Parko:
That video is fake, the video and voice don't follow at all Nigeria!!! . This country is beyond redemption.

Empiree:
[s]Be respectful. What more do you want?. How else do you want him to satisfy your greed?.

Your leaders are reflections of you[/s]

Pacesetter123:
The speech make sense sharr!!

Donte2845:
fool, that is what u are

Sirapretty870:

Never!!

ThierryJay:


I would assume you are the goodjoehunt and I know your comments to be very analytical and on point. However, on this one, it is a bit less so.

While I agree with you on the urgency for improved testing, what Buhari said about providing palliatives for loans obtained by businesses under lockdown is equally important.

The economic recession that will be caused by COVID 19 can also lead to hundreds of thousands of death in a country like Nigeria. Many SMEs are funded by loan financing and the monthly interest payment obligations in the absence of revenue is a business killer. Hence, providing them with a moratorium (suspension of repayments) is perfectly in order. A lot of other countries have done the same.

Heck, the German Finance Minister committed suicide cos of the looming economic recession, so don't downplay this kind of intervention.

Jack500:
Recorded and edited thrash, I can hardly hear the nonsense he is saying.


Buhari is talking in the nonsense
He is talking on the rubbish

This country is on Autopilot.


He would have send Osibanjo, at Least I won't b straining my ear, and enjoy some fluency.

ThierryJay:


I would assume you are the goodjoehunt and I know your comments to be very analytical and on point. However, on this one, it is a bit less so.

While I agree with you on the urgency for improved testing, what Buhari said about providing palliatives for loans obtained by businesses under lockdown is equally important.

The economic recession that will be caused by COVID 19 can also lead to hundreds of thousands of death in a country like Nigeria. Many SMEs are funded by loan financing and the monthly interest payment obligations in the absence of revenue is a business killer. Hence, providing them with a moratorium (suspension of repayments) is perfectly in order. A lot of other countries have done the same.

Heck, the German Finance Minister committed suicide cos of the looming economic recession, so don't downplay this kind of intervention.

themanderon:
All these would have been avoided by the simple act of closing the damn boarders and stopping flights from those ravaged countries but they were busy boasting of being ready for something that has totally shaken the western world. All hot air no action now poor Nigerians would be made to suffer for their incompetence as usual.
What plans have they made to cater for the hunger and starvation that would most certainly be a fallout from the lock down? As usual nothing just lock the place down and let Hunger finish what corona started.
Our foolishness as a nation has come home to roost.

mickeymimi:
It is so difficult for Nigerians to stay at home , when some dont even have food or electricity ....may be the country is just too big for a president to handle.

Righteousness89:
Hope it's not pre-recorded!
Hope it's Live!!


NoNoNoNoNo..
I am not so impressed...

His Excellency looks to Merely Reading a Book handed over to Him...

Infact His Excellency just finished Reading a book..

To be Sincere, I don't think this was live..

No Questions From Journalist!

This is Not Impressive at all at all at all..

There seems Something fishy about our Presidency! I can't really say but there is something fishy!

O LORD GOD who has the Secret of men, EXPOSE the Mystery Surrounding the Nigerian Seat of Power in The Name of JESUS..

SharpJoe:


I am not saying it is not in order. However, priority. The speech today is a first line of action. Not relief.

You know, if he is a leader who addresses the people daily or at least 3 times a week, that can come later.

Today, we need the basics handled. Testing, Isolation, treatment, food supply chain, medical supply chain, kits for health workers, medicine. Innovative means of stopping immediate spread

When these pick up, he can talk of palliatives.

But first, the above require humongous amount of money when it concerns protecting the lives of millions of people. School feeding and loans is not a priority when he has not calculated how much it will cost to set up multiple testing centres across the country and isolation procedures.

If you imagine how much it will cost to test across the Nation in the coming days, you will understand the gravity.

Wiseoldman:


The insults are not intelligent bros. Some people that can't define the basic component of a neural network are saying the video is a deepfake.

Wahala dey black man country. Instead of us to join hand to build our country, we wont to destroy it and run away to obodo oyinbo. Just to you can be sending 100USD to your village people.

Victorious1000:
Nigerians are something else really! Before tonight many of you were up in arms asking why the president hasn't address the nation and now he's about to do that, more rubbish is been rolled out about 'prepared speech ' doctored tape ''staged that ' blah blah blah

There's nothing than can please a wailer! SMH

ThierryJay:


I disagree with you on the above, economic palliatives are also priority at this time as financial obligations are currently under strain i.e repayments are falling due as we speak. How long do you think it takes a business to crumble in the absence of cashflows?

My point is that both issues should be addressed simultaneously, not one at the detriment of the other. Even, the UK and the US had first announced several economic palliative measures before they significantly ramped up their frequency of testing.

What I agree with you on is that Buhari's speech didn't address the disease containment plans adequately at all. I suspect that this is because of a lack of coordination with NCDC for the know-how on the medical technicalities by his team.