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It also forced Jonathan to steal from the cash for elections

Armaggedon:
actually he is the most illiterate, uninteligent, ignorant, senile and confused president your country has ever produced. Imaging a president rantionalizing his decision to flout court order on the ground that kanu committed treasonable felony. So after charging him to court, feels he has powers to disagree with judges in cases and reverse court's decisions regarding bail. I thought he was a mere dullard but i just discovered he reasons like an animal whose brain is not fully evolved. Mark my words there may be armed conflict soon

Your words are meaningless. The man is not confused at all. He is also very intelligent. He knows what he is going to do and he will do it. The words here are empty. Words are slwsys empty with Buhari. Kanu is a goner. He is not even legally a Nigerian anymore. We should also stop discussing Dasuki. This is exactly the kind of government Nigeria needs. Harsh, focused and not yielding a quarter.

udeh3:
Tell me, what made the Niger Deltians lazy? How many persons are been paid compensations? For your information, Niger Deltians are strong and couragous people, despite the fact that they've been neglected for decades, they're still in charge of 'Real Agriculture...' Findout about the biggest oil palm's Farms in Nigeria and their locations. Even with the environmental decade, we still Farm, Fish... The best water melon and cocumba presently in Nigeria are cultivated in the Niger Delta.

The Niger Deltians are also leading in terms of Rubber Plantations, Vegetables, etc... We are never lazy like the others...

How many Niger Deltians Owns Oil blocks? Between the Niger Deltians and the others, who depends on the oil most?

Take the statistics of those that even depends on the oil, they are even the northerners and the westerners. They're all there in Chevron, Shell, NNPC and the rest of them.

Checkout the IGR of all the states, apart from Lagos, Rivers, Delta and Akwa Ibom are still the highest

Point of correction, Niger Delta is not under-developed according to the trend... Niger Delta is the most developed region in Nigeria

We are not lazy, we are hardworking, strong and couragous people... We are Niger Deltian!

I agree with most of this post. Niger Deltans are the most creative people I know . The problem is Goodluck Jonathan who have the region a bad name through corruption explosion.

kingdompropty:
When asked about the 50Billion Budget for National Assembly Mr. President asked Nigerians to take the NA to court.

This was the most intelligent thing that Buhari said. He has no power to interfere in the finances of the legislative arm. We Nigerians however are the bosses of the Senators and Reps.
One to one million people can bring a class action suit against the legislative arm of government.

ladenz:
Nawa o. I couldn't watch the Media chat and I came here to get an idea of how it went. However almost everybody seems to be judging based on emotions and previously held opinions. Where is the objectivity

What I can deduce from the thread ( I didn't read everything) is that Buhari gave clear and intelligent answers on some issues but didn't seem to have enough background knowledge to answer other questions. He also wasn't able to express himself with finesse like other world leaders.

Can someone who is neutral please confirm if I am right

You are wrong. How many world leaders do you know?. He expressed himself properly.

Smooyis:
So far so good I do think Pmb did well in many of the questions raised. He may not have spoken like an intellectual but his commitment and sincerity of purpose is unquestionable.

Okay. Speaking like an intellectual?. He is not. He is a general.
Very good advice fro me to you.
I have worked on three continents with the largest organization's.
Never allow intellectuals into executive offices.
Executive Presidency like a company CEO s - it is power, decision making, authority and responsibility.
Intellectuals are SSAs and advisers.

maestroferddi:
You don't know jack on this one.

Trump is a smart dude to those who should know. You don't become the GOP presidential frontrunner without having brains.

Trump has made some somewhat tendentious remarks but nonetheless his profile keeps rising.

Who among Carson, Jeb, Rubio could have survived the backlash of views Trump has espoused but yet his popularity is still soaring?

Americans know a smart person when they see one...

You are the one uninformed.
First of all, truly smart Americans are never in politics.
When calling Mexicans rapists and all Black's lazy gains you points in the polls then you know politics is a low IQ game. We had a President like Jonathan making a fool of himself everytime he opened his mouth and you say politics is in the realm of intellectual?.
Sentiment my dear man. That was why Trump is leading.

maestroferddi:
Let's even leave politics for a second.

Are you telling me that an African man of Buhari's age should not have the circumspection and presence of mind to see a banana peels that was being thrust on his path?

Could a wily fox like Obasanjo have been caught pants down with the question with which Buhari made mockery of himself?

Somebody should remind Buhari government is a continuum. The way he treats the country like his hereditary bequest is utterly reprehensible.

Okay this is a sentimental post. Please disregard.

EllisMorgan:
Two things i deduced...
1. Buhari does not respect the judiciary and d rule of law.
2. He is so unaware of what is happening in dis country's economy.

ATM cards are not the economy. Please get serious . He is clear on his approach to jobs and security and he will expand the refineries.

Donniefred:
I couldn't understand what he was saying!

Just imagine if it were to be GEJ

I understood every thing. Please don't even mention GEJ. That one was too annoying.

babyfaceafrica:
Wailers will not be happy..God bless Nigeria

Well I am critical of Jonathan and Obj but they were the ones who built Nigeria's capability to do this. We must praise them.

dOnLarich:
. record a video of your dad I mean your fada speaking fluent english and upload please .. Jobless mofo mttttttccchhhhwwww

Most people who would come in about Buhari 's English have serious language problems themselves. I thought he was very clear in meaning and his body language was presidential. He did not get lost in trying to use the line of a subordinate like Jonathan and the semantics of stealing and corruption

1freshdude:
Though Baba was not articulate in his responses and his answers to some questions showed that he probably did not understand what was asked, I rate him 100%!
The man whom I saw on TV tonight is going to deal ferociously with treasury looters and would not condone insolence from anybody, even it means disobeying court orders, that fact has been made clear. I totally support his stance, the court has been a stumbling block for the anti-corruption crusade. What kind of court grants bail to state saboteurs? Mr President, KILL THEM ALL!

When Nigerians are educated enough, and stop behaving like insane human beings then we can practice true democracy. Right now Nigerians need an authoritarian with the right values to take decisions for them. After-all other developed countries of the world passed through similar stages like this before developing.

For once PDP told the truth on Buhari's person, no nonsense is written all over him. Carry on sir!

Buhari is very articulate. He is no lawyer but every normal person should know where he stands. If you say you don't you are deceiving yourself

7.5/10. We know where Nigeria is going. Some people may not like it but there is no doubt about direction

Atk1nson:
d restriction on dorm account is actually the banks decision and not a policy of CBN. They don't want to have huge liabilities in their books as a result of scarcity of forex occasioned by falling forex earnings and reserves.

No it is not. There is a 100 page of new rules to banks on handling foreign exchange and dom accounts. I just did a transaction myself yesterday. 2016 is going to be tough for foreign denominated transactions.

maestroferddi:
Guy stick to what you know.

Donald Trump just like Lord Alan Sugar is a hot head. I don't know where you got the crap you typed above.

You need to define your version of smartness if a man bestridding a multi-billion dollar empire with connection with most of the brightest people in the globe is not smart. When you factor in an Ivy League education from Wharton and the stardust of the most successful reality shows of all time, then you would start getting quick on the uptake.

Trump, like most successful men, is a maverick. Any other consideration is essentially irrelevant...

Trump is not smart and you know it. He dumbs down the presidency. In fact he is the only un smart presidential candidate running. The smartest is the black man republican candidate.
I struggle really listen to find the core of Trump. Nothing. Just a spoilt rich man's son who got rich doing what his father did trying to provide entertainment. When we judge Presidents we are looking for deep profound stuff - like Obama doctrine, vision like Reaganomics, not some foul mouthed billionaire trying to shock people to make waves. Half of what he boasts of he will never do and his supporters admitted by a margin of 75% that they know that as well.

princejenks:
Now i understand why bubu doesnt grant interviews with local press. He just isnt in tune with contemporary matters,seems to still be living in the clouds of 1984. Today's chat really exposed a lot about how mr president thinks and how he understands things generally

Not much has changed since 1984. IBB sold Nigeria to the west. Abacha was a killer. Obj created billionaires, Jonathan created billionaires. Nigeria never really developed but grew it's economy.

One key thing is that Nigeria has lost talented people to Europe and US because of power, corruption, lack of opportunities and we still don't see that we have done very bad for ourselves.
The only thing that brought people back to Nigeria a few years ago was the economic meltdown. Nigeria has gone down in many ways since 1984. The average young man has only one Cambodian now. - to live abroad where there is no real success just a better lifestyle

egbonnla:
The president answered most of the questions with sincerity of heart. But it is obvious that he is not well informed about recent developments and the dynamics of global economy and how it affects Nigeria.

My sincere advice to him is to urgently sack the CBN Governor, Minister of information and minister of Finance as there incompetence manifested today.

We don't expect our president to be a processors but it is the duty of his aides to educate and guide him.

I disagree. "Dynamics of the global economy" is all rubbish. I used to follow that stuff all the way down to Bloombergs posts. All irrelevant information even dangerous.
The oil market has gone down, Greece is in debt, Euro is down, Dollar is up. That is what is happening now. Just information There is no answer in "the dynamics of the global economy". We need to make the right decisions from it all .That is what we need. Concentrate on what is important to your country, for the German Chancellor, it was Greece debt repayment, for US it is to keep things as they are for as long as possible.
The only thing is for Nigeria to diversify her economy and conserve her foreign exchange for its real sector. All the information explosion in the economics space is all verbash.

maestroferddi:
Look at this olodo...

You are comparing Buhari with Donald Trump?

When you leave your Ogbomosho village, you will learn of Trump's antecedents as one of the smartest men on the planet. Get yourself a clip of one of the episodes/seasons of The Apprentice and educate yourself.

Trump is your smartest man on the planet?. This is sad.
Let me give you the demographic of Trump supporters in the US - old, uneducated, white, business owner, not well travelled. No educated American college graduate level publicly associates with him even though they might vote for him. Old plumbers, builders and bar owners are his constituency. If you think Trump is smart you have my contempt. Even his supporters don't call him that

obiZEAL:
After watching this media chat...I'm by no way impressed by PMB's performance, I think his handlers did not do well in preparing him for this event and the journalist where not professional, after 2hrs of discussion the Biafra saga came last!
My confidence in Our presidents diplomacy may have been shaken, but I still have strong convictions in his ability to lead Nigeria forward, atleast until his one year of probation ends.

The Biafra saga should have come first?. Please get serious. Let us get serious in this country. Some people don't have a hope for tomorrow 's meal. Some people just lost jobs last week. You are talking Biafra - a dead body some cowards dragged from the mortuary thst it was kept in 1970. Living things first , the dead come after Jesus's second coming.

HDee:
the man has a clue!

Of course the man has a clue. He is not a fisheries zoologist.

maestroferddi:
If you believe that I would spend time touching base with you on the mish-mash of voodoo economics and sheer senselessness that you are disseminating here, then you deserve pity.

My voodoo economics is far better than a clueless president with a fake PhD and serious inferiority complex struggling with a job he was not cut out for ..for six years . I tell it like it is.Nigeria's economy, I have been studying since 1979, you just grew up into Jonathan's regime so when I post you read and learn
124 dollars a barrel oil earnings squandered with no new refineries, no new LNG, no fertiliser plants and you call me the voodoo economist. You are finished and you don't know it.
Please let is have this discussion one year from now.

kITATITA:
The President asserted the direction of governance and I'm surprised that some youths, especially Nairaland IPOB group are still throwing insults and jokes. No foreign exchange liberalisation because we don't have the money. Please curb your penchant for the consumption of imported goods and services. About the 30% capital budget is consciously to create jobs for the youths through improved infrastructure. Nnamdi Kanu, Dasuki, Akpobolokemi, etc can't escape justice by manipulating the instrumentality of the courts. TSA will ensure fiscal control and prevent leakages. SUMMARY: No more free money; no business as usual- Think Smart.

It is very CLEAR where Buhari is going. The unfortunate thing is that the Ibos who can gain much more than any other tribe from this administration are too dumb to seize the opportunity.

This government is for those who can produce locally for import substitution . Thank God Ibos are on a self pitying , maudlin mood Let Yorubas take over.

gbenga44:
He said "junior minister of education" and not minister of education whatever that minister.

Lets begin investigative journalism, who is the junior minister of education?


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The Minister of Education is Adamu Adamu. Is he Igbo? The so-called president doesn't even know his ministers.

They asked him about neglecting the Igbos when he appointed his aides and he was talking about minsters. Are the ministers the president's aides? Does he not understand what/who aides are?

#Shame

No he does not understand what aides are. Only you have that understanding. Also he should have made Ibos his cooks, special assistants, personal doctor, hygienist and food taster. So that your ever insecure tribe can feel unmarginalised.

An0nimus:
I was a bit disappointed with his response.

This was Buhari 's best moment. He brushed it aside and asked questions - " in what way are Ibos marginalised?"

maestroferddi:
The biggest disappointment comes when one remembers that Nigerians who pride themselves as one of the smartest peoples on the planet are being led why the spectacle we all witnessed.

The youths of this country must be a lost generation...

All your family has problems then. You guys have been led in a very wrong direction. What did you expect to hear; that Nigeria will allow all goods in the world to come in, that idleidfle class in the cities will be enjoying the country while the real sector suffers. They have serious problems if they don't realise this is the best media chat in six years.

Kennydoc:
I'm sorry to say this, but this Buhari is very dull. I'm very disappointed in him. There was no intelligent answer to any question.

To be honest, the dullest presidents in media interviews have been Jonathan and Obj. Even Abaca was better than both. Jonathan treated the interviews as beer parlour discussion and Obasanjo was bullying. Buhari is very dangerously clear about his direction to those who have ears and common sense.
Stop inordinate consumption of foreign goods, learn a trade or skill, farm, develop yourself.No cheap designer goods except you pay high for them.

bettercreature:
It's 100 percent certain Dasuki and KANU will rot in jail,they are just wasting their time going to court

The only losers are Dasuki and Kanu.

Every body is silent to Buhari's questions to Ibos.

Buhari has finished Dasuki, Jonathan and Kanu.

millhouse:
buhari answering questions like d ordinary man on d Street. Wat i see is a man who cant just understand y things are nt wrking.

This is the way to do it. Dumb it down. Jonathan was also good at that.