kikero:
If you ask me, none of them

The problem with Nigerian leaders is the way they run the economy.All of them ran the economy this way: they sold raw materials, whose prices they did not control, and used the revenue to import stuff at a value higher than the cost of the revenues from exports.

Yes, even during the first republic, all the regions ran economies based on exporting raw materials, and importing stuff.

Somewhere along the line, we never developed a productive ethos.

Nbote:
D best may b debatable but d worst is unarguably Buhari

lukui:
The guy drawn on twenty naira




Please don't quote me!!!

gidgiddy:


Murtala Mohammed was a terrorist

Digitiminimi:
A lot of things start running into my minds but a lot to consider before selecting one as preference.
Can I even say President UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA?
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion o.

Digitiminimi:
A lot of things start running into my minds but a lot to consider before selecting one as preference.
Can I even say President UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA?
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion o.

Dogogo1900:
Murtala Mohamed .

kingthreat:
Lets rate them based on issues

Foreign Policy: Obasanjo
Human Rights: Goodluck Jonathan
Military: Yakuba gowon
Corruption: Buhari
Economy: Obasanjo, IBB
One Nigeria: IBB
Sports: Abacha
Education: Shagari

Murtala was assassinated before he could make an impact. Yar Adua was too ill too. Abacha could have been remarkable but he was damn too selfish.

kingthreat:
Lets rate them based on issues

Foreign Policy: Obasanjo
Human Rights: Goodluck Jonathan
Military: Yakuba gowon
Corruption: Buhari
Economy: Obasanjo, IBB
One Nigeria: IBB
Sports: Abacha
Education: Shagari

Murtala was assassinated before he could make an impact. Yar Adua was too ill too. Abacha could have been remarkable but he was damn too selfish.

Nbote:
D best may b debatable but d worst is unarguably Buhari

kikero:


Interesting, though I would disagree with thee small

1.Foreign policy: Obasanjo...okay, that's very true. (it should be noted that in the years after he left power in 1979 he built up a lot of contacts internationally in part thanks to his job in the 1980's in helping to end Arphateid)

2.Human rights : GEJ. : Although nicer than Buhari, GEJ too had his human rights issues. Army abuses in NE (which worsened the situaiton there), policemen invading the National Assembly, and the antics of a certain policeman by the name of Joseph.....

3.Millitary: Yakubu Gowon: Yes...but with a pinch of salt.(Some of the operational decisions, taken in the civil war eg the wasted time spent on capturing Onitsha).

4.Corruption: Buhari. Not exactly. No one has been jailed yet, and petty corruption is still an issue.

5.Economy: Obasanjo, IBB.: IBB had a good economy from 1986-88...when he did things right(including partially removing subsides on fuel). But then we went back to the old ways in 1988...

Plus in 1991-2 under IBB, due to rises in oil prices occasioned by the Gulf War 1, we had a small economic boom.

Obasanjo too had oil price rises from 2003 onward...PLUS....he did somethings right..and again with the aid of NOI negotiated debt relief.

BUT...our economy STILL remained dependent on oil which is why both men , all things considered, were bad leaders economically. As have been all Nigerian leaders.

6.One Nigeria: IBB...Not exactly. Between 1985-90 , Nigeria went through some bad religous crisis that nearly tore our country apart. 1993 too was a bad year. August in particular was very worrisome. (Yakubu Gowon deserves the accolade more, just saying).

7.Sports: Abacha: : I disagree. Yes, we won Nations Cup and Atlanta olympic gold medal....BUT....any victories we won in sport was as a result of the massive investment in youth sports from the 1970's ..especially in states like the old Bendel state . All our sporting achievements in the 1980's and 90'S came out of that. Abacha did not keep up the investment. That's why we find it difficult to win anything (except in football)

8.Education: Shagari: Really? Shagari executed no major reforms, and 6334 was an initiative of the Murtala/Obasanjo regime.

gidgiddy:


Murtala Mohammed was one the most bloody terrorist ever produced in Nigeria.

The man was pure evil

sweettease:
Olusegun Obasanjo, he had a tolerable balance of good and bad.

For me Yar'Adau wasnt there long enough for a full assessment.

kikero:


Interesting, though I would disagree with thee small

1.Foreign policy: Obasanjo...okay, that's very true. (it should be noted that in the years after he left power in 1979 he built up a lot of contacts internationally in part thanks to his job in the 1980's in helping to end Arphateid)

2.Human rights : GEJ. : Although nicer than Buhari, GEJ too had his human rights issues. Army abuses in NE (which worsened the situaiton there), policemen invading the National Assembly, and the antics of a certain policeman by the name of Joseph.....

3.Millitary: Yakubu Gowon: Yes...but with a pinch of salt.(Some of the operational decisions, taken in the civil war eg the wasted time spent on capturing Onitsha).

4.Corruption: Buhari. Not exactly. No one has been jailed yet, and petty corruption is still an issue.

5.Economy: Obasanjo, IBB.: IBB had a good economy from 1986-88...when he did things right(including partially removing subsides on fuel). But then we went back to the old ways in 1988...

Plus in 1991-2 under IBB, due to rises in oil prices occasioned by the Gulf War 1, we had a small economic boom.

Obasanjo too had oil price rises from 2003 onward...PLUS....he did somethings right..and again with the aid of NOI negotiated debt relief.

BUT...our economy STILL remained dependent on oil which is why both men , all things considered, were bad leaders economically. As have been all Nigerian leaders.

6.One Nigeria: IBB...Not exactly. Between 1985-90 , Nigeria went through some bad religous crisis that nearly tore our country apart. 1993 too was a bad year. August in particular was very worrisome. (Yakubu Gowon deserves the accolade more, just saying).

7.Sports: Abacha: : I disagree. Yes, we won Nations Cup and Atlanta olympic gold medal....BUT....any victories we won in sport was as a result of the massive investment in youth sports from the 1970's ..especially in states like the old Bendel state . All our sporting achievements in the 1980's and 90'S came out of that. Abacha did not keep up the investment. That's why we find it difficult to win anything (except in football)

8.Education: Shagari: Really? Shagari executed no major reforms, and 6334 was an initiative of the Murtala/Obasanjo regime.