Buhari's administration 1984 - 1985

1. Made 53,000 government workers redundant between those years, reducing educational subsidies.
   
I remembered we use to have what we called bursary back in time. Once you get to higher institution, you get paid your bursary allowance, Buhari put an end to the Bursary Allowance. How many of you supporting him today knows about the bursary allowance. None, you were too young.

2. Reduced the number of local government from 1000 to 301.

How many of you under 30 years of age remember this?

3. Rice, sugar, salf and toiletries became essential commodities, sold at controlled prices.

Before Buhari came to power - a packet of St. Louis sugar used to sell 5kobo while a tin of Peak milk used to sell 15kobo - when he was thrown out in 1985, ask your elders how much inflation jerked up these prices.

4. Buhari expelled 700,000 foreigners- illegal immigrants- , claiming they were a burden on the Nigerian economy.

5. Many notable second republic governors and national assembly members were tried and sentenced to looooong terms of imprisonment, leaving out Shagari and Ekwueme, the head and the vice. Such was the Buhari notion of equitable apportionment of guilt and/or responsibility.

6. Attempted to "crate" Umaru Dikko" back to Nigeria, the British Government un covered the plot and led to a strain between the UK and Nigeria.

7. Death sentence to drug pushers - killed two in the process.

Judicial murder, the execution of a citizen under a retroactive decree. Does Decree 20 ring a bell? If not, then, perhaps the names of three youths - Lawal Ojuolape (30), Bernard Ogedengbe (29) and Bartholomew Owoh (26) do. To put it quite plainly, one of those three, Ogedengbe - was executed for a crime that did not carry a capital forfeit at the time it was committed. This was an unconscionable crime, carried out in defiance of the pleas and protests of nearly every sector of the Nigerian and international community religious, civil rights, political, trade unions etc. Buhari and his sidekick and his partner-in-crime, Tunde Idiagbon persisted in this inhuman act for one reason and one reason only: to place Nigerians on notice that they were now under an iron, inflexible rule, under governance by fear.

8. The "NSO" was used to hunt military divisionists, in military tribunals, no jury with constitutional provisions.

9. Long prison terms for tampering with postal stamps, examination mal practices - currency trafficking, illegal produce export etc.

On currency trafficking, Fela Anikulapo languished in goal for years, sentenced under that very draconian decree.  His crime was being in possession of foreign exchange that he had legitimately received for the immediate upkeep of his band as they set off for an international engagement. A vicious sentence was slapped down on Fela by a judge who later became so remorse stricken at least after Buharis overthrow that he went to the King of Afro-beat and apologized.

10. Buhari outlawed strikes and lock outs - no unionism of any kind

11. Decree on national security which enables the security personnels to slam anyone in jail for 3 months, renewable without trial

Speaking the truth was not what Buhari, as a self-imposed leader, was especially enamoured of. Ask of Tunde Thompson and Nduka Irabor both of whom,  faithful  to their journalistic calling, published nothing but the truth, yet ended up sentenced under Buharis decree. Mind you, no one can say that Buhari was not true to his word. "I shall tamper with the freedom of the press" swore the dictator immediately on grabbing office, and this was exactly what he did. 

12. Decree that allows for closing of media houses and cowing of the press if you write anything considered to be negative to government or any of governments personnel or personality.

What precisely was Ebenezer Babatopes crime that he should have spent the entire tenure of General Buhari in detention?  Nothing beyond the fact that he once warned in the media that Buhari was an ambitious soldier who would bear watching through the lenses of a coup-detat. Babatopes father died while he was in Buharis custody, the dictator remained deaf to every plea that he be at least released to attend his fathers funeral, even under guard.

13. WAI brigade- empowered the police to use this to intimidate the populace.

14. Confiscated travelling passports of Nnamdi Azikiwe and Papa Awolowo, denying them their trips abroad

15. the regime's attack on religious leaders, such as "Oba" Okunade Sijuwade, the Oni (king) of Ife, and Alhaji Ado Bayero, the Emir of Kano. The regime placed both leaders under house arrest for six months for an "unauthorized" trip to Israel.

This royal duo went to Israel on their private steam and private business. Simply because the Buhari regime was pursuing some antagonistic foreign policy towards Israel, a policy of which these traditional rulers were not a part, they were subjected on their return to a treatment that could only be described as a head masterly chastisement of errant pupils. Since when, may one ask, did a free citizen of the Nigerian nation require the permission  of a head of state to visit a foreign nation that was willing to offer that tourist a visa.?

16. Buhari need one remind anyone - was one of the generals who treated a Commission of Enquiry, the Oputa Panel, with unconcealed disdain. Like Babangida and Abdusalami, he refused to put in appearance even though complaints that were tabled against him involved a career of gross abuses of power and blatant assault on the fundamental human rights of the Nigerian citizenry.

17. Recall, if you please, the judicial processes undergone by the septuagenarian Chief Adekunle Ajasin.  He was arraigned and tried before Buharis punitive tribunal but acquitted. Dissatisfied, Buhari ordered his re-trial. Again, the Tribunal could not find this man guilty of a single crime, so once again he was returned for trial, only to be acquitted of all charges of corruption or abuse of office. Was Chief Ajasin thereby released? No! He was ordered detained indefinitely.

Rubbish.

^^
Exactly. Rubbish because you cant say anyone of it is a lie.

LOL. I bet you werent born in 1985 from the way you post on NL.

Time2Think:

3. Rice, sugar, salf and toiletries became essential commodities, sold at controlled prices. --- prices that were within the reach of the average nigerian

13. WAI brigade

Those two were all it took to make me love the change. We used to wake up early each day so we could head on down to Haruna Bread, at Haruna Bus Stop in Ikorodu to get freshly baked bread for 10 kobo on our way to school. It was awesome. And with the town CLEAN and DISCIPLINED, it was great growing up in that town. 

Half of the points listed are positives.

90% of your points are very positive for a better Nigeria to be achieved.Thanks for creating a list of these commendable achievements in less than two years.

The change is here - see crowd in Maiduguri today as if it was World cup final.

I billion crowd cant wipe away history even in 1 billion years, brother.

2003, 2007, 2011 - there will always be crowd. LOL

one wonders how man of the people in that pix are muttering "shege" keferi at the pastor, in fact how many of them understand wetin the baba dey yarn

I like most of the points in your list of "Buhari's sins". Though I am close to 40 years and as such your thread is not meant for people like me but I still feel that you are the one that needs orientation and REAL education on what is required to move a country forward.

I love this "sin list", it gives me more reasons to support BB

You didn't present your points in the right way to convince these non-thinking people.

Seun:

You didn't present your points in the right way to convince these non-thinking people.

I think most of them are extremely too young at the time or even were not born to remember who the real Buhari is.

Time2Think:


I think most of them are extremely too young at the time or even were not born to remember who the real Buhari is.

Apparently you were the one who was too young to know what happened during Buhari's reign. You only gave an account of what your folks or older family members told you, and that simply explains the reason why you presented more positives than negatives.
Obviously it wasn't your intention to do so, but truth cannot be hidden no matter how hard you try. Thanks anyways for fostering some truths about Buhari.

By the way Seun was probably a toddler in his pampers when Buhari led Nigeria and you failed to see that he was probably trying to make you feel good! Your blind hatred for Buhari beclouded your sense of reasoning to the point that you are not even aware of the sarcasm in his comment!

Olodo rabata, ojo eja lo mo je!

Wadeoye:

The change is here - see crowd in Maiduguri today as if it was World cup final.

@Time2Think,

I am curious to know. How old are you?

Ride on Poster!!!
Dont mind all these pro-islamic fanatics

Odunnu:

Ride on Poster!!!
Dont mind all these pro-islamic fanatics

Your comments reeks of a religious bigot. Amongst those supporting Buhari on NL you'll find nominal Christians, staunch or SU Christians, nominal Muslims, devoted & practicing Muslims, as well as those who lost faith in any form of religion. You'll also individuals cutting across virtually all ethnic divide. Guess what the uniting factor is. . .!
We have all decided to leave behind the sentiments regarding our faiths, tribes and ethnic affiliation and come together for a single reason: VOTE OUT THE CORRUPT LEADERS IN POWER!

If you do not know about Buhari, perhaps you'll do us all a great favor to use Google effectively, instead of displaying an unfathomable level of ignorance.

Almost all these points are great reasons to vote Buhari.

2. Reduced the number of local government from 1000 to 301.


4. Buhari expelled 700,000 foreigners- illegal immigrants- , claiming they were a burden on the Nigerian economy.

5. Many notable second republic governors and national assembly members were tried and sentenced to looooong terms of imprisonment, leaving out Shagari and Ekwueme, the head and the vice. Such was the Buhari notion of equitable apportionment of guilt and/or responsibility.

6. Attempted to "crate" Umaru Dikko" back to Nigeria, the British Government un covered the plot and led to a strain between the UK and Nigeria.

7. Death sentence to drug pushers - killed two in the process.

9. Long prison terms for tampering with postal stamps, examination mal practices - currency trafficking, illegal produce export etc.

13. WAI brigade- empowered the police to use this to intimidate the populace.

Anyone looking for a reason to vote Buhari should chose any of the above reasons given by the OP.

15. the regime's attack on religious leaders, such as "Oba" Okunade Sijuwade, the Oni (king) of Ife, and Alhaji Ado Bayero, the Emir of Kano. The regime placed both leaders under house arrest for six months for an "unauthorized" trip to Israel.

When did the 2 become religious leaders? Are all GEJ supporters just as daft as Odechukwu himself?

I know enough of him to know he isnt what you guys are painting him to look like.
I'l rather jump onto Ribadu's train even as a muslim than hang out with a fundamental fanatic like Buhari.

Odunnu:

I know enough of him to know he isnt what you guys are painting him to look like.
I'l rather jump onto Ribadu's train even as a muslim than hang out with a fundamental fanatic like Buhari.

Hell no! You know nothing of him. If you know anything about Buhari, it's probably what your folks told you. If your folks were amongst the corrupt Nigerians dealt with by the Buhari regime, they'll never see any good in Buhari.

When you make comments like the one in bold fonts above, you should also be able to convincingly back up or substantiate such allegations with incontrovertible evidence. Below is a link where the man himself was asked about his religious views, listen with an open mind and then come back here hopefully to apologize for your ignorant comments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JITI0dRDjD4

dayokanu:

Almost all these points are great reasons to vote Buhari.

Anyone looking for a reason to vote Buhari should chose any of the above reasons given by the OP.

When did the 2 become religious leaders? Are all GEJ supporters just as daft as Odechukwu himself?

Odemerije - go and read again.

Time2Think:

Odemerije - go and read again.

It's appalling that after someone pointed out your error, the best you can come up with is name calling. Why are you so intellectually lazy? All it takes is for you to modify your original post.
You made a gullible attempt at denigrating the person of Buhari with 17 points, 90% of which are actually the positive qualities of the man and you are here referring to someone else as "Odemerije". If there is anyone who truly deserves that name, it's the very same person you see when you look into a mirror. I weep for those who laboured hard to see you through the 4 walls of a school.

Time2Think:

Buhari's administration 1984 - 1985

1. Made 53,000 government workers redundant between those years, reducing educational subsidies.
   
I remembered we use to have what we called bursary back in time. Once you get to higher institution, you get paid your bursary allowance, Buhari put an end to the Bursary Allowance. How many of you supporting him today knows about the bursary allowance. None, you were too young.

2. Reduced the number of local government from 1000 to 301.

How many of you under 30 years of age remember this?

3. Rice, sugar, salf and toiletries became essential commodities, sold at controlled prices.

Before Buhari came to power - a packet of St. Louis sugar used to sell 5kobo while a tin of Peak milk used to sell 15kobo - when he was thrown out in 1985, ask your elders how much inflation jerked up these prices.

4. Buhari expelled 700,000 foreigners- illegal immigrants- , claiming they were a burden on the Nigerian economy.

5. Many notable second republic governors and national assembly members were tried and sentenced to looooong terms of imprisonment, leaving out Shagari and Ekwueme, the head and the vice. Such was the Buhari notion of equitable apportionment of guilt and/or responsibility.

6. Attempted to "crate" Umaru Dikko" back to Nigeria, the British Government un covered the plot and led to a strain between the UK and Nigeria.

7. Death sentence to drug pushers - killed two in the process.

Judicial murder, the execution of a citizen under a retroactive decree. Does Decree 20 ring a bell? If not, then, perhaps the names of three youths - Lawal Ojuolape (30), Bernard Ogedengbe (29) and Bartholomew Owoh (26) do. To put it quite plainly, one of those three, Ogedengbe - was executed for a crime that did not carry a capital forfeit at the time it was committed. This was an unconscionable crime, carried out in defiance of the pleas and protests of nearly every sector of the Nigerian and international community religious, civil rights, political, trade unions etc. Buhari and his sidekick and his partner-in-crime, Tunde Idiagbon persisted in this inhuman act for one reason and one reason only: to place Nigerians on notice that they were now under an iron, inflexible rule, under governance by fear.

8. The "NSO" was used to hunt military divisionists, in military tribunals, no jury with constitutional provisions.

9. Long prison terms for tampering with postal stamps, examination mal practices - currency trafficking, illegal produce export etc.

On currency trafficking, Fela Anikulapo languished in goal for years, sentenced under that very draconian decree.  His crime was being in possession of foreign exchange that he had legitimately received for the immediate upkeep of his band as they set off for an international engagement. A vicious sentence was slapped down on Fela by a judge who later became so remorse stricken at least after Buharis overthrow that he went to the King of Afro-beat and apologized.

10. Buhari outlawed strikes and lock outs - no unionism of any kind

11. Decree on national security which enables the security personnels to slam anyone in jail for 3 months, renewable without trial

Speaking the truth was not what Buhari, as a self-imposed leader, was especially enamoured of. Ask of Tunde Thompson and Nduka Irabor both of whom,  faithful  to their journalistic calling, published nothing but the truth, yet ended up sentenced under Buharis decree. Mind you, no one can say that Buhari was not true to his word. "I shall tamper with the freedom of the press" swore the dictator immediately on grabbing office, and this was exactly what he did. 

12. Decree that allows for closing of media houses and cowing of the press if you write anything considered to be negative to government or any of governments personnel or personality.

What precisely was Ebenezer Babatopes crime that he should have spent the entire tenure of General Buhari in detention?  Nothing beyond the fact that he once warned in the media that Buhari was an ambitious soldier who would bear watching through the lenses of a coup-detat. Babatopes father died while he was in Buharis custody, the dictator remained deaf to every plea that he be at least released to attend his fathers funeral, even under guard.

13. WAI brigade- empowered the police to use this to intimidate the populace.

14. Confiscated travelling passports of Nnamdi Azikiwe and Papa Awolowo, denying them their trips abroad

15. the regime's attack on religious leaders, such as "Oba" Okunade Sijuwade, the Oni (king) of Ife, and Alhaji Ado Bayero, the Emir of Kano. The regime placed both leaders under house arrest for six months for an "unauthorized" trip to Israel.

This royal duo went to Israel on their private steam and private business. Simply because the Buhari regime was pursuing some antagonistic foreign policy towards Israel, a policy of which these traditional rulers were not a part, they were subjected on their return to a treatment that could only be described as a head masterly chastisement of errant pupils. Since when, may one ask, did a free citizen of the Nigerian nation require the permission  of a head of state to visit a foreign nation that was willing to offer that tourist a visa.?

16. Buhari need one remind anyone - was one of the generals who treated a Commission of Enquiry, the Oputa Panel, with unconcealed disdain. Like Babangida and Abdusalami, he refused to put in appearance even though complaints that were tabled against him involved a career of gross abuses of power and blatant assault on the fundamental human rights of the Nigerian citizenry.

17. Recall, if you please, the judicial processes undergone by the septuagenarian Chief Adekunle Ajasin.  He was arraigned and tried before Buharis punitive tribunal but acquitted. Dissatisfied, Buhari ordered his re-trial. Again, the Tribunal could not find this man guilty of a single crime, so once again he was returned for trial, only to be acquitted of all charges of corruption or abuse of office. Was Chief Ajasin thereby released? No! He was ordered detained indefinitely.

Thanks for giving us more reasons to support and vote Buhari. You are a Darling *kis.s* *kis.s* *kis.s*

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9ijaMan:

It's appalling that after someone pointed out your error, the best you can come up with is name calling. Why are you so intellectually lazy? All it takes is for you to modify your original post.
You made a gullible attempt at denigrating the person of Buhari with 17 points, 90% of which are actually the positive qualities of the man and you are here referring to someone else as "Odemerije". If there is anyone who truly deserves that name, it's the very same person you see when you look into a mirror. I weep for those who laboured hard to see you through the 4 walls of a school.

Another odemerije. When he called me olodo, did u leave your eyes at the campaign ground? You will just kill yourself the way u go about this Buhari problem, trust me.

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the poster is a clueless as GEJ, u just continue to soot urself, these points are more on the positive side.

BB 2011, carry go, no shaking, no matter what the blind ones will say

^^^

Extra Judicial murders/killings are positive. Only if you are in the Buhari camp

Slamming journalists in jail for writing the truth is positive only in the Buhari camp

Extra draconian laws are positives only in the Buhari camp.

No wonder - bomb throwing is a positive one from the Buhari camp.

Odemerije.

Time2Think:

^^^

Extra Judicial murders/killings are positive. Only if you are in the Buhari camp

Slamming journalists in jail for writing the truth is positive only in the Buhari camp

Extra draconian laws are positives only in the Buhari camp.

No wonder - bomb throwing is a positive one from the Buhari camp.

Odemerije.

Are you really this re'tarded?

9ijaMan:

Are you really this re'tarded?

Odemerije. Mumu. Poison is next to you. U never re-tarded person until u reach hell. The only way you can convince me not to support GEJ again is for you to slit your own throat and bring your own head to NL for us to see.

Time2Think:

Odemerije. Mumu. Poison is next to you. U never re-tarded person until u reach hell. The only way you can convince me not to support GEJ again is for you to slit your own throat and bring your own head to NL for us to see.

Haba! Olopa ewon'tepe? Baby girl na wetin I do you na?
I didn't know I touched where it hurts badly. Ndo, pele, ishuru!

@Poster: I have only one question for you - Will you be offended if when elected, Buhari cease the passport of anyone that have partaked illegally in collecting Billions daily from the Nations purse?

^^^

No need to answer that one because he aint getting there.