lanre_front: It is when leaders are not sincere and dont have good intentions, that is when there is need for plenty of grammar to say what the leaders want to do; that is when there is need for plenty of assistants and advisers and PHD holders to explain what the leaders wants to do.

All those things that you have itemised, Agriculture, power supply, roads, transportations, railways etc, the problems with those sectors and every other sector and aspect of Nigerian economy is CORRUPTION. we dont need any big grammar or long economic thesis to identify the problem of Nigeria; what is holding the country back from economic and human development? it is CORRUPTION.

So what are "Buhari PLANS and INTENTIONS are in the following critical areas" you ask?

General Buahri's plans and intentions is very simple and straight forward. His plan and intention is to make things work as they should by stamping out CORRPTION in all those critical areas and every other areaa or sectors in the country.

The plan is that simple. It does not need plenty grammar, illustration or analysis. As he deals squarely and decisvely with corruption across all the facets of the Nigerian economy and society, everything will begin to fall into place.

The question is HOW? It is the formula that produces the answer and not the answer that produces formula. Except you want to do wuruwuru to the answer. We cannot be deceived by a purposeless statement like "I will fight corruption"

OsunOriginal:

In Nigeria today, the only reliable source of electricity still remains generator... We buy fuel everyday to power our gen and we see people running around with jerrican in search of fuel for generator. So what improvement are you talking about? And today I pay about 3 times what I used to pay a year ago. Shouldnt I have some improvement even if is going to be an hour additional per day with the exorbitant monthly fee?

just imagine! I fuel my generator on an estimated amount of 40k a month, that one no be pesin salary? Even GEJ has a yearly budget for buying,servicing and fuelling his generator.so how do you expect nigeria to achieve just 10,000MW of electricity which won't even be enough to go round?

gbanikiti: did you occupy PHCN to get steady light in your house? Why should i do that when Gej has failed to revive the power sector?

The activism you do on NL should be deployed locally to compel PHCN to fix the problem with power supply in your area. Our transformer here works was brought mid last yr and its working fine. When we had transformer problem, we bombarded PHCN until they came with replacement transformer.
Meanwhile, the clueFUL gang should tell us HOW and WHAT Buhari intends to do with presidential powers.

Meanwhile, the moderators should help us shift this thread to the front page so the Buhari gangs can help reveal to NLanders his intended policies and programmes in critical sectors should he be elected

Sincere 9gerian:
The activism you do on NL should be deployed locally to compel PHCN to fix the problem with power supply in your area. Our transformer here works was brought mid last yr and its working fine. When we had transformer problem, we bombarded PHCN until they came with replacement transformer.
Meanwhile, the clueFUL gang should tell us HOW and WHAT Buhari intends to do with presidential powers.

did i tell you transformer is the problem we have in my area? Phcn initially complained that they needed land to construct a new feeder.after 12 years the feeder hasn't been completed? So who should be blamed for the slow pace of work? Am i to blame the community who have be clamouring for transparency in the handling of the project or GEJ's government that has massive corruption in the power sector?

@sincere 9gerian i don't know if this link may help. http://buhari4change.com/?page_id=71
That was the website that interface with online folks 2011.Maybe you should visit it to arm yourself better on how to bash the person Buhari!
For crying out loud,shouldn't we be touch lighting on the issues someone promised us and now there yet we see nothing much? Question is what was the state of affairs before he took over and what drastic change has he deployed to mitigate issues even in the long term.

gbanikiti: did i tell you transformer is the problem we have in my area? Phcn initially complained that they needed land to construct a new feeder.after 12 years the feeder hasn't been completed? So who should be blamed for the slow pace of work? Am i to blame the community who have be clamouring for transparency in the handling of the project or GEJ's government that has massive corruption in the power sector?

My friend, go to the streets and protest or better still occupy for PHCN to fix whatever is the local fault in your area. The local PHCN mgt should tackle all those little faults but the delay is most likely do to the non-challance of people in that area. Abuja does not sign contract for feeders or whatever to be built. If you'r so lilly livered that you cant do anything, then you wait for the private investors to take over PHCN in about 5 months time.

Meanwhile, stop derailing this thread. Buhari goons should supply us with his intended policies and programmes. I expect Buhari should have formulas he intends to unleash on the system if he ever becomes president. I expect he should have his formulas by now so he can hit the ground running if elected. I also expect Buhari goons who know so much about Buhari to know these magic formulas. If these magic formulas can be shared with other Nigerians, that will be appreciated

"Yawns" i think someone else have answered you.hope you won't come back talking about buhari. About the power sector,that is a topic for another day.

haka_nai: @sincere 9gerian i don't know if this link may help. http://buhari4change.com/?page_id=71
That was the website that interface with online folks 2011.Maybe you should visit it to arm yourself better on how to bash the person Buhari!
For crying out loud,shouldn't we be touch lighting on the issues someone promised us and now there yet we see nothing much? Question is what was the state of affairs before he took over and what drastic change has he deployed to mitigate issues even in the long term.

I was expecting reports of what Buhari said with his own mouth that he will do since he started contesting presidential elections. It is very easy to come up with documents, party manifestoes,etc for the purposes of election. Buhari should be passionate about those things he intends to do so much so that he SAYS some of it in public. We can only take him up on what he says and not what is contained in campaign documents. For instance, Atiku said recently in public that if given opportunity to be president of Nigeria, he would work towards 100% resource control whereby states will harness their resources and pay taxes to the centre. Whether you like Atiku or not, that statement resounded very well, and one could play it back in future and use to hold him to account for it. It is different from circulating Atiku's campaign documents containing such information. I'm wait for reports of Buhari's statements on what he intends to do.

Buhari actually presented his manifesto during the 2011 General elections.

http://www.theinfostrides.com/index.php?topic=12254.msg24968#msg24968

[size=16pt]MR POSTER,

What is d quality of all the jobs u believe Jonathan is doing. Is it not a case that they annouced one thing in a press confrence and do another. How come d said roads u said Jonathan is fixing is still a death trap. Even federal roads in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial heart-beat roads leading to critical facilities like d ports are left to rot.

Do u know my uncle died last year in Lagos when a container behind a lorry dropped on top of his car, he was trapped for 4 hours on the Oshodi-Apapa expressway. Who killed my uncle indirectly, no other person than Mr. President who could not fix a very critical road like that. Shame on this goverment[/size]

haka_nai: @sincere 9gerian i don't know if this link may help. http://buhari4change.com/?page_id=71
That was the website that interface with online folks 2011.Maybe you should visit it to arm yourself better on how to bash the person Buhari!
For crying out loud,shouldn't we be touch lighting on the issues someone promised us and now there yet we see nothing much? Question is what was the state of affairs before he took over and what drastic change has he deployed to mitigate issues even in the long term.

While waiting for the report from the horse's mouth, I opened the link in your post and found the following policy statements in the link interesting:

. "Initiate action to amend our Constitution with a view to devolving powers, duties and responsibilities to states and local governments in order to entrench Federalism and the Federal spirit"
My response: But the NASS (with CPC members) is already embarking on this exercise.

"Restructure government for a leaner, more efficient and adequately compensated public service"
My response: does he intend to sack another 1million civil servants? (he did it before as head of state)

"Require full disclosure in all media outlets of all government contracts over N100m prior to award and during implementation at regular intervals"
My response: but the CPC govt in Nasarawa does not do this

. "Enact the Freedom of Information Bill so that government held data sets can be requested and used by the public,.."
My response: already done

"Seek to amend the Constitution to require local governments to publish their meeting minutes, service performance data and items of spending over N10M"
My response: the CPC members in the NASS can push for this in the ongoing constitutional amendment. But the CPC govt in Nasarawa has not made ANY effort in this direction.

"Begin widespread consultations to amend the Constitution to enable States and Local Governments to employ State and Community Police to address the peculiar needs of each community"
My response: the CPC members in the NASS can push for it in the ongoing constitutional amendment. As we speak the biggest opposition to state police is coming from the north. I support state police too

. "Initiate policies to ensure that Nigerians are free to live and work in any part of the country by removing state of origin, tribe, ethnic and religious affiliations and replace those with state of residence"
My response: this is good but can only be done thru constitutional amendment and the process is on in the NASS as we speak.

"Generate, transmit and distribute from current 5,000 – 6,000 MW to at least 15,000 MW of electricity by 2015 and increasing to 50,000 MW by 2019 with a view to achieving 24/7 uninterrupted power supply by 2019 whilst simultaneously ensuring development of sustainable/renewable energy "
My response: very good. It is interesting to note that Buhari's campaign document estimated that Nigeria will have un-interrupted power supply as EARLY as 2019. Suprisingly, no hint on how all the megawatts mentioned will be generated. No hint on privatisation or no privatisation.

"Public Private Partnership that will ensure the (a) construction of 3,000km of Superhighway including service trunks and (b) building of up to 4,800km of modern railway lines – one third to be completed by 2015"
My response: this is already being done

"Speedily pass the much-delayed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) andensure that local content issues are fully addressed"
My response: this is already being done. The biggest opposition is again coming from the north

"Guarantee a minimum price for selected crops and facilitate storage of agricultural products as and when necessary"
My response: this is DISASTER. Govt fixing of prices ALWAYS lead to disaster. We'v not forgotten how Nigerian's queued for milk, rice and sugar under Buhari's regime. Fixing of fuel price by govt DESTROYED the down stream sector in Nig

"Create additional middle-class of at least 2 million new home owners by 2015 by enacting a national mortgage system that will lend at single digit interest rates for purchase of owner occupier houses"
My response: HOW?

Besides why crack your brains trying to imagine what Buhari would be like when he has a track record as Head of State and we know what he was like.

https://www.nairaland.com/859122/gen-muhammadu-buhari-head-state



[size=18pt]05 January 1984 - ITN News (video clip)
GEN. BUHARI PRESIDES AT SWEARING IN OF MILITARY GOVERNORS AND WARNS THEM OF PENALTIES FOR CRIME AND CORRUPTION. (video clip)[/size]

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Nineteen military governors were formally appointed by the new Head of State, Major-General Mohammed Buhari, and other members of the country's Supreme Military Council (SMC) in Lagos on January 4 to run Nigeria's federal states.

General Buhari attended the official swearing-in ceremony, which came four days after he led a bloodless coup ousting former President Shehu Shagari.

Speaking at the ceremony, Buhari reminded his new governors of their duties.All were chosen, he said, for their ability to discharge their responsibilities in the best interests of the country.He went on to warn them that crime and corruption for personal gain, one reason for the coup, would be ruthlessly punished.

General Buhari added the corruption and hoarding in the private sector would not be tolerated.He ended his speech by telling the assembled governors they were answerable to the country's military chiefs of staff and subject to redeployment at any time.

All former state governors have been given a week to report to police.

General Buhari has pledged to revive the country's economy and also to end the armed robberies in major cities that have become commonplace in the last few years.The fate of former top officials in the Shagari administration is still to be decided by the new military government, and Shagari himself is being held in custody.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-693700.64.html

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http://www.elombah.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5720:is-general-buhari-the-problem-with-nigeria&catid=36:pointblank&Itemid=83

Buharinomics was General Buhari’s economic program marshaled out to salvage the nation in 1984. He summarized the objective of his economic policy (as articulated in the 1984 budget) as follows: "To arrest the decline in the economy, to put the economy on a proper course of recovery and solvency, and to chart a future course for economic stability and prosperity" (West Africa, May 14, 1984). He had previously done similarly, in March while receiving the visiting Sudanese President, Gaafar Nimeiri. Upon his inquiring of what the new military government had in mind for the nation it then ruled, Buhari said to him: "The priority [of his administration] is for economic recovery, providing employment opportunities, improving people's living conditions, consolidating internal security and ensuring foreign respect" (Africa Now, March 1984). In a nutshell, Buharinomics set out to arrest the decline in the economy and refocus it towards recovery.

Buharinomics was to wean the nation off consumerism and profligacy, while channeling it towards frugality and productivity. To accomplish this, the government was to cut down on its expenditure, engage in more efficient restricting and controlling of foreign exchange outflow, undertake the revival of the country's productive capacity (concentration was on agriculture), and broaden government's revenue base.

The first test of Buharinomics was implemented to revive the comatose banking industry and arrest local currency hoarding. In April 1984, the government ordered a change in the color of the Naira. This action was dubbed the “real coup” by unscrupulous business men and politicians who had almost eliminated the need for commercial banking in Nigeria by keeping their moneys under their mattresses or by trafficking them into neighboring West African countries.

This currency change, which forced all holders of the naira notes into exchanging them for the new naira notes at commercial banks, infused billions that had remained unaccounted for into the banking industry and eliminated counterfeited currencies, which had inflicted inflationary and other nefarious effects on the economy. This measure had an immediate revitalizing effect in the banking industry and was an unqualified success. Banks that were close to collapsing became vibrant again, to the extent that some of them began to hire hitherto unemployed Nigerians.

Sincere 9gerian: Since I've been hearing or reading reports on Buhari and his presidential ambition, I've never heard him state what he intends TO DO if he gets voted in as president.

Dont we have the RIGHT TO KNOW what Buhari intends to do with power?

I dont know about you but I have the right to know what Buhari PLANS and INTENTIONS are in the following critical areas:

1)What will Buhari do about power supply? Will he stop or continue with the privatisation and liberalization? If he intends to continue with privatisation, what then is the need since the incumbent is already doing a good job in that direction.

2)What will Buhari do about rail transport? Will he continue the ongoing massive construction of old and modern rail tracks? If yes, then no need because the incumbent is already doing a wonderful job in that direction.

3)What will Buhari do about our airports? Will he continue with the ongoing reconstruction? If yes, then the incumbent is already doing a fantastic job in that direction.

4) what will Buhari do about our roads? Will he continue the ongoing reconstruction of Abuja-Lokoja, Benin-Ore, Enugu-Onitsha, Kano- Maiduguri,etc roads? If yes, then no need because the incumbent is already doing that.

5) What will Buhari do to uplift the standard of education? Will he continue with the increased funding of govt owned higher institutions, UBEC interventions in basic educations, distribution of basic education textbooks, building of Almajiri schools,etc? If yes, then he shouldn't bother because the incumbent is already doing that.

6) What will Buhari do about Agriculture? Will he continue with distribution of subsidized fertilizers, free improved seeds,opening up of value chains of key crops,etc. If yes, then he shouldn't bother because the current minister of agric is already doing a marvelous job. Who will do agric better than Akinwumi Adeshina?

7) How will Buhari create jobs? Will he be banking on the same agric sector to create jobs, YOUWIN and schemes such as the ongoing women and youth empowerment programme, etc? If yes, why bother since that is already ongoing?

How does Buhari hope to improve our economy? Which Alhaji does he hope to appoint as finance minister? Who can improve our economy better than Okonjo Iweala? Which coach will chose Ahmed Musa ahead of Messi? Does Buhari intend to sack another 1million civil servants like he did in the 80's? We have the right to know.

9) How does Buhari hope to fight corruption? Will he use the EFCC? Will the courts be taken over by the executive? Will the EFCC and ICPC be scrapped? Does Buhari intend to be the prosecutor and the judge to hasten quick dispensation of justice? Will he set up military tribunals? What does Buhari intend to do to reduce corruption in Nig?

I have the RIGHT TO KNOW and I think many Nigerians would like TO KNOW TOO!

K

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http://www.elombah.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5720:is-general-buhari-the-problem-with-nigeria&catid=36:pointblank&Itemid=83


To cut down on government expenses, the federal work force was cut by 30% and imports for 1984 pegged at 4 billion pounds (mostly on basic foodstuffs, spare parts, and raw materials for local industries), against 14 billion pounds spent in 1983. To ensure that Nigeria remained respectable on the international business world, Buhari committed to honoring Nigeria’s debt payment schedule irrespective of the limited earning potential of Nigeria. In August 1984, Buhari was on one of his meet-the-people nationwide tours, which he began as soon as the administration got on its feet. Everywhere he went, the people embraced him, coming out en mass and ushering him tumultuous cheers and unreserved applause.

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KnowAll: [size=16pt]MR POSTER,

What is d quality of all the jobs u believe Jonathan is doing. Is it not a case that they annouced one thing in a press confrence and do another. How come d said roads u said Jonathan is fixing is still a death trap. Even federal roads in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial heart-beat roads leading to critical facilities like d ports are left to rot.

Do u know my uncle died last year in Lagos when a container behind a lorry dropped on top of his car, he was trapped for 4 hours on the Oshodi-Apapa expressway. Who killed my uncle indirectly, no other person than Mr. President who could not fix a very critical road like that. Shame on this goverment[/size]

There are tens of thousands of kilometers of federal roads that requires attention as we speak, particularly in the south. If Buhari's PTF, OBJ and Yar Adua had fixed many of them, GEJ would have fixed the remaining few km in 2yrs. But as things stands today, the govt can only do so much according to the resources available. To make matters worse, trillions has to also be paid for fuel subsidy, which may be your were among those who protested (for political reasons) that fuel subsidy should be continued. Anyway, Sorry about the death of your uncle

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[size=18pt]Buharinomics - General Buhari’s economic program marshaled out to salvage the nation in 1984 (- - - continued part3)[/size]


In one of his speeches to the people (this one in Owerri), he reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to honoring its debts, the dire economic situation notwithstanding. "The task of this administration is how to persuade Nigerians to understand that for a number of years to come, we would be paying debts, the roads may be long and thorny but we believe that on our shoulders lies the responsibility to save our fatherland from devastation that has resulted from mismanagement" (Newswatch, February 18, 1985).

Buhari could not have been any more correct in his statement above. Assuming Nigeria took no further loans, its breakdown of loan repayments was as follows: 3.9 billion naira ($4.4 billion) in 1985, 3.7 billion naira ($4.19 billion) in 1986, 2.8 billion naira ($3.2 billion) in 1987, until a decrease to 703 million in 1991 (Concord Weekly, May 6, 1985). Nigeria’s precarious financial situation made it impossible for it to finance capital projects and meet up its balance of payment obligations. With oil export pegged at 1.3 million barrels per day by OPEC, borrowing from external sources became necessary. To this effect, Nigeria proposed borrowing 1.795m naira to finance its capital project from the IMF. The patriotism with which General Buhari handled Nigeria’s dealings with the IMF was the highlight and beauty of Buharinomics.

In order to qualify for the loan, IMF gave Nigeria certain conditions which must be met. In 1984 when the naira exchanged for $1.34, the IMF demanded a minimum of 60% devaluation of it. Buhari refused, agreeing only to a "crawling peg"—a mechanism whereby government would realign the currency gradually, forestalling or minimizing economic and social dislocations because of such drastic devaluation of its currency. In addition to the devaluation of the naira, IMF demanded that government took other drastic actions: (a) The government must remove its subsidy on petroleum. (b) It must curtail its expenditure. (c) Government must rationalize its tariff structures. (d) It must put a freeze on its wages. (e) It must put a total end of non-statutory transfers to State governments, (f) Government must at least institute a 30% raise on interest rates—government resisted this because the decline in its revenue earnings and its debt obligations made it almost impossible to raise interest rates without triggering inflation (West Africa, May 14, 1984).

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The Nigerian government and veteran economists in Nigeria (like Aluko, Onosade, Okigbo, etc) could not make sense of being asked to devalue its currency when Nigeria’s imports were in dollar and its export (fixed quantity of oil) was also in dollar. The implication of devaluation was that Nigeria would pay more to import lesser quantity of goods than it did prior to any devaluation. It would also export the same amount of oil it exported before any devaluation and derive lesser revenue than it received before any devaluation The impacts of it debt payment would have harsher effect on the citizenry if the naira was devalued. This did not make any economic sense to Buhari; it struck him as an insult on the intelligence of the African. Finance Minister Onaolapo Soleye and Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji who led the Nigerian delegation to the last negotiation in Washington were chewed out by US Federal Reserve Chairman, Paul Volcker, for presenting the Nigerian governments rejection of most of these recommendations.

For rejecting the IMF conditions and the loan, the Buhari administration got into the black book of Washington. Already, it had earned the dislike of 10 Downing Street for cutting down Nigeria’s imports from the UK by about 350%. In any case, without the IMF loan, government was still in a bind as to how to finance capital projects and pay for imports, especially spare parts for local industries, food items, etc. At this juncture, the genius and resourcefulness of Buharinomics illuminated to the delight of the African.

First, the administration sent Oil Minister Tam David West to OPEC to seek a raise in the quantity of oil that Nigeria could export. If OPEC agreed, Nigeria would expect to generate extra revenue in the long run from any increase of its oil quota and this would assist tremendously in augmenting the shortfall in the nation’s purse. Professor West came back empty handed—the US and Britain had put pressure on their puppets in OPEC (like Saudi Arabia) to refuse Nigeria’s request.

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To counter OPEC’s bluff, the Buhari administration entered into a $2 billion barter trade agreement with four countries.
Nigeria daily bartered 200,000 barrels of oil as follows:
(a) completely knocked down parts for automobiles from Brazil.

(b) Construction equipment from Italy

(c) Engineering equipment from France, and

(d) Capital goods from Austria.

This barter trade took care of the administration’s need to have borrowed money but it intensified the ill will the US and Britain had for Nigeria.


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By bartering this oil, Nigeria was:

(a) solving those needs which the proposed IMF loan was geared toward. Doing so without borrowing or feeling the pains of spending the meager amount generated from its OPEC approved 1.3 billion a day oil export is the stuff an economic wizard is made of.

(b) Britain had been cut off as Nigeria’s major supplier of the goods which the countries in the barter agreement sent to Nigeria.

(c) The US usurious money lenders were denied the chance to suck Nigeria dry through the IMF loan.

(d) American and British oil companies were irate that the oil being bartered would flood the oil market, cutting in on their profits.

(e) The oil being bartered was oil that used to be illegally bunkered before Buhari put illegal oil bunkering artist out of business. For once, an African country had put positive economic mechanism in place to salvage its ailing economy without swallowing IMF’s poison pills.[/b]

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@GenBuhari, you'll be wasting your time if you continue to post 1980's propaganda materials. I doubt if anybody read those rubbish. If there are salient points in those materials, highlight them for us.

[size=18pt]14th March 1984 - The NY Times
Buhari signs Barter Trade agreement with Brazil who would refine and return Nigeria's oil in exchange for crude oil[/size]

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 13— Brazil has won an international bidding contest to refine Nigerian oil this year, the state oil company, Petrobras, announced today.

The $1.2 billion agreement calls for Brazil to import Nigerian crude and return refined gasoline, jet fuel and diesel oil to Nigeria, a Petrobras spokesman said. He added that the accord would allow Brazil to reduce its idle refining capacity and earn a margin of profit.

Brazil imports about two-thirds of the one million barrels of oil it consumes daily, mostly from the Middle East. It buys 10,000 barrels daily from Nigeria.

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As far as America and Britain were concerned, there was a price to be paid by this Buhari, who thought he was smart enough not to accept subservience to their authority. To begin with, a London newspaper (The Financial Times) published Nigeria’s barter trade agreement with Brazil (which, in truth, was done in secrecy because Buhari treated some aspects of his economic policy as State secret). The British thought it was going to incite OPEC against Nigeria since OPEC as a body did not support oil bartering. Oil Minister Tam David West, in a press conference, said, “If a nation believes it is part of its strategy for national survival to do this [barter trade], why not?” To assure OPEC that Nigeria was not indulging in barter trade in order to pull out of OPEC, he added ”Our strategy is to stay in OPEC and make its presence felt, and work together on programs that will be for the economic interest of all” (Concord Weekly, May 6, 1985). There is more to this barter trade than time will permit one to detail in this piece. For now, it is worth noting that it was the major reason for which Britain and America wanted the Buhari administration overthrown.

The counter trade showcased Buhari as a visionary. He made America and Britain feel silly and they swore to get him out of office. When Babangida took over, on his maiden speech to the nation he promised to revisit the counter trade agreements. Within two weeks in office, September 17, 1985, he setup a panel to review it and recommend to his administration how to revive the economy without the use of counter trade. Babangida rolled back counter trade at the behest of his imperialist masters and at the detriment of the Nigerian nation and people.

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By the time the Buhari administration was overthrown in August of 1985, Buharinomics was beginning to yield dividends. For example, the inflationary rate had fallen from 23.2% in 1983 to 5.5% in 1985.

Nigeria did not regret rejecting the IMF loan because it was meeting its obligation of prompt debt payment and the bartered goods were, to some extent, holding up within the austerity measure which had been in place since the Shagari days.

Food was becoming reasonably available for two reasons:
(a) The emphasis paid to agriculture had resulted in abundant food harvests, especially yam tubers.
(b) The border closure made it impossible for unscrupulous business men to continue smuggling food items into neighboring countries where they sold for twice their value in Nigeria.

Had Buharinomics continued for at least five years, Nigeria would have joined the Asian tigers in economic growth and self reliance. We know that to be true because Babangida came into office and did everything the IMF asked and the Nigerian economy took a dive into the gutter and has not recovered yet.

@General Buhari

You have turned a thread that would have surgically look into Jonathan's regime constructively into a Buhari propaganda machinery which is a turn off to a lot of people. I know u must earn your daily bread from d General, but "e be like say u don put sand-sand inside garri".

Sincere 9gerian: @GenBuhari, you'll be wasting your time if you continue to post 1980's propaganda materials.I doubt if anybody read those rubbish. If there are salient points in those materials, highlight them for us.

Only a f00l who is paid to sing the praises of an inept an corrupt leader while attacking real and perceived leader will refuse to read. Asking to ßξ spoon-fed like a pre-mature and deformed baby....

Only a f00l who is paid to sing the praises of an inept an corrupt leader while attacking real and perceived leader will refuse to read. Asking to ßξ spoon-fed like a pre-mature and deformed baby.

A man behind an army jeep in a military uniform is a turn off to a lot of people. Tell us what a mordern Buhari in 'agbada' is prepared to do to turn things around in today's Nigeria. I am for Buhari, but all these 1980's pictures and propaganda would not hold water.

Sincere 9gerian:
While waiting for the report from the horse's mouth, I opened the link in your post and found the following policy statements in the link interesting:

. "Initiate action to amend our Constitution with a view to devolving powers, duties and responsibilities to states and local governments in order to entrench Federalism and the Federal spirit"
My response: But the NASS (with CPC members) is already embarking on this exercise.

"Restructure government for a leaner, more efficient and adequately compensated public service"
My response: does he intend to sack another 1million civil servants? (he did it before as head of state)

"Require full disclosure in all media outlets of all government contracts over N100m prior to award and during implementation at regular intervals"
My response: but the CPC govt in Nasarawa does not do this

. "Enact the Freedom of Information Bill so that government held data sets can be requested and used by the public,.."
My response: already done

"Seek to amend the Constitution to require local governments to publish their meeting minutes, service performance data and items of spending over N10M"
My response: the CPC members in the NASS can push for this in the ongoing constitutional amendment. But the CPC govt in Nasarawa has not made ANY effort in this direction.

"Begin widespread consultations to amend the Constitution to enable States and Local Governments to employ State and Community Police to address the peculiar needs of each community"
My response: the CPC members in the NASS can push for it in the ongoing constitutional amendment. As we speak the biggest opposition to state police is coming from the north. I support state police too

. "Initiate policies to ensure that Nigerians are free to live and work in any part of the country by removing state of origin, tribe, ethnic and religious affiliations and replace those with state of residence"
My response: this is good but can only be done thru constitutional amendment and the process is on in the NASS as we speak.

"Generate, transmit and distribute from current 5,000 – 6,000 MW to at least 15,000 MW of electricity by 2015 and increasing to 50,000 MW by 2019 with a view to achieving 24/7 uninterrupted power supply by 2019 whilst simultaneously ensuring development of sustainable/renewable energy "
My response: very good. It is interesting to note that Buhari's campaign document estimated that Nigeria will have un-interrupted power supply as EARLY as 2019. Suprisingly, no hint on how all the megawatts mentioned will be generated. No hint on privatisation or no privatisation.

"Public Private Partnership that will ensure the (a) construction of 3,000km of Superhighway including service trunks and (b) building of up to 4,800km of modern railway lines – one third to be completed by 2015"
My response: this is already being done

"Speedily pass the much-delayed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) andensure that local content issues are fully addressed"
My response: this is already being done. The biggest opposition is again coming from the north

"Guarantee a minimum price for selected crops and facilitate storage of agricultural products as and when necessary"
My response: this is DISASTER. Govt fixing of prices ALWAYS lead to disaster. We'v not forgotten how Nigerian's queued for milk, rice and sugar under Buhari's regime. Fixing of fuel price by govt DESTROYED the down stream sector in Nig

"Create additional middle-class of at least 2 million new home owners by 2015 by enacting a national mortgage system that will lend at single digit interest rates for purchase of owner occupier houses"
My response: HOW?

Well like i pointed out,anything said our provided for you is not meant for you to understand the policy of Buhari.People like you are out to spoil his name or prove your level of hate towards him via the propaganda base drive.That said considering antecedence would you say GEJ and Buhari track records before attaining leadership roles in this country are compatible? I mean what each did before they lead the nation.I want to see you,if truly a sincere Nigerian ask what the person of GEJ did at state level up to this time.Please be kind to also make reference to real monetary figures.Like how much was spent to get what?
About you asking me now for an interview,is rather silly of you.first you wanted to know and now you are asking me for an interview.if that is provided you jump to birth certificate right?If you are sincere then trail his campaigns and listen to his talk.Last i checked it was GEJ who refuse to turn up for a life debt to compare and contrast the policy of each aspirant.I don't know much but try and ask out there some people have Buhari's number and could share it with you.If you are that desperate for direct one on one interview.Buhari is very accessible and humble to answer your questions directly.SO rather that feed of crap meet the man!

he only needs to recycle all these

A more matured nigerian would think on this line

"The Buhari administration identified indiscipline as the bane of the nation's ills and therefore decided to fight it in all its ramifications. Hence the pre-occupation of the regime was the launching of the different phases of the War Against Indiscipline (WAI) which has become a household word in may Nigerian homes. There were five phases of WAI, namely :-

a. Queuing (March 20, 1984)

b. Work Ethics (May 1, 1984)

c. Nationalism and Patriotism (August 21, 1984)

d. Anti-Corruption and Economic Sabotage (May 14, 1985)

e. Environmental Sanitation (July 29, 1985).



Other highlights of the regime include :-

1. The suspension of the 1979 Constitution in January 1984.

2. The dissolution of political parties and ban on political activities in January 1984.

3. The freezing of accounts of political parties and corrupt ex-political office holders in the Second Republic in 1984.

4. The trimming down of the country's Civil service labour force in 1984.

5. The change of colour of the nation's currency notes (except the fifty kobo note) in April 1984 to stop currency trafficking. The exercise rendered almost half of the estimated N6 billion in circulation worthless at the expiration of the change.

6. The deportation of illegal aliens on the 14th of April, 1984 and 9th of August, 1985 respectively.

7. The clamp down on economic saboteurs with the legal backing of the Miscellaneous Offences Decree No. 20 of 1984.

8. The launching of the Expanded Immunization Programme (EPI) in May, 1984.

9. The initiation of counter trade in Petroleum products in May, 1984.

10. The wrestling of a major concession from OPEC in 1984 to increase Nigeria's oil production quota from 1.3 million barrels to 1.45 million barrels per day.

11. The adoption of stricter austerity measures in 1984 and 1985 to further revamp the economy which include:

i. The closure of the Nigerian borders in January 1984 to stem smuggling.

ii. The setting up of taskforce to check bunkering as a result of expert's estimation of a loss of one million Naira a day under the civilian government.

iii. The slashing of the basic travelling allowance (BTA) from N 500 to N 100 per annum in 1984.

iv. The introduction of N 100 airport special levy for travellers going outside Africa.

v. The reduction of the home remittance for foreigners to 25 per cent in 1984.

vi. The abolition of the Approved Users Scheme, the General Concessionary Rates of Duty and the Compulsory Advance Deposit Scheme.

vii. The introduction of a new Customs Tariff, which reduced the range of import duties from between zero and 500 per cent to between 5 per cent and 200 per cent.

viii. The granting of import duty exemption to only twenty items including agricultural implements, air craft, fuels, lubricants, educational films, technical assistance materials etc.

ix The introduction of the Advanced Import Duty Payment Scheme.

x. The imposition of a levy on dormant companies.

xi. The promulgation of the Finance Decrees to amend the Income Tax Act of 1969.

xii. The halving of civil servants' leave entitlement in January, 1985.

12. The trial and conviction of ex-politicians who illegally enriched themselves or their political parties.

13 In 1984, Nigeria's recognition of the Sahara Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) on November 11, 1984.

14. The encouragement of substitution of imported raw materials with local raw materials to boost the growth of industries.

15. The encouragement of self sufficiency in agricultural food production.

16. The promulgation of a series of decrees aimed at revamping the economy and inculcating discipline. The most controversial being the Public Officers (Protection Against False Accusation) Decree No 4 and the Miscellaneous Offences Decree No. 20 of 1984.

17. The rescheduling of the nations's short term trade debts valued at over =N=5 billion and the subsequent issuance of promissory notes to the uninsured creditors.

18. The procurement of new Air Buses by Nigeria Airways in 1985 to boost air transportation.

19. The victory of Nigeria's Under-17 Team (the Golden Eagles) at the Kodak World Cup Soccer Competition in China in August, 1985."

Sincere 9gerian: Since I've been hearing or reading reports on Buhari and his presidential ambition, I've never heard him state what he intends TO DO if he gets voted in as president.

Dont we have the RIGHT TO KNOW what Buhari intends to do with power?

I dont know about you but I have the right to know what Buhari PLANS and INTENTIONS are in the following critical areas:

1)What will Buhari do about power supply? Will he stop or continue with the privatisation and liberalization? If he intends to continue with privatisation, what then is the need since the incumbent is already doing a good job in that direction.

2)What will Buhari do about rail transport? Will he continue the ongoing massive construction of old and modern rail tracks? If yes, then no need because the incumbent is already doing a wonderful job in that direction.

3)What will Buhari do about our airports? Will he continue with the ongoing reconstruction? If yes, then the incumbent is already doing a fantastic job in that direction.

4) what will Buhari do about our roads? Will he continue the ongoing reconstruction of Abuja-Lokoja, Benin-Ore, Enugu-Onitsha, Kano- Maiduguri,etc roads? If yes, then no need because the incumbent is already doing that.

5) What will Buhari do to uplift the standard of education? Will he continue with the increased funding of govt owned higher institutions, UBEC interventions in basic educations, distribution of basic education textbooks, building of Almajiri schools,etc? If yes, then he shouldn't bother because the incumbent is already doing that.

6) What will Buhari do about Agriculture? Will he continue with distribution of subsidized fertilizers, free improved seeds,opening up of value chains of key crops,etc. If yes, then he shouldn't bother because the current minister of agric is already doing a marvelous job. Who will do agric better than Akinwumi Adeshina?

7) How will Buhari create jobs? Will he be banking on the same agric sector to create jobs, YOUWIN and schemes such as the ongoing women and youth empowerment programme, etc? If yes, why bother since that is already ongoing?

How does Buhari hope to improve our economy? Which Alhaji does he hope to appoint as finance minister? Who can improve our economy better than Okonjo Iweala? Which coach will chose Ahmed Musa ahead of Messi? Does Buhari intend to sack another 1million civil servants like he did in the 80's? We have the right to know.

9) How does Buhari hope to fight corruption? Will he use the EFCC? Will the courts be taken over by the executive? Will the EFCC and ICPC be scrapped? Does Buhari intend to be the prosecutor and the judge to hasten quick dispensation of justice? Will he set up military tribunals? What does Buhari intend to do to reduce corruption in Nig?

I have the RIGHT TO KNOW and I think many Nigerians would like TO KNOW TOO!

I hope you don't think we've forgotten that in the last elections Buhari (even after personally acknowledging his poor oratory skills) still stood on Podium after Podium and debated other contestants while GEJ not only dodged every single debate, he insisted that the only oral campaign he would do for the electorate was to sit down with Dbanj. Not only that, in order to distract the electorate, bombs started going off all over Northern Nigeria and everyone contesting against GEJ was blamed;first, Raymond Dokpesi, then IBB. But the moment they were intimidated into supporting GEJ, allegations of terrorism charges were immediately dropped---Dokpesi was even made chairman of GEJ's campaign. Or you you think we've forgotten "Wey the balance?" And "Dokpesi na we do am"?! Don't worry, tell you patron to keep up the act of killing and maiming innocent Nigerians just to sit tight in power. However, remind him that if he loves his freedom he'd better continue his evil ways and do everything to(survive till and) win reelection, because anything less and he's surely gonna be the first Nigerian ex-President to reside in prison. Oh, where were we before I went off topic? Oh, how GEJ dodged every presidential debate and yet still got rigged in thanks to 99.9% votes in certain areas.

@ OP, God bless you for this thread, but as you can see, the ACN goons are out to attack you. My advice for you is never to "retreat nor surrender".

As for Buhari, he is a spent force and has nothing to offer nigerians in the 21st century.

@ GenBuhari, quit this your lost cause of posting the Buhari propagander all over this forum....we are not fooled!