Kobojunkie:
I don't know what you mean and I don't understand why you ask that I give you names.

I simply opined that we need younger, more ambitious, and more accomplished leaders, than the low-lives masquerading as leaders, we have had in the fray. If your boss asks you to go hire such a person, do you ask him to give you names? Or do you go out then looking for candidates that fit that base criteria, and then interview them to find the best match?

While we need better candidates, we also need people to abandon this "FEED ME THE INFORMATION ON WHO I SHOULD VOTE FOR" syndrome. This 'sycophancy' is the very reason we continue to recycle the same old goons.

Stop throwing words up and down, you said there are younger progressive out there that can be voted for instead of GMB (summary of your statement), so i asked, people LIKE?

He has to do what he does best, rally round some uniformed boko haram like he did in the 1980s, then hyjack the presidency and selectively lock up all the easterners, and let his hausa/fulani and some Yorubas go free. His track record is there for all to see.

dmainboss:

Why do you choose to lie blatantly? dont sou have some shame? a road that has generated so much debate and banter here on NL since GEJ took office because of its sorry state, you are claiming it was fixed by Yaradua. dont you have a single iota of shame? i guess not. hatred is a very dangerous thing.

Stop disgracing yourself, even a toddler knows that the project was re-started and given out (budgeted for) by Yaradua and it was started before his demise, stop being ridiculous, you keep saying hate, hate who i don't even know? does that make sense to you?

I don't like wasting time, just educate yourself here

https://www.nairaland.com/644476/benin-ore-road-been-fixed/5

honeric01:

Stop throwing words up and down, you said there are younger progressive out there that can be voted for instead of GMB (summary of your statement), so i asked, people LIKE?

Again . . .

Kobojunkie:
I don't know what you mean and I don't understand why you ask that I give you names.

I simply opined that we need younger, more ambitious, and more accomplished leaders, than the low-lives masquerading as leaders, we have had in the fray. If your boss asks you to go hire such a person, do you ask him to give you names? Or do you go out then looking for candidates that fit that base criteria, and then interview them to find the best match?

While we need better candidates, we also need people to abandon this "FEED ME THE INFORMATION ON WHO I SHOULD VOTE FOR" syndrome. This 'sycophancy' is the very reason we continue to recycle the same old goons.

Kobojunkie: Nah, I believe Buhari is too old at this point! [/b]Probably would be in our best interest to cap the age for that position. Otherwise, we allow a future where people like Alams, Igbinedion, Tinubu and their ilk will all get a turn at that seat. We already know these goons are useless. Better we slam that door shut for them now.

[b]We not only need a younger mind, but a proven, and ACCOMPLISHED mind. No more of these unaccomplished wastes of space who rely heavily on the one or two ace cards in their cabinets to do anything, and a bunch of sycophants to sing, and rig them into office.

Now, answer me and stop beating around the bush, [size=15pt]LIKE WHO[/size]?

Again, again . . .

Kobojunkie:
I don't know what you mean and I don't understand why you ask that I give you names.

[size=13pt]I simply opined that we need younger, more ambitious, and more accomplished leaders, than the low-lives masquerading as leaders, we have had in the fray.
If your boss asks you to go hire such a person, do you ask him to give you names? Or do you go out then looking for candidates that fit that base criteria, and then interview them to find the best match?

While we need better candidates, we also need people to abandon this "FEED ME THE INFORMATION ON WHO I SHOULD VOTE FOR" syndrome. This 'sycophancy' is the very reason we continue to recycle the same old goons.[/size]

^^^

Now i see why people ignore you like poo.. throwing cheap words around.

^^ the feeling is mutual . . . .

Again, you are told you should vote only for persons who are not only younger than the set of old geezers we have had so far, but this person should be accomplished and a high achiever. What of those words are you having a hard time with? Do you not know what it means for a person to be accomplished? Do you not know what it means for a person to be ambitious? A high-achiever

Here you are asking me a question even a primary one pupil would not ask . . . and you feel I am the one feeding you poo?? ggrrrr!!!!

@ Kobojunkie, lol no be small thing.

Kobojunkie: ^^ the feeling is mutual . . . .

Again, you are told you should vote only for persons who are not only younger than the set of old geezers we have had so far, but this person should be accomplished and a high achiever. What of those words are you having a hard time with? Do you not know what it means for a person to be accomplished? Do you not know what it means for a person to be ambitious? A high-achiever

Here you are asking me a question even a primary one pupil would not ask . . . and you feel I am the one feeding you poo?? ggrrrr!!!!

stiyke: @ Kobojunkie, lol no be small thing.

Lol a newbie, your eyes go soon open

honeric01:

Lol a newbie, your eyes go soon open

Please open my eyes so i can see why i should vote for an old mullah GMB, and not a younger achiever. By the way 2015 is still 3 yrs away, why are you guys getting so worked up??

Buhari or no Buhari, all I know PDP will never rule this country again, if it is father don't vote for him.

stiyke:

Please open my eyes so i can see why i should vote for an old mullah GMB, and not a younger achiever. By the way 2015 is still 3 yrs away, why are you guys getting so worked up??

LOL, who says you should vote for him? if you like vote for a goat, who cares? am i the only one "enjoying fresh air" right now? ain't you also enjoying it? FRESH AIR all the way!

Demdem:

Interesting. never knew u are God for u to make such an authoritative statement.

[left][/left] Buhaari is Just the best candidate to rule Nigeria. Those pple that said he won't smell Aso rock, is Aso rock ur father's land? He will rule U and ur family

When would Nigerians wake up to reality & separate from sentimentality? Is it when 1 small loaf of bread starts selling at N500,000? or when you'd have to buy common panadol for N120,000? It's funny that Nigerians complain about how tough life in Nigeria & our country's economy has become & yet,we still go to the polls to vote with bigoted, biased & sentimental minds. Without any sentiments in my heart, I can honestly say that Buhari is one of the best of the best people we have around to lead us transparently & in justice. God Bless Nigeria. Amen.

bunch of boko harams

I am here now!!

noiseless: He has to do what he does best, rally round some uniformed boko haram like he did in the 1980s, then hyjack the presidency and selectively lock up all the easterners, and let his hausa/fulani and some Yorubas go free. His track record is there for all to see.

And GEJ is doing you guys justice?

[size=13pt]Major-General Buhari was selected to lead the country by middle and high-ranking military officers after a successful military coup d'etat that overthrew civilian President Shehu Shagari on December 31, 1983.

At the time, Buhari was head of the Third Armored Division of Jos. Buhari was appointed Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and Tunde Idiagbon was appointed Chief of General Staff (the de facto No. 2 in the administration). Buhari justified the military's seizure of power by castigating the civilian government as hopelessly corrupt.[/size]





[size=18pt]General Buhari's Maiden Speech: - 1st January 1984[/size]

In pursuance of the primary objective of saving our great nation from total collapse, I, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari of the Nigerian army have, after due consultation amongst the services of the armed forces, been formally invested with the authority of the Head of the Federal Military Government and the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It is with humility and a deep sense of responsibility that I accept this challenge and call to national duty.



As you must have heard in the previous announcement, the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1979) has been suspended, except those sections of it which are exempted in the constitution.The change became necessary in order to put an end to the serious economic predicament and the crisis of confidence now afflicting our nation. Consequently, the Nigerian armed forces have constituted themselves into a Federal Military Government comprising of a Supreme Military Council, a National Council of States, a Federal Executive Council at the centre and State Executive Councils to be presided over by military governors in each of the states of the federation. Members of these councils will be announced soon.The last Federal Military Government drew up a programme with the aim of handing over political power to the civilians in 1979. This programme as you all know, was implemented to the letter. The 1979 constitution was promulgated. However, little did the military realise that the political leadership of the second republic will circumvent most of the checks and balances in the constitution and bring the present state of general insecurity. The premium on political power became so exceedingly high that political contestants regarded victory at elections as a matter of life and death struggle and were determined to capture or retain power by all means.



It is true that there is a worldwide economic recession. However, in the case of Nigeria, its impact was aggravated by mismanagement. We believe the appropriate government agencies have good advice but the leadership disregarded their advice. The situation could have been avoided if the legislators were alive to their constitutional responsibilities; Instead, the legislators were preoccupied with determining their salary scales, fringe benefit and unnecessary foreign travels, et al, which took no account of the state of the economy and the welfare of the people they represented. As a result of our inability to cultivate financial discipline and prudent management of the economy, we have come to depend largely on internal and external borrowing to execute government projects with attendant domestic pressure and soaring external debts, thus aggravating the propensity of the outgoing civilian administration to mismanage our financial resources. Nigeria was already condemned perpetually with the twin problem of heavy budget deficits and weak balance of payments position, with the prospect of building a virile and viable economy.




The last general election was anything but free and fair. The only political parties that could complain of election rigging are those parties that lacked the resources to rig. There is ample evidence that rigging and thuggery were relative to the resources available to the parties. This conclusively proved to us that the parties have not developed confidence in the presidential system of government on which the nation invested so much material and human resources.While corruption and indiscipline have been associated with our state of under-development, these two evils in our body politic have attained unprecedented height in the past few years. The corrupt, inept and insensitive leadership in the last four years has been the source of immorality and impropriety in our society. Since what happens in any society is largely a reflection of the leadership of that society, we deplore corruption in all its facets. This government will not tolerate kick-backs, inflation of contracts and over-invoicing of imports etc. Nor will it condone forgery, fraud, embezzlement, misuse and abuse of office and illegal dealings in foreign exchange and smuggling.



Arson has been used to cover up fraudulent acts in public institutions. I am referring to the fire incidents that gutted the P&T buildings in Lagos, the Anambra State Broadcasting Corporation, the Republic Building at Marina, the Federal Ministry of Education, the Federal Capital Development Authority Accounts at Abuja and the NET Building. Most of these fire incidents occurred at a time when Nigerians were being apprehensive of the frequency of fraud scandals and the government incapacity to deal with them. Corruption has become so pervasive and intractable that a whole ministry has been created to stem it.



Fellow Nigerians, this indeed is the moment of truth. My colleagues and I – the Supreme Military Council, must be frank enough to acknowledge the fact that at the moment, an accurate picture of the financial position is yet to be determined. We have no doubt that the situation is bad enough. In spite of all this, every effort will be made to ensure that the difficult and degrading conditions under which we are living are eliminated. Let no one however be deceived that workers who have not received their salaries in the past eight or so months will receive such salaries within today or tomorrow or that hospitals which have been without drugs for months will be provided with enough immediately.We are determined that with the help of God we shall do our best to settle genuine payments to which government is committed, including backlog of workers’ salaries after scrutiny. We are confident and we assure you that even in the face of the global recession, and the seemingly gloomy financial future, given prudent management of Nigeria’s existing financial resources and our determination to substantially reduce and eventually nail down rises in budgetary deficits and weak balance of payments position.The Federal Military Government will reappraise policies with a view to paying greater attention to the following areas:



The economy will be given a new impetus and better sense of direction.
Corrupt officials and their agents will be brought to book.
In view of the drought that affected most parts of the country, the federal government will, with the available resources, import food stuffs to supplement the shortfalls suffered in the last harvest.
Our foreign policy will both be dynamic and realistic. Africa will of course continue to be the centre piece of our foreign policy. The morale and combat readiness of the armed forces will be given high priority. Officers and men with high personal and professional integrity will have nothing to fear.



The Chief Justice of Nigeria and all other holders of judiciary appointments within the federation can continue in their appointments and the judiciary shall continue to function under existing laws subject to such exceptions as may e decreed from time to time by the Federal Military Government. All holders of appointments in the civil service, the police and the National Security Organisation shall continue to exercise their functions in the normal way subject to changes that may be introduced by the Federal Military Government. All those chairmen and members of statutory corporations, parastatals and other executive departments are hereby relieved of their appointments with immediate effect.



The Federal Military Government will maintain and strengthen existing diplomatic relations with other states and with international organisations and institutions such as the Organisation of African Unity, the United Nations and its organs, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, ECOWAS and the Commonwealth etc. The Federal Military Government will honour and respect all treaties and obligations entered into by the previous government and we hope that such nations and bodies will reciprocate this gesture by respecting our country’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.




Fellow Nigerians, finally, we have dutifully intervened to save this nation from imminent collapse. We therefore expect all Nigerians, including those who participated directly or indirectly in bringing the nation to this present predicament, to cooperate with us. This generation of Nigerians, and indeed future generations, have no country other than Nigeria. We shall remain here and salvage it together.

May God bless us all. Good morning.

[size=18pt]3rd January 1984 - ITN News (video clips)
Buhari moves fast to rescue economy with prompt debt repayment few days after military take over[/size]

Look at Nigerian economy after takeover by military rulers who have just paid off $50m loan;

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15xapP50Sf0?version=3[/flash]

http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1984/01/03/AS030184006/?s=nigeria&st=2&pn=96&sortBy=date


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Kobojunkie is so funny...why cant you just answer a simple question.
who is the young lad that is worthy of our vote ?

ceah: Kobojunkie is so funny...why cant you just answer a simple question.
who is the young available and willing[color=#000099][/color] lad that is worthy of our vote ?

Fixed.

ceah: Kobojunkie is so funny...why cant you just answer a simple question.
who is the young lad that is worthy of our vote ?

What has WHO to do with my suggestion that WE ALL INSTEAD LOOK OUT FOR THE YOUNG, AMBITIOUS ACHIEVERS AMONG US . . .

see me see wahala oo . . . na brain drain we go label this one abi na complete yamutu situation dey happen for here?

[size=18pt]05 January 1984 - ITN News (video clip)
GEN. BUHARI PRESIDES AT SWEARING IN OF MILITARY GOVERNORS AND WARNS THEM OF PENALTIES FOR CRIME AND CORRUPTION. (video clip)[/size]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_JjYG-ef8M?version=3[/flash]

http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1984/01/05/AS050184005/?s=nigeria&st=2&pn=96&sortBy=date


Nineteen military governors were formally appointed by the new Head of State, Major-General Mohammed Buhari, and other members of the country's Supreme Military Council (SMC) in Lagos on January 4 to run Nigeria's federal states.

General Buhari attended the official swearing-in ceremony, which came four days after he led a bloodless coup ousting former President Shehu Shagari.

Speaking at the ceremony, Buhari reminded his new governors of their duties.All were chosen, he said, for their ability to discharge their responsibilities in the best interests of the country.He went on to warn them that crime and corruption for personal gain, one reason for the coup, would be ruthlessly punished.

General Buhari added the corruption and hoarding in the private sector would not be tolerated.He ended his speech by telling the assembled governors they were answerable to the country's military chiefs of staff and subject to redeployment at any time.

All former state governors have been given a week to report to police.

General Buhari has pledged to revive the country's economy and also to end the armed robberies in major cities that have become commonplace in the last few years.The fate of former top officials in the Shagari administration is still to be decided by the new military government, and Shagari himself is being held in custody.

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

ceah: Kobojunkie is so funny...why cant you just answer a simple question.
who is the young lad that is worthy of our vote ?

@Kobojunkie

Personally I would rather vote for 'ceah' than Buhari, Abi Ceah can't you run for President, Gowon was only 31 or 32 when he became Head of State, what stops you from contesting?

Seriously if young men like you started by even contesting for your local government, as a Councillor or chairman, this country will be a better place. instead of all of us coming on nairaland and solving all Nigeria problems from our keyboards

5th January 1984 - ITN News
[size=18pt]New military ruler General Buhari holds his first Press Conference and promises to stamp out corruption.[/size]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKSqGuENI8A?version=3[/flash]

http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1984/01/05/AS050184015/?s=nigeria&st=2&pn=92

He says he has uncovered widespread corruption and will bring the guilty to trial, he will also negotiate an IMF loan
to ease the severe economic crisis. Deposed President Shagari and his aides will remain in detention,

seriously GenBuhari why don't you just encourage your man to carry out a coup, after all that's how he got power and came to prominence in the first place, see Guinea Bissau and Mali, it can still be done and stop bothering us with your pointless propoganda

There is a clear distinction between education and propaganda.

As far as anybody can see, I am only relaying past news events from neutral sources.

@GenBuhari, I was just finishing university when Buhari carried out his coup, if not for the armoured personnel carriers in the streets, we students would have rejoiced. We all believed in the coup. I was incensed when Umaru Dikko full page advert in the Times of London was reprinted by other magazines in Nigeria whereupon Dikko called Buhari and Idiagbon - a military Junta. We felt how dare this thief refer to our government as a 'military junta'.

My point, we lived through Buhari/Idiagbon and don't need your news clips to remind how it was to live under their rule.

06 January 1984 - ITN News
[size=18pt]BUHARI OUTLINES NEW SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICIES AND CRITICISES PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT.[/size]

Nigeria's new leader, General Mohammed Buhari, outlined his social and economic policies on January 5.Speaking at his first news conference five days after assuming power in a bloodless coup, the general said priority would be given to clearing the backlog of foreign debt while improving the lot of the ordinary people.

He confirmed that his government would pursue negotiations for a 2.5 billion US dollar loan from the IMF (International Monetary Fund), started by the ousted civilian government of President Shehu Shagari.He said the money was needed to bail Nigeria out of a severe economic crisis caused by a slump in the country's main export, oil. About 90 per cent of Nigeria's foreign earnings come from oil.

Earlier, General Buhari said economic mismanagement had prompted his takeover, and that Nigerians had to watch helplessly as President Shagari's government mishandled the economic crisis, causing high inflation.He said promised economic improvements were applied inadequately and imported food supplies to supplement domestic output were hoarded by corrupt officials or sold at very high prices.

General Buhari also condemned the previous system of import licenses, allotted, he said, by favour, and not to the manufacturers and genuine importers who needed them.He said the people had been misled by the government and criticised it for failing to deal firmly with rising crime.

General Buhari has also confirmed that Nigeria would remain a member of OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Export Countries)

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[size=18pt]8th January 1984 - The NY Times
Buhari steps up search for all Politicians and Officials who have failed to report to a Police Station.[/size]

LAGOS, Nigeria, Jan. 7— Nigeria's new military Government is stepping up searches for former politicians and officials of the civilian Government that was overthrown in a coup a week ago.

The new regime is making television appeals for news of the whereabouts of former officials and other Nigerians who are wanted for questioning and is urging citizens to telephone the police if they have information about those who are being sought.


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