There are names of notable Nigerian leaders who contributed in bringing the nation down to its knees in one way or the other. And my question is; who among them did the worst damage to Nigeria? Is it babangida, Obasanjo, Abacha or whoever?

OBJ

No one damaged Nigeria like the fat Cow Sani Abacha
and the Old no brainer Obasanjo.

the evil genius babangida is the most damager

From the worst to the bad let's go
1.Gen Sanni Abacha
2.Gen Olusegun Obasanjo
3.Gen Ibrahim Babaginda
4 Gen Yakubu Gowon although he has tried to atone by leading Nigerians in praying for the nation.
5.Alh Shehu Shagari.

All other leaders tried their best eventhough that best were not good enough to revert what these leaders have caused.

marvix:

From the worst to the bad let's go
1.Gen Sanni Abacha
2.Gen Olusegun Obasanjo
3.Gen Ibrahim Babaginda
4 Gen Yakubu Gowon although he has tried to atone by leading Nigerians in praying for the nation.
5.Alh Shehu Shagari.

All other leaders tried their best eventhough that best were not good enough to revert what these leaders have caused.

Every indicator of economic development and progress skyrocketed under OBJ but went into reverse under IBB, so I don't know how you came with that table.

U know most timess i laugh wen ppl say OBasanjo really did a bad damage to Nigeriaa, Its cos most ppl on NL dnt understnd Nigeria politicss, fybe im nt sain he didnt f-up in some wayss, buh hes done more good dan harmm!!!, nd for d person dat called him no brainer, once a military man, forever a military( dey got brainss)

@Sagamite Obj had d position 2ce he performed terribly on both occasions. He was democratically elected on d 2nd ocasion yet he performed as maximum ruler witout obedience or respect for the rule of law and due process. All economic indicators went up it was because of d global boom which also gave birth to dis global crisis dat was y d economic indicators went up not because of his style. Give or take d margin btw Obj and IBB is slim any one cld hav bin 2nd to Abacha as a matter of fact we cld call it a draw cos IBB annuled d freest and fairest elections ever held in dis country while Obj conducted d worst and 2nd worst elections in this country.
I rest my case.

The worst damage? ALL of them!!

marvix:

@Sagamite Obj had d position 2ce he performed terribly on both occasions. He was democratically elected on d 2nd ocasion yet he performed as maximum ruler witout obedience or respect for the rule of law and due process.

And IBB did any better?

marvix:

All economic indicators went up it was because of d global boom which also gave birth to dis global crisis dat was y d economic indicators went up not because of his style. Give or take d margin btw Obj and IBB is slim any one cld hav bin 2nd to Abacha as a matter of fact we cld call it a draw cos IBB annuled d freest and fairest elections ever held in dis country while Obj conducted d worst and 2nd worst elections in this country.
I rest my case.

So you think economic indicators go up because of global boom and has nothing to do with good governance from government policies?

There was no economic boom under IBB or Abacha? So how come economic indicators still went south under them?

Sagamite:

So you think economic indicators go up because of global boom and has nothing to do with good governance from government policies?
There was no economic boom under IBB or Abacha? So how come economic indicators still went south under them?

OBJ was a democratic President.
Abacha/IBB were military dictators.

By natural order, things should be better under OBJ cos his government didn't have to deal with scores of sanctions the military dictators had to face.

And not an Igbo name is up on that list.

However, I would say OBJ!

~Sauron~:

OBJ was a democratic President.
Abacha/IBB were military dictators.

By natural order, things should be better under OBJ cos his government didn't have to deal with scores of sanctions the military dictators had to face.

Hence the dictators should be at the top of the list if we agree (and expect) their regime to be worse for rights, responsibility and accountability.

IBB was not facing any sanctions but yet ran the country down.

The presidents that took the crippling loans from IMF and looted the money instead of using it in developing Nigeria while implementing detrimental structural adjustment programmes (SAP) did the worst damage to Nigeria. As Nigerian became indebted with loans that werent used to build Nigeria and were saddled with further gigantic interest rates on these loans and also had to implement "modern slavery" terms and conditions because of these loans.

Thank you Buhari, IBB and Abacha!!!These guys colluded with the west to sell our country away with debt!

silentc:

The presidents that took the crippling loans from IMF and looted the money instead if using it in developing Nigeria while implementing detrimental structural adjustment programmes (SAP) did the worst damage to Nigeria. As Nigerian became indebted with loans that werent used to build Nigeria and were saddled with further gigantic interest rates on these loans and also had to implement "modern slavery" terms and conditions because of these loans.

Thank you Buhari, IBB and Abacha!!!These guys colluded with the west to sell our country away with debt!

Thank you!

IBB sold Nigeria to EVERLASTING identure and is living on loot that will last his family 6 generations.

OBJ saved us from the identure with the help of Okonjo-Iweala.

What's his name
That marauding, murderous, thieving, cock-eyed, gap toothed, self-styled evil genius IBB. He singlehandedly took Nigeria backwards at least 25 years.

@Sagamite, to whom much is given much is expected Obj being democratically elected just after coming from prison and offered d position to appease d freest and fairest election onlt to conduct 2 shams called elections sounded d deathknell to d power nd energy sector to have levelled an oil community(odi) among other things then to be compared to d IBB is a disgrace. We expected much frm him we thot he cld be our Mandela he almost made himself our Mugabe that's Y I'll consider him worse than IBB.

marvix:

@Sagamite, to whom much is given much is expected Obj being democratically elected just after coming from prison and offered d position to appease d freest and fairest election onlt to conduct 2 shams called elections sounded d deathknell to d power nd energy sector to have levelled an oil community(odi) among other things then to be compared to d IBB is a disgrace. We expected much frm him we thot he cld be our Mandela he almost made himself our Mugabe that's Y I'll consider him worse than IBB.

Yep, you expected much from him and in some respect he failed.

What I mainly had a problem with is placing him as worse than IBB.

Under IBB "Andrews were checking out", under OBJ "Andrews are checking in" as the economy becomes more vibrant DUE to mostly his policies and its implementation (not just mouth). All you hear from every young Nigerian with an education now is "I want to return to Naija".

Whether you like it or not, OBJ is the BEST ever Nigerian president based on the accelerated progress we had in a wide scope of things.

That does not mean OBJ was a good or terrific president, it is just an indication of how poor our leaders have been that such a poor leader outshine all others.

All the others failed on all aspects, OBJ failed on some few that were easy to pass for someone with a 'correct', 'modern' and 'civilised' head.

Saying he is the worst because you expected much more from him like Mandela is just emotions, I do only objectivity and logic.

Saga wat is objective in comparing Obj to IBB apart frm dat Obj can never be considered 4 d best leaders in d country. The parameters have to be d same nd Obj was not beta than Buhari, he wasn't beta than Muritala he couldn't hav been beta than Azikwe so how cld he come to be considered 4 d best president even Umaru's first 3yrs has been beta dan Obj's first 3yrs

marvix:

Saga wat is objective in comparing Obj to IBB apart frm dat Obj can never be considered 4 d best leaders in d country. The parameters have to be d same nd Obj was not beta than Buhari, he wasn't beta than Muritala he couldn't hav been beta than Azikwe so how cld he come to be considered 4 d best president even Umaru's first 3yrs has been beta dan Obj's first 3yrs

Azikwe was ceremonial.

Muritala ruled for only 6 months. ^{With OBJ has deputy by the way}

Dem Buhari, is arguable but I will give it to OBJ as he did not have ultimate powers and still achieved equal (if not more).

Umaru? You must be having a laff, mate.

awo!

Saga if Obj was d only leader we have had he can't be considered for the best because he performed woefully what was his contributions to the Electoral process in dis country, rule of law, militancy in d Niger Delta, the economy as a whole do u even realise d amount he owed pensioners on leaving office local contractors the banks he consolidated where are they today the debt buy off what impact has it had on d average Nigerian, what was his contribution to National security, freedom of d press, what did he contribute to education those who got admited 4 a 5yr prog in 2001 completed d prog in 2007 thanks to Obj vs ASUU, what did he contribute to d power sector and critical infrastructure in d country even d lagos abk thru otta was made an eyesore he was busy demolishin structures in d FCT yet how many new districts were developed how many times did we have to endure total shut down of economic activities just because of his wicked policies and u think he shld be considered 4 best president d only advantage he has over yaradua is his health, greed, loudness, ability to bully d oposition, and so on. Pls wen d history of dis nation wld be written Yaradua would be beta favored than Obj

I think OBJ did well compared to the other leaders in spite of his mistakes and shortcomings. No doubt he gets things done when he wants to and everyone knows his mind or positions on issues unlike the others that will say A and do B.

I heard it was IB for damaging the naira??

@Afam wat was his position on 3rd term? The question is d worst leaders not who tried try telling us in ur opinion who was d worst and if u want u can list from worst to bad

marvix:

@Afam wat was his position on 3rd term? The question is d worst leaders not who tried try telling us in your opinion who was d worst and if u want u can list from worst to bad

Worst? IBB for institutionalizing corruption and annulling the freest and fairest election ever held in Nigeria. An election where Nigerians voted for candidates irrespective of religion and ethnicity.

marvix:

Saga if Obj was d only leader we have had he can't be considered for the best because he performed woefully what was his contributions to the Electoral process in dis country, rule of law, militancy in d Niger Delta, the economy as a whole do u even realise d amount he owed pensioners on leaving office local contractors the banks he consolidated where are they today the debt buy off what impact has it had on d average Nigerian, what was his contribution to National security, freedom of d press, what did he contribute to education those who got admited 4 a 5yr prog in 2001 completed d prog in 2007 thanks to Obj vs ASUU, what did he contribute to d power sector and critical infrastructure in d country even d lagos abk thru otta was made an eyesore he was busy demolishin structures in d FCT yet how many new districts were developed how many times did we have to endure total shut down of economic activities just because of his wicked policies and u think he shld be considered 4 best president d only advantage he has over yaradua is his health, greed, loudness, ability to bully d oposition, and so on. Pls wen d history of dis nation wld be written Yaradua would be beta favored than Obj

What are you saying? Are you saying other leaders did better than OBJ in "Electoral process in dis country, rule of law, militancy in d Niger Delta, the economy" etc?

Was it during OBJ's time that debt to pensioners arised or was it inherited by him? You want him to go and rob a bank to pay the debts?

You want him to take over in 1999 and solve the decay of the education under 2 years?

You expect there not to be upheaval and protest during significant change by people that are used to lawlessness and self-interest over collective ones?

You are coming with things that just shows your arguments are sentimental. Most of your arguments are things OBJ inherited.

Virtually ALL economic indicators (GNI, GDP, FDI, Budget size, Inflation etc) shot through the positive roof under OBJ.

Yaradua put a brake on ALL. Apart from ND, name ONE thing Yaradua has done.

Ironsi - he shouldnt have taken over power.

GET IT RIGHT, OBJ ARCHIVED THE MOST SUCCESS FOR NIGERIA TILL DATE
AND ALSO SOME FAILURE

By all standard of progression and development, Obj is the best so far.
Umaru and Abacha are the worst.

Sagamite, Umarus achievements include
1.Respect for the rule of law and the judiciary, up until Yaraduas tenure we had started to 4get dat a courts decision is final
2.Transparency in government.
3.Improved electoral process even witout an amended electoral act.
4.Better engagement with labour unions and wholistically and sincerly resolvin disputes.
5.Independence and Seperation of powers in the diff arms and levels of govt
6.Freedom of d press.
7.Improved road network, Benin lagos rd as an example.
8.Reduction in corruption as evident in the reduced scale of scandals as was d usual practice in d past.

@Alxmyr Umaru shld not be considered for d worst he is beta dan Obj,IBB nd Abacha and his tenure is yet to end. Let d parameters be d same mayb u shld just wait 4 him to preside ova d conduct of d 2011 elections den compare wit d 2003 elections

Ironsi 4 sure, he set a bad precedence by introducing military dictatorship to the country and his actions or rather in action led to the present day division and mistrust amongst the ethnic groups.