I have watched and read in amusement APC supporters celebrating the signing of the 2016 budget as an achievement of the present administration. It started like a joke but because it has become a swan song for them, it has become necessary to address the issue.

First, what is a budget? A budget is a simple planning document for an organisation or entity. In this case, that organisation or entity is a country, Nigeria. A budget in a statement of intent. It isnt a project that you can eulogise or celebrate. Secondly, implementing a budget is a function of several factors. That is why in many cases, you hardly get a 100% implementation of the budget. In this particular case, having signed the budget into law in May, it is totally impossible to get a 100% implementation. So we have started on a very wrong foot. The whole process of preparing the budget has been one big joke. A complete show of incompetence by the government of the day.

What really calls for concern is the fact that the budget has been passed with the fraud inside intact. The budget was filled with fraudulent items when it was first exposed and any one observing the process would have expected the fraudulent items expunged and the balance returned as the real budget. But from the final figure released, the fraudulent items have not been expunged. They have either been renamed, reshuffled or their figures injected into other projects. This leaves us with a really corrupt budget on our hands.

So it should give us a cause for concern that some folks have gone to town to celebrate the sigining of the budget, not even the implementation, as some achievement. The only story that tells us, is one of desperation and clutching at straws. It seems the situation is so bad that the supporters of this administration are willing to clutch at anything to get some relief. Or maybe it is just another one of the distractions being thrown around to derail from the critical issues we all face at the moment.

The critical issues at the moment include,

1. Terrible Inflation
2. Total National Blackout
3. Lingering Fuel Scarcity
4. Rising insecurity
5. Rising unemployment
6. Nepotism
7. The Worthlessness of the Naira

The question to ask is will the signing of the budget fix any of these listed issues? Answer is not at all.

Venezuella economy is currently in the toilet. Did they not have a budget? Yes they did! So why did the signing of their budget not change their economy? Because signing a budget does not change an economy. Good polices and good implementation is what will change an economy. The policies that are in place before Buhari signed the budget are the same policies in place after he has signed the budget. So how is the economy going to change?

Take the Naira crash for example. The problem exists because of bad policy from the CBN. Is the budget signing going to change that? Not at all. Another example is the lingering fuel scarcity. Is the budget signing going to fix that? Not a chance.

It is even ridiculous to paint a picture that the government cannot provide good governance until it has signed a budget into law. Did Buhari need to sign a budget before travelling around the world? Did they sign a budget before they gave out bail out funds to the states? The only message this sends is that the government does not know what they are doing so they try to distract everyone with false hope. It seems like they are still in campaign mode. But the elections are long over. They should get to work and provide good governance instead of engaging in hype and rethoric

Signing of a budget is neither a milestone nor an achievement that a serious government should celebrate. It is sad to see that we have come this low in the last one year. where we now have to throw a party when the president signs a budget. Just too low!

Baring some few typos, this a front page material! "Snailspeed"...
*The gentleman that demystified the "$2.1 billion stolen fund"!!!
*The guy zombies dodge like a plague! *Waiting for the zombie wey go first show ring*

God!!!! But why does some people's brain work at snailspeed?

You don't give so much attention to something not worth celebrating.

The attention, and attacks on Buhari, for the "delay" in signing the budget is good enough reason for any form of celebration.

There must be a signing before there can be implementation. It is ok to rejoice that the most important phase is done with.

koboko69:
God!!!! But why does some people's brain work at snailspeed?

You don't give so much attention to something not worth celebrating.

The attention, and attacks on Buhari, for the "delay" in signing the budget is good enough reason for any form of celebration.

There must be a signing before there can be implementation. It is ok to rejoice that the most important phase is done with.

Your kind of response is the reason I took a little time to explain what a budget is. I knew there will be some illiterates who will need such an explanation. It is a sign of desperation to celebrate a budget. It is just a document. A statement of intent. It is a yearly planning document. Are you going to celebrate every year then? Maybe Buhari should even fix a public holiday to celebrate the budget!

When you write out your shopping list, do you celebrate it? Or you celebrate when you have purchased your items? This is desperation and a whole new low.

snailspeed:


Your kind of response is the reason I took a little time to explain what a budget is. I knew there will be some illiterates who will need such an explanation. It is a sign of desperation to celebrate a budget. It is just a document. A statement of intent. It is a yearly planning document. Are you going to celebrate every year then? Maybe Buhari should even fix a public holiday to celebrate the budget!

When you write out your shopping list, do you celebrate it? Or you celebrate when you have purchased your items? This is desperation and a whole new low.

Don't mind that zombie after all common sense ain't common.

That is an achievement for SAI BUHARI folks. They are desperate to look for something

"Buhari is a fulani herdman, he does not know how to run an economy, his best career is to drive cattle from bush to bush, by the time the paedo.phile is through with the zoo's economy, seeing food to eat will be an achievement - you will still call me to tell me I was right - Very sad indeed!".

(Nnamdi Kanu, August 06, 2015)

Quote me and die in your sleep, Isee!!!

snailspeed:
[s]I have watched and read in amusement APC supporters celebrating the signing of the 2016 budget as an achievement of the present administration. It started like a joke but because it has become a swan song for them, it has become necessary to address the issue.

First, what is a budget? A budget is a simple planning document for an organisation or entity. In this case, that organisation or entity is a country, Nigeria. A budget in a statement of intent. It isnt a project that you can eulogise or celebrate. Secondly, implementing a budget is a function of several factors. That is why in many cases, you hardly get a 100% implementation of the budget. In this particular case, having signed the budget into law in May, it is totally impossible to get a 100% implementation. So we have started on a very wrong foot. The whole process of preparing the budget has been one big joke. A complete show of incompetence by the government of the day.

What really calls for concern is the fact that the budget has been passed with the fraud inside intact. The budget was filled with fraudulent items when it was first exposed and any one observing the process would have expected the fraudulent items expunged and the balance returned as the real budget. But from the final figure released, the fraudulent items have not been expunged. They have either been renamed, reshuffled or their figures injected into other projects. This leaves us with a really corrupt budget on our hands.

So it should give us a cause for concern that some folks have gone to town to celebrate the sigining of the budget, not even the implementation, as some achievement. The only story that tells us, is one of desperation and clutching at straws. It seems the situation is so bad that the supporters of this administration are willing to clutch at anything to get some relief. Or maybe it is just another one of the distractions being thrown around to derail from the critical issues we all face at the moment.

The critical issues at the moment include,

1. Terrible Inflation
2. Total National Blackout
3. Lingering Fuel Scarcity
4. Rising insecurity
5. Rising unemployment
6. Nepotism
7. The Worthlessness of the Naira

The question to ask is will the signing of the budget fix any of these listed issues? Answer is not at all.

Venezuella economy is currently in the toilet. Did they not have a budget? Yes they did! So why did the signing of their budget not change their economy? Because signing a budget does not change an economy. Good polices and good implementation is what will change an economy. The policies that are in place before Buhari signed the budget are the same policies in place after he has signed the budget. So how is the economy going to change?

Take the Naira crash for example. The problem exists because of bad policy from the CBN. Is the budget signing going to change that? Not at all. Another example is the lingering fuel scarcity. Is the budget signing going to fix that? Not a chance.

It is even ridiculous to paint a picture that the government cannot provide good governance until it has signed a budget into law. Did Buhari need to sign a budget before travelling around the world? Did they sign a budget before they gave out bail out funds to the states? The only message this sends is that the government does not know what they are doing so they try to distract everyone with false hope. It seems like they are still in campaign mode. But the elections are long over. They should get to work and provide good governance instead of engaging in hype and rethoric

Signing of a budget is neither a milestone nor an achievement that a serious government should celebrate. It is sad to see that we have come this low in the last one year. where we now have to throw a party when the president signs a budget. Just too low![/s]

Very positive correlation exists between this poster's mode of thinking and his moniker.

I've come to realise one thing over the months since Baba's been on the saddle: wailing to wailers is like taking in life sustaining breaths.

Take away their ability to wail and you'd damn well kill them! Hence they simply create a wailing avenue if one doesn't exist so they can survive!!

Keep wailing boy, we perfectly understand your plight.

omenka:
Very positive correlation exists between this poster's mode of thinking and his moniker.

I've come to realise one thing over the months since Baba's been on the saddle: wailing to wailers is like taking in life sustaining breaths.

Take away their ability to wail and you'd damn well kill them! Hence they simply create a wailing avenue if one doesn't exist so they can survive!!

Keep wailing boy, we perfectly understand your plight.

Is this all you could muster after typing with 50MB? SMH for you! This is f9! Address the issues. No one is interested in your emotional outburst! The only thing that will make you celebrate budget signing as acheivement is that you are too desperate to find a positive in the Buhari collosal disaster. That is as obvious as it gets

snailspeed:


Is this all you could muster after typing with 50MB? SMH for you! This is f9! Address the issues. No one is interested in your emotional outburst! The only thing that will make you celebrate budget signing as acheivement is that you are too desperate to find a positive in the Buhari collosal disaster. That is as obvious as it gets

You sound like you are about to have an emotional breakdown.

Stop shouting and keep wailing.

I have no intent of paying any further attention to this utterly unnecessary thread anymore. Like I said, attempting to stop you people from wailing is like attempting to suffocate you.

Errrm, I typed this with 100MB this time and not 50.

Bye.

come do u really know the importance of the budget to u and ur generation yet unborn?
I don't think u do.
Cuz if u do u will stop writing with a sentimental mind.
One question for u
"WHY ARE YOU SO SO PARTISAN?"

omenka:
You sound like you are about to have an emotional breakdown.

Stop shouting and keep wailing.

I have no intent of paying any further attention to this utterly unnecessary thread anymore. Like I said, attempting to stop you people from wailing is like attempting to suffocate you.

Errrm, I typed this with 100MB this time and not 50.

Bye.

Lol, just a "punch" and you are scampering for safety! LWKMH.

snailspeed:


Your kind of response is the reason I took a little time to explain what a budget is. I knew there will be some illiterates who will need such an explanation. It is a sign of desperation to celebrate a budget. It is just a document. A statement of intent. It is a yearly planning document. Are you going to celebrate every year then? Maybe Buhari should even fix a public holiday to celebrate the budget!

When you write out your shopping list, do you celebrate it? Or you celebrate when you have purchased your items? This is desperation and a whole new low.

"Koboko", whipped to stupor! Next!

snailspeed:
I have watched and read in amusement APC supporters celebrating the signing of the 2016 budget as an achievement of the present administration. It started like a joke but because it has become a swan song for them, it has become necessary to address the issue.

First, what is a budget? A budget is a simple planning document for an organisation or entity. In this case, that organisation or entity is a country, Nigeria. A budget in a statement of intent. It isnt a project that you can eulogise or celebrate. Secondly, implementing a budget is a function of several factors. That is why in many cases, you hardly get a 100% implementation of the budget. In this particular case, having signed the budget into law in May, it is totally impossible to get a 100% implementation. So we have started on a very wrong foot. The whole process of preparing the budget has been one big joke. A complete show of incompetence by the government of the day.

What really calls for concern is the fact that the budget has been passed with the fraud inside intact. The budget was filled with fraudulent items when it was first exposed and any one observing the process would have expected the fraudulent items expunged and the balance returned as the real budget. But from the final figure released, the fraudulent items have not been expunged. They have either been renamed, reshuffled or their figures injected into other projects. This leaves us with a really corrupt budget on our hands.

So it should give us a cause for concern that some folks have gone to town to celebrate the sigining of the budget, not even the implementation, as some achievement. The only story that tells us, is one of desperation and clutching at straws. It seems the situation is so bad that the supporters of this administration are willing to clutch at anything to get some relief. Or maybe it is just another one of the distractions being thrown around to derail from the critical issues we all face at the moment.

The critical issues at the moment include,

1. Terrible Inflation
2. Total National Blackout
3. Lingering Fuel Scarcity
4. Rising insecurity
5. Rising unemployment
6. Nepotism
7. The Worthlessness of the Naira

The question to ask is will the signing of the budget fix any of these listed issues? Answer is not at all.

Venezuella economy is currently in the toilet. Did they not have a budget? Yes they did! So why did the signing of their budget not change their economy? Because signing a budget does not change an economy. Good polices and good implementation is what will change an economy. The policies that are in place before Buhari signed the budget are the same policies in place after he has signed the budget. So how is the economy going to change?

Take the Naira crash for example. The problem exists because of bad policy from the CBN. Is the budget signing going to change that? Not at all. Another example is the lingering fuel scarcity. Is the budget signing going to fix that? Not a chance.

It is even ridiculous to paint a picture that the government cannot provide good governance until it has signed a budget into law. Did Buhari need to sign a budget before travelling around the world? Did they sign a budget before they gave out bail out funds to the states? The only message this sends is that the government does not know what they are doing so they try to distract everyone with false hope. It seems like they are still in campaign mode. But the elections are long over. They should get to work and provide good governance instead of engaging in hype and rethoric

Signing of a budget is neither a milestone nor an achievement that a serious government should celebrate. It is sad to see that we have come this low in the last one year. where we now have to throw a party when the president signs a budget. Just too low!

Coming ....
Modified*

I honestly thought you made sense in the post and I was prepared to reply you properly. But having gone through the nonsense, it will be a waste of my time allocating more than this one minute replying to it.
Your thread is obviously borne out of pain and frustration. If not, how does some people choosing to celebrate what they hope will bring positive change to their fortunes become a source of headache for you?

I was even looking for the paddings you mentioned but you failed to bring them out. Shame on you.

snailspeed:


Your kind of response is the reason I took a little time to explain what a budget is. I knew there will be some illiterates who will need such an explanation. It is a sign of desperation to celebrate a budget. It is just a document. A statement of intent. It is a yearly planning document. Are you going to celebrate every year then? Maybe Buhari should even fix a public holiday to celebrate the budget!

When you write out your shopping list, do you celebrate it? Or you celebrate when you have purchased your items? This is desperation and a whole new low.

You are ranting like a kid.....

Stop your folly simply cos of sensless hate.

We all knw what "a budget" is....spare us all your long sermons and dont think you are intelligent.

We celebrate cos at least now there is hope..... Without the signing of the budget into law, we were hopeless.

We will keep rejoicing as the budget is being implemented, even when haters like u start looking for reasons to keep wailing ..


Now move on...

Once again well done Snailspeed. It is clear that some readers here have comprehension issues. Signing a budget has become a photo op so any wonder why we have more media and photo assistants than economic advisers?

I won't even begrudge them their 'success' at signing a fraudulent and corrupt budget, I will wait for its implementation which Udoma has already warned would not be 100% so we know to expect shabbiness and mediocre performance!

snailspeed:


Is this all you could muster after typing with 50MB? SMH for you! This is f9! Address the issues. No one is interested in your emotional outburst! The only thing that will make you celebrate budget signing as acheivement is that you are too desperate to find a positive in the Buhari collosal disaster. That is as obvious as it gets

Oga u created a senseless thread and u still here talking like a baby . You are also desperate looking for anything to attack Buhari
When the Budget was not signed, you all were ranting and wailing all over. Now its been signed, rather than be happy about it,and see the positive part of it, u chose to create a foolish sentimental thread.
Imagine the jargons, even if u half as smart as u want us to believe, the budget can fix the rubbish u highlighted. Budget is meant to stimulate the economy, when the econmy is stimulated and growing, there will be employments, there is an allocations marked for Security in the budget, u cant provide security without money. Naira is 197 -199 Jonathan left it, only high in the parralel market cos of scarcity created by you hero's mass looting,there is money marked for power in the budget, means there will be improvemenr, total black out only exists in your tiny room in the village u are typing from, i can keep on educating your obvious biased sentimental mind. Now shut down this worthless thread and be smarter next time!

Some brains are so slow like the speed of snail

DropShot:

Coming ....
Modified*

I honestly thought you made sense in the post and I was prepared to reply you properly. But having gone through the nonsense, it will be a waste of my time allocating more than this one minute replying to it.
Your thread is obviously borne out of pain and frustration. If not, how does some people choosing to celebrate what they hope will bring positive change to their fortunes become a source of headache for you?

I was even looking for the paddings you mentioned but you failed to bring them out. Shame on you.

The dude is a clown. U even read the whole jargons....? I was thinking he was intelligent, the clown does not even know anything about the budget he was "educating" us about.

Me my own is that now the budget has been signed, am waiting for LAI to hold his 365 festivals this year as he promised one festival each day through out this year..

Zombies over to you

koboko69:
Oga u created a senseless thread and u still here talking like a baby.
When the Budget was not signed, you all were ranting and wailing all over. Now its been signed, rather than be happy about it,and see the positive part of it, u chose to create a foolish sentimental thread.
Budget is meant to stimulate the economy, when the econmy is stimulated and growing, there will be employments

Why don't you just shut up instead of making a fool of yourself? How can you say that budget is meant to stimulate the economy? My goodness me!

Budget is simply a working document. It's implementation is a different ball game entirely. The implementation of a budget fraught with irregularities, fraud and corruption will NEVER stimulate any economy. The situation right now is that looting and thievery has been made official. Buhari should be impeached.

DauraDullard0:
Why don't you just shut up instead of making a fool of yourself? How can you say that budget is meant to stimulate the economy? My goodness me!

Budget is simply a working document. It's implementation is a different ball game entirely. The implementation of a budget fraught with irregularities, fraud and corruption will NEVER stimulate any economy. The situation right now is that looting and thievery has been made official. Buhari should be impeached.

...the kids on NL this days though. Only u say budget is not meant to stimulate economy only u dey talk again say budget won't srimulate economy cos of fraud and irregularities or whatever suit ur wailing needs
You Epkas were shouting to the high heavens when Buhari didn't sign the budget, now he has a new song is "implementation"
We are here to see the nxt song that will be sang when we start seeing the effects of the implementations.
No one takes u guys serious except your likes; the legion of Wailers. Now if you would bounce!!!

snailspeed:


Your kind of response is the reason I took a little time to explain what a budget is. I knew there will be some illiterates who will need such an explanation. It is a sign of desperation to celebrate a budget. It is just a document. A statement of intent. It is a yearly planning document. Are you going to celebrate every year then? Maybe Buhari should even fix a public holiday to celebrate the budget!

When you write out your shopping list, do you celebrate it? Or you celebrate when you have purchased your items? This is desperation and a whole new low.

snailspeed:


Your kind of response is the reason I took a little time to explain what a budget is. I knew there will be some illiterates who will need such an explanation. It is a sign of desperation to celebrate a budget. It is just a document. A statement of intent. It is a yearly planning document. Are you going to celebrate every year then? Maybe Buhari should even fix a public holiday to celebrate the budget!

When you write out your shopping list, do you celebrate it? Or you celebrate when you have purchased your items? This is desperation and a whole new low.

GBAM!!!

So what ur point at Mr. Op, he shouldn't have signed the budget?
For ur info, if the budget is properly implemented, every year, all the problem u mentioned above should be solve within 5-10 yrs time.
Also remember before implementation, there should be approval, that the reason for signing of the budget.

koboko69:
Only u say budget is not meant to stimulate economy only u dey talk again say budget won't srimulate economy cos of fraud and irregularities or whatever suit ur wailing needs

You're not smart. The keyword there is IMPLEMENTATION.

The diligent implementation of the policies contained therein is what is expected to stimulate the economy.

author=DauraDullard0 post=45427138]You're not smart. The keyword there is IMPLEMENTATION.

The diligent implementation of the policies contained therein is what is expected to stimulate the economy.

Lol...

But there must be a signing before implementation?

Why are I wasting time on u.

Ok Buhari signed the budget to decorate is shelve. I hope that suits ur wailing needs.

Like i said, when the full implementation begins i will see the next song u will sing.

In b/w u av to learn to stop arguing foolishly.

A car was meant to take u from point A to point B. That the driver does not move the car, or for whatever reasons the car does not move to point B, is not a reason to say the car was not designed ro move u from point A to B.

A Budget is also to stimulate the economy, if he budget is not fully implemented, or not implemented ,or for whatever reasons the budget fails, that does not nullify that the budget is meant to stimulate the economy.

I hope u av received small sense

You and the dull OP can go through this link to see the kind of folly u guys are displaying

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/budget.asp

I'm yet to see a proper comprehensive refutation of what the OP presented.All I see are failed emotional attempts to derail.One zombie was even courageous enough to call the OP a kid.Why not show how sophisticated adult you are by way of proper refutation using same structure?

SleekAboki:
I'm yet to see a proper comprehensive refutation of what the OP presented.All I see are failed emotional attempts to derail.One zombie was even courageous enough to call the OP a kid.Why not show how sophisticated adult you are by way of proper refutation using same structure?

We know u people na. Only see what u want to see. You and the OP belong to the same class.

There is a class of people whose brain processes at snailspeed.

APC regime, when signing of budget is now an achievement. Even an abacha signed budgets

koboko69:


We know u people na. Only see what u want to see. You and the OP belong to the same class.

There is a class of people whose brain processes at snailspeed.

I will grace you with another opportunity to attempt a proper refutation and disregard your attempts at personal insults.

Your time starts now.

snailspeed:


Your kind of response is the reason I took a little time to explain what a budget is. I knew there will be some illiterates who will need such an explanation. It is a sign of desperation to celebrate a budget. It is just a document. A statement of intent. It is a yearly planning document. Are you going to celebrate every year then? [size=30pt]Maybe Buhari should even fix a public holiday to celebrate the budget! [/size]

When you write out your shopping list, do you celebrate it? Or you celebrate when you have purchased your items? This is desperation and a whole new low.

I swear, Nigerians will love this

But the truth is, Nigerians are indeed desperate. If there is one thing I have learnt from the few years of democracy is that most Nigerians do not truly understand what a democracy is all about. We are so used to saying thank you for nothing and showing appreciation for what should be rightfully ours.

It is pathetic really