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| Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by WisdomFlakes: 1:56pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Buhari Gains From Tough-Guy Image as Boko Haram Hits Nigeria by Paul Wallace, Emele Onuand Michael Olukayode 11:00 PM CET March 1, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- A party atmosphere descended on the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri as thousands lined the roads to welcome opposition presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari with chants of “Only Buhari” in the Hausa language. Buhari’s campaign visit on Feb. 16 to the birthplace of the Islamist group Boko Haram before the March 28 presidential vote sparked an outpouring of enthusiasm for the 72-year-old former military ruler who many in the crowd believed is strong enough to end the militants’ six-year-old insurrection. “This election is to me a life-and-death issue,” said Falmata Modu, a 45-year-old mother of four who fled fighting in the town of Bama and now lives in a camp for displaced people in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. “I believe to quickly go back home, I need someone who can have this nuisance sent packing from our towns.” Buhari, a three-time loser in presidential races, has gained popularity against President Goodluck Jonathan, 57, as Africa’s most populous nation reels from Boko Haram’s war and a collapse in crude prices hammers the economy. With many Nigerians blaming the ruling People’s Democratic Party, it may be the first time the opposition has a chance to win the presidency since the country restored democracy 16 years ago. “This will be the most closely contested election since 1999 and there’s a good chance there will be a change in government,” Joseph Rohm, who helps manage $1.7 billion of equities for Investec Asset Management, including Nigerian stocks, said by phone from Cape Town on Feb. 17. Investor Concern Investors have fled Nigeria as Brent crude prices have fallen by more than 40 percent since the middle of last year. Outflows from the equity market in November were the highest since at least 2012. The naira has fallen 19 percent against the dollar in the past six months, the most among 24 African currencies tracked by Bloomberg. In January the International Monetary Fund cut its 2015 growth forecast for Nigeria to 4.8 percent from 7.3 percent. While cities like Maiduguri may be home turf for Buhari as a northern Muslim, he’s also attracted crowds in the predominantly Christian south. In the far southwest of the country, 25,000 people packed the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, the commercial capital, in late January. When the man vying to be the next leader of Africa’s biggest economy and oil producer emerged, they too chanted “Sai Buhari,” or “Only Buhari.” Buhari, a retired major general who lost to Jonathan in the 2011 election, has led Nigeria before, when he overthrew a democratically elected government on Dec. 31, 1983. His 20-month rule ended when he was ousted by another military coup. His government is remembered for a clampdown on corruption and human rights abuses, with hundreds of politicians, businessmen and journalists jailed. Buhari’s Legacy This could count against him, particularly outside his northern heartland, according to consultancy Teneo Intelligence. Ethnicity and religion play a key role in politics, with the country of more than 170 million people almost evenly split between a Christian south and Muslim north. “It’s a legacy issue that Buhari will have to deal with,” Manji Cheto, a London-based analyst at Teneo, said by phone on Feb. 18. “There’s the suspicion in southern parts that there’s a northern push to dominate leadership in the country.” Buhari’s supporters are adamant that his past record will bode well for Nigeria’s future. “Buhari is a retired soldier, so we are not likely to see him allow his government to be messed around by corrupt people,” Jonathan Agbai, the chief executive of Jome Trading Co. Ltd., which sells Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. laptops shipped from China, said in an interview in Lagos. “When he was a military head of state we saw how he dealt with people.” Political Tensions Political tensions have risen since the electoral commission postponed the vote by six weeks until March 28 after the army said it needed more time to secure the northeast against attacks by Boko Haram. Buhari’s All Progressives Congress said the PDP coerced officials into the decision because it feared losing, an allegation the ruling party denies. The APC, formed in 2013 with the merger of Nigeria’s biggest opposition groups, has focused its campaign on insecurity, the economic slowdown and corruption, which it says have worsened under Jonathan. Nigeria ranked 136th out of 175 countries in Transparency International’s 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index, in joint place with Russia and Iran. “The corrupt will not be appointed into my administration,” Buhari said at a Feb. 26 appearance at the Chatham House research center in London. Nigeria has become “one economy for a few who have so much on their tiny islands of prosperity, and another for the many who have so little in their vast ocean of misery.” Public Anger Buhari’s campaign has benefited from public anger with Jonathan for failing to defeat Boko Haram. The militants now control swathes of the northeast and killed 1,600 people in January alone, according to U.K. risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft. “Buhari’s hoping that difficult times lead to greater support for him,” Mark Schroeder, an Africa analyst at Stratfor, a geopolitical advisory company, said by phone from Austin, Texas on Feb. 17. “The poor handling of the insurgency has raised criticism of the Jonathan government and shifted support to the opposition.” Businesses say violence and a weaker currency make it harder for them to operate in northern states and pay for imports. Agbai, the computer salesman, said the opposition can make a change. “I voted for Jonathan in 2011,” he said. “I made up my mind last year to vote for anybody that the APC brings as their candidate. I want to sell my goods all over the country but that’s not possible with the killings in some states.” Job Creation The APC will aim for economic growth of 10 percent, according to its manifesto. It also says it will create 1 million jobs annually and the same number of new home owners within a year. Beyond saying he will boost property ownership by bringing down lending rates to single-digits, below the central bank’s main borrowing rate of 13 percent, Buhari has offered few details on how he will achieve these aims, according to Lagos-based Primera Africa Securities Ltd. “Buhari has an economic policy,” Lanre Buluro, head of research at Primera Africa, said by phone on Feb. 17. “It’s just not a strong point for him to articulate it. He’s working on his strengths of being the anti-corruption guy who’s the ex-general, strong with regards to the military and a disciplined individual.” There’s a need to damp public expectations about how quickly he can affect change, Buhari said at Chatham House. Emotional Campaign “Those who are following the trail of the campaign and see how people were turning out; some becoming emotional and crying, I’m really getting scared,” he said. “If I get there they will expect miracle moves in the next weeks or months.” Buhari, who joined the military after secondary school and attended the U.S. Army War College, will be hard pressed to fulfill his economic promises, according to David Cowan, an Africa economist at Citigroup Inc. “With the halving of oil prices, whoever wins is facing a completely different set of policy choices to what anyone’s seen in the last five years,” he said by phone from London. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-01/buhari-gains-from-tough-guy-image-as-boko-haram-wounds-nigeria 3 Likes |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by itetemi: 2:00pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
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| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by WisdomFlakes: 2:02pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
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| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by Flets: 2:06pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Hahahaha. .... #whereisbuhari Bloomberg is like a month behind happenings. Someone needs to inform that its over one month Buhari campaigned in the north east. They need to be informed also that the Bokoharam with which they've campaigned for Buhari is being decimated at unprecedented rates. Next time, Bloomberg should be well updated. Finally, let it be known to Bloomberg and whoever cares to know....... that Buhari can never be the president of Nigeria. And attack on bokoharam is not an attack on northern Nigeria like Buhari proclaimed. ... rather its is a fight against terrorism. 10 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by kay1one2(m): 2:06pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Nice article. After buhari presents his certificate, he might be considered as a real choice in the upcoming presidential elections! For now, he has to show he's a man who abides by the rule of law! Which he is claiming to want to uphold! 3 Likes |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by crownprince102: 2:06pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
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| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by WisdomFlakes: 2:07pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Even without the billions to match the FG/GEJ stolen loot, the General is still the man to beat. So much so that the ruling party's in panic mode. 12 Likes |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by agabusta: 2:09pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
The People's General! This is the man that will set Nigeria on the path to greatness. #Ihavedecided GMB/PYO! 9 Likes |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by MzJackBaueress(f): 2:10pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
All hail the General! It is March4Buhari with change imminent. 9 Likes |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by mrmetoo1: 2:12pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
I thought PDP said no one is going to vote Buhari again because they postponed election. Well I guess APC has gone to pay Bloomberg too 10 Likes |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by myweb(m): 2:25pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
ANYDAY, ANYTIME, BUHARI IS THE MAN. DURING THE RECENT INTERVIEW WITH ALJAZEERA, GEJ BODY LANGUAGE SHOWS THEY HAVE LOST THEIR HOLD SERIOUSLY. STILL WAITING FOR THE MAGIC THAT WILL MAKE GEJ STAYS MORE THAN MAY 29 IN OFFICE. SAI BABA 7 Likes |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by GeneralBosco: 2:30pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Saaaaaaaaaaai Buhari Sai Jonathan to Otuoke 4 Likes |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by WisdomFlakes: 2:30pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
mrmetoo1: I only pray GEJ permits the elections to hold. I don't think the PDP realizes how tired people are of their misrule. This current fuel scarcity and the decimation of the naira only further encapsulates why the masses are yearning for CHANGE. Enough of the scam falsely called 'Transformation'. 2 Likes |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by WisdomFlakes: 3:06pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
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| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by aresa: 3:10pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
mrmetoo1: can't fault them for their own self delusions....they need more of it..  |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by IanDiamonds: 3:21pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
The kind of Heart Attack this would send to the PDP is still working out... I love the kill by silence strayegy APC is currently playing.. |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by koboko69: 3:25pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
[s] Flets:[/s] It took a Buhari to make a 6years unserious Jonathan to become serious. Hurricane CHANGE is blowing wildly, it blowing Jonathan to Jail! 4 Likes |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by mrmetoo1: 3:48pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Flets: Yeah they're being decimated after allowing them fester for years. After thousands dead, millions displaced. You really think people are just going to forget just like that because they're doing in 6 weeks what should have been done years ago. They touched on the economy and job creation also if you didn't notice. The fact is, nothing is going right in this country... NOTHING!!!!! 2 Likes |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by WisdomFlakes: 4:06pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
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| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by abdul4new(m): 4:33pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Front page pls, I pray for this country. |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by ichidodo: 4:45pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Bloomberg came too late to the party, if not, they would have observed the massive military gains by the NA against the islamists and the appropriate political points credited to GEJ let us leave -the massive knocks on the APC by the Nigerian public in the perception and clear evidence about dem Janjaweede's tacit support for Boko Haram and happiness for Nigerian deaths especially dead Nigerian service men killed by the APC armed wing- for another topic.. 3 Likes |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by OgologoDimkpa: 4:49pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
WisdomFlakes:Isi gini? Buhari is a certified illiterate and a cattle rearer. He has no certificate to show for this acclaimed education  GEJ till 2019!!! |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by Nobody: 4:52pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
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| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by OgologoDimkpa: 4:52pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
kay1one2:Hoping he'll come back with his certificate from London. Else he is a certified illiterate. GEJ till 2019!! 1 Like |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by john124(m): 5:08pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
APC Loses 2,000 members to PDP in Ondo March 2, 2015 Barely one week after losing 1,500 of its members to the Peoples Democratic Party in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, the All Progressive Congress Party (APC), at the weekend, lost another 2,000 members in the state to the PDP. The defection took place during a campaign rally led by the state governor, Olusegun Mimiko, at Okitipupa and Ilaje local government areas of the state. The governor and coordinator of the party’s presidential campaign for Southwest, who led the campaign rallies to the council areas to solicit support for the presidential candidate of the PDP, Goodluck Jonathan, and other candidates of the party in the state said the dominance of the PDP in the state is total. Mimiko thus urged the people to ensure they vote massively for Jonathan to ensure a resounding victory for the president and the PDP. He added that a PDP government at the centre means the state would benefit more from the Federal Government. At the rally held in Okitipupa, about 2,000 members of the APC, led by Mrs Grace Adenuga, Mr Ejobe Friday, Mr Fagbounle Olakunle and Mr Sunday Omoyeye, defected to the PDP. The defectors hinged their decision on the achievements of the PDP in the state and at the national level as well as their belief that the President, if re-elected, will implement the recommendations of the report of the National Conference convened by the President last year. Those who at the rallies, attended by all the PDP leaders from the zone including, Kingsley Kuku, Akintoye Albert, Sola Ebiseni, Oladunni Odu, John Ola Mafo and Eddy Olafeso, among others. Mimiko warned the people not to fall prey to the negative change being propagated by the opposition parties. He stressed that votes for Jonathan would translate to more dividends of good governance in Nigeria, adding that it is only President Jonathan’s antecedents that can lead Nigeria to the Promised Land owing to his genuine humanitarian services to the nation. The governor urged them to support a true democrat like the President, who believes in the implementation of the reports of the National Conference in the best interest of all Nigerians. http://dailyindependentnig.com/2015/03/apc-loses-2000-members-pdp-ondo/ |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by Nobody: 5:18pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
hurricane Buhari........ i am just tired of this clueless govt. i am tired of seeing gej face. he always looks like a clown to me. sai Buhari. 1 Like |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by Nobody: 5:21pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
john124:Bros am writing from Owo in Ondo state. you will be shocked at the way Buhari will floor gej. mimiko has spoilt the show for jona if u know wot i mean 1 Like |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by ziccoit: 5:28pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
I can't wait to see Jega pronounce the usual rhetoric:- Candidate Muhammadu Buhari of APC having satisfied 20.. Electoral law by having simple majority of the votes cast and score 25% in two third of states is hereby decleared winner and therefore return elected. 1 Like |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by WisdomFlakes: 5:29pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
john124: Mr. Man, i suspect you are a SE brethren, now listen and listen good. We in the SW have decided for Buhari while you all have chosen GEJ, let's meet on election day and test our strenghts. As per defections, no biggie there, a bunch of PDP members also recently defected to APC here in Lagos and even tore their membership cards! OBJ style 
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| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by ziccoit: 5:39pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
WisdomFlakes: They would never listen. PDP should go and ask Omisore-the money bag. Omisore reached out to about 80% of PCV carrying voters in Osun. You either get N5000 cash or N2000 and a small bag of rice. People collected money and voted their preferred Aregbesola. I was on ground and I knew what happened. 1 Like |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by stupor(m): 5:55pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Just because i have been a bit silent doesnt mean i would be so gullible to allow my future and that of my unborn generation go oblivion by doing the mistake of not voting for APC in the coming elections is like jumping into a moving train or entering the Lagos one chance ! God forbid not seeing Buhari as my next president,then our future would have been sold ! Vote Buhari/Osinbajo ! Vote APC ! Vote for the security of our unborn generation ! Vote for Change ! 3 Likes |
| Re: Buhari Gains -- Bloomberg by goingsolo: 6:00pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
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