kaeyame: the worst this, the worst that...na them sabi.
Oyibo and their one kain one kain survey

mars123: In oshiomohle's media chat,he was made to analyze Nigeria's problem and give a solution or two..he spoke about NNPC and their mismanagement of over 400 000bbls of cruude oil for refining and he also said a lot of things which I can't explain because I don't understand the system the way he does and I'm 100percent sure our president doesn't!look,jonathan is making these little progress because of his few brilliant ministers lyk Barth Nnaji(ex power)Adesina(agric),to mention a few of the few!Nigeria will continue in a slow pace if he is re-elected...I'm from d south south and I don't give a damn..if someone better that we all know comes in 2015,let's vote him in pls,your country is begging its inhabitants!

odua boy: This is a result of voting an obviously retarded otueke fisherman and bloodsucking monsters called pdp into power

Gbawe:


This massive fleet is then maintained at the cost of N18 billion per year while the Police force is allocated N11 billion to equip its officers !!!

Gbawe:

Let us blame "Oyibo" for everything and never ourselves . We will surely become a great Nation thinking like that. Did Oyibo make our President insanely hand over our refineries into the incompetent hands of the NNPC for 24 months to now result in our refineries being rated the worst in Africa? Was it not always obvious the crazy decision of GEJ was only going to make things worse? Why do we Nigerians have a problem with understanding that actions, especially our own, have consequences ? Why are we always so keen to blame others for our woes when most of our problems can be directly linked to the poor/compromised decision-making and performance of our own leaders?

Shall we blame Oyibo also for the drastically increased level of oil theft when it was the President of Nigeria that led the sabotage of his own Country via handing pipeline protection contract to former militant warlords who are, in reality, glorified oil bunkerers?

They punish and ostracise corruption worldwide yet our President pardons offenders convicted of ruining the future of many with corrupt actions. When we are then adjudged very corrupt, why must we drag Oyibo into issues if a people who understand the consequences of the actions of our own leader?

Nigeria can only change if, first and foremost, those who are led begin to hold their direct leaders accountable before looking elsewhere or to anyone else for blame/solutions.

Gbawe:

Thank you. I have often said it that it is impossible for any President not to have some "achievements" to his/her name. Every regime can be credited with one thing or the other. Yet we all know Nigeria's potentials which , married to the right solutions, can put us on the path of greatness quickly.

As one example, the right President will no doubt understand he must bravely confront and reform the current bloated and profligately unwieldy structure of Nigeria that means 70% of our budgeted spending goes on recurrent expenses. This figure is in single digit for many nations of the world and analyst worldwide have said we can never develop if this hideous economic/administrative aberration continues yet we see absolutely no effort from GEJ in regard to this fundamental problem after 3 years as substantive President of Nigeria.

Instead, rather than lead by example, we see him adding to the problem as the poster child of mindless greed and profligacy. Three new air-planes (costing $151 million) added to a functional Presidential airfleet of 7, to make 10, by GEJ. This massive fleet is then maintained at the cost of N18 billion per year while the Police force is allocated N11 billion to equip its officers !!!

Some can hate Buhari and Ribadu all they want but can anyone honestly think either of the two would maintain an air fleet of 10 planes?

This air fleet example , sadly, is what typifies the leadership of GEJ. This is a President directly compounding, instead of tackling, the biggest problems of Nigeria. Mind you, those before him (OBJ and Yar Adua) were virtually the same. I.e limited, hollow and ephemeral "achievements" yet our major problems, exemplified by the revelations of this article, continue to worsen.

kaeyame: @Gbawe, I missed an earlier issue I wanted to point out: did the "oyibo" add that "pic" to the article, to depict "Nigeria" or you did?
Could you also explain the reason, if it was your choice?

TeaParty: You should try more as well by telling your Tinubu to also live by example.

kaeyame:
I agree with your points sir, but what I have an issue with is them "oyibo" shoving these findings down our throats!

Coming to your last paragraph, especially the bold text, I wish we all could really begin to tow that path! Plus, there is a huge gap, filled with leaders between us and Mr. President.
We oftentimes overlook them! These are the ones we should really watch out for, for crying out loud, they are the ones we "know"

Gbawe:

To be honest, no Nigerian loves this. Not even the ones who have turned their back on the Nation. Nonetheless we must face the truth. How I view things is that we should be able to debunk these rankings with proven facts and sensible argument never sentiments. The reality is that doing so, in the case of Nigeria, is simply not possible because we ourselves see all the terrible thing occurring we would be liars denying. We have all seen the mess made of our refineries by our greedy and self-serving leaders. We all see how corruption is now official and openly brazen today.

Yes I agree it is tedious confronting these 'negatives' about our Nation but these revelation should spur our leaders on to make a change. With leadership, I don't blame the President for everything but he fails many times, by commission or omission, to do the right thing and lead by example.

If a President is genuinely trying via doing the right things, then I can bear with and even support him. I won't support a President who supervised the handing over of marketers license to roadside mechanics , lacking requisite capacity to operate as fuel importers, who then went on to scam Nigeria blind via fraudulent invoicing for "imported" fuel !!!!

I have no affinity with a President who, in the face of crippling poverty of his people, buy 3 planes for $151 million to add to 7 functional planes when his African compatriots are even selling the single aircraft they have to "alleviate poverty" of the people. Insensitively, this President is then comfortable allocation N18 billion to maintain his fleet being the same amount the UN says can comfortably provide accomodation for a stupendously large number of Nigerians.

I cannot support a President who hands our refineries over to the moribund NNPC and gives pipeline protection contracts to militant with the result that oil theft is at its highest level now for a long time. I can't praise a President who elevates corruption publicly.

I can't back a President told to kill corruption by ending the practice of Nigeria selling her crude through trader as the only major exporter currently doing so. Rather than implement such a sensible suggestion, the President actually sanctions attacks against the leader of the team (Ribadu) that made the recommendations. Even Ghana that began selling oil recently is not found wanting in regards to such a condemnable practice. It is always Nigeria. It is a year now since Ribadu submitted his report with nothing done at all after a lot of money had been dedicated to empowering the work of Ribadu. Ditto for the many committees convened expensively only for their recommendations to be ignored by a President who is a big part of the problem.

There are a million things showing PDP Presidents directly abetting the problems of Nigeria which then lead to these awfully notorious positions of Nigeria on 'unsavoury lists'. That is what we have to confronts first as direct stakeholders instead of hosting any righteous indignation over 'Oyinbo's' representation of us. Are they lying? I myself have come here to tell everyone that corruption at the the Nigerian airport of MMIA is the worst I have ever experienced as a traveller who has been to over thirty nations of the world with many of them being in Africa. Should I be attacked because some are uncomfortable with this revelation or should the appropriate authority be charged to get to work so that this awful status quo is reversed?

The fact is that many of our woes are caused by many leaders at many levels but direct links for the biggest failures can be established with the poor performance of OBJ, Yar Adua and now GEJ. Between them, they have had 14 years of trying and our major problems remain the same or worse because of their actions/inaction. So far, OBJ is worst because he had 8 years he squandered completely whereas President of Lula of Brazil, in the same 8 years (2003 t0 2011) turned Brazil around tremendously and amazingly. We must face the fact that 14 years of democracy, if our Presidents were of a comparatively decent calibre, is enough to see many unenviable things about Nigeria reversed. Nothing to do with 'Oyibo'.

Titiluvly: Chaiii.
.God help Us