May be you need to be reminded , what PTF( Petroleum Trust fund) meant. Someone who is the helsman appoints  his cousin as the sole consultant, to award, pay  and vet contract execution and this cousin perpetuated massive fraud to the tune that he commited suicide when his deeds where about being exposed.

My question therefore is if Buhari  did not know hence could not curb corruption in a small organisation like PTF , then how will he be able to manage corruption in the entire country? "If you have run with horsemen and it wearied thee, how canst thou contend with horsemen?"

I dont want to delve into the issue of 54 suitecases, if you really intend to polish Buhari's image i would advise you ignore that area, as your explanations seem to be doing more damage to him.

PTF was for over 4 years, now do you know that over 45% of the entire PTF projects went to Buhari's north west zone?  If that is not corruption , then tell me what that is?

honeric01:

^^^^

Thanks for further adding more points to all i have made so far.


May you reap the things you wish for Nigeria 1,000 folds


Amen!!!

The truth is that Buhari ran a clearly lopsided organisation with its plethora of consultants concentrated in the northern parts of the country. This issue of disparity in project execution was one of the reasons critics of the Fund kicked against it.[b] The imbalance in PTF distribution of projects and award of contracts is so glaring when one views the North-West Zone against other zones. The South-Eastern Zone is worst hit by the lopsidedness of the Fund in projects selection and execution.

For example, contracts awarded by PTF in the six zones as at December 1998 revealed that the zone made up of Jigawa, Kaduna Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara state grabed the lion share of all the four projects. Road rehabilitation 27.42 per cent, Education sector (NHERP) 34.82 per cent, Education sector (HEMPP) 30.64 per cent. Health sector 55.37 per cent, Food supply 60.54 per cent. This is against zone , made up of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo State, having 5.34 per cent, 4.04 per cent, 10.57 per cent, 6.53 per cent, 4.02 per cent, respectively.


Also Zone VI, made up of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo Rivers, state had 8.07 per cent 19.48 per cent, 13.77 per cent 13.26 per cent 5.57 per cent in same order. Even zone I made up of the six western state Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo Osun and Oyo States did not fare better when compared with the zones in the northern states. The injustice of PTF in the case of Lagos is particularly more disturbing, when it is considered that Lagos is the economic nerve centre of the country.[/b]

jp philips:

@ na-so

[color=#000099][b]why are you twisting common sense? should i beg you to employ the least thing that kills mosquito for you at night.

the above statement can be rightly put thus;

Amongst every person in my team, i can only trust my cousin wholesomely so that i don't need to be vetting papers and as someone that knows what our family stands for i bet he will not embarrass me now tell me, what is wrong with that? "especially when no law forbids him as at the time of event"

on the other hand the nephew thought thus; "my uncle whom i know so much has given me an opportunity unfortunately i have betrayed him, i know him so well that i cant stand his heat i rather take my own life" (coming from a rich Nigerian that loves life) i think he never wanted to underestimate his uncle because killing  is the least his uncle will do to clear his name

the above is what i call "zero tolerance for corruption" and that is what Nigeria of today needs.

let us liken this scenario with what PDP has been feeding us these years, Obasanjo's daughter was embroiled in an embezzlement saga. all of us saw how relaxed and composed she was during the "quasi" trial (i don't know if you followed the proceedings) but i can still remember her being on the phone almost all the time in a trial of that magnitude.

Commonsensically speaking, the above demeanor sends just one message

^{"you guys are wasting my time here, you don't know who my father is"}

if Iyabo were Buhari's Daughter she should be spinning with a ceiling fan by now

[color=#000099][b]this is a very good question. but yes he is a human being and he trusts his nephew to do the right thing unfortunately the guy embarrassed him. In other words we can trust that we will be getting jobs on Buhari's trust and merit while we hug a transformer once you betray that trust.
hope your question has been answered?
We want an Administration that will take Tax payer's money and account for it

imagine if Olabode George took his life for stealing 80bn naira
peter odili jumps into the Niger for stealling from Rivers state
Ibori got a lethal injection for stealing from Delta state
while OBJ face a firing squad for milking us dry, do you really think that we will have an Atiku that will be flounting his wealth with his "no shaking" face?
i bet he could have been on exile in Zimbabwe during the presidential primaries. this is the Nigeria i dream for, this is the Nigeria i support and if my vote will make it happen. God knows i have voted for buhari in advance.

na_so:

@JP philips

Please you would do the entire forum some good if you learn to summarise.

Beaf:

I'm beginning to wonder at the Buhari supporters and the excuses they are giving for his corruption. Have any of you ever heard the word, nepotism? If so, do you know the meaning? Have you also heard the phrase, "due process?" If so, do you know its importance and place in legal frameworks?

What I'm reading here is shameful and outrightly disgraceful. There is no excuse on Earth for Buhari to have employed his cousin as sole consultant to vet, approve, and dish out money in a multibillion govt trust fund. There is also no excuse for Buhari to have given away a PTF housing estate to his crony. You guy's really alarm me.

If you see nothing wrong with such blatant corruption, how would you find the capacity to see wrong in the zealots plans to spread sharia across Nigeria or in his depositing of NNPC's $2.8billion in his fixed deposit account? How?

Beaf:

I have thrown a challenge that remains open until now. Instead of blarbing stupeedly, can you provide a link to a statement were the jihadist Buhari denies that he doesn't plan to establish sharia across Nigeria?It is simple enough.

cap28:

and why havent you seen anything wrong with Patience Jonathan's looting of 100 million naira and 35 million dollars from the Bayelsa state treasury?

GenBuhari:

@Beaf
Regarding Buhari's relative who you claim comitted suicide because of corruption, have you got any evidence (other than posting an article from one of corrupt enemies of Buhari?

I suspect this is one of your embelished stories to discredit Buhari.

Please provide a credible link to prove beyond doubt that Buhari's relative at the PTF was corrupt.

GenBuhari:

Buhari has a Christian wife if he would not impose Islam on his wife, why do u think he would want to impose Islam on whole of Nigeria?

cap28:

Just finished listening to a "speech" given by Mrs Patience Faka Jonathan -

i didnt know we had fallen to this level so this is what nigeria has been reduced to? Are we seriously saying we want this woman to represent nigeria as our future first lady? - can you imagine this woman engaging in a conversation with Mrs Obama?

we are finished if this woman becomes nigeria's first lady:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7bOClsDc-s

Beaf:

Are you in love with her or do you just lack manners and a proper upbringing? You do not attack a mans family to score cheap points. What next? Are you going to start insulting his kids?

Shame on you.

Please you would do the entire forum some good if you learn to summarise.

I said Buhari made his cousin the sole consultant to award, pay and vet projects and that the company commited massive fraud and you are there saying i am twisting facts and telling me about common sense. i just dey laugh. stay off insults.

you were asking for evidence of presidential influence as a reason for the massively lopsided contract award to north west. For your information Buhari accepted the job on conditions that he would be given a free hand, and Abacha agreed not to interfere.

Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo State, having 5.34 per cent, 4.04 per cent, 10.57 per cent, 6.53 per cent, 4.02 per cent, respectively.

I repeat the following which your voluminous post did not address

1. Buhari in the heat of his anti corruption crusade allowed 54 suit cases loaded with cash into the country  when he publicly had warned that no such thing should be allowed.

2. Buhari's PTF   had a sole contractor (his cousin) who committed massive fraud and commited suicide. My take is that Buhari either benefited or was so clueless that he never knew what was happening under him. How then will he curb corruption in a complex country like nigeria in a democracy.

3 That Buhari ran PTF as if it was meant for his NW region
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GenBuhari:

Beaf,
it is time to start coming up with evidence to back up your claims:

1. Provide evidence that Buhari appointed his relative as the sole consultant for monitoring the PTF
2. Provide evidence that Buhari's relative was corrupt.
3. Provide evidence that the 54 items were linked to Buhari in any way
4. Provide evidence that Buhari gave away a PTF housing estate to his crony

Easy to make wild unproven allegations.

cap28:

by the way beaf, first lady's are not immune from criticism as they are regarded as public officials - moreover Patience Jonathan lost any entitlement to immunity from criticism the minute she dipped her fat paws into the coffers of the bayelsa state treasury, so use your brain for once and start thinking logically. Foreign intelligence reports have it on record that Patience Jonathan is one of the most corrupt women currently on the nigerian political scene, keep brown nosing in the hope that they will throw a few crumbs in your direction.

cap28:

says the man who peddles false stories slandering the name of the only decent presidential aspirant nigeria has had in over 27 years.

Where do you get off trying to assume the moral high ground when you have tried to use this forum to bring Buhari's reputation into disrepute by spreading fabricated stories and all manner of falsehoods?

What cheap points am i scoring - I am merely pointing out that Patience Jonathan is an illiterate money grubbing criminal - not only is she corrupt but she is not fit to represent nigeria on the world stage as she is incapable of reading basic english , I know you dont care about nigeria's image on the world stage but that woman is an embarrassment and should not be allowed to represent the country.

I just pray that the husband does not win the presidency because the pair of them are an embarrassment to Nigeria and will be treated like a joke whenver they go abroad and are received by foreign dignitaries.

Abagworo: @beaf.I will say congratulations to Jonathan because with the way the voters registration has come to be fraudulent,PDP will sweep the election through rigging.My only prayer is that the masses do not take the law in their hands.

Buhari is being opposed by IBB,Atiku and OBJ for fear of their lives because the law will be "pepper soup law" if he gets there.

I even believe this DDC concept is a product of IBB's ingenuity.In my ward of about 2000 people only about 40 has been registered and I have stayed three days without success.So about 80 people will finally represent 2000.

Abagworo:

@beaf.I will say congratulations to Jonathan because with the way the voters registration has come to be fraudulent,PDP will sweep the election through rigging.My only prayer is that the masses do not take the law in their hands.

Buhari is being opposed by IBB,Atiku and OBJ for fear of their lives because the law will be "pepper soup law" if he gets there.

I even believe this DDC concept is a product of IBB's ingenuity.In my ward of about 2000 people only about 40 has been registered and I have stayed three days without success.So about 80 people will finally represent 2000.

[size=14pt]"I will continue to show openly and inside me the total commitment to the Sharia movement that is sweeping all over Nigeria," Buhari said, quoted in press reports.

"God willing, we will not stop the agitation for the total implementation of the Sharia in the country,"[/size]

GenBuhari:

[size=19pt]@Beaf,
Buhari has a Christian wife.

If Buhari would not impose Islam on his wife, why do u think he would want to impose Islam on whole of Nigeria?

Buhari never imposed Sharia when he had absolute power as military head of state.

Buhari is considering having Pastor Tunde Bakare as his Vice President

What more proof do u need?

Please use your common sense.[/size]

[size=42pt]"I will continue to show openly and inside me the total commitment to the Sharia movement that is sweeping all over Nigeria," Buhari said, quoted in press reports.

"God willing, we will not stop the agitation for the total implementation of the Sharia in the country,"[/size]

Beaf:

As usual, you are lying, but I think you are secretly in love with the woman.

Dude, you sound like an under educated hunter.

I prefer people who make sense. If as you claim, the stories are fabricated, why have you not been able to make the slightest dent in them? Instead you have gone on a tangent, with your usual madmans conspiracy theories, lying, justifying nepotism and criminality, as well as badmouthing another mans family to score cheap points like someone brought up without morals.

Buhari is a bigot who wants to spread intitutionalise sharia across Nigeria. If you cannot disprove it, you are wasting my time.