Etteh moves birthday party to US

[tonsoyo]

Originally Posted by DoubleWahala

DW

I grab you now, but for the avoidance of doubt, this is from dictionary.com


va·ca·tion /veɪˈkeɪʃən, və-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[vey-key-shuhn, vuh-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
2. a part of the year, regularly set aside, when normal activities of law courts, legislatures, etc., are suspended.
3. freedom or release from duty, business, or activity.
4. an act or instance of vacating.

Enjoy!

[DoubleWahala]

Originally Posted by tonsoyo

I grab you now, but for the avoidance of doubt, this is from dictionary.com


va·ca·tion /veɪˈkeɪʃən, və-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[vey-key-shuhn, vuh-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
2. a part of the year, regularly set aside, when normal activities of law courts, legislatures, etc., are suspended.
3. freedom or release from duty, business, or activity.
4. an act or instance of vacating.
5. (ooops..we almost forgot to add) "other activity" and "freedom or release from duty, business, or activity" includes but is not limited to time-out for undergoing medical check-up

Enjoy!

Iwu wuruwuru is a saint, walahi!!!!

DW

[tonsoyo]

Originally Posted by DoubleWahala

Iwu wuruwuru is a saint, walahi!!!!

DW

Now I can tell that you are real double wahala. For me the time off -duty or of rest, is good enough for me to cover whatever you spend your time off-duty or off work for.
Medical et al.

You certainly want to make me apologize to Iwuruwuru by your overiwuruwurunization and Ubanization of a dictionary interpretation. I con fear o walahi talahi Naijeriya has no future. Et tu Wahalax2.

[DoubleWahala]

Tonsoyooo, your madam is calling you upstairs for a 30 min. "vacation"...

Your 'aggro' is 3-much. I'm sure you'll feel 'well-rested', afterwards.

Bye...I'm 'vacating' this thread....see you on anoda thread...I'm done! LOL!!

DW

[emj]

Originally Posted by Abraxas

Hi, folks!

Whores will be whores. PERIOD!

The problem with Nigerian politics is the default error function injected by some WOMEN in politics, or within the corridors of power: from First Ladies to "women leaders", to concubines.

(Now, girls, let the thunder and tsunami be directed at me: I am full ready for the backlash to come. Hit me!)

Muchas gracias.

Don Juan-Carlos ABRAXAS (III)

hmmmm.................hmmm....... TornadoXMoonsoon RainXHurricaneXTsunami

[N.A.R.]

NAR, are you suggesting that just because they're representing warring clients, the lawyers should not observe courtesies among themselves?

At the Bar, it is the time-honored tradition not to allow client representation get in the way of friendship and/or observance of all courtesies/protocols.

It is assumed that members of the Bar are/should be above such pettiness, and are matured and dignified enough not to allow such courtesis, friendships and/or associations get in the way of counsel-client relationship.

The problem is that many clients do not understand this; they expect their lawyers to be just as belligerent to the lawyers of the opposing party, as they are too.

DW,
Hmmm, interesting observations, however if your argument holds then it can also be assumed that lawyers have no principles and will do anything for any client if the money is right.

So then what is the difference between themselves and the lotters they profess to defend?

[DoubleWahala]

Originally Posted by N.A.R.

DW,
Hmmm, interesting observations, however if your argument holds then it can also be assumed that lawyers have no principles and will do anything for any client if the money is right.

So then what is the difference between themselves and the lotters they profess to defend?

Lord have mercy!!

NAR, how on earth did you make a quantum leap from my response to your intial post, to saying that lawyers "have no principles"?!!

Bros, I taya for you o! Abi, pesin sue you? Is any lawyer 'harrassing' you right now?

Your question (last sentence) is totally hypothetical...at least based on your posts and our exchange, so I wont even bother trying to answer it.

There are avenues for meting out discipline and sanctions to lawyers who've been proven to have flouted the rules of professional conduct and ethics of the profession.

DW

[THE VOICE]

Please don't let us confuse issues.

A public figure still has the right to organise private parties anywhere of his/her choice in as much as is not offensive to public sensibilities.

Is her holding a birthday party [if at all] in her family house in the U.S., with her own money and in her free time offensive to public sensibilities?

Please being a public figure does n't mean one should be a prisoner to one's personality or get alienated from one's family and friends.

[gwappa]

Please don't let us confuse issues.

A public figure still has the right to organise private parties anywhere of his/her choice in as much as is not offensive to public sensibilities.

Is her holding a birthday party [if at all] in her family house in the U.S., with her own money and in her free time offensive to public sensibilities?

Please being a PUBLIC FIGURE does n't mean one should be a prisoner to one's personality or get alienated from one's family and friends.
@voice

Please correct me if i am wrong, it is offensive to public sensibilty in the sense that it is moraly wrong for her to hold a birthday party in USA as her position in the public eye.
She is a public figure now and many young female NIGERIANS are looking up to her as thier IDOL.

Secondly imagine Nancy Pelosi organising her private party somewhere in Nigeria, What do you think of that?
She is going over to America to have her "private" party ,Do you Know how much in foregin exchange will move move with her.both in American TAX,ACCOMMODATION,FLIGHT TICKETS etc .
I am not saying it is not her right to have her party wherever she deemed fit to have it.
All i am saying is her moral responsibilities,ie why she is a speaker of FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY

[THE VOICE]

@ gwappa
If I get you right, you are saying she has to conduct her private life to meet the expectations of her office as the Speaker of Nigeria's house of representatives.

I concur.

[WaleAkin]

Originally Posted by gwappa

Please don't let us confuse issues.

A public figure still has the right to organise private parties anywhere of his/her choice in as much as is not offensive to public sensibilities.

Is her holding a birthday party [if at all] in her family house in the U.S., with her own money and in her free time offensive to public sensibilities?

Please being a PUBLIC FIGURE does n't mean one should be a prisoner to one's personality or get alienated from one's family and friends.


Please correct me if i am wrong, it is offensive to public sensibilty in the sense that it is moraly wrong for her to hold a birthday party in USA as her position in the public eye.
She is a public figure now and many young female NIGERIANS are looking up to her as thier IDOL.

Secondly imagine Nancy Pelosi organising her private party somewhere in Nigeria, What do you think of that?
She is going over to America to have her "private" party ,Do you Know how much in foregin exchange will move move with her.both in American TAX,ACCOMMODATION,FLIGHT TICKETS etc .
I am not saying it is not her right to have her party wherever she deemed fit to have it.
All i am saying is her moral responsibilities,ie why she is a speaker of FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY

What are u really saying pls! Are you for and/or against?

[gwappa]

@Wale
I am against her haveing her party in usa .

[Vimo]

All is set for Mrs. Speaker, Patricia Olubunmi Etteh’s 54th Birthday in Bowie, Maryland

Last View on Fri 17th August, 2007
Last Modified on Fri 17th August, 2007 4:41:03 pm
Author: Admin Sahara



Mrs. Patricia Olubunmi Etteh, the 54 -year old hairdresser turned Speaker of Nigeria’s lower House of Assembly is set to celebrate her birthday in style tonight in Bowie, Maryland. The event which was shifted from Thursday till later tonight will commence at 6 P.M at a huge garden of a mansion belonging to a family member in Bowie, Maryland barring last minute change of mind.


This grand event will involve several members of the lower house of representatives who have already relocated to the US for the purpose of the party. The birthday bash is expected to cost Nigerian taxpayers close to $900,000 according to sources in the know of the magnitude of preparations for the event.

Saharareporters could not confirm the exact location of the event as the time of going to press, but our sources said there are already 12 aides to the Speaker on ground to assist her with chaperoning guests around the huge mansion where the event will be taking place in Maryland. These include her Chief of Staff, Special Adviser on Special Duties and the Special Assistant on Media amongst others.

The latest development puts a lie to the press statements issued yesterday by other leaders of the lower house that the 54 year old speaker was currently in the US for medical checkup. There is no truth in that assertion. The speaker arrived to the US on Wednesday evening on a flight from London in preparation for the big bash.

The event is wholly planned by the Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, Honorable Festus Adegoke. The lawmaker who is almost ten years younger than the Speaker, is known to have dated the speaker for close to four years. They are both married with two kids according to their profile on the website of the National Assembly.

[N.A.R.]

Lord have mercy!!

NAR, how on earth did you make a quantum leap from my response to your intial post, to saying that lawyers "have no principles"?!!

Bros, I taya for you o! Abi, pesin sue you? Is any lawyer 'harrassing' you right now?

Your question (last sentence) is totally hypothetical...at least based on your posts and our exchange, so I wont even bother trying to answer it.

There are avenues for meting out discipline and sanctions to lawyers who've been proven to have flouted the rules of professional conduct and ethics of the profession.

DW,
Lord have mercy indeed...Ashe!!! How can you tire for me??? I have left you all this while you no happi laik dat? Okay lets go a small roller coaster...

I am simply saying that the issue for which they are in court is so grave that I do not see why such pleasantries as necessary, or the norm.

And related to this topic, it seems to me to indicate how serious our politicians and the lawyers that work for them take our democracy and the seriousness of the crime of the robbing of the peoples blind.

Our politicians play games with each other in politics, meanwhile, men, women and children loose their lives, the future is mortgaged for the madness of today, but that is of no concern to them, similarly those lawyers also play the game, today they defend game players and claim porfessional behaviour. As they say, when two elephants fight...

I will tell you something, if I was a lawyer on one of these sides, I would not be smiling at the other side at all, professional conduct or not. The issue at stake is grave. The robbing of the Nigerian electorate is not something I will laugh about in or out of court.

But you know why they laugh and smile, they are all participants in the robbery, its the opposite of the parable of the talents, each was given a talent, one took his and stole and swindled and got ten more, the other only managed to steal and swindle five and the last managed to steal just one! Are any of them innocent?

And here comes a smiling and cheerful lawyer who wants to argue that since his thief was only smart to enough to steal one talent, he is not as guilty as the mastermind who stole ten!

Let me ask you a question, If a man is suspected of killing a loved one of yours, and you meet in court, would you go and start laughing and hugging his lawyer before the proceedings begin? Knowing fully well that there is a possibility that this is the guy who may defend the accused of taking the life of your loved one? And may end up walking away scott free?

I am willing to bet you would rather say to yourself, what kind of a person defends a human being like that??? (Assuming he is not a public defender.)

That may be a stretch but it illustrates my point, the issues are very grave in this situation, the sides do not need to make it seem like they are enemies at 5.30pm and drinking buddies after 6pm. May be a stretch, but thats my thought on the issue...

Oh, by the way I am dealing with a few lawyers right now incidentally on a couple of things! Now as you were saying about Etteh...

[smartomoge]

Alrighty, so they had the party, and some lawmakers were present, but it was hosted by one of her friends. Is she within her rights, or just insensitive to the wishes of Nigerians as you all have said? Oya o, make we hear big grammer


source: http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/news/article06
Etteh Celebrates Birthday In USA
FROM LAOLU AKANDE, NEW YORK
In what turned out to be a low-key event spiced with thanksgiving and prayers, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Patricia Olubunmi Ette, marked her 54th birthday in Bowie, Maryland Friday evening. explaining that the idea of the party was much of a surprise to her.

Although previous reports, quoting some members of the House of Representatives in Nigeria, had indicated that the Speaker was not in the US for medical check-up, the event drew the attendance of the Acting Nigerian Ambassador to the US, Ambassador Usman Baraya; Ogun State Assembly Speaker, Titi Oseni and several other members of the House of Representatives.

Some of federal lawmakers present at the party are Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas, Festus Adegoke and Beni Lar.

Ette, who donned a simple Ankara dress, denied making any elaborate plans for the party, saying it was her relatives who hosted the event. She said she later accepted to play along as it was an opportunity for thanksgiving. She was thankful to those who joined the celebrations, many of whom came with gifts and presents.

Guests and eye witness accounts disclosed that the party was hosted by the Speaker's relative in Maryland, Ms. Tinuke Palmer, a US-based real estate businesswoman.

Palmer said she planned the event to also celebrate the Speaker's recent elevation to that high office.

Prayers were said at the party for the Speaker. After the praying, singing and thanksgiving, Ette received gifts from several of the guests.

Earlier reports quoted Ette's assistants saying she was visiting the US to give a lecture, while sources close to her said she had been to the hospital for a medical check-up before the party on Friday evening.