nigeria “as the most dangerous place for Christians in the
world and that impunity for those responsible for the killing of
Christians in the country seems to be widespread.”
All these are proof positive that not only has Boko Haram not
been defeated, they have metastasized under Buhari and indeed other
terrorist groups have become emboldened to expand their activity
nationwide.
Nigerians will remember that the Jonathan administration was
able to crush Boko Haram in the first quarter of 2015 which was why
the 2015 elections were able to hold throughout the entire
Northeast of Nigeria.
The question that Nigerians may want to ask is if elections can
hold in all areas of Borno state today. The answer to that question
will show Who between President Buhari and former President
Jonathan really defeated Boko Haram.
Reno’s Nuggets
Never argue with a man who wants to win an argument. You are
listening to understand him. He is listening to disagree with you.
In the same vein, do not stay around people who do not see your
worth or you will start to believe them and it is then you will
truly be worthless. And note that if a tree only has access to the
sun, it won’t mature. It needs the rain to fall before it can bear
fruit. If man only see good times he won’t mature. Success is a
mixture of good and bad times #RenosNuggets
Reno Omokri is a Christian TV talk show host and founder of the
Mind of Christ Christian Center and the Helen and Bemigho Sanctuary
for orphans. He is the author of the worldwide amazon #1
bestseller Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the
Jonathan Years: Chibok, 2015 and Other Conspiracies and three
books, Shunpiking: No Shortcuts to God, Why Jesus Wept and Apples
of Gold: A Book of Godly Wisdom
I am sure my readers were rudely shocked out of their reverie by
the eponymously named Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, who
announced to a bewildered nation that the Federal Government, whose
spokesman he is, is making preparations to stop Nollywood and
Nigerian pop stars from shooting movies and videos abroad.
Said Lai Mohammed, “This government has agreed that henceforth,
whatever we consume in Nigeria in terms of music and films, must be
made in Nigeria. We cannot continue to go to South Africa or any
other country to produce our films and then send them back to be
consumed in Nigeria.”
It was perhaps lost on Lai Mohammed as he spoke that his boss,
President Muhammadu Buhari, who was elected in Nigeria by Nigerians
is not being consumed in Nigeria.
And while we were still grappling with the absurdity of Lai
Mohammed’s comments, his colleague in office, Kemi Adeosun, added
to the comedy that this government has become by announcing that
the Buhari administration plans to tax beggars!
According to the honorable (?) minister, “You are supposed to
pay taxes even if your means of income is begging.”
This is the reason why I have said that a polytechnic graduate
like Kemi Adeosun is not sufficiently qualified to handle our
complicated economy! It doesn’t matter if the polytechnic she
graduated from is in the U.K.
In civilized nations, they place beggars on social security, but
in Nigeria our polytechnic graduate finance minister wants them
taxed! Last year, President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter got married
in a lavish ceremony which attracted several private jets to Abuja.
Rather than beggars, Kemi Adeosun can pursue their owners for
taxes!
President Muhammadu Buhari is in a U.K. hospital. His children
study at U.K. schools. His wife shops at U.K. stores. He and his
family are more U.K. oriented than they are Nigerian oriented. Yet
it is Nollywood shooting a few movies abroad that Lai Mohammed
complains about. I am told that the Federal Road Safety Corp wants
to perform psychiatric evaluation on reckless drivers. The FRSC
should not limit its psychiatric test to reckless drivers. They
should also start performing them on reckless ministers like Lai
Mohammed and Kemi Adeosun!
And when given the chance to explain himself two days after
making his faux pas, Lai Mohammed doubled down on his comments and
insisted that TV/radio programming meant to be consumed in Nigeria
must be made in Nigeria, saying inter alia “This is because we
cannot continue to develop the economies of the other parts of the
world from the sweat of Nigerians and at the expense of the
Nigerian economy”.
Lai Mohammed forgets that our Presidential jet has been
languishing at London’s Stansted Airport for over 80 days and
accruing daily charges in the thousands of U.K. pounds per day.
As at today, the amount of charges our Presidential jet has
accrued at London’s Stansted Airport could have paid 2,000 Nigerian
workers going by the lowest parking rate charged by Stabsted. Why
is the jet even there? This joke of a Presidency in their statement
justified parking the Presidential jet at London’s Stansted by
saying it was for ‘prestige’ reasons.
The Presidency says the Presidential jet is parked at London’s
Stansted for ‘prestige’. The British Prime Minister has no official
jet. Maybe she has no ‘prestige’ even though Britain makes Jets and
Nigeria does not!
Is this not a case of Nigeria’s tax payer monies being used to
“develop the economies of the other parts of the world from the
sweat of Nigerians and at the expense of the Nigerian economy”, to
borrow Lai Mohammed’s words?
Lai Mohammed who now wants to stop Nollywood from making videos
abroad, forgot that his All Progressives Congress relied on foreign
consultants to win the 2015 elections!
They go abroad to win elections. They go abroad
to educate their children. They go abroad for
healthcare. But they do not want Nollywood to go abroad to make
money! Perhaps Lai Mohammed wants to reduce Nollywood stars to
beggars so they are eligible for taxation by Kemi Adeosun!
Since we the citizens have not complained that President
Muhammadu Buhari is receiving medical treatment abroad should the
Buhari administration now complain that we make movies abroad? Lai
Mohammed should not provoke us.
The Financial Times of London called our President a “frequent
London resident” in their recent Oped wherein they stated that he
has done ‘nothing’ to improve the Nigerian economy, yet his
government is complaining that they will stop our movie makers and
artists from making movies and videos abroad.
According to the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, Nigerians
(mostly government officials) spend $1 billion annually on medical
tourism while less than 1% of that is spent on shooting movies and
videos abroad. Lie Mohammed should get his priorities right!
I am even thinking that since Lai Mohammed does not want
Nollywood to make movies abroad, perhaps Nollywood should just
contract the making of films abroad to President Muhammadu Buhari
and his family. After all, they are always abroad!
And those people complaining about the President spending much
time in the U.K. misunderstand Lai. It is okay for the President to
go abroad at public expense but not okay for Nollywood to do the
same at their own personal expense!
The spokesman of a President who spends more time in London than
Nigeria has the guts to condemn Nollywood for making movies abroad.
What a comedic administration!
And the comedy continues!
When Garba Shehu says that the Jonathan administration increased
the activities of terrorists, he betrays a very shallow grasp of
history which I will now prove with the benefit of some historical
facts.
When the Jonathan administration imposed a state of emergency in
certain local governments in the Northeast of Nigeria to contain
terrorists, it was precisely Muhammadu Buhari that said on Monday
the 3rd of June 2013 that ‘the military offensive against Boko
Haram is anti North’.
Again, after the Jonathan administration banned Boko Haram in
2013, it was precisely Lai Mohammed, President Buhari’s current
minister for information, who on Monday the 10th of June, 2013 said
that banning Boko Haram was unconstitutional and that “the
proscription stifles the press and tampers with the fundamental
human rights of Nigerians.”
So it is therefore rich for the Buhari administration to start
making these claims against the Jonathan government.
It may be that Garba Shehu is not aware that this administration
has lost any credibility it has especially as regards the anti
terror war.
On Thursday the 24th of December, 2015 President Muhammadu
Buhari told the world that Boko Haram was ‘technically defeated’
and gave himself a pat on the back after claiming that the terror
group had lost its capacity to conduct “conventional
attacks”.
Since that time, Boko Haram has attacked military barracks and
military formations multiple times as reported in the media.
Since that time, there has been an upsurge in suicide attacks
with more than 30 attacks reported in the media. In the last week
alone there have been three such suicide attacks with almost 20
deaths, according to media reports.
There has also been attacks on military and police convoys with
Boko Haram terrorists releasing a video this week of several women
it says it kidnapped from a police convoy.
Just two days ago (Thursday, July 20, 2017), the US State
Department released a statement indicating that 75% of all global
deaths from terrorism in 2016 originated from Nigeria and four
other nations!
Nigerians may want to note that it was under the Buhari
administration that the World Economic Forum on Tuesday June 20,
2017 listed Nigeria as the fifth most dangerous country in the
world because instances of Fulani Herdsmen terrorism are so rampant
and continue with impunity.
Fulani herdsmen operating in Nigeria were also named the fourth
most deadly terrorists group in the world by the Global Terrorism
Index on Wednesday November 18, 2015. This is not surprising in a
situation where a governor, who happens to be a close confidante of
President Muhammadu Buhari, confessed to giving Fulani Herdsmen
money.
It may also be recalled that on February 2, 2017 the US Congress
cited Nigeria “as the most dangerous place for Christians in the
world and that impunity for those responsible for the killing of
Christians in the country seems to be widespread.”
All these are proof positive that not only has Boko Haram not
been defeated, they have metastasized under Buhari and indeed other
terrorist groups have become emboldened to expand their activity
nationwide.
Nigerians will remember that the Jonathan administration was
able to crush Boko Haram in the first quarter of 2015 which was why
the 2015 elections were able to hold throughout the entire
Northeast of Nigeria.
The question that Nigerians may want to ask is if elections can
hold in all areas of Borno state today. The answer to that question
will show Who between President Buhari and former President
Jonathan really defeated Boko Haram.
Reno’s Nuggets
Never argue with a man who wants to win an argument. You are
listening to understand him. He is listening to disagree with you.
In the same vein, do not stay around people who do not see your
worth or you will start to believe them and it is then you will
truly be worthless. And note that if a tree only has access to the
sun, it won’t mature. It needs the rain to fall before it can bear
fruit. If man only see good times he won’t mature. Success is a
mixture of good and bad times #RenosNuggets
Reno Omokri is a Christian TV talk show host and founder of the
Mind of Christ Christian Center and the Helen and Bemigho Sanctuary
for orphans. He is the author of the worldwide amazon #1
bestseller Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the
Jonathan Years: Chibok, 2015 and Other Conspiracies and three
books, Shunpiking: No Shortcuts to God, Why Jesus Wept and Apples
of Gold: A Book of Godly Wisdom
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