No fewer than six countries
have already refused to grant
an asylum request by the
Minister of Petroleum
Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-
Madueke, the Business Council for Africa (BCA) said in its just-
released monthly report, noting
that about US$ 1 trillion is the
latest estimated figure of the
looting of the Nigerian treasury
between 1960 and 2005 alone. The report, dated March 2015,
focused extensively on Nigeria’s
general elections. It said the
notorious Minister, whose
impunity is known to have
been closely-protected by President Goodluck Jonathan,
will be coming under the
microscope for the first time in
her Ministerial career. “Given her reputation, it comes
as no surprise to learn that 6
countries have already refused
to grant her asylum to live in
their countries as she now
wishes to leave Nigeria at the earliest possible opportunity,”
it said. BCA recalled President-elect
Muhammadu Buhari lamenting
that the rest of the world looks
at Nigeria as the home of
corruption, one where stealing
is not corruption but a way of life, and that his administration
will pursue all public offices and
individuals who are believed to
be guilty of corruption. It observed that despite an
earlier promise, it is now
understood that Buhari’s anti-
corruption fishing net will
include Ministers currently
serving under President Goodluck Jonathan. Alison-
Madueke’s departure from
Nigeria is likely to be followed
by several other PDP elders,
party members and supporters
as well as some former Government officials, as
Buhari's anti-corruption drive
will be far-reaching. “It will be very interesting to
learn in the coming months
exactly how far back in
Nigeria's history his
administration will go in the
pursuance of those who have robbed Nigeria of US$ 1 trillion,
which is the latest estimated
figure of theft from the
Nigerian treasury between the
period 1960-2005. Given that
President Jonathan's administration is considered
the most corrupt of any of its
predecessors, that figure is
going to be considerably
magnified, but whether the
new President will wish to pursue former Heads of State is
a matter of interest and
considerable debate to Nigerian
observers. It is this subject that
is primarily responsible for
Buhari's success in winning the election as well as his campaign
promises to eradicate Boko
Haram, revive the economy and
rebuild Nigeria to make its
position as the number one
country in Africa. While BCA agreed that the
March/April 2015 were “the
most credible elections in
Nigeria's history”, it said they
could not be called the most
incorruptible. On the contrary, it referred to
them as the worst because of
the amount of money that the
PDP so freely and openly spent
on trying to secure the re-
election of Mr. Jonathan. “The stories and reports from
throughout the 36 States of the
amount of money distributed
by the PDP to elders, rulers,
church leaders, unions and
youth leaders amongst others in an endeavour to favour the
voters towards the PDP has
backfired badly,” the report
said. BCA said that if the 2011
elections were considered bad,
the 2015 elections will
undoubtedly go down as the
most corrupt in Nigeria's
history, certainly since 1999, as the amount of money being
distributed as bribes primarily
by the PDP so very openly
would readily confirm. It reported that since
November when campaigning
began, President Jonathan and
General Buhari during their
travels made no fewer than 109
promises of what they intend to achieve if given the mandate
in the presidential election. “President Jonathan's campaign
continued to hinge on his
party's Transformation Agenda
and the achievements of his
Government in the last 4 years,
particularly in the agricultural sector, job creation and the
empowerment of women,” the
report said. In that regard, it
credited Jonathan as having
achieved a great deal during his
tenure. It said it was however
Jonathan’s failures - rampant
corruption, insecurity, inability
to eliminate the Boko Haram
insurgency, failure in such
sectors as the economy, and power in particular, and the
overall feeling that he was
ruled rather than led - that have
cost him his re-election bid. The report also stated that in
the 2015 elections, up to 250
Nigerians lost their lives,
describing that deplorable
record as speaking volumes for
the control achieved by the Police at the campaign rallies by
the two main candidates. It described the cost of the
campaigns of the two main
parties as “simply staggering”,
noting that by the first week of
March, Buhari had spent some
N332.58 billion as compared to the expenditure of President
Jonathan which amounted to
N1.05 trillion. “This is without taking into
account the cost of other
expenses for such items as
campaign rallies, where the
PDP has spent N1.06 billion
against Muhammadu Buhari's APC's N595.08 million, and
clearly demonstrates the
desperate lengths that the PDP
have gone to in order to try and
secure the re-election of
President Jonathan



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That ur big eyes never see anything!

People haven't seen nothing yet.

Anyone who denies that the Fear of Buhari is the beginning of wisdom, is clearly incapable of not seeing the truth that's right in front of them.

This country would be great again.