According to SaharaReporters,they have uncovered a document that revealed a million dollars of Bayelsa State's Poverty allocation fund spent by then gov Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to bring in Beyonce and Jay Z to Nigeria in 2006.
The letter which was stamped and signed by Bayelsa Officials approved the sum of N150 ($1m in 2006) which was released from the state's poverty alleviation fund for the first ThisDay Music Festival in 2006.
Mr. Obaigbena's newspaper,ThisDay, is a major sponsor of entertainment events that invites top foreign music stars as well as top public figures to Nigeria in exchange for grangantuan paychecks.
SaharaReports obtained a letter from Mr. Obaigbena to the Bayelsa State govt requesting for funds. Read below...
At the bottom of the letter,minuted by hand and signed by then Gov. Jonathan's aides as well as the Bayelsa State accountant general are the words:
"We invite you to partner with us co-hosts of the festival . With a total budget of $10m,the co-host is expected to contribute a minimum of $2.5m.
Release N150,000,000.00(one hundred and fifty million naira) only to be drawn from the poverty alleviation subhead"The document came to light after a controversy started over how much Tv reality star ,Kim Kardashain was paid for her 45secs stage appearance at Darey's Love like a movie concert. Kim was reportedly paid $500k.
Ohhhhhhh Tess u just dey grab d gist???U are a learner gurl,and also pple who chose to ignore.Hmmmmm wen GEJ became Yardua's deputy some yrs ago d media reported dis,so I kept luking @ GEJ as a clueless leader.infact in my family we keep refering to him as d man who cld afford JayZ and Beyonce.Bt d kind of pple naija pple are who dnt even think deep b4 voting,they were all conscientized to vote dis man.God knows I didn't even go close to d voting polls.The God I worship will NEVER let me and my family lack.Bt dis man's govt is causing so much pains on d masses.All ova d places where pple run small scale business,d news is "no money no money"since last year.If u go out everyday,in d traffic,outside d banks etc u will see able bodied individuals begging for money to eat or use it to move frm one place to anoda.Some now cos of d hardship cannot afford their children's school fees,wen did fuel become available and bk to 97 per litres.Just 3wks ago!Hmmmmm God is watching d oppressors of His pple is 4D!!!
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DeleteMake una get life..where is 16billion USD meant for power sector which was said to be spent but not even 1MW was added..you idiots should get a life.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmm nawaaaao!God dey!
ReplyDeleteThats not true. Over 2,000 MW of power has been added. Tess this is old gist.
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