Adaowerri111:
I can see everything turning around, buhari's never say die attitude was what we really needed

LordAdam:


I believe we have spent the better part of 7 months blaming people that embezzled money. That is a stale story and apparently it was the reason why Buhari was elected.

The dearth of current economic recession is 70% caused by Buhari's inaction. His continued inaction will be the reason why we would fall to the abyss if June 2016 does not pose good news for global oil price. I'm optimistic, but the truth must be said. Let Buhari start making hay when the sun shines. Nigerians are slowly losing all confidence in him. Rather than gamble completely with the June OPEC meeting, he should set measures in place to protect the Nigerian economy in case things go south.

You cannot blame GEJ for not planning well in advance for bullish periods (even though it wasn't entirely his fault), and then absolve Buhari for again failing to plan well in advance of what may be a worse bullish period.

The same way people blame GEJ for not saving enough, people will blame Buhari for not doing enough to stem an economic recession when he could.

Again, I am not a prophet of doom, and I think there is a 75% chance OPEC will make a production cut deal on or before June 2016. However, we must also make provisions should the worst happen.

-Lord

Ofodirinwa:
This man is an slowpoke. The price is low because the US has more oil than both Saudi and Russia and is no longer importing the way it used to. Soon they will even export adding to world over supply. The US is no longer interested in foreign oil. They can freeze whatever they want to freeze the price will keep dropping as they find oil in new places here in the US.

olalat:
He should act and do what exactly? Print dollar or naira? Buhari is on d right track. Lets all brace up 4 d challenges ahead.

ddippset:
yeah let's forget about the past and not blame gej or anyone. But the non appointment of ministers though, shouldn't that belong in the past too? I think it should! We depend on oil for 95% of our economy, even a team of the best economists and financial experts in the world could never have salvaged this situation in 9 months. Buhari might have promised a lot, but he aint got no magic wand! What we need to do now is encourage and support, not blame anyone ; gej for supervising the astronimical looting of our funds and buhari for failing to appoint ministers because like you rightly said, they are all in the past.

LordAdam:


So he knew he did no have a magic wand and he was promising heaven and earth.

A team of the best economists and financial experts in the world could have salvaged our situation in 6 months. Nobody is asking him to reverse the tide of the economy, we all are saying, stem the tide. If he cannot stop the fall, then he is a complete President Buhari!

I will continue to blame Buhari for failing to appoint ministers, if you still want to blame GEJ, by all means do so. But when the chips are down, the current president of Nigeria is Buhari, so the bulk rests on his table. 180 million Nigerians will blame him for the rot he leaves. The same way 180 (-12 million that voted for GEJ) blamed GEJ prior to the elections for the state of the nation even though the rot had started way before him.

Buhari can still change the perception and record of his government, but he has to act quick. I wish him the best, but make no mistake I will point out his failures from the mountain top and place the blames squarely on him.

-Lord

989900:
Buhari is truly an old soldier, a relentlessly gallant general, for going around all those countries at this old age, pushing for this country . . . energizing all those around him (Kachikwu, Magu, Ali, and co.) #respect

A few of us can see the fruits all the hardwork will bear, some people can't, and I don't blame them for their limitation of sight either, but very soon we'll all see and appreciate the effort, sincerity of purpose, energy, blood, sweat and sleeplessness, put in by this old man -- this is a man with a point to prove, a legacy to lay.

We may not all agree at all times with his decisions and policies, but I can't fault his patriotism -- it's incomparable!

Ofodirinwa:
This man is an slowpoke. The price is low because the US has more oil than both Saudi and Russia and is no longer importing the way it used to. Soon they will even export adding to world over supply. The US is no longer interested in foreign oil. They can freeze whatever they want to freeze the price will keep dropping as they find oil in new places here in the US.

ddippset:
there's no politician who doesn't make and fail promises. At least in our dear Nigeria. Gej and the pdp broke tens of promises. Buhari will salvage the economy, but as long as the oil price remains down, its going to take a lot of time and patience

InwehAkpevwe:
Even at $50 per barrel... The Nigeria economy has to be diversified. My 2 kobo

kunlesmiles:
agreed,but we need money to diversify,technology needed to diversify will nt fall from heaven.

omohayek:


That's where foreign direct investment comes in. Too bad Buhari seems to be trying his best to chase it away!

LordAdam:


Put in place working fiscal policies. He can set things in motion before the budget is passed after all he started ruling May (so he has half of the 2015 budget) and collected more money late last year (supplementary budget).

The only right track Buhari is on is to the right track to be stoned.

I started bracing for the challenges when GEJ lost. I'm well fortified against it, but I'm not sure about millions of Nigerians including your zombie ass. Give Buhari good advice now before it is too late.

-Lord

olalat:
Pls, whats fiscal policy? School me a little abt it. You call someone zombie while u need ur head checked. Many of you, who can nt identify d source of our present economic predicament will jst come on internet nd be typing rubbish. Can u even tell me d literary meaning of policy? Do u think a reasonable govt will allow importation of all sorts of rubbish into d country? What do u know?

kunlesmiles:
agreed,but we need money to diversify,technology needed to diversify will nt fall from heaven.

LordAdam:


Waste of time to reply you.

The importation that was stopped was a monetary policy by the CBN because of dollar shortage.

The dull.ard did not even impose a working fiscal importation policy, rather Buhari lifted bans placed by GEJ on textiles and furniture when he became president in June 2015.

Now you know your own messiah allowed the importation of all sorts of rubbish into the country, when the former better government banned such rubbish from getting in.

Going by your statement, the stupid government of Buhari is "not reasonable". Now, if I lay a curse on you for voting out a reasonable government and voting in an unreasonable government, you will start returning insults, when you truly deserve one.

But there you have it.

I may not know everything, but I certainly know more than you do. Thus making my support of GEJ a more enlightened and far better choice than your support of Buhari.

But the elections are over and Buhari won because we have a surplus of your unintelligent zombie minds in the country. Please, ask Buhari to make good fiscal policies before it is too late ooo. Nobody is dragging the seat with him. He is C-in-C. If he does not perform, we will have to woop his ass and that of your party come 2019. The time to act is now.

-Lord

Ofodirinwa:
This man is an slowpoke. The price is low because the US has more oil than both Saudi and Russia and is no longer importing the way it used to. Soon they will even export adding to world over supply. The US is no longer interested in foreign oil. They can freeze whatever they want to freeze the price will keep dropping as they find oil in new places here in the US.

Ofodirinwa:
This man is an slowpoke. The price is low because the US has more oil than both Saudi and Russia and is no longer importing the way it used to. Soon they will even export adding to world over supply. The US is no longer interested in foreign oil. They can freeze whatever they want to freeze the price will keep dropping as they find oil in new places here in the US.

Mike008:


I'll nominate you as minister if I get the chance. You seem to know better.

H2Ossss:


besides... us oil is mainly shale oil and its quality cant be compared to that of saudi and nigeria... tot saudi was the largest producer of oil.... usa hav more oil dan saudi? not sure about that but cant conclude.

The United States has more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia but this happy though shocking information has been covered up for years.

The wells have been drilled, it's merely a matter of turning on the faucets to supply America's needs for 200 years.

LordAdam:


APC did not sell Buhari as a politician. Buhari was sold as an elder statesman, past general, and a man of integrity. Everything that a pot-belly politician is not.

So, a man of integrity cannot make and fail promises. It is wrong on all fronts. It is either he makes promises he can fulfill or not make promises at all and do more than is expected. I would have preferred the latter, but alas APC/Buhari were too desperate that they chose the former.

Buhari does not need increased fuel price to salvage the economy. Nigeria still makes profit from the sale of oil and even our output of oil has increased. Let him do one before doing two. First stop the fall, then stabilize the economy, then make the economy grow.

Right now, he is not even thinking about this as a process, he lacks direction.

-Lord

Ofodirinwa:
This man is an slowpoke. The price is low because the US has more oil than both Saudi and Russia and is no longer importing the way it used to. Soon they will even export adding to world over supply. The US is no longer interested in foreign oil. They can freeze whatever they want to freeze the price will keep dropping as they find oil in new places here in the US.

Zieristclair:

don't sound so overconfident. there are buyers all over the globe. take for instance, India, Japan and China.these countries' economic activities are on a steady rise with their population and their respective populations' purchasing power are on a faster increase than decades ago. all these things,my friend tend to increase energy consumption in these countries. the US is just playing an economics games with the rest of the world. by the way may I ask you, where do you think China gets its oil from, the US or the middle east?