All the ones he sold and privatised when he was Vice President where are they today ?

The NEPA that GEJ privatised, we are still suffering from it today. Atiku does not have any genuine intentions. He is a greedy man.

Na scarm .

Perfectbeing:
Well, we can agree to disagree.
Tinubu's track record, in my opinion, nullifies all his flaws and weaknesses.

Of course, you may be right. Tinubu has a knack for assembling technocrats, but my fear is, those technocrats he so much believe on, may disappoint him; just like what we are experiencing today. If it was during his youthful age, when he was energetic, with sound mental alertness, no doubt, everybody will go for him. As it is today, we shouldn't deceived ourselves, Tinubu can not Work the talk.

marv1:
All the ones he sold and privatised when he was Vice President where are they today ?

The NEPA that GEJ privatised, we are still suffering from it today. Atiku does not have any genuine intentions. He is a greedy man.

Na scarm .

Gbam, that's the truth. I 100% support you. Atiku's suggestive economic policies will fail Nigeria, and put the country in more mess.

imadiyi:

Of course, you may be right. Tinubu has a knack for assembling technocrats, but my fear is, those technocrats he so much believe on, may disappoint him; just like what we are experiencing today. If it was during his youthful age, when he was energetic, with sound mental alertness, no doubt, everybody will go for him. As it is today, we shouldn't deceived ourselves, Tinubu can not Work the talk.

I doubt.
The tecnocrat Governors he put in place to succeed him are still following his Lagos blueprint. They would have taken him for a ride he they perceived he was weak.

Tinubu was the candidate that covered the most states to canvass for votes for the APC primaries despite his alleged sickness. He was energetic enough to stay awake all throughout the primary result calling even when youths like me went to bed.

I wanna ask you a question.
I'm sure you're a youth between 25-40.
If you were asked choose between yourself and Tinubu to rule Nigeria, would you choose yourself?
Would you say because you're much younger and healthier than Tinubu you would be more competent than Tinubu to rule a country like Nigeria?

I want an honest reply to this question.

imadiyi:

My dear what you have just said is true. The three frontrunners are good and okay as president of the country. However, they all have their shortfalls, weaknesses and limitations belligerently against them; same way they have their strength.

Atiku is a good choice, but he's so desperate and corrupt. His greed and desperation did not allowed him to speak the truth when he new vividly that it is the turn of the south to produce the next president of Nigeria. His actions towards the deletion of his tweets over Deborah's death in Sokoto, and his present stand of his refusal to asked Ayu to step down as the PDP national chairman speaks of how desperate he can be. This desperation and half-truth may not allowed him to set his priorities right, if given the chance.

As for Tinubu, TBT, his limitations are numerous. He's old and sick, he looks pale and dementia—going by his recent look, comments and actions. He's highly corrupt, and intelligent to the extent of not being caught. How he'd been able to drilled a hole in Lagos State treasury remain a misery to law enforcement agencies in Nigeria—a person who has been out of government since 2017, with no known company or investment, other than TVC. Every company or investment traced to him, he denied. Also, his family, education background and wealth are questionable. Majority of his allies and godsons are very corrupt like him, and are ready to devour the remains of Nigeria; which is basically the reason they are ready to die, to ensure he wins.

Obi on his part, may not have been on the country's corruption spotlight as compared to the two others. He's however not left out, as the issue of Pandora, which he never denied, but gave a clumsy explanation, remain undefined to the understanding of every Nigerian. Aside that, we have not heard of any other. But going by his personal and administrative attributes, he seems to be the better option among the three. Also, remember that, as it stands, Obi has no godfather that he's answerable to, in the event he wins.

Conclusively, from my perspective, I think Obi, or all other candidates (not Atiku and Tinubu) should be well "x-rayed" for who to be considered as the third force. My cent

It is really simple for me when it comes to who to elect.

Intentions and plans are only as valid, reliable and trustworthy as antecedents.

What you will do is only as credible as what you had done or built. Reputation is based on past deeds or performance.

Intentions without any credible record of past performance is mere wishful thinking.

I won’t buy your intention to build a skyscraper when you haven’t built anything before.

So, what you plan to do derives credibility from what you have done before or in the past.

For me, only one candidate stands out in this regard. And that candidate is Tinubu.

ogascomax:
I know that people will start talking nonsense whenever they heard about privatization of the refinery. The refinery shouldn't have been in the hands of the government in the first place. No government runs refinery but it's only in Nigeria do such happen that is why the system had collapsed. Refineries should be run by private bodies and regulated by the government. Look at how NLNG is functioning today under private bodies. Privatization is the way to go.

A responsive and responsible government should have not allowed the refineries to collapse but manage it in such a way that will add more refineries over the years.

But corruption did not allow them do all that.

There is nothing inherently wrong with government building and running refineries while still allowing the private sector involvement. It would be a better way of regulating pricing.

Perfectbeing:
I doubt.
The tecnocrat Governors he put in place to succeed him are still following his Lagos blueprint. They would have taken him for a ride he they perceived he was weak.

Tinubu was the candidate that covered the most states to canvass for votes for the APC primaries despite his alleged sickness. He was energetic enough to stay awake all throughout the primary result calling even when youths like me went to bed.

I wanna ask you a question.
I'm sure you're a youth between 25-40.
If you were asked choose between yourself and Tinubu to rule Nigeria, would you choose yourself?
Would you say because you're much younger and healthier than Tinubu you would be more competent than Tinubu to rule a country like Nigeria?

I want an honest reply to this question.

Zero (0) can be used as a number in the absence of none. Remember, a choice has to be made amongst bad alternatives irrespective of their nature. And since a choice has to be made In the midst of worse, then, bad becomes a lifeline.

My being as a youth, should not automatically be seen as success in governance, if there exist knowledge-gap in my portfolio as regards government. In that case, Tinubu should be embrace to do the job, if there's no young man armed with the requisite knowledge, capacity and experience for such position.

In this case, Tinubu is not the only one that fits into this position, when considering corruption, competence and agility. For me, it's greed, selfishness and "it's my turn" mentality that is making him bent on assuming this position. Even majority of his supporters are doing so because he had at one time or the other supported them. But governance should not be seen as such.

ogascomax:
I know that people will start talking nonsense whenever they heard about privatization of the refinery. The refinery shouldn't have been in the hands of the government in the first place. No government runs refinery but it's only in Nigeria do such happen that is why the system had collapsed. Refineries should be run by private bodies and regulated by the government. Look at how NLNG is functioning today under private bodies. Privatization is the way to go.

Saudi that is one of the big box in oil market bought their back to get it controlled by the government

PresidObi:


This money will end up in Dubai. Atiku only comes to holiday in Nigeria.

Please let's vote for people who understand finance and economics not people who come to Nigeria to canvass for votes only during election time, and runs way when they lose.


Vote for Peter Obi.

It's high time Obi supporters share his blueprint. We need to know what they are bringing to the table

olisaEze:
N10 billion of his personal funds abi more debts?? Whenever this man talks of privatization I get a bit jittery, because he almost bought the whole country when Obj allowed him to appoint the DG BPE that year! Oga ur greed then was as scary as it still is today.

Go and confirm the amount being spent as turn around maintenance for all our refineries on yearly basis , you will understand better
Professor Jerry Fans was right when he remarked:
under the previous Obasanjo/Atiku presidency; the duo restored international respect for Nigeria, ensured debt cancellation, established and strengthened major democratic institutions that guaranteed economic growth and stability, which brought honour and pride for Nigerians both within and outside the country.

Hotfreeze:


Atiku is a serial fool.

Buhari only approved it's commercialisation
People opined that GMB did this to favor Dangote refinery

My joy is that out of the 3 front runners, none can be worse than Buhari

imadiyi:

Zero (0) can be used as a number in the absence of none. Remember, a choice has to be made amongst bad alternatives irrespective of their nature. And since a choice has to be made In the midst of worse, then, bad becomes a lifeline.

My being as a youth, should not automatically be seen as success in governance, if there exist knowledge-gap in my portfolio as regards government. In that case, Tinubu should be embrace to do the job, if there's no young man armed with the requisite knowledge, capacity and experience for such position.

In this case, Tinubu is not the only one that fits into this position, when considering corruption, competence and agility. For me, it's greed, selfishness and "it's my turn" mentality that is making him bent on assuming this position. Even majority of his supporters are doing so because he had at one time or the other supported them. But governance should not be seen as such.

So you mean you will prefer an "old, sick, corrupt" Tinubu over yourself that is young, healthy and non corrupt to rule Nigeria?

You confuse me. Don't Nigeria need a young, vibrant president with no certificate or family background scandal anymore? So you'll prefer Tinubu over your esteemed self?

omohayek:
To all those asking where he's going to get the funds from, it should be obvious if you understand what the meaning of "privatization" is - from the proceeds of selling off all those loss-making parastatals. Privatization has two benefits for a government: it removes liabilities from the government's balance sheet, and provides income from sale of those liabilities. Besides those two benefits, there are also the gains from competition and innovation once politics-driven organizations are turned into profit-seeking firms directly accountable to their shareholders.

Atiku may be a crook, but what he has laid out here is an extremely clear, constructive, pro-growth agenda for the future, not just some vague statements about "change" or "youth" of the kind that are Peter Obi's stock-in-trade. Instead of the usual barrage of insults you Obi supporters can't seem to help engaging in, why not push your candidate to propose something similarly clear, so we can compare platforms and engage in politics about actual policies, not the usual mud-slinging, rumor-mongering and recycling of doctored photos you mistake for campaigning.

I remember reading that the year before the government owned Argentine telephone company was sold, it was the SOE that received the highest subvention from the state. The year following its privatization, it was the largest taxpayer to the government.

There's no better argument for privatization other than this.

Perfectbeing:
So you mean you will prefer an "old, sick, corrupt" Tinubu over yourself that is young, healthy and non corrupt to rule Nigeria?

You confuse me. Don't Nigeria need a young, vibrant president with no certificate or family background scandal anymore? So you'll prefer Tinubu over your esteemed self?

Zero (0) can be used as a number in the absence of none. Remember, a choice has to be made amongst bad alternatives irrespective of their nature. And since a choice has to be made In the midst of worse, then, bad becomes a lifeline.

My being as a youth, should not automatically be seen as success in governance, if there exist knowledge-gap in my portfolio as regards government. In that case, Tinubu should be embrace to do the job, if there's no young man armed with the requisite knowledge, capacity and experience for such position.

These two bolded paragraphs gives a clear explanation to what you envisaged up there. Please, digest them comprehensively.

imadiyi:


Zero (0) can be used as a number in the absence of none. Remember, a choice has to be made amongst bad alternatives irrespective of their nature. And since a choice has to be made In the midst of worse, then, bad becomes a lifeline.

My being as a youth, should not automatically be seen as success in governance, if there exist knowledge-gap in my portfolio as regards government. In that case, Tinubu should be embrace to do the job, if there's no young man armed with the requisite knowledge, capacity and experience for such position.

These two bolded paragraphs gives a clear explanation to what you envIsage up there. Please, digest it comprehensively.

If there's a 0.0000001% chance you'll choose Tinubu over any well educated youth without a criminal background then I see no reason to continue this conversation.

Again let's go disagree. Tinubu is my choice. Peter Obi is your choice. No harm done.

Perfectbeing:
If there's a 0.0000001% chance you'll choose Tinubu over any well educated youth without a criminal background then I see no reason to continue this conversation.

Again let's go disagree. Tinubu is my choice. Peter Obi is your choice. No harm done.

Tinubu is not yet dead, even if he's seen as a working corpse. In a situation where his competitor lacks the requisite knowledge and portfolio, Tinubu could be managed. However, at present, there's a better alternative, so, why Tinubu; don't you get it?

imadiyi:


Tinubu is not yet dead, even if he's seen as a working corpse. In a situation where his competitor lacks the requisite knowledge and portfolio, Tinubu could be managed. Don't you get it?

OK o