| Re: The Unprecedented Level Of Patience Shown To Buhari - An Economist by KwoiZabo(m): 6:24pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
omohayek:
Oh yeah? How about the following ridiculous piece of propaganda?
If you think only Christian communities have suffered attacks at the hands of Fulani herdsmen, or that even the worst of such attacks constitutes "genocide", then you clearly have a 2-digit IQ at best. I can only refer you to Elrufai's tweet in 2012 when GEJ was dealing with the herdsmen, then you know that Buhari actually turned a blind eye to it |
| Re: The Unprecedented Level Of Patience Shown To Buhari - An Economist by omohayek: 6:51pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
KwoiZabo:
I can only refer you to Elrufai's tweet in 2012 when GEJ was dealing with the herdsmen, then you know that Buhari actually turned a blind eye to it Again, this is nothing but an attempt at deflection. The questions at issue were (1) Whether the Fulani herdsmen singled out Christians for attack, and (2) Whether their attacks constitute "genocide" according to any reasonable definition of that term, and the answer to both of these questions is clearly "No", whether or not Buhari is a Fulani ethnic-chauvinist. The article the OP posted under the false banner of "The Economist", and which you show such unqualified approval for, is therefore indisputably lying on both of the points at issue, and cannot pretend to be anything other than an ethnically jaundiced rant. The Economist would never publish such nonsense that might as well have issued from the pen of a lunatic like Femi Fani-Kayode. There are proper ways to criticize Buhari's government without sinking to peddling tribalistic propaganda and falsely attributing it to highly reputed journals - I should know, as I've been unrelenting in just such criticism. 1 Like |
| Re: The Unprecedented Level Of Patience Shown To Buhari - An Economist by MrPolitics: 7:37pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
lilytender:
1. Stealing is now Corruption.
2. States and individuals are now growing rice through Federal government support. A people that cannot feed itself cannot survive.
3. Lagos-Ibadan expressway is about 80% completed, something PDP could not do for 16 years.
4. If you pass around Ikeja, Agege, Iju e.t.c you will see that the Lagos-Ibadan-Calabar new standard railway is progressing.
5. All newspapers in Nigeria even the enemy's papers like Vanguard and Thisday reported that Federal roads all over the country are being constructed / repaired. 1. Jonathan was trying to explain to Bugerians that corruption is bigger than just stealing and the stealing that people always mistook for corruption is theft. Well Educated people understood what he meant. 2. Jonathan started the local growing of rice. Buhari simply continued it 3. Is it Buhari that made Lagos-Ibadan expressway 80% complete or all the works done by successive governments? Buhari has done barely a quarter of what you actually see in Lagos-Ibadan expressway. 4. So far, Jonathan has contributed more to the rail sector than any other government since 1999 5. The Honorable Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola said himself that Jonathan did more roads than any other government in Nigeria's history |
| Re: The Unprecedented Level Of Patience Shown To Buhari - An Economist by knowledgeable: 8:05pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
dalaman:
*The Unprecedented Level of Patience Shown to Buhari---the ECONOMIST*
Nigerians have never shown such level of patience and tolerance towards any of their past leaders for his record and strange policies as that shown to their current leader, Muhammadu Buhari – a former military dictator now self-confessed democrat who said he came to fight corruption.
Buhari, 75, is being plagued with failures across every single sector in the economy, the like as has never been seen before. Less than a year into office, the economy plummeted into recession, an economy which had till then grown at an average rate of 7% in previous years (2011-2014). The nation’s currency lost 70% of its value, unemployment rose from 6.5 to 26%, commodity prices tripled across many quarters and the state-regulated premium motor spirit prices were hiked by 67% without practically anybody batting an eye.
There have been stern opposition to his policies however and to his very personality as well, notably in the South East and South- South regions in the country as they are called, where he both received less than 5% of the votes cast at the last Presidential election and where he has always been sternly unpopular for his history of bigotry against the people, perceived incompetence and dictatorial tendencies. But in many other regions across the country the people have rather resolved to suffer patiently, drawing up excuses for him at will, blaming everyone including his hundreds of political appointees, anything and anybody but never the man himself.
But in many other regions across the country the people have rather resolved to suffer patiently, drawing up excuses for him at will, blaming everyone including his hundreds of political appointees, anything and anybody but never the man himself.
Buhari’s party, the APC, promised Nigerians unprecedented swiping changes in government and the eviction of all corrupt individuals.
One possible explanation for this could be his party’s hope narrative in the 2015 General election where citizens were promised an unprecedented crackdown on corruption and the abolition of all government waste by a man whose financial worth they declared to have been less than N30million ($150,000 then), a historical low for a former top official in the country and most especially a former leader.
In a country plagued by acute corruption problems and with the unremitted crude oil revenue scandal of 2014 still fresh in the people’s minds, many were eager for an abrupt change, the like as never been seen before. He was seen an army general, already experienced in government, with a great strength of will, tough to take on the nation’s cabal of hardened criminals. He promised to appoint only technocrats to head the country’s departments and to see out the lingering Boko Haram insurgency from the warfront. For a nation lacking basic amenities such as power supply in spite of its huge energy resources and with the lingering insurgency crises, the choice seemed easy to many- the general with integrity was the man for the country.
Talk was cheap then but now reality has taken its course. His earliest opponents pointed out to his track record and not to his speech, noting that the last time Nigeria fell into dismal failure, currency woes and commodity shortages was when he had seized power as a military general in 1983 and stating that the facts of that record contradicted the poems of his image brokers.
Many however just wanted “change” as it was then called and so voted the General and sat to wait for the sung promises. But from the onset of his government, the course was as his critics had predefined: Incompetency, bigotry and dictatorial tendencies plaguing the country.
He ignored the newly born genocide in the middle belt of the country perpetuated by the Fulani herdsmen of his kindred against the Christian communities in Benue, Plateau and later on Kaduna. He breached the Central Bank’s 2007 Act of Independence, telling it to suspend forex disbursements to steel importers and other manufacturing sectors in a bid to defend the Naira, a disastrous action which kick-started a spiral of recession.
He took 3 months to appoint his Chief of Staff, 6 months to appoint a cabinet and now 23 months and yet counting to appoint heads of agencies and board members he was so eager to fire upon his assumption into office and rose import duties on the most basic of commodities in a bid to raise government revenue.
And as for the corruption fight, the facts on ground do not show any one at all. Apart from a few officials harassed or imprisoned without court order, the country is yet to witness the first victim of the said campaign at the court stands.
Government waste is on the rise, officials publicly caught in graft acts were swiftly excused, the 2016 Budget year passed without implementation and most worrisome, the Central Bank’s foreign reserves were being shared among unknown Bureau De Change operators at variable rates at the detriment of critical manufacturing, business and banking sectors.
The government continues to praise itself but the people seem to be increasingly tired of the paraded self-righteousness. The President’s recent illness was greeted with cheers by many. Many are just tired of the government. But the remarkable level of patience shown so far has been unprecedented and many a times the general reactions towards acts of constitutional violations was one of calmness or insensitivity.
If the Change narrative of the 2015 election and the songs of man of integrity are to account for this, then Nigerians may have just certified themselves on the world map as a nation easy to fool with propaganda. An adult should be judged on his track record not on his tongue.
*Culled from The Economist* The primary reason for that is obvious: He is a fulani Muslim from the north. He can be tolerated in all ways as long as the sustenance of the coalition of oppressors of christian population in Nigeria is maintained at all times. ( the Christian region is the oil region).......some are still neck in their belief that Nigeria can still transform or modernise with the way the country is being govern. Trump has just threatened to destroy the Nigerian regime, over Jerusalem and I think he ment business if nothing is done. |
| Re: The Unprecedented Level Of Patience Shown To Buhari - An Economist by bonechamberlain(m): 8:26pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
dometome:
Just try talk na, what happened to Nnamdi kanu will happen to you, we are scared to the marrows so unfortunate. |
| Re: The Unprecedented Level Of Patience Shown To Buhari - An Economist by FlyboyZee: 8:51pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
slimfit1:
We need solutions now please if you don't have one keep your text stop reminding us all of our failure. If Buhari fail we all fail, if he succeeds we all succeed so please solutions we want to hear not the story we already know. If Buhari fails, you and all that is yours fail. I wasn't born with a Buhari tied around my neck or in my palms. His bearing do not have any bearings on me and all that is mine. Please, don't ever generalize failure and make other people responsible for the failures of you and your ilk. Crazy bunch of moraforkers... |
| Re: The Unprecedented Level Of Patience Shown To Buhari - An Economist by slimfit1(m): 11:06pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
FlyboyZee:
If Buhari fails, you and all that is yours fail. I wasn't born with a Buhari tied around my neck or in my palms. His bearing do not have any bearings on me and all that is mine. Please, don't ever generalize failure and make other people responsible for the failures of you and your ilk.
Crazy bunch of moraforkers... We're in this boat together. |
| Re: The Unprecedented Level Of Patience Shown To Buhari - An Economist by Okanokan(m): 11:47pm On Dec 26, 2017 |
dalaman:
*The Unprecedented Level of Patience Shown to Buhari---the ECONOMIST*
Nigerians have never shown such level of patience and tolerance towards any of their past leaders for his record and strange policies as that shown to their current leader, Muhammadu Buhari – a former military dictator now self-confessed democrat who said he came to fight corruption.
Buhari, 75, is being plagued with failures across every single sector in the economy, the like as has never been seen before. Less than a year into office, the economy plummeted into recession, an economy which had till then grown at an average rate of 7% in previous years (2011-2014). The nation’s currency lost 70% of its value, unemployment rose from 6.5 to 26%, commodity prices tripled across many quarters and the state-regulated premium motor spirit prices were hiked by 67% without practically anybody batting an eye.
There have been stern opposition to his policies however and to his very personality as well, notably in the South East and South- South regions in the country as they are called, where he both received less than 5% of the votes cast at the last Presidential election and where he has always been sternly unpopular for his history of bigotry against the people, perceived incompetence and dictatorial tendencies. But in many other regions across the country the people have rather resolved to suffer patiently, drawing up excuses for him at will, blaming everyone including his hundreds of political appointees, anything and anybody but never the man himself.
But in many other regions across the country the people have rather resolved to suffer patiently, drawing up excuses for him at will, blaming everyone including his hundreds of political appointees, anything and anybody but never the man himself.
Buhari’s party, the APC, promised Nigerians unprecedented swiping changes in government and the eviction of all corrupt individuals.
One possible explanation for this could be his party’s hope narrative in the 2015 General election where citizens were promised an unprecedented crackdown on corruption and the abolition of all government waste by a man whose financial worth they declared to have been less than N30million ($150,000 then), a historical low for a former top official in the country and most especially a former leader.
In a country plagued by acute corruption problems and with the unremitted crude oil revenue scandal of 2014 still fresh in the people’s minds, many were eager for an abrupt change, the like as never been seen before. He was seen an army general, already experienced in government, with a great strength of will, tough to take on the nation’s cabal of hardened criminals. He promised to appoint only technocrats to head the country’s departments and to see out the lingering Boko Haram insurgency from the warfront. For a nation lacking basic amenities such as power supply in spite of its huge energy resources and with the lingering insurgency crises, the choice seemed easy to many- the general with integrity was the man for the country.
Talk was cheap then but now reality has taken its course. His earliest opponents pointed out to his track record and not to his speech, noting that the last time Nigeria fell into dismal failure, currency woes and commodity shortages was when he had seized power as a military general in 1983 and stating that the facts of that record contradicted the poems of his image brokers.
Many however just wanted “change” as it was then called and so voted the General and sat to wait for the sung promises. But from the onset of his government, the course was as his critics had predefined: Incompetency, bigotry and dictatorial tendencies plaguing the country.
He ignored the newly born genocide in the middle belt of the country perpetuated by the Fulani herdsmen of his kindred against the Christian communities in Benue, Plateau and later on Kaduna. He breached the Central Bank’s 2007 Act of Independence, telling it to suspend forex disbursements to steel importers and other manufacturing sectors in a bid to defend the Naira, a disastrous action which kick-started a spiral of recession.
He took 3 months to appoint his Chief of Staff, 6 months to appoint a cabinet and now 23 months and yet counting to appoint heads of agencies and board members he was so eager to fire upon his assumption into office and rose import duties on the most basic of commodities in a bid to raise government revenue.
And as for the corruption fight, the facts on ground do not show any one at all. Apart from a few officials harassed or imprisoned without court order, the country is yet to witness the first victim of the said campaign at the court stands.
Government waste is on the rise, officials publicly caught in graft acts were swiftly excused, the 2016 Budget year passed without implementation and most worrisome, the Central Bank’s foreign reserves were being shared among unknown Bureau De Change operators at variable rates at the detriment of critical manufacturing, business and banking sectors.
The government continues to praise itself but the people seem to be increasingly tired of the paraded self-righteousness. The President’s recent illness was greeted with cheers by many. Many are just tired of the government. But the remarkable level of patience shown so far has been unprecedented and many a times the general reactions towards acts of constitutional violations was one of calmness or insensitivity.
If the Change narrative of the 2015 election and the songs of man of integrity are to account for this, then Nigerians may have just certified themselves on the world map as a nation easy to fool with propaganda. An adult should be judged on his track record not on his tongue.
*Culled from The Economist* |
