Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Dr. Aliyu Moddibo Umar, has cleared the air over the controversy surrounding the parcel of land between the former First Lady, Hajia Tura’i Yar’Adua and her predecessor, Dame Patience Jonathan.
He said that he allocated the land to African First Ladies Peace Mission, AFLPM, in 2008.
Moddibo, who served as Minister of FCT between 2007 and 2008, explained that it was his successor, Alhaji Adamu Aliero, who changed the concept of the land and reallocated it to Women and Youth Empowerment Foundation, WAYEF, a non-governmental organization belonging to Turai, two years later.
The former minister made the clarifications in an interview with the Hausa Service of the Voice of America yesterday. The report was monitored in Abuja.
Moddibo said that there was no controversy about it as the land was allocated to ALPM and a certificate of occupancy (C of O) prepared for the mission.
He said: “When I became minister, I brought the idea for the building of the secretariat as a legacy the former First Lady would leave behind. I consulted the former President (the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua) and advised him on the project and after she became the leader of the African First Ladies Mission.
“I told him that the NGO needed a secretariat to build an edifice just like the Women Centre built by the late Maryam Babangida and the National Hospital built by Maryam Abacha.
“He (Yar’Adua) agreed and told me to look for a land. When I eventually found the land, I prepared a Certificate of Occupancy and the structural design of the proposed secretariat before I reported back to him.
“He appreciated the effort and directed me to meet her with the proposal.
“After a discussion, she accepted the idea and set up a committee which comprising the FCTA and Foreign Affairs officials as well as Maryam Abacha, the late Murtala Muhammad’s wife (Ajoke) and Patience.”
The former FCT minister said that the late President Yar’Adua warned him not to allocate any land to either his wife or children.
He thus clarified that he allocated the land to an NGO (AFLPM) and not an individual.
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Big bashey | 8/4/2012 2:36:43 PMTwo of them dey mad na their papa land
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kem | 8/4/2012 2:43:32 PMDame Patience Jonathan is not her predecessor, rather her successor.
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FIRST | 8/4/2012 2:49:43 PMHmmm Telling you people the time is near
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Valentine Oti jnr. | 8/5/2012 1:52:33 PM |
The global community seeks; Solution: Chastity, Fidelity, etc
Problem: Promiscuity, HIV/AIDs. People Living With HIV/AIDs are thereby implored to work towards the scouge free generation. Management of opportunistic infections, viral load and boosting cd4 counts.
Aybliss | 8/4/2012 3:33:54 PM†?i????§ is a very shameful act, ???w đ? we call †?i????§(2)two f**ls ????? T?????h???????????˙????? leaders or wot!!
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charles | 8/4/2012 3:59:18 PMif this is true, it shows how ignorant the both of them are! why cant some one tell those s****d ladies to stop disgracing themselves bcos such nonsense is not suppose to be heard of.
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ugochukwu white | 8/4/2012 4:47:54 PMI think both of them lack quality educational background, for converting a national issue into a personal affair that is tell the public the level of corruption And looting going on in that there Aso Rock. Infact may God deliver them all they know not what they are doing........................................
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Serena | 8/4/2012 5:33:46 PMI wonder how Nigeria will look like if one of these two first ladies thieves rule the country, I bet they will make sure Nigeria went bankrupt within two months. May God have mercy on you two
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ben louis swiss | 8/4/2012 6:51:59 PMi regret never to voted jonathan ,,,but those that voted him inn ,must cry and keep on crying,,,they killed him,,but he must die before nigerian get well,,
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ben louis swiss | 8/4/2012 6:52:00 PMi regret never to voted jonathan ,,,but those that voted him inn ,must cry and keep on crying,,,they killed him,,but he must die before nigerian get well,,
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Leonard mike | 8/4/2012 8:30:02 PMNigeria first ladies shd liv an examplary lifes worthy of emulation & stop telling lies,bcos every one will stand b4 d Lord 2 giv d account of wht he/she done while on earth
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Chinwendu onyemachi | 8/5/2012 12:53:34 AM |
Ubakala umuosu
EMERALD | 8/4/2012 9:12:40 PMTHE TWO MAD DOGS NEED TO BE ORENTATED...EXPECIALY THE ONE THAT CALL HERSELF INPATIENCE BADLUCK JONATHAN!!! LOOTERS HERE...LOOTERS THERE...CRIME HERE CRIME THERE...BOKO HERE... BOKO THERE...THE BEAST DNT EVEN AV HUMAN ANY FEELINGS... WILD ANIMAL WIL FEAST ON UR FLESH...U FAT OLD DIRTY b*****d &ugly...
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rightmind in usa | 8/5/2012 12:15:04 AMlook at two of them , thinking marrying to the president or been the first lady that make u to ve right to the whole national property thunder fire u all
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henryia | 8/5/2012 12:19:54 AMnigeria need 2 resolved matter wit both of dem emicably, and u patience u need 2 redraw and respect ur former first lady. Wot ever u do 2 her, one day another first lady wil come and do 2 u. I rest my cases. May God 4give us amen
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bola | 8/5/2012 4:12:05 AMLocal dogs mtchewww na only jonathan regime boko haram come outside this same jonatha regime dem do nigerian 4*9 for feul subsidy jonathan and his family re badluck and disgrace to thisnation see two big f**ls fighting for land nonsese next mtchewwwwwww
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Liliano | 8/5/2012 7:55:40 AMIf going by d clarification made by d fct minister,patience jonathan has done no wrong. Dat she brought back a land stolen by turai yar'adua in d name of NGO to its rightful purpose n place... is it a crime? If nigerians can turn d saviour(patience) to d criminal(turai),then dis world is realy ending. Patience jonathan is stil an innocent saint compared to turai yar'adua who stole billions of naira at d death of her husband n no body is sayn anytin...hypocrits!
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Taiwo Idowu | 8/7/2012 6:16:32 PM |
You miss the point.Both of the first ladies are thieves not only turai Yar adua. Patience and Turai are both the worst first ladies that ever comes out of Africa.They care less about the Citizens only to line their pockets with the people's money.They are so greedy that they are fighting over a piece of land that belong to the people.They are shameless and i hope they all will get what is coming to them soon.Theief ass motherfuchkers.One more thing,whatever happens to the money N10 Billion donated to Turai Yaradua to fight HIV Aids in Nigeria?.You do the maths.Always looking for more.Skinny leg b*****d.
Nana | 8/5/2012 10:48:21 AMD minister has said it all, Turai is a big time thief she is a disgrace 2 her late husband shameless woman.
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Akim | 8/5/2012 1:37:49 PMThis is a definition of national embarasment
I keep asking myself why these First Ladies keep setting up bogus "foundations" and "pet projects" using state resources when the office of first lady is not recognized by the Constitution.
Why haven't our lawyers challenged this?
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jeremy | 8/5/2012 1:42:42 PMMay God why am i a nigerian? why shld land & shelter cost that much,why majority of nigerian children goes 2 bed hungry.
I guess she's just want to get back at turai for treating her husband, jonadumb like a baglady before reluctantly vacating aso rock.
Someone ought to warn Patience Goodluck that power is transioent and before she know it, she too will be an ex-first lady.
See what Babangida & his wife Mariam caused with introduction of first lady's office,
Disgrace and shame
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Amu Nwankwo | 8/7/2012 12:02:28 AMNigeria as a corrupt nation wl neva be beta place 4 man kind 2 live . . . Dis exactly showed u how dis useless leaders shared our public properties . . . Shameless f**l wtout honours{gudluck has a masculine features with feminine thinkin}
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DeeY | 8/14/2012 3:08:48 AMSuffering from PREMATURE EJACULATION? Then, you have got to visit.. WWW . STOPEJA . WAPKA . MOBI
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Rapheal | 8/14/2012 10:59:59 AMNigeria good pipol g8t nation make una no fakeupooo!
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Gen FRANK | 8/24/2012 6:25:25 AMDame is hatless 2 hav bn faitin wit mrs. Yar'adua 2 d xtnt of hiring up2 32 SANs 2 rpreznt her in proceedings.
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Gen FRANK | 8/24/2012 6:58:54 AMDame is hatless 2 hav bn faitin wit mrs. Yar'adua 2 d xtnt of hiring up2 32 SANs 2 rpreznt her in proceedings.
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U,sheriff | 8/27/2012 5:39:22 PMD 2 so-colled last ladies are clearly defined thieves.Remember last day.
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OBI .H. | 9/14/2012 3:21:50 AMNothing is hiden under the sky that can not be reveal sun. People think that they are smarter than their God who creat them.this is God belonging for his people and one person will just wake up graped it only him bcos of geedness. On that day is God knows...
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OBI .H. | 9/14/2012 3:21:54 AMNothing is hiden under the sky that can not be reveal sun. People think that they are smarter than their God who creat them.this is God belonging for his people and one person will just wake up graped it only him bcos of geedness. On that day is God knows...
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OBI .H. | 9/14/2012 3:22:25 AMNothing is hiden under the sky that can not be reveal sun. People think that they are smarter than their God who creat them.this is God belonging for his people and one person will just wake up graped it only him bcos of geedness. On that day is God knows...
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OBI .H. | 9/14/2012 3:22:46 AMNothing is hiden under the sky that can not be reveal sun. People think that they are smarter than their God who creat them.this is God belonging for his people and one person will just wake up graped it only him bcos of geedness. On that day is God knows...
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OBI .H. | 9/14/2012 3:24:55 AMNothing is hiden under the sky that can not be reveal sun. People think that they are smarter than their God who creat them.this is God belonging for his people and one person will just wake up graped it only him bcos of geedness. On that day is God knows...
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