₦airaland Forum

Change2015:
Please hold your ignorance. We lack many byproducts for the plastics and fertiliser industry because we do not maintain our refineries. We have the leather and cotton for our clothing etc needs but we are fixated on oil and imports. We have lead, zinc, gold, coal, uranium... A plethora of natural resources, but because we lack focus importation seems easier. China did not develop this way they learnt to manufacture for their needs first, then for the export market. We cannot have leaders with a traders mentality. We even import bottled water, pencils and chalk for goodness sake. The largest number of jobs is produced by a healthy manufacturing sector, but here we are after 16 years of pdp rule and we are still talking about electricity ($16bn plus spent on...?), water, and roads. No country should be proud that it is importation dependent to the degree we are. Buhari demonstrated the better direction, and I vaguely remember the 'made in Nigeria' trade fairs that seemed to travel round the country.

#change
#GMB
#APC

Caseless:
u did.

rabimlomo:
If we hated him, we wouldn't have voted for him in 2011. It is his wrong actions and inactions that makes us want him to go and give another person a chance.

You can't please a small portion of the people and now expect the majority, who are suffering to continue to like you and vote for you.

wakacome:
You don't call someone you meet online "poor"to feel on top of the world because you don't know who is who,,anyone who does that should be ready to dance to the music...she has not seen anything..I have just started,..I know how we deal with people like her..

ellechrystal:
But u know one thing? I will just laugh... none of my parents r late, n I don't know who u think u r that u can behave like a ram online. What secret,? Do I even know u? U r exactly like ur apc goons. Looking for rubbish to talk about. I would ve ignored u but let me release something to u one more tym, u shall b a labourer in tears, u will suffer in life, u will know no peace.. u will b scattered... u can continue.

wakacome:
Good girl.. If you like say anything you want but that will not stop me from exposing you more and more if I want to.....the truth will always be the truth,stop pretending...at least your mother is not the first prostitute that gave birth to a bastard....

wakacome:
But not as poor as your late father...and not as poor as the prostitute you call a mother...I hope your mum have told your step dad that you are a bastard??better tell her to tell him or else I will expose her secret...

vandutchboy:
1)Why did he close the borders, he wanted to encourage Nigerians to buy Made in Nigeria products and did not do it out of malice and tried to cut the export deficit we where spending more on imports than exports
2)Why did he order Soldiers to order the traders to sell at a specified price because they were inflating prices and exploiting consumers just look at Kerosene and Diesel under Goodluck Jonathan sold at N150 more than N100 naira official price
3)NEPA was dead and hospitals because Shagari,Akinloye and Dikko were engaged in massive corruption and neglected the sector. Also bear in mind Buhari was only in power for 20 months,he did the little he could for the 1 year and 10 months he was there.What magic did you want him to do in 1 year and 10 months in power be reasonable
4)The naira was going down because of the export deficit which Buhari tried to fix by closing the borders and not borrowing more money that is why he cancelled the metro project.
For the 20 months(1 year and 10 months) Buhari was in power he put the country on the right path fought corruption and paid all our debt.
[size=16pt]I hope I have persuaded you to support Buhari,ive destroyed you in every argument[/size]

L0nestar:
A simple litmus test here
Hit like for GMB
Hit share for GEJ

smarthG:
A neighbor and a friend of mine, (an APC Supporter) has 16forum acounts he manges with different king of browsers where he votes different kinds of supportive comments and likes for an unclear and an uncertain kind of CHAINge. It is bad to know that many likes and comments u see are from the few peeps

It is so unfair, how one person will have. Deseptive chance of likinh 16 tims.

biafranqueen:
The author of the article like mist disporian journalist offered no solutions.

The truth of the matter is that under GEJ's administration we have so many new developments and measured progress.
4.10 years is never enough time to change 45 years of mismanagement by the old camp boys from Dodan Barracks.

We can no longer be held hostage by these old army cabal.
GEJ until a more qualified candidate in 2019.

vandutchboy:
You keep shooting yourself in the foot and exposing your ignorance so who do we hold responsible for the massive corruption in NNPC,DPR,PPPRA and Minstry of Petroleum if not the President. Remember the Malubu oil scam also happened under the President which was faciliated by Attorney General Mohoammed Adoke which out of $1.3 billion of the deal $533 million went to bribes to goverment officials in Goodluck Jonathan cabinet
http://petroglobalnews.com/2014/10/prosecutors-eni-paid-533-million-bribe-for-nigeria-oilfield/
Which didnt PDP pass PIB when they had majority in both houses when it was introduced in 2012 you keep running away from this question

vandutchboy:
That was 3 months into Buhari Regime he came to power December 1983, Shagari regime had destroyed the refineries and their refining capacity through massive corruption and not maintaining the refineries.That is why Buhari awarded the contract the Shagari regime was almost as corrupt as Goodluck Jonathan regime.

bibiking7:
Now, you have agreed that NNPC is corrupt, right? Cool. What has the petroleum minister done to bring the corrupt officials under her to book. Let's say that she has not done anything simply because she is a part of it. What has her boss (the president) done about it.
Crude oil theft is been orchestrated and carried out by those authorities that are supposed to be safe guarding the crude. So its like asking me to report a thief to his boss for doing his job.
Our governors are also corrupt but you can't remove GEJ from the mix as regards our reserve. Plus, why are we deeper in debt after a period of oil boom. Where is the money. Some states have even come out to deny receiving federal allocations and the federal government has not refuted their claims, Ambode used to be in charge of lagos accounts and he claimed that the FG was owing lagos more than 50 billion.
Plus, the contractor did not specify that his contracts were not inflated. During obasanjo's tenure, I heard that he actually gave out the same contract twice, only for it to be brought back the 3rd time and that was when he recognised that he had signed those same docs before.
If you want to claim that GEJ is not corrupt because he has not been found guilty, I believe that the same should be said about Bola Ahmed.

vandutchboy:
Youre very dishonest and a fraud I saw your reply against my post and how you twisted facts. Jim Nwoboo was sent to jail for stealing $5.1 million dollars,Ekweme $50,000 was found in his house and he had some impropriety in the award of contracts. When you say Northerns received longer jail term is a lie Governor of Kano was given 300 years in jail,Umaru Dikko a Northern was also persued by Buhari in the UK

2)You claimed the 53 suitcases contained foreign currencies at the same time claimed no one was allowwed to search it. See how you contradicted yourself

vandutchboy:
You are a bloody liar you remind me of Reno Omokri

[size=14pt]Brazil Wins Nigeria Pact[/size]
AP
Published: March 14, 1984

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 13—Brazil has won an international bidding contest to refine Nigerian oil this year, the state oil company, Petrobras, announced today.
The $1.2 billion agreement calls for Brazil to import Nigerian crude and return refined gasoline, jet fuel and diesel oil to Nigeria, a Petrobras spokesman said. He added that the accord would allow Brazil to reduce its idle refining capacity and earn a margin of profit.
Brazil imports about two-thirds of the one million barrels of oil it consumes daily, mostly from the Middle East. It buys 10,000 barrels daily from Nigeria.

9ijaMan:
Chief I thought my original reply to you would make you do a bit of extra research. I laid the basis for you to do additional findings and then make your point with facts. Below is a news paper article stating precisely the exchange rate between $1 and the Naira.
http://thewillnigeria.com/opinion/4759-THE-IBRAHIM-BADAMASI-BABANGIDA-SAGA.html

According to that article, $1 exchanged for 0.765 Naira (or 76.5 kobo) when IBB took over on the 27th of August 1985. Admittedly Buhari may have met the dollar exchanging at 72.4 kobo when he took over (but it can as well be said that he met $1 at 0.765 Naira, 'cos he came in on the last day of 1983, which is essentially 1984). It should be noted however that the naira was bound to drop at least due to the political unrest which may have originally been stirred by the military take over. But Buhari kept it constantly at 0.765 Naira (76.5 Kobo) to $1 throughout his tenure.

These evidences debunks your argument that the absence of hard currency contributed to the drop in the value of Naira. In reality the Naira practically did not drop in value compared to the US dollar when Buhari led the nation.

I'll join egift to solicit your apology to the OP, 'cos you have not only lied but slandered against the person of Buhari. At least you'll prove to be a different breed from the regular GEJ supporter!

vandutchboy:
I support Buhari for the following reasons
1)When Buhari came to power he arrested 4000 politicians for corruption,seized their properties and foreign banks accounts the prestigious New York Times attested to this. Buhari anti-corruption efforts also led to the collapse of a corrpt UK Bank. Also if you go through the PTF report of Buhari stewardship under Abacha audited by KPMG no where was Buhari indicted,but it did indicate people under him embezzled N25 billion naira
http://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/10/world/4000-ex-officials-surrender-in-nigeria.html.

He clear our debt

GenBuhari:
Buhari's economic poicy that reduced inflation  from 23% to 4% u are questioning?

GenBuhari:
Buhari' economic policy that paid off our debt in 1.5 years?

The observed worsening economic and financial conditions and alleged widespread
corruption led to a military coup at the end of 1983.  The new regime (under General Buhari)
reinforced the austerity measures while additional exchange and trade restrictions were
announced in 1984.  The fiscal and monetary measures announced were aimed drastically
reducing domestic demand pressures.  The government also implemented expenditure cuts
and substantial tax increases.  The expenditure cuts were particularly successful in the short
run and they reduce the overall federal government fiscal deficit to a significant percentage in
1985.  As a consequence, the governmentís recourse to bank credit was virtually eliminated
and inflationary pressures were significantly reduced.
However, the governmentís austerity measures did meat with some setback.  The emphasis
on short run stabilization measures reflected the governmentís belief that Nigeriaís economic
and financial problems were transient and would eventually disappear with a recovery in oil
export prices.  In the event, oil prices did not recover, and it became clear that the
stabilization policies had failed to address the underlying economic problems.  Thus,
crippling import shortages and growing social and political discontent set the stage for
another military coup (under General Babangida) who assumed power in October, 198.  After
considerable popular debate, the Babangida Government adopted in June 1986 a
comprehensive structural adjustment program (SAP) that signaled a radical departure from
previous adjustment efforts.  It emphasized reliance on market forces and deregulation.  The
objectives of the SAP were to restructure and diversify the productive base of the economy
so as to reduce dependency on the oil sector and imports; achieve fiscal and balance of
payments viability over the medium term; and promote non-inflationary economic growth.   10
The key policies designed to achieve these objectives were the tightening of financial
policies; the adoption of a market determined exchange rate; the Liberalization of the
external trade and payments system; the elimination of price controls and commodity boards;
the decontrol of interest rates; the rationalization and restructuring of public expenditure; the
rationalization of the tariff structure and the overall lowering of tariffs; and the privatization;
or commercialization of most federal public enterprises.
During this period, some of Nigeriaís earlier anti-export bias in manufacturing disappeared
with policy reforms, and producers switched from imported to local inputs.  Particularly in
agro-processing and textile manufacturing, there was greater use of locally produced
materials.  The assembly-based manufacturing, which had depended on imported inputs and
been shielded from competition and market signals, contracted.  But the industry as a whole
grew by 3.5 percent per year (1986-1990); similarly, production of traditional food crops and
cash crops increased and agricultural output grew at 4.7 percent per year on average.  
However, the gradual loss of macroeconomic control after 1990 eroded many of the positive
changes that took place in the preceding years and have begun impacting negatively real
economic indicators.  Although significant progress was made in the liberalization of the
economy, specifically through reform of the exchange and the trade system and the freeing of
prices, macroeconomic policy implementation remained erratic and failed to bring inflation
under control.

GenBuhari:
Buhari's ecomomic policy to preserved our currency at better than N1.00 = $1.00?

GenBuhari:
BB has no policy?

The policy is to eradicate corruption.

Fix power sector / electricity

Tackle crime and make streets safer

rapidly industrialize the country

philips70:
How can you direct me to a thread where LRNZH preached a sermon on the mount and you still expect further lecture from me? That thrashing should be enough for you and any TANoid on here. Once again GEJ is everything a president should not be.
Last word.

Meanwhile please go find GMB's interview with Al jazeera this evening and watch with awe how a president should speak with precision and sound knowledge of issues of governance. America did not know anything on that interview and GMB gave a damn about all questions asked him. Okuigbe and FFK are currently having a troublesome night after watching that interview. The man is more intelligent than the combination of the thesis-less GEJ, FFK and Okuigbe put together.

Caseless:
you are a liar.

masamari:
umh! why your life is full of lies and deceit? we will all give account for our deeds to humanity.

vandutchboy:
Remeber the Nuhu Ribadu task force set up by Obasanjo it indicted Goolduck Jonathan along with other Govenors for false declaration of assets during OBJ because of the following:
11) DR. GOODLUCK JONATHAN - GOVERNOR BAYELSA STATE
Substance of Charges (1) False Declaration of Assets
(i) Lexus Jeep worth N1B million claimed to have been acquired through savings in 2004. Verification reveals that the Jeep was a gift collected in contravention of the CCB Act of 1990. Same for BMW 7351 Series bought in 2005 wortl1 N5.5 million
(ii) Acquisition of properties outside legitimate income.
Seven Bedroom Duplex acquired in 2001 wortl1 N1B million at Otuke Ogbia LGA Four Bedroom Duplex acquired in 2003 worth N15 million at Goodluck Jonathan
Street Yenegoa
Five Bedroom Duplex - acquired in 2003 worth N25 millionat Citec Villas, Gwarimpa II - Abuja.

vandutchboy:
Goodluck Jonathan has always failed in Governance go to Bayelsa State you won't believe he once presided over there. He has nothing to show for his term in Bayelsa that why i'm not surprised about poor performance and how corrupt he's been. Lest we forget that on September 11, 2006, Mr. Osita Nwajah, the EFCC spokesman made a public declaration that a whopping sum of $13.5 million Dollars (US) was seized from Mrs. Patience Jonathan, the wife of then Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Goodluck Jonathan.

iphunanya:
I sincerely hope it's not true.

iphunanya:
I sincerely hope it's not true.

Ahmeduana:
JUST THE WAY THE PEOPLE THAT COLLECTED YOU-WIN AND SURE-P DIDN'T WANT HIM TO BE REFLECTED SO THAT THE WON'T GIVE ACCOUNT OF THE MONEY THEY COLLECTED! AND THEY FULL NAIRALAND BRE-KE-TE.

philips70:
Thanks for the correction. Had PTF in mind. Okuigbe is not a man to be taken seriously. Have you seen the video where he was disgraced? Is that not enough answers to his questions? Meanwhile several threads have been opened on GMB's achievements as head of state. Books written too. Visit on and offline libraries. Ask your parents. His 20 months left an indelible mark in the annals of Nigeria's history. We have gone round Bayelsa and couldn't find GEJ's achievements as governor yet he was gifted with a job not meant for minions. Now we are paying dearly for OBJ's sins.

vandutchboy:
Answer the question your selling a bad and rotten product give up

oluenta:
Can't believe i wasted 5 minutes of my time reading crap

eagleeyez:
Cheap campaign tactic.