President Muhammadu Buhari famously pledged to provide a free feeding programme for primary school pupils across the federation despite the dwindling oil revenues.

The current situation in the country reflects a grim picture for electorates, expecting this particular campaign promise to be kept.

With the number of public primary schools and the millions of pupils in the 774 Local Governments of the 36 States in the federation, in the face of lowest oil prices, the Buhari administration will not keep this promise without running into huge unnecessary debts.

It is either the President and the All Progressives Congress have not done their home-work or they are sure most Nigerians do not critically analyze electoral promises.

It is relevant to note that the gravity of the confidence reposed in the “people’s General” may lose its meaning in the face of a failure in actualising these lofty dreams.

Read more: http://www.post-nigeria.com/between-nigerians-and-buhari-truth-behind-one-meal-a-day-campaign/

I wonder what they were thinking while making those kind of promises. I wish It could come true but with the present reality it's almost impossible. It is clear that 70% of those promises were made just to clinch power because @ the point, Nigerians were fed up with the excesses of pdp. As for buhari, I believe he truly believe he could achieve that because he must have lost touch with governance and economics of running a country. Am sure he was living in the 70'z till he stepped into the big shoe himself. On his shoulders lie a much heavier burden than every leader we have ever got because at the time of his electoral promises, a lot of Nigerians especially the you were now beginning to be conscious of their political environment. If he fails, he may not survive the name calling, bashing and embarrassment that will accompany it. If he prevails, Nigerians will be happy.

Ftc tinz. I don't get why ppl don't analyse this thing.

I have always said that the so-called promises are fables and unrealistic. I wonder what buhari and ApC were thinking. Nigerians shouldn't expect them to fulfil those laughable promises.

barcanista:
I have always said that the so-called promises are fables and unrealistic. I wonder what buhari and ApC were thinking. Nigerians shouldn't expect them to fulfil those laughable promises.

Buhari has given Nigerians great expectation.
All we asked for was good governance.
We never asked for Food;
We never asked to be paid for doing nothing
Since Buhari has promised to give us both what we asked for and what we never asked for, he is now duty bound to keep to his word.

No stories like Aregbe

From July 1st I'm expecting my own 5000
Don't ask me if I'm working or not

Time will tell, not pseudoanalysts

Una go old. Make Una dey wait o.

Trailblazer1:

Buhari has given Nigerians great expectation.
All we asked for was good governance.
We never asked for Food;
We never asked to be paid for doing nothing
Since Buhari has promised to give us both what we asked for and what we never asked for, he is now duty bound to keep to his word.

No stories like Aregbe

From July 1st I'm expecting my own 5000
Don't ask me if I'm working or not

I was not a fan of Buhari during the election becos I didn't c how he cud possibly fulfil those promises he made. Lyk criusly, #5000 for unemployed graduates, a meal a day, stabilizing world oil prices when the major producers in the uae aren't ready to budge.
But, as long as he can actually solve the security problem in this nation, then I'm 100% behind his administration because IMO, security issues can be the biggest threat to this nations economy and as long as he's got Fashola(my main man) beside him, I'm sure his administration would deliver.

Op, anything is possible.