Matthewbriggs:


The four set of people voting Buhari are.

(1) The brainwashed, air heads :- Easily deceived by propaganda, they cry for change. #Change is when in 1985 you change the state of our national debt by taking it from about US$8.855 billion in 1980, to nearly US$19 billion in just one year”. Is that the kind of change they want for Nigeria. Someone who would plunge us into more economic woes. Change is having a man who thinks he can fix the economy by stabilizing oil prices.

(2) The Angry Godfathers Those who use to be in control but have been cut to size by a regime that refuses to be their puppet ... and can't deal with the fact that power has changed hands, They involve the corrupt cabals who now automatically become saints by ganging up together -

(3) The fanatics blood thirty killers : Those blinded by religion and ethnicity, and would not hesitate to kill and murder people who do not share their political decision or point of view. The post election riots comes to mind. They a bigots who hide under the coat of detribalized nigerian.

(4) Those who are suffering from a combination of the above terminal sicknesses"

Gbawe:
@Topic.

Even in regards to corruption alone, minus everything else, GEJ deserves to be voted out. Pervasive corruption will always stifle the development and growth of any nation. Without tackling corruption, leadership effort in Nigeria simply resembles the futile attempt to gather water with a highly porous basket.

Gbawe:


As usual, attack the messenger and ignore the message which is correct in its entirety. I hope you know that what you do here is something honourable and/or upright men would never do.

Better to say nothing than deploy the shameful and condemnable tactics of attacking the messenger alone with the intention of diverting attention away from the 100% correct message.

naijaspeak:
Jonathan should impose the death penalty for corrupt public office holder and that will bring an end to stealing of public money. Now that we are finding it difficult to sell our crude oil our main revenue source we can not afford to tolerate looting of our treasury.

India and some of this asia countries managing to buy our crude oil may stop and we will have nothing.

proxillin:



I was a staunch supporter of Jonathan. But now I am changing for buhari. I am just a concerned citizen. I need my country back from sink hole.

Create a category for people like me. We are many. Trust me people are fed up. The writing is everywhere. People are fed up.

You can attack your fellow APC partisan people. But you can't attack people like me. Cuz I want Nigeria back.

LogicPower:
1. Every objective and informed observer knows that GEJ has never been fully and whole-heartedly committed to fighting corruption. Evidence: Farouk Lawan, Bankole, Oduah, Diezani, Bode George, Aalamieyeseigha (and the near extinction of the EFCC, which has now been reduced to arresting petty criminals)

2. Every objective and informed observer knows that GEJ has never been fully and whole-heartedly committed to stopping the insurgency in the north. Evidence: right from the very first bomb he saw it as an opportunity to exploit to silence the Northern leaders, blackmail them and give them so much to battle with; the insurgency that started with a few largely unarmed ragtags was allowed to develop into a conflagration that is consuming the North.

3. Every objective and informed observer knows that GEJ has never been fully and whole-heartedly committed to rescuing the innocent CHIBOK GIRLS. Evidence: It took his government ten days, and the internationalization of the girls plight and the spontaneous global outrage, to make GEJ and his goons to even believe there was any kidnapping. And today the poor girls have spent 261 DAYS IN CAPTIVITY, and yet GEJ and his cohorts would prefer we ALL forget about them so as not to 'embarrass' his government!

jingh:
Are you expecting him to fight his elder brother.
Stealing is not corruption

OrlandoOwoh:

Even the current ICPC Chairman corroborated Jonathan's statement that stealing is not corruption.
Where are we heading to in this country?

Gbawe:
@Topic.

Even in regards to corruption alone, minus everything else, GEJ deserves to be voted out. Pervasive corruption will always stifle the development and growth of any nation. Without tackling corruption, leadership effort in Nigeria simply resembles the futile attempt to gather water with a highly porous basket.

Matthewbriggs:



I am not a staunch supporter of Jonathan ... I am just a man who does not want Nigeria to go from fry pan to fire. I am a Nigerian whose mind can hardly be swayed by media and propaganda. How can you tell me a man who who failed Nigeria in infrastructure, education, human right and most importantly the ECONOMY, is the best thing for Nigeria since slice bread. The man freaking left Nigeria bleeding in a much worse state.


I am not a staunch supporter of Jonathan... I am just a man who want Nigeria to not go back to the status quo. This administration has seen the complete alienation of people who think Nigeria is their private property ... they hate the fact that they no longer run things and loot the nation dry like they use to. They want power back to continue from where they stopped under the name of change deceiving gullible Nigerians.

I am not a staunch supporter of Jonathan ... I am just a man who hates to be lied to. who understands that when something looks so good to be true it is not. APC touts themselves as been progressive. Now judge this. Fashola's success in lagos state is really commendable and truly enough reason to have fielded him as the presidential candidate for the APC. Blinded by ethnicity and religion ... they went back to the stone age to pick someone who has no depth, who thinks he can fix our economy by stabilizing oil prices.

Fashola is more smarter than Buhari ... is it truly a "progressive decision" to chose the duller among the two and expect him to deliver as well as the smarter one. Is that what we call been "Progressive".

I am not a staunch supporter of Jonathan ... I am just a man who would rather vote for someone who people say he is a thief than someone who tells me he is a saint while all his friends are thieves.

If somebody doesn’t believe there is a problem then he would not be obliged to look for solution.”

OrlandoOwoh:

Oga, Fashola is not the subject of our discourse. The delegates of APC chose Buhari as the party's candidate, not Atiku, Kwankwonso, Okorocha or Nda-Isaiah that contested with him; not to talk of Fashola who never contested. I hate when people say they would have loved to vote for APC if Fashola had been chosen as their candidate. Would you have loved to vote for PDP if Lamido had emerged the party's candidate?

OrlandoOwoh:

Oga, Fashola is not the subject of our discourse. The delegates of APC chose Buhari as the party's candidate, not Atiku, Kwankwonso, Okorocha or Nda-Isaiah that contested with him; not to talk of Fashola who never contested. I hate when people say they would have loved to vote for APC if Fashola had been chosen as their candidate. Would you have loved to vote for PDP if Lamido had emerged the party's candidate?

OrlandoOwoh:

Oga, Fashola is not the subject of our discourse. The delegates of APC chose Buhari as the party's candidate, not Atiku, Kwankwonso, Okorocha or Nda-Isaiah that contested with him; not to talk of Fashola who never contested. I hate when people say they would have loved to vote for APC if Fashola had been chosen as their candidate. Would you have loved to vote for PDP if Lamido had emerged the party's candidate?

whiterock:



I am yet to see you condemn Buhari for asking his people to kill corpers and other Nigerians after he lost woefully to GEJ in the 2011 general elections. We know you are a lackey of the messenger, but, at least, attack the message and forget the messenger.

No man that has respect for life would condone that act.

Matthewbriggs:


We both know if the powers that be..wanted fashola he would be among the contestants.

Common VP they no give the guy. Because of religion and tribe. Is that really a progressive decision. Choosing and inexperienced lawyer to a tried and tested leader a true technocrat due to religion and tribe.

tomber:


I'm just stunned when GMB supporters think they are objective and informed.

Brymo:
i av forgotten who said this self.
''corruption has found goodluck in Jonathan's administration''
one of the weakness of this govt is the peace corruption has in Nigeria.

eleojo23:

Government does have a part to play in the fight against corruption. But truth be told, if the people are not ready to change their ways, nothing will change much.
We have a flawed value system that will not be corrected by just sending people to jail. Waiting for one man (whoever it is) to come and totally stamp out corruption is unrealistic.
Everybody has a role to play in the fight against corruption and it all starts with a change of values to embrace honesty and transparent dealings with one another.

Matthewbriggs:


We both know if the powers that be..wanted fashola he would be among the contestants.

Common VP they no give the guy. Because of religion and tribe. Is that really a progressive decision. Choosing and inexperienced lawyer to a tried and tested leader a true technocrat due to religion and tribe.

proxillin:



I was a staunch supporter of Jonathan. But now I am changing for buhari. I am just a concerned citizen. I need my country back from sink hole.

Create a category for people like me. We are many. Trust me people are fed up. The writing is everywhere. People are fed up.

You can attack your fellow APC partisan people. But you can't attack people like me. Cuz I want Nigeria back.

Matthewbriggs:
According to Transparency international, Under Jonathan Nigerian in I year we went from 31th most corrupt country to 39th. 8steps forward

What happened? Was there actually a successful fight against corruption or did other countries just become more corrupt.
Well, this is what happened.

There are two sides to the fight. Prevention and punishment . while little has been seen regarding punishment, a lot has been done to prevent corruption. from strict banking rules, to transparent contract award and execution to more professional procurement processes and proper accounting processes. CBN, Ministry of finance and other government agencies have improved their processes to a good extent.
Is 39th most corrupt nation worth celebrating? Not at all. but Rome was not built in a day as they say.

The sad part is that all this means nothing to the Public. proper record keeping is no news. they want someone to be hanged. they want a 'big' man to be humiliated. the people want blood. and in this regard, the government gave them nothing. No politician in jail. no body to ridicule. So all the good behind the scene work has no political value. OBJ administration had terrible processes. Corruption was huge, but he gave the public the ''punishment'' they craved. Even if it was mainly visited on his political opponents, the people loved it.
This government has actually done a lot, but punishment is the only way to show you are fighting corruption. They simply did not ''show working'', thereby exposing itself to the accusation of tolerating corruption. Don't just work, be seen to be working. Its also called ''eye service''.

- A.C

He is also the first Nigerian president to grant complete independence to the EFCC.

Gbawe:


As usual, attack the messenger and ignore the message which is correct in its entirety. I hope you know that what you do here is something honourable and/or upright men would never do.

Better to say nothing than deploy the shameful and condemnable tactics of attacking the messenger alone with the intention of diverting attention away from the 100% correct message.

Ferdinandu:
Abeg Tell that to the birds. Proper record keeping my foot.. And the so called coordinating Minister of the Economy did not know that within 3yrs an equivalent of one yr budget has grown wings.. We want people to be hanged, if possible burned non sense.

Matthewbriggs:


If that is what you want your buhari has already told us he would not be doing that ... He is giving all the former thieves a clean bill of health and would not go after past corrupt leaders. The reason is not far fetched because If he wants to start hanging and and burning people he would burn all his friends, Infact 75% of those in APC would be cooling off in jail. He might even have to burn himself as well.