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Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by coolscott(m): 11:19am On Jan 07, 2016
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[size=13pt]If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” - Joseph Goebbels Buhari reading a newspaper before departure Photo Credit: SaharaReporters Media

“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.” - Adolf Hitler

President Mohammadu Buhari promised CHANGE in the days and months leading to the last presidential elections. For a country in comatose, stagnated in misery and miasma, CHANGE was the sing song. At a point in the journey to the presidential elections, Buhari, to and for Nigeria, became much more than the promise of CHANGE. He became the CHANGE that the majority of Nigerians were seeking.

Thanks to the hitherto unprecedented propaganda in the history of Nigeria. It was a dexterous devilish manipulation of information that turned Mohammadu Buhari from the Satan that Nigerians have rejected at the polls for the previous 16 years into a Saint all of a sudden. He became the messiah. He became the savior. Hope rose to high heavens. Excitement was enormously generated. The enthusiasm was pervasive. It was all encompassing. Buhari was everybody’s man. Everyone was Buhari’s man. And woman!

The lies about Buhari were very big but were kept very simple in deference to the gospel according to Adolf Hitler. His party and handlers kept saying those lies repeatedly and consistently. Eventually, Nigerians believed the lies hook, line and sinker. In the face of historical facts to the contrary, Buhari became a man of integrity! Buhari became a man of competence! Buhari became incorruptible!

After sixteen years of trial, Buhari became the President of Nigeria. Contesting for an office for sixteen years consecutively would have meant an adequate preparation and deep grasp of the issues involved. The advantage of ruling the same country once before the second coming was also expected to be helpful. He was expected to know exactly what to do. Buhari was supposed to be the man with a plan; the man with the solution; the savior to salvage and save; the messiah to mesmerize, untie the shackles and set Nigeria free on the path to freedom and realization of its potentials.

Some of us believe that Buhari is and has always been incompetent. In addition to his incompetence, he is also corrupt as facts of history have attested to. Not just by his actions, but by his utterances that are well documented for and by History. But on this second coming, the day he began to deny himself and what he promised Nigerians during his campaign, it was crystal clear that he had no plans for Nigeria. It was clear he had no solutions. It was clear that he is more of the same. At that time, there was no new proof. But now he has provided a brand new proof to Nigerians and for the world to behold. And that proof is his Budget for the Year 2016!

We should let President Buhari’s 2016 Budget figures speak for themselves.

In an administration fighting against corruption, that is in need of diversification President Buhari has presented a Budget that would appropriate N29.7 billion to his Minisry of Agricultureh in comparison to N115 billion to a “do nothing” National Assembly. Even when you add the planned appropriation for the Universal Basic Education (N77.1 billion) together with the Ministry of Agriculture (N29.1billion), the National Assembly still gulps about N15 billion more than them. What a priority!

Nigeria is in need of security no doubt. But this ought not be an excuse for irresponsible spending and uncalled for duplication. President Buhari budgeted N294.5 billion for the Ministry of Defense. The Ministry of Interior also have a lot to do with the security of the country and has a budget of N145.2 billion. We also have the Nigerian Police Formation and Command budget at N283.09 billion. Then there is tucked somewhere in the budget something called Operation Lafiya Dole to cost Nigerian Tax Payers N10 billion. “Lafiya Dole” is an Hausa Language expression that means “Compulsory Peace” or “Peace by Force.” If you add up the four, it gives you N732.79 billion.

With over N732.79 billion to these all important Ministries and Department that deal with our security, can President Buhari explain to Nigerians what his National Security Adviser would be doing with additional N57.7 billion? This National Security Adviser allocation is an amount that is higher than the funds allocated to the Ministries of Transportation, Water Resources, Works, Power and Housing put together! Haba!

President Buhari promised to create employment for the suffering Nigerian youths. But he only budgeted only N7.8 billion for the Ministry of Labour and Employment. He also budgeted N9.5billion for the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, a sector that could easily generate high employment if properly funded and managed. Science and Technology Ministry received only N25.8 billion. Also remember that the Ministries of Transportation and Water Resources received N13.7 billion and N7.2 billion respectively.

The immediate paragraph above contains five of the most important Ministries that could have positive impact on the people if any government is serious at all. Their total expenditure is N64 billion. This is less than what President Buhari, the man who promised us CHANGE, allocated to his Minister of Special Duties N72.8 billion! Pray, what are the Special Duties to be done that they should cost so much? Then add N45.3 billion allocated to the Office of the Secretary to the Federal Government and Office of the Head of Service, N6.4 billion. What further evidence of misapplication of funds that consolidates corruption do we need than all these?

But wait a minute! President Buhari has allocated to the Federal Character Commission N2.09 billion! For goodness’ sake, what do they do in that Commission that would cost the Nigerian Tax Payers this much just in One Year? Then there is what is called Outsourced Services that would cost N5 billion and Presidential Amnesty Program which would also cost N20 billion. Who are the targets of this Amnesty Program? Is it Boko Haram Terrorists, or Niger Delta Militants? Or who?

It is perfidious on the part of President Buhari and a betrayal of Nigeria’s future to budget only N29.7 billion for Min of Agriculture, N 7.8 billion for Labour & Employment and N10.5 billion to Industry, Trade and Investment which all put together would be less than the 57.7 billion allocated to his National Security Adviser outside the over N732 billion already allocated to different facets for security purposes. This is wastage, it is corruption and it is mismanagement.

Why did President Buhari budget N45 billion for INEC in a year when there is no national elections? What is this money for? Is this money just for salaries or other assignments? If this amount is for assignments, what is the nature of those assignments? Nigerians deserve answers to these questions.

President Buhari needs to explain to Nigerians what Mr. Lai Mohammed would be doing with N39.1billion allocated to his Information Ministry that would be more important that what Ministry of Transportation N13.7 billion, Ministry of Water Resources N7.2 billion and the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment N10.5 billion would be doing? These three Ministries’ allocation put together is less than Lai Mohammed’s Ministry of Information! Haven’t we had enough propaganda and lies told to Nigerians?

Buhari was expected to have prudence as his watchword. But the opposite is what we are witnessing. Otherwise, how could President Buhari justify the proposed spending of N400 million on a weekend symposium? Yes, the 35th Annual General Meeting and Symposium of Shelter Afrique slated for June 2016! How can an administration that is yelling against wastage and corruption approve such amount of money for a two day affair?

It is interesting to know that N2.3 billion would be showered on all former Heads of State, Presidents and their deputies just within one year alone. This is upon the mismanagement and tragedy they have all visited on this country. However, more interesting is the N19.9 billion budget that President Buhari and his coteries in the Presidency would spend in the coming year.

The most scandalous part of the Budget is what a commentator on social media described as follows:

“N1.75 billion for President Muhammadu Buhari's feeding in 2016 is a direct attack on collective commonsense of Nigeria and a stark contrast to his promised Change.
Is it not fraud for Buhari to deceive Nigeria by publicly drinking N10 Milo sachet (tea) during the Presidential election campaign?

Even if Buhari is feeding Sharks, Whales and Buffaloes in Aso Rock, N1.75billion is too much for one man, when millions of Nigerians are finding it difficult to feed even once a day.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan was almost roasted for budgeting N1billion in 2011 and reducing it even to N717.3m in 2013, N542m in 2014 and N530million in 2015, but Nigerians are silent on these reckless squandering by Dr Buhari.”

Lies and propaganda can suffice, but only for a while. The truths always catch up, no matter how long it takes. All the lies that were used to deceive the unwary in the days and months leading to the 2015 Presidential Elections when we were clamouring for a credible alternative to both the “clueless” Goodluck Jonathan and the “hapless” Mohammadu Buhari are now exposing themselves.

“You can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all the people all of the time,” so posited by Marcus Garvey and lyricised by Bob Marley. Nigerians were fooled that a man who is unable to explain the disappearance of $2.8 billion under his nose is a man of integrity and competence. Nigerians were fooled that a man who praised Sani Abacha to high heavens and insisted that Abacha never stole a dime, is a man of integrity and honour!

But time is already telling on those lies. And Nigerians are witnesses to the infancy of the miseries and hardships that are about to unfold!

“In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility – I welcome it.”
- John F. Kennedy, in his Inaugural Address January 20, 1961
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[size=13pt]We cannot allow mass influence plant us on the side of folly on history's pages at this time.

Mass influence = influence exerting itself in significant quantities on the rest of the populace on account of the collective opinions/inclinations/actions of a vast majority of the masses (most of whom happen to be most of the time less educated, highly gullible and of inferior intellect).

Sahara reporters states facts that many of us know but have decided to blind our eyes to.

I came across this published by Sahara reporters on 31/12/2015 that makes us (Nigerians) appear as collective fools for rallying behind president Buhari.

Source: [url]http://saharareporters.com/2015/12/31/buhari%E2%80%99s-2016-budget-consolidation-corruption-remi-oyeyemi#.Vo2iwtUOZN1.facebook[/url]
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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by chronique(m): 11:26am On Jan 07, 2016
Paste the whole thing here for easier reading.
Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by Nobody: 11:29am On Jan 07, 2016
Buhari should amend the Budget to reflect our current economy conditions.

Thumbs up for Sahara reporters.
Good constructive criticism. Buhari should ensure this extravagance is corrected. we the masses are not happy with it. But he still got opportunity to correct it.

I support Buhari

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by Emmygreenp: 11:34am On Jan 07, 2016
Na changing tins
Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by bjdon: 11:36am On Jan 07, 2016
What you must understand is that a lot of Nigerians are not really deep thinkers, capable of serious analytic process.

They are mostly emotional people who latch onto a very simplistic thought and hold onto that passionately. An example of such is 'GEJ bad and Corrupt, Buhari good and Honest'. A lot of people have taken up that as their dominant thought and will not entertain anything that seems to go against it.

Now going to the Budget. Firstly I don't believe for one second that Buhari or even he's very close associates are involved in corruption, however what Buhari is guilty off is lopsided management. Let me explain. Buhari did not have his cabinet in place till late October/Early November, he made it quite clear that he has a lot of disdain for Ministers and prefers to work with civil servants. Well let me tell you the most corrupt people in Nigeria today are the civil servants. They know every trick in the book and every way to inflate expenditure. For Buhari to leave such people in charge of the Budget preparation process was a big mistake, almost on the level of having a corrupt bloke like IBB as his chief of army staff. Buhari needs to be A LOT MORE INVOLVED IN THE DAY TO DAY HAPPENINGS IN HIS GOVT. During the recent media chat he seemed completely surprised at the FX shortage situation. How can a president not know about such an important thing? It is this lack of attention to detail that has allowed the civil servants and their accomplices to manipulate the budget process in such a corrupt manner

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by Tunami(m): 11:38am On Jan 07, 2016
the gullible apc youths and supporters will not be happy with this kind of criticism, they will keep on shouting change and sai untill hunger and poverty eradicates them.

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by DropShot: 11:42am On Jan 07, 2016
Bogus elements as this is the reason we have the NASS vetting/reviewing the budget.

I believe the president was not aware of some of the components of that budget and I expect him or the NASS to correct those areas.

QED.

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by Firefire(m): 11:48am On Jan 07, 2016
A Real Consolidation Of Corruption!


What is Special Intervention - 200Bn NGN ?




Another BuharyGate Loading... shocked shocked

Cc: Lalasticlala

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by coolscott(m): 11:56am On Jan 07, 2016
bamosagie:
[size=13pt]If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” - Joseph Goebbels Buhari reading a newspaper before departure Photo Credit: SaharaReporters Media

“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.” - Adolf Hitler

President Mohammadu Buhari promised CHANGE in the days and months leading to the last presidential elections. For a country in comatose, stagnated in misery and miasma, CHANGE was the sing song. At a point in the journey to the presidential elections, Buhari, to and for Nigeria, became much more than the promise of CHANGE. He became the CHANGE that the majority of Nigerians were seeking.

Thanks to the hitherto unprecedented propaganda in the history of Nigeria. It was a dexterous devilish manipulation of information that turned Mohammadu Buhari from the Satan that Nigerians have rejected at the polls for the previous 16 years into a Saint all of a sudden. He became the messiah. He became the savior. Hope rose to high heavens. Excitement was enormously generated. The enthusiasm was pervasive. It was all encompassing. Buhari was everybody’s man. Everyone was Buhari’s man. And woman!

The lies about Buhari were very big but were kept very simple in deference to the gospel according to Adolf Hitler. His party and handlers kept saying those lies repeatedly and consistently. Eventually, Nigerians believed the lies hook, line and sinker. In the face of historical facts to the contrary, Buhari became a man of integrity! Buhari became a man of competence! Buhari became incorruptible!

After sixteen years of trial, Buhari became the President of Nigeria. Contesting for an office for sixteen years consecutively would have meant an adequate preparation and deep grasp of the issues involved. The advantage of ruling the same country once before the second coming was also expected to be helpful. He was expected to know exactly what to do. Buhari was supposed to be the man with a plan; the man with the solution; the savior to salvage and save; the messiah to mesmerize, untie the shackles and set Nigeria free on the path to freedom and realization of its potentials.

Some of us believe that Buhari is and has always been incompetent. In addition to his incompetence, he is also corrupt as facts of history have attested to. Not just by his actions, but by his utterances that are well documented for and by History. But on this second coming, the day he began to deny himself and what he promised Nigerians during his campaign, it was crystal clear that he had no plans for Nigeria. It was clear he had no solutions. It was clear that he is more of the same. At that time, there was no new proof. But now he has provided a brand new proof to Nigerians and for the world to behold. And that proof is his Budget for the Year 2016!

We should let President Buhari’s 2016 Budget figures speak for themselves.

In an administration fighting against corruption, that is in need of diversification President Buhari has presented a Budget that would appropriate N29.7 billion to his Minisry of Agricultureh in comparison to N115 billion to a “do nothing” National Assembly. Even when you add the planned appropriation for the Universal Basic Education (N77.1 billion) together with the Ministry of Agriculture (N29.1billion), the National Assembly still gulps about N15 billion more than them. What a priority!

Nigeria is in need of security no doubt. But this ought not be an excuse for irresponsible spending and uncalled for duplication. President Buhari budgeted N294.5 billion for the Ministry of Defense. The Ministry of Interior also have a lot to do with the security of the country and has a budget of N145.2 billion. We also have the Nigerian Police Formation and Command budget at N283.09 billion. Then there is tucked somewhere in the budget something called Operation Lafiya Dole to cost Nigerian Tax Payers N10 billion. “Lafiya Dole” is an Hausa Language expression that means “Compulsory Peace” or “Peace by Force.” If you add up the four, it gives you N732.79 billion.

With over N732.79 billion to these all important Ministries and Department that deal with our security, can President Buhari explain to Nigerians what his National Security Adviser would be doing with additional N57.7 billion? This National Security Adviser allocation is an amount that is higher than the funds allocated to the Ministries of Transportation, Water Resources, Works, Power and Housing put together! Haba!

President Buhari promised to create employment for the suffering Nigerian youths. But he only budgeted only N7.8 billion for the Ministry of Labour and Employment. He also budgeted N9.5billion for the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, a sector that could easily generate high employment if properly funded and managed. Science and Technology Ministry received only N25.8 billion. Also remember that the Ministries of Transportation and Water Resources received N13.7 billion and N7.2 billion respectively.

The immediate paragraph above contains five of the most important Ministries that could have positive impact on the people if any government is serious at all. Their total expenditure is N64 billion. This is less than what President Buhari, the man who promised us CHANGE, allocated to his Minister of Special Duties N72.8 billion! Pray, what are the Special Duties to be done that they should cost so much? Then add N45.3 billion allocated to the Office of the Secretary to the Federal Government and Office of the Head of Service, N6.4 billion. What further evidence of misapplication of funds that consolidates corruption do we need than all these?

But wait a minute! President Buhari has allocated to the Federal Character Commission N2.09 billion! For goodness’ sake, what do they do in that Commission that would cost the Nigerian Tax Payers this much just in One Year? Then there is what is called Outsourced Services that would cost N5 billion and Presidential Amnesty Program which would also cost N20 billion. Who are the targets of this Amnesty Program? Is it Boko Haram Terrorists, or Niger Delta Militants? Or who?

It is perfidious on the part of President Buhari and a betrayal of Nigeria’s future to budget only N29.7 billion for Min of Agriculture, N 7.8 billion for Labour & Employment and N10.5 billion to Industry, Trade and Investment which all put together would be less than the 57.7 billion allocated to his National Security Adviser outside the over N732 billion already allocated to different facets for security purposes. This is wastage, it is corruption and it is mismanagement.

Why did President Buhari budget N45 billion for INEC in a year when there is no national elections? What is this money for? Is this money just for salaries or other assignments? If this amount is for assignments, what is the nature of those assignments? Nigerians deserve answers to these questions.

President Buhari needs to explain to Nigerians what Mr. Lai Mohammed would be doing with N39.1billion allocated to his Information Ministry that would be more important that what Ministry of Transportation N13.7 billion, Ministry of Water Resources N7.2 billion and the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment N10.5 billion would be doing? These three Ministries’ allocation put together is less than Lai Mohammed’s Ministry of Information! Haven’t we had enough propaganda and lies told to Nigerians?

Buhari was expected to have prudence as his watchword. But the opposite is what we are witnessing. Otherwise, how could President Buhari justify the proposed spending of N400 million on a weekend symposium? Yes, the 35th Annual General Meeting and Symposium of Shelter Afrique slated for June 2016! How can an administration that is yelling against wastage and corruption approve such amount of money for a two day affair?

It is interesting to know that N2.3 billion would be showered on all former Heads of State, Presidents and their deputies just within one year alone. This is upon the mismanagement and tragedy they have all visited on this country. However, more interesting is the N19.9 billion budget that President Buhari and his coteries in the Presidency would spend in the coming year.

The most scandalous part of the Budget is what a commentator on social media described as follows:

“N1.75 billion for President Muhammadu Buhari's feeding in 2016 is a direct attack on collective commonsense of Nigeria and a stark contrast to his promised Change.
Is it not fraud for Buhari to deceive Nigeria by publicly drinking N10 Milo sachet (tea) during the Presidential election campaign?

Even if Buhari is feeding Sharks, Whales and Buffaloes in Aso Rock, N1.75billion is too much for one man, when millions of Nigerians are finding it difficult to feed even once a day.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan was almost roasted for budgeting N1billion in 2011 and reducing it even to N717.3m in 2013, N542m in 2014 and N530million in 2015, but Nigerians are silent on these reckless squandering by Dr Buhari.”

Lies and propaganda can suffice, but only for a while. The truths always catch up, no matter how long it takes. All the lies that were used to deceive the unwary in the days and months leading to the 2015 Presidential Elections when we were clamouring for a credible alternative to both the “clueless” Goodluck Jonathan and the “hapless” Mohammadu Buhari are now exposing themselves.

“You can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all the people all of the time,” so posited by Marcus Garvey and lyricised by Bob Marley. Nigerians were fooled that a man who is unable to explain the disappearance of $2.8 billion under his nose is a man of integrity and competence. Nigerians were fooled that a man who praised Sani Abacha to high heavens and insisted that Abacha never stole a dime, is a man of integrity and honour!

But time is already telling on those lies. And Nigerians are witnesses to the infancy of the miseries and hardships that are about to unfold!

“In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility – I welcome it.”
- John F. Kennedy, in his Inaugural Address January 20, 1961
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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by nnachukz(m): 12:23pm On Jan 07, 2016
We the wailing wailers association wail with reason. The enemy of our common good is that man that will continue to sing praises to Buhari and dance in his support while we keep dying one after the other due to hardship experience from his ineptitude. Imagine when Sahara reporter is the one publishing this, you will know we are soon getting to our elastic limit.

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by Nobody: 12:30pm On Jan 07, 2016
Sahara reporters hehehe... new wailers....

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by baralatie(m): 12:31pm On Jan 07, 2016
bamosagie:
f you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” - Joseph Goebbels Buhari reading a newspaper before departure Photo Credit: SaharaReporters Media

“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.” - Adolf Hitler

President Mohammadu Buhari promised CHANGE in the days and months leading to the last presidential elections. For a country in comatose, stagnated in misery and miasma, CHANGE was the sing song. At a point in the journey to the presidential elections, Buhari, to and for Nigeria, became much more than the promise of CHANGE. He became the CHANGE that the majority of Nigerians were seeking.

Thanks to the hitherto unprecedented propaganda in the history of Nigeria. It was a dexterous devilish manipulation of information that turned Mohammadu Buhari from the Satan that Nigerians have rejected at the polls for the previous 16 years into a Saint all of a sudden. He became the messiah. He became the savior. Hope rose to high heavens. Excitement was enormously generated. The enthusiasm was pervasive. It was all encompassing. Buhari was everybody’s man. Everyone was Buhari’s man. And woman!

The lies about Buhari were very big but were kept very simple in deference to the gospel according to Adolf Hitler. His party and handlers kept saying those lies repeatedly and consistently. Eventually, Nigerians believed the lies hook, line and sinker. In the face of historical facts to the contrary, Buhari became a man of integrity! Buhari became a man of competence! Buhari became incorruptible!

After sixteen years of trial, Buhari became the President of Nigeria. Contesting for an office for sixteen years consecutively would have meant an adequate preparation and deep grasp of the issues involved. The advantage of ruling the same country once before the second coming was also expected to be helpful. He was expected to know exactly what to do. Buhari was supposed to be the man with a plan; the man with the solution; the savior to salvage and save; the messiah to mesmerize, untie the shackles and set Nigeria free on the path to freedom and realization of its potentials.

Some of us believe that Buhari is and has always been incompetent. In addition to his incompetence, he is also corrupt as facts of history have attested to. Not just by his actions, but by his utterances that are well documented for and by History. But on this second coming, the day he began to deny himself and what he promised Nigerians during his campaign, it was crystal clear that he had no plans for Nigeria. It was clear he had no solutions. It was clear that he is more of the same. At that time, there was no new proof. But now he has provided a brand new proof to Nigerians and for the world to behold. And that proof is his Budget for the Year 2016!

We should let President Buhari’s 2016 Budget figures speak for themselves.

In an administration fighting against corruption, that is in need of diversification President Buhari has presented a Budget that would appropriate N29.7 billion to his Minisry of Agricultureh in comparison to N115 billion to a “do nothing” National Assembly. Even when you add the planned appropriation for the Universal Basic Education (N77.1 billion) together with the Ministry of Agriculture (N29.1billion), the National Assembly still gulps about N15 billion more than them. What a priority!

Nigeria is in need of security no doubt. But this ought not be an excuse for irresponsible spending and uncalled for duplication. President Buhari budgeted N294.5 billion for the Ministry of Defense. The Ministry of Interior also have a lot to do with the security of the country and has a budget of N145.2 billion. We also have the Nigerian Police Formation and Command budget at N283.09 billion. Then there is tucked somewhere in the budget something called Operation Lafiya Dole to cost Nigerian Tax Payers N10 billion. “Lafiya Dole” is an Hausa Language expression that means “Compulsory Peace” or “Peace by Force.” If you add up the four, it gives you N732.79 billion.

With over N732.79 billion to these all important Ministries and Department that deal with our security, can President Buhari explain to Nigerians what his National Security Adviser would be doing with additional N57.7 billion? This National Security Adviser allocation is an amount that is higher than the funds allocated to the Ministries of Transportation, Water Resources, Works, Power and Housing put together! Haba!

President Buhari promised to create employment for the suffering Nigerian youths. But he only budgeted only N7.8 billion for the Ministry of Labour and Employment. He also budgeted N9.5billion for the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, a sector that could easily generate high employment if properly funded and managed. Science and Technology Ministry received only N25.8 billion. Also remember that the Ministries of Transportation and Water Resources received N13.7 billion and N7.2 billion respectively.

The immediate paragraph above contains five of the most important Ministries that could have positive impact on the people if any government is serious at all. Their total expenditure is N64 billion. This is less than what President Buhari, the man who promised us CHANGE, allocated to his Minister of Special Duties N72.8 billion! Pray, what are the Special Duties to be done that they should cost so much? Then add N45.3 billion allocated to the Office of the Secretary to the Federal Government and Office of the Head of Service, N6.4 billion. What further evidence of misapplication of funds that consolidates corruption do we need than all these?

But wait a minute! President Buhari has allocated to the Federal Character Commission N2.09 billion! For goodness’ sake, what do they do in that Commission that would cost the Nigerian Tax Payers this much just in One Year? Then there is what is called Outsourced Services that would cost N5 billion and Presidential Amnesty Program which would also cost N20 billion. Who are the targets of this Amnesty Program? Is it Boko Haram Terrorists, or Niger Delta Militants? Or who?

It is perfidious on the part of President Buhari and a betrayal of Nigeria’s future to budget only N29.7 billion for Min of Agriculture, N 7.8 billion for Labour & Employment and N10.5 billion to Industry, Trade and Investment which all put together would be less than the 57.7 billion allocated to his National Security Adviser outside the over N732 billion already allocated to different facets for security purposes. This is wastage, it is corruption and it is mismanagement.

Why did President Buhari budget N45 billion for INEC in a year when there is no national elections? What is this money for? Is this money just for salaries or other assignments? If this amount is for assignments, what is the nature of those assignments? Nigerians deserve answers to these questions.

President Buhari needs to explain to Nigerians what Mr. Lai Mohammed would be doing with N39.1billion allocated to his Information Ministry that would be more important that what Ministry of Transportation N13.7 billion, Ministry of Water Resources N7.2 billion and the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment N10.5 billion would be doing? These three Ministries’ allocation put together is less than Lai Mohammed’s Ministry of Information! Haven’t we had enough propaganda and lies told to Nigerians?

Buhari was expected to have prudence as his watchword. But the opposite is what we are witnessing. Otherwise, how could President Buhari justify the proposed spending of N400 million on a weekend symposium? Yes, the 35th Annual General Meeting and Symposium of Shelter Afrique slated for June 2016! How can an administration that is yelling against wastage and corruption approve such amount of money for a two day affair?

It is interesting to know that N2.3 billion would be showered on all former Heads of State, Presidents and their deputies just within one year alone. This is upon the mismanagement and tragedy they have all visited on this country. However, more interesting is the N19.9 billion budget that President Buhari and his coteries in the Presidency would spend in the coming year.

The most scandalous part of the Budget is what a commentator on social media described as follows:

“N1.75 billion for President Muhammadu Buhari's feeding in 2016 is a direct attack on collective commonsense of Nigeria and a stark contrast to his promised Change.
Is it not fraud for Buhari to deceive Nigeria by publicly drinking N10 Milo sachet (tea) during the Presidential election campaign?

Even if Buhari is feeding Sharks, Whales and Buffaloes in Aso Rock, N1.75billion is too much for one man, when millions of Nigerians are finding it difficult to feed even once a day.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan was almost roasted for budgeting N1billion in 2011 and reducing it even to N717.3m in 2013, N542m in 2014 and N530million in 2015, but Nigerians are silent on these reckless squandering by Dr Buhari.”

Lies and propaganda can suffice, but only for a while. The truths always catch up, no matter how long it takes. All the lies that were used to deceive the unwary in the days and months leading to the 2015 Presidential Elections when we were clamouring for a credible alternative to both the “clueless” Goodluck Jonathan and the “hapless” Mohammadu Buhari are now exposing themselves.

“You can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all the people all of the time,” so posited by Marcus Garvey and lyricised by Bob Marley. Nigerians were fooled that a man who is unable to explain the disappearance of $2.8 billion under his nose is a man of integrity and competence. Nigerians were fooled that a man who praised Sani Abacha to high heavens and insisted that Abacha never stole a dime, is a man of integrity and honour!

But time is already telling on those lies. And Nigerians are witnesses to the infancy of the miseries and hardships that are about to unfold!

“In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility – I welcome it.”
- John F. Kennedy, in his Inaugural Address January 20, 1961
Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by TheFreeOne: 12:33pm On Jan 07, 2016
Some of us believe that Buhari is and has always been incompetent. In addition to his incompetence, he is also corrupt as facts of history have attested to. Not just by his actions, but by his utterances that are well documented for and by History.

Lies and propaganda can suffice, but only for a while. The truths always catch up, no matter how long it takes. All the lies that were used to deceive the unwary in the days and months leading to the 2015 Presidential Elections

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility – I welcome it.
- John F. Kennedy, in his Inaugural Address January 20, 1961

I have said it before and after the elections that buharis candidacy ain't only incompetent but a big fraud. His 2016 budget attests to that fact.

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by dunkem21(m): 12:38pm On Jan 07, 2016
Whoever sold wailing forms to Sahara reporters should refund their funds ..


This is the best budget since Adam ate Eve's *apple ..

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by Sweetguy25: 12:42pm On Jan 07, 2016
More woes await Nigerians for voting an utterly mentally redundant human being like Buhari.

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by RockMaxi: 12:51pm On Jan 07, 2016
shocked shocked Oh fortress where art thou, keep this thread from thronging of those that have always been saying SR are not credible.

With this, SR will be a credible source. grin grin

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by aieromon(m): 1:03pm On Jan 07, 2016
The title should read "Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Corruption by Remi Oyeyemi"

Remi Oyeyemi is a seasoned journalist and is not a staff of SR.

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by mars123(m): 1:13pm On Jan 07, 2016
After all the wailing here and there, the government will be allowed to implement the budget. And it is during this time we will know whether it is a ''consolidation on corruption'' or not. The budget itself can be analyzed from different angles and analysis can be good or bad. But it is the implementation that would tell whether we have a government or not.

I understand where this concern is coming from, considering the fact that the PDP happily impoverished us in their 16yrs free for all government. But still we all agree that OBJ, GEJ and Buhari are three different people with different mindsets.

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by Nobody: 1:27pm On Jan 07, 2016
I wonder why topics like this never hit front page. Dinner @ work. May I not sell my destiny for a meal.

Nairaland I weep for thee
Nigeria I weep for thee

I still luv baba though

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by Biafrarep(m): 1:28pm On Jan 07, 2016
The poverty stricken gullible masses will keep hyping him till they die of starvation. I cried myself hoarse trying to enlighten people of the fraud Buhari & apc were but nobody listened even now, they are still hoping for an imaginary change. so so sad!!

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by crestedaguiyi: 1:29pm On Jan 07, 2016
the veil has been pulled grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin


current events in Nigeria is making Nnamdi Kanu look like a prophet.

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by TheFreeOne: 1:34pm On Jan 07, 2016
ejibaba:
I wonder why topics like this never hit front page. Dinner @ work. May I not sell my destiny for a meal.

Nairaland I weep for thee
Nigeria I weep for thee

I still luv baba though

29b was budgeted for information / culture and media owners are businessmen so you can imagine what part of the money will be used for since we have a minister of misinformation in lying Mohammed.

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by Nobody: 1:47pm On Jan 07, 2016
This article reeks of ignorance and stupidity.

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by Biafrarep(m): 1:52pm On Jan 07, 2016
mars123:
After all the wailing here and there, the government will be allowed to implement the budget. And it is during this time we will know whether it is a ''consolidation on corruption'' or not. The budget itself can be analyzed from different angles and analysis can be good or bad. But it is the implementation that would tell whether we have a government or not.

I understand where this concern is coming from, considering the fact that the PDP happily impoverished us in their 16yrs free for all government. But still we all agree that OBJ, GEJ and Buhari are three different people with different mindsets.
I pity you & your generation if this hogwash you wrote satisfied your conscience. In a sane country, there would have been a mass bedlam by now but here, what we have is a conspiracy of silence by those that should no better. If you feel you love yourself & Buhari, now is the time to talk & make him change course, for already he is on the road to disaster!

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by EternalTruths: 1:52pm On Jan 07, 2016
Even Saharareporters have joined the wailers

Thank God I never voted the Cattleman of Daura. grin

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by mars123(m): 2:16pm On Jan 07, 2016
Biafrarep:
I pity you & your generation if this hogwash you wrote satisfied your conscience. In a sane country, there would have been a mass bedlam by now but here, what we have is a conspiracy of silence by those that should no better. If you feel you love yourself & Buhari, now is the time to talk & make him change course, for already he is on the road to disaster!
your talk is cheap because I know why you're wailing, I also know where you are coming from. Most especially i know where you are headed to - nowhere with your Biafran rubbish. If Buhari should drop dead today, your likes will celebrate his demise for very obvious reasons. So with knowledge of these, why should i even take you serious as a responsible critic the way i was under the last administration?

Boy, I hear Nnamdi Kanu has started begging in detention but if he comes public with it, he will loose the high regard you and your fellows have for him. It is in this light that i urge you and your fellows to help the man by supporting him to come out and publicly apologize for his stupidity before he looses more than his life, thank you!

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by free13: 2:18pm On Jan 07, 2016
Is this a budget of change? ........ hmm.

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by Biafrarep(m): 2:20pm On Jan 07, 2016
IyaIode:
This article reeks of ignorance and stupidity.
Lol, look at this one. Now let me ask you, DID YOU READ THE POST?? If no is the answer, then I implore you to pls read it calmly, check all the facts & figures as presented & point out any anomally but if indeed you read the article & yet called it ignorance & stupidity then I bet the joke is on you!

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by OKKO(m): 2:28pm On Jan 07, 2016
For people claiming that they are waiting for budget implementation b4 they acknowledge this FRAUD and incompetence, they should be tutored that budget clearly shows government's priority, policy direction and goals.

Let me tell you, no budget has ever been 100% implemented, hence the need of supplementary budget by end of every fiscal year.

So PMB and cronies has just decided on how to share our money among themselves...worst still is that 30% of this budget of wastage will be borrowed money.

It is foolishness to think that during budget implementation Lia Moh'd will then cede a part of 39.1B meant for his ministry over to ministry of labour with 7.8B, he will rather ask for more if possible.

Think deep and appreciate that the figures are the maximum spending permissible to each MDA and Ministries. Budget is a government's working document...and it is even a criminal offense to spend any money beyond its appropriation.

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by Pidggin(f): 2:35pm On Jan 07, 2016
Sahara reporters' staffs will soon be accused of corruption and arrested by EFCC

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Re: Buhari’s Budget: A Consolidation Of Coruption By Remi Oyeyemi ~ Sahara Reporters by Nobody: 2:42pm On Jan 07, 2016
Biafrarep:
Lol, look at this one. Now let me ask you, DID YOU READ THE POST?? If no is the answer, then I implore you to pls read it calmly, check all the facts & figures as presented & point out any anomally but if indeed you read the article & yet called it ignorance & stupidity then I bet the joke is on you!
I shouldn't have replied because ur moniker says a lot about you already.
The writer for instance said the ministry of labour got 9 billion even though the president promised to create jobs. Is the writer expecting the ministry to start employing millions of Nigerians?
The job if that ministry is basically policy directions.

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