ThierryJay:
I'm baffled by the several comments here. It's like a lot of people have deliberate amnesia. Yaradua was heavily criticized by Nigerians for not being in charge during his Government. His Govt was predominantly reputed for being slow and he was always referred to as the half-dead president. It took the intervention of Femi falana and Co to successfully get his family to handover to GEJ.

That successive Governments were worse does not make Yaradua's tenure good and a fairytale as is being presented here.

At this rate, I'm sure Buhari will be hailed as the best thing to happen to Nigeria by 2030!

BLS1:


Bro it is very painful.

I wanted to respond with links for every single lie that has been told on this thread, but then I thought to myself, I'm just enabling there lazy behaviour.

If these people are our future we are doomed to keep repeating our mistakes over and over again.

Dareal90s:
I tot u said those group can't make anyone a president, why accuse them nw?

MetaPhysical:

Nigeria is funny! I see a lot of agreements with her statement and its all coming from Ibos in Nairaland.

List Yar Adua's accomplishments as a Gov in Kaduna. Nothing tangible! If he could not do wonder in a small and diverse state as Kaduna what would he have achieved nationally as President?

Yaradua was a compensation for his older brother, General Shehu Yaradua. He was not brought in by PDP because he had excellence,....but rather to fill a position that would have been his brother's if the General had lived.

Like I said, look in his tenure in Kaduna to project his performance at national level.

Dasuks:


President Yar'Adua won on a nationalist mandate. NPN/Pre 2013 PDP had that particular feature. Everybody was included and they all had to be kept satisfied. Very different from regional parties' mindsets.

Eg OBJ couldn't win even 25% of SW votes but still became Presido on everyone else's tab. All because it was the fair thing etc. You dont get that from regional one-man-inspired outfits.

The ppl who championed Buhari went against Yar'Adua in 2007. Look at it closely, regional parties with regional mindsets simply took advantage of the ineptitude PDP showcased mid GEJ administration and stole the initiative.

They're still too 'sophisticated' to understand how diverse the country they now rule, tho they still speak like tey did in opposition, really is.

Once the all-star vote garnering strongman they have is out, you will see how long the entity would hold....

Benblaq:
This man had plans for Vision2020, he was cut short by ill health. Look where we are today - battling whether to send repentant Boko Haram terrorists to overseas for foreign education or not.
Rest in peace and love of God Yaradua. Maybe it's a spell or something, good things doesn't last in Nigeria.

modsareuseless:
he was supported by everyone. he was loved in the south east so much! only idiots think igbos hate buhari because he's from the north, no. the igbos hate buhari because he's a disaster, a failure, a bastard, fulani herdsman and an extremist.

kestolove95:
After this God sent man died, a drunkard took over nd start d destruction then the worst of them came, an illiterate without certificate, tribalist bigot that don't know his left from ryt took ova, his on a northern mission

kelvine:
Niger Delta was safe. The militants received amnesty.
North, South, East and West were happy.
No BOKO, No IPOB, No Bandits, No killer herdsmen.
Now see where we are.

May our helper not die untimely

Awol1:
Your husband's death was beyond our control and inevitable. The pain is understandable.

But voting Buhari in 2015 was an avoidable disaster but for some group of "intellectuals" whose sophistication could not see beyond their nose.

Equity15:
nobody will take you serious come back when you know the state he governed also use the little time to search for his achievements there too. thank you

Okoroawusa:

Lol... reviewing fuel price down ward is now an achievement to small children on Nairaland. Fuel subsidy scam happened when? Nigeria lost billions to PDP chieftains' children n cronies who collected monies on false fuel importation.

Who be fool?

aminusodiq:
thank God u mentioned half dead!!! He was sick!!! Maybe if u read wat u wrote thoroughly u will understand ur opinions better

Chikpat:
Nigeria would have been a better place if Abacha lived longer

ty4real123:
Ex-First Lady Turai and late ex-President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Madam Turai Musa Yar’Adua, wife of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, has lamented that Nigeria is in a precarious state today because her husband’s regime was cut short by his sickness and eventual death.

She noted that Nigeria would have been much better if the late President had finished his tenure but for the lingering sickness that eventually terminated his vision-driven life.

“The situation in Nigeria would have been better had my husband, the late President, survived his ailment because he was a focused, committed and determined leader.

“Although my husband was sick for a long time, he did his very best for Nigeria. Also as governor of Katsina State, he did his best for the state; he is an honest man who believed in service,” she said.

Underscoring the humility of Musa Yar’Adua, she said he once told her that his relatives would quarrel with her after his death as they would think that he had left so much money.

The former First Lady, who spoke at a recent memorial lecture in honour of the late President in Katsina, also said: “The late Yar’Adua was not a materialist leader who believed in accumulating wealth. In fact, he shunned material things as his slogan was service to humanity.

“There was a time he said to me: ‘Turai, I pity you because when I die you will have quarrels with my relatives because they will think I have so much money in my possession’.”

Extolling his virtues as a leader, Madam Turai said the late President would not give out contract without having the money to pay for it.

“There was a time I approached him that people are complaining that the government was slow. But he said to me, ‘people can say whatever they like but I will not give out contract if I have no money to pay’.

“The late Umaru was a kind of leader that would go out and monitor projects. I could recall when I used to join him to supervise hospital and road projects,” she said.

https://newsexpressngr.com/news/92938-Nigeria-would-have-been-a-better-place-if-my-husband-did-not-die-Ex-First-Lady-Turai-Musa-YarAdua

Okuda:


so na reviewing am upwards for better?

MetaPhysical:

Nigeria is funny! I see a lot of agreements with her statement and its all coming from Ibos in Nairaland.

List Yar Adua's accomplishments as a Gov in Katsina. Nothing tangible! If he could not do wonder in a small and diverse state as Kaduna what would he have achieved nationally as President?

Yaradua was a compensation for his older brother, General Shehu Yaradua. He was not brought in by PDP because he had excellence,....but rather to fill a position that would have been his brother's if the General had lived.

Like I said, look in his tenure in Katsina to project his performance at national level.

Awol1:
Your husband's death was beyond our control and inevitable. The pain is understandable.

But voting Buhari in 2015 was an avoidable disaster but for some group of "intellectuals" whose sophistication could not see beyond their nose.

ty4real123:
Ex-First Lady Turai and late ex-President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Madam Turai Musa Yar’Adua, wife of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, has lamented that Nigeria is in a precarious state today because her husband’s regime was cut short by his sickness and eventual death.

She noted that Nigeria would have been much better if the late President had finished his tenure but for the lingering sickness that eventually terminated his vision-driven life.

“The situation in Nigeria would have been better had my husband, the late President, survived his ailment because he was a focused, committed and determined leader.

“Although my husband was sick for a long time, he did his very best for Nigeria. Also as governor of Katsina State, he did his best for the state; he is an honest man who believed in service,” she said.

Underscoring the humility of Musa Yar’Adua, she said he once told her that his relatives would quarrel with her after his death as they would think that he had left so much money.

The former First Lady, who spoke at a recent memorial lecture in honour of the late President in Katsina, also said: “The late Yar’Adua was not a materialist leader who believed in accumulating wealth. In fact, he shunned material things as his slogan was service to humanity.

“There was a time he said to me: ‘Turai, I pity you because when I die you will have quarrels with my relatives because they will think I have so much money in my possession’.”

Extolling his virtues as a leader, Madam Turai said the late President would not give out contract without having the money to pay for it.

“There was a time I approached him that people are complaining that the government was slow. But he said to me, ‘people can say whatever they like but I will not give out contract if I have no money to pay’.

“The late Umaru was a kind of leader that would go out and monitor projects. I could recall when I used to join him to supervise hospital and road projects,” she said.

https://newsexpressngr.com/news/92938-Nigeria-would-have-been-a-better-place-if-my-husband-did-not-die-Ex-First-Lady-Turai-Musa-YarAdua