judiciarypalava:


I wish you and your generation the level of Buhari's intelligence as you grow up.

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Of course, he supports Sharia and i guess most Muslims do..

judiciarypalava:


If really he is a formidable change agent, it would have started from him by making Mehdi go into his shells. Sometimes your responses to your interviewer keeps him on check, interactive or sarcastic or even abusive. Listen to Obama interviews, listen to Uhuru Kenyata or even Mugabe as old as he is.
Guy this man needs to step up. As they denied us from assessing him before election all in the name that after all GEJ avoided same interview the last time. Now they have a job to do by brushing and putting this man to shape.
But unfortunately, he is too dull to learn considering his age and long term absence from educational activities and his passionless attitude to learning. No seminar organised, no book written, no public talk given, no award given by any school am aware of. Just interviews in Hausa etc

InsaneTamie:


I'd love to argue but I respect your different view on the issue. Buhari on 2 different occasions got the name of his party wrong, called "West Germany" among many other mistakes so don't throw shades at GEJ. However as much as Fashola stuttered, he held the Senate more spell bond than anyone has in recent years. IMO, he is more eloquent than PMB.

MizMyColi:


I agree with you there.
The president seemed to be dodging questions, which must have gotten on the interviewer's nerves...sort of.

Regardless, that's basically what Upfront is all about;
Buhari should have been more than aware what he was signing up for when he agreed to be interviewed by Mehdi.

Apparently based on facts, Mehdi has a mindset that things are currently moving from bad to worse in Nigeria.
The president on the other hand was speaking on the contrary, as someone who is on ground.

He (Buhari) contradicted himself on the Amnesty International report. However, Mehdi gave him credit where due when he said that some staff of the army were sacked on his assumption of office.

The question he was asked on Sharia, and his response leaves much to be desired.
Now, I can confirm that Buhari really uttered those words.

Aside the mild altercation they had, I think it was a fair performance. I have to state though, in my opinion, that Buhari'say as leader in terms of Charisma and Mien is uninspiring, flatly uninspiring.

cococandy:
This was a funny interview

Buhari's accent is getting more understandable. Kudos to him.

I liked the interviewer. He didn't sugarcoat his questions. All buhari needed was to give direct answers instead of ambiguous ones.

Do you still support sharia. Yes or no?
Why haven't you found the chibok girls after claiming your predecessor was inept at finding them? Simple simple questions.

BlaqCoffee109:
...+1000 likes..I don't know why I so want you to take on Berem/x on some cardinal issues and the Buhari administration.. let's talk on change..attagirl!!!

MizMyColi:
Thanks.
Good Morning.

As long as I have the energy, God-willing, I'll continue to speak up concerning issues/policies bordering on this administration.

BlaqCoffee109:
Good morning to you too..I so enjoy reading your summation..holding the administration accountable to its bogus campaign promises of change..let's keep the heat on..The pen is mightier than the sword!

MizMyColi:


Fact!

BlaqCoffee109:
...It is becoming apparent Buhari may not be the messiah to emancipate the Nigerian Masses from the grip of corrupt leaders..the change they preached to force their way into power...could it be from bad to worse?...is PMB being honorable to his campaign promises or it is faux change?

MizMyColi:


My earnest submission is as follows:-

PMB appears honest, he appears to have the will to set things right (but that in itself could be put up for contention, seeing as it hasn't been wholistic). That said, good intentions are never enough, they barely scratch the surface. He doesn't seem to me like one who is fully abreast of happenings, trends and processes in a digitally global village.

PMB is not the leader Nigeria needs at this moment. Even if he were, because the institutions and systems aren't particularly favorable, it might be another case of failure.
I do not pray it is so.

I have never minced words when I tell anyone who cares to read or listen, that vicious lies and black propaganda was what led the current FG to power.

When studied carefully, one will find that the Chibok girls and Boko Haram menace which was a major source of scoring political points for the then opposition has serious political undertones that serve the purpose of those who wield a level of authority over them.
That said, I maintain that there's twice as much we don't know than we do know.

The campaign promises have been denied, there's a concerted effort at the top to muzzle prominent opposition voices (an article by Bimbo Adelakun which isn't on Punch website anymore comes to mind), all in a bid to relegating them to the background. Let's not even talk about the selective witch-hunts which have become the latest fad in town.

I know that wishful thinking alone cannot #BringBackNigeria. But that and my desire to first and foremost, be the change that I desire, is really all I have and can do now.

judiciarypalava:


Promising you are a better person than the incumbent, showcasing yourself as a saint is where the issue is. Now l know and confirm why spectators perform better from the stand and once handed the mantle, excuses will be their watchword. PMB and APC promised to turn Nigeria around within hundred days in office.
But as soon as they entered, they saw the reality and demanded for 100days honeymoon for Buhari. So what they did was to blackmail Jonathan out of power and nothing else, they where never ready and prepared to govern. One Month is more than enough to show us where you are going, just your blue print and nothing else. If you cant show or face where you are going in more than four Months, 4years will be a short time for anything serious to happen.
To tell you that education matters in governance. As a leader you must not rely on your personal assistants always. Their job is to guide and not to take decisions. Idiagbon did it for Buhari then, now Elrufai is doing this time. Buhari lacks economic and political awareness hence he is always pushed around by his HAUSA unofficial aids.
Listen to Uhuru Kenyata, you will know that for you to be qualified as his assistant, you must be very sound.
Take it or leave it, Buhari is an analog president and that is not what Nigeria needs now.

BlaqCoffee109:
...you have said it all and I am reading between the lines..nice one

It's good to see someone who doesn't take my words at face value.

Deep is how I roll

MizMyColi:

It's good to see someone who doesn't take my words at face value.
Deep is how I roll

themannia:


I agree with your views on a lot of levels, but the options are clear and vivid here. GEJ or PMB. Jonathan was also being pushed around like you said of Buhari. He was given a chance of 5 years. I for one, saw little changes. Generally, the country experienced little improvement. We just danced to the tune played to us by voting Buhari in. Let Fashola contest against Buhari and let's see who comes out as the victor. The people are not stupid, they know what's good. But the politics is being played at the top, they won't let the young vibrant ones come out, instead choose the lot for us and ask us to make a decision based on very limited options. You can't compare Nigeria to a lot of places all over the world. This is just one sick, special, cursed, populous and divided nation.

cococandy:
This was a funny interview

Buhari's accent is getting more understandable. Kudos to him.

I liked the interviewer. He didn't sugarcoat his questions. All buhari needed was to give direct answers instead of ambiguous ones.

Do you still support sharia. Yes or no?
Why haven't you found the chibok girls after claiming your predecessor was inept at finding them? Simple simple questions.

AMINDA:
In my opinion, there was nothing wrong in the President's replies. He was clearly assertive in his demeanor and only admonished the journalist to desist from interrupting him as they are wont to do. I will give the President a 75% rating.

menix:
Buhari reping his Dullard personality..

Sure if it was a local media, they will have to contend with DSS this morning..

atbu1983:


i am so sure you didnt watch d interview. With dat i think you are an embarrassment to Nairaland and Nigeria.

No objective person will watch dat interview and score Buhari less than 55%

SeverusSnape:

He was asked, "Do you still support sharia?", That was a direct question, which needed a direct answer. But Bubu being the kind of person he is bypassed the question, Even when Mehdi Hassan pressed further, the illiterate got angry and was like "... Let me finish".

Did you even watch the interview??... He was just blabbing.

Bluffly:

You more of a dullard than he his for you not to have being able to articulate his responses. Take a look at the post above you.

menix:


u just replied like someone whom his family members compete whose stupidity is greater..

Look no further ur have won the family award.

Aquarium anuofia..

Bluffly:


Oga stupidity, how you dey? Obviously you have just proved that your lineage is ridden with madness and stupidity. I also congratulate you for your professor emeritus award in dullness and stupidity

menix:



Hahahaha..
U have just proved me wronged..
Can now see ur fada is ur mentor in stupidity nd general madness.
Anyway father will always pray for his kids to be better off.
So I use this medium to congratulate u cous u re certainly taking over from him..

Bluffly:


Please, psychiatric clinic awaits you. For you to even say "I proved you wrong" in this context, sums up your idiotic nature and Its obvious that your forefathers and foremothers with those that birth you have blessed you to be better off than them. Please remember to bless your kids though I can see that you are already passing it on. Kudos Buffon.

menix:


Just did a little research cous I would want to help buh was astonished with my finding..

The level ur stupidity is a reactive one nd most people grew to this level by having intercourse with their mommaa..

Seeing this I knew u have reached "Level of no Return" I just pray ur sistas don't try geting to ur stage cous dogs would have more dignity..