BILLDRILLS: ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS HATRED BILL, 2017

SB. 420 This Bill may be cited as Ethnic and Religious Hatred Bill, 2017


This Bill seeks to make provisions for the prevention and punishment for offences involving stirring up hatred against persons on ethnic and religious grounds in Nigeria to forestall religious harmony in the country.

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You can drill the bill at : http://www.nassnig.org/document/download/8703

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BILLDRILLS NIGERIA

Good morning Dear Instreaminnigeria readers,

I bring to you the first edition of the Billdrills Nigeria, designed to thoroughly allow you debate bills going through readings at the parliament of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. You will observe that there are bills that got read or even passed into law in  Nigeria, which in your heart of hearts,you will have done something against them as they do not address the critical needs of the people.

When something is not going well around you, do something about it. Do not let it pass. Drill down. React via your comments. Bring your expertise into the analysis of these bills and do something about it!

This is where true fufillment lies. Be a voice for the voiceless and speak for those who cannot speak for themselves.

Thank you
Tunde Instreamin Nigeria

AS BUHARI RETURNS.......

Finally President Buhari arrives

Well I am happy that the president of my country is back. I did not fast for him to get well but a National Fast was declared for the president of my country somewhere across the Savannah. Several of us also prayed for him here. And I am glad that today, he is back , recuperating and will soon bounce back fully. Whether he was on chemotherapy or monitored in an ICU, what matters most is that the president is back. Thank God!

In the last 6 months, VP Osinbajo has done so well on the economy shooting down high exchange rates, triggering Nigerian agro exports and even exports of Nigeria-made cars to Mali. When he confronted corruption, corruption confronted him, harassed him, bullied and shouted him down.  Power outage did not even notice if he is in charge. He was called names by a system that was not sure of how to impeach him since he was not a substantive president and the substantive is also ill.

There is nothing to tell the president. There are only things we should remind him.

Firstly, President Muhammadu Buhari is just 20 months away from another presidential elections! There is still no electricity for all. Unemployment has not disappeared. Boko Haram is still terrorizing. There are still extremely fewer people to say NO to corruption on the Nigerian Bench. Healthcare is still so poor that the president cannot even risk his treatment at any Nigerian hospital.

Secondly, the president should keep in mind that political gladiators even  within the APC are gathering momentum for 2019 presidential elections. They have no time to waste! They have seen how he refused to remove Ibrahim Magu who is a critical thorn in the flesh of Nigeria’s political elite and has caused more convictions than any EFCC Head. And since Buhari has promised  never to remove Magu as long as he remains president, the best thing to do is to remove Buhari himself.

Finally, because there is no time, Buhari should go back to the original plans he had before becoming president. His wife has made us know on BBC that he did deviate for new alliances at a time. Today,  The APC is not executing fully her original plans for which we voted massively for her in 2015. The party cannot even speak with one voice anymore.  Even as he came in over the weekend, appointees made upon his concurrence are resisted from even acting at their new appointments until after confirmation by the Nigerian Senate. The gameplan is to while away time till another election shows up when he will never have time to push any anti-corruption cause.

Buhari should just finish this broadcast fast and fight corruption with simple orders. If they bring 32 SANs to court, the FG should bring 70 to fight the corrupt forces of the Nigerian Elite. He must also begin to work at juggling for a better bench. His edge right now is that with his health condition, attempts to impeach him will unfailingly lead to protests, riots and terrible war against the cabal that has hijacked the country for more than 50 years. Things we failed to do is the biggest regret we can ever have. The time to act is now.

NORTH KOREA: WHO WANTS THIS WAR?

Last Friday, North Korea finally did test her Intercontinental ballistic missile, the ICBM. It did travel 3700km high and according to experts, it is very capable of hitting Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles! Kim Jong Un called the launch a “grave warning” to the United states. And in less than 48 hours in response to this threat, 2 American supersonic bombers flanked by war-ready south Korean and Japanese Fighter jets took off from the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam and carried out a low pass over the Osan Air base near Seoul and returned to base. While America was getting set for offence from Guam, the US Missile Defense Agency also again successfully tested for action her Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System, THAAD in Alaska less than 24 hours after Pyongyang tested her ICBM!

Kim Jong Un

General Terrence J O’Shaughnessy of the Pacific Air Forces has stated amidst these war preps that North Korea is the “most urgent threat to regional stability” and that the US Army is ready to “respond with rapid, lethal and overwhelming force at a time and place of choosing". All these are in response to the ICBM tested by North Korea 2 days ago.

I have followed Kim Jong Un all through these missile tests from short-range, medium range and long range tests which generated so much condemnation from the entire power blocs of the world except Russia. And when I finally heard “Intercontinental”, I was compelled to take a deeeep breath. For any other test that Kim Jong Un decides to execute after last Friday, be rest assured oh world that a war has commenced that would be lethal, heartless and exterminating. The UNSC knows that already.

While I continue to wait for the ballistic missile that will bomb poverty, insecurity and corruption in Africa and particularly Nigeria, can somebody help me ask this 36 years old North Korean president what he has chosen to derive from this? What makes him believe that South Korea must be reunited with the North? And why should a country from the Korean peninsula be planning to fight US allies all at the same time? Iran, Cuba and Venezuela has hated America far more than Kim Jong Un had done since he was born, yet none has ever attempted to tow this path. The attitude of the world should determine the style of offence. But this is not clear to Pyongyang .

North Korea is threatening to fight

America is loading for war

South Korea is giving her jets

Japan is giving her base

Israel is leading for Trump

China is watching from home

Russia is earning with smiles

And Vietnam is shaking her head

May this war never start…..but if it ever does, please lock Ghadaffi’s tunnels. Kim might try to hide in there. That is if there will be tunnels left! In conclusion, any ally that wins this war will lead Asia one day. Someone should please tell China that!

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THE FG MUST SUPPORT NIGERIAN MANUFACTURERS

While I appreciate Yari Abdulsalam for this commendable feat of supporting Innoson in exporting Nigeria-made ( not locally made cars pls) cars to Mali, the Federal Government of Nigeria should know that it has not done enough internal patronage to support Innoson.
Its touching that Mali believes in Nigeria more than Nigeria believes in herself.

The Nigerian government goes all over the world looking for foreign investment when her exportable potentials are grossly under-explored. What we are looking for is right under our nose. If its true that you need 9m people to produce 60m cars, the meaning is that getting the 14 million cars plying Nigerian roads manufactured in Nigeria will provide 2.1m jobs!

It is also worrisome to see Innoson cars being called 'locally-made' instead of 'Nigeria-made'! When I was growing up, the opposite of the word “original” was “china”. But today, you have to consider that country called China to make real profit in most enterprise. One thing is clear about that country. China believes in her people. If you don’t believe in your citizens, why should foreigners believe in them?

Innoson's production line is better than that of some companies that bring automobiles into this country and call them imported as if imported cars are made in heaven and can never crash. No country attains high quality production in a day.

With NADDC's confirmation that Nigeria has an auto-production capacity of 384000 cars annually, we, as a country just have to believe in ourselves, celebrate our successes and consume our products. This is a lofty feat and I say God bless Yari, God bless Innoson and God bless Nigeria

Innoson

WHAT KOGI WANTS

So the electorate of Kogi West Senatorial district was finally able to generate 52.3% of voters signatures to recall her senator, Dino Melaye due to low qualityrepresentation. So Kogi state Indigenes, a people Dino painted their illiteracy in the senate as if they still walk naked, do not only read the constitution, they went further to exercise their fundamental rights by carrying out their civic responsibilities via a constitutional recall. They weren’t making noises on the pages of any newspapers! They know they caused it and they want to fix it!

Kogi people have proved to all of us that a dead wristwatch is better than imported handcuffs. Rather than ignore town hall meetings, constituency projects and decorum to sing songs fighting an invisible 'Satanic Collabo', Kogi people are saying that Dino should stop telling “his truth” and come home. He does not need to die!!! They know they cannot serve him Ajekuiya but they can bring him home. That shameless song will continue to be the height of Dino Melaye’s stupidity as a senator. He was simply telling the world he is in a taskless Senate.

Quickly again, before anyone will use one lie to “bobo” us, we need to all know the law. Having generated more than 50% of the voters for this recall, Section 69 of the constitution needs to be re-emphasised.

It states that (1) A member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives may be recalled as such a member if—

(a) there is presented to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission a petition in that behalf signed by more than one-half of the persons registered to vote in that member’s constituency alleging their loss of confidence in that member; and

(b) the petition is thereafter in a referendum conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission within 90 days of the date of receipt of the petition, approved by a simple majority of the votes of the persons registered to vote in that member’s constituency.

With the word “referendum” in the section B of this recall law, I do not see Dino Melaye coming home soon except the executive protects INEC. Expect the worst manipulation of this INEC referendum. The constitution says it must not take more than 90 says but expect it to take 2 years. Even if takes 90 days, expect a strange ruling that silences the constitution. Expect another 32 SANs in court in defence of Dino. In the next 90 days, senators will speak in favour of Melaye in the hallowed chamber. Expect INEC to be sued soon! Expect another forged assassination attempt. Expect false alarm. Expect his messianic cries on the floors of the senate. Its an interesting country where wealthy politicians stand on top of the law to intimidate the innocent with everything that belongs to them. And there is no one to report to. He once said in a phone call-“we are the power!”

All should expect new sentimental speeches again and if possible a new music. Nobody has talked yet about suing him. But be sure of the Dino Way. He will soon tell us how Cornelius Olowo who led the recall delegation to INEC is Governor Yahaya Bello’s relative. Expect his emotional and sentimental speeches in favour of helpless salary earners. This chicken will do anything and I mean anything so as not to come home to roost!

Dino likes to always tell “his truth” and die!!! He has died several times in the hallowed chamber and i keep wondering who made him a messiah. We shall see if INEC will tell The Truth or shut down the electoral wishes of 188,588 Kogi indigenes. The time of INEC starts now.