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Understanding Buhari In 100 Days, By Oche Joseph Otorkpa, A Nairalander by 175(m): 4:36pm On Sep 03, 2015
It was Joseph B. Wirthlin who said, “Honesty is
of God and dishonesty of the devil; the devil was
a liar from the beginning”. This quote sums up
the the attempt by a presidential media aide,
Mallam Garba Shehu to further deceive Nigerians
into believing anything meaningful has taken
place in the last 100 days.
Like Steven Covey puts it, the more people
rationalise cheating, the more it becomes a
culture of dishonesty. And that can become a
vicious, downward cycle. Because suddenly, if
everyone else is cheating, you feel a need to
cheat, too.

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It very regrettable that the same people who told
Nigerians that they will generate 20,000
Megawatts of electricity in four years are turning
around to not only disown the promise as a road
map, but are now claiming they knew nothing
about the contract document that almost
certainly brought them into office.
Before the presidential elections, Buhari and APC
had accused their opponents severally of not
declaring their assets publicly, and went on to
pledge that not only will their Presidential
candidate declare his assets publicly, he will
encourage his appointees to do so as a “Pre-
condition” for their appointment into office.
Unfortunately, it never happened! Buhari and
“Pastor” Osinbajo till date are yet to fulfill these
simple promise they made to Nigerians.
Even the new NNPC boss who attempted to make
his declaration public was quickly whipped into
line.

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The claim by Mr. Femi Adesina that the promise
to declare assets publicly was made by the APC
and not General Buhari clearly shows that he
lacks the mental capacity to do what he was
employed to do, because if he does, he would
have come to the conclusion that under the
Electoral Act 2011 as amended there is no
provision for independent candidacy.
On Boko Haram, Nigerians do not need to peruse
any document, General Buhari himself promised to
end the Boko Haram insurgency within two weeks
if elected President, even though he had eight
weeks to fine-tune his strategy, he has so far
failed to deliver, 14 weeks after coming to office.
Within Buhari’s 100 days in office over 2000
innocent Nigerians have perished in the hands of
Boko Haram insurgents. Under the former
administration, APC members and sympathisers
shamefully celebrated every attack and loss of life
on social media “showering” insults at will on our
soldiers.
Despite the huge sacrifices our brothers and
sisters in the armed forces were making Mallam
Nasiru El-rufai and his clan led an onslaught
against them and their families describing them
as “Jonathanian”, unfortunately these are the
same men and women they are now pleading with
to save them from disgrace and embarrassment.
Rather than hiding under some mischievous
excuse, the President and his team must accept
the fact that they have failed to deliver on this
promise.

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Running a government on “Body Language” when
citizens are neither deaf or dumb is a style that is
alien to virtually all Nigerians, the country does
not need a leader that hardly ever communicates
with citizens or a leader who goes into
hibernation at the slightest opportunity, the last
kingdom to be ruled using “Body Language” was
probably the Manyakhetas of India who were
ruled by Rashtrakutan dynasty from 753-982 AD.
It is therefore out of place for Shehu to subject
citizens in the 21st century to body language
lectures instead of telling them what the
government has done in plain language.
The recent revelation by the Nigerian Electricity
Regulatory Commission, that the recent
improvement in electricity was as a result of
earlier steps taken by the Jonathan
administration has rubbished the false claims of
Shehu and the APC that Buhari’s body language
was responsible for the improvement in power
supply.

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On relations with our neighbour’s, one must not
fail to state the fact that when the then president
of Nigeria sought help from our neighbour’s in the
fight against insurgents; the APC and General
Buhari himself described the action as a big
disgrace while Mallam Nasiru El-rufai described
Jonathan’s visit to Chad’s as a meeting to
strategise on how to plan more attacks on
citizens. Interestingly, the first country General
Buhari visited on assumption of office was Chad
where he sought the assistance and cooperation
of that country in the fight against insurgents like
Jonathan before him.
These is the kind of hypocrisy and deception that
must be condemned by all those who wish this
nation well.

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Rice importation or production has nothing to do
with the Buhari Administration as falsely claimed
by Shehu in his article. The agricultural strides of
Nigeria under the leadership of the current African
Development Bank chief, Dr. Adesina is widely
celebrated and documented despite attempts by
the APC and their cohorts to rubbish it, even a
village farmer knows that it takes an average of
four months to plant and harvest the best variety
of rice. This desperate attempt to appropriate
another man’s achievements is part of the
corruption that Nigeria must eradicate
Although I am from the North, I do not support
the systematic emasculation of other sections of
the country as presently being practised by the
Buhari administration, neither am I in support of
the gradual de-capitation of INEC and all the
ingredients that makes it independent.

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As Nigerians we must be objective, people like
Shehu must see beyond their next pay slip, while
all those who chanted change must see beyond
party sentiments, ethnic or religious affiliations
and stand for the truth even when it hurts.
May God continue to Bless Nigeria and Nigerians.
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Re: Understanding Buhari In 100 Days, By Oche Joseph Otorkpa, A Nairalander by Nobody: 4:39pm On Sep 03, 2015
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Re: Understanding Buhari In 100 Days, By Oche Joseph Otorkpa, A Nairalander by MalcoImX: 4:45pm On Sep 03, 2015
Ochejoseph is a hardcore Jonathanian. He is a blindman.
Re: Understanding Buhari In 100 Days, By Oche Joseph Otorkpa, A Nairalander by 175(m): 4:49pm On Sep 03, 2015
MalcoImX:
Ochejoseph is a hardcore Jonathanian. He is a blindman.

So being a hardcore Jonathanian makes one a blindman abi All these APC children, make una fear God oooo gringringrin

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Re: Understanding Buhari In 100 Days, By Oche Joseph Otorkpa, A Nairalander by MalcoImX: 5:01pm On Sep 03, 2015
175:


So being a hardcore Jonathanian makes one a blindman abi All these APC children, make una fear God oooo gringringrin

Have you ever seen a two-eyed Jonathanian? Quarter-eyed is the best approximation you can get, and even those are the educated-elitist-Reno-Omokri types who've deceived us.
Re: Understanding Buhari In 100 Days, By Oche Joseph Otorkpa, A Nairalander by Nobody: 5:10pm On Sep 03, 2015
I have to admit, I am disappointed - with you! I used to praise PDP followers for their seperate individuality and eloquency but What i see you doing is repeating the past things said and trying to take over barcanista's role perhaps??I trust you to do better next time #proudlyNeutral

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