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

“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 Ministry of Agriculture 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



http://saharareporters.com/2015/12/31/buhari’s-2016-budget-consolidation-corruption-remi-oyeyemi

When U Fail To Plan,U Plan To Fail.Fact Remains That A.P.C Neva Imagined In Their Dreams That They Will Win The Last Polls.The Party Is Only Good As An Opposition Party And Not A Ruling Party.Ever Wonder Y" Lie Mohammed" Is Always Lieing?... It's The Work Of An Opposition Party Media Spokesman.

One day Bush meat go catch the hunter....

use less president

This Sahara Reporters ehhh... wetin sef!!!

This is not news, all man know this

The budget was a list of intention to steal!

It is a budget of corruption

Ab*ki president

Pmb has succeded in pissing of every one including tinubu and his sahara reporters crew... I am loving this animosity,sounds like music to my ears

What still amazes me till today is how they managed to brainwash some people with empty & bogus promises.



Am short of words mehn

Buhari should be removed. Nigeria will welcome any form of government that will rescue her even if it's led by the military.

with a full erection I was about having sex but when I saw read this report My 6inches dick became flat.

Hungerbad how market

APC & their brain-washed followers thought that reasonable Nigerians or the international community are as daft as they are. Conversely the same Sahara Reporters was one of the media outlet they used to massively run down their own country in the name of opposition politics.Now the table has turned.Moral-whatever that goes around comes around.So beware people!

Lolz... some people will come here and defend the defendless... wen budget budget they consolidate corruption lolz...SR

This budget represents just a small fraction of the real meaning of corruption that will be and is already being perpetrated by this administration!
Shebi they said it's change? This is the real deal...when special duties and information (propaganda) have higher allocations than agriculture, what else is left?