atakamus:
Former dictator is better. God forbid a thief winning.

Atiku is one of our problems,how can one man have 26 children

goslowgoslow:

Former dictator read well.

Former dictator will always have a dictator trait in him.

Evercurious:
Thank God for the word 'alleged'... But the other is a confirmed dictator

Former dictator


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsDrg5Fg2DA

6lam:
Dumb citizens. The number of votes Buhari will get translates to the number of unintelligent people in this nation. As for Buhari supporters, deep down you all know something is wrong with you. Atiku on the other hand is just a tad better than Buhari.. oloriburuku kan noni gbogbo wan.

Ori e ti da ru! Tad better?

I see a sarcastic mockery in that caption. It means Nigerians have two options as leaders. One is a dictator and the other one is an alleged kleptocrat. It defines how stupid Nigerians are

Biafrannuke:
Boycott the zoo !
Sit at home!

Vote for PDP

10 years later...RESTRUCTURING

20 YEARS LATER : BIAFRA REFERENDUM I

25 YEARS LATER : BIAFRAN INDEPENDENCE.

50 YEARS LATER: Biafra lands men on Titan.

Or sit down at home, and enjoy being a zoo animal....forever...and ever...


Democracy is not sitting down at home.

KingOvo:
Voters need to choose between a pair of uninspiring presidential candidates, neither offering a fix for its struggling economy.

What’s a Nigerian citizen to do when there’s a presidential election coming up and the two leading candidates are a former dictator who’s presided over four years of lackluster growth and an alleged kleptocrat of international repute?

This is the choice facing Africa’s largest oil producer, and by some measures its largest economy, in the Feb. 16 vote. Although the field is crowded, incumbent Muhammadu Buhari, 76, faces his strongest challenge from Atiku Abubakar, 72, who served as vice president from 1999 to 2007 and has tried and failed several times already to secure the top job.

Buhari, who led Nigeria briefly in the 1980s as a dictator, came back to power four years ago via the ballot box. After military rule ended in 1999, he contested several elections unsuccessfully before finally becoming the first opposition figure to win the presidency. (He describes himself as a “converted democrat.”) Voters and pundits alike were optimistic that he could diversify the oil-dependent economy, tackle graft, and end Boko Haram’s deadly insurgency. While the stern former general has succeeded in stamping out some of the corruption that’s long blighted Nigeria, critics say he’s been selective, mostly targeting his political opponents. They also say he’s failed on other issues, nicknaming him “Baba Go-Slow” in reference to his age and sluggish response to crises.
Nigeria’s economy is still smaller on a per capita basis than it was in 2014, when it was hammered by the crash in crude prices. Unemployment has surged to a record 23 percent from 6.4 percent at the end of 2014. The stock market has been the world’s worst performer since Buhari came to office, falling more than 50 percent in dollar terms. Boko Haram militants, some affiliated with Islamic State, continue to wreak havoc in the northeast. Other parts of the country have been roiled by a conflict between farmers and herders that’s led to thousands of deaths.

Abubakar, widely known as Atiku, is a father of 26 who has business interests ranging from oil and gas services to food manufacturing. He’s pledged to loosen the state’s grip on the economy, end the naira’s peg to the dollar, and privatize companies including the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp., which dominates the local energy industry. But for all his market-friendly talk—he admires the late Conservative U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher—many Nigerians think he used his past positions in government to enrich himself.

“It’s like a choice between the devil and the deep blue sea,” says Andrew Niagwan, 36, a teacher in the central city of Jos who doesn’t know if he’ll vote. “Buhari’s got good intentions, but he doesn’t seem very capable. Our living standards have dropped in recent years. As for Atiku, Nigerians are wary because of all the allegations surrounding him.”

A U.S. Senate report in 2010 concluded that Abubakar and one of his wives had wired $40 million of “suspect funds” into American accounts and said that his business dealings “raise a host of questions about the nature and source” of his wealth. Although he has denied the claims and has never been indicted at home or abroad, Abubakar hasn’t been able to shake the perception of impropriety. In January he met with lawmakers in Washington after having been banned from the country for more than a decade under a State Department edict against politicians linked to foreign corruption, according to former U.S. officials. (A spokesperson for Abubakar’s campaign denies he’d been banned from the U.S., and the State Department declined to comment on the visit.)

Investors expect Nigerian assets to rise if Abubakar wins. “As much as Buhari has done in terms of tackling corruption, under his guidance the economy has been quite stagnant,” says Christopher Dielmann, an economist at Exotix Capital in London. “The perception is that, under Atiku, a degree of corruption could return to the country, but that might bring with it higher economic growth.”
Still, any bounce could be short-lived. Abubakar may not risk the political fallout from trying to sell state assets or, as he’s also promised, removing a cap that keeps Nigeria’s gasoline prices among the cheapest in the world.

“I’m doubtful there’d be any great change with the economy, no matter who gets elected,” says John Campbell, a former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria who’s now a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. That’s a major problem, he says, as the United Nations projects Nigeria’s population will double, to 410 million, by 2050. “How on Earth can you grow an economy fast enough to accommodate those numbers?”

New York-based risk consultant Eurasia Group, which included Nigeria on its list of the top 10 global risks for 2019, predicts Buhari will be reelected. But even if steadier oil prices mean the worst is over, it won’t be an easy four years. “The country might just muddle through for now,” says Amaka Anku, head of Africa at Eurasia. The next election, in 2023, could be an inflection point, she says. “There’s a real chance that a reformist government emerges then."

BOTTOM LINE - No matter who wins Nigeria’s presidential election, the economy is unlikely to improve, setting up the nation for a humanitarian catastrophe in the coming decades.

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-08/nigeria-s-tough-decision-former-dictator-or-alleged-kleptocrat?srnd=premium-africa

I stand for the 3rd force. Dictators and Kleptocrats are not for civilized societies.

Numlock:


Waste of school fees.

You see allege, I bet you don't know the meaning.

It appears we don't process our thoughts. Let us forget whether it is alleged or not.

Kleptomaniac - Thief, Ole, Barawo
Dictator - Killer, Silence everyone, can even take your money and silence you.

And people are saying they prefer a dictator to a kleptomaniac. The two are bad but if you have to make a choice, kleptomaniac is better Abeg!


Please help explain to them further.

6lam:
Dumb citizens. The number of votes Buhari will get translates to the number of unintelligent people in this nation. As for Buhari supporters, deep down you all know something is wrong with you. Atiku on the other hand is just a tad better than Buhari.. oloriburuku kan noni gbogbo wan.

The number of votes Atiku will get will determine the number of thieves and frauds we have in this nation.

The statistics is welcome because the FG would get it for free and thus use it to know the best way to handle that section of corrupted souls

IPOD dont know the meaning of Kleptocracy
They are doing everything to force a known thief down our throat

omogidi234:



It appears we don't process our thoughts. Let us forget whether it is alleged or not.

Kleptomaniac - Thief, Ole, Barawo
Dictator - Killer, Silence everyone, can even take your money and silence you.

And people are saying they prefer a dictator to a kleptomaniac. The two are bad but if you have to make a choice, kleptomaniac is better Abeg!


Please help explain to them further.

You're the one who is not processing your thought Oga.

And alleged kleptocrat without any proof?

A former dictator will always have the trait in him which we have already seen.
Imagine calling u a thief with no proof, use your Brian naa

omogidi234:



It appears we don't process our thoughts. Let us forget whether it is alleged or not.

Kleptomaniac - Thief, Ole, Barawo
Dictator - Killer, Silence everyone, can even take your money and silence you.

And people are saying they prefer a dictator to a kleptomaniac. The two are bad but if you have to make a choice, kleptomaniac is better Abeg!


Please help explain to them further.

When they called buhari a FORMER dictator they meant when he ruled as head of state in the military.

Atiku however called himself a Kleptocrat in the video below


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsDrg5Fg2DA

Buhari, Former dictator. Atiku, a renowned thief. Normally, a sane human is not supposed to think twice when it comes to choosing a candidate. Neither of them are qualified. But then It surprises me how people discredit Buhari and then turn around to support Atiku wholly despite all the alligations hanging above his head. You begin to wonder if we are serious in this country.

"New York-based risk consultant Eurasia Group, which included Nigeria on its list of the top 10 global risks for 2019, predicts Buhari will be reelected" ...Bloomberg.

Well while Euroasia Group predicts that Buhari will win by 60%. I predict that Buhari will win by at least 70-75%

In any case, Buhari wins. Wailers must wail till 2023.

Looters will flee Nigeria in droves.
Buhari's second term will be total assault on looters, including Supreme Court justices, Ex governors, like Fayose, etc

phantonce:
How did we get here as a country �.

No matter who wins, we're all still a loser.

And the did you read the bottomline?

We are heading towards a humanitarian catastrophe!!!!! With a population of 410million.

What is wrong with our men and women? Are we going to continue having these unnecessary children? To what end?

okeamuboy:

A dictator is better than a kleptocrat any day.

What!! You didn't just type that

Buhari cannot dictate again. He has lost every sense of sensitivity and sensibilities. It is only a fool that will still pronounced Buhari to be fit for public office after all his dismal display in the course of rallies

We will be a fool to elect a dementia

Buhari needs rest after his four years of failure.
Enough is enough.

phantonce:
How did we get here as a country �.

No matter who wins, we're all still a loser.

Because many Nigerians don't want to be like Macron.

Macron joined a party in his twenties in France. For over ten years he ran around running errands for the big men, carrying their briefcase, cleaning their house, babysitting their children, making sure they got to school (ok...I am being unserious here, but you get the point).

At the end of the day, when it was his time, he had the connections and the people to back him up.

Many of you young and not so young Nigerians refuse to be like Buhari and Atiku....who run around , make alliances, swallow that pride and shake hands, and if possible prostrate for some proud joker who won't wipe their shoes...and even risk wasting their money on an adventure that would end in their loss....

Instead, you sit in your air conditioned office, and stamp papers after papers...then go to the bar in the evening and quaff Star or Guiness or palmi….while complaining about 'thie situation in Nigeria'

Guess what...hardwork pays. Bubu and Atilku are probably corrupt...but they have spent 20 years in the political arena , and have failed at winning the presidency at least once in their lives. They have made mistakes and learned from them. And they are both so not the best we have....they just happen to be the most hardworking.

No food for lazy man.

A Kleptocrat:

A ruler who uses power to steal his country's resources.

Atiku,a kleptocrat of international repute-Bloomberg

Briller:


I stand for the 3rd force. Dictators and Kleptocrats are not for civilized societies.

Dictators built the great economies of the Far East, just bear that in mind.

The message is clear, experts doubt if Nigeria will experience any economic growth if either of the candidates wins because our population is projected to hit 410m in d next 31 years. That means all pdps claim to revamp d economy is fake. Me I rather stick to Pmb to get rid of all the kleptocrats then in 2023 we get a younger person that will propel us to prosperity.

kleptocrat shd b synonymous with tecnocrat

Edzy:
The message is clear, experts doubt if Nigeria will experience any economic growth if either of the candidates wins because our population is projected to hit 410m in d next 31 years. That means all pdps claim to revamp d economy is fake. Me I rather stick to Pmb to get rid of all the kleptocrats then in 2023 we get a younger person that will propel us to prosperity.

.

What about controlling the population?

Are we so daft in this country? I don't understand our daft society again o!

Quality20:
kleptocrat shd b synonymous with tecnocrat

Lazy youth!

A Kleptocrat is a ruler who uses power to steal his country's resources.

princetom1:


After u read this article finished, is this all u can type? Ur reasoning low than Buhari own... The only way to avoid the 2 calamity is to vote AAC, Vote Sowore

In other words vote buhari abi?

Quality20:
kleptocrat shd b synonymous with tecnocrat

I don't wish you well for this terrible statement.

martineverest:
chai...kleptocrat..that adjective/noun is a perfect description of Atiku



I prefer incorruptible dictator

a dictator is an oppressor, can an oppressor be incorruptible?

Its so sad that 4 years later, in 2019, we're still being faced with such uninspiring choices for the highest office in the land. I remember in 2015 it was "a choice between a former dictator or a failed president" and I recall asking rhetorically, "what if the former dictator is also a failed head of state?". Sadly Nigerians went for the former dictator and we can all see how that's turned out. For me, the most worrying part of the article is the end which says the economy is unlikely to improve regardless of who wins - this is truly frightening. God save Nigeria

anyone canvassing votes for Atiku are just plain mad


for a better Nigeria, we don't need a president that will enrich himself and his friend


we don't need a president that would grant amnesty to looters


we don't need a president that will embark on privatising our sectors that had never for once favour us

Rather


we need a radical president, call it tyrant na u sabi


we need a president that believes in continuity


we need a no nonsense president that won't pardon nor grant amnesty to looters


we need a president that see infrastructures as one of the characteristics of attracting investors

we need a president that believes in social welfare of his citizens


we need a president that's not too material freak


may Nigerians not experience any Atikulated diseases, that's when you will know HIV/AIDS dey joke