Confucius a Chinese philosopher once told his disciple Tsze-Kung that, “three things are needed for government: Weapons, food, and trust. If a ruler can’t hold on to all three he should give up weapons first and food next. Trust should be guarded to the end. He concludes that, without trust we cannot stand”.

The above saying though centuries old is more relevant and more contemporaneous now than ever, and more applicable to Nigeria than any other country, given its recent rating amongst corrupt nations of the world and the on-going tirade of distrust and allegations of fraud between some of it’s most important citizens, Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, Jonathan and Buhari.

The central point which trust holds in our daily activities is very profound. Its profundity is such that, denouncing it will imply being islands unto ourselves, which is utterly impossible. Each individual on daily basis trust, or is entrusted with some responsibilities. There is therefore, the need for some amount of reciprocity of trust in the conduct of our activities. We need to trust the security of our societies before venturing out of our homes to our work places. To trust a bus driver an Okada rider, before joining them. To trust the safety of that pure water we buy, to trust your messenger, or your house help to carry out your daily domestic chores, in short, to trust everything that you would not afford to do yourself, but delegate somebody on your behalf.

President Buhari came to power as the most upright Nigerian ever know but then, reality steps in. A political campaign sponsored by treasury looters must pay back somehow. They gained some of the biggest appointments to compensate for their investment and the result is obvious: abandoned campaign promises, fraudulent budgetary system, lack of any reform and more made the masses to loose their trust in the President.

Then after two years of media propaganda, suppression of truth, the presidency suddenly see the need to use Boko-Haram as tool to divert a whole $1 Billion from excess crude account. Recall that the President promised that Boko-Haram will be defeated in December of 2015 and went ahead to declare victory in 2017. Unlike Jonathan’s regime, this time, the News Media were completely blocked from everything Boko-Haram and could only report news as presented by the Army.

Of all things, the President has completely lost the trust of the masses hence people no-longer think of the imaginary “body language” or see him differently from other corrupt leaders. this is the root for question Buhari’s intention over withdrawal of $ 1 Billion dollar. It’s technically too much for fight against defeated Boko-Haram or foreign Herdsmen that kill people constantly in several places.

This go to show that the masses may not trust President Buhari for 2019 or any other major political move ever again.




This Article was written by Torbem Chile for Pinnacle Magazine.

http://thepinnacle.com.ng/2017/12/20/president-buhari-and-the-1-billion-dollar-question/

Buhari is a con artist, a thief

People thought Gen. Muhamadu Buhari is a man of integrity, corrupt free and trustworthy person but we can now see who he is! Sai Baba integrity! Sai Baba fighting corruption!!

tribalistseun:
Buhari is a con artist, a thief

He is a great pretender , who the gods have not given the aura to lead. that's why any time he forces himself on the throne, there is wide spread hardship in the land, there are two options for his supporters in 2019. the should look for appropriate sacrifice to clean him or present a new candidate, presenting buhari as he is , is to go through another round of torture ,there are better qualified nigerians to do the job