interesting to note all these, . Nigeria has yet to learn to see thru the lies of our present leaders.

@Reference

Nice post Bro.

The people are always responsible for the type of Govt they have- a nice saying.

If Buhari and co-junters did not truncate our democracy in 1983 people like IBB and ABASHA may not have opportunity to bastardize our nation.

Again, our labour leaders are too complacent even in the democracy, how would our labour leaders  be fighting for salary increase, in the midst of failing amenities like power, defective infrastructure like  refineries, poor governance like corruption and politicians spending almost 50% of budget on their personalities.

How would democracy thrive when more than 75% of our people are living below poverty line.

Let labour fight for improved power supply and see if politicians will see people to use as thugs to do their bidding.

God Bless Nigeria.

[b][b]This is the best gift of knowledge i have received for the year 2012, You made me remember queuing up to buy Omo pack at a supermarket along abdul Azeez Attah road in ilorin during the regime of Gen Buhari.

I was in primary school then but political activities was near to me since the UPN secretariat was directly opposite my house in Ilorin back then.

Its a pity that 27 years down the lane, the ideals and hope we live for have gradually disapear into thin air.

270 people died in a single event in Nigeria without going to war?

We know the truth but its quite unfortunate that the truth we know, has refused to set us free.

Thanks so much for posting this thread and God bless you.[/b][/b]

@ Reference

The fact of the matter is that democracy has committed more crimes than military rule. Stalin was a communist. Communism is different from Military regime. Let me ask you a question. Is China today under a military rule? If your answer is NO then it is inappropriate to equate a military regime to communism. Both may be dictatorial just as monarchy  but they have their share of differences

If only you know the number of people the US has killed in the last 100 years you would know that no military regime has done that. And to even know that democracies now vote that abortion is legal makes democracies killing more people in a year than Hitler ever did.

The point is still that no government is the best or better than the other. The outcome depends on those who run the government.

Reference:

The way this thing will work is this. We, Nigerians will bludgeon ourselves to death with ethnicity, corruption and religious bigotry until we get tired. When we get tired of these things we will sort ourselves out. Any attempt to seperate this fight is an exercise in futility. Even if Buhari comes and by some miracle reduces corruption to zero. Will he rule for ever. When he leaves won't we come back to eat from our potty. Didn't we return to the dump when he was kicked out of government. My guy some people were rejoicing then. Not everyone sees this thing the way you do. Unfortunately you have to live with them.

You are quite right bros. I think what we are examine here, i stand to be corrected, is to use the past record to predict what a person can do. Unfortunately i dont know much about Buhari and i am eager to know his past record irrespective of his religion or ethnicity!

Reference:

Why use military antecedents to sell a civilian. ,

I remain unchanged in my view. This country can only be fundamentally changed by the people of this country and not any individual. Every other move will merely be placative whether against corruption, ethnic bigotry or others. When we get tired and fed up of fighting one another we will call into being the kind of system that will bring us into the 21st century. Forget hero worship. It doesn't work. Nigeria is too complex for one man alone to handle.

My bros, an individual can do a lot and make a lot of differences either negatively or positively when chosen as a leader. A very good example is Nelson Mandela of South Africa. While in prison he read a lot of books about white men and discovered that they were afraid of the black's ruling and refused to give the black a chance to govern because they believe the black will not be fair with them if given chance to rule. Therefore, while mandela came out of prison and became the president he convinced many black organization and let them know that  his government is for both black and  white he said "I am your leader, give me a chance to lead you". The blacks thought that his government will dissociate itself from the white. That single steps he took changed the history of South Africa today!
We need a leader of integrity, that can lead by example,  that is fearless of the nigerian cabal. General Buhari is in that category!
I will be disappointed in him any moment i have evidence that he has been indited of corruption.

And soooo

. . .and to what good has democracy done to Nigeria? People don't seem to learn from history. I keep pondering if Nigeria will ever be redeemed as Nigeria or as Separate autonomous entities? Religious and Tribal fanatisms are endemic and are proven impediments to the progress of Nigeria as an entity.

The worst (dictatorship) democracy is not better than best military rule. Until we allow the best person (irrespective of religion and tribe) to lead this country rather than regional/political consideration we will keep on faffing. Let set aside our sentiments and be rational for once in our life in order to lead this country out of her present quagmire. Posterity will judge us all.

Cheers folks!

belabela:

@ Reference

The fact of the matter is that democracy has committed more crimes than military rule. Stalin was a communist. Communism is different from Military regime. Let me ask you a question. Is China today under a military rule? If your answer is NO then it is inappropriate to equate a military regime to communism. Both may be dictatorial just as monarchy  but they have their share of differences

If only you know the number of people the US has killed in the last 100 years you would know that no military regime has done that. And to even know that democracies now vote that abortion is legal makes democracies killing more people in a year than Hitler ever did.

The point is still that no government is the best or better than the other. The outcome depends on those who run the government.

Thank you sir for the insight. You said it all

Those who run the government, what are their mission? Selfish or selfless? Passion to serve or be served? For posterity to write their names in gold or becoming cheap bowels for the village spits? It's about the governance and not the type of government.

God bless us

Reference:

Take the ministerial list. Only six of the seventeen top men and ministers including himself and his deputy are from the south. In which democracy will that stand. I.

You need to broaden your worldview. Your statement/question above shows how ignorant you are. You ask ''In which democracy will that stand?'' the answer to that is ''in a proper democracy''. Have you ever heard of an Obama, Sarkozy or Cameron selecting ministers based on their state of origin or eyhnic group. It is only in your God forsaken country that such things become law.

Nigerians will forever regret denying General Buhari the opportunity to stamp out corruption in our polity.
If only we looked beyond religious and ethnic sentiments, we would have been in a better situation.
What a shame!

Can people who find this thread useful please help me  beg the mods to put this thread on the front page.

^^^^^^^
It is on the front page already

MILITARY INTERVENTION NEEDED AGAIN IN NIGERIA
On Behalf of many well meaning Nigerians we wish to call on the Military to Intervene In Our beloved Nation as it was done in Egypt.
In the last 12 years of democracy, the loss of lives from ODI, ZAKIBIAM and BOKOHARAM BOMBS were worse than those lost under the military regimes combined. Our roads are worse than there were under the military. while we might have enjoyed more freedom of speech under the civilian rule, we believe that a corrective INTERVENTION FROM THE MILITARY will correct our failures in our civilian experiments. I would trade my freedom of speech for the lives of Nigerians lost during our failed democracy. Our democracy and economy is bound to crash later so why not do something about it now. In the last 13 years of our democracy we have realized that This system of Government is not in the interest of Nigerians. It is too expensive and so we would employ the military to come in and stay for a maximum of 18 months. Their duties should be:
1. Restructure the country along regional governments and local councils: No state governments Please.
2. Resource Control by regions. the regions should pay taxes to the federal govt between 50%-60% for the first 5 yrs to help the other regions and this will gradually reduce to 20% over the next 10 yrs so that the other regions can develop their regions.
3 Change our system of Government to a parliamentary system where our legislators would be on a part time basis
4. Conduct a Sovereign National conference to discuss The Nigerian state: Ex Militants, Boko haram members, OPC and should all be invited so that issues of religion, resource control and other things that concern our nations can be discussed.
5. Place a ban on all politicians that participated in the 4th and 5th republic and prevent them from contesting elections until our democracy stabilizes
6. Fix salary structures of public office holders and make reviews of such salaries and allowances as difficult as possible. Make sure political office is not attractive so that those with just the interest of the people at heart can participate.
7. Strengthen our anti corruption agencies by restructuring EFFC, ICPC and the Code of Conduct Bureau
8. Establish a Truly independent election commission: our best elections were under the military, June 12 and 1999 elections
9. Try all corrupts politicians and Judicial officers in Special Anti-Corruption Courts
10. make corruption a punishable offence by death as from the next dispensation
All Over the world, Military dictatorships have become a thing of the past and Nigeria would not want to be different. We know that Many military men would want to stay longer so Nigerians will rise up to challenge them if they stay beyond 18 months like Egyptians did and Nigerians also did for IBB to step down in 1993. I am not crazy. I mean well for Nigeria because with the current Government and at the rate boko haram is going, there is no hope for the future, God bless You all

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Not all military regimes are good though.

remember Babangida's rule is the main reason we are in the mess we are today.


@mods
Thanks for putting this thread on the front page.

^^^^^^^^We just need a brief military intervention not a military rule

[size=18pt]2nd March 1984 – ITN NEWS
GENERAL BUHARI VISITS YOLA AFTER QUENCHING RELIGIOUS RIOTING THAT LEFT DOZENS DEAD.[/size]
Nigeria's military ruler, Major-General Mohamed Buhari, visited the northeastern Nigerian city of Yola - in Gongola state - February 29 to assess the extent of damage caused by violent communal rioting two days earlier.

The known death toll from the religious disturbances is nearly 140, with at least another 60 persons injured, some critically. Gongola's acting state governor, Colonel Cyril Iweze, blamed the turmoil on fanatical followers of Moslem fundamentalist Muhammadu Marwa Maitatsine's religious sect. Marwa himself was killed in vicious rioting three years ago, when an estimated 4,000 people died.

In disturbances on February 27, the army was eventually called in to quell resistance from thousands of religious fanatics, at least 715 of whom were arrested by security forces.

General Buhari visited the Yola Specialist Hospital during his one-day tour of the gutted city, and also met with the Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Mustapha Aliyu, to discuss the situation.

"No, no, no. You are totally wrong on this one. There is no way constant instability can bring any progress. Nigeria is corrupt not because of the people or the government but the structure of the state"

I didn't say and never meant that constant instability brings progress. Just putting our situation into perspective. Looking back to those years and comparing with the Nigeria of today, one has to agree that the civilian regimes have failed woefully and performed worse than the military ones. What do you mean by "Nigeria is corrupt not because of the people or the government but the structure of the state"?  I bet you cannot have any meaningful explanation for this. My dear, please know that the people are corrupt when and where the government is corrupt and vice versa.

The level of corruption in Nigeria is so deep that it is the main baagain any meaningful progress. We need someone like Buhari to fight it head on and not until this is done Nigeria as a country may never attain any greatness.

Buhari Government: Rejoinder to black pickin.
You must be first class idiot, and u even don't know what u are doing ?

[size=18pt]16TH APRIL 1984  - ITN NEWS
GOVERNMENT RESUMES DEPORTATION OF "ILLEGAL ALIENS" TO OPEN UP MORE JOBS FOR NIGERIANS [/size]

The Government has held the influx of foreigners responsible for Moslem sectarian violence and for a rise in violent crime. Another reason for their expulsion was to open up more jobs for Nigerian citizens.

Five airliners provided by Nigerian Airways ferried the deportees to their home countries in West and Central Africa. Before flying out they were taken to transit camps at the airport in Lagos.

[size=18pt]18 April 1984 – ITN News
OFFICIAL SUNDAY OPEN MARKET REPLACES ILLEGAL STREET TRADE.[/size]

A new official Sunday open market started trading in Lagos on April 15, on the site of the Marina car park, to replace illegal street vending.The inaugural speech was made by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftancy Affairs, Alhaji Lateef Olayinka; the ceremonial ribbon was cut by Lagos State Military Governor, Gbolahan Mudashiru.

Last month a member of the Supreme Military Council, Brigadier Tunde Idiagbon, announced a clampdown on corruption, indiscipline and mismanagement in the country's economy. This included the removal of illegal street trading in Lagos.

Police, operating under a decree from the military government of Major-General Mohammed Buhari, arrested street vendors and confiscated their goods. Commissioner Olayinka said illegal trading created traffic and environmental problems. He said an official inquiry had recommended a new open market was the best solution.

[size=18pt]Buharinomics - General Buhari’s economic program marshaled out to salvage the nation in 1984 [/size]

http://www.elombah.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5720:is-general-buhari-the-problem-with-nigeria&catid=36:pointblank&Itemid=83

Buharinomics was General Buhari’s economic program marshaled out to salvage the nation in 1984. He summarized the objective of his economic policy (as articulated in the 1984 budget) as follows: "To arrest the decline in the economy, to put the economy on a proper course of recovery and solvency, and to chart a future course for economic stability and prosperity" (West Africa, May 14, 1984). He had previously done similarly, in March while receiving the visiting Sudanese President, Gaafar Nimeiri. Upon his inquiring of what the new military government had in mind for the nation it then ruled, Buhari said to him: "The priority [of his administration] is for economic recovery, providing employment opportunities, improving people's living conditions, consolidating internal security and ensuring foreign respect" (Africa Now, March 1984). In a nutshell, Buharinomics set out to arrest the decline in the economy and refocus it towards recovery. Buharinomics was to wean the nation off consumerism and profligacy, while channeling it towards frugality and productivity. To accomplish this, the government was to cut down on its expenditure, engage in more efficient restricting and controlling of foreign exchange outflow, undertake the revival of the country's productive capacity (concentration was on agriculture), and broaden government's revenue base.

The first test of Buharinomics was implemented to revive the comatose banking industry and arrest local currency hoarding. In April 1984, the government ordered a change in the color of the Naira. This action was dubbed the “real coup” by unscrupulous business men and politicians who had almost eliminated the need for commercial banking in Nigeria by keeping their moneys under their mattresses or by trafficking them into neighboring West African countries. This currency change, which forced all holders of the naira notes into exchanging them for the new naira notes at commercial banks, infused billions that had remained unaccounted for into the banking industry and eliminated counterfeited currencies, which had inflicted inflationary and other nefarious effects on the economy. This measure had an immediate revitalizing effect in the banking industry and was an unqualified success. Banks that were close to collapsing became vibrant again, to the extent that some of them began to hire hitherto unemployed Nigerians.

To cut down on government expenses, the federal work force was cut by 30% and imports for 1984 pegged at 4 billion pounds (mostly on basic foodstuffs, spare parts, and raw materials for local industries), against 14 billion pounds spent in 1983. To ensure that Nigeria remained respectable on the international business world, Buhari committed to honoring Nigeria’s debt payment schedule irrespective of the limited earning potential of Nigeria. In August 1984, Buhari was on one of his meet-the-people nationwide tours, which he began as soon as the administration got on its feet. Everywhere he went, the people embraced him, coming out en mass and ushering him tumultuous cheers and unreserved applause. In one of his speeches to the people (this one in Owerri), he reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to honoring its debts, the dire economic situation notwithstanding. "The task of this administration is how to persuade Nigerians to understand that for a number of years to come, we would be paying debts, the roads may be long and thorny but we believe that on our shoulders lies the responsibility to save our fatherland from devastation that has resulted from mismanagement" (Newswatch, February 18, 1985).

Buhari could not have been any more correct in his statement above. Assuming Nigeria took no further loans, its breakdown of loan repayments was as follows: 3.9 billion naira ($4.4 billion) in 1985, 3.7 billion naira ($4.19 billion) in 1986, 2.8 billion naira ($3.2 billion) in 1987, until a decrease to 703 million in 1991 (Concord Weekly, May 6, 1985). Nigeria’s precarious financial situation made it impossible for it to finance capital projects and meet up its balance of payment obligations. With oil export pegged at 1.3 million barrels per day by OPEC, borrowing from external sources became necessary. To this effect, Nigeria proposed borrowing 1.795m naira to finance its capital project from the IMF. The patriotism with which General Buhari handled Nigeria’s dealings with the IMF was the highlight and beauty of Buharinomics.

In order to qualify for the loan, IMF gave Nigeria certain conditions which must be met. In 1984 when the naira exchanged for $1.34, the IMF demanded a minimum of 60% devaluation of it. Buhari refused, agreeing only to a "crawling peg"—a mechanism whereby government would realign the currency gradually, forestalling or minimizing economic and social dislocations because of such drastic devaluation of its currency. In addition to the devaluation of the naira, IMF demanded that government took other drastic actions: (a) The government must remove its subsidy on petroleum. (b) It must curtail its expenditure. (c) Government must rationalize its tariff structures. (d) It must put a freeze on its wages. (e) It must put a total end of non-statutory transfers to State governments, (f) Government must at least institute a 30% raise on interest rates—government resisted this because the decline in its revenue earnings and its debt obligations made it almost impossible to raise interest rates without triggering inflation (West Africa, May 14, 1984).

The Nigerian government and veteran economists in Nigeria (like Aluko, Onosade, Okigbo, etc) could not make sense of being asked to devalue its currency when Nigeria’s imports were in dollar and its export (fixed quantity of oil) was also in dollar. The implication of devaluation was that Nigeria would pay more to import lesser quantity of goods than it did prior to any devaluation. It would also export the same amount of oil it exported before any devaluation and derive lesser revenue than it received before any devaluation The impacts of it debt payment would have harsher effect on the citizenry if the naira was devalued. This did not make any economic sense to Buhari; it struck him as an insult on the intelligence of the African. Finance Minister Onaolapo Soleye and Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji who led the Nigerian delegation to the last negotiation in Washington were chewed out by US Federal Reserve Chairman, Paul Volcker, for presenting the Nigerian governments rejection of most of these recommendations. For rejecting the IMF conditions and the loan, the Buhari administration got into the black book of Washington. Already, it had earned the dislike of 10 Downing Street for cutting down Nigeria’s imports from the UK by about 350%. In any case, without the IMF loan, government was still in a bind as to how to finance capital projects and pay for imports, especially spare parts for local industries, food items, etc. At this juncture, the genius and resourcefulness of Buharinomics illuminated to the delight of the African.

First, the administration sent Oil Minister Tam David West to OPEC to seek a raise in the quantity of oil that Nigeria could export. If OPEC agreed, Nigeria would expect to generate extra revenue in the long run from any increase of its oil quota and this would assist tremendously in augmenting the shortfall in the nation’s purse. Professor West came back empty handed—the US and Britain had put pressure on their puppets in OPEC (like Saudi Arabia) to refuse Nigeria’s request.

To counter OPEC’s bluff, the Buhari administration entered into a $2 billion barter trade agreement with four countries. Nigeria daily bartered 200,000 barrels of oil as follows: (a) completely knocked down parts for automobiles from Brazil. (b) Construction equipment from Italy (c) Engineering equipment from France, and (d) Capital goods from Austria. This barter trade took care of the administration’s need to have borrowed money but it intensified the ill will the US and Britain had for Nigeria. By bartering this oil, Nigeria was: (a) solving those needs which the proposed IMF loan was geared toward. Doing so without borrowing or feeling the pains of spending the meager amount generated from its OPEC approved 1.3 billion a day oil export is the stuff an economic wizard is made of. (b) Britain had been cut off as Nigeria’s major supplier of the goods which the countries in the barter agreement sent to Nigeria. (c) The US usurious money lenders were denied the chance to suck Nigeria dry through the IMF loan. (d) American and British oil companies were irate that the oil being bartered would flood the oil market, cutting in on their profits. (d) The oil being bartered was oil that used to be illegally bunkered before Buhari put illegal oil bunkering artist out of business. For once, an African country had put positive economic mechanism in place to salvage its ailing economy without swallowing IMF’s poison pills.

As far as America and Britain were concerned, there was a price to be paid by this Buhari, who thought he was smart enough not to accept subservience to their authority. To begin with, a London newspaper (The Financial Times) published Nigeria’s barter trade agreement with Brazil (which, in truth, was done in secrecy because Buhari treated some aspects of his economic policy as State secret). The British thought it was going to incite OPEC against Nigeria since OPEC as a body did not support oil bartering. Oil Minister Tam David West, in a press conference, said, “If a nation believes it is part of its strategy for national survival to do this [barter trade], why not?” To assure OPEC that Nigeria was not indulging in barter trade in order to pull out of OPEC, he added ”Our strategy is to stay in OPEC and make its presence felt, and work together on programs that will be for the economic interest of all” (Concord Weekly, May 6, 1985). There is more to this barter trade than time will permit one to detail in this piece. For now, it is worth noting that it was the major reason for which Britain and America wanted the Buhari administration overthrown.

The counter trade showcased Buhari as a visionary. He made America and Britain feel silly and they swore to get him out of office. When Babangida took over, on his maiden speech to the nation he promised to revisit the counter trade agreements. Within two weeks in office, September 17, 1985, he setup a panel to review it and recommend to his administration how to revive the economy without the use of counter trade. Babangida rolled back counter trade at the behest of his imperialist masters and at the detriment of the Nigerian nation and people.

By the time the Buhari administration was overthrown in August of 1985, Buharinomics was beginning to yield dividends. For example, the inflationary rate had fallen from 23.2% in 1983 to 5.5% in 1985. Nigeria did not regret rejecting the IMF loan because it was meeting its obligation of prompt debt payment and the bartered goods were, to some extent, holding up within the austerity measure which had been in place since the Shagari days. Food was becoming reasonably available for two reasons: (a) The emphasis paid to agriculture had resulted in abundant food harvests, especially yam tubers. (b) The border closure made it impossible for unscrupulous business men to continue smuggling food items into neighboring countries where they sold for twice their value in Nigeria.

Had Buharinomics continued for at least five years, Nigeria would have joined the Asian tigers in economic growth and self reliance. We know that to be true because Babangida came into office and did everything the IMF asked and the Nigerian economy took a dive into the gutter and has not recovered yet.

[size=18pt]14th March 1984 -  The NY Times
Buhari signs Barter Trade agreement with Brazil who would refine and return Nigeria's oil  in exchange for crude oil[/size]

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 13— Brazil has won an international bidding contest to refine Nigerian oil this year, the state oil company, Petrobras, announced today.

The $1.2 billion agreement calls for Brazil to import Nigerian crude and return refined gasoline, jet fuel and diesel oil to Nigeria, a Petrobras spokesman said. He added that the accord would allow Brazil to reduce its idle refining capacity and earn a margin of profit.

Brazil imports about two-thirds of the one million barrels of oil it consumes daily, mostly from the Middle East. It buys 10,000 barrels daily from Nigeria.

Well,
the Subject of Buhari's govt. has been one of controversy.

Some say he's a fanatic, others say he's the most sincere president we've ever had. I know of all our past presidents sha, It's only him, gowon, shehu Sagari and Nnamdi Azikiwe who we can say didn't steal from the govt. The others stole either directly or indirectly.

But here's the fact, if Major Gen. Buhari isn't a fanatic. He obviously surrounds himself with serveral fanatics. And that in it self disqualifies him. ( I still remember CPC's campaign tactics in Northern Nigeria they went to mosques and gingered the youths even chanting 'kar ku sabi arna' meaning don't choose an infidel and he never publicly disowned that notion).

When the post election violence started, he was quite for the first few days, infact it was on day three that he finally spoke up condemning the violence. after alot of damage has been done.
And even now that we're struggling with boko haram, if he truelly has the well being of Nigeria at heart. He should be on every radio station or TV station in Northern Nigeria openly condemning they're attacks as often as possible. But he's just quietly watching in the name of it's not my regime.
I believe if a Nigerian loves Nigeria, he'll always fight to defend her unity and prosperity whether he likes the president or ruling party or not. That's true patriotism.

Not withstanding sha, I'm not saying Buhari is a fanatic oh. But I'm saying if he's not. He must do more than marry a christian wife, having a christian driver and getting a christian vice president to prove it. And if he has the best intentions for Nigeria at heart he must do more than weeping for Nigeria after losing an election to prove that too.

Actions speak louder than words. He should prove to us this things and maybe we'll trust him alittle more.

[size=18pt]23 March 1984  -  ITN News
BUHARI’S GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES “WAR AGAINST INDISCIPLINE”[/size]

Nigeria's military government is stepping-up its campaign against corruption, mismanagement and indiscipline at all levels in Nigeria society.

Preliminary hearings into corruption and abuse of office against former politicians and civil administrators have already begun and on March 21 the government launched its war against indiscipline.

One of the first areas under attack is Illegal Street trading in the capital Lagos. The military government of Major-General Buhari has promulgated a decree forbidding the street trading, a major source of income for many thousands of Lagos people. Police have already begun arresting street vendors and confiscating their wares.

The campaign is also designed to foster greater personal and social discipline with Nigerians being urged to queue for buses in an orderly fashion. The crackdown on indiscipline was announced by Brigadier Tunde Idiagbon, a member of the Nigerian Supreme Military Council.

BRIGADIER TUNDE IDIAGBON: "I want you to bear in mind the need to emphasise self-discipline and leadership by good example.
Begin by drawing public attention to little but important everyday manifestations of indiscipline such as rushing into buses, driving on the wrong side of the road, littering the streets, parks and dwelling compounds, cheating, taking undue advantage of scarcity to inflate prices for quick monetary gains, constituting ourselves into public nuisances, walking without commitment and devoting little or no time to the upbringing of our children.

Up to this moment there has been no formal declaration of war against indiscipline, it is my pleasure therefore to declare today a launching day for the war against indiscipline."








[size=18pt]The Buhari administration identified indiscipline as the bane of the nation's ills and therefore decided to fight it in all its ramifications. Hence the pre-occupation of the regime was the launching of the different phases of the War Against Indiscipline (WAI) which has become a household word in may Nigerian homes. There were five phases of WAI, namely:-

a. Queuing (March 20, 1984)

b. Work Ethics (May 1, 1984)

c. Nationalism and Patriotism (August 21, 1984)

d. Anti-Corruption and Economic Sabotage (May 14, 1985)

e. Environmental Sanitation (July 29, 1985).


https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-693700.64.html[/size]

Buhari is d chief rigger. In 2002 ANPP Presdntial Prmaries, D ballot counting was convncingly in favor of Rochas Okorocha, suddenly Buhari & his cohorts calld a meetin of al aspirants & anounce dat dey hv decided dat Buhari shld b d concensus canddate

Dey pleaded wt Rochas 2 b his running mate, he refusd& insistd of d ballot. While dis negotiation was going on his cohorts went & anounce Buhari d concensus canddate. Rochas & oda aspirat hz 2 walk out of d venue & almost evry delgate went out wt dem

Late Chuba Okadigbo later become his running mate. Now b/w Buhari, Obj & GEJ who is d chief rigger?
2ndly, der was no visibe dev. during his rule(i stand 2 b correctd), though he hz more resources as der wer no senate, reps, HOA 2 pay& no politcians 2 loot.

Turbocharged:

Dey pleaded wt Rochas 2 b his running mate, he refusd& insistd of d ballot. While dis negotiation was going on his cohorts went & anounce Buhari d concensus canddate. Rochas & oda aspirat hz 2 walk out of d venue & almost evry delgate went out wt dem

Of course Buhari is still who he is, a military man who overthrew the government and basically paved the way for monsters named 'Ibrahim", "Sani", "Abdulsalam abi Abdulsalami", Gorilla Obasanjo, and "Usman" to take us further into a laughing stock of a nation. (Yeah with those names you'd think this is Syria we are talking about, but black azz 9ja)

However, what Gen Buhari, the architect of Pro-Buhari info on Nairaland is attempting to do is to give us a reminder that the people in this country can have better leadership with examples from the past.

Unfortunatey, Nairaland's Gen Buhari wants to stop at 1983, and rather should go back further, say 1966, when todays Billionaire embezzlers would never have been elected by a better populace than todays pathetic Lady Gaga shirt wearing, Facebook picture posting, gele tying, Aristo loving, Pastor crazing, lace-weaving group of today. Owambe!!!

Again, b/w 1979 & 1983 Imo State was on d road 2 becoming d 'JAPAN OF AFRICA' wt massive physical dev. in Aba, Owerri, Orlu, Okigwe,Umuahia & evry coner of d state. Ever since den all these cities hz become worse than Mbakwe left them

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BlackPikiN, God punish you, it is your type thatarecausing problem in this country nigeria, after you call yourself good christian, fool
 

Ayotolla Buhari should perish in the hottest part of hell fire!
Buhari watched and looked the other way when helpless Youth corpers serving their father land were killed by his supporters in the North!
Thunder fire Buhari anywhere he dey now.


Pictures dnt lie!

@GenBuhari, Boko Haram Plan C. U lost in court? ur bombers-in-chief hz being captured. Now is NL campaign. Why did u not use NL b/4 d election? Its only a f.o.o.l dat wl fall 4 dis gimicks.