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Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by raumdeuter: 4:51am On Feb 03, 2015 |
FastShipping: Yeah you just reminded me, they are also considering election not holding in the North east and that also is greeted with mixed results from the presidency Parties like Labour and Accord they expected would work for Jonathan is the SW are now cautious to associate themselves with him for fear of losing their own local elections. One accord senatorial candidate had to come out to category deny that he isnt supporting Jonathan like his opponents claimed |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by elantraceey(f): 5:01am On Feb 03, 2015 |
I wish the best for Nigeria . |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by Mogidi: 6:46am On Feb 03, 2015 |
kallmemrB: Instead of countering his opinion with superior opinion you resorted to diatribe, goes to prove you're a leader in waiting abi? Heeediot His post required critical thought, and that's something you lack. 3 Likes |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by aresa: 6:53am On Feb 03, 2015 |
Revolution: I thought the SaTANists say the man no fit talk or stand for more than 2 minutes..... Useless people... SaiBABA. Sai Buhari... 11 Likes |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by Ohibenemma(m): 6:58am On Feb 03, 2015 |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by Collynzo9: 7:03am On Feb 03, 2015 |
bizlifelines:Can you list the things he has done to identify himself with the masses in the north other than mobilizing them for election and violence every 4 years? His youth empowerment programs, projects and foundations please. 5 Likes |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by Collynzo9: 7:05am On Feb 03, 2015 |
bizlifelines:So ''change'' is repeating what the President did in 2011? 5 Likes |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by IamDejman(m): 7:10am On Feb 03, 2015 |
PapiWata: I pity the future of the youths. Give me one genuine reason that is legitimate on why you support Jonathan? A genuine and legitimate and generally accepted reason 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by PapiWata: 7:22am On Feb 03, 2015 |
IamDejman: Thank you for your honest and polite inquiry. Hundreds of miles of NEW highway have been laid by the Jonathan administration, notably the Shagamu to Benin artery, which now takes 2 hours to travel instead of 8 to 12 hours. That highway is THE most heavily used road in the nation, and by refurbishing it so beautifully, thousands of lives will be protected for decades to come. You asked for one reason to vote for Jonathan, but you will get three reasons out of MANY. The second notable accomplishment of the Jonathan government is the brand new railway network crisscrossing the nation, where NO rail network existed in the past. This huge project will boost Nigeria's economy in ways too many to mention. Finally, there can be NO place in any modern society for an illiterate, mass murdering terror gang leader such as Boko Hari, and as such his defeat WILL be assured by the MAJORITY who are fully aware of just what a blood-thirsty demon that senile old chimpanzee has been for decades, and how much worse of a human disaster he has become today. Were the opposition party to have fielded a credible, highly accomplished and learned candidate like current Lagos State Governor Raji Fashola, the outcome of the election would have been EXTREMELY close, and, were I in the position to vote, I would have selected Fashola over Johathan any day. By fielding a brain-dead genocide instigator, the opposition party have done themselves an ENORMOUS disservice that will most assuredly cost them the election, and you can take that to the bank sir. 8 Likes |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by shift15(m): 7:27am On Feb 03, 2015 |
Unfortunately, while the op can be excited by GMB Means Business, no single OPS operator will be impressed by his presentation. To start with, in an OPS event like that, someone like the op will not even near the gate of the venue. No one in that meeting, apart from Mr. Folorunsho Philips employs more than 200 people. Question asked by genuine Operators that were there was not answered or ridiculed. For instance some asked who is going to head his economic team since it was obvious that he will not be in charge. He did not answer. Another asked what change do the OPS expected in some of the current government policy. He was ridiculed by the sycophants there. Another asked, since the current government has MSME funds, how will APC administer its own fund if at all it has such as plan. He did not answer. People were not allowed to ask question about deregulation of oil sector, PPP, privatisation, electricity reforms, housing reform, stock exchange, devaluation of Naira, allocation of oil blocks, banning of imported items, taxation, waivers, gas reform and other major economic sector that the OPS invest in. His handlers hurriedly took him away. Next is Fashola appealing to sentiment of people. Are OPS operators father Christmas? Yet he go around shouting he will create employment, how will he create employment? 10 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by toideve(m): 7:48am On Feb 03, 2015 |
If Buhari wins, will he prosecute Tinubu and co? 2 Likes |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by Ohibenemma(m): 8:02am On Feb 03, 2015 |
One fact is clear concerning the upcoming election, people's minds are made up already. Many, in APC states like myself, have a better understanding of APC propaganda cos we can compare their lofty electioneering promises with the realities of the years gone by. I think it's same with those under PDP governors. Appearing active online doesn't necessarily translate to victory on ground (this, we should have learnt from experience). Going to the church yesterday, I was amazed by the number of women I saw strolling out of the compound of the PDP leader in my hometown. I had previously thought the town was on lock-down for the APC, especially as the current member representing us in the Federal House of Representatives hails from there, and had been reportedly engaged in massive disbursements of funds and materials to garner support for his reelection bid. Personally, I made up my mind long ago to cast my vote for Goodluck - not because I have anything to do with the PDP, but because I still think he's a better option (while being far from perfect). Many may insult me for my decision, but why are certain humans like that? (What makes you think your choice MUST be accepted by all others?) On the Buhari documentary, it shows how much we have lost conscious thinking to dismiss it all with a wave of hand. I haven't watched the documentary even once, but the facts analysed there can't be much different from WHAT we have learnt over the years - a man who applied flock herding to humans, who perceptively jailed SELECTED politicians without regards to the law courts while allowing a SELECT FEW(probably on ethnocentric considerations) to enjoy relative freedom, a man who repressed the Press and deprived the citizens of their fundamental human rights, etc. Could the documentary be worse than that? Probably, there would be reference to Idiagbon's little son attending pilgrimage with his dad and so on... Can we call any of these lies? Haven't we heard them repeatedly over the years? Many are simply not thinking. We are acting like those animals in George Orwell's classic, programmed to and constantly crying: "four legs good, two legs bad!" Until the next programming of "four legs good, two legs better!" Can't we do better than that? I look at both major parties in the country today and see interest-motivated gatherings of birds of same feathers. Which APC Gov can claim to have a clean bill of health, corruption wise? Which of those in the PDP can claim same? Have the repeated cries on the other by those on one part of the divide blinded our eyes to their obvious flaws? For those quick to declare "may your life be run the way Jonathan is running this country," I return it that "may yours be run the way Oshiomhole has been running Edo state." www.nairaland.com/2109798/new-direction-short-story 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by Nobody: 8:17am On Feb 03, 2015 |
Mogidi:i would have done that if it wasnt biased 1 Like |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by IamDejman(m): 8:29am On Feb 03, 2015 |
PapiWata:To be sincere, you are the first sensible and intelligent Jonathan member I've met on nairaland. 1. Federal highways like Benin Ore, Lagos ibadan and Badagry expressway are basic amenities. If that is included as a feat, then I fear at the pace we r moving as a nation. 2. Railway. Thumbs up to Jona for the railway transformation but even after that, in this 21st century, we are still using diesel ran train. When our counterpart are using electric train. It's a pity a nation where we generate large income, we still use diesel train happening some months to election and has become the anthem of Pdp as their only achievement. 3. What seems to amaze me is the lack of the law that everyone shows in Nigeria. As a Law student I have come to know that even a Primary school holder can rule Nigeria provided he has ten years work experience. Buhari we talking about is a WaSSce holder thru Cambridge, even if he cannot present his certificate, forgive him. If u come to my house now, u will not find both the original copy and photocopy of my Waec result. Thank God for notification of result. I finished 2012 and he finished 1961 or so. Give him some space na, it's not easy. Sambo didn't present any certificate, he said fire burnt it and he doesn't even have a copy. Yet Apc didn't make a fuse, we need to shift from using propaganda to discussing issues in our campaign. I watched the townhall meeting with organized private sector, and I was even amazed as an apc member. I never knew he was that sound. Jonathan, forgive me tho is a disgrace to all PhD holders. I weep wen I remember he has a phd bt I console myself by saying it was Zoology; that's the reason he's like that Phelps me tell Edwin Clark, alimadu Ali, aninih, and others especially that political ashewo Fani Kayode to stop trying to sell Jonathan as a good one. The youths are tired and we need change. Change is defined as take or use another instead of. "We have decided to change our government " 19 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by Nobody: 8:33am On Feb 03, 2015 |
FastShipping:Brother you are very very intelligent, this is best thing i have read this year, you broke it down completely. God bless you 4 Likes |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by Nobody: 8:37am On Feb 03, 2015 |
luvmijeje:You still don't get the point, the pdp needs something to boost their failing campaign, they could find it in that debate, just one mistake and the pdp would ride it to heaven, remember Obama lost his first debate woefully but he had a second chance, that second chance buhari might not get. 5 Likes |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by Nobody: 8:37am On Feb 03, 2015 |
luvmijeje:God Bless you too! I voiced my opinion and some section of the NL "progressives" criticised me like I'm a black sheep. I am 200% sure that GMB will triumph and will more fans in the debate. I don't know the arrogance and overconfidence of APC. Though a PDP fan, Publisher sent this to me and it really got me thinking. publisher: 1 Like |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by Nobody: 8:41am On Feb 03, 2015 |
barcanista: FastShipping: |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by Nobody: 8:52am On Feb 03, 2015 |
Obiagelli:Well, I will not want to dwell much on this issue for reasons best known to me. I still maintain my earlier position and I don't care what opinion some section of "progressive" hold of me. My support for Buhari remains intact 5 Likes |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by Nobody: 9:01am On Feb 03, 2015 |
barcanista:Of course it's progressive for us to disagree to agree, in the end we all want the same results. We currently hold the ace and we will use it to our advantage, Obama lost his first debate woefully, he had another chance to clarify this, we might not get that chance. Pdp campaign is in shambles, we won't give them that chance to hang on to the most irrelevant point of the debate. 8 Likes |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by Nobody: 9:07am On Feb 03, 2015 |
Obiagelli:I wish everyone understand the emboldened. Anyway, we can't dwell on that forever, the campaign needs to go on. Sai Buhari 8 Likes |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by Nobody: 9:12am On Feb 03, 2015 |
K |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by ibkgab001: 9:14am On Feb 03, 2015 |
ok the speech is here
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Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by karpentar: 9:14am On Feb 03, 2015 |
Revolution: Debate or nothing. Buhari is an empty head until he agrees for a debate 1 Like |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by EngrChris(m): 9:15am On Feb 03, 2015 |
Revolution:. Jonathan is a superior presidential material to Buhari on February 03, 2015 at 1:31 am in Femi Aribisala Facebook Share Twitter Share By Femi Aribisala Between 1983 and 1985, Peter Onu of Nigeria was Acting Secretary-General of the OAU. At the 1985 Summit in Addis Ababa, statesmen like Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania, lobbied for his election as substantive Secretary-General. However, there was a major stumbling block to Peter Onu’s candidature: his Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, was campaigning against him. Jonathan-Buhari Jonathan-Buhari Buhari claimed: “This generation of Nigerians and indeed future generations have no other country than Nigeria.” But when the crunch came, his allegiance to Nigeria disappeared. In the election of the OAU Secretary-General in 1985, Buhari voted against Nigeria and for Niger instead. He secured the election of Ide Oumarou, a Fulani man from Niger; as opposed to an Igbo man from Nigeria. By so doing, Buhari became the first and only Head of State in the history of modern international relations to vote against his country in favour of his tribe. Years later, General Buhari marched all the way from Daura to Ibadan to demand of Oyo State Governor, Lam Adeshina: “Why are your people killing my people?” Again, he was not referring to Nigerians as his people. Instead, he was an advocate for the rights of murderous Fulani herdsmen who killed Yoruba farmers that objected to their cattle grazing on their land and damaging their crops. This same Buhari who voted against Nigeria in 1985, and said in 2003: “Muslims should only vote those who will promote Islam,” is now shopping for votes nationwide. He should be rejected outright. Ignorance running riot If APC had wanted to be taken seriously, it would have come up with a better presidential material than Buhari. There is something anomalous about a party whose mantra is change, recycling a 73 year old man as its candidate for the president of modern Nigeria. Buhari has little or no understanding of public policy. That is why APC will always come up with some excuse or the other not to have him participate in a debate with Jonathan. Buhari fought corruption by imposing ridiculous 300-year sentences on offenders. He fought exam malpractices by imposing 24-year prison sentences on school children. He dealt with indiscipline by flogging people to queue at bus-stops. He dealt with food shortages by sending soldiers to break into private warehouses and shops. He fought trade imbalances by taking Nigeria back to the stone age of trade by barter (counter-trade). He sought to extradite a Nigerian from Britain by drugging and crating him. There is so much about Buhari ending the Boko Haram insurgency as he did the Maitatsine insurgency in the 1980s. But the General needs to be advised that Boko Haram is not Maitatsine. Maitatsine was in two towns: Boko Haram is in three states with spillover effects into others. Maitatsine fought with bows and arrows: Boko Haram fights with sophisticated weapons. Maitatsine was a local insurgency, Boko Haram is an international phenomenon. Anti-corruption hypocrisy: Buhari does not know what corruption means and how to fight it. He became Nigeria’s Head of State through the corruption of a coup d’état and he then tried to fight corruption with corruption. Imposing retroactive decrees and killing Nigerians under them is corruption. Putting an Igbo vice-president in Kirikiri, while placing the Fulani president under palatial house arrest, is corruption. Detaining people like Michael Ajasin in jail, even after they were discharged and acquitted by kangaroo courts, is corruption. Jailing journalists for telling the truth is corruption. Putting pressure on a judge in order to jail Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is corruption. Shepherding 53 suitcases of contraband unchecked through Customs during a currency change exercise is corruption. Swearing an affidavit that your school-leaving certificate is with the military when it is not, is corruption. Transforming Nigeria: Buhari’s shameful past is dwarfed by the achievements of Goodluck Jonathan. Under Jonathan, Nigeria has emerged as by far the largest economy in Africa with a GDP of $503 billion; nearly double the previous estimates. South Africa now comes a distant second with $350 billion. With the unbundling of PHCN after 52 years of gridlock, and with now the realizable target of 20,000 megawatts of electricity by 2020, Nigeria’s GDP will soon double that of South Africa. CNN Money projects that the fastest growing economy in the world in 2015 will be China (7.3% growth rate); followed by Qatar (7.1%); and then followed by Nigeria (7%). This belies all the misinformation about the Nigerian economy dished out by the APC and attests to the astute management of the economy by the Jonathan administration. The seemingly ambitious Vision 20 2020, proclaimed under the Abacha regime to make Nigeria one of the 20 largest economies in the world by 2020 is now well in sight. Today, Nigeria is already the 23rd largest economy in the world. Kudos to Jonathan, we have overtaken such European countries as Austria and Belgium. Life expectancy In 2010, when Jonathan became acting president, life expectancy in Nigeria was 47 years. Today, it is 54 years; an improvement of seven years. Adroit application of SURE-P funds has reduced the maternal mortality ratio in Nigeria by 26%. Under Jonathan, Nigeria has become Guinea Worm-free; a disease previously affecting 800,000 Nigerians yearly. In the last six months, there has been no new case of polio in Nigeria. If this goes on for another two and a half years, Nigeria will be declared polio-free. Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, hailed Nigeria’s fight against polio as one of the great world achievements of 2014. He said: “The infrastructure Nigeria has built to fight polio actually made it easier for them to swiftly contain Ebola. The fact that Nigeria is now Ebola-free is a great example of how doing the work to fight things like fighting polio also leaves countries better prepared to deal with outbreaks of other diseases.” Investors’ haven: In the last three years, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has ranked Nigeria as the number one country for foreign investments in Africa. We also receive more home-remittances than any other African country; a vote of confidence in our economy by Nigerians living abroad. They remitted $23 billion in 2013, a figure far more than the $18 billion received by Egypt; the country with the second highest home remittance in Africa. It is a testament to Goodluck Jonathan’s adroit management of the Nigerian economy that the richest African is now a Nigerian. In 2010, when Jonathan came to power, Aliko Dangote was the 463rd richest man in the world, with a total fortune of $2.1 billion. Today, he is the 23rd richest man in the world, with a total fortune of $25 billion. Dangote’s billions are “made in Nigeria.” Indeed, under Jonathan, Nigeria now has the fourth highest rate of returns on investments in the world, according to UNCTAD. Crisis of unemployment The big challenge has to do with jobs. Every year, another 1.8 million people are offloaded into the job market. However, while the APC says Buhari will create 720,000 jobs a year if elected, Jonathan created 1.6 million jobs in 2013. He has established such innovative programmes as Nagropreneurs and YOUWIN that support young farmers and entrepreneurs with grants, training and mentorship. He has also instituted internship schemes to enhance the capacity of university graduates to secure gainful employment. The unemployment problem is compounded by the more than doubling of the education budget under Jonathan. Every Nigerian child now has the opportunity to go to school. Indeed, there has been a 10 million increase in school enrolment in Nigeria under this government. There has also been a 75% increase in O’ Level credit pass in Maths and English. Jonathan established 125 Almajiri schools in 13 northern states. He also established 14 new federal universities. There is now a federal university in every state. Indeed, the kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls derives from the disenchantment of the Boko Haram that many Northern girls are now going to school. Dealing with corruption: According to Transparency International, Nigeria has not become more corrupt under Goodluck Jonathan. Out of 178 countries ranked in 2010, Nigeria was the 134th most corrupt country. In 2014, Nigeria was ranked 136th. Unlike Buhari, Jonathan understands that corruption has to be attacked institutionally, from the roots. Therefore, he proposed the abrogation of the petroleum subsidy; one of the biggest avenues for corruption in government. However, Nigerians refused. Jonathan has sanitized the corruption in fertilizer distribution. The Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina, lamented that between 1980 and 2010, Nigeria lost 776 billion naira to corrupt fertilizer racketeering. Fertiliser racketeering That effectively came to an end under Jonathan. Through the innovative e-wallet system, farmers are given cell-phones through which they now have direct and easy access to government-provided fertilizer, chemicals and seedlings. Jonathan has also sanitised the banking system by removing dinosaur managing directors, recovering indigent loans and using AMCON to mop up bad loans. By instituting e-payment systems, he sanitized the civil service by removing 50,000 ghost-workers in one fell swoop. He has equally got rid of ghost voters from the electoral register; over 1 million ghost voters were removed from the Zamfara INEC register alone. Under Jonathan, we have had free and fair elections one after the other; in Edo, Anambra, Ondo, Ekiti and Osun. Agriculture has been transformed under this administration. Thanks to Jonathan, agriculture now accounts for 22% of Nigeria’s GDP, more than oil and gas which only account for 15.9%. Under Jonathan, Nigeria has recorded a more than 50% reduction in food imports. Prior to his presidency, we had a food import bill of 1.4 trillion naira. But now, it is less than N700 billion. With the innovation of dry season rice-farming, Nigeria has reached 60% self-sufficiency in rice production. According to the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Nigeria is now the largest producer of cassava in the world. The Jonathan government built six strategically-located perishable cargo airports in Ilorin, Jalingo, Jos, Lagos, Makurdi andYola; in close proximity to Nigeria’s food baskets. It is remarkable that Northern farmers were able to donate five million tubers of yam in order to raise 5 billion naira for Buhari’s presidential election campaign. If Jonathan’s transformation agenda in agriculture was not working as planned, they would not have been able to do this. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by msmon(m): 9:15am On Feb 03, 2015 |
I'm in consensus-ad-i dem with OP. ************************* Goodluck Jonathan Is A Superior Presidential Material To Muhammadu Buhari, By Femi Aribisala(Columnist) www.nairaland.com/2127363/gej-superior-presidential-material-gmb#2127363.3 Seun, obinoscopy, OAM4J, maclatunji, the above thread should also be on FP to establish a balance. 1 Like |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by makazona(m): 9:17am On Feb 03, 2015 |
thank God for the enabling environment for opposition to thrive... 2 Likes |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by shalompeace007: 9:18am On Feb 03, 2015 |
And he refused to participate in d debate. U all are both sick. |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by orinocopulse: 9:20am On Feb 03, 2015 |
This is the exact reason why I am disappointed that they rejected the CHANNELS DEBATE!! Buhari can stand his ground. He's soft-spoken but smart. To be honest I don't know what the real reason the team has and I'm not sure it's such a good idea! |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by omazus: 9:21am On Feb 03, 2015 |
Paint him for all you care. Spray him with the arabic perfume. Dress him in princely robes. Elevate him to the high heavenss. I'm not impressed. This only shows your capacity for fictitious writing. The Buhari I watched did not do all this. At best it was a dour and uninteresting hour endured by the OPSs. I was there too and pracrically had to beg my friend not to leave before the end. 1 Like |
Re: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by EngrChris(m): 9:23am On Feb 03, 2015 |
Revolution: Jonathan is a superior presidential material to Buhari on February 03, 2015 at 1:31 am in Femi Aribisala Facebook Share Twitter Share By Femi Aribisala Between 1983 and 1985, Peter Onu of Nigeria was Acting Secretary-General of the OAU. At the 1985 Summit in Addis Ababa, statesmen like Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania, lobbied for his election as substantive Secretary-General. However, there was a major stumbling block to Peter Onu’s candidature: his Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, was campaigning against him. Jonathan-Buhari Jonathan-Buhari Buhari claimed: “This generation of Nigerians and indeed future generations have no other country than Nigeria.” But when the crunch came, his allegiance to Nigeria disappeared. In the election of the OAU Secretary-General in 1985, Buhari voted against Nigeria and for Niger instead. He secured the election of Ide Oumarou, a Fulani man from Niger; as opposed to an Igbo man from Nigeria. By so doing, Buhari became the first and only Head of State in the history of modern international relations to vote against his country in favour of his tribe. Years later, General Buhari marched all the way from Daura to Ibadan to demand of Oyo State Governor, Lam Adeshina: “Why are your people killing my people?” Again, he was not referring to Nigerians as his people. Instead, he was an advocate for the rights of murderous Fulani herdsmen who killed Yoruba farmers that objected to their cattle grazing on their land and damaging their crops. This same Buhari who voted against Nigeria in 1985, and said in 2003: “Muslims should only vote those who will promote Islam,” is now shopping for votes nationwide. He should be rejected outright. Ignorance running riot If APC had wanted to be taken seriously, it would have come up with a better presidential material than Buhari. There is something anomalous about a party whose mantra is change, recycling a 73 year old man as its candidate for the president of modern Nigeria. Buhari has little or no understanding of public policy. That is why APC will always come up with some excuse or the other not to have him participate in a debate with Jonathan. Buhari fought corruption by imposing ridiculous 300-year sentences on offenders. He fought exam malpractices by imposing 24-year prison sentences on school children. He dealt with indiscipline by flogging people to queue at bus-stops. He dealt with food shortages by sending soldiers to break into private warehouses and shops. He fought trade imbalances by taking Nigeria back to the stone age of trade by barter (counter-trade). He sought to extradite a Nigerian from Britain by drugging and crating him. There is so much about Buhari ending the Boko Haram insurgency as he did the Maitatsine insurgency in the 1980s. But the General needs to be advised that Boko Haram is not Maitatsine. Maitatsine was in two towns: Boko Haram is in three states with spillover effects into others. Maitatsine fought with bows and arrows: Boko Haram fights with sophisticated weapons. Maitatsine was a local insurgency, Boko Haram is an international phenomenon. Anti-corruption hypocrisy: Buhari does not know what corruption means and how to fight it. He became Nigeria’s Head of State through the corruption of a coup d’état and he then tried to fight corruption with corruption. Imposing retroactive decrees and killing Nigerians under them is corruption. Putting an Igbo vice-president in Kirikiri, while placing the Fulani president under palatial house arrest, is corruption. Detaining people like Michael Ajasin in jail, even after they were discharged and acquitted by kangaroo courts, is corruption. Jailing journalists for telling the truth is corruption. Putting pressure on a judge in order to jail Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is corruption. Shepherding 53 suitcases of contraband unchecked through Customs during a currency change exercise is corruption. Swearing an affidavit that your school-leaving certificate is with the military when it is not, is corruption. Transforming Nigeria: Buhari’s shameful past is dwarfed by the achievements of Goodluck Jonathan. Under Jonathan, Nigeria has emerged as by far the largest economy in Africa with a GDP of $503 billion; nearly double the previous estimates. South Africa now comes a distant second with $350 billion. With the unbundling of PHCN after 52 years of gridlock, and with now the realizable target of 20,000 megawatts of electricity by 2020, Nigeria’s GDP will soon double that of South Africa. CNN Money projects that the fastest growing economy in the world in 2015 will be China (7.3% growth rate); followed by Qatar (7.1%); and then followed by Nigeria (7%). This belies all the misinformation about the Nigerian economy dished out by the APC and attests to the astute management of the economy by the Jonathan administration. The seemingly ambitious Vision 20 2020, proclaimed under the Abacha regime to make Nigeria one of the 20 largest economies in the world by 2020 is now well in sight. Today, Nigeria is already the 23rd largest economy in the world. Kudos to Jonathan, we have overtaken such European countries as Austria and Belgium. Life expectancy In 2010, when Jonathan became acting president, life expectancy in Nigeria was 47 years. Today, it is 54 years; an improvement of seven years. Adroit application of SURE-P funds has reduced the maternal mortality ratio in Nigeria by 26%. Under Jonathan, Nigeria has become Guinea Worm-free; a disease previously affecting 800,000 Nigerians yearly. In the last six months, there has been no new case of polio in Nigeria. If this goes on for another two and a half years, Nigeria will be declared polio-free. Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, hailed Nigeria’s fight against polio as one of the great world achievements of 2014. He said: “The infrastructure Nigeria has built to fight polio actually made it easier for them to swiftly contain Ebola. The fact that Nigeria is now Ebola-free is a great example of how doing the work to fight things like fighting polio also leaves countries better prepared to deal with outbreaks of other diseases.” Investors’ haven: In the last three years, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has ranked Nigeria as the number one country for foreign investments in Africa. We also receive more home-remittances than any other African country; a vote of confidence in our economy by Nigerians living abroad. They remitted $23 billion in 2013, a figure far more than the $18 billion received by Egypt; the country with the second highest home remittance in Africa. It is a testament to Goodluck Jonathan’s adroit management of the Nigerian economy that the richest African is now a Nigerian. In 2010, when Jonathan came to power, Aliko Dangote was the 463rd richest man in the world, with a total fortune of $2.1 billion. Today, he is the 23rd richest man in the world, with a total fortune of $25 billion. Dangote’s billions are “made in Nigeria.” Indeed, under Jonathan, Nigeria now has the fourth highest rate of returns on investments in the world, according to UNCTAD. Crisis of unemployment The big challenge has to do with jobs. Every year, another 1.8 million people are offloaded into the job market. However, while the APC says Buhari will create 720,000 jobs a year if elected, Jonathan created 1.6 million jobs in 2013. He has established such innovative programmes as Nagropreneurs and YOUWIN that support young farmers and entrepreneurs with grants, training and mentorship. He has also instituted internship schemes to enhance the capacity of university graduates to secure gainful employment. The unemployment problem is compounded by the more than doubling of the education budget under Jonathan. Every Nigerian child now has the opportunity to go to school. Indeed, there has been a 10 million increase in school enrolment in Nigeria under this government. There has also been a 75% increase in O’ Level credit pass in Maths and English. Jonathan established 125 Almajiri schools in 13 northern states. He also established 14 new federal universities. There is now a federal university in every state. Indeed, the kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls derives from the disenchantment of the Boko Haram that many Northern girls are now going to school. Dealing with corruption: According to Transparency International, Nigeria has not become more corrupt under Goodluck Jonathan. Out of 178 countries ranked in 2010, Nigeria was the 134th most corrupt country. In 2014, Nigeria was ranked 136th. Unlike Buhari, Jonathan understands that corruption has to be attacked institutionally, from the roots. Therefore, he proposed the abrogation of the petroleum subsidy; one of the biggest avenues for corruption in government. However, Nigerians refused. Jonathan has sanitized the corruption in fertilizer distribution. The Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina, lamented that between 1980 and 2010, Nigeria lost 776 billion naira to corrupt fertilizer racketeering. Fertiliser racketeering That effectively came to an end under Jonathan. Through the innovative e-wallet system, farmers are given cell-phones through which they now have direct and easy access to government-provided fertilizer, chemicals and seedlings. Jonathan has also sanitised the banking system by removing dinosaur managing directors, recovering indigent loans and using AMCON to mop up bad loans. By instituting e-payment systems, he sanitized the civil service by removing 50,000 ghost-workers in one fell swoop. He has equally got rid of ghost voters from the electoral register; over 1 million ghost voters were removed from the Zamfara INEC register alone. Under Jonathan, we have had free and fair elections one after the other; in Edo, Anambra, Ondo, Ekiti and Osun. Agriculture has been transformed under this administration. Thanks to Jonathan, agriculture now accounts for 22% of Nigeria’s GDP, more than oil and gas which only account for 15.9%. Under Jonathan, Nigeria has recorded a more than 50% reduction in food imports. Prior to his presidency, we had a food import bill of 1.4 trillion naira. But now, it is less than N700 billion. With the innovation of dry season rice-farming, Nigeria has reached 60% self-sufficiency in rice production. According to the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Nigeria is now the largest producer of cassava in the world. The Jonathan government built six strategically-located perishable cargo airports in Ilorin, Jalingo, Jos, Lagos, Makurdi andYola; in close proximity to Nigeria’s food baskets. It is remarkable that Northern farmers were able to donate five million tubers of yam in order to raise 5 billion naira for Buhari’s presidential election campaign. If Jonathan’s transformation agenda in agriculture was not working as planned, they would not have been able to do this. |
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