Moheat:
The Nigerian public has been made to believe that the slow pace of action of the Federal Government headed by Major-General Muhammadu Buhari was due to the enormity of the problems left by the last civilian administration.

I remember asking ppl to tell me just one good thing buhari did in 83 -85 when he was president aside from welcoming visiting heads of states. Even at SMC meetings then he wasn't available only idiaagbon was always on seat. The next thing he will do soon will be to reintroduce decree 2 in a new redesigned fashion in the form of social media bill

Hahaha. Where is Dongoyaro now?
Same old crap Buhari, chasing imaginary enemies.
Prosecuting and re-prosecutions of imagined corrupt politicians. Even kidnapping (Umaru Dikko).
Meanwhile, ship of state drifts aimlessly without conceived and implemented economic directions of national growth rejuvenation. Only bullying on the bullypuppit with Idiagbon. Same old sh*t now.
The leopard can never lost it strips.

For once, we have a sincere leader. Unlike most of those past.

He needs our support. Our love. Our wise suggestions. Our encouragement.

We have no other country but Nigeria. She must not go down as a result of unhealthy nairaland incitements.

Leave Buhari alone to work!

Are you not aware that it is the same Nigerians that are making his work harder (senators for example). Please Nigerians, please lets stop the hate.

Lets love our president.

God bless Nigeria.

Tundeiab:
THESAME mistakes he made that led to the coup is what he is still making...

I can't feign knowledge of the state of the economy as at 1984 whether good or bad, retrogressive or progressive but one thing is certain, Buhari just like today inherited a broke and broken country ravaged by corruption.
The same people that removed him are responsible for the devalued Naira, high cost of living, deplorable state of inftastructure and high indiscipline in civil service.
So tell me, they claim he was moving at slow pace but at least he was moving forward. Had he been allowed to finish his regime I'm sure our country would have been the better for it. Ousting Buhari in 1984 is one of the defining moments in our country's milestone that we can never reverse and we're still suffering for it.

This speech only resonates the fact that we should have patience and let Buhari finish his term so that we don't end up hurrying into the ditch once again.

Slow and steady, not fast and deadly.

Even when he was young ,he was slow mentally in dealing with intricate economic issues how much more now that he is over 70yrs of age and going to 80

Are we going overthrow him if we say this, let wait till 2019

Is enemies of Nigeria that over thro him

make a mistake once u learn from it but make it twice u are a FOOL no be talk oh

Okay

Nigerians been impatient since 1914, the question is y do Nigerians want quick solutions to its issues and yet preach that there's no short to success??, ...The military over threw Buhari cos of his slow pace to d solutions of Nigeria's problems ND criticism of shagaris govt, another question to ask is did their own quick solution solve Nigeria's problems, it is no news Tht Nigeria's biggest problem, corruption, loss of reputation internationally started from babangidas regime, their supposed redeemer, we r making same mistake again, let's b patient n give this man a chance n c where it takes us..... Slow n steady they say wins d race

Looters, is it not the guy that has oil Wells, a soldier turned billionaire.

pressplay411:


I can't feign knowledge of the state of the economy as at 1984 whether good or bad, retrogressive or progressive but one thing is certain, Buhari just like today inherited a broke and broken country ravaged by corruption.
The same people that removed him are responsible for the devalued Naira, high cost of living, deplorable state of inftastructure and high indiscipline in civil service.
So tell me, they claim he was moving at slow pace but at least he was moving forward. Had he been allowed to finish his regime I'm sure our country would have been the better for it. Ousting Buhari in 1984 is one of the defining moments in our country's milestone that we can never reverse and we're still suffering for it.

This speech only resonates the fact that we should have patience and let Buhari finish his term so that we don't end up hurrying into the ditch once again.

Slow and steady, not fast and deadly.

IBB with certain economic directions. Implemented SAP and allowed naira to compete and find it levels in opened world market. Beginning his term with oil at $9/barrel, was able to build Abuja from scratch. And many other structural developments. Above All businesses started booming again and hiring workers that were all retrenched during Buhari. Time wait for no one. Time is money. Government who knows the time value of money, don't waste time to get things done.

stanisbaratheon:



can you please explain why that thread is treasonable??

If you don't understand what he meant, then common sense is truely not common

ZuzuMan:
Hmmmmmm ! I DON COME BACK DEMOCRATICALLY

DEMOCRATICALLY
All his backers and sponsors are criminals who looted treasuries of national and state governments!
I say people bought him the presidency, far from DEMOCRATICALLY!!!

Karma is a b#tch. God Bless Nigeria.

No fast pace to real success

Buyers remorse?

I always did say that this man hasnt changed...isnt it obvious,he never developed himself since leaving power and some gullible sentiments amongst us voted a man with a questionable O level result,abi na letter of recommendation sef

shamecurls:
Long live President Mohammadu Buhari

2023 is already stamped

We just cant guaranty if wailers can wail for that long

I don't know we still foolish wet brains around...saying nonsense about PMB. It's by voting not by barking like a wild dog. The figures are there. We will do it again come 2019. How many governors has bought private jet? The fear of Buhari....Some dogs prefer corrupt ruler to a meticulous leader. Ride on PMB. Go and die if it pains u.

History may repeat again the way things are going am just watching.

thesame way nigeria was put in mess by shagari before buhari came in was with oga jonathan but nigerians will never detest from their attitude of impatience because i never understand how a nation put in crisis for yrs can be expected to change overnight. Buhari never spend 2yrs then when he was overthrownd by selfish nigerians. I still believe in buhari if only we can give him time. Great Nigeria.

While I have been vocal about my opinion that Buhari is utterly economically incompetent, I have to wonder about all of those who read this speech and say that it would somehow be a good thing for another coup to take place. Are such people insane, or were they born yesterday?

As someone who actually lived through the era in question, if there's one thing I can say for certain, it is that the military has no place interfering in politics. Goodluck Jonathan was incompetent and presided over a thoroughly corrupt regime, and he was therefore deservedly thrown out of office; that Buhari as his successor is even more incompetent only indicates that he too will be a one-term president. The point being, democratically elected rulers can be shown the door if they prove unfit for the job. With military rulers, the only way to get rid of those who lack competence is to hope that some other soldiers can pull off a successful coup, or pray that they die prematurely like Abacha. The worst thing of all is that the military showed itself to be even more corrupt and incompetent than any civilian regime, raising the question of what justification they had holding power in the first place.

For all of Buhari's stubborness and economic incompetence, one thing that he has changed on is his willingness to tolerate a critical press and freedom of speech. All of you who come on here to shout "Dvllardinho" and the like would have been literally fearing for your lives if we were to go back to the days when men in khaki misruled the country. Don't let the partisan and tribal hatred which overwhelms so many of you blind you to the reality that military rule is worse than even a poor civilian government like the current one.

Tundeiab:
THESAME mistakes he made that led to the coup is what he is still making...

is it not the same person?

May Allah protects Mr President from the enemies withing and out,Amiin

Leopard can never change its spots.The odour from a he- goat emanates from the body not from the fur.The same country, the same person on different uniform.

Furthermore, the initial objectives and programmes of action which were meant to have been implemented since the ascension to power of the Buhari Administration in January 1984 / May 29 2015 have been betrayed and discarded.

The present state of uncertainty and stagnation cannot be permitted to degenerate into suppression and retrogression.

History, can you repeat yourself

calabardick:


is it not the same person?

If Buhari had at anytime when he was out of government gone to school or any tutorial program like Gowon to better his academic resume, would have expected something different from him. As someone said above, the worst of democratic civilian government is better than military regime. We just have to pray and hope he listen to better minds to propel the nation to higher levels.

Ahmeduana:

BI O TI WA NI IGBA AKOKO, LO WA NI SIN YIN, BE NI YIO SI MA RI NI IGBA GBOGBO TITI IGBEYIN AYE BUHARI!

falls from mango tree!

j1mmy:


DEMOCRATICALLY
All his backers and sponsors are criminals who looted treasuries of national and state governments!
I say people bought him the presidency, far from DEMOCRATICALLY!!!

.....

e dey pain you

cogbuagu:
I, Brigadier Joshua Nimyel Dogonyaro, of the Nigerian Army, hereby make the following declaration on behalf of my colleagues and members of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

Fellow country men, the intervention of the military at the end of 1983 was welcomed by the nation with unprecedented enthusiasm. Nigerians were unified in accepting the intervention and looked forward hopefully to progressive changes for the better. Almost two years later, it has become clear that the fulfillment of expectations is not forthcoming.

Because this generation of Nigerians and indeed future generations have no other country but Nigeria, we could not stay passive and watch a small group of individuals misuse power to the detriment of our national aspirations and interest.

No nation can ever achieve meaningful strides in its development where there is an absence of cohesion in the hierarchy of government; where it has become clear that positive action by the policy makers is hindered because as a body it lacks a unity of purpose.

It is evident that the nation would be endangered with the risk of continuous misdirection. We are presently confronted with that danger. In such a situation, if action can be taken to arrest further damage, it should and must be taken. This is precisely what we have done.

The Nigerian public has been made to believe that the slow pace of action of the Federal Government headed by Major-General Muhammadu Buhari was due to the enormity of the problems left by the last civilian administration.

Although it is true that a lot of problems were left behind by the last civilian government, the real reason, however, for the very slow pace of action is due to lack of unanimity of purpose among the ruling body; subsequently, the business of governance has gradually been subjected to ill-motivated power play considerations. The ruling body, the Supreme Military Council, has, therefore, progressively been made redundant by the actions of a select few members charged with the day-to-day implementation of the SMC’s policies and decision.

The concept of collective leadership has been substituted by stubborn and illadvised unilateral actions, thereby destroying the principles upon which the government came to power. Any effort made to advise the leadership, met with stubborn resistance and was viewed as a challenge to authority or disloyalty.

Thus, the scene was being set for systematic elimination of what, was termed oppositions. All the energies of the rulership were directed at this imaginary opposition rather than to effective leadership.

The result of this misdirected effort is now very evident in the country as a whole. The government has started to drift. The economy does not seem to be getting any better as we witness daily increased inflation.

The nation’s meager resources are once again being wasted on unproductive ventures. Government has distanced itself from the people and the yearnings and aspirations of the people as constantly reflected in the media have been ignored.

This is because a few people have arrogated to themselves the right to make the decisions for the larger part of the ruling body. All these events have shown that the present composition of our country’s leadership cannot, therefore, justify its continued occupation of that position.

Furthermore, the initial objectives and programmes of action which were meant to have been implemented since the ascension to power of the Buhari Administration in January 1984 have been betrayed and discarded. The present state of uncertainty and stagnation cannot be permitted to degenerate into suppression and retrogression.

We feel duty bound to use the resources and means at our disposal to restore hope in the minds of Nigerians and renew aspirations for a better future. We are no prophets of doom for our beloved country, Nigeria. We, therefore, count on everyone’s cooperation and assistance.

I appeal to you, fellow countrymen, particularly my colleagues in arms to refrain from any act that will lead to unnecessary violence and bloodshed among us. Rest assured that our action is in the interest of the nation and the armed forces.

In order to enable a new order to be introduced, the following bodies are dissolved forthwith pending further announcements: (a) The Supreme Military Council (b) The Federal Executive Council (c) The National Council of States. All seaports and airports are closed, all borders remain closed.

Finally, a dusk to dawn curfew is hereby imposed in Lagos and all state capitals until further notice. All military commanders will ensure effective maintenance of law and order. Further announcements will be made in due course. God bless Nigeria.


Source
https://www.thecable.ng/flashback-coup-speech-overthrew-buhari-august-27-1985

It is unfortunate people don't learn from history. History will always repeat itself.

rexzqcom:


IBB with certain economic directions. Implemented SAP and allowed naira to compete and find it levels in opened world market. Beginning his term with oil at $9/barrel, was able to build Abuja from scratch. And many other structural developments. Above All businesses started booming again and hiring workers that were all retrenched during Buhari. Time wait for no one. Time is money. Government who knows the time value of money, don't waste time to get things done.

There's a Yoruba adage that says "ori ediye kole bury titi ko yeyin dudu"
Meaning nomatter how cursed a hen is it can't lay a black egg.
IBB's govt that overthrew Buhari had to do something so no doubt he got a thing or 2 right because he had to prove they were better and faster than their predecessor but at the expense of a lot more damage.
Just like GEJ no matter how we criticize him his mark can be felt in agriculture and entertainment But we all know he failed in the core sectors; education, health, security etc.