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How Buhari’s Government Engaged In Corruption- Article From August 28th, 1985 by theshadyexpress(m): 4:44am On Jan 31, 2015
Fellow Nigerians, one of the biggest lies Buhari apologists have sold Nigeria is that Buhari’s administration was corruption free.
Nothing could be further from the truth, corruption wise, his administration was as bad as any other in the nation’s history.
Here are excerpts from a Financial Times of London Article Dated August 28th, 1985. Article came the day after Buhari was unceremoniously booted out of office.


Intro:
“The soldiers came in with a perspective but not a policy,” said a former senior official earlier this year.”
On the Economy:
“He was reviewing the consequences of a belt tightening exercise with no relief in sight: rising unemployment; industries running at a fraction of capacity; a vastly overvalued Naira, which distorted agricultural prices; and inflation running at over 40 percent.
At the same time, there were increasing doubts about the merits of what was to be the first of a series of oil barter deals.
These provided temporary relief on the import front, but offered no answer to a host of economic difficulties and they were at the heart of widespread of misgivings about the extent to which corruption was again corroding Nigerian affairs.”
On Security
“As hundreds of civilians and politicians were detained in the first week after the coup, the security organization became increasingly unpopular and many of its officers were suspected of settling personal scores.
Weeks and then months dragged by in which comparatively few of the detainees were brought before military tribunals and those who were, often suffered rough justice.”
On Corruption:
“In the meantime, there emerged widespread scepticism among the Nigerian public about the army’s claims to have reduced corruption.
Not only were senior ministers allged to be making fortunes in the time honoured fashion- kickbacks on contracts and import license allocations
but suspicion was also aroused by big oil barter deals in which middlemen in or close to government were alleged to have made fortunes.
As months passed and the economic recession deepened, the long suffering Nigerian public became increasingly doubtful that the military government of General Buhari which began to stifle criticism by curbing the once outspoken press, had the answers to the country’s problems.”
Here is the actual article:


There you have it folks. Buhari can run on any platform he wants, but when he or his handlers dare tell you he was running a government that wasn’t horribly corrupt, share the knowledge you just got here.
If Buhari allowed this much corruption to thrive when he was as an absolute dictator, whose emergence was owed to less than 50 military officers, can you imagine what he’s going to allow if he emerges as a democratically elected President who owes favors to numerous political ‘Godfathers?’
Thank you for your time, God Bless you and God Bless Nigeria!

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Re: How Buhari’s Government Engaged In Corruption- Article From August 28th, 1985 by makzeze: 5:10am On Jan 31, 2015
Doesnt make sense at All. grin
Re: How Buhari’s Government Engaged In Corruption- Article From August 28th, 1985 by moderatorr1: 5:16am On Jan 31, 2015
Buhari committed a capital offence by over throwing a legitimate government then used retroactive law to execute osuofia's (nkem owoh) senior brother , Mr. Orlando Owoh for a minor crime (drug trafficking)

Saying corruption was his reason to over throw the government is like a thief justifying rubbery by using the excuse of poverty.
Re: How Buhari’s Government Engaged In Corruption- Article From August 28th, 1985 by jars9: 5:20am On Jan 31, 2015
We know Pa super clueless Buhari and his crimes only the youth of nowadays that believe google and what's written about him by his cohorts on wikipedia would vote for him in reality the man got no results.
Re: How Buhari’s Government Engaged In Corruption- Article From August 28th, 1985 by jars9: 5:21am On Jan 31, 2015
We know Pa super clueless Buhari and his crimes only the youth of nowadays that believe google and what's written about him by his cohorts on wikipedia would vote for him in reality the man got no certificate in theory we no call him certificate corruption..
Re: How Buhari’s Government Engaged In Corruption- Article From August 28th, 1985 by Oklander: 6:21am On Jan 31, 2015
[s]
theshadyexpress:
Fellow Nigerians, one of the biggest lies Buhari apologists have sold Nigeria is that Buhari’s administration was corruption free.
Nothing could be further from the truth, corruption wise, his administration was as bad as any other in the nation’s history.
Here are excerpts from a Financial Times of London Article Dated August 28th, 1985. Article came the day after Buhari was unceremoniously booted out of office.


Intro:
“The soldiers came in with a perspective but not a policy,” said a former senior official earlier this year.”
On the Economy:
“He was reviewing the consequences of a belt tightening exercise with no relief in sight: rising unemployment; industries running at a fraction of capacity; a vastly overvalued Naira, which distorted agricultural prices; and inflation running at over 40 percent.
At the same time, there were increasing doubts about the merits of what was to be the first of a series of oil barter deals.
These provided temporary relief on the import front, but offered no answer to a host of economic difficulties and they were at the heart of widespread of misgivings about the extent to which corruption was again corroding Nigerian affairs.”
On Security
“As hundreds of civilians and politicians were detained in the first week after the coup, the security organization became increasingly unpopular and many of its officers were suspected of settling personal scores.
Weeks and then months dragged by in which comparatively few of the detainees were brought before military tribunals and those who were, often suffered rough justice.”
On Corruption:
“In the meantime, there emerged widespread scepticism among the Nigerian public about the army’s claims to have reduced corruption.
Not only were senior ministers allged to be making fortunes in the time honoured fashion- kickbacks on contracts and import license allocations
but suspicion was also aroused by big oil barter deals in which middlemen in or close to government were alleged to have made fortunes.
As months passed and the economic recession deepened, the long suffering Nigerian public became increasingly doubtful that the military government of General Buhari which began to stifle criticism by curbing the once outspoken press, had the answers to the country’s problems.”
Here is the actual article:


There you have it folks. Buhari can run on any platform he wants, but when he or his handlers dare tell you he was running a government that wasn’t horribly corrupt, share the knowledge you just got here.
If Buhari allowed this much corruption to thrive when he was as an absolute dictator, whose emergence was owed to less than 50 military officers, can you imagine what he’s going to allow if he emerges as a democratically elected President who owes favors to numerous political ‘Godfathers?’
Thank you for your time, God Bless you and God Bless Nigeria!
[/s] someone put this in the trash.
Re: How Buhari’s Government Engaged In Corruption- Article From August 28th, 1985 by nellyjohn: 12:46pm On Jan 31, 2015
Is this the type of change buhari wil bring?
No way for buhari again

GEJ till 2019

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