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Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 7:12pm On Dec 05, 2014
Babymama1:


Are you ashamed to say it out here?
The era of uneducated leaders ended with OBJ and it ought to stay that way
This is 2015
Ashamed of what biko? Am I his mother? Go to google check Buhari on Wikipedia and you will read everything about his educational qualifications. Why should I copy and paste it for you to read when you can read it up on google?
Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 7:12pm On Dec 05, 2014
You think you are smart? First it was the FG that proposed amnesty for BH, buhari had this to say when his opinion was sort
Babymama1:


Buhari asks for amnesty for boko haram



In the continuing debate on amnesty to Boko Haram, the Islamic fundamentalist sect that is unleashing terror on Nigerians in the north on daily basis, Buhari has lent his voice in support of clemency for the group. It would be recalled that Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Sa’ad had called on the Federal Government to grant amnesty to members of the sect for peace to reign in the region. Prominent Nigerians from the north have also supported the call including former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar.

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2013/04/as-buhari-joins-boko-haram-amnesty-advocacy/
“What happened is that the governors of the Niger Delta region at that time wanted to win their elections. So they recruited the youths and gave them guns and bullets and used them against their opponents to win elections by force.

“After the elections were over, they asked the boys to return the guns; the boys refused to return the guns. Because of that, the allowance that was being given to the youths by the governors during that time was stopped.

“The youths resorted to kidnapping oil workers and were collecting dollars as ransom. Now a boy of 18 to 20 years was getting about 500 dollars in a week, why will he go to school and spend 20 years to study  and then come back and get employed by government to be paid N100,000 a month, that is if he is lucky to get employment.

“So kidnapping becomes very rampant in the South -South and the South -East. They kidnapped people and were collecting money.

“How did Boko Haram start? We know that their leader, Mohammed Yusuf started his militant and the police couldn’t control them and the army was invited. He was arrested by soldiers and handed over to the police.

“The appropriate thing to do, according to the law, was for the police to carry out investigations and charge him to court for prosecution, but they killed him, his in-law was killed, they went and demolished their houses.

“Because of that, his supporters resorted to what they are doing today.

You see in the case of the Niger Delta militants, the late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua sent an aeroplane to bring them, he sat down with them and discussed with them, they were cajoled, and they were given money and granted amnesty.

“They were trained in some skills and were given employment, but the ones in the north were being killed and their houses were being demolished.

They are different issues, what brought this? It is injustice”.http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/stop-killing-boko-haram-members-buhari-tells-fg/
if you aren't aware, the President proposed to BH to come negotiate with them and even setup committee headed by Sambo to expedite negotiation in mid 2016. About 2 months back, the government announced that it has got a cease fire deal with the sect(which turned out to be false anyway). You are the ðÙmb journalists are pathetic when it comes to conflict resolution. Like thÉ General said, the best waÝ is carrot and stiÇk approach. The §amÉ method was adopted by Yaradua(carrot to whoever is ready to surrender and be rehabilitated and stick to the stubborn ones). All out stick approach will only turn the NE to another Iraq. Anyway, I doubt if you have a clue

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Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Chigold101(m): 7:14pm On Dec 05, 2014
olapluto:
It seems all forces are helping out Buhari this time around. Things have changed. His campaign is more strategic and clearer. I watched his advert on Channels TV yesterday. Clear to point, no patronising.
Unlike PDP's GEJ advert which further breeds division. 'we that are with you are far more than those against you'- I mean what nonsense!

When you people talk about GEJ who is already a confirmed candidate of PDP and GMB who is yet to secure his APC‘s tickat, i can only but laugh.

If GMB campaigners are really wise, they should focus on how to either convince or buy the delegates that will vote come December 8 via their governors or via Tinuibu.

GMB should first all fight off Atiku, Isaiah, Rochas, Kwankwaso in private before coming to fight GEJ in public come February 14 2015.

Am just waiting to see what will happen to ‘sai GMB‘ if he loses the primary...

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Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 7:19pm On Dec 05, 2014
olapluto:
APC presidential debate CANCELLED!
Is it confirmed?
Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 7:21pm On Dec 05, 2014
barcanista:
You think you are smart? First it was the FG that proposed amnesty for BH, buhari had this to say when his opinion was sort if you aren't aware, the President proposed to BH to come negotiate with them and even setup committee headed by Sambo to expedite negotiation in mid 2016. About 2 months back, the government announced that it has got a cease fire deal with the sect(which turned out to be false anyway). You are the ðÙmb journalists are pathetic when it comes to conflict resolution. Like thÉ General said, the best waÝ is carrot and stiÇk approach. The §amÉ method was adopted by Yaradua(carrot to whoever is ready to surrender and be rehabilitated and stick to the stubborn ones). All out stick approach will only turn the NE to another Iraq. Anyway, I doubt if you have a clue


Lies
GEJ from day one declined any amnesty
The Muslim group with the Sultan harped on it endlessly till a panel was set up to appease them
Bkko haram even named buharis as their advocate
Have we all forgotten?

Try another line

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Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by blkmum700: 7:22pm On Dec 05, 2014
that's mai man,i can't wait to cast my vote for Buhari before One shoeless man make Nigeria Eroded.


SAI APC
SAI BUHARI
SAI NIGERIA.
Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Mogidi: 7:27pm On Dec 05, 2014
Babymama1:



Lies
GEJ from day one declined any amnesty
The Muslim group with the Sultan harped on it endlessly till a panel was set up to appease them
[size=15pt]Bkko haram even named buharis as their advocate[/size]
Have we all forgotten?

Try another line

Buhari is not bokoharam loving yet the group wanted him as their chief negotiator, doesn't make sense.
Bukohari is boko haram through and through

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Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 7:28pm On Dec 05, 2014
[size=18pt]Evidence number III
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A man who overthrew a democratically elected government and threw journalists like Tunde Thompson and Nduka Irabor in Jail for free speech is not qualified to benefit from the same system he truncated.

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Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 7:29pm On Dec 05, 2014
dreydee:
Her words are almost making me want to vote for him, but anyhow....





GEJ TILL 2019
Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Mogidi: 7:29pm On Dec 05, 2014
blkmum700:
that's mai man,i can't wait to cast my vote for Buhari before One shoeless man make Nigeria Eroded.

SAI APC
SAI BUHARI
SAI NIGERIA.


[size=15pt]SAI NO TO BUHARI[/size]

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Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 7:29pm On Dec 05, 2014
Babymama1:
[size=18pt]Evidence no II
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http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/11/buharis-fourth-gamble/
where are you driving at? Don't worry I know...
2. 2015 ‘ILL BE BLOODY…- Buhari( Literally interpreted by the media IF JONATHAN WINS)
WHAT DID HE ACTUALLY SAY?
“God willing, by 2015, something will happen. They either conduct a free and fair election or they go a very disgraceful way.

WHAT DID HE MEAN:
DO NOT RIG ELECTION. If you do, you will be booted out disgracefully either through
1. Popular protest (IBB 1993)/2012 Subsidy Protest
2. the Court/Tribunal or
3. International backed kicking( Like what happened to Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Voire in 2011 whch Nigeria under Jonathan backed the kicked-out of the incumbent that rigged himself).
FACT:
Election rigging is worse than terrorism and treason.
DID HE MEAN WELL?
Emphatic Yes if we are sincere.


3. DOGS AND BABOON WILL BE SOAKED IN BLOOD{"za a yi kare jini biri jinni"}

WHAT DID HE SAY:
"za a yi kare jini biri jinni" is an Hausa Idiom,
what GMB said was “If what happened in 2011 (alleged rigging) should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God,"za a yi kare jini biri jinni"

WHAT WAS REPORTED?
Buhari Promised Bloodshed IF he lose.
WHAT DID HE ACTUALLY MEAN
In Hausa, when you tell your contender that za a yi kare jini biri jinni, it simply means the battle will be fierce. In the case of Buhari, he was promising his supporters from Niger State that 2015 elections will be fierce politically; or put in another way, the PDP wIll not have it easy. Simple. That shouldn't be interpreted literally.
Eg.
Obj said in 2007 that "The PDP will capture Lagos. The election will be a do-or-die affair"... What he actually mean is similar to what Buhari said, "The election will be fierce and won't be an easy ride for AC in Lagos"

Other examples: "The Chicken has come home to roost"... "It is raining cat and dog"... "Jesus is the Lamb that was slain" It doesn't mean Jesus is an animal that was killed.
Btw he never made any inflamatory statement in 2011, except this one that your abati lied to you.

barcanista:
1.NORTH WILL MAKE NIGERIA UNGOVERNABLE- PDP Chieftain Alhaji Lawan Kaita



SHAMEFULLY, Guardian Chief Ruben Abati (Now Jonathan's Aide) attributed it to Buhari, Hence the propaganda. Sadly, No journalist bothered to inquire from GMB nor did GMB PR Aides tackle it.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT:
1. General Muhammadu Buhari took Reuben Abati and The Guardian to court for damaging his name(Defamation)

2 The Jonathan Presidency begged Major General Buhari to settle the case with Reuben Abati and the Guardian out of court.

3. General Buhari obliged and settled out of court. Reuben Abati with The Guardian published an unreserved apology to Buhari in the Guardian of 11th July, 2013.

THINGS TO NOTE:
Lawal Kaita is a close associate of VP Sambo. He was arrested by the DSS in 2006 for training armed militia. And was linked to the assassination of a member of Abubakar Rimi Family. He is a FOUNDATION member and still a member of the PDP

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Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 7:32pm On Dec 05, 2014
donphilopus:
If I'm a Nigerian new timer, seeing this poster alone would make me vote Buhari, without even reading what she has to say!
common,only donkeys n asses do such..
Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 7:33pm On Dec 05, 2014
[size=18pt]Evidence no IV[/size]

Buhari is a rabid tribalist and has proven it without doubt

He overthrew Shehu Shagari and kept Shegu shagari on house arrest but threw his VP Alex Ekwueme in Kirikiri immediately despite being squeaky clean

He kept his Muslim northern governors on house arrest ,some in guest houses ,but these were thrown in kirikiri


Ambrose Alli or Bendel State
Jim Nwobodo of Anambra
Bisi Onabanjo of Ondo
Pa Adekunle ajasin of Oyo despite two trials where nothing was found on him
Sam Mbakwe of Imo state


Is that the man we want?
No
He will fail again,jehovah already rejected him thrice,rejection is his lot
He will never smell presidency till he goes to see his maker
Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 7:35pm On Dec 05, 2014
2. In 2012 the same Dr. Ruben Abati announced that BH sect has agreed to Negotiate with FG in Saudi Arabia IF
- GMB was part of the Negotiation team, because they "trust" him and another condition that
- Ali Modu Sheriff be arrested and prosecuted according to the law
Boko Haram, however, said that for the group to observe ceasefire, the Federal Government must heed its demand by arresting and prosecuting the former Governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff.

REACTION
General Buhari Rejected the move, because he was smart to know that the PDP led FG are trying to rope him in to BH activities and make it look like the sects are loyal to GMB.
Buba Galadima, an associate of the former Head of State speaking on behalf of the General said: “His first reaction is that he has not heard about this news and nobody has contacted him.
“He said he wouldn’t want to say anything on this matter that has not yet been authenticated, but he remains prayerful that peace and tranquility will return to this country.”

FG Welcomed the move(For reasons best known to them). Nigerians questioned the Saudi Arabia venue.

Just yesterday(Oct 18, 2014) News Propped in that the FG and BH sect have agreed ceasefire in far away Saudi Arabia. The question is, were the TWO important conditions tabled by BH in 2012 met? Was/Is Buhari a part of the negotiation team? has Sheriff been arrested and prosecuted? Negative is the response to both questions. Again, Nigerians now know that Buhari does not enjoy any atom of loyalty from those bloody terrorists. They have their ideology, they have their leader, their leader is powerful, they are political but the Leader is DEFINITELY not General Muhammadu Buhari

Again, Buhari have been vindicated.

Babymama1:



Lies
GEJ from day one declined any amnesty
The Muslim group with the Sultan harped on it endlessly till a panel was set up to appease them
Bkko haram even named buharis as their advocate
Have we all forgotten?

Try another line

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Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 7:35pm On Dec 05, 2014
Mogidi:



[size=15pt]SAI NO TO BUHARI[/size]

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Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 7:36pm On Dec 05, 2014
barcanista:
2. In 2012 the same Dr. Ruben Abati announced that BH sect has agreed to Negotiate with FG in Saudi Arabia IF
- GMB was part of the Negotiation team, because they "trust" him and another condition that
- Ali Modu Sheriff be arrested and prosecuted according to the law


REACTION
General Buhari Rejected the move, because he was smart to know that the PDP led FG are trying to rope him in to BH activities and make it look like the sects are loyal to GMB.


FG Welcomed the move(For reasons best known to them). Nigerians questioned the Saudi Arabia venue.

Just yesterday(Oct 18, 2014) News Propped in that the FG and BH sect have agreed ceasefire in far away Saudi Arabia. The question is, were the TWO important conditions tabled by BH in 2012 met? Was/Is Buhari a part of the negotiation team? has Sheriff been arrested and prosecuted? Negative is the response to both questions. Again, Nigerians now know that Buhari does not enjoy any atom of loyalty from those bloody terrorists. They have their ideology, they have their leader, their leader is powerful, they are political but the Leader is DEFINITELY not General Muhammadu Buhari

Again, Buhari have been vindicated.

total thrash..

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Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 7:39pm On Dec 05, 2014
Wole Soyinka even said so

[size=18pt]Evidence no V[/size]


The grounds on which General Buhari is being promoted as the alternative choice are ... not only shaky, but pitifully naive. History matters. Records are not kept simply to assist the weakness of memory, but to operate as guides to the future----Wole Soyinka 2007
Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by olapluto(m): 7:41pm On Dec 05, 2014
CFCfan:

Is it confirmed?
YES. The aspirants will all be busy preparing for primaries.
Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 7:42pm On Dec 05, 2014
[size=18pt]Evidence no VI[/size]


He asked FG to stop clamping down on Boko haram and wanted no state of emergency declared
Is that the man we want?
Speaking from various corners of his mouth




Former Head of Military Ruler and Chieftain of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Major General Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Federal Government to stop the clampdown of Boko Haram insurgents, saying Niger Delta Militants were never killed or properties belonging to them destroyed.

Buhari who spoke on Sunday on a Liberty Radio programme, Guest of the Week monitored said accused the government of killing and destroying houses belonging to Boko Haram members while the Niger Delta militants get special treatment.

The former dictator said that unlike the special treatment given to the Niger Delta militants by the federal government, the Boko Haram members were being killed and their houses demolished by government.

While accusing President Jonathan of failing from the beginning to address the security situation in the country, Buhari said he has never been in support of the state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa state.


http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclus...hari-tells-fg/



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Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by jmaine: 7:44pm On Dec 05, 2014
Obiagelli:

Have you seen a suicide bomber before? Have you had close encounter with one? Go and ask victims of suicide bombings and they will tell you that you have no idea.

Her statement require common sense that is not so common in this part.

Btw i will like you to put a link to that statement.

Seriously ?

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Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 7:47pm On Dec 05, 2014
[size=18pt]Evidence VII[/size]
His utterances show him as a terrorist sympathizer


Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) National Leader, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has criticised the declaration of state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States and the subsequent military offensive against the Boko Haram Islamic sect.
Buhari, who featured on the "Guest of the Week," a Hausa programme of the Kaduna-based Liberty Radio, yesterday said the federal government's action was a gross injustice against the north.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/...-north/149256/

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Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 7:48pm On Dec 05, 2014
I shall return
Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 7:50pm On Dec 05, 2014
Sambo As head of Committee to dialogue With BH, 2012.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/03/terrorism-trial-intrigues-as-ndume-names-vp-namadi-sambo/


Jonathan inaugurates BH Amnesty Committee
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/04/jonathan-to-amnesty-committee-help-end-excesses-of-boko-haram/

“Nigerians are expecting this committee to perform magic and we pray that Allah should give you the wisdom to do so, because without peace we can’t develop no matter how committed we are”.
He charged members of the committee to establish a link with members of the Boko Haram sect and develop a framework through which disarmament will take place.

FG setup Implementation committee for BH Amnesty 2014

http://www.informationng.com/2014/02/fg-sets-up-panel-on-implementation-of-boko-haram-amnesty-cttee-report-vp-sambo.html

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Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 7:56pm On Dec 05, 2014
[size=18pt]Evidence no VIII[/size]

One of his hench men nowadays even said so earlier on

October 4, 2010: "Buhari is perpetually un-electable because of his insensitivity to Nigeria's diversity and his parochial focus are already well-known." - Mallam Nasir el-Rufai

No be me tok am
Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 7:59pm On Dec 05, 2014
[size=18pt]Evidence no IX[/size]

The man is a political harlot
Jumping from one party to another
Every presidential ambition is with a different party
Looking for who will make him president
His only life ambition
He will align with Shekau openly if he is promised presidency by so doing

He will fail again
Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 8:02pm On Dec 05, 2014
I dey come o
Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by ISpiksDaTroof: 8:03pm On Dec 05, 2014
Collynzo9:
How does that poster indicate that she is actually campaigning for her husband? anyone can write anything and attach her picture to it.
Let her come out and address the people let us hear her.
Is she not the same daft woman that said she didn't know that suicide bombing was going on in Nigeria until they ''attacked'' her husband?

First of all we don't know if she made the statement; considering how unreliable the Nigerian Press is.

Second, lets assume that she was properly quoted, even I understand a lot of Nigerian Phrases and how it can sometimes deviate from the conventional english meaning. But a lot of you Jonathan supporters deceitfully pretend that "suddenly" you don't "understand" and then try to translate it into the literal meaning in english. You're not fooling anybody, you're just making yourselves look exactly like the lying deceits you are.

When a Nigerian says "I DIDNT KNOW suicide bombing was HAPPENING in Nigeria", anyone that has lived long enough amongst Nigerians--- and that is not prone to self deceit--- knows that she doesn't really mean she's the only one on earth that doesn't know the havoc bombings have wrecked against innocent Nigerians all over the Northern part of the country. No, she just simply means she didn't realize how serious the terror was and (like most Nigerians that haven't been affected by the bombings) realization doesn't hit until it strikes close to home and affects you in one way or another.

When a ordinary Nigerian says " I didn't know there was Armed robbery in Lagos until tonight" after just being robbed at gun point somewhere in the state, do you really want to tell me that you understand it to mean the person above was oblivious to the fact that Armed Robbery is a common occurrence not only in Lagos, but in almost all parts of the country? Or when you yell "Kill am!!!" when a striker of the team you support takes a powerful shot at goal during a soccer match, or, your team's defender attempts a hard tackle on the attacker of the opposing team... do you want to tell us you literally understand it to mean they actually want the players to commit murder on the pitch?!

Stop taking Nigerians for fo*ols, stop lying to them by insulting their intelligence in attempts to brainwash the unenlightened ones. By the day, Nigerians are becoming aware of their rights. This is the same way you lot attempted to twist the "Dog and Baboon fight" euphemism.

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Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 8:14pm On Dec 05, 2014
[size=18pt]Evidence X[/size]
He seems mentally imbalanced

The same man that said this when Christians were being killed


Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) National Leader, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has criticised the declaration of state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States and the subsequent military offensive against the Boko Haram Islamic sect.
Buhari, who featured on the "Guest of the Week," a Hausa programme of the Kaduna-based Liberty Radio, yesterday said the federal government's action was a gross injustice against the north.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/...-north/149256/

Said this when it was almost his turn


A former military Head of State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), yesterday declared that Nigeria was capable of defeating the Boko Haram insurgents.

The former Army General stated this 72 hours after he escaped death in a bomb blast in Kaduna State.

According to him, the Federal Government should understand that the Boko Haram sect does not belong to any religion, but mere terrorist group.

http://dailypost.ng/2014/07/25/after...-haram-buhari/

Say no to a mentally unstable candidate !
From mercy on BH and injustice to the north to declaring BH not of any religion? cheesy
Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by AlBaqir(m): 8:15pm On Dec 05, 2014
Obiagelli:
Nice campaign poster, strong message sent.

I've never voted in my life but this 2015 election, God willing, I must vote. Enough of GEJ's administration. Hope my vote count grin
Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by mumu9gerian: 8:20pm On Dec 05, 2014
olapluto:
It seems all forces are helping out Buhari this time around. Things have changed. His campaign is more strategic and clearer. I watched his advert on Channels TV yesterday. Clear to point, no patronising.
Unlike PDP's GEJ advert which further breeds division. 'we that are with you are far more than those against you'- I mean what nonsense!
Yeah i think his PR are doing quite a good job,Vote APC! Vote GMB!!
Re: About Time, Mrs Buhari Campaigns For Her Husband. by Nobody: 8:32pm On Dec 05, 2014
[size=18pt]Buharinomics - General Buhari’s economic program marshaled out to salvage the nation in 1984 [/size]

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.
www.nairaland.com/attachments/635156_Buhari_jpgd50be5e2308ebe86c9271391021b0a5f
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.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/635893_Gen__Buhari_jpg3932850d15a62856c902dd8cc516cff9
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.

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).
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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.

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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.

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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. 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.

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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.
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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.
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