enigma2007:
Good one Tonye and i will look at your write-up from a business perspective.

Most Nigerians never look at the bigger picture or long-term goals or benefits of most things and so therefore will always sway to the tune of whosoever is in power. Hence, the blame games when things are not going the way they expected.

The same thing is applicable to most of the businesses folding up in Nigeria right now.. They all failed to plan and save for the rainy days.. Most of them practically spend their profit like there was no tomorrow though I will not absolve the govt completely of some of the blame while most Nigerian business people are also complicit in the whole matter.

I once consulted for one of the big multinational oil companies in Nigeria and you need to see the way they planned for the future with emphasis on reducing wastage in order to maximize their profit. I was amazed that in the time of plenty, this people were not spending anyhow rather they were consolidating and reducing wastage. Flip it to a typical naija business man, it was a time to show off and make unintelligent investment decisions that will not add to the bottom-line of the business.

Therefore, there is a need to totally overhaul the way we think and approach long-term plans or goals in order not find ourselves in such mess in the future.

IVORY2009:



lolzzz Jonathan's govt was the worst, but Nigerians where not hungry bro, and you said Buhari is battling to fix the economy, the question is for how long, people are feed up, hunger in the land, how are we sure he will be able to fix the economy especially as he is sorrounded with amature cabinate members!

Baawaa:
Buhari administration will be the best, because by 2019 Nigerians will be begging him to continue,mark my words.God Bless Nigeria!

TonyeBarcanista:

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abokibuhari:

Just like the dead thread where you placed tinubu as one of the best governor of all ages, and it never made the front page... Wake up bro, its either you cold or hot.

abokibuhari:
looking for cheap popularity

Nnannapat:
...Obasanjo tried to put this country on the path of progress but later turned around and destroyed those gains. Obasanjo imposed Yaradua on us after failing to secure a third term...With the exception of Yaradua, all of them performed well below expectations.

Hemanwel:
@TonyeBarcanista,pls what's the difference btw External Reserve and ECA?
Secondly,the external debt thing..how do we get into debt externally?

malton:
Obasanjo did his part, and he did it well. Took many out of poverty, and placed Nigeria on the path to prosperity.

Yar'adua would have sustained the tempo or bettered it, but it wasn't to be. He was more or less our own JFK, with vision of peace and rule of law. I especially liked how he carried everyone along.

Buhari vs GEJ was likable to the demon vs the devil. Neither of the two was the ideal man. But like America is about to do, we settled for the lesser evil, or at least so we believe(d), I still do. Goodluck, we have seen, as for Buhari, it's rather too early to reach a conclusion already.

And as your thread is aimed at scrutinizing Buhari (the patriotic stance is a gimmick), I believe it came a tad too early. You should have waited a little longer.

dafuturis:
Quite worrisome that no one has specifically pinpointed Yar' Adua to be the killer starter pack of our post-military economy.

OBJ was futuristic in his works same thing you will immediately observe with Buhari.

-He had privatised Egbin power station and our refineries, Yar' Adua came and reversed them.

-He had successfully deregulated the downstream sector of our petroleum industry, yar' Adua reversed it.

-He had laid a foundation to tackle corruption and mindless looting of public funds via EFCC and ICPC, Yar'Adua came onboard, first thing he did was remove Nuhu Ribadu and closed corruption cases of several governors thereby derailing the progress made by OBJ. further decay it was during GEJ's tenure as both agencies were non existent.

Yar' Adua practically took us 10years backward after OBJ. if he hadn't reversed OBJ's deregulation of the downstream sector GEJ gov wont have had a subsidy flatform to steal trillions of Naira. private refineries would today be competiting to sell cheaper just like we have in the telecommunication industry.

significant improvement in power generation, transmission and distribution it may have been today if the privatization was sustained with appropriate government regulations.

Yar'Adua of blessed memory was damn so peaceful, slow and vissionless. He left leaving us with a Ph.D holder more vissionless, clueless and monstrously incompetent. Who sat and watch his subordinates loot the nation dry to her bones with reckless abandon.

rhymaholic:
TonyeBarcanista may God not punish you for this stupid post you put up here. So the present government haven't achieved anything positively. You only writing on what you perceived as negative and asking people to compare rubbish. Balance your post with positive and negative like you did with other past presidents and keep your PDP-ism aside while writing articles like this.

TonyeBarcanista:

The reason why some of us are still angry at Obasanjo is the fact the he brought Yar'adua/GEJ on PDP, conducted flawed election in 2007 to produce them as President/VP(The worst in our history), and refused to allow the electoral process to be like the economy where good and people-serving leaders can emerged.

MaziOmenuko:
The unfortunate death of Umaru Musa Yaradua set us back politically for 21yrs.

abokibuhari:
looking for cheap popularity

TonyeBarcanista:
[size=13pt]PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI(INCUMBENT)
[/size]On March 28, 2015, the Daura born General made history as he defeated the then incumbent Dr Goodluck Jonathan in the Presidential election of that year. On May 29, 2015, the President was sworn-in amid cheers and expectation.

Though Nigeria was faced with tough environment when he assumed Power, the President didn't consider it wise to constitute a cabinet or Economic team. The government relied on the body language of Mr President(or body odour). For six months, the country was without cabinet nor economic team. Even when cabinet was announced, it was below so many people's expectation as many wanted fresh faces other than recycled men of yesteryears.

The government though earlier showed political will to fight corruption and recover stolen funds, but it later became clear that the government was not interested in anti-corruption fight. The Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Tukur Buratai's Dubai revelation came, the President refused to institute probe(taking after his predecessor who shielded former Interior Minister Abba Moro, Petroleum Minister Alison Madueke and Aviation Minister Stella Odua). The revelation of padded budget though earned the former DG of Budget office sack, nothing else was done. The Presidency is even shielding the Speaker of House of Representative, Hon Yakubu Dogara on his accusation of padding by former House Appropriation Boss Hon Jubril. Even the President himself has refused to make public his asset as filed before Code of Conduct Bureau, telling whoever cares to listen to go to the Bureau and make demand, when he knows that the law doesn't permit the Bureau to release people's declaration.

The government to their credit tackled Boko Haram insurgency head-on, overcoming initial failure and dealt with the terrorists. It however looked the other way when terrorists masqurading as herdsmen went about killing people in the most gruesome manner in the Southern and Middle Beltan parts of the country.

While the country is in need of investment, lots of foreign organisation are closing moving out, local organisations are closing shops, while some others are downsizing. Unemployment is on the High, poverty rate is increasing, inflation is high, and the country's growth is in the negative at -2%. Instead of the government to face their jobs, they always take every platform to trade blame game(Not saying the former government was faultless, but Nigerians want solution not someone repeating their problems to them). Though Oil Price is not what it was in 2008-2014, I don't see it as excuse that much considering that under Obasanjo oil price was low at some point. Beside, Oil price has been on the increase for few months now.

Sadly, the country's political space is experiencing a trend of Election Inconclusiveness, while the electoral body(INEC) is short of the prerequisite personnel.

Unfortunately, the government is accused of nepotism in appointment of officers, and the President himself declaring a 97% and 5% political sharing formular.

Furthermore, the government is faced with a combination of pro-secession demand in the Southeast and a renewed insurgency in parts of Southsouth, which have led to loss of lives, resources, and suffering of the environment.

For the fact that the government is still a work-in-progress, I will refrain from commenting on the debts and reserves(till the end of the administration). However, Nigerians are suffering. Naira is experiencing a sad fall and it needs to be addressed before the country slips into hyperinflation.

WHOSE ADMINISTRATION IS/WAS BETTER/WORST?
I leave that to esteemed readers including those within my palmchat, facebook, twitter and other social media circle.




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